
Valentyn Malyshev
Valentyn Malyshev Валентин Малышев | |
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1st Provisional Governor of Ukraine | |
In office 1 January 1919 – 21 Sepember 1920 | |
Monarch |
Nicholas II In absentia |
Prime Minister | Fedir Lyzohub |
Preceded by |
Pavlo Skoropadsky (as Hetman of Ukraine) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Valentyn Viktorovich Malyshev August 4, 1881 Bila Tserkva |
Died |
March 20, 1952 Kiev | (aged 70)
Resting place | Baikove Cemetery |
Citizenship | Russian Empire, State of Ukraine |
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | White Movement |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy |
Military service | |
Allegiance |
Template:Country data Russia Empire Template:Country data Provisional Government of Ukraine |
Branch/service | Artillery |
Years of service | 1911 - 1934 |
Rank | General of the Artillery |
Battles/wars |
Russian Civil War |
Awards | Order of St. George, Class 4 |
Valentyn Viktorovich Malyshev (August 4, 1881 - March 20, 1952) was was an Imperial Russian General and Politician. During the Russian Civil War he has led the Ukrainian White Uprising of December 1918 and after that he became Provisional Governor of Ukraine under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Imperial Russian Provisional Government commonly known as "The White Movement". The Army of Malyshev together with the Volunteer Army formed the Armed Forces of South Russia, the largest Army of the White Movement made up of former Russian Citizens. Fallowing the temporary displacement of Kolchak the Siberian Government left the Supreme Imperial Russian Provisional Government making Southern Russia the main bastion of the Russian Monarchy in Russia. In 1922 with supplies and help from the Central European Federation, Romania, Germany and secretly France the Southern Army organized the Great Offensive of 1922. The Russian Soviet Republic weakened from the Bolshevik-Menshevik crisis was defeated by the white army. Siberia came back under the Imperial Flag later and by 1924 Russia was united again.