Mykola Yunakiv () (6 December 1871

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) was a Ukrainian general, military pedagogue. He was a general in the army of the

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. Yunakiv finished the

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(1894–1897). In 1910 he defended his dissertation on the ''Swedish campaign in Ukraine 1708-1709'' and year later became a professor of a military history. In 1914 Yunakiv was pressured to resign after his implementation of teaching reforms found no support in the academy. During

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Yunakiv was appointed as a chief of staff serving for the Russian 4th Army and later a commander of the 8th Army fighting on the Romanian Front. In a critical period in the history of the

in December 1917 he joined the Ukrainian military administration as a head of the education department. In August 1919 he was appointed as a chief of joint staff for both the Ukrainian armies during the counter advance onto Kiev and Odessa. On 10 October 1919 Yunakiv was promoted to Major General and during the following year briefly served as minister of defense and as head of the Supreme Military Council of Ukraine. Later he emigrated to Poland where he was a member of the Ukrainian Military History Society and the editorial collective of Za derzhavnist’.

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Yakymovych, B. ''Armed forces of Ukraine: historical overview''
Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies of

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Shankovsky, L. ''Ukrainian Army in the struggle for a statehood''. "Dniprova Khvylya", 1958.

''The Ukrainian quarterly'', Vol.13. "Ukrainian Congress Committee of America", 1957.
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yunakiv, Mykola 1871 births 1931 deaths People from Chuhuiv People from Kharkov Governorate Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire Ministers of defense of Ukraine Ukrainian generals Russian military personnel of World War I Ukrainian people of World War I Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 3rd class Imperial Nikolayev Military Academy alumni