Dmitry Gritsay ( Ukrainian: Dmitr Gritsay ), also Dmitry Gritsay-Perebeinos , conspiratorial nicknames “Perebeinos”, “Oak”, “Oleg”, “Serko” ( Ukrainian “Perebiynis”, “Oak”, “Oleg”, “ Sirko " ; April 1, 1907 , Dorozhev - December 19, 1945 , Prague ) [1] - Ukrainian military leader, coronet general of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and chief of its General Staff.
| Dmitry Gritsay | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Dmitro Gritsai | |
| Nickname | Perebeynos ( Ukrainian. Perebiynіs ) |
| Date of Birth | April 1, 1907 |
| Place of Birth | Upper Dorozhev , Austria-Hungary now Drogobych district , Lviv region |
| Date of death | December 19, 1945 (aged 38) |
| A place of death | Prague , Czechoslovakia |
| Affiliation |  Ukraine ( OUN (b) ) |
| Years of service | 1928-1945 |
| Rank | Corral General UPA |
| Commanded | UPA Main Military Headquarters |
| Battles / wars | UPA fight against the Red Army and the NKVD, clashes with the Czechoslovak police |
Biography
Rodils in the village of Dorozhev Samborsky poviat. He graduated from the Drohobych gymnasium, during the years of study participated in the activities of the Organization of higher classes of Ukrainian gymnasiums. He joined the UVO , in 1928 he entered the Physics and Mathematics Department of Lviv University , but was soon drafted into the army. He served in the Polish army for several years, graduated from an officer school with honors. He was later admitted to the OUN , since 1933 he was the head of the Military Referent of the Regional Executive of the OUN.
In 1934 he was arrested for anti-Polish activities and spent two years in the Birch-Kartuzskaya concentration camp. After his release, he continued his studies at the university, but in 1939 he again ended up in a concentration camp. Only after the surrender of Poland after the German invasion did Gritsay manage to free himself and return to the OUN. From 1940 to 1941, he participated in the revolutionary wire of the OUN and at the Second Big assembly. In the summer of 1941, as a centurion, he headed the petty officer (officer) military school in the Great Bridges , [1] established by the Ministry of Defense of the proclaimed Ukrainian state . Since the fall of 1941, he headed the Regional Military Headquarters of the OUN.
Since January 1945, Dmitry Gritsai headed the UPA Headquarters, and on November 1, 1945 he was awarded the rank of General-Coroner. On December 19, 1945, he, along with his friend Dmitry Mayivsky, went to meet with Stepan Bandera and Yaroslav Stetsko , who were hiding in demilitarized Germany. However, on the border of Czechoslovakia and Germany, Gritsay and Mayevsky were discovered by the Czechoslovak police, who also fought against the UPA, and the Czechs rushed in pursuit of these two. Mayevsky managed to shoot himself, and Gritsay was seized and sent to prison, where he died after long torture (hanged himself [1] ).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Gritsay Dmitro Archived copy of June 29, 2015 on the Wayback Machine // “Quasi-cyclopedia OUN-UPA” Archived copy of January 27, 2014 on Wayback Machine on the site oun-upa.org.ua (in Ukrainian) (Retrieved 25 February 2014)
Literature
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