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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVI HE KRAINIANNo. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine ReportsT on traffickingU of women in Europe: International WMonetary Fund recommends most who seek rescue are from Ukraine that Ukraine receive loan of $2.2 billion by Roman Woronowycz rationalize the tax structure and reduce the by Irene Jarosewich most young women are motivated to Kyiv Press Bureau tax burden on business; strengthen fiscal respond to this type of recruitment by the – The largest number of and monetary institutions, launch adminis- need for money. KYIV — The International Monetary trative reform and rationalize the size of women in Europe who seek to be rescued Also, with the political freedom pro- Fund said on July 31 it would recommend from forced prostitution and other forced budget structures; adopt transparent privati- vided by Ukraine’s independence, some to its executive board that Ukraine should sexual activity are from Ukraine, accord- zation procedures to further de-regulate the women seek the excitement of living receive a $2.2 billion (U.S.), three-year loan ing to statistics from European police economy; reduce government intervention abroad. However, according to the after an IMF mission concluded that the reports. Therefore, from among all the in economic activities; and reform the ener- speakers, none of these women view Ukrainian government was finally moving gy and agricultural sectors. republics of the former Soviet Union, forward on intensive economic reform. Ukraine was chosen as the first country in themselves as prey; the recruitment is Vice Prime Minister for Economic often open, informal, friendly, therefore The announcement came after months of Reform Serhii Tyhypko, who announced which to open a field office in 1996 of the negotiations and with Ukraine seriously international anti-trafficking organization their level of skepticism is low. the agreement with the IMF mission head, Hanya Brill of Brama opened the com- short of currency to meet scheduled August said the two sides had no outstanding points LaStrada, noted Kateryna Levchenko, debt payments of almost $1 billion (U.S.). national coordinator of LaStrada-Ukraine. munity meeting with the reading of typical of contention. “We have reached complete recruitment ad that appears in a village “We have reached a tentative agreement understanding on all the issues that we dis- Ms. Levchenko’s non-profit, non-govern- with the Ukrainian authorities on a program mental organization LaStrada-Ukraine is a newspaper in Ukraine: “Seek pretty cussed. Members of the mission have posi- woman, under age 30, slender, educated, of stabilization and restructuring of the tively assessed our work,” said Mr. branch of the international LaStrada economy,” said Mohammed Shadman- organization, which was established by the to work as a secretary in a clean, modern Tyhypko. Valavi, head of the IMF mission team that European Parliament to help prevent and office in Bahrain; $500/month; documents The Extended Fund Facility (EFF) that had been in Kyiv negotiating the final halt the trafficking of women. and transportation costs provided.” Ukraine had been seeking since last year agreement with government officials since A community meeting on the topic Such a woman, according to speakers, will be disbursed to Ukraine over a three- July 23. “Trafficking of Women from Ukraine,” could then be interviewed by a well-dressed year period and will help the country gener- Mr. Shadman-Valavi said the IMF was sponsored by the Women’s Studies representative, very possibly a woman, ate other international credits through public Department of Hunter College/CUNY and from the “joint venture” business and pleased by the series of economic decrees and private lenders, as well as give it a organized by Brama-Gateway Ukraine and offered a contract. Upon arrival in the for- that Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma financial cushion on which to fall back. the World Federation of Ukrainian eign country, a young woman’s duties as a had issued beginning on June 18 to improve Among the other credit opportunities that Women’s Organizations, was held the so-called secretary would be expanded to the business environment and create condi- are now within Ukraine’s reach is a $750 evening of July 29 at Hunter College. include sexually servicing her employers tions for economic growth. According to the million loan from the World Bank, which Organized in conjunction with a two- IMF press release that accompanied the week anti-trafficking training program for (Continued on page 3) announcement, these include measures to (Continued on page 2) 20 Ukrainian officials and professionals conducted in the U.S. by Vermont-based Project Harmony, the community meeting provided an overview of the complex cir- International Plast Jamboree ‘98 brings 700 to the center of the continent cumstances that underpin the illegal traf- by Orysia Paszczak Tracz ficking of women from Ukraine. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Approximately 100 guests listened to a dozen speakers address the economic, WINNIPEG – They started arriving political, legal, international, security, on the morning of Tuesday, July 29, educational and health aspects of this and kept streaming down the escalators crime. until close to 700 members of Plast The term “trafficking,” according to from around the world had landed at one of the speakers, encompasses a broad Winnipeg International Airport in the range of activity centered around the one day. They came from across “trade in human flesh,” – such as the sell- , and from the , ing of children, forcing women into prosti- , Ukraine, , Slovakia, tution or men to perform dangerous and and . menial labor. The critical factor is the The “Plastuny,” as those who belong non-voluntary nature of the activity. to the Ukrainian scouting group are According to Vasyl Nevolya from called, came to Manitoba for the Ukraine’s national bureau of Interpol, the International Plast Jamboree ’98, a enslavement of people is a centuries-old gathering held every five years some- problem, the pattern the same: to take place around the globe where the advantage of people who are weak and Ukrainian youth organization is active. vulnerable due to economic, political or Manitoba is the site because this year geographic circumstances. marks the 50th anniversary of Plast’s According to U.N. statistics, more than founding in Canada – in Winnipeg in 4 million people per year worldwide fall 1948. For the first week (phase I) of Some of the International Plast Jamboree’s first arrivals at the Winnipeg airport. victim to some form of human bondage. the jamboree, the mostly 11- to-18- In recent years, women from Ukraine year-old youths participated in seven International Plast Jamboree ‘98, vari- – both Plast members and non-mem- have been responding to pernicious invita- different canoeing, biking and hiking ous activities, a moleben and a jubilee bers – have been working on this mas- tions “to work abroad” – seemingly legiti- camps in the Spruce Woods, Whiteshell bonfire were to take place. sive project. The organizing committee mate enticements to make money as wait- and Nopiming provincial parks, and More than 200 volunteers itself (36 individuals) has been sup- resses, translators, dancers, cooks, child the Vermillion River Outfitters Camp. ported by members of Plast-Pryiat, a care providers or even entertainers for “the During phase II (August 5-9) all par- The organizing committee, headed “friends of Plast” support group com- diaspora,” – invitations that in reality are ticipants were to camp at Bird’s Hill by Sophia Kachor, began planning the posed of parents’ and others, as well as lures for the trap of sexual servitude. Provincial Park northeast of Winnipeg, 1998 jamboree more than two and a Ukraine’s current economic crisis has where the opening ceremonies of the half years ago. Close to 200 volunteers (Continued on page 10) resulted in high unemployment, and 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 No. 32

Tarasyuk meets with international leaders in Berlin Embassy of Ukraine cy of integration into European and Euro- NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Atlantic structures and its goal is full mem- WASHINGTON – Ukraine’s Foreign bership in the European Union, Mr. Consortium to reinforce sarcophagus countries held in Kyiv in July pledged Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk attended Tarasyuk said. He added that implementa- some $5 million to build infrastructure, cre- an international forum on European integra- KYIV – An international consortium tion of the Ukraine-EU Cooperation ate new jobs and provide for cultural needs tion on July 3-4 in Berlin that was spon- has won a tender to reinforce the sarcopha- Agreement, which came into force on of the returning Tatars. (RFE/RL Newsline) sored by the Bertelsmann Foundation. The gus covering the damaged reactor at the March 1, is the first step toward achieving forum topic was Europe’s mediating and Chornobyl nuclear power plant, the Outgoing Canadian ambassador feted this objective. stabilizing role in international affairs and Associated Press reported on August 4. The Ukrainian foreign affairs minister KYIV – A group of 40 business and ways of avoiding confrontations upon the The consortium, headed by the French also conferred with officials of Debis, a government leaders met on July 23 to bid European Union’s enlargement. company Technique Atom, includes farewell to Canadian Ambassador Chris This international event was attended subsidiary of Daimler Benz, focusing on British, German and U.S. companies. The company projects already under way in $5.4 million deal is the second stage of a Westdal at a dinner organized by the by leading European government offi- Canada-Ukraine Business Initiative and cials and politicians, including NATO Ukraine and a future project for joint pro- broader project on improving Chornobyl’s duction of a large aircraft based on safety. The funds will be used for, among the Canadian-Ukrainian Chamber of Secretary-General Javier Solana, Commerce. Guests included Ukrainian Germany’s Foreign Minister Klaus Ukraine’s Antonov-70. other things, technical maintenance and Minister Tarasyuk met with Polish repairs of the sarcophagus. Some 20 donor and Canadian deputy ministers; Jaroslav Kinkel and former U.S. Secretary of Kinach, representative of the European State Henry Kissinger. The head of the President Kwasniewski and both stated that nations have pledged $400 million to the Polish-Ukrainian relationship is devel- make the concrete and steel sarcophagus Bank for Reconstruction and Ukrainian Presidential Administration’s Development; and the heads of many Foreign Policy Department, Volodymyr oping very favorably and dynamically. The environmentally safe. (RFE/RL Newsline) Polish leader reiterated his nation’s inten- Canadian and Ukrainian projects and busi- Ohryzko, also took part in the forum. Lukashenka says reunion is “inevitable” nesses, including Epic Energy, Kadima, tion to continue aiding Ukraine in every In his remarks titled “Europe’s Border Semex, UkrNaftoGas, Nadra Resources way possible toward the latter’s integration Problems: Chances and Risks of a New MIENSK – Belarusian President and Monsanto. (Eastern Economist) Neighborhood,” Mr. Tarasyuk stressed with pan-European institutions. Alyaksandr Lukashenka has said in answer Ukraine’s integration into European and At a meeting with German Minister of to questions by readers of Pravda-5 that Marchuk discusses the shadow economy Euro-Atlantic institutions as the nation’s Foreign Affairs Kinkel, Mr. Tarasyuk dis- reunification of , Ukraine and cussed the crisis in Kosovo, well as “is inevitable and that no opponent KYIV – “The shadow economy deliberate choice and strategic goal. accounts for around 40 to 60 percent of the Minister Tarasyuk stated his nation’s German-Ukrainian relations. will be able to prevent it,” Interfax report- During the Ukrainian foreign affairs min- ed on July 31. He said such a union will Ukrainian market. One of the main reasons support for the concept of a “Partnership for for the development of the shadow econo- isters’ meeting with former Dr. Kissinger, a appear “very soon” if “the reunification Prosperity” initiated by Polish President my is high taxes. The worst thing is that broad range of international issues was dis- problem passes from the area of election Aleksander Kwasniewski, who stated that many people are forced against their will to such a program could serve as the corner- cussed, with both parties stressing the con- outbursts into the area of practical daily work.” He also expressed hope that the work in the shadow economy,” Yevhen stone of the European Union’s strategy tinuing need for U.S. support of Ukraine. Marchuk told the Union of Journalists on toward Central and East European nations. Mr. Tarasyuk met with Swedish Foreign Belarusian- Russian Union Parliamentary Assembly will soon pass laws to establish July 8. He added that at least $10 billion Mr. Tarasyuk held a series of bilateral Ministry State Secretary Ian Eliason to dis- (U.S.) has been exported from Ukraine and meetings. He met with NATO Secretary- cuss the prospects for Ukraine’s cooperation union citizenship and that the two coun- tries’ parliaments will approve that legisla- put into Western banks and recommended General Solana to discuss issues of with the Council of Baltic Nations and tion. (RFE/RL Newsline) providing an amnesty for this capital. NATO-Ukrainian cooperation and Mr. some aspects of President Kuchma’s However, this decision can be made only by Solana’s upcoming visit to Kyiv and with upcoming sate visit to Sweden. Pentagon continues funding disarmament the president or by the government. “The Wolfang Scheube, head of a German par- The foreign affairs minister also visit- politician who gives the order to amnesty liamentary faction, to discuss the current ed the Ukrainian Embassy’s new building WASHINGTON – The U.S. Defense flight capital will take a very great risk with state of, and prospects for developing, in downtown Berlin, which will be for- Department will continue to provide finan- his reputation, and everyone is afraid of the Ukrainian-German relationship, as mally inaugurated in the fall of 1999, fol- cial assistance to Ukraine to destroy its doing so,” Mr. Marchuk said. He warned well as relations between Ukraine and lowing the German government’s trans- weapons of mass destruction, ITAR-TASS that owners of flight capital would not be in the European Union. fer of the German capital from Bonn to reported on July 30. Ukraine will receive a hurry to return their money to Ukraine. Ukraine is actively implementing a poli- Berlin. $76.7 million to destroy SS-19 missiles, He predicted that in the amnesty’s first year some 40 strategic bombers, and some approximately $1 billion (U.S.) would 1,000 cruise missiles. The Pentagon will return. Compared to the $2 billion in for- such as Harvard University economist also allocate $630,000 to help enforce eign investment that Ukraine has received IMF recommends... Jeffrey Sachs, who said in Kyiv earlier this non-proliferation of arms outside since independence, this is a very signifi- (Continued from page 1) year that the IMF must be more flexible Ukraine’s borders and $73 million for con- cant sum, he noted. (Eastern Economist) version of defense enterprises. Over the the financial organization had said was towards Ukraine in its reform demands because a very real threat existed that while past six years, Ukraine has received $520 Ukraine’s production up over 1997 levels dependent on Ukraine first obtaining the million in such aid. (RFE/RL Newsline) EFF. the IMF negotiated, the Ukrainian economy KYIV – For the first time in the last nine For Ukraine – which has severe revenue could collapse. Kyiv funds to assist Crimean Tatars years, Ukraine’s industrial production has collection problems and has suffered The international financial organization increased, rising by 0.7 percent in the first KYIV – The Ukrainian government has through the aftershocks of the Asian finan- showed that it is able to compromise by half of 1998 over 1997 levels, First Vice allocated 1 million hrv ($475,000) to help cial crisis – that money is expected to to agreeing that Ukraine could meet EFF Prime Minister Anatolii Holubchenko said resettle Crimean Tatars who were expeled counter any immediate danger of financial requirements by maintaining a 3.3 percent on July 6. According to the Cabinet Press from their homeland by Joseph Stalin dur- collapse. budget deficit in 1998, instead of the 2.5 Service, Mr. Holubchenko said that, as a percent deficit it had demanded earlier. In ing World War II, the Associated Press result of National Bank of Ukraine meas- “I am confident that with our implemen- reported. The funds will be used to tation of the International Monetary Fund 1999 the IMF expects Ukraine’s budget ures taken to support domestic manufactur- deficit to be no higher than 2 percent. improve gas and water supplies to Tatar ers, the increase was broad-based. program the threat of financial crisis for settlements near the Crimean capital, Ukraine will disappear,” said Vice Prime After the announcement by the IMF mis- Production of consumer goods increased 4 sion that it would recommend approval of Symferopol. Another 7 million hrv will be percent. The wood-processing industry had Minister Tyhypko. provided to Tatars in the form of construc- the EFF, U.S. Vice-President Al Gore, who the best rate of growth at 22 percent, and The country has experienced a large tion materials and equipment. A United was in Kyiv the day the IMF mission shortfall in tax revenues chiefly due to a Nations-sponsored conference of 26 donor (Continued on page 18) shadow economy worth $12 billion (U.S.) arrived and who had expressed qualified annually. In addition, its privatization pro- support for the extension of the loan, released a statement in Washington. Vice- gram has achieved merely 25 percent of the FOUNDED 1933 target levels that were predicted for the first President Gore said he was “greatly encour- half of 1998. Privatization Fund Chairman aged” by the agreement, according to the HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Oleksander Bondar told the Kyiv Post that Kyiv Post. TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., the fund’s shortfall would amount to about “President Kuchma knows that he and a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. $500 million for the year. 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No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 3 New Jersey seminar aims to combat trafficking A case history: by Roma Hadzewycz EAST HANOVER, N.J. – “Ukraine Tania’s story today is a supplier of slave labor – and not only for sex,” according to an official of Below is a translation, prepared by the the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. staff of The Ukrainian Weekly, of a case “Ukraine has become a supplier of a history dated April 23, 1998, from the files living commodity,” stated a consultant on of LaStrada-Ukraine, a non-governmental human rights to Ukraine’s Verkhovna organization funded by the European Rada. Parliament and established to assist Both were addressing the issue of the women who find themselves forced against international trafficking of women from their will into prostitution, and domestic Ukraine in East Hanover, N.J., at a 12-day and menial labor in foreign countries. seminar and training program whose goal was to promote and bolster anti-traffick- Tania is from a small town in the ing activities. Luhansk region. She is 20 years old. Her Organized by Project Harmony, a father left the family when Tania was 4, Vermont-based organization that has con- her brother – 2. In 1991 a car hit her broth- ducted cultural and professional er; he barely survived and was permanent- exchanges since 1985, the seminar ly disabled. He cannot get out of bed and brought together 20 government officials, the mother cannot work since she must representatives of non-governmental Roma Hadzewycz care for her son. organizations, legal professionals, journal- Tania was finishing technical college, Iryna Turlo of the Ministry of Education in conversation with Kateryna but finding a job was impossible. ists and police officials. Its intent was to Levchenko of LaStrada-Ukraine facilitate their cooperation in Ukraine and Industrial production in the small town encourage their involvement in interna- networks; and creation of a public-private and Patricia Kotyk-Zalisko, a prosecutor is at a standstill. Occasionally, except tional efforts to stop the illegal trade in initiative in Ukraine to address the issue. for 14 years who has served as supervisor for bread and water from the pump, women. Organized by Walter Zalisko, chief of and director of child abuse, rape and sexu- there was nothing to eat. The July 18-31 program focused on staff to the police director of the Jersey al assault units, the program included The girl is slim and pretty, she attracted three areas: law enforcement and interna- City Police Department and former under- training sessions, roundtable discussions, glances on the street. A friend of her tional legal efforts to combat trafficking; sheriff of Monmouth County who has 23 mother’s also noticed her: so pretty, yet public education, prevention and support years of experience in law enforcement, (Continued on page 4) languishing here in the provinces. This woman then proposal that the girl fly to the woman’s relatives in the United Arab Mykhaylo Lebed from Ukraine’s and women, find themselves working in Emirates (UAE): the work entails house- Reports on trafficking... Ministry of Internal Affairs noted that a degrading conditions for near-slave wages cleaning at a villa owned by wealthy peo- (Continued from page 1) distinction must be made between volun- doing menial labor in Poland, the Czech ple – she will see a bit of the world, will and their clients. Alone, with no docu- tary and non-voluntary prostitution. This Republic and the former Yugoslavia. show herself to the world, maybe some distinction is often blurred, he said, which Bohdan Yaremenko, vice-consul of the ments (taken away under the pretense that millionaire will fall in love. The pay confuses the issue for many people since Ukraine’s General Consulate in New she needed to be officially registered), would be ($4,000 U.S.) [term unspeci- the efforts of international law enforce- York, who also spoke at the community with no money, with no knowledge of the fied]. Tania had been unable to find work ment officials focus on non-voluntary meeting, noted in a conversation after the language or of the phone system and with at even 50 hrv per month ($25 U.S.). She prostitution. Many thousands of women meeting, that, unlike Ukraine’s Embassy the “friendly” recruiter nowhere to be was very happy. from Ukraine, he added, willingly travel in , where two to three women per She applied and received a passport, found, dependent for food, water and abroad to work as prostitutes, especially week show up, often badly beaten, the and then a visa on the basis of a written shelter, the girl finds herself in a trap. for a few weeks, to make some extra problem most frequently encountered in invitation and flew to Abu Dabi. After she The lures are sophisticated, tempting money. the U.S. is not forced prostitution or sexu- arrived, her passport was taken away from and varied. To deride such women as Further complicating the issue is that in al enslavement, but complaints from her (under the pretense that she needed to unbelievably naive or stupid, warned Ms. many countries prostitution is not a crimi- women who were promised paying jobs be registered), and after this she was Levchenko, exacerbates the problem and nal offense, only a civil offense, and in as domestic help and, in fact, work for informed that she had been sold for $7,000 shifts the blame away from the perpetra- some countries it is legalized. Legalized months, or years, without pay, without U.S. and now needed to work servicing tors to the victims. “Our young women, prostitution does not mean, however, that documents and with no clear idea in clients in a bar. many who have never traveled far from a woman can be made to provide sex which city or state they are in. After a period of time in the country, the their small towns, and only completed against her will, he underscored. Mr. Yaremenko explained that for girl escaped and appealed for help to the studies at the local technicum (vocation- Nonetheless, many women unwillingly Ukrainian citizens who are in the U.S. on UAE police. The police arrested Tania, al/technical school) are that naive,” working in brothels or sex bars do not a tourist or business visa it is illegal to informed their superiors that an under- emphasized Ms. Levchenko, “they have know how to seek help, or do not want to work for pay. However, he said, several ground bordello had been discovered, and no experience of the world, and such tele- seek help since they fear harm from the times a month he is contacted by individu- sentenced the girl to three years in prison vision programs as ‘Santa Barbara’ do not operators of the criminal prostitution als who had come over on a legal U.S. (for criminal prostitution). accurately depict the world outside rings. visa, had been promised paid jobs, only to The girl has been in prison for 11 Ukraine. They are trusting, vulnerable and The countries where Ukrainian find that upon arrival in the U.S. their months. Even for voluntary prostitution, in needy.” women most frequently report incidents sponsors took away their documents, gave this country the sentence is for one year, Since establishing a hotline last of sexual enslavement include Turkey, them no pay and isolated them in a work but there was no attorney in court, because November, LaStrada-Ukraine has , Israel, , Germany, the location where they could not readily be that costs between $5,000 and $7,000 U.S. received on average of 120 to150 calls per Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, found. and that’s why nobody could argue against month from friends, relatives and neigh- though reports have come from Once these victims finally turn to him, this verdict. The family, in dire financial , , Chile, South Africa, as he said, he cannot help them get their bors seeking women who have disap- straits, is unable to hire an attorney. well as many other Asian and European money, since they were not supposed to peared after having left for supposedly We wrote to the Embassy of Ukraine in countries. Many of the women can easily be earning it in the first place, nor can he legitimate jobs abroad; from women out- the UAE, to the sheik of this country, but travel out of Ukraine through Poland, get them a U.S. visa extension. He can side Ukraine seeking help; from citizens until now, unfortunately, we have not Moldova, , Croatia, the Czech only help them return to Ukraine. Even reporting leads on alleged trafficking received any positive responses. The Republic, Albania and , coun- though the Consulate receives only a few operations; and from women calling to ambassador has turned to various official tries from which, according to Ms. calls per month, Mr. Yaremenko specu- check out the legitimacy of certain job and non-official agencies and organiza- offers. Levchenko, many brokers in the lucra- lates that “there are many, many dozens tive flesh trade operate and where false more people from Ukraine” who are in tions in this country, but until there is a Not all job offers, or invitations to visit lawyer, nobody is willing to review the friends or relatives, are lures, noted Ms. passports can often be obtained that similar situations. allow access to other countries. The video “Bought and Sold,” written matter. Our ambassador visits her in Levchenko, and LaStrada counsels prison, which is located in the desert, women about the warning signs of illegiti- According to Mr. Lebed, in Bulgaria and produced by Gillian Caldwell, was there’s an underground market in which shown after the meeting. The film docu- where, as Tania writes, “the cockroaches mate offers. The organization focuses on girls are auctioned off and then transport- ments the inner workings of the networks are the size of our sparrows, but I am fed public education about trafficking and ed to other countries. that trade in young women from countries normally.” works with other organizations and gov- Besides the sex trade, however, Mr. of the former Soviet Union. Further infor- The girl longs terribly for home, but is ernment agencies to develop job-training Lebed noted that many Ukrainians, men mation about the meeting and the issue of afraid to return, because everyone knows programs for women in Ukraine. she is in prison. Now everyone will point According to Ms. Levchenko, more than fingers at her, and no one will be willing to 70 percent of those in Ukraine listed as marry her. Tania has two more years ahead officially unemployed in government LaStrada of her (in prison) if we are unable to get reports are women. LaStrada also helps Program to Prevent Trafficking of Women her out. the women victims, many of whom were Her mother calls us constantly, and cries physically abused, or are ashamed to in Central and Eastern Europe day and night that the fate of both her chil- come home, or afraid to come home for Kyiv hotline: 380-44-224-04-46 dren is crippled and that there is no hope fear of retribution from the “mafia” ring for the future. that lured them out. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 No. 32

are subject to terms of between eight and New Jersey seminar... 15 years. (Continued from page 3) Serhii Isakovych, a consultant on workshops and presentations by police, human rights issues to the Verkhovna Rada lawyers, prosecutors, public officials and and a lecturer in international law at the social service professionals. Institute of Foreign Affairs, said, “Women The program was organized in the wake have become the objects of white slavery of increasing attention to the problem of due to difficult economic conditions, and international trafficking of women. The children are being sold under the guise of issue had been broached at a July 1997 con- adoption.” Men, meanwhile, are seen as ference in Vienna of women leaders from cheap labor abroad. For example, there are government and the private sector in approximately 200,000 Ukrainians now Central and Eastern Europe, and brought to working in the , most of the public’s attention by an article in The them men working construction jobs. That Ukrainian Weekly on August 3, 1997. It is why Ukraine – which “has become a came to the fore in November 1997 when supplier of a living commodity ” – adopted First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke a law that deals with trade not only in out in Lviv against this fundamental viola- women, but in men and children, too, Mr. tion of human rights, calling it “nothing less Isakovych explained. Roma Hadzewycz than modern-day slavery” and “a crime Oksana Vynohradova of the Justice Ministry’s Legislative Department point- Vasyl Nevolya (left) of Interpol’s bureau in Ukraine and Mykhaylo Lebid of the against humanity.” (See The Weekly Ministry of Internal Affairs speak during the press conference. November 23 and December 7, 1997.) The ed out that the government of Ukraine has developed a plan outlining what fur- illegal trade in women was given a higher NGOs that call for improving the existing Ms. Datsyuk, who is active also with the public profile in January of this year when ther laws are needed and that inter- agency working groups have been creat- law on trafficking and new legislation; con- Spadschyna Center, said the center had The New York Times published a lengthy ducting an informational campaign and recently conducted a survey to gauge the article about the problem, reporting that ed to study worldwide experience in dealing with this problem with a view sociological research into the issue; assist- level of awareness of this issue and that it 400,000 women had left Ukraine in the past ing victims via a network of regional infor- toward speeding up this work. emphasizes training for women in Ukraine 10 years, to seek a better life, lured by mation centers and shelters; and searching At the time President Kuchma signed the so they can seek professional advancement promises of good wages in foreign lands. for new methods to combat trafficking. law on trafficking, Nina Karpacheva, vice- and better their lot at home. From the perspective of the Ministry of Seminar participants’ perspectives chairperson of the Parliament’s Committee Olena Kabashna, president of the NGO Foreign Affairs, Oleksiy Babenko, head of Dana, underscored that “prevention is more on Human Rights, said there are tens of Seminar participants held a press confer- the consular section, said his ministry is effective than later fighting the conse- thousands of Ukrainian women in white ence on the third day of their sessions, July very aware of the problem. He defined the quences” – a key also to the work of anoth- slavery in many countries throughout the 20, to present their perspectives on combat- Foreign Affairs Ministry’s function as er NGO, LaStrada-Ukraine. world, singling out Greece, Turkey, Israel, ting the trafficking of women from Ukraine. “defending Ukraine’s citizens abroad – both Kateryna Levchenko, LaStrada- Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands in Mykhaylo Lebid of the Ministry of legally and physically.” In those countries Ukraine’s national coordinator, explained particular as countries where this occurs. Internal Affairs noted that a Ukrainian law where Ukraine does not have a diplomatic that her organization gives advice to women At the New Jersey seminar on combat- to combat trafficking exists, but now “we presence, he added, “we a looking to work traveling aboard: “We tell them what to ting the trafficking of women, reference are working on the means to implement together with other governments to repre- look out for, how to behave, what the laws was made to Yugoslavia, indeed all the that law.” He was referring to the fact that sent our interests on this issue, for example, are, and what their rights are.” LaStrada has countries of Central and Eastern Europe, on April 13 President Leonid Kuchma had U.S. diplomatic representations.” established a Kyiv hotline (38-044-224-04- South Africa and even Japan. signed into law a bill passed by the Iryna Turlo, chief specialist at the 06) in order to help victims. As Mr. Lebid put it, “Organized Verkhovna Rada on March 24 that crimi- Ministry of Education, whose responsi- Ms. Levchenko also commented that crime knows no boundaries, and nalized the trafficking of human beings bilities include serving as coordinator of this is difficult – and dangerous – work. Ukraine today is the supplier of slave and provided three tiers of punishments activities related to the prevention of traf- Entities that who don’t like what labor – and not only for sex.” for these crimes. ficking of women, commented: “The LaStrada is doing have threatened the That is why international efforts are The law stipulates that persons involved problem is integral to education since NGO; “they’ve phoned and said they key. Vasyl Nevolya first deputy head of in direct or indirect, open or hidden traf- students of higher educational institutes would torch our office,” she related. ficking of human beings aimed at sale for Interpol’s national bureau in Ukraine, are its potential victims. To that end, we A prosecutor with the Procurator sexual exploitation, use in the pornography said, “We are looking for cooperation try to prevent their victimization via pub- General’s Office, Iryna Tarhulova, added, business or in military conflicts, as well as with other countries and structures.” The lic awareness campaigns.” “Our goal today is not only to help victims those who adopt children for commercial international police organization, he As an example of such a campaign she and collect data, but mainly to stop the purposes, will face criminal charges and added, “has realistic possibilities for such cited the dissemination of brochures and organizations that conduct this activity” – a that such crimes are punishable by impris- activity and cooperation.” posters provided by the International sentiment goal mentioned also by Mr. onment of three to eight years and confis- Cooperation among Ukraine’s own insti- Organization for Migration and an informa- Nevolya of Interpol who noted that “there is cation of their property. Persons involved tutions and organizations also is important. tional letter supplied by the NGO LaStrada- little information on the people responsible in the sale of children and officials who Speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Ukraine which has been distributed to stu- for such exploitation.” abuse their positions to this end face terms Family and Youth, Larysa Kolos, the head dents. She added that one of the focal points Though most of the seminar’s sessions of five to 10 years’ imprisonment. of its Department of Cultural and at the convention on human rights sched- took place in East Hanover, N.J., at the Trafficking organized by criminal Educational Activities for Women, pointed uled for Kyiv in November will be the traf- Ramada Inn and Conference Center, there groups, or cases that lead to serious con- to directives issued by the Cabinet of ficking of women. In addition, she cited were several site visits, including the sequences, as well as trafficking intended Ministers regarding cooperation on this numerous articles that are being published International Organization for Migration, for the transplantation of human organs, issue between government structures and in the Ukrainian press, as well as lectures on the Immigration and Naturalization this topic that are given on the secondary Service, and the Consulate-General of school and university levels. Ukraine in New York, as well as the Are you still reading your mother’s copy of Betraying a sense of frustration with how Global Survival Network, the Embassy of the system works, Olha Kovalchuk of the Ukraine, Interagency Council of Women The Ukrainian Weekly? Ministry of Labor and Social Policy said and the Violence Against Women Office her ministry licenses firms that provide job at the Department of Justice in placement abroad, however, she cautioned: Washington. In addition, participants met How adult of you. “This does not give a stamp of approval to with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s such agencies; it merely shows they have a chief of staff, Melanne Verveer. For $40 a year, you can have your own. license to operate ... Our goal, then, is to The anti-trafficking program’s objec- inform potential job applicants about what tive, as stated at the outset by its organizer, Then your children will have something to read. can await them abroad.” Mr. Zalisko, was “to provide participants Her remarks were echoed by Gennadiy with practical skills, networking opportu- Rashkovskyy of Ukrainian State Social nities and access to U.S. and international Services for Youth, who explained, “Our resources,” and at the farewell dinner on SUBSCRIPTION young people do not know what can await July 31 it was evident that the program them abroad, and they have little life experi- had achieved those goals. NAME: ______ence in general.” He pointed to the exis- As noted by Ms. Turlo of the Ministry of NAME: (please type or print) tence of 400 sites in large cities and oblast Education, “We have been given much use- and regional centers that have conducted ful information to combat the trafficking of ADDRESS: ______seminars on this topic for the past half year. women. Our stay here was extraordinarily CITY: ______STATE: ______ZIP CODE: ______Journalist Halyna Datsyuk, letters edi- beneficial. We saw the problem that we face tor of the newspaper Nezavisimost, point- in Ukraine as a global problem, and we are J J ed out another tragic aspect of the traffick- thankful for the experience shared with us UNA member subscription price — $40.00/yr. Non-member subscription price — $50.00/yr. ing problem. “When independence came, by our American colleagues. We expect that UNA Branch number ______I thought we would never again see servi- it will be successfully applied in Ukraine.” tude. This is a very painful problem. The Training Program to Combat Mail to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, Many people don’t know what they are in Trafficking of Women from Ukraine was 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 for – the result of a lack of information. funded by the U.S. Agency for Parents are told ‘your daughters will International Development and the dance and sing for the diaspora.’ ” Academy for Educational Development. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 5

Fault line appears as World Congress Nina Strokata, noted defender of Ukrainians approaches seventh conclave of human rights, dead at 72 by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj report it is noted that “Ukrainian and Toronto Press Bureau Eastern diaspora representatives [to the BALTIMORE – Nina Strokata, UWCC] told us privately that [the well-known activist of the Ukrainian TORONTO – As the Ukrainian World UWC] has neither the legal nor the human rights movement and a former Congress prepares for its seventh con- moral right to demand that a separate Soviet political prisoner, died here in a gress in November, a major fault line organization [the Ukraina Society], to local hospital’s cardiac unit on Sunday, appears to have emerged in the world which [the UWC] does not belong, August 2, several days after she suf- body that unites diaspora organizations. change its name.” fered a heart attack. She was 72. Reached at his home on July 21, Other conditions for renewed official Dr. Strokata was born January 31, UWC President Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk representation at UWCC meetings, such 1926, in Odesa, Ukraine. After com- told The Weekly in a telephone interview as the submission of a comprehensive pleting studies in microbiology she that he would not seek another term as budget, a clear statement on UWCC by- worked at the Odesa Medical Institute the world umbrella body’s president in laws, resolution of the conflict of interest and then as a physician. She also did part because he is “tired of the games created by government officials holding research in her field and published being played.” top posts in a non-governmental organi- much of her work in medical journals. In an apparent direct contradiction to a zation [such as current UWCC President In 1961, Dr. Strokata married resolution adopted by the UWC Ivan Drach], were apparently not Sviatoslav Karavansky, a political pris- Presidium in February, UWC General addressed at the UWCC meeting and oner who, having been freed in 1960 Secretary Yaroslav Sokolyk traveled to were not mentioned in Mr. Sokolyk’s under Khrushchev’s general amnesty, Ukraine to attend a meeting of the Kyiv- report. had returned from serving a long term based Ukrainian World Coordinating Several members of the diaspora for his activity as a Ukrainian national- Council on May 22-23. umbrella body’s executive expressed ist. He had been arrested in 1945 for The resolution, passed unanimously outrage, including Ukrainian Congress membership in the Organization of Ihor Dlaboha with Mr. Sokolyk and World Federation Committee of America President Askold Ukrainian Nationalists and sentenced to of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations Lozynskyj and Conference of Ukrainian 25 years of hard labor. Nina Strokata President Oksana Sokolyk (his wife) Youth Organizations Chair Evhen Czolij. In November 1965 Mr. Karavansky subjected to various forms of repression, abstaining, mandated that UWC officials was arrested once again, this time for would not participate in any further Ukraina Society statement such as searches, anonymous phone calls, statements condemning discrimination interrogations and harassment on the job. meetings called by the UWCC until sev- Mr. Sokolyk quoted from a statement against Ukrainians and the 1965 wave Ultimately she was forced to leave eral conditions were met. dated May 22-23, signed by UWCC of arrests of Ukrainian intellectuals. He Ukraine in the summer of 1971 and move Mr. Sokolyk also failed to act in President Drach. Two paragraphs dealing was sentenced as a recidivist without to Nalchyk in the Russian SFSR. accordance with his duties as general with the Ukraina Society’s past record trial to eight and one-half years in a Dr. Strokata herself was arrested in secretary by not clearly informing UWC read as follows: strict-regime labor camp. December 1971 as she was returning to member-organizations of the anti-UWCC “The members and representatives of From that time on, his wife became Odesa; she was sentenced to four years resolution, Dr. Cipywnyk said. the UWCC condemn the activities of known as a human rights defender. She of imprisonment in a severe-regime In fact, the UWC President said Mr. the Ukraina Society during the period of spoke out in behalf of her husband and camp for “anti-Soviet agitation and Sokolyk had conducted a campaign to the totalitarian Communist regime, other national and human rights advo- propaganda.” encourage members of Western diaspo- when some leaders of the society and its cates as well, among them Valentyn The case of Dr. Strokata became a ran Ukrainian organizations to attend the workers acted, essentially, on the orders Moroz. cause célèbre among the worldwide com- May UWCC conclave in Kyiv despite and under the leadership of the Central Mr. Karavansky continued to write munity of microbiologists; American and this resolution. Committee of the Communist Party of even while he was imprisoned and, as a Canadian colleagues appealed on her On April 6, Dr. Cipywnyk attended to Ukraine, the KGB of Ukraine and the result, found himself re-arrested in behalf to the United Nations and sent let- a special meeting here of the UWC exec- USSR, and channeled efforts to discred- prison in 1970. He was sentenced to ters to the Mordovian camp where she utive called by Mr. Sokolyk, and attend- it Ukrainians around the world, their another 10 years’ imprisonment was imprisoned. ed by Chief Financial Officer William principal organizations and communi- because of his writings on topics such A committee in defense of Dr. Strokata Sametz, Vice-President Dr. Oleh ties, as well as their leading activists in as the Soviets’ 1941 mass execution of was organized in the Soviet Union by Romanyshyn, Vice-President and the field of culture, science, education, Polish officers in the Katyn Forest. rights activists in , Kyiv, Lviv Treasurer Vasyl Veryha, Mrs. Sokolyk, art and the Church. Similar activities In retribution for her activity in World Coordinating Council on defense of her husband, Dr. Strokata was (Continued on page 14) Education (WCCE) Chair Iroida (Continued on page 12) Wynnyckyj and World Council of Ukrainian Social Services (WCUSS) Chair Olia Danylak. Mr. Sokolyk, who was making a last- Ambassador Shcherbak lauds outcome of Gore visit to Kyiv ditch effort to get official approval to by Yaro Bihun attend the UWCC meeting, was Special to The UkrainianWeekly instructed that he, Mrs. Sokolyk and Mr. Veryha were free to travel to Kyiv, with WASHINGTON – Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United a stipulation that “in participating in States Yuri Shcherbak says he is pleased with the outcome of discussions they will not make any Vice-President Al Gore’s recent visit to Kyiv and his talks with decisions or issue any statements on President Leonid Kuchma, and with the results of the second behalf of the UWC.” A motion to this meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Binational Commission. effect was drafted by Dr. Romanyshyn During a press briefing at the Embassy on July 28, soon and passed. after he returned from Kyiv, Ambassador Shcherbak said the Dr. Cipywnyk said that in early May July 22-23 Kuchma-Gore talks yielded many positive results, he sent out a letter notifying the UWC’s including an indication of U.S. support for Ukraine in its effort constituent central organizations of the to obtain $2.5 billion in low-interest Extended Fund Facility February resolution and of the April credits from the International Monetary Fund. These credits, motion stipulating that Mr. Sokolyk was he said, “are absolutely necessary” for the stabilization of the attending the UWCC meeting as an financial situation in Ukraine. individual, not as a UWC representa- Dr. Shcherbak also welcomed America’s active interest in tive. getting the Chornobyl nuclear power plant safeguarded and The conflict over UWC participation closed by 2000. in the UWCC came to light at a plenary “I must stress that the American side conducted itself like a meeting of the UWC Secretariat held in real strategic partner, a real friend of Ukraine,” showing con- Toronto on June 5-6, as Mr. Sokolyk cern and offering its assistance and good counsel, Ambassador read his report as UWC general secre- Shcherbak said. tary. He detailed proceedings of the He said the United States is willing to fund a feasibility Yaro Bihun UWCC conclave as if he had participat- study of Ukraine’s proposal to have Caspian Sea oil go through Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak ed in the adoption of UWCC resolu- Ukraine on its way to Western Europe, by way of the Odesa- tions. to-Brody pipeline. The U.S. was forthcoming also in providing their satisfaction with the results of the meetings, he said. Mr. Sokolyk’s report reads: “We also assistance for the development of the Kharkiv Oblast, which President Kuchma characterized them as “positive to the maxi- changed the name of the newspaper gave up some potential revenue when Ukraine agreed – under mum for Ukraine, especially in the difficult situation in which News from Ukraine to Ukrainian U.S. pressure – not to sell Kharkiv-produced electric genera- it finds itself.” Forum,” and “It was important for us at tors for a nuclear plant Russia is building in . “We feel that this visit resulted in strengthening our bilateral that meeting that the activities of the Both President Kuchma and Vice-President Gore – who by cooperative relationship, in strengthening our strategic partner- Ukraina Society in the Soviet period be Ambassador Shcherbak’s estimate, had some 12 hours of condemned.” meetings of one form or another during the visit – expressed (Continued on page 14) Also, in the general secretary’s 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 No. 32

New contribution from Kowalskys supports CIUS programs Ps & Bs conference EDMONTON – A new program of Eastern Ukrainian studies has been estab- lished at the Canadian Institute of to discuss future Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), University of Alberta, thanks to the generosity of of Ukrainian diaspora Michael and Daria Kowalsky of Toronto. NEW YORK – The Professionals The $1 million Kowalsky Program for and Businesspersons Association of the Study of Eastern Ukraine will serve New York and New Jersey is organ- as a center of scholarly research on prob- izing a two-day conference on lems of national revival in Ukraine, and October 10-11, devoted to a discus- will further the development of Ukrainian sion and analysis of the future of the studies and culture. diaspora. The conference – titled The Kowalskys have been strong sup- “The Year 2020 Conference: Will porters of CIUS research and scholarship There Be a North American since 1987, when they contributed Ukrainian Diaspora in the Year 2020, $100,000 toward an endowment fund for and Does It Matter?” – will be held academic research, scholarships and at the Ramada Inn and Conference scholarly publications. Their gift was Center in East Hanover, N.J. matched two-to-one by the Alberta gov- Some of the many issues to be ernment under a matching grant program explored at the conference by speakers then in place. Since Ukraine’s independ- such as Myron Kuropas, Roman ence, an increasing share of the Szporluk and Bohdan Vitvitsky Kowalsky Endowment Fund has support- include: ed scholarly projects in Ukraine. • Does an independent Ukraine In the spring of 1998, the Kowalskys Michael and Daria Kowalsky enrich and invigorate the diaspora, or increased the endowment by $700,000 undermine its reason for being? and requested that a new program be prize for historical novels for young peo- cation of one volume of the 10-volume • What institutional infrastructure, if established to fund scholarly projects in ple and fund other projects. The program History of Ukraine-Rus’ in English. any, is necessary for the diaspora to sur- Ukraine and Canada. The Kowalsky pro- will begin its work in the spring of 1999. The Kowalskys’ commitment to vive and thrive? gram will give grants to scholars and In addition to the endowment, the Ukrainian studies and Ukrainian inde- • What conditions and which ele- sponsor seminars dealing with problems Kowalskys contributed $100,000 in 1997 pendence grew directly out of their life ments are necessary for the continued related to Ukrainian identity in eastern, to the Hrushevsky Translation Project at experiences. Both were ardent Ukrainian viability of the diaspora: language, cul- southern and central Ukraine, support the Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian ture, churches and schools, fraternals, museum development, award a literary Historical Research at CIUS for the publi- (Continued on page 14) credit unions, voluntary associations? Is a commitment to or interest in Ukraine’s survival necessary or is it enough to have an interest in things OBITUARY: Dr. Oleksandra Kopach, education pioneer Ukrainian? What means of communi- by Oksana Zakydalsky Canada, there were other things that drawings. Both subjects – art and arche- cation (newspapers, television shows, made the Hryhoryi Skovoroda School ology – brought a new world into the TORONTO – Dr Oleksandra Kopach, the Internet) are necessary among those exceptional. Dr. Kopach made sure that classroom and gave the courses an inno- writer, scholar and founder of the who want to sustain the diaspora? Are not only would her students learn to read vative edge.” Hryhoryi Skovoroda Ukrainian School in all of the above necessary, or are differ- and write, study literature and history, One of the school’s former students, Toronto, died on July 12. ent combinations appropriate to condi- but that they had opportunities to use the Tania Boyko Melnyk, put it this way, Born on February 26, 1913, in the tions in different communities? Ukrainian language. With the assistance “The interdisciplinary approach to the The Saturday evening conference town of Horodenka, Western Ukraine, of numerous parents’ committees, the study of our culture from ancient times banquet will feature an address by Dr. Oleksandra Yaworska was a graduate of school had a drama group that put on to the present, the interweaving of histo- Yuri Shcherbak, a writer and a physi- Cracow University from which she ry, literature and art gave us the opportu- cian and currently Ukraine’s ambassa- obtained an M.A. in Ukrainian studies in performances of the works of Lesia Ukrainka, Kulish, Hohol and others – a nity, at a relatively young age, to under- dor to the United States. The musical 1937. In 1942 she married Roman stand the global development of culture. program includes recording artists Paris Kopach and they, with their son, Yuri, play almost every year. There was a stu- dent magazine, Problysky; there was a Teachers in our Canadian schools would to Kyiv, featuring Alexis Kochan and born in 1946, came to Canada in 1948, express surprise that we knew about Julian Kytasty. sponsored by the Kuryliw family of school choir and occasional evenings devoted to rhetoric. humanism, romanticism and other cultur- In addition, the conference will hold Sudbury. al trends, information which most other panels devoted to the views and per- The Kopach family settled at first in Dr Kopach was also an innovator. As she said: “We had to bring in something Canadian students would encounter only spectives on the diaspora’s future from Sudbury but soon relocated to Toronto. in their university courses.” new to show the breadth of Ukrainian the younger generation and the mid-life Almost immediately, Mrs. Kopach During its 27 years of existence, the culture. That is how the idea of having generation; a panel on developments in devoted herself to the two pursuits that Hryhoryi Skovoroda School graduated lessons in archeology arose. From 1955 Canada and the relationship between were became her main preoccupations in 384 students, many of whom became the American and Canadian diasporas; life: the study and teaching of literature Prof. Yaroslav Pasternak, with his fasci- leaders in the development of Ukrainian and a panel on the role of the “Fourth and the establishment of Ukrainian sec- nating tales and colorful slides, captivat- education in Canada, the academic Wave” (those who have immigrated ondary school education in Canada. ed the young students. Prof. Mykola world, Ukrainian community organiza- from Ukraine in the last 10 years) in In 1951, with the support of the Bytynsky began lessons in Ukrainian art, tions and, when the opportunity finally helping to determine the future of the Toronto Plast organization, particularly illustrating them with pictures and his came, in organizing of projects in Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S. and the devoted pedagogue Czopa Palijiw, Ukraine. Canada. Mrs. Kopach began giving secondary While running the Hryhoryi Panelists and moderators include: school-level courses in Ukrainian stud- Skovoroda School, Mrs. Kopach also Vera Andrushkiw (Michigan), Ihor ies. These classes were to become the pursued post-graduate studies in language Bardyn (Ontario), Vitaly Chernetsky Hryhoryi Skovoroda Ukrainian and literature, and obtained a Ph.D. in (New York), the Rev. Andriy Chirovsky Secondary School, a school with a five- Ukrainian studies from the University of (Ontario), Mark Kapij (Massachusetts), year curriculum for 12- to 18-year-olds. Ottawa in 1966. She was the author of Ms. Kochan (Manitoba), Zenon Kohut Until the founding of the Skovoroda books on Olha Kobylianska and Natalena (Edmonton), Stefko Kuropas (Illinois), School, the Ukrainian school system Koroleva; two books in history and four Oleh Mahlay (Ohio), Askold consisted only of elementary schools collections of essays. A member of the Melnyczuk (Massachusetts), Alexander (ridni shkoly) which taught children up Shevchenko Scientific Society and the Motyl (New York), Serhiy Myroniuk to age of 12. By 1978, when Dr. Kopach Writers’ Association Slovo, she was also (New Jersey), Kateryna Nemyra ceased her work as the director of the active in the Ukrainian Writers for (Ohio), Peter Paluch (New Jersey), Children and took part in many activities Xenia Piaseckij (New York), Petro Skovoroda School, there were seven of the Ukrainian Canadian School Board. Rybchuk (New Jersey), Victor schools with secondary education in With her husband she remained an active Satzewich (Ontario), George Sawicki Toronto alone in addition to those in member of Plast. (New York), Michael Stashchyshyn many other cities of Canada. The funeral for Dr. Kopach was held (New Jersey), Oksana Stojko (New Prof. Zenon Zeleny, who headed the on July 15. Surviving are her husband Jersey) and Taras Szmagala Jr. (Ohio). Association of Ukrainian Teachers in Roman; son, Yuri; daughter-in-law, Those who wish to attend the con- Canada in 1970, pointed out that “for Halyna; and three grandchildren, Larissa, ference must pre-register and pay the many Ukrainian organizations and Renata and Denis. conference fee by no later than church parishes, the Hryhoryi Skovoroda September 29. On-site registration, at School became an example to be fol- * * * which tickets and conference pro- lowed. The title of pioneer in Ukrainian In 1996, on the 45th anniversary of secondary school education belongs to the founding of the Hryhoryi Skovoroda (Continued on page 16) Dr. Kopach.” Besides being the first such school in Dr. Oleksandra Kopach (Continued on page 17) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 7 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Joseph Rodio, Ukrainian activist, UNA GENERAL ASSEMBLY Executive Committee Stephanie Hawryluk P.O. Box 17453 Michael Rd., UNA’er, dies in Ambridge at 77 President by Nick Diakiwsky Cottekill, NY 12419 Ulana Diachuk Andre Worobec AMBRIDGE, Pa. – Joseph Rodio, life- Ukrainian National Association 9 Bayard Place long Ukrainian activist in the Pittsburgh 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Newark, NJ 07106-3613 area and borough government and commu- Parsippany, NJ 07054 nity visionary, died unexpectedly on Eugene Oscislawski Saturday, July 11. He was 77. First Vice-President 25 Jason Ct. Matawan, NJ 07747-3510 Mr. Rodio was very active in all aspects Stefko Kuropas of the Pittsburgh Ukrainian community and 126 Williams Dr. Barbara Bachynsky was very passionate about his Ukrainian Schaumburg, IL 60198 101 E. 16th St. heritage and community. Mr. Rodio was a New York, NY 10003 dedicated member and benefactor of his Second Vice-President Andrij Skyba parish, Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Anya Dydyk-Petrenko 4575 N. Nagle Ave. Catholic Church in Ambridge. He was a 137 Crystal Spring Dr. Harwood Heights, IL 60656 long-time member of Ukrainian National Ashton, MD 20861 Association Branch 161 which he served as Al Kachkowski 126 Simon Fraser Crescent the branch chaplain, leading the members Director for Canada in prayer during services for deceased Saskatoon, SK S7H 3T1 members. He was the branch election chair- Rev. Myron Stasiw man for many annual elections and ran the 18 Leeds St. Joseph Rodio Toronto, Ontario M6G 1N7 Editor-in-Chief, branch’s pinochle league for many years. The Ukrainian Weekly Mr. Rodio always furnished the Ukrainian actor Mike Mazurki to Ambridge National Secretary Roma Hadzewycz Ukrainian music and videos for Branch 161 for “Mike Mazurki Night” while Mr. Martha Lysko The Ukrainian Weekly social functions and enthusiastically intro- Mazurki was in Pittsburgh performing in a Ukrainian National Association 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 duced this part of the Ukrainian culture to stage production of “Guys and Dolls.” 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Parsippany, NJ 07054 many of the branch’s second-, third- and Mr. Rodio was always a vigorous partic- fourth-generation members. In 1975 Mr. Parsippany, NJ 07054 Rodio was instrumental in bringing (Continued on page 16) Acting Editor-in-Chief, Treasurer Svoboda Stefan Kaczaraj Serhiy Myroniuk Ukrainian National Association UNA continues teaching programs Svoboda 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Parsippany, NJ 07054 Parsippany, NJ 07054

Auditing Committee Manager, Soyuzivka William Pastuszek John A. Flis 9 So. Chester Road Soyuzivka Swarthmore, PA 19018 Foordmore Road Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Stefan Hawrysz 155 Erdenheim Road Erdenheim, PA 19038 Honorary Members of the General Assembly Alexander Serafyn 2565 Timberwyck Trail Stepan Kuropas Troy, MI 48098 107 Ilehamwood Dr. De Kalb, IL 60115 Yaroslav Zaviysky Jaroslaw Padoch 11 Bradley Rd. 71 E. 7th St. Clark, NJ 07006 New York, NY 10003 Myron Groch Anna Chopek 16 Kevin Dr. 678 44th St. Founthill, Ontario L0S 1E4 Los Alamos, NM 87544 Mary Dushnyck The Ukrainian National Association’s English Teachers for Ukraine Program and Advisors 2 Marine Ave. Summer Institute on Current Methods and Practices in TESOL (Teachers of English Brooklyn, NY 11209 Taras Szmagala Jr. to Speakers of Other Languages) marked their seventh and sixth anniversaries, 1722 Fulton Rd. Bohdan I. Hnatiuk respectively, this year. The UNA received letters of gratitude for both programs from Cleveland, OH 44113 535 Prescott Road Minister of Education Mykhailo Zgurovskyi and Rector Ye. Kryzhanivskyi of the Merion Station, PA 19066 Ivano-Frankivsk State Technical University of Oil and Gas, which hosted the 1998 Alex Chudolij Anna Haras Summer Institute. Seen above are some of the participants of the English Teachers 281 Urma Ave. Clifton, NJ 07013 1930 Greenleaf St. for Ukraine reunion/workshop held at Soyuzivka in April; below are some of the par- Bethlehem, PA 18017 ticipants of the Summer Institute held in Ivano-Frankivsk in June. Tekla Moroz Myron Kuropas 345 36th Ave. 107 Ilehamwood Drive Lachine, Quebec H8T 2A5 DeKalb, IL 60115 Halyna Kolessa The Very Rev. Stephen Bilak 100 Montgomery St., Apt. 23-H 1750 Jefferson St., Apt. 301 Jersey City, NJ 07302 Hollywood, FL 33020 Nick Diakiwsky Walter Sochan 2065 Ridge Road Ext. 53 Brinkerhoff St. Ambridge, PA 15003 Jersey City, NJ 07304 Walter Korchynsky John O. Flis 212 Meadowbrook Parkway E. P.O. Box 48 Horseheads, NY 14845 East Charleston, VT 05833 Wasyl Szeremeta Joseph Lesawyer 1510 Hilltop Terrace 2643 Deer Path Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 Vasyl Luchkiv Wasyl Didiuk 49 Windmill Lane 30 Allenhurst Drive, Apt. 402 New City, NY 10956 Islington, Ontario M9A 4Y8 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 No. 32

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ukraine’s commodities market The Great Famine 65 years later:

Not land, not coal, not iron ore, not wheat – one of Ukraine’s most coveted com- modities is people: women for sex; children for foreign adoption; men for cheap a memorial to Soviet brutality menial labor. The exploitation of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in foreign lands by David R. Marples is one of those off-the-books expenses of the current economic crisis in Ukraine. Tired Ukraine with astonishing rapidity, faster than any other region of the USSR. of the economic degradation at home, in dozens of ways they leave Ukraine, hoping Following is the text of a speech given at Once they existed, even if they were for a better life, but more often than not getting trapped in more degradation abroad. the commemoration of the Great Famine in often no more than names on a piece of The exploitation of women from Ukraine, Russia, Moldova and Belarus as prosti- Ukraine, sponsored by the Ukrainian paper, the state was free to impose a tutes and “sex slaves” in Europe, Asia and the Middle East has recently been receiving Canadian Committee, Alberta Provincial grain quota on those whose names were increased attention. Participants of a recent anti-trafficking program held in New Council, at Sir Winston Churchill Square in listed as members. This quota had to be Jersey explained that the combination of Ukraine’s deep economic crisis, sudden polit- Edmonton on June 6. ical freedom, geographic proximity to Europe and the Middle East, and general naiveté paid before the peasants could feed themselves. Since only the poorest of its young women have dovetailed to produce an environment of need and vulnera- In December 1987, the Communist farmers remained in the villages, the bility that is exploited for great profit by international sex rings. Party’s first secretary in Ukraine, new collectives suffered from a drastic In Ukraine, a young women’s degree of susceptibility to a sex scam runs the range. Volodymyr Shcherbytsky acknowledged shortage of equipment, livestock and There’s complete naiveté (I was told I would be a secretary in a joint venture.), or com- for the first time that a famine had buildings. plete vulnerability (the sadly true story of an high-school-age orphan girl, whose par- occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933, The peasants had no means of active ents had been Chornobyl clean-up workers, accompanied to Poland by a relative undoing more than 50 years of official protest, but many destroyed their crops, whom she trusted, forced into prostitution) or complete trust (Mama! My new denials by the Soviet government. It and killed and buried their livestock boyfriend is so nice! He has money! He says he’ll take me to Turkey for a vacation!). marked the first step to the uncovering rather than see it confiscated and trans- There are those who indulge in self-delusion (So what if I have to dance topless? I of the events of this complex period, a ferred to the collective farms. Even by have no job, no money. Maybe I’ll have to sleep around some, but it won’t be that time of the greatest upheaval known to the spring of 1930 there was a critical bad), or wistful rationalization (I won’t have to become a prostitute, because I paid a these areas in history. meat and milk shortage in many villages fee in advance to get a job as a waitress; since the agency already has my money, they The Famine occurred in the part of of Ukraine. In 1931 the harvest was can’t make me sleep with men to pay off debt.). There are those who travel out with Ukraine known as the Left Bank of the calamitously poor. The grain quota, intent (I have an offer to work this summer as a prostitute at a Black Sea resort; nobody Dnipro River, an area that had long been however, remained the same as the pre- in this family has been paid in six months; somebody has to make some money.). part of the breadbasket of the Russian vious year. It now comprised more than However, none of these women expect to be lured out under false pretenses, or to be Empire. Its origins lay in the decision of one-third of the total harvest, and no held captive and forced to have sex against their will for months, even years, on end. the Stalin government to end the eight reserves existed. Threatened with physical abuse and harm to their families in Ukraine, the girls don’t years of partnership between the towns run. Another reason is the fear that, without documents, they risk jail. They doubt the and the villages – known as the New At this stage, Stalin and his officials police will help (in most Arab countries they won’t). They usually don’t know the lan- Economic Policy (or NEP) in the new compounded the process by introducing guage, they have no money. The heavily guarded bordellos are in dangerous or remote Soviet society. This policy had allowed draconian laws rendering a criminal areas in cities with which they are unfamiliar. for some small-scale capital enterprise offense even the theft of an ear of grain. Ukrainian government reaction to this problem of trafficking of women from in the rural areas, providing the peas- Barns filled with grain for export or for Ukraine has been slow and mixed. International organized crime rings coordinate this antry with some incentive to produce a the needs of the Red Army in the Far trade in human flesh, and the Ukrainian government crackdown on these organizers surplus of grain to sell on the open mar- East were off at limits to the peasantry. has been minimal to date – whether out of impotence or unwillingness or ignorance is ket. In 1918-1921 the regime had sim- Though the harvest of 1932 was slightly unclear. Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister, Borys Tarasyuk, at a recent appearance at ply requisitioned what grain it wanted. better, it was not enough to avert a full- the National Press Club in Washington, relegated the issue to the level of a criminal From 1921 to 1928, it replaced requisi- scale famine, one that was clearly problem, distancing it from the arena of international relations. tions with a straight tax, partly to permit avoidable by the simple processes of However, last winter, his ambassador in Washington, Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, appealed the regions to recover from seven years reducing state quotas and providing at the highest levels of the U.S. government for assistance in resolving this situation. of warfare. grain to needy villages. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of the crime of trafficking of women during It is not clear whether Stalin personal- Stalin was well-informed about the her visit to Lviv last November, and in March of this year President Bill Clinton ly had any strong feelings about the New critical situation in Ukraine, the Kuban announced U.S. initiatives to help Ukraine stem the trafficking problem. Economic Policy. If he had, then he kept region and the North Caucasus. He With the passage of the new criminal law in Ukraine aimed at traffickers, with them hidden for several years. The deci- resolved not to alleviate the desperate increased international attention, support and funding, as well as efforts to raise public sion to end it, and embark on the collec- plight of these villages. People were awareness in Ukraine about the problem, we can only expect the Ukrainian govern- tivization of peasant agriculture also was permitted to starve to death in a country ment to more intensively pursue its responsibility to protect its people. not in itself momentous. Both Lenin and that was exporting grain. This was a far Kateryna Levchenko of LaStrada-Ukraine warns, however, of a potential solution: Trotsky had favored such a route. But cry from famines in war-torn areas like to simply not give travel visas to young women from Ukraine – an enforcement that they had not envisaged the way in which the Sudan (though here also the famine will punish the young women, instead of going after the criminals. Even if govern- this decision would be carried out by was artificial). This was a peacetime ments go after the criminals, crackdown on the scum that profit from the trade in Stalin’s government. It became a second famine that could have been averted. In human flesh is only part of the solution. Economic opportunity is critical. Russian Revolution, one that reduced the 1934, after several million peasants had Ukrainian women risk degradation and exploitation because they need to make villages to slave status similar to the peri- died, the situation was ameliorated by money. Poverty and its companion, despair, motivate the exodus. Economic opportuni- od of serfdom. Collectivization was in the simple process of providing grain ty and success are the best antidotes to trafficking of women. However, many theory voluntary, villages were free to from state funds. Ukrainians no longer hold out hope. Ukrainian’s quiet fears – that Ukraine and its peo- choose whether or not they wished to Peasants in Ukraine had nowhere to ple will get sucked dry to fuel the success of other countries, that economic stability form collective farms. In reality the go. An internal passport system pre- will always elude Ukraine – can still be averted. But much of the responsibility for suc- process was a momentous social vented them from crossing the border cess is in the hands of the government and the new business elite. Not just shrewd, but upheaval, and it reached its peak of sav- into Russia or the Belarusian republic, courageous, leadership is necessary. Ukraine still waits for its Washington. agery in the main grain growing areas, where there was no famine. In regions chief of which was Ukraine. such as Poltava and Kharkiv, people In 1929, party officials and urban died in their homes or collapsed on the August volunteers descended on Ukrainian vil- street. Animals were consumed, even lages like locusts. Their first task was the bark disappeared from the trees. TurningTurning the pagespages back... back... described by Stalin himself in a speech Soviet Ukrainian officials protested in to agricultural experts as “the liquida- vain at the lack of attention from the 13 tion of the kulaks as a class.” The party leadership, an act of futile brav- kulaks were the designated village rich, ery that was to cost most of them dear- and the regime declared its support for ly in the purges a few years later. But 1773 Yurii Lysiansky lived an explorer’s storybook life. Born in the poorer and average peasants against Stalin had other allies, in unexpected Nizhen, between Kyiv and Chernihiv, on August 13, 1773, he the rich. The goal was to foment class places. completed training at the Russian Imperial Kronstadt Naval warfare. In truth, the vast majority of The Western countries, and particu- Academy in 1786, and two years later, was fighting battles in the Baltic Sea as the peasants fell into the poor to average larly the United States, had seen rela- empire struggled against Prussia and Sweden to control those waterways. category and the villages were not tions with the Soviet Union improve Together with an Estonian naval officer, Kruzenstern, Lysiansky organized the first divided along class lines. The so-called recently. They wished to give Stalin the Russian imperial expedition that sailed around the world. With two ships, the Neva richer peasants were often those who benefit of the doubt when he maintained and the Nadezhda, they set out in 1803. worked the hardest, the natural leaders that there was no hunger in the villages. As commander of the Neva, Lysiansky set the route of Kronstadt-Cape Horn- of their community. They were either New York Times Moscow correspon- Hawaii-Alaska-Canton-Cape of Good Hope-Kronstadt. His numerous oceanographic executed, exiled to distant regions, or dent Walter Duranty, though admitting and ethnographic findings, as well as the navigational charts he prepared, were first simply banished from the community. privately to the existence of the famine, published in 1812, and appeared in English in 1914, in a book titled “Voyage Round Once the process was under way, col- wrote that no problems existed in the the World on the Ship ‘Neva’ in 1803-1806.” lective farms were established in villages. Those reporters who were Lysiansky died on March 6, 1837, in St. Petersburg. An island near the shore in the more intrepid, such as the young Sea of Okhotsk and a mountain on Sakhalin Island were named after him. Englishman Malcolm Muggeridge, wit- Dr. David R. Marples is professor of nessed the Famine first-hand, but then Source: “Lysiansky, Yurii,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 3 (Toronto: University of Toronto history at the University of Alberta in Press, 1993). Edmonton. (Continued on page 17) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 9 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places record straight. That is why our film A critical view makers, men and women of courage, by Myron B. Kuropas must fully set out the conditions that of IMF’s role caused so many of us to leave Ukraine to Dear Editor: take refuge beyond its borders. Let us congratulate these Ukrainians for their Frustration with the IMF and its terrific work and encourage them to pro- increasingly political agenda is justified. duce many more historical documen- Sea gulls on the prairie After rushing to Congress and other taries. The last thing Lesia and I expected to see Alberta. Some 30 historic structures have patrons for supplemental appropriations during our trip to Alberta was a sea gull. been moved to this site to recreate life to help fund the Indonesian bail-out last Maria Wozniuk Connolly While traveling through the spectacular among Ukraine’s pioneers, including St. winter, the IMF suddenly unveiled $11.2 Falmouth, Mass. Canadian Rockies we photographed a bear, Vladimir’s Greek Orthodox Church from billion in aid to Russia, with $4.8 billion an elk and dozens of mountain goats. But it Vegreville, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic to be disbursed immediately. The World was not until we stopped to gas-up on the Church from Buczacz, Alberta, the John Bank will supplement this with another prairies, in Rosewood, some 80 kilometers Demchuk Blacksmith Shop, a house built $1.7 billion. Re: transliteration from Edmonton, that a sea gull came by Iwan and Maria Pylypow of Star, the Over the past year, Ukraine struggled bouncing up to our car. “We’re hundreds of house built by Mykhailo and Vaselina to meet 87 conditions imposed on it by and transcription miles from the ocean. What’s he doing Hawreliak of Shandro, a grocery store once Dear Editor: the IMF. On June 15, at a meeting in here?” I asked the attendant incredulously. owned by Alexander Bockanesky in Luzan, Kyiv, economist Jeffrey Sachs, a Harvard It is with considerable interest that I read “Sea gulls came here years ago when a hardware store built in 1937 by Wasyl expert on Eastern European macroeco- Dr. S. Zmurkevych’s letter (May 24) in the area was infested with grasshoppers. Knysh in Wostok, a Canadian National rail- nomics, called for the IMF to adopt which he recommends the Library of Today we’ve got few grasshoppers and way station, a lumber and paint store and a attainable goals for Ukraine and urged a Congress (LoC) romanization system. He many sea gulls.” Amazing! grain elevator. softer position. The IMF withheld $2.5 addresses a problem with which I had to But then our entire trip to Alberta was Lesia and I visited the Pylypow House billion in year-old loan commitments and deal in one form or another throughout my amazing. We landed in Calgary (Canada’s first, where we greeted by a young girl last month declined to release $500 mil- working life, and a few years ago brought fastest growing city), rented a car and visit- baking bread. She informed us in perfect lion to help the struggling nation get me to a conference at the National ed with Walter and Mary Bialobzyski, a Ukrainian that the “hospodar” had gone started with some reforms. Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. couple we first met some 30 years ago at to Edmonton. All of our questions were Ukraine obtained the support of the The issue impinges on two related, but Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival in answered from the perspective of the presidents of Poland and , who very different questions: transcription and Dauphin, Manitoba. After serving as a 1920s. She described her trip across the were concerned about regional contagion if transliteration. The former is an attempt to teacher and counselor in both Dauphin and ocean and across Canada to Alberta. the struggling republic were to fail. reproduce the sounds of one language in Calgary for 38 years, Walter retired and Visiting the museum gift shop we Now the IMF complains that its liquid- the alphabet of another. The latter repli- embarked on a second career as an ordained picked up wonderful souvenirs, including ity ratio is running short and it needs more cates the letters of one alphabet with those deacon of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. a colorfully illustrated 125-page history of money itself. The IMF’s position of favor- of another – a very fine distinction but a On the way to Lake Louise the follow- the famed Shumka Ukrainian Dancers of ing day, we stopped at the Castle Mountain Edmonton. The volume begins with a ing more powerful national administra- ÏÓ„Óvery important one. For example, Russian tions seems related to its own interests in might be transcribed in English as internment monument erected in memory color photograph of the dancers at the additional funding rather than its stated mayevo, but it is transliterated moego. of Ukrainian Canadians who were unjustly Lviv State Opera and Ballet theater, where objective of helping needy nations. An Being a librarian by training, it is hardly imprisoned as “enemy aliens” during they performed on August 20, 1990. assessment of its positions versus its inter- surprising that Dr. Zmurkevych suggests World War I. Located just off the highway We attended liturgy at St. Josaphat’s ests is warranted before we agree to a the widespread adoption of the LoC in an isolated corner of a huge forest, the Cathedral on Sunday. Despite the summer future bail-out of the IMF itself. romanization system for Ukrainian. The monument had fresh flowers at its base. heat, the church was almost full. One heard librarians at that institution have developed After spending the night at Lake babies crying – a sure sign of parish health. Paul Thomas Rabchenuk Louise and exploring the pristine beauty Significantly, five babies were baptized Marblehead, Mass. an excellent device for transliterating Ukrainian, or for that matter any Cyrillic of this marvel of glacial meltwater, we during the liturgy and welcomed into the text into the Latin alphabet. headed for the Columbia Icefield and parish by all present. When we stop to con- Unfortunately, to work adequately, the spent the night at a hotel across the road sider that some Ukrainian parishes in the U.S. don’t have one baptism in five years, LoC system must use various diacritical from the Athabasca glacier. Documentaries five baptisms in one day is phenomenal. marks to differentiate Cyrillic letters in The next two days we were in and Returning to Calgary we visited again Latin transliteration. These diacritical around Edmonton. We met Deacon Walter set record straight in Chipman, where he was conducting a with Walter and Mary, who took us to all of Dear Editor: marks appear on a LoC card, and even on panakhyda at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic the Ukrainian churches. St. Stephen’s the screens of sophisticated electronic cat- cemetery for the Achtem (Achtemichuk) Ukrainian Catholic Church is a huge, mod- A letter from Roman Sawycky pub- aloguing systems, but do not appear on lished in The Ukrainian Weekly on July family. Some 70 family members had come ern edifice designed by the famed non-specialized typewriters, and require 5, complains about the Ukrainian film to Chipman to celebrate the arrival of their Radoslav Zuk. We were shown around the costly additional typefaces and subrou- makers who have made movies over the patriarch to Canada 99 years earlier. Many Orthodox Church by one of the ladies who tines on computers. As a result, most past 15 years that dwell on tragedy. He wore special commemorative T-shirts. The worked in the kitchen. A parishioner for authors simply dispense with them. wants them to produce quiet love stories Chipman cemetery is also the final resting many years, she proudly explained how the In the majority of instances, this poses with “warmth and brightness.” His letter ò‚˜ÂÌÍÓ place of Wasyl Eleniak, Canada’s first people came together to keep the church no great problem. becomes was prompted by an announcement of îð‡ÌÍÓ Ukrainian immigrant. Next to the cemetery going. We get along with the Catholics, Shevchenko, and comes out the showing of a documentary about the is St. Mary’s Church, constructed in the too, she said, a perception confirmed by Franko. But how are we to read the roman- Stalinist terror. Mr. Sawycky reminds me ßÊËÍ or ∫ÊËÍ Byzantine-Ukrainian style; fronting the Deacon Walter. When I asked her how the ized name Izhyk – is it ? Is of Walter Duranty of The New York ʇ„‡ or Á„‡„‡ church one notices an imposing granite parishioners felt about Patriarch Filaret, her zhaha ? Many other exam- Times who hid the Ukrainian famine, monument with the inscription: “In response was: “Who?” ples could be cited. In the modified (that is, thinking that it was better to write warm Commemoration of the Ukrainian Pioneers So what is it about Alberta that makes without diacritical marks) LoC romaniza- love stories about Stalin rather report in Canada by Their Grateful Sons.” Ukrainians there so different? If Winnipeg news of the widespread state-enforced tion system for Ukrainian,i, ª the or LatinÈ. i must On our way to Vegreville to gawk at is on a downslide, why does Edmonton starvation of millions. stand for three letters: Not very “the world’s largest pysanka,” we stopped appear to be holding its own? There are Would Mr. Sawycky tell the Jews to accurate. in Mundare, home of Ss. Peter and Paul many factors: a relatively large Ukrainian forget about the Holocaust and the peo- Another agency of the U.S. govern- Monastery and the Basilian Fathers’ population (there are some 80 Melnychuks ple of Tibet to give up their land? Would ment, the Board on Geographic Names, Novitiate. We visited with the Rev. Bernard in the Edmonton phone book), a greater he tell the Irish to forget their famine and has come up with a more practical roman- Basil Dribnenky, prominent liturgist and sense of community, more similarities than the Armenians and Cambodians not to ization system. It narrows the gap prolific writer. One of his books, “The Way differences among the people, and a remember their slaughters? between transcription and transliterationπ, It Is,” is dedicated “to the Ukrainian refreshing naiveté regarding Ukrainian It is only by knowing our history, somewhatÈ, ª, ˛ by fltransliterating the letters Canadian pioneers who were faithful to religious and national politics. especially the sufferings of our forebears and as ye, y, yi, yu and ya their Church in handing down the Christian Finally, the focus seems to be different, that we can fully understand who we are respectively. This system is also imperfectË È faith to us as their legacy.” Across the road both among the people who do the heavy as a people. For centuries, but especially because y can stand for either or . from the novitiate is a modern Ukrainian lifting (the “grunts”) and the scholars at this century, the people of Ukraine have Furthermore, it produces strange-looking church and a magnificent museum dedicat- the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian been oppressed and their sufferings have spellings like Kyyiv and Kolomyya. (But ed to the Ukrainian priests/pioneers who Studies at the University of Alberta. Their been hidden. We have been libeled right then, we don’t seem to mind the spelling brought Ukrainian spirituality to the reverence for the contributions of up to the present day by others via mali- Omar Khayyam.) This system is used by prairies. Almost the entire museum houses Ukrainian pioneers is unrivaled. This focus cious and inaccurate portrayals. librarians in Great Britain and even the pioneer artifacts with explanatory notes. on the Canadian past tends to connect the If Mr. Sawycky wants love stories, New York Public Library. On our way back to Edmonton from generations, generating mutual trust, there are many Hollywood productions As for me, I have chosen the Slavist sys- Vegreville, we stopped at the Ukrainian respect, support and a sense of oneness such as “Titanic” that meet his needs. tem and try to work with it the best I can. Cultural Heritage Village, an outdoor muse- that obviates the notion that Ukrainians are Maybe someday down the road, when Andrij Homjatkevyc, D. Phil. um also dedicated to Ukraine’s immigrant supposed to divide and be conquered. Ukraine becomes a truly free and self- Edmonton pioneers. What a treasure this is! Using the But then what can you expect? Even sea sustaining society, we can make warm living history approach, the village creates a gulls in Alberta don’t know who they are. movies. Unfortunately, for the present The writer is associate professor, “time warp” that enables the visitor to see we as a people are bound to properly Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, and experience the everyday 1920s lifestyle Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: document our tragic history and set the University of Alberta. of the Ukrainian settlements of east central [email protected] 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 No. 32

International Plast Jamboree ‘98 brings 700 to the center of the continent (Continued from page 1) by entire families and clans who volun- teered or were volunteered to help. This writer visited the Plast building to inter- view volunteers and within minutes was part of the assembly line putting together individual packets (program, T-shirt, emblem pin) for the jamboree partici- pants. There was an atmosphere of cam- raderie and humor among the parents, sisters, brothers, aunts and friends of the young Plastuny at the camps, as they joked about “quality control” of proper packing. In this fairly small Plast branch based in Winnipeg, the adult Plast mem- bers (seniory) who no longer have chil- dren in Plast are either committee chair- persons or members. Others are on stand-by for whatever help is needed, while some assist wherever needed in addition to their own responsibilities. Financial support for such an enormous undertaking was crucial, because camp and jamboree fees paid by the participants do not cover the full costs. The Fund- Raising Committee, headed by Motria Skocen, obtained funding from the gov- ernment of Canada, Department of Heritage; the province of Manitoba, Government Services, and Natural A group of jamboree participants are gathered before departure for their camp sites. Resources; and the Manitoba Multicultural Grants Advisory Council. In addition, var- provincial grant to run the jamboree building than at home. happiness that it was in Ukrainian and ious Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian institu- office. In addition to the 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. This was the first Plast jamboree for that it was for them. The organizing com- tions, foundations, companies and busi- official hours of work since early sum- which a website was used. Demyan mittee chairman said she took this as a nesses, as well as individuals, provided mer, she volunteered many more hours Hyworon is the webmaster, and the first good omen – that everything would con- substantial support. All supporters and per day to process and coordinate the registered visitors to the website were the tinue going well. donors are listed in the jamboree program. hundreds of applications. Ilnyckyj family from Singapore. This well- The volunteer greeters made sure all prepared website (http://www.plast.mb.ca) Communications a key component Because this registration included baggage had arrived and was collected. international participants, the processing included all information on the jamboree, Out of more than 600 arrivals, only four The well-illustrated publication also was quite complicated, with medical and had links to other Plast sites, as well as jamboree participants’ backpacks did not includes the winning jamboree songs (by forms, travel arrangements, parental per- tourist and historical information on arrive on time, and they did appear on Iryna Hornych, and by Olesia Chuchman mission forms and various insurance Winnipeg and Manitoba. By the day after subsequent flights. In the meantime, to the poems of Lina Kostenko), the win- requirements to be coordinated. All the the first Plast youths arrived, parents clothing and equipment had been collect- ning jamboree emblem (by Danylo information was entered into the comput- searching the website could see photos of ed to ensure that these four participants Luciw), and histories of Plast in Canada er, and printouts on all participants were their children leaving for their respective had the necessities until their packs before and after 1948, as well as the offi- available at the airport, along with the camps, or at the “monster” sleep-over at arrived. cial greetings from government, religious arrival times of each group. Red River College. Many complimentary Outside the terminal, rows of vans and other leaders. The editorial board of Miss Saryj also answered telephone and messages were received about Plast’s use driven by volunteers left as each was the program book was headed by e-mail inquiries such as: Just where is of this innovative – and yet now so com- filled with passengers and baggage; the Christina Semaniuk, with Sophia Kachor Winnipeg? How big are the mosquitoes? mon – medium. airport arrivals lasted all day. The and Oksana Rozumna as members. What are J-cloths [disposable washcloths]? Back at the airport Transportation Committee was headed by The Marketing and Communications How cold is it in Manitoba and how many George Holowka – with probably every Committee was co-chaired by Mmes. sweaters should one bring [temperatures The scene at the airport was fascinat- Ukrainian family van in the city in use. Semaniuk and Rozumna, with responsi- have reached 30 degrees C]? ing, with rows, and rows, and rows of bility for media and government con- The Saryj family is one of the many young people with full-gear backpacks But where to house them? tacts, publications, press releases, and Plast families participating 100 percent in headed for the exits towards waiting vans A major problem was how to house any and all other external contacts. The the jamboree doings: Miss Saryj’s broth- marked “YuMPZ ‘98” (in Ukrainian). these hundreds of young people photocopier at the Plast building was ers are at camp; her mother, Margareta, is The first people the Plastuny descending overnight after arrival and then have constantly in use, to the point that on coordinator of volunteers, and her father the escalators saw were volunteer parents them together for departure to various Sunday it blew the building’s circuit- and grandmother helped in stamping and other Plast members in special T- camps in the early morning. Instead of breakers. envelopes. Miss Saryj says she has shirts. A jamboree booth and a large sign billeting them in private homes or church Monica Saryj, a “yunachka” (that is, a enjoyed her months of work, and will in Ukrainian welcomed the arrivals. halls all over the city, a “monster” sleep- Plast member between the age of 11 and remember this experience as one where Ms. Kachor heard two girls on the 18) from Winnipeg, was hired under a she spent more time each day at the Plast escalator noticing the sign and expressing (Continued on page 11)

The scene during registration at Red River College in Winnipeg. Young Plastunky congregate after their arrival in Manitoba. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 11

Ukraine’s athletes win 10 medals at Goodwill Games PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukraine com- pleted the with Ukraine’s medalists at the 1998 Goodwill Games 10 medals – one gold, five silver and four bronze – ending up tied with Olena Vitrychenko gold rope, rhythmic Australia for eighth place overall. The final days of the games, which Olena Vitrychenko silver all-around, rhythmic gymnastics featured competition in summer sports plus figure skating, were marked by the Olha Teslenko silver beam, gymnastics success of Ukraine’s athletes in ice Zhanna Pintusevych silver 100 meters, track dancing and . In ice dancing, the pair of Olena Zhanna Pintusevych silver 200 meters, track Hrushyna and Ruslan Honcharov remained firmly in third place after the Olena Zhupina/Svitlana Serbina silver 10-meter synchronized platform short program on July 30. The short pro- Valentyna Fediushina bronze shot put gram counts for 30 percent of the final score, and the compulsory dance, in Olena Vitrychenko bronze hoop, rhythmic gymnastics which the duo also placed third, for 20 percent. Angela Balakhanova bronze pole vault In the long program, which makes up the remaining 50 percent of the total Olena Hrushyna/Ruslan Honcharov bronze figure skating, ice dance score, Hrushyna and Honcharov main- tained their third-place slot and thus won not fallen apart, otherwise the Ukrainian the bronze medal. Russian ice dancers swimmer “would have been a comrade Anjelika Krylova/Oleh Ovsiannikov and rather than an opponent.” Irina Lobacheva/Ilia Averbukh took Mr. Sylantiev swam the 200 meters in home gold and silver, respectively. 1:56.64 and the 100 in 53 second flats, In swimming, this year’s Goodwill setting two Goodwill Games records in Games instituted a points system that the process. Against Germany he turned turned an individual sport into a team in even better times: 1:56.16 in the 200 sport. In individual events, teams earned and 52.78 in the 100. five points for a first-place finish, three As if that wasn’t good enough, on for second and one for third. Winners of July 31, in the final event of the dual relay races picked up seven points. meet, Mr. Sylantiev went on to beat his Individual accomplishments were own record yet again in the 100 with a hardly meaningless, however, as team time of 52.52 against the U.S. swim- members earned $1,000 for the fastest mers. (He did not swim the 200 in that time per event. If a world record had match-up.) His time was the fifth fastest been broken the athlete would have ever recorded and beaten only by two received $50,000. other swimmers in the world: Australia’s In men’s swimming, Ukraine’s Denys Michael Klim (the world record holder) Sylantiev, swimming for the World and Russia’s Denis Pankratov. Team, which was undefeated in the com- In other results during Goodwill petition, consistently won the 100-meter Games, figure skater Yevhenii Pliuta fin- and 200-meter butterfly in races against ished in seventh, moving up one notch Diver Olena Zhupyna the United States, Germany and Russia. from eighth after he completed the long The World All-Stars, comprising program on July 31. That event, of swimmers from South Africa, , course, in case anyone missed the news, Italy, France, , Hungary, Canada was won by American Todd Eldredge, and Ukraine, defeated Russia behind with Aleksei Urmanov of Russia taking games records in the 100- and 200-meter silver and his countryman Yevgeny butterfly by Mr. Sylantiev. As one com- Plushenko the bronze. mentator on WTBS noted, the Russians The Goodwill Games concluded on no doubt wished the Soviet Union had August 2.

– marched with their banners in the festival International Plast... parade through the town on Saturday morn- (Continued from page 10) ing of the festival. Rhythmic gymnast Olena Vitrychenko over was organized at Red River College. They also attended two of the festival’s The north and south gym floors were concerts and especially enjoyed the Riding completely filled with backpacks and Kozaks and the Kubasonics, a band from teenagers. Edmonton. The Kubasonics, led by Brian The registration committee, headed by Cherwick, will be releasing an album (“with Marta Hnatiw, was in the hallways between extra garlic” – which you can smell on the the two gyms, staffing tables labeled with cassette). the appropriate registration service. Some The participants from outside the youngsters were hesistant to turn over their province of Manitoba can’t seem to get over passports and airline tickets to the registra- the flatness of the Canadian prairie (though Gymnast Olha Teslenko tion committee (parents had instructed the area near Dauphin is hilly). “There’s too them to keep them at all costs). But all doc- much sky here,” said one youngster. uments were collected for safekeeping (bet- Another asked a volunteer during the sleep- ter than having them float away from the over, “Where am I? And where is canoe on a Manitoba lake or stream) and Winnipeg?” deposited in the vault of the Carpathia The Plastuny have much to look for- Credit Union. ward to in phase II of the International One parent commented on how well- Plast Jamboree ‘98: the tour of Winnipeg organized this phase was, and what a good (organized by Ostap and Tetyana feeling there was among the participants Hawaleshka), Chinese Dragon Boat and visitors as they settled in and sought out Races (organized by Lubomyr and old friends. Oksana Shulakewych, sponsored by As for the campers themselves, they Coca-Cola, and managed by Facility appeared to be adjusting well to their sur- Marketing Group Inc.), the jubilee bon- roundings. By very early morning, the fire and much socializing, including a scouts were loading their gear and them- dance at Red River College. selves on to buses headed for their respec- Closing ceremonies are scheduled for tive camps throughout the province. Sunday morning August 9. One of the seven camps, the biking camp The Plast youths will leave Manitoba was at Vermillion River Outfitters, just and Winnipeg with new and renewed north of Riding Mountain National Park friendships, and a new understanding of this and close to Selo Ukraina, the site of part of the world. Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival in In all likelihood, they will also know Dauphin. These campers – all 180 of them exactly where they were. Gymnast Roman Zozulia Sprinter Zhanna Pintusevych 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 No. 32

Vasyl Kyrychenko, and Vice-Consul THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Fault line appears... Yurii Tatarchenko, who said cooperation (Continued from page 5) with the local community is very strong. distorted the perception, held by The Ukrainian diplomats said that a Ukrainians living in the Ukrainian SSR fund-raising effort had helped pay for a and the USSR, of the Ukrainian diaspo- lease on the Consulate’s premises and for ra; deepened divisions between its furnishings. Ukrainians in the world; and sowed the President Cipywnyk said he conveyed seeds of distrust, misunderstanding and his surprise to the Brazilian community CALL ( 973) 292-9800 discord. that Ukrainian community organizations “At the same time, it is important to in the country are capable of raising seri- remember that, essentially, it was only ous funds to support a diplomatic mis- through the Ukraina Society that a por- sion, and yet the umbrella organization tion of the truth about Ukraine reached pleads poverty when asked to pay $500 Planning a trip to the diaspora during totalitarian times; in UWC dues. that [through the Ukraina Society] con- Dr. Cipywnyk told The Weekly that tacts and individual friendships many community members were equally UKRAINE? between honest artists of Ukraine and surprised that their leadership was not the Ukrainians of the world were fulfilling its financial commitments. Personalized established; that Ukrainian songs, The UWC president called such dues Ukrainian literature, Ukrainian films, “a good investment,” given that it availed Travel Service at theater and paintings found their way organizations of the expertise of such Reasonable Rates abroad.” institutions as the WCCE and WCUSS, Mr. Lozynskyj decried the actions of which could address many of the educa- what he called “a Toronto-based higher tional and social issues faced by •VISAS•HOTELS•MEALS• presidium,” which he accused of govern- Ukrainians in South America. •TRANSFERS•GUIDES• ing the UWC like the Politburo had ruled This issue was a topic of concern at •AIR TICKETS• the former USSR and ignoring presidium the Presidium meeting of June 5-6, as Auditing Committee members Tetiana •CARS WITH DRIVERS• resolutions at will. He also rejected the Ukraina Society critique as insufficient. Diachynska, Alex Neprel and Ostap •INTERPRETERS• “It amounts to praise for the Ukraina Wynnycky reported that 82 member- •SIGHTSEEING• Society,” Mr. Lozynskyj said. organizations had not paid their dues, and Mr. Sokolyk defended his decision to about 30 to 40 would likely be barred go to Kyiv for the UWCC meeting, say- from participating and/or voting during LANDMARK, LTD ing that “it is better to be present when the seventh congress. toll free (800) 832-1789 decisions are being taken, because they’ll Continuing his report, Dr. Cipywnyk make decisions without us.” said that in Argentina he traveled to DC/MD/VA (703) 941-6180 Mr. Sokolyk added, “We need to Buenos Aires, the capital, as well as fax (703) 941-7587 remember that there are over 20 million Missiones and Apostoles, principal areas Ukrainians living outside Ukraine who of Ukrainian settlement, and Posadas, a really want [the UWCC]. We should tea-growing and processing center that think about them, too.” has served as a source of wealth for The Toronto-based activist also denied Ukrainian Argentinians. that any motion restricting the UWC del- In the capital, meetings with officials FLOWERS egation had been made, and claimed that of the Argentinian-Ukrainian Central the April 6 meeting’s minutes had been Representation and the Vidrodzhennia altered. (Rebirth) Society revealed that thou- sands of immigrants from Ukraine have America President visits South arrived in the country seeking employ- Delivered in Ukraine The UWC president reported on his ment, but that recent downturns in the long-awaited trip to the Ukrainian com- Argentinian economy have plunged 1-800-832-1789 munities in Brazil and Argentina, taken them into hardship. Landmark, Ltd. from April 16 to May 5. The question of how to assist these Dr. Cipywnyk spoke of meetings with people is proving a thorny one, Dr. officials of the Ukrainian Central Cipywnyk reported, as many of the Representation in Brazil, such as Yosyf recent arrivals shun the local community Velgach, Ukrainian Catholic Bishop unless they are stricken with financial Efraim Kryvy, and a representative of need. This has led to divisions among Ukrainian Orthodox Bishop Yeremiy in Ukrainian Argentinians, some of whom Curitiba, the provincial capital of Parana, consider it a local problem and others as well as visits to “the interior,” includ- who believe that bodies such as the UWC ing the town of Prudentopolis and sur- should intercede. rounding villages. Dr. Cipywnyk also met with the Report compiled with the assistance of Ukrainian consul general in Curitiba, Dr. Dr. Marta Dyczok.

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NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE Promoted to rank Named submarine’s of brigadier general commanding officer WILMINGTON, Del. – After 30 years by Joseph Hawryluk in the military, Col. Donald W. Hrynyshyn retired on July 17, at which KEYPORT, Wash. – Cmdr. Stephen L. time he was promoted to rank of brigadier Szyszka of the U.S. Navy, has assumed general. the duties of commanding officer of the In addition to his tribute, Brig. Gen. USS Henry M. Jackson as of June 26. Donald W. Hrynyshyn was awarded the Prior to his command, Cmdr. Szyszka Legion of Merit medal (among other completed a two-year assignment as the awards) at his retirement ceremony. U.S. naval attaché to Ukraine (1995- Brig. Gen. Hrynyshyn began his mili- 1997), as executive officer of the USS tary career as a second lieutenant in June Henry M. Jackson (1993-1994), as execu- 1968 upon receiving his commission tive officer of the USS Henry L. Stimson through the Reserve Officer Training (1992-1993) and as combat systems offi- Corps program at the University of cer on the USS Dallas (1988-1991). Delaware. Upon entering the United A 1978 graduate of the State University States Army, he completed the Signal of New York at Buffalo, Cmdr. Szyszka Officer Basic Course. His first assignment received his commission as an ensign in was with the Office of the Secretary, 1979, and following initial nuclear propul- Southeastern Signal School, Fort Gordon, sion training and a year as an instructor at Ga., as special projects officer. Brig. Gen. Donald W. Hrynyshyn the Navy Nuclear Power School in Cmdr. Stephen L. Szyszka In 1969, he was reassigned overseas as Orlando, served his first sea tour on the communications officer in the Republic of STARC commander until his retirement. USS Philadelphia (1982-1986) as chem- listic missiles (SLBMs). Korea and promoted to first lieutenant. He In addition to his initial entry school- istry/radiological assistant, main propul- Cmdr. Szyszka’s decorations include was cited for achieving the highest possi- ing, Brig. Gen. Hrynyshyn completed the sion assistant and weapons officer. the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, ble standards required of service with a Selective Service System Officer Basic He then attended the Defense the Joint Service Commendation Medal, nuclear-capable unit and awarded the Course and the Signal Officer Advanced Intelligence College, where he was award- three Navy Commendation Medals, three Army Commendation Medal. Course, and graduated from the United ed a master’s degree in strategic intelli- Navy Achievement Medals, the Navy Unit In 1971 he enlisted in the Delaware States Army Command and General Staff gence in 1988 and served as an intern on Commendation, the Meritorious Unit Army National Guard and served with College. He also completed the National the Joint Staff in the Deputy Directorate Commendation, three Battle Efficiency distinction in several positions in the State Defense University’s National Security for International Negotiations. “E” Ribbons, the National Defense Headquarters. He served as administrative Management Course and the Reserve The USS Henry M. Jackson is the fifth Service Medal, the Sea Service Deploy- officer, recruiting officer, operations and Components National Security Course. of the Navy’s 18 nuclear-powered Ohio- ment Ribbon and the Overseas Service training officer, and command informa- Brig. Gen. Hrynyshyn’s awards and class submarines. The Ohio class, at 560 Ribbon. tion officer. During this time he was pro- decorations include the Meritorious feet long and almost 19,000 tons displace- Cmdr. Szyszka, a native of Buffalo, moted to major. Service Medal, the Army Commendation ment, is the largest submarine ever built N.Y., is married to the former Julia M. He served on a tour with the National Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Army by the United States and is capable of Fedyk of Philadelphia and lives in Guard Bureau in the Mobilization Achievement Medal, the Army Reserve speeds in excess of 20 knots and depths in Keyport, Wash., with their daughter, Readiness Branch in 1975. He received the Components Achievement Medal with six excess of 800 feet. The crew consists of Larissa, 5, and son, Stephen, 4. He is Minuteman Award for his accurate and oak leaf clusters, the National Defense approximately 157 officers and enlisted active in Plast and its Orden Khresto- timely processing of readiness reports. Service Medal with one service star, the sailors. Each of these ships is capable of nostsiv fraternity and a member of UNA In 1984 he was reassigned to the Troop Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the carrying up to 24 submarine-launched bal- Branch 360. Command Headquarters as the adjutant. Armed Forces Reserve Medal with three He later served as the executive officer hourglasses, the Army Service Ribbon, the and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. National Guard Bureau Recruiter Badge, His management and administrative skills the Delaware Conspicuous Service Cross, earned him citations for the improved the Delaware Medal for Military Merit effectiveness, efficiency and readiness of (3rd award), the Delaware National the command, in addition to commend- Defense Service Ribbon and the Delaware able inspection evaluations and comple- Physical Fitness Ribbon (6th award). tion of many highly successful projects. Brig. Gen. Hrynyshyn is the son of the In 1990 Brig. Gen. Hrynyshyn was Very Rev. and Mrs. Paul Hrynyshyn. The reassigned to the State Area Command as Very Rev. Hrynyshyn is pastor of Ss. deputy director of personnel. Through his Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox continued display of leadership, he was Church in Wilmington, Del. he is also the promoted to colonel in 1993. He served as president of Ukrainian National director of personnel and later as deputy Association Branch 247.

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Moscow Helsinki monitoring groups. Nina Strokata... Dr. Strokata and Mr. Karavansky were (Continued from page 5) forced to emigrate on November 30, 1979. and Odesa, including Vyacheslav Once in the United States both continued Air Ukraine Chornovil, Vasyl Stus and Mykola their human rights activism by joining the Ä‚¥aΥ̥fl ìÍð‡ªÌË Plakhotniuk. Soon thereafter members of External Representation of the Ukrainian that committee were themselves arrested. Helsinki Group. THE ONLY NON-STOP SERVICE BETWEEN In 1974 the First International Congress Dr. Strokata was particularly active, writ- of the International Association of ing numerous articles about Ukrainian and NORTH AMERICA AND UKRAINE Microbiological Sciences held in Tokyo cir- other rights activists to various publications culated a petition in Dr. Strokata’s defense – among them The Ukrainian Weekly. She TUESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY FLIGHTS TO that was signed by 500 microbiologists collaborated with The Weekly on special from 30 countries. That petition was for- issues dedicated to the Ukrainian Helsinki warded to Leonid Brezhnev, then first sec- Group. New York – Kyiv retary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Dr. Strokata also lectured widely about Union. the Ukrainian human rights movement. One New York – Lviv – Kyiv Dr. Strokata was released from labor of her last public appearances was in camp in December 1975, but was forbidden December 1996 at New York commemora- to return to Ukraine. She settled in the town tion of the 20th anniversary of the • Flying time is 4 hours faster than any other airline of Tarussa, Russia. Ukrainian Helsinki Group’s founding. In • Highly qualified pilots On November 9, 1976, she became a June of this year she spoke at the annual • Excellent service with traditional Ukrainian hospitality founding member of the Ukrainian Public Ukrainian conference at the University of and great meals on board Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. • Day-time and evening flights from JFK-New York Group to Promote Implementation of the Helsinki Accords, formed in Kyiv in 1976 Dr. Strokata is survived by her husband. after the 1975 signing of the Helsinki pact, A panakhyda (requiem service) was offered which incorporated the so-called “Third at St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church 1-800-UKRAINE (1-800-857-2463) Basket” of agreements on human rights. in Baltimore on Friday, August 7. Burial or contact your travel agent. On February 6, 1977, Dr. Strokata’s was to take place the next day at noon at St. apartment was searched in connection with Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery in the arrests of members of the Ukrainian and South Bound Brook, N.J. For arrival and departure information call (718) 656-9896, (718) 632-6909 When the Soviets occupied western New contribution... Ukraine, Mr. Kowalsky fled to Poland and (Continued from page 6) then to Austria, immigrating to Toronto in Air Ukraine patriots, actively involved in the social and 1949. Like most post-war immigrants, he political life of Western Ukraine. Like many worked hard at whatever manual work he could find. Eventually, he accumulated 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 Ukrainians of their generation, they experi- enough capital to set up his own business. New York, NY 10176 enced great hardships during the pre-war Daria Kowalsky (nee Mutsak) was born and war years in Eastern Europe, as well as Cargo Shipping: in Burshtyn in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. during their early settlement in Canada. After completing a private women’s teach- Born in Uhor in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, ers’ college run by the Basilian Sisters in Michael Kowalsky graduated from a classi- Stanyslaviv, she taught and took an active Air Ukraine - Cargo cal studies high school in Stanyslaviv and 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave. T), Brooklyn, NY 11223 role in cultural and community organiza- obtained his law degree from Lviv tions. tel.: 718-376-1023, fax: 718-376-1073 University. He managed a co-operative The Kowalskys’ gift will play an invalu- dairy and bank, and was active in cultural able role in the revival of Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian nationalist organizations. He and scholarship in eastern Ukraine, and will was arrested several times by the Polish directly benefit hundreds of Ukrainian authorities and imprisoned for three years. scholars, artists and students.

there, a realization that we have to proceed Ambassador Shcherbak... with reforms.” (Continued from page 5) He also poined out that over the past few ship,” Ambassador Shcherbak said. “We are months President Kuchma’s reform decrees convinced that the creation of this commis- went into effect “without any serious oppo- sion and its work over the past year – we sition by the Verkhovna Rada.” can now pass judgment on it – has demon- Responding to a question about strated its viability and its becoming an Ukrainian military planes allegedly being effective mechanism for addressing various used for transporing arms from Bulgaria to issues and solving problems that come up Eritrea, where one of the planes crashed, between our two countries.” killing its crew, Ambassador Shcherbak said Looking back at the joint statement the Ukrainian government does not have an released after the first session of the official statement on the subject and that the Kuchma-Gore Commission meeting in accident is still being investigated as to its Washington last year, Dr. Shcherbak said cause as well as its cargo. that some 80 percent of the action items Asked about press reports in Ukraine contained in that document were actually about the possibility of his appointment as carried out over the past year. deputy minister of defense, he said, “I know More reforms are still needed, especially about these rumors as well as their origins.” in Ukraine’s energy sector, where some There were, indeed, discussions about the changes had been made, and in agriculture, need for a deputy for political affairs posi- “which experienced fewer positive tion at the ministry, which also mentioned changes,” he said. him as a potential candidate, Dr. Shcherbak Ambassador Shcherbak admitted that said. “But I was not a party in those discus- getting the necessary reform packages sions,” he added. through the Verkhovna Rada will not be Ambassador Shcherbak said he had easy, but he expects progress nonetheless. broached the issue during his briefing of “I feel that we are now at a very impor- President Kuchma on the eve of the tant juncture as the Verkhovna Rada moves Kuchma-Gore Commission meeting. The from political declarations to down-to-earth president, however, did not pursue the issue. action. And there has always been a differ- “I think he simply was not ready and ence – even in the United States it’s one possibly had not made up his mind yet. I thing to make promises and another to lead don’t know,” Ambassador Shcherbak said. a country,” he stressed. And without the president’s action, he could “No doubt there will more arguments not nor did he want to confer about this and large problems with the passage of leg- with the minister of defense while in Kyiv. islation, simply because they deal with the “So the issue is postponed, and I don’t core concerns of ideology of those who know how it will be decided, but the presi- were elected to the Verkhovna Rada and dent understands well that I am completing now also deal with their financial and eco- my fourth year here. So we’ll await his nomic interests,” he said, adding, however, decision,” he said. “My future is completely that “there is a kind of positive approach in the hands of the president.” No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 15

Orthodox League holds convention in Bound Brook SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – The 51st annual convention of the Ukrainian Orthodox League was held here at the diocesan center on July 15-19 with delegates and guests housed at the Marriott Hotel in Somerset. Business sessions and social events were held at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Cultural Center. The convention was hosted by the National Executive Board; the Clifton and Maplewood chapters of New Jersey; the Northampton and Philadelphia chap- ters of Pennsylvania; and the Johnson City chapter from New York. Emil Skocypec, UOL auditor and Consistory treasurer, served as convention chairman. The 51st convention was graced by the presence of three hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.: Metropolitan Constantine, Participants of the 1998 convention of the Ukrainian Orthodox League. Archbishop Antony and Archbishop Vsevolod. Contest, a Dinner Mystery Theater, a rector of St. Sophia Seminary, received a Partykevich, of Boston was appointed The Rev. Anthony Ugolnick, Kresge Grand Banquet and ball, and a farewell check in the amount of $5,000 for the spiritual advisor to the senior league, and Professor of Humanities and Ethics at brunch on Sunday. Tours were also seminary scholarship program from Dr. the Rev. Myron Oryhon of Johnson City, Franklin and Marshall College, was the scheduled for the Fisher House, museum, Paul Szwez, chairman of the Metropolitan N.Y., was appointed the junior league’s convention keynote speaker, and his cemetery and book store, all located on John Scholarship Committee. spiritual advisor. topic was “Orthodox in North America: the Consistory grounds. Elected to office for 1999 in the Senior Elected to office in the Junior UOL What is Our Role?” A highlight of the convention was UOL were: president – Helen Greenleaf, were: president – Laryssa Sadoway, Daily religious services included Education Day, featuring workshops on Novelty, Ohio; first vice-president – Dr. Boston; vice-president – Diane Platosz, molebens, liturgy and vespers, with a pysanky, religious instruction, youth min- Sivulich, Carnegie, Pa.; second vice-pres- New Britain, Conn.; recording/correspon- hierarchical liturgy in St. Andrew the istry, bead-making, a town hall meeting, ident – Dr. Victoria Malick, Washington; ding secretary – Jessica Burgan, Clifton, First-Called Apostle Memorial Church and a session devoted to the St. Sophia recording secretary – Ann Moroz, N.J.; financial secretary – Larissa Burlij, concelebrated on Sunday by Metropolitan Seminary. Lindenwold, N.J.; corresponding secre- Parma, Ohio; treasurer – A.J. Nary, Boston. Constantine, Archbishops Antony and Many scholarships were announced at tary – Linda Winters, Northampton Pa.; The 1999 Convention of the Vsevolod, and seven members of the the banquet, and a check in the amount of financial secretary – Matka Maria Norton, Ukrainian Orthodox League will be held clergy, together with deacons, sub-dea- $33,100 for the Youth Ministry Program Newington, Conn.; treasurer – Catherine in Hartford, Conn., and hosted by the St. cons and altar servers. was presented to Metropolitan Bailly, New Britain, Conn.; Auditor – Mary Chapter of New Britain with Social events included Hospitality Constantine by Dr. Stephen Sivulich, Nickolay Shapoval, Lincoln, Neb. Stefan Norton and Michelle Bailly as co- Night, Jersey Shore, Bake-Off Cultural fund drive chair. The Rev. John Harvey, Archimandrite Father Andriy chairs.

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Chaika Dance Ensemble (Yonkers, NY) The original Byzantine male choir (Northeastern PA) Stashchyshyn Bandura Duo (Northern NJ) Voloshky Dance Ensemble (Philadelphia, PA) The L.V. Ukrainian Millennium Choir (Lehigh Valley, PA) Kazka Folk Ensemble (Pottsville, PA) Mr. Wolodymyr Hnatiuk

Zabava (Dance) – 8 p.m. featuring The Luna Orchestra Large 4-family home w/mountain view located Prague / Czech Republic within 1/2 mile of Soyuzivka on Furdmoore Rd. Ukrainian boarding house open to guests. Program: Saturday, August 15th Ideal as rental property or as residence with income. Both English and Ukrainian spoken. 12 noon-7 p.m. Easily converted to 3, 2, or 1-family. 3 p.m.-stage show Tel.: 011-420-224-315-492 Also, oversize 2 car garage w/studio. Only $112,900. 8 p.m.-Zabava (dance) Pawlo Muraszko, owner Call Randy Spiesman at Weichert Realtors 914-336-2633 Sunday, August 16 12 noon-5 p.m. 1 p.m.-stage show Attention, Students! Admission: Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activities. The $5/person-one day Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian community know $6/person-both days about upcoming events. 14 and under-Free The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be glad to Free parking print timely news stories about events that have already taken place. Photos also will be accepted. FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS AND CRAFTS MAKE YOURSELF HEARD. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 No. 32

The Ramada Inn, the site of the con- Ps & Bs conference... ference, has set aside rooms for confer- (Continued from page 6) ence participants at $60 per room. This grams will be distributed, will begin at block of rooms will be held until 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 10. The September 26. Make reservations directly conference will begin at 9 a.m. The with the Ramada Inn and Conference Sunday program will begin with a brunch Center, 130 Route 10 W., East Hanover, at 10:30 a.m. In order to pre-register, fax NJ 07936; tel., (973) 386-5622. The a request for a registration form along Ramada will provide shuttle service from ì „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ ÔÓ‚¥‰ÓÏÎflπÏÓ, ˘Ó ‚ ÒÛ·ÓÚÛ 1-„Ó ÒÂðÔÌfl 1998 ðÓÍÛ with your name and address to: (609) Newark Airport upon request, as well as ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ 683-3628 or write to: UAPBA-N.Y. and transportation to Sunday liturgy at St. N.J., P.O. Box 1054, New York, NY John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in ·Î. Ô. 10013. Whippany. ∏ÇÉÖç ëÄåßãÄ Ì‡ð. 5-„Ó Í‚¥ÚÌfl 1933 ðÓÍÛ ‚ Ò. óÂðÌ¥‚, ìÍð‡ªÌ‡. former Ambridge Council President Roy Stubbins, “as being 110 percent Ukrainian.” á‡Î˯˂ Û ÒÏÛÚÍÛ: Joseph Rodio... (Continued from page 7) Mr. Rodio served in the Pacific as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World 9·ð‡Ú‡ — üêéëãÄÇÄ ipant at Pittsburgh UNA District Committee meetings, served on the UNA’s War II. He earned a bachelor’s degree ÍÛÁËÌÍÛ — ëàãúÇßû òßÇ Á ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛ from Kent State University and a mas- ·ð‡Ú‡Ì͇ — ßÇÄçÄ ëÄåßãì Á ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛ 33rd Convention Committee and was a del- egate to that convention. ter’s degree from Duquesne University. He was head coach at St. Ç¥˜Ì‡ ÈÓÏÛ Ô‡Ï’flÚ¸. Michael Komichak, director of the “Ukrainian Radio Program” stated: “Joe Veronica’s High School in Ambridge and Rodio was proud of his Ukrainian heritage was involved in the formation of the Ss. and he was a generous supporter of my Peter and Paul basketball program. He ‘Ukrainian Radio Program.’ He enjoyed lis- later coached the UNA Branch 161 team tening to Ukrainian music and would record for the Ukrainian Youth League of North my programs to supplement his collection. America. His teams went on to win nine To The Weekly Contributors: Mr. Rodio also attended Ukrainian concerts consecutive junior and six consecutive and Ukrainian civic gatherings in and senior championships. We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- around the campus of the University of He was a member of the executive board ters to the editor, and the like – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate prepa- Pittsburgh.” of the Ambridge Sports Hall of Fame and ration of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. Mr. Rodio worked as the Ambridge bor- was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991 for his achievements in sports, coaching, ® ough secretary for 31 years and then for the News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a promotion and community affairs. ® Ambridge Water Authority for 17 years. given event. During his tenure as borough secretary he Mr. Rodio was born April 29, 1921, in ® All materials must be typed (or legibly hand-printed) and double-spaced. effectively used his expertise in city plan- Ambridge, Pa., a son of the late Michael ® Photographs submitted for publication must be black and white (or color with good ning and governmental operations to and Elena Kostyk Rodio. He is survived by ® contrast). Captions must be provided. Photos will be returned only when so requested improve the borough and he once secured a two sisters and a brother-in-law, Mary ® and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. five-year community development grant Cybak, and Helen and Don R. Ostrowski, ® Full names (i.e. no initials) and their correct English spellings must be provided. worth $5 million. In the borough he was eight nephews and three nieces, and a life- ® long dearest friend, Mary Matanic. He was Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the publi- known as “Mr. Ambridge.” ® preceded in death by four brothers, John, cation and the date of the edition. The July 14 issue of the Beaver County ® Times reported: “If you walked by the old Michael, Theodore and William Rodio. Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the date of ® municipal building at night and saw a light A funeral liturgy was conducted at Ss. The Weekly edition in which the information is to be published. ® burning, you could be sure Mr. Rodio was Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church Persons who submit any materials must provide a phone number where they may be ® hard at work, working on the borough’s on July 15 by the pastor, the Rev. Michael reached during the work day if any additional information is required. financial books to a Ukrainian melody.” He Polosky, and interment took place at the was also described in the article, written by church cemetery. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 17

Chornobyl nuclear plant north of Kyiv The Great Famine... that has contaminated about 15 percent (Continued from page 8) of Ukrainian land. were not believed when they wrote their The Famine is the most distant of these stories. In 1933, at the height of the events, the most carefully concealed, and Famine, the United States recognized the most difficult for scholars to uncover, the Soviet Union, one of the great his- find reasons for, and assess the results torical paradoxes. from archival and fast-disappearing The official 1939 census, now acknowl- human sources. But one can put it sim- edged to have been doctored by officials to ply: the Soviet regime in effect declared make the situation look much better than it war on its own villages, emptied them of SUMMER PROGRAMS 1998 grain, allowed the population to starve to was, indicated that Ukraine’s population Saturday, August 15 had fallen by over 3 million since 1926. death, and then systematically concealed ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Soprano LUBA SCHYBCHYK these events from the world. 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by ZOLOTA BULAVA That of Russia had grown by 16 million in 11:45 p.m. Crowning of “MISS SOYUZIVKA 1999” the same period. The shortfall, based on growth in the 1920s, is around 7 million to Sunday, August 16 10 million people. Historians today do not UNWLA DAY know how many died in the Ukrainian Saturday, August 22 UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS Dr. Oleksandra(Continued from Kopach... page 6) Famine. The leading demographer on the ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – SOYUZIVKA DANCE WORKSHOP RECITAL School, a dinner was organized in honor Director: ROMA PRYMA BOHACHEVSKY subject has verified that the minimum fig- 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by BURYA ure is 4 million, but the maximum is not of Dr. Kopach. More than 250 former known. During wartime discussions, students came to pay tribute to their for- Saturday, August 29 mer director and teacher. The establish- ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Violist HALYNA KOLESSA; Pianist OKSANA RAWLIUK PROTENIC Stalin informed Churchill almost casually 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by VIDLUNNIA that 10 million peasants had died during ment of the Dr. Oleksandra Kopach the upheavals of the 1930s. Scholarship Fund was announced that LABOR DAY WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS All we know about the Famine has evening. The fund provides scholarships CONCERTS, DANCES, EXHIBITS, TENNIS TOURNAMENT, SWIMMING COMPETITION emerged in the past 15 years, the vast to students of the Ostroh Academy in (Details TBA) majority of it in the past decade (Robert Ukraine. Situated in the ancient town of Conquest and James Mace are two of Ostroh, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine and an the leading Western historians who affiliate of the National University of have helped to uncover many facts). Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the Ostroh The Department of Recreation of the City of Philadelphia Historians in Ukraine have elevated the Academy has an enrollement of over 700 and the Ukrainian Festival Committee students from 22 oblasts of Ukraine. Famine to the prime position of con- of the Ukrainian Community of Metropolitan Philadelphia temporary research: as one of the great- Next year it will graduate its first bac- est tragedies in the history of Ukraine. calaureates. Presents Its import, however, has been dimin- Scholarships from the fund have been ished because of a truly astonishing already been awarded twice. In January series of events in 20th century 1997, 16 students of the Ostroh Academy Ukraine: the purges that embraced the received $100 scholarships; in January UKRAINIAN FESTIVAL elimination of cultural leaders of 1998, 32 students of the academy OF MUSIC, SONG AND DANCE Ukraine as well as its political elite; received $50 scholarships. World War II, in which over 5 million At Dr. Kopach’s funeral, in lieu of Ukrainians lost their lives in the Red flowers, colleagues and friends made Army and perhaps 1 million in other donations to the scholarship fund, and a “Echoes“Echoes ofof Ukraine”Ukraine” armies, partisan and insurgent groups; total of $5,580 was collected. Those FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1998 deportations and purges from western wishing to make a donation to the Ukraine in the 1940s; the wholesale Scholarship Fund can send contributions 8:00 PM crackdown on Ukrainian dissidents in to: Dr. Oleksandra Kopach Scholarship Robin Hood Dell East the 1960s; and more recently the sud- Fund, 505 Annette St., Toronto, Ontario, Ridge Ave. at 33rd and Dauphin Streets den and dramatic explosion at the Canada M6P 1S1. in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park

Dedicated to the 211th Anniversary of the U.S. Constitution 2nd Anniversary of the Democratic Constitution of Ukraine Welcome America celebration

Featuring prominent artists:

LUBA SCHYBCHYK, leading soprano soloist, Kyiv Opera, Ukraine VICTOR ZDYRKO, bass, opera soloist, Boston VOLODYMYR VYNNYTSKY, concert pianist, Laureate of International Competition MARYNA ROHOZHYNA, concert pianist UKRAINIAN INTERNATIONAL BALLET THEATRE, Ukrainian classical ballet “VOLOSHKY” Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Philadelphia

Mistress of Ceremonies: ORYSIA HEWKA Stage Manager: Nick Rudnytzky The Ukrainian Festival Committee invites all Ukrainian Americans, friends, neigh- bors, and all Philadelphia area residents to come and enjoy an evening of the finest Ukrainian music, song and dance performed in the beautiful outdoor setting of the Dell East Theatre in Fairmount Park.

FREE ADMISSION, No tickets needed. * FREE PARKING. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 No. 32

How to reach The art exhibition and sale of the works Newsbriefs (Continued from page 2) of the outstanding Ukrainian artists HE KRAINIAN EEKLY the construction materials sector boosted Edward, Yurij, Jarema Kozak and T U W production 12 percent. Production MAIN OFFICE increased in 17 oblasts, the city of Kyiv and Yaroslaw Wyznyckyj (editorial, subscriptions Crimea. (Eastern Economist) and advertising departments): is now open in Hunter, N.Y. in the banquet hall of P&G to expand production in Ukraine The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 KYIV – Procter & Gamble plans to phone: (973) 292-9800; fax: (973) 644-9510 expand its activity in Ukraine. In addition to modernizing its Tampax-plant at Boryspil, outside of Kyiv, it plans to open a new plant The Xenia Motel KYIV PRESS BUREAU: that will produce items it currently imports Attention all art lovers! Hurry up! The Ukrainian Weekly, 11 Horodetsky Street from other countries. Out of the 300 or so — Apt. 33, Kyiv, Ukraine 252001, items P&G produces, 15 are currently sold Only a few of Eko’s masterpieces are left. phone/fax: (44) 229-1906 in Ukraine. P&G has invested $48 million (U.S.) in Ukraine in the last three years, paying $25 million (U.S.) in taxes in the TORONTO PRESS BUREAU: last two years. The company plans to (518) 263-4391 Ukrainian National Association, The Ukrainian increase its investment to $230 million Those who wish to spend their weekend or Weekly Press Bureau, 1 Eva Road — Suite 402, (U.S.) in the next five years. (Eastern Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 4Z5, Canada Economist) vacations in the Hunter area, please call us in advance. phone: (416) 626-1999; fax: (416) 626-3841 How many Ukrainians own computers? KYIV – Of 10,000 people who respond- ed to a questionnaire distributed by Kvazar Micro and Intel computers during their joint TekhnoShow ’98 tour of 13 Ukrainian cities, 26 percent have a computer at home and 19 percent plan to buy one in 1998. The results also indicate that the most important factor in choosing a PC is the assembly quality (65 percent) and brand (31 percent). Forty-three percent of respondents agreed that it was better to purchase PCs contain- ing licensed software. (Eastern Economist) Talbott speaks before Baltic council KYIV – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott said that everyone would benefit if Russia would not view the Baltic states as a “zone of its own interests” but as a “gateway” to a new Europe, BNS and Interfax reported. Mr. Talbott was speaking in Riga on July 8, where he attended the first meeting of the U.S.-Baltic Partnership Council, established earlier this year by the Baltic and U.S. presidents. That meeting yielded a communiqué providing for joint efforts to secure the Baltic states’ accession to the World Trade Organization and to pro- mote regional security cooperation that would also include Russia. Latvian Foreign Affairs Minister Valdis Birkavs noted that the council’s first session was taking place at a “rather significant time,” when the Latvian economy was under attack from Moscow. (RFE/RL Newsline) Your insurance card, please ... KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers has ordered that border guards must check to see if Ukrainian citizens crossing the border in automobiles have insurance policies. The governmental press service explained that the regulation is the result of Ukraine’s June 1997 entry into the international Green Card drivers’ insurance system. The organi- zation’s rules state that, if Ukrainian drivers do not have insurance, damages in interna- tional accidents must be paid by Ukraine’s insurance bureau. (Eastern Economist) Israeli minister notes money laundering KYIV – Israeli Internal Affairs Minister Avakham Kokhav said that a high volume of shadow capital has been transferred from CIS countries, including Ukraine, to Israel. Speaking at a joint press conference in Kyiv with his Ukrainian counterpart, Yurii Kravchenko, he added that he is unsure about the exact volume of Ukrainian funds being transferred to Israel. Mr. Kokhav said that there are no relevant Israeli laws against money laundering and, as a result, former Ukrainian citizen Semen Yuta, who has received large amounts of money through fraud, now lives in Israel and has no legal problems because “he does not violate the law.” Mr. Kravchenko said that because of an absence of necessary docu- ments, it is impossible to prove the accusa- tions against Mr. Yuta. (Eastern Economist) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 19

SUMMER CHRONICLE

ODUM sponsors third family camp

Some of the participants of ODUM’s family camp on Lake Wapogassett in Wisconsin.

MINNEAPOLIS – For the third con- 70 miles east of Minneapolis-St. Paul, secutive year, the Minneapolis branch of near Amery, Wisc., includes activities ODUM (Association of American Youth such as fishing, swimming, crafts, hiking, of Ukrainian Descent) hosted a family boating, sports, horseback riding, bon- camp on an island site on Lake fires and more. Campers in this year’s Wapogassett in Wisconsin. The ODUM- program ranged in age from 2 to 10, Minneapolis camp is unique as the pro- accompanied by their parents or grand- gram is a family camp that includes par- parents. ents, grandparents and children. The ODUM organization of the U.S. The 1998 camp program, held June 27- and Canada offers bandura, family, coun- 30, continues the ODUM-Minnesota camp- selors’ and recreational camp programs ing tradition, which reigned for 17 years at in New York and London, Ontario. For Sibley State Park in Minnesota. The new more information about ODUM and its To subscribe: Send $50 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, location on Lake Wapogassett is a perfect programs contact Natalia Lysyj Rieland, Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 setting for family camping as it features (612) 942-6239, or [email protected]. large cabins on a heavily wooded island. Further information may be found at The family camp site, approximately http://www.execulink.com/odum/uya.htm

Ukrainian festival held in Lehighton LEHIGHTON, Pa. – Applause and boys and girls, age 4 and 5, entertained laughter swelled from the shaded grove the crowd with amazing jumps up and on a hot July 4 afternoon as a large audi- leaps sideways and running in circles in ence rewarded a group of 83 serious per- ways perhaps never before attempted in formers, age 4 to 17, dressed in authentic organized Ukrainian dancing. And when Ukrainian costumes, standing on the out- the music stopped, the young performers door Festival Stage here at Ukrainian kept on dancing yet new steps to the Homestead. delight of the many in the audience. All were waiting for the go-ahead sig- After the performance, the children nal from their leader, Paula Duda, to start talked about the busy week that had the “graduation” performance of the passed so quickly and the daily practices Volume I and II weeklong Kazka Ukrainian dance camp. under the watchful eyes of Ms. Duda, her This year the Kazka day-campers, brother, Michael, and his wife, Sandy. You can obtain both volumes for only $130.00 children of Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian As the dance camps were departing, Including Postage descent from the Eastern Pennsylvania new children were arriving for the region, were joined by the weeklong Ukrainian Gold Cross camp. These new ORDER NOW overnight campers, the Mriya dance campers, under the leadership of ensemble from , N.Y., Wolodymyra Kawka, Olya Bilynsky and Fill out the order blank below and mail it with your check or money order brought by Nadia Andrejko, Maria Ulana Prociuk, were to spend up to four Szczerba and Jean Samilo. weeks in the Pocono Mountains. A spe- USE THIS COUPON! The combined performance, after the cial treat this year is the presence of singing of the Ukrainian and American boys and girls from Dnipropetrovsk, To: UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Inc. national anthems, featured tall and beau- Ukraine. 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 tiful girls dancing in precision the intri- By the third week of August another I hereby order Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopaedia cate steps of the Hutsulka, and handsome group will be welcomed at the Ukrainian K and strong boys, leaping high and squat- Homestead – the Burlaky Ukrainian Plast K Volume I — $75.00 (was $95) ting low, dancing the famous Hopak. Mountain Bikers camp organized every K Volume II — $75.00 (was $95) But the little ones stole the show – year by Taras Kowch of Ohio. Volume I & II — $130.00 (was $170) NJ residents: add 6% sales tax Enclosed is (a check, M.O.) for the amount $ ______THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Please send the book (s) to the following address: Visit our archive on the Internet at: Name http://www.panix.com/~polishuk/TheWeekly/h No. Street ome.shtml City State Zip Code 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998 No. 32

Wednesday, July 8-Saturday, August 29 by the Prometheus male choir, the Voloshky PREVIEW OF EVENTS dance ensemble, the International Ballet and EASTON, Pa.: Watercolors by Marina soloists of the Lviv Opera, Lesia Hrabova and Tsesarskaya can be seen at the Summer Art Saturday, August 22 free. Tryzub is located at County Line and Andrij Savka. Admission is $10 per person; Festival, as part of a group showing hosted by Lower State roads. For additional information children up to age 12, free. For more informa- The White Birch Gallery. The gallery hours are SACRAMENTO, Calif.: “Ukrainian Fest call Ihor Chyzowych, president, (215) 886- tion call Metodij Boretsky, (215) 233-4528. Wednesday - Saturday, noon-5 p.m., Friday ‘98” will be held at the Unitarian Universalist 8076 (home) or (215) 725-4430 (work). until 6 p.m., and by appointment. Her work Society, 2425 Sierra Blvd. at 3-10 p.m. Enjoy Monday, August 24 can also be viewed at the Mayana Gallery on COLUMBIA, Md.: The Washington Group, Ukrainian food, music, dancing, games and MAPLEWOOD, N.J.: Mayor Gerald Ryan Second Avenue in . in cooperation with SelfReliance Baltimore cultural exhibits. The special guest of this will read and sign a proclamation commem- Federal Credit Union, is presenting the sev- Tuesday, August 11 event will be the Mozaik Band from Toronto. orating the seventh anniversary of Ukraine’s enth annual Ukrainian Independence Day pic- Additional entertainment will be provided by independence at the Maplewood Town Hall, NEW YORK: The Cheres Ensemble will per- nic to be held at Centennial Park East, Pavilion George Kostyrko, accordionist; the Sonechko Valley Street at 9 a.m., after which flag-rais- form at the Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., at H, Route 108 and U.S. Route 29. Food and Children’s Song and Dance Group; the ing ceremonies will be held outdoors. The 8 and 9:30 p.m., featuring Ukrainian mountain refreshments will be available. Enjoy walking Dzvinochok Singing Ensemble; Ola and public is invited to participate in this annual music, with fiddles, pipes, dulcimer and more. Bandura Company; the Mriya Dancers and and cycling by the lake or playing volleyball, For information call the Knitting Factory, (212) soccer or tennis. Bring your favorite picnic event. For further information call Andrew the El Dorado International Folk Dance Keybida, (973) 762-2827. 219-3055. Association. Admission is $3 per person; dish. There will be a $1 entry donation, and music will be provided by the Uke DJ “Daria.” Thursday, August 13 children under 10, free. “Ukrainian Fest ‘98” Saturday, August 29 is sponsored by St. Andrew the Apostle For information about the fourth annual WINNIPEG: The Ukrainian Cultural and Washington Metro Area Tennis Tournament, WILDWOOD, N.J.: The Passaic SUM Ukrainian Catholic Parish. For further infor- Educational Center (Oseredok), located at call Orest Polisczuk, (410) 465-3698. For pic- Druzhynnyky are sponsoring a Pre-Labor mation call (916) 481-8545. 184 Alexander Ave. E., is holding a lecture nic details contact Anya Silecky, ( 703) 526- Day Bash (zabava) at the VFW Hall, 35009 Spicer and Pacific, at 10 p.m. - 3 a.m., with at 7 p.m. by Jars Balan, author of “Salt and Sunday, August 23 0232; Sophia Caryk, (301) 854-2062; or Braided Bread” (1984) and “Yarmarok: Michael Sidlak, (410) 561-1312. music by Na Zdorovia from Yonkers, N.Y. Ukrainian Writing in Canada Since the HORSHAM, Pa.: The Tryzub Ukrainian Admission is $10. You must be 18 to enter Monday, August 24 Second World War” (1987). Mr. Balan will American Sports Center, is sponsoring a festi- and 21 to drink. Proper I.D. is required. speak on the topic “Old World Forms, New val commemorating the seventh anniversary JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Community ONGOING of Ukraine’s independence. Featured artists World Settings: The First Ukrainian Plays Committee to Commemorate the Seventh September on North American Themes.” His lecture is will be the Voloshky Dance Ensemble, Anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine sponsored by the department of German and Lviviany Music Ensemble, Fata Morgana invites all Ukrainians to join in the commem- TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute Library, Slavic studies, the University of Manitoba, Music Ensemble and Lesia Hrabova, soloist. oration at the Ukrainian Educational and located at 620 Spadina Ave., is hosting an the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Special attractions will include activities for Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, at 6:30 p.m. exhibit on Akcja Wisla, the deportation of Sciences of Canada and the Ukrainian children, arts and crafts, and food and refresh- The program will include a keynote address 200,000 Ukrainians within Poland in 1947. Cultural and Educational Center. For fur- ments. Admission is $10; children under 13, by Prof. Ivan Holowinsky, and performances Various books and materials will be on dis- ther information call Oseredok, (204) 942- play. For further information contact the 0218. institute, (416) 923-1227. PLEASE NOTE PREVIEW REQUIREMENTS: Saturday, August 15 September 14 - May 10, 1999 • To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information written HUNTER, N.Y.: Thomas Hrynkiw, piano, TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute, located Anton Miller, violin, and Nestor Cybriwsky, in Preview format (date, place, type of event, admission, sponsor, etc., in the at 620 Spadina Ave., is offering Ukrainian cello, will appear in concert at the Grazhda, English language, providing full names of persons and/or organizations men- language classes for the general public inter- located on Route 23A, in a program of works tioned, and listing a contact person for additional information). Items not writ- ested in Ukrainian as a second language. by Beethoven, Lalo and Kosenko. The concert ten in Preview format or submitted without all required information will not be Various levels will be offered. The fee is will be held at 8 p.m. For more information call published. Please include the phone number of a person who may be contacted $175 for 30 sessions. For information or to (518) 989-6479. by The Weekly during daytime hours. register call (416) 923-3318.

At Soyuzivka: August 14-16

KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Lyric sopra- to compete for the title by contacting Sonia no Liuba Shchibchik of Kyiv headlines Semanyshyn at the resort’s office in the the Saturday evening concert program at Main House (until 10 p.m.) or Stefanie Soyuzivka on August 15. Ms. Shchibchik Hawryluk at the Soyuzivka gift shop. previously performed at Soyuzivka dur- The weekend gets off to an early and ing this year’s Fathers’ Day concert rambunctious start on Friday evening, sponsored by the Ukrainian National August 14, with a performance by Association. Midnight Bigus beginning at 11 p.m. in The Ukrainian-born singer made her the Trembita Lounge. American opera debut with the New It winds down on Sunday, August 16, Rochelle Opera in May. She is a graduate with the annual Soyuzianka Day, organ- of the Lviv Conservatory of Music in ized by the Ukrainian National Women’s both vocal performance and the domra, a League of America. Ukrainian stringed instrument similar to For information about Soyuzivka the mandolin. She has won awards for accommodations, entertainment pro- her piano performances of contemporary grams, art exhibits and other special fea- music. In addition to operatic works she tures, call (914) 626-5641. performs Ukrainian art and folk songs, and contemporary works by Gershwin, Kern and other internationally renowned composers. In Ukraine she was affiliated with the Opera Studio, the Trembita choir, the National Children’s Opera Theater and the National Woodwind Ensemble. In 1996 she received the national Hulak- Artemovsky Award for her contributions to the community as well as her musical accomplishments. In addition to her performing roles, Ms. Shchibchik is a vocal therapist with the otolaryngology department at the National Research Institute in Kyiv and has published several studies in medical journals. The highlight of the August 15 pro- gram at Soyuzivka is the annual ceremo- ny during which a Miss Soyuzivka is crowned for the coming year. The name of Miss Soyuzivka 1999 will be announced just before midnight (11:45 p.m., according to the Soyuzivka pro- gram) during the dance that evening to the music of the Zolota Bulava band. Miss Soyuzivka hopefuls may register Liuba Shchibchik, soprano.