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Symon Petliura
Symon Vasyliovych Petliura was a Ukrainian revolutionary, politician and journalist. He was the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian People's Army (UNA) and led the Ukrainian People's Republic during the Ukrainian War of Independence, a part of the wider Russian Civil War.
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culture · Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926) · politician · theatre critic · journalist · writer · opinion journalist · also Symon Petliura, V. Marchenko, V. Salevsky, I. Rokytny, S. Prosvitianyn, O. Riast
Born 22 May 1879 · Died 25 May 1926 · Q212676
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 2 entries
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Reported claimRated Representatives of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Andrew in Toronto have denied claims that a portrait of Symon Petliura hangs in the sanctuary or that the Ukrainian historical figure is being honoured as a "saint". The portrait of Petliura is in a parish hall, not on the altar, and is therefore not an icon. Furthermore, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC) is an independent church under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and is not a parish of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). · StopFake
StopFake rated the claim “"Portrait of Petliura Hangs Instead of Icon" in UOCC Church” Representatives of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Andrew in Toronto have denied claims that a portrait of Symon Petliura hangs in the sanctuary or that the Ukrainian historical figure is being honoured as a "saint". The portrait of Petliura is in a parish hall, not on the altar, and is therefore not an icon. Furthermore, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC) is an independent church under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and is not a parish of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU)..
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2021· 1 entry
The project of a monument to Petliura was presented in his native city of Poltava
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1992· 2 entries
It was transferred to the National Guard of Ukraine and is currently exhibited at the National Military History Museum in Kyiv), the flag of the 3rd Iron Division of the Ukrainian People's Army and a golden sabre covered
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In Poltava, a series of readings known as "Petliurivski chytannia" have become an annual event, and since 1993, they have taken place annually at Kyiv University
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1991· 1 entry
Previously restricted Soviet archives have allowed numerous politicians and historians to review Petliura's role in Ukrainian history
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1990· 1 entry
A nephew of Symon Petliura, Stepan Skrypnyk, became Patriarch Mstyslav of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church on 6 June 1990.
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1969· 1 entry
The journal Jewish Social Studies published two opposing views regarding Petliura's responsibility in pogroms against Jews during his reign over Ukraine, by scholars Taras Hunczak and Zosa Szajkowski
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1942· 1 entry
The chapel of the hospital where Petlura died was transferred to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, becoming St
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1928· 1 entry
Caused a protest from USDRP representative Isaak Mazepa, who accused the commission's members of attempts to disrupt relations between Ukrainians and Jews
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1926· 4 entries
Died 1926-05-25.
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Petliura was assassinated in Paris by Jewish anarchist Sholem Schwarzbard, who had lost relatives in the pogroms
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And employing some real-life historical figures, including Petliura's former subordinate Yuriy Tyutyunnyk, as actors
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A Ukrainian library named in his honour was established in Paris
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1924· 1 entry
Became the editor and publisher of the weekly journal Tryzub (Trident)
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1919· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chairman of the Directorate of Ukraine (1919–1926).
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1910· 2 entries
Petliura married Olha Bilska (1885–1959), later also known under her husband's pseudonym Marchenko
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During his work in Moscow, in 1910 Petliura married Olha Bilska (1885–1959), later also known under her husband's pseudonym Marchenko.
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1909· 1 entry
These publications were closed by Russian imperial police, and Petliura moved back to Moscow, where he briefly worked as an accountant
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1902· 1 entry
Under threat of arrest, he moved to Yekaterinodar in the Kuban, where he worked for two years – initially as a schoolteacher and later as an archivist for the Kuban Cossack Host helping to organize over 200,000 documents
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1900· 1 entry
Petliura joined the Revolutionary Ukrainian Party (RUP)
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1879· 1 entry
Born 1879-05-22.
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