Vladimir Ćopić
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| Nickname(s) | Senjko |
| Born | March 8, 1891 Senj, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | April 19, 1939 (aged 48) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Spanish Republic |
| Service | International Brigades |
| Years of service | 1936-1939 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | XV International Brigade |
| Commands | XV International Brigade |
| Battles / wars | Spanish Civil War |
Vladimir "Senjko" Ćopić (Senj, 8 March 1891 – Moscow, 19 April 1939) was a Croatian politician, communist, one of the leaders of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. During the Spanish Civil War, in the period from 1937 to mid-1938, he was the commander of the XV International Brigade.
Like General "Gal", he had been conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I, and subsequently captured by the Russians.[1]
His brother, Milan Ćopić, was in the International Brigades' prison at Camp Lucász.
References and sources
- ^ Cecil Eby, Comrades and Commissars, pp 66-67
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