The given publication covers the resulting findings of the working historians group, the Government Commission on the OUN – UPA. It contains thorough description of the key issues with regard to the OUN and UPA activities, mostly within the WWII period, which are subject for contentious debates in the Ukrainian society. The last chapter presents analysis of the Ukrainian nationalists’ ideology

Kulchytsky S.
Foreword ...3

Patryliak I.
1. The Anti – Soviet OUN Armed Uprising (October, 1939 – July, 1941) // Chapter 1. The Tactics and Strategy of Ukrainian Nationalists at the WWII Initial Stage ..15

Patryliak I.
1. The Anti – Soviet OUN Armed Uprising (October, 1939 – July, 1941): Sources // Chapter 1. The Tactics and Strategy of Ukrainian Nationalists at the WWII Initial Stage ...48

Patryliak I.
2. Establishment and Activities of the Ukrainian Nationalists’ Druzhyny (1941 – 1942) // Chapter 1. The Tactics and Strategy of Ukrainian Nationalists at the WWII Initial Stage ...52

Patryliak I.
2. Establishment and Activities of Ukrainian Nationalists’ Druzhyny (1941 – 1942): Sources // Chapter 1. The Tactics and Strategy of Ukrainian Nationalists at the WWII Initial Stage ...75  

Patryliak I.
3. The Act of June 30, 1941 // Chapter 1. TheTactics and Strategy of Ukrainian Nationalists at the WWII Initial Stage ...78

Patryliak I.
3. The Act of June 30, 1941: Sources // Chapter 1. The Tactics and Strategy of Ukrainian Nationalists at the WWII Initial Stage ...86

Kentii A.
The OUN(B)’ Conversion to the Anti – German Position // Chapter 2. The OUN(B)’ Conversion to the Anti – German Position (1941 – 1942) ...88

Kentii A.
The OUN(B)’ Conversion to the Anti – German Position: Sources // Chapter 2. OUN(B)’ Conversion to the Anti – German Position (1941 – 1942) ...112  

Dziobak V.
1. Taras Borovets’ University of Life // Chapter 3. Bul’bivtsi (the “First UPA”) ...114

Dziobak V.
2. Organization and Activities of “Polis’ka Sich” in 1941 // Chapter 3. Bul’bivtsi (the “First UPA”) ...118

Dziobak V.
3. The Relations with the German Occupation Authorities // Chapter 3. Bul’bivtsi (the “First UPA”) ...125

Dziobak V.
4. Search for Compromise with the Soviet Forces // Chapter 3. Bul’bivtsi (the “First UPA”) ...135

Dziobak V.
5. The Consolidation Attempts // Chapter 3. Bul’bivtsi (the “First UPA”) ...142

Dziobak V.
Sources // Chapter 3. Bul’bivtsi (the “First UPA”) ...154

Kentii A.
1. The Military Preparatory Activities of Bandera Organizations in the Early 1943 // Chapter 4. The UPA “Two – Front” Struggle (1943 – the 1st half of 1944) ...160

Kentii A.
2. Building of the UPA Territorial Structures and Headquarters // Chapter 4. The UPA “Two – Front” Struggle (1943 – the 1st half of 1944) ...167

Kentii A.
3. The OUN and UPA “Two – Front” Struggle // Chapter 4. The UPA “Two - Front” Struggle (1943 – the 1st half of 1944) ...174

Kentii A.
4. The OUN and UPA Anti – German Front // Chapter 4. The UPA “Two - Front” Struggle (1943 – the 1st half of 1944) ...181

Kentii A.
5. The OUN and UPA Struggle on the Anti – Bolshevik Front // Chapter 4. The UPA “Two - Front” Struggle (1943 – the 1st half of 1944) ...199

Kentii A.
4. Sources and Notes // Chapter 4. The “UPA “Two - Front” Struggle (1943 – the 1st half of 1944) ...217

Il’iushyn I.
The OUN and UPA Actions // Chapter 5. The OUN and UPA Actions on the Anti – Polish Front ...222

Il’iushyn I.
Sources and Notes // Chapter 5. The OUN and UPA Actions on the Anti – Polish Front ...295

Lysenko O.
1. The Sovietization Issues in Western Ukrainian Region in 1944 // Chapter 6. The Struggle of the OUN and UPA Armed Formations against the Soviet Punitive and Repressive Machinery ...303

Lysenko O.
2. The Samostiinyts’ky Rukh (Independence Movement) in 1944 // Chapter 6. The Struggle of the OUN and UPA Armed Formations against the Soviet Punitive and Repressive Machinery ...319

Lysenko O.
3. The Actions of the Soviet Troops against the OUN and UPA Armed Formations in the Fall of 1944 // Chapter 6. The Struggle of the OUN and UPA Armed Formations against the Soviet Punitive and Repressive Machinery ...339

Lysenko O.
4. The OUN and UPA Opposition to the Soviet System in 1945 // Chapter 6. The Struggle of the OUN and UPA Armed Formations against the Soviet Punitive and Repressive Machinery ...358

Lysenko O.
5. The Struggle of the Soviet Defense and Law Enforcement Agencies against the OUN and UPA in 1945 // Chapter 6. The Struggle of the OUN and UPA Armed Formations against the Soviet Punitive and Repressive Machinery ...376

Lysenko O.
Sources and Notes // Chapter 6. The Struggle of the OUN and UPA Armed Formations against the Soviet Punitive and Repressive Machinery ...386

Kentii A.
1. The Insurgent and Underground Movement in the “Great Blockade” Period // Chapter 7. The OUN and UPA Anti - Communist Opposition in the Postwar Period (1946 – 1956) ...394

Kentii A.
2. The OUN and UPA Armed Struggle in 1947 – 1948 // Chapter 7. The OUN and UPA Anti - Communist Opposition in the Postwar Period (1946 – 1956) ...407

Kentii A.
3. The Nationalist Underground in 1949 - 1956 // Chapter 7. The OUN and UPA Anti - Communist Opposition in the Postwar Period (1946 – 1956) ...423

Kentii A .
Sources and Notes // Chapter 7. The OUN and UPA Anti - Communist Opposition in the Postwar Period (1946 – 1956) ...441

Kas’ianov H.
1. General Comments // Chapter 8. Ideology of Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists ...445

Kas’ianov H.
2. Interpretations // Chapter 8. Ideology of Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists ...447

Kas’ianov H.
3.Formation of the Ideological Grounds of the Nationalist Movement (the 1920s – 1930s) // Chapter 8. Ideology of Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists ...450

Kas’ianov H.
4. The OUN, Italian Fascism and German National Socialism // Chapter 8. Ideology of Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists ...456

Kas’ianov H. .
5. World War II: Revision of Ideologies // Chapter 8. Ideology of Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists ...460

Kas’ianov H.
6. The Second OUN Division: Doubles // Chapter 8. Ideology of Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists ...462

Kas’ianov H.
7. The OUN (Mel’nykivtsi) // Chapter 8. Ideology of Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists ...467

Kas’ianov H.
8. The OUN (Banderivtsi) // Chapter 8. Ideology of Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists ...470

Kas’ianov H.
9. In Place of Conclusions // Chapter 8. Ideology of Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists ...474

Kas’ianov H.
Sources and Notes // Chapter 8. Ideology of Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists ...475

Names Index ...479