Syla Moiseevich Mishchenko (Russian: Сила Моисеевич Мищенко; 1897 — 1941) was an Imperial Russian military officer and Soviet general from Ukraine. He played a key role during the 1918

January Uprising The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last i ...

in Kiev by supporting the Bolshevik uprising while being a commanding officer in the newly formed Sahaidachny Regiment. Born in village of Yanivka of

Radomyslsky Uyezd The Radomysl uezd (; ) was one of the subdivisions of the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Radomyshl. It included the city of Chernobyl which later becam ...

(today Ivanivka,

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) in a big family of a poor peasant, Mishchenko upon graduating of a local rural school enrolled into the Zabolotyne Teacher Seminary. With the start of the

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, in 1915 he finished a shortened course of the 1st Kiev Konstantinovskoye Infantry school and as a

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officer was sent to frontlines.

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Temple of St New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mishchenko, Syla 1897 births 1941 deaths People from Zhytomyr Oblast People from Radomyslsky Uyezd Bolsheviks Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni Russian military personnel of World War I Ukrainian people of World War I Soviet people of the Ukrainian–Soviet War Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 4th class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Inmates of Butyrka prison