Antin Varivoda

Antin Varivoda (Ukrainian: Анті́н Вариво́да, romanized: Antin Varyvoda) (10 January 1869 - 12 March 1936) was a Ukrainian Commander of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, and Colonel of the Ukrainian Galician Army.

Antin Varivoda
Born	(1869-01-10)10 January 1869 Siret, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)
Died	12 March 1936(1936-03-12) (aged 67) Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Branch	USS; UGA
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel Colonel
Commands	Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Ukrainian Galician Army
Battles / wars	World War I Polish - Ukrainian War

Biography

Varivoda was born in the city of Siret in Bukovina.^[1][2]

He graduated from the Austrian officers' school. From the beginning of the First World War he led a sotnia in the Austrian army.^[2]

From 16 March to 30 September 1916 in the rank of colonel (oberstleutnant) in the Austro-Hungarian army, the commandant of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.^[3][2]

During the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918-1919) he was Colonel in the Ukrainian Galician Army. Appointed a member of the liquidation commission, he dealt with the return of Ukrainian soldiers from Austria and Italy to their homeland. In 1920 he commanded a brigade of interned Ukrainian Galician Army soldiers in Liberec (Czechoslovakia) and Jablonne (Germany).^[2][4]

He lived in Vienna, where he died on 12 March 1936.^[2][5]