Вінніпеґ Український № 6 (18) (August 2016)
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CULTURE. КУЛЬТУРА<br />
viewing Montparnasse, is Deslaw’s presenting the art<br />
works of fellow Ukrainian émigré, Sasha Zaliouk on<br />
sale in the market, along with other artists. Currently<br />
few, know of Sasha Zaliouk as well, which is another<br />
tale to be told.<br />
However, in the 1950s, the Ukrainian right wing<br />
press launched a smear campaign against Deslaw.<br />
His disagreement with and distrust of the Ukrainian<br />
émigré establishment, lead to his further exile from<br />
mainstream Ukrainian life. As Deslaw belonged to<br />
the Petliura camp, the right wing and left wing as well,<br />
were not about to praise someone who disagreed with<br />
them.<br />
One project, Deslaw never completed was his history<br />
of Ukrainian Western European relations. Because<br />
of his reputation, he was able to gain access<br />
to private libraries, archives where he searched out<br />
Ukrainian/ Western European interactions from the<br />
earliest days until the 20th century. It seems that he<br />
amassed a great deal of historical information and<br />
trivia. Also because of his contacts with the Petliura<br />
camp, he collected documents, including military<br />
strategy maps from former Petliura officers living in<br />
Western Europe. Unfortunately following his death<br />
in 1966, this material seems to have been dispersed<br />
and lost.<br />
Fifty years after Deslaw’s death, we should celebrate his<br />
accomplishments, because though he was not making big<br />
blockbuster films, he was an original in the Ukrainian and<br />
European film industry, and represented Ukrainians very well.<br />
Unfortunately, much of his material is lost probably<br />
forever. Thus film buffs should go find Montparnasse,<br />
and view it, enjoying the wonderful 1920s<br />
jazzy sound track. Unfortunately, the film does not<br />
list who is playing on the soundtrack. For more information<br />
on Deslaw, please refer to my old article<br />
from the 1980s in the Journal of Ukrainian Studies,<br />
incomplete as it is, or Hosejko’s recent article http://<br />
www.dokrevue.cz/en/tp-clanky/translucent-being-eug%C3%A8ne-deslaw.<br />
This very good article<br />
by Lubomir Hosejko hopefully may be a sign more<br />
people are becoming interested in Deslaw.<br />
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