Mykola Shchors

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Mykola Shchors
Born	(1895-06-06)6 June 1895 Snovsk, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	30 August 1919(1919-08-30) (aged 24) near Biloshytsya, Volyn Governorate, Ukraine
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1914–1917) Soviet Ukraine (1918–1919)
Service / branch	Russian Imperial Army Red Army
Years of service	1914–1919
Rank	Comdiv
Unit	Bohun Regiment
Commands	Bohun Regiment 2nd Brigade (1st Ukrainian Soviet Division) 44th Rifle Division
Battles / wars	World War I Ukrainian–Soviet War †
Awards	Honorary weapon
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Mykola Oleksandrovych Shchors (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Олекса́ндрович Щорс; 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1895 – 30 August 1919) was a member of the Russian Communist Party and a participant in the Russian Civil War, serving as Red Army commander. In 1918–1919 he fought against the newly established Ukrainian People's Republic. Later he commanded the Bohunsky regiment, brigade, 1st Soviet Ukrainian division and 44th Rifle Division against the Ukrainian People's Republic and their Polish allies. Shchors was killed following the evacuation of Kyiv in 1919. After being ignored for more than a decade, Shchors became celebrated as a hero in the Soviet Union following the mid-1930s.^[1][2]