Vladimir Ćopić
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Vladimir Ćopić | |
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| Nickname(s) | Senjko |
| Born | 8 March 1891 Senj, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 19 April 1939 (aged 48) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Austria-Hungary Spanish Republic |
| Service/ | International Brigades |
| Years of service | 1936–1939 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Commands held | XV International Brigade |
| Battles/wars | Spanish Civil War |
Vladimir "Senjko" Ćopić (8 March 1891 – 19 April 1939) was a Croatian communist and leader of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia from April 1919 to August 1920. During the Spanish Civil War, in the period from 1937 to mid-1938, he was the commander of the XV International Brigade.
Like General "Gal", he had been conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I, and subsequently captured by the Russians.[1]
His brother, Milan Ćopić, was in the International Brigades' prison at Camp Lucász.
References and sources[edit]
- ^ Cecil Eby, Comrades and Commissars, pp 66-67
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