Late musician Andriy Kuzmenko, also known as Kuzma Skryabin, poses for a picture. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine title to him “for outstanding personal merits in the formation of the national cultural space” on Aug. 17, 2020.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine title to singer Andriy Kuzmenko, also known as Kuzma Skryabin, according to a decree published on Aug. 17, the day the musician would have turned 52.
He died on Feb. 2, 2015 in a car accident in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. His vehicle collided with a milk tanker.