Taras Hunczak

Taras Hunczak (; March 12, 1932 – July 1, 2024) was a Ukrainian-American historian and political scientist, known for his Ukrainian, Russian and East-European scholarship. His research interests included the political history of Ukraine, Russia, and Poland in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Hunczak is best known for his extensive writing and archival research on 20th-century Ukrainian history, devoted to the history of the struggle for Ukrainian statehood, the development of Ukrainian political thought, repression and famine in Ukraine, as well as a well-known article reappraising the controversial Symon Petliura and Jewish-Ukrainian relations for the journal of ''Jewish Social Studies,'' and books on the Ukrainian War of Independence (1917–1921) and the contentious 1st Galician Division of the SS, among other topics.

He was recognized in 2008 with an Order of Merit by President Viktor Yushchenko: "For a significant personal contribution to strengthening the authority of Ukraine in the world, popularizing its historical and modern treasures, on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence." Provided by Wikipedia