Vasyl Kuk
Vasyl Kuk | |
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Kuk in January 2007 | |
| Native name | Василь Степанович Кук |
| Nickname(s) | Koval |
| Born | 11 January 1913 Krasne, Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 9 September 2007 (aged 94) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Allegiance | Ukrainian Insurgent Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1954 |
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Vasyl Stepanovych Kuk (Ukrainian: Василь Степанович Кук; 11 January 1913 – 9 September 2007) was a Ukrainian nationalist activist and militant who was the last leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, following the death of Roman Shukhevych. In 1954, he was captured by Soviet KGB troops and spent six years in prison without a court sentence.