OUN-B

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OUN-B was the radical, Bandera-led faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists that provided the ideological and political leadership behind Ukrainian nationalist resistance during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
OUN-B canonical 4
OUN-M 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ukrainian nationalist organization ⓘ
faction of political organization ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
activeIn Galicia ⓘ
Volhynia ⓘ
Western Ukraine ⓘ
advocated independent Ukrainian state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bandera faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ⓘ
linked to: Bandera faction
bannedBy Soviet authorities ⓘ
linked to: Soviet government
collaboratedWith Nazi Germany (early phase of World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany
consideredTerroristBy Polish interwar authorities ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
created Ukrainian Insurgent Army ⓘ
factionOf Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ⓘ
founded 1940 ⓘ
foundedAfter split of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ⓘ
fullName Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists – Bandera faction ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kraków (wartime center in the General Government) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Interwar period and World War II ⓘ
ideology Ukrainian nationalism ⓘ
anti-Polish nationalism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
integral nationalism ⓘ
influenced Ukrainian Insurgent Army ⓘ
keyFigure Mykola Lebed ⓘ
Roman Shukhevych ⓘ
Yaroslav Stetsko ⓘ
languageOfOrganization Ukrainian ⓘ
leader Stepan Bandera ⓘ
militaryWing Ukrainian Insurgent Army ⓘ
namedAfter Stepan Bandera ⓘ
opposed Nazi Germany (after initial period) ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany

Polish underground forces ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
opposedFaction OUN-M ⓘ
linked to: OUN
partOf Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ⓘ
politicalPosition far-right ⓘ
proclaimed Act of Restoration of the Ukrainian State in Lviv ⓘ
proclaimedOn 30 June 1941 ⓘ
providedLeadershipFor Ukrainian nationalist resistance during World War II ⓘ
region Eastern Europe ⓘ
responsibleFor ethnic violence against Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia ⓘ
persecution of Jews in some areas ⓘ
separatedFrom Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ⓘ
shortName OUN-B ⓘ
splitFrom OUN-M ⓘ
linked to: OUN
successorOrganization postwar Ukrainian nationalist émigré structures ⓘ

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