Michael Hnatiuk (Михайло Гнатюк)
Michael Hnatiuk (Ukrainian: Михайло Гнатюк, born 1883 in Sasov, Galicia, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian-Hungarian-Ukrainian officer and commander of a legion of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.
Biography[]
Michael Hnatiuk studied at the philosophical faculty of the university of Lviv.
He joined the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen in 1914. He was as first lieutenant the commander of a military engineering legion, which troops were riflemen that had recovered from illness or injury.[1]
Hnatiuk emigrated into the United States. His further biography there is unknown.
Literature[]
- М. Лазарович. Легіон Українських Січових Стрільців. Джура. Тернопіль 2005. ISBN 966-8017-92-7
References[]
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