Yaroslav Stetsko
| Yaroslav Stetsko Ярослав Стецько |
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Yaroslav Stetsko
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| Leader of the OUN-B | |
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In office 1968–1986 |
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19 January 1912 Ternopil, Austria–Hungary |
| Died | 5 July 1986 (aged 74) Munich, Germany |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | OUN-B |
| Spouse(s) | Yaroslava Stetsko |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Yaroslav Stetsko (Ukrainian: Ярослав Стецько; 19 January 1912 – 5 July 1986) was the leader of Stepan Bandera's Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), from 1968 until his death. In 1941, during the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union, he was self-proclaimed temporary head of the ostensibly independent Ukrainian government declared by Stepan Bandera. Stetsko was the head of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations from the time of its foundation until 1986, the year of his death.
Yaroslav Stetsko was born on 19 January 1912 in Ternopil, Austria–Hungary (now Ukraine) into a Ukrainian Catholic priest's family. His father, Semen, and his mother, Teodoziya, née Chubaty, encouraged him to pursue a higher education, which was very difficult for ethnic Ukrainians. Yaroslav not only graduated high school in Ternopil, but later studied law and philosophy at the Kraków and Lwów Universities, graduating in 1934.
Yaroslav Stetsko was active in Ukrainian nationalist organizations from an early age. He was a member of three separate organizations: "Ukrayinska Natsionalistychna Molod'" (Ukrainian Nationalist Youth; Ukrainian: Українська Націоналістична Молодь) where he became a member of the National Executive in 1932, Ukrainian Military Organization (UVO) (Ukrainian: Українська Військова Організація) and eventually the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) (Ukrainian: Організація Українських Націоналістів).
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