Vasyl' Shakhrai

Vasyl Shakhrai Василь Матвійович Шахрай
People's Secretary of Military Affairs
In office December 24, 1917 – January 12, 1918
Prime Minister	Yevgenia Bosch
Preceded by	position created
Succeeded by	Yuriy Kotsiubynsky
Personal details
Born	(1888-02-11)February 11, 1888 near Pyriatyn, Piryatinsky Uyezd, Poltava Governorate
Died	1919 (aged 30–31) ?Kuban, Russian Republic
Citizenship	Russia, Soviet
Nationality	Ukrainian
Political party	RSDLP(b) (1913)

Vasyl' Matviyovych Shakhrai (Ukrainian: Василь Матвійович Шахрай; February 11, 1888 – 1919) was a Ukrainian political activist and Bolshevik revolutionary during the Russian Revolution. He was а founder of what came to be called National Communism.