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ULYANA LYUBOVYCH Hello Kiev - Farewell Kiev* (Conclusion) ians, a t long last, h ad achieve:] co n tro l over th e ir land. T rag ically H itle r’s fo rces occu pied C zechoslovakia in M arch, 1939 — C a rp a th o -U k ra in e w as h an d ed o v er to H itle r’s ally, H u n g ary . H u n g a ry ’s w ell-equipped an d tra in e d arm y , im m ed iately d is p a tch ed acro ss th e b o rd er to se cu re co ntrol, m et w ith fierce an d d eterm in ed oppo sition b y th e C a rp a th o -U k ra in ia n S itch w hose p a trio tic zeal an d in ten se n a tio n alism h ad to ta k e th e place o f eq u ip m en t an d tra in in g . T h e h e ro ic sta n d of th e S itch enabled th e C arp a th o -U k ra in ia n S en ate to m eet in K h u st on M arch 15, ]939, p ro claim th e indep en den ce of C a rp ath o -U k rain e an d elect F a th e r A u g u stin V oloshyn, P re s id en t. W ith riv e rs of blood flo w in g on b o th sides, th e H u n g a ria n a r m y o v ercam e th e re sista n c e of th e S itch and ended th e in d ep en dence of C arp ath o -U k rain e . W hy w ere th e y p u llin g up ro o ts ? O nly la te r did w e learn th e re a son fo r th e m ass m ig ra tio n w e saw . E v ery b o d y in th e S oviet U nion w as looking fo r a b e tte r sp o t to live, fo r life ev ery w h ere w as u n b ea rab ly h ard . A t one sta tio n w h ere w e stop- A lth o u g h 35 y e a rs h av e p assed , U k ra in ia n s th e w orld o v er rem em b er F a th e r V oloshyn, w ho died in a R u ssian priso n in 1945 ; rem em b e r tho> e C arp ath o - U k ra in ia n s w ho died in th e stru g g le fo r th e ir indep en den ce an d so jo in ed C a rp a th o -U k ra in e fo re v e r to th e re s t of th e U k ra in ian lan d s w hich still striv e for freedo m . ped fo r a lo n g er p erio d a n o th e r tra in stood on tra c k s p arallel to us. Its locom otive w as even w ith o u r car. W e called o u t to th e en g ineer. “ Do you know w h ere th e y ’re ta k in g us ? W h a t w ill becom e of u s?” H e p re te n d e d n o t to h e a r, b u t w hen it g rew d a rk he a p p ro a ch ed o u r w indow and ask ed w ho w e w ere, an d w h ere w e h ad com e fro m . W hen w e ex p lain ed th a t w e w ere U k ra in ia n s, th a t w e h a d been a rre ste d in L viv an d w ere b ein g ta k e n to som e unkn o w n d e stin a tio n , h e looked aro u n d to see w h e th e r an y b o d y w as com ing, and said. “ I do n ’t know ex actly w h ere th e y ’re ta k in g you, b u t m y w hole fam ily w as also ta k e n so m e w h ere ou t th e re . D on ’t d esp air, it c a n ’t go on like th is fo rev er. A n end m u st com e to th is co n s ta n t so rro w .” H e p ro m ised to fin d o u t fo r u s w h ere o u r tra in w as h ead ed , b u t b efo re he could re tu rn th e tra in m oved on, an d w e n ev er saw h im ag ain . T h e n am es of th e sm all s ta tio n s w e p assed to ld u s n o th in g , w e h ad n ev er h e a rd of th em . F i n ally w e reach ed th e U ral M o u n ta in s. T h ey ap p eared sm aller th a n w e h ad im ag in ed th em . W e k n ew of th e m only as a b ro w n s tre a k on a m ap , se p a ra tin g R u s sia fro m A sia. N ow A sia w elcom ed u s w ith a sa n d sto rm . L o n g a fte r it w as o v er w e k e p t fin d in g g ra in s of san d in th e co rn ers of th e car, in o u r clo th es and b e longings, even th o u g h w e h ad s h u t th e w indow tig h tly . E ach d ay it becam e m o re d if fic u lt to b re a th e th e a ir in o ur car. T h e sm all hole in th e flo o r w hich w as to serv e as o u r to ile t su re ly w as p u t th e re only to fr u s tra te an d a g g ra v a te us. Wre c u rta in e d it o ff w ith b lan k e ts an d sh e e ts, w h a te v e r an y b o d y (Continued on back cover page) U K RAINIAN EXHIBIT AT PH ILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART Tbo Exhibit which featured about 200 pysanky and kilims dating from 200 years old to the most modern, was organized by members of UNWLA Branch 98 — Philadelphia. Ukrainian National Women’s League of America museum committee: from kifb to right are Irena Jurczak, Christine Perfecky, Penny Bach, Department of Urban Outreach, Vera Andreyczyk, Patricia Sawczak and Orysia Hewka. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — КВІТЕНЬ, 1974 29
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