Ukrainians in the Czech Republic

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Ukrainian citizens in the Czech Republic as of December 31
YearPop.±%
2011118,932—    
2012112,549−5.4%
2013[1]105,138−6.6%
2016[2]110,245+4.9%
2018[3]131,302+19.1%
2022615,000+368.4%

There is a large national community of Ukrainians in the Czech Republic. The Ukrainian national minority in the Czech Republic together with the citizens of Ukraine make up the largest membership base with more than 203,198 members.

Labour migration from Ukraine or southeast Slovakia to what is now the Czech Republic began to grow to a large scale in the early 1990s.[4] In 1991, there were just 8,500 Ukrainian citizens on Czech territory.[5] However, as of October 2018, figures of the Czech Statistical Office showed that number had grown to 132,481, making Ukrainians the largest group of foreigners in the Czech Republic, with a 30% share of the foreign population.[6]

Czech registered public organizations with the status of a legal entity[edit]

  • International association "Ukrainian Freedom", president: Bohdan Kostiv. Official pages
  • International non-governmental organization "Coordination Resource Center", General director: Olexandr Petrenko. Official pages
  • Rodyna, z.s., leader: Yosyp Klymkovych. Official pages
  • Společnost Ivana Kondura, leaders: Jiří Klán, Petr Novák, Lenka Kondurová. Official pages
  • Ukrainian Business Club in Czech Republic z.s., chairman: Taras Yakubovskyi
  • Ukrajinská iniciativa v České republice, z.s., leaders: Viktor Rajčinec. Official pages
  • Ukrajinská iniciativa jižní Moravy z.s., leaders: Marija Wazi-Nobilisová. Official pages
  • Ukrajinská tradice v České republice, z.s., leader: Bohdan Rajčinec. Mirror of Ukrajinská iniciativa v České republice; same location, same statutes etc.
  • Misie Ukrajinské Pravoslavné Církve v České republice, z.s., leaders: Oleksandr Schramko
  • Ukrajinské kulturní a informační centrum, start 9 March 1996.

The main activities of international organizations, in particular, the "International non-governmental organization “Coordination Resource Center”" also include issues of the electoral process in Ukraine and monitoring it.

Ukrainian mass media in the Czech Republic[edit]

Periodicals in Ukrainian[edit]

War in Ukraine[edit]

In the first days of the outbreak, the government of the Czech Republic condemned the attack on Ukraine. Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced extensive aid to Ukraine and its citizens, including the provision of military equipment. The Czech Republic provides protection to refugees from Ukraine and financial support to refugees.[citation needed]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Foreigners total: by citizenship" (PDF). 31 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Foreigners by category of residence, sex, and citizenship as at 31 December 2016". Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ^ Foreigners, total by citizenship as at 31 December 2018 1). Czech Statistical Office.
  4. ^ Nekorjak 2006, p. 89
  5. ^ Markus 1994, p. 149
  6. ^ CSO 2009

Bibliography[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Drbohlav, Dusan (1999), Imigranti v České republice: s důrazem na ukrajinské pracovníky a 'západní' firmy operující v praze (PDF), Budapest: Open Society Institute, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011
  • Nekorjak, M. (2005), "Pracovní migrace Ukrajinců do České republiky", in Hučko, L. (ed.), Duchovní a kulturně společenská podpora integrace národnostních menšin, Praha: Apoštolský exarchát Řeckokatolické církve v České republice, pp. 21–36, ISBN 978-80-239-6410-3
  • Uherek, Z. (2001), "Rekonstrukce vybraných podmínek života pracovní migrace z Ukrajiny v České republice na základě šetření na Zakarpatské krajině – případová studie", Zdravotní politika a ekonomika (3): 93–103

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