Vasyl Sydor ( uk, Василь Сидор; 24 February 1910 – 14 April 1949) was a colonel of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), political activist, soldier of the

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, commandant of

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, vice-commander of UPA and leader of UPA-West for Eastern Galicia during World War II. Sydor was killed in combat with Soviet troops in the Limnytsia river valley. "Sydor, Vasyl" at online Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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Political significance

On 1 September 1944, Vasyl Sydor (''Shelest'') as the UPA commander for Eastern Galicia, issued an order to end "mass anti-Polish actions" within the borders of postwar Poland, thereby focusing on resistance rather than ethnic cleansing. Murders of civilians continued, but only in retaliation.Timothy Snyder, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2003. (5.74 MB) From then on, UPA units began concentrating on attacking those who served with the pro-Soviet forces (although it took several months for the orders to reach individual commanders in the field). (1.14 MB) In 1945 the Home Army issued a manifesto calling for an end to fighting between Poles and Ukrainians and for cooperation, printed it in 7,500 copies and distributed it in the surrounding villages. At the same time, the leadership of UPA in the region made similar moves aimed at the same goal. After mediation by Catholic and Eastern Orthodox clergy, a meeting was arranged in

Puszcza Solska Puszcza Solska Landscape Park, also known as Solska Forest Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Puszczy Solskiej''), is a Polish Landscape Park protected area in southeastern Poland. The nature park protects an area of . It was established in 1 ...

(Solska Forest) between the commanders of both groups. The top commander on the Polish side was Marian Gołębiewski (''Ster'') and on the Ukrainian side

Jurij Lopatynsky Yuriy Lopatynsky nom de guerre ''Sheyk'' and ''Kalyna'' (born December 1906 in L’viv, died 1982) was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian activist, soldier and a colonel in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Son of a Greek Catholic priest, and a school colleagu ...

(''Szejk''). On the night of 27 May 1946 the Home Army and UPA conducted their joint operation against the communist forces of UB and NKVD in

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. They parted their ways the next morning after a successful attack.

References

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