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Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadsky (May 15, 1873 - April 26, 1945) - Ukrainian public and political figure, military man. He came from the Cossack-starshyn family of Skoropadsky. Officer of the Russian Empire Army. Participant of the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War. Hetman of the Ukrainian State (April 29 - December 14, 1918). One of the leaders and ideologists of the monarchical hetman movement.