Formal UGG-NCR meetings for this season follows our traditional approach of being convened on the fourth Tuesday of each month, with the exception of December where there we will not be any meeting. Meetings will also be suspended for the summer months of June, July and August. Start time is 7:30 PM (Eastern) unless otherwise noted.
Since the start of January 2020, the UGG-NCR’s formal monthly meetings have been delivered as on-line “Webinars” rather than in-person presentations / discussions.
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“Ukrainians in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay: A Historical Overview” by Dr. Serhii Cipko
During the end of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, perhaps as many as 170,000 Ukrainians emigrated to South America. Uruguay was one of the destinations for these emigrants in that continent. Estimates of the number of Ukrainians who settled in Uruguay, which shares a border with South American giants Brazil and Argentina, range from 5,000 to 10,000. The vast majority of the immigrants came in the 1920s and 1930s.
This presentation focussed on the characteristics of the immigration, the organizations that were created by the settlers, and the evolution of the Ukrainian community to the present. .
A video recording of Dr. Cipko’s Webinar presentation can be found here. We also have recordings of the Introductory and Q&A segments from that evening.
Dr. Cipko’s has published a book in Spanish on the topic. More information can be found here. For those researching genealogy in Uruguay Dr. Cipko recommends starting with the following link.
© Dr. Cipko 2024. All rights reserved. No images or content from this presentation may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the presenter. Access to this recording is solely for educational and informational purposes.