Olha Ilkiv

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Faustinivna and the family name is Ilkiv.
Olha Ilkiv
Ilkiv in 1937
Born21 June 1920
Stryj, Second Polish Republic
Died6 December 2021(2021-12-06) (aged 101)
Lviv, Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian
OccupationResistance fighter
Known forLiaison officer of Roman Shukhevych (1947-1950)
Spouse
Volodymyr Lykota
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(m. 1943; died 1948)​
Children2
AwardsOrder of Princess Olga

Olha Faustinivna Ilkiv (Ukrainian: Ільків Ольга Фаустинівна; 21 June 1920 – 6 December 2021) was a member of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), partisan and signaller of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.[1][2][3] She is best known in Ukraine for being the signaller of Ukrainian Insurgent Army Commander-in-Chief Roman Shukhevych.[1]

Ilkiv was also a former inmate, who spent 14 years in Soviet prisons.[1] In 2008 she was awarded the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Зв’язкова Шухевича Ольга Ільків померла на 102-му році життя (in Ukrainian), , Ukrayinska Pravda (6 December 2021)
  2. ^ "У Львові на 102-му році життя померла зв'язкова УПА Ольга Ільків".
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