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СЛ 03 -c I 3) - - I" Ul Z Д) - О -t о -I z Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association! о о z -n О oo-o о z m О 3B n О (ПО rainian Weekly 4Л - Vol. L No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1982 25 cents Poles baffle riot police Dissident victim of Soviet smear campaign on Solidarity anniversary JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Olena Antoniv Krasivska, whose husband is currently in exile, was the subject of WARSAW - Tens of thousands of Poles, braving a vicious smear campaign in the August 18 issue of water cannon, concussion grenades and club-wielding Vilna Ukraina, a Lviv daily, which accused her of riot police here and in at least 10 other Polish cities, stealing money from the so-called Solzhenitsyn fund, rallied on August 31 in a massive outpouring of set up by the Nobel laureate to aid families of Soviet support for the suspended Solidarity trade union on political prisoners. the second anniversary of its founding. The attack came in the form of a lengthy article Late-breaking government reports said that at least sardonically titled "Antoniv and Cleopatra," which two people were reported dead in the southeastern city appeared on page three of the newspaper published by of Lublin, and scores of policemen injured in the the Oblast Committee; of the Communist Party of rioting. Over 4,000 people were reported arrested Ukraine. The article was by lined M. Toropovsky. nationwide.^ Written in the sneering and vindictive tone typical of ^ There were also reports of clashes in Gdansk, where Soviet pieces on dissidents, the piece charges Mrs. fv;v,the union was born, and in Wroclaw, Cracow and its Krasivska with misappropriating funds intended for steel-making suburb of Nowa Huta. Government dissidents and their families, and squandering it on spokesmen also reported unrest in Szczecin,Peremysh! frivolous indulgences such as travel and nights out on (Przemysl). Czestochowa and Rzeszow. Parts of the town. Gdansk were still said to be under the control of the demonstrators late in the evening. The fund, officially called the Russian Social Fund, was established by novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn The protests, called by fugitive leaders of Solidarity, shortly before, hje was expelled from the USSR. The -As44 ,J. ;. came despite stern warnings from officials, who author has donated all worldwide royalties from his f deployed riot police, red-bereted paratroopers and bestseller, "The Gulag Archipelago," to the fund, Oiena Antoniv Krasivska army troops, reported the Associated Press. which is currently administered in Moscow by Sergei In Warsaw, the nation's capital, about 10,000 Khodorovich. Ivan Неї, is currently serving a 15-year term for his demonstrators defied martial-law authorities by According to Ukrainian sources, the length and nationalist activities and is not due to be released until marching toward. Communist Party headquarters. vitriol of the attack has heightened fears among 1987. The paper accused him of Ukrainian "bourgeoise Pockets of young people reportedly chanted "Free Ukrainian dissidents and their supporters that Mrs. nationalism," noting that his father "was an active Lech Walesa," and "We want Lech," referring to the Krasivska, who was once married to dissident helper and abettor of Banderite headhunters." interned leader of Solidarity. Vy acheslav Chornovil (whom the article calls a "hack­ It also said that Mr. Hel's "anti-Soviet" and The New York Times reported that the first tear gas writer"), may soon be arrested by authorities. Her nationalistic writings have been exploited by anti- cannister was fired into the crowd about 4:17 p.m. husband, Zinoviy Krasivsky, 53, is currently in the Communist circles in the West, specifically the Helmeted police fought running battles with demon­ second year of a five-year exile sentence. newspapers Homin Ukrainy and Shliakh Peremohy, strators in several areas of the city, including an area in The article characterizes Mrs. Krasivska as a social and Radio Liberty. front of the Sister of Visitation Church, where a floral But it said that Mrs. Krasivska never distributed the cross was laid out in the street. malcontent who sought "fame" for herself by joining the ranks of the dissidents. The author sarcastically money to these and other dissidents or their families, The cross is one of two that have been established as compares Mrs. Krasivska, whose maiden name is but kept it herself. As "proof," the paper printed what it a symbol of resistance since the police built a wooden Antoniv, to Cleopatra, accusing her of having all the said were direct quotes from Ms. Zarytska, Mrs. Неї fence around the floral cross marking the spot where negative characteristics of the legendary Egyptian and Mr. Osadchy,each saying that they never received Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski lay in state. queen. any money. In Gdansk on the Baltic coast, an estimated 4,000 Like Cleopatra, the paper says, Mrs. Krasivska is As further "proof," the paper claimed that it had (Continued on page 3) ' "trivial, capricious, inconstant, cunning and a liar." postal records indicating that such dissidents as Petro The paper said that her decision to join the dissident and V. fthe reference could be to either Vasyl or movement was spurred by "egoism," a common Soviet Volodymyrj Sichko and Vasyl Striltsiv were also characterization of the motives behind dissent. bilked of the amounts Mrs. Krasivska's own records Gdansk rocked by violence indicate they were to have received. But the gist of the attack centers on the Russian Although the article makes repeated references to GDANSK, Poland - Polish riot police beat Social Fund, and what the paper calls Mrs. Krasivska's what it calls Mrs. Krasivska's private records, it does back thousands of anti-government demonstrators burning desire to establish a "private banking-credit not indicate how it obtained them if, in fact, such in this port city where the Solidarity trade union operation" not unlike what it called "the American records ever existed. Moreover, the direct quotes was signed into existence after a victorious strike Manhattan Chase Bank." concerning the Russian Social Fund attributed to the two years ago, reported The New York Times. According to the paper, the fund, which depends on dissidents were curiously not set off in quotation According to reports, clashes between police and private donations, is in reality financed by the CIA and (Continued on page 3) Solidarity supporters lasted for over four hours. other American government agencies. Police, equipped with truncheons, water cannon, "And what kind of people are assigned to receive concussion grenades and tear gas fought with money from 'the Galician banking housewife?' " the workers armed with gasoline bombs and makeshift paper asks rhetorically. It then goes on to list several INSIDE: clubs. prominent Ukrainian dissidents and nationalists, Reliable medical sources indicated that at least among them Kateryna Zarytska, Ivan Неї and Ш Profile: Ukrainian political prisoner Zinoviy 1 people were hurt, including one young man Mykhailo Osadchy, who were supposed to have Krasivsky - page 2. apparently struck in the temple by аЛеаг gas benefitted from the Solzhenitsyn fund. Ш Latest news from the Committee for Law and bannister. - jjSjg The author then goes on to list Ms. Zarytska's "anti- Order in the UCCA - page 3. The trouble began when riot police moved in on Soviet" activities, such as her association with Ш New Jersey's UNA Day - page 5. housands of demonstrators in front of the Lenin Ukrainian nationalist leaders Stepan Bandera and Ш Nina Strokata on Raisa Rudenko - page 6. Shipyard, the site of the massive strike two years Roman Shukhevych, and the Ukrainian Insurgent Ш Letters to the editor — page 7. ago that led to the formation of Solidarity. At least Army (UPA). BThe Odessa file of the United States - page 8. 300 of them retreated into the yard, by breaking "In my opinion, it seems very interesting that such a В Catching up with the Ukrainian pro hockey down a metal gate, The Times said. staunch Ukrainian nationalist should be associated update — page 9. In the northern sections of the city, demonstra­ with a 'Russian Fund,' particularly when she shakes, Ш New monograph on sculptor Leo Мої — page tors erected flaming barricades, and several riot and quivers merely at the word ''Russian,'" the author 10. y. (Continued on page 3) ' of the article Said. Ш Notes on people — page 11. Another alleged recipient of money from the fund, THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1982 No. 36 Dissident profile Rift in pro-Soviet ranks turns violent Zinoviy Krasivsky: as guerrillas report new military gains KABUL, Afghanistan - A rift The unreliability of the Afghan army between Afghan government army has persuaded the Soviets to take the undaunted by ill-health, exile officers and pro-Soviet president Ba- brunt of the fighting in Afghanistan. brak Karmal may be turning violent as Some 8,000 Soviet troops and 4,000 of JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Like several sources here have reported an their Afghan allies were forced to countless other Ukrainians of his August 5 shoot-out in the presidential retreat to the entrance of the Panjshir generation, imprisoned Helsinki palace between dissident military men valley during the recent fighting there. monitor Zinoviy Krasivsky, a 53- and those loyal to the regime. Despite employing hundreds of ar­ year-old invalid, experienced the The news comes amid persistent mored vehicles, 20 aircraft and 200 wrath of the Soviet judicial system at reports that recent guerrilla attacks in helicopters in the battle, eyewitnesses an early age. the strategic Panjshir valley north of the have reported that the Soviets failed to In 1947, when he was 18, he was capital have routed Soviet and Afghan kill or capture many of the 3,000 or so sentenced to five years in a labor government troops.