Пам’яті десантника й розвідника Сергія Штагера (позивний «Поет»)

09.10.2026, 09:00◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

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Пам’яті десантника й розвідника Сергія Штагера (позивний «Поет»)

He was born in Kharkiv region, lived in Sumy region for a long time, and built his adult life in Kyiv.

He liked to take pictures, fish, go to the forest for mushrooms, collect stamps and badges. He was honest, kind, fair, brave, decent, principled in his views, always came to the rescue, defended the weak.

"He was very talented, creative, wrote poetry. To school, he carried a backpack with textbooks in one hand, and the books he read in the other," says Valentina's younger sister.

In 1994, Serhii began his military service as a senior encoder of electronic coding and specialcommunication equipment. When he returned home, he worked in local television and radio companies as a broadcaster, correspondent, host of programs, head of the press center of the scientific department in the children and youth center.

Details

He constantly studied in the capital, received various diplomas and certificates. Became a blood donor - especially for children in the hospital "Okhmatdyt".

Context

Studying in Kyiv, Serhii made cabinet furniture, worked as a model, waiter, croupier, handyman, courier, and sales consultant. He was not afraid of any work, he was constantly developing, engaged in self-education. He knew foreign languages well, was interested in history, read many books, visited exhibitions and traveled around Ukraine.

He spent a little time at home in Okhtyrka, and another time in Kyiv. We last met with him on March 8 last year. And in April, he died, "the sister shares.

What's next

"We talked with him on April 2. And the next day they wrote to him, because there were questions about repairs. After all, our house in Okhtyrka was damaged after the enemy dropped a half-ton bomb nearby.