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For the Ukrainians, almost 50 years of Cold War intrigue kept them bound inside the politics of extreme nationalism. For Soviet émigrés from Ukraine, Little Odessa’s Russian speaking Ukrainian community which developed in the 1970s would be the most comfortable place to live. The anti-Communist tag meant they came from one side of the [[Bandera]] experience or the other. Ukrainian anti-Communism is synonymous with Ukrainian nationalism.<ref>https://thesaker.is/alexander-vindman-why-diaspora-ukrainians-are-driving-sedition/</ref> Your grandparents either fought for the [[Soviet Army]] or they fought against them. This means you were a victim of Nazi aggression, fought for [[Nazi]]s, or fought against Nazism.
For the Ukrainians, almost 50 years of Cold War intrigue kept them bound inside the politics of extreme nationalism. For Soviet émigrés from Ukraine, Little Odessa’s Russian speaking Ukrainian community which developed in the 1970s would be the most comfortable place to live. The anti-Communist tag meant they came from one side of the [[Bandera]] experience or the other. Ukrainian anti-Communism is synonymous with Ukrainian nationalism.<ref>https://thesaker.is/alexander-vindman-why-diaspora-ukrainians-are-driving-sedition/</ref> Your grandparents either fought for the [[Soviet Army]] or they fought against them. This means you were a victim of Nazi aggression, fought for [[Nazi]]s, or fought against Nazism.
New York is the headquarters of the Ukrainian Congressional Committee of America (UCCA). If you take part in public Ukrainian cultural life in New York, you rub shoulders with Bandera’s [[OUNb]].
New York is the headquarters of the Ukrainian Congressional Committee of America (UCCA). If you take part in public Ukrainian cultural life in New York, you rub shoulders with Bandera’s [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists|OUNb]].
During and after the Cold War, NGOs formed claiming representation in Congress for entire Diasporas like the UCCA does for Ukrainian-Americans. Today is no different.
During and after the Cold War, NGOs formed claiming representation in Congress for entire Diasporas like the UCCA does for Ukrainian-Americans. Today is no different.