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Davydiuk Ruslana

Otamans of Dnieper region in Volyn Voivodeship: insurgent raids, intelligence, politics, public life

Section: The person in historical context

Abstract: The aim of the study. The scientific article analyzes the activities of the insurgentotamans in the territory of Western Volyn, which under the terms of the Riga Peace Treaty became part of Poland. It is proved that a large part of the soldiers of the Ukrainian People’s Republic Army, released from internment camps, were stationed here, and groups were formed to switch to the Soviet side. The increased attention of the Bolsheviks tothe Volyn frontier was a result of plans to use this territory in the struggle against Poland. The research methodology is based on methods of analysis and systematization, which allowed to trace the specifics of the insurgent otamans’ adaptation to the life of Volyn Viovodeship, to clarify their relations with the Polish authorities, the features of socio-political activity, and to highlight the efforts of Bolshevik special services to control the actions of otamans, to organize assassination attempts on them and persecute families who remained on the Soviet side. The method of prosopography was implemented in finding out the names of the insurgent otamans. The scientific novelty of the article is the introduction of archival documents of special services into scientific circulation, which made it possible to find out the influence of the Dnieper region insurgent otamans on the development of life on the Volyn border. Conclusions. By autumn of 1921, the anti-Bolshevik insurrectionary struggle was focused on the preparation and conduct of the Second Winter Campaign. After its defeat, some of the surviving fighters joined the camp of the Dnieper region political emigration in Poland, some otamans dared risky campaigns across the border. The insurgents, who, despite obstacles from the Polish authorities, settled in Volyn Voivodeship, adapted differently to the new life. Some of them, who had the support of Volodymyr Oskilko, were mostly loyal to the Polish authorities. After the May coup of 1926, the insurgent otamans joined a network of special reconnaissance points on the Volyn border, set up with the assistance of the Polish «dwojka». The establishment of Bolshevik rule in the West Volynregion in 1939 led to the arrests and persecution of insurgent otamans. Most of those who left for the sub-German occupation territory survived.

Keywords: insurgent movement, otamans, Dnieper region, Poland, Volyn Voivodeship, interwar period, frontiers, repressions.


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Davydiuk Ruslana (2020). Otamans of Dnieper region in Volyn Voivodeship: insurgent raids, intelligence, politics, public life. From archives of VUChK–GPU–NKVD–KGB, ( 2 (54)) 129-170. (In Ukrainian). doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/vuchk2020.02.129

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