Vasyl Kuk

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Stepanovych and the family name is Kuk.

Vasyl Kuk
Kuk in January 2007
Native name
Василь Степанович Кук
NicknameKoval
Born(1913-01-11)11 January 1913
Krasne, Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)
Died9 September 2007(2007-09-09) (aged 94)
Kyiv, Ukraine
AllegianceUkrainian Insurgent Army
Service years1942–1954
Conflicts
Alma mater

Vasyl Stepanovych Kuk (Ukrainian: Василь Степанович Кук; 11 January 1913 – 9 September 2007) was a Ukrainian nationalist activist and militant who was the last leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, following the death of Roman Shukhevych. In 1954, he was captured by Soviet KGB troops and spent six years in prison without a court sentence.

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