Panteleimon "Panteley" Fyodorovich Belochub (Russian: Пантелеймон Фёдорович Белочуб, Ukrainian: Пантелеймон Федорович Білочуб, romanized: Panteleimon Fedorovych Bilochub), (May, 1892 – not earlier than April 15, 1929), was a Ukrainian soldier best known as one of the commanders of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine, a major belligerent force during the Russian Civil Wars of 1917 – 1921.

Panteley Fyodorovich Belochub was born in May 1892 in a family of Azov Greeks in the village of Stary Krym, Mariupol County, Ekaterinoslav Province, Russian Empire.

For instance, in January 1915, Belochub earned an award by successfully aiming artillery fire at the advancing Austrian infantry and allowing the Russians to regroup while avoiding losses.

[4] Quickly rising through the ranks, by the fall of 1919 Panteleimon Belochub commanded the 2nd Horse Artillery Battery, 3rd Ekaterynoslav Corps of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU).

[5] In October 1919, the RIAU found itself blocking the path of Denikin's White forces, which were retreating southward under the pressure of the Red Army.

Seeing this development as an opportunity, Nestor Makhno attacked the Whites, but found his mainly-peasant detachments unable to match the well-organized units of the Armed Forces of South Russia (AFSR), which were still maintaining cohesion regardless of the recent defeats.

White General Revishin decided not to pursue the RIAU across the river, focusing instead on a mopping-up operation against the remnants of the Makhnovist detachments on the left bank.

[7] Belochub distinguished himself during the Ekaterinoslav offensive, in the battle against the units of the 2nd Terek Cossack Division, AFSR, near the village of Stepove on November 8, 1919,[8] and was wounded in this engagement.

This process of rapprochement was interrupted by the arrest of Polonsky, who was accused of subversive activity in favor of the Red Army and of conspiracy to assassinate Nestor Makhno.

On October 15, 1920, Nestor Makhno signed a Treaty of Political and Military Alliance with the Red Army  – this time against Baron Wrangel's White Forces in Crimea.

The Red Army, having barely secured the victory over the Whites, turned on their RIAU allies in a relentless pursuit across Southeastern Ukraine and Southern Russia.

According to the files of the Soviet secret police, OGPU (the successor to the Cheka), Panteleimon Belochub responded to the food requisitions by preparing armed resistance.

At the same time, Budanov, having gained access to a printing press at a factory in Mariupol, published leaflets, calling upon the industrial workers, farmers, and peasants to rise up against the tyranny of the Soviets.

[15] In 1928, the Soviet secret police arrested the Belochub-Budanov group and detained Panteleimon Belochub in Mariupol for at least several days and then transferred him to Kharkiv for further investigation.