Antin Varivoda
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| Born | 10 January 1869 Siret, Austria-Hungary (now Romania) |
| Died | 12 March 1936 (aged 67) Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) |
| Service | USS; UGA |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel Colonel |
| Commands | Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Ukrainian Galician Army |
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Antin Varivoda (Ukrainian: Анті́н Вариво́да, romanized: Antin Varyvoda) (10 January 1869 - 12 March 1936) was a Ukrainian Commander of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, and Colonel of the Ukrainian Galician Army.
Biography
[edit]Varivoda was born in the city of Siret in Bukovina.[1][2]
He graduated from the Austrian officers' school. From the beginning of the First World War he led a sotnia in the Austrian army.[2]
From 16 March to 30 September 1916 in the rank of colonel (oberstleutnant) in the Austro-Hungarian army, the commandant of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.[3][2]
During the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918-1919) he was Colonel in the Ukrainian Galician Army. Appointed a member of the liquidation commission, he dealt with the return of Ukrainian soldiers from Austria and Italy to their homeland. In 1920 he commanded a brigade of interned Ukrainian Galician Army soldiers in Liberec (Czechoslovakia) and Jablonne (Germany).[2][4]
He lived in Vienna, where he died on 12 March 1936.[2][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Starik, Vladimir (2009). From Sarajevo to Paris. Bukovinian Interregnum 1914-1921. p. 152.
- ^ a b c d e "ВАРИВОДА АНТІН". Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ s:Українські Січові Стрільці 1914-1920/Поіменний список боєвих відділів 1 полку Українських Січових Стрільців#Булавний відділ
- ^ "Варивода Антін". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ Літопис Червоної калини. Червоної калини (via Indiana University). 1935. p. 23.
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