UKRAINE
(See also Soviet Union [and Daughter Countries]; Ukrainian [Language])
(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)
Askaniya-Nova Biosphere Reserve: g05 2/22 14-17
Chernobyl nuclear disaster (1986): g01 2/8 6; g97 4/22 12-15
long-term effects: g01 8/8 29; g00 12/22 29
visit after 20 years: g 4/06 14-16
crime: g96 10/8 4
description: yb02 119-120
houses with “fur coat” (shuba): g05 10/22 22-23
maps: g 6/12 24; g05 2/22 14; g03 3/22 22-23; yb02 123; w01 2/1 29; g98 6/22 23
Odessa catacombs: g 3/10 24-25
religion: yb02 120
Russia invades (2022): mrt articles 45, 47, 77
casualties: mrt article 95
food shortages from: mrt article 51
role of religion: mrt articles 48, 59
sex trade:
deceptive ads for other employment: g98 10/8 29
smoking: g 5/10 30
soccer:
EURO 2012: g 6/12 24-25
Valley of Narcissi reserve: g05 4/22 24-25
world’s longest trolleybus line: g03 3/22 22-24
Jehovah’s Witnesses
assemblies: yb02 26; g02 2/22 17
Assembly Halls: yb95 25
ban (1939-1991): yb02 142, 210, 228, 233-234
Bethel family: yb02 251
Bible Students office:
Berehove (Uzhgorod area) (1930): yb02 133
Lvov (1920’s): yb02 126
Uzhgorod literature depot (1927-1931): yb02 133
Branch Committee: hdu article 23; yb02 243-244, 252
activities during Russia invasion: hdu article 23
branch office:
assistance from abroad (1992): yb02 242
Lviv (Lvov) (1998): w12 3/15 5; yb02 248; g00 10/22 24
Lviv (Lvov) area (2001): w12 3/15 6; yb02 25-26, 28-29, 248-250, 252-253; g02 2/22 16-17; g00 10/22 24-25
Prison Desk: w05 12/15 12
Translation Department: yb02 235
branch office having oversight:
Germany (1928) (Transcarpathia): yb02 133
Germany (1960’s–1998): yb02 248
Poland (1920’s–1930’s) (Volyn’ and Halychyna): yb02 135
Poland (until 1960’s): yb02 248
clergy opposition: yb02 137-138, 142-143, 164-166
commendation:
National Academy of Sciences: g 1/11 8
police: jv 508
professor: g 8/10 4
congregations: w18.05 32; w12 3/15 6; yb02 125-127, 132-133, 136, 154, 156, 210-211, 217, 226, 228, 234, 239, 245, 247-250, 255; g93 12/22 10-11
recommendations for elders during ban: yb02 225
sisters take lead as needed: yb02 172-173
conventions: w18.05 32; yb02 128-130, 235-236; jv 506-507; g93 12/22 7, 10-13; w92 3/1 11; yb92 22; g92 12/22 27; g91 12/22 8-9, 11-13
attended elsewhere: yb02 229-233
delegates to Prague (1937): yb02 129-130
“Divine Teaching” International Convention (1993): bt 26; kr 177; w12 9/15 30; yb02 236-240; w94 1/1 9; w94 7/1 32; yb94 6, 8-9
“Lovers of Freedom” District Convention (1991): w13 9/1 9; yb02 236
quotes: g94 2/22 24; g93 12/22 11-13; g91 12/22 8-9, 13
Country Committee: yb02 153, 194-196, 224-225, 232-233, 235
country servants: yb02 156, 158-159, 173, 194, 196, 224
courts:
supreme court exonerates Witness literature (1965): yb02 219
trials during years of ban: yb02 159-160, 162-163, 176, 218
division: yb02 192-197
over Romans 13: g00 10/22 21-23
test made by separated brothers: yb02 207, 209
early witnessing: yb02 121-122, 124-128
first annual report: yb95 40-41
forced to relocate from Poland (1946): yb08 88-89
growth: mrt article 45; w13 9/1 9; yb02 25, 119, 124-126, 136, 138-139, 154, 156, 205-206, 226, 228, 234, 247-248, 250, 254-255; w01 1/15 11; yb00 22
Kingdom Halls: yb04 24-25; km 5/03 4, 6; w02 5/15 11; yb02 19, 130, 250-251; yb99 26; km 9/99 6; yb97 25; yb96 25; yb95 25
woman impressed by construction: kr 206
Kingdom Ministry School: yb02 245
legal matters:
legal recognition (1991): yb02 230-234; jv 701
legal recognition denied (c. 1930): yb02 140
legal recognition denied (1949): yb02 164-165; g00 10/8 22
magazine distribution: yb97 8
meetings: yb02 245; g00 10/22 23; jv 701
under ban: yb02 160, 173, 210-211
Memorial: km 3/04 1; yb02 126, 139, 154, 200-201, 211-213; g00 9/22 20
Ministerial Training School: yb02 246-247
modern history: yb02 119-255
appreciation for account in 2002 Yearbook: w03 10/1 30-31
neutrality: yb02 152-154; g00 9/22 21; g00 10/8 21; g00 10/22 20-21
courts uphold refusal of military service: yb16 33-34
government officials acknowledge position on civilian service (1996): yb97 16
opposition:
L’viv Stadium cancels then permits special assembly (2007): yb08 20-21
newspaper finally retracts accusations: w01 1/1 17
persecution: yb02 157, 203-204; g93 5/8 5-7
attempts to divide: yb02 193-195, 206-207, 209-210
criminal acts (2010- ): yb14 28-29, 33
exile to Siberia: w17.08 13; yb08 105; yb02 166, 169-176, 219-221; g01 4/22 7; g00 9/22 22-23; g00 10/8 22-24; w91 1/1 13
families separated: yb02 180-185
labor camps: yb02 147-151, 167-169; g00 10/22 21-22
Nazi era: yb02 137, 142-143, 146; g00 9/22 19-20
prison camps: yb02 163-165, 178-179, 183-192, 197-198, 202, 204-205
searches: yb02 225-226
sisters protect brothers: yb02 208-209
Soviet era: yb02 152-154, 158-160, 162-164, 176, 182-185, 190-198, 202, 204-205, 219-224, 227-228, 230-233; g00 9/22 21-23; g00 10/22 20-21
persons:
Bokoch, Nutsu and Hanna: yb02 182-183
Bunha, Vasyl and Nadiya: yb02 204-205, 225-226
Burak, Stanislav: yb02 156, 158-159
Bzovi, Lydia: yb02 180-181
Chehy, Vojtech: yb02 127-128, 133-134
Dan, Mykhailo: yb02 144, 160, 162-163
Dasevich, Michael: yb02 153, 172-173, 224, 235; g00 9/22 19-23
Davidjuk, Alexei: yb02 125-126, 224, 235; g01 5/22 30; g00 10/8 20-24
Didur, John and Lois: w21.09 4; w12 3/15 3-6
Dubovinsky, Nikolai: w15 10/15 16-17
Dziabko, Ivan: yb02 216-217
Fedun, Mariya: yb02 175
Hlinskyi, Stepan: yb02 235, 252
Hovuchak, Illia: yb02 142
Hrechyna, Mariya: yb02 172, 198
Hrohul (Grogul), Ananii: yb02 235; g93 5/8 5-7
Kalin, Fyodor: yb02 161-162
Kaptola, Yurii: w05 9/1 8-10
Kinicki, Ludwik: yb02 136-137
Koltsa, Stepan: yb02 125
Kopos, Yurii and Hanna: yb02 190-192
Kozhemba, Stepan: yb02 224, 235; g00 10/22 20-25
Krivokulsky, Pyotr: yb08 96
Kurdas, Oleksii and Lydia: yb02 164, 183-189, 202
Levchuk, Volodymyr: yb02 155-156
Lytvak, Ivan: yb02 147-151
Maksymiuk, Ivan: yb02 152-153
Melnyk, Hryhorii: yb02 170-171
Meysar, Bela and Regina: yb02 221-224, 233
Mykevych, Stepan: yb02 235, 252
Partsey, Pyotr: yb08 112-113
Pashkovskyi, Ivan: yb02 196-197
Popovych, Mariya: yb02 167-169
Popovych, Victor: w04 8/15 16; yb02 203-204
Popsha, Yurii and Mariya: yb02 183
Pylypiv, Mariya: yb02 208-209
Radzyminsky, Oleh and Svitlana: lfs article 21
Ravliuk, Serhii and Tamara: yb02 184, 186-189, 199-202
Reinhardt, Markus: hdu article 23
Rodak, Ludwik: yb02 137-138
Rurak, Pavlo: yb02 178-179
Rybak, Yevgenia: yb08 104-105
Savchuk, Vasily: yb08 87-88
Savitskii, Mikhail Vasilevich: w99 3/1 24-26
Shalaiko, Vitaliy: yb16 33-34
Starukhin, Danyil: yb02 139-140
Stashchyshyn, Lydia: yb02 177
Tokar, Petro: yb02 156
Tomilko, Mariya: yb02 163, 176
Tsiboulski, Marian: g98 6/22 20-24
Ursu, Aleksandr and Nina: w13 9/1 8-9
Vileyska, Tatjana: w25.08 28-29; g01 8/22 30; g00 12/22 20-24
Vlasiuk, Petro: yb02 220-221
Volochii, Mykola: yb02 135
Vovchuk, Anna: yb02 227
Vovchuk, Sofiya: yb02 229-230
Yarosh, Nadezhda Alekseyevna: brfi 11
Yurkevych, Roman: yb02 235, 243-244, 252
Ziatek, Pavlo: yb02 156, 158, 194-197
phonographs: yb02 131, 135-136
“Photo-Drama of Creation”: yb02 133-135
pioneers: yb02 125, 127-128, 246-247, 254; w95 1/1 18-19
Pioneer Service School: yb02 246
places:
Kharkiv: hdu article 23
Lviv: hdu article(s) 23; w14 1/15 2
Mariupol: hdu article 23
Transcarpathia: w18.05 32
publications: yb02 158
Bible New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures: yb09 14; w07 11/1 19
depot (1927-1931): yb02 133
magazine The Watchtower: yb02 135, 160, 173, 198, 204, 210-211, 230-231; g00 10/22 21-23
shipped from Germany: yb02 234
supplied despite ban: yb02 156, 158, 160, 173, 210-211, 214-217, 230-232; g00 9/22 23; g00 10/22 22-23
supplied within prisons: yb02 197-200, 202, 204-205
refugees from Ukraine: w25.05 19; w17.05 4
relief efforts:
during Russia invasion (2022): hdu article 23; w24.07 6
from abroad (1991-1992): yb02 240-241; w93 2/1 20-24; jv 309; yb93 15; w92 3/15 31
from abroad (1998-1999): yb02 241-244
Moldova famine (1947): yb02 164
service experiences: yb02 137-138
15-year-old comforts schoolteacher: yb13 69-70
appreciation for literature: yb02 242, 244-245
bereaved man seeks Witnesses: yb17 71
Family Happiness book: yb99 25
German concentration camps: yb02 144-146
marriage restored: yb12 78-79
optician: w01 2/1 29-31
pickpocket: g96 10/8 11
prisoners awaiting execution: w05 12/15 11; w97 1/1 3-4
prisons: w05 12/15 9-12
purse returned: g05 8/22 31
soccer star: ijwcl article 33
soldier during World War II: yb02 144
under ban: g00 9/22 22
violently opposed man accepts brochure: yb96 63
Young People Ask book: g05 11/22 32
serving where need is greater:
within Ukraine: w18.05 32
traveling overseers: yb02 136-137, 159, 172-173, 182-183, 194-196, 221, 224, 242
circuits: yb02 205-206
districts: yb02 206
visits by—
Henschel, M. G.: yb02 232
Jaracz, T.: yb02 26, 232, 250, 252-253
Russell, C. T.: yb02 121-122
Young, G.: yb02 139
World War II: yb08 87-88; yb02 141-146, 152-154
youths: g00 10/22 24-25