Vasyl Sydor
Native name
Василь Сидор
Nickname(s)Shelest, Vyshyty, Konrad, Zov
Born(1910-02-24)24 February 1910
Spasiv, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)
Died14 April 1949(1949-04-14) (aged 39)
Rozhniativ Raion, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Allegiance
RankColonel
Unit
Battles/wars

Vasyl Sydor (Ukrainian: Василь Сидор; 24 February 1910 – 14 April 1949) was a colonel of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), political activist, soldier of the Nachtigall Battalion, commandant of Schutzmannschaft Battalion 201, vice-commander of UPA and leader of UPA-West for Eastern Galicia during World War II. Sydor was killed in combat with Soviet troops in the Limnytsia river valley.[1]

Political significance

On 1 September 1944, Vasyl Sydor (Shelest) as the UPA commander for Eastern Galicia, issued an order to end "mass anti-Polish actions" within the borders of postwar Poland, thereby focusing on resistance rather than ethnic cleansing.[2] Murders of civilians continued, but only in retaliation.[3] From then on, UPA units began concentrating on attacking those who served with the pro-Soviet forces (although it took several months for the orders to reach individual commanders in the field).[2] In 1945 the Home Army issued a manifesto calling for an end to fighting between Poles and Ukrainians and for cooperation, printed it in 7,500 copies and distributed it in the surrounding villages.[4] At the same time, the leadership of UPA in the region made similar moves aimed at the same goal. After mediation by Catholic and Eastern Orthodox clergy, a meeting was arranged in Puszcza Solska (Solska Forest) between the commanders of both groups.[4] The top commander on the Polish side was Marian Gołębiewski (Ster) and on the Ukrainian side Jurij Lopatynsky (Szejk).[2] On the night of 27 May 1946 the Home Army and UPA conducted their one-and-only joint operation against the communist forces of UB and NKVD in Hrubieszów. They parted their ways the next morning after a successful attack.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Sydor, Vasyl" at online Encyclopedia of Ukraine
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Biuletyn IPN, Nr 8, September 2001, pg. 25-32". (1.14 MB)   (1.14 MB)
  3. ↑ Timothy Snyder, "The Reconstruction of Nations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2010. (5.74 MB) Yale University Press, New Haven, 2003.   (5.74 MB)
  4. 1 2 Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2006). Polska egzotyczna: przewodnik, Part 2 (in Polish). p. 244. ISBN 9788389188564.
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