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Horodnya — Chernigiv region — Ukraine

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         The Gorodnya district German cultural center “Interaction (Cooperation)” is a public organization which on today counts 106 members,  from them 26 members are ethnic Germans. We are not organization which is closed for other ethnic groups, and we support talents, regardless of the national belonging.

         Chairman of the German cultural center — Hmelenok Nick Paul.

         Advice (Council) of the GCC: Nicolai Khmelenok — chairman of the GCC, Sergey Eck — vice-chairman of the GCC, Nadezda Rapp, Viktor Shmalts, Andrey Voloshko, Oxana Raykhert, Valentina Senchura.

         It is symbolical, that the German cultural center in Gorodnya is registered on the eve of German Christmas (certificate an registration No. 21 is giving is given out by the Gorodnya district management of justice on a December; the charter is accepted on December 7, 2003 by general absolutely recently of the representatives of the German cultural center). Although our center exists absolutely recently, we have already friends in Germany appeared.

On October, 3, per day of German unity, we for the first time met with guests from Germany, for which the childrens’s group of our German cultural center has prepared a concert in the German language.

         As (On the state on) of August 2005, at our cultural center consisted 106 persons, from them 26 Germans.

         Children under 15 years — 65, from them 5 Germans.

         Seigniors — 30, from them 13 Germans.

         Young people and persons of middle ages under 50 years — 11, from them 8 Germans.

Purposes and tasks of the German cultural center “Interaction (Cooperation)”:

·     revival and propaganda of the German culture, folk traditions, handicrafts, consuetudes and ceremonies, study and popularization of history of Germans on Ukraine, their roles in economic development of country, development of spirituality, saving of national originality;

·     renewal (restoration) of the good (kind) name of the subjected and deported peoples to repression, victims of stalinism, achievement of complete and vowel (public) rehabilitation of Germans of Ukraine as the deported peoples, providing (maintenance) of political equality of rights with other nationalities on territory of Ukraine;

·     adjusting of direct international contacts, strengthening of communications (connections) with Germany, comprehensive development of cooperation between the German speaking citizens of all (entire) countries.