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The UK Embassy in Kyiv, is unable to assist individuals that may be searching for their lost Ukrainian relatives in Ukraine.

As an alternative, you may want to consider the possibility of trying to contact your relatives through the International Red Cross or Ukrainian National Red Cross Society in Kyiv. They may be able to search for relatives with whom you lost contact √ either in Ukraine or in UK. If you last had news of them in Ukraine during World War II, that is, before May 1945, please provide any identifying information to the Red Cross. The Red Cross will search for relatives lost in Ukraine during World War II even without an address.

However, if you last had news from your relatives more recently, the Red Cross requires an address no older than 20 years from the time of the request. There is no cost for searches, but they may take a considerable amount of time (one year or longer).

Red Cross in Kyiv
02004 Kyiv
vul. Pushkinska, 30
Tel.: (38-044) 234-1870, 230-2898, 228-6110
Fax: (38-044) 234-5082
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Are you sure that father was from Kharkiv, the regional center, or just from Kharkivska Region? Do you have any documents that state he was from THE CITY, Kharkiv?
Immigrants frequently referred to their regional or district centers as places of origin for geographical reference, because their own villages were very small.
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Another way to approach your search is to contact Mr. Klymchuk @ org below. Explain to Mr. Klymchuk that you are looking to connect w/your roots and he will go out of his way to locate any info the org might have.

The name of exact place of father's origin might be in their archives.

Association of Ukrainians
in Great Britain Limited
49 Linden Gardens
Notting Hill Gate
London W2 4HG

Direct letter to attn of Mr. M. Klymchuk, Welfare Officer.
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