Sydir Kovpak

Sydir Kovpak
Sydir Kovpak
Born	June 7, 1887; Kotelva, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	December 11, 1967 (aged 80); Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Soviet Union
Service years	1914–1925; 1941–1945
Rank	Major-General
Commands	Putyvl partisan detachment; 1st Ukrainian Partisan Division; Allied partisan units
Conflicts	World War I Brusilov Offensive; Kerensky Offensive; ; Russian Civil War Buguruslansky Offensive; Belebeyskaya Offensive; Ufa Offensive; Kiev offensive; ; World War II Battles of Spadshchansky Forest; Battle of Dubovychi; Battle of Veseloe; Capture of Putyvl; ;
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union (twice); Cross of St. George (3rd, 4th Class); Medal of St. George (3rd, 4th Class); Order of Lenin (4 times); Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st Class; Order of Suvorov, 2nd Class; Order of the Red Banner; Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class
Other work	Various top positions in government of Soviet Ukraine

Sydir Artemovych Kovpak (Ukrainian: Си́дір Арте́мович Ковпа́к; Russian: Си́дор Арте́мьевич Ковпа́к, romanized: Sidor Artemyevich Kovpak), (June 7, 1887 – December 11, 1967) led Soviet partisans in Ukraine from 1941 to 1944 during the Axis-Soviet War phase of World War II.