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Taras Dmytrovych Borovets (Ukrainian: Тарас Дмитрович Борове́ць; March 9, 1908 – May 15, 1981) was a Ukrainian resistance leader during World War II. He is better known as Taras Bulba-Borovets after his nom de guerre Taras Bulba. His pseudonym is taken from the eponymous novel by the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol.
Oct 14, 2021 · Military leader Taras Borovets and his 1941 UPA The first Ukrainian self-defense brigade, named UPA Poliska Sich, was created in June 1941 by Taras Bulba-Borovets and was composed of guerrilla fighters in Ukraine’s northern regions.
Borovets, Taras [Borovec'] (pseud: Bulba), b 9 March 1908 in Bystrychi, Rivne county, Volhynia gubernia, d 15 May 1981 in New York. (Photo: Taras Borovets.) Civic, political, and military leader. Under the interwar Polish regime Borovets was imprisoned in the concentration camp at Bereza Kartuzka.
By August 1941, Taras Bulba-Borovets had appointed Petro Smorodskyi as commander of the garrison in Olevsk and commanded up to 600 man; later, Boris Simonovich followed as the leader of the raion-council. Around 3,000 Jews lived in the Olevsk, which was around 42% of all population.
On 18 August 1943, Taras Bulba-Borovets and his headquarters were surrounded in a surprise attack by an OUN-B force consisting of several battalions. Some of his forces, including his wife, were captured, while five of his officers were killed.
Feb 5, 2022 · Taras Bulba, hero of Nikolai Gogol’s novella of the same name, is an avowed Russian patriot. Yet something in the picture is askew. Taras wears trousers “wide as the Black Sea”; he carries...
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Jul 26, 2016 · Later, the guerrillas helped the Nazis in implementing the final solution. Now their leader, Taras Bulba-Borovets, is being honored by both local authorities and the national government, eager for a past of patriotic Ukrainian resistance against Russian rule. Jared McBride writes:
