The main stages of Ivan Beleiovych's
life and activities are comprehensively studied. His activities are traced from
studying in the gymnasium to a military figure, organizer, and commander of
insurgent units, whose experience the leadership used in several regions. It was
discovered that thanks to good general and military knowledge, as well as
extensive practice in various positions in the Carpathian Sich and the
Ukrainian Legion, his formation as a personality in the liberation movement,
took place in the 1930s.
It is pointed out, I. Beleiovych's
biography is a confirmation of the sequence of actions of Ukrainian
nationalists on the strategic course of Ukraine's independence, in the
conditions of active confrontation with the Hungarian and German states, as
well as the Soviet Union and its execution and repressive apparatus.
The underground work of the military
figure, its features, and the main processes concerning the formation and
reorganization of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) field in the
Stanislaviv region are covered. It is stated that I. Beleiovych played a
significant role in organizing and developing the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
(UIA) units in Prykarpattia and Halychyna.
The formation order of the regional
military headquarters of the Stanislaviv region, district headquarters, and
military districts (October 1942 - February 1943) was clarified by I.
Beleiovych. The establishment of the first units of the OUN (June-August 1943),
namely: the first kurin «Chorni chorty» named after Ye. Konovalets and kurin
«Haidamaky», «Trembita» and «Siromantsi» sotnias, and a special purpose unit
«Rizun». And during the leadership of military region 5 «Makivka»
(February-December 1944) - the formation of sotnias: «Yavora», «Bulava»,
«Mesnyky» and «Sokoly». Commanders of UNS and UIA departments and heads of
district headquarters and military districts have been defined.
Based on the materials of the archival and criminal
case of I. Beleiovych, documents of repressive and execution squads, memoirs,
and various publications, including scientific ones, the biography was
reconstructed, emphasizing his stay in the ranks of the OUN and UIA.