The Cross of Combat Merit ( uk, Хрест Заслуги) was the highest award of
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army ( uk, Українська повстанська армія, УПА, translit=Ukrayins'ka povstans'ka armiia, abbreviated UPA) was a Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary and later partisan formation. During World ...
. It awarded for distinguished services to the state and people of the Ukrainian army. The Order was instituted on January 27, 1944 by the
Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council
Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council (''UHVR'') was an umbrella organization that combined various Ukrainian nationalists and anti-Soviet partisans until the early 1950s.
The council was formed in July 1944. ''UHVR'' united Organization of Ukrain ...
leaders,
Roman Shukhevych
Roman-Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych ( uk, Рома́н-Тарас Йо́сипович Шухе́вич, also known by his pseudonym, Tur and Taras Chuprynka; 30 June 1907 – 5 March 1950), was a Ukrainian nationalist, one of the commanders of N ...
and
Dmytro Hrytsai
Dmytro Hrytsai ( a.k.a. "''Perebyinis''"; Ukrainian: Дмитрó Грицáй-Переб́ийніс; Dorozhiv, Galicia, 1 April 1907 – 22 December 1945, Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a leader in the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and ...
.
The Order is awarded in five (golden, silver and bronze) grades and had a red ribbon with a black stripe.
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References
*Сергій Музичук, Ігор Марчук Українська Повстанча Армія. — Рівне: Бібліотека журналу «Однострій», 2006. — С. 35–46. — 56 с. — (Українські військові формування ХХ століття. Організація, уніформа, символіка). — {{ISBN, 966-7643-71-9.
*Віталій Манзуренко Бойові нагороди Української повстанської армії. — Львів: Український уніформологічний журнал “Однострій”, 2006. — 302 с.
*Сергей Ткаченк
Организация украинского повстанческо-партизанского движения в 40–50-ыe годы/
/ Под общей редакцией А. Е. Тараса. — Мн.: Харвест, 2000.
Ukrainian awards
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Awards established in 1944