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Discrepancies abound in figures Students and miners march in Kiev; of Chornobyl accident's victims fail to inspire citywide strike

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Victor A. Institute of Biophysics, told reporters by Marta Kolomayets The columns did alert the Kiev Gubanov, chairman of the national that two people died immediately in the Kiev Press Bureau militia, as well as the OMON, the special Chornobyl clean-up commission, told a explosion, one from radiation burns riot police, armed with truncheons, who press conference in M oscow on April 17 and the other from injuries. An addi­ KIEV - More than 400 students waited for the demonstrators as they that the Soviet government has re­ tional 28 people exposed to high doses joined striking coal miners in a march rounded the corner at Lesia Ukrainka gistered 576,000 people contaminated of radiation died within 3 months of the down Khreshchatyk, Kiev's main bou­ Boulevard, on their way to the Arsenal by radiation as a result of the 1986 accident, and two more have died in the levard, in an attempt to agitate the Factory, one of the largest businesses in Chornobyl explosion and is providing past five years, she said. masses to come out and strike on Kiev with over 44,000 employees. medical care to 300,000 of them each Ms. Guskova put the casualty toll Tuesday, April 23. year, reported the Associated Press. from radiation at 31 and the total Here, the students and coal-miners, as Although the columns — some 1,500 He also said that the Soviet govern­ number of Chornobyl deaths at 32. well as scores of Kievans, had hoped to She also refuted Scientific Director of people strong — marching down the talk to the workers and encourage them ment has spent 16.3 billion rubles (S35 main thoroughfare and stopping traffic billion at the official exchange rate) to the Chornobyl exclusion zone Vladimir to support their political demands, Chernousenko's April 14 charge that gained the attention of numerous by­ which include the release of People's date in Chornobyl clean-up and re­ standers, they were ineffectual among settlement. the explosion and subsequent clean-up Deputy Stepan Khmara, who is con­ claimed between 7,000-10,000 lives the workers of Kiev who remained at tinuing his hunger strike, now back at Soviet officials at the press confer­ their workplaces throughout the day. ence held in advance of the fifth and stated that 7,000 people would have the Lukianivka Prison. (He was return­ anniversary of Chornobyl maintained, been expected to die in the region The students and miners chanted ed to Kiev from Sumy on Friday however, that only 32 people have died regardless of the accident. "Freedom for Ukraine" as they walked ^ening, April 19.) as a direct result of the explosion. Ms. Guskova did acknowledge that down the streets of Kiev. Other slogans The miners and students also want Angelina K. Guskova, a Chornobyl the leukemia and thyroid cancer rate in voiced by the strikers included: "Gorba­ the Ukrainian Declaration on State specialist at the Health Ministry's Byelorussia has risen in the past five chev to the Mines!" "Shame on the Sovereignty to gain constitutional years, but added that, "cancer rates all CPU" (Communist Party of Ukraine), status and have called for the resignation of Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorba­ over the world are rising andr..in and a new poem, which loosely trans­ (Continued on page 7) lated states the following: "Hey Kie- chev and the dissolution of the Supreme House members introduce vans, you've slept enough, it's time to Soviet of the USSR. Nine republics fight for freedom!" However, the columns, which were Chornobyl resolution Two of the students had begun a led by students and striking miners hunger strike on April 22, in comme­ walking with linked arms, never reached on anniversary eve conclude pact moration of Lenin's birthday, and Arsenal. As they walked down the JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Vitold P. during this march on April 23, they street, the militia asked them to get on NEWARK, N.J. - Reps. Frank Fokin, prime minister of Ukraine, along brought out their headbands from the sidewalk and stop interfering with Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Don Ritter with Boris N. Yeltsin, the president of October 1990, when the students were traffic in Kiev. In order to enforce this (R-Pa.) introduced a Chornobyl reso­ the RSFSR and representatives of victorious in ousting Ukrainian Prime command, the OMON formed a human lution in the House of Representatives seven other Soviet republics, concluded Minister Vitaliy Masol from office. (Continued on page 10) on Thursday, April 25, reported Ameri­ a surprise pact in Moscow on April 23 in cans for Human Rights in Ukraine. accordance with which the nine republics Rep. Pallone is well-known for his will enjoy a "radical enhancement" of stand on the protection of nature and their role in governing, reported The Bill supporting Soviet republics ecology, and Rep. Ritter is co-chair­ New York Times. man of the Ad Hoc Committee on the The secret meeting held at a dacha sponsored by Sens. Dole, Simon Baltic States and Ukraine in the U.S. outside of Moscow is significant in that Congress. the leaders of the Russian, Ukrainian, WASHINGTON - Sens. Robert do we believe that our desire for conti­ This congressional action coincides Byelorussian, Uzbek, Kazakh, Azer- Dole (R-Kansas) and Paul Simon (D- nued bilateral progress with Moscow with the fifth anniversary of the Chor­ baidzhan, Kirghiz, Tadzhik and Turk­ 111.) introduced legislation, S. 860, on requires us to compromise on our nobyl nuclear catastrophe which oc­ men republics met with Mr. Gorbachev April 18 to "support democracy and commitment to freedom and the sup­ curred on April 26, 1986, at 1:23 a.m. outside the Federation Council as self-determination in the Baltic States port of those seeking their freedom. The equals, and that the joint declaration and the republics within the Soviet future of the Soviet state is up to the The resolution will serve as a reminder people of the Soviet Union." for mankind to be wary of the unhar­ they issued marked the first serious step Union." An identical bill, H.R. 1603, nessed atom. toward a compromise after months of had been introduced in the House of These words were echoed by the political and economic instability. Representatives on March 22 by Reps. legislation's chief co-sponsor, Sen. In the resolution Rep. Pallone states The pact, in which both sides yielded David Bonior (D-Mich.) and Jerry Simon, who stated that "it is clear that that more that 4 million people continue on points of difference, called for an end Lewis (R-Calif.). there are some strong independence to live in the "dangerously contami­ to the coal miners' strikes in Ukraine In his introductory remarks, Sen. movements that will continue to gather nated Chornobyl region" causing and Byelorussia, a reformation of the Dole stated that "among the most momentum whether we act or not, "serious health problems" for people in treaty of national unity, and the revision remarkable struggles for freedom and Ukraine, Byelorussia and Russia. whether we support democrats and of a national constitution within self-determination are those still on­ reformers with technical training and He cited the Soviet government's the next six months. going in the Baltic States, and in so advice or not." continued policy of concealing salient many of the constituent republics of the President Gorbachev conceded that He went on to say: "a better United facts and inaction regarding the health the price increases and taxes ordered by Soviet Union itself. The fundamental problems of the people exposed to the purpose of this legislation is to put the States-Soviet relationship is clearly the Soviet government were ill-con­ dependent on an improved human continued radiation problems. ceived, and that the five percent sales United States squarely, and unequivo­ The resolution states that it is the cally, on the side of those engaged in rights situation, progress on Baltic tax on consumer goods that are in independence and progress on self- sense of congress that President George "everyday demand" is to be canceled these historic and courageous struggles." Bush use the power of his office to push While he stressed that "none of us determination for the Russian and non- within a week, with a narrower tax list Russian people within the Soviet for scientific research and to identify to be worked out. The price rises are to wants to undermine President (Mikhail) Gorbachev; none of us seeks to split Union. It is our intention that this "radioactive hot spots" of the Chor­ be reconsidered by both sides within legislation will encourage positive nobyl fallout. two weeks with "coordinated decision." apart the Soviet state," Senate Mino­ (Continued on page 13) (Continued on page 10) rity Leader Dole went on to say: "Nor (Continued on page 13) 'L THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1991 No. 17 РНЬТО FOLLOW-UP: Historic Easter in Lviv Newsbriefs from Ukraine

9 KIEV - On April 18 the Ukrai­ nian Parliament approved a fundamen­ tal reform of the government structure by introducing a cabinet form of go­ vernment, transforming the Council of Ministers into a much smaller Cabinet of Ministers chaired by Vitold Fokin. Mr. Fokin was confirmed as prime minister and will be given unspecified additional powers. The cabinet will also include two vice premiers, a state secretary and eight ministers. Further changes are under consideration, In­ cluding a Council on Economic Policy headed by the prime minister and forming a constituent part of the cabi­ net. (Radio Liberty based on Radio Kiev and Ukrinform-TASS)

ь KIEV — Ukrainian Prime Minister Vitold Fokin said on April 16 that the financial position of the republic was so dire that it could not contribute 3 billion rubles to the all-union stabilization fund as planned. "More than that, we are unable to transfer to the center even one kopek from the 9 billion rubles which Ukraine should have directed to the union fund for social support of the population," he was quoted as saying. Mr. Fokin was responding to requests from republican deputies about how Ukraine was going to combat the deterioration in the population's living standards. The prime minister indicated that other measures in support of the republic's population would follow. (Radio Liberty, TASS)

^ KIEV - A two-day conference on the proposed new Ukrainian constitu­ tion was held April 19-20 in Kiev. The meeting was addressed by Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and Ukrai­ nian Communist Party leader Stanislav Hurenko and heard several competing proposals for reorganizing the state structure, including a presidential system and a two-house Parliament. (Radio Liberty, Radio Kiev)

^ MUNICH - Leonid Kravchuk, chairman of the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet, arrived in Germany last week for a weeklong official visit. The Ukrai­ nian president arrived in Bonn at the head of a parliamentary delegation at the invitation of the Bavarian Landtag. On his first day, Mr. Kravchuk held talks with Foreign Minister Hans (Continued on page 10) Cardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky celebrates first Ukrainian Catholic Easter divine liturgy in four decades in Lviv's St. George Cathedral (above). Parishioners of St. George's line up for blessing of Easter baskets on Holy Saturday (below). Ukrainian WeeUi FOUNDED 1933 An English-language Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ. 07302.

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CHORNOBYL: FIVE YEARS AFTER Chornobyl Committee co-chairman Valenia uncovers catastrophe's costs by Roma Hadzewycz And then, there was the contrast the Parliament's Chornobyl Commit­ built on an unsuitable site, on a geologi­ between the reactions of two countries' tee, most of whose members come from cal fault, is still a problem as reactors 1, JERSEY CITY, N.J. - "If they had leaders. "Margaret Thatcher (of Great radiation contaminated regions. Being 2 and 3 are still functioning, he ex­ told the truth, the people would have Britain) told English cyclists to leave a member of that committee he was plained. "This is the worst nuclear been able to protect themselves," insist­ Kiev; Valentyna Shevchenko (of U- eager to share information about the power plant in the USSR. It had about ed Ivan Valenia, a Ukrainian SSR kraine) did nothing," he continued. nuclear accident's effects in Ukraine. 40 deficiences. Though many of them people's deputy who co-chairs the As a result, 13,000 children and 8,000 "Ukraine will not survive another were eliminated after the accident, be­ Parliament's Chornobyl Commission. adults received more than 200 bers (or Chornobyl," he stressed. "We have a 30- tween eight and 10 deficiences remain "They" are the authorities — the rems) of radiation in their thyroids kilometer zone contaminated for cen­ and these are impossible to eliminate." Soviet authorities who had tried to hide during the first few days after the turies; other lands that will be conta­ In fact, Mr. Valenia said he believes the the fact that an unprecedented accident disaster. Today, these people suffer minated for decades. ... Some 3.5 accident of 1986 could recur. "It is a had occurred at the Chornobyl nuclear from leukemia, cancer, immunological million hectares of land - mostly highly dangerous situation, because power plant, some 63 miles north of illnesses and sight problems, he said. farmland — are contaminated and 1.8 each reactor contains 180 tons of Kiev, on April 26, 1986. People's Deputy Valenia, was in the million people — 360,000 of them radioactive fuel." "These were gorgeous, warm days. United States recently with a group of children — live in these conditions." An additional problem facing those People were out enjoying the sun, the high school students as part of a U.S.­ "About 100,000 liquidators (i.e. the who deal with the consequences of the fresh air. They were swimming. The Soviet exchange program between clean-up workers) of 1986-1988, men accident is what to do with radioactive children were told to go out and march schools in Kiev and Tucson, Ariz. He between the ages of 25 and 40, today are waste. "Where and how do we bury this? in the May Day Parade," Mr. Valenia took advantage of the opportunity to dying quietly in all corners of the (Continued on page 7) recalled, bitterness in his voice. also meet with U.S. experts, business­ republic. Many of my friends, and my men, scholars and nuclear energy spe­ brother Bohdan, are among them. One cialists, to discuss the Chornobyl tra­ of them, Vasyl Kavatsiuk (who now Lukianenko, Chomovilged y and establish contacts that may resides in New Jersey with his family) prove fruitful in work on medical and was told he received a dose of 27 rems; to appear in D.C. technical aspects of the accident. later, U.S. doctors told him he must NEW YORK - The National Chor­ A graduate of the Aviation Institute have received 270 rems." nobyl Memorial Committee has fina­ in Kharkiv whose specialty is metal­ The problem, Mr. Valenia explained, lized the program for the ecumenical lurgy and machine building (he holds is that until the summer of 1990, prayer service and solemn march to the the degree of doctor of technical Kremlin decrees were in effect, man­ USSR Embassy to be held in Washing­ sciences), Mr. Valenia, 44, found himself dating that figures on deaths and ton, Lafayette Park, on Sunday, April traveling to the Chornobyl area soon illnesses be kept secret, and that 28, at 1 p.m. Sermons will be delivered after the nuclear accident in his capacity diagnoses be altered. "Just now, we are by Bishop Basil Losten of the Ukrai­ as a scientist. beginning to attempt to recreate these nian Catholic Church and Bishop Though he had joined the Commu­ statistics. We have appealed to the Antony of the Ukrainian Autocepha- nist Party in 1987, with hopes, he people, through newspapers and lous Orthodox Church. explained of "rebuilding" it, today he is through democratic activists in towns Lev Lukianenko, chairman of the a leading activist of the Party for the throughout the republic, to provide us Ukrainian Republican Party, Ukrai­ Democratic Rebirth of Ukraine, found­ with information on illnesses, deaths, nian SSR Supreme Soviet deputy and ed just last yeiar after attempts by the so- etc.," he noted. former political prisoner and Vyache- called Democratic Platform of the Com­ To make matters worse, "the source slav Chornovil, chairman of the Lviv munist Party of Ukraine to restructure of the radiation continues to exist, as Oblast Council, Ukrainian SSR Su­ and reform the CPU did not succeed. the concrete sarcophagus surrounding preme Soviet deputy and former politi­ Now the Party for the Democratic Re­ reactor No. 4 has cracks so large that a cal prisoner, will participate in the birth, a centrist party according to Mr. person can pass through them. In commemoration in Washington. In Valenia, has some 3,500 members in the addition, the cement lid is tipping, addition, remarks will be offered by republic and about 40 members in the about to fall off," the people's deputy Yuri Shymko, president of the World Parliament. revealed. Congress of Free Ukrainians. Mr. Valenia is one of 22 members of The fact that the power plant was People's Deputy Ivan Valenia Fallout of Chornobyl disaster examined during Montreal program by Lubomyr Chabursky have been reached in the one and a half built in order to service the Chornobyl electricity through the intercession of and Vasyl Pawlowsky minutes of exposure. plant, has become a ghost-town. the steam turbine. Given the source and intended au­ The greatest danger involved in the MONTREAL - Five years after the At first, robots were used to remove dience of the documentary, it was clear production of nuclear energy arises catastrophe at the Chornobyl nuclear the highly radioactive debris that to those gathered that it was biased from the release of radioactive material power plant, there is still a lot to be collected on the roof of the nearby toward the portrayal of the "socialist into the atmosphere. This could occur learned about the accident, its exact reactor from the initial explosion. The hero" and not the true severity of the when a nuclear reaction gets out of causes, and its long-term effects. On the debris was to be thrown into the re­ disaster. Nonetheless, the documentary hand, and when, as a result, the nuclear eye of the fifth anniversary of the mains of the fourth reactor so that its portrayed yet unseen pictures of the fuel and the surrounding metal struc­ disaster, the McGill Ukrainian Stu­ radioactivity could be contained there Chornobyl aftermath. It provided ture melts from the extreme heat. Dr. dents' Association, in cooperation with by the sarcophagus that was subse­ ample food for thought, and provided a Lee explained that this could cause two the Canadian Red Cross Society, Que­ quently built. But even these robots backdrop for the subsequent speakers. types of explosion: steam explosion and bec Division, and the Ukrainian Profes­ broke down as a result of the high levels The panel that followed included the hydrogen explosion. sional and Business Association of of radiation. following speakers: Dr. J.H.S. Lee, The CANDU and American-type Montreal, hosted an informative even­ Humans replaced the robots. They professor of mechanical engineering at reactors are designed to withstand such ing about the disaster and its effects. worked in shifts lasting no longer than a McGill University; Dr. W. Mushynski, explosions. They are built with concrete On April 3 at 7 p.m. close to 70 people minute and a half, in order to avoid professor of biochemistry at McGill containment buildings to contain any gathered in Frank Dawson Adams receiving the lethal dose of radiation. University; Dr. (William Zuzak of explosion within the confines of the air­ Auditorium to listen to a panel of However, their efforts seemed futile, as Centre Canadien de Fusion Magneeti- tight structure. experts speak about various aspects they went about clearing the debris off que; and Daniel Masse, director of The Chornobyl reactor, on the other concerning the cause, the effects and the roof of the No. 3 reactor wearing Programs Department of the Canadian hand, had no such containment build­ the clean-up of the Chornobyl nuclear primitive protective gear, one shovelful Red Cross Society, Quebec Division. ing to protect the atmosphere from an disaster. at a time, the documentary showed. Dr. Lee began his talk by explaining explosion within the reactor. It is still The evening began with the screen­ the basics of nuclear reaction and the uncertain what exactly happened at ing of a Soviet made-for-television The high level of radioactivity was technical aspects of nuclear power plant Chornobyl. However, the damage to documentary, "Red and Black," which underscored by scenes showing the design and construction. There are the building in which reactor No. 4 depicted the clean-up efforts after the burial of the soil surrounding the three basic types of nuclear design: The was situated indicates that some sort of disaster. In the initial period of the reactor and of the machinery, trucks Canadian design, known as the explosion had occurred. The graphite reactor fire, 28 firefighters died as a and tractors involved in the clean-up "CANDU"; the conventional design that was used to moderate the nuclear direct result of radiation burns. How­ effort. The documentary showed the used in the United States (referred to as reaction caught fire, sending radioac­ ever, it is not known how many of the destruction of whole villages in the the American design); and the Graphite- tive smoke into the atmosphere. 3,500 conscripts who were brought in vicinity of Chornobyl, to prevent any­ based desigm used in the Soviet Dr. Zuzak confirmed the analysis for the initial clean-up efforts are still one from coming back to resettle the Union. made by Dr. Lee. However, both spea­ living today. contaminated buildings. The calendar Each design involves the interaction kers did not know what actually With radiation levels reaching higher in a house in one such village showed of three elements. The nuclear fuel that occurred at Chornobyl, due to the than 10,000 roentgens per hour on the the day that the official evacuation produces heat, the moderator that secrecy that persists around the events roof of the nuclear complex shortly began, May 5 - eight days after the controls the nuclear reaction, and water that led up to the explosion. Exactly after the blast, a lethal dose could explosion. The whole city of Prypiat, which is used to transfer the heat into (Continued on page 12) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1991 to. 17 Coordinating Committee Ukrainian people's deputies learn about state government in Indiana by Ihor N. Boyko On April 4, the delegation traveled to One Ukrainian delegate stated that executive council the main campus of Indiana University Mr. P'Pool's words were music to their INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana had the in Bloomington for a program hosted hearts. Each Ukrainian delegation holds first meeting unique opportunity to host a delegation by the School of Public and Environ­ member signed and presented the go­ by Ulana Mazurkevich of Ukrainian legislators who arrived on mental Affairs, after which there was an vernor's assistant with the text of the April 3 in order to learn more about the opportunity to meet with Blooming- Declaration on the State Sovereignty of NEWARK, N.J. - The executive structure of democratic government ton's Ukrainian community, most of Ukraine. council of the Coordinating Committee and the legislative process. The delega­ whom are retired university librarians. The next stop for the Ukrainian to Aid Ukraine held its first meeting on tion from Ukraine included some of the Those present, who are also members delegation was the office of Lt. Gov. March 23, here at the Marriott most prominent names in current U- of the UACS, included Dr. Andrew Frank O'Bannon, who explained his Hotel. krainian politics: Volodymyr Cherniak, Turchyn, Dr. and Mrs. Oleg Kudryk, role in the executive branch. Mr. The executive council, comprising Vyacheslav Chornovil, Ivan Drach, Mr. and Mrs. Mykola Martyniuk, and O'Bannon explained that under the Bohdan Horyn, Mykhailo Horyn, Dr. and Mrs. Max Boyko. Bohdan Burachinsky, Walter Baranet- Oleksander Moroz, Pavlo Movchan, state constitution he presides over sky, Vasyl Markus, Robert McConnell Dmytro Pavlychko, Volodymyr Pylyp- Indiana University's main library in Indiana's Senate and that he has addi­ and Ulana Mazurkevich, had been chuk, Ivan Pliushch, Laryssa Skoryk, Bloomington has one of the largest tional duties, imposed by statute, as the elected on January 27 in Elizabeth, Oleksander Yemets, and Ivan Zayets. collections of Ukrainian materials in the executive director of the Department of N.J., at the founding congress of the country, and the efforts of Blooming- Commerce, which promotes business Coordinating Committee to Aid U- The Ukrainian delegation arrived at ton's Ukrainian librarians in building development and trade. , kraine. Indianapolis International Airport at this collection, particularly those of Dr. The meeting was chaired by the 10:30 p.m. on April 3, and was greeted Turchyn, were acknowledged by the Mr. O'Bannon informed the delega­ CCAU's president, Dr. Burachinsky, by officers and members of the Ukrai- delegation from Ukraine. The delega­ tion that Indiana is interested in in­ and the following points were discussed: nian American Cultural Society tion also acknowledged the contribu­ ternational trade and currently has status of membership declarations, (UACS) which is based in Indianapolis, tions of Dr. Boyko in the field of offices in five foreign countries in order adminstrative matters; corporate ad­ but has members throughout central Ukrainian bibliography. Several dele­ to promote such trade. Mr. O'Bannon dress; the need for a checking account; Indiana. gation members found their works pointed out that Indiana is especially registration of the CCAU with the state; Officers of the UACS who greeted the listed in the library's card catalogue, interested in trade with Ukraine and the need for by-laws in English; forma­ Ukrainian delegation included Lydia which was witness to the fact that their that he had been in Ukraine about a tion of subcommittees; follow-up on Earnhart, president; Eugene Zazulak, writings had made their way to the year ago as part of a trade mission resolutions of the founding congress; vice-president; John Osadczuk, trea­ West. where some preliminary agreements recent requests from Rukh; and the first surer; and Ihor Boyko, secretary. On April 5, the Ukrainian delegation had been concluded. meeting of the board of directors, Several members of the UACS who are was back in Indianapolis to observe The lieutenant governor presented Dr. Burachinsky spoke about the also prominent Ukrainians in Indiana how the executive, legislative and each delegation member with a pin in need to effectively coordinate the were also on hand to greet the group. judicial branches of state government in the shape of Indiana, and the delega­ activities of various organizations and Nela Lechman of Lafayette, who is Indiana function. tion, in turn presented him with the text committees which work to aid Rukh very active in supporting and promot­ In order to view the executive branch of Ukraine's Declaration of Sove­ and Ukraine in building a truly demo­ ing Ukrainian issues, welcomed the of government, the Ukrainian delega­ reignty. group in Ukrainian and presented tion first assembled in the office of Go v. cratic state. The diaspora is more than The Ukrainian delegation's view of willing to aid the democratization flowers. Also present were Mr. and Evan Bayh where one of the governor's efforts in Ukraine, but in order to Mrs. Stefan Dwojak of Marion. Mr. assistants, Frederick P'Pool, explained the legislative branch included presen­ succeed, these efforts must be struc­ Dwojak is a very prominent business­ the role of the governor. Mr. P'Pool tations on how a bill becomes law and tured and well-coordinated with clear man in Indiana who recently donated a informed the group that last year he had how the committee system functions in goals and agreed-upon objectives in computer system to Kiev State Univer­ been part of an Indiana trade mission to the legislative process. The delegation mind, he said. Dispersion of our limited sity. The Ukrainian delegation spent the the Soviet Union, and that when they members were able to view Indiana's funds and energy at this time is inadmis­ night on the campus of Indiana-Purdue arrived in Kiev from Moscow, they felt House of Representatives and Senate in sible, he added. University in Indianapolis. as if they were in paradise. (Continued on page 15) At the founding congress of the Coordinating Committee to Aid U- kraine, the assembled delegates had Ukrainian parliamentarians comment on Ukraine's prospects voted that all organizations which work CHICAGO - "Where is Ukraine the speakers emphasized that Ukraine to aid Ukraine may join the CCAU Headed?" was the theme of an extra­ must become a sovereign and economi­ by paying a S250 initial fee. The ordinary evening with 13 Ukrainian cally independent state, and that the executive council of the CCAU had sent SSR people's deputies held here at the most pressing need of the day is to raise out application forms to all the organi­ Ukrainian Cultural Center on Saturday national consciousness among the zations present at that founding con­ evening, April 6, immediately following public in Ukraine. gress. However, so far only 10 have the blessing of Easter baskets at Ss. Ms. Skoryk stated: "History has responded and it is essential that all Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catho­ given Ukraine perhaps its last chance to respond and join promptly, as major lic Church. enter into the European and world and urgent projects are being now pre­ The deputies had arrived in Chicago community with the dignity of a state - pared for shipment that require the on the invitation of the local Rukh and not as a beggar that hangs on to the entire community's support, Dr. Bura­ Committee to Support Rukh from tattered clothing of the (Soviet) union." chinsky said. Indiana, where they had attended the Many of the deputies expressed The leadership of Rukh has contact­ first portion of a nine-day Conference amazement that the Western world is so ed the executive council with requests on the American System of Gover­ eager to support a crumbling empire, for electronic equipment: personal nance. that is, the Soviet Union, while ignoring computers, copiers, faxes, dictaphones, The group included members of the the legitimate pleas of individual re­ and other supplies urgently needed to democratic bloc in Ukraine's Parlia­ publics that seek independence. They equip Rukh's regional offices. This will ment: Ivan Drach, Mykhailo and Boh­ asked their audience to influence the help to disseminate information to dan Horyn, Dmytro Pavlychko, Vya­ American government to change its People's Deputies Volodymyr Pylyp­ supporters and future voters. Appro­ cheslav Chornovil, Oleksander Yemets, foreign policy toward the emerging chuk (top), a democratic bloc activist, ximate cost of this project is 5150,000. Larysa Skoryk, Ivan Zayets, Pavlo republics. and Oleksander Moroz (below), a Research on the best buys with reliable Movchan, Volodymyr Pylypchuk and As well, the speakers called on Ukrai­ Communist Party member. firms and brand, on service in Ukraine Volodymyr Cherniak. Also part of the nian economists and businessmen to and on shipment routes are in full delegation were two Communist Party donate their expertise, time and finan­ swing, the executive council reported. members who are Ukrainian people's cial resources to help Ukraine build its The executive council also discussed deputies: Ivan Pliushch, first vice- economic base. the need to form various CCAU sub- chairman of the Ukrainian SSR Su­ Mr. Cherniak focused special atten­ (Continued on page 13) preme Soviet, and Oleksander Moroz, tion on the tragic ecological and econo­ leader of the parliamentary majority. mic fate of Ukraine, which, he said, now Accompanying Mr. Chornovil was his stands at the edge of a precipice. Nostra culpa wife, Atena Pashko. Mr. Chornovil's primary concerns were political, as he castigated "ultra- In a page 1 article, titled "Ukrainian More than 750 persons attended a deputies study American democracy," patriots" in Ukraine and elsewhere who, public meeting with the deputies at the through ill-conceived steps, spread in the April 21 issue of The Ukrainian Cultural Center. The evening was Weekly, the Los Angeles-based law firm convened by Dr. Bohdan Tkachuk, propaganda about an armed liberation of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher was president of the Chicago Committee to struggle, urge boycotts of elections, and incorrectly identified as a government Support Rukh, while Dr. Vasyl Mar­ shout slogans of "Ukraine for Ukrai­ relations and consulting firm. Robert kus, his vice-chairman, introduced the nians" all of which serve only to in­ McConnell, who coordinated the guests. crease the number of Ukraine's enemies. Mr. Pavlychko, in turn, called for Washington program, is an attorney Each of the delegation members had with the firm's Washington office and harmony. "Let us forget that we are an opportunity to address the gather­ Greek-Catholics, or Orthodox, let us chairs the government relations com­ ing, with Mr. Pliushch, as the highest- mittee of Ukraine 2000. ranking deputy, leading the way. All of (Continued on page 10) No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1991 шяішшгттшгіішльштіїшішшт DISTRICT MEETING The!7 . . 1 secretary (English); Ms. Bardell, GolL^ \\ Woonsocket treasurer: John Laba, Helen Kylba Fraternal Corner and Sharon Pryhoda, trustees; and Mr. by A ndre J. Worobec WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The Rhode Sarachmon, social coordinator. Island District Committee of the UNA Fraternal Activities Coordinator \ held a meeting here at St. Michael's Mr. Hardink introduced Alexander An open letter to members Ukrainian Orthodox Church Parish -Blahitka, supreme treasurer of the Hall on Sunday, March 17. UNA. Dear Members: 1). The candidate must be an active Mr. Blahitka spoke at length about member of his or her UNA branch Thirty-two persons attended. The Since its inception the Ukrainian the UNA's Kiev press bureau, Home during the time of his or her selection. meeting was called to order by Leon National Association has always pro­ Office operations, the UNA office Hardink, district chairman. The Rev. moted the principles of benevolence and 2). No posthumous nominations will building and the UNA's two news­ William M. Wojciechowski opened charity, fostered moral and mental be accepted. papers, Svoboda and The Ukrainian the meeting with a prayer. A moment of development and education within its Weekly. He also gave a brief financial 3). Supreme officers and employees silence was held for deceased members. community. In the course of any one year-end summary. year many members, in their fraternal of the UNA, Svoboda, The Ukrainian Minutes of the meeting were read by However, the main topic was the new work, exhibit outstanding devotion to Weekly, full-time salespersons or pre­ Teodor Klowan, and Janet Bardell, flexible annuity certificate which the these principles. The UNA would like to vious winners of this award are not treasurer, gave her report. UNA introduced last October. The recognize one from among its many eligible. Alexander Chudolij, UNA supreme members' interest in annuities was members for service in the field of Please forward the following to the advisor, reported on activities in the apparent. fraternal activities. This person will be Fraternal Activities Coordinator, c/o UNA and in the district. Dmytro Sara- A lengthy question and answer honored as "The UNA Fraternalist of Ukrainian National Association (30 chmon, social coordinator, reviewed period was held after Mr. Blahitka's the Year for 1991." Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ past affairs and mentioned upcoming address. Many members discussed The main criteria for selecting the 07302): events. annuities both privately and in group candidate is distinguished service in The election of officers took place sessions. fraternal work within the UNA as well 1) name and address of your candi­ and the following were elected: Mr. The Rev. Ivan Kaszczak closed the as charitable and community activities date, Hardink, chairman; Mr. Chudolij, meeting with a prayer. Refreshments outside the UNA. 2) a description of his or her achieve­ first vice-chairman; Helen Trinkler, were served by Eugenia Hardink The candidate can be nominated by ments, secretary (Ukrainian); Mf. Klowan, assisted by Irene Sarachmon. any UNA branch or member. Nomina­ tions will be accepted until June 30. By 3) a photo of the candidate (pre­ July 15, one from among the nominated ferably in black and white). NJ. congress to present awards candidates will be selected by a special We ask you for your cooperation and UNA selection committee. The success­ help in order to continue a wonderful MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - The New extracurricular activity, 40 percent. ful candidate will be honored at a later tradition of honoring a worthy indivi­ Jersey Fraternal Congress will present They will consist of two groups: date. dual as well as encouraging other UNA its Youth Achievement Awards at its group one, age 14-16, and group two, The selected fraternalist's name will members to perform fraternal activity. 58th annual convention on October 10 age 17 to 23. Each winner will receive a be automatically submitted by the UN A Furthermore, the winner's branch and and 11 at the Showboat Hotel ^nd cash prize of S200 and a plaque to be v as a candidate to the National Fraternal district would also share in the publicity Casino, AUOTtkQ^NvJv^^ ,.Ї.:ЛКЛ, presented at the cpnvention.v Congress of Americato^ compete with, to be bestowed on the deserving mem­ The awards program is an annual If interested, please request an appli­ candidates from other fraternal socie-' ber. event and is open to all members of the cation form from: Andrew Keybida, 19 ties for NFCA's "Fraternalist of the Ukrainian. National Association who Year for 1991." Rutgers St., Maplewood, NJ 07040; or Yours fraternally, are high school and college students. call (201) 762-2827. The following rules should be con­ The awards will be based on the follow­ sidered when submitting the name of Andre J. Worobec ing criteria: scholarship, 60 percent; and Deadline for entries is September 1. your candidate: UNA Fraternal Activities Coordinator Hot off the presses:xThe Ukrainian Americans.Roots and Aspirations' JERSEY CITY, N.J. - "The struggle for Ukraine's independence tions amid the pressures of assimila­ desire to know more about the of Ukrainian Americans: Roots and in their new American homeland. tion. maligned by Soviet propagandists, Aspirations 1884-1954" by Myron B. The book is organized chronologi­ According to Dr. Subtelny, Dr. yet barely known, Ukrainian dias­ Kuropas has recently been released cally into 10 chapters covering topics Kuropas' book should serve to fill a pora has increased dramatically. by the University of Toronto Press. such as: And for Americans, who might soon This first major history of the Ukrai­ have to deal with an important, nian Americans to appear in English ^ the European roots of the U- sovereign Ukrainian state, the past examines "the evolutionary develop­ krainian ethnonational identity in and present aspirations of Ukrai­ ment of Ukrainian consciousness in Carpatho-Ukraine, eastern Galicia nian Americans may increase in the United States, from its embryonic and Bukovyna; UKRAINIAN relevance." religio-cultural beginning in the late 1870's, through its ethnonational ^ the American roots of the Dr. Kuropas is honorary member development in the 1930's, to its Ukrainian American community 1 1 AMERICANS of the Ukrainian National Associa­ fruition in the 1950s." with its crystallization into three tion's Supreme Assembly, a regular different ethnic identities - Car- columnist of The Ukrainian Weekly, The book is a study of ethnic patho-Ruthenian, Russian and adjunct professor in educational retentionism. As Orest Subtelny Ukrainian; foundations at Northern Illinois points out in the foreword, "scholar­ University and the author of "Ukrai­ ly concern with American ethnic ^ the role of various institutions in nians in America" and "To Preserve groups has generally focused on the the transformation of the Ruthenian a Heritage: The Story of the Ukrai­ process of assimilation. This study religiocultural identity into a Ukrai­ nian Immigration in the United looks at the other side of the coin and nian ethnonational identity; States." explains how one group not only avoided assimilation but actually 9 the Ukrainian-American re­ On Sunday, May 5 there will be a created a new national identity in the sponse to the struggle for Ukrainian АЗІШТКМ ^^^^0^ meeting and reception with Dr. United States." sovereignty; І Ш4-Ж4 Kuropas on the occasion of the publication of his book to be held at According to Dr. Subtelny, the ^ the political splits within the the Ukrainian Institute of America,.2 experience of statelessness was one of Ukrainian American community E. 79th St., New York, N.Y. at 2 p.m. the crucial characteristics distin­ between Communists, monarchists guishing Ukrainians from other (Hetmanists) and nationalists; vast historiographical gap at a most The event is hosted by the Supreme immigrant groups in America. While felicitous time — "scholars want and Executive Committee of the Ukrai­ the first wave Of Ukrainian immi­ ^ religious developments and the need to know more about the Ukrai­ nian National Association jointly grants translated this experience into conflicts between the Ukrainian nian American experience. The des­ with the Ukrainian Institute of Ame­ a search for national identity, later Catholic and the Ukrainian Ortho­ cendants of the immigrants will rica, Inc. Dr. Kuropas will give a waves after World War I and World dox churches; benefit from insights which this book brief address and sign autographs for War II, influenced by the intense yet provides into the organizational and those wishing to acquire the book. A frustrated struggles to establish a e the efforts to preserve and trans­ ideological world of their parents wine and cheese reception will Ukrainian state, continued the mit the Ukrainian identity and tradi­ and grandparents. In Ukraine the follow. L, THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1991 No. 17

Ukrainian WeeHy On the Chornobyl disaster Chornobyl, continued Forests near Prypiat Five years after news first leaked out about a horrific accident at the Chornobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, near the republic's northern border Forest near Prypiat flare. with Byelorussia, the Ukrainian community in diaspora tried frantically to Dry get reliable information about the catastrophe and attempted, through forests various channels, to provide some measure of relief for their kinsmen. burn In those first days after the accident, the community did what it could: in May. prayer services and protests were held, governmental and non-governmental ...Voices of your fowl agencies, including institutions such as the Red Cross, were contacted in the and ancient stumps. hope that something could be done to help the accident's victims. A delegation of Ukrainian American community activists, accompanied by These were age-old pine forests New York Rep. Benjamin Gilman, paid a visit to the United Nations missions that suddenly of the USSR and Ukrainian SSR. There they were told that everything was became helpless. under control; that the consequences of the accident were being eliminated These burned out trunks and that the people were being cared for. Plainly, the message was: we don't and crowns reduced to ashes! need, and we don't want, your help. Five years ago, due to the secrecy surrounding the accident, the number of Smoke hovers above pines, Chornobyl casualties was unknown - except to a few high-level Soviet and you functionaries - and the world, worse still, the inhabitants of Ukraine and rave Byelorussia, directly in the path of the radioactive plume, were kept in the in rains. dark. As a result, there was plenty of guesswork, and many rumors, some of For you there will be neither years nor centuries, them picked up by the news media that had few reliable sources to go on. Now, five years later, the truth about the calamitous accident is just but a hundred fires and scorched fields. surfacing. We know much more than we knew in 1986, but still there are so You may not grow here, many questions and so many conflicting reports about the number of for what Chornobyl's victims. It is clear that the accident is of an unprecedented and will you now unforeseeable magnitude. It is, in the words of many activists in Ukraine, remember? nuclear genocide. The people of Ukraine, Byelorussia and parts of western You toss black pines Russia will continue to suffer its effects for decades. Already, this is seen in like crosses above the ashes. the significantly increased illnesses, deaths and deformities, populace. And the burnt horizon disappears Today, Ukrainian organizations, such as the Children of Chornobyl Relief beyond grey Fund and Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine continue efforts to help winds. the suffering victims of Chornobyl and tell their story to the world. Numerous ...Your earth. Your river. non-Ukrainian charitable groups have taken up the cause. Your conflagration in May. The fifth anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident is being marked solemnly throughout the world. The shroud of secrecy is, at long last, being The last bird is in the branches. removed, and there is hope that the much-used slogan "No More Chornobyls" A tiny nest- will turn out to reflect reality. is like live coals. ...You burn, pinned to the earth, for here - are your roots.

- by Oksana Pakhlovska from the collection "The Valley Turning the pages back... of Cathedrals" (1988).

It was on April 28, 1986 — 67 hours after the accident at Untitled the Chornobyl nuclear power plant had begun, that the Soviet government made the first announcement of the ...one hundred and twenty kilometers from Chornobyl, disaster. cherries blossomed as thick as fog. Below, excerpted from the Providence (R.I.) Sunday journal, is an account of the fur of my Siberian cat peeled off events on April 28-30 in Kiev as told to reporter Bob Wyss by Mikhail Novak, a like bits of rough leather. research reactor employee in Kiev whose job entailed monitoring radioactivity. Mr. Searching for hope I surveyed the sky and thought: Novak, who was threatened by his superiors and the KGB for warning others about "Where can he go, the dramatically increased radiation in the capital city, has since emigrated to the we just built a new house and we're worn out..." United States. But the wind blew from Chornobyl and our throats ached; my three-year-old daughter said, "I'm not afraid of radiation, Monday night (April 28) at 9:02 an announcer appeared on television. He said: let me go outside." "An accident has occurred at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant as one of the My wife and I crossed glances reactors was damaged. Measures are being taken to eliminate the consequences of and someone grabbed my soul by the hand. the accident. Aid is being given to those affected." The cherries have stopped blossoming It was the first official disclosure by the government. It came more than 67 hours and the apple trees have just begun to bloom... after the accident. On Tuesday, more and more people showed up at the institute to be checked. - Vasyl Ruban from the collection "Chimeras" (1989). Novak and his colleagues were told to measure the visitors' radioactivity but not to give them advice on how to stay clean. Authorities were worried about creating a panic. Translated by Michael Naydan. However, some precautions were taken. Novak knew of one school in Kiev, one that looked like all the others in the city, but which held most of the children of government workers, the Communist Party and the other members of the elite. Tuesday night buses pulled up to the school and took the children to the airport, sending them to safety far from Kiev. On Wednesday, April 30, Novak took an air sample at the institute and found the UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine readings high. Thinking something might be wrong with the meter's filter, he replaced it. Thirty minutes later, he checked the new sample. The Home Office of the Ukrainian National The amount of radiation in the air had increased 100 times over what was normal. He showed the results to his supervisor, who left hurriedly. Association reports that, as of April 24, the An hour later,the radiation levels were 1,000 times higher than normal. -5V aJfc fraternal organization's newly established An hour after that, levels were so high Novak's equipment could no longer w Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine has received measure them. ^ШЖі?^ д 6,642 checks from its members with donations The wind had changed. It was blowing from the north. Blowing from Chornobyl. totalling Si7,576.32. The contributions Л Jpr to' include individual members' donations, as well as returns of members' dividend checks and interest payments on promissory notes. , The next day was May 1. Thousands marched down the streets of Kiev, ^iOH^ participating in the annual May Day parade - unaware of the deadly radiation blowing in the wind. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28,1991

CHORNOBYL: FIVE YEARS AFTER Faces and Places

A tragic milestone by Myron B. Kuropas

Chornobyl-5 marks a tragic milestone in the history of the USSR — and the world. Friday, April 26, 1991 marks the fifth anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster which befell Ukraine. The ecological and political questions raised by this catastrophe could not be suppressed and ultimately Chicago Group on the go led to the current period of openness in the USSR. Early in 1990, an enthusiastic group ^ a dinner meeting featuring Dr. Chornobyl also drives home the realization that disasters of this scope of young Chicago professionals came Yuriy Spizhenko, minister of health of recognize no international borders — that people everywhere must work together to form the Ukrainian the Ukrainian SSR; diligently to help each other to protect the environment. We need to be American Business and Professional ^ a presentation by Slava Johnson, a assured that those who died and suffered in this disaster did not do so in vain Club of Chicago (UABPCC). highly successful local attorney who and that a new spirit of cooperation can develop and flourish. spoke about her recent invitation to Although five years have passed, the scope of the destruction and its long- A social was held in February and the ideals of the . new organization were Kiev to lecture on municipal law and term effects are only now coming to light. Decontamination efforts have government; failed to eliminate the radiation, and the Soviet government's response has presented to a broad audience of interested invitees. Over 100 people ^ a presentation by Oleksander Sav- become the subject of a volatile debate as more and more information chenko, economist for Rukh. surfaces. attended, half of whom joined UABPCC on the spot. The most ambitious project of The For us in America, Chornobyl has an apocalyptic implication. The word Chicago Group thus far, however, has "chornobyl" means wormwood - the biblical name of the great star that fell Encouraged both by the turnout and been the recent conference at the Uni­ from the heavens and poisoned a third of the earth's waters and signalled the the support, organizers polled their new versity of Chicago on April 27 titled: "day of judgment." For Ukraine it is a grim reality. members regarding the name of the "Chornobyl: Five Years After." This reality has jolted people to either speak out or perish. Out of organization — most preferred "The frustration and desperation a popular movement evolved which encompassed Chicago Group" rather than the more Co-sponsored by the Children of numerous groups under its umbrella. One of the component members of this cumbersome earlier designation — Chornobyl Relief Fund, the Chicago group is Green World, or Zelenyi Svit. Where other groups had failed to reach goals and objectives, nominating proce­ chapters of the Ukrainian Engineers individual citizens to express themselves democratically for their dures, elections, and other organiza­ Society and the Ukrainian Medical environment the Green World Ecological Association succeeded. tional matters.: A slate of candidates Association of North America, and the The message is direct and simple: this fifth anniversary of the Chornobyl was also mailed out with the under­ University of Chicago Student Organi­ disaster can help to raise public consciousness throughout the world and standing that other candidates could be zation, the conference featured such bring attention to our collective responsibility for the future of our planet. nominated. luminaries as Dr. David Marples, author of two books on the Chornobyl The first formal meeting of the newly -- Submitted by Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine (AHRU), a disaster; Dr. Dmytro Hrodzinsky, formed organization was held on June Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev; national human rights organization founded in 1980 for the purpose of 24, 1990, at St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian defending human rights in general and in Ukraine in particular. The rights to Drs. Philip F. Gustafson and Gayle E. Orthodox Church. The newly elected Woloschak of the Argonne National free speech and assembly, freedom of religion and the freedom to live in a president, Emil Рук, an engineer, in­ clean environment are within the purview of AHRU s advocacy. Laboratory; Dr. Kan Ackland, Bulletin troduced the other officers, Anna of the Atomic Scientists; Drs. Yuriy Mostovych, vice-president; Roman Verlinsky and A.M. Kuliev of the ties, but this year we want to apply Salij, second vice-president; Anna Sha- Chornobyl Committee... international standards for clean food Reproductive Genetics Institute at leva, secretary; and Peter Beswerchij, Illinois Masonic Medical Center; and (Continued from page 3) in Ukraine. Also, we have rejected the treasurer. 35-rem lifetime limit on radiation expo­ Drs. Gennady Grushovoy and Yourie We need containers for these materials, Members chose "The Chicago Pankratz of the Byelorussian Chari­ we need the appropriate technology to sure that had previously been used," Mr. Valenia pointed out. Group" as the new official name with table Fund for the Children of Chor­ prevent the radiation from seeping into the second descriptive name "Ukrainian nobyl based in Minsk. the ground, but this is not immediately "Our Chornobyl Committee has realized that if there are no laws regard­ American Business and Professional "There was a definite need for an available." Association." Although several mem­ And, even though the Ukrainian SSR ing the consequences of Chornobyl, organization such as ours in Chicago," nothing will be done." To that end, Mr. bers were reluctant to imitate "The says Roman Golash, one of the found­ Supreme Soviet voted to close down the Washington Group" desgination, other plant by 1995, this cannot be done Valenia explained, the committee had ing members. "We have a lot of profes­ proposed three laws encompassing three members believed familiarity with the sional Ukrainian talent floating around immediately because we do not have well-known Washington organization any experience in doing this type of job, major aspects of the catastrophe: the area and we weren't tapping into it." measures dealing with those living on would help boost local membership he added. drives and suggest a possible nation­ "We've come a long way in less than a That is why we need the help of all the the territory of Ukraine, now consi­ year," says Anna Mostovych, Chicago dered to be a disaster area; mea­ wide federation of similar professional world's experts, Mr. Valenia went on to groups. Group vice-president, "but we still have say. "Neither Japan, nor Germany, nor sures on life in the contaminated a long way to go. Our future success the United States have had experience zones, their status and how to amelio­ The statement of purpose was depends on numbers and we've only just with this sort of accident. But perhaps rate conditions there; and legislation approved as follows: "The Chicago begun to scratch the surface of available through joint efforts we can succeed." concerning the status and rights of Group is a service organization for Ukrainian talent." citizens who suffer from the effects of Ukrainian Americans and their friends Yet another issue is the monitoring of from all sectors of the economic Anna proudly recalls how a request radiation in the air, soil and water. At Chernobyl's radiation, such as compen­ made by Oleksander Savchenko to meet satory payments, privileges, etc. community who wish to promote a present the State Hydrometeorology mutually supportive environment for Chicago's financial leaders became a Center and the Ministry of Health are And, though these measures have personal and professional growth while reality. "Through our present network doing this. The food is supposed to be been adopted by Ukraine's Parliament, effectively contributing their business we were able to put together some pretty monitored locally, he added. "Until what is missing is the details:, how to put and professional skills to worthy impressive groups for him to meet," she now we have been using temporary them into effect and how to pay for causes." says. standards set up by the central authori­ them. In the few short months since its "It's time for our Chicago community founding, The Chicago Group has to adopt a more professional approach Energy Agency, the Supreme Soviet has offered its members a happy blend of Discrepancies... uncovered two high-level secret govern­ to problems and issues." Ms. Mosto­ (Continued from page 1) ment orders — one from 1987 classify­ social, professional, and informative vych argues. "Our parents couldn't do it Byelorussia it's been going up at about ing as secret any information on the activities. Included were: because they had neither the expertise the same rate that it was before the extent of radiation contamination, and ^ an inaugural dinner cruise on Lake nor the contacts. Our generation has accident." one from 1988 decreeing that no medi­ Michigan; both, and it's incumbent upon us to Recent Chornobyl-related statistics cal diagnosis may connect an illness ^ a presentation entitled "Managing offer these assets to the community. are contradictory at best. While the with radiation exposure. Investment Portfolios" by Peter We've got to find a way to bring more of Soviet government maintains the figure Beswerchij; my alienated generation back into the of 32 deaths, Dr. Yuriy Shcherbak, Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev, who ^ a presentation by Ivan Shandor on fold." founder and president of Zelenyi Svit, coordinated forces involved in the tax and investment strategies for job- Interested young professionals can the Green environmental movement in reactor's clean-up, told a meeting held changers, two-career couples, singles, contact Anna Mostovych at (708) 359- Ukraine, has accumulated evidence that in Moscow to mark Chornobyl's fifth and other professionals; 3676. at least 5,000 people have died Chor­ anniversary on April 21, that when he ^ a presentation on business oppor­ Chicago is not the only community nobyl-related deaths while 50,000 suffer called Mr. Gorbachev several hours tunities in Ukraine by Oleh Saciuk; with talented professionals in search of Chornobyl-related illnesses, reported after the explosion, Mr. Gorbachev had 9 a dinner meeting featuring Ihor meaningful involvement. Now that the New York Times. (Health statistics already heard of the accident and Wyslotsky, Ukrainian entrepreneur- Washington, New York, Detroit (the are difficult to gauge as fiveyear s is too approved military deployment for the owner of packaging plants in Illinois Graduates Glub, now relatively short a time to observe the effects of clean-up, reported Reuter news service. and Israel, who discussed emerging inactive, has been around for many radiation exposure.) An estimated 229,000 army recruits, economic possibilities in Ukraine today years) and Chicago have viable Soviet officials have been practicing truck drivers, laborers, scientists and as well as his personal involvement with professional organizations, other com­ what Dr. Shcherbak has dubbed "limit­ engineers were summoned to control the the development of an industrial park in munities — Milwaukee, Rochester, ed glasnost." Although President Gor­ fire at the reactor after the explosion, Kiev; Philadelphia — could activate their bachev has welcomed foreign aid and reported the Associated Press. Many ^ a winter social at the home of Ivan younger professionals. Who knows, the Soviet government has made a full were sworn to secrecy and still remain and Lida Shandor; maybe even Cleveland will organize. report to the International Atomic silent. ^ a Christmas brunch at Hotel Sofil; Cleveland - Nah! THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Sl'MDAY. APRIL 28, 1991 No. 17

CHORNOBYL: FIVE YEARS AFTER The legacy of the world's worst nuclear catastrophe by Bohdan Hodiak Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

Bohdan Hodiak, a reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, recently re­ turned from a two-month trip to Ц- kraine, where he spent much time researching the legacy of Chornobyl He visited the Radiological Institute at Pushcha Vodytsia outside of Kiev and the Vatutin District of Kiev, where the largest group of Chornobyl area eva­ cuees - some 7,000 persons - have been resettled. Following is the first part of his report, written to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the Chornobyl catastrophe. Chornobyl - wormwood in Ukrai­ nian, a bitter, poisonous plant - is not beginning to ravage the lives of thousands of people, as the fifth anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident is observed on April 26. After nearly four years of silence and denial surrounding the world's worst nuclear disaster, Soviet officials ad­ mitted last year that some 4 million people, in Ukraine, Byelorussia and Russia, live in radiologically dirty areas. Many of them suffer from multiple physical illnesses, and psychological traumas. "For four years, we have pretended that everything was normal. We follow­ ed Moscow," said Volodymyr Yavoriv­ sky, a national deputy in the Ukrainian Parliament. He heads the Parliament's Chornobyl Committee. He was especially angry that Moscow officials refuse to lower the permissible Prypiat, the company town housing workers of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, located some 2.5 miles away. Today it is a lifetime radiation dosage from 35 rems. ghost town, as seen in this photo taken by a former resident. "That is a criminal dosage. If we follow it, it will mean the destruction of said, is that the plant is leaking radia­ Alia Leshchenko, 38, a physician, has Gorbachev then said 'You mean we still the Ukrainian nation. How can you tion. been working in the town's hospital for have such places?' " impose something like that on children "We will need to construct another a dozen years. Although the govern­ Shortly afterwards, planning began and pregnant women?" he asked. sarcophagus over the current sarcopha­ ment has been taking radiation readings for the evacuation of the population In early November, there was a report gus. There were many mistakes made in in the district for years, they were not from Poliske, and about 1,000 families of a child born with two faces in the constructing it. It was all directed from publicized. had been moved by the end of October. town of Bazar, in the Narodychi district Leningrad. Ukrainian scientists were But one of the "docimetrists," Ana- Some 50,000 persons, including Dr. of Ukraine. This was the first report of not allowed to contribute," he said. toly Zhydyk, came to the doctors and Leshchenko, were slated to be eva­ such a deformity involving a baby, said The cover entombing the plant, said, "I want to help you." He told them, cuated from several contaminated Mr. Yavorivsky. referred to as a sarcophagus, which Dr. Leshchenko said, that some areas of regions. In a suburb of Kiev at Pushcha walled up the stricken reactor No. 4 of Poliske produced radiation readings up But she wonders if it is not too late: Vodytsia (Wild Water) is the AlMJnion the nuclear plants consists of 400,000 to 350 curies. A level above 15 curies is "My eyesight is failing. I lost half of the Radiological Institute where radiation tons of concrete. It was built by 200,000 considered cause for evacuation. Re­ vision in my left eye this past summer. victims are sent for treatment. Some persons, all of whom served very short cent official disclosures showed that My son, Sasha, 10, has a cataract. My 10,000 children have now gone through shifts because of the high radiation readings in Poliske ranged from 32 to daughter, Oksana, 6, is suffering from the institute where they stay for three to levels. In some areas they were per­ 117 curies. leukemia. Her white blood count fluc­ four weeks. mitted to work less than a minute before "This came out only in October. tuates between 12,000 and 18,000," (A "We have seen that every year the they were replaced by other workers. We've been living there for nearly five level of 8,000 is normal.) health of our kids has been getting "I don't know if the ground can stand years," Dr. Leshchenko said. Dr. Leshchenko's husband is a worse," said Dr. Alexander Skaley, the the weight of another sarcophagus. The fireman and still works at Chornobyl. Armed with this information, and a "He has cancer of the thyroid gland. I medical director of the children's sec­ underground water, which flows into petition signed by 2,000 persons, a tion. the Dnieper River, might get contami­ haven't told him - he has enough group of town residents went to see worries," she said. "There is more anemia, more inte­ nated," Mr. Yavorivsky added. Vitaliy Masol, then Ukraine's prime stinal disorders, fatigue, irritation and Soviet nuclear industry officials have In 1989, 17 medical researchers tested minister. 1,200 children between age 2 and 16 in nervous conditions. The immunological acknowledged that the debris of reactor Mr. Masol told the group, said Dr. system of our children is lower than low. No. 4 inside the sarcophagus is un­ three nurseries and six schools in the Leshchenko, that his experts had stu­ Poliske district. Dr. Leshchenko pro­ That's why they now take much longer stable. A particular problem is the died the district and had told him that to treat. reactor's 2,000-ton upper neutron shield, duced a copy of the report, which has "everything is normal." That was the been kept ; . secret until a year ago. "Many of these kids are depressed. with a metal lid 14 meters across which end of the meeting. t They have been hearing much of their blew off and fell upright alongside the The researchers found that many of lives that they may not live long. What ruptured reactor. Mr. Zhydyk was later fired from his the children had serious blood dis­ Chornobyl did was take away their It is still poised in this precarious job and has been unemployed since, Dr. orders, lower hemoglobin concentra­ childhood," Dr. Skaley said. position and could blow out the sar­ Leshchenko said. "He also is suffering tion and higher white blood cell counts. A story Dr. Skaley heard from a cophagus ventilators or damage the from deteriorating vision," she added. Some of the children had up to 50 out of each 100 leucocytes destroyed, the mother involved a birthday party for entombment if it were to fall. The Despite Mr. Masol's rebuff, the her teenage daughter. The mother government has provided no detailed Poliske group did not give up. They report stated. "Mononuclear cells were looked at a gift and told her daughter, explanation of this problem. went to their representative in the found in the blood of some of the "This is so pretty you must save it for USSR Supreme Soviet, Boris Oliynyk, children, similar to blood of people your children." The girl froze and then The case of Poliske and, according to Dr. Leshchenko, he from the emergency group who were said quietly "What do you mean, save it managed to get to Soviet President working at the Chornobyl nuclear power for my children, Mother? I'm from Only some 27 miles from the plant is Mikhail Gorbachev. plant immediately after the accident," Prypiat." the town of Poliske, where some 33,000 the report stated. people have been living since the "Oliynik showed him photographs of It concluded: "The above changes are At the nuclear plant nuclear accident. It is located between a carousel in our playground that had connected with prolonged chronic As part of his committee duties Mr. Narodychi and the western barbed-wire white crosses around it. Gorbachev irradiation, which is also proved by the Yavorivsky has made many trips to the boundary of the 30-kilometer forbidden asked what that meant. That no one detection of radionuclides in the blood Chornobyl plant site. The bad news, he zone. should walk there,' Oliynyk said. of the studied children." No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1991 ; . 9

Radiation is about 10 times more "I was there as a mother. I finally got injurious to an infant than to an adult. up and said "Aren't you ashamed to say Children also accumulate more radio- these things?" nuclides because they drink more milk Still, Dr. Leshchenko showed no than adults and spend more time play­ anger during the interview. She spoke ing outdoors. quietly, almost shyly. "I worried so To reduce this danger, children in much in the beginning, but now I've Poliske schools are kept in class from gotten used to it. I'm even used to our morning to evening so they can be given illnesses," she said. three "clean" meals a day and to limit She works in a 350-bed hospital, their time outdoors. They are not staffed by 70 doctors. The doctors have permitted to go into the woods, to the to see 60 to 70 patients a day. "We can river or into the town's park. only give them about 5 minutes each. We shouldn't have more than five or six Another study released in 1990 came patients an hour," she said. from the Institute of Hematology in "Some doctors from France visited us Kiev, which tested 500 children from and said that our clinic was in the Stone Poliske. "Every fifth child had radionu- Age. We have an x-ray machine, a clides in his blood," Dr. Leshchenko docimeter to measure radiation, a said. diagnostic machine using ultrasound, and that's all," she noted. The official doctors from Kiev, though, weren't much help. "When we Many persons, adults and children, told them our children get frequent complain now of leg pains and head­ nosebleeds, they said it was because aches. Many have high blood pressure. they pick their noses. The people's reflexes are getting worse, which means there is neurological "When we said they get a lot of damage, Dr. Leshchenko said. headaches, they said it's because we "If someone catches a cold, it takes a don't let them play outside enough in long time for him or her to recover. It the fresh air. They also told us we give used to take five to seven days. Now it our children too many juices to drink — takes two weeks or more," she said. that this is bad for children. Prypiat evacuees

A new housing section of Kiev, the Vatutin District, has the largest A young patient at the treatment center of the All-Union Radiological Institute concentration of evacuees from the located just outside of Kiev in Pushcha Vodytsia. nuclear accident, including more than Mothers of Chornobyl children Pushcha Vodytsia. But she gets a quota, 4,000 children. Most of the people are and the most she has been able to send is from Prypiat, which was the closest "Local parents in Kiev told their 18 children a month. "I could easily population center to the nuclear plant. kids not to play with our kids, not to sit send 300," Dr. Orlenko said. Although the town of Chornobyl gave next to them in school. Even some its name to the plant, it is nearly 10 miles "Many children have nosebleeds, even doctors didn't want to treat us. They when they are sleeping, high or low away, while Prypiat is a mere half mile thought we would contaminate them away. From the top stories of Prypiat's blood pressure, адетіа or deteriorating with radiation. We were treated like vision," she said. apartment buildings its residents could lepers," said Tetiana Kazachkova. She see the nuclear fire burning. heads the Children of Chornobyl orga­ "They don't have the classic illnesses nization for the Vatutin District, you are supposed to have from radia­ When they talk about Prypiat, now a tion, like leukemia. They just get sick a ghost town, the evacuees sound as if formed a year ago because of the increasing worry mothers had about the lot. Their immunological system has they had been expelled from Eden. been damaged," Dr. Orlenko explained. Some 5,000 of the 45,000 residents of heath of their children. Although the All-Union Radiologi­ Prypiat worked at the nuclear station. "The officials say we were evacuated They were among the best paid workers cal Institute at Pushcha Vodytsia is only in time, that we suffered no damage a few miles away, it has not released its in Ukraine. Nearly all had access to from the accident, that any illnesses our country dachas, where they cared for statistics, the mothers said. The head of children have has no connection with this institute is Anatoliy Romanenko, gardens and orchards. Chornobyl," Ms. Kazachkova said. the Ukrainian minister of health at the They were close to rivers and streams "The government is saying it will not time of the Chornobyl accident. where people went fishing and boating. give us any help, it will not accept "I have only one word to describe that Prypiat was a young town, not only in .responsibility." man: liar!" said Halyna Brezhnytska, years, created to serve the Chornobyl Nor has the world's scientific commu­ the vice-president of the mother's plant, but in population. More than a nity been of much help. There are group. quarter of the residents were children. virtually no scientific studies by interna­ "I remember him on television in Being evacuated to Kiev was a shock. tional organizations on the aftereffects 1986, telling us everything was all right. hnytska, vice-president of a group of mothers The evacuees were told they would all of Chornobyl. Our children were in playgrounds, our y\ children in Kiev's Vatutin District of Kiev, be returned to Prypiat in three days, so In May of 1990 the United Nation's windows were open, we were working in photo of her bulldozed home in Prypiat. they took no belongings with them. World Health Organization published a our gardens - while the radioactive report that stated: "There are conflict­ dust was falling on us," Ms. Brezhnyt­ ing and contradictory data on environ­ ska said. mental levels of contamination. This Officials had hoped to keep the unclear and uncertain situation is nuclear accident a secret, and so they contributing to the anxiety of the didn't warn the residents of Prypiat and population." Chornobyl by radio and newspaper. Some 35 mothers make up the active Warnings were given by word of mouth core of the organization. Their biggest and by telephone. frustration, they said, is that they still April 26, 1986, was a Saturday ana don't know the medical condition of their the first springlike day of the year. children, that doctors don't have the Many parents took their small children diagnostic equipment to be able to to the woods while schoolchildren were provide answers. led outside to play. In Kiev, the big May Although the huge housing complex Day parade wnet on as scheduled and of 26 buildings has a clinic staffed by people really didn't know the serious­ five doctors, the only diagnostic instru­ ness of the accident until 10 days after it ments they have are stethoscopes. The happened, when they first heard about clinic, which sees children up to age 14, prophylactic measures. does not have a blood diagnosis machine, That may be the reason the incidence or a blood pressure cuff. of cancer of the thyroid gland in Kiev Dr. Olena Orlenko, a pediatrician today is 82.6 percent higher than before from Prypiat who works at the clinic, 1986. said she could refer children to the Kiev On March 20 TASS reported from diagnostic center, but that the wait is Moscow that a prosecutor had opened a often up to six months. "That can be too criminal case against officials accused Bohdan Hodiak late," she said. of letting hundreds of thousands march pnykova and her son, Denys, 10, who has cataracts and stomach ailments. The former She can also send children to two in the parades. The report did not give Prypiat residents now live in the Vatutin District of Kiev. treatment centers, one of them at any names. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28,1991 No. 17

national flag and tear it with his bare tum and the files of columns walked diverted to the Republican Stadium. Students and miners... hands. The scuffle didn't last longer with an obligatory rather than deter­ Behaving the commands of the Kiev (Continued from page 1) than two minutes, yet it was enough to mined step. militia (the OMON had retreated back show what the OMON are capable of; Here they were met by a few demo­ to their buses, which are lined with wall so as to coerce the demonstrators they are all young, well-nourished, cratic deputies but they had already lost netting, resembling a cage) the demon­ onto the sidewalk. solidly built and extremely well-dis­ the energy, the feeling of solidarity strators walked along the sidewalk on As the OMON kept the students in ciplined. between the miners and the strikers one side of the street. Columns of militia line, many of the demonstrators began A few more flagstaffs, carried by the which had fueled the earlier part of walked parallel to them on the other chanting "fascists, fascists." youths from Kiev University, the Kiev day's protest. side of the street (there were more The OMON then created a barrier Pedagogical Institute and Lviv ?.r4 About 100 students from western militia than marchers). between the sidewalk and the street, Ivano-Frankivske universities were also Ukraine did wait for the OMON to One perky older gentleman who was holding hands so as not to let any of the broken in half by the OMON. leave their posts and they continued marching with the students and waving students or miners back into the street. The students and miners were direct­ their march to the Arsenal, but they did a large blue and yellow flag seized the When the students did find a hole in this ed back onto the sidewalk, where they not get the desired response. moment. He quickly ran across the human wall, they made a break for the peacefully assembled and waited for As The Weekly was going to press, street to the head of the columns of street and tried to line up in columns their leaders to make the next decision. the republican strike committee, repre­ militia, presenting a picture that had again, but the OMON charged after A police truck with loud speakers senting the striking miners had yet to both sides rolling with laughter. The them. Kiev militia sargeants followed, pulled up to the intersection and a meet with representatives of the Ukrai­ students and miners asked the militia to announcing: "Calmly, boys, calmly, for democratic deputy, Shigelsky from the nian government. join their march. The militia could do fear of violent outbursts." Kiev City Council informed the strikers In other developments, Dmytro nothing but march under the banner of Like unleashed wild dogs, the OMON that they would be given permission to Poyizd, the committee's legal consul­ the blue and yellow flag. made a dash for the students, bullying go to the Arsenal Factory if they did so tant, who had been arrested last week, them back onto the sidewalk. The in an orderly fashion proceeding down was released Thursday afternoon, April atmosphere was tense as the students the sidewalks of the city. He promised 18. Newsbriefs... struggled to hold ontCLtheir blue and he would lead the way. The students of yellow national flags. the Union of Ukrainian Students, led by JUtfc (Continued from page 2) Although the OMON did not raise Oles Doniy during this demonstration, As with every event in Ukraine, there Dietrich Genscher and President Ri­ their clubs to the youth, and there were were ready to accept this proposal. is often a lighter side to the news, and chard von Weizsaecker. The Ukrainian no injuries, this reporter witnessed a However, as the students and miners such was the case with the demonstra­ delegation's reported request to con­ husky OMON youth grab a Ukrainian were reorganizing their columns and tion on Tuesday, April 23. duct talks in Ukrainian, rather than getting ready to march to Arsenal, the Russian, and German sent the German Nine republics... Kiev militia had a change of heart and Among the funniest moments were foreign office scrambling for a Ukrai­ told the demonstrators, whose numbers confrontations between old women, (Continued from page 1) nian-language interpreter. The search had dwindled to about 700 participants, bent over from years of hard work, and was only partially successful. (Radio Further, the republics that signed the that they could only march to the the virile 6-foot and taller young men in Liberty, Radio Kiev and Die Welt) declaration, while recognizing the right Republican Stadium. the ranks of the OMON. One kerchiefed of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Molda­ The OMON guarded the students babushka looked up into the sky to see e KIEV — During a brief visit to via, Georgia and Armenia to indepen­ and miners, once again forming a the face of a riot policeman and vigo­ Kiev on March 21, British Foreign dently decide on the question of acces­ human wall so that the students would rously shook her fist: "The government Minister Douglas Hurd announced his sion to the union treaty, at the same not make a break for Arsenal. Most of is robbing me of a pension to feed country's plans to open a consulate in time consider it necessary to establish the demonstrators did turn around and bullies like you," she said. the Ukrainian capital city. Mr. Hurd the most favored nation treatment for go to the Republican Stadium, but at Yet another curious moment came also said a representative from Ukraine republics signing the union treaty. this point their march had lost momen­ when the miners and students were would be posted at the Soviet Embassy in London, He added, however, that Great Britain had "no plans" to open diplomatic missions in Estonia, Latvia The Official Video of the Return of or Lithuania. (Radio Liberty, Agence His Beatitude Myroslav Ivan Cardinal Lubachivsky France Presse) to Ukraine Ukrainian parliamentarians... (Continued from page 4) not consider which party or organiza­ tion we support, but let us jointly work toward our goal: our own state." The final speaker was Mr. Drach, who is president of the Popular Move­ ment of Ukraine or Rukh. He described Rukh as a unifying and fortifying force of diverse elements within Ukraine who all seek change and independence for Ukraine. Following the deputies' presenta­ tions, the audience submitted questions to the speakers. Among the topics covered were: the state of the Ukrai­ nian language in schools and institu­ tions, church affairs, and the case of Stepan Khmara.

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FOCUS ON THE ARTS Folk musician Peter Ostroushko Yavir Quartet from Kiev begins tour MONTREAL - The Yavir Men's Shevchenko. In the broad repertoire of to perform at Chornobyl benefit Vocal Quartet from Kiev is coming to this award-winning quartet are included North America on its first major con­ songs from all over the world. But the cert tour. majority are works by Ukrainian com­ The quartet was formed in 1966 and posers. consists of honored national artists of The songs are performed ; mostly a Ukraine: baritone Volodymyr Didukh, cappella, but often with sympho­ bass Valentyn Reus, tenor Eugene nic, piano or accordion accompani­ Prutkin. and tenor Oles Kharchenko. ment. Yavir's colorful and dynamic They are accompanied by Anatoly performances have been applauded by Mamalyga. The name of the quartet is audiences all over the world. For the derived from the silvery sycamore tour, they have prepared a variety of maple known in many folk songs of new, exciting material. Ukraine, the "yavir." Performances have been scheduled as This versatile quartet conveys a follows: May 8, Windsor, Ontario; May refined feeling for the nuances of the 9, Detroit; May 10, Carnegie, Pa.; May Ukrainian folk song, which hasi a 11, Cleveland; May 12, Chicago; May prominent place in their repertoire. 16, Washington; May 18, Newark- Here, one will enjoy delightful rendi­ Union, N.J.; May 19, Philadel­ tions of songs about the Kozaks, vivid phia; May 21, Hartford; May 22, depictions of village life, and emotional Yonkers, N.Y.; May 24, Bound songs to the well-known verses of the Brook, N.J.; May 25, New York; May most famous Ukrainian poet Taras (Continued on page 14) КОНЦЕРТ З УКРАЇНИ ВОКАЛЬНОГО КВАРТЕТУ

Peter Ostroushko with guitarist Dean Magraw. під патронатом Українського Народного Союзу bj Alex Kuzma Mr. Keillor not only revived an old HARTFORD - Beyond the Ukrai­ American art form once made famous nian American community, few Ukrai­ by the likes of Mark Twain and H.L. Mencken. He also helped introduce nian musicians have found their way ВЯ^В9Р^-w^^K ^^Я into the mainstream of the American American listeners to a slew of talented folk music scene. For all the beautiful musicians, who were valiantly struggling recordings released by Kvitka, Lesia to keep the American folk music tradi­ Wolanska, the Marenych Trio, Darka tion alive. The show helped propel the careers of such folk stars as Nancy and Slavko, none of these exceptional і ^^^Я^^^^к'^^ИКЬьІ . Л V^MS JB^HFV^ artists have broken out of the Ukrai­ Griffiths (whose song "From A Dis­ ЯІГІЙІІІ nian market, to reach a wider Ameri­ tance" won a Grammy this year), Sally 1 ^^^Р^ JBMIHS^V ^ can, or Canadian, listening audience. Rogers, Bill Staines, and Greg Brown. But of all the wunderkindern promoted ^^И^ВМЕанЯг^ УлИН^ЯвР Not since Melanie Sawka hit the pop by "Prairie Home," Mr. Keillor's favo­ charts in the 1960s has a musician of rite performers were Peter Ostroushko Ukrainian heritage made so many and the Butch Thompson Trio. inroads into the elite of popular folk Я^ШШ ьІЬщЯ music as Minnesota's Peter Ostroushko. Mr. Ostroushko was born and raised On Sunday, April 28, Peter Ostrou­ in the Ukrainian community in the вИВш Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. shko will bring his unique blend of 8ИИЙК 1 ^"ЯІ^нк'' 4ИР КміШ^К'|Ш instrumental wizardry, ethnic humor He began studying mandolin at a young and a multicultural folk repertoire to age, and later, the fiddle and guitar. the stage at Lincoln Theater, at the (Mr. Ostroushko's father established University of Hartford. As part of his a mandolin orchestra in the Ukrainian Слідкуйте за місцевими оголошеннями та деталями на концерти yearly tour of New England, Mr. community after emigrating from U- в слідуючих містах Америки і Канади: Ostroushko will be the featured guest kraine to Minnesota.) artist at the second annual "Songs of the His prowess as a string instrumenta­ Віндзор - середа 8 травня 7:30 веч., заля Св. Володимира і Ольги Earth" benefit concert for the Children list attracted the attention of classical Дітройт - четвер, 9 травня 7:30 веч. Warren Woods Middle School of Chornobyl Relief Fund. and folk critics alike, and Mr. Ostrou­ Карнеґі - п'ятниця, 10 травня 7:30 веч. Holy Trinity Auditorium He will be performing together with shko was invited to debut as a soloist Клівленд - субота, 1 1 трав. 7:00 заля Шептицького, Кат. Св. Йосафата David Serrette, a highly regarded with the Minneapolis Symphony under Чикаґо - неділя, 12 травня 2:00 попол. Chopin School guitarist from Portsmouth, New the direction of Sir Neville Mariner, in a Вашінґтон - четвер, 16 травня 7:00 веч Archbishop Carroll HS Auditorium performance of Vivaldi's mandolin Hampshire, along with the bluegrass Нюарк-Юніон - субота, 18 травня 7:00 веч. Burnet Jr. High School, Union concerto. ensemble The Last Fair Deal, and Філадельфія - неділя, 19 травня 6:00 веч. Укр. Культурний Центр Despite this brief foray into classical Hartford's own Ukrainian choir, Di- Гартфорд - вівторок, 21 травня 8:00 веч. Укр. Народний Дім music, Mr. Ostroushko subscribes to brova. йонкерс - середа, 22 травня 7:30 веч. Дім Спілки Укр Молоді the view that one need not dress in black Mr. Ostroushko rose to prominence Бавнд Брук - п'ятниця, 24 травня 7:30 веч. Укр. Культурний Центр tie and tails to be a serious musician. He during the 1980s, as a frequent per­ Ню йорк - субота, 25 травня 7:00 веч. Укр. Народний Дім has recorded with Bob Dylan on his former on National Public Radio's Ґлен Спей - неділя, 26 травня 2:30 попол. Оселя Верховина comeback album "Blood on the Tracks," Saturday evening broadcasts of "A Рочестер - вівторок, 28 травня 7:30 веч. Eastridge High School Prairie Home Companion" with Garri­ with blues great, Taj Mahal, and with the legendary Chet Atkins. Баффало четвер, ЗО травня 7:30 веч. Український Дім Дніпро son Keillor. The show's critical acclaim Гамілтон - п'ятниця, 31 травня 7:30 веч. Sir Winston Churchill Auditorium helped establish Mr. Keillor as a master Increasingly, Mr. Ostroushko is being recognized by his peers and by Оттава - субота, 1 червня 7:30 веч. Nafl Arts Center - Studio Theater storyteller, and in some circles, Mr. Торонто - неділя, 2 червня 3:00 попол. Укр. Культурний Центр - Christie Keillor achieved the status of a pop cult folk afficionados, as a star in his own right. His talent, and wit and lyricism, Саскатун - вівторок, 4 червня 7:30 веч. Holy Trinity Auditorium hero. For a generation disheartened by Калгарі - середа, 5 червня 7:30 веч. Forest Lawn High School the mindlessness and violence of com­ but most of all his technical skill have left critics breathless, scrambling for Едмонтон - четвер, 6 червня 8:00 веч. Citadel - Ziedler Theater mercial television, "A Prairie Home Вінніпег п'ятниця, 7 червня 7:30 веч. Jubilee Place Auditorium Companion" provided welcome relief, superlatives. "Sing Out" magazine could not rave enough about him: Ванкувер - неділя, 9 червня 7:30 веч. St. Mary's Ukr. Catholic Center and conjured up images of a kinder, ЛосАнджелес- понеділок, 10 червня 7:30 веч. Укр. Культур. Центр gentler era, during the heyday of radio, "Five stars! Jackpot! Mr. Ostrou­ shko is one of a group of virtuoso Сан Франсіско . четвер. 13 червня 7:30 веч Заля Укр. Прав. Церкви when families would gather in the living Монтреаль вівторок, 1 8 червня 8:00 веч Place des Arts - Port Royal Theater room to listen to homespun tales, musicians capable of defying bounda­ ries...as both a composer and a player, upbeat news, and down-home music, as ТЕХНІЧНИЙ КООРДИНАТОР - ЄВШАН (514) 630-9858 ФАКС (514) 630-9960. part of a ritual of evening relaxation. (Continued on page 14) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1991 No. 17

from a higher incidence of apendicitis, Fallout of... pneumonia and nervous disorders, he NOTABLE IN SPORTS said. (Continued from page 3) Original estimates of the damage to what happen is difficult to say, so long humans were made based on the victims Ukrainians in pole vault, hockey, chess as the transcripts of the trial of those of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These involved in the disaster remain classi­ estimates include the potential damage JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A week after derko's jersey number, 24, at a cere­ fied, the scientific community as well as caused by both alpha and beta radia­ Sergei Bubka set the world's record for mony before their game against the the community at large will not know tion. It may be quite some time before a pole vaulting 20 feet, !4 inch at an inter­ Chicago Blackhawks, reported the the actual causes surrounding the true and accurate assessment can be national meet in San Sebastian, Spain, Associated Press. disaster, stated Dr. Zuzak. made. Indeed, the damage to the genetic he beat it. At a special indoor pole vault The 34-year-old athlete spent 13 In order to advance our understand­ code of the DNA may not rear its ugly competition in Grenoble, France, on seasons with the Blues and holds or ing of nuclear-fueled power plants and head for a generation or two, Dr. March 23, the 27-year-old athlete from shares 23 of their career records, in­ their potential of disaster, it is impera­ Mushynski explained. Donetske cleared 20-1, reported the cluding 927 games, 352 goals, 721 assists tive that these documents be made Daniel Masse explained the relief Associated Press. and 1,073 points. public. Dr. Zuzak was concerned about efforts undertaken by the International The vault marks the fourth time this Mr. Federko, a Ukrainian Canadian, recent claims that the effects of Chor- League of Red Cross and Red Crescent season and the 24th time since 1984 that hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba. nobyl are not as troublesome as once Societies (LRCS). At present, the Mr. Bubka broke the world record, predicted. He maintained that until we LRCS is executing an aid project in the . either indoors or outdoors. have a better picture of what occurred, Soviet Union to help the victims of there is no way of knowing the scale of Chornobyl in Ukraine, Byelorussia anp! The Olympic gold medalist has raised the harm caused. Moreover, since this is his indoor record 23A inches this year. JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Not only did Russia. The LRCS established a project Vasily Ivanchuk win the Category 17 perhaps the first such nuclear accident office in Kiev to oversee and coordi­ He has jumped more than 20 feet three of this type in a populated area, the times in nine days - 20-І4 at San Linares International chess champion­ nate the relief operations. ship in Linares, Spain, in early March, long-term effects can hardly be predicted These operations include the distri­ Sebastian March 15, 20-/2 at Donetske with any accuracy. March 19, and 20-1 at Grenoble. but he won it half a point in front of bution of over 2,000 radiation monitors world champion Gary Kasparov and In regard to the biological effects of throughout the affected region, along Only two other athletes have come three ahead of former champion Ana- the radioacivity released as a result of the with 10 sophisticated food monitoring close to Mr. Bubka's indoor record — toly Karpov, reported the Washington accident at Chornobyl, Dr. Mushynski units. Special diagnostic equipment is Soviet Rodion Gattaullin at 19-9 and Times. pointed out that although 31 of 238 to be supplied to various clinics in the American Joe Dial at 19-6!^. The 22-year-old chess player from firefighters died within six weeks of the area, and training will be provided to Mr. Bubka is a one-time world Lviv, who was ranked fourth in the catastrophe due to acute radiation, the medical personnel on radioactivity and ' indoor and a two-time world outdoor world chess federation rating list behind effects and damage to humans, flora its effects. The LRCS project will also champion. He won the world outdoor Mr. Kasparov, Mr. Karpov and Boris and fauna are somewhat more difficult undertake to disseminate information championship at Seville, Spain, at 19- Gelfand, won the highest-rated tourna­ to determine for there is no threshold at on radioactivity to the populace. 8!4 on March 9 and holds the world ment ever, with a field of 14. which radiation damage will begin to On the whole, the evening was highly occur. outdoor record of 19-10!^, set at Nice, Last fall, while Mr. Kasparov and informative, however, one could not France, in 1988. Mr. Karpov played their world cham­ Damage will be sustained to those help but think of the victims of the molecules which are most abundant In 1983 the then 19-year-old athlete pionship match, Mr. Ivanchuk played Chornobyl accident. They include not first board for the gold-medal Soviet within the living organism, namely, only those that have perished up to this won his first world title at the first world those which are undergoing the most outdoor championships at Helsinki, team in the Olympiad at Novi Sad, time, but also those who live in fear that Yugoslavia. His score of 7-3 was parti­ rapid division and growth. In humans they will perish or suffer illnesses on Finland. In 1985 he became the first the most susceptible areas include the vaulter to clear 6 meters (19-814). cularly impressive considering he faced account of exposure to the radiation an average rating of 2562, reported the bone marrow and the thyroid gland. that was released by Chornobyl. Mr. Bubka's San Sebastian vault of New York Post. The bone marrow produces blood 20-Й marked the first world indoar cells that are necejfsatry jto the immune^ Indeed, little is known about the t Mr. Ivanchuk and Mr. Gelfand had vieЩси of-r^iatiojii40^4he ininiune track and field record, for men or system. If !thes|g|ps ^n|iott be pro­ women, that is better than the corres­ been regarded as potential World duced, or if^heii^lSductiori is reduce^ system. As a result, many ailments that ponding world record outdoors. The Champion challengers in the 1990s as then the body's immune system conse­ are taken as common occurrences may pole vault record in the past was higher both were tied at 2680 in the FIDE quently suffers. As a result, human have increased in frequency on account ratings on the July 1, 1991, list. outdoors because runways were gene­ beings may be more susceptible to the of the accident. The apprehension is rally longer, although winds could often Although Mr. Gelfand pushed ahead whole gamut of common and uncom­ heightened by the insidious nature of hinder outdoor jumps, reported The of Mr. Ivanchuk in the FIDE ratings list mon ailments. radiation: it cannot be seen, smelled or New York Times. on January 1, he did not fare as well as Iodine 131 was one of the most tasted. As a result it could be anywhere. Mr. Bubka now resides in Berlin, Mr. Ivanchuk in the Candidates Mat­ abundant elements released in the where he signed to represent a sports ches, in which Mr. Ivanchuk defeated explosion and the absorption of this j MEET NEW FRIENDS, RENEW OLD Leonid Yudasin with a score of AVi -Vi- club. element by the thyroid gand has in­ ACQUAINTANCES! People's Deputy to the Supreme creased the risk of thyroid cancer. 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April 28 NEW YORK: An exhibition of sculp­ tures by Zenon Holubec will open today WASHINGTON: The Chornobyl Com­ PREVIEW OF EVENTS at 1 p.m. at the Gallery of the Ukrainian mittee of Washington is pleased to will be in attendance; Americans for America jointly with The Ukrainian Artists Association, 136 Second Ave., announce the opening of a Memorial Art Human Rights in Ukraine is coordi­ Museum of New York will hold an fourth floor. The exhibit runs through Exhibit; a collection of paintings, nating the event. The public is invited. opening of a retrospective exhibit of May 13. Gallery hours: 6-8 p.m. daily; sculptures, works on paper and ceramics Mykhailo Moroz at the Ukrainian Edu­ Saturday and Sunday, 1-8 p.m. on the theme of the Chornobyl nuclear May 2 cational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar disaster. The artists represented in this Road, Abington, Pa., at 8 p.m. The GLASSBORO, N.J.: The fifth annual two-week long exhibit include: R.L. CUTCHOGUE, N.Y.: "Communism to opening program will feature remarks Southern New Jersey Ethnic Festival will Armstrong, L.B. Balahutrak, N. ^ar- Free Enterprise — How to Get There?," about the artist and his work by Prof. take place at the Glassboro State College batch, N. Kormeliuk, Ї. Marchuk, W. will be held at the Plainview-Old Beth- Yaroslaw Leshko of Smith College and a Student Center from noon to 6 p.m. The Palijchuk and Y. Biktiuk. The artists will page Library at 7:45 p.m. Among the recital by violist Halyna Kolessa. multi-ethnic celebration features ethnic be present during the opening reception panelists are: Dr. Barbara K. Reinfeld, performers, crafts, food and educational on Sunday, April 28. The exhibit has professor of History at the New York NEW YORK: The new hit film from and cultural displays. The festival is been organized by Alia Rogers and Institute of Technology and president of Ukraine, "Chorna Dolyna" (The Black sponsored by The Office of Ethnic members of the Ukrainian National the Czechoslovakia History Conference: Valley) will be shown at the Shevchenko Affairs алсі the New Jersey Ethnic Women's League of America Branch 78. Dr. George Soltys, president of the Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave., Advisory Council in the New Jersey Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine between Ninth and 10th streets. The Department of State. It is co-hosted by 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For appointments and vice-president of the Ukrainian producer-director of the film, Borys the Gloucester County Board of Chosen please contact: Alia Rogers at (202) 333- American Coordinating Council; and Shylenko will be available for questions Freeholders, Gloucester County Cultural 8595. Charles Boyle, vice-president of the after the showing. Admission is S6 for and Heritage Commission, Gloucester International Division of Chemical adults, S2.50 for children under 12. County Arts Council, and The Friends of May 1 Bank. The event is sponsored by the the Tercentenary in Cooperation with Henry George School of Long Island as a May 4-5 Glassboro State College. Festival admis­ NEWARK, N.J.: The Newark City public service. Refreshments will be sion and parking are free. Group visits by Council will issue a resolution comme­ served. For further information contact HORSHAM, Pa.: USO Tryzub's Tennis senior citizens, school children and the morating the fifth anniversary of the Stan Rubenstein, (516) 734-7543. Club is sponsoring the third annual handicapped are encouraged. For more Chornobyl tragedy, sponsored by Coun­ tennis courts. Play will be conducted in information call (609) 984-7145 or con­ cilman Ronald Rice, held in the Munici­ МауЗ singles competition only in every age tact Michele Dailey, (609) 863-5206. pal Council Chambers at noon. The group with four or more entries. The Municipal Council of Newark and Dr. PHILADELPHIA: Branch 67 of the tournament will be single elimination May 6 Natalia Preobrazhenska of Zelenyi Svit Ukrainian National Women's League of with a consolation tournament played in each group. Each participant will play at TRENTON, N.J.: A special commemo­ least two matches. The starting time for ration and presentation of a resolution by all men's and women's groups will be 9 Gov. Jim Florio of New Jersey will take Ukrainian envoy to speak in Connecticut a.m., Saturday, May 4. All juniors will place at 10 a.m. in the State House on the start at 2 p.m. the same day. Entry fifth anniversary of the Chornobyl NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - Guennadi held a number of positions with the deadline is 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. tragedy. Zelenyi Svit activist Dr. Natalia I. Oudovenko, Ukraine's chief deputy Ukrainian SSR Ministry of Foreign For information or to enter the tourna­ Preobrazhenska and former Olympic minister of foreign affairs, ambassador Affairs, including head of the Division ment contact George M. Sawchak, 7828 gymnast Olga Korbut will attend. Ame­ ricans for Human Rights in Ukraine is extraordinary and plenipotentiary, and of Personnel and head of the Division of Frontenac St.,Philadelphia, PA 19111; the event coordinator. permanent representative of the Ukrai­ International Economic Organizations. (715) 745-9637 (home), (215) 227-9426 nian SSR to the United ^Nations, will be As a representative of his country, (office). All proceeds from the tourna­ ment will be used to purchase equipment a distinguished international lecturer at Ambassador Oudovenko has partici­ May 9 and uniforms for the Ukrainian Sports Central Connecticut State University pated in many sessions of the U.N. Federation of the U.S. and Canada CHICAGO: The Center of Ukrainian on April 30. General Assembly. He has also taken tennis team traveling this summer to and Religious Studies is sponsoring a Following an afternoon seminar for part in such international meetings as western Ukraine. lecture by Dr. Volodymyr Yevtukh of the CCSU students, the public is invited to the U.N. Conference on Trade and Kiev Academy of Sciences who will attend Ambassador Oudovenko's lec­ Development (UNCTAD) and the speak on "The Ethno-Political Situation ture at 8 p.m. in the Student Center Conference on the Law and the Sea. May 5 in Ukraine: Realities and Prospects," at Ballroom on Wells Street in New From 1981 to 1985, he was Ukraine's the Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Cultural Britain. representative on the governing body of SASKATOON, Saskatchewan: A public Center, 7 p.m. Admission is S5. For more opening and reception for the exhibit "No one could have predicted, even the International Labor Organization information call (312) 489-1339. (ILO). "Patterns of a Century: Changes in two years ago, the dramatic rush of Ukrainian Kylym Weaving," will be held May 11 developments that have swept through In 1985 he represented Ukraine on at 2:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Museum of CHICAGO: The Chicago Branch of the Eastern Europe," said CCSU President the U.N. Security Council and in July of Canada, 910 Spadina Crescent E. The Friends of Rukh is sponsoring a screen­ John W. Shumaker. "As former Am­ that year he served as president of the exhibit examines the changes in Ukrai­ ing of the recent film from Ukraine by bassador Jeane Kirkpatrick reminded council. nian kylym weaving of the past 100 years, film director Borys Shylenko -"Chorna us during her recent Vance Lecture, A native of Ukraine, Ambassador illustrating the different weaving techni­ Dolyna" (The Black Valley), about the 'momentous events have an unpredic­ Oudovenko received his degree in the ques, materials, patterns and colors as life of Kozak Otaman Ivan Sirko, to be table character that defies analysis.' " history of international relations from well as regional differences and contem­ shown at the auditorium of Ss. Volo­ porary influences. Weavings from U- Prior to being appointed to his the University of Kiev in 1954. Subse­ dymyr and Olha at 6 p.m. Admission is quently, he undertook postgraduate kraine and Canada are included. The S8, S5 and S3. For more information call current post, Mr. Oudovenko served as exhibit continues until June 16. For more Ukraine's deputy minister of foreign studies in economics. He is the author of (312)489-1339. information contact Rose Marie Fe- May 12 affairs. In earlier associations with the a number of publications on interna­ dorak, curator, (306) 244-3800. United Nations, from 1977 to 1980 he tional affairs. He is married and resides FOX CHASE, Penn.: The Sisters of St. was director of the Interpretations and in the United States while on his current Basil the Great cordially invite all the Meetings Division. From 1965 to 1971 assignment with the U.N. in New York. GREAT MEADOWS, N.J.: St. Nicho­ faithful to participate in the annual he was a senior recruitment officer for Arrangements for Ambassador Ou­ las Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is Marian pilgrimage, which will take place technical assistance recruitment at the dovenko's visit to Connecticut are being holding a "Spring Fling" at the church on Mother's Day at the Basilian Mother- handled by a committee co-chaired by hall on Route 46. There will be a buffet at house, 710 Fox Chase Road, Fox Chase, U.N. office in Geneva, Switzerland. Pa. For more information call (215) 342- CCSU Executive Dean Richard L. 1 p.m., followed by dancing to the Mass Mr. Oudovenko entered the Ukrai­ Brass from 3-7 p.m. Donation: S7. 4222. nian diplomatic service in 1959 and has (Continued on page 10)

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