Volodymyr Sikevych

Volodymyr Vasylovych Sikevych (Сікевич Володимир Васильович), September 5, 1870 – July 27, 1952, was a General Khorunzhy of the Ukrainian People's Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR) during the Ukrainian-Soviet War.

Biography
Volodymyr Sikevych was born in village Tarashcha, Kiev Governorate. He served as a colonel in the general staff of the Russian Imperial Army. During the Ukrainian struggle for independence (1917–20) he served as brigadier general of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic and head of the Repatriation Commission of the UNR consulates in Hungary and Austria (1919–20). In 1924 he moved to Canada (Winnipeg and Toronto) and was active in Ukrainian veterans' organizations. In 1937 he was feted in Toronto on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his military career. A jubilee book commemorating his life and the festivities was published not long thereafter. Sikevychis an author of book Storinky iz zapysnoï knyzhky.