# Symon Petliura

> He led Ukraine's bid for independence during the chaos of the Russian Civil War, then died on a Paris street — shot by a man whose family was killed in the pogroms that happened under his army's watch.

*Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/symon-petliura

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1879-05-22
- **Died:** 1926-05-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Petliura was born in 1879 to a Cossack family in Poltava and spent his early years as a socialist journalist pushing Ukrainian nationalism. After the February Revolution toppled the Tsar in 1917, the Ukrainian People's Republic declared itself and Petliura became head of its military. A brief German-backed interlude collapsed in late 1918; Petliura and the socialist Directorate revolted, restored the Republic, and by early 1919 he was leading it as Bolshevik forces closed in. Desperate, he allied with Poland's Piłsudski — the war ended with Poland independent, some border territory traded, and most of Ukraine under Soviet rule. Petliura fled into exile, first directing a government-in-exile from Poland, then settling in Paris. During those war years his army had been responsible for pogroms that killed tens of thousands of Jewish civilians; his personal role remains contested. In May 1926, Jewish anarchist Sholem Schwarzbard, who had lost relatives in the violence, shot him dead on a Paris street.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Journalism, #Literature, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symon_Petliura)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212676)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Symon%20Petliura)
- [Semyon Petlyura](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Petlyura)
- [Symon Petliura](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symon_Petliura)
- [Сымон Пятлюра](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B0)
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- [Симон Петлюра](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B0)
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- [Simon Petliura](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Petliura)
- [سیمون پتلیورا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7)
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- [Simon Petljura](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Petljura)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%99%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
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