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Yevhen Konovalets
Ukrainian military commander and far-right activist (1891–1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yevhen Mykhailovych Konovalets[lower-alpha 1] (Ukrainian: Євген Михайлович Коновалець;[1] 14 June 1891 – 23 May 1938) was a Ukrainian military commander and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement.
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Yevhen Konovalets Євген Коновалець | |
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Born | (1891-06-14)June 14, 1891 Saschkiw, Lemberg District [de], Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Zashkiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) |
Died | May 23, 1938(1938-05-23) (aged 46) Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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Service/ | Army |
Years of service | 1914–1915 1917–1919 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Lemberg District Defense Sich Riflemen |
Commands held | Sich Riflemen |
Battles/wars | First World War Communist Uprising Ukrainian–Soviet War |
Other work | Politician, creator of the UVO |
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A veteran of World War I and the Ukrainian-Soviet War, he is best known as the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) from its 1929 foundation to his assassination in 1938.