Krynytsya (The Well), your wellspring for Ukraine and Ukrainians

Bohdan Shandor is a Ukrainian American who is very active in the community in the U.S. He is President of Shandor & Co., LLC, a management consulting firm. His father was Dr. Vincent Shandor, a Ukrainian activist in Zakarpattia and head of the Carpatho-Ukrainian Representation to the Prague (Czechoslovakia) Federal government preceeding and at the beginning of World War II. Bohdan himself was a witness to the events in 1991 that led to Ukraine declaring formal independence from the Soviet Union and confirming it in a referendum. This special edition episode of Krynytsya was produced for The Ukrainian Weekly, a newspaper serving the global Ukrainian community since 1933. http://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/

Author Oleh Iwanusiw discusses how he put together and published his book, "Church in Ruins", 1987, Shevchenko Scientific Society. This book describes the history of the Ukrainian churches of the Eparchy of Peremyshl, which is currently within the borders of Poland. It includes an extensive collection of photographs, most of which were taken by the author himself during his travels to this region. A digital copy of the book is available here.

https://archive.org/details/cerkva-v-rujini-iwanusiw-1987

Adrian Karmazyn is a Ukrainian American who spent 27 years with the Voice of America Ukrainian Service based in Washington, D.C., including as chief of the service from 2005-2015. He talks about his family background, education and career. To read about the VOA collection at the Ukrainian Museum-Archives in Cleveland visit http://uaas.org.ua/VOAs-Ukrainian-Window-on-the-1996-Democratic-Convention-by-Karmazyn.html and https://www.umacleveland.org/research/voa/.

Andrew Nynka is the Editor-in-Chief of The Ukrainian Weekly and Svoboda, two newspapers published by the Ukrainian National Association for the global Ukrainian community. Andrew talks about his own family history and educational and professional background. He also discusses the history of the two newspapers and his plans for their future development. http://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/ http://svoboda-news.com/svwp/

OOL press secretary and author Diana Howansky Reilly talks about her lifelong involvement with the Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna and the Lemko Research Foundation (LRF). She discusses some of their current programs as well as new directions. https://lemko-ool.com/?lang=en

Mike Dowhan, a board member who is responsible for communications with the Ukrainian Genealogy Group National Capitol Region in Ottawa, Canada, discusses his own interest in genealogy and how his group serves the cultural interests of Ukrainian Canadians.

The Ukrainian History and Education Center is located in Somerset, N.J. Its mission is to offer stories about Ukraine and the Ukrainian American experience and connect generations through exhibitions, archives, and educational programming. Natalia Honcharenko, director of the UHEC, and Michael Andrec, its archivist, talk about the history of the center, its programs both in-person and online and future plans. https://www.ukrhec.org/

Olia Hercules is a British Ukrainian and an award-winning author and cooking celebrity in the UK. She discusses her latest book, "Summer Kitchens", about regional cooking in Ukraine.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/summer-kitchens-9781408899090/

The Ukrainian Institute of America is located in New York City. Its mission is to develop and promote through various programs a greater awareness, understanding, knowledge and appreciation of the art, culture, history and traditions of Ukraine in the U.S. Dr. Walter Hoydysh has been the director of its Art at the Institute program for more than 20 years. In this interview, he talks about his own background as a World War II Ukrainian emigre to the U.S. and how The Institute serves not only the Ukrainian American community, but also a wider audience of non-Ukrainians in the New York metropolitan area and beyond. https://ukrainianinstitute.org/

Elona Voytovych, a multimedia journalist with the U.S. Voice of America Ukrainian service, talks about her early career and current job as a social media specialist. She was born in Lviv, Ukraine, and emigrated to the U.S. at an early age. Elona is now based in Washington, D.C.