Mykola Vasyliovych Tsybulenko (; 1942–1998) was a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

major general. General Tsybulenko was born in the village of Vepryk,

Fastiv Raion Fastiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Fastiv. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to s ...

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...

. He graduated from Caucasian Suvorov Military School with a silver medal. He is also an alumnus of the Leningrad Higher Military-Command School, the

Frunze Military Academy The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (russian: Военная академия имени М. В. Фрунзе), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (rus ...

, and the Academy of the

Armed Forces of Ukraine , imports = , exports = , history = , ranks = Military ranks of Ukraine , country=Ukraine The Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Збро́йні си́ли Украї́ни), most commonly known ...

. In 1992, he was elected as a member-correspondent of the Engineering Academy of Ukraine with a specialty of communications. He served on command positions in various military districts of

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

and abroad. After the collapse of

, Tsybulenko made a major contribution to the creation of the armed forces of newly independent

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, especially in

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

.Незламній генерал
/ref> He was an active participant of the Union of Officers of Ukraine. He was the founder and the first chief of the Odesa Institute of Land Forces (later

Odesa Military Academy The Odesa Military Academy is a modern higher military institution of the inter-services Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is one of the oldest military academies in the former Russian Empire, having been active for more than a century. has deep histor ...

). He was the first head of the foreign relations department of the Ukrainian General Staff. Tsybulenko took part in several armed conflicts. He had numerous decorations and medals of Soviet Union, and many foreign states. He was decorated with the Cross of the Union of former Ukrainian warriors in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

, and with the Cross of the Union of Officers of Ukraine for patriotism and fidelity to the Ukrainian State (posthumously).

References

1942 births 1998 deaths People from Fastiv Raion Ukrainian educational theorists Academic staff of the Odesa Military Academy Ukrainian generals Ukrainian military leaders Frunze Military Academy alumni 20th-century Ukrainian educators {{Ukraine-bio-stub

See also

References