All-Ukrainian Environmental Campaign was an action in the Ukrainian SSR conducted on the initiative of Narodniy Rukh (People’s Movement) of Ukraine and the “Green World” Environmental Association from October 28 to November 3 , 1989. The disaster on Chernobyl Atomic Power Station on April 26 , 1986 gave birth to a massive national-democratic movement which had a turning point in 1989. From the very beginning, the Communist Party’s authorities resorted to silencing and falsifying the causes, scope, and consequences of the Chernobyl accident. It was necessary to communicate to the population of Ukraine and the world community the information about real threats, the elimination of which was impossible under conditions of the totalitarian regime. Participants of the All-Ukrainian Environmental Campaign in Moscow . December 16, 1989 The collection of signatures started all over Ukraine before the beginning of the campaign. For that purpose the Secretariat of Narodniy Rukh had sent out the Letter of Appeal to all its Regional Organizations. Signatures were delivered to the Secretariat of Narodniy Rukh. The signatures were collected by December 16 , 1989. The signed appeals were passed by the group of participants of the campaign in Moscow to the USSR People’s Deputies Y. Shcherbak, V. Yavorivsky, M. Kutsenko who delivered them to the President of the USSR M. Gorbachev. On November 25-26 , 1989 , the participants of the environmental campaign represented Ukraine in the work of the Peoples’ Assembly “Chornobyl Way” in Minsk, where they had to resolve the issues of interaction during the second stage of the Environmental Campaign with the delegates from Belarus and Lithuania, where the Campaign was also to be held. The Lithuanian representatives noted that they had chosen the path to restoring Lithuania’s state independence, so they could not participate in the event. Immediately, at the proposal of the members of the Ecological Board of the Grand Council of Narodniy Rukh of Ukraine Yevgen Korbetsky, Volodymyr Confederatenko, Valeriy Sereda, a meeting of plenipotentiary representatives of the national fronts and movements of Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine was held and the Protocol about the common actions was signed, which recommended that the peoples’ fronts and movements of these republics immediately direct all efforts to achieve state independence. Video Chronicle A manifestation in Korosten during the All-Ukrainian Environmental Campaign of October 28  – November 3 , 1989. Video - Volodymyr Tykhy, Valery Pavlov
All-Ukrainian Environmental Campaign was an action in the Ukrainian SSR conducted on the initiative of Narodniy Rukh (People’s Movement) of Ukraine and the “Green World” Environmental Association from 28 October to 3 November 1989. The disaster on Chernobyl Atomic Power Station on 26 April 1986 gave birth to a massive national-democratic movement which had a turning point in 1989. From the very beginning, the Communist Party’s authorities resorted to silencing and falsifying the causes, scope, and consequences of the Chernobyl accident. It was necessary to communicate to the population of Ukraine and the world community the information about real threats, the elimination of which was impossible under conditions of the totalitarian regime. Participants of the All-Ukrainian Environmental Campaign in Moscow , 16 December 1989 The collection of signatures started all over Ukraine before the beginning of the campaign. For that purpose the Secretariat of Narodniy Rukh had sent out the Letter of Appeal to all its Regional Organizations. Signatures were delivered to the Secretariat of Narodniy Rukh. The signatures were collected by 16 December 1989. The signed appeals were passed by the group of participants of the campaign in Moscow to the USSR People’s Deputies Y. Shcherbak, V. Yavorivsky, M. Kutsenko who delivered them to the President of the USSR M. Gorbachev. On 25-26 November 1989 the participants of the environmental campaign represented Ukraine in the work of the Peoples’ Assembly “Chornobyl Way” in Minsk, where they had to resolve the issues of interaction during the second stage of the Environmental Campaign with the delegates from Belarus and Lithuania, where the Campaign was also to be held. The Lithuanian representatives noted that they had chosen the path to restoring Lithuania’s state independence, so they could not participate in the event. Immediately, at the proposal of the members of the Ecological Board of the Grand Council of Narodniy Rukh of Ukraine Yevgen Korbetsky, Volodymyr Confederatenko, Valeriy Sereda, a meeting of plenipotentiary representatives of the national fronts and movements of Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine was held and the Protocol about the common actions was signed, which recommended that the peoples’ fronts and movements of these republics immediately direct all efforts to achieve state independence. Video Chronicle A manifestation in Korosten during the All-Ukrainian Environmental Campaign of 28 October – 3 November 1989. Video - Volodymyr Tykhy, Valery Pavlov
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