Ukrainians in the Czech Republic


There is a large national community of Ukrainians in the Czech Republic. The Ukrainian national minority in the Czech Republic together with the citizens of Ukraine make up the largest membership base with more than 203,198 members.
Labour migration from Ukraine or southeast Slovakia to what is now the Czech Republic began to grow to a large scale in the early 1990s. In 1991, there were just 8,500 Ukrainian citizens on Czech territory. However,, figures of the Czech Statistical Office showed that number had grown to 132,481, making Ukrainians the largest group of foreigners in the Czech Republic, with a 30% share of the foreign population.

Czech registered public organizations with the status of a legal entity

International association "Ukrainian Freedom", president: Bohdan Kostiv. International non-governmental organization "Coordination Resource Center", General director: Olexandr Petrenko. Rodyna, z.s., leader: Yosyp Klymkovych. Společnost Ivana Kondura, leaders: Jiří Klán, Petr Novák, Lenka Kondurová. Ukrainian Business Club in Czech Republic z.s., chairman: Taras YakubovskyiUkrajinská iniciativa v České republice, z.s., leaders: Viktor Rajčinec. Ukrajinská iniciativa jižní Moravy z.s., leaders: Marija Wazi-Nobilisová.
  • Ukrajinská tradice v České republice, z.s., leader: Bohdan Rajčinec. Mirror of Ukrajinská iniciativa v České republice; same location, same statutes etc.Misie Ukrajinské Pravoslavné Církve v České republice, z.s., leaders: Oleksandr SchramkoUkrajinské kulturní a informační centrum, start 9 March 1996.
The main activities of international organizations, in particular, the "International non-governmental organization “Coordination Resource Center”" also include issues of the electoral process in Ukraine and monitoring it.

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Periodicals in Ukrainian

  • — political and cultural magazine in Ukrainian, sometimes in Czech
  • — journal in Czech or Ukrainian
  • - magazine in Ukrainian

Russian invasion of Ukraine

In the first days of the outbreak, the government of the Czech Republic condemned the attack on Ukraine. Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced extensive aid to Ukraine and its citizens, including the provision of military equipment. The Czech Republic provides protection to refugees from Ukraine and financial support to refugees.