Reflection of the Cultural-Educational Movement and Social-Political Life of the Figures in Emigration of the Third Wave in the Press

Author

Astaptseva Khrysytyna

a junior research fellow at V. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine Book Science Institute, Department of Foreign Ucrainica, a post-graduate student at Ukrainian Academy of Printing Mediacommunications Department. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1578-5747

Reflection of the Cultural-Educational MovementReflection of the Cultural-Educational Movementand Social-Political Life of the Figures in Emigration of the Third Wave in the Press

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to give information about Foreign Ukrainica magazine collections preserved at V. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine. Attention is focused on the publications written by Ukrainian migrants of the second and third waves. Among 18 012 documents kept in Foreign Ukrainica archives there are 13 899 periodicals (it is nearly 467 item names) published abroad by Ukrainian diaspora.

We have separated 35 published works about the third wave of Ukrainian emigration during 1946–1956 according to the topic, time borders and magazine category. Most of them (11 examples) have been printed in Germany, 9 of them are from Canada, 8 articles have been written in the USA, 4 –  in Austria, the rest 4 are from Italy, Belgium and Great Britain.

Data comparison is the next step we have done. As a result, we have ascertained the main differences between Ukrainian migrants of the second (till the World War II) and third (after World War II) waves.

Primarily it is educational question: the second wave migrants have studied abroad, but the migrants of the third wave get a degree in the Soviet Union Universities. Secondly, a political position of the second wave migrants is liberal and patriotic contrary to communistic one, belonging to Ukrainian migrants of the third wave.

The third point is social unity of the second wave representatives on the one hand and social-cultural conflict of the third wave migrants on the other. Religious question is also a very important issue. The third wave migrants belong to the followers of Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholics.

Another urging problem of the third wave of Ukrainian emigration is the comprehension, what countries have the most helpful policy concerning Ukrainian migrants after 1946. So, we have understood that Canada is the most loyal to Ukrainians. But in Western Europe the situation is rather complicated than optimistic one. Ukrainian migrants in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Austria can’t find a good job without a correct social and union support because of the post-war unemployment. Another problem is a black PR produced by Russian chauvinists against Ukrainians.

Keywords

the third wave of Ukrainian emigration, Ukrainians in displaced persons camps, political refugees of Ukrainian SSR, repatriates, V. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine Funds, the press of Ukrainian emigrants abroad.

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