League of Ukrainian Nationalists

The League of Ukrainian Nationalists (Ukrainian: Леґія українських націоналістів, romanizedLegiia ukrainskykh natsionalistiv or ЛУН, LUN) was a Ukrainian nationalist organisation created in Poděbrady on 12 November 1925 out of three groups, the Ukrainian National Alliance, the Union of Ukrainian Fascists, and the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine.

League of Ukrainian Nationalists
Леґія українських націоналістів
PresidentMykola Stsiborskyi
Founded12 November 1925
Dissolved1929
Merger ofUkrainian National Alliance
Union of Ukrainian Fascists
Union for the Liberation of Ukraine
Merged intoOrganisation of Ukrainian Nationalists
HeadquartersPoděbrady
IdeologyUkrainian nationalism
Ukrainian irredentism
Anti-communism
Antisemitism
Anti-Russian sentiment
Anti-Polish sentiment

The LUN existed during four years before rejoining in 1929 the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists. The president of LUN was Mykola Stsiborskyi.[1]

Foundation

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LUN was founded on 12 November 1925, at the unifying congress of three Ukrainian organisations:

References

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  1. ^ Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993). Edited by Danylo Husar Struk. Series: Heritage. Published by University of Toronto Press Pages: 882. [1].

Sources

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  • Roman Malko, "Music from the shadows", Zerkalo Nedeli, September 14–20, 2002. in Russian, in Ukrainian.
  • Hiroaki Kuromiya [fr], The Voices of the Dead - Stalin's Great Terror in the 1930s, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, ISBN 0300123892.