Ivan Iosifovich Kossak ( Ukrainian: Ivan Yosipovich Kossak ; September 11, 1876 , Drohobych - January 15, 1927 , Kiev ) - Ukrainian military leader, lieutenant of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and centurion of the Ukrainian Galician army .
| Ivan Iosifovich Kossak | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Ivan Yosipovich Kossak | |
| Date of Birth | September 11, 1876 |
| Place of Birth | Drohobych , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , Austria-Hungary |
| Date of death | January 15, 1927 (50 years old) |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR , USSR |
| Affiliation |  Austria-Hungary ZUNR the USSR |
| Type of army | infantry |
| Years of service | 1914-1920 |
| Rank |  chief lieutenant (lieutenant) USS |
| Commanded | 10th CSS |
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil war in Russia Polish-Ukrainian war |
| Awards and prizes |  |
| Communications | Grigory Kossak (brother) |
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Biography
Born September 11, 1879 in Drohobych. The descendant of the Cossacks of the Dnieper, who moved to Western Ukraine - hence the name Kossak (i.e., Cossack). Brothers Gregory and Vasily . Graduated from Lviv University , Faculty of Education. He taught at the teacher’s seminary in Chortkovo , headed the local branch of the Sokol movement . The head of the cooperative "Rural landlord", director of the credit society "People's House", the organizer of the local branch of " Plast ".
On September 2, 1914, he went to the front of the First World War as part of the OSS legion , was sent to the third half-root of Stepan Shukhevych , on September 9 he was appointed centurion instead of Theodor Rozhankovsky . October 18, Shukhevych with his half-smoke went to Borislav , Drohobych and Naguevich . On October 20, a hundred Kossak entered Drohobych, having fought at Selce against the Russian troops. During the battles of the OSS for Stryi, a hundred Kossak held the defenses near Sinevodsk, partially slowing down the pace of the advance of the Russian troops. The Austrians, having lost a large number of dead and wounded, retreated. On November 25, 1914, after the fighting near Tukholka for several days, the offensive of the Russian imperial army stopped. On December 1, 1914, Kossak noted the high morale of the archers in his letter to a member of the Ukrainian Military Command Ivan Bobersky .
From 1917 to 1918, Kossak was an adjutant with the Serozhupannaya division . During the Polish-Ukrainian war, he fought on the side of the Ukrainian Galician army in the Ternopil region. Since mid-1919 he was a military attache of the UPR in Rome. After the collapse of the UPR and the end of the civil war, he moved to the Ukrainian SSR in 1925, where he got a job in banking cooperation. The author of memoirs about Ivan Franko [1] .
Suddenly died on January 15, 1927 in Kiev in the apartment of Mikhail Grushevsky .
Notes
Literature
- Dumin O. Istoriya Leґionu ... // Dzvin. - 1991. - No. 12. - S. 104.
- Kravchuk M., Trofim'yak B. Kossak І Ivan Yosipovich // Ternopil encyclopedic dictionary: 4 volumes / editorial: G. Yavorsky ta іn. - Ternopil: Vidavnichno-polygraphic combine "Zbruch", 2005. - V. 2: K - O. - S. 192-193. - ISBN 966-528-199-2 .
- M.V. Lazarovich. FURNISHING OUR VOLUNTEERS ... - Type, 2003.
Links
- Kossak, Ivan Iosifovich at the Rodovod . Tree of ancestors and descendants
- "DIVISIYA, GAY RIDNA MATI" (Ukrainian)