User:Obolonska56/Myroslav Vasyliovych Boliukh

Myroslav Vasyliovych Boliukh (January 12, 1921, Kutkivtsi village, now within the city of Ternopil — August 10, 2012, Melbourne) was a long-time member of the OUN, the Foreign Office of the Ukrainian Central Liberation Council, and a member of the National Science Society.

Biography

He was born on January 12, 1921, in the village of Kutkivtsi, now within the city of Ternopil (Ukraine). His father, Vasyl Boliukh, was a centurion of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, and in 1935-1939 he was an ambassador to the Polish Sejm and the head of Ukrainbank.

In 1931-1937, he studied at the Ternopil Gymnasium of the Native School Society, joined the OUN, and was a leader of OUN youth at the gymnasium. In 1937, he was arrested in the "Case of Vasyl Okhrymovych and Comrades" and was forced to leave the gymnasium. In 1939, he moved to Kholm, where he joined the Ukrainian underground, and in 1940 he began his studies in Vienna.

In 1941, he joined the Roland DUN together with Achil Hreptovsky, Yevhen Harabach, and Jan Shukhevych. He fought his way to Novovorontsovka, near Kryvyi Rih, and came into contact with the OUN network[1] - Vasyl Stych.

After the disbandment of Roland, he joined the OUN in Ternopil as a combatant of Yulian Okhrymovych. On the instructions of the OUN, he worked in Vienna, Prague, and Kraków.