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Ukrainian Uruguayans (Ukrainian: Українці Уругваю, Ukrajintsi Urugvaju, Spanish: Ucraniano-uruguayos) are an ethnic minority in Uruguay.
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Ukrainians arrived in Uruguay around the 1920s, coming from Western Ukraine, Bukovina and the Zakarpattia Oblast,[1] as well as some immigrants from Argentina.[2] During the last years of the World War II, many displaced people came from Europe.[1]
According to Ukrainian sources, nowadays there are several thousands of people of Ukrainian descent living in Uruguay.[1] Other local sources report about only several hundred people of Ukrainian descent living in Uruguay, mainly in Salto Department;[3] further, the 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 70 people who declared Ukraine as their country of birth.[4] A recent bilateral agreement aims at further research on Ukrainian roots in Uruguay.[3]
Notable people
edit- Miguel Terekhov (1928–2012), ballet dancer and instructor
- Henry Engler Golovchenko (born 1946), neuroscientist
- Nando Parrado Dolgay (born 1949), entrepreneur and motivational speaker
- Estela Golovchenko (born 1963), playwright, actress, and theater director
- Macarena Gelman (born 1976), activist and politician
- Daniel Fedorczuk (born 1976), FIFA football referee
- Santiago Homenchenko (born 2003), football player, U-20 world champion 2023
References
edit- ^ a b c С. А. Макарчук. (2008). Етнічна історія України. Навчальний посібник (in Ukrainian). Київ: Знання.
- ^ Wasylyk, Mykola (1994). Ukrainians in Argentina (Chapter), in Ukraine and Ukrainians Throughout the World, edited by Ann Lencyk Pawliczko, University of Toronto Press: Toronto, pp. 420-443
- ^ a b "Cultural and humanitarian cooperation between Ukraine and Uruguay" (in Spanish). Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Relations. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ "Immigration to Uruguay" (PDF) (in Spanish). INE. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
External links
edit- Pi Hugarte, Renzo; Vidart, Daniel (1970). El legado de los inmigrantes (PDF). Montevideo: Nuestra Tierra. (in Spanish)
