Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Simon Petlyura (May 17, 1879-May 26, 1926) was a Ukrainian independence fighter. Born in Poltava, Petlyura was a socialist leader of Ukraine's unsuccessful fight for independence following the Russian revolutions of 1917; he was briefly President during the Civil War period. After the Soviet Red Army invaded and a Bolshevik-affiliated government was established in most of Ukraine, Simon Petlyura escaped to France. Simon Petlyura was assassinated by a Jewish student. He is buried in the Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris, France. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.