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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE KRAINIANNo. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T U Verkhovna Rada preparesW for new convocation Chornobyl anniversary by Roman Woronowycz which the two organizations with the most seats Kyiv Press Bureau in the new Parliament have failed to find com- marked with conference mon understanding on even the most minor of KYIV – With little headway made in an effort matters. Dmytro Tabachnyk, a leading figure in to form a parliamentary majority, the Verkhovna the United Ukraine Parliamentary faction (for- at United Nations Rada undertook organizational preparations for by Andrew Nynka merly the For a United Ukraine Bloc), which has the opening session of its new convocation by claimed 165 seats in the new convocation, said UNITED NATIONS – Activists and envi- appointing a Communist as the leader of the he was not optimistic that his faction and the ronmentalists participating in an international steering committee that laid the groundwork for second largest faction, Our Ukraine, would be conference on health and the environment the first session of the Parliament. able to find common understanding to form a The vote to approve Adam Martyniuk, a for- gathered here on April 26 to mark the 16th large center-right majority. He said he thought mer second chairman in the last Parliament and anniversary of the explosion of the No. 4 that other options were more viable for his fac- the Communist faction’s No. 2 man, came unex- nuclear reactor at Chornobyl and stressed that tion. pectedly after the candidacies of Oleksander the catastrophe’s outcome continues to stain “It would be more effective to form a majori- Bandurko of the For a United Ukraine Bloc and much of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and other ty on the basis of the factions of United Ukraine Viktor Musiaka of the Our Ukraine Bloc parts of Europe with various illness and envi- and the Social Democratic Party (United) and try received insufficient votes. ronmental plague. to draw in a good portion of [non-aligned] Mr. Martyniuk headed the work of the tem- As part of the 11th International Conference national deputies, while using Communists porary meeting during a week of sessions that on Health and the Environment organized by when voting on certain vital issues,” explained were completed on April 30, which set the rules World Information Transfer (WIT), conference Mr. Tabachnyk, who acknowledged that the only for how elections to the leadership of the legisla- organizers focused on the theme of “childhood absolute majority that has any potential at pres- tive body and its committees will take place, the antecedents to adult illness” and, during the ent is a temporary and situational one. number of committees and how they will be April 26 session dedicated to Chornobyl, The distance separating the two leading fac- divided up, in addition to a slew of other organi- stressed that youth “will continue to suffer the tions became larger after Our Ukraine co-signed zational issues. consequences of the worst technological catas- a political declaration on May 25 which declared The Communists played up their symbolic trophe in human history.” that “those in authority” had lost the elections. victory in taking the post, with Mr. Martyniuk This year’s conference was particularly rele- The document was initiated by the opposition stating after his election that, while it was a tem- vant since recommendations from its speakers political groups, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and porary and minor position, the win was a good will be submitted to various governments for the Socialist Party, and also signed by the example of how his party would remain effec- consideration at the United Nations Children’s Communist Party. tive in a Ukrainian Parliament in which for the Summit in May, as well as the World Summit While United Ukraine Chairman first time it was not the largest group. on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg Volodymyr Lytvyn, who recently resigned as “We will use our strength at the needed in September. President Leonid Kuchma’s chief of staff, moments,” said Mr. Martyniuk. Ukraine’s ambassador to the United quickly shot back, that by agreeing to such a The Communists’ ability to take control of Nations Valeriy Kuchinsky, a conference col- statement Our Ukraine was admitting its own the steering committee did not give it undue laborator, urged the international community defeat, because many of its members remained influence over the process, however, because the to have “a greater determination to continue “in authority,” other members of United group was set up to give all six political organi- Ukraine said the joint declaration was evi- to help raise public awareness” of the zations that won seats in the new convocation Chornobyl catastrophe. dence that the four factions were preparing to relatively equal power. declare a parliamentary majority. Experts argue that although much of the That the Communists managed to eke out nuclear fallout from the reactor explosion has control over the committee showed the extent to (Continued on page 17) been contained and is not an immediate threat to the global community, there is still much work left in informing the world of Chornobyl’s consequences and the plight of those living in and around the contaminated CCRF continues relief work, with a focus on education zone. by Roman Woronowycz Chornobyl-linked health problems, such as Environmentalists and Chornobyl aid work- Kyiv Press Bureau cancer, leukemia and immune deficiencies. ers have long feared that since Chornobyl’s Since the environmental disaster occurred in KYIV – Another airlift organized by the April 1986, incidents of thyroid cancer, which final working reactor, No. 3, was shut down in Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund from the December 2000, the international community was almost non-existent in this region until United States touched down at Kyiv’s then, have increased substantially. could consider the problem fixed – focusing Boryspil Airport on April 19, a week before valuable aid and attention away from what CCRF has changed its direction somewhat the 16th anniversary of the world’s worst over the course of its 12-year existence, but it many see as a continually developing, complex nuclear accident. and persistent problem. has not changed its focus. Today, while still This latest delivery, which consisted of 11 including direct material aid to hospitals and Carolyn Mcaskie, who spoke in place of tons of U.S. medicines, hospital supplies and Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian medical centers throughout Ukraine, CCRF is medical equipment valued at $620,000 and increasingly beginning to embrace an educa- Affairs Kenzo Oshima, called life around the arranged by CCRF through its extensive con- contaminated zone “a downward spiral of living tional effort as well. tacts with U.S. hospitals, pharmaceutical Also, whereas earlier the organization’s conditions.” The United Nations emergency firms and the medical community, was the efforts were aimed at improving the state of relief coordinator added that the international 30th time the charitable organization has oncology and hematology in the country – community should be more aware of Ukraine’s, brought U.S. aid to Ukraine. and while CCRF still considers these vital Russia’s and Belarus’ efforts in “shouldering the In all CCRF has delivered more than 1,300 areas of medicine that need to be improved in major burden while building a major market tons of medical aid valued at more than $49 Ukraine – the accent today is on neonatal economy and trying to build new democracies.” million, which makes it the largest donor organ- health care. Friday’s keynote address, delivered by ization from the Ukrainian diaspora, by far. “Our focus remains to save lives, to help Ukraine’s Minister of Health Prof. Vitali The airlifts have become routine, but the better the medical system and to Westernize Moskalenko, focused primarily on the myriad work the organization continues to do is far it,” explained Nadia Matkiwsky, CCRF’s statistics concerning birth abnormalities and from banal. The fact remains that approxi- increased cancer rates since the initial blast – mately 2 million children suffer from (Continued on page 5) (Continued on page 17) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 No. 18

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Election reveals Ukraine’s Ukraine arrests suspected Syrian terrorist on a proportional basis, UNIAN reported on April 25. The statement also publicized KYIV – The Security Service of their intention to introduce “mechanisms” geographic political divisions Ukraine has arrested a Syrian national that could enable a parliamentary majority by Taras Kuzio omy (Our Ukraine’s preference); a corpo- suspected of links to international terrorist to form the government. Oleksander RFE/RL Newsline ratist-authoritarian state with clientalistic organizations, New Channel Television Turchynov from the Yulia Tymoshenko relations between the state and economic reported on April 24. The Security Service Bloc commented that the joint declaration Independent Ukraine’s third parliamen- and political actors (FUU’s preference); or accuses the Syrian, a former student of is not tantamount to the creation of a par- tary elections on March 31 marked an perhaps a compromise between that pro- Kyiv University, of laundering $28 mil- liamentary coalition by the four signato- important milestone in the confirmation of posed by FUU and OU. lion hrv ($5.3 million), converting this ries, which currently control the majority Ukrainian statehood. The two main com- The FUU fared well only in eastern and sum into U.S. dollars, and sending it to the of votes necessary to pass legislation in petitors – For a United Ukraine (FUU) and southern Ukraine with an 11.81 percent Middle East. The money-laundering oper- the Verkhovna Rada. (RFE/RL Newsline) Our Ukraine (OU) – both campaigned national average. Yet, it failed to enter into ation was conducted with the use of fly- strongly on statist platforms. The EUU the top three places in the Zaporizhia and by-night companies registered in Kyiv ... see ‘deformation’ of parliamentary vote pushed, in Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn’s Kherson oblasts and Crimea. Its worst and Dnipropetrovsk under fictitious words, a “healthy patriotic” line. result was in the three Galician oblasts, names. (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – Our Ukraine, the Yulia Nevertheless, the elections showed that where it managed a paltry 1.8 to 3.4 percent Tymoshenko Bloc, the Socialist Party and west-central Ukraine voted for “Estonian- compared to its best performance in Zhirinovsky wants CIS renamed USSR the Communist Party slammed the author- style” radical reform and a pro-Western ori- ities for an ongoing “behind-the-scenes Donetsk Oblast, where it obtained 36.80 MOSCOW – Taking the floor in the entation, while southern and eastern percent. Other regions where FUU obtained revision” of the parliamentary ballot. The Ukraine voted along “Belarusian” lines, for Duma on April 24, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, statement said the authorities, by way of better-than-average results were the Duma vice-chairman and leader of the either a return to the communist past or for Kirovohrad, Odesa, Luhansk, Mykolaiv and bribery and intimidation, are trying to oligarchs who favor an authoritarian-corpo- Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, pro- ensure support for the “ruling clique” Kharkiv oblasts. FUU’s landslide victory in posed renaming the Commonwealth of ratist state. the Donbas was achieved only because of among deputies who won their seats on The poor result for the Communist Party Independent States (CIS) the Union of independent tickets in single-mandate con- the worst-recorded election violations in Free Sovereign Republics, the abbrevia- of Ukraine (CPU), which promotes a union Ukraine in the three parliamentary elections stituencies. “The basic task of all healthy with Belarus and Russia, coupled with the tion of which is identical with that of the forces in society is to prevent the deforma- since 1994. Soviet Union (USSR), RIA-Novosti, good election result by the pro-statehood Our Ukraine came in first in 14 western, tion of the election results and the transfor- Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU), confirms nns.ru, and izvestiya.ru reported on April mation of the parliament into a decorative central and northern Ukrainian oblasts and 24. Mr. Zhirinovsky also suggested restor- that Ukraine’s independent statehood is no in the city of Kyiv, and had a countrywide body whose main function will be carrying longer the central issue. The combined left- ing the Tsarist-era names of some cities: out orders of the ruling clique,” the state- average of 23.56 percent. OU also did sur- Ulyanovsk to Simbirsk, Kirovo to Vyatka, ist vote declined from 40 to 30 percent. prisingly well in the Poltava, Zaporizhia ment read. (RFE/RL Newsline) Even in separate elections to the Parliament and Volgograd to Tsaritsyn. Finally, he and Kherson oblasts as well as the Crimea. proposed redenominating the ruble. Vote invalidated in two constituencies of the Crimean Autonomous Republic, But was this a victory for Our Ukraine? In Leonid Hrach’s communist bloc won only According to Izvestiya, the Duma voted in the December 1991 presidential elections, favor of Mr. Zhirinovsky’s proposals and KYIV – The Central Election 28 of 100 seats, losing control of the region- the three national democratic candidates asked its appropriate committees to make Commission has invalidated the March 31 al parliament to the pro-presidential Serhii won a combined 30 percent. In the 1998 the necessary inquiries to the CIS legisla- election in District 18 (Vinnytsia Oblast) Kunitsyn bloc. parliamentary elections, the national demo- tive bodies, the Russian government, and and District 201 (Cherkasy Oblast), the The CPU made the top three in only one cratic Rukh, Reforms and Order, Forward the Finance Ministry. (RFE/RL Newsline) UNIAN news service reported on April western Ukrainian oblast, Chernivtsi, and Ukraine, and the Republican Christians 25. According to former decisions by the was eclipsed by the SPU in many central won a combined 14.8 percent. Our Customs nabs heroin in Odesa relevant lower-level election commis- Ukrainian oblasts. The CPU finished first Ukraine’s 2002 result lies between the high sions, the ballot in District 18 was won by only in eastern and southern oblasts, with 1991 and low 1998 election results for ODESA – Ukrainian customs authorities Socialist Party candidate Svitlana Melnyk the exception of Donetsk, and showed its national democrats. seized 204 kilograms of smuggled heroin and in District 201 by Our Ukraine candi- highest support in Luhansk Oblast (39.69 The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, built on the on April 16 at the southern port city of date Mykola Bulatetskyi. Meanwhile, the percent) and the Crimean Autonomous National Front bloc’s poor showing of 2.72 Odesa, the Ukrinform news agency report- election saga of Crimean speaker Leonid Republic (33.95 percent). percent in the 1998 elections, achieved ed. Customs officials said it was the Hrach took a new turn on April 25 when a These results confirm a pattern of the left impressive results in western regions, and largest-ever seizure of heroin in Ukraine. district court in Symferopol ruled that the being unpopular in the west, the SPU domi- less so in central Ukraine, where it placed The value of the heroin on the international ballot in Mr. Hrach’s constituency was nating the leftist vote in the Ukrainophone second or third, usually following Our market was estimated at some $20 million. invalid, and subsequently canceled his center, and the CPU in the Russophone east Ukraine. In Kyiv, the Yulia Tymoshenko After inspecting a truck, customs officers registration as a deputy of the Crimean and south. Bloc attracted a large protest vote and fin- discovered the heroin concealed in a fake Supreme Council. (RFE/RL Newsline) Voters turned their backs on the two ished second with 12.83 percent. Ms. wall inside the vehicle. The truck arrived in Russian nationalist blocs – the Russian Bloc Tymoshenko’s own party, Fatherland, a Odesa by ferry from Turkey, and was en Zlenko nixes joining Eurasian community and ZUBR, the Union of Ukraine, Belarus member of her bloc, grew out of the now- route to Western countries through Poland. and Russia bloc – that advocated Ukraine’s defunct Hromada party created by former (RFE/RL Crime and Corruption Watch) KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs membership into the Russia-Belarus Union, Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, who has Minister Anatolii Zlenko said on April 25 Russian as a second state language and been in custody in the United States since Four blocs want new election law ... that Ukraine has chosen its path of integra- 1999. This legacy proved less useful as tion with the European Union and cannot Russians constitutionally defined as a sec- KYIV – Four forces represented in the FUU took back control of Hromada’s for- simultaneously be a member of any simi- ond titular nation. The two blocs obtained a newly elected Verkhovna Rada – Our mer home base, Dnipropetrovsk. lar union, UNIAN reported. Mr. Zlenko combined 1.16 percent. Even in the Crimea, Ukraine, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, the The Social Democratic Party of Ukraine added that he fully supports the statement Our Ukraine finished third, as compared to Socialist Party and the Communist Party – (United) garnered 6.25 percent in the nation- of Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry offi- the Russian Bloc’s fifth-place finish on pro- have issued a joint statement declaring portional party lists to the national elections. wide tally, a 2.24 percent improvement over cial Oleksander Chalyi, who said earlier 1998. This can be considered a poor show- their intention to change the election law this week that Ukraine cannot simultane- Only in the city of Sevastopol did the to allow the entire Parliament to be elect- Russian Bloc manage a third-place show- ing when one considers the party’s access to ed from party lists, with seats distributed (Continued on page 14) ing, behind the CPU and FUU, achieving financial resources and control of media out- the highest support in all of Ukraine with lets. The party’s control of two of Ukraine’s 8.86 percent of the vote. main television stations was often utilized to Voter turnout was lowest in the Crimea, smear SDPU opponents, particularly Our FOUNDED 1933 Sevastopol and Odesa oblasts, which hurt Ukraine, and this negative reputation may ZYU and the KPU, and in the city of Kyiv, have cost the SDPU votes. The SDPU was HE KRAINIAN EEKLY TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., which hurt Our Ukraine. 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by Taras Kuzio doctored as a “provocation” against him. strenuously denied the new allegations, erate pro-Russian isolationism,” and RFE/RL Newsline The authenticity of the tapes was obvi- while President Kuchma has characteris- argues that of the three main election ously not questioned by oligarch Viktor tically dismissed them as “dog –.” With more than two years of Ukrainian groups (FUU, Our Ukraine and the Medvedchuk, head of the Social Nevertheless, the head of counterintelli- Communists), only Our Ukraine supports President Leonid Kuchma’s second term Democratic Party of Ukraine (United), gence within the Security Service of remaining, it is becoming increasingly Ukraine’s integration into European and who reportedly offered $3 million to Mr. Ukraine, Serhii Makarenko, has admitted trans-Atlantic structures. clear that his continued presence in office Melnychenko for the tapes at the end of that Mr. Malev lobbied for the sales to is negatively affecting Ukrainian foreign Although the Organization for Security last year – an offer Mr. Melnychenko Iraq. and Cooperation in Europe, the Council policy. Although Mr. Kuchma is fond of turned down. Mr. Kuchma knew the scandal was stating that Ukraine’s foreign policy is The latest scandal to affect President about to explode; therefore, there are sus- neither “pro-Western” nor “pro-Russian” Kuchma and, thereby, Ukraine’s foreign picions about Mr. Malev’s death in a car but “pro-Ukrainian,” it is in reality more policy is the allegation that in contraven- accident on April 6, days before the scan- Ambivalence has now “pro-Kuchma,” in that it almost exclu- tion of a U.N. Security Council embargo, dal became public. Yuriy Ryabkin, direc- sively serves to further the interests of the advanced weaponry (a Kolchuha air- tor of the Donetsk-based Topaz plant become a crisis of executive and its oligarch allies. defense system) was sold to Iraq after it where Kolchuha systems are manufac- Ukraine’s foreign pol- Ukraine’s international image began to was demonstrated at the SOFEX-2000 tured, has also confirmed that a conversa- worsen almost immediately after arms exhibition in Jordan in April 2000. tion between Messrs. Kuchma and Malev icy because that poli- President Kuchma’s re-election in Mr. Melnychenko testified to a federal did indeed take place on this question, November 1999, and this process acceler- grand jury in San Francisco in mid-April but denies that a Kolchuha system was cy is pro-Kuchma, ated with the revelations of presidential that a conversation on the tapes between delivered to Iraq. wrongdoings that became public during Mr. Kuchma and Ukrspetseksport chief Even before this latest scandal rather than pro- the “Kuchmagate” scandal in the winter Valerii Malev in July 2000 about the President Kuchma was already persona of 2000-2001. delivery of a Kolchuha system to Iraq is non grata in the West; his most recent for- Ukrainian. Nobody within the Ukrainian elite genuine. This portion of the tapes has also eign visit, to Germany in January 2001, denies the authenticity of the tapes made been authenticated by forensic experts had been planned before the eruption of in Mr. Kuchma’s office by presidential “Kuchmagate.” Prior to the Iraqi arms used by the FBI. of Europe, and the U.S. State Department scandal, the United States had laid down guard Mykola Melnychenko; President Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh and described the March 31 elections as an the condition that the murder of journalist Kuchma merely argues that they were Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry have important step, they also complained Heorhii Gongadze must be resolved about serious violations that were com- before any visit to Washington can take mitted by the executive on behalf of the place. Most recently, FBI agents who had Ukrainian World Congress statement: attempted to assist Ukraine’s incompetent FUU. And, the Parliamentary Assembly 17-month investigation of Mr. of the Council of Europe adopted a reso- Gongadze’s death left the country without lution on April 26 that concluded that “all 2002 census in the Russian Federation accomplishing anything after they were of the actions of the authorities – the use denied access to any evidence. of administrative pressure, controlling One of the most significant upcoming events for the Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S. military intelligence has con- who had access to the media, the use of Russian Federation is the census scheduled for October 2002. The last census was firmed that a Kolchuha system is in Iraq, compromising materials – were undertak- conducted in 1989 during Soviet times and resulted in a finding of 4.6 million and if U.S. investigations confirm that the en in order that democratic elections Ukrainians residing within the Rusian Federation. However, even government offi- supplier was indeed Ukraine, the conse- would not take place in Ukraine.” cials in Russia, without disparaging, ridiculing or criticizing the methods of the 1989 quences will worsen Ukraine’s semi-iso- As the CPCFPU noted, the main obsta- census, acknowledge privately that the Ukrainian community in Russia was severely lation. cle to Ukraine’s integration into “Europe” undercounted. In its just published annual report, the is the existence of a regime “that does not Many reasons have been suggested for this undercount, ranging from a lack of Kyiv-based Center for Peace, Conversion comply with the European model of national awareness on the part of the Ukrainian minority to subtle psychological pres- and Foreign Policy of Ukraine (CPCF- political order and European values.” sure exerted in the form of “we are all brothers.” While the USSR undermined the PU) concluded that relations in 2001 Ukraine’s elites have still not understood national aspirations of all Soviet citizens, it had particular success among Slavs. between Ukraine and the United States that to be accepted into “Europe” requires Today’s Russia purports to be a democratic state. We can recount certainly its defi- were in “crisis,” saying, “Tension and the pursuit of European policies at home ciencies in this regard, the most obvious of which is its law on religion which recog- stiffness were present in all political and and abiding by international treaties nizes only four – Russian Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism. Particular dis- diplomatic contacts.” abroad. crimination is leveled against Ukrainian Orthodoxy and Catholicism. Most regions in Last year marked the first year of If evidence is uncovered regarding the Russian Federation follow the prescription of the legislation on religion quite President Kuchma’s terms in office in Ukraine’s supply of arms to Iraq, Ukraine loosely, allowing for the registration of Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. which no U.S.-Ukrainian summits took will not be invited to the NATO summit in Prague in November. Five to seven However, to date not a single Ukrainian Orthodox church of the Kyiv Patriarchate or a place, as even prior to the latest scandal Central/Eastern European states are Ukrainian Catholic church has been sanctioned. there was no enthusiasm in Washington expected to be invited to join NATO this Ukrainians, even by the flawed 1989 census, are the second largest ethnic group in for a Ukrainian presidential visit. year and a new NATO-Russia Council Russia. Ukrainian ethnics find themselves in prominent, yet invariably subservient gov- The latest scandal is negatively affect- will be created. ernment positions, which misleadingly suggests that Ukrainians influence government ing Ukraine’s foreign policy in two other ways, despite the evident isolation from Ukraine’s position on NATO expan- structures and policy. Russian law permits access to government radio and television for sion or membership is unclear because of ethnic minorities, yet little in that regard is implemented on the local levels. Russian law reality of the Ukrainian executive. In January 2002, Volodymyr Lytvyn, its ambivalent “multi-vector” foreign pol- permits ethnic language classes where 25 parents in a school request the same language. head of the presidential administration icy and the ongoing ramifications of the Once again little is carried out. and the pro-Kuchma For a United “Kuchmagate” crisis. Consequently, Unfortunately, much of the fault lies with the Ukrainian ethnic minority itself, Ukraine election bloc, argued: “We don’t Ukrainian National Security and Defense which does not avail itself of these entitlements. Why do Ukrainians fail to exercise need to return to Europe. We are in Council Chief Yevhen Marchuk warned their rights? Because their psyche as “little brother” has become ingrained. Russia Europe. We don’t need to seek the West’s last week in the newspaper Den that there fosters this policy and reacts at attempts to stir national awareness, by branding ethnic approval. We are an inseparable part of is a real danger that Ukraine will be activists as nationalists and chauvinists. it.” Ukrainian ambassadors to Western “sidelined from the major Euro-strategic In particular, the formation of an independent Ukrainian state fostered recognition countries have argued along similar lines processes.” that Ukrainians are not Russians. The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) is striving to that the results of last month’s parliamen- Ukraine’s foreign policy was already establish a network of a global Ukrainian diaspora numbering some 20 million peo- tary elections showed that Ukrainians ambivalent prior to the late 1990s. This ple, enhancing national awareness. The time has come for all Ukrainians in Russia to voted for the “European choice.” ambivalence has worsened since be recognized as a separate nationality and to join the world Ukrainian community in Such statements by Ukraine’s execu- “Kuchmagate,” the unwillingness to their capacity as law-abiding citizens of the Russian Federation. tive incorrectly assume that, like the resolve the Gongadze case, blatant abuse The UWC, with membership in the United States, Canada, South America, Western reformist and pro-Western Our Ukraine, by For a United Ukraine of “administra- and Eastern Europe, Asia and Australia, urges our brothers and sisters in the Russian the pro-Kuchma For a United Ukraine tive resources” during and after the elec- Federation to recognize that they are an integral part of the world Ukrainian diaspora, (FUU) is seen as “pro-European,” which tions, and now the Iraqi arms scandal. and that their emotions and loyalties dare run to both countries, the one where they has not been the case since the late 1990s Ambivalence has become a crisis of reside and raise their families and the one which is their ancestral homeland and and certainly not since “Kuchmagate.” Ukraine’s foreign policy because that pol- which is now free and independent. The CPCFPU defines the foreign policy icy is pro-Kuchma, rather than pro- Almost 200 countries in the world have recognized Ukrainian distinctness by estab- of FUU and its oligarchic allies as “mod- Ukrainian. lishing diplomatic relations with Ukraine. All western countries with Ukrainian minorities, including the United States and Canada, acknowledge that their popula- tions are a wonderful mosaic of nationalities in which the Ukrainian contribution has This issue of The Ukrainian Weekly is reaching all members been and will continue to be significant. Russia becomes that much more democratic when it recognizes its citizens as loyal individuals with distinct characteristics. We of the U.S. Congress thanks to the generous sponsorship of encourage Ukrainians in Russia to make sure that they are counted as Ukrainians. For the Ukrainian World Congress: Self Reliance (New York) Askold S. Lozynskyj, President Viktor Pedenko, Secretary General Federal Credit Union. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 No. 18 Plast in Ukraine marks 90th anniversary, holds seventh national congress

by Roman Woronowycz also stressing the leading role Plast must Kyiv Press Bureau take in the formation of a democratic socie- ty, called on the scouting organization not KYIV – Newly elected National Deputy to shirk from political activism. He under- Viktor Yushchenko, who heads the Our scored the need for Plast to become part of Ukraine political bloc, addressed a 90th every city and every school. Mr. anniversary celebration of Plast Ukrainian Yukhnovsky, another honorary Plast mem- Scouting Organization, stressing the ber, first became involved with the organi- responsibilities of Ukraine’s youth to con- zation when it began to re-establish roots in tinue the fledgling democratic tradition Ukraine in 1989. established in Ukraine and voicing the After the addresses by the two leading expectation that members of the scouting politicians and greetings by various govern- organization would take the lead in ensur- mental and non-governmental officials, ing a free and open Ukrainian society. including a representative of the Ukrainian “I believe that those who are here have Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate and the same feelings within themselves that I Ihor Symchych of the Ukrainian Youth do, a painful desire to see Ukraine become Association (SUM), the congress proceeded all that it can be,” said Mr. Yushchenko at to discuss pertinent organizational matters. the opening of the seventh national con- Among the most important was a deter- gress of Plast of Ukraine on April 19. mination made by the delegates that the The popular politician, whose political organization in Ukraine would remain a bloc led the by-party voting in recently single, unitary organization and not consid- completed parliamentary elections, gave er ideas to evolve into a federative body. his address to national leaders of Plast who However, the leadership did uphold a gathered just outside Kyiv for their annual decision to join a larger association of meeting, which took on extra significance scouting called the All-Ukrainian Union of because of the 90th anniversary celebra- Scouts of Ukraine, which includes the tion. Plast’s International Chief Scout Ukrainian Scouting Brotherhood. Lubomyr Romankiw and other leading fig- Andrii Harmatii, the outgoing head of ures of the international organization were the Plast executive in Ukraine (Krayova also on hand for the three-day meeting. Plastova Starshyna), said the decision, Another significant event occurred a while passed with little fanfare, did not week earlier, on April 12, when Plast mem- come about without protest. bers from the Kyiv branch gathered to “This was not an easy decision, even commemorate the exact day nine decades while it passed smoothly,” explained Mr. Roman Woronowycz earlier that scouting was established in Harmatii. “Earlier there were several mis- National Deputy Viktor Yushchenko addresses Plast’s 90th anniversary gathering. Lviv, western Ukraine, through the efforts understandings with other scouting organi- He is flanked by National Deputy Ihor Yukhnovsky (left) and Levko of educator Dr. Oleksander Tysovsky. The zations in Ukraine.” Zakharchyshyn, head of Ukraine’s Plast National Council. name he chose for his scouts, “plastuny,” Among the problems were Plast’s was the historic designation given to scouts unequivocal stand on patriotism and dedi- 1913. In 1915, a girls’ organization was mer camp in decades were held in the of the Kozak Brotherhood. cation to the nation of Ukraine, and its added and by 1917 there were scouts in Carpathian Mountains. Plast officially Plast members young and old joined in a uncompromising attitude in support of both the Austro-Hungarian and Russian- declared its renewal in Ukraine on prayer service followed by a short program exclusive use of the Ukrainian language – controlled areas of the country. December 18, 1989, and registered the at St. Nicholas Church, located on the hills principles with which other, independently After World War I and the Communist youth organization with Lviv municipal overlooking the banks of the Dnipro River developing Ukrainian scouting organiza- revolution, Plast and scouting as a whole authorities a month later. in Kyiv. tions disagreed. He said that an earlier dis- went into decline in the central and east- Since then success and progress have The highlight of the jubilee commemo- pute with a regional scouting organization ern, Communist-held parts of the country, come quickly, along with many firsts. rations, however, came when Mr. in Dnipropetrovsk had dissipated over and by 1921 had disappeared in favor of Among them: the swearing in of the first Yushchenko along with fellow member of time, with that group even embracing use the Communist-run Young Pioneers new Plast members in Shevchenko Parliament Ihor Yukhnovsky addressed the of Ukrainian at its recent camps, while a organization. Meadow in Lviv in 1991; the first inter- opening of the Plast congress, held at the disagreement with a recently formed Plast continued to thrive in Halychyna national Plast training camps, “Lisova Berehynia Sanitarium in Puscha Vodytsia. Kharkiv municipal group continues. until 1930, when Poland banned the organi- Shkola” and “Shkola Bulavnykh” in Mr. Yushchenko, who became an hon- Plast is the oldest scouting organization zation over concerns about the Ukrainian 1993; the first All-Ukrainian Jamboree in orary member of Plast in November 2000 in Ukraine. It was the first to develop in the consciousness it promoted. Plast was 1996; first-time participation in the during a meeting of the Conference of country after Lord Baden-Powell devel- forced to continue its activity underground. World Jamboree of Scouting in Chile in Ukrainian Plast Organizations in Kyiv, told oped the concept of scouting and formed Some 60 years later, in July 1990 a 1998-1999; and the first visit by a high- about 170 delegates of Plast in attendance the first units of Boy Scounts in England in rebirth was completed when the first scouts ranking Ukrainian official, Defense that they are Ukraine’s future and it was 1907. As well, Plast was the first scouting from Ukraine, led by their newly elected Minister Oleksander Kuzmuk, who their responsibility to prepare to lead. organization re-established in Ukraine as national head, Oleh Hryniv, swore the Plast toured a Ukrainian-Polish Plast camp in He also said that it is time for Ukrainians the Soviet Union crumbled. oath and accepted its creed in special cere- Crimea in 2000. to focus on recent social and political It was Dr. Tysovsky, a teacher at the monies in Toronto. Today some 11,000 Ukrainians call accomplishments that unite them rather Academic Gymnasium of Lviv, who in “I was very nervous,” admitted Mr. themselves members of Plast. Plast groups than the negatives that divide them. 1911 saw a need to build character and dis- Hryniv nearly 12 years later as he recalled exist in 20 oblasts and in Crimea; there are “We need to be united by what we have cipline in Ukraine’s youth and copied the the moment. 94 branches in major cities and towns. rather than be divided by what we lack,” ideas of Baden-Powell. The concept spread The event was the culmination of more Since 1990 Plast has overseen 576 summer explained Mr. Yushchenko. rapidly and within a year an organizational than a year’s work, during which the first camps in which 28,800 Ukrainian youths His colleague, Mr. Yukhnovsky, while structure and two handbooks appeared by Plast groups were formed and the first sum- have participated.

Andrii Harmatii (left), outgoing head of the Members of the Chornomorski Khvyli sorority at the congress. Plastuny stand for the singing of the national anthem. Plast executive converses with a colleague. No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 5 UNWLA convention to serve as culmination of 75th jubilee celebrations by Roma Hadzewycz ous Ukrainian communities in the U.S. to speak on this topic. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian The banquet that evening will spotlight National Women’s League of America will several UNWLA activists on whom hon- complete celebrations of its 75th anniver- orary membership will be bestowed in sary during its triennial convention on May recognition of their efforts for the good of 24-27 in Sarasota, Fla. the women’s organization. The diamond jubilee, whose celebrations “Women’s Health and the Environment” began in 2000, will culminate with a special will be the topic of a seminar on Sunday, program at the 26th UNWLA Convention May 26, that will feature presentations by during which each former president of this Dr. Lilia Hryhorovych, national deputy of respected women’s organization will be Ukraine, and Dr. Christine Durbak, presi- honored for her achievements and work. dent of World Information Transfer. The UNWLA’s current president, Iryna Later that day the Lesia and Petro Kurowyckyj, and second vice-president, Kowaliw Fund literary award will be pre- Sophia Hewryk, recently paid a visit to The sented to Prof. Valentyna Borysenko, for Ukrainian Weekly’s editorial offices to pro- her book “Knowledge of Ukrainian Culture: vide a look at their organization’s illustrious National Self-Preservation.” Prof. history and its upcoming convention. Borysenko will address convention dele- Mrs. Kurowyckyj pointed out that it was gates on Monday, May 27. Hanna Chekalenko Keller of Switzerland, In addition, the convention will also back in 1925 at the Washington conference include the customary working sessions, as of the International Council of Women, who well as elections and discussions of pro- had recognized the need for a strong organi- posed resolutions, copies of which, for the zation to unite Ukrainian women in the first time ever, were sent to convention del- United States. Mrs. Keller believed that, egates so that they have an opportunity to united in one national organization, discuss them with members of their respec- Ukrainian American women would be able tive branches and come to the convention to work on behalf of Ukraine in the interna- prepared to discuss these guidelines for the tional women’s movement. UNWLA’s activity. As well, UNWLA “For me she is a true heroine,” Mrs. branches have all received copies of pro- Kurowyckyj underlined, adding that it is posed changes to the organization’s by- surprising that she has not been chosen a laws, Mrs. Kurowyckyj related. Roma Hadzewycz patron of any UNWLA branch. Mrs. Mrs. Hewryk, who in the position of sec- Keller’s trailblazing work will be honored UNWLA President Iryna Kurowyckyj (right) and Second Vice-President Sophia ond vice-president is in charge of member- Hewryk during their visit to The Ukrainian Weekly. with a special section in the organization’s ship, then spoke of the UNWLA’s member- forthcoming convention book. ship today. She emphasized that the organi- The UNWLA president noted that the zation is unique in that it “unites all genera- Mrs. Hewryk observed. ed that the UNWLA also provides members 26th UNWLA Convention will be high- tions and all emigrations.” As a concrete Asked why the UNWLA has succeeded with an opportunity for leadership growth – lighted by several special events. First is the example of that fact she cited a recent ban- in attracting the Fourth Wave, while other something that is appreciated by all seg- Friday evening, May 24, pre-convention quet held in Philadelphia to benefit The Ukrainian organizations have not, Mrs. ments of its diverse membership. program that will feature David Kramer, Ukrainian Museum that succeeded in Hewryk replied: “We offer them connec- They underlined that today the UNWLA senior advisor for global affairs to Deputy attracting UNWLA members as diverse as a tions. They want to be part of something.” remains as relevant as it was when it was Secretary of State Paul Dobriansky, as well pioneer “Soyuzianka” whose membership In addition, she noted that the UNWLA first established. The organization “meets as representative from Ukraine’s diplomatic goes back to 1937 and newly arrived does not expect new immigrants to pay the needs of our society wherever and what- corps in the United States. women from Ukraine who have recently dues in their first year of membership. ever they may be. Where there is a need, we On Saturday, the program will include formed a new branch in Philadelphia. “We treat them as equal members, we come through,” explained Ms. Hewryk, the official presentation of the newly pub- What we have today, Mrs. Hewryk con- provide a support mechanism, offering help proudly adding that the UNWLA collected lished volume called “Lysty Tak Dovho tinued, is “a repeat of the 1950s when the with many needs of everyday life – whether the most funds of any organization for the Idut,” a collection of the correspondence of post-war emigration began arriving in this that be language, or furniture, or transporta- Ukrainian studies chairs at Harvard. writer Lesia Ukrainka. The letters were country.” More and more of these new tion – and we allow them an opportunity to Mrs. Kurowyckyj added that the motto found in 16 boxes of Lesia Ukrainka immigrants, she said, are joining the express themselves,” she commented. “We for the UNWLA’s 26th Convention reflects archives recently discovered in Prague by UNWLA’s existing branches and some are provide them with a broad range of interests both the history and the future of the organi- Dr. Iwanna Ratych. They were prepared for creating new branches in which they can and activities.” zation: “In Unity There is Strength and publication by Svitlana Kocherha, director conduct their own activities. Five such As well, Mrs. Hewryk underscored, there Power to Reach the Goal.” of the Lesia Ukrainka Museum in Yalta and branches now exist in the following cities: is the fact that “the newly arrived For more information, readers may con- a member of the Writers’ Union of Ukraine. Boston, St. Petersburg, Fla., Philadelphia Ukrainians see immediate results of their tact the UNWLA at 203 Second Ave., New Ms. Kocherha will tell convention partici- and two in New York. These new members work – such as sending aid packages to York, NY 10003; telephone, (212) 533- pants about her intensive work on this are of various professional backgrounds, Ukraine.” 4646; e-mail, [email protected]; website, unique project; she will later travel to vari- and “they enrich and buttress our work,” Both Mrs. Hewryk and Kurowyckyj stat- www.unwla.org.

that number at 75 percent. Ukraine, but they have many obstacles to that using them in new ways would not CCRF continues... The executive director explained that overcome, truthfully, obstacles from the lower mortality or morbidity rates without (Continued from page 1) Ukrainian women need to realize they must government. They do not get any support,” new equipment. executive director. “We realized that it was prepare themselves for pregnancy, because explained Dr. Bilyk. He emphasized, however, that adopting He said that, ironically, he believes there new techniques could help to alleviate some too expensive and difficult to change the a healthy baby doesn’t simply happen. “As a woman dealing with this, perhaps is sufficient financing in the government of the problems facing Ukrainian doctors in areas of oncology and hematology. my biggest disappointment is that the sector to raise the level of medical care in lieu of advanced technology. However, neonatology is different in that women of Ukraine in general do not take the country, but offered his opinion that it Dr. Bilyk explained that the education new equipment and medicines can make care of their bodies,” said Mrs. Matkiwsky. was being inefficiently meted out. process he would like implemented is a quite a difference in saving lives and raising As part of its new commitment to educat- The Fort Worth doctor, who is also a pro- three-step affair. First would come the theo- healthy citizens.” ing doctors and civilians alike, CCRF fessor of pediatrics at the Indiana University retical lectures and seminars, followed by The CCRF executive director explained organized an educational conference for School of Medicine, acknowledged that presentations of case studies and finally that purchasing neonatal equipment packs medical workers on the subject of neonatol- Ukrainian doctors must also stop accepting bedside education. more punch per dollar expended in its effec- ogy, with the spotlight on respiratory care, compromises in the medical care they Mrs. Matkiwsky noted that the last step tiveness than the equipment needed to foster which took place in conjunction with the extend and begin demanding the latest tech- will present a simple, but unique logistics effective medical care in other fields. latest airlift. It was held on April 24-25 at a niques and best technology. problem in that neonatal centers in Ukraine “For $120,000 we can put two full sanitarium outside Kyiv under the auspices While the U.S. specialist underscored are tiny places, usually rooms consisting of neonatal intensive care stations in a hospital of Ukraine’s Ministry of Health and the that the Ukrainian doctors need both the four or five beds, which would make it diffi- and know that two infants will be saved,” Association of Neonatologists of Ukraine. information and the technology, he noted cult to find space for a teaching doctor and explained Mrs. Matkiwsky. Dr. Ihor Bilyk, a specialist in neonatal that too often they were ready to accept less students to do hands-on training. Mrs. Matkiwsky said infant mortality is medicine, and Rennell Leichty, a neonatal effective alternatives. He said many of them But Mrs. Matkiwsky is undeterred by on the rise in Ukraine and the medical intensive care nurse, both of whom hail wanted to know what could be done to such problems and, major and minor, others health of the country’s newborns is worsen- from Fort Wayne, Ind., led the conference effect a desired result when the proper that confront her in her work. Ever opti- ing for a variety of reasons – not the least of for some 200 Ukrainian medical workers. equipment was unavailable. mistic, she explained that CCRF would which is that Ukrainian women do not take In an interview with The Weekly, Dr. “The answer was that it couldn’t be overcome all the obstacles put before it in proper care of themselves. She noted gov- Bilyk said the doctors in attendance replaced,” explained Dr. Bilyk. “It would be its latest endeavor. ernment statistics of the Institute of expressed a thirst for information on new sub-optimal. You just can’t do it.” “We need to increase the accent on pre- Pediatrics, which claim that 96 percent of techniques and technologies in the West. He noted that, of course, long-in-use, ventive medicine. We need to educate, edu- all births in Ukraine come with complica- “The doctors want to advance neonatol- globally accepted methods continue to be cate!” said Mrs. Matkiwsky, determination tions. A Ministry of Statistics figure puts ogy and raise the level of medical care in practiced in Ukraine, but told the doctors steeling her voice. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 No. 18

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Summertime An election observer’s report This week’s issue of our newspaper contains our annual issue of “A Ukrainian Summer,” a tradition we began back in 1997. Through the years we have told our on Ukraine’s parliamentary ballot readers about all types of activities for summer enrichment and fun. We’ve cov- by Orest Deychakiwsky to voters unrelated to their place of resi- dence. Voter lists may be amended up until ered venues in the United States and Canada and, of course, Ukraine, where U.S. Helsinki Commission staff we’ve tried to highlight a different spot each year. And the types of activities election day; however, voters cannot be observed the March 31 parliamentary elec- included in the registers of their place of showcased have ranged from that epitome of summertime – camps for our tions in Ukraine as part of the OSCE youths – to bandura workshops and dance camps, sports events and day camps residence on election day without a judicial Parliamentary Assembly contingent of the decision. Voters were added to registers and for kids, courses in Ukrainian studies and study tours to Ukraine, leadership sem- OSCE-led International Election inars and ... Well, you get the picture. allowed to vote – without the required court Observation Mission (IEOM). order in about one-third of polling stations Why do we do this? It’s simple: it’s yet another concrete manifestation of this Both the Organization for Security and newspaper’s community service. The special section allows us to inform our read- visited by international observers. Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the During the polling on voting day, the ers about the many worthwhile summertime activities of which community mem- U.S. State Department concluded that the bers may take advantage. It also allows our community organizations to share most serious problems were violations of March 31 elections indicated progress over the secrecy of the vote and voters added to their plans and programs, as well as their vision, with a broader audience. Thus, the 1998 elections, but “important flaws The Weekly serves as the conduit of information and the link between individuals registers in apparent contravention of the persist.” During its April 1 press conference law. and organizations, as the veritable nexus of much of our community life. in Kyiv, the IEOM declined to prepare a In this year’s special summer supplement, readers will find information on OSCE staff observed the elections in the final analysis before post-election proce- Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Most some activities that are offered from year to year, as well as some that offer a dures are concluded, and promised to return new twist on their programs, for example the Harvard Ukrainian Summer polling stations visited by CSCE staff were to Ukraine within a month to follow up, run efficiently, in a calm atmosphere, and Institute’s very different new course on “Images of Ukraine in Western Culture,” after watching how election authorities and which takes a look at representations of Ukraine in literature, music, theater and commission members seemed hard-work- the judiciary perform while tabulating and ing and dedicated. Furthermore, there were the visual arts from the 17th through the 20th centuries. publishing results and adjudicating disputes. Readers will also find information on a longtime favorite destination of North numerous party, candidate and domestic Positive elements cited included a new America’s Ukrainians: Soyuzivka. The upstate New York resort this year begins observers. Election Law that took into account celebrations of its 50th anniversary, as it was in 1952 that the estate was pur- In a minority of polling stations staff wit- OSCE/Office for Democratic Institutions chased by the Ukrainian National Association. Soyuzivka’s dedication in 1953 nessed incompetence, chaos, overcrowding, and Human Rights recommendations from was seen as a community-wide affair that was greeted with much enthusiasm and inadequate facilities – usually premises that previous elections; improvements in the was witnessed by 2,000 guests who arrived for the occasion in the hamlet of were much too small and had an inadequate mechanism to address election disputes, Kerhonkson, from all parts of the country. A guest at that dedication, Josephine number of voting booths. Overcrowding with clearer complaint and appeals proce- Gibajlo Gibbons, wrote in The Weekly that the resort is “a huge tract of land ... , was responsible for the violation most fre- dures; multi-party commissions; the its length and breadth runs over hill and dale on the side of a great mountain.” quently observed – voting outside of booths engagement of civil society in the electoral This year community members will have an opportunity to come and celebrate – but there appeared to be no element of process; and greater access by candidates Soyuzivka’s golden jubilee. intimidation here. Instead, voters simply did and parties to the media through TV A promising new summer program has been scheduled this year for not feel like waiting in long lines. debates, free air time and paid advertising. Washington. Billed as the Youth Leadership Program 2002, this weeklong educa- According to the non-partisan domestic On the negative side, media coverage tional conference organized by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is geared toward observer group, the Committee of Voters of was biased and state-funded television gave “leaders for tomorrow,” students age 18-20. The program hopes to provide a Ukraine (CVU), 15 percent of voters were disproportionate coverage to pro-presiden- “Washington experience” for those interested in U.S.-Ukraine relations and unable to vote due to overcrowding or poor tial candidates. Other problem areas includ- promises “discussions with ‘players,’ learning important leadership skills, and facilities. CVU also estimated that one-third understanding how to take a more active role.” ed abuses of state resources in the election of precincts were not able to conduct the Lviv provides opportunities as well, witness the University of Alberta’s six- campaign, interference by local authorities, elections in an organized manner. credit course “Ukrainian Through Its Living Culture,” initiated by the depart- and a campaign sullied by the murders of Despite the uneven playing field and ment of modern languages and cultural studies. Students have a unique opportu- two candidates and other isolated instances violations with respect to the vote tabula- nity: they can study the language and experience the culture of Ukraine while of violence, including one just a few days tions in several single-mandate constituen- living there. before the elections. cies, generally, the elections reflected the Then there are the festivals, the concerts, a golf tournament, a Kupalo celebra- Compared to previous elections, the will of the voters. The actual results did not tion in New York City’s East Village – so much to do in a mere three months. level of pressure by government officials differ significantly from the results of sev- We think readers of “A Ukrainian Summer” will agree that what is most sig- and workers to campaign in support of the eral exit polls. nificant is that today there is such a variety of worthwhile opportunities for the main pro-presidential party, including direct The results indicate a country divided enrichment of our children and young adults. How lucky we are! pressure on individuals to vote for specific into three broad political orientations. Our candidates, had significantly increased. The Ukraine, the center-right, pro-reform, pro- abuse of state resources created an uneven Western coalition headed by Viktor playing field and the main beneficiary of Yushchenko, took the most seats in the such violations was the pro-presidential party-list vote. May bloc For a United Ukraine. The Communists garnered 20 percent of Turning the pages back... Despite these advantages, pro-presiden- the party-list vote, clearly indicating their tial parties did not do all that well in the continued downward trend with each pass- 2 party-list vote, and several did not even sur- ing election. For the first time since pass the 4 percent threshold required for Ukraine became independent in 1991, they 1953 Forty-nine years ago, in May 1953, The Ukrainian Weekly inclusion in the Verkhovna Rada. will not constitute the largest political carried news that the resort purchased by the Ukrainian Furthermore, the two opposition parties gar- grouping in the Rada. National Association a year earlier would be formally opened nered more votes than expected, securing In third place in the party-list vote was that summer. seats in the new Parliament for themselves. the pro-presidential For a United Ukraine, “The vacation season for the Ukrainian National Association Resort in According to the IEOM, there were also which had benefitted the most from the Kerhonkson, N.Y., will open on Decoration Day, May 30, the UNA Executive Board shortcomings in the implementation of the authorities’ abuses of state resources in the announced,” reported The Weekly of May 2, 1953. legal framework, including uneven enforce- campaign. This bloc, however, had a strong The front-page news story went on to report that “the formal opening, with appro- ment of provisions on violations of electoral showing in the single-mandate district vot- priate ceremonies, will take place on July 4 and 5,” noting that previously it had been rights, the lack of deadlines and clear defi- ing, and will almost certainly end up with reported that the formal opening was to take place during the Memorial Day weekend. nitions regarding candidate de-registration the largest number of overall deputies, espe- “Technical and practical reasons, however, caused the UNA executives to postpone it and campaigning. According to the OSCE cially as their numbers will be expanded to the Fourth of July weekend. By then the renovation and reconstruction of the nine experts, these weaknesses derived from the with those who ran as “independents.” buildings on the UNA Estate, as it is called, will have been completed, particularly of inability of the Verkhovna Rada and the No one political grouping will have a one building especially planned for the old-agers of the UNA.” president to agree on amendments to the viable majority in Parliament; hence, they Also reported was the following. Administrative Code, so, in effect, some of will need to make concessions with other “In the process of completion at the present time is a large hall which will serve the positive provisions of the election law groupings to act. The pro-presidential For a both as a restaurant for the vacationers and as an assembly hall for about 400 to 500 could not be enforced. United Ukraine may be compelled to team persons. As already reported here the UNA resort will have all the facilities for a fine Another problem was the lack of reliable up with Mr. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine to vacation, including plenty of acres for hiking, a commanding view of the surrounding voter lists – outdated information, including form a government and pass pro-reform hills and mountains, rolling terrain, swimming pool, lake, waterfall, golf course, ten- voters who had moved to other districts, left legislative initiatives. With this kind of nis and volleyball courts, and the best of housing accommodations. the country, or are deceased – and the wide- political configuration, shifting alliances “Weekly rates, covering lodging and food, from May 30 to June 27 will be $35 to spread practice of issuing absentee ballots may be more likely than any kind of solid $45 per person, from June 27 to September 12 – $45 to $55, and from then on until coalition. As a result, cautious moves the next full season – $35 to $45. Weekend guests will be accommodated for $9 to Orest Deychakiwsky is staff advisor of towards economic and political reform $12.50 per day. Excursion and picnicking parties are also welcome. Arrangement for the Commission on Security and rather than sweeping changes are more like- them must be made in advance.” Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki ly. Nevertheless, judging by the results, the Commission). The article above is a Ukrainian people are increasingly endors- Source: “UNA Resort to be Formally Opened July 4th,” The Ukrainian Weekly, slightly abridged version of one written ing a pro-European, pro-market, pro-demo- May 2, 1953. for the CSCE Digest. cratic orientation. No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 7

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Results of parliamentary elections reflect by Orysia Paszczak Tracz the reality of Ukrainian political landscape by Ihor Lysyj press by the oligarchs who control the media did not produce the desired results Babusia Nastia from Staryi Kosiv The tone of international reporting and for the pro-presidential parties. The the majority of editorial comment on the It was all Janet McIntosh’s fault. And I with Janet anxiously prodding us on. Our Ukrainian electorate generally ignored am eternally grateful. bus, with about 25 to 28 people, pulled conduct and the results of the parliamen- media reporting dominated by the pro- tary elections in Ukraine are generally If she had not badgered me (nicely) up to the gate. By this time, the babusia Russian oligarchs and gave the plurality from the time we met at the Toronto air- had changed and was now wearing a new negative. They reflect unjustified and in the new Parliament to the democratic unfulfilled expectations in the West of the port, to the time the plane landed in Kyiv, “khustyna” (kerchief), and an embroi- opposition forces led by Victor and all the way across Ukraine to the dered shirt. She greeted us at the gate of ability of the democratic opposition led Yushchenko. by Victor Yushchenko to achieve an Kosiv market, I would have never met her homestead with bread and salt on a This phenomenon was characterized in the enchanting Babusia Nastia. “rushnyk” (embroidered ritual cloth) – absolute majority in the Parliament. The New York Times as “The Triumph of In the resulting avalanche of negative Janet is not Ukrainian, but her hus- not just a stage greeting at all, but as you a Reluctant Critic” (referring to Victor band, Steve, is. A few years ago, she and experience all over Ukraine, truly gen- reporting, a number of significantly posi- Yushchenko). The fact that for the first tive results of the elections have been her daughter, Ellen Luchkow, 13 at the uine. time in the history of independent Ukraine time, were coming along on my folk arts We entered through the gate into a overlooked. It is important to bring those the plurality party in the Parliament will positive consequences of the election to and culture tour to Ukraine. But Janet yard with kalyna bushes heavy with not be Communist but a national demo- also had an assignment – a major assign- berries, plum trees with still unripened light. cratic bloc is a major positive outcome of The establishment of a strong and well- ment – to take care of while there. As a fruit, the “krynytsia” (well) on the side, the parliamentary elections. member of the parents’ costume commit- flowers all over, a fenced-in garden, represented democratic center in the Perhaps the most remarkable outcome Verkhovna Rada that is in opposition to the tee of Ellen’s Ukrainian dance ensemble chickens and a rooster pecking around, a of the elections was demonstrated by the back in Alberta, Janet was to bring back little shaggy black dog excited at all the oligarchic parties of power is an event not utter failure of the Russian political estab- to be underestimated. The Our Ukraine 12 identical “kraiky” (sashes) for the new people and two small houses facing lishment to influence the electoral process group. And they had to be identical. Thus each other. Babusia’s daughter-in-law bloc with 112 votes is a plurality party in in Ukraine. This failure was, in spite of, the Parliament. Its leader, Mr. Yushchenko, the anxiety about fulfilling her mission. and grandsons also greeted us. or maybe because of direct and heavy- I kept reassuring Janet that we would The babusia is Nastia Slyvka, a widow is immensely popular with the electorate handed Russian interference in the politi- and has an excellent chance to be elected eventually find her 12 sashes, but won- in her 70s, spry as anything, and a real cal processes of Ukraine. The most glar- dered why they had to be identical, since ham. Not shy at all. She led us through president of the country in the next presi- ing act of interference was publication of dential election two years from now. variety in costume should be the norm. one of the houses, the special occasion a list of political parties in Ukraine At times I was anxious about my reassur- house (the kitchen and work area are in The enormous amount of effort spent favored by Russia. by the Russian political establishment in ance because, just because, what if we the other house), to her “svitlytsia,” the After a meeting of the presidents of could not find 12 of them? But there formal living room or parlor. Folks in our an attempt to influence the outcome of Russia, Ukraine and Moldava in Odesa, the Ukrainian elections was largely were still the Carpathian Mountains, group gasped in amazement, and their and two weeks prior to Ukrainian parlia- where we were sure to find weavers, I mouths stayed open for quite a while. unsuccessful. mentary elections, the head of the Those consequences of the elections kept telling myself. This is a living museum, a burst of Russian presidential administration, color and beauty! Kylymy and rushnyky are positive and represent a turn for the On this tour, I had planned that we Aleksandr Voloshin, listed Ukrainian on the walls, weavings on the beds, and better in Ukrainian politics. would visit the Kosiv bazaar, which political blocs and parties supporting con- stacks of enormous, very richly embroi- The gross violations of electoral starts on Thursday or Friday, and ends on solidation of Russian-Ukrainian relations. dered pillows on each bed. The weavings processes by the government, and almost Saturday at noon. We started out very According to press reports, this list are her work, the embroidery hers and total suppression of the freedom of the early Saturday morning for our bus ride favored by Russia included the political to Kosiv, through breathtaking country- her daughter’s-in-law. Family portraits bloc “For a United Ukraine” (Kuchma, adorned with embroidered and woven Ihor Lysyj is a consulting environmen- side. As we approached Kosiv, we saw Lytvyn), the United Social Democratic the locals going to market. The horse- rushnyky rim the hallways and the walls tal engineer and a free-lance writer who of the room high up near the ceiling. lives in Austin, Texas. (Continued on page 16) drawn carts and wagons were loaded with everything from sacks of grain to Our group of Canadian and American furniture to lambs and piglets, all headed tourists, Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian, towards the same place. gaped at the beauty all around us. To an outsider, the bazaar itself seems Complying with requests, Babusia Nastia The final count: party results to be well-ordered chaos, where you can sat down in the middle of the room, pos- Party/bloc Vote % buy everything from farm animals, to ing for our cameras. She loved it, and so did we. She told us about her sons, one 1. Our Ukraine 6,108,088 23.57 sunflower seeds, to motor parts, to fresh- working in Kyiv, the other just out of 2. Communist Party 5,178,974 19.98 ly baked sweet buns, to books. You pass through all that, turn right through a town for a while. She asked if anyone in 3. For a United Ukraine 3,051,056 11.77 our group is from Ontario, because she 4. Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc 1,882,087 7.26 wooden arch, and you’re in another world. Permanent wooden booths sur- has some family there. Ontario, some- 5. Socialist Party of Ukraine 1,780,642 6.87 round the space, with more stands in the place in Ontario – as if it were a little 6. Social Democratic Party (United) 1,626,721 6.27 middle. Here are folk artists selling what town, and we’re supposed to know 7. Natalia Vitrenko Bloc 836,198 3.22 they themselves have created, the potters, everyone there, at least all the 8. Women for the Future 547,916 2.11 woodcarvers, weavers, embroiderers, the Ukrainians. 9. Winter Crop Generation Team 525,025 2.02 gerdan weavers. My first thought was: I Once all the photos were taken, of her alone, and her with us, she took us to her 10. Reformed Communist Party 362,712 1.39 have died and gone to heaven! bedroom, where she had draped and set 11. Party of Greens of Ukraine 338,252 1.30 You can’t just go around this place out her weaving. There were many sash- once. To fully take it in, you need to see 12. Yabluko Party 299,764 1.15 es (Janet was happy), lovely rushnyky it, then go around again, this time stop- 13. Unity Election bloc 282,491 1.09 and some hangings. We were thrilled; our ping at the booths that most interest you. 14. Democratic Party/Democratic Union 227,393 0.87 Ukrainian guides just shook their heads The merchants come up to you with their 15. New Generation Party 201,157 0.77 in amusement – there go those wares, or call out to you to buy this, look 16. Russian Bloc 190,839 0.73 Canadians, shopping again, or still. at that, or ask what are you looking for, Babusia Nastia’s framed master of 17. ZUBR Bloc (For Ukraine, Belarus and Russia) 112,259 0.43 and urge you to come see this! folk art certificates and medals from the 18. Communist Party of Workers and Peasants 106,904 0.41 At one point in this organized delight- Ukrainian government hang in this room. 19. Agrarian Party of Ukraine 98,428 0.37 ful mayhem, Janet pulled on my arm, “I 20. Party for the Rehabilitation of the Seriously Ill 91,098 0.35 Each of her weavings, sash or hanging, found her, come interpret for me!” There has a slip of paper sewn onto the edge, 21. All-Ukrainian Party of Workers 88,842 0.34 she was trying to talk to a little round listing her name, village, date, dimen- 22. All-Ukrainian Christian Party 75,174 0.29 “babusia” (grandmother) with about five sions and fibers of the piece. Babusia 23. Social Democratic Party of Ukraine 68,664 0.26 sashes draped on her arm. Just what Janet Nastia then proudly opened her “skrynia” 24. National Movement of Ukraine (Rukh splinter) 41,730 0.16 was looking for, but she needed 12. The (carved wooden dowry chest), where her 25. Bloc Against All 29,665 0.11 babusia replied, “Of course, I have more personal treasures are kept, including the at home. Come to my house, in Staryi 26. Ukrainian Naval Party 29,025 0.11 “sorochka” (shirt) in which she was mar- Kosiv. I’m a weaver, a ‘narodnyi mais- 27. Party of Depositors and Social Protection 27,273 0.10 ried so many decades ago, and some ter’ [a master folk artist recognized by embroidery and weaving done by her 28. New Force Party 26,299 0.10 the government]. And you can stay for 29. Christian Movement 23,591 0.09 mother. ‘holubtsi’!” The babusia gaves our guide We bought, we admired, we drooled. 30. Justice All-Ukrainian Leftist Association 21,957 0.08 directions on how to get to her place, and And then it was time to go. With our 31. Ukrainian National Assembly 11,839 0.04 we continued with our sightseeing of arms full of more wonderful stuff, we 32. All-Ukrainian New World Association 11,048 0.04 Kosiv, the small museum, and the thanked Babusia Nastia, hugging and 33. Reformed Liberal Party 8,535 0.03 College of Folk Arts (not to be missed). Then, it was on to the weaver’s house, (Continued on page 18) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 No. 18 Lviv Theological Academy library acquires samvydav and archive of diaspora conductor

LVIV – The library of the Lviv The donor was a Ukrainian citizen and Theological Academy recently acquired courier who brought the materials into materials which make its collection of Ukraine from the Baltics and distributed Ukrainian and Baltic samvydav from the the texts. In addition to the 10 different 1980s one of the largest extant. Also, the Ukrainian titles, the donor also collected personal archives of noted conductor Lithuanian and Estonian title. With Prof. Myroslav Antonovych, received Ukraine’s independence some of the titles last fall, will aid the further study of the went on to become legal publications. history of Ukrainian church music and Archives of Myroslav Antonovych perhaps even encourage Ukrainians to study Dutch music. “With acquisitions of In the fall of 2001, the library acquired such great and varied significance,” the private archives of Prof. Myroslav noted Library Director Ivan Herasym, Antonovych. Prof. Yurii Yasinovskyi, act- “it’s no surprise that both scholars and ing director of the Theological Academy’s the general public turn to us with such Institute of Liturgical Studies, traveled to frequency.” Prof. Antonovych’s residence in Utrecht, Samvydav publications Holland in September and packed 40 boxes of materials. A private collection of 10 different Prof. Antonovych is a musicologist, samvydav titles from 1986 to 1990 were conductor, composer, singer and donated to the LTA library in 2001. The researcher on Ukrainian church music titles were printed in the Baltic States and and Franco-Flemish church music of the smuggled back into Ukraine, carried in Renaissance. In 1946 and 1947 he was bags or backpacks by special couriers the music director in a displaced persons traveling by train in order to elude occa- camp for Ukrainians in Germany. His cel- sional police searches. Oleh Behen, the ebrated Byzantine Choir was composed library’s acquisitions director, noted that, of Hollanders who sang Ukrainian music “if a courier were caught with such for- in the Ukrainian language. On March 1, bidden materials, the punishment was at Prof. Antonovych celebrated his 85th Ivan Herasym, director of the library of the Lviv Theological Academy, and Prof. least a few days in prison.” birthday. Bohdan Chopyk pose together in the stacks of the academy’s library. Dr. The subject of the “newspapers,” most- The donation, a significant portion of Chopyk, a retired professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Brigham ly just sheets of paper with printing – the professor’s library, included various Young University, donated his entire academic library to the LTA and traveled to were daily occurrences in Ukrainian life; materials on Ukrainian and Dutch church Lviv to inspect the shipment. these samvydav materials were often music: recordings and articles as well as filled with anti-Communist sentiment or autobiographical materials, his diploma studying Dutch music, because the 16th (Illinois). The Father Kowalchik’s library other outlawed ideas and included anec- work, personal photographs and other century music of the Dutch Baroque actu- consisted of 552 rare and historic books dotes or jokes. items. Prof. Antonovych corresponded ally influenced the development of from the 19th century, published in tsarist Lviv’s Tovarystvo Leva was one of the with a number of Ukrainian bishops, and Ukrainian music.” Russia and Austrian-ruled Halychyna. groups that helped spread the forbidden 20 letters from Patriarch Slipyj are Father Borys Gudziak, rector of the Diaspora helps build up collection literature. (Tovarystvo Leva is an ethno- included. Lviv Theological Academy, commented graphic/cultural organization created in “This collection,” Prof. Yasinovskyi Not surprisingly, the Ukrainian diaspo- of his deceased friend: “Father the late 1980s in protest against the Soviet says, “will be an indispensable aid to ra has helped the library build up its col- Demetrius’s liturgical library, generously system.) Included with the samvydav future researchers in the history of the lection. Dr. Bohdan Chopyk, a retired bequeathed to the LTA by St. Procopius materials was a mimeograph that was music of the Ukrainian Church. I also professor of Slavic languages and litera- Abbey, will remain as another lasting used to make copies. hope that it will interest Ukrainians in tures at Brigham Young University, legacy of Father Demetrius Kowalchik in donated his entire academic library to the Ukraine, a world to which he brought LTA, over 40 boxes of books. Included change as well as an unforgettable smile.” was a substantial collection on Slavic Probably the largest private donation studies, particularly books on Ukrainian from a non-Ukrainian source, 200 boxes and Russian literature, language, history came from the scholarly library of the and political science. Rev. Richard McCormick, professor The books were shipped in two install- emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. ments (in 2000 and 2001) free of charge, The academy was assisted in this acquisi- courtesy of the Massachusetts-based tion by the Rev. Robert Taft, of the Sabre Foundation. The Sabre Foundation Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. has forged a productive relationship with Those interested in donating academic the academy’s North American partner, books and periodicals to the library of the the Ukrainian Catholic Education Lviv Theological Academy should con- Foundation. tact the Ukrainian Catholic Education The largest donation from the Foundation, 2247 W. Chicago Avenue, Ukrainian diaspora came from the library Chicago, Illinois 60622; phone, (773) of the late Father Demetrius Kowalchik, 235-8462; fax, (773) 235-8464; e-mail: formerly of St. Procopius Abbey [email protected]; website: www.ucef.org.

VOA TV newsmagazine now online WASHINGTON – “Window on have appeared on the show. America,” the Voice of America’s popu- The website can be accessed at lar Ukrainian TV newsmagazine, is now www.vikno.tv. Real Player is needed to available worldwide on the Internet. view the program and can be down- “Window’s” presence on the World loaded from the site free of charge. The Wide Web comes nine years after the latest program appears every Saturday program’s nationwide debut on and is available for streaming around Ukraine’s UT-1 state television net- the clock for seven days. Archival video work. Produced in Washington, the 26- and scripts are updated periodically. minute weekly broadcast highlights a Links are also provided to over 1,000 wide range of topics, from U.S.- hours of news, informational, educa- Ukrainian relations, and difficult tional and cultural programming which issues such as homelessness and the Voice of America offers every week crime, to light-hearted vignettes of to a worldwide audience of 94 million. nature and whimsy. VOA’s multimedia programs are funded In addition, the program features by the U.S. government and broadcast American sports, business, agriculture, in English and 52 other languages, medicine, education, culture and life in including Ukrainian. the Ukrainian American community. For additional information contact Numerous American and Ukrainian the VOA’s Office of External Affairs social, military and political leaders, at (202) 619-2538 or send e-mail to including two presidents of Ukraine, [email protected]. No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 9

Dyingby Dr.and Michael livingMarunchak in Ebensee:freedom, but you would recollections have to be wearing German army of prisoner No. 120482 Translated by Orysia Paszczak Tracz uniforms.” He sighed heavily as he said this, and asked each of us for our opinion. ... We all refused such an arrangement Horror envelops you when you see living corpses all because, as each of us said, such an act would disgrace and around, all looking so alike that you cannot tell them apart. betray the ideals we had defended and fought for so many Only bones, covered in yellow skin. Once in high school I years, and for which we and such a multitude of other patri- saw a skeleton used in teaching human anatomy – and here ots were now incarcerated in the concentration camps. Our in Ebensee it was as if a whole forest of those skeletons decision was unanimous. ... arose around me. [After my arrival from Mauthausen] I began meeting and talking to them, all the while thinking Holy Week, before Easter, May 1945 that in a few days I will be standing or lying down beside People were dying en masse, but so far, there was no lib- them. Different thoughts tumbled through my head at all eration. In Block 23 high mounds of dead prisoners who this, and I even silently conversed with these skeletons: could not be burned on time piled up, and more and more does anyone of your kin know that you are the refuse of corpses were being delivered constantly. The sick were not your jailers, that you are being thrown about from place to being treated because there was no medication. place like a log, or will be finally tossed onto a ladder-sided Friday, May 4, finally arrives. The hospital is deluged wagon which will take you and your friends to your death? with news. The war is certainly ending; the war has already The guards even stomp you down into the wagon, as if ended. All conversation is about Hitler’s unconditional sur- compressing garbage, because they are told that hundreds render. The most interesting news is that the SS will leave more such unfortunates are awaiting their turn. See, Ebensee, and the guard towers will come under the friends, not only is there a queue for the work brigade, but Volkssturm (the German People’s Army), under the com- here there is even one for death. Among the prone corpses I mand of the mayor of Ebensee, and not the SS. As all this see one whose eyes are still shining. He is already fading, varied and completely incredible news was pouring in, the but a swallow of water or a spoonful of nourishing liquid camp gong rang for the morning reveille. We watched might still save his life. But who of us would be brave furtively from our hospital barracks. enough to risk helping him. ... Lagerführer O. Ganz began his address to the prisoners This happened in April 1945, at the height of the worst with “Meine Herren.” It had been unheard of for the SS to crisis at Ebensee. The staff of the hospital collected the bod- address prisoners with the respectful “gentlemen.” ies of the inmates which lay in piles before Block 23. The Commandant Ganz spoke fairly gently, and without his Michael Marunchak order was to take them away for burning twice daily, to pre- usual harangue. It was obvious that he wanted to convince vent the spread of cannibalism. At the same time, the the prisoners that as the war was ending, we needed to peered out the windows. It seemed that each of us had more staffing of the crematorium was doubled. People were “remain calm and not give in to our emotions.” In order for dying in the hospital, in the barracks, on the fields, between strength than usual. We were even tired of all this nervous the prisoners to be safe from wartime events, Ganz suggest- anticipation. All inmates who could stand on their own the barracks, on the roads. Even though the healthier ed that we hide in the mining tunnels. As soon as he fin- inmates collected them, the crematorium could not keep up. waited in the camp square and in the alleys between bar- ished this couched “gentle address,” the whole field of pris- racks. All around were thousands of “musulmans” [camp That was when ditches were dug beyond the camp, and the oners roared “Nein!” “No!” “We will not go there so that corpses were dropped in like logs for burning. Because the slang for the zombie-like inmates who were closer to death they can ambush and lynch us!” No one moved, the com- than to life. whole camp had become a morgue, this is how the bodies mandant turned pale, and turned to his SS for consultation, A sad sight. were cremated. then returned with the reply, “If there is no desire to hide in Suddenly, around 10 a.m., an American tank with an The friends we met who were still alive we could not the tunnels, all remains as is.” The SS column did not move officer and a soldier rode into the hospital quadrangle. The recognize. These were skeletons who had no strength to either. A stalemate. camp roared with applause and cries of joy. Friends and climb up onto the second bunk on their own. I was shocked Shortly afterwards, the SS marched out of the camp strangers embraced and wept. A lieutenant left the tank and to meet the once-cheerful Julian Savytsky who, in through the gates, and were gone. Everyone sensed the lack entered the large hospital hall where we lived. Again, the Auschwitz, helped us so generously, and here did not have of authority – anarchy – in the camp. The prisoners pre- liberators were greeted with applause. We had selected a the strength to stand up. When he saw the pigeon-egg-sized sumed that the SS had reorganized in the guard towers past speaker beforehand, one who would greet the guests. This piece of potato in my bowl, he said, “I have never begged, the barbed wire, and as soon as the inmates were to move was a Belgian lawyer who, in fluent English, gave his but give me that piece of potato. Maybe it will give me against the SS, they believed they would be gunned down. short but sincere welcome and thanks from all the national- some strength.” I gave him not only the potato, but added However, the SS were departing from the towers, and were ities in the camp. He felt uneasy because his shirt barely the broth from the peelings. True, this was not an actual being replaced by the Volkssturm. reached his waist, and hundreds of sores covered his body. broth, just the water from boiled peel, but for a starving man By noon, there was a new order in the camp. The mass- The lieutenant was so frightened of his appearance that he even this was a rare treat. The whole camp was so sombre, es took to emptying the food stores. The kapos, block stepped back involuntarily when the Belgian first full of these starving inmates. The only ones with some leaders, and the schreibers disappeared. The inmates approached him. After the greeting, more applause rained hope shining in their faces were the ones who had recently remembered all the cruelty of this “crowned” elite, and down upon the liberators. The French inmates began the arrived from other camps. Each wondered to himself how retribution began. From one of our hospital windows we Marsellaise, which they had always sung in camp. The long he would last in this official government mortuary. ... watched how these anointed camp leaders fled past the Poles then sang their national anthem. And the Ukrainians The pall of death permeated the camp. More prisoners barbed wire from the throng. The guards did not shoot sang theirs, and we regretted that missing from our “choir” were coming into the hospital and, as we lay in our beds, we after them. The longest search was for the kapo called was baritone Petro Bolekhivsky (pseudonym Boyan), who watched every morning as they carried out on stretchers Tsyhan (“Gypsy”), named Hartmann. He could not hide those of us who had died during the night. It was difficult to himself in time. He was pulled from outside the fence and was lying seriously ill in the hall. But he raised his arm in look at the quasi-corpses not that far away from us, fading thrown live into the crematorium. The search was then on recognition of the anthem. If he had sung, his voice would away, looking at us and the world with hopeless eyes, carry- for the high-ranked Kapo from Melk, also called Tsyhan, have been heard in the mountains and valleys surrounding ing on unintelligible conversations with themselves. They who during his “reign” had gutted hundreds of inmates the camp. barely stayed on their feet, yet so wanted to wander off alive. But this monster, known to so many, did escape the (Continued on page 21) somewhere to meet with their imagined kin. They lived people’s justice and was tried by military court only after more through hallucinations. Actually, they were not living, the war. Jean Lafitte, a French inmate, wrote in his mem- but “embering” – the embers of their life fading – and their oirs “Die Lebenden”, that 52 functionaries of the camp agitation foretold their end. ... died at the hand of this prima eval justice. By evening the On the third day after my arrival at the hospital [actually camp was calm. Nothing remained under lock, neither Putting Ukrainian losses just a hall where the sick lived], we were visited by our food nor clothing; all had been commandeered by the secret OUN contact [the underground Organization of crowds. Late at night the camp was quiet and, with its staff into perspective... Ukrainian Nationalists, which fought both the Nazis and the working, only the crematorium still continued to burn its Edgar Snow, in his “The Pattern of Soviet Soviets during the war], Ivan Boyko. Dr. Michael Shevchuk human fuel. Dr. Michael kept us informed of every detail Power” (New York: Random House, 1945): arranged for us to rest on neighboring beds to meet with of what was happening in the camp. “... Yet it was not till I went on a sobering jour- Ivan and hear the news. There were seven of us: Ivan, Dr. We awaited the American army. No one dared venture ney into this twilight of war that I fully realized the Shevchuk and five patients ... All were members of OUN past the fence because we refused to believe that the SS price which 40 million Ukrainians paid for Soviet and sworn by the underground’s oath of secrecy. After some would have given up the camp without a fight. Sunday – and Allied – victory. The whole titanic struggle, conversation, Boyko came to the point, “You know, there is morning was calm. The Volkssturm were still guarding. which some are apt to dismiss as “the Russian the possibility of walking out of the concentration camp to The camp cooks prepared a porridge, and no one asked glory,” was first of all a Ukrainian war. No fewer out of whose grains it had been made, since by this time than 10 million people had been “lost” to ... Dr. Michael Marunchak, 87, lives in Winnipeg. He is the food stores were already completely bare. The inmates Ukraine since 1941, I was told by a high Ukrainian a survivor of the Nazi prison in Lviv, Ukraine, and the walked around in groups and were stripping the SS stor- official. That excluded men and women mobilized camps of Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Mauthausen and age facilities of anything remaining. Some of the stronger for the armed forces. Ebensee. He is a founder of the World League of and braver prisoners headed for the watchtowers to search “A relatively small part of the Russian Soviet Ukrainian Political Prisoners, and the author of close to for the kapos. Many prisoners did not have the strength to Republic itself was actually invaded, but the whole 30 books, most on the history of Ukrainians in Canada, move, not even to quiet their hunger. Some had become Ukraine, whose people were economically the and about the experiences of Ukrainian political prison- severely ill from the previous day’s meals. The starving most advanced and numerically the second largest ers in Nazi Germany. This text was taken and translated stomachs had needed a clinical approach to normalizing in the Soviet Union, was devastated from the from his memoir “Ukrainian Political Prisoners in Nazi nourishment, and many died as a result [of eating too Carpathian frontiers to the Donets and Don rivers, Concentration Camps,” Winnipeg: World League of much too quickly]. The corpses were collected in the where Russia proper begins. No single European Ukrainian Political Prisoners, 1996. 364 pp. An morning, before the arrival of the Americans. We contin- country suffered deeper wounds to its cities, its abridged version of this article appeared in The Globe ued to wait impatiently ... industry, its farmland and its humanity.” and Mail on Easter Saturday, April 14, 2001. In the hospital, we formed groups by nationality, and 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 No. 18 Julian Kytasty brings sound of the kobzari to Chicago by Orysia Antonovych tary film, “My Mother’s Village,” a 2001 National Film Board of Canada CHICAGO – The figures on the walls Production directed by John Paskievich. of the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, His performances and teachings have painted by Volodymyr Makarenko, taken him all over the world, from became a backdrop for a wonderful con- Carnegie Hall to the steps of a village cert presented at the Ukrainian Institute church in Brazil. Highlights include two of Modern Art in Chicago on April 4. tours to Ukrainian communities in The warm hues of Mr. Makarenko’s Argentina and Brazil in 1987 and 1988 paintings complemented the rich sounds where he performed 30 concerts. He gave of the bandura as played by the virtuoso bandura workshops to over 200 students Julian Kytasty. and helped found bandura schools in Sounds of the Black Sea swept into Buenos Aires, Apostoles, Obera, the gallery and found their voice in the Prudentopolis, and Curitiba. music from his new CD, “Black Sea He toured Ukraine in the 1989-1990 Winds: The Kobzari of Ukraine.” Zenon season with a trio of bandurists from Modrytzkyj, president of the Ukrainian North America – one of the first perform- Artistic Center, which presented the con- ing groups from abroad to perform there cert, welcomed Mr. Kytasty and Motria free of Soviet-era censorship. They per- Poszewanyk, who organized a bandura formed over 100 concerts with a reper- master class with Mr. Kytasty (sponsored toire focusing on music of the kobzar tra- by ODUM) the evening before the con- dition, historical and moralistic songs, cert, introduced the guest. music of diaspora composers and of Borys Antonovych Mr. Kytasty is a third-generation pro- composers arrested and executed during fessional bandurist who is a performer, Bandurist Julian Kytasty (second from left) with (from left): Maria Klymchak, the Stalinist terror – all material that had Zeonid Modrytzkyj and Motria Poszewanyk. composer and music educator. He first been banned or discouraged from per- learned to play the instrument from his formance during the Soviet period. Their latest recording, “Paris to Kyiv- recently been released on Londons’s father, Petro, and his grandfather, Ivan Besides his solo projects, Mr. Kytasty Prairie Nights and Peacock Feathers,” November Music label. The new disc is Kytasty, both of whom were professional currently performs with several ensem- received a nomination for the Prairie the first full length CD recording devoted performers in Ukraine. His great-uncle, bles. One is The New York-based Hryhory Kytasty, who had been the Music Awards. Mr. Kytasty and Ms. to the music of the kobzari – Ukraine’s Experimental Bandura Trio, which draws Kochan researched and authored the legendary blind singers/bandurists. director of the Ukrainian Bandurist on sources as disparate as ancient kobzar Chorus since the group’s inception in Ukraine section of the new edition of the Mr. Kytasty has been fortunate to have modes and tunings, minimalist composi- Roug Guide to World Music. They have the opportunity to work with musicians Kyiv in 1942, was a great influence on tion and free jazz. also collaborated with Michael Alpert of from many cultures and performance tra- him and on others of his generation. He is also a frequent collaborator with the groundbreaking New Jewish ensem- Mr. Kytasty’s music combines a mas- Canadian singer Alexis Kochan. Their ditions, from African drummers to tery of traditional styles with a distinctly acclaimed world music ensemble Paris to ble Brave Old World on “Nightsongs Buryat throat singers. Upcoming collabo- contemporary sensibility. He was artistic Kyiv has performed for the World Music From a Neighboring Village,” a concert rations include New York performances director of the New York Bandura Institute in New York, the Carpenter program exploring the inter-connections with Mongolian master musician Ensemble in 1980-1988 and again since Center in Long Beach, the Small World of Ukrainian traditional music and the Battuvshin and a cross-Canada tour this 1997. He has created theater music for Music Festival at Toronto’s Harbourfront Jewish musical traditions that grew up summer with a new ensemble featuring Yara Arts Group, a resident company at Center, and on festival programs and alongside it. Mr. Kytasty, Chinese pipa player Liu LaMama ETC in New York, for dance, concert series in Germany, Poland, the Mr. Kytasty’s newest CD, “Black Sea Fang and Hindustani slide guitar virtuoso and most recently scored the documen- United States and Canada. Winds: The Kobzari of Ukraine” has Debashish Bhattacharya. No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 11

FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY by Ingert Kuzych

Another banner year in Ukrainian philately Ukraine continues to produce beautiful Prize winner is usually announced in and noteworthy stamps to delight postal September. Your name will not be disclosed 357 customers and collectors alike. The produc- and is requested simply to prevent multiple tion firm Marka Ukrainy now issues stamps voting. Anyone can vote for the Narbut in a process much like that of other coun- Prize. You do not need to be a stamp collec- tries. Subjects to be commemorated are tor, artist, or even Ukrainian, for that matter. reviewed and approved by a special com- mittee, only pre-set quantities are printed, No. Description and appropriate first-day cancellations and 357 Ukraine’s first stamp of last first-day covers now are made available for year was a religious one. most stamp releases. Honored on the 350th anniver- Gone are the days of only sporadic stamp sary of his birth was St. issuance, or multiple stamp issues all being 362 358 Dmytrii of Rostov (1651- released at the same time. Today, the process 1709), a major figure in the is a much more orderly and streamlined. Orthodox Church of Ukraine Put to rest also is the phobia of allowing and Russia. He studied at the religious subjects on stamps. No less than Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and nine issues last year depicted a religious later served as metropolitan of topic in one form or another. In total, 58 Rostov. Dmytrii published a Ukrainian stamps appeared in 2001 – 20 of number of important works, which were part of seven souvenir sheets. including a monumental col- This quantity is not much different from the lection of saints’ lives. He was yearly totals of other European countries. himself sainted in the The souvenir sheet format remains very Orthodox Church in 1757. popular and allows Ukrainian designers a larger field on which to display their art- 358 Many countries have issued work. A souvenir sheet has now emerged as “love” stamps (for weddings the winner for best philatelic design four and special occasions), but years in a row. It will be interesting to see if Ukraine’s St. Valentine’s Day the trend continues in this year’s balloting stamp is the first I have ever for the Narbut Prize. encountered for this holiday. The prize is named after Heorhiy Narbut, Since the Ukrainian Orthodox Ukraine’s famous graphic artist of the early and Ukrainian Greek-Catholic 20th century, who designed some of church calendars do not have a Ukraine’s first stamps and banknotes. day set aside for this saint, Instituted by yours truly in 1992, the year Marka Ukrainy issued this Ukraine resumed stamp production, the stamp without ever explicitly monetary prize has been awarded annually mentioning St. Valentine! and is now regarded as the premier recogni- tion for Ukraine’s philatelic designers. 359 The first souvenir sheet of the The following list will briefly describe year was a spectacular issue (chronologically) all of the philatelic releas- honoring the greatest of the es from 2001. It is accompanied by a form rulers of the medieval allowing readers to indicate and submit Galician-Volynian Kingdom, their selections for the best stamp design. Danylo Romanovych (1201- The ballot may be photocopied if more than 1264). This colorful sheet one member of a household wishes to vote. depicts him wearing a crown Electronic balloting is also available and is and armor and riding on a described at the end of this article. white charger. The crown All votes received are tabulated and combined with votes from Ukraine. The (Continued on page 12) 359

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“My Friends.” Another banner year... (Continued from page 11) 366-371 On April 1 Ukraine introduced six stamps of an extraordinary stands out on the stamp since it new definitive series. Called is embossed with gold foil. standard stamps in Ukrainian, Danylo, after a prolonged these issues are printed and struggle, was able to unite reprinted in the millions for western Ukrainian lands and to everyday use over several found a number of cities, years. (Commemorative issues, including Kholm (1237) and in contrast, are produced in Lviv (1256), which is depicted much smaller quantities of tens on the stamp). of thousands or a few hundred 360-361 Last year, the ongoing thousand and stay in circula- Hetmans of Ukraine series pre- tion only for a period of sented a couple of lesser- months.) The new definitives known 17th century figures, (the first to depict the trident) 372 - 374 Yurii Khmelnytsky (1641- were assigned letter “values” 1685) and Mykhailo corresponding to certain postal Khanenko (ca. 1620-1650). rates. Shown on the stamps were various plants especially 362 Alexander Graham Bell beloved in Ukraine. The “D” patented the telephone in 1876 stamp (domestic rate), repro- and this useful invention began duced the popular marigolds; to appear in Ukraine during the the “E” stamp (rate to CIS 1880s. The 125th anniversary countries) displayed a sun- of the invention was commem- flower; the “Zh” stamp (inter- orated on this issue. national surface rate) depicted the red berries of the guelder 363-365 “The World Through rose (“chervona kalyna”); the Children’s Eyes” was the name “Ye” stamp (international air of a stamp series showing chil- mail rate) presented several dren’s drawings: 10-kopiyky ears of wheat; the “V” stamp value, “Self Portrait”; 30 k, 377 - 378 “My Native Land”; and 40 k, (Continued on page 13)

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404 Three colorful year-end holiday Another banner year... stamps brightened domestic (Continued from page 13) mails. A Christmas stamp A Mass and a Panakhyda, from the oblast (province) showed five costumed carolers. being honored, the oblast coat 405 A St. Nicholas issue depicted commemorating the 40th day of the passing of arms and the oblast’s loca- the saint sliding a gift under the tion on a map of Ukraine. In pillow of a sleeping child. 2001, the Zakarpattia, Kharkiv, of the late and beloved Chernihiv and Kirovohrad 406 The Happy New Year stamp oblasts were singled out for presented children in various recognition. costumes dancing around a beautifully decorated Christ- 389-391 Irene Sophia Laka “Treasures of Ukrainian mas tree. Museums” is another of Ukraine’s art stamp series. The 407-408 A joint issue with the republic latest release honored the of Georgia honored prominent who died April 3, 2002 Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko poets of both countries: Taras Museum of Arts in Kyiv. Shevchenko (1814-1861) of will be held on Sunday, May 12th Shown on the souvenir sheet Ukraine and Akakii Tsereteli are three ancient icons from (1840-1915) of Georgia. Lines the sixth and seventh centuries, of verse on both stamps are at 11:00 a.m. so this issue, too, had religious excepts from Shevchenko’s connections. poem “The Caucasus.” The St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church Shevchenko stamp on the left 392-393 Endangered Ukrainian Fauna shows the text in Cyrillic 303-305 Grier Ave., Elizabeth, NJ as listed in the Red Book of script; the stamp verse on the threatened species is part of a right is written in Georgian as continuing series. In 2001, the translated by Tsereteli. tiny jerboa, a three-toed rodent, and the red kite, a type of rap- 409-414 The final stamp issues of the DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS tor, were depicted. year featured Ukrainian folk costumes on both stamps and to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian 394 A new musical-topic stamp or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. honored Dmytro Bortnianskyi in a souvenir sheet format. Two different depictions of Information should be addressed to the attention of the Advertising Department (1751-1825), the great com- and sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 poser and conductor. His clothing from three regions of Ukraine were presented. The (NB: please do not include post office box if sending via courier), Parsippany, N.J. 07054; choral compositions for litur- fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; e-mail, [email protected]. gies remain popular to this day. first scenes were of the Kyiv region and showed women 395 Ukrainians are as crazy about dressed up for the Green Holidays (see stamp 379 soccer as any other European The New York District country, so it was only a mat- above) and a couple bundled ter of time before a stamp on up for the Christmas holidays. of the Ukrainian National Association “Ukrainian football” appeared. The Chernihiv region shows a trio of musicians and a will hold a meeting of the delegates and alternates to the 35th UNA Convention 396 On August 24, 2001, Ukraine betrothed couple. The Poltava Friday, May 10, 2002, at 6:30 p.m. at “Selfreliance Association,” celebrated 10 years of inde- region features a winter scene pendence by releasing a sou- with folk gathered for the 98 2nd Ave, New York, NY venir sheet showing events blessing of the waters at from the historic day exactly a Epiphany (Yordan). A mid- Barbara Bachynsky decade earlier – including the summer vignette has young District Chair raising of the blue-and-yellow girls casting flower wreaths (212) 533-0919 flag over the parliament build- into a stream as part of the div- ing for the first time. ination rituals for the festival of 400 Ukraine tries to hold a national Ivan Kupalo. Philatelic Exhibition every *** The Northern New Jersey District This year participation in Narbut Prize year (or at least every other of the Ukrainian National Association year). Last year’s show was voting is easier than ever. All the philatelic held in Dnipropetrovsk and issues may be viewed in color on Bohdan commemorated with this spe- Hrynyshyn’s Ukrainian Electronic Stamp will hold a meeting of the delegates and alternates to the 35th UNA Convention cial stamp issue. Album: www.ukrainianphilately.info/ Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at 4:30 p.m. at the UNA Main Office, narbut.htm. An accompanying ballot allows 401 The United Nations Year of for voting directly from this site. 2200 Rt. 10, Parsippany, NJ Dialogue Among Nations was Further information about Ukrainian phi- marked by this stamp featuring lately and about previous winners of the Eugene Oscislawski a unity design by a Slovenian Narbut Prize may be found on the website District Chairman youngster. Stamps of many of the Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic (732) 583-4537 other countries displayed this Society (UPNS): www.upns.org. Click on same image. “Related Sites” to find out where stamps may be ordered. 402-403 A souvenir sheet depicting fauna of the Black Sea also Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at P.O. tied in nicely with the Europa Box 3, Springfield VA 22150, or via his e- theme (see stamps 377-378). mail address: [email protected]. UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA IS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS

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My selection for this year’s Narbut Prize, as the best philatelic design of 2001, is: FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE WRITE TO: No. ______Title ______UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA 2247 W. CHICAGO AVENUE Sincerely, Mr.(s.) ______CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60622 TELEPHONE: 773-278-6262 Mail this ballot to: OR FAX YOUR REQUEST TO 773-278-6962 Mr. Paul Spiwak 42 Irving Rd. NAME: ______New Hartford, NY 13413 ADDRESS: ______Or send an e-mail with the stamp/souvenir sheet number and name to CITY: [email protected]. Copies of this ballot are acceptable if more than one member of a household STATE: ______ZIP: ______wishes to vote. One ballot per person, please. DAYTIME PHONE: ______Deadline for submitting votes is August 15, 2002. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 No. 18

The cinema of Dovzhenko to be featured PREVENTION, DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF HEART ATTACKS at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater NEW YORK — “Landscapes of the p.m. and 9 p.m. with live accompaniment Soul: The Cinema of Alexander by the Alloy Orchestra. Dovzhenko” will be presented at the Walter There will also be a gallery exhibition, Reade Theater at Lincoln Center on May 8- curated by the Dovzhenko Museum in SPEAKER: 21. Kyiv, of posters and Dovzhenko drawings. The program will feature all of A symposium, titled “The Art and Legacy Dovzhenko’s extant works, i.e., 13 films, of Alexander Dovzhenko,” will be held on DR. ANDRIJ OSTAP BARAN, MD FACC and will also include “Chronicle of the May 11 featuring representatives from the Years of Fire” ( Povist Polumianykh Lit, National Center of Alexander Dovzhenko 1945), based on a script by Dovzhenko and (NCAD), and the Ministry of Art and filmed by his wife and close collaborator, Culture of Ukraine, as well as Sirhiy • Fellow, American College of Cardiology Yulia Solntseva. Trymbach, film historian, NCAD; Adams • Medical Director of Cardiology, The Saratoga Hospital A key figure in world cinematography, Sitney, professor of film studies, Princeton • President, Saratoga Cardiology associates, PC Alexander Dovzhenko (1894-1956), is, as University; and Josephine Woll, professor stated in the Film Society’s release “one of in the department of German and Russian, the few filmmakers to whom the label ‘film Howard University, and author of “Reel poet’ could aptly apply. There is an Images: Soviet Cinema and the Thaw.” extraordinary delicacy in his use of visual The symposium will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday May 17th, 2002 metaphor, a complexity in his use of at the Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery at imagery, that separates him from his more the Walter Reade Theater. The event is Ukrainian American Citizens Club ideologically driven contemporaries” — free, but seating is limited; passes may be 1 Pulaski Avenue, Cohoes, NY Russian filmmakers of the Soviet-era picked up at the Water Reade Box Office Eisenstein, Vertov and Pudovkin. “While effective May 1. all of them were influenced by the The Dovzhenko program is presented by Constructivist movement at that time, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dovzhenko drew his inspiration from deep Seagull Films in association with the 6 to 7 p.m. Cholesterol screening roots in Ukrainian folk culture, in his pas- Ministry of Arts and Culture of Ukraine and sionate celebration of his native landscapes the Ukrainian National Center of Alexander 7 p.m. – Presentation and discussion [land] and the people who worked them Dovzhenko with support from the [it].” Consulate General of Ukraine in New York. As part of the film program, all the silent The Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln films in the Dovzhenko series will have Center is located at 165 W. 65th St. on the RSVP 518-587-4101 ext. 203 live piano accompaniment by Donald plaza level (between Broadway and Sosin, former resident film accompanist at Amsterdam). Admission: $9.50; senior citi- MoMA, and, since 1989, with the zens, $4.50. For tickets and information call Sponsored by American Museum of the Moving Image the Box Office, (212) 875-5600. For infor- and, since 1999, with the BAM Rose mation in Ukrainian call (212) 875-5367. Ukrainian Congress Committe of America and Cinema. For tickets and information online visit: There will also be two special screen- http://filmlinc.com/wrt/programs/52002/dov Saratoga Cardiology Associates, PC. ings of “Earth” on Friday, May 10, at 6:30 zhenko/dovzhenko.htm.

however, proving again that Ukraine is Results of... not Russia. (Continued from page 7) I have counted over 130 such political pseudo-parties in Ukraine. The majority Party (United) (Medvedchuk) and the came into being a few months before the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) elections. All were proven to be utter fail- (Symonenko). ures. To comprehend the amount of effort As for Mr. Yushchenko’s bloc, Our In Association with Air Ukraine expended by the Russian spinmasters and Ukraine, Mr. Voloshin said that “unfortu- their clients in Ukraine in creating this Direct Flights nately, this bloc advocates political forces from JFK Airport political masquerade and the enormity of openly advocating an anti-Russian poli- their defeat one must review the final on a comfortable cy.” (See “Ukraine: Election front-runner results of the election. While most readers Boeing 767-300 aircraft slams ‘intrusion’ by Russian politicians, know the statistics for the winners in the the Financial Times, March 20.) election, they might be interested also in on Fridays and Sundays In spite of all Russian efforts to glorify knowing who the losers are. (See the Starting June 11, 2002, on and support their fellow travelers and chart on page 7.) Tuesday (3 flights) smear the democratic opposition forces, Physical violence against opposition the Moldavan election scenario (in which New York, Kyiv, Tashkent candidates, wide-scale intimidation of the Communists achieved a majority in the electorate, the media blockade of opposi- Departure at 6:00 PM Parliament) did not play out in Ukraine. tion parties by the oligarchs that control New York Despite a much-heralded meeting the outlets of communication, and the Chicago Kyivas between Russian President Vladimir enormous expenditures of funds by the Detroit low Putin and Ukrainian Communist Party pro-presidential forces had only marginal Miami as Los Angeles boss Petro Symonenko in Moscow, and effects on the outcome of election. The Toronto $499 quite to the contrary of expectations, the enormous effort by the Kremlin’s spin- Communists lost almost half of their seats masters, plus well-documented outright 8 hours and you’re in Kyiv in the Parliament. Their number was electoral fraud, produced only a minor reduced from 113 seats to 66 seats, end- shift of a few percentage points in the ing 10 years of Communist domination in favor of oligarchic candidates. the Verkhovna Rada. The Kremlin’s polit- The parliamentary elections demon- ical manipulators found to their great sur- strated once again the courage and the prise and dismay that what worked so perseverance of the Ukrainian people in New York - Kyiv - New York as low as $499 well in Russian election did not work at the face of adversity and their common ROUND-TRIP all in the Ukrainian elections. sense despite the barrage of propaganda, Equally unsuccessful were major FOR INFORMATION distortion, and disinformation. And while efforts by Kremlin spinmasters and politi- Ukrainian political elites leave much to Office (212) 489-3954, 489-3956 Freight reservations and shipping cal manipulators in support of oligarchic be desired, the perseverance and the Fax (212) 489-3962 Tel.: (718) 244-0248; Fax: (718) 244-0251 parties. The principal element of their steadfastness of the Ukrainian people car- strategy is to confuse and disorient the Reservations (212) 245-1005 Tel.: (718) 376-1023; Fax: (718) 376-1073 ried the day, and deserves admiration. electorate by forming an endless proces- Based on all of this one must conclude 1-800-995-9912 sion of fictitious political parties, as well that the results of the parliamentary elec- as political clones bearing the same tions do indeed reflect the present politi- MONDAY - FRIDAY FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM names as legitimate parties. It did work cal landscape of Ukraine. Thus, all one beautifully in Russia by propelling Mr. can say is that the elections were a quali- Putin from virtual unknown into the pres- fied success for Ukraine on its evolution- idential seat. It did not work in Ukraine, ary road to democracy. No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 17

WFUWO’s eighth congress scheduled for October in Toronto TORONTO – The eighth congress of will take place in the evening of Thursday, the World Federation of Ukrainian October 24. On Saturday, October 26, the Women’s Organizations (WFUWO) will contestants and winners of the 28th Mary take place at the Sheraton Hotel in Beck Literary Contest will be announced Toronto on October 24-27. at the congress banquet. The congress takes place every five The suggested theme for the literary years; in attendance will be the partici- contest will be tied into the themes of the pating organizations who will meet to congress: “Cherish the Past, Build the elect a new executive, discuss ongoing Future” and “The New Democratic matters of importance and prepare a plan Ukrainian Family in the 21st Century.” of work for the next five years. Contestants can send in their essays, sto- Delegates are expected from all over the ries, poems, etc. by May 31, to the world. Besides delegates from the United WFUWO Offices. The winners will States, Western Europe and Australia, there receive a monetary award. will be delegates from Ukraine, Estonia, For further information about the con- the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. gress contact: WFUWO Executive The 50th anniversary book of the WFUWO Offices, 2118A Bloor St. W., Suite 206, will be presented during the congress. Toronto, Ontario, M6S 1M8; telephone, The official opening of the congress (416) 762-2066.

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Zvarych said that if Mr. Lytvyn’s bloc Verkhovna Rada... accepted a single condition such a coalition (Continued from page 1) would be workable. The debate was carried further when “Future cooperation with For a United Oleksander Moroz, head of the Socialist Ukraine depends on the appointment of Party, retorted on April 26 that, while he Viktor Yushchenko as Ukraine’s prime min- would not exclude such a possibility, the ister,” noted Mr. Zvarych on April 30, declaration from the previous day was according to Interfax-Ukraine. Mr. merely a statement of common agreement. Yushchenko is the leader of the Our “I believe that it would be a positive Ukraine bloc. development in political life, but it is too According to the latest Central Election early in the day to talk about such [a majori- Committee figures, Mr. Yushchenko’s fac- ty],” explained Mr. Moroz. tion currently has 120 seats, leaving it a dis- Most political pundits now believe that a tant second behind United Ukraine, with parliamentary majority will not be formed 165 seats. The Communists have the third until after the full legislative body meets at largest tally with 66 places. Then comes the the opening session, now scheduled for Social Democratic Party (United) with 37 May 14. assignments at the present, the Tymoshenko And while the outlook for a United Bloc with 26 places and the Socialist Party Ukraine-Our Ukraine majority continues to with 24. Thirteen places, the balance in the look bleak, National Deputy Roman 450-seat Verkhovna Rada, are in the hands of national deputies who remain unaligned.

were WIT Founder and Chair Dr. Christine Chornobyl anniversary... K. Durbak, Permanent Representative of (Continued from page 1) Belarus to the United Nations Sergei S. the result of a failed experiment to squeeze Ling, Ambassador of Jamaica to the more energy production – scattered tons of United Nations Patricia Durrant and Undersecretary-General for Children in nuclear materials in a 10-kilometer periph- Armed Conflict Olara A. Otunnu. ery and left uncontrolled flames spewing As part of the commemoration, the radioactive smoke into the atmosphere in governments of Russia, Belarus and the early morning hours of April 26, 1986. Ukraine, along with Ukraine’s Ministry of The professor went on to say that the Health, held their annual Chornobyl international community must not turn its Children’s Charity Bazaar here on April back on the three most affected countries 25-26. According to representatives from when so much is still left to be done, high- the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the lighting his belief that “there is no place [in United Nations, a portion of the funds the world] for the relics of nuclear catas- raised will go to needy children affected trophe.” According to Prof. Moskalenko, a by the nuclear catastrophe and a hospital physician and a Ph.D., the explosion at in Ukraine designated by Ukraine’s reactor No. 4 equaled 500 Hiroshima Ministry of Health. Bazaar vendors bombs and touched the lives of some 3.5 included representatives of the Ukrainian billion people. American community who sold various Also participating in the conference Ukrainian crafts, arts and food. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 No. 18

voting in the seats elected on proportional COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOLS IN UKRAINE party lists. OU took six out of 12 Kyiv seats UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY COMMITTEE in support for schools in Ukraine Election reveals... (Continued from page 2) and FUU swept the Donbas. In areas where äéåè ûíÖêà Ñãü òäßã Ç ìäêÄ∫çß the FUU wished to camouflage itself and primary viewership in eastern Ukraine. This ìäêÄ∫çëúäàâ ÉêéåÄÑëúäàâ äéåßíÖí ‰Îfl ‰ÓÔÓÏÓ„Ë ¯ÍÓÎ‡Ï ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥ hide its true loyalties from voters its candi- also explains the SDPU advocacy of dates were defined as “self-promoted.” Russian as an official language alongside Dear Members of the Ukrainian Community! Ukraine’s 2002 election results point to a We make this appeal for your support for a worthwhile and necessary cause, one that affects the Ukrainian. country that combines an “Estonia” in the future of the Ukrainian nation. The only serious competition in the west-center, dominated by reformers (Our Over the last four years our committee has been sending computers, office equipment and furniture remaining half of the seats elected through (computer systems, printers, photocopiers, computers desks, chairs, shelving, desks for teachers) to Ukraine), nationalists (Yulia Tymoshenko schools, academic institutions, universities, colleges, libraries and the Armed Forces in Ukraine. majority voting in 225 districts was Bloc), and the pro-statehood left (SPU), and We initiated this project as a result of the Ukrainian govermnent's present inability to fully imple- between Our Ukraine and For a United a “Belarus” in the east and south dominated ment computerization of its educational and academic facilities. Ukraine. In this voting the CPU, SPU, Yulia by the hard-line, pro-Soviet left (KPU), and To demonstrate the scale of this problem, we present an excerpt from a letter by His Excellellcy Dr. Tymoshenko Bloc and the SDPU all did oligarchs and authoritarian corporatist sta- Yuri Scherbak, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada. “The Embassy of Ukraine in Canada received a poorly. The victory of OU and FUU in letter requesting assistance in computerizing the learning process from the Parent Committee of High tists (SDPU and FUU). To be elected in School #11 in Smila, Cherkasy oblast. None of the 52 classrooms in this school of 1500 students has a majoritarian voting in west-central and east- 2004, Ukraine’s next president will have to computer. Please consider this appeal from the school's Parent Comnlittee and provide assistance to ern and southern Ukraine, respectively, bridge Ukraine’s “Estonian” and whatever extent possible.” reflected the same regional distribution of “Belarusian” regions. Needless to say, similar appeals are numerous. In November 2001, a cargo container of computers arrived in Lviv, Ukraine. Both High School #11 in Smila, Cherkasy oblast and the Chernivtsi Building Institute received equipment for classes of 15 her and her family. Many of us held close students. The Ostroh Academy was equipped for a classroom of 30 students and the Zalishchyky Regional Department of Education received equipment for a class of 20 students. Babusia Nastia... the weavings we bought from Babusia Support for schools in Ukraine, including sending them computers, is a crucial and vital activity. For (Continued from page 7) Nastia. that reason, we appeal to you to join our cause. What a perfect, glorious, wonderful kissing her, and we headed towards the Please consider sponsoring a computer classroom in one of Ukraine's schools. A gift of $5,000 to day, so unexpected, I always think of it bus. Babusia Nastia was upset. She stood $10,000 will allow you to completely equip 15 students. The classroom will always bear your name and as a day that dropped down from heaven. will be adorned with your photograph. You may also contribute as a co-sponsor, with your gift of $1,000 in the middle of her yard, hands on her or more. hips, “Nu, a holubtsi scho? Ya vchora *** Every summer since then my group Additionally, our committee will provide you with a tax receipt for the amount of your gift. Please pekla, ne znala shcho Vy budete, ale send cheques payable to "Computers for Schools in Ukraine" and a letter describing your wishes to the teper proshu do stolu!” [Well, what about has stopped for a visit with Babusia following address: the holubtsi (cabbage rolls)? I baked Nastia. As of last year, she has a tele- phone, so now we can notify her in Computers for Schools in Ukraine them yesterday. I didn’t know you were coming, but now I invite you to the advance of our arrival, instead of passing 2150 Bloor Street West, Suite 96, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6S lM8 on the message through others. In the last Tel.: (416) 239-4407; Fax: (416) 239-1526 table!] There was no way we could offend her by leaving. We piled back off few years, local musicians and singers Our heartfelt thanks for your gift. the bus. welcome and perform for us. On two On behalf of the committee, More controlled mayhem. The men in occasions, each of her sons was there, and our group helped set up the table and they joined in the singing and hosting. benches outside in the middle of the Folks from my group have ordered keptaryky to measure (embroidered Roman Hrycyna, President Dr. Basilio Iwanytzkyj, Secretary yard. We helped her daughter-in-law and grandsons with setting the table. That Hutsul sleeveless vests) from her neigh- PS. Our project has already been joined by the following: Lesya Khraplyva-Shchur (London, Ont.) – was when serendipity came into play bor, and beautiful long nyzynka-embroi- $6,000 for the Chair of the Lviv State Agricultural University; Dr. Basilio Iwanytzkyj and Natalie again. Babusia Nastia called out “Orysiu, dered shirts from one of the singers. Bundza-lwanytzkyj (Toronto, Ont.) – $10,000 for the Ostroh Academy, in Ostroh, Volyn oblast; N.N. – khody-no siudy!” [Orysia, come here.] I Local potters also stop by with their love- $6,000 for the Ukrainian Gymnasium in Kolomiya; Mrs. Volodymyra and Mr. Stephan Slywotzky turned to go, but realized that she was ly clay necklaces and Hutsul ceramics. (New York, NY) – US $5,000 ror the Lviv Technical College. Who will be next? calling her daughter-in-law. A while later, It was only on one of the later visits she called “Boyantsiu!” I wondered at that I noticed the porcelain china on the this, because that is my oldest son’s table – white, with a “rozpys”-style [folk name, Boyan [Boyantsio is a diminutive]. painting] ornament, and the hammer-and- Turns out the grandsons named their little sickle in the middle. It had been the spe- shaggy dog Boyan! cial occasion china way back in the FLORIDA We sat down, close to 30 of us (some of 1950s, probably when Stalin was still FLORIDA around. her neighbors also stopped by) at the long table in the middle of this lovely yard, Each time, as we head towards the with the fenced vegetable garden on one bus, we continue singing and the musi- side, chickens and rooster commenting on cians keep playing, even as we settle into the gathering, and the kalyna draped over our seats. Two years ago, it was so hard the roofed well on the other. I have never to say good-bye that we sang and danced been to a country wedding, but this made not only in the yard, but in the middle of me feel as if I were at one. Of course, we the street. Dancing in the streets of Staryi started with a toast from Babusia Nastia, Kosiv! welcoming her dear “hosti” [guests] from An interesting aside for the weavers across the sea. There were canapés piled out there: in the hallway to Babusia high on platters as appetizers, and various Nastia’s “svitlytsia” we passed a very old pickles and vegetables. And then the wooden floor loom. Two years ago a few famous holubtsi came out. None of us had folks in my group were skeptical about ever tasted this Hutsul variety before: bar- her weaving, wondering whether she ley and corn, with garlic, in sour cabbage really does do it herself, and about this leaves. Delicious! Somehow there was loom in particular, because it was so old. enough for all. And the food and drink and This past summer it had the beginnings toasts kept coming. One of the non- of a rushnyk warped and ready to go and, Ukrainians in our group (but an honorary when I asked, she proudly said that the Uke, married to a Ukrainian Canadian loom was over 80 years old. Like most woman) stopped with his glass in mid-air, villagers, Babusia Nastia does her weav- and asked, “Do you know this woman?” I ing during the winter. replied that, like the rest of us, I had just A few years after I met her, I was read- For the Magic of Central Florida’s met her. He could barely believe this hos- ing a book on folk art masters. To my pitality, but then said, “Well, she is delight and surprise, there was a chapter Attractions or a relaxing stay Ukrainian!” on Nastia Slyvka. She is from a family of on the sandy , white Gulf Beaches, Not only is Babusia Nastia a good weavers, and did not think anything of it We have a place for you to call home! weaver and a great cook, she can sing, until she was “discovered” in late middle too; she entertained us with kolomyiky age by folk art specialists on an expedi- (Hutsul ditties), including a few “soleni” tion to the Kosiv area. They were the LAKELAND SARASOTA VENICE [salted, or spicy] ones, where she sort of ones who nominated her for the numer- doesn’t complete the verse, but rolls her ous official certificates and awards. Best Western Best Western Best Western eyes and says something about forgetting I hope to visit Babusia Nastia on each Diplomat Inn Golden Host Resort Ambassador Suites the rest. ... We joined in on the regular of my trips. 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No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 19 CCRF receives $25,000 grant for medical conferences in Ukraine SHORT HILLS, N.J. – The with the help of generous donations Minneapolis-based Medtronic Founda- from Andriy Kurylko of Tyrone, Pa., tion has awarded a $25,000 grant to the and Col. Yaropolk Hladkyj of Monu- Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund ment, Colo. The April conference was (CCRF) to help finance two medical con- partially underwritten by corporate ferences being organized for the fall of grants from Procter & Gamble, Nestle’s, 2002. In a letter that arrived on April 12, Paramed-Ohmeda and NZ Techno of the Medtronic Foundation Executive Austria. Director Penny Hunt expressed her sup- With the funds provided by port for CCRF’s plans to hold a national Medtronic, CCRF hopes to translate and conference on infant cardiac surgery and publish additional materials for use in a second on neonatal intensive care. The Ukrainian hospitals. CCRF is seeking grant was awarded under the Founda- $28,000 in matching funds from addi- tion’s “Healthy Countries” program that tional sources to support medical con- strives to improve health care programs ferences that will help maximize the in developing countries. impact of the fund’s medical shipments “We are extremely pleased that the and technology infusion. for the victims of Chornobyl Medtronic Foundation has agreed to “At CCRF we are committed to a radi- support this program,” said Irene cal transformation of the health care sys- Oleksiak, grant writer for CCRF, who tem in Ukraine,” said Executive Director ԇ̇ıˉ‡ authored the proposal. “There are hun- Alexander Kuzma. “The doctors at the Requiem/ for the Victims of Chornobyl dreds of doctors who would benefit partner hospitals we have selected are from the hands-on training and insights remarkably motivated, resourceful and provided by American specialists.” devoted to their mission of saving chil- The Frescoes of Kyiv Chamber Choir CCRF has now sponsored six medical dren’s lives. We need to provide them Roman Hurko, composer training conferences in Ukraine since with the tools and training they need to Oleksandr Bondarenko, conductor 1996 – most focusing on neonatology achieve a higher standard of care. Over and pediatric oncology. Local doctors in and over again, we have seen that, when This original choral composition commemorates the 15th Anniversary of the Poltava, Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk have provided with proper technology, they are Chornobyl disaster. It premiered at St. Michael’s Golden Domed Cathedral in credited these conferences with helping able to work wonders for their patients.” them to reduce the rate of infant mortal- Since 1990, CCRF has launched 30 air- Kyiv on April 26, 2001. ity in their hospitals. lifts and 11 sea shipments to Ukraine, For more information, and to hear a sample, please go to: www.romanhurko.com On April 24, CCRF will be hosting its where children continue to suffer from an To order a compact disc, please send a cheque for $20.00 third National Conference on Neonatal abnormally high rate of thyroid cancer, (postage and handling included) to: Intensive Care at the Pushcha Ozerna infant mortality and birth defects as a sanatorium outside of Kyiv. The confer- result of the 1986 nuclear disaster at Roman Hurko ence is expected to draw over 200 doc- Chornobyl. 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Kharkiv health professionals return from Cincinnati GREETINGS TO THE DELEGATES TO THE 35TH UNA CONVENTION armed with info on combatting substance abuse, HIV/AIDS to be held May 24-28, 2002 by Jan Sherbin ernment grants. The 10 Kharkiv visitors were selected for in Chicago, IL. CINCINNATI – Ten Kharkiv health pro- a three-week Community Connections pro- fessionals have returned home armed with gram funded by the U.S. Department of information from their Cincinnati counter- State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural parts, who showed them how Americans Affairs. The program was organized and Be wise in your deliberations and con- approach substance abuse as a public health implemented by the Cincinnati-Kharkiv structive in setting goals for the bene- issue. They covered substance abuse, from Sister City Project with assistance from the fit of the UNA membership. prevention to treatment, and recovery servic- Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati. es, as well as HIV/AIDS and homelessness. The schedule included visits to social Problems related to drugs and AIDS service agencies addressing drug addiction, Barbara Bachynsky have been growing at an alarming rate in alcoholism, homelessness and AIDS, as UNA Advisor since 1998 Ukraine. well as medical facilities, government agen- “What we saw here is our dream – what cies and youth centers. RE-ELECT BARBARA BACHYNSKY we would like to achieve in Kharkiv,” said This Community Connections program Yuliya Svezhyntseva of the National was the 16th organized and implemented by UNA ADVISOR IN 2002! University of Internal Affairs. “It amazes me the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Project. that, with all the services we’ve seen, there Community Connections exposes could be one drug addict still unserved.” Ukrainians to the way their jobs are done in “I’m glad to see that the well-off United the framework of democracy and free enter- States cares so much for the people at its prise. Previous programs have covered such lowest layers,” said Oleksander areas as law, business, education, govern- Shevchenko, of the Kharkiv AIDS Center. ment and NGOs. Polina Tymoshenko, who is working on Members of the Cincinnati Police “harm reduction” programs for young peo- spoke to a group from Kharkiv about ple in Kharkiv Oblast, was most impressed community policing, youth services and by youth centers run by non-governmental gangs, drug use prevention and busting organizations (NGOs) and funded by gov- drug dealers.

between individuals, “Khrystos Voskres! Dying and living... Khrystos Voskres! Khrystos Voskres!” Dr. (Continued from page 9) Shevchuk, who was just as moved with We wept with joy from the warm friend- emotion as his patients, added, “Let us not forget that Ukrainians add a national wish ly embraces. There were no more speeches to this greeting – Khrystos Voskres, nor greetings; it seemed that no one wanted Voskresne Ukraina! (Christ Is Risen, to break the deep spiritual experience with Ukraine Will Rise).” And again we greeted mere words. But suddenly one of us cried each other with the conviction that Ukraine out, “Today is our Easter! Khrystos will indeed rise from the dead – to inde- Voskres! (Christ Is Risen! – the traditional pendence, “Voskresne Ukraina!”. ... Ukrainian Easter greeting). The replies, in The American divisions which liberated tears and great emotion, were “Voistynu Ebensee found 16,650 registered prisoners, Voskres!” (Indeed He Is Risen!) And again, with 7,566 listed as ill, and over a thousand embraces and continuous personal greetings ready for the crematorium. ...

MAY – UKRAINIAN WORLD CONGRESS MONTH “Ukraine and Diaspora: Helping One Another” “é·Ì¥Ï¥ÚÂ Ê ... ̇ÈÏÂÌ¯Ó„Ó ·ð‡Ú‡!”

Almost 20 million Ukrainians reside outside of Ukraine, collectively referred to as the Ukrainian diaspora. They include Ukrainians in Canada, the United States, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Until recently, those residing in Eastern Europe and Asia were unapproachable since they resided behind an iron curtain. The collapse of that curtain and demise of the USSR in 1991 opened up new vistas for Ukrainians to reach out to their brethren throughout the world. These newly discovered Ukrainians number some 17.5 million, almost 90% of the diaspora total. In the last four years, the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) has visited Ukrainians in Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, England, Estonia, France, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation (Bashkortostan, Moscow, Siberia, Tiumen) Slovak Republic, Spain, Transdniester and Uzbekistan. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Croatia, Georgia and Yugoslavia are next. The striking eco- nomic deficiencies and political incongruities that abound in many of these countries, are depicted perhaps best in the Russian Federation, where some 8 million Ukrainians reside with no full time Ukrainian-language schools funded by the Russian government. Nor is there a single Ukrainian church edifice, either Orthodox or Catholic. In Ukraine, where only a few more Russians reside, there are 3,500 Russian-language schools funded by the Ukrainian gov- ernment, and 7,500 church structures belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate. Problems, albeit less egregious, exist within the Ukrainian communities in Belarus, the Slovak Republic and even Poland. In reaching out to Ukrainians throughout the world, we have familiarized ourselves with their needs. Significantly greater than financial support or even humanitarian assistance, is the need for contacts which sends a message that we care. Developing contacts and establishing a communication network means establishing a two way medium at some cost. Social service, defense of human and civil rights, educational and cultural programs, etc., would be costlier still. Currently, the UWC is not financially equipped to reach out in a meaningful way to our newly discovered brethren. We in the developed countries are the best organized and possess the financial resources to help not only ourselves but others in less fortunate circumstances as well. Taras Shevchenko wrote: “Obnimitezh... naymenshoho brata.” We simply ask that you listen to Shevchenko. Please Remember: May is the UWC’s fundraising month. Please contribute to the UWC, at 295 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1S2 or 225 East 11th Street, New York, N.Y. 10003. For tax deduction in Canada, please make payments to the Ukrainian World Foundation and in the U.S.A. to the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America or the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council at the above addresses. Thank you.

For the Ukrainian World Congress:

Askold S. Lozynskyj Victor Pedenko William Sametz Olga Danylak President Secretary General Financial Secretary Treasurer

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Basilian Sisters to host annual pilgrimage “Music at the Institute” FOX CHASE MANOR, Pa. – On and in due time, the motherhouse was built. presents Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12, the On the grounds of the property near the Sisters of St. Basil the Great will once again motherhouse was a small spring house host a pilgrimage honoring the Mother of where the waters of five underground Oleh Krysa at 60 God, continuing a tradition that has brought springs converged. Mother Josaphat, in spiritual fulfillment to thousands of faithful gratitude for the success of the building of with Family and Friends for nearly three-quarters of a century. the new motherhouse, promised Our Lady While pilgrims will see much that is of Lourdes to build a grotto over this Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 8 p.m. familiar, this year’s pilgrimage will hold a springhouse, and so it came to pass. number of surprises, beginning with a spe- In 1931, the first pilgrimage to the grotto Performers: cial Moleben Akathist and an Anointing took place; it was a private devotion for the and Healing Ceremony on May 11. Sodality of St. Basil Academy students. Virko Baley, Alexander Slobodyanik, Tatiana Tchekina, Peter Krysa, Borys For many Catholic faithful, Marian pil- There was a procession to the grotto fol- Deviatov, Alexander Rees, Natalia Khoma, Rachel Lewis Krysa grimages, those dedicated to honoring the lowed by a moleben service. The next Volodymyr Panteleyev Blessed Virgin Mary, are especially Sunday, Mother’s Day, the girls invited with Robert Sherman, master of ceremonies poignant and spiritually uplifting. Every their mothers to join them in this ceremony year, millions travel to Fatima, where the – 12 girls and 12 mothers participated. Program: Mother of God appeared to three small chil- Seventy-one years later, the pilgrimage George Handel-Johan Halvorsen - Passacaglia for Violin and Cello dren and asked them to pray for peace. attracts hundreds of mothers and daughters Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet Op. 74, No. 10 Others journey to Guadalupe, Mexico, and fathers and sons. Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise in A Major where the Virgin appeared to a poor Indian, An icon of the Mother of God and the Dmitri Shostakovich - Scherzo from Piano Quintet or to a small convent near Akita, Japan, Christ Child, a religious artifact so mean- Ivan Karabyts - Lyrical Scenes where she appeared to one of the sisters in ingful to Ukrainian Catholics throughout Henryk Wieniawski - Scherzo - Tarantella 1973. Still others travel to Czestochowa or the world, is enshrined in the grotto. It is a Fritz Kreisler - Miniature Viennese March for Violin, Cello and Piano to Lourdes, where the Blessed Virgin is reproduction of the miraculous Icon of the Virko Baley - Pajarillo for Piano (from“Cante Hondo”) venerated as healer and protector. Mother of God of Pochaiv, the original of Alan Ridout - “Ferdinand” for Speaker and Violin While often disrupted by political which remains in the Pochaiv Monastery Pyotr Tchaikovsky - String Quartet “Souvenir de Florence” upheavals and virtually curtailed by a nestled in the Kremenets Mountain range. Communist regime determined to obliterate Attracting thousands of pilgrims to the Donation: $30 all religious symbols and religious obser- annual celebration of the Feast of the vances from the country’s landscape, the Assumption, it was once owned by a tradition of Marian pilgrimages has also wealthy and influential Ukrainian noble- UKRAINIAN 2 EAST 79TH STREET flourished in Ukraine. One of the most woman, whose blind brother was given the NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021 famous of Ukrainian Marian shrines is in gift of sight after praying before the icon. INSTITUTE the western Ukrainian village of As a gesture of her gratitude, the noble- OF AMERICA (212) 288-8660 Zarvanytsia, established in the 13th century woman presented the icon to Pochaiv’s by a young monk who escaped from his Basilian monastery in the 16th century. Tatar captors after praying to the Mother of In 1675 the icon is believed to have God for deliverance. caused an attacking Turkish army to retreat In a clearing in the midst of a deep for- from Pochaiv, leaving the monastery and its est, the monk discovered an icon suspended inhabitants unharmed. Other miracles fol- above a spring. A monastery was built on lowed and were authenticated by the Holy the site, the waters of the spring, proved to See in 1773. The replica of the Pochaiv be miraculous, and countless thousands of Icon was installed by the Sisters of St. Basil pilgrims have traveled to the shrine to seek the Great in 2001 and has become a focus blessings ever since. of great interest for pilgrims. The Marian shrine of the Sisters of St. During the 2002 pilgrimage, the faith- Basil the Great, though modest and humble ful will once again have the opportunity when juxtaposed with these better known to attend divine liturgy, receive the sacra- pilgrimage sites, has significant ties to two ments of reconciliation and the Holy of them. Through the Ukrainian and Eucharist, and pray for the intentions of Basilian heritage, its history is closely the Holy Father. Pilgrims who participate bound to the history of Zarvanytsia. in these acts of faith will be granted a Its ties to another famous Marian plenary indulgence. shrine were forged through a more recent history. Located in the Pyrenees Mountains of France, in a terrain marked by caves and caverns and hidden springs, is the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. It was here that in 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a 14-year-old girl named Bernadette. Instructed by the Blessed Mother to dig for water, Bernadette dug until water gushed from an underground spring. The waters from that spring are said to have miraculous healing powers and millions of pilgrims travel to this hallowed site every year. Lourdes, so remote from Fox Chase, Pa., and so culturally distinct from the Byzantine Catholic Rite of the Sisters of St. Basil, is nonetheless an important part of the history of the sisters’ Marian shrine. In 1926, Provincial Superior Mother Josaphat, bought a piece of property that consisted of 130 acres of land and a farm cottage that Upstate NY Long Island Queens the sisters called home. When Mother 6325 Rte 209 226 Uniondale Avenue 32-01 31st Avenue Josaphat decided that it was time to build a Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Uniondale, NY 11553 Astoria, NY 11106 real motherhouse, financial obstacles and Tel.: 914 626-2938, Fax: 914 626-8636 Tel.: 516 565-2393, Fax: 516 565-2097 Tel.: 718 626-0506, Fax: 718 626-0458 other difficulties threatened the project. It was to Our Lady of Lourdes that Mother Josaphat prayed for strength and guidance, 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2002 No. 18

ROCHESTER PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, May 11 Hartford Meeting and Conference Center, UKRAINIAN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Town Hall Auditorium, 50 S. Main St.; MAIN OFFICE NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Medical (minutes from I-84, Exit 41; parking off Association of North America, New York Burr Road and entrance on South Main 824 Ridge Road East, Rochester NY 14621 Metro Chapter, in cooperation with the Self Street). Admission to this full-length concert: Reliance Association of American- Tel. (585) 544-9518 Toll free (877) 968-7828 $10, in advance; $15 at the door. For infor- Ukrainians, New York City Branch, present mation and tickets in New Haven call (203) Fax: (585) 338-2980 “How To Enter the Medical Mainstream: 265-2744; in Hartford, (860) 563-5983. Ukraine to U.S. The Success Stories.” This www.rufcu.org will be a colleague to colleague panel dis- OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA, Va.: Ola Audio Response: (585) 544-4019 cussion and social gathering to exchange Herasymenko bandurist and vocalist, and information and create channels of commu- Yuriy Oliynyk, pianist, will perform a pro- CAPITAL DISTRICT BRANCH nication with new medical colleagues from gram of Ukrainian folk and classical music Ukraine. The event will be held at 98 at 3 p.m. at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington 1828 Third Ave., Watervliet, NY 12189 Second Ave. at 4-7 p.m. All healthcare pro- St., in Old Town Alexandria. A reception for TEL: (518) 266-0791 FAX: (585) 338-2980 fessionals welcome. Admission is free and the artists will follow the program. The con- refreshments will be served. For more www.rufcu.org cert is presented by The Washington Group UDIO ESPONSE information call Dr. Marta Kushnir, (508) A R : (585) 544-4019 855-2245. (Note: Last week’s listing inad- Cultural Fund under the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine, as part of their 2001- REDIT NION ERVICES vertently omitted the beginning of the pro- C U S : gram, which is slated for 4 p.m.) 2002 music series. Suggested donation: $15; CREDIT CARDS • VEHICLE LOANS • MORTGAGES • SIGNATURE LOANS students, free. For more information contact BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL LOANS • SHARE DRAFTS & CHECKING NEW YORK: Marijka Helbig of Scope Laryssa Courtney, (202) 363-3964. S S NVESTMENTS OUTH CCOUNTS Travel will present an informational session CD’ & IRA’ • I • Y A about travel to this year’s 90th Anniversary IRVINGTON, N.J.: The Ukrainian CONVENIENCE SERVICES: Plast Jamboree in Ukraine. The event will Community Center will hold its annual HOME BANKING • AUDIO RESPONSE SYSTEM be held at the New York branch of Plast, meeting at 3 p.m. at 142 Prospect St. DIRECT DEPOSIT • ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER 144 Second Ave., at 2:30 p.m. Parents and members of all Plast branches in the area Saturday-Sunday, May 25-26 NIGHT DEPOSIT BOX • WIRE TRANSFERS: DOMESTIC, INTERNATIONAL are invited to attend. UTILITY PAYMENTS • NEWSLETTER, MAGAZINE • NOTARY SERVICE, TRANSLATIONS CHICAGO: The Kryla Soccer Club of Chicago, under the auspices of the CHOLARSHIPS EMBER EDUCATION SEMINARS IBRARY ND MUCH MORE PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian S •M • L • A . Educational and Cultural Center is hosting Ukrainian American Youth Association of a Gala Spring Dance to welcome new Chicago, will be celebrating 50 years of immigrants from Ukraine to be held at 8 national and international soccer this year p.m. at UECC, 700 Cedar Road, and has been honored to be able to host Jenkintown, Pa. Dance to the music of the the seventh annual Great Lakes Cup. This “Fourth Wave” Orchestra; there will be a international tournament will be played Miss “Fourth Wave” contest, as well as over two days and involves American and door prizes and surprises. Enjoy a hot and Canadian cities with Ukrainian soccer cold buffet; bar will be open. Admission: clubs located around the Great Lakes. The $25, adults; $20, students with ID. For tournament will be held on Memorial Day reservations call (215) 663-1166. weekend and will involve a Youth Division, men’s open division and an Sunday, May 19 Over-30 Division. The games will be WEST HARTFORD, Conn.: The Yevshan played at three locations: youth games Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble presents “Echoes will be played at Palatine Ukrainian of Spring,” a concert performance of Community Center, 136 E. Illinois St.; Ukrainian folk, classical, liturgical and ban- men’s open and men’s over 30 at Cardinal dura music. Under the direction of Park and Virginia Lake Park, also in Alexander Kuzma, the choir will perform Palatine. On Friday, May 24, Kryla SC works by Leontovych, Bortniansky and will host a Pub Night at Chicago SUM; Koshetz, and some well-loved folk songs music, food and drink will be available. from the villages of our ancestors. The per- For more information contact Taras formance will be held at 2-4 p.m. at the West Jaworsky, (773) 384-1719.

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No. 18 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY 1

Supplement to The Ukrainian Weekly, May 5, 2002 AWelcome to UkrainianThe Ukrainian Weekly’s sixth annual issue of “A Ukrainian owned by theSummer Ukrainian National Association this year begins celebrations of Summer.” Seems like yesterday that we ran the first such special insert ... its 50th anniversary. In this year’s summer supplement we invite readers to rediscover Kyiv and Readers will discover that there is much to do this summer Ukrainian- environs, and experience Ukraine at its best. Our Kyiv Press Bureau reports wise, from attending courses at the Harvard University to participating in a on the beautiful sights of the capital, a world-class city that has undergone new Youth Leadership Program in Washington, from studying Ukrainian folk much renovation and seen much new construction in recent years, and the dancing to learning bandura playing. You can travel anywhere from San unique open-air ethnographic museum located in nearby Pyrohova. Diego, to Hunter, to Lviv to participate in festivals, concerts and study tours. Closer to home, in New York state, we urge readers to revisit Soyuzivka, So much to do during so short a season. Our advice: choose wisely, take the Ukrainian American community’s gem in the Catskill region. The resort advantage and enjoy! Historic Kyiv: a world-class capital city just waiting to be rediscovered

by Roman Woronowycz beneath it. Called Globus, the very contem- that essentially is a ceiling for the under- Neither cathedral is housed in its original Kyiv Press Bureau porary and air-conditioned (still a rarity in ground atrium that makes up the center of structure, but both have retained much of Ukraine) commercial center will consist of the underground mall. the historic architectural form and still con- KYIV – Kyiv is the cultural and politi- 96 shops and boutiques, as well as a high- Beneath the dome, a huge, laser-lit, com- tain many of the original icons and assorted cal capital of Ukraine and the heart of the tech public water fountain and a skating puter-controlled fountain will entertain treasures associated with them. economy, but it is also the most beautiful rink. guests of the mall. An international row of Another Ukrainian religious treasure, the city (with Lviv a close second) and the There will also be a Museum of fast food restaurants, including the ever- Sobor of St. Andrew the First-Called place where tourists flock when visiting Ukrainian Independence, although four present McDonald’s and the first Baskin Apostle, closed for nearly a decade as the country. months before its planned opening, no one Robbins in Kyiv, will encircle the water restoration work continued, has finally With its elaborate 19th century architec- at either Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture or display and give the mall a very Western reopened. The 18th century Rococo-style ture, historic churches, opera houses and the Kyiv Department of Culture could con- look. construction designed by Italian Francesco theaters, as well as plenty of museums large firm whether it would be housed in the first While the Khreschatyk and Rastrelli, which stands atop one of the high- and small, Kyiv is the top tourist draw in floor vestibule of the subterranean center or Independence Square area are destined to est points in Kyiv, has a magnificent view Ukraine. “The Golden-Domed City,” which in the National Cultural Center building, a become the undisputed commercial center of the Dnipro River and the Left Bank. It is some prefer to call “The City of Parks” and three-story, angular, mirrored structure of the city, the soul of the city will continue found on the Andriivskyi Uzviz, a street others refer to as “The City on the Hills,” under construction at the other end of to be found above the square to the east. that on weekends and holidays turns into an has had a serious facelift in the last three Independence Square alongside the Kyiv The renovated St. Sophia Sobor and the artists’ market, where craftsmen sell tradi- years. Today it offers visitors a reinvigorat- Conservatory. reconstructed St. Michael’s Golden-Domed tional and contemporary Ukrainian wares. ed, spruced-up appearance and some new The plaza itself has undergone several Sobor lie at the essence of the 1,300-year And while prices can get expensive, barter- attractions. So to those of you who say, additional design changes since the 60- history of Kyiv. Today, their golden domes ing is part of the process and, for the most “been there, done that,” when talk turns to a meter tower with the winged symbol of shine beneath the sun’s rays during the day part, deals are plentiful. trip to Kyiv, we say: think again. Ukraine standing atop it was erected last and under bright lights in the Kyiv night, The other traditional tourist spot, the Independence Square, the center of town year to commemorate 10 years of state their grandeur and history projecting a daz- Monastery of the Caves, or Pecherska and already a bubbling cauldron of pedes- independence. Today a replica of the 12th zling aura onto the area. Lavra, also has taken on a new look, chiefly trian and vehicle traffic, will become even century Liadski Gates, which was not part Both were built during the Middle Ages, by way of the reconstruction of its main busier in the next few weeks, after a new, of the original plan for the square, has been some 100 years apart, and to a great extent multi-level underground mall opens built. It stands alongside a glassed dome both have withstood the test of time. (Continued on page 12)

AP/Efrem Lukatsky A monument to Bohdan Khmlenytsky is seen against the background of the golden domes of the recently restored St.Michael's Sobor in Kyiv. 2 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY No. 18

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do... Revisit an old favorite: Soyuzivka resort invites all for its 50th anniversary

by Sonia Semanyshyn KERHONKSON, N.Y. – From the very beginning, back in 1952 when the Ukrainian National Association purchased an estate in the Catskill region of New York state, Soyuzivka’s main goal was to bring together as many young people as possible, to keep them within the Ukrainian community. Soyuzivka gave the young people a place to learn about their culture, religion and heritage, to work, to expand their social graces. Besides working at Soyuzivka a young Ukrainian could attend one of the myriad camps and courses available during the summer months. Through its 50 years Soyuzivka has always pulsed with life. And the beauty here is undeniable – just look out over the Veselka Terrace onto the mountain ledge, watch the setting sun or wake to a glorious day. In the spring visitors see everything budding, in the summer they smell the flowers, in the fall they see the leaves change color from yellow to deep red, and in winter they enjoy the serenity of Soyuzivka covered in pure white snow. Those are the simple pleasures that we often overlook in this busy world. Soyuzivka has become a part of us – and all these gifts should be remembered and experienced by future generations. Bring your children or grandchildren to Soyuzivka – enjoy relaxation and nature’s beauty. If you Peter Steciuk need to have an active time, we can steer you to a vari- The Yunist dance troupe of Yonkers, N.Y., welcomes Soyuzivka guests during Labor Day weekend. ety of activities available in the general area, from rock- climbing and mountain biking to antiquing. To quote Daniel Slobodian, a former manager of Soyuzivka, “With some optimism we feel certain that anyone, young or old, will find a vacation spent at the Ukrainian National Association Estate an experience Suzy-Q Summer Schedule 2002 they will enjoy and return to this spot to enjoy the com- Weeklong events: pany of other Americans of Ukrainian origin.” This statement is as true now as it was when Mr. Slobodian Saturday, June 22 – Thursday, July 4 Tennis Camp first made it, 49 years ago. Sunday, June 23 – Sunday, June 30 Tabir Ptashat No. 1 Experience our valley, our lovely estate and the bounty with which Mother Nature has endowed Sunday, June 30 – Sunday, July 7 Tabir Ptashat No. 2 Soyuzivka. Send your children to our camps of which Saturday, July 6 – Saturday, July 20 Children’s Camp there is a nice selection, from “Tabir Ptashat” for Sunday, July 7 – Saturday, July 13 Chemney Camp No. 1 Ukrainian-speaking preschoolers and the Chemney “heritage” camp conducted in English, to the children’s Sunday, July 14 – Saturday, July 20 Chemney Camp No. 2 sleep-away camp, sports camp, tennis camp, scuba Sunday, July 21 – Saturday, July 27 Sports Camp courses and the ever popular dance camp. Saturday, July 2 – Saturday, August 10 Special 50th Anniversary Weeks Come to the Trembita Lounge and meet other Ukrainians whether fourth-generation Ukrainian Sunday, August 4 – Sunday, August 17 Dance Camp Canadians or Ukrainian Americans or those straight Sunday, August 25 – Monday, September 2 Labor Day Week from Ukraine. Experience some of our shows, or enjoy a pysanka-making lesson in the lobby or a gerdan- Special performances and events: stringing session by the pool. Enjoy the bountiful feasts of Steak Night, Hutsul Night or Odesa Night. Enter the July 6 – Cheres Ensemble Miss Soyuzivka contest. Get pleasure from the enter- tainment on the weekends. July 20 – Chemney Day There is a lot to enjoy about Soyuzivka – come and July 27 – Dumka Chorus visit even if its only overnight. We will try our best to August 3 – Cabaret and 50th anniversary gala make you feel at home; our staff is waiting to greet you. For more information contact: Soyuzivka, P.O. Box August 4 – UNWLA Day 529, Kerhonkson, NY 12446; website, August 10 – Lvivyany and Miss Soyuzivka Contest www.Soyuzivka.com. telephone, (845) 626-5641 ext. August 17 – Dance Camp Recital 141, e-mail, [email protected]. August 31– Syzokryli Dance Ensemble – Labor Day weekend Did you know ... “Music at Grazhda” celebrates its 20th jubilee • that Soyuzivka is actually located in the Shawangunk mountains? by Ihor Sonevytsky debut on August 3. Pianist Oksana Lutsyshyn will per- • that the name of our brook is Nonkanahwa? form works by Scriabin, Schumann, Kasparov and Kikta JEWETT, N.Y. – “Music at Grazhda” celebrates its on August 17 and the up-and-coming violinist Solomia • that most of the buildings on the property 20th anniversary during the summer of 2002. The well- Ivakhiv will give a recital on August 24. have basement walls of granite quarried right known and popular classical music festival in Jewett, The last concert will take place on Sunday, September N.Y., in the Hunter area is directed by composer Ihor on the property? 1, with the Forte String Quartet and Mr. Vynnytsky per- Sonevytsky. • that the big round rock in Uzhorod is one The Zapolski String Quartet, “possibly the best string forming works by Brahms, Chausson and Sonevytsky. of the original millstones from the quarry? quartet in Denmark” (Politiken, March 2002), and The Music and Art Center of Greene county also pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky will inaugurate the season offers workshops in Ukrainian Folk Arts – ceramics, • that Mother Nature provides us with an Easter-egg making, embroidery, bead-stringing and on June 29. A centennial tribute to Edward Kozak will unlimited supply of wild blueberries by the be held on July 6. folk-singing for children. These will be given between On July 20, the anniversary celebration dubbed “From July 29 and August 9. The popular Children’s Concert waterfalls? Vienna to Broadway” will feature four singers in arias will take place on August 10. • that if you hike to the top of falls then fol- All performances are held in Grazhda Concert Hall and songs from operettas and musicals: Lesia Hrabova, low the stream down you will see the 200 Charlene Marcinko, Bohdan Sikora and Oleh Chmyr. on Route 23A in Jewett, adjacent to the Ukrainian Bass-baritone Taras Kulish, a well-established opera Catholic Church. For further information please call waterfalls and the steps that Mother Nature singer from Canada who will sing the title role of Don (518) 989-6479 or (212) 674-6569 or send e-mail to has carved out from solid rock? Giovanni in Europe this summer, will make his Grazhda [email protected]. No. 18 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY 3

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do... San Diego promises fireworks, music and dance for Labor Day weekend

by Bill W. Loznycky Jr. Ukrainian ethnic food and refreshments will be available for purchase at the SAN DIEGO – House of Ukraine Inc., House of Pacific Relations International located in Balboa Park, will sponsor its Cottages’ Lawn Stage in Balboa Park. At annual Ukrainian Festival during Labor 2 p.m., a short program of Ukrainian Day weekend, Friday through Sunday, song and dance will begin on the lawn August 30, to September 1. stage. Festivities start on Friday at 5 p.m. Festivities end on Sunday night with a with a welcome “vatra” (bonfire) and dinner and zabava (dance) at 6 p.m. at picnic on the bay at Mission Bay Park. A the Red Lion Hanalei Hotel in Hotel barbecue will begin at 5 p.m. and end at Circle, with Ukrainian dance music by 6:30 p.m. At 10 p.m. there will be Trubka from Edmonton, Alberta. Ukrainian music and fireworks seen from This year’s festival of fun and enter- across the bay at Seaworld’s Aquatic tainment also has a serious purpose. Park. Organizers have chosen UCARE Inc. The weekend continues on Saturday at (Ukrainian Children’s Aid and Relief 7 p.m. with a Ukrainian dance perform- Effort Inc.) as the charity that will ance at the Casa del Prado Theater in receive a portion of the festival’s pro- Balboa Park, home of the world-famous ceeds. UCARE’s primary focus is chil- San Diego Zoo. This year’s performance dren in Ukraine, especially those living features the Yevshan Ukrainian Folk in orphanages and “internaty” (dormito- Ballet Ensemble from Saskatoon, ries). Their work aims not only to pro- Saskatchewan. vide basic sustenance and better living The troupe’s artistic director, Vitali circumstances for orphans today, but also Sorokotiaguine, studied at the to expand their options for a better Melitopil Cultural Institute, directed future. the Molodist Dance Ensemble in For more information on House of Zaporizhia and was a dancer/soloist Ukraine’s Ukrainian Festival 2002 locat- with the Odesa Region Song and ed in San Diego, call/fax (619) 291-0661; Dance Ensemble prior to his associa- e-mail [email protected]; or log on to tion with Saskatoon’s Yevshan. http://communitylink.sdinsider.com/groups On Sunday, beginning at noon, /houseofukraine. Yara Arts Group invites one and all to join in Kupalo midsummer festival

by Virlana Tkacz Lucenko wrote: “The Community Garden was the perfect environment, with its NEW YORK – Yara Arts Group will crowded, lush plots of flowers and veg- present “Ivana Kupala”: Pagan Slavic etables spilling over onto narrow crooked Midsummer Night Festivities in New paths.” Members of Yara were tucked into The Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble of Saskatoon. York this June. the garden’s many hidden corners: some Preparations will start in mid-June read short stories by Hohol (Gogol), with workshops in Ukrainian folk singing while others sang traditional Kupalo with Mariana Sadovska. The participants melodies and did water incantation. Youth Leadership Program offered will discover their own folk voice and “I’ve always loved the mystery of learn ancient Kupalo songs. You do not Kupalo,” said Virlana Tkacz, the organiz- in D.C. for “leaders of tomorrow” have to be able to read Ukrainian or er of the event. “These rituals connect us music to participate. to a past that is almost forgotten. But An indoor concert, “Midsummer Night by Miriam Bates community in U.S.-Ukraine relations. what a visceral connection – what drama! By meeting professionals in govern- Music and Images,” will feature Ms. – fire and water. And for an instant an WASHINGTON – The U.S.- Sadovska, Yara and Nova Nomada artists. ment and non-profit sectors, students ancient ritual is alive in us.” Ukraine Foundation (USUF) will also better understand the various Saturdays, June 22 and 29, will witness The public is invited to help Yara cre- announced the first annual Youth Washington career choices available to another “Old Kupalo Freakout” – a series ate these celebrations by singing, danc- Leadership Program to be held in them.” of outdoor events in the Community ing, generating ideas and organizing Washington, on August 3-9, for stu- U.S. students ages 18-20 who are Garden in New York with traditional ritu- these events. Volunteers should contact dents who are interested in U.S.- entering or in college will be eligible. als and songs, as well as a healthy dose of the Yara Arts Group, 306 E. 11th St. No. Ukraine relations in the overall U.S. Program costs (for program activities anarchy and ethno-avant-garde art. 3B, New York, NY 10003; (212) 475- community or the Ukrainian American and transport) and lodging will be free. Reviewing the 2001 event, Kristina 6474; or www.brama.com/yara/. community. Some group meals will also be without The new program is a USUF initia- cost. Students will be responsible for tive to encourage the next generation their transport to and from of the Ukrainian-American community Washington, meals, personal spending to participate in local, national and money and non-program activities. global affairs. The deadline for applications is May “We invite young men and women 24. who consider themselves ‘leaders for Please check USUF’s website tomorrow’ to enjoy this ‘Washington www.usukraine.org, for further details. experience,’ ” said USUF President If you would like to receive further Nadia Komarnycka McConnell. program specifics/applications, please “Participants will have the chance to e-mail the Foundation at learn about the public policy process [email protected] RE: Youth firsthand with players, to learn impor- Leadership Program 2002. tant leadership skills, and how to take The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is a a more active role. We hope that non-profit, non-governmental organi- through our program, the students will zation established in 1991 to facilitate have the confidence and the knowl- democratic development, encourage edge to actively participate in their free market reform and enhance communities,” said Ms. McConnell. human rights in Ukraine. The USUF Vice-President John A. Kun Foundation creates and sustains chan- added, “Students will develop an nels of communication between the increased awareness of Ukraine in the United States and Ukraine for the pur- global perspective and will learn the pose of building peace and prosperity Mark Bodnar importance of the Ukrainian American through shared democratic values. Alla Kutsevych and Iryna Hrechko sing with Jina Oh at Yara’s 2001 Kupalo event. 4 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY No. 18

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do... Is there life after Ridna Shkola? Yes, says summer institute at Harvard

by Yuri Shevchuk speakers. The language lab also was real- hours a day, five days a week for eight ly helpful. weeks – yet initial frustration was soon CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Last June, Lesia was plunged into the cosmopoli- replaced by a sense of accomplishment when Lesia Kindrat-Pratt was traveling tan atmosphere of the university that and progress. to Cambridge, Mass., as a newly enrolled attracts the best and brightest from all “One of the things that I liked most, student at Harvard Ukrainian Summer over the world. In addition to students was the students from Ukraine and how Institute, she was not exactly thrilled. Off from the United States and Canada, there helpful they were in honing our commu- the top of her head she could think of at also were Ukrainians, winners of the nication skills,” Lesia noted. least half a dozen more interesting ways annual competition for the International “Didus passed away when I was in to spend a summer. Why should she be Renaissance Foundation scholarships to high school” said Lesia, “and at the time wasting time for more of the same: study at HUSI. They hailed from all the going to study at HUSI did not seem like Harvard Ukrainian Summer School major regions of Ukraine, from Lviv in a great idea. I don’t think I would have (HUSI) would surely be another version the west to Kharkiv in the east, from gone without the pushing. Looking back of her Saturday Ridna Shkola back in Chernihiv in the north to Sevastopol in at my summer at Harvard, I think it was a Rochester, N.Y., with “mova-kultura- the south. fabulous experience, and, in retrospect, I istoria” stuff that seemed to have pre- They spoke a Ukrainian markedly am grateful to didus” for that clause in cious little to do with real life. At best, different from what Lesia had gotten his will.” she, thought, HUSI would be similar to accustomed to hearing at home, but it Ms. Kindrat-Pratt, 22, plans to return the “OK” Spanish course she had taken was the living Ukrainian language to HUSI in the summer of 2003 to com- in college. brought from its actual setting, and in no plete the Advanced Ukrainian language Yet, Lesia had little choice – her time she was overtaken by the desire to course. But now she will be enrolling not beloved didus (grandfather), the late Dr. learn more of it. For that, as she soon only out of respect for her late grandfa- Ivan Kindrat, stipulated in his will that realized, she could not have found a bet- ther’s wishes, but also out of her own she would be able to collect her inheri- ter place than the Harvard Ukrainian desire to relive a wonderful surprise of tance (Dr. Kindrat had a very successful Lesia Kindrat-Pratt Summer Institute. discovering life after Ridna Shkola. practice as a dentist in Rochster) under The language course offerings at Says Lesia, “When my grandfather one condition: she was either to spend it was not. Unlike at the Ridna Shkola, HUSI are specifically tailored to accom- first came to the U.S. the Ukrainian one school year in Ukraine or take the where (hardly for the fault of its dedicat- modate students of practically any level Summer Institute at Harvard was a big full course of Ukrainian language stud- ed teachers) the Ukrainian language text- of familiarity with the language. To thing. He really wanted for his grandchil- ies, including the advanced level, at the books were outdated and often difficult Lesia’s pleasant surprise and relief, the dren to continue the Ukrainian traditions, Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute. to understand, at Harvard Summer emphasis on dreary grammar and endless so that they would not forget the lan- After a placement test, Lesia was School the language program was struc- memorizing of case endings was replaced guage and the culture.” assigned to Intermediate Ukrainian-2. tured and taught in a very clear way, by the goal of developing communica- “Lesia, did you say grandchildren?” – What she discovered at Harvard could relying on up-to-date materials that tions skills in real-life situations. The I asked. not have been more different from what include texts, audiotapes, videos and intensity and tempo of the language “Yes. Oh, didn’t I tell you? I have a she had expected to see. Saturday school one-on-one communication with native classes was at first overwhelming – three younger brother, Mykhas.”

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2002 camps and workshops at Soyuzivka

TENNIS CAMP, SATURDAY, TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCE CAMP JUNE 22 – THURSDAY, JULY4 SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 17

Intensive tennis instructions for boys and girls, ages 12-18. Ukrainian folk dancing for beginners, intermediate, advanced students, ages 8-16 Instructors’ fees $80 per child Room and board: UNA members $580/non-member $630 for full session Room and board: UNA members $510/non-members $560 for full session Insurance $30 per child per week Insurance $30 per child per week Instructor’s fee $235 per child; Director: Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Directors: George Sawchak and Lida Sawchak-Kopach. Limited to 45 students **Instructors fee for dance camp is to be made payable to: UCDA INC. and for- Supervisor: Olya Czerkas – 24 hrs suprervised warded to Soyuzivka along with payment of room & board fee. **The director must approve acceptace into dance camp program, and no one will be accepted for less than the full session, unless it is with the approval of the director. ** BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ RECREATIONAL CAMP, AGES 7-12 Attendance limited to 60 students. SATURDAY, JULY 6 – SATURDAY, JULY 20

Featuring hiking, swimming, games, Ukrainian songs and folklore, PRE-REGISTRATION IS ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS UPON RECEIPT OF A $75 supervised 24 hrs. DEPOSIT PER CHILD/PER CAMP. A REGISTRATION FEE OF $100 (EXCEPT FOR Room and board: UNA members $330 per week/non-members $380 per week CHEMNEY CAMP) PER CHILD/PER CAMP WILL APPLY TO ALL CHILDREN STAYING OFF Counselor fee: $30 per child per week. Limited to 45 campers per week SOYUZIVKA GROUNDS. THE DEPOSIT WILL BE APPLIED AGAINST THIS FEE. Insurance $15.00 per child per week Instructor and supervisors: Olya Czerkas BY ORDER OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ALL NECESSARY MEDICAL FORMS AND PERMISSION SLIPS MUST BE COMPLETED AND RECEIVED BY SOYUZIVKA TOGETHER WITH THE FULL PAYMENT OF INSTRUCTORS’ FEES AND CAMP PAYMENTS NO LATER THAN 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CHEMNEY FUN CENTER CAMP SESSION. OTHERWISE, THE CHILD WILL LOOSE HIS OR HER PLACE IN CAMP. NO EXCEPTIONS. SUNDAY, JULY 7 – FRIDAY, JULY 12 & SUNDAY, JULY 14 – FRIDAY, JULY 19 SOYUZIVKA WILL APPLY A 10% DISCOUNT TO THE ROOM & BOARD FEES ONLY FOR THE 3rd AND 4th Presenting the Ukrainian heritage to the English-speaking children, ages 4-8, WEEK OF ATTENDANCE AT ONE OF OUR CAMPS, OR FOR A SECOND CHILD IN THE FAMILY ATTEND- Daily sessions: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ING THE SAME SESSION OF CAMP. Registration/counselor fee: $135 if parents stay at Soyuzivka and pay the regular room rates. PAYMENTS FOR ROOM AND BOARD CAN BE MADE TO SOYUZIVKA BY CASH, CHECK, VISA, Registration/counselor fee: $175 if parents stay off premises MASTERCARD, AMEX OR DISCOVER CARDS. Registration fee includes T-shirts, child’s lunch, and insurance fee of $10 per PAYMENTS FOR INSTRUCTOR/COUNSELOR FEES MUST BE MADE BY CHECK OR CASH. CREDIT child. CARDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE FORM OF PAYMENT FOR INSTRUCTORS’ FEES. Instructors: Marianne Wasylyk, Bohdana Puzyk, Andrew Oprysko, Natalka Junas,Olya Muzyka PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO UNA ESTATE - CAMP FEE, UNLESS INDICATED OTHERWISE. THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS TO STUDENTS LEAVING PRIOR TO THE END OF A CAMP FOR ANY REASON SOYUZIVKA SPORTS CAMP WHATSOEVER, AND NO CREDITS FOR LATE ARRIVALS. SUNDAY, JULY 21 - SUNDAY, JULY 28 PLEASE MAKE SURE TO HAVE YOUR CHILD’S UNA DISCOUNT CARD, OR DISCOUNT DOCUMENTATION A new fun camp, where children will do all three sports and more. FROM THE UNA HOME OFFICE OR THE BRANCH SECRETARY WITH YOU WHEN YOU PAY AND/OR BRING Swimming, soccer, volleyball for boys and girls, ages 8-14. YOUR CHILD TO CAMP. IF NO PROOF OF MEMBERSHIP IS AVAILABLE – NO ADJUSTMENT CAN BE MADE. Room and board: UNA members $265/non-member $315 Instructor’s fee $100 per child; session limited to 45 students. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE MANAGEMENT OF SOYUZIVKA. Insurance $15 per child. THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYONE Instructors: Serge Nalywayko, Victor Cymbal, Andy Cymbal, Eugene Kruchowy BASED ON AGE, RACE, CREED, SEX OR COLOR. No. 18 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY 5

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do... A diversity of courses at Harvard: from images of Ukraine to linguistic issues

Following are descriptions, in the words theme was staged in Buenos Aires – of instructors, of couses offered during the becoming the first national Argentinean summer of 2002 at the Harvard Ukrainian opera. Two years later, the first Norwegian Summer Institute. national grand opera was presented in Oslo, titled “Kosakken” (The Kozaks), it “IMAGES OF UKRAINE IN WEST- also was based on the story of Taras ERN CULTURE” – Dr. Lubomyr Hajda, Bulba. Thus, within only two years the and Dr. Ksenya Kiebuzinski, Harvard Ukrainian story by Gogol was used for Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard two operas of two arising nations. Despite University: the celebrity of some of these works in their particular historical moment, many The course will look at representations of their creators today are obscure figures. of Ukraine in Western culture, analyzing Some of them, however, deserve serious texts created in Europe, the Americas and reconsideration. even South Africa. These texts will include But there are also a number of renowned works of literature, the visual arts, music, cultural figures who drew their inspiration and theater. The period of the creation of from Ukrainian themes, such as Lord these works dates from the 17th through Byron and Victor Hugo, Guillaume the mid-20th centuries. This is the first time Apollinaire, Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz that much of the material will be studied. Liszt and Joseph Haydn. Besides works of Rather than looking at the texts chrono- “high” culture, the course will tangentially Ksenya Kiebuzinski and Lubomyr Hajda discuss their new course for the 2002 logically in terms of date of publication, the look at more modern media, such as film, Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute. course will study them through the chrono- television, fashion design and popular logical framework of Ukrainian history in music. It is hoped that students will make the knowledge about Ukrainian gained ethnic cleansings will also be discussed. terms of events and figures portrayed. their own discoveries and add to a growing from a strictly linguistic approach to My aim is to encourage students’ pre- The course will begin with the period of register of cultural productions inspired by review other perspectives, sociolinguistic, sentations and essays that would approach Antiquity, the period that saw the establish- Ukraine. anthropological and political. their subjects innovatively, by applying ment of Greek settlements on the northern methods of modern historiographies of Black Sea coast. For example, we will look “UKRAINE AS LINGUISTIC BAT- “20th CENTURY UKRAINE” – other European nations. For instance, by at the Greek myth of Iphigenia in Tauris, TLEGROUND” – Michael S. Flier, Serguei Ekeltchik, assistant professor of looking at the scholarship on the French which is set in Khersones in Crimea, and Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian history and Slavonic studies, University of Revolution, one can see fresh ways of which became the source of a great many Philology, Harvard University: Victoria: interpreting the events of 1917-1920 in plays and at least 20 operas. Ukraine. The psychology of fear and the Similarly, we will look at themes related The course is about Ukraine as a territo- The course “20th Century Ukraine” strategies of survival under Stalin are top- to the Scythians and the Sarmatians, who ry on which a number of languages have focuses on political, economic, social and ics that could greatly benefit from a look at inhabited territories now in Ukraine. Then converged and vied for dominance cultural transformations that shaped the the work of German historians. Studies of we will proceed to Kyivan Rus’, which is throughout recorded history. In order to history of Ukraine in the last century. American consumerism and mass culture represented, for example, by an opera appreciate the status of the Ukrainian lan- Traditional scholarship has sought a single can reveal much about the mechanisms of narrative line carrying on through the titled “Volodimiro” by the eminent com- guage today, it is important to see it in his- Soviet decay and post-Soviet cultural decades. But channeling the past into a poser Dominico Cimarosa, a contemporary torical context. struggles. story of socialism’s collapse or a nation’s of Mozart. The Kozak period is a particu- The course is divided into an introduc- In a more general sense, the course will larly rich source of representation in tion and four major segments. In the intro- trials and triumphs leaves out important social and cultural motives, that have deter- equip students with the information and Western culture: the Zaporozhians, the duction, the class will be presented with the analytical skills essential for understanding Gogolian hero Taras Bulba, and the basic linguistic concepts necessary to ana- mined people’s choices. major events of the past century, and the Hetmans Bohdan Khmelnytskyi and Ivan lyze the “language situation” in Ukraine, Besides being the century of socialism present-day situation in Eastern Europe. Mazepa. An interesting instance was the past and present. and nationalism, the 20th century in 1877 production of the play “L’Hetman” In Part 1, we examine the history of East Ukraine has also been the age of mass * * * by Paul Déroulède at the Odéon theater in Slavic, noting important distinctions as mobilization, mass murder and mass cul- Following established tradition, HUSI is Paris. In it, Déroulède uses a hetman clear- compared with West Slavic (primarily ture. The course will examine such often also offering three proficiency-oriented ly based on Khmelnytskyi and Ukraine’s Polish), and South Slavic (primarily Old overlooked aspects as manifestations of intensive Ukrainian language courses. war of liberation from Poland as an allego- Church Slavonic). We conclude with a everyday life in Ukraine, gender relations Beginning Ukrainian, taught by Dr. Maria ry of the relations between France and close comparison of the linguistic struc- and popular entertainment. Rewakowicz, instructor, Rutgers Germany in the 1870s. The premiere was tures of Ukrainian and Russian. In Part 2, Alongside classical works by Ivan L. University, is designed for students with attended by the French cultural, political we turn to the history of Ukrainian in its Rudnytsky, Roman Szporluk and Bohdan little or no knowledge of the language. and military elite. “L’Hetman” had a suc- interaction with Church Slavonic, Polish Krawchenko, the students will read Elementary grammatical structures will be cessful run of three months, elicited an and Latin, Belarusian and Russian. In Part excerpts from recent books by Terry presented through an active oral approach. enthusiastic reception by the audience, and 3, the class considers questions of language Martin, Hiroaki Kuromiya and Amir Reading and discussion of simple texts was favorably and widely reviewed in and dialect, and reviews three case studies Weiner that demonstrate the prominent along with written exercises complement France and abroad. (Ukrainian, Rusyn and Lemko) before turn- place of Ukrainian topics in modern the acquisition of oral and aural skills. In the realm of music, the story of Taras ing to general problems of linguistic norm, American scholarship. New archival reve- Intermediate Ukrainian, taught by Dr. Bulba has proven to be particularly inspir- code switching, and code mixing lations on the Famine, the Stalinist terror, Yuri I. Shevchuk, independent scholar, ing. For example, in 1895 an opera on this (surzhyk). In Part 4, we take advantage of and the parallels between Soviet and Nazi Toronto, is an intensive review of basic structures, followed by expansion of gram- mar fundamentals. Major emphasis is placed on oral communication using basic conversational patterns, and on the vocabu- lary acquisition, with readings and video- taped programs focusing on contemporary cultural and political issues. Advanced Ukrainian, taught by Dr. Volodymyr Dibrova, instructor, department of Slavic languages and literatures, Harvard University, is designed for stu- dents who wish further to develop their command of the language. Reading selec- tions include annotated articles on contem- porary issues in business, economics, poli- tics and culture. Short written reports and oral presentations will be part of the course. Classes are conducted largely in Ukrainian. HUSI is the only program in North America that tests the oral proficiency of all Ukrainian language students according to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages guidelines, both at A student from Ukraine leads a discussion during a Ukrainian language course. the beginning and the end of the studies. 6 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY No. 18

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do... Museum of Folk Architecture and Traditions offers glimpse of Ukraine’s regions

by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV– Located under the sun on 150 hectares of rolling hills, the Museum of Folk Architecture and Traditions is a remarkable glimpse into 18-19th century village life in Ukraine, and a must-see for travelers to Kyiv. Located just outside the country’s capi- tal near the town of Pyrohova, the muse- um consists of a collection of old homes and buildings from various regions of Ukraine, which were chosen by ethnogra- phers and historians for their relevance. The buildings were disassembled and transported to Pyrohova during the muse- um’s development phase between 1969 and 1976, where they were rebuilt and restored into a series of remarkable home- steads and villages that reflect life as it was in the six geographic regions of the country a hundred years ago and more. Beyond the fact that the museum allows visitors to actually pass into a bygone era by giving them an intimate view of the environment in which people went about their very often difficult daily lives, it offers a unique overall design in which each region is found on terrain that Roman Woronowycz reflects the physical landscape that domi- Windmills of the Polissia region now on view at the outdoor Museum of Folk Architecture and Traditions. nates there. Also, the entire museum is laid out so that in a general sense, each which is located on the highest hill of the Slobozhanschyna-Poltavschyna, in turn, is occurred. He will notice that windows region is placed to reflect where it would museum, from the Podillia region of west- at the opposite end from the Karpaty. became larger as time passed and come to be found on a map of Ukraine. ern Ukraine. Polissia is found above A visitor can compare the architectural understand that the severe angle of roofs In that way, one moves into the Central Naddniprianschyna, which in turn differences between homes in the various in Zakarpattia homes was a practical inno- Karpaty (Carpathian Mountains) region, is located above the south Ukraine region. regions and see how design developments (Continued on page 7)

The 18th century Kozak-style Church of St. Paraskevia from the Cherkasy region. This type of architecture was banned by Moscow in the early 19th century and few examples of it are extant. A 19th century watermill from the Transcarpathian region. No. 18 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY 7

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do... Museum of Folk Architecture...

(Continued from page 6) vation to allow for water to run down and off the building quickly in a region that sees plenty of rain. The designers did not forget Ukrainian windmills, which were an important ele- ment in many regions. At Pyrohova they have been placed amid wide-open spaces, which gives them an awe-inspiring pres- ence. There is a water mill on the grounds as well, not one of the larger ones that were built during those times, but it gives a good sense to what extent the miller, who resided where the grain was processed, was tied to his mill and his job. Also of particular interest are the vari- ous farm implements and household tools that have been gathered and are on dis- play here. A stationary thresher from the late 19th century, found in the Luhansk region, gives a good indication of the extent to which the Ukrainian countryside remained technologically underdeveloped in relation to Europe and America. Roman Woronowycz The museum contains a remarkable Kozak church from the Cherkasy region Beehives made from tree stumps are seen in foreground against the backdrop of a church from the Rivne area. Constructed of Ukraine, transported here with much of in the Polissia region, these beehives each house three separate hives. the originally iconography still intact. There is also a schoolroom from the late 19th century complete with benches, a blackboard and even a globe from that period. There are also highly unusual bee- hives made by apiarists from tree stumps. In the Polissia region, 19th century bee- keepers lifted the stumps onto trees, and it was considered that the higher the hive was placed the more honey the bees would produce. The various buildings house domestic icons, national folk costumes and textiles, ceramics, as well as one of the better col- lections of Ukrainian folk instruments in the world. In all 70,000 artifacts are found in the 320 buildings that make up the Pyrohova site, considered one of the largest open-air museums in the world. The various villages are connected by dirt roads and beautiful meadows of wild- flowers. But, in keeping with the intent of the designers to reflect the reality of the times, some fields are planted annually with wheat, sunflowers and other staple crops of Ukraine. During national and religious holidays and on specially designated dates, such as the well-known ancient celebration of the summer solstice, Kupalo, artisans exhibit their wares, workers dressed in costumes The interior of a home from the Dnipro region as traditionally decorated for a wedding celebration. The ritual breads on stroll the grounds and special events take the table are varieties of “korovayi,” special wedding breads. place that reflect Ukrainian traditions. For instance, during Kupalo an evening show centered on a huge bonfire takes place, while during Christmas visitors can enjoy sleigh rides and live “vertepy,” which is a specialized tradition of caroling accompa- nied by a bit of theater. Summer visitors to the museum can bring along picnic baskets and after a few hours of viewing settle into one of the meadows of tall grass for lunch before proceeding further. Or they can take in a hayride, or simply sit on a wooden bench outside a Volyn home, for example, and take in the fresh air, if lunch is not on their mind. There are also several top-notch restau- rants on the grounds that offer traditional Ukrainian fare in a rustic setting. With all that the Pyrohova open-air folk museum has to offer, more is on the way. Plans have been drawn up for more exhibitions, which will expand it by a third and bring the total number of build- ings to more than 500. For those interested in learning more about the museum, the telephone num- ber is: (38044) 266-2416 or (38044) 266-5542. A village house of the late 19th-early 20th century from the Luhansk area of the Slobozhanschyna region. 8 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY No. 18

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do... Lviv study tour combines learning a language with experiencing a culture

by Marijka Kachmar EDMONTON – Last summer, seven students from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, an engineer from Winnipeg, and a former teacher from New Jersey embarked on a summer lan- guage study course to Lviv. All had indi- vidual reasons for going, but most want- ed to improve their Ukrainian language skills, experience modern Ukrainian cul- ture, visit places their parents, grandpar- ents or great grandparents had told sto- ries about, and even meet relatives for the first time. The course, “Ukrainian Through Its Living Culture,” was an initiative of the department of modern languages and cultural studies at the University of Alberta, home of the Ukrainian Language and Literature Program. As a participant and graduate of the course, I cannot but express deep satis- faction with the quality of instruction, the organization of activities and friend- liness of the group atmosphere. Our instructor and the organizer of this six-credit course, Dr. Alla Nedashkivska, gave us the freedom to explore topics of personal interest, while at the same time making sure we acquired advanced language skills and learned new phrases and vocabulary. Everyone’s Ukrainian improved, as Participants of the 2001 course “Ukrainian Through Its Living Culture” organized by the University of Alberta. did their confidence in speaking the lan- guage and even in making friends with choice. Since this was a language course, castles and castle sites surrounding the during the first days as well: if a student strangers – especially those of the oppo- many of the projects focused on topics city, had a few picnics, and even went was not organized, it was difficult to go site sex! Homework for the course con- such as the influence of English on to an amusement park. Our weekends out every single night and complete sisted of reading articles on current Ukrainian media, youth slang, gender were free for pursuing language learn- homework assignments. The lack of issues such as AIDS, homelessness, and issues and even pet names. ing in a natural setting – mostly at water between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 language problems in Ukraine, as well as We spent Mondays, Wednesdays and cafes, bars, “diskoteky,” or on short p.m. was a constant source of frustration. contemporary music and fashion. Fridays in the classroom, and Tuesdays excursions to relatives in the village or (Except for those who, like me, lived in Everyone completed weekly projects and Thursdays on various outings. We nearby cities. the center of town and had water all day and presentations on topics of their thoroughly explored Lviv, visited old Most of the participants chose to live long). with host families, which allowed them All in all, the knowledge gained and to experience Ukrainian home life first- the experiences I had in Lviv were far hand and to enjoy home-cooked greater and more memorable than any- Ukrainian meals twice a day. Those who thing we could have ever learned from a chose to live independently often found textbook. This is a great way to learn or themselves bargaining at bazaars for the improve your Ukrainian. best prices on anything from instant soup *** to watermelons. For information on this year’s We were able to afford eating in many course, visit the website of the restaurants and pizzerias on a daily basis. Ukrainian Language and Literature The food was always delicious, and the Program at the University of Alberta: service was always worthy of comment. http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~ukraina/ Of course, there were certain negatives Homepage.html. Lviv’s Ukrainian Catholic University to be inaugurated in June

by Jeffrey Wills invited speakers and panelists. The morning of Saturday, June 29, LVIV – After almost a century, is devoted to speakers on the history Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky’s and tradition of the UCU in Rome and dream will come true this summer the diaspora. On Saturday afternoon when the Ukrainian Catholic will be the blessing of the new founda- University is officially inaugurated in tions of the Seminary of the Holy Lviv. Spirit and UCU Theological Faculty A week of festivities will begin on will be blessed that afternoon, and an the evening of Tuesday, June 25, with evening concert will cap the day’s the opening of ceremonies by the uni- events. versity’s grand chancellor, Cardinal The climax of the celebration will Lubomyr Husar. occur on Sunday, June 30, with the On Wednesday morning, Father morning liturgy at St. George Borys Gudziak Ph.D., rector of the Cathedral to open the Patriarchal new university – and of the Lviv Sobor and the afternoon inauguration Theological Academy on which it is ceremonies, which will take place on based – will present the goals of the the great plaza of the new building of new institution. Three days of lectures, the Ukrainian Catholic University near seminars and roundtables on the topics Stryiskyi Park. of the humanities, theology, and the All friends of Ukrainian education role of a Catholic university in are invited to attend the various Ukraine will follow, with dozens of events. No. 18 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY 9

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do... Top-notch instructors from Ukraine are key to dance academy’s success

by Ret Turner Ukrainian, those who don’t speak Ukrainian have no trouble following, LEHIGHTON, Pa. – Aspiring dancers proving the adage that dance is a univer- need not cross the Atlantic Ocean to find sal language. The students thrive on the the best in Ukrainian folk dance training. rigorous schedule of eight hours of class- This summer it is again available no fur- es daily. ther than Northeast Pennsylvania, where After classes, students can relax by the Voloshky Performing Dance the large pool or roam the expansive Academy, under the artistic direction of recreation fields located on the camp- Taras Lewyckyj, brings in top-notch ground. The staff plans free-time activi- instructors from Ukraine. ties and possibly an off-site performance. A two-week camp, running August 4 The academy’s venue is the Ukrainian through 17, is sponsored by the Voloshky Homestead in the Pocono Mountains, a Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of two-hour drive from Philadelphia and Jenkintown, Pa; it will be an intensive, New York City. The Homestead, nestled full-time program of classes in character, in the hills near Lehighton and historic ballet, choreography and performance Jim Thorpe (also known as Mauch technique. This program is designed for Chunk), is a popular summer retreat for dancers of ability who are ready to excel. the Ukrainian American community. The course will culminate with a per- Classes will be small and enrollment formance by the academy participants at is limited in order to allow for maximum the Ukrainian Festival on August 17 in individual attention. Therefore, academy Lehighton, Pa. Voloshky Academy students perform a newly learned dance. directors recommend early registration to The academy goes to great lengths to ensure a spot. Applicants must be at least obtain the highest-caliber instructors The teaching staff will also include enthusiastic, and come from all over 8 years of age, and have a minimum of from Ukraine. Stepan Zabredowsky is Voloshky’s Mark Kalyta as instructors’ North America; most have substantial two years’ dance experience. Classes will the Dean of Faculty and Professor at the assistant. Mr. Kalyta started training with previous training and are prepared to be arranged according to age and ability National Cultural University in Kyiv, and the School of the Voloshky Ukrainian work hard for two weeks. What makes level. specializes in the methodology of teach- Dance Ensemble in 1983 and joined the the academy a unique experience is the Students can choose either to attend as ing techniques for Ukrainian dance at the ensemble in 1992. He spent two years direct exposure and interaction it makes overnight campers or day campers. The professional level. At the camp he will with the renowned Tamburitzans at possible between the students and cost of the two-week academy for teach classes in character and choreogra- Duquesne University. In 2001 he studied Ukrainian premier artists at the top of overnight campers is $620, which phy. choreography and dance technique with their professional careers, who bring includes room and board. For day Maryana Pyrih, a lead soloist with the the Virsky Company in Kyiv. invaluable insights into the latest devel- campers, the fee is $420. Deadline for Virsky Ukrainian Dance Company of Victor Guzeyev is a concertmaster opments in the Ukrainian dance art registration is July 13, and a $50 deposit Kyiv, returns to the academy this year. with the Virsky Symphony Orchestra. form. is required to reserve a spot. She has toured worldwide with Virsky, With a specialty in Ukrainian music for The choreographies taught at past For more information, contact Luba including performances in Japan, character classes, he will provide musical camps have covered most of the regions Kalyta, (215) 969-1392 or e-mail: Portugal and Spain. At the camp, her accompaniment for all classes and per- of Ukraine and were technically difficult [email protected]. instructing duties will include ballet, formances. and artistically challenging. Even though Photographs from past years can be seen barre and technique class. Academy students are motivated and all classes are typically conducted in online at www.voloshky.com. 10 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY No. 18

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do... Ukrainian Homestead: a summer home in the Poconos for guests of all ages

by Ihor Czenstuch LEHIGHTON, Pa. – Nestled in the southern foothills of the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania, five miles from the Mahoning Valley (Exit 34 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, NE Extension) is the Ukrainian Homestead, a piece of Ukraine on 200 acres owned by the Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine (ODVU). For over 40 years, this resort in Lehighton, 75 miles north of Philadelphia and 90 miles west of New York City, has been a summer home for Ukrainians of all ages from various states and countries. Since the last decade, this Ukrainian resort has experienced a resurgence of visitors. Adults who spent many sum- mers at the Homestead are now bringing their children, third- and fourth-genera- tion Ukrainians from the coal-mining regions of Pennsylvania are revisiting their roots, and the new-wave Ukrainians are finding a haven at the “oselia.” The Ukrainian Homestead is occupied year-round by skiers, bikers, campers, rafters, hunting and fishing enthusiasts, conventioneers and vacationers enjoying nearby attractions, such as the quaint town of Jim Thorpe and the many ski resorts. The Ukrainian Homestead offers A scene from the annual Ukrainian Festival at the Ukrainian Homestead in Lehighton, Pa. motel rooms, bungalows, campsites, bar- becue areas, a swimming pool, a dance Scouting Organization’s Burlaky and Canada. Guests feast on Ukrainian Eve dance, a Mardi Gras dance (“zapus- hall and a social club. An active open-air (Fraternity). A whitewater rafting and foods, view arts and crafts presented by na zabava”), an Easter bazaar, an Easter chapel also graces the grounds. barbecue day takes place in June. many vendors and enjoy the zabava on dinner (“Sviachene”), a trout tournament, The summer season opens on The highlight of the summer is the Saturday night. This year’s festival will the annual convention of the Ukrainian Memorial Day weekend with a tradition- annual Ukrainian Folk Festival commem- take place on August 17-18. Philatelic and Numismatic Society, a al “zabava” (dance) on Saturday and a orating Ukraine’s independence, held on As with many other weekends, Labor Halloween weekend and a Thanksgiving picnic on Sunday. Throughout the sum- the third weekend in August. Over a Day features a dance. The summer sea- dinner. mer, the Homestead hosts four camps: thousand spectators come from many son ends in September with the tradition- For more information or to make reser- the Ukrainian Gold Cross Children’s regions of Pennsylvania, New York, New al “pechenia baraboli” (potato bake) and vations, call the Ukrainian Homestead at Camp, Kazka Dance Camp, Voloshky Jersey, Delaware and Maryland to experi- dance. (610) 377-4621, e-mail [email protected], or Dance Camp and the Mountain Bike ence traditional songs and dance per- In addition to summer events, the visit the websites at www.odwu.org or Camp sponsored by Plast Ukrainian formed by groups from the United States Ukrainian Homestead hosts a New Year’s www.homestead.com.

Being Ukrainian means: Folk dance camp in Lehighton geared to children, young adults J Malanka in January. J Deb in February. by Paula Duda Holoviak the Syzokryli Ensemble of New York City. LEHIGHTON, Pa. – The Ukrainian J The camp features special classes for Sviato Vesny/Zlet in May. American Heritage Foundation of the advanced dancers, as well as introductory J Lower Anthracite Regions will host its Scores of graduations in June. 13th annual folk dance workshop and classes for new or inexperienced dancers. J camp on Monday, July 1, through Friday, As in years past, the camp also features Tabir in July. July 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, at traditional crafts and music, sports, J the Ukrainian Homestead in Lehighton, swimming, lunch and a snack. Volleyball at Wildwood in August. Pa. For more information or registration J The camp will conclude with a finale forms, contact Dr. Paula Holoviak, (570) Labor Day at Soyuzivka in September. performance on Saturday, July 6, at 7 708-1992; Joseph Zucofski, (570) 622- p.m., followed by a dance in the 8056; or Sandra Duda, (610) 377-7750. J Homestead ballroom. The camp is open Maskarada in October This camp is partially funded by a to children and young adults, age 5 and J Morskyi Bal in November. up, with classes for beginners and grant from the Schuylkill County advanced dancers. Commissioners through the Schuylkill J Koliada in December. This year’s camp features two guest County Council for the Arts and through instructors, David Woznak of the a grant from the Pennsylvania Council Kashtan School of Ukrainian Dance in for the Arts. Deadline for registration is Parma, Ohio, and Andrij Dobriansky of Monday, June 10. If you checked off more than one of the above, then you know you have an active social life. MemorialMemorial DayDay WeekendWeekend Now, how about doing something for your mind? MayMay 2424 –– 2727 Kick-off the 2002 season with parties, dances, barbecues, Subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly. good food and good friends. Make your reservations today! For a subscription form, see the back page of this issue. No. 18 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY 11

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do... Renowned Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus A UKRAINIAN SUMMER CALENDAR announces its summer programs May 24-27 Memorial Day weekend kick-off to 2002 season, Soyuzivka, Kerhonkson, NY by Anatoli Murha mail either Mykola Schidowka at (440) 888- June 9 “Hopak in the Park,” Festival Place, Edmonton 7129, or [email protected]; or June 25-30 Inauguration of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv DETROIT – The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus Anatoli W. Murha at (734) 658-6452 or has scheduled a pair of two-week summer pro- [email protected]. June 28-30 Second annual Lemko Vatra, SUM Oselia, Ellenville, NY grams for all bandura enthusiasts. Bandura The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus was formed Camp Ukraina will start on Sunday, July 28, at June 29 “Music at the Grazhda” season opener, Jewett-Hunter, NY in Kyiv in 1918. It survived both the Soviet and the Ukraina Vacation Resort in London, Ontario. Nazi occupations, and since 1949 has enjoyed July 1-5 Philosophical Summer Seminar, Ukrainian Catholic Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp will start on University, Lviv Sunday, August 11, at All Saints Ukrainian the freedom of artistic expression in the United Orthodox Church Camp Grounds in Emlenton, States of America. This male chorus is based in July 4-7 Fourth of July Weekend Family Festival, SUM Oselia, Pa. Both camps will showcase a final concert. Detroit, but has members throughout North Ellenville, NY Participants at both camps will take part in a America: Alberta, Maryland, Michigan, New July 5-7 Ukrainian Pysanka Festival, Vegreville program that consists of: bandura technique Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Ontario. July 19-21 Ukrainian Festival, MountainView Resort (Verkhovyna), training, vocal training, solo and ensemble play- Glen Spey, N.Y. ing, bandura history and, for advanced players, The chorus has preserved and promoted the training with style. art of the bandura by amassing an extensive August 3 50th Anniversary Gala, Soyuzivka, Kerhonkson, N.Y. discography, and by touring North America, There is time for a number of recreational August 4 40th anniversary celebrations of St. John the Baptist activities, such as swimming, sports and relax- Europe and Australia. The Ukrainian Bandurist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Hunter, NY ation. Enthusiasts of all playing and age levels Chorus is a laureate of the Shevchenko State are welcome and encouraged to participate. Prize, Ukraine’s highest cultural award. August 10 Miss Soyuzivka Contest, Soyuzivka, Kerhonkson, NY Instruction is in both English and Ukrainian. For more information on the bandura, the August 11 Ukrainian Day, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, To receive a registration packet and for more chorus and the camps, please visit www.ban- Edmonton information about both camps, please call or e- dura.org. August 17-18 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Homestead, Lehighton, Pa. August 25 Friends Ukrainian Music Fest, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Golf tourney to benefit Bandurist Chorus Village, Edmonton August 30- Ukrainian Festival, Balboa Park, San Diego by Anatoli Murha Europe in 2003. September 1 The UBC is currently looking for co-sponsors DETROIT – The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus August 30- SUM “Zdvyh” Festivities, SUM Oselia, Ellenville, NY for each of the 18 holes. Co-sponsorship of a (UBC) will be holding the first annual UBC September 1 hole costs $100 and will be acknowledged both Canadian Golf Tournament on Sunday, June 2. August 31 Labor Day weekend festivities, Soyuzivka, Kerhonkson, NY The tournament will be held at Deerfield Golf in the program and at the tee of the hole. Organizers are also looking for prizes for the raf- and Recreation Center in Oakville, Ontario. The September 15 Harvest of the Past and Heritage Food Festival, Ukrainian fle, the longest drive competition the closest-to- tournament will follow a scramble format, with Cultural Heritage Village, Edmonton tee times beginning at 11 a.m. the-pin competition and the putting competition. The proceeds raised from this tournament will To sign up a foursome for the tournament, September 15 Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church Parish contribute to the development and purchase of co-sponsor a hole or donate a prize, please e- Picnic, Hillside, NJ new instruments (banduras) and accessories for mail Orest at [email protected]. For more September 15 Connecticut Ukrainian Day Festival, St. Basil’s Seminary, the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus’ instrumentalists information log on to www.bandura.org and Stamford, CT as they prepare for a historic concert tour of click on UBC Golf Tournament. 12 SPECIAL SUMMER SUPPLEMENT TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY No. 18

A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do...

The indoor swimming pool at the Premier Palace Hotel. Historic Kyiv... some of them also mixing the traditional with the contemporary, are scheduled to open by the end of this year, including the (Continued from page 1) Leipzig, which is being restored at the site church, the Uspenskyi Sobor (Assumption of the historic 19th century hotel of the Cathedral), which was completed two years same name. ago. Retreating Soviet forces blew up the A sleek, new Intercontinental Hotel, with cathedral during World War II. contemporary Western architectural design Today, the seven churches that make up and a mirrored facade, also will open by the monastery complex have undergone year’s end. It is being built between the restoration and have had their domes regild- sobors of St. Sophia and St. Michael, but ed. The surrounding area has been cleared has been placed away from the road so as of much wooded growth and a feudal-style not to be obtrusive. stone wall erected around the perimeter of Kyiv can boast a panoply of new and the grounds, giving the 900-year-old com- interesting restaurants as well, which offer plex a fresh appearance. everything from American Tex-Mex chili to While the above-mentioned churches are traditional Georgian lamb kebabs (known for Orthodox faithful, Greek Catholics will here as “shashlyk”) and Vietnamese rice soon also have a cathedral in the country’s dishes. The names of the city’s leading capital after a decades-long absence. restaurants are the best example of the vari- ety of the fare: Pantagruel, Da Vinci’s, Construction has begun on a church that Roman Woronowycz will eventually become the archiepiscopal Tequila House, Arizona’s, Kyoto, Mimino. seat of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic But, of course, there are plenty of The façade of the newly renovated Premier Palace Hotel in Kyiv. Church. The completion date for the struc- varenyky, holubtsi and nalysnyky to be ture, which will be found on the banks of found, as well, chiefly in Ukrainian fast Two prime periods are the last days of celebrate Independence Day, and that the Dnipro River on Kyiv’s Left Bank, is food places like the popular Shvydko May and the week before Independence includes a grand military parade with sol- still a couple of years away. restaurant and also in such upper-scale Day in August. May is perhaps the diers, guns and firepower on display. The Kyiv city center is alive with con- establishments as Tsarske Selo or sweetest month in the capital: Kyiv’s Because Ukraine is not a traveler’s struction of new artifices and restoration of Khutorets. renowned chestnut trees are in bloom, Mecca, even at these peak times the crowds older ones. Nary a street exists on which Kyiv is a city best seen in the warm the weather is sunny with the tempera- are still comfortable and plenty of room some sort of construction process is not weather months. However, June and July ture hovering aroung the 75-degree remains in the hotels, restaurants and bars. occurring. And, thankfully, the city fathers can be scorchingly hot. On the other hand, mark, and during the last weekend of the However, by coming to Kyiv, visitors can have demanded that the historic architec- May and August are generally warm and month the traditional Kyiv Days celebra- get a good feel for how Ukrainians party. ture be retained, even if that means gutting sunny. It is at these times that the city fills tions occur. And it must be said here that if anything is a building but leaving its façade, which can up with travelers from many Eastern and Also fun are the last two weeks of for certain here it is that Ukrainians know become a much more costly endeavor than Central European countries. August, when the country and the capital how to throw a party. beginning from scratch. The new five-star hotels finally under development in Kyiv are a prime example of how to keep the old while bringing in the new. Currently there are five major hotel projects in Kyiv involving international cor- porations – three of them involving restora- tion of historic architectural sites. The Premier Palace Hotel, which opened last year, is located on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. It is a five-star, world-class complex that combines dazzling interior design with marble floors and paintings from the Impressionist period. The new hotel stands on the site of an older hotel that was considered the best in Kyiv at the turn of the century. But it has all the modern amenities for the weary world traveler, including a splendid heated swim- ming pool with wave action, a Jacuzzi, a solarium and two types of saunas. There is also a high-tech weight room and a juice bar, as well as a more traditional bar and a restaurant. For the businessperson there is the business center, which offers all the necessities of an office on the road. As soon as the second wing of the hotel opens, which is scheduled for the end of this year, guests will also be able to enjoy a nightclub, a casino and a second restaurant. The monopoly the Premier Palace Hotel AP/Efrem Lukatsky currently has on a five-star designation Pedestrians on the recently reconstructed Independence Square in Kyiv. An arch in the middle crowned with the sculpture should not last long. Several other hotels, of Archangel Michael is a symbolic reconstruction of medieval Kyiv’s ancient gates.