Born on 09.02.1967 in the village of Severynivka, Tarashchansky district, Kyiv region. He studied at the Severynivka eight-year school, after graduating from which in 1982 he entered the Chuguyevo-Babchansky forestry technical school. After serving in Kushka (on the border with Afghanistan), he returned to his native college. He went through his career from a student tutor, a forest foreman, a reforestation engineer, a college teacher to the college director.
Having all the opportunities to work, as before, in college, he went to the front. Together with her husband, Roman's wife, Lyubov, also went to defend the country from the invaders. Called up for military service upon mobilization by the Chuguiv RTCC and SP of the city of Chuguiv, Kharkiv region on March 8, 2022. He served in the 125th Chuguiv Separate Territorial Defense Battalion as a rifleman of the 1st rifle division of the 2nd rifle platoon of the 3rd rifle company.
Family composition:
Wife: Hvorostyana Lyubov Petrovna, lives in the village of Kochetok, military serviceman.
Daughter: Hvorostyana Tatyana Romanivna, lives in the city of Kharkiv.
Son: Yuriy Romanovich Khvorostyany, lives in the village of Kochetok.
Circumstances of death:
On December 13, 2022, at about 1:00 p.m., during enemy assault operations in the area of the village of Ploshchanka, Krasnorechynskyi district, Luhansk region.
According to the comrades, the enemy soldiers approached a distance of 10 m, Sergeant Roman Khvorostyanyi occupied the extreme right cell, closer to the first line of defense, and a gun battle ensued. Due to dense machine gun fire from the enemy, Sergeant R.F. Khvorostyanyi received a bullet wound that was not compatible with life.
The body of the serviceman was evacuated from the scene and sent to a medical facility in Dnipro.
On December 16, 2022, a farewell ceremony for the deceased was held in the assembly hall of the Chuguevo-Babchansky Forestry Vocational College in the village of Kochetok.
On his birthday, his wife Lyubov Petrivna Khvorostyan and son Yuri were presented with an honorary award and a breastplate "Forester of Ukraine - for courage and heroism" by the Society of Foresters of Ukraine.
On December 8, 2023, a memorial plaque in his honor was unveiled in the village of Kochetok on the building of the Chuguevo-Babchansky Forestry Vocational College. The right to unveil the memorial plaque was granted to the Hero's widow, Lyubov Petrovna, who continues to defend her native land and take revenge on the enemy for the death of her beloved husband.
By Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 262 of May 5, 2023, "for personal courage and selfless actions shown in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath" he was awarded the Order "For Courage" of the 3rd degree (posthumously).
Years pass, but friends and colleagues always remember Roman Khvorostyany as a person who was more than a manager. A person who was a soul – for colleagues, friends, students, his family: "Decent to the bone, incredibly humane, kind, honest, sincere. He was a friend, a support, the soul of the company. He loved his family very much. He knew how to console everyone, support them with a word, a joke, a deed. He often gave others even what he himself had little. And our Roman Fedorovych was also a wonderful forester, knew and felt the forest. He knew how to work with wood in a way that only those who love their work with all their heart can. His professionalism inspired, and his advice – was remembered forever.".
