Features is the home for special content from Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. It includes interviews, commentaries, book reviews, and other recurring and occasional contributions to the program. Below is the latest content from the Features category.
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage – Babyn Yar Necropolis
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage – Babyn Yar NecropolisMemory. 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…
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Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Red Notice by Bill Browder
Read more: Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Red Notice by Bill BrowderBill 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…
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Preparing for Babyn Yar 75th anniversary commemorations
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Preparing for Babyn Yar 75th anniversary commemorationsPlans 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…
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: East-West Street book review
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: East-West Street book reviewPhillipe 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…
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Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0511 Hour 1
Read more: Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0511 Hour 1Nash 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
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Nash Holos Vancouver 2016-0507
Read more: Nash Holos Vancouver 2016-0507Tribute 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…
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Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0504 Hour 2
Read more: Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0504 Hour 2Special 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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Nash Holos Nanaimo – 2016-0504 Hour 1
Read more: Nash Holos Nanaimo – 2016-0504 Hour 1Ukrainian Food Flair: Cooking with caraway • Feature commentary: BBC World Service 30th anniversary Chornobyl special • Victor’s Vignettes: My Baba’s sayings • Upcoming local events • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Great Ukrainian music! Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio airs live in Nanaimo on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm PST on CHLY 101.7FM, broadcasting to…
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Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0518 Hour 2
Read more: Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0518 Hour 2Nash 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
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Nash Holos Vancouver 2016-0430
Read more: Nash Holos Vancouver 2016-0430On this edition: Commemorating Chornobyl and celebrating Easter • Special BBC World Service feature on the 30th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster • A look back at how shortwave radio “broke” the story of the disaster and forced the USSR to admit what happened in Chornobyl on April 26th, 1986 • Victor’s Vignettes features…