Born on April 3, 1989 in the village of Kytsivka, Chuguiv district, Kharkiv region. From 1996 to 2000, he studied at Kytsivka comprehensive school of the 1st level, and from the fifth to the ninth grade he studied at Kochetotsk comprehensive school of the 1st-3rd levels. Later, he continued his studies at Chuguiv vocational school No. 53, where he received the specialty of a general mechanic. While studying at the school, he lived in the city of Chuguiv for more than two years in a dormitory at the school.
Mykola Viktorovych began his career in the Pechenizhsk Road Department. He was drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After completing his military service, he returned to his native village and got a job at the Pechenizhsk farm. He started a family, and a son was born to the family. Mykola Viktorovych Lavryk decided to continue his education and entered the correspondence department of the Chuguyevo-Babchansky Forestry College, which he successfully graduated with a degree in mechanics. He independently mastered the profession of a welder to implement his own project - a greenhouse in which the family grew seedlings and vegetables.
He was an avid mushroom picker, and also loved to please his family with delicious dishes in his free time, which was always lacking, because he had a talent for cooking (even his brothers remember "...the dishes prepared by Mykola gave a little bit of home warmth during wartime...").
On February 6, 2024, Mykola Viktorovych received a summons and joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He underwent military training in the city of Dnipro. After completing military training, he was sent to the 125th separate Territorial Defense Battalion (military unit A7291). In the battalion, he held the position of excavator driver of the 2nd sapper division of the engineer-sapper platoon.
Circumstances of death:
On June 23, 2024, in the area of the village of Veterinarne, Kharkiv district, Kharkiv region, Mykola, as part of a unit, was performing a combat mission to equip combat positions. At that time, the enemy launched an artillery strike on the positions where combat work was taking place. Mykola Viktorovych received injuries incompatible with life.
Mykola Viktorovych was buried in the village of Kytsivka, Chuhuiv district.
The warrior-defender is survived by his wife Lavryk Olena Anatoliivna, son Lavryk Maksym born in 2013, mother Chmykhalo Olga Mykolaivna (living in the village of Kytsivka), and younger brother Chmykhalo Oleksandr Viktorovych, a military serviceman.
By Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 770/2024 of November 18, 2024 "On Awarding State Awards of Ukraine" for personal courage shown in the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, selfless performance of military duty, soldier Lavryk Mykola Viktorovych was awarded the Order "For Courage" of the 3rd degree (posthumously).
The high distinction awarded posthumously to the soldier was presented to his wife, Olena Anatolyivna, and son, Maxim.