Memory of National Minorities of Ukraine

In this project, people belonging to national minorities narrate their life experiences from the Soviet era to the times of independent Ukraine.

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Project implemented in cooperation with POST BELLUM-UKRAINE NGO. Copyright jointly owned by POST BELLUM and POST BELLUM-UKRAJINA. For complete records of witnesses or to correct existing errors, please contact svitlana.dovhan@postbellum.ua

Zvi-Hirsch Blinder during the morning prayer. Odesa, the Chabad Synagogue, 2018

Цві-Гірш Бліндер Zvi-Hirsh Blinder

* 1969

Ukraine, National minorities

Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014), The Annexation of Crimea (February 2014) and 2 more anniversaries

Father Karapet during the interview, 2024

Карапет (Давід) Гарібян Karapet (David) Garibyan

* 1990

Clergymen, Ukraine, Representative of the Church, Armenia

2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Peter Gergeli during the interview, 2024

Петер Гергелі Peter Gergeli

* 1951

Civic activism in Ukraine, Ukraine, National minorities, University professor

Ukraine in 1990-s., 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Ukraine in 1986–1991 and 2 more anniversaries

Адель Діанова Adel Dianova

* 1948

Ukraine, National minorities, Artists

Ukraine in 1990-s., Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, The Ukrainian declaration of independence in 1991, Dissolution of the Soviet Union and 3 more anniversaries

Iryna Klevanova during the interview, 2024

Ірина Клеванова Iryna Klevanova

* 1959

Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., The Orange Revolution of 2004, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Pavlo Kozlenko during the interview, 2024

Павло Козленко Pavlo Kozlenko

* 1970

Civic activism in Ukraine, Ukraine, National minorities, Holocaust

Ukraine in 1990-s., Perestroika, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Semen Martkovych during his service in the Soviet army, early 1960s

Семен Марткович Semen Martkovych

* 1940

Ukraine, National minorities

Ukraine in 1986–1991, The Ukrainian declaration of independence in 1991, The 1991 referendum in Ukraine, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Valentyna Nikiruy (Georgieva) after completing the first grade of a rural school, 1959

Валентина Нікіруй Valentyna Nikiruy

* 1951

Ukraine, National minorities, Art and censorship

Ukraine in 1990-s., The Ukrainian declaration of independence in 1991, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014), 2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine and 1 more anniversaries

Марія Панайтакі Maria Panaytaki

* 1944

Ukraine, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

Ukraine in 1990-s., 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Yurii Storozhynskyi as chairman of the Elektron main plant trade union. Photo made for the newspaper "Trade Union Life", 1982

Юрій Сторожинський Yurii Storozhynskyi

* 1941

Victim of Nazi persecution in Ukraine, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

Ukraine in 1990-s., Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries