Ukrainians in the Czech Republic

Ukrainian citizens in the Czech Republic as of 31 December
Year	Pop.	±%
2011	118,932	—
2012	112,549	−5.4%
2013^[1]	105,138	−6.6%
2016^[2]	110,245	+4.9%
2018^[3]	131,302	+19.1%
2022	615,000	+368.4%

There is a large national community of Ukrainians in the Czech Republic. The Ukrainian national minority in the Czech Republic together with the citizens of Ukraine make up the largest membership base with more than 203,198 members.

Labour migration from Ukraine or southeast Slovakia to what is now the Czech Republic began to grow to a large scale in the early 1990s.^[4] In 1991, there were just 8,500 Ukrainian citizens on Czech territory.^[5] However, as of October 2018^[update], figures of the Czech Statistical Office showed that number had grown to 132,481, making Ukrainians the largest group of foreigners in the Czech Republic, with a 30% share of the foreign population.^[6]

Czech registered public organizations with the status of a legal entity

International association "Ukrainian Freedom", president: Bohdan Kostiv. Official pages
International non-governmental organization "Coordination Resource Center", General director: Olexandr Petrenko. Official pages
Rodyna, z.s., leader: Yosyp Klymkovych. Official pages
Společnost Ivana Kondura, leaders: Jiří Klán, Petr Novák, Lenka Kondurová. Official pages
Ukrainian Business Club in Czech Republic z.s., chairman: Taras Yakubovskyi
Ukrajinská iniciativa v České republice, z.s., leaders: Viktor Rajčinec. Official pages
Ukrajinská iniciativa jižní Moravy z.s., leaders: Marija Wazi-Nobilisová. Official pages
Ukrajinská tradice v České republice, z.s., leader: Bohdan Rajčinec. Mirror of Ukrajinská iniciativa v České republice; same location, same statutes etc.
Misie Ukrajinské Pravoslavné Církve v České republice, z.s., leaders: Oleksandr Schramko
Ukrajinské kulturní a informační centrum, start 9 March 1996.

The main activities of international organizations, in particular, the "International non-governmental organization “Coordination Resource Center”" also include issues of the electoral process in Ukraine and monitoring it.

Ukrainian mass media in the Czech Republic

CRCMedia — European Diaspora News
Ukrainian newspapers in the Czech Republic — Ukrainian news in the Czechia
JARMART - cultural and historical newsletter — Ukrainian portal, news, video, internet

Periodicals in Ukrainian

Porohy — political and cultural magazine in Ukrainian, sometimes in Czech
Ukrainian journal — journal in Czech or Ukrainian
Mandrivnyk - Czech and Ukrainian literary magazine - magazine in Ukrainian

Russian invasion of Ukraine

In the first days of the outbreak, the government of the Czech Republic condemned the attack on Ukraine. Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced extensive aid to Ukraine and its citizens, including the provision of military equipment. The Czech Republic provides protection to refugees from Ukraine and financial support to refugees.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ "Foreigners total: by citizenship" (PDF). 31 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2014.
^ "Foreigners by category of residence, sex, and citizenship as at 31 December 2016". Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ Foreigners, total by citizenship as at 31 December 2018 1). Czech Statistical Office.
^ Nekorjak 2006, p. 89
^ Markus 1994, p. 149
^ CSO 2009

Bibliography

Markus, V. (1994), "Ukrainians in the Czech and Slovak Republic", in Pawliczko, A. L. (ed.), Ukraine and Ukrainians throughout the World: The Demographic and Sociological Guide to the Homeland and Its Diaspora, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 147–159, ISBN 978-0-8020-7200-9
Nekorjak, M. (2006), "Klientský systém a ukrajinská pracovní migrace do České republiky", Sociální studia, 3 (1): 89–109, doi:10.5817/SOC2006-1-89, ISSN 1214-813X
- An English version was also presented as a conference paper, Čermáková, D; Nekorjak, M. (2007), "Ukrainian Middleman System of Labour Organization in the Czech Republic" (PDF), Mezinárodní migrace a nelegální pracovní aktivity migrantů v Česku v širším evropském kontextu, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Charles University, retrieved 23 December 2009^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Cizinci podle typu pobytu, pohlaví a státního občanství/Foreigners: by type of residence, sex and citizenship (PDF), Czech Statistical Office, 31 October 2009, retrieved 23 December 2009