Editing Marko Bezruchko

{{Short description|Ukrainian general (1883–1944)}}
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[[File:Bezruchko UINP.tif|200px|thumb|Marko Bezruchko]][[File:Marek bezruczko grób cmentarz prawosławny na woli.JPG|thumb|right|Bezruchko's grave at the [[Orthodox Cemetery in Warsaw]]<ref name="Bezruchko7274960"/>]]
'''Marko Danylovych Bezruchko''' ({{langx|uk|Марко Данилович Безручко}}; 1883&ndash;1944) was a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] military commander and a General of the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]].<ref name="Bezruchko7274960">{{Cite web|title=У Гданську назвали сквер на честь генерала армії УНР|trans-title=In Gdansk, the square was named in honor of the UPR army general|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/11/26/7274960|website=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]]|date=2020-11-26|accessdate=2024-07-05|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>

Bezruchko was born in 1883 in [[Tokmak, Ukraine|Velikiy Tokmak]], [[Taurida Governorate]]. In 1912 he enrolled in the [[Imperial Russia|Russian]] ''Nikolai Academy of General Staff'' in [[Saint Petersburg]]. Later numerous graduates of the Academy joined the [[Ukrainian People's Army]] such as [[Mykola Yunakiv]]. During [[World War I]] he served in the Russian army. After the revolution in Russia he returned to Ukraine, where in 1918 he joined the armed forces of the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR).

In 1918 as an officer of the General Staff he was the commander of the 1st Unit of the Army of UNR. In 1919 he became the chief of staff of the ''Independent Corps of [[Sich Riflemen]]''. In 1920, after UNR leader [[Symon Petliura]]'s alliance with Poland, he became the commanding officer of the regiment-sized Ukrainian [[6th Sich Rifle Infantry Division]] of the 2nd Polish Army under General [[Antoni Listowski]]. He commanded the unit in the April-June 1920 [[Kiev offensive (1920)|Kyiv offensive]] of the [[Polish Army]]. Bezruchko led the defense during a [[Bolshevik]] offensive against [[Zamość]] in August-September 1920.<ref name="Bezruchko7274960"/>

Between 1921 and 1924 he was also a member of the Highest Military Council of the government of UNR in exile in [[Poland]].<ref name="Bezruchko7274960"/> After the [[Peace of Riga]] he remained in [[Warsaw]], where he died in 1944.

Bezruchko is seen by journalists and historians as a symbol of "[[Poland–Ukraine relations|Polish-Ukrainian brotherhood]] in the common struggle against the [[Red Scare|communist threat]]."<ref name="Bezruchko7274960"/> A [[roundabout]] in [[Wrocław]] and squares in [[Warsaw]], [[Koszalin]] and [[Gdańsk]] (the last one since November 2020) are named in Bezruchko's honour.<ref name="Bezruchko7274960"/>

On [[Independence Day of Ukraine|24 August 24]] 2022 [[110th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)|Ukraine's 110th Mechanized Brigade]] received the honorary name of Marko Bezruchko.<ref>{{Cite web|title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №606/2022|trans-title=DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 606/2022|url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/6062022-43757|website=Office of the President of Ukraine|date=2022-08-24|accessdate=2024-07-05|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>

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[[Category:People from Tokmak]]
[[Category:People from Berdyansky Uyezd]]
[[Category:Ministers of defense of Ukraine]]
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[[Category:Russian military personnel of World War I]]
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[[Category:People of the Polish–Soviet War]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 2nd class]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class]]


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