Back Мікалай Аляксандравіч Шчорс Byelorussian Nikolaj Alexandrovič Ščors Czech Mykola Sjtjors Danish Mykola Oleksandrowitsch Schtschors German Mikola Shchors Spanish Nikolai Štšors Finnish Nikolaï Chtchors French ניקולאי שצ'ורס HE Նիկոլայ Շչորս Armenian Nikolajs Ščorss Latvian/Lettish
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Mykola Shchors | |
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| Born | 6 June 1895 Snovsk, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 30 August 1919 (aged 24) near Biloshytsya, Volyn Governorate, Ukraine |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire (1914–1917).svg){kind=small} Soviet Ukraine (1918–1919) |
| Service/ | Russian Imperial Army Red Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1919 |
| Rank | Comdiv |
| Unit | Bohun Regiment |
| Commands held | Bohun Regiment 2nd Brigade (1st Ukrainian Soviet Division) 44th Rifle Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I Ukrainian–Soviet War |
| Awards | Honorary weapon |
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Mykola Oleksandrovych Shchors (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Олекса́ндрович Щорс; 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1895 – 30 August 1919) was a member of the Russian Communist Party and a participant in the Russian Civil War, serving as Red Army commander. In 1918–1919 he fought against the newly established Ukrainian People's Republic. Later he commanded the Bohunsky regiment, brigade, 1st Soviet Ukrainian division and 44th Rifle Division against the Ukrainian People's Republic and their Polish allies. Shchors was killed following the evacuation of Kyiv in 1919. After being ignored for more than a decade, Shchors became celebrated as a hero in the Soviet Union following the mid-1930s.[1][2]