Kaliuzhnyi (Rodion) Papers

The collection documents the life and activities of participants of one of the Ukrainian nationalist movements, the United Hetman Organization (Soiuz hetmantsiv derzhavnykiv), mainly from the 1940s to 1950s. The correspondence of Rodion Kaliuzhnyi, who served as secretary to Danylo Skoropadskyi, the son of the last Ukrainian hetman, forms a large part of the collection. The collection also consists of a great deal of correspondence between him and other participants of the hetmanite movement in the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, France, Austria, and Switzerland. A considerable part of the collection contains material on the death and funeral of Danylo Skoropadskyi. Additional material relates to the activities of the Association of Ukrainian Women in Great Britain. There are also photographs of the Ukrainian community in the displaced persons (DP) camps in Germany, mostly Mittenwald, from 1946 to 1949.