Peter Gavrilenko

Peter Gavrilenko was a Ukrainian anarchist that acted as a commander and chief of staff in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Russian Civil War.

Peter Gavrilenko
Native name
Петро Гавриленко
Born1883
Huliaipole,  Russian Empire
DiedNovember 24, 1920(1920-11-24) (aged 36–37)
Melitopol,  Ukrainian SSR
Allegiance Free Territory
Service Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Years of service1918-1920
Unit1st Donetsk Corps
Battles/warsUkrainian War of Independence

Biography

Born into a peasant family, he joined the ranks of the anarchists during the 1905 Russian Revolution. During the Ukrainian War of Independence, he was an active participant in the Makhnovist movement. In early November 1919, he was elected assistant commander of the second group of infantry units of the 2nd and 3rd Corps, created to oust the troops of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia (AFYUR) from the Huliaipole area. Commanding the 3rd Yekaterinoslav Corps, he played a significant role in the defeat of the AFYUR. In January 1920, he was temporarily acting chief of staff of the Insurgent Army, and was arrested by the Soviet authorities, who imprisoned him in Kharkov.[1]

After the conclusion of an agreement on the joint struggle of the Black and Red armies against Wrangel's White Army, Gavrilenko was released and sent to the front, as chief of the field headquarters of the Insurgent Army, namely its "Crimean group", which Nestor Makhno sent to the Southern Front to help the Red Army. The Makhnovist formation made a significant contribution to the defeat of Wrangel's army. Immediately after the victory, the organs of Soviet power began to liquidate the "Makhnovshchina", and the first blow was struck at the Crimean group: on the night of November 24, 1920, its command, including Gavrilenko, was arrested and shot in Melitopol.[1]

References
  1. Zarubin, A. G.; Zarubin, V. G. (2008). Без победителей. Из истории Гражданской войны в Крыму (in Russian) (1st ed.). Simferopol: Antiqua. pp. 708–728. ISBN 978-966-2930-47-4.
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