Volodymyr Vasylovych Sikevych (), September 5, 1870 – July 27, 1952, was a General Khorunzhy of the

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of the

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(UNR) during the Ukrainian-Soviet War.'Volodymyr Sikevych'
at the ''

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Biography

Volodymyr Sikevych was born in village

Tarashcha Tarashcha or Tarascha (, ) is a city in Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Tarashcha urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History Tarashcha is an historic Cossack t ...

Kiev Governorate Kiev Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–18; 1918–1921), Ukrainian State (1918), and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–19 ...

. He served as a colonel in the general staff of the

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. During the Ukrainian War of Independence (1917–20) he was the brigadier general of the Army of the

and head of the Repatriation Commission of the UNR consulates in

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and

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(1919–20). In 1924 he moved to Canada (

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and

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) and was active in Ukrainian veterans' organizations. Sikevych is an author of book ''Storinky iz zapysnoï knyzhky''.

References

1870 births 1952 deaths People from Tarashcha People from Tarashchansky Uyezd Russian military personnel of World War I Ukrainian people of World War I Ukrainian emigrants to Canada Ukrainian People's Army generals Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 4th class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class {{Ukraine-mil-bio-stub