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The companies in Major "Ren's' Kurin battalion were:

"Udarnyky" 1 (94) - Commanders "Veselyi", Yarych", "Didyk"
and "Brodych"

"Udarnyky 1",
The company had four successive company commanders:

1) Danylo Svistel ("Veselyi"), from August 1944 until April 1945, when he was killed near Vetlyna, Lisko county, in action against the NKVD.

2) Next, very briefly, the company was commanded by "Yarych".

3) On June 15, 1945, Sgt.Major"Didyk" was appointed company commander.

4) During the summer of 1946, "Didyk" was replaced by First Lt.Roman Hrobelskyi ("Brodych"). "Brodych" remained company commander until the company ceased to operate and its soldiers marched out in small groups to Western Europe (September 1947).

"Udarnyky" 3 (96) - Commander Vasyl Shyshkanynets ("Bir')Vasyl Shyshkanynets

"Udarnyky" 5 (95a) - Commander ("Khrin""Panko Khrin") Stepan -Taras Stebelskyi

306 men, a cavalry platoon of 45 horses, a squad of Military Police,and one cannon.

"Udarnyky" 8 (95b) - Commander "Stakh"

The Peremyshl battalion was established in 1945, as part of the 26 military district (TV) UPA "Lemko", which was commanded by Captain Vasyl Mizernyi ("Ren").
The first battalion commander was First Lieutenant "Konyk," posthumously promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, who was killed during the UPA attack on the town of Bircha on January 6, 1946. Then Second Lieutenant (later Major) Petro Mykolenko became battalion commander; he was at the same time deputy to the commander of 26 TV "Lemko," Captain V. Mizernyi.

The battalion staff included :

Political instructor -- "Vadym"
Chaplain -- Rev "Kadylo"
Physician -- "Shuvar"
Intendant -- "Chumak"

Medical service/ UPA physicians

Bohdan Huk ("Skala")Who died on July 12, 1981 and "Hordyi",


The battalion was made up of the following companies:

"Udarnyky" 2 (95), commander -- First Lieutenant Mykhailo Duda ("Hromenko")

"Udarnyky" 4 (94a), commander -- Second Lieutenant Volodymyr Shchyhelskyi ("Burlaka") on August, 1947, captured by Czechoslovak soldiers. Later, he was handed over to the Polish People's Republic and sentenced to death in Rzeszow.

Warrant Officer of the Company, "Burkun"

"Udarnyky" 7 (94b), commander -- Sergeant-Major Hryhorii
Iankivskyi ("Lastivka") - Iankivskyi was killed on May 02, 1947

"Udarnyky" 6 (96a), commander -- Second Lieutenant Iaroslav Kotsiolok ("Krylach","Sukhyi," ) - Kotsiolok was killed on June 15, 1947.

First Company Warrant Officer was , "Obarianyk", then Warrant Officer ,"Orest"

The first commander of this company was Lt. "Baron". He was killed on October 21, 1945, in the village of Kuzmyna.
Command of the company was taken over by "Iar" He commanded the company until the summer of 1946.
On July 23, 1946, command of the company "Udarnyky" 6 was taken over by Second Lieutenant Iaroslav Kotsiolok.

Until February, 1946, also in the battalion was the company under the command of Volodymyr Sorochak ("Voron").

Companies 94a & 96a merged into one unit after Kotsiolok's death.

The most important period of this battalion was when it was battling numerous Polish and Czech Communist divisions. In August 1947 the battalion was disbanded.


Second Lieutenant Volodymyr Shchyhelskyi ("Burlaka")

Eddie.