INSIDE:• The Ukrainianization of the Donbas — page 3. • The art scene in Kyiv, the literary scene in Lviv — page 10. • Focus on two Ukrainian drama troupes — page 11.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIV HE No.KRAINIAN 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine T UConstitutional Committee approves draftW of Ukraine’s new constitution CBC newsmagazine by Marta Kolomayets Kyiv Press Bureau stirs controversy KYIV – Calling it a “historic event” in Ukrainian state-building, Deputy over Galicia Division Volodymyr Stretovych told reporters a by Andrij Wynnyckyj draft constitution had been approved by Toronto Press Bureau the Constitutional Committee on March TORONTO — Cardinal Myroslav 11 and would be submitted to the Parliament in the near future. Lubachivsky’s blessing of Ukrainian vet- Mr. Stretovych, chairman of the judi- erans of the Galicia Division at the 50th cial/legal reform subcommittee of the anniversary of its formation in the sum- Constitutional Committee and a member mer of 1993 is once again a focus of con- of the parliamentary faction Agrarians for troversy in the North American media. Reform, joined Parliament Chairman On March 5 and 10, the Canadian Oleksander Moroz at a press conference Broadcasting Corporation’s television on March 11 after 26 members of the 40- newsmagazine “The Fifth Estate” broad- member Constitutional Committee voted cast a segment titled “Disorder in the “to approve and submit for review by the Order,” in its usual Tuesday evening and Supreme Council the draft constitution of Sunday afternoon time slots. Ukraine and to take into account remarks Reporter Francine Pelletier focused on and proposals of the Constitutional Michael Steeler, a man who recently Committee.” Only 33 members of the resigned from the Sovereign Order of St. committee were present at the meeting; Stanislas, a Polish chivalric order that has Mr. Moroz abstained from voting. a presence in North America, because he Despite a thumbs-up sign from Deputy learned that Russian neo-fascist Vladimir Oleksander Yemets, a member of the Zhirinovsky was accepted as a member Constitutional Committee who walked out and had been appointed deputy grand prior of the seven-hour meeting exhausted and for the Russian Federation. exhilarated, most national democrats who Before getting to the question of Mr. attended the meeting, chaired by Mr. Efrem Lukatsky Zhirinovsky, however, the broadcast Moroz and President Leonid Kuchma, President Leonid Kuchma and Parliament Chairman Oleksander in a June 8, 1995, touched on matters Ukrainian. With a pho- agreed that the mood was turbulent and tograph of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic photo at the time a Constitutional Accord was signed by Ukraine’s executive and Church’s senior hierarch filling the screen, (Continued on page 17) legislative branches. Ms. Pelletier mentioned that Mr. Steeler, a member of the order since 1990 who had risen to the post of Canadian grand prior, became concerned that Cardinal American combines may be headed for Ukraine Lubachivsky “blessed a reunion of second by Yaro Bihun equipment will be delivered in 1997. potential. “They are the pioneers, and world war veterans, including veterans “This is extremely important for us, other American firms are now follow- from the Nazi SS Galicia division,” and WASHINGTON — If all goes well taking into account that while the low- ing in their footsteps,” he said. wrote to the Vatican’s secretary of state to in Congress, Ukrainian farmers may quality and ineffective combines cur- During President Kuchma’s recent express his concern. well be harvesting a good part of this rently in use in Ukraine lose up to 30 visit to the United States, a number of “What was a prince of the Catholic year’s crop on modern American com- percent of the harvest, the John Deere American agribusiness companies Church doing blessing former Nazis?” bines – and bringing in up to 30 percent combines – and I had the opportunity to showed great interest in Ukraine, Dr. Ms. Pelletier related, “That’s what the more than they would with the equip- sit in them and observe their technical Shcherbak said. “They are ready to grand prior of Canada, Michael Steeler, ment they normally use. capabilities – lose less than 1 percent of make large investments in Ukraine, wanted to know.” Eight days following Ukrainian the harvest,” he said. transferring new technology, know- In an interview setting, Mr. Steeler then President Leonid Kuchma’s talks with “This means that we can boost the how, pesticides, fertilizers, and the like. said, “And I think that the blessing of the Clinton administration officials in harvest by 25 to 28 percent simply by “This is very important for us,” he SS by Lubachivsky was to restore confi- Washington, the Export-Import Bank of using these modern, comfortable and added, “because improving Ukraine’s dence in the Nazi SS, and that they were to the United States on March 1 took a effective combines. And if we can get agricultural production is priority No. 1 be presented as knights, and therefore hon- preliminary step in support of a $187 them this year — and we believe that we of our reform program.” orable people. It’s Holocaust denial.” million sale of 1,049 John Deere com- can,” Ambassador Shcherbak said, “our Commenting on the Ex-Im Bank’s The “Disorder in the Order” of the seg- bine harvesters and other agricultural harvest will be so much the better for it.” decision, John Deere spokesman Robert ment’s title allegedly became manifest equipment to Ukraine. Combs said, “We are grateful that the when the order’s grand master, Count The Ex-Im Bank’s board of directors Dr. Shcherbak said it is a “mutually beneficial deal,” providing jobs in a num- bank has chosen this opportunity to take Juliusz Sokolnicki, asked Mr. Steeler to referred the transaction to Congress for ber of Midwestern states – Illinois, a crucial step in supporting the establish- desist in his “crusade” after initially hav- a 30-day review period, after which the Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, ment of a major U.S. presence in an ing been “very, very much in favor of my board will take final action. Missouri and Ohio – and creating new exciting, new and promising market.” questioning the pope about this.” “We’re very happy to hear this jobs and opportunities in Ukraine as well. Under the deal, John Deere would Mr. Steeler’s dissaffection was further news,” Ukraine’s ambassador to the sell the combines and related equip- According to the agreement, Ukraine exacerbated when he learned that the United States, Yuri Shcherbak said ment to Ukragroprombirzha of Kyiv. will create spare-parts centers for the openly racist Mr. Zhirinovsky was made upon hearing about the Ex-Im Bank Ex-Im Bank would provide a $171.3 John Deere combines, and there is talk a high-ranking officer of the order. In the action. million loan guarantee to Societe about possible joint production of these program, Count Sokolnicki and the U.S.- “We expect that the U.S. Congress Generale of New York, and Ukraine’s combines in Ukrainian factories, based St. Stanislas grand chancellor, will accept this agreement, and that 60 Ministry of Finance would guarantee Maj. Gen. Earl Morris, are seen issuing percent of these combines will take part according to the ambassador. the loan’s repayment. The loan would apologia for Mr. Zhirinovsky. in this year’s harvest in Ukraine,” Dr. He praised John Deere’s “wisdom be repaid in two tranches: the first in 10 Count Sokolnicki calls the Russian Shcherbak said. The agreement stipulates and foresight” in getting in early to that the remaining 40 percent of the study Ukraine’s agricultural needs and (Continued on page 19) (Continued on page 18) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 No. 11

ANALYSIS: The key to reform NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS in Russia is found in Ukraine Fire damages Ukrainian TV, radio studios planes: the AN-70 military transport; by Taras Kuzio to be the most difficult, and President AN-70T civilian version; the medium- Yeltsin publicly complained at the KYIV — A fire destroyed three floors range passenger jet Tu-334 and the local President Leonid Kuchma visited the January CIS summit in Moscow that of Ukrainian State Television and U.S. on February 20-22 while President service AN-140. According to confiden- President Kuchma was not heeding his Radio’s main broadcasting facility on tial sources, the AN-140 will be mass- Bill Clinton will visit Kyiv in April. calls for tighter CIS integration into a March 10, international and Ukrainian Assuredly, high on the agenda of their produced in Iran. The production run is new confederation that would be natural- agencies reported. The cause of the blaze expected to bring tens of millions of dol- talks are Western assistance to Ukraine, ly dominated by Russia. remains undetermined. Management said the forthcoming Russian presidential lars to the Antonov Design Bureau and In contrast, Belarus and Kazakhstan the fire caused damage totaling millions Ukraine’s government. No official con- elections and Ukrainian security related have de facto become large Russian for- of dollars and destroyed the company’s to fears that President Boris Yeltsin will firmation of this is yet available, howev- ward military bases, and Alyaksandr main TV and radio studios. Broadcasts er. (Respublika) lose the elections. In contrast to neigh- Lukashenka, the eccentric president of resumed the next day from reserve stu- boring Ukraine and Poland though, Belarus, has even offered to re-establish dios. The government has set up a special Proposed Kaliningrad link worries Poles where Leonid Kravchuk and Lech nuclear missile bases in his country if committee to investigate the cause of the Walesa were replaced by moderates still NATO expands into Central Europe. fire, which Prime Minister Yevhen WARSAW — Russian President Boris committed to reform, Mr. Yeltsin may be Yeltsin’s plan to build a highway and rail Russia’s new draft military doctrine, pre- Marchuk had ascribed to “subjective fac- - replaced by a new tsar or a commissar. road linking the enclave of Kaliningrad pared by the Institute of Defense Studies tors,” a euphemism for negligence. Ominous signs are emanating from with Belarus via Poland is causing consid- and published last September, already (OMRI Daily Digest/Reuters) Russia these days – particularly for its talks in such Cold War terms, threatening erable unease among Poles. The Polish neighboring states, such as Ukraine. The to invade the Baltic republics and deploy Radiation leak at Chornobyl revealed government says neither Moscow nor new foreign minister, Yevgeniy Primakov, tactical nuclear weapons in response to Miensk has so far consulted Warsaw about KYIV — The Ministry of the the project. Gazeta Wyborcza quoted the is the brainchild behind two documents that the expansion of NATO. outline Russia’s current policies of trans- Environment has revealed details of a Kaliningrad mayor on March 11 as deny- The contrast with Ukraine could not forming the Commonwealth of Independent serious radiation leak that occurred on ing that no one from the oblast has held be more different. These days U.S. offi- States (CIS) into a vehicle to recover its November 17, 1995, inside the Chornobyl talks with the Polish authorities. He said cials repeatedly praise President Kuchma superpower status; these are titled “Russia nuclear power plant, international and the Kaliningrad population is against such for his continued commitment to reform, and the CIS: Does the Western Position Ukrainian agencies reported on March 10. “extraterritorial” transport links. After de-nuclearization, peaceful resolution of Need Correction?” (September 1994) and The incident, which registered three on Lithuania drastically raised its transit domestic disputes over the constitutional “The Strategic Course of the Russian the international scale of one to six, took charges last year, Russia has been using process and the Crimea, and Ukraine’s Federation with Member-States of the CIS” place when a nuclear fuel rod split open alternative routes for trains and goods cooperation with Western institutions (September 1995). while Reactor No. 1 was being refueled. bound for Belarus. (OMRI Daily Digest) such as NATO’s Partnership for Peace Back-room negotiations between Our The reactor hall was reportedly contami- (PFP) program. Last year Ukraine, the Home is Russia, the party of power close nated. Details of just how serious the inci- Eight dead in Donbas coalmine fire first CIS member-state to join the PFP, to the current leadership, and Vladimir dent was emerged only last week after the participated in the largest number of PFP KYIV — Fire raced through a mine in Zhirinovsky’s Liberal Democrats, held ministry received a new report from exercises within the program of any for- the Donbas area on March 11, killing since the December 1995 parliamentary nuclear specialists, Ukrainian officials mer Soviet bloc country. eight miners in the latest of a long series elections, have served to reinforce the said. (OMRI Daily Digest) “We want to be of help in any way we of accidents in the coalfields of eastern evolution of the current Russian leader- can as they stay on the path to economic Romanians against treaty with Ukraine Ukraine. Ivan Savchenko, chief technical ship away from reform towards more reform. We are supporting the reform inspector in Donetske, said the fire broke patriotic, anti-Western and integrationist effort and will be supporting them in BUCHAREST — Nine cultural and out in equipment about 3,000 feet under- policies. Russia no longer hides its plans connection with the IMF,” U.S. Secretary other organizations sent an open letter on ground in the Skhidna Sukhodolska mine, to be primes inter pares (first among of State Warren Christopher said in March 11 to Romanian President Ion about 12 miles from the Russian border. equals) within the CIS, and President February after meeting President Iliescu, Prime Minister Nicolae Vacaroiu, Eight bodies had been recovered while Yeltsin in January was elected chairman Kuchma in Helsinki. Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu and several other miners received burns. A of the CIS Council of Heads of States for This strategic importance of Ukraine to the Parliament demanding that Romania total of 61 miners have died since the the fourth year running. Western security is at least being appreci- not sign a friendship and cooperation beginning of the year in Ukraine, about With only four months left before the ated by Western policy-makers and lead- treaty with Ukraine, Radio Bucharest the same rate of deaths as last year, when Russian presidential elections, it has - ers. It comes after three years of a ‘Russia- reported the following day. The signato accidents cost 339 lives. Last month, become clear that it is not domestic fac- ries said the treaty should not be first’ policy (1992-1994). For the first time Ukraine’s miners suspended a two-week tors that will decide whether Russia stays approved unless territories incorporated since the collapse of the former USSR, strike after the government began to pro- on a course of reform, but its relationship into the Soviet Union after World War II Ukraine now ranks ahead of Russia as a vide some of their wages unpaid for to Ukraine. If Russia were to reject and now belonging to Ukraine are given recipient of U.S. aid (and the third largest months. But trade union leaders say dis- nation-state in favor of empire-building back to Romania. Among the organiza- after Israel and Egypt). Russia, which content remains rife in the loss-making policies after the June elections, this tions that signed the letter was Vatra obtained more than 80 percent of U.S. aid coalfield and some miners had still not would spell the end of reform in Russia Romaneasca (Romanian Cradle), whose to the CIS in 1992, now receives less than been paid their back wages. (Reuters) and the possible advent of a new Cold political arm, the Party of Romanian 20 percent. U.S. State Department War with the West. National Unity, is a member of the ruling Christopher to visit Ukraine spokesman Nicholas Burns said recently, As President Kuchma has said, coalition. (OMRI Daily Digest) KYIV — U.S. Secretary of State “Without Ukraine, there can be no Great “There is no government that is closer to us right now than Ukraine.” Ukraine to build planes in Iran Warren Christopher is to visit here on Russia. I think that from all points of March 19, to discuss both bilateral issues view an independent, economically Under President Kuchma, Ukraine has made a conscious decision to adopt a KYIV — The Cabinet of Ministers on and regional security problems, including strong Ukraine in the center of Europe is March 12 issued a resolution setting out NATO expansion, said Foreign Ministry the best anchor of stability for the pro-European orientation. Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk recently admitted that the development of the aircraft-building Spokesman Yuriy Sergeyev on March European continent.” industry to the year 2000. Present priori- 12. Also on the agenda are the Balkans Without Ukraine, any attempts by the he travels as often to Brussels these days as he does to Moscow. Ukraine’s support ties call for the development and mass and nuclear disarmament issues. Russian leadership to forge a new production of a new generation of air- (Respublika) Eurasian empire out of the CIS that for an evolutionary expansion of NATO, would challenge the West and NATO as a membership in the Council of Europe new military bloc would be doomed to and application to join the Central failure. 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(Continued on page 19) No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 3 Vitaliy Keis on the state of Ukrainianization in the Donbas NEW YORK — Dr. Vitaliy Keis, professor of English at Rutgers University’s Newark campus and native of the Donbas region of Ukraine, recently returned from a semester-long teaching stint in Slavianske, a medium- sized city in the Donetske Oblast. Prof. Keis taught at the Slavianske State Pedagogical Institute, the leading teacher-training institution in the oblast and the center of Ukrainianization efforts in the heavily Russified Donbas. During his half-year in the Donbas, Prof. Keis’s activities, originally intended to be limited to the teach- ing sphere, crossed that self-imposed boundary numer- ous times. Some of his observations cast doubt on offi- cial Ukrainian governmental assertions that the Ukrainianization of schools is proceeding apace, while others highlight the mixed feelings towards the Ukrainian language and culture that characterize today’s Donbas. This interview was conducted by The Ukrainian Weekly editorial assistant Yarema A. Bachynsky and also draws on material presented by Prof. Keis in January during his appearance before the Shevchenko Scientific Society in New York.

PART I What did your academic activity at the institute consist of? I taught two courses at the institute: an English rhetoric/composition course as well as a course on con- temporary Ukrainian diaspora literature. This course The 11th grade at the Ukrainian-language school in Prelisne. focused heavily on the New York Group of Writers. In the English course I had about 20 students, but the dents. They are doing this as we speak, where at all pos- Russian-only signs explaining their significance. Ukrainian course was attended by over 200 students. sible. Things were so bad in the past with teaching When the principal got done talking, we were invited There were two lecture hall sections; each was held Ukrainian that only poorly or even unqualified individu- to give a critique. Sitting there and seething, I contra- once a week for two hours; a two-hour recitation in als were assigned to teach Ukrainian. vened parliamentary procedure and raised my hand, groups of 25 students would meet once a week also. The Donbas does not need academics; Kyiv, even though as a non-faculty guest I did not have a Professors in Ukraine teach longer hours than here, Kharkiv, Lviv have plenty of those. That’s why the voice. Surprisingly, I was recognized. I started speak- or perhaps my long hours were a result of the tremen- institute’s worth is almost immeasurable. It is the center ing, in Ukrainian. I noted there were no Ukrainian lan- dous interest and demand for the diaspora literature of Ukrainianization in the Donbas. And the institute guage signs, and that I was very surprised to hear and course. There were no free moments. I taught Monday would not be what it is without the determined and per- see the schoolchildren give an exclusively Russian con- through Thursday. Friday through Sunday I was on the sistent work of Prof. Vasyl Horbachuk. He is a good cert. What surprised me most was that the emcee was a road, at some newspaper, school, television program, academic, a scholar and a patriot fully committed to Ukrainian language teacher, yet she led the event entire- etc. Sometimes I got calls at midnight advising me to be rebuilding the prestige and primacy of the Ukrainian ly in Russian. I expressed my dissatisfaction. ready at the crack of dawn because I would be going to language on Ukrainian territory. Immediately after I finished, Prof. Vnukova spoke; Kramatorske [another city in Donetske Oblast] or some following her, Prof. Horbachuk. All three of us spoke in other city to inspect a school, or meet with students, or What is Prof. Horbachuk’s position at the insti- tute? And how is the institute structured? Ukrainian and highlighted the same problems. The something similar. Besides teaching, I took an active teachers and administrators were most unhappy because part in the political life of the area, spent much time pol- He is the dean of the Novyi Korpus [New College]. we had ruined their day. Towards the end, a mathemat- iticking. Something, by the way, which I had not Let me explain. The institute consists of four colleges or ics teacher got really annoyed at me, saying I should planned on doing. campuses, if you will. It trains teachers for all of the have stayed in the U.S.A. and not have come to meddle Where does the Slavianske Institute fall in the Donbas. Although I do not know the total number of in “their” affairs. So it was with the Ukrainian language educational scheme of things in Donetske Oblast? students for the institute as a whole, the Ukrainian teacher. The pro-rector of the institute said he would department at the Novyi Korpus alone consists of 300 launch an investigation of the high school, inasmuch it Donetske is a million-plus city; it is the region’s capi- students (200 full-time and about 100 part-time) and 40 was clearly violating the law on languages and was tal. The Slavianske Institute, though not nearly as presti- professors. The Staryi Korpus [Old College], where under the institute’s purview. gious as Donetske University, nonetheless plays a far pedagogy per se is taught, is about three times as large, Following this affair I remarked to Prof. Vnukova: more important role in the Ukrainianization and indeed and everything is taught in Ukrainian there. But ours “It’s great there are such patriotic Ukrainian women in the general education of the oblast’s youth. Where [the Novyi Korpus] is the one that trains all the “revolu- here.” And she responded, “Sorry, but I am 100 percent the university turns out high-level scholars, academics tionaries.” That is, those teachers who will insist on Russian.” That shocked me. She is Russian, her hus- who can debate the finer points of the Ukrainian lan- Ukrainianizing the schools regardless of official atti- band is Russian, at home they all speak Russian, but the guage, philology etc., the institute trains teachers who tudes. entire family, kids and all, know the state language, then go out into the oblast and bring the Ukrainian Ukrainian, and do not dishonor it in any way. She told revival straight to primary and secondary school stu- At the end of their training, how many of these teachers will stay in the Donbas? me that as a Ukrainian citizen, her loyalty rests with Ukraine, even though her ethnicity and native language The large majority will remain in the Donbas. They are Russian. How much Ukrainian are Ukraine’s children learning? start teaching even before they are finished with their The chart below illustrates the number of hours of studies at the institute. Many are assigned permanent Did you ever experience unpleasantness of a Ukrainian language study required by the Ministry of teaching locations before graduation. They are from the Ukrainophobic or anti-Ukrainian character directed Education of Ukraine for government-run secondary Donbas and they will work in and for the Donbas. at you, while teaching, or at some other time and schools where Russian is the language of general place during your stay in the Donbas? In your talk at the Shevchenko Scientific Society in instruction. Presently, such schools account for over January, you commented extensively about how eth- At school I did not have this, other than the just-men- one-third of all secondary schools in Ukraine. Note that nic identity does not accurately predict a Ukrainian tioned incident. However, my students told me of one the number of hours is on a per annum basis. The citizen’s attitude towards Ukrainianization. You incident related to my visit. At Slavianske School No. 5, reduced number of hours of required instruction mentioned a Prof. Vnukova in this regard. What led a prestigious math and science institution similar to (reflected in the 1995 figures) in the Ukrainian lan- you to hold her in the high esteem you do? New York City’s Bronx High School of Science, the guage is similar to that given to other (foreign) lan- administration is stridently anti-Ukrainian. After consid- guage study in most secondary schools in Ukraine. Prof. P. Vnukova is the chair of the pedagogical erable begging and pleading by parents and students department at the institute. At first I had no contact with Level 1993 1995 alike, the school set aside one room for a Ukrainian her because she is not a philologist. I met her first in activities club, which the students proceeded to upgrade Grade 5 102 hours 85 hours Mykolayivka, a small town in the Slavianske region with Ukrainian motifs and a small library. Grade 6 102 hours 85 hours with a wonderful high school supported by the local In that room, the activities club meets. Students self- Grade 7 85 hours 85 hours factory but government-run. The school is equipped teach Ukrainian, with no official support; they have no Grade 8 68 hours 68 hours with the most modern computers and teaching aids. teacher. These students invited me to speak before them. Grade 9 68 hours 68 hours Naturally, Russian is the language of instruction there. I insisted they get the principal’s permission. This took Grade 10 34 hours 34 hours Recently the institute “adopted” the school. We were some time, and finally I was allowed to speak there, Grade 11 34 hours 34 hours invited to a presentation by the faculty and administra- although the principal made a point of unloading her anti- tion to inspect the school. Prof. Horbachuk invited me Ukrainianism on me prior to going home that afternoon. Source: Program for the Secondary General Educational along as an observer. During the course of the visit, stu- Schools: Ukrainian Language in Schools with Russian as In talking with some of the students during our time dents gave a concert, all very nice. But everything, together, I was told the principal had angrily complained the Language of Instruction, Grades 5-11; Ministry of including teachers’ presentations, was exclusively in Education of Ukraine, Directorate of Schools; Kyiv, Osvita, about “Americans” “always coming [to Ukraine],” etc. Russian. Even the standard set of national symbols, tri- 1993,1995. dent etc., at the school entrance were surrounded by (Continued on page 15) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 No. 11 Ps/Bs inaugurate forum series Ukrainian Village Corp. donates with focus on Quebec situation $12,000 to help infants in Ukraine by Andrij Wynnyckyj Parti Québécois” (PQ). DETROIT – Representatives of the Rozalia Slywka – toured the Neonatal Toronto Press Bureau Prof. Kelebay contended that a mix of Ukrainian Village Corp., near Detroit, Intensive Care Unit at Ford Hospital, and British Fabian socialism and anti-colonial- donated $10,000 so that Ukrainian were shown the type of equipment TORONTO — The Canadian ism, French “gauchisme” and secularizing infants could survive a trip to the hospi- ordered for the infants’ transport. Professional and Business Federation anti-Catholicism, Italian thinker Antonio tal, now a very risky business. The doctor working directly with the kicked off its series of open forums under Gramsci’s imperatives to “capture the cul- The check was presented at Henry Lviv hospital and director of Ford’s the heading “Canada in Crisis: Disaster or ture to capture the state,” added to local Ford Hospital on January 25 by the NICU, Dr. Sudhakar G. Ezhuthachan, Opportunity?” with a lecture on the pre- historical mythology about the conquest members of the Ukrainian Village board and Clinical Nurse Specialist Christine sent situation in Quebec by Yarema G. of French Canada by the English in 1760 for the hospital’s “Ukrainian Project,” Newman, explained that a warming iso- Kelebay, professor at McGill University’s determined much of what drove Quebec’s geared to help the Regional Clinical lette – known as a neonatal transport sys- Faculty of Education in Montreal. The first political culture today. Hospital in Lviv. An additional $2,000 tem – will be sent to Lviv to keep sick forum was held on February 24, at the Prof. Kelebay suggested that the idea of was raised for theproject in February. babies warm in transit. Sunset Inn in Mississauga, Ontario. sovereignty-association (under which a The Ukrainian Village is a seniors’ Dr. Ezhuthachan explained that with According to UCPBF President Raya separated Quebec would maintain sub- housing and apartment complex in the poor roads and long distances, a child’s Shadursky, host of the evening, the series stantial economic and political ties with Detroit suburb of Warren. health is at risk just in getting to the hos- is the brainchild of Michael Wawryshyn, Canada), introduced into national politics Meeting with the Henry Ford Health pital for help. According to recent statis- the UCPBF’s Ukrainian Canadian by the late former Quebec Premier Réné System’s corporate vice-president tics, the birth rate in Ukraine has been Congress liaison. Levesque, was a classically Marxist Richard D. Wittrup, and the assistant dramatically decreasing, partly due to “It’s time that the Ukrainian commu- dialectical reconciliation of two opposites. vice-president, Alan R. Case, members deaths during the early neonatal period. nity made Canada a priority issue and Prof. Kelebay conceded that this per- of the Village board, President Stephen The spirits of the Ukrainian Village Ukraine a secondary issue,” Mr. spective could be seen as dated, but M. Wichar Sr., First Vice-President, board members and staffers were high, Wawryshyn told The Weekly. “If we are claimed it still had relevance in the pre- Justine Malaniak Nelligan, Third Vice- with representatives promising continu- going to preserve and develop our com- sent-day, “because world views are not President Stefania Dub, Treasurer Juliana ing efforts. Mrs. Dub, with a twinkle in munity here, we badly need to do this.” readily or easily discarded.” Maziak, Manager Christine Shumejko – her eye, said she just might organize a “It’s a very critical situation in the his- However, beyond asserting this is so, and a resident member of the UV, rummage sale at the Village. tory of this country. Many of our mem- Prof. Kelebay did little to demonstrate bers and people in our community have how the currents of thought that shaped expressed frustration that they want to Quebec’s Quiet Revolution of the 1960s confront the political and economic crisis and early 1970s were manifest in the facing this country, but have had no Quebec of the 1990s. avenue to do this,” he added. In fact, in deriding newly anointed PQ Mr. Wawryshyn said the UCPBF leader Quebec Premier Lucien hopes to provide a forum for discussion Bouchard’s opportunism, pointing out and contact, and to attract the participa- that he had belonged to five parties over tion of Canada’s other ethnic communi- the course of his political career, Prof. ties in the project. Kelebay appeared to demonstrate how Mr. Wawryshyn said that by involving a easily inconvenient world views can be broad spectrum of Canadians, “maybe we jettisoned in pursuit of a political goal. can come to some kind of a consensus. Prof. Kelebay said he was unsure of Only if people start looking at these ques- the PQ’s “present philosophical address” tions en masse, and listening to what every- and simply professed to be “at a loss” one has to say, will we be able to find solu- about what they are doing or thinking. tions to problems that seem out of reach.” Prof. Kelebay also did not mention the According to the UCPBF’s handouts, growth of a right-leaning faction of the the Italian Canadian community is a pos- separatist movement headed by Mario sible co-sponsor of the upcoming March Dumont, leader of the Parti de l’Action 29 debate on multiculturalism between Démocratique, with whom a coalition Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies was formed just prior to the referendum co-founder Manoly Lupul and Liberal campaign. government backbencher John Nunziata. This omission led Prof. Kelebay to The UCPBF also intends to invite make the single most important error of Joseph Sopkawicz Matthew Barrett, the Bank of Montreal’s his presentation. “Separatism is being car- chairman, to speak about financial impli- ried by an old guard of aging ideologues,” Stephen Wichar (center), president of the Ukrainian Village Corp., and board cations of Quebec’s separation (possible he claimed. In fact, Mr. Dumont, 25, is members present a $10,000 check toward an isolette for the “Ukrainian Project,” sponsorship with the Irish Canadian one of the youngest party leaders in a Henry Ford Hospital program out of Detroit to help the Regional Clinical community); Saskatchewan Premier Roy Canadian history, and no exception to the Hospital in Lviv. From left are: Stefania Dub, Christine Shumejko, Justine Romanow and/or former Ontario Premier rule within his movement. Malaniak-Nelligan, Rozalia Slywka and Juliana Maziak with representatives of Bob Rae on Canada’s political prospects On the other hand, Prof. Kelebay Henry Ford Hospital Dr. Sudhakar G. Ezhuthachan and Christine Newman, R.N. and future; and a panel to discuss larger accurately pointed to the ascendancy of economic and political issues affecting racial-ethnic nationalism in Quebec’s small and medium-sized businesses (a separatist movement, as shown by former potential joint event with the German Premier Jacques Parizeau’s railing at Canadian community). “money and ethnics” for having deprived Ukrainian Technological Society Kelebay on Quebec the “yes” to separation side of victory in the October 30 referendum. Prof. Kelebay’s talk was co-sponsored elects officers, plans activity for ‘96 by the federation’s Toronto chapter and Post-referendum atmosphere PITTSBURGH – The membership of Ukrainian of the Year Award presenta- the Ukrainian Technological Society con- tion to John Smith of Pittsburgh. Media Watch Ukraine, and was titled “The The Montreal-based academic painted 1995 Quebec Referendum and the World vened its 27th annual General Assembly The following were elected to serve a vivid portrait of the poisoned and here at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian one-year terms: Mr. Havryluk, president; According to the Parti Québécois.” Mr. apprehensive post-referendum atmos- Wawryshyn introduced the McGill scholar Catholic Church on February 18. Ms. Pisetska Farley, vice-president; phere in Quebec. Acting President Ihor Havryluk wel- Nickolas C. Kotow, secretary; Anthony as “one of the foremost experts on He mentioned the xenophobic “anti- Ukrainians in Quebec and author of count- comed the members and guests, who H. Szmul, treasurer; and executive board immigrant” sentiment that led to Mr. heard reports on the 1995 activities of the members Irene K. Grimm, Daria B. less articles on a wide range of themes.” Parizeau’s outburst and the incident in Prof. Kelebay’s topic most obviously society. The UTS Scholarship Program Jakubowycz, Mark Jakubowycz, Michael which Bernard Landry (now the head of a awarded nine grants to college students Korchynsky and Ms. Polatajko. and dramatically illustrates the sense of dis- super ministry involving finance, revenue, totalling $3,300. Plans for the 1996 Scholarship Program array and malaise in Canada — a country industry, trade, science and technology), Halya S. Polatajko, society representa- included awarding one scholarship in recently rated as one of the better places in “raged against immigrants who stole his tri- tive to the Federation of Ukrainian memory of Gloria J. Kinal, past chair of the world to live by the United Nations. umph,” in the lobby of the Intercontinental American Business and Professional the UTS Scholarship Committee, whose Prof. Kelebay began by tracing the Hotel following the plebescite. Associations, reported that the society sudden death at a young age has greatly intellectual roots of separatist thinking in Prof. Kelebay mentioned the anony- had completed its assigned task of pub- saddened the Pittsburgh Ukrainian com- the potential breakaway province, a read- mous letter mailed to media outlets, and lishing the 1995 directory of federation munity, and the possibility of giving one ing based on an article he published in published in early January by the sepa- members on time and within budget. She scholarship to a student from Ukraine in the University of New Brunswick’s ratist-leaning Le Devoir, from a group call- Conflict Quarterly in 1981. He said the ing itself “The Anglophone Assault Group” also reviewed the society’s role in orga- an international study program. conflict in Quebec is “between two ideo- that threatened Mr. Bouchard’s life. nizing the visit of the first president of Plans were also initiated for participat- logical tendencies and postures, not Prof. Kelebay said “all Anglo spokes- Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, to Pittsburgh ing in the community’s observances of the between two peoples: it is a collision of men condemned the letter, doubted the on January 22-23, 1995. 10th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear ... a liberal-democratic federal vision of Marta Pisetska Farley reviewed the accident and the fifth anniversary of the the future; and the world according to the (Continued on page 16) annual dinner/dance and the 1995 independence of modern-day Ukraine. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 5 “Mayor of Second Avenue” Abe Lebewohl cherished his Ukrainian roots by Stephanie Charczenko abided by all of the Jewish traditions and closed his deli for all of the Jewish holidays, he also respected the her- NEW YORK – The morning of March 4 marked a trag- itage of his homeland and often would not let a needy ic day in the East Village in New York City. As the news Ukrainian customer wait his turn in line because, he of the brutal murder of the owner of the Second Avenue said: “It’s your Christmas, you shouldn’t wait...or pay.” Deli, Abe Lebewohl – known as the “Mayor of Second So proud was Abe of his Ukrainian-Jewish heritage that Avenue” – started coming through the airwaves, grief- he even traveled to Ukraine in the 1970s at a time when it stricken members of this close-knit community started was not quite so popular and not particularly safe. An chattering on the corner of 10th Street and Second Avenue. advocate of small business and community cooperation, he All of the local television and radio stations, as well made all of his travel arrangements through his neighbors as every newspaper in New York City, carried the news across Second Avenue, the Kobasniuk Travel Agency. of the Ukrainian Jewish immigrant who was slain while True to form, when Ukraine declared its indepen- depositing his daily receipts. dence four and half years ago, Mr. Lebewohl was so The news of Mr. Lebewohl’s death sent shock waves elated that he immediately prepared a huge platter of deli not only throughout the East Village community, but goodies and sent them to his Ukrainian friends at the through a network of people in all walks of life in New Kobasniuk Travel Agency across the avenue. On York who were touched by his benevolence – a network December 1, 1991, when the Ukrainians voted in a refer- that included the Newspaper Guild (to whom he sent sand- endum for Ukrainian independence, Mr. Lebewohl once wiches every single day for the duration of their strike), again cheered and repeated the celebration with another former Mayor Edward Koch (who received a heart-shaped platter for his fellow Ukrainians at the travel agency. cake made of chopped liver when he won the mayoral When the Consulate General of Ukraine set up tem- election), Curtis Sliwa of the Guardian Angels (to boost porary quarters at 157 Second Ave., Mr. Lebewohl the ratings for Mr. Sliwa’s radio talk show, Mr. Lebewohl greeted them with an elaborate feast to welcome his dreamt up a contest that was publicized on the show), and new “susidy” (neighbors). NBC union employees, to whom Mr. Lebewohl sent sand- Andrew Lastowecky of the Anthony Shumeyko wiches for the entire 21 weeks of their strike in 1987. Insurance Agency Inc. recalls one occasion when a promi- Mr. Lebewohl was more than just a deli man who nent Ukrainian dignitary arrived in New York. When he made the greatest pastrami sandwiches in New York heard of the Jewish immigrant from Ukraine who owned City, the most delicious chopped liver this side of the the Second Avenue Deli he insisted that they dine at his Atlantic and the best chicken soup since Mama’s establishment. Mr. Lebewohl was so thrilled that there was “rosil.” He was the quintessential “mensch” (a great a Ukrainian diplomat in his deli that he literally rolled out humanitarian). A man who loved people and his busi- the red carpet for the party of five. He closed off the Molly Abe Lebewohl ness, he worked seven days a week, and still made most Picon Room in the back of the restaurant, prepared a ban- of his own deliveries in that famous white truck of his. quet fit for kings...and refused to take a penny from them. dent of independent Ukraine, Mr. Lebewohl was among He was much too busy to linger, but never too busy In another instance, the Society of Ukrainian Jewish the few businessmen who attended a private meeting to help the needy or commemorate a special moment in Relations (SUJR) sponsored an evening in honor of Rabbi with Mr. Kravchuk. Although he had previously met someone’s life. He was a man for all people, a gender- David Lincoln in May of 1995. SUJR appealed to several with the foreign minister of Russia to discuss opening a blind, selfless human being whose generosity knew no Ukrainian business owners and individuals to make small deli in Moscow, he quickly abandoned that idea when boundaries. So, it is only appropriate that he be remem- donations of sustenance for the function. The Second he met with Mr. Kravchuk, and voiced his interest in bered through some of his thoughtful deeds. Avenue Deli was asked to contribute the kosher fare for starting a business in Ukraine. The president of Ukraine The son of a local businessman who owned a lumber the Jewish members of the audience. Mostly everyone was so delighted at the prospect that he invited Mr. mill in western Ukraine, Abe Lebewohl was born in the contributed a platter of cold cuts or a plate of pastries, but Lebewohl to Kyiv to start making arrangements for his town of Kulykiv, near Lviv, in 1931. In 1939, when the Mr. Lebewohl (whose heart was as big as the sandwiches new venture. Unfortunately, the difficulty of private Soviets occupied western Ukraine and nationalized all busi- he prepared) went one step further – he delivered such a enterprise in Ukraine at that time thwarted the project. nesses, the elder Lebewohl was arrested and exiled to Sibe- multitude of epicurean delights that suddenly everyone During Leonid Kuchma’s first visit to the United ria for 10 years of hard labor, and little Abe and his mother became kosher that evening. Although he was always States, St. George Church on East Seventh Street hosted were banished to Kazakhstan, thus escaping the horrors of invited to attend, once again he was just too busy and an event in the president’s honor to introduce him to the the Holocaust. After the war, the family was reunited and never stayed for the applause that he so much deserved. parishioners. So many people attended that it was difficult given the opportunity to return to western Ukraine and then Another event held by the Society of Ukrainian Jewish to get a front row seat, and many had to squeeze into the to Poland. Escaping Poland illegally, the family traveled Relations was the Ukrainian Jewish Conference at the back pews to get a glimpse of Ukraine’s second president. through Austria and settled in a refugee displaced persons Shevchenko Scientific Society, just a few months ago in Displaying both his Jewish and Ukrainian heritage, there camp in Rivoli (near Turin) and Barletta (near Bari), Italy, December. Not expecting such a large turnout, the society in the very front of the church, with a yarmulke promi- and finally in 1950 they arrived in America. arranged to provide only coffee and cake for its audience. nently displayed on his head, was none other than Abe Working as a waiter in a 12-seat capacity coffee shop As the day progressed the numbers in the audience Lebewohl, beaming with pride at President Kuchma, the on Second Avenue and 10th Street for several years, Mr. increased, and it was obvious there was a crisis at hand: leader of his native country. Even though Mr. Lebewohl Lebewohl and his family eventually pooled their not enough food. It was a Sunday, late morning – who had left Ukraine more than 40 years ago, he never forgot resources and in 1954 bought the small shop. Abe or could one turn to for a spur of the moment catering job? his roots and still spoke Ukrainian fluently. Abie (as everyone endearingly called him) and his A quick telephone call to Mr. Lebewohl; the telephone Funeral services for Abe Lebewohl were held at the Second Avenue Deli soon became legendary in the East conversation went something like this: “Abie, we need Community Synagogue on East Sixth Street, which was Village (an area bordering First and Second avenues your help! How much will a platter of food for about 50 cordoned off by the police department, causing a huge between Houston and 14th streets). Through the years people cost and can you deliver it within half an hour?” traffic jam all the way uptown. After the funeral ser- Abie expanded his deli to accommodate 250 people. Mr. Lebewohl responded: “You worry about your confer- vices, attended by over 1,500 people from all walks of Although the restaurant was considerably larger than the ence, and I’ll worry about the food.” Mr. Lebowohl him- life, including many Ukrainians, as per tradition in original one, the ambiance was warm and friendly, and self delivered the food in the white van he always drove Ukraine Mr. Lebewohl’s casket was carried through the the food – kyshka, kasha, varenyky, goulash – just like a around in (even to formal occasions, decked out in a tuxe- streets of his neighborhood with a procession of mourn- home-cooked meal at Babtsia’s (grandma’s) house. do) within 20 minutes and refused to take any money, even ers who came to bid farewell to their beloved friend. A Among his customers were such luminaries as: Joe though contributions were not solicited for this event. squad of police cars then escorted Abe Lebewohl’s DiMaggio, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Mason, Bob Hope, Upon the arrival of Leonid Kravchuk, the first presi- hearse up First Avenue to the cemetery. Joan Rivers, Raoul Felder, Milton Berle and a list of famous celebrities all the way to Hollywood and back. The population of this thriving downtown neighborhood was made up of the wave of immigrants arriving from Pylyp Orlyk Institute receives Eurasia Foundation grant Eastern Europe after the war, among them the Ukrainians and Jews. Taking on the flavor of a small village or “selo,” by Olenka Dobczanska former Soviet Union, excluding the Baltic States. the community was the hub of Jewish and Ukrainian life In just over two years, the Eurasia Foundation has WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation has and, in fact, lower Second Avenue was known as the awarded over $25 million in grants to over 800 projects and received a new grant for $127,600 from the Eurasia “Yiddish Broadway”; it boasted several Jewish theaters that set up six field offices, including one in Kyiv, to help gener- Foundation to support the activities of the Pylyp Orlyk attracted many affluent theater lovers from uptown. Mr. ate new indigenous projects and evaluate on-going ones. Lebewohl’s love of these Yiddish theaters inspired him to Institute for Democracy in Kyiv. The Eurasia Foundation’s previous grant of $78,000 build the “Walkway of Yiddish Actors” at the storefront As one of the first institutions of its kind operating in was instrumental in the Pylyp Orlyk Institute’s ability to entrance on Second Avenue. He also named one of the an independent Ukraine, the Pylyp Orlyk Institute has provide timely and independent information in 1994- rooms in the deli the “Molly Picon” room after the famous earned a reputation as a reliable, non-partisan information Yiddish actress of the time, and was a philanthropist who resource for Ukrainians on democracy and civil society. 1995. This new Eurasia grant validates the USUF’s made many very generous contributions to the theaters. Among other activities, the institute maintains a library efforts and will enable the Pylyp Orlyk Institute to con- Ukrainian and Jewish business owners worked and on public policy issues, provides informational support to tinue its proven activities while further broadening the lived side by side, among them the Kobasniuk Travel policy-makers and the media, and provides regular feed- public policy debate in Ukraine. Agency at East 10th Street; St. George Church, Surma back on how events in Ukraine are viewed by policy- The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is a not-for-profit, non- (the Ukrainian shop) and the Hebrew Actors Guild were makers in the West, particularly in the United States. governmental organization whose goal is to foster all located on East Seventh Street. Mr. Lebewohl’s deli The Eurasia Foundation is a privately managed democratic and free-market development in Ukraine. existed in the midst of a blooming Ukrainian communi- grant-making organization established with financing For more information about its activities, contact: ty: Plast and SUM-A, the Dumka choir, the Ukrainian from the U.S. Agency for International Development. It U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, 1511 K St. NW, Suite 1100, National Home, all on Second Avenue, and many others. supports technical assistance, training, educational and Washington, DC 20005; telephone, (202) 347-4264; fax, Though Mr. Lebewohl was a very religious Jew who policy programs in the new independent states of the (202) 347-4267; e-mail, [email protected]. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 No. 11 Rice takes the lead in New Jersey THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY to commemorate Chornobyl disaster

Who will face Chornobyl? by Walter Bodnar munity that he represents, and has will- ingly taken a personal approach to its Last year on April 13, President Leonid Kuchma made a political commit- NEWARK, N.J. – Utilizing his dual desires and aspirations. The 10th ment to shut down the Chornobyl atomic power plant, site of the world’s worst position as New Jersey state senator and anniversey commemoration of the nuclear accident in 1986. His decision was hailed around the world as a act of city councilman, Ronald L. Rice will Chornobyl disaster is but one of the courage, and Ukraine was given assurances it would not be left alone to face take the lead in New Jersey in commem- many legislative actions that he has intro- the fiscal problem of the Chornobyl station’s shutdown. orating the 10th anniversary of the duced. As we noted in our year-end issue for 1995, it took almost all of 1995 for Chornobyl nuclear disaster by sponsoring He also has initiated resolutions sup- Ukraine to reach an agreement with the Group of Seven countries regarding finan- and presenting resolutions both in porting the independence of Ukraine, cial aid and further cooperation in helping restructure energy-poor Ukraine’s Trenton, the state capital and in the city legislation to include studies in the New power industry. Last year in May, the Parliament of Ukraine had appealed to the of Newark. Jersey State Curriculum Guide of the Group of Seven for aid — scientific, technical and humanitarian — to shut down The two ceremonial introductions of the Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933, and res- the Chornobyl complex and to deal with the 1986 nuclear disaster’s aftereffects on Chornobyl commemorative resolutions olutions and statements on Chornobyl the people and the environment. The appeal pointed out that Ukraine alone can- will take place at the following locations: during the past 10 years. not even begin to think of financing Chornobyl’s closing and clean-up. • in Trenton, on Thursday, March 21, Mr. Rice, who has announced his Finally, at year’s end, it seemed the West had begun to understand the tremen- at 2 p.m. in the New Jersey State Senate readiness to run for the office of mayor dous financial hardships associated with shutting down the Chornobyl power plant. Chambers, 125 W. State St., and of Newark in order to root out corruption At their November meeting in Vienna, the G-7 said Ukraine would not stand alone • in Newark, on Wednesday, April 17, and improve the quality of life in the area when it confronts the Chornobyl closure. Then, in December, Ukraine’s minister of at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, for people of all races and creeds, environmental protection and nuclear safety, Yuriy Kostenko, and Canada’s vice- third floor, City Hall, 920 Broad St. extends his scope beyond the borders of premier and secretary of the environment, Sheila Copps, acting on behalf of the G- The resolutions state, in part that “the his district. 7, signed an agreement in Ottawa that provided for more than $2.3 billion in finan- people of Chornobyl, still heavily bur- He was introduced to Ukrainian envi- cial assistance so Ukraine could close the station down by the year 2000, clean up dened with the aftereffects of the nuclear ronmental and health concerns by Chornobyl’s contamination and provide for new energy sources. However, explosion, continue to drink radioactive Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine’s officials insisted that these costs would be more than $4 billion. water, eat radioactive food and suffer Ukraine and the Green World organiza- Now, according to a report by Reuters, both President Leonid Kuchma and from diseases caused by radiation, i.e., tion in Ukraine. This is reflected in his Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk have expressed doubts that the previous Western cancer, leukemia, diminished immunity, resolutions that state: “It is both proper offers of assistance will be realized. And, they add, they cannot begin to act on the birth defects...” and fitting for the members of this shutdown until the promised funds are made available. To be sure, the fate of the Mr. Rice, a member of the Health House to pause in their deliberations to infamous plant has been placed on the agenda of the G-7 meeting scheduled for Committee in the state Senate, represents recognize the tireless efforts of April — at the time of the 10th anniversary of Chornobyl disaster. But where is it a large constituency of Americans of Americans for Human Rights in being held? In Moscow! Ukrainian heritage both in the West Ukraine in New Jersey, the Green Meanwhile, far from the Russian capital, the suffering in Ukraine, Belarus and Ward of Newark and the 28th World in Ukraine and other environ- westernmost portions of Russia goes on. In Ukraine alone, according to statistics Congressonal District of New Jersey, mental organizations that recommend released by the Ministry of Health, some 125,000 people have died as a result of which encompasses a part of Newark closing of the Chornobyl nuclear power the nuclear nightmare that is Chornobyl — as a result of diseases related to the plus Irvington, Maplewood and South station in Ukraine since it endangers the 1986 accident. And, Chornobyl’s deadly fallout continues. Birth defects are on the Orange. health and life of the people of Ukraine rise, and the World Health Organization has reported that cases of thyroid cancer In addition to his governmental duties, and surrounding areas, and destroys among children have increased up to 100 times in radiation-affected areas. Mr. Rice has shown a sensitivity to the their natural resources by rendering Scientists working in “the zone” around the plant have documented genetic muta- needs of the Ukrainian American com- them radioactive.” tions in all forms of life. Environmental and medical crises abound in the wake of Chornobyl. And then there are the energy shortages that have compelled Ukraine to employ a system of rotating power blackouts to save both energy and money. Would it not behoove the leaders of the world’s largest industrial powers, OPEN LETTER: Chornobyl’s challenge the G-7, to travel to Ukraine to see first hand what Chornobyl has wrought? Would it not be wise for the Ukrainian government (as suggested by Askold Dear Readers: America, Plast, SUM-A, the Ukrainian Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, during Engineers Society of America, The April 26 will mark the 10th anniversary a Chornobyl fund-raising banquet earlier this year) to invite the G-7 leaders to Ukrainian Institute of America and the of the deadliest nuclear catastrophe known visit Kyiv, and Chornobyl and its environs, so they could see with their own Ukrainian Museum, have gathered under to man: the Chornobyl nuclear power eyes a tragedy whose scope is so difficult to comprehend? the umbrella of Chornobyl Challenge ‘96 to plant explosion. Under the banner of realize these goals. Your participation in “Chornobyl Challenge ‘96,” The Children this effort is integral in ensuring its success. of Chornobyl Foundation, the Ukrainian To learn more about this campaign, Congress Committee of America and the please call the New York committee chair- March Ukrainian American Coordinating man, Lew Dobrijanskyj at (718) 762-8531, TTurningurning the pagespages back... back... Council are spearheading a nationwide or attend a committee meeting, held every series of commemorative events marking Monday at 6 p.m. at the Selfreliance build- 17 this mournful anniversary. ing, 98 Second Ave., in Manhattan. We are Together with the national efforts, the particularly in need of people interested in 1847 Ukrainian community of Greater New Fedir Vovk was Ukraine’s greatest anthropologist-archaeol- fund-raising, media and government rela- York has come together in an effort to tions, and events planning. ogist, and the abortive “Treasures of Ukraine” exhibit that was raise public awareness of the facts sur- to have toured museums in Canada this year, as well as the Come join us and help make a differ- rounding the catastrophe. This will be ence. Chornobyl is a global problem Cro-Magnon exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in New York City, owe much achieved through a series of public affecting all of us. By raising public to his research. events, including commemorative ecu- awareness today, we not only pay tribute Fedir Vovk was born on March 17, 1847, in Kriachkivtsi, near Pyriatyn, about 140 menical services, educational seminars, to the victims of the past, but secure a kilometers southeast of Kyiv. public meetings and exhibitions. safe future for generations to come. A graduate of the Nizhen gymnasium as well as the universities of Odessa and The New York chapters of the aforemen- Kyiv (1871), he became active in the Kyiv Hromada, and founded the southwestern tioned organizations, as well as the Peter Charchalis (Ukrainian) branch of the Imperial Russian Geographic Society. Ukrainian National Women’s League of New York In the late 1870s, Vovk did archaeological research in the Kyiv Gubernia and Volhynia, then fled abroad to escape tsarist persecution. From 1887 he studied anthropol- ogy, comparative ethnography and archaeology in Paris, where his doctoral dissertation consisted of two main documents, on primate and human skeletal variations in feet was awarded the Godard Prize (1890). Aleksey, not Peter including the tsar’s patent to the In 1899 he was made a full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. In 1904- Last week’s “Journalist’s Notebook” Zaporizhzhian Host and 11 articles con- 1906 he participated, along with the society’s luminaries Ivan Franko, Ivan Rakovsky, contained a factual mistake, which was cerning military, political and technical Zenon Kuzelia and Lev Hankevych, in a series of anthropological and ethnographic pointed out by a loyal reader of The details. The original documents have not expeditions in (Austrian-controlled) Bukovyna and Transcarpathia. Weekly, R.L. Chomiak. been preserved, but translations and Over the course of his career, Vovk amassed a vast collection of materials and data The events surrounding the Treaty of drafts of the tsar’s patents have survived. from various regions of Ukraine, on which he laid the foundation for the chairs of Pereyaslav of 1654 concern a fateful Orest Subtelny, in his book, “Ukraine: geography and anthropology at St. Petersburg University. alliance of the hetman state under Bohdan A History,” points out that the interpreta- After the Revolution of 1905 eased the intensity of Russian autocracy somewhat, Khmelnytsky and Muscovy’s Tsar Aleksey tion of the treaty has been the subject of he traveled to the imperial capital to become a custodian of the Ethnographic Museum Mikhailovych, not Peter the Great as erro- frequent debate among scholars and there and lecture at the university. In 1907 he was given full membership in the neously stated in last week’s column. notes that at least five major interpreta- Ukrainian Scientific Society. According to the Encyclopedia of tions of the Pereyaslav agreement do As another revolution broke the Russian monarchy’s back in 1917, Vovk was Ukraine, the treaty was negotiated between exist. What is clear, however, is that a appointed professor at Kyiv University while abroad. He never made it, dying en Hetman Khmelnytsky and his General radical restructuring of political alliances route in Zhlobin (near Homel) in Belarus, on June 30, 1918. Military Council on one side and Muscovite in the region was an immediate result of Source: “Vovk, Fedir,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 5 (Toronto: University of Toronto envoys led by Vasiliy Buturlin on the other. the agreement. Press, 1993). The encyclopedia notes that the treaty – Marta Kolomayets No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 7 NEWS AND VIEWS Faces and Places Chornobyl’s realities are forgotten by Myron B. Kuropas by Bozhena Olshaniwsky ered on the aftereffects of Chornobyl in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia by the World April 26, 1986, is remembered in the Health Organization of the United Nations. annals of the history of humanity as the Evhen Korolenko, of the Ministry of day of the world’s worst nuclear accident Health in Ukraine, attended the conference – the 10th anniversary of which will be Dangerous misconceptions and delusions and stated that the Chornobyl catastrophe A few weeks ago I was discussing the a tool of the white power structure. The marked this year. We can lay the fault and was the worst medical, ecological, eco- presidential race with a young, well-edu- Rev. Jackson, who lives a lavish life responsibility for this infamous disaster at nomic, social, psychological and political cated Ukrainian American and the topic style, has no visible means of support. A the feet of the former Soviet Union, which disaster that ever befell Ukraine. “What of integrity and character came up. former university president, Dr. Keyes through its criminal disdain for the human can we do about Chornobyl?” is a question “There's no such thing among politi- has written books and hosts a highly suc- needs and welfare of its citizens led to the being asked more and more frequently by Chornobyl catastrophe at the nuclear cians today,” the young man insisted. cessful radio talk show. concerned individuals in many countries “All politicians lie. It's part of the game.” Another widely held and dangerous power station in Ukraine 10 years ago. Its and also in the press. aftereffects will be felt much longer than “You don't really believe that,” I misconception regarding national politics Western Europe has finally acknowl- responded in astonishment. is that experience is a negative. the aftermath of the nuclear bombings of edged the fact that the closing of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of “I do,” he replied. “You know it's Outsiders, somehow, are better than Chornobyl nuclear power station is a con- true.” insiders because they're supposedly more World War II. Let us hope that we have cern not only of Ukraine but also of the in- learned our bitter lesson and that no What an incredibly cynical statement pristine. Anyone who believes that myth ternational community, since Ukraine lacks for a person his age, I thought. Here was is ignoring history. Just compare the leg- Chornobyls will ever happen again. the capability to solve this problem. A num- Although 10 years have elapsed since a youth barely out of college who has islative record of President Lyndon ber of experts have stated that the Chorno- never worked a political campaign. Nor Baines Johnson, the consummate insider, this disaster occurred, the effects of this byl nuclear reactor must be shut down since nuclear accident are still being felt by many does he have any first-hand experience in with the records of Presidents Jimmy it is not safe and is a threat to humanity. government. Carter and Bill Clinton, two outsiders. and may continue for generations to come. But, it is easier to say “shut it down” than At present 3.5 million people live on I've worked political campaigns. I've I'm not a fan of LBJ, nor do I think the to accomplish this task in the face of the also had the good fortune to work as a Great Society programs he shepherded Ukrainian territory still contaminated by facts that the Chornobyl plant produces 5 to radiation – 1 million of them being children. government agency administrator and as were good for the country. But he got 7 percent of Ukraine’s power and that its a White House and a U.S. Senate aide. things done. It is muddleheaded to The government of Ukraine has been closing, according to the Ukrainian govern- unable to relocate these people. It is report- The young Ukrainian American is believe that experience is a plus in all ment, will cost over $4 billion. So far, the wrong. Very wrong. All politicians are lines of work except governing. ed that Ukraine’s budget for expenses deal- G-7 states have promised Ukraine $ 2.3 bil- ing with the aftereffects of Chornobyl has not alike. It has been my experience that A corollary of the insider-outsider lion, part of which is for loans for the con- most politicians are honest, principled, absurdity is the idea that principles decreased to a tenth of what it was four struction of new power stations. years ago. sincere and hard-working. And, contrary demand intransigence, never having to The chairman of the Parliament of to popular myth, they are held account- compromise. Sen. Robert Dole has been One gets the feeling that the Chornobyl Ukraine, Oleksander Moroz, stated that problem has been moved to the back burn- able, by their constituency, every two, criticized for “making deals” because he he is in favor of closing the Chornobyl four or six years. Character and integrity wanted to get things done. In a democra- er. When the subject of Chornobyl comes station only if its entire cost is covered up, the concerns addressed are usually with do count in politics. As Abraham Lincoln cy, the art of government is the art of by the international community. Ukraine so eloquently put it: “You may fool all compromise. America was founded on the atomic reactor or the need for energy has no such funds available. He also stat- from the nuclear station – but not for the the people some of the time; you can compromise. The allocation of represen- ed that the memorandum on Chornobyl’s even fool some of the people all the time; tatives and senators agreed upon by our victims of the disaster. Meanwhile, the shutdown, which was signed by Ukraine deadly effects of radiation continue to but you can't fool all of the people all the founding fathers during the constitutional on December 20, 1995, in Canada, will time.” convention has been called the “Great maim and kill an unprecedented number of ruin Ukraine’s energy production system. The reason for this young man's cyni- Compromise” because it satisfied the citizens of Ukraine. Following are some By his stance Mr. Moroz is using the cism – and he has plenty of company – needs of smaller states such as Rhode statistics on the effects of the Chornobyl closing of the Chornobyl power station lies with the arrogant, ignorant, left-lean- Island, and larger states such as Virginia. fallout, which should be acknowledged and as a bargaining chip to extract more ing, overpaid and slothful media pundits All states accepted two houses of seriously taken under consideration. money from the international community who project their own lack of integrity Congress because it provided for more • The area contaminated by radiation while the people of Ukraine continue to onto others. As James Fallows points out equitable federal representation. Our Bill is more than 19,500 square miles, which suffer as the negotiations drag. This is in the February issue of The Atlantic of Rights also was a compromise constitutes one-tenth of the entire territo- equivalent to being held hostage in a hos- Monthly, many American journalists between federalists such as Alexander ry of Ukraine, or 232,046 square miles. tile and poisonous climate of excessive have become indolent. Distrust has Hamilton and anti-federalists such as (As a comparison, Texas has 267,338 radiation, which poses a threat to the become a way of life because it's easier Thomas Jefferson. Compromise is the square miles.) health and lives of all living things. • There are 2,294 population units Ecological organizations such as Green to assume a cynical posture, leap to con- American way. Ukrainian Americans, (cities, towns, villages) within this area. World and Green Peace in Ukraine have clusions, or slant a story to fit one's own who today no longer have a representa- • 17,761 square miles of agricultural appealed to Mr. Moroz to seriously consid- political biases, then to spend time tive central organization, could learn land is contaminated by radiation. er closing down the Chornobyl plant. In researching a news item in an attempt to from the American example. • 16,989 square miles of forests are their letter they point out that: present the truth. Far more than the The last delusion that threatens our contaminated by radiation. • The first nuclear disaster at the politicians they criticize, journalists are political process is the belief that new • 3.2 million persons have been affect- Chornobyl plant happened in 1982, but out of touch with the American people. ideas always lead to progress. Having ed by radiation. information about it was never disclosed. They are accountable to no one. They new ideas means having “vision.” • Over 1 million children are affected • The second accident in 1986 wreaked can write what they wish, how they wish, President Kennedy had vision but he by radiation. nuclear havoc, affecting all of Europe. and they are rarely fired unless, of couldn't get his programs through • More than 125,000 persons have • There were 125 accidents at nuclear course, they plagiarize. Congress. LBJ did it for him. died because of radiation exposure. power plants in Ukraine during 1994 – Fortunately, the American public is I believe more in old ideas, visions • 356,600 persons have participated in 109 of them were at the Chornobyl plant. wise to the woeful status of American that have survived the test of time. No the liquidation and on-site clean-up of Numerous charitable, humanitarian journalism. Mr. Fallows mentions a sur- new taxes is a very old idea. The Boston the aftermath of the Chornobyl accident. and environmental organizations in the vey conducted by the Times Mirror Tea Party was a tax revolt that helped • 50,000 Chornobyl clean-up workers United States and Canada have focused Center for the People and the Press ignite the American Revolution. Judeo- have become disabled because of illnesses their work within the realm of damage which concluded that while “the news Christian values, tax reform, school caused by excessive exposure to radiation. control, that is, helping the affected vic- media has a generally positive view of choice, governmental decentralization, a • 6,000 clean-up workers have died tims, the sick and the poor in Ukraine. itself in the watchdog role” (can't you balanced federal budget, racial equality, directly due to radiation. Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine just see a smug Sam Donaldson and regulatory reform, voluntarism, The Chornobyl problem has extended (AHRU) has directed its work toward the Eleanor Clift nodding in agreement), the Americanism, a strong defense, and a far beyond the borders of Ukraine and prevention and removal of the cause of the public believes “the press gets in the way judicial system that punishes criminals, has caused grave consternation to med- problems at Chornobyl. Their primary of society solving its problems; two out are all old ideas that work. Easy divorce, ical doctors, scientists, politicians and thrust has been to shut down the source of of three members of the public had noth- more welfare, more government control, governments officials of many countries. contamination and move the potential vic- ing or nothing good to say about the racial quotas, higher taxes, more federal Tragically, Chornobyl proved that the tims from contaminated areas before they media.” regulation, multiculturalism, a dimin- “peaceful atom” knows no boundaries. become sick. To this end, AHRU has If you still believe the press is ideolog- ished military, coddling criminals, abor- Recently an international conference directed its approach during the past nine ically pure in its news coverage, compare tion on demand through the third dealing with the problems of “the medical years by writing appeals and sending peti- the way journalists pandered to, and trimester, are all new ideas that are fail- consequences of Chornobyl and other radi- tions to the G-7 and the United Nations. fawned over, Jesse Jackson during his ing. ation catastrophes” was held in Geneva The next meeting of the G-7 will take runs for the presidency, to the way the In the months ahead, Ukrainian with participants from 59 countries. place in April of this year in Moscow. media currently ignore Dr. Alan Keyes. Americans will be bombarded by politi- The main task of this conference was to The question “to be or not to be” for the Jesse, an ultra-liberal who expects the cal claims and counter-claims. All need analyze and summarize medical data gath- Chornobyl power station will again be government to solve the problems of to be considered carefully. Let's not be bantered about by the seven major indus- Black America, is deified. Dr. Alan seduced by political opportunists (who trial powers. And, Ukraine’s good rela- Keyes, a conservative who believes promise one thing and do the opposite) Bozhena Olshaniwsky is president of tions with the European community will Blacks should strive to solve their own and their disingenuous media accom- Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine. probably be made dependent on the reso- problems, is ignored, even condemned as plices whose agenda we don't share. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 No. 11

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

lure, the Soviet government permitted, and a Ukrainian connection because its situation of “Ukrainians in Halychyna probably even encouraged, Prof. author was a Ukrainian. On the other under Poland” was ever comparable to Yevtushenko is back Yevtushenko to play the role of a token hand, as literary work is concerned, it this.) as a college profes- dissident (“we, too, have freedom of definitely belongs to Russian literature But the important point is that advo- Dear Editor: speech!”), reading verses against the and not Ukrainian as it was written in cating a federalist position does not pre- oppression of blacks in the United States Russian. clude recognizing that Quebecers are a The New York Times of February 7 and against American “provocations” in Thomas Moore (1779-1852) had writ- nation, or that they deserve empathy. reported that Russian poet Yevgeny Cuba to gullible Western audiences. ten “Those Evening Bells” and it Half of the citizens of Quebec, if not Yevtushenko has been named distin- Let us take a cursory look at what real appeared in his collection “National more, are federalists, as the recent results guished professor of Russian literature at Russian and Ukrainian dissidents Airs” (Melodies from other Nations, have shown. Perhaps the demands of Queens College in New York. Posturing thought of Prof. Yevtushenko’s “anti- 1818-1827), Russian chapter. A Russian Quebecers can be met by further decen- before the reporter as a true Russian government” activities. The Russian dis- translation of “Those Evening Bells” was tralization of some portfolios, opening democrat and egalitarian, and evidently sident Ludmilla Alexeyeva, in her semi- made by poet Ivan Kozlov (1779-1840). up the Constitution is another alternative, overdoing it a bit, Prof. Yevtushenko nal study “Soviet Dissent,” states that Therefore Thomas Moore knew the and some have suggested special status “brimmed with manic excitement” about Yevtushenko enjoyed official approval melody of this song and gave it an for Quebec. Canada is a country that has the “ethnic mix” in Queens. (p. 13). The Ukrainian political dissident English text. As his Russian chapter more than one nation living in it. The He also availed himself of the reporter’s Leonid Plyushch, who spent years as a included songs of the Russian empire, problem is that a solution will require the eager ear to recall how in the 1960s, while political prisoner in a Soviet insane asy- Ukrainian melodies were not distin- cooperation of all Canadians. receiving an honorary degree from the lum, writes in his autobiography guished from Russian ones. I do not have But any honest discussion of Quebec same college, he had been “jumped” by “History’s Carnival,” that “Yevtushenko Z. Lysko’s “Ukrainian Folk Melodies,” separatism and empathy for Quebecers “angry Ukrainian nationalists.” The rest of lost his sincerety . . . when he became an but if his text of “Vechernyi Dzvin” is must raise the issue of the native nations the passage merits quotation: “ ‘They were officially recognized ‘oppositionist’ who similar to T. Moore’s, then probably the that have lived here for over 10 cen- the sons of people who collaborated many traveled abroad and helped the KGB Ukrainian text was taken from T. Moore turies. The Cree of Northern Quebec years ago with the fascists,’ said the poet, demonstrate its liberality” (p. 47). or from its Russian translation by I. recently held their own referendum and whose ‘Babi Yar’ decried the slaughter of It seems to me that Prof. Yevtushenko Kozlov. If the text is different, that overwhelmingly voted to remain a part Jews in Ukraine. ‘They tore off my gown. was in all respects an ideal symbolic would indicate an original Ukrainian of Canada if Quebecers voted “yes” to Here in Queens.’ ” object of protest against the crimes of the song. separation in the next referendum, which Somewhat later in that news item, the government that he unofficially repre- will probably take place in a year or two. distinguished professor went on to sented. Incidentally, the very style and Andrij D. Solczanyk Because they are not wealthy and explain his rather unusual teaching tone of his insult, as quoted by The New Media, Pa. powerful, the natives and their genuine method: after boasting that he is neither York Times, does not augur a successful grievances are too often swept to the qualified nor academically prepared to “reconstruction” of the man. margins. Yet, here we see real disposses- teach Pushkin, he assured the reporter Well, Prof. Yevtushenko is back. It is Ukrainian Canadians sion, urgency and great disparity com- that “I love Pushkin, and I teach love.” symptomatic that he has begun his acade- pared to the rest of the population. I should state, to begin with, that I do mic career at a public American universi- have right to speak The situation in Quebec is not simple; not favor any type of political demon- ty by fabricating a pack of lies, intended Dear Editor: three groups are essentially claiming the stration that ends in violence, even in to malign an honest and hard-working same territory: the natives, the separatists such a mild form as putting a rent in American ethnic group. I have no doubt D.H. Struk in his letter (February 11) and the federalists. Separation from Prof. Yevtushenko’s (presumably acade- that he is fully aware of the possible advises Ukrainians to “remain neutral” Canada may invite the partition of mic) gown. I should nevertheless remind repercussions: to compromise the on the current Quebec debate, if they are Quebec. It will be hard not to give sym- him that Queens does not lie in a country Ukrainian American community as an unable to “empathize with Quebecers.” pathy to the aboriginal nations of where children are responsible for their influential Western spokesman for Many Ukrainians, as Prof. Struk Northern Quebec, and to give it only to parents’ political indiscretions. Ukraine, to pour salt on the mutually knows, also define themselves as the Quebecois. And, much more important, I should painful wounds in the torturous history of Canadians and have the same rights as It is a pity that the Canadian ideals of point out that his suggestion to the effect Jewish-Ukrainian relations (the obviously other Canadians to participate in a press- bilingualism and multiculturalism and that the young demonstrators acted because irrelevant reference to Babyn Yar, sup- ing debate in which the future of the tolerance for minorities have been so of their “social origin” is a preposterous lie. plied either by the professor himself or by country will be decided. It would be steadily assaulted by some narrow-mind- I have no doubt that among them were sons the reporter, is a particularly masterful erroneous to see this as an altercation ed Canadians who have no patience for and daughters of Ukrainians who had suf- touch); to put his two cents’ worth into between the Anglo-Saxons and the French, who see bilingualism as a waste fered at the hands of the Nazis, be it as the already strained dialogue between French, although often the rhetoric of money, and who want English only in slave laborers in Germany, inmates of con- Ukraine and Russia; to attempt to antago- seems to illustrate this view. their part of Canada, and separatists on centration camps, or insurgent fighters nize ethnic minorities in Ukraine, and If part of what motivates Prof. Struk is the other side, whose goal is to create a against the Nazis in the Ukrainian under- ultimately to compromise Ukraine as an a repugnance for anti-French sentiment, unilingual French state that does not ground. But, be that as it may, all this had independent nation at a difficult moment he is to be lauded. Ukrainians have long really accord much place to a multicul- absolutely nothing to do with their anger. of its development. This is Prof. been caricatured, stereotyped and subject tural dimension. Don’t we all get so Perhaps we should remind our younger Yevtushenko’s kind of love. to bigotry and thus should not subject much less in this scenario? readers of Prof. Yevtushenko’s role in the As a not-so-distinguished, although any other race to this kind of treatment. Roy Romanow, the premier of 1960s, and of the possible reasons that the professional, teacher of literature, I would My experience here in Quebec, however, Saskatchewan, summarized it best in a “nationalists” chose him as the target of like to suggest to Prof. Yevtushenko that, leads me to be rather proud of talk with Bernard Landry of the Parti their ire. The young demonstrators, instead of forcing down his American stu- Ukrainians. I don’t know any Ukrainians Quebecois on October 30, 1995, when he Americans of Ukrainian background, felt dents’ throats the noxious brew of love who are not fluent in French, or who do said: “I’m a good Saskatchewanian, a morally bound to draw the West’s atten- and lies – a cynically hypocritical mixture, not understand the struggle of the good Canadian and a good Ukrainian. tion to the violent (far more so than a tear known only too well from the annals of Quebecois for the preservation of their All at the same time. And there is no in a gown) persecution of the Ukrainian the Russian empire – he serve his patrons culture. Even the older people, who were conflict.” language, culture and intellectuals, which more honestly by attempting to compe- not born here, speak French, and though It is precisely the possibility for this Moscow began to renew at that time. tently teach the truth. Wherever the truth it may be broken, as is their English, kind of cosmopolitan identity and multi- Among its victims were poets – some might take him. After all, this is how we their effort is a testament of respect. As lingual daily experience that makes me infinitely more talented than Prof. do it “here in Queens.” Ukrainians it would seem logical that we so proud to be a Quebecer, a Canadian Yevtushenko – who eventually died or Bohdan Rubchak should be sensitive to the Quebec dilem- and a Ukrainian. It would be a great dis- were permanently crippled in Russian Chicago ma. However, it would be inaccurate not appointment if the Canadian experiment concentration camps. It was at that time to recognize historical differences should fail. We would all lose. Surely, it that real Russian dissidents, like Andrei The writer is professor of Slavic liter- between Ukraine and Canada. should be possible for a diverse Canada Sakharov and Yelena Bonner, vehemently atures at the University of Illinois at It is indeed true that in the past the to continue existing and flourishing. protested such fascist imperialism, to end Chicago. Catholic Church in Quebec, local elites Ukrainians should not remain neutral. up, not much later, in de-humanizing ban- and an Anglo Establishment arrogance They should actively debate this issue ishment. And it was around that time that rendered the Quebecois people mute. But amongst themselves in forums and semi- truly gifted Russian poets were tried for Veryovka’s repertoire: the Quiet Revolution of the past 35 years nars. This issue needs the input of all vagrancy and hounded in similar humili- has been a resounding success. Canadians. And Ukrainians should take ating ways. Quebecers are not oppressed today in their rightful place in Canada and con- Russian or Ukrainian? tribute at a very crucial historical While the wave of such fascist persecu- Dear Editor: 1996. tions was beginning to crest in the Soviet There are no longer wage disparities moment. Union, Mr. Yevtushenko, New York’s Here are my comments on the article between Francophones and Anglophones Fran Ponomarenko darling dissident, was busy parading his “Russian or Ukrainian?” by Helen living in the province. The majority of Montreal “Russian soul” and “democratic views” Smindak (February 18). managerial positions, and almost all civil Yevhen Hrebinka had written “Black service posts, are held by Francophones, around the United States, and receiving The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters honorary degrees from tax-supported Eyes” (Chernye Ochy) in Russian (1843). who make up 83 percent of the popula- to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou- American universities. I should emphasize He was a Ukrainian, but as many Ukrainian tion of Quebec. Francophones very often ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi- that he disported himself abroad with the writers of that period he wrote some of his outshine other Canadians in the arts and nals, not photocopies. obvious support of his fascist government. works in Ukrainian and some in Russian sports, and in many other fields, and The daytime phone number and Using some of his early anti-Stalinist vers- (e.g., the novel “Chaikovsky”). intellectual life in Quebec is sophisticat- address of the letter-writer must be given es and his outspoken autobiography as a Therefore the poem “Black Eyes” has ed and stimulating. (I do not know if the for verification purposes. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 9

Summer Institute Chornobyl conference slated for Columbia and Yale NEW YORK – On April 8-9, the the School for International and Public perspectives based on the successes of Harriman Institute at Columbia Affairs, 420 W. 118th St. (ground floor) Western environmental programs, and at Harvard offers University and the Center for Russian at Columbia University. the initiatives of other developing and East European Studies at Yale will “We hope that this will be much more nations,” said Susan Holmes, program new politics course co-host a two-day conference to examine than a retrospective on the events of director for the conference at Columbia CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard the long-term impact of the Chornobyl 1986,” said Prof. Mark Von Hagen, University. “We also need to remain sen- Ukrainian Summer Institute will wel- nuclear accident and to address the broad director of the Harriman Institute and a sitive to the unique circumstances sur- come a new teacher for its politics spectrum of environmental and medical leading scholar on Ukrainian affairs. rounding Chornobyl and the unprece- course. Dr. James Ivan Clem will teach a crises that continue to plague Ukraine, “The legacy of Chornobyl continues, and dented nature of this accident.” course titled “Ukrainian Politics in Belarus and neighboring countries. this conference is planned as a construc- Numerous government officials from Transition.” The conference will bring together some tive step in the quest for solutions to the Ukraine and the United States are also Dr. Clem recently received his Ph.D. of the leading international experts on many problems still affecting the conta- scheduled to address the conference. in political science from the University Chornobyl’s aftermath. Among these will minated regions.” These include U.S. Sen. Joseph I. of Michigan at Ann Arbor and currently be Prof. David Marples of the University of Titled “Chornobyl Challenge ‘96” the Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Rep. Benjamin holds a post-doctoral fellowship at the Alberta, Dr. Alexander Sich of the conference is part of the nationwide cam- Gilman (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Harvard University Russian Research European Bank for Reconstruction and paign being mobilized under the same Committee on Foreign Affairs. Both have Center. His doctoral dissertation was on Development (EBRD), and Dr. Murray name to commemorate the 10th anniver- been outspoken advocates of greater U.S. the development of Ukrainian political Feshbach, author of the groundbreaking sary of the Chornobyl accident. assistance to the Chornobyl region. parties since independence. treatise titled “Ecocide in the USSR.” “Chornobyl is one of the most daunt- Also featured will be Deputy In his dissertation, titled “The Life of The opening panel will also include ing challenges confronting the scientific Volodymyr Yavorivsky, a prominent the Parties: Party Activism in Lviv and Alla Yaroshinska, the award-winning community and global policy-makers,” member of the Ukrainian Parliament and Donetske, Ukraine,” Dr. Clem examined journalist who uncovered secret internal said Alex Kuzma, coordinator of the a former commissioner for Chornobyl the growth of local party organizations in memos from the Soviet Politburo which Chornobyl Challenge ‘96 coalition and relief efforts, and Vice-Prime Minister Lviv and Donetske and conducted a sur- proved that the government covered up director of development for the Children Vasyl Durdynets, chairman of humanitar- vey of party activists in those two cities. the widespread incidence of acute radia- of Chornobyl Foundation. ian affairs in the Ukrainian government’s He spent 10 months in Lviv during the tion sickness among thousands of “Beyond the immediate need for med- Cabinet of Ministers. 1993-1994 academic year and traveled Chornobyl victims. The “secret protocols” ical relief, the nations of Ukraine and Principal funding for the conference extensively throughout Ukraine, as well were published in Izvestiya and provided Belarus are facing the massive task of has been provided by Columbia as Eastern Europe. conclusive evidence that then President cleaning up thousands of acres of contami- University with a supporting grant from Dr. Clem, 28, was raised in Miami. Mikhail Gorbachev was fully informed of nated land and irradiated equipment left the Shevchenko Scientific Society. The His mother, Zweneslava Zapar Clem, is the scope of the accident and that he delib- over from the 1986 emergency. They also cost of admission to the conference will Ukrainian, and his grandmother, Daria erately tried to mislead the public and the need to reduce their dependency on Soviet- be $35 per person for both days, or $20 Zapar Baron, lives down the street from Western news media about the severity of built reactors, which everyone agrees are per day. Admission will be free for stu- the Ukrainian National Association the threat to public health and safety. dangerously substandard, and to develop dents and faculty with valid Columbia or resort, Soyuzivka, in Kerhonkson, N.Y. The first day of the conference, from 9 benign energy alternatives,” he added. Yale University identification. Dr. Clem’s father, Ralph Scott Clem, is a.m. to 3:30 p.m., will be held at the Luce A special workshop on Ukraine’s ener- For more information, contact Susan a professor of international relations at Center for International Studies at 32 gy policy will explore the potential for Holmes at the Harriman Institute, (212) Florida International University in Hillhouse Ave., on the Yale Campus in greater energy efficiency in the industrial 854-8487; Ellis Mishulovich at the Yale Miami and is well known for his publi- New Haven, Conn. sector, biomass and other promising tech- Center for East European Studies, (203) cations on demographic problems of On April 9 the conference will recon- nologies. 432-3423, or the Children of Chornobyl the former Soviet Union, including vene at 9 a.m. at Altschul Auditorium at “We hope to offer useful insights and Foundation, (201) 376-5140. Ukraine. On his most recent trip to Ukraine, Dr. Clem, along with his grandmother and uncle, had the opportunity to go to his Program brings 12 Ukrainian deputies to U.S. grandmother’s village near Ternopil and by Olenka Dobczanska Budget Committee; Rep. Steve Horn (R- program manager in Washington. Mr. meet his relatives for the first time. Calif.) from the Committee on Government Brown made use of his extensive contacts WASHINGTON – A 12-member dele- Growing up in South Florida, Dr. Reform and Oversight; as well as Rep. to arrange what the deputies called a very gation from the Supreme Council of Clem was a member of the Ukrainian Frank Wolf (R-Va.), Rep. Robert Walker informative, non-repetitive series of meet- Ukraine arrived on January 21 in the U.S. to Dancers of Miami for eight years. He (R-Pa.), and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.). ings specifically tailored to their needs. participate in a 10-day study program on graduated as valedictorian of his class at They also met with Charles Johnson, Nadia McConnell, president of the legislative rules and procedures coordinated Miami Killian Senior High School. In parliamentarian of the U.S. House of U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, welcomed the by Indiana University and the U.S.-Ukraine 1989 he graduated from Swarthmore Representatives (Mr. Sheiko’s counterpart), group, accompanied and guided them Foundation as part of the Parliamentary College with a degree in political sci- Ron Moe from the Congressional Research throughout their trip. Development Program (PDP). ence, receiving high honors and being Service, and Barbara Brasher from the Between meetings and working ses- This is the first trip organized for inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa nation- House Investigative Council on Oversight. sions, the group visited several national Ukrainian parliamentarians to the United al honor society. States under the auspices of PDP, a three- At several sessions at the General monuments, and got a sample of American Dr. Clem plans to pursue a university year project funded by the United States Accounting Office (GAO), they met culture at a performance of the National teaching career and to continue to study Agency for International Development. Director Peter Aliferis, Comptroller Symphony at the Kennedy Center and a Ukrainian political issues such as party The delegation was lead by Petro Sheiko, General Charles Bowsher and Director of Washington Bullets basketball game. En development, the growth of interest chairman of the Committee on Rules, Congressional Relations Helen Hsing. route to discussion sessions at the home of groups, public opinion and foreign poli- Parliamentary Ethics and Council From the Executive Branch they met with Mr. Brown, they visited several historic cy. Administration in the Ukrainian Parliament. Philip Lader, administrator of the Small homes such as James Monroe’s house and “We are very pleased to have Dr. Oleksander Steshenko, chairman of the Business Administration, and Richard the home of the old Virginian aristocratic Clem on our faculty this year,” said the Committee on State Development, Local Morningstar, chief coordinator of U.S. Carter family. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell director of the Ukrainian Research Representative Councils and Self- assistance programs at Department of State. hosted a reception at their home, giving Institute, Prof. George G. Grabowicz. “It Governance, was the other member of the A highlight of the trip was attendance at guests an opportunity for more informal is fitting to mark 25 years of the Summer Supreme Council’s Presidium. President Bill Clinton’s State of the Union interaction with the Ukrainians. Institute’s work by appointing a member Other deputies included Volodymyr Address on January 23. Afterwards the In their comments and written evalua- of the latest generation of American Nemyrovskyj Mykola Chumak, Mykola group had the opportunity to observe both tions the deputies and their staff members scholars to focus on Ukraine, its history Karnaukh, Volodymyr Tkachenko, senators and representatives interact with expressed satisfaction with their study and its culture.” Yevhen Zherebetsky and Yury Sherenin. the press. They also happened to see sever- visit. Sessions that dealt with rules, legisla- Dr. Clem joins a highly qualified Parliament staff participants were Yury al notable individuals by chance in tive procedures, financial management and team at this year’s summer school: Dr. Skalyha, Anatoly Selivanov, Ivan Statutory Hall, among whom were Hillary executive oversight scored high marks. Solomea Pavlychko, senior research fel- Shaporenko and Leonid Yakovyshyn. and Chelsea Clinton, and Sens. Richard Prof. Selivanov reported that it was low at the Academy of Sciences of Bohdan Radejko, program manager of Gephardt and Ted Kennedy. “the most effective program” he had Ukraine, will teach a course on the PDP in Kyiv, and Pavlo Kyslyj and On January 26, the deputies spent a attended, which was very beneficial for Ukrainian literature; and Dr. Borys Oleksander Barabash, former deputies day in Annapolis, Md., where they were him as the chief consultant of the secre- Gudziak, director of the Institute of themselves and PDP staff members who formally greeted by Mike Miller, presi- tariat of the Committee on Finance and Church History at the Lviv Theological work actively with deputies on develop- dent of the Maryland State Senate, and Banking, and noted that he was “com- Academy, will teach a course on modern ing rules and procedures for legislation in witnessed the opening session of the pletely satisfied with the content and Ukrainian history. Also included in the the Supreme Council, accompanied the Maryland State Legislature. They also organization” of the visit. program are three Ukrainian language deputies on their trip to Washington. The had a fruitful meeting with William For more information about the PDP teachers: Halyna Hryn, Harvard PDP had prepared the deputies for dis- Ratchford, the head of financial services or the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, a not- University; Natalia Shostak, University cussion of a number of issues regarding for the Maryland State Legislature. for-profit 501(c)(3) organization promot- of Alberta; and Taras Koznarsky, legislative rules and procedures. The agenda in the United States was ing democratic and economic reforms in Harvard University. The group met with various U.S. gov- prepared by William Brown, retired par- Ukraine, contact the foundation’s head- For more information about the ernment leaders, among whom were Rep. liamentarian of the U.S. House of quarters at 1511 K St. NW, Suite 1100, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute’s Gerald Solomon (R-N.Y.), chairman of the Representatives and lead advisor for the Washington, DC 20005; telephone (202) summer program call (617) 495-7833, or Committee on Rules; Rep. Charles PDP’s Working Group for Legislative 347-4264; fax (202) 347-4267; e-mail send e-mail to: hryn @fas.harvard.edu. Stenholm (D-Texas), member of the Processes, and Motrya Mac Hunia, PDP [email protected]. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 No. 11

THE ART SCENE: Soros-funded gallery promotes visual culture by Marta Kuzma KYIV — The Soros Center for Contemporary Art Gallery is the first gallery in Ukraine devoted to a compre- hensive and continuing program of con- temporary visual art. And, it is the only physical gallery structure that philan- thropist George Soros has funded in the region, marking a substantial financial commitment on his part devoted to pro- moting contemporary visual culture in the country. The commitment to fund such a gallery came out of a personal discussion with Mr. Soros at the Venice Biennale in 1993 that related to the lack of a logical infrastruc- ture for the development of contemporary art in Ukraine. Following a two-year search for an appropriate location, and a series of conversations with Viacheslav Brukhovetsky of the University of Kyiv- Mohyla Academy on the benefits of hous- ing a contemporary art institution on the Students of the University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy hear a lecture by Peter Doroshenko and Marta Kuzma. grounds of a university, the decision was made to create the future SCCA Gallery for Contemporary Art at the University of Ukraine; and an exhibition titled integrated adapting cultural forms, sever- within the original academic corpus of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the center will “Southern Cool,” which will examine the al drawing out of a painterly tradition and Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, a building dating serve as a forum for experimentation for a Conceptualist Movement in Odessa dating others from a technical one (i.e. from from the 17th century. younger generation of Ukrainian artists. from the late 1970s through the 1980s. photography and film). Following a seven-month period of ren- As well, it will serve as a site for com- Within the first three month of its Work exhibited included that of artists ovation and restoration, the gallery opened prehensive exhibitions that survey major gallery activity, the SCCA held three Oleh Tistol (participant in the 1994 Sao to the public on October 29, 1995. movements in the development of con- exhibitions. The fall exhibition, titled Formally referred to as the Soros Center Paolo Biennale), Mykola Matsenko, Iliya temporary art in Ukraine. Such proposals “Bred in the Bone,” opened in November Chichkan (participant of the major inter- include an exhibition examining the 1995 and explored the role of memory national art exhibition “Manifesta,” Marta Kuzma is director of the Soros movement related to non-conformist and nostalgia in forming perception. Center for Contemporary Art in Kyiv. paintings from the 1960s and 1970s in Participating artists presented works that (Continued on page 16)

Collectionby Mark Andryczyk of works Viktorcelebrates Neborak from Lviv and “100 Oleksander years”Irvanets Mr. Irvanets,of theon the other Bu-Ba-Bu hand, deals with more con- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly from Rivne. The group was formed as a means of exis- temporary topics. Of all the members of the Bu-Ba-Bu, tence in the waning days of the Soviet Union with a goal his works are the most political. His politics, however, LVIV – Bu-Ba-Bu. To many this may sound like the of presenting a carnivalized interpretation of life’s are usually presented in a humorous light. cry of a wounded child. To those familiar with contem- events and emotions. In his poems Mr. Irvanets often borrows words from porary Ukrainian culture, however, these three syllables Since then, its members have been instrumental in other languages, including English, to comical effect. conjure up a world of fantasy, humor and reflection. Bu-Ba-Bu stands for “burlesque, balagan, buffonada,” escorting contemporary, avant-garde Ukrainian culture His “Lubit” (Love) is a parody on Sosiura’s “Lubit and is the name chosen by of a group of western to its public debut. They have organized numerous Ukrainu” (Love Ukraine), where he commands the read- Ukrainian poets. evenings of poetry and helped stage various music and ers to love the state of Oklahoma and other states. The Bu-Ba-Bu was formed in Lviv in April 1985. It art festivals, including Vyvykh and Reberytatsia. In “Tvory,” Mr. Irvanets also includes “A Small Play consists of Yuri Andrukhovych from Ivano-Frankivske, Each of the three members of the Bu-Ba-Bu has pre- About Betrayal for One Actress,” whose first staging he viously been published individually, and their works designates to Kyiv theatrical director Serhiy Proskurnia have appeared together in several literary journals and his theater-group Budmo. including Suchasnist, Chetver and Zustrichi. Mr. Neborak’s section, at 100 pages, is the most Until now, however, no publication has included the extensive of the three. His section distinguishes itself works of all three Bu-Ba-Bu members exclusively in one from the others by including essays on language and book. “Tvory” (Works) was released in the fall of 1995 to poetry as well as a short, nostalgic look back at the commemorate the celebration of 100 years of the Bu-Ba- 1980s Lviv cafe society. Bu (their ages, when added together, equal 100). Under the subtitle “Shlagery,” he groups poems that The 255-page “Tvory” is broken up, by author, into have been popularized as texts in well-known Ukrainian three sections. It was published in Lviv by Kameniar pop/rock songs. Lviv musicians often use Mr. Neborak’s Publishers with a circulation of 2,000 and is illustrated by poems as texts for their songs (e.g. Viktor Morozov, Lviv artist and long-time Bu-Ba-Bu collaborator Vlodko Plach Yeremiyi, Mertviy Piven). Kaufman. “Shlagery” is an attempt to present these works once Mr. Andrukhovych, the “patriarch” of the Bu-Ba-Bu, again as poems, as they were originally written. Mr. fills his section with new works as well as old. Many of Neborak himself fronts an avant-garde rock band, the old works first appeared in his individual collection, Neborock. Through this project, he strives to unite text “Exotic Birds and Plants.” What Mr. Andrukhovych and sound in the traditions of the ultimate independent does in his section, as do the other Bu-Ba-Bu’ers, is re- artist – the Ukrainian bard. organize previously published poems and combine them Mr. Neborak’s section borrows somewhat from his indi- under new themes. vidual publication “Litayucha Holova,” “Alter Ego” and For example, “Tvory” includes a chapter titled “Rozmova Zi Sluhoyo,” but contains mostly new writings, “Samilo Nemyrych and Other Bandits.” It is the story of including a series of letters and collection of sonnets. At the a 17th century bandit who, in pied-piper fashion, holds end of his section, Mr. Neborak previews a chapter from the city of Lviv hostage by releasing into the city a his upcoming novel “Mr. Bazio and the Others.” group of exotic animals from a traveling zoo and In all, “Tvory” is a comprehensive, cleverly orga- demanding a ransom for their return. In the framework nized masterpiece from the creative genius of the Bu- of this story, Mr. Andrukhovych re-introduces his writ- Ba-Bu. It provides for a highly entertaining read and ings about exotic animals (“Yekhydna,” “Hryphon,” serves as an almanac chronicling the Ukrainian literary “Yedynorih”), infusing them with a series of prose movement in the decade before the country’s indepen- works including “Richka,” “Dukh” and “Kolo.” dence. As one of the last books published that covers the Mr. Andrukhovych’s writings often describe a Ukrainian colonial era, “Tvory” is certain to become as medieval fantasy world, and “Tvory” also includes an legendary as the Bu-Ba-Bu already are. An autographed ticket stub from an evening celebrat- excerpt from his second novella, “Recreation,” titled Limited copies of “Tvory” are available through the ing Bu-Ba-Bu’s “100 years.” “Vechirka z Monstramy.” Yeezhak Group. Call (610) 530-8946 for information. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 11 INTERVIEW: Zoloti Vorota director on theater DRAMA REVIEW: by Irena Koval than story line. Secondly, a third of the year to make a decision. Kurbas Theater’s play was acted in English. KYIV — There is no doubt which the- In your estimation what is the state ater caught the critics’ attention during One critic commented that “The of theater in Kyiv today? ‘Games for Faust’ Murderer” is “acted in the style of the summer of 1995 at Edinburgh’s I respect the work of my colleagues in Greek theater and that intensity of International Theater Festival. Kyiv’s the theater because they are working passion characteristic of Russian the- by Julie-Anne Franko Zoloti Vorota Theater earned the highest under impossible conditions. In order to rating of five stars for its adaptation of ater. This company is Ukrainian and NEW YORK – In both Dostoyevsky’s that identity only adds to the unbridled be an artistic director of a theater in Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment, Ukraine today one needs to tap a superhu- “Crime and Punishment” and Goethe’s The Murderer.” power of this production.” Do you “Faust,” the theme of transgression – of agree with that? man fund of energy. As far as traditional The excerpts from critical reviews theaters in Kyiv go, they have already crossing over the boundaries of tradition- speak for themselves: I don’t agree with the first part. The fired the remains of their arsenal; as for al mores – tests the limits and limitations “This phantasmagoria is a privilege to chorus which the Greek theater intro- the new experimental theaters, they are in of a man’s route to finding happiness and see. It reminds us of what drama is or duced has undergone complex changes. the throes of self-discovery and haven’t satisfaction. ought to be about.” – The Scotsman. In this play, for example, the chorus has found themselves yet. In the Lviv-based Les Kurbas Theater’s “It is the very physical images and taken on the function of dramatizing the production of “Games for Faust” on tight ensemble which gives the play its environment in which Raskolnikov Directors, actors in Ukraine have February 23 at Columbia University’s tremendous power...This is a highly dis- develops. The chorus re-enacts the inner very limited contact with Western the- ciplined and focused group of actors, workings of Raskolnikov’s mind; his ater. How does this isolation influence who urge you to feel the pain as they do.” motivation is recreated by living actors. their work, positively and negatively? – Edinburgh Evening News. How does the phantasmagorical I see nothing positive about the isola- “A terrifying atmospheric piece of chor- tion. It has a very negative influence. In the ic ensemble theater that taps into the post- world of Raskolnikov mirror the current upheaval in values in Ukraine today? Slavic world, the psychological level of Soviet sense of what it means to live in a theater is the highest in the world, and the moral and economic jungle, where ‘power I adapted “Crime and Punishment” West has something to learn from us. We is granted only to him who dares to stoop five years ago, before the fall of the need to learn the technical virtuosity avail- to pick it up.’ ” – Scotland on Sunday. Soviet empire. However, there are simi- able in the West. We have a long way to This is the second year that theater in larities between the crisis in tsarist Russia go in learning about the technical aspects Kyiv is gaining recognition. Last summer and today’s social upheaval, which in of staging a play. So theater in Ukraine and two theaters were singled out at the Dostoyevsky constitutes a moral crisis. Edinburgh festival. Theater on Podol drew theater in the West have a great many The vision in “The Murderer” is apoca- aspects with which to enrich one another. plaudits and crowds with “Midsummer lyptic, it speaks universally and it begins Night’s Dream” and “Iago”; Kyiv’s actress in the soul. Dostoyevsky’s vision was on I have noticed that the theater-going Liudmilla Limar introduced Shevchenko a different plane from an analysis of a public in Kyiv is, on the whole, much to Edinburgh and electrified audiences particular social or political situation. younger than in the West. with her adaptation of “Vidma.” This writer interviewed the Zoloti But doesn’t your play still reflect the I can’t make that comparison because current moral dilemma in Ukraine Vorota Theater’s artistic director, Valery I’ve been in the West so seldom. Yes, our today? Patsunov, in Kyiv. theater public is young. You’re right. There are a great many social problems What is your reaction to the critic’s Yes, the theme and conflicts certainly do run parallel with the present situation. facing older people here today. The last ovations at the festival? thing on their mind is theater. Did you have a chance to see any If I were a critic I wouldn’t have been other productions while you were in When American dramatist Arthur Yuriy Tarnawsky so generous with the stars. I know that Edinburgh? Miller was asked what the role of theater our theater has room for improvement. was he answered, “Life is so chaotic that Oleh Drach as Svidrigaylov. “The Murderer” has been running We had very little time outside of there is hardly time to look closely at in Kyiv for four years. Why did you working on our own production. I did see human nature. Theater gives the viewer Katherine Bache Miller Theater, director decide to dramatize Dostoyevsky? a few American theaters, which I found a chance to look under the superficial Volodymyr Kuchynsky insightfully fused lacking a spiritual dimension. However, I layer of existence and understand him- the two works’ themes. Accordingly, his First of all, he’s a genius and it’s was impressed with the technical aspects self and thus improve his own life.” To production crossed over a number of the- always interesting to work with a genius. of their production. I hope to have more conclude our talk, would you comment atrical and international boundaries, and Secondly, he gave me the impulse to cre- free time next summer to get a fuller on Miller’s statement? struck upon a multitude of universal ate drama in a metaphorical direction. sense of what other theaters are offering. chords. I can’t agree with Miller more. Theater How did you prepare to stage your What are you planning to take to The text for “Games for Faust,” is the only place today where a person can which was presented in Ukrainian with play in Edinburgh, bearing in mind that Edinburgh in 1996? sit down and think about himself, his exis- the majority of your audience would not an English synopsis and ran for two We have been invited back to stage tence. Theater is the only place where a be able to understand the words? uninterrupted hours to a diverse audi- “The Murderer.” The festival organizers person gathers with hundreds of others; it is ence, was directly taken from scenes of The stylistic aspect of our theater is have heard about our staging of Albert a refuge from solitude, from death, because a Ukrainian translation of “Crime and classic and evokes the essence of the Camus’ “Caligula.” So we may bring that a person is enriched by his sharing the Punishment.” This production mostly play; the emphasis is on metaphor rather to Edinburgh, although we still have a experience of drama with others. hinged upon the meeting between the student Raskolnikov (Andriy Vodychev), who is living with the mur- ders of his landlady and her sister on his conscience, and Svidrigaylov (Oleh Drach), who knows of and plays upon Raskolnikov’s guilt. Through a series of games and dream- like fantasies, the dynamic of Raskolnikov’s struggle between good and evil established Mr. Vodychev’s Raskolnikov as both an intellectual land- loper and a truth-seeker against Mr. Drach’s Svidrigaylov, who took on the qualities of Goethe’s devil Mephistopheles. In his portrayal of the parallels between Svidrigaylov and Mephistopheles, Mr. Drach’s performance was impeccable. In the context of the latter’s whimsical per- sonal, Mr. Drach beguiled his captive audience with a variety of flamboyant traits that ranged from a devil-may-care donning of a live mouse, to his pushing characters over the boundaries of the stage and into the nether-world of the audience, or to conjuring up Hellenic-type women. Through all these escapades, Mr. (Continued on page 18)

Julie-Anne Franko is an M.F.A. can- didate at Yale University’s department of The Zoloti Vorota Theater’s production of “The Murderer,” performed at the Edinburgh International Theater Festival. dramaturgy and dramatic criticism. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 No. 11

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No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 13 Performers join forces in concert to benefit The Ukrainian Museum NEW YORK – A concert to benefit extensive repertoire and is equally at home The Ukrainian Museum in New York in an opera house and on a concert stage. City will be held on Sunday, March 31, Mr. Suk, pianist, studied at the Kyiv at 3 p.m. at the Merkin Concert Hall, 129 Music School and at the Moscow W. 67th St. Conservatory. Winning the Liszt-Bartok The concert will feature baritone Oleh International Competition in 1971 gained 1996 CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS AT SOYUZIVKA Chmyr, soprano Ludmyla Djoi, cellist him international recognition. Mr. Suk Natalia Khoma, the New American Trio, has appeared as soloist and chamber TENNIS CAMP—SUNDAY JUNE 23 — THURSDAY, JULY 4 BOYS AND GIRLS AGES 12—18. FOOD AND LODGING UNA MEMBERS: $ 240.00 pianists Mykola Suk and Volodymyr musician throughout Europe and made NON-MEMBERS: $ 290.00. TENNIS FEE: $ 75.00 Vynnytsky, bass Stefan Szkafarowsky his American debut at Weill Recital Hall INSTRUCTORS: ZENON SNYLYK, GEORGE SAWCHAK AND STAFF and actress Svitlana Vatamaniuk. Oksana in 1991. A brilliant interpreter of tradi- LIMIT: 60 PARTICIPANTS! Protenic and Mr. Vynnytsky will provide tional and contemporary music, Mr. Suk piano accompaniment. premiered a number of works written BOY'S CAMP—SATURDAY JULY 6 — SATURDAY, JULY 20 The program will consist of the works expressly for him. RECREATION CAMP FOR BOYS AGES 7-12, FEATURING HIKING, SWIMMING, of composers Gaspar Cassado, Frederic Mr. Szkafarowsky, bass, studied at the GAMES, UKRAINIAN SONGS AND FOLKLORE. Chopin, Franz Joseph Haydn, Mykola American Opera Center at the Juilliard UNA MEMBERS: $ 160.00 PER WEEK; NON-MEMBERS $ 200.00 PER WEEK Kolessa, Hryhorij Kytastyj, Franz Liszt, School of Music and was a regional win- ADDITIONAL COUNSELOR FEE $ 30.00 PER CHILD PER WEEK LIMIT: 45 CHILDREN!! Mykola Lysenko, Yurij Orlov, Gioacchino ner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions. Antonio Rossini and Ihor Sonevytsky. He quickly made his mark as one of GIRL'S CAMP—SATURDAY JULY 6 — SATURDAY, JULY 20 Mr. Chmyr, baritone, a graduate of the America’s promising young artists. He RUNS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOY’S CAMP Moscow Conservatory, has appeared in has appeared in important roles on SAME PROGRAM, FEES AND LIMITS APPLY. leading roles at the Kyiv Opera, the Lviv numerous prestigious opera stages such Opera, the Bolshoi Opera and at the as the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Dallas UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCE WORKSHOP — SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 —SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 Wroclaw Opera in Poland. Mr. Chmyr Opera, Opera de Montreal, as well as in TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCING FOR BEGINNERS, INTERMEDIATE specializes in German lieder and was opera houses in South America. As a AND ADVANCED DANCERS. FOOD AND LODGING: UNA MEMBERS: $ 265.00 awarded a special prize in the Glinka concert artist, Mr. Szkafarowsky has per- NON-MEMBERS: $ 315.00. INSTRUCTORS' FEE: $180.00 DIRECTOR: ROMA PRYMA-BOHACHEVSKY International Competition. formed with such renowned orchestras LIMIT: 60 STUDENTS!! Ms. Djoi, soprano, is a graduate of the and conductors as the Pittsburgh State Conservatory of Music in Odessa. Symphony, with Michael Tilson Thomas, THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST Since 1992 she has made numerous oper- the National Symphony Orchestra, con- ANYONE BASED ON AGE, RACE, CREED, SEX OR COLOR. atic appearances with the State ducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, and FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE MANAGEMENT OF SOYUZIVKA. Philharmonic Society, the Theater of many others. He is the recipient of the Musical Comedy and the State Tito Gobbi Award from the Rosa ALL CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS MUST BE PRE-REGISTERED ON A FIRST Conservatory of Music in Odessa. Ponselee Foundation. COME FIRST SERVED BASIS WITH RECEIPT OF $25.00 DEPOSIT PER CHILD!! Ms. Khoma, cellist, studied at the Lviv Ms. Vatamaniuk, theater and film ALL NECESSARY MEDICAL FORMS AND PERMISSION SLIPS MUST BE IN NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO START OF CAMP! and Moscow conservatories. She is the actress, studied at the Karpenko-Karyj NO EXCEPTIONS!! winner of top prizes in many internation- Institute in Kyiv. Ms. Vatamaniuk has al competitions and has appeared exten- performed throughout Eastern Europe sively as recitalist and soloist with major and in the United States. She teaches orchestras throughout Europe, the United drama at the Karpenko-Karyi Institute. States and Canada. Mr. Vynnytsky, pianist, studied at the TO ALL UNA MEMBERS: The New American Trio: Vyacheslav Lviv Music Institute and the Moscow Bakis studied piano at the Kyiv State Conservatory. In 1983 he was a laureate Kindly be reminded that your dues (premiums) for insurance coverage are Conservatory, and appeared as soloist and of the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud payable on the first day of the month, and not at the end, as some assume. chamber pianist on major stages in Europe. International Competition in Paris. Mr. By paying promptly to your Branch Secretary, you will help him/her remit the Peter Krysa, son of renowned violinist Vynnytsky has appeared as a soloist with monthly collection to the Home Office in a timely fashion. Oleh Krysa, studied violin at the Royal symphony orchestras in Ukraine, Poland Conservatory of Music in Toronto and at and in the United States, as well as with HOME OFFICE OF UNA. the Manhattan School of Music in New chamber ensembles. York City, and has performed at a number Tickets for the concert, priced at $25, of music festivals. Cellist Rachel Lewis may be purchased at The Ukrainian Krysa studied at the New England Museum, 203 Second Ave., New York, Conservatory, the Juilliard School and at NY 10003, (212) 228-0110; Surma Book the Guildhall School in London, and has and Music Co., 11 E. Seventh St., New Well-established dental office seeking partner appeared as soloist and chamber player York, NY 10003, (212) 477-0729; and with major orchestras. She and her husband before the concert at the box office. are co-founders and artistic directors of the A reception will be held following the Lake Winnipesaukee Music Festival. concert at the Conservatory Cafe, in the Ms. Protenic, pianist, studied at the Mayflower Hotel at 15 Central Park WOONSOCKET, R.I. DISTRICT COMMITTEE Juilliard School of Music, the Catholic West (between 61st and 62nd streets). University of America in Washington, Tickets, at $50, may also be obtained at of the abroad in Austria and Italy. She has an the museum and at Surma. UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION announces that its ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING will be held on

SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1996 at 1:00 PM

at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church Parish Hall, 74 Harris Avenue, Woonsocket, R.I. Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are District Committee Officers, Convention Delegates and two delegates from the following Branches:

73, 93, 122, 177, 206, 241

All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting.

MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY:

Alexander G. Blahitka, UNA Treasurer

DISTRICT COMMITTEE Leon Hardink, Chairman Teodor Klowan, Secretary (English) Yuriy Kalita, Secretary (Ukrainian) Janet Bardell, Treasurer Alexander Chudolij, District Committee Honorary Chairman 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 No. 11

School of Bandura and Ukrainian Arts and Literary Club PresentSchool an ofevening Bandura with Mykola and Lytwyn Ukrainian, outstanding Arts bandurist, and Literary composer, Clubauthor Participants: bandurist, composer, author-Mykola Lytwyn (Kyiv, Ukraine) Ukrainian pro hockey update Participants: artist from Ukraine – Kateryna Nemyra PROGRAM by Ihor Stelmach 1. Ukrainian folk songs 2. Songs – Music and lyrics written by M. Lytwyn East Coast GM copes with MS vocabulary, and none of them are “quit.” 3. Segments from literary works That is one thing Toledo Storm owner Delicious cookies and coffee will be served. A lot of guys in the East Coast Hockey Barry Soskin noticed about Pylypuik on March 23, 1996 at 5:00 p.m. League live with the constant fear that the ice. And that idea has stayed with Building of the Organizations of the Ukrainian Statehood Front their next demotion will be right out of Pylypuik in the front office. (ÅÛ‰ËÌÓÍ ÑÂðʇ‚Ìˈ¸ÍÓ„Ó îðÓÌÚÛ) professional hockey. Those are pretty On January 5, Soskin named Pylypuik 136 2nd Ave., New York City insignificant compared to the fears Pat the new Storm general manager. He Pylypuik must reconcile on a daily basis. This event is made possible with public funds from The New York State Council for the Arts became the youngest GM in professional Pylypuik, formerly a rugged defense- hockey history. man for the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the “The transition was easy,” said Soskin. Western League (juniors) and Toledo “Last year, Pat excelled at his community Storm of the ECHL, and currently the relations position. He completely went Toledo general manager, was diagnosed over and above the responsibilities of that with multiple sclerosis in 1993. The position, which showed me something. To The Weekly Contributors: Ukrainian managed to play the rest of the He proved to me that he could take on a We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clip- 1993-1994 season, helping Toledo to a position with fervor and not quit until the league championship, before retiring last pings, letters to the editor, and the like – we receive from our readers. job gets done. He is a class act, he cares, season to concentrate on a career in man- In order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guide- he’s responsible, funny, kind and agement. lines listed below be followed. Doctors discovered Pylypuik had been demanding of himself.” • News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a afflicted with the disease since 1987. “I Pylypuik was the first Storm player given event. woke up one morning and it felt like I had signed by the organization in 1991. As a • Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the a terrible hangover,” said the 25-year-old player, he was part of two ECHL Riley Cup championship teams and one date of The Weekly edition in which the information is to be published. native of Pinoka, Alberta. “My balance Brabham Cup team during his playing • All materials must be typed and double-spaced. was off, and I would walk down the street and see things moving around. It was career in Toledo (he played for the Storm • Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the actually a relief to find out what it was.” from the 1991-1992 inaugural season publication and the date of the edition. MS is a disease that strikes most peo- through the 1993-1994 Riley Cup sea- • Photographs submitted for publication must be black and white (or color with ple in the prime of life. For reasons son). He was selected to represent the good contrast). Captions must be provided. Photos will be returned only when so unknown, it attacks the nervous system Storm in February 1993 in the ECHL’s requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. and blocks messages from the brain to first All-Star game. other parts of the body. It takes an incredi- Following the 1993-1994 season he • Full names and their correct English spellings must be provided. retired from professional hockey. He • Persons who submit any materials must provide a phone number where they ble emotional toll on its victims because, while many can live a full life without served as community relations director may be reached during the work day if any additional information is required. major incidents, the victim never knows for the 1994-1995 season. He was pro- whether or when the disease will effec- moted before the start of this season to tively paralyze him. There is no cure. assistant to the president, and then “If you talked to me two years ago became the third general manager in èãÖå’ü èãÄëíìçéä ◊èÖêòß ëíÖÜß“ about this, you would have been talking Toledo Storm history. — ‚·¯ÚÓ‚Ûπ — to a complete basket case,” Pylypuik “As of right now I have set three types said. “But I’ve accepted it, and I don’t of goals for myself,” Pylypuik said. “The ÑÖççàâ íÄÅßê see it as a handicap. I have it, I’ve first one is to work closely with my staff accepted it, and it’s time to move on.” to stay focused in selling out the Sports ◊èíÄòÄí èêà èãÄëíß“ Contrary to what people might think, Arena every night through aggressive ‰Îfl ‰¥ÚÂÈ ‚¥‰ 4 ‰Ó 6 ðÓÍ¥‚ the disease did not force Pylypuik into group sales and to cut back operating retirement or halt his development. On expenses. My second is to continue on 퇷¥ð ‚¥‰·Û‰ÂÚ¸Òfl ̇ ëéûáßÇñß Û ‰‚Óı „ðÛÔ‡ı: his retirement: “I stopped because the learning the business side and at the ‚¥‰ 30-„Ó ˜Âð‚Ìfl ‰Ó 6-„Ó ÎËÔÌfl,1996 ð. Ú‡ ‚¥‰ 6-„Ó ‰Ó 13-„Ó ÎËÔÌfl,1996 ð. writing was on the wall, and I didn’t same time observe Greg Puhalski’s run- éèãÄíÄ áÄ èéÅìí çÄ ëéûáßÇñß: Á‡ ·‡Ú¸Í‡, ‡·Ó Ï‡Ú¥ð ¥ Á‡ Ó‰ÌÛ ‰ËÚËÌÛ $75.00 ‰ÂÌÌÓ, want to be one of these guys just hanging ning of the hockey operations. My long- ˘Ó ‚Íβ˜‡π ÒÌ¥‰‡ÌÍË Ú‡ ‚˜Âð¥. Ç ˆ¥ÌÛ π ‚Ê ‚Íβ˜ÂÌ¥ ÔÓ‰‡ÚÍË È Ó·ÒÎÛ„‡. ᇠÍÓÊÌÛ ‰Ó- on.” On never being drafted by the NHL: term goal is to someday become a coach ‰‡ÚÍÓ‚Û ‰ËÚËÌÛ ÓÔ·ڇ $7.00 ‰ÂÌÌÓ. óÎÂÌË ìçëÓ˛ÁÛ Ó‰ÂðÊÛ˛Ú¸ 10% ÁÌËÊÍË. “I just wasn’t good enough. I had lots of and general manager in the National á‡ÏÓ‚ÎÂÌÌfl Í¥ÏÌ‡Ú ¥Á $50.00 Á‡‚‰‡ÚÍÛ ‚ËÒË·ÚË Ì‡ ‡‰ðÂÒÛ: chances, but I just wasn’t good enough.” Hockey League.” Youngest GM in pro hockey Pat and hockey are a perfect match, íÄÅßê èíÄòÄí just like the Toledo hockey fans and the Pat Pylypuik has many words in his Storm. Ukrainian National Association Estate “I was a rink rat growing up and Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, N.Y. 12446 • (914) 626-5641 could honestly never see myself outside Take a Plunge the game of hockey,” Pylypuik said. “I into • 퇷ÓðÓ‚‡ ÓÔ·ڇ: — $60.00 Á‡ ÔÂð¯ËÈ ÚËʉÂ̸; $70.00 Á‡ ‰ðÛ„ËÈ ÚËʉÂ̸. think the curiosity became more preva- • á„ÓÎÓ¯ÂÌÌfl ¥ Ú‡·ÓðÓ‚Û ÓÔ·ÚÛ (˜ÂÍ ‚ËÔËÒ‡ÌËÈ Ì‡ Plast — Pershi Stezi) ̇‰ÒË·ÚË ‰Ó: Eastern Christian Spirituality! lent once I started setting up both the Mrs. Oksana B. Koropeckyj, 1604 Forest Park Ave., Baltimore, MD 21207. Experience the mysticizm of Eastern Christian business and hockey operations of my Tel. (410) 744-0644 (7:30 ‰Ó 10:30 ‚˜.). Spirituality first-hand by entering into the life of the summer hockey schools. I see myself as • ê˜Â̈¸ Á„ÓÎÓ¯Â̸: 1-„Ó Í‚¥ÚÌfl 1996 ð. monks at Mt. Tabor Monastery, Redwood Valley, one of the luckiest people around. It’s • óËÒÎÓ Û˜‡ÒÌËÍ¥‚ Ó·ÏÂÊÂÌÂ. CA. Earn 6 university credits. not very often a former player has the Courses in theological foundation of the Byzantine opportunity to move into the front äÄêíÄ áÉéãéòÖççü çÄ íÄÅßê èíÄòÄí-96 Liturgy and the spiritual teachings of St. Gregory of office and at the same time continue to Nyssa. be part of the winning tradition here in ßÏ’fl ¥ Ôð¥Á‚ˢ ‰ËÚËÌË...... ÔÓ-ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍË ¥ ÔÓ-‡Ì„Î¥ÈÒ¸ÍË The Summer Intensive Program runs from June 15 - Toledo.” July 13, 1996, and is open to men, women, clergy, чڇ ̇ðÓ‰ÊÂÌÌfl ...... With this new responsibility in the and lay. Storm front office, marriage (Pat married ĉðÂÒ‡...... Other programs in Ottawa: 90-credit B.Th. in Ukrainian Laura Strezelewicz in Eastern Christian Studies; 30-credit certificate pro- September of 1995) and taking over the íÂÎÂÙÓÌ...... gram; and new for this coming year, the interdis- coaching reins for the Toledo Junior criplinary B.A. in Eastern Christian Studies. Storm hockey team, how does he man- K ‚¥‰ 30-„Ó ˜Âð‚Ìfl ‰Ó 6-„Ó ÎËÔÌfl 1996ð. K ‚¥‰ 6-„Ó ‰Ó 13-„Ó ÎËÔÌfl 1996ð. The Mctr. Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern age everything? Christian Studies is a unit of the Faculty of “The key to the hectic day-to-day ÇÂ΢Ë̇ Ú‡·ÓðÓ‚Óª ÒÓðÓ˜ËÌÍË ‰ËÚËÌË: K 6-8, K 10-12, K 14-16. Theolody, St. Paul University. operations is time management,” Also available from the Institute: books, audio and Pylypuik added. “At the end of every K á‡ÎÛ˜Û˛ ˜ÂÍ Ì‡ ÒÛÏÛ $...... K êÂÁÂð‚Û˛ Í¥Ï̇ÚÛ Ì‡ ëÓ˛Á¥‚ˆ¥ video cassettes, and day I try and plan the next day ahead of Logos: A Journal of Eastern me. For my wife, she has come a long Christian Studies...... way since her first hockey game when ßÏ’fl ¥ Ôð¥Á‚Ë˘Â Ï‡ÚÂð¥ (ÔÓ‰‡ÚË ‰¥‚Ә Ôð¥Á‚ˢÂ) Sheptytsky Institute, Dpt. UW she left after the first period thinking the ᇂ‚‡„Ë...... Saint Paul University game was over since all the people were 223 Main St. heading down the aisle. As for the Junior ...... Ottawa ON K1S 1C4 Storm, this has to be the most gratifying Tel.: (613) 236-1393 time away from my job. The kids I coach ...... Ext. 2332 襉ÔËÒ ·‡Ú¸Í‡ ‡·Ó χÚÂð¥ Bring your mind into your heart, have come a long way. I honestly believe with holistic Eastern Christianity! (Continued on page 15) No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 15

has many fond memories of Toledo and Pro hockey... will forever love it for what it means to the (Continued from page 14) sport of hockey and the Toledo Storm. that one and possibly two will become “Toledo has to be the best place to pros. Kids today are begging for both play anywhere and to win two Riley discipline and direction. Add hard work, Cups – words cannot describe the excite- and we, as a team, feel that we can reach ment and memories,” Pylypuik said. our goal of going to the nationals.” “During my time as a player I was fortu- If Pylypuik the player needed some- nate to play for a colorful coach in Chris one to impress in the Storm organization, McSorley, and with a great bunch of he definitely got the right person’s atten- players. The support the fans give is sec- tion in team owner Soskin. ond to none. Toledo is a hockey town “Pat’s got a huge heart, a lot of grit from the old school, which is good con- and character and the penchant for mak- sidering I could count my career goals ing the most of his abilities,” Soskin said. over three years on one hand.” “He was always sticking up for his team- Like many young Canadian kids mates, always playing hurt, getting a growing up in western Canada, puck in his face and not missing a shift. Pylypuik’s goal was to make it in the This desire exemplifies Pat Pylypuik.” NHL, and he loved the sport of hockey. Soskin has been sort of a mentor for “Hockey has always been my life, Pylypuik since he moved into the front from skating at a young age to turning office. And Soskin’s vision, which pro,” Pylypuik said. “You know it is brought hockey back to Toledo five years great to see guys make it out of our ago, proved he could beat the odds league and get a shot in the NHL.” against it. That is something Pylypuik Whatever Pylypuik has accomplished really admires in Soskin. in his life has been done with a lot of “Definitely so, Barry has tremendous hard work, and it’s something he thinks vision for the future,” Pylypuik said. is part of every great success story. “You have to admire a person who “To me hard work is the single most believed hockey would work in Toledo, important ingredient in becoming success- five years ago when 99.9 percent said that ful,” he said. “Hard work is being able to he was crazy to even think of putting a stay focused, to get the job done even team here. I don’t think our relationship through the days in which you might feel has changed. Barry expects commitment, like the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” hard work and loyalty. Once he sees this Wherever Pylypuik goes in the profes- in an employee, he allows the individual sional hockey circle, it seems his hard to take on more responsibility.” work will continue to provide him many The new general manager of the Storm years of success.

PAT PYLYPUIK Born: October 16, 1970, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Married: September 1995 to Laura Strezelewicz ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL PAID-UP MEMBERS Residence: Toledo, Ohio MAIL YOUR ADDITIONAL INSURANCE PROPOSAL TODAY Year Team Notes DON’T BE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD 1987 Western Canada Captain of underage juniors team DON’T BE UNDERINSURED playing in Czecho-Slovakia 1988-1989 Lethbridge (WHL) Captain SAY YES TO INCREASED INSURANCE 1990-1991 Minnesota North Stars (NHL) Attended camp NO MEDICAL, NO AGE LIMIT, Kalamazoo (IHL) Pre-season PERMANENT UNA MEMBERSHIP Lethbridge (WHL) TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR AIP PROGRAM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE 1991-1992 Calgary Flames (NHL) Attended camp Pre-season games vs. Edmonton UNA HOME OFFICE Pre-season games with Team Canada, and Vancouver Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL) Toledo Storm (ECHL) First player signed by Storm Brabham Cup Championship 1992-1993 Toledo Storm (ECHL) ECHL All-Star IS YOUR CURRENT COMPANY Riley Cup Championship 1993-1994 Toledo Storm (ECHL) Riley Cup Championship LOSING INTEREST IN YOU?

philology department and the Novyi ARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED AGENT Vitaliy Keis... Korpus, which according to you are (Continued from page 3) essentially Ukrainianized? WHO NEEDS A CHANGE IN THE RIGHT On the other hand, I even had a situa- In the early Kravchuk days (i.e., during tion develop in the opposite, e.g., anti- the presidency of Leonid Kravchuk), the DIRECTION? Russian, direction. I had never under- rector ordered that all teaching be done in stood what the expression prevalent dur- Ukrainian and many of the departments, ing Soviet times “speak a human lan- though far from all, went over to guage” meant. What it means is that Ukrainian as the language of instruction. If so the Ukrainian National Association is Ukrainian was considered an animal lan- Philosophy, history, physics and math are guage. In any case the administration all taught in Ukrainian now. But other your answer. We have been offering quality made a mistake once and misscheduled departments continue teaching in life products to our clients for over 100 my and another [Russian] professor’s Russian. The moment [President Leonid] lecture halls to meet in the same room at Kuchma started talking about two official years. the same time. I started teaching a bit languages, the rector sat on the fence and early and upon being suddenly disturbed has since vacillated over the promotion or We are currently seeking new representa- by an angry old professor frantically preservation of Ukrainianization. screaming at me in Russian to leave the Note, however, that no Ukrainianized tives for our Jersey City office, as well as for room, I told him to “speak like a human department has switched back. All school being, as I cannot understand you.” Well, holidays are conducted in Ukrainian. In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and the class took that politically; some guys the institute as such, hard-line started clapping; it took 15 minutes for Ukrainophobia is, if it at all exists, con- New York, to market our new product line. the commotion to cease. The class was fined to underground status. But that quite pleased at this, admittedly inadver- refers only to the Institute. Outside, on the We offer a strong compensation package tent, but significant nonetheless, turning streets, no one speaks Ukrainian (the of the tables on “the human language.” result of unrelenting Russification). But based on prior sales performance. Please Now this professor complained to the the students who are to become teachers fax your resume to (201) 451-2093, Attn: J. rector of the institute, but nothing came of the Ukrainian language or who will of his grumbling. teach in Ukrainian, well, they are patrioti- Binczak, sales manager. And to what extent has the institute cally inclined people who are using been Ukrainianized, other than the Ukrainian more and more, even in public. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 No. 11

or. Over 10 artists were invited to realize Soros-funded gallery... their creativity, the results of which (Continued from page 10) included a whirling tree titled “The which will open in the Netherlands in Frantic Christmas Tree,” which spun con- UNAUNA’’SS PLANPLAN June), Boris Mikhailov (participant in the tinuously in full revolution; “The Red-Hot ““110”0” upcoming Sydney Biennale in July), Christmas Tree,” decorated by eight video Serhiy Bratkov, Oleksandr Hnilitski and monitors, each conveying a rose-toned, Julia Kissina. Film work by the French fire accompanied by full visual effects; filmmaker Patrick Bokanowski dating “The Tree of Lost Memory,” surrounded from the 1970s was shown during the by a prism of neon tubes; and many oth- exhibition. ers. A large Christmas tree stood in the yrs. old The SCCA program in Kyiv received main gallery, and the entire artistic com- 10 a separate grant from the Open Society munity from Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkiv and 10 Lviv was invited to hang ornaments. Institute in January 1995 for the purpose of organizing the first international work- Visitors were greeted by mulled wine and shop for young curators from the former candles on the grounds of the gallery. Soviet bloc. In tandem with the fall exhi- The most recent exhibition, titled “The bition, the SCCA Gallery hosted the pro- Colonization of the Object,” included ,000000 policy work by Tamara Babak from Kyiv and 10, gram, which included 23 curators from 10 Oleksandr Lisovsky from Odessa. Ms. such countries as Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Babak is an artist who creates large-scale Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Slovenia, objects from willow branches by tradi- Bulgaria, Romania, Albania. tional methods applied to Gobelin weav- dollars per month Lecturers for the program included ing. Mr. Lisovsky utilizes antique and 1100 Peter Osbourne, lecturer of philosophy at found objects, integrating them into Middlesex University in London, who assemblages illuminated by artificial spoke on the topic “Beyond Traditional light sources. “Colonization” refers not Aesthetics: From Art History to Visual only to the aura of the exhibition, which for Culture”; Peter Doroshenko, an American hints of a time at the turn of the last cen- years of Ukrainian descent and former curator tury, but also focuses on the art process 1100 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in applied by each artist. Houston; Lynne Cooke, curator at DIA Further plans for the SCCA Gallery Center for Visual Arts in New York; include an exhibition of video art to be Vasif Kortun, director of the museum at held in June of this year, and a full retro- the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard spective of the work of Boris Mikhailov cash at age 65 College in Annandale on Hudson, N.Y.; from Kharkiv, a photo-artist who recently 110,0000,000 Jonathan Watkins, curator at the had personal exhibitions at the Portikus Serpentine Gallery in London; Bart de Gallery in Frankfurt, the Kunsthalle in Baere, former curator for Dokumenta in Zurich, and the Institute of Contemporary Kassel, and curator of the Dutch Art in Philadelphia (November 1995). This CALL THE UNA TODAY FOR DETAILS Representation at the 1995 Venice exhibition will mark the artist’s first full Biennale; Geert Lovink, media theoreti- retrospective. cian and former editor of Media Matic in The SCCA Board continues to include (800) 253-9862 Amsterdam; Martine Mounot, video cura- such notable figures as Konstantin tor at the Center Georges Pompidou in Akinsha, contributing journalist to Paris; and Matthias Flugge, editor of ARTnews, and recent author of “Stolen Neue Bildene Kunst in Berlin. Treasures: The Hunt for the World’s Lost The results of the workshop were posi- Masterpieces,” a book much publicized DRUGS & MEDICAL SUPPLIES tive in many ways, specifically in secur- in America, England and Germany, dedi- ing several Ukrainian artists the opportu- cated to the topic of “trophy art” — the FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN UKRAINE nity to participate in premiere interna- vast number of priceless paintings, sculp- tional art exhibitions in the future year. tures and other artifacts that had been AVAILABLE THROUGH: The second, more light hearted, gallery systematically gathered by Stalin’s offi- event was titled “The Hermetic Forest.” cials in Germany at the end of the World HERITAGE VILLAGE PHARMACY This event provided artists the opportunity War II and shipped back to Russia as Bazaar Building to creatively manifest the traditional deco- compensation for treasures looted and ration of the Christmas Tree. The public destroyed by Hitler. Southbury, Ct. 06488 was requested to celebrate outdoors in the For further information on the gallery • GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO THEIR DOORSTEP snow, while the art objects, the “trees,” and its programs, phone or fax 380-44- were placed throughout the gallery interi- 416-0093. • FAST AND EFFICIENT SERVICE AND AVAILABILITY • UKRAINIAN-SPEAKING PHARMACIST-CONSULTANT committees.” Place your free telephone call to: Ps/Bs inaugurate... Prof. Kelebay further said there are (Continued from page 4) two sorts of partitionists: “a) those who 1-800-RX-UKRAINA (1-800-798-5724) existence of the AAG, distanced them- want to use partition as a club to prevent selves from its message, and speculated the break-up of Canada, and b) true FAX 203-264-6150 that it was probably a hoax or a French- believers who have given up on Quebec, inspired provocation.” want to bring to closure, and think parti- JAROSLAW AND LESIA PALYLYK, PROP. Prof. Kelebay also gave a thumbnail tion is a neat idea.” sketch of the debate now raging among Prof. Kelebay concentrated on the writ- federalists over a proposed partition of ings of Montreal Gazette columnist the province in the event that separatists William Johnson in proposing a tougher won a referendum. line in dealing with Quebec separatists, Prof. Kelebay was not at a loss about forcing them to adopt a less ambiguous PAUL G. HUNCZAK, ESQ. what Quebec’s English hard right had to position. Prof. Kelebay was confident that say about the present climate. In fact, his the majority of the province’s populace Attorney at Law description of the federalist side were would then not support the PQ project. informed by their perspective. In conclusion, Prof. Kelebay revisited Complete General Practice He said the federalist side can be the themes of his talk, and enjoined divided into three groups: “1) The col- Ukrainian Canadians to join the intellec- laborators and sympathizers of the PQ...; tual battle. He reminded the audience DWI/Traffic Violations Divorce and Family Law 2) the appeasers/Liberal Party/Alliance that, in the words of McGill University Quebec ... and 3) the federalist partition- Chancellor Greta Chambers, “The exis- Accidents and Injuries Wills and Estates ists: the Equality Party and community tence of a nation is a daily plebiscite.” Business Law Real Estate SEND THE WEEKLY TO UKRAINE To order an air mail subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly for addressees in Ukraine, send $160 for subscription fee and postage costs to: (201) 383-2700 Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, Evening hours by appointment 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. 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Constitutional Committee remains a work- Constitutional Committee... ing body until a new constitution is adopted. (Continued from page 1) It remains unclear how the new consti- feisty, as members of the left-wing politi- tution will be adopted, for the procedure cal forces often clashed with centrist and on adoption of the constitution has not democratic leaders. yet been adopted by the Parliament. Mr. Stretovych pointed out that this is A constitutional majority (two-thirds) the first time since October 1993 that the of parliamentary votes are needed for Parliament will be presented with a sin- adoption of the new constitution, but almost everyone, from the president’s gle draft of the constitution to review. administration to the left-wingers and Now, it seems the real battle has just even independent legal experts, realize begun. that for the current Parliament to achieve In an interview with Interfax-Ukraine, this would be nothing short of a miracle. Ukrainian Communist Party leader Petro So, a second alternative has been pre- Symonenko said that although the draft sented by the national democrats. They constitution will make it to Parliament, would like to see the constitution adopted NEWS FLASH TO ALL MEMBERS! “there will be no true parliamentary con- by a simple majority (50 percent plus one sideration of the draft constitution.” of the deputies), then returned to the “The president’s administration will president, who, in turn, will call a nation- Introducing do its utmost to push through its own al referendum on the issue. version of the draft. They will resort to The Rukh Party has already issued an the kind of methods they used to pass the appeal to President Kuchma, asking him to THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASS’N Constitutional Accord,” he added, stating set a stringent deadline by which the that he thought the mass media would be Parliament must adopt the constitution – enlisted to pressure deputies to adopt the no later than June 1996 as set by the NEW TERM INSURANCE PLANS! new constitution. Constitutional Accord signed between the President Kuchma, who did not attend two branches of power last June. In case the press conference at the end of the day’s this does not happen, Rukh has asked that 1 YR, 5 YR LEVEL AND 10 YR LEVEL work, later told members of the Reforms, President Kuchma hold a referendum on Statehood, Agrarians for Reforms and the draft constitution approved by the Center factions that the decision to submit Constitutional Committee. CONSIDER THIS RATE... the draft document to the Parliament was a “The adoption of any draft constitu- “landmark political event.” tion by two-thirds of this Supreme He condemned the attempts by left- Council is impossible,” said Mykola A 35 yr old male – nonsmoker wingers in Parliament to impede the consti- Koziubra, a member of the committee tutional process and recalled the long, that drafted the document and an expert n $250,000 Term Insurance drawn-out battle to draft the Constitutional constitutional law. Accord, which took more than eight months “I can’t even be sure that the Parliament only $490 per year for 10 yrs. to conclude because of less than construc- will be able to get enough votes for a sim- tive work within the Supreme Council. ple majority,” said Vyacheslav Chornovil, Indeed, the left forces in Parliament have the leader of Rukh and its parliamentary Call TODAY for your own plan said they want to examine the draft consti- faction. “But we need not worry, because tution in detail – going over each of its 162 the Constitutional Committee is a legiti- articles individually. They have also threat- mate body, representing all factions in the (800) 253-9862 ened to submit their own version of a draft Parliament, all the powers of the state. So, constitution, an unlawful move that would we have a legal document approved by the cause further bedlam in the legislature. committee. A first step has been made.” Furthermore, left-wingers, among “I predict that events will unfold in the them Mr. Moroz, have also tried to wran- following manner: the left forces will try to gle out of their commitment to this stretch out reviewing the document as long Thinking about buying a home? Constitutional Committee, stating that it as possible – sometime in the summer or does not have the legislative authority to fall,” he noted. “Or they will try to block The Ukrainian National Association draft such a document, implying that this the Parliament’s work, which will give the should be done by the legislative branch. president the opportunity to call a national offers its members Minister of Justice Serhiy Holovaty, also referendum,” said Mr. Chornovil. a member of the Constitutional Committee, “There is no need to fear a referendum,” noted that as co-chairman of the committee added Volodymyr Shapovalov, also a • Low Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loans along with President Kuchma, Mr. Moroz member of the Constitutional Committee has tried to play his own political game. and an authority on constitutional law. “A • For 1- to 3-Family Owner-Occupied Homes “He wanted us to accept the draft as merely referendum is a classic form of popular a foundation with which the Parliament rule, an example of direct democracy. ‘Vox • Quick Appraisal and Approval could begin its work. 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Call us about rates, depends on whether or not Ukraine will In the draft constitution – which may be terms and more information at have its own constitution before the elec- available for distribution in the Parliament tions in Russia. Presidential elections in and perusal by March 20 – the Crimea has Russia are scheduled for June 17. the status of autonomous republic. 1 (800) 253-9862 (except N.J.) or “You know the sovereignization of Members of the committee have agreed Ukraine began not in Kyiv, but in Moscow. that there can be no republic within a (201) 451-2200 And independence, let’s say, fell upon us, republic, and have discussed the possibility and was used by the Communists of Soviet that the Constitution of the Crimea be Ukraine only after the events in Moscow reduced to a charter of autonomy. [the August 1991 coup]. To be sure, the Indeed, the Crimean Parliament was presidential election results in Russia will so disturbed about rumors that its autono- have a direct influence on the situation in my may be canceled that it called an Ukraine,” said Mr. Holovaty, who is also a emergency session on Sunday, May 10, deputy in the Supreme Council, a member and asked that the Ukrainian Parliament of the Reforms faction. endorse the Constitution of the Crimea Mr. Yemets underlined, “This seems before the end of March. Otherwise, they absurd. For five years we tried to form a noted that deputies of the Crimea reserve Constitutional Committee whose main goal the right to endorse their own constitu- would be to draft a constitution. And now tion via a referendum on the peninsula. that this has been done, we are being told A Ukrainian parliamentary committee that we don’t have the authority to do this. I headed by Mr. Stretovych has been thought all along this was our mandate.” appointed to travel to Symferopil within According to its mandate the the next few days to review the situation. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1996 No. 11

Paul II once accepted an insignia from CBC newsmagazine... the order, and gave the order and its com- (Continued from page 1) panions his blessing. “liberal democratic.” Gen. Morris says Cardinal Lubachivsky’s blessing of that Mr. Zhirinovsky is “a nationalist — the Galicia Division, a combat group extremist — but I’d rather have a nation- formed in July 1943 as a formation under alist than a Communist.” the Waffen SS, was part of the controver- Mr. Steeler, a Toronto-area banker, a sy generated by the CBS “60 Minutes” descendant of various European aristocratic broadcast, “The Ugly Face of Freedom” families and a member of six chivalric shown in October 1993. orders, is now dying of AIDS and, as he In December 1986, Canadian Justice told the CBC, is “looking for a fight.” Jules Deschenes issued a report in which it How it was that Mr. Steeler’s interest was stated, “If the only allegation against a in the “Galicia” Division and Cardinal resident of Canada is that he was a member Lubachivsky was aroused was not of the Galician Division, that is not an indi- explained during the program. vidual which we consider should be made Ms. Pelletier related that Pope John the subject of an investigation.”

alluring), dance or observance of the Kurbas Theater’s... action on stage. (Continued from page 11) In the program notes that accompanied Drach’s timing, precision, focus and this performance, it is stated that “since its physical dexterity created a cunning, inception in 1988, the Les Kurbas Theater crafty and biting devil whose evil was has pursued the practice of ‘Theater of vested with a wickedly delightful sense of Playfulness,’ in which it is the actor and humor. his acting that is the driving force behind In complement to Mr. Drach’s largeness each production.” Without reservation, the of presence, Mr. Vodychev’s Raskolnikov presence of this driving force clearly was an able target and penitent whose tal- existed in “Games for Faust.” But behind ents lay in externalizing the intricacies of this driving force is Mr. Kuchynsky’s his struggles: his range included the sub- unnoted steering force, which should be tleties of a sideward glance to release a held up for its due acclaim. moment’s wit to the violent full-body con- In “Games for Faust,” Mr. Kuchynsky tortions emblematic of Raskolnikov’s tor- has taken two of the world’s densest Position of public affairs associate available in Kyiv mented soul. pieces of literature – neither of which are New job opportunity being offered at the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund – International Adding to the confluence of these per- native to Ukraine – and extracted from Children of Chornobyl Foundation Kyiv Office in Ukraine. The position of Public Affairs formances were two other talented pres- them a work that was admirably told ences – those of Natalka Polovynka through a Ukrainian voice to an audience Associate requires outreach to corporate and government entities located in Ukraine; coor- (Dunya), who shared the closing scene in an American theater. dination of basic public relations activities and special events; executing tasks mandated by with Mr. Drach, and Tetyana Kaspruk In going past all the boundaries that the existing and new grant programs; coordination of information with CCF National Office in (Mother). Both of these actors func- orchestration of such a work demands, Mr. Kuchynsky, along with his theater, New Jersey, USA. Position requires: computer proficiency in Windows Word and Excel; flu- tioned on and off stage as characters and muse-like entities. In this latter capacity, has successfully crossed over to a new ency in English and Ukrainian; Russian comprehension. Please send resume to: CCRF, they seemed to preside over the theater world. Not an act of transgression, but, in 272 Old Short Hills Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078; Tel: (201) 376-5140; Fax. (201) 376-4988. as their floating white gowns moved the form of a fine piece of theater, an act with them in song (their voices are quite of transcendence.

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signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation The key to reform... Treaty. Ukraine cannot be expected by the (Continued from page 2) West to complete its de-nuclearization if find it difficult to accept Ukraine’s Russia refuses to legally recognize their boundaries or existence as an indepen- common border. If no Russian-Ukrainian dent state. Nearly two years into the treaty is signed before the June Russian Kuchma presidency there still is no inter- presidential elections, it is doubtful state treaty that would recognize in inter- whether one will ever be signed by national law the current Ukrainian- Russian’s new tsar or commissar. Russian border. Russia describes its bor- Both Ukraine and Russia stand opposed ders with CIS member-states as “inter- to the deployment of nuclear weapons in nal” and purely “administrative” – a con- new NATO member-states; this would be cept that harkens back to the Soviet era. matched by Russian nuclear deployments Ukraine refuses to accept this Russian in Belarus, Kaliningrad and even the policy of “transparent borders,” which Crimea, which would be highly destabiliz- would only spur the proliferation of ing. NATO would be advised, therefore, banned materials into Europe through to openly declare a policy of agreeing not Russia and Ukraine. to deploy nuclear weapons in the Visegrad U.S. and Western policy toward quadrangle, the most likely new NATO members. Ukraine can no longer hide from these Finally, the question of Ukraine’s future unpleasant facts; if Ukraine agrees to security and foreign orientation is a more join a new Russian-led CIS military- urgent matter now than ever, squeezed as it political bloc now or after the June elec- is between two expanding blocks. tions, Europe will be confronted with a Ukraine’s strategic importance to the West new Cold War and higher expenditure on should ensure it is either given assurances weapons. The West, therefore, should about the likelihood of its future member- undertake four measures that could pre- ship in Western security structures or grant- vent this return to the past. ed the status of “permanent neutrality” by Agreeing to Russian demands that it be the United Nations similar to Austria’s after ATTENTION ATTENTION treated as a great power only serves to pan- 1955 or, more recently, Turkmenistan’s. der to its temptation to integrate the CIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN EXTRA INCOME into a new super-power bloc under its hege- mony. Equal, bilateral relations respecting We are looking to expand our advertising clientele for our publications, each country’s sovereignty, a longtime American combines... the Ukrainian-language daily Svoboda and English-language The Ukrainian Weekly. demand of Ukraine’s within the CIS, are (Continued from page 1) forfeited every time Russia is given encour- semiannual installments beginning April If you are a self-motivated, hard-working and bright individual, you can supplement your agement that it is a great power. Secondly, 15, 1997, and the second in 10 semian- income by referring customers to our advertising department. Your earnings will be based the U.S. should broker the completion of nual installments beginning January 15, the Russian-Ukrainian interstate treaty as a 1998. on the amount of advertising you attract to our pages. matter of urgency that would serve to stabi- Ex-Im Bank is an independent govern- lize security in Central and Eastern Europe. ment agency that helps finance and pro- For details please write or call: Svoboda Administration Russia should be put on the spot regard- mote the sale of U.S. goods and services Advertising Department: Maria Szeparowycz ing the acceptance of Ukraine’s borders abroad. It is open in Ukraine for short- 30 Montgomery Street which it, along with the other four nuclear and medium-term insurance and for powers, agreed to respect within the medium-term loans and guarantees for Jersey City, NJ 07302 sphere of the security assurances they pro- financing guaranteed by the Ukrainian (201) 434-0237 vided to Ukraine in December 1994 as a government.

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Tuesday, March 19 poetry, Ukrainian music and a special video. For more information or directions call NEW YORK: Virko Baley, the Ukrainian (770) 973-7599. American composer, conductor and musicol- ogist will give a lecture “Dreamtime, Thursday, March 28 Postmodernism and Ukrainian Music” at NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of Columbia University, 708 Dodge Hall, at 4- America invites the community to “Movie 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Night at the Institute,” featuring the recently Harriman Institute and the Columbia released and critically acclaimed Ukrainian University Music Department. The lecture is film, “Obitnytsia (The Vow).” The screen- open to the public. For further information ing starts at 8 p.m. and will be followed by a call Prof. Yuriy Tarnawsky, (212) 854-4697. reception. The institute is located at 2 E. Friday, March 22 79th St. Admission: members, $10; non- members, $12. For further information, con- NEW YORK: The renowned Les Kurbas tact Lydia, (212) 697-3064. Theater from Lviv, under the direction of Volodymyr Kuchynsky, will give a perfor- Friday, March 29 mance of “Grateful Erodiy,” a parable by OCKLAWAHA, Fla.: The inauguration the 18th century Ukrainian philosopher of the “Chornobyl Memorial Forest” is Hryhoriy Skovoroda, at Columbia scheduled for 2 p.m. This living memorial University’s Miller Theater, Broadway and honors the victims and survivors of the 116th Street, at 8 p.m. Tickets $15; $5 for world’s worst commercial nuclear acci- students and senior citizens. For more infor- dent. Similar plantings are occurring in mation, call the theater, (212) 854-1633, or Ukraine to recognize the 10th anniversary the Harriman Institute, (212) 854-4623. of the disaster. The reforestation partner- Friday-Sunday, March 22-31 ship between American Forests and the St. Johns River Water Management District is CLEVELAND: The Ukrainian Museum supported by the Chornobyl Committee as Archives invites the public to an exhibit of part of the “Seeds of Hope” project. For artwork inspired by the pysanka more information please call St. Johns (Ukrainian Easter egg). Oil paintings and River WMD, (904) 329-4381. sculpture by Aka Pereyma and pencil drawings by Irma Osadsa. The opening Saturday, March 30 reception is on Friday, March 22, 7-9 p.m. COATESVILLE, Pa.: Holy Ghost Exhibit hours through March 31 are: Ukrainian Orthodox Church at 399 Charles Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, 1-4 St. will be holding its annual spring bazaar at p.m.; From April 1-20 by appointment. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Come enjoy the delicious For more information call (216) 781-4329. varenyky, holubtsi, nut rolls, paska, kovbasa, Saturday, March 23 baked goods and much more. A variety of craft tables will be open. For more informa- PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian tion, call Irene Pashesnik, (610) 384-7285. Federation of Greater Philadelphia; the Ukrainian Medical Association, JENKINTOWN, Pa: Manor Junior Pennsylvania Branch; and the Ukrainian College, in conjunction with the Ukrainian Senior Citizens Association of National Women’s League of America, NURSE WANTED Philadelphia, cordially invite the public to invites the community to a concert com- a lecture by Dr. Mikhail A. Rojavin, assis- memorating the 10th anniversary of the for outpatient musculoskeletal/rehab medicine office in tant professor of biomedical physics at the Chornobyl disaster. The concert is a benefit Philadelphia/Delaware area and other locations. Temple University Medical School, at 4 for the Chornobyl Challenge ‘96 campaign. p.m. in the gallery of the Ukrainian The program starts at 6:30 p.m. in the col- Experience in rehab/occupational medicine helpful but not required. Educational and Cultural Center, 700 lege auditorium and will feature vocal per- Cedar Road., Abington, Pa. Dr. Rojavin formances by the MJC Chorus and soloists will speak about Martyn Terekhovsky Dr. Yukiko Ishida and Bohdan Chaplynsky. PHYSICAL THERAPIST ALSO WANTED (1740-1796), a physician, scientist and Dr. Ishida, a faculty member at MJC, is a medical researcher. An informal reception soprano and recipient of numerous vocal Various Pennsylvania and east coast locations. will follow the presentation. Donation: $5. awards, while Mr. Chaplynsky, a native of For more information call (610) 539-8946. Ukraine, has performed with numerous Excellent opportunities for energetic and motivated individuals. American and international companies. For Saturday, March 23 ticket and other information, call the col- Send resume and photo to: NEW YORK: The School of Bandura and lege, (215) 885-2360. the Literary-Cultural Club present an author’s Sunday, March 31 Rehab Associates evening with outstanding bandurist, compos- P.O. Box 1778 er and author Mykola Lytwyn. Participating SILVER SPRING, Md.: The Chornobyl Erie, PA 16507 in the concert will be Mr. Lytwyn and Committee of Washington invites the Kateryna Nemyra. The program will include community to a moleben and commemo- Ukrainian folk songs, original works and seg- rative concert at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian ments of literary interpretations. Coffee and Orthodox Cathedral at 2 p.m., as part of sweets will follow the concert, at 136 Second the 10th anniversary commemorations of Ave. This event is made possible by the New the Chornobyl disaster. A silent auction of York State Council on the Arts. children’s art from the series “What the Children Saw” will be part of the program. NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific For more information, please call Danusia Society is holding a lecture by Judge Wasylkiwskyj, (301) 652-3938. Bohdan Futey of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Judge Futey will speak LOS ANGELES: The Ukrainian Art Center on the constitutional process and accep- invites one and all to the 1996 Pysanka tance of a new constitution in Ukraine. Festival and Easter Open House, to be held The lecture will be held at the society’s at 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at 4315 Melrose Ave. building, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. Numerous exhibits, workshops and a variety of entertainment await young and old. Sunday, March 24 Admission: $5 general admission (door prize NEW YORK: The 50th anniversary of the ticket included); $3 for seniors and pre- St. George Ukrainian Post 401, of the school children. For further information call Catholic War Veterans, will be celebrated (213) 668-0172. with a gala luncheon at the East Village CARNEGIE, Pa.: The Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Restaurant, 140 Second Ave., Senior Chapter of the Ukrainian Orthodox starting with cocktails at 1:30 p.m. This fol- League will hold its 29th annual pysanka lows a corporate mass at noon at the St. sale and food bazaar at noon-4 p.m. The George Ukrainian Catholic Church, 30 E. event will take place at the parish auditori- Seventh St. The public is invited. Donation: um on Mansfield Boulevard. Pysanky, $20 per person. For further information con- food and pastries will be available for pur- tact Cmdr. Harry Polche, (718) 446-8043. chase. Take-out orders will also be avail- ATLANTA: The Ukrainian Association of able. Included in the day’s activities will Georgia and the Ukrainian School of be the sale of cultural items, an Easter bas- Atlanta invite the Ukrainian community to ket drawing and a “Skrootsky sale” by the an afternoon honoring Taras Shevchenko at members of the Junior UOL Chapter. The 1:30 p.m., Hampton Hall Club House. parish museum will be open. Admission is Please bring your favorite covered dish and free. For information call (412) 276-0342 a $5 donation. The program will include or (412) 279-4131.