Avangard: A Ukrainian Youth Journal. Issue 4 (187).New York, 1986

Avangard: Ukrainian Youth Journal. Issue 4 (187), Year XL / edited by the editorial board; graphic design by Yakiv Hnizdovsky.

New York: published by the Central Board of the Ukrainian Youth Association, 1986. — Quarterly. — Editorial address: 136 2nd Ave., New York, N. Y. 10003.

Original light blue dust jacket: hand-drawn title in black, below it an engraving in a frame depicting a warrior and a call not to grant the enemy any wrongs; on the back cover, an engraving “On the Battlefield Skete.” On the front cover, there is an owner’s inscription in pencil. Slight yellowing along the edges, minor rubbing. The binding is firm, the pages are clean. Condition: very good.

This issue has historical and cultural value and is of collector’s interest.

INFORMATION

The final issue of the journal’s fortieth year. Inside are the main excerpts from Symon Petliura’s speeches, poetry selections, a feature on the Ukrainian Youth Association’s women’s camp in France with photographic documentation, a chronicle of branches, and the year’s table of contents. Both cover engravings are executed in the style of liberation graphics, to which the journal frequently returned.

“Avangard” was the official organ of the Ukrainian Youth Association in exile, a quarterly with regional branches in Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Argentina, and Brazil. The journal’s graphic design was created by Yakiv Hnizdovsky (1915–1985), a graphic artist whose woodcuts are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Library of Congress.

The journal was distributed by subscription across ten countries and never reached Ukraine, and youth periodicals were preserved less carefully than books, so individual issues are now rarely found.