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D e le g a te s fr o m A s s o c ia te M e m b e r O r g a n iz a tio n s at G e n e r a l F e d e r a tio n o f W o m e n ’s C lu b s C o n v e n tio n in B a ltim o r e . M d. S e c o n d fr o m r ig h t is M rs. A le x a n d r a R iz n y k , V ic e P r e s id e n t o f U N W L A . T h ird is M rs. M aria K w it - k o w s k y , P r e s id e n t o f U k r a in ia n G o ld C ross. Refugee Soviet Artists in Australia Two re cen t is su e s o f an A u s tra lia n m agazin e, “W om an ’s D a y ,” con tain ed a le n g th y in te r v iew w ith A n n a and V olod ym yr K olesn ik — a U k rain ian opera sta r and h er m u sical director h usband — title d “L ife in R u s sia T od ay.” T h e y had fle d th e U S S R w ith fo u r m em b ers o f th e ir fa m ily to A u str ia w here, a fte r th e y had been th e r e se v e r al m on th s, th e director o f th e A u stra lia n O pera s u g g e ste d th e y com e Що A u stra lia . T he K olesn ik s g iv e a grap h ic d escrip tion o f life in th e ir h o m e land, “w h ere th e p ow erfu l liv e b e tte r th a n m illion aires and th e w orker h a s b arely en ou gh to eat, w h ere w om en build fa c to r ie s and blocks o f f la t s and doctors are lucky to earn m ore th a n $56 a m o n th .” V olod ym yr K olesnik, as a P a r ty m em ber and a r tis tic director o f th e K iev S t a t e Opera, and h is w ife A nna,‘^ m ezzo-sop rano, en joyed a favored p o sitio n in S o v ie t so ciety . T h is m ade it p o ssib le fo r th e m t o liv e in a th r e e room a p artm en t (a g r e a t lu x u ry in th e U S S R ) w ith th r e e telep h on es. T heir jo in t incom e o f about $800 a m on th enabled th e m to b u y an autom obile. A n n a K olesn ik had a m in k co a t and wrap, b o u g h t in a P a r ty sto re open to P a r ty m em b ers only, w h ere p rices w ere low er th a n in oth er sto r es. N o t co u n tin g th e sa la ries o f C om m unist o ffic ia ls, th e K o lesn ik s’ salaries, like th a t o f m o st lead in g S o v ie t a r tists, w ere in th e top ran ge. A t th e o th er end o f th e scale, a w ork in g m an earns about $42 a m on th ou t o f w h ich h e p a y s about $5 fo r lo d g in g s. “People on t h is w a g e ” A n n a K olesn ik said, “h a v e a c a ta stro p h ic a lly low stan d ard o f liv in g .” A S o v ie t smart m u st w ork 2— 3 hours to b uy one pound o f b u tte r and a dozen eg g s, and 183 h ours to b u y a su it. T h e h ea lth ser v ic e in th e w o rk ers’ “p a ra d ise” is fr e e fo r all b u tsb y no m ean s equal. T he ser v ic e is divided in to a n u m ber o f m edical cen ters — one ty p e fo r low incom e earners, one fo r p ro fe ssio n a l groups, one fo r P a r ty m em b ers, etc. T h e K o lesn ik s had t h e r ig h t to u se t h e “p r o fe ssio n a l” cen ter w h ere, EMBROIDERED DRESS W ith th e F a ll and cooler w e a th e r com e th e variou s social fu n ctio n s — fo rm a l and in form al. M any o f u s h a v e th o u g h t about em broidered d resses or gow n s fo r so m e o f th e se occasion s. On p a g e 23 w e see tw o exam p les fro m th e K iev F a sh io n H ouse. T h e f i r s t h a s a w h ite b a tis te or p o ly e ster b lou se w ith lo n g fu ll ra g la n sle e v e s g a th ered onto a lo n g c u ff. T he C hernih iv d esign in cross s titc h is done in deep red or w in e color silk w ith gold accen ts. T h e flo o r le n g th deep red p eau -d e-soie s k ir t is accen ted w ith a black openw ork lea th er belt. B lack sh o es and a red and gold n eck lace com plete th e ensem ble. T he second exam p le is th e sa m e en sem b le in blue, w ith a dark blue b elt, gold sh o es and an am ber necklace. A n n a K olesn ik said, a tte n tio n w a s ex c ellen t. S he w e n t on, “T here is an astron om ical d if fe ren ce in th e tr e a tm e n t you g e t a t th e ce n ter I u sed and th a t used b y t h e m an ea r n in g $42 a m onth. Y ou n o tice it f i r s t in th e ran ge o f m edicin e. In th e w o rk e r s’ grou p s th e r e is a sca r city and o fte n p a tie n ts ca n ’t g e t th e m edicin e p rescribed fo r th em . T he dru gs are sim p ly n o t a v a il able. A lea d in g S o v ie t citiz en s g e t s th e v e r y b e s t.” A n n a K olesn ik te lls o f th e p lig h t o f th e J ew s in th e U S S R and o f th e in sta n c e s in w h ich s h e w a s able t o h elp a p ro m is in g J ew ish child to g e t in to a m u sic school. S he sa y s, “T h e w a y th e y t r e a t J ew s — and o f cou rse o th er oppressed U k ra in ia n s — is v e r y m uch bound up w ith our lea v in g . I t ’s all p a rt o f our p ro t e s t .” T h e K olesn ik s b eg a n p lan n ing th e ir f l ig h t w h en th e f ir s t sig n o f b ein g in d isfa v o r w ith th e au th o r itie s appeared. In th is case, A n n a ’s p erform an ce in th e opera “K ozak F rom O ver th e D an u b e“ (th e m a g a z in e h a s i t is “C os sa c k ”) w a s can celled th e e v e n in g , s h e w a s to appear, w ith no (C o n tin u e d o n b a c k c o v e r p a g e ) НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ВЕРЕСЕНЬ, 1973 VJ
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