The Ukrainian National Party (UNP) was created in the village of Zolotnyky, Ternopil region, in 1961. Its members included: Yevhen Hohus, the main initiator of the UNP, a former soldier of the SS “Galicia” Division who was drafted at the age of seventeen and served a 9-year sentence for it; Yevstakhiy Hrytsyshyn, a member of the UPA; Volodymyr Kulykovsky, also a former OUN member; as well as Petro Pundyk and Pavlo Palakhyta. The organization did not have long-term, specific plans. To begin with, its main tasks were self-education, searching for literature, expanding the organization, and they planned to acquire weapons. Before it could launch any active operations, the UNP was uncovered, and its members were arrested. A closed trial was held on July 25–26, 1962. Yevhen Hohus received the harshest sentence—the death penalty, but on appeal, it was commuted to 15 years in the camps. Y. Hrytsyshyn and V. Kulykovsky each received 11 years, P. Palakhyta received 6 years, and P. Pundyk received 5 years.