Volodymyr Kubijovyč
Ukrainian historian (1900–1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Volodymyr Kubijovyč (also spelled Kubiiovych or Kubiyovych; Ukrainian: Володи́мир Миха́йлович Кубійо́вич, romanized: Volodymyr Mykhailovych Kubiiovych; 23 September 1900 – 2 November 1985) was an anthropological geographer in prewar Poland, a wartime Ukrainian nationalist politician, a Nazi collaborator and a post-war émigré intellectual of mixed Ukrainian-Polish background.[1][2]
Volodymyr Kubijovyč | |
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Володимир Кубійович | |
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Deputy of the President of the Ukrainian National Committee | |
In office 17 March 1945 – 1945 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Chairman of the Ukrainian Central Committee [pl; ru; uk] | |
In office 1939–1945 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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Born | (1900-09-23)23 September 1900 Nowy Sącz, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria–Hungary |
Died | 2 November 1985(1985-11-02) (aged 85) Paris, France |
During the war Kubijovyč headed the social welfare and the economic committee called UCC (Ukrainian Central Committee [pl; ru; uk]). He was an anti-Semite and a proponent of ethnic cleansing.[3][4][5] In 1943, he was a founder of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS.[6][7][4][8] Kubijovyč was a supporter of the OUN-M, Andriy Melnyk's faction in the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.[9][2] After the collapse of Nazi Germany, Kubijovyč settled in France. He later became the chief editor of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine and the secretary general of the Shevchenko Scientific Society.[3] Kubijovyč also supported other projects of the Ukrainian diaspora.[3] He died in Paris on 2 November 1985.