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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVII HE KRAINIANNo. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine U Netanyahu in Kyiv to promote Israel-Ukraine relations ChornovilT killed W in car accident by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – Vyacheslav Chornovil, a Verkhovna Rada national deputy, long-time leader of the nation- al-democratic Rukh Party and a former Soviet politi- cal prisoner persecuted for his human and national rights activity, died in a car accident in the early morning hours of March 26. (News of the death reached The Weekly as the paper was going to press early Friday morning.) The catastrophe occurred just before midnight near the village of Horodysche, on the Boryspil- Zolotonoshna highway close to Boryspil International Airport (located outside of Kyiv), when the Toyota in which the Rukh leader was traveling collided with a Kamaz tractor-trailer truck. Mr. Chornovil and his driver, who was not identi- fied, were killed instantly. Mr. Chornovil’s press sec- retary, Dmytro Ponomarchuk, was hospitalized with serious injuries. Traveling in a separate vehicle that was following the Chornovil car was former Minister of Foreign Affairs Hennadii Udovenko, whom Mr. Chornovil’s Rukh Party is supporting as a presidential candidate in the upcoming elections. The car in which Mr. Udovenko was traveling was not involved in the col- Efrem Lukatsky lision. Reuters reported that Mr. Udovenko ruled out Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma during foul play in Mr. Chornovil’s death, calling it a tragic a press conference in the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv. accident. by Roman Woronowycz In Ukraine’s capital Mr. Netanyahu met with both the At press time no other information was available Kyiv Press Bureau Ukrainian president and Prime Minister Valerii (Continued on page 4) Pustovoitenko, visited with leaders of the Jewish commu- KYIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nity of Ukraine and laid flowers before the menorah and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed a memo- memorial at Babyn Yar, where thousands of Jews and oth- randum of mutual understanding in Kyiv on March 21 that ers were exterminated after Hitler’s Nazi war machine Rada condemns they hope will strengthen the ties between the two coun- overran Kyiv. tries and help invigorate an exchange of capital invest- It was the first visit to Ukraine by an Israeli government ment. leader since the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin traveled Kosovo air strikes “The Ukrainian government pays great attention to the here in 1997. deepening and broadening of cooperation with Israel,” A primary aim of the two sides during the current visit as aggression President Kuchma told a press conference after the signing was to stimulate bilateral economic cooperation. ceremony at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv. Mr. Netanyahu said at his press conference in Kyiv that Mr. Netanyahu spent less than seven hours in Kyiv on by Roman Woronowycz after more talks, which would assure that Israeli business his way to Moscow, where he was to meet with Russian capital would not be squandered, investment money would Kyiv Press Bureau President Boris Yeltsin, but it was sufficient time to lay the begin to arrive. KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament issued a resolution con- groundwork for increased cooperation between the two (Continued on page 4) demning NATO air strikes into rump Yugoslavia and called countries. on its Cabinet of Ministers on March 24 to change Ukraine’s non-nuclear status as a response to the military action. In a strongly worded statement – passed by a vote of Genocide memorial in Ottawa gains support 231-46 (with 346 deputies registered as present) – the by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Commons, Canada’s federal legislature, and will Verkhovna Rada condemned the bombing raids that began Toronto Press Bureau now pass to the Private Business Subcommittee of several hours later as “aggression against a sovereign state.” the Standing Committee of Procedure and House The Verkhovna Rada resolution attacked NATO for not TORONTO – The effort to establish in Canada’s cap- Affairs, which will consider whether it will be sub- holding true to its own charter, which states that the organi- ital an inclusive museum commemorating the victims of mitted for a vote. zation is a defense alliance whose sole goal is to defend genocide is gathering momentum. A private members’ bill requires unanimous consent member-states from attack. Sarkis Assadourian, a member of Parliament in the House to be passed into law. It said also that NATO has no authority to move on (MP) from Brampton, Ontario, introduced Bill C- Daniel Kennedy, the legislative assistant at Mr. Yugoslavia and its Kosovo region without the approval of 479 on February 15, which mandated “the establish- Assadourian’s Ottawa office, confirmed that a decision the United Nations Security Council. ment of an exhibit in the Canadian Museum of on whether the bill is votable is expected in about eight The measure was strongly supported by leftist forces, Civilization (CMC) that recognizes the crimes weeks, but he cautioned against relying on strict time- while deputies of the center-right voted against condemn- against humanity that have been perpetrated during lines. ing NATO’s actions. the 20th century.” Mr. Kennedy said the Liberal MP is very grateful for NATO Secretary General Javier Solana, in a statement The private members’ bill has since received the the support expressed by Ukrainian Canadians across the announcing NATO’s military intentions issued two days support of over 100 MPs (at least 10 from each of the five recognized parties) in the House of (Continued on page 5) (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 No. 13

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Ukrainian police arrest sex trade gang metallurgical plant, a 52 percent stake in Kuchma and the “Ukraine 2010” program: the Odesa oil refinery, and a 29 percent SEVASTOPOL – Police in the port of stake in the TurboAtom company, which remnants of Soviet-era planning policy Sevastopol, Crimea, arrested two men manufactures nuclear power plant equip- by Volodymyr Zviglyanich years. These plans were arranged along the and a woman suspected of selling some ment. The offer is seen as the govern- lines highlighted by Marx, i.e., they were 200 females age 13-25 to individuals ment’s move to entice foreign investors Since Stalin’s crackdown on the peas- transparent, all-embracing, and industry- engaged in illegal sex business abroad, and raise revenues to pay off mounting UNIAN reported on March 17. The three antry in 1929, known as the “epoch of the (rather than human-) oriented. debt obligations. (RFE/RL Newsline) allegedly received $2,000 for each great turn” – i.e., the abolition of individ- Not a single plan was ever accom- woman sent to night clubs in Turkey, Kuchma speaks on language issue ual farms and the introduction of collective plished, and dozens of millions of people Greece or Cyprus, where the women farms, or kolhospy – Soviet life was were slaughtered for the sake of societal arranged according to so-called five-year were subsequently forced to become KHARKIV – President Leonid manipulation. plans, or “piatyrichky.” The philosophical prostitutes. The International Kuchma, while on an official visit to background of such algorithms of social Historical background Organization for Migration estimated last predominantly Russian-speaking life stems from the ideas of Karl Marx year that more than 1 million Ukrainian Kharkiv, stated that he does not “support about the organization of agricultural After the break-up of the Soviet Union, women seeking work abroad are in dan- forcible introduction of the Ukrainian activity according to the way English man- Ukraine never had a step-by-step program ger of becoming ensnared in the illegal language.” Addressing Education ufacturers – the only existing industrial oriented to provide the prerequisites of a sex business. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ministry officials, the president stressed, however, that Ukraine cannot be careless enterprises in the mid-19th century – func- market economy. In 1992 it blindly fol- President signs election bill about the nation’s language and empha- tioned. lowed Russia’s distorted and one-sided sized the need to create a favorable envi- Marx considered the peasants a class attempt at “shock therapy,” which was KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma has ronment for learning Ukrainian. The inimical to the messianic role of the “pro- aimed at price liberalization. The move signed the law on presidential elections. president dismissed charges of oppres- letariat,” which was connected with the pumped the population’s savings into the He had vetoed the legislation last month, sion against Ukraine’s Russian-speaking abolition of private property (including pockets of the “new Ukrainians” practical- but the Parliament overrode his veto. population as provocative allegations land ownership) and establishment of ly overnight. According to the new law, the presiden- aimed at, on the one hand, stirring up “transparency” in the sphere of social rela- Sweeping hyperinflation and growing tial campaign will officially begin on inter-ethnic controversies and, on the tions similar to the patterns of organization popular discontent with Leonid May 4. The nomination of candidates other hand, undermining Ukraine’s inter- in industrial operations. Kravchuk’s chaotic economic maneuvers will start 10 days after that date and will national image as an emerging democra- In Soviet times this idea was modified brought Leonid Kuchma to power with his last 30 days. Candidates can be proposed cy. Ukraine’s Constitution, President in accordance with the five-year term 1994 “radical reformist program.” It was by political parties or by at least 500 vot- Kuchma said, guarantees free develop- between party congresses, as foreseen by based, however, on the methodology of ers. To be placed on the ballot, the nomi- ment, use and protection of Russian and the statutes of the Communist Party. previous Soviet planning: introduction of nees must be at least 35 years old , must other minority languages, and this demo- Congresses usually reviewed the accom- societal changes from above by increasing have resided in Ukraine for the past 10 cratic principle must be adhered to. plishments of the previous five-year plan the role of the state in market transforma- years, and must collect the signatures of (Eastern Economist) and gave the guidelines for the next five tions. at least 1 million of Ukraine’s 35 million The results of this methodology (despite eligible voters. The election will take Ukraine ratifies N-cooperation pact some sober ideas in the 1994 plan) were place on October 31. (RFE/RL Newsline) Volodymyr Zviglyanich is an adjunct devastating: collapse of the national econ- K YIV – The Verkhovna Rada on professor of East European area studies at omy; a 2.4 times decrease of the GDP; 1.1 Kuchma urges democratic forces to unite March 19 ratified a deal with the United George Washington University and a senior States that will allow Ukraine to import KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma fellow at the Jamestown Foundation. (Continued on page 14) much-needed modern technology to addressed the nationwide forum of dem- revamp its troubled nuclear industry. The ocratic forces Zlahoda (Concord) in Kyiv two countries had signed the treaty on on March 19, urging those formations to unite in order to support Ukraine’s inde- peaceful cooperation in the field of Competing visions of NATO’s future pendent statehood and economic nuclear energy in May 1998. Parliament reforms. “All of us must make a choice spokesman Mykola Khotskyi said the between statehood and amorphousness, deal was made possible after Ukraine highlighted at enlargement ceremony bowed to U.S. pressure in March 1998 by Paul Goble itself as something other than simply a between reforms and a retreat [from them], between democracy and anarchy not to build turbines for Iran’s planned RFE/RL Newsline defensive institution. or totalitarianism,” the March 20 Bushehr nuclear power plant. Kyiv says As they have in the past, spokesmen and U.S. technology could help improve The March 12 celebration of the formal Uriadovyi Kurier quoted him as saying. commentators in alliance countries insisted safety at its nuclear reactors. A total of inclusion of the Czech Republic, Hungary The initiative to form Zlahoda came from that these views do not reflect any funda- five nuclear plants operate 14 Soviet- and Poland into NATO highlighted the exis- Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko in mental divisions in the alliance. Instead, designed reactors, which generate almost tence of three very different views among an attempt to enlist wider support for Mr. they said, such variations in view are sim- half the electricity consumed by the alliance members about the nature of the Kuchma’s re-election bid. (RFE/RL ply matters of differing emphasis on parts country. Hennadii Sazonov, a director at challenges they face and about the proper Newsline) of a common agenda. the state’s nuclear energy company role of the Western alliance in meeting But in the absence of a common threat Industrial giants to be privatized EnergoAtom, said the treaty could allow them. identified by all members, these differences U.S. companies to join with Ukraine in The first view, articulated most strongly are likely to grow. And to the extent that KYIV – The Ukrainian government setting up capacity to produce nuclear by the leaders of the newest members of the happens, they are likely to have a profound has ordered that 12 industrial giants be fuel originally supplied from neighboring alliance, might be called the traditional one. impact on those who have joined or want to prepared immediately for sale to private Russia. Nuclear energy authorities say It identifies Russia as the most likely poten- join the alliance, on links between owners, the Associated Press reported on Ukraine will continue to buy Russian tial threat. It presents NATO as a guarantee European members of the alliance and the March 22. In particular, the government of the independence and security of alliance U.S., and on relations between NATO, its is offering a 53 percent stake in the Illich (Continued on page 14) members precisely because it, unlike any individual members and the Russian other European institution, involves the Federation. power of the U.S. in the defense of the con- The most immediate impact of these FOUNDED 1933 tinent. divisions within the alliance may be on The second view, reflected in the speech- those countries that have recently become THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY es of many European leaders, downplays members and on those that want to join as An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., the possibility of a Russian threat and insists soon as possible. All these countries want to a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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And segments of the member-states’ populations that new role must be undertaken, they may be less willing to pay those costs. The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com argue, even if the alliance has to redefine And, these regimes have counted on the alliance precisely because of its U.S. The Ukrainian Weekly, March 28, 1999, No. 13, Vol. LXVII Paul Goble is the publisher of RFE/RL Copyright © 1999 The Ukrainian Weekly Newsline. (Continued on page 10) No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 3 INTERVIEW: Ukrainian World Congress President Askold Lozynskyj Following a meeting of the Presidium tative status. This is a difficult process. not appropriate for a civic, non-govern- that he is more the norm than the excep- of the Ukrainian World Congress at its We have a lot of work to do and the mental organization, but they don’t tion. headquarters in Toronto on February 19- deadline is June 1. understand that. 20, Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj of The The UWC itself must reform. Much of They also don’t understand conflict of A recent letter to the editor to The Weekly’s Toronto Press Bureau conduct- the UWC’s administrative structure is interest. That’s, unfortunately, the men- Ukrainian Weekly questioned whether ed the following interview with the antiquated and its by-laws are chaotic. tality they have. It’s, unfortunately, true the UWC is still relevant. Would you UWC’s new president, Askold Lozynskyj, We don’t have rules of procedure for our of many organizations in Ukraine, but it’s care to comment? who was elected at the congress in committees, commissions and councils. going to take a while for them to change, Yes, I read that. Essentially, Mr. December 1998. We have a foundation that functions in and we have to be patient. I don’t think [George] Primak’s argument boils down support of the UWC, but in essence there it’s an insurmountable obstacle. to a conviction that the Ukrainian gov- How have the first 100 days gone in is no legal binding relationship between I think the reason the UWCC is not a ernment can fulfill the UWC’s role. your term as UWC president? What the foundation and the UWC. functioning entity is because of its lead- He’s correct in some areas, for kind of issues have been identified and According to the by-laws, we are a ership. There are plenty of capable peo- instance in his criticism that the UWC what kind of momentum do you hope Western diaspora organization, while we ple in Ukraine, and Mr. Drach is an didn’t pursue the issue of compensation you’re building for the next five years? should establish ourselves as an all-dias- excellent poet, but he’s a terrible admin- of Ukrainians victimized by Germany’s pora organization. istrator. The first 100 days were essentially policies during the second world war, as devoted to administratively setting things At the recent congress in December Meanwhile, his term continues for the World Jewish Congress did. up. 1998, three models had been exam- another three years? However, we are on top of the issue We must develop a system of commu- ined: that the UWC represents the now and intend to make our representa- nication that is suitable for a world com- Western diaspora exclusively; that it is That’s right. But he’s willing to step tions in this area, make claim forms munity organization. Being able to com- all-diaspora; that it would like to rep- down at any time, and he suggested as available to members of the community, municate with the community in Russia, resent the Eastern diaspora, but given much at the last [worldwide Ukrainian] and so on. Australia, what have you, in the least limited resources this needs to be forum, but nobody was willing to step up To a certain extent, the criticism stems expensive possible manner, is a priority. approached cautiously. Do you believe and run for or assume the presidency. from a comparison to the World Jewish To this end, we will establish a smoothly that the ensuing debate resolved this Congress. You can’t really compare the functioning website on the Internet and question? What are the major obstacles facing UWC and the WJC fairly because the lat- an e-mail network. the UWC as an effective representative ter represents as many people as the state Another priority is getting our mes- If you had asked me this question five body? of Israel does, and draws on considerably sage across to non-Ukrainians every- years ago, I would have said the UWC is greater resources. a Western-diasporan organization, but A malaise in the community. Some no For the longest time the UWC where that there is a worldwide commu- longer believe the UWC is necessary. nity. In my opinion, if we become more that there is a need for an all-diasporan attempted to represent a fragmented com- organization. At that point, I thought the Some are convinced the Ukrainian gov- munity of at most 4 million Ukrainians visible, we’ll become more of a force to ernment stands up for the interests of deal with. Ukrainian World Coordinating Council worldwide, with only tenuous external would be able to carry out this function. Ukrainians everywhere, whereas in actu- legitimacy. Unfortunately, the UWCC has been a ality the government is finding it difficult Just as the state of Israel has been a dismal failure. to effectively protect the interests of remarkable focus for the Jewish commu- I think there is a need I think there is a need for an all- Ukrainians within its own country. nity, so I believe [Ukraine] should be for for an all-encompass- encompassing, all-diaspora organization Of course, the circumstances are the Ukrainian diaspora. that deals with the Ukrainian govern- somewhat understandable, since it’s a In the past, we in the Ukrainian dias- ing, all-diaspora organ- ment, as well as the governments of the fledgling state. However, some factors pora were often simply dismissed as ization that deals with world, on an equal footing, in defense of are less so. For example, corruption is fringe elements concerned with the Ukrainian minorities no matter where pervasive, the criminality is amazing. freedom of a supposedly non-existent the Ukrainian govern- they reside. Former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko This situation has evolved substantial- is a case in point. Unfortunately it seems (Continued on page 9) ment, as well as the gov- ly in the past five years, and I think that ernments of the world, since the UWCC hasn’t worked out, this on an equal footing, in forces the UWC into a new role. Based on a decision of the February defense of Ukrainian 19-20 UWC Presidium meeting, three minorities no matter UWC representatives will be traveling BUSINESS IN BRIEF Tractor-producing JV in the works where they reside. to a UWCC session in Kyiv in May. During the proceedings just conclud- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma met March 16 with U.S.-based Case Corp. ed, you mentioned that the UWCC has President Jean-Pierre Rosso. During the meeting Mr. Rosso confirmed his intention to distanced itself from its Soviet past. invest approximately $30 million into a joint venture to be based at PivdenMash, spe- However, some UWC officials suggest- In terms of issues, there is the matter cializing in tractor production. Mr. Rosso also announced that the Case Corp. is ready ed that concerns over by-laws, conflict of the Ukrainian minority in Slovakia. to invest $10 million into creation of a joint leasing company. President Kuchma said of interest and financial/budgetary This is a test case. Insofar as Ukrainians he hopes that Case’s investments provide a working model for other foreign investors. matters had not been addressed. Do in Slovakia are being discriminated (Eastern Economist) you believe that UWCC President against, we should be able to put our- Ivan Drach can now be prompted to selves in a position to exert some pres- Volvo seeks ministerial cooperation address these issues? sure on the government. This should be KYIV – Representatives of Sweden’s Volvo-Penta company in Ukraine proposed easier now that the Slovak government is To my mind, the problems with the on March 17 that the Industrial Policy Ministry discuss possible cooperation on pro-West, or West-oriented, as opposed by-laws were not all that significant. We designing innovative gas engines. Industry Policy Ministry representatives announced to the administration of [former are working off a set that was registered that, in their letter to the ministry, Volvo officials mentioned the company had already President Vladimir] Meciar. with the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice in created a special working group including representatives of Volvo Truck, Volvo Bus We need to develop better relations 1995. To be sure, when the ministry had and Volvo Penta to participate in discussions. The group also intends to search for with the Ukrainian government. The subsequently asked the UWCC to change potential partners in another countries. (Eastern Economist) government should see the diaspora as some language to bring them into line more than a source of occasional capital with Ukrainian law, UWCC officials Regional wine production up in 1998 infusion for its diplomatic missions and added some things that the UWC was not KHERSON – Despite falls in grapevine production at most Kherson Oblast vine- take our recommendations seriously. We informed about, and that’s the problem. yards, 1998 wine production grew 44.4 percent over 1997 figures, thanks to the agri- hope to have an impact on how cultural However, these are minor difficulties, and educational policy is made in not of great concern. cultural firm Sepro, which, working mostly with raw material from other regions, pro- Ukraine. In terms of the UWCC budget, the vided 64 percent of oblast production. In the 1980s 40 percent of Kherson Oblast The Ukrainian government often sim- problem is one of financial accountabili- budget incomes came from the sale of grape and wine products, but winter crop dam- ply ignores the diaspora and yet, when ty. A budget is submitted annually at age and a lack of funds have badly hit the industry. (Eastern Economist) they need us for financial purposes, they their general meetings, but there is no Nestlé invests in Lviv confectioner seem to find us. In some sense, it has to subsequent accounting. be a carrot-and-stick approach – if you They have a radically different under- LVIV – Svitoch head Andrii Tavpash on February 10 announced details of the com- want our assistance, you’re also going to standing of accounting than we do. For pany’s cooperation with Nestlé. The planned investment of approximately $40 million have to accept our advice and criticism. instance, there is constant commingling (U.S.) should guarantee Svitoch’s dominance of the domestic confectionery market. Another area of concern, to my mind, of funds among various organizations, (Eastern Economist) is that the UWC has not developed a suf- there is no distinction made between ficient political status as a non-govern- business activities and non-business Investment figures show big shortfall mental organization. To remedy this, I activities. KYIV – State Statistics Committee figures show a huge shortfall in investment in believe we should secure recognition by One of the biggest arguments we had Ukraine. Figures show demand for investment outstripping supply by 16 to 1. In 1998 the United Nations. with them was over one of the UWCC’s Ukraine received $718.1 million (U.S.) in direct foreign investments, up from $615.6 We are now attempting to become purpose clauses. It was stated that the million in 1997. Since independence, Ukraine has attracted just $2.78 billion (U.S.) in members of the U.N.’s Economic and UWCC was to conduct commercial Social Council (ECOSOC) with consul- activities, but we pointed out that this is (Continued on page 8) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 No. 13

Netanyahu in Kyiv... Chornovil killed... (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) “A great future is awaiting Ukraine,” on the details of the accident. said the Israeli prime minister. Mr. Chornovil, who was born in In 1998 commodity turnover between Cherkasy Oblast in 1937, spent many years the two countries reached $174 million, a in the Soviet gulag for his outspoken views 39 percent rise from the previous year. in support of Ukrainian national aspirations. Ukraine’s exports to Israel grew to $132 The human and national rights advocate million, chiefly in ferrous and non-ferrous served three terms for “anti-Soviet activity.” metals, chemicals and agricultural prod- His first came after he spoke out about ucts. the 1965-1966 secret trials of leading In 1998 Israel sold Ukraine mostly agri- Ukrainian intellectuals and compiled eye- cultural goods, chiefly citrus products, as witness documentation of the proceedings. well as machinery. By the end of 1998 The result was a book, “Lykho z Rozumu,” approximately 120 Israeli companies had (The Misfortune of Intellect), published in invested some $12.6 million into the English as “The Chornovil Papers.” Ukrainian economy. In 1972, as the editor of the underground During his meeting with Mr. samvydav journal Ukrainian Herald Pustovoitenko the Israeli prime minister (Ukrainskyi Visnyk), he was imprisoned emphasized that this country’s business- once again during the wave of arrests that men also are prepared to invest in swept Ukraine. Vyacheslav Chornovil with fellow Rukh activist Les Taniuk during a meeting in Ukrainian companies and introduce new He became a member of the Ukrainian September 1991, soon after the proclamation of Ukraine’s independence. technologies. Helsinki Group in 1979. In 1980, while still Mr. Pustovoitenko and Mr. Netanyahu serving his previous term, he was rearrested training, continued to work in that capacity Mr. Chornovil would be buried on discussed closer ties in education and cul- and sentenced yet again by Soviet authori- as editor-in-chief of the Rukh publication Monday, March 29. Preliminary reports ture as well. The Ukrainian prime minister ties. In 1988 he became a founding member Chas-Time. said a public memorial service is to be held underscored that Ukraine is ready to fur- of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union. On February 12 of this year Mr. at the historic Teachers’ Building, once the ther aid the spiritual and cultural develop- With the beginning of glasnost, Mr. Chornovil was ousted by fellow national headquarters of the Central Rada, on ment of the Jewish population in Ukraine. Chornovil became a key founder of Popular deputies as head of the Rukh faction in Sunday, March 28. The funeral liturgy is to During the Soviet era, Jewish syna- Movement of Ukraine (Rukh), an organiza- Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada and 16 days be offered at St. Volodymyr Sobor, and bur- gogues and cultural centers were routinely tion that called for Ukraine’s independence, later was removed as Rukh Party chairman shut down and many Jews felt they were ial will be at Baikove Cemetery. and is considered a primary catalyst in the in what he described as an illegitimate Rukh News of Mr. Chornovil’s death was ostracized and even persecuted because of social upheaval that consumed the Soviet Congress. A week later, however, a separate their ethnicity. In the 1970s the Jewish announced in the Verkhovna Rada the next Union in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He regularly scheduled congress of Rukh population slowly began to leave the morning by Parliament Chairman was elected to the Verkhovna Rada of reasserted Mr. Chornovil’s position at the Soviet Union, including Ukraine, which Oleksander Tkachenko. A framed portrait of Ukraine in 1990 and re-elected in 1994 and top of the organization (now dubbed Rukh- turned into a mass exodus after Ukraine Mr. Chornovil and flowers were placed on 1998. In 1991 he was a candidate for presi- I) he had led for nearly a decade. declared independence. the national deputy’s seat in the chamber. dent of Ukraine. Funeral arrangements were not complete President Kuchma told the Mariinsky Mr. Chornovil, who was a journalist by at press time, but Ukrainian Television said (Roma Hadzewycz contributed to this report.) Palace press conference that today the gov- ernment is doing everything possible so that all the diverse ethnic groups of ing at the possibility of rearming Belarus and security, is unacceptable,” read the Ukraine “would view Ukraine as their Rada condemns... with nuclear weapons. statement, according to Interfax-Ukraine. homeland.” (Continued from page 1) The Ukrainian government, which has The Foreign Affairs Ministry called for Nonetheless, he gave assurance that no before the attack on Yugoslavia began, repeatedly stated that it is against military “returning as quickly as possible to a peace- one would hinder any Jewish person’s said the military alliance had adhered to intervention in Kosovo and has called on ful settlement through political means ... desire to leave the country for Israel and all international agreements on NATO to act only after U.N. Security and extending wide autonomy to Kosovo.” that he would personally take charge if bar- Yugoslavia. Council authorization, issued a statement on The day that NATO Secretary General riers arose. “NATO has fully supported all relevant March 25 through its Ministry of Foreign Solana issued his statement, President “If such cases are registered, I am pre- U.N. Security Council resolutions, the Affairs that expressed deep concern over Leonid Kuchma said Ukraine would sup- pared to intervene in order to cross the ‘t’s efforts of the OSCE [Organization for the use of force by NATO. port the use of force in Kosovo only after all and dot the ‘i’s,” said President Kuchma. “The use of military force against a sov- attempts for a peaceful settlement had been Security and Cooperation in Europe] and Interfax-Ukraine reported that at a ereign state without the sanction of the U.N. exhausted and then only with U.N. Security the Contact Group,” read Mr. Solana’s meeting between the countries’ foreign Security Council, the only body authorized Council approval. He commented that “a statement. ministers, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign to make decisions for maintaining peace poor peace is better than any use of force.” Affairs Borys Tarasyuk said he and his The air strikes into Yugoslavia have Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon, had caused a strong reaction from Ukrainian reached agreement on “significant invig- leaders, particularly the Communist-con- oration of political contacts” and will hold trolled Verkhovna Rada. regular consultations from now on. The day after the resolution was passed, Embassy of Ukraine in D.C. hosts Mr. Tarasyuk also disclosed that the and with more attacks by NATO likely, two sides had signed a document on coop- Communist Party member Borys Oliynyk, eration in the military-technical field, who heads the Foreign Affairs Committee farewell exhibit of Krychevsky art which the Ukrainian foreign affairs minis- in the Parliament, took to the main podium ter called “of a general character,” to demand that the Ukrainian ambassador although he would not give specifics. to Washington, as well as the chief Ukrainian diplomats in all “the aggressor How to reach states,” be recalled to Ukraine “for consul- tation.” He said that NATO’s action in itself is sufficient reason to discontinue relations THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY with the defense alliance. MAIN OFFICE In addition, NATO’s aggressive stand (editorial, subscriptions requires that Ukraine rearm itself with and advertising departments): nuclear weapons, said Mr. Oliynyk, which he termed “an automatic response.” Mr. The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, Oliynyk warned that “nobody has the right P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 to forbid Ukrainians from coming to the aid phone: (973) 292-9800; fax: (973) 644-9510 of their Yugoslav brothers.” Ukraine agreed to divest itself of its large nuclear arsenal and declared that it KYIV PRESS BUREAU: would maintain non-nuclear status in The Ukrainian Weekly January 1994 in a trilateral pact it signed 11 Horodetsky Street — Apt. 33 with the United States and Russia. Kyiv, Ukraine 252001 Since then there have been intermittent Yaro Bihun phone/fax: (44) 229-1906 calls by individual national deputies from Ambassador Anton Buteiko on March 10 welcomes invited guests to a farewell both the political left and right for nuclear exhibit of oil paintings and watercolors by Mykola Krychevsky, part of a 112-work rearmament. However, the latest TORONTO PRESS BUREAU: Verkhovna Rada declaration is by far the collection donated to five museums in Ukraine by Kateryna Krychevsky- The Ukrainian Weekly strongest and most concerted such effort. Rosandich. The collection was exhibited on February 20-March 7 at The Ukrainian 189 Madison Ave. It follows on the footsteps of a similar Museum in New York. Born in Kharkiv in 1898, Mykola Krychevsky settled in Paris Toronto, Ontario M5R 2S6 decision on March 24 in Moscow, where in 1928 and spent most of his creative years in France. He died in 1961. Prior to phone: (416) 920-2646; fax: (416) 920-0596 the Russian government said it will cease Mrs. Krychevsky-Rosandich’s donation, very few of this noted artist’s works found its cooperation with NATO and was look- their way back to his homeland. No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 5

Free Choice Coalition to coordinate voter education and monitor presidential elections by Roman Woronowycz portion of them yearning for a return to “We will do all we can so that all can- opinions on the elections to political Kyiv Press Bureau the old system. As a result, many experts, didates have equal exposure on leaders gathered at the television studio as well as Ukraine’s political left, believe Ukrainian television, especially govern- through an Internet connection to the KYIV – A coalition of non-govern- the time is ripe for a Communist ment-controlled television,” said Serhii studio while the results are still being mental organizations in Ukraine has revanche. Taran, vice-president of the Institute of analyzed. announced that it will coordinate efforts Others believe that President Leonid Mass Information. Another innovative idea that Free to ensure that the 1999 presidential elec- Kuchma, who has taken great pains to The television project will take three Choice will utilize to raise voter aware- tion process will be democratic, free and control the media through his political forms. First, the coalition will fund a ness in Ukraine will be a riverboat show fair. associates, will do almost anything program for middle- and older-genera- along the Dnipro that will feature Leaders of the group, which has required to retain the presidency. tion Ukrainians to convince them that Ukraine’s brightest musical and sports labeled itself the Free Choice Coalition, Because Ukrainian politics in general democracy and a free press must be a stars. Plans call for, not simply a series said at a press conference in Kyiv on and elections in particular have been standard of any type of society and that of concerts at port cities along the March 22 that the organization has bereft of any sense of order, or at times every citizen has the right to have his Dnipro, but a complex series of presenta- tasked itself with educating Ukraine’s even lawfulness, and because many can- voice heard. tions and information sessions highlight- electorate about new electoral legisla- didates do whatever it takes to win, Free tion and with spurring young adults – Choice Coalition members believe that who are most apathetic towards monitoring the electoral process is cru- “We believe the elections of 1999 will be very Ukrainian politics – to vote. As well, the cial to a legitimate outcome. coalition plans to develop an intricate “Today we have a situation in which a important for Ukraine – no less so than the system of election media coverage and large portion of our society does not monitoring. believe that elections can be fair,” said referendum of December 1991 ... They will Thus far 63 NGOs from 14 of Mykola Tomenko, director of the determine Ukraine’s future.” Ukraine’s 25 regions have signed on to Institute of Politics, another key leader of the project. The individual organizations the Free Choice Coalition. “It is our goal – Ilko Kucheriv, a leader of the Free Choice Coalition cover a wide range of social activities: to help develop the trust in a fair out- from student groups, press clubs and come.” women’s centers to polling organizations Free Choice expects to assemble close and political science foundations. to 20,000 independent monitors around Another TV program will be devel- ed by meetings with the stars. “We believe the elections of 1999 will the country to track the election cam- oped for younger voters, who are more The Free Choice leaders emphasized be very important for Ukraine – no less paigns of all the top candidates and hopes attracted to pop stars and sports figures that although theirs is a loose coalition so than the referendum of December to have a structure in place that will than politicians. It will include entertain- with few regulations, the one inviolable 1991,” said Ilko Kucheriv, a leader of allow them to predict with a high degree ment along with messages by leading rule is that no group should support or Free Choice and director of the sociolog- of probability what the outcome will be entertainers that the youth vote is impor- endorse any candidate. ical monitoring group, Democratic in order to detect any attempts at fraud tant. “There will be no leader of the coali- Initiative. “They will determine and ballot-stuffing. In the last stage of the television proj- tion; we will be a loose group with a Ukraine’s future,” he added. To motivate the youth vote and to ect, an election night broadcast will united goal,” said Ihor Popov, director of Presidential elections in Ukraine are overcome cynicism by middle-aged and cover the day’s events and will include the Committee of Voters, who will coor- scheduled for October 31 of this year. older voters that a democratic election is an interactive “tele-bridge” as Oleh dinate the 20,000 election observers. For seven years, economic indicators not possible in Ukraine, Free Choice is Pavlyshyn, who will direct the television “Each group will have its own agenda. in Ukraine have fallen and the standard also planning a series of television pro- project, called the effort. There will be few meetings such as of living has declined, which has left grams as well as a “show-tour” along the In the first-ever attempt in Ukraine, today. But if any member expresses sup- much of the population disenchanted Dnipro River that will stop at major cities people from all over Ukraine will be port for a single candidate that group will with democracy and capitalism – a good along Ukraine’s major waterway. able to communicate their thoughts and be expelled automatically.”

Since then, various local branches of the UCC (particu- “4) to provide an original and uniquely Canadian way of Genocide memorial... larly Ottawa, Toronto and Sudbury), the UCCLA (in expressing our concern for issues of general human interest (Continued from page 1) Vancouver, Calgary, Kingston and Toronto) and a Working and importance.” country, and has also been in contact with representatives of Group chaired by Montreal-based historian Prof. Roman On December 21, 1998, the UCC had sent a letter to the Cambodian and Chinese communities. Serbyn have championed the idea of including testimonies Heritage Minister Sheila Copps endorsing the idea of a about the sufferings of various groups at the hands of the Genocide Museum. Signed by UCC President Eugene Ukrainian community support murderous Nazi machine, as well as broadening the scope Czolij, it is currently being reworked as an official position of institutional commemorations of victims of genocide, paper to be adopted at a board of directors meeting in June. In an interview on March 23, Adrian Boyko, vice-presi- such as the victims of the 1932-1933 Soviet-engineered The letter reads: “The UCC believes that a museum dedi- dent of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and chair of its famine in Ukraine. cated to the victims of all genocides would be a noble and Government Relations Committee, told The Weekly the Since the summer of 1998, UCC Ottawa Branch dignified way for Canada to demonstrate to Canadian citi- UCC considers Mr. Assadourian’s bill “uniquely Canadian President Oksana Bashuk Hepburn has been particularly zens and to the international community its readiness to in its inclusiveness.” active in lobbying museum officials, as well as local MPs condemn genocides.” “This proposed legislation builds upon the fact that we and officials at the Heritage Ministry. The purpose of such an institution, according to the are a multicultural country, that we show our inclusiveness UCC letter, would be to “sensitize future generations by Four reasons for a museum in all that we do,” Mr. Boyko said disseminating valuable information about such tremen- The UCC official added that this approach would “pre- Prof. Serbyn, a member of the department of history at dous human tragedies to ensure that similar horrors are vent the pitting of groups against one another, the very thing the Université du Québec à Montréal, has issued a pamphlet never repeated.” that produces the attitudes and environment that make geno- on the issue of an inclusive museum in question-and-answer The letter refers to the U.S. Senate and House of cide possible.” format. Representatives resolutions adopted in October 1998 on Mr. Boyko stressed that such an institution is necessary One question asks: “Why must the Canadian public be the 65th anniversary of the famine, and the City of because “children need to be educated about this side of educated about the various genocides?” The answer: “If Montreal’s fall 1998 erection of a monument dedicated human nature, this side of history, so that it cannot happen genocide is an aberration in history, it has proven to be of a to all the victims of genocides in the 20th century. again.” recurring type. It is important that we realize this and study CMC in “holding pattern” The UCC government relations chair pointed out that the various forms this tragedy has assumed in the past, in there is no such general-focus institution anywhere in the order to prevent repetition in the future.” Stephen Inglis, director general of the CMC’s world, adding, “as it was in proposing the establishment of “A museum dedicated to any one genocide would be suf- Collection and Research Branch, told The Weekly on United Nations peacekeeping forces, Canada can once ficient to show the horrors of mass extermination,” it is March 23 that plans for the traveling exhibit on the again be a leader in human rights and human endeavor by affirmed in the pamphlet, “but such a museum could not Holocaust, which were to be finalized this month, are “in a supporting such a museum.” reveal the variety of means used by ruthless regimes to exe- holding pattern, affected somewhat by discussions at the In February the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties cute their crimes. In order to understand how starvation was political level.” Association had issued a statement in support of Mr. used in some African genocides, no other previous genocide Mr. Inglis said the introduction of Bill C-479 was part of Assadourian’s bill. “We urge MPs in every political party is as instructive as the Holodomor (Ukraine famine of 1932- “a general feeling that any national presentation should be represented in the House of Commons to endorse Mr. 1933.” inclusive and should reflect the experience of many groups Assadourian’s initiative and to work with the many Prof. Serbyn’s pamphlet sets out four main reasons for a in Canada.” Canadian ethnocultural communities who are in favor of a Canadian museum dedicated to genocide: The CMC official added that “the government is sensi- Genocide Museum in our nation’s capital,” it read. “1) to commemorate all the victims of all genocides in a tive to those concerns, and discussions on the issue are quite Background of effort proper and dignified manner; active.” “2) to sensitize the Canadian public to the atrocities of Mr. Inglis said the CMC “will be doing something, it’s The CMC, where the exhibit proposed by the legislation genocide and provide an effective tool for the education of just a question of when it would proceed.” He added that if would be located, is a multi-facility institution overseen by future generations, in the spirit of tolerance and respect for an exhibit were permanent, “this immediately involves the Heritage Ministry. In 1997 the War Museum, one of the human life, so as to ensure that similar horrors are never questions of a site and a building. Our idea was that if a CMC’s facilities, held hearings to address concerns that a repeated; traveling exhibit were prepared, it would serve as an impe- proposed gallery devoted to the Nazi Holocaust was not “3) to express empathy for the various ethnocultural tus for a core collection of material.” sufficiently inclusive. communities who have found haven on Canadian shores, The CMC official said that if original plans were fol- In mid-1998 a decision was made to focus on the cre- but whose relatives, at other times and in other lands, had lowed, the traveling exhibit would have been ready for ation of a traveling exhibit on the Holocaust. been victims of these most atrocious crimes; 2001-2002. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 No. 13 ON THE AIR: Documentary THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY An inclusive museum on genocide recounts Ukrainian experience by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj In recent months, thanks to the introduction of a private members’ bill by a parlia- Toronto Press Bureau mentarian of Armenian background, Canada’s Ukrainian community has been handed TORONTO – A landmark docu- an opportunity to publicly occupy the moral high ground on the issue of commemora- mentary on the Ukrainian experience tion of victims of genocide. in this century, “Scarred by History,” On February 15, Sarkis Assadourian proposed in Bill C-479 that a permanent will return to televisions screens across exhibit be set up at the Canadian Museum of Civilization “that recognizes the crimes Canada on March 30, April 3 and 4. against humanity perpetrated during the 20th century and acts as a reminder of the Significant viewer support of the one- inhumanity of people towards one another.” hour film has prompted History This has allowed a project which the Ukrainian Canadian Congress proposed to Television, a Toronto-based division of Heritage Minister Sheila Copps in December 1998 to receive airing in debate in the the Alliance Communications Corp., to country’s highest and most public political forum, instead of the airless chambers of give the film a wider airing as part of academia or bureaucratic meeting rooms. its “War Stories” series. In the words of Adrian Boyko, UCC vice-president and chair of its Government According to the official news Relations Committee, the bill is “uniquely Canadian in its inclusiveness” and an release, “the story of Ukraine is told opportunity for Canada to “once again be a leader in human rights and human endeav- through the lives of Jaroslav ‘Jerry’ or by supporting such [an exhibit].” Sywanyk, a Ukrainian immigrant to At such an institution, all members of humanity could meet and understand that a Saskatoon [Saskatchewan] and his genocide can happen to any people. Equally important: the specifics of how a geno- immediate family, specifically his sis- cide occurred to a certain people – such as the Holocaust of the Jews, the Famine ters, Maria, Olga and Olena, who directed at Ukrainians, the Massacre of Armenians, the Killing Fields of Cambodia, remained in Ukraine.” the ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia – are an important object lesson about The western Ukrainian experience the need to recognize and curb the dark side of our natures. of Austrian rule, Polish domination, The frightening fact of the recurrence of genocide as depicted in such a museum Nazi occupation, and Soviet conquest should serve both to ensure vigilance and to quicken empathy. and repression is vividly brought to life The horrors of the recent decade seemed to spring out of a bizarre complacency through footage obtained from borne out of perceptions that genocide is somehow exceptional. Instead of being made archives in Ukraine – some never vigilant by the call “Never Again,” it seems the world was repeatedly lulled by a sense before aired in the West – interviews 4 Square Productions of “It couldn’t be happening again.” with Mr. Sywanyk, and the testimonies As was written in this space earlier this year, “genocides don’t belong to the people Pavlo Balatsky interviewed in the village of of relatives interviewed in the summer Markova, in western Ukraine, in June on whom they were inflicted. They are history’s burden of responsibility placed on of 1998, in his native village of humanity’s shoulders, which asks: Why wasn’t it stopped? What have you done to 1998. He recounts the details of the tragic Markova, near Manastyrske in western life of his cousin Maria Sywanyk and the ensure that it never happens again?” Ukraine. Thanks to Mr. Assadourian, Ukrainian Canadians and other supporters of the bill turbulent processes of history that scarred Mr. Sywanyk joined the Galicia the life of his family. can claim the moral high ground. But the task ahead is not the easier for it. A moral Division, was interned in Italy and the high ground calls for a heightened sense of moral responsibility and discipline, not for United Kingdom, and then immigrated to sent by her husband to bring her out to the thin-skinned sensitivity to insult if one’s project is opposed. Canada. West. In one of the documentary’s more For example, understanding and tact will be needed to draw others on side for the Maria Sywanyk-Kapeniak followed her poignant moments, she is quoted to have project, such as members of the Jewish community who insist on separate Holocaust in-laws to Siberia when they were arrested said on her deathbed in 1992: “I lost my memorials. After all, it was a concern for inclusiveness in a Holocaust exhibit that and exiled. Soon after her return, she was child, I lost my husband. What kind of life enabled the space on the high ground, presently illuminated by Mr. Assadourian’s bill, arrested for telling a joke about Stalin (her have I lived?” to become visible. 8-year-old son was coerced into testifying Also titled “Nezahoyeni Rany” The establishment of an inclusive exhibit or museum would appear to be a morally against her), originally sentenced to be shot, (Unhealed Wounds), the documentary is the unassailable proposition. Bill C-479 stands on high ground, but politically it needs then sent off for 25 years in the gulag. shoring up. A private members’ bill needs unanimous support from every one of the creation of Regina, Saskatchewan-based 4 Her husband had gone into the under- Square Productions and Kyiv-based Novyy 295 members in Canada’s House of Commons, and a lobbying effort spearheaded by ground, then emigrated to Chicago, whence Mr. Assadourian (supplemented by the UCC’s various branches) is in full swing. Kanal, and was originally broadcast on he applied unsuccessfully to bring her over January 5. after she was released from the camps in The film’s world-premiere, attended 1971. She died in 1988 in Markova. by Saskatchewan Premier Roy March Olga Sywanyk-Zayats remained in the Romanow, was in Regina on November village, but her husband, Konstantyn, died 17, 1998. The Ukrainian premiere took Turning the pages back... of malnutrition while in transit to the gulag. place at the headquarters of the National She herself was identified as an “enemy of Television Company of Ukraine in Kyiv, 31 the people” and died of cancer at age 50. on January 30. Olena’s daughter, Iryna, died of cancer The documentary’s screenplay was writ- 1869 Fans of the TV series “Homicide” should hearken to the life at age 10, and her husband, Ivan ten by Maggie Siggins, a co-owner of 4 story of Ukraine’s pioneer in forensic science and criminology, Dzhedzhora, also joined the Galicia Square Productions, who won the Governor Mykola Bokarius. His very name is like something out of an Division. In the late 1940s she made a fate- Edgar Allan Poe story. ful decision not to accompany messengers (Continued on page 9) Born on March 31, 1869, in Odessa into a high school teacher’s family, he graduated from the medical faculty of Kharkiv University in 1895, then worked as an intern at a sur- gical clinic in the city, and began lecturing on plastic anatomy at the Kharkiv Art School. In 1897 he secured the post of assistant dissector at the chair of forensic medicine at his alma mater. He received his M.D. in 1902. In 1903 he joined the faculty as assistant profes- sor with the forensics chair and the faculty of law. In 1910 he was awarded a full professor- ship and published his landmark textbook (in Russian), “Sudebno-Meditsinkie, Mikroskopichnie i Mikrokhimicheskie Issledovannie Vecshchestvennykh Dokazatelstv” (Forensic, Microscopic and Microchemical Investigation of Material Evidence). Five years later came a forensic primer for use in the courtroom. (In 1930 it was reworked into a refer- ence work for jurists and doctors). In 1923 he established the Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Medicine in Kharkiv, which was renamed in his honor upon his death. Thanks to the Ukrainianization policies of the day, we have titles on forensics in Ukrainian. Dr. Bokarius founded and edited two journals: Arkhiv Kryminolohiyi ta Sudebnoyi Medytsyny (Archive of Criminology and Forensics, 1926-1927) and Pytannia Kryminalistyky ta Naukovo-Sudebnoyi Ekspertyzy (Issues of Criminology and Forensic Expertise, 1931). From 1924 onward he served as a consultant to the Ukrainian Main Militia in Kharkiv. Dr. Bokarius also had senior government positions in the commissariats for education and health. Dr. Bokarius analyzed over 5,000 items of material evidence, performed over 3,000 autopsies, and wrote more than 130 scientific works. He invented various forensic medical instruments, special chemical methods of analysis and techniques of evaluating clues. According to the Who Was Who in the USSR compiled by a Munich-based institute for the study of the Soviet Union, “his sperm test and macroscopic method of examining 4 Square Productions strangulation marks are to be found in all manuals and textbooks of forensic medicine.” Jaroslaw (Jerry) Sywanyk (in embroidered shirt) visiting his native village of Acknowledged as the Ukrainian SSRs leading forensic medical expert, his laboratory Markova in western Ukraine in the summer of 1998. He speaks to Yaroslav was renowned throughout the USSR. Dr. Bokarius died in Kharkiv on December 23, 1931. Hladkyi (in cap), Olena Sywanyk’s son-in-law and the choir conductor of the Source: “Bokarius, Mykola,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 1 (Toronto: University of Toronto local Ukrainian Catholic church, which Mr. Sywanyk and other Ukrainian Press, 1984); Who Was Who in the USSR (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1972). Canadians assisted in reconstructing. 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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ukrainian statehood by assisting in TheThe thingsthings wewe do...do... The diaspora’s mission building a civil society, and raising levels of national consciousness and ethical by Orysia Paszczak Tracz remains unchanged culture, while continuing to preserve the Dear Editor: Ukrainian national identity and culture abroad. It is no secret that Ukrainian national This will be a long and tedious process. identity, language and culture were sys- However, tentative steps are already being My Irish soul-cousins tematically and brutally oppressed and made in that direction. The Weekly As I watched and listened to the “Irish you can see on his face that these come persecuted during 70 years of recently reported about direct and individ- Tenors” singing during the Prairie Public from his Italian soul. Communist rule. During that time ual actions taken to help Ukrainian intel- Television membership drive this week, The Irish Tenors, Anthony Kearns, Ukrainian national identity and culture lectuals, who are and always have been with each song I felt a closer kinship to Ronan Tynan and John McDermott, have were largely preserved through the the backbone of the independence move- them and the Irish. A long time ago I other lives. Mr. McDermott is actually a efforts and sacrifices of the diaspora. ment. This is a small step in the right heard someone say that the Ukrainians Canadian of Scotish/Irish heritage, who With the dawn of Ukrainian independ- direction. Hope for the future of Ukraine are the Irish of the East, and the Irish are tours throughout North America. Mr. ence it was assumed that the basic mis- depends on such small steps. the Ukrainians of the West. Much in our Tynan is a medical doctor, and a champi- sion of the diaspora, that is, preservation histories is common: a fierce love of on equestrian, who has won trophies at Ihor Lysyj of national identity and culture, was land, independent spirit, invasion and Irish and international song festivals. Mr. Austin, Texas accomplished and could be passed on to subjugation, intense struggles for free- Kearns is a lyric tenor who currently Ukraine, now free and independent. With dom over the centuries, genocides by tours with the English Light Opera considerable fanfare, flags and symbols famine, emigration, exile, foreigners set- Company. of national identity – including the lega- Thanks for publishing tling the land, invaders’ attempts to sys- What comes across in their faces and cy of Ukrainian National Republic tematically destroy the language, history voices as they sing the lyrics is that deep (UNR) – have been transferred to “new and culture, loss of ethnic lands, and ulti- personal sense of love of homeland and article on embroidery longing to return home, bitterness over Ukrainians” in the old country, while the Dear Editor: mate independence. Both our people diaspora was left in a search of a new have that ancient folk heritage, and we loss of freedom, acceptance of death for mission. Please accept my thank you for publish- all sing, dance, cry, fight and love. that freedom, and immense belief in the Scanning the latest news on the pages ing Orysia Tracz’s articles. I would like to The three Irish Tenors are not as return of independence. Many of these songs from previous centuries are now of The Ukrainian Weekly it appears, comment on her article on Ksenia famous, nor as operatically gifted, as Kolotylo. I stand behind her 100 percent on Irish folk songs, while the ones from the however, that our hopes and expectations “The Three Tenors” (Pavarotti, Domingo the subject of embroidery that is changed early part of this century are the songs of for independent Ukraine fell far short of and Carerras). The latter are profession- and adapted to personal use as Ukrainian the freedom fighters. the mark and our celebration of als, who live and breathe by their enor- embroidery. Except for very talented indi- These songs are deeply relevant to Ukrainian independence might have mously wonderful voices. They sing been a bit premature. Today’s Ukraine of viduals who come up with fresh, new pat- them and to the audience; they are person- whatever is on the operatic or concert Lazarenko, Tkachenko, Vitrenko, terns, most embroideries are gifted hands- al, nostalgic and emotional. In their per- program, in whatever language, although Symonenko, criminal clans and the self- on people. formances the tenors sing about and live nothing melts your heart more than destructing anarchy (“otamanschyna”) of Had Ms. Kolotylo in her introduction (Continued on page 18) the democratic bloc is not exactly what clearly stated that her patterns were Pavarotti singing his Neapolitan songs – we had hoped for. “based” on Ukrainian embroidery and It appears that 70 years of Communist titled it to show that, then it would have rule in Ukraine have indeed succeeded in made a difference in how her two volumes creating Homo Sovieticus (Soviet man) were accepted, especially by those of us and a class of ruling kleptocrats (thieves) who believe in keeping the old embroidery lacking common decency, humanity or patterns the way they were done in the A Ukrainian Summer honesty who are prominently seen in the past. Verkhovna Rada. Homo Sovieticus is Now we see new patterns coming from doing well and is prospering. These Ukraine and that is the way it should be – Appears May 2 in The Ukrainian Weekly utterly corrupt elites in the guise of “new folk art is created in the geographical area Ukrainians” have robbed the country of where it is located. And certainly if its wealth and well-being, including $30 embroiderers are interested in copying the billion that the government is looking for present patterns, coloring and embroidery Escape to the Catskills... in foreign banks, while the population method, it’s very well and dandy, but do was left in dire economic distress and not change something that was done in the misery. past – that is a part of history. Today ladies Relax in Wildwood... It wasn’t supposed to happen that way. do not wear Victorian dresses just because In 1991 most of the educated opinion in there is interest in things Victorian. Take up folk dancing... the West was that, of all the former I certainly believe that Ms. Kolotylo is a Soviet republics, Ukraine had the best fabulous embroiderer – but her statements How will you enjoy your Ukrainian summer? chance of succeeding in the global envi- that she was retaining Ukrainian embroi- ronment. Endowed with superb natural dery patterns for the future certainly do not Read our special section for tips on where to go, resources, including the best agricultural wash with me. 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Business in brief äêÄâéÇÄ ÖäáÖäìíàÇÄ (Continued from page 3) ¥ äêÄâéÇÄ êÄÑÄ investment from abroad. The biggest single investment, a total of $92.1 million, came from Coca Cola Amatil Ukraine. The majority of investments came from the United ìäêÄ∫çëúäéÉé äéç¢êÖëéÇéÉé States, the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, Korea, Russia and Cyprus. The regions that äéåßíÖíì ÄåÖêàäà received most investments are: Kyiv, Zaporizhia, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Donetsk and Crimea. Speaking at a February 16 roundtable titled “Investment in á ̇„Ó‰Ë ë‚flÚ ÇÓÒÍðÂÒ¥ÌÌfl ïðËÒÚÓ‚Ó„Ó ÔÂðÂÒË·˛Ú¸ Ò‚flÚӘ̥ Ukraine: Realities and Perspectives,” the chairman of the National Agency for ÔÓ·‡Ê‡ÌÌfl ¥ ‚¥Ú‡˛Ú¸ ßπð‡ðı¥‚ ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍËı ñÂðÍÓ‚, èðÂÁˉÂÌÚ‡ Development and European Integration, Roman Shpek, said the government and the Verkhovna Rada had failed to create favorable conditions for investors, to improve tax ìÍð‡ªÌË ‰ÓÒÚÓÈÌÓ„Ó ãÂÓÌ¥‰‡ äÛ˜ÏÛ, ìðfl‰ ìÍð‡ªÌË ¥ ÈÓ„Ó legislation and to stabilize the microeconomic situation. He called investment figures Ôð‰ÒÚ‡‚-ÌËÍ¥‚ ‚ ëòÄ, ìÍð‡ªÌҸͥ á·ðÓÈÌ¥ ëËÎË, ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÛ “insignificant.” (Eastern Economist) ÇÒÂÒ‚¥ÚÌ˛ äÓ-Óð‰Ë̇ˆ¥ÈÌÛ ê‡‰Û, ë‚¥ÚÓ‚ËÈ äÓÌ£ðÂÒ ìÍð‡ªÌˆ¥‚, Û‚ÂÒ¸ ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸-ÍËÈ Ì‡ð¥‰ Ì‡ Ňڸͥ‚˘ËÌ¥ ¥ ‚ ‰¥flÒÔÓð¥, ‚Ò¥ Odesa attracts bulk of foreign interest Óð„‡Ì¥Á‡ˆ¥ª ‚ ëòÄ, ‡ ÁÓÍðÂχ ˜ÎÂÌ¥‚ ìääÄ ¥ ÈÓ„Ó ÒËÏÔ‡ÚËÍ¥‚. ODESA – Recently released figures show that foreign businessmen have invested $167.3 million (U.S.) in the Odesa Oblast’s economy, making that oblast second after çÂı‡È ‚ÓÒÍðÂÒÎËÈ ïðËÒÚÓÒ Ó·‰‡ðÓ‚Ûπ ‚Ò¥ı Ò‚ÓªÏË Î‡Ò͇ÏË ¥ Kyiv in terms of direct foreign investment volumes. Foreign businessmen from 81 countries worldwide are registered as co-founders of over 1,800 companies in Odesa ıÓðÓ-ÌËÚ¸ ̇¯Û ìÍð‡ªÌÛ Ú‡ ‰ÓÔÓÏÓÊ ªÈ ‚ËÈÚË ¥Á ÚflÊÍÓ„Ó Oblast. (Eastern Economist) ÂÍÓÌÓÏ¥˜ÌÓ„Ó ÔÓÎÓÊÂÌÌfl Ú‡ ÒÚ‡ÚË Ì‡ Ôð‡‚‰Ë‚ËÈ Ò‡ÏÓÒÚ¥ÈÌˈ¸ÍËÈ ¯Îflı. French motor giant opens showroom KYIV – Renault Dealer KiyAuto has opened a showroom in Kyiv. “The new salon showcases two models, the Renault 19 and Renault Megane,” stated Renault’s sales ïêàëíéë ÇéëäêÖë! manager, Didier Iver. He said that in 1998 only 400 Renaults were sold in Ukraine. KiyAuto director Oleh Tkachenko said that the dealer network in Ukraine will be äð‡ÈÓ‚‡ ÖÍÁÂÍÛÚË‚‡ ¥ äð‡ÈÓ‚‡ ꇉ‡ ìääÄ broadened and new centers in Odesa, Lviv, Zaporizhia and Kryvyi Rih will be set up. (Eastern Economist) Plane project is finally off the ground MOSCOW – The first test flight of the Russian-Ukrainian TU-334 passenger plane took place successfully on February 8. Development of the plane, designed by Russian and Ukrainian experts, was initially stalled due to a lack of cash. Once testing is completed, the plane will be manufactured at plants in Ukraine and Russia. Twenty- four airlines have placed advance orders with the Ukrainian Aviant plane-building plant for more than 200 TU-334s. Ukrainian, Russian and Slovak companies were among those placing orders. China and Iran have already expressed an interest in pur- chasing TU-334s. (Eastern Economist) Farming sector assesses 1998 production KYIV – The Agriculture Ministry has announced that meat production in the cattle- HHaappppyy EEaasstteerr breeding industry was up in 1998 by more than 2 percent in comparison with 1997, registering the first increase in five years. Meanwhile in the crop-growing sector, out- to family, friends and clients put dropped by 14 percent. Specialists forecast a 10 percent rise in output of the main agricultural crops in 1999. (Eastern Economist) Myroslaw Smorodsky Petro R. Stawnycky UAE delegation meets Donetsk administration officials Attorneys-at-law DONETSK – Questions of trade and economic cooperation between the Donetsk Oblast and the United Arab Emirates were discussed during a February 26 meeting between Donetsk City Administration heads and representatives of UAE business circles. Donetsk Administration Deputy Head Viktor Khamuliak commented after discussions: “The perspective has emerged of a new market for the domestic piping industry, which will help compensate for the diminished Russian market.” Speaking on other export projects, Mr. Khamuliak added, “we are currently discussing pro- ducing pipes at the Khartsyz Piping plant for a pipeline in Iran.” (Eastern Economist)

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Ukrainian World Congress... production company involved in all aspects provided the pre-licensing that enabled it to Documentary... of film, video and audio production and go forward. (Continued from page 3) (Continued from page 6) publishing. We have written award-winning “Scarred by History” will be shown by entity – Ukraine. Our local political General’s Award for non-fiction in 1992. books, directed feature films, hosted docu- History Television on March 30, at 1 p.m. representatives, congressmen, senators, The book that garnered the prize, “Rage of mentaries and produced variety shows both (Eastern), 9 p.m., midnight; then again on what have you, would talk to us as the Land,” has been adapted for television in Canada and abroad.” Saturday, April 3, at noon, and Sunday, constituents, but quietly they went as a four-hour dramatic mini-series sched- According to the release, 4 Square April 4, at 10 a.m. back to their offices thinking that we uled to air this fall on the Canadian CBC Productions has a special interest in interna- History Television is carried by Rogers were nuts. and American CBS networks. tional co-productions, having completed Communications in Toronto and Now Ukraine is a formidable force. Her husband, Prof. Gerald Sperling, head projects in Ukraine and China, with upcom- Vancouver; by Shaw in Toronto, Winnipeg, Even if it does absolutely nothing, its of the political science department at the ing projects in China, Cuba, Ukraine and Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver geostrategic location makes it a focus of University of Regina and 4 Square’s other Poland. and Victoria; by Westman Cable in policy. The certification of aid for Ukraine co-owner, acted as executive producer for The primary impetus for the production Brandon, Manitoba; and Northeastern by the U.S. happened not because the “Scarred by History.” was Premier Romanow’s visit to Ukraine in Cablevision in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. 1995. Ukrainian government had made suffi- The director was Guo Fangfang, who * * * cient progress, but because the U.S. immigrated from China to Canada in 1989. The Saskatchewan provincial govern- administration was afraid to send the The documentary is narrated by ment, through the Department of Municipal For further information, History wrong message; was afraid to lose Saskatchewan-based actor Eva Petryshyn. Affairs, Culture and Housing and the Television can be reached at 121 Bloor St. Ukraine as an ally in that part of the On Ukraine’s end, Novyy Kanal and Department of Intergovernmental Affairs, E., Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3M5; world. National Television Company executive actually initiated the project and facilitated telephone, (416) 967-0022; fax: (416) 967- The UWC as a diasporan organization Olexander Pelekh was the other executive the contacts between Canada’s and 0044; website, http://www.historytelevi- should capitalize on this. producer; Alexander Globenko and Ukraine’s production teams. sion.ca. The Winnipeg-based Shevchenko For viewers interested in sending their To return to the UWC’s relationship Anatoly Karas served as associate pro- Foundation provided seed capital for the reactions to the program by e-mail, the with the Ukrainian government, you ducers-researchers; Serhiy Mykhalchuk, project, while the Toronto-based Ukrainian address is: [email protected] were recently in Ukraine and had diffi- co-director of photography; Alexey Research and Documentation Center pro- Copies of “Scarred by History” may be culties in securing an audience with Stremovsky, co-soundman; Serhiy purchased for $20 (Canadian) from 4 President Leonid Kuchma. Was this Bondar, camera director. vided assistance in research. simply circumstantial or a snub? According to their official press release, Telefilm Canada also made an invest- Square Productions, 1808 Smith St., Suite 4 Square Productions, the prime movers in ment in the $300,000 (Canadian) produc- 220, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 2N4; tele- I was told that there wasn’t enough producing the documentary, is “a multi- tion, while History Television and the phone, (306) 525-9888; fax, (306) 525- time. It could have been a personal snub. I media, multi-dimensional film and video Saskatchewan Communications Network 8588; e-mail, [email protected]. know the president was very upset when Mr. Lazarenko came to the U.S. [in 1997] and was hosted by me at my house. î‰Âð‡Î¸Ì‡ äð‰ËÚÓ‚‡ äÓÓÔÂð‡ÚË‚‡ SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) In Ukraine, if you meet with a person ◊ëÄåéèéåßó“ Û çûÄêäì, ç.ÑÊ. Federal Credit Union the perception is that you fully support their politics or their positions. When 734 Sandford Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07106 [former prime minister Yevhen] Marchuk TEL.: (973) 373-7839 http://www.selfreliance.org FAX: (973) 373-8812 spoke at a recent convention of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, the next day a newspaper in Ukraine reported that the UCCA had ïêàëíéë ÇéëäêÖë endorsed Mr. Marchuk for president. I met with Mr. Marchuk when I was in ÇÂθÏ˯‡ÌÓ‚ÌËÏ ˜ÎÂÌ‡Ï Ú‡ Ukraine recently and one of his friends ‚Ò¥È ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸Í¥È „ðÓχ‰¥ wrote in a periodical that the UWC sup- ports his candidacy. But I met with [for- ˘Ëð¥ ÔÓ·‡Ê‡ÌÌfl mer Foreign Affairs Minister Hennadii] Udovenko, too, and I will be meeting ð‡‰¥ÒÌËı ¥ ˘‡ÒÎË‚Ëı Ò‚flÚ with Oleksander Tkachenko in May, I ÇÓÒÍðÂÒ¥ÌÌfl ïðËÒÚÓ‚Ó„Ó hope to meet with Oleksander Moroz, and so on. My intention as UWC president is to meet with every candidate to present issues that are of concern to the Ukrainian community in the diaspora. We can’t do anything about the elections in Ukraine, and we don’t intend to interfere, but we can certainly let them know where we stand. The new UWC administration seems to be a mix of veterans and new blood. I’m actually very happy with both my ◊ÉÄåÄãßü“ executive and the heads of national rep- èÓ‰ÓðÓÊÌÂ Å˛ðÓ resentations around the world. Australia, France, Canada have young blood com- ÅÄÜÄ∏ ing in. The older generations have done an Ç‡Ï ¥ LJ¯¥È êÓ‰ËÌ¥ ÚÛÚ, excellent job, and there is now a new ̇ ˜ÛÊËÌ¥, leadership in the community. Ú‡ ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥ Although the December congress could have been more successful, in terms of ÇÂÒÂÎËı ë‚flÚ numbers, in terms of composition of the delegates it was very good and the discus- ë‚¥ÚÎÓ„Ó ÇÓÒÍðÂÒ¥ÌÌfl ïðËÒÚÓ‚Ó„Ó sions were very worthwhile. I have a good relationship with Mr. íÂÎ.: (212) 473-0839 [Viktor] Pedenko, the secretary general, Ms. [Maria] Szkambara, the vice-presi- dent, and believe that I’ve already estab- lished a good working relationship with the entire presidium. And central to our communications ꇉ¥ÒÌËı,, ô‡ÒÎË‚Ëı ë‚flÚ strategy is newcomer Oksana Horikh, chairman of the Conference of Ukrainian ÇÇééëëääêêÖÖëëIIççççüü ïïêêààëëííééÇÇééÉÉéé Youth Organizations. She’ll be coordinat- ing the construction of our website. ¯‡ÌÓ‚ÌËÏ ÉÓÒÚflÏ, ëÔ¥‚Ôð‡ˆ¥‚ÌËÍ‡Ï ¥ ‚Ò¥Ï ˜ÎÂÌ‡Ï ìçëÓ˛ÁÛ Ms. Horikh is very energetic, she has a plan of action as to how to integrate the — · ‡ Ê ‡ π — activities of Ukrainian students, first in North America, and then around the ìèêÄÇÄ ëéûáßÇäà world. She’s exactly the kind of person the UWC has needed to attract. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 No. 13 REPORT AND REMINISCENCE: Teaching English in Mykolaiv by Roman and Stephanie Karpishka of Scrabble was particularly useful for com- least visiting that great country called tering in contemporary Ukraine. Thus, from petitive point scoring of words, and diction- America, confirming the rationale for their an initial brush-off, the library visit in fact PART I aries had to be put to intensive use by the serious study of the English language. concluded as an enriching and educating July 1998 marked our third tour of teach- group of advanced students. We took several field trips to the nearby experience for all concerned. We left with ing English as a second language (ESL) in Students in this select group were also historic city of Lviv this past summer, dur- the knowledge that determined people, Ukraine under the Ukrainian National given greater responsibilities and creative ing which we got to visit the Ukrainian despite their dire economic circumstances, Association-sponsored program, working in time to develop their English linguistic and National Art Museum (near the main Post still are dedicated to the preservation of cul- collaboration with the local Prosvita Society literary skills. For example: each had to Office on Copernicus Street). There we ture in Ukraine. in the town of Mykolayiv in the Lviv write a four-page autobiography in English, were fortunate to have as an art guide our The experience of negative gatekeeping Oblast. which was useful for their teacher to identi- Canadian friend and neighbor, Lesia was manifested also at three other museum Our summer experiences in Zalischyky fy interests and to better choose which sub- Hawryluk, who also interviewed several sites in Lviv, but fortunately the words that (1995) and Mykolayiv (1997) were helpful ject matter to focus on during the 80 hours students for later broadcast on Radio we were “uchyteli z Kanady” (teachers in preparing us to organize the courses and of formal lessons. Also, these older partici- Canada International. from Canada) opened doors to us. related field trips, as was the fact of having pants (generally age 16-17) had to keep a Unfortunately not all art museums were The “Rusalka Dnistrova” museum was some of the same students, whose interests daily diary, to be submitted after a few days accessible or open every day – truly a loss officially closed “na remont” (for renova- and linguistic potential were already known for English grammar and syntax correc- of potential tourist revenues in the summer tion), but after entry was gained the stu- to us. tions. for the people of Lviv. Hopefully this policy dents eagerly transcribed (oh, for a hand- This way, like other ESL summer teach- In keeping with the spirit of facilitating will soon change, but even more necessary held scanner) excerpts from original ers – some of whom have had up to six the teaching of English by relating lesson is a change in attitude by the doorkeepers handwritten manuscripts of Markian tours of duty – we are being drawn ever contents to Ukrainian themes, we selected and “dyzhurni” at those little publicized cul- Shashkevych (1811-1843), who led the more closely to our distant motherland. Ivan Franko’s “Lys Mykyta” for our stu- tural spots. literary revival in western Ukraine based Even though our passports are “inozemni,” dents to express their poetic talents in blank Although we did enjoy organ recitals and on use of the vernacular. trumpet music (Shubert’s Serenade) at the the magnetic attraction to Ukraine and its verse in English. This was rather more chal- Similarly, at the Novakivsky and former Dominican Church, the reception deserving youth becomes stronger after lenging in class than they had expected, Kulchytsky art galleries, we were let in after given to our advanced students at the every trip, and soon after returning to North especially since they had to capture the some begging at the door, but then treated Stefanyk Library was at first less than America plans begin to form about what we essence of that famous author’s classic – with great courtesy and offered detailed will do the next time. without producing a rendition of the same, warm. A bored magazine-reading reception- ist (refusing to accept 6 hrv, under $3 U.S.) explanations by the director of the former Despite the local economic hardships, which would merely be a dictionary exer- gallery. She recounted how Metropolitan the parents of our students were generally cise. would not allow the purchase of an English Shakespeare book “because the ‘closed’ Andrey Sheptytsky himself, seeing the supportive of our efforts, and rules were One artistically inclined pupil proposed a artist’s talent in Krakow, Poland, invited bent to waive the 10-hrv “registration fee,” compromise on her assignment, and instead library was being cleaned that day.” Saying saracastically that we could phone the direc- Oleksii Novakivsky to Lviv, providing him with Mrs. Skolozdra (head of the local of her stanzas created a small oil painting of a residence near St. George Cathedral, thus Prosvita) asking for young volunteers to four rams charging the wolf, at Lys tor “if we had any complaints,” she provid- ed us the phone number of the library direc- recognizing a major 20th century artist. instead do clean-up chores about the prem- Mykyta’s suggestion, in measuring their Pondering these circumstances it was inherited fields. The art work was a wel- tor, Larissa Ivanivna Krushelnytska. ises where our classes were to be held. sad to realize that for Ukraine’s own youth come addition to the Ukrainian cultural Ms. Krushelnytska did meet us in her We were also fortunate to receive a $500 today the doors to such cultural treasures identity we were trying to instill in the office and devoted over an hour of her time donation from the Lachine (Montreal) are virtually closed, unless they are lucky youth, while expanding their horizons in the to our group, explaining how the Stefanyk Prosvita Society, which was applied to the enough to be accompanied by an insistent use of the English language. Library (the second largest in Ukraine) is purchase of dictionaries and various video teacher from overseas. Surely, this policy cassettes used in the ESL courses. About 30 Another series of pleasant classroom the 10th largest in the world, with over 7 must change, and it is hoped that maybe in videos were transcribed to the European exercises was the oral reading of translated million volumes. She also spoke about vari- some small way these humble comments PAL system in anticipation of our 1998 short stories by the emigre Ukrainian ous new publications and related some of will open the eyes of officials responsible duties, and it was a pleasure to watch our humorist and author Mykola Ponedilok. His the bureaucratic difficulties she and her staff eager students recognize geographic places satire and vignettes about the condition of – unpaid for three months – were encoun- for the promotion of culture and education. in English-language travelogues about immigrants in North America brought Ukraine, or recall known eras of Ukrainian smiles and welcome realism about the trials history shown to them in English (from and tribulations of recent arrivals to the “Kniazha Doba,” or the Princely Era, to the New World. Despite their own desires to 20th century). project a greater sophistication, some stu- This use of today’s video technology was dents empathized with the plight of their also sweetened by evening presentations of older “uncles” in the diaspora, and seriously various Hollywood classics (“The King and wondered if they themselves would ever I,” “Taras Bulba,” “Snow White,” and for a encounter similar situations. good laugh – ”Home Alone” and “Mrs. It was truly a “virtual” trip, in English, Doubtfire”). down a nostalgic road that still wanders in Book lessons were supplemented by the psyche of many displaced persons who games, and Monopoly required the students remember their own immigration experi- to read their chance cards in English, as ences in North America. Despite the hard- well as learn the economic principles of ships of an earlier generation, none of our “capitalism.” We found that a traveler’s set students were discouraged from someday at

Moscow, on the other. Competing visions... The Russian leadership not only opposes (Continued from page 2) the expansion of the Western alliance to the east, but also believes that NATO – which it dimension. If they decide that Europe and describes as a “relic of the Cold War” – the U.S. are moving in different directions on security questions, that, too, may lead should cease to exist. Consequently, it is some to question the value of alliance mem- almost certain to seek to exploit these differ- bership. ences in approach in at least three ways. The impact of these differences on ties First, it is likely to try to avoid any step between NATO’s European members and so overtly threatening as to re-unite the the U.S., also is likely to grow. Not only are alliance. Second, it is likely to continue to Europeans seeking to play a larger role in a reach out to European countries, such as grouping long dominated by Washington Germany, that appear most opposed to U.S. and are thus prepared to play up divisions efforts to redefine the mission of the that they once would have ignored, but the alliance. U.S. also appears to many of them divided And third, Moscow is likely to try to play over the future role of NATO and thus open up the notion of a special relationship with to pressure. Washington, something that may anger Both Europe and the U.S. downplay any Europeans and restrict U.S. efforts to over- immediate Russian threat. Indeed, both come the divisions within the alliance itself. appear to want to include Moscow in ever Fifty years ago, one observer commented more alliance councils. But they openly dis- that NATO existed to “keep the Russians agree on what Europeans call “out of area” out, the Americans in and the Germans activities and what Americans stress are the down.” Today, both the divisions within the major challenges facing the West now: the alliance and the policies of its members violence in the Yugoslav successor states. could create a situation in which the But the greatest impact of these differ- Russians are increasingly inside Europe, the ences within the alliance is likely to be on U.S.’s role there reduced, and the roles of relations between the alliance and its indi- individual European states far larger and Roman and Stephanie Karpishka with their students in front of a monument to Taras vidual members, on the one hand, and more unpredictable. Shevchenko in Mykolaiv. No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 11

DATELINE NEW YORK: The news from A to Z (continued) by Helen Smindak Jovovich for L’Oreal and solo instrumental albums. He has toured extensive- ly in the U.S. and Europe, and has given rock concerts Movie actress, model and folk singer Milla Jovovich in Japan. is sporting a different hair color these days – Mr. Mikhailuk, 29, the first-prize winner of the 1998 “Cardinal,” a rich auburn brown, identified as No. 67 in Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New L’Oreal’s new Feria haircolor line. York, gave a solo recital at the 92nd Street Y on March As L’Oreal’s spokesperson, Ms. Jovovich has been 2. His New York debut program included Schubert, tossing her tresses seductively in recent TV commer- Chopin, Bach-Busoni, Shostakovich and Stravinsky cials. works. Two weeks earlier he presented a similar pro- Cardinal is a deeper, subtler shade of red than the gram in a concert at Dowling College in Oakdale, Long pinkish hue of the actress’s looks in the 1997 movie Island. He has concertized widely in Europe, and is “The Fifth Element,” in which she starred with Bruce presently studying in Germany. Willis. Quite different, too, from the red coif she wore Mr. Vynnytsky, an established music personality who in Spike Lee’s 1998 paean to a high school football star is a visiting member of the piano faculty at the State and his imprisoned father, “He Got Game,” which won University of New York at Purchase, joined forces with two thumbs up from film critics Siskel and Ebert. violinist Daniel Phillips and cellist Vagram Saradjian The Feria commercial, according to L’Oreal, touts “a for a concert at the Ukrainian Institute of America. The multi-faceted, multi-ethnic and multi-gender collection trio presented works by Schumann, de Falla, designed for women and men who are daring enough to Rachmaninoff, Skoryk and Stankovych. Mr. Vynnytsky, be different.” a U.S. resident since 1991, and Mr. Saradjian have col- In an earlier L’Oreal ad, Ms. Jovovich filmed a mem- laborated as a duo in recent years, making a critically orable commercial for L’Oreal Rouge Pulp, acting the acclaimed debut at Carnegie Hall after winning the part of a pouting, wise-cracking, cigarette-dangling Distinguished Artists Award in New York in 1994. model. The Kyiv-born actress, who posed for magazines, Pocheptsov the artist starred in films and got herself a record deal by age 15, released a mandolin-enhanced CD in 1995 called “The At the age of 7, George Pocheptsov is winning fame Divine Comedy,” which includes the Ukrainian folk and fortune as a sophisticated visual artist. song “Oy u Hayu, pry Dunayu, Soloveiko Klyche.” Young George, who began painting (with markers) Milla Jovovich Kytasty and Buryat music before he was 1 year old, has produced over 60 paint- ings, some of which are priced as high as $6,600 and opera singer and a specialist in early music, and ethnic $7,000. And there’s a waiting list for his impressionis- and indigenous music. It was a rare and exotic combination, listeners tic, Chagall-like acrylic paintings, according to Boot Mr. Smishkewych appeared last month in a program agreed, as the voices and instrumental music of ban- Harris, owner of the Discovery Gallery in North of French liturgical music during the New York durist Julian Kytasty and Buryat throat singer Bethesda, Md., which exhibits the Pocheptsov works. Collegium’s second program of the season at the Battuvshin vibrated on consecutive evenings at St. During the 21st annual Art Expo held at the Jacob Church of St. Vincent Ferrer. New York Times music Mark’s Church-in-the-Bouwerie and the La Mama Javits Convention Center in Manhattan on March 4-8, critic Bernard Holland used the adjectives elegant and Theater in the East Village. George made a personal appearance at the Discovery delightful in his review of the Collegium performance. Five traditional folk instruments were brought into Gallery booth and was mobbed by the media and Expo Commenting on the “first-rate 16-voice choir,” Mr. play – the Ukrainian bandura and the old-time kobzars- visitors. Some 50 newspapers clamored for interviews, Holland singled out eight featured singers, including ka bandura, the Buryat limbe (flute), the morin khvoor Mr. Harris told “Dateline.” The precocious artist and his Mr. Smishkewych. (bowed instrument known as a horse-head fiddle) and paintings were shown on NBC’s “Today” show on The young tenor holds bachelor and master of music the hunkhoor, a similar instrument that is plucked. March 3. of degrees in voice performance from Rutgers Mr. Kytasty is well-known as the artistic director of George came to the United States from Kyiv with his University, where he was heard in several operas, the New York School of Bandura, as he is for frequent parents four years ago. His father has since passed including Massenet’s “Wether,” Puccini’s “La Boheme” recitals that display his mellow voice in traditional folk away, and George makes his home in Potomac, Md., and Weill’s “Mahagonny.” songs and ancient Ukrainian dumy. The Buryat singer with his mother, Dubrova Pocheptsov, who earned a While pursuing studies in early music performance Battuvshin (he uses only one name), who was in town doctorate in education in Ukraine but has begun formal practice at Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, to take part in the Yara Arts Group’s new production studies here for a degree. he was heard in Handel’s “Aggripina” and as soloist “Flight of the White Bird,” is an expert in traditional Pocheptsov paintings, as well as prints priced from with the Indiana University Baroque Orchestra. An avid Buryat throat singing, which produces a deep guttural $150 to $450, are available from the Discovery Gallery, participant in ethnic and indigenous music, he has also sound or drone (sometimes two sounds at the same (301) 365-8181. performed with several chamber and folkloric ensem- time: one low, the other high). At St. Mark’s, where the artists performed epic and Polischuk scores again bles in the U.S. and abroad. sacred songs at the invitation of St. Mark’s Poetry As the progeny of a Ukrainian father and a Spanish Project, Mr. Kytasty used recent English translations by A new work by American Ballet Theatre principal mother – both of whom came from provinces called Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps in two epic songs dancer Robert Hill, “Post No Scriptum,” with a score of Galicia – the tenor is fluent in Ukrainian, Galician and (dumy). In one of these, copying authentic Ukrainian the same name by Dmitry Polischuk, will premiere Spanish. He says his research and performance specialty “brother and sister” style, Mr. Kytasty’s Ukrainian ver- March 30 at a benefit performance at the Sylvia and is Spanish early music. sion was interwoven with the English translation, sung Danny Kaye Playhouse on East 68th Street. (Continued on page 15) by Cecilia Arana. Another duma, a lament of captives, The five-movement ballet will be danced by the ABT was sung in English by Mr. Kytasty to music he had Studio Company, a small classical company that pre- created. pares young dancers to enter the American Ballet Excerpts from “Flight of the White Bird” – an all- Theatre and provides opportunities for the emergence of sung work featuring the music and legends of the new and established choreographers and composers. Buryat people who live in Siberia near Lake Baikal – Mr. Polischuk and Mr. Hill have collaborated before, were performed by Battuvshin, a dozen Buryat artists, last year on the ballet “Pulsar” and just this past and Tom Lee and Meredith Wright of the Yara Arts February on a new pas de deux used in ABT’s first mas- Group. terclass of the season. Performed by ABT dancers For the LaMama evening, Mr. Kytasty and Gillian Murphy and Marcello Gomes, the pas de deux Battuvshin presented some solo works, teaming up comprises the final movement in “Post No Scriptum” instrumentally and at times vocally to perform tradition- and was used to demonstrate the process of creating a al Kobar music, an arrangement of an old kobza dance new work. melody and a couple of Mongolian pieces. Buryat and Mr. Polischuk is becoming well-known as a versatile Mongolian epic songs, presented by Battuvshin and two composer for ballet and drama. He wrote the music and Buryat colleagues, capped the unusual evening with a conceived and prepared all the sound effects for the flourish. Actors’ Studio Free Theater drama “When Cuba Opens Pianists in their prime Up,” directed by Bill Hart at Raw Space on 42nd Street last fall. In the U.S. since 1991, the composer, who is originally The past weeks have brought Manhattan audiences a from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, has been working with choreog- trove of great piano music by virtue of such outstanding rapher Margaux Sappington’s Daring Project company, in keyboard artists as Vitalij Kuprij, Alexander Mikhailuk particular the ballet “The Calling.” The company will and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, all born in Ukraine. appear at the Joyce Theater in May. He is presently at Mr. Kuprij, currently studying at Philadelphia’s work on the full score of an ABT ballet, “Baroque Curtis Institute of Music, made an auspicious Carnegie Game,” to be premiered at City Center in October. Hall debut on March 7. He performed with the 100- member New York Youth Symphony in a program that Smishkewych builds a career included Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. An award-win- ning pianist, the 25-year-old artist is also a rock musi- Wolodymyr Smishkewych, a 24-year-old tenor from cian who has recorded CDs with his band, Artension, Cranford, N.J., is on the way to a promising career as an Wolodymyr Smishkewych 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 No. 13

THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ukrainian pro hockey update

by Ihor Stelmach Professional minor league report

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE Theo Fleury trade. Right wing GREG CALL ( 973) 292-9800 PANKIEWICZ (12-0-8-8-27) saw action in 18 games with Calgary prior to reassign- The American Hockey League’s new ment. Goaltender IGOR KARPENKO (18GP-951MINS-5W-7L-2T-3.34GA- Position Available: slogan is “The Ticket to the Show,” and so far it has been a show with a surprise plot. .894PCT) is a back-up. Self Reliance New York Federal While the defending Calder Cup champion St. John’s Maple Leafs – Franchise Credit Union has positions available Philadelphia Phantoms now look very mor- getting new home in 2000-2001 after in the Teller and Member Services tal, the doormats of a year ago – the city approved a new civic arena. Winger area. Part time and full time. Part time Providence Bruins and Rochester Jason Podollan one of league’s top positions also available in our soon- Americans – are poised to take control of snipers. to-be-opened Hempstead/Uniondale center stage. Frederiction Canadiens – Big change: Branch. Here’s how things shape up for AHL Montreal finally adding numerous young prospects. Most penalized team in circuit. teams well into the second half of the cur- Candidates for positions must be Portland Pirates – With new ownership rent season. Teams are listed in order of people-oriented, be fluent in English and two NHL affiliates, have used over division standing with special mention of and Ukrainian; have excellent 40 players and seen over 70 transactions. Ukrainian players (in capital letters). phone skills; have a basic knowl- This lack of stability affects performance. edge of Windows95; have some EASTERN CONFERENCE FRANK BIALOWAS (29-0-3-3-42) financial services background. came over in deal from Philadelphia. Excellent benefits. Salary commen- New England Division RICK KOWALSKY (28-3-7-10-57) is a surate with experience. Please send mainstay here. Defender GARY resume to: Providence Bruins – Have gone from GULASH got into two games very early. worst to best. Lead the league in goals, but Goalie JEFF SALAJKO (2GP-80MINS- Self Reliance (NY) strong defense cannot be overlooked. Federal Credit Union 0-1-0-5.25-.868) helped out during an Hartford Wolf Pack – Enjoy roster stabil- injury crisis. 108 Second Avenue ity. Despite close proximity and so-so New York, NY 10003 record, parent Rangers haven’t asked for WESTERN CONFERENCE Attn: Chief Operating Officer too much help. Mid-Atlantic Division Beast of New Haven – Power play has produced nearly half the team’s goals. Kentucky Thoroughblades – No longer Share affiliation with Carolina and Florida. rely on just Steve Guolla to score points, Trio of Ukes on defense here: PETER although he still leads the way. Becoming RATCHUK (30GP-4G-14A-18PTS- Need a back issue? more balanced. If you’d like to obtain a back issue of 24PIM), STEVE HALKO (24GP-lG-5A- Philadelphia Phantoms – Team defense The Ukrainian Weekly, send $2 per copy 6PTS-48PIM) and JOEY TETARENKO has tumbled and only eight players had a (first-class postage included) to: (37GP-lG-5A-6PTS-108PIM). Ratchuk has positive plus/minus rating. Rookie Jean- Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, been up with Florida twice, Halko with the Marc Pelletier is one of top goaltending 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Hurricanes once. Parsippany, NJ 07054. prospects around. Defenseman SERGEI Worcester IceCats – So-so goaltending KLIMENTIEV (43-5-12-17-99) tallied with no true standouts on roster. Somehow from the point before being dealt to still find ways to win. Defenseman Nashville. JAROSLAV OBSUT is back up in AHL Hershey Bears – Injuries for parent HISTORY-MAKING EVENT after starting year in East Coast League. Colorado proved to be quite devastating for Pope John Paul II celebrates Ukrainian liturgy Springfield Falcons – Forty-three players ECONOMY AIIRFARES with the choir from Lviv, consisting of 200 singers. the Bears. Goalie Marc Denis helped keep Commemoration of 400 years of “Brest Union” and counting on roster thus far in 1998- the sanity when recalls left the line-up bare. with Rome, in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. 1999. Phoenix and Los Angeles share this NYC - Lviv - NYC New Video Tapes – Price $30.00 each Center YURI BABENKO (48-7-12-19-35) club. is solid two-way performer. + tax APON-7797B — Liturgy in Ukrainian Rite Atlantic Division APON-1998B — 7th Anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine Cincinnati Mighty Ducks – Club relies $459 APON 7797B — The Moleben with Pope John Paul II on a few wily veteran minor leaguers to Large selection Folk and Popular Songs Lowell Lock Monsters – Lost the servic- on Audio Cassettes and Compact Disks supply much of the offense. Need consis- Fregata Travel write to: es of a player (Jeff Libby) when his eye was tency and more bonafide NHL prospects. 250 West 57 Street, #1211 Apon Record Company, Inc. lost due to a skate blade. Inaugural cam- New York, NY 10107 P.O. Box 3082, Long Island City, NY 11103 Empire Division Tel. 718-721-5599 paign in AHL. Veteran YEVGENY Tel.: 212-541-5707 Fax: 212-262-3220 We will convert your videos from European system to American and vice-versa. Cost $25.00 NAMESTNIKOV (20-7-8-15-18) started Albany River Rats – It seems like every strong until felled by injury. Winger RYAN year some Rat comes out of nowhere to HUSKA (35-3-9-12-51) came over from become a star. This year’s version is some- Blackhawks organization. body named Jeff Williams. Still young net- FIRST QUALITY St. John Flames – Team expected big minder MIKE BUZAK (31-1576-11-9-3- WEST2282 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ARKA Ont., Canada M6S 1N9 UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL-STYLE things, but recall of top goalie by Calgary 2.74.911) is New Jersey’s third goalie on put major damper on expectations. Ex- the depth chart. Gifts Colorado Avalanche tough guy WADE Rochester Americans – With seven Ukrainian Handicrafts SERVINGMONUMENTS NY/NJ/CT REGION CEMETERIES BELAK comes over as part of monster players in double digits in goals, the Art, Ceramics, Jewellery A. CHORNY team doesn’t depend on any one player. Books, Newspapers OBLAST Loving family looking for a nice lady to live in Cory Sarich and Martin Biron are Sabre Cassettes, CDs, Videos MEMORIALS P.O. BOX 746 (we provide separate apartment plus salary) to prospects. Embroidery Supplies take care of housework and help with our eight- Chester, NY 10918 year-old son. 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Chicago Wolves – If not for the Aeros, Pro hockey... this would be the premier team in the IHL. (Continued from page 12) Ukrainian-descent Wolves include defense- men PAUL KOCH (33-0-9-9-46) and INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE JEREMY MYLYMOK (40-1-2-3-111). Wayne’s youngest brother, BRENT GRET- ZKY, (17-6-9-15-9) has enjoyed the second The first half of the International Hockey half of the season in Chicago after starting League season might have better been 1998-1999 in Asheville of the United called the Houston Aeros’ coming out party. League. Houston will have a number of teams on its Long Beach Ice Dogs – This dog pound Attention fathers and children heels as the second half winds down and has been ravaged by the injury bug, losing throughout the playoffs in the battle for the three regular blueliners for extended peri- CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY at SOYUZIVKA Turner Cup. ods. Center Patrik Stefan could be top draft TREAT YOUR MOTHER TO A RELAXING WEEKEND The International League got younger pick this summer. and the play became more intense than in Manitoba Moose – After taking a year Friday, May 7th to Sunday, May 9th recent years. The league has begun to show plus to recover from injuries and raise the NHL it also is a good spot for develop- awareness for child sexual abuse, Sheldon Room rates: $120 – standard; $140 – deluxe; $160 – Jacuzzi suite ing prospects. Here’s how things stack up Kennedy returned to pro hockey with for IHL teams. Manitoba. Has sinced moved on to Room rates include a 2 night stay, breakfast for 2 days, taxes & gratuities. EASTERN CONFERENCE Germany. Left wing JASON SHMYR (43- 0-0-0-173) is a bruiser and a battler. A cocktail party is planned for Saturday evening, followed by a full dinner with your Milwaukee Admirals – As expansion choice ** of salmon or prime rib. Dinner will be followed by a dance. Detroit Vipers – After standout Jeff Nashville’s farm club have experienced first Reese left the team, the goaltending dilem- year woes because of parent club’s frequent (chicken fingers and fries for children to age 6) ma was answered by Kevin Weekes. roster moves. SERGEI KLIMENTIEV (10- (**reservation accepted only until May 4) Winger PETER AMBROZIAK skated in 1-3-4-17) acquired in trade from four games early this season. The cost of cocktail hour, dinner and dance is $30 per adult; Orlando Solar Bears – Another club Philadelphia. May get shot at Predators’ where goaltending was in question, but vet- blue line next season. cocktails and dinner only is $25 per adult; eran David Littman is atop the league in Kansas City Blades – Another horren- (children to age 6, free; age 7-15 at 50% discount; age 16-20, adult rate less $5) victories. dous start like last season put the Blades dance only $10 at the door at 10 p.m. Cincinnati Cyclones – To stay in con- behind the eight-ball. Good goaltending tan- tention and keep drawing fans, team made dem. Old Islander top draftee DAVE CHY- TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR OFFER FOR A NICE RELAXING WEEKEND. blockbuster trade while giving up fan ZOWSKI (53-18-11-29-137), pivotman favorites. Gutsy. BRENDAN YAREMA (42-7-11-18-80) Play tennis, volleyball, go hiking to the waterfalls/cliffs; and defender DAN RATUSHNY (44-6-24- Fort Wayne Komets – The return of visit area wineries or Minnewaska State Park. Andrei Bashkirov from Montreal has 30-20) comprise Ukrainian troika of minor league mainstays. Visit local antique shops or boutiques in Woodstock/New Paltz. sparked the Komets. It’s now or never for We can provide you with suggestions, directions etc. right-winger DAVID NEMIROVSKY (38- Utah Grizzlies – Coach-GM Butch Goring has not found any goaltenders to 19-13-32-4), while blue-liner LEE Gentlemen or children: would you like flowers or champagne for your mother? SOROCHAN (40-0-8-8-198) survives in his liking, as witnessed by a whopping We can arrange it! exile after banishment by the Rangers. seven different candidates. Yet still a .500 Cleveland Lumberjacks – Injuries to the record for the Grizzlies. Left winger Lunches will be available Saturday and Sunday at an additional cost. parent Tampa Bay Lightning and the ‘Jacks CURTIS SHEPTAK (54-6-7-13-99) a We must know by May 4th if you require a baby-sitter. The cost is $7 per hour. have kept the roster in constant state of regular as third-line checker and instiga- Babysitting service provided by local junior and senior high school girls, change. A fourth- or fifth-place team. tor. who have been screened by Soyuzivka staff. Indianapolis Ice – After 11 years in the Las Vegas Thunder - Bad News: the NHL, winger Brian Noonan has settled Thunder signed and later lost NHL alongside Dave Hymovitz, giving the Ice a Group II free agents Petr Nedved, Mike solid one-two scoring punch. Remi Royer is Wilson and Drew Bannister. More bad Chicago’s top-rated defenseman. news: the Thunder severed its affiliation Michigan K-Wings – Team’s work ethic with Phoenix. Ex-NHLer RUSS ROMA- To The Weekly Contributors: has improved under new coach Bill NIUK (54-25-14-39-61) remains one of MacDonald, hired in June by the Dallas IHL’s top goal scorers. Defenseman We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- Stars. GT Marty Turco and LW Jason NICK NAUMENKO (49-9-18-27-55) ters to the editor, and the like – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate prepa- Botterill are keepers. Defenseman BRAD came over from Utah and can score from ration of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. the point. 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1980, that by the year 1990 food shortages Kuchma... in the USSR would disappear. (Continued from page 2) In the same fashion, President times devaluation of the hryvnia since its Kuchma’s “Ukraine 2010” program prom- introduction in 1996; privatization – nick- ises to put Ukraine into the ranks of named “grabification” – which never led advanced market democracies, say, France to the creation of a viable stock market; or Germany, within 10 years’ time. and huge wage arrears, reaching some 8 The program reveals a lack of under- billion hrv ($2.5-3 billion U.S.). standing of the basic principles of a market The 1994 “radical” plan failed to reach economy’s emergence (versus creation of its major goal: creation of a socially ori- a “socialist” one). The first emerged as a ented market economy designed to satisfy natural, though societal, process. There the material and spiritual needs of the peo- were no theories of “building” markets in ple (a slightly modified definition of the the 17th century; they appeared later, in communist goal of party programs). the 18th-19th centuries. The “socialist” Now, during this election year, the economy was created in theory by Marx administration felt obliged to propose to and then thrust upon society, thus inter- the population another long-term program rupting its natural evolution. to take effect as soon as the term of the ini- Likewise, the Kuchma program fancies tial 1994 plan expired in 1999. That’s how “creation” of a market economy in the idea of the “Ukraine 2010” program Ukraine via imposition of a priori formu- emerged. lated measures onto society. This is the same methodology used to build the Program’s major features “socialist” economy; only the label is dif- In a three-hour speech at an economic- ferent. Instead of creating a set of cultural- scientific conference in Kyiv on March 4 ly designated conditions for natural emer- (Uryadovyi Kurier, March 10), President gence (or revival) of market instincts, the Kuchma highlighted several priorities of “Ukraine 2010” program proposes this new social endeavor. increasing state mechanisms in all aspects 1) There are three stages to this pro- of life. gram: economic stabilization in 1999- Another drawback of the program is 2000; acceleration of economic dynamics connected to its hypertrophied expecta- in 2001-2005, when the GDP will increase tions. How and why will the GDP will by 6 to 7 percent annually; joining the increase from 0 (or a negative number) to ranks of technologically advanced coun- 6-8 percent? Who will give money for the tries of the world in 2006-2010, when the development of technological innova- GDP will grow 8 percent per annum. How tions? Who will buy Ukrainian hi-tech such transformations will occur is not dis- products in 2005-2010; who knows which closed, however. It is supposed that after products will be in demand; and why expected slide of the GDP some 1.5 per- Ukraine is supposed to conquer the world cent in 2000, it will somehow increase 6 with hi-tech products, rather than with percent in 2001. things for everyday use? 2) One possible source of such trans- President Kuchma concluded his formations is indicated: the development speech with a claim that the economy will of “scientific and technological innova- be separated from politics. However, an tions.” This general outline of develop- attentive analysis of his speech and the ment for the next 12 years is aimed at “Ukraine 2010” program gives one the increasing the level of economic compet- impression that there remains a lot of work itiveness of Ukrainian goods and creat- to be done in that direction. ing a viable internal market. Scientific innovations will be developed in such “priority branches” as agriculture, food Newsbriefs processing, light industry, construction (Continued from page 2) and services. 3) All these developments will be done nuclear fuel for now, but that in time the MICHAEL TERECH SCHOLARSHIP within a “Ukrainian” model of economic country will also import part of its growth, based on promotion of market requirements from other sources. The scholarship is open to undergraduate full-time students of Ukrainian (Reuters) heritage majoring in journalism, business administration or computer relations and increasing the role of the state in this process. science at a U.S.-based university, who will begin Kazakstan, Ukraine hand over suspects 4) The state will support the real econo- their junior year in fall 1999. my, first and foremost, as well as all exist- TASHKENT – Seven suspects in the ing types of property: state, mixed and pri- February 16 bombings in Tashkent have A 3.0 grade point average is required. vate. been extradited from Kazakstan to 5) In agriculture, the state will support Uzbekistan, ITAR-TASS and Interfax The number and amount of scholarships is not fixed, emerging farms, as well as kolhospy. reported on March 18. According to with $5,000 available in 1999. 6) The state will protect national pro- reports, all detainees are ethnic Uzbeks, ducers without resorting to isolationism. although some are citizens of Candidates should submit a brief autobiography as well as 7) The state will radically increase Afghanistan and Kazakstan, and were a 500-word essay on a contemporary Ukrainian topic; a transcript of all wages and create a strong national market. found to be in possession of Wahhabi lit- undergraduate work; two references, and a letter of recommendation, erature. Ukrainian police in Kyiv arrest- preferably from a faculty member. Representative work Analysis of the program ed four Uzbek nationals suspected of by the candidate should also be included in the application. The proposed program “Ukraine 2010” involvement in the bombings. In a March contains several positive aspects. Among 16 statement Amnesty International iden- For an application form contact by letter or FAX: them are: a condemnation of totalitarian- tified two of the detainees as Yusif ism and administrative development of the Ruzimuradov and Muhammed Bekjon, Ukrainian Institute of America economy as detrimental to the people; an both members of Uzbekistan’s banned Attn.: The Michael Terech Scholarship understanding of the necessity of popular Erk Party. Mr. Bekjon is the brother of 2 E. 79th Street support for economic reforms; an under- Mohammed Solih, whom Uzbek New York, NY 10021 standing of the gradual nature of economic President Islam Karimov had named as FAX: (212) 288-2918 transformations for countries where the an organizer of the bombings. (RFE/RL elements of the free market were totally Newsline) Information and application forms also available at: eradicated; an emphasis on the urgent 92 percent of farms report losses http://www.brama.com/uia/terech.html necessity of overhauling the pension sys- tem and introducing minimum hourly KYIV – The State Statistics Committee Deadline: June 1, 1999 wages regulated by the state. has said that 12,600 Ukrainian farms, or Meanwhile, the proposed program also 92 percent of their total number, reported contains major methodological flaws. losses last year totaling to 4.3 billion hrv Among the principal ones is the traditional ($1.1 billion U.S.). According to the com- Soviet enchantment with global projects mittee, an average farm spent 29 percent Need a back issue? and “round dates.” Mikhail Gorbachev more on production costs than it received If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, promised that by the year 2000 every from the sale of its produce. Last year’s send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, Soviet family would live in separate apart- agricultural output decreased by 8.3 per- 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. ment; earlier, Leonid Brezhnev had prom- cent, compared with 1997. (RFE/RL ised in the “Food Program” adopted in Newsline) No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 15

Twelve debutantes presented at Chervona Kalyna Ball The(Continued news fromfrom... page 11) Upcoming projects include U.S. and European performances with Theatre of Voices and a production of Stravinsky’s “Threni” with Netherlands Opera, direct- ed by Peter Sellars in June and December. The projected fall 1999 release of a CD by the New York Ensemble for Early Music, “Music for the Millennium: A Mass for St. Marcial by Ademar de Chabennes,” will add to his discography, which includes “A Byzantine Resurrection” (a collection of Greek chants on the Focus label) and the New York Ensemble’s “Nova, Nova” (Ex Cathedral label). VV – volume and vigor

A frenzy of sound, a solid mass of young people standing wall to wall and a shaking floor blasted into my conscious- ness when I entered the semi-dark Coney Island High Club in the East Village with a group of friends. The Kyiv-based band Vopli Vidopliassova was in town for a one-night stand and the crowd was com- pletely caught up in the Ukrainian fervor and ethno-music rock sound, even though most of the fans appeared to be from Brighton Beach, Brooklyn’s Russian enclave. Fronted by Oleh Skrypka, the four- Alina Photo Art Studio man band included the songs “Vesna” Debutantes, their escorts and Chervona Kalyna Ball committee members at the 1999 gala. and “Hey, Liubo” from its 1997 CD in the evening’s giddy menu. The music TEANECK, N.J. – Over the past 40 gered long after the music ended. It bers: Dr. Stawnychy, chairman; Ihor and the Ukrainian lyrics drove the crowd years, the Chervona Kalyna Ball has seems no one wanted the evening to end. Sochan, administrator; Bohdan Tytla, wild, and an enthusiastic fan jumped up become synonymous in the Ukrainian As the last Chervona Kalyna Ball of the press and tableau; Markian Tytla, flow- on the low stage, waving a somewhat community, especially among the young, 1900s, it was a great success. Organizers ers; Ms. Stawnycky, debutante coordina- shabby Ukrainian flag. with elegance, dancing and fun. This are looking forward to an even greater tor, Marko Dulyn, Marko Lysynetsky and After midnight, when the passion and year no one was disappointed. end-of-the millennium ball in the year members of the Chervona Kalyna Plast fury subsided as the band took its leave The tradition of the Chervona Kalyna 2000. fraternity. The commemorative program and disappeared backstage, I squeezed a Ball originated in Lviv, in the 1920s and The Chervona Kalyna Ball Committee booklet was designed by Maria Sochan path to the stage in an attempt to speak to was officially re-established in New York for 1999 included the following mem- Tymyc. Mr. Skrypka. The way was barred by City in 1959 by the veterans of the their “manager,” who insisted the group Sichovi Striltsi, who in 1983 passed the needed to recoup. “No pictures, no inter- patronage of the ball to the Chervona view. The band will come back in Kalyna Plast fraternity. December,” he said firmly. On February 13, to the music of two Vopli Vidopliassova (the name comes well-known orchestras, Tempo and from a character in a Dostoyevsky novel) Luna, in the grand ballroom of the first synthesized Ukrainian ethno-music Marriott Hotel at Glenpointe, 12 beauti- with rock and performed in Ukrainian ful debutantes were presented by their back in 1988. Immensely popular in parents to the gathered guests. The Ukraine, the band worked in France for masters of ceremonies, Orest and several years, then returned to Ukraine in Martha Kebalo, announced the debu- 1998. It is often referred to as VV, pro- tantes and their escorts who, to the nounced becomes “Veh, Veh” in sounds of marches of the Sichovi Ukrainian. Striltsi, beautifully executed a presenta- Zankovetska Theater actors tion dance choreographed by Ania Bohachevsky Lonkevych. Olya The Lviv-based in Zankovetska Stawnychy was the coordinator of the Theater, its artistic director Fedir Stryhun debutante program. and his wife, actress Taissa Lytvynenko, The debutantes were: Larissa made Astoria, Queens, the last stop on Bohdanowycz (escorted by Volodymyr their recent U.S. tour. The 14-member Chaban), Katrina Adrianna Durbak (Paul group appeared at the Holy Cross Farmiga), Kvitoslava Gorbaliuk (Petro Ukrainian Catholic Church hall in Steciuk), Oksana Irena Huk (Marko “Vertepna Vystava,” a collection of tradi- Domaradsky), Laryssa Anastasia Huryn tional and contemporary Christmas-sea- (Daniel Krup), Odarka Koshariuk (Adrian son rituals and carols. Berezowsky), Natalia Teodora Krawciw Zankovetska Theater actor Sviatoslav (Damien Matusiak), Katria Natalia Maksymchuk, though not a tour partici- Kuzmowycz (Darko Kocylowsky), pant, came to the U.S. ahead of the tour- Oksana Tatiana Polowczak (Adrian ing group to attend to publicity matters Pyrih), Victoria Melania Rakowsky and plans to stay until mid-May. The (Andrew Brodyn), Xenia Rybak (Andrew renowned actor has been giving one-man Nynka) and Ustya Zorianna Tarnawsky theater performances before Ukrainian (Matt Hotra). audiences in New Jersey, New York, The chairman of the ball, Dr. Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Yaroslaw Stawnychy, welcomed and Here in New York City, he recited greeted the many guests, especially the Ivan Kotliarevsky’s “Eneida” – a paro- distinguished diplomats from Ukraine, dy of Virgil’s “Aeneid,” written in the among whom were Anton Buteiko, Ukrainian vernacular – at a program ambassador of Ukraine to the United dedicated to the 200th anniversary of States, Volodymyr Yelchenko, ambassa- Kotliarevsky’s poem. (He is scheduled dor of Ukraine to the United Nations, to appear at the Ukrainian National and Consul General of Ukraine in New Home this afternoon, immediately fol- York Yuriy Bohaievskiy, with their lowing the Ukrainian Orthodox wives. Federal Credit Union meeting [around Well over 900 guests danced to the 4 p.m.].) magical sounds of the orchestras and lin- 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 No. 13

NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE Inventors Hall of Fame honors Bell Labs scientists NEWARK, N.J. – The New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame honored Bell Labs scientists Andrew Chraplyvy and Kenneth Walker and former Bell Labs scientist Robert Tkach as inventors of the year at a banquet on February 18 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Bell Labs is the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies. In addition, Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes, who invented the laser at Bell Labs in 1958, were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Drs. Chraplyvy, Walker and Tkach were honored for their invention of opti- cal fiber for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM), a technology that allows transmission of digitized information over multiple wavelengths, or colors, of light to increase the capacity Dr. Andrew Chraplyvy of communications systems. Their invention has been incorporated troscopy, high resolution spectroscopy, into Lucent’s TrueWave optical fiber, nonlinear fiber optics and lightwave designed for very high capacity commu- communications systems. nications systems. He holds a B.A. in physics from The New Jersey Inventors Hall of Washington University, St. Louis, and Fame selects its awardees based on the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from importance of the problem solved by an Cornell University. He is a full member invention, the novelty of the invention, of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, a and its contribution to the advancement Bell Labs fellow and a fellow of the of the state of the art, its commercial Optical Society of America. impact, and its utilitarian or socioeco- Dr. Chraplyvy is also an active mem- nomic impact. To qualify, an inventor ber of the Plast Ukrainian Youth must have completed a substantial por- Organization and its Chornomortsi fra- tion of the work in New Jersey or have ternity. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY been a New Jersey resident while work- He resides with his wife, Christine, Established 1893 EstablishedT U 1933 W ing on the project. and their children, Mark, Adrian and PUBLISHED BY THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION INC. Dr. Schawlow, now at Stanford Natalia, in Matawan, N.J. 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 • (973) 292-9800 • Fax (973) 644-9510 University, and Dr. Townes, now at the Established in 1987, the New Jersey University of California, Berkeley, in Inventors Hall of Fame promotes and 1958 described the concept and design fosters creativity, innovation and inven- Advertising Contract K for the laser, initiating development of a tion contributing to economic growth with SVOBODA and improving the quality of life. The K new scientific field and laying the with THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY groundwork for a multibillion-dollar Hall of Fame encourages recognition of industry. Both have also received the New Jersey as the “Invention State.” 1-9 ads ...... $12.00 per inch/SC Nobel Prize in physics. The Hall of Fame operates from New 10 or more ads ...... 20% discount Firm:...... Dr. Chraplyvy, head of the Lightwave Jersey Institute of Technology, a public 24 or more ads ...... 25% discount Address: ...... Systems Research Department at Bell research university, where a marble 52 ads ...... 30% discount Per: ...... Labs in Holmdel, N.J., holds 17 patents “wall of fame” was established in the covering lasers, fiber-optics, lightwave lobby of the William S. Guttenberg SVOBODA (Published in Ukrainian on Fridays) communications and optical interactions Information Technologies Center. ALL ADVERTISEMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY WEDNESDAY TO BE PRINTED IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK ISSUE. in solids. He joined Bell Labs in 1980 Including the 1999 honorees, the Hall of OBITUARIES ACCEPTED BY TELEPHONE UNTIL 9:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY. and has been active in various fields, Fame has inducted 90 individuals and 11 ADVERTISING RATES including nonlinear infrared spec- corporations. FULL PAGE (58”) ...... $600.00 QUARTER PAGE (141/2) ...... $165.00 HALF PAGE (29”) ...... $310.00 EIGHTH PAGE (71/4) ...... $85.00

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From those late-night conversations and visits with family friends in American scientists assess Ukraine, Dr. Bodnar gained a deeper understanding of the average citizen’s struggle to survive after the Soviet healthELGIN, problems Ill. – Dr. Ulana in DonetskBodnar and Union’s break-up. five other American scientists were “Unhealthy lifestyles, poor health care, selected by the National Academy of corruption and the slow pace of economic Sciences to assess workers’ health prob- reform due to a dysfunctional Parliament lems in the Donetsk region of southeast- all play a major role in the health problems ern Ukraine during the summer of 1997. of Donetsk,” she said. Environmental pol- Their fellowship, part of the National lution is just one contributing factor. “It Research Council’s Young Investigator runs so much deeper and also is related to Program, was organized in cooperation the changing society.” with the Donetsk State Technical For example, to access good health University. Participants included Dr. Bodnar, then at the Center for Disease care, the typical person must now pro- Control’s State Branch assigned to the vide his/her own linens, syringes, med- Illinois Department of Public Health; ications and other medical supplies in Mary Dakin, Ph.D., Indiana University; addition to paying key medical person- Capri-Mara Fillmore, M.D., National nel, often twice – officially and unoffi- Institutes of Health; Michael Hemesath, cially. Moreover, the gap between the Ph.D., Carleton College; Irva Hertz- wealthy and the poor is more noticeable Piccintto, Ph.D., University of North now than it was under Soviet rule. Many Carolina; and Maryann Suaro, Ph.D., people are unable to pay for basic utili- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ties and food because their wage pay- Dr. Bodnar, an infectious disease ments often are delayed by several physician, is now a medical epidemiolo- months. gist with the Division of Quarantine of “So, many people take jobs on the the CDC’s National Center for Infectious side, legal and illegal, that pay on time Diseases. and assure an income. That’s why you A report on the group’s Donetsk mis- find a Ph.D. cleaning floors,” said Dr. ATTENTION, MEMBERS sion appeared in the Winter 1999 issue of Bodnar. “Reform is slow, and it hurts,” OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION! the EIS (Epidemic Intelligence Service) she added. Ukraine, like most of the former Do you enjoy your subscription Bulletin. Following are excerpts from to The Ukrainian Weekly? that publication. Soviet republics, is experiencing a public health crisis, explained Dr. Bodnar. Why not share that enjoyment with a friend? * * * Mortality rates are unusually high, and ORDER A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION population growth has been negative in Dr. Bodnar and her colleagues exam- at the member’s rate of $40 per year. ined how health issues in the Donetsk recent years. Health care practices and region have been affected by recent eco- disease surveillance are slow to change. To subscribe, write to: nomic, political and social changes. The For nearly 80 years the Soviet govern- The Ukrainian Weekly region plays a crucial role in Ukraine’s ment pressured health officials to down- Subscription Department economy because it contains one of the play health problems and not make infor- 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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(epidemiological) station and observing “These factors have heightened labor methods of disease surveillance and unrest and have contributed to political investigation, Dr. Bodnar said she was and economic instability,” she noted. impressed by epidemiologists’ efforts to The visiting scientists first met with do good work despite difficult circum- Ukrainian public health officials and stances. “An epidemiologist I spoke to at researchers to gain a national perspective length was very sharp. They collect a lot on Donetsk’s health care policy and sys- of information – I suspect more than is tem, occupation health concerns and practically necessary. However, they health statistics. They then traveled to have no input into what is tracked Donetsk, a city of approximately 1.7 mil- because the Ministry of Health deter- lion persons located in the heart of the mines which diseases are monitored. THEY COULD BE YOURS industrial region. Standardization is a problem, because During the next three weeks, they visit- there are no case definitions,” she stated. ed various industrial plants, health-care The fellows’ visit to an occupational hos- facilities and local environmental institu- pital also was revealing, even though the tions, but their most practical lessons came tour was designed to show the U.S. visi- from conversations with Ukrainians whom tors only the city’s best side. they met outside of their scheduled activi- Because they could speak Ukrainian ties. Because Dr. Bodnar speaks Ukrainian and Russian, Dr. Bodnar and Dr. Dakin and colleague Mary Dakin, Ph.D., speaks were able to speak privately with several Russian, they were able to obtain invalu- individuals, who offered the group a able information that otherwise would not more candid view of the health-care sys- have been available to the group. tem. Ukrainian officials co-sponsoring “We stayed in the international dormi- the fellowship program were helpful, Dr. tory at the polytechnic, and each floor had Bodnar observed, “but they were not We are looking to expand our advertising clientele for our publications, one or two caretakers, who often took on expecting a group of Americans who a motherly role,” said Dr. Bodnar. “Once could speak and understand the lan- the Ukrainian-language daily Svoboda and English-language The Ukrainian Weekly. the caretakers realized that I was fluent in guages used, be mobile in the society, Ukrainian and Mary was fluent in and know the political, economic and If you are a self-motivated, hard-working and bright individual, you can supplement your Russian, they frequently would wait for us social background before arriving.” to come in during the evening, and we The six fellows are now preparing a income by referring customers to our advertising department. Your earnings will be based final report of their findings for the would talk at length about what life there on the amount of advertising you attract to our pages. was really like. Of course, they had a keen National Academy of Sciences. interest about the United States as well. * * * All of them were retired professionals For details please write or call: Svoboda Administration, Advertising Department, who took these positions to supplement an Dr. Bodnar is a member of UNA Maria Szeparowycz, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 (973) 292-9800 inadequate and irregularly processed pen- Branch 131. She is the daughter of sion,” she said. Chicago UNA activist Lev Bodnar. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 No. 13

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him, the old man.” “... and I’ll be dead as My Irish soul-cousins dead I’m going to be...” “The strangers (Continued from page 7) came and tried to teach us their ways, and the lives and history of the Irish. Even via scorned us for being what we are...” the television screen I could feel the Then there is the song about Father Murphy challenging King George’s intense connection between the singers troupes, rallying his rebels, until he is and their lyrics and the Dublin audience. burned to death. These are not just songs A prisoner, after writing words on a of a particular war, they are songs about cell wall, sings, “Oh, Grace, just hold the continuing centuries-old struggle for Attention, Students! me in your arms, and let this moment freedom. Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activities. The linger, they’ll take me out at dawn and I Sound familiar? Can you relate? Our Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian community will die ...” “striletski” (Ukrainian Sich Riflemen of know about upcoming events. In other songs: “... a land that has never World War I) and “povstanski” (Ukrainian The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be known freedom, and only our rivers run Insurgent Army of World War II) songs glad to print timely news stories about events that have already taken free ...” “... a land brought to its knees ... express the same thoughts. In them, as in place. Photos also will be accepted. with their tanks and their guns, oh, my God, the Kozak songs, there is the matter-of- MAKE YOURSELF HEARD. what have they done to the town I love so fact acceptance of dying for one’s home- well ...” “The tears have all been shed now, land and the willingness of that sacrifice. we’ve said our last goodbyes ... and I miss There are plain descriptions of death (e.g., having the kozak’s eyes covered with the khustyna [kerchief] or kytaika [silk scarf] so that the birds do not peck them out). We know the stories of the messages on the cell walls of Brygidky prison. Our songs about leaving home for a better place across the sea are just as melancholy. The Lemko songs are especially heart-wrench- ing, both the lyrics and the melody. The two countries, while independent, still have ethnic lands under foreign rule. Ukraine has accepted its present-day bor- ders, even though so many Ukrainians live on their ancestral lands now within Poland, Russia and other countries. Ireland has signed the agreement con- cerning Northern Ireland, but that situa- tion still seems to be simmering. One sad difference came to mind: although both nations were persecuted for their language and culture, Ukrainians are still able to sing their songs in Ukrainian, while the Irish have been singing their battle songs for Ireland in English, the conqueror’s lan- guage. Yet it is because of this that the world understands their haunting lyrics. If there were a similar Ukrainian con- cert, I think Ukrainian soloists would have harmonized more, but that may just be the style of Ukrainian singing (and, probably, they would not be tenors only). Hearing and seeing those three men sing their hearts and souls out was a spe- cial bittersweet pleasure, because I could relate. Longing for and fighting for one’s homeland is universal. No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1999 19

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