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15 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ • Грудень 2022 Putin is doing today.” The truth is that “what we are seeing today is deliberate acts of genocide.” Prof. Malko, author of the recently released book The Ukrainian Intel - ligentsia and Genocide: The Strug - gle for History, Language, and Culture in the 1920s and 1930s , spoke about the first group target - ed in Stalin’s genocide: the intel - ligentsia of Ukraine. She detailed the destruction of that segment of society which began in the 1920s and continued in the 1930s. Eighty percent of Ukrainian writers were executed; many others were sent to corrective labor camps after being convicted on such charges as counter-revolution and sabo - tage or being labelled as socially dangerous individuals. Summarizing the consequences of Stalin’s genocide of the Ukrainian nation, the speaker cited these developments: educational and cultural traditions were disrupt - ed; the school system collapsed; a new Soviet type of teacher emerged; Ukrainian was re - placed by russian as the language of science and scholarship; and Ukrainian history was stripped of national content. Mr. Stuttaford began his remarks by observing that “History is re - peating itself as tragedy today in Ukraine.” Stalin had wanted “to destroy any notion that Ukrain - ians were a distinct people,” and in Putin’s war that’s what is happening again. We see mas - sacres and forced transfers of children – acts that cross the line into genocide, Mr. Stuttaford stated. Indeed, “Lemkin would have regarded the current war as genocidal: an attempt to destroy Ukrainians as a separate nation.” Putin’s goal, according to the speaker, is to restore the old em - pire, whether Soviet or russian, to re-establish the Slavic core (Great russian, White russian, and Little russian, to use Putin’s terms) of the old empire, and to create a triune people within one large russian nation. Further - more, the russian leader has ar - gued that Ukrainian identity is a false construct. Appearing via a pre-recorded video from a bomb shelter in Kharkiv was Prof. Muradyan. Her presentation was preceded by a video about Kharkiv’s Karazin University and the beginning of the war in that city. The sociology professor said “there is no doubt” that genocide is being committed in Ukraine. Indeed, “many of the signs of genocide as described by Lemkin can be found in today’s Ukraine.” Russians are deliberately eras - ing Ukrainian cities, Ukraine’s infrastructure; they are target - ing schools, hospitals, orphan - ages. Citing information from the Ministry of Education, Prof. Muradyan said more than 2,600 educational institutions have been affected by the war; 310 have been completely destroyed. Over 500 objects of cultural her - itage have been damaged or de - stroyed, among them more than 30 in the Kharkiv region alone. In the occupied territories, the Ukrainian language has been re - placed by russian, and Ukrainian history has been banned. Over 7,000 children have been illegally taken to russian terri - tory, and the russians are doing everything to prevent their re - turn, Prof. Muradyan related. Indeed, russian law has been ad - justed to simplify the adoption of Ukrainian children by russians. During the question and answer session, much concern was ex - pressed about “Ukraine fatigue,” further U.S. and Western assis - tance to Ukraine, and the world - wide credibility of the United States, particularly in light of the U.S. mid-term elections. The program was brought to a close with brief remarks by Zo - ryana Kovbasniuk, president of UNWLA Branch 75, who thanked the panelists for their presenta - tions and branch members for their multifaceted assistance in support - ing the event. In the audience were members of the UNWLA’s area branches, as well as UNWLA Na - tional President Natalie Pawlenko. The event was videotaped for distribution to other interested parties. Photo: Russ Chelak At the speakers table (l-r): Andrew Stuttaford, Prof. Roman Serbyn, Prof. Victoria Malko, Victor Rud.
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