What prompts people to undertake the extraordinary? Mykolai-Vasyl Diakiv was born in Bachiv, Peremyshliany district, Lviv region, on May 1, 1914. His father, a cultural and educational activist, participated in the Ukrainian war of independence of 1918-1919. Bachiv was “a patriotic village,” with Sich, Sokil, and Prosvita organizations. When, in the wake of the Polish...