Ivan Hladush ( uk, Іван Дмитрович Гладуш; russian: Иван Дмитриевич Гладуш, Ivan Dmitrievich Gladush; 24 July 1929 – 6 December 2018) was a

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general.

Early life and education

Hladush was born on 24 July 1929 in village of Mishuryn Rih,

Verkhnodniprovsk Raion Verkhnodniprovsk Raion ( uk, Верхньодніпровський район) was a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Verkhnodniprovsk. The raion was abolished on 18 ...

, Dnipropetrovsk Okruha (today in

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). In 1951 he graduated the Dnipropetrovsk Autotransportation Technicum.

Career

Hladush started out in 1951 as an inspector at the State Auto Inspection (GAI). In 1957 Hladush graduated the All-Union Extramural Engineering Institute in Moscow. In 1963 he was in charge of GAI at the Directorate of General Order Security in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. In 1968-1974 Hladush headed the Directorate of General Order Security in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. During that period he graduated the Kyiv College of Ministry of Interior Affairs of USSR (today National Academy of Interior Affairs of Ukraine) in 1970 and in 1973 he received a rank of

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of Militsiya. In 1974-1977 Hladush was a chief of Directorate of Interior Affairs in Donetsk Oblast. In 1982-1990 he was a minister of Internal Affairs of UkrSSR. In January 1991 Hladush retired as a

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of Militsiya. In 2010 he was awarded a rank of General of Internal Service by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. In April 1988 Ivan Hladush as a minister of Interior headed a government commission in regards to recent findings in woodlands around Darnytsia.Kipiani, V.
Bykivnia "for the first category" (Биківня «за першою категорією»)
'.

The Ukrainian Week ''The Ukrainian Week'' ( uk, Український Тиждень, translit=Ukrainskyi Tyzhden) is an illustrated weekly magazine covering politics, economics and the arts and aimed at the socially engaged Ukrainian-language reader. It provides ...

. 24 September 2012 The commission came up with its report announcing that in Bykivnia were killed Soviet people by Nazi-Fascist invaders. It was partially true as there was Darnytsia concentration camp in close vicinity. Later another commission confirmed that Bykivnia was hiding much more.

Family

* Viktor Hladush, People's Deputy of Ukraine, Ambassador of Ukraine to Baltics states

Awards

* Fort-12 as "Firearm of Honour" (1997) *

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(3rd degree, 1999) * Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (5th degree, 2004) *

Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky ( uk, Орден Богдана Хмельницького, Orden Bohdana Khmelʹnytsʹkoho) is a Ukrainian military award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. The award was establi ...

(3rd degree, 2008) * Soviet awards orders of Red Banner, Red Banner of Labour, Badge of Honour

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