Yevhen Konovalets

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Yevhen Mykhailovych Konovalets (14 June 1891 – 23 May 1938) was a Ukrainian military commander and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement. He is best known for his role in the Ukrainian War of Independence as leader of the Sich Riflemen and as the leader of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) from its foundation in 1929 to his assassination in 1938 by the NKVD. Konovalets was also a veteran of the First World War and cofounded the OUN's predecessor, the Ukrainian Military Organisation, in 1920, assuming leadership of the organisation.

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