Codename „Stonka”. Behind the scenes of the operation carried
out by the PRL and Soviet security Apparatus against the emigration
Foreign Formations of the OUN (1959–1961) Cover Image

Kryptonim „Stonka”: Kulisy operacji przeprowadzonej przez peerelowski i sowiecki aparat bezpieczeństwa wobec emigracyjnych Zagranicznych Formacji OUN (1959–1961)
Codename „Stonka”. Behind the scenes of the operation carried out by the PRL and Soviet security Apparatus against the emigration Foreign Formations of the OUN (1959–1961)

Author(s): Igor Hałagida
Subject(s): Political history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: Committee for State Security (KGB); Polish People’s Republic (PRL); Security Services (SB); Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN); Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR;

Summary/Abstract: Based on archival materials of various provenance (including theCzechoslovak, PRL and Soviet security apparatus), the text reconstructsthe genesis, course and effects of the operation directed against a groupof couriers trained and transferred from the West to Poland and theUkrainian SSR by the Foreign Formations of the Organization of UkrainianNationalists. The actions codenamed „Stonka” in Poland were an elementof a larger disinformation „game” conducted by the MGB/KGB since 1951.The fi nalization and disclosure of the aforementioned operations also meantthat the Soviets initiated a new propaganda campaign against the emigrationUkrainian structures in the West originating from the Bandera factionof the OUN.

  • Issue Year: 52/2024
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 139-171
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Polish
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