Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council on Thursday, Jan. 5, passed a decision to declare 2012 the year of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine.
It also decides to hold events commemorating the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Bandera Movement, the OUN-B), Yaroslav Stetsko, and the Hero of Ukraine Oleksa Hirnyk.
The regional council plans to provide funding for the celebration of these anniversaries.
