Stepan Klochurak (February 27, 1895 - February 8, 1980) was the Prime Minister of the short lived

Hutsul Republic The Hutsul Republic () was a short-lived state formed in the aftermath of World War I. Inhabited by Hutsuls, the republic was declared on 8 January 1919, when original plans to unite this area with the West Ukrainian People's Republic failed and ...

in 1919. In 1939, in the same general area, he was the Minister of Defense of

Carpatho-Ukraine Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine (, ) was an autonomous region, within the Second Czechoslovak Republic, created in December 1938 and renamed from Subcarpathian Rus', whose full administrative and political autonomy had been confirmed by ...

. He is a relative of Halina Pawlowská.

Awards

Order of Liberty The Order of Liberty, or the Order of Freedom (), is a Portuguese honorific civil order that distinguishes relevant services to the cause of democracy and freedom, in the defense of the values of civilization and human dignity. The order was cr ...

(March 14, 2019, posthumously)

Memoirs

References

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