Vasyl Chuchupak

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Insurgent otaman Vasyl Chuchupak

Vasyl Stepanovych Chuchupak (Ukrainian: Василь Степанович Чучупак) (11 March 1895 – 12 April 1920) was the leader of the Kholodny Yar Ukrainian partisan movement during the Ukrainian War of Independence.[1][2]

Biography[]

Chuchupak's grave in the cemetery of Melnyky

Born in 1895 in the village Melnyky in the Chyhyryn region, Chuchupak served in the Imperial Russian Army with his brother Petro and was a village teacher.[1][3]

Chuchupak's family was highly regarded within the Melnyky village. They were a wealthy peasants and provided a good education for their offsprings. In particular, Vasyl's brothers Oleksa Chuchupak and Semen Chuchupak were a village teachers, and Petro Chuchupak studied in Kyiv Academy of Music, furhermore, some of his relatives were priests, namely, Demian and Avtonom Chuchupaks.[4]

Chuchupak was the leader (Otaman[2]) of the Kholodny Yar Ukrainian partisan movement during the Ukrainian War of Independence.[1] In current Cherkasy Raion this movement formed the Kholodny Yar Republic that lasted from 1919 to 1922 were they fought for Ukrainian independence and against the Soviet Union.[5] The republic included 25 villages (with Melnyky serving as its "capital"[2]) and could raise an army of 16 thousand.[6] It was the last territory held by supporters of an independent Ukrainian state before the incorporating of Ukraine into the Soviet Union as the Ukrainian SSR.[7]

The teacher's reputation and his organizational skills with transferable war experience skills made a creation of a strong insurgent organization as a segment of Ukrainian National Republic possible"[8]

The best evaluation to Vasyl Chuchupak's role of that period was given by White guards in the Autumn 1919: Chuchupak is independence minded, he has a support amongst a village's intelligentsia and a peasants' segment. He demonstrates an ability to be rigorous in connection with stealing within the army and tries to create a disciplined army".[9]

Chuchupak shot and killed himself on 12 April 1920 in a fight with a squadron of red cossacks.[3][6]

In the 21st century the Kholodny Republic flag was used during the Euromaidan demonstrations and by the Azov Battalion.[1] In January 2018 the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian army received the honorary name "Kholodny Yar" as reference to the Kholodny Yar partisan movement.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Russian-Ukrainian war never stopped", Gazeta.ua (12 December 2014)
  2. ^ a b c “Kholodny Yar is alive…”, Den (22 February 2011)
  3. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) People freedom, Ukrinform (21 August 2016)
  4. ^ ""Невблаганний ворог". Як постала республіка Холодного Яру". www.dsnews.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  5. ^ (in Ukrainian) Gerashchenko offers a National Park "Cold Yar", Ukrinform (19 October 2016)
  6. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) At the grave chieftain Chuchupaky came two thousand people, Gazeta.ua (16 April 2009)
  7. ^ (in Ukrainian) In honor of the chieftain blessed knives, Gazeta.ua (21 April 2010)
  8. ^ ""Невблаганний ворог". Як постала республіка Холодного Яру". www.dsnews.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  9. ^ ""Невблаганний ворог". Як постала республіка Холодного Яру". www.dsnews.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. ^ "93-я окрема механізована бригада ЗС України отримає почесне ім'я "Холодний Яр"". www.ukrmilitary.com/. . 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  11. ^ "93-тя окрема механізована бригада ЗСУ отримає почесне найменування "Холодний Яр"". procherk.info/. . 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  12. ^ ""Холодний Яр": почесна назва 93 бригади". mil.in.ua. . 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  13. ^ "93-тя бригада ЗСУ отримає почесне найменування "Холодний Яр", нові нарукавні знаки та бойове знамено". tsn.ua/. . 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  14. ^ 93 ОМБр ЗСУ стане Холодноярською. ФОТО //
  15. ^ "Королівська піхота і танковий кулак: як змінюють символи армії України". www.bbc.com/. BBC. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Почесні стяги поруч з бойовими. ССО і бригада короля Данила отримали "брендову" символіку". novynarnia.com. . 15 October 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

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