Melnykites
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Melnykites is a colloquial name for members of the OUN-M or OUN, a faction of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists that arose out of a split with the more radical Banderite faction in 1940. The
Triumphal arches welcoming the Nazi occupation in Western Ukraine. In Cyrillic, they read "Glory to Hitler! - Glory to Melnyk!".
Ukrainian nationalists in Lviv in the summer of 1941. Back row: Mykhailo Mykhalevych (OUN(m)), Omelyan Koval (OUN(b)), and Yuriy Rusov. Front row: OUN(m) members Orest Chemerynskyi, Olena Teliha, and Ulas Samchuk.
Members of the Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense stationed in Hrubieszów County, 1944
A November 1944 report of Pressburg SD to Gestapo chief Heinrich Müller, informing him about the creation of the Ukrainian National Committee
Banderite
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A Banderite or Banderovite is a name for members of OUN-B, a faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. The term, used from late 1940 onward, derives from the name of Stepan Bandera, the u
Melnykites
…name for members of the OUN-M or OUN(m), a faction of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) that arose out of a split with the more radical Banderite faction in 1940. The term derives from the name of Andriy Melnyk (1890–1964), the leader of the OUN formally elected to the post in August 1939 following…
Stepan Bandera
Torchlight procession in honor of the birthday of Stepan Bandera (Kyiv, 1 January 2018).