Yurii Boiko-Blokhin and His Full of Trials Path to the Statehood of the Ukrainian Nation

Documents on the  operational cultivation of   prominent Ukrainian scholar, public and political figure, theorist of Ukrainian nationalism, Yurii Boiko-Blokhin abroad, shed light on why the kgb / mgb of the ussr paid such close attention specifically to scientists – historians, linguists, literary scholars, and archaeologists. Their research into the origins of the Ukrainian nation, statehood, language, and culture significantly hindered the imperial plans of the kremlin leadership, which was rewriting history to suit its own agenda. War was declared on those who stood in the way of this and did not fit into the concept approved at the highest levels in moscow.

Yurii Blokhin came to the attention of the chekists immediately after the end of World War II. Among the Ukrainian figures who had settled in Munich, he stood out for his remarkable academic, civic, and political activism; he spoke at academic conferences, wrote articles and books, and was a member of various societies and associations. But most importantly, he was a member of the Provid of the Melnyk wing of Ukrainian Nationalists and headed the propaganda department. It was precisely this that served as the basis for the ussr mgb’s representative office in the German Democratic Republic to place him under operational cultivation.

The compilation of a dossier on Yu. Blokhin began when a request was sent from Berlin to Kyiv asking for information about his activities during the Nazi occupation, as well as to verify whether he had previously been part of the intelligence of the nkvd of the Ukrainian ssr.

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