Semenyuk Roman Zakharovich

Genus. in 1928, organizer of the OUN youth circle at Tartakov Secondary School. In 1948, after graduating from school, he was mobilized to build mines in Donbass. For organizing the escape of 20 guys from a mine, he was sentenced to 5 years. ITL in Vorkutlag. After serving his sentence, he worked in the Sokal Geological Exploration Party. In 1953, he was arrested for connections with the regional leadership of the OUN and sentenced to 25 years in labor camp. He served his sentence in the Mordovian concentration camp Dubrovlag. 08/14/1965 together with brother-in-law Oleinik Anton from the Rivne region. escaped from the concentration camp ZH-POI 385/11, which was located in the village. Yavas of the Mordovian ASSR.
They were at large for 3 months and tried to cross the state border. In November 1965 they were arrested. The military tribunal in Rivne sentenced Oleinik A. to death. Semenyuk had another 3 years of labor camp added to his 25-year sentence. He served 2 years of imprisonment in Vladimir prison. Transferred to continue his punishment to a Mordovian concentration camp. For attempting to escape, the camp court sentenced him to 3 years in prison. On February 22, 1978, he was transported from the housing and communal services institution - 3185/19 of the Zubopolyanivsky district of the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Sokal under the supervision of the district department of the MGB. From 04/19/1978 to 05/27/1990 he worked as a mechanic repairing separate equipment at the Sokal chemical fiber plant. After his release, he corresponded with members of the OUN and the Ukrainian Helsinki Union. In 1988, he entered the UGS, often traveled to Lvov, brought and distributed nationalist leaflets and underground Samizdat literature. In 1989, with the beginning of the revival movement in the Sokal region, he was involved in the creation of UGS cells in the region, the Ukrainian Language Society. T. Shevchenko, NRU, URP. In 1990, he was elected chairman of the Sokal RO SRP, deputy of the Sokal district council. He wrote memoirs about his 28 years of struggle and captivity, which disappeared after his death. On May 27, 1990, he died tragically after falling under the wheels of a car in the village. Potoritsya, Sokal district. Buried in the village. Potoritsya.