UKRAINIAN PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION (UZNO); UKRAINIAN NATIONAL FRONT-2 (UNF-2) – an underground organization. It emerged at the end of 1961 in the village of Solukiv, Dolyna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast; its original name was the “Ukrainian People’s Organization” (UZNO). Its goal was the creation of a sovereign Ukrainian state. The first leader of UZNO was Hryhoriy Dyndyn, followed by Mykola Krainyk. In 1964, under the influence of the Ukrainian National Front (UNF) , UZNO adopted the name UNF-2, as the members of UZNO–UNF-2 considered the unity of patriotic forces a key condition for the struggle for independence. Its activities spread to over a dozen oblasts. The organization distributed literature of the OUN, in particular, the brochure “Who Are the Banderites and What Are They Fighting For?,” a series of policy documents such as the “Declaration to the Ukrainian People in Ukraine and Throughout the World,” published one issue of the handwritten journal “Prozrinnya” (“Epiphany”), and in 1975–1976 released four issues of the typewritten journal “Ukrainian Herald” (but this is not the journal published by V. Chornovil).
The organization, according to M. Krainyk, had about 200 members, mainly former members of the OUN, and operated under strict secrecy, which is why it was never fully uncovered by the authorities. Only in 1979 was M. Krainyk arrested; he had long been suspected and persecuted, mainly for his connections with D. Kvetsko and Z. Krasivskyi.
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group