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ubiished by tht Ukrainian National Association Inc.. a fraternal non-profit association rainian Weekly Vol. LVII No. 43 THE UKRAfNIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22,1989 50 cents Ukrainian Communist Thousands in Chicago pledge solidarity with Ukraine Party's plenum: Millennium statue orchestrated farce? is dedicated CHICAGO - In a truly ecumenical by Dr. Roman Solchanyk celebration, thousands of Ukrainian Americans pledged their solidarity with The official report on the plenum of Ukraine on Sunday, October 15, during the Central Committee of the Com­ dedication ceremonies of a statue of Ss. munist Party of Ukraine that convened Volodymyr and Olha, concluding on September 28 to select a new party Chicagoland's yearlong festivities mark­ leader in place of Volodymyr Shcher- ing the Millennium of the Christia- bytsky has all the markings of a well- nization of Ukraine. rehearsed farce. On a bright, yet windy Sunday after­ Virtually ail of the speakers at the noon, characteristic of this ethnically plenum essentially did two things: (I) vibrant city, dignitaries from Ukraine's heaped mounds of praise on Mr. capital city of Kiev, a Ukrainian Shcherbytsky both as an individual and member of Parliament from Krakow, as a party leader, and (2) heaped Ukrainian Orthodox, Catholic and mounds of praise on Volodymyr A. Protestant leaders joined together with Ivashko, Mr. Shcherbytsky's successor, federal, state and city officials to unveil both as an individual and as a party what the'day^'smaster of ceremonies and leader. Millennium Monument Committee The absence of any serious dissonant chairman Julian Kulas called a "con­ notes in the plenum proceedings, and firmation of the long history of our the fact that directly after the plenum religious faith." Pravda published back-to-back in­ terviews with the three main actors in The event, which called for freedom this performance — Mikhail Gorba­ for all Ukrainian Churches, also chev, Mr. Shcherbytsky and Mr. Ivash­ focused attention on Soviet leader ko — projects an image of unanimity of Mikhail Gorbachev's upcoming meet­ Bishop Innocent Lotocky of the Ukrainian Catholic Church and Metropolitan views that, given the current realities in ing with Pope John Paul II, in late Mstysiav,head of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Chui'ch, blesst the the Soviet Union, strongly suggests November. Millennium statue. behind-the-scenes orchestration. A historic event, the blessing of the Volodymyr Yavorivsky, a deputy of the Rukh. Sharing the speakers' podium The question obviously arises as to monument not only; united according to police estimates 5,000 to 7,000 Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the that afternoon were former political the purpose of this exercise, which was Kiev regional chairman of the newly- prisoner and Ukrainian Helsinki U- broadcast live on republican television. members of the Ukrainian American community in Chicago, but also al­ established Popular Movement of nion member Mykola Horbal, who is It would seem, first of all, that the Ukraine for Perebudova, known as (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 12) lowed that community to listen to Protests over Crimean nuke plant Rul(h leader Volodymyr Yavorivsky hustles on Washington circuit reach climax, strike threatened by John A. Kun brought him face to face with media, by Dr. David Marples construction zone was said to be UNA Washington Office government and political leaders in dangerously high. Second, there has 'Washington during a visit to the The protests over the construction of been volcanic activity within 50 miles of WASHINGTON - Volodymyr nation's capital on October 9-12. a nuclear power plant on the Kerch the area in recent times. Third, local Yavorivsky, president of the Kiev Mr. Yavorivsky, an elected depu­ peninsula of the Crimea appear to have residents have been disturbed about the Regional Rukh organization, ex­ ty from Kiev to the Soviet Con- reached a crisis point. As a result of the transformation of the Crimea from a perienced a swirl of activity that (Continued on page 3) failure of the Soviet authorities to reach health and recreational zone into a a final decision on the reprofiling of the center of heavy industry. station, the local population has threa­ Despite the recommendation of the tened strike action that is to encompass Velikhov commission, the Soviet go- the entire Crimean Oblast of the Ukrai­ gernment did not make an immediate nian SSR, decision about the future of the station. At the same time, the situation in the In a recent interview, the former Crimea cannot be divorced from that minister of nuclear power, Nikolai elsewhere in the republic, where there Lukonin, maintained that the plant have been new reports from areas that would not be started up until it had been have been badly affected by fallout from inspected by a team of international Chornobyl. experts. The implication was that it Following protracted protests would eventually be brought on line, against the building of the Crimean but as Mr. Lukonin was subsequently plant in 1987-1988, a government relieved of his duties, one cannot take commission was sent to Kerch under the his remarks at face value. leadership of the vice-president of the The Crimean Party Icaviei, A. Gi- USSR Academy, Yevgeniy Velikhov. renko, then wrote a letter in mid- The commission recommended against September to the deputy chairman of the station's operation on several the USSR Council of Ministers, A. Volodymyr Yavorivsky pins Rukh button on Rep. Christopher Smith's lapel. grounds. . First, the seismicity in the (Continued on page 2) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22,1989 No. 43 Leading Georgian Rallies all over Ukraine support alternative election law LONDON - Public rallies were held at the meeting supporting the alter­ the Lviv authorities had planned the rigiits activist in various cities throughout Soviet U- native election law put forward by U- brutal disruption of the meeting in kraine in mid-October to nrotpst krainian members of the all-union advance. A number of resolutions de­ the official draft of a law on Congress of People's Deputies. manded the removal of the procurator dies in car crasli republican elections and to support The Ukrainian SSR Supreme Soviet Izosimov from his position and for him an alternative draft proposed by a is scheduled to vote on an elections law to be put on trial. There were also propo­ group of progressive people's deputies on October 25. sals for the removal of the chief of the in Ukraine, renorted the Ukrainian During the Lviv meeting the issue of special forces used against the demon­ Press Agency on October 18. police brutality used against citizens strators and of the chief of the Ministry The largest of the public meetings who gathered peacefully for a rally on of Internal Affairs. occurred in Lviv, western Ukraine, October 1 in Lviv was also raised, the Telegrams were reportedly sent to the where some 30,000 residents gathered UPA said. Statements by members of USSR Supreme Soviet explaining the under the banner, "Support the demo­ public commissions appointed to exami­ critical socio-political situation in cratic election law," the London-based ne the causes of the incidents were read Ukraine. The protesters decided to UP A reported. A resolution was passed aloud, many of which concluded that (Continued on page 15) July 26 and September 13. It expressed Narodychi problem is not new, and Protests... concern over the shortage of medial journalists first began to focus attention (Continued from page 1) personnel in a number of areas and the on the problems there in early 1989. failure of the Soviet health authorities What is new is the acknowledgement at Riabev - who had inspected the sta­ to pay heed to outbreaks of illnesses. the government level that such prob­ tion — bemoaning the fact that con­ In addition, it is clear that many lems exist and that they are connected struction work was continuing and affected regions have lacked supplies of directly to the Chornobyl tragedy. The noting that further building has been clean food and consumer goods. Al­ key difficulty now is to arrange for future scheduled for the remainder of this year. though the Byelorussian authorities evacuations of the affected and en­ Such procrastination has occurred have drawn up a program to eliminate dangered population over the next four despite a petition of Crimean residents the effects of the Chornobyl accident in years. with at least 350,000 signatures op­ the period 1990-1995, the Ukrainian For the present, tasks such as health posing the station, and despite the program has been somewhat delayed. protection measures for the population unanimous opposition of the Crimean In short, there are some grounds for the in the Chornobyl region and the de­ Communist Party and government Merab Kostava assertion that the situation in Ukraine cision on the location and building of leaders. in the aftermath of Chornobyl has been nuclear power plants in areas such as KENT, England — According to More recently, the building zone is far from satisfactory. the Crimea lie outside the republican reports from Moscow, the leading said to be experiencing "unprecedented There have been continuing articles, domain. Traditionally, the Moscow- Georgian human rights activist Merab tension." People are incensed at the for example, about the difficult si­ based ministries have been slow to Kostava died in a car crash early on failure of the Crimean Oblast Executive tuation that has arisen in the Narodychi recognize the wishes of those who must Friday, October 13. Committee to solicit prompt action Raion of Zhytomyr Oblast. One ac­ live in the area of a major energy The incident happened on a deserted from the Soviet government. At a count has taken issue with the current facility. wet road, and Mr. Kostava's friends session of the oblast government, norm for cesium contamination of the However, the Ukrainian ecological believe it was no accident. Mr. Kostava speakers criticized what they perceived soil. Rather than the often cited maxi­ movement and the Popular Movement is reported to have received death threats as indecisiveness on the part of their mum level of 15 curies per square of Ukraine for Perebudova, or Rukh, over the summer which were repeated government leaders, and virtually every kilometer, the article states that ac­ have focused on the Ukrainian nuclear only last week, reported Keston speech demanded a halt of construction cording to the temporary norms ac­ power program and the need to prevent College. work at the station. cepted in 1986, the maximum norm for the commissioning of a single new Mr. Kostava, 50, was a member of the While the meeting was taking place, cesium was only three curies, and for reactor in a republic that is thought to Georgiam Orthodox Church and had an ecological association (Ekologia і Plutonium 0.1 curies per square kilo­ be satiated with nuclear power plants. long been active in Georgian human Mir) gathered outside the meeting hall meter. In Narodychi, however, the On these grounds alone, there would rights circles. He was a member of the to demand an end to investment in and average radiation background is 15-40 be significant opposition to the Crime­ Action Group for the Defense of Hu­ building of a nuclear energy station in curies, while in certain villages it an nuclear power plant. But the re­ man kights, founded in Tbilisi in 1974, the Crimea. exceeds 100 curies per square kilometer. velations from Narodychi and the shut­ which grew up at a time of controversy Further, it is reported that there is a In addition, the number of sicknesses down of the Chyhyryn station have in Georgia about corruption within the serious threat of an all-Crimean strike among children in this area has risen fueled the tension on the Kerch penin­ Georgian Orthodox Church. The group in protest against the continuing con­ alarmingly over the past three years. At sula. To local residents, building work defended a number of harassed Geor­ struction of the Crimean nuclear plant. two schools, with a student population should been halted following the de­ gian activists, including Valentina There is continuous picketing in the of 200, 62 children had swollen thyroid cision reached by the Velikhov com­ Pailodze who had been arrested and settlement of the building workers, and glands, 20 had liver problems, 45 mission that the plant is unsafe. In­ sentenced in 1974 for protesting against the protesters want the site transformed percent were in the high-risk group for deed, no counterarguments have been such corruption. into a training center for nuclear plant iodine contamination, and 75 percent offered to suggest that the operation of for cesium contamination. Virtually all the station might, after all, be carried Mr. Kostava was later involved in the operatives or some other "ecologically harmless" object. the 5,000 children who live in the raion out in safety. Georgian Helsinki Committee founded are said to be showing some symptoms It seems, rather, that the matter has in 1977 to monitor Soviet compliance of The authorities' reluctance to made a of sickness, be it the common cold or the simply been shelved, perhaps in the the Helsinki agreement. final decision on the Crimean plant may more serious ailments listed above. hope that the problem will go away if He was arrested at the musical college reflect the precarious state of the Soviet It is plausible that a general weaken­ ignored for a sufficient length of time. where he worked on April 7, 1977, nuclear power industry today. That the ing of the immune system has resulted The Crimeans, however, have reached together with two other leading ac­ Crimean station will ultimately be from the rise in the radiation back­ the limits of their patience and have now tivists, Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Victor abandoned seems certain, and has been ground over the past 40 months. The thrown down the gauntlet. Rtskhiladze. He was tried together confirmed by the leadership of the with Mr. Gamsakhurdia and sentenced informal Ukrainian ecological as­ to three years' strict-regimen labor sociation Green World (Zelenyi Svit). camp and two years' exile on charges of But it seems that the authorities wish to FOUNDED 1933 "anti-Soviet agitation and propagan­ avoid the impression of a wholesale Ukrainian Weelcli da." abandonment of the nuclear program in Ukraine. An English-language Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National He was rearrested in November 1981 Earlier this year, the Chyhyryn while serving his term of exile and given Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. nuclear plant was officially abandoned, 07302. a further five years' labor camp. He was and in early September a decision was rearrested in labor camp in June 1985 made to curtail future expansion at a and given a further two-year sentence SecondYuriy Shcherbak, Roman Ukrainian language which finds itself in progress in another. Alternatively, mental cooperation, scientific infor­ Ivanychuk, Ivan Dzyuba, Mykola a precarious position. He noted that the suppression of basic human rights, for mation exchange and drawing global Zhulynsky, Pavlo Movchan, Pavlo Ukrainian chapter of PEN would work example, enables constructive protests attention to such problems as ozone Zahrebelny, Oles Honchar, Borys 01iy- to keep the Ukrainian language alive. regarding environmental destruction to depletion and marine pollution. nyk, Valeriy Shevchuk, Yevhen Hutsa- After his speech, the PEN congress go unheeded. The participants at the State De­ lo, Leonid Talalay, Yuriy Mushketyk, voted unanimously to admit the Ukrai­ Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), co- partment hearing were also introduced Roman Lubkivsky, Anatoliy Dimarov nian chapter proposed by Mr. Vinhra­ chariman of Congress's Commission on to Richard J. Smith, who was ap­ and Ivan Chendey. novsky. Cooperation and Security in Europe, pointed to head the U.S. delegation to Another group of Ukrainian writers, PEN, founded in 1921, has a mem­ explained that Europeans know this so the Sofia CSCE meeting. Since 198^5 those belonging to the Ukrainian As­ bership of more than 11,000 individuals well - and that their world is getting Mr. Smith has been principal deputy sociation of Independent Creative in some 90 chapters worldwide. It has smaller and smaller, more inter-related. assistant secretary for the Bureau of Intelligentsia, had also requested mem­ spoken out forcefully against the per­ Providing a vivid example, Rep. Hoyer Oceans and International Environ­ bership in International PEN. secution of writers around the globe. said, "Chornobyl is the starkest lesson mental and Scientific Affairs for the The informal Ukrainian literary Among the writers whose causes it had in decades." The Helsinki process, he Department of State. association had written a letter to the taken up are many Ukrainians formerly indicated, reflects this integration of U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria Sol international organization's leadership repressed by the Soviet regime. The human rights, security and environ­ Polansky offered assistance in any way stressing that its members — nine of U.S. PEN alone had defended Mr. mental issues. possible to Americans who plan to be in them honorary members of the PEN Lukianenko, Ivan Sokulsky and Yuriy Even more critical to this human Bulgaria for the CSCE conclave. Club and others previously repressed Badzio, among others.

He also met with syndicated co­ tively fielded their questions, ex­ During the meetings. Reps. Chris­ Rukh leader... lumnist Cord Meyer. plaining the background of the topher Cox (R-Calif.) and William (Continued from page 1) On Wednesday, October 11, Mr. Popular Movement of Ukraine for Lipinski (D-Ill.) expressed interest in gress of Peoples' Deputies, is in the Yavorivsky had the special privilege Perebudova (Rukh), its agenda and visiting Ukraine during the election. United States by invitation of Sen. of being a guest of The Christian the challenges (acingUkraine. He Rep, Cox also expressed interest in Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) and Rep. Science Monitor at one of the news­ stressed that Rukh is a coalition of staying in contact with Deputy Ya­ James Florio (D-N.J.). paper's weekly breakfast mee­ diverse groups throughout Ukraine vorivsky after his return to Ukraine. tings. Twenty-four journalists, re­ with an interest in economic, eco­ Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) The week's activities began with presenting newspapers from across logical and social reform, as well as informed Mr. Yavorivsky that he Mr. Yavorivsky's visit to the the country, shared a one-hour the reawakening of Ukrainian na­ had just returned from a trip with Washington Office of the Ukrainian quesrion-and-answer session with tional consciousness. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) to the National Association, which was him at the Capitol Hilton Hotel. The Ukrainian division of Voice of Soviet Union and an inspection of responsible for coordinating the A meeting between Mr. Yavoriv­ America conducted a 30-minute, on- Perm Labor Camp 35. He went on to weeklong program. sky and the editorial board of The air show with the Ukrainian leader. offer his assistance in the shipment of The media showed considerable Wall Street Journal completed the He was also interviewed on tape for medical supplies for the victims of interest in Mr. Yavorivsky and in­ week's press contacts. future broadcast by both the Ukrai­ Chornobyl. terviews with reporters from the As­ The media demonstrated keen nian and Russian divisions of Radio Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) sociation Press, The Washington interest in the developments in U- Liberty. began her meeting with the Ukrai­ Post, The Washington Times and kraine and the future of glasnost and On Capitol Hill, Mr. Yavorivsky nian legislator by inquiring about the The Financial Times were organized. perestroika. Mr. Yavorivsky effec- met with a numerous congressional effects of the Chornobyl disaster. leaders. In the sessions with U.S. Mr. Yavorivsky explained the con­ legislators, the Ukrainian deputy tinuing problems at which time the stressed the need for the United New York legislator asked the UNA States to open a consulate in Kiev so office to provide her with additio­ that closer relations between the nal information. Rep. Donald Payne American people and the Ukrainian (D-N.J.) expressed interest in the people could be established.Mr. Ya­ continuing developments in Ukraine vorivsky also briefed the members of and throughout the Soviet Union. Congress on the upcoming republic "Mr. Yavorivsky was received well elections in Ukraine, extending an by the members of Congress,"stated invitation to each legislator he met to the director of the UNA Washington visit Ukraine as an unofficial ob­ Office, Eugene Iwanciw, who ac­ server to these elections currently companied Mr. Yavorivsky on his expected to take place in February or visit."He was treated as a colleague March. by our members of Congress and the The third principal topic broached discussions were conducted between by the Rukh leader was the fellow legislators. This is a major step aftereffects of the Chornobyl di­ forward for Ukraine and the Ukrai­ saster. He informed the legislators of nian American community. Finally the need for Western medical and our message is being delivered by technical assistance to clean up the elected Ukrainian officials." radiation and to assist the people, Mr. Yavorivsky also met with particularly the children,still living in staffers of Sen. Bradley, Rep. Florio, Zbigniew Brzezinski meets Volodymyr Yavorivsky. contaminated areas. (Continued on page 11) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22,1989 No. 43

unveil the monument to Ukraine's than for Mr. Gorbachev to give com­ we care, about separatism and this is a Thousands... Christian rulers. Mr. Kulas also plete freedom of religion to the people crime. (Continued from page 1) asked Sen. Simon and the Ukrainian of the Soviet Union, Ukraine and every­ "Some think that you can ask your enemy to grant permission to open the currently visiting the United States; Church leaders to join in this ceremo­ where else. My hope, my prayer, is that nious event. freedom can be extended soon," he said. gates of your own church," he said. ^th his wife Olia Stokotelna, as well as He also related one episode about the Volodymyr Mokry, a Solidarity In introducing Mayor Daley, Mr. After these official greetings, a short Kulas mentioned that he continues in prayer service was conducted by past; it was in 1946, in Esslingen, West member who was recently elected to the Germany, during the first synod of Polish Sejm. Although Mr. Horbal had the tradition of his father Richard J. Metropolitan Mstyslav, Archbishop Daley, who was a friend of the U- Constantine of Ukrainian Autocepha­ bishops of the Ukrainian Autocepha­ been scheduled to speak weeks before lous Orthodox Church after the end of this event, Mr. Kulas made special krainian community in Chicago, who lous Orthodox Church, Bishop In­ was the man who dedicated the Sobor nocent Lotocky of the Ukainian World War II. The 12 gathered arrangements for Messrs. Yavorivsky bishops decided that they had to write a and Mokry to speak in Chicago when he of Ss. Volodymyr and Olga and St. Catholic Diocese of Chicago, and Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic School, Pastor Olexa Harbuziuk of the All- letter of protest to Moscow, to stand up attended Shevchenko celebrations in for the rights of their brothers, the the nation's capital one week earlier. The and who presented the keys to the city to Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Fellow­ Patriarch Josyf Slipyj when the Ukrai­ ship. Greek Catholic faithful. And in that blessing of the monument was high­ protest. Metropolitan Mstyslav related, lighted by the presence of 92-year-old nian Catholic leader paid a Good With the conclusion of this prayer Shepherd visit to Chicago after his service, the bells of Ss. Volodymyr and "we wrote, these are our brothers, these Metropolitan Mstyslav of the U- are their bones and their blood, and krainian Autocephalous Orthodox release from Siberian prisons, and soon Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church after his arrival in Rome. started pealing joyously; music, which those bones and that blood are our Church in the U.S.A., whose words of bones and our blood..." unity deeply touched all present. They Now Mayor Daley, who has followed created a heavenly atmosphere, re­ in his father's political footsteps, sounded through the speaker system, "I wish the Ukrainian Catholic greeted the hierarch with thunderous Church today much success in its efforts applause. reaffirmed that the Daleys are indeed also engulfing the crowd in a spiritual friends of the Ukrainian community in bliss Youth, dressed in Ukrainian for legalization, but also let us re­ Also greeting the thousands of U- member how the Ukrainian Orthodox krainians who turned out for this Chicago, that the mayor does have a national costumes, walked past the special understanding of the religious monument, laying flower buds, small stood in support of its brothers at that moving occasion were Sen. Paul Simon time." (D-IIL) and Mayor Richard M. Daley persecution that prevails in the Soviet bouquets and miniature blue and yellow Union today, even under the Gorbachev flags at the base. Mr. Kulas an­ After the metropolitan's moving who was elected as Chicago's leader words, Mr. Yavorivsky addressed the earlier this year. Congressman William policies of glasnost and perestroika, nounced: "Now our youth bows to the said Mr. Kulas. Christianizers of our nation, Ss. Volo­ crowd with the words: "Glory to U- Lipinski (D-Ill.) was to have been the kraine. In the name of the awakening keynote speaker at this event, but could Sen Simon, who came to the ceremo­ dymyr and Olha. nies with his wife Jeanne, was also Through the loudspeakers, the faith­ Ukraine, in the name of the Narodnyi not attend due to last minute weather Rukh, I bow my head before you," complications at the Washington introduced as a friend of the Ukrainian ful listened to a recorded rendition of airport. community, who has helped reunite Shevchenko's „The Mighty Dnieper" "If Ukraine were to be destroyed, families from the Soviet Union with ("Reve Та Stohne, Dnipr Shyrokyi"). wiped off the face of the tomor­ The day's events began with a pro­ their relatives in Chicago, and through­ Next to speak was Metropolitan row, it would still be eternal because of cession from St. Volodymyr Ukrai­ out Illinois. He told the attentive Mstyslav, who said: "I truly believe that you, you who hold it in your soul, who nian Orthodox Cathedral to the site of audience, many of whom came dressed these bells, these prayers will fly across love it," he told his brothers and sisters the new statue, which enhances the en­ in embroidered blouses and shirts, that the sea, the oceans, will fly across in the diaspora. trance to the Ukrainian Cultural Cen­ he has worshipped in the sobor of Ss. Carpathian Mountains, and will rest He spoke of the democratic tradition ter, located five blocks away, on the Volodymyr and Olha. He said that he over the Dnieper, the mighty Dnieper, of the Kozak republic, and continued corner of Chicago Avenue and Oakley has seen that "sense of yearning of the the river in which our people were bap­ stating that "history today gives us one Boulevard. people who are Ukrainian Americans tized." more chance, and who knows, it may be The land on which the statue stands for their relatives to have the same He added that he would not have the last chance for us, so we must be was donated by Ss. Volodymyr and freedom..." missed such a tumultuous moment in smart, exact, political, we must be able Olha Ukrainian Catholic Parish to the "There are things that are en­ history at a time when Ukraine was to go for small compromises, never Ukrainian community, symbolizing a couraging happening in the Soviet reawakening. But he also concentrated should we accept big ones, — if we do spirit of unity. Union, in Eastern Europe, greater on Ukraine's tragic history, its century not want to lose this opportunity for the Thousands of people from the freedom for people in Poland, a meeting of repression and persecution. "I con­ rebirth of our Ukraine." various Ukrainian Orthodox, Catholic taking place at the end of next month stantly worry about what is happening He concluded: "I want us to live in and Protestant parishes took part in the between the pope and Mr. Gorbachev. and the reason for my troubles and unity, in solidarity, for we have one manifestation march, carrying the blue But, let the word go forward from this worry is because I am the head of the Ukraine, one Ukraine for all and the and yellow flags of an independent event, through our friends in the media, Ukrainian Orthodox Church. And more fortunate Ukraine is, the more Ukraine, and banners, billowing in the here that there is nothing that would what concerns me is that we still don't fortunate we, her children are. wind, proclaiming "Freedom for U- improve U.S.-Soviet relations more know how to look each other in the eye, Mr. Horbal also addressed the mul­ kraine" and "Freedom for Our Chur­ titudes during the outdoor ceremony, ches." Many of the Ukrainians in the stating that although Ukraine is still procession also held banners from their downtrodden, it is beginning to rise, various parishes, brotherhoods, sister­ and awaken. He offered greetings from hoods, as well as community organiza­ Ukraine, and thanked those in the tions. Members of the youth orgat^ni- diaspora for their prayers. "For it is zations, Plast, SUM-A and ODUM, in because of these prayers and God's their uniforms also marched down grace that I am here among you." He Oakley Boulevard to the cultural center spoke of the importance of ecumenism, which opened last year. citing an ecumenical moleben held Here, hundreds of Ukrainian Ame­ earlier this year in Lviv, which united ricans were already waiting for the the Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian unveiling and dedication of a statue Orthodox faithful. "Today, I see that designed by Petro Kulyk, a sculptor ecumenism among you," he said. Of­ from Lviv, and creator of the Ivan fering an optimistic note for the future, Pidkova statue located in the western Mr. Horbal concluded saying that Ukrainian city's center. (Mr. Kulyk, "Ukraine will rise in its crown of glory." who is currently visiting family in The last speaker of the afternoon event Canada, could not get permission to was Мґ. Mokry from Krakow, a Ukrai­ travel to the United States for the nian Solidarity activist, who attributed unveiling of his monument.) his Ukrainianism and his Christian faith to St. Olha. The official celebrations at the site of He delivered greetings from Ukrai­ the monument began with Maria nians in Poland and expressed the hope Banach leading the multitudes in the that, as in Washington stands a monu­ singing of the national anthem. This ment of Ukraine's national bard, Taras was followed by the Surma Metropo­ Shevchenko, to whom he attributes his litan Mixed Choir of Chicago,under the inner freedom, so too one day soon he direction of Roman Andrushko, hopes that in a free and independent singing the Millennium Hymn. Ukraine will stand a monument to Mr. Kulas, who moved the cere­ America's leader of democracy, George monies along' smoothly, opened the Washington. day's events, reminding the thousands The afternoon event concluded with gathered that "we must keep a constant the singing of the Ukrainian national vigil and spare no effort in demanding anthem, "Shche Ne Vmerla Ukraina." that all our Ukrainian Churches be Among the state officials present legalized, and that the aspirations of the ii:Peter OudyCi were State Sen. Walter Dudycz and Ukrainian people to live as a tree The statue of Ss. Volodymyr and Olha stands 16 feet tall and resembles a bronze State Rep. Myron Kulas, as well as city people be fulfilled." totem pole. At its base it has inscribed in both Ukrainian and English: "Erected by alderwoman Sheila Butler. The master of ceremonies spoke in the Ukrainian eommunitv ш Chicago on the occasion of the Millenium ui the Aner tne outdoor events, a banquet both Ukrainian and English before CIiristlanizatloR of Ukrabe, 988-1988." The view abov^ ^how both sMes of the bale у 3d where the guests from Ukrame asking the mayor of the Windy City to s5ame. ,-.ad Poland delivered addresses. No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. OCTOBER 22.1989

WL^^ \Jj Fraternal ^^mer by A ndre J. Worobec Fraternal Activities Coordinator ...The 72,0(Ю members of the Ukrainian National Association can be proud of their membership in an organization which exemplifies the American traditions of Who needs the UNA press community service and freedom for all people. Your swift and significant relief My last article discussed the sorry and consciousness in Ukraine. contribution to the victims of the earthquake in Armenia is just one small token of state our Ukrainian community would The Ukrainian Weekly enjoys a great your organization's humanity and support for fellow man. ..." be in if there were no volunteers to do its reputation not only among Ukrai­ work, and if the Ukrainian National nian readers, but among non-Ukrai­ Chuck Hardwick Association, which provides substantial nians, including members of U.S. Speaker moral and financial support of the Congress, and other government offi­ New Jersey General Assembly volunteer efforts in the Ukrainian cials. I personally receive many unso­ community, did not exist. licited compliments about The Ukrai­ ...For 95 years, you have been helping Ukrainian Americans enjoy the blessings By the same token we can ask a nian Weekly, be they from Ukrainians, of freedom and prosperity here in America. In the process, you helped strengthen a similar question regarding our Ukrai­ non-Ukrainians, old or new readers. nation whose culture Ukrainians have made more diverse, and whose commitment nian press. Where would the Ukrainian They praised its "excellent coverage," "a to human freedom has been fortified by the stirring example of your long struggle community be today without a Ukrai­ wealth of information about Ukraine," against oppression. nian press? "about human rights" as well as about Today, among other activities, you keep open the lines of communication among Freedom to communicate, in other "Eastern European affairs." These Ukrainians — and keep lit the flames of hope that, after all these years, promise real words, a free Ukrainian press, outside compliments are well deserved and change in your homeland. ... the Ukrainian as well within the Ukrai­ should have been directed at its editors. nian community is taken for granted in If one doubts that Svoboda and The Edward I. Koch North America. Ukrainian Weekly play a major role in Mayor Did you know that Svoboda is the the Ukrainian community, one should New York only Ukrainian daily in the free world? try to answer the following questions. And that it enjoys tremendous respect Which newspaper or media would ...As the foremost organization devoted to the well-being of people of Ukrainian especially today at a time of the renais­ have the confidence of the Ukrainian descent, you have played a priceless role over the years in furthering the social, sance of Ukrainian national thought (Continued on page 15) cultural,recreational and financial needs of your members. Your Ukrainian-language Svoboda is one of the few such daily publications in the nation. Your other weekly and monthly publications, as well as your books and Chicago area to mark UNA jubilee encyclopedias, constitute a priceless resource to your members as they incorporate CHICAGO - The 95th anniversary their proud past into a dynamic present and a bright future. of the Ukrainian National Association Such a broad range of services to members is rare, indeed. It reflects the immense will be celebrated here in the Chicago concern and wholehearted cooperation which I have so long observed among area on Saturday, October 28, with a Americans and Canadians of Ukrainian descent. ... dinner-dance at St. Josaphat's Social Hall, Ridge Road and White Oaks Robert H, Grasmere Avenue, in Munster, Ind. Mayor The event begins at 6 p.m., and tickets Maplewood, N.J. are SI2.50. The jubilee celebration is being ...The UNA has provided Americans of Ukrainian descent with a richer and sponsored by the Chicago UNA District more authentic understanding of their ethnic heritage. We commend its patronage Committee in conjunction with the of the arts, support of scholarly endeavors — including scholarships, charitable Ukrainian Youth Club, UNA Branch activities, publication of periodicals, books and other informative materials, as well 452 of Munster. as promotion of sports. In doing so, the UNA has also contributed yet another vivid Arrangements are being made for a strand to the splendid multi4;olored tapestry that is pluralistic America. bus to leave Chicago from the Western We especially, of course, wish to acknowledge the sustained support by the UNA Avenue area to chauffeur interested of the Svoboda indexing project. This will be a major contribution to Ukrainian Chicagoans to Munster. For further American studies. information and bus reservations, call Roman Prypchan, (312) 456-5956; Rudolph J. Vecoii Natalie Shuya,(219) 931-8752; or Director Roman Prypchan, chairman of the Immigration History Research Center Dorothy Kuzemka, (312) 474-3112. UNA'S Chicago District Committee.

Elizabeth Ann Fair, born May 5, is the Natalie Marie Melnyk, daughter of Orest and Tina Melnyk of youngest member of UNA Brance 237. Cold Spring, Ky., became the youngest member of UNA She is the granddaughter of Eugene and Natalka Ann and Nicholas Adam Pankewycz are new Branch 166 ui Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 1 month. Her Marcella Kurman. Elizabeth's great members of UNA Branch 353 in New Brunswick, N.J. They grandmother Oksana Melnyk is secretary of that branch, and grandfather, Petro Brodycz^ is presi­ were signed up by grandparents Tamara and Porfiry little Najtolie was enrolled by grandparents Oksana and dent of Branch 237. Pankewycz. Zuioviy Melnyk. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. OCTOBER 22,1989 No. 43

Through the eyes of a Polish Parliament member UlcrainianWeeyv A look at the Rukh congress A matter of principle by Volodymyr Mokry not be surprised to discover, therefore, that there are cities in Ukraine and even The incredible events unfolding in the Soviet Union - developments that, More than 1,000 delegates from all entire regions without a single Ukrai­ it seems, just a few months ago would have been impossible, unthinkable — regions of Ukraine gathered in Kiev in nian school. Donetske is a good exam­ have captured the attention of the world. Popular movements in various September to attend the three-day ple of this, although 100,000 Ukrai­ republics of the USSR and, perhaps most notably in the Baltic states, have founding Congress of the Popular nians live there. begun to speak for the people in seeking autonomy for their economies and Movement of Ukraine for Perebudova, But even these Russian-speaking political systems, as well as freedom to develop their national cultures. Rukh. Ukrainians, like a coal miner from Increasingly, there have been calls for independence, particularly from the The unprecedented event took place Donbas who regretted at the Congress Baltic states, whose illegal annexation by the USSR never was recognized by September 8-10 at the Kiev Poly- that he could not speak Ukrainian, have the United States and other Western countries. Such hopes emanate also technical Institute overlooking the retained their historical memory and are from non-Russian republics of the Soviet Union, including Ukraine, Dnieper River. quite aware that their ancestors were where the Popular Movement for Perebudova recently held its founding The official delegates represented forbidden by the tsars to use their congress. For now, the Popular Movement of Ukraine, or Rukh, which has several hundred thousand members of language. the potential for enormous power, in this republic of over 50 million, has the movement in Ukraine and those In 1876, the tsarist ukase (imperial stopped short of calling for Ukraine's independence from the USSR. who live elsewhere in the Soviet Union. order) of Ems prohibited the publica­ However, the movement is seeking sovereignty and autonomy in all spheres In addition to Ukrainians, Rukh counts tion of Ukrainian literature. It said in of the republic's activity. among its members also representa­ part: "The use of the Russian language As Rep. Steny Hoyer noted at the recent Leadership Conference sponsored tives of other minorities who live in the should be encouraged in educational by The Washington Group, an association of Ukrainian American republic. establishments throughout the land and professionals, "One of the most pressing issues facing the Soviet leadership The congress was also attended by in the Baltic regions. There is nothing today is the question of self-determination.... (it)clearly troubles the Kremlin Ukrainians who live abroad, including that binds oppressed people more to the leadership, for it not only threatens Gorbachev's reforms in the short-term, the United States, Canada, England, oppressor than language." but could lead to the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union." France, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia Because Ukrainians were not the only The issue of self-determination for nations undci Soviet domination is a and Rumania. A group of Ukrainian people to have suffered Russification, "hot potato" not only for the Soviets, however. Many believe it is also too hot students from Poland who publish the Rukh is determined to defend the for the U.S. to handle, as any destabilization of the status quo, so the thinking newspaper Zustrichi was also there. heritage of all citizens of Ukraine, goes, is negative, and poses many questions and problems for bilateral Representatives from the popular including Jews, Tatars, Armenians, relations and, of course, powerful business interests. fronts in the Baltic States — Lithuania, Poles, Byelorussians, Russians, Gyp­ Clearly, this is a mammoth dilemma for U.S. policymakers, as Rep. Hoyer Latvia and Estonia — as well as guests sies, Bulgarians, Germans, Rumanians explained. "On the one hand, we are faced with the possibility that, if self- from Byelorussia, the Russian SFSR, and Hungarians. determination takes the form of calls for complete independence from the Georgia, Armenia and Moldavia, Cri­ All activists of Rukh, whatever their USSR, it could lead to a crackdown, which might undermine the reforms that mean Tatars and a delegation from national heritage may be, are united by have taken place to date, and worse, lead to greater repression. On the other Poland's Solidarity Trade Union Mo­ their common past of Stalinist tota-^ hand, the United States has a historical and moral commitment to uphold the vement also attended. litarianism which functioned under the rights of peoples to choose their own government and to determine their Rukh is a movement of rebirth. Its guise of internationalism while destroy­ own fates." aim is to come to the defense of all ing individualism. endangered nationalities which make A Council of Nations created by "Just as we have stood forthrightly within the Helsinki process on the up the population of the Ukrainian Rukh at its Congress has as its goal the question of human rights generally, we must stand forthrightly on the issue of republic today. This goal is underlined defense of all nationalities in Ukraine. It self-determination in particular," he stressed. "The United States and, indeed, in a resolution approved just a few days is charged with safeguarding their the West cannot back away form the principles for which we stand and the earlier- September 21 — at a mass development. The council is headed by principles for which we have fought, not only within the Helsinki process, but meeting in Kiev attended by 40,000 Col. Vilei Martyrosian, an Armenian throughout our history." people. The document, published in the from Rivne and a deputy of the USSR Rep. Hoyer concluded, "Only the people of the Soviet Union themselves Kiev newspaper Vilne Slovo, states: Supreme Soviet. have the right to choose their own system of government. Our obligation is to "The current Supreme Soviet of the One of the most important and support their right to determine their destiny." Ukrainian SSR is not elected, but humanitarian initiatives of Rukh will be These are courageous words, spoken by a man of principle. And these are appointed. It does not represent the the renovation of the nearly destroyed words that our government should heed at this time of evolution within the interests of the peoples of Ukraine. cultural mosaic of nationalities in USSR. Therefore, taking into consideration the Ukraine. Their natural symbiosis would important changes in election laws, we serve them well in all fields of endeavor. propose a republic-wide referendum to The proper solution of nationality decide a new election system in Ukraine problems in the Baltics, in Ukraine and and needed changes in its Constitu­ in the entire Soviet Union will de­ Turning the pages back... tion." termine how quickly we will live with The program of the Ukrainian mo­ open borders in Europe without danger vement differs from the one being to national heritage. This approach to Ustym Karmaliuk, the "last haidamaka," was killed in pursued by the popular fronts in the the nationality questions was greeted II an abush by a Polish nobleman Rutkowski on October 22, Baltic states. Although these republics with general approval by the Congress. 11835, in Shliakhovi Korychyntsi in the PodilHa region of suffered considerably during the Stalin As a result an action program was Ukraine. According to Volodymyr Kubijovyc's Encyclopedia of Ukraine, the and Brezhnev eras, they managed to developed that would safeguard the Ukrainian folk hero Karmaliuk was born a serf on March 10, 1787, in preserve their national identities. environment, resolve the agricultural Holovchyntsi (now Karmaliukove) in the Lityn County of Ukraine. Russification in Ukraine, which goes crisis, and seek the economic and Karmaliuk was sent into the army in 1812 by his landowner, but deserted the back to tsarist times, has had a much political independence of Ukraine. army along with other Ukrainians. Together they organized rebel bands, greater impact. As a result of this The tragedy of Chornobyl impressed which he led in attacks on merchants and landowners. The encyclopedia persistent oppression of culture and upon the delegates the importaace of continues Karmaliuk's story: language, out of 50 million residents of ecology over economy. As a re mlt, a "He was captured in 1814, sentenced in Kamianets-Podilsky to 500 blows Ukraine, 5 million today consider resolution for the creation of a к iclear- while running a gauntlet, and sent to a military unit in the Crimea. On his way Russian to be their native language. free zone in Ukraine was greeted at the he escaped and again organized a peasant rebellion, which from 1814 to 1828 Although many consider themselves to meeting with applause. It was also encompassed a significant portion of Lityn, Liatychiv and Proskuriv be Ukrainians, they still use the Russian decided to organize an international counties in Podillia gubernia, attracting not only peasants, but also army language, even in their homes. conference on Chornobyl in an effort to deserters and the urban poor. The rebellion occurred at a time when serfdom This is not only true in the Donbas or draw world attention to the tragedy. the Russian Empire had become commercially profitable and was at its most Poltava, but even in Kiev. One should A portion of the conference was repressive and exploitative stage of development; landowners had increased devoted to agriculture. A proposal was the amount of compulsory peasant labor to as much as six days a week. This Volydymyr Mokry is the only known made to create a Ukrainian Peasant social oppression also had a national dimension in Podillia, where most of the member of Poland's Parliament (Sejm) Party, to prepare legislation on the magnates were Polish. who is of Ukrainian ancestry. A long­ ownership of land, a free enterprise "Karmaliuk's struggle was at its height in 1830-1835, when it spread from time Solidarity activist, he was elected system, a free market and economic Podillia into the neighboring regions of Kiev, Volhynia and Bessarabia and to the Sejm earlier this year. The article independence of the republic. ) involved u^ to 20,000 peasants. Approximately 1 ,o6o raids were made by the above, which originally was published In addition, a proposal was voiced rebels on landowners' estates. Whatever was captured in the attacks was in the Polish newspaper Tygodnik that would change the present Soviet distributed among the village poor, who always gave Karmaliuk refuge and Powszechny on October 8, was trans­ system to a union of nations. help. To quell the uprising, the tsarist government quartered units of soldiers lated into English by Iryna Yasinska A number of ideas were put forward in the regions where peasant unrest was strongest. Karmaliuk was from a Ukrainian version provided by during the discussion about Ukraine's apprehended and sentenced four times to hard labor in Siberia, but each time Dr. Mokry. political future, including a proposal to he managed to escape and return to lead a rebe llion. He was killed in an abush The article reflects the author's make Ukraine totally independent and by the nobleman Rutkowski. thoughts about the founding conference without any ties to Russia. Lev Lu- "Karmaliuk's struggle against oppression has been immortalized in many of the Popular Movement of Ukraine kianenko, who spent 26 years in Soviet Ukrainian sayings and folk songs... in literature... and music." for Perebudova which Dr. Mokry atten­ prisons and labor camps, proposed a ded as part of a Solidarity delegation. (Continued on page 11) No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22.1989

BOOK REVIEW A view from Canada Ukrainian characters are focus of three new Canadian books by Nadia Diakun-Thibault by Jeffrey D. Stephaniuk spends a frantic night pinning hundreds of bugs to the wall as proof. Only then Ukrainian characters are increasingly does the family move out of the house. becoming the subjects for short stories "The Curlew's Cry,"by J. Leslie Bell, by non-Ukrainian authors in western deals with the relationship between a Canada's new governor general displaced person and a young Cana­ Canada. Ukrainians have settled here Canadian public endorsement or Ottawa buzz is over whether Mr. Hna­ dian. The young woman has been for so long that they are as much a part ridicule of politicians touches all levels tyshyn will "open the gates." separated from her husband for a few of the landscape as rolling wheat fields, of government, so it was not surprising months because he is on an off-shore oil During her tenure, Mme. Sauve cold winters and grain elevators. An in the least that the appointment of rig. Those few months are too many as conducted herself in a manner that one overstatement, perhaps, but three an­ Ramon Hnatyshyn as governor general far as she is concerned. Invited into the would expect of the vice-regal post... thologies published in Saskatchewan drew praises for him and criticism old Mr. Sikirski's apartment one after­ with dignity. Canadians have forgotten and Alberta between 1984 and 1988 the present head of state, Jeanne Sauve. noon, she discovers that he has been that before 1952, the Vice-regal post was give the reader this surprising impres­ This quirk was more than evident in the waiting 45 years to be reunited with his occupied byBritish nobility or relatives sion. local press; the Ottawa Citizen endorsed wife and son. The narrative is from the of the reigning monarch. Native-born young Canadian's point of view. Hnatyshyn in an editorial, ran a lengthy Canadians appointed since then have biographical piece, castigated Mme. been either career diplomats or former The author of "Curlew's Cry" was Sauve in an article in the Saturday politicians. born in Scotland, and now lives in ''Alberta, Bound," published by edition, and followed up three days later Calgary. The general public does not know the Ne West Press, contains 30 short stories, by publishing five letters from readers genesis of the office and prefers to refer four of which are directly about Ukrai­ heaping more anger on Mme. Sauve. to it as an anachronism. Whatever the nians. "Harris," by Shirlee Matheson, Mr. Hnatyshyn takes up the post, it public's personal opinion of Rideau depicts how cruel the outside world can seems, with the public's expectation In the stories of "Ken Mitchell Hall and its occupant, one thing should be on a poor Ukrainian boy beaten by that the office of the queen's represen­ be borne in mind - the governor his rural Manitoba school teacher. Country," compiled in 1984 by Coteau Books, rural, working-class Ukrainians tative be occupied by someone who general answers to the queen and not to The narrator of the incident is an could be your next door neighbor and the average Canadian. English girl who envies the thick Ukrai­ most often emerge. When Mr. Mitchell hints at discrimination pioneers faced, not head of state. Friendly, patriotic, To be fair, the press and others have nian accent, but notices how confusing gentlemanly were words used to de­ pointed out Mr. Hnatyshyn's faults, the school system can be to her Ukrai­ he often uses humor as a tool. It works well in his stories. scribe him, while Mme. Sauve was too. He's not bilingual (in Canada, that nian friends. What she first notices is the labelled elegant, gracious, lavish and One example of his humor is "Truck- means English and French — Ukrai­ cultural difference of what ''work" aloof. nian doesn't count), so that won't make means to the characters in a grade in," in which a young man is repeated­ ly mistaken for a Ukrainian. He is such It was Mme. Sauve who closed the 77 Quebec happy; he's a Westerner (so school English reader, and what work acres of the governor's residence for were Edward Schreyerand Mme. Sau­ means to the Ukrainian pioneers. a bad cement Iruck driver that the people watching him approach the security reasons; that enraged local ve), so Atlantic Canada will feel The second and worse confusion is residents, who treated the grounds as a snubbed; but, he's of "Ukrainian ethnic the treatment Harris receives from his farmyard think he has to be Ukrainian: "It's gotta be a Yewkeranian!', George public park, so much so that they origin," and that should please citizens teacher, Mrs. Leschuk. She is a Ukrai­ demonstrated at the gates. The local who are not French or English. nian from the city who loathes any says. 'Lookit that crazy bugger.' " He Mr. Hnatyshyn has been calledv"a identification with rural Ukrainians. isn't Ukrainian, and Ukrainians are Nadia Diakun-Thibault is a former stand-up comedian and all-round nice Harris is physically beaten by her generally quite good around machines, parliamentary aide, and now president guy," but a politician has to develop a because of her resentment. but they keep telling him that he must be of Pipeline Ottawa, a consulting firm in sense of humor dealing with the Op- "The Broken Globe" is a similar because things are going so wrong. The Ottawa. (Continued on page 11) story, inasmuch as the conflict is be­ boy must unload the cement from his tween Ukrainians, this time father and truck into the wooden frames for the son. The narrator again is a non- granary, but he is stuck in the mud. The NEV/S AND VIEWS Ukrainian. A Ukrainian geophysicist story combines the frantic but always living in London asks his friend to visit humorous attempts made to get the his aging father on his farm near cement to where it belongs with the Ukraine needs us, and vice versa Edmonton when the latter gets a job ribbing of the boy that he "done real well for a Yewkeranian." teaching French in Alberta. The father by Bozhena Olshaniwsky N.J. They will act as citizen- and son have not spoken to each other The same confusion occurs in Mit­ diplomats from Canada and the U.S. for years because of Old World versus chell's very funny novella, "The Mea- "Ukraine needs us and we need Their itinerary will take them New York conflicts. dowlark Connection," in which a Ukraine!" These words were voiced by through the countryside of Zakarpat- Nick Solchuk believes his grade Saskatchewan Wheat Pool grain eleva­ Ukrainian literary critic of Kiev Ivan tia and western Ukraine. While walking school teacher when she says the earth is tor is converted into a missile silo by Dzyuba while touring the United States they will meet crowds of Ukrainian round and hurls around the sun. His Taiwanese nationalists backed by the and Canada not long ago. They ring well-wishers, be guests in their homes father, described by Nick as a man CIA. The identity of a Madam Kar- truer now than ever before. and share life experiences with them. whose world "has been fixed forever by makov is confusing to the community, Americans for Human Rights in This writer, who participated in last some medieval priest in the small some thinking she's a "Yewkeranian," Ukraine (AHRU) sees value in this year's peace walk, believes this is one of Ukrainian village where he was born," others that she's a Russian. The hero, a premise not only in theory, but in the best ways to create bonds of friend­ crushes the globe Nick brings home as a patriotic but naive RCMP constable, practice as well. AHRU feels that a ship with people living in Ukainc; — to science project. He then chases the boy explains that there is a difference most beneficial way to help Ukraine is go there personally and then, in turn, out of the house. between the two: " 'Russia is the source to go there and meet the people per­ receive them in our homes here. The best part of the story is when the of international revolution! Siberian sonally. The itinerary of the peace walk is an French teacher visits the old man. The slave camps. State control of hockey!" A golden opportunity to visit U- interesting one: from Washington to narrator concludes that the grandeur of The madam turns out to be Ukrai­ kraine and to interact with its people Moscow arriving on October 8; a train the prairies and the heroic old man's nian, and to prove it, she offers to quote has been presented to members of ride from Moscow to Chop, then walk­ love for the land make his Old World from Taras Shevchenko. This comedy AHRU for the second time — via the ing to Uzhhorod, Kamianets Podilskyi view admirable. isn't solely about Ukrainians, but the vehicle of the peace walk taking place in Khotyn, Khmelnytsky, Khmelnyk, Bila Theauthor, Henry Kreisel, was born implication is that they are as common western Ukraine in October of this year. Tserkva, Kiev and Kaniv; to Moscow in Vienna in 1922, and has been on staff to the west as grain elevators. Last year the Peace Walk route took after the walk and then back to at the University of Alberta in Edmon­ place in central Ukraine — from Odessa Washington. ton since 1947. to Kiev — during the months of August Concerts, discussion groups and "Bugs," by Nancy Holmes, is a and September. many special programs for the walkers recollection by the narrator of a child­ Several stories in "Sky High: Stories A private group of people calling are being planned. Part of the walk will hood incident with her parents in a From Saskatchewan" have Ukrainian themselves "The International Peace be made on foot and in more distant rented house. One parent is Polish, the characters, like Lubnickie in Rick Walk" were the organizers of this areas buses will be employed. Camps other Ukrainian. The conflict of the Hillis's "Blue." Lubnickie is an old- project on the American side. The name will be set up on ball fields, in youth story, however, is with the English fashioned blue collar worker given a of the Soviet counterpart is the camps, in addition to the visits in private landlady. Thousands upon thousands female co-worker against his wishes. He "Committee to Defend Peace in Soviet homes. of bugs invade the house, but only knows where women belong: at home, Union." The primary aim of the peace walk is emerge at night, so the family can never filling a home with what it needs, sour Two young men are being sponsored to promote peace and friendship among prove anything to the landlady. doi!gh buns and pumpkin pie. But since by AHRU for this venture, namely, the participants from the U.S. and The young girl know why the land­ she has to work with him, he treats her Evhen Duvalko of Toronto and representatives from all of the republics lady isn't convinced: "Our family was like a man, and makes her work really Andrew Kurylko of New Providence, of the Soviet Union. Last year 250 definitely 'Bohunk' and our landlady hard, even forcing her to spend a night Americans walked. This year about 100 wouldn't fumigate the house." After alone in a company truck when they are Bozhena Olshaniwsky is president of Americans will be walking in western several unsuccessful attempts to con­ working in a small town. Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine during the entire month of vince the landlaidy, the girl's mother (Continued on page 13) Ukraine, October. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22,1989 No. 43

^Voices of my soul": the paintings of nonconformist artist Ivan Mi

Pavlychko, the Lviv artist Roman applied for work on commissions ob­ Selsky and the academician Borys tained through the Monumental Sec­ Paton. tion of the Kiev Art Fund. This made it Ivan Marchuk was born in 1936 in the possible for him to devote more time to village of Moskalivka in western U- his own work and to work more in­ kraine. Although his mother was illi­ dependently. In 1969, when he was com­ terate, she knew many songs and folk missioned to decorate the new Theore­ tales. His father was an accomplished tical Physics Institute in Kiev, he weaver, whose work was widely ad­ created a ceramic wall panel on the mired. Thus Mr. Marchuk grew up in theme of Yaroslav Mudry. an environment of strong folk art Beginning in the early 70s Mr. Mar­ traditions. chuk worked on several cycles of the As a child he painted the local flowers "Voices of My Soul" paintings in­ around the family cottage and in the cluding "Zahubleni Kvity" (Lost Flo­ fields. Nature nurtured his imagination. wers), "Opustile Hnizdo" (Empty In 1951 Mr. Marchuk enrolled in the Nest), "Osinni Melodiyi" (Autumn Trush Art School in Lviv in the de­ Melodies), "Spohady pro Batkovu partment of decorative painting. Bet­ Khatu" (Memories of My Father's ween 1956 and 1959 he served in the House) to which he has returned from Soviet Army in Moldavia, and then in time to time. All of these works were 1959 continued his studies at the Lviv figurative with recognizable surrealist Institute of Decorative and Applied devices and elements used to convey a Arts in the ceramic department. particular atmosphere or even a mes­ He was fortunate to have as teachers sage that was rational and timely, but Karlo Zvirynsky, who was interested not in keeping with Communist Party in abstraction, and Roman Selsky, who ideology. had studied in Paris and was influenced Moods of loneliness by Ferdinand Leger and surrealism, movements not officially allowed under In the series of "Lost Flowers," Mr. socialist realism. Marchuk depicted poignant moods of Early works loneliness through solitary, anguished men and sad women shown from the Mr. Marchuk received his diploma in waist up amid desolate surroundings. In 1965 for the relief design in clay and "Three Tulips" (1975), Mr. Marchuk metal "Folk Musicians." This work has pictured himself against a desert reflected the widespread interest at the vista in a gesture of fatigue and me­ time in ethnographic subject matter. lancholy. His eyes seem unseeing, After graduation he moved to Kiev turned inward, and the three flowers are where he worked as a commerical artist anemic and frail. In another work, "U for the Institute of Solid State Physics A painting from the ''Autumn Melodies" series (1976). Tyshi Spohady Rostut" (Memories for two years. Grow in the Silence, 1976) a lonely by Daria Darewych 9, 1982). In his spare time Mr. Marchuk figure resembling the artist stands His painting became known through created humorous ceramic figures of over a model of a hill with tiny church Ivan Marchuk is one of the best publications in the Soviet press and jpeasants and animals including a self- and spikes in the ground. known and the most original artists in exhibits in Moscow, Kiev, Ternopil, portrait in a tall fur hat and folk garb. Like the men, the women depicted in Ukraine with 20 solo exhibitions and 30 Ivano-Frankivske and Lviv organized Some were reproduced in Ukrainian the "Lost Flowers" series are lonely, articles to his credit, despite the fact that mostly outside the Artists' Union gal­ publications such as Vitchyzna and anguished figures shown from the waist until a year ago he did not have official leries. Ranok. up with an odd assortment of objects. In status as an artist because he was not a Mr. Marchuk's paintings range from He also created historical and re­ one of the paintings dated 1976, the member of the Artists' Union. tangible portrayals of surrealistic vi­ ligious reliefs in clay including "Danylo woman is shown frontally with a large, As a result of giasnost and perestroi- sions to non-objective representations Halytsky"(1967),"Crucifixion"(1968), artificial-looking flower at her side, one ka he was finally accepted by the Artists' and include figural depictions, flowers, and "Twelve Apostles" (1970), in the arm resting on a book, the fingers of the Union in November 1988. Because his landscapes and abstract compositions. style of Medieval wood carvings. At the other touching an egg. The woman's paintings never conformed to the nar­ Most are unusual in technique and same time Mr. Marchuk was painting head is covered with what appears to be row confines of socialist realism, he had often disturbing in imagery. and drawing for himself because he felt a tattered veil. The flower in her hair is been rejected for membership in the Even though much of his work is "the need to fantasize and think" and very much at odds with the shabbiness powerful Artists' Union in 1970 and representational in the sense of objects found the clay medium too confining. of her apparel. 1982. and figures being recognizable, the In 1968 he left his full-time job and Alongside the images of single men According to Mr. Marchuk his work juxtaposing of images and the rendering was deemed "subversive at best, and are unconventional. Mr. Marchuk's insane at worst." However, his en­ figural compositions are inhabited by deavors were supported by writers and grotesque, skeletal individuals and physicists who made it possible for Mr. sinister objects in irrational situations, Marchuk to survive as an artist in the mostly amid desolate surroundings that the stifling years before perestroika. combine elements of surrealism with a Throughout this time one of his hallucinogenic vision of mankind pe­ strongest supporters has been the well- culiar to the artist. known poet Dmytro Pavlychko, who Origins in subconscious has stated that "Ivan Marchuk stands out among contemporary Ukrainian Mr. Marchuk says that these works painters as a unique personality, multi- have their origins in his subconscious, talented and with a highly developed that they are the "voices of his soul." philosophical sensibility" (Dnipro, No. They constitute the major part of his ouevre. Mr. Marchuk also creates meticu­ lously painted dense patches of flowers that contrast sharply with their barren surroundings evoking forebodings of disaster and destruction. Then there are the seemingly realistic landscapes with their spidery, web-like surfaces that convey an atmosphere of hidden turmoil and mystery. Even though most of the pictures retain a monochromatic palette of earthly hues, there are great va­ riations in tone and contrasts of light and dark which tend to enhance the fantastic nature of the subject matter. Mr. Marchuk's portraits, which he began painting in the early 1980s, are photo-realistic studies of well-known Ivan Marchuk personalities, such as the poet Dmytro "The Moon Rises over the Water" (1979). No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22.1989 chuk of Ukraine

1 Mr. Marchuk continued to every branch and twig have been care­ ip figural compositions in- fully rendered. However, the realistic r series "Autumn Melodies" rendering is an illusion created by the ^mbols, often contradictory, build-up of fine lines. It is so dramatic 1 a 1976 painting from this that the second impression, that of a - figures are depicted from the super-reality, is conveyed. fwo of them are shown in a Mr. Marchuk's interest in strong light e that sits firmly on land contrasts provided by snow and moon, Tont of the composition; two coupled with his love and nostalgia for /isible behind them. A circle the picturesque Ukrainian village of around all four heads, re- his childhood, resulted in such paintings le semi-circular shape of the as "Tini na Snihu" (Shadows on the m in profile is shown on the Snow, 1973), "Merezhyvo Zymovoho g a large egg seen with the egg Lisu" (Embroidery of the Winter Forest, ;. The woman beside him 1973), and "Misiachna Nich na Dnipri" with six lighted candles over (Moonlit Night on the Dnieper, 1979). le with three apples. Directly Since 1973 Mr. Marchuk has pe­ them on the land we see what riodically turned to painting flowers in be two miniature haystacks, desolate surroundings calling them ystack inside the boat has a Tsvitinnia," meaning "flowering " He s centralpole appears to have has depicted patches of roses, chry­ ed into a candle. Similar santhemum-like blooms, daisies and repeated to the upper right, thorn-like flowering bushes mostly in d these are haystacks with devastated landscapes that contrast (idles, then they surely will sharply with the flowers. Often there is :t, suggesting several possible an element of surprise such as bowls and eadings. To the left of the vases, usually smaller in scale, as re­ re are trees and bushes with minders of a human presence and the ying that Mr. Marchuk is continuity of life. I life cycle with an emphasis In the late 1970s, along with the md death. The frames seen representational work a new series, e heads of the two women abstract and non-objective, appeared ^orways through which life under the title of "Preliudiyi" (Pre­ perhaps also the open coffin ludes). These were precise and com­ be the final passage on earth, plex compositions with a clear se­ ures look old and tired, giving paration of ground and figuration. e interpretation that life is Limited to a palette of earth hues of d hard. The reddish-ochre ochres, browns and blacks with accents id the shrivelled leathery of blue, they wer^ composed of flowing, nforce this. amorphous shapes and ribbons in constant flux. There are suggestions of usion of super-reaiity tubular forms and shading, as well as hints at representational forms, but for ist to the anguished scenes of the most part these are non-objective ive pictures, by 1970 Mr. designs where shapes generate new was painting serene land- ones, inter-penetrate, overlap and set up ly partially based on ob- rhythmic patterns across the paper as in i and in a highly unusual "Composition I" (1978). e built up his surfaces and These paintings were to remain in the ith multiple overlays of very artist's studio for a number of years, and hat created an impenetrably it would be almost 10 years before total . "Verby V Obiymakh Mi- abstraction would be allowed in official ^Jochi" (Willows in the Em- exhibitions in Kiev, і Moonlit Night, 1971), com- Mr. Marchuk's creative efforts went :hree grassy mounds with unrecognized until 1979 when he had IS against a grayish-blue sky, his first exhibition, not in his home­ neticulously painted surface land, but in Moscow at the Small Geor­ detail. The impression it gian Exhibition Center, sponsored by bat every blade of grass and the Moscow City Committee of the Union of Graphic Artists. Only after this groundbreaking event did it become sibie to show his paintings in Kiev and other cities in Ukraine in exhibition spaces made available by the Writers' Union, the National Medical Library, the Composers' Building, etc. — in other words, outside the jurisdiction of the Artists' Union, Eventually, as a result of numerous exhibits and articles written and published mostly by mem­ bers of the Writers' Union, Mr. Mar­ chuk became one of the best known of the unofficial artists. Chernobyl theme

Since the tragic events of Chorno- byl, Mr. Marchuk has painted night­ marish images of total destruction of our planet. His paintings "Peresto- roha" (Warning) and "Plyn Chasu" (The Flow of Time) with human heads (Continued on page 13) ' In 1987 the Monumental Artists Section of the Art Fund in Kiev organized an exhibition called "Pohliad" (Glance) at the Polytechnical Institute at which abstract work was officially displayed in a group show. Also in 1987 Alexander Dubovyk, an abstractionist from Kiev, had a solo exhibit where his work was shown to the general public. In Moscow, where there was more artistic freedom, abstract art was b^ing exhibited since the mid-70s. "Warning" (1986) on the Chernobyl theme. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22,1989 No. 43 Alberta chair of Ukrainian ethnograpliy Ukrainian folldorist from Czeclioslovalda to cooperate with Ulcrainian SSR institute visits ettinography ciiair in Edmonton EDMONTON - An agreement on graphy, art theory, Soviet customs and EDMONTON - Dr. Mykola Mu- the University of Alberta by invitation scholarly cooperation between the rites, theoretical problems of artistic shinka and his wife, Magda, from of the Huculak Chair of Ukrainian Erast and Lydia Huculak Chair of development of the masses, ethnosocio- Presov, Czechoslovakia, recently visited Culture and Ethnography and the Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography at logical problems and finally the section Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Stu­ the University of Alberta and the of foreign art and folk creativity. The dies. Dr. Mushinka is a very prominent Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folk­ institute also houses a significant sec­ figure in Ukrainian folklore studies lore and Ethnography at the Academy tion of manuscripts and other archival today. of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR has holdings as well as a large library. While in Edmonton, he delivered the been signed. The Lviv branch of the Rylsky Insti­ third Huculak Lecture (the first and The-Huculak Chair of Ukrainian tute consists of the following sections: second Huculak Lectures had been Culture and Ethnography is a unique ethnography, Carpathian areal studies, presented by Prof. Natalie Kononenko- center for Ukrainian studies at the fine arts, folk art and craft trade, Moyle and Heorhii Kozholianko). Dr. University of Alberta. Probably the muscology and the recently formed Mushinka spoke and showed videos of only program, where courses in Ukrai- ' folklore section. Over 200 specialists the large Ukrainian/ Rusyn community nian folklore and folklife from the B. A. work at both centers of the Rylsky in eastern Slovakia and their folk and to the Ph.D. levels are offered on the Institute. cultural life. Their history is complex North American (and likely western The Chair of Ukrainian Culture and and interesting, as is their national European) continent, exists at this Ethnography and the Institute of Art identification and their culture. Partly center. Studies, Folklore and Ethnography because these communities constitute At this institution, the following have agreed to collaborate within the the original population in these areas, M.A. theses were defended: "Mytho­ field of research relating to Ukrainian ^ their folk traditions are quite well logy of Kievan Rus' '' (by G. Foty), folklore and ethnography. This cooper- preserved. "Poetics and Mythology in Hutsulian ration envisions the joint preparation Carols'' (W. Niniowsky), "The Emi­ and publication of scholarly works, and Dr. Mushinka spoke of the various grant Verses of Hryhorij Olijnyk" (Y. the exchange of specialized literature Ukrainian organizations and institu­ Kowalchuk), "Folklore in Ljuborac'ki'' and of scholars. tions in Czechoslovakia. Videos of the (D. Hohol), "The Tsymbaly Maker and In the first instance a joint prepara­ Svidnik Ukrainian Museum and the His Craft'' (M. Bandera), "First Exis­ tion of guides to the manuscript ar­ most recent Svidnik Festival were tence Folk Dance among Ukrainians" chives of the Rylsky Institute and of the particularly interesting. Dr. Mushinka (A. Nahachewsky), and "The Ukrainian museum holdings of both its centers in himself had organized a program pre­ Hurdy-Gurdy: Questions of Its Traits Kiev and Lviv is planned. The Huculak senting very authentic stagings of local and Origin" (V. Moroz). Moreover, the Chair has undertaken to provide the Ukrainian customs "From Easter to first doctoral candidate A. Nahachew­ researchers of the Rylsky Institute with a Harvest." sky plans to defend his dissertation on computer to assist in the technical Dr. Mushinka also took the opportu­ "The Kolomyika: Change and Diversity preparation oif the first draft of the nity to familiarize himself with the in Canadian Ukrainian Folk Dance." guides. Besides manuscripts, the hold­ Ukrainian community and Ukrainian The Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, ings of the Rylsky Institute consist of a culture in western CTanada. He showed Folklore and Ethnography represents large number of photographic and pho­ great interest in the Huculak Chair of an academic institution consisting of 11 nographic recordings and collections of Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography, sections: folklore studies, ethnography, material culture. and expressed optimism and enthu­ Slavic folklore studies, music studies, The preparation of a catalogue of this siasm about increased communication, fine arts, theater studies, cinemato­ (Continued on page 15) cooperation and publications among Ukrainian folklorists around the world. Magocsi presents Sheptytsl(y volume to pope Dr. Mykola Mushinka ROME - Prof. Paul R. Magocsi of figures of the 20th century. The beatifi­ the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the cation process on behalf of Metropo­ Шґ\2і farnawsky wins Cenko Price University of Toronto was recently litan Sheptytsky started in the 19S0s, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Cenko completeness in coverage of the subject, received at an audience with Pope John but has not yet been culminated. PaulIL Prize in Ukrainian Bibliography was application of proper modern methodo­ Responding to Prof. Magocsi's com­ recently awarded to Marta Tarnawsky logical bibliographical principles in Prof. Magocsi used the occasion to ments, the holy father repeated on three for "Ukrainian Literature in English; preparing a bibliography, good organi­ present the holy father with a specially separate occasions - in Ukrainian - "I Articles in Journals and Collections, zational structure of the work and bound copy of "Morality and Reality," pray for the metropolitan every day. Let (especially in this particular case) the recently published book he edited us all pray for him as well." 1840-1965. An Annotated Biblio­ graphy." She received a SI,000 award. concise, but at the same time quite that focuses on the life and times of "Morality and Reality: The Life and The bibliography by Mrs. Tarnaw­ inclusive annotations, as well as a well Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. Times of Andrei Sheptyts'kyi" was prepared manuscript. Speaking in Ukrainian, Prof. Ma­ published in June by the Canadian sky includes 655 entries in alphabetical gocsi expressed the hope that the pontiff Institute of Ukrainian Studies. It is order by author or title. Each entry is The Cenko Prize Bibliography Com­ would find the scholarly volume of available from the publisher as well as annotated. In addition, the work in­ mittee members are: Miroslav La- interest in understanding further the from Katedra Books, University of cludes an introduction and general bunka. La Salle University and HURl, past role and present interest in one of Toronto, 100 St. George St., Toronto, index of names (authors, illustrators, chairman; Osyp Danko, Yale Univer­ Ukraine's most important historical Ontario M5S lAl. etc.) and subjects. sity; and Dmytro M. Shtohryn, Uni­ The bibliographic work by Mrs. versity of Illinois at Urbana-Cham- Tarnawsky has all the superior charac­ paign. teristics by which the works, set for the The award was established by Dr. Cenko annual contests, have been Mykola and the late Volodymyra Cenko appraised and awarded by the Biblio­ at the Harvard Ukrainian Research graphic Committee, and which are: Institute. The 1989 contest was the actuality and originality of the subject. ninth annual competition. Ftomankow heads Ukrainians for Rorio BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. - Mr. Romankow, an attorney prac­ Theodore J. Romankow of Berkeley ticing in Westfield, has been involved in Heights, N.J., has been appointed by numerous Ukrainian affairs. He is Rep. James Florio as statewide coordi­ general counsel for Americans for nator of Ukrainian Citizens for Florio Human Rights in Ukraine and was for Governor. Ukrainian Citizens for formerly an organizer and chairman of Florio for Governor is a bipartisan the League of Ukrainian Voters. group of citizens of Ukrainian Ameri­ can descent who believe the Democra­ Mr. Romankow, in advocating the tic congressman deserves their support election of Rep. Florio as the next due to his assistance involving issues governor of New Jersey, stated: "Con­ concerning the Ukrainian people. gressman Florio has consistently pro­ Mr. Romankow has been politically vided Ukrainian Americans with his active in Union County and in New support during his years in Congress. Jersey for many years. He previously He was a sponsor of the famine bill and was elected mayor of Berkeley Heights, has been instrumental in advocating Prof. Paul R. Magocsi presents a new book about Servant of God Metropolitanr, becoming its first Democratic mayor in human rights and social justice for Andrey SUieiitytsky to PopesJohn Faul IL over 20 years. Ukrainians persecuted in Ukraine." No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22,1989

It was fortunate for an eicrht-member A look... Polish Solidarity delegation to be able to "In almost every meeting Mr (Continued from page 6) attend the historic event in Ukraine Rukh leader.. Yavorivsky mentioned the debt о gradual progress toward full indepen­ alongside representatives from many (Continued from page 3) gratitude which Ukrainians in U dence, through parliamentary means. republics who support Rukh. The the House Foreign Affairs Com­ kraine owe to those in the diaspon The majority of Rukh activists, who Polish representation included the head mittee and the Commission on Secu­ for maintaining their identity anc stressed that the Soviet Union had been of Solidarity in the Gdansk Region, rity and Cooperation in Europe supporting the struggle in Ukraine, established without the will of the Bogdan Borusewicz, members of the (Helsinki Commission). stated Mr.Iwanciw."He emphasizec people, spoke in favor of negotiations Sejm Zbigniew Janas, Adam Michnik, Across town at the State Depart­ that Rukh is looking to the diaspora that would eventually lead to a system Volodymyr Mokry and Franciszek ment, Mr. Yavorivsky conversed with for continued moral and financial of sovereign states within a federation. Sak. Also present were Khrystyna Undersecretary of State Richard support." The future of trade communism was Mokry, Jerzy Jachowicz and Bogumila Schifter during a 45-minute meeting. The translation for the meetings also raised at the Congress and pro­ Berdyszowska. Khrystyna Mokry is a Individual meetings were also ar­ was expertly handled by Roman posals were made for the creation of Solidarity member of the metallurgical ranged with Paul Goble, special Kupchinsky. Assistance was also independent unions whose members factory in Nowa Huta. Ms. Berdyszow­ assistant for Soviet nationalities provided by Jurij Dobczansky of the would have an important voice in ska is a member of the Commission for affairs, and Tony Freeman, special Library of Congress and Andrew running enterprises. National Minorities within Solidarity. assistant to the secretary and'co­ Bihun of the U.S. Commerce De­ In addition, the delegates demanded: Our delegation was greeted very ordinator of international labor partment. an end to all forms of censorship, free­ cordially. We presented our hosts with affairs. The latter meeting was ar­ Assisting the UNA Washington dom of conscience and religious belief, "Ukrainian" copies of our election ranged to elicit Mr. Yavorivsky's Office, which was responsible for the liquidation of government monopolies, newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, Tygod- opinions and knowledge in regard to scheduling of appointments for Mr. and the re-legalization of the Ukrainian nik Powszechny, and the monthly the Donbas coal miners strike and Yavorivsky, were Nadia Diuk, Ad­ Catholic and Orthodox Churches. publication of the Catholic University the status of the trade union rian Karatnyckyj, Wolodymyr Bi- Moreover, Rukh delegates urged the in Lublin, Znak. In addition we brought movement in Ukraine. lajiw, Robert McConnelland Bo- decentralization of all cultural acti­ with us Solidarity badges and posters. A State Department luncheon was zhena Olshaniwsky. vities, depoliticization of education, Similar warm greetings were extended also part of Mr. Yavorivsky's itine­ Mr. Yavorivsky will be returning making it independent with a national to Mr. Michnik and this author rary at Foggy Bottom. Attended by to Washington for more meetings on character. They asked for the creation following their speeches at the congress staff specializing in Soviet and October 23 and 24. of a Ukrainian Olympic Committee and and at the monument to Taras Shev­ human rights areas, the affair was the return to the Ukrainian people of chenko. hosted by Paula Dobriansky, depu­ their historic national symbols. This founding congress of the Po­ ty assistant secretary for human pular Movement of Ukraine for Pere- rights. The congress decided to accept the LAW budova concluded, not coincidentally, During the busy week, Mr. Ya­ blue and yellow colors for the Ukrai­ at the Shevchenko monument with the vorivsky had an opportunity to nian flag. These were the colors of OFFICES sinking of the poet's "Testament." discuss the current Ukrainian situa­ ancient clans in Ukraine. Blue is the While police watched, the choir, made tion with Carl Gershman, president symbol of the sky, and yellow reflects up of thousands, sang amid a sea of blue of the National EndowmenJ for the color of wheat. Also approved was and yellow and other republics' flags. Democracy; Tom Kahn, vij:e-presi- the trident, the ancient symbol of Among them was the white and red dent for International Affairs for the princes which portrays a soaring eagle. Solidarity banner. AFL-CIO; and Zbigniew Brzezinski, ZENON B. It is significant that for the first time, On September 10 at the conclusion of former national security advisor for these issues were openly debated by this Ukrainian national day, Ukrai­ President Jimmy Carter. Dr. Brze­ former dissidents, members of unof­ nians came to the Shevchenko monu­ zinski took a keen interest in the MASNYJ ficial organizations — such as the ment to pay homage to their immortal good relations that have developed Ukrainian Helsinki Union — represen­ "kobzar-bandurist." In him are em­ between Rukh and the Solidarity (212) 477-3002 tatives of the outlawed Catholic and bodied all the hopes of the Ukrainian Movement in Poland. 140-142 Second Ave. Orthodox Churches, as well as mem­ people and their faith in the resur­ New York, N.Y. 10003 bers of official organizations, such as rection of Ukraine. We bid farewell to the Ukrainian Writers' Union and the our friends convinced that, to cite the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Language words of Mr. Michnik, our eyes will PURCHASE AND SALE OF CO-OPS, Society. Also taking part in the dis­ witness the resurrection of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Weeklyl CONDOS, HOMES, REAL ESTATE FOR cussions were deputies to the Supreme This was my first visit to Ukraine. INVESTMENT PURPOSES, NEC. WITH Soviet, including members of the Com­ Standing beneath the monument to read it and share it GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, SMALL munist Party who are in favor of Shevchenko, to whom I owe my Ukrai­ AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES, PER­ reforms in the Soviet Union. nian awareness and inner freedom, I SONAL INJURY ACTIONS, WILLS, ETC. Rukh is headed by Ivan Drach, a asked that we all think about meeting noted Ukrainian poet. His assistant is again in a free Poland and free Ukraine. Serhiy Koniev, a Russian-Byelorussian And that we always have in our memory PENN. ANTHRACITE REGION UNA BRANCHES by birth and a deputy to the Supreme the cross of St. Volodymyr in Kiev,to announce that their Soviet. Former political prisoner and whom Ukrainians owe their Christiani­ member of the Ukrainian Helsinki ty, and the three crosses in Gdansk, Union, Mykhailo Horyn, is the general which speak of the thrice crucified, but DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONAL secretary. never defeated hope for all of us. MEETING governor general now passes to a man will be held on Canada's new... who represented his constituents ho­ Sunday, November 5, 1989 at 2:00 P.M. (Continued from page 7) norably in the House of Commons and worked hard in the service of both his at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church position benches in the House oi Com­ 210 W. Blaine Street Mc Adoo, Pa. 18237 mons. To be sure, this is another one of Progressive Conservative Party and his Brian Mulroney's political patronage country. Whatever delight the Ukrai­ Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers gifts to a loyal soldier. Imagine that nian community may take in Mr. and 31st Convention Delegates of the following Branches: Hnatyshyn's new job, let it remember Member of Pariiament Chris Axwor­ Berwick, 164, 333 McAdoo, 7 thy, who wrenched Mr. Hnatyshyn's that his loyalty first and foremost is to the Crown and Canada... and so it should be. FrackvHIe, 242,382 Minersville, 78, 129, 265 seat from him for the New Democratic Freeland, 429 Mt. Carmel, 2 Party, has "nothing but praise." Perhaps the office of governor ge­ Lehighton, 389 Shamokin, 1 Mr. Hnatyshyn is all those things his neral is an anachronism still tied to the Mahanoy City, 305 Shenandoah, 98 friends and critics have said and more; British monarchy in a country that has he is an affable man with years of long since conducted state business St. Clair, 9, 31, 228 political and business experience, and independently of Great Britain. And All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting he is honest about his shortcomings (not perhaps the office is a vehicle for non- speaking French). Mr. Hnatyshyn is partisan, diplomatic relations with both AGENDA: also a caring and sensitive man. Ukrai­ friends and foes аИке. It does bring 1. Opening nians will recall the incident several along with it a sense of tradition and 2. Review of the District's 1989 organizational activities years ago, when then Prime Minister history, something that the average 3. Address by UNA Supreme Treasurer ULANA M. DIACHUK Trudeau sent one of his ministers to the Canadian, too much in a hurry to 4. General UNA topics UCC Congress and the minister used demystify government, pays little at­ 5. Adoption of membership campaign plan for the balance or the current year Clifford Sifton's phrase "men in sheep­ tention, too. History, tradition, culture 6. Questions and answers skin coats" in his speech - it was Ray contribute to the collective memory of a 7. Adjournment Hnatyshyn who led the Tory charge in nation. the House. As for the prime minister, he chose Meeting will be attended by: In addition to his official state duties, well from a pool of many deserving Ulana M. Diachuk, UNA Supreme Treasurer the governor general-designate will also Canadians. Governor General-desig­ have demands made on his time by nate Ramon Hnatyshyn will perform FOR THE DISTRICT СОММІПЕЕ: Ukrainians; perhaps, he is fortunate his duties — official and cordial —just Joseph Chabon, Chairman that the Millennium Year is over. as his predecessors before him did... Helen Slovik, Secretaiy Adolph Slovik, Treasurer The largely ceremonial duty of the wiin aignity. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22.1989 No. 43

Kryuchkov, were particularly effusive in of the Ukrainian Council of Ministers; Ukrainian Communist.. their flattery of Mr. Shcherbytsky, and Oleksandr S. Kapto, the head of the (Contiiiucd from page 1) emphasizing their former boss's "ge­ CPSU Ideology Department. powers that be, including President nuine internationalism" (Yelchenko) In addition, it was reported that in the Gorbachev, are keenly interested in and his "principledness, firmness and course of the discussions in the oblast having Mr. Shcherbytsky enter the toughness in carrying out the interna­ party organizations prior to the plenum annals of party history as a model leader tionalist line of the CPSU" (Kryuch­ the candidacies of Hryhoriy I. Revenko, perhaps even to be emulated. Indeed, kov). Only two speaker^ — former first secretary of the Kiev Obkom, and one of the speakers at the plenum, K.M. chairman of the Council of Ministers — Ivan I. Skyba, currently head of the Sytnyk, director of the Institute of Oleksandr R. Liashko and the head of a CPSU Agriculture Department were Botany of the Ukrainian Academy of collective farm from Ternopil" — failed also advanced. Sciences, characterized the outgoing to mention Mr. Shcherbytsky in their In the final analysis, the names of Ukrainian Party leader as representing addresses. Messrs. Ivashko and Hurenko were "a brilliant page in the history of our The acclaim given Mr. Shcherbyts­ placed on the ballot, with the former party organization.'' ky at the plenum contrasts sharply with emerging as the winner by a vote of 136- Further, it appears that a very clear the exceptionally critical appraisal of 34. According to Mr. Ivashko, this was effort has been made to establish a sense the former Ukrainian Party leader in an the first time that a republican first of continuity in the Ukrainian party article issued by the Novosti Press secretary was chosen from a muhiple leadership, an undertaking in which Agency on the eve of the Kiev mee­ list of candidates. Mr. Gorbachev also figures as a center ting, which pointed out that Mr. The crucial question, of course, is the player. Everyone, after all, seemed to Shcherbytsky was an "associate" of the implications of this "united front" now discredited Leonid Brezhnev and display in Kiev on the future course of agree on most everything, including the iLiteraturna Ukraina need for the Ukrainian Communist emphasized his responsibility for the developments in the republic, particu­ policies of linguistic Russification in the Volodymyr Ivashko, new first secretary Party to take more decisive measures larly with regard to the relations bet­ of the Communist Party of Ukraine. against ^'nationalists.'' republic. ween the party (both in Kiev and in Against this background, two ad­ Certainly, the Ukrainian intelligent­ Moscow) and the Rukh. Kharchenko, first secretary of the ditional questions seem appropriate. To sia would find it difficult to share in the Clearly, from the standpoint of the Zaporizhzhia Obkom and representa­ what extent were the expert views of euphoria over Mr. Shcherbytsky that latter, there is little reason for optimism. tive of the Commission on Organiza­ erudite scholars and "experienced was played out at the plenum. Indeed, in In his closing remarks at the plenum, tional-Party and Cadres Work of the observers" over the past five years a recent interview, the newly elected Mr. Shcherbytsky did not hesitate to Ukrainian Central Committee, noted concerning the "struggle" between the head of the Popular Movement of remind his listeners of his longstanding that it was felt that "leaders of the radical revolutionary Gorbachev and Ukraine for Perestroika ("Rukh"), the credo. He noted that from the very first republican party organization should the Brezhnevite die-hard Shcherbytsky poet Ivan Drach, ranked Mr. Shcher­ day that he joined the party, in 1941, he adopt a more integrated, principled a figment of Kremlinological imagi­ bytsky with Lazar Kaganovich in terms worked with collectives of "interna­ position with regard to extremist group­ nation? And second, and more im­ of his "contribution" to the develop­ tionalists," who saw as their "most ings and their leaders, and take mea­ portant, does the positive image of Mr. ment of Ukrainian culture. Significantly, important task the strengthening of sures to strengthen ideological work." Shcherbytsky combined with the ele­ no representative of the mtelligentsia friendship with all the peoples and, This position essentially corresponds ment of leadership continuity suggest addressed the plenum. above all, with the Russian people, who with the views of President Gorbachev, that^ at least insofar as the national Equally interesting was the degree of are so close to us." who has argued the need to check, question is concerned, Ukraine will unanimity displayed by the speakers at And further: "Now, when the well- "unhealthy" elements within informal continue to remain "the fatherland of the plenum with regard to Mr. Shcher­ known little groups are attempting to movements. stagnation'? bytsky's successor. In this connection, it shove people onto the path of sepa­ As for the new Ukrainian party Perhaps the most curious aspect of is important to note that Mr. Gorba­ ratism, rabid nationalism, and chauvi­ leader, although he has indicated a the plenum is the lavish praise of the chev, in addition to his address to the nism, I am deeply convinced that the greater willingress to cooperate with former Ukrainian pany leader. Mr. plenum, also reported on "the pro­ Ukrainian people will stand firmly opposition elements such as the Rukh, Gorbachev set the tone by stating that posals of the CPSU Central Committee behind the positions of internationa­ he has nonetheless made it clear that Mr. Shcherbytsky's "political and and the Politburo of the Central Com­ lism...." there should be no "illusions" about his practical activity in many posts, in­ mittee of the Communist Party of This was repeated verbatim in Mr. intentions, and that it would be "more cluding as a member of the Politburo of Ukraine" concerning the choice of a Shcherbytsky's interview in Pravda. to the point to speak of similarities" the CPSU Central Committee and as new Ukrainian Party leader. ^ More ominous was the impression left rather then differences between him­ first secretary of the Central Committee Remarkably, these proposals were by Mr. Kryuchkov, who urged the self and Mr. Shcherbytsky. of the Communist Party of Ukraine, "similar to the estimations of the Ukrainian Central Committee to be Like Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Ivashko undoubtedly deserve a positive eva­ (Ukrainian! obkom first secretaries, "more active, offensive, tough, if you has declared that the party is prepared luation." with whom there was a meeting ой the will," against the Rukh and the people's to cooperate with those groups who are President Gorbachev told the Ukrai­ eve of the plenum." In short, it appears deputies from the Interregional Group: "for socialism and for the USSR," but nian party leaders that Mr. Shcherbyts­ that the party leadership in Moscow "Whether we are talking about re­ that "separatists and nationalists" will ky was warmly thanked for his "many and Kiev came to an understanding as buffing the extremists from Rukh, who not be tolerated. years of fruitful labor for the good of the to the new first secretary of the Ukrai­ are lunging to seize power and attemp­ In the meantime, criticism of Ukrai­ party and the country" at the September nian Party organization. ting to force upon our people the nian "nationalists" in the Moscow plenum of the CPSU Central Com­ Nonetheless, six candidates for Mr. nationalist ideology, a course aimed at media appears to be gaining moment­ mittee, and that he expected that these Shcherbytsky's job are said to have been separating Ukraine from the Soviet um. The latest salvo has been fired by sentiments are shared by the Ukrai­ discussed at the plenum. In addition to Union, to rehabilitate Banderism, and Pravda, which has demanded that nian Central Committee. The applause Mr. Ivashko and Stanislav I. Hurenko, to consolidate nationalist symbols. Or "chauvinist and nationalist" groups in that followed indicated general agree­ a candidate member of the Politburo the ambitions of the so-called Inter­ Ukraine be proscribed and dispanded. ment, which was then confirmed by and secretary of the Central Committee, regional Deputies Group, which is im­ those who addressed the plenum. these included Mr. Yelchenko; Anatoliy pudently trying to force its positions ^ In his report, Gorbachev also informed Two speakers — ideological secretary I. Korniyenko, the recently elected first upon other deputies and the entire the plenum that Shcherbytsky had requested Yuriy N. Yelchenko and the first secre­ secretary of the Kiev City Party Com­ people. to be relieved of his posts in Ukraine during the Soviet Party leader's visit to the republic tary of the Odessa Obkom, Heorhiy K. mittee; Vitally A. Masol, the chairman Similar views were voiced by other in February. The CPSU Politburo decided, speakers and, it seems, by party activists in consultation with the Ukrainian Party "UKRAINIAN IS FUN" in the oblasts. In his report sum­ leader, to deal with the issue only after the marizing the discussion in the lower- elections to the USSR Congress of People's 'U TITKY KVITKY' - the award winning program is now available to you and your level party organizations, Hryhoriy P. Deputies. children's enjoyment. Watch Smichun and Brysko get into scrapes, learn numbers, letters, concepts, all under the kindly eye of Titka Kvitka. Ukrainian fairy tales, a visit to the dentist, arts and crafts, songs are all presented in a daily situation that enthralls children. ST. 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written other short stories concerned to visit Toronto from a young Ukrai­ Ukrainian... with discrimination, like "Mosaic," in ^Voices..." nian businessman he met in Kiev, (Continued from paee 7) "More Saskatchewan Gold," about an (Continued from page 9) Bohdan Klid. He arrived in Canada at The irony of the story is that this Indian in Regina nearly forced to return buried in the debris of a nuclear ho­ the end of August and immediately set woman, Norma, becomes the only to India. locaust were displayed in the Kiev to work on a new series of paintings, woman of the three assigned to ditching exhibits "Pohliad" and "Dialogue" in which is to be shown at the end of crews to succeed as a laborer. The 1987 and 1988, respectively. Together October at the Ukrainian Canadian Art Ukrainian character in "Blue'' seems to with the triptuch "Apocalypse" (1988), Foundation. have been chosen because of the impres­ All three books are generally available they serve as conipelling reminders of In his work Mr. Marchuk has suc­ sion that people like him are old- in Canadian bookstores. "Alberta impending catastrophe. cessfully synthesized several disparate fashioned and hard-working, finally Bound," published by NeWest Press of In February of this yearMr.Marchuk sources, including such 20th century succeeding by being almost cruel to Edmonton, is available for S5.95 (Cana­ was allowed to travel to Australia at the movements as surrealism, the analytical themselves and others. dian). "Ken Mitchell Country" and invitation of a friend. While there he paintings of Pavel Filonov (1883-1941), "Word games,"by Yen Begamudre, is "Sky High: Stories from Saskatche­ had two exhibits within the Ukrainian the romantic Ukrainian landscapes of the only story in the collection that deals wan," both published by Coteau Books community and a third at the Fiveways Arkhyp Kuiindzi (1842-1910), as well as explicitly with discrimination against of Regina, Sask., cost S5.95 (Canadian) Gallery in Sydney. The latter exhibit, his childhood memories of the village Ukrainians. The story is set in the each. titled "The Body of My Soul," received and his Ukrainian heritage. present, in a school. Once again, the Ukrainians have lived on the prairies a favorable review in the Arts section of He has invented a unique technique narrator is non-Ukrainian, an English for a long time — it'll be 100 years in The Weekend Australian by Elwyn highly suitable to his vision, and has boy who befriends the Ukrainian Dar- 1991. The use of Ukrainians as charac­ Lynn who stated: "The more urgent transformed his experiences, his fanta­ rell Kindrachuk rather than fellow ters in the stories of English Canadian Marchuk's message is the more compel­ sies, and his nightmares into univer­ WASPs because "I wished we were all authors reflects their broad influence on ling the art." sal images that reach beyond the com­ brothers under the skin, but suspected the character of western Canada. Also, It included 17 figural surrealist works monplace, into the souls and hearts of we weren't.'' Mr. Ferguson is the pro­ Ukrainians have given generally fa­ from the Chornobyl cycle executed in the viewers far beyond the boundaries blem of the story. He doesn't think that vorable impressions to those who have tempera and seven abstract, non-ob­ of his native Ukraine. Darrell is really a Canadian citizen, and met them. These stories are not reflec­ jective watercolor compositions. Most resents Wilfred Laurier for "flooding tions on multiculturalism, but stories of the paintings were sold to Australian the prairies with peasants from eastern about people who seem quite naturally art collectors establishing a high market a,e, smal 8с co. Europe." It is this teacher who likes to to belong in western Canada. value for Mr. Marchuk's work. play word games at the end of class. As a Гординський, Пастушенко title, however, word games can suggest HVCVLKA Visiting Canada something else: it is word games that Icon 8L Souvenir's Distribution Mr. Marchuk received an invitation Смаль prevent people like Mr. Ferguson from 2860 Buhre Ave. Suite 2R seeing that "we are all brothers under Bronx, NY 10461 insurance - Real Estate REPRESENTA-WE and WHOLESALER ojEMBmiDERED BLOUSES FOR SALE BY OWNER the skin." Residential ш Commercial ш Industrial for ADULTS and CHILDRET^ One family special - 6 rooms, Investment The author, Mr. Begamudre, has Tel. (212) 931-1579 (3 bedrooms), tile bath, oil heat, garage, A-1 condition, move right Auto Ш Life Ш Bonds in. One block from St. John's Ukrai­ 1733 Springfield Avenue MUSIC AT THE INSTITUTE nian Catholic Church 8t school, Maplewood, NJ. 07040 Newark, N.J. Very reasonable. PRESENTS Call Rectory - (201) 371-1356 (201) 761-7500 Alexander Slobodyanik Alexander Slobodyanik, junior THE UKRAINIAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION proudly presents PIANISTS Saturday Evening, October 28,1989 at 8:00 P.M. "AVRAMENKO and program repeated Sunday Afternoon, October 29, 1989 at 3:00 P.M. AND HIS DANCES" at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 East 79th street. New York A documentary video record of Vasile Avramenko's Tickets at 525 each for this limited seating can be ordered by sending a check with a self- Ukrainian folk dances; Hopak Kolom. Arkan and Honi- addressed stamped envelope to: UIA-MATI, 2 E. 79th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021, or by Viter. Hopak Kolom is used for instructional pur­ calling the Institute Monday-Friday between 3 and 6 p.m. at (212) 288-8660. SIO Senior poses. Vasile Avramenko is featured dancing and there is a brief description of his life and work as a Citizen and student tickets can be purchased directly before each performance. dancer and teacher.

This video is available for a donation to the Founda­ UNA District Committees of tion of S50.00 or more, plus handling and mailing of JERSEY CITY - PASSAIC - PERTH AM BOY J5.00. The S55.00 total price includes the tape, a 19 X 24 poster of the video cover in color and a announce that an brochure describing the video.

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Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers UKRAINIAN BIBLES TO UKRAINE! and 31st Convention Delegates. Ukrainian Bibles to Ukraine by direct mail. ON THE AGENDA: Praise the Lord. God has opened the door to reach our Christian Brothers and Sisters m.h 1. Opening the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Ukraine by direct mail. The Ukrainian Bibles and Ukrainian 2. Review of the Districts 1989 organizational activities Children's Bibles will satisfy their spiritual hunger and will revive Ukrainian National pride. 3. Address In every letter, our Christian brothers and sisters beg for Ukrainian Bibles. Direct mail by WALTER SOCHAN, UNA Supreme Secretary is the only existing way for Ukrainian families to receive Ukrainian Bible, therefore, as and ULANA DIACHUK, UNA Supreme Treasurer Ukrainians, we must unite and help them to receive His Word by all possible means. 4. General UNA topics The Ukrainian Family Bible Association is asking for a generous gift of J20, S50, SlOO - 5. Adoption of membership campaign plan for the balance of the current year or however God leads you - to help print Ukrainian Bibles and Ukrainian Children's 6. Questions and answers Bibles, and help us send them by direct mail to Ukraine. 7. Adjournment The Ukrainian Family Bible Association, with your gift of |20 or more (not including postage) will provide Ukrainian Bibles or Ukrainian Children's Bibles to travelers or persons who want to send them by direct mail to Ukraine. We will provide names and addresses of Meeting will be attended by: Ukrainian families, who would like to receive these religious materials. Waiter Sochan, UNA supreme secretary Please help us in getting God's World to Ukrainian Christians and send a generous con tribution to The Ukrainian Family Bible Association, a non-profit and non-denominational Ulana Diachuk, UNA supreme Treasurer Association. FOR THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES; Thank you for your help, and God bless you all. Jersey City Walter Bilyk, chaiirman Passaic John Chomko, chairman UKRAINIAN FAMILY BIBLE ASSOCIATION Tertn Amboy Michaei Zacharko, chairman P.O Box 3723, Palm Desiert, CA 92261-3723. (619) 345-4913 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. OCTOBER 22.1989 Jio. 43 COOPERATIVE TRIBUNE Published by: Ukrainian National Credit Union Association, (UNCUA) 2351 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60622 Phone (312) 489-0050 Editor: Tamara Denysenko

U.N.C.U.A. CONFERENCE UNCUA SUPPORTS Common Bond Is A UKRAINIAN CULTURE October 27-29,1989 AT HARVARD Very Specia/Tie Rochester, New York A 56,000 generous donation by the In this age of mass communication anc UNCUA enabled the Ukrainian Research mass culture, it's important to remembei AGENDA Institute at Harvard University to present and respect the things that make each oi FMDAY, October 27 a series of unique cultural events during us different. This is true of financial insti­ District of the New York Credit tutions, too. 5:00-10:00 Registration and social gathering Union League their 1989 summer sessions/ sponsored by Rochester Ukrai­ 2:00-3:00 Commercial Loans - SBA SL The series consisted of a concert by Credit unions are different from banks nian Federal Credit Union SBIC - Fairfax Room the M. Lysenko Quartet from Ukraine, an and SALs, and it's important for our mem­ Speaker: Orest Glut art exhibit of Aleksandra Isayewych (a stu­ bers to understand how and why. One thing SATURDAY, October 28 Future Planning of Ukrainian dent from Lviv), several lectures by Mr. that makes us different is that our mem­ GENERAL SESSION - Cooperative Agency - Genessee bership is restricted. Not just anyone can Room SL Mrs. Taniuk-Komijenko, an intensive Downtown Room walk in off the street and open an account 9:00 Opening Remarks Speaker: Ron Smith, CMCI series of creative sessions with artistic Chairman of the Board: Walter Corporation directors Les Taniuk, Virian Tkatch and at the Credit Union. Membership in any Hupaliwskyj 3:00 Coffee Break Vatok Uvno. credit union is restricted to those who share 3:30 U.N.C.U.A. Board of Directors 9:15 10:00 Statistical Analysis of Credit Dr. Natalia Pylypiuk, Director of the a common bond of employment, associa­ Union Membership Meeting tion or community with others. 6:00 Cocktails - Tiffany Lounge Ukrainian Summer Sessions at Harvard Speaker: Omelan Pleszkewycz People Helping Each Other 10:00-10:30 Discussion 7:00 Banquet and entertanment - expressed her deep appreciation to the 10:30-10:45 Cojfee Break Windsor Room Ukrainian cooperative movement for help­ This requirement came about because 10:45-10:30 National Advertising and 9:30 Benefit Dance - St. Mary Ukr. ing the Ukrainian Research Institute con­ credit unions were formed originally from Orth. Church Hall Marketing tinue to provide its high level of quality groups of people who worked together or Speaker: Irene Mattigan, CUNA lived together in a community, and who SUNDAY, October 29 summer programs. Mutual couldn't obtain credit from the established 11:30 12:00 Discussion 8:00 Bus departs for St. Josaphat's 12:G)-1:00 Luncheon Ukrainian Church financial system. So they joined together 8:30 Divine Liturgy into a V'uiiion" to provide "credit" for one AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS 10:30 Conclusion of Board of Directors another when they needed it. These were 1:00-2:00 Credit Card Services for Small Meeting self-help organizations, and the common Credit Unions - Fairfax Room 12:00 Luncheon sponsored by the bond their members shared made it easier Personnel and Human Resource Rochester Credit Union Development - Genesse Room 1:00 Closing Remarks - Walter for them to provide the kind of help the Presented by the Rochester Hupaliwskyj members needed. The same holds true today. Even though the Credit Union offers a variety of finan­ 120 EAST MAIN STREET cial services to its members, it's still fun­ damentally a self-help organization. The ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14604 credit we provide derives from member PHONE: 716/546-6400 World Council of deposits and the common bond we share Ukrainian Cooperatives still works to help us tailor the services we offer to the needs Of our members. Conference Still The Same Old Refrain llkrainian National Credit Union Association Sunday, October 29, 1989 2 p.m. So remember these things when you read I Board of Directors Rochester Ukrainian Federal Credit in the newspaper that banks are campaign­ Union ing again to tax credit unions and ''treat Walter Hupaliwskyj Officers: 824 Ridge Road East them just like banks and SftLs." We never Financial: Bohdan Andrushkiw Rochester, New York 14621 have been just like banks and SALs, and Bohdan Watral Coordinating: Orest Glut never will be. Semen Krawcheniuk Press: Tamara Denysenko Eugene Repeta Insurance: Christine Pylypowych 29 Ukrainian Credit Wasyl Sytnyk Supervisor Committee: Honorary President, Canada шшшішятт Union Presidents or Chairman: Paul Wyhinnyj their designated Secretary: Roman Mysyk BOARD OF DIRECTORS representatives. Member: Rozalia Holowka Omelan Vlt^zktwycZ'President Executive Staff: USA Dmytro Hryhorchuk Walter Hupaliwskyj-F/c^ President USA Paul Oleksiuk Orysia Burdiak Andrij Kachor-K/c^ President Canada October 15-21 Myroslav Boluch-Fifc^ President Australia ^Itecsm^juatsitby Roman Bihxm-Secretary and tiiidde our fliumbe USA The lobbyists/propagandists for the Bohdan V^^itdl-Treasurer banks and SScLs are pulling out all USA the stops in attempts to paralyze or Michael Kos-USA destroy the credit union movement. Their game plan is to divert Lev Futula-USA Congressional attention from their Iwan Sierant-USA own S200+ billion debacle by attacking the one segment of the Olha Zawerucha-Canada financial industry that isn't in Jaroslaw Pryszlak-Canada trouble . . .the credit unions! Ihor E. Laszok-USA It is vitally important that you write SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE your Representative and your Senators and tell them why you're Roman Mycyk-Chairman happy with your Credit Union and USA how you'd hate to see it changed. Lew Szachrajuk-Canada Tamara Denysenko-USA

PAID SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY No. 43 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22,1989

had not been receiving nourishment beyond its territory. The achievement of Who needs... from Svoboda and The Ukrainian Alberta chair... the planned computerization and cata­ (Continued from page 5) Weekly and the Svoboda Press (Continued from page 10) loguing will render supplementary community to give the most accurate publishing house over the past 96 emendations relatively simple. years? type of museum collections will consti­ treatment to the matters involving the tute the second part of the scholarly Finally, the other points of the renaissance of Ukrainian national For any press to be viable, it must collaboration between the Ukrainian agreement referring to the exchange of consciousness in Ukraine, recent legis­ have a sound financial basis in order to and Canadian centers. In order to assist specialists, the conducting of joint lation in the U.S. as to who or which carry on its technical operations. in the photographic work for the cata­ expeditions, the publishing of scholarly religious or national groups should be It is true that Svoboda, and The works and the exchange of publications logue, the Huculak Chair has also will no doubt lead to an acceleration of classified as refugees from the Soviet Weekly are the communication organs undertaken to provide the Rylsky Union, the Demjanjuk trial, the OSI, of the UNA, and are sponsored by and work and to deepening interest in Institute, mainly its Lviv branch, with folklife disciplines by budding scholars. Ukrainian dissidents? receiving their financial backing from quality color films for photographing a Where would Ukrainians turn to be the UNA. 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Ukrainian scholars, or scholarly papers IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF HIS PRACTICE on Ukrainian subjects, either in Ukrai­ As the UNA press is inseparable from RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER nian or English would have been pub­ its sponsor and parent organization, 2401 Walnut Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103 ш (215) 665-8552 lished if it weren't for the Svoboda Press members of the North American Ukrai­ facilities? nian community have the responsibility Did you know that Veselka, our to support the Ukrainian National children's magazine, is often read at Association, because by supporting the GALA CONCERT Ukrainian Saturday schools? UNA they are supporting its excellent Would our Ukrainian cultural oasis newspapers, which have become the SLAVONIC FOLK MUSIC AND UKRAINIAN DANCE major Ukrainian newspapers of the in the middle of this North American Guest artists: English-speaking desert still exist if it Ukrainian community. - From Ukraine, vocalist ALEX GOLUB Rallies,., unsanctioned rally in that western - CHAIKA Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Ukrainmn ^city to suppor^^ an alterna- - DIANA TELISCHAK, soprano (Continued from page 2) ,tive draft law. - BALALAIKA ft DOMRA SOCIETY continue their preparation for mass Alia Yaroshynska, a people's deputy strike action. for Zhytomyr, took part in a public rally Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center A large unsanctioned meeting was in one of that city's parks, organized by 1941 Broadway at 65th Street, New York, N.Y. 10023 oranized in support of the alternative representatives of informal groups on draft election law in the western U- October 15. Saturday, November 4, 1989 at 8:00 P.M. krainian city of Chervonohrad on Loge: S12.00 - Orch. S15.00 - Box: Sl8.b0 October 15. Placards were reportedly displayed that said, "Shcherbytsky has Ne Zhurys... Telephone charge service for tickets through CENTERCHARGE (212) 874-6770 gone, but his successors are in place— (Continued from page 16) shame!" Participants of the meeting The concert tour is scheduled to bring also demanded the removal of the Ne Zhurys to western Canada, begin­ people's deputy for Chervonohrad ning with a show at the University of DETROIT, Mich. DISTRICT COMMITTEE Moroz, reported the UPA. Calgary in Alberta on October 28 at OF UNA BRANCHES Ukrainian Helsinki Union activist (3:30 p.m.). Concerts will follow in Ivan Sokulsky reported that the local Edmonton on October 29, Saskatoon announces that its branch of the Popular Movement of on October 30 and Winnipeg on Octo­ Ukraine for Perebudova organized a ber 31. The ensemble will return to DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONAL meeting on October 15 in Dnipro- eastern Canada at that point and will petrovske in support of the "demo­ perform in Ontario in Sault Ste. Marie MEETING cratic election law." Although the on November 1, London on November meeting was unsanctioned and declared 2, Oshawa on November 3, Hamilton will be held on illegal over 500 people reportedly took on November 4 and in Toronto on part in it. November 5. Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 3:00 P.M. Leonid Milyavsky reported to the Following the performances in at U.N.W.LA. Detroit Regional Council, 27040 Ryan Koad, Warren, Mich. UPA that on October 11 a founding eastern Canada, the Lviv ensemble is set Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers and conference of the Kiev association, to entertain Ukrainian American au­ 31st Convention Delegates of the following Branches: Vyborets, was held at the Kiev Po- diences beginning with a concert in lytechnical Institute. Members of Buffalo, N.Y., on November 6. Ne 20, 75, 82, 94, 110, 146, 165, 167, 174, 175, 183, 235, 292, Rukh, the Ukrainian National De­ Zhurys will then perform in Rochester, 302, 303, 309, 341, 463, 504, 506 mocratic League and the Social-De­ N. Y., on November 7, Boston on mocratic Union of Ukraine participated. November 8, Hartford, Conn., on All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. The conference discussed the associ­ November 9, Parma, Ohio, on Novem­ AGENDA: ation's program and election tactics, ber 10, Detroit on November 11, Chica­ 1. Opening and passed a series of resolutions in go on November 12. 2. Review of the District's 1989 organizational activities support of the alternative draft law. After a two-day rest the concert tour 3. Address by UNA Supreme President DR. JOHN 0. FLIS Some 30,000 people gathered at a will take Ne Zhurys on to Pittsburgh on 4. General UNA topics meeting in Ivano-Frankivske on Oc­ November 15, Washington on Novem­ tober 10 in support of the alternative ber 16, Scranton, Pa., on November 17, 5. Adoption-of membership campaign plan for the balance of the current year draft elections law, reported P. Hladysh Philadelphia on November 18, New 6. Questions and answers from that western Ukrainian city. York on November 19, Soyuzivka on 7. Adjournment Another several thousand people November 20-21 and Yonkers, N. Y., on Meeting will be attended by: took part in a similar meeting on Oc­ November 22. tober 15 at the Bukovyna stadium in The final concert will take place in St. Dr. John 0: Flis, UNA supreme President Chernivtsi. Resolutions passed at the Catharines, Ontario, on November 23. Roman Tatarsky, UNA supreme Advisor officially unsanctioned meeting con­ Details about specific concerts will demned the official draft of the election appear in Preview of Events in up­ FOR THE DISTRICT СОММІПЕЕ: law. coming issues. Rorлan Tatarsky, Chairman On that same day a few thousand For more information call Kobza, Roman Lazarchuk, Secretary Jaroslaw Baziuk, Treasurer residents of Riyne igatherecj for an (416)253-9314. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22,1989 No. 43

October 22 PREVIEW OF EVENTS November 2 NEW YORK: The Art Students League Vatra band will provide music for danc­ ganized activities, surprises and refresh­ TORONTO: Dr. John Lehr of the geo­ and the American Fine Arts Society will ing. For more information call (914) 669- ments. For more information call Ma- graphy department of the University of present an exhibition of art works in 8630. ryka Kozicky, (914) 969-3606. Winnipeg will deliver a lecture on "Per­ different media by independent artists spectives on the Geography of Ukrainian from Ukraine through November 11 at October 28-29 WARREN, Mich.: The Ukrainian Li­ Rural Settlement in Western Canada their gallery 215 W. 57th St. An opening beration Front of Metropolitan Detroit before 1914,"4-6 p.m. inRobarts Library reception will take place 3 to 5 p.m. The JENKINTOWN, Pa.: Manor Junior will sponsor a commemoration of the 4049. The lecture is part of the Toronto artists featured include Ihor Podolchak, College in conjunction with the Pro­ 60th anniversary of the Organization of seminar in Ukrainian studies, sponsored Michael Moskal, Oleh Tistoly Konstan- vidence Association of Ukrainian Ukrainian Nationalists and the 30th by Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the tyn Reunow, Anatole Stepanenko and Catholics in America will sponsor a anniversary of Stepan Bandera's death at University of Toronto. For more in­ Ihor Barabakh, most of whom are gra­ symposium to commemorate the 45th 6:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Cultural formation call (416) 978-3332. duates of the Lviv State Institute of anniversary of the death of Metropolitan Center. The keynote address will be given November 5 Applied and Decorative Art. Gallery Audrey Sheptytsky, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on by an honored guest from Europe. The hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday Saturday in the seminar room of the artistic program will include mezzo- CHICAGO: Branch 259 of the Ukrai­ through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on soprano Christina Romana Lypeckyj, Basilead Library, Fox Chase Road and nian National Association, the Birth of Saturday. For more information call soprano Oksana Rohatyn Makohon, Forrest Avenue. The commemoration the Holy Virgin Society, will celebrate its (212) 247-4510. baritone Jerome Cisaruk, pianist Lydia will continue with a concert at 4 p.ni. on 80th anniversary with a divine liturgy at Cisaruk, pianist Michael Curry and Sunday at St. Basil Academy. Tickets are 8:30 a.m. in the Nativity of the Blessed recitation by Roman Los. For more October 27-29 S5 per person and will be available for Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, information call (313) 757-1022. sale at the door beginning at 3 p.m. The 4952 S. Paulina St., and a banquet at 2 PHILADELPHIA: The Federation of special concert will feature the Ukrai­ p.m. at Chateau D-Amour (Little Kiev), Ukrainian Student Organizations of nian chorus Dumka from New York as October 29 - November 3 6955 W. 79th St. in Burbank, 111. Tickets America will hold its annual congress at well as pianist Laryssa Krupa of New to the banquet are S10 for adults, S5 for the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational York and bandurist Roman Levitsky of PITTSBURGH: The University of Pitts­ children under age 12, and free for Center, 700 Cedar Road.in Abington. Newark, N.J. Opening remarks at the burgh will host the Chautauqua Insti­ children under 5. Reservations should be For more information call (804) 977- concert will be delivered by Archbishop tute's 1989 conference on U.S.-Soviet made by calling Julie Guglik, (312) 735- 6032. Stephen Sulyk of Philadelphia. For mor relations. Some 250 Soviet citizens and 8995. information call (215) 885-2360. officials will participate in the weeklong October 28 citizen exchange, which will feature November 11 HARTF6RD,Conii.:The Sacred Heart discussion on a variety of topics in­ MUNSTER, Ш.: The Chicago UNA Guild of St. Michael's Ukrainian Cath­ cluding ecology, human rights, religion, VANCOUVER: The Ukrainian Com­ District Committee in conjunction with olic Church will sponsor its annual the arts and more. For more informa­ munity Society of Ivan Franko in con­ UNA Branch 452 of Munster, Ind., and bazaar at the parish school auditorium, tion call the Center for Russian and East junction with the British Columbia the Ukrainian Youth Club will sponsor a 125 Wethersfield Ave., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. European Studies at U. of P., (412) 648- Genealogical Society will hold Canada's dinner-dance to celebrate the 95th anni­ on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 7407. first Ukrainian genealogical seminar, "In versary of the founding of the Ukrainian Sunday. The bazaar will feature displays Remembrance of our Roots," 9 a.m. to 9 National Association and the 50th an­ of handicrafts, Christmas items, a white October 31 p.m., in the Ukrainian Orthodox au­ niversary of Branch 452 at 6 p.m. at St. elephant table, Ukrainian foods, baked ditorium, 154 E. 10th Ave. A fee of S30 Josaphat's Social Hall, Ridge Road and goods, egg-decorating and more. For GARFIELD, N.J.: The northern New per person, S25 for members, seniors and White Oaks Avenue. Admission is SI2.50 more information and to reserve pyrohy Jersey chapter of the Ukrainian Stu­ students, will include informative spea­ per person. Arrangements are being orders call (203) 525-7823 or 728-8792. dents Association of Mykola Mich- kers, displays, lunch, a Ukrainian buffet made for bus service from the Western novsky (TUSM) will sponsor a candle­ supper and costume pageant. For more Avenue area in Chicago. For more October 29 light vigil in support of Ukraine's re­ information call Muryl Geary, (604) 327- information and bus and dinner re­ pressed Christian faithful at 7 p.m. at 3537. servations call Roman Prypchan, (312) YONKERS, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Ame­ Three Saints Russian Orthodox Church The children's masquerade party spon­ 456-5956, Natalie Shuya, (219) 931-8752, rican Youth Association of Yonkers on Outwater Lane. The vigil is scheduled sored by Branch 18 of the Ukrainian or Dorothy Kuzemka, (312) 474-3112. invites children and their parents to its to coincide with the visit of Metropolitan National Women's League of America fourth annual Children's Masquerade Filaret of the Russian Orthodox Church will take place in Passaic, not Clifton, YONKERS, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Youth Ball, 3-6 p.m. at the Ukrainian Youth as part of a national peace conference at N.J., as noted in last week's Preview. The Association SUM-A will sponsor its Center, 301 Palisade Ave. Festivities will the Westside Presbyterian Church in event takes place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, annual masquerade dance at 9 p.m. in the include a pantomime play based on the Ridgewod, N.J. For more information October 22, at St. Nicholas Auditorium, SUM-A building, 301 Palisade Ave. The film "The Wizard of Oz," games, or­ call Petro Matiaszek, (201) 942-7946. 212 President St., Passaic, N.J.

Союз УКРАЇНОК АМЕРИКИ Ne Zhurys from Ukraine begins tour TORONTO - Ne Zhurys (Don't rists Yuriy Vynnychuk and Ostap THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL Worry), the popular cabaret ensemble Fedoryshyn; poet Bohdan Stelmakh;as WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF AMERICA, from Lviv, western Ukraine, will per­ well as Volodymyr Hranatyr and Ihor form before Ukrainian communities in Krytovych. The ensemble's repertoire INC., is the oldest and most active independent Canada and the United States during a consist of songs, satire, humor and nonprofit Ukrainian women's organization in monthlong concert tour, October 23 folklore. the free world. through November 24, sponsored by The tour is scheduled to begin with a We CARE about preserving Ukrainian identity, culture and language. Kobza of Toronto and the Ukrainian performance in the Montreal area on Canadian Committee. Monday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the We CARE about the future of our children and the future of the Ne Zhurys is composed of a number hall of the As^sumption of the Blessed Ukrainian community. We CARE and take pride in upholding our of well-known individual performers, Virgin Mary, 6185 10th Ave. in Rose- tradition of tending to the needs of our Ukrainian children and youth including bards, Victor Morozov, the mount, Que. This will be followed by as well as others in need. We CARE about the national ideals and group's director; Andriy Panchyshyn; concerts in Ontario in Ottawa on aspirations of our sisters and brothers in Ukraine. Taras Chubai; and Kost Moskalets; October 24, Sudbury on October 25 and kobzar Vasyl Zhdankin; pianist Yuriy Thunder Bay on October 26. Sayenko and Stepan Orobets; humo­ (Continued on page 15) As a member of our organization You, too, can make a difference. \ PionistSjr composer to appear af UIA bought m advance by calling the UIA Contact the UNWLA for more information about a BRANCH in your area NEW YORK -- Music at the Insti­ or how to become a member-at-large. tute during the weekend of October 27- Monday through Friday, 3-6 p.m., (212) 29 will feature pianists Alexander 288-8660, or by sending a check to UIA- Slobodyanik and his son, Alexander MATI at 2 E. 79th St. New York, N.Y. .-...І-Ш..^^ Jr., as well as composer Ivan Karabytz. 10021. 7 CARE"' Mr. Karabvtz, a composer from Please send me information about how to become a member of the Soviet Ukrainian pianist Alexander Ukraiine, a student of Liatoshynsky and UNWLA, Slobodyanik presently resides part-time Skoryk will apear in the Composers' in New York and is artist-in-residence at In English П In Ukrainian П Series of Music at the Institute on the Ukrainian Institute of America. Friday, October 27, at 8 p.m. Name ^^ . Along with his 15-year old son Alexan­ Mr. Karabytz is known for his der Jr. he will give a recital at the music to Ukrainian themes: a symph­ Address __^^ " „„ institute on Saturday, October 28, at 8 ony called "Five Songs about Ukraine," p.m. and repeat it on Sunday, October . Phone (^ an oratorio titled "Kiev Frescoes," etc. ^)^ 29, at 3 p.m. Mail to: UNWLA, Inc. During the evening, the composer m SecQ^Am., New York, NY. 10003 These concerts are expected to be will speak about his life and work, and or call: (2h) 533-4646 sold out as the institute's capacity is play his compositions on tape. Re­ very limited. Tickets, at S25 each, SIO ception follows. Tickets are S15, S5 for Щчттщттщк^щ^щтмтщтщтш^ч for senior citizens and students, should be students and senior citizens.