Hryhoriy Vasiura

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Hryhoriy Mykytovych Vasiura
Vasiura during his trial (1986)
Native name	Ukrainian: Григорій Микитович Васюра
Born	(1915-02-15)15 February 1915 Chyhyryn, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died	2 October 1987(1987-10-02) (aged 72) Pishchalauski Castle, Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	USSR (1936–1941) Nazi Germany (1941–1945)
Service/branch	Signal corps, artillery (1936–1941) Auxiliary police, grenadiers (1941–1945)
Years of service	1936–1945
Rank	Senior lieutenant (1936–1941) Untersturmführer (1941–1945)
Unit	67th Rifle Division (1936–1941) Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS
Commands held	Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118
Battles/wars	World War II Liepāja defense Khatyn massacre
Awards	Deprived of all awards
Spouse(s)	Maria Vasiura
Children	Vasyl, Hennadiy, Natalia, Liudmyla
Other work	State farm economic director
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Hryhoriy Mykytovych Vasiura (Ukrainian: Григорій Микитович Васюра, Russian: Григорий Никитич Васюра; 15 February 1915 – 2 October 1987) was a Soviet senior lieutenant in the Red Army who was captured during the Nazi invasion of the USSR in 1941 and subsequently volunteered for service in the Schutzmannschaft (the Nazi collaborationist auxiliary police) and the Waffen-SS. Vasiura's wartime activities were not fully revealed until the mid-1980s, when he was convicted as a war criminal by a Soviet military court and executed in 1987 for his role in the Khatyn massacre.^[1]