in september 1922, having never gained international support for ukraine,... the choir of oleksandr koshytsl for the usa , leaving europe forever. in a few months , the bolsheviks will announce the creation of a new russian empire (ussr) in the occupied territories, the premiere of the ukrainian band is scheduled for october 5. in 1922, the legendary carnegie hall in new york was announced at the tour level the biggest world stars. thousands of people willing to listen to ukrainian singing flocked to the concert hall. it was cool. so if some rock band from ukraine went abroad and immediately filled the stadium. it would be great. the same thing happened with the košice chapel. one of the most amazing and best songs that i had the chance to hear at my age was sung generously for an encore. the ukrainian choir triumphed once again, but ukraine was no longer on the political map of the world. the ukrainian government could not support the overseas tours of oleksandr koshitsa's choir. and the russians did not let the ukrainians relax. according to the instructions of the impresario , the ukrain

oleksandr koshyts himself lost hope.n january 26, he evacuated to ternopil, and as he himself said. in allegro mode hit. the story could have ended there, if not for the head of the music department, kyrylo stetsenko, who risked evacuating the chapel to kamianets podilskyi. february 4, 10 am, standing carriages without a steam engine, they are teeming with people in and on them. for some reason, everyone believes that these cars are sweat. and that he will leave, although everyone knows very well that there is no longer any administration at the station and not a single steam train under steam, somewhere behind the station guns are slowly rumbling. the republican chapel left on the last evacuation train. on february 5, kyiv was captured by the russians. it just literally echoes in these days of the end of february and the beginning of march, remember the kyiv station, what was done, so i understand my grandfather very well, how much he responsibility to the pill and ukraine was enough not to run away from kyiv, to contin

in november-december 1919, the choir of oleksandr koshyts toured france.ere, as petlyura had hoped, the public reaches political conclusions. professor george bureau of the tolutsk conservatory wrote: "we were told that ukraine is a part of russia. why then did the russian government hide ukrainian music from us? we know the names of the famous russian composers borodin, rymsky kortsykov, musorsky, but there was never any mention of ukrainian composers , as this musical school was still unknown to us, was it destroyed by the weight of the glory of its great russian colleagues? that is exactly what happened. the russian government for a long time not only hid ukrainian music from the world, but also banned it for the ukrainians themselves. the valuiv circular, the em decree, killed the ukrainian language and creativity, because ukrainians could not speak about themselves anywhere, because it meant that the coffin lid was nailed down, and the coffin was raised, and one of the most recognized phenomena was the khorkoshyts phenomenon. the creativity of the cha