Ivan Lytvynchuk

Ivan Lytvynchuk
Ivan Lytvynchuk
Native name	Іван Литвинчук
Nickname	Dubovyi
Born	21 August 1920; Wołyń Voivodeship Second Polish Republic
Died	19 January 1951 (aged 30); Horokhiv Raion, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Branch	Paramilitary
Rank	Colonel
Conflicts	Eastern Front (World War II) Polish–Ukrainian conflict Volhynian massacre Janowa Dolina massacre; Defense of Huta Stepańska and Wyrka; Battle of Moczulanka; ; ; ; Anti-Soviet Resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army †;
Awards	Cross of Combat Merit

Ivan Lytvynchuk (pseudonym: Dubovyi; Іва́н Самі́йлович Литвинчу́к [Ivan Samiilovych Lytvynchuk], Iwan Łytwynczuk; 21 August 1920 - 19 January 1951) was a commander of the military district of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), a war criminal, and a Major. He is believed to have been one of the organizers and initiators of the Volhynian massacre, recognized as a genocide. His units were among the first in Volhynia to begin the extermination of Poles.