1883–1944
○ Natural causes
Commander of the UNR Army's 6th Sich Rifle Division who held Zamość
Born in Tokmak in Taurida Governorate, he graduated from the Nicholas General Staff Academy and fought as a Russian officer in the First World War. He joined the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918 and in 1919 was chief of staff of the Sich Riflemen corps. After Petliura's alliance with Poland in 1920 he formed the 6th Sich Rifle Division from internees at Brest, took part in the Kyiv offensive and, at the end of August, held Zamość against Budyonny's First Cavalry Army together with the Polish 31st Kaniów Rifles. He was made a general that October. After the Peace of Riga he stayed in Warsaw as a member of the exile government's military council and died there in 1944.
Also known as: Marko Bezruczko
Activities and affiliations
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1918–1924
Ukrainian People's Republic state institutionsMain
Military command
Career Timeline
- 1914–1917Officer of the Imperial Russian Army in the First World War
- 1919.04.26Chief of staff, Sich Riflemen corps
- 1920.02.08–12Commander, 6th Sich Rifle Division — Kyiv offensive, defence of Zamość
- 1920.10.05Brigadier general of the UNR Army
- 1921–1924Member of the Supreme Military Council of the UNR government in exile