Zenon Kossak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Zenon Kossak

Ukrainian activist

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1907

Place of Birth: Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1939

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Zenon Kossak

  • Zenon Kossak (April 1, 1907 - 1939) was an activist in the Ukrainian militant nationalist movement for independence from interwar Poland. Kossak was born in Drohobych in Galicia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in Ukraine).
  • He studied law at Lviv University and was one of the organizers of the nationalist movement in Galicia.
  • He was a member of the Ukrainian Military Organization in the late 1920s where he directed the 'combat', then the organizational, activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in 1939 as a member of its Home Executive.
  • He became deputy commander of the Carpathian Sich National Defense Organization in Carpatho-Ukraine.
  • He was killed in action by Hungarian troops in Solotvyna, near Bukshtyn, in Transcarpathia.

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