Petro Dyachenko
Petro Havrylovych Dyachenko (January 30, 1895 – April 23, 1965) was Ukrainian Military Leader, commander of the Black Zaporozhets, the 2nd division of the Ukrainian National Army, the anti-tank brigade "Free Ukraine".
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| Born | January 30, 1895 Berezova Luka, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine |
| Died | April 23, 1965 (aged 70) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Allegiance | Ukrainian People's Republic Second Republic of Poland |
| Service/ | Polish Army Polissian Sich Ukrainian National Army Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic |
| Years of service | 1914–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General (UNR) |
| Commands held | 2nd Division UNA Ukrainian Liberation Army 1st Calvary Regiment of the Black Zaporozhians |
| Battles/wars | World War I Ukrainian War of Independence Polish-Bolshevik War World War II |
| Awards | Cross of St. George Iron Cross 2nd Class |
Military ranks — colonel of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic (from June 23, 1920), corporal general (with seniority from October 15, 1929; order Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic, No. 6, February 1, 1961).
The regiment of Black Zaporozhets under the leadership of Petro Dyachenko distinguished itself in the battles near Sydoriv and Voznesensk. Mykhailo Omelyanovych-Pavlenko called the Black Zaporozhian regiment the best regiment of the Ukrainian Army.
He graduated from the Real School in Myrhorod .
Participant of the First World War: a volunteer in the Russian Imperial Army, a private, later a non-commissioned officer, and after studying at the School of Ensigns in Orenburg, an officer (in 1917, a staff captain).
In 1917 he joined the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic. 1918 — a participant in the liberation of Poltava and Crimea under the command of Colonel Petro Bolbochan. A centurion (since 11/23/1918) and a henchman (since 1/17/1919 ) of a separate "partisan" henchman in the Zaporizhzhya regiment under Petro Bolbochan.
After the coming to power of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi on April 29, 1918, Petro Dyachenko did not leave the army, but continued his service in the cavalry hundred of the 2nd Zaporizhzhya Regiment of the Army of the Ukrainian State. During the anti-hetman uprising, the hundred was deployed in the separate horse camp named after Ataman Petro Bolbochan. On November 23, 1918, Dyachenko was appointed a centurion, and on January 17, 1919, he was appointed an officer.