INSIDE:• Transcript of Melnychenko interview — page 2. • Zlenko outlines ’s foreign policy — page 4. • Albany Ukrainians help young hockey players from Ukraine — page 12.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIX HE KRAINIANNo. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Husar enthroned as major TapeT scandal becomesU international affair W Named cardinal by Pope John Paul II as PACE urges independent investigation by Roman Woronowycz an effort to remove the president from by R. L. Chomiak Kyiv Press Bureau office were banned or destroyed as law Special to The Ukrainian Weekly enforcement officials tried to maintain con- LVIV – The 405-year-old KYIV – “Tapegate,” the scandal sur- trol over growing public disenchantment Ukrainian Greek-Catholic rounding video and audio recordings that with the president. Church, with its faithful on the allegedly have implicated President Leonid After a session in Strasbourg, France, Kuchma and a coterie of high-level govern- five continents, once again has a devoted to Tapegate and freedom of expres- “head and father” who also will ment officials in the disappearance of a sion in Ukraine, PACE refrained from sanc- Ukrainian reporter and the subsequent carry the title of cardinal of the tioning the country for its less than pristine Holy Roman Catholic Church: cover-up of the crime, became an interna- human rights record of late, but voted to tional affair on January 25 when the His Beatitude , take responsibility for an independent archbishop major of Lviv for Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of analysis of the audiotapes and to give their Europe condemned the lack of freedom of Ukrainians. author political asylum. On Sunday, January 28, in expression in Ukraine, and agreed to organ- The human rights body, which consists ize an independent investigation into certain the 255-year-old St. George of representatives of Europe’s Parliaments, Cathedral in Lviv, the Ukrainian aspects of the case. also agreed to conduct an independent immigrant to the United States, In Ukraine the scandal continued to take DNA analysis of the body found at the former Studite monk and former on additional dimensions when on January beginning of November 2000 in the town of auxiliary to his late pred- 26 more tape recordings surfaced in which a Tarascha, Kyiv Oblast, which Ukrainian ecessor, Cardinal Myroslav voice similar to the president’s discusses authorities have said may be that of Heorhii Lubachivsky, was enthroned as criminal activity with various government Gongadze, a radio journalist who vanished, primate of the UGCC. officials. Meanwhile, tent cities established The actual ceremony of in several metropolitan centers in support of (Continued on page 4) enthronement was simple and short. But the events that led up to it were full of drama, uncer- tainty and surprise. They were Ukrainian deputy notes moves by Moscow historic, too. by Yaro Bihun to renew the development of an anti-bal- During the 11 a.m. liturgy Special to The Ukrainian Weekly listic missile system. In this context, celebrated by some 30 hierarchs Russia is interested in strengthening its resplendent in ornate vestments, WASHINGTON – The Bush admin- strategic missile forces, and it cannot do Archbishop-Metropolitan istration’s determination to develop a this without Ukrainian booster rockets,” of Philadelphia, U.S. missile defense shield may well be he said in an interview with The as chairman of the synod that one of the major reasons behind elected the new head of the Ukrainian Weekly on January 24. Bishop Lubomyr Husar before his enthrone- Moscow’s push to bring Ukraine back Church three days earlier, asked Mr. Ratushnyi and fellow Rukh col- ment as of the Ukrainian into its old Soviet-style fold. Mykhailo Bishop Husar if he accepts the league and Verkhovna Rada National Greek-Catholic Church Ratushnyi, a leading member of the Deputy Ivan Bilas were in Washington choice of his brother- Rukh (Kostenko) Party and the reformist during the inauguration of the new U.S. “because we want to lead you to the altar.” named 37 new cardinals just a few days majority coalition in the Verkhovna president and had discussions with After receiving the designate’s accept- earlier, and was not expected to name a Rada, said that Russia cannot counter potential officials of the incoming ance, Archbishop Sulyk, together with Ukrainian any time soon. this U.S. strategic move without administration. They also shared their Archbishop Michael Bzdel of Winnipeg Bishop Husar was among a group of Ukraine’s rocket-production capability. views with a larger group of representa- and Archbishop Jan Martyniak of seven new nominees for cardinals who “As I see it, Russia is alarmed by the Peremyshl-Warsaw led the new archbish- were announced on January 28, among new U.S. administration’s determination (Continued on page 11) op major to the altar. The other hierarchs them Roman Catholic Bishop Marian followed, singing “Axios” in Greek (he Jaworski of Lviv. is worthy); “Axios,” echoed the cathe- Archbishop Major Husar’s program dral choir. This symbolized the can be characterized as “faith of our Byzantine roots of this patrticular fathers.” He said, “it is not my personal Catholic Church, which traces its begin- program; it is what we received from our nings to Brest in 1596, when Ukrainian ancestors.” Orthodox bishops recognized the author- “More than a thousand years ago,” he ity of the Roman pope, but retained their said, “Lord God gave our people the gift Eastern rite. of faith. We are Christian people who After the Gospel the new archbishop live in accordance with the rules of Jesus major gave a homily that he called “the Christ.” During the past 100 years, he program for the future” of the Church. continued, “many strong confessors of The surprise came at the end of the the faith saved this faith” despite great liturgy when among those greeting the difficulties, “and this is what we must new head of the global Church, continue to do.” Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, the Archbishop Husar then explained that Apostolic nuncio, or the Vatican’s keeping the faith means love and charity ambassador in Ukraine, announced that towards others – ecumenism. He cited just a few minutes earlier Pope John Paul that day’s Gospel, which described how II had named His Beatitude Lubomyr a Jesus shocked his followers by deciding cardinal. His elevation, together with that Yaro Bihun to dine at the house of Zaccheus, the of all the other new members of the head tax collector, who was considered National Deputy Mykhailo Ratushnyi holds a clipping from the Financial College of Cardinals, is set for February “a public sinner” (Luke 19:1-10). But Times about a new pact between Ukraine and Russia. 21 in Rome. The element of surprise was heightened, because the pontiff had (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 No. 5

FOR THE RECORD NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Rada loses two national deputies of the ship Pamiat Merkuria, and charged RFE/RL releases transcripts him with breaking transport safety laws, KYIV – National Deputy Oleksander Reuters reported. The Pamiat Merkuria of interviews with Melnychenko Yemets died from injuries suffered in a car sank during a storm in the Black Sea on RFE/RL , Belarus, and Ukraine Report chairman of the court. accident on January 28, Interfax reported January 26; 14 people died and five are the next day. Mr. Yemets, 42, belonged to still missing, while rescuers plucked 32 On December 29, 2000, and January 9, Mr. Melnychenko, now, under such the Reform-Center caucus in the survivors from lifeboats and rafts after RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service broadcast extreme conditions, you are living day- Verkhovna Rada. He was a vice prime min- several days spent floating in the cold live interviews with Mykola Melnychenko, to-day, but it is also necessary to think ister in 1997 and the president’s adviser in water. Volodymyr Rebrov, Crimea’s a major in the reserve of the Ukrainian about the future. Tell us, please, how 1998-1999. On January 22 National deputy public procurator, said initial find- Security Service and a former presidential do you see your future – both near and Deputy Yurii Kononenko of the National ings suggest the ship was overloaded. If bodyguard, who provoked a political scan- far? Democratic Party caucus was found dead found guilty, the captain will face up to 15 dal in Ukraine by publicizing the tapes in his office in Kharkiv with a firearm years in prison. (RFE/RL Newsline) that allegedly show President Leonid As to my near future, I am coming wound to his chest. Police suspect that he Kuchma’s complicity in the disappearance back to Ukraine under any circum- committed suicide. (RFE/RL Newsline) Cabinet’s survival hinges on energy stances. I think this will happen very of independent journalist Heorhii KYIV – “Fundamental reforms in the soon even if I’m sure that power struc- Holovatyi cites SBU interference Gongadze. fuel and energy sector are a question of the On both occasions, Mr. Melnychenko tures will do everything possible to pre- KYIV – Legislator Serhii Holovatyi on survival of the government and the prime contacted the Prague-based studio of vent me from coming back alive. And January 30 said the Security Service of minister,” the January 30 issue of Eastern RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service of his own I’m sure that the people of Ukraine will Ukraine (SBU) prevented him from receiv- Economist Daily quoted Volodymyr choice and spoke by telephone on the live overcome this evil and will come out of ing the results of an independent examina- Lanovyi as saying. According to Mr. program called “Vechirnia Svoboda” this situation with dignity. tion of the corpse believed to be that of Lanovyi, the presidential representative in (Evening Radio Liberty). missing journalist Heorhii Gongadze, the Viktor Yuschenko’s Cabinet, Ukraine is Following are excerpts of the interviews A version appeared in some circles Eastern Economist Daily reported. threatened with an energy consumption cri- with Mr. Melnychenko translated from the in Ukraine that Yevhen Marchuk is According to Mr. Holovatyi, he was to sis. Mr. Lanovyi said he believes govern- transcriptions that were published in the involved in all this [tape scandal]. Can receive the results from his compatriot, ment has nearly lost its political initiative in Internet newsletter Ukrainska Pravda you deny this? Ihor Stelmakh, in Germany. Mr. Holovatyi conducting reforms in the country and (http://www.pravda.com.ua) and on the I want to tell you that Mr. Kyrylovych said their meeting could not be arranged added that the situation was far more favor- RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service Internet site [Marchuk] is one of the, or more proper- due to interference from the SBU, which able in the beginning of 2000, when Mr. (http://www.rferl.org/bd/uk/ukrainian/). ly, his organization is the most decent was trying to find Mr. Stelmakh in order to Yuschenko was installed as prime minister. (RFE/RL Newsline) PART I: DECEMBER INTERVIEW among those in Ukraine. I mean the question him as a witness in the Gongadze National Security and Defense Council. case. (RFE/RL Newsline) President tells PM to pay off coal miners You said a lot during your meeting with the deputies. What would you like People are assessing your deed Prosecutors arrest captain of sunken ship KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma has to add about the main issues? ambiguously. Some consider you a instructed Prime Minister Viktor brave man, a hero, and think you can KYIV – Ukrainian prosecutors have If this information [ed. note: taped be a model for many people. Other arrested Leonid Ponomarenko, the captain (Continued on page 11) secretly by Melnychenko in Kuchma’s people – and there are a lot of them – office] had not been publicized, in six consider you literally a traitor, not months’ time one would have to give up only to the president to whom you did for lost democracy [as well as] human not swear an oath. They think you Yuschenko may reshuffle Cabinet freedoms and rights in Ukraine. There betrayed an officer’s honor and even RFE/RL Newsline menting on lawmaker Serhii Tyhypko’s were plans in the president’s entourage to that of Ukraine because you have pro- proposal that the Verkhovna Rada initiate KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor destroy Ukraine’s Supreme Court and voked a scandal that does not con- Mr. Yuschenko’s ouster if the latter fails to Yuschenko on January 30 said a decision on other bodies that did not comply with the tribute to Ukraine’s prestige. How can form a coalition Cabinet. president’s wishes and whims. you respond to those people? reshuffling his Cabinet may be made “with- “We have a [parliamentary] coalition in the next two to three days.” formed on the basis of various ideas that are What do you mean by “destroying I am considered to be a traitor by Meanwhile, the chief of the presidential not necessarily political,” Mr. Yuschenko the Supreme Court”? Execution by those people who are involved in crimes. administration, Volodymyr Lytvyn, said the shooting? noted. He said it is “theoretically impossi- I have in mind many power ministers, recently discussed idea of forming a coali- ble” to propose a coalition Cabinet on the governors and the president’s entourage. tion Cabinet in Ukraine cannot be imple- The Verkhovna Rada had to pass a basis of the 11 caucuses and groups that I “betrayed” because I know where the mented. According to Mr. Lytvyn, a coali- law following the president’s instruc- currently constitute the so-called “parlia- people’s money was transferred – bil- tion Cabinet may be formed only following tion to make the Supreme Court [ed. mentary majority.” lions of dollars. I betrayed the president’s appropriate amendments to the note: Melnychenko does not finish this Mr. Yuschenko added that his Cabinet is interests while he was laundering Constitution. Mr. Lytvyn noted that now the phrase.] You see, the Supreme Court a “quasi-coalition,” since some of its mem- [money], giving instructions how to appointment of a Cabinet or its members was standing in the president’s way bers are affiliated with political parties or build his dachas for 4 million, for 7 mil- can be made only by way of consultations because it was not controlled by him. It parliamentary groups. lion. I betrayed [his] interests. between the executive and legislative RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine was performing the duties it had to. But there are also the interests of the And the president gave instructions to branches, adding that the Verkhovna Rada Report also reported that Mr. Yuschenko people who work in factories and plants does not have a “deciding say.” commented following Oleh Dubyna’s work out a law that would allow him to that the president ordered shut down only control courts as well. And he said it Four days earlier, RFE/RL Poland, appointment as vice prime minister to was necessary to get rid of Boyko, (Continued on page 14) Belarus and Ukraine Report had reported replace Yulia Tymoshenko that the Cabinet that Mr. Yuschenko said he is interested in will conduct an “even tougher” policy of the creation of a coalition government in exacting payments from energy and fuel Ukraine, but added that the current consumers. He also pledged that the gov- FOR THE RECORD: U.S. rep Parliament has no coalition that could form ernment will pay more attention to the pri- to OSCE on Gongadze case such a Cabinet. Mr. Yuschenko was com- vatization of regional energy companies.

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but Bishop Husar, who had been admin- Husar enthroned... istering the Church since the death of (Continued from page 1) Cardinal Lubachivsky, opted for the “fast living in faith, the archbishop major said, track” – two days after his confirmed means imitating Christ, and “this should election. be our main goal, [our] program.” The cathedral was filled by the faith- He complimented the Ukrainians in ful; also present were government repre- Ukraine for not being vindictive towards sentatives, some clergy and bishops of those who had persecuted them. He other Churches as well as the Ukrainian hierarchs who concelebrated the liturgy called it “a sign of spiritual strength” and with their new leader. said the Ukrainian people “came out of At heart, His Beatitude Lubomyr, 68, the persecution with their gift of God – is still a Studite monk and a follower of faith that was instituted by St. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, who Volodymyr,” the ruler who brought made the Ukrainian Catholic Church a Christianity to Kyivan Rus’ in 988. global one by sending priests to minister The new primate of the Ukrainian to Ukrainians who emigrated to other Greek-Catholic Church called for deep- lands, and who preached and worked for ening the faith among those who have it ecumenism. and offering the gift of faith to those who In an interview before the synod, have moved away from it. “There are Bishop Husar had suggested that the many of those among us, but they are not leader the Church needed now is “a per- enemies, they are hungry people who son who in the political world is known need this gift – in the form of our words as a technocrat, a professional. But there and our testimony,” he explained. is one very important thing for the Living in faith, he said, also means Church: whoever is elected would have solving the problems of division among to emphasize the development of the Petro Didula Christians. “There was no division ... spiritual life of the Church, because that during the time of Volodymyr,” he noted, is the reason for its existence.” Newly enthroned Archbishop Major Lubomyr Husar. suggesting that the reason for division could be that “our faith had cooled.” He admonished his followers to renew the faith in their relations with other Christians and non-Christians, “to embrace one another in faith, hope and charity.” The synod that elected Bishop Husar, a Lviv native, to the highest office of the Ukrainian Catholic Church was held almost exactly 55 years after and in the same city as the Synod of Lviv of March 9-10, 1946, that was convened on the orders of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to repudiate the Union of Brest of 1596 and merge the Ukrainian Catholic Church into the Russian Orthodox Church. Until 1989 the Church existed underground in Ukraine and expanded in other parts of the world. Since the return from the Soviet gulag of Patriarch and Cardinal , the last head of the Church before it was banned in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Catholic Church was raised to a self- governing patriarchal level. Cardinal Slipyj was appointed the first archbishop major and later Cardinal Lubachivsky was appointed his successor. But now, as in the case of other patriarchates, the hiearchs of the Church elect, in secret, the archbishop major. The only differ- ence is that, unlike patriarchs, the elected The archbishop major blesses the crowd gathered in the courtyard of St. George Cathedral. major have to be confirmed by the pope. The election of Bishop Husar as arch- bishop major was the first to follow this procedure, thus it was of historic signifi- cance. Only Ukrainian hierarchs took part in the deliberations, which lasted one and a half days on January 24-25. The apos- tolic nuncio, Archbishop Eterovic, was in Lviv, but did not participate in the synod. His duty was to inform the pope of the synod’s choice. He did so late on January 25, but there was no announcement and the synod continued behind closed doors on January 26. While the hierarchs awaited word from Rome, according to a communiqué issued after the synod, they discussed the planned visit to Ukraine by Pope John Paul II in June. Archbishop Eterovic delivered the pope’s approval at 1 p.m. Lviv time on Friday, January 26, and within an hour the synod members came out of the his- toric Metropolitan’s Palace (today the headquarters of the archbishop major), across from St. George’s Cathedral and spoke with the press and interested per- sons who had gathered there. There was some thought in Church circles of postponing the enthronement ceremony to a later date in order to invite high government officials to the event, The faithful receive the blessing of the new primate of the Ukrainian Greek-Gatholic Church. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 No. 5 Zlenko delineates direction of Ukraine’s foreign policy Kuchma not likely to sign Rada’s new law on elections by Roman Woronowycz by Roman Woronowycz better for promoting “the structuring of Kyiv Press Bureau Kyiv Press Bureau Ukrainian society and making parliamen- tary activity more effective.” KYIV – In his first major policy KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma’s The 254 national deputies who voted address since becoming Ukraine’s minister chief of staff indicated on January 30 that for the new proportional system agreed of foreign affairs nearly four months ago, the president is unlikely to sign a new that, as in 1998, there would be a require- Anatolii Zlenko signaled on January 23 that election law approved recently by the ment that a political party needs to attain Ukraine would move away from pursuing a Verkhovna Rada. at least 4 percent of the popular vote to foreign policy that has accented its geopo- The new law, passed on January 18 as qualify for seats in the Verkhovna Rada. litical importance to one that stresses its the Rada prepares for parliamentary elec- The new law stipulates that a party or Western standards. tions in March 2002, will elect legislators political bloc must gather 500,000 signa- He told a large group of journalists that strictly by proportional representation. tures to qualify for the elections, whereas the period of breakthroughs in the develop- Put simply, if the president signs the law, the old law required 1 million names. ment of international ties was ending and all candidates to the Verkhovna Rada in National deputies put a 2.5 million hrv now the accent would move to developing elections to be held 14 months hence will cap on campaign expenditures by each Ukraine’s European characteristics. have to seek their legislative seats political party, which includes govern- “An open society, the effective function- through membership in a political party. ment-supplied funds, as well as those ing of a market economy, the supremacy of Volodymyr Lytvyn told a press confer- from the private sector. law, the consistency and predictability of ence that the president believes Ukraine Because there has been little move- foreign policy are key criteria that will have needs to maintain its current mixed sys- ment on implementing the national refer- an influence on the country’s role in a new tem of legislative representation, in endum held in April 2000 – in which one European and international orchestra,” which half the national deputies in the of the proposals that voters approved explained Mr. Zlenko. country’s Parliament are elected from Foreign Affairs Minister Anatolii Zlenko. requires that the number of Parliament He said that in this new foreign policy districts by majority vote and the other members be decreased to 300 from its “there would be less words, but they would half by party affiliation based on propor- tism in defending Ukraine’s national self- current 450 – the national deputies did be properly written.” tional distribution of the vote. interests and a foreign policy transparent to not stipulate in the election law how He said the accent on the internal devel- Mr. Lytvyn said the new bill, which Ukrainian society. many seats would be apportioned to the opment of policy and on the promulgation has yet to be signed by President While not rejecting “multi-vectorism,” a parties that passed the threshold in 2002. of Western standards would be the two Kuchma, would further alienate the term government officials have used for They did, however, divide Ukraine into central pillars behind a five-point plan of several years to define the country’s foreign deputies from their constituents. 225 electoral districts. action that he enumerated for his diplomat- policy, Mr. Zlenko attempted to specify its “In this situation, the Parliament will Four political factions close to the ic corps in the next year, which also meaning in his foreign policy vision. He not be serving the people, but quite the presidential administration did not take includes the systematization of Ukraine’s opposite,” explained Mr. Lytvyn, who strategy vis-à-vis Europe, strict pragma- (Continued on page 15) also said that the old mixed system was (Continued on page 6)

audiotapes that allegedly contain discus- the video recording in which the ex-presi- pressed by state militia in many areas. Tape scandal... sions between President Kuchma, his chief dential body guard testifies how he tape- While demonstrations in Cherkasy and (Continued from page 1) of staff and minister of internal affairs, recorded the president – released another Ternopil continued with dozens of pup tents literally without a trace, on September 16. which, if authentic, could implicate the audiotape that implicates the president in clustered in the respective city centers, in The body was found as Ukrainian law three in organizing the disappearance of the still other illegal actions. Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Rivne local enforcement officials continued to maintain missing journalist. The newest montage of recordings officials either banned demonstrations or that they had no leads into the journalist’s However, PACE said that it first must allegedly made by Mr. Melnychenko while dispersed protesters. disappearance and amid their suggestions receive an official request from the he worked as a personal bodyguard to Mr. In Rivne, on January 23 an elite detach- that he perhaps had gone into hiding in Ukrainian Parliament to do so, as well as Kuchma, consists of 1.5 hours of discus- ment of state militia forces manhandled and the original tape recordings. PACE also rec- order to run from a romantic fling gone sour sions with various state officials and politi- beat dozens of protesters in a “Ukraine ommended that the ministerial committee of or a business deal gone bad. More contro- cians, allegedly including Security Services Without Kuchma” action. While law the Council of Europe offer Mykola versy developed when the body was secret- of Ukraine Chief Leonid Derkach, who enforcement officials maintained that they Melnychenko, the former presidential body- ly moved from the local morgue to Kyiv talks about a wiretap on the phone of Yulia used force in response to violent actions by guard who claims to have made the record- and the local coroner was arrested for Tymoshenko, the recently ousted vice prime the demonstrators, some of the students ings, political asylum in one of its member- “improperly” identifying the body as that of minister and long a political opponent of the involved said the militia attacked without states should he ask for it. While refraining the missing journalist and releasing it to the president; State Tax Administration being provoked. from either suspending or banning Ukraine Chairman Mykola Azarov, who explains In Kharkiv, militia swept through the city custody of his colleagues. from membership in PACE, the body assert- Mr. Gongadze was the creator and pub- how to apply political pressure to individu- center, where protesters had erected a tent ed its right to return to the issue during its als using his tax authority; and Minister of city, uprooting tents and forcing demonstra- lisher of one of Ukraine’s first Internet June session. newspapers, which was highly critical of the Internal Affairs Yurii Kravchenko, who dis- tors to leave. Ukraine’s permanent representative to cusses how to put pressure on Supreme City health officials in Dnipropetrovsk Kuchma administration and spent much the Council of Europe, First Vice Minister time exposing the activities of Ukraine’s so- Court Chief Judge Vitalii Boyko so that he used a more peaceful approach to ward off of Foreign Affairs Oleksander Chalyi, does the executive’s bidding in resolving problems, banning a public demonstration called “oligarchs.” expressed consternation at the PACE resolu- Ukraine’s Procurator General Mykhailo certain court cases. and the erection of a tent city in the city cen- tions and cited difficulties that could ensue Also included is a conversation purport- ter by stating that this would promote viral Potebenko has refused to certify that the if it turns out that the tapes are forgeries. He edly with Sumy Oblast Chairman infections, as well as lead to unsanitary con- Tarascha remains are those of Mr. explained that another problem was that the Volodymyr Scherban, in which he offers ditions that would aggravate a rat problem Gongadze, although he has admitted that resolution was worded in such a way that it Mr. Kuchma shares in the privatization of a in the city. the tests are 99.6 percent conclusive. did not ensure that the expert analysis will specialized chemical plant in gratitude for Meanwhile, in the capital, the organizers On September 25 PACE delegations be done in a manner that later would allow his appointment. heard rapporteurs – members of the moni- for it to be used in an unbiased criminal of the “Ukraine Without Kuchma” move- But what could be the most interesting toring committee that scrutinizes whether investigation. ment said they were ready to renew activi- Ukraine is fulfilling its obligations as “Some positions [taken] will cause cer- aspect of the latest recordings, other than ties that were suspended during the promised when it took membership in the tain difficulties in the process of their imple- evidence of a pattern of illegal activity by Christmas holidays but found that the site of organization – lambaste the status of free- mentation at the level of the Council of Mr. Kuchma – if indeed the voice on the their pre-New Year demonstrations was no dom of expression in Ukraine. Interfax- Europe executive bodies,” said Mr. Chalyi, tape is that of the president – is that the longer accessible. On January 27 the few Ukraine reported that Hanne Severinsen, according to Interfax-Ukraine. voices of national deputies in benign con- tents that had been pitched in the last few one of two lead rapporteurs on the commit- He also said Ukrainian authorities did not versation with Mr. Kuchma also are includ- days were moved and a seven-foot green tee, noted that Mr. Gongadze had become have in their possession the master tapes ed. Some lawmakers already have acknowl- construction barricade was erected around a symbol of the lack of journalistic free- that PACE required for the analysis, and, edged that the recorded dialogues took both sides of Kyiv’s central square. Officials dom in the country. therefore, had no way of providing them. place, including Oleksander Turchynov, said the barriers were erected in preparation Representatives of several national dele- However, National Deputy Serhii who heads the Batkivschyna faction in the for reconstruction of the square, which will gations also voiced concern for the situation Holovaty, a member of the Ukrainian dele- Parliament, and Taras Chornovil of the receive a new look in commemoration of in Ukraine. Polish representative Andrzej gation to PACE and one of the lawmakers Rukh Party. Both lawmakers have stated the 10th anniversary of independence cele- Urbanczyk, a member of the Committee on driving the Tapegate investigation, said that that the discussions they heard on the tapes brations scheduled for August. Education and Culture, noted that the if the Verkhovna Rada formally requests the actually occurred. Kyiv leaders of the “Ukraine Without Gongadze case is only “the tip of the ice- help of PACE in analyzing the tape record- Mr. Shyshkyn said he would ask other Kuchma” movement promised they would berg” on human rights problems in Ukraine ings he would make sure the organization national deputies to verify portions of the begin their action with renewed vigor on today. A Swedish delegate said Mr. receives the originals. tape recordings on which their voices appar- February 6, the same day the Verkhovna Gongadze “died because of his political If January 25 was a bad day for President ently are heard. Rada is scheduled to begin its seventh ses- views.” Kuchma, the next day was only worse. That As Tapegate continued to unravel, anti- sion, during which it is expected to continue At the end of discussions, PACE mem- day National Deputy Viktor Shyshkyn – Kuchma demonstrations under the slogan to put pressure on the president and law bers agreed to conduct an independent who along with National Deputy “Ukraine Without Kuchma” expanded to enforcement officials to bring Tapegate to a investigation into the authenticity of the Oleksander Chyzh and Mr. Holovatyi made more regions of Ukraine, only to be sup- proper resolution. No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Branch 242 hosts St. Nicholas Miss Soyuzivka is Weekly booster by Joe Chabon of ceremonies. St. Nicholas was greeted by the Rev. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Miss FRACKVILLE, Pa. – Once again the St. Nestor Iwasiw, who led the saintly visitor Soyuzivka for 2001, Michelle Michael’s/St. John’s Youth Group organized thorough the crowd. St. Nicholas expressed Poliwka, has said that one of her goals the annual visit by St. Nicholas to St. his happiness to see such talent in these during her reign will be to increase Michael’s Church Hall. The event, held on readership among Ukrainian youth of December 10, 2000, was sponsored by parishes, and he questioned the boys and our Ukrainian newspapers, most UNA Branch 242 of Frakville, Pa., led by girls from the parish about their behavior throughout the year. After that St. Nicholas notably The Ukrainian Weekly and Joe Chabon, secretary. Svoboda. That’s in addition to her goal For the second year in a row the auditori- gave his annual gift to all the children. This year’s gift was a tie-dyed St. Michael’s/St. of enrolling UNA members and pro- um was almost filled to capacity, and over moting Soyuzivka. 50 children from the parishes entertained John’s Youth Group T-shirt. Local UNAers expressed many thanks to According to the latest issue of the crowd. There were piano and flute play- Suzy-Q News, Soyuzivka’s quarterly ers, singers, several Christmas skits, poem all who organized and supported this annual tradition, including the UNA Home Office, newsletter, Ms. Poliwka, a member of readings and singing by all in attendance. UNA Branch 88, said many of her noting that it was good to see such a tradi- The pre-schoolers and first grade catechism friends and acquaintances are con- tional program experience enthusiasm and class presented the story of the Nativity and cerned about the fate of Soyuzivka. sang a beautiful rendition of “On this Bright growth at a time when many such programs She stated: “Young people want to Day.” Dr. Michael Halupa served as master are a thing of the past. help preserve Suzy-Q and that includes raising awareness about the UNA.” Miss Soyuzivka Michelle Poliwka. Branch 112 holds Christmas brunch One way to do that, of course, is to have them read about the Ukrainian Sorority, the Chicago-based by Alice M. Olenchuk Members had a wonderful opportunity National Association and its good Hromovytsia and Montreal-based to become reacquainted. It seems that in works on the pages of its two official Troyanda dance ensembles, as well as CLEVELAND – St. Mary’s Lodge, this busy new world we live in, we don’t publications. the Ukrainian Club at McGill. Branch 112 of the Ukrainian National often get the chance to go back to old Ms. Poliwka, a 21-year-old Ms. Poliwka’s mother, Olga, sent in Association, held its Christmas brunch at times when things moved a little slower. Chicagoan, is majoring in business subscription orders to The Ukrainian Hometown Buffet on Sunday, December It was great to see everyone enjoy each economics at McGill University in Weekly for 10 persons, thus qualify- 3, 2000, after the 9:30 a.m. divine liturgy other’s company, as in a family gathering. Montreal. She is a member of Plast ing the entire Poliwka family for the at St. Josaphat Cathedral. The sad part: no one brought a camera. and its “Ti, Scho Hrebli Rvut” title of “Weekly Boosters.”

Chamber Choir performs at UNA HQ RECORDING DEPARTMENT MEMBERSHIP REPORT – DECEMBER 2000 Martha Lysko, National Secretary

Juvenile Adult ADD Total Total Active Members – 11/2000 7,114 14,946 3,539 25,599 Total Inactive Members – 11/2000 7,363 17,955 0 25,318 Total Members – 11/2000 14,477 32,901 3,539 50,917

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Gains in 12/2000 New members 33 21 0 54 New members UL 0 0 0 0 Reinstated 3 3 1 7 Total Gains: 36 24 1 61 Losses in 12/2000 Died 0 26 0 26 Cash surrender 14 26 0 40 Endowment matured 36 30 0 66 Fully paid-up 25 18 0 43 Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0 Extended Insurance 7 19 0 26 Certificates lapsed (active) 7 11 16 34 Certificate terminated 4 1 6 11 Ines Prost Total Losses 93 131 22 246 PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Chamber Choir of Parsippany Hills High School put on Total Active Members - 12/2000 7,057 14,839 3,518 25,414 a special holiday performance here in the atrium of the UNA Corporate INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Headquarters on December 22, 2000, to entertain employees of the diverse offices located in the building as well as visitors. The chorus director, Linda Clark, Gaines in 12/2000 led 17 students in a presentation that encompassed Christmas carols and season- Paid-up 25 18 0 43 al songs, including the popular Ukrainian “Schedryk,” known in English as “Carol Reduced paid up 0 0 0 0 of the Bells.” Extended insurance 7 19 0 26 Total Gains 32 37 0 69 Losses in 12/2000 * Died 2 34 0 36 * Cash surrender 10 27 0 37 Pure endowment matured 4 6 0 10 Reinstated to active 3 3 0 6 Certificates lapsed (inactive) 0 6 0 6 Total Losses 19 76 0 95 Total Inactive Members – 12/2000 7,376 17,916 0 25,292 ANNOUNCEMENT TOTAL MEMBERSHIP - 12/2000 14,433 32,755 3,518 50,706 (* Paid up and reduced paid up policies) Minutes and Reports of the 34th Convention of the Ukrainian National Association held in Toronto in 1998 have been published and are now being sent to all General Assembly members, District Chairpersons, UNA Branch Secretaries and Delegates of the 34th Convention. Any UNA member may receive a copy of this publication upon request. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The Home Office can be contacted at (973) 292-9800. Visit our archive on the Internet at: Please leave a message with the receptionist. http://www.ukrweekly.com/ 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 No. 5

COMMENTARY THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Enough already The UNA’s proposed by-laws

The scandal in Ukraine surrounding the apparent murder of journalist Heorhii and our organization’s future Gongadze and the audiotapes released by former presidential bodyguard Mykola Melnychenko that allegedly prove President Leonid Kuchma’s complicity in Mr. by Taras Szmagala Jr. the lucky executive will be accountable Gongadze’s disappearance has escalated and, as these lines are being written, the end essentially to no one, receiving little is nowhere in sight – judging by the behavior of the president and his colleagues. Imagine an organization that controls guidance and even less oversight. President Kuchma has never explicitly denied that the voice on the Melnychenko tens of millions of dollars in assets, oper- The second option provides for the tapes is his. The best response he has thus far mustered has been that the accusations ates a 400-acre resort in New York, pub- selection of a chief executive by an 11- are slander and that the affair is a foreign-inspired provocation and a well-planned lishes two weekly newspapers, and has member board of trustees. This board political campaign aimed at presenting Ukraine as an uncivilized state. As for Mr. tens of thousands of members. Every would be responsible for recruiting, Melnychenko, the president said he is “mentally ill” and refused to discuss the alle- year, this organization generates approxi- interviewing and eventually hiring the gations he made. Nor has Mr. Kuchma dealt with the very serious transgressions of mately $6 million in revenue, and incurs full-time head of the organization. The his subordinates at the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs about the same amount in expenses. It’s a board would also exercise general over- and the Customs Service – all of whom have mishandled the case (to say the least) company that is heavily regulated by sight into the affairs of the association, since day one. They provided false information in the Gongadze case, delayed DNA state authorities, and is engaged in one of formulate its policies and strategies, and testing and identification of the body, and harassed deputies arriving from abroad the most competitive industries in the oversee the implementation of those poli- with a videotaped interview with Mr. Melnychenko. The Procurator General’s United States. cies and strategies. Significantly, this Office, for all practical purposes, has been AWOL. Now suppose, further, that you are a board would also have the power to dis- And then there are the authorities’ clumsy actions to disband tent protests in Kyiv shareholder in this organization, with a miss non-performing executives, thereby and elsewhere organized by the “Ukraine Without Kuchma” movement. Suddenly, it vested personal interest in its success. providing a degree of accountability not seems, Kyiv is getting ready to prepare the protest site for 10th anniversary celebra- One day, you receive a letter in the mail found in the first option. tions of Ukraine’s independence; just as suddenly the administration in from this organization, and it asks you As you may be aware, this is exactly Dnipropetrovsk has expressed paternal concern about the health of protesters who the following question: “In what manner the choice facing UNA members today. might get cold and have no sanitary facilities. Authorities in other cities were not as would you like us to select our chief Shortly, delegates who served at the last gentle. Meanwhile the administration has stage-managed public actions in support of executives?” Reading on, you discover UNA Convention will be receiving a bal- the president. So much for freedom of speech and public assembly. that you have two choices: first, you lot in the mail, asking them whether they Oh, and let’s not forget about freedom of the press. Not much of that these days have the option to select your full-time prefer option one (UNA’s current system) in Ukraine. The Paris-based human rights group Reporters Without Borders and chief executive at a convention once or option two, which was outlined previ- the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists have been speaking out on every four years. At this convention, ously in The Ukrainian Weekly. The the Gongadze case, but pressure on the media continues – even on the independent prospective executives will undergo a future of our organization depends upon foreign media. Most recently it was announced that Kontinent radio’s FM frequen- particularly interesting review process: our delegates selecting the second cy, which broadcasts the Voice of America, BBC and Deutsche Welle, is up for they will be required to pass out leaflets, option. sale. Do we smell a rat? You bet! The British ambassador and the German charge flyers, pens and buttons emblazoned with I am the first to admit that no gover- d’affaires expressed concern, and U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pascual stressed that their names in an effort to secure nance structure is perfect, and that the such actions “will impact on people’s understanding of whether a free press can employment. Whether they receive the UNA’s current method for electing a actually operate.” job will depend on the determination of president has served us well through The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has now adopted a resolu- more than 300 convention delegates much of our history. But we need a tion expressing its deep concern about “intimidation, repeated aggressions and mur- who, while mostly wise and intelligent, change – our organization simply cannot ders” committed against journalists in Ukraine. Most significantly, PACE voted to possess limited information about each continue to run as it has been running. As assume responsibility for an independent analysis of the Melnychenko audiotapes, as we look forward to selecting a new presi- well as to conduct an independent analysis of the mystery corpse. But, it must first candidate, and are given only one day to decide whom to select. Once selected, dent in 2002, it is imperative that we receive an official request from the Verkhovna Rada to do so. attract the best possible professional tal- As a result of this sordid affair, President Kuchma has been weakened at home, ent to our organization. To do that, we where he cannot influence the majority coalition as he once could, and abroad, where Taras Szmagala serves as an advisor need to rid ourselves of our “hiring by he is close to being treated as a pariah. Shunned by the West, President Kuchma may on the Ukrainian National Association’s convention” system. have nowhere to go but into the waiting arms of Russian President Vladimir Putin General Assembly and is chairman of the (and there already are signs that this is happening). UNA By-Laws Committee. (Continued on page 9) Meanwhile, the editor of the respected newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli, Yulia Mostova, went so far as to state that it is time to ask whether President Kuchma has the moral deputies’ immunity from criminal prose- right to remain in his post. The people of Ukraine have lost faith in their government, while the diaspora finds itself in a quandary: How does one defend the good name of Kuchma... cution; and transform the Verkhovna Ukraine in this incredible situation? Surely, the guideline can’t be “my country, right (Continued from page 4) Rada into a bicameral Parliament. or wrong.” part in the voting, namely, the Workers’ Unable to reach a decision on how to On December 6, soon after the Melnychenko tapes were revealed, President Party faction, headed by Serhii Tyhypko, proceed with the four changes and expe- Kuchma stated in a nationally televised address that he “will continue to act in line the Social Democratic (United) faction riencing deep resistance from lawmakers with the law and consistently strengthen democracy in Ukraine.” We’d like to see headed by Viktor Medvedchuk, in the wake of allegations associated him live up to his words. Oleksander Volkov’s Regional Rebirth with the case of the missing journalist A complete and transparent investigation into the entire affair is a necessity – and faction and Petro Poroshenko’s Heorhii Gongadze and “Tapegate,” the the only way for Ukraine to save its reputation and guarantee the country’s further Solidarnist faction. President Kuchma presidential administration agreed that a democratic development. The Verkhovna Rada must take up the PACE’s offer to does not belong to any political party, single bill should be tabled before the conduct an independent analysis of the Melnychenko tapes and the Tarascha corpse. which experts say is one reason he may end of this session. Then, the guilty – whoever they are – must be found and punished. oppose such a structuring of the new The president and his team decided Parliament. they would first seek approval of the pro- The same day it was passing a new posal that would allow the president to election law, the Parliament canned a dissolve the Parliament if it could not Feb. draft bill that was drawn up as the first form a working majority within 30 days, Turning the pages back... step in the process of implementing the but on the last day of the session the results of the April 2000 national referen- national deputies showed no stomach for 5 dum. The bills twice failed to gather the even considering the extension of addi- majority needed to put it on the Rada’s tional powers to the president. Instead, they agreed to set up an ad February 5, 1977, marked a major crackdown by the KGB daily agenda, even though it was the last 1977 hoc parliamentary committee for the against the members of the three-month-old Ukrainian Public day of the fall session. preparation and preliminary examination Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords. The president wanted the lawmakers That day in Kyiv, according to wire service reports, Mykola to begin the implementation process of the draft laws that will amend the Rudenko, the group’s leader, and Oleksa Tykhy, a member, were arrested. before the end of the just completed sixth Constitution as required by the results of Other group members also were harassed by the secret police. Mr. Rudenko’s wife, session so that it might be approved the April 2000 national referendum. Raisa, was stripped as an act of humiliation while the KGB searched their home. Also dur- before the 2002 elections, which would Second Vice-Chairman Stepan Havrysh, ing the search of the Rudenkos’ apartment, Oleksander Berdnyk, a member of the allow a new Parliament to begin its work who is a member of the Rebirth of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, walked into the premises and was bodily searched by the KGB. under the Constitutional amendments. Regions faction, will chair the commis- Especially brutal searches were conducted in the apartments of Oksana Meshko and Nina In April 2000 more than 90 percent of sion. Strokata-Karavansky. Ukrainians voting in a national referen- Where that leaves the referendum Immediately upon receiving news of the arrests, the Washington Helsinki Guarantees for dum approved four controversial changes proposals, which the Constitutional Ukraine Committee, headed by Dr. Andrew Zwarun, sent letters and telegrams to heads of to the Constitution, which, if implement- Court has ruled must be implemented, governments that signed the 1975 Helsinki Accords, and congressmen and parliamentari- ed, will: give the president the power to is unclear. Many national deputies ans, asking them “to intercede now in behalf of Ukrainian human rights activists by protest- dismiss the Verkhovna Rada if it is not be believe the resounding defeat suffered ing arrests and repressions which violate the spirit and letter of Helsinki.” able to form a majority or pass a budget by the president assures that this in a timely period; reduce the number of Verkhovna Rada will not consider any Source: “Major Arrests Conducted in Kiev; Rudenko, Tykhy Incarcerated; Other Kiev Group national deputies in the Verkhovna Rada other bills associated with the national Members Harassed,” The Ukrainian Weekly, February 13, 1977, No. 35. from 450 to 300; remove national referendum. No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 7 NEWS AND VIEWS Faces and Places Panelists discuss trafficking of women by Myron B. Kuropas by Walter Bodnar an foreign aid, starting with the year 2003, to any country condoning human traffick- WHIPPANY, N.J. – The subject of ing. “Trafficking of Women,” included in a Prior to being adopted in the Senate, the recently passed bill in the U.S. Congress, bill was adopted in the House of was the topic of a recent discussion at St. Representatives on October 6, 2000, by a Things are bad, and they’re getting worse John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church Way back in the 1970s, when I was the of the oligarchs and Ukraine’s organs of 371-1 vote. Ms. Olshaniwsky noted that Great Lakes regional director of ACTION, justice. All of this hurt us, but we under- Hall in Whippany, N.J., where Walter steep economic decline and unemployment Zalisko, a covert operations police officer a federal anti-poverty agency that adminis- stood that the evolutionary process would in post-Soviet Ukraine force many tered the Peace Corps, VISTA, Foster not provide quick results. and a member of the Governor’s Ethnic Ukrainian women to seek employment Advisory Council in New Jersey, related his Grandparents and other volunteer pro- “Recent events in Ukraine, however, abroad, thus causing them to fall victim to grams, we were housed on the third floor of have crossed the line. [These include] the experiences in tracing traffickers of women the vultures of international trafficking. At and children. a building across the street from the arrest and illegal incarceration of patriotic first such women were transported to Chicago Opera House. students, the dearth of prosecutions for He was introduced by Bozhena Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel, and later to Olshaniwsky, president of Americans for The second floor of this building was the crimes against the government, the death of the Balkans, Western Europe and the home of the Environmental Protection opponents of the administration and Human Rights in Ukraine (AHRU), who United States. reviewed the contents of HR 3244 and how Agency, another federal agency. The attempts to silence those who have criti- Serious discussions on this subject were cized the president for pushing Ukraine it impacts on Ukrainian women. regional director was Valdas Adamkus, a broached by President Bill Clinton. First towards a dictatorship similar to Belarus.” Ms. Olshaniwsky talked mostly about Lithuanian American who had earned a rep- Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke on the utation as an honest, focused and effective The letter urged President Leonid congressional involvement with the issue. subject during the Beijing Women’s federal administrator. A few years ago Mr. Kuchma to make “radical changes” and to She explained that on October 11, 2000, the Conference in 1995 and during her visit to Adamkus retired from the EPA and moved appoint people to key positions “who U.S. Senate overwhelmingly, by a vote of Lviv in 1997. She underlined that to Lithuania. Today he is president of adhere to constitutional law and democratic 95-0, approved the bill, which makes it a “women’s rights are human rights.” Lithuania. Another American, Gen. Ramas principles.” It ended with the expressed crime to bring women and children into the Melanne Verveer, chief of staff to the first Kilikauskas, a Vietnam veteran, helped hope that changes “will once again steer United States for the purpose of using them lady, also spoke in Ukraine on this subject rebuild the Lithuanian army from the bot- Ukraine towards the creation of a democrat- as victims in such areas as prostitution, in June 2000 during President Clinton’s tom up, dumping all Soviet- era officers. ic and patriotic state, permitting all of its cit- sweatshops, debt bondage and other forced visit. The United Nations adopted resolu- Latvia’s current president, Vaira Vike- izens to prosper.” Signatures were obtained circumstances. The sum of $95 million was tion on this subject, which was supported Freiberga, was raised in Canada. American from over 200 individuals at the banquet. provided over a two-year period by the U.S. by the World Federation of Ukrainian Mari-Ann Rikken-Kellam, who was active When it came time for the consul general government to halt the international traf- Women’s Organizations. In addition, the La in exposing OSI collusion with the Soviets, to speak at the banquet, he took exception ficking and for issuance of special U.S. Strada agency and similar groups were is a member of the Estonian Parliament to the letter, stating that “Ukraine will not visas to those victims. formed in Ukraine to help women in dis- while her husband, Tunne Kellam, is head listen to dictates from beyond its borders.” In addition, the law also renews pro- tress and to prevent their victimization. of the ruling Estonian political party, Pro- Recalling Ukraine’s troubled past, he urged grams in the United States for protection of Ms. Olshaniwsky reminded the audience Patria. Former KGB officers have been put greater tolerance. Compared to others in “battered women” and proposes spending that in 1998 and 1999 several bills concern- on trial in Estonia and Lithuania for war Ukraine, especially eastern Ukrainian $3.3 million during the next five years on a ing the trafficking problem were introduced crimes. Baltic governments enforce their Russophones, who dismiss the diaspora as variety of grant programs designed to in the U.S. Congress by Reps. Christopher language laws without exception, despite “agents of foreign capitalists eager to address domestic violence and other crimes Smith (R-N.J.) and Louise Slaughter (D- the presence in Latvia and Estonia of an exploit the Ukrainian nations,” the consul directed largely against women. N.Y.) and Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.), even larger percentage of Russians than in general’s remarks were rather mild. According to CIA reports approximately but did not get adequate support at that Ukraine. The Baltic countries are prosper- So how bad are things in Ukraine? On 50,000 people are smuggled into this coun- time. ing economically as well. the positive side, reports The Economist, try each year – a large number of them The bills were supported by the New Other former Communist countries also “Ukraine has managed a tricky re-negotia- women from Ukraine. Sen. Sam Jersey Regional Council of the UNWLA, court their expatriates. Retired Polish tion of its foreign debt, nudged up its for- Brownback (R-Kansas) noted that 700,000 AHRU and the Women’s Clubs of America. Americans are welcomed in Poland where eign exchange reserves, cut the annual rate women and children are transported annual- Hundreds of letters were written and sent to they live quite well on their American pen- of inflation from 377 percent five years ago ly across borders for the purpose of forced members of both houses of the U.S. sion dollars. Armenian Americans, one of to around 20 percent at last count, and has prostitution throughout the world. This Congress by the UNWLA and AHRU. America’s most affluent groups, are helping seen its economy grow by 6 percent.” international smuggling nets $7 billion in Largely through the efforts of the New keep Armenia afloat. Multi-millionaire On the negative side, The Economist profits per year – exceeded only by profits Jersey UNWLA, the subject of trafficking Kerk Kerkorian recently announced a gift describes Ukraine as “a bankrupt menace in international drug and arms trade. The of women was put on the agenda of the of $70 million for various projects in his that leaks crime, disease and many thou- new law provides for up to 20 years’ Women’s Clubs of America at its New homeland. Slovenia’s last prime minister sands of illegal immigrants ... Leonid imprisonment for selling someone into slav- Jersey state and national conventions. spent most of his life in Argentina. Kuchma has been increasingly friendly to ery and for similar crimes. Ms. Olshaniwsky introduced Walter Ukrainians in North America also have Russian Vladimir Putin. Russian compa- The law also provides for creating a new, Zalisko, listing his accomplishments and had some influence on Ukrainian policies. nies have been snapping up the choicest non-immigrant T-visa for up to 5,000 vic- awards in the field of police work, includ- Many Catholic priests and bishops have and and most lucrative bits of the Ukrainian tims of trafficking per year. In order to be ing medals for bravery, 23 years of serv- continue to work in Ukraine. People like economy, such as its aluminum industry, at eligible for the visa, victims have to initially ice, founding of an international consulta- Bohdan Futey, who participated in the bargain prices; the government seems as cooperate with investigations and then tion management firm, expertise on crime development of Ukraine’s new constitution; blithe about this as the president. Public prove how they would suffer extreme hard- in Russia, testimony in Congress on the Bohdan Watral, who is helping develop spiritedness is weak, corruption rampant, ship if sent back to their native countries. situation in Russia, and service on the credit unions; Bohdan Krawchenko, who the press docile.” Tragically, the murder of Several years after receiving T-visas certain Governor’s Ethnic Advisory Council in worked with the administration of President journalist Heorhii Gongadze was not the victims might qualify for permanent resi- New Jersey. Leonid Kravchuk; Katherine exception. Hardly a month passes in dency and U.S. citizenship. The law in He related in detail his personal partici- Chumachenko, wife of Ukraine’s Prime Ukraine without a journalist being killed. some circumstances, would also require the Minister Viktor Yuschenko; Roman And now, reportedly, there is evidence that president to withhold U.S. non-humanitari- (Continued on page 21) Popadiuk, appointed by the first President Vyacheslav Chornovil’s death was not George Bush as America’s ambassador to accidental. Ukraine, and Slava Stetsko and Roman Are things getting worse? Consider this. Zwarycz, two members of the Ukrainian There is no exclusively Ukrainian-language Parliament, also come to mind. Others have television station in all of Ukraine. Russian and continue to work for various American TV stations, newspapers, magazines and and Canadian governmental agencies and radio programs far outnumber Ukrainian- legal firms in Ukraine. The influence of language forums. Even “all Ukrainian” sta- Ukraine’s diaspora in the actual governing tions often have Russian speakers and pro- of Ukraine, however, has been anemic at gramming. While the Baltic countries best. And it doesn’t appear this will change demand all governmental discourse in soon. Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian, the law Today the Ukrainian American honey- establishing Ukrainian as the official lan- moon with Ukraine is coming to an end. At guage is ignored by Ukrainian government a Chicago UCCA banquet commemorating officials with impunity. January 22, participants were asked to sign President Kuchma is at a crossroads. If a letter read to them by Chicago UCCA he truly cares about the future of Ukraine Chairman Orest Baranyk. The letter was and not the pocketbooks of his family and succinct and to the point: friends, he will heed the well-intentioned “After the achievement of Ukraine’s advice of Ukraine’s diaspora. Time is run- long-awaited independence almost 10 years ning out and so is patience, not only in the ago, we noticed many shortcomings in the diaspora but in Ukraine as well. process of nation-building: the decline of Seen during a presentation on the problem of trafficking of women are: (from left) the Ukrainian language and culture, a turn- Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: Yaroslava Mulyk, Walter Zalisko and Bozhena Olshaniwsky. ing towards Moscow, as well as corruption [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 No. 5 Board of Ukrainian Orthodox Consistory in Canada holds three-day meeting

WINNIPEG – The Consistory Board realm and in the temporal sphere. He Consistory’s investment advisor, Bob of Bishops, including a review of the of Directors of the Ukrainian Orthodox reminded them to stay focused on the Challis of the Nakamun Group. UOCC participation in the Canadian Church of Canada, elected by the directives of the 20th Sobor, and to Additional financial information was Council of Churches, particularly the Church’s 20th National Council (Sobor) remember that their service on the provided by the Consistory’s financial Faith and Witness Commission, the last summer, held its first meeting on Consistory Board is a gift and a blessing manager, Maurice Labelle. At the conclu- Permanent Conference of Ukrainian November 23-25, 2000, in Winnipeg. to serve the Church as servants of the sion of the financial reporting, the Orthodox Bishops Beyond the Borders of The three-day meeting was held at St. Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Consistory approved the new operating Ukraine, and a discussion of the situation Andrew’s College, on the campus of the The orientation session also included a budget for the 2000-2001 year. of Ukrainian Orthodox Churches in University of Manitoba. presentation by the Rev. Zubritsky on In keeping with the direction of the Ukraine. The Consistory of the Ukrainian Christian-oriented leadership and Sobor, three major Consistory The Consistory also heard reports Orthodox Church of Canada is composed Orthodox Christian meetings. Consistory Committees were struck to carry out the from the Principal of St. Andrew’s of 18 members – the chair, eight mem- Member Victor Hetmanczuk presented resolutions and directives over the next College, Dr. Vivian Olender, the dean of bers elected from among clergy and nine information on what it means to manage. five years. The Rev. Makarenko stated theology, the Very Rev. Bozyk, and the members elected from lay members of He spoke about how the board should that, “Vision 2000” thus becomes acting director of the Center for the Church. The president of the learn from the past, manage for the pres- “Vision in Action.” The three “vision Ukrainian Canadian Studies, Dr. Denis Consistory is the metropolitan of the ent and prepare for the future. He areas” committees are: Committee on Hlynka. UOCC. stressed that the Consistory must learn to Spiritual Renewal – chaired by the Very On the final day, the Consistory The meeting was preceded with the balance the challenges ahead and to steer Rev. Victor Lakusta (Edmonton), wrapped up discussion on issues tabled traditional moleben, served by the Very the strategic transformation of the Committee on Educational Development from previous sessions and dealt with a Rev. Wasyl Makarenko (chancellor/chair Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada co-chaired by Dr. Alexander Melnyk number of administrative matters, includ- of the Presidium of the Consistory), the for its future survival in the new millen- (Kirkland, Quebec) and Gerald Luciuk ing reactivating the Liturgical Very Rev. Roman Bozyk (dean of theolo- nium. (Regina), and the Committee on Commission and the establishment of a gy and chaplain of St. Andrew’s College) The second day of meetings heard Responsible Stewardship and Effective Consistory Land Use Committee to study and the Rev. Cornell Zubritsky, in the greetings from the bishops and dealt with Communication – chaired by Mr. and advise upon possible development of Chapel of St. Andrew’s College. numerous administrative and financial Hetmanczuk (Oakville, Ontario). Each of the Consistory properties along St. John’s Metropolitan Wasyly, primate of the reports. The chair of the Presidium these three committees will have several Avenue. As directed by the Sobor, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Canada, and reviewed his first four months of the new subcommittees dealing with more specif- Consistory also struck a Commission on Bishop Yurij of the Eastern Diocese of administrative term and the reorganiza- ic mandates. As well, there will be a link the Status of the Ukrainian Orthodox the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of tion of staff to deal with new challenges. with each of the three Diocesan Councils, Church of Canada and the Ecumenical Canada, were also present. Responses Although there is still a period of transi- bringing together all “Parishes in Patriarchate. were sung by the theology students, tion, the work is running smoothly. Action.” The final day of the Consistory The next meeting of the full directed by Bishop Yurii. Consistory members also heard reports meeting heard reports from the Council Consistory is scheduled for May 2001. The first order of business for the from several of the Consistory’s operat- meeting of the newly elected ing departments, including Ecclesia Consistory members was a general ori- Publishing Corp., the Office of Missions entation session on the mandate for the and Education, and the Consistory next five years, as directed by the 20th Church Goods Supply Store, as well as Children and Music fund slates Sobor, and as outlined in the document an update on the joint Canada-U.S. “Vision 2000: A Blueprint for the prayerbook project. fund-raising concert at UIA Future of the Ukrainian Orthodox The Consistory received the audited NEW YORK – Children and Music: major, Op. 163). Church of Canada.” year-end financial statement for the The Natalia Khoma Fund in Memory of Children and Music presented its first The presidium chair, the Very Rev. 1999-2000 budget year and the report of Volodymyr Czyzyk, established last year award in December 2000 at the Salomea Makarenko, spoke to members of their the external auditors, Craig and Ross, to create financial support to gifted stu- Krushelnytska Special Music School for responsibilities, both in the spiritual and reviewed the investment report of the dents of music in Ukraine, will hold a Gifted Children in Lviv to the following gala concert at the Ukrainian Institute of young musicians: Olena Savka, Olha America on February 17 to officially Lavryshyn, Olena Humeniuk, Ivanka introduce and benefit the fund in the Voroshyliuk, Lyudmyla Kucher, Nazar United States. Pylatiuk, Marian Lomaha, Maria The event will feature founders cellist Strelbytska and Olha Levytska. Natalia Khoma, with Dr. Maria Cyzyk of Other concerts and benefits across Chicago, who will be present at the con- the United States, Canada and Europe cert. Performing will be Suren Bagratuni, are planned to support the newly Ms. Khoma and Rachel Krysa, cello; formed foundation. Tax-deductible dona- 5-ËÈ äÛð¥Ì¸ ìèë ¥ 23-ËÈ äÛð¥Ì¸ ìëè Catherine Cho, Peter Krysa and Todd tions, with checks payable to Children Philips, violin; Daniel Panner, viola; and and Music, may be sent to Ms. Khoma, 1291 Sebewaing Road, Okemos, MI ‚ ¥ Ú ‡ π Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano; in a pro- gram of works by Handel (Sonata for 48864. For additional information e-mail Å·ÊÂÌÌ¥¯Ó„Ó è‡Úð¥flðı‡ – ÇÂðıÓ‚ÌÓ„Ó ÄðıËπÔËÒÍÓÔ‡ Two Cellos and Piano in G minor, Op. 2, [email protected]. 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The courses offered are: credit Summer Education Abroad • UKR 001 Elementary Ukrainian I Program in Ukraine appropriate for (4 credits) ÉìáÄêÄ those who are interested in focusing on • UKR 002 Elementary Ukrainian II ÉìáÄêÄ Ukrainian language and culture as well (4 credits) as those who would like to cultivate • UKR 003 Intermediate Ukrainian ç‡¯Ó„Ó ÑÓÒÚÓÈÌÓ„Ó ¥ ÑÓðÓ„Ó„Ó Åð‡Ú˜Ë͇ their language skills and cultural (4 credits) ᇄÓÌÛ ◊óÂð‚Ó̇ ä‡ÎË̇“ knowledge for more practical reasons • UKR 204 Readings in Ukrainian Á Ó·ð‡ÌÌflÏ Ì‡ èð‰ÒÚÓflÚÂÎfl ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓª such as business and trade. The pro- (3 credits); and ÉðÂÍÓ-ä‡ÚÓÎˈ¸ÍÓª ñÂðÍ‚Ë gram runs from May 26 to July 10, • UKR 199, 299, 399, 499 Special and is open to students at the sopho- Topics (1-8 credits). Ú‡ Á ¥ÏÂÌÛ‚‡ÌÌflÏ âÓ„Ó Å·ÊÂÌÒÚ‚‡ ä‡ð‰Ë̇ÎÓÏ more level and beyond. Besides excursions in the city, trips ÇÒÂÎÂÌÒ¸ÍÓª ä‡ÚÓÎˈ¸ÍÓª ñÂðÍ‚Ë. Students will be accompanied by a are planned to the resort of Truskavets Penn State faculty member to Lviv, a in the Carpathian Mountains, the ô‡ÒÚË ÅÓÊ ‚ ˆ¥È ÌÂÎÂ„Í¥È ¥ ‚¥‰ÔÓ‚¥‰‡Î¸Ì¥È Ôð‡ˆ¥ charming multicultural city in western Olesko Castle Museum, and Kyiv. ‰Îfl ÔðÓÒ·‚Ë ÅÓ„‡ Ukraine, where they will stay in a stu- The application deadline for the dent hotel or with local families. There program is March 1. ¥ ‰Ó·ð‡ ̇¯Óª ñÂðÍ‚Ë Ú‡ ÌÂÒÍÓðÂÌÓ„Ó they can learn conversational For additional information on Penn ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó ÅÓÊÓ„Ó Î˛‰Û! Ukrainian and become part of the State’s 2001 Summer Education everyday life of the residents. Abroad in Ukraine, visit www.out- ÉÂÌÂð‡Î¸Ì‡ ëÚ‡ð¯Ë̇ ᇄÓÌÛ ◊óÂð‚Ó̇ ä‡ÎË̇“ Classes are small and are held on reach.psu.edu/PSSEA/ or call Dr. campus at Ivan Franko State University Michael Naydan at (814) 865-1675. No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 9 UCCA executive board discusses community issues and situation in Ukraine by Tamara Gallo remains one of the greatest challenges been invited to participate. It was decided The producer and the movie’s star, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America presently facing the community. Having to send a letter of inquiry to President Gregory Hladyj, are expected in the established a “Fourth Wave” Committee Kuchma. United States for the premiere of the film. NEW YORK – The January 27 meeting within the UCCA, one of its members, During the past three years the Once shown in New York, the film will of the executive board of the Ukrainian Yaroslav Kernytsky, presented several Ukrainian Congress Committee of debut in other large cities in the United Congress Committee of America included ideas to promote interaction between the America has appealed to the Ukrainian States and Canada. a discussion of Ukrainian American com- already organized Ukrainian community American community and its organiza- It was also announced at the board munity issues, such as holding regional and the latest immigrants. In particular, tions to help finance a Ukrainian motion meeting that in mid-February the UCCA conferences across the United States; Mr. Kernytsky suggested forming a new picture about the life and experience of would sponsor an Internet chat with the plans to revitalize the Federation of branch within the UCCA comprising the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) president. This chat with the UCCA presi- Ukrainian Student Organization of new immigrants. The metropolitan New Commander Taras Chuprynka – Roman dent is to be held on a monthly basis in the America (SUSTA); and ideas about how York Fourth Wave branch would be based Shukhevych. Directed by Ukrainian film evening hours and will feature specific to engage the newest wave of Ukrainian out of Bayonne, N.J., where the producer Oles Yanchuk (known for his topics of discussion. The inaugural chat immigrants (the “Fourth Wave”) in organ- Ukrainian National Home was recently films “Famine ‘33” and “The will focus on the Ukrainian American ized Ukrainian community life. deeded to the national UCCA. Elections Assassination”), the film has now been community and its future. Further details The meeting, held at the UCCA build- of this newest UCCA branch will be in completed and will debut in the United will be announced shortly. ing on New York’s Lower East Side, was February. States on March 11 at the New York UCCA Executive Secretary Marie called to order by UCCA President With regard to the current situation in University Cantor Film Center on Eighth Duplak recorded the minutes of the Michael Sawkiw Jr. Ukraine, the UCCA Executive Board Street in New York. meeting. The Organizational and Membership overwhelmingly voted to write an urgent committees were given a mandate to pro- letter of appeal to President Leonid vide a synopsis of where the regional con- Kuchma expressing the Ukrainian the Ukrainian National Association, that ferences should be held and what topics American community’s concern about The UNA’s proposed... this change is necessary for the well-being are to be broached at the conferences. In recent developments. The letter is to (Continued from page 6) of our organization. We can no longer pre- addition, the committee are to prepare an address the need to uphold democratic The changes being proposed are not tend that our current system works, or that informational packet about the Ukrainian principles in Ukraine, particularly the fun- radical. Today, Ukrainian credit unions we can depend on it to recruit new execu- community, including a brochure about damental rights of freedom of speech and throughout the country operate on a board tive leadership into our ranks. the UCCA. the press, as well as the continuing of trustees system. Many other fraternal So what can you do to help? Plenty. If Following the XVIII Congress of process to establish the rule of law. associations have adopted the same sys- you were a delegate to the last UNA Ukrainians in America and its panel dis- The letter, is to be distributed and made tem, and still more are considering Convention, you will shortly be receiving a cussion about the youth/student move- public to the Ukrainian press (both in changes similar to ours. In fact, most non- ballot in the mail. I urge you to vote “yes” ment in the United States, the UCCA Ukraine and the United States) and to religious Ukrainian organizations operate to adopt our new by-laws. If, like most executive board earmarked $5,000 to the national deputies the Verkhovna Rada. exactly in this manner. Most importantly, UNA-ers, you were not a delegate at the last organizing committee of SUSTA to assist Members of the executive board also a switch to this system would preserve our convention, please call the delegates from the student organization. Unfortunately, expressed concern over recent information fraternal status – we will still operate your branch and urge them to support these the student organization has been inactive from Ukraine that President Kuchma has using a branch system. Indeed, our by-laws changes. These delegates represent for the past decade. A SUSTA conference appointed an organizational committee to branches’ delegates to conventions will you, and your voice should be heard. is planned for June in the Chicago area; it begin prepatory work for the Third World have a major responsibility: to elect a Finally, I invite your comments, ques- is hoped that many Ukrainian student Forum of Ukrainians, which is to be held qualified and competent board of trustees. tions and opinions. Please do not hesitate clubs from throughout the United States in Kyiv in August. The organizational Change is never easy, and it is rarely to voice them either to me via e-mail at will participate. committee is composed solely of pleasant. And certainly we should be very, [email protected]), or, preferably, Engaging the newest wave of immi- Ukrainian government and agency offi- very careful about changing a system that on the pages of Svoboda or The grants to the United States from Ukraine cials, while no representatives of has worked well for us for many years. But Ukrainian Weekly. We look forward to in Ukrainian American organizations Ukrainian diaspora organizations have it is clear to me, and to many members of hearing from you.

Alexandra Romana Bida Alexandra Harkins Stephanie Anna Homick Natalia Sophia Hud Natalie Christina Kuzla Jenkintown, PA Islesboro, ME Huntingdon Valley, PA Huntingdon Valley, PA Philadelphia, PA Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America Philadelphia Branch cordially invites you to attend the EEnnggiinneeeerrss’’ BBaannqquueett aanndd BBaallll Saturday, February 10, 2001 In the Grand Ballroom of the Park Hyatt Lada Roma Pastushak Christina Andrea Porter Richboro, PA Philadelphia Hotel at the Bellevue Broad and Walnut Streets, Waxhaw, NC Philadelphia, PA Cocktails – 6:00 p.m. Banquet and Presentation of Debutantes – 7:00 p.m. Ball – 9:00 p.m. Music by “Tempo”

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FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY by Karen Lemiski

The stamps of Regensburg, Camp Ganghofersiedlung Dear Readers: To obtain funds for administering these postal systems, postal rates were This month’s feature is the first of an established and postage stamps were occasional series of “guest articles” by issued. The permission to print and sell other members of the Ukrainian Philatelic the stamps was granted by the U.S. and Numismatic Society. These pieces will FIGURE 2 Military Government. For internal corre- enable Weekly readers to become exposed spondence, only camp stamps were to a broader spectrum of philatelic topics. needed. For mail sent to addresses with- I hope you will enjoy them. in the camp from other centers, it was Karen Lemiski received a Ph.D. in necessary to affix camp stamps to pay history from Arizona State University. for the services provided by the local She is the current editor of the Rossica camp post. Finally, because the German Journal, the official publication of the postal system did not recognize the Rossica Society of Russian Philately. camp stamps, German stamps were – Ingert Kuzych required in addition to the camp stamps for all mail destined beyond the camp. Despite these conventions, most surviv- ing mail from the settlements lacks the DP stamps and cancels. The cards and FIGURE 3 covers are most easily recognized as having gone through the camp postal services by the addresses of the senders stamps had been sold, 26,000 DM would gold on the front cover reads “Ukrainian and recipients. have been raised for the camp charities Camp Post Regensburg” in Ukrainian, In Regensburg, the camp postal serv- (Figure 3). English and German. It is surrounded by ice began operation on December 11, Five stamps were then issued between a red border of stylized leaves. Another 1946. For mail passing through the 1947-1848 that combined the trident interesting item from Regensburg is a Regensburg system, the camp cancella- emblem with important dates from label that was created in May 1948 for tion consisted of a ring with the words Ukraine’s history: June 30, 1941, the the émigré youth organization SUM, “Ukrainian Camp Post” in both declaration of Ukraine’s independence which was established in Germany in Ukrainian (top) and English (bottom) by the Organization of Ukrainian 1946 by members of the Bandera faction FIGURE 1 inside, and the name of the camp in both Nationalists; November 1, 1918, the for- of the Organization of Ukrainian languages across the center of the ring mation of the Western Ukrainian Nationalists. When a chapter of SUM By the end of World War II, approxi- (Figure 1). National Republic; January 22, 1918, the was created in Regensburg in May 1948, mately 6 million people had been uproot- Not only was Ganghofersiedlung the declaration of the Fourth Universal, a commemorative design was prepared. ed from their homelands and fled to first Ukrainian DP camp to issue its own which established the Ukrainian National It combined the trident emblem that had Austria, Italy and the western part of stamps, but among the camps it was also Republic; January 22, 1919, the unifica- been used on the earlier camp stamps Germany, which was then occupied by the most prolific stamp-issuer: 36 stamps tion of the Western Ukrainian National with the phrase “under the banner of the American, British and French armies. were produced over an 18-month period Republic with the Ukrainian National SUM.” Most of these were labor conscripts, pris- between June 1947 and December 1948. Republic; and March 15, 1939, the When the International Refugee oners of war, concentration camp prison- The designs were produced by three, proclamation of Carpatho-Ukraine’s Organization ordered the ers and other victims of war. well-known Ukrainian artists who were independence. Ganghofersiedlung settlement closed, its Among these displaced persons (DPs) residents of the camp: Sviatoslav In June 1948 a commemorative set of remaining population of about 1,200 were more than 200,000 Ukrainians, who Hordynsky, Antin Maliutsa and Myron four stamps was released to celebrate the people was moved to other locations in were either caught in wartime combat or Bilynsky. centennial of the “Spring of Nations” in Bavaria and Würtemberg. The majority unable to return to their Soviet-occupied The first series of stamps appeared on western Ukraine. The first stamp com- of the internees from Regensburg, homeland. June 30, 1947. Eight stamps showed bines a torch and newspaper to mark the including the camp administration, were In 1946 Ukrainian refugees were views of Regensburg and publication of the first Ukrainian-lan- relocated to the Ulm-Donau interned in 125 camps, and in 1949 in Ganghofersiedlung, the emblem of the guage newspaper, Zoria Halytska. The Sedankaserne in November 1949. A new 110 camps – about 80 of these camps United Nation’s Relief and second stamp features two young sol- postal system was established there in were predominantly or completely Rehabilitation Administration, portraits diers as representatives of the paramili- May 1950. The remaining stamps from Ukrainian. Between 1945 and 1949, of Taras Shevchenko and Metropolitan tary national guard. The third design was the Regensburg costume series were Regensburg was the site of the largest Andrey Sheptytsky, and the trident of a peasant plowing his fields, which overprinted “Ulm/D.” to reflect the new DP camp in Germany. At its peak in emblem (figure 2). recalled the abolition of serfdom. The issuing authority. The stamps were also 1946-1947, the workers’ district of A set of stamps issued in October final stamp in the series carried the por- given new values as a result of a revalua- Ganghofersiedlung housed almost 5,000 1947 reproduced traditional Ukrainian trait of Hryhorii Yakhymovych, who was tion of currency in Germany. Ukrainian and 1,000 non-Ukrainian folk costumes from Bukovyna, Pollisia, the auxiliary bishop of the refugees and displaced persons. Podilia, Poltava, and the Kuban regions Greek-Catholic communi- With the approval of the authorities, as well as of the Lemko, Boyko and ty in Lviv in 1848. It was some camps in the American zone organ- Hutsul groups. This series is clearly under his leadership that ized their own postal services that were identified as being a charity issue by the the Supreme Ruthenian responsible for: the acceptance of incom- two figures of denomination that are Council was established ing mail delivered by the German post linked by a “+” sign. The cost of the (figure 4). office and its distribution within the stamps was the sum of the two figures: In addition to these offi- camp; the collection of all pieces of mail the first amount represents the amount cial stamps, several other within the camp and its delivery to other for postage and the second indicates the issues were produced in German post offices; and the transmittal amount being devoted to welfare causes Regensburg. Most of these of all intra-camp correspondence. within the Regensburg camp. If all the were prepared as a means of raising funds for camp schools. In March 1947 a Tax-deductible donations needed souvenir sheet was sold in conjunction with a to aid the victims of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster Shevchenko festival with profits donated to the and other needy Ukrainian families. Ukrainian grade school in Regensburg, while another “The wall is down, but the people still need your help.” sheet was issued in May 1947 for support of the Ukrainian Relief Fund of Rochester Ukrainian Technical and P.O. Box 60552, Rochester, NY 14606 Husbandry Institute at Tel.: (716) 723-3586 Ganghofersiedlung. In 1948 a special edi- tion of 500 decorative folders for the stamps To subscribe: Send $50 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, from Regensburg was pre- Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 FIGURE 4 pared. An inscription in No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 11

Ukrainian deputy... (Continued from page 1) tives of various government departments and agencies and non-governmental organi- zations during an open forum at the International Republican Institute here on January 23. In his interview, Mr. Ratushnyi said the COME,COME, JOINJOIN USUS military cooperation agreements signed during a January 18-19 visit to Ukraine by Russia’s Defense Minister Igor Sergeev HIGH INTEREST RATES ON CDs underscore the fact that Russia and “certain FREE CHECKING forces in Ukraine” are intensifying their efforts to bring Ukraine and Russia together GREAT RATES FOR LOANS, MORTGAGES again. And Russia is especially interested in getting control of Ukraine’s military-indus- SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES AVAILABLE trial complex, he said. UKRAINIAN/ENGLISH SPOKEN Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma, before coming to Kyiv initially as prime FRIENDLY PERSONNEL minister and then as president, used to head WESTERN UNION PivdenMash in Dnipropetrovsk, the Soviet Union’s leading rocket-production facility. 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Tel.: (212) 533-2980 • Fax: (212) 995-5204 though “one should not see this as a done Gen. Bilas called the Kuchma-Gongadze deal,” since such agreements require ratifi- affair an “artificial and conspiratorial scan- BRANCHES cation by the Verkhovna Rada – which he dal” engineered by a parliamentary faction expects will not be an easy process – “expe- that calls itself “Rebirth of the Soviet 35 Main St., So. Bound Brook, NJ 08880 rience has shown that the executive branch Union.” Tel.: (732) 469-9085 • Fax: (732) 469-9165 frequently brings international agreements Mr. Ratushnyi said his party has always into force without waiting for the been for a complete and transparent investi- 691 Roosevelt Ave., Carteret, NJ 07008 Parliament to ratify them first.” gation of the murder of Mr. Gongadze. Tel.: (732) 802-0480 • Fax: (732) 802-0484 During their appearance at the “And I can assure you that we will do our International Republican Institute, the two utmost, regardless of who is ultimately e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.uofcu.org Rukh deputies also strongly suggested that responsible, to get to the bottom of this the current scandal dealing with accusations matter,” he said. He added, however, “We of presidential complicity in the disappear- are politicians, and we should understand ance and possible murder of journalist that the strategic partnership between Heorhii Gongadze may also have Moscow Ukraine and Georgia as an alternative to policy connections. As Mr. Ratushnyi [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s CIS pointed out, there have been calls in leading was undermined by the murder of Mr. Western newspapers – notably an opinion Gongadze, whose father is a member of the piece by economist Anders Aslund in the Georgian Parliament.” Washington Post on December 27, 2000 – Mr. Ratushnyi also raised the question of for Western governments to treat President why corruption allegations about Ms. Kuchma as a pariah if he does not come Tymoshenko’s business dealings, which were known back in 1993-1994, were offi- cially brought forward only now, in 2001, when her party is the keystone in the parlia- Newsbriefs mentary majority. (Continued from page 2) “If we are politicians, then we cannot Yuschenko to resolve the problem of wage allow our emotions to replace geopolitical arrears and payment for coal deliveries in considerations,” he stressed. Mr. Ratushnyi the coal mining sector within one month, said that during their meetings in Interfax reported on January 29. The presi- Washington the two national deputies found dential service told the agency that as of President Bush’s security and economic January 26 the government paid only for affairs team well-versed on issues relating 13.2 percent of supplied coal and 52.5 per- to Ukraine and the region. cent of the wages owed to the sector. He added that he did not anticipate any (RFE/RL Newsline) “Chicken Kiev” speeches from this admin- Kyiv to silence foreign broadcasters? istration. (Mr. Ratushnyi was referring to former President George Bush’s address in KYIV – The National Council for Kyiv in August 1991 just before Ukraine’s Television and Radio has announced an independence, in which he called on open tender for the 101.9 FM band, on Ukrainian leaders to remain within the which the Kontinent radio station rebroad- USSR and not strive for independence.) casts Ukrainian-language programs from “We will continue maintaining our posi- the BBC World Service, Voice of America tion, and ask for only one thing and we are and Deutsche Welle, Interfax reported on confident about this – that the Bush admin- January 25. Kontinent director Serhii istration reaffirm its position about Ukraine Sholokh accused the government of plan- continuing to develop within Europe as an ning to shut down the last remaining inde- independent state and that no one will drag pendent mass media in Ukraine or to us back into some renewed unions,” Mr. frighten them into silence. The BBC World Ratushnyi said. Service supported Kontinent, saying that At the outset of the meeting at IRI, Mr. offering Kontinent’s frequency for sale “is Bilas, who heads the Ukrainian Kozatstvo a clear breach” of the council’s 1997 deci- (Kozak movement), gave IRI President sion to give Kontinent that frequency for Lorne Cramer the group’s “universal” (dec- 10 years. The BBC added that the tender laration) and asked that he present it to terms “make it almost impossible for the President Bush in their behalf. In the decla- station to retain its frequency.” The council ration, the group greets the new president responded that Kontinent’s license for and underscores the shared Ukrainian and broadcasting expired last year. (RFE/RL American goals of freedom, independence Newsline) and democracy. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 No. 5

Albany area Ukrainians come to the rescue of hockey team from Ukraine by Dr. Andrij O. Baran ALBANY, N.Y. – The Sokil Ukrainian Youth Hockey Team was invited to participate in the New York State International Hockey Cup competition over the Christmas holidays – December 26, 2000, through January 5 – as one of 37 teams from seven countries including Germany, Russia, Belarus, Canada, the Czech Republic and the United States. Sokil accepted the invitation last summer and prepa- rations were made for 20, 14-year-old boys, along with their coaches, sponsors and some parents to fly to JFK and then to travel by bus to Albany, N.Y., where the tournament was held. Just 10 days before departure, the tournament organ- izers in Albany were notified that the U.S. State Department would not issue visas to the team’s spon- sors, but only to three coaches and the players. This decision placed the entire team’s participation in jeop- ardy, as the sponsors withdrew their financial support, leaving the Sokil team with just enough money for air- fare for only 13 boys and two coaches with no allowance for hotels or food. The tournament organizers turned to the Ukrainian diaspora for help. They placed a call to this writer, as head of the greater Albany District of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, for assistance. Despite the short notice and the imposition of unex- pected guests at Christmastime, the Ukrainian commu- nity in Albany and Saratoga responded. Members of the Sokil hockey team, with Coach Andrij Utkin and their team mascot, little Dimitriy Baran. The boys arrived on Christmas Day and were spirited away to various Ukrainian families’ homes for Christmas dinner. Each family took two to three boys. Their coaches, Andrij and Valentin Utkin, the latter con- siderably famous in world hockey, also were hosted by local families The following day a reception was held at the Ukrainian Club in Watervliet. The team was officially welcomed by the head of the Albany District president of the UCCA, as well as by Michael Sawkiw, head of national UCCA, who was visiting his parents in nearby Cohoes. The team was presented with a large Ukrainian flag and treated to dinner and coffee. Volodimir Kislitsin, the only parent issued a visa, expressed his sincere gratitude for the warm reception and indicated the group’s amaze- ment that Ukrainians in America have preserved their language and customs, and have such cultural and reli- gious centers. Over $700 was raised to help support the team that night. The next day was Sokil’s first game, against Riessersee, the German team. With many fans in the stands waving Ukrainian flags and chanting “Go, Sokil,” the boys skated to a decisive 6-0 victory. The players were elated and returned to their host families victorious. In between games they were treated to such American concepts as Wal-Mart, Friendly’s, McDonald’s, Ponderosa and the shopping mall. Many of the host families opened their wallets as well as their homes, buying the boys some well-earned souvenirs. The team’s spirit was not matched by their equip- Local fans of Sokil cheer the team on during the tournament. ment, which paled before the U.S. team’s expensive regalia. In order to help the boys at least in some small measure, a new goalie’s vest was purchased, using the funds raised at the reception and donated to the team. This was greatly appreciated, as the Sokil’s goalie’s own vest was made of deerskin and was nearly useless in reducing pain from blocked pucks. On Saturday, December 30, 2000, after successfully defeating their opponents 3-2, the team and their host families braved the nor’easter snowstorm to attend a professional hockey game between the Albany River Rats, the farm team for the New Jersey Devils, and the Hartford Wolfpack, the farm team for the New York Rangers. The boys were thrilled to see one of their own former Sokil players, Alexander Zinevich, play for the hometown River Rats. Mr. Zinevich and with his wife, Tanya, warmly greeted the Sokil team . Despite their lack of equipment, and with three of their best players left behind in Kyiv for lack of funds, the team acquitted itself well, completing its stay in the United States with four wins and two losses, both of which came at the hands of much larger teams from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Their departure was bittersweet as many of the boys had endeared themselves to their Ukrainian American hosts. Tears were shed on both sides at their departure. While the visiting players thanked Albany-area Ukrainians for our hospitality, we, in turn, thanked them for providing us with the opportunity to truly practice Some of the young athletes with the Baran family. Standing are: (from left) Coaches Andrij and Valentin Utkin the Christmas spirit. and Dr. Andrij Baran, president of the Albany District UCCA. No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 13

DATELINE NEW YORK: Memorable evenings, downtown and uptown by Helen Smindak

The stirring poems and the tormented life of the national bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko, were brought into breathtak- ing focus at the Shevchenko Scientific Society recently by Ivan Bernatsky, Ukraine’s distinguished interpreter of his- torical and literary figures. Mr. Bernatsky has been featured since 1976 in films pro- duced by the Alexander Dovzhenko Cinema Studio and the UkrNaukFilm Studio in Kyiv. Since 1980, he has also been active as a dramatic actor in produc- tions of the Maria Zankovetskyi Theater in Lviv. In measured, resonant tones, Mr. Bernatsky narrated the tribulations and joys of the poet and the man, touching on the poverty and misery of Shevchenko’s child- hood; his years as a serf, working as a houseboy; then freedom and the pursuit of art studies and his general education in St. Petersburg, and his first collection of poems, “Kobzar,” followed by the epic poem “Haidamaky” and the ballad “Hamalia.” There were references to his few, and unhappy, interests in the fairer sex. The profile traced the poet’s frequent visits to Ukraine, during which he sketched historical and architectural monuments, col- lected folkloric and other ethnographic materials, and wrote some of his most satir- ical and politically subversive poems. His membership in the secret Brotherhood of Sponsors, family members and performers at the “Music at the Institute” tribute to the late Wolodymyr Trytjak. Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Kyiv in 1846 in larger theaters, which are fewer in num- rainbow, of falling in love and black sails. been evident since he began studying violin resulted in his arrest and sentencing to mili- ber. Welcoming remarks were offered by Mr. Chmyr’s distinctive voice showed to at age 6 with his father, renowned violinist tary duty in a remote area of the Caspian Anna Procyk, the society’s vice-president in great effect in Liatoshynsky’s “Three Songs Oleh Krysa. His solo performances last sea- Sea for 10 years. Released in 1857 but for- charge of conferences and programs. for Bass or Baritone” – the deep and son included appearances with the bidden to return to Ukraine, Shevchenko Premieres galore somber “Byl Tsar” (There Was a Tsar), the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, the Kyiv died at the age of 47 in St. Petersburg in dark and gloomy “Smert” (Death) and the Chamber Orchestra, the Lviv Philharmonia 1861. and Ukrainian national radio and television, A big round of applause is due to Marta commanding “Poslanie v Sibir” (Letter to Expressed with deep feeling, the narra- as well as a concert at Alice Tully Hall and Dr. Ihor Fedoriw of Allentown, Pa., Siberia), the last sung in Russian. tion was animated by dramatic recitations remembering composer Alfred Schnittke. who sponsored January’s “Music at the The evening opened with Ishchenko’s of Shevchenko’s poems, echoing the Co-founder and artistic director of the Lake Institute” evening as a tribute to Mrs. “Trio for Two Violins and Viola,” a cham- thoughts, sorrows and aspirations of a man ber work that was at times atonal and disso- Winnipesaukee Music Festival and the who realized the full extent of his country’s Fedoriw’s father, the late violinist/conduc- nant but still a wonder to hear in the capable Winnipesauke Chamber Players with his misfortunes under Russian rule and exhort- tor/composer Wolodymyr Trytjak, and to hands of Mr. Krysa, Ms. French and Mr. wife, cellist Rachel Lewis Krysa, Mr. Krysa ed his people to stop serving foreign mas- Mykola Suk, the hard-working artistic Deviatov. Fingering, bowing and pizzicato has recorded with the Winnipesauke Players ters, to become honorable and free people, director of the Ukrainian Institute’s movements were impeccable as the trio on the Russian Disc label. He recently worthy of their history and their heritage, in Chamber Music Society. made its way through the work’s allegro joined the Leontovych String Quartet, a their own free land. Mr. Bernatsky conclud- The program was a premier offering of ecstatico, vivace leggiere and andante leading string quartet from the former ed with the highly moving poetic epistle “I world and North American premieres – the sostenuto segments. Soviet Union. mertvym, i zhyvym ...” (To the dead and debut of several notable compositions Wrapping up the program, Mr. Krysa, Mr. Deviatov, winner of several competi- the living ...), in which Shevchenko remind- superbly presented by outstanding tions and participant in numerous interna- ed the Ukrainian people that only in “one’s Ukrainian and American performers at the Ms. French, Mr. Deviatov and Mr. Gaisford tackled Shamo’s String Quartet No.4 and tional festivals, is the former music director, own house” is there “one’s own truth.” Ukrainian Institute of America. Guests conductor and soloist of the Ivano- A handsome man with a dignified mien, came from such widespread points as came out victorious in all four segments, beginning with moderato non troppo, then Frankivsk Chamber Orchestra. With record- Mr. Bernatsky made an impressive appear- Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey ings on several labels to his credit, he is ance as he stood next to a Shevchenko bust and Connecticut to take in the January 20 ferociously attacking allegro molto, ferroce, taking a quiet, ponderous approach to lento presently the principal violist of the in a candlelit setting draped with richly event. Bacchanalia Chamber Orchestra and the embroidered and woven rushnyky (ritual New York City Opera (NYCO) diva lugubre, and winding up with a full-bodied treatment of risoluto. String Orchestra of New York. cloths). Like the poet, Mr. Bernatsky is a Oksana Krovytska, baritone Oleh Chmyr, A graduate of the Kyiv State collector of ethnographic materials, includ- violinists Peter Krysa and Catherine In her ninth consecutive season with the NYCO, Ms. Krovyska returns to the New Conservatory and the Donetsk ing rushnyky from various regions of French, violist Borys Deviatov, pianist Conservatory, the German-born Mr. Bakis Ukraine, which he enjoys using in perform- Vyacheslav Bakis and cellist Daniel York opera scene next month as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” served as artistic director and conductor of ance. He began his acting career in 1969 Gaisford were in their prime at this event. the Donetsk Chamber Orchestra before his with the Volyn Oblast Music-Drama Ms. Krovytska’s voice, which sounds bet- Critically acclaimed for her recent work in the title role of “Katya Kabanova” with the emigration to the United States in 1993. Theater of Shevchenko and went on to ter at every hearing, rang out with silvery Winner of competitions in Kyiv and become a film star in Kyiv, winning distinc- tones, Mr. Chmyr’s dark Slavic voice Montreal and Miami Operas and her role as Amelia in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera,” Munich in the 1970s and 1980s, he was tion as a Distinguished Artist of Ukraine offered a striking contrast, and the musi- awarded the title of Distinguished Artist of (1974) and a National Artist of Ukraine cians provided a marvelous vehicle for the she sang two concerts of Verdi and Puccini favorites at last summer’s Italian festivals of Ukraine in 1993. New a resident of New (1991). Still associated with the Kyiv film inspired work of Vasyl Barvinsky (1888- York, Mr. Bakis performs as a recitalist and studios and the Lviv theater, he is presently 1963), Borys Liatoshynsky (1895-1968), San Remo and Albissola. This season, she will record Dvorak’s “Spectre’s Bride” with chamber musician. assisting the Ukrainian Stage Art Ensemble Ihor Shamo (1925-1982) and contemporary Ms. French, a native of Victoria, British of New York as an actor, choreographer and composers Yuriy Ishchenko of Kyiv and the New Jersey Symphony and will appear in Boito’s “Mefistofele” at the Casals Columbia, has been a member of the stage manager and, in line with his interest Ihor Sonevytsky of New York. Boston Symphony Orchestra’s violin sec- Festival in Puerto Rico, “Tosca” at the in the upcoming generation, teaches the The depth and richness of Ms. tion since 1994. She has won Canadian Opera de Monte Carlo and Tchaikovsky’s 12th grade class of the Selfreliance Krovytska’s voice, backed by the fine musi- and American competitions, has given “Pique Dame” at the Opéra de Montréal. Society’s Ukrainian School in New York. cianship of Messrs. Krysa and Bakis, shone recitals on both sides of the border and has Mr. Chmyr, an award winner in the Mr. Bernatsky was introduced by Larissa in Barvinsky’s “Song of Songs for Soprano, debuted at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Glinka and Schumann International Onyshkevych, Shevchenko Society presi- Violin and Piano,” soaring to great heights Center. Mr. Gaisford, the recipient of sev- Competitions, has performed in major dent, who spoke of the current trend in in the finale. The soprano interpreted Mr. eral honors, including first prize in opera houses of Ukraine, Russia and Ukraine to chamber performances, both in Sonevytsky’s lovely “Bohorodytse Divo” Juilliard’s 1986 Shostakovich Cello small salons or theatres as well as at various (Ave Maria) with reverence; acknowledg- Poland, and has concertized in several Competition, has performed extensively institutions and private homes. In this man- ing audience applause after the piece, she European countries. A voice professor at with U.S. and Canadian orchestras and ner, Dr. Onyshkevych pointed out, a per- gestured grandly to the composer in the Morris County College in New Jersey, he participates in numerous music festivals. formance may be staged with one actor or audience, and Mr. Sonevytsky stood up to has brought his fine baritone voice to many He has recorded the Michael Hersch two to three actors, a plan that is feasible in take a well-deserved bow. With Mr. Bakis American cities in recent years. The special “Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello,” and Ukraine’s current economic situation. It at the piano, Ms. Krovytska gave voice later Millennium Concert he gave last spring at performed its New York premiere last also supports the initiative of artistic indi- in the evening to Liatoshynky’s “Three Weill Hall, “European Vocal Miniatures,” month at the 92nd Street Y. viduals who can organize and stage a small Songs for Soprano and Piano,” defining the was released as a new CD at the time. production but would not be able to do so composer’s images of a seagull flying into a The genius of violinist Peter Krysa has (Continued on page 17) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 No. 5

ters to write a statement that they are not RFE/RL releases... able to work in such conditions. CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) Do you think that to destroy TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 because of his political ambitions. For Yuschenko meant to organize an instance, there is an oil refinery in attack on him, to sack him, or to liter- Kherson, and the Interagro firm in ally destroy the man? SERVICES Kharkiv. The president of Ukraine, for OKSANA PIASECKYJ example, calls [State Tax Administration I only quote the president’s words that I REALTOR-ASSOCIATE head Mykola] Azarov and says: stifle documented, and he gives an instruction: him because he works not for us but for “I’ll destroy Yuschenko.” [Ed. note: Tel.: (305) 604-8000 • Fax: (305) 604-8282 another person. The stifling begins, jobs phrase in quotation marks is in Russian.] ECONOMY AIIRFARES E-mail: [email protected] + tax are destroyed, taxes not paid. 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The museum is interested also iors, $12.50. Tel.: (518) 433-0580 • Fax: (518) 427-1562 • Demonstrations in the Making of in sharing this knowledge with the public. e-mail: [email protected] WEST2282 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ARKA Ont., Canada M6S 1N9 Toward that end the museum is once Pysanky will present experienced artisans again presenting its complement of who will continually demonstrate this beau- Fine Gifts tiful craft. The award-winning film Authentic Ukrainian Handicrafts Ukrainian folk crafts courses and work- LAW FIRM shops for the spring 2001 season. “Pysanka” by director Slavko Nowytski Art, Books, CDs, Ceramics Andrew R. CHORNY Connors & Sullivan, P.C. Embroidered Goods and Supplies Manager • The Embroidery Course, given in two will also be shown every half hour. 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Schedule: February 3 - March process of decorating an egg “the Ukrainian Ask for Elena 17 and April 21 - June 9, 1-3:30 p.m.; fee: way.” Schedule: April 7, 2-5 p.m.; fee: We speak Ukrainian, Russian, Greek, Italian and Spanish. adults, $60; students over 16 and seniors, adults, $4.50; students over 16 and seniors, Call us or write: $50; children 10-16, $30. $3; children under 12, free. 444 E. 86th Street, New York, NY 10028 TRYPILLIAN • The Gerdany/Bead Stringing Course is Members of the Ukrainian Museum Tel.: (212) 737-2700 • Fax: (718) 238-2616 Custom Crafted a three-session course in the art of making receive a 15 percent discount for all courses Ceramics traditional Ukrainian beaded necklaces and workshops. Reservations must be made worn with folk costumes in various regions in advance by calling the museum, (212) Hutzul & Trypillian of Ukraine. Schedule: March 3, 10 and 17, 228-0110 or e-mailing: [email protected]. ATTORNEY Designs

M. M. BOKALO develop new foreign policy initiatives that JERRY 742 LINDEN AVENUE, RAHWAY, NJ 07065 he labeled, “ambassadors of Ukrainian busi- Zlenko delineates... (732) 382-2223 / www.ukienet.com ness” and “Ukrainian business assistance.” (Continued from page 4) KUZEMCZAK E-mail: [email protected] The programs would work to further explained that Ukraine’s policy is one, but accidents at work with several points of reference. He stated Ukraine’s commercial interests abroad and • automobile accidents that Ukraine would continue to move along allow the Foreign Affairs Ministry to act as • that line with the accents on Brussels, the lobbying arm for Ukrainian businesses. • slip and fall FIRST QUALITY Moscow and Washington, but emphasized Mr. Zlenko acknowledged that a new • medical malpractice UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL-STYLE that he would not limit the number of chapter had opened in relations with Russia Ukraine’s strategic partners. in the months since his appointment. 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its host since 1984. The Canadian-born Mr. Memorable evenings... Trebek, whose father is Ukrainian, spent a (Continued from page 13) decade on Canadian TV before heading Around town south to try his luck on American TV. He made his American debut as host of the short-lived “The Wizard of Odds” and later The 11 p.m. broadcast of WCBS news hosted “High Rollers.” on December 16 informed viewers about In a January 27 story in The New York successful brain surgery performed that Times, Sarah Boxer reported that the day on 7-year-old Artem Trok of Ukraine Ukrainians and the Russians “are fighting by Dr. Fred Epstein at Beth Israel Hospital over which country is the true home of in Manhattan. Contacted by a neurosur- geon in Kyiv, Dr. Epstein’s “Save a Child masochism.” This strange turn of events Fund” brought Artem and his mother to came to light at the Modern Language New York from Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. Association’s annual meeting in December, Following rare brain surgery to remove a when three hours were devoted to the sub- growth the size of a lemon from the back ject of masochism, so named by a German of his head, the young patient was psychiatrist after Leopold von Sacher- released from the hospital on December Masoch, the author of “Venus in Furs” 23 and is recuperating until February 6 at (1869), a novella about the adventures and the Ronald McDonald House on East 73rd fantasies of Severin, a man who loved being Street, where accommodations and whipped. According to Vitaly A. kitchen facilities are provided for him and Chernetsky, an assistant professor of Slavic his mother. Ina Bazylevsky of Bayside, languages at Columbia University, Sacher- Queens, who visited Artem and his moth- Masoch was born in Lemberg [Lviv] in er, said they “speak beautiful Ukrainian” eastern Galicia, and “considered himself a and were receiving excellent care at the Galician Ukrainian in terms of identity and Ronald McDonald House, but were “on recalled with fondness his Ukrainian wet their own” as far as food supplies were nurse.” After the collapse of the Soviet concerned. Union, Russia began publishing Sacher- Alex Trebek, longtime host of the highly Masoch’s works, formerly banned, and in popular game show “Jeopardy!,” who is 1995 Aleksandr Etkind published a histori- pictured with “Millionaire” host Regis cal sociology of Sacher-Masoch “and his Philbin on the front cover of the January 27- Russian readers,” suggesting that the name February 2 issue of TV Guide, is touted as Severin has Russian roots and that Sacher- No. 4 in TV Guide’s selection of “Hosts We Masoch may have learned the pleasures of Love The Most.” “Jeopardy!” was chosen flagellation from the Russian sect of No. 2 in the Guide’s cavalcade of “The 50 “khlysty” or flagellants. Mr. Chernetsky, Greatest Game Shows of All Time.” who said Mr. Etkind was arguing that the Reputedly the most rigorous game show on Russians are “the original masochists,” television, “Jeopardy!” has become a gen- called the Russian impulse to take credit for uine American institution under the all-busi- masochism a “tortured, post-imperialist, ness demeanor of Mr. Trebek, who has been melancholic” fantasy.

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Chornomortsi hold 25th annual ski clinic in upstate New York HUNTER, N.Y. – The Chornomortsi fra- ternity of the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization unit held its 25th annual ski clinic at Hunter Mountain and Ski Windham on January 25-28. Seventeen members of the Chornomortsi fraternity and their friends met for four days for an intensive clinic to hone their ski skills in preparation for the annual Carpathian Ski Club (KLK) races, which will be held at Ski Windham on March 10, followed by an award presentation and banquet at neighboring Hunter Mountain. Members arrived from around the coun- try: Texas, Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut. The 2001 clinic had an added international flavor as represen- tatives from the Embassy of Ukraine, Consul General Dr. Valerii Hrebenyuk, Trade Representative and Counselor Yaroslav Voitko and Vice-Consul (Second Secretary) Kostiantyn Kudryk, also par- ticipated. World downhill champion Karl Plattner of Ski Windham led the clinic, which was organized by Erko Palydowycz. The Rev. Bohdan Lukie, pastor of St. Official Tours Sponsored by John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark, N.J., was the spiritual (and parallel skiing) advisor. Downhill slalom courses were set up at Windham and the Stamford Eparchy Hunter mountains, and representatives of Atomic Ski had equipment available for on the occasion of the members of the group to test out. Orest Fedash arranged accommodations at local chalets, while Drs. Ihor Zalucky and George Kryzaniwsky provided medical super- vision. Food for the event was supplied by Olympic Meat Market of Irvington, N.J. visit of Pope John Paul II to Ukraine PLEASE JOIN THE CELEBRATION AND A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II IN UKRAINE

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to encourage women to register with them Panelists discuss... for employment abroad. They purport to be UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Continued from page 7) travel agencies, purveyors of well-paying pation in investigating and uncovering the jobs, recruiters for college positions, etc. underground practice of modern white slav- Laws have been adopted in Ukraine to put ANNUITY RATES ery – especially in New York and New these agencies out of business, but as soon Jersey. He spoke of an extensive and well- as one is closed another springs up, Mr. EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 2001 developed network of pimps and criminals Zalisko explained. The most important cause of this tragedy who supply dancers to go-go bars and “sex Single & Flexible Premium Annuities clubs” in the Brighton Beach section of in Ukraine and other Eastern European Brooklyn and in such New Jersey cities countries is a severe lack of job opportuni- First year rate (new money) such as Newark, Linden and Atlantic City. ties and poverty among women. In addition, (rate locked in for one year) New Jersey has about 300 such go-go there is corruption among government offi- 7.00% bars, the most of all the 50 states. In addi- cials, police, embassy and consulate employees, customs officers on borders, tion to alcoholic bars where some sort of Single & Flexible Premium Annuities attire is required – no matter how scant – train conductors and bus drivers. there are “juice bars” where women have Collectively they aid and abet the interna- (EXISTING) no such restrictions and perform au naturel. tional trafficking of women and children $100,000.00 and over In one such bar visited, out of 18 women because of the lucrative profits. 6.00% performers 14 were from Ukraine, Mr. In addition to his work in the United States, Mr. Zalisko travels to Ukraine and Zalisko noted. $50,000.00 - $99,999.99 Mr. Zalisko continued by relating his other countries. He meets with police units experience when he entered such a bar pos- and government officials whose job it is to (EXISTING) 5.75% ing as a customer. He would observe, record uncover and fight the trafficking of women. and photograph such situations for evidence He explained that in numerous instances the and would try to strike up a conversation police in Ukraine work hand-in-hand with $100.00 - $49,999.99 with the women, although most of the the criminals because their salaries are mea- (EXISTING) women were reluctant to talk. Quite a few ger when compared with the benefits they 5.50% women are in their teens (13 to 17), he said. derive from the traffickers. In addition, the governmental agencies assigned to fighting These women are generally kept under lock Flexible 10 Annuity and key in apartments in the Brighton this crime do not consider it to be a serious Beach area and are transported in vans to problem. (Year 2) 6.00% and from their places of “business” every The international trade in prospective day. The women are threatened, black- brides is another type of shady business mailed, shortchanged, beaten and even under control of the criminal element, Mr. Stop playing with your retirement. killed if they do not conform. Zalisko continued. The money comes from The stock market may go up and down, Despite the dangers and the degradation would-be husbands who are required to these women suffer, Mr. Zalisko said it is pay for pictures, magazines, addresses, but your retirement should be secure difficult convince them to run away from trips abroad, personal introductions, from such fluctuations. A UNA annuity offers safety this kind of life. He stressed that the best inspections, etc. Again, the criminal ele- way to help the women is to prevent them ment makes bigmoney and the prospective and guarantees constant growth. from leaving Ukraine in the first place brides often find themselves in unbearable For information on UNA Annuities call toll free: because it is almost impossible to help them situations. once they are hooked. The “Dollar for Ukraine” organization The numerous agencies with legitimate- sponsored the afternoon program on held on 1-800-253-9862 ext. 3013 looking facades that have sprung up in Sunday, November 12, 2000; Yaroslava Ukraine like mushrooms after a downpour Mulyk acted as mistress of ceremonies . 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 No. 5

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alyzed after falling off a ladder while repair- Floridian celebrates ing the roof. She worked in various places, as a seamstress, a servant and a cook, 105th birthday provider for the family. Mrs. Gruchowsky NORTH PORT, Fla. – Barbara was involved also in the Ukrainian commu- Gruchowsky recently celebrated her nity as a charter member of the Ukrainian 105th birthday, making her one of the National Women’s League of America. She oldest residents of this Florida communi- also volunteered in a church in North Port, ty. She holds that the secrets of longevity Fla., with her daughter Stacy, who has since and happiness are smiling often and passed away. thanking God for her health. Mr. Wylder describes his mother-in-law Mrs. Gruchowsky’s family members, as “an amazing woman.” He explained: 77-year-old daughter Dorothy Wylder along “When she was 70 years old she was still with her son-in-law John Wylder and her painting the high ceilings in her home. It grandson Dr. Michael Brodin, had the wasn’t until she turned 80 and decided to pleasure of uniting at the Quality Health sell her home because she couldn’t keep Care nursing home to celebrate Mrs. up with the demands of a house and yard. Gruchowsky’s birthday on November 21, Until then she would do things like mix 2000. They came bearing a cake covered her own cement and fill potholes.” with 105 candles. Although Mrs. Gruchowsky has Mrs. Gruchowsky was born in encountered much and worked very hard Halychyna, Ukraine, and moved to America during her 105 years, she is still in good as a teenager in the early 1900s. She mar- health. Remarkably, she suffers only ried Daniel Gruchowsky at St. George from hearing loss and a slight vision Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York. problem. Her daughter Dorothy (a mem- They had two daughters, Stacy and Dorothy ber of Ukrainian National Association and were married for 55 years. Branch 307-394) said, “Her mind is alert UKRAINIAN SELFRELIANCE Mrs. Gruchowsky cared for her husband and her memory is fantastic, however she for 22 years, when he became partially par- is physically frail.” FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, PHILADELPHIA, PA. States in 1950 as a refugee after enduring a Gets citizenship Nazi farming camp. Serving and Supporting the Ukrainian Community Since 1952 She was among 68 new citizens who at the age of 107 recited the “Pledge of Allegiance” and the PHILADELPHIA – At age 107, oath of citizenship during the ceremony in Philadelphia. Immigration officer Hairabed Alexandra Dubinsky was given U.S. citi- Kazandjian, who interviewed Mrs. CERTIFICATE SPECIAL zenship, along with an American flag and a Dubinsky in June to approve her for her bouquet of pink roses on December 13, citizenship, was impressed with her vitality. 18 Month term 2000, making her one of the oldest people “She just did not come across as 107 years to take the oath of American citizenship. old,” he said. “She’s just very nice and $1,000 minimum deposit Wasil Dubinsky, her 74-year-old son, seemed really happy,” he added. accompanied his mother to the ceremony. Under the circumstances of advanced Mrs. Dubinsky is originally from age, health and the extended period of time 6.2% APR Ukraine, but has resided in Philadelphia for that Mrs. Dubinsky has lived in the United many years. She was born on May 10, States, she was able to skip the extensive 1893, on a farm where she lived the first history test that is normally required of half of her life. Her hometown was located most applicants. During her interview, Mr. 6.4% APY about 20 miles away from the present-day Kazandjian reported, Mrs. Dubinsky most- site of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. ly reminisced about her family and “the old All savings insured by the National Credit Union Administration, a federal agency. Mrs. Dubinsky emigrated to the United country.”

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Sunday, February 4 Metamorphoses of Ukrainian Magic Realism.” The lecture will take place in the SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: The Les institute’s seminar room, 1583 Massachusetts Kurbas Theater in Lviv pesents a concert of Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For further information con- WeddingWedding “Ancient Spiritual Ukrainian Song (Irmos),” tact the institute, (617) 495-4053. with Natalia Polovynka, Oleh Stefan and Andriy Vodychev, to be held at St. Andrew Friday, February 16 the First-Called Apostle Ukrainian Orthodox AnnouncementsAnnouncements Memorial Church, at 11:30 a.m. TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of will appear in March 2001. Ukrainian Studies at the University of TRENTON, N.J.: The Les Kurbas Theater Toronto will hold a lecture by Ann For a wedding announcement to be included in the March issue, in Lviv, Volodymyr Kuchynsky, artistic Makolkin, University of Toronto, titled “A director, presents “The Dream,” an evening Forgotten Page in the History of Ukraine: all information must be received in our offices by February 23. of Taras Shevchenko poetry with song. The The Italians of Odesa.” The lecture will be performance will be held at The Ukrainian held at University College, 15 King’s Along with wedding announcements, we will include greetings from friends, Home, 47 Jeremiah Ave., at 5 p.m. College Circle, Room 256, at 4 p.m. For additional information call (416) 978-6934. family members, bridesmaids and ushers – from all those Saturday, February 10 who wish to share in the excitement of a new marriage. Saturday, February 24 NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific We hope you will announce your wedding in Society (NTSh) presents “A Literary SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: The Evening: Poetry and Other Works by Marta The Ukrainian Weekly, or send a greeting to your favorite newlyweds. Ukrainian Cultural Center and the Tarnawsky.” Participating in the program Committee for Aid to Ukraine, Central will also be Larissa Onyshkevych, NTSh New Jersey Branch, invite the public to a Rates for announcements and greetings: president, and Prof. Myroslava Znayenko, carnival ball dinner/dance to be held at the One-column wedding announcement: $100 Columbia University. The evening will be center starting at 6:30 p.m. with music by Two-column wedding announcement: $200 held at the society’s building, 63 Fourth Tempo. Profits from ticket sales will benefit Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 Wedding greeting: $75 charities in Ukraine. Tickets in advance for p.m. For additional information call (212) the dinner/dance: $40 per person; $30, for 254-5130. students with identification. Tickets after For further information or to request a brochure, February 15 and at the door: $50 per per- MADISON, N.J.: Soprano Oleksandra son; $40 for students. Tickets may be please call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 (Maria). Hrabova and tenor William Falk will sing Visit www.ukrweekly.com to view a wedding announcement sample page. love songs from operettas and operas at the ordered from: Michael Shulha, (908) 534- annual Valentine’s Cabaret in Lenfell Hall, 6683; the Rev. Ivan Lyshyk, (212) 873- The Mansion, on Fairleigh Dickinson 8550; and George Mischenko, (732) 671- University’s Florham-Madison Campus, at 8 1914; e-mail, [email protected]. p.m. During this past season, Ms. Hrabova Sunday, February 25 sang the title role in “Lucia di Lammermoor” for the Dicapo Opera CHICAGO: The Kyiv Committee of the Theater and the National Lyric Opera, and Chicago Sister Cities International Program, presented a series of concerts of Ukrainian will host a buffet reception at the Union music throughout major cities in the United League Club, 65 W. Jackson at 2-5 p.m. States. Mr. Falk performed the original role Guests will enjoy fine Ukrainian cuisine, of Chris in the Tony award-winning “Miss delight in the performance of spectaculator Your Best Place to Save and Borrow Saigon” and has also appeared in “Les Ukrainian dance, and have occasion to meet Miserables,” “Starlight Express” and key members of the mayors’ administrations JOIN US “Marilyn: An American Fable.” Opera at in both Chicago and Kyiv. Proceeds will Florham cabarets offer seating in groups of benefit the Sister Schools Abroad Program HIGH INTEREST SAVINGS eight. Tailgating is encouraged, and light between Chicago and Kyiv. Tickets: $50. refreshments are available. For reservations For additional information contact Patricia LOW INTEREST LOANS/MORTGAGES call (973) 443-8620 or (908) 273-5045. SHARE DRAFT/FREE CHECKING Mackiw, (773) 975-5917 or the Chicago PATERSON, N.J.: The Les Kurbas Sister Cities International Program, (312) VISA CREDIT CARD Theater in Lviv presents “Marko Prokliaty, 742-5320. or The Legend from the East,” a perform- ADVANCE NOTICE CHECK CARD/ATM CARD ance of music and movement to Vasyl Stus’ CD’s and IRA’s poetry. The performance will be held at 85 March 7-28 Fifth Ave., starting at 10 p.m. CHICAGO: The International Visitors Sunday, February 11 Center of Chicago (IVCC) will imple- ment a professional development training NEWARK, N.J.: St. John the Baptist program in Chicago for 10 journalists Ukrainian Catholic Church, 719 Sanford from Crimea on March 7-28. Under the Ave., invites the public to a concert U.S. Department of State-sponsored “Ancient Spiritual Ukrainian Song (Irmos),” “Community Connections Program,” quali- performed by the Les Kurbas Theater of fying Ukrainian mixed-media professionals Lviv. 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