Fedir Shchus
Fedir Shchus (, March 25, 1893 – June 30, 1921), also Fyodor Shuss or Feodosiy Shchus, was a commander (ataman) in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine of Nestor Makhno. World War I. In 1915 he was conscripted into the military service and enlisted in the navy as a seaman on the Ioann Zlatoust, a battleship in the Russian Black Sea Fleet. He did a lot of sports in the Navy, was a champion in French boxing and wrestling, and knew jiu-jitsu well, he was able to defeat any opponent with a quick capture without much stress. Civil War . In 1917 he returned home and became one of the most active members of the Black Guards, an anarchist organization in Huliaipole. There he organized his own partisan detachment. Schus adhered to an extravagant style: his horse was decorated with ribbons, flowers and pearl necklaces on its legs. He himself was dressed in an embroidered hussar uniform, he put on a sailor cap, wore a Caucasian dagger around his neck, and behind his belt was an old saber and a Colt revolver. He tended to embark on dashing, but not always justified raids.