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===Fascist insurgency: 1944-1954===

===Fascist insurgency: 1944-1954===

{{See also|Gehlen Organization}}

{{See also|Gehlen Organization}}

In the June 1944, when Canadian, British and American soldiers were landing on the beaches of Normandy, their Soviet allies rolled into the German-occupied [[Austrian Galicia|Galicia]] in [[Western Ukraine]]. The [[Red Army]] soldiers and officers quickly noticed a stark contrast in the attitude of locals compared to other recently liberated regions of the [[Soviet Union]].  Instead of cheering crowds of peasant women and children who would offer them water and the traditional [[Slavic]] greeting of bread and salt, there was an eerie silence in many villages, and few locals would even talk to the new arrivals. Soon, chilling rumors started about murdered Red Army soldiers found hanged or decapitated in the woods. Rumors were soon followed by orders issued to troops stationed in the allegedly safe rear, far behind the frontline, to increase their vigilance, never to venture anywhere alone or unarmed, and to look out for “bandits” hiding in the forests. The [[NKVD]] (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs – as the [[law enforcement]] agency of the Soviet Union between 1934 and 1946 was known) units that followed close behind the Red Army quickly proceeded with their routine practice of rounding up numerous suspected [[Nazi]] collaborators, as well as members of the Polish anti-Nazi underground, in [[Lviv]] and other west Ukrainian cities. However, a number of feared Soviet secret policemen were soon found dead in Ukrainian villages and [[Galicia]]n forests, and in some areas of the countryside those who dared to venture there had to be heavily armed and in large numbers. This was the start of a brutal insurgency that lasted almost ten years in rural Western Ukraine and resulted in one of the toughest counterinsurgency challenges the Soviets ever faced.  

In the June 1944, when Canadian, British and American soldiers were landing on the beaches of Normandy, their Soviet allies rolled into the German-occupied [[Austrian Galicia|Galicia]] in [[Western Ukraine]]. The [[Red Army]] soldiers and officers quickly noticed a stark contrast in the attitude of locals compared to other recently liberated regions of the [[Soviet Union]].  Instead of cheering crowds of peasant women and children who would offer them water and the traditional [[Slavic]] greeting of bread and salt, there was an eerie silence in many villages, and few locals would even talk to the new arrivals. Soon, chilling rumors started about murdered Red Army soldiers found hanged or decapitated in the woods. Rumors were soon followed by orders issued to troops stationed in the allegedly safe rear, far behind the frontline, to increase their vigilance, never to venture anywhere alone or unarmed, and to look out for “bandits” hiding in the forests. The [[NKVD]] (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs – as the [[law enforcement]] agency of the Soviet Union between 1934 and 1946 was known) units that followed close behind the Red Army quickly proceeded with their routine practice of rounding up numerous suspected [[Nazi]] collaborators, as well as members of the Polish anti-Nazi underground, in [[Lviv]] and other west Ukrainian cities. However, a number of feared Soviet secret policemen were soon found dead in Ukrainian villages and [[Galicia]]n forests, and in some areas of the countryside those who dared to venture there had to be heavily armed and in large numbers. This was the start of a brutal insurgency that lasted almost ten years in rural Western Ukraine and resulted in one of the toughest counterinsurgency challenges the Soviets ever faced.  

In 1948, the CIA report NSC 20/1, section 4: “US objectives with respect to Russia” warned that separating Ukraine from Russia will not work.<ref>http://www.sakva.ru/Nick/NSC_20_1.html</ref>

In 1948, the CIA report NSC 20/1, section 4: “US objectives with respect to Russia” warned that separating Ukraine from Russia will not work.<ref>http://www.sakva.ru/Nick/NSC_20_1.html</ref>

===Denazificatrion and reconstruction: 1954 to 1991===

===Denazificatrion and reconstruction: 1954 to 1991===