Semen Karetnyk
Appearance
Simon Karetnik | |
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Born | Huliaipole, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | Melitopol, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic | November 26, 1920
Allegiance | Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine |
Rank | Commander (Атаман) |
Commands | Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine |
Battles / wars | Russian Civil War |
Simon Karetnik (Template:Lang-uk; died November 26, 1920) was one of the poorest peasants of Huliaipole and was an anarchist since 1907. He was Commander of the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine, and often replaced Nestor Makhno as supreme commander of the "Black Army" in 1920. He led troops who defeated the White Army of General Pyotr Wrangel in the Crimea on November 13 and 14, 1920 and moved upon Simferopol.[1]
On November 26, 1920, he was trapped by Bolshevik troops of Mikhail Frunze in Melitopol and executed.[1]