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Dmytro Kljačkìvs‘kyj

1911 – 1945

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Wikipedia Summary

Dmytro Semenovych Klyachkivsky, also known by the pseudonyms Klym Savur, Okhrim, and Bilash, was a commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and the first head-commander of UPA-North. He was responsible for the massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, which killed around 100,000 Polish people and have been recognized by Poland as a genocide.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
November 4, 1911
Date of death
February 12, 1945
Field and occupation
Ukrajinský nacionalistický politik, důstojník UPA (Ukrajinská povstalecká armáda, spojován s Volyňským masakrem (1943-1944).
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