and since then it has been imprinted in the minds of many ukrainians and many europeans , that simon petlyuraand actually the entire ukrainian liberation movement is a pogromist. the kremlin occupation authorities dealt with... mykola leontovych. the life of simon patlyura was cut short and ruined. the only one of the choristers who dared to return to ukraine after the tour, petro stetsenko. was assassinated in 1937, they did not reach košice physically, but the fate of oblivion awaited him. despite all his efforts to return to kyiv, he remained in exile for the rest of his life. a generous man also remained in emigration. as in europe, the song became popular in the states. especially after , in 1936, the american conductor of ukrainian origin, peter wilhovsky , wrote an english text for leontovych's work. then i needed a small essay to complete the program with my high school chorus i removed the ukrainian words about shchedryk and instead focused on the cheerful ringing of bells that i heard in the music. in... in november 1936, he published the song in the new york music publisher carl fi

simon petlyura was not mistaken in his calculations.lowing the results of the chapel's triumphs in prague, he writes to the head of the ukrainian delegation in paris mykhailo tyshkevych. make sure that the ukrainian republican band can come to paris to demonstrate the richness of ukrainian musical and song creativity. this chapel created a sensation and turned many muscophiles into ukrainians. i'm sure europe doesn't have anything like it. maybe that stay of the chapel. in paris will relieve and purify the atmosphere of prejudice. on july 20 , the chapel moves to austria. in contrast to the joyful prague, where independence was just celebrated, vienna is saddened by the defeat in the war. after the first triumphs, the choristers returned. to a difficult reality. we got to vienna precisely during the post-war famine, there was almost nothing to eat. endless horse meat with paprika and spinach could drive a person to suicide. however, it was in vienna that the official diplomatic staff worked at the hotel bristol representative office of

simon petlyura felt that this would be a great reinforcement of the ukrainian diplomatic mission, whichwas currently in france. it was quite an adventurous decision to create a hurray, having a war on the approaches to the capital. of course, not everyone understood and supported him. why does she go abroad, so that the bourgeoisie of vienna, prague, paris, london, slumped in their chairs, clap their ears, listening to a song filled with the blood of ukraine, forget the pitiable situation with your song, you will not make any politics with this. nevertheless, petlyura's order was carried out. a draft law on kapela was prepared in a week, and it was already approved by the council of people's ministers in three. considerable funds were earmarked for the upkeep of the chapel in the treasury of the ukrainian people's republic. this is how we prepare for eurovision every year, we hold such artistic talent shows, competitions, qualifiers, everything. these tours, and at that time there was also a selection, there was a commission, the music department of the ministry of culture was convened,

the central part of kyiv could be used to erect a monument to petlyura there, given the fact that this other place is the beginning of simonetlyur street, i am convinced that he absolutely deserves it, and in the end, well, i hope that one day there will be a place for yevhen konovalts, as a monument and for stepan bander, and for roman shukhevich. thank you, volodymyr vitru. people's deputy of ukraine, historian, head of the ukrainian institute of national remembrance 2014 and 19 years, thank you mr. volodymyr for the clarification, and i think that we never get tired of getting to know our history better, and this is important, especially at such moments when we see how the enemy is trying to deprive us of the attributes of our national identity, and it is important that every ukrainian here in his head remember those important historical things, those important historical figures who actually formed this such... our power and our strength, this is how i would like to end our program today, antin and i say goodbye to you today, but we will see you again in this studio tomorrow, nevertheless, we pass the baton to our coll