INSIDE:•A look at Moscow’s Ukrainian Cultural Center — page 3. • The situation in — 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 Borecky, first Ukrainian Catholic eparch UkraineT and PolandU sign agreement W of and Eastern , dies at age 91 on oil pipeline from Brody to Plock by Roman Woronowycz of Ukraine present. by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj 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 , 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 region of , 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 . 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 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 of Eastern Canada (his 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. Ukraine is headway in trying to better position itself to been greater; additional steps urgently media reported. The pair ambushed Mr. committing some 1,800 troops to peace- benefit from the European Union’s enlarge- required) are Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Yeltsov with a stun gun and a metal pipe keeping efforts in Iraq. It has set its sights ment in 2004. Concrete economic reforms Estonia is among the 14 countries in cate- as he was leaving his apartment in Kyiv. on membership in NATO and the European in Ukraine, he said, are still a thing of the gory “D” (insufficient and/or unsuccessful Mr. Yeltsov was hospitalized, according Union. The World Bank has boosted slight- future. efforts), along with Croatia, Hungary, to Ukraina Kryminalna. Police have ly the country’s credit rating, and the Marius Vahl, an analyst with the Romania and Slovakia. Norway and opened an investigation into the inci- International Monetary Fund (IMF) also Brussels-based Center for European Sweden are the only European states to dent. (RFE/RL Newsline) has praised Kyiv’s pace on reforms. Studies, said the government is responsible receive an “F” for total failure. Belarus, Ukrainian presidential aide dies But observers say little of substance has for the delay in the reform process. “I mean, Russia, Ukraine, as well as Bosnia- actually changed in Ukraine’s political and they are [conducting reforms] at a rhetorical Herzegovina, the Czech Republic and KYIV – Yurii Dahaiev, chief of the economic life. Kyiv, they say, is still trying level,” he said. “But to a large extent they Yugoslavia, were placed in category “X,” presidential administration’s property- to strike a delicate balance between Russia are not doing it in practical terms. And of which is made up of the 13 states that management department, died at the age and the West. course [the problem is] Kuchma’s credibili- failed to respond to the center’s question- of 53 on July 22, Ukrainian news agen- Roy Allison heads the Russia-Eurasia ty – [he’s] been saying that he wants to do naire and “show no activities to prose- cies reported. Mr. Dahaiev, a former vice program at the Royal Institute of Inter- reforms for many, many years and quite lit- cute.” (RFE/RL Newsline) minister of internal affairs, had served in national Affairs in London. He said any tle has been done, especially compared to President sacks two oblast leaders the presidential administration since praise from the World Bank and IMF is most of [Ukraine’s] neighbors.” March 2000. (RFE/RL Newsline) worth celebrating, but such remarks can’t Analysts agree that political instability KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma Construction at Babyn Yar is protested hide the fact that Ukraine remains mired in remains a major obstacle to real change in signed decrees on July 29 dismissing the economic inertia and reforms are slow- Ukraine. The country remains polarized chairmen of the Poltava and Chernivtsi KYIV – Representatives of several moving. between pro-government groups and a oblasts, Yevhen Tomin and Teofil Bauer, Ukrainian right-wing organizations signed “As an environment for significant diverse, sometimes fractious opposition. respectively, Interfax reported, quoting the a statement on July 21 protesting the investment – external investment, foreign President Kuchma’s years in office have president’s press office. The Ukrainian planned construction of a Jewish Social investment – Ukraine does not look very been marred by a series of political scandals government last week recommended that and Cultural Center at the Babyn Yar promising. Its political orientation is not and charges of serious abuses of power. the president dismiss the Dnipropetrovsk, memorial site near Kyiv, the UNIAN seen as clear in foreign-policy terms. Some On the foreign-policy front, Mr. Kuchma Chernivtsi and Poltava oblast chairmen news service reported. The statement of the priorities are evident, but Kuchma is remains attached to Russia – Ukraine’s based on its analysis of the agricultural and called on President Leonid Kuchma and paternalistic larger neighbor to whom the economic sectors. The government also other senior officials to “give peace to the Ukrainian president has repeatedly turned decided to sack the heads of the State Valentinas Mite is an RFE/RL corre- slain.” The signatories warned that Babyn Foodstuffs Department and the govern- spondent. (Continued on page 18) Yar risks becoming a site of interethnic ment’s Pricing Department, and the deputy “discord” as a result of “ill-considered heads of several regional administrations decisions.” Babyn Yar is widely perceived responsible for the agricultural sector. as a symbol of the mass murder of Jews in Poland revives itself as a ‘great power’ (RFE/RL Newsline) World War II. On September 29-30, 1941, Nazi soldiers killed some 33,000 Jews at by Taras Kuzio of his European tour in late May. Polish Crackdown urged on illegal employment Babyn Yar. The ultimate death toll at RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report President Aleksander Kwasniewski told the PRAGUE – Ukraine’s Consul Igor Babyn Yar during World War II, including weekly Polityka that he is in favor of work- Krushnin said in Prague on July 25 that Ukrainians, Jews, Roma and others, is Poland was included in the first wave ing alongside the United States in the inter- Czech laws do not allow for the strict estimated at 100,000. (RFE/RL Newsline) of NATO enlargement in 1999 and will national arena. Poland, he added, would be joining the European Union in 2004. enforcement of measures to counter ille- not support a “conception” that did not Tiraspol decrees free-trade with Ukraine These radical changes in Poland’s geopo- gal migration, CTK reported. He said one wish to cooperate with the United States. of the biggest problems is that the Czech litical position are leading to a revival of TIRASPOL – Transdniester separatist Despite EU pressure, Poland opted to pur- state does not sufficiently punish firms Poland’s quest to be recognized as an leader Igor Smirnov on July 19 signed a chase F-16 planes from the U.S. rather than that hire illegal Ukrainian labor. Zdenek important international player. decree establishing a free-trade regime European-made Mirage and Gripen jet Kral of the Czech Interior Ministry agreed This has led to reviving mythology about fighters in a $3.5 billion deal – the largest with Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reported. The Poland’s historical role. A common theme that fines for employers are too low. “The in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989. punishments for them are insufficient to legislation would make it impossible for in Central and Eastern Europe is that of Poles remain skeptical of the European Moldova to impose taxes on Ukrainian “innocence,” whereby states were victims prevent the hiring of an illegal immigrant Union’s security guarantees. They are also from being advantageous,” Mr. Kral said. goods reaching the country via of, not aggressors in, history. Similarly with wary of some EU states with a “prefer- Transdniester. Observers cited by the Poland. “Poles are very tolerant people, The Czech Republic and Ukraine signed a ence for [President Vladimir] Putin’s treaty last month that allows for the trans- Russian news agency said the step will respectful of other religions, without a supe- increasingly authoritarian Russia over the fer of social-security payments for aggravate the already tense relations riority complex. Besides, we have never United States,” former Polish Defense Ukrainians who are legally employed. “It (Continued on page 18) been a colonial power,” said Col. Roman Minister Radek Sikorski wrote. Such Polko, head of the GROM elite unit whose views are held across the entire Polish soldiers participated in combat in Iraq. political spectrum. 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Box 280 Andrew Nynka Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova (part time) the trans-Atlantic relationship embodied Dr. Taras Kuzio is a resident fellow at by the United States and NATO. This The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com the Center for Russian and East European group of countries has no problem with a Studies, University of Toronto, and former unipolar world dominated by a U.S. The Ukrainian Weekly, August 3, 2003, No. 31, Vol. LXXI visiting fellow at the European Union Copyright © 2003 The Ukrainian Weekly Institute for Security Studies, Paris. (Continued on page 20) No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 3 New publishing house in Ukraine specializes in literature by Roman Woronowycz accessible to all. Kyiv Press Bureau “The prices we have set are almost symbolic,” explained Larysa Uschenko, KYIV – Ukraine may finally have a the marketing representative for Ranok second publishing house dedicated to Publishing in Kyiv. “We want to get these Ukrainian literature and one that might be tremendous books out into the general ready to compete in quality and dedica- population.” tion with the children’s book publisher A- In fact, Ms. Uschenko acknowledged Ba-Ba-Ha-La-Ma-Ha, today perhaps the that Ranok geared the project originally lone bookmaker producing quality to high school and college students until Ukrainian publications, albeit in a very they realized what gems their editors had specialized sphere. produced. What’s more, the new kid on the block, Indeed the books are a needed link the Kharkiv-based Ranok Publishing between the 19th century romantic period House, has set itself the assignment of and the post-modernism of contemporary producing not just children’s books, Ukrainian writing. They present the which has been its specialty thus far. It is thoughts and perspectives of some of ready to broaden its product line to Ukraine’s leading thinkers during what include a variety of Ukrainian literature, was one of the most turbulent periods in geared not only to the school and univer- sity set, but packaged to have appeal to a Ukrainian history. wider Ukrainian readership as well. The anthology on the New York In one of its first undertakings along School is an especially interesting work, those lines, Ranok recently introduced a inasmuch as it is one of the few analyses remarkable series on the works of promi- given from the perspective of scholars nent Ukrainian writers and poets silenced based in Ukraine of this movement within and banned in Ukraine during the 70-year the Ukrainian American émigré commu- rule of the Soviet Union. The set, titled nity of the 1950s-1960s. The anthology on the New York poets Some of Ranok’s newly released titles: works by 20th century authors, many of “Program in Literature,” includes the them repressed during the Soviet period. works of Panteleimon Kulish, Volodymyr was produced under the supervision of Vynnychenko, Mykola Khvyliovyi, Vasyl Prof. Astafiiev of Shevchenko State repeatedly sold out of the books, and the Magic World of Ukrainian Fairy Tales,” Stefanyk and Ivan Nechui-Levytsky, University in Kyiv, who discovered the main distributor of books in Ukraine, the as well as several series for older kids among others, as well as a tome dedicated writings of one of its members, Patrykia state-run UkrKnyha, recently ordered a such as the four-tome, “History of to the “Poets of the New York Group,” Kylyna, during a trip to Poland. The new shipment. Mankind.” It also publishes German and émigré Ukrainian writers of the post-war anthology includes writings by Yurij Ms. Uschenko, who only recently English language textbooks. generation. Tarnawsky, Emma Andievska, Bohdan began working with Ranok as its Kyiv In addition, the Kharkiv-based publish- The current series consists of 12 books, Rubchak, Vera Wowk, Yuriy Kolomayets, representative, said she is delighted with ing house has teamed up with the British each one dedicated to a single author with and others. the series. publisher An Aladdin to prepare a series a separate tome compiled for the New Ms. Uschenko said a total of 55 to 60 “I was taken by the fact that this is a on “Discoverers.” The first tome is dedi- York movement. Each book includes a books are envisioned before the Program Kharkiv project, a city from the eastern cated to the great travelers of history and in Literature series is completed. Soon to region of Ukraine,” explained Ms. short biography of the writer, an analysis is titled, “To Unknown Lands and Seas.” come are anthologies on “Poets of the Uschenko, who is formerly a high school of his works and comments by Ukrainian Another series in development is Prague School,” “Poets of the Displaced teacher and teaching methodology expert. literary scholars such as Ivan Andrusiak, “Ancient Civilizations,” with an initial Ihor Mykhailyna, Lesia Demska-Bursuli, Generation,” “Ancient Ukrainian Litera- “I was also impressed by the quality of tome, “America Before Columbus,” Anatolii Dnistrovyi and Oleksander ture,” “Early Ukrainian Modernism,” the choices and the fact that we finally Astafiiev, who also helped compile the “The Ukrainian Avante Garde” and “An- have these authors available to the public- already published. There is also a series series. The series’ editor-in-chief is Prof. thology of the 1990s,” as well as individ- at-large.” on “Facts or Myths,” which includes Rostyslav Melnykiv of Kharkiv State ual tomes on writers Vasyl Barka, Ivan Until now Ranok concentrated on chil- tomes on “Criminals and Bandits,” University. Bahrianyi and Yurii Vynnychuk. dren’s books and school textbooks, which “Cowboys,” “Knights” and “Witches.” The books are hard-bound and made Ms. Uschenko said demand for the it will continue to do. Included among For more information on the Ranok of quality paper. What’s more they are books in the series is strong and continues them is a series of Ukrainian comic books Publishing House or to place an order to inexpensive to purchase – 8 hrv for each to grow. She noted that one of Kyiv’s for kids, “Island of Treasures,” a book of obtain a catalogue readers may e-mail in Ukraine – which will make them main book stores, Naukova Dumka, has children’s bedtime stories titled, “The Ms. Uschenko at [email protected].

Ukrainian Cultural Center in Moscow strives to tell the truth about Ukraine by Maryna Makhnonos international art exhibitions, it could be our biggest problem,” Mr. Vasylenko told Hrushevsky, in his letter to friend Serhii Special to The Ukrainian Weekly called one of the most active institutions of The Weekly. His organization lives mostly Yefremov in 1916. Hrushevsky lived on the this kind. It doesn’t take a back seat to the on revenues from rent while Ukraine’s Arbat for six months when he worked on MOSCOW – In the very heart of local British Council office or German Ministry of Culture sends scarce funds. his “History of Ukraine,” taking a breath of Moscow on the Arbat, among vendors sell- Goethe Institute in this respect, said the Instead of focusing on its problems the relative freedom after a forced long exile in ing colorful souvenirs and paintings, one Center’s deputy director Yuriy Vasylenko. center’s organizational team tries to con- Russia’s hinterlands. He left Moscow from unexpectedly comes across Ukraine’s About 13,000 people annually attend centrate on telling the truth about Ukraine here to assure leadership of the Central national flag, which streams before a large, events organized at the center, explained to this country of more than 200 nationali- Rada, the Ukrainian government, in Kyiv old building. It is the Ukrainian Cultural Mr. Vasylenko. The institution usually ties. Of some 20 million Ukrainians living in 1917. Center that welcomes all to publicize arranges up to 50 events per year – all of outside their native land, about five million “First of all, we jointly conduct events Ukrainian culture, science and history. them are offered for free – with the purpose live in Russia. with the Association of Ukrainians in The Ukrainian Cultural Center is located of sharing the Ukrainian spirit with Towards this end the center continues to Russia to unite Ukrainian organizations to in a 200-year-old building that first Russians and uniting local Ukrainians. develop the story of the active presence of solve short- and long-term tasks,” Mr. belonged to a minor Russian official. The center also offers lodging to high- Ukrainians on the Arbat, which began in the Vasylenko said. “And we always work to Giving historical note during his presenta- ranking state officials as well as ordinary early 20th century. The street was not only give a sense of Ukraine felt at even those tion of his recently published book on June diaspora members either on music tours or Moscow’s main artery with a 500-year histo- events which one would think are irrele- 17, the center’s director, Volodymyr on other trips who cannot afford Moscow’s ry, but home to Ukrainian heroes of the past. vant, such as if we celebrate anniversaries Melnychenko, said the building was wit- expensive hotels. “I am settled in Moscow, Arbat, 55, Apt. of (Russian artists) Rachmaninoff, Pushkin ness to a long chain of esteemed dwellers The center interacts with representa- 8,” said Ukraine’s first president, Mykhailo or Tchaikovsky.” and their guests, among them the niece of tives of the Ukrainian community in Russian writer Lev Tolstoy, Elizabeth Russia and houses organizational offices. Obolenskaya, who had hosted her leg- It also provides facilities for regional endary uncle, writer Anton Chekhov, who Ukrainian community organizations, visi- Quotable notes would visit his publisher in this residence. tors with their achievements at concerts, “From time to time we in Ukraine feel that the West applies double standards Later, Russian poets Sergei Yesenin and conferences and exhibitions, as well as [to the Ukrainian government]. This is done in the following way. First, the Vladimir Mayakovsky were visitors of a hosting meetings of the Ukrainian Cinema world declares that the regime in Ukraine is anti-democratic and that the presi- literary cafe in the building’s basement – a club. In addition the center invites foreign dent is being suspected of a number of crimes, including illegal arms supplies to favorite among bohemians of the era. Most missions to present their national arts Iraq. But as soon as the Ukrainian presidents makes one more promise (which he recently a Ukrainian bookstore operated in exhibitions on its premises. is not going to fulfill), he immediately becomes the best leader in the post-Soviet the building before it became the cultural However, Moscow’s public is a “heavy area.” center for Ukraine in 1993. load to pick up,” said Mr. Vasylenko. “We Taking into account the side scale of the lack an information campaign (to draw – Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, as quoted by the Ukrainska center’s activities, which range from scien- people),” he added with concern. Pravda website on May 19 and cited by RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine tific, historical and agricultural conferences “Large funds are needed to gain people’s Report. to evenings of poetry, folk concerts and interest. ... Lack of government funding is 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 No. 31 Once cited for deplorable conditions, Znamianka orphanage receives award SHORT HILLS, N.J. – In recent become very patient and intense workers years, Ukrainian orphanages have when presented with an activity to com- received considerable notoriety for their plete. deplorable conditions and severe neglect Ms. Milanytch braced herself for the of children. Reductions in government worst possible conditions she might funding, lack of private sponsors and encounter in Znamianka. “I was expect- demoralized staff have combined to cre- ing a bleak, dreary and cold situation, ate an environment that in many cases but what I experienced warmed my heart falls below the standards of human and gave me hope.” She said she was decency. surprised to find that “despite their many In contrast to the usually bleak pic- physical frailties and cognitive defects, ture, a motivated orphanage director was the children laughed, played and delight- recently awarded a certificate of ed in the attention they received.” achievement for dramatic improvements What was most impressive was the she has implemented at the Znamianka progress that several of the children had Orphanage for Disabled Children in the achieved through the rehabilitation cen- Svitlovodsk District of Kirovohrad ter established by Dr. Valko. “One boy Oblast. named Aloshka Varchak, whose hands The Ukrainian Ministry of Social had been severely crippled since birth, Work acknowledged the fervent dedica- preventing him from grabbing any tion and vision of Dr. Tatiana Valko, a objects, now trailed behind me holding a diminutive but dynamic orphanage bag of cookies.” The nurses told Ms. An orphan at Znamianka orphanage exercises with CCRF’s Kyiv Office Manager director who has leveraged support from Milanytch that since he first was able to Olya Datsenko. the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the work his grasping muscles, they seldom U.S.A. and the Children of Chornobyl see him without something in his hands. the Landmark Academy in Ridgefield, Milanytch said she was amazed by the Relief Fund (CCRF) to create an effec- A girl named Victoria Kopychenko who Conn., provided CCRF with a large sup- contrast between what she saw, and the tive rehabilitation center for the children had been unable to stand because her ply of Christmas toys, shoes and chil- bleak images of the orphanage described in her care. legs were so twisted, was now able to dren’s clothing for the orphanage. Under to her by previous visitors. Besides the During a recent visit to the orphanage, walk on her own. The rehabilitation the leadership of Alexandra Palylyk, Western aid received, much of the CCRF’s Director of Procurement Lisa room contained equipment that convert- whose children attended the academy, progress at the orphanage can be attrib- Milanytch took note of some of the ed it into a virtual indoor playground, the Christmas drive also provided a large uted to the vision and determination of remarkable changes that Dr. Valko has and playing with this equipment helps to supply of new winter jackets and parkas Dr. Valko, who has applied this aid for put in place. strengthen the children’s underdeveloped purchased and donated by Anita the maximum benefit of the children “At every turn, I witnessed renova- muscles. Monteith of Danbury, Conn. under her care. tions of the infrastructure, from new The Children of Chornobyl Relief Since then, CCRF, with the generous Her most pressing new goal is to floors to newly painted walls. Each room Fund was invited to the Kirovohrad support of the Ukrainian Orthodox excavate a new well that could provide was filled with interactive toys, building Oblast in Ukraine to visit the Znamianka Church in the U.S.A. and Archbishop the orphanage with fresh water, and to blocks that taught the children the seem- orphanage in the winter of 1999. The Antony, has delivered a large supply of install a heating system that would allow ingly simple task of holding an object, or delegation, led by CCRF co-founders Dr. other essential supplies, including new the orphanage to maintain control of its puzzles that challenged their deductive Zenon and Nadia Matkiwsky and CCRF laundry equipment, bed sheets and own thermostat in the children’s dormi- reasoning. Colorful bean bags donated Vice-President Valerie Burachinsky, was linens, wheelchairs, specially designed tories. The UOC-U.S.A. has provided by CCRF provided comfortable sitting deeply disturbed by the conditions in diapers and rehabilitation equipment. funds for preliminary testing for the perches for the tots, and one of the which the children were living at that Earlier this year, CCRF’s office in Kyiv well. Dr. Valko also dreams of procuring rooms, set up as a classroom contained a time. They resolved to provide essential arranged for a Christmas pageant for the an outdoor playground for the children, cabinet of artwork created by the chil- aid to the children. Znamianka orphans featuring a local the- supplying professional lab coats for the dren,” Ms. Milanytch reported. The first shipment was delivered in ater troupe. According to Dr. Valko, the children January of 2000, when schoolchildren at As she toured the facility in May, Ms. (Continued on page 14) Ukrainian Canadian Program promotes awareness of the rich history of the Ukrainian diaspora

EDMONTON – Just as it is a wide- Canada, reading an English-language ly held misconception that Canadian version of a paper on Ukrainian- history is dull, the Ukrainian experi- Romanian relations in Canada, which ence in Canada often gets dismissed he had earlier presented in Ukrainian as an exotic ethnic sideline to the at a conference in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. “real” story of Canadian life. The This year the congress convened at Ukrainian Canadian Program (UCP) Dalhousie University in Halifax in the of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian last week of May. Mr. Makuch spoke Studies is quietly working to chal- about the breakaway Danylo Lobay lenge these assumptions, both within faction of the Ukrainian Labor Farmer academia and among the public at Temple Association during the 1930s large, including the Ukrainian as part of a Ukrainian Canadian panel Canadian community. chaired by Mr. Balan, with Myron During the past year UCP co-direc- Momryk of the National Archives act- tors Jars Balan and Andrij Makuch ing as discussant. have used numerous opportunities to Other papers were given by Dr. address audiences about different Serhii Cipko, who examined the aspects of the Ukrainian experience in “Return to the Homeland Campaign” Canada. promoted in the diaspora by the USSR For instance, both Ukrainian in the 1950s, and by doctoral student Canadian specialists have taken an Aya Fujiwara, who described active part in Canada’s premiere meet- Ukrainian-Japanese relations in the ing of scholars and graduate students, Opal-Egremont area of Kalyna the Congress of the Social Sciences Country in Alberta. and the Humanities. Formerly known Later that same day, Mr. Balan gave as the Learned Societies Conference, a presentation to members of the this annual assembly attracts several Association for Canadian Theatre thousand Canadian academics work- Research (ACTR) on the theatrical ing in a wide range of disciplines. legacy of Myroslaw Irchan, a left-wing In 2002 the congress met at the Ukrainian author and activist who University of Toronto, where Messrs. spent six and a half years in Canada Makuch and Balan delivered papers at before returning to Soviet Ukraine, sessions of the Canadian Association where he was subsequently arrested, of Slavists (CAS). The latter also gave sent to the gulag, and later shot. an additional talk at a meeting of the Shevchenko Scientific Society of (Continued on page 14) Znamianka orphanage director Dr. Tetiana Valko encourages a disabled orphan during his physical rehabilitation session. No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 5

Shevchenko Scientific Society gathering focuses on Ukrainian language situation NEW YORK – The audience gathered at year the Rada will hold a “Day of the the development of languages in Ukraine minority languages, this is not true for the Shevchenko Scientific Society (known Ukrainian Government,” designed to has been established. Ukraine, where no legal mechanisms by its Ukrainian acronym, NTSh) headquar- check the government’s progress in ful- The last recommendation, however, exist for the protection of the Ukrainian ters on June 14 heard an up-to-date analysis filling its obligations with respect to the has become moot as of May 15, when the language. An expansion of the sphere of of the latest developments on the language language policy. changed its mind and functioning of minority languages will front in Ukraine, as presented by one of the Furthermore, the Verkhovna Rada rec- ratified the charter, which was promptly further reduce the application of the foremost authorities on the subject. ommended to all branches of the govern- signed into law by President Kuchma. Ukrainian language, also removing much Dr. Pavlo Hrytsenko, director of the ment to work out a legislative basis as This was done for political and commer- of the incentive for the minority citizens Division of Dialectology at the Institute well as mechanisms for the regulation of cial reasons, said Dr. Hrytsenko. In his to learn Ukrainian. With the adoption of of Ukrainian Language of the National the development of the Ukrainian lan- opinion, Ukraine’s acceptance of the the charter, the Ukrainian language has Academy of Sciences of Ukraine guage; to re-instate the Presidential charter undermines the position of the become even more endangered than (NANU), director of the Ukrainian Commission on Language, which was Ukrainian language and is detrimental to before, concluded Prof. Hrytsenko. Commission for the pan-Slavic disbanded by President Leonid Kuchma; its future. Among other things, the char- The threat to the Ukrainian language Linguistic Atlas at the International to assume control over mass media that ter mandates a full educational program derives also from internal factors, accord- Committee of Slavists, a member of the are foreign-owned; to insist that a mini- in the languages of minorities and pro- ing to Dr. Hrytsenko. Among them he Ukrainian Orthography Commission at mum of 70 percent of the programming vides for the use of these languages in stressed the absence of a clear language NANU, and a professor at the University on radio and TV be done in Ukrainian; to administrative offices, courts and mass policy of the ; the of Lublin in Poland, delivered a lecture offer tax abatement for Ukrainian-lan- media. declaratory nature of the existing lan- titled “The European Charter for guage video and audio productions and to In Ukraine the charter’s provisions guage programs, particularly during the Languages, or Who and What Threatens make the knowledge of Ukrainian obliga- apply to the languages of the following pre-election campaigns; the denigration the Ukrainian Language Today.” tory for minority citizens of Ukraine. A ethnic minority groups: Bulgarian, of all things Ukrainian in the eyes of the Prof. Hrytsenko noted both positive project on the development and applica- Belarusian, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, average citizens, when expressions of and negative recent developments that tion of the Ukrainian and minority lan- German, Greek, Hungarian, Jewish, patriotism are judged to be archaic and affect the status of the Ukrainian lan- guages in Ukraine was to be prepared by Moldovan, Romanian, Russian and irrelevant; and the demonstrative indif- guage. On the positive side, he listed the the year 2010. Slovak. ference towards the Ukrainian language parliamentary hearings at the Verkhovna A shortcoming of the Rada’s recom- Prof. Hrytsenko said that he finds it exhibited by people in power. Finally, the Rada in Kyiv on March 12, which were mendations, pointed out by Dr. difficult to imagine a practical applica- science of social linguistics has yet to be dedicated to “The functioning of the Hrytsenko, lies in their restriction to the tion of the charter to accommodate so developed properly in Ukraine, said Dr. Ukrainian language in Ukraine.” He territory of Ukraine – they do not address many languages. The one language that Hrytsenko. appreciated the very constructive role the linguistic rights of the Ukrainian will definitely profit from it, he said, will The lecture evoked a period of spirited played by the invited speech delivered at minority in neighboring countries. This be Russian, whose already dominant sta- discussion. In response to a comment the hearings by the NTSh president in may be contrasted with the well-financed tus in Ukraine will now be further about the perceived pessimistic tone of America, Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych. and proactive policy of the Russian gov- enhanced thanks to the new law. Because his talk, Prof. Hrytsenko replied that his The hearings went on record as declar- ernment, which intercedes on behalf of of the adoption of the charter, any chance intention was to rid his audience of com- ing the shortcomings of the present lan- Russian speakers everywhere. for the de-Russification of Ukraine has placency and instead to mobilize them guage program in Ukraine and charged Finally, the Verkhovna Rada recom- now been diminished significantly, Dr. for a continued struggle in defense of the Ukraine’s government with the obligation mended that the ratification of the Hrytsenko commented. Ukrainian language. to provide sufficient funds in its 2004 European Charter for Regional or Although in principle the titular lan- The program was opened by the NTSh budget for the promotion of the Minority Languages be deferred until guage of a country need not be endan- president, Dr. Onyshkevych, and emceed Ukrainian language. In October of this such time as a proper legislative basis of gered by the enhanced rights of the by Prof. Vasyl Makhno.

granted an auxiliary, Michael Rusnak, As acknowledged at his funeral, The pontifical funeral liturgy was Bishop Isidore Borecky... CSsR, who was ordained on August 25, Bishop Borecky also lent considerable offered on July 26 at the Ukrainian (Continued from page 1) 1964, and served in this capacity until he assistance to the underground Church in of the Holy Dormition Ukraine. When it emerged from the cata- in Mississauga, by Cardinal Lubomyr Cipro), with a jurisdiction that comprised was given his own eparchy on October combs in 1990, his support did not flag. Husar, assisted by the newly consecrated , Quebec and the Maritime 13, 1980. However, as the 1980s pro- Provinces. His episcopal ordination was gressed, the eparch of Toronto found the Through his warm personal relation- Toronto eparch, Bishop ; celebrated in Toronto’s St. Michael’s Holy See unwilling to grant his requests ships with the hierarchs of the Ukrainian Bishop Emeritus Cornelius Pasichny; Cathedral on May 27, 1948, and his con- for a successor to Bishop Rusnak. Orthodox Church in Canada, Bishop Bishop Vasyl Filevych; Bishop John secrators were the newly elevated In the 1990s Bishop Borecky passed Borecky was able to foster a climate con- Pasak of the Slovak Eparchy of Canada, Archbishop Ladyka, Archbishop through his own hour of dire crisis, as the ducive to ecumenical cooperation Bishop Severyn Yakymyshyn; and (of the U.S.) began to apply extreme between the two major Churches. Bishop of Chicago. and Bishop Nel Savaryn. pressure on him to resign, in accordance Bishop Borecky also acted as a patron Also in attendance was Cardinal Bishop Borecky oversaw the rapid with Roman Catholic practices (which to an astounding array of Ukrainian Aloysius Ambrozic, archbishop of strengthening of his exarchate, fueled by stipulate that hierarchs resign upon Canadian cultural endeavors – from indi- Toronto, Archbishop Yury Kalischuk of the influx of the post-war wave of immi- reaching the age of 75), but in contradic- vidual artists to substantial exhibitions the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of grants from Ukraine, not only in terms of tion to Ukrainian Catholic tradition, and productions at the country’s major Canada; numerous clergy; and over 600 numbers of faithful, but also the arrival according to which are appointed cultural institutions – throughout his faithful. Bishop Isidore Borecky was laid of theological luminaries such as the Rev. for life. In December 1992, the Vatican tenure. to rest at Mount Peace Cemetery in a Bohdan Lypsky (who had taught him in moved to strip Bishop Borecky of his A bishop’s parastas was offered on family plot. Lviv). Under Bishop Borecky’s leader- authority by appointing as apostolic July 24 at St. Nicholas Church, and on Bishop Borecky is survived by his ship, such clerical activists strengthened administrator his long-serving chancellor, July 25 at the eparchy’s cathedral, St. brother Walter (Volodymyr), with his the resolve of the Ukrainian Catholic the Rev. . Josaphat’s, both in Toronto. An estimated wife, Helen; his three nephews, Richard, Church in Canada to maintain the purity Backed by a majority of the Toronto 650 clergy and laity participated. Myron, Eugene; and their families. of the Eastern (Byzantine) rite, and avoid eparchy’s clergy and laity, Bishop Latin influences. Borecky resisted, even as the Rev. The name of the exarchate was Danylak was consecrated as titular bish- changed to that of “Toronto and All op of Nyssa in March 1994. In the end, Eastern Canada” on March 10, 1951, and the Vatican backed down. Bishop it was elevated to full status as an Danylak was reassigned. eparchy (the Roman Catholic equivalent Satisfied that the rifts in the eparchy of a diocese) on November 3, 1956, with were at least partially healed but primari- a complementary promotion of status for ly that his authority and, by extension, its bishop. that of the Ukrainian Catholic of Bishop Borecky took part in the Bishops, were intact, Bishop Borecky Second Vatican Council, opened under officially retired, at 86, on June 16, 1998, Pope John XXIII in 1962, and strongly paving the way for the succession to his supported the cause of a Ukrainian post by Bishop Cornelius Pasichny. Catholic Patriarchate. Bishop Borecky was tireless in his When Cardinal was assistance to the development of the released the following year from a long Ukrainian community in eastern Canada. period of imprisonment and exile, Bishop As the Toronto Eparchy’s press release Borecky was among the first to express put it: “the achievements of Bishop his support, which did not waver as suc- Isidore’s lifetime service include foster- ceeding papal administrations resisted ing religious vocations, and establishing Patriarch Slipyj’s efforts to assert the lay organizations, churches, missions, independent authority of the Ukrainian senior citizens’ homes, Eastern rite Catholic Church. schools, cultural centers, and providing Bishop Isidore Borecky (center) at a liturgy at St. Nicholas Church on May 28, 1989, In the 1960s Bishop Borecky was financial help to many institutions.” held to mark the 50th anniversary of his priesthood and the 40th of his episcopacy. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 No. 31

FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ukraine hedges Sen. Campbell’s letter in support An analytical article titled “Reforms stall as Kyiv straddles policies of East and West” (see page 2) makes the point that Ukraine today continues to hedge. The administration of President Leonid Kuchma refuses to make a clear choice between ofFollowing Radio is the fullLiberty text of a letter sentandpolicies, Voice as well ofas serious America problems such aligning itself with the West or with Russia. Indeed, Kyiv’s vacillation has resulted in to the chairman of the Broadcasting Board as corruption, persecution of journalists, stagnation on the path to all-around reform – both politically and economically, little of Governors by Sen. Ben Nighthorse arms proliferation, U.S. strategic interest, has truly changed in Ukraine. As Marius Vahl of the Brussels-based Center for Campbell (R-Colo.), co-chairman of the trafficking in human beings, AIDS and European Studies in Brussels put it: “they are [conducting reforms] at a rhetorical U.S. Helsinki Commission, regarding pro- many other important issues. level. ... [Kuchma’s] ... been saying that he wants to do reforms for many, many years posed cuts to Voice of America and Radio Ukraine – which now stands at the and quite little has been done, especially compared to most of [Ukraine’s] neighbors.” Liberty. The letter is dated July 22. crossroad between democracy and authori- To be sure, there have been some improvements, like the growing activity of non- tarianism – is scheduled to have pivotal governmental organizations in Ukraine – one of the signs of a developing civil society, Mr. Kenneth Y. Tomlinson presidential elections next year, the results but then there are other less promising signs, like the continuing lack of press freedom Chairman of which will determine Ukraine’s future and incidents of media censorship. In addition, there are instances when Ukraine, fol- Broadcasting Board of Governors for years to come. Ukraine’s poor track lowing what has been described as its “multi-vector” foreign policy, tips toward the 330 Independence Ave., SW record on media objectivity in recent elec- West, for example, Ukraine’s most recent decision to send its troops to participate in Washington, D.C. 20237 tions should not be understated. peacekeeping operations in Iraq, and others when it tips toward Russia, as in the case Democratic opposition leaders legitimately of Kyiv’s involvement with the Commonwealth of Independent States, with President Dear Mr. Tomlinson: fear that their access to the media will be Kuchma currently serving as the head of the CIS Council of Heads of State. severely constricted in the run-up to the I am writing to express my concern Lately, however, it seems the tilt seems to be toward the United States. Both the presidential elections. There are already about the Broadcasting Board of Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post published articles last month indicating troubling indications confirming these Governors’ decision to significantly reduce that, in response to Kyiv’s decision to join the U.S.-led stabilization force in Iraq, the concerns. With the media in Ukraine under resources for Radio Liberty’s Ukrainian United States is now changing its tune toward Ukraine. The Kolchuha issue, both assault and poised to work against opposi- service and the Voice of America’s newspapers agree, has now been muted. tion candidates in the critically important Ukrainian service for Fiscal Year 2004. This Ukraine’s participation in Iraq’s stabilization has led also to some speculation about upcoming elections, it would be foolhardy decision will have an adverse affect on the Kyiv’s future alignments. Addressing such suppositions, outgoing U.S. Ambassador to to cut programming or otherwise scale ability of the U.S. to objectively and inde- Ukraine, Carlos Pascual, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as saying: “Some have back resources for the Ukrainian services pendently impart information to the people speculated that if Ukraine might provide deployments in Iraq, then perhaps the United Voice of America and Radio Liberty. States and NATO would ignore transgressions of democratic values in Ukraine. The of Ukraine at an especially vulnerable time. These stations are heard by millions of answer is, unequivocally, ‘No.’ ” As reported in The Weekly last week, the U.S. envoy Just last month, I delivered a statement Ukrainians on a regular basis and are emphasized in a farewell address that the quality of Ukraine’s democracy and its in the United States Senate on the trou- respected as a sources of independent, adherence to the rule of law are “ two fundamental issues” that will determine its suc- bled media environment in Ukraine, objective news, covering U.S.-Ukrainian cess in joining NATO and the European Union. The Kuchma administration, we must where I discussed in detail the country’s relations, U.S. foreign policy, American add, has done far too little on those fronts; thus, true reform remains unrealized. continued lack of compliance with inter- institutions and society, as well as the But there is hope on the horizon. The next presidential elections are scheduled for national human rights standards, includ- internal political, economic and social situ- October 2004, and President Kuchma has said he will not seek to change the ing OSCE commitments, on freedom of ation in Ukraine. As such, they are an inte- Constitution of Ukraine so that he could run for a third term. Ukraine’s electorate, expression. Due to censorship and con- gral component of the U.S. foreign policy one hopes, may yet elect the leader the country needs to secure its future. trol of the media – especially the elec- goal to help ensure Ukraine’s transition to tronic media – by pro-presidential inter- a secure, democratic, market-oriented ests, the role of Voice of America and member of the Euro-Atlantic community. August Radio Liberty has become all the more Turning the pages back... essential in providing Ukrainians with Sincerely, balanced and comprehensive information Ben Nighthorse Campbell 6 about opposition politicians and their U.S. Senate 1960 An editorial featured in The Weekly on August 6, 1960, commented on how pro-Russian sentiment in both the Republican and Democratic parties had stymied support for ACTION ITEM captive non-Russian nations, such as Ukraine. - It all began when an editorial was written two weeks earlier about the Democratic Resolution on Famine Genocide National Convention, mainly concerning the party platform on “The Communist Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, co-chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, has World.” The Democrats spoke of captive non-Russian nations, enumerating nine so- just introduced the Ukraine Famine Resolution in the United States Senate, where it called satellites and East Germany. However, what were referred to as “other captive has been referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. nations,” presumably in the USSR, were not even named. This partly showed the pro- Your help is urgently needed to show support for this resolution (S. Res. 202) Russian sentiment that ran rampant among most Americans at this time. because, although 2003 marks the 70th anniversary of Stalin’s genocide against the After it became apparent that Democrats would do nothing for the benefit of the Ukrainian people, many people today are still unaware of this tragedy. This terrible enslaved nations under Russian rule, Ukrainians thought that perhaps the Republican deed must become a part of the common knowledge of all people – and not just those Party would come through. However, it did not. of Ukrainian descent. It needs to be recorded in general history textbooks at all levels. On the Republican side, only eight lines were dedicated to the satellite nations and We urge all Ukrainian Americans to directly communicate with the Senate – urge East Germany – plus a reference to “other once-free nations” – so it became apparent your own senators as well as other senators to co-sponsor Senate Resolution 202. that the GOP was no more concerned with countries under rule in the USSR than the Senators may be contacted at their local or their federal offices. Phone calls and e-mails Democrats were. Though its five-page report on U.S. foreign policy stated that the are the most effective way of doing this. Republican Party was committed to freedom, not one specific word was written in the For Senate telephone numbers, contact the Capitol Hill switchboard at (202) 224-3121 report about non-Russian captive nations within the USSR. or (202) 225-3121. You can also write: Sen. (name), U.S. Senate, Washington, DC The Weekly’s editorial noted that back in 1952 the Republicans had adopted a “pol- 20510. Contact information – including Senate e-mail addresses – is available on the icy of liberation,” which excited millions of Americans, as well as oppressed peoples Senate’s website: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm. behind the Iron Curtain. There was actually hope that Ukraine and other captive For further information, you may call the Ukrainian American Coordinating nations would be freed. However, by 1956 the phrase “policy of liberation” could nei- Council offices in Washington, (202) 737-6090, or New York, (212) 505-1765; or the ther be heard nor found anywhere, the editorial pointed out. Ukrainian Federation of America office in Philadelphia, (215) 663-9191; or Orest Another glimmer of hope appeared when the U.S. Congress passed the “Captive Deychakiwsky at the Helsinki Commission, (202) 225-3964. Mr. Deychakiwsky may Nations Week Resolution” in 1959, which underscored that, historically, Americans also be reached via e-mail at [email protected]. shared with captive nations the love of freedom. After signing the resolution into law, President Dwight D. Eisenhower stated that all captive nations aspiring for freedom – submitted by Ihor Gawdiak, president, Ukrainian American Coordinating have the support of the American government and the American people. Council, Washington; and Zenia Chernyk, board chair, Ukrainian Federation of A year later, the failure of the Democratic and Republican parties to adopt any res- America, Philadelphia. olution to help captive non-Russian nations gave Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev more satisfaction and an even greater sense of power, the editorial argued. The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, it went on to note, was doing all that it could to spread the word concerning captive nations and how the U.S. must A friendly reminder help them. UCCA representatives appeared before both the Republican and the If you have not yet sent in your remittance for the first volume Democratic conventions, explaining the dire situation of the Ukrainian people in of “The Ukrainian Weekly 2000,” please do so as soon as possible. hopes of finding support for Ukraine and other enslaved non-Russian nations. The Weekly concluded its commentary by urging the Ukrainian community, and other The book’s price is $15. Please send checks for that amount Americans to whom the plight of the captive nations was dear, to redouble their efforts as (plus any additional sum you may designate as a donation “the battle for freedom of all the peoples and nations is only in its nascent stage.” to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund) to: Source: “Republicans and Enslaved Nationals”(Editorial), The Ukrainian Weekly, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. August 6, 1960. No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 7 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places Secondly, one would not dare now com- Kuropas’ comments pare today’s Germans to yesterday’s by Myron B. Kuropas Nazis. There were also millions of were xenophobic Ukrainians, Poles and Russians etc. who Dear Editor: worked as slave laborers for the Nazis. The French did not go any more willing- It is with regret that I chanced upon ly than our Slavic brothers and sisters. the column by Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, Finally and curiously, Dr. Kuropas Honoring Lubomyr Luciuk: who chose to use your pages to express descrihes the French as “treacherous” for his xenophobic, small-minded and non- not supporting the United States in the Anglo-American war to “liberate” Iraq. giving credit where credit is due factual views about the French. Finally, we’re making headway. We’re UCCLA website at www.uccla.ca. I was raised in Quebec, speak fluent President George W. Bush declared that getting exceptional press coverage in our Never shy when it comes to defending French and have traveled to France on the war was about the disarmament of drive to convince the Pulitzer people to Ukraine and Ukrainians, Dr. Luciuk is a several occasions, including my honey- Iraq. No weapons of mass destruction or strip The New York Times scam-artist frequent contributor to Canadian news- moon, when in particular, my bride and I chemical weapons have been found. Walter Duranty of his unmerited prize. papers, skewering columnists and were made to feel most welcome. When If Dr. Kuropas believes that we should The Ukrainian Weekly has kept tabs reporters who misinform their readers on I think of the French, I think not only of ignore the French, perhaps he should not on the numerous newspaper and maga- Ukrainian matters. He is especially sen- their affection for the film Taras Bulba, have even bothered writing about them zine articles that have been generated as sitive to the entire war crimes brouhaha but also of the thousands of French peo- and wasting your newspaper’s space engineered by Sol Littman and the ple of direct Ukrainian descent, many of with his racist and contradictory mus- a result of the campaign. The best cover- Simon Wiesenthal Center in California. whom chose to stay in France after the ings. age thus far appeared in the July 22- last world war. My family is included in August 4, 2003, issue of Insight, a must Dr. Luciuk is the recipient of many the ranks of the Ukrainian French. Dr. Taras Kulish read for all Ukrainians. honors and awards including the John Kuropas should remember that when he Toronto Who knows. If the pressure continues, Sopinka Award for Excellence in maligns the French, he may also be even The New York Times may eventu- Ukrainian Studies and various post-doc- maligning the family of his own ally see the light and remove Walter toral fellowships and nominations for Ukrainian American friends and neigh- Duranty from its pantheon of outstanding excellence in teaching. bors. Use “Braveheart” journalists. You think? Occasionally disenchanted by the Dr. Kuropas describes his impressions Full credit for initiating this extraordi- mainstream Ukrainian Canadian leader- of the French children his elementary nary public relations effort belongs to Dr. ship, Dr. Luciuk does not let his feelings to reawaken Ukraine Lubomyr Luciuk, a Canadian-born interfere with his goal. His mission is to school hosted as “not very good.” Dear Editor: However, he fails to elaborate and prove Ukrainian. It’s Dr. Luciuk who conceived tell the truth, no matter what. Unlike of the idea of a postcard campaign, helped many others of his generation, he his broad, sweeping judgments. As It is with expectation that I take Ukrainians, it is incumbent upon us to design it, convinced other Ukrainian remains focused and uninhibited by advantage of your generous forum to organizations to fund it and distributed the those Ukrainians who occasionally stand show charity toward children of every propose a concept. As Taras Shevchenko nation. cards to Ukrainians all over the world. in his way or remain on the sidelines and mused we should learn from others. It was a stroke of genius. Thousands criticize. He takes on issues that others In his effort to prove his point that the There have been a few attempts to French are spineless, Dr. Kuropas blames of Ukrainians in Australia, Canada, the fear to touch and in this regard he is a reawaken Ukraine through cinematogra- the rise of the Soviet Union on the United States, South America and maverick. No matter. He has accom- phy, but I fear with only slight success. French Revolution. He forgets that Europe became personally involved plished much and will continue to do so Maybe we should not reinvent the wheel. French philosophy and culture guided in when they completed and mailed the in the future, creatively and significantly. The double language reality in Ukraine, part the American founding fathers in the cards to Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia Ukrainians who refuse to become active regardless of ideology, can be used drafting of the U.S. Declaration of University. in our community because our leaders and advantageously in this art form. Independence. Dr. Kuropas lays the Dr. Luciuk is well-known in Canada our people are not perfect need to take their While watching a rerun of blame for Hitler’s rise on the French, but not in the United States. This is cue from Dr. Luciuk. Standing on the side- “Braveheart,” directed by Mel Gibson, I when the British and the Americans can unfortunate because his accomplishments lines and whining about this and that, him realize the plot is clear like Shev- also share in that blame. on behalf of all Ukrainians are legendary. and her, won’t help. Ukraine and our com- If “when the Poles invaded Eastern chenko’s and is as intriguing as Hohol’s Born in Kingston, Ontario, he received munity in North America need understand- , they did so with the support of (Gogol’s). It’s good Hollywood blood his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, ing, appreciation, and determined assis- the French,” then by some twist of fate, and gore, excites our primal senses with- and is now a full tenured professor in the tance. Don’t want to become involved with millions of Ukrainians who found them- out loosing the message as in a vant- department of politics and economics at mainstream Ukrainian organizations? Fine. selves to be living in Poland in between guard interpretations. What did it help the Royal Military College of Canada. Become a maverick. But don’t stand there. the two great wars can only be thankful do, in the language of its enemy? It gave He has some 14 books to his credit Do something. Be a Luciuk. that they were spared the Great Famine passion to a comfortable population to including “In Fear of the Barbed Wire Dr. Luciuk just turned 50. Why not that devoured so many of our brethren vote for home rule. Scotland today is no Fence: Canada’s First National Intern- send him a “Mnohaya Lita” for his per- living in the Soviet Union. longer ruled by England even though ment Operations,” “Searching for Place: severance and many years of creative Interestingly enough, Dr. Kuropas they share the same monarchy. Ukrainian Displaced Persons, Canada, and work on behalf of all of us? He can be seems to believe the British are allies Take the cinematography and music as Migration of Memory,” and “Konowal: A reached at [email protected]. who can do no wrong. The British, how- is, simply translate with panache. All Canadian Hero.” Scottish character’s lines translate into ever, had no qualms about turning over Dr. Luciuk also established Kashtan Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: Ukrainian, the English and self-seeking any Ukrainian, prisoner of war or slave Press, which has published “Scourging of a [email protected]. Scottish lords into Russian. Names of laborer, who came under their sphere of Nation: CBS and the selected characters can, except where influence in Germany to the Soviets who Defamation of Ukraine,” history dictates otherwise, reflect first either sent them directly to Siberia or Stefan Petelycky’s “Into names of politicians in a favorable or shot them on the railway platforms in Aushwitz for Ukraine” and unfavorable light. The point will be full view of the British officers responsi- “Welcome to Absurdistan: unmistakable, the market large and the ble for their handover. Ukraine, the Soviet Disunion returns hopefully beneficial. When my father first came to Canada and the West,” and numerous and earned his sergeant’s stripes in the Just an idea for anyone with the expertise and financing. Go for it. other publications, all of which Canadian Reserves at the Val Cartier are indexed and sent to major base in Quebec, the English treated him libraries throughout the world. as a second-class citizen because of his Michael Jula As research director for accent. The French Canadians welcomed Carnegie, Pa. the Ukrainian Canadian Civil him with open arms once they found out Liberties Association he was Ukrainian. (UCCLA), Dr. Luciuk has During the second world war, France The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes written extensively on the committed a serious tactical error in put- letters to the editor and commen- ting all of its faith in the Maginot line. Canadian internment camp Nevertheless, the heroics of the resist- taries on a variety of topics of con- experience of Ukrainians ance are well-documented. Many cern to the Ukrainian American and, with the assistance of Frenchmen were shot or hanged at the and Ukrainian Canadian commu- other UCCLA members, has placed memorial plaques at hands of the Nazis. nities. Opinions expressed by colu- Dr. Kuropas claims that Andre Gide 16 internment sites including hails Hitler as the “man of the hour.” The mnists, commentators and letter- Fort Henry (Kingston), Banff text of Mr. Gide’s quote shows that he writers are their own and do not and Jasper national parks, was speaking with disdain toward those necessarily reflect the opinions of Nanaimo, Spirit Lake (Quebec), Winnipeg, Toronto who would accept wealth at a human either The Weekly editorial staff cost. Dr. Kuropas claims that the French (Stanley Barracks). All 24 had “no problem in rounding up Jews for or its publisher, the Ukrainian internment sites will eventu- Nazi extermination camps.” Firstly, other National Association. ally be covered. For more nations were no better in this regard. information visit the Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 No. 31

FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY by Ingert Kuzych

Treasures from the first airmail service A previous two-part article in The item (always very desirable) was set at Ukrainian Weekly (December 3, 2000, 325 euros. Bidding began at 160 euros and January 7, 2001) introduced readers and ended at 420 euros. to the world’s first regular and first Single-leg flight international air mail service, which functioned between Vienna – in the Figure 4 presents both sides of a Austro-Hungarian Empire – and Kyiv – unique postcard mailed on April 27, in newly independent Ukraine – from 1918, from Lemberg to Krakau. Since March 31 to October 15, 1918, i.e. dur- this was only a one-leg mailing, the ing the last year of World War I. franking consists of just one airmail This line featured daily flights in both stamp of 2.50 kroner (1 krone handling directions with intermediate stops in plus 1.5 kroner for the one leg) plus a Krakau (Krakow, now in Poland) and 10-heller stamp to cover the postcard Lemberg (Lviv, in present-day Ukraine); rate. FIGURE 1. The solid lines show the Vienna-Krakau-Lemberg-Kyiv air route of see Figure 1. Different planes flew each What makes this item so interesting is the world’s first international airmail service. The Vienna-Budapest leg func- leg of the service with the mailbag that it pictures the very plane on which it quickly transferred from the arriving tioned for only about three weeks (July 4 to 23, 1918). The dashed lines represent was carried. In addition, this card’s a proposed southern route into Ukraine that was never set up. flight to the warmed-up-and-waiting value was further enhanced by the fact departing plane. that it traveled on such a short stretch The flight distance between the two (most mails went further – to Vienna, end points was about 1,200 kilometer, the capital). (720 miles) and the route was completed The estimated value for this card was on average in about 12 hours. Most 350+ euros and the bidding began at 200 mails traveled between the Austrian euros. The winning bid was not reached cities of Vienna, Krakau and Lemberg, until 750 euros. with relatively few items carried on to Kyiv (and most of these were of military Multiple-weight-increment cover correspondence). On March 31 three The fourth cover (Figure 5) features a special Austrian air mail stamps were large envelope sent from Vienna to introduced for the civilian mails that Lemberg on September 6, 1918, and began to be carried on that day. bearing five air mail stamps. These were In February of 2003, the Austrian needed to cover the two additional OPHILA Auction featured some of the weight increments of this oversize letter. rarest and most interesting covers ever Since this was a military dispatch, the assembled from the first airmail service letter franking fee was waived, but the – 146 lots in all. This article will high- cost of air delivery had to be paid for in light five of the most interesting items. stamps: a l-krone handling fee and 1.5 Pre-service cover kroner for each 20 grams of weight and each increment (leg) of the route. Since Figure 2 is of a field postcard this route had two legs – Vienna to mailed on March 28, 1918, from FIGURE 2. A stampless card (military mail) sent on March 28, 1918, just three Krakau to Lemberg. This item was (Continued on page 9) days before the regular airmail service was established. flown during the 11-day period (March 20 to 30) when experimental flights were made that carried only military dispatches. Such mails did not require any stamps. New catalogue illuminates little-known issues The card features three special hand- by Ingert Kuzych ground explaining why and how these stamps. The three lines of the marking unique postal materials came to be pro- “Ukrainian DP Camp, POW Camp, in the upper left translate as: Imperial duced. The first part of the catalogue cov- Government in Exile, and National and Royal Air Reserve Troops I Air ers the 18 stamps issued by the Ukrainian Council Issues” (Second Edition) by Reserve Battalion I/Air Reserve government in exile between the years Borys Fessak. Springfield, Va.: Company 10. The two-line handstamps 1923 and 1939. The second part describes Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic – applied at the beginning and end the 29 stamps and single souvenir sheet Society, 2003. Cost: $15. points of the flight read: Imperial and prepared at the Ukrainian POW camp in Royal Courier Line Vienna-Kyiv I This splendid new catalogue chroni- Rimini, Italy, in 1946-1947. Also covered Flight Station Krakau (or Lemberg). cles all of the four stamp-issuing enti- in this section are stamp essays, postal The message on the card relates that in ties of the Ukrainian diaspora whose cards and postal markings (cancellations an earlier flight from Lemberg to stamps were legally used to deliver and identifications). Krakau, flown by Oberleutnant mail. Some of the information in this The third part lists all 66 DP camp Matzenauer, the pilot became lost in a volume has appeared in other (mostly stamps (and four souvenir sheets) issued snowstorm near Rzeszow and was Ukrainian) publications. This book, in the four Ukrainian DP camps that forced to make an emergency landing. however, updates and expands existing prepared such postage: Regens-burg, The card presumably was then forward- information and admirably fills a long- Bayreuth, Neu-Ulm and Ulm/Donau. ed by train. neglected void. Also included in the complete write-up Estimated value for the card was The first edition, published in 1992, are the many stamp color varieties, 1,100+ euros. Bidding began at 700 sold well and Mr. Fessak’s opus has camp cancellations and special souvenir euros; and the winning bid was 2,100 been unavailable for a number of years folders. In addition, the little-known euros. now. Continued requests and inquiries camp of Ellwangen-Jagst is described. First flight from Lemberg from not only U.S. collectors, but from Although no stamps were issued at this abroad, became the catalyst to undertake smaller camp of some 2,000 people, a Included in this section are descrip- The second cover (Figure 3) is of a a new updated version. This second edi- special handstamp was used to mark tions of the watermarks that appear on card carried on the first-ever civilian tion corrects several minor errors dis- incoming and outgoing mail, and this is certain stamps, special UNC envelopes flight out of Lemberg (to Vienna) on covered in the earlier version and incor- also illustrated and described. and postal cards, postal markings used April 3, 1918. The 8 heller is the postal porates new material not previously The final part of the catalogue pres- by UNC “postal stations” in various card rate while the 4 kroner paid for air known or only recently discovered. As ents the 49 postage stamps, 11 revenue cities and postal tariffs. delivery: a 1-krone handling charge in the first edition, all stamps are illus- stamps and four souvenir sheets of the The cost of this handsome, profusely and 1.5 kroner for each leg of the trated and all pertinent information – Ukrainian National Council (UNC) illustrated, 90-page volume is $15 flight, Lemberg-Krakau and Krakau- issue date(s), designer(s), color(s), perfo- issued between 1948 and 1976. The (U.S.) plus $2 postage to (U.S.) desti- Vienna. ration data, and subject description – is UNC was an umbrella association that nations, $3 to Canada, or $4 (surface) The card was posted on the second, included. consolidated the many Ukrainian politi- for overseas shipment. The catalogue but it displays additional departure and The four parts of this catalogue are cal organizations in Europe (outside of may be ordered from: UPNS, P.O. Box arrival markings applied on the third. each introduced with historical back- the Soviet Union) after World War II. 3, Springfield, VA 22150. The estimated value for this first-flight No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 9

from a second printing on white Treasures from... (cream) paper. The plane carrying this (Continued from page 8) item turned back around Ostrau in Krakau and Krakau to Lemberg – an Moravia (the present-day Czech ordinary letter would have required 4 Republic) due to fog and made a forced kroner (lk+3k). This letter bears 10 kro- landing at Prerau when it ran out of gas. ner worth of stamps because it weighed The letter was then forwarded to between 40 and 60 grams (so Lemberg via train. lk+3k+3k+3k). In Lemberg three censor markings Estimated value for the cover was were applied: a boxed inscription, a 1,000+ euros and bidding began at 800 “209” censor number, and a seal (on the euros. Amazingly, the hammer price for reverse). All this effort because the letter this item was only 950 euros. In my esti- would now be traveling further to a for- mation, the price was a real bargain for eign destination. this wonderful item. This extraordinary cover was estimat- ed to be worth 2,250 euros and bidding Civilian Cover – Vienna to Kyiv began at 1,000 euros. Closing price was 2,400 euros. The final prices for all of Figure 6 displays the crown jewel of the items from this auction are a bit the auction – and one of the most deceptive. A hefty commission was This item famous of all air mail covers. added to all of the gavel prices; com- traveled the entire route from Vienna to FIGURE 3. Postal card mailed on the first civilian airmail flight out of Lemberg bined with exchange fees, insurance and (Lviv) on April 3, 1918. Kyiv. It is one of only a few such cov- postage, this added about 20 percent to ers known that was not of a military the final cost. nature. I am happy to report that I was able to The franking on the envelope has 4 participate in the auction and acquired kroner worth of airmail stamps plus the three items for which I bid – including 15-heller letter postage. Air postal rates some described above. Yes, I did spend a applied for within the Austro-Hungarian considerable amount, but the three cov- Empire and there was no charge for the ers now hold a prominent place in my third leg (Lemberg-Kyiv). This last new exhibit “Lemberg: The Postal stretch now made the flight an interna- History of an Imperial Austrian tional one (since it was traveling to Crownland Capital,” which I plan to Ukraine, independent since January 22, begin to show internationally later this 1918). year. The two airmail stamps display an unusual “mixed franking” because the Dr. Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at 1.50 kroner value is of the first printing P.O. Box 3, Springfield VA 22150 or by on gray paper, while the 2.50 kroner is e-mail at [email protected].

FIGURE 4. This postcard from Lemberg to Krakau depicts the very plane on which it was flown.

FIGURE 5. Oversized military letter from Vienna to Lemberg carries five air- mail stamps.

To subscribe: FIGURE 6. One of the world’s most famous airmail covers, this private (civilian) Send $55 ($45 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, letter traveled all the way from Vienna to Kyiv. (Most correspondence between Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 these two cities consisted of military dispatches.) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 No. 31 No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 11

BOOK NOTES

Study of Soviet power as seen Analysis of political economy by U.S. intelligence agencies of Ukraine 1991 through 2001 “U.S. Intelligence Perceptions of Soviet Power 1921-1946” by Leonard Leshuk. “Ukrainian Political Economy: The First Ten Years” by Robert S. Kravchuk. New Portland: Frank Cass Publishers, 2003. 284 pp. $64.50 (hardcover). York: Palgrave Macmillan 2002. 353 pp. $65 (hardcover).

“U.S. Intelligence Perceptions of Soviet “Ukrainian Political Economy: The Power 1921-1946” by Leonard Leshuk was First Ten Years” by Robert S. Kravchuk published this past January, claiming to be provides an analysis of Ukraine’s politi- the first comprehensive study of U.S. intelli- cal economy from 1991 to 2001, the first gence regarding the strength of the Soviet 10 years of independence. The book Union in the period from 1921 to 1946. offers both a historical account of Using previously classified U.S. intelli- Ukraine’s economic development, espe- gence files, Mr. Leshuk attempts to deter- cially as it relates to and is affected by mine what the U.S. intelligence percep- politics, as well as an analysis of the tions were, on what information they were events and policies. based and what connections they had to According to Dr. Kravchuk, in 2001 U.S. policy. Ukraine made the World Bank’s list of A major focus of the book is to determine the “world’s poorest countries,” in the how and why the United States underesti- company of Pakistan, Rwanda, mated the strength of the Soviet Union. Mr. Nicaragua and other strikingly poor Leshuk writes that prior to World War II the countries. In the foreword to the book, United States viewed the Soviet Union as Dr. Taras Kuzio of the University of both militarily and economically weak. Toronto writes that the Ukrainian econo- Additionally, the war was seen to have my suffered a depression from the late weakened the USSR even further, with 40 1980s until the year 2000 that was worse percent of its industry disappearing. than the American Great Depression. Yet, after the war, the Soviet Union Since Ukraine has ample human and proved strong enough to rival the United natural resources at its disposal, Dr. States. Mr. Leshuk attributes this misap- Kravchuk seeks to answer, among others, progress on reforms?” praisal to incompetence and prejudice on the espionage. The issue of espionage is treated the following questions: “Why, after 10 Since independence, political struggles part of U.S. intelligence analysts, arguing at length, as espionage can accelerate indus- years of independence, have Ukraine’s for power in Ukraine have resulted in that the actual intelligence data presented a trial development. economic reform efforts failed to pro- shortsighted economic policies, according picture of the USSR different from the pre- Mr. Leshuk expands the scope of his duce the much-anticipated turnaround? to Dr. Kravchuk. These policies are both vailing perceptions among policy-makers. book by arguing that similar problems still Why, until 2000, has the Ukrainian econ- the cause and result of underdeveloped The book is divided into seven chrono- exist in the analysis of U.S. intelligence, as omy apparently refused to grow? What governing institutions, corruption, and a logical parts, delving into issues such as the evidenced by the surprise that accompanied have been the missing elements in Soviet Union’s industrial and economic the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. He lack of investment and property security, Ukraine’s economic policies? What resulting in “Cowboy Capitalism.” strength, as well as espionage and counter- (Continued on page 20) domestic and international political and economic forces have prevented forward (Continued on page 21)

Ukrainian Canadian’s memoirs recall ESSAY CONTEST suffering under Soviets and Nazis WINNIPEG – Ukrainian Canadian Peter Trimpolis, 91, has been featured in In celebration of the upcoming several newspapers in recent years, after publishing a book of memoirs titled “My Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly Anniversaries Rocky Road of Life.” Mr. Trimpolis and his book have been the subject of articles in the Lance, a Winnipeg community The Ukrainian National Association initiates a project to celebrate both newspaper; the Winnipeg Free Press and publications’ upcoming anniversaries. the Winnipeg Free Press Community Review; and Ukrainian Voice. Svoboda, 110th Anniversary, September 2003 By writing his memoirs, Mr. Trimpolis The Ukrainian Weekly, 70th Anniversary, October 2003 has shared with the world the story of the persecution he endured at the hands of the Soviets and Nazis in Ukraine until he This project invites high school seniors and college students from all our communities to participate. We feel it is important to encourage the younger sector of our community to share their feelings moved to Canada in 1947. regarding the impact the press had, has and will have on their generation. We encourage parents and According to the Winnipeg Free teachers to actively encourage the students to participate. Press, Mr. Trimpolis says he wrote his memoirs partly for his family and part- The title of the essay is: ly so that the suffering of Ukrainians in the 20th century might not be forgotten. “What Role Does The Ukrainian Press Have For The Future In Our Community” In an interview with the Winnipeg Free • First Prize – $250 Essay in the Ukrainian language. Press, Mr. Trimpolis said, “How many he was forced to fight in the Soviet $250 Essay in the English language. people died out there and were thrown army against the invading Germans. • Second Prize – Weekend at Soyuzivka. into the bush? That’s why I wrote this In 1947 Mr. Trimpolis emigrated to book.” He hopes that his account of try- Canada to avoid arrest in the Soviet Rules and regulations to participate: ing times will help people put their own Union. There, he worked cutting trees  300-500 typed words on 8 X 11 sheets troubles into perspective. before moving into the construction  Ukrainian or English language Mr. Trimpolis and his family lived in business and working as an electrician.  Each entry must be identified on the reverse side with: the village of Nyzhnia Pokrovka until He compiled his memoirs in his free Typed name, address, and telephone/e-mail the Soviet authorities labelled them • time over the span of a decade. Name of school and grade level student attends “kulaks” – wealthy farmers who posed a • The original version of Mr. Age of student danger to Soviet collectivism. Mr. Trimpolis’ memoirs was published in • Trimpolis and his family were among 1998 in Ukrainian. With the help of  All entries must be postmarked no later than August 31, 2003, and mailed to: the 3 million Ukrainians who were Yuri Yevdokimov and Mr. Trimpolis’ Ukrainian National Association exiled from their homes in that year, and daughter, Lilly Burky, the memoirs Attention: Oksana Trytjak Mr. Trimpolis was sent to a labor camp. were translated into English, and this 2200 Route 10, P. O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Mr. Trimpolis eventually escaped version was published in 2000.  3 judges will participate, judges’ decision will be final. and began working in order to survive For information on purchasing the  and help his family financially. He book, readers may contact Ms. Burky Top essays will be printed in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly needed to change his name six times at [email protected] or Mr. For more information please call Oksana Trytjak, UNA Special Projects Coordinator: 973 292-9800 X 3071 in ten years to avoid capture. In 1941, Trimpolis at (206) 269-1614. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 No. 31 Sights ofthe 28th annual Verkhovyna Ukrainian Festival

.Oleh Kolodiy, in a festival T-shirt, shows ofT the fes· The audience at the festival sings along with the performers on stage. tival headline in the local paper.

GLEN SPEY, N.Y. - The 28th annual Verkhovyna Ukrainian Festival - which bills itself as the largest such event in the United States - took place here at the Verkhovyna Mountain View Resort over the weekend of July 11-13. The festivities featured performances by artists from the United States, Canada and Ukraine on the resort's huge outdoor stage - ranging from pop singers 10 opera stars, and Ukrainian folk dance troupes 10 bandurists; a variety of goods sold by vendors from throughout North America, a carnival for children, dancing to the music of four bands, plus plenty of food to please all palates. Camping was available iar those so inclined. Some 5,000 to 6,000 people of all ages attended the 2003 festival, whose proceeds benefitted the Ukrainian American Cultural Foundation that operates the Verkhovyna resort.

Photos in this series by fhor Lukiw, Bohdan Porytko and Vasyl Lopukh...... The Pollava dancers kick up a storm.

I!'The sir.~er Irchyk entertains the crowd. A ,·jew cf the ~an! tent in which vendors were located. No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 13

The Oros Sisters singing duo nanked, by members of Mctelytsia.

Vl.-esia Hrabova and Volodymyr Grishko sing a duet. A prospecti\'c customer peruses the display of pysanky in all sizes.

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,""""'Volunteers scrn varen)'ky and holubtsi. Fata Morgana rocks the Verkho'1'na Fcslil'al 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 No. 31

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Congress of Ukrainian historians to be held in Kamianets Podilskyi by Lubomyr Wynar Ukrainian historian (1963-2003) in Ukrainian historiography, and historical KENT, Ohio – The second Inter- methodology and historical auxiliary sci- national Congress of Ukrainian Histo- ences. Separate sections will cover vari- rians will be held on September 17-18 in WOLODYMYR GULIK ous periods of Ukrainian history, with an Kamianets Podilskyi, Ukraine. The con- Born July 27, 1919, in Malawa, Peremyszl, Ukraine emphasis on the 20th and 21st centuries gress is organized by Kamianets and World War II. Died July 5, 2003, in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. Podilskyi State University, the Ukrainian Individual sessions will address Historical Association and the Historical issues of Ukrainian culture and educa- His parents were Andrij Gulyk and Anna formerly Baczyk. Institute of the National Academy of tion, problems of Ukrainian regional his- On March 5, 1949, he married Anna Talanczuk, Sciences in Ukraine, and is cosponsored tory, the historical development of daughter of Philip Talanczuk and Catherine, formerly Olywa, by the World Scholarly Council of the Ukrainian statehood in the 20th and 21st from Turia, Ternopil. Ukrainian World Congress and the centuries, the Famine-Genocide of 1932- Historical Section of the Ukrainian 1933 and the annihilation of Ukrainians, Academy of Arts and Sciences in the He is survived by his wife Anna Gulik, son Stefan Gulik, the Volynian tragedy of 1943 and other United States. daughters Marija Gulik Hirschfeld and Katerina Gulik Keller, topics. The Organizational Committee of the grandson Alexander Gulik, grand-daughter Kristina Gulik. It is anticipated that over 500 historians congress is headed by Prof. Oleksander from Ukraine, Poland, France, England, Zavalniuk, president of Kamianets the United States, Canada, the Czech and Podilskyi State University; Academician Slovak republics, the Baltic states, Valerii Smolii, director of the Historical Australia and other countries will attend IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OLGA RUBANETZ - DOCKET NO. 285023 Institute of the National Academy of this congress. The first Inter-national Sciences of Ukraine and editor of Congress of Ukrainian Histo-rians was Ukrainskyi Istorychnyi Zhurnal NOTICE TO HEIRS ESTATE OF OLGA RUBANETZ, held in 1999 in Chernivtsi and was attend- (Ukrainian Historical Journal); and Prof. LATE OF HUDSON COUNTY ed by over 400 historians from around the Lubomyr Wynar, president of the world. The papers presented during that Ukrainian Historical Association and the Pursuant to N.J.S. 3B:5-5.1 notice is hereby given to all heirs of Olga Rubanetz, born in the congress are presently being printed. United States of America (Bridgeport, Connecticut) on October 26, 1923, and late of Hudson World Scholarly Council, editor of Organizers of this second congress are County, New Jersey, to exhibit to the administratrix, their claim to their shares of the dece- Ukrainskyi Istoryk (The Ukrainian planning to publish all papers and materi- dent’s estate by the presentation of substantial credible evidence of their relationship to the Historian), and head of the historical sec- als presented during its sessions. In con- decedent within 90 days of the final date of this publication by advertising same twice in the tion of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts junction with this major project, the Jersey Journal, the Trenton Times and the The Ukrainian Weekly, three of the newspapers of and Sciences in the U.S. Organizational Committee is appealing to this state, such notice to be given and advertised within twenty (20) days from the date hereof. The main theme of the congress is Ukrainian institutions and individuals for “The Present State of Ukrainian 1. Decedent: Olga Rubanetz financial assistance. Donations from the Historical Science.” The plenary ses- 100 Montgomery Street, Apt. 15G, Jersey City, NJ 07302 U.S. (tax-exempt) and Canada should be sions and meetings will include topics made out to the Ukrainian Historical pertaining to the development of 2. Date of Death: July 2, 2002 Association (Ukrainian Historical Ukrainian historiography in Ukraine and Congress) and mailed to: Ukrainian the Ukrainian diaspora, the role of the 3. Administratrix: Nora L. Kallen, Esq. – Administratrix Historical Association, Attn.: Historical P.O. Box 7061,West Orange, NJ 07052 Congress, P.O. Box 312, Kent, OH Tel.: (201) 420-5994 Dr. Lubomyr Wynar is president of the 44240. Your financial assistance will be Ukrainian Historical Association. greatly appreciated. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 No. 31

tion claimed that an agreement between Ukraine and Moldova... Moldova and Ukraine dated 1982, when (Continued from page 1) the republics were within the Soviet the Moldovan-Ukrainian treaty on delim- Union, gave the land on the Moldovan itation and demarcation of the border,” side to the plant for unlimited use. The stated Mr. Osoian, who asserted that the Moldovan side did not voice any dis- agreement with the claim that the energy agreement allowed checkpoints to be set generating water facility belonged to at the center of dams and bridges when Ukraine. The territory of the hydroelec- they are part of the border. tric plant consists of 15 hectares of land As diplomatic efforts began, helped by on both sides of the Dnister River. the coincidence that a joint Moldovan- After several discussions, the demar- Ukrainian border demarcation commis- cation commission and Ukraine’s sion happened to be preparing to meet in Foreign Affairs Ministry, which sent rep- the Moldovan town of Briceni on July resentatives to the dam, both acknowl- 28-30, Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister edged that the land belonged to Moldova. told the press that the matter did not need Both also criticized the lack of either to be overblown because a quick diplo- deliberation with Ukraine or a warning matic solution would be found. by the Moldovans before they acted. Because the demarcation committee is Ukraine’s Prime Minister Viktor still working on a final boundary Yanukovych, while on a visit to the between the two countries, initially the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi on July 30, main problem in the matter of the hydro- which is located near the site of the inci- electric dam was whether the station’s dent, emphasized the firmness of territory was located fully on Ukrainian Ukraine’s response to the incident. soil. At issue was whether the Moldovan “Ukraine responded to this issue border began at the banks of the Dnister unswervingly. This was a matter of prin- River or at the middle point of the water- ciple,” explained Mr. Yanukovych. “This way. is the property of our country and our The hydroelectric plant’s administra- nation.”

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Clifton UAV post reports full agenda Florida veterans march in Fourth of July parade

Ukrainian American Veterans of Post 17 remember their comrades. NORTH PORT, Fla. – Members of the Cpl. Roman G. Lazor Post No. 40 partici- by Zenko Halkowycz In other news, Zenon Halkowycz rep- pated in the local July 4 parade. The UAV was the largest unit among veterans’ resented the post at the farewell party for groups. Post No. 40 marched behind Marine Detachment No. 848, which spear- CLIFTON, N.J. – The Ukrainian Col. Victor Hvozd of Ukraine’s Mission headed and sponsored the parade. Before the start of the parade, Rep. Katherine American Veterans of Post No. 17 have to the United Nations, who has conclud- Harris visited the members of the post’s unit, thanked them for their support and concluded the first half of 2003 with the ed his tour of duty. The veterans of the participation, and promised to work on UAV issues. From left are: Karen Bapst, usual flurry of activities and meetings. 2nd Ukrainian Division hosted the party Ph.D., post adjutant, Orestes Lazor, service officer, Rep. Harris; Orest Bayuk, Two post members who were mobilized at the Ramada Inn. Marian Bojsiuk, post commander; and John Homick. for the Iraqi war have returned home safely and were demobilized. The ener- getic post commander, Walter Kupecky, who was re-elected unanimously, had a full agenda for his troops. The post held its election of officers in April and an installation dinner was held May 18 at Mountain Side Inn. The din- ner, as always, was well attended by members and friends; the ladies auxil- iary, under its president Marry Prus, was instrumental in conducting a raffle. Past national commander Gene Sagash con- ducted the installation ceremony. Post 17 conducted Memorial Day services to commemorate departed Ukrainian American comrades, and post members assembled on May 25 near the Ukrainian American Veterans memorial at Cedar Lawn Cemetery. At 1 p.m. Commander Kupecky called the mem- bers to form two columns, the colors were posted and a bugler from the New Jersey National Guard (a brother of a Post No. 17 member) took his position. The ladies auxiliary formed a column next to the men. The invited members of Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic clergy celebrated a panakhyda for all veterans who paid the supreme price for freedom and liber- ty. The chaplin, Nicholas Fadayko, read a prayer for the heroes who stood in harms way and made the supreme sacri- fice. The monument was decorated with Ukrainian and American flags, and flow- ers were planted around the monument. UAV member Peter Babirad has volun- teered for this assignment.

Ukraine and Poland... (Continued from page 1) regime for Poles coming to Ukraine, which will go into effect in October. Poland was required to establish visa regimes with its non-European Union neighbors in order to become a member of the visa-free system of the Schengen Accord after it enters the EU next year. In Donetsk Messrs. Miller and Yanukovych also visited the Topaz Factory, where Ukraine builds the Kolchuha anti- aircraft radar system which last year was the center of a controversy between Kyiv and Washington over alleged sales of the system to the regime of Saddam Hussein – allegations the U.S. eventually dropped. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 No. 31

into a dispute that is a “purely internal national stabilization mission to Iraq, PAP Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate NEWSBRIEFS Moldovan affair” over mutually inflicted and Interfax reported. Messrs. Marchuk (UOC-MP), who honored Mr. Symonenko (Continued from page 2) economic sanctions. “As a mediator coun- and Szmajdzinski praised the Polish- on his 50th birthday, emphasized the between Chisinau and Tiraspol. (RFE/RL try,” he said, “we have always advocated a Ukrainian battalion Polukrbat and dis- Communist Party leader’s considerable Newsline) compromise that would lead to settling the cussed the legal grounds for further coop- support in solving Church-state problems. disputes in Moldova to the benefit of eration in military training, education and (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) Kyiv unaware of Transdniester decree Moldovans residing on both banks of joint rescue missions. The Polish- UOC-KP bishop calls award “hypocrisy” Dnister River,” he said. Ukrainian compa- Ukrainian cooperation program in 2003 KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs nies, he added, will continue trading with includes 68 projects – 34 of which are to KYIV – The faithful of the Ukrainian Ministry spokesman Oleksander Horkov Transdniester in accordance with current take place in Poland, 33 in Ukraine and Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate told journalists in Kyiv on July 22 that his Ukrainian legislation. (RFE/RL Newsline) one in Kosovo. (RFE/RL Newsline) (UOC-KP) believe that the award given to office has not received any notification Ukraine, Poland discuss Iraqi tasks Kuchma appoints environment minister Petro Symonenko, leader of the Communist from Tiraspol concerning a “free-trade Party, by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – regime” with Ukraine that was decreed the KRAKOW – Ukrainian and Polish KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) for his previous week by separatist leader Igor Defense Ministers Yevhen Marchuk and appointed Serhii Polakov as Ukraine’s new outstanding service to the Orthodox Church Smirnov, Infotag and BASA-press report- Jerzy Szmajdzinski met in Krakow on July minister of the environment on July 15, and the Ukrainian people is “mere ed. Mr. Horkov added that attempts are 16 to discuss the final stage of their mili- Interfax reported. Mr. Polakov was proposed hypocrisy.” This opinion was expressed by apparently being made to drag his country tary contingents’ preparations for the inter- by the National Democratic Party caucus in Bishop Paisii of Odesa and Balta of the the Verkhovna Rada. He formerly served as UOC-KP on June 15. Bishop Paisii empha- coal-industry minister and Donetsk Oblast sized that the award is especially hypocriti- chairman. The president sacked Mr. cal during the 70th anniversary of the Polakov’s predecessor, Vasyl Shevchuk, in Famine that was orchestrated by the Soviet June, blaming him for “serious shortcom- Communist Party and took the lives of mil- ings” in his work. (RFE/RL Newsline) lions. “It is a pity that we Ukrainians allow such events to take place in the very heart of ‘Reverse mode’ for pipeline is rejected Ukrainian spirituality, the Kyivan GDANSK, Poland – The Odesa-Brody Monastery of the Caves,” said Bishop oil pipeline will be used exclusively to pump Paisii. “I believe all who were involved in oil from Odesa to Brody –- and not vice awarding the Communist Party leader are versa – Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister disgraced. The genocide that the atheistic Serhii Yermilov announced in Gdansk on regime started in Ukraine continues even July 14, according to Ukrainian television. today. Petro Symonenko leads the party that Ukrainian and Polish representatives thus refused to vote in the Parliament to declare dismissed a suggestion by Russia’s Tyumen the famine in 1932 and 1933 in Ukraine a Oil Company and British Petroleum that the genocide against the Ukrainian nation. This conduit be used in “reverse mode.” is not the first and not the last case of such Ukrainian and Polish officials and corporate blatant disrespect towards Ukrainians on representatives were meeting to discuss the behalf of Moscow Patriarchate hierarchs.” “northern dimension for Caspian oil.” (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) DNIPRODNIPRO CO.CO. Poland’s Pern and Ukrtransnafta signed a “Beheaded” to appear in Ukraine Parcels, money transfers and airline tickets to different countries. Visas to protocol at the meeting on creating a joint Ukraine, video Transfer PAL/SECAM-NTSC, Calls to Ukraine 8 cents per venture to complete the Polish stretch of the READING, England – On the third minute. Large selection of CD’s, video’s, kerchiefs and Ukrainian souvenirs. pipeline. The meeting considered extending anniversary of the kidnapping of the jour- the pipeline to the port of Gdansk. “The nalist Heorhii Gongadze, the book European direction is the most profitable. ... “Beheaded” by J.V. Koshiw will be pub- NEWARK, N.J. CLIFTON, NJ PHILADELPHIA It means 40 million tons of oil to be pumped lished in Ukrainian. On September 16, 688 Sanford Ave. 565 Clifton Ave. 1801 Cottman Ave. annually, ... while the reverse use could tran- 2000, Mr. Gongadze was kidnapped in the (973) 373-8783 (973) 916-1543 (215) 728-6040 sit only up to 9 million tons,” Mr. Yermilov center of Ukraine’s capital; two months said. (RFE/RL Newsline) (888) 336-4776 later his naked body was found beheaded. UOC-MP honors Symonenko The chief suspects in the crime continue to occupy the highest political offices. The KYIV – National Deputy Petro book presents the evidence on who had Symonenko, leader of the Communist ordered, organized and carried out the kid- Party, was awarded the order of St. napping. Basing the evidence on secretly Volodymyr the Great, Prince and Equal to recorded conversations in the president’s the Apostles, for his outstanding service to office, the author explains the motivation UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA the Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian people behind the crime committed by the top LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS and the Ukrainian state. Metropolitan officials and how the crime was covered Volodymyr Sabodan, head of the Ukrainian up. (Artemia Press) IF YOU ARE A PHYSICIAN, DENTIST, OR OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EITHER PRACTICING OR TRAINING, HERE’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES IN NORTH AMERICA’S PREMIER ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 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Parma parishioners remember Famine

The Carpathian Ski Club of New York under the auspices of the Ukrainian Sports Association of USA and Canada (USCAK)

Parishioners of St. Vladimir’s Church before the parish monument to the victims The annual of the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. PARMA, Ohio – The parishioners of League chapter read descriptions of the St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Famine in both Ukrainian and English, as ZENON SNYLYK MEMORIAL Cathedral on Sunday, June 1, solemnly well as moving poems about the tragedy. commemorated the 70th anniversary of The commemoration concluded with the TENNIS TOURNAMENT the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in children placing a basket of blue and yel- at Soyuzivka Ukraine. low flowers at the base of the monument Held between the 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. as the choir sang “Bozhe Velykyi.” AUGUST 30 – SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 (LABOR DAY WEEKEND) liturgies to allow greater participation by To further familiarize parishioners for individual CHAMPIONSHIPS OF USCAK the parishioners, the commemoration with the events of 1932-1933, articles began with a procession to the Famine about the Famine were printed in the and trophies of the monument on the grounds of the cathe- Sunday bulletins along with a letter to be dral, where a memorial service was served mailed to The Pulitzer Prize Board Ukrainian National Association, Soyuzivka, (including the B. Rak, by three priests and a deacon, while the requesting the revocation of the Pulitzer Dr. V. Huk, L. Rubel, and Dr. P. Charuk memorial trophies), Svoboda, cathedral choir sang the responses. Prize awarded to The New York Times The Ukrainian Weekly, the sportsmanship Trophy of Mrs. Mary Dushnyk, Following the service, youth from the correspondent Walter Duranty because of the Constantine Ben trophy and prize money, parish Sunday school, the Taras his false reporting from Ukraine at the donated by John Hynansky, president of Winner Ford. Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies time of the Famine-Genocide that took and the Junior Ukrainian Orthodox the lives of 7 million to 10 million. Qualifications: This competition is open to any player whose club is a member of USCAK. – Singles matches are scheduled in the following divisions: Men, Women, Women (35 and over), Junior Vets (35-44), Senior Men (45- 55), Junior (Boys and Girls). Juniors are persons, ages 18 and under, while seniors are those over 45 years of age.

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his deputy will be the commander of the Poland revives... Ukrainian contingent. The Polish sector Regensburg Reunion (Continued from page 2) will be divided between Polish, Regensburg Reunion “hyperpower.” Polish Ambassador to the Ukrainian and Spanish-led forces. U.S. Przemyslaw Grudzinski told Voice Both Poland and Ukraine see this of America that Poland belongs to Ukrainian contribution as a way to earn “14-Ú‡ áÛÒÚ𥘠ê£ÂÌÒ·Ûðˆ¥‚” “Western civilization,” which consists of U.S. support for Ukraine’s inclusion in the U.S. and European pillars. third round of NATO enlargement in 2007. Another trend is that propounded by In this sense, Poland seeks to return to its France, Germany and Belgium, with historic role as a “great power,” which September 8-11, 2003 Russia as an external supporter, of the complements its strategic support for sta- CFSP acting independently on behalf of bility on its eastern border through EU at “Europe” in a multipolar world. This expansion and further NATO enlargement. trend is far more critical of the United A second Polish role is to act as a lob- Soyuzivka States, especially the current administra- byist for EU widening further east, for tion’s “unilateralism.” example to include Ukraine. As the Poland is increasingly playing a role British-based Financial Times reported All former “Regensburgers” are cordially invited. in two areas. First, Poland has been on June 10, bringing Poland into the Renew the old friendships. placed in charge of one of four stabiliza- European Union will give it a badly tion sectors in Iraq. Polish Ambassador needed impetus to craft an “Eastern Enjoy the unique camaraderie. to NATO Jerzy Nowak explained that Dimension” in an area (western CIS) this would show Poland’s “leadership which is Europe’s last gray area. The Financial Times wrote that “Poland is For accommodations contact: potential.” This sector will include some 1,800 Ukrainian troops who, together right to remind the EU that it needs an Soyuzivka with 2,200 Poles, will make up nearly Ostpolitik of positive engagement 216 Foordmore Road, P.O. Box 529 half of the 9,000-strong peacekeeping towards these countries and to underline forces in the Polish-led sector. that it could serve as the bridge.” Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Poland is lobbying for the EU to have Tel.: (845) 626-5641 • Fax: (845) 626-4638 The Ukrainian Parliament voted on June 5 to contribute the third largest mil- an open door policy for Ukraine and itary force to Iraq. The Polish sector will Moldova similar to NATO’s policy and be led by Gen. Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, and that of the EU itself in the western Balkans. In the medium-long term, depending upon domestic developments in both states, Poland supports the idea of the EU signing association agreements with them. A step in this direction might be EU Action Plans for Ukraine and Moldova that would become Partner- ships for Association by the time the Partnership and Cooperation Agree- ments, which were signed with CIS states, expire in 2008. Poland’s entry into NATO and the EU is changing Polish perceptions of its international role by raising its profile and importance, and positioning as a staunch ally of the U.S. The greatest challenges will be within the EU, where the entry of Poland and other Central and Eastern European states will shift the gravity of Europe eastwards.

Study of Soviet... (Continued from page 11) also notes problems in the American percep- tion of and policies toward China. In the course of the book, Mr. Leshuk makes reference to Walter Duranty, The New York Times reporter who has been in the news recently because his Pulitzer Prize has come into question. After claiming that the media in the United States strongly influenced official U.S. views of the USSR, Mr. Leshuk writes, “The reliability and objectivity of U.S. newspapers concerning the Soviets, as well as their ethics and those of their reporters, can be judged from the statement of Walter Duranty of The New York Times who admitted to A.W. Klieforth of the US Embassy in Berlin in June of 1931 that, ‘in agreement with The New York Times and the Soviet authorities,’ his official dispatches always reflect the official opinion of the Soviet regime and not his own.” Mr. Leshuk notes that journalists who failed to praise the USSR would no longer be allowed by the Soviet government to report from the Soviet Union. Mr. Leshuk also writes that Mr. Duranty denied the exis- tence of a famine in his writing, while pri- vately admitting that a famine existed and may have claimed the lives of as many as 10 million people. Mr. Leshuk is a researcher and independ- ent intelligence analyst in Washington. He spent several years helping the Afghan resistance in the war with the Soviet Union, and more recently has examined first-hand much of the Soviet-era industrial infrastruc- ture remaining in the successor states of the USSR. No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 21 UMANA New York Metro Chapter holds elections, plans activity

NEW YORK – The New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA) held its annual general mem- bership meeting and election of officers on May 9 at the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA). One of the most active of 18 UMANA chapters, New York Metro has been instrumental in stimulating participation by local health care professionals of Ukrainian origin in their area. The chap- ter recruited 30 new members during the 2001-2003 term of office – the most of any chapter – and continues to lead UMANA in enrolling fresh talent. The newly elected slate of officers for 2003-2005 includes many who were re- elected from the previous term because of their leadership initiative and hard work in helping to re-establish the New York Metro Chapter as one of UMANA’s historically most active. The new officers are Alexandra New UMANA New York Metro officers: (from left): Dr. Viktor Gribenko, treasurer; Dr. Marta Kushnir, secretary; Dr. Kushnir, M.D., president; Artur Artur Hryhorowych, vice-president and president-elect; Dr. Bohdan Shebunchak, meeting chairman; Dr. Adrian Hryhorowych, M.D., vice-president and Baranetsky, editor-in chief of UMANA News; Dr. Alexandra Kushnir, president; and members-at large Dr. Borys president-elect; Marta Kushnir, M.D., Mychalczak, Dr. Roman Alyskewycz, Dr. Ronald Liteplo and Dr. Lesia Muraszczuk. secretary; Ihor Magun, M.D., Lectures and Special Events Chairman; and The new officers are constructing Olenka Saikewycz, M.D., Lesia plans for another active and interesting Muraszczuk, D.D.S., and Ronald two years. The current collaboration with Liteplo, M.D., members at large. New the Ukrainian Institute of America and additions to this group include Viktor the Ukrainian Engineers Society of Gribenko, M.D., treasurer, and Lev America will continue. Seminars and Wolansky, M.D., member-at-large. social events encompassing colleagues Special thanks were extended to Dr. from Ukraine and in the United States Bohdan Shebunchak for chairing the are ongoing. The chapter is exploring meeting and providing his expertise. further Internet subscriptions to JAMA The New York Metro Chapter’s activi- for various medical institutions in ties are varied and profuse. Members Ukraine, as well as the possibility of have provided online subscriptions to the selective scholarships. The chapter is Journal of the American Medical looking forward to cooperating with the Association (JAMA) for the medical uni- Shevchenko Scientific Society in co- versities in Ternopil and Poltava, sponsoring medical seminars. Also, it Ukraine. Dr. Gribenko participated in will support and participate in regional two radio call-in programs on health care commemorations of the 70th anniversary issues, and Dr. Magun contributed 45 of the Famine in Ukraine scheduled for articles to Our Life (Nashe Zhyttia), the this fall. magazine of the Ukrainian National The New York Metro Chapter encour- Women’s League of America, on various ages interested individuals to become medical topics. active in the chapter’s functions, meet Dr. Adrian Baranetsky continues to new colleagues, and continue in the tra- publish the UMANA News, the associa- dition of being the premier UMANA tion’s successful newsletter. Dr. Marta chapter on the East Coast. For further Kushnir continues her tradition of being information, readers may call Dr. Marta Ukrainian youth camp doctor at Plast’s Kushnir at (508) 890-5886 or e-mail her “Morskyi Tabir.” Many other members at [email protected]. contribute in various ways to the Ukrainian community. The chapter co-sponsored the dinner yacht cruise for the Ukrainian Institute of America Building Fund on June 6, with the Ukrainian American Professionals and Businesspersons of New York and New Jersey and the Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America. The Chapter actively partici- pated in the successful fashion show banquet for the Breast Cancer Awareness Program in Ukraine on June 7, along with the Ukrainian Women’s Fund and the UIA.

Analysis of political... (Continued from page 11) Prof. Kuzio writes of Dr. Kravchuk’s book, “This volume is the work of many years of painstaking research by Robert S. Kravchuk in a field so sorely neglect- ed by contemporary Ukrainian studies.” Dr. Kravchuk is associate professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University. He has served as a U.S. Treasury Department resident advi- sor to the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, and taught public finance and economics at the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration in 1993-1994. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2003 No. 31

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