In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Artemovych and the family name is Kovpak.
Sydir Kovpak
Born
June 7, 1887 Kotelva, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
December 11, 1967 (aged 80) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance
Russian Empire Soviet Union
Years of service
1914–1925 1941–1945
Rank
Major-General
Commands held
Putyvl partisans and allied partisan units 1st Ukrainian Partisan Division
Battles/wars
World War I
Brusilov Offensive
Kerensky Offensive
Russian Civil War
Buguruslansky Offensive
Belebeyskaya Offensive
Ufa Offensive
Kiev offensive
World War II
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union (twice) Cross of St. George (3rd, 4th Class) Medal of St. George (3rd, 4th Class) Order of Lenin (4 times) Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st Class Order of Suvorov, 2nd Class Order of the Red Banner Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class
Other work
various top positions in government of Soviet Ukraine
Sydir Artemovych Kovpak (Ukrainian: Си́дір Арте́мович Ковпа́к; Russian: Си́дор Арте́мьевич Ковпа́к, Sidor Artemyevich Kovpak), (June 7, 1887 – December 11, 1967) was a leader of the Soviet partisans in Ukraine during World War II.
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rule (in some places even less). In 1943, the Soviet partisan leader SydirKovpak was sent to the Carpathian Mountains, with help from Nikita Khrushchev...
administrative and conditional, in his book "From Putyvl to the Carpathian" SydirKovpak never mentioned about any border-like divisions. Bukovina was controlled...
the Bryansk area about 60,000 guerrillas from the guerrilla units of SydirKovpak, Oleksiy Fedorov and Alexander Saburov operated. The fighting resulted...
the conflict. He took part in seven raids by the guerrilla brigade of SydirKovpak. Though he did not achieve his dream of a career as a military pilot...
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into Ukraine and operated in central and western Ukraine. Together with SydirKovpak he played a key role in the leadership of partisan movement in Ukraine...
be a precursor to the Russian special operations called the Spetsnaz SydirKovpak Semyon Rudniev Vasily Zaitsev - Soviet Sniper who killed 225 enemy soldiers...
between 10 September 1941 and 3 September 1943. Soviet partisans led by SydirKovpak participated in guerrilla warfare against the Germans in the forests...
partisan units led by SydirKovpak in northeastern Ukraine. After the death of Semyon Rudnev in the summer of 1943, he became Kovpak's right-hand man and...
Khmelnitsky and was praised by the famous Ukrainian partisan leader SydirKovpak. After the end hostilities, Qaysenov returned to his homeland but remained...
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main purpose to chase out the Poles. Torzecki states that the raid by SydirKovpak introduced a significant destabilizing factor to the region and initiated...
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status, and Kotelva became a rural settlement. Yuriy Fomenko, footballer SydirKovpak, partisan leader Valery Storozhik, actor "Ukrainian Zip Codes". angelfire...
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Russian Empire
Soviet Union