Andriy melnyk biography

ANDRIY MELNYK

b. 12 December, 1890, Drohobych county, Halychyna, d. 1 November, 1964, Koln, Germany

Melnyk was a military and political figure. He was one of the most important leaders of the Ukrainian independence struggle between the wars, and after WWII.

After studying in Vienna, he volunteered for the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. In 1916 he was taken prisoner by Russian forces, and while interned became a close associate of Yevhen Konovalets. In January 1919 he became chief of staff of the Army of the Ukrainian National Republic.

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Ukrainian statesman, military and political figure.

Andrij Melnyk is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany since He started his diplomatic career in

In 1922, Melnyk took over home command of the Ukrainian Military Organization (UVO). He was arrested in 1924 and sentenced to five years’ in prison for his UVO activities. He was released in 1928 and was head of the Orly Catholic Association of Ukrainian Youth from 1933-38, and continued his underground nationalist activity in Halychyna.

After Konovalets was assassinated in 1938, Melnyk went abroad and assumed leadership of the Organization