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Yevhen Konovalets Євген Коновалець | |
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Born | Saschkiw, Lemberg District , Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Zashkiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) | June 14, 1891
Died | May 23, 1938 Rotterdam, Netherlands | (aged 46)
Allegiance | Austria-Hungary (1914–1915) Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1919) |
Service | Austro-Hungarian Army Ukrainian People's Army |
Years of service | 1914–1919 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Lemberg District Defense Sich Riflemen |
Commands | Sich Riflemen |
Battles / wars | |
Other work | Politician, creator of the UVO |
Yevhen Mykhailovych Konovalets[a] (Ukrainian: Євген Михайлович Коновалець;[1] 14 June 1891 – 23 May 1938) was a Ukrainian military commander and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement.
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.
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