Roman Shukhevych

Roman Shukhevych
Nickname(s)Taras Chuprynka
Born(1907-06-30)30 June 1907
Krakovets, Galicia, Austria–Hungary
Died5 March 1950(1950-03-05) (aged 42)
Bilohorscha, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR
AllegianceUkrainian Military Organization (1925–1929)
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (1929–1950)

Carpatho-Ukraine (1939)
 Nazi Germany (1941–1942)
National Government (1941)
UHVR (1944–1950)
BranchPolish Army (1928–1929)
Carpathian Sich (1938–1939)
Nachtigall Battalion (1941)
Schuma (1941–1942)
Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1943–1950)
Years of service1928–1950
RankGeneral
Battles / warsInvasion of Carpatho-Ukraine
World War II
Insurgency in western Ukraine
Awards Military Merit Cross

Roman-Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych[a] (June 30, 1907 – March 5, 1950) was a Ukrainian politician, military leader and general of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

He was a member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, a commander of the Nachtigall Battalion (1941–1942) and the Chairman of the General Secretariat of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council (1943–1950). Shukhevych was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine by President Viktor Yushchenko.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ukrainian: Роман Йосипович Шухевич, also known by his pseudonym Taras Chuprynka

References

  1. ↑ Roman Shukhevych honored as a national hero on anniversary. Kyiv Post. March 12, 2010
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