Yevhen Konovalets

Military commander of the UNR army and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement (1891-1938)

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Lived 1891–1938, aged 47

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1891–1938
Aged 47
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Updated 2026-06-20

Yevhen Mykhailovych Konovalets was a Ukrainian military commander and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement. He is best known for his role in the Ukrainian War of Independence as leader of the Sich Riflemen and as the leader of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) from its foundation in 1929 to his assassination in 1938 by the NKVD. Konovalets was also a veteran of the First World War and cofounded the OUN's predecessor, the Ukrainian Military Organisation, in 1920, assuming leadership of the organisation.