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Apr 02, 2021 | Robert A. McConnell
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Honoring Women This March: Ukrainian Exhibit at Irondequoit Public Library
Mar 22, 2021 | Tamara Denysenko
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Documentary "Crimean Solidarity: The Fight for Freedom in Russian-Occupied Crimea" followed by discussion
Mar 16, 2021
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Final Curtain for the Rada's "Piano Players"
Mar 10, 2021 | Markian Bilynskyj
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1990 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet Election
Mar 04, 2021 | Robert A. McConnell
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Remembering the Heavenly Hundred
Feb 20, 2021 | Markian Bilynskyj
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