Oleksiy Almazov

Oleksa (Oleksiy) Dmytrovych Almazov (Almaziv, 6 January 1886 – 13 December 1936) was a military officer who served as General Khorunzhy in the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic. Having started his career in the Imperial Russian Army, after the revolution he became a major organizer of the Ukrainian artillery force, taking part in the Ukrainian War of Independence. Afterwards, he emigrated to Czechoslovakia and then to Poland, eventually settling in Polish-ruled Volhynia.

In 2018 Almazov's name was awarded to the 406th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Biography Almazov was born on 6 January 1886 in Volodymyrivka, Kherson Governorate (modern-day Mykolaiv Oblast. He studied at a real school in Tiflis and under the regime of Pavlo Skoropadsky the unit became a full-fledged artillery division. In 1918-1919 Almazov participated in the First Winter Campaign. During the Polish-Soviet War in 1920 he fought as part of the Ukrainian army in battles on the rivers Dniester and Zbruch, and distinguished himself during an offensive on Zhmerynka. Following the internment of Ukrainian forces in Poland he received the rank of General Khorunzhy.

In 1923 Almazov moved to Czechoslovakia, where he studied at the Ukrainian Husbandry Academy in Poděbrady. During the 1930s Almazov lived in Lutsk, working as a hydrotechnical engineer, and took part in activities of the Ukrainian community in Volhynia. He died in 1936 in Lutsk.

Honours and awards Russian Empire

Ukrainian People's Republic