Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists

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The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists was a 20th-century Ukrainian ultranationalist and paramilitary organization known for its struggle for Ukrainian independence and its controversial use of political violence and collaboration during World War II.

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instanceOf Ukrainian nationalist organization
paramilitary organization
political organization
ultranationalist organization
accusedOf crimes against humanity
ethnic cleansing of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
participation in the Holocaust
war crimes
armedWing Ukrainian Insurgent Army
associatedWith Ukrainian Military Organization
collaboratedWith Nazi Germany
conflictWith Czechoslovakia
Nazi Germany
Polish underground state
Soviet Union
country Ukraine
dissolved late 20th century
faction Bandera faction
Melnyk faction
goal establishment of an independent Ukrainian state
hasPart OUN-B
OUN-M
linked to: OUN-B
headquartersLocation Berlin
Kraków
Lviv
linked to: Lviv, Ukraine

Munich
ideology Ukrainian nationalism
anti-Polish nationalism
anti-communism
authoritarianism
integral nationalism
inception 1929
influencedBy Dmytro Dontsov
linked to: Dmytro Doroshenko
locationOfFormation Vienna
namedAfter Ukrainian nation
notableEvent assassination of Alexei Mailov
assassination of Bronisław Pieracki
notableLeader Andriy Melnyk
Mykola Lebed
Roman Shukhevych
Stepan Bandera
Yevhen Konovalets
operatedIn Nazi-occupied Ukraine
Second Polish Republic
Soviet Ukraine
participatedIn World War II
politicalPosition far-right
precededBy Ukrainian Military Organization
recognizedAs controversial historical organization
shortName OUN
timePeriod World War II era
early Cold War
interwar period
usedMethod assassinations
guerrilla warfare
political violence
terrorism

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Ukrainian national movement hasKeyOrganization Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Ukrainian Insurgent Army politicalWing Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Volhynia massacres mainPerpetrator Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Volhynia massacres involvedOrganization Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists–Bandera faction
linked to: Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Roman Shukhevych memberOf Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Mykola Mikhnovsky influenced Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Stepan Bandera memberOf Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
UPA associatedWith Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
UPA armedWingOf Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Bandera faction)
linked to: Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
OUN-B fullName Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists – Bandera faction
linked to: Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
OUN-B partOf Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
OUN-B separatedFrom Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
OUN-B factionOf Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Dmytro Klyachkivsky memberOf Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists