Michael Hnatiuk

Ukrainian military commander
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroUkrainian military commander
PlacesUkraine
isMilitary commander
Work fieldMilitary
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1883
The details

Biography

Michael Hnatiuk (Ukrainian: Михайло Гнатюк, born 1883 in Sasov, Galicia, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian-Hungarian-Ukrainian officer and commander of a legion of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.

Biography

Michael Hnatiuk studied at the philosophical faculty of the university of Lviv.

He joined the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen in 1914. He was as first lieutenant the commander of a military engineering legion, which troops were riflemen that had recovered from illness or injury.

Hnatiuk emigrated into the United States. His further biography there is unknown.

Literature

  • М. Лазарович. Легіон Українських Січових Стрільців. Джура. Тернопіль 2005. ISBN 966-8017-92-7

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