Ukrainian national government (1941)
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The Ukrainian national government[1] (Ukrainian: Українське Державне Правління (УДП), romanized: Ukrainske Derzhavne Pravlinnia (UDP), lit. 'Ukrainian State Board') was a brief self-proclaimed Ukrainian government during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The government was declared by the proclamation of the Ukrainian state on 30 June 1941, which also pledged to work with Nazi Germany. It was led by Stepan Bandera's faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the OUN-B.
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Ukrainian National Government | |||||||||||||
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Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||||
Capital | Lviv | ||||||||||||
Official languages | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||
Government | Republican dictatorship | ||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1941 | Yaroslav Stetsko | ||||||||||||
Historical era | World War II | ||||||||||||
• Declared | 30 June 1941 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 11–12 July 1941 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Ukraine |
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When German troops entered Lviv, the German authorities told the leadership of the Ukrainian nationalists to disband. However, it did not, and its leaders were arrested.