In Ukraine, the UPA is considered to be "allies" of the anti-Hitler coalition
Ukrainian Institute of national memory showed in Kiev brochure " Ukraine in world war II ", informs.
The brochure, which, According to the head of the Ukrainian national memory Institute Vladimir Viatrovych, describes the contribution of Ukrainians to the victory over Nazi Germany, turned the Ukrainian insurgent army in the armies of the allies as a separate unit.
The brochure is available for download on the Internet office of the Ukrainian national memory Institute. Printed 4 thousand copies in Ukrainian and a thousand in English, for example, to distribute among foreign offices and missions.
"Ukrainians fought in the allied armies on the fronts from Tunisia to the Volga river, on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Ukrainian Alexei Berest supervised the installation of the Soviet Victory banner over the Reichstag, and Michael Strank was one of the 6 Marines who raised the U.S. flag over Iwojima. Under the blue and yellow flag in the Second world war fought only Ukrainian insurgent army, " explained the contents of one of the authors.
"I wonder what's next? Circulate photos, General Jodl signed the act of surrender of Germany, kneeling before the Bandera and Shukhevych? I wouldn't be surprised!", comments on the release of the brochure, showcasing one of its pages, the Ukrainian political scientist Vladimir Kornilov.
"Ukrainian insurgent army" (UPA) was formed in October 1942 as the military wing of the organization of Ukrainian nationalists " (OUN), its purpose was proclaimed the struggle for independence of Ukraine. The UPA acted mostly in Western Ukraine and fought against the Soviet troops, cooperating with the Nazis. Field of the end of world war II she continued to struggle against the Soviets extremist methods - injured soldiers of the UPA has been Authorized by the intelligentsia and local authorities, Komsomol and party activists.
Glorification of the UPA and its leaders Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych - has led to criticism from many veterans and politicians, accusing Bandera in cooperation with the Nazis. For example, the public campaigning not to forget the atrocities of the fighters of the OUN-UPA during and After the war, for example about "Volyn massacre" - massive liquidation in 1943 Ukrainian nationalists Polish civilians in Volhynia, until September 1939 were mostly from Poland. According to researchers, the total number of victims ranges from 36 thousand to 100 thousand people.
The Supreme court of the Russian Federation in November 2014 was included in the list of extremist organizations "Right sector" Ukrainian national Assembly - Ukrainian national self-defense "(UNA-UNSO), the Ukrainian Organization "Brotherhood" and "Trident behalf of Stepan Bandera and the Ukrainian insurgent army" (UPA). Full list of banned extremist organizations
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