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Izydora Kosach-Borysova "interview"

"Interview" of Izydora Kosach regarding her famous older sister, the writer Lesia Ukrainka. The speaker on the recording, however, is not Izydora Kosach, based on attestations of her living descendents in 2021. The voice is presumably that of an individual reading written responses to submitted questions provided by Izydora Kosach. These responses contain reminiscences, as well as critiques of inaccuracies in Soviet sources on Lesia Ukrainka. This recording was likely made for Radio Liberty, though it is not so identified.

Annotation of this recording was done with the assistance of students at the Department of Ukrainian History at Dnipro National University.
Duration: 00:19:11 Creator: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Language: Ukrainian
Mykola Shlemkevych interview and readings

Interview of Mykola Shlemkevych by Mykola Francuzenko of Radio Liberty Ukrainian Service regarding the periodical "Lysty do Pryiateliv" ("Letters to Friends") (January 3, 1964, 9 minutes). Readings by Mykola Shlemkevych of two essays from "Lysty do Pryiateliv" titled "Holosy z kraiu" and "Spovid'" in 1957-58 for the "Holos Ukrainy" radio program in Chicago under the direction of Zenon Holubets'.
Recording date: 1957-1958, 1964 Duration: 00:16:24 Creator: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Holos Ukrainy Language: Ukrainian
Oksana Drahan interview

Interview of Oksana Drahan, a Ukrainian American graduate student who was doing research in Prague during the 1968 Soviet intervention. The interview covers her research topics and her experiences in Prague.
Recording date: 1968 Duration: 00:07:45 Language: Ukrainian
Ol'ha Hubarzhevs'ka interview

Interview of Ol'ha Hubarzhevs'ka about her life history and that of her husband Fr. Ihor Hubarzhevs'kyi up to the point of their arrival in Germany at the end of World War II.
Recording date: 1983-05-09 Duration: 01:28:17 Creator: Francuzenko, Mykola Language: Ukrainian
Roma Pryima Bohachevs'ka interview

Interview of dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher Roma Pryima-Bohachevs'ka recorded at the Soyuzivka resort. Although it begins as a formal interview about her dance work, it turns into a wide-ranging conversation regarding mutual friends and other topics.
Duration: 00:30:02 Creator: Francuzenko, Mykola Language: Ukrainian
Vasyl' Barka interview

Informal iterview of Vasyl' Barka regarding his work and its impact on Ukraine, contemporary Ukrainian writers, the relation between poets and politics and political power, and other topics.
Duration: 01:34:15 Creator: Francuzenko, Mykola Language: Ukrainian
Vira Vovk interview

Mykola Francuzenko interviews Vira Vovk-Selians'ka regarding the difficulties of translating Ukrainian poetry into Portuguese, general literary topics, and readings of her own original poetry and her Portuguese translation of the prologue to Ivan Franko's poem "Moisei".
Recording date: 1983 Duration: 00:19:25 Creator: Voice of America Language: Ukrainian, Portuguese
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