Symon Petliura http://ukrainianplaces.com/en/taxonomy/term/2423/all en Grave of Symon Petliura and family http://ukrainianplaces.com/en/cemetery/grave/grave-symon-petliura-and-family <a href="/en/cemetery/grave/grave-symon-petliura-and-family"></a><a href="/en/cemetery/grave/grave-symon-petliura-and-family"></a><div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-appearance-date"> <div class="field-label">Appearance date:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 1926 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-link field-field-link"> <div class="field-label">Reference:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Петлюра Симон Васильович</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="image-attach-teaser image-attach-node-2223" style="width: 56px;"><a href="/en/cemetery/grave/grave-symon-petliura-and-family"></a></div> <p> </p><p>Symon Petliura (May 10, 1879, Poltava – May 25, 1926, Paris) was a publicist, writer, journalist, Ukrainian politician, statesman, and national leader who led Ukraine's struggle for independence following the Russian Revolution of 1917.</p> <p>During the period of Ukrainian independence in 1918–1920, he was Head of the Ukrainian State.</p> <p>On May 25, 1926 Petliura was assassinated in Paris by the Jewish anarchist Sholom Schwartzbard.</p> <p>Petliura is buried alongside his wife and daughter in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris, France.</p> http://ukrainianplaces.com/en/cemetery/grave/grave-symon-petliura-and-family#comments 48.837243 2.326839 Grave Paris Symon Petliura Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:57:46 +0000 Svirya 2227 at http://ukrainianplaces.com