Free Ukraine, 1981
One of the major impetuses for the creation of the Ukrainian Museum-Archives in 1952 was the need to protect Ukrainian cultural and historical artifacts, many of which were being deliberately destroyed by the Soviet regime which took power there after World War II. A number of Ukrainian immigrants escaping Communism (including the two founders of the museum) arrived in Cleveland following the war and became vocal supporters of Ukrainian independence.
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