www.ukrweekly.com к ublished by the Ukrainian National Association inc.. a fraternal non-profit association rainian Weekly vol. LVIII No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1990 50 cents Public rallies protest union treaty Democratic leaders of Russia, Ukraine JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - Rallies were people gathered on September 2 for a held throughout Ukraine during the' rally in Kiev near the republican sign historic declaration on relations weekend of September 1-2 to protest the stadium. The meeting adopted a series by Bohdan Nahaylo of "democratic independent states" in signing of any new union treaty and to of resolutions that condemned the their respective republics. express opposition to the union treaty signing of any union treaty. Radio Liberty They advocate the establishment of proposed by Soviet leader Mikhail Rally participants called for a na– MUN1CH — Leading representa– Gorbachev. tional warning strike on September 28 harmonious "good-neighborly" rela– tives of Russia's and Ukraine's demo– tions between the RSFSR and the Demonstrators who participated in and public meetings throughout U– cratic forces have drawn up a joint the public meetings organized by the kraine on September 30, as well as for Ukrainian SSR based on the recogni– declaration about Russo-Ukrainian tion of their sovereignty, full equality, Popular Movement of Ukraine for picketing at the Ukrainian SSR Su– relations generally and between the Perebudova (Rukh), the Ukrainian preme Soviet on October 1, when the non-interference in one another's inter– Russian SFSR and the Ukrainian SSR nal affairs and the inviolability of their Republican Party and other democratic Parliament resumes its sessions. in particular. forces, threatened a national strike if the RP1 reported that one of the speakers present borders. Ukrainian SSR Supreme Soviet goes at the rally, Diana Bidochka, an activist The historic document was approved The declaration ends with a call for ahead and approves a union treaty. in the Ukrainian Republican Party, in Moscow on August 29 after a meet– support from other Russian and Ukrai– stated: "How can one defend this ing between leaders of the Democratic nian parliamentarians and for the According to Chrystyna Lapychak at Russia group of Russian people's Rukh Press international, some 10,000 (Continued on page 11) document to serve as the basis for deputies and representatives of the treaties regulating inter-state relations Ukrainian parliamentary opposition, between Russia and Ukraine. the National Council (Narodna Rada). Orthodox faithful go on hunger strike Among the signatories from the K1EV - Faithful of the long-banned named patriarch of Ukraine by a his– The declaration states that the history of the "two great peoples — Russia and Ukrainian side were: ivan Drach, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox toric Sobor of the Ukrainian Auto– Dmytro Pavlychko, Levko Lukia– Church began a hunger strike on Au– cephalous Orthodox Church held in Ukraine" has been a troubled one and was "not conducive to the establish– nenko, ihor Yukhnovsky, Yuriy Sh– gust 29 in front of the headquarters of Kiev on June 4-5, but was not granted cherbak and volodymyr Pylypchuk. the Ukrainian SSR Council of Ministers a visa to enter Ukraine in order to ment of relations of equality between in Kiev to demand the return of the attend. them." The state rights of Ukraine The Ukrainian democratic represen– landmark St. Sophia Cathedral to their under the Treaty of Pereyaslav of 1654 tatives are also known to have held talks The primate has re-applied for a visa and as proclaimed in the Fourth Uni– last week with members of Boris Yelt– Church, reported Rukh Press interna– on the invitation of the Popular Move– tional. versal in 1918 "were trampled on by the sin's team, though the details have yet to ment of Ukraine for Perebudova, or о tsarist and Bolshevik regimes." emerge. The activists were also demanding Rukh, in order to visit his faithful as his that the Soviet government stop re- Church undergoes a revival in the The declaration describes the USSR These developments come against the fusing to give an entry permit into republic. as a "unitary empire" in which "totali– background of growing protests in Ukraine to Patriarch Mstyslav Skryp– tarian order and imperial policies" Ukraine against the Kremlin's efforts to nyk, who heads the church in exile from The UAOC was liquidated by Soviet caused "enormous damage to our push through a new union treaty that his metropolitan see in South Bound authorities in the 1930s and most of its peoples." The signatories affirm that the will "revamp" the Soviet federation. Brook, N.J., south of New York City. leaders were imprisoned, killed or democratic forces in both Russia and Now, those leaders of Ukraine's and The 92-year-old metropolitan was exiled by the Stalin regime. Ukraine are committed to the creation (Continued on page 11) Soyuzivka welcomes Mykhailo Horyn at Labor Day weekend festivities by Roma Hadzewycz tion's upstate New York resort, offered weekend. where a crowd of some 200 had gathered a special welcome to a special guest who Mykhailo Horyn, chairman of the outside, awaiting the Horyns' arrival. KERHONKSON, N.Y. - Soyu– arrived here for the closing of the 37th Secretariat of Rukh, the Popular Move– Ms. Dydyk-Petrenko introduced the zivka, the Ukrainian National Associa– summer season during the Labor Day ment of Ukraine for Perebudova honored guests and welcomed them to and his 26-year-old daughter, Soyuzivka on behalf of the UNA, which Oksana, were welcomed by Soyuzivka is sponsoring Mr. Horyn's U.S. visit. management, members of the UNA Bouquets of roses were presented to Mr. Supreme Assembly and some 200 as– Horyn and his daughter! Mr. Horyn sembled guests on Friday evening, then placed the flowers at the monu– August 31, as their car, driven by Mr. ment to Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine's Horyn's escort, Marta Kolomayets, an greatest poet, while Miss Horyn placed associate editor of The Ukrainian her bouquet at the foot of the monu– Weekly, pulled into the resort. ment to poetess Lesia Ukrainka. At the main entrance to Soyuzivka, Mr. Horyn also addressed the Soyu– the Horyns were welcomed by a small zivka guests for some 20 minutes, contingent of UNA'ers that included speaking about the process of nation- Supreme Advisors Anya Dydyk-Pe– building currently under way in U– trenko, Eugene iwanciw and Walter kraine. Kwas and Soyuzivka manager John A. The next day, in the veseJka audito– Flis and his wife, Katya. Also present rium, Mr. Horyn addressed a standing- were Judge Bohdan Futey of Ukraine room-only audience of some 600 per– 2000, the Rukh support committee in sons who had traveled to Soyuzivka Washington, and Joseph Lesawyer, a from near and far to hear this leader of former UNA supreme president. the Ukrainian democratic movement, Mr. Flis, attired in a Hutsui outfit, who is a people's deputy and a vice- welcomed the visitors from Ukraine chairman of the opposition National lMarta Kolomayets with the traditional Ukrainian greeting Council in Ukraine's Parliament. UNA Supreme President Ulana Diachuk welcomes Mykhailo Horyn to of bread and salt. Mr. Horyn was welcomed by UNA Soyuzivka, as a standing-room-only audience of 600 greets him with a standing The entourage then proceeded up the Supreme President Ulana Diachuk who ovation. steep hili to Soyuzivka's Main House, (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNOAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1990 No. 36 A GLIMPSE OF SOVIET REALITY Newsbriefs from Turmoil in the Donbas: Rukh Press international the political situation ^ vLADivOSTOK, Russia - The bard Taras Shevchenko, will be named first boat to set out around the world for the late poet vasyl Stus, who died in by Dr. David Marples groups in Ukrainian society, but na– tional consciousness among them has under the Ukrainian national flag is to a Soviet labor camp on September 4, set sail from viadivostok on Septem– 1985. PART1 remained relatively underdeveloped. That both the Ukrainian government ber 19. After an official opening ceremony, While the problems that beset U– and party view the situation in the Manned by a three-man crew, the an evening dedicated to the national kraine today are numerous, for simplifi– Donbas with alarm is evident. On yacht Dnipro is to sail around the rights advocate and Ukrainian Helsinki cation, and excluding the economic August 9, the chairman of the Ukrai– world, culminating with a stop in Group member was to be held at the crisis that applies 10 the Soviet Union nian SSR Council of Ministers, vitaliy Canada to coincide with the date of the University of Donetske. generally, they can be reduced to three: Masol went to Donetske to meet with first Ukrainian settlement there. Stop- News of the school's imminent open– the consequences of Chornobyl; politi– miners. They discussed the fulfillment of ping in several ports with Ukrainian ing was reported by the Ukrinform cal developments in western Ukraine; the social program, particularly in the communities, the cruise is meant to be an press agency of Ukraine. and last, but not least, the situation in Proletarskyi Raion, Donetske Oblast. expression of unity with Ukrainians ^ DONETSKE, Ukraine - Demo– the mining districts of the Donbas. The miners discussed the strike living around the world. cratic mayors of cities throughout the The latter has of late elicited the most movement in their region, and empha– The planned route of the cruise is Soviet republics of Russia, Byelorussia attention. Not only has the coal in– sized, as they have done constantly Khakodate, Japan, September 21-23; and Ukraine met over the weekend of dustry reached a state of stagnation throughout this coalfield, the impor– Guam, October 30; Adelaide, Australia, August 25-26 in the eastern Ukrainian unparalleled in history, but there has tance of the rapid fulfillment of the December 12; Auckland, New Zealand, city of Donetske.