There are people-epochs, and there are people — several eras. Vasyl Kuk, the last commander of the UPA, was such a person. He was born before the First World War, survived the horrors of the Second World War, the rise and fall of the UPA, was captured by the Soviets and, together with Ukraine, received the desired freedom in 1991. How did family trouble affect his views? When did he catch fire with the idea of armed struggle? How did he survive the death of brothers Ilka and Ilaria, who were executed for Ukrainian statehood? How did he build the OUN network in Dnipropetrovsk and stay underground in Volyn and Galicia? How he continued the silent struggle in the 1970s and 1980s and received a "second wind" after independence? Historian Alina Ponypalyak answers all these questions.