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1NS1DE: ^ The new Leonid Kuchma? - page 2. - 2000 Ukrainian Diaspora Olympiad - page 5. e "The Ukrainian Resurgence": essential reading - page 9. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal non-profit association vol. LXVIII No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23,2000 S1.257ф2 in Ukraine Wcfeo-fflm contest ж Nationwide referendum is scheduled on constitutional questions by Roman Woronowycz reforms must begin. We can no longer emphasized that the idea was theirs and to increase knowledge Kyiv Press Bureau dance in place," said Mr. Pidpalov. that he would support it because it would Critics of the referendum have called give the regions a stronger voice in the KYiv - An effort promoted by the effort unconstitutional and illegitimate, nation's capital. As proposed, the lower Ш Ukrainians worldwidePresiden t Leonid Kuchma to put several but there is little reason to believe the pres- house of the verkhovna Rada would be constitutional questions before the idential decree will be rescinded. The by Roman Woronowycz elected as it currently is, while the upper Ukrainian people has culminated in the Committee of voters of Ukraine, a non- house would be a representative body of Kyiv Press Bureau scheduling of a national referendum for governmental organization that tracks elec- regional leaders. KYiv - in an effort to deepen relations April 16. The plebiscite will include a tions, said that in accordance with the A petition drive was organized because between Ukrainians and their countrymen question regarding dismissal of the current Constitution only the verkhovna Rada has any change to the Parliament's structure living abroad and to increase this country's verkhovna Rada and its transformation the right to approve questions to be placed requires amendments to the Constitution. awareness of the accomplishments of into a bicameral body. on a referendum ballot, it also criticized Changes can occur via a national referen- Ukrainians historically scattered across the President Kuchma issued a presidential the president's failure to include the dum or after a two-thirds vote of the globe, a non-governmental organization has decree authorizing the national poll on Constitutional Court in the process of verkhovna Rada in two different sessions. organized a video and film contest on life in January 15 after an organized initiative, developing the referendum. According to Ukraine's Central Election the Ukrainian diaspora. which the presidential administration Mr. Pidpalov, however, said that the ini- Commission (CEC) the various grassroots The project, organized by the institute of maintains was a spontaneous grassroots tiation of the referendum and the presi- organizations that organized the petition Diaspora Studies of the Ukraina Society movement, but which many experts say dent's decree fall fully within the norms of drive gathered 3,947,955 signatures and and chaired by My kola Zhulynskyi, who was organized by those close to the admin- the Constitution. fulfilled the requirement that a minimum was recently named Ukraine's vice Prime istration. The organizers gathered nearly 4 "The Constitutional requirements were, of 100,000 votes be gathered in at least Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, hopes to million signatures, far surpassing the mini- without question, upheld," said Mr. two-thirds of Ukraine's 26 oblasts and gather video and film vignettes that depict mum 3 million required by law to bring the Pidpalov. He also said the presidential administrative regions. the history and the personalities that have questions before the Ukrainian nation. decree can not be canceled because it was Ukrainian voters will respond to a total shaped the life of the Ukrainian communi- Leonid Pidpalov, first deputy chief of issued on the basis of a request by 4 mil- of six questions on April 16. if authorized ties dispersed throughout the world. the presidential administration, said the lion Ukrainian voters. by voters, the president would gain addi- "We are interested in everything. Not need for a referendum was driven by a The idea for a national referendum - the tional control over Ukraine's legislative just politics, sports, youth and women's national desire to reinvigorate reforms and first of its kind to be decreed by a president body through his ability to dismiss it if it issues, but everything," explained ihor make the needed changes to get the coun- - came after Mr. Kuchma initially made does not meet requirements stipulated in vynnychenko, the director of the institute try and the government working properly. public a proposal to transform the the national poll. of Diaspora Studies, "in Ukraine the peo- "The citizens, voters of Ukraine, well Parliament into a two-chamber legislature. The first question asks Ukrainian voters ple know very little about Ukrainians liv- understand the political processes going Speaking during a meeting with mayors ing outside the borders. We want to show on, and they realized that changes and and oblast regional leaders in the fall, he (Continued on page 5) everything ... such exemplary figures as Roy Romanow, Roman Hnatyshyn, Nicholas Krawciw." Mr. vynnychenko said the process of A search for one family's roots in Ukraine Ukrainian state-building in Ukraine has traveled far ahead of nation-building and by Yaro Bihun that the tens of millions of people who live Special to The Ukrainian Weekly abroad and call themselves Ukrainians can As the world marks the new millennium, many Ukrainian add immensely to the nation's self-image. American organizations are celebrating their 50th anniversary He explained that Ukrainians are found in in the United States - those that were transplanted here from such disparate parts of the world as Europe's post-war refugee camps or established here by those Macedonia, Kandahar and countries in refugees. Many Ukrainian American families - like mine and, Africa, as well as the United States, maybe, yours - are, or could be, celebrating our own golden Canada, Europe and Australia, and that jubilees in this country and, 1 hope, using the occasion to gath- many must have a story to tell. Ukraine er and preserve information about ourselves and our forebears: knows little about who they are and what who they were, how they lived, what they endured and they have accomplished. achieved. He said the project, titled "Our Blossom - Across the World," is emphasizing video CONCLUSION features on notable Ukrainians, but that all types of subjects will be considered. My great-great-grandfather Yoakhym Bihun, like Taras Mr. vynnychenko also explained that the Shevchenko, was born a serf, but, unlike Shevchenko, he project will look at newly produced videos also died a serf, two years before "panschyna" (serfdom) was as well as historical documentaries, "it can abolished in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1848. And if he even be something interesting found in a and his offspring knew about Shevchenko and his poetry, the person's basement," said Mr. vynnychenko. knowledge, more than likely, did not come from reading the The best of the videos, which must be of "Kobzar." Like the other serfs^peasants in Nyzhnii Strutyn broadcast quality and in the Ukrainian lan- throughout most of the 19th century, he probably could nei- guage, will be shown on two Ukrainian tel- ther read nor write. But he and his kind were the seedbed of evision channels, the government run UT-1 Ukrainian nationalism, as Poland and Russia would find out and the private STB, as part of a series on in the next century. diaspora activities and renowned personali- His grandson Stefan - my grandfather - by all accounts, ties, which is expected to begin airing at the probably was literate. He was, after all, the village church beginning of March. "diak" (cantor) at the turn of the century; a member of the The submissions also will be judged by village council that in 1898 voted to upgrade the existing an independent panel in a contest to deter- one-grade village school to two grades. A few years later he mine the best presentation. The winners moved his family to Stryi so that his children would have "Here lies ivan Bihun -1823 f 1906" - one of many mon- will be awarded financial stipends and other access to at least a secondary-level education. uments and grave markers with the writer's surname in prizes. Mr. vynnychenko underscored that (Continued on page 8) the village cemetery. (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, гооо No. 4

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Out with the old, in with the new: verkhovna Rada session paralyzed PM pledges to cut spending

KYiv - Eleven parliamentary caucuseses KYiv - Prime Minister viktor a wiser, firmer Leonid Kuchma? and groups that had declared the creatioon Yuschenko told journalists on January 14 by Markian Bilynskyj The most significant step, however, of a center-right, pro-government majorityity that his government is going to introduce a concerned the selection of a new head of on January 18 blocked further debates by "completely new budget process" in order PART1 government. This move placed the above- leaving the session hall and thus strippinng to cut spending and widen tax collection in in his November 30, 1999, inaugural mentioned measures - as well, obviously, the session of a quorum, interfax reporteded. Ukraine, Reuters and the Associated press address President Leonid Kuchma as everything that follows - in a new con- The walkout occurred after the Parliamen"nt reported. Mr. Yuschenko also said the gov- declared that during his first five years in text and raised hopes and expectations failed to approve a motion to put on ththe ernment will add no new net foreign debt, office he had been "enriched by experi- that, despite the massive amount of sus- agenda a proposal to introduce changes in He also pledged to do away with the prac- ence, both positive and negative." tained effort required for their effective the verkhovna Rada's regulations regardrd- tice of borrowing money from the central "Today, 1 more fully and better under- implementation, the incipient reforms ing voting procedures. The motion wa'as bank, which is essentially another way of stand what needs to be done and how to do were not just the latest manifestation of supported by a sufficient number of votetes printing money. Meanwhile, the World it - as well as what should not be done. mute sound and fury. (226), but speaker Oleksander Tkachenkiko Bank's director for Ukraine and Belarus, This confidence in my strengths and On December 22, amid euphoria said the voting was rigged because somme Luca Barbone, praised the Yuschenko gov- potential... permits me to assert confident- unmatched since the adoption of the deputies had voted also for their absen-nt ernment as the best since Ukraine gained ly you will see a new president," he said. Constitution in June 1996, the verkhovna colleagues. (RFE7RL Newsline) its independence in 1991. "The only prob- Rada confirmed viktor Yuschenko as lem for Ukraine is that it lost its masterful This refrain was introduced in the latter Naftohaz denies stealing Russian gas part of the president's re-election cam- Ukraine's eighth prime minister by a central banker," Mr. Barbone added. paign. Absent any substantial first-term record 296 votes. A week earlier, Уаіегіі KYiv - ihor Bakai, head of the statete-- President Leonid Kuchma has asked the achievements, it had consisted primarily of Pustovoitenko had failed by 20 votes to owned Naftohaz Ukrainy, denied on verkhovna Rada to accept volodymyr fueling and exploiting a widespread fear of return to the position he had occupied for a January 17 that Ukraine has been illegalltlly Stelmakh, Mr. Yuschenko's deputy at the a return to Communist rule. The believ- record two-and-a-half years. His defeat siphoning off Russian transit gas that passss-- National Bank of Ukraine, as the NBU's ability of any positive elements in the can- aroused fears in some quarters of another es over Ukrainian territory, the Associateted new head. (RFE7RL Newsline) didate's message depended in large meas- drawn-out confrontation between, on the Press reported. Mr. Bakai said Naftohaz Nobel laureate condemns Russia ure on the plausibility of the president's one hand, the Kuchma administration and will open its books to Russian scrutiny uby by claim that his first term had necessarily the verkhovna Rada, and, on the other, February 5 to dispel the charges. He added led PRAGUE - Medecins Sans Frontieres been an educative prelude to a qualitative- among the various interests within the that his company was taking Russian gas ?as (Doctors Without Borders), which was ly different president and presidency the Parliament itself along the lines of the in accordance with an agreement with ith awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999, second time around. 1998 wrangle over the selection of the Gazprom as payment for transit. Mr. Bakai kai has accused Moscow of condoning war President Kuchma's choice of venue for Rada leadership. also said Russia is exaggerating Ukraine's e's crimes against civilians in Chechnya, the inauguration was replete with unin- Meeting with representatives of the debt for gas supplies, which he says now ow Reuters reported on January 13. it cited the tended irony. He had insisted, over the regional media the day Mr. Pustovoitenko stands at S763 million. The sum of S2.23 -23 indiscriminate bombing of Grozny, mar- verkhovna Rada's objections, that the cer- was rebuffed, President Kuchma labeled billion mentioned by vice Prime Minister iter ketplaces and convoys of displaced per- emony be held in the Ukraina convention the Rada's rejection as unjustifiable, chid- Yulia Tymoshenko includes the debts of Qf sons. The group's January 12 letter com- and concert hall, the reconstruction of ed the deputies for their lack of coopera- commercial structures, for which Naftohaz iaz pared the sufferings of the Chechen popu- which had generated all kinds of rumors tion, and revealed that he had no idea who is not responsible, he added. (RFE7RL ^L lation with that of ethnic Albanians in concerning managerial incompetence, his next nominee would be. A day later, on Newsline) Kosovo and appealed to the United States bureaucratic squabbling and, inevitably, December 15, the president held consulta- outright peculation, if one allows this as a tions with moderate parliamentary parties Polish, Ukrainian presidents meet to pressure Moscow to "abide by its obli- and groups. He had already challenged the gations under humanitarian law" and end characterization of the general perception KRAKOW - Polish President verkhovna Rada to propose a candidate mt hostilities. (RFE^RL Newsline) of government during the first Kuchma Aleksander Kwasniewski and his administration, then the future seemed to around whom they would be prepared to tiis Ukrainian counterpart, Leonid Kuchma , Rada orders Cabinet to revise budget promise little more: a few days later the consolidate. On this occasion the 10 pro- na discussed the founding of a Polishh - posed the popular (not least because of his : " KYiv - By a vote of 153 to 162, the magician David Copperfield was sched- Ukrainian university and the continuation uled to appear on the same stage and refusal to get overtly involved in politics) ion Parliament on January 13 returned the of visa-free travel between both countrieiess chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine, 2000 budget draft to the government for indulge the fantasies of a public with his at their meeting in Krakow on January 17. Mr. Yuschenko. І?" revision and ordered it to be returned for a own brand of more innocuous deception. Presidents Kwasniewski and Kuchma said Yet, true to his word, President Kuchma The following day, President Kuchma aid "repeat" second reading in February, they intend to ask rectors of several Polislsnh began almost immediately to try to shed submitted his second nomination to the interfax and the Eastern Economist report- and Ukrainian universities to work ou3Utt the vacillating, smoke-and-mirrors impres- verkhovna Rada despite not yet having ed. A resolution not to accept a bill for plans for establishing a joint university min sion of his first-term reform effort. On received Mr. Yuschenko's formal assent. . consideration must be supported by one- Rzeszow, southeastern Poland. Accordinm g This was granted after Mr. Yuschenko S third of parliamentary deputies (150) to December 3 he issued a decree "On to the DPA news service, Mr. (who by some accounts had declined the ^r- pass, verkhovna Rada Chairman Urgent Measures for Accelerating Kwasniewski declared that Poland will position in 1997) began consultations with 7111 Oleksander Tkachenko said the draft Reforms in the Agrarian Sector of the conduct negotiations with the European the Rada and had also received assurances ;an budget contradicts a resolution on the Economy" that restructures all forms of Union regarding an arrangement enabling from the president that he would be given inS budget passed last year calling for an agricultural enterprise on the basis of pri- Poland to continue visa-free movement a two-year clean slate for the conduct of equalization of the central and regional vatized land. On December 15, at a plena- between the two states. Messrs. policy as well as the major say over the r s' budgets in 2000-2001. Mr. Tkachenko said ry meeting of the Coordinating Committee Kwasniewski and Kuchma also discussed composition of the Cabinet. 5ed the correlation between the central and on Combating Corruption and Organized Russia's new defense doctrine, the war in On December 20 President Kuchma ^ regional budgets included in the bill Crime, the president emphasized the intol- Chechnya, the Belarus-Russia union, and held another meeting with representatives passed in the first reading was 59 percent erable level of white-collar crime, particu- the joint Odesa-Gdansk gas pipeline proj- larly in the energy sector, and the rise of (11 this time) of the parliamentary pro- ect.(RFE;RL Newsline) (Continued on page 4) political extremism, in expressing his dis- reform factions and groups to gauge their satisfaction with the committee's work, he commitment to forming a stable majority ordered that a proposal for its comprehen- around a Yuschenko premiership. 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Therefore, he The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com had no political debts or obligations and, Markian Bilynskyj is director of the no less importantly, had yet to alienate The Ukrainian Weekly, January 23, 2000. No. 4, vol. Lxvill Pylyp Orlyk institute for Democracy in Copyright O2000 The Ukrainian Weekly Kyiv. (Continued on page 4) No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23,2000 з Community Partnerships Project Yuschenko promises results pairs cities in Ukraine and U.S. beginning on the 101st day by Roman Woronowycz economy is the issue, and most of the RFE1RL Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine Report than in February he will present a program cities realize that they need to expand of action called " 1,000 Days of Reforms in Kyiv Press Bureau KYiv - Speaking to the verkhovna Ukraine." During those 1,000 days, the their economic base and diversify, mov- Rada before his confirmation as prime KYiv - Donetsk and Louisville, government intends to introduce major ing away from the command-oriented minister, National Bank of Ukraine Kentucky; Komsomolsk and ithaca, New reforms in five areas: state administration; system of the past. Their U.S. partners Chairman viktor Yuschenko presented York; Kamianets-Podilskyi and Athens, the consolidation of state finances and the are helping them to get on track. the economic policy guidelines of his Georgia. The pairings immediately cause strengthening of the national currency; the For example, the Artemivsk-Omaha, future Cabinet. one to ponder, what could these creation of "normal conditions" for eco- Nebraska, partnership has created an eco- Mr. Yuschenko stressed that "we have Ukrainian and U.S. cities possibly have nomic activity; the resolution of the foreign nomic development plan to promote local so little time for decisive action: literally in common? They have unrelated histo- debt problem; improvements in the social government support for small businesses a few months. І do not want to dramatize ries, traditions, languages ... the list goes sphere ("poor people are to see their life in Artemivsk. Artemivsk has organized a (the situation!, but these are the months on. Today, however they are partners, public-private task force - unheard of in improved in the next few months"). and what has drawn them together is the of Ukraine's last chance." Soviet times - to deal with small busi- Mr. Yuschenko said he visualizes his essential: a desire to cooperate, to ness development and problems. exchange ideas on municipal governance, Cabinet of Ministers as a "monolith of like- Little Rock, Arkansas, is helping the to fos:er better relations and to learn each minded persons." According to the new Kalush economy diversify by offering Quotable notes other's unique culture. prime minister, the success of the Cabinet guidance for the formation of a public- "Yuschenko is a puppet of the The cities are part of a singular pro- is conditional on the smooth operation of private stakeholders group and the cre- 1MF and works against Ukraine's gram involving 18 U.S. cities and towns three "mechanisms" in Ukraine's system of ation of a single economic development national interests." - Progressive and their Ukrainian counterparts in a power: joint responsibility of the govern- plan for the community. Socialist Party leader Natalia project aimed at improving local govern- ment and the parliament; a stabilization The historic city of Kamianets- vitrenko during the December 22, ment practices and promoting municipal pact "that will introduce consensus Podilskyi completed an economic assess- between the executive power and major reform. The program, called the 1999, parliamentary debate before ment last September with the help of its economic entities that basically shape pro- Community Partnerships Project (CPP), the confirmation of viktor Yuschenko U.S. partner city, Athens, Georgia. The duction costs and prices"; and a mechanism is directed by the U.S.-Ukraine as Ukraine's prime minister. aim is to develop the economy by for the development of a civic society. Foundation and funded by the U.S. x x ^ spurring the development of tourism and Regarding the near future, Mr. Agency for international Development, it historic preservation. "1 am not afraid of being flogged is now entering the final year of its three- Yuschenko told the Parliament: "During Not all the partnership communities - І am scarred all over already." - year program. the first 100 days, we, jointly with you, are concentrating on economic issues. have to take and implement a majority of Mr. Yuschenko responding to Ms. in Ukraine, with its legacy of a com- Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, indispensable political decisions. As soon vitrenko. mand economy, five-year plans, and inef- decided to focus on transportation prob- as on the 101st day, we should see con- ficient and wasteful government, the lems in cooperation with Cincinnati, vincing results that could confirm the Both quoted by Reuters and cited need for municipal government educa- Ohio. They addressed parking congestion efficiency of our joint actions." in RFE1RL Poland, Belarus and tion and reorientation is particularly in Kharkiv by deciding to install parking Ukraine Report. acute. The CPP has attempted to fill that Mr. Yuschenko also announced in his meters in the city center, which will also December 22, 1999, address that no later void. Since 1996, when it first initiated provide much-needed revenue. contacts between U.S. and Ukrainian Cincinnati has provided two parking cities, the CPP has organized internships meters as design models for local entre- for Ukrainian city officials in U.S. com- preneurs to use in developing a munities and follow-up visits by repre- Ukrainian version, one that would accept iu si MSS m BRIEF sentatives who act as trainers, it has Ukrainian "kopiiky." sponsored workshops and seminars and Another goal, most stressed as the developed a network of computers to Ukrainian interbank exchange is official partnership programs develop, is for allow the partnership communities to communities to develop open and trans- maintain links via e-mail and the KYiv - The State Commission for Securities and Stock Market registered the parent lines of communication with their internet. Ukrainian interbank Currency Exchange as a self-regulating organization of the stock residents, which has brought a number of market. According to legislation, every professional participant of the stock market must The project, which is supported by a successes as well. S7 million grant from USA1D, has con- be a member of one of the self-regulating organizations on the market. Currently, other Pervomaisk is setting up an informa- such organizations in Ukraine include the Ukrainian Association of investment Business, centrated on five strategic areas of devel- tion center and is considering adding a opment: economic development, citizen the Professional Association of Registrars and Depositories, the PFTS, the South- press secretary position to its city staff. Ukrainian Trading-informational System, the Kyiv international Stock Exchange, the participation, budgeting and finance, The Kalush mayor has begun holding municipal transportation, and housing Ukrainian Stock Exchange, the Prydniprovska Stock Exchange, the Donetsk Stock regular meetings with citizens, and the Exchange and the Association of Ukrainian Stock Market Members. (Eastern Economist) and communal services. city publishes information about the "What we're dealing with are local municipal budget in a local newspaper Purchase of the AN-7Х plane expected soon government problems," explained every week. Abigail Cleveland, communications The central aspect of the CPP program KYiv - The decision regarding the purchase of the joint Ukrainian-Russian made manager for CPP. She added that the is an exchange of city employees and AN-7x military transport airplane will be made in the beginning of the year, stated long-:erm goal is to create cooperation officials. Chosen representatives from representatives of Antonov Design Bureau, it is already known that Ukraine will pro- among the Ukrainian cities, so that after Ukrainian cities spend two weeks in the vide state orders for five such planes during 2000-2003. (Eastern Economist) CPP leaves they will continue to work on U.S. in the municipal offices of their AN-38-100 is going international their problems together. partners. This allows them to observe So far, the results are dramatic and first-hand the government workings and KYiv - The AN-38-100 airplane is scheduled for the beginning of 2000 to receive speak for themselves. Today nine of the practices of the average U.S. municipali- additions to its license, which will qualify it for international flights. On the contrary Ukrainian communities have established ty- to the base airplane, the international version will be equipped with a vOR system, community task forces or advisory Those taking part in the professional allowing to determine the aircraft's location, the voice registration system Opal-B and boards to improve communication exchange first visit the Washington a ground collision warning system, which are required by international standards. The between the government and the commu- offices of the CPP, where they receive an Antonov Design Bureau also received orders for re-equipment of the base airplane nity to contribute to the government's overview of the U.S. system of municipal into a converted version AN-74TK-200 with a viP lounge for six persons and an planning processes; 12 are holding public governance. The balance of their U.S. economy class section. (Eastern Economist) hearings for the first time ever to inform stay is then spent in the city with which residents about local government activi- their town is partnered. Each partnership Antonov airfield goes international ties; 10 partner cities have begun to tack- has at least one and usually two non-gov- le economic development issues by KYiv - The Antonov Airline company and the Antonov aviation scientific techni- ernmental organizations with which it preparing needs assessment and strategic cal complex intend to turn complex's Kyiv-based airfield into an international airport, develops an association. Usually the evaluation studies; four communities said Kostiantyn Lukashov, Ukrainian Airline's executive director. The business plan NGOs are local colleges and universities, have made their practices more transpar- provides for capital investments equivalent to S900 million (U.S.) The first stage of or an international visitors bureau, as is ent by developing better relations with the project, which is estimated at S330 million, is expected to take two years to com- the case with the Philadelphia-Lviv part- the local press. plete. it includes the repair of the roads leading to the future airport, construction of nership. Their responsibility is to host the automated warehouses and a rescue team station. The second stage, which is expected Ms. Cleveland said that, as the part- visitors from Ukraine and to coordinate to take three years, will include the construction of the main complex of the new air- nerships develop, the communities iden- contacts with municipal authorities. port, hangars, offices, exhibition halls, etc. (Eastern Economist) tify the strategic areas on which they in return, the U.S municipalities send want to concentrate. "Each partnership trainers to their Ukrainian partner cities, 25 percent of grain lost due to lack of treatment selects a specific project within their which allow them to work with larger cities from the five general areas. They groups of officials to directly assist with KYiv - According to the Plant Protection Association, only a third of the required bro- target something, such as economic the partnership plans, and get a better mide-methyl for treating grain in granaries was delivered this year, resulting in an estimated development. A lot have chosen econom- understanding of their needs and 25 percent of grain being lost (5.5 million tons). As of November 1,1999,2.4 million tons ic development, it is pretty broad," said strengths. of the total grain harvest were exported and 4.2 million tons were given to farm laborers as Ms. Cleveland. in economically stagnant Ukraine, the (Continued on page 14) (Continued on page 18) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, гооо No. 4 Newsbriefs Bethlehem Flame of Peace arrives in Ukraine (Continued from page 2) and 41 percent, respectively, while these figures were 75 percent and 25 percent in the draft submitted for the second reading. (RFE^RL Newsline)

Kuchma rated as top political figure

KYiv - According to a poll of over 100 respected political scientists carried out by the Social Technologies Center, President Leonid Kuchma is rated first among the 10 most influential Ukrainian politicians. Mr. Kuchma is followed by the Communist Party leader, Petro Symonenko, with Prime Minister viktor Yuschenko in third place. The list contin- ues as follows: verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksander Tkachenko; former Prime Minister valerii Pustovoitenko; vice-Chairman of the verkhovna Rada and leader of the Social Democratic Party (United) viktor Medvedchuk; head of the Security Service of Ukraine Leonid Derkach; Batkivschyna Party leader and chair of the Parliament's Budget Committee Yulia Tymoshenko; National Deputy Oleksander vblkov; and Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz. (Eastern Economist)

Shevchenko receives soccer award KYiv - Ukrainian soccer star Andrii Shevchenko, who currently plays for the italian AC Milan club, was awarded the Crystal Ball as the best soccer player in Ukraine in 1999. This was the second time Mr. Shevchenko received the award. Roman Woronowycz (Eastern Economist) KYiv - The Bethlehem Flame of Peace arrived in the Ukrainian capital from the Church of the Nativity of Christ, located at industrial output grew by 43 percent the place believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. The flame was carried from Bethlehem by various world scouting organiza- KYiv - Olena Hubina, press secre- tions and to Kyiv by members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. A special ceremony was held on January 5 at St. tary of former Prime Minister valerii volodymyr Sobor. (Photos above show clergy officiating at the ceremony with Plast members in attendance.) The public was Pustovoitenko, told interfax that in 1999 invited to come to the church to light their own candles from the flame and then take them home for the traditional Sviat Ukraine's industrial production vechir dinner held on Christmas Eve. This is the second year that Plast members have brought the Flame of Peace from the increased by 4.2 percent, compared with borders of Ukraine to all major cities in the country, the flame is also taken to hospitals and orphanages. The flame is kept the previous year. According to Ms. burning in churches through the feast of the Epiphany (January 19 according to the Julian calendar). Hubina, this achievement testifies to the former Cabinet's efficiency. She also noted that inflation in Ukraine in 1999 Out with the old... Then there are those who see Mr. the appointment of either a Yuschenko or a stood at 19.2 percent, as planned by Mr. Yuschenko's assumption of responsibili- Tyhypko as prime minister. Be that as it Pustovoitenko's Cabinet. (RFE7RL (Continued from page 2) ty at a time when Ukraine faces the may, the intensive consultations with the Newsline) any key non-left constituency. Nor was prospect of defaulting on its external Rada on behalf of the Yuschenko candida- debt repayments with its unpredictable cy - with the president insisting that he had he prepared to begin immediately corn- domestic consequences as a way of dis- no alternative candidate - contrasted stark- Government opens phone line on reforms promising his room for maneuver. crediting a prospective competitor in the ly with the passivity the administration dis- Largely eschewing the conventional KYiv - viktor Lysytskyi, secretary of next presidential elections. Yet the corn- played when Mr. Pustovotenko lobbied the political horse-trading practiced by his the Cabinet of Ministers, announced that position of the vote clearly indicates that Parliament. predecessors, nominee Mr. Yuschenko the government will launch a telephone even Mr. Yuschenko's situational allies Moreover, the behavior of three pro- appeared instead to prefer to rest his case line called "The Problems of Economic acknowledge the gravity of the general presidential parties and groups (the largely on conviction, professional com- Reforms" beginning on January 4. Mr. situation and appreciate that their politi- United Social Democrats, Regional petence, integrity and the not insubstan- Lysytskyi said anyone interested in cal and business interests would not be Renewal and the Labor Party) also is tial force of his personality. The effec- Ukraine's economic reforms can use the immune from the effects of a worst-case instructive. They had publicly committed tiveness of this novel approach was line to obtain information by dialing 254- scenario. to Mr. Pustovoitenko but did not partici- reflected in the fact that even three mem- 05-65 or by logging on to the line's Another factor was the role played by pate in the vote under the pretext, as a bers of Natalia vitrenko's Progressive internet site at http:77www.icenter.org.ua7. President Kuchma. By all accounts his representative of one of them explained, Socialist Party voted positively (and were Mr. Lysytskyi said Prime Minister viktor recent trip to Washington was far from that Ukraine needed a surgeon and not a expelled from the faction), as did most of Yuschenko wants to use the line to obtain comfortable. A frank assessment of the masseur. While these groups had out- "prompt information from the regions" Oleksander Moroz's "Left-of-Center" general tone of the meetings there was standing scores to settle with the prime and to identify impediments to reforms in socialist group and the Peasant Party. conveyed by the then acting Deputy Prime minister and his National Democratic the regions, interfax reported. (RFE7RL Pragmatism and charm played their Minister Serhii Tyhypko when he revealed Party from the presidential campaign, Newsline) part, but so did expediency. Undoubtedly, that: "if earlier they tUkraine's creditors! their about-face strongly suggests that the many deputies genuinely share Mr. believed what we said (regarding reformsl, prime minister's candidacy was simply Kuchma orders faster privatization Yuschenko's view of Ukraine's future. then today they don't trust our word. abandoned, even undermined. KYiv - President Leonid Kuchma on However, Ukrainian commentators and Moreover, now they don't even believe Considerations of how to translate the December 29, 1999, signed a decree politicians were quick to point out the what we do. They believe only in tangible favorable correlation of forces that led to aimed at speeding up Ukraine's privati- purely pragmatic or less than well-inten- results, it was made clear to us that no Prime Minister Yuschenko's appointment zation process, interfax reported. tioned motives that may have led some to more funds would be made available into a viable form of political cooperation According to presidential spokesman vote in his favor. Appearing before the because of our 'geopolitical location' and have focused on two related processes: Oleksander Martynenko, the decree Rada, the prime-minister-to-be declared: that we could therefore end up being an the consolidation of the verkhovna defines the "main directions for privati- "Right from the start 1 draw your atten- Africa in the middle of Europe." Rada's Yuschenko confirmation vote into zation in 2000-2002." The decree stipu- tion to a cardinally important point: we it is quite possible that prior to his a stable, reform-oriented majority; and a lates that 2,200 economic entities are to have very little time to act decisively, lit- Washington trip President Kuchma would renewed effort to harmonize the relation- be privatized in 2000, compared with erally a few months. І don't wish to dram- have preferred to keep Mr. Pustvoitenko in ship between the Parliament, the govern- 435 this year. The state budget is expect- atize, but these are months that spell a last office. But with Ukraine's principal strate- ment and the administration. ed to receive S3 billion in privatization chance for Ukraine." Understandably, gic partner and creditors finally expressing However, these efforts could well be revenues over the next three years. Mr. there are some reservations about the new their open dissatisfaction with the pace of smothered by a concerted administration- Martynenko noted that the decree fore- prime minister's ability to cope with his reforms, Mr. Pustovoitenko's plodding orchestrated campaign to hold a referen- sees the privatization of enterprises that unenviable inheritance. Some deputies incrementalism was now clearly insuffi- dum on the verkhovna Rada's structure "are of strategic importance for the therefore anticipate that their leverage cient, even a liability, indeed, the presi- and prerogatives leading to pre-term par- state's economy and security or are with the new prime minister will increase dent's return to Kyiv was accompanied by liamentary elections. Such is the mixed monopolies on the domestic market." as the realities of everyday governance rumors that his Washington interlocutors political baggage with which Ukraine has (RFE7RL Newsline) assert themselves. had been blunt to the point of demanding entered the new year. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23,2000 5

process begun with President Kuchma's Nationwide referendum... decree will end. Mykola Tomenko, a 2000 Ukrainian Diaspora Olympiad (Continued from page 1) prominent political analyst in Kyiv who runs the institute of Politics, said the April whether they are willing to express no con- 16 referendum could spawn at least two fidence in the current Parliament and, if so, slated for July in Philadelphia area more national plebiscites, as well as two whether they agree that the Constitution by Stephen vitvitsky the concert series. A different performance national elections within the next two should be changed to allow the president to will be offered each of the three nights, years. He explained that after the first ref- PARS1PPANY, N J. - Twelve years ago dismiss the verkhovna Rada on the basis of with a special appearance by dancemaster erendum a second one might be needed to the Ukrainian diaspora witnessed an event a popular vote of no confidence. Roma Pryma Bohachevsky's dance ask the nation whether it wants a new that rivaled Plast's "ziizdy," SUM's The next question asks whether an troupe. Food and refreshments will be Constitution, followed by a third referen- "zdvyhy" and Soyuzivka's Labor Day fes- amendment to the Constitution is needed available throughout the affair. dum ratifying that Constitution. tivities in both magnitude and achieve- to give the president the power to dismiss The purpose of the Olympiad, accord- ment. Sanctioned by the Ukrainian Sports the Parliament if it fails to organize a sus- if voters call for the dismissal of the ing to Director of Facilities Orest Lesiuk, Federation of the United States and tainable parliamentary majority within 30 current Parliament, then an election would is to "give Ukrainian American youth the Canada (also know as USCAK), the 1988 days or if it fails to pass a budget within 90 have to be scheduled to replace it. That opportunity to participate in a sports corn- Ukrainian Diaspora Olympiad was an days after its submission by the Cabinet of could be followed by elections to the new petition with other Ukrainians and to incredible success, surpassing even the Ministers. upper house, if it is indeed to be an elect- socialize among themselves. The 1988 ed, and not an appointed body, which expectations of its organizers with 300 The third question queries voters on Olympiad clearly displayed the necessity nobody has yet to make clear. Then there athletes competing and more than four whether they agree that immunity from for another such occasion, and with the are the elections already set for March times as many people socializing. criminal prosecution held by national advent of the new millennium, as well as 2002, when the mandates of the current "We had planned for 600 people to deputies should be removed. Tryzubivka's 50th anniversary, we decid- come to the big dance," Chairman ihor national deputies are scheduled to expire. ed now would be the best time." The fourth one asks that the Chyzowych remembered. "We ended up Constitution be amended to reduce the "Ukraine will then become known The organizers anticipate a diaspora around the world as the country of referen- hosting 1,300 people at that dance! There number of national deputies from 450 to were huge lines that stretched out beyond reaction similar to the one it had to the last 300, while the fifth one deals with changes dums," said Mr. Tomenko. Olympiad. They expect that every youth Mr. Tomenko did not mention another the entrance to the hall, and from 8:30 to to allow for a bicameral Parliament. 10 at night we had an unrelenting inflow organization will participate, as the commit- The last question asks whether the referendum currently in the works, which tee has already taken care of possible sched- the Communists are organizing in an of people. Needless to say, we were totally Constitution of Ukraine must be ratified surprised by and delighted with the uling conflicts by discussing the best time by an "all-Ukrainian referendum." attempt to abolish the office of the presi- for such an occurrence with the respective dency. The CEC acknowledged on turnout!" Mykhailo Riabets, head of the CEC, Both sporting and recreational events groups. Toronto Ukraina, Newark Sitch, said on January 19 that a two-thirds major- January 17 that it had received petitions Philadelphia Tryzub and Yonkers Krylati from the Communist Party, but had not yet of the 2000 Olympiad, scheduled to begin ity on the no-confidence question will be on Saturday, July 1, and end on Tuesday, have already submitted their rosters for the required to dismiss the current verkhovna reviewed them. A referendum cannot be various competitions. Olympiad organizers scheduled earlier than three months from July 4, will be held at the Philadelphia Rada, while a simple majority will decide area Tryzubivka - the resort of the mentioned that more definitive numbers the other five questions. He emphasized, the date the required petitions have been would be available in April. accepted. Ukrainian American Sports Center - and however, that at least 50 percent of all eli- at a nearby high school. The committee members pointed out if indeed the Communist Party has suc- gible Ukrainian voters would have to cast Although the 2000 ceremonies will be the existence of an "independent" sub- ceeded in gathering at least 3 million sig- their ballots for the referendum to be ruled modeled on those of the 1988 Olympiad, group. They said they realize that not all natures then sometime soon Ukrainians valid. the committee has expanded the sporting athletes are affiliated with specific organi- will also be asked whether the presidency Unsurprisingly, the decree on the refer- events in two ways. First, the number of zations, and thus wish to accommodate is needed and whether the country should endum brought an outcry from the featured sports has increased to seven: those competitors. The only requirement give more power to local councils. verkhovna Rada leadership. Chairman soccer, volleyball (indoor for older com- for Olympiad participants is that they Oleksander Tkachenko said on January 17 petitors and outdoor for the younger must be of Ukrainian descent. that the national survey was nothing more ones), swimming, tennis, golf, chess and Another difference between this year's than an attempt by the president to grab Wdeo-film contest... track. Organizers are also hoping to and the 1988 Olympiad is the former's more power for himself and his political international aspects. There is a strong (Continued from page 1) arrange a smaller scale softball playoff, as oligarchy. well as a non-traditional outdoor co-ed likelihood that a team of golfers from "The declaration of the president for a the contest will not stress film technique volleyball tournament on Sunday, and are Australia, as well as soccer teams from the national referendum is no more than the and creativity, although to some extent that considering the possibility of a rock United Kingdom and France will partici- ambition of the president to obtain unlim- is unavoidable, but will focus on the con- climbing event. pate in the 2000 Olympiad. There is also a ited powers, destroy the Parliament and tent and the story told. He also stressed that Second, the committee has decided to possibility that a Lviv-based soccer team restrict the rights and freedoms of all the the films must show a clear theme, with broaden its age limits to accommodate the will play an exhibition match against a citizens of Ukraine," said Mr. Tkachenko. thematic development and a beginning, youngest athletes, starting at age 8 for soc- team of all-stars to be chosen from among middle and end. .. The Parliament chief - who has faced cer, track and swimming. the competing diaspora teams. The videotapes should be about 30 min- additional pressures in the last week after a The opening ceremonies, which are to Admission to the Olympiad can be pur- utes in length, with at least 50 percent of the centrist majority coalition formed and be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, will strong- chased either by day ticket, or by all- content concerned with the topic declared that one of its central objectives ly resemble those of the 1988 Olympiad events pass. The latter allows one access "Ukrainians in foreign lands." Although it to rid the legislative body of its leftist lead- due to the successful performance of the to all sports and social events from the is recommended that the producers of the ership - said the organizers of the referen- latter. Following Saturday's sporting opening ceremonies to the closing cere- videos utilize Betacam SP-PAL, other types dum failed to see the possible ramifica- events, a banquet will be held at 7 p.m. at monies. of standard videotape will be accepted. The tions of approval of the six points in the Tryzubivka, which is to host the The organizers of the 2000 Ukrainian deadline for submissions is February 29. referendum. Olympiad's social functions, such as the Diaspora Olympiad made it clear that it is expected that the jury will announce "The Parliament is dismissed, so what? dance and the concert groups. everyone is welcome - whether as a com- the winners some time before August and But then who passes the legislation needed While the big dance, which will feature petitor or a spectator. And, judging from that the awards will be presented on for the reduction of the number of non-stop music from two bands, including the absolute success of the 1988 independence Day in Kyiv, after which the deputies, for a bicameral body, or for that Fata Morgana, is scheduled for Sunday Olympiad, this is definitely not something winning entries will be shown at select the- matter, who will pass the budget? І do not night, those who will be looking for a to miss. So, mark these dates on your cal- aters around the country and in a traveling think they foresaw that," said Mr. more peaceful alternative can check out endar: July 1-4. film festival that will tour cities along the Tkachenko. Dnipro River and the Black Sea during the Although the new parliamentary major- summer, it is hoped that eventually the ity - which was established last week and films will find their way to Europe, the has promised to bring an end to the leg- United States and Canada for viewing islative impasse that has crippled move- there. ment on economic reforms has officially Mr. vynnychenko said that thus far his stated that it supports the presidential organization has received 12 videos, includ- decree, criticism has already emanated ing submissions from Austria, Canada and from within its ranks. Australia, The National Rukh of Ukraine Party, Those, along with another 18 or so that the Reforms and Order Party, and the are part of Ukrainian government archives, Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, whose will form the basis for a weekly television parliamentary factions are part of the 11 - series. Mr. vynnychenko emphasized that faction parliamentary majority, issued a those video entries that do not make it into statement on January 17, which noted that this year's schedule, will be utilized next "the illegitimate initiation of changes to year. "We expect that the television airings, the Constitution undermines its authority the contest and the festival will be annual and trust in it as the essence of a democrat- occurrences," he explained. ic, law-governed state." Those wishing to submit entries should The statement said that the referendum send them to: Orh-komitet "Nashoho Tsvitu could lead to the de-legitimization of the - Po vsomu Svitu," Ukraine 01034, Kyiv, current Constitution and cause a further аУс507. decline in democracy and an increase in For more information contact the organ- separatist tendencies. izing committee at: telephone, (380-44) Speaking about plans for the 2000 Ukrainian Diaspora Olympiad, (from left) Several political analysts have agreed 244-29-11; fax, (380-44) 513-71-32; or e- Sports Coordinator irenaeus isajiw, Chairman ihor Chyzowych and Director of that there is no clear answer about how the mail, ukr-svit(g)iptelecom.net.ua. Facilities Orest Lesiuk display pictures of the successful 1988 Olympiad. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23,2000 No. 4

NEWS AND viEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Year 2000 fund-raising campaign Coalition needs unity, perseverance As Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine's first president and now a leading national deputy for cathedral and university in Rome of the verkhovna Rada, announced the formation of the long-awaited centrist parlia- mentary majority, beside him sat a veritable and unwieldy spectrum of Ukraine's by the Rev. Ewhen Nebesniak world's Catholic bishops were gathered in Rome, vatican Council 11 was under stewards of democracy: from National Deputy viktor Pynzenyk, the conservative, Having read the title, many of you will solidly pro-West economic monetarist, to Yulia Tymoshenko, who has offered a way and the primate of the Ukrainian most probably raise an eyebrow or two Western-oriented vision, but whose dealings, especially in the business world, lean Catholic Church told them all about the and start groaning: "Oh no, not another towards the East, on to vitalii Kononov, the leader of the ecology-minded Green Party persecution of his Church in Ukraine and collection!" І can see your point, so Г11 try and representatives of everything in between. about all the suffering he and his flock had to reason with you and explain why this The group, which calls itself the Coordinating Council, counts 11 of the verkhovna to endure for their faith and their nation, it fund-raising campaign is really important Rada's 15 parliamentary factions, its members claim they have found common agree- was an electrifying, imposing 20-minute and necessary. Г11 venture an explanation ment to break the legislative paralysis in Parliament and work on a general agenda to speech that brought all the bishops to their on the grounds of the year 2000, known in lift Ukraine from its economic morass and to set the country on a proper course. feet. the Christian world as the Jubilee Holy intentions of a high order, indeed, and absolutely needed. But one of the first things The broadcast media and the press that reporters present at the press conference announcing the new coalition questioned Year. immediately made this Confessor of the was the degree and the depth of the commitment of the 241 national deputies to vote Let it be clear straight from the start Faith a worldwide household figure, giv- as a single bloc on major issues. What was the uniting factor? that the planned fund-raising does not ing him the opportunity to talk about the Ms. Tymoshenko readily admitted that a single ideology did not bind them. Mr. intend to compete or clash with the peri- Ukrainian Church. Ukraine became one of Kravchuk, however, thought otherwise. He explained that the group stood on "the ide- odic collections of the Ukrainian the main topics on the tube. Ukrainians ology of democracy, state-building, independence and the need to make the Patriarchal Society or even the throughout the world saw in their living Parliament effective." Association of St. Sophia (of which i'm martyr a figure to cling to, a man to fol- Although the last part of Mr. Kravchuk's statement does not constitute a political the general secretary), it's meant to be a low, a leader to obey. They emerged with ideology, it is probably the best glue the parliamentary majority has to hold it together. one-time contribution to the Cathedral of a new strength. There was someone to Each of the 11 factions, and probably more importantly their leaders, have very differ- St. Sophia in Rome. fight for, a Church to defend, a nation to ent aims and ambitions. None of them, however, is gaining any political advantage in The Cathedral of St. Sophia and the uphold. Yes! it was worth being Ukrainian the stalemate that has not allowed this verkhovna Rada in the first two years of its Ukrainian Catholic University are visible again! four-year mandate to approve any substantial laws on tax reform, administrative over- proof of the late Patriarch Josyf Slipyj's Cardinal Slipyj made it his duty to visit haul , and new criminal and civil codes. love for his Church and nation. These his people all over the world and through- The past shows that a difficult future awaits the parliamentary majority. Under the institutions were his creations. The univer- out his three major visits tried to rekindle umbrella of the new coalition are parties that have bickered vehemently, and at times sity was built in 1965, and the cathedral, the hope that all was not lost. His message pointlessly, over policy and political nuance. The group includes the two Rukh parties which recently was awarded the title of was that Ukraine would one day be a free and others that were once single political entities that split over organizational prob- Basilica Minoris, was consecrated in nation. The churches would be reopened lems or matters of leadership and ego. 1969. Both buildings need refurbishing: and the faithful permitted to worship God The task before the Coordinating Council is to properly harness the 241 voices that the church a substantial whitewashing and freely. make up its composition, to find the issues that are crucial and to keep its eye on the a thorough gold-plating of the five domes, This dynamic leader made Rome his big picture: improving democracy and passing economic reform legislation, if the an improvement of the heating system and permanent residence and it was in this majority's leadership tries to steer the group to support narrow interests, the signatures a very slight cleansing of the mosaics; the ancient city that he decided to leave his of the members will not have dried before another golden opportunity for a democrati- university a complete rewiring to comply cally run, truly representative Parliament sinks to the bottom of the political depths. flock a spiritual, cultural and tangible with recent laws. legacy, in 1965 the Ukrainian Catholic The Coordinating Council's first effort, needed to gather leverage for its political You might ask: "What on earth has the University was built, it was clearly intend- agenda, revealed the huge task before it, and quickly tempered undue optimism. As patriarch got to do with all this?" Let's go the majority had promised, on January 18 it proposed a change in the verkhovna Rada ed to be a center of Ukrainian studies, in back in time. Let's revisit the 1960s. The 1969 a beautiful church rose on the out- procedures to mandate that all floor votes, except where delineated in the Constitution, Ukrainian diaspora entered into a sort of must be recorded by name. The goal was to force the voting records of the national skirts of Rome, on the premises of the lethargy, idleness and apathy - the usual Ukrainian Catholic University. The cathe- deputies out into the open, to increase discipline among faction members and reduce dull routine within community life. We backroom deals made by individuals outside their factions. dral, according to everyone who has so far couldn't honestly say we had a leader, a visited it, is one of the most magnificent ironically, in a secret vote the initiative captured only 207 votes, even though the figure, a living icon whom we were ready majority numbers 241. When Rada Chairman Oleksander Tkachenko relented under churches around. And, it's only recently to follow, whose orders and guidelines we heavy pressure and allowed a second, recorded vote, suddenly 226 votes appeared in that the last mosaics were added. St. were ready to accept and obey. We were support of the proposal. Sophia is the only church in Rome, drifting. The initiative, which was ultimately struck down by the ineffective and divisive Roman or Greek-Catholic, in which every And then it happened: a tower of a man Parliament speaker on a dubious technicality, goes to the core of the central problem single wall is fully embellished with unexpectedly appeared on the horizon and that the majority will have to overcome: to keep its members focused on the ultimate mosaics - a beauty to behold. galvanized the whole Ukrainian diaspora. aim and keep them from drifting back to the self-interests that have come to character- The late Patriarch Josyf left the He brought it to life, awakened it from its ize the work of the national deputies. Cathedral of St. Sophia, the Ukrainian sluggishness and brought into focus the Mr. Pynzenyk, one of the early organizers of the coalition, said after the parliamen- Catholic University and other buildings, Ukrainian question. This Ukrainian Moses tary majority was announced: "What we have here is an agreement to work to reach including the Ukrainian Pilgrims' House was the late Patriarch Josyf, who through compromise agreements on issues. There are many interests at work here, and whether at Madonna dei Monti Square and the the intercession of Pope John ХХІІІ we can maintain this will only be seen." Studite Monastery just outside Rome to became a free man after 18 years of To strengthen the glue that binds them, the majority must remember that their effec- all Ukrainians, in his testament he stated Soviet imprisonment. Leaving the gulag tiveness may be their only tool against a president who seems to be hell-bent on dis- that these belong to all Ukrainians and of Siberia, he settled in Rome in 1963. missing this group of parliamentarians and trying to shape the next verkhovna Rada they should feel responsible for their more to his liking. To be effective, it will have to show unity and perseverance of a The timing, God's timing, couldn't type never before seen among the member factions in this, a most combative and have been better. At that time all the (Continued on page 12) divided, legislative body.

Turning the pages back.

19Д6 llllll ^n ^ ^^' ^e United States and the Soviet Union considered """ one another allies and Western correspondents were allowed to file reports from various Soviet cities, including Kyiv. The Ukrainian Weekly culled information from various press dis- patches filed by these correspondents, including those from the Associated Press, Catholic newspapers and The New York Times, as well as information from civilian visitors, to report about activities in Ukraine. Among the stories that ran on the front page of the January 26, 1946, issue of The Weekly was a short article, based on reporting by Brooks Atkinson of The Times, about the first days of a trial before a military court in Kyiv in which 15 German offi- cers were charged with personal responsibility in managing the Nazi campaign to destroy Ukraine during the war. The highest-ranking defendants were: Lt. Gen. Paul Scheer, chief of the security police of the Poltava region during the two-year-long German occupation; Lt. Gen. Carl Burghardt, former commander of the German 6th

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NEWS AND viEWS faces andfflaces Scythian treasures: a viewer's perspective by Myron B. Kuropas

by Natalia Lysyj the Dnipro River. Full-size mannequins, one of a male AUST1N, Texas - After having read an warrior in armor, another of a female in article in The Ukrainian Weekly festive dress decorated with golden orna- Elian's return profanes mother's memory (November 7, 1999) about the exhibit ments, greeted the visitors. A striking ele- "Gold of the Nomads" to open at the San ment about the warrior's armor was the The brouhaha swirling around 6-year-old The Soviet Union was also "notoriously Antonio Museum of Art in Texas, our application of small metallic discs in his Elian Gonzalez regarding his Cuban famous" for providing all of these things. family went to view the exhibit in helmet, vests and the back shield that father's rights proves that some of us still We read all about it in Soviet Life! December. Having viewed Scythian art made the protective garment flexible to have no clue what life under Marxist totali- Remember? Now we know that a large per- during a previous tour in this country in movement, unlike the solid armors of the tarianism is all about. centage of Soviet hospitals had outdoor 1975 under the heading of "From the medieval Europe. The amount of golden Once again we are projecting our own plumbing. Land of the Scythians: Ancient Treasures relics and their intricate workmanship traditions on a thug society. We believe that Besides Janet Reno, the ACLU and poor from the Museums of the USSR", our was spectacular. Some of the unusual Cuba respects family values. Cuban children who lockstep to Castro- excitement and curiosity were aroused as items such at the gold and silver boar and Once again we are elevating a Marxist orchestrated political protests on demand, to what the new archeological finds a sphinx of gold and enamel inlays leave nation to parity with our own democracy. who else is demanding that poor Elian would be and how the current exhibit of a lasting impression. Uses of special pot- We believe that Cuba is governed by the return to Cuba? Not surprisingly, it's the the "Gold of the Nomads" would be pre- tery and horse implements were well rule of law. National Council of Churches (NCC), a sented. marked and explained, excavation sites Once again we are being told that we haven for left-wing radicals t'nat could The previous exhibition in 1975 dis- dotted on maps of Ukraine. must respect the father's rights as if "rights" never say anything negative about the played art which, while excavated in had any meaning at all in Castro's Cuba. Soviet Union, much less Cuba. Like its par- Seeing a "baba" - one of the stone Ukraine, was kept primarily in museums Some commentators are writing that ent organization, the World Council of monoliths that dot the steppe of Ukraine - in Russia. The current exhibition, on the "our hatred of Castro" prevents us from Churches (WCC), the NCC has identified on display reminded us of our parents' other hand, came from archeological doing "the right thing." Others are dismiss- itself with "social justice" and the "class stories, who, as children playing in the institutions in Ukraine representing ing protests by Miami's Cuban community struggle" against "political repression" fields of Ukraine, were told to show recent discoveries. This exhibit received as "politically motivated" as if "sponta- "economic bondage" and "Western imperi- respect to these monoliths because they favorable coverage in The New York neous protests" by Cuba's children are not alism." For the WCC, and many other left- were supposed to be markers of the Times in which the writer acknowledges orchestrated by Cuban secret service. wingers, Third World poverty is the fault of ancient Kozak "mohyly" (gravesites). We that the information now known goes Shamefully, we still have commentators the United States, a nation that remains were amazed to find out that in fact the well beyond what was known in 1975 who, as in Soviet times, argued that Soviet "profit-hungry." "baba" depicts effigies of Scythian war- about Scythian warriors, who are charac- citizens were not all that unhappy. They riors. What puzzles us, however, is how Too many Americans still don't get it. terized as the "spiritual ancestors of may not have enjoyed the prosperity we did did the word "baba," in Slavic languages Cuba is a totalitarian state that survives on Cossacks." in the United States, but hey, no big deal. a word for an old woman or a grandmoth- terror. Family life there requires far more San Antonio, home of the historic The Soviet Union guaranteed them proper er, make its leap from the male warrior than buying "a few straw hats." Soon after Alamo, was the first city to present this medical care, a job and an education. consolidating power by killing some 10,000 "baba" of the Scythians - something for exhibit. From here it will travel to the Los What about Elian's mother risking and alleged criminals, and imprisoning another scholars to explain to us. Angeles County Museum of Art, the losing her life in an effort to see that her son 30,000, Fidel Castro formed Committees Throughout the exhibition period, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the lived in a free country? One columnist, Neil for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs), San Antonio Art Museum has been pre- Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times, isn't small neighborhood groups based around senting a series of gallery talks, lectures City and the Grand Palais in Paris. sure about that. "Maybe she wanted to the "cuadra" (block). According to "The and performances based on the Scythian San Antonio provided a good start for breathe the sweet air of freedom," he writes. Black Book of Communism," the CDR exhibit. Some of the lecture titles, reflect- this voyage of ancient art from Ukraine. "Maybe she wanted cable ТУ." Now there's leader "is charged with surveillance of ing intriguing and interesting ideas, were This multicultural city boasts many his- a moronic thought. 'counterrevolutionary' activities. The result- based on Herodotus' writings and anthro- torical and architectural attractions, America isn't all that it's cracked up to ing social control is extremely tight. pological research: "Refleshing Scythian among them the famous River Walk. be, suggests Neil Steinberg. "Don't get me Members of the committees attend all CDR Located one level below the busy streets Bones: Seeking the Sources of Tradition," wrong," he writes. "We've got a great meetings and patrol constantly to root out of downtown, it is a marvel of engineer- "Scythian Cowboys: The Horse Culture nation here and many people show up seek- 'enemy' infiltration. The surveillance and ing, where the river meanders among the of the Nomadic Scythians," "A Cup of ing a better life. But not everybody does or denunciation system is so rigorous that fam- giant cypress trees and palms, edged by Kindness: Mood Altering Substances and wants to." The fact that some of us believe ily intimacy is almost non-existent." Scythian Art," "Relations Between grand hotels, open air theaters, sidewalk most people would love to live in America As in all Communist countries, parents Scythian and Near Eastern Art" and "The cafes and cabarets, it is a world in itself, a is "an outgrowth of our own bottomless are perceived as "representatives" of the Art of the Scythians." few steps below the city streets, removed self-regard," according to Mr. Steinberg. state in raising their children whose first The San Antonio Shoestring from the bustle of a large metropolis. People have choices, suggests Mr. obligation is to the state. Soviet Ukrainian Shakespeare Company staged series of The San Antonio Museum of Art is Steinberg; "if the choice was sending my children were made aware of young Pavlik housed in a converted old brewery build- original plays based on the exhibition boys to some supposed 'better life' in a Morozov who betrayed his father to the ing: a tall, windowless, sand-colored with such titles as "History Meets the nice, developed country - say Belgium - authorities for alleged crimes against the structure with a southwestern flavor. The Scythians," and "Scythia Rediscovered." and never seeing them again, or moving as USSR. The father was executed and Pavlik setting itself added to our anticipation of Additionally, metal workshops in a family to 1956 Chevy-clogged, Castro- was lynched by angry villagers; he was what we were about to see. The entrance Scythian-style ornaments were held for dominated, Communist Cuba, it would be later eulogized as a Soviet martyr-hero. area to this special exhibit was darkened, adults and family-oriented groups in the no-brainer of all time, i'd buy a few These are the kinds of role models young as if entering a tomb, in the entrance November and December of last year. straw hats, and we'd head southward, to Elian will have in Cuban schools. He will alcove a video screen and some chairs The museum gift shop offered for sale spend our days in a large factory rolling also have to serve in the army, since mili- were set for the public to preview what replicas of Scythian jewelry and coins. cigars, padre e hijos, and our evenings - the tary service is mandatory. During Soviet they are about to see: a short film, beauti- Having sported a brooch of a sitting stag soft, warm, Havana evenings - in front of times Fidel Castro sacrificed his militarized fully narrated and colorfully presented with a giant antler rack on its head shaped one of those crumbling ruins playing domi- young men to fight in Angola where thou- about the geography of Ukraine and a like two antlers followed by three circles noes. Actually, it doesn't sound too bad." sands died and hundreds contracted A1DS. if life in sunny Cuba doesn't "sound too brief overview of the Scythian culture during the Christmas season, some people Concentration camps abound in Cuba. bad" for Mr. Steinberg, those Cubans who and their relationships with the ancient asked me if it was a "millennium" stag. "From 1959 through the late 1990s, more risk life and limb to leave "the soft warm, Greek civilization. No, 1 replied, it is a copy of an artwork by than 100,000 Cubans experienced life in Havana evenings" must be totally dement- A large wall map of Ukraine was dot- ancient people who over two millennia one of the camps, prisons or cpen-regime ed. ted with the sites of the numerous burial ago lived in Ukraine, the land of my sites," writes Pascal Fontaine in "The Black Wondering what was best for Elian, Mr. mounds (kurhany). The museum brochure ancestors. Book of Communism." He notes: Steinberg called Barbara Rowman, presi- states the following about the location of All in all, the exhibition of ancient art "Between 15,000 and 17,000 people were dent of the Erikson institute, a neo-Freudian the culture: "At its height, Scythian rule from Ukraine in San Antonio was highly shot." He notes Cuba also has concentration center for child study. Early childhood ties extended throughout the region of mod- informative, well-developed and well- camps for children and adolescents: "in the are very important, she stated; breaking ern Ukraine - from the Danube River in tagged. Hopefully this current tour of the Palos zone is the Capitiolo, a special intern- them can be "a severe blow to develop- the west to the Don River in the east, and Scythian treasures will excite and fire the ment camp for children up to age 10." ment." She assumed, of course, that father from the area surrounding modern Kyiv imagination of archeologists and sponsors Despite the fact that Castro sends heli- and Elian were close. So why didn't Elian's in the north to the Crimean peninsula and to pursue excavation of those numerous copters to drop sandbags on their rickety mother stick around? Why won't the "anx- the Black Sea in the south." The dots on Scythian mounds to foster new discover- boats, some 100,000 people have ious father," a privileged member of the the map showed that the majority of the ies and knowledge about ancient civiliza- attempted to flee Cuba during the past 30 Communist nomenklatura, fly to Miami to kurhany are located on the left bank of tions in Ukraine. years. Two of them were Elian Gonzalez get his son? and his mother, a martyr-hero for free- What about all those toys and other "cool dom. His mother drowned. Elian sur- stuff Elian will lose if he goes back to vived. Sending him back to Cuba pro- Cuba? asked Mr. Steinberg. Cuba offers fanes his mother's sacred memory. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY more important benefits, it "is notoriously famous for making sure children get health visit our archive on the internet at: http:77www.ukrweekly.com7 care, universal schooling, universal litera- Myron Kuropas' e-mail address is: cy," Dr. Bowman argued. 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visited, simply had no recollection of Historical Archives," she responded. A search... things pre-dating the previous generation. Seeing manna coming from heaven (Continued from page 1) But luck smiled again in the fourth: a again, 1 asked if it would be possible to Lutsiv household. The family had just fin- see the Nyzhnii Strutyn files. Of course, Life was not easy for serfs under the ished Sunday dinner with their son vasyl, a she said. Within the hour 1 was in the panschyna system. Yoakhym and the publisher visiting from ivano-Frankivsk. archives eagerly, but ever so gently, look- other villagers spent at least three days of They re-set the table for me and my friend, ing through some of the original files. the week working the fertile fields of the and while we were eating - including a Polish landlord Strutynski - Sundays І found references to a few Bihuns in locally famous "strutynskyi" borsch - we excluded, of course - and during the the mid- 1800s, but it was obvious that the talked about the village and its history. remainder of the week they would tend task would take weeks and not hours, and "their own" meager plots of the pan's Then, as if manna from heaven, vasyl would require research expertise that 1 did (the landlord's) marginal lands along the Lutsiv handed me a small soft-cover book not possess - even though 1 finally got to Chechva River and Syhla Creek. of 100 pages or so, titled "Nyzhnii use some of my Jesuit-taught high-school Like the others, Yoakhym grew mostly Strutyn: istorychni Narysy". it was a book Latin 1 thought 1 would never need. Ms. potatoes, cabbage, onions, beans, rye, about the village compiled by M. M. Diadiuk said the work could be done by a corn and some other vegetables, as well Semkiv, which Mr. Lutsiv had published a fellow research assistant, Halyna flax to feed and clothe himself, his wife, year earlier. The book had answers to just Sviedentsova, who, time permitting from Anastasia, and their children. They lived about any question one could have about her other assignments, could do the work in a rustic, one-room house, in which the the village: its history, its people and its within a few weeks. And she did. traditional pich (oven) dominated the all- culture, including a complete cycle of Lady Luck had to overcome yet anoth- purpose room, emitting its smoke into the wedding ritual songs, it describes the er major problem: the only documents thatch-covered attic. houses the villagers lived in, and the food that survived from Nyzhnii Strutyn were One of their children, Mykhailo, my they grew and ate; it lists those killed from 1836 to 1865. As it turned out, great-grandfather, was 11 when Yoakhym fighting in the Ukrainian insurgent Army those 29 years of documents contained died. Two months later he became an and families exiled to Siberia. the key 19th century Bihun family links: orphan when his widowed mother also The book also includes drawings and my great-great-grandparents Yoakhym died at the age of 33 of "natural" causes. photographs, among them a 1916 picture and Anastasia died, my great-grandmoth- І could go on with this narrative, but І of my aunt Anna Bihun Jezerska (my er Olena Kravtsiv was born and later think i've said enough to make this point: father's eldest sister, Teta Asya, as we married my great-grandfather Mykhailo. names and dates suffice to construct a called her), who was born there and later Further links to my grandparents Stefan family tree, but you need more to turn it taught school there as well as in Stryi, and Anastasia were verified through ref- into a family history. Lviv and Cleveland. erences in 20th century church birth and How did they live? What did they eat? My visit to Stryi was interesting, but not marriage documents from Stryi and Lviv. How did they dress? What did their very fruitful. І saw the church where my There are still many loose ends to be grandfather served as diak, but 1 couldn't house look like? What were their cus- tied up in the Bihun saga, including the A 1916 photo of the writer's aunt, find his grave in the cemetery or any other toms and traditions? And how did they fit maternal sides of the family history, which Anna Bihun Jezerska, as it appeared evidence of his having lived there. Fm not into the larger picture that was influenc- Fm tempted to leave for others of this and in the book about the village Nyzhnii writing Stryi off yet, however. ing their lives? future generations to pursue. Why deprive Strutyn published in 1998. Fm not an expert on genealogical The next stop was Lviv, to visit the them of the joy and satisfaction? research, but i've found a number of Central State Historical Archives. Before For the most part, however, much of phone: 380-322-72-30-63 and telefax things very helpful. setting out for Ukraine, 1 checked the the basic and background family infor- 380-322-72-35-08). The archive charges For getting the "larger picture," don't infoUkes genealogy homepage on the mation is in hand - enough to start get- for its services are: S20 per assignment, discount the obvious: a good history internet (http:^www.infoukes^genealogyO, ting the family history into a presentable S5 per hour of research and S10 per doc- book, like Orest Subtelny's "Ukraine: A where 1 found some useful general advice form and getting the wheels turning on a ument photocopy - but it's worth it. about how to go about looking for one's History." But i've found that it is the 50th anniversary reunion. e visit the places your family had roots, links to other relevant genealogical close-ups that really make your family's if my story piqued your interest in giv- lived in before - here as well as in websites, as well as the document folder history come alive. And that requires vis- ing some attention to your own family Ukraine. Take pictures, talk with neigh- numbers of the vital statistics and mar- history, Fm glad, and 1 have a few more iting the places where your family lived, bors and look for documents. looking around and talking with the peo- riage records of the Greek-Catholic church suggestions. e Gather and organize the information, ple there; going through and analyzing in Nyzhnii Strutyn that are preserved in e Do it. Others might think that you're if you're really ambitious, you may want family documents and letters; talking to the Historical Archives. preoccupied and crazy, but you'll love it. to desktop-publish a family history, as І older members of your family. Knowing bureaucracies, 1 was not bet- ж Talk with the seniors of your extended hope to do. A large dose of good luck also helps a ting my plane ticket on the possibility of family, and do it now rather than later. They 9 And, by all means, get the entire clan lot. obtaining permission to actually look are a storehouse of information waiting to When 1 visited Nyzhnii Strutyn last through some of these folders at the be discovered. You might find out that your together for an anniversary reunion. May, 1 began, as 1 had three years earlier, archives. But, luck was still with me. father or grandfather may not have always Soyuzivka may be a good venue for it, in the cemetery, photographing every Before starting my roots search in been as serious, straight-laced and dull as or, maybe the first place your family set- Bihun tombstone 1 could find, until І western Ukraine, 1 happened to attend the he seemed to be, or that your uncle may tied in this country. noticed a young woman placing flowers presentation of a newly published collec- have been a hero during the war. And check in our case, 1 think we should hold the on a recent Bihun grave. І introduced tion of writings by Milena Rudnytska in with as many of these sources as you can. reunion at the Fedorka farm near Colver, myself, told her about my mission and Kyiv. Ї photographed the event, including e Go through the family albums and a small coal-mining town in central asked about her connection to the its two editors, Martha Bohachevsky photo collections, and get them dated and Pennsylvania. We spent our first few deceased, it was her brother, she said. Chomiak of Washington and Myroslava captioned. Don't stop with your house. Your months living there, courtesy of my She could not help me personally, but she Diadiuk of Lviv, and promised both that І cousin, whose husband had the only camera father's older sister Maria (Teta offered to take me to an older Bihun cou- would give them copies of the photo- in the DP camp, probably has a big unedited Marunia). Actually, she was the first ple living at the edge of the village who, graphs when 1 had them developed. stash of photos in her basement or attic. Bihun to plant roots in the United States. she thought, might be helpful in my І developed the photos in Lviv and ж Check the infoUkes genealogical That was in the early 1900s when she search. They could not help. They, as called Ms. Diadiuk to ask where 1 could website and get in touch with the Central came to marry a Ukrainian coal miner. well as the second and third households І drop them off for her. "1 work at the State Historical Archives in Lviv (tele- But that's another story.

The writer searching for his ancestors in early 19th century church documents at vasyl Lutsiv (fourth from the left) of ivano-Frankivsk, who published a book the Central State Historical Archives in Lviv. about Nyzhnii Strutyn, visiting his family in the village. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, гооо

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"ine икгаїпшп Resurgence' by tsondan Nahayio. loronto ana Buffalo: university of events, the author has been at pains to of Toronto Press, 1999. xix, 608 pp. depict external events that influenced the directions being taken in Ukraine. ЙШт ЛУтрЬ by David R. Marples numerous contradictions, when reformers Ukraine is never regarded in isolation could be reactionaries on critical issues from its neighbors, as indeed it could During the 1980s and early 1990s, and vice-versa. This was particularly the never have acted in isolation. Most fre- Bohdan Nahayio was a regular contributor case in the Communist camp, which was quently, it was the Baltic states which to Radio Liberty's bulletins on Ukraine thrown into confusion by the initiatives directed the tempo and relations with and eventually became the head of the RL emanating from the Gorbachev leadership Russia that provided the impetus. By Ukrainian Service in Munich. Along with in Moscow. 1990, however, Ukrainians (like co-worker Roman Solchanyk, he was in Of the portraits that are developed in Russians) had become disillusioned with an excellent position to monitor the dra- the book from the latter, that of Leonid the Gorbachev regime and began to matic changes that occurred in the period Kravchuk is outstanding. The transforma- define their own course. after 1985. One of the results is this tion of the man who most adamantly The final chapters of the book repre- superb monograph, which constitutes openly opposed the formation of Rukh to sent something of an anti-climax. They essential reading for anyone interested in the figure who became Ukraine's first provide a condensed portrait of a nation this critical period of Ukrainian history president and symbol of independence struggling to survive - indeed one section that has seen the re-emergence of the appears truly remarkable, and yet Mr. (p. 465) is titled "On the verge of Ukrainian state, it is based primarily on Nahayio demonstrates that the character Catastrophe" in the face of seemingly reports from Ukrainian newspapers of the of Kravchuk did not change substantially. insurmountable obstacles, such as the dec- period and supplemented by the author's Kravchuk was a clever political oppor- laration of independence by the Crimean own interviews with many of the partici- tunist, and there is no better indication of republic, hyperinflation, a financial-ener- pants. this fact than the description of his actions gy crisis in 1993 and a gradual but serious The book is a long and detailed one. its during the abortive putsch in Moscow of deterioration in relations with Russia. title might at first glance raise questions. August 19-21, 1991, (p. 374) when he The author provides two conclusions, observer perceives a state that has to deal By what precise period is the term "resur- declined to oppose the plotters in Moscow in effect: one at the end of the regular text firstly with questions of economic reform gence" defined? The volume encompasses but was somehow able to justify his and one in a postscript. The former main- and standards of living, as opposed to dis- an entire decade, 1985-1995, but the actions before harsh critics in Parliament tains that in spite of various problems, cussions on borders, fleets or nuclear events of the last four years have seen the in the aftermath of the putsch. Ukraine has succeeded in achieving and weapons. The key issues are no longer the country experience a number of crises. The achievement of independence in maintaining independence. The latter indi- right to free speech or assembly and the Taken overall, however, the title seems August 1991 should not be underestimat- cates that with the approach of the 21st formation of a pluralistic system, but appropriate. For all its economic prob- ed. it was not a chain reaction to the century, "Ukrainian resurgence in modern rather the elimination of debt, resolving lems, Ukraine has not compromised on events in Moscow. Mr. Nahayio chroni- times hung in the balance." the question of the shutdown of the question of independence. The latter is cles the major events that brought Ukraine One could argue that the two conclu- Chornobyl and convincing the European more solidly entrenched in 2000 than it to this juncture: the formation of Rukh sions are not contradictory. Union that Ukraine would be a reliable was in 1992. Ukraine is now very much and other political groups; the opening of independence has been preserved, but part of the international consciousness - churches, particularly in western Ukraine; the resurgence has ended, instead the (Continued on page 17) even though its identity, as a specifically the "betrayal" of Mr. Shcherbytsky's suc- European state, remains to be defined. cessor and Chairman of the Supreme Mr. Nahayio divides his text into 18 Soviet vblodymyr ivashko, who agreed to chapters, and approximately four-fifths of become Mikhail Gorbachev's deputy in Poems of Lysheha in translation the book is devoted to the period prior to Moscow in the summer of 1990; the the end of the Soviet Union, with the first debate over and declaration of sovereignty "The Selected Poems of Oleh Lysheha" translated by Oleh Lysheha and James two chapters examining the historical in July 1990; the debate over the new Brasfield. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999. xxvii, 121 pp. background (mainly the Soviet era). The union treaty; and the students' hunger emphasis is on political, cultural and reli- strike in Kyiv in October 1990, which led by Olena Welhasch gious events, rather than economic and to the resignation of Prime Minister vitalii "The Selected Poems of Oleh social issues, though very little of signifi- Masol and revitalized the campaign of the ТНІ; ШХЇШ РОШ5 OF cance has been omitted, including the national democrats when it appeared to Lysheha" is a collection of Ukrainian repercussions of Chornobyl nuclear disas- have passed its zenith. poems as well as a play, meticulously translated into English. The collection OLEH tySHEHA ter and the miners' strikes and protests of At each stage of events, the reformers 1989-1991. contains a preface with a foreword by faced formidable obstacles, international Prof. George G. Grabowicz of Harvard There are several notable insights, leaders who today base their reputations University and an introduction by James among which one should cite Mr. primarily on their roles in helping the Brasfield, a Pennsylvania State Nahaylo's objective and careful reap- West win the Cold War hardly endeared University English professor who has praisal of many of the leading personali- themselves to residents of Ukraine during been collaborating with Mr. Lysheha on ties of the period. Even former this critical period. Margaret Thatcher, for translating the latter's poetry since 1993. Communist Party of Ukraine leader example, told Ukrainians in June 1990 vblodymyr Shcherbytsky, long seen as the that she had no wish to see the disintegra- Mr. Lysheha's work relays to the archetypal hard-line Communist, emerges tion of the USSR. George Bush's notori- reader the imperceptible unity of all as a deeper and conflicting personality: ous "Chicken Kiev" speech of August things under nature, merging animal and "it is ... surprising that Mr. 1991, in which he warned Ukrainians of cosmic existence. His poetry's breath Shcherbytsky's former colleagues speak the dangers of "suicidal nationalism," is units (the expression of a thought in the very highly of him. They consider him to also well known. The CPU was one of the time of a breath) resemble those of D.H. have been a very capable politician and most monolithic and repressive of all Lawrence and Ezra Pound, whose poetry administrator - a dedicated technocrat republican Communist Parties and, as Mr. Mr. Lysheha translated into Ukrainian in who understood the workings of the econ- Nahayio shows, opposed Rukh and his first publication "velykyi Mist" omy and who got on well with the direc- democratization at every step. (Great Bridge). The poet's lifestyle embraces simplici- tors of the republic's large enterprises... According to the author, when inde- in the "samvydav" literary almanac ty - in fact, for years Mr. Lysheha has They also claim that, compared to many pendence was declared, it was on the ini- "Skrynia" (The Chest). The work was lived on the brink of indigence, is other high-ranking Soviet officials at that tiative of figures such as Dmytro neither nationalistic nor one of protest, inspired by one of his favorite writer- time, Mr. Shcherbytsky did not tolerate Pavlychko and volodymyr Yavorivsky, yet Communist Party officials felt that it philosophers, Henry Thoreau. in Mr. corruption within his inner circle and was and the Narodna Rada in general, but par- violated official aesthetic and ideological Lysheha's work, questions of life, death relatively modest when it came to accru- adoxically, the declaration provided a way dictums. and reincarnation, reflecting Buddhist ing decorations and privileges" (pp. 50- out of a seemingly impossible impasse for At the time of his expulsion, Mr. 51). the more reform-minded Communist and Taoist influences and shamanic Lysheha was a member of the Lviv Many of the initial steps toward democ- Party leaders after the collapse of the undercurrents, are echoed in his ability to Bohema, a dissident group of writers, ratization in Ukraine were prompted by putsch in Moscow. Citing Mykola hear and understand language of nature painters, sculptors, musicians and critics. the bold stance of another Communist, the Shulha's remark that "We were like blind and transcend time in his autobiographi- Other members of the group, Mykola writer Borys Oliinyk, whereas the initial kittens who had found a way out," the cal journey to the "ancient myth of Ryabchuk, poet and critic, and singer founders of Rukh - particularly ivan author illustrates the "Great Compromise" return," as Prof. Brasfield notes in his and song-writer viktor Morozov were Drach - are depicted as cautious and of Ukrainian politics: the formation of an introduction. also dismissed from their respective uni- essentially conservative figures, who independent Ukrainian state, in this way, Mr. Lysheha concentrated his studies versities for publishing Skrynia, while advanced tentatively while trying to con- the liberal Communist faction could main- in American and English literature at poet Hryhorii Chubai, proclaimed to be ciliate the CPU leadership. The same tain its hold on power while satisfying all Lviv University in the late 1960s. One the Bohema ringleader by the KGB, was applies to Green World founder and future sides other than the hard-line Communists semester short of completing his degree, arrested. Ukrainian ambassador to the United under Stanislav Hurenko. Mr. Lysheha was expelled from the uni- States, Yuri Shcherbak. This was a time of While narrating this fascinating series versity for publishing poems and an essay (Continued on page 17) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23,2000 No. 4 Ukrainian-language magazine PiK gaining foothold in marketplace by Oksana Zakydalsky something in this country, who have not answered, "if people are given the opportu- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly yet left and need something positive to nity to do what they want to do, they grab think about." the chance. Having assurances does not KYiv - in cold and windy Kyiv, my The magazine is attractive in design, affect the decision about whether to do daily hunt for something to read at first richly illustrated and, with 48 pages, hefty something or not. І am doing what 1 want to centered on the tables of publications in for a weekly (advertising is mostly confined do, and we are doing everything to make subway entrances and passages, sheltered to the inside and back covers). The articles the magazine a success: building up a distri- from the wintry weather. But the pickings are short, mostly one page in length, but not bution network, refurbishing new offices, were lean, most frequently non-existent, more than two pages. acquiring advertisers. But even if the end as Ukrainian-language newspapers and PiK started coming out in March 1999, comes tomorrow, it does not mean that it is magazines were not part of the selection at first as a biweekly and, beginning in not necessary to work today," he added. that consisted almost exclusively of May, as a weekly. PiK is the only color "1 remember, in 1972, when 1 was still a Russian-language reading matter. І had to weekly in Ukraine in the Ukrainian lan- boy, 1 watched a game of the Canada vs. resort to pushing my kopeks through the USSR hockey series, in that game Canada window slots of snow-covered street "We consider our magazine to be an was losing hopelessly and it was a shock to kiosks which, now and then, did have important achievement; otherwise the mar- me that, to the very end, the Canadians something to read in Ukrainian. The one ket would be completely dominated by played as if they were winning. A minute exception, the only magazine in Ukrainian before the end, they took off their goalie that was almost always available, was the Russian-language magazines, a situation weekly PiK - Polityka і Kultura (Politics we don't think is normal. І still belong to and played their best to the very last second. and Culture). that category of journalists who see their Doing your best, whatever the situation, is a work in somewhat romanticized terms: for matter of attitude, a principle by which one І had met the editor of PiK, Oleksander us, it is not just a business but a social mis- lives," he said. Kryvenko, in 1991 in Lviv, and even writ- sion. Our mission is to write in Ukrainian "So even if, at some time, the magazine ten about him (see The Ukrainian Weekly, on topics that we consider need airing and ceases publication - although there is no December 15, 1991). At that time he was from our unique point of view," Mr. reason to think so now - so? if one con- the editor of the weekly Post-Postup, an Kryvenko said. The topics covered fall stantly thinks of when it will end, there is no Oleksander Kryvenko outspoken, youth-oriented paper of the new under the broad categories of politics and time to do any work," he emphasized. democratic order. Reading over the four or tributed all across Ukraine - although it is culture; the magazine relies on several staff five issues of РІК 1 found in a bookstore, І Mr. Kryvenko agreed that generally very popular in Lviv and in western journalists, as well as a wide range of con- recognized hints of Post-Postup: unusual there is a bad perception of the Ukrainian Ukraine, at least 30 percent of the circula- tributing writers. topics, drawings with frequent sexual over- media: that freedom of the press is a prob- tion goes east and south of Kyiv, and circu- tones, familiar names on the masthead, the PiK is funded by a private company lem in Ukraine, that papers and ТУ pro- lation is growing slowly and quietly. easy-to-read language. founded by Zynovyi Kulyk, who is also the grams have been closed, that publications Ukraine is a large market and distribution head of broadcasting in Ukraine, it was Mr. and broadcast licenses are dealt out among Mr. Kryvenko confirmed PiK's conti- channels for publications are not well- Kulyk who suggested the idea for a maga- the oligarchs, and that President Kuchma nuity with Post-Postup. "When 1 was developed. Subscriptions to PiK have only zine to Mr. Kryvenko. "1 asked him for has tried to make the press a lackey of the asked what kind of magazine PiK was recently been introduced; Mr. Kryvenko government. Mr. Kryvenko commented going to be, 1 said: Post-Postup for 35- whom the magazine would be working. He believes it will take at least a year before that journalists are often willing lackeys. year-olds. A significant number of people answered that he was setting it up for him- one can draw any conclusions about the working at PiK came out of Post-Postup," self and for society," said Mr. Kryvenko, He also pointed out that the problems sur- magazine's readership. he said. Forsaking the youthful edge and adding that Mr. Kulyk, a journalist by pro- rounding freedom of the press stem from What can the reader from outside the constantly critical posture of Post- fession, is the former minister of informa- wider problems: the ability and the means Ukraine find in РІК? "1 hope that our Postup, Mr. Kryvenko said that, instead, tion. available to journalists to give people magazine will give readers outside "PiK is a magazine for normal "But of course, he is also one of the key good information are limited. Ukraine the opportunity to learn some- Ukrainians, those who still want to do personalities around President Leonid "One can talk a long time about the thing positive about Ukraine, something Kuchma," Mr. Kryvenko continued. "1 am ethics of government, of the opposition, of encouraging. From afar, Ukraine must sometimes accused: you work for Kuchma journalists themselves. But you cannot take seem like a dark blot and the brighter, - most frequently by people from the problems with the press or with journal- colorful spots are not very visible, in our Halychyna, the same people who voted 90 ists in isolation; they must be seen in the magazine we want to highlight themes percent for Kuchma! To me it is not context of a society which itself has enor- and aspects that do not speak of hope- important who is behind the magazine; it mous problems adjusting both economical- lessness; we want to give a twist to the is more important what is in it. І feel that І ly and psychologically to the modern events taking place here that stop people am in control of the magazine's direction world," he said. acting on their desire to leave. At the end and viewpoint. І have never had a situation The editor explained why PiK is so visi- of 1999, this is a respectable goal," Mr. where 1 was told what to print." ble throughout Kyiv, unlike other Kryvenko said. He was asked whether he received any Ukrainian-language publications: a lot of assurances from Mr. Kulyk that he would attention is paid to the distribution of the The logo of PiK, the magazine Polityka support the enterprise for a certain length of magazine. Of the 10 staff people, five are issues of PiK can be seen on the maga- і Kultura (Politics and Culture). time. "Why expect such assurances?" he journalists and five are salesmen. PiK is dis- zine's website: www.pic.kiev.ua. Ш THE PRESS: Ukrainian stars spotlighted by opera magazines by Bohdanna Wolanska his next arias only to express disappointment - even dis- ethno-historical impact (one sin of commission, one of belief - that such were not coming." omission) in one blow. in the past, Ukrainian opera singers in America have "Mr. Pyatnychko - and you had best get used to this The sin of commission: among world-class Ukrainian either been ignored by the press (as was the case with name; you are going to be seeing it again - is an unrea- opera stars, Salomea Kruszelnicka was probably the Anatoly Solovyanenko) or considered to be Russian (as sonably handsome young man with an extremely beauti- greatest, it is a constant source of irritation that she is with Adamo Didur). Thanks to the break-up of the ful baritone voice. Talents of this caliber do not sing always referred to as Polish, even in reviews of her Soviet Union, the tide is slowly turning. This month, small parts in concert performances, even if they are in recently re-released CD, in which she sings several four Ukrainian opera singers - three currently active and Carnegie Hall. They sing leading roles for big fees in one from the turn of the century - received positive Ukrainian songs. Letters to editors protesting this blun- major opera houses. They also receive huge ovations. press from two opera magazines. der have had absolutely no effect. San Francisco will present Mr. Pyatnychko in 'La in its January issue, the upstart grassroots magazine The sin of omission: Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," Traviata,' '11 Trovatore' and 'Rigoletto,' the other great Classical Singer reviewed Opera Orchestra of New one of the most popular operas of all time, was a failure at York's performance of Donizetti's "Adelle" under con- opera companies will surely follow. Meanwhile, we its premiere performance. After some tweaking and a cast ductor Eve Queler (reviewed in The Ukrainian Weekly, thank Eve Queler for giving us his first N.Y. appear- change, it was premiered again to rave reviews and quick- November 28,1999). ance." ly conquered the world. Although the operatic press in his critique of bass Paul Plishka, critic and author On the other end of the literary spectrum is the vener- repeats this story almost every time Puccini or his opera Howard Bushnell's writes: able and prestigious magazine Opera News, in the is mentioned, you'd think they took a vow of silence con- "At this point in his long and distinguished career, "Opera Watch" feature of its January issue, Ukrainian cerning the soprano who made the success happen. Paul Plishka may be called a veteran artist, with all that soprano Oksana Krovytska, who has had the New York Opera News writes: "The Ukrainian soprano is proud the phrase implies. His voice does not give the pure opera critics eating out of her hand for the past few to point out that she is following in the footsteps of her sonic pleasure it once did, but his understanding of both years, scored a quadruple victory. She merited a full col- compatriot and idol, soprano Salomea Kruszelnicka, Donizetti's music and the character of Arnoldo was umn of complimentary commentary for herself - it is who launched 'Butterfly' into world renown a its second complete, enabling him to perform an effective and noted that she "has made Cio-Cio-San something of a 'premiere' in Brescia, on May 28, 1904." moving portrait of Adelia's tortured father." signature role" and that her portrayal of the Puccini Now, thanks to Ms. Krovytska, the opera world can As for baritone Stephan Pyatnychko, Mr. Bushnell heroine was the centerpiece of the New York City Opera read that Kruzelnicka was Ukrainian, and that it was observes: "Madama Butterfly." And, she also slipped in a mention she who saved the second premiere of "Madama "The disappointment of the evening regarded another of Ukrainian composer virko Baley in whose "Treny Butterfly" and made it what it is today. debutant, Stephan Pyatnychko. His part was far too (Laments) for Two violoncellos and Soprano" she was To mix in a metaphor from one of my other favorite small, and after his appearances in Act 1,1 noticed audi- featured. pastimes, Ms. Krovytska stepped up to the plate and hit ence members scanning their librettos in anticipation of And, most significantly, she righted two sins of a grand slam. A cause for celebration! No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2000 11

DATELlNE NEW YORK: Greeting the new year by Helen Smindak

While most of the Christian world is back to its daily Nations, vblodymyr Yelchenko, was among guests at the work-and-play schedule, having celebrated Christmas on Wednesday evening concert and stayed afterwards for December 25 and the first day of the year 2000 on champagne and hors d'oeuvres. Other U.N. emissaries January 1, a good part of the Ukrainian community has who attended the concert and reception included officials been busy greeting old calendar Christmas with carols from Belarus, Bolivia, Hungary, india, Lithuania, Uganda and "Malanka" with New Year merriment. That's espe- and Yugoslavia. cially true in New York, where (at last count) all 13 At each occasion, the mood grew even more warm and Ukrainian parishes still adhere to the Julian calendar. lively as members of the Brooklyn-based choral ensem- The vocayinstrumental trio from Kyiv known as ble Ukranska Rodyna (Ukrainian Family) joined the Ukrainski Barvy (Ukrainian Colors) appeared at the Kyiv trio and guests in an impromptu round of familiar Ukrainian institute of America with a delightful program carols. of some very old and some traditional carols, along with a in the spirit of international goodwill, the Kyiv and sheaf of humorous New Year greetings, The Dumka Brooklyn ensembles also joined forces on Christmas Eve, Chorus, bringing tidings of good cheer to three area January 6, to surprise the Rev. Paul Wolensky, pastor of parishes, is giving its final conceit at St. George Ukrainian Brooklyn's Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church, with Catholic Church in the East vilhge this very afternoon. a caroling visit. "Dateline" would also like to tell you about two young Ukrainian entrepreneurs who are making their mark in An annual event lower Manhattan with a new boutique called the Auto Well-wishing was the order of the day at St. shop. Their story has been waiting on the sidelines for a viadimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Sunday, couple of months while we've been trying to keep up January 16. The New Year custom punctuated the concert with all the holiday news. of Christmas carols given by the Dumka Chorus after the A three-day celebration liturgy, was reflected in the greeting of St. viadimir's pastor, the Rev. І van Lyszyk, and was experienced later "Sow, sprout, rye and wheat7And all good things we in full heart-warming force when the parish president, eatvMay you have good fortune, good health71n this New Alex Redko, circled dinner tables, "sowing" wheat grains Year!7May better times be yours^Than you had last around the church hall as he wished good health and yearlAMay your flax grow knee-high ...AAnd may you wealth to everyone. Christians^ Never have headaches!" Presenting its concert of carols - a well-established That's the gist of one of several New Year greetings annual event eagerly anticipated by Ukrainians in the extended in Ukrainian to hundreds of guests at the New York area - the Dumka Chorus stood in front of the Ukrainian institute of America in mid-January by the iconostasis, the women a portrait in sky blue-embroi- Kyi van vocal instrumental ensemble Ukrainski Barvy dered white blouses and long black skirts caught with volodymyr Hryshko (right) with Nadiya Boyanivska (Ukrainian Colors). blue waist bands, the men in black tie. (left) and Oksana Stebelska of the Ukrainski Barvy The Christmas celebration, focusing on Christmas car- Artistic director vasyl Hrechynsky conducted the cho- ensemble at the Ukrainian institute of America. ols and schedruvannia (New Year well-wishing) took rus with finesse through a harmonious program that three days to complete since it had to cover three sets of ranged from the resounding Kyivan chant "God is With and their friend and associate Stephanie Pesakoff, 33. guests: institute members and friends on a Sunday after- Us," Bortniansky's reverential Nativity concerto "Glory Back in the 1950s the area was the home of the noon, senior citizens on Tuesday, and Ukrainian and to God in the Highest," the quiet lullaby "Sleep, Jesus, Shevchenko Scientific Society at 302 W. 13th St., with other representatives to the United Nations on Sleep" and the highly impressive number "Bells in the society re-located years ago in new quarters on Wednesday evening. Jerusalem," in which the choristers simulated the sound Fourth Avenue in the East village, the Auto shop has, introducing the performing trio and greeting the of pealing bells. No Ukrainian carol fest would be com- quite incidentally, brought back Ukrainian life to this capacity crowd at Sunday's festivities (there were close plete, of course, without "Schedryk," and it was per- Manhattan district. to 300 guests) were U1A President Walter Nazarewicz formed quietly and lightly, in the style and manner of the The new boutique highlights the work of several hand- and Washington businessman and philanthropist George original carol. picked designers who create shiny leather goods (hand- Chopivsky, representing the Chopivsky Foundation. The Yuri Shtohryn, Lubomyr Pavlovich, Basil bags, slippers, wallets), minimalist ceramics, one-of-a- institute and the Chopivsky Foundation are co-sponsors Tershakovec, Natalia Honcharenko and Mykhail kind pashmina shawls, women's wool accessories, wool of the trio's current tour in the United States. Newmerzyckyj handled solos admirably, and Bohdan throws with silk lining, avant-garde pillows and glass- As the performers came on stage, singer Oksana Melnyk spoke with heartfelt conviction as he expressed ware. Operating as a retail store Wednesday through traditional New Year's wishes at two points in the pro- Stebelska spoke in the time-honored custom of carolers Sunday, Auto also represents the product lines for whole- gram. entering a home: "Have we permission to carol in this sale dealers by appointment. house, oh so joyousyTo carol, to bring руЛГо bring joy, to The carnival-like atmosphere that pervades Ukrainian Ms. Bokalo, who works full-time for Auto, says the glorify Christ?" With audience approval, she burst into New Year merry-making took over during dinner in the showroom was a sensible outgrowth from the three part- glorious lyrics with soprano Nadiya Boyanivska and bari- church hall as more than 150 guests broke bread, shared ners' past experience in the art world, as well as a way to tone Myroslav Tsupryk. wine, chatted with Mr. Redko as he sowed his wheat, and branch out into other interests. Providing their own musical accompaniment - Ms. listened with pleasure to jazz pianist Maksym Baranov as Boyanivska on bandura, Ms. Stebelska on violin, and Mr. he tickled the ivories, playing some of the melodies that (Continued on page 14) Tsupryk on tsymbaly and flute - the trio presented a jubi- earned him first prize in the third Moscow Jazz lant round of carols that included Hryhorij vereta's well- Competition recently. Mr. Baranov, a newcomer to this loved "in Bethlehem;" the old Christmas carol "Oh, A country, plays piano at Cafe Mozart in the Lincoln Center Miraculous Birth," based on Kyrylo Stetsenko's arrange- area and is also serving as St. viadimir's choir director, ment; an ancient chant about the bitterness of slavery, temporarily replacing his wife, who held the position "Little Bird" arranged by A. Avdievsky; and Mykola before the birth of the couple's first child four months Leontovych's arrangement of the old Epiphany carol "On ago. the River Jordan." There was a lilting interpretation of So convivial was the gathering that no one took "Schedryk," the New Year carol known to the non- umbrage when the public-address system suddenly went Ukrainian world as "Carol of the Bells," and a fine rendi- kaput, not even the speaker, Mykola Kravets, who heads tion (in English) of a traditional carol from Sussex, the New York office of Air Ukraine. While the unit was England. undergoing quick repair, Mr. Kravets chatted with guests The ceremonial lighting of candles on stage and a at the head table, including the Rev. Serhij Neprel bevy of traditional greetings voiced in declamatory, car- (retired) of irvington, N.J., and members of St. oler fashion transported many listeners to wintry child- viadimir's board of trustees ihor Huryn and valentyn hood scenes frost-covered windows, hay under the table, Polywko. a manger scene, a yalynka decorated with homemade The Auto boutique ornaments - and a group of bundled-up carolers entering the room. Adding to the illusion, the performers led the Manhattan's Meatpacking District, once the territory audience in a heartwarming carol sing-along before of prime cuts, has emerged as the new stomping around everyone retired to the dining room for a turn at tables of the fashionable and fabulous. With New York's oldest laden with hot and cold foods, including varenyky, hol- neighborhoods and previously unexplored back streets ubtsi and studenyna. morphing into boutiques aiming special, anti-commercial The program - and the buffet - was repeated two days quality, the area below 14th Street and west of Eighth later for some 40 Ukrainian American citizens from New Avenue is now the home of the fashion and beauty super York and Philadelphia, some of whom had never before boutique Jeffrey and of trendy restaurants, eclectic gal- visited the Ukrainian institute and were highly impressed leries and boutiques. by the handsome edifice and its cultural programs. The Here, at 850 Washington St. (between Gansevoort and group belongs to the Selfreliance Organization of Horatio), you will find the Auto boutique, a storefront Ukrainians in America, an umbrella organization headed showroom representing designers of home furnishings by Natalka Duma of New York that includes senior citi- and accessories. The owners of the white-walled, 600- zens among its members. square-foot space that opened in September, are two Roman Luba and Renata Bokalo at their new boutique, Ukraine's permanent representative to the United Ukrainians - Renata Bokalo, 25, and Roman Luba, 29 - Auto, in lower Manhattan. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23,2000 No. 4

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WELT 8L DAVID, СШоп, JsU Nebesniak, Seminary of St. Sophia, via di (973)773-9800 (908)273-8896 Аня Boccea 478,00166 Roma, italy; telephone, 06 624 02 03; fax, 06 624 43 96. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23,2000 13 Ukrainian Federation of America hosts law professionals HURl announces inaugural lecture of memorial series CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Ukrainian Research institute has announced that the inaugural Zenovia Sochor Parry Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Ashton В. Carter, Ford Foundation Professor of Science and international Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. The lec- ture will be held on February 7 at 4 p.m. in the Thompson Room of the Barker Center for the Humanities. Dr. Carter will speak on the topic, "Ukraine and U.S. Law professionals from Ukraine with representatives of the law firm Hecker Brown Sherry and Johnson and officials of the Foreign Policy." international visitors Council of the Center for international Development of Philadelphia. in 1993-1996 Dr. Carter served as assistant secretary of defense for by Michael Komanowsky Mykolaiv Oblast Association of Lawyers the government encourages creation of international security policy and and head of the delegation, thanked private agricultural enterprises by PH1LADELPH1A - The Ukrainian was responsible for national securi- organizers for their hospitality and pre- exempting them from taxes for a period Federation of America (UFA) works sented the official version of the transi- of five years. This has fostered an ty policy concerning the states of closely with the international visitors tion of Ukraine into a democratic society increase in agricultural production and the former Soviet Union. Dr. Carter Council (ivC) of Philadelphia's Center which has a Constitution containing has guaranteed an adequate food supply was twice awarded the Department for international Development. ivC fos- ample provisions for the development of for the country. He encouraged the audi- of Defense Distinguished Service ters world commerce and enables for- commerce and industry. ence to invest in the economy of the Medal, the highest award given by eigners to get to know the U.S. by Mr. Antipchenko said the proper struc- country. the Pentagon, for his work on arms attending professional meetings, visiting tures have already been implemented Private discussions among attendees control and countering nuclear pro- places of interest and staying in within the court system; these deal with during the reception were lively and cov- liferation. American homes during their visit. property rights as well as with the rights ered a broad range of topics, including He is a former director of the Upon the ivC's request, the UFA and relations of persons engaged in com- the recent presidential campaign, events Center for international Affairs at meets with professional groups from merce and international trade. in Chechnya, economic affairs and com- the Kennedy School, and he cur- Ukraine which are interested in getting As an example, he pointed out that mercial law. rently serves as co-director, with to know representatives of the Ukrainian William J. Perry, former undersec- American community. For example, retary of defense, of the Harvard- about half a year ago, members of the Stanford Preventive Defense UFA held a reception for 15 journalists venture Capital in Ukraine 8c Moldova Project. from Odesa. This new lecture series com- More recently, on November 29, investment Officer memorates the life of Dr. Zenovia 1999, the UFA, the ivC and the law (Zenia) Sochor Parry, a professor at firm Hecker Brown Sherry and Johnson Western MS Enterprise Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund that Clark University and HURl associ- of Philadelphia sponsored a reception makes equity investments in private companies operating in Ukraine and ate who passed away prematurely in for a delegation of 10 commercial law Moldova. Since becoming fully operational in 1995, the Fund has commit- February 1998 after a valiant strug- professionals from Ukraine who were ted over S60 million to nineteen medium-sized companies operating in gle against cancer. Over the past visiting the U.S. to closely acquaint decade she gained prominence as an themselves with U.S. commercial law. growth industries. The Fund was initially capitalized with 3150 million by authority on contemporary Ukraine in this effort, the UFA was greatly the U.S. Government. Senior management is currently exploring opportu- in academic and government cir- assisted by Eugene Luciw, a partner of nities to create a second fund capitalized by private institutional investors. cles. the law firm Hecker Brown Sherry and Prof. Sochor Parry's life and her Johnson, who secured the premises of We are seeking an investment officer to join our direct investment team in work in the field of Ukrainian poli- his law firm for the reception and acted the Fund's main office in Kyiv, Ukraine, ideal candidates should have tics will be honored each year with as the host. three to five years experience in venture capital or corporate finance, a lecture on a Ukrainian political After the welcoming remarks by Tom theme. 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Community... ing in the partnership is much less tangible Announcement - but benefits do exist. The U.S. cities gen- (Continued from page 3) erally receive minimal financial support for their efforts, which includes exchanges of World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Associations (WFUMA) Cooperation takes place on many levels, information and the hosting of officials and e-mail and fax communication is rou- invites the Ukrainian medical community to attend the from Ukrainian cities, but for the most part tine. The Community Partnerships Project their efforts are pro bono. has provided all 18 Ukrainian partner com- vill Congress of WFUMA, However, contact with another country munities the computer equipment needed to allows for relations to develop that may August 13- 16,2000 in Lviv, Ukraine. maintain e-mail and internet services. Ms. help bring business to the U.S. municipality, Cleveland said the equipment is used for all The main topics of the Congress will include: 1.) Medical ethics and deontology; 2.) or may eventually allow for interest to matter of correspondence, including the Organization of medical care and medical education; 3.) Recent advances in diagnosis and develop among local entrepreneurs to development of major government tools expand their business to the partner com- treatment (by specialty); 4.) Medical sequelae of Chornobyl nuclear explosion; 5.) Utilization such as an annual budget. As she explained, munity. Another benefit is simply the expo- of humanitarian medical aid in the health maintenance in Ukraine; 6.) Present status of bal- U.S. municipal officials regularly review sure that Americans receive to another neotherapy; 7.) Free papers (by specialty); 8.) Parallel conference of the international School the budgets of their Ukrainian counterparts country and culture. of Diagnostic Radiology. when they are asked to do so and provide "A lot of these communities are commu- comments and recommendations. The proceedings of the vill Congress will take place at the Railroad Workers' Palace, nities that do not have a whole lot of inter- Ms. Cleveland noted that the CPP is Sanatorium "Karpaty" in Truskavets and Lviv State Medical University. national contact. They are Midwestern com- spurring not only partnerships not only munities, many of them, they are in middle Optional travels: between U.S. and Ukrainian municipalities, America and they are looking to broaden August 18-22,2000 - Four Day Tour to Yalta or to Cracow, Poland. but between Ukrainian cities as well. their horizons, to expand their international August 23-24,2000 - Celebration of the independence Day of Ukraine Ukrainian mayors are encouraged to contact. And it is helpful for their communi- exchange ideas and information and to ty to really understand that they are part of Guests are welcome! develop closer ties. this global marketplace," explained Ms. On November 18, 1999, nine Ukrainian For travel and hotel reservation please contact Scope Travel, inc., 1605 Springfield Avenue, Cleveland. mayors as well as representatives from the Maplewood, NJ 07040; Tel.: (973) 378 8998 or (800) 242 7276; Fax: (973) 378 7903. Please She said that during the Washington con- other nine cities associated with the CPP mail registrations and papers' abstracts to: WFUMA, PO Box 36305, Grosse Pointe, Ml ference of U.S. municipalities, many of the met in Kyiv for a four-day conference to 48236; Tel.: (313) 884 6344; Fax: (313) 884 9474. speakers spoke of how they had learned discuss their problems and achievements, more about their own systems as they WFUMA Executive Council and broaden their relations, it was the first explained them to their Ukrainian counter- time that all the partner communities had parts. Those who have traveled to Ukraine been brought together and reflected a simi- have said the experience has given them a lar conference of the U.S. partner communi- boost in both their professional and individ- ties held in Washington in September. ual development, as well. ATTENTION "One of the main goals of this project is "Projects like this one benefit us in to create a network of Ukrainians working another sense," added Ms. Cleveland, The Northern New Jersey District of the Ukrainian National Association together to improve local government in "because they give American foreign aid a is holding a collection of used, clean clothing and footware in good condition. Ukraine," explained Ms. Cleveland. "This whole new constituency in the United They will be distributed to the needy in Ukraine. conference was one of the ways by which States. There is a whole group of people in The goods should be sentfbrought to the UNA Home Office, 2nd Floor, we have helped to format their work." these different cities who see the real impact 2200 Rt 10, RO. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 What the U.S. cities receive by cooperat- of what our foreign aid dollars are doing." For more information contact: Andrew - (973) 292-9800, ext 3055; Marijka - (973) 292-9800, ext 3040. Mr. Luba, an art director and graphic Eugene Oscisfawski, District Chairman Greeting the new... designer, was recently selected as one of (Continued from page 11) Print Magazine's 20 under 30 (top design- ers). He designed most of Art Adds Mr. Luba: "We saw an opportuni- Department's promotional material and all ty to do something different (not just a identity, as well as its website, and has store, not just a showroom) and, hopeful- The Weekly's collection of materials about the Famine designed identity and promotional materi- ly, to make a difference by offering sup- als for the Auto shop. The Ukrainian Weekly's official website contains the largest collection of materials port and vision to young designers trying As a newcomer to the area, the Auto on the internet dedicated to the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. to grow their businesses while maintain- boutique has already been reviewed by Located at www.ukrweekly.com, the special section includes a chronology of the ing their integrity." some dozen New York publications, Famine years, eyewitness accounts, editorials, media reports, stories about observanc- Additionally, they saw the benefit of including vogue magazine, Women's es of the Famine's 50th anniversary in 1983, scholarly articles, interviews with jour- being able to funnel feedback directly Wear Daily, Time Out New York, W and from the consumers to the designers, who nalists who reported on the Famine, transcripts of testimony on the Famine commis- The New York Times magazine. might not have the opportunity for such sion bill ultimately passed by the US. Congress, texts of statements before the UJS, The Auto shop's hours are 2 to 7 p.m. contact otherwise. Commission on the Ukraine Famine, references and other documentation, as well as Wednesday through Friday, noon to 7 Ms. Bokalo, a native of Metuchen, the full text of The Ukrainian Weekly's special issue on the Great Famine published p.m. on Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. N.J., and a graduate of Manhattan's on March 20,1983. The section is completely searchable. Sunday. For further information and Barnard College, and Mr. Luba, who directions call (212) 229-2292. comes from Philadelphia and has a degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, have known each other since childhood. They became business Correction associates when they worked for Art ЛЛои art ШШ fo the Department, a Manhattan agency co- "Dateline New York" (January 9) inad- founded by Ms. Pesakoff that represents vertently used an incorrect surname for illustrators, photographers, stylists and the owner of the Fialka dress boutique at hauYmake-up artists. Ms. Bokalo worked 324 E. Ninth St. in the East village. The 43x31 as an illustration agent at Art Department. correct name is Luba Firchuk. Turning the pages... ЧЖа (Continued from page 6) Army; and Maj. Gen. Eckhart von Tschammer, former commander of the division T)eMfnie haJ7 operating in the Poltava region. The indictment - which, according to reports, took more than two hours to read - accused the officers of taking part in the murder of more than 4 million Ukrainian ЗьШщ щьг4,2000 civilians, forcing more than 2 million into slave labor, destroying by fire close to 700,000 factories, homes and other buildings, including in cities such as Kyiv, and the Shertfon Mfedon^h4s Цоіьї systematic murder of Ukrainian farmers, including burning them alive, in preparation ZbSiRutherford,NT CRt3) for a program of resettlement of German farmers onto Ukrainian territory after the 07 war. (The officers were later sentenced to death J ^-^ ^vm'i hq atfi re Another story published in the January 26, 1946, issue of The Weekly was a brief description of how Kyiv, the city center of which had been almost completely ; OockfdilSat 6 oop-m. destroyed by Germany, was being rebuilt by volunteer labor, mostly students, and that -TresentatloH of debutdhtes ^7:oo the most arduous tasks were being performed by German POWs. The item noted that o 10,000 young people began the massive operation by clearing debris and opening the ^Pinner зг 7.00 4c v o ^р^сг^9^4^о streets. Source: "Ukraine Bringing Nazis to Account" and "volunteers Rebuilt Kiev," The Ukrainian Weekly, January 26, 1946 (Уоі. ХІУ, No. 4). No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23,2000 15

Dave Kingman, the baseball star who fin- the gap. ... With 992 games wearing a ished 23rd all time with 442 home runs, Devils' jersey (at the time), defenseman but isn't in the Hall of Fame? Kenny Daneyko ranked 19th all-time Time will tell. For now, Andreychuk among NHL players who spent their lives for the moment, indeed, he craves careers with one club. Alex Delvecchio the moment. was first with 1,549 games as a Detroit "Some of the younger guys get a kick Red Wing. ... The Anaheim Mighty Work, passion make year's goal total was a four-goal outburst out of me," he said. "They see an older Ducks signed goalie Gregg Naumenko, Dave Super again against the Lightning on October 28 - the guy who doesn't sleep in late every 22, to a multiyear contract. Naumenko, a fourth time in his career he had scored four freshman at the University of Alaska- Boston Bruins' captain Raymond morning - 1 get up early - who doesn't or more in a game. He's one of the Bruins' Anchorage, led the Western Collegiate Bourque and Ukrainian veteran Dave need three hours of sleep every afternoon top scorers, in fact, of all the unrestricted Hockey association with a 2.31 goals Andreychuk have engaged in many bat- and who likes to go for long walks." free agents who switched teams after last against average and .920 save percentage. ties for space and possession of the puck Speaking of walks, this current hockey season, none had more goals or points than ... The Dallas Stars signed defenseman as opponents over the years. season has been a walk in the park. Andreychuk. Richard Matvichuk to a four-year S7.8 One would think Bourque, in his 21st Andreychuk said it was easy to pick UKRAINIAN UTTERINGS: The million contract hours before their 1999- year in the NHL, would know just about the Bruins from among the teams inter- Carolina Hurricanes acquired goaltender 2000 season opener. ... After center71eft everything there is to know about ested in his services. Randy Petruk from Colorado for a fifth- wing Dmitri Khristich signed with Andreychuk, his new teammate who is in "First of all, 1 played for Pat in round draft pick in the 1999 draft. Petruk, Toronto, he said negative things about his 18th season. But that is not so. Toronto and knew what he's about as a 20, was originally drafted by the Boston management, and it was clear he "1 knew he was tough to play against," coach," Andreychuk said. "Also, 1 was Avalanche in the fourth round of the 1996 didn't think he was treated well. "The Bourque said, "and how good he is at looking at teams where 1 would get play- draft, though he never signed with the feeling is mutual," said GM-president positioning himself in front of the net and ing time. І felt that would be the case team. ... Defenseman7enforcer Wade Harry Sinden. ... Free-agent center Tony scoring from in tight. What 1 didn't know with the Bruins." Belak, who was assigned to St. John of Hrkac signed a two-year, S1.05-million about him was how much enthusiasm he Andreychuk has played more than he the American Hockey League after being deal with the New York islanders last brings to the rink every day. On and off expected, more than 20 minutes per acquired from Colorado early last season, summer. This season's first month saw the ice, you can tell just how much he game, which he said is as much as he ever was a junior teammate of Flames' captain the isles turn around and send Hrkac to loves the game. And how committed he played with Toronto, New Jersey and the Todd Simpson with Saskatoon (WHL). Anaheim, where he's currently on a line is to the game, it rubs off on the other Buffalo Sabres, who drafted him 16th On the day after the trade, Simpson was with Teemu Selanne. ... Pittsburgh did not players." overall in 1982. He has been used as a wearing a T-shirt featuring him and make a serious bid to retain the services Andreychuk, who readily admitted he penalty killer and a power play specialist. Belak, who were known in their junior of unrestricted free agent defenseman is not known for fast starts, is making the "1 had a couple of bad years in New day as the "Twin Towers."... Left- winger Greg Andrusak, who signed a one-year Bruins look like geniuses for taking a Jersey and 1 didn't want to go out of the Keith Tkachuk and right-winger Dallas 3350,000 deal with the Toronto Maple chance on him last summer when he game on a downer," Andreychuk said. "1 Drake - linemates, best friends and room- Leafs. Unfortunately for Andrusak, the became an unrestricted free agent. The knew (Burns') system and 1 looked at the mates on the road celebrated the births of Leafs' depth chart on the blueline listed at Bruins needed to replace Dmitri Bruins as a team that needed a veteran their second children two days apart last least eight capable NHL backliners ahead Khristich (another Ukrainian) and his presence up front, i'm the type of player summer. Their first kids were born six of him. Andrusak was loaned to Chicago offensive contribution after deciding to who needs to be counted on. But even days apart almost two years ago. ... ofthelHL. part company with the high-scoring more than all that, 1 still love to train in Devils' coach Robbie Ftorek said the loss winger. the off-season to get ready to play again, of Dave Andreychuk would hurt because (Dave Andreychuk quotes courtesy of Although Andreychuk scored only 15 i'm not prepared at this point in my life of his scoring touch, but the coach was Mike Brophy, senior writer for The goals last season and 14 in the 1997-1998 to put that behind me." confident a younger player could help fill Hockey News.) season, during which he endured numer- For most players, suffering broken ous injuries, including two broken ankles (left and right) in successive sea- ankles, coach Pat Burns convinced cost- sons could have a disastrous affect on UKRAINIAN SELFRELIANCE conscious GM Harry Sinden to sign the their speed, in Andreychuk's case, he 36-year-old left-winger. didn't have a lot to lose. He is most FEDERAL CRED1T UNLON, "They asked me about Dave, and І effective down low and in front of the PHILADELPHIA, PA. told them if they wanted a guy who net. That doesn't require speed, just brings passion to the game, then he was patience, courage and tenacity - attrib- Serving and Supporting the Ukrainian Community Since 1952 their man," Burns said. utes found on Andreychuk's resume. Andreychuk, who also had contract "He battles for the puck like nobody," discussions with the New York Rangers, Bourque said. "Even in practice, he won't CERTIFICATE SPECIAL Chicago Blackhawks, Los Angeles Kings give up on the puck until it's in the net." and Tampa Bay Lightning, said he felt Asked about that particular trait, Burns 24 Month term the Bruins were a perfect fit for him. And laughed heartily and said: "When we 85,000 minimum deposit coming in at today's bargain-basement were in Toronto, he and (goalie) Felix 0 price of Si.2 million (with a S200,000 Potvin used to have quite a thing going. 5.87 7oAPR bonus for scoring 25 goals and another Dave would battle and battle until he S200,000 bonus for hitting 35), he gave scored; then he'd raise his hands in the air 6.ООУ0 APY the frugal Bruins a potential 30-goal man like it was in a game and he'd stare down for relatively little money. Andreychuk the goalie, it used to drive Felix crazy." 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gle to exist in a world confined by barbed Poems of Lysheha... wire; the third includes poems depicting (Continued from page 9) movement, literally and figuratively, in Shortly after his expulsion, Mr. the poem "Fox," the author compares his Lysheha was drafted by the Soviet army. childhood in the Carpathian Mountains He first served as an infantryman, build- with life in Kyiv, questions what it means ing a road through a forest 60 miles from to be civilized: Moscow. Eventually he was exiled to "1 stepped closer Buriatia, where he worked as an office To a sunken burrow.. clerk and later as a school teacher. After Slowly, 1 raked the surface of ashes, being discharged from the army in 1974, Then pushed my hand inside Mr. Lysheha continued to teach in and there, among the roots Buriatia, a region where many of the peo- like severed veins, ple had converted to Tibetan Buddhism in Touched a quiet heart, still warm- the 18th century and strongly resisted a Seems as if in Kyiv, Russian presence. on the opposite side of the woods, in 1975 Mr. Lysheha returned to his Someone never stops conjuring spells.. hometown of Tysmenytsia in the І come back lifeless from the city., Carpathian region, where he had been in the streets 1 often meet the dead.. born in 1949. Eventually the poet moved І offer my hand, dead eyes smile back, to Lviv, and continued to work odd jobs, The dead, pushing themselves, in the 1980s Mr. Lysheha served as a set making a place for me decorator for the Karpenko Karyi in a subway car. " Theatrical and Cinematic institute in Kyiv. in 1997, Mr. Lysheha was awarded a Published in 1999 by Harvard one-year Fulbright scholarship to the University Press, "The Selected Poems of United States. The poet presently spends Oleh Lysheha" is divided into three parts. most of his time in Lviv and Tysmenytsia. The first part includes "Songs" from his The book is available for Si2.95 from first book; the second part is composed of Harvard University Press, 79 Garden St., Mr. Lysheha's play "Friend Li Po, Cambridge, MA 02138; phone, (617) Brother Tu Fu," whose characters strug- 495-4714.

cussion than any previous period, but hith- "The Ukrainian Resurgence"... erto there has not been a scholarly mono- (Continued from page 9) graph that described that period in full and associate (if not a full) member. Ukraine is which chronicled practically all aspects of no longer the breadbasket of Europe or these turbulent times. Thus, while future political scientists even a powerful industrial base noted for and historians may question isolated coal, chemicals and steel, instead it must aspects of or statements in Mr. Nahaylo's redefine its industrial development, its book, they will nonetheless be forever role in a technological age and its place in indebted to him for his efforts, his objec- І^^^^^НИІНШіШННІНІН^ННВ the European structures, while maintain- tivity and balance, and his meticulousness ing good relations with Russia. in compiling information, particularly for in retrospect, the period 1985-1991 will the years 1989-1991. likely be perceived as the most dramatic The book is available for S24.95 from and most tempestuous of any period in the University of Toronto Press, (416) Ukrainian history, it has elicited more dis- 667-7791. І Пластова Станиця Нюарк ^ ? запрошує всіх пластунів і ширшу громаду на 4

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February 4-6,2000 Молебень в церкві св. Івана Хрестителя 4 Санфорд Аве., Нюарк і Fri 8 PM opening of art exhibit and festival of films plus MStaroviry"an ethno-electronic band. Опісля відбудеться Святочний Апель ^ Sat 8 PM folksongs performed by Maryanna Sadovska 8c Julian Kytasty і програмачвиступ новацтва і юнацтва в руханковій залі. ^ plus performances of prose and poetry 4 Sun 4PM readings of original plays inspired by his short stories По дальші інформації дзвоніть до пл. сен. Маргарети Нич ^ (973) 492-2848 4 For information (212) 475-6474 S20 Satf S15 Fri 8L Sun for events. S35 for festival pass feSCrSCr^'fej^^

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The ARKAD1A OLENSKA- information about the event, please con- attire is black tie; music by Good Times. tact Canadian institute of Ukrainian For reservations and more information PETRYSHYN Studies, (780) 492-2972. call (847) 985-3596. All reservations OIL PAINTINGS must be in by January 26. Friday, January 28 Friday, February 6 NEW YORK: "Bread with Honey: A CHRYSTYA OLENSKA Performance of Dance and Music" will be MORR1STOWN, N.J.: Adrian Bryttan OIL PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE presented at The Bridge for Dance, featur- will conduct the New Jersey Youth ing choreography by Katja Pylyshenko Symphony in a concert program featuring Kolcio and music by Julian Kytasty and Richard Strauss' "Death and 12-27 FEBRUARY, 2000 Alex Kytasty. The concert will take place Transformation," Handel's "Water at 8:30 p.m. at The Bridge for Dance, Music," and the U.S. premiere of Roberto GALLERY HOURS 2726 Broadway (between 104th and Milano's Piano Concertino. Concert 12 TO 6 P.M. DAlLY 105th streets), third floor, (1,9 train to begins at 3 p.m. at the Morristown (CLOSED MONDAY) 103rd Street or 2, 3 to 96th Street). Community Theater, 100 South Street. Tickets: S10. For reservations call (212) For ticket reservations and information, 924-0077- For information call Ms. call (908) 771-5544. Kolcio, (212) 873-2494. OPENING RECEPTION JENK1NTOWN, Pa.: For those who are FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Wednesday-Thursday, February 2-3 interested in learning more about finding 6 TO 9 P.M. the proper career path or interested in P1TTSBURGH: The Duquesne University returning to learning, Manor College, Tamburitzans will audition talent for the located in Jenkintown, is holding an 2000-2001 performing season. Graduating Open House7Career Day at 11 a.m. An high school seniors and current college introduction to the college, complete with 2 EAST 79TH STREET undergraduates with dance, vocal or musical faculty, staff and student discussions, as ux UKRAINIAN talent may audition for a spot in the ensem- well as presentations on the various pro- INSTITUTE NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021 ble, which presents the music, songs and grams offered, provide a complete dances of Eastern Europe and neighboring overview of Manor. Special seminars will OF AMERICA (212) 288-8660 cultures. The Tamburitzans perform from be given on "i'm Undecided About a coast to coast, averaging 80 shows per sea- Career," "Financial Aid" and "Return to son, which runs from mid-August through Learning for Adults." For more informa- May. Successful auditionees will receive sub- tion or reservations for the special semi- stantial scholarship aid to study in the field of nars, call the Admissions Office, (215) their choice at Duquesne University. 884-2216. Selections from Ukraine are featured regular- ly in the Tamburitzans' production; many tal- Friday, February 11 ented dancers, singers, violinists, accordion- ists, clarinetists and other folk instrumental- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian institute of ists of Ukrainian heritage have proudly per- America presents the 01enska701enska formed with the ensemble over its 63-year Petryshyn art exhibit featuring the works history. For more information, or to schedule of sisters-artists Arcadia 01enska- an audition, call (412) 396-5185, fax (412) Petryshyn (1934-1996) and Chrystya 396-5583, e-mail pudlak(^duq2.cc.duq.edu, Olenska (1941-1979). Painting in a series or visit the Tamburitzans website at of distinct phases that ranged from www.duq.eduyTamburitzans to download an abstraction to realism. Ms. 01enska- HtSGbb application, if travel to Pittsburgh is not pos- Petryshyn was particularly acclaimed for w sible, a 15-minute video showcasing the her often monumental canvases of flora, ^ PACKAGE and FOOD Parcel Service applicant's talents may be submitted. especially desert blooms. Ms. Olenska Deadline for all submissions is February 1. was a versatile artist whose work ranges ZAKARPATSKA, iYANO-FRANKivSKA from expressive and haunting paintings, RAH WAY Travel Steven MUSEY Friday-Sunday, February 4-6 mostly still lifes and landscapes, to reliefs LVIVSKARahway and, NJCHERNIVTS Millville, IN J OBLAST and papier-mache sculptures. The opening NEW YORK: The Yara Arts Group and reception will take place at the institute at 732 381-8800 609 825-7665 the Ukrainian institute of America present 6 p.m. The exhibit will be on view AUTHORlZED AGENTS "Gogol7Hchol: Contemporary Artists, through February 27; works will be avail- Writers and Performers React to the able for purchase. The institute is located Master." Friday, 8 p.m.: opening of art at 2 E. 79th St., telephone, (212) 288- exhibit festival of films inspired by 8660. Gogol, and performance by "Staroviry" ethno-electronic band; Saturday, 8 p.m.: Saturday, February 12 WHAT? folk songs that inspired Gogo performed by Maryanna Sadovska and Julian DETROlT: The Ukrainian Engineers YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR OWN Kytasty with performances of prose and Society of America, Detroit chapter, cor- poetry; Sunday, 4 p.m.: readings of ofigi- dially invites all members and guests to nal plays inspired by his short stories. the 2000 winter ball and debutante pres- SUBSCRIPTION? Tickets are 320 for Saturday; S15 for entation at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, Friday or Sunday events;. S35 for festival 26601 Ryan Road, Warren. There will be To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, fill out the form below, pass. For information on events call (212) live entertainment, courtesy of Zabava clip it and mail it to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, 475-6474 or e-mail yara^prodigy.net. All from Canada; open bar through dinner. events at the Ukrainian institute of Dinner tickets: S55, adults, S45, retirees; 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. America, 2 E. 79th St. at Fifth Avenue. dance only: S25, adults; S15, students to age 21. Girls interested in being debu- Saturday, February 5 tantes should contact Oksana, (810) 268- 1207, by January 31. For tickets or table (please type or print) WH1PPANY, NJ.: The Plast Ukrainian reservations, contact Ksenia Kozak, (734) Scouting Organization, Newark branch, is 913-4793. ADDRESS: ^^^^ holding its 50th anniversary ball at the Hanover Marriott. Music will be by CORRECTION Tempo. Cocktails at 6-7 p.m.; program and dinner, 7-9 p.m.; dance, 9 p.m.-l:30 in a Preview listing for January 22 (pub- a.m. Tickets: dinner and dance, S75; sen- lished in the January 9 issue), one of the PHONE (optional): „ iors 65 and over, S65; students under 25 sponsors of the "Malanka 2000" being for dance only, S20. For tickets and reser- held in the Boston area was improperly vations call Maria Welyczkowski, (973) identified. The Ukrainian American Q UNA member subscription price - S40.06Yyr. Q Non-member subscription price - 350.(ХУуг. 514-1846. Citizens Club, not the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council (both of UNA Branch number ^^^^^^^^^ CH1CAGO: The Ukrainian Engineers whose acronyms are UACC), was a co- Society of America (Detroit Branch), the sponsor of the event.