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Katja Kolcio

Associate Professor of Dance and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University

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The author’s father, Wolodymyr ‘Mirko’ Pylyshenko, pictured in an ID card at a German displacement camp for Ukrainians.

Why Ukrainian Americans are committed to preserving Ukrainian culture — and national sovereignty

April 20, 2022Ukraine

Many Ukrainian Americans feel connected to Ukraine’s history and independence, including scholar Katja Kolcio. She writes about her family’s work preserving Ukrainian culture as immigrants in the US.

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