INSIDE:• Shevchenko Scientific Society holds elections — page 4. • The Ukrainian Museum moves ahead with plans for new building — page 4. • A photographic look at Batkivschyna’s journey and OpSail 2000 — centerfold.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVIII HE KRAINIANNo. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Donors’T conferenceU W “Discover Ukraine” expedition discovers America Our Kyiv Bureau Editor Roman Harbor. And with it came the perhaps the project’s most persistent in Berlin collects Woronowycz, who has written on the Ukrainian yacht, the Batkivschyna. headache, a lack of funds. Discover Ukraine project and the Among the 180 or so officially regis- While the schooner officially left port funds for Chornobyl Batkivschyna schooner for nearly two tered exotic tall ships and military ves- in Kyiv on April 7, preparations for the by Pavel Polityuk years, was invited by the expedition’s sels, and another 4,000 pleasure craft that journey began about a year earlier, and organizers, whom he has come to know have gathered for this celebration of the included planning to fulfill the captain’s KYIV – Ukraine has collected almost well, to take part in a portion of the jour- new millennium, the 89-foot gaff main objective: to let the world know all the funds needed to finance repairs ney, and to be on board when the vessel schooner with its cement hull is not par- about Ukraine. and rebuild the cover over the Chornobyl entered New York harbor on the Fourth ticularly remarkable, either in its appear- Officially dubbed the “Discover nuclear plant’s destroyed reactor No. 4, of July for the Parade of Sail and ance or its technology. However, the tra- Ukraine” project, the point was to turn Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko said International Naval Review. He first vails that it and its crew endured during the Batkivschyna into a floating informa- after the second international conference joined the crew outside Wilmington, Del., the three-month, 8,000-mile voyage from tion center on Ukraine’s history, culture, of donor countries that began in Berlin on June 29 as they sailed down the Kyiv to the United States has turned its geography and current business opportu- on July 5. Delaware Bay and left them five days presence on the Eastern Seaboard of the nities. Seventeen story boards were pre- “We are satisfied by the results of the later after the parade was over and the United States into something of a sensa- pared and printed; an audio presentation conference because we collected 35.5 mil- vessel had docked in Midtown tion. was developed; a display of children’s lion Euros,” Mr. Yuschenko said. He added Manhattan. The following is his account Major newspapers and broadcast out- artwork was organized, music was that together with donations from the first of the voyage as recounted by the captain lets in New York, , and selected and recorded; crew members donors’ conference, which took place in and members of the crew and expedition. Delaware have given comprehensive who could properly represent the project New York in 1998, a total of $715 million coverage to the journey of the by Roman Woronowycz were chosen, including an actual member – more than 90 percent of the needed $768 Batkivschyna and the hurdles it had to of the Kozak Brotherhood of Ukraine. million – has been collected. ABOARD THE BATKIVSCHYNA jump, including directional and commu- There also was an agreement with Delegates from 37 countries, led by the — On a humid and hazy Fourth of July, nications problems that caused the ship Kirk Middle School in Wilmington, Del., leading industrialized nations and the with U.S. military air power flying over- to end up thousands of miles off course, for satellite and Internet link-up between European Union, pledged enough funds to head and President Bill Clinton present spring storms that forced one member of the school and the ship, which the junior start emergency work on the steel-latticed aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. the 16-person crew to leave before the high-schoolers would undertake as a concrete sarcophagus, which might be , Operation Sail 2000, the voyage even reached the Atlantic, a bro- completed by 2005. largest maritime event in history, entered ken toilet, international incidents and (Continued on page 3) U.S. representatives committed their country to contributing $80 million, while the European Commission pledged 100 million euros, Germany will give $25.6 million, Japan $225 million, the United Kingdom $18.36 million and Canada $13 million. But experts have estimated that the measures linked to Chornobyl’s closure, which include completion of two nuclear reactors at two Ukrainian plants and social guarantees for Chornobyl workers, would cost more than $2 billion. “We have already fulfilled all conditions made by the G-7 and have to expect good results from the conference,” Mr. Yuschenko told journalists before the meet- ing. He noted that Ukraine’s political deci- sion to shut down its troubled Chornobyl nuclear power plant on December 15 of this year has become the key event in many years of talks between Ukraine and the Group of Seven. President Leonid Kuchma had announced last month that the only work- ing reactor at Chornobyl would shut down in December and urged the West to come through with economic and political assis- tance. “Now it looks like the problem of the shelter (covering Chornobyl’s fourth reac- tor) is resolved,” Prime Minister Yuschenko said. “But next on the agenda is the issue of construction of compensatory units [at other plants] and finding the funds for it.” The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which runs the Chornobyl Shelter Fund, has Roman Woronowycz said the new sum is sufficient to begin an international tender for the construction Dymytrii Birioukovitch, captain of the Roma Hadzewycz of a new shelter around the ruined reac- Batkivschyna and director of the Discover Ukraine expedition. The Ukrainian schooner, the Batkivschyna. (Continued on page 6) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 No. 28

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS NATO and EU: contradictory expansions Switzerland convicts Lazarenko excluding the alternative bill,” Interfax by Paul Goble er ties with the countries of the Caucasus reported. Socialist Party leader GENEVA – The Geneva Police Court Oleksander Moroz said he is “surprised” RFE/RL Newsline and Central Asia. And because it is con- on June 29 sentenced Pavlo Lazarenko to cerned with national defense, NATO has that the Constitutional Court ruled only WASHINGTON – The expansion of an 18-month suspended prison term for on the presidential draft, while keeping insisted that fundamental change inside money-laundering and confiscated $6.6 NATO and the European Union, long these countries be a precondition for silent about the lawmakers’ proposal on assumed to be complementary processes, million from his Swiss bank accounts, how to amend the Constitution of cooperation. Reuters reported. Prosecutors earlier told are having an increasingly contradictory Indeed, Mr. Sherr implies, this willing- Ukraine in line with the April 16 referen- impact on those countries seeking to join the court that Mr. Lazarenko, a former dum. “[The court] wants to push the pres- ness of the Western alliance to accept such prime minister of Ukraine, is believed to one or the other or both, on the current diversity in the countries with which it is idential bill through the Verkhovna Rada members of these two key Western insti- have embezzled a total of $880 million in cooperating has become one of NATO’s before the parliamentary summer recess,” tutions and on those countries, like Ukraine, with more than $170 million greatest strengths. Mr. Moroz added. Constitutional Court Russia, that are unlikely ever to get into passing through Switzerland. However, The EU has taken a very different Judge Mykola Koziubra said the court either. they said they were unable to bring approach. Mr. Sherr notes its main focus will rule on the lawmakers’ draft by July These unintended contradictions, charges relating to other offenses for lack throughout this period has been the deep- 15. “It is impossible to reconcile these British defense analyst James G. Sherr of resources and because the case is close ening of the integration of current mem- two draft bills, ... there is a number of dif- concludes in a recent paper released by to the statute of limitations. Mr. bers. And consequently, it demands that ferences in them,” Mr. Koziubra added. the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst’s Lazarenko is currently in jail in San those countries that want to become mem- (RFE/RL Newsline) Conflict Studies Research Center, reflect Francisco, facing U.S. charges of launder- less the different purposes of the two bers transform themselves at home and be ing $114 million that he allegedly Kuchma urges reform of banking organizations – NATO is a security willing to impose tighter border controls demanded for doing business in Ukraine alliance, while the EU is an economic one vis-à-vis their neighbors who cannot or do when he was prime minister in 1996- KYIV – Arguing that Ukraine’s banks – than the specific mix of policies they not want to join. 1997. (RFE/RL Newsline) have failed to win the trust of the popula- have adopted over the last decade con- In that way, the EU draws precisely the tion, President Leonid Kuchma called for cerning potential new members. kind of lines in post- Europe that Kuchma seeks former PM’s extradition new legislation and regulation to NATO has sought to avoid. Moreover, improve the situation, ITAR-TASS Since the collapse of the Soviet empire, KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma on Mr. Sherr notes, NATO has done every- because the accession process takes so reported on July 1. Mr. Kuchma also long, this EU approach has the potential to June 30 called on Washington to extradite expressed concern about capital flight thing it can “to soften the distinction Pavlo Lazarenko to face corruption charges between members and non-members,” dramatically expand the size of the gray from Ukraine. He noted that in early June zone of political and economic uncertain- in Ukraine, the Associated Press reported. some $1.6 billion was transferred from thereby successfully avoiding the drawing Mr. Kuchma said that because there is no of new lines in Europe, while extending a ty between East and West. That, in turn, Ukraine to Latvia, even though trade undercuts NATO’s approach. extradition treaty between the two coun- between the two countries amounts to penumbra of security to countries whose tries, he is prepared to sign whatever docu- national sovereignty has been at risk. Not surprisingly, these differences only $45 million. “I am surprised that the between NATO and the EU have had a ments are necessary. If the United States national bank does not see this,” the Mr. Sherr points out that NATO has does not act, he said, “what kind of trust been willing and able to tailor its relation- serious impact on countries interested in president said. But officials at the central joining one or the other or both. Many of would our society have for the American bank said that things are better than Mr. ships with all Partnership for Peace coun- legal system?... If Lazarenko has no money, tries, developing close links with some those countries’ leaders view NATO as the Kuchma suggested; they noted that they primary source of military security but are he would have been thrown out of are meeting debt payment schedules, countries like the Baltic states and America.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukraine, and maintaining somewhat loos- increasingly concerned by NATO’s efforts supporting the national currency and to work out a cooperative relationship Presidential draft on amendments OKd building hard currency reserves. Paul Goble is the publisher of RFE/RL with Moscow, whose policies are the pri- (RFE/RL Newsline) Newsline. KYIV – The Constitutional Court on (Continued on page 14) June 29 ruled that President Leonid Kyiv rejects charges of aiding Chechnya Kuchma’s draft bill on introducing constitu- KYIV – Leonid Derhach, chairman of tional amendments in line with the April 16 the Security Service of Ukraine, told ITAR- referendum is legal and should be imple- TASS on June 30 that Russian Col. Gen. Will Lukashenka outplay opposition once again? mented, Interfax reported. The court added Valerii Manilov’s suggestion that Ukrainian by Jan Maksymiuk only. The opposition and Mr. Lukashenka that its verdict is final and not subject to citizens and organizations are aiding RFE/RL Newsline struck a deal to that effect, but following appeal. Mr. Kuchma proposed to amend the Chechen fighters is completely untrue. the referendum that overwhelmingly Constitution of Ukraine in accordance with Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported PRAGUE – On November 24, 1996, a endorsed the new Constitution Mr. three questions approved in the referendum: constitutional referendum initiated by that ethnic Chechens in Odesa staged a Lukashenka enforced the results of the giving the president the right to dissolve the demonstration to protest what they said was President Alyaksandr Lukashenka of vote by decree. Parliament, abolishing lawmakers’ immuni- Belarus submitted to popular vote a radi- police persecution of refugees from the war. The new Constitution prolonged ty from criminal persecution; and reducing (RFE/RL Newsline) cally rewritten Constitution broadly President Lukashenka’s term in office for the Parliament from 450 to 300 deputies. expanding his powers at the expense of two another years, until 2001. Since the Mr. Kuchma sidestepped the approved Kyiv to purchase grain from farmers those of the legislative branch. 1996 referendum, Mr. Lukashenka has question about the introduction of a bicam- The new basic law abolished the coun- KYIV – In order to ensure that consolidated his power and turned Belarus, eral Parliament, pledging to set up a team of try’s former Parliament – the 260-seat Ukrainian farmers sell their grain, the as the U.S. Congress’s May 3 resolution experts to tackle the issue later. (RFE/RL Supreme Soviet – and introduced a bicam- Ukrainian government is to purchase their put it, into “an authoritarian police state Newsline) eral legislature consisting of a 110-seat produce at the average market price, but the where human rights are routinely violat- Chamber of Representatives (the lower Leftists criticize Constitutional Court farmers retain the option to repurchase it ed.” With Moscow’s political and econom- house) and a 64-seat Council of the and sell it on the market if prices rise. That ic support, President Lukashenka has Republic (the upper house). This legisla- KYIV – Communist Party leader Petro measure is provided for in a decree signed appeared to ignore Western criticism. But, ture has been deprived not only of the pos- Symonenko said on June 29 that the on June 30 by President Leonid Kuchma, while he has managed to marginalize the sibility to effectively act as a check on the Constitutional Court “was exploited with Reuters reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) opposition at home, he has failed to under- government but also of the right to draw the only purpose of giving a blessing to up its own budget. mine the oppositionists’ standing abroad. [President Leonid] Kuchma’s draft and (Continued on page 8) The 1996 plebiscite took place amid This fall Belarus will hold elections to egregious violations of constitutional the Chamber of Representatives, a body norms and procedures, and its results are that in the past four years has turned the FOUNDED 1933 widely believed to have been rigged. concept of Belarusian parliamentarism into Before the referendum the opposition in a caricature. Since last fall, the Belarusian THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY the Supreme Soviet had initiated proce- opposition has been trying – with the help An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., dures for impeaching President of the Organization for Security and a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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“Discover Ukraine” expedition... (Continued from page 1) project on Ukrainian history, geography and culture. That program, which had technical difficulties from the start, was abbreviated after the ship’s shore communications died. The Discover Ukraine idea was the brainchild of the ship’s captain, Dymytrii Birioukovitch. A civil engineer by profession, but also a lifelong sailing enthusiast, in 1989 Capt. Birioukovitch claimed the carcass of an old fishing vessel that had sailed the waters of the Black Sea since the 1950s, but had been discarded on an island in the Dnipro River several years back. Within two years he had refitted and repainted it, turning it into an ocean-worthy sailing vessel he named the Batkivschyna, which means fatherland. Since then, the ship and the captain had sailed the Dnipro River, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean to Western Europe and the Middle East several times. It was on one of those trips that Capt. Birioukovitch came up with his idea to let the world know about Ukraine. “We were docked in Israel, on the Red Sea, and people kept coming up to me asking me what country was repre- sented by the flag under which we were sailing,” said Capt. Birioukovitch. “It was then that I understood that we needed to let the world know that our country exists.” The original idea was to sail the world with stops at key cities and countries, where the presentations would take place both on the ship and off. But the lack of Roma Hadzewycz money, the project’s essential Achilles’ heel from the The Slavutych, staff ship of the Ukrainian navy, anchored on the off Hoboken, N.J., during start, de-railed that plan almost immediately. Potential Operation Sail 2000. contributors simply never followed through on promises of financial support. At the government level, add to the crews growing woes, the firm that provided helm, relaxed, helped prepare dinner, manned the sails or Batkivschyna eventually was given “official” status as them with their satellite phone hook-up went out of busi- simply relaxed and took a much-deserved rest. the representative of Ukraine for OpSail 2000, but Kyiv, ness soon afterwards, which effectively cut their last line The cook had the hardest time of it, according to the too, failed to offer financial support. The schooner, along of direct communication with the outside world. captain. “At the helm, you must be attentive, but you can with the Slavutych, staff ship of the Ukrainian navy, If all this was not enough, their global positioning relax and enjoy the scenery for the most part,” he made up the official Ukrainian contingent to the OpSail system (GPS) seemed to go awry, and suddenly they explained. “But in the galley it is hot and it is wet, and you 2000 celebration. discovered that they were far off track. Days before the have to do it three times a day, because we have to eat.” Undeterred, Capt. Birioukovitch and his partners, a May 25 opening of OpSail 2000 in , a date The sail down the Delaware Bay after the conclusion of Kyiv businessman named Roman Malarchuk and Roy they had planned to make, the ship was somewhere in the program and then up the coast of the Kellogg, a Canadian businessman and attorney who hap- the Atlantic Ocean between the Bermudas and the Atlantic Ocean was probably the most relaxed portion of pens to be married to the captain’s daughter, decided to Azore Islands. the trip thus far. It gave the captain the ability to anchor change strategy. Instead of the world, they would focus on Mr. Kellogg, one of the Discover Ukraine’s other direc- the boat to allow the crew and several guests time to take Western Europe and take up an offer from El Ferrol, tors, who was in charge of the advance team, summoned dips in the water and also to accept an unexpected invita- Spain, to travel there for the annual Santiago Festival. It the U.S. Coast Guard in San Juan after it became apparent tion for his crew to come ashore for lunch at the home of a still would be a transglobal project, but now would be that the ship was late. After an unsuccessful initial search Ukrainian American who resides on the bay. done in stages. within a 250-mile radius of the U.S. territory, the hunt for In New York hundreds of thousands turned out on July Their success in Spain led to an invitation from the the lost vessel was expanded to the coast of Africa. 4 to greet the Batkivschyna and the other ships of OpSail Office of the President of the United States to take part in However, at about the same moment, Capt. 2000 and watch them sail in formation beneath the OpSail 2000. Again a shortage of funds brought near Birioukovitch, fully aware that he was late and that people Verrazano Bridge, past the , into the panic and crisis to the captain and his partners as their were probably getting worried, finally made contact with a Hudson River and finally toward the George Washington scheduled April 2 departure date approached. However, vessel in the vicinity of his ship and gave word that the Bridge, which connects upper Manhattan with New OpSail organizing committees in Baltimore and Norfolk Batkivschyna had corrected course and was okay. He Jersey. As the Batkivschyna came into the Hudson River and the central organizing committee in Washington, as decided, however, to proceed directly to Norfolk, Va., for covered in an eerie morning mist, Capt. Birioukovitch, well as individual donors came through with some the third leg of the OpSail, bypassing both San Juan and hands at the helm and his white captain’s hat upon his $10,000 in the last weeks, which gave the project funding the second scheduled stop, . head, turned to no one in particular and with a broad grin for basic supplies and fuel. “The most difficult time of our trip was when we knew exclaimed, “This is what it’s all about, my friends. This is On April 7 they finally departed, five days behind that people were waiting for us, and we couldn’t contact what we came for.” schedule but fully ready to set people straight on what them,” explained Capt. Birioukovitch. After turning, the vessel entered its slip on Pier 86, their country is all about. He underscored that at no time was there any danger to located near the USS Intrepid on 44th Street and 12th Again, however, things were not meant to go smoothly. the crew’s safety and that the vessel, with its emphasis on Avenue, where large crowds queued up to the Spring came late to Ukraine this year with ice flows still utility and not aesthetics, held up admirably well through Batkivschyna’s plank and waited for their chance to come dotting the Dnipro River in April. The unseasonably cold all parts of the voyage. aboard. weather forced a postponement in the opening of the locks The expedition’s luck changed for the better once it While the captain signed autographs on deck and on the Dnipro River that are found just below Cherkasy. finally hit Norfolk, Va., on June 5. Donations of money accepted donations, a Kozak entertained the crowds with The crew waited only a day, but that irritation was fol- and goods, including a gift of 2.5 tons of badly needed an accordion and a flute that resembled a flintlock pistol. lowed by another incident in which they broke a toilet diesel fuel, as well as a new VHS radio communication As the crowds subsided and as the sun set, Capt. when the Batkivschyna hit a sand bar, after an unobser- system helped boost moral. Birioukovitch said that, although he realized there was still vant helmsman failed to note it. On shore, large crowds, fine weather and plenty of hos- much travel and parading left, he knew that without the Having replaced their “head” near Kherson, they were pitality mended the frayed nerves of the crew, which had help of Ukrainian Americans the trip would have proved off again, only to be preceded by an international incident not only to deal with the dearth of communications during much more difficult, if not impossible, to complete. between Turkey and Ukraine. As they sailed down the their voyage, but also with the tensions that develop when “Please express my sincere gratitude to all. I realize that river to the Black Sea, a Turkish fishing vessel was sunk people are thrown into close quarters in less than optimal not everyone can be named. And please, let everyone after attempting to flee from a Ukrainian coast guard ves- conditions. understand that I am thankful for more than strictly the sel that had discovered its illegal presence in Ukrainian Capt. Birioukovitch said he has been amazed at the material assistance; I see the support as support for what territorial waters. attention and the outpouring of support not only from we want to convey here,” said Capt. Birioukovitch. With tempers tattered in Kyiv and Istanbul, Capt. Ukrainian Americans but by many others as well. He was The Batkivschyna leaves New York on July 9 and Birioukovitch decided to bypass a scheduled stop for fuel particularly delighted with the attention paid his yacht and moves to New London, Conn., where some are expecting in the Turkish capital and move directly into the crew in Chesapeake, Va., where the Batkivschyna waited the largest and most organized reception by the Ukrainian Mediterranean. for OpSail 2000 to catch up to them. American community yet. Then it is on to Portland, With warmer weather, the crew — which consisted of “They supported us like we were family,” explained , where OpSail concludes at the end of the month 13 young sailors, including one 21-year-old woman, plus Capt. Birioukovitch. “Our diaspora was at the center of it before the ship and the crew return to , where the captain, his wife, Nina, and their 14-year-old grand- all, of course, but all sorts of Americans helped us without they have been invited to take part in Ukrainian son, Vadym — relaxed for the first time since leaving. But regard to age, sex, or whatever.” Independence Day celebrations. the warm air in the Mediterranean brought another prob- In Wilmington the kids from Kirk Middle School Afterward the captain hopes to sail on to Halifax, Nova lem: the spring storms. turned out and, of course, there was another Scotia, and then, if he can gather the financial support and The crew all suffered the effects of the large sea parade. find a place to store his vessel during the winter, he would swells and strong head winds that rocked the vessel for Then it was on to Baltimore, where more celebrations like to spend some time on the Great Lakes. two days near Corsica, which even managed to force one occurred, another parade took place, and more greetings In the spring, if financing allows for it, the of the crew off the ship. and well wishes from Ukrainian Americans and others Batkivschyna, Captain Birioukovitch and the Discover Still more troubles ensued when their ship’s shortwave were expressed. Ukraine expedition plan to continue their transglobal radio failed even before it entered the Atlantic Ocean. To When not in parade, the crew members took turns at the odyssey. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 No. 28 U.S. Shevchenko Scientific Society elects new slate of officers by Dr. Orest Popovych departed members and then introduced Dr. Ukrainian diaspora (EUD), of which he is headed by Prof. Stojko and the other by Kupchynsky to the general audience. He, the chief editor. The HP section now Dr. Onyshkevych. Both candidates then NEW YORK, N.Y. – The 16th general in turn, greeted the gathering on behalf of boasts of 70 full, 20 corresponding and six addressed the audience, presenting their meeting of the Shevchenko Scientific the NTSh-U and delivered his second lec- associate members. respective platforms. The subsequent vote Society of America (NTSh-A) convened ture, this time on the history of the soci- Dr. Yaroslav Zalipsky informed the by secret ballot resulted in the election of on May 20, at the society’s headquarters in ety’s contributions to Ukrainian scholar- assembly about the activities of the Dr. Onyshkevych and her slate by a vote . Separate morning sessions ship. Philadelphia chapter of the NTSh. A report of 53 to 52. were held by the sections of history and Elections to the presidium for the meet- of the committee on scholarships and The newly elected president of the philosophy (HP) and of mathematics, ing, with Prof. Hunczak and Volodymyr grants was read by Prof. John Fizer. NTSh-A said she considers the following physics and technology (MPT). Baranetsky elected as chairmen. Elections Mykola Haliv spoke about his diversified to be the society’s main objectives: to The HP section elected new members were held also for the nominating, by- and challenging tasks as office manager. maintain its leading role in the field of and then changed its organizational struc- laws, resolution and auditing committees. Prof. Roman Andrushkiw, vice-presi- Ukrainian studies, to provide a forum for ture by splitting into two sections. One of The auditing committee examined the dent reported both as head of the comput- members’ projects in all fields, to attract them is devoted to history, philosophy, minutes of the 15th general meeting, er/technology committee and of the MPT more young scholars and those from theology, pedagogy and psychology, and which were then approved by the mem- section. The latter comprises 18 full, 20 among the recent immigrants, to continue is headed by Prof. Taras Hunczak. The bers. Greetings from other NTSh chapters corresponding and 11 associate members; its close cooperation with the NTSh-U, other covers the areas of law, sociology, were read. it has its own webpage at particularly in the area of publishing, and political science, economics, geography Reports on their activities for the past www.shevchenko.org; it regularly holds to strengthen its cooperation with other and demography as well as the history and three years were presented by each of the meetings and seminars. Dr. Sviatoslaw NTSh chapters as well as other scholarly theory of journalism; it is headed by Dr. outgoing officers, beginning with Trofimenko, vice-president offered his institutions. Internally, the NTSh-A is Martha B. Trofimenko. President Rudnytzky. He was followed by report on matters of publicity and scholar- planning to reinvigorate the work of its At the same time the MPT section host- the executive vice-president, Dr. Larissa ly conferences. sections and committees, to increase the ed talks by two guest speakers: Prof. Anna M. L. Zaleska Onyshkevych, who had Dr. Martha Trofimenko spoke about the number of scholarly publications both in Nagurney of the University of also served as the acting president of tasks handled by the by-laws committee, Ukrainian and in English, to continue to , whose lecture titled NTSh-A during Prof. Rudnytzky’s which she heads. Tania Keis reported as modernize its library and archives, to con- “Networks for Fun and Profit” explored appointment at the Ukrainian Free the chair of the library committee. In this tinue inviting visiting scholars from the network of economic activity ranging University in Munich. Then came the area, the most important accomplishment Ukraine. from transportation and communications reports by the vice-president and learned of the last term was the computerization of In addition to the president, the new through finance, and Dr. Oleh secretary, Prof. Wolodymyr Stojko, and by the NTSh library, the introduction of an presidium consists of the following: Prof. Kupchynsky of Lviv, the learned secretary the vice-president and chief financial offi- electronic catalogue and its transfer to the Andrushkiw, first vice-president; Dr. of the NTSh in Ukraine (NTSh-U), who cer Dr. Wolodymyr Rak. The latter pre- Internet. Swiatoslaw Trofimenko, vice-president traced the history of publishing activity at sented the society’s budget for the coming Following a discussion of the reports, and learned secretary; Prof. Anna Procyk, NTSh. year. the outgoing governing board was granted vice-president; Prof. Vasyl Markus, vice- The meeting proper was opened in the Prof. Vasyl Markus, vice-president a vote of confidence. The nominating president and editor of the EUD; Dr. afternoon by the NTSh-A president, Prof. informed the audience of the activities of committee, chaired by Prof. Fizer, present- George Slusarczuk, acting treasurer; editor Leonid Rudnytzky, who asked the audi- the HP section, which he chaired, and of ed the members with two slates of candi- ence to honor the memory of the society’s progress on the Encyclopedia of the dates for a new governing board – one (Continued on page 18) The Ukrainian Museum’s annual meeting elects board of trustees

by Marta Baczynsky A minute of silence honored their memory. Iryna Kurowyckyj, president of the NEW YORK – The sweltering heat of Ukrainian National Women’s League of Sunday, June 11, did little to discourage America, the founders of the museum, many members of The Ukrainian Museum brought greetings from the UNWLA and from attending the institution’s annual assurances that her organization will contin- meeting. ue to support the institution. Mrs. Hnateyko The goal of the meeting is to provide a congratulated UNWLA on its 75th anniver- forum for the museum leadership as well as sary, which is being celebrated this year, its members – the former to report on the and led the assembly in a rousing rendition completed agenda and financial state of the of “Mnohaya Lita.” institution for the previous year, the latter to Most of the meeting was devoted to the express their thoughts and feelings concern- presentation of various reports. Mrs. ing various related issues. This year, as in Hnateyko, the first to report, said that after the past several years, the main topic of thoroughly examining and reviewing all interest was the new museum building proj- options pertaining to the museum’s building ect. project, the board had decided to proceed The meeting was chaired by Dr. Askold with building a new facility on East Sixth Lozynskyj, president of both the Ukrainian Street. The project will utilize the design World Congress and the Ukrainian plans prepared by architect George Sawicki, Congress Committee of America. Barbara but will incorporate some changes into Bachynsky, museum board member, served these plans to cut costs and save money. Museum members and guests during the annual meeting. as recording secretary. She reiterated the continuous conscientious Board President Olha Hnateyko asked effort and hard work by board members in of these changes by the city. butions to Ukrainian scholarship and culture the assembly to remember the museum searching for the best possible outcome for Director Maria Shust gave a detailed of art historian Hryhorij Lohvyn in a photo- members and friends who had died in 1999. the museum in the long quest for its new summary of the museum’s activities during graphic exhibition of Ukraine’s architectural home. She also credited the board for suc- the report period. She spoke about the monuments. For a two-week span, the cessfully completing this assignment. unique gifts the museum received to its col- museum mounted a “farewell” exhibition of The process in examining the viable lections and library, among them antique paintings by Mykola Krychevsky, which options before the board took some time, maps of Ukraine, many books, paintings were en route to museums in Ukraine. And, said the board president. She also explained and drawings by noted Ukrainian artists, at the moment of passage into the new mil- the outcome of each option. and numerous folk art objects. The museum lennium, the museum chose to show the art For instance, she noted the negotiations also received the archive of the Philadelphia of Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky, who to with respect to the purchase of the landmark branch of the Brotherhood of the 1st a great degree embodied the creative spirit building on East Seventh Street and Third Division of the Ukrainian National Army. of the early part of the 20th century in Avenue took approximately one year. This The director spoke about the exhibitions Ukraine. objective, diligently and vigorously pursued and related programs presented during the The museum’s educational programs by the board, was not realized due to the report period (1999 and highlights of 2000), were highlighted by a series of lectures on fact that the sellers changed their minds noting that the planning committee on the archaeological themes by Ukrainian about selling. Other options were to build board, working in cooperation with the American art historians and archaeologists apartments over the museum facility, either museum staff is responsible for this agenda. as speakers. The lectures, presented on sep- with developers or alone. However, after Ms. Shust enumerated the exhibitions that arate days in the English and Ukrainian lan- careful study, both options were not finan- were mounted and said that they reflected guages, brought new audiences to the muse- cially optimal for the museum. the museum’s celebration of the passage um. With the aim of developing a program Although the board has now chosen a into a new century and millennium. The of events aimed at more closely involving path of action, according to Mrs. Hnateyko, important role of collectors was acknowl- young people in museum activities, the it will take some time for the development edged in the formation and enrichment of newly formed Public Relations Committee Olha Hnateyko, newly re-elected presi- of the various phases of the project, such as museum collections, in both fine arts and of Young Professionals organized a gallery dent of The Ukrainian Museum’s the incorporation of the changes into the folk art exhibitions. board of trustees. design of the new building and the approval The museum honored the lifelong contri- (Continued on page 21) No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Fraternalists join hands to prepare UNA GENERAL ASSEMBLY Dibrova Estate for summer season Executive Committee Andre Worobec 9 Bayard Place President Newark, NJ 07106-3613 Ulana Diachuk Eugene Oscislawski Ukrainian National Association 25 Jason Court 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Matawan, NJ 07747-3510 Parsippany, NJ 07054 Barbara Bachynsky First Vice-President 101 E. 16th St. Stefko Kuropas New York, NY 10003 105 S. Salem Drive Andrij Skyba Schaumburg, IL 60193 4575 N. Nagle Ave. Harwood Heights, IL 60656 Second Vice-President Al Kachkowski Anya Dydyk-Petrenko 126 Simon Fraser Crescent 137 Crystal Spring Drive Saskatoon, SK S7H 3T1 Ashton, MD 20861

Director for Canada Editor-in-Chief, Rev. Myron Stasiw The Ukrainian Weekly 18 Leeds St. Roma Hadzewycz Toronto, Ontario M6G 1N7 The Ukrainian Weekly 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 National Secretary Parsippany, NJ 07054 Martha Lysko Ukrainian National Association Editor-in-Chief, America’s fraternal benefit societies designated June 17 as “Join Hands Day.” The 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Svoboda District Committee of the UNA and Dibrova Estate members spent most of Parsippany, NJ 07054 Raissa Galechko that day beautifying the grounds of Dibrova in preparation for the picnic season. Treasurer Svoboda Pictured above are some members who took part in this local observance of “Join 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Hands Day.” Stefan Kaczaraj Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ukrainian National Association 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Parsippany, NJ 07054 Manager, Soyuzivka John A. Flis New York District Committee holds Soyuzivka Auditing Committee Foordmore Road annual meeting, re-elects Bachynsky William Pastuszek Kerhonkson, NY 12446 by Mary Dushnyck New York District Committee, Mrs. 9 So. Chester Road Bachynsky reported that in 1999 the dis- NEW YORK – The annual meeting of Swarthmore, PA 19018 Honorary Members trict realized its annual quota by 47 per- of the General Assembly the UNA New York District Committee cent, enrolling 40 new members for a Stefan Hawrysz was held at the Selfreliance Hall here. total amount of $502,000. She noted that 155 Erdenheim Road Stepan Kuropas In the absence of a member of the UNA there had been three changes of branch Erdenheim, PA 19038 107 Ilehamwood Drive Executive Committee’s “triumvirate” at secretaries. New UNA brochures were Alexander Serafyn De Kalb, IL 60115 the Home Office, UNA Advisor Barbara distributed to those present. Bachynsky represented the officers. 2565 Timberwyck Trail Anna Chopek Treasurer John Choma reported on the Troy, MI 48098 A presidium was chosen consisting of sound state of the district’s finances, but 678 44th St. Los Alamos, NM 87544 Mrs. Bachynsky as chair and Motria noted there was room for improvement if Yaroslav Zaviysky Milanytch as secretary. The minutes of more branches paid their dues to the dis- 11 Bradley Road Mary Dushnyck the previous year’s annual meeting were trict committee. Clark, NJ 07006 2 Marine Ave. then read by Nadia Sawczuk. Following the reports, a discussion Brooklyn, NY 11209 In her capacity as chairperson of the Myron Groch ensued on various topics, foremost 16 Kevin Drive Anna Haras among them the enrollment of new Founthill, Ontario L0S 1E4 members, trying to bring in the newly 1930 Greenleaf St. arrived, reorganizing past members and Bethlehem, PA 18017 the matter of direct billing. Advisors Myron Kuropas Young UNA’ers All district committee officers were Taras Szmagala Jr. 107 Ilehamwood Drive re-elected, with one change – Oksana DeKalb, IL 60115 Lopatynska was elected the Ukrainian- 1722 Fulton Road language press person. , OH 44113 The Very Rev. Stephen Bilak The district committee voted to donate Alex Chudolij 1750 Jefferson St., Apt. 301 $300 to the families of the 81 miners 281 Urma Ave. Hollywood, FL 33020 killed and those injured in Krasnodon, Clifton, NJ 07013 Walter Sochan Ukraine and $100 to the New York Tekla Moroz 53 Brinkerhoff St. Regional Council of the Ukrainian Jersey City, NJ 07304 National Women’s League of America on 345 36th Ave. the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Lachine, Quebec H8T 2A5 John O. Flis the UNWLA. Halyna Kolessa P.O. Box 48 In conclusion, the call at the meeting 100 Montgomery St., Apt. 23-H East Charleston, VT 05833 was to: “organize, organize, organize.” Jersey City, NJ 07302 Joseph Lesawyer Nick Diakiwsky 2643 Deer Path 2065 Ridge Road Ext. Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 Ambridge, PA 15003 Wasyl Didiuk Wasyl Szeremeta 30 Allenhurst Drive, Apt. 402 1510 Hilltop Terrace Islington, Ontario M9A 4Y8 Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Taras Szmagala Sr. Nicholas and Melody Muzyka, chil- Vasyl Luchkiv 10976 Tanager Trail dren of Olga and Alex Muzyka of 49 Windmill Lane Brecksville, OH 44141 Kerhonkson, N.Y., are new members Insure and be sure. New City, NY 10956 of UNA Branch 200. They were Stephanie Hawryluk Helen Olek Scott enrolled by their parents and grand- P.O. Box 17453 Michael Road 7644 W. Rosedale Ave. parents Anna and Alex Muzyka of Join the UNA! Cottekill, NY 12419 , IL 60631 Bergenfield, N.J. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 No. 28

NOTEWORTHY UKRAINIANS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Making summer memories Ivan Pului, the discoverer of X-rays by Danylo Kulynyak Electrical Matter and the Fourth State of Being Ukrainian in is most fun in the summer. Ask anybody who Matter” was expressed in a way that 19th grew up here what they most liked about their Ukrainian upbringing, and they’re sure Debate still persists as to who was the century science considered to be old- to mention some memory of summer. Summer brought, and still brings, all sorts of first to discover X-rays. Was it the fashioned, which hindered the immediate camps, as well as camping out and campfires, festivals and food, beaches and moun- Ukrainian scientist Jan Puluj (Ivan acceptance of his work as a great discov- tain retreats, visits with “babtsia” and “dido,” the end of not only the school year, but Puliui) or a German physicist Wilhelm ery. Mr. Puliui’s experiments were pub- the “Ukie” school year as well. Conrad Roentgen, the 1901 Nobel Prize lished in the “Notes” of the [Austrian] In recent years, summer has also brought us great history – the declaration of winner? Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1880- Ukraine’s sovereignty on July 16, 1990, and the unexpected and dramatic declaration To give a name to a phenomenon is to 1883; these were later published in a of Ukraine’s independence on a hot and hazy August 24, 1991. discover it. It is this logic that made the book that [Great Britain] Royal Society Ukraine’s independence brought us another great historic event of summer – the name of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen recognized as one of the most outstand- thrill of watching Ukraine fully participate for the first time as an independent nation immortal. ing achievements of world science. in the XXVI Summer Olympiad in Atlanta in 1996, the Centennial Olympic Games. In the January 1896 issue of World The society translated the book into Ukraine took its place among 196 nations at those games, as internationally renowned Illustration, two articles were simultane- English and published it. And all this is pole-vaulter Serhiy Bubka carried the blue-and-yellow flag into the Olympic Stadium, ously published: one dealt with the documented as having taken place seven leading a delegation of 243 Ukrainian athletes. It was the summer we got to watch German scientist Mr. Roentgen’s discov- years prior to the Mr. Roentgen’s claim diminutive 17-year-old Lilya Podkopayeva from Dontesk win two golds and a silver ery of X-rays, while the other described a to discovering the X-ray. Despite strenu- in women’s gymnastics, as she became the first person in 24 years to win Olympic series of experiments with the same X- ous efforts by the world’s press to assert gold while holding the title of world champion. (Remarkably, the champion to previ- rays performed by Jan Puluj (Ivan Puliui) that Mr. Puliui was the first discoverer of ously accomplish the same feat was Liudmila Turishcheva, today the director of a professor at Prague Polytechnical the X-rays, the Nobel prize of 1901 was Ukraine’s Gymnastics Federation and the wife of Minister of Youth and Sports Valeriy Institute. awarded to Mr. Roentgen. Borzov.) This year, once again we will get to watch Ukraine compete in a summer The lives of both physicists are con- Slavko Bokshan, a renown Serbian Olympiad – albeit in Australia’s “spring” month of October – as Ukraine’s delegation nected with Strasbourg University. In the scientist who worked in the same depart- travels to Sydney. 1890s both Messrs. Roentgen and Puliui ment as Messrs. Puliui and Roentgen, And the summer of 2000 brings us another historic event, the huge millennium cel- worked in the same department under the remarked about Mr. Puliui’s discovery: ebration – OpSail 2000 – the gathering in New York Harbor of more than 180 tall guidance of Prof. Kundt, and Mr. “World history has never been just to cer- ships and military vessels from 50 countries. Two ships from Ukraine participated in Roentgen made a point of attending lec- tain individuals or certain nations. Small this event, scheduled to coincide with the celebration of America’s July 4 tures given by Mr. Puliui. While at nations and their achievements are often Independence Day – the tall ship Batkivschyna, which sailed in the Parade of Tall Strasbourg, Mr. Puliui commenced his neglected while the accomplishments of Ships, and was open to public viewing the rest of the week at the Hudson River’s Pier experiments with X-rays, and Mr. large nations are at times exaggerated.” 84 in Manhattan, and the Slavutych, a 5,010-ton naval cruiser, carrying a crew of 129, Roentgen was soon to become fascinated Mr. Puliui made many other discover- which is on an official visit to the United States and participated in the International by these phenomena. ies as well. He is particularly noteworthy Review of Naval Vessels. Those who saw the Slavutych sail up the Hudson River, Through his experiments into the for inventing a device for determining flying Ukraine’s blue-and-yellow flag and Ukraine’s blue, yellow and white naval nature of “cold light,” Mr. Puliui invent- the mechanical equivalent of heat which ensign, described the sight as “simply awesome.” ed an X-ray emitting device as early as was exhibited at the world exhibition in So, as the summer heat truly kicks in, we wish you happy memory-making for you 1881. The tubes of this invention became Paris in 1878. and your children! known as the “Pului lamp” and were It was only recently that Mr. Puliui’s mass-produced for a period. Mr. Puliui name has come to be mentioned in aca- personally presented one of them to Mr. demic circles both in his native Ukraine Roentgen. And it was Mr. Puliui, not Mr. and abroad. Various works about him and July Roentgen, who first demonstrated an X- about his accomplishments have been Turning the pages back... ray photograph of a 13-year-old boy’s published, and Ukraine’s technical uni- broken arm and an X-ray photograph of versity in Ternopil was named in his 10 his daughter’s hand with a pin lying honor. This rise in popularity brings to under it. A couple of years later, Mr. mind the words of Mr. Puliui’s colleague, Roentgen was to publicly repeat the same Ukrainian writer Panteleymon Kulish: Despite dire predictions from political pundits worldwide that 1994 experiments, but in doing so did not once “Not only Ukraine, but the whole world, an independent Ukraine was unstable and would not be able to credit Mr. Puliui’s role in this discovery. will shortly talk about the man who sustain a peaceful transfer of power, Leonid Kuchma was elected How is it then that Mr. Roentgen, and enlightened science and spirituality with as the second president of Ukraine three years after independence. not Mr. Puliui, is automatically associat- reason.” Science historian Wilhelm The Ukrainian Weekly published this story: ed with the discovery of the X-ray? Formann has remarked that the name In an upset victory, Leonid Danylovych Kuchma was elected Ukraine’s second president Although he perfectly understood the Ivan Puliui “belongs to those who on Sunday, July 10, beginning a new era — for better or worse — in this country of 52 mil- nature of the X-rays that he had discov- formed the world at the turn of the cen- lion people. Mr. Kuchma, 55, is the former director of the world’s largest rocket factory and ered, Mr. Puliui’s article “Luminous turies.” an ex-prime minister of Ukraine ... “As president of Ukraine, I will always work in the interests of Ukraine as a whole, not in the interests of separate regions,” said the president-elect during his first press confer- ect, which may cost from $700 million to ence. ... “The first thing I want is national reconciliation ... What has been done during this Donors’ conference... $1.4 billion. presidential marathon is a crime. To say there is confrontation between the west and east is (Continued from page 1) Earlier this year EBRD said it was con- sidering a loan of $180 million to $190 mil- a political game.” ... tor, but gave no further details. lion for the projects, on the condition it It was a close race to the end, but over 14 million, or 52 percent of Ukraine’s citizen’s Experts estimate that, depending on the reached agreements with Ukraine on cast their ballots for Mr. Kuchma. Mr. [Leonid] Kravchuk got 45 percent of the vote ... season, Chornobyl accounts for 6 to 8 per- reform in the country’s electricity market. “The split between the east and the west was used to mobilize the electorate in eastern cent of Ukraine’s electricity output, which Ukraine. It became a challenge to eastern Ukrainians to prove that they were just as com- Last month EBRD chief Charles Frank has been halved since independence in mitted to the electoral process,” said Viktor Nebozhenko, an independent sociologist ... said Ukraine and the bank expected to reach 1991. Fourteen years after the accident at Mr. Kuchma attributed his victory to Mr. Kravchuk’s failure to tackle Ukraine’s econom- final agreement on all the main points of Chornobyl, Ukraine continues to rely heav- ic decline since independence ... Ukrainian energy sector reform within the ily on nuclear energy to generate up to half next few weeks. The EBRD has repeatedly Source: “Ukraine elects Leonid Kuchma president; Eastern industrialist is second president of of its power supply. said it cannot make decision on financing post-Soviet Ukraine” by Marta Kolomayets, The Ukrainian Weekly, July 17, 1994, Vol. LXII, No. 29. According to the memorandum signed until Ukraine implements a series of radical in 1995 by Ukraine and the G-7, Kyiv steps to reform its energy sector, including promised to close Chornobyl in return for large-scale privatization and improving the Western assistance – especially funds to payment system. The bank is worried that complete construction of two new reactors the former-Soviet state will not be able to Quotable notes at the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear “... I want to tell you about legislation I introduced with Rep. David Bonior to repay the loan unless the current payment plants in the western part of the country. system is radically overhauled. grant a federal charter to the Ukrainian American Veterans organization. ... Rep. After his meeting with the EBRD, Mr. Bonior and I introduced H.R. 3463, the ‘Ukrainian American Veterans Charter But since then the Verkhovna Rada has Yuschenko said both parties had almost backed a government initiative to introduce Act.’ agreed on the terms of setting a special “Ukrainians have a long history of service in the armed forces of the United special accounts, whereby all payments for international fund that would be charged electricity would be accumulated and the States. Literally thousands of Ukrainian Americans have served their country with financing the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi with distinction. After World War I, the first post of Ukrainian veterans was funds transferred to producers as well as projects. The prime minister said the main founded in Philadelphia in 1923. In 1948 the Ukrainian American Veterans distributing companies. The government points of the future plan will be submitted (UAV) national organization was established. Today the UAV has expanded to said this would radically improve the pay- to the bank in August or September, and hundreds of members at 44 posts nationwide, including Post 101 in Warren, ment system. that the fund would include money from the Mich.” Experts say that Western aid may allow EBRD, Ukraine, commercial bank loans Ukraine to start operations at the second – Rep. Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.) in a letter to Dr. Alexander Serafyn of and from other sources. unit of the Kmelnytskyi power plant in Troy, Mich. Ukrainian officials also say the EBRD 2002 and at Rivne’s fourth reactor before has confirmed participation in the proj- 2004. No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places tion at the convention in 1999 regarding Congratulations this matter and forwarded it to the by Myron B. Kuropas International General Federation of on language editorial Women’s Clubs. We always were and Dear Editor: still are very concerned about women’s rights – a human rights issue. I want to congratulate you on your editorial “Language Politics, Again” in Maria Polanskyj Hitler’s traitor, Stalin’s spy the July 2 issue of The Weekly. As tragic Matawan, N.J. One of the enigmas of World War II is offered to shake hands, saying: “May I con- and inexcusable as Ihor Bilozir’s death the abhorrent and ultimately self-destructive gratulate you, Herr Reichskommissar, on The writer is president of the New was, it would have been equally tragic behavior of the Germans during their occu- the interesting and fruitful mission you will and inexcusable if it led to xenophobia Jersey Regional Council of the UNWLA. pation of Ukraine. Some historians believe now be assuming.” and intolerance with regard to the 11 mil- that, had Hiltler’s approach in Ukraine been “What mission do you mean?” growled lion of Ukrainian citizens of Russian more acquiescent, Stalin might have been Koch. “I mean the mission of leading such descent. I am sure that Mr. Bilozir would defeated. Ukrainians had initially welcomed a biologically strong and valuable race as not want that as part of his legacy. Thanks to classmate Hitler’s army as liberators. Ukraine was the Ukrainians back to national conscious- Editorials like yours help Ukraine, also a wealthy storehouse of food and raw ness,” Carl Cranz replied. with its many ethnic minorities, evolve for reunion report materials, supplies coveted by the Germans. “My dear sir,” Koch roared. “You must Dear Editor: into a viable and tolerant democracy. Was Nazi behavior the result of igno- have read that in some provincial tabloid. rance? Hardly. The German high command Let me tell you this: the Ukrainians are Victor Basiuk With great interest have I read the report by my classmate, Michael had been in contact with Ukrainian sepa- Slavs through and through. They are going McLean, Va. Komanowsky on “First reunion of ratists since 1921, writes Alexander Dallin to be governed by makhorka, vodka and the Mittenwald students held at Soyuzivka” in his book “German Rule in Russia: 1941- knout.” Koch remained true to his word. (June 25). My congratulations to Orest 1945, German contacts with Hetman Pavlo His bestial oppression of eastern Ukraine Kuzma, Michael Mochula, George Skoropadsky following the first world war, squandered any remaining good will the Kuropas has courage Ukrainsky and – yes – Mr. Komanowsky the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Germans may have enjoyed. Caught (too modest to claim credit for himself) (OUN) during Col. Yevhen Konovalets’ between Stalin’s anvil and Hitler’s hammer, to express his opinion on the successful endeavor. I regret that I time and later with Col. Andrii Melnyk’s Ukrainian nationalists established the Dear Editor: was unable to attend. OUN (M) and Stefan Bandera’s OUN(B) Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and bat- I would like to express my opinion I would like to set the record straight, were ongoing generally positive. tled both the Nazis and the Soviets. regarding the accusation by one of your however. This was not the first reunion. The architect of the pro-Ukrainian school Martin Bormann, a man very close to readers that Dr. Myron Kuropas “is not In fact a similar reunion was held in of thought within the Nazi high command Hitler, engineered both the Jewish the voice of the entire Ukrainian 1963 at the Verkhovyna resort. At that was Alfred Rosenberg, head of Holocaust and the Nazi terror in Ukraine. American community.” Should there be time plans were made to publish a com- Aussenpolitisches Amt, the Nazi party’s Was he a racist? A psychopath? Or did he only one voice that speaks for the entire memorative book and some funds were foreign policy office. Rosenberg’s blueprint have an agenda all his own? Bormann was definitely a monster, but it Ukrainian community? collected for that project. Unfortunately, for Ukraine called for a united and now appears that he was also something In my perception, Dr. Kuropas never it never came to fruition. Hopefully, the autonomous state in close alliance with else. He was a Soviet spy. Two-time claims to speak for someone else. current committee will enjoy better luck. Germany. To attain such a state, he argued, Pulitzer prize winner Louis Kilzer persua- However, he has the courage to sign his “Ukrainian writers, scholars and politicians Orest Hawryluk, M.D. must be put to work for a revival of sively argues in “Hitler’s Traitor: Martin name to articles that provoke discussion Elkins Park, Pa. Ukrainian historical consciousness, so as to Bormann and the Defeat of the Reich” that and stir the murky waters of our “peace- overcome what Bolshevik-Jewish pressure “Bormann had been as valuable to Russia ful” Ukrainian community existence. has destroyed.” Planned was a new univer- as 50 Red divisions. His value to Stalin Of course, it is so much more “prop- sity in Kyiv, technical academies, the even- began early.” Mr. Kilzer notes: “In 1941, er” to criticize behind the scenes and Let’s make Zabytko tual elimination of the Russian language, when Germany could have used millions of thus remain in good standing with the the publication of Ukrainian literature, the Ukrainian nationalists to defeat Soviet rule, entire Ukrainian community. best-selling author extension of Ukraine to the Volga and Bormann decided that they deserved only Bohdanna Monczak Dear Editor: Crimea, and the propagation of German ‘enslavement and depopulation’ ... Faced with the choice of genocide by the Germans LaSalle, Quebec “The Sky Unwashed,” Irene culture and language. or political domination by the Soviets, the Zabytko’s heart-rending novel about the “If we accepted in marshaling all politi- Ukrainians chose to live, and by doing so Chonobyl nuclear explosion and its cal, psychological and cultural means to ruined German hopes for an easy con- effects on the power plant’s workers and create a free Ukrainian state from Lvov to quest.” Refreshing to read families is a milestone publication for Saratov,” Rosenberg informed Hitler, “then In one of the most astounding espionage Ukraine. By depicting the brave the century-old nightmare which the stories of the war, Mr. Kilzer describes the Fedynsky column Ukrainian ladies who returned to their German people has been subjected to by the incredible escapades of the so-called “Red Dear Editor: village in the Chornobyl “dead zone,” Russian Empire will be broken.” Orchestra,” a spy ring operating out of Ms. Zabytko’s book not only offers Hitler appointed Rosenberg Ostminister I am writing in response to Andrew Switzerland that regularly passed on infor- Americans an accurate portrayal of the (Minister for the Occupied East) but vacil- Fedynsky’s article “Reconnecting with mation from the mysterious “Werther,” a Chornobyl tragedy, but elucidates lated between the Rosenberg position and cultural heritage” published in the June spy whose true identity remains murky. Ukrainian cultural traditions and Soviet the ideas of Martin Bormann, who favored 18 issue of The Ukrainian Weekly. Werther provided the Soviets invaluable, mentalities that are so familiar to anyone a lebensraum policy based on the Nazi prin- It was refreshing to read an article that almost instantaneous information regarding who has visited Ukraine. ciple that all Eastern Europeans were inferi- had positive comments about Jewish- German military plans, often before The novel has received great reviews or (untermenschen), unfit for self-rule. The Ukrainian relations. I congratulate Mr. Germany’s front-line commanders were from The Library Journal and Kirkus sole purpose of the Slavs, he reminded Fedynsky for writing the article and you appraised. Whoever supplied this intelli- Reviews. More recently it was named Hitler, was to serve the genetically superior for publishing it. gence to the Soviets had to be extremely “Book of the Year” by the Northeast German Herrenvolk. close to Hitler’s inner circle. He was “the M. Szul Booksellers’ Association. Our next goal Bormann convinced Hitler that any ultimate mole with the ultimate cover,” a Toronto should be to place “The Sky Unwashed” German plan for a “Garden of Eden” in person who, according to Albert Speer, on The New York Times Best Seller List. Ukraine demanded that: Ukraine be divid- another Hitler confidant, sabotaged many Now it is up to us (the diaspora) to ed; Ukrainians receive little formal educa- well-planned German initiatives. After care- encourage our local Barnes and Noble, tion; medical and sanitary services be limit- fully reviewing the actions of a number of Gratitude for June 25 the official booksellers of the novel, to ed severely; Ukrainian towns not be rebuilt; candidates close to Hitler and considering carry Ms. Zabytko’s book. Buying and Germans be forbidden to live among the views of many Western espionage reading the novel is the first crucial step, Ukrainians. articles and news experts familiar with Bormann, Mr. Kleizer Dear Editor: but our support should not stop there. Hitler adopted Bormann’s proposals and, concludes: “All the suspicions concerning Organizing a book signing event after invading the , awarded On behalf of the New Jersey Regional Bormann by the spymasters over the years would also offer an effective venue to Bukovyna to Romania, formally incorporat- Council of the Ukrainian National were valid. The pieces of the puzzle fit educate your community about Ukraine ed Galicia into the General Government for Women’s League of America, I thank together. In Martin Bormann we have found and its environmental and medical needs Occupied Polish Territories, and placed you for publishing the article in the June Werther.” since the Chornobyl disaster. eastern Ukraine within the newly created 25 issue of The Ukrainian Weekly titled Was it in Stalin’s interest to have Another possibility is to invite Ms. Reichskomissariat Ukraine. Appointed “UNWLA jubilee marked by New Jersey Ukrainians turn on the Germans after ini- Zabytko to speak at universities in con- Reichskomissar was Erich Koch, a psy- Regional Council.” This issue also tially treating them as “liberators?” junctions with their creative writing or chopath close to Martin Bormann. included “N.J. Regional Council: an out- Absolutely. Would Hitler have behaved dif- environmental science programs as she Aware that he, as Ostminister, outranked line history,” which was very important ferently had Herr Bormann not been has already at Yale and Seton Hall uni- Koch, Rosenberg met with the gauleiter to us. around? Probably not, but, as is now clear, versities. And, it is worth noting that prior to his posting in Ukraine. As Jurgen The article “International conference Bormann was Hitler’s prime enabler, a man Ms. Zabytko will speak at the Ukrainian Thorwald reports in his book “The Illusion: in Kyiv focuses on trafficking issue” was Speer believed should have been declared a Research Institute at Harvard University Soviet Soldiers in Hitler’s Armies,” the very interesting as it focused on women “hero of the Soviet Union.” on July 19. meeting went badly for Rosenberg. from Ukraine being exploited. As you Running out of Rosenberg’s office, the know, the New Jersey State Federation Olena Welhasch Reichskomissar bumped into Carl Cranz, Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: of Women’s Clubs accepted our resolu- Berkeley Heights, N.J. Rosenberg’s press officer, who innocently [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 No. 28

Markov of the Institute of Political Studies Newsbriefs in Moscow, called the statement a “big (Continued from page 2) political mistake,” objecting especially to a clause saying that Russia “should have no Gazprom: Ukraine sells stolen gas place in the community of democracies” if MOSCOW – A Gazprom board member the war continues. (RFE/RL Newsline) on June 30 said that Kyiv is illegally export- Chinese Parliament speaker in Ukraine ing stolen Russian gas at dumping prices, ITAR-TASS reported. The official said KYIV – The speaker of China’s Ukraine is stealing 10 billion cubic meters Parliament, Li Peng, met with Ukrainian of gas and selling a quarter to a third of it to Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ivan Pliusch, Hungary, Poland and Romania. To counter Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko and this, Gazprom plans to put pressure on President Leonid Kuchma in Kyiv on June Ukraine and also diversify its export routes 26. He had arrived in Ukraine on June 24 around that republic. (RFE/RL Newsline) and spent two days touring the Crimean region and meeting with officials there. Mr. IMF mission ends “productive” visit Pliusch urged China to agree to joint avia- KYIV – An IMF mission led by Julian tion projects with Ukraine, in particular Berengaut is wrapping up its one-week visit involving the Ukrainian AN-70 aircraft. to Kyiv, where it discussed the possible “This is a question of business,” Li Peng resumption of the fund’s $2.6 billion loan said, according to the Associated Press, package. The International Monetary Fund adding that much of the Asian market is suspended that loan in September 1999. Mr. already occupied by U.S. and European Berengaut noted after his June 27 meeting companies. (RFE/RL Newsline) with Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko that Communists want to oust “regime” the mission has had “productive” meetings and talks with Ukrainian officials. KYIV – Communist Party leader Petro According to the Eastern Economist Daily, Symonenko told the party’s congress in the main obstacle for the resumption of the Kyiv on June 24 that Ukraine can be res- IMF loan is the wide gap between cued from the “real threat of catastrophe” Ukraine’s budget expenditures and rev- only if the current reform course is halted enues. Mr. Yuschenko said he hopes the and the “anti-popular regime” removed, IMF may restore its loan program to Interfax reported. According to Mr. Ukraine by this fall. Mr. Berengaut did not Symonenko, the regime can be ousted only comment on that issue. (RFE/RL Newsline) by means of a class struggle that should be led by Ukraine’s Communist Party, an “Club of democratic countries” proposed organization of “genuine proletarian revolu- WARSAW – The Warsaw conference tionists.” The next day, the congress “Toward a Community of Democracies” appointed a 147-strong Central Committee, concluded on June 27 with the signing of which immediately re-elected Mr. the Warsaw Declaration, which expresses Symonenko as the party’s first secretary. the signatories’ commitment to the aims and (RFE/RL Newsline) principles determined in the U.N. Charter Russian lease of Ignalina rejected and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the PAP news agency reported. The VILNIUS – Officials from Lithuania and declaration also endorses the creation of a the European Union have turned down the “club of democratic countries” within the Russian proposal to lease the Ignalina United Nations, which was proposed the nuclear power plant, the BNS press service previous day by U.S. Secretary of State reported. On the first day of a donors con- Madeleine K. Albright. “Perhaps in the near ference in Vilnius on funding the partial future the United Nations will become an shutdown of the controversial power plant, organization that combines democratic Russian Deputy Energy Secretary Bulat states, but for the time being it is only a Nigmatulin had said that Russia could lease dream,” Polish Television quoted U.N. the facility and modernize it in the process. 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Box 280, Parsippany, the democratic states to act as a group,” KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament on June 22 the Associated Press reported. In particu- voted 268-2 to endorse President Leonid NJ 07054. lar, France objected to the clause propos- Kuchma’s proposal to send 950 Ukrainian ing a club of democratic states within the troops and civilian personnel to Lebanon United Nations. French Ambassador to and the Democratic Republic of Congo as Poland Benoit d’Aboville noted that such part of a United Nations peacekeeping oper- UKRAINIAN SELFRELIANCE a club will mean a new bloc replicating ation in those countries. Defense Ministry Cold War divisions since it will exclude spokesman Serhiy Nahorianskyi said 650 FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, countries that have not yet achieved peacekeepers will join U.N. forces to be democracy. Commentators say France’s deployed in the areas of Lebanon that Israeli PHILADELPHIA, PA. refusal to sign the declaration reflects its troops left last month after 22 years of occu- objections to U.S. foreign-policy measures pation. Another 250 Ukrainian peacekeep- Serving and Supporting the Ukrainian Community Since 1952 to promote democracy, particularly U.S.- ers will be part of a U.N. operation in the led military actions in Iraq and Congo, to which Zimbabwe, Namibia and Yugoslavia. “When democratic institu- Angola sent troops in 1998 to defend CERTIFICATE SPECIAL tions are threatened, international organi- President Laurent Kabila against rebels 24 Month term zations have not only the right to react, but backed by Rwanda and Uganda. (RFE/RL there is also an obligation for them to Newsline) $5,000 minimum deposit react in the appropriate way,” Polish Television quoted U.S. Secretary of State Ukrainian peacekeepers go to Lebanon 6.1% APR Madeleine K. Albright as saying on June KYIV – Fifty Ukrainian peacekeepers 6.28% APY 27. (RFE/RL Newsline) departed for Lebanon on June 27 to defuse All savings insured by the National Credit Union Administration, a federal agency. Warsaw forum condemns Chechnya war mines left in the area vacated by Israeli occupation troops last month, the MAIN OFFICE: 24th Street Branch: Ukrainian Center Branch: WARSAW – The Warsaw non-govern- Associated Press reported. Following last 1729 Cottman Ave. 2307 Brown St. 910 Henrietta Ave. mental forum on democracy – an event par- month’s United Nations appeal to Ukraine Philadelphia, PA 19111 Philadelphia, PA 19130 Huntingdon VL, PA 19006 allel to the conference on democracy – has to send a sappers’ battalion to Lebanon, the Tel.: (215) 725-4430 Tel.: (215) 232-3993 Tel.: (215) 379-0400 condemned Russia for the war in Chechnya Ukrainian Parliament swiftly approved the Fax: (215) 725-0831 Fax: (215) 379-2757 and called for an immediate cease-fire and deployment of such a battalion. The peace negotiations. The statement was Ukrainian troops will join U.N. peacekeep- Toll free: 1-888-POLTAVA signed by 165 out of the 264 participants in ing troops in southern Lebanon and operate the forum. A Russian delegate, Sergei from their own base. (RFE/RL Newsline) No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 9

DATELINE NEW YORK: The essence of Ukraine in photos by Helen Smindak Scanning Tania D’Avignon’s rare photographs of con- temporary Ukraine – or leafing through her photo album “Simply Ukraine” – is akin to driving through the Ukrainian countryside, stopping wherever the spirit moves you to chat with villagers, admire the traditional ceremonies of a Bukovynian wedding, or exult in the intoxicating beauties of a land rich in architectural and natural wonders. You can celebrate Easter Sunday festivi- ties with the residents of Horoshova village in the Ternopil region, observe a Lviv artist at work in his stu- dio or get a close look at upper-echelon public figures like Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Leonid Kravchuk. Through the magic of photography and Ms. D’Avignon’s unique insight into Ukrainian life, the Ukrainian Institute of America made such an excursion available to New York area residents during the week of June 10-18. The photographic essay “Kaleidoscope Ukraine,” sponsored by the Daria Hoydysh Endowment for the Arts, included 150 color and black-and-white pho- tographs, pristinely set in white-matted black frames that focused attention on the glowing portraits. Taken between 1989 and early this year, Ms. D’Avignon’s prints offer an emotional look at the very heart and soul of Ukraine – the way its people live and how they look, and the beauties of its landscapes, villages and towns. Her stunning photos include portrait studies of a little Hutsul girl, of an old woman with a market bas- Dan Johnson ket and a work-worn couple standing outside a small home garlanded with drying corn; a village nestled in a The director, the Rev. George Drance, addresses the cast after a dress rehearsal of “Life is a Dream.” misty valley; dome-topped churches; close-ups of stately hollyhocks; bright poppies swaying in the breeze; a field of the Jesuit order and a veteran of New York’s theatre Church and the Latin rite. of yellow sunflowers seemingly standing at attention, scene, the production encompassed elements of vaude- Currently a faculty member of Fordham University’s their smiling faces turned to the sun; and a snow-covered ville and melodrama (music, dance and puppetry) as it Theatre Department, the Rev. Drance plans to teach the- cottage on a wintry evening. dealt with a world of cosmic struggle dictated by the ater full time at a Jesuit school either in the United States There are patriotic scenes shot in Kyiv: the student presence in life of good, evil, reason, will and wisdom. or abroad. A graduate of Columbia University with a hunger strike and the Rukh demonstration in 1990, the Famous Broadway director Andrei Serban, who master’s degree in acting, he has acted and directed in Ukrainian flag being brought into Parliament in 1990, attended one of the stagings, said he was “genuinely over 15 countries on five continents and has toured the and the proclamation of Ukrainian independence on impressed” with the production. His sentiments were past four summers throughout Europe and Asia with La August 24, 1991. From Chornobyl, there is a sad photo of echoed by a group of Long Island residents who had trav- Mama’s Great Jones Repertory Theater. sunbeams falling across an old spinning wheel in an eled by special bus from St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian abandoned house. A series of pictures taken in the Cultural Center in Uniondale to see the production. In the media The spectacle of the creation of the universe was por- Carpathian village of Mizhhirria focuses on villagers • According to the Sunday, June 25, issue of The New trayed by black-robed, masked figures, a procession of herding flocks of sheep and goats to high mountain York Times, a new generation of Eastern European trans- colorfully costumed beings, a devil in a sequined cape, meadows for communal grazing; the milking contest held plants is creating a velvet revolution in New York with a swirling banners, representations of birds and fish carried on the first day of herding and its attendant festivities new brand of pop-cultural action. A prime example, on poles, and surreal off-stage voices quoting scripture. (known as “mishannia”) are documented with intense offered in the newspaper’s “Sunday Styles” section in the Improvised lighting (flashlights and lamps) created sur- clarity. story “Eastern Bloc Party,” is the Ukrainian punk band prising visual effects that added to the play’s mysterious Ms. D’Avignon, a resident who holds a degree “Gogol Bordello,” which performs Ukrainian, Russian ambiance. The musical score, combining melodies and in journalism and art, has been focusing her artistic and Gypsy songs on Thursday nights at Mehanata, a part-spoken, part-sung chanting that often built up to endeavors on capturing the essence of Ukraine on photo Bulgarian restaurant-bar-disco on Canal and Broadway. exciting climaxes, was written by the award-winning film for several years. While working as an independent Eugene Hutz, 27, a D.J., model and lead singer of the composer Elizabeth Swados. Alfredo Galvan assisted photographer with National Geographic magazine on band, who gives the Thursday night parties, says “The with the translation. projects in Ukraine and Crimea in the late 1980s and idea is to let loose and taste some life energy – it’s a dif- Towering 11-foot puppets representing Power, early 1990s, she was drawn to the country of her birth ferent culture in motion.” and decided to chronicle a pictorial record of the people Wisdom and Love, which helped set the tone of the work, • “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek recently played host to and the land. At present, she divides her time between were adapted from traditional Byzantine renderings of another kind of word game – the National Geographic Kyiv and Boston. archangels often seen in Ukrainian churches. The Bee held annually by the National Geographic Society. In 1989 Ms. D’Avignon was invited to display her Byzantine touch was a reflection of the Rev. Drance’s The hourlong show, with several juvenile contestants, work in a feature exhibit in Ukraine – the first Western Ukrainian Catholic Church upbringing and the fact that photo journalist awarded such an honor. After Ukraine he holds biritual privileges in both the Ukrainian Catholic (Continued on page 16) became independent, she was invited to photograph the country’s presidents. She has served as personal photog- rapher to numerous U.S. officals during state visits, among them President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. Her hardcover photo album “Simply Ukraine,” con- taining photos taken during trips to Ukraine in the 1960s and later, was recognized as the outstanding book of 1988 in Ukraine and received the country’s grand prix that year. Published in Kyiv by Artext Management, with text in both Ukrainian and English, the large volume is an inspiring book to peruse and to display in one’s home as an impressive (and educational) coffee-table accessory.

Life is a dream An allegorical play by the 17th century playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca was revived at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine last month, thanks to a spirited translation by the Rev. George Drance and an inspiring performance by the cast which premiered the play at ’s Marquette University last winter. De la Barca, who is well-known for his comedies, often developed the theme of a secular comedy into an allegorical play, or auto sacramentale, with the same title but with a cosmic scope. His allegorical play “Life is a Dream” was the basis for the spectacular drama about the creation of the universe presented at St. John the Divine P. Decker for three nights in early June. Depicting Divine Love, Power and Wisdom, these 12-foot puppets are based on an icon of the Holy Trinity. Imaginatively directed by the Rev. Drance, a member They were constructed by puppet artist Sally Duback and costume designers Debra Krajec and Tina Campbell. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 No. 28

Congratulations,Congratulations, Graduates!Graduates!

You have made me so very proud of you! Your achievements have been many, and I know that they will continue to grow. I wish you much success and happiness.

Love, Your godmother, Ulana Diachuk

Ulana Marie Chabon, daughter of Joseph and Andrea Chabon, on June 4, 2000, received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University, graduating magna cum laude. She was inducted into the Tau Beta Engineering Honor Society, the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society and is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Ms. Chabon is a recipient of the Lehigh University Presidential Scholarship and will pursue the degree of Master of Science in Management Sciences at Lehigh University this fall. She is a member of UNA Branch 242.

Life’s greatest achievement is helping youth embrace the world ... Congratulations, Tania!

Your husband, Andrew Jarosewich; mother and sister, Oksana Kraus and Anisa Kraus; mother- and father-in-law, Lydia and Eugene Jarosewich; sisters- and brothers-in-law, Martha and Stephen Holder; Irene Jarosewich and Aleksandr Burakovsky

Tania (Kraus) Jarosewich on August 19, 2000, will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in School Psychology from the College of Education, Kent State University. Dr. Jarosewich has been chosen for a two-year post-doctoral fellow- ship in gifted education at Duke University. She is a member of UNA Branch 39.

TheThe UkrainianUkrainian WWeeklyeekly 20002000 Dear Sonia: Congratulations on your achievements. Throughout its history, The Ukrainian Weekly has been a chronicler of the times, a reflection of our society, a We wish you continued success and purveyor of information, a leader of public opinion. good luck! To mark the end of this millennium and the beginning of a new one, the editors of The Ukrainian Weekly have pre- Your parents, Halyna Mordowanec Regenbogen pared “The Ukrainian Weekly 2000,” a two-volume collec- tion of the best and most significant stories that have and Prof. Thomas Regenbogen; your brother, appeared in the newspaper since its founding through 1999. Toma Yvan; your Bunia, Anisia Mordowanec. Volume I, now available, covers events from 1933 And please remember how proud your Dudi, through the 1960s. Iwan Mordowanec, was of you! All subscribers to The Weekly should have received their copies in the mail. To order additional copies of this Tatiana Sonia Regenbogen on June 9, 2000, received the degree of Bachelor of unique book, please use the clip-out form below. Laws from the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor (Ontario). Ms. “The Ukrainian Weekly 2000” is sure to become a Regenbogen was awarded the Raymond E. Brown Alumni Prize in the Law of resource for researchers, and a keepsake for readers. A Torts and the Koskie and Minsky Prize in Labor Arbitration. She’s been great gift idea! awarded an Articling position with the law firm Heenan Blaikie in Toronto.

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Name Olena Christina Welhasch on May 13, 2000, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English from the College of Liberal Arts at State University. Ms. Street Address Apt. # Welhasch, who also completed a minor in French, was given the distinction of being accepted as a Schreyer’s Honors College Scholar. Ms. Welhasch currently works at City State/Province Zip/Postal Code the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. She is a member of UNA Branch 171. No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 11

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Adriana Roma Kaczaraj, daughter of Stefan and Swiatoslawa Kaczaraj, on May 19, 2000, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine by the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Kaczaraj received the John Watson Award in Medicine for enthusiasm and commitment to scholarship in medicine and the Janet Glasgow Citation for academic excellence in women. A member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Dr. Kaczaraj will begin her residency training program in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City. She is a member of UNA Branch 777.

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Congratulations, Christine!

Christine Szpak, daughter of Maria and Anthony Szpak, on May 21, 2000, received a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree from Colgate University. At Colgate, Ms. Szpak concentrated her studies in chemistry and was inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society. She studied abroad at the University of Manchester in England. Ms. Szpak is a member and was an officer of the women’s sorority Delta Delta Delta. A graduate of Watchung Hills Regional High School, she was a member of the National Honor Society and was awarded the William Brown Memorial Scholarship and a National Merit Scholarship. Ms. Szpak is a member of UNA Branch 170.

Erik, we are all so very proud of you, and wish you continued happiness and success as you begin the next Congratulations, Hanusia, phase of your life. and best wishes! We love you! We are so proud of you! Mama, Tato, Dennis and Adrienne – Your family Erik George Burachinsky, son of Valerie and Andrew Burachinsky, on June 4, 2000, received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Lehigh University. For two years, during his junior Hanusia T.R. Legedza on June 8, 2000, received the degree of Doctor of Science and senior years, Mr. Burachinsky was one of the two university team leaders in the Field of Biostatistics from the School of Public Health, Harvard directing the school’s design team that participated in the national competition University. She holds an A.B. from Princeton University and an M.S. from sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers to develop the “mini-Baja” all- Carnegie Mellon University. She has accepted a post-doctoral research fellow- terrain vehicle. Mr. Burachinsky has accepted a position as field engineer with the ship at Harvard University. Ms. Legedza, a former Miss Soyuzivka, also plays Emcore Corporation in its international division. violin in the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in Boston.

Congratulations Lidia! We are very Dear Christopher: proud of your achievements, and wish you happiness and success in future Thank you for a wonderful Mother’s Day present! endeavors. Your grandparents (Glascott, Babala and S. Hanitz) Love, would have been so very proud of your achievement Mama, Tato, Laryssa, Alexa and to know that you’ll be entering law school this year.

Lidia Kryzaniwsky on December 31, 1999, received Love, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Villanova University. Ms. Mom, Dad and Grandma Hanitz Kryzaniwsky, who majored in management and (And, to the UNA, our thanks!) minored in international business, graduated magna cum laude and was awarded the Bartley Medallion for Academic Christopher Stephen Glascott, son of Marilyn and Larry Glascott, on May 14, Excellence. She made the Dean’s List each semester and was listed in “Who’s Who 2000, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Photography from the State Among American Universities and Colleges.” She was inducted into the Gamma University of New York at Buffalo. Mr. Glascott will enter the School of Law, Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. Ms. Kryzaniwsky is a State University of New York at Buffalo, in August. He is a member of UNA member of UNA Branch 88. Branch 127. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 No. 28 The Batkivschyna sails into New York: a photo report

Petro Vaschyk, a member of the Batkivschyna crew as well as of the Kozak Brotherhood Capt. Dymytrii Birioukovitch comes onto the deck from the captain’s quarters. of Ukraine, entertains the crowd on Pier 86 in New York City.

The ship’s cook, Leonid Deriagyn, wears the Batkivschyna’s Roma Hadzewycz Sailor Serhii Lohachev secures a sail. official sailor’s uniform. Petro Vaschyk with New Yorker Volodymyr Procyk. No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 13

Several crew members relax as the vessel approaches New York.

The captain and an assistant track the vessel’s progress to New York on sea charts.

The Batkivschyna approaches the USS Intrepid alongside which it subsequently docked.

Roma Hadzewycz Capt. Dymytrii Birioukovitch with The Ukrainian Weekly Kyiv Bureau Editor Roman Woronowycz near the Batkivschyna docked in New York.

Roy Kellogg, one of the founders of the Discover Ukraine expedition and the person responsible for land operations, directs the Batkivschyna’s approach in New York as a crowd awaits. Photos by Roman Woronowycz 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 No. 28

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ing and included illustrations of stamps The essence of Ukraine... and envelopes issued in Ukraine carry (Continued from page 9) depictions of Easter eggs. was aired by PBS on June 18. Less than a • Ukraine made an appearance on the week later, Mr. Trebek made a guest extremely popular ABC show “Who appearance on the “Ainsley Harriott wants to be a millionaire?” The $250,000 Show,” the NBC variety/cooking show question, posed by host Regis Philbin: hosted by the jovial culinary expert Playwright Vaclav Havel became the pres- Ainsley Harriott. Earlier in the CBS ident of Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Poland spring schedule, David Letterman of the or Lithuania? The correct answer – “Late Show” joked about Mr. Trebek’s Czechoslovakia – enabled contestant Bob poised demeanor by choosing “10 Ways to House from Georgia to continue in the Irritate Alex Trebek” as his Top 10 subject game show and become its fourth million- for the evening. aire in 10 months. • A June 13 rerun of a wintertime Summertime pleasures “Ainsley Harriott Show” focused on Olympic figure-skating champion Oksana As “Dateline New York” bows out for Bauil teaching skating basics to the burly the summer, we leave you with a few sug- TV host at the Wollman Rink in Central gestions for pleasureable summer brows- Park. Ms. Baiul appeared in CBS-TV’s ing in the Big Apple. June 18 airing of the sixth “Ice Wars” You’ve just missed (by a few days) a competition, competing as a member of United Nations international exhibition of Team USA. Wearing a modern version of women artists which ran through June and a figure-hugging black cat suit, Ms. Bauil included a work by Ukrainian Brazilian came first in the ladies’ technical program. Now available: sculptor Oxana Narozniak. “Progress of Although she successfully completed a the World’s Women” opened at the start of triple lutz and a triple salchow while skat- a weeklong special session of the U.N. additional insurance coverage ing to the music of Britney Spears in her General Assembly dedicated to reviewing artistic program, her final mark was two- and assessing the progress achieved in plus points less than the 99.0 scored by for UNA members Kristi Yamaguchi of Team World. terms of implementing commitments If you are already a member of the UNA we offer a guaranteed issue of additional mini- • Maxim Belotserkovsky and Irina agreed upon at a landmark U.N. confer- mum of $1,000 to a maximum of $5,000 life insurance added to your current policy cover- Dvorovenko, two outstanding dancers of ence in Beijing five years ago. But, you can still visit The Ukrainian age. If you presently own any UNA Whole Life, 20-Payment Life, P-65 or DP-65 you are the American Ballet Theatre who were Museum (open Wednesday through guaranteed additional insurance. UNA cannot deny you coverage. This offer is not open to promoted to the rank of principal dancer a few weeks ago, received an accolade from Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.) to view the museum’s members with term insurance, endowment plans, or Universal Life policies. dance critic Anna Kisselgoff of The New permanent exhibition, which now includes Here is how it works. York Times. 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The Museum of Modern Art, on West Issue Premium Issue Premium Issue Premium Issue Premium in the segment “Men in Tights” on the age per $1,000 age per $1,000 age per $1,000 age per $1,000 CBS Sunday Morning show of June 18. 53rd Street near Fifth Avenue, is currently Commentator Anna Kisselgoff, chief showing works by artists like Kyiv-born 063 Kazimir Malevich who, in the wake of 1 63 26 145 51 349 76 696 dance critic for The New York Times, 2 64 27 150 52 361 77 710 pointed out that Mr. Malakhov was from World War I, felt the need to do away with 3 66 28 155 53 373 78 724 the past in search of new ideals. The exhi- 4 68 29 161 54 385 79 738 Ukraine, defected from the Soviet Union 5 70 30 167 55 397 80 752 in 1991 and joined the ABT in the spring bition “The Dream of Utopia/Utopia of 6 73 31 173 56 409 81 765 the Dream” will run through July 26. 7 75 32 179 57 422 82 778 of 1995. 8 78 33 186 58 435 83 791 • “Time Out” magazine, based in New While you’re at the museum, ask to see 9 81 34 193 69 448 84 803 York, recently ran a full-page feature and the work of the late Ukrainian Canadian 10 84 35 200 60 462 85 815 11 87 36 208 61 475 86 826 photos of New York’s leading Ukrainian artist William Kurelek. 12 90 37 215 62 489 87 837 folk-art shops – Arka, Molode Zhyttia and A rare personal appearance by video 13 93 38 223 63 504 88 848 14 96 39 232 64 518 89 858 Surma, with shop addresses and prices of genius George Kuchar, whose mother was 15 100 40 240 65 533 90 868 embroideries, Easter eggs and other items born in Ukraine, will take place July 22 at 16 103 41 249 66 547 17 107 42 258 67 562 included in picture captions. 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NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE The Commission of Humanitarian Aid at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Shkil, a former president of the academy March 13, 2000 Kipa elected to Academy who had visited Muhlenberg College and Kyiv who previously invited Dr. Kipa to Kyiv for The Commission of Humanitarian Aid at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine lectures at the university. Rector Shkil also attests that the Taras Shevchenko Foundation, an all-Ukrainian charitable of Pedagogical Sciences served as host for the Kyiv segment of the Lidia Rapuna fund based in Lviv, under the direction of Dr. Vasyl Iwanytzky, foundation “Societies in Transition” seminar for president, is authorized to oversee projects dealing with humanitarian aid. KYIV – Dr. Albert Kipa, Saeger American professors which was planned During 1998-1999 the foundation distributed approximately 200 computers Professor of Comparative Literature and and coordinated by Dr. Kipa as a Fulbright Group Project. and 100 photocopying machines to schools, universities, scientific institutions Head of the Department of Languages, and libraries in Ukraine. This distribution program is being continued this year. Literatures and Cultures at Muhlenberg Dr. Kipa was born in Kyiv and grew up in New York City. He received his under- College in Allentown, Pa., recently accept- The commission at the ministry would like to take this occasion to express its ed his membership credentials in the graduate diploma from the City College of gratitude to the businesses, institutions and organizations in Canada that the City University of New York and his Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of have donated the above-mentioned technology to the Taras Shevchenko graduate degrees from the University of Foundation. Ukraine to which he was elected last year. Pennsylvania. He is currently a vice-presi- Dr. Wasyl Kremen, Ukraine’s minister of dent of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Unfortunately, given the current difficult economic situation in Ukraine, the education and current president of the acad- Sciences in the U.S.A. and is the author of Cabinet of Ministers is unable to provide educational establishments with nec- emy, presented the documents during the studies focusing on selected aspects of essary computers and photocopying machines. Therefore, we would like to ask that those individuals, businesses and institutions in the diaspora that are academy’s annual meeting in Kyiv. Dr. Slavic-Western literary and cultural rela- Mykola Zhulynsky, vice prime minister of in the position to help support this undertaking and actively help the Taras tions. Shevchenko Foundation continue its important work. Ukraine, also attended the session. In the past he has served on a national Dr. Kipa, who spoke on “Democratic advisory council to the U.S. Department of Reform and Higher Education” during the Education, was president of the Assembly proceedings, was nominated for member- of Chapter Presidents of the American ship by Dr. Mykola Shkil, rector, and Dr. Association of Teachers of German, as well Petro P. Chopko, professor of literature, at as of the Pennsylvania State Modern the Drahomanov State Pedagogical Language Association, and has been the University in Kyiv. recipient of awards and grants from the “The election was unanimous, well Fulbright program, the National deserved, and we look forward to a mutual- Endowment for the Humanities, IREX and ly rewarding relationship,” noted Rector the Goethe Institute. The Taras Shevchenko Foundation of Ukraine, an All-Ukrainian Charitable Fund We would like to issue an appeal to the Ukrainian community in the diaspora for the generous support of our foundation. Your continued support will enable us to continue our work and again send much-needed computers and photo- copiers to schools in Ukraine this year, and thereby contribute to the upgrad- ing of educational facilities. All contributions will be officially acknowledged upon receipt by the foundation. Individuals or institutions donating $250 or more will have their names inscribed on an honorary plaque at the Taras Shevchenko Center in Lviv. Donations, with checks made payable to “School in Ukraine,” may be sent to:

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Dr. Albert Kipa is flanked by Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykola Zhulynsky (right) and Minister of Education Wasyl Kremen.

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eral meeting of the NTSh-A, greet all U.S. Shevchenko... Ukrainian scholarly and scientific institu- (Continued from page 4) tions and all Ukrainian scholars and scien- Olha Kuzmowycz, recording secretary. tists, especially those in Ukraine. Furthermore, the governing board com- Considering the present economic condi- prises the following committee chairs: tions, we encourage all our members to financial – Dr. Slusarczuk (two members); collaborate in joint projects which could law advisory – Dr. Andrij V. R. Szul; help scholars and scientists in Ukraine. membership and graduate outreach – Prof. 2. Our assembly greets all national üäôéüäôé ÇàÇà ïéóÖíÖïéóÖíÖ Daria Dykyj (two members); press – Prof. NTSh chapters. We are genuinely happy Orest Popovych (two members); chapters about the growth and success of NTSh in Ukraine, especially in the area of publish- O Ó˘‡‰ÊÛ‚‡ÚË „ðÓ¯¥ ̇ ‚ˢ¥ ‚¥‰ÒÓÚÍË and development – Dr. Lubomyr Romankiw; publications – Marta ing, and we offer our assurances of contin- O ÔÓÁ˘‡ÚË „ðÓ¯¥ ̇ ÏÂ̯¥ ‚¥‰ÒÓÚÍË Tarnawsky (nine members); by-laws – Dr. ued cooperation and support. Trofimenko (two members); institutional 3. Our assembly supports a continued O χÚË ÔðËπÏÌÛ Ú‡ ÔðÓÙÂÒ¥ÈÌÛ Ó·ÒÎÛ„Û Ò‚Óπ˛ ð¥‰ÌÓ˛ ÏÓ‚Ó˛ liaison – Prof. Myroslava Znayenko (two professional and collegial cooperation of members); library and archive – Ms. Keis the NTSh-A with scholarly institutions in O ðÓÁÔÓ˜‡ÚË Íð‰ËÚÌÛ ¥ÒÚÓð¥˛ Á VISA CARD (three members); scholarships and grants the Ukrainian diaspora and in Ukraine, as O ÔÂðÂÒ·ÚË „ðÓ¯¥ ˜ÂðÂÁ Western Union – Prof. Roman Voronka (five members); well as with Ukrainian and other universi- computers and technology – Prof. ties that feature Ukrainian studies. O ‰Îfl Á·Â𥄇ÌÌfl ˆ¥ÌÌËı Ô‡ÔÂ𥂠‚Ë ÏÓÊÂÚ ‚ËÍÓðËÒÚÓ‚Û‚‡ÚË safe deposit boxes Andrushkiw (five members); board of 4. Our assembly expresses its concern auditors – Prof. Rudnytzky (two mem- about the halt in the proliferation of the bers); delegates to the World Council of Ukrainian language in Ukraine and sup- NTSh – Prof. Andrushkiw and Dr. ports the full rights of Ukrainian as the ìäêÄ∫çëúäÄ èêÄÇéëãÄÇçÄ Trofimenko; alternates – Prof. Procyk and state language. Dr. Trofimenko. 5. Our assembly affirms that the NTSh- äêÖÑàíéÇÄ äééèÖêÄíàÇÄ The following resolutions were adopted A will continue to honor its obligation to by a committee composed of Dr. promote the work on the Encyclopedia of Onyshkevych, Prof. Oleksa Bilaniuk, Dr. the Ukrainian Diaspora, so as to bring this èéãÄÉéÑàíú Çëß ÇÄòß îßçÄçëéÇß ëèêÄÇà Serhiy Levkiv, Prof. Markus and Prof. important project to completion as soon as Stojko: possible, and encourages our community ÉÓÎÓ‚Ì ·˛ðÓ: 1. We, the participants of the 16th gen- to support it. 215 Second Ave. (between 13th & 14th St.), New York, NY 10003 Tel.: 212 533-2980 • Fax: 212 995-5204 MARK T. OLESNICKY, M.D. î¥Î¥ª Û ç¸˛-ÑÊÂðÁ¥: Internal Medicine 35 Main St., 750 Stuyvesant Avenue S. Bound Brook, NJ 08880 Tel.: 732 469-9085 Irvington, NJ 07111 691 Roosevelt Ave., Telephone (973) 372-5007 • Fax (973) 372-0100 Carteret, NJ 07008 Tel.: 732 802-0480 By Appointment No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 19 Ukrainian Historical Association celebrates its 35th anniversary Ukrainian American by Lavrentia Turkewicz publications of the UHA are widely recog- Cultural Foundation nized. Greetings from universities and ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ-ÄÏÂðË͇ÌҸ͇ äÛθÚÛð̇ îÛ̉‡ˆ¥fl NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Art and scholarly institutions in Ukraine praised the Literary Club of New York (UALC) on UHA in the role it has played in the renais- P.O. Box 418, Glen Spey, NY 12737 Tel.: (914) 858-3805 (2524) April 7 inaugurated its 2000 season in the sance of Ukrainian scholarly historiogra- spring with a lecture titled “In the Service phy in Ukraine. of Clio: Past, Present and Future,” celebrat- First established in the United States, the ing the 35th anniversary of the Ukrainian UHA spread to Canada, Europe and finally Appeal to the Ukrainian-American community Historical Association. Ukraine where, after the 1990 Congress of Dr. Lubomyr Wynar, president of the the International Association of Ukrainian Ukrainian Historical Association (UHA) Verkhovyna is For Sale Studies, branches of the Mykhailo Estate of the Ukrainian Fraternal Association and editor-in-chief of Ukrainskyi Istoryk Hrushevsky Ukrainian Historical (Ukrainian Historian), delivered the lecture, Association soon mushroomed in Kyiv, also honoring the memory of the late Prof. Holovna Rada of UFA on June 26, 2000, voted unanimously to sell Verkhovyna Lviv, Dnipropetrovske, Chernivtsi, Odesa, to the Ukrainian-American Cultural Foundation (UACF). Oleksander Ohloblyn, outstanding Drohobych, Kharkiv, Ostroh, Uzhhorod Ukrainian historian and first president of and other cities. Their existence as inde- The selling price is $925,000 the association, on the 100th anniversary of pendent bodies in cooperation with univer- his birth. sities is a factor that greatly strengthens the Very soon an agreement between UFA and UACF will be signed with a $100,000 In a brief introduction, Yaroslava influence of the UHA on current historical binder and the remainder must be paid within three months. The Ukrainian- Gerulak, president of the Ukrainian Art and scholarship in Ukraine. American Cultural Foundation needs one thousand donors at $1,000 dollars each Literary Club, said that, in contrast to the For this reason, the First International in order to purchase the property by the end of September and to begin work on other muses who symbolize the various Congress of Ukrainian Historians, which the estate. kinds of arts and literature, Clio represents took place at the University of Chernivtsi in history, the function of which is to record May, will provide the first opportunity for Donations of any amount will be greatly appreciated. chronologically all aspects of the human historians from various countries to discuss Donations are tax deductible condition. A historical memory is the out- the current state of Ukrainian historical Federal indentification numbver 13-6208514 come of historical knowledge, without scholarship and the future tasks of In the event that the UACF will be unable to raise the money, Verkhovyna will which no nation can survive as a separate Ukrainian historiography on the threshold have to be sold to foreign businessmen or speculators. entity. of the new millennium. With the UHA as We ask everyone to send donations to the above address. Fortunately, the UHA has been prolific the main initiator, the congress is organized in its documentative scholarship. in cooperation with various scholarly insti- Eugene Tataryn, President Ukrainskyi Istoryk, founded by Dr. Wynar tutions and universities in Ukraine and the Anton Filimonchuck, VP Treasurer in 1963, eventually became the official diaspora. Olga Filimonchuck, VP Secretary UHA journal. Dr. Wynar also stated that the Dr. Wynar stressed that the First Dr. Stephan Woroch, VP Fundraising UHA has published more than 100 that International Congress of Ukrainian Oksana Wanchychka Woroch, VP Public Relations have appeared in Ukraine and in the West, Historians is essential as a precedent in Rev. Nestor Kowal, VP Chaplain both in Ukrainian and English. preparation for the International Congress Ihor Rakowsky, VP General Council-By-Laws Ever since its inception in 1965, one of of Historians, which will be held in Oslo, Andrew Rakowsky, VP Nominating Membership the objectives of the UHA has been correct- Sweden, this coming fall. Participation of Yuri Blanarovich, P Eng., VP Communications Development ing the record of Ukrainian history, both in the UHA in this forum will help bring Vsevolod Salenko, VP Finance archives as in the media. Ukrainian historiography out of isolation Oleh Kolodiy, Communication/Electronic Media The problem of methodology as applied and include it into world historiography. in Ukrainian historiography has always The Mayana Gallery provided space for been a concern of the UHA. an exhibit of UHA publications, which Prof. Wynar explained that the main task were set up for examination and purchase, in today’s Ukrainian historiography is the and for a historically significant representa- establishment of a new scheme based on an tion – two portrait photographs of the emi- updated version of Hrushevsky’s model of nent historians Mykhailo Hrushevsky and Ukrainian history, which objectively pres- Oleksander Ohloblyn. ents the historical development of the On the occasion of the 35th anniversary Ukrainian nation, both in its periods of of the UHA, an action for the formation of independence and at times of domination Friends of the Ukrainian Historical by foreign states. In the application of the Association has been initiated. Tax-exempt new, synthetic approach to historical analy- contributions, made out to the Ukrainian sis, the history of Ukraine is viewed in the Historical Association, may be mailed to: context of the world historical process. Ukrainian Historical Association As an affiliated member of the American Publication Fund, P.O. Box 312, Kent, OH Historical Association, the activities and 44240.

WITNESSES, UKRAINIAN FAMINE, 1932-1933

JULY 2000: 51-year-old Eastern Michigan University graduate student written questionnaire and/or oral history interviews, both telephone and in-person, with survivors for use in masters thesis on famine. Interviewees must review and approve(!) tape and transcripts of tape prior to archive or publishing. References available on request. Richard Marquis, 650 Simpson Avenue, Plymouth, MI 48170-2259 (734) 416-8699 [email protected]

The Weekly’s collection of materials about the Famine

The Ukrainian Weekly’s official website contains the largest collection of materials on the Internet dedicated to the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. Located at www.ukrweekly.com, the special section includes a chronology of the Famine years, eyewitness accounts, editorials, media reports, stories about observanc- es of the Famine’s 50th anniversary in 1983, scholarly articles, interviews with jour- nalists who reported on the Famine, transcripts of testimony on the Famine commis- sion bill ultimately passed by the U.S. Congress, texts of statements before the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine, references and other documentation, as well as the full text of The Ukrainian Weekly’s special issue on the Great Famine published on March 20, 1983. The section is completely searchable. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 No. 28 No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 21

Alyskewycz, Sophia Hewryk, Lidia The Ukrainian Museum’s... Krushelnytsky, Volodymyr Kurylo, Zenon (Continued from page 4) Masnyj, Maria Pazuniak, Maria Polanskyj, talk and a reception at the closing of the Roma Shuhan, Christine Zarska Shoh, Olga Vasyl Krychevsky exhibition. Trytyak and Ireneus Yurchuk; Auditing Ms. Shust spoke also about the muse- Committee Members Wasyl Sosiak (chair), um’s efforts to keep its programs in the pub- Nadia Cwiach, Ihor Hayda, Yaroslawa lic eye by utilizing the resources of the Luchechko and Wolodymyr Magun. Ukrainian and American media, its home- Questions from the audience reflected page on the Internet, as well as its in-house for the most part the museum members’ publications. She said that the popular fund- interest and concern about the building proj- raising events organized by the board’s spe- ect. Two years ago the project came to a halt cial events committee, which gives museum due to the fact that not enough money had members and friends the opportunity to pro- been raised to begin construction. Now that vide support for the institution in a social the board has decided on a course of action, setting, were enriched this year with the and the building project on East Sixth Street new and very successful New Year’s ball, or has been reactivated, fund-raising will be Malanka which, it is hoped will become a the prime issue in this endeavor. tradition with the museum family. Mrs. Hnateyko explained that the cost Both the board president and the director of the building construction is not the thanked museum members, friends, only important factor within the muse- UNWLA members and members of the um’s fiscal parameters. Once the new community for their continued, generous building is built the cost of its mainte- support. nance will have to be met. The other fac- Treasurer Oleh Sawkiw reported con- tor will be to support the expanded day- cisely on the financial state of the museum, to-day programs and larger staff of an inviting the audience to review the report on active institution. Toward that end, the the pages of the annual report distributed to new board, scheduled to meet in the early each member. Wasyl Sosiak, chairman of part of this summer, will design a strategy the auditing committee, reported that his and draft a plan for a major fund-raising committee had found the financial state of campaign. The campaign, both short- the museum sound and commended its range (to cover construction of the new exemplary bookkeeping. building) and long-range (to support The nominating committee’s proposed maintenance of the new building and the list of candidates for the board was activities of the museum) will target approved, re-electing Mrs. Hnateyko as every possible funding source. board president and welcoming new board The Ukrainian Museum, presently locat- members Ulana Baczynsky, Ulana Kobzar ed at 203 Second Ave., is open to the public and Rostyslaw Milanytch. on Wednesday through Sunday at 1-5 p.m. Following are the other members of the- Telephone: (212) 228-0110; e-mail: museum’s newly elected board of trustees: [email protected]. For additional informa- Vice-Presidents Iryna Kurowyckyj, Tatiana tion about the museum please see the web- Tershakovec, Maria Tomorug; Treasurer site at www.ukrainianmuseum.org. Yar Mociuk; Secretaries Katria Czerwoniak and Vera Skop; Members-at-Large Orest Marta Baczynsky is in charge of press Glut, Andrey Hankevych and Roman and public relations for The Ukrainian Hawrylak; Board Members Anna Museum.

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Ten years ago: Batkivschyna’s youngest crew member is Vadym, 14 PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Among the crew members Ukraine becomes sovereign of the historic “Discover Ukraine” expedition of the Sovereignty: supreme or independent power or Ukrainian schooner Batkivschyna is Vadym authority in a state. Birioukovitch, the 14-year-old grandson of the ship’s captain. In the photo on the right, Vadym Ten years ago, on July 16, 1990, the Supreme takes a turn at the ship’s wheel as the Batkivschyna Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, sails toward New York City, where the 89-foot ves- that is, the republic’s Parliament, proclaimed sel participated in the world’s largest maritime Ukraine’s state sovereignty, which it defined as event, Operation Sail 2000. “supremacy, independence, fullness and indivisi- Vadym, the youngest crew member, has been bility of the republic’s authority within the bound- keeping a journal of the Batkivschyna’s three- aries of its territory, and its independence and month, 8,000-mile-long journey from Kyiv to New equality in external relations.” The declaration con- York. (From New York harbor, the ship is to sail on tinued: “The Ukrainian SSR, as a sovereign to and Maine.) Excerpts from his jour- national state, develops within existing boundaries nal – recounting sightings of dolphins, storms at sea on the basis of the realization of the Ukrainian and a ceremony aboard ship as it passed the nation’s inalienable right to self-determination.” Greenwich Meridian – appeared in The New York The vote for this historic proclamation was an Times on July 3. overwhelming 355 for and four against; and the feat “I like New York,” Vadym told The New York was greeted by the people’s deputies (as legislators Times, as he was selling Batkivschyna T-shirts to were known) with a standing ovation and tumul- countless visitors on July 5. However, he admitted tuous applause. Later that day, the deputies voted that “sometimes when you get sick of the people, 339-5 to proclaim July 16 a national holiday in it’s pressure on you and you want to be somewhere Ukraine. alone. Also, I am getting homesick,” he added, The far-reaching Declaration on State “but I’m not complaining.” During his stay in New Sovereignty of Ukraine stressed the republic’s York, Vadym planned to do some sightseeing and to intention of controlling its own affairs in all spheres visit the Virgin Megastore (a huge music store) in of activity, ranging from the economy, the environ- Times Square, where he hoped to buy recordings by ment and the military to cultural development and the Sex Pistols and Offspring. international relations. The document’s intent was quite clear: Ukraine Check it out: On the front page of this issue, read and its people – defined as citizens of the republic about Ukraine’s participation in OpSail 2000. See the of all nationalities who have the right to free nation- centerfold for photos of this unique and colorful event. Roman Woronowycz al-cultural development – were declared to be the sole source of state authority in the republic and they alone were to determine their own destiny, they Parma altar boy reads Epistle in Braille at Youth Sunday service alone were to be the masters of their land. The document decreed that Ukrainian SSR laws PARMA, – St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian take precedence on Ukrainian territory over the Orthodox Cathedral traditionally designates five laws of the USSR, and stated that Ukraine will Sundays throughout the year as Youth Sundays. maintain its own army and its own national bank On these days, all parish youths are requested to and has the power to introduce its own currency. participate in the mysteries of Holy Confession Most notable was the fact that the declaration and Communion. During the liturgy, the sermon proclaimed that the republic is “a permanently neu- by the clergy is delivered specifically for the tral state that does not participate in military blocs,” youths and a breakfast usually follows the serv- and underlined Ukraine’s adherence to three non- ice. nuclear principles: to not accept, to not produce As seen in the photo on the right, at a recent and to not procure nuclear weapons. Youth Sunday, 9-year-old Ryan Sima chanted Though the declaration stopped short of calling the Epistle reading for the first time. for Ukraine’s secession from the USSR, many Ryan has a very powerful singing voice and observers pointed out that it went farther than simi- immediately attracts the attention of the faithful. lar steps toward sovereignty taken at that time by Ryan’s reading that day was also very emotional other Soviet republics, such as Moldavia (today for parishioners because Ryan was born blind known as Moldova), Russia and Uzbekistan. and read the Epistle in Braille. Many people’s deputies, as well as other political The son of Michael and Nina Sima and grand- observers in Ukraine and abroad saw the declara- son of Michael and Eugenia Paruta, Ryan also tion of sovereignty as the first step toward the coun- serves as an altar boy and is a past first-place try’s complete independence. winner in the UOL Ukrainian Orthodox A little more than a year later came true inde- League’s National Essay contest. His prize-win- pendence. The Ukrainian Parliament on August 24, ning essay was written in Braille. 1991, approved the Act of Declaration of the Through the assistance of the parish youth Independence of Ukraine, calling it the realization committee, Ryan was a participant in a special of the Declaration on State Sovereignty. Space Camp held in Alabama for the blind. No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 23 Whippany SUM branch concludes a successful year of activity

Seen on the left are Whippany members of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) with the second-place trophy the branch earned at the organization’s annual Memorial Day weekend gather- ing known as “Zlet.” Above, the “Puhachi,” who earned first place among all troops at the Zlet. WHIPPANY, N.J. – On a who were not present at the annual ents present and commended them After the assembly, SUM youths Monday night in June, members of gathering known as “Zlet,” which for a job well done: for coming dur- were treated to a pizza and ice the Ukrainian American Youth took place on Memorial Day week- ing the year for youth meetings and cream sundae party prepared by the Association (SUM) branch in end in Ellenville, N.Y., at the SUM for working together. This work parents’ committee and branch offi- Whippany, N.J., ended their sea- resort. earned the branch second place cers. The branch resumes activities son with one final assembly. Michael Koziupa, branch presi- overall at the Zlet among the 13 in September. Awards were given out to those dent, greeted the youths and par- branches competing. – Dmytro Woch

Mykola Myshka’s hike Mishanyna R I V E R S R D O N E T S M H B O A N R E T S I N D R I I M L X A I R T A O B V N O D O T A N S E D N I P R O Y S L A D C G E O G R A P H Y O O I T N K L C S S W I M M R C P F N A S U M M E R B Y T H Y H I E B E D E A S N E D N R A R S O U A Z O V S E A A P A M Y H K K S B U H S O M E R E H C D I S To solve the Mishanyna in this issue, find the words that appear in capital letters in the text and on the list below. The words SWIM, FISH and BOAT conjure up pictures of SUMMER. While many of you here in North America will be enjoying summertime activities, children in Ukraine will be doing the same. However they won’t be Mykola Myshka likes to take walks in the mountains and pick flowers for going to the Jersey shore or the Great Lakes. Instead they might visit the his mother. The bouquet that he’s picked is of white blossoms that grow sparkling waters of some of the 30,000 RIVERS found there. throughout the mountainous areas of Europe, including Ukraine’s With this in mind, Mishanyna gives a mini-lesson in GEOGRAPHY. Below Carpathians. Can you identify the flowers, one of which appears on the we have listed 10 bodies of water. We wonder if your parents can name 10 stamp to the right? Hint: your parents will know its name as the title to a bodies of water found in Ukraine. After you solve our puzzle, challenge tune from the film “The Sound of Music.” The first correct answer will win a Mama and Tato to name 10! (Let us know how they do.) Have fun! special philatelic prize. Azov Sea Don Dnister Black Sea Donets Prypiat OUR NEXT ISSUE: Buh Desna UKELODEON is published on the second Sunday of every month. To make Cheremosh Dnipro it into our next issue, dated August 13, please send in your materials by August 4. (We ask all contributors to please include a daytime phone number.) Send in your articles, letters, photos, etc. to: The Ukrainian Weekly, OUR EDITORS: UKELODEON, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, N.J., 07054; tele- UKELODEON is prepared by the editorial staff of The Ukrainian Weekly phone, (973) 292-9800; fax, (973) 644-9510. Or you can e-mail us at: working in conjunction with Lydia Smyk, an elementary school teacher at [email protected]. St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, N.J. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 No. 28

PREVIEW OF EVENTS COME ONE... COME ALL ADVANCE NOTICE 5370. For accommodations or information to the about Soyuzivka contact the resort’s man- Monday-Thursday, September 11-14 agement: telephone, (914) 626-5641; fax, (914) 626-4638. KERHONKSON, N.Y.: All former facul- CORRECTION ty, students and friends of Regensbrug High VVeerrkkhhoovvyynnaa YYoouutthh School will meet at their 11th reunion to be The concert featuring Pianist Volodymyr held at the Ukrainian National Vynnytsky and violist Borys Deviatov as Association’s Soyuzivka resort. The motto part of a chamber orchestra at the Windham for the reunion is “Rik Podiaky 2000” (We Chamber Festival was listed under the Are Thankful for the Year 2000). For more wrong date in late week’s preview. The cor- FFeessttiivvaall information about this upcoming celebra- rect date is Saturday, July 15. The concert tion and to register contact Vasyl Luchkiv, takes place at the Windham Civic Center, 49 Windmill Lane, New City, NY 10959; Main Street, at 8 p.m. For additional infor- July 14-16, 2000 telephone, (914) 634-9353; fax, (914) 634- mation call (518) 734-3868. UFA Resort and Youth Center “Verkhovyna” Glen Spey, N.Y. REMINDER REGARDING REQUIREMENTS: Location: Rt. 41 (5 mi. off Rt. 97) There is a $10 charge per submission for listings in Preview of Events. Sponsored by The listing plus payment must be received no later than one week before the desired date of publication. There is also the option of prepayment for a series of listings. Ukrainian Fraternal Association Listings of no more than 100 words (written in Preview format) plus pay- Featuring: Taras Petrynenko and Tetiana Horobetz, Marian ment should be sent to: Preview of Events, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Information sent by fax Shunevych, Vasyl Popadiuk, Verkhovyna Dance Workshop, should include a copy of a check, in the amount of $10 per listing, made out to The Ukrainian Weekly. The Weekly’s fax number is (973) 644-9510. “Chereshenki,” Anna Bachynsky and Bohdan Sikora, “Ukraina” Dance Ensemble

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