Li Zicheng vs Stepan Bandera

Li Zicheng led his rebel army to capture Beijing. The Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide, ending the Ming dynasty. Li Zicheng proclaimed the Shun dynasty and briefly ruled from the Forbidden City before being defeated by Qing forces.

Li Zicheng's army was defeated by the combined forces of Wu Sangui and the Manchus at the Battle of Shanhai Pass. The defeat forced him to abandon Beijing and retreat westward, effectively ending his control over northern China.

After capturing Beijing, Li Zicheng formally proclaimed the establishment of the Shun dynasty in Xi'an. He adopted the title of emperor and began implementing his own administrative policies, though his rule was short-lived.

Li Zicheng was killed by a local militia while fleeing through Jiugong Mountain in Hubei province. His death marked the end of the Shun dynasty and the collapse of his rebellion, though some accounts claim he survived and became a monk.

Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Bandera and the OUN-B proclaimed an independent Ukrainian state in Lviv. This act was not recognized by Nazi Germany, which arrested Bandera and suppressed the declaration.

Bandera was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was held in a special section for political prisoners, where he remained until 1944, while his followers continued the nationalist struggle.

After the war, Bandera settled in West Germany and continued to lead the OUN-B faction from exile. He organized anti-Soviet activities and maintained a network of supporters, becoming a symbol of Ukrainian nationalism.

Bandera was assassinated in Munich by KGB agent Bohdan Stashynsky using a cyanide spray gun. His death was a major blow to the Ukrainian nationalist movement in exile and highlighted Soviet efforts to eliminate opposition.