Discover the untold story of Ukrainian immigrants from Putyatyntsi who escaped hardship to establish deep, lasting roots in the heart of Rochester, New York.

This is an Amateur Theater Group in the Village of Putyatyntsi, Ukraine, 1912
This image contains the list of names of the Amateur Theater performers in the Village of Putyatyntsi, Ukraine in 1912

The villagers’ names are listed from right to left.

Lying: 1) Ivanciw, Mychajlo 2) Lucyshyn, Wasyl 3) Dorofey, Oleksa

Seated: 1) Kvasnycia, Danylo 2) Pasnak, Anna 3) Hnatkiw, Ivan
4) Kuchmy, Parania 5) Polovy, Ivan 6) Senchyna, Jaroslav

Standing: 1) Kowba, Vasyl 2) Shak, Ivan 3) Skrobach, Andriy
4) Holubyk, Parania 5) Hnatkiw, Oleksa 6) Bilous, Wasyl 7) Hnatkiw, Mykola

Many of these family names, including Hnatkiw, Kowba, Shak, Skrobach, Bilous and Dorofey, appear again among the schoolchildren who signed a 1926 greeting to the United States: Greetings of Friendship from the Putiatynce School to the United States, 1926.


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