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Following the failed August Coup in Moscow on 19–21 August 1991, the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine declared independence on 24 August 1991 and renamed the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic as Ukraine. A referendum on independence was held on 1 December 1991. 92.3% of voters voted for independence nationwide.
Roman-Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych (Ukrainian: Рома́н-Тарас Йо́сипович Шухе́вич, also known by his pseudonym, Tur and Taras Chuprynka; 30 June 1907 – 5 March 1950) was a Ukrainian nationalist [1] and a military leader of the nationalist Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which during the Second World War fought ...
Jan 1, 2024 · At around 07:00, Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi announced that the Russians had completely destroyed the museum dedicated to Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) Corporal Roman Shukhevych in Lviv. The museum building burned down due to a drone attack.
Jan 2, 2024 · Ukrainian rescuers and firefighters work at the site of a drone attack on the Roman Shukhevych memorial museum building in the district of Bilohorshcha, on the outskirts of western city of Lviv...
Jan 1, 2024 · The exact number of people killed by these repressive actions of the Soviet regime in Ukraine is still unknown. During the period of the “Great Terror” of 1937–1938 alone, 198,918 people were convicted on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR, of whom about two-thirds were sentenced to death. The rest were sent to prisons and labor camps.
Jan 3, 2024 · The Museum of Roman Shukhevych was established as a department of the Lviv Historical Museum. It was located in Lviv at 76A Bilohorshcha Street. It was in this two-storey building that Shukhevych was killed during a shootout with officers of the Soviet Union's Ministry of State Security.
Mar 4, 2022 · Ukrainians continued to fight for independence until 1922, when they were defeated by the Soviets and became the Ukrainian Soviet Republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...
