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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE No.KRAINIAN 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Pro-presidential members of Rada form majority UkrainianT StudiesU Fund announces W with help of several defectors from opposition campaign for new center at Columbia by Maryna Makhnonos Tymoshenko bloc. by Andrei Harasymiak continues to supervise numerous Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Mr. Shkil said that everyone who research exchanges with scholars from could leave the bloc had already done so CAMBRIDGE – The Ukrainian Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Columbia KYIV – Following months of parlia- and that opposition in general won’t lose Studies Fund Inc. (USF) has inaugurat- also has two Ukrainian endowed funds: mentary struggle, pro-presidential law- anymore votes if ex-Prime Minister ed a capital campaign to fund a new the Petro Jacyk Fund for Ukrainian makers on October 8 announced the for- Viktor Yushchenko, leader of the Our center for Ukrainian studies at Studies at the Harriman Institute (estab- mation of a majority after several opposi- Ukraine bloc, wisely shields his com- Columbia University in New York City. lished in 1995), and the Volodymyr and tion lawmakers unexpectedly joined their rades. Details of the drive were described in Lidia Bazarko Fellowship (established group, prompting Viktor Yushchenko, – Most opposition lawmakers expressed the most recent USF newsletter. in 1998), both of which will help one of Ukraine’s most powerful politi- skepticism over the majority’s stability, The USF was founded in 1957 by expand the new Ukrainian studies pro- cians – to support a nationwide protest arguing that the newly formed coalition students of the Ukrainian diaspora and gram. against President Leonid Kuchma this had failed to even approve the daily has as its mission advancing knowledge The New York metropolitan area is weekend. agenda for Parliament on October 8. about Ukraine in the United States and home to the largest Ukrainian commu- A total of 231 lawmakers signed the “We saw the majority’s ‘capability’ in Canada. The USF accomplishes its mis- nity in North America and a Ukrainian majority pact in the 450-seat Verkhovna the Parliament today,” said Petro sion by establishing and funding cen- Studies Center at Columbia will help Rada after months of political confronta- Poroshenko, a top ally of Mr. ters of Ukrainian studies in North link the university and the Ukrainian tion and anti-Kuchma protests in Yushchenko. “This majority will have a American universities. Its founder and community. The city’s Ukrainian aca- September in which tens of thousands of very complicated voting process.” president for 44 years, the late Stephan demic institutions will surely benefit people took to the streets. The presidential representative in the Chemych of New York, was successful from closer ties with the university, and Three members of the political bloc Rada, Oleksander Zadorozhnyi, also in gaining wide community support for Columbia’s students will be able to led by former Vice Prime Minister Yulia expressed doubts about the stability of USF fund drives. As a result, the USF access these scholarly institutions’ Tymoshenko – President Kuchma’s the majority. successfully endowed three chairs in resources and participate in community fiercest opponent – defied their leader, as “I have no confidence because lots of Ukrainian studies at Harvard University cultural events. did two Communist Party members who factors are at work here,” Mr. in 1968 (in Ukrainian history, literature Many new opportunities for promot- entered the majority and gave it five seats Zadorozhnyi said. “This [majority’s sta- and philology) and in 1973 established ing understanding of Ukrainian history above the necessary minimum. bility] will depend upon how we manage the general endowed fund of the newly and culture will arise. The university “Here, I think, pressure, money and to agree with each other.” created Harvard Ukrainian Research attracts scholars from all over the exhaustion from membership in a faction Mr. Shkil said that accounting for day- Institute. world, including Ukraine. Columbia is that constantly struggles, took place,” Harvard’s success in promoting uni- often host to United Nations diplomats, said Andriy Shkil, a lawmaker from the (Continued on page 16) versity-level teaching and research of government officials, businesspersons Ukraine has now created an unique and artists who visit New York fre- opportunity for the expansion of quently. A thriving Ukrainian studies Ukraine and Russia OK gas consortium; Ukrainian studies to other premier U.S. program at Columbia will provide academic institutions, and this is exact- Ukrainian specialists and students with national deputies of opposition protest deal ly what the USF is currently initiating. access to important constituencies and Many considerations were factored opportunities to disseminate informa- into the selection of Columbia by Maryna Makhnonos argued that Gazprom will take half of the tion about Ukraine among these influ- University as the site for a new Special to The Ukrainian Weekly gas transportation revenues that currently ential audiences. Ukrainian Studies Center. Columbia is belong to the national budget. The Ukrainian Studies Center will a prestigious and influential U.S. uni- KYIV– The gas monopolies of The Naftohaz gas monopoly currently work within the framework of the versity. Students from Ukrainian com- Ukraine and Russia on October 7 signed Harriman Institute and the School of provides about 6 billion hrv ($1.1 billion munities who study at Columbia and at a deal to create a gas consortium that International and Public Affairs (SIPA) U.S.), or some 15 percent of the govern- nearby New York institutions will be would manage Ukraine’s gas pipeline of Columbia University, where the ment’s annual revenues. able to participate in the new Ukrainian system. The move elicited harsh criticism majority of students interested in East “In the consortium, these revenues studies program and benefit from its by opposition lawmakers who say the European studies enroll. The Harriman won’t go to the state budget,” said Yurii offerings. Columbia has many other pact was driven by politics and contra- Institute, in particular, is at the forefront Orobets, a member of the Rada’s sub- students who concentrate in East vene Ukraine’s national interests. of research on Europe and Asia, nation- committee on the energy sector. European studies in disciplines such as Under the deal signed by Russia’s alities studies, and particularly contem- The lawmakers brought their angst political science, history, journalism, Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftohaz, the porary Ukraine. Such notable statesper- from the lobby to the parliamentary business, law and diplomacy. The cre- two companies will manage and develop sons as Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and arena, peppering Fuel and Energy ation of an inter-disciplinary Ukrainian Ukraine’s pipeline network as equal part- Dr. Madeleine K. Albright have worked Minister Vitalii Haiduk with questions. studies program at Columbia will help ners. at the Harriman Institute. Mr. Haiduk, as well as other propo- further integrate Ukrainian studies with Foreign companies also may take part Prof. Mark von Hagen, who was nents of the deal, said it will be beneficial these fields and provide future special- in the consortium. However, the docu- elected president of the International to Ukraine as it will speed repairs, build ists with the necessary fundamentals on ment, which was signed at a summit of Association of Ukrainian Studies for new pipelines and attract investment. Ukraine. presidents of former Soviet republics in the 2002-2005 term this past August at However, the minister failed to support Columbia University boasts a strong Moldova, doesn’t provide details about the association’s Congress in his expectations with figures, saying the tradition in Slavic studies and maintains the amounts of investments for the Chernivtsi, Ukraine, teaches at the “technical and economic grounds of the a solid library collection of Ucrainica. pipelines, revenue-sharing and conditions Harriman Institute and is its former pact will be worked out by September The impressive roster of Ukrainians for other parties to enter into the deal. director. 30, 2003.” who taught or studied at Columbia “The creation of the consortium may Columbia’s Ukrainian studies pro- Opposition lawmakers charged that includes many well-known individuals lead to a situation whereby its managers gram will focus primarily on teaching. President Leonid Kuchma, who faces who today are active in diverse fields. acquire turbines in Britain and pipes in The Harvard Ukrainian Research growing pressure at home to resign, Columbia has always demonstrated Russia leaving Ukraine aside,” said Institute and various Canadian centers authorized the deal in order to gain serious interest in Ukraine. It organized National Deputy Mykola Rudkovskyi, a already have established active research Russia’s political support. important conferences on Ukraine in Socialist. and publishing programs, thus duplica- Members of the largest opposition fac- the past, and offers courses in Opposition lawmakers in the tion, Our Ukraine, led by ex-Prime Ukrainian language and literature. It (Continued on page 19) Verkhovna Rada said there are no eco- nomic grounds for the consortium and (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Ukrainian society and ‘Kuchmagate’ NEWSBRIEFS Kuchma denies okaying sales to Iraq KYIV – Political analysts speculated two years after Gongadze murder KYIV – At a news conference in Kyiv last week that President Leonid Kuchma is on October 8 inaugurating the press cen- attempting to persuade Viktor Yushchenko by Dr. Viktor Stepanenko individuals and institutions) that advo- ter of the presidential administration, that Our Ukraine – if not as a whole, then RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report cate public interest in the search for truth President Leonid Kuchma denied that he in part – should join the pro-presidential in the Kuchmagate story. Kuchmagate had ever authorized the supply of majority and provide the necessary support For the past two years, the unsolved has shown that private feelings and emo- weapons to Iraq, the UNIAN news serv- for legislative activities in the Verkhovna murder of Internet journalist Heorhii tions still do not transform into public ice reported. Mr. Kuchma said such sup- Rada. Mykhailo Pohrebynskyi, a political Gongadze and the unanswered questions opinion, which is an important tool of plies are impossible for “objective rea- analyst with links to the presidential of “Kuchmagate” (the scandal connected civil society. Paraphrasing the Georgian sons,” adding that Ukrainian military administration, told the Ukrainska Pravda with the publication of secret audiotapes philosopher Merab Mamardashvili, we contracts are monitored by the Security website how Mr. Yushchenko could make made by former security officer Mykola can say that during Kuchmagate the Service of Ukraine and a special commit- such a move toward President Kuchma. Melnychenko in President Leonid Ukrainian public has demonstrated its tee under the United Nations Security “[Yushchenko] could create two factions Kuchma’s office) have been two of the inability to draw moral and political con- Council. “[Had I authorized a sale of on the basis of his megafaction [Our most serious topics in Ukrainian political clusions regarding complex issues. And weapons to Iraq], the entire world would Ukraine],” Mr. Pohrebynskyi explained. life. public actions in the absence of devel- have known about that,” President “One faction could be more resolute and Kuchmagate has raised such funda- oped public opinion have so far appeared Kuchma added. The president said the consistent in pursuing [Our Ukraine’s] mental issues of Ukraine’s political trans- to be inconsistent and irresolute. recent allegations that Kyiv may have opposition line. The other could be more formation as the legal and moral legiti- However, it would not be fair to sold radar systems to Baghdad “will sink prone to compromise and ready for more macy of the authorities, widespread cor- accuse the Ukrainian public of political into oblivion.” (RFE/RL Newsline) active cooperation.” According to Mr. ruption of the political and economic passivity in fighting for their rights. One Pohrebynskyi, the “radical part” of Our elite, and systematic persecutions of the should take into account that the official Kuchma seeks good relations with U.S. Ukraine could “preserve room to maneu- political opposition and free media. propaganda machinery has contributed ver for Yushchenko, and he would not At the same time, the ongoing, latent KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma enormously to making the moral and said on October 8 that Ukraine is inter- have to go between [Yulia] Tymoshenko, political crisis in the country has also led rational choice of political positions a [Oleksander] Moroz, [Petro] Symonenko, to certain positive trends associated with ested in “normal, constructive relations very complicated and nearly impossible with the United States.” He said he and Kuchma, but would be able to move the signs of emerging democratic issue for a majority of citizens. among his own people.” (RFE/RL Poland, activism. The opposition protest action regrets that the current relations between According to a poll of a representative Kyiv and Washington do not match the Belarus and Ukraine Report) “Arise, Ukraine!” is an example of this. sample of 1,800 respondents by the The authorities have so far managed to level of the strategic partnership that Polish PM proposes Ukrainian talks National Academy of Sciences Institute existed during the presidency of Bill “marginalize” opposition activities and of Sociology in March 2001, the more the mass political protests that resulted Clinton. “Ukraine is not to blame for LVIV – Polish Prime Minister Leszek people were informed about Kuchmagate what is taking place,” Mr. Kuchma Miller proposed in Lviv on October 4 that from Kuchmagate. In official media out- from various sources, the more they lets, the large-scale political scandal and added. The president also said he is sorry Ukraine’s ruling and opposition circles believed in the authenticity of the that Ukrainian-U.S. relations have been meet in Warsaw on October 15-16 at an public reaction to it have often been pre- Melnychenko tapes. sented as a routine criminal case and affected by the “dubious tapes” made by international conference devoted to Some international bodies have former presidential bodyguard Mykola Ukrainian prospects amid NATO and insidious intrigue by political opponents, claimed that the portions of the tapes who are often portrayed as “irresponsible Melnychenko. “I don’t know for sure European Union enlargement, Polish and they reviewed were authentic, and who is behind this [audiotape] scandal, Ukrainian media reported. Mr. Miller, adventurers, losers and marginal play- Ukrainian authorities have acknowledged ers.” The remark by Internal Affairs but my firm conviction is that it is not the who attended an economic forum in Lviv, that their voices are on the tapes. major [Melnychenko], with his intellect,” met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Minister Yurii Smirnov at a recent news Paradoxically, however, the main ques- conference about “criminals and mental- the Ukrainian leader noted. (RFE/RL Anatolii Kinakh, as well as with opposi- tion raised by the scandal is not about the Newsline) tion Socialist Party leader Oleksander ly ill people who are attracted by the authenticity of Mr. Melnychenko’s tapes upcoming protests” is fully in line with Moroz and Our Ukraine activists Viktor as such, but rather about the possibility, Our Ukraine ready for ‘radical’ steps this manipulative strategy. Pynzenyk and Borys Tarasyuk. “We will even if hypothetical, of bringing a case take part in this conference [in Warsaw] However, unresolved issues of the allegedly involving the country’s top KYIV – Our Ukraine leader Viktor Kuchmagate scandal have also confirmed and are ready for discussion,” UNIAN officials to court in Ukraine. Yushchenko said on NBM television on quoted Mr. Kinakh as saying. Our that Ukrainian society suffers from a lack This important point has not become a October 2 that his bloc will resort to of trustworthy moral authorities (both Ukraine reportedly said it is also ready to legal question in Ukraine. The reasons actions of a “radical character” if the conduct a dialogue with the authorities for this are the people’s underdeveloped authorities fail to launch a dialogue over Dr. Viktor Stepanenko is a senior outside Ukraine with the mediation of legal culture and the absence of a system how to overcome the current political cri- European leaders. (RFE/RL Newsline) research fellow at the Institute of of civic control over the authorities. It is sis, Interfax reported. According to Mr. Sociology, National Academy of Sciences noteworthy that the erstwhile intentions Yushchenko, after such a dialogue the UNIAN journalists cite censorship ... of Ukraine, and director of the Center power in the country should be trans- for Public Policy Development. (Continued on page 17) ferred to the forces that obtained most KYIV – Journalists of the Kyiv-based support in this year’s parliamentary elec- independent news agency UNIAN on tion. “If our initiatives continue to be October 1 posted a statement on the New developments in sale fended off, we will do everything possi- UNIAN website (http://www.unian.net) ble – including the organization of and saying they have been subjected to censor- participation in actions of a radical char- ship and have come under “fierce pressure of Kolchuha radar to Iraq? acter – to make the Ukrainian authorities regarding the formation of [our] independ- sit down at a negotiating table or hold ent information activity” since the appoint- by Roman Kupchinsky system and finished this project in April early elections in the country,” Mr. ment of a new UNIAN executive director, RFE/RL Crime and Corruption Watch 2001. The Ukrainian Kolchuha underwent Yushchenko said. (RFE/RL Newsline) Vasyl Yurychko, a week ago. “We feel that its own upgrading much earlier and it is Could there be two Our Ukraines? (Continued on page 4) A highly placed Ukrainian govern- purported that it was the newer version of ment official who insisted on anonymity the Ukrainian Kolchuha that President told RFE/RL in Kyiv that President Kuchma gave the orders to sell to Iraq on Leonid Kuchma did tell the head of the July 10, 2000. Thus, in 2000 the Russian FOUNDED 1933 Ukrainian arms sales company, version of the system was not ready to be UkrSpetsExport, to sell a Kolchuha radar HE KRAINIAN EEKLY sold. TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., system to Iraq, but the system was never According to some analysts in Kyiv, delivered. However, the source stated, a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. the “revelation” that Russia sold the Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. Russian arms dealers learned of this inci- Kolchuha to Iraq is but another ploy by dent and sold and delivered a radar sys- Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. the current presidential administration to (ISSN — 0273-9348) tem comparable to the Ukrainian protect Mr. Kuchma if the early earning Kolchuha to Iraq. system is proven to be in Iraq. The Weekly: UNA: Asked about this version during a press On September 24, The New York Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 conference in Kyiv on September 27, the Times reported that the U.S. State U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Carlos Department had authenticated a taped Postmaster, send address changes to: Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz Pascual, replied that Russia’s possible role conversation between Mr. Kuchma and The Ukrainian Weekly Editors: in the sale will be investigated. According the head of UkrSpetsExport, Valerii 2200 Route 10 Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) to available information about the Russian Malev, during which the president gave P.O. Box 280 Andrew Nynka Kolchuha program, the Signal Enterprise the go-ahead to covertly sell four Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova (part time) in Tambov was involved in upgrading the Kolchuha passive radar systems to Iraq original Donetsk-made Kolchuga radar for $100 million. The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com President Kuchma and the Ukrainian The Ukrainian Weekly, October 13, 2002, No. 41, Vol. LXX Roman Kupchinsky is the editor of government vehemently deny that the Copyright © 2002 The Ukrainian Weekly RFE/RL Crime and Corruption Watch. sale took place. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 3 Polish ambassador to Ukraine speaks at UCU FOR THE RECORD: by Matthew Matuszak LVIV – Marek Ziolkowski, Poland’s Journalists’ manifesto ambassador to Ukraine, on October 3 delivered a lecture in Lviv for the stu- dents and staff of the Ukrainian Catholic on political censorship University on “Polish-Ukrainian Relations as Part of the Architecture of KYIV – On October 3, a roundtable Modern Europe.” The ambassador spoke on political censorship in Ukraine about the economy and border control, was held by journalists concerned among other current issues. He also gave about curbs on their ability to report some historical perspective to his talk at on news and events as they see fit. the UCU. Participants included some of the “As Polish exports are increasing, the country’s top print and broadcast pro- number of Ukrainian goods coming to fessionals, who alleged direct instruc- Poland is decreasing,” Ambassador tions from top state bodies to news Ziolkowski told his audience. The yearly outlets on permissible and impermis- exchange of goods between Ukraine and sible coverage of political, social and Poland, he said, amounts to more than economic topics in Ukraine. The man- 1.5 billion. In 2001, however, Polish ifesto issued by the roundtable has so exports increased by 25 percent, reach- far been signed by 317 journalists ing almost $1 billion, while Ukrainian from throughout national and region- exports only amount to about $500 mil- al media. The manifesto’s text (trans- Poland’s ambassador to Ukraine, Marek Ziolkowski (center), speaks with the lated by Yarema Bachynsky) follows. lion. The ambassador thinks one cause of Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak (left) and Prof. Myroslav Marynovych at the Ukrainian this economic disbalance between the Catholic University in Lviv. We, the journalists of Ukraine, countries is that part of their commercial mindful of the unique meaning that exchange is done in the black market. truthful words bear for the develop- Poland and Ukraine has been an impor- The Ukrainian Catholic University, Another cause is that transportation is ment and strengthening of our father- tant issue for the UCU since the revival Ivan Franko National University in Lviv the only service industry in which the land, comprehending the personal of its predecessor, the Lviv Theological and the University of Warsaw recently countries have an exchange that has responsibility that every journalist Academy, in 1994. Qualified theology created a consortium to facilitate the shown any growth. bears for honestly informing the pub- professors since that time have often Also in the field of economics: Mr. interdisciplinary, individualized study of lic, and understanding that fear will Ziolkowski confirmed that Poland is traveled from Poland to give lectures at Ukrainian students in Poland. “The idea prevent some of our colleagues from politically interested in the building of an the LTA/UCU, and Ukraine has respond- of this consortium,” according to Prof. signing this manifesto, proclaim: oil pipeline from Odesa through Brody ed in turn. The Rev. Borys Gudziak, Hrytsak, “is to build a quality system of 1. Political censorship exists in to Gdansk. Polish firms are ready to par- UCU’s rector, Vice-Rector Myroslav education that will give the students Ukraine. It consists of censorship of ticipate in a private international consor- Marynovcyh, and Dr. Oleh Turii, director themselves the possibility to choose their television and radio programs at the tium that would guide the project. of UCU’s Institute of Church History, courses and to form their worldview direction of or with the acquiescence The changing border control policy have all given lectures at Polish universi- according to their own interests and of the authorities, of censorship of between the two countries was another ties on the history and contemporary needs.” articles in the press, of various forms important issue of the ambassador’s lec- conditions of the Christian Churches in Prof. Hrytsak maintained that “no of illegal pressure on journalists and ture. Mr. Ziolkowski admitted that July Ukraine. Also, more than a dozen gradu- problem of the modern era can be solved particular mass media outlets that 1, 2003, “will be a very hot day for ates of the Lviv Theological Academy by the efforts of one discipline, whether attempt to objectively cover the social [him], and not only because of the air have gone to Warsaw, Lublin and its history, philology, philosophy, culture and political life of the country. temperature.” From that date on, Krakow for graduate study. studies or sociology. You cannot be a 2. Political censorship constitutes Ukrainian citizens who want to cross These kinds of contacts between good expert today if you have mastered humiliation of journalists and the peo- over into Poland will need travel visas. experts, scholars and students are “the only one discipline. The idea of this con- ple of Ukraine. The ambassador maintains that visas will most effective way … to normalize rela- sortium is to give students the chance to 3. Political censorship is unlawful. be “a technical matter,” quick to acquire tions between Poland and Ukraine,” leave the narrow framework of division In implementing political censorship, and relatively inexpensive (20-60 Euros). according to Prof. Yaroslav Hrytsak, between these disciplines and to stimu- the authorities are attempting to limit For those who often visit the country, director of the Institute of Historical late the development of learning and of the constitutional right of every citizen multiple-entry visas are planned. Not Research at Ivan Franko National the whole society.” to freedom of speech, as enshrined in forgetting his audience, Ambassador University in Lviv. “Today it is most But not only scholars and students the Constitution of Ukraine, laws of Ziolkowski mentioned that students will important to work on building relations travel between the two countries. Ukraine, and international legal docu- be able to take advantage of the services not so much between governments, but Ambassador Ziolkowski said that every ments ratified by Ukraine, compliance of the Polish Embassy at no cost. more between societies and citizens,” year 6 million Ukrainians cross the with which is mandatory on all the Freedom of movement between Prof. Hrytsak said. Polish border and, of the 6,000 criminals territory of Ukraine. It is worth noting in Poland’s prisons, half are Ukrainians. that the right to freedom of speech is The ambassador announced there will be an inalienable right of all Ukrainian consortium, but its role still remains no change in Poland’s foreign policy citizens. In this way, one of the most Ukraine and Russia... unclear. According to an Interfax report towards Ukraine, though certain security fundamental principles of the (Continued from page 1) of October 9 which cited an unidentified measures will be taken. There are now Constitution of Ukraine is being vio- Russian government official, the next three Polish consulates in Ukraine: in lated. The fact that no one has yet Minister Viktor Yushchenko, were trou- Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv; two more are to been brought to account for such vio- bled that neither the Economy Ministry most probable participant is Germany’s Ruhrgas, with whom Russia and Ukraine be opened, in Lutsk and Odesa. Because lations is, to our mind, overt mockery nor the Finance Ministry had approved of the new visa policy, there will be an of the law and the rights of Ukrainian the deal. They said they will propose the will share some of their partnership. increase in the number of Polish repre- citizens. establishment of a special investigative RFE/RL Newsline reported that sentatives in Ukraine. 4. We journalists declare our soli- commission to determine the true cir- President Kuchma and Russian UCU’s students are becoming accus- darity with the resistance of our col- cumstances surrounding the deal. President Vladimir Putin had discussed the gas consortium during a meeting in tomed to receiving dignitaries like leagues and welcome the growing “A political situation arose and Leonid trend whereby stronger political cen- Danylovych (Kuchma) simply gave a Zaporizhia on October 6 that marked the Ambassador Ziolkowski. For example, 60th anniversary of the Dniprohes Carlos Pascual, U.S. ambassador to sorship is meeting ever greater resist- tsar’s present from Ukraine (to Russia),” ance on the part of journalists, who hydropower station. The next day, at a Ukraine, gave the address at this year’s Mr. Orobets said. “He sacrifices are moving from individual to collec- summit of the Commonwealth of commencement, and the ambassadors Ukraine’s national interests to protect tive solidary action. Independent States held in Chisinau, from Austria, France, Great Britain and himself ... Every day of Kuchma being in 5. We journalists of Ukraine capital of Moldova, Prime Ministers Germany all attended the university’s power is dangerous for Ukraine.” declare our readiness to undertake an Mikhail Kasianov of Russia and inauguration ceremonies in June. President Kuchma denied any political all-Ukrainian strike, and with the aim Anatolii Kinakh of Ukraine agreed on Myroslav Marynovych summed up: motive in the consortium. “Stop playing of preparing such an action and other the deal. “These kind of meetings that regularly politics and let’s do concrete business,” acts of solidarity in support of our col- Under the agreement, the consortium occur at UCU are important for both he said, according to the Interfax news leagues, we are establishing an initia- will be based in Kyiv and registered in sides: first of all, it’s an opportunity for agency. “It’s not about privatization of tive group. the university to meet guests and to pres- Ukrainian gas pipelines.” Ukraine. Decisions regarding the partici- 6. We journalists of Ukraine will ent itself, its existence, its plans and The Parliament may not formally pation of foreign companies will be made consider every means necessary to ideas. For the other side, it gives foreign intervene in the consortium deal, because jointly, and the agreement will remain in support our colleagues whose employ- dignitaries a chance to present the situa- it wasn’t signed by governments but by effect for at least 30 years, according to ment has been terminated or who are tion in their countries to an interested commercial ventures. Nonetheless, oppo- RFE/RL. being persecuted for their efforts to audience that listens with eager ears and sition forces threatened a vote of no con- Ukraine, which depends heavily on objectively cover ongoing events. fidence in the government and subse- energy resources from Russia, transports actively responds to the presentation. So quent retraction of the pact. about 90 percent of Russian gas supplies I’m glad that we had this event here, and Signed by 317 Ukrainian journal- Under a preliminary deal signed in to the West, which constitute a quarter of we look forward to such meetings in the ists, as of October 10. June, Germany was expected to join the Europe’s natural gas. future.” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41

began on October 1 when journalists October 2. The UNIAN news agency Romanian president visits Kyiv NEWSBRIEFS accused UNIAN’s new executive director, reported that Mr. Kuchma’s spokeswoman (Continued from page 2) Vasyl Yurychko, of censoring their work Olena Hromnytska told journalists on KYIV – Romanian President Ion Iliescu arrived on September 17 in Kyiv people representing the political interests and of refusing to run reports that could be October 3 that the two countries had construed as portraying President Leonid signed four accords, including one on for a three-day official visit, UNIAN of the authorities – in particular, those of reported. Among the top issues on the the administration of the president of Kuchma unfavorably, the Associated Press mutual legal assistance in criminal investi- reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) gations and another on extradition. agenda were the Ukrainian-Romanian bor- Ukraine – are interfering with journalistic der dispute over Serpents Island in the matters at the agency,” the statement read. President Kuchma reportedly said that Journalists move to create union Ukraine and India “have no divergent Black Sea, which, if unresolved, could The journalists warned that would go on potentially delay Romania’s accession to strike if “the situation does not change and KYIV – More than 100 journalists from opinions” on any international issues. (RFE/RL Newsline) NATO. Mr. Iliescu said at the Kyiv airport if the authorities continue to grossly inter- various Ukrainian media outlets met in that the signing of “a [Ukrainian- fere with UNIAN’s editorial policy.” Kyiv on October 5 and formed a working Kyiv demands tapes on alleged deal Romanian] agreement on the delimitation (RFE/RL Newsline) group for creating an independent journal- of sea areas is dependent on when com- ists’ trade union to combat official coer- KYIV – Procurator General Sviatoslav ...after incident with opposition leaders missions of experts conclude their work.” cion, an RFE/RL correspondent reported. “I Piskun on October 2 called on U.S. offi- He added that the border dispute is not an know that only the top people have come KYIV – The Associated Press reported cials to hand over audio recordings that issue that needs to be tackled by the presi- today because the disaffection in journal- that the UNIAN journalists’ statement Washington says indicate that Ukraine dents. President Leonid Kuchma said both ists’ circles with what’s happening is very appeared after a dispute between UNIAN’s might have sold Kolchuhas to Iraq with countries agreed to sign an agreement on large. Therefore, I believe that in this hall new executive director, Vasyl Yurychko, President Leonid Kuchma’s approval. their border regime by June 1, 2003, the we can have not just 100 people, but thou- and three Ukrainian opposition leaders “We are ready to invite any expert to UNIAN and Interfax news services report- sands of journalists who want to change over whether the opposition could hold a check [the Kolchuha allegations], but do ed. Both presidents signed a declaration to things for the better,” said television jour- news conference at the agency’s headquar- not treat us like fools – give us the origi- this effect. “Thus we have reached a con- nalist Andrii Shevchenko, who resigned his ters. In its regular news issue on the after- nal [tapes made by Mykola sensus on this sensitive issue and we job in September over what he said was noon of October 1, UNIAN carried a mes- Melnychenko]. They are offering us only should feel satisfied,” Mr. Kuchma added. official meddling and censorship. The sage saying that opposition lawmakers edited versions,” Reuters quoted Mr. Ukraine and Romania differ on how to meeting decided that, apart from tackling Yulia Tymoshenko, Oleksander Moroz and Piskun as saying. The top prosecutor said delimit the common border near Serpents the censorship issue through talks with the he is sure Ukraine has not sold arms to Island in the Black Sea and in the estuary Petro Symonenko “have begun brutally to government, the new organization will pro- pressure” the agency. Quoting UNIAN Iraq. Mr. Piskun also cast doubts on Mr. of the Danube. Mr. Kuchma also pledged vide legal and financial help to journalists Melnychenko’s assertion that he secretly to “move from a standstill” the controver- General Director Oleh Nalyvaiko, the who lose their jobs as a result of official agency said Petro Yakobchuk from “Yulia taped Mr. Kuchma using a tape recorder sial issue of the Ore-Enriching Combine pressure. The meeting demanded that the placed under a sofa in the presidential in Kryvyi Rih. The construction of the Tymoshenko’s press service” demanded Verkhovna Rada hold hearings on govern- earlier the same day, “in the form of an office. According to Mr. Piskun, only plant – which was inaugurated in 1985 ment censorship and that the procurator much more sensitive equipment could with the participation of Ukrainian, ultimatum,” that the agency provide its general begin criminal investigations into have been used to record conversations Romanian and Slovak investors – has premises at 1 p.m. for a news conference government attempts at censorship. across the “huge” presidential office. never been completed. Romanian enter- featuring Ms. Tymoshenko, Mr. Moroz and (RFE/RL Newsline) Mr. Symonenko. Mr. Nalyvaiko reportedly (RFE/RL Newsline) prises have recently been demanding the return of the funds Romania invested in refused, saying it was the first time he Did Russia sell Kolchuhas to Iraq? faced “such a brazen and gross [example Poles mark anniversary of Soviet invasion the construction. (RFE/RL Newsline) of] pressure on the independent media.” KYIV – A Ukrainian “leading govern- WARSAW – Representatives of the Turkmenistan, Ukraine agree on gas sale (RFE/RL Newsline) ment official” has told RFE/RL’s president, the government, the country’s Ukrainian Service on condition of UNIAN settles conflict over censorship Churches and veterans organizations ASHGABAT – During talks in anonymity that it was not Ukraine but marked the 63rd anniversary of the Ashgabat on October 1, Turkmenistan’s KYIV – UNIAN, Ukraine’s second- Russia that sold Kolchuha radar systems Soviet invasion with a solemn gathering President Saparmurat Niyazov and largest news agency, published a statement to Iraq, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service in Warsaw on September 17, the PAP Naftohaz Ukrainy Board Chairman Yurii on October 3 saying the agency’s leader- reported on September 27. He confirmed news agency reported. The ceremony Boiko reached agreement that in 2003 ship and journalists had reached a compro- that a conversation about selling took place at a monument to Poles who Ukraine will purchase 36 billion cubic mise over the recent conflict in which jour- Kolchuhas to Iraq actually took place in died as a result of the Soviet aggression. meters of Turkmen natural gas at a price nalists complained of being subjected to President Leonid Kuchma’s office, but Complying with the Ribbentrop-Molotov of $44 per thousand cubic meters, political censorship and pressure. “Both that later “the Russians stepped in and Pact of 1939, the Red Army moved into Interfax and turkmenistan.ru reported. sides declare that political censorship in sold their radar systems to Baghdad.” Poland on September 17, 1939. Some That price will be paid half in cash and UNIAN is inadmissible. We are unanimous (RFE/RL Newsline) 180,000 Polish soldiers and officers were half in goods. The two also discussed in the opinion that major changes in materi- Ukrainian president visits India taken prisoner by the Soviets; Soviet expediting construction of a bridge over als released by UNIAN may be made only leader Joseph Stalin ordered the NKVD the Amu-Darya River and other building by the journalists who wrote them,” the KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma to kill more than 20,000 Polish prisoners, projects in which Ukrainian specialists statement reads. The dispute at UNIAN began a four-day official visit to India on primarily officers. (RFE/RL Newsline) are engaged. (RFE/RL Newsline)

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UWC plans to erect Famine monument in Kyiv TORONTO – The Ukrainian World oring the memory of the victims. Congress (UWC) has decided to honor While the UWC is prepared to finance the memory of the victims of the Great the project, a request will be addressed Famine in Ukraine 1932-1933 by to the municipality of Kyiv requesting erecting in the name of the Ukrainian pro bono land allocation with specific diaspora a suitable monument in the sites suggested by the UWC. DID YOUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS city of Kyiv. The UWC expects to cover the cost Meeting in limited session on of this project from the diaspora com- TAKE A BIG BEATING Saturday, September 21, the UWC munities. Creative skills will come IN THE RECENT MARKET? Presidium outlined its program for the from the diaspora, with technical assis- 70th anniversary observances of the tance from indigenous Ukrainians ARE YOU TIRED OF WAITING FOR famine, suggesting most significantly craftsmen and laborers. Further details the need for a suitable monument in will be provided as they become avail- THE MARKET TO REBOUND? Kyiv from the Ukrainian diaspora hon- able, noted a UWC news release. WAIT NO LONGER... COME TO THE SAFE HARBOR UCCA board meets to discuss OF UNA ANNUITIES. plan of action for 2002-2004

by Tamara Gallo encourage further enrollment. Ukrainian Congress Committee of America It was noted that the establishment of the * UCCA’s newest bureau in Kyiv presents 1ST YEAR NEW YORK – After the summer vaca- the UCCA with a unique opportunity to ini- tion season, the UCCA Executive Board tiate various projects in Ukraine. Since its met on Saturday, September 14, at its New 6% inception in February, the UCCA bureau in York City headquarters. The meeting began Kyiv has conducted a civic education pro- UNA OFFERS: TRADITIONAL IRA, ROTH IRA, ANNUITY, with a moment of silence for John Teluk, a gram during the 2002 parliamentary elec- AND NON-QUALIFIED ANNUITY longtime UCCA activist and former UCCA tions in Ukraine, cooperated with the treasurer, who died on July 14. Prosvita Society to produce and distribute The first item on the agenda was the Ukrainian-language audiocassettes of For further information call the UNA upcoming 19th Congress of Ukrainians in Ukrainian fairytales and participated in var- America. The by-laws of the UCCA state ious NGO forums. The the Kyiv office also at 800-253-9862 ext. 3013 that the Congress of Ukrainians in America worked on providing logistical support for E-mail: [email protected] is to be held every four years in the same the annual conference in Washington titled year as U.S. presidential elections. “Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation or Following a brief discussion, the Executive Statehood – Roundtable III: Ukraine and call your local branch secretary Board agreed with UCCA President the EuroAtlantic Community.” Michael Sawkiw’s recommendation to hold The UCCA executive board discussed We guarantee 4% annually on our Qualified and Non-Qualified Five- the next congress in 2004 in the forming an Advisory Committee for the Philadelphia area and to charge the UCCA Year Annuity rate. UCCA Kyiv bureau, which would recom- *Subject to change after first year. Philadelphia branch with forming a con- mend projects and activities in Ukraine and vention planning committee. assist in their coordination. Future propos- A proposal was also offered to examine als include preparations for a civic educa- the status of the Ukrainian American com- tion program for the 2004 presidential elec- munity and its organizations prior to the tions; conferences on various topics, such next Congress of Ukrainians in America in as the 70th anniversary of the Ukrainian an effort to reunite the Ukrainian communi- Famine-Genocide; and assisting the ty under one centralized umbrella organiza- UCCA’s Council on Aid to Ukrainians in tion. their humanitarian/educational projects in A critical aspect of the Ukrainian com- Ukraine. munity is the education of its youth. The In preparation for the upcoming 69th UCCA Educational Council was formed in anniversary commemoration of the 1953 with the responsibility of coordinating Ukrainian Famine-Genocide in New York the activities of the Ukrainian school sys- City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, ext 141 tem in the United States, providing text- November 16, the UCCA president October 25 – 27, 2002 books and conducting teachers’ seminars. informed the executive board that Cardinal A concise, yet sobering, analysis of the cur- Lubomyr Husar primate of the Ukrainian Halloween weekend rent Saturday School system was presented Greek-Catholic Church, will be the main Friday evening Saints of Swing wIth Rene Baily by Dr. Eugene Fedorenko, chairman of the speaker at the observance. Furthermore, it inin Trembita Lounge 11 pm – 2 am Educational Council. $10.00 cover charge includes hors deouvers Dr. Fedorenko outlined the current status was proposed that following the ecumeni- $10.00 cover charge includes hors deouvers cal church service, a special joint session of of the Ukrainian Saturday School system in Standard Rooms - $ 80.00 includes tax & gratuities per night the UCCA’s executive and national boards the United States, which includes 32 Deluxe Rooms - $ 90.00 includes tax & gratuities per night be held with a press conference announcing schools throughout the country, close to Jacuzzi Suite - $ 100.00 includes tax & gratuities per night the community’s objective to erect a monu- 3,000 students, and nearly 400 teachers. Included is continental breakfast in Main House Lobby 8 10am The faculty of these schools is composed ment in Washington, dedicated to the vic- tims of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide. All meals extra cost. Purchase tickets at front desk. mainly of the newest immigrants from - Served in the Main House dining room Ukraine. Participants invited to the press conference would include: Cardinal Husar, religious Breakfast $6- per person 8:30-9:30 a.m.; Lunch $ 12-12:30 1:30 pm Many new schools have recently been Buffet Dinner $ 25.00 per person includes house beer, wine, and soda 7 - 8:30 pm established in cities throughout the country hierarchs, Ukrainian government represen- tatives, sponsors of the Ukrainian Famine Sunday Brunch 10am-1pm $ 15.00 per person with a high concentration of Ukraine’s Saturday let the kids do a craft or newest immigrants to the United States. To Memorial Bill in the Senate and House of Representatives, and leaders of Ukrainian carve a pumpkin, address the small percentage of the while you enjoy a frothy brew Ukrainian community’s youngest genera- organizations. Regarding events in Ukraine, the UCCA at the Trembita Lounge. tion that attend Ukrainian studies schools, Children’s costume parade at 5 pm Winnerinner announcedannounced afterafter dinnerdinner. the UCCA executive board unanimously president said that an official statement voted to pen an appeal to the Ukrainian would be released on Monday, September Veselka Hall will open at 9:30 pm; community to revitalize these schools and 16, the day of planned mass protests in Zabava cost $10.00 per person Ukraine. The UCCA is to be circulated in Ukraine, as well as among Ukrainian news- Come howl with Fata Morgana beginning at 10pm papers in the United States. [Editor’s note: Prizes awarded for best costumes! Correction As of press time, no statement was received In the August 18 issue of The by The Ukrainian Weekly.] Ukrainian Weekly, in an interview con- At the conclusion of the meeting the ducted by Roman Woronowycz with Dr. UCCA Executive Board expressed its sin- Larissa Kyj and Vira Prynko, Dr. Kyj cere thanks to New Jersey Gov. James inadvertently misspoke the name of a McGreevey for his sponsorship of a very generous benefactress of the United statewide Ukrainian Independence Day Ukrainian American Relief Committee program held at the governor’s mansion on Sylvia Blake (calling her Virginia Blake). August 24. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41

THE MEDIA IN UKRAINE THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY A note from the editors Court battle to determine

This week we thought we’d make use of this space to address some pressing busi- future of Ukrainian television ness at The Ukrainian Weekly and share the editorial staff’s thoughts with our readers. “Preview of Events”: For more than 20 years, The Ukrainian Weekly has been by Marta Dyczok by American businessman Ronald running a very popular feature called “Preview of Events.” That section has evolved RFE/RL Media Matters Lauder, has shares in TV and radio sta- from a free listing of events that ran inside the newspaper in 1980-1982, to a regular, tions throughout Eastern Europe. Ukraine’s most popular independent Foreign ownership of media is contro- well-organized feature on our last page, where it is more accessible and attractive to TV station is fighting to stay on the air. our readers. versial in Ukraine, since legislation lim- 1+1 Television, which features a mix of its foreign capital in any media outlet to Since 1999 we have been charging a fee of $10 for each item published in entertainment and serious public affairs “Preview” to help us recoup some of the many expenses involved in putting out this 30 percent. This law was passed in the programming, is the country’s only pri- early 1990s when Ukraine was disengag- unique newspaper. The $10 fee, we felt at the time, was low enough for anyone to vate national Ukrainian-language TV sta- afford placing a “Preview” item, yet it would still do a little to help us pay our bills. ing from the centralized Soviet informa- tion. In September 1+1 TV asked the tion infrastructure and struggling to gain Now, three years later, we have witnessed a most ironic phenomenon: “Preview” is Supreme Economic Court to attempt to so popular and is so widely read that it has hurt our bottom line. control of the airwaves on its territory. reverse a lower court ruling. Kyiv’s Russia inherited the USSR-wide TV What’s that? A typo? No, it’s a fact. Read on. Economic Appeals Court had ruled on The $10-per-item fee for “Preview of Events” has basically made it possible for Channel 1 and continued to broadcast July 16 that another TV company, AITI, throughout the former Soviet Union until anyone to advertise an event for a minimal fee without taking out a larger ad that is legally entitled to Studio 1+1’s broad- would, of course, be more costly for advertisers (but certainly more advantageous for the new countries established ownership cast license, even though AITI lost its and control of that channel on their terri- The Weekly in terms of income). Time and time again we have observed that those license a few years ago because it could who submit “Preview” items to The Weekly, allowing us to earn $10, then turn around tories. not produce enough programming to fill However, by the late 1990s most and place advertisements that are five to 10 times more expensive in other publica- its airtime. tions, which do not have a “Preview”-type listing of community events. major new TV companies in Ukraine had This promises to be a lengthy legal managed to circumvent the legislation by It’s really very simple math. An organization decides to shell out $100 for an ad in, battle with important implications for say, Svoboda (our sister publication), and then get by with the $10 listing in “Preview” registering shares to local partners. For licensing procedures and foreign media example, STB was privatized in 1996, – which it seems everyone reads. Why spend another $100 when $10 will do? For ownership in Ukraine. Unlike similar proof, readers can peruse recent issues of Svoboda and The Weekly, and compare and soon afterwards 70 percent of the struggles four years ago that took place station’s investment reportedly came Svoboda ads with Weekly “Preview” listings and ads. Take a look at how many events behind closed doors, at least the Studio listed in our “Preview” column appear as much more lucrative paid advertisements in from Russian sources. The highly 1+1 battle is taking place before the respected New Channel (Novyi Kanal) is Svoboda. (Incidentally, our prices for advertisements are identical.) courts and is being discussed in the It seems our good intentions have actually been less than helpful to our own bot- reported to be owned by Russian banks. media. Some reports claim that CME owns over tom line. The current fight for 1+1 TV’s license All of the above has caused the editorial staff and administration of this newspaper 30 percent of 1+1, while on August 26, is part of a controversial relicensing of ukraine.ru reported that CME controls 30 to reassess the fee for “Preview of Events.” There were many ideas, ranging from Ukraine’s broadcast sector. The govern- doing away with “Preview,” or listing only events that were promoted via regular paid percent of the shares, with the remaining ment regulatory agency, the National 70 percent owned by 1+1 General advertisements, to tripling the fee. After much discussion and soul-searching, after Council on Television and Radio considering both our own financial well-being as well as the fact that many of our Director Oleksander Rodniansky. In a Broadcasting, has been accused of surprising move in April Mr. Rodniansky “Preview” clients are community groups that cannot afford to purchase large ads, we numerous irregularities. Parliament have come to a decision to increase the price of listings in “Preview of Events.” assumed the position of general producer passed a no-confidence vote on the out- with the Russian television station STS, As of November 1, the charge for a listing in “Preview of Events” will be raised to going council’s activities on July 4, $20. That at least brings the price of publicizing an event in “Preview” closer to the although he claims this new responsibili- reported the daily Ukrainska Pravda on ty will not effect his commitment to 1+1. $45 cost of a small, yet visually effective, paid advertisement that takes up 1/12 of a July 19. Many TV and radio stations’ page (the base price for an ad is $10 per column-inch, that is, for an ad that is one-col- How television stations obtain broad- licenses expired as of 2000, and the cast licenses is another controversial umn wide and one-inch high). And, our new $20 price should still be inexpensive council has revoked a number of licenses enough for everyone to afford, especially since most events listed in “Preview” charge issue in Ukraine. From the outset, 1+1 under dubious circumstances. One such TV has faced allegations of bribery and admission or otherwise bring in money for the sponsoring group. (All other “Preview” still-contested case is Radio Kontinent, guidelines remain the same.) unethical political maneuvers. The con- which lost its license in 2001. The station troversy dates back to 1997 when We trust, Dear Readers, that you appreciate our dilemma and understand our deci- aired some foreign broadcasts, including sion. We hope that you will continue to utilize The Ukrainian Weekly’s “Preview of Perekhid Media, a Ukrainian-American BBC and Deutsche Welle. More recently, joint-venture TV company – which was a Events” feature. (And that you’ll place paid ads also.) on June 20, the National Council ordered Subscription drive: As The Weekly celebrates the 69th anniversary of its founding competitor for the Channel 2 license – Kyiv’s center to cut off the broadcast sig- accused 1+1 and CME of using illegal on October 6, 1933, during October-November we will be conducting a special sub- nal of Kyiv’s oldest independent-minded scription drive. All readers who enroll new subscribers will have their names pub- methods to obtain the broadcast license. local TV station, UTAR, which had just After failing to get recourse in Ukrainian lished on a special thank-you list of Weekly Boosters. We thank you in advance as we won a court case to keep its license, look forward to your support. (We ask readers to please mark any new subscriptions courts, in April 1997 Perekhid Media according to the European Media filed a complaint with the Supreme Court sent in with the notation “Weekly Booster.”) Institute. Just think what we could do together to increase The Weekly’s subscription base if of New York County citing tortious inter- The court ruling against 1+1 TV is ference by Lauder and CME, according each subscriber succeeded in attracting just one additional subscriber! particularly puzzling since it is a very Thanks for listening! to the CME 1997 Quarterly Report. successful private TV company. Since On June 12, 2001, The New York 1997 it has been broadcasting on Times reported that Mr. Lauder and CME Ukraine’s Channel 2 (one of only four were under investigation in the U.S. for Oct. national TV channels). 1+1’s popularity alleged violation of the Foreign Corrupt has grown steadily, because it provides Practices Act for allegedly paying at least Turning the pages back... Hollywood films, soap operas, sporting $1 million in bribes to Ukrainian officials events, as well as objective and interest- to obtain the Channel 2 license. 14 ing news programs, commentary and Vadym Rabinovych is a mysterious information-talk shows. Up until the figure in the 1+1 vs. AITI saga. He was As the Ukrainian American community prepares to solemnly March parliamentary election campaign, 1984 one of the first partners of 1+1 and is mark the 69th anniversary of the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine, it 1+1 news and information programs widely believed to have eased the way is worthwhile to recall the testimony delivered 18 years ago were rated first or second in terms of for the station to obtain its license in before the Subcommittee on International Operations of the quality and scope. 1996. After being declared persona non House of Representatives regarding a bill to establish the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine 1+1 is one TV station that has major grata in Ukraine, Mr. Rabinovych emi- Famine. Following are excerpts of testimony, published in The Ukrainian Weekly on foreign non-Russian capital. Although grated to Israel. He returned to Ukraine – October 14, 1984. media ownership is difficult to docu- as owner of 1+1’s rival, the AITI TV • Sen. Dennis DeConcini, co-chair, Democratic Party’s Council on Ethnic Americans: ment, it is well-known that Russian com- company. In fact, the two television sta- ... little is known in the United States or the rest of the world about the details of the panies now have effective control of tions have been clashing in the courts for 1932-33 Ukrainian famine. I believe that this ignorance is dangerous and needs to be most private TV stations in Ukraine, several years over whether 1+1 obtained remedied. Present and future generations need to know the events that caused an estimat- including, New Channel, Inter and STB. its license to broadcast on Channel 2 in a ed 7 million people to die. With the knowledge, we could help prevent such a tragedy Since Central European Media legal fashion. AITI first filed suit against from ever occurring again. Ukrainian American citizens feel that their heritage is being Enterprises Ltd (CME) owns a signifi- 1+1 in 2000, but in April 2001 Ukraine’s obliterated due to Soviet suppression of the facts and lack of Western interest. We need to cant portion of 1+1, it is an exception to Supreme Arbitration Court dismissed the give recognition to this holocaust and those who suffered from it. The best way to do this this trend. This parent company, set up is to set up a commission for the purpose of documenting the causes and consequences of case. AITI then took the case to a lower the man-made famine. ... court, the Arbitration Court of Kyiv, Dr. Marta Dyczok is associate profes- • Rep. Marcy Kaptur, co-chair, Democratic Party’s Council on Ethnic Americans: ... An which ruled against 1+1 in February of sor of political science and history at the estimated 7 million Ukrainians and other ethnic groups living in the Ukraine (including this year, during the parliamentary elec- University of Western Ontario in Canada my own Polish great-grandmother who died trying to save orphan children) starved to tion campaign. and a fellow at the Center for Russian death between 1932 and 1933 when the Soviet Union seized grain to suppress a nationally Respected Ukrainian journalist Yulia and East European Studies, University of (Continued on page 20) Toronto. (Continued on page 17) No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR NEWS AND VIEWS

ly in Kyiv and Washington. We, in our The political/civic youth, also were arrested in front of the White House and inside the United A visitUkrainian with World Australia’s Congress Ukrainian community Nations for demonstrating on behalf of Ukrainian and Australian politics. climate in Ukraine the noble cause of Ukraine’s independ- Firstly, due to the mortality of the older Dear Editor: It would not be just to write about generation and an unequal replacement by ence. Australia and its Ukrainian community its progeny, there is a striking need for a The political and civic climates in We should be careful that, in making without first mentioning its extraordinary supplemental immigration. While recent Ukraine are disconcerting to all known our political views about any pres- and unique natural beauty. Further, it must arrivals have numbered some 6,000, few Ukrainians, scattered across the globe. ident or administration of Ukraine, we do be stressed that the Australians themselves have become a part of the community. We in the diaspora sympathize with our not impede Ukraine’s accession to Euro- are very hospitable people, with a verve for Australian immigration laws, while allow- brethren in Ukraine who are enduring an Atlantic structures such as the European life and a robust sense of humor. With its ing for some 117,000 in total within the last underdeveloped economy, the absence of Union and NATO. In addition, was it nec- size, yet relatively small population, year, are quite circumspect of an Asian universal democracy and overall transi- essary for the opposition leaders to seek Australia is almost a perfect land with an invasion and thus not particularly con- tory hardships. While we should not help from both the United States and abundance of everything, yet seemingly ducive towards East European proclivities. attempt to intrude onto the political land- Russia, as if both were equal confidants of isolated from the rest of the civilized world. Taking this factor into account, Ukrainians scape of Ukraine, most in the diaspora Ukraine? Then, insult was added to injury Environmental and immigration matters are need to utilize existing parameters to per- do believe that the current administration when Petro Symonenko, Oleksander treated very seriously, deliberately to mit as much Ukrainian immigration as pos- of President Leonid Kuchma leaves Moroz, Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor ensure this paradise-like atmosphere. sible. much to be desired in terms of personal Yushchenko wrote a joint letter to Russian Although the first Ukrainian settlement Secondly, Australia has manifested a and civic integrity, and the lack of a President Putin, requesting an audience in in Australia is 100 years old, the bulk of the backwardness towards Eastern Europe. In national-centric policy. order to discuss Ukraine’s problems. Have Ukrainian community is a result of post- In numerous previous statements, the World War II immigration. The community fact, Australia has not opened any new the demonstrators and their leaders forgot- diplomatic missions in the countries that Ukrainian Congress Committee of ten that the United States has sought to numbers some 30,000 members and boasts America, among other Ukrainian of churches, schools, community centers, once were the USSR. Ukraine suffers in help Ukraine, while Russia is the single this regard since to date there is no diplo- American community organizations, has greatest source of grief, famine and blood- financial institutions, periodicals, etc. Both urged President Kuchma and the govern- Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox Churches matic mission of Australia in Ukraine. shed in Ukraine’s history? There is some interest in trade relations, ment of Ukraine to abide by universally While we cannot predict the outcome are represented. Essentially, Australia is a held principles of democracy, and law coastline continent/country and the however, essentially on an individual basis. of these mass demonstrations, the nega- The government has no agenda for major and order – not merely in terms of tive image of destruction is evident in Ukrainian presence can be seen in every Ukraine’s written laws and statements, major location. trade with Eastern Europe or Ukraine. them. It would be far better for Ukraine Both issues were addressed at length in but in the spirit of their intended imple- if its people, working through the sys- On August 16-28 UWC President Askold Lozynskyj visited Sydney, the course of the UWC president’s visit mentation. To be sure, if the Ukrainian tem, presented a positive impression of Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and both with Ukrainian community leaders people see that their national leadership their society and displayed respect for Canberra. Unfortunately, time limitations and Australian government representatives is behaving with integrity and with the democracy, rule of law, fair play, enter- did not permit a visit to Tasmania. on the federal and state levels. High-level people’s interests in mind, they, too, will prise and initiative. Such a Ukraine respect even the most basic laws and reg- The community, despite normal reli- meetings were held, however, the results would be able to survive any temporary gious and political polarization and divi- remain unclear. The thrust of the argument ulations. It is incumbent the diaspora to political deviation, regardless of the continue to urge the Kuchma administra- sion, is united through the Australian was that Australian states (regions) seek degree of corruption, as other basically tion and all subsequent ones in Ukraine Federation of Ukrainian Organizations trade relations with Ukraine and, thus, all benevolent countries have, and would be to uphold the principles of democracy (AFUO), headed by Stefan Romaniw. Mr. of Australia would benefit economically accepted by the international community and rule of law in letter and spirit. Romaniw and most of the leadership are from such. as an equal, though momentarily belea- On the other hand, the images of the relatively young, energetic with a keen Additionally, the Ukrainian communi- guered, country. demonstrations against President understanding of Ukrainian internal matters ty’s exemplary record of hard work and and sophisticated in Australian politics. The loyalty was offered as a major argument for Kuchma are disturbing. Photographs of a Ihor Dlaboha country features two Ukrainian bilingual Australia’s inclusion of Ukraine and new rainbow coalition of disparate segments Fort Lee, N.J. of the civil spectrum of Ukraine, from the newspapers. Ukraine’s representation is a Ukrainian immigrants. ultra right to the ultra left, are not under- Consulate General in Sydney headed by In conclusion, the Ukrainian Australian stood by the Ukrainian diaspora, which Vasyl Korzachenko, a Kyiv native with a community, albeit small, is a model for oth- decades ago determined that communism conciliatory agenda and an appropriate ers in terms of cohesiveness and political and Communists are not now nor ever Let’s open our eyes demeanor. sophistication. It may be distant, but it shall be friends of Ukraine. It remains Two issues seem to be paramount in resembles the sublime UWC paragon. difficult for us to accept the reality that regarding Soyuzivka those who hold the blue-and-yellow Dear Editor: national flag and red-and-black flag of the Organization of Ukrainian I admire the blind dedication of the Nationalists can stand shoulder to shoul- Chelaks to Soyuzivka (letter to the editor, Celebrate Ukraine’s historic achievement: der in a common cause with bearers of September 29). I share with them love for the resort and look forward to “Mnohaya the Communist red flag, emblazoned Lita” for Soyuzivka for perpetuity. I look the rebirth of its independence with the hammer and sickle, and portraits forward to weddings for all four of my chil- of Lenin and Stalin. I wonder if they dren at Soyuzivka. think that the cause they espouse is The accusations and retorts of the greater than the crimes committed by Chelaks were mean-spirited and personal. I communism against the Ukrainian nation. suggest they reread my article in a cooler Furthermore, the political demonstra- and eyes-wide-open mode. To put our tions in Ukraine aimed at toppling the heads into the sand and state that all is well duly-elected president of Ukraine are at Soyuzivka is not only shortsighted but akin to mob politics, which does not foolish. My comments were factual and bode well for Ukraine’s or any other verifiable. My intent was not to level a bar- country’s image in the world. The dias- rage of criticism. pora should be concerned that attempts Let’s save Soyuzivka. 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by Viktor Stepanenko RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report The absence of freedom of expression is a painful problem in post-Communist Ukraine. In recent years, Ukraine’s execu- tive authorities have been regularly men- tioned among the top regimes “honored” with the title of “enemy of the press.” The ongoing political crisis, the activities of the anti-presidential opposition and the new turn in the “Kuchmagate” scandal associated with Ukraine’s alleged sale of radar systems to Iraq have exacerbated the problem of freedom of expression in the country. The series of events that triggered the “information crisis” and generated a new wave of public debates on freedom of expression in Ukraine can be reconstructed as follows. At the beginning of September, the chair- man of the parliamentary Committee for the Freedom of Expression and Information, Mykola Tomenko, publicized secret instruc- tions by the presidential administration regarding the news coverage on the main national television channels controlled by pro-presidential business clans. The secret media regulations appear to LVIV – Several thousand demonstrators expressed their opposition to President Leonid Kuchma in Lviv on September 16 during be a regular practice – known to many one of the biggest gatherings here since Ukraine’s proclamation of independence. The Lviv protests were part of the nationwide Ukrainian journalists as the “temnyk,” jar- campaign called “Arise, Ukraine.” Although many students were advised by their professors not to participate in the demonstra- gon that refers to the authorities’ secret tions, many of them marched along with other Lviv residents, including such longtime leaders of the Ukrainian human rights direction of journalists as regarding the struggle as former Soviet political prisoner Levko Lukianenko. (More photos from this series will appear in the next issue of presentation of news topics. In his open let- Katchka, Le Canard Ukrainien, a French-language monthly published in Paris. For information e-mail [email protected].) ter to the country’s leadership, Mr. – Text and photos by Kyrylo Horiszny of Katchka. Tomenko directly connected the activation of the “temnyk policy” with the appoint- ment in June of Viktor Medvedchuk as the head of the presidential staff. On September 23, on the eve of a major anti-presidential rally in Kyiv, opposition leaders occupied the UT-1 television head- quarters in a futile attempt to present their position to Ukrainian viewers. Official media outlets subsequently portrayed this desperate effort by the opposition to gain an opportunity to speak freely as “political extremism” and a “criminal action by polit- ical outsiders.” On October 1 journalists of the inde- pendent news agency UNIAN accused its new executive director, Vasyl Yurychko, of censoring their work and refusing to run any reports that could be construed as unfavorably portraying President Leonid Kuchma. The conflict was settled when Mr. Yurychko and the disobedient journal- ists signed a declaration in which the supervisor promised not to interfere with their work. On October 3 the journalists’ growing resistance to the official media policy resulted in a “Manifesto of Ukrainian Journalists Against Political Censorship” [see text on page 3]. The manifesto, which is open for signing by any journalist in Ukraine, was prepared by some 60 repre- sentatives of various media outlets. The signatories of the manifesto say they “welcome the tendency whereby, under cir- cumstances of the growing political censor- ship in Ukraine, journalists are switching from individual protests to collective actions of solidarity.” The manifesto declares the readiness of Ukrainian journal- ists to organize a countrywide strike and to stand for the rights of colleagues who were fired from their jobs for political reasons. The significance of this document can hardly be overestimated. For the first time (Continued on page 20)

Dr. Viktor Stepanenko is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Visit our archiveHE on theKRAINIAN Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/EEKLY Sociology, National Academy of Sciences T U W of Ukraine, and director of the Center for Public Policy Development. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41 “Together and Apart” – Poles, Jews and Ukrainians in Berezhany: a review of Shimon Redlich’s new book

“Together and Apart in Brzezhany: Poles, Jews, and Ukrainians, 1919-1945,” by Shimon “Kresy” and crammed with memoirs, to their ancestors’ shtetl became a staple Redlich. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002, xi, 191 pp. (Price: $29.95) guidebooks and photo albums. of Sunday supplements, books and tele- The nostalgia seeped across Poland’s vision documentaries. Freelance by Marco Carynnyk western border. Germans had been settling researchers let it be known that they in Galicia since the 14th century. Then would accept a few dollars for finding Galicia, the land in the basin of the came 150 years of Hapsburg rule. Every family records in the archives of Eastern Dnister River between the foothills of the educated person spoke German. All Europe. Carpathians and the great plateau of Galicians were Germanophiles. Today But nobody talked about how Podillia. parts of the city still look more German Ukrainians, Jews and Poles once lived For Poles it was Malopolska Wschodnia, than Slavic. After the war the task for side by side in every city and town of Eastern Little Poland, or the “kresy,” the Germans was to deal with the perpetra- Galicia. Nobody, that is, until an Israeli borderlands. It had been part of the Polish tors among them. By the late 1980s scholar wrote a book about the Polish- realm since 1386. Polish poets wrote odes young German scholars concluded that Jewish-Ukrainian town of his childhood. to the kresy. This land was not – never they could turn their attention to the East. *** would be – anything other than Polish. The studies of the Holocaust in Galicia Shimon Redlich was born in Berezhany, For Ukrainians it was Halychyna, but that they wrote are more thorough than 80 kilometers southeast of Lviv, in 1935. not Ostgalizien, Eastern Galicia, not a part those in any other language. His father and grandparents were killed of Poland. They had lived here for a thou- The Ukrainians who fled to the West there during the German occupation. sand years; they had always constituted the in 1944 did not forget their homeland. Shimon and his mother survived because majority of the population; their prince had They published hundreds of memoirs and they were first assisted by a Pole and then founded the town of Halych for which the dozens of regional studies, one on almost hidden by a Ukrainian woman. They left for land was named. Its destiny was to be unit- every city and town in Galicia. None of Poland in 1945 and five years later emi- ed with the “greater Ukraine” across the these books found much room for the grated to Israel. Dr. Redlich did graduate border. Jews and Poles who had also lived there. Jews had lived in Galicia for half a mil- work in the United States (his disserta- For all their differences with the émi- tion at Columbia University was on Jews lennium; they had a religion and a language grés, Soviet Ukrainian historians collud- – in fact, two languages – of their own, but under Soviet rule during the war) and ed in the silence and busied themselves now holds the Solly Yellin Chair in their relation to the land was more ambigu- Zionists said that they were a nation, a peo- churning out treatises on the benefits that Lithuanian and East European Jewry at ous, the choices more difficult. Bundists ple, and could fulfill their destiny only in the “golden September” of 1939 had Ben-Gurion University. He has produced argued that Jews should develop their com- Eretz Israel. brought: the number of schools and hos- articles on Jewish-Ukrainian relations munity where they were. Assimilationists The second world war swept away these pitals that had been established, the tons and Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and urged them to become Austrians or Poles. conundrums of identity. Galicia became of beets that collective farms were pro- books on the Jewish Anti-Fascist what the Poles had feared – western ducing. Committee in the USSR. Marco Carynnyk is a Toronto writer Ukraine – a part of Soviet Ukraine and thus Then in 1991 Ukraine became inde- To write “Together and Apart in and editor. His most recent publication of the indivisible Soviet Union. Population pendent. Historians started documenting Brzezany,” Dr. Redlich drew on his own (with Karel C. Berkhoff) is “The transfers – Poles to the west, Ukrainians to the war that the NKVD had waged memories, interviews that he conducted Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists the east – established an almost total ethnic against civilians for 10 years after victory in Israel, Poland, the United States and and Its Attitude toward Germans and purity. The few Jews who survived the war over fascism was proclaimed. They even Ukraine, and an impressive list of testi- Jews: Iaroslav Stetsko’s 1941 followed the Poles to the new Poland and made timid efforts to study the monies and depositions, books, articles, Zhyttiepys.” With support from the then went on to Israel and the Americas. Holocaust. archival documents and records of post- Canada Council and the Memorial After the war, out of loyalty to its Soviet On this continent, Irving Howe’s 1976 war German trials. The story that he tells Foundation for Jewish Culture in New protector, the Polish regime forbade its citi- book “World of Our Fathers” made is fascinating, and the quotations from York, he has been working on a book zens to express nostalgia for the kresy. Then genealogy and the old country fashion- the testimonies and interviews that he titled “Furious Angels: Ukrainian, Jews Polish communism collapsed. Today every able. Stories of how young American and Poles in the Summer of 1941.” bookstore in Warsaw has shelves labeled Jews set off to learn what had happened (Continued on page 22) No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 11

Plast founder Dr. Oleksander Tysovsky reburied at Lviv’s Lychakiv Cemetery by Deanna Yurchuk from the Plast group of Melbourne, Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Australia. “But it’s the silence that struck me as we slowed to a measured, funereal LVIV – On August 24 members of walk up the winding path through the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization heart of the Lychakiv Cemetery.” weren’t only commemorating the 11th “For me the event was extremely mov- anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, ing,” said Marta Kuzmowycz of Rhode but also the reburial of their organization’s Island. “In 1970 my husband and I were founder, Dr. Oleksander Tysovsky from present in Vienna at the blessing of Vienna to Lviv’s Lychakiv Cemetery. Drot’s gravestone. We were in yunatsvo This momentous event was the culmi- [scouts age 11-17] then, the same age nation of the two-week scouting jam- that our son is now, and we were thrilled boree celebrating Plast’s 90th year. that he had a chance to be at his reburial Approximately 1,500 Plast members from 10 different countries marched with us and thousands of other plastuny.” along the streets of Lviv to the cemetery In his homily the Rev. Hlib Lonchyna to honor their founder’s return to his honored Drot by stating: “He dedicated homeland. his life to educating youth and helping Dr. Tysovsky, also known by his Plast others. He founded this scouting organi- pseudonym “Drot,” founded Plast in zation, Plast, so that Ukrainian youth 1911. In 1944 he immigrated to Austria, could grow up in a healthy environment where he died in 1968. Reburied along- and become good citizens ... he left for side him were his wife, Iryna, and his us a simple motto, ‘Not me, not you, but son, Yurii. Also reburied on that day was us,’ reflecting the essence of benevo- Mykhailo Haluschynsky, a member of lence and brotherhood. The best way that Plast and the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. we can honor Dr. Tysovsky and Mr. As Plast members, clad in their scout- Haluschynsky is to continue the ideas for ing uniforms, solemnly filed onto the site which they lived with our own lives.” of the burial, the words to the Plast vow Also addressing the throng of Plast resounded throughout the cemetery. It members that day was the head of the was history in the making, and even the World Plast Command, Slava Rubel of youngest members stood in awe and New York City, who said, “[Drot] leaves complete silence as the moleben and for us his set of requirements: to under- panakhyda were celebrated. stand the 14 tenets of Plast and to live “Silence is one thing you would prob- according to them.” She added, “This ably not expect of 1,500 plastuny who – resting place for Drot will be for us a having come to the end of two weeks of kind of mecca, where we will get togeth- camping together in the rain of the er, contemplate and gather strength.” Carpathian Mountains, under the unbear- Mr. Kohut observed, “At Lychakiv ably clear blue skies of Svirzh – are piled Cemetery on that last day of the jam- onto buses, deposited in Lviv and boree, with the sadness of parting upon marched in full regalia through its beauti- us, we heard the rustling leaves and felt The flag of a Plast unit named in honor of the youth organizations founder, pays ful cobbled streets,” said Symon Kohut, that Drot’s spirit had been roused.” tribute during reburial ceremonies in Lviv.

The marker on the new grave of Dr. Oleksander International Plast Jamboree participants in prayer during the services at Lychakiv Cemetery. Tysovsky (1886-1968).

RequiemNEW YORK – serviceOn Saturday, Churchat St. in the Patrick’sU.S. Responses to the Cathedralas well as the consul general to of recall Ukraine sponsors Great of the legislative Famine bill, hierarchs of November 16, the Ukrainian community requiem will be sung by the Dumka Choir in New York, Serhiy Pohoreltzev. The Ukrainian Churches, representatives from will gather at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in of New York. main speaker of the event will be the Ukrainian government, leaders of midtown Manhattan for an ecumenical Following the religious service, Cardinal Husar. Ukrainian American organizations, as well requiem service marking the 69th anniver- Ukrainian and U.S. government officials The hourlong program at St. Patrick’s as the entire Ukrainian community are sary of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide. will address the assembly. Invited partici- Cathedral will be followed by a press con- invited to participate in the press confer- The celebrants of the religious ceremo- pants include members of Congress; ference and a formal meeting of the ence. ny will include Cardinal Lubomyr Husar Gov. George Pataki of New York; Mayor UCCA’s executive and national boards. Congressional legislation (HR 5289) of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Michael Bloomberg of New York; The press conference will officially calls for the building of a monument- accompanied by Bishop Basil Losten of Ukraine’s ambassador to the United announce the efforts of the Ukrainian com- memorial to the victims of the Ukrainian the Stamford Eparchy, as well as States, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko; the munity to erect and dedicate a monument Famine-Genocide by the year 2008 in Metropolitan Constantine and Archbishop permanent representative of Ukraine to to the victims of the Ukrainian Famine- commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Anthony of the Ukrainian Orthodox the United Nations, Valeriy Kuchinsky; Genocide in Washington. Congressional the Great Famine. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41 No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 13 The extraordinary success story of sculptor Leo Mol the Berlin Academy. ignite the mind and dispel the shadows of ignorance. The The war years were not too difficult for Mr. relief is located beside the base of the statue which was Molodozhanyn in Berlin. In early 1942 he met his future unveiled in 1964. wife, Margareth, and they were married in September Mr. Mol was very fortunate to win a second internation- 1943. In the spring of 1945, as Soviet troops were trying to al competition for a Shevchenko monument – this time for occupy Berlin, Mr. Molodozhanyn and his wife escaped statues to be erected in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1971), from the city and headed west. They traveled by train to and in Prudentopolis, Brazil (1989). Mr. Mol’s latest mon- Amsterdam, and then were moved to a refugee camp in a ument to Shevchenko was erected in St. Petersburg, monastery in Eindhoven. Russia, in 2000. Luckily, Mr. Molodozhanyn soon discovered a small More of Mr. Mol’s monuments appeared: a monument ceramic factory in the village of Schijndel and obtained of Tom Lamb, a pioneer aviator (The Pas, Manitoba, work as a supervisor and producer of molds for figurines. bronze 1991), “The Pioneer Family” (Ukrainian Heritage Under his direction, the factory doubled its production and Village, near Edmonton, 1980), a monument to St. soon Mr. Molodozhanyn became self-supporting. His pot- Volodymyr (Winnipeg, 1984; Saskatoon,1988, Toronto, tery business flourished and his involvement with fine art 1989; London 1988; the Vatican 1988), a monument to the increased dramatically; he began to attend The Hague writer Ivan Bahrianyi (at the cemetery in Neu Ulm, Academy two days a week. Germany, 1966). The couple’s four-year stay in Holland was happy and Mr. Mol was awarded first prize in a national competi- pleasan. However, the Berlin Blockade of 1948 scared tion for the monument to John Diefenbaker (Parliament them, and they feared they could be trapped again by war. Hill, Ottawa, 1986) and a monument to Max Bell, “Prairie They decided to move to Canada. However, before leaving Schoolboy” (Winnipeg, 1990). Holland Mr. Molodozhanyn decided to change his Mr. Mol has executed many portrait-busts of noted Ukrainian surname, Molodozhanyn, which had too many world figures, such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, former pres- syllables, to his pen name, Leo Mol. ident of the United States; Winston Churchill, former In the meantime, his friends in western Canada urged prime minister of Great Britain; Popes John XXIII, Paul him to settle there. They stressed that the Canadian popula- VI and John Paul II; Cardinals Josyf Slipyi, Tisserant (in tion included many Ukrainians and that his wife spoke flu- the Vatican), Metropolitans Ilarion, Maxim Hermaniuk and ent English. He applied to the Canadian Embassy at The Andrey Sheptytsky in Philadelphia; and also a larger than Hague for a visa. When, after a health examination, he was life-sized figure of the pontiff in Altöetting, Bavaria. questioned about his profession and he answered that he In addition to his sculpture, he designed and executed was a sculptor, the Canadian immigration officer pointed more than 90 stained-glass windows, including 30 for the out that Canada needed farmers not artists. But Mr. Mol St. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in succeeded in persuading the reluctant officer and applied Winnipeg. Some of these windows are masterpieces with for the visas. delightful Ukrainian accents; they depict the Ukrainian cel- Traveling to Canada, the Mols stopped in London ebration of Christianity in a warm and wonderful manner. where Mr. Mol spent time visiting museums and galleries. In his monograph “Leo Mol,” Mr. Duval writes, “I know Finally they sailed from Southampton to Halifax in Canada of no set of Canadian church windows that so eloquently and from there by train to Saskatchewan. On New Year’s celebrate a congregation, its members’ inheritance and its Eve of 1949, they reached their friends’ farm at Hudson Leo Mol’s depiction of Taras Shevchenko was unveiled (Continued on page 23) in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Presidents Vladimir Bay Junction near Prince Albert. Their trip was very Putin and Leonid Kuchma on December 22, 2000. unpleasant. They experienced high snow banks and very cold days. Since their sponsors were grain farmers, there by Wolodymyr T. Zyla was nothing to do there in winter. Bored and restless, Mr. Mol decided to explore the nearest big city, Winnipeg. Sculpture as an art form became more notable in the Soon his wife joined him there. In Winnipeg they found a second half of the 20th century because its rapid and suc- pleasant place to live, and, as their financial resources cessful development made it profoundly more artistic than increased, they bought their own house in 1954. In only a few decades earlier. In Canada, the art of sculpture Winnipeg, Mr. Mol worked very hard and for very low pay has never enjoyed such popularity as painting. Lacking decorating churches. At St. Edward’s Roman Catholic bright colors, which are an immediate attraction, sculpture Church he produced beautiful religious compositions probably requires the viewer’s more exact attention than including the Virgin Mary, Christ, St. Edward, God the painting. Father and angels – all twice life-size. Soon he received a “Against this negative background,” writes Canadian series of church commissions in St. Anne and Brandon. historian of art Paul Duval, “the career of Mr. Mol has The Brandon church was a major undertaking, as it includ- been an extraordinary success story. By the combination of ed the total decoration of its interior. great talent and determination, he has built a career that has Mr. Mol’s first Canadian works were pottery, but, since reached across Canada and to many parts of the world ... It the market was flooded, he decided to devote himself to is perhaps idle to conjecture to what further heights Mr. figurines with Canadian themes. Armed with samples of Mol Mol might have risen if he had moved to a major his figurines, the artist approached local retail outlets and world center.” soon became associated with fine ceramics in the But Winnipeg suited the artist’s temperament and his Winnipeg area. Today those figurines remain among the artistic ability. Because of his love for the city that adopted finest ceramic figurines in the country. him and his close Ukrainian friends he choose to remain Most of Mr. Mol’s modeled originals of the 1950s were there. produced in terra cotta and baked in a kiln. Under the artis- Leonid Molodozhanyn (Leo Mol) was born January 15, tic impact of Arno Breker, a famous German sculptor, Mr. 1915, in the village of Polonne. His birthplace was rich in Mol modeled 100 portrait subjects. Interestingly enough, good clay and its inhabitants were literally a community of each of his portraits was truly individual with strong physi- potters. Mr. Molodozhanyn’s father, Hryhorii, came from a cal characteristics. His portrait of Alan Eastman received long line of potters. His father and mother, Olha, labored high praise from Paul Duval as “a very pensive study sug- hard to make life as comfortable as they could for their gesting withdrawal and reflection.” children and themselves. Other portraits include the painters of the Canadian When Mr. Molodozhanyn was 11 years old he worked “Group Seven,” artists Jacques Hnizdovskyi, Alexis almost full-time for his father, modeling clay and working Gritchenko, P. Kuch, Sviatoslav Hordynsky, and sculptors the potter’s wheel. During this time he gained valuable Arno Breker, Frances Loring, A. Darahan, composers Peter experience and learned the essential methods of molding Tchaikovsky, Mykola Lysenko and Aleksander Koshetz. and firing of clay. This apprenticeship served him remark- He also did portraits of P. H. T. Thorlakson, Victor Sifton, ably well. His father wanted his only son to continue the former editor of the Winnipeg Free Press, and John Juba, family tradition and pursue a career in advanced pottery former mayor of Winnipeg. abroad in Vienna. Mr. Molodozhanyn, however, wanted to He slowly gained the recognition of his fellow go to Vienna to study painting. At age15, with his parents’ Manitoba artists. Over the years he received commissions reluctant blessing, he went to study painting in Vienna. from the Canadian government, as well as the provincial After Mr. Molodozhanyn spent several successful years governments of Alberta and Manitoba, the University of at the studio of Wilhelm Frass, Frass advised him to go to Manitoba, and St. Clement’s Ukrainian University in Germany where he would find some of the best sculptors Rome. in Europe under whom he could work and study more Winning the worldwide competition for the design of effectively. While in Vienna he became fluent in German the Washington monument to the Ukrainian bard and and acquainted himself with the history of world art, music painter Taras Shevchenko increased Mr. Mol’s Canadian and theater. The young Ukrainian sculptor was thus intro- and international reputation. duced to an artistically rich new world. This monument, which stands on federal land in the In Berlin the sculptor Frans Klimsh, on Frass recom- District of Columbia took him almost two years to com- mendation, hired Mr. Molodozhanyn as an assistant. There plete. It included not only the creation of the bronze figure he worked in terra cotta “baked earth” and plasticine. With of the poet, but also a larger free-standing bas relief of A stained-glass window by Leo Mol in Ss. Vladimir Klimsh’s support, Mr. Molodozhanyn was accepted into Prometheus as a symbol of the power of knowledge to and Olha Cathedral in Winnipeg. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41

fire was crippling and did provide the confirmed the treaty in Kyiv. The pream- means by which the Byzantines held ble of the treaty of 945 makes no refer- back the invasion. Yet, the victory was ence whatsoever to a recent hostile event FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY apparently not as complete as the PVL as one might expect if a Rus’ campaign by Ingert Kuzych relates, since the Rus’ hung on and did had been undertaken in 944.31 not immediately retreat. The treaty is remarkable for its detail Amazingly, the attack of 941 is briefly and the overall impression it gives of described in still one more source from larger numbers of Rus’ now involved in that time. A mid-10th century Khazar exchanges with Byzantium. Noting that The founding family of Kyivan Rus’ document (sometimes termed the Rus’ “agents [had] hitherto carried gold CONCLUSION their native land, where each one Schechter text), recounts events of the seals and the merchants silver ones” as recounted to his kinfolk the course of recent past and mentions a Rus’ expedi- means of accreditation, the treaty stipu- The attack on Constantinople events and described the fire launched tion against Constantinople, lasting four lates that henceforth they would be pro- from the ships, they related that the months, in which the defenders “were vided with a “certificate’’ from their 25 Povist Vremennykh Lit (PVL) relates Greeks had in their possession the light- victorious by virtue of (Greek) fire.” prince (Ihor) specifying how many ships that in 941: ‘’Ihor attacked the Greeks ning from heaven, and had set them on The surviving Rus’ are said to have fled had been dispatched and confirming that (Byzantine Empire) ... with [a fleet of] fire by pouring it forth, so that the Rus’ by sea. The uncanny similarities of a they were coming with peaceful intent. 10,000 vessels.” The Rus’ ravaged the could not conquer them.”21 naval campaign, four-month sojourn in While this was undoubtedly a precau- countryside around the capital of A number of other writings corrobo- Byzantine waters and successful defense tion against another surprise attack, it Constantinople committing many atroci- rate details of this attack and provide fur- by means of a fire weapon would all likely also reflected an increase in Rus’ ties, burning churches, monasteries and ther information. Byzantine Emperor seem to indicate the same campaign as maritime activity. So, too, the number of villages, and taking “no little booty ... Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (r. 945- described in the PVL, Byzantine chroni- names at the beginning of the docu- Then, when the [relief] army came out of 959) records a fairly detailed account of cles and Liudprand. One “inconsistency,” ments. While the 911 treaty lists only 15 the east ... [they] surrounded the Rus’. the assault in his “De Administrando though, is that the “king of the Rusy” is persons, the new agreement names 25 After taking counsel, the latter threw 26 Imperio,” while passing references named “Hlgu” (Helgu) or Oleh. If, envoys and 30 merchants.32 themselves upon the Greeks, and as the appear in the “Vita Basilii Iunioris” of however, we accept that Oleh and Ihor At the close of negotiations Ihor’s conflict between them was desperate, the Gregory the Monk22 and in an emperor’s were contemporaries who conducted agents returned to Kyiv with a number of Greeks experienced difficulty in winning private letter.23 Another account is given joint campaigns, and that Oleh was prob- Greek representatives. “Ihor called the the upper hand. The Rus’ returned at by Liudprand of Cremona, whose stepfa- ably a general under Ihor, then the cita- Greek envoys before him, and bade them evening to their companions, embarked ther visited Constantinople not long after tion is entirely compatible. report ... [they] replied, ‘The emperor at night upon their vessels, and fled the attack. According to Liudprand, the The Rus’ fleet returned to its point of has sent us. He loves peace, and desires away. Theophanes pursued them in boats Rus’ led by a “king named Inger” (Ihor) departure on the Cimmerian Bosporus to maintain concord and amity with the with Greek fire, and dropped it through leading a fleet of “1,000 or more” (the Strait of Kerch along eastern Prince of Rus’. Your envoys have pipes upon the Russian ships, so that a 27 appeared unexpectedly in June of 941 Crimea). From there the forces pre- received the pledge of our emperors, and strange miracle was offered to view.” and devastated the coastal areas around sumably split, since it is reported that they have sent us to receive your oath “Upon seeing the flames, the Rus’ cast Oleh went east to campaign against Prs the city. The tide was turned by bringing and that of your followers.’ Ihor prom- themselves into the sea-water, being anx- (Persia, in reality the southern Caspian out of mothballs 15 “battered old gal- ised to comply with their request.” ious to escape, but the survivors returned shore);28 Ihor likely returned to Kyiv. leys” and rigging them fore, aft and sides “In the morning, Ihor summoned the home. When they came once more to The PVL next mentions Ihor in 944 with devices for projecting the Greek envoys, and went to a hill on which there “thirsting for revenge” and collecting a fire. Rus’ boats swarmed about the gal- was a statue of Perun. The Rus’ laid vast army from various Slavic tribes. His leys, which began to “project their fire down their weapons, their shields and advance on Byzantium alarmed the all around; and the Rus’, seeing the their gold armaments, and Ihor and his emperor who sent out messengers to people took oath (at least, such as were flames, hurled themselves from their entreat Ihor to come no nearer, but rather pagans), while the Christian Rus’ took boats, preferring death by water to live accept a substantial tribute. Ihor con- oath in the church of St. Elias ... a parish incineration. Some sank to the bottom ferred with this retinue and decided to church, since many of the Varangians under the weight [of their armor] ... oth- accept “from the Greeks gold and palls were Christians.” ers caught fire even as they were swim- sufficient for his whole army, [he] “Ihor, after confirming the treaty with ming among the billows.” The Rus’ fleet returned again and came to Kyiv in his the Greeks, dismissed their envoys, retreated to the safety of the shallows, native land.”29 bestowing upon them furs, slaves and out of reach of the Byzantine army on This second campaign against wax, and then sending them away. The land and the navy’s heavier-draft ships in Byzantium is considered by virtually all envoys returned to the emperor, and deeper water. The two sides continued to modem investigators to be non-historical; harass each other in a number of fairly it was clearly invented to “cover up” the reported all the words of Ihor and his small-scale land engagements, which inglorious retreat of three years previous.30 affection for the Greeks. Thus, Ihor proved inconclusive but prevented the began to rule in Kyiv, enjoying peaceful The story served, however, as a good prel- 33 raiders from gaining the overall initia- ude for the events next described. relations with all nations.” tive. The Rus’ remained in the area until The chronicler’s use of the word September before retiring.24 A new treaty of trade “began” is striking and was probably inadvertently left in by that writer as he This account verifies that Ihor’s attack The PVL for 945 reports on the nego- was “fudging” the timeline for the early of 941 was in the form of a major expe- tiation and ratification of a treaty to decades of the 10th century. What is Figure 4. Ihor was one in series of dition, although Liudprand’s figure of renew and expand an earlier (911) trade postcards depicting famous rulers of about 1,000 ships is certainly closer to agreement between Rus’ and the implied by this word is that Ihor had not Rus’ that was published by Sviatozar the truth than the PVL’s exaggerated Byzantine Empire. Since Romanus is been ruler in Kyiv for that long a period. in Munich in 1947. 10,000. The counterattack using Greek listed as one of the Greek emperors, the This statement would seem to support talks must have begun in 944 because the revised chronology that Ihor (Figure this ruler was deposed on December 16, 4) established himself in Kyiv in the 944. Nevertheless, it may not have been 930s or early 940s and not in 913. until the following year that the Rus’ (Continued on page 25)

21 PVL, pp. 71-72. The Byzantines acquired the knowledge of this terror weapon sometime between 670 and 680 from a discontented Muslim defector who became the empire’s “petrole- um consultant.” He taught the Byzantines the formula for a petroleum mixture that would burn even in water. The Byzantine navy then built large siphons onto the bows of their ships to squirt the liquid. With this new armament they were able to break a seven-year Muslim seige of Constantinople in 680 by burning the entire Muslim flotilla at the Battle of Kyzikos. More details about this erroneously called “Greek fire’’ may be found in Zayn Bilkadi’s article “The Oil Weapons,” Aramco World, Vol. 46, No. 1 (January-February 1995), pp. 20-27. 22 Gregory the Monk, “Vita Basilii Iunioris,” ed. A. N. Veselovskii, in “Razyskaniia v Oblasti Russkogo Dukhovnogo Stikha,” Sbornik ORIAS 46 (1889), prilozhenie 6, pp. 65-68. 23 J. Darvouzes, “Epistoliers Byzantins du X Siecle” (Archives de l’Orient Chretien 6; Paris, 1960), pp. 322.15. 24 “The Works of Liudprand of Cremona” (London, 1930), pp. 185-186. 25 Golb and Pritsak, “Khazarian Hebrew Documents,” p. 119. 26 Golb and Pritsak, “Khazarian Hebrew Documents,” p. 115. 27 “Leon Diaconus Caloensis, Historiae Libri Decem,” ed. C. B. Hase (Bonn, 1828), p. 106. 28 “MurIj Aldahab,” ed. Ch. Pellat, Vol. 1, pp. 218-212. Eng. trans. by Minorsky, “A History of Sharvun and Darband,” pp. 150-153. See also Golb and Pritsak, “Khazarian Hebrew Documents,” pp. 118-119, 138. 29 PVL, pp. 72-73. 30 Hrushevsky, “Istoriia Ukrainy-Rusy,” I (Kyiv, 1913), p. 442-ff. 31 PVL, p.73. 32 PVL, pp. 73-77. See Franklin, S. and Shepard J., “The Emergence of Rus’ 750-1200,” pp. 117-133 for a more thorough discussion of this treaty and the expansion of Rus’ commercial activity during the early and middle part of the 10th century. 33 PVL, pp. 77-78. In pre-Christian Kyivan Rus’, Perun was the chief deity – the god of Figure 5. An illustration by Petro Andrusiw shows “Ihor on Campaign.” thunder, lightning and rain; the ruler of the heavens; and, later, the god of war. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 15 Grazhda concert series 2002: An overview of the 20th anniversary season

by Kitty Montgomery evolved, with subltelty, to a powerful cri releasing a sheer joie de vivre, seductive, Foundation, the Music and Art Center of de coeur.” enchanting and pure,” according to the Greene County and the Windham EAST JEWETT, N.Y. – Summer 2002 The Zapolski concert program was review. Chamber Music Festival. marked the 20th anniversary of the con- repeated at the Music Mountain series in The Grazhda series’ gala anniversary The Forte ensemble, whose artistically cert series presented at the Grazhda con- Connecticut on June 30 and broadcast concert – “From Vienna to Broadway” – distinct violinists Messrs. Kuchuk and cert hall. Founded by Ukrainian compos- from that venue on National Public an evening of operettas and American Abayev alternate first chair, toured er and musicologist Dr. Ihor Sonevytsky Radio. musicals held on July 20, showcased the Europe for a decade before accepting the to promote world-class classical music, Montreal-born bass-baritone Taras vocal splendor of soprano Aleksandra past programs by emerging young talents Kulish, who is quickly making a name Hrabova, mezzo-soprano Charlene and established members of the artistic for himself at opera houses and orches- Marcinko and baritone Greg Kail. elite have featured pianist Alexander tras across North America and who made On August 17, pianist Oksana Slobodyanik, bass baritone Paul Plishka, his European debut in the title role of Lutsyshyn offered works by Scriabin – and violinists Oleh Krysa and Yuri “Don Giovanni” in France and Belgium “Sonata Fantasy,” Op. 19 and “Two Mazurkevich. this summer, appeared in a lieder recital Poems,” Op. 32; A. Kasparov – the While Dr. Sonevytsky will continue to for the Music at Grazhda series on sonata “In Tre Canti Ostinati” and serve the series as honorary chairman of August 3. Tocatta; V. Kikta’s Sonata No. 3, Op. 30, the board, Ika Koznarska Casanova next The concert review noted that: Mr. and Schumann’s “Kinderszenen,” Op. 15. season assumes the position of executive Kulish’s voice “serves his sensibility as a Born in Ukraine, Ms. Lutsyshyn director, with Mr. Vynnytsky, as music genuine poet with the empathetic capaci- received her doctoral degree from the director. ty to experience depths of a text and Moscow Conservatory in 1991. In the draw his listeners into its profoundly United States as a visiting scholar at the realized sentiment via the evocative inci- Indiana University School of Music, she dental beaauty of his voice.” Mr. Kulish has appeared as soloist and in chamber performed three Schubert lieder, Jaques music concerts throughout the former Ibert’s “Songs of Don Quixote” and Ihor Soviet Union, Germany, the United Sonevytsky’s song cycle “Withered States and South Africa. Leaves” set to lyrics by Ivan Franko. He A regular at festivals on the Eastern flashed the count’s charm and bite in Seaboard, Ms. Lutsyshyn is currently a “Non Pui Andrei” from “Nozze di member of CREO, a contemporary Figaro,” concluding with a trio of music ensemble in residence at Old Ukrainian songs and “Old Man River” Dominion University. She has won top V. Gribenko prizes at the Vienna Modern Masters from “Showboat” as an encore. Violinist Solomia Ivakhiv Young violinist Solomia Ivakhiv, who Third International Performers’ Record- holds a master’s degree from the Lviv ing Awards Competition, and the Conservatory and has performed in inter- William Kapell International Competi- role of quartet-in-residence for the national competitions and at music festi- tion in College Park, Md. Ms. Lutsyshyn Manhattan Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. vals in Poland (Wieniaswski), has recorded for the Vienna Modern The Forte presented a program of Switzerland (Verbier) and America’s Master and Contemporary Record works by Beethoven (Quartet No. 4.), Society labels. Petrova (“Poem for Violin and String Michael Slobodian The concluding concert of the Quartet”; Skoryk (Partita No. 6 for Grazhda series featured The Forte String String Quartet and Sonevytsky (Piano Bass-baritone Taras Kulish Quartet – Michael Kuchuk, violin, Quintet in C Major). Oleksandr Abayev, violin, Kalin Ivanov, Ms. Petrova’s “Poem for Violin and Among six concerts offered during the cello, and Roumi Petrova, viola – joined String Quartet,” a piece inspired by Mr. 2002 Grazhda season, four were by Yuri Kharenko, solo violin, and Kharenko, was described in the concert reviewed locally (by this reviewer) in the pianist Mr. Vynnytsky, in a Sunday mati- review as “sheer music without the arrest Kingston Daily Freeman, including the nee performance on September 1. of conscious construct. Mr. Kharenko’s Zapolski String Quartet of Denmark, The concert was presented as part of sweep of its lines induced tears of pas- bass-baritone Taras Kulish, violinist The Mountaintop Piano and Strings sion beyond sentiment. The quartet sent Solomia Ivakhiv and the Forte String Festival played on Labor Day weekend this soaring gypsy fiddler to flight with Quartet. at the venues of three Greene County vibrant committment ... a quality they *** organizations offering live classical brought to subsequent performances of The Zapolski String Quartet – music recitals – The Catskill Mountain Skoryk and Sonevytsky.” Aleksander Zapolski, violin, Jacob Soelberg, violin, Gregori Khodos, viola, and Troels Svane, cello – appeared at the Music and Art Center of Greene County’s Grazhda concert hall on June 29. Founded in 1993, the quartet – Pianist Oksana Lutsyshyn referred to as “possibly the best string quartet in Denmark right now” (Politiken, DK, March 2001) – was Tanglewood – made her debut recital for appointed ensemble-in-residence at the the Music at Grazhda series on August Royal Library in Copenhagen (1999- 24. Ms. Ivakhiv studies at the Curtis 2001), where it performed a series of Institute in Philadelphia with Joseph exhibition concerts with an emphasis on Silverstein. the Danish quartet repertoire. The quartet As noted in the recital review, Ms. received the Danish Music Critics’ Ivakhiv’s performance “has distinctive Association Award in 2000 and was charm and subtle profundity ...; she uses nominated for a Danish Music Award for her bow as a divining rod, open to and its recording of Carl Nielsen’s string emanating the nuances of the veritable quartets. ‘spring’ in Beethoven’s Sonata in F The quartet’s delivery of Nielsen’s Major and the sensual impulse in “Lille Suite for Strings,” Op.1, was char- Brahms’ Sonata in A Major as they come acterized in the concert review as “an to her. ... Technique serves her intuitive epiphany,” while play through the famil- Alice-in-the-wonderland-of-music iar Brahms, Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, approach with phrases expanding from Op. 51, “soared beyond structure to within. She neither drives nor chases a evoke a soundscape where sensuality and score. She illuminates it.” emotion mix in a volatile, ecstasy-induc- Ms. Ivakhiv’s fleet execution of ing suspension.” In contrast, the ferocity Eugene Ysaye’s solo Sonata No. 4 (“In of the Zapolski’s execution of the manner of Kreisler”) was followed, Beethoven’s Quartet in F Minor, “made in unison with Mr. Vynnytsky, by the their instruments seem dangerous as rhytmically primal execution of Skoryk’s powder kegs with fuses lit, pressing to “Allegretto and Dance.” The recital con- eminent detonation.” cluded with the duo’s collaboration in Mr. Vynnytsky joined the ensemble in Pablo Sarasate’s “Zigeunerweisen,” Op. Fauré’s Piano Quintet in C Minor, a 20,” – an ephemeral send-up of earthy work which, “commencing as a volup- sensuality transmuted to dream, with Ms. tuously lush and beauteous tapestry, Ivakhiv’s play, innocent and knowing, The Zapolski String Quartet of Denmark with pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky (center). 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41

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their political culture. Ukrainian society... Is the situation different today? What (Continued from page 2) are the prospects for the “Arise, of some officials, including Verkhovna Ukraine!” protest campaign? As previous Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn, to experience has shown, sociological protect their “honor and dignity” from measurement of the population’s protest potential can hardly estimate all the com- “the lies on the tapes” have remained plexity and unpredictability of future unfulfilled. And, newly appointed Orest Czeslaw Petesz events. Statistical laws can be very unre- Ukrainian Procurator General Sviatoslav liable for assessing a political crisis. Piskun is still hesitating about whether to Sociologists know about the so-called A funeral was held on Monday, August 26, 2002, at the question Mr. Melnychenko directly. “shifted-involvement” phenomenon, Rose City Funeral Home for Orest Czeslaw Petesz, An analysis of the March 2001 survey when a seemingly inert civil society, who died August 21 at the age of 78. also reveals a clear correlation between which is concentrated during “calm” Mr. Petesz was born February 21, 1924, in Lviv, Ukraine. He the level of respondents’ knowledge of periods upon local community-oriented Kuchmagate and their readiness to take issues and initiatives, actively mobilizes immigrated to the United States in 1956 and moved to part in the “For the Truth” protest cam- itself during nationwide political crises of Portland, Oregon in 1971. He was a maintenance mechanic paign in 2001. Kuchmagate has con- the kind Ukraine is experiencing now. for Hyster Corp., and later Graphic Arts Inc. firmed the axiom that citizens’ knowl- The near future will show whether a edge and free access to different sources weak, though slowly emerging, In 1962, he married Ilse Zuegel. of information increase their ability to Ukrainian civil society can take another Survivors include his wife, daughters Anneliese Niiyama make political decisions and develop important step in its development. and Irene McKee, son, Gregory, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

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Box 280 (NB: please do not include post office box if sending via courier), Parsippany, N.J. 07054; fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; e-mail, [email protected]. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41 Orthodox parish in San Diego area to celebrate 40th anniversary by Alexander Skop Church. The Rev. Oleksiy Limonchenko and Alex Nesterenko traveled once a month from Los Angeles to conduct services. SAN DIEGO – St. Mary Protectress In the spring of 1973 San Diego greeted Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Spring the newly ordained Bishop Constantine for Valley, Calif., this year celebrates the 40th the first time. anniversary of its founding here in the San Every year St. Mary’s Ukrainian Diego area. Orthodox Church celebrated its Saint’s Day Church life in the area is closely tied to the organizations developed by the first with banquets and special programs. Ukrainian settlers in California, especially Church picnics were also held regularly in those in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Balboa Park. The number of Ukrainians in San Diego In the spring of 1979 a commercial build- grew at the end of World War II, particular- ing on University Avenue was purchased. ly with the arrival of immigrants and The large property needed much renovation, refugees who had come from the displaced and church members did the majority of persons camps in Germany and Austria. reconstruction. St. Mary’s Parish celebrated In the late 1950s a Ukrainian American Christmas and New Year’s Day 1980 in its Association was formed, which was later own building that was blessed by the Rev. accepted into the international organization Lev Porandowsky. Church services were St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Spring Valley, Calif. House of Pacific Relations in Balboa Park held every two weeks. In the spring of 1987 the Orthodox and as the House of Ukraine. priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Catholic parishes of San Diego formed a junction with the national committee in On June 20, 1961, a group of nine indi- Washington, billboards were placed in vari- the U.S.A. by Archbishop Vsevolod. The viduals met to discuss how to form a joint Jubilee Committee to Mark the ous parts of the city advertising the anniver- consecration took place in St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox parish in San Diego 1,000th anniversary of Christianity in Rus’- sary of Christianity in Ukraine. Church with the participation of clergy from and passed a resolution to name the parish Ukraine, which included pastors of both The New York-based Ukrainian California, as well as faithful and church St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox churches and the church councils. In con- Museum’s traveling exhibit “Lost choirs from Los Angeles and San Diego. Architecture of Kyiv” was exhibited at the In early 2001 the church council started University of San Diego. The celebration of discussing plans for the 40th anniversary of THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE the Saint’s Day of St. Mary’s Church on the founding of the parish and participation OF THE October 29, 1988, was simultaneously the in the Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Church of the U.S.A. Christianity in Ukraine. In March the parish was stunned by the announces that the After a number of years, parish members news of Father Ihor’s serious illness and in sought to find a new location for the church. June he passed away at the age of 70. A new home was found in a former school Archbishop Anthony officiated at the funer- ALLENTOWN, SHAMOKIN and and kindergarten on Campo Road in Spring al service in Los Angeles, with almost the WILKES-BARRE DISTRICT Valley. The generosity of the members of entire San Diego parish in attendance. FALL ORGANIZING MEETING the parish, funds accumulated throughout In August 2001 the parish heartily wel- the years and the sale of the former parish comed its new pastor, the Very Rev. Myron will be held on building made it feasible to purchase the Mykhailiuk, and Dobrodiyka Halyna, who property and redesign the existing structures had come from South Bound Brook, N.J., to Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. into a church and a church hall. The start a new chapter in the life of the local at the Ukrainian Homestead, Building Committee took charge of the community. 1230 Beaver Run Dr., Lehighton, PA reconstruction. Every day, parish members On Sunday, October 20, the St. Mary Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, came to do the necessary work. Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Convention Delegates and Archbishop Constantine blessed the new will celebrate its 40th anniversary and feast two delegates from the following Branches: church on October 14, 1990. Almost the day with the participation of Archbishop entire Ukrainian Catholic congregation, Vsevolod. Parish members will greet the 1, 7, 9, 78, 98, 242, 305, 382, 164, 169, 282, 333, 409 along with their pastor, the Rev. Andrew archbishop at 9 a.m. followed by a hierar- 44, 47, 48, 137, 147, 288, 318, 369, 438 Mykyta, was among the 200 participants of chal liturgy at 9:30 a.m. A celebratory ban- THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: the festive banquet. quet and cultural program will begin at 1:30 The joyous achievements of the church p.m. at the Red Lion Hanalei Hotel in Roma Lisovich – UNA Treasurer Anna Haras – Honorary Member of the UNA General Assembly community in San Diego were being cele- Mission Valley. ------brated at the exact same time that Ukraine For more information on the parish’s District Committee: was experiencing dramatic developments in 40th anniversary celebration, or for tickets Anna Haras, Allentown District Chairman its national and spiritual rebirth. to the banquet, readers may contact St. Joseph Chabon, Shamokin District Chairman August 2, 1998, became an unforgettable Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Henry Bolosky, Wilkes Barre District Chairman day in the life of the parish of St. Mary’s, as Church, (619) 464-1830, or e-mail Deacon Ihor Miroshchenko was ordained a [email protected].

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION announces that the announces that the

DETROIT DISTRICT CONNECTICUT DISTRICT FALL ORGANIZING MEETING FALL ORGANIZING MEETING will be held on will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. Ukrainian Cultural Center SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. 26601 Ryan Rd., Warren, MI at the UCC of Holy Protection B.V. Mary 255 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport, CT Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, Convention Delegates and Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, two delegates from the following Branches: Convention Delegates and two delegates from the following Branches: 20, 82, 94, 146, 165, 174, 175, 292, 303, 309, 341 12, 59, 67, 253, 254, 277, 350, 387, 414 All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: Christine E. Kozak – National Secretary Dr. Alexander J. Serafyn – UNA Auditor ------District Committee: District Committee: Ihor E. Hayda, District Chairman Dr. Alexander J. Serafyn, District Chairman Stepan Tarasiuk, Secretary Roman Lazarchuk, Secretary Taras Slevinsky, Treasurer Jaroslav Baziuk, Treasurer No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 19

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Bay Area’s Ukrainians celebrate OF THE ‘Ukrainian Day,’ welcome Batkivschyna UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION by Nestor Wolansky Ensemble, as well as other performers, announces that the who had appeared at the “Ukrainian Day” SAN FRANCISCO – “Ukrainian Day” a week earlier, welcomed the in San Francisco’s famed Golden Gate PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT Batkivschyna and its personable and FALL ORGANIZING MEETING Park has become a popular annual event charming captain in the parking lot at the looked forward to by many Northern entrance to the piers. will be held on Californians. This year was no exception. To many it was a first encounter with The cold and foggy day, typical of sum- the name “Ukraine” and some had intitial Sunday, October 27, 2002 at 1:00 p.m. mers here, did not deter a large turnout on difficulty finding Ukraine on the map pro- at the UUARC August 25, of about 300 to 400 people vided by the ship’s crew along with other 1206 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA many of whom were not of Ukrainian useful displays about the country. ancestry, as the Bay Area is distinctly Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, Numerous flags of the many countries and Convention Delegates and Hispanic and Asian in character. regions visited by the Batkivschyna, two delegates from the following Branches: The crowd was very enthusiastic about including the white-and-blue-flag of Israel, showing its appreciation – the performers attested to the incredible journey of the 10, 45, 62, 83, 116, 128, 153, 154, 156, 162, 163, 173, 216, 231, 239, were frequently interrupted by applause. Batkivschyna and its worldwide populari- 245, 247, 248, 261, 268, 321, 331, 339, 347, 362, 378, 397 The concert program, celebrating ty. Ukraine’s 11th anniversary of independ- The modest Batkivshchyna contrasted THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: ence, featured the Stanford University sharply with some of the other ships, richly Roma Lisovich – UNA Treasurer Fulbright Scholar Dr. Jurij Kapista as the appointed with chrome, brass and exotic William Pastuszek – Honorary Member of the UNA General Assembly guest speaker, keyboardist-vocalist Victor hardwoods, on whose decks rich owners Stefan Hawrysh – UNA Advisor Nazarchuk, the bandura ensemble from and their rich friends sipped champagne in Pawlo Prinko – UNA Advisor ------Sacramento, the renowned bandura per- tall glasses and nibbled on caviar, dis- former Ola Herasymenko-Oliynyk, District Committee: cussing the trials and tribulations of Dow Stefan Hawrysh, District Chairman mezzo-sopranos Ivanna Taratula-Filipenko Jones Industrials, and sporting trendy Pawlo Prinko, District Secretary and Maria Tscherepenko, guest dancers clothes right out of Condé Nast magazine Nicholas Pryszlak, Treasurer Irina and George Arabadji, the Sonechko and the French Riviera. Ivan Skoczylas, Honorary District Chairman Children’s Dance Ensemble and the 120- The Batkivschyna’s captain, the vigor- year-old Golden Gate Park Band, under ous 64-year-old Dmytro Biriukovich was at the direction of Michael Wirgler, perform- ease wearing an authentic and convincing ing Ukrainian melodies. Ukrainian captain’s cap, unfazed by the THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The event was sponsored by the captains of industry around him. How OF THE Northern California Ukrainian American many of them had ever sailed from Kyiv Coordinating Council and the Heritage down the Dnipro River, the Black Sea, the UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Club. Mediterranean, the Atlantic, through the announces that the Another major Ukrainian event took Great Lakes, the Mississippi River, the place on August 31 on San Francisco’s Panama Canal and the great Pacific Ocean? Fisherman’s Wharf, where thousands of The captain mingled with the crowds, CLEVELAND DISTRICT tourists from all over the world strolled, wooing and wowing them with an occa- FALL ORGANIZING MEETING enjoying walk-away shrimp cocktails and sional reminder about Ukraine and will be held on browsing for souvenirs on warm and Ukrainians through a sometimes misbe- sunny day. Many of them came for the Tall having microphone in English. When the Saturday, November 2, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. Ships Festival to see the tall ships berthed Sonechko troupe came on, dancing to the at the Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall alongside several piers. celebrated Ukrainian song “Oi Ty Haliu, 6810 Brodview Rd. Parma, OH The famed 97-foot Ukrainian schooner, Haliu Molodaya,” the crowds grew larger, the Batkivschyna – in town from August the oohs and aahs grew louder, the captain Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, 28 to September 2 – was among them. The spun an old-fashioned dance with his wife, Convention Delegates and Batkivschyna had just sailed from unsuccessfully urging others to dance as two delegates from the following Branches: Vancouver and Seattle; following its San well. A 4-year-old Chinese girl, unable to 102, 112, 166, 180, 222, 233, 240, 291, 358, 364 Francisco stop, it would visit Los Angeles stand still any longer, broke out with her and San Diego as well. own enthusiastic dancing to Ukrainian THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians alike music, astounding the crowds and her par- Martha Lysko – UNA 1st Vice President marvelled at the frugal yet magnificent ents, and momentarily stealing the spot- Wasyl Liscynesky – UNA Advisor Ukrainian ship, with its blue-and-yellow light from the grinning captain. ------flag fluttering in the never-ending San The San Francisco media – unlike the District Committee: Evhen Bachynsky, Dictrict Chairman Francisco summer breeze and the capital New York media in 2000, which just loved Alice Olenchuk, District Secretary city’s name, Kyiv, inscribed on its bow. the Ukrainian ship – had barely mentioned Natalia Miahky, Treasurer The Ukrainian Boys Brass Band from the Batkivschyna, but the goodwill mis- Sacramento and the Sonechko Children’s sion was a success nonetheless.

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE to evolve in stages, based in large part on Ukrainian Studies Fund... the success of fund drives. A planned OF THE (Continued from page 1) endowment fund of $5 million is to UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION become the prime funding source for the tion of these activities would not be a pri- announces that the ority at Columbia. Senior staff and profes- center’s programs. sors at Harvard concur that a strong teach- The first step in establishing the Ukrainian Studies Center is focused on the ing program at Columbia will complement ROCHESTER and SYRACUSE establishment of a new teaching position their program in Ukrainian studies and at Columbia in Ukrainian history. Such a FALL ORGANIZING MEETING create opportunities for collaborations. historian-specialist will best be able to will be held on Canadian scholars equally praise such an draw on student interest about Ukraine initiative. and expand course offerings in the Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. Professors at Columbia University have Ukrainian area. The USF’s goal is to raise at the St. Joseph School said they foresee the need for a sound $1 million of capital within a year since 940 East Ridge Rd., Rochester, NY Ukrainian Studies Center infrastructure that this amount will be sufficient to initiate will be effective in developing a broad and sustain the teaching position in Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, inter-disciplinary program. Their plan calls Ukrainian history. Convention Delegates and for the participation of scholars from vari- The USF’s latest Ukrainian-language two delegates from the following Branches: ous fields and disciplines; a system of newsletter, Obizhnyi Lystok Fondu Katedr 66, 217, 285, 316, 343, 367 scholarships and stipends for undergraduate Ukrainoznavstva (No. 168, fall 2002), 21, 38, 39, 58, 121, 271, 283, 484 and graduate students; sustained growth of provides further details on the fund drive. the Ucrainica collection and new biblio- It is available free from: Ukrainian Studies THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: graphic work; organization of conferences Fund, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., Christine E. Kozak – National Secretary and seminars; and greater coordination of Cambridge, MA 02138; telephone, (617) ------academic activities, especially in accom- 495-7833. Donations for the “Columbia District Committee: modating visiting scholars of various Project” (checks should be made out to Christine Dziuba, Rochester District Chairperson Dr. Ivan Hvozda, Syracuse District Chairman exchange programs with Columbia. the “Ukrainian Studies Fund”) may be This broad infrastructure is envisioned sent to the USF Cambridge office. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Turning the pages back... OF THE (Continued from page 6) UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION conscious peasantry who were struggling valiantly to maintain their national identity and resist the collectivization of their farms. announces that the This massive violation of human rights, however, is one of the world’s best-kept secrets. The Soviet Union has effectively denied the occurrence and concealed all evidence. CHICAGO DISTRICT Moreover, the history of this holocaust has received little attention in the West; most FALL ORGANIZING MEETING Americans know nothing about it. It has been ignored, unreported and forgotten – a gap in the history books. will be held on ... The commission is a long-overdue memorial to the victims of the Ukrainian famine – a working monument to their valiant sacrifice – a voice for those who cannot speak for Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 11:00 a.m. themselves. ... at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, • Rep. James J. Florio, sponsor of H.R. 4459: ...[The Ukrainian people’s] tragedy ranks 2247 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL among the great genocides of the 20th century and parallels the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust. But because Soviet authorities suppressed information and restricted press Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, reports to the West, very little is known about the famine today. History has given it the Convention Delegates and name of the “Forgotten Holocaust.” two delegates from the following Branches: When Allied troops occupied Nazi Germany and entered the death camps of Treblinka and Auschwitz, the Nazis’ unspeakable crime against humanity was uncovered for the 17, 22, 114, 125, 131, 139, 176, 220, 221, 259, 379, 399, 423, 452, 472 world to see. Testimonies of survivors were recorded, photographs taken, memorials planned. This documentation would forever fix the horror in the minds of men, remind THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: them of the evil and, hopefully, prevent a repeat. Stefan Kaczaraj – UNA President In contrast, the Ukrainian tragedy is not given more than a sentence in most history Michael Kuropas – UNA Advisor books. Soviet history books refer to it as the agricultural difficulties of the 1930s. Ironically, Honorary members of the UNA General Assembly: our nation formally recognized the Soviet Union in 1933, as millions were dying of starva- Dr. Myron Kuropas, Helen Olek-Scott tion. ... ------• Ihor Olshaniwsky, coordinator, Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine: Almost one District Committee: year ago Congressman Florio introduced H.R. 4459. A companion bill, S. 2456, was intro- Stefko Kuropas, Dictrict Chairman duced by Sen. Bill Bradley on March 21, 1984. ... Andrij Skyba, District Secretary There are many reasons we think that the creation of a congressionally chaired commis- Bohdan Kukuruza, Treasurer sion is important, and I will try to address them here. This genocidal famine affected hundreds of thousands of Americans who had their roots in Soviet Ukraine. ... Can we ignore the nightmare, the suffering and the loss of dear ones by so many of our countrymen? THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE We must prevent a Soviet cover-up from prevailing in the recorded history of mankind. OF THE ... Only by learning the hard lessons of the past can we hope to prevent recurrences of polit- UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ical genocides in the future. We Americans must promulgate the principles upon which this great country was found- announces that the ed – principles of democracy, freedom, human rights and human dignity. We have learned immensely from the studies of the Nazi-imposed Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, but PITTSBURGH DISTRICT we must also acquire an adequate knowledge of the Soviet uses of food as a political tool. ... FALL ORGANIZING MEETING Why is it so important that this bill be passed immediately? Because there are still some survivors and witnesses left from the genocidal famine of 1932-1933. These survivors are will be held on old and sick. Next year may be too late for many of them to offer testimony. ... SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2002, at 12:00 noon • David Roth, national ethnic liaison, American Jewish Committee: ...In a recent letter to Rep. Dante B. Fascell, American Jewish Committee National at the UNA Branch 161 Meeting Hall President Howard I. Friedman called upon the Committee on Foreign Affairs to support the 600 Glenwood Ave., Ambridge, PA commission on the Ukraine famine act. Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, ... The work of the Ukraine famine commission will do more than set the record straight. Convention Delegates and It will bear witness to a monumental crime and give victims a chance to tell their stories; it two delegates from the following Branches: will give the rest of us a final chance to remember and an opportunity to act, where once we were bystanders to history; it will heal wounds and lower barriers between cultural groups 53, 56, 63, 96, 113, 120, 161, 264, 296, 338, 481 by helping us all to focus on our obligation to the Ukrainian people, and to humanity; and finally, it will deny the Soviets the ultimate victory of our silence. THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: • John Kromkowski, chairman of the board, National Center for Urban/Ethnic Affairs: In Stefan Kaczaraj – UNA President 1983 ... the board of directors of the NCUEA passed a resolution to support and to urge ------inter-ethnic solidarity in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Great Famine in District Committee: Ukraine... Nicholas Diakiwsky, District Chairman ... Today, we have an opportunity to place the events of 1932-33 in their proper historical Osyp Polatajko, Vice-President perspective. Today we can document the relationship which exists between unbridled impe- Slava Komichak, District Secretary rialism and national genocide. Today we can begin to sensitize the world to the importance Elias Matiash, Treasurer of an unbiased and free press in preventing a recurrence of the horrors which befell the Ukrainian people under Stalin. ... It is a noble public act to create the Ukraine famine commission. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Source: “For the record: transcripts of testimony on famine commission bill,” The OF THE Ukrainian Weekly, October 14, 1984, Vol. LII, No. 42. UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION businesses. They have largely become announces that the Journalists... mouthpieces used to publicize the propa- (Continued from page 9) gandist justification of the political and eco- BALTIMORE DISTRICT nomic domination of governing clans. And, FALL ORGANIZING MEETING in Ukraine’s modern history the vicious cir- cle of narrow corporate interests of journal- quite often, these clans own or control will be held on ists belonging to different media groups has major media outlets. In such cases, journal- been broken. ists become hostages to the clans’ “editorial SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2002, at 3:00 p.m. The history of the post-Soviet media – in policy.” It is not surprising that in Ukraine at the St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church particular, the example of Russia’s NTV tel- this policy happens to be pro-presidential. 2401 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD evision, which many observers claim was Andrii Tychyna, a journalist at the Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, suppressed by the authorities last year for nationwide 1+1 television network (con- Convention Delegates and political reasons – shows that the lack of trolled by the Viktor Medvedchuk-Hryhorii two delegates from the following Branches: professional solidarity among post-Soviet Surkis clan) admits that “news coverage [in journalists is a major factor that makes the Ukraine] is ceasing to be a reflection of real 15, 55, 290, 320 fight for the freedom of expression in post- socio-political events but is becoming a Soviet countries a very problematic task. generator of some virtual reality,” Zerkalo THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: Another obstacle is the peculiar post- nedeli reported on September 28. Can the Ukrainian media transform itself Martha Lysko – UNA 1st Vice-President Soviet way of pursuing businesses that, in Eugene Iwanciw – UNA 2nd Vice-President order to be successful, have to maintain from a tool of oligarchic control over public ------political loyalty to the authorities (or at least opinion into a social institution that could District Committee: pretend to do so). That is why, as a rule with be sensitive to public interests? The recent Paul G. Fenchak, Secretary rare exceptions, even private post-Soviet protest actions by Ukrainian journalists Paul Fenchak, Treasurer media outlets have not yet constituted them- seem to be taking an important step toward selves as really independent information such a transformation. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 21

Rochester golf tournament benefits Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund

At the 18th hole at the Shadow Pines Golf Club (from left): Borys Yakowyna, Bohdan Melnyk, Andrew Adamczuk, and tournament co-organizer and Gold Sponsor John Adamczuk of Crossbridge Financial Group. ROCHESTER, N.Y. – On Saturday, to raise over $3,500 at this year’s event. September 14 at the picturesque Shadow The Rochester Chapter recently donat- Pines Golf Club in Penfield, N.Y., the ed $157,000 to help establish a new Rochester Chapter of the Children of neonatal intensive care unit at the Ivano- Chornobyl Relief Fund and the Rochester Frankivsk Maternity Hospital. With a Ukrainian Federal Credit Union spon- grant from the State of New York sored their 4th annual charity golf tour- arranged by State Sen. James Alesi, the nament to benefit CCRF. chapter also provided $5,000 for prenatal Over 50 golfers enjoyed a relaxing vitamins to help reduce the incidence of afternoon of golf and camaraderie, fol- birth defects and pregnancy complica- lowed by cocktails and an evening dinner tions in the Rivnen Oblast that was espe- that featured keynote speaker U.S. Rep. cially hard-hit by fallout from the Louise Slaughter. As a member of Chornobyl disaster. CCRF’s honorary board and the CCRF has completed a total of 30 Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, Rep. medical airlifts and 12 sea shipments to Slaughter thanked the crowd that packed Ukraine, delivering more than $49 mil- the clubhouse banquet hall for supporting lion worth of aid to children’s hospitals CCRF. “You should all be so proud of and orphanages. In recent years, the fund what CCRF has accomplished in Ukraine,” said Ms. Slaughter. “When I has concentrated its efforts on combating hear about the reductions in infant mor- infant mortality through the creation of tality and your success in fighting chil- model neonatal intensive care units and dren’s cancer and setting up these neona- through medical training programs. This tal units, I’m just amazed.” fall CCRF is planning its international Tournament co-organizer Bohdan training conference in Ukraine, this one Skrobach congratulated the winning team focusing on infant cardiac surgery. of Andrew and Jerry Randisi, Clark The Rochester Chapter is planning Cogan and Jim McKeegan. He especially two more fund-raisers before the end of thanked Delta Airlines and other corpo- the year: a family night and a spaghetti rate sponsors who donated raffle gifts. dinner sponsored by the Knights of CCRF Executive Director Alex Columbus on the weekend of November Kuzma thanked the tournament organiz- 2-3. For more information, please call ers, the sponsors and golfers who helped Myron Babiuk at (585) 872-4263. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41

those people from prison, and then they functory. He strings together passive con- Poles. Jews encountered anti-Semitism, “Together and Apart”... caught as many Jews as they could and structions and lards them with sociologi- of course, and their opportunities for edu- (Continued from page 10) massacred them. Then they caught other cal jargon. He calls integral nationalists cation were restricted, but, as Dr. Redlich weaves into it are vivid and revealing. Jews and forced them to bury the dead, “integrationist nationalists.” He writes observes about Berezhany – and this can One Polish interviewee told Dr. Redlich apparently with their bare hands. It was “sued” when he means “prosecuted.” He be applied to all of Galicia – “there was that Jews welcomed the Soviets and helped so typically Ukrainian. The Ukrainians throws in “utraquistic” without explain- never a pogrom-like atmosphere.” the NKVD. He recalled his uncle being dont just kill, they want to have a good ing that it refers to bilingual education. What changed during the war years? arrested by “two NKVD officers accompa- time.” Dr.Redlich does not handle Polish, What brought about the enmity and nied by three young Jews wearing red Dr. Redlich’s Ukrainian witnesses Ukrainian and Russian references well. slaughter? What shaped the charges that armbands.” A woman expressed the vented their own prejudices. A woman He consistently capitalizes Jews, Poles and Ukrainians have been Polish prejudice against Ukrainians by revealed her bad faith when she talked “Gimnazjum,” which is like writing “the exchanging ever since? insisting that only Ukrainians welcomed about the Jewish militia: “I was amazed High School.” He omits most (but not Dr. Redlich does not come to grips the Germans: “there was celebrating and how people could do it to their own ... . I all) Polish diacritics and misspells the with these questions. He offers his testi- shooting in the center of town for 24 never saw Ukrainian militiamen arresting occasional Polish word. He gives many monies and interviews for the most part hours straight ... . Windows in Polish and Jews.” A man declared that Jews were Ukrainian personal names in Russian without comment, and he seems not to Jewish houses were shattered, and people outposts for Soviet intelligence and col- forms. He cites Polish and Ukrainian realize that we construct our memories, feared for lives. Ukrainians celebrated laborated with the Soviets in 1939-1941. titles in the original, but gives Russian that conscious and more often uncon- and Hebrew titles in English. He calls the scious assumptions shape the simplest and caroused the whole night, imagining *** members of the Bandera movement “ban- account. that they would finally have their ... inde- - Scholars will question some of the fac derovtsi,” a hybrid spelling that is neither Dr. Redlich has assembled evidence on pendent Ukraine. From that moment on, tual statements in “Together and Apart in Ukrainian, Polish, nor Russian. an important issue: how Poles, Jewsand they felt superior.” Brzezany.” In the one paragraph that he Confusing Polish “cerkiew” and Russian Ukrainians have perceived each other. The Jews Dr. Redlich talked to had devotes to the Soviet deportations Dr. “tserkov,” he refers to “the Ukrainian Now we will be waiting for him to tell us their own biases. One woman advised Redlich repeats the old estimate that 1.5 Tserkov” instead of “tserkva.” And what he makes of that evidence. him not to present Poles too favorably million people were deported. Newer evi- although Galicia has not been Polish for “for the sake of our martyrs.” A man who dence suggests a figure of 320,000. He *** more than sixty years, he uses, without was 6 years old in 1941 demonized states that the arrests and deportations This review of Shimon Redlich’s explanation, the Polish forms of place Ukrainians by relating what he must have “affected mainly Poles and Ukrainians.” “Together and Apart in Brzezany” first names. heard from his elders: “The Ukrainian In fact, 52 percent of the deportees were appeared in the August issue of Der peasants were led into the town and Poles, 30 percent Jews, and 18 percent *** Galitzianer, an Internet publication for Jews opened up the prisons where Ukrainians Ukrainians and Belarusians. The essential conflict in inter-war who are interested in their ancestry in had been incarcerated. They released Dr. Redlich’s writing is at times per- Galicia was between Ukrainians and Galicia. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 23

On June 10, Canada Post issued a The extraordinary... domestic-rate commemorative stamp Slava Isusu Khrystu! (Continued from page 13) depicting the sculpture “Lumberjacks” by Mr. Mol. Long fascinated by the strength, faith.” We are turning to you, our dear brothers and sisters in the Diaspora. The Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, which skill and endurance of loggers, Mr. Mol is located in Winnipeg, was conceptualized began a small bronze sculpture of lumber- As it happened, fate dictated that our people were dispersed throughout jacks in 1978; that sculpture was the inspi- in early 1989 when the artist decided to the entire world. Some of you know about our parish community and give his personal art collection to the city. ration for a monumental bronze sculpture about our native church in Komancha. Many of you supported us in the The idea of a permanent display became a completed in 1990 that now stands in reality with the combined cooperation of Assiniboine Park. 1980’s when our church was being built. the Provincial Government, the City of Mr. Mol’s works are found in many per- Your financial support helped us build this church. Today, we are once Winnipeg and the city’s Parks and manent collections in Canada; the National again turning to you, our dear brothers and sisters, if it is in the realm of Recreation Department. The Leo Mol Portrait Gallery, Washington; the Vatican your ability, to help us in our time of need. Sculpture Garden officially opened near and the Vatican Museums in Rome; St. the English Garden in Assiniboine Park on Clement’s Ukrainian University, Rome; the As you know, our community is not large and the church needs conser- June 18, 1992. It included a display of Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation, priceless bronzes, porcelains, paintings and vation work preformed. We would like to paint the exterior and change Toronto; and in private and corporate col- sketches by Mr. Mol. 16 windows. We also want to instal a heating system. It is very cold in lections throughout Canada and the United It is the first delightful outdoor one-man the winter and for this reason the elderly as well as small children are not States. gallery in North America. Situated on three able to participate in the Sunday Liturgies. acres, it has become a favorite cultural Mr. Mol is a member and past president place for the public to enjoy, free of charge, of the Manitoba Society of Artists, a mem- We ask for your help. Every donation from you will be a great help to us. and to admire the beautifully landscaped ber and past vice-president of the Sculptors garden with an outstanding display of art. Society of Canada. He is also a member of With prayers and respect to all of you. No average art institution accommodates the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, the as many art lovers as the garden can. Many Allied Artists of America, the Müenchener Father Andrij Zhurav Volodymyr Pinchak who have never visited an art gallery gain a Küenstlergenossenschaft in Germany and Pastor Head of Church Council unique opportunity to see and to learn the Society of Ukrainian Artists in the about sculpture. Diaspora. Please make checks payable to: Cerkva v Komanchi - 409 The Leo Mol Sculpture Studio, situated Mr. Mol has received honorary degrees Please send your payments to: in the garden, has been kept intact just as from the University of Winnipeg, the Ukrainian Washington Federal Credit Union the artist left it, complete with molds and University of Alberta and the University of P.O. Box 19228, Alexandria, Va, 22320, U.S.A. plaster casts of major commissions. The Manitoba. He was also made an officer of display provides the public with a glimpse the Order of Canada in 1989. into the process by which bronze sculp- Mr. Mol is an extremely dedicated indi- tures are created. vidual who is not only patient but also very On opening day, the display of 28 sculp- tures was viewed in the open and in the aggressive in his work; his work is flaw- COME, JOIN US shadow of the trees, while in the studio one less. He has dealt well and very stoically could view some 90 smaller sculptures. with disagreements and difficulties that This was only a part of the display, while have arisen in his career. Perhaps the best other sculptures were stored in cabinets to example is the difficulty he encountered be used at other times. with the congregation of Ss. Volodymyr The Sculpture Garden has a visible and Olha Cathedral. When his sketches for Ukrainian character. As visitors enter the stained-glass windows were rejected, he garden, a statue of a trumpeter, a Ukrainian philosophically accepted the decision and Hutsul, welcomes them (the Hutsul’s trum- quietly continued to attend the church for UKRAINIAN NATIONAL pet is called a trembita in Ukrainian). more than 10 years before the subject of Among his large sculptures in the garden is the windows was revived and he was asked FEDERAL CREDIT UNION a monument of Taras Shevchenko with to design two stained-glass windows to Prometheus. This sculpture is seven feet tall complement the new murals. His patience and is a copy of the original, larger monu- • HIGH INTEREST RATES ON CDs rewarded, the congregation received the • FREE CHECKING ment that can be seen in Washington. One completed two windows with enthusiasm, • GREAT NEW RATES FOR MORTGAGES & 10% DOWN PAYMENT FOR can also view a statue of Shevchenko’s and the artist was immediately asked to VEHICLE LOANS, SIGNATURE LOANS head (70 centimeters). 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His other artists overcome great difficulties, infinite enthusiasm appears in a recent thus helping them grow and develop sculpture of Nykyta Budka, the first bishop throughout the world. of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in At age 87 Leo Mol is a master of his art. Canada. This portrait is truly unique, with DNIPRODNIPRO CO.CO. He is famous not only in Canada but Parcels, money transfers and airline tickets to different countries. Visas to strong religious characteristics, and was throughout the world. donated by the artist to Ss. Volodymyr and Ukraine, video Transfer PAL/SECAM-NTSC, Calls to Ukraine 8 cents per Olha Cathedral. Bibliography minute. Large selection of CD’s, video’s, kerchiefs and Ukrainian souvenirs. On May 28 Mr. Mol was recognized Paul Duval, “Leo Mol,” Limited with the Ukrainian president’s Order of Edition. 300 copies (1982) NEWARK, N.J. 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Dereva even to this day.”37 The founding family... He left behind his wife, Olha, and ATTORNEY AT LAW (Continued from page 14) their young son, Sviatoslav. Serving as regent, Olha would prove to be a very Although ruling as king in Rus’ Ihor34 capable administrator of her husband’s SERHIYSERHIY ORELOREL was now able to enjoy a period of tran- • FREE CONSULTATIONS • realm as we shall see in next month’s quility, fortune was not as kind to his “Focus on Philately.” • Immigration law: all types of visas, • Divorces, pre-nuptial agreements, adoptions general, Oleh, in his eastern campaign. “green-cards,” naturalization, asylum • Change of name This venture was initially hugely suc- An assessment • Trademarks, patents, copyrights • Wills, trust agreements, estate planning and cessful as the Rus’ fleet was able to enter • Computer and Internet law administration the Caspian Sea and for “many months” A number of researchers have casually • Commercial and residential real estate • Personal injury: car accidents, slip and fall, during 942 terrorize the entire southern dismissed Ihor as an inept ruler, unsuccess- closings medical malpractice • Formation of partnerships and corporations; • Municipal court appearances: speeding and shoreline and even inland “three days ful in his military enterprises and unpopu- lar with his subjects. Such a characteriza- organization and sale of businesses, con- traffic tickets; landlord-tenant matters distance.” They set themselves upon tracts and agreements between corporations • Bankruptcies some offshore islands and raided and tion, however, does not at all square with plundered at their leisure since the his many accomplishments. A short 55-2015 River Drive South Muslims had no navy with which to description in the NPL that states “when Jersey City, NJ 07310 Ihor grew up, he came to be brave and oppose them (only merchants and fisher- 38 Tel: (201) 491-1464 / Fax: (201) 222-7533 men plied the sea). Finally, in 943, wise” is more likely nearer the mark. “laden with booty ... [they] had had There is no doubt that Ihor was a fine enough of their adventure” and attempt- leader who commanded respect. He was ed to leave by way of the Volga. The able to take the city of Kyiv and firmly Rus’ were met by an army of Muslims establish his family there – and more dis- who defeated them after a three-day land tant relations in other towns – so that battle in which Oleh and “about 30,000” when he died unexpectedly, the rule of his men perished.35 passed to his wife (as regent) without dispute. His reign may have lasted a A final campaign decade or longer (circa 935 to 945 or a few years later). When Ihor heard of Oleh’s demise and Ihor in very many ways displayed all the defeat of his army, he chose for him- of the typical attributes of a Varangian self a new voyevoda, a man by the name warlord. That he may have taken Kyiv of Sveneld. The latter was apparently a by treachery or artifice would not reflect successful war leader as his followers are unfavorably with his followers. The use described as being well-outfitted: “In this of sly stratagems to capture a fortress or year (945), Ihor’s retinue said to him, town was looked upon with admiration ‘The servants of Sveneld are adorned by all northmen. with weapons and fine rainment, but we Ihor’s organization of a massive army are naked [in comparison]. Go forth with and fleet that could threaten the very us, oh Prince, after tribute, that both you capital of the Byzantine Empire shows and we may profit thereby.’ ” (Figure 5)36 great skill in planning. The fact that the Ihor’s treasury was apparently very low operation could be sustained for many and any hoped for replenishment had died months, even after setbacks with the with Oleh. So, Ihor heeded the urgings of Byzantine’s secret weapon (Greek fire), his followers (druzhyna) and “he attacked reflects well on his leadership abilities. Dereva in search of tribute. He sought to Ever the realists, Varangians would increase the previous tribute and collected settle for acquiring goods by trade if it by violence from the people with the force of arms ultimately failed. So, it is assistance of his followers. After thus gath- entirely within his northern character for ering the tribute, he returned to his city. On Ihor to have negotiated a treaty of trade his homeward way, he said to his follow- with Byzantium a few years after the ers, after some reflection, ‘Go forward with great naval expedition. The regular flow the tribute. I shall turn back, and rejoin you of goods – fur, wax, honey, weapons and later.’ He dismissed his retainers on their slaves in exchange for cloth, silks, glass, journey homeward but, being desirous of silver, spices and wines39 would have still greater booty, he returned on his tracks fueled the engine of growth for the nas- with a few of his followers.” CONROY FUNERAL HOME cent Rus’ state. “The Derevlianians heard that he was In short, then, Ihor was an able and again approaching, and consulted with Mal, sagacious ruler who did much to fashion “Compassionate service, guaranteed lowest cost” their prince, saying, ‘If a wolf comes the foundation of medieval Kyivan Rus’. among the sheep, he will take away the 21 E. 2nd St. Bound Brook, NJ; Glenn Scarponi, lic. mgr. He, more than anyone, deserves to be whole flock one by one, unless he be killed. recognized as the founding father of the If we do not thus. kill him now, he will Kyivan Rus’ dynasty. 1-800-430-5188 destroy us all.’ They then sent forward to Ihor inquiring why he had returned, since Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at P.O. Serving St. Andrew’s Church and Cemetery he had collected all the tribute. But Ihor did Box 3, Springfield, VA 22150 or by e-mail not heed them, and the Derevlianians came at [email protected] in South Bound Brook, NJ since 1955 forth from the city of Iskorosten and slew Ihor and his company, for the number of the latter was few. So lhor was buried, and his tomb is near the city of Iskorosten in

34 The PVL styles him as “kniaz,” which is usually mistranslated as “prince.” In actual- ity the word is derived from the Germanic kuning meaning “king.” See Pritsak, “The Origin of Rus’,” p. 886. Pritsak gives Ihor the title of kagan, the highest imperial title of the Eurasian steppe. See “The System of Government Under Volodimer the Great and His Foreign Policy” in Harvard Ukrainian Studies Vol. No. (1995), p. 574. 35 Minorsky, “A History of Sharvun and Darband,” pp. 150-153. Ibn-Miskawaih, “The Eclipse of the Abbasid Caliphate,” V, pp. 67- 74; and Gold and Pritsak, “Khazarian Hebrew Documents,” pp. 118-119. 36 PVL, p. 78. 36 PVL, p. 78. 37 PVL, p. 78. Hrushevsky proposed that Ihor may not have died until 947 or 948; “Istoriia Ukrainy-Rusy,” p. 446. 38 Hrushevsky, “Istoriia Ukrainy-Rusy,” p. 446. 39 These were the main commodities of exchange. For a fuller itemization see Jones, Gwyn. “A History of the Vikings” (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984), particularly pp. 3 and 253. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41 UKEUKELLODEONODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Two weeks at Korea-U.S.A. Science and Engineering Summer Camp by Ulyana Horodyskyj but also for rescue operations, since more daring and more outgoing. I At the Buyeo Cultural Center we these vehicles can go where humans did not have to worry about what learned to play the Korean drums, Many students dream of traveling cannot. others would think of me – I could made pottery and took rubbings to exotic, far-off places during their I learned a lot during my two just be myself. This experience has from 1,500-year-old stone carvings. summer vacations. But how many of weeks in Korea: how to build and fly given me the courage to be who I am We also went to DaeChun Beach them actually get to go? MAVs; how to eat spicy Korean and stay that way no matter what. where the annual Mud Festival was It was the middle of April when I food; how to break (or not, in my Not only did I need patience being held. Needless to say, I totally received a call from a representative case!) a board in Tae Kwon Do; how when communicating with the “immersed” myself in the celebra- of the American Association for the to wear traditional Korean clothes: Koreans, but I also needed a lot of tion. In addition, I learned Tae Advancement of Science in and how to make green tea. patience when working on the MAV. Kwon Do and had the chance to Washington. He informed me that I But most importantly, I learned These vehicles were small and used spar with another student. My part- was one of 21 students selected in a about the power of communication, tiny electronic components, some of ner and I decided to make the same nationwide search to represent the patience and trust. It was not always which burned out constantly and move at the same time and I wound United States in the first Korea- easy to communicate with the needed to be replaced. We had a few up flat on the floor. U.S.A. Science and Engineering Korean students and professors. crash landings, too. But that is what Our last weekend trip was the Summer Camp (KUSEC) in South Most spoke English well, but with research is all about. If we knew best one. We traveled all the way to Korea. others communication presented how things would turn out, it would Andong, a five-hour bus ride, to the I was filled with excitement, but I more of a challenge. In addition, not be research! Korean Manner School. There, we also felt a little trepidation. Would I they were not used to seeing girls in In addition to spending time in learned how to put on traditional be ready to fulfill this ambassadorial traditionally male roles, but once labs, we also had a chance to Korean attire and how to make role with dignity? Would I be able to they saw what we could do, they explore the country. On the week- green tea. We also went to the get along with everybody? Despite were happy to work with us. ends we traveled to various cities HaHoe Village and watched the these uncertainties, I knew that this KUSEC helped me grow as a per- and immersed ourselves in the time-honored mask dances. It was was going to be an unforgettable son – it has made me more patient, sights and sounds of another land. hard to follow the action without trip. knowing the language, but the music On July 15, after weeks of antici- was entertaining. The next day we pation and preparation, I was ready visited a Buddhist grotto at sunrise. to depart. With my suitcase and Watching the sun peek over the backpack, I was off to the airport horizon while the Buddhists chanted and San Francisco for orientation. It a greeting was incredible. was here that our group of students All too quickly, the last day and teacher-chaperones finally had arrived. Two weeks was hardly a chance to meet face-to-face for the enough time to see and do much in first time. Korea. At the farewell dinner, I was The next morning we boarded a asked to speak on behalf of the Korean Airlines 757 jet for a 12- United States delegation. There was hour flight to Incheon, near Seoul. so much to say! After clearing customs, we contin- KUSEC opened my eyes in so ued on a three-hour bus ride to the many ways. It was great to see that Korean Advanced Institute for there are students in other countries Science and Technology (KAIST) in that are just as enthusiastic about Daejeon, where we were joined by “doing science” as I am. But 28 Korean students. research was not the only thing we Now the fun was ready to begin. did. We learned about Korean cul- Little did I know how scientifically ture, food and customs. KUSEC was and culturally challenging the next a great learning experience for me two weeks would turn out to be. and really taught me not to take The whole point of KUSEC 2002 things for granted. It gave me a new was for Korean and U.S. students to perspective on life. I made many work together to reach common sci- new friends, experienced many new entific goals. We were split up into things, and came back home with a seven different research groups to lifetime’s worth of memories. I know work on topics ranging from chem- that I will never forget KUSEC 2002. istry to robotics under the supervi- What made the experience espe- sion of top Korean researchers and cially worthwhile was all the people college professors. I was placed in I got to meet and work with. the aerospace research group. Our Somewhere, somehow, we’ll meet goal was to build and test a micro again. Friends forever! I have no aerial vehicle (MAV). In other doubt about that! words, we worked on tiny reconnais- sance vehicles. In the very near Ulyana Horodyskyj is a student at future, these MAVs will be very Padua Franciscan High School in practical not only for the military, Ulyana Horodyskyj amidst totem mask poles at HaHoe Village in South Korea. Parma Ohio. No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 27 65 students attend Vacation Church School at Parma cathedral PARMA, Ohio – The ninth annu- al Vacation Church School was sponsored in August here at St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. This year’s program fol- lowed the theme “Miracles of the Bible.” Over 65 students partici- pated in arts and crafts, religious lectures and music. As part of the program, the children placed flow- ers at the base of the Famine Monument on the grounds of the cathedral as the clergy spoke about the forced starvation of the Ukrainian people in 1932-1933. Pictured on the right are partici- pants of the 2002 Vacation Church School.

Children’s book author gets rave reviews Mishanyna Canadian Ukrainian author us to judge others?” CM Magazine, F R D E K R A D E C A R D A D Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, who is a journal geared to teachers and know for her books for children and librarians, gave the book its highest L I N D E N U N B H O N E I I young adults, has been singled out recommendation of four stars. A V R U T R I U T E E T S D S for recognition by both her readers, Ms. Skrypuch is also the author I A I B U P K D A S H O P O O and teachers and librarians. of “Enough,” a work of fiction for Ms. Skrypuch’s most recent novel younger children set in Ukraine at S Y C A M O R E A T S R R S S for teenagers, “Hope’s War,” has the time of the Great Famine of T I K P A A E Y E N I T U Y M been nominated for the 2003 1932-1933. Illustrated by Michael Y B D Y B K E E A U R U C K E Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Martchenko, this picture book was Award. “This is one of those pro- published in 2000 in Canada by L E I L L K A S H T A N E A R grams where kids read the books Fitzhenry and Whiteside; a U.S. A E S E L P A M I V H S O T E and vote on the winner, so I am edition was released in 2001. A really thrilled,” Ms. Skrypuch com- Ukrainian-language version of the Y C N U R N E T E P S O P R K mented. book, titled “Dosyt,” was published A H C R I B E R E Z A S O E A “Hope’s War,” published in 2001 by the Ukrainian Language K Y L Y M A B A T O S N P E N by Dundurn Press, tells the story of Education Center, Canadian 15-year old Kat (Kataryna) Baliuk, Institute of Ukrainian Studies. K E L P P A R E T O P O L I A a fine arts student who hopes to Ms. Skrypuch’s first book, A L W I L L O W E S E T A T D have a fresh start at a new school released in 1994, is another chil- Y A B L U N I A L O N R R O I for the arts after a less than suc- dren’s book on a Ukrainian theme cessful year at another high school. that also features art work by Mr. A K Y L B A Y A K H S U R H S The stresses of fitting into a new Martchenko. “Silver Threads” is a This month’s “Mishanyna” is special because it has a bilingual, school, making new friends and tale about pioneer settlers in west- English-Ukrainian, twist. Find the names of the trees listed below – and finding the right outlet for her talent ern Canada and the hardships of their Ukrainian-language equivalents transliterated into English. At the take second place when her family homesteading, as well as the injus- same time you will be learning some new Ukrainian words! becomes the center of a media tice they face in the form of the apple – yablunia maple – klen storm. Her grandfather, Danylo internment operations of World War ash – yasen oak – dub Baliuk, is accused by the Royal I, when Ukrainians and other aspen – osyka pear – hrushka Canadian Mounted Police of being a Europeans were unjustly labeled as beech – buk pine –sosna policeman for the Nazis in World “enemy aliens.” birch – bereza poplar – topolia War II Ukraine. Next month Ms. Skrypuch will cedar – kedr spruce – smereka Ms. Skrypuch recently explained become a touring author as the chestnut – kashtan sycamore – yavir to an audience in Toronto how it Canadian Children’s Book Center fir – yalytsia willow – verba happened that she wrote this book will send her to schools and linden – lypa for 12- to 16-year-olds. She empha- libraries throughout Manitoba dur- sized that the focus of the book is ing Children’s Book Week not wartime Ukraine but the issue November 2 - 8. Perhaps some of OUR NEXT ISSUE: of justice in Canada today and that UKELODEON’s readers will be UKELODEON is published on the second Sunday of every month. it deals with a human rights issue. lucky enough to meet her in person. To make it into our next issue, dated November 10, please send in your Joan Marshall, who reviewed the (PS: If you do have this opportunity, materials by November 1. book for CM Magazine, noted: “But why not write about it and let Contact: UKELODEON, c/o The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route it is the theme of ‘Hope’s War’ that UKELODEON know what you 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, (973) 644-9510. Call us is its real power: should visual thought of Ms. Skrypuch and her at (973) 292-9800; or send e-mail to [email protected]. (We ask images and first impressions lead book?) all contributors to please include a daytime phone number.) 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 No. 41

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Saturday, October 19 evening at the Plast Building, 144 Second Ave., at 5:30 p.m. The evening will feature a NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific slide presentation, as well as individual sto- Society is sponsoring a presentation by Dr. ries recounted by jamboree participants. A WeddingWedding Iryna Valiavko, research fellow, Institute of reception and meeting with the participants Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences will follow. Admission: $5 per person; pro- of Ukraine, and currently a Fulbright Fellow ceeds to benefit the YuMPZ Fund. Announcements at The Harriman Institute, Columbia Announcements University, on the life and scholarly activities WASHINGTON: The Washington Group will appear on October 27, 2002. of Dmytro Chyzhevskyj. The presentation invites you to join members and friends for a will be held at the Shevchenko Scientific memorable dinner cruise along the scenic For a wedding announcement to be included in that issue, Society, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and Potomac River, aboard the Dandy, which will all information must be received in our offices by October 15, 2002. 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For more information board at 6 p.m. and sails at 7 p.m. Tickets: call (212) 254-5130. $75 per person; $140 per couple. Raffles, Along with wedding announcements, we will include greetings from friends, prizes, full-course dinner, cash bar, music and WHIPPANY, N.J.: Ukrainian National more. Send checks, payable to The family members, bridesmaids and ushers – from all those Women’s League of America Branch 75 is Washington Group, to: The Washington who wish to share in the excitement of a new marriage. holding a flea market at St. John the Baptist Group, Dandy River Cruise, P.O. Box 11248, Ukrainian Catholic Church, Route 10 (east- Washington, DC 20008. For information e- Also welcome are anniversary and engagement bound) and Jefferson Road, at 9 a.m.-4 p.m. mail [email protected] or For further information call (908) 500-5973. call Ihor Kotlarchuk, (703) 548-8534. All announcements and greetings. payments must be received by October 19. Sunday, October 20 Rates for announcements and greetings: Saturday-Sunday, October 26-27 EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The executive One-column wedding announcement: $100 board of Vovcha Tropa Plast Camp invites CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Philatelic Two-column wedding announcement: $200 former campers and supporters to an inaugu- Society is sponsoring a Ukrainian American Wedding greeting: $75 ral meeting where a committee will be collectable bazaar. The public is invited to formed to plan the 50th anniversary celebra- this free event at the Ukrainian Cultural For further information or to request a brochure, tion of Vovcha Tropa. The meeting will be Center, Chicago and Oakley avenues. At this held at 2 p.m. at the Ramada Inn, Route 10. bazaar you will be able to buy and sell coins, please call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 (Maria). The agenda includes establishing a general stamps, medals and others Ukrainian collect- Visit www.ukrweekly.com to view a wedding announcement sample page. plan of action and subcommittees. All who ables. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. both days. For are interested in lending a hand with this more information call (847) 439-8499. project are asked to attend. For further infor- mation contact Sonia Slobodian Bokalo, ADVANCE NOTICE (215) 723-3816. Sunday, November 3 Holy Trinity Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church GREAT MEADOWS, N.J.: St. Nicholas (Kyivan Patriarchate) Ukrainian Catholic Church will celebrate the SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: Ukrainian located at 80th anniversary of the parish with a divine National Women’s League of America liturgy followed by dinner in the church hall. Branch 4 will present a unique show of origi- 9672 State Road, North Royalton, Ohio 44133 New parishioners are welcomed. nal wearable art, titled “Regal Fanstasy,” at 1 p.m. in the small reception hall adjacent to SAN DIEGO: St. Mary Protectress Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church on will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its founding Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 9558 Campo Main Street. Featured will be original Road, Spring Valley, Calif., will celebrate its knitwear created by the Ukrainian designer on 40th anniversary with the welcoming of Tamara, whose work draws on inspiration Sunday, October 20, 2002. Archbishop Vsevolod (9 a.m.), followed by from Ukraine’s ethno-cultural heritage. Her the celebration of an hierarchal liturgy at 9:30 son Andrei, an accomplished artist in his own a.m. The celebratory banquet will be held at right, will be showing some of his original The program will include: the Red Lion Hanalei Hotel, 2270 Hotel paintings. Includedin ticket price is a hot 9:30 a.m. – greeting of His Holiness Filaret, Circle N., at 1:30 p.m. Tickets: adults, $40; luncheon served with light beverages, as well children, $15. For information contact as musical entertainment and a raffle of fine Patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukriaine, Alexander Nesterenko, (619) 464-1830, or e- items. Admission: $25 per person. For tickets and Bishop Stephan (Bilak) mail [email protected]. and information contact Luba Siryj, (908) 543-3728. Seating is limited and no tickets 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy and a Thanksgiving Moleben, Monday, October 21 will be available at the door. a banquet, concert and dance to follow all church services. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Saturday, November 9 Ukrainian Research Institute will host a lec- ture by Pavlo Kutuev, associate professor of JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Voloshky Tickets to the banquet, concert and dance - $25.00 for adults sociology and political science, the National Ukrainian Dance Ensemble is hosting its Children and students - free University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, annual Autumn Ball at the Ukrainian Ukraine and visiting Fulbright Scholar, New Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar York University, on the topic “Restructuring Road. The dance will begin at 9 p.m. with for tickets please call Father Roman at (440) 237-0104 the State, Restructuring the Political Society: music by Fata Morgana. The Voloshky Ukraine in the Second Term of the Kuchma Ensemble will perform during the early or Oleh Palaschenko at (440) 843-8142 Presidency.” The lecture will be held at 4-6 evening. Tickets: for adults, $30; students, p.m. in the HURI Seminar Room, 1583 $25. Included in the ticket price is a light Massachusets Ave. For more information buffet. Proper evening attire is required. For visit the HURI website, http://www.huri.har- table reservations call Katria Kowal, (215) vard.edu/, or call (617) 495-4053. 413-2504. WHAT? Friday, October 25 Saturday, November 16 YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR OWN NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Literary HARTFORD, Conn.: The Ukrainian Club and Mayana Gallery invite the public to American Youth Association (SUM), “Meet the Writer,” a literary evening dedicat- Hartford Branch, invites all to its 50th SUBSCRIPTION? ed to Ulana Lubovych, journalist and author anniversary celebration to be held at the of “Exile in Kazakstan” and other works. The Ukrainian National Home, 961 Wethersfield To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, fill out the form below, program will include readings by Lidia Ave., starting at 6 p.m. The program includes clip it and mail it to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, Krushelnytska, Larysa Kukrytska and a keynote address, cultural performances by Volodymyr Lysniak. Introduction by Lubov SUM youth, dinner and a dance to the tunes 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Dmytryshyn-Chasto. Donation: $10. (In the of Zorepad. Donation: adults, $40; youths up gallery: exhibit and sale of books, paintings to age 21, $20. Reserve tickets by calling the and art objects from a private collection, SUM Cooperative Ukrainian Gift Shop, NAME: ______NAME: (please type or print) through October 27). The evening begins at 7 (860) 296-6955. p.m. at the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., CORRECTION ADDRESS: ______fourth floor. Gallery hours: Friday, 6-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. For more informa- tion call (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144; MANALAPAN, N.J.: The correct date for the conference on the topic “Trafficking in CITY: ______STATE: ______ZIP CODE: ______visit the website www.brama.com/mayana; or e-mail ukrartlitclub@aol. com. Women 2002: An Update,” sponsored by qwUkrainian National Women’s League of PHONE (optional): ______Saturday, October 26 America Branch 98 of Holmdel, Middletown, N.J., is Tuesday, October 15. The conference NEW YORK: Members of the youth will be held at the main branch of the J J UNA member subscription price — $45.00/yr. Non-member subscription price — $55.00/yr. (yunatstvo) and counselor (vykhovnyky) Monmouth County Library, 125 Symmes divisions of Plast, New York City Branch, Drives, at 7 p.m. For more information call who attended the Plast Jamboree (YuMPZ) in the library, (732) 431-7220 or M. Orysia UNA Branch number ______Ukraine this past summer will hold a YuMPZ Jacus, (732) 264-8820.