9th Greek Regiment

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
9th Greek Regiment
9-й Греческий полк
Active1918–1919
AllegianceМахновское знамя.svg Free Territory (1918-19),
Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919-1929).svg Ukrainian SSR (1919)
BranchDeath to oppressors of workers.svg Black Army (1918-19),
Soviet Red Army Hammer and Plough.svg Red Army (1919)
TypePartisan regiment
Size2,000
Part of1st Zadneprovskaya Division
EngagementsUkrainian War of Independence
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner
SU Order of the Red Banner ribbon.svg
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Vladimir Takhtamyshev

The 9th Greek Regiment was a regiment that was part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Zadneprovskaya Ukrainian Soviet Division, formed on the basis of the Greek detachments of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine in February 1919.

History[]

In 1918, to fight the rule of Pavlo Skoropadskyi in the Mariupol district of the Yekaterinoslav province, the local Greeks – the Rumeíka and the Urums – formed several rebel groups. In Starohnativka, a detachment was formed headed by Vladimir Feofanovich Takhtamyshev, which operated in the area of  [ru],  [ru],  [ru] and Bolshaya Yanisol. Partisan detachments of Sprutsko, Tsololo and Bogaditsi also operated the area of the Greek villages of  [ru],  [ru],  [ru] and Sartana.[1]

In February 1919, the headquarters of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine united most of the Greek detachments. There were up to one and a half thousand rebels in the new formation.[2] On February 21, 1919, the commander of the 2nd Ukrainian Soviet Army,  [ru], issued an order to form the 1st Zadneprovsk Division. The third brigade of the division consisted of Makhnovist detachments, the Greek regiment under the command of Takhtamyshev became known as the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Brigade.[3] On March 19, the regiment took part in the liberation of Mariupol from the White Army, after which Dybenko awarded the 9th regiment with the honorary Red Banner.[4]

At the end of June 1919, the 9th regiment occupied a part of the front stretching from Berdyansk to the village of Pokrovskoye. Under Takhtamyshev's command were 2,000 Red Army soldiers, of which 1,200 were without rifles.[5] At the end of 1919, Takhtamyshev's unarmed detachment joined the 14th Army.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Chop 2008, p. 6-7.
  2. ^ Chop 2008, p. 7.
  3. ^ Belash & Belash 1993, p. 104.
  4. ^ Belash & Belash 1993, p. 137.
  5. ^ Belash & Belash 1993, p. 298.
  6. ^ Belash & Belash 1993, p. 423.

Bibliography[]

  • Chop, V. М. (2008). Участь приазовських греків-колоністів у Махновському русi (1918—1921 рр.) (PDF) (in Ukrainian).
  • Teper, I. (1924). Махно: от «единого анархизма» к стопам румынского короля (in Russian). Х.
  • Belash, Alexander; Belash, Victor (1993). Дороги Нестора Махно (in Russian). Kyiv: RVC "Proza".

External links[]

Retrieved from ""