Soviet Ukraine and Execution
Because of the Ukrainization policies of the Soviet government at that time, Tiutiunnyk was able to return to Soviet Ukraine after he was arrested on June 16, 1923 after crossing Dniester. The Soviet government invited him to work cooperatively, and he agreed, lecturing at the School of Red Commanders in Kharkiv. Later he co-wrote a movie script for the film "Zvenigora" by Alexander Dovzhenko He also played himself in an anti-Symon Petliura propaganda film.
Later, however, there was a reversal of Ukrainization policies in Soviet Ukraine and many Ukrainians became victims of political repression by the Stalinist regime. On February 12, 1929, Tiutiunnyk was arrested in Kharkiv, and deported to Moscow where he was put on trial. On December 3, 1929 he was found guilty of anti-Soviet agitation and sentenced to death. On October 20, 1930, he was executed by firing squad in Lubyanka, Moscow.
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