Oleksander Hrekov

Oleksander Petrovych Hrekov
Born(1875-12-04)4 December 1875
Glukhovsky uezd, Russian Empire
Died2 December 1958(1958-12-02) (aged 83)
Vienna, Austria
Allegiance Russian Empire (1905–1917)
 West Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921)
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Ukrainian Galician Army
Years of service1905–1921
RankMajor General
Otaman
Battles/warsFirst World War
Ukrainian War of Independence
The Entente intervention
Polish–Soviet War
Oleksander Hrekov after arrest by NKVD 1948

Oleksander Petrovych Hrekov (Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Греков; 4 December 1875 – 2 December 1958) was a general of the Imperial Russian Army and Ukrainian People's Army. He was a commander-in-chief of the army of the West Ukrainian National Republic during the Polish-Ukrainian War and architect of the Chortkiv offensive in which the Ukrainian Galician Army advanced 120 km (75 mi) against the Polish army.


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