Nil Khasevych, Artist Ukrainian Underground Art Album Of The Woodcuts Made In Ukraine, 1947-1950

Page 4 of 5  table of contents     previous   next      SERIES OF PORTRAITS WOODCUT BY "SVYRYD" UNDER SUPERVISION OF NIL KHASEVICH, MADE DEC. 6, 1949 Portrait of Col. Dmytro Klachkivsky - Savur - first commander of the UPA - Group "North." Col Klachkivsky was killed in battle against the Soviets Feb. 12, 1945. ("Ukrainian Underground Art", Page 43) ORGANIZER AND COMMANDER UPA FOR PZUZ COLONEL DMYTRO KLACHKIVSKY "KLYM SAVUR--OKHRYM" WHAT DID YOU FIGHT FOR? INVALIDS OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR "...NOT FOR UKRAINE BUT FOR ITS BUTCHER WE HAD TO LOOSE OUR GOOD BLOOD - NOT BAD; WE HAD TO WASH DOWN FROM MOSCOW CUP MOSCOW POISON" (T. Shevchenko. "Caucasus") DEATH TO STALIN-BOLSHEVIK IMPERIALISTS! LET LIVE THE NATIONAL-LIBERATION STRUGGLE FOR ALL UKRAINIAN PEOPLE! LET LIVE FREEDOM FOR PEOPLES AND FOR A MAN! LET LIVE THE UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENT UNIFIED STATE! UKRAINIAN REBELS UKRAINIAN INVALIDS Stalin, having forcefully pulled you to the front, with the help of terrible terror forced you to loose blood for hostile to you and to all mankind interests. Bolshevik imperialists used you as the means for slavery of your countries and people. What did you fight for? You lost your blood not to be hungry, undressed and ask for a piece of bread. At your every step up Stalin plans, struggle for improvement of social and material conditions of your life! From the Klym Sacur Publishing House "The UPA wages a strong propaganda campaign among the veterans of the late "Fatherland War." Their lot, especially that of the invalids, is miserable. In many towns of the Soviet Union disabled veterans can be seen sitting and begging at every street corner. "What were you fighting for?" asks the caption in the picture. The excerpt from Shevchenko answers in part: "Not for Ukraine but for her hangman..." ("Underground Ukrainian Art", Page 59) SERIES: FIGHTING VOLYNIA GRAVURE IN CELLULOID MADE IN 1948 "We have risen in defense of freedom, " says the caption. As under Hetman Khmelnitsky (1648) or Hetman Mazepa (1709) or Ataman Petlura (1917-1921), so today the UPA fights for the freedom of the Ukrainian people. ("Ukrainian Underground Art", Page 37) "WE HAVE RISEN IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM" UPA Recruits Assemble In The Forest SERIES: FIGHTING VOLYNIA WOODCUT MADE JAN. 30, 1949 UPA recruits assemble in the forest to get their first instructions from their officers. From time to time the ranks are opened by the Supreme UPA Command and youths flock to join detachments for political-ideological and military training. ("Ukrainian Underground Art", Page 39) SERIES: FIGHTING VOLYNIA WOODCUT MADE MARCH 1, 1949 Insurgents marching through hills of Volynia. They usually hide in the deep underground bunkers built in inaccessible terrain. From them they strike with lightning swiftness, return to their shelters before the Soviets recover. ("Ukrainian Underground Art", Page 39) Insurgents Marching Through Hills Of Volynia FIGHTING IN VOLYN SERIES: FIGHTING VOLYNIA WOODCUT MADE JUNE 22, 1949 Volynia is the northeastern part of Ukraine where the first Ukrainian guerilla detachments appeared in 1942. They fought against the Nazi and against Soviet partisans dropped by parachute. The woodcut was designed for the cover of an underground publication published in 1949. "Ukrainian Underground Art", Page 41  table of contents     previous   next