Stepan Andriyovych Bandera (Ukrainian: Степан Андрійович Бандера) (January 1, 1909 – October 15, 1959) was a Ukrainian politician and one of the leaders of Ukrainian national movement in (Galicia) Western Ukraine, who headed the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). The son of a clerical family, Bandera played a significant role in the history of Ukraine during World War II. Rising through the ranks, he was an activist, a scout, a terrori...
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Stepan Andriyovych Bandera (Ukrainian: Степан Андрійович Бандера) (January 1, 1909 – October 15, 1959) was a Ukrainian politician and one of the leaders of Ukrainian national movement in (Galicia) Western Ukraine, who headed the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). The son of a clerical family, Bandera played a significant role in the history of Ukraine during World War II. Rising through the ranks, he was an activist, a scout, a terrorist, and eventually the leader of the Ukrainian Nationalist movement.
During his political career, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalist (OUN) split into two factions: the OUN-M and the OUN-B.
Stepan Bandera was responsible for the proclamation of an Independent Ukrainian State in Lviv on June 30, 1941, immediately after the occupation of Western Ukraine by the Nazi Germany and is associated with the mass genocide of Poles.
The Soviet authorities accused him of numerous acts of murder and banditry and authorised his assassination by the KGB...
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