la u n c h e d its m e d ia r e la tio n s c a m p a ig n . T h e c o m m itte e s e n t a letter to each o f the 13 N ew E ngland rep o rters

m illio n U k r a in ia n s d u r in g th e 1 9 3 2 -3 3 d r iv e t o c o lle c tiv iz e U k r a in e ."

of a press release abo ut the letter that w ill be sent to the m ajority of n ew s m edia represen\u00ad ta tiv e s

n a tio n 's capital. The press release w ill be fo llo w \u00ad ed by phone calls to key m edia persons a t w h ic h

E d ito r s le ft y e s te r d a y fo r H e ls in k i a n d M o s c o w . T h e d e le g a tio n w ill a tte n d a U .S .-S o v ie t

co m e C o n fro n tatio n B etw een th e S o viet Union and the United States of Am erica a n d

Prevent the Threat o f N uclear W ar: W hat E d ito rs C an D o ." F o llo w \u00ad ing the conference, the Am erican dele\u00ad g a tio n

th r e e g r o u p s , w ith o n e v is itin g K iev a n d th e others visiting

m a g a z in e r e \u00ad p o r te d th a t th e A m e r ic a n d e le g a tio n , " to get a broauer and deeper look

m eetings with som e to p So viet o fficials, ho m e visits w ith average S o v ie t c itiz e n s , p lu s to u r s o f c o lle c tiv e farm s, departm ent stores, churches, a b a lle t s tu d io a n da jo u r n a lis m

discussio ns about what edito rs can do to avo id nuclear w ar. And we w ish yo u well in these discussio ns. W e pray that

co m m unities corr/e alive w ith festivals. C elebra\u00ad tio ns o f past, present and future take place acro ss th e co untry from early M ay to late October. From the Ukrainian Pysanka Festival in Vegreville, Alta.,to M etro International Caravan in

gaze at num erous exhibits and to dance to so m e o f the best U krainian m usic the country has to

o f festivals kicked-o ff o n the w eekend o f June 10-12 in K ingsto n, O nt. \u2014 a sm all histo ric city located on the shores ofL a k e Ontario at the entrance to th e R id e a u C a n a l. K in g s to n w a s th e s ite o f th e 1 2 th a n n u a l F o lk lo r e

at the corner of N o rth and B ago t Streets, St. M ichael's U k r a in ia n

Ukrainian food and refresh\u00ad m e n t s ; a d is p la y o f U k r a in ia n a r ts a n d crafts in the church

h a ll; a n d a n o u t \u00ad do o r cabaret featuring the Bayda So ng a n d

th ir d y e a r o f o p e r a t io n , L v iv , lik e K ie v , seem ed to be am o ng the m o st frequent\u00ad e d

Dancers of B u r lin g to n , O n t. T h e 2 5 -m e m b e r d a n c e g r o u p a d d s F o lk lo r e t o

troupe's repertoire perform ed at Folk\u00ad lore w ere the ho pak, "Un^er the Cherry Tree," hutsulka, and

v id e o ta p e d several o f their perfo rm ances in o rder to r e v ie w

m uggy weather conditions which had plagued the Eastern Seaboard for days. This year's G arden S ta te

Ukrainian m erchants from every corner of th e continent lined festival gro unds w ith their bo o ths, selling everything from "K iss m e, i'm

the m ain square of the festival grounds. Perform ing at r e g u la r in t e r v a ls w e r e th e L y m a n U k r a in ia n D a n c e E n s e m b le fro m

G e o r g ia o f A r m e n ia n d e s c e n t , it c a n b e a r g u e d th a t h is m id -1 9 6 0 s U k r a i\ue000 n ia n -la n g u a g e c la s s ic , " S h a d o w s o f Forgotten Ancestors,"and the subse\ue000 q u en t

ly r ic a l interpretation of the m ystical aspects o f H u tsu l m o u n ta in

n a m e . W h a t's m ore, M r. P aradjanov first ran afoul o f S o v ie t a u th o r itie s w h e nh e r e fu se d to d u b h is U k r a in ia n -la n g u a g e f ilm s into R ussian. For this he w as labeled a U k r a in ia n n a tio n a lis t.

u n d e s ir a b le p e r s o n s ," p r o \ue000 bably foreigners. Several m qnths later, he w as sentenced to five years' im prisonm ent.

w hich saw hjrajall from ^ decorated . cultural figureJoa socjatnariah. A nd' it was the'`tum ult caused

1960s, a brief tim e o f lib e r a liz a tio n s h o r tly b e fo r e th e

Day in the L ife o f Iv a n D e n is o v ic h ," a s to r y o f a p r is o n e r in a S ta lin is t la b o r c a m p , a s w ell as Y evgeni Y evtushenko's poem " B a b iY a r ,"

secretary of the C om m unist Party of th e U k r a in ia n S S R , M r . P a r a d ja n o v m ade

U k r a in ia n -la n g u a g e film s. But it was "Shadows" which w as

U k r a in e , th e film , th o u g h n o t e x p li\ue000 c itly p o litic a l, m a k e s s tu n n in gu se o f folk ' ostum es and peasant architec\ue000 tu r e o f th e r e g io n t o te ll a b r o o d in g , fatalistic tale w ith a sense of destiny not unlike that of G reek tragedy.

M r."Paradjanov him self w rote that th e p a r tly p a g a n w o r ld o f th e H u ts u ls was used to address such them es as lo v e , d e s p a ir , s o litiu d e a n d d e a th . A s afilm ,"Shadow s"r a n c o n tr a r yt o

com m er\ue000 c ia lly r e le a s e d in W e s te r n E u r o p e , it w a s in s ta n tly h a ile d as a m a s te r p ie c e . W r itin g in " S ig h t a n d S o u n d ," H e r b M arshall counted that it had w on no

Back in the USSR, however, M r. Paradjanov's fortunes w ere turning. B o th

U krainian school and defended such U k r a in ia n d is s id e n ts a s V a le n ty n M oroz, he w as eventually arrested a n d

allow ed to return to his native C au\ue000 c a s u s . T here, he continued to churn out screenplays at a

1969, a project w as a p p r o v e d . H e w a s a llo w e d t o m a k e " T h e C o lo r o f P o m e g r a n a t e s ," a v is u a lly

m y s tic p o e t S a y a t N o v a w h ic h c o n \ue000 t a i n e d r e f l e c t i o n s o n t h e m a s s a c r e o 'f A r m e n ia n s b y th e T u r k s in th e e a r ly part of the century.

y e a r s 'im prisonm ent, and shortly thereafter, another lO -year term w as tacked on.t

T h a n k s la r g e ly to a n in te r n a tio n a l c a m p a ig n o n h isb e h a lf, th e d ir e c to r w as

fo u ry e a r s . T h e p e titio n a s k in g fo r h is release w as signed by virtually every im p o r ta n t film m a k e r

film m a k in g , h e w a s fo r c e d t o s c r o u n g e a liv in g b y d o in g o d d

In 1981, The New York Tim es ran a story about the director based on reports from an A rm en ian A m erican

years of persecution. The T im es reported that M r. Paradjanov a p p e a r e d

parently in perfect h e a lth ."H e seem ed in v ig o r a te d , fu ll o f id e a s fo r s c r e e n \ue000 p la y s .

H e said the w orst part of h is ordeal w a s th e in a b ility t o m a k efilm s. N o w , lo c k e d a w a y in th e g u la g , it a p p e a r s th a t th is g e n iu s o f S o v ie t c in e m a m a y never m ake a film again.

A hangar, a D e\ue000 fe n s e M in is tr y s e c r e ta r y , w a s k ille d w ith h is s o n w h e,n th e m in e b le w u p th e ir v a n o n J u n e 9 ,.r e b e l s o u r c e s s a id . T h e y s a id three guards, four air force officers and the driver w ere also killed.

T he new s com esam id reports that the Soviets had asked for and w ere granted a

It n o w a p p e a r s th a t it w a s th e S o v ie ts w ho requested the ceasefire, and that it w a s g r a n te d o n th e c o n d itio n th a t th e y g e t e n tir e ly o u t o fth e v a lle y e x c e p t fo ra token garrison and not bom b it from the a ir .

E conom ist th a t g u e r r illa s n o w c o n tr o l th e P a n jsh ir u n c h a lle n g e d .

governm ent troops in v a d e d th e v a lle y w ith " a ir s u p p o r t b y M IG

w ell at first, but the advance w as then forced back. T he

fe e t a b o v e se a le v e l, a n d th e m o u n ta in s th a t lin e

G u e r r illa p o s itio n s h ig h in th e h ills c o u ld n o t b e r e a c h e d

m a c h in e g u n s, a n ti-a ir c r a ft g u n s a n d S a m -7 s to sh o o t

th a t g u e r r illa gunners som etim es fired from above to k n o c k

pushed back to the village of R uka, 12 m iles into the valley. T heyh a d scorched the earth as they retreated, hoping to deprive the m ujaheddin forces of food.

L ith u a n ia n C r im in a l C o d e fo r a lle g e d ly c r itic iz in ga state farm ing director in several letters, r e p o r te d

A uthorities first began harassing M r. Sadunas in 1980 w hen his sister return\ue000 ed from

e x ile a n d m o v e d in w ith h im , h is w ife a n d 8 -y e a r -o ld d a u g h te r .A t th e tim e, the governm ent began interrupt\ue000 in g h is m a il s e r v ic e .

s e v e r a l b o o k s a n d r e lig io u s item s during a search of M r. Sadunas`s house. Less then a m onth later, he was c a lle d

o f th e republic, and questioned about letters h e p u r p o r te d ly w r o te c r itic iz in g P e tr a s D ukstas, a farm

It is n o t k n o w n w h e th e r M r . S a d u n a s w ill s e r v e h is te r m in a la b o r c a m p o r b e sent to prison.

H o ly T rin ity c h u rc h e s in d o w n to w n D e tro it to lle d a fu n e ra l d irg e on Sunday afternoon, June

D e tro it a n d o u tly in g a re a s d e m o n s tra t\u00ad ed a n e n th u s ia s tic b u t m o u rn fu l d e te r\u00ad m inatio n to m ake the M em orial M arch a h is to ric e v e n t in th e s ta te o f M ic h ig a n . U n d e r th e s k illfu l g u id a n c e o f Y a ro s la w D u z e y , th e

Beck, general chairwoman and coordi\u00ad n a to r o f a ll c o m m e m o ra tiv e p ro je c ts in M etro po litan

im pressive entourage of1 5p r i e s t s , accom panied by re lig io u s

th e s e c h ild re n w ith a fro n t p a g e s to ry o n th e fo llo w in g d a y .

7 m illio n v ic tim s o f th e G re a t F a m in e e n g in e e re d b y th e S ta lin re g im e in the early

o n in th e b rig h t s u n s h in e a n d 9 0 -d e g re e h e a t, th e R e v . B o h d a n K in a n d th e R e v . B asil

B ish o p L o ste n p ra y e d th a t th e fa m in e v ic tim s w o u ld n o t h a v e d ie d in v a in b u t th a t

T h e E n g lis h -la n g u a g e h o m ilis t, A rc h i\u00ad m an d rite D r. V icto r J. P o sp ish il, refered to th e fa m in e a s " th e g re a te s t in n u m b e r o f a ll g e n o c id e s in

C SsR , also spoke of the Stalin re g im e 's " s a ta n tic " p la n to d e c im a te th e U k ra in ia n p e a s a n t p o p u la tio n a n d th u s b re a k

Peter Koczanski, cantor a t th e p r o - C a th e d r a l o f S t. V la d im ir in S ta m fo rd ,

buried there. T his year, how ever, m arks th e 5 0 th a n n iv e r s a r y o f th e p e a k o f th e U k ra in ia n