Svyryd Kotsur
Svyryd Kotsur | |
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Свирид Коцур | |
Oleksandriya uyezd, Kherson governorate, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
Known for | Chyhyryn Republic |
Svyryd Dementiovych Kotsur (Ukrainian: Свирид Дементійович Коцур) (1890–1920?) was a Ukrainian otaman insurgent during the Ukrainian War of Independence. In early 1920 he created the Naddniprians'kyi kish, or Dnipro Division, and declared a short-lived independent Chyhyryn republic.
Biography
Kotsur was born to a peasant family in the village of
From October 16–20, 1917, Kotsur became a delegate to the All-Ukraine Congress of
The date and circumstances of Kotsur's death are unclear and opinions range. By the official account, Kotsur was shot shortly after the Bolshevik occupation of Chyhyryn. By other accounts, he survived, absconded to Bulgaria, and faked his own death. After Kotsur's apparent death, his brother Petro continued the fight. In June 1920 a Bolshevik telegram claimed that Petro Kotsur and his associates had been vanquished.[1]
Kotsur's flag of the Naddniprians'kyi kish has long and erroneously been attributed to Makhno's army.[1] The reverse of this flag bears a skull and crossbones and the slogan "Death to All Who Stand in the Way of Freedom for the Working People."
References
- ^ a b c d Patterson, Sean (June 30, 2022). "'Death to All Who Stand in the Way of Freedom for the Working People': Anarchy's False Flag". Anarchist Studies.
Further reading
- Gorlis-Gorsky, Yuriy (2006). "КОЦУР Свирид Дементійович" [KOTSUR Svyryd Dementiovych]. Холодний Яр [Kholodnyi Yar] (in Ukrainian) (8th ed.). OCLC 69983957.
- Heath, Nick (November 16, 2010). "Kotsur, Svirid (Spiridon) Dementiyovich, 1890-1920". Libcom.org. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- Minska, O. I. (2018). "Свирид Коцур: факти і маніпуляції" [Svyryd Kotsur: facts and manipulations]. In Lazurenko, V.M. (ed.). Персоналістичний вимір історії Черкащини [The personal dimension of the history of Cherkasy region] (Thesis) (in Ukrainian). Cherkasy: ChDTU. pp. 184–191.
- ISBN 966-03-0845-0.
- Solodar, Oleksandr (August 6, 2002). "Звивисті шляхи Свирида Коцура" [The winding paths of Svyryd Kotsur]. Storichni storinky "Nova Doba" (in Ukrainian). No. 61. OCLC 54679561. Archived from the originalon April 1, 2016.
- Solodar, Oleksandr (March 31, 2020). ""Батько" Свирид. Про немислимі союзи почервонілих "вільних козаків"" ["Father" Svyryd. On the unthinkable alliances of reddened "free Cossacks"]. DS News (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 12, 2022.