UKRAINIANS IN THE FAR EAST: AN EPISTOLARY SOURCE OF THE SOVIET ERA FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM

The publication deals with the highlighting the peculiarities of the Ukrainians life in the Far East during the Soviet era. The letter of a Ukrainian guest worker Mykola Havrysh is introduced to scientific circulation in the publication. M. Havrysh worked on the development of oil fields in Western Siberia during the stagnation period and once visited his relatives in the Primorsky Krai. The letter describing the trip was addressed to the author's parents in Sumy Oblast. The source is roughly dated to the second half of the 1970s. The text illustrates the everyday life and leisure activities of Ukrainians in the Far East, mentions facts and details that are examples of their national self-identification.