Английская Википедия:9th Greek Regiment

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The 9th Greek Regiment was a regiment that was part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Zadneprovskaya Ukrainian Soviet Division, formed on the basis of the Greek detachments of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine in February 1919.

History

In 1918, to fight the rule of Pavlo Skoropadskyi in the Mariupol district of the Yekaterinoslav province, the local Greeks – the Rumeíka and the Urums – formed several rebel groups. In Starohnativka, a detachment was formed headed by Vladimir Feofanovich Takhtamyshev, which operated in the area of Stary Kermenchik, Novo-Petrikovka, Novo-Karakuba and Bolshaya Yanisol. Partisan detachments of Sprutsko, Tsololo and Bogaditsi also operated the area of the Greek villages of Malaya Yanisol, Шаблон:Ill, Шаблон:Ill and Sartana.Шаблон:Sfn

In February 1919, the headquarters of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine united most of the Greek detachments. There were up to one and a half thousand rebels in the new formation.Шаблон:Sfn On February 21, 1919, the commander of the 2nd Ukrainian Soviet Army, Шаблон:Ill, issued an order to form the 1st Zadneprovsk Division. The third brigade of the division consisted of Makhnovist detachments, the Greek regiment under the command of Takhtamyshev became known as the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Brigade.Шаблон:Sfn On March 19, the regiment took part in the battle of Mariupol against the White Army, after which Dybenko awarded the 9th Regiment with the honorary Red Banner.Шаблон:Sfn

At the end of June 1919, the 9th Regiment occupied a part of the front stretching from Berdyansk to the village of Pokrovskoye. Under Takhtamyshev's command were 2,000 Red Army soldiers, of which 1,200 were without rifles.Шаблон:Sfn At the end of 1919, Takhtamyshev's unarmed detachment joined the 14th Army.Шаблон:Sfn

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