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Petro Dyachenko Петро́ Дяче́нко
Petro Dyachenko
Born
January 30, 1895 Berezova Luka, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
April 23, 1965(1965-04-23) (aged 70) Philadelphia, United States
Allegiance
Russian Empire Ukrainian People's Republic Second Republic of Poland Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Imperial Russian Army Ukrainian People's Army Polish Army Polissian Sich Ukrainian National Army
Years of service
1914–1945
Rank
Lieutenant-General (UNR)
Commands held
2nd Division UNA
Battles/wars
World War I Ukrainian War of Independence Polish-Bolshevik War World War II
Awards
Iron Cross 2nd Class
Petro Havrylovych Dyachenko (Ukrainian: Петро́ Гаври́лович Дяче́нко, Polish: Petro Hawryłowycz Diaczenko, January 30, 1895 in Berezova Luka, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) – April 23, 1965 in Philadelphia, United States) was a Ukrainian military commander who collaborated with Nazi Germany, served as a staff captain in the Russian Army (World War I), colonel in the Ukrainian People's Army (1917–1921), major in the Polish Army(1929–1939), officer in the Volhynian Legion (aka 31. Schutzmannschaft-Bataillon des SD), commander of Panzerjagd-Brigade Vilna Ukraina (1945), and Colonel in the Ukrainian National Army (1945) and commander of the 2nd Division UNA.
During the First World War Dyachenko served with the Russian 333rd Infantry Regiment. He joined the Ukrainian National Republic in its struggle against both White and Red Russian forces. Since February 23, 1918 he was successively in command of the 2nd Zaporozhian Rifle Regiment and 1st Zaporozhian Rifle Division of the UNR army as a battalion commander. After the reorganization of the army on July 23, 1918, he took command of the Independent Zaporozhian Rifle Regiment (formed from his battalion). After the fall of Kiev to the Bolsheviks and collapse of the Ukrainian state, he was interned in Poland together with the remaining Ukrainian soldiers. On July 20, 1928 he joined the Polish Army. In 1928 he served as company commander in the 1st Polish Chevauleger Regiment.
On January 1, 1934 he became deputy commander of the 3rd Polish Mazovian Chevauleger Regiment. As a major he fought in the Polish Army in September 1939. After capitulation, as an officer of the Polish army, he was captured and sent to a German POW Camp.
On July 25 Dyachenko became member of the Ukrainian Central Committee (UCC) formed in Kraków on the Nazi Germany side. Dyachenko was in the staff of Polissian Sich (later joining the Ukrainian Insurgent Army) in 1941. In March 1944 he took part in organizing the 31st Schutzmannschafts Battalion (Ukrainian Legion in Kholm), which collaborated with Nazi Germany. In August 1944 he became commander of the 31. Schutzmannschafts-Bataillon der SD. After the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, Dyachenko collaborated with Nazi Germany and organized Ukrainian military unit out of the Volhynian Legion and he participated in murdering civilians during Warsaw Uprising in 1944.[1]
On January 30, 1945 he became commander of the 3rd U.V.V Regiment. In February 1945 he commanded the Panzerjagd-Brigade Freie Ukraine (Vilna Ukraina). In April 1945 he was commander of the 2nd UNA Division. In 1945, remnants of the Vilna Ukraina were attached to General Pavlo Shandruk's army, forming the Ukrainian National Army. On May 7, 1945 Dyachenko was promoted to the rank of general by Gen. Shandruk (2nd UNA).
In May 1945 he and the remnants of the 2nd UNA Division surrendered to the US forces in Austria. Later on, he lived in West Germany and the United States.
In 2015 Dyachenko was commemorated by Ukrainian Parliament with special state celebrations in his memory, raising protests in Poland[2]
^Powstanie Warszawskie: fakty i mity Kazimierz Krajewski, Tomasz Łabuszewski Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, 2006, page 120
^Leszek Miller: nasilenie tendencji nacjonalistycznych na Ukrainie; konieczna reakcja parlamentu
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