INSIDE:• Kyiv spruces up for EBRD convention — page 2. • Buteiko speaks on Ukraine’s foreign policy — page 3. • Svoboda print shop closes down — page 5.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVI HE No.KRAINIAN 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine ChornobylT 12U years after: Kuchma tapsW NATO envoy Tarasiuk questions of funding are key as Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister by Roman Woronowycz and its envoy to NATO. As such he by Pavel Politiuk sion on a request it has made that the G- Kyiv Press Bureau played a key role in the preparation of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly 7 help finance the completion of con- Ukraine’s special charter with NATO struction of two nuclear reactor com- KYIV — Borys Tarasiuk became that was signed last summer. CHORNOBYL – At 1:24 a.m. on plexes, one near the northwestern city of Ukraine’s third foreign minister on April From 1992 to 1994 Mr. Tarasiuk was April 26, 1986, a failed test at the fourth Rivne, the other near Khmelnytskyi in 17 with his appointment by President vice minister under independent reactor at the Chornobyl nuclear power central Ukraine, that Ukraine says are Leonid Kuchma at a special session of Ukraine’s first foreign affairs minister, station resulted in an explosion, sending needed to replace the Chornobyl plant the Collegium of the Ministry of Foreign Anatolii Zlenko, and headed the radioactive particles into the atmosphere and provide much-needed energy. Affairs. He replaces Hennadii Udovenko Ukrainian delegation in talks with the and contaminating the land for miles President Leonid Kuchma recently who resigned on April 9 to take a seat in U.S. and Russia over Ukraine’s nuclear around, creating a place devoid of life, reiterated that Ukraine would not be able Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada. disarmament. people and a future. to close the troublesome Chornobyl com- President Kuchma and the new minis- The new foreign affairs minister was During the several months that fol- plex if the G-7 reneges on its promise. ter underscored that the Foreign Affairs born in Dzerzhynsk, Zhytomyr Oblast, in lowed more than 100,000 people were Ukraine also has been pressing the Ministry would continue to pursue the 1949 and attended Kyiv State University, evacuated from one of the richest London-based European Bank for same foreign policy objectives that had where he earned a degree in international regions of what was then the Soviet Reconstruction and Development to been established during Mr. Udovenko’s relations in 1975. He began working at Union. They lost their homes and prop- finance construction of the two nuclear tenure. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the erty, and were forced to move to an reactor complexes. “Ukrainian foreign policy will not Ukrainian SSR in 1971. By 1994 he had unknown future. EBRD representatives indicated this change,” said Mr. Tarasiuk. “We will assumed the post of first vice minister Today, 12 years after the worst year that the bank would finance com- continue to do everything possible to for foreign affairs. He spent five years nuclear accident in history, the pletion of the two power plants, but have help integrate Ukraine into European and (1981-1986) at the United Nations, ini- Chornobyl nuclear complex, located delayed a final decision due to concerns European-Atlantic structures and to tially as second secretary and then first about an hour and half from Ukraine’s about safety, the financial soundness of strengthen the country’s independence secretary of the Ukrainian SSR Mission. capital city, continues to operate and the project and doubts that the projected by means of foreign policy.” President Kuchma accepted the resigna- Ukraine continues to live in the shadow $1.2 billion loan could be repaid. Speaking about the diplomatic corps, tion of two more Cabinet ministers on April of Chornobyl. Residents of the contami- Ukraine has stated that it is not satis- Mr. Tarasiuk said “We will make a seri- 21. Gone are Minister of the Economy nated zones are still being resettled, and fied with the demands being place on it ous effort to enhance the professional Viktor Suslov and Minister of Science and millions of others are not sure that the air by the EBRD in exchange for the loan. level in the performance of the whole Technolgy Volodymyr Semynozhenko. they breathe and the water they drink is On April 20 Ukraine’s Minister of system.” Both ministers were elected to Ukraine’s safe. Energy Oleksii Shebertsov said his gov- In a special presentation, President Verkhovna Rada in the March 29 elections. In a 1995 agreement with the Group ernment is not happy with a “number of Kuchma outlined to the collegium his Mr. Semynozhenko won as an independent of Seven industrialized countries provisions” and is looking at alternate ideas on the form Ukraine’s foreign poli- and Mr. Suslov as a member of the Socialist Ukraine pledged to close the Chornobyl sources of funding to complete the two cy should take. “Our foreign policy Party slate. plant by the year 2000 in exchange for reactors at Rivne and the four at should be neither pro-West, nor pro-East, The president’s press secretary, international aid. it must be pro-Ukraine,” said President But Ukraine is still awaiting a deci- (Continued on page 4) Kuchma. (Continued on page 2) Chief among the responsibilities that the ministry should assume, according to President Kuchma, is to develop eco- nomic policies in the international field, Police say currency official including the development of large-scale international economic projects. He also was murdered in contract hit called for “new impulses” in the devel- by Roman Woronowycz opment of relations with the European Kyiv Press Bureau Union. The president told Ukraine’s foreign KYIV — Vadym Hetman, board chair- service to “fill with content” the strategic man of the Ukrainian Interbank Currency relations between Ukraine and the Exchange, and a respected lawmaker who United States. He also underscored the recently failed in his attempt to get re- priority of relations with Russia elected to the Verkhovna Rada, was mur- Most of Ukraine’s government leaders dered the evening of April 22 as he entered attended the special session, including his apartment in Kyiv. Police officials are Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko, calling Mr. Hetman’s murder a paid assas- Cabinet members and National Security sination. and Defense Council Secretary “Judging by the style in which the finan- Volodymyr Horbulin. cial expert was killed, the murderer was a Mr. Horbulin, who is President professional and it was most likely a con- Kuchma’s most trusted advisor, told tract hit,” said Oleksander Zarubytsky, the jouralists after the session of the Foreign head of the External Affairs Department of Affairs Ministry Collegium that the the Ministry of Internal Affairs. appointment of Mr. Tarasiuk should be Mr. Zarubytsky said three theories for seen as another point on a stable continu- the killing are being investigated. “We um of Ukrainian foreign policy. “We are looking into versions associated with don’t need to change the direction of for- Mr. Hetman’s work as the director of the eign policy so much as to change the exchange committee, as well as the pur- tempo,” said Mr. Horbulin. “We need a chase by the exchange of its trading more rigid defense of the interests of house on Kontraktova Square,” said Mr. Ukraine.” Zarubytsky. “The third version is tied to A view of the concrete sarcophagus encasing Chornobyl’s No. 4 reactor. Mr. Tarasiuk, 49, most recently was Ukraine’s ambassador to the Benelux (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 No. 17 Kyiv spruces up for convention of EBRD’s board of governors NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Kyiv says G-7 fails to keep pledge Vitrenko deprived of parliamentary seat by Roman Woronowycz the EBRD Business Forum. Kyiv Press Bureau There, Ukrainian businesses will display KYIV – The Ukrainian government has KYIV – Nataliya Vitrenko, leader of their wares and production capabilities to accused the international community of the Progressive Socialists, has been KYIV — Kyiv is sprucing up. European investors and bankers. And, in an failing to keep an agreement on the shut- deprived of her parliamentary mandate Everywhere there are in freshly painted interesting marketing strategy, potential down of the Chornobyl nuclear plant, by a court in Konotop, Sumy Oblast, buildings and newly re-paved streets. European investors who see something they ITAR-TASS reported. “Our expectations of where she ran for the Verkhovna Rada in Workers are rapidly finishing work on like will be able to get a first-hand look at receiving financial aid from the internation- the March 29 elections, Ukrainian reconstruction projects that have languished the Ukrainian operation immediately, no al community have not been met,” the Television-2 reported on April 20. for years. Hotel rooms have been remod- matter in which region of Ukraine it is agency quoted Vice Minister for Foreign According to the court, Ms. Vitrenko eled. And two historic churches, long located. Affairs Anton Buteiko as saying. Under the gave information about the private life of destroyed, have been rebuilt. “We will have charter flights available so 1995 deal, the G-7 pledged $3.1 billion to her rivals and insulted state officials dur- The flurry of activity is in anticipation of that interested delegates will be able to fly assist Ukraine in closing the plant by the ing the election campaign. The court also next month’s annual convention for the out to the regions,” said Mr. Taranov. year 2000. Ukrainian authorities maintain nullified the votes cast for the European Bank of Reconstruction and All guests to the EBRD Business Forum that to date they have received only $250 Progressive Socialists’ party list in Development board of governors. will have access to the exhibition. The million. (RFE/RL Newsline) Konotop, thus pushing the party’s sup- Scheduled for May 9-12, it is Kyiv’s first port below the 4 percent threshold for forum, designed to promote investment and “Open Zone”: collection about Chornobyl world-class convention, and the city is business opportunities among the 58 mem- parliamentary representation. Ms. making every effort to pull it off in a world- ber countries of the EBRD, comprises KYIV – A collection of accounts by Vitrenko has called the court ruling class way. information services, bank seminars and journalists who wrote about the nuclear “revenge on a political leader and an Ukraine is looking at the annual conven- country presentation, which will include accident at Chornobyl was released here opposition party,” Ukrainian Television-2 tion, which will include the board of gover- country profile reports. under the title “Open Zone.” The volume reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) nors meeting, a business forum and an The EBRD is an international organiza- was prepared by Ihor Zasieda, a member CEC registers 413 national deputies exposition of Ukrainian business potential, tion founded in 1991 that finances projects of the Ukrainian Journalists’ Union who as well as the usual entertainment and cul- for countries in economic transition to covered the Chornobyl story, who KYIV – As of April 17, the CEC had tural events associated with such an democracy and open market systems. Its emphasized that journalists traveled to registered 413 deputies elected in the endeavor, as a showcase of its investment work is specifically aimed at 26 countries the accident site to do their jobs, not for Verkhovna Rada elections in March. This potential. “It will give us a chance to show of the former Warsaw Pact and the Soviet the sake of money. Many of them died, figure comprises 218 elected on party lists investors our possibilities and potential for Union. Its shareholders consist of all the he noted. The book contains biographies and 195 in single-mandate constituencies. future investment,” said Yurii Poluneyev, countries of the European Union, the and reminiscences about 12 deceased CEC Chairman Mykhailo Riabets noted Ukraine’s London-based representative on United States and Japan. The EBRD per- journalists. Published in an edition of that all elected deputies have been regis- the EBRD board of directors. forms three functions: it provides credits, 600, the book is to be sold for 2 hrv with tered, except for those in districts where The event will cost Ukraine about $1.5 invests in capital stocks and gives credit proceeds earmarked for a fund to support complaints about election irregularities are million, a relatively paltry sum for a major guarantees. journalists. (Respublika) being investigated. Elections will be re-run convention. Ukraine has kept costs low by Currently the bank has approved 23 proj- in several districts, and checks are to be car- searching out sponsors in Ukraine’s bank- ects for Ukraine with a total value of some Ukraine seeks to prosecute Russian attaché ried out in several others. Ukrainian courts ing industry and by auctioning off certain $600 million. KYIV – Ukraine has asked Russia to are currently examining appeals to invali- elements associated with the conference, With all that it could bring to Ukraine, date election results in 25 districts. (Eastern such as the transportation of guests, which strip a legal attaché at the Russian the convention – which Mr. Taranov pre- Embassy in Kyiv of his diplomatic Economist) Mercedes Benz picked up. dicted could mean investment interest by The costs do not include extensive road immunity. While driving a car, the Ukraine, Russia hold naval maneuvers 10 percent of the guests – has not been attaché hit and killed a Ukrainian citizen maintenance and building renovations, without its problems. crossing the street. A Ukrainian Foreign KYIV – The Russian and Ukrainian which were needed anyway, according to “I don’t want to say that in six months Affairs Ministry spokesman said the naval fleets held large-scale joint maneu- the head EBRD Organizing Committee of we made heaven in Kyiv,” said Mr. diplomat was drunk at the time of the vers in the Black Sea on April 14-21. The the Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, Oleh Taranov. accident, but declined to undergo an two countries deployed a total of 37 vessels Taranov. The biggest headache has been the alcohol check and medical tests. in what a Russian naval spokesman “Reconstruction of hotels and roads absolute lack of five-star hotels in Kyiv. “Considering the seriousness of the acci- described as “the biggest Russian- came from the city budget,” said Mr. There are no Western-style hotels in Kyiv dent, we want appropriate measures to be Ukrainian maneuvers since the Soviet Taranov. “This was done as a normal need. even today, almost seven years after inde- taken,” Reuters quoted the spokesman as Union collapsed in 1991,” Agence France The only difference was that we had the pendence, thanks in large part to the stifling saying. (RFE/RL Newsline) Presse reported. The eight-day exercises schedules moved up to fill the needs of the government red tape and fees that have simulated pursuit of enemy submarines and convention.” become a business hallmark of this country Kuchma wants ‘unengaged’ chairman Ukraine hopes that the more than 7,000 and have inhibited overall investment. In included missile launches and parachute guests expected – among them 3,000 addition, there is simply a dearth of hotel KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma landings on the Crimean peninsula. The European visitors and 200 to 300 Western rooms to accommodate the 7,000 expected said on April 15 he wants to see an exercises took place in Striletskyi Bay near journalists – will view the convention not guests. The lack of space has forced Mr. “unengaged politician” as the new Sevastopol. (RFE/RL Newsline, Eastern simply as a chance to party and share sto- Taranov’s organizing committee to look to Parliament chairman ITAR-TASS report- Economist) ries of financial conquests, but as a chance alternate housing. ed. In such a case, “the Parliament will Kuchma to give state of the nation address to take a serious look at investment possi- They have turned to the Dnipro River do its job instead of engaging in political bilities in Ukraine. as their salvation. Two large excursion intrigues,” Mr. Kuchma asserted. He KYIV – Presidential advisor Anatolii “We do not want this to be a tourist boats with 700 rooms will be moored at declined to give any names, but his Halchynskyi announced on April 10 that excursion, but a meeting of potential busi- docks near the center of the city and will spokesman said the president is opposed President Leonid Kuchma will give a ness partners,” said Mr. Taranov. house the support staff of convention to the old leadership of the Verkhovna state of the nation address on May 4. A To bring together potential Ukrainian delegates. Rada, thus hinting that the president is report called “A Strategy for Stabilization and European business partners, the organ- Besides the general facelift Kyiv is against Oleksander Moroz’s re-election. and Economic Growth” will also be pre- izing committee is sponsoring an exhibition enjoying as a result of convention prepara- (RFE/RL Newsline) pared. (Eastern Economist) of Ukrainian business in connection with tion, another benefit the city will receive is the reconstruction of two historic, religious landmarks. The Church of the Assumption FOUNDED 1933 of the Virgin Mary of Pyrohoscha and the Kuchma taps... Monastery of St. Michael of the Golden HE KRAINIAN EEKLY (Continued from page 1) Domes, two historic landmarks destroyed TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Oleksander Maidannyk, called he resig- by Stalin in the 1930s, are being restored. a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. nations “inevitable.” He also confirmed The former is generally complete with only Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. that the acting procurator general, Oleh the interior left to finish, while the bell Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. 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But do you really think The Ukrainian Weekly, April 26, 1998, No. 17, Vol. LXVI Environmental Affairs Yurii Kostenko that the renovation of Kyiv will continue Copyright © 1998 The Ukrainian Weekly still has not declared his decision. after the bankers leave?” No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 3 INTERVIEW: Buteiko speaks on Ukraine’s foreign policy by Yaro Bihun Europe’s general tendency and historic approach with Special to The Ukrainian Weekly respect to Ukraine. WASHINGTON – Ukraine’s Vice Minister for Foreign And do you expect the ratification of the Ukraine- Affairs Anton Buteiko was among a group of Ukrainian Russia friendship and cooperation agreement also will government officials participating in a workshop on take four years? Ukraine-NATO relations sponsored by the Harvard University Project on Ukrainian Security and the It will depend on who has the upper hand in the Stanford-Harvard Preventive Defense Project. The April Russian Parliament. If it’s those who adhere to the old 8-9 workshop was held at the Brookings Institution. way of doing things, then anything is possible. We have Before departing Washington, Mr. Buteiko was inter- already seen finished agreements waiting two years to be viewed on April 10 at the Ukrainian Embassy by this signed. But, being an optimist, I expect that common writer and Voice of America correspondent Adrian sense will prevail and that this agreement will be ratified. Karmazyn. He fielded questions about Ukraine’s relations Are you equally optimistic about the certification with NATO, the United States and Russia, as well as by the secretary of state at the end of this month with about the effects of the March 29 parliamentary elections respect to American investor problems in Ukraine? on Ukrainian foreign policy. Following are translated excerpts from the interview, We are doing everything possible to resolve these which was conducted in Ukrainian. problems. It’s hard for me to say how successful we have Mr. Buteiko, could we start by having you say a lit- been in this. But I would like to underscore the following: tle bit about the Ukraine-NATO seminar? This certification is mandated by the American legisla- tive branch and the administration is required to report. During the conference we discussed the implementa- But, to my mind, reducing the relationship between tion of the NATO-Ukraine special relationship charter, Ukraine and the United States to the question of certifica- Ukraine’s participation in the Partnership for Peace pro- tion is completely superficial and inappropriate. I think gram and in its peacekeeping activities. this issue should be viewed in the context of the full spec- Many interesting and practical ideas were expressed Yaro Bihun trum of our relationship, and the importance of Ukraine and its role on the continent. And, appropriately, they dealing with the improvement of means of cooperation, as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Anton Buteiko well as with finding resources to fund these cooperative should be the paramount issues in the relationship activities. between Ukraine and the United States. We found it meaningful that the conference was con- And, after all these changes, will there be a place for Is this the most serious problem in the U.S.-Ukraine ducted in such a businesslike atmosphere. And we saw Ukraine in a future NATO? relationship today, or are there other disputes about again that there is an interest on the part of the United In NATO itself? States to transform NATO, that the doors to the organiza- which we have not heard? tion will remain open for those who would wish to join it, Yes. As soon as bilateral relations start to develop intensive- and that this organization will continue peacekeeping ly, many issues come to the fore that need to be resolved. I see Ukraine’s cooperation within the framework of its activities in the region following current guidelines – in Should one call them disputes? There are, of course, dif- charter with NATO as very important, and we can do cooperation with the United Nations, the Organization for ferent interests and different approaches. But we have, much there. It will depend, most of all, on Ukraine – on its Security and Cooperation in Europe – and we saw the with the United States, a stated goal of achieving a strate- ability, its readiness. As for its membership? Certainly, if possibility that NATO could evolve into an organization gic partnership, and these issues should be resolved with- NATO is evolving into an all-European security structure, that would be one of the most important elements of a in the framework of the spirit of this strategic partnership. then I can’t imagine such a structure without Ukraine. future overall security structure in Europe. There are, of course, other issues, but many of them In his remarks to the seminar, [Deputy Secretary of If I might ask a question about President Kuchma’s have been resolved in negotiations during Secretary of State] Strobe Talbott said that the threat of instability visit to Russia, when the bilateral economic agreement State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Kyiv and some are in the region would not result so much from NATO’s was signed. Why did this agreement elicit such a nega- being resolved right now. Life goes on. tive response from various segments of the popula- expansion as from halting its expansion after the first I haven’t seen any press reports about any reaction tion? The newspaper Kievskiye Viedomosti, for exam- or second round. This, he said, would destabilize the by Ukraine to the recent worsening of relations ple, called it a betrayal of Ukrainian interests. region and establish a new dividing line. How would between Russia and Latvia. Has Ukraine commented Ukraine view the stopping of NATO expansion after on this in any way? the first or second round? At that time it was treated in the context of the election campaign. And I personally was surprised to hear criti- I haven’t reviewed any communications from Kyiv cism of this agreement from the lips of those who had Let me point out that we are interested in the transfor- today as yet, but, personally, I feel that [Russia’s] reaction upheld our foreign policy toward Russia. The motives mation of NATO. And NATO is being transformed; it is is excessive. Whatever the merits of the case, we, of were related to the elections. changing. And, as an organization searching for its “new course, do not condone any infringement on national We must establish and develop normal relations with face,” it’s important that the expansion process continue minority rights. Ukraine’s position is that such rights the Russian Federation. And if we have a long-term eco- but within the framework of creating a general security should be respected. But Moscow’s excessive reaction, of nomic cooperation agreement with Russia, this means sta- structure in Europe. We find great merit in this. Other course, was not normal, especially in light of the fact that bility for our producers. It does not mean that cooperation countries will join in this, as did Ukraine, through its spe- the Latvian side took steps to resolve the incidents that with Russia closes the door on our movement toward cial partnership charter with NATO, and Russia, which took place. participates in accordance with its agreement with NATO. Europe. I don’t see any particular problem in this regard. We Our overall goal – both short- and medium-term – con- Concerning the election results, Mr. Buteiko. Do have a more serious problem with the expansion of the tinues to be integration within European and Euro- you think that they will complicate the European European Union up to Ukraine’s border and the possibili- Atlantic structures. Therefore, we cannot erect a curtain aspect of your foreign policy? ty of the raising of what I would call the “paper curtain” on one border for the sake of the other. Ukraine is a major in front of Ukraine. This would be more damaging for us power and it has to develop and maintain relations with It was obvious to me that domestic issues were at the than was the Iron Curtain erected by the Soviet Union. all. And how can we not develop relations – especially forefront of the election campaign, but I also noticed a economic relations – with such a large country as our heightened interest in foreign policy issues. After the Strobe Talbott also pointed out that NATO is not neighbor Russia? power arrangements are settled in the new Verkhovna only a military organization but a political one as well. Rada, we expect some problems early on. I would not dis- What changes do you expect or would like to see in the So you view this criticism as unfounded? count the possibility that the first test to indicate the real structure of NATO? distribution of power in Parliament may well be over a You must understand that during the debate about the foreign policy issue. But I don’t think there will be any visit critics quoted from documents that had no relation to We’ve already seen a number of changes. First, the special problems. command structure, as you know, was changed. The psy- what was actually agreed to. They quoted from a first chology and philosophy guiding the activities of the Russian draft as if it were the final agreement. Of course, Have you observed any signal from the voters as to organization are changing. For a long time the organiza- had we accepted what Russia proposed in its first draft, what kind of foreign policy they would like to see? tion was oriented on defending the territories of its mem- that would have been completely unacceptable. And that ber-states. Now the situation has changed. The most is why it was, to a large measure, changed. For the past four years the main national pulpit was important change in adapting NATO to a changing situa- I understand that no agreement can be perfect. But an controlled, for the most part, by the leftists, since the tion, for the most part, came about in response to develop- agreement requires that both parties agree. If one of the Parliament was headed by a leader of the left wing. And ments in the Balkans, in Bosnia-Herzegovina. No one sides does not agree, it cannot be forced into agreement, the people – and I noticed this in the election campaign, could imagine, say eight years ago, that military units of because forced agreements do not last. since I campaigned myself – have a false understanding NATO countries, Russia and Ukraine would jointly take It was also important for us to balance appropriately of foreign policy and how it is implemented. They are not part in peacekeeping operations and work together. This the steps we are taking toward the European Union. It’s adequately informed, and the Foreign Affairs Ministry change is taking place and I think that it is basically a psy- quite possible that to a degree there was a pulling back on bears part of the blame. chological change in attitude and approach. our part resulting from the long delay in the ratification of In the past, under the Soviet Union, after important And this will continue in the future. For the most part, our agreement on friendship and cooperation with the official events and decisions, teams were sent forth to NATO member-states no longer feel an external threat. European Union. When we signed the agreement, we inform the public. Although we try, we have neither the But there are many new elements – like inter-ethnic con- expected that it would be ratified within one and a half, time, nor the resources and personnel to do this effective- flicts and new forms of international terrorism – around but no more than two years, and it contained points we ly. I see now that we will have to study this problem and which countries will cooperate within the NATO frame- considered timely and important for us. The process actu- possibly make some changes in the internal outreach work. ally took four years. As I look at it, it was an example of activities of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 No. 17

Census 2000 questionnaires submitted to Congress Police say... (Continued from page 1) by Todd Columbus down significantly from the 1990 census various community organizations to host Mr. Hetman’s election campaign effort.” Ukrainian National Information Service when 13 questions constituted this form. questionnaire centers, where bureau offi- As noted in the concurrent resolution, cials will answer questions regarding all Mr. Zarubytsky said the investigation WASHINGTON – Preparations con- this decrease was effected in response to forms of the 2000 Census. into the murder would involve the tinue for the decennial census of 2000. a mandate from Congress “to reduce the Serious debate has arisen in Congress Internal Affairs Ministry’s “biggest and The U.S. Census Bureau has officially reporting burden on the nation’s resi- concerning the implementation of the best” efforts. According to the ministry spokesman, submitted to Congress the questions it dents.” Six of the questions included on long form, or what is being referred to Mr. Hetman was gunned down between intends to include on the census question- the short form are population-related, as sampling. Currently, two separate 10:10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., in the eleva- naires. As part of the census process, the while the remaining question is related to court cases are challenging the use of tor of his apartment building in Kyiv. He Census Bureau will print over 300 mil- housing (whether respondents own or sampling to count the population in the was struck by four gunshots — one to lion questionnaires to be mailed to the rent the house in which they live). census. the head and three to the abdomen. estimated 120 million households in the The long form, unlike the short form, Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) stated Police officials found six cartridges fired United States. Distribution of these mail- will be distributed only to an average of that “improving the accuracy of the cen- from a Soviet-made TT pistol. His body ings and the start of the census are sched- one in six households. This form includes sus through the use of sampling is essen- uled for mid-March 2000. was discovered by residents of the build- 52 questions covering a wide range of tial” because past methods have missed ing at 11:10 p.m. The Internal Affairs Recently several Democrats and subjects, including the questions appear- minorities and rural Americans. Republicans in the House of Ministry said no eyewitnesses have come ing on the short form. Questions concern- Rep. Dan Miller (R-Fla.) said he views forward and that the number of assailants Representatives co-sponsored a resolu- ing race have been modified to allow the census as “pure politics” on the tion, House Concurrent Resolution 246, is not known. respondents to check off more than one administration’s part and worries it may Mr. Hetman, the first chairman of the to allow for the use of a long form to gain race. Also proposed is a question con- hurt Republicans in the redistricting National Bank of Ukraine, was a well- more specific demographic information. cerning ethnicity and ancestry. The long process. respected member of the Verkhovna This, however, has caused a great deal of form will include “only those subjects The use of sampling is important to Rada who remained independent of the debate in Congress. that have specific legislative justifica- many minorities and ethnic communities various political factions and parties. The 2000 Census intends to incorpo- tion.” throughout the United States as it pro- He was considered a voice of reason rate three different forms as part of the Finally, the “be counted” forms are vides a means by which their representa- and a political broker among his peers. process: a short form, a long form, and a meant to maximize public participation tion in the American population can be Journalists often turned to him for an “be counted” form. Improvements are and will be posted in locations such as gauged. This, in turn, plays a critical role objective and politically unbiased opinion. still to be made to the forms, and the post offices and convenience stores. It in the allocation and distribution of feder- His popularity and achievements in Census Bureau has noted that the forms will consist of the short-form questions al funds to state and local governments. In the Verkhovna Rada did not lead to suc- will be easier to read and understand of the census, which the public may pick H. Con. Res. 246, the General Accounting cess in the elections, however. He was because of larger type sizes and the addi- up at convenient locations, fill out and Office has noted “that over $170 billion handily defeated in his re-election effort tion of information describing how cen- mail. The “be counted” form is seen by each year in Federal program funds are in the March 29 elections. He had, how- sus information benefits communities. the Census Bureau as another way to distributed to state and local governments ever, filed a court appeal on the results of The short form will be sent to the vast encourage people to participate in the on the basis of data collected in the cen- the elections, which was to have been majority of households nationwide and decennial census. sus, including data available only from reviewed next week. includes seven questions. This number is The Census Bureau also will organize the long form.” Mr. Hetman was considered a finan- cial expert and had headed the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on In fact, some experts believe that “There is no threat to the population out- Finance and Banking. He had been chair- Chornobyl... Ukraine does not want to implement the side the 30-kilometer zone and there can’t man of the Ukrainian Interbank Currency (Continued from page 1) promises made and that Chornobyl will be,” said Volodymyr Holosha, first vice Exchange since its inception in 1993. Khmelnytskyi. continue to work after the year 2000. “The minister at Ukraine’s Ministry of Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko, “Meanwhile, we are looking for alterna- state wants to continue the work of the sta- Emergency Situations, speaking at a press commenting on the murder of Mr. tive sources of funding the effort to com- tion as long as possible,” said Volodymyr conference in the contaminated zone on Hetman told Interfax-Ukraine on April plete the construction of the reactors,” said Usatenko, senior advisor to the Verkhovna April 17. 23: “I am grieved by the murder of such Mr. Shebertsov. Rada Committee on Chornobyl. “Even if local instabilities lead to a par- a decent, intelligent and wise person who That possibility could include drawing “Under this government, I have no doubt tial collapse of the sarcophagus, which did much to strengthen the independence credits from Russian banks. During that Prime Minister Pustovoitenko will do potentially could lead to a release of of Ukraine.” President Kuchma’s last visit to Moscow, in everything to keep the unit turned on; he (radioactive) dust, according to calcula- President Leonid Kuchma has addition to signing an economic pact, needs this as a flag,” said Mr. Usatenko. tions by scientists, including ones from instructed that an ad hoc team of experts Moscow agreed in principle to provide “Chornobyl is not needed as an energy Russia and Germany, a threat of increased from the Ukraine’s top ministries be funding for the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi object, but it is needed as a symbol of dan- doses involves only the personnel working assembled to look into the murder. reactors. ger. They will continue to operate in the industrial square,” said Mr. Holosha. President Kuchma has said that if no Chornobyl after the year 2000 by all means Chornobyl officials indicated that they How to reach Western funding arrives, Ukraine is ready possible. They believe that they can force hope Ukraine and the West will continue to complete the two nuclear facilities on its the world to keep paying after 2000 ... by to cooperate on the problems associated own, but that it would agree to a technical speculating on the danger.” with the Chornobyl disaster. They cited as Mr. Usatenko said that neither the an example of successful cooperation the HE KRAINIAN EEKLY loan from the Russian Federation. MAINT OFFICEU W Ukrainian officials say that Western Chornobyl station nor the Rivne and $2 million project to repair the ventilation Khmelnytskyi power plants designated to chimney at reactor No. 4, which is being (editorial, subscriptions assistance has been far from adequate and and advertising departments): that they expected more. Several times they replace it are needed. “We have enough financed by the United States, Canada and The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, have warned the West that they would not power capacity in Ukraine – three times Ukraine. Western companies are doing the P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 be able to meet the promised deadline for more than we need,” said Mr. Usatenko. actual work with assistance from Ukraine. phone: (973) 292-9800; fax: (973) 644-9510 the closure of the Chornobyl complex in “Completing the units means increasing “The repair of the ventilation chimney is the year 2000. tariffs and thus the costs of goods, because the first example of cooperation between it will be impossible to pay off the huge Ukraine and Western countries on the prob- KYIV PRESS BUREAU: losses otherwise, and we will have to pay lems of the sarcophagus,” said Oleksander The Ukrainian Weekly, 11 Horodetsky Street back the credits.” Slavis, the Kyiv representative of the — Apt. 33, Kyiv, Ukraine 252001 Correction Experts have indicated that the biggest Chornobyl station. phone/fax: (44) 229-1906 In The Weekly’s story (April 19) on danger for Ukrainians is the condition of He said that several other projects the resignation of Ukraine’s Minister of the sarcophagus, the concrete shell hastily aimed at making the destroyed No. 4 TORONTO PRESS BUREAU: Foreign Affairs Hennadii Udovenko, it erected after the 1986 tragedy, which reactor and its fragile protective shell Ukrainian National Association, The Ukrainian was incorrectly stated that Valerii Cherep encases the stricken fourth reactor at safer will soon get under way. The proj- Weekly Press Bureau, 1 Eva Road — Suite 402, belongs to the Rukh Party. In fact, Mr. Chornobyl. ects are part of a $760 million plan draft- Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 4Z5, Canada Cherep is a member of the Party of But some local officials believe that ed by the G-7 and Ukraine to stabilize the phone: (416) 626-1999; fax: (416) 626-3841 National Economic Development. even here the danger is minimal. sarcophagus. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

A fond farewell to the Svoboda Press print shop PARSIPPANY, N.J. – As reported in last week’s issue of The Ukrainian Weekly (April 19), the Svoboda Press print shop in Jersey City, N.J., was permanently closed down on Thursday, April 16. The UNA’s two publications will be printed out of house by Redmond Press in Denville, N.J. The decision was announced on Friday, April 10, just as The Weekly’s April 12 issue was going to press. Thus, it was too late to tell our readers that the issue they would be holding in their hands was the last in a long line of Weeklies published at the UNA’s Jersey City facility, located in what was once the Ukrainian National Association’s head- quarters building. The April 12 issue was our last to be printed on the UNA’s own Goss offset press. The first run off that press was The Weekly’s November 15, 1975, issue – then still a four- page broadsheet edition – soon after the press had been installed in the UNA’s then new headquarters building at 30 Montgomery St. Later, the Ukrainian-language Svoboda began to be printed daily on that press. (The official dedication ceremonies of the Montgomery Street edifice took place on February 22, 1974, but it wasn’t until May 26, 1976, that the editorial staffs of Svoboda and The Weekly moved into the new 15-story building from the previous UNA building located a few blocks away at 81-83 Grand St.) Those same offset presses were the ones that printed The Ukrainian Weekly’s first 16- page tabloid issue dated July 4, 1976. Later, with the installation of a third Goss unit on December 17, 1991 (our gift that year from St. Nicholas, we mused in your yearend issue), that press printed our first 20-page issue dated February 2, 1992, and the first 24- pager dated May 17, 1992. But the shutdown of the Svoboda print shop is also a story of the people who worked there for many years – in particular the four employees of the printing and expedition operations who were laid off as a result of the closing. Yaroslaw Ihor Nebeluk, 59, of Union, N.J., worked at the Svoboda Press for 17 years on the expedition (addressing/mailing operations) of the Svoboda daily and The Weekly. He is a former member of Plast, a supporter of the Sitch soccer program and a veteran of the U.S. Army, who served as a medical corpsman. Mr. Nebeluk competed two years of engineering studies at the University of Connecticut and worked as a lab technician for several companies before being hired by the Svoboda Press. Miroslaw Malinovsky, 57, was the pressman. An immigrant from Ukraine who arrived Pressman Miroslav Malinovsky on the job (1994 photo). in the U.S. in December 1989, he began working at the Svoboda Press the following March, at first on the news- papers’ expedition and later as a pressman. Mr. Malinovsky is a master mechanic who hails from Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast. He resides in Jersey City, N.J. The assistant pressman was Bazyli Panchak, 60, who holds a master’s degree in economics and worked for construction firms in Poland before he immigrated to the U.S. in 1992. He was active in the Ukrainian community in Poland and was a member of the famed Zhuravli Choir. He began working at the Svoboda Press in September of 1993. A resident of New York City, he is an officer of the Organization for the Defense of Lemkivschyna and is an auditor of the New York District Committee of the Ukrainian National Association. Lev Khmielkovskyj, 60, a journalist from the Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine who now lives in South Orange, N.J., was the newest addition to the print shop staff. He arrived in the U.S. in September 1996 after his wife won the Green Card lottery that enabled the Khmielkovskyjs to apply for permanent residency in this country. He has been with the Svoboda Press since May 1997. * * * The shutdown of the Svoboda Press print shop marks the end of an era. Therefore, it is fitting that we say a quiet thank you to the many hard-working and dedicated Roma Hadzewycz employees who saw to it that the UNA’s publications were printed and sent to faithful readers around the globe. The last issue of Svoboda to be printed at the Svoboda Press print shop, dated April 15, 1998, rolls off the presses on April 14. From right are: Bazyli Panchak, Yaroslaw Nebeluk and Lev Khmielkovskyj. (The – Roma Hadzewycz head pressman, seen in the photo above, was on medical leave at the time.)

with Ukrainian seniors from all over the There will be a meeting with the presi- charities at the auction. How much is United States. dent of the Ukrainian National raised depends on how many items are UNA Seniors slate On Monday morning, the members will Association, who will give a review of received from members. So, seniors are attend the annual divine liturgy for deceased the 34th UNA Convention held in May. asked to check at home, check with 1998 conference UNA seniors. After the religious services, This will be followed by a question and friends and collect as many items as pos- by Dr. Anne Chopek the 24th UNA Seniors Conference will be answer period. sible for the auction. One evening will officially opened by this writer, president of One day, Wednesday, will be set aside as be devoted to the screening of Ukrainian LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Ukrainian the UNA Seniors Association. The national free day. In previous years, seniors took a videos, card playing and racing games. National Association Seniors: have you anthems will be sung, and the “Pledge of trip away from Soyuzivka on this free day, The conference will end with a cocktail made your reservation for the 24th annual Allegiance” will be recited. A conference but this year many members have expressed party and banquet at Veselka, featuring a UNA Seniors Conference to be held at chairman will be elected, and committees a wish to have a day to enjoy with friends. prominent speaker. Dancing will follow the Soyuzivka, June 14-19? will be appointed. So, seniors are advised: bring your golf banquet. Women are requested to wear Being at Soyuzivka is always a treat, but Business sessions will be held mornings clubs, your fishing gear, your bowling ball Ukrainian blouses, and men – Ukrainian to be there at a UNA Seniors Conference is between 10 a.m. and noon, at which time and your bathing suits so that you can swim shirts or ties, if possible. Those wearing a very enjoyable experience. reports will be given, new officers elected in the pool or just get a tan. Ukrainian garb to the banquet will be eligi- After registration on Sunday afternoon and new business discussed. On other afternoons and evenings ble for a door prize. and dinner, there will be a pleasant surprise: One session will be devoted to a discus- there will be square dancing, a Ukrainian UNA members and UNA social mem- a welcoming wine and cheese party will sion of problems currently facing Ukraine. sing-along, a Bingo night and an auction bers who have a card from their branch sec- take place in the lounge at the Main House. It will be conducted by Dr. Roman of Ukrainian items. Every year confer- retary will be entitled to a special reduced Conference participants will have an oppor- Baranowsky and Dr. Roman Procyk of the ence participants raise a considerable rate for their stay at Soyuzivka during the tunity to socialize, dance and enjoy meeting Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. amount of money for worthy Ukrainian UNA Seniors Conference. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 No. 17

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T U W were like me – fully trusting in the deci- The Titanic legacy of Chornobyl Bound Brook should sions our hierarchs make, never questioning their motives or their ability to make the right decisions about our Church’s future As we approach the 12th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident, many of respond to concerns both here and in Ukraine. us are left to wonder how long we can expect the world to remain attentive to history’s Dear Editor: I am embarrassed to admit that, caught worst commercial nuclear disaster. I would like to take this opportunity to up in the daily rigors of my own family life, Over the past year, both Hollywood and Broadway have lavished their attention on thank The Weekly for printing the letters to I wasn’t even particularly interested in the an 80-year-old tragedy that has little bearing on the present. The well-known story of the editor and commentaries regarding our the sinking of the Titanic has captivated movie audiences from coast to coast, and pub- events surrounding our Church’s decision Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Since lic fascination with the disaster shows no sign of waning. to join Constantinople. Our hierarchs obvi- Patriarch Bartholomew’s statements in At the same time, at the United Nations and the G-7 summits, we hear diplomats ously have the best interests of the faithful Odesa, this issue, once swept under the car- and humanitarian organizations complaining of “donor fatigue” and a growing resist- at heart; perhaps Constantinople would pet, has come to the forefront. This issue is ance to the pleas for help coming from Ukraine and Belarus – the two states most indeed help us gain independence for our not a Orthodox one – it is one of the most affected by Chornobyl. The most recent U.N. pledging conferences designed to raise Ukrainian Church — I bought Bound pressing issues that Ukraine and Ukrainians the millions of dollars needed to stabilize the crumbling Chornobyl sarcophagus have Brook’s presentation hook, line and sinker. face today and is another example of come up short, and it is becoming increasingly obvious that the G-7 and smaller afflu- After all, I was cautious about having our Moscow rearing its ugly head. ent nations have no intention of meeting their financial commitment. diaspora church assets somehow being It was, therefore, with great interest that I To some degree, the International Atomic Energy Agency has succeeded in its taken over by Ukraine. Maybe this was read the Rev. John Nakonachny’s response attempts to downplay the seriousness of the original accident and the imminent danger indeed, the best solution, I thought. How to the letters regarding this important issue. that Chornobyl continues to pose for the surrounding communities and for the global wrong I was. As a past member of Father environment. Research efforts have stalled and what little research is being carried out Sometime later, while doing research on Nakonachny’s former parish in is likely to ignore many of the excess cancers, immune deficiencies, birth defects and the Internet, I came across the letter from other health problems caused by the disaster. In a recent interview Dr. Keith Maplewood, I can attest that, contrary to his Patriarch Bartholomew to Moscow’s Baverstock of the World Health Organization strongly criticized the international com- characterization of himself, the Rev. Patriarch Aleksei in which the ecumenical munity for abandoning its responsibility toward the Chornobyl survivors and for fail- Nakonachny, was not, and is not a “simple patriarch reassures Moscow that he has ing to investigate reasonable claims of severe health effects in the region. In fairness to priest.” Father John, as he lifted my daugh- taken care of the Ukrainian problem to their the research community, it should be noted that the challenge of tracking the millions ter up to God at the altar during her chris- (Moscow’s) benefit, and that the Ukrainian exposed to high levels of radiation requires tremendous effort and strategic acumen. It tening, in what was one of the most spiritu- hierarchs in the diaspora have given up sup- will take enormous resources to save or protect Chornobyl victims scattered through ally uplifting ceremonies I had ever wit- porting autocephaly for Ukraine. I stared at the vast human ocean of the former Soviet Union. nessed, was by no means, a simple priest, the screen in disbelief. How could this be? Human nature is full of quirks and oddities. We find it much easier to wring our but one who inspired great love and respect. What should I do? How could our hierarchs hands over tragedies that occurred a century ago – tragedies we can do nothing about It was evident to all in the parish, that he do this!? At the time I didn’t know this was – than to confront an ongoing crisis that requires our immediate attention. We find it would go far. the infamous Protocol No. 937. easy to express outrage about the failure of lifeboats to pick up survivors in the North But I am a “simple” parishioner who I started earnestly searching, research- Atlantic, but we are willing to write off entire future generations of Ukrainians and could stay silent no longer – a member of ing, questioning – and requestioning. I others whose gene pool has been contaminated by radioactive isotopes. the Church who has felt much pain and surfed the net for official documents from How much longer must we keep the glare of world attention focused on remorse over the recent events that now France, Turkey, Greece, the U.S. I began Chornobyl? The measure of time can be calculated based on the duration of the most threaten to divide us – a situation that was reading all I could get my hands on about dangerous isotopes scattered through the Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian country- brought on, not by “external” forces, but by the relationship between the Greeks and side. The half-life of Cesium 137 is roughly 28 years, but other isotopes released by our hierarchs themselves, unwittingly or Bartholomew, Moscow and Bartholomew, Chornobyl will remain radioactive for thousands of years. The burden of responsibili- wittingly. etc. The information available was enor- ty that the nuclear age has imposed on the world extends even beyond the most for- The Rev. Nakonachny’s characterization mous: the attempt of the bishops of ward-looking vision of the Iroquois Indians, who taught their communities that they of Victor Rud and other faithful as manipu- SCOBA to form an autocephalous generic must consider the impact of their decisions on at least the next seven generations. lators and liars for presenting the facts and American Church, Archbishop Spyridon’s The Chornobyl disaster is still unfolding. Its human toll is difficult to calculate. voicing their genuine concern is very dis- denunciation of nationalism in the Church, Even some of the most conservative scientists now estimate that in the coming years turbing. As Shakespeare, so aptly put it; Bartholomew’s empty coffers and his need Chornobyl will cause between 17,000 and 50,000 fatal cancers. We can expect many “Me thinks the lady doth protest too much.” for money — and slowly it began making casualties beyond those stricken with cancer. Life expectancy in Ukraine and Belarus Over the past three years I have come to sense. It was all there, laid out for anyone has plummeted; for the sixth year in a row, the U.N. Office on Population has the realization that not all that was present- who had the time or inclination to investi- expressed concern about the sharp decline in population in both countries. Last year, ed by Bound Brook at the time of our gate. I was increasingly convinced we, the there were 700,000 more deaths than live births in Ukraine, and peer-reviewed studies “union” with Constantinople is as it was faithful, had been duped. Nonetheless, I by Japanese and American health experts are now showing that Chornobyl has been a presented. And I, as I am sure many others, still had no idea how to proceed. A lone major factor in doubling birth defects and exacerbating infant mortality. discovered this independently of any influ- sheep will never be heard... We cannot delude ourselves into believing that “somehow” the truth about ence from the “troublemakers.” The facts, unfortunately were undeni- Chornobyl will be revealed in time to save yesterday’s children, evacuees and liquida- The Rev. Nakonachny asks: “Why, only able and we had been misled. The poli- tors who will be stricken over the next 10 to 15 years. Fifty years from now, it is likely now have people come forth, three years the International Atomic Energy Agency will still be claiming that only 34 people died after the Sobor?” Perhaps because they (Continued on page 7) as a result of the Chornobyl disaster. For all the moral cowardice that stalks the planet, Chornobyl was also a catalyst for breathtaking acts of courage and countless, heartwarming gestures of kindness. April Hundreds of thousands of liquidators (soldiers, miners, construction workers) Turning the pages back... plunged themselves into potentially deadly radiation to build the sarcophagus and Turning the pages back... to help shield the public from even greater exposure; hundreds of thousands of 28 ordinary citizens defied Soviet authority and marched through the streets of Kyiv and Lviv and Minsk, demanding that those responsible for the disaster be brought to justice. 1887 The first industrial monopoly established in Ukraine was the We in the diaspora can take heart, knowing that some of our efforts to aid the Syndicate of Sugar Manufacturers, set up on April 28, 1887, at a Chornobyl victims have led to meaningful results. In Lviv, researchers trained by the conference of sugar producers in Kyiv with the assistance of the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, using a flow cytometer procured through Russian imperial government. American donors have made astounding new discoveries that may help save the lives Led by Polish, Russian, Jewish and Ukrainian businessmen, the syndicate was based in of leukemic children, not only in Ukraine, but throughout the world. The work of the Kyiv and had a branch office in Warsaw. It did not issue shares or keep a common capital Zhinocha Hromada in Ukraine and the Illinois-based Ukrainian Environmental Health base, so it was something between a pool and a cartel. At the height of its power in the early Project as well as the CCRF and Monsanto have pioneered new programs to reduce 1890s, its members owned over 90 percent of all sugar refineries in the Russian Empire. infant mortality, prevent the spread of AIDS, and strengthen women’s and children’s Its primary purpose was to prop up sugar prices on the domestic market, a goal that was health through public education and advanced technology. supported by the imperial government through excise taxes. The poverty of Ukrainian and Chornobyl must remain a catalyst. Like the sarcophagus, it is a permanent remain- Russian consumers was such that demand was fairly low, and the pace of modernization der of the foul legacy of communism, driven by logic as twisted as the melted core of and growth in the sugar industry soon produced massive surpluses. One industrialist had the reactor itself. It may take another grassroots movement of mothers carrying their some of Kyiv’s streets heaped with sugar so that his daughter, whose wedding day was in maimed and dying children through the streets to expose the continuing legacy of the summer, could enjoy a connubial sleigh ride. Chornobyl. It may require radical action to force the governments in this region and In order to maintain high prices, the syndicate’s members agreed to export up to 25 per- international agencies to meet their responsibility to provide for human needs. cent of their production, which was then dumped on the international market at artificially If the tragedies of the Titanic and Chornobyl have taught us anything, they have low prices. taught us the extent to which hubris can blind us to our own recklessness. Hubris is Since the syndicate’s founding agreements pertained to overall prices, but not market that ancient vice of blasphemy by which mere mortals delude themselves into believ- share or the volume of production of any particular member, this resulted in sometimes hys- ing that the fruits of their labor can be unsinkable or indestructible. As the world enters terical competition for sales among producers. In 1895, when the quarrels among the indus- the next millennium, it is time we faced the reality that we are not gods, that our tech- trialists began generating too much adverse publicity, the government passed legislation nology will always be flawed and that we must take responsibility for the terrible limiting sugar production and assigned production quotas to individual producers. destruction our human arrogance has wrought. That year, the syndicate was transformed into a committee of sugar refiners, who held This guest editorial was written by Alex Kuzma, director of development for the congresses and acted as intermediaries between the government and industry until 1917. Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. Source: “Syndicate of Sugar Manufacturers,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 5 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993). No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places tics of Constantinople and Moscow pre- ual hromadas is easy: word of mouth, large vailed and seemed to guarantee that gatherings, meetings, telephone, etc. by Myron B. Kuropas Ukraine would not have an independent One gentleman from Indiana said it best Ukrainian Autocephalous Church. when he expressed how important the Whether we believe in the sincerity of Svoboda daily and The Weekly are to his their motives or not, our hierarchs had community. He added that many of us for- committed themselves to this action. get that for communities like his The Patriarch Bartholomew had repeatedly Weekly and Svoboda are the only source of What’s in a name? Everything! stated that only Moscow would have information about other Ukrainian hro- For the past number of years, the defamation campaign which suggested that authority over Ukraine. And, the fact that madas. They provide a valuable forum to Ukrainian National Association has been The Ukrainian Weekly and its parent organ- our hierarchs agreed not to support auto- discuss issues that touch all of us involved in merger discussions with the ization were “fascist” in orientation. “We cephaly for Ukraine and the Kyiv patri- Ukrainians today. Ukrainian Fraternal Association, formerly would not go as far as to say that their edi- arch (the “schismatics,” as Bartholomew Roma Lisovich the Ukrainian Workingmen’s Association. tors are fascist,” wrote Paul Stachiw in the calls them), was, and is, in my “simple” I am not absolutely convinced that a September 2, 1939, issue of Narodna Volya, South Orange, N.J. assessment, “zrada” (betrayal). merger is a good idea (can two declining “though we do have the distinct impression The rhetoric about Bound Brook’s sup- organizations combine to form a flourishing that many of their writings have looked that port for the Kyiv Patriarchate, the money organization?), but I am convinced that way.” collected by the parishioners are all moot Do we suffer from changing our name to the Ukrainian Fortunately, the ideology of the so-called points. As a banker, I know the bottom line National Fraternal Association in order to “Scranton Socialists” changed dramatically is what is important, and the bottom line accomplish the merger is a bad idea. after the second world war, once the leader- here is that Protocol No. 937 has negated it feelings of inferiority? Dear Editor: The Ukrainian National Association has ship changed. Some Ukrainian Americans all. Whatever surface support there is, offi- a corporate image that has endured for more believe that the real reason the Ukrainian cially, on paper, Bound Brook had foresak- Perhaps the Ukrainian Orthodox can than 100 years. We are the premier organi- Workingmen’s Association later became the en Ukraine. The ramifications of our hierar- learn something from our Catholic brothers zation in the diaspora. The UNA has helped Ukrainian Fraternal Association was to chs’ actions, in the mind of this simple and sisters in Houston. form, maintain and defend the Ukrainian purge itself of its negative image. Having parishioner, is of grandiose proportions. Many members of the Ukrainian national identity in North America vigor- changed its name once, it’s less of a prob- Once Ukraine and its 35 million faithful Cultural Club of Houston are not fluent in ously and consistently. We publish lem for the UFA to do it again. Orthodox give up their “souls” and “spiritu- Ukrainian. Some do not know the language Svoboda, the oldest Ukrainian-language These are hard times for all Ukrainian ality” to “big brother Russia,” can the other at all.Since the majority of the club’s mem- daily newspaper in the world. We publish fraternal organizations. Once a proud and aspects of life be far behind? bers are Catholics who attend the Pokrova The Ukrainian Weekly, the most significant dynamic institution, the Ukrainian National What were the motives? The more I Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Rev. Andrij publication for the younger generation. Aid Association of America (known in learn about the struggle the other ethnic Dwulit asked the club’s opinion if the use The UNA has been involved in every Ukrainian as Narodna Pomich) is now sink- churches under Constantinople are having, of English should be increased during litur- significant event in our community from its ing fast. Merging with the Ukrainian the clearer this becomes. Examples abound. gies and suggested several options. inception, including the ethno-national National Association will save it, but the Recently, the Albanians physically ejected During the discussions, the older mem- metamorphosis that transformed Rusyns cost to the UNA is still unclear. The UWAis the new hierarchs appointed by bers, who know Ukrainian well, were will- into Ukrainians, the struggle for an in far better shape, but it too is experiencing Constantinople from their country because autonomous Ukrainian Catholic bishop, bumps in the road. Fortunately, the UNA they were not Albanian. Does this await us? ing to comply. Maybe some felt like the raising thousands of dollars in 1918 for the still has its head above water though our Greeks in the U.S. also have taken issue Rev. John Nakonachny: in the 21st century, Ukrainian National Republic, demonstrat- membership also is declining. with their hierarchs as Constantinople all the old folks will be dead and everything ing against the abominations of Polish Times have changed and Ukrainian fra- attempts to obtain more direct control over will become English, American or whatev- “pacification” and Stalin’s Great Famine, ternal organizations have not kept up. individual churches and diffuse the influ- er (“ne vtrachaite kume syly ta spuskaites defending Ukrainian nationalism against Established originally as “burial societies” ence of laypeople: priests have been fired na dno”). Then came a vote. To my amaze- the onslaught of Soviet-inspired defama- for the purpose of providing funeral expens- the Constitution is expected to be changed ment, all the young parishioners opted for no change. Obviously, they felt pride in tion, establishing the Ukrainian Congress es for Ukrainian miners in eastern at the next Sobor with purported changes Pennsylvania, these grass-roots voluntary that will transfer individual church assets to their heritage and were unwilling to dimin- Committee of America, resettling displaced organizations quickly transformed them- Constantinople and diminish the power of ish it by yielding an inch. persons, lobbying on behalf of the selves into mutual benefit societies and later the elected lay council. After all, Patriarch It seems to me that those who force Shevchenko monument, defending John into full-fledged fraternal associations with Bartholomew needs cash. His coffers were English into the Ukrainian Orthodox Demjanjuk and maintaining a vigorous goals that were far more ambitious than empty before he arrived in the US. The Church lack such pride. More bluntly, they press that printed the truth about Ukraine those envisioned by their founders. Hellenic Press reports that he collected $32 suffer a feeling of inferiority. I have heard and her people. While the day-to-day management of million in cash and pledges from the faith- of a parish that switched to English, but the Are we ready to obliterate our history our fraternals was generally left in the ful here. How much, I wonder, of this number of parishioners did not increase and start all over again with a new name? hands of professionals, the leaders were amount was from us, Ukrainians? And even by one. How sad! Are we prepared to spend tens of thousands usually people who had been active in the what do we get in exchange? A comment about a related matter: the of dollars to change our name on every community, who were familiar with com- The way this “simple” parishioner sees debate over the union with Constantinople piece of stationery, new insurance policies, munity needs, who had a vision. it, Moscow has won in Ukraine and the once was interesting and informative. It contracts, investments, and in every state Paradoxically, it was during the Great Ukrainian diaspora will soon lose even ceased being either when letter writers insurance office where we do business? more of its independence. Our church began to submit endless tirades, rather than Will the younger generation understand that Depression of the 1930s that the UNA assets will ultimately belong to the Turks – getting to the point. our new corporate image has a one hun- experienced its greatest gains and its most and we will become a generic American dred-plus-year history? productive era. By 1974, UNA membership Ihor Koszman The UNA has always been larger than had climbed to 89,117. Today, we’re down Church. I, for one, am not prepared to do all Houston this for some sort of “canonical” recogni- the UFA. Today, we are four times as large. to 59,000. tion. The losses far outweigh the benefits. We are better known. We have the largest What went wrong? Why did we lose our I believed our hierarchs had somehow market share of the fraternal business in our edge in the community? Why did we fail to been duped into this precarious position – Thanks for providing community. We’ve accomplished more. anticipate what was coming? Why did we and had unwittingly played into the hands Why destroy a name that is so well-known fail to modify, to adjust, to move with the of Moscow. I still would like to believe that. in our community? Why should we sacri- times? information on UOC fice our corporate identity to satisfy a few The UNA convention in Toronto may I look forward to hearing from Bound Dear Editor: Brook – not in the form of calling people die-hards in the UFA? Cui bono – who ben- provide some answers, and it may not. who question their actions liars and manip- Congratulations for taking the bull by efits? What is important, however, is the future. ulators – but in real answers to the issues the horns in giving the coverage that you When financial institutions merge, the Many mistakes have been made in the past that Protocol No. 937 raises. Unfortunately, have concerning the Ukrainian Orthodox name of one of them is retained. Bell and the best that we can do in Toronto is to due to the surprising vehemence of our Church. Atlantic and Nynex merged and the result assure ourselves that the same mistakes are church leaders’ reaction to any questioning In addition to the obvious consequences was Bell Atlantic. When Banc One merged not repeated, that the same old road is not of their actions, it is apparent that we may for the Ukrainian Church here, the greatest with First Chicago, the result was Banc taken, that easy answers are not accepted never know the true story. impact remains the stranglehold that One. Bank of America and Nations Bank for sentimental reasons or because they I would like to add that these recent arti- Moscow continues to exhibit over Ukraine. merged and the result was Bank of “feel good.” Given what the Ukrainian National cles have prompted much discussion and I am particularly stunned to read the dis- America. Why did this happen? Two Association has accomplished over the positive feedback – regardless of which closures in Victor Rud’s commentary and words: brand identity. years, we have every reason to remain side one takes on this issue, and I applaud think he should reply to the wave of accusa- The Ukrainian Fraternal Association has proud of our name. It defines our existence The Weekly for allowing the issue to be tions that resulted from his piece. I cannot changed its name a number of times. It was and has remained the only constant in our raised. Recently, while in Chicago, I was believe that on so critical and sensitive an founded in 1910 when 17 branches of the history. In our negotiations with the UFA, amazed by the number of people express- issue, from which he obviously has nothing Russkyi Narodnyi Soyuz broke away to ing their gratitude that what had been whis- establish the “new” Ruskyi Narodnyi the UNA name should remain the one non- to gain personally, he would expose himself negotiable. pered about in the parish halls was now to such charges if there was no substance to Soyuz. Reflecting its socialist mindset, the coming to the surface. name was later changed to the Ukrainian If UFA leaders are looking to the future, his commentary. if they truly want to benefit their member- Sometimes we forget what an important I, for one, am particularly grateful for his Workingmen’s Association (UWA). During information source The Weekly is – espe- the 1930s and 1940s the UWA was vehe- ship, they will understand that it is in every- openness, as he finally discloses what many one’s best interests to keep the UNA name. cially for those communities far removed have long suspected. mently anti-UNA. This was not simply the from the mainstream Ukrainian community. result of healthy competition as some have We on the East Coast are so close to each Stephan Kasyanenko suggested. Through its press organ Narodna Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: other that communication between individ- Maplewood, N.J. Volya, the UWA was a key player in a long [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 No. 17

BOOK NOTES Compendium of information on Ukraine’s strategic role Ukrainian-Polish The Strategic Role of Ukraine: environmental protection and its first defensive alliance Diplomatic Addresses and Lectures ambassador to Israel. He began his cur- (1994-1997) by Yuri Shcherbak, rent diplomatic post in the United States Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian in 1994. In that post he has interacted The Ukrainian – Polish Defensive Research Institute, 1998. 160 pp., with all the major players in U.S.- Alliance, 1919-1921: An Aspect of the $12.50, paperback. Ukrainian affairs in Congress, the admin- Ukrainian Revolution by Michael Palij, istration, and the general public. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The essays, “The Strategic Role of Ukraine” covers Ukrainian Studies, CIUS Press, 1995. addresses and lectures contained in “The the period during which Ukraine experi- $44.95 (+ GST = $48.10), hardcover. Strategic Role of Ukraine” offer an enced a meteoric rise in importance in important new overview of Ukraine’s American foreign policy. From being con- EDMONTON – Michael Palij intro- place in the world following its inde- sidered as a peripheral adjunct to Russia, duces the English-language reader and pendence in 1991. Yuri Shcherbak, independent Ukraine has become an students of history to a relatively little- Ukraine’s ambassador to the United important part of the European and known aspect of the revolutionary States, is uniquely qualified to assess Ukrainian geo-strategic posture. upheavals that engulfed Ukraine, Poland, Ukraine’s current role in the international Most analysts now agree that and Russia after the first world war. He community. A well-known writer and Ukrainian sovereignty is vital for the bal- presents the biographies of two national physician in his native country, Dr. ance of power in Europe and the stable leaders – the Ukrainian National Shcherbak came to international promi- development of the region. In his book, Republic’s Symon Petliura and Poland’s nence with his exposé work on the Dr. Shcherbak addresses this fundamen- Józef Pilsudski – before focusing on Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe and as tal new reality for Ukraine and many of those countries’ military conflicts, diplo- one of the founders of the Ukrainian the questions that have arisen with it, matic relations and subsequent alliance Green Party in the late 1980s. He was against their common enemy, Soviet independent Ukraine’s first minister of (Continued on page 14) Russia. Dr. Palij acquaints the reader with the details of the military and diplomatic his- Linguistic essays Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky’s tory of Ukraine and Poland in the years 1919-1921. He recounts the 1918-1919 war in Galicia between Poland and the focus on Early Rus’ legacy in social and political issues Western Ukrainian National Republic and the competing political conceptions Linguistic Interrelations in Early Christian Social Ethics in Ukraine: Church unity, Soviet communism, of Poland’s role in Eastern Europe. After Rus’: Northmen, Finns, and East Slavs The Legacy of Andrei Sheptytsky by nationalism, religious liberty, ideologi- providing a thorough discussion of the (Ninth to Eleventh Centuries) by Andrii Krawchuk, Edmonton: Canadian cal atheism and Nazism. Treaty of Warsaw and anti-Bolshevik Bohdan Struminski, Edmonton: La Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, Whether in pastoral letters that military alliance between Petliura and Fenice Edizioni, and Canadian Institute 1997. 404 pp., $49.95, hardcover. probed the Christian life through ethi- Pilsudski, the author proceeds to a of Ukrainian Studies, CIUS Press, 1997. cal reflection on social and political detailed examination of the joint 353 pp., paperback. EDMONTON – In the first half of the reality or in personal representations to Ukrainian-Polish military offensive 20th century, Christianity in Europe such figures as Emperor Franz Joseph, against Soviet Russia, the causes of its EDMONTON – A major contribution faced an unprecedental range of social, Pope Pius X, Nikita Khrushchev, Hitler failure, and the subsequent Soviet offen- to the study of East Slavic linguistics and economic and political issues that chal- and Stalin, Metropolitan Sheptytsky sive in Poland and its defeat. The author to the scholarly controversy regarding lenged the very essence of the faith. In promoted a vision of human life that presents the Ukrainian perspective on the beginnings of Rus’ that has existed response to the rise of socialism, the was grounded in the practical wisdom Poland’s betrayal of Ukraine with the between the so-called Normanists and struggle for political self-determination of both Eastern and Western aim of securing its position vis-à-vis anti-Normanists for over two centuries is and the competing totalitarianisms of Christendom. Russia. Negotiations leading up to the Dr. Bohdan Struminski’s “Linguistic Soviet communism and German fas- With the publication of “Christian Soviet-Polish Treaty of Warsaw and the Interrelations in Early Rus’: Northmen, cism, some of Europe’s finest theologi- Social Ethics in Ukraine: The Leagcy treaty itself are elaborated. Finns and East Slavs (Ninth to Eleventh cal minds sought to interpret the social of Andrei Sheptytsky,” Andrii The study concludes with a descrip- Centuries).” In six previously unpub- message of the Gospel in order to pro- Krawchuk offers the first comprehen- tion of the last phase and failure of the lished linguistic-historical essays written mote a specifically Christian under- sive, scholarly study of this complex Ukrainian military struggle for independ- using an interdisciplinary, comparative standing of ideals such as justice, liberty sphere of Metropolitan Sheptytsky’s ence from Russia, Ukrainian émigré approach, Dr. Struminski, an avowed thought and activity. This pioneering efforts to continue the struggle in the Normanist, discuses the role of the and democratization. Andrei Sheptytsky (1865-1944), who analysis of Christian moral teaching in international diplomatic arena, Petliura’s Northmen in the rise of the East Slavic an Eastern European context breaks assassination by a Soviet agent in Paris, linguistic group; the system of Old headed the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Galicia for almost half a century, was new ground in our understanding of the and the trial and acquittal of his Nordic as reflected in Old East Slavic Churches that survived Soviet persecu- assailant. and other languages; the system of Old not only an outstanding ecclesiastical, cultural and civic leader, but also a tion. Dr. Palij’s monograph is based on East Slavic as reflected in Old Nordic; With meticulous attention to the years of meticulous research in the pub- interrelated Old Nordic and Old East thinker and writer of distinction. Grappling with the social and political facts behind the myth, Dr. Krawchuk lished sources, most of them in Slavic onomastics; mutual Old Nordic draws on rigorous research in many Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. The book and Old East Slavic lexical borrowings; problems that beset his religious com- munity, Metropolitan Sheptytsky applied sources, including extensive work in contains an impressive 120-page bibliog- and Old East Slavic and Finnic linguistic the newly opened archives of Ukraine. raphy. The Ukrainian-Polish Alliance contacts. key principles of Christian social ethics to such issues as patriotism, inter-ethnic The result is an engaging interpretation will be of great use not only to students The largest section of the book deals of a legacy that has left its distinctive and Church-state relations, the ideal of (Continued on page 14) with Old East Slavic onomastics. There mark on 20th century Christian social the reader will find valuable information thought. on the origin and early history of the Dr. Krawchuk is an associate of the term Rus’; on East European river names Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and place names in Old Nordic; on the and of the Sheptytsky Institute. He is edi- gods of the Rus’; on the Old Ukrainian, tor of a multi-volume archival project Old Nordic and Khazar names of Kyiv; titled “Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky: on the origin of the names of the Dnipro His Life and Work.” The first volume of Rapids; and, in particular, on the ethnic this series, “The Church and Church make-up of the Rus’ elite as reflected in Unity,” appeared in Lviv in 1995. He has personal names. A 50-page index con- edited several translations of theological tains thousands of Baltic, Caucasian, textbooks for use in Ukraine and has pub- Finno-Ugrian, Germanic, Greek, lished numerous articles on Eastern Sanskrit, Iranian, Romance, Semitic, Slavic and Turkic words and names that Christian ethics and church history. appear in the book. The book is published jointly with “Linguistic Interrelations in Early The Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Rus’ “will be of interest not only to spe- Institute of Eastern Christian Studies cialists, but also to anyone interested in and The Basilian Press. the origins of Kyivan Rus’ and of It may be ordered from: CIUS Press, Ukrainian and Russian personal and 352 Athbasca Hall, University of Alberta, place names. Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E8. Price: This book is co-published by CIUS $49.95, hardcover. Add $5 for shipping and handling. Credit card orders may be (Continued on page 14) faxed to (403) 492-4967. 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Summer program offers participation in Kamianets-Podilskyi archeological dig by Adrian Mandzy ROCHESTER, N.Y. — So what are you doing this summer? The same old thing? Or do you want to do something different and new? Maybe do some travel- ing, meet new people? During the summer of 1998, 12 students will have the opportunity to go on an archaeological dig in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine. Once one of the most important Late Medieval and Renaissance citadels in Eastern Europe, today it is a small city of about 100,000. As a student volunteer, you will find archaeological features, discover parts of long-lost buildings, dig up hidden artifacts, make maps and process the finds from which the past will spring to life. Most impor- tantly, while experiencing the past you will have the unique opportunity of living in Ukraine – not as a tourist, but as part of something greater. If you ever wanted to find out what it is like to be an archaeologist, here is your chance. Space is limited, so hurry and act now. The program is set for seven weeks and will run from June 29 to August 14 . Since 1991, archaeological excavations have been carried out by the Kamianets-Podilskyi Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to the study and preservation of the Old City’s cultural heritage. These excavations are part of an ongoing comprehensive reconstruction program in the city’s historical core and are sponsored in cooperation with St. John Fisher College (Rochester, N.Y.), the University of Alberta (Edmonton), the Lviv Institute of Social Sciences, the Lviv Institute of Restoration, and the Kamianets- Podilskyi Historical-Architectural Preserve. The last seven years of excavation by this team of which this writer is a member, have uncovered a valu- Roof-top view of excavations at the Church of the Holy Trinity at the end of the 1994 field season. able portrait of a forgotten world. In the first years of excavations, our focus was the city’s many religious most urban Ukrainians were relatively poor, and for This summer’s excavations are a continuation of institutions. Archaeological excavations were condut- most, few legal privileges existed. the work begun last year. Beginning at the end of ed at the Dominican convent, which was undergoing It appears that Kamianets-Podilskyi was the excep- June, we plan to contine research into the Central restoration. During this time limited excavations were tion to this rule. Ukrainians in this city were mer- Square. Little is known as to the date of its founding, conducted also at the Armenian Church of St. Nicholas chants, goldsmiths and furriers – among the most elite and some have even suggested that it was originally and the Ukrainian gate. of professions – and established their own separate laid out by the Romans in the third century. While this In the years that followed, the team undertook a legal and administrative system. As late as 1672, claim has not been substantiated, it is hoped that the very extensive excavation of the Orthodox Church of Ukrainian churches predominated within this city, and next two years of excavations will help answer this the Holy Trinity, which was destroyed in 1930. In Ukrainian merchants lived in its most prestigious dis- question. three years of excavations, we were able not only to tricts. Applicants of all backgrounds, age 18 and older are expose the remains of the stone church, which we Last summer, excavations were carried on in the invited. Applicants need not be fluent in Ukrainian, but believe to have been built in the 17th century, but also backyard and garden of a large merchant’s house that must be in good health and able to do physical labor in uncovered the remains of a much earlier wooden overlooked the Central Square. In the course of our a hot, sunny climate. A sense of humor and a spirit of church. While the analysis of these materials is ongo- work, we discovered stone flooring, as well as the adventure are a must. No previous archaeological ing, it has been suggested that this church could have remains of a carriage house. Preliminary analysis of experience is needed, but volunteers with previous been built as early as the 12th century. the recovered ceramic, glass and bone fragments indi- archaeological experience are readily accepted. Perhaps the most important discovery to date was cates that the people who lived in this building had For more information about Kamianets-Podilskyi, visit the recovery of a 17th century bronze burial icon, access to an uncommonly wide array of materials. Not our site on the Internet: http://www.frontiernet which was almost miraculously preserved. only are we finding the remains of glass vessels from .net/~amandzy. Ukraine’s cities have always been multicultural, and nearby Bohemia, but also soup bowls from Holland For further information and application forms, con- were dominated by Armenians, Germans, Jews and and even tea cups from China. tact: Adrian Mandzy, Kamianets-Podilskyi Foundation, Poles. In Lviv, for example, the Ukrainian population These finds are significant since they give us a 2033 Westfall Road, Rochester, NY 14618, (716) 442 - was very small, and those who lived within the city glimpse into past trading routes and give an idea of the 1597, [email protected]; or Shannon L. Nachajko, walls were restricted to Ruska street. Economically, status of the family that occupied the dwelling. (716) 742-3907, [email protected].

Copper icon recovered during the course of excavations at the Church of the Holy Trinity. View of the belfry (16th century) of the Armenian Church of St. Nicholas. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 No. 17

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His anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) was snapped – the same one on which Matvichuk had surgery in 1994, forcing him to miss most of the 1994-1995 season. “It’s really unfortunate because he was having a heck of a year,” said Stars’ Coach Ken Hitchcock. “Matty really stepped up to become a big part of our top four.” Matvichuk’s offensive contributions are always going to be somewhat limit- ed, although he had 11 points through 49 games, almost matching the 12 he had in 73 games last season. But it was his defense that had picked up. Paired with captain Derian Hatcher, Matvichuk was playing between 20 and 22 minutes per game and typically against the opposi- tion’s best forwards. “The thing about his minutes is they’re all defending minutes – he’s not playing on the power play at all,” Hitchcock said. “What we have to do now is work to cover those minutes by (Continued on page 11) No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 11

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Brian Bellows, Wakaluk said. “Watching them play LW, signed to contract as free agent. every night from the stands, I find myself taking home a lot of their frustrations. If (Quotes courtesy of Rich Chere, Mike you’re playing, I think you can leave that Heika and Bob McManaman, beat writ- stuff around the rink a little more. I’ve ers respectively, for New Jersey, Dallas been a real bear to live with, but my wife and Phoenix, respectively.) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 No. 17

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itage, particularly the settlement of Friends, colleagues Ukrainians in Canada. It was stressed that his thorough research has provided refer- ence materials now utilized by post-gradu- honor Dr. Ewanchuk ate students at the university level. by Julie Quinn Requested to speak, Dr. Ewanchuk WINNIPEG – Close friends and associ- thanked his friends and colleagues for the ates gathered on Saturday, March 14, at the honor and recognition. He expressed his Round Table Restaurant for a surprise din- gratitude to the Rev. Melnyk for the prayer ner honoring Dr. Michael Ewanchuk, well- for the repose of his parents, his brothers, known Canadian educator and writer on John, Peter and Alexander, and for his dear the occasion of his 90th birthday. wife, Muriel, who departed last year. Dr. Seated at the head table were Dr. Ewanchuk said that he had the best parents Borislaw N. Bilash, master of ceremonies, one could be fortunate to have, and the Dorothy Bilash and Steven Klym, a very best wife, who had been a teacher on his staff and the first editor of his writings. close associate and friend of the honoree Life had not been easy, the author said, from the P. Mohyla Bursa days in the but his parents saw to it that he received a 1930s. The Rev. John Melnyk said grace; high school education, walking to the two seated next to him was another close high schools from their farm in Gimlet. It friend, the Rev. Deacon Michael Woroby. was a struggle to do university graduate Also present was Ann Smigel, a member and post-graduate work – studies he began of Dr. Ewanchuk’s advisory research com- at the University in Detroit while working mittee. on the midnight shift at the Ford Motor. After the cake was cut, the guests gave In conclusion, Dr. Ewanchuk said he special greetings. Among them were Prof. had enjoyed his work as superintendent Michael Tarnawecky and Prof. Jaroslav (inspector) of schools and that he is proud Rozumnyj from the Ukrainian Academy of to have so many wonderful friends, a good Arts and Science (UVAN), and Royden Canadian multicultural grouping. Lee, who had trained during the second Dr. Ewanchuk became a member of the world war in the Royal Canadian Air Force Ukrainian National Association’s Markian under 1st Lt. Ewanchuk and reminisced Shashkevich Branch 94 while studying in about the experience, adding some humor- Detroit. ous touches. Dr. Peter Kondra, also a friend from the 1930s, and Rose Kondra brought personal greetings. Others followed, lauding the Receives prestigious TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 347 TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 113 honoree as a superintendent of schools who had always been fair and encouraging. Novartis award, grant As of March 1, 1998, the secretary’s duties of As of April 20, 1998, the secretary’s duties of Dr. Ewanchuk was also praised for his ST. LEONARD, Quebec – Tamara Branch 347 were assumed by Mrs. Halina K. Branch 113 were assumed by Mr. Donald J. work in education, in particular, after Grodzicky, MD, CSPQ, FRCPC, has Archetto. We ask all members of this Branch to Raishart. We ask all members of this Branch to being appointed by the premier of received the prestigious Novartis award, direct all correspondence regarding membership Manitoba as chairman of a Ukrainian direct all correspondence regarding membership and an $80,000 grant to conduct research and insurance, as well as their membership premi- studies curriculum committee, for being at Cornell University Medical Center in and insurance, as well as their membership premi- ums to the address listed below: instrumental in working with the com- New York. Dr. Grodzicky was the only ums to the address listed below: Mr. Donald J. Raishart mittee to arrange for the teaching of the person in Canada in 1997 to receive such Mrs. Halina K. Archetto c/o St. John Branch #113 Ukrainian language in public schools a distinction. 8 Wheat Manor, 315 Dorothy St. and in having Ukrainian language credits A plaque representing the award by accepted by universities. Minotola, NJ 08341 Derry, Pa 15627 the Royal College of Physicians and Dr. Ewanchuk has written nine books Surgeons of Canada, Medical Council (609) 697-0352 (724) 694-9601 dealing with subjects of Ukrainian her- of Canada and Novartis Research Fellowship was presented in January 1998. Dr. Grodzicky received her medical degree from the Université de Montréal. Subsequently she specialized in internal medicine and in rheumatology. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Her research at Cornell University will be about the role of apoptosis in auto- immune diseases. After completing her research project, Dr. Grodzicky will return to Montreal Notre Dame University Hospital.

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Mr. Keske received his B.A. degree in California UNA’ers history from California State University at Northridge and will be attending law EERC Program Director, school in the fall. The bride-to-be, who is to wed in June pursuing a career as a paralegal, is the Ukraine Economics M.A. Program NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Mr. assistant to the vice-president of television and Mrs. Myron Dudynsky of North business affairs at International Creative University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Hollywood, Calif., are pleased to announce Management Agency in Beverly Hills. the engagement of their daughter, Natalie The families are UNA members. Ms. Kyiv, Ukraine Marie Dudynsky, to Zenon Volodar Keske, Dudynsky’s father is secretary and Mr. the son of Walter and Lubomyra Keske of Keske’s mother is president of John The Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC) seeks a Woodland Hills, Calif. Ms. Dudynsky is the Hodiak Branch 257. Program Director for a 2-year assignment (beginning Summer or Fall granddaughter of Mr. and 1998) to direct the EERC M.A. Program in Economics in Kyiv, Ukraine. Mrs. Dmytro Dudynsky The position requires residence in or frequent travel to Kyiv. and John Wakiriak of Minneapolis. Mr. Keske’s The Program Director is responsible for academic oversight of the great, great uncle was the Consortium’s economics teaching and research programs in Ukraine. Rev. Peter Poniatyszyn. Primary duties include: recruiting international scholars to teach in the The wedding will take M.A. program, management of a growing research program, directing the place June 27 at the student selection process and tracking the placement of M.A. graduates in Nativity of the Blessed doctoral programs abroad, strategic planning for program development, Virgin Mary Ukrainian Other responsi- Catholic Church in Los liaison with the program’s International Advisory Board. Angeles. bilities include: supervision of resident professional staff, assuring effec- Ms. Dudynsky and Mr. tive daily management of teaching operations, coordination with university Keske met at a Plast- administration on governance issues, directing modest local fundraising SUM-A New Year’s Eve and outreach activities. Masquerade Ball in Los Angeles three years ago. Candidates for the position will need both substantial academic They are active in the qualifications and a strong background or interest in Ukraine and/or Obnova Youth Group of the the NIS. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, as Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. in Economics, fluency in written and spo- well as in the Ukrainian ken English, and a demonstrated record of excellence in teaching and community. Both are mem- research. Professional experience in the NIS, an extensive network of senior bers of the Ukrainian Dance contacts in the economics profession, and strong leadership skills and Company of Los Angeles. Natalie Marie Dudynsky and Zenon Volodar Keske. proven success in team building are desirable; Ukrainian and/or Russian language skills are strongly preferred. Salary and benefits are highly com- McClaning only to discover that not petitive. only would they be sharing passage on Ohio couple meets the M.S. Glushkov for the next week, To apply, forward your cover letter and CV, no later than May 8, 1998, but that in the Cleveland area they lived to: Jeffrey Mosser, Director of Administration, The Eurasia Foundation, during Ukraine trip only 16 miles apart. 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036; PARMA, Ohio – Diane McClaning Over the course of the next week, their . NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. grew up thinking she was part Russian. paths crossed often. They met each evening She didn’t find out that she was actually to share their day’s adventures, to explore half Ukrainian until 1993, after her young their life histories and values, and were cousin in Rivne discovered some old let- even able to take a few day trips together. ters that had been written by her great- The two families traveling together also grandmother to her great-great uncle, became close friends. However, after one who had emigrated to the United States in week together, Diane’s group continued up 1912. After receiving a letter, she wrote a the river, while Bill’s group traveled by response to the foreign address as a mat- land. The two found themselves parted for ter of curiosity, and was surprised by a the next 10 days. reply from Anne Marchuk, who was in Upon his return to the United States, Bill fact her aunt. telephoned Diane, and during his first day Ms. McClaning, now very much inter- back in the U.S., they were reunited. Their ested in her heritage, also then began to friendship grew into love. Their families write to her cousin, Nataliya. As their rela- grew closer, and on August 29 they will SOYUZIVKA SPRINGFEST 98 tionships with family in Ukraine grew, Ms. begin their lives as one. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND McClaning’s family decided to take a two- Diane Lee (Palko) McClaning and week cruise up the Dnipro River in August William Lawriw have announced their MAY 22- 25, 1998 1996. The trip would originate in Odesa, engagement to marry. An August 29, and end in Kyiv, where they would meet wedding has been planned at St. Room Rate per night/Double Occupancy: Standard $60..Deluxe $70...extra adult $10; their “new” family. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral Jacuzzi Room $80...children free to age 16. Bill Lawriw knew his heritage fully in Parma, followed by a reception at St. well. His father was born in Beloha, out- Vladimir’s grand hall. After honeymoon- The above prices include tax and gratuities side of Ivano-Frankivsk. His father married ing in England, the couple will reside in and moved to England, and then brought Medina, Ohio. Friday: party in the Trembita Lounge from 9 ‘til?? Free hors d’oeuvres his young family to the United States in Mr. Lawriw is a member of UNA Springfest Happy Hour 11 p.m.-Midnight *all drinks half price* 1957. Mr. Lawriw was raised in a strong Branch 240. Cover Charge $5.00 at door. Live: Midnight Bigus Ukrainian community in Parma, Ohio. Given his Saturday: Breakfast available in Main House dining room at 8-10 a.m. strong sense of family, he Enjoy hiking, verandah ball and other fun activities – prizes will be awarded decided to travel with his Enjoy the clam and shrimp bake-BBQ at the Veselka patio at 11:30- 3 p.m. father to Ukraine for the Happy Hour Trembita Lounge: 4:30-6:00 p.m. *all drinks half price* month of August, 1996. Dinner available in Main House Dining Room at 6-8 p.m. His second week in the 10 p.m.-Dance featuring FATA MORGANA – $10.00 at the door country brought him to Odesa, where, as fate Sunday: Breakfast Available Main House dining room served from 8-10 a.m. would have it, two lives MORE FUN ACTIVITIES PLANNED would change. Enjoy the Clam & Shrimp Bake-BBQ at the Veselka Patio between 11:30- 3 p.m. As Bill was waiting Happy Hour Trembita Lounge: 4:30-6:00 p.m. *all drinks half price* for entrance into the Dinner Available – Main House dining room – at 6-8 p.m. Archeological Museum 10 p.m. – Dance, featuring ZOLOTA BULAVA – $10 at the door in Odesa, his attention was caught by a conver- **Premier Performance at Soyuzivka** sation that not only was spoken in English, but Monday: Enjoy morning coffee and danish in the Main House at 8-10 a.m. referred to a local land- Brunch in the Main House dining room at 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. mark in Cleveland. Ms. McClaning and her fami- ALL MEALS, DANCES, DRINKS ARE ON A PAY-AS-YOU-GO RATE ly were awaiting entry Don’t wait, don’t delay make your reservation TODAY into the same museum. Diana McClaning and Bill Lawriw aboard a cruise ship call 914-626-5641 x 141 He approached Ms. on the Dnipro River. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998 No. 17

Ukrainian film to bow in New York May 1 NEW YORK – Ukraine’s official entry ing project, still under construction, that is in the 1997 Motion Picture Academy the home of the killer who is to eliminate Awards – the first time a Ukrainian film has him, and the nouveau-riche Kyiv that is been entered for Academy Award consider- home to night clubs, luxurious restaurants ation – will open at the Lincoln Plaza the- and prostitutes. ater and Quad Cinema Theaters here on The film was directed by Mr. May 1. The film, “A Friend of the Krishtofovich, who was born into a Deceased,” was entered in the best foreign Ukrainian-Polish family in Kyiv in 1947 film category. Rated R by the MPAA, it is and began his directing career at the in Russian with English subtitles. Dovzhenko Studios in 1971. Between 1975 The 100-minute color film is described and 1985, he directed six television films, by the exhibitor, Sony Pictures Classics, as of which “His Own Happiness” (1979) won a “deadpan introduction to the rough-and- a special jury prize at the USSR Festival of tumble world of the new Ukraine, where Television Films. Kyiv has become a late 20th-century Mr. Krishtofovich has directed four the- Dodge City, ruled by high-flying entrepre- atrical features, one of which, “Single neurs, the mob and the black market.” Woman Seeks Lifetime Companion” Although it did not achieve an Academy (1986), won a best actress award for Irina Award nomination, the film was officially Kouptchenko at the Montreal Film Festival. selected for showing at the Cannes and “Adam’s Rib” (1991) was enthusiastically Toronto film festivals in 1997 and was received at the Cannes, Toronto, Montreal recently shown at the Sundance Film and New York film festivals. Festival in Utah. “A Friend of the Deceased” was shot by Brendan Kelly of Variety magazine Vilen Kaluta, Ukraine’s best-known direc- characterizes “A Friend of the Deceased” tor of photography, following a screenplay as a “wry, highly likable fable about the by Andrei Kourkov, a script teacher at vagaries of life in the former Soviet state Cambridge University. Pierre Rival of now that the Communist bosses have Compagnie Est Ouest in Paris and Mykola been replaced by crime lords and black- Machenko of the Dovzhenko Studios in market merchants.” Mr. Kelly praises Kyiv collaborated on the production, which director Vyacheslav Krishtofovich for was supported by the French Ministry of skillfully using a script “full of sly humor Culture and the Ukrainian Ministry of and warm, well-rounded characters” to Culture and Arts. craft a “touching, picturesque drama with- The film will be shown in New York at in a finely detailed sociological land- the Lincoln Plaza Cinema, 30 Lincoln scape.” Plaza (212) 757-2280, and downtown at the The story centers around a young Quad Cinema, 34 W. 13th St. (212) 255- unemployed translator, Anatoli 8800, beginning on May 1. (Alexandre Lazarev), who is unable to Showings will open in Boston, find a creative job that suits his talents. Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Buffalo later Despondent, he becomes even more in May. depressed when his wife, Katia (Angelika Nevolina), leaves him for another man. Considering suicide, he comes up with another plan – he decides to hire a con- Compendium... tract killer, Kostia (Constantin Kostyshin), (Continued from page 8) to rub him out in the gangland fashion including Ukraine’s relations with the that has become prevalent in the newly United States, other nations in the region capitalist jungle of Kyiv. and Israel. He also assesses the Air Ukraine By a strange turn of events, the killer Chornobyl aftermath, the status of the Ä‚¥‡Î¥Ì¥ª ìÍð‡ªÌË cannot carry out his task at the appointed city of Sevastopol, Ukraine’s attitude time, and Anatoli realizes he doesn’t want toward NATO enlargement and the ques- ONLY NON-STOP SERVICE BETWEEN to die after all. Knowing that the hit man tion of Ukrainian-Jewish relations. The NORTH AMERICA AND UKRAINE hasn’t forgotten his assignment and the volume is rounded out by a chronology final payment, he hires a second killer, of Ukraine-United States relations from Ivan (Sergiy Romanyuk) to take care of 1989 to 1997 and the text of the NATO- New flight will start on May 19, 1998: the first. In the course of these events, he Ukraine Charter. confers with an old army buddy, Dima “The Strategic Role of Ukraine” will be New York – Ivano-Frankivsk – Kyiv (Eugen Pachin), strikes up a relationship of great interest not only to specialists in with an energetic young prostitute, Vika European and post-Soviet affairs, but also (Besides existing flights to Kyiv and Lviv) (Tatiana Krivitska), and meets Kostia’s to all those interested in an introduction to beautiful young widow, Marina (Elena contemporary Ukraine both from and Korikova). The film ends on a richly iron- international and a domestic perspective. Great Connection between our daytime and evening time ic note. The book, at $12.50, is available from: flights at JFK with Delta flights from Seattle, Los Angeles, Filmed in the capital of Ukraine, “A Harvard University Press, 79 Garden St., San Francisco, Chicago and Miami. Friend of the Deceased” was shot primarily Cambridge, MA 02138; telephone, 1-800- against the backdrop of the old quarter of 448-2242; fax, 1-800-962-4983; website, Kyiv, with its cobblestoned streets, tiny http://www.hup.harvard.edu/ For Reservation and Ticketing: cafes and magnificent Baroque churches. Anatoli’s missions take him to other Kyiv 1-800-Ukraine (1-800-857-2463) locations as well – a huge monolithic hous- Linguistic essays... or contact your Travel Agent. (Continued from page 8) Ukrainian-Polish... Press with La Fenice Edizioni (Rome) and Arrival and Departure information constitutes the second volume in its series (Continued from page 8) Collana di filologie e letterature slave. 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PREVIEW OF EVENTS (Continued from page 16) Tickets are $12. For more information call South). The keynote speaker will be Dr. (212) 475-7710. Roman Szporluk, director, Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard Univesity. The ADVANCE NOTICE musical program will feature bass Paul Friday-Sunday, May 15-17 Plishka, pianists Thomas Hrynkiw and Mykola Suk; and cellists Natalia Choma and NEW YORK: St. George Ukrainian Marta Choma. For additional information Catholic Church is sponsoring the 22nd and ticket reservations, call the institute at annual Ukrainian Seventh Street Festival in (212) 288-8660, Tuesday through Friday, Manhattan’s East Village. Seventh Street, from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, will be closed to traffic and opened for the celebration. The Thursday-Sunday, June 4-7 festival opens on Friday, May 15 at 4 p.m., KYIV, Ukraine: The Association of Art and continues on Saturday, May 16, 11 a.m.- Galleries of Ukraine presents the III 11 p.m., and Sunday, May 17, 1-10 p.m. The International Art Festival to be held at the Dumka Chorus of New York, under the Ukrainskyi Dim (Ukraine House), 2 direction of Wasyl Hrechynskyj, will give a Khreshchatyk. The festival program will concert in the church on Sunday, May 17 at include exhibits of gallery collections and 1:30 p.m. The festival entertainment pro- artists’ associations, the work of individ- gram will feature vocalists, ensembles and ual artists, special projects and symposia. the students of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky The festival opens June 4 at noon, fol- performing Ukrainian folk dances. The street lowed by a reception at 1 9.m., and gallery will be lined with booths selling Ukrainian exhibits at 2-6 p.m.; on June 5-7, gallery arts and crafts as well as Ukrainian ethnic exhibit hours are 10 a..m.- 6 p.m. As part food and homebaked goods. Free admission. of the festival program there will be a Sunday, May 31 symposium on “Culture and the Art of Ukraine [in the] 20th Century” on June 6. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of Among special categories at the festival America invites the Ukrainian community to are: “The Golden Section -’98” and the a celebration commemorating the 50th contest “Video Art-’98.” An awards cere- anniversary of the institute and the 100th mony will be held June 7 at 4 p.m. For anniversary of its landmark building. The more information contact the association reception and banquet will be held on at: 11/11 Vasilkivska vul.; Kyiv, Ukraine Sunday, May 31 at 12:30-5 p.m. at the Plaza 252040; telephone: (380 44) 263 2347; Notice to publishers and authors Hotel, Grand Ballroom (2 Central Park telephone/fax: (380 44) 263 9447. It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly published books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere • To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information written issues of periodicals, only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the in Preview format (date, place, type of event, admission, sponsor, etc., in the English language, providing full names of persons and/or organizations men- material in question. tioned, and listing a contact person for additional information). Items not writ- News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. ten in Preview format or submitted without all required information will not be Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, published. Please include the phone number of a person who may be contacted cost, etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box by The Weekly during daytime hours. 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

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Sunday, April 26 tures groundbreaking for the chapel and the PREVIEW OF EVENTS center at 12:30 p.m. The Basilian Spirituality WINNIPEG, Man.: The Oseredok-Ukrainian Center will be the first Spirituality Center to Cultural and Educational Center and the an exhibit on “The Pre-Christian Religions of reception. For more information call focus on Basilian and Eastern Spirituality in Winnipeg Art Gallery present “Natural Ukraine: Old Slavic Religions and their Walentina Rodak, (416) 255-8604. the United States. For more information con- History,” an exhibition of photographic repro- Influence on Ukrainian Traditions.” Library tact Sister Elizabeth at (215) 379-0628. ductions by Stefan Gec of the first six fire- hours: Monday-Friday, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, May 3 fighters to perish attempting to contain the dis- HILLSIDE, N.J.: Join the Young Adults Saturday, noon-5 p.m. The exhibit will run NEW YORK: The Mayana Gallery is hold- aster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station through May 31. For additional information Group of St. John’s (Newark) and Immaculate ing an exhibition of paintings by Roman Conception (Hillside) Ukrainian Catholic in Ukraine. The exhibit will be installed on the call St. Vladimir Institute, 620 Spadina Ave., Demko and Genadiy Rozhkov. The exhibit roof of the Oseredok Warehouse with the por- (416) 923-3318. parishes in celebrating a special Mother’s Day opening will be held Sunday, May 3 at 1 p.m. Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. at Immaculate traits facing Main Street. The exhibit will be The exhibit runs through May 10. Gallery Friday-Sunday, May 1-3 Conception Church, Liberty Ave. and Bloy St. on view through May 26. There will be an hours: Friday, 6-8 p.m.; Saturdays and opening reception on April 26 at 4-6 p.m. For in Hillside. The Young Adults will choose the CHICAGO: Woodcuts and etchings by Sundays, 1-5 p.m. The gallery is located at more information call Oseredok, 184 music and help write the homily. A simple Jacques Hnizdovsky will be exhibited and 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. For more infor- Alexander Ave. E., at (204) 942-0218. memorial for living and deceased mothers offered for sale at the Chicago International mation, call (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777- will be created based on personalized mes- Tuesday-Wednesday, April 28-29 Antiques and Fine Arts Fair at the 8144. sages that participants are encouraged to sub- Merchandise Mart on Friday, May 1 and TORONTO: A concert in honor of Toronto’s mit. Complementary refreshments will be WASHINGTON: The Washington D.C. Saturday, May 2 at 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and May Ukrainian Music Festival founder and presi- served after the liturgy. Contact Marika at International Film Festival includes two 3, at 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: $10. A free dent Marta Krawciw-Barabash will be held at (973) 539-3271 or Joe, (908) 688-8276 to screenings of the Ukrainian movie “A illustrated brochure of more than 50 of MacMillan Theater, Edward Johnson provide a personalized message and to indi- Friend of the Deceased,” in Russian with Hnizdovsky’s prints is available upon request Building, 80 Queen’s Park Crescent at 4 p.m. cate the number of adults and children attend- English subtitles, directed by Vyacheslav by calling (978) 282-0112. Tickets, available from Arka West and Arka ing. Krishtofovich. The screenings will be held Saturday, May 2 Queen, are $20, $15 and $10. Proceeds are Wednesday, May 13 April 28 at 6:45 p.m. and April 29 at 9 p.m. designated to support UMF Competition at the Cineplex Odeon Foundry, 1055 TORONTO: The Ukrainian Bandurist 2000. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.: Cradle of Thomas Jefferson St., NW. For additional Chorus, under the direction of Oleh Mahlay, Hope, a not-for-profit adoption center based information call Filmfest DC at (202) 628- NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.: The final con- will appear in concert at the University of in Silver Spring, Md., will hold an informa- FILM. cert of the season of the New Jersey Youth tional meeting at St. Mary’s Services, 717 W. Toronto, Convocation Hall, 31 King’s College Symphony, under the direction of Adrian Friday, May 1 Circle, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, at $15 and $20 Kirchoff Road, at 7-9 p.m. The meeting pres- Bryttan, will be held at Rutgers University. ents an opportunity to learn about interna- (Canadian), are available from Arka, West The program will feature Berlioz, NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Arka, and Ticketmaster (416) 870-8000. The tional adoption programs in Ukraine, Symphonie Fantastique; Debussy, Prelude to Romania, Russia, and China; meet families Literary Club, 136 Second Ave., will host an concert is sponsored by the Ukrainian Afternoon of a Faun; and Dvorak, Slavonic evening with the poet Moisei Fishbein from Canadian Congress. For more information who have recently adopted children; and dis- Dances. The concert will be held in the cuss how to begin the adoption process. For Ukraine. The program will include a reading call (905) 629-1063. Nicholas Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: of poems by the author and an exhibit of more information call Barbara O’Hara, (847) TORONTO: An archival display featuring $10. For more informationc call (908) 771- 870-8181. paintings by his wife, Olena Dobrovolska to 5544. illustrate his poetry. Introductory remarks by Ukrainian Music Festival concert and festival programs, as well as posters and publications TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute Library poet Bohdan Boychuk. The evening begins at Monday, May 4 presents a lecture on the topic “A Mystery of 7 p.m. will be held at the Canadian Ukrainian Art Foundation, 2118 A Bloor St. W., at 2-4 p.m. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard History: A Journey Through the Ages of TORONTO: St. Vladimir Library is holding There will also be a musical program and Ukrainian Research Institute is holding a lec- Slavic Mythology” by Tony Rocchi, instructor ture by Yohanan Petrovsky, Ph.D. candi- at Centennial College and St. Vladimir date, department of history, Brandeis Institute Librarian. The lecture will be held at University, on the topic “Ukrainian the institute, 620 Spadina Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Independence and Ukrainian Jewry: 1991- Fee: $5. For additional information, call Mr. 1997.” The lecture will be held in the Rocchi during evening library hours at (416) HURI seminar room, 1583 Massachusetts 923-3318. Ave., at 4-6 p.m. Thursday, May 14 WASHINGTON: The Washington CHICAGO: Cradle of Hope, will hold an Group, Meridian International Center, informational meeting on international adop- International Management Institute – tion programs in Ukraine, Romania, Russia, Kyiv, U.S. Agency for International and China. The evening, co-sponsored by Development, and the Barents Group are Catholic Charities, will be held at 721 La holding a business forum on the current Salle, at 7-9 p.m. For more information call state of banking in Ukraine. The forum Ann Abrahms, (312) 655-7076. will include presentations by bankers from Ukraine and by faculty members from Friday, May 15 Ukrainian universities who are research- ing and teaching banking topics. The CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of forum will be held at Meridian House, Modern Art (UIMA) presents the exhibit 1630 Crescent Place, NW at 4-7 p.m. The “Chicago: The Third Dimension – Second program will conclude with an informal Generation,” an exhibition of sculpture curat- reception. RSVP by fax to Sandra Bean, ed by Terrence Karpowicz. The exhibit fea- Meridian House at (202) 667-1475. For tures the work of John Adduci, Joseph Agati, further information, Ms. Bean may be Sonya Baysinger, William Grant, Dessa Kirk, reached at (202) 939-5542. A backup Derick Malkemus and Robert McDermott. A point of contact is George Masiuk, (202) catalog with color reproductions and the 314-1229. curator’s essay will be available. The exhibi- tion continues the project Mr. Karpowicz pre- Saturday, May 9 sented at UIMA three years ago. As stated in the catalog essay: “The artists included in this ROCHESTER, N.Y.: Branch 47 of the exhibition clearly build with their own hands. Ukrainian National Women’s League of Direct descendants of the Chicago sculptural America is sponsoring an evening of tradition – one which values methods and humor and satire presented by UNWLA materials and finds meaning in form and fab- Branch 45 of Warren, Mich. The event rication – they honor Chicago’s industrial his- will be held at St. Josaphat School audi- tory. At the same time, each of them enjoys a torium, 910 E. Ridge Road., at 6 p.m. direct, intimate relationship to their chosen Refreshments will be served. Tickets, at material and imbues each piece they create $10, are available at the Mosaic, from with their own personal story.” The exhibi- branch members and at the door. tion runs through June 28. The opening Proceeds, including a raffle, will benefit reception will be held May 15 at 6-9 p.m. orphans in Ukraine. For more informa- UIMA hours: Wednesday, Thursday, tion, call Irene Rusnak at (716) 342- Saturday, Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Website: 8423. hhtp://www.brama.com/uima Sunday, May 10 OMISSION Friday, April 24-May 3 FOX CHASE MANOR, Pa.: The Sister of St. Basil the Great will host the 67th NEW YORK: The dates for the staging of annual pilgrimage to the Mother of God “Flight,” a joint production by the Yara Arts on Mother’s Day, on the beautiful grounds Group and the Buryat National Theater of of the Motherhouse at 710 Fox Chase Siberia, were inadvertently omitted in the Road. A special feature of that day will be April 19 issue of The Weekly. The play, the groundbreaking ceremony for the opened Friday, April 24 and will run through Holy Trinity Chapel and Basilian Sunday, May 3. It will be staged at La MaMa Spirituality Center. The pilgrimage, an E.T.C., 73 A E. Fourth St., Thursday-Sundays annual event that draws hundreds of faith- at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. ful from the tri-state area, begins at 8:30 a.m. with a Holy Divine Liturgy and fea- (Continued on page 15)