Sydir Kovpak

Sydir Kovpak
Born	June 7, 1887 Kotelva, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	December 11, 1967 (aged 80) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire  Soviet Union
Years of service	1914–1925 1941–1945
Rank	Major-General
Commands	Putyvl partisans and allied partisan units 1st Ukrainian Partisan Division
Battles / wars	World War I Brusilov Offensive Kerensky Offensive Russian Civil War Buguruslansky Offensive Belebeyskaya Offensive Ufa Offensive Kiev offensive World War II
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, Sidor Artemyevich Kovpak), (June 7, 1887 – December 11, 1967) was a leader of the Soviet partisans in Ukraine during World War II.