Oleksander Osetsky
Russian and Ukrainian general (1873–1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oleksander Viktorovych Osetsky (Ukrainian: Олександр Вікторович Осецький; Russian: Александр Викторович Осецкий; 24 June 1873 – 16 February 1937) was a Russian and Ukrainian military officer. A general in the Imperial Russian Army, after the Russian Revolution he joined the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR).
Oleksander Osetsky | |
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Native name | Олександр Осецький |
Born | (1873-06-24)24 June 1873 Kremenets, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine) |
Died | 26 February 1937(1937-02-26) (aged 63) Paris, France |
Allegiance | Russian Empire Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian State |
Service/ | Infantry |
Years of service | 1892-1917 (Imperial Russian Army) 1917-1921 (Ukrainian People's Republic/Ukrainian State) |
Rank | Major general (RIA) Otaman (UNR) |
From 1914 to 1918, during the First World War, he served in and commanded a regiment in the Imperial Russian Army and reached the rank of major general. When the Russian Revolution broke out in 1917, he joined the UNR Army. He served as a commander in the Poltava region, commander of a Railroad Guard Corps under the Hetman government, and commander of the Kholm Group on the Polish front in 1919, during the Polish-Ukrainian War. From December 1918 to January 1919 he was minister of defense of the Ukrainian People's Republic, and then the UNR Army otaman. In 1920, he headed a UNR military-diplomatic mission to Belgium. He emigrated to France and died in Paris in 1937.
Preceded by | General Bulava Deputy Chief Otaman ? - August 1919 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by D.Shchutsky |
Minister of Defense December 1918–1919 |
Succeeded by General Hrekov |