Roman-Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych (Ukrainian: Рома́н-Тарас Йо́сипович Шухе́вич), also known by his pseudonym Taras Chuprynka (June 30, 1907 – March 5, 1950), was a Ukrainian nationalist, one of the commanders of Nachtigall Battalion, a hauptmann of the German Schutzmannschaft 201 auxiliary police battalion, a military leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), and one of the organizers of the Halych-Volhyn Massacre.
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30 June 1907 Krakovets, Galicia, Austria–Hungary
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Died |
5 March 1950 (aged 42) Bilohorscha, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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