Viktor Bilash
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Viktor Fedorovych Bilash (Ukrainian: Віктор Федорович Білаш; 1893 – 24 January 1938) was the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU) under Nestor Makhno.[1] A gifted military commander, Bilash himself planned many of the Insurgent Army's operations, later becoming its commander in chief after Makhno's flight into exile.[2]
Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Viktor Bilash | |
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Віктор Білаш | |
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| Otaman of the Makhnovshchina | |
| In office 13 August 1921 (1921-08-13) – c. 1923 (1923) | |
| Preceded by | Nestor Makhno |
| Succeeded by | Position disestablished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1893 (1893) Novospasivka, Mariupolsky, Katerynoslav, Russian Empire |
| Died | 24 January 1938(1938-01-24) (aged 44–45) Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Makhnovshchina |
| Service |  Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine |
| Years of service | 1918-1923 |
| Rank | Chief of staff |
| Battles/wars | Ukrainian War of Independence |
His son, Oleksandr, a World War II veteran, was able to obtain the manuscript of his father's work, with other previously unknown documents in 1993. He subsequently published it together as a book called “The Roads of Nestor Makhno”.