Volodymyr Zatonsky

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Volodymyr Zatonsky
Володимир Затонський
Revkom
In office
July 8, 1920 – September 21, 1920
Preceded byposition introduced
Succeeded byposition disbanded
Personal details
Born(1888-07-27)July 27, 1888
Lysets,
Kyiv University
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner

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)

.

Political career

Zatonsky prior to 1912

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
.

Members of the Ukrainian Military Revolutionary Committee, Volodymyr Zatonsky, Yuriy Kotsyubynsky, Andrei Bubnov, 1918

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

.

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

  1. ^ Budivnytstvo Radianskoyi Ukrainy (Kharkiv: 1928)
  2. ^ "Затонский Владимир Петрович | Сказка в камне | Каменец-Подольский".
  3. ^ От повстанчества к регулярной армии. Краснознамённый Киевский. 1979. С.с. 21-24.
  4. ^ Ратьковский И., Ходяков М. История Советской России. Глава 1. V. Боевые действия в конце 1918 — начале 1919
  5. ^ 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.
Preceded by Director of
Chervony Shliach

1927–1936
Succeeded by
Position abolished