Notes
A Note on the Translation1 Infamous young hellraisers in the city of Lviv, who appeared in the late nineteenth century and developed their own subculture and slang. They were active through the first half of the twentieth century. They were shady young wheeler-dealers who dressed in a dapper way and hung out together in cafes and bars.
Chapter 11 A traditional Ukrainian community-wide meeting to make political decisions.
2 Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, who was eventually assassinated in exile by a Soviet agent in Berlin in 1959.
3 According to Webster’s dictionary, “the spiritual leader of a modern Hasidic community.”
4 A diminutive form for the name Marko.
5 Now called Ivan Franko Park (author’s note) in front of Ivan Franko University.
6 In the Ukrainian and P
