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Stepan Bandera

1909 - 1959

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Stepan Andriyovych Bandera (Ukrainian: Степа́н Андрі́йович Банде́ра, IPA: [steˈpɑn ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ bɐnˈdɛrɐ]; Polish: Stepan Andrijowycz Bandera; 1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical militant faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the OUN-B. Bandera was born in Austria-Hungary, in Galicia, into the family of a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and grew up in Poland. Involved in nationalist organisations from a young age, he joined the Ukrainian Military Organisation in 1924. In 1931, he became head of propaganda of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), and later became head of the OUN for Poland in 1932. In 1934, he organised the assassination of the Polish interior minister, Bronisław Pieracki, and was sentenced to death after being convicted of terrorism, subsequently commuted to life imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stepan Bandera is the 452nd most popular politician (down from 345th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 7th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Stepan Bandera was a Ukrainian nationalist and Nazi collaborator. He was the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) in the 1930s and 1940s. He was assassinated by the KGB in 1959.

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Among politicians, Stepan Bandera ranks 452 out of 19,576. Before him are Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Eva Perón, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximinus II, Hussein of Jordan, and Lapu-Lapu. After him are Edward I of England, Porus, Mars, Mahidevran, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, and Radovan Karadžić.

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Among people born in 1909, Stepan Bandera ranks 1. After him are Eugène Ionesco, Nicholas Winton, Juliana of the Netherlands, Simone Weil, Osamu Dazai, James Mason, Edward Tatum, Mohammed Daoud Khan, U Thant, Francis Bacon, and Andrei Gromyko. Among people deceased in 1959, Stepan Bandera ranks 4. Before him are George Marshall, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, and Owen Willans Richardson. After him are Adolf Windaus, Frank Lloyd Wright, Cecil B. DeMille, Ante Pavelić, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Gérard Philipe, Bohuslav Martinů, and Billie Holiday.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Stepan Bandera ranks 11 out of 1,365. Before him are Golda Meir (1898), Edgar de Wahl (1867), Sergei Prokofiev (1891), Viktor Yanukovych (1950), John III Sobieski (1629), and Stefania Turkewich (1898). After him are Volodymyr Zelensky (1978), Kazimir Malevich (1879), Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595), Mikhail Bulgakov (1891), Ilya Repin (1844), and Taras Shevchenko (1814).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Stepan Bandera ranks 7. Before him are Leon Trotsky (1879), Leonid Brezhnev (1906), Hurrem Sultan (1502), Golda Meir (1898), Viktor Yanukovych (1950), and John III Sobieski (1629). After him are Volodymyr Zelensky (1978), Hafsa Sultan (1479), Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Leonid Kuchma (1938), Ivan Mazepa (1639), and Stanisław Leszczyński (1677).

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