Ukrainian Insurgent Army
paramilitary wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
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Summary
Ukrainian Insurgent Army is a military branch[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of military branch entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,042 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: United Kingdom[3]
- Location: Western Ukraine[4], Polesia[5], Transnistria Governorate[6], Reichskommissariat Ukraine[7], General Government[8], Galicia[9], Volhynia[10], Northern Bukovina[11], Chełm Land[12], Podolia[13], Carpathians[14], Curzon Line[15]
- Part of: Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists[16], Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Banderite)[17]
- Commons category: Ukrainian Insurgent Army[18]
- Inception: October 14, 1942[19]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1954[20]
- Participated in conflict: Eastern European theatre of World War II[21], anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army[22], World War II[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ukrainian Insurgent Army[24]
- Political ideology: Ukrainian nationalism[25], anti-communism[26]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Ukrainian Insurgent Army[27]
- Participant in: Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia[28], Ethnic cleansing in the Lviv, Tarnopol and Stanisławów voivodeships[29]
- Political alignment: far-right politics[30]
- Native label: Українська повстанська армія[31]
- Short name: УПА[32]
- Different from: Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army[33]
- Member count: 30,000[34], 40,000[35]
- Commanded by: Dmytro Klyachkivsky[36], Roman Shukhevych[37], Vasyl Kuk[38]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[39]
Why It Matters
Ukrainian Insurgent Army has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]