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	Topics Stepan Bandera Topic Home Early Life He was born in the village of Uhryniv Staryi, in the Kalush DistrictKaluskyi Raion The Kaluskyi Raion is a raion of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast . Kalush is the administrative center of the raion.... in Gali?iaGalicia (Central Europe) Galicia is an historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine.... , which at that time was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian monarchyAustria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Dual Monarchy or k.u.k.... . His father, Andriy Bandera, was a Ukrainian priest of the Ukrainian Greek-CatholicUkrainian Greek Catholic Church Overview The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the a... rite in Uhryniv Staryi. His mother, Myroslava Bandera, was from an old clerical family, being the daughter of a Greek-Catholic priest in Uhryniv Staryi. Stepan spent his childhood in Uhryniv Staryi, in the house of his parents and grandparents, growing up in an atmosphere of Ukrainian nationalismUkrainian nationalism Ukrainian nationalism is the term used for the nationalist ideology of Ukraine.... . In the spring of 1922, his mother died from tuberculosisTuberculosis Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects t... of the throat. Nationalist activities Starting in 1922, he was a member of PlastPlast Ukrainian Plast or simply Plast is the largest Scouting organization in Ukraine.... – Ukrainian ScoutingScouting Scouting, or the Scout movement, is a worldwide youth movement of multiple organizations for both boys and girls whose... Organization. From 1931 Bandera was deputy of regional ScoutsScouting Scouting, or the Scout movement, is a worldwide youth movement of multiple organizations for both boys and girls whose... , then – head of regional executive of OUN and commandant of ULO - an organization which had operated illegaly in PolandFacts About Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic is an unofficial name applied to the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II.... since 1920. He was sentenced to death for plotting the murder of Bronislaw PierackiFacts About Bronislaw Pieracki Bronislaw Wilhelm Pieracki was a Polish military officer and politician.... , the Home Secretary in the Polish government in 1934, but the sentence was vacated and commuted to life imprisonment. Released by the USSR when the Germans occupied LvivLviv Lviv is a city in western Ukraine, the administrative center of the Lviv Oblast, and is designated as its own separate raio... in 1939, in 1940 he headed the revolutionary group of OUN that had broken away from pro-German Andrii Melnyk's OUN. Khrushchev commented in his memoirs "...we still showed a certain lack of judgment by freeing people like Bandera from prison without first checking up on them". Bandera's group of OUN is regarded as the one which is responsible for the Massacres of Poles in VolhyniaMassacres of Poles in Volhynia The Massacre of Poles in Volhyn was an ethnic cleansing conducted in Volhyn during World War II.... . On June 30 1941, he was elected a member of the Government of the renewed Ukrainian State proclaimed in LvivLviv Lviv is a city in western Ukraine, the administrative center of the Lviv Oblast, and is designated as its own separate raio... following the German invasion of the Soviet Union. After that he was in the GermanGermany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in central Europe.... Sachsenhausen concentration campSachsenhausen concentration camp Sachsenhausen was a concentration camp in Germany, operating between 1936 and April 1945.... where he was placed in the "Zellenbau Bunker". With Bandera were all the most important prisoners of the third Reich, such as ex-prime minister of FranceFacts About France France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and whi... , Leon BlumLéon Blum Lon Blum, French politician, was the Prime Minister of France three times: from 1936 to 1937, for one month in 1938, and fro... , ex-chancellor of AustriaAustria Austria is a landlocked country in central Europe.... , Kurt SchuschniggKurt Schuschnigg Kurt Schuschnigg, known as Kurt von Schuschnigg until 1919, was an Austrian politician who in 1934 succeeded the assas... . Prisoners of Zellenbau received help from the Red Cross unlike common concentration camp prisoners and were able to send and receive parcels from their relatives. Bandera also got help from OUN including financial assistance. Germans permitted the Ukrainian nationalists to leave the bunker for important meeting with OUN representatives in Fridental Castle which was 200 meters from Sachsenhausen. He was released in October 1944 and headed the West European units of OUN and Ukrainian Insurgent ArmyUkrainian Insurgent Army The Ukrainian Insurgent Army was a Ukrainian guerrilla army formed on October 14, 1942, in Volhynia.... , the UPA. After 1945, UPA partisan units continued fighting the Soviet UnionSoviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state that existed... and communist Poland until the early 1950s, especially in the Carpathian MountainsCarpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains are the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe, curving 1500 km along the bo... regions. Murder Victim On October 15 1959, at the entrance of a house in Kreittmayr street, 7 (Kreittmayrstraße), in MunichMunich colspan="2" bgcolor="BBDDFF" \| Munich\|-bgcolor="#FFFFFF"... , Stepan Bandera was found at 13:05, bleeding and barely alive. A medical examination established that the cause of his death was poison. Two years later, on November 17 1961, the German judicial bodies proclaimed that the murderer of Stepan Bandera was Bohdan StashynskyBohdan Stashynsky Bohdan Stashynsky Stashynsky is remembered as the KGB assassin of Ukrainian dissident professors Lev Rebet and Stepan Ban... who acted on the orders of Soviet KGBKGB Overview KGB is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, .... head Alexander ShelepinAlexander Shelepin Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin was the head of KGB from December 251958 to November 131961.... and Soviet premier Nikita KhrushchevNikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchyov was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin.... .After a detailed investigation against Stashynskyi, a trial took place from October 8th to October 15 1962. The sentence was handed down on October 19th, in which Stashynskyi was condemned to 8 years of imprisonment. The German Supreme Court confirmed at KarlsruheKarlsruhe Karlsruhe is a city in the south west of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Wrttemberg, located near the French-German border.... that in the Bandera murder, the Soviet Government in Moscow was the main guilty party. Legacy In an interview with Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya PravdaKomsomolskaya Pravda *Komsomolskaya Pravda* is an all-Russian daily newspaper.... in 2005 former KGB Chief Vladimir KryuchkovVladimir Kryuchkov Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov is a hard-line Soviet politician, Communist Party member from 1944.... claimed that "the murder of Stepan Bandera was one of the last cases when the KGB disposed of undesired people by means of violence." On October 20 1959 Stepan Bandera was buried in the Waldfriedhof Cemetery in Munich. In late 2006 the LvivLviv Lviv is a city in western Ukraine, the administrative center of the Lviv Oblast, and is designated as its own separate raio... city administration announced the future transference of the tombs of Stepan Bandera, Andriy MelnykAndriy Melnyk Andrii Melnyk or Andrij Melnik, Ukrainian military and political leader.... , Yevhen KonovaletsYevhen Konovalets Yevhen Konovalets was a military commander of the UNR army and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement.... and other key leaders of OUNOrganization of Ukrainian Nationalists Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists or OUN was a Ukrainian political movement originally created in the interwar Po... /UPAUkrainian Insurgent Army The Ukrainian Insurgent Army was a Ukrainian guerrilla army formed on October 14, 1942, in Volhynia.... to a new area of Lychakivskiy CemeteryLychakivskiy Cemetery Lychakivskiy Cemetery is a famous cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. ... specifically dedicated to Ukrainian national liberation struggle. In October of 2007, the city of LvivLviv Lviv is a city in western Ukraine, the administrative center of the Lviv Oblast, and is designated as its own separate raio... erected, after many years of delays, a statue dedicated to the OUN and UPA leader Stepan Bandera. The appearance of the statue has engendered a far-reaching debate about the role of Stepan Bandera and UPA in Ukrainian History. On October 18, 2007, the Lviv City Council adopted a resolution establishing the "Award of Stepan Bandera." External links