Interview with Svetlana Kolesnik

Interview with Svetlana Kolesnik

Kolesnik, Svetlana ; Sperber, Jake ; Kolesnik, Zach

Kolesnik, Svetlana.--Interviews; Ukrainians--United States; Diaspora, Soviet Union—History; Russian; Jews; Migrations; Persecution; Communism and culture--Soviet Union; Ethnic identity; Manors and customs; City and town life--New York (State)--New York

Svetlana Kolesnik is an immigrant from Berdichev, Ukraine. She dealt with persecution growing up due to her religion and felt the only way to feel free was to leave her home country. She immigrated to the United States in 1989 with her husband. She came to the United States in hope to provide her children a better life and a Jewish education. She now lives in New City, New York where where she is active in the Jewish community with her husband and three children.

2016-03-31

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Sveltana Kolesnik.m4a

2016-04-18

Ukrainian Oral History Project

58:51

2016-03-31

Jake Sperber and Zach Kolesnik

Sveltana Kolesnik

Svetlana Kolesnik is an immigrant from Berdichev, Ukraine. She dealt with persecution growing up due to her religion and felt the only way to feel free was to leave her home country. She immigrated to the United States in 1989 with her husband. She came to the United States in hope to provide her children a better life and a Jewish education. She now lives in New City, New York where where she is active in the Jewish community with her husband and three children.

58:51 minutes

Binghamton University

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Ukrainian Oral History Project

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Kolesnik, Svetlana.--Interviews; Ukrainians--United States; Diaspora, Soviet Union—History; Russian; Jews; Migrations; Persecution; Communism and culture--Soviet Union; Ethnic identity; Manors and customs; City and town life--New York (State)--New York

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Interviews; Ukrainians; Ukrainian diaspora; Immigrants; Soviet Union; Jews