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

By Michael BurykSociety & Culture

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

November 13, 2017 Interview with Mariana Oleskiv, director of the Lviv Tourism Center
Mariana Oleskiv, director of the Lviv Tourism Development Center, talks about some of the attractions in this old European city. For more information about travel and tourism in Lviv, go here. http://lviv.travel/en/index
Please contact Mike Buryk at [email protected] for additional information.
Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved
17 min
October 16, 2017 Interview with Matej Silecky of Kitsune Tale Productions
An August 11, 2017 interview with Matej Silecky, director and producer at Kitsune Tale Productions. He is producing a documentary film called, "Baba Babee Skazala" (Grandmother Told Grandmother). It is the story of post-World-War-II Ukrainian emigres to the U.S. who were displaced persons in Europe. www.babababeeskazala.com
Please contact Mike Buryk at [email protected] for any additional information.
Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved
16 min
September 26, 2017 Interview with John Pihach
John Pihach, a Canadian of Ukrainian descent, is the author of the well-known Ukrainian genealogy classic, "Ukrainian Genealogy: a Beginner's Guide" (CIUS, 2007). He was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. He received a B. Sc. degree in physics from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver), studied studio fine arts at the Vancouver Community College and spent many years wandering about Asia and Europe, including visiting Ukraine a dozen times.
John has done research in the archives in Ukraine, Poland and Vienna and published twelve articles on Galician genealogy. He was the library chairperson for the East European Genealogical Society for a decade and a member since its founding. His new book, "Mudeater: An American Buffalo Hunter and the Surrender of Louis Riel", was published in 2017.
Please contact Mike Buryk at [email protected] for additional information.
Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved
17 min
September 04, 2017 Interview with Nick Bilogorskiy
Nick Bilogorskiy is a Silicon Valley Ukrainian tech entrepreneur, cyber security expert and angel investor. He was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, but emigrated to Vancouver, Canada, in 1996. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computing science and philosophy from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, and a GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM) certification. In 2006, he headed to San Francisco for a cyber security job and has been here ever since. Nick is a founding team member at Cyphort and is responsible for cyber threat operations at the company. He was very active in the local Ukrainian community during the 2013-2014 Ukraine Euromaidan events that resulted in the ouster of the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. In March 2014 He co-founded Nova Ukraine, a non-profit dedicated to humanitarian causes and efforts to help Ukraine become a prosperous and solidly democratic nation.
Please contact Mike Buryk at [email protected] for additional information.
Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved
18 min
July 21, 2017 An interview (072017) with Ron Kramer, a Lemko Ukrainian-American, Primrose, Pa.
Ron Kramer's Lemko Ukrainian-American family has deep roots in the Primrose/Minersville, Pa., area. His grandfather Wasyl Kramar arrived in the Anthracite region of eastern Pennsylvania coming from the Lemko region of Austria-Hungary, now southeast Poland, in 1897. Ron talks about his family roots, the local Lemko Ukrainian-American community and Ukrainian Seminary Day. Ukrainian Day is an annual event that began in the Anthracite coal region in 1933 and is now a fund-raiser for the South Anthracite Deanery of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia. It is a major homecoming for Ukrainians with family from the area. It will take place this year on Sunday, July 30th, in Primrose, Pa.
Please contact Mike Buryk at [email protected] for any additional information.
Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved
19 min
July 05, 2017 MarkHowanskyOOLinterview
A 7/4/17 interview with Mark Howansky, who is the current president of the Lemko Ukrainian-American organization OOL (Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna). He discusses his family history, how and why OOL was established in the 1930's in the U.S. and the importance of preserving Lemko Ukrainian culture worldwide. Mark's photo at the 2016 Lemko Vatra in Zhdynia, Poland, was taken by Sofia Fedyna, the Lemko-Ukrainian singer and head of the SFULO organization. Please contact Mike Buryk at [email protected] for any additional information.
Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved
26 min