Symon Vasyliovych Petliura was a Ukrainian revolutionary, politician and journalist. He was the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian People's Army (UNA) and led the Ukrainian People's Republic during the Ukrainian War of Independence, a part of the wider Russian Civil War.
- Occupation
- politician, theatre critic, journalist, writer
- Position held
- Member of the Russian Constituent Assembly, Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Chairman of the Directorate of Ukraine, president
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Ukrainian People's Republic
- Born
- May 22, 1879
- Died