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I will return to my Motherland...
The exhibition discovers the history of several generations of global Ukrainians who were forced to leave their Motherland during the period of statelessness, but preserved their Ukrainian identity and brought the restoration of independence closer in various ways. The title and epigraph for the exhibition are the words of the prominent Ukrainian writer Ivan Bahrianyi, a political emigrant who was persecuted and repressed by the Soviet authorities.
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Olexa Bulavytsky. Fedoryshyn’s house. Manitoba. Canada. Canvas, oil. 1969. Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora
Manitoba, Canada
Ukrainian and American artist Olexa Bulavytsky painted the landscape "Fedoryshyn's House" in 1969 in the Canadian province of Manitoba, where the first Ukrainian immigrant peasants settled in the late nineteenth century. During the 1960s and 1970s, the artist frequently visited Canada and created many impressionistic landscapes that became a vivid pictorial embodiment of the memory of the first Ukrainians in Canada. In 1994, he donated 40 of his works to Ukraine, which formed the base of the Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora collection.
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Dmytro Matsko`s membership certificate in the “Concord of Olyphant Societies” mutual benefit society. Olyphant. USA. 1917. Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora
Olyphant (Pennsylvania, USA)
The certificate confirms Dmytro Matsko's membership in the Concord of Olyphant Societies, a mutual benefit society founded by Ukrainian immigrants in 1914 in Olyphant (Pennsylvania, USA). The purpose of such institutions was mutual financial assistance in case of acute life needs and support for compatriots in Ukraine. The document depicts the Ukrainian and American flags and portraits of prominent Ukrainians such as Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Taras Shevchenko, and American presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
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Oleksandr Koshyts with Ukrainian National Choir. Mexico. December 31, 1922. Oseredok
Mexico
The photo shows the Ukrainian conductor Oleksandr Koshyts with the Ukrainian National Choir during a tour of Mexico in 1922. The press back then reported on the tremendous success of the choir and the triumph of Ukrainian musical culture in South America. So many people in Mexico City wanted to hear Ukrainians that concerts had to be moved to a bullfighting stadium. According to various sources, about 36 thousand people attended one of these performances. Among the grateful listeners was the President of Mexico, Alvaro Obregón.
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About The Virtual Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora

The Virtual Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora is an educational and research web platform created to publish the digitized collection of the Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora and its partners, disseminate knowledge about the history and cultural heritage of global Ukrainians, the activities of Ukrainian institutions around the world and prominent personalities of Ukrainian origin, publish scientific and educational materials on diaspora issues, and inform about events and news in the global Ukrainian world.

The mission of the Virtual Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora is to preserve the history and culture of global Ukrainians, strengthen national identity, unite Ukrainians around the world, and enhance Ukraine’s positive international image. 

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