Jun 30, 1897Ivanivka, Zhytomyr Oblast, UkraineDied on 16 Oct 1941 (aged 44)Cancer
About Syla Mishchenko
Syla Mishchenko (Ukrainian: ???? ????????? ???????) was an Imperial Russian military officer and Soviet general from Ukraine.
He played a key role during the 1918 January Uprising in Kiev by supporting the Bolshevik uprising while being a commanding officer in the newly formed Sahaidachny Regiment. Born in village of Yanivka of Radomyshl county (today Ivanivka, Malyn Raion) in a big family of poor peasant, Mishchenko upon graduating of a local rural school enrolled into the Zabolotyne Teacher Seminary.
With the start of the World War I, in 1915 he finished a shortened course of the 1st Kiev Konstantinovskoye Infantry school and as a greenhorn officer was sent to frontlines.