THE UKRAINIAN REVIEW a Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Study of Ukraine
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T he U krainian Review A quarterly journal devoted to the study of Ukraine Spring *1990 THE UKRAINIAN REVIEW A Quarterly Journal devoted to the study of Ukraine EDITORIAL BOARD Slava Stetsko Volodymyr Bohdaniuk Editor Associate Editor Prof. Nicholas L. Fr.-Chirovsky Borys Potapenko Assistant Editor Associate Editor Prof. Lev Shankovsky Dr. Oleh S. Romanyshyn Assistant Editor Associate Editor Prof. Volodymyr Zarycky Stephen Oleskiw Assistant Editor Associate Editor Price: £4.00 or $8.00 a single copy, Annual Subscription: £16.00 or $32.00 Editorial correspondence should be sent to: The Editors, “The Ukrainian Review”, 200 Liverpool Road, London, N1 ILF. Subscriptions should be sent to: “The Ukrainian Review” (Administration), do Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain, Ltd., 49 Linden Gardens, London, W2 4HG. Overseas representatives: USA: Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, Inc., 136 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003. Canada: Ucrainica Research Institute, 83-85 Christie Street, Toronto,Ont. M6G 3B1. Printed in Great Britain by the Ukrainian Publishers Limited 200 Liverpool Road, London, N1 ILF. Tel.: 01-607-626617 THE UKRAINIAN REVIEW Vol. XXXVIII A Quarterly Journal Spring, 1990 **** Contents Oleh Romanvshvn: THE CANADIAN LEAGUE FOR THE LIBERATION OF UKRAINE (Part I) ................................. 3 Nicholas L. Clurovskv: THE SOVIET ECONOMY AT THE TIME OF PERESTROIKA (Conclusion) ............................... 13 Dr. Blanka Jerabek: BOOKS. PRINTING. AND THE FIRST PRINTING HOUSES IN UKRAINE (Part 2) ..................... 21 Mykola Hlobenko: THE LITERATURE OF SOVIET UKRAINE (Conclusion) ........................................................................ 26 *** NEWS FROM UKRAINE — Church Brotherhood Formed At Kyiv Meeting Of UAOC Representatives ....................................................................... 36 — Ukrainian Orthodox Hold Sobor In Lviv ................................................................................................................................ 37 — Independent Journalists' Association Formed In Ukraine ...................................................................................................... 38 — Historic Catholic-Orthodox Meeting In Moscow ..................................................................................................................... 39 — Hundreds of Thousands Join Human Chain Across Ukraine To Commemorate Ukrainian Independence And Unity ' .................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 — Additional Information On Human Chain And Meetings In Ukraine. January 21 ............................................................. 46 — Ukrainian Catholics Hold First Synod After Forced Liquidation In 1946 ....!...................................................................... 50 — Soviet Authorities Return Cathedral And Monastery To Ukrainian Catholics .................................................................... 50 — Church Publication Appears In Lviv: Registration Process Moves Slowly ............................................................................ 51 — Father Petro Zeleniukh And Ivan Hel Beaten ........................................ 52 — Academic Conference In Latvia ................................................................................................................................................. 53 — 20.000 Attend An Assembly In Kyiv ........................................................................................................................................ 55 — Ukrainian Communists To Form Independent Party .............................................................................................................. 55 — An Overview Of The Electoral Campaign In Ukraine ........................................................................................................... 57 — Upcoming Elections In Ukraine ................................................................................................................................................ 58 — Registration Of Electoral Candidates Ends In Ukraine ......................................................................................................... 59 — Democratic Bloc Candidates For Election To The Ukrainian SSR Supreme Soviet In The Lviv Province .................... 62 — Pre-Election Meetings In Ukraine ............................................................................................................................................. 63 — KGB Tactics In Ukraine Elections ............................................................................................................................................ 63 — Ukraine Elections In Jeopardy .................................................................................................................................................. 64 — 2(X).(XX) Demonstrate In Moscow ............................................................................................................................................... 65 — Lviv Residents Discuss Situation Of Ukrainian Churches And Future Of Shevchenko Monument .................................. 65 — All-Ukrainian Trade Union '•Unity*' Formed In Kharkiv ....................................................................................................... 66 — Ukrainians Demand Own Armed Forces ................................................................................................................................. 67 — SO.(XX) Gather For "Rukh" Pre-Election Meeting In Kyiv. February 11 .............................................................................. 68 — "Rukh" Council Of Nations Holds Founding Conference. Kyiv. February II .................................................................... 69 — "90 Million Believers In USSR" — Official ............................................................................................................................. 70 — Ukrainian Student Association Holds Conference In Dniprodzerzhinsk .............................................................................. 71 — Memorial Service For UPA Soldiers ......................................................................................................................................... 73 — UHU-North Founded .................................................................................................................................................................. 73 — Ukrainian Popular Movement ("Rukh") Demonstrates For Unity ........................................................................................ 74 — "Rukh" Denies Rumours Of An Anti-Military Campaign ......... 75 — Kyiv. February 25: 50.(XX) Agree — "Time For Unity. Not Hostility!" ................................................................................ 76 — Victims Of Stalin Terror Reinterred In Bykivnia. Near Kyiv ................................................................................................. 77 — Recent Events In Ukraine .....................*.......................... ."....................................................................................................... 78 — Vatiean Members Of Mixed Catholic/Orthodox Commission Announced In Ukraine ....................................................... 79 *** DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS — UAOC Appeal To The Supreme Soviet Of The USSR ........................................................................................................ 81 — Appeal Of The UCDF To The Ukrainian People .................................................................................................................. 82 — Lviv Intelligentsia Send Memorandum To Moscow-Vatican Meeting ................................................................................... 83 — Ukrainian Catholic Church Releases New Statistics On Churches. Congregations. Priests In Ukraine ............................ 87 — Open l-ctter To Gorbachev From Democratic Organizations ............................................................................................... 87 — Statement Of The Lviv Committee For The Defence Of Citizens* Rights (Strike Committee) ........................................ 89 — Appeal To The Supreme Soviet Of The USSR And The Peoples Of Azerbaijan And Armenia .................................... 91 — Pre-Election Appeal Of The Ukrainian Helsinki Union ........................................................................................................ 91 — Ukrainian Helsinki Union Pre-Election Appeal ....................................................................................................................... 92 — "Rukh" Denounces Anti-Semitism ............................................................................................................................................ 95 Published by The Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain Ltd. Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Inc. (U.S.A.) Ucrainica Research Institute (Canada) ISSN 0041-6029 Lviv, January 21: Scenes from the “human chain” to commemorate Ukrainian independence and sovereignty 3 Oleh ROMANYSHYN Ucrainica Research Institute Toronto THE CANADIAN LEAGUE FOR THE LIBERATION OF UKRAINE (Part 1) The Second World War and its aftermath introduced a radically new politi cal reality into Ukrainian life both in