10th Anniversary of Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
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10th Anniversary of Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
The West Yorkshire Ukrainian community comes together in remembrance of the tragic event in Chernobyl ten years ago.
The Chornobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April, 1986 at Rector number 4 in the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Priyat in northern Ukraine. It is one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven (maximum severity) on the International Nuclear Event Scale (the other being Fukushima in Japan in 2011).
The response to the disaster from the Ukrainian diaspora in Bradford and the UK was to campaign for the awareness of the dangers of nuclear energy when not properly managed, to send aid to those affected and to invite children made ill by exposure to radiation to the UK for respite.
Dr Roland Franko (28 March 1932 - 11 Aug 2021) was a Ukrainian diplomat who was based at the Ukrainian Embassy in the 1990s. He was the grandson of Ivan Franko (27 Aug 1856-28 May 1916), a preeminent Ukrainian author, scholar, journalist and political activist.
This is part of a documentary which features events in West Yorkshire held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. This is the unveiling of a memorial in Bradford City Centre.
People are assembled for the ceremony, including Dr Franko and Father Mykola from Halifax, members of the Bradford and Halifax Ukrainian community greet the Lord Mayor Councillor Marilyn Beeley, Zenon Lastowiecki the chair of the Bradford Branch of the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain, Dr Roland Franko from the Ukrainian Consulate in London, Father Mykhaylo Kupano and Father Damien from the Ukrainian Catholic Church and Father Mykola Hyrchavyn from Halifax Ukrainian Catholic Church.
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Bradford Ukrainian Community Life
The largest and most active Ukrainian community in the UK diaspora thrives in Bradford.
Ukrainians have lived in Bradford since the end of the Second World War. The community was established by displaced Ukrainian men and women who came to the UK as displaced people from camps in West Germany and Austria under Westward Ho!, the European Volunteer Workers (EVWs) scheme.
In Bradford, EVWs were placed into jobs in the textile industry to fill labour shortages and were initially housed in hostels and private rented accommodation. They were joined by members of the Ukrainian Army Division who came to the UK from camps in Italy.
These early settlers founded the Bradford branch of the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (AUGB) in 1947, established other community organisations and worshipped in both the Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Uniate) and Orthodox faiths. This collection is a snapshot of the Ukrainian community which settled in Bradford and continues to be one of the largest and most active in the UK's Ukrainian diaspora.
10 videos in this collection
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Commemoration of Ukrainian Heroines
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Interview with Ostap Buriak, Choreographer
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Easter Basket Blessing by Father Hutornyj
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Building of the New Ukrainian School at Westfield
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Kolos Bakery's 25th Anniversary
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10th Anniversary of Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
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50th Anniversary AUGB in Bradford
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50th Anniversary of Ukrainian Youth Association
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