Roman Shukhevych

Roman Shukhevych
Roman Shukhevych
Nickname	Taras Chuprynka
Born	30 June 1907; Krakovets, Galicia, Austria–Hungary
Died	5 March 1950 (aged 42); Bilohorscha, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR
Allegiance	Ukrainian Military Organization (1925–1929); Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (1929–1950); ; 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); Ukrainian Insurgent Army (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

Roman-Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych^[a] (June 30, 1907 – March 5, 1950) was a Ukrainian politician, military leader and general of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

He was a member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, a commander of the Nachtigall Battalion (1941–1942) and the 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.^[1]

Roman Shukhevych Media

Shukhevych (left) in the Second Polish Republic in 1930
Schutzmannschaft Battalion 201 leaders, with Roman Shukhevych (sitting, second from left), 1942
Роман Шухевич. Село Будераж, Рівненська обл.
Shukhevych, Dmytro Hrytsai and Kateryna Meshko [uk] in Buchach, 1943, shortly before the massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia.
Monument to Shukhevych in Krakovets, Ukraine, 2016
Ukrainian postage stamp honoring Shukhevych on the 100th anniversary (2007) of his birth.
Commemorative coin depicting Shukhevych, 2008