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Dating all the way back to the [[First World War]], [[Ukrainian nationalism]] has existed as an [[astroturfed movement]]. Ukrainian nationalism was originally astroturfed by the [[German Empire]] in 1917 to justify to breakup of the ex-[[Russian Empire]]'s territories in Eastern Europe.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1918/russian-revolution/ch03.htm The Nationalities Question]</ref> The original Ukrainian nationalist movement slowly died out towards the end of the [[Russian Civil War]] in 1923, however it was revitalized again by [[Nazi Germany]] during the [[Second World War]] to weaken the [[Soviet Union]] (USSR). During the [[Great Patriotic War]], the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazis]] astroturfed Ukrainian nationalist movements to serve as collaborators under their ''[[Reichskommissariat Ukraine]]''.<ref>[https://www.rt.com/russia/571662-ukranian-nationalists-in-ussr/ Nazi collaborators, dissidents and Soviet functionaries: The untold story of how Ukraine achieved independence]</ref> Examples of this included Ukrainian nationalist collaboration included the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]] (UPA) and the [[Ukrainian Auxiliary Police]] (UDP). [[Stepan Bandera]], who later became an icon for the modern Ukrainian nationalist movement, served as the leader of the UPA and a UDP officer.<ref>[https://www.rt.com/russia/567200-vinnitsa-tolstoy-bandera-street/ Ukrainian city names street after Nazi collaborator]</ref><ref>[https://www.rt.com/russia/569309-ukrainian-parliament-celebrate-nazi-collaborator/ Ukrainian parliament slammed for celebrating Nazi collaborator]</ref> Bandera helped Nazi Germany extend the [[Holocaust]] into Ukraine, murdering [[Poland|Poles]], [[Czechia|Czechs]], Russians, [[Judaism|Jews]], and [[Communism|Communists]] regardless of ethnicity.