Vasyl Shakhrai Василь Матвійович Шахрай | |
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| People's Secretary of Military Affairs | |
| In office December 24, 1917 – January 12, 1918 | |
| Prime Minister | Yevgenia Bosch |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Yuriy Kotsiubynsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 11, 1888 near Pyriatyn, Piryatinsky Uyezd, Poltava Governorate |
| Died | 1919 (aged 30–31) ?Kuban, Russian Republic |
| Citizenship | Russia, Soviet |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | RSDLP(b) (1913) |
Vasyl' Matviyovych Shakhrai (Ukrainian: Василь Матвійович Шахрай; February 11, 1888 – 1919) was a Ukrainian political activist and Bolshevik revolutionary during the Russian Revolution. He was а founder of what came to be called National Communism.