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Tynchenko Yaroslav

Archival Criminal Case of the Volodymyr Sinkler, The General of the Ukrainian People’s Republic Army

Section: The person in historical context

Abstract: The purpose of the article is to reconstruct the Kyiv period (1918–1921) of life of the Major General of the Russian Imperial Army Volodymyr Sinkler, using the publication of his archival criminal case. The author publishes it for the first time. Methods and methodology. In the study, the author used general scientific and historical methods. The author applied a prosopographic approach that allows us to explore the historical process by describing the career strategies of military figures of a particular era.Conclusions. Lots of materials, related to the Volodymyr Sinkler's service in the Russian army, have preserved. Many archival materials also highlight the Kyiv period of his life. Volodymyr Sinkler was the Head of the General Staff and the Commander of the Field Army of Ukrainian People's Republic during 1918-1921. The activities of Volodymyr Sinkler are revealed through the relations between the leaders of the UNR army. From 1921 the general was in exile in Poland. In 1945 he was arrested by officers of the State Security of the USSR and brought to Kyiv. While being under investigation, V. Sinclair was hospitalized at the prison hospital, where he died on March 16, 1946. He was rehabilitated in 2000. Sinclair's archival criminal case is preserved in the Archive of the State Security Service of Ukraine. The open access to archival materials led to the emergence of publications about this person in the early 2000s. The publication of an archival criminal case is a significant addition to the available information about Volodymyr Sinclair, and also allows revealing certain aspects of political events in Ukraine during the Revolution (1917–1921).The article contains the photo documents from the archival-criminal case, as well as from the Kamianets-Podilsky State Historical Museum.

Keywords: Ukrainian People’s Republic, General Staff, General, High Military Council, Volodymyr Olexandrovych Sinkler.


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Cite:
Tynchenko Yaroslav (2017). Archival Criminal Case of the Volodymyr Sinkler, The General of the Ukrainian People’s Republic Army. From archives of VUChK–GPU–NKVD–KGB, ( 2 (48)) 259-346. (In Ukrainian). doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/vuchk2017.02.259

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