Taras Bulba-Borovets: Difference between revisions

In 1942, illegal groups under Borovets command began to show hostility towards the Germans. In June 1942, Borovets wrote a letter to [[Reichskommissariat Ukraine|Reichskommissar]] [[Erich Koch]], accusing him of crimes and looting of Ukrainians. Borovets and his people helped the peasants, preventing the Germans from exploiting the country,and engagedbut thethey Nazisdid innot executed combat. The Sich’s best known operation took place at Shepetivka on August 21 of 1942. {{sfn|http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CP%5CO%5CPolisianSichoperations.htm}} Borovets himself claimed that he "had spilled no German blood".{{sfn|Armstrong|1990|p=103}} On 15 September 1942, "The law of an Ukrainian Partisan" was published in which partisan detachments of Borovets were called "Ukrainian Insurgent Army".{{sfn|Стельникович|2007|p=54-55}} In September 1942, Borovets entered into negotiations with Soviet partisans of [[Dmitry Medvedev (partisan)|D. Medvedev]]. They tried to attract him to the struggle against the Germans but could not reach an agreement, because Borovets refused to obey the Soviet command and feared the reciprocal repression of Germans against Ukrainian civilians. Nevertheless, until the spring of 1943 neutrality was maintained between the Borovets detachments and the Soviet partisans.{{sfn|Дзьобак|2002|p=111-119}}