Volhynia
Historical region in Central and Eastern Europe
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| December 2022 |
Stepan Bandera
After its recapture in a counteroffensive, the city of Izium renamed Pushkin Street to Stepana Bandera Street.
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| September 2022 |
Stepan Bandera
In Dnipro, a street was renamed after Bandera, with the local Jewish community changing their previous opposition after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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| April 2022 |
Stepan Bandera
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Ukrainian research organization poll showed Bandera's favorability dramatically increased to 74% among Ukrainians, significantly changing public perception of his historical legacy.
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| 2021 |
Stepan Bandera
The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory included Bandera in the Virtual Necropolis project to commemorate historical figures important for Ukraine.
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| May 2021 |
Stepan Bandera
A poll by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and Razumkov Centre revealed mixed public attitudes towards Stepan Bandera: 32% of Ukrainian citizens considered his activity positive, 32% considered it negative, and 21% saw it as both positive and negative. Regional variations were significant, with 70% positive view in western Ukraine and negative views prevailing in southern and eastern regions.
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| March 16 2021 | Lviv Oblast Council approves renaming their largest stadium after Roman Shukhevych. |
| March 5 2021 | Ternopil City Council names the city's largest stadium after Roman Shukhevych. |
| August 2019 |
Stepan Bandera
The Ukrainian parliament rejected the proposal to award Bandera the Hero of Ukraine title.
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| March 2019 | The Ukrainian government officially granted veteran status to surviving UPA members. |
| 2018 |
Stepan Bandera
The Lviv Oblast Council decided to declare 2019 as the year of Stepan Bandera, which sparked protests from Israel.
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| 2018 |
Stepan Bandera
Ukrainian Parliament voted to include Bandera's 110th birthday (1 January 2019) in the list of memorable dates and anniversaries, a decision criticized by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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| December 2018 | Prior legal recognition was limited, with only UPA members who fought against Nazi invaders in 1941–1944 and were rehabilitated being recognized as war veterans. |
| December 2018 | Poroshenko confirms the veteran and combatant status for UPA fighters. |
| December 2018 |
Stepan Bandera
The Ukrainian parliament considered a motion to re-confer the Hero of Ukraine award on Bandera.
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| June 2017 | Kyiv City Council renames General Vatutin Avenue to Roman Shukhevych Avenue. |
| January 16 2017 |
Stepan Bandera
The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance stated that 34 streets had been renamed after Stepan Bandera as part of decommunization efforts.
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| 2015 | Ulrich Merten published 'Voices from the Gulag: Oppression of the German Minority in the Soviet Union', which provides historical insights into the region's Soviet-era experiences. |
| May 15 2015 | President Petro Poroshenko signs a law about the legal status and commemoration of fighters for Ukraine's independence in the 20th century, including UPA combatants. |
| 2014 |
Stepan Bandera
During the Crimean crisis, Russian media extensively used the term 'Banderite' to demonize Euromaidan protesters, claiming they were followers of Stepan Bandera and potential threats to Russians in Ukraine.
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| October 10 2014 | Presidential decree confirms 14 October as Defenders of Ukraine Day, officially sanctioning the anniversary of the Insurgent Army's founding. |
| January 1 2014 |
Stepan Bandera
Bandera's 105th birthday was celebrated with a torchlight procession of 15,000 people in Kyiv and thousands more rallying near his statue in Lviv, supported by the Svoboda party and some Batkivshchyna members.
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| October 6 2013 |
Wiązownica massacre
A commemorative plaque honoring the victims of the Wiązownica massacre was unveiled on the side of the church in Wiązownica, with several hundred people attending the ceremony.
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| January 16 2012 | The Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine upholds the presidential decree recognizing UPA fighters as war combatants, after a legal challenge by Nataliya Vitrenko. |
| January 12 2011 |
Stepan Bandera
The Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine rejected a cassation appeal, effectively confirming the annulment of Bandera's Hero of Ukraine award.
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| April 5 2010 |
Stepan Bandera
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine refused to start constitutional proceedings on the constitutionality of the Hero of Ukraine award to Bandera.
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| April 2 2010 |
Stepan Bandera
An administrative Donetsk region court ruled the presidential decree awarding Bandera the Hero of Ukraine title as illegal.
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| March 5 2010 |
Stepan Bandera
President Viktor Yanukovych stated he would repeal the Hero of Ukraine decrees for Bandera and Roman Shukhevych.
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| February 25 2010 |
Stepan Bandera
The European Parliament expressed hope that the Hero of Ukraine award to Bandera would be reconsidered.
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| January 28 2010 | Presidential decree recognizes OUN members and UPA soldiers as participants in the struggle for Ukraine's independence. |
| January 22 2010 |
Stepan Bandera
Posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine by President Viktor Yushchenko, an award later annulled in 2011.
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