Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army_(UPA)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization nationalist military formation
gptkbp:activePeriod	1942–1956
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Stepan_Bandera gptkb:OUN-B
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:October_14_(Defender_of_Ukraine_Day)
gptkbp:countryOfOperation	gptkb:Ukraine
gptkbp:dissolved	1956
gptkbp:flag	red and black banner
gptkbp:foughtIn	gptkb:Polish_underground gptkb:Red_Army gptkb:NKVD German forces
gptkbp:foundedYear	1942
gptkbp:goal	Ukrainian independence
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Western_Ukraine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA)
gptkbp:ideology	anti-communism Ukrainian nationalism anti-Nazism
gptkbp:legacy	subject of historical debate commemorated by some in modern Ukraine criticized for ethnic violence
gptkbp:mainTheater	gptkb:Galicia gptkb:Volhynia
gptkbp:memorial	gptkb:Ternopil,_Ukraine gptkb:Lviv,_Ukraine gptkb:Ivano-Frankivsk,_Ukraine
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Volhynia_massacres conflict with Polish Home Army conflict with Soviet partisans
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Roman_Shukhevych gptkb:Vasyl_Kuk
gptkbp:notableOperation	guerrilla warfare sabotage ambushes
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Polish_forces
gptkbp:partOf	Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)
gptkbp:peakPeriod	20,000–40,000
gptkbp:recognizedBy	gptkb:freedom_fighter controversial organization
gptkbp:statusInPoland	controversial
gptkbp:statusInRussia	banned
gptkbp:statusInUkraine	recognized as fighters for independence
gptkbp:weapon	small arms improvised weapons captured weapons
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:OUN-B
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7