Yevhen Konovalets

Yevhen Konovalets
Євген Коновалець
Born(1891-06-14)June 14, 1891
Saschkiw, Lemberg District, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
(now Zashkiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
DiedMay 23, 1938(1938-05-23) (aged 46)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Allegiance Austria-Hungary (1914–1915)
 Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1919)
Service/branch Austro-Hungarian Army
Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian People's Army
Years of service1914–1919
RankColonel
UnitLemberg District Defense
Sich Riflemen
Commands heldSich Riflemen
Battles/wars
Other workPolitician, creator of the UVO

Yevhen Mykhailovych Konovalets[a] (Ukrainian: Євген Михайлович Коновалець;[1] 14 June 1891 – 23 May 1938) was a Ukrainian military commander and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement.

A veteran of the First World War and the Ukrainian-Soviet War, he is best known as the one of the founding members and leaders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) from its foundation in 1929 to his assassination in 1938.


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  1. ^ "Видатні українські націоналісти" (in Ukrainian). Всеукраїнська націонал-патріотична організація. 2001. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-10-23.

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