Українське націоналістичне підпілля та повстанський рух на Дрогобиччині в 1940–1950-х роках: сучасна українська історіографія

The article examines from a historiographical point of view modern trends and prospective directions of research into the activity of underground-insurgent structures in Drohobych region in the 40s and 50s of the 20th century. It has been proven that after 1991, Ukrainian historians not only deepened the existing knowledge about the Ukrainian liberation movement in the region, but also expanded the scope of scientific research. Their greatest achievement is the introduction into scientific circulation of numerous archival materials, which contributed to the enrichment of scientific and historical knowledge about the structure and leadership of the Drohobych District of the OUN, the military actions of the OUN underground and UPA units, the forms and methods of the struggle of the communist regime against the Ukrainian independence movement. Today historical science has much more information about the participants of the national liberation struggle of the 40s and 50s of the 20th century. The importance of updating the issues related to the activities of the Drohobych Regional Branch of the OUN (b) was emphasized. 

Historians have the task of continuing the study of the Ukrainian liberation movement in the region. In particular, it is necessary to find out the full composition of the Drohobych regional branch of the OUN (b) and trace the activities of this structure from the fall of 1941 to the end of 1944. The lack of information about its leading figures – Andriy Shukatka, Volodymyr Kobilnyk, Levko Hrushchak, Olga Nimylovych, Roman Kotsyuba and others was revealed. In addition, additional knowledge is needed on the problem of formation, operational management, and the scale of combat operations of the structural units of the UPA VO-5 «Makivka» (1943–1944) and TV-24 «Makivka» (1945–1949). Questions about the place and role of the Greek Catholic Church in the military-political, educational and propaganda activities of the OUN and UPA remain relevant, relations of the Ukrainian insurgent movement with the Jewish population and the Ukrainian-Polish confrontation during the Second World War on the territory of the region. It can be hoped that the search and actualization of the source base of the Ukrainian Resistance Movement of the Second World War 1939–1945 and the postwar period will continue.

historiographical analysis, historiographical source, Ukrainian national liberation movement, OUN, UIA, Drohobych region, military district, tactical division.