Semen Karetnyk

Semen Karetnyk
Semen Karetnyk
	Semen Karetnyk in October 1920
Native name	Семе́н Мики́тович Каретник
Birth name	Semen Mykytovych Karetnyk
Born	1893; Huliaipole, Katerynoslav, Russian Empire
Died	26 November 1920 (aged 26–27); Melitopol, Katerynoslav, Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1914–1917); Makhnovshchina (1918–1920)
Service	Imperial Russian Army (1914–1917); Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (1918–1920)
Years of service	1914–1920
Rank	Ataman
Commands	Crimean Corps
Battles / wars	First World War Eastern Front; ; Russian Civil War Ukrainian War of Independence Battle of Dibrivka; Battle of Peregonovka; Northern Taurida Operation; Siege of Perekop; ; ;

Semen Mykytovych Karetnyk (Ukrainian: Семе́н Мики́тович Каретник; 1893 – 1920) was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and military commander in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU). He often replaced Nestor Makhno as supreme commander of the Insurgent Army in 1920. Karetnyk gained a reputation for his central role in defeating the White Army in Crimea in November 1920.