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
 Ukrainian People's Republic
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1914–1915
1917–1919
RankColonel
UnitLemberg District Defense
Sich Riflemen
Commands heldSich Riflemen
Battles/warsFirst World War
Communist Uprising
Ukrainian–Soviet War
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 World War I and the Ukrainian-Soviet War, he is best known as the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) from its 1929 foundation 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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