Sydir Artemovych Kovpak, June 7, 1887 - December 11, 1967) was a prominent Soviet partisan leader in Ukraine. Kovpak was born in a poor peasant family in Ukrainian village near Poltava (then of Russian Empire). For his military service in the World War I he was awarded two Crosses of St. George personally by the Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (an award for special military heroism). Wikipedia
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