Hnat Stefaniv
Hnat Stefaniv (Ukrainian: Гнат Стефанів; born 2 May 1895 – died 21 June 1949) was a colonel of the Ukrainian Galician Army and the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic. Born in the village of Toporivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Toporivtsi near Horodenka, Stefaniv rose to the rank of major in the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, army. In the November retreat of 1918, he was the organizer and commandant of the Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, Zolochiv area in the Western Ukrainian National Republic. In 1918, he was elevated to the rank of colonel and commanded the Ukrainian Army in Lviv, Lwów. Under his leadership, the Ukrainian forces fought the Polish forces in Lwów, but after the arrival of reinforcements were forced to leave the city November 22. Later he joined the army of the UNR where he commanded the Hutsul regiment, the additional brigade of the rifleman's division and the commander of the cavalry in the First Winter Campaign. In ...
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