1990: A LOOK BACK: Returns/renewals (12/30/90)

1990: A LOOK BACK

Returns/renewals

Among the noteworthy events of 1990, there were a number of notable events that may best be characterized as returns to, or renewals in, Ukraine.

On February 21, at a women's conference held in Lviv, the Ukrainian Women's Association - Soyuz Ukrainok - was re-established in that western Ukrainian city. In a letter addressed to the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations, the association asked to be accepted as a member-organization. Since then, Soyuz Ukrainok branches have been established in Kiev and elsewhere in Ukraine. The organization was founded in Ukraine in 1917.
On February 21, at a women's conference held in Lviv, the Ukrainian Women's Association - Soyuz Ukrainok - was re-established in that western Ukrainian city. In a letter addressed to the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations, the association asked to be accepted as a member-organization. Since then, Soyuz Ukrainok branches have been established in Kiev and elsewhere in Ukraine. The organization was founded in Ukraine in 1917.
Plast, a Ukrainian youth organization founded in Lviv in 1911, on the model of Scouting, held its first national conference in Ukraine since it was re-established in that country. The conclave, held October 19-21 in Morshyn, western Ukraine, set up a national coordinating council in preparation for the election of a national executive at a subsequent congress. The youth organization was registered with the Lviv City Council in February.
In May, a traveling exhibit of 50 works by the late Ukrainian American artist Jacques Hnizdovsky began its trek across Ukraine, stopping in Kiev, Lviv, Ternopil, Chernivtsi and Ivano-Frankivske. Hnizdovsky's "return" to his native Ukraine had begun even earlier, however. On January 27, the 75th anniversary of the artist's birth in Pylypche, Ternopil region, residents of that town honored the memory of their great son. The artist's ashes were laid to rest in a grave next to those of his mother and father - in accordance with Hnizdovsky's last will.
An exhibit of The Ukrainian Museum of New York opened at the Lviv National Museum in July as part of an unprecedented exhibition exchange between the New York museum and the Lviv Regional Society for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments. The exhibit featured the contemporary religious architecture of Radoslav Zuk in a photographic display.
Former Ukrainian political prisoner, poet and writer Mykola Rudenko, who emigrated to the West in 1988 with his wife, Raisa, was warmly welcomed upon his return to Ukraine this September. Mr. Rudenko, who had been stripped of his Soviet citizenship after he emigrated to the United States, had his citizenship restored in August and finally received a long-awaited visa enabling him to travel to Ukraine for the Golden Echo Poetry Festival. Mr. Rudenko remains in Ukraine, where he continues his writing despite a condition that has caused him to lose his eyesight.

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