Andriy Mykhailovych Bandera (; 11 December 1882 – 10 July 1941) was a Ukrainian

chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intellige ...

and politician. He was member of the Ukrainian National Rada of the

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of the

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, member of the

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, a

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of the

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, and father of

Stepan Bandera Stepan Andriyovych Bandera (, ; ; 1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical militant wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the OUN-B. Bandera was born in Austria-Hungary, in Galicia (Eas ...

Biography

Andriy was born in 1882 in the town of

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in the

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region in the family of Michael and Eufrosina Rosalia Bielecki. In 1898, Andriy Bandera graduated with honors from the 4th grade of the Imperial-Royal Stryj Gymnasium, and in 1899 from the 5th grade with the first degree. According to the report of the management of this institution, in 1902 he graduated from VIII grade, passed the final exams, and received a certificate of maturity (in electronic versions of articles about Priest Andriy Bandera in "Encyclopedia of Ukrainian History" and "Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine" is mentioned that graduation took place in 1905). Andriy Bandera graduated from the Faculty of Theology in

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in 1906. In the same year, in November, he married the priest's daughter Myroslava Glodzinska and was ordained. He had an active political position during his studies at the gymnasium and joined the Ukrainian National Democratic Party. During the elections Andriy was engaged in political explanatory work among the peasants, and was a member of the

since 1910. The house of Andriy Bandera was frequently visited by active participants in the Ukrainian national life of

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, in particular: Pavlo Glodzinsky - one of the founders of the "Butter Union" and "Farmer" (Ukrainian economic institutions), Yaroslav Vesolovsky - Ambassador of the Vienna Parliament, sculptor

Mykhailo Havrylko Mykhailo Omelianovych Havrylko (; September 5, 5 September 1882, Kozatski Khutory near Runivshchyna, now Poltava Oblast – autumn 1920, Poltava) was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian Sculpture, sculptor, Graphic designer, graphic artist, poet, and soldier ...

and others. In October–November 1918 Andriy Bandera was one of the organizers of the Ukrainian government in Kaluski County. He formed military units from the peasants of the surrounding villages, armed with weapons hidden in 1917. In 1919, Andriy was a delegate of the Ukrainian National Council of the

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in Stanislaviv from Kaluski County, and voted for the Act of Unification. During the Polish-Ukrainian War, he voluntarily joined the

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, where in 1919–1920 he served as chaplain of the 9th Regiment. From 28 May to 8 June 1919, he lived with his family in Buchach ), and later moved to the village of Yahilnytsia (now Chortkiv district,

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region. In the summer of 1920 he returned to Galicia to hide from Polish officials who were persecuting Ukrainian politicians. In 1920–1930 Andriy was a parish priest in Uhrynów Stary (today Staryi Uhryniv), and in 1930–1936 he was a pastor in the village of Volya-Zaderevatsk, and later, in 1936–1941 the pastor of the village of Trostyanets of Dolyna district.Старовинні ікони зі Старого Угринова, які зберіг батько Степана Бандери, потребують реставрації
On the night of 22–23 May, or 23 May 1941, he was arrested as "the father of the head of the

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center,

," and spent five days in Stanislav and a month and 13 days in

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prisons. On 2 July 1941, the investigation into the case of Andriy Bandera was completed. The indictment drawn up by investigators referred to the concealment of an illegal immigrant, the storage of nationalist literature, and upholding of the nationalist beliefs. However, the first, and therefore the main, accusation was that he was "the father of

, the head of the foreign leadership of the anti-Soviet nationalist organization

, maintained a systematic relationship with him until recently." On 7 July, he was given a two-hour trial. When questioned about his children, Andriy Bandera proclaimed: "I gave my children a proper upbringing, instilling in them a love for

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. The worldviews of my sons and daughters are the same." Andriy Bandera was sentenced to death on 8 July and shot three days later. Before his death he wrote "My personal confessions" (criminal case No. 61112) - a confession about himself, his family and socio-political life in Western Ukraine in the '40s of XX century. The case does not contain any information about the place of his burial. He was allegedly buried in Bykivnia after being executed by the

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References

https://www.pbc.rzeszow.pl/dlibra/publication/5295/edition/4877/content?ref=desc Мельничук Б. Бандера Андрій Михайлович… — С. 73

Literature

* ''Дем'ян Г.'
Бандера Андрій Михайлович
// Енциклопедія сучасної України : у 30 т. / ред. кол. : І. М. Дзюба �а ін.nbsp;; НАН України, НТШ, Коорд. бюро Енцикл. Сучас. України НАН України. — Київ : Поліграфкнига, 2003. — Т. 2 : Б — Біо. — С. 189–190. — . * ''Мельничук Б''. Бандера Андрій Михайлович // Тернопільський енциклопедичний словник : у 4 т. / редкол.: Г. Яворський та ін. — Тернопіль : Видавничо-поліграфічний комбінат « Збруч», 2004. — Т. 1 : А — Й. — С. 73. — . * ''Науменко К.'' Бандера Андрій // Енциклопедія історії України : у 10 т. / редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. ; Інститут історії України НАН України. — Київ :

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