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List of organisations

Ukrainian (and British-Ukrainian) associations and other community bodies in the United Kingdom, including ones which no longer exist. Names of organisations with the ending ‘in Great Britain’ are, with a small number of exceptions, listed without this ending to avoid repetition. See also the article on Organised community life.

Established 1913-1939

Ukraine Committee (1913-1915)

Diplomatic mission of the Ukrainian People’s Republic (1919-1921)

Samopomich society (1919-192?)

Diplomatic mission of the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic (1920-1923)

Ukrainian Social Club [in Manchester] (1929-195?)

Ukrainian Bureau (1931-1940)

Anglo-Ukrainian Committee (1931-1934)

Anglo-Ukrainian Committee (1935-1938)

Ukrainian National Information Service (1939-1941)

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Established 1939-1991

Community organisations of a general nature

Ukrainian Canadian Servicemen’s Association (1943-1946)

Association of Ukrainian Soldiers in the Polish Armed Forces / Self-Reliance Association of Ukrainians (1945-1946)

Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain [AUGB] (1946-present)

Association of Ukrainian Women in Great Britain [OUZ] (1948-present)

Federation of Ukrainians in Great Britain [FUGB] (1949-201?); previously Ukrainian Bureau (1949-1950)

Olena Teliha Women’s Society (1951-?); previously Women’s section of the FUGB (1951-1967)

Ukrainian Society in Great Britain (1957-2005?); previously Society of Supporters of the Ukrainian National Council (1957-1976?)

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Churches and religious organisations

Ukrainian Catholic Church (1947-present)

Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1947-present)

Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Fellowship (1948-?)

Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Conciliar) (1950-1987); previously Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1950-1964?)

Ukrainian Christian Movement (1956-198?)

Central Committee for a Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchate (1971-1980); previously Committee for a Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchate (1971-1975)

Native Ukrainian National Faith congregation (1972-?)

Committee for the Defence of Law and Order in the Ukrainian Catholic Church (1975-1989)

Ukrainian Religious Society of Saint Sophia (1977-present)

Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchate Lay Association (1980-2005)

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Political organisations

Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (Banderivtsi) (1945-20??)

Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (Melnykivtsi) (1947-20??)

Ukrainian Revolutionary Democratic Party (1948-2000)

Ukrainian National Council, UK Representation (1948-1992)

Soiuz Hetmantsiv Derzhavnykiv (1949-199?)

Ukrainian National State Union

Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance

Ukrainian Socialist Party

Union of Lands of United Ukraine – Agrarian Party

Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists Abroad (1956-201?)

Ukrainian Democratic Alliance, UK branch (197?-198?)

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Youth organisations

Ukrainian Youth Association (1948-present)

Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organisation (1948-present); previously Plast-K.W.O.M. Society (1948-1975); Plast Ukrainian Youth Organisation (1975-200?)

Ukrainian Democratic Youth Organisation (1951-195?)

Federation of Young British Ukrainians (196?-198?); previously Ukrainian Youth Organisation of the FUGB (196?-197?)

Ukrainian Orthodox Youth League (1973-1993?)

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Ex-servicemen’s associations

Association of Ukrainian War Veterans (1949-197?)

Association of Ukrainian Former Combatants (1949-2015)

Ukrainian National Guard (1950-1953)

League of Ukrainian Resistance Fighters (1951-200?)

Symon Petliura Legion (1953-1999)

Symon Petliura Front (1953-1975)

Ukrainian Officers’ Club (1957-1969?)

Union of Ukrainian Veterans (1959?-1981?)

Ukrainian Ex-servicemen’s Council (1963-1979?)

Ukrainian Cossack Brotherhood (1972?-1976?)

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Student and graduate societies

Ukrainian Students Union (1947-2004); previously Association of Ukrainian Students (1947-1977)

Obnova Ukrainian Catholic Graduates’ Society (1948-197?); previously Obnova Ukrainian Catholic Students’ Society (1948-195?)

Zarevo Ukrainian Student Association (1949-195?)

Ukrainian Graduate Society in London (1978-1998)

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Special interest associations

Society of Ukrainian Writers and Journalists (1948-196?)

Transport and General Workers’ Union, Ukrainian Section (1951-19??)

Society of Ukrainian Engineers (1951-195?)

Nova Fortuna Co-Operative Society (1955-2016); previously Patria Co-Operative Society (1955-1957)

Association of Ukrainian Teachers (1955-present); previously Association of Ukrainian Teachers and Educators (1955-2012)

Union of Ukrainian Traders and Businessmen (1955-196?)

Society of Ukrainian Litterateurs (1974-199?)

Ukrainian Graduates and Professionals Association (1987-199?)

Ukrainian Medical Association in Great Britain (198?-199?)

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Information, lobbying and campaigning

Ukrainian Information Service (1946)

Ukrainian Information Service (1949-present)

Ukrainian Publishers Limited (1949-1993)

Democratic Organization of Ukrainians Formerly Persecuted by the Soviet Regime (1951-198?)

Ukrainian Committee in Great Britain (1956-196?)

Polish-Ukrainian Society in London (1966-198?)

Committee for the Defence of Ukrainian Political Prisoners in the USSR (1974-1980?)

Society for Soviet Nationality Studies (1985-1992)

Ukrainian Peace Committee (1986-1992)

Ukrainian Press Agency (1987-1992)

Ukrainian Helsinki Union (British Section) (1987-1992)

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Cultural and educational bodies

Shevchenko Library and Archive (1947-present); previously AUGB Head Office Library (1947-1963), Taras Shevchenko Library and Museum (1963-2001)

Shevchenko Centenary Committee (1960-1964)

Stepan Bandera Museum of the Ukrainian Liberation Struggle (1962-present)

Alla Horska Museum (1964-present); previously OUZ Museum of Ukrainian Folk Arts (1964-1971)

Olena Teliha [Women’s Society] Museum (197?-?)

Inter-organisational Committee on Supplementary Education (1977-1980)

Ukrainian Institute London (1979-present); previously London College of the St Clement Ukrainian Catholic University (1979-2004)

Ukrainian Millennium Committee (1984-2002)

Markian Shashkevych Centre in Halifax (1987-201?)

European Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Foundation (1990-1992)

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Assistance and support bodies

Ukrainian Relief Committee (1945-1948)

Central Ukrainian Relief Bureau (1945-1948)

Relief Board for Ukrainian Students (1948-2003)

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Associations of Ukrainians from specific regions

Bukovyna Cultural Association (1967-19??)

Peremyshl Association (1969-197?)

Hutsul Region Association (1969-200?)

Volyn Association (1985-200?)

Ivan Franko Boiko Region Association (1987-200?)

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British-Ukrainian organisations

Anglo-Ukrainian Society (1953-1984)

The Mazepa Society (1967-1985)

British Association for Ukrainian Studies (1991-1993?)

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Established 1991-2021

Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom (1992-present)

Association of Ukrainian Lawyers (1992?-199?)

British-Ukrainian Law Association (1993-present)

Chernobyl Relief Foundation in the UK (1995-present)

Ukrainian societies at British Universities: Cambridge (society founded in 2000), Oxford (2005), London School of Economics and Political Science (2006), University College London, King’s College London, Queen Mary University of London, and others

Ukrainian Students’ Association in London (2004-200?)

Ukrainian-British City Club (2005-present)

Ukraine Charity (2007-present)

Ukrainian Migrants Network (2007-present)

British Ukrainian Society (2007-2023)

Ukrainian Medical Association of the United Kingdom (2011-present)

London Euromaidan (2013-present)

Ukrainian Events in London (2014-present)