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Battle of Kosmach, the Glossary

The Battle of Kosmach (Ukrainian: Бої під Космачем; 30 January — 5 February, 1945) was fought between the 31st, 33rd, 87th Frontier Detachments, 256th Regiment of the NKVD in the Ministry of the Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union under the command of Aleksey Dergachev against the Armed Units “Skazheni”, “Hutsulskyi”, “Haydamaky” and “Pidkarpatskyi” of the 4th Operational Group “Hoverla” in the Western Operational Group of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army under the command of Myroslav Symsych and Pavlo Vatsyk in the Kosiv Raion of the Stanislav Oblast.^[1]

Anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army

The anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (Ukrainska Povstanska Armiya, UPA) was a guerrilla war waged by Ukrainian nationalist partisan formations against the Soviet Union in the western regions of the Ukrainian SSR and southwestern regions of the Byelorussian SSR, during and after World War II.

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Detachment (military)

A detachment (from the French détachement) is a military unit.

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Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (translit), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna (Івано-Франківщина) or simply Frankivshchyna, is an oblast (region) in western Ukraine.

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Kosiv Raion

Kosiv Raion (Косівський район) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine.

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Kosmach

Kosmach (Космач) is a village located in Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Military organization

Military organization (AE) or military organisation (BE) is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer such military capability as a national defense policy may require.

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Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (MVD; Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del SSSR) was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991.

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NKVD

The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyy komissariat vnutrennikh del), abbreviated as NKVD, was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946.

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Regiment

A regiment is a military unit.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Ukrainian Insurgent Army

The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (translit, abbreviated UPA) was a Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary and partisan formation founded by the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists on 14 October 1942.

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Ukrainian language

Ukrainian (label) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in Ukraine.

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Western Operational Group (Ukrainian Insurgent Army)

The Western Operational Group of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (translit), also known as UPA-West (translit), was one of the three operational groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Battle of Kosmach and Western Operational Group (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) are Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. Battle of Kosmach and World War II are conflicts in 1945.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kosmach