Yevhen Konovalets returns to Ukraine 88 years after assassination
The remains of Yevhen Konovalets, a colonel in the army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the first head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, or OUN, have been brought to Ukraine, Deputy Presidential Office chief Iryna Vereshchuk said on Aug. 13.
On August 13, Deputy Presidential Office chief Iryna Vereshchuk announced that the remains of Yevhen Konovalets, a prominent figure in Ukrainian history, would be brought back to his homeland after 88 years. Konovalets, a colonel in the Ukrainian People's Republic army and the founder of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), was laid to rest for the first time in the Netherlands at Crooswijk Cemetery in Rotterdam.
According to Vereshchuk, Konovalets' remains will be reburied at Ukraine's National Military Memorial Cemetery in a ceremony to be held following church services. The exact date of the reburial remains undisclosed for security reasons. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, government officials, lawmakers, and military representatives are expected to attend the ceremony.
Konovalets served in various capacities within the Ukrainian People's Republic, including commander of the Sich Riflemen, a member of the Riflemen's Council, commander of the Ukrainian Military Organization, head of the Leadership of Ukrainian Nationalists, and the first head of the OUN. He was also a leading ideologue of Ukrainian nationalism.
Konovalets' assassination by Soviet intelligence operative Pavel Sudoplatov on May 23, 1938, prompted the exhumation of his remains from Crooswijk Cemetery, where they will now be laid to rest in Ukraine.
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