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Szkirka Maria & George (Dmytro)
Leaving Ukraine did not mean leaving your cultural heritage. In the 1950s, the young Szkirka couple arrived in Geelong, Australia to join the Ukrainian Geelong community which has sustained its cultural heritage for over 70 years.
In 1924, George (Dmytro) Szkirka was born near Lviv in Eastern Ukraine. In 1941, he was a lad when the war broke out between the USSR and Germany; he was forcibly taken…
Contributors
- Dr Natalie Senjov-Makohon
Subject
- Ukrainian diaspora
- Ukrainian Women’s Association in Australia
- Immigration to Australia
- Emigration from Ukraine
- Choirs
- …
- Multiethnic societies
- Australia
- Migrants
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/a290d440-9a41-0136-2c95-6eee0af519c6#agent-a291be30-9a41-0136-2c95-6eee0af519c6
- Ukraine
Contributors
- Dr Natalie Senjov-Makohon
Subject
- Ukrainian diaspora
- Ukrainian Women’s Association in Australia
- Immigration to Australia
- Emigration from Ukraine
- Choirs
- …
- Multiethnic societies
- Australia
- Migrants
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/a290d440-9a41-0136-2c95-6eee0af519c6#agent-a291be30-9a41-0136-2c95-6eee0af519c6
- Ukraine
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- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/a290d440-9a41-0136-2c95-6eee0af519c6
Language
- en
- eng
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- Europe
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First time published on Europeana
- 2019-07-25T07:45:37.914Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-11-03T11:22:04.772Z