Banderivtsi

"Bandе́rivtsi" (Ukrainian:Бандерівці) or "bandе́rovtsy" (Russian:Бандеровцы) is a multiple-meaning term derived from the name of the person Stepan Bandera (1909-1959). Initially this term meant supporters of the Revolutionary Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUNR), led by Stepan Bandera. Nowadays it usually means those Ukrainian nationalists who consider themselves followers of the OUNR. After the 1940s Soviet and Russian propaganda used the term "banderivtsi" to refer to the entire idea of Ukrainian nationalism - in the same way as similar terms like "mazepintsi" (from Ivan Mazepa), "vyhovtsi" (from Ivan Vyhovsky), "petliurivtsi" (from Symon Petliura), "makhnovtsi" (from Nestor Makhno) etc., according to the names of historical figures of Ukrainian history. In this meaning, the term Banderites is also used.