Semen Karetnyk

Semen Karetnyk
Semen Karetnyk in October 1920
Native name	Семе́н Мики́тович Каретник
Birth name	Semen Mykytovych Karetnyk
Born	1893 (1893) Huliaipole, Katerynoslav, Russian Empire
Died	26 November 1920(1920-11-26) (aged 26–27) Melitopol, Katerynoslav, Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1914-1917) Makhnovshchina (1918-1920)
Service	Imperial Russian Army (1914-1917) Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (1918-1920)
Years of service	1914–1920
Rank	Ataman
Commands	Crimean Corps
Battles / wars	First World War Eastern Front Russian Civil War Ukrainian War of Independence Battle of Dibrivka Battle of Peregonovka Northern Taurida Operation Siege of Perekop

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Semen Mykytovych Karetnyk (Ukrainian: Семе́н Мики́тович Каретник; 1893 – 1920) was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and military commander in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU). He often replaced Nestor Makhno as supreme commander of the Insurgent Army in 1920. Karetnyk gained a reputation for his central role in defeating the White Army in Crimea in November 1920.