- Lisovi Chorty
Lisovi Chorty (Ukrainian "Лісові Чорти", English "Forest Devils") - 3rd "Kurin’" (fraternity) for "Starshi Plastuny" (Rover Scouts) and Senior Scouts in Plast - National Scouting Organization of Ukraine.
"Lisovi Chorty" known fully as "Velyke Plemya Lisovykh Chortiv" ("The Great Tribe of Forest Devils") was founded by a troop of Scouts from
Lviv ,Ukraine in 1922. The official date of founding is July 22, 1922.Historically, the
Plast fraternity "Lisovi Chorty", asPlast itself, was established on the principles ofScouting , and from its founding to the time that Ukrainian Scouting was banned by the Polishgovernment in 1930 which led to the "underground" Scouting movement, "Lisovi Chorty" were active in political and civil organizations, as well as military service."Lisovi Chorty" members took an active role in the attempt to gain Ukrainian independence during the second world war. They subsequently immigrated to countries that welcomed the large Ukrainian diaspora :
Australia ,Argentina ,England ,United States of America ,Canada ,France andGermany . There "Lisovi Chorty" undertook tocommunity andPlast work, ensuring a viable organization for future generations of "Plastuny" (Ukrainian Scouts) in the diaspora. After the break up of theSoviet Union and the formation of an independentUkraine , there was a rebirth ofPlast inUkraine and the fraternity "Lisovi Chorty" reestablished in the cities ofLviv ,Kyiv ,Ivano-Frankivsk , as well as others.Today, "Lisovi Chorty" have established sections in
Australia ,USA ,Canada andUkraine as well as a number of members in other countries. Among the most famous members are UPA GeneralRoman Shukhevych , politicianAndriy Pyaseckyy , economistBohdan Hawrylyshyn , last president of UNR in exileMykola Plavyuk , writerVasyl Karkhut , BishopHlib Lonchyna , and civil and political figureStepan Okhrymovych .ee also
External links
* [http://www.lisovichorty.org/ Web-site of fraternity Lisovi Chorty]
* [http://www.plast.org.ua/ Official site of Plast (in Ukrainian)]
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