Ivan Butkovsky - leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement during World War II, lieutenant colonel of the UPA , commander of the BO-4 Goverla group of the UPA- “West” group.
| Ivan Butkovsky | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Ivan Butkovsky | |
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| Nickname | Hutsul |
| Date of Birth | May 2, 1910 |
| Place of Birth | Skole , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , Austria-Hungary |
| Date of death | August 5, 1967 (57 years old) |
| Place of death | Munich , Bavaria , Germany |
| Affiliation |  Poland Carpathian Ukraine Germany OUN-UPA |
| Type of army | Guerrilla army |
| Years of service | 1939-1949 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
| Battles / wars | Hungarian invasion of the Carpathian Ukraine The Second World War |
| Awards and prizes | Cross Battle Merit Second Class |
Biography
Born May 2, 1910 in the city of Skole (now Lviv region ).
In 1930 he graduated from the Stryi gymnasium. He studied at the Law Faculty of the University of Lublin. He entered the UVO, and then to the OUN, the district head of the OUN in the Skolovshchina. Repeatedly arrested for anti-Polish speech.
In 1938-1939, the company commander of the Carpathian Sich , coronet. Member of the battles against the Hungarian army near Khust . The wounded was captured, but was soon released.
A participant in the Bandera campaign groups of the OUN in 1941. In the fall of 1941, the Gestapo was arrested and detained for almost two years.
After his release in 1943 - the commander of the battalion ONS "Black Devils". In the first half of 1944, the commander of the military district "Goverla" in the UPA- "West" group, lieutenant. Head of the UPA mission abroad. In the years 1947-1955. published a military magazine "Before Zbroї". Since 1949, lieutenant colonel of the UPA.
He lived in exile in Munich, where he died on August 5, 1967. He was buried in the Waldfriedhof cemetery.
Literature
- Oleksandr Pagіrya . Karpatska Sich. Vіyskove form of Carpathian Ukraine. - K .: in-Tempora. 2010 .-- S. 32.
- Sergiy Єfremov . Boї 14-15 birch 1939 rock in the Carpathian Ukraine. - Uzhgorod: in the city of Grazhd. 2009 ISBN 978-966-8924-48-4
- Mirchuk Petro . Naris history OUN 1920–1939 rock. - K .: Ukrainian Vidavnicha Spіlka, 2007 .-- 1008 st. ISBN 966-410-001-3