Colonel General Ivan Vasylyovych Bizhan ( uk, Іван Васильович Біжан; born on 25 December 1941 in Yalanets,

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) was a

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military officer who served for short period (4th-8th October 1993) as acting Minister of Defence. Bizhan has taken one of the most active roles in reestablishing of the

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in the beginning of 1990s. On 7 April 1992 he was member of Ukrainian delegation to

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

led by the First Deputy Chairman of Verkhovna Rada

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and left for Sevastopol for official ceremony of presenting a commander of the revived

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, rear admiral

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and accept the oath of allegiance of sailors who decided to join Ukrainian Navy.Volodymyr Chikalin.
He always was at spearhead of events (Був завжди на вістрі подій)
'. Narodna armiya. 26 November 2011. In June 1993 Bizhan also was a member of Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with the

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over the future 1997 friendship treaty.

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* Neshchadym, M.
Ivan Bizhan
'. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. 1941 births Living people People from Vinnytsia Oblast Colonel Generals of Ukraine Defence ministers of Ukraine Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class {{Ukraine-mil-bio-stub