Yevhen Konovalets
Yevhen Konovalets Євген Коновалець | |
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| Born | June 14, 1891 Saschkiw, Lemberg District, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Zashkiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Died | May 23, 1938 (aged 46) Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Allegiance | Austria-Hungary (1914–1915) Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1919) |
| Branch | Austro-Hungarian Army Ukrainian People's Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1919 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Lemberg District Defense Sich Riflemen |
| Commands | Sich Riflemen |
| Battles / wars | |
| Other work | Politician, creator of the UVO |
Yevhen Mykhailovych Konovalets (Ukrainian: Євген Михайлович Коновалець; 14 June 1891 – 23 May 1938) was a Ukrainian military commander and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement. A veteran of the First World War and the Ukrainian War of Independence, he is best known as one of the founding members and leaders of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) from its foundation in 1929 to his assassination in 1938.