Ukrainian National Government (1941)
| Ukrainian National Government | ||||||||||
| Українське Державне Правління (УДП) Ukrainske Derzhavne Pravlinnia (UDP) |
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| Provisional government | ||||||||||
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Anthem Ще не вмерла Україна (Ukrainian) Shche ne vmerla Ukraina Ukraine's glory has not perished |
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| Capital | Lviv (actual) Kyiv (intended) |
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| Languages | Ukrainian | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
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| • | 1941 | Yaroslav Stetsko | ||||||||
| Historical era | World War II | |||||||||
| • | Established | 30 June 1941 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | September 1941 | ||||||||
| Currency |
Karbovanets Hryvnia |
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| Today part of | Ukraine | |||||||||
The Ukrainian national government (Ukrainian: Українське Державне Правління (УДП), Ukrainske Derzhavne Pravlinnia (UDP); Ukrainian State Board) of 1941 was Ukrainian national government established on territories, liberated from the Soviet Union after the declaration of renewal of the Ukrainian statehood (Act on renewal of the Ukrainian statehood). It was led by the Stepan Bandera's faction of OUN.
The leader of the government was Yaroslav Stetsko. Many members were former government officials and military leaders of the Ukrainian People's Republic.
Originally planning to cooperate with Nazi Germany against the USSR, most of the leadership was arrested, deported, and imprisoned by the Nazis within a matter of weeks.
Leaders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the OUN, first planned a declaration of Ukrainian independence in early June 1941. With the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, many thought that they found a new ally in Nazi Germany.
On 22 June 1941 leaders of the OUN met in Kraków, occupied Poland, and established a plan to create a Ukrainian state. The leaders of this meeting, Vsevolod Petriv and Volodymyr Horbovy, sent a letter to Adolf Hitler offering cooperation in exchange for Ukrainian independence.
By 30 June 1941 Soviet forces had abandoned Lviv. Prior to Nazi invasion, the OUN entered the city and proclaimed an independent and sovereign Ukrainian state.
The government of 1941 was an attempt to include as many political parties in Ukraine as possible.
The structure and nominclature of the government functionaries was quite extensive, however:
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