UPA
Soviet People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) archive sheds new light on the confrontation between the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and the USSR. The large body of more than 3.5 thousand documents of the Internal Troops of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) of the Soviet Union, which has recently become publicly available online, clearly demonstrates that the liberation movement in […]
As the result of public initiative several medical aid centers were established during the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. There are parallels to this in Ukrainian history in the 1940's when the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and the underground opposition network received medical care and support from the Ukrainian Red Cross. As she seeks to understand the unique phenomenon, Maria Fenchyn, a student at Lviv Medical University, sheds light on two instances where citizens organized and provided medical aid under dire and severe circumstances.



