Foma Kozhyn was a Ukrainian revolutionary and the commander of the machine-gun regiment of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
10 Facts About Foma Kozhyn
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Foma Kozhyn was born into a peasant family, at the end of the 19th century, in the village of Katerynivka, in the Katerynoslav province of the Russian Empire.
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Foma Kozhyn served as commander of a machine-gun regiment and brigade.
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On 20 June 1919, in the region of Kichkas, Nestor Makhno took command of the machine-gun team from Foma Kozhyn, who was being actively hunted by the commissars.
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On 12 October 1919, Foma Kozhyn led his machine-gun regiment in the occupation of Yuzivka, where he stayed for three to four days, before withdrawing.
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When conflict broke out between the Bolsheviks and Makhnovists in early 1920, Foma Kozhyn continued to lead his machine-gun regiment in the 3,000-strong insurgent core, as part of a period of sustained guerrilla warfare.
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The insurgents shifted into guerrilla warfare, with Foma Kozhyn leading an isolated detachment against the Red Army.
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In March 1921, the detachment led by Shchus and Foma Kozhyn managed to reestablish contact with Nestor Makhno, who subsequently ordered them to rendezvous with other insurgent units in Poltava.
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In May 1921, Foma Kozhyn made the rendezvous, which drew together 2,000 cavalry and multiple infantry regiments, in order to attack Bolshevik requisitioning units in eastern Ukraine.
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On 22 July 1921, Roberts Eidemanis telegraphed the Red Army command in Kharkiv and demanded the execution of Foma Kozhyn, who was lined up before a firing squad and shot.