Roman Shukhevich: General-Corporal of the UPA

The program "Roman Shukhevych's Way of the Cross". The program tells about the life and work of the politician and public figure.

Roman Shukhevych was born on June 30, 1907 in Lviv. Ukrainian politician, public and statesman. Member of the Galician regional leadership of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. He was an active member of the OUN, a general-corporal, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1943-1950), and head of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council (1943-1950). A fighter for Ukrainian independence in the twentieth century. Shukhevych was killed on March 5, 1950, during a special operation by the Soviet secret services to arrest him.

It is not known exactly where Shukhevych is buried. There are several versions: in the basement of the prison on Lontskoho Street in Lviv, according to another version, the body was taken 300 kilometers away from Lviv. And yet another version is that the body was burned and thrown into the Zbruch River, on the current administrative border of the Ternopil and Khmelnytsky regions. A memorial cross now stands at this place.