Yevgeny Polonsky | |
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Native name | Євген Полонський |
Other name(s) | M. L. Polonsky |
Born | Berdiansk, Russian Empire |
Died | Katerynoslav, Ukraine | 5 December 1919
Allegiance | Russian Empire (1914-1917) Ukrainian PRS (1917-1918) Ukrainian SSR (1919) |
Service | Black Sea Fleet (1914-1917) Red Guards (1917-1918) Red Army (early 1919) Insurgent Army (late 1919) |
Years of service | 1914-1919 |
Rank | Regimental commander |
Unit | 58th Rifle Division |
Commands | Iron Regiment |
Known for | Polonsky conspiracy |
Battles / wars | World War I Ukrainian War of Independence |
Spouse(s) | Tatyana Polonsky |
Yevgeny Polonsky (Ukrainian: Євген Полонський), also known as M. L. Polonsky (Ukrainian: М. Л. Полонський), was a Ukrainian soldier in the Red Army and the leader of a Bolshevik conspiracy to overthrow the Makhnovshchina.