Ukrainska Povstanska Armiya

[Bartosz]

I recommand you the positions written by Ucrainian histrocian: Victor Poliscuk. He lives now in Canada, but revealing UPA's crimeas didn't contribute to his popularity in Ucrainian emmigrants circles.

Originally posted by Fitch:
I read Ukrainian History at uni, so I have some knowledge of the UPA, but I would love to learn more.

Fitch

[This message has been edited by Fitch (edited 23 October 2000).]

[Bartosz]

No, I havn't confused the mentionned organisations. UPA's activity mostely limited to the extermination of Polish and Jews population on eastern partes of Poland.
Many historians (Ucrainian included) reported it.

Originally posted by steve.vlasenko:
Bartosz

I think you are getting confused with the Ukrainian Division Halicia.
They were however, absolutely exonerated of any war crimes by all the allies.

Vlas.

[steve_vlasenko]

Bartosz, I wasn't therea dmittedly, but I would hazard a guess that you weren't either. UPA activities were NOT the extermination of Jews & Poles, that is an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. There aims were a free and independant Ukraine. Where are you getting your historical information from? Could you please give the references, particularly the Ukrainian historians. The UPA killed many people in there attempt to free Ukraine, but singling out Poles is ridiculous. As far as the Jewish issue goes Ukraine, like all eastern European countries should and does hang it's head shame for any collaboration with the nazis. Have you not seen Baba-Ya? Are the Poles free from the stain of collaboration with the holocaust?
Moscow saw the Ukrainian nationalists, both the UPA and the OUN as a dire threat and produced much Soviet propaganda blackening them especially Bandera who was falsely accused of crimes against both Poles and Jews. This is a fact.
If we could be less hysterical we could learn something from each other.

I look forward to your reply.

Take care.

Vlas.


[This message has been edited by steve.vlasenko (edited 31 October 2000).]

[steve_vlasenko]

FYI.

Total Losses in Thousands WW2
...........Military Civilian Total % of population
Ukraine 2,500 5,500 8,000 19.1
Germany 4,500 2,000 6,500 9.1
Russia (RSFSR) 1,781 4,000 5,781 2.9
Poland 123 4,877 5,000 19.6
Japan 2,000 350 2,350 3.4
Yugoslavia 300 1,400 1,700 10.6
France 250 350 600 1.5
Italy 400 100 500 1.1
Romania 300 200 500 3.7
Greece 100 350 450 6.2
Hungary 136 294 430 4.6
Great Britain 290 60 350 0.7
Czechoslovakia 46 294 340 3.0
Austria 270 104 374 5.6
USA 300 - 300 0.2
Holland 12 198 210 2.4
Finland 84 16 100 2.7
Belgium 13 75 88 1.1
Canada 42 - 42 0.4

[Nonson]

Sviato U.P.A.

Montreal's Ukrainian Community honours the UPA
(Ukrainian Insurgent Army)
and the 50th Anniversary
of the Heroic death of their Commander
General Taras Chuprynka (Roman Shukhevych)
The following gallery features photos of this event
by: Mike Re****nyk, Charlesbourg, Quebec.


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Also visit past events held the past year
On Sunday, July 23rd, under the grace of a warm sunny sky, members of Montreal▓s
oseredok CYM, their supporters, delegates of community organizations and members
of Ukrainian military veterans organizations, which included the Brotherhood of Former
UPA Fighters, Veterans of the 1st Division of the Ukrainian National Army (Galizien
Division), and veterans of the Royal Canadian Legion, Montreal▓s Mazepa Branch,
paid tribute to the UPA by witnessing the unveiling of a monument in the form of a
Maltese cross bearing the inscription in Ukrainian, Eternal Glory to the Fighters of
UPA.
A mass, panaxyda and blessing of the monument were performed by Father Petro
Dvirnyk, pastor of Montreal▓s St. Michael▓s Ukrainian Catholic Church.
A special program followed with special guest, Ukrainian ambassador to Canada,
Dr Yuri Scherbak.

Enjoy a photo essay of this dedication on the following pages
Ukrainian Insurgent Army Dedication prepared by Mike Re****nyk,
from Charlesbourg, Quebec.

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Please click on the below numbers to view pictures from the concert held at the Ukrainian Youth Association
Centre on October 17th, 1999 at Dim Molodi. Sviato U.P.A. was held to commemorate the 70th anniversary
of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists O.U.N. & 57th anniversary of the Ukrainian Insurgent
Army U.P.A.
We would like to thank, Mike Re****nyk for coming down from Quebec City to take these pictures.

Also visit the newly created Web page in honor of Roman Shukhevych (Taras Chuprynka) in the upcoming film
to be released shortly, "The Undefeated"

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On account of the large image sizes, please be patient as it may take a little time to load each picture.

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Related Links:

Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ukrainian Archive)
Symon Petliura: An Introduction (Ukrainian Archive)
Evhen Konovalets (To be released shortly)
Stepan Bandera / яРЕОЮМ аЮМДЕПЮ
Roman Shukhevych / Taras Chuprynka - оНКЙНБНДЕЖЭ сою
Hryhory Golash - "аСКЭАЮ," "аЕИ," "ьНКНЛ"
Stepan Golash -
August 24th - Ukrainian Independence Day
Moods vary as holiday approaches (8th Anniversary of Independence)
Sviato Nezalezhnosty Update - Bill Pawlowsky
Seven years of Independence - яЁЛ ПНЙЁБ МЕГЮКЕФМНЯРЁ сЙПЮ©МХ
Ottawa diplomats toast Ukraine's anniversary (09/01/96)
Ukraine comes of age (07/07/96)
JOURNALIST'S NOTEBOOK IN UKRAINE On the fifth anniversary (08/25/96)
75th anniversary of the proclamation of an independent Ukrainian state January 22, 1918 (01/17/93)
Free at last! Free at last!
Foundations of Kozatstvo - Adriana's Ukrainian Page

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Links from InfoUkes Site

Litopys UPA -- Chronicle of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Insurgency in Ukraine / Counter-Insurgency in Ukraine
Political Thought of the Ukrainian Underground 1943-1951
Brotherhood of Veterans of the 1st-Division of the Ukrainian National Army
World War II in Ukraine by: Andrew Gregorovich
Operation "Wisla"


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[Bartosz]

Hi.

"Could you please give the references, particularly the Ukrainian historians."
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the pleasure is mine. Start with the following positions of Victor Polistshuk:
'Bitter Turth' and 'Action Vistula'. You will not like that.

"UPA activities were NOT the extermination of Jews & Poles, that is an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. "
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sorry to hear that my modest opinion [not only mine] upset you, but how to name extermination only of 500.000 Poles on Wolyn, exterminated by UPA? I don't mention about Jews. The position of your compatriote will get you closer to these events.

"There aims were a free and independant Ukraine. "
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by extermination of all minorities.

"The UPA killed many people in there attempt to free Ukraine, but singling out Poles is ridiculous. "
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Why? They were the most numerous victims.

"Moscow saw the Ukrainian nationalists, both the UPA and the OUN as a dire threat and produced much Soviet propaganda blackening them especially Bandera who was falsely accused of crimes against both Poles and Jews. "
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the problem is that Ucrainian [ultra]nationalists did everything to confirm this theory.

"Are the Poles free from the stain of collaboration with the holocaust?"
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no, they aren't. But remember that half of awarded by Yad Vashem are Poles[who often for helping Jews were betrayed by their Ucrainian neighbours], not Ucrainians.

"If we could be less hysterical we could learn something from each other."
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once you will have trye to explain me the origins of understanding by you some notions.

Kisses

Originally posted by steve.vlasenko:
Bartosz, I wasn't therea dmittedly, but I would hazard a guess that you weren't either. UPA activities were NOT the extermination of Jews & Poles, that is an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. There aims were a free and independant Ukraine. Where are you getting your historical information from? Could you please give the references, particularly the Ukrainian historians. The UPA killed many people in there attempt to free Ukraine, but singling out Poles is ridiculous. As far as the Jewish issue goes Ukraine, like all eastern European countries should and does hang it's head shame for any collaboration with the nazis. Have you not seen Baba-Ya? Are the Poles free from the stain of collaboration with the holocaust?
Moscow saw the Ukrainian nationalists, both the UPA and the OUN as a dire threat and produced much Soviet propaganda blackening them especially Bandera who was falsely accused of crimes against both Poles and Jews. This is a fact.
If we could be less hysterical we could learn something from each other.

I look forward to your reply.

Take care.

Vlas.


[This message has been edited by steve.vlasenko (edited 31 October 2000).]

[Bartosz]

Surely folks were congratulating one to each other they succeded in escaping from interantional low.Taking under account the scale of commited by UPA crimes on civil population, number of celebrating anniversaries UPA's veterans is really impressive. But remember, that most of responsible for massacres in Rwanda haven't been punished up til now yet... Some regularity??

Originally posted by Nonson:
Sviato U.P.A.

Montreal's Ukrainian Community honours the UPA
(Ukrainian Insurgent Army)
and the 50th Anniversary
of the Heroic death of their Commander
General Taras Chuprynka (Roman Shukhevych)
The following gallery features photos of this event
by: Mike Re****nyk, Charlesbourg, Quebec.