People, places, events
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Person · 1857–1899
František Řehoř (1857–1899) was a Czech ethnographer and collector who spent years documenting everyday life in eastern Galicia. He maintained intellectual contacts with Ukrainian writers, including Ivan Franko, and contributed objects and…
Person · 1961
Petr Pavel (born 1 November 1961 in Planá) is the fourth President of the Czech Republic, a retired army general, former Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces (2012–2015) and Chair of the NATO Military Committee (2015–2018).…
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…
Project · 2022–2026
Dárek pro Putina (Gift for Putin) is a Czech public fundraiser launched in spring 2022 by businessman Dalibor Dědek and now run by Nadační fond pro Ukrajinu (the Foundation for Ukraine). The money buys military and civilian equipment for…
Project · 2024–2026
The ammunition initiative is a project that Czechia has coordinated since February 2024: the Czech side finds and buys artillery shells outside Europe, and other states pay for them (notably the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada and Norway).…
Person · 1964
Petr Fiala (born 1 September 1964 in Brno) is a Czech political scientist and politician, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic in 2021–2025 and former rector of Masaryk University. On 15 March 2022 he travelled by train to Kyiv with the…
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…
Person · 1856–1940
Sofiia Rusova (1856–1940) was a Ukrainian educator, writer and women's rights organizer. In interwar Czechoslovakia she taught at Ukrainian educational institutions in Prague and Poděbrady and contributed to care initiatives for émigré…
Person · 1899–1970
Oleksa Stefanovych (1899–1970) was a Ukrainian émigré poet who studied and published in interwar Prague. His writing combines Volhynian memory, Christian imagery and historical reflection. The imprint date of his collection Stephanos I…
Person · 1878–1944
Oleksandr Oles (1878–1944), born Oleksandr Kandyba, was a Ukrainian poet and playwright whose Prague residence began in 1923 or 1924 according to conflicting sources, and continued until his death. His émigré writings combined lyric poetry…
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 · 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 · 1924–2026
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 · 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 · 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…
Project · 2022–2026
Ukrajinské centrum Nusle is a community and integration project run by Pražský Majdan, z.s., in Prague. The operator dates its assistance work to 2022; municipal funding records document the project in 2024 and the Czech contract register…
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…
Project · 2023–2027
The Ukrainian Consultation and Community Centre (UCCC) in Prague is developed by ICMPD in cooperation with Czech and Ukrainian institutions. Consultation services trace back to 2023; community functions expanded in September 2025, the…
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…
Project · 2026–2026
Znajko-Piznako is a Ukrainian-language preschool service advertising premises at Muchova 231/11 in Prague 6. Its website describes mixed-age childcare, music and speech-development activities and reports over fifteen years on its homepage…
Place · 1680–2026
Olšany Cemeteries are a major historic burial complex in Prague, originating in 1680 and linked to the memory of Ukrainian interwar émigrés. The poet Oleksandr Oles was buried there until his remains were repatriated to Kyiv in 2017. The…
Place · 1905–2026
Poděbrady Castle is a Czech historic landmark associated with King George of Poděbrady and the development of the spa town. During the interwar period it housed the Ukrainian Husbandry Academy, founded in 1922. The academy originally…
Place · 1896–2026
Poděbrady Municipal Cemetery in Kluk is a protected Art Nouveau heritage site associated with Josef Fanta, František Thomayer, and František Bílek. It also preserves the memory of Ukrainian émigrés linked to the Ukrainian Husbandry…
Place · 1628–2026
Malvazinky Cemetery in Prague 5 is a historic burial ground established in 1876 to a plan by Antonín Barvitius. The grave of Ukrainian physicist and translator Ivan Puliui is officially recorded in section AII, grave 25. Since 2018, the…
Place · 1814–2026
The bronze monument to Taras Shevchenko on Kinský Square in Prague’s Smíchov district was unveiled on 25 March 2009 during a visit by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. Sculpted by Mykola Znoba, the project was initiated by the…
Place · 1845–2026
Ivan Puliui’s memorial plaque is in Prague’s Smíchov district. The memorial directory and Ivo Kraus’s article give Preslova 15; an earlier editorial reference to Preslova 5 comes from a catalogue that is now inaccessible and has not been…
Place · 1990–2026
The House of National Minorities at Vocelova 602/3, Prague 2, is a public cultural and community venue. It opened on 21 June 2007, became a public-benefit company in 2009, and since January 2025 has functioned as an independent municipal…
Place · 1897–2026
Nuselská radnice is a Neo-Renaissance town hall at Táborská 500/30 in Prague 4, built in 1908–1909 to a design by Antonín Turek. The building has municipal and ceremonial functions. The Ukrainian Centre Nusle is a separate community…
Place · 2024–2026
The building at Havlíčkovo náměstí 300/10, Prague 3, is distinct from the square bearing that name. Rodná škola lists it as a location for Ukrainian Saturday classes, while a Czech School Inspectorate report documents the independent…
Place · 2018–2026
The property at Uhelný trh 425/4 in Prague Old Town is used by the municipally established Brána jazyků primary school. The Ukrainian initiative announced Erudyt’s move to this address in September 2018, and Erudyt lists Saturday…
Place · 2026–2026
Ukrainian School No. 1 in Prague lists Štěpánská 568/10 in New Town as its contact location, and describes itself as a full-day school using a Ukrainian curriculum. Its legal operator, dates of occupation, premises agreements and…
Place · 2023–2026
Fingerova 2181/9 in Prague’s Stodůlky district is the registered seat of Plast – ukrajinská skautská organizace v České republice, z.s., registration number 19929307. A public registry notice records its registration on 9 December 2023 and…
Place · 1925–2025
Řevnice is a Czech town closely associated with the Ukrainian secondary school established in Prague in 1925 and located in Řevnice approximately from 1927/1928 to 1937. Czech library and local sources date the transfer to 1927, while a…
Place · 1088–2026
Nusle is a historical Prague district and cadastral territory. A municipal encyclopedia records an earliest written reference in 1088, elevation to town status in 1898, and incorporation into Greater Prague on 1 January 1922. Most of the…
Place · 1232–2026
The Klementinum is a historic library and architectural complex in central Prague, whose Jesuit construction began in 1556. It now houses the Czech National Library. Of particular importance for Czech–Ukrainian heritage is the Slavonic…
Place · 1347–2026
The historic premises of Charles University connect medieval Prague with Ukrainian academic life in interwar Czechoslovakia. The university was founded in 1348, while the Carolinum became its central historic site in the 1380s. Ukrainian…
Work · 1840–2026
The two-volume Prague edition of Taras Shevchenko's Kobzar bears the imprint year 1876, although its first volume was printed in late 1875. Ukrainian editors and organizers including Sofiia and Oleksandr Rusov and Fedir Vovk worked with…
Work · 1922–2023
*Sahaidak* is a poetry collection by Yurii Darahan, published in Prague in 1925 by the Ukrainian Civic Publishing Fund. A library record identifies the volume as Book One, containing poems from 1922–1924 and comprising 64 pages. Recent…
Work · 1922–2026
Nova Ukraina was a Prague-based Ukrainian political and cultural periodical issued from 1922 to 1928. Initially fortnightly, it became a monthly publication in 1923. Its shifting editorial board and diverse contributors make issue-level…
Work · 1923–2026
Proceedings of the Ukrainian Historical-Philological Society in Prague comprise five documented volumes issued in 1926, 1939, 1941, 1942 and 1944. The series preserves a major record of Ukrainian émigré scholarship. A catalogue description…
Work · 1927–2026
Rozbudova natsii was a Ukrainian political periodical published in Prague between 1928 and 1934 as the organ of the Leadership of Ukrainian Nationalists. Czech library holdings and Ukrainian archival inventories identify individual volumes…
Work · 1924–2026
Suspilstvo (La société) was a scholarly collection issued by the Ukrainian Institute of Social Sciences in Prague under the editorship of Mykyta Shapoval between 1925 and 1927. Three physical volumes incorporated paired book numbers I–II…
Work · 1989–2026
Porohy is a Ukrainian cultural and political magazine associated with the Ukrainian Initiative in the Czech Republic. Its own websites give both 1993 and 1994 as a starting year, requiring verification against the first issue. The magazine…
Work · 1917–2023
*Stylet i stylos* is Yevhen Malaniuk’s first poetry collection, published in Poděbrady in 1925 by a publisher named “Kyiv.” A library catalogue records 47 pages and poems from 1923–1924. “Kyiv” in the imprint is the publisher’s name, not…
Work · 1918–2026
Earth and Iron is Yevhen Malaniuk's third poetry collection, published in Paris by Tryzub in 1930. It reflects the upheavals of Ukraine's struggle for independence and belongs to the author's transnational literary career rooted in…
Work · 1899–2020
Stephanos I is a Prague poetry collection by Ukrainian émigré Oleksa Stefanovych, issued by Dniprovi Porohy. A surviving library copy is catalogued as 79 pages plus one unnumbered page. Its date remains unresolved: scholarly references…
Work · 1902–2026
Fire and Ashes (1934) is the first poetry collection by Natalia Livytska-Kholodna, published in Warsaw by the Ukrainian émigré publisher Variah. Its modernist love poetry provoked diverging contemporary reactions and is now studied in…
Event · 1917–2026
The Prague School of Ukrainian Poetry is a retrospective literary label for an informal network of interwar Ukrainian émigré writers, including Yevhen Malaniuk, Yurii Darahan, Oleh Olzhych, and Olena Teliha. Although strongly connected to…
Event · 1917–2020
Following the upheavals of 1917–1921, interwar Czechoslovakia became a major centre of Ukrainian émigré education and culture. The state-sponsored Russian Assistance Action launched in 1921 helped establish a network of schools, research…
Event · 1874–2026
R0101 documents the preparation, printing and circulation of the two-volume Prague Kobzar of Taras Shevchenko in 1875–1876. The Vernadsky National Library catalogues the 1876 Prague imprint, while a historical-library study distinguishes…
Event · 1925–2025
R0104 is the foundation event of Prague’s Museum of the Ukrainian Liberation Struggle in May 1925. Ukrainian Free University academics, notably art historian Dmytro Antonovych, were closely associated with the initiative. A historical…
Event · 1925–2025
The US air raid on Prague on 14 February 1945 severely damaged the building of the Museum of the Ukrainian Liberation Struggle in Nusle. Historical accounts by Mykola Mushynka and later researchers describe deaths, damage and the salvage…
Event · 1944–2017
The remains of Ukrainian poet Oleksandr Oles (Kandyba) and his wife Vira were reburied in Kyiv on 29 January 2017 after transfer from Prague. Ukraine’s government had issued order 33-r on 18 January, and the Czech Embassy reported a…
Event · 2026–2026
The third Ukrainian Culture Festival was advertised for 16 August 2026 outside Cross Club in Prague-Holešovice. Its organizer’s website gave 11:00–21:00, whereas the venue’s calendar lists an end time of 04:00 the following day; those…
Event · 2016–2026
Holešovická tržnice advertised Vyshyvanka Day on its Tržní náměstí for 21 May 2026, 11:00–22:00, with music, dance, workshops, a craft market and community activity. Its event notice names the Archetyp association and OPU as collaborators.…
Event · 2023–2027
Měsíc Ukrajiny 2026 was the fourth Ukrainian cultural and theatre festival presented by Městská divadla pražská between 24 February and 24 March 2026. Its announced programme featured Ukrainian theatre, Kharkiv-focused art, discussion and…
Place · 2020–2026
The Boršč is a Ukrainian dining venture in Prague operated by The Borsch s.r.o. (business ID 09739017). In 2026 it lists a restaurant at Dukelských hrdinů 967/10 in Holešovice, distinct from the company’s registered office. Reports about…
Place · 2022–2026
Bistro Soloha is a Ukrainian bistro currently listed at Jana Masaryka 326/36 in Prague and associated with Smakolyky s.r.o., company ID 17569940. Operator posts from August 2024 refer to a second branch and also to Panská 1. The present…
Place · 2023–2026
TaTyŠo was a Ukrainian bistro at Zelená 744/4 in Prague’s Bubeneč district. A 2023 interview dates its opening to early that year. In 2026 its directory entry is marked inactive, while the same premises list a Japanese restaurant, EBISU.…
Place · 2026–2026
Pampuška is listed in 2026 as a Ukrainian bistro and grocery venue at Boleslavova 474/17 in Prague’s Nusle district. Waze, foodora and Wolt consistently list the address. Some provider URLs retain the older label Louskáček, which does not…
Place · 2007–2026
Gopak is a grocery shop at Komunardů 1129/27 in Prague’s Holešovice district, listing Ukrainian and Caucasian products. A directory gives business ID 27911471. The direct ARES record was checked on 2 November 2026, but its connection with…