Ukraine. 1st January, 2016. Supporters of the Ukrainian nationalist parties "Svoboda","Right Sector" and others carry torches during a march to mark the 107th anniversary of Stepan Bandera's birth. Stepan Bandera was a Ukrainian politician and one of the leaders of Ukrainian national movement in occupied Western Ukraine (Galicia), who headed the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). Stepan Bandera was responsible for the proclamation of an Independent Ukrainian State on 30 June 1941. Soviet authorities authorized the KGB to assassinate him on 15 October 1959.

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