The Ukrainian Weekly 1993

No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5,1993Illinois governor recognizesheritage language schoolssdscope tRooeL foeУКРАЇНСЬКЕ БЮРОПОДОРОЖЕЙМарійки Гельбіґ1605 Springfield Ave., Maplewood, New Jersey 07040201 378-8998 or 800 242-7287lavifee your FamUy et Friends to visit gt\ Л £%,AFFIDAVroiNVITATION $40Imme^iat^ Frinr^sslug 4- Fr^^ aeilv^iy t^ UKRAINE^^\ШШ$:$агШтттШШФ^^ Convenient Cash Transfers ^Guaranteed delivery in 2-4 weeks - Emergency in 24 hrs at addtl chargeWith US $$S you can buy anything in Ukraine ~ food^ medication^ clothingNewlbi*^M¥llV i-t Ш49INY WW r* ті«і»ра2Ш Se29KYYIV via AIR UKRAINE LVIV via CZECHOSLOVAK AIRLINESChristmas season increases applyGov. Jim Edgar recently honored the ethnic weekend language schools inIllinois. The governor commended principals, parents and students in morethan 20 ethnic communities for striving for a quality education while providingcontinued teachings in the language, tradition, culture and heritage of theirethnic origin. On behalf of the School of Ukrainian Studies "Ridna Shkola," theHryniw family present Gov. Edgar with a traditional Ukrainian doll. Seen above(from left) are: front row, Natalia and Taras Hryniw; back row, Irene Hryniw,Gov. Edgar and Nick Hryniw.The Ukrainian...(Continued from page 1)destroyed and the nationalities of thepeople who died in them.Some who have remained in Zagreb,community as constituent elements of a the Croatian capital, are trying to reorganizesingle entity. The Union of Rusynsthe community and revive the[Ruthenians] and Ukrainians in Croatia(URUC) was established in 1968 andreceived government support. The centerof Ukrainian life in this republic wasVukovar, in eastern Croatia, the locationof URUC's headquarters and of the editorialoffices of the journal Nova Dumka(New Thought).In Bosnia-Hercegovina, the refugeesasserted, there were no Rusyns in anysignificant numbers, and even though thelocal government was not fully supportiveof tlie Ukrainian community, the latternevertheless managed to run a culturalcenter and a radio program in BanjaLuka.Because the Ukrainian communitywas scattered over the three republics,each group's problems are distinct and ofdiffering intensity. Those in Vukovarand its eastern Croatian environs faced aURUC, the refugees said. But they didnot have much hope that it would regainits vibrancy because so many have left.The prospects of returning to their originalsettlements are dimmer still, becauseSerbs displaced in the conflict in Croatiahave occupied them.In Bosnia-Hercegovina and in Serbia,the refugees said, Ukrainians were notsubjected to the same direct brutalitiesand repressions, but many were forciblyconscripted into the army and "died forthe cause of greater Serbia."Those who were lucky, they claim,escaped to the West before the war brokeout in earnest. Those who were not havepaid the price with their lives, face deathin the ranks of an army whose cause theydo not support, or face a widening net ofconscription.In Banja Luka, the center of Ukrainianing hell, for these were the scenes of life in Bosnia-Hercegovina, theme heaviest fighting between the Serband Croat forces.Ukrainian radio show no longer exists,nor does the cultural center, nor do variousAccording to the refugees, whoorganizations whose activities rangeddeclined to have their exact origins identifiedin print, there are no Ukrainiansleft in these territories. They claim thatall Ukrainians who lived there are now infrom community service to culture tosport.The young Ukrainians who were luckyto be in Canada all blame Serbian aggressionrefugee settlements in Croatia or infor the latest Balkan war. TheyWestern Europe (usually Austria orGemiany), or have gone to Canada or theU.S.They assert that the churches in theregion's towns were destroyed and theclaim that the push for the creation of agreater Serbia by the regime of SlobodanMilosevic destroyed their community,which had lived harmoniously in its surroundings.priests driven out. The offices and The refugee trio estimated that aboutarchives of the URUC were destroyed 14,000 Ukrainians of the formerand burned. The head of URUC wastaken to a prison camp, as was a priestfrom Vukovar. One of the refugees tookout a hand-drawn map which detailed,house by house, building by building,which churches and which homes wereYugoslavia have fled the country —mostly to refugee camps in WesternEurope. 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