δείτε την πρωτότυπη σελίδα τεκμηρίου στον ιστότοπο του αποθετηρίου του φορέα για περισσότερες πληροφορίες και για να δείτε όλα τα ψηφιακά αρχεία του τεκμηρίου*
This thesis will examine the history of the geographic area comprising Western Ukraine (Galicia, Volhynia, Carpatho-Ukraine, and Northern Bukovina) through its political, military, and religious/cultural aspects, during a turbulent period characterized by violent political changes, war, and extreme ethnic/ideological animosity. Beginning with an overview concerning the origins of the Ukrainian nationalism, I will then focus on its primary exponents in the examined period: the OUN, the UPA and the Greek-Catholic Church that eventually became the "spiritual" pillar of the movement. I continue with the issue of collaborationism during the German occupation, including the participation of Ukrainians in the implementation of the Holocaust, in anti-partisan operations, and the culmination of their commitment with the formation of the 14.Waffen-Grenadier-Division SS 'Galizien'. Furthermore, I will examine the violent shift of regional control, leading to a titanic war of extermination: the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and the Soviet occupation of Western Ukraine (1939-1941), the Nazi invasion and occupation (1941-1944), Red Army's counteroffensive and the recapture of the region (1944), the final fate of Ukrainian collaborators following the retreating Germans (1944-1945), and the localized insurgency fought between the Ukrainian nationalists and the Soviet state (1944-1956). Finally, I close my thesis with a brief mention about the Ukrainian nationalist movement's legacy today, and its catalyst role in the unfolding Ukrainian crisis since November 2013.
*Η εύρυθμη και αδιάλειπτη λειτουργία των διαδικτυακών διευθύνσεων των συλλογών (ψηφιακό αρχείο, καρτέλα τεκμηρίου στο αποθετήριο) είναι αποκλειστική ευθύνη των αντίστοιχων Φορέων περιεχομένου.
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