Oleksander Hrekov
| Oleksander Petrovych Hrekov | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
4 December 1875 Glukhov uyezd, Russian Empire |
| Died | 2 December 1958 (aged 83) Vienna, Austria |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire (1905–1917) West Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921)
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| Service/branch |
Imperial Russian Army Ukrainian Galician Army |
| Years of service | 1905–1921 |
| Rank |
Major General Otaman |
| Battles/wars |
First World War |
First World War
Ukrainian War of Independence
The Entente intervention
Polish–Soviet War
Oleksander Petrovych Hrekov (Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Греков) (4 December 1875 – 2 December 1958) was a general of the Imperial Russian Army, Ukrainian People's Army, military professor and one of the most prominent personalities in the History of Ukraine. He was better known as the commander-in-chief of the army of the West Ukrainian National Republic during the Polish-Ukrainian War and architect of the Chortkiv offensive in which the Ukrainian Galician Army advanced 120 km (75 mi) against the Polish army.
Hrekov was born into a Russian family whose estate was near Glukhov in Sopychi, Chernigov Governorate. Today most of the territory belongs to the village of Sopych, Hlukhiv Raion, on the border with the Russian Federation. His father Petro Havrylovych Hrekov was a lawyer and a large landowner of the Chernigov Governorate and his mother was Maria Hryhorivna Preobrazhenska. According to family legend, the Hrekov's family were descendants of a Greek who was part of the delegation accompanying Sophia Paleologue as she moved to Muscovy in 1472 when marrying Ivan III of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow. The Hrekov family attained the status of nobility as a reward for their service to Peter the Great.
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