Nastup (Ukrainian periodical)

Nastup was established in 1938 by Stepan Rosokha [ru] as a press organ of the Carpathian Sich, printing twice-weekly out of Uzhhorod and Khust.^[2][1] It published articles on the history of Ukraine and of Carpathian Ukrainians as well as nationalist topics.^[1] It ceased publication in 1939 with the demise of Carpatho-Ukraine.^[2][1]

From 1940, Nastup was printed weekly out of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as a press organ of the OUN(m) whereafter it reached a circulation of 12,000 copies.^[1] Rosokha was a fervent supporter of Andriy Melnyk as leader of the OUN and Nastup regularly published articles by OUN(m) members.^[2][1]

In response to the assassination of OUN(m) members Mykola Stsiborskyi and Omelyan Senyk, Nastup launched a press campaign against the Banderites with an editorial on 20 September 1941 declaring that "the time of amnesty for them is past, their sins cannot be forgiven".^[3] It also reported on OUN(m) activities in Ukraine in 1941 and provided publicity for the SS Galicia Division in May 1943.^[4]

Nastup experienced relatively mild censorship until it was suppressed by the Nazi authorities in 1943, ceasing publication in January 1944 when Rosokha was imprisoned in a concentration camp.^[2][1]

• Armstrong, John (1963). Ukrainian Nationalism (2nd ed.). New York: Columbia University Press.
• Vasily, Gabor (2020). "Nastup". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian).