{"id":208530,"date":"2025-12-21T20:20:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T18:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golossokal.com.ua\/?p=208530"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T18:20:34","slug":"vasyl-levkovych-iz-radekhivshchyny-ostanniy-polkovnyk-upa-iakyy-vyzhyv-pislia-otochennia-kryivky-u-1946-rotsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golossokal.com.ua\/en\/istoriia\/vasyl-levkovych-iz-radekhivshchyny-ostanniy-polkovnyk-upa-iakyy-vyzhyv-pislia-otochennia-kryivky-u-1946-rotsi.html","title":{"rendered":"Vasyl Levkovych from Radekhiv Region: The Last Colonel of the UPA Who Survived the 1946 Bunker Siege"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of December 16\u201317, 1946, near the village of Yastrubychi (now in Radekhiv District, Lviv region), Soviet MGB troops surrounded a bunker that housed senior UPA members. Among them was UPA Major <strong>Vasyl Levkovych<\/strong>, known by the pseudonym &#8220;Voronyi&#8221; \u2014 commander of the UPA Military District &#8220;Bug&#8221; and a recipient of the <strong>UPA Golden Cross of Combat Merit, 2nd class<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Others in the bunker included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yakiv Prytulka<\/strong> (&#8220;Buryi&#8221;) \u2014 UPA district leader for Sokal region<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pylyp Tsar<\/strong> (&#8220;Levych&#8221;) \u2014 Prytulka\u2019s bodyguard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Realizing escape was nearly impossible, they began burning sensitive documents, filling the bunker with smoke. Prytulka and Tsar resisted with gunfire. Levkovych was ordered to escape through a side exit but lost consciousness while trying. He was captured alive and taken to prison.<\/p>\n<p>The others died:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tsar<\/strong> shot himself,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prytulka<\/strong> detonated a grenade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Imprisonment, Exile, and Family<\/h3>\n<p>After over a year of investigation, Levkovych was sentenced to 25 years in labor camps. In Vorkuta, he met his future wife <strong>Yaroslava<\/strong>, who was also serving a 10-year sentence for supporting the UPA. They married in exile and later had two children: a son, Roman, and a daughter, Dariia. Yaroslava was released earlier.<\/p>\n<h3>Return, Recognition, and Later Life<\/h3>\n<p>Upon release, Levkovych refused to accept a Soviet passport, demanding recognition as a prisoner of war rather than a criminal. Without official documents or a work record, he had to labor in mines until the age of 72.<\/p>\n<p>He had been awarded the <strong>UPA Golden Cross of Combat Merit (2nd class)<\/strong> in February 1946, but due to secrecy, he only received the medal in March 2008 during a session of the Lviv Regional Council. Only 72 individuals received this honor throughout history \u2014 40 of the 1st class and 32 of the 2nd \u2014 most remaining unnamed to preserve UPA secrecy.<\/p>\n<p>Although he survived the siege, Levkovych was mistakenly declared dead and posthumously promoted to <strong>colonel<\/strong> in December 1946 \u2014 making him the last known UPA colonel.<\/p>\n<h3>Memories of a Patriot<\/h3>\n<p>Despite his hard life, Levkovych was a modest man who valued honesty and discipline. He loved Ukrainian dumplings but never overindulged, having lived much of his life in hunger.<\/p>\n<p>Vasyl Levkovych passed away on December 13, 2012, at the age of 92. 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