Notes
1. Proper names of places, organisations, periodicals, performing arts groups and people appear in this encyclopaedia in both Ukrainian and English. As a rule:
- most proper names are transliterated from Ukrainian to English (e.g. Білий Камінь – Bilyi Kamin, хор «Гомін» – Homin choir), or transcribed from English to Ukrainian according to their pronunciation (e.g. Leicester – Лестер);
- “descriptive” names are translated from one language to the other (e.g. Союз Українців у Великій Британії – Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain, Ukrainian Bureau Bulletin – Бюлетень Українського Бюро).
For reference, the site contains Ukrainian-English and English-Ukrainian lists of proper names appearing in the encyclopaedia.
2. Transliteration of Ukrainian proper names into English follows, as a rule, the system approved in 2010 by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Where possible, Ukrainian personal names are rendered in English in the form normally used by the persons themselves (e.g. Віктор Свобода – Victor Swoboda, not Viktor Svoboda).
3. Transcription of English proper names into Ukrainian follows principles adopted by the encyclopaedia’s editorial team which, in the main, accord with current Ukrainian orthographic rules relating to words of non-Ukrainian origin, but which take into account how the names are pronounced in British English as well as certain aspects of their spelling.
4. Bibliography – Some articles include a bibliography of printed works which expand on the subject in question or parts of it (not a complete list of the sources used in compiling the article).
5. Ancillary articles – While most articles in the encyclopaedia are directly concerned with Ukrainians in the United Kingdom or Ukrainian-British relations, there are also a number of ancillary articles which provide background information on particular aspects of the topics in question. For example, the article on “European Voluntary Workers” is accompanied by an ancillary article on “Displaced Persons”.
6. Historical Glossary – Brief explanations of terms pertaining to Ukrainian history, with links to relevant articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine (or, in some cases, on other sites) are given in the Historical Glossary.