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Celebrating Ukraine's Independence at the Consulate in NY
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NEW YORK - The General Consulate of Ukraine in NYC marked the 8th anniversary of Ukraine's independence with quiet dignity at a small gathering on September 1, 1999. Guests included Ukrainian diplomatic staff from the Consulate and the Ukraine's Mission to the UN, as well as renowned Gold Medalist, Viktor Petrenko, along with dignitaries and supporters from the Ukrainian Diaspora.
Photographs: Stefa Charczenko
(l-r) Volodymyr Sochan, the Honorable Yuriy Bohaievsky, Consul General of Ukraine, and Ihor Dlaboha
(l-r) Evhen Stakhiv with Iryna Yelchenko, wife of UN Ambassador V. Yelchenko
(l-r) Consul Bohdan Yaremenko, Miriam Weiner and Andrij Lastowecky
(l-r) Myroslaw Smorodsky (legal counsel to the Consulate of Ukraine) and Fr. Bohdan Lukie (Pastor, St. John the Baptist Church, Newark)
(r-l) Gold Medalist Viktor Petrenko and daughter
(l-r) Myroslaw Shmigel, Hon. Y. Bohaievsky, and Nadia Shmigel
(l-r) Irena Kurowyckyj and Irena Stecura
(l-r) Hon. Y. Bohaievsky and Stefa Charczenko
(l-r) Vasyl Sydorenko, Military Advisor of Ukraine to the UN and the Hon. Volodymyr Yelchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to the UN
(l-r) Askold Lozynskyj and Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky
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