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Symon Petliura

1879 - 1926

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Symon Vasyliovych Petliura (Ukrainian: Симон Васильович Петлюра; 22 May [O.S. 10 May] 1879 – 25 May 1926) was a Ukrainian politician and journalist. He was the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian People's Army (UNA) and led the Ukrainian People's Republic during the Ukrainian War of Independence, a part of the wider Russian Civil War. Petliura was born to a family of Cossack heritage in Poltava. From an early age he embraced socialism and Ukrainian nationalism, which he advocated through his highly prolific career as a journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Symon Petliura is the 1,327th most popular politician (down from 1,291st in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 49th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Symon Petliura was a Ukrainian nationalist leader who led the Ukrainian People's Republic in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. He was assassinated by a Russian agent in Paris in 1926.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Symon Petliura ranks 1,327 out of 19,576. Before him are Börte, Gustav Stresemann, Conrad I of Germany, Muhammad II of Khwarazm, Robert F. Kennedy, and Haman. After him are Haakon V of Norway, Mohamed Naguib, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Henry of Flanders, Kim Jong-suk, and Fiorello H. La Guardia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Symon Petliura ranks 13. Before him are Emperor Taishō, Otto Hahn, Franz von Papen, Max von Laue, Margaret Sanger, and Emiliano Zapata. After him are Alma Mahler, Milutin Milanković, Hans Luther, Rudolf von Laban, Francis Picabia, and Ottorino Respighi. Among people deceased in 1926, Symon Petliura ranks 14. Before him are Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Camillo Golgi, Sunjong of Korea, and Mary Cassatt. After him are Emil Kraepelin, Kim Hyong-jik, Gertrude Bell, Rudolph Valentino, Aleksei Brusilov, and Louise of Sweden.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Symon Petliura ranks 43 out of 1,365. Before him are Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916), Grigory Zinoviev (1883), Ludwig von Mises (1881), Wilhelm Reich (1897), Simon Wiesenthal (1908), and Trofim Lysenko (1898). After him are Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836), Igor Sikorsky (1889), George Gamow (1904), Joseph Roth (1894), Semyon Timoshenko (1895), and Vladimir II Monomakh (1053).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Symon Petliura ranks 20. Before him are Yulia Tymoshenko (1960), Leonid Kravchuk (1934), Kliment Voroshilov (1881), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Petro Poroshenko (1965), and Grigory Zinoviev (1883). After him are Vladimir II Monomakh (1053), Andrei Zhdanov (1896), Moshe Sharett (1894), Levi Eshkol (1895), Lazar Kaganovich (1893), and Yuri Dolgorukiy (1095).

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