Mykola Tsybulenko
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Mykola V. Tsybulenko (1942-1998) was a Ukrainian major general.
Gen. Tsybulenko
was born in the village of Veprik, Fastivskyi Raion
, Kiev Oblast
. He graduated from Caucasian Suvorov military school with a silver medal, the Leningrad higher military-command school, Frunze Military academy, Academy of Armed forces of Ukraine. Gen. Tsybulenko had a Ph.D. in military science and was an associate professor. In 1992 he was elected as a member-correspondent of the Engineering Academy of Ukraine with a specialty of communications. He served on command positions in various military districts of Soviet Union and abroad.
After the collapse of Soviet Union
, Gen. Tsybulenko made a major contribution to the creation of the armed forces of newly independent Ukraine
, especially in Crimea
. He was an active participant of the Union of Officers of Ukraine.
Gen. Tsybulenko was the founder and the first chief of the Odessa Army Institute. He was the first head of the foreign affairs department of the Ukrainian General Staff.
Gen. Tsybulenko took part in several armed conflicts. He had numerous decorations and medals of Soviet Union, and many foreign states. He was decorated with the Cross of the Union of former Ukrainian warriors in Canada, and with the Cross of the Union of Officers of Ukraine for patriotism and fidelity to the Ukrainian State (posthumously).
Gen. Tsybulenko
Tsybulenko
Tsybulenko is a surname of Ukrainian origin. The surname, Tsybulenko, was created by adding the Ukrainian patronimic suffix, -enko, to word .-Famous Tsybulenkos:Evhen Tsybulenko , professor of international law...
was born in the village of Veprik, Fastivskyi Raion
Fastivskyi Raion
Fastiv Raion is a raion in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Fastiv....
, Kiev Oblast
Kiev Oblast
Kyiv Oblast, sometimes written as Kiev Oblast is an oblast in central Ukraine.The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kyiv , also being the capital of Ukraine...
. He graduated from Caucasian Suvorov military school with a silver medal, the Leningrad higher military-command school, Frunze Military academy, Academy of Armed forces of Ukraine. Gen. Tsybulenko had a Ph.D. in military science and was an associate professor. In 1992 he was elected as a member-correspondent of the Engineering Academy of Ukraine with a specialty of communications. He served on command positions in various military districts of Soviet Union and abroad.
After the collapse of Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, Gen. Tsybulenko made a major contribution to the creation of the armed forces of newly independent Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, especially in Crimea
Crimea
Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...
. He was an active participant of the Union of Officers of Ukraine.
Gen. Tsybulenko was the founder and the first chief of the Odessa Army Institute. He was the first head of the foreign affairs department of the Ukrainian General Staff.
Gen. Tsybulenko took part in several armed conflicts. He had numerous decorations and medals of Soviet Union, and many foreign states. He was decorated with the Cross of the Union of former Ukrainian warriors in Canada, and with the Cross of the Union of Officers of Ukraine for patriotism and fidelity to the Ukrainian State (posthumously).