People, places, events
People, events, places, organisations, projects and works. The project dossier folder is the source of truth.
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Organisation · 1992–2026
The Czech humanitarian and human-rights organisation Člověk v tísni (People in Need) has existed since 1992. It has helped in Ukraine since 2014 (home repairs, water, psychosocial support), and after the full-scale invasion of February…
Organisation · 1919–2026
Charita Česká republika (Caritas Czech Republic) is a Catholic charitable organisation founded in 1919 by the Czech Bishops' Conference; it consists of ten legal entities and hundreds of city and parish charities. After the 2022 invasion…
Organisation · 1921–1950
Founded in Vienna in January 1921, the Ukrainian Free University moved to Prague later that year. With support from the Czechoslovak government and cooperation with Charles University, it developed into a major academic institution for…
Organisation · 1922–1945
Established in Poděbrady in 1922 with Czechoslovak support, the Ukrainian Economic Academy educated Ukrainian émigrés in engineering, agriculture, forestry and economics. It also developed publishing and academic activities and brought…
Organisation · 1923–1945
The Mykhailo Drahomanov Ukrainian Higher Pedagogical Institute operated in Prague from 1923 to 1933. Established by Ukrainian émigrés within a supportive Czechoslovak environment, it trained teachers and sustained Ukrainian-language…
Organisation · 1922–2026
The Ukrainian Studio of Plastic Arts was established in Prague in late 1923 by Ukrainian émigré artists led by Dmytro Antonovych. The school taught painting, drawing, graphic art, sculpture and architecture, welcoming Czech and Slovak…
Organisation · 1925–1956
Established in Prague in March 1925 as part of the Drahomanov Ukrainian Pedagogical Institute, the Ukrainian Real Gymnasium offered Ukrainian-language secondary education to emigrants' children. It fostered student publications and later…
Organisation · 1921–1934
The Ukrainian Civic Committee in Czechoslovakia (1921–1925) provided legal, social, and educational support to Ukrainian émigrés. Led by Mykyta Shapoval, it helped establish Ukrainian higher-education institutions in Prague and Poděbrady.…
Organisation · 1925–1999
Founded in Prague in 1925, the Museum of Ukraine's Struggle for Independence collected records of the Ukrainian National Republic, military units, émigré associations, publications, photographs and artworks. Its holdings suffered severe…
Organisation · 1921–1945
The Ukrainian Historical and Philological Society in Prague (1923–1945) was a major scholarly center of Ukrainian intellectual emigration. Chaired by Dmytro Antonovych, it held hundreds of meetings, published five volumes of scholarly…
Organisation · 1920–1945
Established in Prague in 1924, the Ukrainian Institute of Sociology developed social-science research, published the journal Suspil'stvo, maintained collections, and supported correspondence education. Mykyta Shapoval was its leading…
Organisation · 1926–1942
The Ukrainian Society of Book Lovers in Prague (1927–1942) brought together Ukrainian librarians, bibliographers and publishers. Emerging from the 1926 international librarians' congress, it cooperated with Czech institutions, published…
Organisation · 1921–1943
Founded in 1923, the Ukrainian Women's Union in Czechoslovakia organized practical assistance to émigrés, supported students and children, ran a community dining space and developed ties with Czech and international women's organizations.…
Organisation · 1919–1945
The Ukrainian Academic Hromada began in Prague in 1919 as a student association and adopted its later name in 1920. It connected Ukrainian students across educational institutions, supported their cultural life, and published student…
Organisation · 1922–1977
Founded at a Prague student congress in 1922, the Central Union of Ukrainian Students coordinated Ukrainian student associations across countries. It facilitated representation, assistance, international contacts, and publishing. Its…
Organisation · 1911–1939
During the interwar years, Czechoslovakia became an important centre for Ukrainian scouting in exile. Plast groups were active in Prague, Poděbrady, Řevnice and other towns. A Prague-based leadership structure emerged in 1925, followed by…
Organisation · 1921–1939
Based in Prague during the 1930s, the Union of Ukrainian Émigré Scouts coordinated Ukrainian scouting groups in several European countries. It developed from earlier Ukrainian scout units active in Czechoslovakia since the early 1920s. The…
Organisation · 1921–2026
Plast Czechia is a contemporary Ukrainian scouting organisation that reports activities in Prague, Brno, and Ostrava. Local scouting was revived in 2014, with a new Plast group established on 26 April 2015. Its work includes youth…
Organisation · 1924–1978
The Society of the Museum of Ukraine's Struggle for Independence was established in Prague in 1925 to govern and support a Ukrainian exile museum. It organized donations, membership and decisions concerning collections. The Society and the…
Organisation · 1921–1932
The Ukrainian Civic Publishing Fund was a significant publisher of Ukrainian exile scholarship and literature in interwar Prague. A scholarly study dates its foundation to 1921, while some catalogues use 1923. Documented imprints include…
Organisation · 1924–2026
The Prague publishing society Siiach was established in 1924 in the educational environment of the Mykhailo Drahomanov Ukrainian Higher Pedagogical Institute. It supplied Ukrainian-language teaching and scholarly material, including…
Organisation · 1908–2026
Chas was a Ukrainian publishing house established in Kyiv in 1908. A Prague branch operated from 1919 under the initiative of Vasyl Koroliv-Staryi, issuing multilingual materials and imprints bearing Kyiv–Prague publication data. Its…
Organisation · 1918–2026
Vsesvit was a Ukrainian cooperative publishing initiative established in Prague in 1919. A documented imprint is Dmytro Doroshenko's Hungarian Ukraine (Prague: Vsesvit, 1919), number one in an informational series. A Kyiv archival…
Organisation · 1933–1944
Proboiem was a Ukrainian Prague-based journal and associated book publisher linked to Stepan Rosokha. The encyclopedia dates the magazine from December 1933 to January 1944; other catalogue summaries begin in 1934, while the book publisher…
Organisation · 1936–2014
Kolos was a private Ukrainian publisher operating in Prague between 1940 and 1945. An encyclopedic entry names I. Roman as its founder and estimates about twenty titles. Library catalogues document editions of Mykola Kulish, Leonid Mosendz…
Organisation · 1918–2022
The Ukrainian People's Republic operated an extraordinary diplomatic mission in Prague from 1919 to 1923, headed by Maksym Slavinsky. Its work included correspondence, identity documents and economic negotiations, including an oil-supply…
Organisation · 1902–1941
“Ukrainian Student Community of Prague” is a provisional research label. Archival fonds 4032 documents a “Ukrainian Hromada” society in 1902–1908, including records of aid to students. Its identity must not be conflated with the Ukrainian…
Organisation · 1989–2026
Ukrajinská iniciativa v České republice (UIČR; company ID 60448296) is a Ukrainian community association formally originating in 1994. It works in cultural and information activities and is linked to the Porohy periodical, whose first year…
Organisation · 1989–2026
Sdružení Ukrajinců a příznivců Ukrajiny (SUPU; company ID 00506605) continues an earlier Ukrainian association formed after 1989. A Czech academic study describes the separation of UIČR around 1994; they remain different legal entities.…
Organisation · 2014–2026
Pražský Majdan, z. s. (registration number 03771253) is a Czech civic association supporting Ukraine. Public activism began in 2014, while the legal association was registered on 11 February 2015. It organizes public awareness activities…
Organisation · 2023–2026
Spilka is a Prague-based Ukrainian cultural community organising literary events, social gatherings, quizzes and informal exchanges. Its associated registered association, SPILKA CENTRUM z.s. (IČO 19824653), was established on 1 November…
Organisation · 2006–2026
Erudyt is a Ukrainian Saturday school in Prague associated with SUSH ERUDYT z.s. (IČO 22867481). Sources date its origins differently: a Ukrainian education registry lists 2006, the school’s history mentions 2007 and 2009, and the Czech…
Organisation · 2024–2026
Rodná škola is a Ukrainian Saturday-school and cultural initiative operated through Rodná škola, z.s. (IČO 21908231, incorporated on 28 August 2024). A June 2025 Ukrinform report covers the end of its first school year, while the school…
Organisation · 2023–2027
Friends School is a Prague-based school offering a Ukrainian-oriented curriculum. A Ukrainian education registry records 2023 as its founding year. The Czech Ministry of Education lists permission for compulsory attendance at a foreign…
Organisation · 2021–2026
Ukrainian School No. 1 in Prague appears in a Ukrainian Ministry of Education list of institutions cooperating with the International Ukrainian School in the 2021/22 academic year. Its own website advertises full-day, Saturday and…