A Ukrainian immigrant who supervises tour guides at the Illinois state Capitol in Springfield was able to take part in a private ceremony raising the Ukrainian flag above the building's dome.
Tatyana Shlyak, who was born in Ukraine and moved to the United States in 1995, is a tour guide at the Illinois state Capitol in Springfield, March 2, 2022.
Shlyak had tears in her eyes as she watched the blue and yellow ensign wave and flicker in the strong winds alongside the U.S. and Illinois state flags. [Most read] Mayor Lori Lightfoot blocked Columbus statue deal, berated lawyers with obscene remarks, lawsuit claimsThe state started hoisting the Ukrainian flag in solidarity as the conflict began and will continue to do so for the near future.In a confined space just below the dome, Shylak recorded video of two statehouse employees tying the flag of her native land to a long piece of rope before it was raised.
She went to college in Kyiv and studied economics, got married and, following the collapse of the USSR, had a son.
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