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Pawluk, Myroslava
CA BMUFA 0021-P-R-2008.024.c143 · Item · 30 Nov. 1982
Part of CIUS oral history project

Part 1: Nee - Olha Gerenychuk (??); born on December 27, 1910 in Kodnia, Zhytomyr region; Orthodox; finished a 7 year Ukrainian school in Kodnia; came to Canada with parents and 3 other siblings in 1928; Ukrainian churches in Zhytomyr in the 1920s; Kodnia-Kyiv-Moscow-Riga-England-Halifax; settled in Winnipeg; started working as a seamstress; hardships of buying a farm; after 5 years on a farm moved to Toronto, to a factory; she went to Institute Prosvita (participating at the amature theatre), Narodnyi Dim, UNO; assimilation efforts; conflicts with Ukrainian Communists before WWII; married in 1937 with Stepan Pavliuk; moving to London during WWII; British Museum Library; Dr. K; Lotman (??) and his journal against the USSR; Lord Gescal (??) and his “History of Ukraine”; Davydovych; Gescal’s tragic death; she returned to Canada in 1945; manuscript of Gescal.

Part 2: Gescal (??); interest of non-Ukrainians in the Ukrainian cause; WWII events and admiration with the USSR; she worked as a typist; Panchuk in London - Ukrainian Veterans’ Club; Hania Khryplyva (??); Kozicky (??) the Secretary; Hania Panchuk; Fr. Savchuk; Fr. Horoshko; Fr. Symchych; CUC; Davydovych; Dr. K shut down the Bureau and left for Canada; UCSA; Catholics vs Orthodox; life in London; she came back to Canada in April 1945; army life of her husband.

Pawluk, Olga
CA BMUFA 0021-P-R-2008.024.c159 · Item · 30 Nov. 1982
Part of CIUS oral history project

Part 1: Travel to Halifax at the end of WWII after 7 years of absence; she settled in Toronto; joined UNO with her husband Stepan; creating Ukrainian Veterans Association; Panchuk; Stepan helping the veterans; Pohorets’kyi (?); in 5 years, her husband with a partner bought a hotel; conflicts inside the Ukrainian community; Ukrainians coming from the WWII tried to catch up with their Canadian fellows in terms of material goods.