Early Ukrainian Settlements in Canada 1895-1900: Dr. Josef Oleskow's Role in the Settlement of the Canadian...

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Vladimir Kaye

Early Ukrainian Settlements in Canada 1895-1900

Dr. Josef Oleskow's Role in the Settlement of the Canadian Northwest

Vladimir Kaye

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University of Toronto Press
15 December 1964

Regional studies; Russian Revolution; Crimean War; Food & society; Famine

Series: Heritage

Dr. Kaye has set out to fill in some of the gap sin the story of the settlement of the Canadian West through this documentary history of the beginnings of Ukrainian settlement in Canada. He became interested in the history of settlement by various ethnic groups, especially those of Slavic origin, while serving in the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.

This book contains a valuable compilation of original documents which provides students of the period with excellent source materials, and makes an important contribution to the history of the settlement of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories between 1895 and 1900. It will also assist in bringing about a better understanding of the nature of the Ukrainian agricultural immigration, and in correcting some common misconceptions. For example, Dr. Kaye points out that the Ukrainian economic migration has been erroneously compared with the Irish immigration a few decades earlier: the majority of the Irish immigrants were evicted, starving paupers, while many of the Ukrainians who migrated, during the period at least, were small land-owners attracted by promises of free land. The so-called ""Galician immigration,"" was not, however, wholly of small landholders: a considerable proportion of the immigrants were peasants of means, and even included descendants noble families which had become impoverished through the centuries.

The documents upon which this study is based, with their descriptions of the founding of colonies, the establishment of homes on remote homesteads, the destruction of meagre belongings of the early settlers by prairie fires, and the joys of harvesting the first crop, reveal the courage of these pioneers who faced difficulties with perseverance and patience that finally rewarded them with success. This book will be a valuable addition to the sociological, political, and historical studies of the Canadian West, and a previous record for Canadians of Ukrainian origin, who will find in it an accurate account of the beginnings of a movement so fateful for them and for Canada.

By: Vladimir Kaye
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 660g
ISBN: 9781487577278
ISBN 10: 1487577273
Series: Heritage
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 15 December 1964
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

VLADIMIR J. KAYE studied at the University of Vienna, where he specialized in Slavic History at the East European Institute, and at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in the University of London. In London he served as Director of the Ukrainian Press Bureau and, later, with the British Ministry of Information. He served in the Canadian Department of Citizenship and Immigration until 1961, when he retired to continue his research into the beginnings of Ukrainian Settlements in the Canadian Northwest.