ORGANIZATIONS, PERSONALITIES OF UKRAINIAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT

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• Publication Date: August 1, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Political - Ukrainian liberation movement
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ORGANIZATIONS PERSONALITIES OF UKRAINIAN LThERAmION MOVEMENT
Organizations
UVO (Ukraine'ka Viys'kova Organizatsiya, Ukrainian Military
Organization) (Ukraine)
Ukrain'skyy Natsional'nyy Soyuz, Ukrainian National Union (Paris).
OUN (Organizatsiya Ukrain'skikh Natsionalistyy, Organization of
Ukrainiin Nationalists) (Ukraine).
SB (Sluzhba Bezopasnosti, Security Service of the OUN) (Ukraine).
Bandera Group (Ukraine).
Melnik Group (Ukraine).
"Taras Bulba" (Borovets) Partisan Unit (Galicia).
UPA ,(Ukrain'ska Povstancheska Armiya, Ukrainian Revolutionary
Army) (Western Ukraine and Galicia).
UNS (Ukrain'ska Natsional'na Samookhorona, Ukrainian National Self-
defense) (Western Ukraine).
UNRA (Ukrain'ska Natsional'na Revolutsiyna Armiya, Ukrainian National
Revolutionary Army) (Eastern Ukraine).
OUNRP (Organizatsiya Ulraintskoy Revolutsyynoy Partii, Organization
of,Zhe Ukrainian Na+ional Revolutionary Party) (Ukraine).
Hetman Movement (Ukraine).
Union or the Liberation of the Ukraine (Paris).
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UNANKOR (Ukrainian National Cossack Movement) (Berlin).
KNOD (ICozats'ko Natsional'ne Oposytsiyne Dvizheniye, Cossack
National Opposition Movement) (Prague).
UNAKOTO (Ukrain'ske Natsional'ne Kozatske Tovarishchestvo, Ukrainian
National Cossack Association) (Rumania).
UKO (Ukrain'ska Kul'turna Organizatsiya, Ukrainian Cultural Organi-
zation) (Bulgaria).
Ukrain'ska Sel'skokhosyayska Ob'yednannya, Ukrainian Agricultural
Association (Bulgaria).
Leading Personalities of the Ukrainian Liberation Movement
Alekseyev, Konstantin -- Cossack general; member, Ukrainian National
Cossack Association (UNAKOTO).
Bandera, Stefan -- Leading nationalist and cofounc?.er of OUN. Sentenced
to 8 years in prison in Poland because of illegal political activities. After
death of Colonel Konovalets, assumed leadership of entire OUN. Course of
actin taken by him within the Ukrainian liberation movement is known
under the name of "Bandera Movement"; pursued his aims ruthlessly and fought
simultaneously against the Soviets, Poles, and Germans. At present in
protective custody.
Bashenko, Opanas -- Leading nationalist in OUN, became famous
mainly through speeches and writings at the Second Extraordinary Congress-
of the Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists (author of Two Years
of Battle).
Bobanych -- President, Court of Justice in Stryy; leading member
of UPA.
Boroshchenko -- Ukrainian writer; leading member of UPA.
Borovets -- Undercover name: Taras Bulba. In 194] formed a Ukrainian
militia in Galicia and Volhynia to combat Bolshevist partisans and
dispersed parts of the Red Army; organized the Ukrainian units into the
so-called "Sich" units which were outlawed in 1943. Fled with some of
his partisans into the woods and continued his fight against Bolshevists and
Poles.
Galyp, Jacob -- Engineer; lived in Paris and acted as liaison man
between the Cossack liberation movements (KNOD) in Prague and England.
Belonged to a masonic lodge.
Glazkov -- Engineer; leader of Cossack liberation movement (KNOB) -
Prague; receives his directives iron Colonel Poltavets-Ostranitsa in
Berlin.
Gulay, Diomid -- Leader of Ukrainian National Cossack Association
(UNAKOTO).
Kapustyanskiy, Mikola -- General; one of the oldest Ukrainian nation-
alists; belonged to the Petlyura Army after World War I; subsequently emi-
grated to Paris and entered Ukrainian National Union in 1921; as a good
speaker and journalist propagandized nationalism among Ukrainian emigrants
in Europe and the USA; cofounder of OUN.
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Kolesnichenko -- Leading member 'of Ukrainian Cultural Organization
(UKO) in Bulgaria.
Konovalets -- Colonel; was one of the oldest and best known
leaders of Ukrainian liberation movement and Ukrainian National Self-
Defense (UNS); was founde3 and, together with Melnik, leader of
OUN. Was shot in Amsterdam in 1938.
Kosenko -- Leading member of "Union for the Liberation of
the Ukraine" in Paris.
Krivin -- Former commanding officer of Ukrainian auxiliary
police in Plukov; leading member of UPA.
Krupchinskiy -- Leading member of Ukrainian Cultural Organization
in Bulgaria.
Lebed', Stefan -- Cover name: Vil'nyy; political leader of
UPA; had illegally taken active part in politics earlier and has
been known as extremely radical. Attempted to gain military control
of the UPA, but did not succeed. Consequent split between Lebed' and
Sukhevich was aggravated by the fact that Lebed' got in touch with
Communist partisan leader K)lpakov in order to cooperate with the
Bolshevists.
Lebed', Daria -- Wife of Stefan Lebed'; had also worked poli-
tically in earlier years; was imprisoned for 5 years for illegal
political activity during the Polish period.
Levitskiy -- Leading member of Union for the Liberation of
the Ukraine in Paris.
Loshchenko -- Leading member of "Khleboroby" organization.
Maystrenko ?-- Leading member of Ukrainian Cultural Organization.
Markotun -- Ukrainian emigrant in Paris; freemason. Known as
liaison man between Cossack liberation movement and England.
Mil'nik, Andreas -- Engineer; one of the oldest members of
Ukrainian resistance movement; took part in Ukrainian war of inde-
pendence in 1918-20. Emigrated later to Paris and there founded,
together with other famous Ukrainian nationalists, the Ukrainian
National Union. Took part in unification of various groups in
OUN in 1929. After death of Colonel Konovalets, was defeated by
Itefan Bandera in struggle for leadership of OUN. His followers
left OUN under his leadership and formed the so-called Melnik
group.
Meretskiy -- Former manager of the association in Przemyslani;
leai:ing member of the UPA.
Murashko -- Colonel; leading member of national Ukrainian organi-
zation "Khleboroby."
Orlov, Y. N. -- Ukrainian emigrant in Bulgaria, representing
there the interests of national Ukrainian organization, "Khleboroby."
Main task to observe the treatment of Ukrainians shipped to Germany
for forced labor.
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Parashchuk, Michael -- Leading member of Union for the Liberation
of the Ukraine in Paris.
Proshivskiy, .0. -- Ukrainian emigrant; leader of Union for the Lib-
eration of the Ukraine in Bulgaria, and liaison man between the latter
in Paris and Bulgaria.
Poltavets-Ostranitsa -- Colonel; real leader of UNANKOR (Ukrainian
National Cossack Movement). In spite of his pro-German attitude is known
as the spokesman of British politics among Ukrainian emigrants.
Prytulak -- Former Greek-Catholic priest in Stryy; leading member of
Sakhnov, Dr -- Leading member of UPA.
Sal'skiy -- General; leading member of Union for the Liberation of the
Ukraine in Paris.
Shaproshnichenko -- Leader of Ukrainian Agricultural Association in
Bulgaria.
Shemest, Sergey -- Leading member of national Ukrainian organization,
"Khleboroby."
Small-Strotskiy -- Leading member of Union for the Liberation of the
Ukraine in Paris.
Sokolovskiy, Yuriy -- Leading member of Mil'nik group and OUN. Was
shot by followers of Bandera group in 1943.
Sukhevich, Stefan -- Military leader of UPA; has taken active part in Polish
politics and is suspected of participating in assassination of Pierratskis,
Polish Minister of Interior. In 1939-40 stayed in training camps of German
army and police in Cracow, Neuhammer, Brandenburg, and Frankfurt-Oder; later
assigned in the east for partisan warfare. Was to be arrested with other Ukrain-
ian officers because of illegal participation in the Bandera group, but suc-
ceeded in escaping at the Lemberg station and in getting in touch with Lebed'.
Sushko, Roman -? Colonel; one of the cofounders and leading members of
OUN; was assassinated by members of Bandera group at the end of 1943. Was
to be follower and friend of Mel'nik.
Udovich, Alexander -- General; leading member of Union for the Liberation
of the Ukraine in Paris.
Volkov -- General; leading member of National-Ukrainian organization,
"Khleboroby.
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