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INSIDE:•A look at Moscow’s Ukrainian Cultural Center — page 3. • The Ukrainian language situation in Ukraine — page 5. • The sights of the Verkhovyna Ukrainian Festival — centerfold. Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXI HE KRAINIANNo. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Bishop Borecky, first Ukrainian Catholic eparch UkraineT and PolandU sign agreement W of Toronto and Eastern Canada, dies at age 91 on oil pipeline from Brody to Plock by Roman Woronowycz Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine present. by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Kyiv Press Bureau The two heads of government were in Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Donetsk in eastern Ukraine to take part in KYIV – Ukraine and Poland signed an a Polish-Ukrainian Business Forum. TORONTO – Bishop Isidore Borecky, the former Ukrainian Catholic eparch of agreement on July 31 to complete an oil Oleksander Todichuk, chairman of Toronto and Eastern Canada, died on pipeline from the Ukrainian border town Ukrtransnafta, which is responsible for the July 23, at Toronto’s Western Hospital, of Brody to the Polish city of Plock, Odesa-Brody oil pipeline that runs through after 65 years in the priesthood and 55 located near the Baltic Sea. The agree- southwestern Ukraine, and Stanislav years as a bishop. ment comes after extensive discussion Jakubovsky of Przyazn, the company and debate across the European conti- Bishop Borecky was born in the vil- responsible for the Druzhba pipeline locat- lage of Ostrivets, Terebovlia district, in nent, as well as in Russia and Central ed in Poland, signed the documents form- Asia regarding the financial viability of the Ternopil region of western Ukraine, ing the joint Ukrainian-Polish enterprise, on October 1, 1911, to Symeon and Julia an oil transport corridor from the Caspian which will oversee the construction of the Sea to the Baltic. (née Dawosyr) Borecky. He began his new oil pipeline from Brody to Plock. elementary schooling in Ostrivets in The United States gave new impetus Developers and the governments of and perhaps the last-needed push for the 1918 and graduated from the gymnasium both countries hope that the pipeline will in Terebovlia in May 1932. project when its ambassador to Ukraine, be the final link in an oil transport corri- Carlos Pascual, noted at the beginning of Upon graduation he was accepted in dor that will take oil from the Caspian 1935 by Metropolitan Andrey July that an oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea through Russia, Ukraine and Poland Sea to Central Europe would not only Sheptytsky for theological studies at the via pipeline and eventually to Central Greek-Catholic Theological Academy in help Ukraine but would be a positive and Western Europe via the Baltic Sea. development for the global need for Lviv. He pursued graduate studies at The project is still the subject of discus- Ludwig Maximilian University in diversified sources of oil. Bishop Isidore Borecky sion, with multinational petroleum con- Munich, where for three years he was in A report by a major international cerns over who will fill the pipeline and residence at the Pontifical Seminary of accounting firm at the end of spring, in ferred several times to parishes in how it will be used. St. Andrew the Apostle. On July 17, which it reported that the oil pipeline Manitoba and others in Saskatchewan, The previous day in Kyiv, during the 1938, Bishop Dionysius Nyaradi of through Ukraine could be economically until he was appointed in 1944 as the first day of the two-day visit to Ukraine Krizevci (adjutor for the Byzantine rite), first full-time resident priest of St. John viable, also helped move the project by Prime Minister Miller, the two govern- ordained Deacon Isidore to the priest- along, as did official support from the the Baptist Church in Brantford, Ont. ment leaders signed documents initiating hood in the Bavarian capital’s St. From this base, he also served mission European Union. a cost-free visa regime for Ukrainian citi- Michael the Archangel Church. The signing took place in the parishes in Delhi, Grimsby, Niagara zens traveling to Poland and a visa-free On November 26, 1938, the Rev. Falls, St. Catharines, Thorold and Ukrainian city of Donetsk with Prime Borecky left Germany to join his father, Ministers Leszek Miller of Poland and (Continued on page 17) Welland until 1948. who had emigrated to Canada some On March 3, 1948, Pope Pius XII years earlier, and to serve the Ukrainian appointed the Rev. Borecky as Apostolic Greek-Catholic faithful in Canada under exarch of Eastern Canada (his titular Bishop Vasyl Ladyka OSBM. The Rev. position was Bishop of Amatunte di Ukraine and Moldova resolve brief dispute Borecky’s first pastorship was in over territory of Dnister hydroelecric station Canmore, Sask., whence he was trans- (Continued on page 5) by Roman Woronowycz cross border cooperation.” Kyiv Press Bureau On July 17, anywhere from two to 11 Moldovan border guards – the exact Canadian Ethnocultural Council KYIV – Almost two weeks after an number is disputed by the two sides – international dispute began over the tak- erected a makeshift border check point adopts resolution on Famine-Genocide ing of a part of the territory of a after tearing off padlocks and entering OTTAWA – The board of presidents “b) to designate the fourth Saturday Ukrainian-owned hydroelectric station by the territory of a Ukrainian hydroelectric of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council, in November of every year throughout Moldovan border troops, Kyiv acknowl- dam that stretches across the Dnister a coalition of national ethnocultural Canada as a day of remembrance of the edged that Moldovan officials had acted River at the Moldovan-Ukrainian border. umbrella organizations that promotes more than 7 million Ukrainians who within their rights. They then refused to allow workers of the multicultural character of Canada, fell victim to the Ukrainian Famine- “We do not believe there was border the Dnister Hydroelectric Station to enter on June 18 adopted a resolution on the trespassing” Ministry of Foreign Affairs Genocide of 1932-1933; and the property. Ukrainian Famine-Genocide. “c) to call on all Canadians, particu- spokesman Oleksander Horkov said on The administration of the hydroelec- The text of the resolution, proposed July 29. larly historians, educators and parlia- tric station complained to the Ukrainian by Eugene Czolij, president of the mentarians, to include the true facts of He explained that the frontier post Ukrainian Canadian Congress, reads: government and issued a statement that it the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of constructed by Moldovan border guards “On the 70th anniversary of the could no longer monitor water levels, 1932-1933 in the records of Canada “was established on Moldovan territory.” which are crucial to generating a steady Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932- and in future educational material.” The Ukrainian side, however, contin- amount of electricity. 1933, the Canadian Ethnocultural Mr. Czolij commented: “The UCC ued to express its dismay that the prob- Dmytro Osoian, director of the Council supports the June 19, 2003, commends the Canadian Ethnocultural lem surrounding the issue could not have Department of Border Troops of unanimous Resolution of the Senate of been resolved diplomatically. Ukraine’s Moldova, responded after the matter Canada calling upon the government Council for this important resolution. Foreign Affairs Minister Anatolii Zlenko became public the same day with a state- of Canada: “The UCC also reiterates its request had said on July 26: “We respect the sov- ment in which he defended the action by “a) to recognize the Ukrainian that the government of Canada act ereign right of the Moldovan side to set his department. Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 and to upon the Senate resolution this year, up frontier posts on its territory: howev- “The border post was established on condemn any attempt to deny or distort during the 70th anniversary of the er, this must be done in line with the Moldovan territory in strict relation to this historical truth as being anything Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932- existing Ukrainian-Moldovan legal less than a genocide; 1933.” frameworks, including those regulating (Continued on page 16) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 No. 31 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Reforms stall as Kyiv straddles NEWSBRIEFS Wiesenthal ranks prosecution efforts is, therefore, much more advantageous to work legally,” Mr. Krushnin said. “That is policies of East and West PRAGUE – The Simon Wiesenthal another way of fighting the illegal labor Center on July 23 released its third annual market.” (RFE/RL Newsline) by Valentinas Mite someone who seems to have lost the trust, I “Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report think, in many senses, of Western partners,” of Nazi War Criminals” report, which Internet journalist attacked in Kyiv Mr. Allison said. ranks 39 countries based on their efforts A chilly wind blew over Ukrainian- The IMF has generally criticized draw- from April 1, 2002, to March 31, 2003, in KYIV – Two unidentified men on Western relations last autumn. Kyiv was backs in Ukraine’s tax system, as well as dealing with Holocaust perpetrators. Only July 24 attacked Oleh Yeltsov, a journal- accused of covertly selling military equip- insufficient transparency in its privatization the United States and Germany received ist reporting on corruption in govern- ment to Iraq, and President Leonid Kuchma process and an underdeveloped banking the highest grades of “A” and “B,” respec- ment and business for the Ukraina received a cold reception at the NATO sum- sector. Mr. Allison said Kyiv has made little tively. Among the seven countries in cate- Kryminalna (Criminal Ukraine) website mit in Prague. But less than a year later, progress in these areas, and has made no gory “C” (minimal success that could have (http://www.cripo.com.ua), Ukrainian things appear to be on the mend.