Volodymyr Zatonsky
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Volodymyr Petrovych Zatonsky (
Academy of Sciences (from 1929) and Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union
(from 1936).
Early life
Zatonsky was born in the village of Lysets in of Ushitsy (Ushytsia)
Uyezd, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine) into the family of a volost pysar
.
Political career

He joined the
revkom as well. He was one of few who initiated the organization of the Congress of the Workers-Peasants and Soldiers deputies as well as the military coup in Kyiv. Zatonsky participated in the fight against the Central Rada
.

When the
counterrevolutionary when only Vladimir Lenin's mandate saved his life.[1]
At the beginning of 1918 he was the Head of the Ukrainian delegation from the
Left Socialist-Revolutionary rebellion in Moscow
.
Beginning in November 1918 he was the
Russian SFSR
.
On November 17–30, 1918, Zatonsky,
Special Group of Kursk Troops. The RMC developed a military-strategic plan for the liberation of Ukraine, and began to staff the front with troops. The headquarters of the formation was located in Kursk. From November 30, 1918, Zatonsky was a member of the RMC of the Ukrainian Soviet Army.[3][4][5]
In 1920 he was chairman of
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as the representative of the Ukrainian SSR. In September 1933 Zatonsky was appointed as chief editor of the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
.
Arrest and death
On November 3, 1937, he was arrested in a movie theater while he was with his family. Later the authorities conducted an unsanctioned search of his apartment searching for a proof of him being a spy for "
rehabilitated
.
References
- ^ Budivnytstvo Radianskoyi Ukrainy (Kharkiv: 1928)
- ^ "Затонский Владимир Петрович | Сказка в камне | Каменец-Подольский".
- ^ От повстанчества к регулярной армии. Краснознамённый Киевский. 1979. С.с. 21-24.
- ^ Ратьковский И., Ходяков М. История Советской России. Глава 1. V. Боевые действия в конце 1918 — начале 1919
- ^ Ратьковский И., Ходяков М. История Советской России. Глава 1. V. Боевые действия в конце 1918 — начале 1919 гг. Выведен из состава кандидатов в члены ЦК на Январском пленуме ЦК 1938 года, уже после ареста.
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