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Michael Hnatiuk

Michael Hnatiuk, or Mykhailo Hnatiuk ( Ukrainian: Михайло Гнатюк, born 1883 in Sasiv, Galicia, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian-Hungarian Ukrainian officer and commander of a legion of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.[ citation needed]

Biography

Mykhailo Hnatiuk studied at the philosophical faculty of the University of Lviv.[ citation needed]

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. [1]

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

Literature

  • М. Лазарович. 2005. Легіон Українських Січових Стрільців. Тернопіль: Джура. ISBN  966-8017-92-7 (in Ukrainian)[ citation needed]

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