In 1910 Kovenko joined the 1st Caucasus Railway Battalion. In 1914 he worked as an engineer assistant for servicing mills at the Kharkiv department of merchant guild "Abram Volkenstein and sons". From October 1915 to July 1916 Kovenko headed a technical bureau of Mechanical Shops department for the Southwestern Front committee of All Russian Land Union (Zemskoi Soyuz). In 1916 he joined the Ukrainian Social Democratic Labor Party and from July 1917 member of the Central Council of Ukraine where he represents the All-Ukrainian Soviet of Workers Deputies.
By the end of 1917 Kovenko switched to the Ukrainian Party of Socialist-Independists which stood in opposition to government and arose from the Ukrainian People's Party of Mikhnovsky. On September 17, 1917 he was appointed as a director of Election bureau for the General Secretariat of Interior. On December 3, 1917 Kovenko was a Free Cossacks instructor for protection of elections. In January 1918 as the leader of Free Cossacks he was appointed the city commissar of Kiev of the Central Council of Ukraine. On January 16, 1918 due to advance of the Russian Red Guards Kovenko was installed to the position of Kiev city special commandant participating in the defense of Kiev against the Russian troops and extinguishing the Bolshevik uprising at Arsenal factory. He conducted numerous arrests against the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries who joined Bolshevik government.
On March 9, 1918 Kovenko was appointed as a representative of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the German military administration. From May 1918 he served as a director of the Arsenal Factory. In 1919 Kovenko was a chief editor of newspaper Ukrayina in Kamyanets-Podilsky and a special commandant of Vinnytsia. In 1919 he also headed the Supreme Investigative Commission in struggle against counterrevolution. In 1920 Kovenko emigrated to Romania where in 1922 he worked in a department of the League of Nations Ukrainian Association.
External links
Mykhailo Kovenko. Institute of History of Ukraine.
Ivanushchenko, H. Ukrainian Revival 1917-20 in the land of Sumy: an attempt for a documented reconstruction of events
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March 05, 2023
mykhailo, kovenko, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, april, 2019, learn, when,. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mykhailo Kovenko Ukrainian Mihajlo Mikitovich Kovenko was a Ukrainian military and political figure Mykhailo KovenkoMihajlo Mikitovich KovenkoBorn 1888 11 08 November 8 1888Akhtyrka county Kharkov GovernorateDied1920 sOccupation s military engineer diplomat administratorYears active1910 1920sMilitary careerAllegiance Russian Empire Ukrainian People s RepublicService wbr branchArmy engineer corps militiaYears of service1910 1920sUnitFree CossacksCommands heldcommandant of Kiev and VinnytsiaBattles warsBattle of KievOther workdiplomat workBiography EditBorn in a village of Hryazne today Chernechyna of Okhtyrka county on November 8 1888 Kovenko finished his school near Kharkiv in Liubotyn in 1899 Later Kovenko emigrated to Germany where he finished a technical school in Altenburg Duchy of Saxe Altenburg and Technische Universitat Darmstadt in Darmstadt Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1910 In 1910 Kovenko joined the 1st Caucasus Railway Battalion In 1914 he worked as an engineer assistant for servicing mills at the Kharkiv department of merchant guild Abram Volkenstein and sons From October 1915 to July 1916 Kovenko headed a technical bureau of Mechanical Shops department for the Southwestern Front committee of All Russian Land Union Zemskoi Soyuz In 1916 he joined the Ukrainian Social Democratic Labor Party and from July 1917 member of the Central Council of Ukraine where he represents the All Ukrainian Soviet of Workers Deputies By the end of 1917 Kovenko switched to the Ukrainian Party of Socialist Independists which stood in opposition to government and arose from the Ukrainian People s Party of Mikhnovsky On September 17 1917 he was appointed as a director of Election bureau for the General Secretariat of Interior On December 3 1917 Kovenko was a Free Cossacks instructor for protection of elections In January 1918 as the leader of Free Cossacks he was appointed the city commissar of Kiev of the Central Council of Ukraine On January 16 1918 due to advance of the Russian Red Guards Kovenko was installed to the position of Kiev city special commandant participating in the defense of Kiev against the Russian troops and extinguishing the Bolshevik uprising at Arsenal factory He conducted numerous arrests against the Left Socialist Revolutionaries who joined Bolshevik government On March 9 1918 Kovenko was appointed as a representative of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the German military administration From May 1918 he served as a director of the Arsenal Factory In 1919 Kovenko was a chief editor of newspaper Ukrayina in Kamyanets Podilsky and a special commandant of Vinnytsia In 1919 he also headed the Supreme Investigative Commission in struggle against counterrevolution In 1920 Kovenko emigrated to Romania where in 1922 he worked in a department of the League of Nations Ukrainian Association External links EditMykhailo Kovenko Institute of History of Ukraine Ivanushchenko H Ukrainian Revival 1917 20 in the land of Sumy an attempt for a documented reconstruction of events Koval R Mykhailo Kovenko an organizer of Free Cossacks Enduring nation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mykhailo Kovenko amp oldid 1101909440, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
