Ukraina Society
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The Ukraina Society, Ukraine Society, or the Society for Cultural Relations with Ukrainians Abroad, was a Ukrainian civil society funded and controlled by the KGB,[1] established in 1960[2] in Kyiv on the basis of the republican department of the Soviet Committee "For Return to the Homeland".[3][4] It aimed to influence the Ukrainian diaspora and present the Soviet Union in a positive light. According to the New York Times, it was headquartered in "a yellow-brick apartment building near the bluffs of the Dnieper River in Kiev."[5] The Society published two newspapers, The News from Ukraine, and Visti z Ukrayiny.[6][3] These newspapers on several occasions outed the identities of closeted Nazis hiding in Ukraine.[6]
On July 4, 1969, Society board member Vasily Stepanovich Ryvak was arrested in Lvov.[7]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kolasky, John (1970). "Two Years in Soviet Ukraine: A Canadian's personal account of Russian oppression and the growing opposition" (PDF). Peter Martin Associated Unlimited. p. 109.
- ^ "This week in history". day.kyiv.ua. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ a b "THE UKRAINE: External Relations" (PDF). apps.dtic.mil. ATTITUDES OF MAJOR SOVIET NATIONALITIES, Volume I: THE SLAVS. Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. June 1973. p. 67.
- ^ Олексійович, Фоменко Микола. "International Relations of Ukraine". naurok.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ Times, Peter Grose Special To the New York (1966-05-31). "UKRAINE TYPIFIES PROPAGANDA WAR; Soviet Minority Is Target of East-West Contest". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ a b Kuzio, Taras (2015-04-01). "The Origins of Peace, Non-Violence, and Conflict in Ukraine". E-International Relations. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ "A Survey of Events in Ukraine, 1970 (18.5)". A Chronicle of Current Events. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
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