Banderite
Far-right groups of Ukrainian nationalists / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Banderite or Banderovite (Ukrainian: бандерівець, romanized: banderivets; Polish: Banderowiec; Russian: бандеровец, romanized: banderovets; Slovak: Banderovec) was a member of OUN-B, a faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.[1] The term, used from late 1940 onward,[2] derives from the name of Stepan Bandera (1909–1959), the ultranationalist[3][4] leader of this faction of the OUN.[5][6][7] Because of the brutality utilized by OUN-B members, the colloquial term Banderites quickly earned a negative connotation, particularly among Poles and Jews.[2] By 1942, the expression was well-known and frequently used in western Ukraine to describe the Ukrainian Insurgent Army partisans, OUN-B members or any other Ukrainian perpetrators.[2] The OUN-B had been engaged in various atrocities, including murder of civilians, most of whom were ethnic Poles, Jews and Romani people.[8][9]
In propaganda the term has been used by Soviets after 1942 as a pejorative term for Ukrainians, especially western Ukrainians,[10][11] or Ukrainian speakers;[12] under Vladimir Putin-ruled Russia the term was used by state media as a pejorative for Euromaidan activists[13] and Ukrainians who support sovereignty from Russia.[10]