Union for the Liberation of Ukraine
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The Union for the Liberation of Ukraine (Ukrainian
Союз визволення України or СВУ, its Ukrainian acronym) was an organization to gain the independence of Ukraine
in the early 1920s
. As the armed struggle against the Bolshevists approached an end, members of the Ukrainian
intelligentsia
recognized the need for continued struggle. The encompassed Ukrainians of all ages, with an emphasis on organizing students and young males and females, in all geographic regions within Ukraine.
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
Союз визволення України or СВУ, its Ukrainian acronym) was an organization to gain the independence of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
in the early 1920s
1920s
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. As the armed struggle against the Bolshevists approached an end, members of the Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
intelligentsia
Intelligentsia
The intelligentsia is a social class of people engaged in complex, mental and creative labor directed to the development and dissemination of culture, encompassing intellectuals and social groups close to them...
recognized the need for continued struggle. The encompassed Ukrainians of all ages, with an emphasis on organizing students and young males and females, in all geographic regions within Ukraine.
Sources
- Roman Malko, "Music from the shadows", Zerkalo NedeliZerkalo NedeliZerkalo Nedeli , usually referred to in English as the Mirror Weekly, is one of Ukraine’s most influential analytical newspapers published weekly in Kiev, the nation's capital. It was founded in 1994, and as of 2006 its print circulation was 57,000. It offers political analysis, original...
, September 14 - 20, 2002. in Russian, in Ukrainian. - Hiroaki Kuromiya, The Voices of the Dead - Stalin's Great Terror in the 1930s Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007.