Volodymyr Horbovy (1898–1984) was a Ukrainian politician during World War II. As a member of the

Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ( uk, Організація українських націоналістів, Orhanizatsiya ukrayins'kykh natsionalistiv, abbreviated OUN) was a Ukrainian ultranationalist political organization estab ...

(OUN), he was one of the main drivers of the Declaration of Ukrainian Independence in 1941.

Youth

Volodymyr Horbovy was born on January 30, 1898, in the city of

Dolyna Dolyna ( uk, Доли́на, pl, Dolina, yi, דאלינע) is a city located in Kalush Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region) in south-western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dolyna urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Popul ...

(then

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, currently the

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...

). During World War I, he served in the Austro-Hungarian army on the Italian front, where he lost an eye. In 1918, he joined the Ukrainian Halych Army, and participated in the Winter Campaigns. During the inter-war period, he studied law in Prague.

Political Activity

In 1920, Horbovy joined the

Ukrainian Military Organization The Ukrainian Military Organization ( uk, Українська Військова Організація �ВОtranslit=Ukrayinska Viyskova Orhanisatsiya VO}), was a Ukrainian paramilitary body, engaged in terrorism (especially in Poland) during ...

(UVO). He became the

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between the regional and national commands in 1922. In 1929, he joined OUN. In 1934, he was imprisoned by Polish authorities. On June 22, 1941, the Ukrainian National Committee (''Ukrayinsky Natsionalny' Komitet''; UNK) was created in Kraków, with Volodymyr Horbovy as a president. The UNK published an essay, "Memorial", which outlined the plans of the OUN to declare independence.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horbovy, Volodymyr 1898 births 1984 deaths People from Dolyna People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I 20th-century Ukrainian lawyers Ukrainian politicians before 1991 Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists politicians Ukrainian nationalists Inmates of Bereza Kartuska Prison Births in Dolyna