Nastup (Ukrainian periodical)

Nastup (Ukrainian: «Наступ«, lit. 'attack, offensive') was a Ukrainian periodical published between 1938 and 1944. From 1940, it was printed out of Prague as a press organ of the Melnykite faction of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).[1]

History

Nastup was established in 1938 by Stepan Rosokha [ru] as a press organ of the Carpathian Sich, printing twice-weekly out of Uzhhorod and Khust.[2][1] It published articles on the history of Ukraine and of Carpathian Ukrainians as well as nationalist topics.[1] It ceased publication in 1939 with the demise of Carpatho-Ukraine.[2][1]

From 1940, Nastup was printed weekly out of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as a press organ of the OUN(m) whereafter it reached a circulation of 12,000 copies.[1] Rosokha was a fervent support of Andriy Melnyk as leader of the OUN and Nastup regularly published articles by OUN(m) members.[2][1]

In response to the assassination of OUN(m) members Mykola Stsiborskyi and Omelyan Senyk, Nastup launched a press campaign against the Banderites with an editorial on 20 September 1941 declaring that "the time of amnesty for them is past, their sins cannot be forgiven".[3] It also reported on OUN(m) activities in Ukraine in 1941 and provided publicity for the SS Galicia Division in May 1943.[4]

Nastup experienced relatively mild censorship until it was suppressed by the Nazi authorities in 1943, ceasing publication in January 1944 when Rosokha was imprisoned in a concentration camp.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Vasily, Gabor (2020). "Nastup". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian).
  2. ^ a b c d Armstrong 1963, p. 43.
  3. ^ Armstrong 1963, p. 96.
  4. ^ Armstrong 1963, pp. 93–94, 170.

Bibliography

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