Victor’s Vignettes … stories about life in soviet and post-soviet Ukraine. -by Victor Sergeyev Mikolayev, Ukraine My Baba said… Baba is what I called my granny on my father’s side … or sometimes just simply “Ba.” My Baba was an amazing woman. Her folk wisdom and wit still inspire me to this day … even […]
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: A chat with opera star Pavlo Hunka
British-Ukrainian opera star Pavlo Hunka is the Director of a classical concert to be held on September 29, 2016 at the Opera House in Kyiv. The concert is part of the 75th Anniversary commemoration of the Babyn Yar tragedy, sponsored by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter of Toronto. In 1941, the Nazis murdered some 150,000 people, including […]
Continue readingBook Review: 2016 Kobzar Award winner Detachment by Maurice Mierau
In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Maurice Mierau’s award-winning memoir, Detachment: An Adoption Memoir. Readers first meet an emotionally drained Maurice in 2009 in a psychologist’s office in Winnipeg. For three years, his wife Betsy has been urging him to get help. He tells the psychologist, “I have problems in my […]
Continue readingUkrainian Jewish Heritage – Babyn Yar Necropolis
Memory. Manipulation. Memorials. Babyn Yar, the ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, is a multi-ethnic and multi-faith necropolis. A city of the dead. In September 1941, nearly thirty-four thousand Kyivan Jews were shot over two days in one of the largest single Nazi massacres during the Second World War. More massacres followed during the […]
Continue readingKnyzhka Corner Book Review: Red Notice by Bill Browder
Bill Browder’s fascinating new book Red Notice, is a roller-coaster ride through post-Soviet Russian history. Bill Browder was one of the architects of Russia’s growing economy during the privatization era. He saw an opportunity to make a great deal of money and created the Hermitage Capital investment fund based in Moscow. Browder became the largest […]
Continue readingUkrainian Jewish Heritage: Preparing for Babyn Yar 75th anniversary commemorations
Plans are underway to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy. The events are being organized by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and will take place in Kyiv this fall. Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Memory. Commemoration. Responsibility. The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy […]
Continue readingUkrainian Jewish Heritage: East-West Street book review
Phillipe Sand’s book, East West Street, details the origins of the terms “genocide” and “crimes against humanity.” Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Details are important. In fact, details are crucial—whether for tracing a family tree or building a legal case. For example, a case for the […]
Continue readingNash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0511 Hour 1
Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio airs live in Nanaimo on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm PST on CHLY 101.7FM, broadcasting to the north and central Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, northwest Washington State and Greater Vancouver listening areas. Your host for this hour: Pawlina
Continue readingNash Holos Vancouver 2016-0507
Tribute to mothers and grandmothers on this week’s show: Victor’s Vignettes: Baba’s Sayings • Knyzhka Corner Book Review: A Promise Kept by Andy Semotiuk (A tribute to his mother) • Special commentary: Oksana Poberezhnyk shares the many Ukrainian words for mother and grandmother • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Great Ukrainian music on a […]
Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0504 Hour 2
Special feature commentaries: Пам’яті Дмитра Гнатюка (In Remembrance of Dmytro Hnatuk) • Події сторічної давності на горі Маківка. Січові Стрільці. (Brave Sich Riflemen who won the battle on Mount Makivka) • Історія пісні “Журавлі” (“Чуєш, брате мій” — Ukrainian military song about cranes) • The Year of Manitoba’s Ukrainian Canadian Cultural Heritage • Події в […]
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