The Union of Ukrainian Plast Émigrés in the Czechoslovak Republic in the Context of International Scout Movement

Abstract

The founding reasons and main kinds of activity of the Union of Ukrainian Plast Émigrés are underlined in the article. The author points out the importance of the Ukrainian nation representation by the Union of Ukrainian Plast Émigrés in the context of international scout cooperation. The researcher emphasises that this Union played an important role, since it popularised Ukraine abroad. Among the most important objectives of the Union of Ukrainian Plast Émigrés in the Czechoslovak Republic the author outlines the following: to officially represent the Union, to enrol members from other cities and, therefore, to unite the emigrants, to protest against Plast prohibition and persecution, etc.