Ukrainian Venezuelan

Ukrainian Venezuelans
Ucraniano-Venezolano

Total population
(10,000)
Regions with significant populations
Mainly Caracas and others.
Languages
Venezuelan Spanish, Ukrainian
Religion
Mostly Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox
Related ethnic groups
Ukrainian diaspora, Ukrainian Brazilians, Ukrainian Argentines

Ukrainian Venezuelans are Venezuelans of Ukrainian heritage. The Ukrainian diaspora increased after 1945 due to a second wave of political emigrants. In the latter half of the 1940s and early 1950s, these Ukrainians were resettled in many different countries creating new Ukrainian settlements in Australia and Venezuela. In Venezuela the population is estimated to be around 10,000 Ukrainians.^[1]

Notable people

• Lya Imber, (Odessa, Russia, 1914 - Caracas, 1981), the first woman in Venezuela to obtain the degree of Doctor of Medicine (Paediatrics & Child Care Specialist) and the first female member of the board of the Medical School of the Federal District.
• Aniuska A. Kazandjian, (see the Spanish version for this article)
• Stefanía Fernández Krupij, beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Venezuela 2008 and Miss Universe 2009 titles. She earned a Guinness record by being the first Miss Universe winner who was crowned by a compatriot.^[2][3]
• Vasyl Krychevsky, was a painter, architect, art scholar, graphic artist, and master of applied art and decorative art.

References

1. "Ukrainian of Venezuela". Retrieved 22 October 2012.
2. Most consecutive wins of the Miss Universe contest. Community.guinnessworldrecords.com (2009-09-30). Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
3. Norma Jiménez Montealegre (August 23, 2009). "Stefanía Fernández gana el Miss Universo y Venezuela repite". El Universal (in Spanish). Caracas, Venezuela. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-24.