Skip to content
Call Us Today! 212-533-4646 | MON-FRI 12PM - 4PM (EST)
DONATE
SUBSCRIBE
Search for:
About Us
UNWLA 100
Publications
FAQ
Annual Report 2024
Annual Report 2023
Annual Report 2022
Annual Report 2021
Initiatives
Advocate
Educate
Cultivate
Care
News
Newsletters
Sign Up For Our Newsletter
Join UNWLA
Become a Member
Volunteer With Us
Donate to UNWLA
Members Portal
Shop to Support Ukraine
Search for:
Print
Print Page
Download
Download Page
Download Right Page
Open
1
2-3
4-5
6-7
8-9
10-11
12-13
14-15
16-17
18-19
20-21
22-23
24-25
26-27
28-29
30-31
32-33
34-35
36
A Q uery to the Press I. Our A m erican p ress h as long b een _ con s i dered as one o f th e b est in th e w orld, fo r its freed om o f exp ression and ob jectiv ity . It tries hard to g e t to th e b ottom o f th in g s, and to exp ose th em in th eir tru e lig h t. T h at i s its bounded d u ty and preoccupation. A lso, to properly evalu ate every elem en t and fa cto r involved in w h atever proceed in gs th ere m ay be, and to p resen t th e sam e fo r an evalu ation and fin a l ju d g m en t b y its readers. T h ese fin e q u alities ch aracter izin g th e A m erican p ress, and th e F ou rth E sta te w h ich sta ffs it, are m ost needed in th ese trou blous tim es on th e intern ation al scene. T oday, our cou n try, as th e lead in g w orld pow er, is a t th e cr est o f w h a t one m ay call th e F reed om W ave, w h ich is b atter in g a g a in st th e Iron C urtain, w h erever it m ay be, in E urope or A sia, behin d w h ich is hum an en slavem en t and loss o f hum an freed om and d ign ity. T he above th o u g h ts com e to on e’s m ind w h en read in g som e m iscon cep tion s or u n tru th s p rinted in certain section s o f th e A m erican p ress p ertain in g to th e U k rain ian people liv in g in th eir n a tiv e b u t S oviet R u ssian en slaved land. T h e U k rain ian s are a n ational en tity , w ith th eir ow n h isto ry and cultu re. T h ree tim es in th e p a st th ey h ave en joyed n ational in d ep en d en ce: th e U k rain ian K ingdom o f K iev o f th e M iddle A g es, w h en to d ay’s R u ssia w as ju st an obscure M u scovy; th e U k rain ian K ozak S ta te o f th e 16th -17th cen tu ries, w h en th e th en p ow erfu l M u scovy conquer ed and d estroyed i t ; and th e U k rain ian N ation al R epublic of W orld W ar I end tim es w h ich th e B olsh evik s o f R u ssia, aided b y th e P oles and th e R um anians, as w ell as b y T sa rist R u ssian forc es, and ab etted b y th e m isgu id ed p olicies o f th e victoriou s A llies, in clu d in g th e U . S. A ., fin a lly h ad to g iv e up th e u neven stru g gle. A ll o f th is appears to h ave m issed th e m in ds o f som e o f our lead in g d ailies and periodicals, includ in g th e T im e m agazin e. T h ey still in sist to regard U k rain ian s as “R u ssian s,” U k rain ian cities as “R u ssian ,” h isto ry and cu ltu re as “R u ssian ” and U k rain ian n otab les as “R u ssian .” B y w ay o f exam p le: K iev, th e an cien t cap ital o f U k rain e, is re ferred to as “R u ssian .” A lexan der A rchipenko, w orld fam ous scu lptor, w h o h as co n sisten tly declared h im self, p riv a tely and p ub licly, to b e a U k rain ian , is called a ‘R u ssian .” M ichael K lochko, th e se lf and gen erally acknow ledged U k rain ian scholar, w h o recen tly absconded from b e h in d th e iron cu rtain and w h o at p resen t is h a v in g h is m em oirs p ub lish ed in th e p ress, is no w h ere referred to as a U k rain ian, b u t ju st as R u ssian , al th ou gh h e w as born, raised and ed u cated in U k rain e. Som e section s o f th e A m erican p ress also refu se to ad m it th e fa c t th a t w h en th e U k rain ian N ation al R epublic fell, its con querors and despoilers, th e R u s sian B olsh evik s and n ow C om m u n ists, w ere forced b y th e very stren g th o f th e U k rain ian asp i ration s fo r freed om to m ollify th e U k rain ian s b y settin g up th e U k rain ian S.S.R . T his, o f course, w as ju st a fiction , fo r th e over all rule, dow n to th e m in u test de tail, em anated from M oscow . T h ey refu se, too, to acknow l ed ge th e stren g th o f th e U k rain ian n ation al m ovem en t as m an i fested b y th e fa c t th a t M oscow w as com pelled to allow U k rain e to becom e one o f th e ch arter m em b ers o f th e U n ited N ation s. It does n ot occur to th em , also, to con su lt th e S oviet C ensus rec ords, w h ich sh ow th a t som e 37 m illion people declared th em selv es to b e U k rain ian . T o be su re, th ere are m an y m ore m il lions o f th em th ere, b u t ob viou s ly M oscow ju g g led th e sta tistic s and w as forced to yield to th e 37 m illion fig u re. S till, on e’s a tten tion should be called to th e a ctiv ities, th e h eroic deeds, to be sure, o f th e U k rain ian In su rgen t A rm y (U P A — U k rain sk a P ovstan ch a A r m iy a ), w h ich d urin g th e la st w ar fo u g h t va lia n tly a g a in st b oth th e R u s sian and G erm an occup an ts o f U k rain e, and w h ich , in one form or an other, is still con tin u in g its cam paign fo r U k rain ian n ational freed om . If an y section s o f th e A m eri can p ress are ign oran t o f th is la st fa ct, w e refer th em to an ar ticle, headed “G uerrilla W arfare in U k rain e,” w h ich appeared in th e N ovem ber, 1960 issu e o f th e M il i tary R eview , th e o fficia l p ub lication o f th e U . S. A rm y and th e U . S. A rm y C om m and and G eneral S ta ff C ollege, F ort L eaven w orth , K ansas. W e su g g est, and earn estly so, th a t th e F ou rth E sta te o f th e T im e m agazin e read all o f th e aforegoin g. A nd read too, all o f th e h isto ry books on U k rain e p u b lish ed b y M acm illan, Y ale U n iv ersity P ress, P rin ceton P ress, et al. P erh ap s th ey m ay becom e a b it en ligh ten ed . P er h ap s th ey m ay g et aw ay from Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
Page load link
Go to Top
1 
2-3 
4-5 
6-7 
8-9 
10-11 
12-13 
14-15 
16-17 
18-19 
20-21 
22-23 
24-25 
26-27 
28-29 
30-31 
32-33 
34-35 
36 
