Abstract:
The paper analyzes a book written by Volodymyr Yarymovych, Oleksandr Bilyk, and
Mykola Volynskyi, entitled Narys istorii ukrainskoi studentskoi hromady ta Ukrainskykh
poselen v Espanii 1946-1996 (An Overview of the History of the Ukrainian Student
Community and Ukrainian Settlements in Spain, 1946-1996), which tells about the
Ukrainian students who arrived in Madrid in 1946 and formed part of the early Ukrainian
Diaspora in Spain. The book proves to be an important source of information, previously
unknown to scholars, which describes the dramatic and controversial process of
constructing Ukrainian identity in the aftermath of World War II. The authors of the
study consider the historical and cultural context of the Ukrainian emigration in the
second half of the 20th century, its connection with Francoist ideology, and its integral
role in the Spanish-Ukrainian cultural dialogue.
