Petro Samutyn (1896–1982), originally from the Poltava region, was a Ukrainian military figure, sotnyk (captain) in the Army of the Ukrainian People's Army/UNA (UNR Army), and major in the Polish Army. In 1917, he actively participated in the Ukrainization of the Russian 6th Army Corps and served as a delegate to the Second and Third All-Ukrainian Military Congresses. During the Hetmanate period in 1918, he completed the Officers’ Instructor School (Instruktors'ka shkola starshyn), and in 1920 became commander of a sotnia in the 6th Sich Rifle Division. From 1928 to 1929, Samutyn served as a contract officer in the Polish Army. He later studied at the Higher Military School in Warsaw from 1931 to 1933. The government-in-exile of the Ukrainian People’s Republic granted him the rank of major general (heneneral-khorunzhyi). After emigrating to the United States, Samutyn was active in Ukrainian civic and veterans’ organizations and wrote on military history and historical subjects. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.