Ukrainian Uruguayans

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Ukrainian Uruguayans
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 С. А. Макарчук. (2008). Етнічна історія України. Навчальний посібник (in Ukrainian). Київ: Знання.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. 1 2 "Cultural and humanitarian cooperation between Ukraine and Uruguay" (in Spanish). Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Relations. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Immigration to Uruguay" (PDF) (in Spanish). INE. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
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