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.[1]

Biography

Mykhailo 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.[2]

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)

References
  1. Lazarovych, Mykola (2005). Леґіон Українських січових стрільців: ідея, формування, боротьба (in Ukrainian). Джура. p. 410. ISBN 978-966-8017-92-6. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. Микола Лазарович, Наталія Лазарович. «Машерують наші добровольці…».
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