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Vindman grew up in Brighton Beach, [[Brooklyn]] NY. Its nickname, Little Odessa stems from the large Russians and Ukrainian enclave that grew big from the 1970s onward.  

Vindman grew up in Brighton Beach, [[Brooklyn]] NY. Its nickname, Little Odessa stems from the large Russians and Ukrainian enclave that grew big from the 1970s onward.  

During the 1970s and 80s through the end of the Cold War was a dense anti-Communist population of which the leading edge was the Ukrainian nationalist [[Yaroslav Stetsko]].<ref>According to Ukrainian nationalist scholar Taraz Kuzio, in 1945, Yaroslav Stetsko was still asking [[Adolf Hitler]] for armies to continue the fight on the Eastern front against the [[Allied Powers of World War II]].  The OUNb reorganized itself within Ukraine as the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (CUN) and registered as a political party in January 1993. [http://www.da-ta.com.ua/mon_mainnews/815.htm Конгресс Українських Націоналістів], Database DATA. Until her death in 2003, CUN was headed by Slava Stetsko, widow of Yaroslav Stetsko. <br>https://www.opednews.com/articles/Russian-Hacking-the-Electi-by-George-Eliason-Coup_Euromaidan_Russian-Influence_Ukraine-161219-878.html<br>Many OUNb nationalists {"Bandarists") who escaped [[Stalin]] captured in German uniform emigrated to the United States and formed the backbone of the Ukrainian Diaspora.</ref>  After [[World War II]], the Russian anti-communist émigré’s that fought with the [[German]]s against the [[Soviet Union]] relocated from the Displaced Person camps to the US. This anti-Communist wave sought to be active in US countermeasures against the Soviet Union alongside the Ukrainian nationalists.

During the 1970s and 80s through the end of the Cold War was a dense anti-Communist population of which the leading edge was the Ukrainian nationalist [[Yaroslav Stetsko]].<ref>According to Ukrainian nationalist scholar Taraz Kuzio, in 1945, Yaroslav Stetsko was still asking [[Adolf Hitler]] for armies to continue the fight on the Eastern front against the [[Allied Powers of World War II]].  The OUNb reorganized itself within Ukraine as the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (CUN) and registered as a political party in January 1993. [http://www.da-ta.com.ua/mon_mainnews/815.htm Конгресс Українських Націоналістів, Database DATA]. Until her death in 2003, CUN was headed by Slava Stetsko, widow of Yaroslav Stetsko. <br>https://www.opednews.com/articles/Russian-Hacking-the-Electi-by-George-Eliason-Coup_Euromaidan_Russian-Influence_Ukraine-161219-878.html<br>Many OUNb nationalists {"Bandarists") who escaped [[Stalin]] captured in German uniform emigrated to the United States and formed the backbone of the Ukrainian Diaspora.</ref>  After [[World War II]], the Russian anti-communist émigré’s that fought with the [[German]]s against the [[Soviet Union]] relocated from the Displaced Person camps to the US. This anti-Communist wave sought to be active in US countermeasures against the Soviet Union alongside the Ukrainian nationalists.

This is a slice of the Russian emigration experience. The Russians kept the important cultural ties but assimilated politically into US [[democracy]]. Many did maintain a staunch anti-Communist stance throughout the [[Cold War]] which transformed into a strong anti-[[Putin]] stance during the years after the wall came down.

This is a slice of the Russian emigration experience. The Russians kept the important cultural ties but assimilated politically into US [[democracy]]. Many did maintain a staunch anti-Communist stance throughout the [[Cold War]] which transformed into a strong anti-[[Putin]] stance during the years after the wall came down.