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Olha is a
locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Rossburn Municipality Rossburn Municipality is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada. It was named for Reverend Richard R. Ross, an early settler to the region. History The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalga ...
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, home to a
Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...
community. The few buildings in Olha are a church, a community hall, and the Olha general store."Western Manitoba Offers Glimpse Of History"
(Retrieved on September 7, 2015) Of note in the Olha area is a
mass grave A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of execution, although an exact ...
where the remains of 43 Ukrainian settlers (three adults and 40 children) are buried. The settlers died during an epidemic of scarlet fever shortly after their arrival in 1899. Several monuments mark this site."Ukrainian Pioneer Mass Grave Site, SW 22-19-23 WPM, Oakburn area"
(Retrieved on September 7, 2015) Also nearby are two reconstructions of mud huts as built by the settlers. Some of the early Ukrainian settlers to the area did not have time to build permanent dwellings, having arrived too late in the year and on the verge of winter. In the interim, they built short-term, earthen shelters in the ground. In Ukrainian, a dwelling of this type is called a ''buda'' ().


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Localities in Manitoba Ukrainian-Canadian culture in Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub Ukrainian-Canadian communities in Manitoba Unincorporated communities in Parkland Region, Manitoba