Yevhen Konovalets

Yevhen Konovalets

Native name	Євген Коновалець
Born	(1891-06-14)June 14, 1891 Saschkiw, Lemberg District, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Zashkiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
Died	May 23, 1938(1938-05-23) (aged 46) Rotterdam, Netherlands
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary Ukrainian People's Republic
Branch	Austro-Hungarian Army Ukrainian People's Army
Service years	1914–1915 1917–1920
Rank	Colonel Second lieutenant
Unit	Lemberg District Defense Sich Riflemen
Commands	Sich Riflemen
Conflicts	First World War Eastern Front Russian Civil War Ukrainian War of Independence Ukrainian–Soviet War Kiev Arsenal January Uprising Anti-Hetman Uprising
Other work	Politician, co-creator of the UVO and OUN

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Yevhen Mykhailovych Konovalets (Ukrainian: Євген Михайлович Коновалець; 14 June 1891 – 23 May 1938) was a Ukrainian military commander and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement. He is best known for his role in the Ukrainian War of Independence as leader of the Sich Riflemen and as the leader of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) from its foundation in 1929 to his assassination in 1938 by the NKVD. Konovalets was also a veteran of the First World War and cofounded the OUN's predecessor, the Ukrainian Military Organisation, in 1920, assuming leadership of the organisation.