Legacy
On Shukhevych's birthdays remembrance mass meetings take place in various Ukrainian cities.
He was portrayed by Ukrainian-Canadian actor Hryhoriy Hladiy in the Ukrainian film Neskorenyi (The Undefeated).
On October 23, 2001 the Lviv Historic Museum converted the house in which Shukhevych was killed into a memorial museum.
Postage stamps and coins have been minted in his honour of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Posthumously, he was awarded the UPA's highest decorations: the Gold Cross of Combat Merit First Class and the Cross of Merit in gold.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)