Michael Hnatiuk, or Mykhailo Hnatiuk (Ukrainian: Михайло Гнатюк, born 1883 in Sasiv, Galicia, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian-Hungarian Ukrainian officer and commander of a legion of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.[1]

Michael Hnatiuk

Biography

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Mykhailo Hnatiuk studied at the philosophical faculty of the University of Lviv.[citation needed]

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.[2]

Hnatiuk emigrated to the United States. His further biography there is unknown.

Literature

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  • М. Лазарович. 2005. Легіон Українських Січових Стрільців. Тернопіль: Джура. ISBN 966-8017-92-7 (in Ukrainian)[citation needed]

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