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Symon Vasyliovych Petliura[a](Ukrainian:Симон Васильович Петлюра;22 May [O.S.10 May] 1879 – 25 May 1926) was aUkrainianpoliticianandjournalist.He was the Supreme Commander of theUkrainian People's Army(UNA) and led theUkrainian People's Republicduring theUkrainian War of Independence,a part of the widerRussian Civil War.

Symon Petliura
Симон Петлюра
Petliura in 1919
2nd Chairman of theDirectorate
In office
11 February 1919 – 25 May 1926
(In exile from 18 March 1921)
Prime Minister
Preceded byVolodymyr Vynnychenko
Succeeded byAndriy Livytskyi1
Secretaryof Military Affairs
In office
28 June 1917 – 6 January 1918
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Vynnychenko
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMykola Porsh
Personal details
Born(1879-05-22)22 May 1879
Poltava,Russian Empire(nowPoltava,Poltava Oblast,Ukraine)
Died25 May 1926(1926-05-25)(aged 47)
Paris,France
Political partyRUP(1900–1905)
USDLP(1905–1919)
Spouse
(m.1910)
[1]
ChildrenLesya (1911–1941)
Alma materPoltava Orthodox Seminary
OccupationPoliticianandstatesman
Signature
Military service
AllegianceUkrainian People's Republic
Branch/serviceUkrainian People's Army
Years of service1914–1922
RankChief Otaman
CommandsHaidamaka Kish of Sloboda Ukraine
Battles/wars
1AsPresident of Ukraine in exile

Petliura was born to a family ofCossackheritage inPoltava.From an early age he embraced socialism and Ukrainian nationalism, which he advocated through his highly prolific career as a journalist. After the 1917February Revolutionoverthrew the Tsarist monarchy, theUkrainian People's Republicwas proclaimed and Petliura was elected head of its military. The Republic was briefly interrupted by the pro-GermanUkrainian State,but in late 1918 Petliura, along with other members of the socialistDirectorate of Ukraine,organised arevoltand overthrew the regime, restoring the Republic. He became the leader of the Directorate in early 1919, after theBolsheviksinvaded Ukraine and drove the UNA toGalicia.Facing imminent defeat, Petliura entered an alliance withJózef Piłsudski'sPoland.ThePolish–Soviet Warconcluded with Polish victory but Ukraine remained under Soviet control, forcing Petliura into exile. He initially directed thegovernment-in-exilefrom Poland, but eventually settled in Paris.

During the Civil War, the UNA were responsible for thedeaths of tens of thousands of Jewish civilians,and Petliura's role in the pogroms has been a topic of dispute. In 1926, Petliura was assassinated in Paris by Jewish anarchistSholem Schwarzbard,who had lost relatives in the pogroms.

The building of the Poltava Theological Seminary at the beginning of the 20th century

Career to 1917

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Born on 22 May [O.S.10 May] 1879[5]in a suburb ofPoltava(then part of theRussian Empire), Symon Petliura was the son of Vasyl Pavlovych Petliura and Olha Oleksiyivna (née Marchenko), ofCossackbackground[citation needed].His father, a Poltava city resident, had owned a transportation business; his mother was a daughter of anOrthodoxhieromonk(priest-monk). Petliura obtained his initial education inparochial schools,and planned to become anOrthodoxpriest.[b]

Petliura studied in the Russian Orthodox Seminary inPoltavafrom 1895 to 1901.[5]While there he joined theHromadasociety in 1898.[5]When his membership in Hromada was discovered in 1901, he was expelled from the seminary.[5]In 1900 Petliura joined theRevolutionary Ukrainian Party(RUP).[5]In 1902, under threat of arrest, he moved toYekaterinodarin theKuban,where he worked for two years – initially as a schoolteacher and later as an archivist for theKuban Cossack Host[5]helping to organize over 200,000 documents. In December 1903 he was arrested for organizing aRUPbranch in Yekaterinodar and for publishing inflammatory anti-tsarist articles in the Ukrainian press outside of Imperial Russia (in Austrian-controlled Lemberg, currently namedLviv,inGalicia).[5]Released on bail in March 1904, he moved briefly toKyivand then toLemberg.[5]

In Lviv, Petliura lived under the name ofSviatoslav Tagon,[6]working alongsideIvan FrankoandVolodymyr Hnatiukas an editor for the journalLiteraturno-Naukovyi Vistnyk[uk]( "Literary Scientific Herald" ), theShevchenko Scientific Societyand as a co-editor ofVolya[uk]newspaper. He also contributed numerous articles to the Ukrainian-language press inGalicia.

At the end of 1905, after an nationwide amnesty was declared by the authorities, Petliura returned briefly toKyiv,but soon moved to the Russian capital ofPetersburgin order to publish thesocialist-democraticmonthly magazineVil’na Ukrayina( "Free Ukraine" ) along withProkip Poniatenko[uk]andMykola Porsh.[5]After Russian censors closed this magazine in July 1905, he moved back to Kyiv where he worked for the newspaperRada[uk]( "The Council" ). In 1907–09 he became the editor of the literary magazineSlovo(Ukrainian:Слово,The Word) and co-editor ofUkrayina(Ukrainian:Україна,"Ukraine" ).

Because of the closure of these publications by the Russian Imperial authorities, Petliura had once again to move from Kyiv. He went toMoscowin 1909, where he worked briefly as an accountant. There in 1910 he married Olha Bilska (1885–1959), with whom he had a daughter, Lesia (1911–1942). From 1912 until May 1917, he served as a co-editor of the influentialRussian-languagejournalUkrayinskaya Zhizn[uk](Ukrainian Life).

Members of the first General Secretariat of the Ukrainian Central Rada. 1917 year. Standing (from left to right): Pavlo Hrystiuk, Mykola Stasiuk, Borys Martos. Seated (from left to right): Ivan Steshenko, Hristofor Baranovskyi, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Serhii Yefremov, Simon Petliura

Journalism and publications

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As the editor of numerous journals and newspapers, Petliura published over 15,000 critical articles, reviews, stories and poems under an estimated 120 noms-de-plume. His prolific work in both the Russian and Ukrainian languages helped shape the mindset of the Ukrainian population in the years leading up to the Revolution in both Eastern and Western Ukraine. His prolific correspondence was of great benefit when the Revolution broke out in 1917, as he had contacts throughout Ukraine.

Publications before 1914

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As the Ukrainian language had been outlawed in the Russian Empire by theEms Ukazof 1876, Petliura found more freedom to publish Ukraine oriented articles inSaint Petersburgthan in Ukraine. There, he published the magazineVilna Ukrayina(Ukrainian:Вільна Україна,"Independent Ukraine" ) until July 1905. Tsarist censors, however, closed this magazine, and Petliura moved back to Kyiv.

In Kyiv, Petliura first worked forRada.In 1907 he became editor of the literary magazineSlovo.Also, he co-edited the magazineUkrayina.

In 1909, these publications were closed by Russian imperial police, and Petliura moved back to Moscow to publish. There, he was co-editor of the Russian-language journalUkrayinskaya Zhiznto familiarize the local population with news and culture of what was known asMalorossia.He was the chief editor of this publication from 1912 to 1914. In Moscow, he married his wife Olha Bilska in 1915 (later she was also known as her husband under the surname of Marchenko). There, in Moscow was born the daughter of Petliura, Lesia (Olesia).

Publications after emigration

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In Paris, Petliura continued the struggle for Ukrainian independence as a publicist. In 1924, Petliura became the editor and publisher of the weekly journalTryzub[uk](Trident). He contributed to this journal using various pen names, including V. Marchenko, and V. Salevsky.[citation needed]

Revolution in Ukraine

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Rise to power

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In May 1917 Petliura attended the First All-Ukrainian Congress of Soldier Deputies held inKyivas a delegate. On 18 May he was elected head of theUkrainian General Military Committee,today seen as the ultimate progenitor of the modernUkrainian Ministry of Defense.With the proclamation of theCentral Council of Ukraineon 28 June 1917, Petliura became the first Secretary (Minister) for Military Affairs.

Disagreeing with the politics of the then chairman of theGeneral SecretariatVolodymyr Vynnychenko,Petliura left the government and became the head of theHaydamaky Kish[uk],a military formation ofSloboda Ukraine(inKharkiv). In January–February 1918 the Haidamaka Kish was forced back to protect Kyiv during theUprising at the Kyiv Arsenal Plantand to prevent the capture of the capital by theBolshevikRed Guard.

After the April1918 Ukrainian coup d'état,Pavlo Skoropadskyi's government arrested Petliura and incarcerated him for four months inBila Tserkva.

Petliura participated in theAnti-Hetman Uprisingof November 1918 and became a member of theDirectorate of Ukraineas the Chief of Military Forces.[7]Following the fall of Kyiv (February 1919) and the emigration of Vynnychenko from Ukraine, Petliura became the leader of the Directorate on 11 February 1919. In his capacity as head of the Army and State, he continued to fight bothBolshevikandWhiteforces in Ukraine for the next ten months.

1919

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With the outbreak of hostilities between Ukraine and Soviet Russia in January 1919, and with Vynnychenko's emigration, Petliura ultimately became the leading figure in the Directorate. During the winter of 1919 the Petliura army lost most of Ukraine (including Kyiv) to Bolsheviks and by March 6 relocated toPodolia.In the spring of 1919 he managed to extinguish acoup-d'etatled byVolodymyr Oskilkowho saw Petliura cooperating with socialists such asBorys Martos.During the course of the year, Petliura continued to defend the fledgling republic against incursions by theBolsheviks,Anton Denikin's White Russians, and the Romanian-Polish troops. By autumn of 1919, most of Denikin'sWhite Russianforces were defeated — in the meantime, however, the Bolsheviks had grown to become the dominant force in Ukraine.

Polish GeneralAntoni Listowskiand Symon Petliura inBerdychivduring theKyiv offensive
Józef Piłsudskiand Symon PetliuraKyiv,May 1920

1920

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On 5 December 1919, Petliura withdrew toPoland,which had previously recognized him as the head of the legal government of Ukraine. In April 1920, as head of theUkrainian People's Republic,he signed analliance in Warsawwith the Polish government, agreeing to a border on theRiver Zbruchand recognizing Poland's right toGaliciain exchange for military aid in overthrowing theBolshevikrégime. Polish forces, reinforced by Petliura's remaining troops (some two divisions),attacked Kyivon 7 May 1920, in what proved a turning point of the 1919–21Polish-Bolshevik war.Following initial successes,Piłsudski's and Petliura's forces had to retreat to theVistula Riverand to the Polish capital,Warsaw.The Polish Army defeated the Bolshevik Russians in the end, but theRed Armyremained in parts of Ukraine and therefore Ukrainians were unable to secure their independence. Petliura directed the affairs of the Ukrainiangovernment-in-exilefromTarnówinLesser Poland,and when the Soviet government in Moscow requested Petliura's extradition from Poland, the Poles engineered his "disappearance", secretly moving him from Tarnów to Warsaw.

After the revolution

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Bolshevik Russiapersistently demanded that Petliura be handed over. Protected by several Polish friends and colleagues, such asHenryk Józewski,with the establishment of theSoviet Unionon 30 December 1922, Petliura, in late 1923 left Poland forBudapest,thenVienna,Genevaand finally settled in Paris in early 1924. Here he established and edited the Ukrainian-language newspaperTryzub.

Promoting a Ukrainian cultural identity

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During his time as leader of the Directorate, Petliura was active in supportingUkrainian cultureboth in Ukraine and in theUkrainian diaspora.

Supporting culture in Ukraine

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Petliura introduced the awarding of the title "People's Artist of Ukraine"to artists who had made significant contributions to Ukrainian culture. A similar titled award was continued after a significant break under the Soviet regime. Among those who had received this award was blindkobza playerIvan Kuchuhura-Kucherenko.

Promoting Ukrainian culture abroad

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He also saw the value in gaining international support and recognition of Ukrainian arts through cultural exchanges. Most notably, Petliura actively supported the work of cultural leaders such as the choreographerVasyl Avramenko,conductorOleksander KoshetzandbanduristVasyl Yemetz,to allow them to travel internationally and promote an awareness of Ukrainian culture. Koshetz created theUkrainian Republic Capellaand took it on tour internationally, giving concerts in Europe and the Americas. One of the concerts by the Capella inspiredGeorge Gershwinto write "Summertime",based on the lullaby"Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon"[8]All three musicians later emigrated to the United States.

Life in exile

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In Paris, Petliura directed the activities of the government of the Ukrainian National Republic in exile. He launched the weeklyTryzub,and continued to edit and write numerous articles under various pen names with an emphasis on questions dealing with national oppression in Ukraine. These articles were written with a literary flair. The question of national awareness was often of significance in his literary work.

Petliura's articles had a significant impact on the shaping of Ukrainian national awareness in the early 20th century. He published articles and brochures under a variety of noms de plume, including V. Marchenko, V. Salevsky, I. Rokytsky, and O. Riastr.[9]

Role in pogroms

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Petliura is considered a controversial figure connected with thepogroms of Jews during his rule of the Ukrainian National Republic.[10][11][12]According toPeter Kenez,"before the advent of Hitler, the greatest mass murder of Jews occurs in Ukraine in the course of the Civil War. All participants in the conflict were guilty of murdering Jews, even the Bolsheviks; however theVolunteer Armyhad the largest number of victims. "[13][14]The number of Jews killed during the period is estimated to be between 50,000 and 200,000.[15][16][17]A total of 1,236 violent attacks on Jews had been recorded between 1918 and 1921 in Ukraine. Among them, 493 were carried out byUkrainian People's Republicsoldiers under the command of Symon Petliura, 307 by independent Ukrainian warlords, 213 byDenikin's army, 106 by theRed Army,and 32 by thePolish Army.[18][19]

Order Issued by the Main Command of the Armies of the Ukrainian National Republic

It is time to realize that the world Jewish population—their children, their women—was enslaved and deprived of its national freedom, just like we were.
It should not go anywhere away from us; it has been living with us since time immemorial, sharing our fate and misfortune with us.
I decisively order that all those who will be inciting you to carry out pogroms be expelled from our army and tried as traitors of the Motherland. Let the courts try them for their actions, without sparing the criminals the severest punishments according to the law. The government of the UNR, understanding all the harm that pogroms inflict on the state, has issued a proclamation to the entire population of the land, with the appeal to oppose all measures by enemies that instigate pogroms against the Jewish population...

Chief Otaman Petliura, 26 August 1919[11]

The newly formed Ukrainian state (Ukrainian People's Republic) promised Jews full equality and autonomy.Arnold Margolin,a Jewish assistant minister in Petliura's UPR government, declared in May 1919 that the Ukrainian government had given Jews more rights than they enjoyed in any other European government.[20]However, after 1918, military units became involved in pogroms against Jews. During Petliura's term as Head of State (1919–20), pogroms continued to be perpetrated on Ukrainian territory.[21][22]

Petliura's role in the pogroms has been a topic of dispute since his assassination in 1926 and the succeedingSchwartzbard's trial.In 1969, the journalJewish Social Studiespublished two opposing views regarding Petliura's responsibility in pogroms against Jews during his reign over Ukraine, by scholarsTaras Hunczak[23]andZosa Szajkowski.[24]Later theJournalpublished letters from the two authors.[25]

According to Hunczak, Petliura actively sought to halt anti-Jewish violence on numerous occasions, introducing capital punishment for carrying out pogroms.[26][27]Conversely, he is also accused of not having done enough to stop the pogroms[20]and being afraid to punish officers and soldiers engaged in crimes against Jews for fear of losing their support.[28][29][page needed]

Assassination

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UkrainianPresidentVictor Yushchenkoandhis wifelaying flowers at Symon Petliura's grave in Paris, 2005

On 25 May 1926, at 14:12, by the Gibert bookstore, Petliura was walking on Rue Racine nearBoulevard Saint-Michelof theLatin Quarterin Paris and was approached bySholom Schwartzbard.Schwartzbard asked him in Ukrainian, "Are you Mr. Petliura?" Petliura did not answer but raised his walking cane.[30]Schwartzbard pulled out a gun, proclaimed "dirty dog, killer of my people, defend yourself!" and shot him five times. Evading a lynch-mob attempting to avenge Petliura, Schwartzbard gave himself into the police with a note reading: "I have killed Petliura to avenge the death of the thousands of pogrom victims in Ukraine who were massacred by Petliura's forces without his taking any steps to prevent these massacres." TheJewish Telegraphic Agencyreported on 27 May 1926 that Petliura's "pogrom bands" were responsible for killing tens of thousands of Jews.[31][32][failed verification]

Schwartzbard was an anarchist of Jewish descent, born in Ukraine. He participated in the Jewish self-defense ofBaltain 1905. The Russian Tsarist government sentenced him to 3 months in prison for "provoking" the Balta pogrom.[33]He was twice convicted of taking part in anarchist "expropriation" (burglary) and bank robbery inAustria-Hungary.He later joined theFrench Foreign Legion(1914–1917) and was wounded in theBattle of the Somme.It is reported that Schwartzbard told famous fellow anarchist leaderNestor Makhnoin Paris that he was terminally ill and expected to die and that he would take Petliura with him; Makhno forbade Schwartzbard to do so.[34]

Schwartzbard's parents were among fifteen members of his family murdered in the pogroms in Odesa. The core defense at theSchwartzbard trialwas — as presented by the noted juristHenri Torres— that he was avenging the deaths of more than 50,000 Jewish victims of the pogroms, whereas the prosecution (both criminal and civil) tried to show that Petliura was not responsible for the pogroms and that Schwartzbard was a Soviet agent. After a trial lasting eight days the jury acquitted Schwartzbard.[29][page needed][35]

According to a defected KGB operativePeter Deriabin,Schwartzbard was a Soviet (NKVD) agent and acted on the order from a former chairman of the Soviet Ukrainian government and currentSoviet Ambassador to France,Christian Rakovsky.The special operation of theGPUwas consolidated by GPU agent Mikhail Volodin, who arrived in France 8 August 1925, and who had been in close contact with Schwartzbard.[34][19][36][37]

It is claimed that in March 1926,Vlas Chubar(Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Ukraine), in a speech given inKharkivand repeated in Moscow, warned of the danger Petliura represented to Soviet power. It was after this speech that the command had allegedly been given to assassinate Petliura.[38] Petliura was buried alongside his wife and daughter in theCimetière du Montparnassein Paris.

Petliura's two sisters, Orthodox nuns who had remained in Poltava, were arrested and shot in 1928 by theNKVD(the Soviet secret police).

Legacy

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Ukraine

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With thedissolution of the Soviet Unionin 1991, previously restricted Soviet archives have allowed numerous politicians and historians to review Petliura's role in Ukrainian history. Some consider him a national hero who strove for the independence of Ukraine. Several cities, includingKyiv,the Ukrainian capital, andPoltava,the city of his birth, have erected monuments to Petliura, with a museum complex also being planned in Poltava. Petliura's statue, unveiled inVinnytsiain October 2017, was denounced as disgraceful and deplorable by theWorld Jewish Congress.[39]To mark the 80th anniversary of his assassination, a twelve-volume edition of his writings, including articles, letters and historic documents, has been published in Kyiv byTaras Shevchenko Universityand the State Archive of Ukraine. In 1992 inPoltava,a series of readings known as"Petliurivski chytannia"have become an annual event, and since 1993, they have taken place annually atKyiv University.[40]

In June 2009,Kyiv City Councilrenamed Comintern Street (located inShevchenkivskyi District) asSymon Petliura Street[uk]to commemorate the 130th anniversary of his birth.[41]

In modern-day Ukraine, Petliura has not been aslionizedasMykhailo Hrushevsky(who played a much smaller role in theUkrainian People's Republic), since Petliura was too closely associated with violence to make a good symbolic figure.[42]In a 2008 poll of "Famous Ukrainians of all times" (in which respondents did not receive any lists or tips), Petliura was not mentioned (Hrushevsky came in sixth place in this poll).[43]In the 2008 TV projectVelyki Ukraïntsi( "Greatest Ukrainians" ), he placed 26th.[44]

A nephew of Symon Petliura,Stepan Skrypnyk,became Patriarch Mstyslav of theUkrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Churchon 6 June 1990.

In December 2022, the city ofIziumrecently liberatedfromRussian forces– decided to renameMaxim GorkyStreet as Symon Petliura Street.[45]

Ukrainian diaspora

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For part of the Western Ukrainian diaspora, Petliura is remembered as a national hero, a fighter for Ukrainian independence, a martyr, who inspired hundreds of thousands to fight for an independent Ukrainian state.[citation needed]He has inspired original music,[46]and youth organizations.[47]

Petliura in Ukrainian folk songs

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During the revolution Petliura became the subject of numerous folk songs, primarily as a hero calling for his people to unite against foreign oppression. His name became synonymous with the call for freedom.[48]15 songs were recorded by the ethnographer rev. prof. K. Danylevsky. In the songs Petliura is depicted as a soldier, in a manner similar toRobin Hood,mocking Skoropadsky and the BolshevikRed Guard.

News of Petliura's assassination in the summer of 1926 was marked by numerous revolts in eastern Ukraine particularly in Boromlia, Zhehailivtsi, (Sumy province), Velyka Rublivka, Myloradov (Poltava province), Hnylsk, Bilsk, Kuzemyn and all along theVorskla RiverfromOkhtyrkatoPoltava,Burynia,Nizhyn(Chernihiv province) and other cities.[49]These revolts were brutally pacified by the Soviet administration. The blindkobzarsPavlo HashchenkoandIvan Kuchuhura Kucherenkocomposed aduma(epic poem) in memory of Symon Petliura. To date Petliura is the only modern Ukrainian politician to have a duma created and sung in his memory. This duma became popular among the kobzars of left-bank Ukraine and was sung also byStepan Pasiuha,Petro Drevchenko,Bohushchenko, and Chumak.[50]

The Soviets also tried their hand at portraying Petliura through the arts in order to discredit the Ukrainian national leader. A number of humorous songs appeared in which Petliura is portrayed as a traveling beggar whose only territory is that which is under his train carriage. A number of plays such asThe Republic on Wheelsby Yakov Mamontov and the operaShchorsbyBoris LiatoshinskyandArsenalbyHeorhiy Maiborodaportray Petliura in a negative light, as a lackey who sold out Western Ukraine to Poland, often using the very same melodies which had become popular during the fight for Ukrainian Independence in 1918.

Petliura continues to be portrayed by the Ukrainian people in its folk songs in a manner similar toTaras ShevchenkoandBohdan Khmelnytsky.He is likened to the sun which suddenly stopped shining.

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Also rendered asSimon Petlura,[2]Symon Petlura,[3]orSymon Petlyura.[4]
  2. ^The Petliura family was very pious. His two sisters became nuns and his nephew Stepan Ivanovych Skrypnyk became thePatriarch Mstyslavof theUkrainian Orthodox Church(in office 1991-1993).

References

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  3. ^Zamoyski, Adam. 2007.Warsaw 1920: Lenin's Failed Conquest of Europe.London: HarperPress, p. viii.
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