EXILED PRIME MINISTER OF UKRAINE YAROSLAV STESTKO AND HIS WIFE SLAVA STESTKO VISIT WESTFIELD. INTERVIEW WITH YAROSLAV STESTKO. UNVEILING OF A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AT BRADFORD CATHEDRAL
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WORK ID: YFA 7187 (Master Record)
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| EXILED PRIME MINISTER OF UKRAINE YAROSLAV STESTKO AND HIS WIFE SLAVA STESTKO VISIT WESTFIELD. INTERVIEW WITH YAROSLAV STESTKO. UNVEILING OF A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AT BRADFORD CATHEDRAL | 1983 | 1983-11-20 |
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Duration: 1 hr 17 mins Genre: Documentary Subject: Religion Politics Celebrations/Ceremonies |
| Summary This film documents a visit to Bradford made by Yaroslav and Slava Stestko, made in order to unveil a plaque in Bradford Cathedral in commemoration of the city's Captive Nations Committee and the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations. The film includes footage of their visit to the Bradford Ukrainian Cultural Centre on Legrams Lane, an interview with Yaroslav Stestko about his life and political work, and of a special service held in Bradford Cathedral as part of the unveiling of the plaque. It was made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS) but is not credited to them. The film is in colour with sound, and the languages used are English and Ukrainian. |
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Description
This film documents a visit to Bradford made by Yaroslav and Slava Stestko, made in order to unveil a plaque in Bradford Cathedral in commemoration of the city's Captive Nations Committee. The film includes footage of their visit to the Bradford Ukrainian Cultural Centre on Legrams Lane, an interview with Yaroslav Stestko about his life and political work, and of a special service held in Bradford Cathedral as part of the unveiling of the plaque. It was made by the Ukrainian Video...
This film documents a visit to Bradford made by Yaroslav and Slava Stestko, made in order to unveil a plaque in Bradford Cathedral in commemoration of the city's Captive Nations Committee. The film includes footage of their visit to the Bradford Ukrainian Cultural Centre on Legrams Lane, an interview with Yaroslav Stestko about his life and political work, and of a special service held in Bradford Cathedral as part of the unveiling of the plaque. It was made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS) but is not credited to them. The film is in colour with sound, and the languages used are English and Ukrainian.
The film at Bradford Ukrainian Cultural Centre, where a group of people have gathered in the lounge area to welcome Mr and Mrs Stetsko. They are formally welcomed by Mr Parafiniuk, head of the Bradford branch of the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (AUGB). The Dibrova choir sing Mnohaya Lita (Many Years). This section ends at 5 mins 47 secs.
The next section of the film is a tour of the centre, which includes the school building and the new hall, which is in the process of being built. Mrs Stestko asks lots of questions about the community during the tour. This section ends at 9 mins.
The next section of the film is an interview with Mr Stestko, which is conducted by Wolodymyr Demtschuk in English. Mr Stestko talks about his life and political activism, which began at the age of 16 when he joined the Ukrainian Military Organisation. He talks about his role in the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), and his drafting of the Declaration of Ukrainian Independence, which he proclaimed on 30 June 1941. He speaks about his work with Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytskyj on the declaration, the inclusion of other political parties (although political parties were not allowed), and OUN's aim to fight colonisation from both the Soviet Russian and Nazi German forces. He also gives his thoughts about Western European attitudes towards the Ukrainian liberation movement, countries that he terms "subjugated nations", nuclear war and the peace movement. He also explains that he is in Bradford to unveil the plaque commemorating the Captive Nations Committee, and the significance of the plaque. This section of the film ends at 40 mins.
The next section of the film is in Bradford Cathedral and shows parts of the service. The service is conducted in English by the Bishop of Bradford. At 48 mins, Dibrova choir sing The Creed in Ukrainian (conducted by Stefan Zamulinskyj with a solo by Zenon Lastowiecki. The plaque is unveiling at 53 mins, and this is followed by a sermon from the Bishop. The film ends at 1 hr 16 mins.
UVAS notes - greeted by V Parafaniuk, Dibrova sing, tour of the school and the new hall. Interview with Yaroslav Stetsko is by Wolodymyr Demchyk in English. In the cathedral - welcome to cathedral, conducted by Father Jakubiak, unveiling of plaque by Y Stestko.
Context
Yaroslav Stetsko (19 Jan 1912-5 Jul 1986) was born in Ternopil. In his youth he was a member of the Ukrainian Nationalist Youth Organisation, and later joined the Ukrainian Military Organisation and the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). He rose through the ranks of OUN, being appointed to its executive with responsibility for ideology in 1932, and by 1940 was Stepan Bandera’s second-in-command. He was arrested several times by the Polish authorities in the 1930s for his...
Yaroslav Stetsko (19 Jan 1912-5 Jul 1986) was born in Ternopil. In his youth he was a member of the Ukrainian Nationalist Youth Organisation, and later joined the Ukrainian Military Organisation and the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). He rose through the ranks of OUN, being appointed to its executive with responsibility for ideology in 1932, and by 1940 was Stepan Bandera’s second-in-command. He was arrested several times by the Polish authorities in the 1930s for his activities. He prepared and proclaimed the Proclamation of Ukrainian Statehood on 30 June 1931, and was chosen as premier of the Ukrainian State Administration. He was arrested on 12 July 1941 by the Gestapo for refusing to annul the proclamation, and was sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp until 1944. After his release, he settled in Munich. From 1945, he was the leader of OUN-B (Bandera Faction), and was active in the world anti-communist movement, serving as president of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN) from 1946 until his death in 1986. He also served on the executive of the World Anti-Communist League and the European Freedom Council.
Slava Stetsko (14 May 1920-12 Mar 2003) was born Hanna Muzyka in Romanivka, Ternopil county, Halychyna. She was educated at Lviv University from 1941-1943 when she was arrested by the Germans. After her release in 1944, she lived as an émigré in Munich and continued her studies at the Ukrainian Free University. She set up Red Cross Units for the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and in 1946, took a leadership position on the OUN-B (Bandera Faction). She was a member of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN) and edited its publication, ABN Correspondence as well as The Ukrainian Review. She served on the central executive of the Ukrainian Youth Association (CYM) from 1948-1953 and was head of external affairs for OUN-B from 1968. On the death of her husband in 1986, she became president of the ABN and a member of the World Anti-Communist League. In 1991, she was elected leader of OUN-B and remained in post until 2000. She moved back to Ukraine in 1991 where she established the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists in 1992, and was elected as a deputy to the Supreme Council of Ukraine in 1997, 1998 and 2002. She died in 2003. |
