www.ukrweekly.com ubhshed by the Ukrainian National Association inc.. a fraternal non-profit association rainian Weekly vol. LVIII No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST i9,1990 50 cents Polish Senate resolution condemns Tension at St, George's 1947 resettlement of Ukrainians Lviv Oblast Council urges JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - The Polish churches, many of them precious his– inter-confessional harmony Senate on August 3 adopted a resolu– torical monuments took place. There tion condemning the 1947 forcible was even an attempt to change the JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - Mounting Nicholas complex before the Russian resettlement of Ukrainians from their names of the village from traditionally tension surrounding the return of St. Orthodox (now known as the Ukrai– native lands, then a part of eastern Ukrainian-sounding names to Polish." George's Cathedral in Lviv to Ukrai– nian Orthodox) Bishop Andriy Horak Poland, to the "recovered territories" in For decades, the operation has been nian Catholics has pressed the Lviv moves into his new home. The new western Poland. a major sticking point in better relations Oblast Council to issue a decree on deadline is set for September 15. Known as Akcja Wisla, or Operation between Poles and Ukrainians. Thus, Tuesday, August 14, asking that the The actions of the oblast council vistula, the action executed by the the 100-member Polish Senate's resolu– return of the church take place in due deputies follow a tense demonstration Polish military relocated between tion is seen by observers as a step time, peacefully, reported Serhiy Her– on Sunday, August 12, when crowds, 150,000 and 250,000 Ukrainians. toward normalizing relations between man of the Ukrainian independent estimated at 30,000 Ukrainian Catholic As Dr. Peter Potichnyj, professor of the neighboring nations. The 460- Publishing and information Associa– faithful, marched from the Church of political science at McMaster Univer– member Polish Parliament, or Sejm, tion. the Transfiguration to Artem Street, sity in Hamilton, Ontario, has noted, has been debating the Akcja Wisla The seven-point decree, which ran in where a new Ukrainian Catholic Church the operation was carried out with issue, but has yet to act on it. all of Lviv's newspapers on Thursday, is to be built. Following the dedication particular brutality, in a paper deli– Following, in an English-language August 16, calls for the relaxation of service, the idea to go to the Cathedral vered in 1987 ^t the Oxford University translation provided by the Ukrainian tensions between the various denomi– of St. George circulated through the Conference on Forcible Repatriation Press Agency based in London, is the nations, asking that an oblast-appoint– crowd and they proceeded to the after World War 11, Dr. Potichnyj full text oMie Polish Senate's August 3 ed inventory commission be allowed to cathedral complex, reported the Ukrai– stated: resolution condemning Operation vis- complete its work at St. George's, as nian Catholic Press Bureau based in "Time and again in my conversations tula, as it appeared in the Solidarity well as a renovation crew finish St. (Continued on page 13) with the witnesses and survivors of daily Gazeta Wyborcza. Akcja Wisla, it was impressed upon me Below it appears a commentary (also the brutality and cold-blooded manner translated by the UPA). by Solidarity with which the people were treated by activist and member of Parliament the Polish authorities and the popula– Adam Michnik, published in that tion... newspaper on August 7. "But no less painful to these people was an attempt by the Polish authori– Resolution of Polish Senate ties and some elements of the popula– tion to obliterate the memory of the The social and political changes Ukrainians in their formerly native taking place in our country and in regions. A wholesale destruction of neighboring states place new challenges before us. in view of the presence of Ukrainians in Poland, mutural recogni– Ukrainian deputies tion, understanding and the reconciiia– tion of Poles and Ukrainians take on a form organization particular significance. in the past, the fate of both nations Rukh Press international developed in various ways. Not only did Poles and Ukrainians work and live KlEv - Members of the Ukrai– together as neighbors but often also nian Parliament who are also mem– joined together in the same families. bers of the Popular Movement of However, alongside this agreeable Ukraine for Perebudova (Rukh) co-existence there were cases of mutual established a parliamentary club on grievance and ill-will. There was hatred August 8. and even bloodshed. This past history According to its by-laws, the harms our relations. We must defeat the Deputies' Club attained legal status past, in striving for reconciliation we on August 9, upon registering its are aiming to show our difficult past in a statutes with the Rukh Secretariat. truthful light, in particular, this de– Establishment of the Deputies' mands the revelation of painful events Club should provide the opposition which occurred in the post-war period National Council with a practical in our common homeland. support structure and access to One of these was the military action expert advice outside the Parliament. "Akcja Wisla" (Operation vistula) While Western parliamentarians which was carried out in the central- are provided with staff and aides eastern part of Poland on the basis of a upon election, Ukrainian MPs are decision of the Presidium of the Coun– not provided with any support per– cil of Ministers dated April 24, 1947. sonnel. An MP in the Ukrainian At that time the Communist authori– Parliament is paid 300 rubles per ties, in preparing to liquidate divisions month. This must suffice not only for of the Ukrainian insurgent Army, carried living expenses in the capital and at out a forced repatriation of the popu!a– home, but also for any secretarial tion, consisting mainly of Ukrainians, and support services that he may in three months over 150,000 people need. were resettled lrom their places of birth The new Deputies' Club is expected and had their belongings, orchards and . .ш'-гіск ні St, George's Cathedral inSepfesmber , Ї987. No (Continued on page 14) (Coniinu?cf on page 6) bf-:w cekbraf^ кшїіе the church ^v.ееМшгс Ь В, 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 19,1990 No. 33 Warning strikes across Ukraine Newsbriefs from unite opposition to Chornobyl Rukh Press international Rukh Press international mediately the Chornobyl nuclear power station. KlEv — A series of warning strikes Among other demands issued by ^ PART1ZANSK, Russia - A office. and meetings have brought the nu– group of some 20 Ukrainian soldiers The plenum of the party's Central Sunday's meeting are a Ukraine inde– merous local strike committees formed pendent of any union treaty and the de- serving their tour of duty in the Mili– Committee fulfilled his request with throughout Ukraine close to forming a tary Section 53930 in Partizansk, near objections from Communists and sup- nationalization of enterprises, factories republican strike committee. and businesses. viadivostok, began a hunger strike on port from the democratic bloc. August 12. An August 12 meeting in Kiev, A two-hour warning strike, held organized by the Kiev Strike Commit– August 9, resulted in the formation of The soldiers are demanding that they ш YENAKlYEvE, Ukraine - A tee and the inter-Party Assembly, serve their army terms in Ukraine. group of activists from independent several new strike committees and the attracted approximately 5,000 people. raising of Ukrainian flags. in a letter addressed to the Popular organizations in Yenakiyeve began a Strike committees from nine Kiev Movement of Ukraine for Perebudova, hunger strike on August 6, demanding factories and enterprises sent represen– valeriy Kravchenko, a representa– or Rukh, the soldiers state that they the firing of Judges Markov and Arta– tatives to the meeting, which was a tive from the Arsenal strike committee, were threatened and insulted by their monov and City Procurator Kulakov. continued effort to close down im– stated that 5,000 workers staged a strike battalion leader for writing a similar The three are charged with abusing on August 9, closing down three depart– letter to the Ukrainian Parliament. their posts and with refusing to imple– ments. Arsenal is a military plant They appeal to "fathers, brothers, ment in the Yenakiyeve City Council Toxic phenol leaks employing 40,000 workers. Forty sisters, wives and friends" to "help them the resolutions adopted at democratic percent of the plant's production is return to Ukraine." The soldiers said meetings. into Desna River underground. they expect Ukrainians in other army Hunger strikers are also demanding Mr. Kravchenko stated that Arsenal divisions to join with them in this the resignation of the chief medical LONDON - More than 40 tons of workers were ready to support "the action. doctor of the city of Bykov for failing to poisonous phenol solution, which leak– Ukrainian national revolution." inform the residents that the vegetables ed into the Desna River in late July (Continued on page 15) ^ K1EV — A three-day campaign to being delivered to city markets were caused panic in northern Ukraine, demilitarize the 17th century Kiev– contaminated with nitrates. reported The Daily Telegraph of Lon– Mohyla Academy culminated in a Donetske Rukh and Ukrainian Re- don. Republican Party human chain around the academy on publican Party activists staged a march The accident, which happened on August 12. on