Ukrainian nationalist militant (1907–1939)
Zenon Kossak (Ukrainian : Зено́н Ко́ссак ; 1 April 1907 – 19 March 1939)[ 1] nationalist movement for independence from interwar Poland .
Kossak was born in Drohobych in Galicia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , now in Ukraine ). He studied law at Lviv University and was one of the organizers of the nationalist movement in Galicia. Kossak was a member of the Ukrainian Military Organization in the late 1920s where he directed the 'combat', then the organizational, activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in 1939 as a member of its Home Executive. He became deputy commander of the Carpathian Sich National Defense Organization in Carpatho-Ukraine .
In 1932, Kossak was arrested for his complicity in the murder of Tadeusz Hołówko . In 1934, he was found guilty and sentenced to 8 years in prison. He was released under an amnesty in 1938. In 1939, he was taken prisoner and summarily executed by Hungarian troops in Solotvyna , near Bukshtyn, in Transcarpathia . Also shot was his superior, Mychajło Kołodzinskyj, and a number of other Sich Riflemen.[ 2]
Kossak wrote the 44 rules of a Ukrainian Nationalist.[ 3]
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^ Marples, David R. (1985). "Danylo Shumuk, Life Sentence: The Memoirs of a Ukrainian Political Prisoner. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1984. xxiii, 401 pp" . Nationalities Papers . 13 (1): 142– 143. doi :10.1017/s0090599200041088 . ISSN 0090-5992 . S2CID 158053630 . ^ A. Podhajecki, OUN i UPA pod skrzydłami III Rzeszy , Warszawa 2013, s. 76.
^ Marples, David R. (1985). "Danylo Shumuk, Life Sentence: The Memoirs of a Ukrainian Political Prisoner. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1984. xxiii, 401 pp" . Nationalities Papers . 13 (1): 142– 143. doi :10.1017/s0090599200041088 . ISSN 0090-5992 . S2CID 158053630 .
