Roman Shukhevych
Ukrainian nationalist (1907–1950) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roman-Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych (Ukrainian: Рома́н-Тарас Йо́сипович Шухе́вич, also known by his pseudonym, Tur and Taras Chuprynka; 30 June 1907 – 5 March 1950) was a Ukrainian nationalist[1] and a military leader of the nationalist Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which during the Second World War fought against the Soviet Union and to a lesser extent against the Nazi Germany for Ukrainian independence. He collaborated with the Nazis from February 1941 to December 1942 as commanding officer of the Nachtigall Battalion in early 1941,[2] and as a Hauptmann of the German Schutzmannschaft 201 auxiliary police battalion in late 1941 and 1942.[3]
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Nickname(s) | Tur, Taras Chuprynka |
Born | (1907-06-30)30 June 1907 Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) |
Died | 5 March 1950(1950-03-05) (aged 42) Bilohorshcha, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Lviv, Ukraine) |
Cause of death | Suicide by gunshot |
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Years of service | 1928–1950 |
Rank | General |
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Shukhevych was one of the perpetrators of the Galicia-Volhynia massacres of tens of thousands of Polish civilians.[3] It is unclear to what extent Shuchevych was responsible for the massacres of Poles in Volhynia, but he certainly condoned them after some time, and also directed the massacres of Poles in Eastern Galicia.[4][5] Historian Per Anders Rudling has accused the Ukrainian diaspora and Ukrainian academics of "ignoring, glossing over, or outright denying" OUN's role in this.[3]