STEPAN BANDERA Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists OUN LVIV Nickel Token Rare

Description: 100 Years to STEPAN BANDERA Item description Ukraine Lviv Token Coin 100 Years to Stepan Bandera Series: Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine Condition: UNC Face Value ---- Material Copper-Nickel-Zinc Mintage 5 000 Year 2009 Size 35,00 mm. Weight 16,54 gram Stepan Andriyovych Bandera (Ukrainian: Степан Андрійович Бандера; 1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian political activist and leader of the Ukrainian nationalist and independence movement. Bandera is a controversial historical figure honoured by the contemporary Ukrainian nationalist movement, including the Right Sector and at the same time condemned by some ethnic Poles and Jews. In 1934, he was arrested in Lwów (in Ukrainian, Lviv) by Polish authorities and was tried twice: for involvement in the assassination of the Polish minister of internal affairs, Bronisław Pieracki; and at a general trial of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists executives. He was convicted of terrorism and sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. In September 1939, while Poland was being invaded, under unclear circumstances Bandera managed to get freed from prison and proceeded to work, with German support, for an uprising in the Kresy. These eastern Polish territories had a majority Ukrainian population, and went on to become modern Western Ukraine. At the same time, he tried to stoke unrest in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, modern Eastern Ukraine. His goal was to establish a unified Ukrainian state, composed of areas where the majority of inhabitants were ethnic Ukrainians, but that had been under the control of Poland and the Soviet Union. On 30 June 1941, eight days after Germany's attack on the Soviet Union, Bandera in Lviv proclaimed an independent Ukrainian state. His militant branch of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) thought that, in their struggle against the Soviet Union, they had a powerful ally in Nazi Germany. But the Germans arrested the newly formed Ukrainian government and sent them to concentration camps in Germany. Bandera was imprisoned by the Nazis until September 1944. At that juncture, with the war going very badly against Germany, Bandera was released in the hope that he would fight the advancing Soviet forces. He established his headquarters in Berlin and received German financial, material, and personnel support for his Ukrainian Insurgent Army.After the war, in 1959, in Munich, Germany, Bandera was assassinated by the KGB (Soviet security agency) UNC, in capsule. Thanks for watching! Feel free to e-mail me with any questions. Shipping Information We ship worldwide. Combine shipping: All bidders pay shipping cost 4.99 $ for first item and have a discount $3.99 on shipping cost for each additional item. All orders are processed and shipped within 1 business day of receipt of payment. The item(s) will be shipped by registered airmail by Ukrainian Postal Service. Shipping takes 15-18 business days to USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. Shipping to Europe takes 10-15 business days. Shipping cost: - Worldwide: US $ 4.99 I accept Visa/MasterCards/EuroCards via PayPal. I receive PayPal ONLY through my intermediary in USA. I guarantee you complete satisfaction with all my high quality products. If you receive an item you did not order or if an item you ordered is received damaged or defective, I will refund you the price you paid for it or replace it with identical one.

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