Roman Shukhevych

Roman-Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych (Ukrainian: Роман Йосипович Шухевичcode: uk is deprecated , also known by his pseudonym Taras Chuprynka; 30 June 1907 – 5 March 1950) was a Ukrainian politician, military leader and general of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).

Roman Shukhevych
Nickname	Taras Chuprynka
Born	(1907-06-30)30 June 1907 Krakovets, Galicia, Austria–Hungary
Died	5 March 1950(1950-03-05) (aged 42) Bilohorscha, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR
Allegiance	UVO (1925–1929) OUN (1929–1940) OUN-B (1940–1950) Carpatho-Ukraine (1939) Nazi Germany (1941–1942) National Government (1941) UHVR (1944–1950)
Service/branch	Polish Army (1928–1929) Carpathian Sich (1938–1939) Nachtigall Battalion (1941) Schuma (1941–1942) UPA (1943–1950)
Years of service	1928–1950
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine World War II Insurgency in western Ukraine
Awards	Military Merit Cross

Member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Commander (from Ukrainian side) of the Nachtigall Battalion (1941–1942). Chairman of the General Secretariat of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council (1943–1950).

Shukhevych was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine by President Viktor Yushchenko.

Roman Shukhevych Media

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  Shukhevych (left) in the Second Polish Republic in 1930

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  Schutzmannschaft Battalion 201 leaders, with Roman Shukhevych (sitting, second from left), 1942

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  Роман Шухевич. Село Будераж, Рівненська обл.

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  Shukhevych, Dmytro Hrytsai and Kateryna Meshko in Buchach, 1943, shortly before the massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia.

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  Monument to Shukhevych in Krakovets, Ukraine, 2016

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  Ukrainian postage stamp honoring Shukhevych on the 100th anniversary (2007) of his birth.

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  Commemorative coin depicting Shukhevych, 2008

Other websites

Media related to Roman Shukhevych at Wikimedia Commons

• Youth remembers Shukhevich Archived 2018-08-29 at the Wayback Machine