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Windows on the World Looks at the Ukraine
Ukraine's Tragic Past and Present, a lecture by Dr Paul Gregory of the Hoover Institution, will be presented at SCC on Thursday evening.
On August 24, 1991, Ukraine became the first Republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union, establishing itself as a free nation and setting the stage for the disintegration of the USSR. This action led others to declare their independence, according to the Sonoma Sister Cities association, thus ending the Cold War.
Sonoma’s sister city of Kaniv in Ukraine is today a cultural center of about 29,000 people, with educational, vocational-technical schools and museums of folk art. But the tide of freedom may have turned, according to Hoover Institution fellow speaking Thursday night in Sonoma.
Dr. Paul Gregory will provide personal observations as a frequent visitor to Ukraine, an eye-witness of the Orange Revolution, and his work fostering Western-style economic education in Ukraine.
His talk provides an overview of Ukraine's history starting with the Soviet period, Ukraine's independence, the Orange Revolution, and the slide back into totalitarianism.
The talk is one of the “Windows of the World” series of lectures sponsored by the Sonoma Community Center in partnership with the Sonoma Sister Cities Association. It’s on Thursday, May 23, at 7 p.m. General admission is $15, see this page for information.
