Sydir Kowpak
| Cyrillic ( Ukrainian ) | |
|---|---|
| Сидір Артемович Ковпак | |
| Transl. : | Sydir Artemovyč Kovpak |
| Transcr. : | Sydir Artemowytsch Kowpak |
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
| Сидор Артемьевич Ковпак | |
| Transl .: | Sidor Artem'evič Kovpak |
| Transcr .: | Sidor Artemjewitsch Kowpak |
Sydir Artemowytsch Kovpak (born May 26, jul. / 7. June 1887 greg. In Kotelva , Kharkov Governorate , Russian Empire ; † 11. December 1967 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) was a Ukrainian - Soviet guerrilla leader in the Second World War , Major General of the Red Army and politicians in the Ukrainian SSR.
Life
Sydir Kovpak participated as a soldier in the Russian army in the First World War , including at the Brusilov offensive , in part. In 1919 he became a member of the CPSU ( b ) and took part in the Russian Civil War under Vasily Tschapajew on the side of the communist Bolsheviks . Between the wars he worked as a military commissioner in the Ukrainian SSR and most recently as a local politician in Putywl . After warning from old comrades at the NKVD , he escaped the Great Terror by temporarily hiding in the woods near Putywl.
During the German-Soviet War he organized and led large partisan groups in guerrilla warfare in the Ukrainian SSR and was a member of the underground central committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine . In April 1943, Sydir Kowpak was promoted to major general. After the war, Kowpak lived with the poet, translator and politician Pavlo Tichyna in a state dacha near Kiev. From 1944 on he was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, between 1947 and 1967 he was Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet and from April 1967 he was also a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR. He died in Kiev and was buried in the local Baikowe cemetery .
Honors
In the Russian Empire, he was by Emperor Nicholas II. The Saint George Cross awarded third class.
In the Soviet Union Kowpak received numerous honors, including 1942 and 1944 the title " Hero of the Soviet Union ", four times the Order of Lenin (1942, 1948, 1957, 1967) and the Order of the Red Banner (1942), the Suvorov Order 1st Class (1945) and the Bogdan Khmelnitsky Order, 1st Class (1944). In 1971 a museum about him was opened in Hluchiw .
Many streets in Ukraine have been named after him, a bronze bust was erected in his place of birth in Kotelwa, and monuments in Kiev and Putywl . The Ukrainian National Bank issued a two hryvnia commemorative coin with his portrait in 2012 .
Web links
- Article on Soviet Partisan War in Ukraine, 1941/45 in the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies / University of Toronto; English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Short biography of Sydir Kovpak on ww2db.com ; accessed on August 25, 2016
- ↑ Kurzbiografie Sydir Kovpak on encyclopedia2 ; accessed on August 25, 2016
- ^ Grave of Sydir Kowpak in the Baikowe cemetery; accessed on August 25, 2016 (Russian)
- ↑ a b Biography of Sydir Kowpak on "Wartime.org.ua", accessed on August 26, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Sydir Kowpak's curriculum vitae on "Warheroes", accessed on August 26, 2016 (Russian)
- ^ Website of the National Bank of Ukraine ; accessed on August 25, 2016 (Ukrainian)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kowpak, Sydir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ковпак, Сидір Артемович (Ukrainian); Kowpak, Sydir Artemowytsch (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian-Soviet partisan, major general and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kotelwa , Kharkov Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1967 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |