In 1949, the USSR Supreme Court sentenced this Ukrainian nationalist and Nazi collaborator to death for war crimes.
The KGB developed special secret weapons for his elimination: a double-barreled cylinder with spring-loaded cyanide capsules. Agent Bogdan Stashinsky took this weapon, wrapped in a newspaper, along with an antidote. He waited in the entrance hall of Bandera’s building.
When Popel-Bandera appeared, Stashinsky passed him and sprayed poison directly into the terrorist’s face. Without turning around, the agent left the house, hearing the body fall on the stone floor. Bandera died on the way to the hospital.
Popel is German for booger so that’s kinda funny.
Iirc the poison was Zyklon B; the exact chemical used in gas chambers
oh possible
Fedopedia says Zyklon b is cyanide based.
Ultra rare Khrushchev W.
Let’s not fall into great man fallacy. The USSR did it, it wasn’t a single individual decision.
Not what I wanted to say! Just highlighting that Khrushchev had some common sense for once.
The operation for sure was coordinated by a lot of people working together
I got what you meant. It’s just that our camp at the same time criticize great man theory, but also love to personalize state decisions, like Stalin did this, Lenin did that, Mao did this, Deng did that. Individuals rise into the occasion, but they often represent the interests of a larger group, from existing contradictions.
Agreed 💯
Sadly the other OUN and its leader flourished in Canada and the US.
yup…
CRAB RAVE
YEAH!
