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A collection of three video clips centered around
Zaporozhye. The presentation is dedicated to Ela Besedena, a Ukrainian girl orphaned in Zaporozhye.

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To many friends of Ukraine the Cossacks are the heart and
soul of Ukraine and there is history to support the feeling.
The link takes you to a 5 min 37 second YouTube clip
of seriously great music honoring the Cossacks of old.
Please click on the famous painting by Repin, "Reply
of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire". (1880-91)
You will be treated to "The Ride of the Cossacks" - Franz Waxman - Duo Tengstrand-Sun live
at Helsingborg Piano Festival, Sweden 2007-08-05.
Taras Bulba (J. L. Thompson,
1962) The Ride of the Cossacks
Here
is the scene with the music, The Ride of the Cossacks, from the film Taras Bulba, said to be the greatest horse scenes ever
filmed, and probably one of the the last. Nothing faked here, all real horses and real men.
The Ride of the Cossacks.
As long as you’re here check this out!
Dance of the Zaporozhian (Ukrainian) Cossacks Writing a Letter to the Turkish Sultan.
You are invited to visit Ela's page, "Ela's Ukrainian
Journey".
Ela's Ukrainian Journey
ANNE BATES LINDEN'S WEB SITE, HER MISSION, www.ukraineworks.org
UNITED ORPHANED CHILDREN'S FUND OF PENNSYLVANIA FOUNDED BY STEVEN VETTERLEIN TO HELP UKRAINE ORPHANS www.uocfp.org
Skrobach.com Information about Independent Ukraine, in English and Ukrainian. Click on the top tab, Independence Day, to hear
absolute joy. You don't have to understand Ukrainian to know it.
frua.org, Adoption Advice - Ukraine
Karensadoptionlinks.com, alot of links to alot of important information.
MyAdoptionLinks.com - Ukraine
Orphanages of Zaporozhye, click on the flag of England for English
Help us Help the Children, the organization that inspired Steve Vetterlein. It provides the camping experience for Ukrainian
orphans whom Steve wrote about and photographed in "Mountains of Grace".
This youtube.com clip has to be worth four minutes. It might take a few seconds to load. Let me know.
Arts, crafts, and other beautiful
things
AllThingsUkrainian.com - The best of Ukraine to you
ArtUkraine.com is dedicated to the advancement of Ukrainian arts, culture, history, and heritage.
Eggs, beautiful Ukrainian Pysanky by Olga Bondar http://eggs-files.tripod.com
Neonila (Nelya) Petrivna Nedosyeko, Ukrainian Artist, her work shown on Linda Hodge's prodigy page.
ElenaFilatova.com, Her website about Chornobyl, a great starting place.
Chabad's Children of Chernobyl www.ccoc.net
Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund, the fund that receives the authors' proceeds from "Forgotten Faces: Orphans
of Ukraine". www.childrenofchornobyl.org
Chernobyl Children's Project International. Please explore this site and then come back to ukraineorphans and go to Michael
Nakonachny's and Lisa Prytula's tab and contact Lisa to buy a copy of their beautiful photo book of these orphans. Proceeds
are dedicated to help support these children.
Photos and commentary produced by Magnum In Motion, go here if you are strong. http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com
Volunteers in Medical Missions is the organization under whose banner Lisa Prytula has led Chornobyl Medical Missions to Ukraine.
www.vimm.org
Churches of Ukraine
in North America
Ukrainian Autocephaleous Church of North America www.uaoc.org
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church www.ugcc.org.ua/eng
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada www.uocc.ca
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America www.uocofusa.org
Food, the excellent
food of Ukraine
The History of Borsch by www.foodtimeline.org
"Day" Weekly Digest features a discussion of the history of borsch, based on expert research.
Cheese cake Ukrainian, Editor recommends www.floras-hideout.com/recipes
A page full of recipe links courtesy of Dr. Myron Hlynka ukraine-today.com/culture/food/food.shtml
Varenyky, a step by step visual guide through a Ukrainian family's "secret recipe". Your Editor recommends. www.allthingsukrainian.com/Recipe
NEW! A fun place at Mama Lisa's World Blog: an archive for 'Ukrainian Children's Songs Category'
Best of Ukraine, a travel site with the best list and description of Ukrainian Holidays and Celebrations your editor has found.
Brama - Traditions, Christmas, Easter, etc. Some are centuries old, way over a thousand years. The land has an ancient history
Infoukes history page www.infoukes.com/history
Ukraine Postal Express, easy reading history of Ukraine, go to the bottom of the opening page www.ukrainepostalexpress.com
Communist created Famine and Genocide in Ukraine, free viewing "Harvest of Despair" Hosted by Google. video.google.com
New! History from a special perspective
Not only does Ukraine have some of the richest soil on the planet, the land has been exposed to invaders
from the East headed West, from the West headed East, From the North headed South and from the South headed North. It has
been assaulted, run over and occupied repeatedly. The latest episode was of course World War II. Here are three
YouTube clips from the early 1940s.
The Eastern front part 1 These three films are an insight into the German invasion.....
Eastern front part 2
The Eastern front part 3
The above three war links are not to open old wounds
or raise questions about any nation or people. They are an example of what has been the history of Ukraine. To make this history
up close and personal please scroll back up to the Chernobyl heading and click on elenafilatova.com.
At Elena's website click on two tabs, "The Serpants
Wall' and "Videos of Military Archeology". She will make some of the history of her country very real for
you.
Also in her short bio please note that cooking is one of her interests - go to the World's Best Borsch
tab on the menu bar of ukraineorphans and you will find a most excellent recipe sent to us by Elena.
Information - classifieds everywhere.
Classified links to Ukraine and everywhere else.
Kiev News Blog, update daily Monday through Friday http://blog.kievukraine.info
Kyiv Post, newspaper straight from Kyiv, Ukraine at a click, www.kyivpost.com
"Mirrow of the Week", Ukrainian newspaper, click on the English version.
Ukrayinska Pravda, Ukraine internet news in Ukrainian, Russian and English
For more good coverage click here for www.ukranews.com/eng
Peace Corps
US Peace Corps, www.peacecorps.gov
Index to Peace Corps Volunteers' Journals
Liz's Peace Corps Service in Ukraine. Her journal.
Goska1's journal. Two Years in Ukraine. Life as a PCV.
Brama.com, Gateway to Ukraine
Infoukes.com, a wealth of information about Ukraine.
Sights and Sounds of
Ukraine
A recommendation from your editor: Very inexpensive and excellent downloads of beginning Ukainian and Russian words and phrases.
The site owners of www.bestofukraine.com donate 10% of the proceeds to Ukrainian and Russian Children with cancer. This is
legit, verified and your editor does use these excellent word tracks. Recommended.
Bandura Music www.ccmukraine.org/music
St. Elija Children's Choir, Kyiv http://magnatune.com/artists/elijah
Christian music that includes one of your editor's favorites, "Holy Night" otherwise known as "Silent Night". www.sparinsky.kiev.ua
Ukrayins'ki Kolyadky ta Schedrivky www.infoukes.com/culture/music
Sacred Ukrainian Music www.cdbynet.net/products.html
www.bestofukraine.com is an excellent travel site, click it here
Linda Hodges' Language, Culture and Travel Page and a lot more from the author and authority on Ukraine. http://pages.prodigy.net/l.hodges
TryUkraine.Com - A balanced report
Travel Extended to Eastern
Europe
Eastern Europe for Visitors
Eastern European History at Suite101
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section one has YouTube clips that are grouped into categories such as Ukrainian Sport, Music, Dance, Trains and other things.
YouTube section two links to clips about Ukrainian Cities and Regions.
YouTube section
three concentrates on clips of Western Ukraine with some focus on Village Life.
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