Nikolay Shchors

Nikolay Shchors

Nikolay Aleksandrovich Shchors (Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Щорс; 6 June 1895 – 30 August 1919) was a Red Army commander, member of the Russian Communist Party, renowned for his personal courage during the Russian Civil War and sometimes being called the Ukrainian Chapayev. In 1918-1919 he fought against the new established Ukrainian government in Kyiv. Later he commanded the Bohunsky regiment, brigade, 1st Soviet Ukrainian division and 44th rifle division against Symon Petlura and his Polish allies. Shchors perished in a battle, while some sources claim that he was shot out of jealousy.