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Jaroslav Hovadík is a Czech artist who fled his homeland following the Russian invasion last August
Jaroslav Hovadík is a Czech artist who fled his homeland following the Russian invasion last August

Jaroslav Hovadík is a Czech artist who fled his homeland following the Russian invasion last August

Date3/20/1969
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  • Jaroslav Hovadík is a Czech artist who fled his homeland following the Russian invasion last August
  • Jaroslav Hovadík is a Czech artist who fled his homeland following the Russian invasion last August. Today he lives in Toronto where he spends six hours a day studying English. Hovadik had everything an artist could want in Czechoslovakia: if the Russians hadn't invaded: he says: he never would have left.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Jaroslav Hovadik is a Czech artist who fled his homeland following the Russian invasion last August. Today he lives in Toronto where he spends six hours a day studying English. Hovadik had everything an artist could want in Czechoslovakia: if the Russians hadn't invaded: he says: he never would have left.
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0055750F
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      Jaroslav Hovadík: artist
      Jaroslav Hovadík: artist
      Goode, Jeff
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      Five American artists who fled their homeland have achieved prominence in Toronto
      Five American artists who fled their homeland have achieved prominence in Toronto
      Geo, Mario
      3/5/1969
      Awaiting asyium: Viktoria Mullova, award-winning violinist who makes her North American debut today at Roy Thomson Hall, fled her Soviet homeland last July
      Awaiting asyium: Viktoria Mullova, award-winning violinist who makes her North American debut today at Roy Thomson Hall, fled her Soviet homeland last July
      Beaty, Keith
      9/16/1983
      Eyewitness to invasion of Cezechoslovakia by Russia, Dr. F.A. Campbell rummages through briefcase to find copies of Czech underground news. papers during stopover last night on way home to Calgary from conference.
      Eyewitness to invasion of Cezechoslovakia by Russia, Dr. F.A. Campbell rummages through briefcase to find copies of Czech underground news. papers during stopover last night on way home to Calgary from conference.
      Griffin, Doug
      8/23/1968
      Bulgarian Stowaway seeks asylum, Ivan Dimov says he fled homeland after release from jail.
      Bulgarian Stowaway seeks asylum, Ivan Dimov says he fled homeland after release from jail.
      Teskey, Frank
      6/1/1972
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      Artist Karl Hahn, who spent 9 years in Czech prisons for ''sabotage,'' forged documents for his daughter Suzanne (centre) so that they could escape to(...)
      Geo, Mario
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      Safely Home from Czechoslovakia where they were visiting their uncle in Prague at the time of the Russian invasion, Tommy Bernard, 12, and brother Geo(...)
      Safely Home from Czechoslovakia where they were visiting their uncle in Prague at the time of the Russian invasion, Tommy Bernard, 12, and brother Geo(...)
      Glynn, D.
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      Toronto graphic designer Martin Strazovec, 25, fired a slingshot at Russian helicopters hovering above his quiet country home in Bratislava in August, 1968
      Toronto graphic designer Martin Strazovec, 25, fired a slingshot at Russian helicopters hovering above his quiet country home in Bratislava in August, 1968
      Spremo, Boris
      3/17/1987
      To Bliss Carman, on the anniversary of his nativity: born Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the fifteenth day of April, a little anthology by four admirers who dwell in the Canadian homeland
      To Bliss Carman, on the anniversary of his nativity: born Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the fifteenth day of April, a little anthology by four admirers who dwell in the Canadian homeland
      Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929
      1913
      Is it a Caribou? No, it's Tony Bubenik, a 62-year-old Czech professor who makes his living by pretending he's a caribou, a moose or a deer. He has been shot at by a hunter, charged by a bull moose and flirted with by cow moose.
      Is it a Caribou? No, it's Tony Bubenik, a 62-year-old Czech professor who makes his living by pretending he's a caribou, a moose or a deer. He has been shot at by a hunter, charged by a bull moose and flirted with by cow moose.
      Spremo, Boris
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      They Eloped -- 6,000 Miles. After fleeing 6,000 mils to get married, Jaroslav Musil left, and Alena Cibulkova still face a hitch in getting hitched. T(...)
      Teskey, Frank
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      Take that: Leaf defenceman Jason Smith (25) clears Washington's Jaroslav Svejkovsky away from net as Kevyn Adams and Felix Potvin follow the play
      Take that: Leaf defenceman Jason Smith (25) clears Washington's Jaroslav Svejkovsky away from net as Kevyn Adams and Felix Potvin follow the play
      Lautens, Richard
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