Petro Bolbochan

Petro Bolbochan (October 5, 1883, Yarivka village, now Khotyn district, Chernivtsi region - June 28, 1919, Balyn village, now Dunaivtsi Raion, Khmelnytsky region) - Ukrainian military figure, colonel of the UPR Army, leader of the Crimean operation against the Bolsheviks to establishment of Ukrainian power on the territory of the peninsula and taking control of the Black Sea Fleet. From November 1918 to January 1919, Bolbochan headed the Defense of Northeastern Ukraine.[1][2]

Petro Bolbochan
Born5 (17) October 1883
Yarivka village, now Khotyn district, Chernivtsi region
Died28 June 1919
Allegiance
Years of service1918–1919
Commands heldcommander of the second hut of the Separate Zaporizhia Detachment, commander of the Crimean group of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic
Battles/warsWorld War I Lake Naroch Offensive Soviet–Ukrainian War Crimea Operation (1918)

Biography

Petro Fedorovich Bolbochan was born on October 5 (17), 1883 in the village of Yarivka, Khotyn district, Bessarabia Governorate (now Yarivka village, Khotyn district, Chernivtsi region) in the family of a Moldavian Orthodox priest, Fedor Alekseevich Bolbochan. Father — also from the family of a priest, was born in the village. Lipnik, Sorokin district Governorate, Bessarabian Governorate.[3]

In 1905 he graduated from the Chisinau Theological Seminary.

In 1909 he graduated from the Chuguiv Infantry Junker School.

During the First World War he was an officer of the 38th Tobolsk Regiment.

Ukrainian People's Army

After the revolution, Bolbochan actively began organizing Ukrainian military units and helped form the 1st Bohdan Khmelnytsky Ukrainian Regiment from Russian army units.[4] On November 22, 1917, Peter Bolbochan was appointed commander of the regiment.

References
  1. "5 жовтня – день народження Петра Болбочана, героя боїв за Україну 1917-1921 років, визволителя Криму від більшовиків". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  2. "Полковник армії УНР Петро Болбочан: жертва інтриг чи претендент у диктатори?". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  3. Клірова відомість с.Гиждева (in Russian). 1886.
  4. "Petro Bolbochan | Ivano-Frankivsk - city of heroes". Petro Bolbochan | Ivano-Frankivsk - city of heroes. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
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