"The Old Tsarist General" Grigory Yanushevsky at the Crossroads Between Ukraine and Russia

The article is devoted to the biography of Lieutenant General Grigory Yanushevsky, who served in the Hetman, Petliura and White armies, and then became interested in pseudo-historical research and tried to prove the reality of three brothers from the etymological legend - Czech, Lech and Rus. The author examines the connection between the general's military career, his "scientific" research, and his national self-identification. Not wanting to serve the Bolsheviks, Yanushevsky joined the Ukrainian army, then he was captured by the Whites and was in the reserve of the Russian army in Wrangel's Crimea. The Whites treated the general with disdain, prompting him to realize his Ukrainian identity and rejoin the Petliura army, but he did not find a place for himself there either. Having begun to promote the idea of the origin of Rus' from Croatia, the general found admirers among Russian emigrants and returned to Russian identity himself.

Civil War, White movement, Petliurists, legend of Czech, Lech and Rus, national identity