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Defiant Moscow mayor travels The 53rd Presidential Inaugural to Crimean city he says is Russia’s features an ethnic perspective by Roman Woronowycz Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet that is by Michael Sawkiw Jr. Kyiv Press Bureau based there, which they claim is Russian Ukrainian National Information Service regardless of the fact that Soviet Premier KYIV – Moscow’s Mayor Yurii Nikita Khrushchev returned Crimea to WASHINGTON – The final inaugura- Luzhkov continued to test the patience of Ukraine in 1954 and that officially Russia tion of the 21st century, President William Ukrainian government officials with an has stated again and again that it has no Jefferson Clinton’s second, America’s unannounced and perhaps illegal visit to the claims on the city. Ukraine and Russia 53rd, was commemorated by three days of city of Sevastopol, located on Ukraine’s have been negotiating the split of the fleet festivities in the nation’s capital on Crimean peninsula, on January 17. more than four years. January 18-20. The theme of the week- There he again stated that the city “has Mr. Luzhkov proposed a resolution in end-long celebration was “An American been and will continue to be Russian” and December in the Russian Federation Journey,” a multi-faceted program that highlighted America’s strong ethnic and that the issue will be decided in Russia’s Council, the upper chamber of the cultural heritage through performances, favor by international courts. Parliament of which he is a member, exhibits, lectures and galas, and culminat- Lately Mr. Luzhkov has been at the which in essence declared that ed in the traditional oath of office, forefront of an onslaught of words by Sevastopol belongs to Russia. Inaugural parade and Inaugural balls. some Russian leaders over the status of The powerful mayor, who most politi- A Sunday afternoon brunch, “A cal analysts believe has presidential aspi- Celebration of the American Mosaic,” was rations and could win an election, hosted by the National Democratic Ethnic showed up at a ceremony in which an Democrats unite Coordinating Committee (NDECC), a sub- apartment building financed from the committee of the Democratic National budget of the city of Moscow was Committee (DNC), one of the main orga- for next elections opened for families of servicemen of the nizers behind many inaugural events. A Russian Black Sea Fleet. to Verkhovna Rada celebration of the strength of America’s There he stated that no documents exist ethnic diversity, the brunch was entirely that can prove that Sevastopol was ever produced by ethnic leaders and communi- by Roman Woronowycz turned over to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954. ties throughout America. Planned as an eth- Kyiv Press Bureau “Even after Khrushchev made up his mind nic salute to the victory of President while in a state of intoxication to turn over Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore, the KYIV – On January 22, the 79th Crimea, Sevastopol was a separate, inde- anniversary since the declaration of pendent administrative unit and was never (Continued on page 4) President Bill Clinton Ukraine’s independence by Mykhailo given to Ukraine,” said Mr. Luzhkov, Hrushevsky and the Central Rada of the according to Interfax-Ukraine. Ukrainian National Republic, close to It was another major headache for 1,000 people gathered to hear leaders of Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister O fficials describe U.S.-Ukraine ties the Ukrainian democratic movement Hennadii Udovenko, who days earlier had announce the formation of an electoral to deal with an alleged correspondence bloc for the next elections to the between Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry as “highest level of bilateral relations” Verkhovna Rada. and a presidential aide that mentioned a by R.L. Chomiak highest level of bilateral relations.” With blue-and-yellow flags flapping scheme to orchestrate the impeachment of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly It was also in September 1996 that the in a bone-chilling January wind, Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma Binational Commission headed by Vyacheslav Chornovil, Ivan Drach, Oles because of his “anti-Russia policies.” WASHINGTON – In the short span of President Leonid Kuchma and Vice- Shevchenko, Pavlo Movchan and a host This time Minister Udovenko sent a five years, diplomatic relations between President Al Gore was announced. of other political leaders mounted the message to Russia’s Ambassador to the United States and Ukraine have risen President Kuchma had suggested the cre- rear bed of a beat-up truck on St. Sophia Ukraine Yurii Dubinin. According to a from active non-recognition by the U.S. to ation of such a commission during his Square to declare that they would work spokesperson in the Foreign Affairs what a veteran Ukrainian diplomat calls February 1996 visit to Washington, and together to win a majority in the Ministry’s press office, that message “the highest level of bilateral relations.” within six months it became a reality. Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada in 1998. describes Mr. Luzhkov’s remarks as The diplomat, Valerii Kuchynsky, The Kuchma-Gore Commission was As Mr. Chornovil put it: “We expect to “unfriendly and aimed against Ukraine’s deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of established, the senior administration form one platform, to become one faction territorial integrity, which is recognized Ukraine to the U.S., spoke on January 17 official noted, “as a place to achieve in Parliament and later perhaps to form a by the international community and at the Center for Strategic and greater results.” Its four committees – single party, or at least a coalition.” Russia in particular.” International Studies (CSIS) during a Foreign Policy, Security, Trade and The union, called the All Ukrainian Mr. Udovenko said at a press confer- meeting of the American-Ukrainian Investment, and Sustainable Economic Council of National Democratic Forces, ence on January 21 that Mr. Luzhkov, Advisory Committee’s Political-Economic Cooperation – are headed by high-level sealed its compact earlier in the day at a for all his verboseness and potential Working Group chaired by Paula officials from both governments and congress at the National Opera House. It political power, does not speak for the Dobriansky and Richard Murphy. have been meeting in Kyiv and includes Rukh – the Popular Movement government of Russia. “Let us allow this A senior Clinton administration offi- Washington to tackle urgent issues in of Ukraine, the Prosvita Society of Taras issue to be resolved through diplomatic cial, who spoke on the record but not for unison. Shevchenko, the Organization of channels. Today our assignment is to attribution, reported on the latest U.S.- In the sphere of economics, the offi- Ukrainian Intellectuals, and the All- build relations with Russia on good Ukrainian initiatives. He recalled that cial said both sides agree that Ukraine Ukrainian Union of Veterans. neighborly terms. Luzhkov’s actions do diplomatic relations between the two needs a stable base for government rev- Their leaders, Messrs. Chornovil, not and should not reflect Ukraine- countries began in January 1992, and enue; in the Ukrainian case this should Movchan, Drach and Ihor Yukhnovsky, Russia relations,” said Ukraine’s foreign noted that they have been deepening be a consumption tax, such as the value- respectively, represent a cross-section of affairs minister. “Neither Luzhkov nor since then. added tax (VAT), because an income tax, the democratic movement. All were anybody else who makes such statements “1996 was a very important year in the under conditions of low profits and low members of the original Rukh before will derail this process. We await the development of those relations,” he contin- incomes, would not generate sufficient splits in 1991 and 1994. In fact, the return of Mr. Yeltsin to an active role. ued. “It was marked in September by the revenue. coalition has adopted the motto, “Rukh – We feel that then relations will again willingness of both sides to talk about the Ukraine, he said, has received an Together Again.” normalize.” U.S.-Ukraine relationship as a strategic “extraordinary level of support” from the partnership.” It is this strategic partnership (Continued on page 19) (Continued on page 19) that Mr. Kuchinsky characterized as “the (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 No. 4

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Meager results at CIS ministers meeting would not approve half-finished docu- Russian legislature and politicians ments. However, the Verkhovna Rada has MOSCOW — The January 17 session not yet passed the tax-reform package of the CIS Heads of Government necessary for the government to revise the claim Ukrainian port of Sevastopol Council addressed 17 proposed econom- by Orest Deychakiwsky ritory, and condemning Ukraine’s refusal budget draft. U.S. economist Jeffrey ic agreements but approved only nine of to recognize Sevastopol’s “Russian sta- Sachs, following a meeting with President them, Russian and Western media Moscow Mayor Yurii Luzhkov, in his tus.” The Federation Council vote fol- Leonid Kuchma on January 13, said the reported. Russian Prime Minister Viktor latest provocative statement regarding lows an overwhelming vote (282-0) in Parliament’s repeated delays over adopt- Chernomyrdin declared that the council the status of the Ukrainian port city of October 1996 by the Duma, Russia’s ing tax-reform legislation were “danger- had approved an over-all concept for Sevastopol, stated during a visit there on lower parliamentary chamber, claiming ous,” Ukraina Moloda reported on CIS economic integration, but Russian January 17 that “Sevastopol was and is a Sevastopol for Russia. (The Duma had January 15. The Rada’s Budget CIS Affairs Minister Aman Tuleiev Russian city and we must defend passed a similar resolution in 1993.) Committee said a second reading of the admitted that Uzbekistan, Georgia, Sevastopol’s right to remain a Russian While the Russian government’s offi- draft will take place in late February or Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan refused to city” and that “No Russian will feel com- cial position is that Russia lays no territori- early March, according to Fax-Gazeta. support it, and, at the insistence of fortable until Sevastopol is returned to al claims on Ukraine – and that Sevastopol (OMRI Daily Digest) Ukraine, the document will be resubmit- the Russian Federation.” and Crimea are part of Ukraine – the ted to a scheduled January 28 meeting of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Federation Council resolution, proposed Defense minister complains about budget the council. The daily newspaper issued a protest calling Mr. Luzhkov’s by Mayor Luzhkov, produced consterna- Segodnia on January 18 reported that KYIV — Oleksander Kuzmuk, echo- remarks an infringement on Ukraine’s tion within Ukraine, as many Federation Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister ing the annual lament of his predecessors territorial integrity. Council members are Yeltsin appointees. Hennadii Udovenko criticized the draft following the passage of the state budget, Over the last year, Russian politicians Officials in Ukraine’s government and concept’s proposals for unified CIS has said that the military has sufficient have repeatedly laid claims to the Verkhovna Rada reacted sharply to trade, labor, transport, customs and cur- funds only to pay for the salaries and pro- Sevastopol, inconsistent with Russia’s the resolution, with President Leonid rency systems, saying they contradict the visions of the armed forces, Ukrainian OSCE obligations, including respect of Kuchma regretting that “not everyone in Ukrainian Constitution. Predicting that Radio reported on January 16. He com- sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Russia has learned to accept Ukraine as a Ukraine would not agree to sign the doc- plained that the role of the army is not Ukrainian city of Sevastopol, located in sovereign state yet,” while calling for ument, the paper sarcastically said the limited to “eating porridge and receiving the Crimea, is the home port of the Black “calm and civilized negotiations” to set- session had continued the CIS tradition a paycheck,” but should include enhanc- Sea Fleet, the division of which has been tle the fleet matter and other outstanding of “paper creativity.” (OMRI Daily ing the security of the country. He noted the subject of difficult talks between issues between Ukraine and Russia. D i g e s t ) that no funds have been allocated for the Kyiv and Moscow since 1992. The U.S. government expressed con- While progress has been made as to the purchase of military hardware and that cern about the Federation Council and Belarusian, Ukrainian presidents meet division of the fleet itself (with Russia and the army has had to sell off military assets Duma resolutions, and encouraged active to cover other needs. Last year, such sales Ukraine discussing a lease agreement negotiations between Ukraine and Russia HOMIEL, Belarus — Belarusian under which Russia would keep most of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and brought in 32 million hryvni ($17.7 mil- that would result in agreements on the lion), most of which was spent on build- the fleet and continue to use Sevastopol as Black Sea Fleet and a bilateral “friend- Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma met a base), the dispute has more recently cen- in Homiel on January 17 to discuss eco- ing housing for servicemen and buying ship treaty.” military equipment. Minister Kuzmuk tered on the question of basing rights Speaking on December 14, l996, Carlos nomic cooperation and controls on their within Sevastopol, with Russia demand- mutual border, international agencies said if the situation does not change, the Pascual, director for Russian, Ukrainian army will be left with nothing but ing exclusive basing rights – i.e., that the and Eurasian affairs at the National reported. The two leaders signed a com- Ukrainian navy command base itself else- muniqué aimed at simplifying customs “national awareness and Kalashnikovs” Security Council, observed: “As a member by the year 2005. (OMRI Daily Digest) where. Indeed, according to Russian of the OSCE [Organization for Security rules and fostering ties between the two demands, Ukrainian ships would be and Cooperation in Europe], Russia is countries’ customs agencies, border Crimean Communists celebrate autonomy allowed to anchor in only one of obliged to adhere to the principles of that guards and internal affairs ministries. Sevastopol’s five bays. organization and the principles of the They also agreed to broaden cooperation SYMFEROPOL — Members of the On December 5, 1996, Russia’s upper Helsinki Final Act, which include respect in industry, especially in the manufactur- Crimean Communist Party honored the legislative chamber, the Federation for territorial integrity within current bor- ing of farm machinery. Mr. Lukashenka anniversary of the 1991 referendum that Council, approved a resolution by a vote ders. And we also note that statements by said that “if the countries carry out the restored Crimea’s autonomy with a rally of 110-14 vote claiming the Ukrainian any official body of any OSCE member signed agreements, Belarus’ relations in Sevastopol attended by some 1,000 city of Sevastopol as part of Russia’s ter- that call into question these basic principles with Ukraine will overtake its relations people, ITAR-TASS reported on January are not constructive.” The issue was also with other states.” Since the break-up of 20. The Communists also demanded Orest Deychakiwsky is a staffer of the discussed at the December 12 OSCE the Soviet Union, Ukraine has been one early elections to the Crimean U.S. Commission on Security and Permanent Council meeting in Vienna by of Belarus’ main trade partners, import- Parliament, threatening protests and Cooperation in Europe. Ukraine, Russia and the United States. ing $714 million of Belarusian goods in strikes if the Parliament stays on. 1996. (OMRI Daily Digest) Meanwhile, Ukrainian Radio reported on January 18 that Ukraine’s Vice Minister Dispute continues over Ukraine’s budget for Economics Leonid Minin warned that Verkhovna Rada members call KYIV — Verkhovna Rada Chairman the Crimean economy is in a catastrophic Oleksander Moroz has expressed displea- state. Mr. Minin said capital investments for unity in Orthodox Church sure at the “new anti-Parliament cam- in Crimea had decreased by 50 percent, paign” over the passage of the 1997 bud- and hundreds of thousands of Crimeans KYIV — A group of Ukrainian essential to the best interests of the citi- get, Ukrainian TV reported on January 16. are affected by hidden unemployment. national deputies held a press conference zens of Ukraine. Group members asked Mr. Moroz complained that the govern- Crimean Parliament Chairman Vasyl in the first week of January to call for the president to work with them to con- ment has ignored the legislature’s Kyseliov said the continued decline in unity among the factions of the Orthodox vince Church leaders that Ukraine should December 19 resolution instructing the production raises the specter of a col- Church in Ukraine, reported Respublika. have a one unified Orthodox Christian executive to revise the 1997 budget draft lapse of the peninsula’s industry and The group, which calls itself “The Church by the year 2000. The group will within two weeks, adding that legislators agriculture. (OMRI Daily Digest) Group for One Orthodox Christian Church also request that the president chair an in Ukraine”, emphasized several points in organizing committee that will plan com- their press conference. 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She OTTAWA – Last year was a troubled added that there has been some talk of cares for lives in Ukraine one for Radio Canada International. expanding RCI into an international tele- by Christopher Guly links with his Canadian counterpart, In January the Canadian government David Dingwall. vision service, but RCI Executive OTTAWA – According to Ukraine’s announced plans to shut down the 52- Director Terry Hargreaves said such a To that end, Dr. Serdiuk signed a memo- year-old international radio service. Health Ministry, over 6 million Ukrainians randum on cooperation with Mr. Dingwall move could be prohibitively expensive to suffer from cardiovascular disease, 1.2 mil- In March Canadian Heritage Minister pursue. “It could run 10 to 20 to 30 times to promote and facilitate “healthy” rela- Sheila Copps said Montreal-based RCI lion have a psychological impairment, tions between the two countries, which will what our radio service costs to operate,” 720,000 are alcohol dependent, 56,000 are would survive until the end of March he explained. include exchanges between government 1997. addicted to drugs and 600,000 have tuber- agencies, health institutions and health pro- In fact, RCI’s annual $16-million bud- culosis. Furthermore, one out of every four In December, Canadian Broadcasting get is far less than that of other interna- fessionals. Ms. Schatz said she hopes the Corp. president Perrin Beatty – who Ukrainians carries an infectious disease. tional radio services, such as the BBC, agreement will also lead to increased oversees RCI’s mandate – said the CBC In Canada, with a population of 30 mil- which is almost 38 times larger. Canadian awareness about the dismal state could not afford to carry RCI any more. lion, about $2,000 is spent on health care The breadth of RCI’s foreign lan- of health of Ukrainians. And, just before the end of 1996, Ms. on a per capita basis, while in Ukraine, guage programming has been drastically That could be difficult, given the fed- Copps, who also serves as deputy prime with a population of 53 million, only $25 scaled down over the last seven years. eral government’s emphasis on aid to minister, rescued it for at least another (U.S.) is spent on a per capita basis. Gone are programs in Portuguese, developing countries. She noted that a year. Under the plan, four federal govern- The health of Ukrainians is “horrible,” Italian, Polish, German, Hungarian, recent government survey found that ment departments will contribute to RCI’s said Paulette Schatz, program manager of Czech and Japanese. In addition to most Canadians supported continued for- annual $16 million (about $12 million the Ottawa-based Canadian Society for Russian and Ukrainian, remain Spanish, eign aid support for Third World coun- U.S.) budget: $6 million each from International Health’s Partners in Health Mandarin and Arabic. tries. Television images and the highly Foreign Affairs and Canadian Heritage, project. Last December Ms. Schatz But, Mr. Hargreaves said that, with visible campaigns waged by such non- $3 million from Foreign Affairs’ escorted Ukrainian Health Minister what RCI has, the international radio ser- governmental organizations as Care Canadian International Development Andrii Serdiuk on a Canadian tour that vice is reaching a sizable audience of Canada and Oxfam reinforce the image Agency and $1 million from the took him to Ottawa, Toronto, Reging and of disease and famine in Africa and Asia. Department of National Defense. nearly 250 million, if RCI’s co-produc- where he met with Saskatchewan tion with Chinese state radio for a 30- Ottawa took note and, according to Previously, the four government part- Premier Roy Romanow, a Ukrainian Ms. Schatz, who spent 11 years as a for- ners paid half of RCI’s budget. The rest minute, Monday morning program on Canadian, and received an update on the Canada is included. eign worker in Ghana, Zimbabwe and came from the cash-strapped CBC. curriculum-based Saskatchewan-Ukraine Nigeria, has lessened its emphasis on But although RCI’s operating budget Without China, RCI attracts a world- Healthy Schools Project, as well as wide shortwave radio audience of about Central and East European countries. remains intact, and CBC continues to Victoria, where he met with British “Yet, in fact, Ukraine is the linchpin to manage it, its future is guaranteed only 6 million, and around 10 million more Columbia Heath Minister Joy MacPhail. through satellite and local downlink the stability of East European states,” she until March 31, 1998. Dr. Serdiuk, a 58-year-old epidemiolo- said. “Our Canadian public is not being Elzbieta Olechowska, who runs RCI’s transmission, which is what Ukraine gist who became Ukraine’s health minis- receives. educated as to how important it is for us Europe Service – which transmits pro- ter last September, came to Canada to to be working in that part of the world if gramming in Ukrainian, Russian, English In addition to sending two hours of familiarize himself with the country’s daily broadcasting via shortwave, RCI we want to continue to have peace in the and French – said the Canadian govern- publicly funded health system at the fed- world.” ment has vowed that the international also has forged a cable partnership with eral, provincial and municipal levels; Ukrainian state radio to transmit For Dr. Serdiuk, the gravity of the sit- radio service will serve as a “cornerstone meet with professional colleagues from uation hits a lot closer to home. of Canadian telecommunications strate- Canadian programming, and downlinks such organizations as the Canadian gy.” The problem, she said, is that no one programs to several local stations in such Medical Association; and forge stronger (Continued on page 18) knows exactly what that means. metropolitan centers as Lviv and “We’re hoping something like that Kharkiv. RCI announcer-producer Yaroslav Harchun, who packages a show on Canadian science, technology and trade for the five-member Ukrainian section, said the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv col- lects “bagfuls” of mail from listeners every other week and re-directs it to Montreal. “We get letters, mainly from southern and eastern Ukraine – even from Crimea – from people who really appreciate receiving information on Canada to help them establish personal and business contacts,” said Mr. Harchun, who has worked for RCI for the past 15 years. That is just one reason why RCI must enjoy a stable future, argued Morris Diakowsky, who worked as a producer- announcer for the service in 1953-1954. “It is very important for people in Ukraine’s Health Minister Andrii Serdiuk (left) signs memo of cooperation with countries that are undergoing a readjust- his Canadian counterpart, David Dingwall. ment in their political and social struc- ture – such as Ukraine – to have as much Terry Hargreaves, RCI’s executive broadcast time from abroad as practically director. can be given them, to not only tell them 1st Security Bank announces about other countries but to give them good news about good points of Canada,” said Mr. Diakowsky, who establishment of foundation today is president of the Canadian CHICAGO – Julian E. Kulas, president Bank throughout its 32-year history. We Foundation for Ukrainian Studies. and chief executive officer of 1st Security view the establishment of The Heritage The cost of maintaining RCI, he said, Federal Savings Bank, announced on Foundation of 1st Security Federal is a small price the federal government January 6 that 1st Security has established Savings Bank Inc. as one way of recog- has to pay, as closing it down runs the a not-for-profit charitable foundation nizing the community’s support. We risk of losing a link to emerging democ- called The Heritage Foundation of 1st hope that the foundation will be helpful racies, such as Ukraine’s. “The alterna- Security Federal Savings Bank Inc., and in preserving our national identity, our tive is buying missiles, tanks, airplanes, committed $5 million to fund the founda- heritage and our organized communities ships and outfitting armies of the future,” tion’s initiatives. in the United States.” said Mr. Diakowsky. The purpose of the foundation is to pro- According to Dr. Paul Nadzikewycz, Mr. Hargreaves agreed that RCI’s role extends beyond radio broadcasting – par- vide charitable financial support to the chairman of the bank’s board of trustees, ticularly through its shortwave radio ser- Ukrainian American civic, educational, “The establishment of this charitable vice. For example, RCI continues to send religious and youth organizations in our foundation is another example of 1st Ukraine shortwave programming, in communities. 1st Security has set aside Security’s ongoing commitment to meet addition to its cable and downlink $2.5 million as initial funding for the the needs of our community.” arrangements. Why? foundation. The additional $2.5 million 1st Security Federal Savings Bank is a “Because you don’t know what’s going will be funded over the next few years. federal mutual savings bank that serves to happen,” explained Mr. Hargreaves. According to Mr. Kulas, “The its customers through offices located in Ukrainian community has been very sup- Norwood Park and Rolling Meadows, Yaroslav Harchun, an RCI a n n o u n c e r . (Continued on page 18) portive of 1st Security Federal Savings Ill., as well as in Philadelphia. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 No. 4 Canadian Federal Court issues new ruling in war crimes cases O fficials describe... (Continued from page 1) by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Thompson, who was also Mr. Rock’s deputy minister. Toronto Press Bureau The allegedly offending pair met in March without noti- international community during the December 17 pledg- fying counsel for the defense after Mr. Thompson had ing conference hosted by the International Monetary TORONTO – Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal on become frustrated with the slow pace of proceedings, Fund: $3.5 billion. Now it is up to the Verkhovna Rada January 14 reversed an earlier decision to stay deporta- specifically that presiding Justice James Jerome was grant- to pass nine packages of legislation on which this inter- tion proceedings against three alleged war criminals, ing too many motions to the defense. national assistance hinges. So far, only two of those leg- including Johann Dueck, 74, a resident of St. Justice Isaac called his colleague to a meeting to urge islative packages have gone through the first reading in Catharines, Ontario, accused of killing prisoners of war him to speed up the pace. After this and some of the Parliament. (including many Ukrainians) while serving as a Nazi prosecutor’s disparaging comments about Justice The United States was represented at the pledging deputy police chief in eastern Ukraine. Jerome came to light in the press, Justice Jerome conference, by Assistant Treasury Secretary David This was the latest verdict in an odd game of ping- removed himself from the case. Lipton, who is also a member of the Sustainable pong the Canadian justice system has been playing in Justice Cullen was assigned to the case in May, and Economic Cooperation Committee in the Kuchma-Gore the cases at the federal court level since March 1996, then made the controversial ruling to stay proceedings Commission – “a place to achieve greater results,” as and will now doubtlessly proceed to the highest court in because of the “serious breach of judicial independence” noted at the CSIS presentation the land – the Supreme Court. allegedly committed by Justice Isaac . Reforms, the senior administration official said, also It also represents a setback for the defense, which had In late August 1996, Justice Dubin weighed in with are needed for foreign investments in Ukraine that enjoyed a series of victories. his report, released by the Ministry of Justice on would dwarf any external assistance. Many investors The January 14 judgment reverses a July 4, 1996, September 5, 1996, which expressed the opinion that are interested in coming to Ukraine, but Ukraine first decision by Federal Justice Bud Cullen that the cases “Mr. Thompson’s meeting was properly motivated, did has to solve problems facing investors, and it’s up to the had been tainted by judicial interference on the part of not deal with the merits of the cases, and was not Verkhovna Rada to pass the required legislation. Chief Justice Julius Isaac and had to be set aside. intended to interfere with the independence of the judi- From the American point of view, the Kuchma gov- Canada’s Justice Minister Allan Rock had filed an ciary,” but that he was “remiss” in not notifying defense ernment is committed to make this the year of reform, appeal a week later and ordered that retired Ontario Chief counsel and had “departed from the standards expected the administration official said, because 1998 is the year Justice Charles Dubin conduct an inquiry to determine of parliamentary elections in Ukraine and 1999 the year the extent of malfeasance by a prosecutor in the case, Ted (Continued on page 20) of presidential elections, and election years are not the time to pass major legislation. nizer within the NDECC, stated that due to the efforts of He also expressed satisfaction over Ukraine’s active role in The 53rd Presidential... ethnic coordinators in rallying their communities, the regional initiatives and cited as an example the statement on Belarus developed by the presidents of Ukraine, Lithuania and (Continued from page 1) Clinton-Gore campaign won all nine states. Numerous representatives of Ukrainian American Poland. The joint statement made it “very clear that the move- brunch was held in the elegant ballroom of the National ment towards democracy and market economy is not just a Press Club in Washington where leaders and ethnic coordi- organizations were invited, and among those attending were Zenon and Nadia Matkiwsky (Children of Western vision; that it is a vision shared by Belarus neighbors nators from the Democratic Party and more than 500 within the region.” guests came together to reflect on the role of ethnic diversi- Chornobyl Relief Fund), Bozhena Olshaniwsky (Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine), Anya Ukraine, he added, continues to develop and expand ty in American culture and life. its relations with NATO, despite the fact that currently The Ukrainian leaders of the NDECC are Julian Dydyk-Petrenko (Ukrainian National Association), a group of young Ukrainian American Democrats from it does not seek membership in the alliance. Volodymyr Kulas, president of 1st Security Savings Bank in Horbulin, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Chicago, and Andrew Fedynsky, vice-president of the greater New York-New Jersey area, and members of the Ukrainian National Information Service (UNIS), the Defense Council, the official noted, had visited NATO North Shore Consultants in Cleveland. Both Ukrainian headquarters in Brussels on January 10. Americans are prominent in their communities, the for- Washington bureau of the UCCA. The next day, after taking his oath of office, President A military officer from the U.S. Defense Department mer a member of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of who was present at the meeting pointed out that America Inc. (UCCA), and the latter, a director of the Clinton remarked in his Inaugural address, “The world is no longer divided into two hostile camps. Instead, now we are Ukraine’s membership in NATO’s Partnership for Ukrainian Museum Archives. Peace program “is not just exercises”; it includes opera- Yuri Shcherbak, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., as building bonds with nations that were once our adversaries. Growing connections of commerce and culture give us a tional planning, and Ukrainian officers are active part- well as ambassadors and dignitaries from more than a ners in this planning. dozen embassies were also present to salute the accom- chance to lift the fortunes and spirits of people the world over. ... And for the very first time in all history, more peo- plishments of ethnic Americans. ple on this planet live under democracy than dictatorship.” The brunch began with a brief welcome by Jolene M. In a show of bipartisan support for the new president, Molitoris, administrator for the Federal Railroad the Republican-led Senate Foreign Relations Committee Administration and a Polish American, who served as John Deere sales: met just prior to the swearing-in ceremony in the morn- mistress of ceremonies. Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian, ing and voted unanimously to recommend to the Senate primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church the confirmation of Amb. Madeleine Albright as the ‘a lesson learned’ of America, delivered the invocation while Matthew first woman secretary of state. On Wednesday, January Ujvagi, a Hungarian American, sang the national 22, the entire Senate voted to confirm. WASHINGTON – American John Deere com- anthem. Speeches from senior Clinton administration Among the exhibits in the parade, which was held bines sold to Ukraine through Export-Import Bank officials included Donna Shalala, secretary of the after the president’s oath and the traditional luncheon financing have been the subject of controversy for Department of Health and Human Services (a Lebanese hosted by Congress for the new president, current and more than a year. American), and Alexis Herman, former director of the former volunteers of the Peace Corps carried the flags of Ukrainian populists and leftists complained that White House Office of Public Liaison and now secre- over 130 countries where Peace Corps programs are and the U.S. was unloading its farm machinery on tary of labor-designate. have been active. The Ukrainian blue-and-yellow flag Ukraine and burdening it with credit, when it would Each expressed in her own words the sentiment that could be seen among the multi-colored mix of flags of be cheaper for Ukraine to produce its own combines. reverberated throughout the luncheon: America, a multi- numerous countries. American correspondents reported that the John ethnic country, forms a successful national mosaic that With the day’s inaugural formalities completed, the Deere combines were going to the large agribusi- is unique in the world. evening brought star-studded galas scattered throughout ness complexes, successors of the Soviet collective In her capacity as director of the White House Office Washington. At the Kennedy Center (one of 15 official farms, not to private farmers whom U.S. assistance of Public Liaison, Ms. Herman thanked her assistant Inaugural balls), the gala represented the states of New is supposed to favor. Marilyn DiGiacobbe for the coordination of ethnic York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. But when the harvest was in, the John Deere affairs for the White House. Ms. Herman continued, Prior to President Clinton’s arrival, Rep. Benjamin machines received a grudging endorsement from “[Ethnic Americans] have enabled us to continue on this Gilman (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House International the most Communist of Ukraine’s regions – historic journey,” making the diversity of America a Relations Committee, provided a brief interview to Luhansk Oblast. unifying element in the work of this country. UNIS staff. When asked his opinion on the current According to Natalia Zarudna, counselor of the Reflecting on “The Bridge to the 21st Century,” one political and economic situation in Ukraine, Chairman Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, the head of the of the exhibits in the “American Journey” celebration, Gilman noted that “We are much concerned about oblast administration, a Communist, reported that Secretary Shalala focused her remarks on the future. Ukraine and also its neighbor to the north, Belarus. in 1996, 147 combines had worked the fields of “Nothing,” stated Secretary Shalala, “is more precious Ukraine needs our help economically to sustain the Luhansk Oblast: 137 Russian, mostly Dons, and 10 [in America] than our children. We have giant steps to gains they have already accomplished.” Rep. Gilman John Deeres. The 10 American machines collected take in this century ... to make the 21st century even bet- expressed his wish to see Ukraine in an enlarged as much grain as the 137 Russian ones. ter for everyone.” NATO, if Ukraine so desires. Ms. Zarudna spoke at a January 17 discussion Also present at the luncheon were Donald Fowler, the In a response to a question about the focus of the on U.S.-Ukraine relations at the Center for DNC’s most recent national chairman, and Roy Romer, Clinton administration vis-a-vis Ukraine in the next four Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in governor of Colorado and the new chairman of the years, Rep. Gilman stated that he hoped to see more Washington, where the question of the John Deere DNC. Both spoke with enthusiasm as they emphasized specifics,and stated that the House International Relations sales came up. the commanding role played by ethnic Americans in Committee will pay closer attention to Ukraine. A senior Clinton administration official present shaping the course of history in this country. The president and first lady arrived at the gala at at the meeting admitted that the recipients of the Several members of the U.S. House of Representatives approximately 12:30 a.m. and were enthusiastically American farm machinery were not the ideal received acknowledgments for participating in the lun- greeted by the revelers. President Clinton greeted and choice, but the U.S. faced a dilemma: whether to cheon, including Reps. Pat Danner (D-Mo.), Tom Foglietta thanked the crowd, and after a brief dance, the first cou- send food aid to Ukraine or help it feed itself. (D-Pa.) and Dale Kildee (D-Mich.). ple was whisked away to other official Inaugural balls. Agricultural land privatization is still lagging in For the 1996 campaign, the NDECC targeted nine states However, the party-goers danced into the wee hours of Ukraine, he said, and called the John Deere sales in the midwest and northeast, states with a large concentra- the morning, celebrating the inauguration of their presi- “a lesson learned.” tion of ethnic Americans. In these states, ethnic Americans dent, and another peaceful transition of power in the – R.L. Chomiak had been identified as the swing vote. Jim Zogby, an orga- world’s oldest and largest democracy. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 5

Ukrainian Canadian computer animator COMMENTARY wins Oscar for technical achievement The Diversity Visa Lottery: by Christopher Guly images (such as segments of a figure) are drawn on film and layered together to form first step towards citizenship OTTAWA – Twenty-eight years ago, a complete image. Armed with archaic Nestor Burtnyk went to Hollywood hop- computers equipped with only 12 kilobits ing to learn something about animation. by Rudolph W. Giuliani Lottery. Indicate language preference: English, of memory – less than what’s required to Spanish, Russian or Haitian-Creole. On March 1 the 68-year-old former even boot up today’s versions – the duo set On December 3, I was joined by You know, throughout American history, scientist with Canada’s National out to create a computer animation system Councilmembers Una Clarke and Lloyd Research Council will return to receive that would result in simulating the artist’s Henry, Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jose immigration has been the key to the success of an Academy Award for his pioneering drawing table. Maldonado and Bianca Jagger for a press con- the United States and the key to the success of work in the field. “Nestor saw real potential for a computer ference to help publicize the Diversity Visa the city of New York. And the anti-immigrant The Academy of Motion Picture Arts to do the grunt work in filling in the many Green Card Lottery. agenda that has recently become prevalent in and Sciences announced on January 7 that frames in between the key frames, while The annual visa lottery is a federal program our nation is punitive and short-sighted, using Mr. Burtnyk and his former colleague, that is designed to help immigrants obtain legal still using artists to do the major frames in hard-working immigrants as scapegoats for Marceli Wein, were each awarded an resident status in the United States. an animation,” explained Mr. Doyle. sometimes national problems that they don’t Academy Award for Technical In the early 1970s, Mr. Burtnyk col- Participation in the lottery can be a first step on contribute to and have little to do with. Achievement. The two will receive a laborated with animator Peter Foldes of the road to becoming an American citizen. plaque for their achievement, as opposed to the National Film Board of Canada to To register for the lottery, an application Immigrants pay taxes at the same rate as the Oscar statuette that actors, screenwrit- use his key-frame animation technique in must be mailed between February 3 and American-born citizens, and now the United ers and a director will receive at the 69th an experimental film called “Metadada.” March 5. States is planning to deny them benefits if they ceremony to be televised on March 24. Another one – the 11-minute feature Another purpose of the press conference experience hard times. This is clearly unfair, “There’s no doubt that you can trace the “Hunger,” about world hunger and pover- was to warn recent immigrants about the pit- and possibly unconstitutional. The city has origin of the industry that we enjoy now to falls of the immigration process. Too often, ty, which took 18 months of production – failed one lawsuit challenging some of these their early work in computer animation,” followed. It became the first computer-ani- immigrants come to our city so full of hope measures and is preparing to continue to do said the NRC’s Dick Doyle, who nominat- mated film to receive an Oscar nomination and the desire to build a new and better life that ed the pair for the Academy Award. “They for Best Short in 1974. Though that they become easy targets for fraudulent and that and join all of those groups that are trying inspired a lot of people to go into the multi- Academy Award eluded Mr. Burtnyk and unscrupulous con artists. to deal with turning around this anti-immigra- million dollar computer animation industry. the NFB, the team won the jury prize at These individuals charge a fee and offer to tion tide that’s going on in some parts of the When you look at films like [Disney’s] the Cannes Film Festival that year. facilitate the immigration process with their so- c o u n t r y . ‘Toy Story’ – they built on what they did.” In 1974 Mr. Burtnyk became head of called expertise, but they provide little or no From the Russians in Brighton Beach to the The son of parents who emigrated to help in return for the money they take from the Data Systems Section, which evolved West Indians in Crown Heights to the Canada from western Ukraine, Mr. these immigrants. into the Computer Graphics Section. Dominicans in Washington Heights to the rela- Burtnyk was born in Ethelbert, Manitoba. Although “Hunger” would mark his final If anyone knows about or has been the vic- tively recent Irish immigration that is reviving He graduated with an electrical engineer- filmic contribution, his work in the medi- tim of this type of fraud, please contact the ing degree from the University of um that led to the historic movie break- Department of Consumer Affairs immediately. Woodlawn in the Bronx – in all of these com- Manitoba in 1950 – the year he joined the through was far from over. In 1979, Mr. Consumer Affairs can help bring the perpetra- munities and more, the hardworking immi- NRC. At the time he was involved in nei- Burtnyk became manager of the NRC’s tor to justice, and ensure that no one else is grants of this city who continue to come here ther film-making nor in anything associat- newly formed Computer Technology made a victim of this kind of fraud. have helped to rebuild, rejuvenate and reinvig- For details on how to participate in the visa ed with cartoon-drawing. Research Program, where he worked on orate communities throughout the City of New As an employee of the council’s lottery or on how to obtain a free brochure, call projects in intelligent robotics and the York. Division of Radio and Electrical development of the 3-D laser camera. (212) 487-4444 or send a SASE to: NYC I urge all New Yorkers to work in support Engineering’s Data Systems Group, Mr. Three years later he was named head of Department of Consumer Affairs’s 42 Burtnyk began tinkering with computers the council’s Computing Technology Broaday, New York, NY 10004; Attn.: Visa of our city’s proud tradition of inclusiveness during what was their infancy stage in Section where he led research in the area of and tolerance that has helped to make New the 1960s. He and Dr. Wein, a physicist, computer-generated architectural design. Rudolph W. Giuliani is mayor of New York the most successful and most prosperous built the first computer mouse – made of After serving the NRC for 44 years, Mr. York City. city in the nation. wood – in Canada. Burtnyk retired from the council’s Institute In 1969, Mr. Burtnyk attended a con- for Information Technology in 1995. ference in California where Disney stu- Last year, he and Dr. Wein, who lives dio animators discussed their craft. in Kingston, Ontario, were honored as How to apply for the visa lottery “They said there were principal anima- “Fathers of Computer Animation The following information on the 1998 Hotline at (718) 899-4000. tors and so-called in-betweeners who Technology in Canada” at the Computer Diversity Visa Lottery is taken from “A handled the fill-in, secondary animation,” Animation Festival held in Toronto. Consumer Guide to the 1997 ‘DV-98’ Eligibility requirements recalled Mr. Burtnyk, who lives in the On February 19 the NRC will host a spe- Permanent-Resident Visa Lottery,” pub - Ottawa suburb of Kanata. “Well, I never cial evening in celebration of the two In order to qualify for the lottery lished by the City of New York. had an artistic inclination, but I came retirees’ Academy Award achievement – each applicant must: back to Ottawa thinking the computer less than two weeks before the big day in • have a high school education (or From February 3 to March 5, 1997, could serve as an in-betweener and help Beverly Hills (where the academy is based). its equivalent – not a GED) or two the United States Department of State animators fill in the holes to their work.” “Last year, Tom Hanks presented the years’ experience in an occupation will run the “DV-98” Diversity Visa With Dr. Wein, Mr. Burtnyk developed technical awards,” noted Mr. Doyle. “I requiring two years of training, with Lottery to award 55,000 permanent- a system known as key-frame animation, have this picture of Sharon Stone pre- that experience being attained within resident visas (“green cards”). The in which the computer would imitate con- senting Marceli with his and Demi the past five years; Diversity Visa Lottery program was ventional celanimation, where mini- Moore giving the award to Nestor.” • submit only one application; more established by the Immigration Act of than one will result in automatic dis- 1990 to help expand the number of qualification; countries from which new immigrants • mail the application so that it to the United States originate. arrives between February 3 and March Being selected by the lottery does 5, 1997 (any application received not guarantee you a permanent-resi- before or after these dates will be dis- dent visa. It does, however, make you carded); eligible to apply for it immediately. • Mail the application in an enve- Applying to the lottery program is lope that is 6 to10 inches long and 3 free, with winners selected randomly 1/2-4 1/2 inches wide (15 to 25 cm by computer. long by 9 to 11 cm wide). Excluded countries How to apply The visa lottery will be open to any- Each applicant should provide the one abroad or in the U.S., except for following personal information in natives of these countries: English on a plain sheet of paper: Canada, China (except Hong Kong), • Applicant’s last name (under- Columbia, Dominican Republic, El lined), first name, middle name. Salvador, India, Jamaica, Mexico, the • Applicant’s date and place of Philippines, Poland, South Korea, birth. Birthdate must include day, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Vietnam. month and year of birth. Birthplace Some people from excluded coun- must include city or town and country tries may be eligible. For example, if of birth. your spouse is from an eligible country • Names, dates and places of birth you may also be eligible. For further of applicant’s spouse and unmarried information about eligibility excep- Nestor Burtnyk (right) with Marceli Wein at work at Canada’s National Research tions, call the N.Y. Immigration (Continued on page 17) C o u n c i l . 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 No. 4

OBITUARIES Ukrainian community leaders roast one of their own, Bill Kereliuk Sister Innocence Bodnar, former teacher FOX CHASE MANOR, Pa. – Sister Innocence Bodnar, 81, a Sister of St. Basil the Great and a former elementary school teacher, died on December 19, 1996, at the Holy Redeemer Infirmary in Meadowbrook, Pa. Born Kathryn Bodnar in Northampton, Pa., Sister Innocence entered the order in 1930 and professed her final vows in 1938. She then taught elementary school in Philadelphia, Arnold, Pittsburgh, Centralia, Olyphant and Berwick, Pa., as well as in Chicago, Hamtramck, Mich., and Parma, Ohio. She returned to the motherhouse in Fox Chase Manor in 1986 and two years later became ill and was at the infirmary until her death. She is survived by five sisters: Sophie Terleski and Margaret Kent of Whitehall, Pa.; Anna Czekner and Mary Klucsarits Sister Innocence Bodnar OSBM of Northampton, Pa.; Helen Gibiser of Allentown, Pa.; and several nieces and liturgy was offered at the motherhouse of nephews. the Sisters of St. Basil the Great. Burial A viewing was held and a funeral was in the convent cemetery. Sister Anna Duda, former worker at Rome-based humanitarian agency SLOATSBURG, N.Y. – On Association (CNEWA), a papal agency November 28, 1996, Thanksgiving Day, for humanitarian and pastoral support Sister Anna Duda SSMI entered into that serves the churches and people of the eternal rest. The oldest of 11 children, Middle East, Northeast Africa, India and Anna was born on February 26, 1917, to Eastern Europe. Sister Anna never did Theodore and Xenia Kowal Duda of St. reach India, but her dedicated work from Vasyl “Bill” Kereliuk, standing before a caricature of himself, addresses the Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic her office in Rome served the people of audience at the roast held in his honor. Church in Ambridge, Pa. India in their need. It was through the loving example of While visiting the U.S. in 1989, Sister by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj training coordinator for NATO air her mother that Sister Anna learned early Anna had a debilitating stroke, after which Toronto Press Bureau defense navigators, and in 1951 he was in life of love for God, church, family she was unable to return to Rome. During assigned to the Directorate of Air and community. This family nurturing these last years of her life in a nursing TORONTO — Vasyl “Bill” Kereliuk, Intelligence in Ottawa, where he served drew her to religious life when she home, she never lost sight of her friends in a fixture on the Ukrainian Canadian as the director of its foreign languages entered the Novitiate of the Sisters Rome, the clergy and religious with whom scene, was given a “roast” in anticipation school. For the succeeding 12 years, Mr. Servants of Mary Immaculate in Canada she so closely worked. of his 80th birthday at the downtown Kereliuk was frequently called upon to in 1942. Sister Anna would later pass on They too did not forget her. Receiving institution with which he has been most act as a translator and interpreter in talks this same loving example to her sister, word of her death, Cardinal A. Silvestrini, closely associated, the St. Vladimir between Canadian and Soviet govern- Sister Bernitta, also a Sister Servant. prefect of the Sacred Oriental I n s t i t u t e . ment officials and aircraft design teams. Sister Anna’s teaching assignments Congregation wrote, “...as you well know, Mr. Kereliuk has been one of the Active in the hotel business since took her to St. Mary’s Villa Academy in Sister Anna was a devoted and generous Ukrainian Canadian community’s three years before his retirement from Sloatsburg, followed by elementary edu- collaborator of this congregation for over “rainmakers” for as long as many can active duty in 1963, Mr. Kereliuk sub- cation teaching in Rochester, N.Y., 20 years. By all accounts, the quality of remember, through his ongoing sequently moved to Toronto when he Detroit, Cleveland, Passaic, N.J., and her service to the Catholic Churches of the involvement in the Ukrainian was asked to serve as the administrator Chicago. East and their many faithful who had con- Canadian Congress and in the of the St. Vladimir Institute’s newly It was in 1969 that Sister Anna was tact with her set a high standard for those Ukrainian World Congress (and its opened student residence in 1969. asked to minister to the poor of India and around her and for those who followed previous incarnation, the World Over the years, Mr. Kereliuk occu- seeing that as God’s will, she agreed. She her. May she now enjoy the reward of her Congress of Free Ukrainians, WCFU). pied myriad posts in the city’s So-Use traveled as far as Rome. Political unrest unstinting labors.” one could ask for no Born in Insinger, Saskatchewan, on Ukrainian credit union and was active prevented her from going further. It was greater recognition than to be remembered, January 30, 1917, to a pioneer family, within the influential Ukrainian Self- in Rome that for the next 20 years Sister as Sister Anna was, for her dedicated ser- Mr. Kereliuk was called up to the Reliance League, the western Anna would spend her life working for Royal Canadian Air Force bomber Canadian-based Ukrainian Orthodox the Catholic Near East Welfare (Continued on page 12) squadron in 1941. While not flying national organization. He was a long- submarine surveillance missions and time member of the WCFU Presidium air drops of Yugoslav partisans, he (from 1973) and vice-chairman of its served as a liaison officer between the Famine Commission. He is currently RCAF’s Balkan Air Force headquar- president of the Ukrainian Orthodox ters and the so-called Russian Air Order of St. Andrew. Force Group. At war’s end he was During the roast itself, held on back in Canada as one of the North November 30, 1996, and attended by West Air Command’s liaison officers about 200 people, veteran activist Alla for Lend-Lease shipments to the Shklar served as master of ceremonies, USSR. marshaling a distinguished list of It was in this capacity that Mr. speakers who brought out a collection Kereliuk acted as interpreter for of chestnuts from the past, and put Dmytro Manuilsky on the latter’s them into the fire — “mild, medium return from the San Francisco United and hot,” according to the program. Nations organization meetings, where RCAF Brig. Gen. Joe Romanow the erstwhile commissar acted as head (former deputy chief of staff at NATO of the Ukrainian delegation. Headquarters in Germany in 1971- After war, he was posted as central 1974, and a high-ranking Canadian section commander of the “Alaska National Defense official) recounted Highway” telephone system stretching Mr. Kereliuk’s cool handling of a hair- from Edmonton to Fairbanks, Alaska. raising crash landing at an air force In 1949 Mr. Kereliuk was in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, as (Continued on page 16) Sister Anna Duda representing the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate in Rome, receives a blessing from Pope John Paul II. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 7 Konowal memorial Ukrainian pharmacy school deans visit Canada to proceed in B.C. by Christopher Guly OTTAWA – A trilingual plaque paying tribute to Victoria Cross winner Filip Konowal will be unveiled on April 5 in the Vancouver suburb of New Westminster, following a bit- ter struggle from within Sgt. Konowal’s former regiment. Last fall, the senate of the Royal Westminster Regiment – home of S g t . Konowal’s 47th Batallion – voted to cancel plans to erect an English-, French- and Ukrainian-language plaque honoring the only Ukrainian Canadian Victoria Cross winner. But when Canada’s national daily newspa- per, The Globe and Mail, published a story on the rejec- tion, the Canadian Armed Forces stepped in and told the regiment the memorial would go ahead. Jerry Gangur, the former president of the Royal Westminster Regiment Association who pushed for the plaque, is delighted. ‘’We are going to have the minister of national defense [Doug Young] in attendance,’’ he told The Weekly. The trilingual marker will be installed on the outside of the regiment’s armory in New Westminster. It will be accompanied by a bilingual plaque honoring fellow Victoria Cross winner and World War II veteran Jack Mahony, who also belonged to the regiment. The West Coast Konowal memorial is being paid for by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA), the Royal Westminster Regiment Association and British Columbia’s Ukrainian Canadian community. There are two other memorials dedicated to Sgt. Konowal, who received the Victoria Cross from King George V in During a visit to Canada organized through the Canadian Partners in Health project (from left) are: Dr. 1917. They are in Toronto and Ottawa. Future plans call for Ivan Mazur, Dr. Volodymyr Komar, Dr. Lesia Babiak, Dr. Valentyn Chernykh, Paulette Schatz and Dr. \ another in Sgt. Konowal’s home town in Kudkiv, Ukraine. Timothy Kalenyuk. Sgt. Konowal died in Ottawa in 1959. He was 72. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian communities of Vernon and by Marta Dyczok an opportunity not only to see the Canadian pharma- Nanaimo in British Columbia are planning to install histor- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ceutical system at work, but to get to know each other ical markers at the sites of internment camps where – something that can be difficult to do when living in Ukrainian Canadians were held during the first world war. TORONTO – Even the greatest doctor in the world different cities and working at competing institutions. For more than a decade, the UCCLA has been unsuccess- cannot cure a patient without availability of adequate Representing the only three pharmacy schools in ful in obtaining an acknowledgment from Ottawa that thou- medication. This is the situation doctors in Ukraine Ukraine, located in Lviv, Zaporizhia and Kharkiv, sands of Ukrainian Canadians were unjustly interned between face every day. Dr. Lesia Babiak of the Ontario Drs. Valentyn Chernykh, Timothy Kalenyuk, 1914 and 1920. Ministry of Health, Drug Programs Branch, has been Volodymyr Komar, and Ivan Mazur came to work as a On January 24, a UCCLA delegation will meet with a working with pharmacists in Ukraine to address this team during their first trip abroad. senior official from the Department of Canadian Heritage very problem for over two years. At the airport just prior to departure, Dr. Babiak to ask for not only recognition, but also for the placing of a Late last year the deans of Ukraine’s pharmaceuti- overheard the Ukrainian deans making plans for the commemorative plaque at La Ferme, Quebec – site of the cal schools came to Canada through a Canadian creation of a Ukrainian College of Pharmacists (the Spirit Lake internment camp – as well as the construction Partners in Health project organized by Dr. Babiak. industry’s self-regulating body), a Pharmacy of a permanent museum at the Cave and Basin site in Banff They met with representatives of the full gamut of the Examining Board (the licensing board) and a National Park in Alberta. pharmaceutical profession, including the Ontario Ukrainian Pharmacists Association (a voluntary pro- College of Pharmacists, the deans of two top Canadian fessional society). “Having seen how our system pharmacy schools, Ministry of Health officials and works they are now preparing to use it as a model for even the Canadian Drug Wholesalers Association. Dr. setting up their structure, to fill in the missing pieces,” TWG announces Babiak observed, “They got a comprehensive said Dr. Babiak. overview of what pharmacy is all about in Canada.” The next phase of the project involves the deans of The October 7-November 2, 1996 visit was the the University of Toronto and University of Embassy internship third component of a five-part project aimed at Saskatchewan schools of pharmacy going to Ukraine improving the provision of pharmaceutical services in in the spring of 1997. At that time they will join their WASHINGTON – The Washington Group (TWG), in Ukraine through an exchange of skills and a creation Ukrainian colleagues in lobbying Ukraine’s Ministry cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine, is seeking candi- of links in a variety of areas, the two most important of Health to approve the new pharmacy curriculum. dates to participate in a two-month summer internship at being education and commerce. The project’s goal is The fifth and final step of the project will involve the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington. to effect long-term changes in the teaching of pharma- plans to bring Ukrainians to Canada for three- to-six- The purpose of the project, which is being conducted cy in Ukraine and, more immediately, to create links month periods to study at Canadian universities. under the auspices of the TWG Fellowship Committee, is with Canadian-based pharmaceutical companies, to provide the Embassy of Ukraine with an intern who which would improve the availability of affordable could serve as a research assistant to the Embassy staff. drugs to Ukrainians. How to reach In turn, the intern would gain valuable experience in With the assistance of Canadian partners, particu- learning how a foreign embassy in Washington works larly the faculties of pharmacy at the universities of and how the Embassy interacts with various Washington Toronto and Saskatchewan, a new curriculum for TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY individuals and institutions. Ukraine’s pharmaceutical schools is being developed. Candidates should: 1) have completed at least two years of Upon completion it will be presented for approval to M AIN OFFICE (editorial, sub- undergraduate studies; 2) be proficient in English and the Ukraine’s Ministry of Health. Clinical pharmacy, s criptions Ukrainian; 3) possess excellent oral and written communica- which involves a move away from chemistry and hard and advertising departments): tion skills; 4) be able to demonstrate excellent computer sciences to patient-focused services, will be part of the The Ukrai nian Weekly skills, including the Internet; 5) anticipate assisting the new curriculum. 30 Montgomer y Stre et Embassy with whatever issues and needs should arise, Following up on earlier contacts, meetings were Jer sey City, NJ 0730 2 including general office work; 6) submit a one-page essay held with Canadian-based pharmaceutical companies phone: (201) 434-0237 explaining their interest in the internship, when they would be Novopharm Inc., Global Pharm Inc., and Apotex Inc. fax: (201) 451-5486 available to participate in the project, and how their work, These meetings were aimed at developing contracts educational and personal experience would help meet the with Ukrainian pharmacies, particularly the pharmacy KYIV PRESS BUREAU: goals of the project; 7) submit copies of academic transcripts, at the Lviv Medical Institute, which meets the phar- The Ukrai nian Weekly one letter of recommendation, and two references. maceutical needs of Lviv and the surrounding area. 11 Horodetsky Stree t — Apt. 33 To be considered for this internship, candidates must sub- The Ukrainian pharmacists also had the opportunity Kyiv, Ukrai ne 252001 Ukra ine mit this information to TWG no later than April 30. to meet with Ukrainian Canadians working in their Submissions after that date will not be accepted. field. In addition to a formal dinner held at the phone/ fax : (44) 229-1906 The Washington Group Fellowship Committee will pro- University of Toronto Faculty Club by the Ukrainian TORONTO PRESS BUREAU: vide the successful candidate with a stipend of $1,500. Canadian Pharmacists Association on October 22, Ukra ini an National Associati on Application materials should be addressed to: The they met with them in their professional environments, Washington Group Fellowship Committee Ukrainian ranging from the Clarke Institute of Pharmacy to com- The Ukra inian Weekly Pre ss Bureau Embassy Internship Project, P.O. Box 11248, Washington, munity pharmacies owned and operated by 1 Eva Road —Suite 402 DC 20008. Ukrainians. Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 4Z5 Canada For more information call Adrian Karmazyn, (301) 460- Dividing their time between Ontario and phone: (416) 626-1999 9755, or Orest Deychakiwsky, (301) 937-0492 (evenings). 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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY aged to co-exist very peacefully, with U k r a i n e ’s trade rep some minor misunderstandings among Teaching about genocide Christian believers in western Ukraine. In 1994 state legislation mandated teaching about the Holocaust and genocide in appreciates coverage Five years after the fall of the Soviet Union, religious life in Ukraine seems to the elementary and secondary public schools of New Jersey. The law’s intent, as Dear Editor: explained by Dr. Paul Winkler in the January issue of NJEA Review, the offi- have normalized, but, once again, out- cial publication of the New Jersey Education Association, “was to teach chil- It was a pleasure for me to read the arti- side forces are responsible for creating dren about the inhumanity that occurred during the Holocaust ... whose goal cle “New York City looks to Ukraine as a tensions among peace-loving people. was “the complete annihilation of the Jewish people in Europe.” Teaching new emerging market for U.S. invest- Today many dignitaries visit Ukraine about genocide, he notes, “was included in the mandate in order to educate stu- ments,” published in The Ukrainian without creating discord, without creat- ing any tensions among the Ukrainian dents how the same acts of bigotry, prejudice and discrimination which Weekly on November 17, 1996. people. We must ask ourselves: What allowed the Holocaust to occur had been carried out prior to the Nazi regime The conference “Ukraine – A New kind of benefit will the papal visit bring? and have occurred since that time.” Emerging Market for U.S.-Ukrainian Do we think his visit will further Dr. Winkler, who is executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Trade and Investments,” held at City strengthen friendship among villagers Holocaust Education, spells out the objectives for student study, explains how Hall on October 29, and the following and city dwellers? If the answer is “yes,” to handle the curriculum’s concepts in the early grades, and then delves into roundtable presented a good example of then we support his visit. But if we have teaching methodology and strategies for student study. collective cooperation. In this regard we would like to any doubts about the outcome of a papal Among the genocides that could be studied under the state curriculum — though visit, then perhaps the visit should be the law does not specify which genocides must be taught — is the Ukrainian express our gratitude to The Ukrainian Weekly and the TV program “Kontakt” postponed until such time as such a visit famine, which Dr. Winkler describes as “the planned starvation of a group of peo- will be applauded by all Ukrainians. ple.... [which] happened between 1932 and 1933 when the Soviet Union carried out for the informational support of the con- ference, and look forward to future pro- Regarding the Ukrainian Orthodox a policy that led to the starvation of up to 10 million Ukrainian people.” The ductive cooperation. Church in Ukraine and Patriarch Filaret, Ukrainian and Irish famines, the Armenian and Cambodian genocides, and the We greatly appreciate the efforts of I would like to share the following facts. destruction of Native Americans during westward expansion are among those the New York City authorities, American Metropolitan Filaret was one of the three genocides for which he says prepared curricula exist. He adds that the N.J. businessmen and the Ukrainian commu- candidates for the seat of Moscow patri- Holocaust Commission is now working on a curriculum covering the life of nity, all those who worked together with arch, and he was held in greatest esteem African Americans during the time of slavery, and that the commission recom- us in organizing this important event in in all Orthodox Churches. mends that schools focus on current events, such as those in Bosnia and Zaire. American-Ukrainian relations. After Ukraine declared independence The curriculum guide that has been approved for study of the Great Famine Taking this opportunity, we would like Metropolitan Filaret began to inquire and of 1932-1933 is the one developed and used in New York state. That guide also to express thanks to Askold Lozynskyj, demand an independent Ukrainian (prepared with input from Ukrainian American specialists) is available to any Andrij Lastoweckyj, Walter Baranetsky, Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Moscow school district in New Jersey upon request. Julian Baczynsky, Iwan Wynnyk, Bohdan then began a propaganda campaign Furthermore, in a meeting with officers of the Ukrainian American Professionals Kekish, Michael Hrynenko, Myroslaw Kyj against the metropolitan of Kyiv. Now and Businesspersons Association of New York and New Jersey, Dr. Winkler and Paul Marshal for their assistance and certain ambitious individuals are using advised that if individuals or organizations were to provide the commission with 30 personal contributions. Moscow’s data to benefit their own cause. copies of a film or other audio-visual materials relating to the Ukrainian famine, the Metropolitan Filaret was elected to the commission would distribute these to the regional resource centers on the study of Ihor Gayduchok Kyiv Patriarchate by more than 90 per- the Holocaust and genocide that exist throughout New Jersey. New York cent of the delegates present in St. In addition, the editor of the NJEA Review, Martha Onuferko DeBlieu, in look- The writer is deputy trade representa - Volodymyr Sobor in Kyiv. The ing for illustrations to accompany Dr. Winkler’s article telephoned The Ukrainian tive of Ukraine in the U.S., and trade Orthodox Church in Ukraine has not had Weekly for a copy of its booklet on “The Great Famine in Ukraine: The Unknown representative in New York. a leader of such high esteem since Holocaust” published in 1983 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of that geno- Metropolitan Petro Mohyla. cide. The cover and two of its pages were reproduced in the magazine and readers The patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine were informed that copies of the booklet are still available (for $5 from: Svoboda will survive the attacks by his enemies Press, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302). Thus, there is yet another Patriarch Filaret and he will be instrumental in uniting all resource that is readily available to teachers, students — and parents. Orthodox Ukrainians throughout the Which brings us to a most important point. There is a curriculum mandating held in high esteem world. teaching of the Holocaust. The choice of which other genocides are taught, however, Dear Editor: Victor Poliarny is left to the school district. Here is where we, as citizens of New Jersey and espe- Davie, Fla. cially as parents, have a role to play. Parents have the power to prevail upon their On December 22, 1996, you published local school districts to teach about the Ukrainian Great Famine and to request a colum by Myron B. Kuropas titled copies of the family study guide and other resource materials to be used in class. “Christmas in Ukraine, 1996.” So, dear readers, take an interest in what is taught in the schools of our state The Ukrainian Orthodox community D r. Kuropas needs and take a stand to ensure that Ukraine’s Great Famine does not remain “the in the United States cannot share the rad- unknown holocaust.” ical and unsubstantiated opinions of Dr. to take a break Kuropas regarding the Orthodox Church Dear Editor: in Ukraine and Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv and all Ukraine. I am calling from New Mexico with a Furthermore, an opinionated column letter. I am 80 years old, I have arthritis Jan. causes great harm not only to the and cannot write, but would like to Ukrainian community in the United respond to Dr. Myron Kuropas’ recent TurningTurning the pagespages back...back... States, but destroys efforts toward peace columns and add my voice to those other 31 between Orthodox and Catholic letters that express opposition. Christians. Dr. Kuropas needs to take a break. 1870 Volodymyr Peretts was born in St. Petersburg on January Throughout our existence our enemies Maybe a column once every six months. 31, 1870. After completing his studies, and later lecturing at found means to divide Ukrainians along I take strong issue with his tactics (very the university (1896-1903), he moved to Kyiv. Until 1914, he political affiliations and religious beliefs. aggressive and often offensive), as well At this time in history the Ukrainian as with his opinions. I found both his was a professor at Kyiv University, head of the Ukrainian Scientific Society’s philo- nation has united 52 million inhabitants of recent columns, the one about the visit of logical section and editor of its publication, the Zapysky. Ukrainian territory, regardless of their reli- the pope and the one about “unconstitu- In 1907, Peretts established the Seminar of Russian Philology and began work as gious association. (Of course, there are tional” Ukraine to be insulting. I cannot its director. He instructed many of Ukraine’s leading figures in scholarship and litera- minorities and fanatical groups that are go into great detail about each column, I ture, including the neo-classicists Mykhailo Drai-Khmara and Pavlo Fylypovych. trying to split the country for their own just wanted to make my thoughts known. Prolific in this early period, he published over 100 works on early Ukrainian (Rus’) selfish hidden agenda.) I also suggest that editor Roma literature, drama and legends, virtually all in Ukrainian. Dr. Kuropas’ column is based on bold Hadzewycz suggest to her columnist Dr. Viewing the period of the 14th to 18th centuries as an organic outgrowth of the Kyivan lies regarding the patriarch of Kyiv and Kuropas that he decide which foot he Rus’ era, Peretts adhered to the philological school, concentrating on the form and structure all Ukraine and the Orthodox Church in wants to stand on. I suggest he put both of early literature, and insisting on a solid knowledge as a basis for interpretation of texts. Ukraine. Let me remind you that the feet on the ground and, as younger peo- When Peretts moved back to St. Petersburg in 1914, he took the seminar with him. dominant religion in Ukraine was ple say, “get real.” He did not sever all ties with the Ukrainian capital, however, and headed the All- Orthodox until 1596, when western On another note, I also appreciate Ukrainian Academy of Science Commission of Old Ukrainian Literature. He contin- Ukrainians elected to recognize papal your recent news story about the work of ued to publish, with more than 300 titles at career’s end. supremacy. Throughout the years, both the Ukrainian Canadian Research and After the Bolsheviks came to power, Peretts continued his work, establishing the Catholic and Orthodox Ukrainians man- Documentation Center in Canada. Leningrad Society of Researchers of Ukrainian History, Literature and Language, Thank you. The real history of Ukraine which was active from 1921 to 1933. and Ukrainians is yet to be known. His opposition to Communist Party intervention in scholarship, as well as his insis- The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters tence on the Ukrainian character of the early literature and traditions of Kyivan Rus’ to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou- Irena Kmetyk attracted the invidious attentions of the Stalinist regime. Escalating repressions result- ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi- Albuquerque, N.M. ed in his exile to Saratov, Russia, where Peretts died on September 24, 1935. nals, not photocopies. The daytime phone number and (At the writer’s request, this letter was Source: “Peretts, Volodymyr,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 3 (Toronto: University of address of the letter-writer must be given dictated over the phone to staff and read Toronto Press, 1993). for verification purposes. back for approval.) No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 9

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

How about ... advocate of cooperation with the Greek- Catholic Church in Ukraine. by Christopher Guly But the Rev. Nakonachny goes too far one Christmas? when he advocates that the visit of the Dear Editor: pope should be postponed lest it create difficulties with the less enlightened It was encouraging to read Dr. Myron flock of Patriarch Filaret. I do agree with The sequel to a Ukrainian Canadian family Kuropas’ reminiscences of “Christmas in the Rev. Nakonachny that both recogni- Ukraine, 1996” (December 22, 1996), and tion of Patriarch Filaret by the patriarch A decade ago, Ukrainian Canadian audi- the Theatre Direct Canada. The Toronto- how our two main Ukrainian Churches of Constantinople and the bestowal of ences laughed and cried with the characters based company experiments with the might well “concelebrate a service of the status of patriarch upon the head of of “Just A Kommedia,” a stage production innovative in bringing contemporary common cause,” designating a Sunday the Greek-Catholic Church in Ukraine by directed by Toronto’s Andrey Tarasiuk. issues to young people; a show called between December 25 and January 7. In the Vatican would be highly desirable, At December’s end, listeners of the “Hippopotamus Tea,” for example, was that same spirit, might we not consider a but I beg to differ with him about the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s presented at the city’s Metro Zoo. truly unique “Ukrainian Christmas” (for means. Recognition of Patriarch Filaret national radio service got the chance to Mr. Tarasiuk also serves as artistic direc- all faiths) to be celebrated on January 1, may have been postponed unto the Greek see what happened to the characters 10 tor of Chysta Productions, named after and to commence about three or four kalends, that is to say forever and ever, years later, in Mr. Tarasiuk’s sequel, “Just A Kommedia.” And, he also managed years hence – depending upon when one and for reasons known only to the “Wedding of the Century” – a collabora- to squeeze in projects with Chicago’s considers the next century to begin. Greeks in Constantinople. However, the tive writing effort involving several Touchstone Theatre and the newly refur- Since the introduction of the Gregorian postponement of the state visit of Pope actors, including Mimi Kuzyk and Luba bished Shakespeare’s Globe in London. calendar by Pope Gregory in the 7th cen- John Paul II to Kyiv will surely not help Goy, and senior writer Nika Rylski. The man moves. tury, the Julian calendar “loses” a day each the Greeks to reconsider their agenda; in In this version, Dylan Yaroslav, who He also admits that “Wedding of the century, now being 13 days later. fact, the refusal of the Ukrainian is now a young man played by Stratford Century” characters Yaroslav and touring Therefore, since the January 7 holiday pre- Orthodox Church to approve the visit by Festival thespian Mark Harapiak, company artistic director, Boris sumably will have to be modified in any the pope may be viewed as weak and embarks on a national performing tour- Dutyshyn (played by Larry Zecharko), event, to January 8, in 1999-2000 (or more impolitic. ing company to promote Canadian multi- carry elements of him. In a sense, they precisely in 2000-2001) – when the calen- Nor will the postponement of the visit culturalism. He meets Chinese Canadian serve as his voice – and what a voice it is. dars’ spread will be 14 days – why not help the Ukrainian Greek-Catholics with Sally Lam (played by Canadian actor Mr. Tarasiuk’s personal goal is to then fix the new date exactly in between the pro-Russian faction in the Vatican. If Jenny Chang), and the two fall in love ensure that his fellow Ukrainian Canadian the two competing dates of December 25 Ukrainian Orthodox-Ukrainian Greek- decide to marry. artists, no matter their discipline, avoid and January 8? Namely, January 1. being ghettoized. “I would like to see us Catholic relations are to improve, Although Yaroslav’s mother, Daria Although Ukrainians since time get to a place where we acknowledge not Ukrainian Orthodox Church leaders Carpiak (played by Hill Street Blues’ vet- immemorial appear to crave a dichotomy of only those who have succeeded and are off should realize the importance to Greek- eran Ms. Kuzyk) is willing to compromise opinions, we now have an upcoming and running, but to identify those that are Catholics, as well as to themselves, in in accepting the multi-racial union, the opportunity (at least for the winter holi- gifted and to support them,’’ he recently neutralizing the pro-Russian faction in ghost of Baba (played by Ms. Goy, who days) to precisely coordinate our religious, told this writer over the telephone from his Rome. Pope John Paul II should be wel- played Daria in “Just A Kommedia”) is social and community calendars. Just imag- Toronto office. “This would allow a group comed immediately, with bread and salt, totally against the idea. Baba returns in ine the undisputed knowledge that you have of artists to be able to hammer out their and open arms. spirit, flying through windows on the a “day off” on January 1 without the need own personal context, to be played pub- There are three reasons of state that sounds of bandura strings, to haunt her to provide justification to bosses, co-work- licly, and to celebrate it – a celebration of favor a visit by the pope, two of which family. She doesn’t know times have ers, etc., who themselves are engrossed in being a Canadian of Ukrainian heritage.’’ are obvious and one that is more subtle. changed, and so has Canada. various holiday festivities. At that time we Mr. Tarasiuk understands the transfor- would be doubly celebrating our very own First, Pope John Paul II, by international diplomatic protocol, is a head of state. mation. ‘New Ukrainian Christmas” together with As the director of such previous CBC the customary North American New Year – Once the possibility of a visit by a head of state has been publicly broached, no Radio Drama offerings as “A Far Cry from and maybe even with a Ukrainian Kyiv” and the 1993 Winnipeg stage pro- Christmas float in the Rose Bowl parade! self-respecting member of the interna- tional community will postpone, much duction of “Tin Can Cathedral,” which Perhaps to do so would dispel the myth detailed that city’s historic religious strife, of “inertia” in our communities, and show less cancel such a visit, barring an earth- quake in their country, or public riots in the 44-year-old native Winnipegger has that we can compromise and take positive struggled to make changes himself. initiatives when it comes to our cherished the streets of all major cities. Second, since at least early 1996, the He, like so many other Ukrainian winter “sviata.” Perhaps also such a “com- Canadian artists, remembers his days at promise” holy day would encourage the foreign policy of Ukraine has been to approach and then join European politi- the National Theatre School of Canada more modern thinking and faithful young in Montreal, when there were few cele- people to proudly attend their churches, or cal, economic and security structures. Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany, brated ‘’mentors’’ to look up to from new participation in koliadky, vertepy, etc.– within the community. ‘’Now, when you traditions of a Ukrainian Christmas. one of the few real friends of Ukraine in Europe, is known to be a practicing look across the landscape, it’s astonish- In any event, a mid-date Christmas ing how many actors, designers, painters, should finally put to rest the outstanding Catholic. Secretary General of NATO Javier Solana is a Spaniard; Spain is, of sculptors, film-makers, directors and differences of “staro-” and “novo-” kalen- producers [you see].’’ darnyky. Such a “January First Christmas” course, a Catholic country. Any recon- sideration of the pope’s visit by official One need not look further than the tal- project could well be the focus of joint ent involved in “Wedding of the efforts by our Churches, whose capacity to Kyiv will not be viewed kindly in Bonn, Brussels, Madrid and Rome. Nor will it Century.” Certainly, Mr. Tarasiuk is no work together to welcome the new millen- slouch on that front either. nium could be illustrated by their consen- really help Ukraine in dealing with Moscow. Beyond “Wedding of the Century,” of sus in this regard. Also, perhaps by start- which there are plans to create a stage Third, whether or not most people ing some discussions on this subject of version some time in 1997, the founding understand, independent Ukraine owes when Ukrainian Christmas should be cele- member of Winnipeg’s Rusalka Dance Pope John Paul II a great deal for being brated, there will be a better appreciation Ensemble serves as artistic producer of Andrey Tarasiuk of just why we note this annual holiday, the foremost moral authority behind the and for whom. independence of Poland and the transfor- Roman B. Karpishka mations in Central Europe, and for Lachine, Quebec being, together with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and others, a political co- To The Weekly Contributors: architect of the overthrow of Russian-led We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clip- Pope’s state visit communism in East Central Europe, the pings, letters to the editor, and the like – we receive from our readers. region to which Ukraine belongs cultur- In order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guide- ally and historically. lines listed below be followed. deserves support How many of us recall that in the first • News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of Dear Editor: half of 1981, both President Reagan and a given event. Pope John Paul II were subject to bizarre • Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the As a practicing Orthodox Christian assassination attempts. John Hinckley date of The Weekly edition in which the information is to be published. and a Ukrainian American, I strongly nearly killed the American president • All materials must be typed and double-spaced. support the state visit of Pope John Paul because, allegedly, he wanted to impress • Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the II to Ukraine. actress Jodie Foster. A young Turk, of publication and the date of the edition. In his December 22, 1996, column Dr. the non-fanatical variety, came within • Photographs submitted for publication must be black and white (or color with Myron Kuropas was somewhat intemper- good contrast). Captions must be provided. Photos will be returned only when so inches of causing the pope’s death requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. ate in castigating the opponents to that allegedly because he objected to the visit, and I do agree with the commentary • Full names and their correct English spellings must be provided. pope’s travels abroad. Both plots, enact- • Persons who submit any materials must provide a phone number where they by the Rev. John R. Nakonachny (January ed within weeks of each other, and liter- 12), that Orthodox Kyivan Patriarch may be reached during the work day if any additional information is required. Filaret is a Ukrainian patriot and a staunch (Continued on page 19) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 No. 4 I n ternational confe rence marks 75th anniversary of Ukrainian Free Unive r s i t y by Albert A. Kipa PRAGUE – The Slavonic Division of the National Library and the Slavonic Institute of the National Academy of Sciences, both of the Czech Republic, host- ed an international conference here recently to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Ukrainian Free University (UFU). Partial funding for the event, which took place under the aegis of the Rector of Charles University, was pro- vided by the Ukrainian Free University Foundation in the U.S. Support also came from the Czech Association of Ukrainian Studies and the Ukrainian Embassy in Prague. The occasion marked the culmination of a series of celebrations, including those held earlier in Munich, the university’s current seat, and New York. Although established in Vienna in 1921, the Ukrainian Free University moved the same year to Prague, where it was welcomed and supported by the government of the Czech Republic under President Tomas Masaryk. The scholarly sessions of the conference, whose offi- cial languages were Ukrainian and Czech, were held on November 28-29, 1996, in the conference hall of the Czech National Library. Twenty-two presentations cov- ered a variety of aspects concerning the history and the people associated with the Ukrainian Free University. Participants from the United States and their topics were keynoter Prof. Leonid Rudnytzky (“Semper Fidelis: The Ukrainian Free University in the Service of Ukraine and the Diaspora”); Dr. Andrij Szul (“The Significance of UFU Faculty Contributions to the Development of Toasting the Ukrainian Free University’s past, present and future (from left to right) are Prof. Eugene Fedorenko, World Scholarship”); Dr. Eugene Fedorenko Prof. Leonid Rudnytzky, Ambassador Andrij Ozadovsky and Prof. Albert A. Kipa. (“Academician Stepan Smal-Stocky and the UFU”); and Prof. Albert A. Kipa (“Pavlo Zaitzev, Shevchenko (“UFU Students and Graduates in Prague”); Dr. Natalia At the conclusion of the engrossing presentations, Studies and the UFU”). Kolesnychenko (“V. Janiv and O. Kulchytsky: UFU Vice-Rector Dr. Zinovy Sokoliuk and Dr. Representing the Czech Republic were Prof. Antonin Concerning the National Identity of Ukrainian Rudnytzky, vice-president of the Ukrainian Free Meshtan (“Ukrainian Literature in Western Writers”); and Dr. Oksana Franko (“The Scholarly and University Foundation in the U.S. and dean of the Encyclopedias”); Prof. Jiri Marvan (“Masarykian Pre- Political Activities of Vadym Scherbakivsky”). UFA’s philosophy faculty, expressed their gratitude to War Legacy: The Case of Ukrainian Scholarship”); Dr. Slovakia was represented by Dr. Mykola Nevrly, the conference organizers and presented Dr. Milena Bohdan Zilinsky (“Ukrainian Students in Prague, 1919- who spoke on the “UFU in its Czech and Ukrainian Klimova with a copy of “Shevchenko’s Kyiv,” pub- 1921”); Dr. Jiri Vazek (“UFU Faculty Relations with Contexts and Its Significance for Ukraine,” and Dr. lished by the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Czech and Slovak Political and Cultural Leaders in Mykola Mushinka, who covered “Unknown Documents A sumptuous banquet concluded the proceedings. Prague”); Dr. Tetjana Bednarzhova (“Augustin Regarding the UFU’s History in the Archives of Kyiv The Slavonic Institute of the Czech Academy of Voloshyn: The UFU’s Last Rector in Prague”); and Dr. and Prague.” Science and the Ukrainian Free University plan to pub- Alena Moravkova (“Ukrainian Poets – UFU From Germany came Prof. Zinovy Sokoliuk, who lish the scholarly proceedings of the conference in the Graduates”). spoke on “The UFU’s Legal Scholarship and Its near future. Scholars from Ukraine included Lviv University Significance for Ukraine’s Independence,” and Prof. Pre-conference activities included a reception on Vice-Rector Prof. Anatolii Karas (“UFU Humanities Ivo Poluljach, whose topic was “Ethics as a Component May 27, 1996, hosted by Czech Academy of Sciences Scholarship of the Prague Period in its European of Political Economics Scholarship at the UFU in president Rudolf Zahradnyk. Opening ceremonies were Context”); Dr. Oleh Kupchynsky (“UFU’s Scholarly, Munich.” held on November 28 in the Hall of Mirrors of the Organizational and Publishing Activities, 1921-1991”); Prof. Mychajlo Lesiw of Poland reviewed “Ukrainian Klementinum Chapel in the center of Prague. Dr. Dr. Taisa Sydorchuk-Potulnytska (“The UFU’s Linguistics at the UFU” and Dr. Luca Calvi of Italy dis- Klimova, director of the Slavonic Library, presided; Viennese and Prague Periods: Scholarly and cussed “Attempts by UFU Faculty at Introducing greetings and remarks were also offered by Dr. Zdenek Pedagogical Activities”); Prof. Stepan Vidniansky Ukrainian Studies in Italy in the 1950s.” Pertold, vice-rector of Charles University; Dr. Meshtan, director of the Slavonic Institute; Dr. Rudnytzky; Dr. Jiri Kramer, director of the Institute of Medical Chemistry (the first medical department of Charles University founded 111 years ago by Ivan Horbachevsky who subse- quently became rector of the university); Andrij Ozadovsky, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Czech Republic; and Dr. Marvan, Czech ambassador to Greece. As part of the proceedings Dr. Ruzhena Shyshkova and Dr. Rudnytzky introduced the second volume of the Ukrainian-Czech Dictionary published jointly by the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S. A spirited recital of Ukrainian folk songs and operatic arias by artists Volodymyr Kowal and Halyna Chemytenko, soloists of the Kyiv and Prague operas, with Irena Romenska at the piano, concluded the festive opening ceremonies. On November 30, conference partici- pants toured former UFU facilities and Ukrainian hubs in Prague under the guid- ance of Drs. Zilinsky and Mushinka. The tour, arranged by the Ukrainian Embassy in Prague, included a visit to the Olshynsky Cemetery, where Ambassador Ozadovsky placed a commemorative wreath at the symbolic grave of poet Oles Olzhych. A lavish reception in the Embassy’s Ukrainian Free University conference participants gather in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Prague with Ambassador new home, hosted by the ambassador, Andrij Ozadovsky (eighth from left). concluded the post-conference activities. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 11

DATELINE NEW YORK: A-caroling we go by Helen Smindak

While Christmas lingers only as a pleasant memory in Kyiv under the direction of Alexander Koshetz. An and Marina Tsesarska, all of Ukraine. for most Christians of the Western world, the joyousness American composer/arranger, Peter J. Wilhousky, who Mayana curator Slava Gerulak’s unique ceramic icons of the Yuletide season has continued through January for heard the carol during the U.S. tour of the Koshetz and her “vertep” group, a set of two-foot-high ceramic fig- those Ukrainians who adhere to the Julian calendar. Ukrainian Chorus in 1922, added new words to the ures that portray the manger scene in Bethlehem, are also Extending the beauty and brightness of the season for music, and it became “Carol of the Bells.” on exhibit. The vertep was displayed in the World Trade several weeks, Christmas Day was celebrated January 7, During the divine liturgy and the ceremonial blessing Center’s Christmas show in the early 1970s. New Year’s Day on the 14th and “Vodokhryshchia” or of water (a rite performed in Ukraine at the river’s Christmas decorations created by Ms. Gerulak and the Epiphany, on the 19th, in commemoration of the edge), St. Vladimir’s choir provided a cappella music her daughter, Elmira Gerulak, adorn a group of baptism of Christ. under the direction of Stephanie Kulyk. Bass-baritone Christmas trees, each showing an individual theme. One In New York City, where a dozen Ukrainian churches George Fedoriw, a longtime member of the choir, sang tree, for example, is decorated with painted eggshells still follow the old calendar, Christmas with all its tradi- the prayer “Otche Nash” (Our Father). He also was (the inspiration here was Ukrainian mythology), another tional trappings arrived this month. heard in a solo rendition of Adolphe Adam’s devout “O bears glass ornaments painted with faces, while a third Following a custom begun 10 years ago, the Dumka Holy Night,” which he sang in Ukrainian. The composi- is festooned with birds, angels and stars made of paper. Chorus of New York trooped from church to church in the tion, usually delivered by a soprano voice, was translat- Mayana Gallery hours are 6-8 p.m. on Friday, and 1- metropolitan area during recent weeks in the manner of ed into Ukrainian over 35 years ago by the Very Rev. 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Ukrainian carolers, who went from house to house in earlier Hryhoriy Pavlovsky, who served at St. Vladimir days. Although they carried no star and were not accompa- Cathedral with the Rt. Rev. Lev Wesolowsky at the A unique genre nied by masked and costumed figures leading a cow or a church’s earlier location on the Lower East Side. Ukrainian schedrivky are the most unique genre of goat, the Dumka choristers were received warmly wherever Emceeing the community dinner in St. Vladimir’s Ukraine and could perform a colossal public relations they brought tidings of Christ’s birth and wishes for pros- auditorium after the concert, Alex Redko strode from service for the country if properly harnessed, according perity, good health and good life in the new year. table to table, chanting a Ukrainian New Year’s greet- to Teodor Teren-Juskiw of New York. The chorus transported the ritual Christmas songs ing as he “sowed” handfuls of grain on the tables with a Mr. Juskiw, a music authority who writes reviews for known as koliadky and schedrivky to two Ukrainian wish for “good health and much wealth.” the Svoboda Ukrainian daily newspaper and several churches in New Jersey at the turn of the year, to St. The Very Rev. Roman Tarnawsky, who recently other Ukrainian publications, voiced these convictions George Ukrainian Catholic Church in downtown arrived from Ternopil in Ukraine with his wife, Lida, when he addressed a gathering of the Ukrainian Art and Manhattan on January 12 and, later the same day, to that and son, Roman, to take up duties as the new pastor of Literary Club at the Mayana Gallery on December 17. famous Fifth Avenue landmark, St. Patrick Roman St. Vladimir’s, was introduced to the assembly by Mr. Discussing Ukrainian koliadky and schedrivky as Catholic Cathedral, where hundreds of listeners Redko, along with the Rt. Rev. Volodymyr Bazylevsky, performed by choirs in Ukraine, in particular male and harkened to the Ukrainian carols. pastor emeritus; Deacon Yuriy Malakhovsky of Holy mixed choruses, Mr. Juskiw noted that no other country Paying a visit to St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church in Astoria, N.Y.; in the world has New Year well-wishing carols – “not Cathedral on January 19 the Dumka Chorus offered an parish president Viacheslav Vyshnevsky; and Vsevolod even Slavic countries like Russia and Poland.” hourlong concert of koliadky (Christmas carols) and Salenko, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Federal Credit As he played cassette tapes to demonstrate the music schedrivky (New Year carols), under the masterful Union in New York, who announced that the union was and words of schedrivky, he listed these points: direction of the ensemble’s conductor, Vasyl donating $500 to the Dumka Chorus for its work on schedrivky are poetic, melodic and optimistic; they bear Hrechynsky. behalf of Ukrainian culture. Also presented were 20- references to Ukraine’s princely era, to Kozak times and Although the city was experiencing below-freezing year-old Ruslan Korobeynik from Poltava, Ukraine, to the days of the chumaky (salt traders); and, hey fall temperatures and an even colder wind-chill factor – the now a student in the New York area, and George into two cycles, the pre-Christian or “Velychaini” that coldest of the season – St. Vladimir Cathedral was filled Bazylevsky, both of whom assisted the clergy – t h e with worshippers, many of whom live in New Jersey and wish good life, good luck and good health, and the Revs. Tarnawsky and Bazylevsky and the Rev. Thomas Christian. Long Island, and members of a sister parish, Holy Trinity Popovcyh of the Serbian Orthodox Church – as they Ukrainian Orthodox Church in lower Manhattan. The “Back in 1922, Ukraine sent out the Koshetz choir to celebrated the liturgy. tour abroad, and they popularized our ‘Schedryk’ carol congregation included Ukraine’s ambassador to the True to Ukrainian fashion, the convivial dinner gath- United Nations, Anatolii Zlenko, and his wife, Liudmyla, which became a universal favorite at Christmastime,” ering continued far into the afternoon, interspersed by a he pointed out. consul general of Ukraine in New York, Viktor rousing “Mnohaya Lita” by the Dumka Chorus and Kryzhanivsky, and Kyiv opera star Lydia Bychkova. Mr. Juskiw believes that Ukraine should consider piano solos by Iryna Kyishchenko, a Ukrainian resident forming a good-sized chorus (at least 40 singers, com- Opening with the glorious carol “Boh Predvichnyi” of Moscow. As happy families left the church, most (God Eternal), the chorus went on to sing the triumphant plete with contrabasses, “because Ukrainian contrabass- were carrying shopping bags or tote bags laden with jars es are the best contrabasses in the world”) and dispatch “Khrystos Narodyvsia” (Christ Is Born), composed by of holy water intended for home. Mr. Hrechynsky to words by L. Dmytryshyn, and the rev- it on a world tour with a repertoire of schedrivky and erential old carol “Dnes Poyushche” (Singing Today), in Carolers galore perhaps some koliadky. an arrangement by Kyrylo Stetsenko. “That would be the Olympiad of Ukraine,” he Carolers in large numbers have been spotted at the The program included rarely performed schedrivky declared. Mayana Gallery at 136 Second Ave. (fourth floor) since arranged by Mykola Leontovych, K. Polischuk and I. January 12, and will continue to be seen there until “ER” errs Nedilsky, and an ancient song reconstructed into a carol February 2. They appear in paintings, watercolors, graph- by the Christian church “Oy, Rano, Rano, Pivni Zapily”, The December 19 episode of the NBC-TV evening ics and tempera works that focus on Ukrainian Christmas arranged by Vasyl Stupnytsky. Solo parts were drama “ER” inflicted some real-life pain to Ukrainians customs. Depicting carolers, the creche, the blessing of admirably fulfilled by tenor Lubomyr Pavlovych in “Oy, involved with the production. The show recreated a water rites and other Christmas tableaux, the works were Tam Za Horoyu” (There Beyond the Hill), soprano Ukrainian Christmas Eve supper but made a serious executed by Petro Bilchuk, Valerian Duvirak, Yulian Yevhenia Babiuk-Klufas in “V Poli, Poli” (In the Field), Kolesar, Vitaly Litvin, Omelian Mazuryk, Andriy Pikush (Continued on page 17) and tenor Vasyl Tershakovec in “Oy, Ty Yasna Zirka” (Oh, You Bright Star). Paul Liteplo’s baritone voice gave emphasis to the poignancy of the song “Ne Plach, Rakhyle” (Don’t Cry, Rachel), arranged by Theodosiy Kupchynsky and Mykola Kolessa. “O Holy Night,” the only non- Ukrainian carol in the program, received additional lus- ter from the clear, luminous voice of soprano Sviatoslava Kaczaraj, singing in English. Blending in melodiously, the chorus added background music to the last portion of each verse. Simulating the sound of church bells in the carol “A, v Yerusalymi” (In Jerusalem), the Dumka basses delivered a rhythmic succession of deep-toned bell sounds in slow motion – “Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom” – while the women’s section chimed in with vivacious high notes. The chorus skillfully juxtaposed the two levels of tone and tempo, endowing the carol with ani- mation and good cheer. For its concluding selection, the chorus proferred the old New Year carol “Schedryk,” harmonized by Mykola Leontovych. Known to the world as the sprightly “Carol of the Bells” in its modern, fast-paced version, the Ukrainian carol was sung in its original moderate tempo, though with the same happy spirit. The carol, which comes from the Volyn region of Ukraine, relates the story of a swallow which warbles to the farmer about the prospects of a marvelous bounty: sheep, lambs, the pro- duce from his fields and a beautiful black-browed wife. Leontovych’s arrangement received its first public performance in 1916, when a student choir performed it Slava Gerulak’s ceramic vertep. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 No. 4

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No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 13 Ukraine forms Montessori Association and opens first teacher training center by Ginny Cusack PRINCETON, N.J. – Desiring to employ the model of the American Montessori Society and the American Montessori movement in Ukraine, Ukrainian educators in October 1993 began a project with the Princeton Montessori School and the Princeton Center for Teacher Education. Borys Zhebrovskyi, chairman of the Main Board for Public Education in Kyiv, Vera Guroynova, the superinten- dent of the Darnytsia Public School District, where the Montessori School is located, and Tatiana Mikhalchuk, the principal of Montessori School 3-7 in Kyiv, met with Marsha Stencel, director of the Princeton Montessori School, the late Dr. Nancy McCormick Rambusch, and this writer to develop a plan for Ukrainians to assimilate Montessori edu- cation into their culture. Just three years later, on November 15, 1996, these same Ukrainian educators established the Ukrainian Montessori Association and the first Ukrainian Montessori Teacher Training Center in Kyiv. Present for the formal opening of the center were Ms. Stencel and this Teachers and educational leaders gathered to celebrate the opening of the Montessori Teacher Training Center in Kyiv on writer, along with approximately 30 edu- November 15, 1996. Seated on the far left is Ginny Cusack of the Princeton Center for Teacher Education; seated on the far cators from various parts of Ukraine who right is Marsha Stencel of the Princeton Montessori School. had been attending seminars about the through independence, self-motivation, upon which the partnership between “carrying over” of the principles and prac- Montessori philosophy in Kyiv. and a sense of responsibility. Ukraine and Princeton is based. tices of Montessori education from America Unable to attend the ceremony was There are thousands of Montessori The goal of the project was the estab- to Ukraine. This is usually done by an indi- Anita Ream, an American friend of Mrs. schools in the United States. Montessori lishment of a model Montessori school vidual or by a small group of people. Mikhalchuk who was the liaison between began to flourish here when a young and a teacher training center in Kyiv. Montessori educators from Holland these Ukrainian educators and woman, Dr. Nancy McCormick This was accomplished by two Ukrainian came to Ukraine to teach early childhood Montessori educators in America. She Rambusch, went to London to take teachers attending the teacher training teachers the basics of Montessori. The and a group of interested people had teacher training. She and a few other course in Princeton each summer until all Princeton Center for Teacher Education formed the Ukrainian American educators established the first Montessori teachers working in the model school sponsored two teachers each summer for Montessori Foundation (UAMF), a non- school in the United States in the 1950s. were certified. When that was done, the the past three summers to come to the profit foundation incorporated in the state The American Montessori Society was model school would become the local AMS Early Childhood Teacher Training of New Jersey to help finance the project. established, and then the first teacher training site for Ukrainian teachers. Course. These teachers went back to The reason Ukraine has chosen the training center was opened. From this Then, from this group of trained teachers Ukraine to do their internship. Montessori philosophy of education is beginning, Montessori now has over 100 and with the assistance of American Joyce Tatsch, Beverly Peutz, Ms. that it focuses on early childhood educa- teacher training centers and thousands of trainers, leaders would emerge to become Stencel and this writer made visits to tion and elementary education. One of its schools in this country. trainers in Ukraine. This is the third year Kyiv to visit the interns, talk to parents main goals is to foster high academic The late Dr. Rambusch, who was work- of the project, and it is right on schedule. and hold teacher seminars on the princi- standards in the very young child ing in Princeton during the inception of the In her work with the Ukrainian educa- ples and practices of Montessori educa- Ukrainian project, believed that the tors, Dr. Rambusch outlined three stages tion. Mr. Zhebrovsky, Ms. Guroynova Ginny Cusack is director of the approach to implementing Montessori edu- that would be necessary in the process of and Ms. Mikhalchuk visited America Princeton Center for Teacher Education, cation in the United States could be used in making Montessori their own, that is, twice to observe Montessori schools, an American Montessori Society Teacher Ukraine. Before her death in October Ukrainian Montessori. She designated these teachers and administrators, and other Education Course. She has been working 1994, Dr. Rambusch had met with Mr. stages as the transportation stage, the trans- forms of American education. on the Ukrainian American Montessori Zhebrovsky, Ms. Guroynova and Ms. lation stage and the transformation stage. The second stage, the translation partnership since 1993. Mikhalchuk to develop the framework The transportation stage is the actual stage, is when Ukrainians orient Montessori philosophy in a way that makes sense to their people, given their pre-existing child-rearing and education- al practices. Early childhood education in America is different than in Ukraine. In the United States formal education begins at age 5 with kindergarten. Pre- school education for children under 5 is largely a private (non-public) phenome- non. In Ukraine the majority of young children attend kindergartens, the name for their preschools. Public funds support pre-school education. It was Mr. Zhebrovski’s decision to designate a kindergarten as the Montessori model school. He found a willing superintendent, Ms. Guroynova, who promoted the Montessori school and saw that it received what it needed to develop and grow. Thus, the first Montessori school was established, and Ms. Mikhalchuk was appointed its first principal. The school was named Montessori School 3-7. The third stage, the transformation stage, is a reciprocal phenomenon involving the Montessori principles and practices and the Ukrainian culture. This is the stage that will take the longest and require the most patience. This stage has to do with attitudes and beliefs. It is somewhat simple to teach the ideas of Montessori and how to use Montessori classroom in Ukraine. (Continued on page 17) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 No. 4 F O C U S O N T H E A R T S : Carole Romanyk, the weaver by Orysia Paszczak Tracz Ms. Romanyk began weaving around 1968, but her interest in fabrics and their W I N N I P E G — When it comes to creation began much earlier. She remem- Ukrainian folk arts, my pysanky are pret- bers from childhood the heavy winter ty good, even up close, if I do say so shawls worn by the women, shawls that myself; so is my embroidery, in a variety must still have been woven back in of stitches (if you don’t inspect the back Ukraine. One of her great uncles in too closely). I admire fine woodcarving Zalissia had been a weaver. In Manitoba, and pottery, even though I do not have an her grandfather had sheep, and carted interest in doing it myself. But I really wool and knit socks. envy and admire Carole (Karolina) What she finds interesting is that in Romanyk, because she can weave. Oh, her community, while these same people how she weaves! One of these days I had woven back home, they did not in may attempt to learn, but .... Canada. Ms. Romanyk remembers the Visitors to an exhibit of her weavings to “garderoba” [stage costume storage] in mark the re-opening of the renovated the church hall, filled with namitky (fine- Manitoba Branch of the Ukrainian ly woven fabric for headdresses similar Museum of Canada last year, were tacitly to wimples), shirts, obhortky (woven reminded by her work just what a talent long wrap skirts) and other original folk and treasure Karolina (as she signs her costumes, worn in plays and concerts weaving) Romanyk herself is. She is pre- presented by the community. serving and developing Ukrainian weav- “Fabrics always drew me to them I ing, a folk art not as common in Canada as Weaver Karolina Romanyk with one of her creations, a Trypillian-inspired wall was interested in how the designs and embroidery or pysanky. hanging (left) featuring the symbol of the berehynia, or protectress. The Manitoba Branch of the museum is weaves came into the fabric,” Ms. located on the premises of the Holy Trinity Romanyk said. She embroidered, but had ited throughout Canada, and has taught in publication costs. Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in not yet begun to weave. During a trip to courses in weaving. In her home in Since this folk art is not as common as Winnipeg, and has recently reopened after New Mexico, she was inspired by the Kelowna, British Columbia, Ms. pysanky and embroidery, in comparison major renovations. The Ukrainian Museum native rug weavers. When she did start Romanyk has four looms: a 60-inch 12- not that much has been published about of Canada was founded by the Ukrainian seriously, it was through the Manitoba harness (which enables her to do pattern- Ukrainian weaving in Canada. One small Women’s Association of Canada in 1936, Handicrafts Guild, where master weavers ing and double weave), a four- and eight- but significant and well-illustrated work and has its main museum in Saskatoon, gave courses. She studied design and harness, and a table loom. She prefers on this subject is “Tkanyna: An Exhibit Saskatchewan (910 Spadina Crescent E., fiber arts in the Department of Clothing working with Scandinavian yarns, which of Ukrainian Weaving,” co-edited by S7H 3H5; telephone: 306-244-3800), with and Textiles at the University of have softer tones, and look more like Radomir Bilash and Barbara Wilberg. branches in Toronto, Vancouver, Manitoba, and took advanced courses in home-dyed yarns. She has also dyed and Researched by Ruth Lysak-Martynkiw Edmonton and Winnipeg. various cities as they were offered. spun her own yarns. and Nadia Kreptul, it was published in Two of the museum’s major publica- At first, she wove regular, traditional, Now they can laugh about it, but there 1988 in Edmonton by the Canadian tions are: “Pysanka: Icon of the non-Ukrainian designs. Her “Ukrainian could have been serious consequences to Institute of Ukrainian Studies and Universe,” by Mary Tkachuk, Marie line” developed as she became involved her yarn collection. Her husband, Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society Kishchuk, Alice Nicholaichuk, with the Ukrainian Museum of Canada. Alexander, and she remember how one (ISBN 0-920862-58-6) and is distributed Saskatoon: Ukrainian Museum, 1977; She wanted to adapt Ukrainian designs to bag of yarn bought in the southwestern by University of Toronto Press. and “Ukrainian Embroidery Designs and a new form, not always traditional, one United States seemed to be moving This book provides one explanation as Stitches,” compiled by Nancy R. Ruryk with which Canadian-born Ukrainians inside. The yarn was “too natural,” and to why weaving did not continue to a great Winnipeg: Ukrainian Women’s could associate. This idea really devel- had not been processed properly. It was extent among the pioneers to Canada. Association of Canada, 1958. oped during a summer workshop at the crawling with moth larvae. Her work- Even though many took their tools and Karolina (Carole) nee Toporoski Banff Center of Fine Arts, Fiber Arts room was immediately fumigated. equipment with them to the new land, “it Romanyk is a native of Pine River, north Division, in cooperation with the Ms. Romanyk uses various weaving was difficult, as well as costly, to transport of Dauphin, Manitoba. Her parents came Ukrainian Museum of Canada. Ms. techniques: tapestry, kylym tapestry, dou- large items from western Ukraine to the to Canada with their pioneer parents, her Romanyk was guided and inspired by Pat ble weave, bound weave, twill and looped Canadian prairies. In the case of weaving father as a 12-year-old boy in 1897, her Pelech, one of the instructors. (kozhukh-style) weave, among others. She tools, often only the accessories and the mother as a 1-year-old in 1903, both Since those beginnings, Ms. Romanyk has reconstructed a Bukovynian kylym more complex loom pieces such as the from Zalissia, Borshchiv Region. has become an expert weaver, has exhib- from a small shredded piece, a treasured berdo (beater or reed) could be transported keepsake from a mother carried through here. The pieces too big to take had to be World War II by the daughter. (A different remade in Canada.” version of this Bukovynian kylym [a styl- Combined with this, the very different UK R A I N I A N ized border of roses around a dark center] climate, shorter growing season, and land was in the Winnipeg exhibit.) practices were not conducive to the NAT I O N A L She recreates traditional Hutsul, growing of large fields of hemp and flax. 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alternate state director of the credit union Denysenko receives league and treasurer of the World Council of Ukrainian Credit Unions. credit union award She is a member of the Town of ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Tamara Irondequoit Ethics Committee and a board member of the Irondequoit Chamber of The retired physician arranged for Denysenko, CEO/general manager of the Commerce. In 1995 Ms. Denysenko was Dr. Kozak assists North Memorial Medical Center and Dr. Rochester Ukrainian Federal Credit Kevin Strathy, a reconstructive surgeon, Union, received the World Council of honored by the town of Irondequoit as sick Ukrainian child to provide free medical care to Maria. St. Credit Unions Silver Award on October “Outstanding Woman of the Year.” Constantine’s Church is providing free 9, 1996, for her work to reintroduce the She has also been a director and ROBBINSDALE, Minn. — Dr. room and board for the little girl and her credit union movement in Ukraine. instructor of the Ukrainian Language Michael Kozak, a retired family physi- mother, Iryna. Healing the Children, an Joseph Kahler, Rochester District School, producer and director of the first cian, arranged for a 4-year-old girl from organization in Litchfield, Minn., provid- president of the New York State Credit local Ukrainian television program on Ternopil, Ukraine, to receive free med- ed Maria and Mrs. Gretchko with free Union League, and Myron Babiuk, presi- cable TV, and editor of the Cooperative ical care at North Memorial Medical airfare from Frankfurt to Minnesota. dent of the Rochester Ukrainian FCU, Tribune, a national, bilingual Ukrainian Center here last summer. The little girl, Since last summer Dr. Kozak has presented Ms. Denysenko with the award credit union newspaper. Maria Gretchko, was born with a pig- served as Maria’s translator and chauffeur during a banquet attended by 300 credit Ms. Denysenko frequently lectures at mented mole that covered more than half as the little girl undergoes a tissue expan- union activists. local schools, libraries and community of her exposed forehead as well as her sion procedure. The procedure, which Ms. Denysenko is also the first vice- organizations, and travels to Ukraine to lec- right eyebrow and upper eyelid. entails surgically implanting a silicone bal- president of the Rochester District of the ture and train credit union personnel there. An active member of St. Constantine loon beneath the skin, is slowly stretching New York State Credit Union League, She is a member of UNA Branch 285. Ukrainian Catholic Church, Dr. Kozak her forehead skin so that when her mole is had written an article for the church removed, the extra skin will be stretched newsletter that detailed the availability of across the open area. The procedure can Dr. Dzul celebrates free medical care for Ukrainian children take from six months to one year. with treatable illnesses. Dr. Kozak is proud of the little girl’s 75th birthday According to NorthWord, a publica- progress, pointing out that during her tion of the North Memorial Health Care many treatments Maria “has never cried. DETROIT – Dr. Paul Dzul, president system, Dr. Kozak, who retired in 1995 She is always talking and smiling. Even of the World Federation of Ukrainian after 38 years as a family physician with though she does not fully understand Medical Societies, celebrated his 75th Northbrook Clinic, received 200 requests what is being done, she somehow knows birthday in the fall of 1996. for help from Ukraine. Maria is the sixth it is for the best.” Dr. Dzul was born on October 14, child brought to the United States with Dr. Kozak is a member of UNA 1921, in the village of Milno in Ternopil the help of Dr. Kozak. Branch 183. Oblast. His parents, Ivan and Maria Dzul, were active and enlightened members of arrival of the two Ukrainian ships was the village community, and his maternal Melanie Paul tours the first time an ex-Soviet Bloc nation grandfather, Havril Maybrodsky, was one had paid a naval ship visit to the U.S. of the founding members of the Village Husbandry Society in Lviv. Ukrainian ships The Ukrainian ships were open for Dr. Dzul attended the Ukrainian tours, which attracted both civilians and NORFOLK, Va. – Two Ukrainian Gymnasium in Ternopil and completed military personnel. Melanie Skripnek- ships that were docked in mid-September studies there in 1942. He then began med- are now on their way to Europe, and one Paul and her husband, a retired Air Force ical studies in Lviv during the second Dr. Paul Dzul former McAdoo woman has warm mem- officer, arrived at the pier with several world war and continued his studies in care packages for the sailors, only to dis- ories of their visit. exile in Graz and Innsbruck, Austria, assisted in the preparation of numerous cover that the advertised visiting hours After completing a joint-exercise with where he became a medical doctor in 1948. scholarly works and translations. were incorrect and a stern sentry was the U.S. Navy, the frigate Hetman In 1949 Dr. Dzul came to the United Other publications that he has pre- blocking entry to the docks. Sahaidachnyi and the landing ship States and settled in Detroit. He complet- pared and edited include: Materials for Kostiantyn Olshansky stopped at the En route to their car, Mr. and Mrs. Paul ed his internship and commenced a pri- the History of Ukrainian Medicine sprawling Norfolk Naval Base for a met three uniformed Ukrainian officers vate medical practice in 1951. After a (1988); Commemorative Volume on the unique five-day port of call to replenish returning to their ship. After a friendly short time as a general practitioner, he 40th Anniversary of the Ukrainian supplies and fuel, and get needed crew exchange the sailors discovered that Mrs. began his specialization in otolaryngolo- Medical Society (1990); Ukrainian rest. Each ship carried a 250-man crew Paul was Ukrainian, so they warmly wel- gy at Wayne State University. Doctors (1994) and others. comprising both Russian and Ukrainian comed her and her husband aboard for a In 1960 he opened a private practice In 1992 Dr. Dzul became president of sailors. When asked how they felt about personal tour. After the tour, Mrs. Paul in ear, nose and throat medicine. With the World Federation of Ukrainian being an independent country now, one gave her address to one of the sailors to time this practice prospered to the point Medical Societies and has since organized Ukrainian officer said they felt very give to a potential pen-pal in Kyiv, the where eight otolaryngologists and 30 three medical congresses in Ukraine proud, but added that he realized Ukraine city where her grandparents lived before staff members were employed. He (Kharkiv, 1992; Dnipropetrovsk, 1994; would have to maintain good relations coming to Pennsylvania. Mrs. Paul is a became a member of the American Odesa, 1996). He has also provided sup- with both the U.S. and Russia. The member of UNA Branch 7. Otolaryngologlcal Society and the port for the Medical Institute in Lviv, and American College of Surgeons as well as contributed to the Encyclopedia of a faculty member of Wayne State Ukraine and the Ukrainian Medical University, where he holds the title of D i c t i o n a r y . clinical professor of otolaryngology. Dr. Dzul has been married for 45 years Over the years Dr. Dzul has taken a to Irene M. Dzul (nee Blichar) and has two very active role in the Ukrainian Medical sons: Andrew, who is an otolaryngologist Society and the World Federation of in Detroit; and George, who practices Ukrainian Medical Societies. He has been immigration law in San Francisco. the editor of the journal of the Ukrainian Dr. Dzul is a member of UNA Branch Medical Society since 1967, and has 183.

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Manor Junior College President Sister Mary Cecilia Jurasinski OSBM accepts a donation of $1,000 from Dr. Volodimir N. Bandera, treasurer of the Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union in Philadelphia. Upon presenting the check on behalf of this community bank, Dr. Bandera praised Manor College for its on-cam- pus Ukrainian Heritage Center, library collection and annual Ukrainian Festival, and for its support of students from Ukraine. “Manor has made a lasting contribu- tion to the religious and educational life of the Ukrainian community in America,” We have ... CALL UNA said Dr. Bandera. Dr. Bandera serves on the board of trustees of Manor Junior College and is professor of economics at Temple University.

(800) 253-9862 of St. Vladimir’s board of directors, Ukrainian community... recalled being “the first, together with (Continued from page 6) [Ukraine-based consultant] Boris Balan, base in Windsor, Ontario. to break a window at the institute” and Peter Smylski, another fellow member of Mr. Kereliuk’s angry concern that they the Ukrainian Canadian Servicemen’s not bleed on the new carpet. Association and a veteran St. Vladimir’s Dr. Eduard Burstynsky, professor of lin- activist, recalled that one could “expect any- guistics at the University of Toronto and St. thing from that Saskatchewan stubble- Vlad’s activist, read a tribute from Mr. j u m p e r . ” Kereliuk’s colleague Walter Iwanycky, and UWC President Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk then offered his own spicier commentary said Mr. Kereliuk’s ambition was quite evident drawn from experience in the institution’s “in his decision to be born in rural corridors of power. Saskatchewan.” Dr. Cipywnyk praised the “What Kereliuk doesn’t know ain’t honoree’s “obsessive compulsive behavior” knowledge,” Dr. Burstynsky quipped. He that proved quite useful around the WCFU’s added that volunteers who work at St. offices. On a more serious note, he paid tribute Vlad’s fund-raising bingos commonly to Mr. Kereliuk’s tireless efforts in support of taunt those who become overly obsessed the International Commission of Inquiry on the with detail by saying: “You’re becoming Famine of 1932-1933. another Bill Kereliuk.” The UWC’s current chief financial offi- Ukrainian Canadian Professional and cer, Bill Sametz, thanked Mr. Kereliuk for Business Federation President Raya We are looking to expand our advertising clientele for our publications, his assistance in reducing the budget deficit Shadursky, UCPB Association Toronto the Ukrainian-language daily Svoboda and English-language The Ukrainian Weekly. of the international umbrella organization, branch President Olya Kuplowska and after having presided over the slide into debt. Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce If you are a self-motivated, hard-working and bright individual, you can supplement your Ihor Bardyn, president of the Chair of President Gerald Fedchun regaled the Ukrainian Studies Foundation, for whom audience with tales of student high jinks income by referring customers to our advertising department. Your earnings will be based Mr. Kereliuk also often acted as treasur- in the St. Vlad’s residence’s early years on the amount of advertising you attract to our pages. er, rode the honoree for having retired so of hippies and “creature caretaking.” many times — “First in 1963, then in Mr. Fedchun’s toast of thanks for Mr. For details please write or call: Svoboda Administration, Advertising Department: 1974, then in 1984, then in 1988 ... May Kereliuk’s contributions to the institute you live to be 100 years old, with an and to the Ukrainian Canadian communi- Maria Szeparowycz, 30 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 434-0237 extra year to repent, and retire.” ty in general prompted a generous stand- Eugene Hontscharuk, now a member ing ovation.

UNA BRANCH 292 Sunday, February 23, 1997 Annual general membership meeting of Branch 292 will take place at 1 p.m. in the hall of St. John the Baptist Church, Clippert Ave., Detroit. A yearly report will be presented. Members are invited and requested to attend. Irene Pryjma, Secretary

TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 143 In Great Meadows, NJ As of January 20, 1997, the secretary’s duties of Branch 143 in Great Meadows, NJ were be assumed by Ms. Luba Mosner. We ask all members of Branch 143 to direct all correspon- dence regarding membership and insurance, as well as their membership premiums to the address listed below:

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Caribbean Islands, Central and South How to apply... America – 00211 (Continued from page 5) Europe – 00212 children under the age of 21. Africa – 00213 Air Ukraine • Applicant’s complete mailing Oceania – 00214 address (and a daytime telephone number North America, the Bahamas – 00215 National Airlines if possible); How to mail • Applicant’s native country if differ- ent from country of birth. Use only regular or air mail, or your NON-STOP FLIGHTS • A recent photograph of applicant, application will be refused. 1 1/2 by 1 1/2 inches square, with The return address should read as fol- his/her name printed on back. The pho- lows: NEW YORK - KYIV — Fridays and Sundays tograph should be taped to the applica- Your Country of Birth tion with clear tape, not stapled or Your Full Name For information and reservations, please call: p a p e r - c l i p p e d . Your Street Address • Applicant’s signature. City, Province, Postal Code Country of Residence Where to send application 1-800-UKRAINE Winners will be notified by mail by Mail all applications to: August 1997 and will receive instruc- (1-800-857-2463) DV-98 Program tions explaining the procedures to apply National Visa Center for a permanent-resident visa. or our corporate offices: Portsmouth, NJ 002XX* If you are selected, apply immediately. *You must use the zip code for your More than 55,000 names may be select- New York - (212) 557-3077 native/eligible region as follows: ed, but only the first 55,000 eligible win- New York - (212) 599-0555 Asia – 00210 ners who apply will receive the visas. Chicago - (312) 640-0222

tainly “ain’t kosher”; a good many peo- Dateline... ple who are not Ukrainian, in addition to Arrival and departure information: (Continued from page 11) Ukrainians, can tell you that pysanky are decorated only for Easter. JFK - (718) 656-9896 error by referring to Ukrainian Easter JFK - (718) 632-6909 eggs as Christmas eggs – even though The drama’s principal characters, the episode’s Ukrainian consultants George Clooney, Julianne Margulies and pleaded to have the mistake corrected Rose Gregorio, backed the Ukrainians before the show was aired. who argued with the director to change Air Ukraine The response from an ‘“ER” official: the scene. Other supporters included six 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 members of the set dressing team and “Don’t worry, it’s show business after New York, NY 10176 all. Only 50 million people will see the five members of the costume depart- show, and only Ukrainians may, I repeat m e n t . For cargo shipments call to: may, notice that something ain’t kosher!” Set dressing and costumes for the “ER” fans will know that one of the Sviata Vechera scene were donated from characters, Nurse Carol Hathaway, is of the private collections of the Air Ukraine - Cargo Ukrainian descent. In the December 19 Wrzesniewski, Dudynsky, Keske, Tel. 718-376-1023, FAX 718-376-1073 episode, Carol’s mother tried to show Samokish and Broza families of Los Carol some of the wonderful traditions of Angeles, all of whom deserve praise for 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave.T), Brooklyn, NY 11223 her Ukrainian heritage by preparing a their good-hearted assistance. Christmas Eve supper (Sviata Vechera). Comments and opinions on this The segment, which I understand was “emergency” can be directed to “ER,” brief and came near the end of the show, 4000 Warner Blvd., Building 133, Room pictured a group of people in Ukrainian 191, Burbank, CA 91522; or sent to me costumes decorating pysanky. That cer- in care of The Ukrainian Weekly.

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Partners in Health... Ukrainian National Association (Continued from page 3) Ukraine’s birth rate is declining, while Monthly reports mortality is on the rise, he said, during his Canadian tour. “Demographically, a sinister downward trend can be tracked. RECORDING DEPARTMENT DISBURSEMENTS FOR OCTOBER 1996 In the not-too-distant future, the conse- quences for the Ukrainian nation may MEMBERSHIP REPORT Paid To Or For Members: Annuity Benefits And Partial Withdrawals $ 41,816.22 become disastrous.” JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Cash Surrenders 56,934.10 Mr. Dingwall offered Dr. Serdiuk no TOTAL AS OF SEPTEMBER 1996 16,329 38,640 4,829 59,798 Death Benefits 50,453.00 money during his visit. That’s no surprise, GAINS IN OCTOBER 1996 Dividend Accumulations 1,747.36 Total new members 18 40 0 58 Dues And Annuity Premiums From Members Returned 747.95 considering the federal Liberal government New members UL 2 4 0 6 Endowments Matured 57,067.00 is gearing up for a federal election later this Reinstated 32 73 1 106 Indigent Benefits Disbursed 700.00 year and is overly cautious of siphoning Transfered in 26 49 3 78 Interest On Death Benefits 58.92 Change class in 3 2 0 5 health dollars away from Canada’s already Payor Death Benefits 293.18 Transfered from Juvenile Dept. 0 2 0 2 Reinsurance Premiums Paid 3,943.00 strained medicare system. TOTAL GAINS: 81 170 4 255 Scholarships 300.00 The Partners in Health (PIH) project LOSSES IN OCTOBER 1996 Total $ 214,060.73 itself may not even survive beyond Suspended 13 30 17 60 Operating Expenses: Transfered out 26 49 3 78 March 31, 1998, when its third phase of Real Estate $ 87,941.29 Change of class out 3 2 0 5 funding – valued at $1.4 million ($1 mil- Transfered to adults 2 0 0 2 Svoboda Operation 146,416.62 lion U.S.) over two years – ends. “If the Died 0 70 0 70 Organizing Expenses: Cash surrender 28 45 0 73 Advertising $ 2,394.50 decision was to be made today, we prob- Endowment matured 25 27 0 52 Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 4,015.18 ably wouldn’t get any more money,” Fully paid-up 21 37 0 58 Field Conferences 1,994.28 explained Ms. Schatz. Reduced paid-up 0 2 0 2 Medical Inspections 196.00 Since its inception in 1992, PIH has Certificate terminated 0 2 2 4 Reward To Organizers 772.77 TOTAL LOSSES 118 264 22 404 Reward To Special Organizers 1,915.59 undergone three different phases of fund- INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP $ 11,288.32 ing, with all the necessary proposal writ- GAINS IN OCTOBER 1996 Total $ 245,646.23 ing and waiting that comes with such an Paid-up 21 37 0 58 Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: arrangement. As a result, Ms. Schatz said Extended insurance 8 19 0 27 Canadian Corporation Premium Tax $ 1,382.29 the program has managed to pull two TOTAL GAINS 29 56 0 85 Employee Benefit Plan 29,942.08 years’ worth of “real” work in the field – LOSSES IN OCTOBER 1996 Salaries Of Executive Officers 17,740.09 Died 0 33 0 33 Salaries Of Office Employees 73,440.65 not counting the time spent preparing Cash surrender 15 33 0 48 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee Wages 86,476.94 bids for funding over the last four years Reinstated 2 2 0 4 Total $ 208,982.05 of PIH’s existence. AIP 5 21 0 26 Although the Ukrainian Canadian TOTAL LOSSES 22 89 0 111 General Expenses: TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Bank Charges $ 2,309.59 Congress is mandated to promote the AS OF OCTOBER 1996 16,299 38,513 4,811 59,623 Bank Charges For Custodian Account 3,264.15 work of PIH and other Canada-Ukraine MARTHA LYSKO General Office Maintenance 1,403.34 Partners Program members that are fund- Secretary Insurance Department Fees 1,506.06 ed by the Canadian International Legal Expenses-General 825.00 Postage 3,507.34 Development Agency, PIH handles its FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Printing and Stationery 5,406.83 own publicity and marketing. Rental Of Equipment And Services 20,127.17 INCOME FOR OCTOBER 1996 Still, Ms. Schatz said such initiatives as Telephone, Telegraph 4,761.92 Dr. Serdiuk’s recent visit serve to illustrate Dues From Members $ 227,478.34 Traveling Expenses-General 5,153.03 Annuity Premiums From Members 22,400.00 Total $ 48,264.43 how important both her program and the Income From "Svoboda" Operation 121,132.94 Canadian focus on Ukraine’s health system Miscellaneous: Investment Income: is for Ukrainians. “The minister pulled me Banks $ 111.48 Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine $ 6,889.81 Bonds 255,723.47 Exchange Account-UNURC 300,157.62 aside during his visit and said, ‘Why Certificate Loans 2,382.51 Expenses Of Annual Sessions 476.38 haven’t you people been pushing your sys- Mortgage Loans 47,689.16 Fraternal Activities 270.90 t e m ? ’ ” Ms. Schatz related. “He said he Real Estate 60,250.66 Loss On Canadian Exchange 110,290.00 was going to pull many examples from Short Term Investments 18,737.49 Professional Fees 7,120.00 Stocks 8,211.54 Rent 3,727.30 Canada to use back home.” $ 393,106.31 Transfer Account 1,626,744.63 Total $ 764,117.59 Total $ 2,055,676.64

Refunds: Investments: Advertising $ 338.94 Bonds $ 799,033.19 RCI gets... Death Benefits 247.45 Certificate Loans 14,902.03 (Continued from page 3) Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 1,715.04 E.D.P. Equipment 9,740.00 Endowment Matured 4,041.50 Real Estate 9,354.08 “Ukrainian radio could turn around and General Office Maintenance 16.00 Short Term Investments 6,209,691.84 decide that it’s short of money and charge Insurance Department Fees 30.00 Stock 5,377.24 us 10 times what we’re paying now to get Investment Expense 100.00 Total $ 7,048,098.38 Legal Expenses-General 100.00 on the national network. Or, who knows, Disbursements For October, 1996 $ 9,820,728.46 Official Publication "Svoboda" 20,000.00 maybe not in Ukraine, but someone like Rent 1,222.81 [Russian Opposition leader Alexander Reward To Special Organizer 3,454.23 Lebed might take over and say he doesn’t Taxes Federal, State & City On Employee Wages 74,048.71 BALANCE Telephone 27.61 want all this foreign stuff and stations Total $ 105,342.29 ASSETS LIABILITIES can’t carry all this RCI stuff any more.” Miscellaneous: Cash $ 948,800.29 Life Insurance $ 72,998,657.15 Suddenly, said Mr. Hargreaves, Russians, Short Term Donations To Fraternal Fund $ 3,036.56 Investments 5,639,949.00 without RCI shortwave programming, Donations To Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 479.48 Bonds 43,169,292.84 Exchange Account-UNURC 300,157.62 would lose an important link to the outside Mortgage Loans 7,036,261.50 Profit On Bonds Sold or Matured 569.46 world at a time “when they would really Certificate Loan 697,521.77 Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopaedia" 313.50 Real Estate 3,210,833.53 Accidental D.D. 2,220,633.41 need it.” Transfer Account 1,626,767.13 Printing Plant & E.D.P. However, neither Russians nor Transactions Within UNA 2,247.65 Equipment 593,551.23 Fraternal 0.00 Total $ 1,933,571.40 Ukrainians have to fear losing RCI or its Stocks 1,539,641.27 Orphans 442,100.30 Investments: Loan to D.H.-U.N.A shortwave radio service for at least Bonds Matured Or Sold $ 180,784.70 Housing Corp. 104,551.04 Old Age Home 0.00 another year. They and RCI staffers can Certificate Loans Repaid 1,989.51 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 12,774,728.89 Emergency 53,740.50 breathe a little easier, for now. Mortgages Repaid 25,325.45 Total $ 75,715,131.36 $ 75,715,131.36 Short Term Investments Sold 6,772,081.02 Total $ 6,980,180.68 ALEXANDER BLAHITKA Income For October, 1996 $ 9,783,211.96 Treasurer Correction The full-page advertisement that appeared on page 12 of last week’s edi- tion of The Ukrainian Weekly, listed an Share The Weekly Notice to publishers and authors incorrect fax number for ticket reserva- with a colleague. tions for the Ukrainian American Youth It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly Association’s (SUM-A) debutante ball to Order a gift subscription published books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of be held on February 1 at the Crowne by writing to: Subscription periodicals, only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in Plaza in White Plains, N.Y. The correct Department, The Ukrainian q u e s t i o n . number is (203) 264-6150. Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. Jersey City, NJ 07302. Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, Cost: $60 (or $40 if your cost, etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey colleague is a UNA member). City, NJ 07302. Join the UNA! No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 19

support by Pope John Paul II and P o p e ’s state visit... President Reagan made it even stronger. The Ukrainian National Women’s League of (Continued from page 9) It was in Poland, not in Germany or America, Inc. ally within inches of “success,” were Czecho-Slovakia, that non-Communists probably hatched in the kitchen of Yurii won for the first time in the elections of Andropov and authorized by Leonid mid-1989 and that the Russian-backed Education and Ecology Chairs announce Brezhnev, even though cut-off agents Communist regime was forced into were used in both instances: terrorist r e t r e a t . International Contest for Children and Youth To make a long story short: if one of groups with Middle Eastern connections entitled in the case of Mr. Reagan and the the true makers of history, one of the Bulgarian secret service in the case of the architects of the profound transforma- NATURE AND US pope. In any case, instead of taking a tions in East Central Europe shows his well-deserved back seat in history after desire to pay a visit to Ukraine, an inde- The contest intends to make the children think about the importance of a healthy global dodging assassins’ bullets, both Pope pendent Ukrainian state cannot but wel- environment and the responsibility of each individual, adult and child, to take care of the John Paul II and President Reagan got come him with more than the usual cour- surrounding in order to make a healthy environment for everyone. The selection of the together and planned to counter the tesies befitting a head of state. topic of the drawnings and essays are very arbitrary to encompass many different percep- Pope John Paul II is not getting any assassination attempts. tions and ideas of Nature and Us. Contest participants are to write about their own envi- Enlisting a number of discreet aides, of younger; his health is not good. The pope ronment in the country where they live, their back yard, garden, forest, villages, cities whom the late William Casey of the CIA may learn some things from visiting was the most prominent, the Protestant Ukraine in the near future. This writer, and towns. Their efforts should reflect a personal understanding of the Nature and Us. American president and the supreme pon- however, is convinced that the real learn- tiff of the Catholic Church unleashed a ing experience will be on the part of the Category 1: for children 7-9 years old veritable destabilization campaign against government of Ukraine and the non- A drawing of “Nature and Us” theme together with a short description of 30-50 words. the Russians in Poland. Solidarity was Catholic believers. We should learn from given moral, financial, diplomatic and great men while they are still among us. Category 2: for children 10-12 years old propaganda support through international Yaroslav Bilinsky A story describing “Nature and Us” theme 150-200 words. trade unions that were secretly backed by Newark, Del. the U.S. government, and the Catholic Category 3: for youth 13-16 years old Church worked in the same direction The writer is a professor of political A story/essay that describes “Nature and Us” theme 500 words. through its agencies. Even in the under- science and international relations at the ground, Solidarity was strong, but the University of Delaware. CONTEST DEADLINE: October 31, 1997

Symferopol he was detained when his Award winning works will be announced on THE EARTH DAY OF 1998 and will be pub- Defiant Moscow. . . body guard was found to be carrying a lished in a separate book. (Continued from page 1) pistol. After a several hour detention, the Submitted entries are to be signed using a pseudonym and age of the author. On a sepa- two were released after consultation What particularly irked Mr. Udovenko rate piece of paper, write your real name, address and age. Place and seal in a separate is that he had received assurances from between the Customs Office and Mr. Udovenko. “At around midnight, I rec- envelope. On the outside of the envelope write your pseudonym and age. Send together the Moscow mayor that he would not ommended that they be released,” he with your entry. This way the judges will not know your real name untill an award win- show up in Sevastopol for the opening of explained. “They had already caused ning entry is chosen. Entries may be submitted in the Ukrainian language or in the offi- the apartment building. He said that Mr. enough problems. Our objective is not to Luzhkov had said a broken foot would raise tensions, but to normalize relations keep him in Moscow and that the head of between Russia and Ukraine. I do not the Russian delegation also assured him think that this little gun was worth rais- that Mr. Luzhkov was not part of the del- ing tensions.” egation. “Then he shows up,” said Mr. Russia’s Foreign Ministry quickly dis- SEND THE WEEKLY TO UKRAINE Udovenko. associated itself from Mr. Luzhkov’s To order an air mail subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly for addressees in Ukraine, How Mr. Luzhkov entered Ukraine is a remarks. Igor Savolsky, director of the send $160 for subscription fee and postage costs to: Subscription Department, question that is now being investigated. Foreign Ministry’s CIS Department, said Ukraine and Russia last week had signed an on January 20 that the Moscow mayor’s The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 0 7 3 0 2 . agreement whereby visas would not be statements “do not reflect Russia’s offi- required for passage through custom check- cial stand and should be treated accord- points. However, that accord has not yet ingly,” and reiterated that Russia has no been implemented, and no one knew that territorial claims on Ukraine. He also Mr. Luzhkov had arrived, which is what called Mr. Luzhkov’s suggestion that the Minister Udovenko said concerned him. International Court of Justice in the Mr. Luzhkov’s departure from Hague would deal with the matter an Ukraine was not as quiet as his arrival. In “empty claim.”

sion (of Parliament) because I would be Democrats unite... at the ceremony on the square they (Continued from page 1) asked, ‘What holiday? The union of Those organizations, along with the Ukraine in 1939? The victory of 1945?’ constituencies represented by the other You see how some people still think,” political leaders on the platform, namely he said. Volodymyr Yavorivsky, Volodymyr Mr. Pliushch, who had bickered often Muliava and an unexpected attendee, with Rukh and the other democratic Ivan Pliushch, the former chairman of forces in the Verkhovna Rada while he the Parliament, could form a potent polit- was the chairman seemed very comfort- ical force if they can sustain unity – able among them as he waited his turn to something that has beleaguered them speak. When he did, he called for unity since Ukraine’s independence. and patience. “We have realized that Mr. Pliushch, who immediately only in a democratic union, which this is, attracted a crowd as he casually strolled can we build a Ukrainian nation,” he onto the square before the demonstration said. The national deputy asked the peo- began, reacted with surprise when asked ple to be patient and declared that the why he had shown up. “How can I not be democratic process in Ukraine is taking here? This is about democracy,” he root and will succeed. “We must over- replied. come a situation where two build, three “This is an objective process that the destroy and four observe what is going country is going through. Today is on,” he said in closing. another step in the uniting of democratic Mr. Drach, who was a founding mem- forces.” He then reiterated, “How can I ber of Rukh, mentioned Mr. Pliushch as not be here?” as he moved on to greet an example of how democracy is taking well-wishers and the curious, much like hold in Ukraine. “He wasn’t with us a politician running for office. when we formed the human chain eight Before that he commented on how years ago, but he is here today. It is fan- “certain members of Parliament” react- tastic that others are joining,” he said. ed negatively when he told them he “We must understand that right now in would attend the conference at the Ukraine there are only two parties: the National Opera House. “Then, when I Ukrainian party and the anti-Ukrainian told them I would not be at today’s ses- party.” 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1997 No. 4

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Friday, January 31 held in the HURI seminar room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. NEW YORK: Continuing its series on Ukrainian Christmas customs, the Ukrainian Saturday, February 8 Art and Literary Club of New York will host LEHIGHTON, Pa.: The Ukrainian an evening delving into the ancient origins of Homestead, Route 209, is holidng its Ukrainian carols, specifically the oldest car- annual Mardi Gras dance, starting at 9 ols, which deal with the creation of the uni- p.m. The admission price of $15 per per- verse in a pre-Christian, mythological frame- son, with discounts for seniors and stu- work. The presentation will be by artist Slava dents, includes a Mardi Gras buffet. Music Gerulak and Lavrentia Turkevych. The will be by the Kosiv Ensemble. For addi- evening will be held at the Mayana Gallery, tional information and room reservations 136 Second Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Concurrently call (610) 377-4621. there will be an exhibit of works by artists whose work incorporates the motifs and sym- Monday, February 10 bolism of Ukrainian Christmas customs. EDMONTION: The Canadian Institute of Saturday, February 1 Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, as part of its seminar series, is hold- WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Newark Branch ing a lecture by Dr. Oleh Ilnytzkyj, of Plast is holding its annual debutante University of Alberta, who will speak on the ball, with music by Tempo and Luna, at topic “Modelling Culture in an Empire: The the Hanover Marriott on Route 10. Ukrainian vs. Russian Representation.” The Cocktails, 6:30 p.m.; presentation of debu- lecture will be held in the CIUS Library, tantes, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: dinner and dance, 352 Athabasca Hall, at 3:30 p.m. $75; dance only: for students under age 23, $20. For tickets and table reservations call Sunday, February 23 Daria Semanyshyn, (201) 515-8326. PRINCETON, N.J.: The play “Love NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Letters” by American dramatist A. R. Scientific Society is holding a lecture by Gurney, with actors Karl Light and George Hayetsky, professor, University of Georgine Hall, will be performed at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, and the Princeton Montessori School, 487 Cherry Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, who Valley Road, at 5 p.m. in a benefit for the will give an overview of the state of cul- non-profit Ukrainian American Montessori ture and education in Ukraine today. The Foundation. A wine and cheese reception lecture will be held at the society’s build- with the actors will follow the performance. ing, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. Tickets, $15 for one person and $25 per couple, will be available at the door. Thursday, February 6 Reservations may be made in advance by CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard calling the school at (609) 924-4594. T h e Ukrainian Research Institute is holding a lec- Montessori School and the Princeton ture, as part of its seminar series, by Andrea Center for Teacher Education, a certified Graziosi, Istituto Universitario Orientale, Montessori training center based at the Naples and Yale University, on “The school, have worked for three years with Field & Olesnycky VeCheka (The All-Russian Extraordinary the Education Board of Kyiv in a volun- Attorneys at Law Commission for the Suppression of Counter- teer effort to establish a model Montessori Revolution and Sabotage) Reports on the school and a Montessori teacher training 11 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 100 Peasantry, 1918-1922.” The lecture will be center in Ukraine. 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According to a Globe and Mail report Please call (201) 386-1115 to make such appointments in advence) Canadian Federal Court... of the following day, Justice Marceau (Continued from page 4) was seemingly heedless of Justice Nestor L. Olesnycky Robert S. Field of departmental employees.” Justice Cullen’s reputation and contended that Dubin recommended that Mr. Thompson, “no reasonable person” could have con- who had resigned as deputy minister in cluded that Chief Justice Isaac compro- the interim, be reassigned within the mised the three deportation hearings in inistry . hearing Mr. Thompson’s private com- However, the sparks really began to plaint and in urging Justice Jerome to proceed more quickly. fly on December 9, when the appeal Justice Pratte said it was “patently hearings began in a federal courtroom in wrong” for Justice Cullen to have sug- Toronto. gested that Justice Isaac and Mr. The defense counsel created a furor by Thompson had met in bad faith or that contending that Federal Court justices this had resulted in some advantage for could not impartially render decisions the prosecution. about the conduct of their boss, Chief Defense Counsel Bayne said this deci- Justice Julius Isaac. This seemed to cap- sion would likely be appealed to the ture the interest of most of the country’s Supreme Court of Canada. He had 60 legal scholars, including the respected days to file his appeal from the date of Prof. Peter Russell, as well as a number the verdict. of editorial writers . Effectively, the Federal Appeals Court Mr. Dueck’s lawyer, Donald Bayne, panel cleared the way for a resumption of also accused Justice Minister Rock of deportation proceedings against the three impugning the judicial integrity of accused, dismissing Judge Cullen’s stay. In the Justice Cullen in his motion to appeal his Globe and Mail item of January 15, war decision, and cited a number of editorials crimes prosecutor Christopher Amerasinghe which contended that “a cloud hung over was quoted as saying that while it was techni- the Federal Court.” cally possible for deportation hearings to As of January 14, these moves appear resume before the Supreme Court deals with to have backfired. The three-judge panel the appeal, “realistically, I don’t know if the of the Federal Appeals Court, which Federal Court would do it.” included Justices Louis Marceau, Louis As The Weekly went to press, neither Pratte and Arthur Stone dismissed Judge Federal Court nor Supreme Court offi- Cullen’s ruling and were scathingly criti- cials had any record of motions to pro- cal of their colleague and of the defense. c e e d .