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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 ("[[Bandarist]]s") 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 Germans 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 ("[[Banderist]]s") 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 Germans 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 [[Berlin 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 [[Berlin Wall]] came down.