th u s fa r o f th e e x p a n s iv e program for constructing nuclearpow er p la n ts

n o u n c e m e n t th a t a n u c le a r p la n t in th e K rasnodar area was being abandoned as a result of public protests.

th e v ie w p o in t of th e psychological im pact of the C hor- nobyl disaster upon U krainians.

a serious im pact on the U krainian nuclear energy program , w h ic h

p ro p o rtio n a lly m uch greater expansion than elsew here in th e S o v ie t U n io n .

F o r e x a m p le , U k ra in ia n w rite rs h a v e p ro te s te d a g a in s t th e c o n s tru c tio n o f a n u c le a r

R iver near C hyhyryn, in the C herkassy O b la s t, o n th e g ro u n d s th a t th e s ta tio n c o n s titu te s a d a n g e r to th e s u rro u n d in g e n v iro n m e n t

s ta te m e n t b y th e U k ra in ia n w rite r O le s H o n c h a r t o

L e n in g ra d re g a rd in g th e e c o lo g ic a l d a m a g e b e in g c a u s e d

n u c le a r plants, it w as revealed that the plans to c o n s tru c t

heating plant in the w estern district of th e c ity o f K ie v h a d b e e n a b a n d o n e d in m id-course.Instead of th e

1987, Valeri Legasov, first d e p u ty d ire c to r o f th e K u rc h a to v In s titu te

O dessa and M insk. The O dessa station w as thought to be close to the start of o p e ra tio n s .

The current protest concentrates on the proposed expansion of three U krai\u00ad n ia n n u c le a r p la n ts : R iv n e , K h m e ln y t- sky and

" th ird s ta g e " (u n its5 a n d 6 ) o f th e C h o r n o b y l p la n t, w h ic h firm ly re je c te d

T he tw in targets of the article are the M in is try o f A to m ic P o w e r E n g in e e rin g o f

" g ig a n to m a n ia " in n u c le a r p la n t b u ild in g . T h e m in is try is a tta c k e d w ith v e n o m . T h e w rite rs s ta te th a t it h a s ta k e n a m ilita n t p o s itio n o n

M in is te r O .L . L a p s h in is cited as stating that the existing p k i/is c a n

in fra \u00ad s tru c tu re , a n d th a t th e b u ild in g w o rk e rs a n d o p e ra tiv e s in v o lv e d d o n o t h a v e t o w o rry a b o u t u p ro o tin g th e m se lv e s fro m one area to another on a constant basis.

T o p S o v ie t a n d A m e \u00ad rican officials agreed, during a visit to th e S o v ie t c a p ita l b y S e c re ta ry o f S ta te G eorge Shultz last w eek, to a M arch 18 m e e tin g in W a s h in g to n b e tw e e n S o v ie t a n d

w ith S o v ie t a b u s e s o f p s y c h ia try , in c lu d in g th e in c a rc e ra tio n o f S o v ie t d is s id e n ts in p s y c h ia tric

D e s p ite th e S o v ie t U n io n 's a p p a r e n t a tte m p ts in th e p a s t se v e ra l m o n th s a t p s y c h ia tric

K iev to M oscow in th e sum m er of 1986 to take over as editor of the w e e k ly

one of the flagships of glasnost and g a in e d in te rn a tio n a l fa m e fo r h im se lf as a daring and outspoken cham pion of the G orbachev leadership's ''new c o u r s e ." In e v ita b ly , th ro u g h h is b o ld ro le in d e s tro y in g ta b o o s a n d p ro b in g th e lim its o f g la s n o s t, h e h a s c re a te d m any

fo rm er c o lle a g u e s in th e U k ra in ia n W rite r's U n io n

B ut first, a few details ab o u t M r. K o ro ty c h 's lite ra ry c a re e r as a U k ra i\u00ad n ia n p o e t a n d

to poetry, he w as one of the original group of Shestydesiatnyky, or "Sixtiers," that

series of p o litic a l tria ls to o k p la c e in U k ra in e o f n a tio n a lly m in d e d in te lle c tu a ls , h e w as m ade a secretary of the board of th e U W U .

M r. K orotych seem s to have expe\u00ad rienced som ething of a rough patch in his literary career in the early 1970s w hen

becam e in effect a propa\u00ad gandist for the B rezhnev leadership's lin e

p e rh a p s the m ost interesting U krainian lite\u00ad ra ry p u b lic a tio n d u rin g th e d iffic u lt p e rio d th a t h a d fo llo w e d

the crack\u00ad d o w n o n U k ra in ia n n a tio n a l-c u ltu ra l life a n d th e re m o v a l o f th e U k ra in ia n p a rty

d is \u00ad s id e n t a n d c h ie f e d ito r o f th e u n o ffic ia l G lasnost m agazine.

g iv e s p a tie n ts a n d th eir fam ilies th e rig h t to su e for release a n d a ls o g iv e s th e H e a lth M in is try fin a l a u th o rity

re p u b lic re p o rte d ly a ls o a lte re d its le g a l c o d e to m ak e it a crim e to co m m ifa

Aleksander Podrabinek, a Soviet dissi\u00ad d e n t w h o h a s p e n n e d a b o o k o n S o v ie t p s y c h ia tric

h o s p ita ls b y a w a v e o f th e ir h a n d s a re k e e p in g th e ir p o sts. T h e d o c to rs

m e d ic a l d u ty a n d e v e n v io la te d e x is tin g in s tr u c \u00ad tio n s

h o s p ita ls a n d to rtu rin g th e m re m a in o n the job. These people w ork as they did b e fo re ,

J a n u a r y 2 4 m e e tin g b e tw e e n th e d ire c \u00ad to r o f th e n o to rio u s S e rb sk y In s titu te o f F o re n s ic

y e a r s in m e n ta l h o s p ita ls , a n d re p re s e n ta tiv e s o f th e

not restrict his com - r a b o u t M o ld a v ia 's m in o ritie s to S a u g a u z

th e h e a d o f th e M o ld a v ia n W rite rs ' U n io n (M W U ) v e n tu re d

b e tw e e n U k ra in e a n d M o ld a v ia ," a n d th e siz e o f th e U k ra in ia n m in o rity , su c h a s itu a tio n w a s rn e g le c tfu l." T h is d re w a re sp o n se fro n i th e M o ld a v ia n m in is te r o f e d u c a \u00ad tio n , D . G . Z id u , w h o

o r n u rs e rie s in M o ld a v ia , c la im in g th a t th e U kiainians them selves have not asked for stich facilities.

n a tio n a litie s p ro b le m in M o ld a v ia . A t th e e n d o f la s t year thejournalIstoria SSSR published a

th a t a s tu d e n t a t th e M o ld a v ia n a g ric u l\u00ad tu ra l in s titu te n a m e d G a in h a d re c e n tly b e e n

th a t o th e r s tu d e n ts a t th e sam e institute w ho had also com e out w ith

on the prem ises of o n e o f th e fa c u ltie s o f th e A g ric u ltu ra l In s titu te .

ju s t ta k e n p la c e . M r . K h a n te v ic h n o te d th a t d u rin g th e p le n u m

th a t a t th e b e g in n in g o f S e p te m b e r a " w ild ,'" 's e n s e - le s s ^ fig h t h a d b r o k e n o u t in th e v illa g e of V aratik, R ishkanskii raion, betw een local youths, w ho induded veterans of th e

s tu d e n ts w ho had been sent there to help bring th e h a rv e s t in . T h e lo c a l a u th o ritie s h a d failed to nam e those responsible for the b ra w l, th o u g h th e y h a d in siste d th a t it h a d

S im ila r in c id e n ts th a t h a d ta k e n p la c e in o th e r d is tric ts d u rin g th e a u tu m n h a d a ls o b e e n m e n tio n e d a t i h e p le n u m .

not been p la c a te d b y th e m e a s u re s in tro d u c e d b y th e

s o m e w h a t th e s ta tu s o f th e M o ld a v ia n language. The form er discloses that at th e

M o ld a v ia n C om m unist Party (M C P) last July, the h e a d o f th e re p u b lic a n S ta te C o m m itte e fo r T e le v is io n a n d

o f " c o n tro ls o v e r th e id e a tio n a l c o n te n t o f p ro g ra m s , th e liq u id a tio n of b ilin g u a lis m

in broadcasts and a com \u00ad p le te c h a n g e o v e r to th e u se o f M o ld a \u00ad v ia n o n ly in te le v is io n b r o a d c a s ts ."

M r. L 6 z a n ,th i6 s e d e \u00ad m ands w ere backed up by threats m ade by an official of the M W U that if these c h a n g e s w e re n o t m a d e , " a rtic le s w o u ld a p p e a r in th e c e n tra l n e w s p a p e rs ." T h is "u ltim atu m ," as

S try m - banu, B urgnu and others. For his part, M r. K h a n ts e v ic h m e n tio n s th a t o n e o f th e s p e a k e rs a t th e M o ld a v ia n K o m s o \u00ad m o l p le n u m

m echanical, "tradi\u00ad tio n a l," a ffa ir, a t w h ic h th e p a rtic ip a n ts o p te d fo r c a u tio n ra th e r th a n b o ld n e s s . T h u s ,dufm gone dfthe breakslie heard th e n a tio n a litie s p ro b le m

tu rn s o u t th a t th e re is a p ro b le m , a n d a se rio u s o n e a t th a t, a n d th a t n o o n e is fo rb id d in g s p e a k in g o u t a b o u t it a lo u d .

lo n g e r p o ssib le to rem ain silent ab o u t it. It is n e c e s s a r y

n a tio n a lity , M o ld a v ia is in h a b ite d b y te n s o f th o u \u00ad sands of B ulgarians, G augaz, G erm ans a n d G y p sie s [in te re s tin g ly , h e d o e s n o t m e n tio n th e h u n d re d s o f th o u s a n d s o f U krainians and Russians \u2014

m a n y o n ly y e s te rd a y . T h a t n a tio n a lis m , lo c a lis m , e g o is m , a n d p a ra s itis m a r e n o t vestiges of the accursed past long since overcom e, but

This year's first issues of Sovetskaya M o ld a v iy a s u g g e s t th a t th e M o ld a v ia n w riters are continuing w ith their as8er- tiv e n e s s a n d a r e e lic itin g s o m e th in g o f a d e fe n siv e re s p o n s e fro m th e a u th o ritie s . O n

th e M o ld a v ia n A c a d e m y o f S c ie n c e s , N . K o rie tia n u , a im e d a t c o u n te rin g c h a rg e s le v e lle d

of the C om m unist P arty of U kraine in K iev on J a n u a r y

k e y n o te speakers, M .O. Shybyk, editor of the d a ily

H a z e ta , p u b lic ly a tta c k e d m e m b e rs o f th e W rite rs U n io n of U kraine.

of the m ost prom i\u00ad n e n t U k ra in ia n w rite rs , fo r th e ir a c tio n s in

o r a c k n o w le d g e d . H e noted, therefore, that he w elcom es the em ergence

R u s '. H e em phasized, how ever, that R ussiai s not th e

b e in c lu d e d , a s th e y a r e a ll d e s c e n d e n ts o f th a t a n c ie n t p rin c ip a lity .

of this group of p e o p le , w ritin g o fre s o lu tio n s . T h e to n e o f th e s e re s o lu tio n s a n d

M r. Shybyk, when one reads publica\u00ad tio n s b y w rite rs o n th e la n g u a g e q u e s \u00ad tio n . H e d o e s n o t d e n y th a t th e p ro b le m e x is ts a n d th a t it h a s to b e d e a lt w ith . B u t h e c ritic iz e d

U n io n o f U k ra in e , L ite ra tu rn a U k ra in a , w h ic h h a s b e e n in th e fo re fro n t o f th e c a m p a ig n

and culture after decades of Russifica\u00ad tion. This new spaper has also been one of the strongest supporters of glasnost in U k ra in e .

le a d in g S o v ie t m e d ic a l s p e c ia lis t h a s s ta te d th a t

th e C h o rn o b y l n u c le a r p o w e r p la n t, s ite o f th e w o rld 's w o rs t n u c le a r a c c id e n t, has been decontam inated enough to a llo w p e o p le t o re tu rn to liv e th e re .

a ro u n d th e p la n t is fit fo r h a b ita tio n . He stopped short of recom m ending th a t

o f p o c k e ts o f h ig h ra d ia tio n in th e c o u n try s id e , th e P o s t re p o rte d .

th e a re a s u rro u n d in g th e C h o rn o b y l n u c le a r p la n t, a n d , a c c o rd in g to ! o ffic ia l

v o lu m e s 3 ,4 and 5 of th e E n c y c lo p e d ia o f U k ra in e (E U ) to o k p la c ei n S w a rth - m ore, P a ., o n January1 6 .

TheE U project ow esi t s existencet o th e e ffo rtsof the la teP ro f. V o lo d y m y r K u b ijo v y c . S p o n s o rin gth e p ro je c ta re th e S h e v c h e n k o S c ie n tific S o c ie ty , th e C a n a d ia n

T he first tw o volum es of th is encyclo\u00ad p e d ia w e re p u b lis h e db y th e U n iv e rs ity of T oronto P ress in 1984 and in January

re s p e c tiv e ly .T he re m a in in gv o \u00ad lu m e s 3 ,4 , a n dS a r et o b e p u b lis h e db y the endo f 1992.

m a n a g in g e d ito ro f th e E U . P re s e n ta t th e m e e tin g w ere O leksa

(m em ber of the editorial board), Ivan K oropecky (eco\u00ad nom ics editor), Vasyl Lencyk (Church e d ito r),Ih o r M a sn y k (b io lo g y e d ito r), Lubomyr Onyshkevych (technology e d ito r),V o lo d y m y r P e try s h y n (m a th e \u00ad m a tic s e d ito r ) , S v ia to s la v

T ro fim e n k o (chem istry editor)a n d O syp Zinkevych (sp o rts

C PU S.T hen he presented the organiza\u00ad tio n a l s tru c tu re of the p ro je c t. F in a lly h e o u th n e dth e g u id e lin e sfo r w o rko n th e re m a in in g v o lu m e s o f th e E U .

S h e v \u00ad c h e n k o S c ie n tific S o c ie ty , a n d in p a r ti\u00ad c u la ri t s la te d ire c to r,D r. K u b ijo v y c , a re

E n ts y k lo p e d ia U k ra in o z n a v s tv a . M o s to f th e m a te ria l is new and the c rite riafo r th e s e le c tio n o f

A lb e rta . U n til 1992 it is co m m ittedt o d e v o te o n e -th ird o f its b u d g e tt o th e E U p ro je c t.

H e a lth M in is try , p ro c la im e d th a t th e re wasn o psychiatric abuse in the Soviet U n io n a n d s a id th a t W e s te rn a n d S o v ie t jo u rn a lis ts

p ra c tic in g p s y c h ia tris ts .H e s a id in c o n c lu s io n , th a t th e

T h e E n c y c lo p e d iao f U k ra in e p ro je c t is h e a d e db y th e e d ito ria l b o a r d , w h ic h a p p ro v e s th e g e n e ra l o p e ra tio n a l g u id e \u00ad lin e s , selects subject editorsa n d is r e s p o n s ib le

e n c y c lo p e d ia . M e m b e rso f th e e d ito ria l board are: B ohdan K raw chenko (direc\u00ad to r

Z h u k o v s k y (d ire c to r of the S a rc e lle s C e n te r of the S h e v c h e n k o

S o c ie ty ), D r. S tru k (p ro \u00ad fessor, U niversityo f T oronto),and D r. B ila n iu k

M e m b e rs of the e d ito ria l b o a rd a ls o serv ea s c o o rd in a to rsfo r sev en(o n th e a v e ra g e ) e d ito rso f c o g n a te fie ld s .T he d a y -to -d a y

m a n a g in g e d ito r.P ro f. S tru k , w h o is th e d ire c to r o fth e T o ro n to

I t is th e re s p o n s ib ilityof the s u b je c t e d ito rst o fin d a u th o rsfo r e n c y c lo p e d ia e n trie si n th e ir fie ld s ,and to e d it th e s e e n trie s .

M ost difficultt o w rite are specialized entries, sucha s neurophysiology.T he K ie v In s titu teo f P h y s io lo g y h a s re c e n t\u00ad ly

Each subject editor has a num bero f s u c h e n trie s and to get th e m w ritte n w ill b e q u itea ta s k .

th e w o rko n, v o lu m e s 3 ,4 and 5 of th e EU ,a n d th e subject editors have barely a y e a r and a h a lft o c o m p le tei t . T h is d e a d U n e is a p re c o n d itio nfo r c o m p le t\u00ad in gth e E U p ro je c t by the end of 1 9 9 2 .

e n trie sfo r approvalb y their authors,a n dfin a lly a c ritic a l re a d in go f a ll th e e n trie s b y e a c h o fth e m e m b e rs of the e d ito ria l b o a r d .

e d ito ria l o ffic e o f th e E U , c a n the U niversity of T oronto Press proceed w ithth e p rin tin g of the e n c y c lo p e d ia .

discussiono f the entry selection criteria a n do f th e n e w ly re v is e d S ty le M a n u a l. D uringth e last segm ent of the m eeting, in fo rm a tio n

m e e tin g ,a s e p a ra te s h o r te r m e e tin g w a s h e ldb y th e s c ie n c e s e d ito ria l s e c tio n .I t w a s d e c id e d

p o r to f M e e tin g sa n d H e a rin g sof and b e fo reth e C o m m is s io no n th e U k ra in e F a m in e H e ldin 1 9 8 7 .

D ennis D eC oncini (D -A riz.). A total of 20 eyew itness w ere hearda t these tw o h e a rin g s a lo n e .

A si n the past, the centerpiece of each h e a rin gw as a w ritte n s ta te m e n t, g e n e \u00ad rally w ritten

famine throughth e eyeso f thosew ho liv e d th r o u g h it.I t isn o t o n ly s h o c k in g , b u t in v a lu a b lei n c a rry in go u t th e c o m \u00ad m ission's

R e p o r t, lik ei t s predecessor,n o w m akes this testim ony a v a ila b le

c o p ie st o th o s e w h o se c o n trib u tio n so f SIOo r m ore w ere received on or before J a n u a ry 15 .

m a s s "o f p e o p le a w a reo f th e U k ra in ia n h e rita g ea n d le g a c y

M r. Fedynsky,a broadcasterfo r th e U k ra in ia n B ra n c h o f th eV o ic e o f A m e ric a , w as a U k ra in ia n -s p e a k in g g u id e

U .S .A ."e x \u00ad h ib it, w h ic h to u re d th re e S o v ie t c itie s p o p u la te d w ith U k ra in ia n s th is p a s t sum m era n d fall.

ton. T he forum , "K iev N ight 11"--as w ella s th e first K iev N ig h t, heldi n th e

a p p e a r lim ite d . H o w e v e r, th a n k st o th e c o re " c ritic a lm a s s ,"h e d e c la re d , " it w o n 't d e c a y c o m p le te ly ."

There were2 7 guidesa t th e Kiev e x h ib it,b u t b y fa r th e o n e s w ithth e m ost fans w ere th e four U krainians. T h e y w e re in u n d a te d w ith q u e s tio n s a b o u t lifei n A m e r ic a , e s p e c ia llyth e lif e

exam ple, M s. Pereym aa n d M r. C h o m ia k to o k tu rn s a t a d e m o n \u00ad s t r a t i o n

w ith th e v irtu a lly b o u n d le s s c h o ic e s th e y e n jo y .M s. L im o n c h e n k o s to o db e \u00ad h in d

superm arket checkout counter,b u t often w as a s k e d

s e le c te d p e o p le w e re in v ite d . A m o n g th e s e w e re1 0 0 m e m \u00ad bers of the K iev C om puter C lu b . B ut n o t one had a c o m p u te r p rin te r, M r. C o n n o lly

sh o c ka t th e S o v ie ts 'la c ko f s o p h is \u00ad tic a tio n .I n m o s t h ig h s c h o o ls , h a n d \u00ad h e ld

several visitors w a lk e do ff w ith c a n so f C a m p b e ll's s o u p