Stepan Klochurak
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Stepan Klochurak was the Prime Minister of the short lived Hutsul Republic
in 1919. In 1939, in the same general area, he was the Minister of Defense of Carpatho-Ukraine
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Hutsul Republic
The Hutsul Republic was a short-lived state, formed in the aftermath of World War I. The republic was declared on January 8, 1919, claiming Ukrainian-speaking areas of Hungary, when original plans to unite this area with the Western Ukrainian National Republic failed.General Stepan Klochurak was...
in 1919. In 1939, in the same general area, he was the Minister of Defense of Carpatho-Ukraine
Carpatho-Ukraine
Carpatho-Ukraine was an autonomous region within Czechoslovakia from late 1938 to March 15, 1939. It declared itself an independent republic on March 15, 1939, but was occupied by Hungary between March 15 and March 18, 1939, remaining under Hungarian control until the Nazi occupation of Hungary in...
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