Yaroslav Semenovich Stetsko (Ukrainian: Ярослав Стецько; 19 January 1912 – 5 July 1986) was the leader of Stepan Bandera's Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), from 1968 until his death. He closely co-operated with the Nazis during World War 2. In 1941, during the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union, he was self-proclaimed temporary head of an independent Ukrainian government declared by Stepan Bandera. He was the co-chairman of National Captive Nations Committee, out of which the organization Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation was founded. Stetsko was the head of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations from the time of its foundation until 1986, the year of his death.
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19 January 1912 Ternopil, Austria–Hungary
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Died |
5 July 1986 (aged 74) Munich, Germany
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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