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Semen Karetnyk

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Simon Karetnik
BornHuliaipole, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Died(1920-11-26)November 26, 1920
Melitopol, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic
Allegiance Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine
RankCommander (Атаман)
CommandsRevolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine
Battles / warsRussian 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]

References

  1. ^ a b Voline, The Unknown Revolution, 1917-1921, (1947)