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Yevhen Konovalets
Ukrainian military commander and far-right activist (1891–1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Years of service | 1914–1919 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Lemberg District Defense Sich Riflemen |
Commands held | Sich Riflemen |
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Other work | Politician, creator of the UVO |
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A veteran of the First World War and the Ukrainian-Soviet War, he is best known as the one of the founding members and leaders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) from its foundation in 1929 to his assassination in 1938.