Oleksander Hrekov Military person

Oleksander Petrovych Hrekov (Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Греков) (4 December 1875 – 2 December 1958) was a general of the Imperial Russian Army, Ukrainian People's Army, military professor and one of the most prominent personalities in the History of Ukraine. He was better known as the commander-in-chief of the army of the West Ukrainian National Republic during the Polish-Ukrainian War and architect of the Chortkiv offensive in which the Ukrainian Galician Army advanced 120 km (75 mi) against the Polish army.

Personal facts

Oleksander Hrekov
Birth dateDecember 04, 1875
Birth place
Russian Empire , Hlukhiv
Date of deathDecember 02, 1958
Place of death
Vienna , First Austrian Republic

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Military person

allegiance
Russian Empire (1905-1917)
West Ukrainian National Republic
military operations
World War I
Polish–Ukrainian War
Chortkiv offensive
military branch
Ukrainian Galician Army
service start1904
service end1921

Oleksander Hrekov on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://hrono.rspu.ryazan.ru/biograf/bio_u/ukraina.html
  2. http://memorial.kiev.ua/zhurnal/pdf/02_2001/343.pdf
  3. http://www.armymuseum.ru/bdng2_r.html
  4. http://www.cdrp.iatp.org.ua/material/legacy/grekov.html