Antin Varivoda () (10 January 1869 - 12 March 1936) was a Ukrainian Commander of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, and Colonel of the

Ukrainian Galician Army The Ukrainian Galician Army ( UGA; ), was the combined military of the West Ukrainian People's Republic during and after the Polish-Ukrainian War. It was called the "Galician army" initially. Dissatisfied with the alliance of Ukraine and Polan ...

Biography

Varivoda was born in the city of

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. He graduated from the Austrian officers' school. From the beginning of the First World War he led a ''

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'' in the Austrian army. From 16 March to 30 September 1916 in the rank of colonel (''

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'') in the Austro-Hungarian army, the commandant of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.:s:Українські Січові Стрільці 1914-1920/Поіменний список боєвих відділів 1 полку Українських Січових Стрільців#Булавний відділ 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

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(

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) and Jablonne (

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). He lived in

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, where he died on 12 March 1936.

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