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Ukrainian Village

Ivan and Maya Silenko pose solemnly in a room decorated with beige furniture and children's toys in the background.
Ukraine
Ukrainians in Chicago are featured in Oscar-winning documentary '20 Days in Mariupol'
Maiia, Maksym and Ivan, a family from Ukraine, were briefly shown in the documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing depiction of Russia’s invasion. Now, Maiia and Ivan are in the Chicago-area as they recover from a bombing strike, the aftermath of which was shown in the film.
By Michael Loria
 
Ukraine
Chicago’s Ukrainian community defiantly looks ‘evil in the eye’ to mark Russian invasion anniversary: ‘You're not winning’<br/>
Dozens of refugee students, parents and faculty gather at a Ukrainian Village school to commemorate with songs and prayers for peace Russia’s invasion of their “beautiful country.”
By Michael Loria
 
Svitlana Iva-Ugryn stands in front of her law office, which displays a Ukrainian flag behind her, as she holds a phone displaying a photo of the Russian “Z” symbol that had been placed on her window.
Ukraine
Rash of ‘disturbing’ pro-Putin ‘Z’ stickers plastered throughout Ukrainian Village sparks fear, anger, sadness
The symbol is alarming to Chicago’s Ukrainian community, especially as support for the country’s fight against Russia has waned since the war started nearly two years ago.
By Kaitlin Washburn and Mohammad Samra
 
Lori Torres Whitt (left), 36th Ward candidate, outside her campaign office on Wednesday; Ald. Gilbert Villegas (right) outside his campaign office last month.
News
Villegas fights to hold onto ward called both ‘snake’ and ‘noodle’ against challenge from CTU-backed Torres Whitt
The 36th Ward was redrawn to include more than a handful of communities in a nearly eight-mile stretch of Chicago that includes parts of the West Town, Humboldt Park, Belmont Cragin and Montclare neighborhoods.
By Elvia Malagón
 
Oksana Mazur (center) and the rest of the choir at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Ukrainian Village sing the Ukrainian national anthem during a vigil on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 marking the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
News
Ukrainian students, refugees host prayer vigil on invasion anniversary: ‘I will remember this all my life’
St. Nicholas Cathedral School has welcomed dozens of Ukranian refugees to its student body this year.
By Ilana Arougheti and Violet Miller
 
The Rev. Alexander Koranda is dean of Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in Ukrainian Village. The church was vandalized Jan. 26.
Ukrainian Village
Priest wonders who would want to vandalize a Louis Sullivan-designed cathedral, a place devoted to peace and love
The 120-year-old cathedral in Ukrainian Village was vandalized Jan. 26.
By Stefano Esposito
 
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News
Eight armed robberies in just over an hour on Near West Side
Police said no one was injured in the attacks and no one was in custody.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Single robbery crew suspected of nearly 20 armed attacks a day in Chicago
City robberies have increased by 15% from 2021, and thefts are up 59%.
By Tom Schuba, Kade Heather, and 1 more
 
William Cernota, a member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s orchestra, plays the cello as choir members of St. Nicholas Cathedral School watch him in the school’s gym in the Ukrainian Village, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Many refugees who fled Russia’s invasion of Ukraine study at St. Nicholas Cathedral School.
Ukrainian Village
Reaching kids, including Ukrainian refugees in Chicago, through Beethoven
Seven members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra played Friday for kids at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Ukrainian Village.
By Stefano Esposito
 
Rep. Mike Quigley, co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, speaks to students — many of whom came from Ukraine — at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood Thursday.
Chicago
Quigley visits Ukrainian Village school where one-third of student body fled war in Ukraine
St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village fields daily inquiries from parents fleeing the European country as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, according to school officials.
By Elvia Malagón
 
“Flower Power,” a Ukrainian-themed mural in Ukrainian Village painted by Chicago artist Sean Archer in August.
In Ukrainian Village, Sean Archer’s ‘Flower Power’ mural fueled by ‘a desire to fight despair’
By Sun-Times staff
 
Solomiia Kulyk (center) who recently arrived in Chicago from Ukraine, and others in gym at St. Nicholas Cathedral School.
Ukrainian refugee students find a welcome at Catholic school in Ukrainian Village
By Anna Savchenko | WBEZ
 
The artist who goes by “My Name is Ebo” painted this mural in April on a two-flat in Ukrainian Village to help promote a Chicago show by the electronic dance duo Ganja White Night.
In Ukrainian Village, two-flat's owner was glad to have out-of-this-world mural decorate 'ugliest building'
By Nicky Andrews
 
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Food and Restaurants
Sky-high delivery app fees are killing my restaurant, owner says months after pandemic cap lifted
TaKorea Cocina’s owner said last year he paid nearly $100K to third-party apps, which have become so popular restaurants have no choice but to use them — even if it could force them out of business.
By Manny Ramos
 
Hundreds gathered at the Water Tower on Sunday, March 27, 2022, to show support for Ukraine and condemn Russia’s invasion of the country.
News
Protesters, politicians gather in solidarity with Ukraine: ‘We will not abandon them’
Dozens of blue and yellow Ukrainian flags flew above a crowd of hundreds standing at the base of the Water Tower, while community leaders and politicians made speeches from the top of the stairs.
By Katie Anthony
 
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush laid flowers at Saints Volodymyr &amp; Olha Catholic Church in Ukrainian Village.
Ukraine
Former Presidents Clinton, Bush visit Ukrainian Village church
The former presidents posted videos to social media Friday, laying flowers at the steps of Saints Volodymyr & Olha Catholic Church.
By Sophie Sherry
 
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Ukrainian Village
What Stephen Colbert learned in a Ukrainian Village barber’s chair
Comedian knows Putin is wrong because of the haircutter who ‘did to my head what Russia wants to do to Ukraine.’
By Darel Jevens
 
Five people were hurt in a stabbing March 3, 2022 in Logan Square.
Crime
Cellphone store burglarized in Ukrainian Village
Surveillance video shows a person fleeing the store with two bags of merchandise.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
A Chicago Police Department officer.
Crime
Burglar smashes door of cellphone store, carries off two cash registers — and an iPad
Surveillance video caught the burglary in the 2300 block of West Chicago Avenue early Tuesday.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Samuel Loza, 10, stands near the front of St. Helen Catholic School, in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Samuel is a finalist for Sun-Maid’s first board of imagination.
Entertainment and Culture
10-year-old wins spot on Sun-Maid’s ‘Board of Imagination’
Samuel Loza wins a $5,000 scholarship, and his school gets a year’s worth of Sun-Maid snacks.
By Grace Asiegbu
 
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