75 years pass since creation of Ukrainian Insurgent Army

The symbolic day of its creation is considered to be October 14, 1942. In February, a hundred of the UPA fighters under the command of 35-year-old Hrygoriy Perehynyak gave its first fight - it was an attack on Nazi garrison in the town of Volodymerets in Volyn. These days anti-Nazi actions of the UPA is the focus of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. Overall, during the year it is planned to cover information on the main fronts of the UPA struggle against - anti-Nazi and anti-Communist, that will be presented at the exhibitions and international conference. The Institute is also involved in the preparation of the new draft law on rehabilitation of victims of political repression.