Ukrainian Village ( English Ukrainian Village , Ukrainian Ukrainian village ) is a district located in Chicago near the downtown business center of downtown, with its skyscrapers, parks and Lake Michigan . He began to be settled by Ukrainians at the end of the 19th century.
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| Ukrainian village, Ukranian village | |||||
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| A country |  USA | ||||
| State | Illinois | ||||
| Area | West town | ||||
| The mayor | Ram I. Emanuel | ||||
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| Timezone | UTC − 6 ; summer UTC − 5 | ||||
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| Telephone code | 312, 773, 872 | ||||
| cityofchicago.org | |||||
Thanks to its European roots, the area represents the character of the European community. Small bungalows, like two or three story apartments, are the prevailing architectural styles in the Ukrainian region.
About 125 thousand people live in the Ukrainian village , speaking both Ukrainian and Russian, very many speak mainly Ukrainian [1] .
In December 2002, the Ukrainian Village was declared a Chicago landmark, and in 2005 and 2007 the formal boundaries of the area were expanded [2] [3] [4] .
The area is considered in a sense a cinematic attraction, and not only because of historical buildings: the shooting of the famous film "Brother 2" in the CIS took place here [5] .
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History
The emergence of the Ukrainian village was facilitated by the emigration of Ukrainians to the United States for several periods of the 20th century, among which four waves of Ukrainian immigration can be distinguished [6] :
The first wave of Ukrainian emigration to the United States began in the 1870s. It was based on immigrants from Transcarpathia, Galicia and Bukovina . This wave was widespread from the 1890s until the outbreak of World War I.
There was also a second wave in the interwar period of 1920-1939. and the third after the end of World War II , also mainly from Western Ukraine : Galicia , Bukovina , Transcarpathia.
The fourth wave began in the early 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR .
Just the last two waves are the intelligentsia: doctors, lawyers, high-class specialists.
Organizations of the Ukrainian Diaspora
Cultural, community and civic
The Ukrainian Village publishes many newspapers and magazines in Russian and Ukrainian. For example, Veche, weekly Most, Novy Mir, Obzor, Ukrainian Word, Saturday Plus, Youth Crossroads, Church Herald, 7 Days, Time and Events . Here are several kindergartens "Smile", "Butterfly", "Umka", kindergartens that are focused on the preservation of Russian and Ukrainian languages, as well as teaching Polish and other foreign languages. There is Ukrainian television in Chicago [1] .
There are three Ukrainian churches , two banks , the Ukrainian National Museum , the Ukrainian Institute of Contemporary Art , Ukrainian youth organizations , grocery stores, medical centers, law firms, schools and companies sending goods and parcels abroad.
Religious
From religious institutions can be distinguished [7] :
- Greek Catholic Cathedral Nicholas ( Diocese of Chicago of the UGCC ), which was built in 1915.
- orthodox church of st. Vladimir
- Greek Catholic Church of St. Vladimir and Olga ( Diocese of Chicago UGCC ).
In total, according to statistics, about 200 thousand ethnic Ukrainians live in Illinois . Due to its architectural heritage, the Ukrainian village has become a Chicago historic landmark [7] .
Gallery
- Photos of the Ukrainian village
Area Map
Restaurant in Ukrainian village
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of Saints Nicholas and Olga
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of St. Vladimir
Orthodox Church of St. Vladimir
Ukrainian National Museum
Street in honor of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest Joseph the Blind
Financial organization "Samopomich"
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Ukrainian village in Chicago . Travel Date of treatment March 11, 2017.
- ↑ About UVNA & 124; UVNA Chicago . www.uvna.org. Date of treatment March 11, 2017.
- ↑ City of Chicago :: Landmark Districts (inaccessible link - history ) . www.cityofchicago.org. Date of treatment March 11, 2017.
- ↑ Reports of Committees: Ukrainian Village District Extension. City Clerk's Office - City of Chicago. 2007-04-11. with. 102605-102648 ..
- ↑ bigmir) net Chicago yellow-blue: what the Ukrainian district of the American city looks like . Date of treatment March 11, 2017.
- ↑ Chicago's Ukrainian Village - Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago . Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago . Date of treatment March 11, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Chicago. Ukrainian Village. Chicago . VS CHICAGO Russian Luxury Magazine. Date of treatment March 11, 2017.