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Henry M. Robert

Stepan Bandera is Back Home

15 October, 2002 - 00:00

A monument to Stepan Bandera has been unveiled in the village of Dubliany. And it is no coincidence that it has been erected on the premises of the Lviv State Agrarian University, since Stepan Bandera was a student of the agriculture and forestry faculty from 1928 through 1933 of the then Lviv Polytechnic Institute. Still he never earned his diploma, as he got arrested on suspicion of conspiracy and jailed for a couple of months. Following his release from prison Stepan had no time to pursue education as he got caught up in conspiratorial activities. Incidentally, an exposition at the museum named after himself will take you through the student years of Stepan Bandera at the agrarian university. Other documents as well as his personal belongings are in safekeeping in London. The village of Volia Zaderevatska in the district of Stryi, which is home to the memorial estate of Stepan Bandera, saw a no less ceremonial ritual of unveiling and consecrating of bas-reliefs of Symon Petliura, Yevhen Konovalets, Roman Shukhevych, Yaroslav Stetsko, and Oleksa Hasyn. This event was also dedicated to the 60th anniversary since the founding of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, known as UPA. For this occasion, the Lviv Oblast State Administration has issued commemorative medals. A medal with number one has been posthumously conferred on UPA Commander-in-Chief Roman Shukhevych and a medal with number two has been awarded to the last commander of UPA, Vasyl Kuk, who is currently residing in Kyiv. A commemorative medal has been also awarded to the son of Roman Shukhevych, Yuri. The Oblast Administration has plans to award similar medals to some 1,000 former OUN-UPA combatants who are residing in Lviv oblast and to 200 more living in Kyiv, reports Yuri KRIL, The Day.

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