Decalogue of the Ukrainian Nationalist
The 10 Commandments, 12 Traits, and 44 RulesA complete English edition of a defining twentieth-century Ukrainian nationalist pamphlet, first drafted in 1929 and circulated through the 1930s and 1940s, setting out the ethical code of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).
Documents of the Twentieth Century, No. 1
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About the volume
This Otter Stream Press edition presents a rare surviving wartime pamphlet in full photographic facsimile, alongside a faithful Ukrainian transcription preserving original spelling and punctuation, and a complete English translation. A concise historical introduction traces the document’s transmission and situates it within the political and moral language of its time.
Presented for historical and educational purposes, the edition contributes to the study of how political conviction was articulated, transmitted, and preserved in Europe’s most turbulent decades. It records language, typography, and doctrinal expression as they appeared in the 1940s, without embellishment or retrospective interpretation.
Highlights
- Complete photographic facsimile of the 1940s pamphlet
- Faithful Ukrainian transcription preserving original orthography
- Complete English translation with brief explanatory notes
- Short historical introduction on provenance and transmission
- Includes the Decalogue, Twelve Traits, Forty-Four Rules, and Requirements for Membership
Excerpt
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A series devoted to primary texts
Documents of the Twentieth Century preserves small but revealing textual fragments from Europe’s age of mass politics, war, and displacement. Each volume presents a single document in facsimile, transcription, and English translation, with restrained editorial notes.
Edition details
- Title: Decalogue of the Ukrainian Nationalist
- Subtitle: The 10 Commandments, 12 Traits, and 44 Rules
- Series: Documents of the Twentieth Century
- Number: No. 1
- Publisher: Otter Stream Press
- Publication year: 2026
- Language: English and Ukrainian
- ASIN: B0GDQPK6DY
Citation
Decalogue of the Ukrainian Nationalist: The 10 Commandments, 12 Traits, and 44 Rules, Documents of the Twentieth Century, No. 1 (Otter Stream Press, London, 2026).