Simeon Pravda

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Simeon Pravda
Native name
Симеон Правда
Nickname(s)"The Wooden One"
BornLiubymivka, Katerynoslav, Russian Empire
AllegianceMakhnovshchina
ServiceRevolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Years of service1918-1920
Known forAnti-Mennonite persecution and banditry
Battles / warsUkrainian War of Independence
RelationsMitka Pravda (brother)

Simeon Pravda (Ukrainian: Симеон Правда) was a Ukrainian military commander, known mainly for his persecution of the Mennonite colonists of Schönfeld, which preceded the Eichenfeld massacre.

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