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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 2020 WWW. UNWLA.ORG 1 3 Liubov Mykytyna Lashenkova was born in 1936. Before her birth, the land, home, and livestock of her grandparents and parents in Dykansky region were forcibly taken away and given to a collective farm. F or demanding the return of his property , Liubov’s fa ther was arrested by the NKVD and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Left homeless, Liubov and her mother became wanderers, beg ging for a place to stay night after night. Her father was released after nine years, but they had no home. The family moved to Donbas. In 1962, the father was “ rehabilitated ,” and upon his death, his wife was giv en “ family of repressed ” status, which came with benefits from the government. Upon her m other’s death, however, Liubov was not accorded the same status. Olha Mykkolaivna Umanec also belongs to those covered by the mantle of repression. She shared that she was born in 1945 in the Lviv region whe n her mother was 40. T he family included her father, a 20 - year - old sister and a brother - in - law as well as their infant son. The mother supported the entire family by delivering milk to households. On one particula r day, the sister carried the milk. Looking out the window, the other family members saw barking dogs surrounding the house . They realized that the neighbors were being sent away. The n their own home was approached. When the sister returned, she was accuse d of being a member of UPA. She responded t hat this was not possible ; she had just had a baby and before that an infant who had died. As the conversation continued, their mother was taken away. She later died . The rest of the family was taken to the Tomsk region where they lived in one room in a ca bin that was accessible only when the river near by was frozen. It has emerged o nly recently that the mother was initially buried in a mass grave ; she has since been reburied at Lychakivsky Cemetery. The father died during World War II. A nother story was shared about Yelizaveta Ilchenko, born in 1937. One day, s he left her house to meet with some girlfriends to read poetry and socialize. At some point, the young women decided to hang a fe w flyers around town. When the flyers were found, the girls were arr ested and questioned but were freed because the message they had posted was deemed harmless. S everal months later, however, th eir story came a cross the enemy desk again. This time, Yelizav eta was arrested , sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and placed on p robation for another five. These stories are just brief examples of the horrors experienced by the elderly babusi we support . At a lively discussion with Branch 98, several questions aros e: Should we be reaching more elderly women in Ukraine? Are we providing enough for each recipient? Can we start an Adopt a Babusia program? And so, I end this story with another question: Are there Soyuzianky who would like to join me on the Socia l Welfare committee to examine these matters and offer some ideas an d follow - up? We often follow the same procedures because it is what we are used to doing. Is it time for a change? Feedback is welcome. If you wish to share some ideas or opinions on this matter, k indly, contact me at olgahrycak@aol.com or by telephone at 973 - 540 - 8582. A Note from the Editors: Guidelines for Submitting Articles to Our Life 1. Please send each article as Word document attachment via email to unwlaourlife@gmail.com. Please DO NOT type your article into the body of your email or send as a PDF file. 2. Iden tify your work . In the subject line of your email, please provide title or subject of the article you are submitting for publication and designate whether the article is in English or Ukrainian. (type in ENG or UKR to identify which). If applicable, includ e UNWLA Branch #. 3. The Only Time Spelling Really Counts. We know a lot of people, but we do not know everyone and rely on our authors to provide correct spelling of first and last names of everyone mentioned in articles each time the names are mentioned . We don’t like to guess which version is correct. 4. Deadlines. Producing a bilingual monthly magazine is a complex matter that requires extensive cooperation and coordination between and among authors, photographers, editors, and Comp utoprint. Editing a nd layout take time and effort and it is for this reason that we set deadlines for materials to be published in any given month. Materials submitted later than the designated deadline wreak havoc on the p roduction process and often creat e unnecessary addit ional work for all concerned. Please note that all materials (articles and photos) for any given issue of the magazine must be received by the editors by the 5th of the month preceding the month of publication. Materials received after t his deadline may be bumped to the next issue. Thank You for all your hard work and for your cooperation!
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