Borys Steklyar

In 2017 he was accused in the murder of two or more persons in March 1952, including artist and member of Volyn regional OUN propaganda Referenty Nil Khasevych and two of his colleagues. Steklyar does not accept the guilt of murder. Eduard Dolinsky, director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, suggested that Khasevych rather than Steklyar must be prosecuted, because, as he said, "It’s the Ukrainian Insurgent Army that committed a war crime" by killing the Jews and Poles.

26 April 2017 Prosecutor General of Ukraine launched an investigation into the murder of Nil Khasevych by Borys Steklyar. Steklyar does not accept the guilt of murder. Eduard Dolinsky, director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, suggested that Khasevych rather than Steklyar must be prosecuted, because, as he said, "It’s the Ukrainian Insurgent Army that committed a war crime" by killing the Jews and Poles.

On August 25, 2016, in Rivne District Administrative Court held a hearing in case Boris Steklyar against the Office of the SBU in Rivne region, which, contrary to the Law of Ukraine "On access to archives of repressive totalitarian communist regime in 1917-1991 years," asked the court to compel the Office SBU Rivne region not to provide his personal file No.2095 for review. The claim was left without consideration.

He retired in 1976 as Head of the KGB of Rivne Oblast. During the subsequent 33 years has led the international agency "Intourist" in city and oblast of Rivne.

Later analysis of the personal file and archive documents revealed that KGB colonel Boris Steklyar who participated in the liquidation of the underground artist of UPA Nil Khasevych in 1960 performing operational duties against Ukrainian nationalists in Soviet concentration camps. There is about the order of the Chairman of the KGB lieutenant general Vitaliy Nikitchenko No.85 dated 17 July 1964 to encourage the Office of the KGB in Rivnenskoiy area.

Nil Khasevych was the artist of OUN and UPA, an author of propaganda graphical materials distributed in the West, including the UN. Therefore, the Soviet state security decided to "stop his anti-Soviet activities". Steklyar participated in the final part of the operation. According to memoirs of Steklyar, on March 4, 1952, in the village Sukhivtsi [uk] Khasevych and two more insurgents were located in an underground bunker. After an offer to surrender, a grenade was thrown into the bunker. One of Khasevych's bodyguards was found shot; Steklyar suggested the latter was attempting to surrender.

After graduation appointed commander of the reconnaissance platoon of 211th Artillery Regiment of 61st Army of 1st Belorussian Front. As part of the 61st Army participated in the liberation of Belarus. Then sent to the 2nd Baltic Front, where he participated in the liberation of Riga, for which he was awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War, Second Class. In November 1944 sent to Poland, for the liberation of Warsaw awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War, First Class. Met Victory in Germany (in Wittenberg). In May 1945 he was appointed company commander of SMERSH in Berlin.

He fought at Stalingrad as squad commander. From March 1943 to February 1944 was studied in 1st Leningrad Artillery School (Konstantinovsky Artillery School [uk]), which at that time was located in Engels. He graduated with honors, with specialization in artillery reconnaissance and got lieutenant rank.

He went to war in August 1941 at his own request. He was taken into 38th Separate Communication Battalion to the position of motorcycle machine gunner. During the retreat at Uman received shrapnel wounds to the head, after which he was transferred to the city Akbulak (Orenburg region) [uk] of Orenburg Oblast. After recovering in December 1941 aimed at Kalinin Front to the 908th Rifle Regiment of 256th Rifle Division of 29th Army in the city Rzhev, where he was selected in the regimental reconnaissance platoon, in which he fought until December 1942, until got seriously injured in the left leg while performing special tasks.

Borys Yukhymovych Steklyar Ukrainian: Бори́с Юхи́мович Стекляр, Russian: Борис Ефимович Стекляр (29 January 1923, Novohrad-Volynskyi – 18 January 2018, Rivne) was colonel of Committee for State Security of USSR, he was one of the main specialists in combating Ukrainian Insurgent Army in Rivne region.