Ivan Poltavets-Ostryanytsya
Ivan Poltawez-Ostrjanyzja ( Ukrainian Іван Полтавець-Остряниця , scientific transliteration Ivan Poltavec'-Ostrjanycja ; born September 26, 1890 in Tschyhyryn ; † 1957 ) was a Ukrainian politician and Cossack leader .
Poltawez-Ostrjanyzja initially served in the tsarist army and from 1917 was an activist of the Free Cossacks. From April 1918 he was secretary of the hetman Skoropadskyj . In 1919 he emigrated to Munich , where he separated from Skoropadskyj and founded the UNAKOR organization “Ukrainian Cossack”. This organization played no role at all in the Ukraine itself, but Poltavets-Ostrjanyzja became known for the fact that he pleaded for cooperation between the Cossacks and the Nazis under the motto “The enemy of my enemy is my best friend” . Some of the Cossacks living in Germany shared this opinion; after 1941 they fought in the Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS . The XV. Cossack cavalry corps under Helmuth von Pannwitz became part of Hitler's eastern troops .
After the end of the war, many went into hiding with their families, others were repatriated to the Soviet Union, many of them executed or sent to labor camps because of their collaboration with the National Socialists. Poltawez-Ostrjanyzja returned to Munich.
Web links
- Entry in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography on rusnauka.com Retrieved on May 20, 2011
- ^ Rudolf Stumberger : Munich without Lederhosen , p. 166
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| SURNAME | Poltavets-Ostryanytsya, Ivan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Полтавець-Остряниця Іван Васильович (Ukrainian spelling); Полтавец-Остряница, Иван Васильевич (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian politician and Cossack leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tschyhyryn |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1957 |