Volodymyr Horbovy

Volodymyr Horbovy was born on January 30, 1899, in the city of Dolyna (then Austria-Hungary, currently the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast).

[1] During World War I, he served in the Austro-Hungarian army on the Italian front, where he lost an eye.

[2] In 1918, he joined the Ukrainian Galician Army,[citation needed] and participated in the Winter Campaigns.

[4] On June 22, 1941, the Ukrainian National Committee (Ukrayinsky Natsionalny' Komitet; UNK) was created in Kraków, with Volodymyr Horbovy as a president.

The UNK published an essay, "Memorial", which outlined the plans of the OUN to declare independence.