Antin Varivoda ( uk, Анті́н Вариво́да, Antin Varyvoda) (10 January 1869 - 12 March 1936) was a Ukrainian Commander of the
Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, and Colonel of the
Ukrainian Galician Army
Ukrainian Galician Army ( uk, Українська Галицька Армія, translit=Ukrayins’ka Halyts’ka Armiya, UHA), was the Ukrainian military of the West Ukrainian National Republic during and after the Polish-Ukrainian War. It wa ...
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Biography
Varivoda was born in the city of
Siret in
Bukovina
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He graduated from the Austrian officers' school. From the beginning of the First World War he led a ''
sotnia'' in the Austrian army.
From 16 March to 30 September 1916 in the rank of colonel (''
oberstleutnant'') in the Austro-Hungarian army, the commandant of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.
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During the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918-1919) he was Colonel in the Ukrainian Galician Army. Appointed a member of the liquidation commission, he dealt with the return of Ukrainian soldiers from Austria and Italy to their homeland. In 1920 he commanded a brigade of interned Ukrainian Galician Army soldiers in
Liberec
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(
Czechoslovakia) and Jablonne (
Germany).
He lived in
Vienna, where he died on 12 March 1936.
References
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1869 births
1936 deaths
Ukrainian colonels
Ukrainian Galician Army people
Ukrainian military leaders
People from Siret
People from Austria-Hungary