Description
The Polish-Ukrainian-Russian borderland was a contentious region. Czarist Russia claimed the territory as part of its empire. The Bolsheviks retained that claim and fought both Ukrainians and Poles during World War I. Ukrainians and Poles fought the Germans and each other for control of the territory. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 revealed that the battle over control of Ukraine is not over. This talk focuses on the struggle for the borderlands and its consequences for the people who live there.
Michael Nutkiewicz was executive director of Oasis Albuquerque from 2010-2014. He now teaches and publishes on topics in Jewish and general European history and philosophy. Besides university teaching, he has held executive positions with agencies that work with refugees and victims of political violence. His translation of the Yiddish memoir of an aid worker in Ukraine during World War I will be published soon.