INSIDE:• Town hall meetings target youth vote in Ukraine — page 4. • Manor Junior College marks 50th anniversary — page 6. • A look at Crimea’s Tatar minority — page 10.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVI HE No.KRAINIAN 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine UkraineT tells Albright UClinton pledges to fight internationalW trafficking of women it will not sell turbines for nuclear project in Iran by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV — A week after signing a long- term economic trade agreement with Russia, Ukraine continued to successful- ly play its multi-vectored foreign policy game by heeding U.S. demands that it not sell Russia turbines for a nuclear reactor project in Iran. “Ukraine has decided to refrain from nuclear cooperation with Iran, including the supply of turbines to the Bushehr Project,” said Foreign Minister Hennadii Udovenko on March 6. Mr. Udovenko made the statement after he and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright had signed a series of agreements on nuclear and satellite technology cooperation. Ms. Albright was in Kyiv for a seven-hour visit on the first leg of a tour of European capitals. Last year Kyiv had said it would sell Moscow a $45 million turbine needed for the completion of the Bushehr Yaro Bihun nuclear reactor project in Iran, which President Clinton announces his administration’s measures against the abuse and trafficking of women as First Lady Hillary Russia has contracted to finish at a cost Rodham Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno look on. of $800 million. Then Ukraine became entangled in a by Yaro Bihun emony on March 11, marking First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, controversy between Russia, on which it Special to The Ukrainian Weekly International Women’s Day (March 8), Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, depends for most of its nuclear fuel as the president outlined his plan of action, Attorney General Janet Reno, U.N. WASHINGTON — President Bill well as gas and oil, and the U.S., whose which includes an expansion of U.S. Secretary General Kofi Annan and Clinton has announced a series of meas- Senate is currently considering whether Advisor to the Prime Minister of ures his administration will take to curb efforts on behalf of women at home and Ukraine should receive the second half Thailand Saisuree Chutikul. the abuse of women worldwide and espe- overseas, and the convening of an inter- of a $225 million foreign aid package Secretary Albright, who had just cially the international trafficking of national conference to develop new that was appropriated for this year. returned from an international trip that women, a problem that has plagued strategies to combat the international The U.S. does not want Russia to fin- began in Kyiv, said the government of Ukraine and some of the other states of trafficking of women. ish the Bushehr nuclear reactor, which Ukraine asked, and the United States that region. Adding their voices on behalf of has been in development since the late Addressing a special White House cer- women’s rights at the ceremony were: (Continued on page 3) 1970s, because it believes Iran will use the plant to develop nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, Russia has refused to cancel the deal, stating that it is not a dangerous Duma Committee hears calls for Ukraine’s reunion with Russia project because Iran is a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency and by Roman Woronowycz Verkhovna Rada on the invitation of the reviewing the Ukraine-Russia treaty. Mr. subject to international inspections. Kyiv Press Bureau Russian Duma. Tikhonov is a member of the The U.S. had exerted increasingly Since February, the Russian legisla- Narodovladia (Popular Power) faction of KYIV — Pro-nationalists and more intense pressure on Ukraine not to ture has been reviewing the “big treaty” the Russian State Duma headed by the Communists turned a Russian Duma sell the turbine, after the U.S. had failed between Ukraine and Russia, which was former chairman of the USSR Council legislative committee hearing on ratifi- to convince Russia to discontinue the signed in May 1997. It has been unable of Ministers, Nikolai Ryzhkov. project. Washington had offered Kyiv a cation of the Treaty on Friendship, The hearing was attended by some Cooperation and Partnership between to approve it chiefly because pro-nation- series of financial and technological aid alist and Communist forces have contin- 100 people, including members of the packages, and the prospect of access to Ukraine and Russia into a political cir- ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic cus on March 3 when they transformed uously disrupted debate over the emo- U.S. nuclear fuel supplies as an incen- tional issue of the status of Sevastopol, Party headed by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, tive, but had also warned that if Ukraine it into a spectacle calling for the reunion the Communist Party of Russia and for- of Ukraine with Russia. which many in Russia feel should be did sell the turbines, the U.S. would not handed over to Russia. mer members of the Supreme Soviet of sign an accord on peaceful nuclear coop- The hearing was disrupted numerous the Soviet Union, many of whom were times by hooting and foot-stomping by National Deputy Bohdan Horyn, a eration. member of the Ukrainian delegation to invited by Mr. Tikhonov, according to Russia had offered its own carrots for guests in response to demands by com- Mr. Horyn. Moscow, said the circus atmosphere of Ukraine to go through with the deal, mittee members for the return of the Besides the official Ukrainian delega- the committee hearing was a premeditat- most recently in the form of a memoran- Ukrainian city of Sevastopol to Russia tion, CIS Committee Chairman ed “provocation” against the Ukrainian dum of intent to supply a $200 million and for the enforcement of Russian Tikhonov also invited members of the technology loan to help Ukraine com- minority rights in Ukraine. delegation orchestrated by Georgi Parliament of Ukraine’s Autonomous plete two nuclear reactor complexes, one The committee hearing was all the Tikhonov, chairman of the Russian State Republic of Crimea and Ivan in the city of Rivne and the other in more a show because it was attended by Duma Committee on CIS Affairs and a an official delegation of the Ukrainian member of the special committee (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 No. 11

COMPARATIVE STUDY NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Ukraine and Belarus in the post-Soviet era Duma in no hurry on treaty with Ukraine participated in the talks. Ukraine owes by David R. Marples the dynamic elements in political life: the about $1.2 billion to Gazprom. (RFE/RL Communist and then proto-Communist MOSCOW — At the Russia State Newsline) The post-Soviet period has been one of political leadership symbolized by Prime Duma’s hearings on March 3, most deputies dramatic change in the three Slavic Minister Vyachaslau Kebich; and the spoke out against rapid ratification of the Poland wants to keep visa-free regime republics that were part of the USSR until democrats, symbolized by the Belarusian Russia-Ukraine friendship treaty, which WARSAW — Polish Foreign Minister December 1991. Comparisons between Popular Front and the increasingly isolated was signed in May 1997, Interfax reported. Bronislaw Geremek said Warsaw will tight- Ukraine and Russia have been frequent, but Parliament chairman, Stanislau A group of deputies proposed delaying rati- en security on its eastern border but wants such analogies are not comparing like with Shushkevich. Simply put: no middle ground fication until after the new Ukrainian to continue visa-free travel for Ukrainian like. Russia was by far the most powerful could be found in Belarusian political life. Verkhovna Rada ratifies agreements on citizens, Reuters reported on February 25. republic within the Soviet Union, and The BPF under the leadership of Zyanon dividing the Black Sea Fleet. President Speaking after a meeting in London with remains a giant country, well endowed with Paznyak was widely seen as extremist and Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine recently said he British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, Mr. natural resources. Russophobic. Whereas Ukraine neglected hopes Russia will ratify the treaty before the Geremek said Kyiv is willing to take back It seems pertinent to compare instead economic reform and consolidated inde- Ukrainian parliamentary elections sched- illegal immigrants who are refused passage Ukraine and Belarus, two middle-ranking pendence, Belarus was unable to accom- uled for March 29. Russia’s First Vice into Poland. Both Russia and Belarus have powers, both involved in the process of plish either task. By the summer of 1994, Minister for Foreign Affairs Boris refused to take that step, which Poland nation-building since their independence in the former leaders and Mr. Paznyak were Pastukhov urged Duma deputies to ratify 1991. Despite the fact that Ukraine’s popu- swept aside in the presidential election by the treaty as soon as possible, as did requires before allowing a visa-free regime lation is five times larger than that of its Parliament Deputy Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Vladimir Yatsenko, the head of the with a neighboring country. Mr. Geremek northern neighbor, there are many points for a man in his late 30s, whose mediocre Ukrainian parliamentary delegation at the also said Poland will lose up to $3 billion in comparison, of which this paper will select career to that point had been highlighted hearings. Mr. Yatsenko promised that the “gray zone” trade because of increased a handful: nation-building; economic only by his chairmanship of a parliamentary Verkhovna Rada “will never make a choice restrictions on Belarusians and Russians reform; demographic indices (including commission on corruption. in favor of NATO.” Russian opponents of traveling to Poland. But, he said, it is a such factors as population, health, ethnic In the present period, Ukraine has made the treaty have charged that it opens the “worthy sacrifice” for integration into the make-up and the impact of the Chornobyl impressive progress in nation-building and door to NATO membership for Ukraine by European Union. (RFE/RL Newsline) disaster); and progress toward democracy. in taking its place as a member of the inter- renouncing any Russian claim to Ukrainian Hudyma appointed ambassador to EU Nation-building national community. A former member of territory. (RFE/RL Newsline) the eastern Ukrainian management elite, KYIV — Borys Hudyma was appointed Duma members disagree on treaty Neither country was prepared for inde- President Leonid Kuchma, defeated his Ukraine’s ambassador to the European pendence in 1991. Independence was in fact western Ukrainian rival, Mr. Kravchuk nar- MOSCOW — Russian State Duma Union on February 24. He said 17 working thrust on them. Nevertheless, both had rowly in 1994, largely on the strength of the Deputy Chairman Svetlana Goriacheva on groups, including groups on the coal and made significant progress in the late urban vote in the major eastern Ukrainian March 5 criticized the behavior of Duma steel sector, trade, development of trans- Gorbachev period toward greater autonomy cities, and an electoral promise to move CIS Affairs Committee Chairman Georgii European networks and domestic transport and state sovereignty. Ukraine’s national Ukraine closer to Russia. Since his election, Tikhonov and suggested that he be are planned to be created for “efficient aspirations have a longer history, and a larg- however, he has carefully occupied the mid- replaced, RFE/RL’s Moscow bureau report- work” with the EU. He said consultations er portion of its population can be said to dle ground, and a Treaty of Friendship and ed. During March 3 hearings on ratification between Ukraine and EU will take place in have been nationally conscious throughout Cooperation with Russia was delayed for of the Russia-Ukraine friendship treaty, Mr. March in Kyiv. Issues to be discussed most of the Soviet period. Though the terri- over two years because of continuing dis- Tikhonov handed a Ukrainian parliamen- include the ban placed by Ukraine on the tories of both republics were divided, prin- putes over the division of the Black Sea tary delegation a proposal on holding a ref- import of cars older than five years and cipally between Poland and the Soviet Fleet. Though the treaty was signed in the erendum to reunite the two countries. When privileges given to the AvtoZAZ-Daewoo Union, national consciousness in western summer of 1997, and ratified in January of a Ukrainian deputy denounced that propos- JV. The latter issue threatens to damage Ukraine was greater than that in western this year by the Verkhovna Rada of al as a “provocation,” Mr. Tikhonov tried to Ukraine’s relations with the EU. Prior to Belarus. In September 1939, a defining Ukraine, few would have argued at that force him to leave the Duma chamber. Mr. this appointment, Mr. Hudyma was vice moment in the history of both countries, the point that Ukrainian statehood had suffered Tikhonov predicted on March 5 that no minister for foreign affairs. (Eastern reunion of Belarusian territories was marred in the process (President Kuchma’s more more than 50 to 60 Duma deputies are like- Economist) – at least in the eyes of Belarusian national- recent quest for virtual economic union is ly to support ratification of the treaty (226 Holovatyi ready to run for mayor ists – by the cession of Vilna (Vilnius) and another matter entirely). Moreover, the votes are needed for a majority). its adjacent territory to Lithuania. Insofar as president’s electoral support, according to Supervision within the Duma of CIS issues KYIV — An open public meeting at the Belarus has a spiritual heart of its national opinion polls, now lies in the west and the was recently transferred from Sergei Druzhba theater on February 20 nominated development, it lay in the city of Vilna. If capital, Kyiv, and he has made it known that Baburin — like Mr. Tikhonov, a member of former Justice Minister Serhii Holovatyi to one imagines the progress of Ukraine he would prefer to work with moderates the Popular Power faction — to Ms. run as a candidate for the post of Kyiv toward national identity without the city of and centrists in the new Parliament, which Goriacheva, a Communist who supports the mayor. Mr. Holovatyi agreed to stand as a Lviv, one has a comparable situation. is to be elected later this month. treaty with Ukraine. (RFE/RL Newsline) candidate. Although scheduled to speak, he I will divide the contemporary era into In Belarus, Mr. Lukashenka was initially Ukraine agrees to repay Gazprom debt made no further official statements. two clearly defined periods: that of 1989- snubbed by Russian President Yeltsin upon (Eastern Economist) 1994, which can be termed the period of taking office in the summer of 1994, but MOSCOW — Ukraine’s Prime Minister perestroika (taken out of its Soviet context); subsequently made known his wish to form Valerii Pustovoitenko said on March 6 in Black Sea states to hold talks and 1994 to the present, defined as the cur- a union with Russia. Whereas President Moscow that he has reached agreement ANKARA — Bulgaria, Georgia, rent period. Kuchma has a businesslike and quiet with Gazprom and Russian officials to pay Ukraine’s independence was achieved demeanor, the Belarusian president is a pop- Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine have $750 million of Ukraine’s debt to the drafted guidelines for talks on confidence- through its Parliament and a working ulist who constantly uses television to Russian gas giant, ITAR-TASS reported. alliance between the reformist Communists appeal to the public on various issues. The building measures related to the activities of The agreement, which followed two days of their naval forces in the Black Sea, the and the National Council (or, according to question of nation-building has never been talks between Mr. Pustovoitenko and simplistic current terminology, the political an issue in Belarus. Nationalists have been Turkish Daily News reported on February Gazprom head Rem Vyakhirev, calls for 27, citing a Turkish Foreign Affairs right). In addition, the presidency of Leonid maligned and the BPF virtually outlawed. that sum to be paid by October 1. Russian Kravchuk saw nation-building as its top pri- The president’s rhetoric often evokes a Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin also (Continued on page 14) ority – to the detriment of all other issues, “glorious Soviet past,” and his energy in and particularly economic reform. The cru- moving toward the union with Russia – cial problem proved to be relations with signed on April 2, 1997 – was relentless. He Russia and, related to this question, interna- has exploited particularly what has been FOUNDED 1933 tional isolation as the West, and particularly termed the “national nihilism” of HE KRAINIAN EEKLY the United States, regarded relations with Belarusians. 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Clinton pledges... CANDIDATE PROFILE: Roman Sliusarchuk, Social Democratic Party (Continued from page 1) by Roman Woronowycz Verkhovna Rada National Deputy agreed, to collaborate on a joint strategy Kyiv Press Bureau Heorhii Manchulenko he joined the to combat trafficking of women and girls Socialist Democratic Party only recently. to and from Ukraine. KYIV — Roman Sliusarchuk chose to Mr. Sliusarchuk appears to be a team “Our goal is to make this a model of become a member of the Social player through and through, as he repeat- international cooperation and to mobilize Democratic Party (United) for two rea- edly explained that his main priority, if people everywhere to respond to this sons: personalities and ideology. elected, would be to implement the plat- pernicious trafficking in human beings He believes the party represents the form that his party has established. — with a stoplight visible around the best political ideas of Western Europe That platform, however, is barely dis- equator and from pole to pole,” she and has the right mix of established cernible from the programs of the other added. political leadership to lift Ukraine out of dozen or so centrist parties of Ukraine. President Clinton said he has instruct- its political and economic morass. Mr. They all call for upholding the ed Secretary Albright and U.S. Agency Sliusarchuk pointed out that the social Constitution, entrenching Western-style for International Development democratic ideology is the “leading rule of law, moving ahead with privatiza- Administrator Brian Atwood to expand political ideology of Western Europe.” tion and structural reforms in the econo- U.S. international efforts to combat vio- He added, “It is, in my opinion, the most my, stimulating economic development lence against women and earmarked $10 realistic option for Ukraine today. It is and investment, and bringing the gray million to strengthen partnerships in this the movement that has the best prospects economy out of the shadows, as well as endeavor with governments and private for political and economic develop- maintaining a strong social safety net for organizations. ment.” the old, the unemployed, the sick and the In combating the “inhumane practice He noted that the party has drawn into disadvantaged. of trafficking of women,” the president its fold such noted politicians as former Mr. Sliusarchuk said that social said he also has asked Attorney General President Leonid Kravchuk, National democracy, battle-tested in Western Reno “to make sure that our own laws Deputy Yevhen Marchuk, who formerly Europe for the last half century, also are adequate to the task we face here at headed the Security Service of Ukraine, offers “a compromise between the work- home; that trafficking is prevented, vic- as well as businessman Hryhorii Surkis, er, labor and capital,” a defining ingredi- tims are protected, traffickers are pun- the owner of the popular Dynamo Soccer ent for political success in Ukraine with ished.” Club, and Viktor Medvechuk, the presi- its past Communist experience. Roman Sliusarchuk President Clinton said the United dent of the Union of Lawyers of But Mr. Sliusarchuk also believes that States also will use its consular and law Ukraine. the Social Democrats are sufficiently portrayed in the domestic and interna- enforcement presence overseas to help Mr. Sliusarchuk explained that in broad-based and inclusive in their appeal tional press, but an internal choice. He combat trafficking worldwide, by assist- today’s political world in Ukraine, where and programs to unite the country, which said that the political tools that politicians ing victims, helping improve legislation, so many parties, ideologies and personal- has fragmented geographically as region- use to reach the same ends vary, and in training judges and law enforcement ities have emerged, the electorate needs al interests have taken sway over central the upcoming elections the Ukrainian officials, and by establishing public edu- to see established, known politicians in a policies. “Here, where there are such dif- voter must decide which instruments he cation campaigns abroad. political party on which they can depend. ferences between eastern Ukraine, west- wants his representatives to use. In addition to using the U.S.-Ukraine “In Ukraine, personality politics oriented ern Ukraine, the central part and the He cited the problem with Ukraine’s partnership on this issue as a model for on the individual play a big role,” said south, the Social Democrats are the only shadow economy, which has been esti- other nations to follow, President Clinton Mr. Sliusarchuk. ones who could unite these regions into mated to involve almost half of Ukraine’s said he has asked his Interagency Today, at the tender of age of 25 and a one fist, a single, united Ukraine.” said GDP. “If you look at the economy, many Council on Women to convene an inter- political unknown, Mr. Sliusarchuk is the Mr. Sliusarchuk. politicians, including Yevhen Marchuk, national conference “to cast a spotlight Social Democratic Party candidate in the He added that he thinks the upcoming say that money must be squeezed out of on this human rights atrocity and devel- 221st electoral district of the city of Kyiv, elections are a critical juncture for the the shadow economy,” said Mr. op new strategies to combat it.” and will try to win a seat on the coattails country and that the people must finally Sliusarchuk. “There is a small internal The first lady, who has spearheaded of his better known colleagues in the decide Ukraine’s political direction. But choice that must be made here; how will the drive to combat the trafficking of March 29 Verkhovna Rada elections. that choice, according to Mr. Sliusarchuk, women, especially since her visit to Lviv Once a Rukh supporter and an aide to is not between East and West, as has been (Continued on page 4) last November, appealed again on their behalf. “We must give voice to the more than reconsider membership in the He said that when the head of the com- 1 million women who are trafficked Duma Committee... Parliamentary Assembly of the mittee, Svetlana Goriacheva, tried to bring every year in the former Soviet Union (Continued from page 1) Commonwealth of Independent States and the proceedings under control, she also and all around the world,” she said. a new treaty with the organization after was shouted down. The Ukrainian parlia- Symonenko, another member of Ukraine’s “These women and girls are desperate the March 29 parliamentary elections. mentarian explained that many present Verkhovna Rada, who brought with them for economic opportunity. They think According to Mr. Horyn, Mr. Yatsenko expressed dissatisfaction with Ms. petitions calling for Ukraine’s reunion they’re applying for jobs as baby-sitters, said he thought a more left-leaning legisla- Goriacheva’s support for the Ukraine- waitresses and sales clerks. Many think with Russia. ture would be more amenable to such Russia treaty. Ms. Goriacheva’s mother is they are following their dreams and, “It is no wonder that there was an moves. an ethnic Ukrainian. instead, they find themselves in a night- atmosphere of nostalgia for the Soviet One speaker after another spoke during Mr. Horyn said that two members of mare, sold as part of an international Union, to rebuild it and to destroy the the hearing on why the State Duma cannot the committee, Yurii Kuznetsov and trade in human beings and forced into Ukrainian nation,” said Mr. Horyn. ratify the “big treaty” between Ukraine Oleksii Mitrofonov, who belong to Mr. modern-day slavery. Imprisoned by During the hearing Mr. Tikhonov pre- and Russia: because Ukraine has not Zhirinovsky’s Liberal Democratic Party, employers, they are often not seen, let sented the Ukrainian delegation a resolu- resolved problems of Russian minorities made statements calling for the reunion of alone heard. tion that he asked it to carry back to in Ukraine and the status of the Crimean Russia and Ukraine, using what Mr. “Lured by organized crime operations, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada. The resolution city of Sevastopol, the home of the Horyn called “absurd” rationalizations. they represent an international problem calls for Ukraine’s legislature to organize Russian and Ukrainian naval fleets on the “They expressed an absolutely absurd that, like drug trafficking, requires an a referendum on the reunion of Ukraine Black Sea. thesis that contemporary Russia resembles international solution,” Mrs. Clinton told with Russia and Belarus. Mr. Horyn said the information that Germany of the recent past, which was the guests in the East Room of the White Mr. Horyn, a national deputy from the was presented was largely twisted and divided into east and west, and just as House. Ternopil region in western Ukraine who is inaccurate. Germany united so should Ukraine unite Sitting in the front row among the a member of the Republican Christian “I do not know a more democratic law with Russia,” said Mr. Horyn. “But they guests were Ukraine’s Ambassador Yuri Party, said he was presented the docu- on national minorities in the world than forgot that in Germany, in the east and Shcherbak and his wife, Maria. The ments, but refused to take them. the one that the Ukrainian Parliament west, there was one language, that it was a Ukrainian ambassador had conveyed his Afterwards the Russian parliamentarian passed,” said Mr. Horyn. “It is a model single nation that was divided up political- government’s request for U.S. assistance handed the papers over to the head of the used by other countries; that is what we ly, whereas Ukraine and Russia are two in organizing an international conference Ukrainian delegation, Volodymyr were told by the Council of Europe.” He separate nations with separate languages, during a meeting with the first lady in Yatsenko, a member of Ukraine’s said that although 22 percent of the popu- separate histories, cultures and traditions.” January. Communist Party. lation of Ukraine is ethnically Russian, “This absurd logic was the logic used in According to official Ukrainian esti- After repeatedly accusing Mr. some 50 percent of the schools teach in many of the presentations,” he added. mates provided by the Embassy of Tikhonov of intentionally and provoca- the Russian language. “We will not heed What happened at the hearing, which Ukraine, over the past 10 years some tively stirring up the hearings and the calls by some to teach children in the occurred three days after the first state 400,000 young women left Ukraine in issues, Mr. Horyn said he was threatened Russian language in two-thirds of the visit to Russia by a president of Ukraine, search of employment abroad, mostly in with removal. schools or all of the schools. That will not did not go unnoticed by Ukraine’s presi- Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Horyn said he was not pleased that happen.” dential administration. Volodymyr The Ukrainian government does not Mr. Yatsenko, while accepting the docu- But it was difficult for the official Ohrysko, foreign affairs aide to President know what has become of many of these ments, told Mr. Tikhonov that the Ukrainian position to be heard at the leg- Leonid Kuchma, said on March 4 that women. According to recent press Ukrainian Parliament would look at the islative hearing because when members of Ukraine would not make an issue of the reports – including those in The resolution after the Russian and Belarus the official Ukrainian delegation rose to proceedings because they did not reflect Ukrainian Weekly (August 3, 1997) and Parliaments had passed it. Nor was he speak they were shouted down by guests the official policy of Russia. “These peo- The New York Times (January 11) – happy that Mr. Yatsenko, while making in the gallery. “If something was said that ple are living in the days of the past, and many end up in virtual slavery as ser- the last presentation of the hearing, said did not please them, [visitors] either hoot- more probably in the days before that,” vants or prostitutes. the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada would ed or stomped their feet,” said Mr. Horyn. said Mr. Ohrysko. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 No. 11

Focus: Ukraine program targets youth vote via town hall meetings by Khristina Lew The masters of ceremonies for both the meetings and they come primarily to listen to contemporary music,” Ukrainian Congress Committee of America the music festivals, Sashko Polozhynskii and Serhii said Tamara Gallo, Focus: Ukraine project manager. Kharynovych, then invite the party representatives on “Not only are their questions insightful, but they literal- LUHANSK, Ukraine – Two thousand young people stage. The representatives arrive disguised, wearing ly run down the aisles to deliver them to the masters of packed an athletic hall in the eastern Ukrainian city of identical pairs of sunglasses, in order to encourage the ceremonies. We can only hope that our town hall meet- Luhansk on March 7 to meet with five representatives audience to figure out who they are and what party they ings will encourage them to participate this actively in of political parties and blocs at a town hall meeting represent as they introduce themselves to the audience the March 29 parliamentary elections.” organized by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of by describing their party in three words. Of Ukraine’s youth, only 38 percent stated that they America’s Focus: Ukraine program. The Luhansk gath- As the cards with questions make their way up onto will “absolutely vote,” according to a poll conducted by ering was the third in a series of town hall meetings the stage, the masters of ceremonies give each party rep- the Democratic Initiatives Foundation in mid-February. scheduled for central, eastern and southern Ukraine. resentative a concert poster and ask them to quickly The first town hall meeting, which was held in Sumy The one-hour meeting was held in the Lehkoatletyka sketch their vision for the future of Ukraine. Typically, on February 25 at the Shepkin Theater, attracted 1,000 Manezh gym prior to a rock-the-vote-type music festi- representatives draw flowers, the sun, their party logos, young people and representatives of seven political par- val organized by the Chervona Ruta Music Festival pro- etc. These drawings are then autographed and presented ties and blocs: the Party of Regional Rebirth in Ukraine, duction company. The music festival featured 17 bands to the young people who ask the best questions. the European Choice of Ukraine bloc, the Social-Liberal and solo artists who were laureates of the 1997 During the 30-minute question-and-answer component Union bloc, Rukh, the National Democratic Party, the Chervona Ruta Festival in the rock, pop, rap, hip-hop of the town hall meeting, each party representative takes For Truth, For the People, For Ukraine bloc, and the and folk categories, such as Avtentychne Zhyttia his or her turn at responding to questions, which range Reform and Order Party. (Authentic Life), Katya Chili and So. from the light-hearted – “How many states are in The second town hall meeting, held in the smaller Political parties and blocs participating in the Luhansk America?” and “Do you like to dance?” – to the serious – Ltava Hall in Poltava on February 27, attracted 700 meeting included the National Front, the Social-Liberal “Will there be order in our country, and what is needed to young people and eight representatives of political par- Union bloc, Rukh, the Reform and Order Party, and the achieve this?” and “Is it more important to be popular or ties and blocs: the Labor Party and Liberal Party Spiritual, Economic and Social Progress of Ukraine Party. to have people trust you?” In the spirit of the meeting, on Together bloc, the Ukrainian National Assembly, the The public meetings are choreographed to appeal to two occasions, party representatives danced on stage. Forward Ukraine bloc, the National Front, the Social- Ukraine’s youngest voters and do not follow a tradition- The young people who ask the best questions are Liberal Union bloc, Rukh, the Christian Democratic al town hall format. While representatives of political invited on stage and presented with the concert posters. Party of Ukraine, and the Reform and Order Party. parties and blocs are given an opportunity to discuss One young person with the best question, as determined The remaining four town hall meetings were sched- their political platforms and answer the audience’s ques- by audience applause, is presented with a grand prize, a uled to take place in Kherson on March 12, Mykolaiv tions, the actual meetings evoke a game show atmos- Philips audio cassette player. Following the presentation on March 15, Odesa on March 17 and Kyiv on March phere. At the beginning of each meeting, members of of the grand prize, the party representatives remove 27. Focus: Ukraine personnel have invited all 30 regis- the audience receive colorful “Voter’s Rights” brochures their sunglasses and introduce themselves to the audi- tered political parties and blocs to participate. Only the and cards, which they fill out during the course of the ence. Communist Party of Ukraine and the Green Party of meeting giving their names, seat numbers and a ques- “We are amazed at how readily Ukraine’s youth is Ukraine have declined outright, citing their own pro- tions to the party or bloc representative. willing to participate in a political discourse, given that grams aimed at attracting the youth vote.

Ukraine to take part in future U.S.-directed international Ukraine tells Albright... space projects, including Sea Launch and Global Star, Roman Sliusarchuk... (Continued from page 1) was the deciding factor in Ukraine’s decision and will (Continued from page 3) Khmelnytskyi. Ukraine has said it will not be able to more than compensate for the loss of $45 million in that money be squeezed out?” shut down the Chornobyl nuclear facility by the year business for this investment-starved country. He explained that there are two choices: the “intellec- 2000, as it has promised, if these complexes are not Bilateral agreements signed tual, legal method and the method of force.” Although completed. most agree today that it must be done above board and Vasili Titushkin, press spokesman for the Russian The U.S. and Ukraine formally signed two agree- legally, he said, for the most part little beyond rhetoric Embassy in Kyiv, said Russian President Boris Yeltsin ments during the Albright visit. One is the satellite is occurring and what little is done is achieved through had discussed the problem with Ukraine’s President technology safeguards agreement, which paves the way forceful measures. He cited the procedures of tax Leonid Kuchma, during his state visit to Russia. “It is for Ukraine to join the two large-scale satellite launch inspectors who pay daily visits to businesses demanding Ukraine’s private matter,” said Mr. Titushkin. “Russia projects and for it to share satellite technology with the either bribes or the immediate payment of usurious understands that Ukraine was under intense pressure U.S. taxes. from the United States.” Ukraine also received guarantees that the U.S. will The young politician, who was a member of the Ukraine’s deal with the U.S. allows it to continue a support its request to join the Missile Technology Student Union of Ukraine and took part in the hunger multi-faceted foreign policy approach aimed at develop- Control Regime. The MTCR bans the exports of mis- strikes of 1990, believes that Ukraine’s youth must take ing two strategic axes of cooperation, one with Moscow, siles or missile technology that can deliver payloads of the lead in forming a new Ukraine, which he said was a the other with Washington, which Ukraine’s government 500 kilograms or more a distance of 300 kilometers. primary reason he decided to run for the Verkhovna is more frequently calling its “multi-vector policy.” At a “Ukraine’s accession to the MTCR removes all limi- Rada at his young age. “I believe that the youth must press briefing several days after the Albright visit tations on Ukraine entering the space market,” said become more active in the democratic process in Volodymyr Horbulin, secretary of the National Security President Kuchma. Ukraine. The situation is such that it needs grass-roots and Defense Council, said, “Ukraine can point to anoth- Secretary Albright and Foreign Affairs Minister changes in politics and the economy, as well as on the er success in its multi-vectored foreign policy.” Udovenko also signed an agreement on the peaceful use legal landscape,” explained Mr. Sliusarchuk. That foreign policy success cannot be said to have of nuclear technologies, which will allow U.S. companies He said that a second equally serious problem is the extended to Iran, however, which blasted Ukraine for to bid on Ukrainian nuclear reactor projects. The fragmentation among democratic forces. In his opinion reneging on the turbine deal and buckling in to U.S. Westinghouse Corp. has expressed an interest in making a the centrist and center right parties have forgotten the pressure. bid on completing construction of the Rivne and source of the political threat. He said that while in-fight- As a result of the decision not to sell the turbine, the Khmelnytskyi nuclear facilities, said to be worth about ing occurs in the ranks of the political center and right, Kharkiv plant that was to build it, AOA Turboatom, is $1.2 billion. In addition, the agreement will allow the the Socialists and Communists, with a more united now out of $45 million in future business, which was U.S. to sell Ukraine nuclear fuel. Today more than 90 per- front, could easily achieve a landslide. the value of the contract with Russia. At a news confer- cent of Ukraine’s nuclear fuel supply comes from Russia. But Mr. Sliusarchuk said he believes the Social- ence in Kyiv after the signing ceremony with Secretary The U.S. further agreed to give Ukraine a line of Democratic Party will make its mark in the elections. of State Albright, Foreign Affairs Minister Udovenko credit for small business loans and provide up to $6 mil- “We fear no one. We are sure that our ideology is the said a U.S.-Ukraine team of experts would visit AOA lion for science and technology research, some of which strongest.” Turboatom to decide how to retool it to redirect its will go to AOA Turboatom. For him, the Social Democratic Party is the guiding manufacturing capability towards other industrial sec- Besides meeting with government officials while in light. “My basic position, more exactly the power tors. President Kuchma said the manufacturing of tur- Kyiv, Secretary of State Albright visited with students at behind my positions, lies in the fact that I am not alone bines for hydroelectric generating plants may be one the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and in my attempt to be elected,” explained Mr. Sliusarchuk. option. met with Ukrainian political party leaders. She also met “Behind me stands a party that, with victory, will take President Kuchma said Ukraine’s opportunity to join with U.S. businessmen, where the subject of discussion upon itself collective responsibility for the situation in the missile technology control regime, which will allow was the problems they face doing business in Ukraine. the country.” No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 5

Ukrainian community welcomes new ambassador to the U.N. by Helen Smindak Africa and Latin America, and heads of leading international A brief biography: organizations. NEW YORK – Ukraine’s new permanent representative to Ambassador Yelchenko noted that the election of a Ukrainian the United Nations, Volodymyr Yurievych Yelchenko, believes to such a high position at the U.N. has favored the development Volodymyr Yelchenko, Ukraine has accomplished major objectives in its recent foreign of regional cooperation and discussion of Ukraine’s integration policy, and he deems the election of Ukraine’s Minister of into European structures. In accordance with U.N. tradition, Mr. Foreign Affairs Hennadii Udovenko as president of the U.N. Udovenko has met with all participants of high-level general Ukraine’s envoy to the U.N. General Assembly’s 52nd session to be extremely significant – debates; within that framework presentations were made by 18 not only for Mr. Udovenko and the Ukrainian Mission to the state heads, 14 government leaders, 16 vice-prime ministers and U.N., (which Mr. Udovenko headed for seven years) – but for 111 ministers of foreign affairs. Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the country’s interna- Members of the world community approved the selection of tional prestige as well. a Ukrainian to the presidency of the General Assembly, which Mr. Yelchenko also agrees with President Leonid Kuchma Ambassador Yelchenko pointed to as testimony to “the impor- that, despite many complexities, there are “sufficiently percepti- tant role that our state will play in the United Nations and in ble reasons” to affirm that 1998 will bring a stabilization of pro- international relations in general.” duction in Ukraine and a stronger straightforward approach to Mr. Yelchenko said that much work still needs to be done by the country’s economic growth. the Ukrainian representation at the U.N. during the General Mr. Yelchenko made these statements at the Ukrainian Assembly’s present session, including the creation of favorable National Home on February 22, during an informal dinner conditions for Ukraine’s election to the Security Council as a given by the Ukrainian community to greet and honor him as non-permanent member for the years 2000-2001, which will be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Ukraine. voted on during the General Assembly’s 54th session. Ukraine With Mr. Yelchenko at the dinner were his wife, Iryna, and has been a non-permanent member of the Security Council four other Ukrainian officials and their spouses: Yuriy twice before – in 1948-1949 and 1984-1985 – years when the Bohaievsky, deputy permanent representative of Ukraine to the possibilities for independent activity on the part of Ukrainian U.N., and Olha Bohaievsky; Col. Vasyl Sydorenko, first secre- diplomats were restricted, Ambassador Yelchenko stated. tary and military adviser of the Mission, and Mariya Sydorenko; “Despite the specifics of Ukraine’s international activity in Ilia Oliinyk, consul of the Consulate General of Ukraine in New that period, her diplomatic corps gained useful experience, that York, and Olena Oliinyk; and Bohdan Yaremenko, vice-consul is being used today to develop an independent foreign policy of the Consulate General, and Victoria Yaremenko. with great success,” he declared. Although the major portion of Mr. Yelchenko’s address was Mr. Yelchenko lauded the United Nations as “the sole ros- devoted to the work of Ukraine’s Permanent Mission to the trum from which the world received information about the U.N., he touched on events back home and Ukraine’s foreign Ukrainian people, its history and rich culture” from the begin- affairs. ning of Ukraine’s membership in the U.N. on March 24, 1958, Commenting on the upcoming parliamentary elections, he until the rebirth of its independence in 1991. said that he expected that the Ukrainian people will vote for “the At the time of Ukraine’s independence, the rapid recognition Yaroslav Kulynych continued growth and strengthening of democracy” and noted of Ukraine and the establishment of diplomatic relations with that if people such as Mr. Udovenko, a candidate of the Rukh dozens of states, were made possible because of the country’s Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko Party, enter Parliament, “I expect that we will have every reason permanent representation at the U.N. he said. for optimism concerning the future of our nation.” Mr. Yelchenko referred with respect to “those who had the At age 38, Volodymyr Y. Yelchenko is On the topic of Ukraine’s foreign relations, Mr. Yelchenko honor to head the Ukrainian Mission for 40 years, and also serving his second tour of duty with the said thatUkraine has achieved lasting success regarding recogni- “bowed with deep gratitude” to the representatives of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the tion of its territorial integrity and inviolability of its state bor- Ukrainian community in the U.S., his audience. United Nations. He served as second secre- ders. Several key events were necessary for this to come about: “Your support gives us an additional impetus in our difficult tary of the Ukrainian Mission from 1986 to the signing of proper agreements with neighboring countries, but extraordinarily important activity,” Ambassador Yelchenko 1992. the signing of the Charter for a Distinctive Partnership between told his listeners. “I would like to recognize your activity in Mr. Yelchenko became the permanent Ukraine and NATO, advancement toward membership in the non-governmental organizations and your assistance to visiting representative of Ukraine to the U.N. last European Union, participation in peacekeeping operations on delegations from Ukraine. Although we sometimes hear criti- October, succeeding Anatolii Zlenko, who the territory of the former Yugoslavia under the aegis of the cism from you with which we cannot fully agree, we under- was named Ukraine’s ambassador to France. U.N. and NATO, and the initiation of new forms of multilateral stand they are motivated by your concern and your heartfelt Except for a tour of duty in Croatia in cooperation (Ukraine-Romania-Moldova; Ukraine-Poland- consideration of Ukraine’s further destiny. For us, this is most 1993 as a civil affairs officer for Sector Romania; Ukraine-Poland-Latvia; Georgia-Ukraine- important.” West of UNPROFOR, the U.N. peacekeep- Azerbaijan-Moldova). He concluded: “Let’s continue to understand each other well, ing force, Mr. Yelchenko has spent his 17- Ambassador Yelchenko said Mr. Udovenko’s presidency of to work together as a team and to get together simply to unite in year professional career in the employ of the General Assembly comes at a time when the United Nations the good company of friends.” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv. seeks to increase the effectiveness of its activity in the world, The community’s welcome to the new ambassador Upon graduation from Kyiv State and Ukraine’s national interests have been furthered by Mr. included addresses by Askold Lozynskyj, president, University in 1981 with an M.A. in interna- Udovenko’s position at the helm of the General Assembly. Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, and Andrew tional relations and international law, Mr. From mid-September to the end of December, Mr. Lastowecky, director, Ukrainian National Home. Mr. Yelchenko entered the ministry’s Udovenko held over 300 meetings with representatives of Lastowecky also extended greetings from the president of Department of State Protocol as third sec- member-states, specifically, all nations of the Group of Seven, the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, Ulana retary, then advanced to second secretary. the European Union, NATO, influential countries of Asia, Diachuk, who could not be present. Since then, he has been serving in the ministry’s Department of International Organizations in various posts, advancing from second secretary in 1984 to director in 1995. As a delegate or representative of Ukraine, he has taken part in various ses- sions, meetings and conferences of the U.N. and other international organizations. His work has taken him to many countries, including Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In May 1994 Mr. Yelchenko served as electoral observer for the U.N. Observer Mission in South Africa. He was a member of Ukraine’s delegations at the ministerial consultations between Ukraine and the European Union “troika,” held in Rome, New York and The Hague in 1996 and 1997. In April 1997, he traveled to New Delhi as deputy of Ukraine’s delegation at the 12th Ministerial Conference of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. Mr. Yelchenko, who holds the diplomat- ic rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, was born in Kyiv in June 1959. He is fluent in English, Ukrainian and Russian. He and his wife, Iryna, have Yaroslav Kulynych one daughter. Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko (center) with (from left): Roksolana Stojko Lozynskyj, Michael Sawkiw Jr., Iryna — Helen Smindak Yelchenko, Eugene Stakhiv, Askold Lozynskyj and Wolodymyr Procyk. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 No. 11

Manor Junior College celebrates its 50th anniversary by Mark Andryczyk JENKINTOWN, Pa. – Between September 1997 and May of this year Manor Junior College is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a Philadelphia-area Catholic college with a very strong Ukrainian connection. Several events have been scheduled to commemorate this milestone, including film festivals, socials and a picnic. On September 28, 1997, Archbishop Stephen Sulyk, metro- politan of Ukrainian Catholics in the United States, celebrat- ed a special 50th anniversary divine liturgy. These events propel one to admire the school’s continu- ance in its educational goal of developing the whole of an individual and to appreciate its continual commitment to its Ukrainian heritage. The Ukrainian sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great founded the college in 1947 as St. Macrina College. Their goal was to establish an institution of higher education that would reflect Basilian educational teachings and offer a place where young Ukrainian women could obtain an education while preserving their Ukranian culture. In 1959 Manor became a two-year junior college offer- ing associate degrees in arts and science. In response to growing enrollment, the campus of the college expanded to include a library, a dormitory and an auditorium/gymnasi- um. In 1989 it became a co-educational college. Today, Manor concentrates on educating its students with Manor Junior College students gathered on the front steps of the Academic Building at the beginning of the skills that are especially needed in the job market. The asso- 1997-1998 academic year. Seated in the center is Sister Mary Cecilia Jurasinski, president; Sister Marie ciate in arts degree is offered in several fields, including Francis Walchonsky, dean of students, is standing on the far right. early childhood education and Ukrainian-Slavic studies. The associate in science degree can be obtained in, among program demonstrates the school’s commitment to placing academic programs, museum collection and archives. other fields, dental hygiene, medical laboratory technology its graduates into jobs. Manor’s autumn Ukrainian Festival is legendary in this and veterinary technology. Fifty years after its establishment. Manor Junior College region, and its springtime Pysanky Expo grows every year. The business division offers paralegal studies, business remains a important part of the Philadelphia-area Ukrainian Although Manor’s curriculum, student body and campus administration/computer science and several other fields. community. It maintains a Ukrainian Heritage Studies have changed through the years, its importance to the The incorporation of externships into the academic studies Center that promotes Ukrainian heritage and arts through its Ukrainian community has not. Manor Junior College: Manor receives $50,000 Ameritech grant in the beginning there was... JENKINTOWN, Pa. – Manor Junior “Productive, long-term collaborative College has received a $50,000 Ameritech efforts like these will help private colleges by Steve Greenbaum Hall, in 1961. Today, this building also Distance Collaboration grant, awarded by continue to thrive,” said Ron Blake, presi- houses the auditorium/gymnasium, cafete- the Foundation for Independent Higher dent of Ameritech Small Business Services Education (FIHE). and a FIHE board member. “We commend JENKINTOWN, Pa. – In a small farm- ria, offices of continuing education, learn- The grant, which is awarded by Manor Junior College and its partner col- house on Fox Chase Road that once ing center, student services, a counseling Ameritech, is one of five collaboration leges for their enthusiasm, teamwork and served as the home for American flag- and computer center and chapel. In 1964, grants – totaling more than $248,000 – commitment to the work that’s being fund- maker Betsy Ross, St. Macrina College due to the increased enrollment of out-of- awarded to 17 of FIHE member colleges ed. This project is a wonderful example of opened its doors to 11 female students of area students, a dormitory was construct- Ukrainian ancestry. Now, 50 years later, and universities. The grants are funded to how colleges can work together and use ed. Then in 1968, the Basileiad Library- encourage the use of communications technology to solve tough problems.” St. Macrina College is known as Manor Administrative Building was dedicated. Junior College, and there are some 650 technologies in ways that stimulate collab- To qualify for the Ameritech Distance The high point for the college came in oration and innovation among FIHE mem- Collaboration Grants Program, colleges male and female students of diversified 1967 when it became fully accredited by background who attend the Catholic col- ber colleges. were required to create a consortium that the Middle States Association of Colleges The project, called Diversity Link, is a included at least three FIHE-affiliated lege seeking a liberal arts and career-ori- and Secondary Schools. In the fall of ented education. multi-institutional, team-taught college institutions, one of which had to be a col- 1989, Manor became co-educational. composition course with a cultural diversi- lege within Ameritech’s Midwest service Although the campus has dramatically The college, a member of the Eastern ty theme, linking students from an urban area. Eligible collaborations comprised changed over the years – Manor now has Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference campus, Manor Junior College; a rural colleges in two or more states for which three main buildings on over 35 acres of (EPCC), offers a variety of intercollegiate campus, Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, physical exchanges of student, faculty and grounds – the traditions that were estab- sports for men and women, including Ind.); and a campus based on an Indian administrators is not feasible. lished in 1947 by its founder, Mother M. men’s soccer and basketball, and women’s reservation, Presentation College The Ameritech Distance Collaboration Josaphat Theodorowych OSBM, are still volleyball, basketball and soccer. (Aberdeen, S.D.). Students from each of Grants Program is funded by the observed today. Today, Manor Junior college has some the three colleges will be able to take Ameritech Foundation and represents con- Mother Josaphat, the superior of the 650 full and part-time students. The col- Composition I and Composition II with tinued and increased support for private Ukrainian sisters of the Order of St. Basil lege offers career-oriented, two-year asso- students from all three institutions linked higher education – particularly in the the Great, was determined to establish a ciate degrees, as well as transfer pro- via compressed video or televideo. Midwest, where Ameritech has contributed school of higher education that would grams for the purpose of obtaining a bac- “All course work for the composition more than $2.4 million in the last three embody the Basilian educational teach- calaureate degree through its three divi- courses will be based on cultural diversity years to the state independent college asso- ings. These teachings stressed the impor- sions: Liberal Arts; Allied Health, Science and will focus on the ethnic backgrounds ciations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, tance of seeking the fullness and meaning and Math; and Business. In all, there are of the students,” said Dr. Madeline Seltzer, Ohio and Wisconsin. of life through the truths and wisdom of 14 programs with 13 majors leading to the project director at Manor Junior Ameritech, which serves millions of classical and Christian traditions. associate degrees, six certificate pro- College, the lead applicant for the customers in 50 states and 40 countries, Originally a four-year liberal arts col- grams, one diploma program and a trans- Ameritech grant. provides a full range of communications lege, Manor College served as a learning fer program. “Diversity Link will join students who services, including local and long distance center for young Ukrainian women to pur- The Professional Development are separated by great distances, using telephone, cellular, paging, security moni- sue higher education while preserving the Department supports the non-traditional technology to give a face and a voice to toring, cable TV, Internet services and culture and ancestry of their forefathers. It student by offering part-time day, evening unfamiliar people from unfamiliar cul- more. was in 1959, after serious consideration, a and summer classes as well as non-credit tures,” said Dr. Seltzer. Founded in 1958, the Foundation for decision was made to change the nature of and professional development workshops Manor Junior College is a member of Independent Higher Education is a nation- the college from a four-year liberal arts and seminars geared to the community the Foundation for Independent Colleges al organization that works on behalf of 38 college to a two-year junior college that needs. Upon graduation 40 percent of Inc. of Pennsylvania, the local affiliate of state and regional independent college conferred upon its graduates associate Manor’s students are enrolled in their cho- the Foundation for Independent Higher funds and their affiliated 635 private col- degrees in arts and in science. At this time, sen fields. The other 60 percent transfer to Education. The Foundation for leges and universities. More than $1 bil- Manor College became Manor Junior four-year institutions. Independent Higher Education awarded lion has been secured through the collabo- College and was incorporated by the state Other on-campus facilities include an the Ameritech grants as part of its rative efforts of the independent college of Pennsylvania. athletic field for Manor’s intercollegiate Partnership for Private Colleges campaign, funds for scholarship programs, the educa- As enrollment increased, the college soccer program, the Dental Health Center a four-year initiative to raise $16 million tion of public school teachers, the expanded its facilities by adding the aca- and the Ukrainian Heritage Studies for the development of innovative, collab- enhancement of science and mathematics demic building, Mother of Perpetual Help Center. orative technology programs that benefit education, student voluntary service and higher education. minority education achievement. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 7 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Branch 264 holds annual meeting by Bohdan Hryshchyshyn Fraternal Association. To facilitate relations between branches Young UNA’ers CARNEGIE, Pa. – The Ukrainian of the three organizations, it was resolved to Trident Society, UNA Branch 264 in urge the Pittsburgh District Committee to Carnegie, Pa., held its annual meeting on sponsor a Ukrainian Fraternal Merger Day Saturday, February 21, at Ss. Peter and where everyone could acquaint themselves Paul Church hall. with members of the new organization. After a lengthy discussion, meeting Elections of officers resulted in the re- participants resolved to support the pro- election of President Nicholas Kotow and posed merger of the UNA with the Secretary Bohdan Hryshchyshyn. Paul Ukrainian National Aid Association and Haluszczak was elected treasurer, and the Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Mary Hryshchyshyn was elected assis- adopting the name Ukrainian National tant secretary. Fraternal congress sponsors essay contest LUTHERVILLE, Md. – The receive essays: May 11. Chesapeake Fraternal Congress is hold- Please include student’s name, ing an essay contest open to students of address, school and grade. Essay will be grades 6-12 who are residents of judged on content and grammar. Maryland, Delaware and the District of Winners will be notified within three Columbia. weeks of the deadline and will be invited Matthew Binns, born on The topic is “What does faternalism to attend the annual banquet of the September 2, 1997, to mean to me?” First prize is a $100 bond; Chesapeake Fraternal Congress in the fall Michael and Justin Fogg, twins born to Pamela and Nadine and Mark Binns, is a second prize, a $75 bond. to receive additional recognition. John Fogg on May 31, 1997, are seen above at the new member of UNA Branch Essays (in English) are limited to 300- Mail all essays to: Paul Fenchak, age of 12 weeks. They were enrolled by their great- 238 in Boston. He was 400 words, must be typed or legibly writ- Chesapeake State Fraternal Congress, 407 grandfather William Mihovan into UNA Branch enrolled by his great-grand- ten and double spaced. Deadline to Towson Ave., Lutherville, MD 21093. 238 in Boston. father William Mihovan.

THE TORONTO CONVENTION COMMITTEE 1997 UNA organizers of the Sincere thanks to the following UNA branch organizers who signed up five to eight UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. members in 1997. As a result of their determined efforts, 177 new members joined their branches and our association. If all other branch secretaries had followed their announces that the example, the UNA would have completed its annual oranizing quota to the extent of at least 150 percent. It is our expectation that 1998, being a convention year, will be even more productive for these exceptional organizers and many more will join their VesnivkaVesnivka ChoirChoir (winner of international competitions in Europe) Name Members Organized Branch Number District Vira Banit 8 473 Montreal will hold a Paul Shewchuk 8 13 Albany SPRING CONCERT Alex Skibickyj 8 285 Rochester to commemorate the 104th anniversary Alexandra Dolnycky 7 434 Montreal of the Dmytro Galonzka 7 307 Boston Julian Kotlar 7 42 N. New Jersey UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Myron Kuzio 7 277 New Haven and on the occasion of the Anna Perun 7 39 Syracuse UNA’s 34th Convention Michael Spontak 7 204 New York (the first UNA convention to be held in Canada) Ostap Zynjuk 7 15 Baltimore Mary Bolosky 6 282 Wilkes-Barre ALEXIS KOCHAN, soloist from Winnipeg, will perform as a soloist, as well as in concert, with the Vesnivka Choir. Julia Cresina 6 382 Shamokin Jurij Danyliw 6 153 Philadelphia KVITKA ZORYCH-KONDRATSKA. Mychajlo Danylyk 6 28 Various will conduct the Vesnivka Choir Eliash Matiash 6 120 Pittsburgh The concert will be held on Tatiana Miskiv 6 407 Toronto SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1998, AT 7 P.M. at St. Patrick Church, 141 McCall St., Toronto (next to Art Gallery) Fedir Petryk 6 362 Philadelphia Peter Serba 6 173 Philadelphia Andrew Szul 6 47 Allentown Genet Boland 5 409 Wilkes-Barre William Drabyk 5 368 Various Dmytro Fedorijczuk 5 162 Philadelphia Jaroslawa Komichak 5 96 Pittsburgh Alexandra Lawrin 5 175 Detroit Iouri Lazirko 5 134 N. New Jersey Tekla Moroz 5 465 Montreal Taras Slevinsky 5 59 New Haven John Teluk 5 414 New Haven The Convention Banquet Yaroslav Zaviysky 5 155 Perth Amboy to be held on Saturday, May 16, 1998, at 7 p.m. Need a back issue? at the Toronto Hilton Hotel If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, Convention delegates and guests, send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, as well as the Ukrainian community of Toronto, Kvitka are invited to take part in these events Alexis 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Zorych-Kondratska Kochan 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 No. 11

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY High-stakes elections Federation appeals to U.N.

If politics can be likened to a game of chance, the game being played in Ukraine regarding trafficking of women today is poker. It is not a penny ante, neighborhood game among friends. The stakes are high: Ukraine’s future political direction. The statement below has been submit- and are threatened and beaten and not There are 30 political parties at the table. The one holding the best cards is the ted by the World Federation of the fed if they protest and do not perform Communist Party, generally believed to have assured itself of anywhere from 11 to Ukrainian Women’s Organizations and sex with the “clients.” All traces of these 17 percent of the vote, depending on what poll one believes. It is by far the largest World Movement of Mothers, non-gov- women are lost and they disappear for- electoral support for any single political party. ernmental organizations in special con- ever. They have no legal status in the Rukh, which had been a strong player early on — at one time with double sultative status with the United Nations countries and no recourse from law digit support among voters in some polls — has seen its percentages dwindle to Economic and Social Council, to the enforcement. about five. 42nd session of the Commission on the Governments seem to be indifferent to The Green Party of Ukraine, on the other hand, has come on surprisingly strong, Status of Women. this growing trafficking of women and thanks to a steady and effective stream of television advertising. girls and are not implementing the 1949 The political center has a good broad-based foundation of support among the As organizations that have been Convention for the Suppression of electorate, but it is divided among almost a score of parties, most of which will be involved for many years in the promo- (Continued on page 19) able to garner at most a percentage point or two of voter support on March 29. tion of basic human rights for However, what will probably mark this election season in history (if it’s not the humankind and especially women and landslide victory of the political left, which is still a real possibility) will be the children, we are concerned with the scale of political mudslinging, fighting and backstabbing. recent increase in trafficking and Documentary to be broadcast Pavlo Lazarenko, leader of the Hromada Party, and his ex-friend and political enslavement of women throughout the NEW YORK — On Wednesday, partner President Leonid Kuchma, who is now his fiercest political opponent, are world and particularly at this time the March 18, the ABC news program locked in a verbal duel over who is most corrupt. growing number from Eastern Europe. “Primetime Live” will broadcast Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Green Miller, speaking in The United Nations estimates that “Bought and Sold,” an investigative Washington recently, said the election season has produced “an enormous amount there are 4 million people throughout documentary about the international of recriminations, threats of exposures of corruption ... a messy campaign.” But the world who are trafficked yearly. sex trade in women. The documen- Mr. Miller also said that “it is a very healthy, democratic campaign.” They are deceived and coerced to work tary includes material from a two- Can the election season in Ukraine really be considered healthy and democrat- against their will in different types of year undercover investigation into ic when, in Odesa, Mayor Eduard Hurvits says that several killings of political servitude. The International international prostitution conducted and press figures are related to his political feud with the Odesa Oblast leader, Organization for Migration reports that by Global Survival Network, the Ruslan Bodelan, or, in Crimea, a member of the Central Election Committee is about 500,000 are trafficked into organization that also provided gunned down and whispers are heard that he had made deals with unnamed Western Europe annually. Michael Specter with information for politicians? Young Asian women have been the the New York Times article In the latest incident, which casts another shadow over these elections, on basic commodity for decades. The new- “Trafficker’s New Cargo: Naive March 9 Mykhailo Brodsky, chairman of the bankrupt Dendi Bank, owner of the comers to the slave market are young, Slavic Women.” Kyiv tabloid Kievskie Viedomosti and political candidate for mayor of Kyiv, has naive Ukrainian, Russian and other For times of the ABC Primetime been arrested for allegedly stealing $2 million from depositors. His supporters say Slavic women, who because of their Live broadcast, check local ABC list- this is a political recrimination over corruption allegations his newspaper made last economic hopelessness and lack of ings. (The program was to be broadcast employment are entrapped, enslaved, year against Minister of Internal Affairs Yurii Kravchenko. on March 14 on Ukrainian television). stripped of their basic human rights and So, is this a healthy campaign? Hardly. And only time will tell whether the To view the New York Times article in forced to work in houses of prostitution elections will turn out to be truly democratic. International election observers either Ukrainian or English, go to web- in various parts of the world. This trade who are now arriving in Ukraine will tell us more about that after March 29. site http://www.brama.com/issues/. For of the human flesh has become so lucra- We do hope, however, that Ambassador Miller is correct in his prediction that further information about Global tive that international organized crime is these next elections will be the last in which the old power elite of the Soviet sys- Survival Network, or to purchase taking full advantage of the easy money tem will continue to hold influence over Ukraine. We would actually like to think copies of the video, contact Gillian and the lack of laws and stiff punish- that these will be the elections that remove the old guard from power. But even a Caldwell at the organization’s website, ment. Many of these women are impris- diehard gambler wouldn’t take that bet. http://www.globalsurvival.net oned in over-crowded living conditions We also hope that Ukraine’s electorate will understand that it alone is responsi- ble for making the political changes needed to set Ukraine firmly on the track toward becoming a law-abiding democratic state. Sadly, polls show that one-third of Ukrainians have not decided whether they will vote or have decided it is not Times article on trafficking of women worth the effort. With two weeks to go before election day, the cards are down and they are dirty. is being disseminated among Ukrainians Only one question remains: Does anybody have an ace up their sleeve, or has the political left pulled another winning hand? by Hanya Krill young woman to this horrible fate. This public information initiative is being NEW YORK – A recent article in The coordinated by: Hanya Krill of BRAMA – March New York Times explicitly exposed to the Gateway Ukraine; Olya Stawnychy of the world another critical issue facing Ukraine: World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s TurningTurning the pagespages back... back... the brutal exploitation of innocent young Organizations; and Bohdan Vitvitsky of the Ukrainian women as the latest recruits into Ukrainian American Professionals and 22 the business of global prostitution. Businesspersons of New York and New The article, written by Michael Specter, Jersey. has been translated into Ukrainian. It’s 1894 Vasyl Yermilov, one of the few members of the Soviet Permission has been also granted to being published in Ukrainian in Svoboda as BRAMA – Gateway Ukraine to publish the Ukrainian avant-garde of the 1920s to survive into old age, was a multi-part series beginning Tuesday, born in Kharkiv on March 22, 1894. He studied at the Kharkiv Art article on the Internet. For those who have March 3, Issue No. 41. Permission for the access to the WWW, the article can be School and then at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. translation and reprint were granted by The found at http://www.brama.com/. In the early days of Soviet rule he designed posters, “agit-trains,” street decorations, bill- New York Times and the author as part of Global Survival Network (GSN), a boards, the interiors of public buildings (such as the murals in the Kharkiv Circus foyer), an effort to inform the Ukrainian-reading Washington-based NGO, recently com- theatrical sets, displays, and journal and book covers. He received several international public in Ukraine and abroad about the pleted a 2-year undercover investigation prizes for his graphic designs, including a gold medal at the Leipzig International Graphics widespread recruitment of young women into the trafficking of women for prostitu- Exhibition and an award at the 1928 Köln International Press Exhibition. into criminal servitude. tion from the former repubics of the Soviet He taught at the Kharkiv Art Tekhnikum (1921-1922) and the Kharkiv Art Institute Awareness of a problem is but the first Union. Gillian Caldwell, co-director of (1922-1935). In 1926 he joined the Avanhard group of artists and in 1927 the Association of step towards solving it, and while there are GSN, worked closely with Michael Revolutionary Art of Ukraine – the organizations that butted heads with those who touted agencies and organizations in Ukraine Specter on The New York Times’ article. the Stalinist socialist-realist line. equipped to deal with this issue, we fear that During the course of the investigation, it He worked as a graphic designer for the newspaper Doba Konstruktsiyi, the journal current efforts, inhibited by low funding was discovered that many Ukrainian “mar- Mystetski Materialy Avanhardu and, together with the writer and literary critic Valerian levels, are concentrated only in the larger riage” agencies and travel agencies are Polischuk, three issues of the Biuleten Avanhardu. metropolitan areas of Ukraine, thus bypass- merely fronts for trafficking operations. Yermilov synthesized formalist esthetics and folk designs in his constructivist collages ing the many young women in the The organizers appeal to all Ukrainian- and typographic designs, joining the program of “constructive dynamism” or “spiralism,” provinces who tend to be the most vulnera- oriented websites to examine the links list- which developed distinctly and in parallel with Russian constructivism. ble to this threat. ed on their respective sites and consider As the screws tightened on those with formalist styles in the late 1930s, Yermilov was We appeal to the readers of Svoboda and the removal of any known links to such forced out of the Soviet art scene. He survived, however, and in the latter years of his life, the Ukrainian Weekly to cut out the article, agencies. Unwittingly you may be con- beginning in 1963, he returned to the Kharkiv Art Institute to teach. make copies and mail them to your family tributing to criminal activities and to the Yermilov died in Kharkiv on December 4, 1967. and friends in Ukraine. Help us reach your harm inflicted upon innocent Ukrainian Source: “Yermilov, Vasyl,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 5 (Toronto: University of Toronto daughters, your neices, your cousins, your women. Hanya Krill can be reached via e- Press, 1993). friends in order to present the further loss of mail at [email protected] No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 9 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places Heritage Foundation’s magazine, Policy Another comment Review, The Journal of American by Myron B. Kuropas Citizenship. I note this article as an antidote on UNFA name to the tragedy portrayed in “Dirt,” to pres- Dear Editor: ent the continuous struggle that must take place in the free society of the U.S.A. and I hope you will grant this octogenarian now in Ukraine in order to preserve them one more chance to comment, this time on through moral order. Ukrainians need to Good intentions are not enough! the UNA auditors’ report, as published in understand that in order to establish, pre- In his letter of March 1, Victor times – the Soviets were always looking for The Weekly on February 15. serve, endure and persevere in a democratic Chudowsky accuses me of writing an arti- “volunteers” for various projects – and was The auditors are to be commended for society there is a price to be paid: sacrifice cle that “contains errors and inaccuracies, is viewed as a form of exploitation. Can their forthright report: telling it like it is, and dedicated leadership in a moral order based on faulty assumptions, and wrongly Ukrainians, whose initiative was destroyed giving credit where it was deserved and that is based on God’s commandments. criticizes U.S. and foundation-funded pro- by 40-70 years of Soviet rule, be expected spelling out the negative aspects where they George Washington said in his farewell grams to support ‘civil society’ in Ukraine.” to form a Kiwanis chapter when they exist. The $1 million loss in Canada is a speech that for a country to be strong it Mr. Chodowsky is entitled to his opin- haven’t been paid for months? On the hier- concern. Other fraternals are experiencing must be a moral one: for it to be moral, he ion, but I stand by my views. The statistics I archy of needs, volunteerism is not basic. Although the federal government has losses on their investments in Canada as said essentially, it must not hamper reli- cited that suggest that Ukrainians do not promised to involve the Ukrainian well. The losses at Soyuzivka, despite the gious practice. believe they live in a democracy were pub- American community in their decision- obvious good management at the UNA God bless you in your journalistic efforts lished in Infolink, a publication of the U.S.- making in Ukraine, this has not happened in resort, show how costly is this type of serv- for Ukraine. Ukraine Foundation, a highly reputable ice to members. source. any significant way. With one or two excep- My letter to the editor, however, was Joseph Jackson Mr. Chudowsky is most critical of my tions, many of the large grants have gone to prompted by point No. 7 in the report, Murray Hill, N.J. belief that before one can have a vibrant those who are part of an incestuous network which concerns the merger of three frater- civil society, there must be a moral consen- that has “done work” for the feds for years, nals, the UNA, the Ukrainian Fraternal sus and a collective national self-conscious- the so-called “beltway bandits.” They rarely Association and the Ukrainian National Aid ness. know the local language or the customs, Association of America. In that paragraph, Ukrainian names Mr. Chudowsky suggests that Ukraine and it makes little difference to them if they the auditors refer to unprecedented corpo- doesn’t need a moral consensus because the work in Uruguay, Uganda or Ukraine. They rate mergers and suggest that there is no and transliteration United States has never had one. He points often hire indigenous people to translate need for concern about the “future name of Dear Editor: to the Civil War, disenfranchised women and to “administer” their programs and only and blacks, riots, ethnic strife and numerous occasionally allow them meaningful input. the merged fraternals” since corporate Recently The Weekly published a list of anti-democratic social movements as evi- Among the deconstructionist and post- mergers do not use that as a criterion. I sug- Nagano-bound Olympic competitors from dence. A spurious argument. It is precisely modernist American elite, nationalism and gest that the authors are not good cooks, Ukraine correctly transliterating their because there was a moral consensus in religion are “frightening” notions as indeed otherwise they would know you do not mix names from Ukrainian into English. Among America regarding slavery, the rights of all Mr. Chodowsky admits they are for him. In “horokh z kapustoiu” (peas and cabbage). the figure skaters listed properly were of our citizens, and other social abomina- a pre-modern Ukraine constructing a new The mergers of our fraternals encompass “Viacheslav Zahorodniuk” and “Dmytro tions that these wrongs were condemned as society based on mutual trust and the rule of hundreds of branches and thousands of Dmytrenko.” immoral and eventually righted. law, these concepts are less intimidating. members, not our executive boards and During the figure skating events broad- Another brick-bat flung in my direction At a symposium titled “The Rise of supreme councils, or Svoboda and Narodna cast on TV, Ukrainians were listed as by Mr. Chudowsky is the accusation that I Nationalism in Eastern Europe and the Volia (the newspapers of the UNA and “Vyacheslav Zagorodniuk” and “Dmitri have misread de Tocqueville. “America’s Former Soviet Union,” held in Kyiv late in UFA, respectively). Dmitrenko,” a transliteration from Russian individualistic ‘can-do’ attitude, common 1996, Viacheslav Chornovil declared: There was a reason for organizing each and not from Ukrainian. Transliterations of sense, and pragmatism was what most “Unfortunately, in the West, nationalism of these fraternals in the early part of this names from Russian were used during the amazed de Tocqueville,” writes Mr. today is portrayed as something opposed to century. There also were reasons that mem- Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta as Chudowsky. If that’s true, how does one liberalism, democracy and human rights. bers joined one or the other “soyuz.” Many well. explain the following observation by de The term is applied equally to the Ku Klux of the differences have since disappeared. In independent Ukraine there is no direc- Tocqueville: “The religious atmosphere of Klan in America, extreme nationalists in However, there is pride in the accomplish- tive from Moscow on how to correctly the country was the first thing that struck France and Austria, and to the national ments of each fraternal: decades of good transliterate. Nowadays that decision is me on arrival in the United States ... In the democrats represented here ... Here, we deeds during the Depression and two world made in Kyiv by the Ukrainian Olympic United States the sovereign authority is reli- consistently link the concept of nationalism wars, thousands of scholarships, etc. Committee. These people apparently con- gious ... America is still the place where the to one of patriotism. This means identifying Consequently, no member should feel his sider the Ukrainian language unworthy of fraternal is being taken over and that the Christian religion has kept the greatest real people as part of a nation, an ethnic group, transliteration into English and consider the past history of his “soyuz” is lost. If that power over men’s souls.” and it means having a national awareness Russian language to be superior to happens, many of the benefits of the merger Mr. Chudowsky continues: “Dr. Kuropas about the importance of statehood.” Ukrainian. Such views were held by will be lost. then tears into U.S. government and foun- Addressing the issue of Western hubris, Vissarion Bielinsky, a Russian literary fig- My past stand on this matter is well dation support for pro-democracy programs Mr. Chornovil also stated: “At a discussion ure who criticized Taras Shevchenko for known; that the previously approved name in Ukraine because they do not support organized in 1992 in Potsdam, the Western writing in Ukrainian instead of Russian and for our merged “soyuzes” should be adopt- nationalism in general, and religion in par- organizers tried to impose on us, the repre- considered the Ukrainian language suitable ed: Ukrainian National Fraternal ticular.” What I wrote was “There seems to sentatives of the former Communist coun- for peasants only and not for literary writ- Association. This takes into consideration be little appreciation [among American tries, the idea that we had to adopt the path ings. the feelings of all members. It is hoped that £ agencies] for the fact that every country is of Western Europe and the higher form for It is amazing that the Ukrainian letter “ ” delegates to the UNA convention will fol- different with its own unique culture, tradi- unifying European countries along the lines – which sounds like the English letter “g” – low the lead of the UNA’s Executive tions and history.” That is a far cry from of the recently adopted Maästricht Treaty. is avoided in Ukraine as much as possible, Committee, General Assembly and what Mr. Chudowsky believes I wrote. They did not suggest that we unite with yet nonetheless appears so often in English Auditing Committee, and vote for a merger „ I stand by my belief regarding American, Europe. Instead we were supposed to put transliterations of the Ukrainian letter “ ” as in that form. If that happens, the UFA con- one-size-fits-all hubris. I have seen how together our own union, either within the “g” because it was transliterated through vention will follow suit, and all our mem- some government-funded “trainers” operate borders of the former Communist empire or Russian. bers and the Ukrainian community will in Ukraine. During one such civil society within the narrower confines of the former It could be concluded that members of benefit. seminar, trainers flew in from Russia, Soviet Union ... the organizer’s misunder- the Ukrainian Olympic Committee have no Mongolia, Poland and Lithuania. None standing, common in the West, is based on Joseph Charyna self-respect, only an inferiority complex. spoke Ukrainian. All followed the same our passing through different historical Coconut Creek, Fla. How long will it take for the Ukrainian prescribed training outline. stages. What would have come of the idea government to accept the Ukrainian lan- I have also seen how civil society pro- of Maästricht unification if it were proposed guage as equal to other languages and wor- grams function in the United States. Cadres in the 19th century just after Italy had freed thy of transliteration into English? How of Ukrainian officials, usually older bureau- itself from Austrian occupation or when Account in “Dirt” long will their inferiority complex last? crats, are flown in for two or three weeks of Bismarck was unifying Germany under one How can a nation that does not have self- intensive workshopping in a kind of national state? Nothing obviously. Why is it respect demand respect from others? reflects reality “lookee, what we have” approach to nation- then that we, over a century behind in our Dear Editor: Some Ukrainians might think that building. The more honest among them development of national states, must be correctly transliterating Ukrainian names In reading The Ukrainian Weekly have admitted that given present circum- subjected to equally unsuitable proposals into English is of no importance or that yet (February 15), I came upon a very interest- stances in Ukraine, much of what they discordant with our historical develop- another criticism of Ukraine is unfair. But ing story titled, “Dirt (A Tragedy)” by learned is nice but irrelevant. ment?” what is the difficulty that impedes the prop- Vadym Semenko. The story is written from Mr. Chodowsky points out that people Do I believe American efforts to help er transliteration from Ukrainian into Ukraine as a fictional account based on form associations out of self-interest. True Ukraine build a civil society are ill-inten- English of the names of Olympic partici- numerous stories about the atmosphere and enough in the United States, that is. tioned? Of course not. But as we learned pants? Probably unwillingness, ignorance, life in Ukraine today. It certainly connects Volunteerism is an American tradition and during our attempt to overcome poverty in lack of self-respect and an inferiority com- for me with a lot of things my cousin remains the bedrock of our society. America during the 1960s and 1970s, good plex. These factors might also destroy the shared with me concerning his experiences Voluntary organizations, mostly co-ops, intentions are not enough. nation. in visiting Ukraine in recent years. blossomed in western Ukraine during the Recently, Steve Forbes wrote on “The Andrij D. Solczanyk 1930s, but were snuffed out by the Soviets. Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: Moral Basis of a Free Society” in the Media, Pa. Volunteerism was coerced during Soviet [email protected] 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 No. 11

Crimea’s Tatar minority supports Ukrainian statehood despite difficult living conditions by Nathan Hodge people from memory. The operation was Ministry for Nationalities and Migration Memetov observed, “there were cases ruthlessly efficient: between May 18 and to the status of a state committee, the when Russian parents had opposed our BAKHCHESARAI, Ukraine – In 20, 1944, they succeeded in deporting the central government also has been slow to settlement – until their children fell ill.” Crimea, which has been embroiled in Tatars en masse to Central Asia. Exact provide material assistance to resettled With world attention focused on political turmoil since the advent of figures are not available, but an estimated Tatars. Futhermore, when the Tatars potential conflict in the Crimean region, Ukrainian independence, international 50,000-100,000 perished during the began their homeward migration in international bodies such as the United attention remains focused on the ordeal. earnest, they encountered strong resist- Nations, the UNHCR and the autonomous republic’s Russian population Following long-delayed “rehabilita- ance from local elites in Crimea and the International Organization for Migration and its resistance to Ukrainian rule. For tion” by the state, the Tatars energetically population at large. Local administra- have opened representative offices in the peninsula’s minority Tatar population, took to resettling their native lands: to tions denied land for new houses and Symferopol. Privately, many local organ- however, the experience of exile has creat- date, at least 250,000 Tatars have bulldozed squatter communities. izers complain that they see little evi- ed vocal support for Ukrainian statehood. returned to Crimea, mostly from The Tatar Mejlis (Assembly), howev- dence of real material aid. “They have On a tour of the Crimean Tatar capital Uzbekistan. And, although the Tatars er, remained committed to peaceful remodeled offices, a full complement of of Bakhchesarai, Lutfi Osman, director of have a reputation as the most insistent resettlement. “As opposed to the staff, and cruise around in Land Rovers,” the Rebirth of Crimea Foundation, supporters of Ukrainian sovereignty in observed one activist, “but in reality their showed one of the few architectural rem- Chechens, no one showed up in the mid- Crimea, more bitter irony lies in the fact work seems to extend little beyond offi- nants of the Crimean Khanate. “The dle of the night to evict the Russians,” that the majority of returnees do not cial contacts.” irony,” he says, “is that, if a Russian said Aider Seitosman, the director of the enjoy Ukrainian citizenship. Of a popula- The usual conditions prevail in hospi- national poet had not written about the Tatar youth organization Yashlik. He tion of at least 250,000, less than 100,000 tals: unpaid salaries, primitive equipment fountains of Bakhchesarai, the Soviets added, “We always avoided the path of will be able to participate in the forth- and non-existent budgets. In an area that would have demolished the khan’s palace confrontation.” Most here credit Mustafa coming elections. was once the playground of the Soviet as well.” Then referring to the deportation Jemilev, one-time political prisoner and “Tatar participation is even more elite, sanatoria are shutting down. As Dr. of the Crimean Tatars in the wake of head of the Mejlis for persisting in the urgent,” noted Mr. Osman, “when the Mujaba Kasich, a resident at the onco- World War II, he noted that “it was cause of peaceful resettlement. mayor of Moscow is grandstanding in logical dispensary, pointed out, “this is rumored to be a rehearsal for Stalin’s wish Many of the new arrivals initially built Sevastopol, calling for reunion with especially perplexing when we see how to deport the entire Ukrainian populace.” their homes from the foundation up. Russia.” ideal the conditions here are for children Regardless of the motive, the Soviets With the 1992 inflation crisis, savings The obstacles to Tatar voting rights are in remission. We have fresh air, the succeeded in eradicating most monu- became worthless overnight and con- clear: the prohibitive cost of relinquish- Black Sea, but hospitals are emptying for ments to Tatar culture in Crimea: they struction ground to a halt. To this day, ing Uzbek citizenship ($100 U.S.), the most of the resettled population lives in lack of funds.” changed place names, abolished the Tatar persistence of the “propyska” (official language and occupied traditional settle- appalling circumstances, in settlements The empty beds are mirrored by a crit- registration and designation of place of that can be best described as Third- ical shortage in clinical equipment. ments. In a single draconian act, Soviet residence) system, and official inertia in security forces nearly eradicated an entire World shanties. A typical settlement Children with treatable onco-hematologi- the Crimea. However, inaction on the lacks electricity and running water and cal illnesses due for lack of crucial part of the Verkhovna Rada to provide the ramshackle, poorly heated houses are hematological equipment such as blood Nathan Hodge, based in Kyiv, is the timely measures for granting citizenship accessible only by mud-mired roads. cell separators and simple equipment like in-country director of the Children of also is greatly to blame. In the habitable corner of one house, a automatic dosage regulators. Likewise, Chornobyl Relief Fund. In addition to downgrading the group of Tatars greets guests with a simple the cost of a single protocol of leukemia meal of green tea and small pastries stuffed medicine is prohibitively expensive for with spiced lamb. The host explained: “We almost all families. To date, said Mr. never called it resettlement, we simply call Memetov, “we rely on donations from Washington salutes Shevchenko it return. Life in Uzbekistan always seemed countries which, not so long ago, were as temporary – our parents never let us forget poorly off as we are now.” that we had a home in Crimea.” He sur- A visit to the peninsula concludes with veyed his house: “I had grand designs to a visit to one of the national schools. build a good home. We sold everything to Despite the difficult conditions, the Tatars come here, and now I am the only one are insistent that their children receive under this roof who can vote.” native-language instruction. “Many par- This hospitality does little to mask the ents in Crimea are anxious that their chil- grave decline in the health of the popula- dren’s culture would be cut off without tion that life in the settlements brings. The Russian,” said the school’s director, “but lack of adequate sanitation brings the we teach our children Ukrainian and usual rise in infectious diseases, but, as English; we want them to have avenues of health care workers in the region note, the mobility in this society.” lack of adequate building materials may have had an even more insidious effect on their children’s health. Refat Memetov, the chairman of Evlyad, a support group U. of Alberta offers for parents of children with leukemia, says that once the supply of affordable building materials dwindled, families contemporary history bought cheap stone, brick and mortar EDMONTON — Beginning on May from soldiers – some of which may have 4, the University of Alberta will offer a been transported from irradiated zones. six-week intensive course, “Twentieth “At the time,” said Mr. Memetov, Century Ukraine” (History 317), taught “people didn’t stop to question the origin on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6- of construction materials – if it was 9 p.m., by Prof. David R. Marples of the cheap and available, we bought it.” department of history and classics. Shortly thereafter, Crimea witnessed a Offered during the university’s spring sharp rise in infant leukemia, from 2.5 session, the course is geared toward cases per 10,000 children to 4.5 per members of the Ukrainian community 10,000 by 1995. According to Dr. and will pay special attention to the con- Valentyn Usachenko, a leading hematol- temporary period (1985-1997). The ogist in Crimea, this statistical rise is deadline for registration is April 9. reflected in geographic “spikes” that The course will cover the following some believe reflects a correspondence material: years of revolution, 1900-1921; between contamination and the new set- the interwar years (including the tlements. In Symferopol, for instance, “Ukrainian Cultural Renaissance,” the the number of children with acute leuco- Great Famine of 1932-1933, the purges, sis doubled between 1991 and 1995. western Ukraine under Polish rule); With slim resources, groups such as Ukraine during World War II; Ukraine Evlyad have managed to provide treat- 1945-1985 (including the demise of the Yaro Bihun ment for sick children as well as physi- Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Ukrainian cian training in critical areas such as dissent); Ukraine under perestroika Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak speaks about the significance of Taras Shevchenko hematology. Much of the aid is cobbled (including the Chornobyl disaster, liter- in Ukraine’s struggle for independence as the Ukrainian American community of together from private sponsors in Turkey ary and cultural revival, formation of Greater Washington joined with the staff of the Embassy of Ukraine in marking the and Poland. On many occasions, groups public groups, movement for sovereignty poet’s birthday on March 9 in front of the monument honoring him in Washington. have relied on medication hand-carried and independence); and independent The ceremony, which began with the laying of wreaths and included prayers by by Mr. Jemilev into Ukraine. These par- Ukraine, 1991-1997. Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox clergy and an analysis of Shevchenko’s views on ents’ initiatives are not exclusionary: of For further information, call the individual freedom by Mykola Francuzenko, concluded with the singing of his the 80 children sponsored by Evlyad Special Sessions Office of the University “Zapovit “(Testament). only 36 have been Tatar. As Mr. of Alberta, (403) 492-3752. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 11 “Soul of Shestydesiatnyky” Ivan Svitlychnyi remembered in D.C. by Yaro Bihun UIA to host Special to The Ukrainian Weekly WASHINGTON — The Embassy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian “New Horizons” American community honored the memory of Ivan Svitlychnyi, NEW YORK – As part of an ongoing the literary historian, critic and poet who was at the center of 1960s celebration of its 50th anniversary, the “Shestydesiatnyky” national revival movement in Ukraine. Ukrainian Institute of America will be Leading the remembrance on February 24 at the Embassy featuring the works of four artists in a was Ukrainian Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak, Ivan Svitlychnyi’s show titled “New Horizons: An Exhibit sister, Nadia Svitlychna, and five actors from the Les Kurbas of Contemporary Art.” The show will Theater of Lviv currently on tour in the United States. include the paintings of Marko Shuhan, In his remarks, Ambassador Shcherbak focused on the mean- sculptures of Anya Farion and Nelli ing and importance of the movement of the young writers and Fedchyn, and the mixed-media installa- artists of that period who came to be known as the tion pieces of Roman Hrab. The exhibit Shestydesiatnyky and of Mr. Svitlychnyi’s role in it. Ms. will be on display Saturday, March 21, Svitlychna recalled the human, personal side of her brother and to Sunday, March 29, with the opening his circle of friends. And the Les Kurbas Theater actors — reception to be held on Saturday, March Tetiana Kaspruk, Yuri Mysak, Mariana Podoliak, Natalia 21, at 5 p.m. The artists chosen encom- Polovynka and Oleh Stefan — recited some 25 poems written pass the breadth of modern art, provid- by Ivan Svitlychnyi and his close friend, poet Vasyl Stus, ing for a succinct display of expression singing a few that had been set to music. through the use of different types of The evening was unique in that it did not coincide with any media. anniversary or particular date relating to the poet, who died in Born in Ukraine and trained in Lviv, 1992. Ms. Fedchyn has displayed her works “And it is fitting that we need not frame our love and respect extensively throughout Europe, and has for Ivan Svitlychnyi in the context of an anniversary,” won awards in numerous salon exhibits. Ambassador Shcherbak said. “In today’s murky, politicized In the style of Moore and Arp, Ms. atmosphere, without faith and direction, we have a spiritual Fedchyn’s sculptures combine the sim- need to connect with the source of our rebirth and yearn for a plicity of form utilizing biomorphic symbol of faith, morality and selflessness.” abstraction while retaining a classical Ivan Svitlychnyi is that “shining example” of the motif. Her pieces are on display as part Shestydesiatnyky, a movement that, the ambassador said, has Yaro Bihun of museum collections in Lviv, Kyiv, yet to be adequately researched and fully understood. Italy and Russia. In addition to Mr. Svitlychnyi, Ambassador Shcherbak noted Nadia Svitlychna speaks; on the left is a photo of her brother Originally from the New York metro the role in the movement of Vasyl Stus, Ivan Dzyuba, Ivan Svitlychnyi. area, Mr. Shuhan currently resides in Vyacheslav Chornovil, Yevhen Sverstiuk, Ivan Drach, Yevhen Kerhonkson, N.Y. Mr. Shuhan was edu- Hutsal, Yuri Badzio, Mykhailyna Kotsiubynska and Mykola years of exile. cated at the School of Visual Arts in Vinhranovskyi. Ambassador Shcherbak said that, even by Soviet standards, New York and has displayed his works “It was the Shestydesiatnyky who laid the groundwork for Mr. Svitlychnyi’s trial and conviction was dubious. He was in various galleries in New York, the rebirth of Ukraine that came in the 1980s and 1990s,” he punished not for anything he did, but simply for being a leading Chicago, Philadelphia and Woodstock, said. “Without them, the historic break that followed would Ukrainian intellectual, the “soul” and hub of the N.Y. His action paintings exhibit a have been impossible.” Shestydesiatnyky in Kyiv. He was targeted for destruction — dynamic balance of form and shape At first glance, Dr. Shcherbak said, their efforts — mostly both morally and physically — by the KGB, said Dr. which are accentuated by vivid colors. through writings and protests — seem naive when compared to Shcherbak. On occasion, Mr. Shuhan will use recur- the then-mighty Soviet empire. But truth was on their side, he And they succeeded, Ambassador Shcherbak underlined. In ring themes and imagery in a series of said, and they shook the empire by undermining its propagan- 1981, while in exile, Mr. Svitlychnyi underwent brain surgery at paintings. dist “Socialist Realism” cultural foundation. a regional hospital. Although his life was spared, he remained In her works with marble, Ms. Farion Ivan Svitlychnyi was born in 1929 in the Russianized, south- partially paralyzed, partially blind and never recovered enough explores the anatomical elements of the ern Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. He received a degree in to function normally as before. He was allowed to return to human figure using both hand-carving Ukrainian philology from the University of Kharkiv in 1952 Kyiv in 1983, and was politically “rehabilitated” after Ukraine techniques and the pneumatic hammer and worked on the editorial boards of various literary maga- gained its independence in 1991. He died less than a year later, to produce sculptures with largely zines and in the Academy of Sciences until his arrest in 1965, in on October 25, 1992. unbroken surfaces, some more abstract the KGB’s first wave of arrests of the Shestydesiatnyky. But his death was not in vain, Ambassador Shcherbak said. than others, but all reflecting the dignity Although released in the following year, he was never again “I am convinced that Ivan Svitlychnyi, as the embodiment of of the human form. Ms. Farion received allowed to work in his profession. the undying Ukrainian ideal, awakened a generation of young her bachelor of fine arts from He was arrested again in January 1972, during the massive Ukrainians to a life of dedication to their country. And that is Manhattanville College and went on to crackdown against the Ukrainian intelligentsia, and sentenced study marble carving at the Istituto to seven years’ imprisonment (in Perm labor camps) and five (Continued on page 15) Statale dell’Arte in Italy. She has received various awards, including a Fulbright grant, and has displayed her works internationally in Italy, Ukraine, Canada and throughout the United States. Unlike the stone sculptures of Ms. Fedchyn and Ms. Farion, or the painted pieces of Mr. Shuhan, Mr. Hrab has chosen to utilize non-traditional media for his works. His pieces are composed of a variety of materials such as smoked steel, wood, copper and, on some occa- sions, soil mixed onto a canvas to help reflect and communicate, as well as raise questions, about the information they contain. Mr. Hrab received a mas- ter of fine arts from Janus Pannonius University in Pecs, Hungary, and has exhibited in Berlin, Budapest, Bucharest, Chicago and Philadelphia. The art show being held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., is part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the institute’s founding in 1948 by William Dzus, acclaimed engi- neer, innovator and philanthropist. As part of this jubilee and in the spirit of its founders, various events will be held to promote and attract people from the Ukrainian community as well from out- Yaro Bihun side to visit and become acquainted with Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak (right) thanks participants of the Ukrainian Embassy evening honoring Shestydesiatnyk Ivan Ukraine, its people and its cultural her- Svitlychnyi: (from left) actors of the Lviv Les Kurbas Theater, Yuri Mysak, Natalia Polovynka, Mariana Podoliak, Tetiana itage. Kaspruk and Oleh Stefan; and the poet’s sister, Nadia Svitlychna (with flowers). 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 No. 11

THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ukrainian pro hockey update by Ihor Stelmach

Smith’s hardball tactics needless mated. “Oleg is an outstanding player, but he has only had one good year and he Judging by the way he handled the didn’t play well for us in the playoffs. Oleg Tverdovsky affair, Phoenix He’s a guy who had 55 points, but who CALL ( 973) 292-9800 Coyotes’ General Manager Bobby Smith hasn’t proven himself over the long haul wouldn’t be a candidate for the award or in the playoffs.” named after him. The Bobby Smith This was not Paul Kariya and the Free Cash Grants! Award is presented annually to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim who were College. Scholarships. Business. Ontario Hockey League player who best millions of dollars apart on a deal. It’s Medical Bills. Never Repay. combines high standards of play and aca- hard to imagine $1.7 million throwing a Toll Free 1-800-218-9000 demic excellence. GM Smith displayed team’s entire payroll out of whack. neither in contract negotiations with the Ext. 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Smith a day before the deal was consum- (Continued on page 13) • You will find many things of interest to you in the various activities of the UNWLA. Some will definitely appeal to you, and you will want to join the ranks of women of Ukrainian heritage nationwide, women who make a differ- ence. Dr. Taras J. Odulak announces the opening of his new office at • UNWLA members work for many causes in the United States, in Ukraine and 33 East 7th Street, New York, N.Y. in other countries of the world where Ukrainians reside. Over the past eight years Dr. Odulak has been serving the Ukrainian com- • Become a part of this heritage – join a UNWLA branch in your vicinity or munity in New York City. Due to an increase in the number of patients become a member-at-large. 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Pro hockey... (Continued from page 12) The NHL’s top 50 one match with a bruised ankle. He scored in his first game Goaltenders back, a 3-3 tie with the toothless Sharks from San Jose ... Goaltenders The Carolina Hurricanes drew their largest crowd of the Player Team Age GP W L T SP GAA season, 19,358, for Wayne Gretzky and the Rangers in late 1. Dominik Hasek Buffalo 33 47 19 17 9 .923 2.38 November 1997, and then their smallest, 5,516, for an 2. Patrick Roy Colorado 32 45 22 10 12 .921 2.32 encounter with Calgary only two days later ... Penguin Eddie Olczyk played in his 900th NHL game on November 3. Mike Richter N.Y. Rangers 31 49 14 19 13 .907 2.52 22, 1997, against Wayne’s Rangers at Pittsburgh’s Civic 4. Martin Brodeur New Jersey 25 46 31 11 4 .925 1.75 Arena ... Edmonton signed defenseman Drake Berehowsky 5. Curtis Joseph Edmonton 30 48 16 23 9 .902 2.72 as a free agent with a slim to none chance of even making 6. John Vanbiesbrouck Florida 34 44 16 19 9 .905 2.64 the team after spending most of the past two years in the 7. Guy Hebert Anaheim 31 41 13 20 6 .907 2.85 minors. Berehowsky turned his physical style into an almost regular shift on the blueline ... Goalie Kelly Hrudey, who 8. Ed Belfour Dallas 32 43 26 8 8 .909 1.93 went 4-0-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average against Dallas 9. Grant Fuhr St. Louis 35 46 22 17 6 .901 2.43 last season, blanked the Stars 1-0 on December 12, 1997, in 10. Darren Puppa Tampa Bay 32 26 5 14 6 .900 2.72 Dallas. Hrudey stopped 24 shots for his 17th career shutout, Defensemen his first since March 15, 1994, when he was a member of Defensemen the L.A. Kings. He sure has their number ... Coyote Keith Tkachuk, scored his fifth career hat trick on December 1 ... Player Team Age GP G A PTS PIM Speaking of Coyotes, Phoenix signed Oleg Tverdovsky to a 1. Brian Leetch N.Y. Rangers 29 56 13 42 55 12 two-year, $3.1 million contract, giving the disgruntled 2. Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit 27 56 14 26 40 16 defenseman almost what he demanded when his holdout 3. Chris Chelios Chicago 36 55 3 28 31 66 began in August. The Coyotes’ weak power play and eight- 4. Ray Bourque Boston 37 55 9 20 29 43 game winless streak going into a game against Anaheim in 5. Sandis Ozolinsh Colorado 25 41 8 20 28 45 mid-December were considerations in raising the ante, gen- eral manager Bobby Smith said at a hastily called news 6. Derian Hatcher Pittsburgh 25 50 12 20 32 52 conference. He said the agreement was reached after a 7. Chris Pronger St. Louis 23 58 6 18 24 118 series of telephone calls during the afternoon. Tverdovsky 8. Eric Desjardins Philadelphia 28 49 5 13 18 20 practiced with the Coyotes on December 19, 1997, and 9. Scott Stevens New Jersey 33 55 2 15 17 44 played against Toronto that very same night. His net pay for 10. Al MacInnis St. Louis 34 49 15 17 32 60 the current 1997-1998 season will be about $820,000 because he missed the first 34 games ... Gretzky went four Centers games without a point for the first time as a Ranger. In an Centers 18-game span, Gretzky had only three even-strength goals Player Team Age GP G A PTS PIM and two even-strength assists ... More Bondra: the right- 1. Eric Lindros Philadelphia 24 53 25 37 62 22 winger broke out of a scoring drought (2 goals in 11 games) 2. Peter Forsberg Colorado 24 54 20 46 66 66 when he got a hat trick in a 5-3 win over the Rangers on January 8. It was the 10th hat trick of his illustrious career ... 3. Mats Sundin Toronto 27 54 24 26 50 28 And finally, we finish with still another tidbit on 4. Joe Sakic Colorado 28 57 24 33 57 40 Tverdovsky: after scoring eight goals in nine games with 5. Mark Messier Vancouver 37 55 17 27 44 32 Hamilton (AHL) during his holdout, it took Oleg eight 6. Mike Modano Dallas 27 43 19 33 52 24 games for his first point since signing the aforementioned 7. Wayne Gretzky N.Y. Rangers 37 56 13 42 55 12 contract. He had a goal and an assist in a 4-2 victory over 8. Saku Koivu Montreal 23 48 10 32 42 30 the Chicago Blackhawks in late December... 9. Sergei Fedorov Detroit 28 0 0 0 0 0 (Quotes in Tverdovsky feature courtesy of Mike 10. Alexei Yashin Ottawa 24 57 24 23 47 12 Brophy of The Hockey News.) Left-Wingers Four Ukrainians make the cut Left-Wingers Player Team Age GP G A PTS PIM On an annual basis, about the time a fresh National 1. Paul Kariya Anaheim 23 22 17 14 31 23 Hockey League season faces off, hockey’s bible, The 2. Keith Tkachuk Phoenix 25 55 35 22 57 135 Hockey News, issues a ranking of the top 20 players in 3. John LeClair Philadelphia 28 54 37 25 62 22 the league by position. The rankings are based on career 4. Brendan Shanahan Detroit 29 52 23 21 44 107 achievements and scoring statistics of the prior year. For 5. Tony Amonte Chicago 27 55 20 32 52 44 the 1997-1998 season The Hockey News’ positional rankings were, in several instances, questionable and 6. Martin Gelinas Van-Carolina 27 38 8 9 17 24 controversial. We’ll let you, our readers, draw your own 7. Adam Graves N.Y. Rangers 29 46 17 10 27 27 conclusions. 8. Rod Brind'amour Philadelphia 27 54 25 23 48 38 Due to space constraints, we’ve streamlined the rank- 9. Gary Roberts Carolina 31 40 9 21 30 69 ings to the top 10 players at each position, thus propos- 10. Dave Andreychuk New Jersey 34 49 10 19 29 14 ing a listing of the NHL’s top 50 players. Players of Ukrainian birth or descent making the rankings total Right-Wingers four – the same number of Ukes who made The Hockey Right-Wingers News’ Top 50 all-time hockey greats. While Kelly Player Team Age GP G A PTS PIM Hrudey (only Ukie goaltender) didn’t make the goalie 1. Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh 26 52 24 42 66 38 list and not one Ukrainian made it on the blueline, part- 2. Teemu Selanne Anaheim 27 55 41 25 66 24 UkrainianWayne Gretzky was still good enough to be rated as the league’s No. 7 best centerman. Wingers 3. Peter Bondra Washington 30 51 34 20 54 32 Keith Tkachuk, Peter Bondra and wily veteran Dave 4. Theoren Fleury Calgary 29 56 18 36 54 119 Andreychuk made the cut. Seems Ukrainians have the 5. Zigmund Palffy N.Y. Isles 25 56 29 24 53 18 best shot on the wings! 6. Mark Recchi Montreal 30 55 25 30 55 37 7. Pavel Bure Vancouver 26 55 33 25 58 28 (To make these rankings even more intereting to ana- 8. Brett Hull St. Louis 33 42 19 22 41 20 lyze, we inserted this season’s 1997-1998 scoring stats, instead of final scoring totals from 1996-1997. What a 9. Daniel Alfredsson Ottawa 25 30 11 13 24 14 difference a year makes, eh?) 10. Adam Deadmarsh Colorado 22 55 15 17 32 102

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Ukraine 2.5 million ECUs by the year 2001 Newsbriefs for reconstruction of the sarcophagus encas- (Continued from page 2) ing the Chornobyl nuclear power plant’s Ministry statement. The measures are stricken reactor. In addition, Ireland has intended to strengthen economic, political indicated that it will give 1.5 million ECUs and military cooperation among the states to the sarcophagus fund established by the bordering the Black Sea. (RFE/RL European Bank for Reconstruction and Newsline) Development. (Respublika) Kyiv signs pact with southern neighbors Nagano paraplegic athletes win medals IZMAIL, Ukraine — Officials from NAGANO, Japan — Ukrainian para- Ukraine, Moldova and Romania signed a plegic athletes taking part in the Paraplegic cooperation treaty in Izmail on February 26, Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, did con- Mediafax reported. The signatories to the siderably better than the Ukrainian Winter agreement pledged to protect ethnic minori- Olympic team did last month. The para- ties and to put aside territorial disputes. The plegic team has won several medals, document, which was sponsored by the according to the Invalids Association. Petro European Council, also draws up free-trade Kardash from Kharkiv won the 5-kilometer zones and sets common policies on border classical ski race, while Olena Akopian traffic. (RFE/RL Newsline) from Dnipropetrovsk and Tamara Kulinych won silver in the biathlon. Olha Kravchuk Ukraine, Latvia sign five agreements and Svitlana Tryfonova came in second and third, respectively, the 2.5-kilometer ski KYIV — Prime Minister Valerii race. (Eastern Economist) Pustovoitenko and his Latvian counterpart, Guntars Krasts, signed five cooperation Ukraine-EU agreement goes into effect agreements in Kyiv on February 26, but failed to agree on the abolition of tariffs on KYIV — An economic cooperation some goods, BNS reported. A free-trade agreement between the European Union agreement on many foodstuffs was signed. and Ukraine became valid on March 1. But Mr. Krasts was opposed to a reduction Borys Hudyma, the Ukrainian representa- of the 75 percent tariff on Ukrainian grain tive to the EU, said the document gives imports, while Mr. Pustovoitenko insisted Kyiv “new responsibilities” but also on maintaining a 20 percent duty on Latvian improves economic cooperation between canned fish products. Other agreements the EU and Ukraine. The agreement com- provided for cooperation in the transporta- mits both sides to creating favorable condi- tion and communications sectors. (RFE/RL tions for trade and investment. The EU is Newsline) second behind the U.S. in trade with Ukraine. The agreement comes on the heels Deal with automaker means jobs of unilateral restrictions by Kyiv on car imports in a move designed to benefit KYIV — Oleksander Sotnikov, director Korean automaker Daewoo, which has of the AvtoZAZ car firm, said on March 5 made substantial investments in Ukraine. that a deal recently signed with South The EU said the restrictions violate the Korean automaker Daewoo will bring agreement, and that sanctions could be 150,000 new jobs to Ukraine, the Eastern imposed as a result. (RFE/RL Newsline) Economist reported. Mr. Sotnikov said that under an agreement signed on March 2, Russia criticizes U.S. human rights report some $1.3 billion will be invested over the next 10 years in AvtoZAZ, which is a joint MOSCOW — Foreign Affairs Ministry venture between Daewoo and the spokesman Gennadii Tarasov on February 5 Zaporizhia auto plant. (RFE/RL Newsline) said the U.S. State Department’s 1997 sur- vey of human rights in various countries Ireland pledges $2.5 M for Chornobyl “contains unconfirmed facts” and “does not Air Ukraine KYIV — Ireland has pledged to give (Continued on page 15)

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religion law, Mr. Tarasov said it is designed Newsbriefs to protect Russian society against “totalitar- (Continued from page 14) ian sects” and is not aimed against all “non- take into account the development of demo- traditional” faiths. (RFE/RL Newsline) cratic processes in Russia,” Russian news Moscow issues rules for religious groups agencies reported. The report described the Russian judiciary as weak and criticized MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister prison conditions, infringements on press Viktor Chernomyrdin on February 2 signed freedom, discrimination against ethnic a government directive on procedures for minorities and the new religion law. Mr. registering foreign religious associations Tarasov argued that the report views the with the Justice Ministry and its branches in human rights situation in Russia “from the the regions, Interfax reported on February point of view of [U.S.] law, practice and 6. The directive follows from the religion priorities.” He also said it ignores Russia’s law adopted in September 1997, which efforts to improve prison conditions and Russian officials have promised not to make progress on other fronts. As for the implement in a discriminatory manner. Within the next six months, offices repre- senting foreign religious groups must be registered as religious organizations or face “Soul of Shestydesiatnyky”... closure. According to the directive, foreign (Continued from page 11) religious associations that do not have the how he remains among us.” status of a religious organization are prohib- POSITION OFFERED Ambassador Shcherbak, who became ited from engaging in religious activities. Marketing Coordinator, Ukrainian American Broadcasting Co. acquainted with Mr. Svitlychnyi in 1961, Registration certificates will be valid for Reporting to UABC Director cited himself as an example. three years, but may be revoked if the This position is responcible for the creation and implementation of national strategies, tactics and campaigns and their “Thanks to three highly talented Ivans authorities determine that a foreign reli- coordination on the regional levels for the marketing of the Ukrainian Broadcasting Network to Ukrainian North American — Svitlychnyi, Dzyuba and Drach — I gious organization is violating Russian leg- consumenrs. This person is accountable for sales results in consumer subscriptions and is responcible for coordinating the sales efforts of the Home Office and distributors. The position is based in Fort Lee, N.J. became Ukrainian,” he said. “I completed islation. (RFE/RL Newsline) that ‘school of Ukrainian studies,’ without Qualification requirements Ukrainian prime minister visits Miensk which, I am convinced, one cannot 1. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or related field. Three years of related marketing and sales experi- become a political and community activist MIENSK — Prime Minister Valerii ence is required. and build an independent Ukrainian Pustovoitenko of Ukraine held talks with 2. LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read, write and understand the English language. Ability to comprehend complex instructions, short and nation.” Belarusian President Alyaksandr long correspondence, and memos. Ability to speak in English effectively. Ability to compose short and long memos, Ms. Svitlychna, who also was impris- Lukashenka in Miensk on February 5, correspondence and reports. oned in the 1970s along with the other ITAR-TASS reported. Mr. Lukashenka Candidate must also have the ability to read, write and understand the Ukrainian language. 3. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ukrainian activists, recalled some of the said Belarus is ready to “strengthen rela- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and tragic, touching and humorous moments of tions with Ukraine” and that he hopes the decimals. Ability to calculate percentages, return on investment, payback periods. their lives inside and outside of prison. visit would help solve bilateral problems. 4. REASONING ABILITY Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to She read an excerpt from a letter from He added that the visit should lead to an deal with problems by prioritizing for maximum efficiency. Ability to develop reasonable solutions to complex issues and pro- Mr. Stus, who lamented the fact that Mr. increase in trade between the two coun- vide options. Svitlychnyi was neglecting his own poetic tries, which he said is too low. Mr. 5. CIVIC ACTIVITY Candidate must have a proven track record of Ukrainian community activity and must have a demonstrable knowledge talent for the sake of helping other, younger Pustovoitenko said Ukraine wants to of who are the key leaders and organizations in the Ukrainian community and the nuances that effect it. poets, like himself, develop theirs. expand dialogue with Miensk. 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of nutritious food; a weak health care sector Ukraine and Belarus... that has experienced constant shortfalls in (Continued from page 2) government funding; high rates of infant political incompatibles, and the Russians mortality and infectious diseases; and the have been appalled at the recent treatment long-term consequences of the Chornobyl of their journalists in Belarus. Mr. disaster, which has also prompted many Lukashenka, in turn, is now stressing that women to fear giving birth and to choose Belarus will never relinquish its sovereign- not to have children. ty. Thus a form of state-building may be One can add also the aging of the popu- said to be at the initial stages, based mainly lation, as almost a quarter of the population on the present territorial boundaries of in each country will soon be pensioners. Belarus and its geostrategic location in cen- The lifespan for males is particularly low – tral Europe. in Ukraine, for example, over the past six years, life expectancy for men has dropped Economic reform from 64.7 to 61.2 years, and is often attrib- uted to unhealthy lifestyles that include When one turns to economic reform, a heavy drinking, excessive smoking and progress report would give failing grades to working in areas that have high rates of both Ukraine and Belarus. The Kuchma industrial pollution. This situation logically presidency inherited a bleak economic situ- affects Belarus the most because of its ation from its predecessor, but was buoyed already small population – some sources by generous credits from the International have spoken of the eventual extinction of Monetary Fund and other sources, and a G- the nation as a result of natural population 7 commitment to assist the costly shutdown decline – and also because it receives con- of the Chornobyl nuclear power station. siderably less international aid. Privatization has made slow progress (only The government has recently cut back 27 percent of the workforce is currently funding or alleviation of Chornobyl-related employed in the private sector), and in problems to less than 8 percent of the annu- 1996, Ukraine was one of only four CIS al budget (it was once over 20 percent), and countries to register a decline in production has sent the military into the contaminated (along with Russia, Moldova and zones of the southeast to recultivate land – a Tajikistan). Unemployment had risen to sign that the problems of Chornobyl are over 500,000 by this date. officially considered to be over (the reality In late April 1997, the G-7 finance minis- is otherwise). ters in Washington expressed concern that Corruption has already been cited with Ukraine was unable to implement economic respect to the departure of former Prime reforms, and tax collection had become the Minister Lazarenko. Unquestionably, cor- most acute predicament. Widespread cor- ruption is more entrenched in Ukraine than ruption had pervaded even upper levels of in Belarus and has penetrated the higher government and led directly to the removal echelons of the government and the econo- of Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko on July my. 2. President Kuchma made no secret of his After his removal as Minister of Justice views that he considered that his chief min- on August 21, 1997, Serhii Holovati ister had made little progress on the scathingly attacked the efforts of President announced “Clean Hands” program to Kuchma to eliminate corruption in the reduce corruption in Ukraine. Cabinet of Ministers. On a visit to Belarus continues to operate a budget Dnipropetrovsk last September, the new deficit that is almost 5 percent of GDP; its Ukrainian prime minister, Valerii ruble has continued a free fall against the Pusovoitenko, maintained that a criminal dollar; and price rises in 1997 exceeded economic elite had formed in that city and those of any other member of the CIS. The was seeking power through companies such economic picture has been obscured by as United Energy Systems and acting in col- government figures, however, which indi- lusion with state officials to manipulate cate a growth rate of more than 17 percent prices and control resources. Mr. for this year, following reported positive Lazarenko, as one official from this region, growth rates in 1996 and 1997. The BPF is currently under investigation by the and other sources maintain that the figures Office of the Procurator General. Economy are mythical, and based on the inclusion of Minister Viktor Suslov was cited recently as unsold stocks that have accumulated in saying that 43 percent of Ukraine’s GDP warehouses. Government spending is con- comes from the shadow economy, and the cealed by the existence of a private presi- country was able to collect only 76 percent dential fund, while new forms of taxation of its anticipated revenues last year as a are being constantly devised to bring in result. more revenue to the state. Belarus has not been immune from simi- There is little visible evidence of an eco- lar charges; indeed Mr. Shushkevich was nomic turnaround in Belarus; as in Ukraine ousted from his position as Parliament wages are paid irregularly and for the chairman in January 1994, following accu- majority, even when paid on time are woe- sations of corruption, though these charges fully inadequate to meet the costs of food were never verified. However, Belarus does and other goods. Privatization of land has not possess such a powerful elite in one area barely begun; indeed the president has laud- with links to both the past power structure ed the collective farm system (he is a for- and the present business leaders. Indeed mer collective and state farm chairman him- such an elite does not yet exist in any sub- self) and regards collective farmers as one stantial form. There is also a clear rift of his most secure sources of electoral sup- between the strongest political parties – the port. Communists and the Agrarians – and the Social demographic indices office of the president. In time, it is likely that the government’s power structure will In this category, the similarities of the also make significant inroads into the world two republics enable a joint treatment. Both of private business. That it has only done so Ukraine and Belarus are in a situation on a small scale to date is a reflection, ironi- where the mortality rate currently exceeds cally, of the lack of economic reform in the birth rate, and there is insufficient inflow Belarus. of people to offset a constant decline of the population. Ukraine’s population has thus Progress toward democracy declined from 52.1 million at the time of Ukraine’s progress toward democracy independence to 50.5 million today; where- continues, despite some faltering steps as that of Belarus reached a peak of 10.3 and a continuing standoff between million in 1993, and had fallen less dramati- President Kuchma and Verkhovna Rada cally to 10.28 million by December 1996, a Chairman Oleksander Moroz, who has drop of about 20,000 over the course of a narrowly survived several votes of no single year. A variety of reasons have been confidence through the support of the offered for what is termed in both countries leftist factions. Power sharing, encapsu- a demographic crisis: economic decline lated in the Constitution, appears to be leading to a reduction of purchasing power of the population, and decreasing its supply (Continued on page 17) No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 17

old name) and the formerly outspoken ure. At the same time he is genuinely popu- be characterized as moderate and mildly Ukraine and Belarus... parliamentary organ, Narodnaya Hazeta. lar among certain sectors of the population, reformist, but the shadow economy remains (Continued from page 16) In late 1997, the BPF newspaper Svaboda especially the older generation – who a powerful impediment to government working despite frequent tensions. The was closed down on the orders of the believe in the importance of a strong leader plans and policies. president is pursuing a careful and mod- government. Since Russian Television – and the military. One could put the situation in more erate political course, and his tenure has now constitutes the most critical source of After 45 months of President mundane terms: Ukraine has made good seen the widespread acceptance of the information on Belarus, it is hardly sur- Lukashenka, Belarus is on the path to a dic- progress in nation building but is mired in rule of law in Ukraine. However, over prising that it has been a recent target of tatorship. It has treated the former an economic and social rut from which it is the long term, differences with presidential wrath. Both ORT and NTV Constitution and existing laws with con- finding it difficult to extricate itself. In the Parliament are likely to continue, partic- stations have come under attack. In April tempt, and violated the most basic human long term, the government cannot hope to ularly after the March elections. 1997, six ORT employees were arrested, rights of its citizens. One must conclude, make fundamental changes without a last- In September 1997, 86 deputies in and one, Pavel Sheremet, was recently therefore, that as far as advancement toward ing accommodation with the Parliament; Parliament, a significantly large group, put on trial, despite protests from a democratic state is concerned, the and the new electoral system appears called for Ukraine to join the Russia- President Yeltsin, though he received only Republic of Belarus has regressed. unlikely to result in such future coopera- a suspended sentence. Journalists have tion. Belarus union. The Treaty of Friendship Conclusions signed by Ukraine with Russia also frequently been detained or beaten by the On the other hand, Belarus is political- prompted a reaction against the president militia, and public demonstrations around The period of independence has seen the ly stable while increasingly alienated from the right, and the Ukrainian government buildings have been banned consolidation of the states of Ukraine and from its neighbor states through its Republican Party and an informal group following several vicious clashes in the Belarus. Both face severe economic and repressive internal politics. Despite the known as Nation and State launched an spring of 1997. demographic problems, and neither has economic stagnation, the state of the unsuccessful campaign to begin Almost all major personalities of the embarked seriously on a program of eco- economy does not pose a danger to the impeachment proceedings against political opposition have suffered some nomic reform. Ukraine has acquired inter- political career of President Lukashenka. President Kuchma. repercussions for their views, from losing national prestige and is a valued member of Initially, Mr. Lukashenka wielded no A more fruitful campaign has seen travel privileges (Shushkevich) to periods of the Council of Europe, but its commitment more power as president than did Messrs. important changes in the Ukrainian elec- political detention, which in one case – that to radical changes in the economy and other Kuchma or Yeltsin at the time of their toral system that were forced through of Tamara Vinnikava, former chair of the issues – such as the final shutdown of the taking office. But he has used the office despite the opposition of the president. National Bank of Belarus – lasted for nine Chornobyl plant – has remained uncertain. of president to create and develop a for- Under the new system, half the deputies months without any trial taking place. Mr. Much will depend on the realignment of midable power base that at present – bar- (225) will be elected in single-mandate ter- Paznyak, the BPF leader, was granted politi- political forces after the March elections, ring something unforeseen such as illness ritorial districts, and half on the basis of cal asylum in the United States in 1996. but it seems likely that there will remain or assassination – seems unassailable. slates of parties and blocs, each of which Non-governmental organizations were serious divisions in the Verkhovna Rada. Only Mr. Lukashenka, of the three men- must have a minimum of 4 percent of elec- purged in early 1997, and President Though at present few political parties can tioned presidents, is actually in a position toral support. A minimum election turnout Lukashenka has responded to the contempt make the 4 percent cutoff point in electoral to implement his vision of the future. The of 25 percent is required for the results to be with which he is perceived by many support, the central ground of Ukrainian tragedy, therefore, is that this vision is so valid. The new law appears to favor the Belarusian students by forming a Belarusian politics remains flooded with parties and blinkered, backward and provincial – well-organized traditional parties of the left, Patriotic Union of Youth (somewhat akin to political programs. Even the Ukrainian reflecting not the visions of a great the Komsomol or Hitlerjugend), headed by though the Socialists are currently divided. National Assembly wishes to be regarded as statesman, but the petty malevolence of a 22-year-old Usevalad Yancheuski. Harsh It is also likely to see Rukh maintain its a centrist party. rural official who perceives the dissolu- repression has been implemented against tion of the Soviet Union as one of the position as the major party on the right, as The presidential elections of 1994 young people for actions as minor as bran- great betrayals of history. various parties scramble to obtain votes showed Ukraine to be divided by regions, dishing the old white-red-white national but it is simplistic to divide Ukraine into a Whether or not Belarus has a future as an from the political center. flag rightist west and a leftist east. Fluidity is the independent nation remains to be seen; what Whatever the results of the changes to Finally, some mention must be made of only certain factor in Ukrainian politics, as is clear is that its immediate destiny is the electoral law, democracy is at least the personality of the Belarusian president. President Kuchma’s rapid loss of support in linked irrevocably to the political career of making some discernible progress in His demeanor and inordinately long speech- the eastern oblasts, combined with a its 43-year-old president, or – as his oppo- Ukraine. The state might be described as es are angry and violent; he imposes his remarkable rise in popularity in western nents declare derisively: Alyaksandr mildly authoritarian, and various power presence in a room and cuts a menacing fig- Ukraine indicates. The executive itself can Hryhorevich, the president for life. blocs – particularly that of Dnipropetrovsk – wield considerable economic and politi- cal authority. Candidates are already emerging to challenge Mr. Kuchma in the 1999 presidential elections, of whom the most prominent are Mr. Lazarenko and Yevhen Marchuk, former chief of the Security Service of Ukraine. Mr. Lazarenko has founded a new political party called Hromada, and maintains that investigations into his financial dealings constitute a presidential ploy to damage his credibility. In Belarus, democracy has been severely undermined by the actions of the govern- ment. In November 1996, a referendum called by the president significantly increased his powers and reduced those of his opponents and the independent state structure. The presidential term was extend- ed to four years from the date of the refer- endum (or six years in total) and is renew- able for a second term. The former Parliament of 260 seats was subsequently reduced to 110 (consisting mainly of Lukashenka supporters), while a new upper chamber of 64 senators was formed, half of whom are appointed directly by the presi- dent. The proudly independent Constitutional Court has been completely revamped under a new chief justice, Ryhor Vasilevich, and six of the 11 justices are presidential appointees. The referendum itself, according to international observers, violated democratic procedures. The head of the Election Commission was removed during its course, and opponents of the president’s demands were harassed and given little opportunity to air their views through the media. Following the referendum, a severe- ly amended version of the 1994 Constitution was published. Over the period of his presidency, Mr. Lukashenka has effectively muzzled the press, and has firm control over the two main daily newspapers: Sovietskaya Belorussiya (which sees fit to retain its 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 No. 11

PREVIEW OF EVENTS (Continued from page 20) to a meeting with Prof. Vasyl Zhukovsky, Street), at 7:30 p.m. For additional informa- vice-rector, and Profs. Natalia Lominska and tion contact the Embassy of Ukraine, (202) Olexiy Izmentinov of the Ostroh Academy, 333-0606, ext. 137. who will speak on the topic “Education and the Youth of Ukraine.” The presentation will Wednesday, March 25 be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, SUN CITIES, Ariz.: The Ukrainian Chicago Avenue and Oakley Boulevard, at American Social Club is holding a spring 1:30 p.m. picnic at Beardsley Park at 11:30 a.m. INSINGER, Saskatchewan: The theology Proceeds from the picnic as well as dona- students choir of St. Andrew’s College in tions made during the year will benefit the Winnipeg will sing at the celebration of Children of Chornobyl Foundation in memo- divine liturgy to be celebrated at Ss. Peter ry of Walter Decyk, the club’s founder and and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox parish at 10 first president. For additional information, a.m. The liturgy will be followed by a noon call (602) 972-2318. luncheon and a program presented by St. Thursday, March 26 Andrew’s College students and staff. Also, college donors will be honored. For more TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of information call the Rev. M. Slashinsky, POSITION OFFERED Ukrainian Studies and the Department of Distributor Sales Representative, Ukrainian American Broadcasting Co. (306) 849-2026. 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Develop contacts with local satellite system dealers/installers. at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox parish at 5 Kotliarevskyi’s Eneiida as a National The position is locally based in Chicago and Philadelphia. p.m. This will be followed by a reception at 6 Narration.” The lecture will be held in the p.m. with a program by St. Andrew’s Qualification requirements Common Room, Room 204, 21 Sussex College students and staff. Also, college Ave., University of Toronto, at 4 p.m. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. donors will be honored. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.: The Odesa Reasonable accomodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential WINNIPEG: The Ukrainian Academy of Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction functions. 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MATHEMATICAL SKILLS the Perspective of its Contemporaries and NEWARK, N.J.: The Ukrainian National Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and 150 Years Later (1847-1997).” The lecture Women’s League of America New Jersey decimals. Ability to calculate percentages, return on investment, payback periods. Regional Council is holding a presentation 4. REASONING ABILITY will take place at 3 p.m. at the Prosvita Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Reading Association, corner of McKenzie and discussion of U.S. immigration laws by Ability to deal with problems by prioritizing for maximum efficiency. Ability to develop reasonable solutions to com- and Flora streets. Ukrainian American attorneys specializing in plex issues and provide options. U.S. immigration law: Michael Hrycak, 5. CIVIC ACTIVITY Monday, March 23 Candidate must have a proven track record of Ukrainian community activity and must have a demonstrable knowledge Borys Lewycky, Andre Michniak and of who are the key leaders and organizations in the Ukrainian community and the nuances that effect it. Bohdanna Pochoday. The presentation will WASHINGTON: The Washington Group be held at St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Send resume and cover letter to: and the Johns Hopkins SAIS present an Church Hall, 719 Sanford Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Ihor Dliaboha, Director evening with William G. Miller, who has Ukrainian American Broadcasting Co. (a security guard will be on duty). For further 1 Bridge Plaza, Suite 145 recently completed his assignment as U.S. information call (973) 373-9729. For Lee, NJ 07024 ambassador to Ukraine. Ambassador Miller Fax: (201) 461-6615 will present an analysis of the current situa- Saturday, March 28 e-mail: [email protected] tion in Ukraine and share his observations on contemporary Ukrainian society. The event TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of will take place at the Johns Hopkins SAIS, Ukrainian Studies and the Shevchenko Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. Scientific Society present Dr. Tamara NW. Free admission. A reception follows Hundorova, Institute of Literature, National Ambassador Miller’s presentation. For more Academy of Science, Ukraine, who will information call George Masiuk, (202) 314- speak (in Ukrainian) on “The Phenomenon 1229 (day). of Franko.” The lecture will be held at the Canadian Ukrainian Art Foundation, 2118 Tuesday, March 24 Bloor St. W., at 7 p.m. YONKERS: Ukrainian National Women’s Sunday, March 29 League of America Branch 30 will offer a one-evening course on making evening-wear BROOKLYN, N.Y.: As part of its current gerdany. 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Some chances fell at the feet of hard- Athletics working midfielder Angelo DeLivio, who has been known to have trouble finish- ing, and sent several balls harmlessly into World and Olympic pole vault cham- Shovkovskyi’s hands. pion Sergey Bubka began 1998 on a bet- Kyiv’s fans had their hearts in their ter note than 1997, by winning the ninth throats for 90 minutes, then another six annual Pole Vault Star International of injury time which the English referee Competition he organizes in his home allowed to stretch out for an apparent town of Donetsk. On January 26, he won eternity. the tournament, to which he invites the In the 41st minute, veteran defender world’s top vaulters (such as 1996 1998 camps and workshops at Soyuzivka Oleh Luzny drew a yellow card, his sec- Olympic Champion Jean Galfione of TENNIS CAMP SUNDAY JUNE 21 – THURSDAY JULY 2, 1998 ond in recent matches, which meant that France), with a leap of 5.80 meters. It For boys and Girls ages 12-18. Instructors’ fees $75.00 per child he’ll be suspended in the return game. was the eighth time he won the meet. As has become his habit, he also made an room and board: UNA members $250.00/non-members $300.00 for full session This set up a dangerous foul shot that instructors: Zenon Snylyk, George Sawchak and staff. Limited to 60 students Davids sent low and just wide. The attempt to beat his own world record. Dutchman was himself given a yellow Last year, Mr. Bubka was forced to BOYS AND GIRLS CAMP SATURDAY JULY 11 – SATURDAY JULY 25, 1998 sometime later for contesting a call. withdraw from the tournament because recreational camp for boys and girls ages 7-12 At the 45th minute, Zidane threw the of injury. Featuring hiking, swimming, games, Ukrainian songs and folklore, supervised 24 hr. defenders into a panic with a lightning Earlier in January, the 35-time world room and board: UNA members $180.00 per week/non-members $220.00 per week run, but then hooked a weak shot at the record holder was declared the Champion counselor fee: $30.00 per child per week. Limited to 45 campers per week goalie. Zidane struck a vicious drive at of Champions for 1997 by French maga- CHEMNEY FUN CENTER SUNDAY JULY 19 – SATURDAY JULY 25, 1998 the 52nd minute which Shovkovskyi just zine l’Equipe for winning his sixth con- managed to knock over the net at full secutive title at the world athletics cham- geared to exposing the Ukrainian heritage to the English-speaking pre-schoolers ages 4-6, 2 sessions per day 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. stretch. pionships in Greece in 1997. (Eastern registration/counselor fee: $75.00 for parents staying at Soyuzivka At the 55th minute, a miracle. Del Economist) Chess registration/counselor fee: $125.00 for parents staying off premises Piero laterally outsprinted three defend- parents staying on premises pay room and board rates accordingly (not due prior to arrival) ers and launched a rocket that beat the Kyivan netminder. It clanged off the According to a report in the February UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCE WORKSHOP, SUNDAY AUGUST 9 – SATURDAY AUGUST 23, 1998 crossbar! 10 issue of The New York Times, traditional Ukrainian folk dancing for beginners, intermediate and advanced At the 57th minute, an even greater Ukrainian grandmaster Dimitri Komarov room and board: UNA members $275.00/non-member $325.00 for full session miracle. The Ukrainians sprinted down tied for first place at the 12-player invita- instructors fee $200.00; director: Roma Pryma Bohachevsky field and earned a corner kick on the tional round-robin 40th International **NO ONE WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR A SHORTER PERIOD THAN THE FULL SES- right. The ball flew across, arriving in Tournament in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Mr. SION UNLESS IT IS WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR** front of Juventus midfielder Didier Komarov played conservatively and did Attendance limited to 60 students staying at resort and 10 students staying off premises Deschamps, and he cleared it straight to a not lose a game, finishing with a score of waiting Andriy Gusin. He lashed it past a 7.5-3.5. PRE-REGISTRATION IS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS UPON RECEIPT OF A $25.00 DEPOSIT PER CHILD/PER CAMP. A REGISTRATION/COUNSELOR FEE OF $75.00 (EXCEPT FOR CHEMNEY CAMP) PER CHILD/PER CAMP WILL APPLY TO ALL CHILDREN STAYING OFF We, as well as Zonta International, the SOYUZIVKA GROUNDS. THE DEPOSIT WILL BE APPLIED AGAINST THIS FEE. Federation appeals... National Council on Family Relations, (Continued from page 8) the International Union of Family BY ORDER OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ALL NECESSARY MEDICAL FORMS AND PER- Organizations, the World Union of MISSION SLIPS MUST BE COMPLETED AND RECEIVED BY SOYUZIVKA TOGETHER WITH Traffic in Persons and of Exploitation of Catholic Women’s Organizations, the THE FULL PAYMENT OF INSTRUCTORS’ FEES AND CAMP PAYMENTS NO LATER the Prostitution of Others. The effective Women’s International Democratic THAN 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CAMP SESSION. suppression of trafficking in women and Federation, the International Health OTHERWISE THE CHILD WILL LOOSE HIS OR HER PLACE IN CAMP. NO EXCEPTIONS. girls for the sex trade should be a matter Awareness Network, the International PAYMENTS FOR ROOM AND BOARD CAN BE MADE TO SOYUZIVKA BY CASH, CHECK, VISA, of pressing international concern. Federation of Aging, World Information Trafficking in women and girls is a MASTERCARD, AMEX OR DISCOVER CARDS. Transfer, the International Alliance of PAYMENTS FOR INSTRUCTOR/COUNSELOR FEES MUST BE MADE BY CHECK. debasement of the human spirit for both Women, and the Global Alliance for PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO UNA ESTATE – CAMP FEE. the victim and the perpetrators and col- Women’s Health, supporting non-govern- FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE MANAGEMENT OF SOYUZIVKA. lectively for the societies involved. mental organizations, appeal to all THE UKRAINIAN NATIONALASSOCIATION DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYONE This modern day slavery cannot con- Governments to take definitive action to BASED ON AGE, RACE, CREED, SEX OR COLOR. tinue! resolve this human tragedy. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 No. 11

Tuesday, March 17 torical and genre metal reliefs by Rem PREVIEW OF EVENTS Bahautdin, to be held at St. John the Baptist EDMONTON: The Ukrainian Professional Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, Sanford and Business Club of Edmonton and the University, and the Ukrainian Research in Doylestown, Pa. Mr. Bratko, a graduate of Avenue, at 9 a.m.-2 p.m. There will also be a Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies pres- Institute at Harvard University are sponsoring the School of Fine Arts and Design in sale of baked goods. ent Dr. Roman Onufrijchuk, communications the 18th annual Shevchenko Scholarly Chervonohrad, Ukraine, studied the art of tradi- specialist, director of television programming Conference. Among participants are: Vasyl tional Ukrainian pottery with the master JENKINTOWN, Pa.: Ukrainian National for the Knowledge Network, in a presentation Markus, editor, Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian Marian Bokusevich. Mr. Bratko was accorded Women’s League of America Branch 90 invites titled “We and TV: The Ukrainian Canadian Diaspora; Tamara Hundorova, Institute of the title of Ukrainian Folk Art Master in 1991 the public to a commemorative program titled Hromada and the Media Age.” The presenta- Literature at the National Academy of and has exhibited his traditional and contempo- “Golden Keys,” dedicated to Sofia Rusova tion will be held at the University of Alberta, Sciences, Ukraine and Columbia University; rary work in Ukraine, Europe and North (née Lindfors), renowned scholar, educator and 2-115 Education North, at 7:30 p.m. Cash bar Taras Koznarsky, Harvard University; Larissa America. The exhibit, which opened March 11, public activist (1856-1940). The event will be held at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural social to follow at the University of Alberta Onyshkevych, Princeton Research Forum; runs through April 25. For more information Center, 700 Cedar Road, at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: Faculty Club. Leonid Rudnytzky, La Salle University; Yuriy call the gallery, (610) 923-6200. Gallery hours: $10. Proceeds to benefit the UNWLA Tarnawsky, The New York Group (of poets); Wednesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.; Thursday, March 19 Scholarship Fund. For additional information Virlana Tkacz, Yara Arts Group; and Oleksa Thursday, noon-6 p.m. or by appointment. call (215) 736-8354. Bilaniuk, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and URBANA, Ill.: The Odesa Philharmonic ITUNA, Saskatchewan: St. Andrew’s College Sciences. The conference will be held at the WASHINGTON: Orchestra, under the direction of Hobart Earle, in Winnipeg will hold visitation vespers, sung Ukrainian National Shevchenko Scientific Society’s building, 63 Women’s League of America Branch 80 is will appear in concert at the Krannert Center by the theology students choir, at 7 p.m. at the Fourth Ave., at 4 p.m. sponsoring an exhibit of watercolor paintings for the Performing Arts at the University of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox parish. This and a reception at the Embassy of Ukraine. The Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in a program that will be followed by a reception at 8 p.m. featur- NEW YORK: Dr. Taras Odulak will give a exhibit, featuring artist Theresa Markiw, opens includes Glière, “Taras Bulba Ballet Suite,” ing a program by St. Andrew’s College stu- presentation on “Neck Pain, Mid- and Low- March 22 and will run through April 12. A Howard Hanson’s, Symphony No. 2 Op. 30 dents and staff. Also college donors will be back Pain, Stiffness and Arthritis-Effects on reception will be held at the embassy, 3340 M and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. honored at the event. For more information call Quality of Life and Options for Care.” The St., NW, on Friday, April 3, at 6:30-8:30 p.m. Performance time: 8 p.m. The Odesa the Rev. M. Domaradz, (306) 795-2583. Philharmonic has emerged as one of Europe’s public lecture will be held in Dr. Odulak’s new Call the Embassy, (202) 333-0606, for visiting leading orchestras of the 1990s. The orchestra office, 33 E. Seventh St., at 12:30 p.m. For Sunday, March 22 hours to view the exhibit, as the times may has recorded Ukrainian composers Mykola reservations and more information call (212) vary. The art work will also be for sale. For Kolessa and Myroslav Skoryk for ASV and 260-2213. Refreshments will be served. NEWARK, N.J.: The Les Kurbas Theater of additional information, call Xenia Jowyk, (703) also tours extensively. The orchestra’s recent Lviv, under the direction of Volodymyr 892-8091. EASTON, Pa.: The White Birch Gallery is Kuchynsky, will present “Marusia Churai” at tour of Europe delighted audiences and earned holding an exhibit titled “Fired and Cast: CHICAGO: The Chicago District Committee great critical acclaim. St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School, Sculptures by Virginia Abbott Connor and Ivan Sanford Avenue and Ivy Street, at 3 p.m. of the Ukrainian National Association, Saturday, March 21 Bratko.” A reception will be held at the gallery, Tickets: $15; $10, senior citizens; $5, children. Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian Diaspora, 135 Northampton St., on March 21 at 6-9 p.m. Ukrainian American Justice Committee, and NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Ms. Connor, a native of the Easton area, has NEWARK, N.J.: Branch 86 of the Ukrainian the Ukrainian Teachers’ Union invite the public Society, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and worked on such commissions as the Ellis National Women’s League of America invites Sciences, Harriman Institute of Columbia Arnall Tribute and the Centennial Monument the public to attend an exhibition of icons, his- (Continued on page 18)

presents JULIANA OSINCHUK, pianist with LEE WILKENS, violinist ANTHOLOGIES — WORKS OF VIKTOR KOSENKO (1896-1938) Wednesday, March 18, 1998 at 8 p.m. at the Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street, New York City

Four Children’s Pieces (1929-1930) Melody in A Minor Dance in Ancient Style in F Major Scherzino in D Minor March in D Major

Eleven Etudes, Op. 8 (1922-1923) — North American Premiere No. 1 in G-sharp Minor No. 2 in B flat Minor “Melancholic” No. 3 in B Minor No. 4 in D Minor No. 5 in C-sharp Minor No. 6 in B Major No. 7 in C Major No. 8 in F-sharp Minor No. 9 in G-sharp Minor No. 10 on C-sharp Minor No. 11 in E Major “Romantic”

- INTERMISSION -

Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 18 (1927) Allegro Andantino semplice

Two Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 4 (1919) Dreams in E Minor Impromptu in A Minor

Donation: $20, UIA Members – $15, Senior Citizens – $10, Students – $5. Tickets may be obtained by sending a check payable to UIA-MATI, 2 East 79th St., New York, NY 10021 or by calling Taras Shegedyn at (212) 288-8660 or (201) 763-5730

“Music at the Institute” is sponsored by the Ukrainian Institute of America Mykola Suk – Artistic Director • Taras Shegedyn – Executive Director • Virko Baley – Artistic Advisor No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 I

PROPOSED AGREEMENT OF MERGER BETWEEN THE UNA AND THE UFA

TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc. relating to certificates this contract, if the due diligence shows a financial condition UKRAINIAN NATIONALASSOCIATION, Inc. and contracts of insurance issued by both associations and in substantially inferior to the 1996 and 1997 annual state- force or subject to reinstatement on that date shall be ments, and subsequent quarterly statements which are to be assumed by and become obligations of the Ukrainian promptly exchanged, or, if the representations made in PLEASE, TAKE NOTICE that the Ukrainian National (Fraternal) Association, Inc., subject to all defenses Article IV hereinafter set forth are inaccurate. Fraternal Association (UFA), a fraternal benefit association and set-offs which would have been available to either of 4. It is understood and agreed that the merged soci- organized and existing under the laws of the State of said associations had this Agreement not been made. eties shall be domiciled in New Jersey, and that “Svoboda”, Pennsylvania with a principal office in Scranton, Pa., wishes 2. The Ukrainian National (Fraternal) Association, The Ukrainian Weekly, “Narodna Volya” and “Forum” shall to merge with the UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIA- Inc. will administer certificates and contracts to which such continue to be published by the merged society, as deter- TION, Inc. (UNA). obligations relate according to their terms, which, to the mined by the General Assembly. At the Annual Session of the Ukrainian National extent applicable, are intended to include: (a) the terms of the Association General Assembly held in November 1997, a pro- current Articles of Incorporation, Constitution, By-Laws, and ARTICLE IV posed Merger Agreement was approved which must be ratified Rules and Regulations of the Ukrainian National by a 2/3 vote of the delegates to the Regular 34th Convention Association, Inc.; (b) The Articles of Incorporation, 1. Each society is a fraternal benefit association to be held in Toronto, Canada, on May 15-19, 1998. Constitution, and By-Laws of said Ukrainian National duly chartered, incorporated, validly existing and in current In accordance with New Jersey Statute No. 17:44 Association, Inc. as same shall be proposed to be amended good standing under the laws of its parent state as set forth in A-8 (d) the full proposed Agreement of Merger is being pub- for the purpose of this merger. The proposed Amendments the preamble. All representations and warranties of each are lished as well as a Synopsis of the Agreement in plain lan- are attached hereto and marked as Exhibit #1. as of the date of this agreement and through to the effective guage for the purpose of informing the Ukrainian National 3. Certificates and contracts shall participate in date of the Merger. Each society has unencumbered and Association membership. The proposed Merger Agreement is future distribution of surplus by the Ukrainian National complete title to all assets being transferred hereunder. There not signed by the president and secretary of UFA. Any com- (Fraternal) Association, Inc. as permitted by law and to the are no outstanding claims against either society by any gov- ments or inquiries should be directed in writing only to extent determined by the actuary and approved by the Board ernmental or other entity, nor violations of any laws by either UNA President Ulana M. Diachuk to the following address: of Directors of the Ukrainian National (Fraternal) party which have not been previously disclosed. Each party 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, N.J. 07054. Please Association, Inc., if in force at the time of such distribution. has and shall continue to comply with all laws and regula- note, telephonic requests will not be answered. 4. On and after the effective date of this tions governing its business. 2. Each society has full and requisite corporate power Ulana M. Diachuk, President Agreement, premiums and other payments required by such certificates and contracts of both associations, shall be due to enter this agreement subject to the approval of the for the Executive Committee only to the Ukrainian National (Fraternal) Association, Inc. Appropriate Departments of Insurance and the consents of its and paid to it through its established systems, or such sys- delegates assembled at a regular or special Convention to tems as may hereafter be established. approve this Merger. Such Merger will not constitute a default PROPOSED AGREEMENT OF MERGER 5. Upon the effective date of the merger, all the in any provision of the Charter, Certificate of Incorporation or rights, franchises, and interests of the merged societies in and By-Laws or any contract, mortgage, lease or any other docu- THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this to every type of property real, personal or mixed and things ment binding upon either society, nor with any agreement with _____ day of January, 1998, by and between the UKRAIN- in action thereunto belonging, shall be vested in the any governmental entity having jurisdiction over either society. IAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC., a fraternal benefit Ukrainian National (Fraternal) Association, Inc., without any 3. Each financial statement and document deliv- association organized and existing under the laws of the other instrument needing to be executed, except as may be ered from time to time to the other society by either society State of New Jersey, with principal offices located at 2200 required by the Insurance Commissioner of any state or is a true and complete representation of the material facts and Route 10, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 (hereinafter some- province. Conveyances of real property may be evidenced by figures set forth therein, and each society shall rely and has times UNA); and the UKRAINIAN FRATERNAL ASSO- proper deeds as set forth in N.J.S.A.17:44A-8. relied upon the accuracy of same to make its decision to pro- CIATION, INC., a fraternal benefit association organized 6. On the effective date of this Agreement, all obli- ceed with the Merger. and existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, gations of the Ukrainian National Association, Inc. and of the 4. The Ukrainian Fraternal Association has no with its principal offices located at 440 Wyoming Avenue, Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc., of whatever nature, shall undisclosed liabilities, litigation, pending or ongoing, or Scranton, Pennsylvania (hereinafter sometimes UFA). be assumed by and become the obligation of the Ukrainian causes of action against it, other than as set forth in its 1997 WHEREAS, the UNA and the UFA are both frater- National (Fraternal) Association, Inc. subject, however, to all Annual Statement and any subsequent quarterly statements and as disclosed to the Ukrainian National Association in nal benefit associations with compatible objectives and were defenses and set-offs that would have been available to both Exhibit “2”, annexed. Any liabilities which it will incur once part of the same fraternal benefit association until 1910, associations had this Agreement not been made. On the effec- between the date of this agreement and the effective date of and now wish to again be part of the same organization. tive date of this Agreement, the Ukrainian National this Merger shall be in the ordinary course of business. If any WHEREAS, these objectives can be accomplished Association, Inc. and the Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc. outside the regular course of business should arise, it shall more readily if the members of both organizations make a shall deliver to the Ukrainian National (Fraternal) Association, promptly notify the other party. All employee benefits, com- common effort through a single society, Inc., assembled in such form as shall be required, all informa- pensation, payroll, benefit and other contracts and obliga- NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed tion in its possession or control relating to its (I) certificates tions have been previously disclosed to the Ukrainian between these parties hereto as follows: and contracts of insurance then in force or subject to reinstate- National Association and are annexed as Exhibit “3”, and ment, (ii) members, (iii) groups or branches, and (iv) obliga- there are no adverse material changes to any of them. ARTICLE ONE tions other than those relating to certificates and contracts of 5. All representations made herein are deemed to insurance then in force or subject to reinstatement. be material and are conditions precedent to the execution of 1. The Ukrainian National Association, Inc. and the 7. On the effective date of this Agreement, the UNA this agreement. Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc. shall merge into a single and the UFA shall, by proper acts and instruments, unless fraternal association to be known as the Ukrainian National exempted by N.J.S.A.17:44A-8, transfer and convey to the ARTICLE V Association, Inc. or the Ukrainian National Fraternal Ukrainian National (Fraternal) Association, Inc. all property, Association, Inc., as of the effective date of this Agreement, i.e. of whatever nature, then belonging to both associations such 1. The effective date of this Agreement shall be in the latter of the dates of receipt and filing of the Certificates of property to be co-mingled with and become part of the general accordance with New Jersey Statutes Annotated Title 17, Approval from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the assets of the Ukrainian National (Fraternal) Association, Inc. Chapter 44A-8(d) provided that (a) on or before such date, this State of New Jersey Commissioners of Insurance. The selec- 8. Nothing contained herein shall affect the proper- Agreement will have been approved by the highest Governing tion of the name shall be in accordance with Article V, ty of branches of the Ukrainian National Association, Inc. Bodies of the Ukrainian National Association, Inc. and the Paragraph 3. and of the Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc., which prop- Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc., respectively, at any reg- 2. On the effective date of this Agreement, the sepa- erty shall become the property of the Ukrainian National ular or Special Convention thereof, or by ballot of the respec- rate existence of each society shall cease, and the two associa- (Fraternal) Association branches as these will now become. tive delegates in lieu of a Special Convention, provided a copy tions shall be merged in one fraternal benefit association, and 9. After the execution of this Agreement, neither or summary of this Agreement shall have been included in or the branches of both the UNA and the UFA shall become char- the Ukrainian National Association, Inc. nor the Ukrainian enclosed with the notice of such meeting or balloting by mail, tered branches of the surviving society. Such branches and its Fraternal Association, Inc. will incur any liability or expend or published in the official publications of each society. Notice members are to be governed thenceforth by the Constitution, or exchange any assets except in the regular and customary shall be given as provided in the by-laws of the respective By-laws and regulations of the surviving society, as amended. course of business. associations and by the laws of New Jersey and/or 3. On the effective date of this Agreement, all mem- Pennsylvania, as relevant; (b) that the Agreement has been bers of the Ukrainian National Association, Inc. and Ukrainian ARTICLE III approved by an affirmative active vote of two-thirds (2/3) of Fraternal Association, Inc. shall cease to be members of the all members of such Supreme Legislative and governing body individual societies and shall become members of the 1. Upon execution of this Agreement, UFA shall of the Ukrainian National Association, Inc.; (c) that the Ukrainian National (Fraternal) Association, Inc. and its commence or continue efforts to sell or otherwise dispose of Agreement has been approved by two-thirds (2/3) of all mem- branches with all rights, privileges and obligations pertaining real property it owns at 440 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, bers of such Supreme Legislative and governing body of the thereto. The officers elected for the branches of the Ukrainian Pennsylvania and its “Verkhovyna” Resort in Glen Spey, Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc.; (d) that on such date, the National Association, Inc. and Ukrainian Fraternal New York. Ukrainian National Association, Inc. and Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc. shall become officers of branches of the 2. Upon execution of this Agreement, each society Association, Inc., under the basis of a report rendered by an Ukrainian National (Fraternal) Association, Inc. in correspon- shall commence appropriate due diligence, shall freely actuary of its choice, is satisfied that the ratio of the value of ding capacities without formality or necessity of election and exchange all relevant financial and other information, and the admitted assets to the value of the liabilities of the shall serve until their successors have been elected and shall execute such documents and resolutions as may be Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc. will not be less than the installed in compliance with the by-laws of the new society. required to effectuate such merger. The Ukrainian Fraternal corresponding ratio from the 1997 annual statement of the Except as hereinafter set forth, National Officers of the UFA Association represents that there are no claims current or Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc.; and that (e) this shall cease holding office on that date. pending which have not been disclosed to the Ukrainian Agreement of Merger will have been approved by the National Association. If conventions or balloting by mail are Commissioner of Insurance of the State of New Jersey and by ARTICLE II required, each society shall promptly arrange for such to be the Commissioner of Insurance of the Commonwealth of held, in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Pennsylvania, and any other Commissioners of Insurance or 1. On the effective date of this Agreement, all obli- 3. Each society reserves the right to terminate this equivalent State, Federal, Canadian or Provincial Officials gations of the Ukrainian National Association, Inc. and Agreement no later than the 61st day after the execution of who have jurisdiction over these societies. II THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1998 No. 11

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2. If not all the approvals required in the para- EXHIBIT 4.11-A graphs hereinabove stated have been granted, on or before UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. 1) Ukrainian National Association is the sponsor the effective date or a mutually agreed later date, or if the ADDENDUM TO AGREEMENT OF MERGER of a defined benefit Pension Plan for its employees admin- Ukrainian National Association, Inc. or Ukrainian istered by the Prudential Insurance Company of America. Fraternal Association, Inc. are/is not satisfied as to the between The Plan is fully funded by UNA. The plan’s current lia- ratio described in Paragraph (c) above, until the effective the Ukrainian National Association bility funded percentage is 106.7% as of 1/1/96. date, this Agreement shall terminate. and the Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Inc. 3. a) The parties agree that the merger shall take 2) Ukrainian National Association established a self-funded medical benefit plan for its employees with a place regardless of whether or not both societies’ EXHIBlT 4.6 Conventions or equivalents accept by a 2/3 majority vote the stop-loss insurance coverage. Eastern Benefit Systems, change of name to Ukrainian National Fraternal Association. There are no undisclosed liabilities. Inc. is the plan administrator and claim manager. 3) Employees of Ukrainian National Association b) Each Society agrees to first place on the ballot EXHIBIT 4.7 the issue of the change of name, which shall only become are covered by a group life insurance policy wilh Security effective if passed by 66.67% of the eligible and voting dele- There are no material adverse changes in the con- Mutual Insurance Company. dition of Ukrainian National Assoclation. gates of both Conventions or equivalents. If insufficient EXHIBIT 4.13 “yay” votes are obtained by either Convention for the change EXHlBlT 4.9 of the name of the surviving society to Ukrainian National The Ukrainian National Association hereby certi- Fraternal Association, the name of the surviving society shall (C) Ukrainian National Association received no fies that at the present, there are two lawsuits pending be Ukrainian National Association, Inc. notices or letters, citations, orders, warnings, complaints, against it: c) The parties agree to place the merger on the bal- inquiry, claim or demands in regard to violation of any (A) Amaro v. Ukrainian National Association, lot immediately thereafter, with the name predetermined by environmental, health or safety statute, law, rule, regula- Index No. 95/2391 in the Supreme Court of the State of the prior balloting as above in paragraph 3(a) and all remain- tion, ordinance judgement or order. New York, County of Ulster. The case is a slip and fall ing terms and conditions of this agreement to be voted upon case based on an allegedly dangerous or defective condi- EXHIBIT 4.10 as a unit, with no amendments to the agreement and only a tion at the Ukrainian National Association’s resort in “yay” or “nay” vote permitted to the agreement as a whole, Ukrainian National Association is covered Ulster County, SOYUZIVKA. The matter is pending trial other than the name as set forth above. under a Package Policy issued by the Royal Insurance and is being defended by the Ukrainian National IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have Company and The Travelers for Real and Business Association’s carrier. caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective Personal Property, Business Income & Accounts (B) The second matter is known as Rigalski v. Presidents, attested to by their respective Secretaries, and Receivable in the sum of $5,715,000; for loss of Rents, Snylyk and Ukrainian National Association, Docket their respective corporate seals to be affixed thereto on the Commercial General Liability Coverage in the sum of No. EJ 06WB-40583E and is a sexual harassment case day and year first above written. $1,000,000 in general aggregate limit and for presently before State of New Jersey, Division of Civil Commercial Crime Coverage. UNA carries Commercial Rights. The Ukrainian National Association has pre- UKRAINIAN NATIONALASSOCIATION, INC. Automobile Coverage. Our Umbrella Liability Policy vailed before the Division of Civil Rights but, the Attested to: covers UNA in the surn of $5,000,000 for each occur- plaintiff, as of May 30, 1997, filed for reconsideration. rence and the like amount in general aggregate. UNA The reconsideration motion is still pending. The By: ULANA M. DIACHUK, President employees are covered by a Workers Compensation Ukrainian National Association is being defended by MARTHA LYSKO, Secretary Policy. UNA carries an Officers and Directors insurance private counsel. policy issued by Federal Insurance Company covering There are no other known cases of pending litiga- UKRAINIAN FRATERNALASSOCIATION, INC. each loss up to the sum of $1,000,000. tion against the Ukrainian National Association.

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EXHIBIT 4.11-A All branches of each society shall become the branches of the “surviving” or “successor” society, officers of the UKRAINIAN FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION 1) Ukrainian Fraternal Association sponsored a branches of the former societies will remain officers of the ADDENDUM TO AGREEMENT OF MERGER defined benefit Pension Plan for its employees adminis- branches, but now of the surviving society and all the between tered by Lincoln National Life Insurance Company until members will likewise become members of the successor Ukrainian Fraternal Association June 1997. UFA is in the process of abolishing the plan society. due to few participants in the plan. and Ukrainian National Association The National Officers of the Ukrainian Fraternal 2) Ukrainian Fraternal Association provides med- Association will cease holding office on the effective date ical coverage through Blue Cross of Northeastern EXHIBIT 4.6 of the merger. Pennsylvania for employees. Article Two states that, as of the date of merger There are no undisclosed liabilities. 3) Employees of Ukrainian Fraternal Association all separate insurance, contractual and other obligations are covered by a group life insurance policy with EXHIBIT 4.7 become obligations of the successor society in accordance Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. with the the laws and bylaws of the Ukrainian National There are no material adverse changes in the con- EXHIBIT 4.13 Association as they now exist and as they may be amend- dition of Ukrainian Fraternal Association. ed by the merger and thereafter. The proposed bylaw Ukrainian Fraternal Association hereby certifies EXHIBIT 4.9 amendments are attached to the end of the contract. that at the present, there are two lawsuits pending against it: Dividends shall be distributed if permitted by law (C) Ukrainian Fraternal Association received no (A) Stephan P. Jarmak, through his attorney and as determined by the actuary of the surviving society notices or letters, citations, orders, warnings, complaints, William M. Borrill, v. Ukrainian Fraternal Association. An and as approved by the Board of Directors of the Society. inquiry, claim or demands in regard to violation of any accident regarding a beer bottle exploding and a piece of All dues payable previously to the UFA or the UNA will environmental, health or safety statute, law, rule, regula- glass struck client during the festival at UFA Resort Center thereafter be payable to the Successor Society. All property tion, ordinance judgement or order. “Verkhovyna” on July 19, 1997. owned by either Society will now become the property of (B) Irene Polywko, a fall at UFA Resort Center the Successor Society. EXHIBIT 4.10 “Verkhovyna” on July 6, 1991, by Mitchell & Incantalupo, The separate existence of each society will Ukrainian Fraternal Association is covered under Law Offices. cease, the property of the branches shall remain the prop- a Package Policy issued by United States Fidelity and erty of the branches which now become the branches of Guarantee (USE&G) for commercial property in the sum the successor society. Finally, after the signing of the of $309,338, for contents in the sum of $80,427 and for PLAIN LANGUAGE SYNOPSIS agreement, neither Society shall make an extraordinary general liability coverage in the amount of $500,000. UFA OF UNA-UFA MERGER AGREEMENT disposition of assets or acceptance of any extraordinary carries Commercial Automobile Coverage with Liability liability until the effective date of the merger. In other coverage in the sum of $300,000. UFA carries Commercial The Contract of Merger first recites who the par- words, each shall do business as usual. General Liability on the UFA Resort Center, ties to the contract are, together with their official address- Article Three requires the UFA to continue its “Verkhovyna,” Glen Spey, NY, issued by Callicoon Co- es. It recites that they were once the same organization, but ongoing efforts to sell Verkhovyna. Each party shall begin, operative Insurance Co., in the sum of $875,000 on the separated in 1910. They now wish to combine into one. after the signing of the contract, examining the other buildings, and the sum of $50,000 on the contents with Article One states that they will become one party’s financial condition, review contracts, liabilities, basic fire $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 organization upon the approval of the merger in writing by assets, claims, policies, real estate, etc., a process known aggregate. UFA employees are covered by a workers com- the Insurance Commissioners of the State of New Jersey as “due diligence”. If there are any claims current or pend- pensation policy. UFA carries a Blanket Position Bond in and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. That is called the ing against the UFA, these have been or will be disclosed the amount of $10,000 per each individual. “effective date” of the merger or agreement. in the contract or during due diligence.

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Each society is required to schedule its Regular State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of One Margin - 66.67%. or Special Convention for purposes of voting on the merg- Pennsylvania, the current domicile states of each society. As to the ballot on the merger, the present er, in compliance with all applicable laws. These requirements are: contract calls for the balance of the merger contract to Each society has the right to void the merger for • That the Convention ratify the contract of merger, which be voted on only “yes” or “no” as a whole, without dis- up to 61 days after the execution of the agreement if its shall be disseminated by mail or by publication in the offi- cussing individual paragraphs and renegotiating any due diligence shows a deteriorated condition in the cial publication of the society in advance of the terms agreed upon by the negotiators for each society. finances of the other society from the condition shown in Convention as required by law. Finally, as Exhibit 1, is attached the Amendment its most recent annual reports, or if there have been any • That 66.67% of the delegates at each convention who to the by-laws which would be required to be approved to misrepresentations made in the Contract of Merger. vote on the issue of merger vote in favor. effectuate the negotiated terms of the merger. These terms Article Three concludes with the understanding • That the financial condition of the UFA is such that the include: that the successor society will be located in New Jersey, ratio of its assets to its liabilities is not worse than such • The name change if applicable and that all the publications of both prior societies will ratio was at the end of 1997 as calculated by its actuary to • The addition of a Senior Vice President position for a continue to be published by the successor society as gov- the satisfaction of the UNA. representative of the former UFA until the year 2002. erned by its new General Assembly. • That the appropriate Commissioners of Insurance • A reservation of one position on the Auditing Committee Article Four contains the representations made approve the final version of the contract as passed by the for a representative of the former UFA until 2002. This by each society to the other. Among the more important conventions. position may also fulfill the Canadian representative ones are the following - Each society is and shall contin- • If the approvals are not granted by the date agreed upon requirement of the Auditing Committee. ue to be: by both parties, or if the ratio of assets to liabilities is d.A reservation of three positions on the Board of • Validly existing and in good standing. insufficient, the agreement becomes void, unless otherwise Advisors for UFA candidates of the 14 to be elected in • Possessor of good title to all its assets. agreed. 1998. In 2002, there shall be no reservations and the board • Free of claims from any governmental unit unless previ- The contract further calls for the merger to occur shall be reduced to 11. ously or contemporaneously disclosed. regardless of what happens on the vote for the name of the e.The addition of 4 honorary memberships in the • Free of claims from anyone unless previously or contem- new Society. It requires the issue of the name to be placed General Assembly of the new society from the UFA. These poraneously disclosed. upon the ballot at the convention before the contract of positions shall last until 2006. At that point, the Honorary • Able to enter into this agreement without breaching any merger is voted upon. The vote shall be for the name of the Membership of the successor society shall revert to 50% of other contract or any laws. Surviving Society to be Ukrainian National Fraternal the number of members of the General Assembly as it • Entering this agreement subject to the consent of its Association. shall then be constituted. Convention and the appropriate Insurance Commissioners. If 66.67% of the delegates voting on this issue f.The other amendments to the by-laws are min- • Forthright in its representations, knowing that the other vote in favor of the name change, then the name of the isterial. society is relying on these. Society shall be such. If, however, less than 66.67% of the • Disclosing to the other all liabilities, litigation, employee voting delegates vote in favor of the name change, the Exhibit 2 contains the list of liabilities, claims, benefit contracts, pensions, etc. name of the successor society shall be Ukrainian causes of action, etc. against the UFA, which are not other- • Agreeing that the representations are a critical part of this National Association. wise disclosed in the financial statements given to the agreement and that if any of these are false, the other soci- If only one of the Conventions passes the name change UNA. ety may void the contract. by the appropriate vote, the name shall be Ukrainian Exhibit 3 is a list of existing and surviving con- Article Five sets forth the procedural require- National Association. For the name to change, both tracts of employment, pensions, benefits and all other con- ments of the merger in accordance with the laws of the Conventions must pass the change by a (2-1) Two to tracts of the UFA.

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THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION announces SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1998/99 The UNA offers a According to the June 1988 eligibility requirements a) The scholarships will be awarded to FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS NEW “BLUE RIBBON” RATE a) (studying towards their first bachelor’s degree) attending accredited colleges or a) universities, and to HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES who will be attending such a) institutions of higher learning in the filing calendar year. Graduate students are for IRA ACCOUNTS ONLY!!! a) ineligible to apply. b) The candidate must have been an ACTIVE DUES-PAYING UNA MEMBER for at 6.50% FOR 1 YEAR!! b) least TWO YEARS by the end of March of the filing year. Applicants will be judged on the basis of: ON ALL DEPOSITS OVER $5,000!!! 1. financial need 2. course of study 3. scholastic record (minimum GPA 2.0) Now’s the great time to rollover 4. involvement in Ukrainian community and student life DUE DATES for applications and documents: and consolidate your IRA Plans!! 4. Your completed, signed and dated application is due by 4. March 31, 1998. 4. All required documents listed on the application form and CALL UNA TODAY 4. photograph are due by May 1, 1998.

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