T H E U K R A IN IA N W E E K L Y
SUNDAY,JUNE 30,1991
N o.2 6
M a rc h e rs
i n
K ie v ...
(C o n tin u e d
fro m
p a g e
1 )
thundershow ers, took
to the streets to
p ro te s t
U k ra in e 's
in te n t
t o
s ig n
th e
union treaty in M oscow
th is su m m er.
T he
m e e tin g
dem anded
th a t
th e
S u p re m e S o v ie t o f th e U k ra in ia n
S S R
c a te g o ric a lly
reject the draft of the
u n io n
tre a ty
p re s e n te d
on June
17 by
M oscow
a n d
la b e l it
a s
e n s la v in g ,
c y n ic a l a n d
hopeless, and
adopt a
C o n s titu tio n o f U k ra in e a s a n in d e p e n \u00ad
d e n t n a tio n . O n ly a fte ra c o n s titu tio n is
a d o p te d ,
s ta te d
th e
re s o lu tio n
p a s s e d
a t
th e
m e e tin g ,
c a n
U k ra in e
re a liz e its rig h t to c o n c lu d e a n y tre a tie s
or agreem ents
a d v a n ta g e o u s
t o
U -
k ra in e .
T he
m e e tin g
a ls o
u n a n im o u s ly
d e \u00ad
c id e d
that its goal is an
in d e p e n d e n t,
d e m o c ra tic U k ra in e w ith fu ll a n d e x c lu \u00ad
siv e rig h ts to its p e o p le 's e c o n o m ic a n d
s c h o la rly -te c h n ic a l p o te n tia l c re a te d o n
i t s
te rrito ry ;
w ith
its ow n
n a tio n a l
c u rre n c y ,
fin a n c ia l-c re d it
system ,
U -
k ra in ia n
custom s
s e r v ic e ,
n a tio n a l
arm ed
forces; and
w ith
its ow n
fu ll-
fle d g e d p o litic a l, e c o n o m ic a n d c u ltu ra l
c o n ta c ts w ith o th e r s ta te s o f th e w o rld .
C itiz e n s o f K ie v , a s w e ll a s p a r tic i\u00ad
p a n ts in tw o c o n fe re n c e s o v e r th e J u n e
22-23 w eekend\u2014
th e w o rld c o n g re s s o f
th e
p o litic a lly
re p re s s e d
a n d
th e
a ll-
U k ra in ia n u n io n o f w o rk e rs 's o lid a rity ,
(s to rie s o n th e s e tw o o rg a n iz a tio n s w ill
a p p e a r
i n
u p c o m in g
is s u e s
o f
T he
W e e k ly ) m et a t th e R e p u b lic a n S ta d iu m
a t 4 p .m . u n d e r c lo u d y s k ie s to lis te n to
d e p u tie s o f th e N a tio n a l C o u n c il s p e a k
o u t a g a in s t th e u n io n tre a ty
a n d c a ll o n
th e P a rlia m e n t to n o t m a k e a d e c is io n
a b o u t it u n til th e U k ra in ia n S S R p a s s e s
its o w n C o n s titu tio n .
W ithin
a n
h o u r
a fte r
th e
m e e tin g
s ta rte d , to rre n tia l ra in s b e g a n , a n d
although som e people dispersed, about
5 ,0 0 0jo in e d
th e
m arch from
th e R e \u00ad
p u b lic a n
S ta d iu m
do w n
th e
K hresh-
c h a ty k
t o
O c to b e r R e v o lu tio n
S q u a re
(Independence Sqaure).
O rg a n iz e d b y th e P o p u la r M o v e m e n t
o f U k ra in e , R u k h , a n d th e U k ra in ia n
R e p u b lic a n P a r ty , th e m e e tin g w a s le d
by Levko Lukianenko and Ivan D rach
a n d fe a tu re d n o t o n ly p e o p le 's d e p u tie s
o f th e U k ra in ia n S S R , b u t a ls o le a d e rs
of the
G re e n P a r ty , R u k h a c tiv is ts a n d
o th e r d e m o c ra tic g ro u p s .
The rain subsided
and the m archers
-
a rm e d w ith b lu e a n d y e llo w fla g s , a s
w e ll a s p la c a rd s u rg in g " S a y n o to th e
u n io n tre a ty ," " S h a m e to th e C o m m u \u00ad
n is t-to ta lita ria n
re g im e " \u2014
w a lk e d
down the Khreshchatyk.
M r. L ukianenko, dressed
in a lig h t
b e ig e
s u ite
a n d
a n
in tric a te ly
em \u00ad
b ro id e re d
shirt, w alked at the head of
th e
p ro c e s s io n ,
c a rry in g
a
b u n c h
o f
p e o n ie s in h is h a n d s . H e le d th e p e o p le ,
m any of w hom
h a d c o m e fo r th e c o n \u00ad
gress of persons once politically repress\u00ad
ed. They carried
s ig n s id e n tify in g
th e ir
places of im prisonm ent: V orkuta, Ka\u00ad
z a k h s ta n ,
M agadan,
A rkhangelsk,
P erm , K uchino. Som e even w ore prisori
g a r b ,
c o m p le te
w ith
id e n tific a tio n
num bers. A m ong th o s e in th e front lines
w e re O le s S h e v c h e n k o , a fo rm e r p o liti\u00ad
cal prisoner
w ho had spent m ore than
s e v e n
years in
la b o r c a m p s a n d e x ile ,
Y evhen Proniuk, w ho heads the U krai\u00ad
n ia n S o c ie ty o f th e P o litic a lly R e p re s s \u00ad
ed, and Les T aniuk, head of th e M em o\u00ad
ria l S o c ie ty .
A b lu e a n d y e llo w b a n n e r , p ro c la im \u00ad
in g
" F re e d o m
fo r
U k ra in e ,"
le d
th e
m a rc h e rs to O c to b e r R e v o lu tio n P la z a ,
a n d m a n y c u rio u s s p e c ta to rs jo in e d th e
crow ds
t o
h e a r
p e o p le 's d e p u tie s te ll
th e m
that their support was of the
u tm o s t im p o rta n c e if th e y d id n o t w a n t
t o
c o n tin u e
t o
b e
a
c o lo n y
o f
th e
K re m lin , if th e y w a n te d to b e m a s te rs
o n th e ir o w n la n d s .
A n d , a lth o u g h m a n y o f th e p e o p le in
th e
fro n t
lin e s
o f
th e
d e m o n s tra tio n
were physically broken because of the
lo n g y e a rs th e y h a d s p e n t in e x ile , th e ir
e n th u s ia s m fo r a n in d e p e n d e n t U k ra in e
ra n
h ig h . T h e y
w ere for
m ost of the
crow d
liv in g
history, evidence
of a
people w ho w ill not be suppressed by a
C o m m u n is t-to ta lita ria n
re g im e .
T h e ir s p irit w a s c o n ta g io u s fo r p a rti\u00ad
c ip a n ts
of the newly form ed
w o rk ers'
m o v e m e n t, w h ic h h a s b e e n la b e le d th e
U k ra in ia n
S o lid a rity , a s
well as
s tu \u00ad
d e n ts , m any of w hom
p la n to m o b iliz e
th e ir fo rc e s th is fa ll if in d e e d d a n g e r o f
th e s ig n in g o f a u n io n tre a ty c o n tin u e s
to m o u n t. T h e s tu d e n ts , n o w u n ite d in
th e U n io n o f U k ra in ia n S tu d e n ts , h a v e
a lre a d y
sent the presidium
o f th e S u \u00ad
p re m e S o v ie t o f th e U k ra in ia n
S S R
a
m e m o in d ic a tin g th a t th e y a re re a d y to
b e g in
a
n e w
h u n g e r s trik e
if th e S u \u00ad
prem e
S o v ie t v o te s to
sign the
u n io n
tre a ty .
D esp ite
th e
in c le m e n t w e a th e r, th e
p e o p le
w ere
re s p o n s iv e
t o
th is
la te s t
s tra te g y p la n n e d b y th e N a tio n a l C o u n \u00ad
c il
o f
th e
Suprem e
S o v ie t.
T e n s
o f
d e p u tie s s p o k e a t th e m e e tin g , u rg in g
the people to com e out and support the
dem ocratic m ovem ent, and convince the
c h a irm a n o f th e U k ra in ia n
P a rlia m e n t
th a t th is is n o t th e rig h t tim e to sig n a
u n io n tre a ty .
Ihor Yukhnovsky, head
of the N a\u00ad
tio n a l C o u n c il, a s w e ll a s h is v ic e -
c h a irm a n , V o lo d y m y r F ile n k o , to ld th e
p e o p le th a t th e N a tio n a l C o u n c il w ill
fo llo w
th e p e o p le . M r. F ile n k o a d d e d
th a t if U k ra in e w e re to e n te r a n y u n io n ,
it w o u ld b e a s a fu ll-fle d g e d
m em ber of
th e fa m ily o f n a tio n s in E u r o p e .
In te r-P a rty A s s e m b ly C h a irm a n
Y u riyS h u k h e v y c h
arrives in U .S .
Y u r iyS h u k h e v y c h ( h o ld in g b o u q u e t o fflo w ers)is w e lc o m e da t C h ic a g o 's \u041e 'H a r e
International Airportb y Ukrainian com m unity representatives.
C H IC A G O
-Y u riy S h u k h e v y c h ,
c h a irm a n o f th e U k ra in ia n
I n t e r - P a r t y
Assem bly, arrived in the United States
J u n e
16 to seek m edical treatm ent for
h is e y e s a n d to v isit U k ra in ia n A m e ri\u00ad
c a n c o m m u n itie s th r o u g h o u t th e U .S .
a n d
C anada,
T h e 5 8 -y e a r-o ld
M r . S h u k h e v y c h is
the son of G en. R om an Shukhevych
-
T aras
C h u p ry n k a
\u2014
c o m m a n d e r-in -
chief of the U krainian Insurgent A rm y,
w h ic h
fo u g h t
b o th
th e N a z is a n d
th e
R ed
A rm y
i n
W orld
W ar
II. A t his
re fu sa l to d e n o u n c e h is fa th e r a n d th e
cause he represented, M r. Shukhevych
w as arrested at the age of1 5 , forced to
spend 30 years in Soviet concentration
cam ps and
11 years in exile.
H is fo u r d e c a d e s o f in c a rc e ra tio n a n d
e x ile h a v e le ft M r , S h u k h e v y c h b lin d .
M r. Shukhevych arrived in Chicago
w ith h is c o lle a g u e D m y tr o K a lu z h n y a t
th e in v ita tio n o f th e S o c ie ty o f S o ld ie rs
o f th e U k ra in ia n
In su rg e n t A rm y a n d
w as
g re e te d
b y
B ohdan
F e d o r a k ,
c h a irm a n o f th e U k ra in ia n g o v e rn m e n t
(U k ra in sk e
D erzhavne
P ra v lin n ia )
in
e x ile ; W o lo d y m y r M a z u r / o n b e h a lf o f
th e O rg a n iz a tio n s o f th e
U k ra in ia n
L ib e ra tio n
F ro n t
in
th e
U .S .; O re st
Baranyk, president of the local U krai\u00ad
n ia n C o n g re s s C o m m itte e o f A m e ric a ;
L ev F u ta la , th e S o c ie ty o f S o ld ie rs o f
th e U P A ; O la K o ro l, iia tio n a l e x e c u tiv e
b o a r d
o f
th e
U k ra in ia n
A m erican
Y o u th
A s s o c ia tio n
(S U M -A ); and
o th e rs .
W hile
i n
th e
U n ite d
States, M r.
S h u k h e v y c h w ill v is it D e tr o it, J u n e 3 0 ;
C le v e la n d , J u ly 2 ; P h ila d e lp h ia , J u ly 3 -
4 ; N ew ark, July
5; Glen
S p e y , N .Y .,
July 6; Passaic, N .J.,July7 ; New Y ork,
July8 ; Y onkers, N .Y ., July9 ; H artford,
J u ly
10; Los
Angeles, July
1 1 -1 2 ;
P h o e n ix ,
A riz., July
13; Toronto,
W in n ip e g
a n d
O tta w a , Ju ly
1 4 -2 1 ;
W a s h in g to n , J u ly
22-27; Syracuse,
N .Y ., July 28; Rochester, July 29;and
B u f f a lo , J u l y 3 0 . H e h a s a lre a d y ^ \u0443 is ite jd
C h ic a g o a n d
M in h e a p p lis V
r
M r. Shukhevych also plans to meet
w ith
m e m b e rs o f th e y o u th
o rg a n iz a \u00ad
tions Piast and SU M -A and representa\u00ad
tiv e s o f v a rio u s p o litic a l o rg a n iz a tio n s .
Form er
S o v ie t p o litic a l p ris o n e rs d re s s e d
in in m a te s ' g a r b , a m o n g th e m
O le s
S lie v c tie n k e (fa r le ft), d u rin g a n ti-u n io n d e m o n s tra tio n .
Ukrainian W eekh
FO U N D E D
1 9 3 3
A n
E n g lis h -la n g u a g e
U k r a in ia n
n e w s p a p e r
p u b lis h e d
b y
th e
U k r a in ia n
N a tio n a l
A s s o c ia tio n
In c ., a
n o n -p r o fit a s s o c ia tio n , a t 3 0 M o n tg o m e ry
S t., J e rs e y
C ity , N J .
0 7 3 0 2 .
S e c o n d -c la s s p o s ta g e p a id a t J e rs e y C ity , N J . 0 7 3 0 2 .
(IS S N -
0 2 7 3 -9 3 4 8 )
Y e a rly s u b s c r ip tio n
ra te : J 2 0 ; fo r U N A m e m b e rs -
S 1 0 .
A ls o p u b lis h e d
by the
U N A : S v o b o d a , a U k r a in ia n -la n g u a g e
d a ily
n e w s p a p e r.
T h e W e e k ly a n d S v o b o d a :
(2 0 1 ) 4 3 4 -0 2 3 7 , -0 8 0 7 , -3 0 3 6
U N A :
(2 0 1 ) 4 5 1 -2 2 0 0
P o s tm a s te r, s e n d a d d re s s
changes to:
T h e U k r a in ia n W e e k ly
P .O .B o x3 4 6
J e rs e y C ity , N J . 0 7 3 0 3
E d ito r.
Rom a
H adzew ycz
A s s o c ia te
e d ito rs :
M a ria
K o lo m a y e ts
(K ie v )
C h ry s ty n a
L a p y c h a k
A s s is ta n t e d it o r
K h r is tin a
L e w
T h e
U k r a in ia n W e e k ly , J u n e3 0 .1 9 9 1 , N o . 2 6 , V o l. L IX
C o p y rig h t 1 9 9 1
by The
U k r a in ia n
W e e k ly
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