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[Lieutenant-General Sikevich Fiftieth Anniversary Committee]; Vasyl’ Hultay; Volodimir Sikevich [Сікевич, Володимир; Sikevyč] (1870-1952). Jubilee Souvenir, 1887-1937; On the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Ukrainian Statehood of His Excellency General-Coroner Volodymyr Sikevych ; Ювілейна памятка, 1887-1937 : з нагоди пятидесятої прапі для Української державности його ексцелєнції Ґенерал-Хорунжого Володимира Сікевича. Winnipeg, Manitoba & Toronto, Ontario: [Lieutenant-General Sikevich Fiftieth Anniversary Committee] | Ukrainian Publishing Co. of Canada, Ltd., 1937. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 102, + [5 pages of advertisements by sponsoring Ukrainian businesses and merchants]. 4to., measuring 8.5″ x 11.5″. Publisher’s tan covers illustrated and lettered in red-and-gold, and prominently bearing the Ukrainian coat-of-arms. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Sikevich accompanied with many additional black-and-white photographs, portraits, group portraits, and illustrations. Two very faint spots, and lightest edgewear to the covers, short, neat period ink inscription to the upper-left margin of the title page. Contents, otherwise, entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding.
Exceptionally rare to be offered in commerce. At time of cataloguing not found in Peel, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, BAC/LAC, et al. Rare indeed. Corresponds to OCLC Nos.: 70358660, 7435498, 184790613. Please also consult our listing No. 5458, wherein, the author recounts their early life and military endeavours. Overall, near fine. Card Covers. Published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of noted the Ukrainian Army General, Volodymyr Sikevych. “Volodymyr Sikevych was a Ukrainian military and political leader. He served as a colonel in the general staff of the Russian army. During the Ukrainian struggle for independence (1917–20) he served as brigadier general of the Army of the Ukrainian National Republic and head of the Repatriation Commission of the UNR consulates in Hungary and Austria (1919–20). From 1924 he lived in Canada (Winnipeg and Toronto) and was active in Ukrainian veterans’ organizations.” [Source: Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 4 (1993)]. (#5562) $189.00
