20th-Century Military Leader Yevhen Konovalets Reburied in Kyiv
The remains were exhumed in Rotterdam and returned with state and military honors before a planned transfer to the Ukrainian National Pantheon.
- On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Yevhen Konovalets was reburied at the National Military Memorial Cemetery in Kyiv, with President Volodymyr Zelensky attending and praising the 20th-century military leader as "an outstanding son of the Ukrainian people."
- Konovalets founded the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in 1929, dedicating his life to Ukrainian independence before a Soviet agent assassinated him in Rotterdam in 1938; his remains were exhumed from Crooswijk Cemetery on August 11.
- This repatriation follows the reburial of Andriy Melnyk, another prominent 20th-century military leader, and President Zelensky thanked the Ukrainian Riflemen's Community of Canada for preserving Konovalets' memory for decades.
- Zelensky pledged that Ukraine would return all heroes buried abroad, stating, "We will do everything to step by step return every one of the true Ukrainian heroes to their native land," while remains rest temporarily at the National Military Memorial Cemetery.
- Ukraine plans to eventually move these remains to a Ukrainian National Pantheon, a memorial complex authorized by a July 1 Verkhovna Rada law to honor those who contributed to the development and defense of the Ukrainian state.
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20th-century military leader Yevhen Konovalets reburied in Kyiv
"Along with him, Ukraine has brought back a part of itself: its memory, its Ukrainian experience, and our national history — the history of all those who, at different times, lived and fought for Ukraine, for our independence, and for our sovereign state," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“Ukraine's time has come”: Zelensky showed footage of the reburial ceremony of the first chairman of OUN KonovaltsPresident of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky published a video of the reburial ceremony of the first chairman of OUN Yevhen Konovalets. He made an appeal at the National War Memorial Cemetery.
The ceremony took place once again until the temple's holocaust ritual, in the wake of all the honors of the rest of the nation.
The reburial ceremony of the first head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Yevhen Konovalets took place at the National Military Memorial Cemetery near Kyiv.
He fought for Ukrainian independence until a Soviet chocolate-box bomb killed him. Now Ukraine plans to honor him permanently
Ukraine plans to temporarily rebury Yevhen Konovalets, a leading Ukrainian nationalist between World Wars I and II, at its National Military Memorial Cemetery, President’s Office head Kyrylo Budanov wrote in a Telegram post. His remains will later be transferred to the planned Ukrainian National Pantheon, Budanov said. The National Pantheon is intended to honor political leaders, soldiers, and cultural figures who built or defended Ukraine. Resp…
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