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Vasyl Kuk | |
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Native name | Василь Степанович Кук |
Nickname(s) | Koval |
Born | Krasne, Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) | 11 January 1913
Died | 9 September 2007 Kyiv, Ukraine | (aged 94)
Allegiance | Ukrainian Insurgent Army |
Years of service | 1942–1954 |
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Vasyl Stepanovych Kuk (Ukrainian: Василь Степанович Кук; 11 January 1913 – 9 September 2007) was a Ukrainian nationalist activist and militant who was the last leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, following the death of Roman Shukhevych. In 1954, he was captured by Soviet KGB troops and spent six years in prison without a court sentence.