LIFE AND ACTIVITIES OF UKRAINIANS IN THE USA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY (BASED ON MATERIALS FROM THE NEWSPAPER «RADA»)

DOI 10.17721/2521-1706.2025.19.8

Oleh Kupchyk, 

Ph. D. (History), Associate Professor,

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,

Kyiv, Ukraine,

ORСID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9908-3752

Inna Turyanitsya,

Ph. D. (History), Associate Professor,

Uzhhorod National University,

Uzhhorod, Ukraine,

ORСID: https://orcid.org/0000-0000-5192-2994

Yana Kupchyk, 

Ph. D. (History), Assistant Professor,

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,

Kyiv, Ukraine

ORСID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7304-191X

Abstract. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, millions of Ukrainian refugees from the war have found refuge abroad. About 200,000 of them have settled in the United States. Many refugees plan to remain in this North American country permanently. There, the refugees faced challenges, namely the problem of self-organization and adaptation, arranging their daily lives, finding employment, etc. Ukrainian migrants faced similar problems in the USA at the beginning of the 20th century.

The aim of the article is to highlight the main problems of life and the main forms and methods of activity of Ukrainians in the USA at the beginning of the 20th century. through the prism of materials from the newspaper «Rada».

The methodological basis of the study was the methods of historical source studies.

The scientific novelty of the article lies in the fact that for the first time press materials relating to the life and activity of Ukrainians in the USA during 1907–1914 are introduced into scientific circulation.

Conclusions. The article, through the prism of materials from the newspaper «Rada», reveals the life and activities of Ukrainians in the USA during 1907–1914. The information presented in the newspaper was a reprint of information from the newspaper of American Ukrainians «Svoboda», etc. Separate publications were prepared by the newspaper’s own correspondents in the USA. They concerned the life and activities of Ukrainians from Galicia and Ukrainians from the Dnipro region in the USA.

In general, the published articles concerned the daily life of Ukrainians in the United States, their activities in the fields of culture, education, and religion. In particular, they addressed the problems of employment of Ukrainians, protection of their rights and interests as workers, and the establishment of national organizations, cultural societies, holding cultural events, the establishment of magazines. Special attention is paid to the the establishment of Ukrainian schools.

Key words: Ukrainian immigration to the USA, Ukrainian diaspora, USA, society, Ukrainians, press, magazine, newspaper «Rada».

Submitted: 29.01.2025

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