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[[File:SBandera.jpg|thumb|Stepan Bandera]]
[[File:SBandera.jpg|thumb|Stepan Bandera]]
'''Stepan Bandera''' (January 1, 1909 - October 15, 1959) was a controversial [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] nationalist. He was the head of a rebel army, called ''Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists'' (OUN), that fought the [[Red Army]]. The OUN fought sometimes alongside and sometimes against the Germans during the [[Second World War]]. After Bandera wanted to create an independet Ukrainian state, he was sent to a concentration camp in 1941. The OUN persecuted [[Jews]], [[Russian]]s and [[Poland|Poles]]. After the war Bandera lived under a false name in [[Munich]], [[Germany]], where he was killed by a [[KGB]]-agent in 1959.<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/15000-nationalists-march-kiev</ref>
'''Stepan Bandera''' (January 1, 1909 - October 15, 1959) was a controversial [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] nationalist. He was the head of a rebel army, called ''Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists'' (OUN), that fought the [[Red Army]]. The OUN fought sometimes alongside and sometimes against the Germans during the [[Second World War]]. After Bandera wanted to create an independet Ukrainian state, he was sent to a concentration camp in 1941. The OUN persecuted [[Jews]], [[Russian]]s and [[Poland|Poles]]. After the war Bandera lived under a false name in [[Munich]], [[Germany]], where he was killed by a [[KGB]]-agent in 1959.<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/15000-nationalists-march-kiev</ref>
Stepan Bandera was honored by the Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yushchenko]] as "Hero of the Ukraine" in 2010.<ref>http://rt.com/politics/bandera-ukraine-court-crimea/</ref> The next president [[Viktor Yanukovych]] withdrawed the honor. Today there are many monuments in Western Ukraine honoring him.
Stepan Bandera was honored by the Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yushchenko]] as "Hero of the Ukraine" in 2010.<ref>http://rt.com/politics/bandera-ukraine-court-crimea/</ref> The next president [[Viktor Yanukovych]] withdrawed the honor. Today there are many monuments in Western Ukraine honoring him.