Carpathian Sich

[3] It was formed in opposition to the newly elected moderate Ukrainian nationalist prime minister of the Subcarpathian Autonomous Region within Czechoslovakia, Avgustyn Voloshyn.

The organization was led by Dmytro Klympush and Ivan Rohach as a deputy of the first and performed paramilitary and police duties in adjustment with Czechoslovak armed forces.

[2][4] Inspired by Nazi German stormtroopers, the Carpathian Sich terrorized Jews and segments of the population that were pro-Russian: elements that the organization considered politically suspect.

[1] On 13 March 1939, as Czechoslovakia fell apart, according to historians Paul R. Magocsi and Ivan Pop, the Sich prepared a coup against the Carpatho-Ukrainian government of Avgustyn Voloshyn with the encouragement of Nazi Germany's Schutzstaffel (SS) and attacked Czechoslovak troops.

[6] During the 20th and 21st centuries, post-Communist Ukraine, Ukrainian nationalists, and pro-Ukrainian émigré authors in the West have organized events celebrating the Carpathian Sich as a symbol of bravery and national pride against foreign occupation.

The organization's headquarters were in Khust, and there were 10 individual district commands with subordinate local sections, each of which conducted military and political training of several thousand men.

Five permanent garrisons conducted regular military training, and a number of the Sich soldiers served in the local police force and with the border guards.

It was also involved in cultural and educational work among the local population: its members organized the artistic group Letiucha Estrada and published the weekly Nastup, edited by Rosokha.