Ukrainian Military Organization
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The Ukrainian Military Organization (Ukrainian: Українська Військова Організація [УВО], romanized: Ukrayinska Viyskova Orhanisatsiya [UVO]), was a Ukrainian paramilitary[1] body, engaged in terrorism (especially in Poland) during the interwar period.[2][3][4][5]
Ukrainian Military Organization | |
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Українська Військова Організація | |
Leader | Yevhen Konovalets |
Foundation | 3 August 1920 |
Dissolved | 1929 |
Headquarters | Prague |
Ideology | Ukrainian nationalism Ukrainian irredentism Anti-communism[citation needed] Antisemitism[citation needed] Anti-Russian sentiment Anti-Polish sentiment |
It was formed after the occupation of Ukraine by Soviet Russia following the Ukrainian–Soviet War of 1917-1921 and the Peace of Riga of March 1921 that divided the Ukrainian lands between Poland and the Soviet Union. Initially headed by Yevhen Konovalets, the organization promoted the idea of armed struggle for the independence of Ukraine. The headquarters of the organization was located in Lwów (today Lviv) in the Second Polish Republic.