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Native name | Семе́н Мики́тович Каретник |
Birth name | Semen Mykytovych Karetnyk |
Born | 1893 Huliaipole, Katerynoslav, Russian Empire |
Died | 26 November 1920 Melitopol, Katerynoslav, Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic | (aged 26–27)
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Years of service | 1914–1920 |
Rank | Ataman |
Commands | Crimean Corps |
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Semen Mykytovych Karetnyk (Ukrainian: Семе́н Мики́тович Каретник; 1893 – 1920) was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and military commander in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU). He often replaced Nestor Makhno as supreme commander of the Insurgent Army in 1920. Karetnyk gained a reputation for his central role in defeating the White Army in Crimea in November 1920.