Valentyna Marcade and her connections with Ukrainian diaspora (The problem of influences)

The research was made on the basis of materials from Bakhmeteff Archive Columbia University and related with name famous researcher Ukrainian avant-garde Velentyna Vasiutynska-Marcade her connections diaspora, a bright representatives artistic environment Kyiv Kharkiv 1920s 1930s — Vadym Pavlovsky, Alla Herburt-Johansen Lubov Drazhevs`ka. These are an invaluable source information about educational work Ukrainians in exile, who considered their main task to overcome patterns imposed by Soviet propaganda, namely ubiquitous presence “great” Russian art, whatever it Georgian, Lithuanian, Moldavian or Ukrainian.