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Famine was "genocide," Priest distributing famine leaflets scuffles with Soviet "press'
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WASHINGTON There is no
doubi that the Ukrainian famine of
1932-3? was a deliberate genocide, Dr.
Robert Conquest of the Hoover lnsti–
lution on Wat. Revolution and Peace at
Stanford University, told the media at a
press conference held on Tuesday.
September 27. tff"kick off the Great
Famine Memorial Week here in the
nation's capital.
Dr. Conquest, author of the soon-to-
be-published book on the Great Famine
which is jointly funded by the Harvard
Ukrainian Research4 institute and the
Ukrainian National Association, was
the principal speaker at the press
conference organized by the Media
7MILLION UKRAIWANS WERE STARVED
Relations Section of the National
Committee to Commemorate Genocide
victims in Ukraine.
Other speakers at the press confe–
rence. which was held at the National
Press Club, were Lev Kopelev. a former АЙЕ Р Й А Щ AND FASriNG THAT ТНБ MCHT ІСУЕР. HAPPEN AGAl
Soviet dissident who was a witness to
і . George Zarycky
the events of the 1930s in Ukraine, and
historian Dr. Martha Bohachevsky– The Rev. Petro Galadza (atright),who had a brief run-in with Soviet newsmen, listens as the Rev. John Shep reads from the
Chomiak, who replied to questions Bible on the steps of the Capitol. The Rev. Taras Lonchyna is at left.
concerning the role and fate of Ukrai– by George Zarycky which have been closed in response to capital, including metro stations, go–
nian women during the famine period. the downing of the Korean jetliner by vernment buildings and at the National
in his statement. Dr. Conquest said WASHINGTON - A young ukrai– the Soviets last month. The offices are Press. Club one hour before a press
that as many as 14 million deaths nian Catholic priest became involved in half a block from the Soviet Embassy. conference on the famine held Tuesday.
resulted from Stalin's dekulakization a brief scuffle with two Soviet newsmen The Rev. Galadza said he had been in According to the priest, he had been
campaign of the early 1930s, while 7 who were videotaping him as he handed Washington since Monday along with distributing leaflets for some 30 minutes
million of these can be attributed out leaflets about the Great Famine in two other priests, the Rev. John Shep,a when a champagne-colored station
directly to the Great Famine. He added Ukraine in front of the Aeroflot offices Lutheran pastor from Madison, Wise. wagon with two men inside pulled up to
that among Ae 7 million were 2 to 3 here on Wednesday afternoon, Septcm– and the Rev. Taras Lonchyna, a local the curb. The driver of the car emerged
million children. ber28. Ukrainian Catholic pastor, as part of a with a video camera and began filming.
Responding" later to a follon-up The Rev. Petro Galadza, 28. of five-day fast and prayer vigil for the 7 "He was standing about 25 feet from
question about the fate of children Chicago, said that the incident occurred million victims of the artificial famine in me, so 1 asked him who he was working
during the famine, the Stanford scholar about 12:30 p.m. while he was distri– Ukraine in 1932-33. He said that he and for," said the Rev. Galadza, who is from
said that children were deposited in buting materials on the corner of L and the others had been handing out leaf- Ss. volodymyr and Olha parish in
special camps and there they were 16th streets near the airline offices. lets at several locations in the nation's (Continued on page 15)
thrown an occasional loaf of bread.
Many, however, died off because there
simply was not enough food for sur– Judge says Soviet evidence "unreliable"; clears NJ. man
vival, he said. NEWARK, N.J. - A federal district by the U.S. Justice Department's Office charges against him were fabricated as
Calling the Great Famine "the for– court judge here said on Wednesday, of Special investigations' was "inade– part of continuing Soviet attempts to
gotten holocaust," Dr. Conquest noted September 28, that the U.S. govern– quate" to denaturalize Mr. Kungys. discredit emigres from areas now under
that it is absolutely comparable to the ment and the Soviet Union "collabo– in his 104-page written opinion, Soviet domination.
treatment of the Jews by the Nazis. rated" in efforts.to prosecute a Lithua– which was quoted extensively in the Mr. Kungys entered the United
Ukraine's experience of half a century nian emigre accused of participation in Star-Ledger news story filed by Robert Strtes in 1948 and became a naturalized
ago is important today, he said, because Nazi war crimes, and ruled that there Rudolph, Judge Debevoise said that the American citizen in 1954. He said he
"it was in that crucible that Andropov was no credible evidence to support the charges against Mr. Kungys were based was active in the Lithuanian resistance
and other Soviet leaders were molded." charges against him. on "unreliable" testimony from witness– movement which fought the German
"There is always a tendency to forget The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest es who had been "prepared" by the occupying forces.
the nature of the Soviet regime," he newspaper, reported that the ruling KGB. He ruled that the procedures used Judge Debevoise charged U.S.
said, adding that "the Soviet attitude effectively clears Juozas Kungys, 67, a in the case, including the methods used authorities with failing to take adequate
toward human life is not what we in the retired dental technician from Clifton, to gather evidence and testimony, raise steps to ensure that the evidence
West expect." N.J., of charges that he helped German "serious doubts" about the credibility of obtained from the USSR was not
Mr. Kopelev told the news confe– forces slaughter Jewish-residents of the information, and added that impor– coerced or tainted by Soviet officials.
rence that he was a member of the Kedainiai. Lithuania. tant documents had r""en withheld by He wrote: "Knowing the nature ol the
Komsomol, the Communist Youth U.S. District Court Judge Dickinson the Soviets. Soviet legal system, the (U.S.)
(Continued on page 4) Debevoise said the evidence presented Mr. Kungys maintained that the (Continued on page 15)
THE GREAT FAM1NE: on October 2 'let us remember and make others aware:
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2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2.1983 No. 40
PART І occupied by Masluk; the other pre– positions" is the name of a mono LP T h e " T h e m e a n d v a r i a t i o n s " is
sented Ukrainian songs recorded by issued in 1966 under the sponsorship of performed by pianist Marta Shlem–
There must be miles of tape recorded soprano lya Maciuk.) The album was the Fomenko Recordings Committee. k e w y c h - S a w y c k y w h o s t u d i e d with
over the years by Ukrainian pianists titled "Ukrainian Masters Series" vol. 1 T o r o n t o , headed by Oksana Sokolyk. Rostyslava Temnytska and Roman
privately or in concert. Most of this (the venture closed with this first issue) a n d m a n u f a c t u r e d by R C A v i c t o r Sawvcky Sr. And it was the composer
m a t e r i a l n e v e r gets to be r e l e a s e d and appeared in the United States ca. Recording Services Department himself. Fomenko. who supervised Ms.
commercially, in this article, however, 1958 on the Super Recordings label (SR (T55039). Sawycky's interpretation of his works
well trace Ukrainian classical piano 3000). lor its first public performance in New
music as recorded and released com– The pianist's program focused on the York.. 1962. a n d a l s o for this first
m e r c i a l l y in the W e s t . i.e. o u t s i d e 20th century: Revutsky"s Song Op. 17. recording which took place in Philadel–
Ukraine. t No. І and Prelude in B-Flal Minor Op. phia. 1961. (it should be noted that
The releases are comparatively few. 7. No. 2; Barvinsky's Two Preludes: Fomenko chose his own performers for
There are. 1 think, two reasons tor this: Groudine's "Xalse de Concert" Op. 60: his album. Ms. Sawvcky among them.)
the intrinsic difficulty of recording Kosenko's Poem-Legend Op. 12. No. 1, Ms. Sawycky's arresungly crystalline
high quality music satisfying today's and "Heroic Etude" Op. 8. No. 11 and lyrical approach merges with effec–
standards: and economics produc– 1 found Mr. Masluk's performance tive dramatic passages, in his review
tion costs are high. One has to sell many uneven. His Barvinsky is merely com– M y r o s l a v S t a r y t s k y n o t e d what the
albums just to "break even." This is petent bu; the Revutsky is just too performance "convinces and transports
difficult to accomplish in today's corn- careful with not enough dash or drama– the listener." Despite the fact this major
p e t i t i o n with p o p a n d rock m u s i c . tism which wc usually associate with addition to the Ukrainian piano reper–
Recently it was disclosed (in the new this c o m p o s e r . K o s e n k o ' s P o e m is t o i r e w a s r e c o r d e d on a n i n e - f o o t
magazine Ukrainian Muzyka) that the downright sloppy without regard for Steinway concert grand, the recorded
Canadian pop group Rushnychok sold phrasing. The remaining Groudine and sound, in my judgement, is not entirely
over 65.000 copies of its records. Can a Kosenko fared s o m e w h a t better, in successful lacking somewhat in proper
Ukrainian classical music album hope some works there is a baring of the reverberation or "spaciousness." Stereo
for even 10 percent of such success? anatomy without penetrating to the Fomenko record
technique would have, no doubt, help–
music's warm, inner soul. The album contains the "Theme and ed this album.
First to record Both the instrument used and the v a r i a t i o n s " the playing time of which Fomenko's piano "oeuvre" was aired
recording are good with quiet surfaces. (just under 15 minutes) makes it the ca. 1967 on French radio by musicolo–
internationally famous pianist Lubka Provided also were English notes on the l o n g e s t U k r a i n i a n w o r k for p i a n o gist Aristide Wirsta on his program
Ko!essa had in her repertoire works by Ukrainian composers programmed. released thus far in the West. titled "Three Centuries of Ukrainian
Barvinsky and Nyzhankivsky. Although According to the English and Ukrai– Music." in l970the work was broadcast
she n e v e r r e c o r d e d t h e s e or o t h e r Catherine Saurer Smith nian liner notes Fomenko started the twice over W Q X R , the radio station of
Ukrainian pieces. Ms. Kolessa was the piece in Kharkiv in– 1928 and, having "The New York Times."
first Ukrainian pianist to record com– Sometimes it takes non-Ukrainians
mercially the music of the West. Her to uncover and show us our own trea– Book notes
rendition of Chopin appeared on the sures. in 1962 the first mono LP with
now rare German Ultraphon label prior
to 1936. in 1939 her highly successful
classical Ukrainian music performed by
non-Ukrainian artists appeared in the Collection of Kampelman speeches
interpretations of Scarlatti. Mozart. United States. The title of the disc was
NEW YORK Both P r e s i d e n t s introduction. President Reagan said the
Beethoven and other masters were "The immortal Music of Mykola Ly–
Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter latest review p r o v i d e d "a t h o r o u g h
issued in Germany and also in Qreat s e n k o " a n d it was released on the 1KAR
charge major human-rights viola– stock-taking of international respect"
Britain on two related labels, Electrola label ( І К 3 8 І 2 М ) . The album actually
tions to the Soviet Union in separate for the Helsinki Accords.
and His Master's voice, respectively. featured music for violin and piano
introductions they have written to the "The results were anything but en–
While these records operated at the old (with F r a n c o i s D ' A l b e r t , violin vir–
book "Three Years at the East-West couraging," he added. "Despite glim–
speed of 78 turns per minute, in 1951 tuoso) but it included also works for
Divide" to be published on October 3 by mers of hope here and there, the over-all
Ms. K o l e s s a b e c a m e a l s o t h e first piano solo presented by virtuoso pianist
Freedom House. p i c t u r e w h i c h e m e r g e d was o n e of
Ukrainian pianist to appear on records Catherine Saurer Smith.
with the newly introduced speed of 33 The book contains the speeches of frequent disregard by the Soviet Union
1,3 turns per minute. The new "micro- Max M. Kampelman. U.S. ambassador and the East European states for many
g r o o v e " discs were labeled "long play– to the three-year conference on security of the most elemental human rights."
ing" (LP) because up to 30 minutes of and cooperation in Europe that con- The United States weighed dispens–
music could be recorded on each side. eluded September 9 in Madrid. ing with the Helsinki process. President
Ms. Kolessa recorded two such discs on The introductions and the book were Reagan revealed, "in the end, however,
the Concert Hall label (U.S) perform– completed just before the Soviet Union we chose the path of hope, and not one
ing important works of Schumann and on September 1 shot down the Korean of despair." he added. "We intend to
Brahms. passenger plane killing 269 civilians. preserve the Helsinki process and never
The final session of the Madrid Con– to s h r i n k from c a l l i n g a t t e n t i o n ' 0
ference was overshadowed by bitter actions and policies which violate the
Eugene Masluk debate over the plane incident. H e l s i n k i a n d M a d r i d a c c o r d s . " he
The ' b o o k carries similarly heated concluded.
1 Eugene Masluk's claim to fame is that charges by Ambassador Kampelman. President Carter also stressed the
he w a s the first p i a n i s t to p r e s e n t and. responses to Soviet and East violations of the accords. "Even as the
Ukrainian piano works on a mono LP. European delegates. The Kampelman H e l s i n k i review p r o c e e d e d . " w r o t e
(Actually only one side of the LP was speeches discuss repression and anti- President Carter, "the Soviet Union
Lysenko album Semitism in East-bloc countries, threats became more repressive at home, co;i–
The issue contains brief English notes to West European security originating tinued its invasion in Afghanistan, and
on Lysenko and the performers. We in the USSR. Soviet jamming of inter- threatened the movement toward social
і Ш І learn that Smith, who is also a corn-
poser, graduated from the American
national broadcasts, absence of inde–
pendent trade unions in the East, and a
reform in Poland."
шv
Rudolph Ganz (Chicago) and Tobias Kampelman in 1980, President Reagan
v' І ІКЖ й - -–1 i , S ' - – '. 5 ) clearer understanding of which countries
Matthay (London). Ms. Smith appear– retained him in the post. Mr. Kampel– abide by their commitments by ear–
N У ed as soloist with the Chicago and St. man is now board chairman of Freedom nestly extending human rights to their
Louis Symphony Orchestras and with House, the non-governmental organi–
щ other ensembles. zation that monitors freedom around
own and other citizens."
The New York Times and the Great Famine THE GREAT FAM1NE
by Marco Carynnyk lrom plums, tasting non-alcoholic though with a
mule's kick in every swallow." 4
CONCLUSION Eight days later Denny again announced that he had
found no signs of famine. He had deliberately sought,
І his was not the end of the concealment. he said, "the sections where the worst conditions had
A c c o r d i n g to the F o r e i g n Office. D u r a n t y ' s been reported in the outside world and the localities
companion on his trip to Ukraine and the North that peasants on trains hud told him were the most
Caucasus was Stanley Richardson of the Associated seriously a f f e c t e d . " D e s p i t e all this s e a r c h i n g .
Press. 47 On September 22. Richardson cabled an however, he had found no famine. "Nowhereeven fear
astonishing dispatch. ol it."'–'
Early in 1933. Moscow had thoroughly reorganized Such denials were as convenient lor Soviet apolo–
the Ukrainian party, purging and arresting many gists as Duranty s had been. When William Randolph This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of
members, and established "political departments" at Hearst mounted a campaign against Roosevelt's history's most horrifying cases of genocide — the
each state farm and machine-tractor station. Staffed Soviet policy in 1935 and ordered hiseditorsto reprint Soviet-made Great Famine of 1932-33. in which
with trusted urban workers and party members at eyewitness accounts of the lamine that had appeared some 7 million Ukrainians perished.
least a third of them brought in from Russia these in 1933. the American Communist Party attacked Relying on news from Svoboda and, later,
political departments were given unlimited authority Hearst by citing Denny's finding that there was no The Ukrainian Weekly (which began publica–
over the peasants and extensive powers over local famine anywhere." tion in October 1933). this column hopes to
Communists, many of whom had proven themselves remind and inform Americans and Canadians of
"The hunt for famine in Russia." Denny concluded,
too faint-hearted to carry out the party's murderous this terrible crime against humanity.
borrowing a line from Duranty. "was like chasing a
policies. As the head of the political departments By bringing other events worldwide into the
will-o'-the-wisp, it was always somewhere further
throughout Ukraine and as one of the highest party picture as well, the column hopes to give a
on." 5 4
officials in the republic. Alexander Asatkin was well perspective on the state of the world in the years
Thus the damage was done. 1 he famine was a will-
placed to have an accurate picture of the destruction of Ukraine's Great Famine.
o ' - t h e - w i s p . " Nazi and anti-Nazi, right and left,
wreaked by the lamine.
in his dispatch. Richardson reported that Asatkin.
Stalinist and anti-Stalinist, would argue for years to
come whether anything like a famine had happened at
December 1-15, 1933
whom he had formally interviewed in Kharkiv. had all. while the less polemically minded shuddered with P A R T ХХХІІ1
confirmed the famine and had even "estimated the distaste and turned to more substantial issues. My
percentage of deaths in his area last winter and spring erudite editor justified silence on the grounds that the On December l, Svoboda r,eprintcd an entire
from causes related to undernourishment." The censor famine is little known. Another came to the same page of press accounts about the Ukrainian
in Moscow, however, had banned the transmission of conclusion from the opposite starting point: the broad protest march held in New York on November
Asatkin's figures on the grounds that ihe'y were not facts of the ease, she opined, are so well known and so 18. The New York Times, New York Herald
official. 4 " Although the Times carried other Asso– widely acknowledged that nothing more need be Tribune, New York American. New York World
ciated Press dispatches from Moscow a few days (Continued on page 12) Telegram, The Sun and the Sunday Mirror all
before and a few days after the September 22 cable, it carried articles a b o u t the march to protest
never published the report of Richardson's interview 47. FO.371 17253 N 6878 and N 7182. Moscow's starvation of Ukrainians as well as
with Asatkin. A highly placed Communist official had 48. 1 have been able to find Richardson's dispatch in only the recognition of the Soviet Union by the
confirmed the famine, and the Times had ignored the three North American papers. The Toronto Star published it United States.
news. on September 22, under the headline "Famine Deaths Ended it was also one of the few times Svoboda
But even this was not the end of the concealment. is Claim of Soviet." The Toronto F.vening Telegram ran it printed a photograph in the newspaper, which
Harold Denny, who replaced Duranty as the Times on the same day under a full-page headline: "Soviet
pictured the thousands of marchers with banners.
Government Suppresses Officials' Reports of Famine.
correspondent in Moscow in April 1934, proved to be Following are a few excerpts from the news items.
Ukraine and Caucasus Suffered Awful Hunger." The New
no more honest a reporter of the famine than his The New York Times wrote: "Five persons
York American, which on Hearst's instructions made much
predecessor. On July 23, 1934, for example, Denny of the famine in 1935, published the dispatch on September were injured and nine arrested in street distur–
announced that "a winter of hunger and perhaps of 23. under the headline "Soviet Boasts Big Grain Crop"and bances that lasted for t w o h o u r s yesterday
actual famine has been averted in the great grain emphasized Richardson's conclusion that the rich grain crop morning, when 500 Communists attempted to
region of the Ukraine." The fair crop that was being would preclude a recurrence of "the food shortage that break up a parade of 8,000 Ukrainians from
e x p e c t e d , he f a n c i e d , w o u l d be " a v i c t o r y for recently caused many deaths of humans and cattle." The Washington Square to the Central Opera House
collectivized agriculture which will induce many New York American did, however, print a revealing at 67th Street and Third Avenue. '
remaining individual peasants to enter the fold." 49 paragraph that the other two papers omitted: "All official "Three hundred policemen, including a score
sources approached regarding the probable death toll in
Throughout 1933 and 1934 Ewald Ammende had of mounted men, were called out to enable the
North Caucasus refused any information beyond saying
been trying almost singlehandedly to draw public 'conditions were bad.'Only the freshly hewn crosses dotting marchers to reach the open house and to conduct
attention to the famine. A Baltic German, Ammende village graveyards and deserted huts in most of the villages a meeting there in peace. Held under the auspices
had briefly worked for the government of independent remain as scars of the recent difficulties." of the United Ukrainian Societies of New York
Estonia in 1919 and then moved to Western Europe, Duranty also met Asatkin in Kharkiv. According to and vicinity, the meeting adopted resolutions
where he threw himself into relief work, in September Duranty. Asatkin admitted that there had been a "consi– asking President Roosevelt to demand guaran–
1933, when Cardinal Theodore lnnitzer of v i e n n a derable outward flow from the villages and towns" and tees from the Soviet Union that the famine in the
established a famine relief committee (the members "considerable mortality" of livestock, but although "there Ukraine would be alleviated. The resolution
included the chief rabbi of vienna, the head of the was certainly distress in some sections," the human death charged that the food shortage was a result of a
Lutheran Church and the leaders of other denomina– rate had not exceeded 10 percent. (Did Asatkin mean 10 deliberate plot by the Moscow government to
percent o'f the population of Ukraine? That would have starve the Ukrainian peasants into submission."
t i o n s in v i e n n a ) , A m m e n d e b e c a m e its g e n e r a l
meant over 3 million dead!) Having disposed of the famine
secretary, in late J u n e 1934, Ammende arrived in New question in this fashion, Duranty proceeded to stress the The New York Herald Tribune wrote: "Several
York with a mission to obtain the support of churches accomplishments of Soviet agriculturr. Ukraine had thousand Ukrainians and Ukraino-Americans,
and humanitarian organizations in the United States accepted collectivization once and for all; the peasants had all of them opposed to American recognition of
and C a n a d a , in interviews a n d letters to e d i t o r s understood that the Communists were trying to help them to the Soviet Union, paraded between two lines of
A m m e n d e a n n o u n c e d that wide s t a r v a t i o n was improve their lives; and the countryside was being mounted police yesterday from Washington
impending again and asked whether Western grain transformed by "the greatest revolution in the history of the Square to the Central Opera House at 205 E , ;
surpluses could not be used to bring relief to the world." "U kraine Far Ahead in Grain Deliveries," The New 67th St., and almost every foot of the way t h e y
starving districts in the Soviet Union. 5 0 York Times, September 19, 1933. progress was harried by a m o b of screaming
49. "Ukraine Averts Winter of Famine," The New York C o m m u n i s t s . Bricks a n d milk b o t t l e s were
in r e s p o n s e t o queries from his e d i t o r s a b o u t Times, July 24, 1934.
Ammende's assertion, Denny visited Ukraine in July thrown, and there were many scattered fist fights.
50. See for example Ammende's letters to the editor
and again in October. Echoing the articles in which "Famine in Soviet Union" and "Relief Needed in Russia," "The Ukrainians had no sooner gathered in
Duranty had attacked Jones, Denny claimed to have The New York Times, July 11 and August 4, 1934, and his Washington Square at 10 a.m. than the Com–
seen n o signs of famine. " T h i s c o r r e s p o n d e n t is "Human Life in Russia" (London, 1936). munists began arriving also. To shouts o f ' D o w n
traveling through the principal grain regions to check 51. "Russian Peasants on Short Rations," The New York with the Soviets,' with which the Ukrainians met
reports published abroad that a new famine exists or Times. October 8, 1934. the Reds, the Reds shouted, back 'Down with the
impends," Denny cabled from Ukraine on October 7. 52. "Soviet Confronts No Mass Siarving,"The New York Cossacks,'the New York mounted police having
"Thus far n o famine has been found nor an indication Times, October 16, 1934. been e n e m i e s of l o n g e r s t a n d i n g t h a n t h e
of famine in the year to сотне, though many peasants 53; William F. Dunne, "Why Hearst Lies About Ukrainian Organization of Greater New York.
must draw in their belts and eat food they d o not like Communism: Three Open Letters to William Randolph "The Ukrainians in native costumes carried
Hearst" (New York. 1935), p. 35.
until t h e 1935 harvest." banners proclaiming a 'State of Starvation' to
54. "No Famine Found in North Ukraine," The New
Although peasants in southern Ukraine, by his own York Times. October 17. 1934. exist in the Ukraine. F l o a t s pictured grim,
admission, told him that they were in "grave danger," 55. Duranty used the will-o'-the-wisp line in April 1933. bearded 'Soviet Officials' holding court surround–
Denny reported that he had feasted on "milk from but two years later forgot that he had claimed to have ed by bayonets while women, with lines of
contented collectivized cows and honey fresh from the had the experience himselt and attributed it to a Pravda starvation painted on their faces, nourished
hives of Bolshevik bees." correspondent who accompanied Soviet President Kalinin sickly children crying, 'Give us bread.' "
"These delicacies were served at the end of a meal of on a tour of the volga region during the famine of 1921. The On December 2, Svoboda reprinted an article
journalist expressed surprise that there was no evidence of from the News Tribune in Providence, R.1.,
a tasty salad of tomatoes, pickles and onions, roast
famine in the towns and villages they visited, although in which stated that the Ukrainian community in
duck and fluffy potato souffle, much better prepared each they were told that in the next village people were dying
t h a n in M o s c o w h o t e l s , w a s h e d d o w n with t h e the a r e a p l e d g e d not t o b u y , sell, use o r
like flies. "None of the appalling stories which have reached recommend any goods made in Soviet Russia.
Ukrainian national drink, slivyanka. a liquor made Moscow... have yet been substantiated by facts."concluded
(Continued on page 12)
the journalist. Duranty. "1 Write as 1 Please" (New York.
Copyright 1983 by Marco Carynnyk. 1935). pp. 124-125.
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liberation of vienna in 1683. The document includes the signatures of various in this painting by J.H. Rosen, Father Marco d'Aviano celebrates the holy mass in
Austrian officials, including Ernst Rudiger Starhemberg, who commanded the the presence of King Jan Sobieski inside the Camaldolite Church of St. Joseph on
Austrian defense force, whose likeness appears on the left. the Kahlenberg.
No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2.1983
"Sobieski Saves vienna" (1883), paintirig by Jan Matejko now housed in the Yatican museums.
tasks assigned to the Kozaks stationed portunity to permanently destroy Tur– officers of the Kozak army. The letter of Christianity so that you may live to.
in vienna, the Kozaks were charged kish domination at least pver the was translated into Latin in Yavoriv, see all Christian rulers and all your
with surveying enemy lines scattered Balkan states. where the representative had been humble enemies bowing at your feet."
through the forests in and around After the liberation of vienna, only stationed, and was then sent immediate–
vienna. On September 12, the day Pope innocent ХІ planned to'bringan ly to Rome where it can be found today. Hetman Mohyla's letter, which was
of the decisive battle, the courageous end to Turkish military threats. At the The letter is addressed to "The Holy written in the name of all of the Ukrai–
cavalry of Kozaks from Dornbach and time the Kozaks commanded almost all Father, the Pope of Rome. Father, nian Kozaks, and Father Bonesana's
Hernals (now the 17th District in of the military strength, and in January Lord and Master." mission were considered to be the
vienna), along with the Polish "Huzar" 1684 the Kozaks were able to intercept in this letter the Kozaks thank the culmination of the relationship between
troops, attacked the Turkish forts. And in Bucharest the Tatar army which was pope for his gifts and for his fatherly the Kozaks and Pope innocent XL
on the hill of St. Ulrich they came across returning, from its march oa vienna. blessing, it extends their regards and in commemorating this historic
a Turkish camp where they found the The pope's throne, which gained great affirms further military assistance: "We event, it is important to remember that
tent of the Grand vezir Kara Mustafa, recognition for the defense of Christian will readily fight against the enemies of Ukrainians, and more importantly the
the commander of the Turkish army. Europe from the Turks tracked the the Holy Cross, and wish that the Ukrainian Kozaks, were instrumental
The Kozaks were well prepared to Kozak's movements because they con– Almighty God will grant your Holiness in the triumphant victory of Christian
fight the Turks because of their ex– sidered the Kozaks' victories to be a long life and a happy reign as the head Europe.
perience in numerous battles with them. victories of the cross. On February 2,
And so they stormed the hill with such in the pope's vatican chapel, a
strength and courage that the Turks solemn mass was offered in1 gratitude
for "the Kozak victories 6ver the
Canadian institute of Ukrainian Studies
were forced to flee from their camp. The
Kozaks chased the fleeing troops all the
way to the Schwechat and Leitha rivers,
Tatars."
The pope's representative made
Oral History Project continues
and the Turks retreated with the re– further efforts to maintain good rela– EDMONTON - Much of the ar– have interviewed persons who while less
mainder of their army to their fortess. tions with the Kozaks. A rector from a chival material about Ukrainians in influential can nonetheless provide
According to Mr. Jaminskyj, letters papal seminary in Lviv by the name of Canada has been lost or is inaccessible. insights into rural life.
written by King Sobieski indicate that Father Franciscus Bonesana was To rectify this situation the Canadian
appointed to act as mediator institute of Ukrainian Studies (ClUS) To date, 65 interviews have been held
after the battle of vienna, the Kozaks across Canada. The project will pro–
and their colonels - Myslyshevsky, with the Kozaks. He was assigned initiated an Oral History Project on
to give the Kozaks, in , person, November 1, 1982. - bably be extended to include persons
Semen, Bulyha and lskrytsky, all under who emigrated to Canada after World
the command of Hohol - joined the many gifts and payments for their prior
commendable services. When distribut– The project, which is funded by the War 11. and thus may overrun its
army of the Polish king. One may current term of November 1984.
assume, he says, that at this point there ing the pope's gifts to the Kozaks, Multiculturalism Directorate of the
were approximately 4.000 Kozaks Father Bonesana tried to emphasize the secretary of state, will provide informa– As an interview is completed, it is
enlisted in Sobieski's army. fact that all of the gifts were donated tion about Ukrainian life in Canada, filed at ClUS, accompanied bv release
After conquering Gran, a city in due to the kindness of Pope innocent complementing traditional sources such forms and a summary. The latter out-
Hungary. Sobieski's army continued its Xl. it was believed that this type of as provincial and federal archives. lines the key points, thereby providing a
march to upper Hungary and then influence would attract the Kozaks to Simultaneously. ClUS is locating and useful reference for future researchers,
continued through Carpathian Ukraine the Catholic Church and possibly alter ensuring the deposit of archives out - ibis has !ready enabled some gaps in
to Poland. When Sobieski's army came their traditional disregard for Catholi– side official repositories. intcrwai Ukrainian Canadian history to
upon the camps of Turks, the Polish cism. since most, if not all. the Kozaks he filled and elucidated areas in need of
were Orthodox. Drawing the Kozaks to The project employs two researchers
King sent the recently enlisted branch ol under the direction ol Dr. Manoly research.
Kozaks into battle. the Catholic Church would prepare
them for the holy unification, it was l.upul. Zenowij Zwarycz, based in
The king wrote: "They (Kozaks) went 'loronto. is concluding interviews in for further information about the
believed. ClUS Oral History Project, please write
with such force and courage to battle eastern Canada, and Lubomyr Luciuk.
that they immediately conquered not During April and in early May, based in Edmonton, is covering western to one of the following: Mr. Luciuk at
only the outlying cities but also the first Father Bonesana completed his mission. Canada. the Canadian institute ol Ukrainian
palisades and gate, on which they On May 17 a report was issued stating Studies. 352 Athabasca Hall. University
placed their flags and crosses." This that Father Bonesana had successfully At first, the researchers interviewed of Alberta, Edmonton. Alia . T6G 2FK.
was. apparently, a sign that they were returned trom his mission. Whenreturn– prominent Ukrainian Canadians, es– (403) 432-2972: Mr Zwarycz ai the
upholding the interests of European ing to Rome Father Bonesana brought pecially those active in the interwar Canadian institute 'of Ukrainian Stu–
Christian nations. a letter from the Kozaks to Pope period. Recently, however, as the focus dies. c о Department of Slavic l,an–
Satisfied with the outcome of the innocent Xl. The letter was dated May of the study has shifted toward the guages and Literatures, Univei ity of
battle of vienna, leaders of the involved 8, 1684, and was signed by Hetman social and cultural life of Ukrainians Toronto, Toronto. Ont. M5S ІАІ.
European nations abandoned the op– Andriy Mohyla. the colonels and other living in rural areas, the researchers (416) 978-6934.
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2.1983 No. 40
ВАСкяхкАжажнх. я я-юсваака м і ш к
nE^itKBCfc.-rumienRm. (JACQUES HNlZDOvSKYWUfd).
в)И-ЙЮЄІ:ЯИЖ4;вЧЧт. EK І Я - явалякиїі^івзкі
'і-'МіПМїй:іо-і-кжвчгева Andrij Maday's 1982 linocut, "Z-Z-Z
4JiS 191!) "FKSMHOt toswa
iraswnsii. я л а . ямж--t-n ?в'ЕвФЖФя.чяаавйа.а
л-ішгввнг-ііі-пяа. ej–^ вш-(-лвіевввві!ііійя.яг
ЛМЖИ. Ф9ЛМКІІ. ІЧ:ЛЙв я м а в . 1949 ^ и ч е ^ . в и и с і PHILADELPHIA - Artist Andrij
а. в а в ї т л . ? л т і і и к я в и . і ! Maday was kept busy throughout the
?ОМІ950ЧРИИЇК. 196! Ч І.1Д і
вввМИПТ-5ЇІ.ЇЖ. "ГвйЧ-й
m a . аітвшпи^йал. я
в м в - я к . і94з ^ в и т я т и summer months exhibiting his wood-
здшмстмь 1947 М И Н Е cuts, linocuts and watercolors in the
аам-дв-маш. M i - t i n
еваїглля! гп,н,іікмпгк. ї н ^ . ^жжлввии. 4SSSW1
A:eeaJiei'HMatiaEfufitt United States and Canada.
віІЛЛ”І-^КФЛ -ett" п л и в in June, Mr. Maday, traveled to
Л. ftSt?rt.AtS-t^^K.HM п с а . МШЕЯШ. аи. а л н а
Е^ЙКИ.ЯТеНЧРВЯЩПЖи ?MltaWftHltlllfi-t-AMll. ИИ Toronto to the Del Bello Gallery where
X?Wfcfce-ttlW)-l4-. н ртм^меми^кигв. и м he has exhibited his works in the past.
СЯЖПНівЖСППи. ЙМПЙП
vjntejtA-f?xfun-jir. -Л'и This year he showed 43 works.
--MtaxftOTBitflaitneei. к тлноаиав. лжил-икл
штпичя. м в в а а ч а . By July he was back in his native
-к-ч”-влава. eafi-weaa. є
ПЧ-ЕДІЛЛ. eMttafcafcttw
ПЙ - на:шАЯЖ тикиши Philadelphia, where he took part in
сак. вдогіт.. г?агяю щапиімч-а-А;. - а - п . в Martha L. Ayerbe "Cats 11," an exhibition of paintings,
иа. mtOH^LSM. к з д к л Еяшт^паїямвеш. яги
-Ж. аінї-илли tИ. ЖіНЙИ sculptures, drawings and prints of the
ла-ійа. в н в м м в м -ЛШ. NEW YORK - Martha L. Ayerbe feline world, by over 50 artists.
гіммяяи. tm. ІИХК-КІГНІ'
ця" т-в-яопшчіїкн. мий
mfintnt'i'dsaiftofjcia. Ич (мооЕЬі.алг^щла --ач. recently gave h e r g r a d u a t i o n p i a n o
Ів-ІГ.-іяай:1яЛ:.--nBf"l recital at the Ukrainian institute of The e x h i b i t , held at t h e R o d g e r
Mft. itiirinr.inmntin. w,ftiiSUft оші--?в-.-г(тпмаіілч Lapella galleries in Rittenhouse Square,
вделм.ажАізя.ниаіл. нкд America here.
n n a . uuv-t-Awr-Mstit. e. also featured a "Meet the Artists Recep–
KunHtMiMntt. г?и оял.4--гиаам-л-в-гм. Miss A y e r b e , a s t u d e n t of Lew
tviriUiP. vS(SitKWeMiJteA( чшлчііі-иажилгптдлл Strugatsky and a member of the Ukrai– tion" in mid-July. The exhibit was open
n a n . і і і м й п е к а в . ЛЧ^Ї during the months of July and August,
nian Music institute of America, New
ПіГ.іЧЛйОїЛ' York branch, presented an afternoon which is a sure sign Mr. Maday was not
program featuring th'.- works of Bach, caught catnapping this year.
Reproduction of а page from the magazine China woodcut which featured an Beethoven, K o s e n k o . K h a c h a t u r i a n , Mr. Maday belongs to UNA Branch
article about the work of Ukrainian American artist Jacques Hnizdovsky. Lecuona, Chopin and Grieg. - 216 in Philadelphia.
Receives doctorate
in material science
G R E E L E Y . Colo. - Yuri Owechko.
26. recenth graduated from the Univer–
suy ol Southern California with a
doctorate in material soience, the
Greeley tribune reported.
The son of iwan and Maria Owechko,
Mr. Owecho received his bachelor's
degree with honors from the California
institute of Technology and a master's
from USC.
Results of his laboratory research in
electroengineering. optics, lasers, cry–
stals and light have appeared in various
journals and in published papers. Prof.
Armand Tanguay. Mr. Owechko's Christine Marie Slovik of McAdoo, Pa., and Louis John
teacher and advisor at USC, supervised Harasymczuk of Hallstead, Pa., tied the knot in early
the work in this highly specialized field. June at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church in
Mr. Owechko plans to continue his McAdoo. After honeymooning in Cancun, Mexico, the
research at USC through December and newlyweds plan to reside in Endicott, N.Y., where Mrs.
then look for a position with a corpora– Harasymczuk works for ІВМ. Mr. Harasymczuk is
Mr. and Mi's: Anthony lannone employed by tlfe Savin'Corpora'tibn in Bfngrfart,-;'bn.'-'
tion laboratory.
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY m
SMDAY. OCTOBER 2.1983 No. 40
OCTOBER
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
BLACK WH1TE AND RED
liX у ^ LECTURE SER1ES
Saturday, October 8 at 7:00 p.m.
"impact of the Helsinki Conference on Human Rights in
Українське Лікарське Товариство Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R."
Північної Америки PANEL1STS:
запрошує всіх на ПОДОРОЖ в соняшний острів L Y N N D A v i D S O N , staff assistant to U.S. Helsinki Commission. U.S. delegate to Madrid
meetings, advisor to Commission on Human Rights.
АРУ Б А A L v i N KAPUSTA. special assistant for Soviet Nationalities. U.S. State Department.
8 днів CATHER1NE F1TZPATR1CK, staff director for Soviet and Eastern European affairs
ЧИКАГО НЮ ЙОРК of the Helsinki Watch Committee. NY.
11-18 грудня 1983 р. 10-17 грудня 1983 р. MODERATOR:
S739.00 ппюс податок J519.00 плюс податок
viCTOR R U D , UkrainianXAmerican attorney, active in the human righ^ field
(від особи7подвійна кіми.) (від особиЛіодвІйна кімн.)
В ПРОГРАМІ: доповіді на медичні теми, "financial planning Suggested donation: SS 00
and tax shelter," товариські зустрічі - "cocktails", показ моди.
, несподіванки. ART "Е”ХНІВІТ
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с7о EMANUEL TRAvEL SERviCE
66 North 3rd Street Easton. Pa. 18042
THE WORKS OF MYROSLAV RADYSCH
(215) 252-7376 - (215) 437-6982 (home) - opening of art exhibit by this Ukrainian artist and principal stage designer
до 10-ro жовтня 1983 року. for the Lviv Opera Theater.
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tried to get the camera. At this point, the Galadza explained as he handed out any reaction we do get is definitely
Priest... driver leaped out of the car and grabbed leaflets to passers-by in front of the positive," he said.
(Continued from page 1) him, he said. Capitol several hours after his run-in As to the broader purpose of the vigil,
Chicago. "He didn't answer me." ' "The guy put his hands on Petro," with the Soviets. "The Rev. Andrew the Rev. Galadza said: "This action
The priest said that when he ap– explained the Rev. Shep, who said he Partykewych, an Orthodox priest, is flows out of our Christian commitment
proached the car he noticed copies of tried to push the man back in the car. By due to arrive tonight." because we feel it is ridiculous to
the leaflets he had been handing out this time, a security guard of one of the separate religion from life, and from a
lying on the back seat. By this time, the buildings noticed the fracas and came The two were joined on Capitol Hill
by the Rev. Lonchyna, who brought a strictly religious sense, we have to
second man had gotten out of the car. down to break it up. realize that the Ukrainian Churches
and the Rev. Galadza said he repeated Moments later, four police cars sign explaining the purpose of their
vigil. have suffered as a result of Soviet terror
his demand that the men identify arrived on the scene. According to the as much as any other Ukrainian institu–
themselves. two priests, the men told police that The Rev. Galadza said that they had tions."
When they refused, an argument they were Soviet newsmen and not handed out over 4.000 leaflets in just
broke out. and the priest told the men diplomats, and one of them showed They said they plan to continue their
two and half days, adding that perhaps
that he was going to phone the police officers a card from TASS, the Soviet actions until Friday, when they are
70 percent of the people they approach
and, after writing down the license plate news agency. scheduled to hand out leaflets at Dulles
are willing to take the materials.
number of the car, he went to look for a "The cops told us that the Soviets Airport, the Capitol and in front of the
"People are willing to take them, and Soviet Embassy.
r^
phone booth. enjoy the same First Amendment rights
H
As the Rev. Galadza was phoning, as we do, and that there was no way they
the Rev. Shep arrived on the scene while could stop them from filming or de–
the two men waited by their car. mand the film," the Rev. Galadza said. UKRAINIANS IN PENNSYLVANIA
"When 1 got back, 1 told them that 1 "The police attitude toward us was very A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROWTH OF THE COMMONWEALTH
had called the police, and then 1 heard' positive, but they said they really
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Russian that it was time to leave," the Postage and handling SO 75
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Rev. Galadza said. ton trip, the two priests said that they
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drive off, the Rev. Galadza said he Great Famine.
opened the back door of the car and "There are four of us in all." the Rev.
presence of a Soviet procurator who
Judge says. acted as both judge and prosecutor, and TO THE WEEKLY C0NTR1BUT0RS:
(Continued from page 1) he stressed that these circumstance "cast
government had an obligation to make doubt on the reliability of the testi–
every effort to ensure that the testimony mony."
it received under the auspices of Soviet The judge also charged that U.S. We greatly appreciate the materials - feature articles, news stories,
authorities was not tainted by the prosecutors who participated in the press clippings, letters to the editor, and the like - we receive from ou r
known Soviet practices designed to questioning of the witnesses, had relied readers.
obtain the desired results in a particular in some cases on reports of previous in order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask
case even at the expense of the truth." interrogation sessions which were con- that the guidelines listed below be followed.
The judge further said that the ducted by. the Soviets to "refresh" the
evidence presented had demonstrated memories of the wintesses. Asa result of a News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the
that the KGB actively participated in such questionable procedures, one occurrence of a given event.
the preparation of the witnesses, and witness had given "two utterly different a information about upcoming events must be received by noon of
that the Soviets have long conducted a accounts" ol Mr. Kungys's roie. said the Monday before the date of The Weekly edition in which the
campaign to discredit East European Judge Debevoise. information is to be published.
emigres by characterizing them as Nazi in addition, the judge criticized the a All materials must be typed and double-spaced.
war crmthals. actions of U.S. prosecutors, accusing a Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the
The charges filed against Mr. them of deliberately "impeding"defense name of the publication and the date of the edition.
Kungys, said Judge Debevoise, were the efforts with "silly objections" as well as a Photographs submitted for publication must be black and white
result of "an unusual cooperative effort of asking "blatantly leading questions" (or color with good contrast). They will be returned only when so
of the Office of Special investigations during the videotaped interviews. requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope.
and Soviet authorities." The judge noted also that translations a Full names and their correct English spellings must be provided.
The U.S. government's case against of videotaped testimony - which were a Persons who submit any materials must provide a phone number
Mr. Kungys was based largely on given by a Soviet government transla– where they may be reached during the working day if any additional
testimony of Soviet citizens -. ideotaped tor — were "skewed" in an ellort to bias information is required.
in the USSR and then played on tele- the case against Mr. Kungys.
vision monitors specially installed in the Mr. Kungys's attorney, Donald
Newark court. Williamson, praised Judge Debevoise's a MATER1ALS MUST BE SENT D1RECTLY TO: THE UKRA1N1AN
ruling, saying it was a carefully re- WEEKLY, 30 MONTGOMERY, ST., JERSEY C1TY, NJ. 07302.
Of the tapes Judge Debevoise said
that the testimony was provided in the searched analysis of the facts.
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