In 1917. it was the poetry of Shevchenko that inspired the Ukrainian movement for independence and encouraged the Ukrainian National Republic in its desperate struggle. alone and unaided. to protect itself against the aggression of the Russian Communists. It was Shevchenkos poetry that encouraged the Ukrainians forced within the Soviet Union to continue their struggles for freedom. and in World War II encouraged and fostered the Ukrainian opposition to both Fascism and Communism. Today there are over 1 million Ukrainians and Americans of Ukrainian origin in the United States. Some emigrated here before World War I. Some came after World War II. under the provision for the settlement of displaced persons. Both groups have become American citizens. and are playing their constructive role in the United States of the present.
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