The Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian People's Self-Defence (, УНА-УНСО, UNA-UNSO) was a

Ukrainian nationalist Ukrainian nationalism (, ) is the promotion of the unity of Ukrainians as a people and the promotion of the identity of Ukraine as a nation state. The origins of modern Ukrainian nationalism emerge during the Cossack uprising against the Poli ...

organisation. It was composed by a

political Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...

wing (the Ukrainian National Assembly – UNA) and a

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wing (Ukrainian People's Self-Defence – UNSO). According to

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and Anton Shekhovtsov, the UNA-UNSO was created in 1991 as a "formation manned by UNA members who had served in the Soviet armed forces ... to confront the

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". The UNA-UNSO has been described by international security expert Andrew McGregor as a "influential but fringe movement", which deeply influenced

far-right politics in Ukraine During Ukraine's post-Soviet history, the far-right has remained on the political periphery and been largely excluded from national politics since independence in 1991.Melanie Mierzejewski-Voznyak: ''The Radical Right in Post-Soviet Ukraine''. In: ...

due its visibility and militancy, although it still had small numbers. Although the Ukrainian National Assembly (, UNA) was the organisation's

wing, on 22 May 2014 it merged with

Right Sector Right Sector () is a loosely defined coalition of right-wing to far-right Ukrainian nationalist organizations. It originated in November 2013 as a right-wing, paramilitary confederation of several ultranationalist organizations at the Euroma ...

;Right Sector registered as official party

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(22 May 2014) the UNSO continues to operate independently. The UNSO has participated in multiple international conflicts by sending volunteers to support various belligerents. Including the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War was an ethnic conflict, ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nag ...

Transnistria War The Transnistria War (; ) was an armed conflict that broke out on 2 November 1990 in Dubăsari between pro-Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, PMR) forces, including the Transnistrian Republican Guard, militia and neo-Cossack unit ...

, the

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First Chechen War The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a struggle for independence waged by the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria against the invading Russia, Russian Federation from 1994 to 1996. After a mutually agreed on treaty ...

, the

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and the

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History

Early years

The UNA was created on 30 June 1990 in

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as the Ukrainian Interparty Assembly (UMA). On 3–4 November 1990, a congress of the Ukrainian National Association (UNS) was held in Kyiv. On 11 January 1991, UNS squads headed by Yuriy Tyma guarded the

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during the

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in Lithuania. On 30 June 1991, about 200 UNS members held a torchlight parade in Lviv commemorating the 1941 declaration of Ukrainian independence. During the first days of the

1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt The 1991 Soviet coup attempt, also known as the August Coup, was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) to Coup d'état, forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was President ...

, a UNS squad led by

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veteran Valeriy Bobrovych left for

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; the squad later laid the foundations for the Argo battalion. On 19 August 1991, during the struggle against the

, the UNS created squads of the Ukrainian People's Self-Defense (UNSO) in Kyiv. The squads were formed around a small group of ethnic-Ukrainian Soviet army veterans of the

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. In December 1990

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, the son of

Roman Shukhevych Roman-Taras Osypovych Shukhevych (, also known by his pseudonym, Tur and Taras Chuprynka; 30 June 1907 – 5 March 1950) was a Ukrainian nationalism, Ukrainian nationalist and a military leader of the nationalist Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) ...

, was elected as the first leader of the UNS. Because of the 8 September 1991

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and other neighbouring countries. UNA-UNSO stopped People's Deputy Goncharov of the

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from reestablishing the

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and the Donetsk National Guard in the

Donbas The Donbas (, ; ) or Donbass ( ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. The majority of the Donbas is occupied by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The word ''Donbas'' is a portmanteau formed fr ...

. In Kyiv, the Patriotic Forum (''Otyechestvyennyi forum'') was abolished. In November 1991 the UNSO held a rally, and due to a brawl involving UNSO fighters the government made the first mass arrests of UNSO activists. In

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UNSO halted an initiative to create a Novorossiysk Republic, influencing separatist movements in Bukovina and Zakarpattia. On 7 June 1992, an UNSO group from Lviv broke up a Romanian congress in

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which advocated the unification of northern

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and

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. In early 1993, the UNSO had a reported 4,000 members.

Since 1994

The UNA was registered as a political party in December 1994, and in the

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three UNA-UNSO members were elected as deputies to the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

(Ukrainian parliament). In September 1995, its registration was suspended until 1997. UNSO was registered as a public organization in

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Rivne Rivne ( ; , ) is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast.

and

Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast (), also referred to as Poltavshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava. Most of its territory was par ...

s only. In practise, however, there was no distinction between the membership of both organizations. From 1994 to 1997, UNA-UNSO members became prominent in Ukraine through a number of anti-Russian activities. UNA-UNSO deputies destroyed a Russian flag in the Verkhovna Rada, UNA-UNSO fighters joined Chechen rebels in the

and activists organised demonstrations against Russian pop singers visiting Ukraine. UNA-UNSO took sides in Ukrainian church affairs and clashed with police during the July 1995 funeral of Patriarch Volodomyr, head of the

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. The organisations supported Patriarch Filaret Denysenko, who was excommunicated by the

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, and participated in violent attempts to seize property for the new church (particularly in Rivne and

Volyn Oblast Volyn Oblast () or simply Volyn (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. It borders Rivne Oblast to the east, Lviv Oblast to the south, Poland to the west and Belarus to the north. Its Capital city ...

s). Membership peaked at around 10,000 members, about 90 percent of whom were between 18 and 35 years old. The organisation was depicted in

Georgiy Gongadze Georgiy Ruslanovych Gongadze (21 May 1969 – 17 September 2000) was a Ukrainian journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in 2000 near Kyiv. He founded the online newspaper ''Ukrainska Pravda'' along with Olena Prytula in 2000. He was born i ...

's 1994 documentary film, ''Shadows of War''. In 1997, the government of

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banned the Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self Defence. UNA-UNSO members responded with violent street protests, resulting in over 250 arrests. Dmytro Korchynsky, one of those arrested, soon left the organisation. In 1998, UNA-UNSO's new leaders were Andriy Shkil and

, the son of Ukrainian nationalist

. In the

1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 29 March 1998.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 The Communist Party of Ukraine remained the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada, winning ...

, the organisation received 0.39 percent of the vote.Українська національна Ассамблея
Database DATA Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian Nationalistic Self Defense members participated in the 2000–01

Ukraine without Kuchma "Ukraine without Kuchma" (; ''Ukrayina bez Kuchmy'', Russian: Украина без Кучмы, UBK) was a mass protest campaign that took place in Ukraine in 2000–2001, demanding the resignation of President Leonid Kuchma, and preceding the ...

protest campaign. In the 2002 parliamentary elections Andriy Shkil won an

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in Lviv Oblast and a seat in the Verkhovna Rada, the party itself won 0.04% of the votes. In 2003 Shkil left the party, and he has become an aide to

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( Hrihyan born 27 November 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2005, and again from 2007 until 2010; the first and only woman in Ukraine to hold that position. She has been ...

. During the

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UNA-UNSO members supported

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against his pro-Russian opponents, providing security for Yushchenko supporters and Orange leaders such as Yulia Tymoshenko in Kyiv's Independence Square. Six Ukrainians fought on the side of

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in the Battle of Koshare. The commander of the volunteers was

Andriy Biletsky Andriy Yevheniiovych Biletsky ( ; born 5 August 1979) is a Ukrainian far-right politician. He is the leader of political party National Corps. He was the first commander of the volunteer militia Azov Battalion, which he founded in 2014, and a c ...

, and he was also the one who led the volunteers into war. In 2005,

again became the party's leader. In the 2006 parliamentary election, it failed to win parliamentary representation with 0.06 percent of the vote and did not participate in the 2007 election. In 2008,

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Teimuraz Khugayev accused UNA-UNSO of joining a Georgian unit during the August war, but no evidence has been provided. According to an August 2009 Russian Investigative Committee report, 200 UNA-UNSO members and soldiers from the

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aided Georgia during the fighting. Ukraine denied the accusation. UNA-UNSO deputy head Mykola Karpyuk said that "unfortunately", no organisation members took part in the Georgian conflict. UNA-UNSO participated in the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 28 October 2012.Parli ...

,Відомості щодо реєстрації виборчих списків кандидатів у депутати ''Information on the registration of electoral lists of candidates''

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receiving 0.08 percent of the national vote and winning none of the five

s in which they fielded candidates.) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.Proportional votes

,

In March 2014,

brought a criminal case against the party and some of its members, including party leader

Oleh Tyahnybok Oleh Yaroslavovych Tyahnybok (, born 7 November 1968) is a Ukrainian politician and far-right activist who is the leader of the Svoboda political party.Svoboda Svoboda () means "freedom" in various Slavic languages. It may refer to: People * Svoboda (surname) Organizations Media * Radio Svoboda, operated by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty * ''Svoboda'' (newspaper), a daily Ukrainian language newspa ...

, for "organizing an armed gang" which allegedly fought the Russian

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during the first Chechen war. The organisation's Ukrainian National Assembly political wing merged with

on 22 May 2014.

Leaders

* 1990–1994

* 1994–1999

Oleh Vitovych Oleh may refer to: * Oleh, Delta * Common Ukrainian male name, see also Oleg * A Jew immigrating to Israel (plural of oleh is olim) * Ole (cantillation) Ole (Hebrew: ) a cantillation mark found in Psalms, Proverbs A proverb (from ) or an a ...

* 2002–? Andriy Shkil * 2005–?

* 2015–2016

Kostiantyn Fushtei Kostyantyn or Kostiantyn is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Kostyantyn Balabanov (born 1982), Ukrainian football player * Kostyantyn Bocharov (born 1997), Ukrainian singer and songwriter * Kostyantyn Dankevych (1905–1984), ...

* 2016–?

Valeriy Bobrovych Valery () is a male given name and occasional surname. It is derived from the Latin name ''Valerius''. The Slavic given name Valeriy or Valeri is prevalent in Russia and derives directly from the Latin. Given name * Valery Afanassiev, Russian pia ...

International conflicts

in Moscow (summer 1991) *

in Moldova (spring–summer 1992) *

(1992–93) *

Georgian Civil War The Georgian Civil War ( ka, საქართველოს სამოქალაქო ომი, ''sakartvelos samokalako omi'') lasted from 1991 to 1993 in the South Caucasian country of Georgia. It began in December 1991 with the c ...

(1991-93) *

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...

(1991-95) *

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

(1992-95) *

First Karabakh war The First Nagorno-Karabakh War was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh bac ...

(1988–94) *

in Russia (1995–96) *

Kosovo War The Kosovo War (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It ...

in Yugoslavia (1998–99) *

(2014–present)

Transnistria

During the Transnistria War, UNA-UNSO members fought with

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n separatists against

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n government forces, purportedly in defence of Transnistria's large ethnic Ukrainian minority.The radical right in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989
by Sabrina Ramet,

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. 1999 (page 290 and continuing from there) Over 50 UNSO members were awarded the Defender of Transnistria Order.

Georgian civil war

In 1993, UNA-UNSO sent volunteers to the

Abkhaz–Georgian conflict The Abkhazia conflict is a territorial dispute over Abkhazia, a region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The conflict involves Georgia, the Russian Federation a ...

against Abkhaz separatists. The UNA-UNSO Argo unit joined the Georgian side against Russian-backed Abkhaz forces, and some volunteers joined the Sokhumi Battalion of the Marine Infantry Forces of Georgia. A CPT Ustym squad prevented an amphibious assault of Russian forces near

Sokhumi Sukhumi or Sokhumi is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the Capital city, capital and largest city of Abkhazia, a partially recognised state that most countries consider a part of Georgia (country), Georgia. The ...

, sinking a Russian military motorboat. Seven UNSO members died near Sokhumi, and 30 members received the Order of Vakhtang Gorgasali medal. The UNA-UNSO units did not lose a battle in the civil war. * Sokhumi raid (June 1993) * Starushkino village ambush (15 July 1993) * Shromi village assault (17 July 1993) * Khomi defence (4 October 1993) * Samtredia defence (17 October 1993)

Russo-Ukrainian War

UNSO had also fought in the

as part of the

Ukrainian Volunteer Corps The Right Sector Ukrainian Volunteer Corps () or simply the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (), was the paramilitary arm of right-wing Ukrainian nationalist party Right Sector. The Ukrainian Volunteer Corps was founded on July 17, 2014, as one of the " ...

and the Territorial defence battalions 131st Separate Reconnaissance Battalion "UNSO", 1st Recon Company UNSO and 55th UNSO Battalion. Members of the brigade have participated in the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine following the 2022 invasion.

Ideology and image

The Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian People's Self-Defence 1994

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envisioned

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

as the centre of a new,

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, eastern military bloc. International security expert Andrew McGregor said in 2006 that the UNA-UNSO "might be best characterized as an influential fringe movement" and "its high visibility belies its limited numbers." Its anthem is "Stay, my love, don't cry, honey", a reprise of "

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".УНСО

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Elections

UNA-UNSO parliamentarians

Yuriy Tyma Jury, Jurij, Iurii, Iouri, Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy or Yurij is the Slavic (, or , or , or ) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Czech Jiří, and Slovak ...

* Andriy Shkil

References

External links

UNA-UNSO Official party web pageUNA-UNSO Official party blog in VK
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