Petro Bolbochan

Petro Bolbochan
Petro Bolbochan
Native name	Петро Федорович Болбочан
Born	5 October 1883; Yarivka, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died	28 June 1919 (aged 35); Balyn, Ukrainian People's Republic
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Ukrainian People's Republic
Branch	Imperial Russian Army; Ukrainian People's Army
Service years	1909-1917; 1917–1919
Commands	Second group of the Separate Zaporizhia Detachment; Crimean group of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic;
Conflicts	World War I Lake Naroch Offensive; Crimea Operation Battle of Sevastopol (1918); ; ; Ukrainian War of Independence Soviet–Ukrainian War; ;

Petro Fedorovych Bolbochan (5 October [O.S. 17 October] 1883 – 28 June 1919) was a Ukrainian military figure of Moldovan descent who was a colonel of the Ukrainian People's Army. Recognized as a good organizer and masterful strategist, he led Ukrainian forces in the 1918 Crimea Operation against the Bolsheviks, leading to the establishment of Ukrainian control over the peninsula and transfer of the Black Sea Fleet to Ukraine. From November 1918 to January 1919, during the Soviet-Ukrainian War, Bolbochan headed the defense of Northeastern Ukraine.