Borys Rostislavovich Khreschatytsky (russian: Борис Ростиславович Хрещатицкий, ; 1881,
Stanitsa Novomykolaivska,
Don Host Oblast
The Province (Oblast) of the Don Cossack Host (, ''Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo'') of Imperial Russia was the official name of the territory of Don Cossacks, coinciding approximately with the present-day Rostov Oblast of Russia. Its site of admini ...
–1940) was a general of the Russian Empire. He commanded the Ukrainian troops in the Far East (1918–1924).
In January 1918 he arrived in
Chita, and later traveled to
Kharbin, where he came under the command of General
Horvat
Horvat is a surname of Croatian origin. It is the most frequent surname in Croatia and the second most frequent in Slovenia. Its variant Horvath is very frequent in Hungary and Slovakia.
The surname originates in Croatia, ''Horvat'' being the o ...
. From March 8 to November 14, 1918, he held the position of Chief of Staff of the Russian troops guarding the right-of-way of the
Chinese Eastern Railway
The Chinese Eastern Railway or CER (, russian: Китайско-Восточная железная дорога, or , ''Kitaysko-Vostochnaya Zheleznaya Doroga'' or ''KVZhD''), is the historical name for a railway system in Northeast China (als ...
. In this position, at the beginning of summer 1918, Khreschatytsky began forming the Ukrainian army of the
Green Ukraine
Green Ukraine, also known as Zelenyi Klyn ( uk, Зелений клин, Zelenyi Klyn, russian: Зелёный Клин, Zelyonyy Klin, literally: 'the green gore/wedge') or Zakytaishchyna (Ukrainian and Russian: , literally: 'Trans China'), is ...
(''Zeleny Klyn''). However, when forming the second Ukrainian division, he received an order from Admiral
Alexander Kolchak
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in September 1918 — to send Ukrainian units to an anti-bolshevist front. From November 1918 until August 1919 Khreschatytsky served Kolchak's army, participating in fighting against
Soviet Russia
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
and rising to the rank of lieutenant-general. By autumn 1919 he had become inspector of the Far-Eastern formations of strategic reserve and general on the special commissions at commander by the troops of the Priamur's territorial department.
In 1920 Khreschatytsky came under the command of ataman
Grigory Semyonov. From April 27, 1920, and to July 7, 1921, he held the position of Chief of Staff of the Cossack troops of the Far East. At the beginning of 1920 (according to other sources - by the summer of 1918) the Ukrainian regional government appointed Khreschatytsky as commander of the Far-Eastern Ukrainian army. He supported the ideas of ataman G.M. Semyonov on the creation of a single state of Kazaks and Ukrainians in the Far East from
Lake Baikal
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to the
Pacific Ocean
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. From June 26, 1920, there was a manager by the department of foreign affairs of the Zabaykal's government of Semyonov and he negotiated with the Japanese about a joint fight against
Red Army
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. From August, 1921 Khreschatytsky participated in the work of the Supreme Military Soviet of the
Zabaykal. After the defeat of the troops (the Far Eastern Army) of General Semyonov and the disbanding in 1920 of the Ukrainian regiments of General L. V. Verigo in
Vladivostok
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, Khreschatytsky emigrated to
Kharbin in
Manchuria
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.
1881 births
1940 deaths
People from Novoazovsk
People from Don Host Oblast
Russian military personnel of World War I
White movement generals
White Russian emigrants to China
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 4th class
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