INSIDE:• Kyiv court orders closing of youth library — page 3. • Detroit community honors Cardinal Lubomyr Husar — page 9. • Plast campground celebrates 50th anniversary — centerfold.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXI HE KRAINIANNo. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine ResolutionsT marking U W 70th anniversary of Famine Ukrainianby Roman Woronowycz Gift of Life’sheart surgerysuccess in the U.S. based on simpleSeventy-six desire of the 83 to procedures help Kyiv Press Bureau In Kyiv on July 12 they were feted at undertaken in the United States have introduced in Senate, House an afternoon reception and were part of been surgeries, with two children return- KYIV – When George Kuzma decid- a press conference. In Lviv the follow- ing for additional procedures. All except ed to get into charity work after inadver- ing week they visited the Lviv Regional for one have been successful. The WASHINGTON – Resolutions com- tently becoming involved in a project memorating the 70th anniversary of the Hospital-Surgical Center and took part youngest child to be operated on was sponsored by Rotary International, he in a reunion with more than 500 friends barely 4 months old, while the oldest Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932- was thinking in limited economies of 1933 have been introduced in both the and family members of the children who was in her teens. scale. He was fairly certain that he could United States Senate and the House of have benefited from the project, a group UGOL has tried to have surgery per- convince Northern New Jersey Rotary Representatives. that included Lviv Mayor Lubomyr formed in Ukraine whenever possible District 7090 to extend medical support The Senate version (S. Res. 202) was Bunyak. One child who had been part of because costs are much lower and the to children from Ukraine with congenital introduced by Sen. Ben Nighthorse the program, now 16 years old, traveled quality and standard of care for most heart defects, as it was doing for disad- Campbell (R-Colo.), co-chairman of the to the reunion with her mother from types of surgical procedures are compa- vantaged children in other countries. U.S. Helsinki Commission, on July 28 Crimea – a distance of some 1,100 rable to U.S. standards. About 100 and was referred to the Committee on However, Mr. Kuzma, 58, a business miles. young children have received treatment consultant, did not imagine that his pet Foreign Relations. The resolution is 183 children have benefitted in this way. being co-sponsored by Sens. George project, named Ukrainian Gift of Life However, when Ukrainian hospitals Voinovich and Mike DeWine, both (UGOL), would achieve such wide- Since the organization Mr. Kuzma have lacked the expertise or the equip- Republicans of Ohio. spread success and give so much hope to founded began cooperating with the ment – as more often has been the case – The version before the House of Ukrainian kids and their parents. Rotary-sponsored Gift of Life program to give a child the help he would receive Representatives (H. Con. Res. 254) was “Not in our wildest dreams did we in 1996, UGOL has raised nearly in a U.S. medical institution, UGOL has introduced by Rep. Sander Levin (D- believe it would grow like this,” $250,000 to provide life-saving heart made arrangements in the U.S. Most Mich.), co-chair of the Congressional exclaimed Mr. Kuzma in Kyiv, where he surgery and intervention procedures to often these cases have arisen in situa- Ukrainian Caucus, on July 24 and was led a group of 16 people, members of six 183 infants and children from Ukraine. tions where the child was under the age referred to the House Committee on American families, on a reunion tour to While a majority of the procedures have of 2 – ironically, the time when correc- International Relations. It is being co- reacquaint themselves with the young been performed in Lviv at the Lviv tive procedures are most successful. sponsored by Reps. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) Ukrainian kids they had sponsored for Regional Hospital-Surgical Center, 83 Unfortunately, Ukraine’s hospitals are and Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), co-chairs of stays in the U.S. The U.S. families had have taken place in the United States – ill-equipped to handle infant surgery. the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. provided lodging and support, including most at Montefiore Hospital in the A child comes to the U.S. for surgery The resolutions both affirm the exis- food, transportation and financial back- Bronx, N.Y., but also at Hope Hospital after the UGOL’s chief consultant in tence and severity of the Famine. The ing to mothers, fathers and, of course, in Chicago and St. Joseph’s Hospital in House version states that at least 7 mil- the children who had undergone open Paterson, N.J. (Continued on page 8) lion Ukrainians died during the Famine, and the Senate version writes that 25 per- cent of Ukraine’s rural population was Ukrainian AN-124 killed during that time. (The texts of both Ukrainian troops depart for Iraq resolutions appear at the end of this story on pages 18-19.) detained by Canada Both versions also attribute Joseph Stalin’s motives to more than just a awaits court action desire for collectivization. The House resolution describes “a policy of forced by Roman Woronowycz collectivization that sought to destroy Kyiv Press Bureau Ukrainian aspirations for independence,” while the Senate resolution writes of KYIV – Nearly two months after Stalin “using food as a political weapon Canadian authorities detained one of the to achieve the aim of suppressing any world’s largest planes, the Antonov-124 Ukrainian expression of political and Ruslan, owned by a Ukrainian govern- cultural identity and self-determination.” ment corporation, Ukraine and Canada The resolutions both mention Stalin’s have agreed that a Canadian court should policy of exporting grain to the West resolve the diplomatic dispute that has even as Ukrainians were starving at an arisen from the controversial detention. alarming rate, as well as Stalin’s cover- The Federal Court of Canada will hear up of the Famine. Additionally, both the case on August 26 to decide whether explicitly call the Famine a genocide. Canada lawfully took control of the The House version notes that the United plane in response to a request from the States Commission on the Ukraine Stockholm Arbitration Court of Sweden. Famine formed in 1985 had deemed the AP/Efrem Lukatsky Canada’s Foreign Ministry has stated event a genocide, and the Senate resolu- that the incident has “no political con- tion writes that “the man-made Ukraine KYIV – A Ukrainian Orthodox priest blessed members of the 5th Detached text” and “was solely a civil case,” Famine of 1932-1933 was an act of according to Interfax-Ukraine. genocide as defined by the United Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during a prayer ceremony at Boryspil Airport outside Kyiv on August 7 prior to its departure to Iraq. The 69 Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry Nations Genocide Convention.” spokesman Oleksander Horkov said on troops then boarded a Ukrainian aircraft for the three-hour flight to Baghdad where While introducing the resolution, Sen. August 5 that Canada’s Foreign Ministry they are to join other troops of the international peacekeeping force within the Campbell made a statement on the floor and its National Defense Department Polish sector as part of the U.S.-led stabilization force. Another 276 Ukrainian of the Senate, saying, “This year marks have not excluded that a diplomatic reso- peacekeepers left on four other flights from Kyiv and Mykolaiv the same day. the 70th anniversary of Stalin’s man- lution to the issue is still available. made famine, one of the most heinous Minister of Defense Yevhen Marchuk, who addressed the troops at the send-off, “Canadian officials have indicated a crimes in a century notable for events said that in fulfilling their mission they were helping to further Ukraine’s national preparedness to help reach an objective that demonstrated the cruelty of totalitar- interests as part of a Western peacekeeping coalition and in sharing knowledge (Continued on page 18) and techniques with NATO member-countries. (Continued on page 15) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Mustafa Jemilev speaks of righting Suspect in Gongadze murder dies Kuchma sacks more oblast chiefs injustices inflicted on Crimean Tatars KYIV – Ihor Honcharov, a former KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma fur- policemen and reputed crime boss impli- ther asserted Kyiv’s authority over regional by Charles Carlson housing and preserve their language and cated in the slaying of Ukrainian opposi- governments on July 30, sacking the gover- RFE/RL Newsline culture. tion journalist Heorhii Gongadze, died on nors of the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia RFE/RL spoke with Mr. Jemilev dur- August 1 in an ambulance en route from oblasts, respectively, Mykola Shvets and The Crimean Tatars are a Turkic peo- ing a recent conference in Berlin that jail to a hospital, Interfax reported on Yevhen Kartoshov, Interfax reported. The ple who inhabited the Crimean focused on the plight of deported peoples August 5. The news agency quoted the move came one day after Mr. Kuchma dis- Peninsula, now part of Ukraine, for more from the former Soviet Union. Institute for Mass Information (IMI), the missed the chairmen of the Poltava and than seven centuries. They established Ukrainian branch of government watchdog Chernivtsi oblasts, and one week after the their own khanate in the 1440s and May marked the 59th anniversary Reporters Without Borders. Mr. Honcharov government recommended those and other remained an important power in Eastern of the deportation of the Crimean was to give evidence in connection with dismissals over perceived failings in agri- Europe until 1783, when Crimea was Tatars. What memorial events took the Gongadze case to the Procurator cultural and economic policy-making. The annexed to Russia. In 1944, Soviet leader place this year? General’s Office later this month. The IMI president also named individuals to succeed Joseph Stalin ordered the Crimean Tatars also said it received a letter from Mr. all four oblast chiefs. The replacements are: deported en masse to Central Asia on Every year we commemorate the day Honcharov, to be opened in the event of his Oleksander Udovichenko (a senior bank suspicion of having collaborated with the of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars death, that it passed along to Ukrainian official in Poltava prior to his appointment) Nazis. [on May 18]. This day is not only a day Procurator General Sviatoslav Piskun. Mr. in Poltava; Mykhailo Romaniv (a senior Mustafa Jemilev (also spelled of recollection of those who died during Gongadze, who reported widespread cor- official in Ukraine’s state monitoring Dzhemilev) is chairman of the Mejlis the Soviet regime but also a day of unity ruption within the Ukrainian government department) in Chernivtsi; Volodymyr (Parliament) of the Tatar People of the for our people. We are now summing up and was highly critical of President Leonid Yatsuba (a minister without portfolio) in Crimean Autonomous Republic and a the situation we are in now, and how we Kuchma, disappeared in 1999. His head- Dnipropetrovsk; and Volodymyr member of the Verkhovna Rada. Since can right the injustices inflicted on our less corpse was later found buried in a for- Berezovsky (chairman of the regional coun- 1961 he has spearheaded the Crimean people and also discuss what else we est. Ukrainian authorities have never cil of Zaporizhia Oblast) in Zaporizhia. Tatars’ campaign to be allowed to return have to do further, and to set out our charged anyone with Mr. Gongadze’s mur- (RFE/RL Newsline) to the Crimea. Mr. Jemilev was arrested main demands in the form of a resolution der. (RFE/RL Newsline) several times in the 1960s and 1970s and adopted by the participants at the meet- Russia gets ballistic missiles from Ukraine Ukraine to purchase Kazak grain sentenced to labor camps for anti-Soviet ing. The same things happened this year. MOSCOW – Russia has acquired a propaganda. Our demonstrations and meetings always KYIV – Ukraine intends to purchase batch of Soviet-built ballistic missiles from Although the Soviet leadership take place peacefully and in a well- around 1.2 million tons of Kazak grain in Ukraine, according to Russian officials. acknowledged in 1967 that the collabora- organized manner. 2003-2004 at a price of 600-750 hrv The government of Ukraine had decided tion charges brought against the Tatars ($112-140) per ton, Ukrainian Prime Have all the Crimean Tatars last October to sell its SS-19s to Russia, were unfounded, little was done to Minister Viktor Yanukovych announced returned from exile? And what are the and Russia’s Interfax-Military News enable them to return to Crimea. The after a meeting with President Nursultan Ukrainian and Crimean governments Agency reported that Ukraine had just repatriation process began spontaneously Nazarbaev of Kazakstan in Astana on doing to rehabilitate them? completed their transfer. An unidentified during Soviet leader Mikhail August 4, according to Interfax. Mr. spokesman for Ukraine’s Ukrspetsexport Gorbachev’s “perestroika” in the late It’s a pity that not all of our people Yanukovych said 800,000 tons of grain company refused to say how many missiles 1980s. Today, some 250,000 Crimean could come back. According to our data, will be supplied to Ukraine under an inter- Ukraine sold and how much money it Tatars who have managed to return to 150,000 to 200,000 Crimean Tatars still governmental agreement, while the earned, the agency reported. A spokesman Crimea are engaged in a new struggle remainder will be delivered under con- for Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces, who with the Ukrainian authorities to obtain (Continued on page 16) tracts between Ukrainian and Kazak enter- asked to remain anonymous, confirmed prises. Ukraine is facing a harvest decimat- that Russia got the missiles and said that Russia wants to pump through ed by drought. (RFE/RL Newsline) they would join Russia’s strategic arsenals. More Russian grain headed for Ukraine He said the missiles remained in good con- dition, but refused to comment on their Odesa-Brody pipeline ‘in reverse’ KYIV – Russian grain supplies to number and other details of the deal. Ukraine are expected to total 1 million tons (Associated Press) by Jan Maksymiuk by delaying the signing of the prepared oil- in 2003-2004, according to the terms of an agreement reached during Ukrainian Prime Anti-money laundering measures ordered RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report transit agreement Moscow intends to force Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s visit to Kyiv into agreeing to the use of the Odesa- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma Moscow on August 1, Interfax reported, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Brody pipeline “in reverse.” opened a regular meeting of the State quoting Russian Agriculture Minister Kasyanov on July 17-20 spent four days in Russia’s Tyumen Oil Company (TNK) Department for Financial Monitoring in Aleksei Gordeev. Ukraine originally Crimea where he held meetings with his proposed to the Ukrainian government in Kyiv on July 14 by ordering increased vigi- Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych, planned to import 200,000 tons of Russian June the creation of a working group to lance in the fight against money laundering, at a sitting of a Russian-Ukrainian com- grain, which will be supplied to the coun- study the possible use of the Odesa- Interfax reported. Long criticized by the mission on cooperation and in more infor- try’s major industrial centers in August. Brody oil pipeline in the “reverse mode.” international community for insufficient mal circumstances. It was expected that The contingency supplies – up to 1 million President Leonid Kuchma seems to be efforts to combat the trend, Mr. Kuchma the main result of the meetings would be tons total – are to start in September and pondering the idea of pumping Russian ordered the creation of an integrated state- the signing of an agreement on the transit hinge on how Ukraine’s grain market information and analytical network, the of Russian oil through Ukraine in 2004- oil from Brody to Odesa until it becomes develops, Mr. Gordeev said. He said the possible to pump Caspian oil to Europe. amendment by October 1 of financial and 2018, in the amount of 79.5 tons annually. Russian Finance Ministry is still consider- banking legislation to thwart dubious opera- However, this did not take place. He said on June 24 that Ukraine will not ing the price of the additional grain exports. use the Odesa-Brody pipeline in the tions, greater cooperation with international Mr. Kasyanov explained to journalists Ukraine is expected to import 2.8 million bodies responsible for combating money that the delay was due to uncertainty reverse direction if the European tons of grain to compensate for a poor har- about the use of the Odesa-Brody oil Commission takes “specific steps” to use vest this year. (RFE/RL Newsline) (Continued on page 4) pipeline. “Russia is expecting that the the oil pipeline in its planned direction. He [oil-transit] agreement will encompass all did not elaborate but observed that the Ukrainian oil pipelines, including the problem with the Odesa-Brody pipeline FOUNDED 1933 Brody-Odesa. When we solve this issue, “perfectly characterizes the Ukrainian we will sign the agreement,” Mr. mentality.” “First we did it, and then we HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Kasyanov said. 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According to this line of argument, Ukrtransnafta signed a protocol at the meeting on creating a joint venture to The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com complete the Polish stretch of the Odesa- Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus, Brody-Gdansk pipeline. The Ukrainian Weekly, August 10, 2003, No. 32, Vol. LXXI Ukraine and Poland specialist on the Copyright © 2003 The Ukrainian Weekly staff of RFE/RL Newsline. (Continued on page 14) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 3 During Year of Culture in Ukraine, Kyiv court orders closing of youth library

by Roman Woronowycz National Deputy Les Taniuk, chairman of the rift between Kyiv Mayor Oleksander the building back after a lapse of the lease, Kyiv Press Bureau of the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Omelchenko and Kyiv Oblast Chairman in line with current legal procedures, and Culture and Spiritual Matters, criticized the Anatolii Zasykha over the matter. The not simply to convert it to other use. KYIV – With allegations of misuse of court decision during an interview on July Mayor’s Office failed to reply to repeated Kostiantyn Brychuk, the press secre- public office in the air, a Kyiv civil court on 14, while underscoring that it was in line requests from The Weekly for comment. tary for Mr. Kovalenko, the head of the July 1 ordered the closing of a regional with the policies of the current political Ms. Soroka must deal also with an advi- Pechersk Raion state administration, library in the capital in support of a claim leadership. sory note from Vice Prime Minister of faxed The Weekly responses to questions by the city raion administration that it “I look at this as the norm for this gov- Humanitarian Affairs Dmytro Tabachnyk to submitted on the matter in which he should be evicted for failing to pay rent in a ernment and this leadership, which also in all Ukrainian libraries in which he has sug- explained that ever since the lease was timely manner. this year of culture reduced the budget for gested that children’s libraries and youth signed between the library and Pechersk The Kyiv Oblast Youth Library in the culture,” said Mr. Taniuk. libraries, currently geared to different age Zhytlo, the library often had failed to pay Pechersk raion is in a fight for its current The lawmaker complained that there is groups, be combined as a cost-saving the monthly rent and had at times run up premises with pressure coming from sever- a slew of unresolved cultural matters he measure. considerable debts. He also asserted that al top city officials for it to leave. The would like to attend to given the supposed Despite the formidable obstacles before the library was falling into disuse and library’s recently appointed director, focus on culture in 2003, including funding her, Ms. Soroka said she would go forward decline. Halyna Soroka – who took over after the for restoration of the Kozak military cen- because she had sufficient support to pro- “Many reviews by officials of the raion previous director retired, citing the hope- ter, Khortytsia, the misappropriation of ceed based on petitions from local residents state administration showed that the library lessness of the situation – harshly criticized government funding for church parishes and library visitors requesting that the was not purchasing new periodicals, that it the court decision. and the closing of the Les Kurbas Center library stay. was not organizing programs for youth and As Ms. Soroka explained in an interview in Kyiv. The fight she is preparing is based on for the residents of the micro-raion and that with The Weekly, the problem is not delin- “For the fourth month now I have not factual inconsistencies in the arguments the library was not being utilized,” quent lease payments, because everyone, been given time to meet with [Prime presented by the raion state administration explained Mr. Brychuk. including the raion leadership well under- Minister Viktor Yanukovych]. I am the during the court process. Ms. Soroka Looking for support in her battle with stood that all oblast facilities depend on head of the parliamentary Committee on showed a letter submitted to the court by the raion authorities, Ms. Soroka sent let- timely outlays from the state budget to pay Culture and the prime minister has no the raion administration showing that on ters to National Deputy Taniuk, National their bills, which often does not occur. time to discuss these matters with me,” December 3, 2002, it requested that the Deputy Stanislav Stashevskyi, who repre- Ms. Soroka implied that the real issue explained an exasperated Mr. Taniuk. library decide and reply by January 31, sents the parliamentary district in which the lies with Pechersk raion chairman, Anatolii Ms. Soroka said she sees great irony in 2003, whether it would continue its lease. library is located, Mayor Omelchenko, Vice Kovalenko, who had found a way to finally the timing of the order to close her Ms. Soroka said the library had never Prime Minister Tabachnyk, Minister of evict the library in order to privatize the library during the Year of Culture. She received such a letter and the only record Culture Oleksander Bohutskyi, and building to further expand business inter- said she is determined to continue to fight of its existence is in the raion administra- Oleksander Afonin, director of the ests he has in the area. to keep the library at its present location, tion. Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers “We are aware from those who are close where it has been since 1968. While not- Yet, as Ms. Soroka explained, the letter’s Association. to our library that the head of the raion state ing that she had already filed an appeal existence and its content are irrelevant to a The only support she received in her leadership already has a beauty shop and a with the civil court, she admitted that she large degree because the minutes of a meet- quest for justice was in a letter from Mr. restaurant around here,” she commented. faces an uphill battle as even the judge ing of the raion administration’s committee Taniuk to Mr. Omelchenko requesting an Ms. Soroka she said the library had felt who presided over the original case sug- on Non-Domestic Housing on December 5, explanation of the problem and resolution the pressure to leave ever since the building gested that she was in a no-win situation, 2002, showed that a decision to close the of the situation in the library’s favor, and a the library occupied fell under the auspices since too many powerful local officials library was made that day – even though letter by Mr. Afonin to President Kuchma of Pechersk Zhytlo (Pechersk Housing) in wanted to see the premises vacated. the raion letter gave the library until the end regarding the ironic displacement of the 2001, effectively giving the local raion con- “She said [the appeal] will not help of January to reply. library during the Year of Culture. trol over it. because too many higher-ups were interest- The library director is also battling to Mr. Afonin received a reply to his corre- The eviction of the library – the only ed in the matter,” explained Ms. Soroka. have the Pechersk raion administration at spondence, but not from a presidential oblast library in the city geared to teenagers In addition to the fight over rent prob- least offer the library a substitute facility, administration representative. It was the – comes at a most inopportune time lems, Ms. Soroka must prepare to do battle which she said state law requires. She Pechersk Raion deputy chairman, who because President Leonid Kuchma has with a city administration that would like to noted, however, that raion officials have called to ask what possible interest could declared 2003 the Year of Culture in see all oblast programs and facilities out of explained to her that the law does not apply the head of a publishing and bookselling Ukraine. the city proper. She said she is well aware in this case because the raion was taking association have in a library problem.

The Lazarenko saga: trial of former prime minister of Ukraine set to begin by Roman Kupchinsky rights groups as lacking in essential free- had been arrested in the United States, RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch doms, has largely ignored the request by Ukrainian authorities repeatedly demanded U.S. investigators to have the president – that the United States return him to On Friday, June 13, Pavlo Lazarenko, along with national security adviser Ukraine to stand trial. Since there is no the former prime minister of Ukraine Yevhen Marchuk, the former head of the extradition treaty between the two coun- detained in New York in February 1999 Ukrainian gas monopoly Naftohaz tries, this demand was not honored. Many and eventually arrested and charged with Ukrainy, Ihor Bakai, and former Prime analysts at the time felt that Mr. Lazarenko money laundering and mail fraud, was Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko – ques- could not receive a fair trial in Ukraine, released from detention by Judge Martin tioned. that the chances of him dying in detention Jenkins in San Francisco in order to be The Ukrainian media did, however, were higher than average, and that the allowed to listen to testimony given to fed- report that the Americans wanted to ques- Ukrainian insistence that Mr. Lazarenko be eral investigators in Kyiv. tion opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. sent home was a way of silencing him He will remain outside the California Ms. Tymoshenko, an outspoken critic of rather than seeing justice done. federal detention center until his trial President Kuchma, was recently cleared of Mr. Lazarenko’s arrest in the United begins in mid-August. According to the corruption charges by a Kyiv appellate States was a disastrous event for some offi- Reporter of June 19, Mr. Lazarenko posted court. Subsequently, after a brief hearing, cials in Kyiv. Their colleague, a high-level bond of $86 million. The money, however, the Ukrainian Supreme Court, stacked with Kyiv insider, was now inside a jail cell in is tied up in litigation in Antigua, where presidential appointees earlier this year, San Francisco; and if he decided to share that government also has accused Mr. threw out the decision of the appellate his knowledge with U.S. investigators, it Lazarenko of money laundering. court and reinstated the charges of corrup- might have unpredictable consequences. AP/Efrem Lukatsky When his request for release was grant- tion and bribery against her. This event was compounded in Pavlo Lazarenko in a photo from 1996. ed, his team of U.S. defense lawyers – led The Lazarenko saga is long and ardu- November 2000 when it was revealed that by Harold Rosenthal – along with the chief ous. After his arrest in Switzerland in a member of President Kuchma’s security found in Iraq, the conversation ultimately of the Organized Crime Strike Force in the 1998, Mr. Lazarenko jumped bail of $3 detail, Mykola Melnychenko, had been discredited the president of Ukraine inter- U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco, million and returned to Kyiv, where he covertly recording conversations in the nationally. Martha Borsch, and her investigators went continued his political activities and president’s office since late 1998. The And while President Kuchma main- to Ukraine, Cyprus, Israel, Antigua, announced that he would be running for recordings, the gist of many of which sug- tained his innocence, the Melnychenko Switzerland, the Netherlands and England president. In February 1999, just prior to a gested illegal activities, were in them- recordings were authenticated by the FBI in an attempt to question a number of wit- meeting of the Parliament that was to vote selves a serious indicator of high-level and by a private audio laboratory in the nesses in the case. The list of those they on removing his immunity from prosecu- corruption in Kyiv. United States and shown to be genuine. A intended to question included Ukrainian tion, he left Ukraine for Greece. At this The conversations appeared to reveal government laboratory in Kyiv, which did President Leonid Kuchma; the man who point, the Ukrainian Parliament lifted his President Kuchma insisting on the silenc- not have a copy of the original recording appointed Mr. Lazarenko as prime minister. parliamentary immunity and he flew to the ing of a vocal journalist, Heorhii device or chip onto which the conversa- The Lazarenko trial promises to be a United States, where he was picked up at Gongadze, who was soon afterwards tions were digitally recorded, nevertheless revealing one, and the prospect has placed New York’s JFK International Airport on found beheaded outside of Kyiv. They announced that they were fakes. many present and former high-level charges of trying to enter the United States also included a conversation in which the The recordings were not only damag- Ukrainian officials in a state of heightened on an invalid travel document. He unsuc- president demonstrated an intent to sell an ing, their release coincided with the inter- alert. The Ukrainian media, repeatedly cessfully applied for political asylum. advanced radar system, the Kolchuha, to cited by the Council of Europe and human When word got out that Mr. Lazarenko Iraq. And while the Kolchuha has not been (Continued on page 9) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32

OBITUARIES

Ilarion Kalynewych, 92, of Maryland, Stephen Sydoriak, 85, of New Mexico, librarian,by Jurij Dobczansky scholar, artist,“Kalynewych” benefactor, was exhibited widely in the distinguishedLOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Dr. physicist Stephen at Los Alamos greater Washington area. Sydoriak, a distinguished low-tempera- WASHINGTON – Dr. Ilarion Dr. Kalynewych and his late wife, ture physicist, died on May 15, at the age Kalynewych, also known as Larry Calyn, Donna, were generous benefactors of of 85. He was a researcher for the Los of Silver Spring, Md., died on July 10 at Ukrainian charitable, religious and schol- Alamos National Laboratory from 1948 the Rockville Nursing Home. arly endeavors. Among other donations, until his retirement in 1980. Dr. Kalynewych was born on August the Kalynewyches established a $50,000 With two other colleagues, he was the 31, 1910, in Ruda Siletska, located in the endowment at the Ukrainian Research first to liquify He3. He later worked on county of Kamianka-Buzka, in the Lviv Institute of Harvard University. They were the International Temperature Scale and Oblast, Ukraine. He attended the teacher’s active parishioners and benefactors of the was the author of many significant college in Sokal in 1926-1930. From the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the papers in his field. Fellow scientists Ukrainian Catholic seminary in Lviv he Holy Family and supported orphanages, described him as a creative experimen- went on to study theology at the Lviv church reconstruction and publishing proj- talist. He received his bachelor’s degree Theological Academy until 1939, when he ects in Ukraine. in physics in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1939 and moved to Vienna. In 1943 he earned a doc- Washington’s Ukrainian community went on to spend the war years at the torate in economics from Vienna’s College will remember Dr. Kalynewych as an Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of International Trade. active member of the Shevchenko working in radar research and develop- After emigrating to the United States in Scientific Society and the Ukrainian ment. 1949, he lived in North Carolina and Academy of Arts and Sciences in the In 1945, he married Stephanie Pennsylvania, and finally settled in U.S.A. He served as president of the soci- Chopek, and together they went to study Cleveland, where he opened a retail busi- ety’s Washington chapter in 1988-1996. physics at the Yale University Graduate ness. In 1960 he earned a master’s degree He co-edited “Nadbuzhanshchyna,” a School. He received his Ph.D. in low in library science from Western Reserve three-volume history of the Buh river temperature physics in 1948. University. He was certified as a medical region of western Ukraine, and he often He was born to the Rev. Eustace and Dr. Stephen Sydoriak librarian by the American Medical Library gave lectures and regularly contributed Katherine Sydoriak in 1918 in Passaic, Association and served as director of the articles to the Ukrainian press. From 1967 N.J. His father, a Catholic priest of the Dr. Sydoriuk was a longtime member Cleveland State Hospital Library in 1960- to 1975, Dr. Kalynewych taught religion Ukrainian Byzantine Rite, also served of UNA Branch 307 in Boston and all his 1964. and sociology at the Taras Shevchenko parishes in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, children had endowment policies, He In 1964 he moved to Washington, to School of Ukrainian Studies. He was a Syracuse and Buffalo, N.Y. was overcome by Alzheimers in 1987. accept a position at the National member of The Washington Group and the Having learned to dance under the He leaves his wife, Stephanie, and his Agricultural Library, where he worked in Ukrainian Association of the Washington program of Vasile Avramenko as a children: Stephen, Katherine, Eugene, indexing, bibliography, selection and Metropolitan Area. young boy, he continued performing in Christine and Walter; three grandchildren acquisitions until his retirement in 1984. Predeceased by his wife, Dr. Los Alamos, dancing for various and various nieces and nephews as well Nearly two decades of his retirement Kalynewych leaves their daughter, Olga schools and organizations. He and his as his sister-in-law, Anna Chopek. were devoted to travel and oil painting, Calyn, as well as relatives in Ukraine. A wife were known for bringing together He was preceded in death by his par- specializing in flowers and landscape parastas memorial service on July 14 was Ukrainians from various parts of north- ents, his brothers, Walter and Eugene, his scenes. Dr. Kalynewych was a member of concelebrated by all three local Ukrainian ern New Mexico for a Ukrainian picnic sister, Helene Haire, his son, Eustace, the Olney Art Association and the pastors. Internment was in the Ukrainian at their house every year so that every- and daughter, Mary. Funeral services Montgomery County Arts Council. His art- section of Cedar Hill Cemetery in one there could remember their were held at the Immaculate Heart of work, signed variously as “Calyn” and Suitland, Md. Ukrainian roots. Mary Catholic Church in Los Alamos. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: June 2003 NEWSBRIEFS Amount Name City Alexandra Kochman Chicago, Ill. (Continued from page 2) $1,355.00 Dial All Day for the Michael Krafcisin Chicago, Ill. UNA Des Plaines, Ill. laundering, and tighter control over resellers in Ukraine that Edward Melnyczuk Cranford, N.J. are “the biggest claimants for VAT [value-added tax] $400.00 Anonymous Nestor and Olya $100.00 Borys Harmaty New York, N.Y. Popowych Park Ridge, Ill. refunds.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Oksana Zakydalsky Edward Rokisky North Port, Fla. (Kyiv Press Bureau) Toronto, Ontario Polish Orthodox canonize Ukrainian martyrs Larissa Sawka Des Plaines, Ill. Ihor Zalucky Wilton, Conn. $50.00 Alexander, Lillianna and Borys and Mary Sirskyj Nepean, Ontario LVIV – Ukrainian martyrs from the Pidliashia and Petro Chudolij Clifton, N.J. Mykola and Irena Kholm areas (now in northwestern Ukraine and Poland) Irene Kushnir Philadelphia, Pa. Stawnychy Silver Spring, Md. were canonized in Chelm, Poland, on June 7-8. Andrew Renner Beverly Hills, Calif. Roman Stefaniuk Jackson Heights, N.Y. Metropolitan Sava of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox $45.00 Roman Okpysh Dana Point, Calif. $7.00 Pauline Sokolski Wilmington, Del. Church led the ceremonies. Representatives from most of $35.00 John Kark San Diego, Calif. $5.00 Elfrozena Boyczuk Milford, Conn. the national Orthodox Churches of the world, about 100 $30.00 Mark Dushnyck Brooklyn, N.Y. Nadija Chojnacka Oak Forest, Ill. Michael Peskura Seattle, Wash. clergy and several thousand faithful took part. Among the D. Cisyk Staten Island, N.Y. martyrs were a monk, six priests and the wife of one of the $25.00 Myron Blahy Spring Valley, N.Y. Marian Gawur Kent, Ohio priests, all of whom died for the Orthodox faith from 1942 Walter Iwaskiw Arlington, Va. Merle and Bonnie Askold Mosijczuk Silver Spring, Md. Jurkiewicz Toledo, Ohio to 1945. Orthodoxy in Poland, a significant part of which Walter Shmotolocha Bayside, N.Y. Bohdan Kuropas Hickory, N.C. is made up of ethnic Ukrainians, was almost destroyed in Olga Solovey Dearborn Heights, Mich. the borderlands of Ukraine, Poland and Belarus. This hap- C. Sonevytsky Arlington, Va. Yurko Lonyszyn Somerset, N.J. B. and O. Yaremko Livingston, N.J. Ihor Mychkovsky New Market, Md. pened as a consequence of the destruction of Orthodox $20.00 Arcadia Kocybala Croton on Hudson, N.Y. Boris Onufreiczuk Watchung, N.J. Church buildings by the Polish government between the Matthew Stremba Dulles, Va. Katherine Panchesine Woodbine, N.J. world wars, World War II and persecutions in early post- George Suhy Medford, N.J. Mary Pelechaty Toledo, Ohio war Poland. (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) Zenaida Uzuno Belleville, N.J. Harry Praschyk West Easton, Pa. Irene Wasynchuk Houston, Texas. Michael Scyocurka Laguna Woods, Calif. Tymoshenko cronies charged with stealing $2 B $15.00 Bohdan Doboszczak Naugatuck, Conn. Ivan Skalchuk Philadelphia, Pa. KYIV – Ukrainian Procurator General Sviatoslav Piskun Lubomyr Iwaskiw Venice, Fla. Olga Trytyak Matawan, N.J. Walter Kizel Dearborn, Mich. charged two former business associates of prominent oppo- $3.00 Max Barelka Chandler, Ariz. Myroslaw Kulynych Jackson Heights, N.Y. sition politician Yulia Tymoshenko with illegally acquiring Mykola Mychalczak Warren, Mich. more than $2 billion through shady natural-gas deals and Stephen Olynyk Washington, D.C. financial schemes, The Moscow Times reported. Bohdan Pestrak Ridgewood, N.Y. TOTAL: $2,995.00 Eugenia Podolak Lehighton, Pa. Prosecutors filed charges on June 23, claiming that Ms. Daniel Shepelavy Philadelphia, Pa. Sincere thanks to all contributors Tymoshenko’s former colleagues from the now-defunct Adolph Slovik McAdoo, Pa. to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. company United Energy Systems of Ukraine – Ukraine’s $10.00 Marion Bartoszyk Hyattsville, Md. predominant gas dealer in the 1990s – illegally acquired Marta Basham Palm Desert, Calif. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the $2.25 billion through sales of Russian natural gas. The two Andrew Czuczuk East Windsor, N.J. sole fund dedicated exclusively to supporting are also accused of hiding hard-currency revenues, stealing Z. Golia Suches, Ga. state assets, and tax evasion that allegedly cost the state Joseph Jackson New Providence, N.J. the work of this publication. another $216 million. The defendants, Ms. Tymoshenko’s father-in-law Hennadii Tymoshenko – former president of UES of Ukraine – and former accountant Antonia Boliura were extradited from Turkey and detained in Ukraine in The Ukrainian Weekly: your community newspaper 2002. (RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

RECORDING DEPARTMENT Young UNA’ers MEMBERSHIP REPORT – MAY 2003 Christine E. Kozak, National Secretary

Juvenile Adult ADD Total Total Active Members – 4/2003 6,089 12,490 2,759 21,338 Total Inactive Members –4/2003 7,608 16,267 0 23,875 Total Members – 4/2003 13,697 28,757 2,759 45,213

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Gains in 2/2003 New members 3 19 0 22 New members UL 0 0 0 0 Reinstated 5 3 5 13 Total Gains: 8 22 5 35 Losses in 5/2003 Died 0 26 0 26 Cash surrender 2 10 0 12 Endowment matured 14 14 0 28 Fully paid-up 17 13 0 30 Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0 Extended Insurance 6 14 0 20 Certificates lapsed (active) 4 10 12 26 Certificate terminated 1 4 6 11 Total Losses 44 91 18 153 Brandon Stanley Bartholomew is the Maya Zenia Zampetti, daughter of Total Active Members – 5/2003 6,053 12,421 2,746 21,220 latest young member to join UNA Alexandra and Claudio Zampetti, was Branch 382 in Frackville, Pa. He was enrolled by her grandmother Oksana INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP enrolled by his grandparents Karen L. Matla into UNA Branch 45 in and William Cresina. Philadelphia. Gains in 5/2003 Paid-up 17 13 0 30 Reduced paid up 0 0 0 0 Extended insurance 23 27 0 50 Total Gains 40 40 0 58 Losses in 2/2003 * Died 3 39 0 42 * Cash surrender 9 6 0 15 Pure endowment matured 1 2 0 3 Reinstated to active 5 3 0 8 Certificates lapsed (inactive) 1 12 0 13 Total Losses 19 62 0 81 Total Inactive Members – 5/2003 7,612 16,245 0 23,857 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 5/2003 13,665 28,666 2,746 45,077 (* Paid up and reduced paid up policies)

ATTENTION ARTISTS! 2003-2004 CHRISTMAS CARD PROJECT Oksana Trytjak UNA Special Projects and Fraternal Activities Coordinator

It’s August and we are thinking about Christmas already. The UNA is begin- ning its work on collecting art work from Ukrainian artists who wish to participate in the annual the UNA Zachary R. (left) and Daniel B. Cybyk (center), sons of Bohdan Cybyk and Christmas Card Project. Over the Natalia Zabijaka-Cybyk, and Alexander Cybyk (right), son of Roman and years UNA has been fortunate in hav- Andrea Cybyk, are all new members of UNA Branch 15 in Washington, D.C. ing over 30 artists participate in this They were enrolled by their grandaunt Chrystia Sonevytsky. project. We will be accepting works from artists for reproduction that have a traditional Ukrainian Christmas theme. In the past artists contributed works in diverse genres including oil, watercolor, tempera, graphics, wood- cuts, batik, ceramic tile, mixed media and others which added interest and variety to the collection.

In publishing the Christmas cards the UNA wishes to promote traditional Ukrainian art and encourage and popularize Ukrainian artists. This year again the UNA will publish over 120,000 cards that will be distributed throughout the U.S.A., Canada and Ukraine.

All proceeds from the UNA Christmas Card Project will be donated to support the Renaissance of Soyuzivka and to assist the Ukrainian National Foundation, created by the UNA in 1992 to help promote humanitarian, cultural and educa- tional programs in the U.S.A., Canada and Ukraine. The Ukrainian National Foundation maintains a 501 (c) (3) status making all donations tax-exempt.

The UNA looks forward to this year’s Christmas Card Project and welcomes all John Joseph Meridionale, son of Robert participants. Please submit either a slide, photo or original work that can be Andrew Joseph Eassa, son of Bohdan and Tanya Meridionale, is a new mem- reproduced and mail to the UNA Home Office no later than September 30, 2003. and Laura Eassa, is a new member of ber of UNA Branch 242 in Frackville, Please make all inquiries to my attention: Oksana Trytjak, Special Projects. UNA Branch 15 in Washington, D.C. Pa. He was enrolled by his grandpar- He was enrolled by his grandmother ents, Joseph and Andrea Chabon. Mr. UNA, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054, Tel: 973 292-9800 or 800 253-9862. Chrystia Sonevytsky. Chabon is the branch secretary. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32

FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Famine resolutions in Congress Sen.The following Campbell’s “Dear Colleague” “Dear letter, regime Colleague” – and, for that matter, letter subsequent On the front page of this issue, readers will note a news story about two separate regarding Senate Resolution 202 on the Soviet leaders – engaged in a massive resolutions introduced in late July in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Ukrainian Famine-Genocide, was written cover-up of denying the Famine. Representatives to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Famine in Ukraine in on July 29 by Sen. Ben Nighthorse This Famine was not the result of which a quarter of the country’s rural population was intentionally killed. Both meas- Campbell (R-Colo.) and is now circulating drought or some other natural calamity, but ures call for remembrance of the victims, condemnation of brutal Soviet policies, and in the Senate. of Soviet dictator Stalin’s inhumane, coldly dissemination of information and knowledge about the Famine of 1932-1933. calculated policy to suppress the Ukrainian It must be underscored that both resolutions refer to the Famine as a genocide, Dear Colleague: people and destroy their human, cultural as both cite the 1988 report of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine and political rights. It was the result of pur- Yesterday, I introduced S. Res. 202, which concluded that Stalin and his cohorts had “committed genocide against poseful starvation. Requisition brigades, regarding the genocidal Ukraine Famine of Ukrainians in 1932-1933.” acting on Stalin’s orders to fulfill impossi- 1932-1933. The resolution would com- It is most significant, however, that the Senate resolution states that “the man- bly high grain quotas, took away the last memorate the millions of innocent victims made Ukraine famine of 1932-33 was an act of genocide as defined by the United scraps of food from starving families, of this Soviet-engineered famine and sup- Nations Genocide Convention.” Adopted in 1948 by the U.N. General Assembly, the including children, often killing those who port the efforts of the Ukrainian govern- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines resisted. Millions of rural Ukrainians slowly ment and Parliament to publicly acknowl- genocide as “any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or starved amid some of the world’s most fer- edge and call greater international attention in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, such as: a) killing members of the tile farmland, while stockpiles of expropri- to one of the 20th century’s most heinous group; b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; c) deliber- ated grain rotted by the ton. crimes. The report of the Congressionally ately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical Please join me in remembering the inno- created Commission on the Ukraine Famine destruction in whole or in part; d) imposing measures intended to prevent births with- cent victims of the Ukraine Famine. It is concluded in 1988 that “Joseph Stalin and in the group; e) forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” important that the world not forget this those around him committed genocide Both the House and Senate resolutions also refer to Stalin’s and subsequent Soviet genocidal Famine and that we support against Ukrainians in 1932-1933.” leaders’ massive cover-up of the forced Famine. As well, they cite the role of Western Ukraine’s independence and democratic Seventy years ago, a man-made famine correspondents of the time. The House resolution cites the courage of Gareth Jones, development as the best assurance that such in Soviet-dominated Ukraine and border- William Henry Chamberlin and Malcolm Muggeridge in reporting the Famine – and atrocities become truly unimaginable. ing ethnically Ukrainian territory resulted that fact they “were disparaged and criticized” for doing so. The Senate resolution If you are interested in becoming a co- in the deaths of millions of Ukrainians – points out that “some foreign correspondents cooperated with the campaign of denial sponsor of the Ukraine Famine resolution, estimates range from between 7 and 10 and deception” – a reference to, among others, the infamous Walter Duranty. please have your staff contact Orest million. In his seminal book on the In introducing the Senate Resolution, Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell deliv- Deychakiwsky (orest.deychak@ Ukraine Famine, “Harvest of Sorrow,” ered an eloquent statement in which he said: “The Ukraine Famine was not the mail.house.gov) or Mike Peterson at the renowned British historian Robert result of drought or some other natural calamity, but of Soviet dictator Stalin’s Helsinki Commission at 5-1901. utterly inhumane, coldly calculated policy to suppress the Ukrainian people and Conquest writes, “A quarter of the rural destroy their human, cultural and political rights. It was the result of purposeful population, men, women and children, lay Sincerely, starvation.” He described the purpose of his resolution as not only commemorat- dead or dying, the rest in various stages of Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S.S. ing “millions of innocent victims,” but also focusing “international attention to debilitation with no strength to bury their Co-Chairman one of the 20th century’s most appalling atrocities.” families or neighbors.” The Stalinist Helsinki Commission But why two resolutions? Each stands on its own as an expression of the sense of the U.S. Congress that the Famine must be remembered and that knowledge of this crime against humanity is key to assuring that such genocidal acts never recur. So, in the end, dear readers, we and you should strongly support both resolutions Rep. Levin’s “Dear Colleague” letter and urge our senators and representatives to do so. For, as Sen. Campbell noted, “ It Below is a “Dear Colleague” letter sent crops that villages were often left with is vital that the world not forget the Ukraine Famine, honor its victims, and reiterate on July 29 by Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) nothing. The situation worsened as Soviet our support for Ukraine’s independence and democratic development as the best to the House of Representatives to urge officials conducted house-to-house search- assurance that atrocities such as the famine become truly unimaginable.” support for House Congressional es for any remaining stores of food, and as Resolution 254 in commemoration of the border checkpoints were established to pre- 70th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine- vent starving Ukrainians from entering Genocide. Russia and to prevent any food from being Aug. brought into Ukraine. The people in the Turning the pages back... Dear Colleague: land once known as the “breadbasket of As a member of the Congressional Europe” were reduced to eating weeds and 12 Ukrainian Caucus, I invite you to join us in the bark of trees. co-sponsoring H. Con. Res. 254 to recog- This resolution presents an opportunity to recall the brutality of Communist poli- The Ukrainian Weekly reported on August 12, 1984, that nize the 70th anniversary of the Soviet- 1984 cies, to remember the innocent victims of Marylandbased human rights group Smoloskyp Ukrainian engineered Ukrainian Famine of 1932- those policies, and to reaffirm our support Information Service had held a press conference accusing the 1933 and to remember the more than 7 mil- Soviet Union of killing its Olympic athletes by administering lion victims of this man-made tragedy. for Ukraine’s path toward democracy and a to them dangerous performance-enhancing drugs and subjecting them to biological This event graphically illustrates the free market economy. and physical experiments. degree of persecution the Ukrainian people I encourage your support for this legisla- Smoloskyp presented as evidence a list, obtained from Soviet athletes, of 59 Soviet experienced under the rigid control of the tion. Through remembrance, we honor the Olympians who had competed in Olympics from 1952 to 1984 and had died prema- government of the former Soviet Union. memory of all those who perished and turely. While some might have died in unrelated accidents, Smoloskyp argued, the Concerned about Ukrainian self-assertion, work to ensure that such a tragedy never majority had likely succumbed to the effects of state-administered drug use. Of the 59 Joseph Stalin implemented a policy of happens again. If you would like to co- dead Olympians, 24 had won gold medals. forced collectivization of agriculture and sponsor H. Con. Res. 254, please contact The number of dead Soviet Olympians, according to Smoloskyp, was stunning grain seizures. The Soviets hoped to crush David Ettinger at 5-4961. compared to corresponding numbers from other countries. Considering athletes who the spirit of Ukraine and replace it with a Sincerely, had competed in the summer Olympics from 1952 to 1976 and in the winter Olympics politically homogenous Russian realm. Sander Levin from 1956 to 1976, 4.45 percent of Soviet medal winners had died. By comparison, Historians have named this the “harvest Member of Congress only 1.79 percent of United States medal winners and 1.53 percent of German (East of sorrow” because Ukrainian farms in the and West combined) medal winners had passed away in that time. The death rate for early 1930s yielded bumper crops, but the Co-sponsors: Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Soviet Olympic medal winners was approximately 2.5 times higher than the corre- Soviets imposed such harsh levies on the Curt Weldon (Pa.). sponding statistics for the United States and Germany. The average age of the athletes on Smoloskyp’s list at time of death was 41.5 years. According to the Smoloskyp statement, the Soviet authorities frequently hid news of the athletes’ deaths from the Soviet people. The Soviet media did not report the death of Ukrainian Volodymyr Kuts, winner of the 5,000, and 10,000-meter track events in ACTION ITEM 1956, who died at the age of 48; Ukrainian canoeing champion Yulia Riabchynska, who won the gold at Munich but died one year later; or Ukrainian Yurii,Lahutyn who Famine-Genocide Resolution in House of Representatives died two years after winning his 1976 gold medal in team handball. On July 24 Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), co-chair of the Congressional Ukrainian At the press conferepce, Smoloskyp spokespersons also bemoaned the exclusion of Caucus, introduced a resolution (H. Con. Res. 254) to commemorate the 70th anniversary Ukraine from the Olympics. Andriy Karkoc suggested that the Soviet Union be expelled of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide. The resolution recognizes the draconian treatment of from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and that national Olympic committees the Ukrainian population during the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 and expresses the be established in the each of the Soviet republics. This, Mr. Karkoc said, “would allow sense of Congress that condemns this act perpetrated by Stalin and the Soviet government. Ukraine and the other countries that are part of the USSR their rightful place in the The resolution currently is co-sponsored by Reps. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) and Marcy Olympic family. And it would end the killing of Olympians by government decree.” Kaptur (D-Ohio), co-chairs of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. The Ukrainian National Information Service (UNIS) urges the Ukrainian American community to Source: “Smoloskyp, at Olympic press conference, accuses USSR of murdering its contact their representatives and urge them to co-sponsor this resolution. Below is a athletes,” The Ukrainian Weekly, August 12, 1984. “Soviet sports medicine is killing sample letter. For further information readers may contact UNIS at (202) 547-0018, or Olympic medal winners,” The Ukrainian Weekly, August 12, 1984. (Continued on page 14) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

administrator of The Pulitzer Prizes. TheThe thingsthings wewe do...do... A letter from 1990 “Your assumption that President Sovern as an individual possesses the by Orysia Paszczak Tracz about Duranty’s prize authority to withdraw the Pulitzer Prize Dear Editor: awarded Walter Duranty in 1932 is not correct. That step could only be taken by Over 12 years ago, on October 3, a majority vote of the Pulitzer Prize A burst of beauty and heritage 1990, I wrote a short, desperate letter to Board on which President Sovern holds Michael Sovern, president of Columbia one of 16 voting seats. “Nyzynka – Embroidery of the University: “Your feelings concerning the Duranty Hutsuls/Hutsulschyna v Nyzyntsi,” by “Mr. Sovern:” prize, however, are shared, as you are cer- Eudokia Sorochaniuk. Pennsauken, I understand that you have the power tainly aware, by a number of other people N.J.: 2002, 284 pp. ISBN 0-9717886-0- to withdraw/nullify Walter Duranty’s as well, and the issue has been given new X, $65. Pulitzer Award for Journalism. Given all currency by the publication of S.J. This book is a pleasure just to hold the research and facts surrounding the Taylor’s book ‘Stalin’s Apologist.’ I think and enjoy, even without opening the Ukrainian famine that are now appearing, it quite likely therefore that the matter beautiful cover. And when you do, lush, Walter Duranty’s reporting amounted to will be on the agenda of the Pulitzer Prize perfect nyzynka embroideries fill your eyes. So good for the artistic and folk- only lies, not observable facts. I am sure Board in November when that body holds loving soul! you are well aware of the horrible errors its next meeting. What, if any, action the “Nyzynka – Embroidery of the and distorted facts Mr. Duranty pub- Board may decide to take I cannot now Hutsuls/Hutsulschyna v Nyzyntsi” by lished while serving with the New York predict, but certainly letters such as yours Eudokia Sorokhaniuk is a very impor- Times. will be taken into consideration.” tant book. To this reviewer’s knowl- “Your conscience should dictate your Who knows what ever happened at edge, it is the first book on either side of nullification and withdrawal of any that November 1990 meeting to which the ocean devoted completely to the dis- prizes to journalistic liars like Walter Mr. Christopher referred? How many at tinctive nyzynka style of embroidery. Duranty!” that session were Duranty apologists? The cover is elegant, and the 272 color On October 17, 1990, I received a Maybe The Ukrainian Weekly letter plates are so perfect that you can see polite and positive acknowledgment to writer, Dr. Andrew Senkowsky, (July 20) each strand, each fiber of the fabric. that letter from Robert Christopher, got it right! Forget Duranty and focus on Mrs. Sorochaniuk, a native of administrator, The Pulitzer Prizes: discrimination. “Thank you for your letter of October Zhabiie, has devoted her life to the tex- tile arts of the Hutsul region. She 3 which President Sovern felt should be Nancy Melnyk geographically quite specific. The dif- weaves and she embroiders; her work is considered by me in my capacity as Rochester, N.Y. ferent nyzynka stitches are not identi- very much a part of her very being. fied, even though the variations are Over the years in America she and her have served as a significant deterrent to shown. husband, Dmytro, shared their knowl- the Nazi quest for hegemony over the And, for those embroiderers who Duranty review a step edge and their art with the Ukrainian heartland of Europe. want to be accurate, it would have been and American communities. They are The answers to these questions lie in so helpful to have the color numbers of the force behind Cheremosh, the toward accountability America’s foreign policy toward the DMC threads given. The harmony Dear Editor: Philadelphia Ukrainian Hutsul Society. Ukraine, which was based on a conven- of Hutsul colors is unique, and just any The bilingual Ukrainian-English The tenacity with which Walter ient misunderstanding that Ukraine was red and any yellow do not go together. book begins with a biography of Mrs. Duranty’s fabrication denying the Stalin- integral to Russia and on a prevailing Mrs. Sorochaniuk mentions that in Sorochaniuk by Dzvinka Martiuk made famine in Ukraine 1932-1933 had attitude that domestic matters pertaining the Carpathians the women would each Zacharczuk. The reader learns about her been protected by the New York Times to a foreign nation were beyond the prov- select the colors as they wished, and involuntary, difficult and yet successful these past 70 years was proportional to idence of American involvement. there were no rules. But they were journey from her beloved Carpathians the need to diffuse the impact of Assuming Ukraine to be part of Russia home, and felt that sense of color in to America. America’s recognition of the USSR dur- denied Ukraine its history, ethnicity and their bones. I will find myself matching Lubow Wolynetz follows with an ing the Stalin-made famine in Soviet- legitimacy as a nation and thus robbed it the thread strands to the plates, or refer- introduction on the Hutsuls and their controlled Ukraine, 1932-1933. of a national defense against the Stalin- ring to Nancy R. Ruryk’s classic life, art and beliefs. A Hutsulka herself, Technically, the United States cannot be made Famine in Ukraine. “Ukrainian Embroidery Designs and Ms. Wolynetz knows this field inside Duranty’s lie endured so long after the Stitches” (Winnipeg: Ukrainian held accountable for breach of protocol, out. Her many exhibit catalogues for Famine because it served as a linchpin in Women’s Association of Canada, 1958 as in recognizing the USSR while it was The Ukrainian Museum in New York, the denial of Ukraine herself. – still available from Ukrainian Voice in engaged in genocide, if the person in and other works, have no equal when it Through the actions and inactions of Winnipeg), which does list the thread authority, namely Duranty, denied that a comes to her exceptional manner in pre- European nations and American foreign pol- numbers for each design. genocide even existed. senting Ukrainian ethnography in its icy decisions since the Treaty of Versailles Then I will see if they match the ones Plausible deniability, however, will many facets. (1919) Ukraine’s bid for self-determination in this book. For someone who does not not absolve America of its moral respon- The fine design of the book is by was denied, and Ukraine was remanded to know how to embroider nyzynka, a sibility for recognizing a corrupt govern- Mrs. Sorochaniuk and Maria Rosola an imperialist totalitarian regime where page or two on the technique would ment at the expense of millions of inno- Panczak, the translations by Xenia cent lives. Other sources of information Ukrainians suffered mayhem at the hands of have been helpful. their merciless captors. This inescapable Panczak Zacharczuk, Stefan Makuch But this is not a how-to book, nor is were available to challenge Duranty’s lie. and Eryna Cvikula-Korchynsky. Techni- The United States was encumbered to reality is fundamental to Ukraine’s right to it for a beginner, although the few extra cal preparation was by Natalie Panczak pages would have made it complete. It seek deeply the bedrock of the truth and claim compensation for its losses from all Firko. is important that the book is bilingual, to confront the evil where it lay. parties concerned. The plates follow. The burst of beau- because we need to get our heritage out One explanation for President Franklin Nations, too, must bear the burden of ty and color is amazing. The designs are there into the mainstream. It makes a Delano Roosevelt’s decision to recognize their culpability in turning a “blind eye” on grave injustice. This is a principle of in one color, black or burgundy, or one fine gift to non-Ukrainian embroiderers the USSR in 1933, the year of the Famine half of the design is the solid-colored and book lovers. and the year in which the Nazis came to international indemnity, one practiced since before the time of the Congress of base, while the other side is filled in Various textile magazines such as power in Germany, hinges on his acumen with multicolored threads. Many plates Threads, Piecework, Fiberarts and oth- as a world leader. If his decision was that Vienna, which must be satisfied. Today the European Community can make show the two sides, the front and back, ers should be made aware of “Nyzynka” of a statesman who believed the immedi- of the fabric, with the front of the fabric – and should review it. Mrs. acy of the Nazi threat to the status quo restitution for turning away from Ukraine in her moment of despair by accepting on one side and the back on the reverse. Sorochaniuk is known in the arts com- superceded the festering threat of And the embroidery is perfect. munity, having received The National Communism, then his decision served the Ukraine as a full-fledged member of NATO and the European Union. The Because the stitch goes up and down Heritage Fellowship from the National national interests of the United States. An every strand of the fabric and is geo- Endowment of the Arts in 1999. ally on Germany’s eastern front, even an United States, in turn, could extend most-favored-nation status to Ukraine. metric, there is no place to hide mis- Mrs. Wolynetz concludes her essay: immoral one, could help neutralize the takes. This is perfection. We see variety “This publication, a collection of nyz danger posed by the Nazis. Such restitution dispenses accountability in a just and constructive manner. in the same design appearing side by embroideries so lovingly preserved, The question remains, however, was side in black and in burgundy. Each The announcement that the Pulitzer unearthed and brought back to life is recognizing both the USSR and the looks different. I have always been on Prize Board will review the case of like this flame in the high pastures Famine mutually exclusive? Could not the lookout for diagonal nyzynka Walter Duranty, who denied the Stalin- revived by an ancient ritual in the spring the U.S. have come down hard on the designs, and have found quite a few in made Famine in Ukraine, indicates a will- through the efforts of one person – Soviets over the Famine in return for its this book. ingness to hold him to account and marks Eudokia Sorochaniuk.” recognition of the USSR? Or, in another Perhaps the author did not think it an important step in accepting Ukrainians Mnohaya lita to the author, and may scenario, could not the U.S. have inter- was necessary, but I would like to have as worthy of justice and recognition, and she follow up with a book on weaving, vened during the Famine on behalf of seem more information included. There Ukraine as a dignified sovereign nation in as well as her memoirs. Ukraine’s independence in return for its is no identification of designs. Are they the pantheon of nations. The book is available from E. good will and support against the Nazis? all from one village, or county, or from Sorochaniuk, 7967 Grant Ave., A proactive American policy in Eastern Christine Hoshowsky, Ph.D. a wider region? Pennsauken, NJ 08109. The price of Europe on the side of justice could well Rochester, N.Y. As with all folk arts, the designs are $65 includes shipping. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32 Rev. Stephen Chmilar ordained as eparch for Toronto and Eastern Canada

by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj well-wishers. The 1990s marked the peripatetic Bishop Chmilar was born on May 24, priest’s return to Canada, throughout TORONTO – The Rev. Stephen V. 1945, in Lamont, Alberta, to the late which he was pastor for St. Nicholas’ Chmilar, 58, was ordained as the Steve Chmilar and late Alexandra parishioners in Hamilton, Ontario. In Ukrainian Catholic Church’s eparch of Osinchuk, both of whom immigrated 1991 he was incardinated (formally Toronto and Eastern Canada on July 23 at from western Ukraine. He has one broth- accepted) into the Toronto Eparchy and the Church of the Holy Dormition in er and three sisters. The bishop-elect released from his vows as a Basilian. In Mississauga, Ontario. Cardinal Lubomyr studied at the University of Ottawa 2000 the Rev. Chmilar was appointed by Husar, recognized within the Ukrainian (1966-1968), graduating with a B.A. in Bishop Pasichny to the post he held at the Greek-Catholic Church (UCC) as its philosophy, then studied theology at St. time of his nomination as eparch, pastor patriarch, traveled from his chancery in Paul University in Ottawa, obtaining a of Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lviv via Rome to lead the ceremony. B.A. in 1972. Having joined the Order of Church in Mississauga. Bishop-elect Chmilar succeeded St. Basil the Great in 1960 he was During his five years in Mundare the Bishop Cornelius J. Pasichny OSBM, ordained a priest by Edmonton Bishop Rev. Chmilar was a spiritual director to who retired earlier this year the age of Neil Savaryn, OSBM, on June 11, 1972. the Novitiate of the Sisters Servants of 75, after heading the eparchy since 1998. The newly ordained cleric then Mary Immaculate. While in Ottawa he Having received nominations from the returned to his home province, where he served on the Ukrainian Marriage Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian served as pastor of parishes in Chipman, Tribunal, and during his service in Greek-Catholic Church, Pope John Paul Borschiw and Mundare until 1973. The Edmonton worked in a similar capacity. II announced on May 3 that the Rev. Rev. Chmilar was associate pastor for the The Canadian-born clergyman directed Chmilar had been named as the next Church of St. Basil the Great in Ukrainian Catholic summer camps for eparch of Toronto. Edmonton in 1973-1975 and 1978-1982, children in the Ottawa, Edmonton and Co-consecrators joining Cardinal with a three-year spell at the St. John the Vancouver areas for over a decade. Husar at the hierarchical divine liturgy Baptist Parish in Ottawa, Ontario, in Bishop Chmilar is certainly a known were Archbishop Luigi Ventura, apostolic between. quantity in the Toronto Eparchy’s admin- nuncio of Canada, Metropolitan- After a two-year stint at St. Mary’s istration. Bishop Pasichny appointed him Archbishop Michael Bzdel, CSsR., met- Parish in Vancouver, the Rev. Chmilar chancellor in 1998, soon after his own ropolitan of Ukrainian Catholics in was sent across the border to serve at the ordination as eparch. The Rev. Chmilar Canada, and Bishop Pasichny. Church of the Transfiguration of our has also since joined the eparchy’s A reception at the Mississauga Lord in Denver until 1988, then on to Presbyteral Council, and is a member of Bishop Stephen Chmilar, the Ukrainian Convention Center after the service was Buffalo, N.Y,. where he was associate Catholic Church’s eparch of Toronto attended by over 800 clergy, faithful and pastor at St. Nicholas Church until 1990. (Continued on page 19) and Eastern Canada.

nearly anything else he had experienced. Mr. Kuzma conceived of his project liked and a partnership commenced. Mr. Ukrainian Gift... “We’re not rich, but if you just read the after his son had asked that mom and dad Kuzma and his wife incorporated UGOL (Continued from page 1) letters these kids send,” the retired archi- take in a family from Poland in 1990 as as a non-profit organization in 1996 and Ukraine, Dr. Yurii Ivaniv, who specializes tect explained, before stopping momentar- part of a high school program that Rotary formed a board of trustees that included in diagnostic radiology, and his team ily to compose himself, “I get moved had initiated. Mr. Kuzma said he won- Ann Kowal, Marie Hywel and Stefania determine that doctors there cannot guar- every time.” dered immediately why the program Bryant. UGOL sponsored its first surgery antee a high degree of success in an opera- He added that he and his wife had couldn’t be structured to bring benefits to at Montefiore Hospital in June 1997. become closely involved with UGOL disadvantaged Ukrainian kids, too. Some Mr. Kuzma came away from his latest tion to correct a congenital heart defect on since their first experience hosting a 5,500 kids in Ukraine are born annually visit to Ukraine with a slew of new ideas a child who has turned to them. Ukrainian family and had donated $1,000 with congenital heart defects, half of on how to continue to help the country – In cooperation with the Northern New to the organization last Christmas. which require surgery to correct, some- one which he has never called home but Jersey Rotary Gift of Life program, “My wife and I decided that I didn’t thing the country’s ill-funded medical sys- got to know through his parents and the UGOL makes arrangements for trans- need another leather coat from her [as a tem can hardly afford to perform. Ukrainian community that has surrounded portation, finds a host U.S. family and Christmas gift] and that she didn’t need “My wife, Kathy, and I saw that we him his entire life. interpreters, if need be. another one from me either,” Mr. Kawalek could encourage Rotary to help Ukrainian He said he would like to have more of A simple desire to help said. kids as well,” continued Mr. Kuzma. the infant surgeries UGOL sponsors per- Mr. Kuzma, the president of UGOL, formed in Ukraine because it would help A cooperative project U.S. families generally host a mother or explained that the project he developed to lower costs for his organization and a father and the child for about a month, has taken on special meaning to many of He contacted the Northern New Jersey increase the expertise of Ukrainian doc- providing all the necessities and usually the Rotary Clubs in the Northern New district office of Rotary and proposed a tors. He said he would soon begin to raise more, such as excursions to local tourist Jersey district. Some clubs and their mem- cooperative project in which UGOL, in funds toward refurbishing an intensive spots, clothing and other gifts. Thus far, 65 bers specifically request Ukrainian fami- addition to paying for the nominal costs of care unit in the Lviv hospital’s pediatric families have volunteered to host lies when providing their aid. He said the the operations performed on the Ukrainian unit. Ukrainians in the program. Fourteen of key to UGOL’s success is the support children and the medicines that would be Mr. Kuzma also mentioned that he them have come back requesting to spon- structure the organization provides: the needed, would also develop a support sys- would like to develop a scholarship pro- sor a second family. What drives their interpreters, the transportation, the com- tem – what Mr. Kuzma referred to as gram funded by donations from the world- generosity is a simple desire to help. fort to the parents and the extra phone call “value-added” support, such as transporta- wide Ukrainian diaspora for talented stu- Richard Kawalek, who traveled to they are ready to make in order to help. tion, interpreters, psychological comfort dents in Ukraine who cannot afford the cost Ukraine with his wife to see the kids they “There are Rotary Clubs that will spon- and shelter for the kids and their families of tuition. He indicated with some lack of had hosted, explained that the satisfaction sor only a Ukrainian child. They know who find themselves in an alien environ- confidence that the effort might be out of he had received in being a part of the that if they need support help, that help is ment. his league. But then he didn’t believe UGOL program was incomparable to there,” explained Mr. Kuzma. It was an idea that the Rotary district UGOL would get as far as it has.

Two Ukrainian Gift of Life program beneficiaries, 13-year-old Yuriy Kolodiy (front Ukrainian Gift of Life President George Kuzma and Dr. Mykola Konyk (right), row, left) and 14-year-old Yanna Zubchyk (front row, right), and their surgeon, visit the newest surgical candidate for one of UGOL’s programs at the mothers (standing behind their children) greet American host families visiting Kyiv. Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center in Lviv Regional Hospital. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 9

The Lazarenko... Detroit community fetes Cardinal Lubomyr Husar (Continued from page 3) by Irene Pryjma Husar addressed a capacity audience of received us warmly and have expressed rogations taking place in San Francisco, parishioners and faithful from the parishes their good wishes at the laying of the cor- where a member of Kuchma’s inner circle WARREN, Mich. – The Detroit of the Detroit Deanery at a banquet fund- nerstone, and during construction, Cardinal was now being held. Ukrainian Catholic Deanery, at the invita- raiser at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Husar related. More to the point was the nature of Mr. tion of the Very Rev. Dean Basil Church. This was the primate’s first offi- Kyiv residents – 90 percent of whom Lazarenko’s alleged crimes. According to Salkowski, OSBM, pastor of St. Josaphat cial visit to the parish. He thanked the are non-Catholic – are showing a very pos- the indictment in California, he made most Ukrainian Catholic Church, on June 1 Deanery for the invitation, the schoolchild- itive interest in the building of the Sobor, of his illegal profits in the energy business. hosted a very special banquet – in honor of ren for their greetings, Dr. Farion for the and, indeed, are also asking for an immedi- The Melnychenko recordings also appeared the first official visit of the Head of the musical interlude and the people for com- ate place of prayerful worship. To this end, to suggest that most of the money in vari- Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, ing to this event. the construction of a small chapel on part ous presidential slush funds was coming Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, at St. Josaphat He greeted his listeners warmly and, at of the property is now under serious con- from the energy barons, particularly from Church Center in Warren, Mich. the outset, reminded them that even the sideration, he added. the state gas monopoly, Naftohaz Ukrainy, This banquet was also a fund-raiser for humblest of donations toward the building The primate urged understanding of the run by Mr. Bakai. Recent revelations sug- the new informational center and of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Sobor in Ukrainian people and their suffering dur- gest that this system has not ended, and that Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection of the Kyiv merits recognition much as the ing 75 years of communism, under a Ukrainian and Russian leaders are still Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church being widow’s mite in the Bible. He also stated regime that sought to enslave and to elimi- using the criminalized energy business in built in Kyiv, Ukraine. that much has been said about his prede- nate their very hearts and souls, leaving order to enrich themselves. With a capacity audience of parish- cessors, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky them bereft of religion and God. As the U.S. investigation of Mr. ioners and faithful attending, the event was and Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, and not enough Fortunately this did not happen, he contin- Lazarenko continued, the Ukrainian opened by master of ceremonies Vasyl about his immediate predecessor Cardinal ued. Procurator General’s Office announced in Kolodchin, world head of the Ukrainian In Ukraine progress toward democracy February 2002 that it was charging him Patriarchal Society, who greeted the gath- Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky. The late has been slow, even with some regression. with ordering the killings of two Ukrainian ering. Cardinal Lubachivsky, he said, the bridge The cardinal underscored that it is our duty officials, Vadym Hetman, the former head The clergy were ushered in, and then from the dark era of communism to the of the National Bank of Ukraine, and Cardinal Husar entered to thunderous 1989 reemergence of the Ukrainian Greek- to support the Ukrainian people and rein- Yevhen Scherban, a member of Parliament. applause. St. Josaphat’s Choir, directed by Catholic Church from the underground, force their positive endeavors. The strength According to prosecutors, Mr. Lazarenko Maestro Volodymyr Shesluk sang the had a very important role in bringing our of the nation depends on its individuals had paid a criminal gang close to $1 million “Patriarchal Hymn,” and the Very Rev. Particular Church into its own in the newly and internal unity. to kill the two men. But, unfortunately, the Salkowski delivered the official welcome. independent and democratic Ukrainian As to the building of the sobor, Cardinal men who were alleged to have done the Next, elementary school children republic (1991). Husar said its completion is expected in actual killings themselves had since died, Larissa Woryk and Alexander Taha wel- A Sobor Committee was formed in about a year and a half to two years. He and so the only person left in the prosecu- comed the honored guest with the tradi- Kyiv to provide technical and financial aid encouraged all who have Internet access to tion’s case was the driver of one of the tional bread and salt, and high school stu- to the project, whose theme is “Sanctity of observe the daily progress of the sobor’s deceased suspects. He was tried and sen- dents Khrystyna Ignativ and Volodymyr a United Nation.” Cardinal Husar empha- construction at (www.kyivpatriarchalso- tenced last month. Pasishnyk presented him with flowers sized that the building of the Sobor of the bor.org/ukr/develop), to interact with it by Shortly after Mr. Lazarenko’s arrest, on while everyone spontaneously and whole- Holy Resurrection in Kyiv will reflect this offering suggestions and to come for its June 19, 1999, a man who worked for him heartedly sang “Mnohaya Lita.” symbol of unity in faith, and a return to dedication. for many years in Dnipropetrovsk when Before the dinner the Rev. John Lazar, Christianity’s original roots in Ukraine. As After the Patriarchal address, the Very Mr. Lazarenko was the oblast chairman Pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help such, it will be a cathedral for all Rev. Salkowski thanked the Patriarch for and later was an adviser when his boss Parish in Dearborn, Mich., gave the invo- Ukrainians in Ukraine as well as in the his informative and insightful speech. became prime minister, Petro Kirichenko, cational prayer and the choir sang “Our global diaspora, he continued. It will not Then the Very Rev. Daniel Schaicoski, was also arrested in California. Mr. Father.” After dinner the master of cere- be a parish unto itself, but will also serve OSBM, pastor of Immaculate Conception Kirichenko was widely suspected of being monies introduced the guests seated at the as a gathering place for Ukrainians who Church in Hamtramck, Mich., offered the the “bag man” for Mr. Lazarenko. It was head table-parish priests of the Detroit belong to the eight other parishes in Kyiv. benediction. allegedly Mr. Kirichenko who set up the Deanery. At the conclusion of the dinner This Sobor community will be an informa- The Detroit Deanery Banquet different offshore shell companies and Dr. Mark Farion played the bandura and tional center for the Patriarchal Society and Committee was composed of 33 people numerous coded bank accounts for him. sang three dumas/cantatas. the Sobor Committee, and a centerpiece of who worked diligently and effectively to According to informed sources, Mr. Mr. Kolodchin welcomed Patriarch the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. It produce this event. Committee co-chair- Kirichenko knew everything that was tak- Lubomyr and spoke of the sobor (cathe- presents an opportunity for Kyiv and the men were – the Very Rev. Salkowski and ing place in the conspiracy. dral) in Kyiv and how important it is to eastern regions of Ukraine to get to know Mr. Kolodchin; other members were Roma Mr. Kirichenko, like his employer, was support its construction. Then the Very the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. Dyhdalo, secretary; Myron Woronowycz, a high roller and had purchased an exclu- Rev. Volodymyr Petriv, pastor of St. John In the past, eastern Ukrainians had been treasurer; Eugene Repeta, finance; Lida sive oceanside home close to Mr. the Baptist Parish in Detroit, Mich., intro- convinced by the ruling authorities that the Wroblewski, banquet program; Lida Lazarenko’s in Marin County, Calif., for duced Cardinal Husar with words of wel- Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church was full Jachnycki, public relations; Dr. Paul Dzul, $10 million (cash). Mr. Lazarenko himself come. He emphasized the importance of of evil people – bandits and murderers – audit; and Volodymyr Dyhdalo, decor. owned comedian Eddie Murphy’s former the Sobor project and how it will benefit and warned not to associate with them. A total of $200,000 was raised – a truly mansion, which he bought for $6.75 mil- the reemerging Church in Ukraine. They are now seeing for themselves how great and generous gift to Ukraine’s Holy lion. After a few months in prison, Mr. On this Sunday, the Feast of the Holy false these representations were. Present- Resurrection Sobor project from the Kirichenko decided to cooperate with the (Nicea) Fathers of the Church, Cardinal day civil authorities have, in general, Detroit area Ukrainian Catholic faithful. prosecution and was released. And while the nature and extent of Mr. Kirichenko’s cooperation has not been made public, many suspect that it is damaging to many high-level officials in Kyiv, including the president. It remains to be seen whether President Kuchma and others will allow Mr. Lazarenko’s lawyers or investigators from the U.S. Attorney’s Office to interrogate them. One, former Prime Minister Pustovoitenko, who at the time of Mr. Lazarenko’s tenure as prime minister was in the Cabinet of Minister’s and allegedly knew all the details of what went on, has already stated that he will not talk to the visitors from the United States. The presi- dent’s office had not made a decision on whether the president would answer any questions by the time this article went to print. Altogether, there are some 50 wit- nesses on the list of those to be questioned. One of the issues to be resolved by the investigation is whether Mr. Lazarenko acted alone in all instances or conducted any of his activities at the behest of others. The trial of Mr. Lazarenko is scheduled to begin on August 18. Barring any further The Detroit Deanery Committee for the Building of the Patriarchal Cathedral (Sobor) in Kyiv: (seated, from left, are Lida delays, testimony will begin on that day Jachnycki, Roma Dyhdalo, Vasyl Kolodchin, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the Very Rev. Dean Basil Salkowski, Myron which might shed a great deal of light on Woronowycz, Eugene Repeta, (first row, standing) Lubomyr Lypeckyj, Dr. Paul Dzul, Lida Kazewych, Lida Kolodchin, illegal activities in Kyiv and the role, if Wolodymyr Dyhdalo, Lubomyr Hewko, Adrian Bluj, Stefan Fedenko, Ivan Fedoriv, Julianna Maziak, (second row, stand- any, played by Ukraine’s political elite in ing) Jaroslav Duzyj, Wolodymyr Lewenetz, Dr. Alexander Serafyn, Dr. Bohdan Zarewych, Zenon Wasylkewych, Zirka those transactions. Zubar, Irena Pryjma, Olga Soiovey, Dr. Mykola Hryhorczuk and the Very Rev. Daniel Schaicoski. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32

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Boxing Track and field thing to prove,” Bernstein said. also determined who qualified for the 2004 “Lewis is a great champion,” Vitalii Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. • Former World Boxing Organization Klitschko said in a statement from Six Ukrainians – three from the men’s • Ukraine’s Oleksii Lukashevych took heavyweight champion Volodymyr Hamburg, Germany. “But I have the feel- recurve team and three from the women’s first place in the men’s long jump at the Klitschko is scheduled to fight on August ing that he realizes how tough the fight recurve team – qualified for the 2004 Norwich Union Super Grand Prix in 30 in Munich, Germany, against Fabio Moli against me really was, and how difficult Olympics by reaching the final eight of Gateshead, England, on July 13. of Argentina. The fight will be the first for the rematch will be.” competition. Ukraine’s individual com- Lukashevych jumped 8.19 meters to beat Klitschko since his loss to Corrie Sanders of Vitalii Klitschko has been talking petitors failed to qualify for the upcom- Savante Stringfellow of the United States, South Africa on March 8. Klitschko, 27, about a rematch with heavyweight cham- ing summer games in Greece. who took second place with a jump of 8.10 has 40 wins and two losses while the 34- pion Lewis since a June 21 bout between In the women’s individual recurve meters. Kevin Dilworth of the United year-old Moli has 29 wins and two losses. the two fighters was stopped at the end of competition Ukrainian Kateryna Palekha States jumped 8.09 meters and took third “We decided on Moli because he is a the sixth round. Lewis won the fight by took seventh place, while South Korea’s place in the event. big, hard-hitting man,” Klitschko’s pro- technical knockout. “I am ready for the Mi-Jin Yun took the gold medal. South Ukraine’s Olena Pastushenko took eighth moter Klaus-Peter Kohl said on July 17, rematch that boxing fans around the Korean teammates Sung-Hyun Park and place in the women’s 100-meter event at the according to the Associated Press. world want to see,” Klitschko said in a Huyn-Jung Lee took second and third Norwich Union Super Grand Prix, finishing “Volodymyr needs a challenge to regain separate statement on July 23. places, respectively. Ukrainians Yulia the race in 11.75 seconds. Torri Edwards of his confidence in the ring.” Klitschko received 60 stitches to close Lobzhenidze and Tetiana Dorokhova took the United States took first place with a Meanwhile, Vitalii Klitschko was four separate cuts and healed in what 11th and 16th places, respectively. Natalia time of 11.46, and Debbie Ferguson of the cleared to box by an independent medical many in the boxing world have called Burdeina of Ukraine finished in a some- Bahamas took second place with a time of expert on July 22, The New York Times remarkably quick fashion. what disappointing 31st place. 11.48. Russia’s Marina Kislova took third reported recently. His June 21 fight with “The skin is absolutely inconspicuous,” Oleksander Serdiuk of Ukraine finished place with a time of 11.63. World Boxing Council heavyweight cham- Dr. Volker Steinkraus, a dermatologist, in 13th place in the men’s individual Ukraine’s Anzhela Balakhonova took pion Lennox Lewis was stopped after a was quoted by The New York Times as recurve competition, while teammates Ihor seventh place in the women’s pole vault, doctor ruled that a cut over Klitschko’s left saying after he examined Klitschko in Parkhomenko and Viktor Ruban finished in clearing a height of 4.15 meters. Russia’s eye obscured the boxer’s vision. Hamburg, Germany. “There is definitely 19th and 45th places, respectively. Italy’s Yelena Isinbayeva won the event and set The decision to clear the elder Klitschko no higher risk for a future injury than there Michele Frangilli won the event, and South a women’s outdoor world record with her makes the possibility of a rematch with was before the fight,” the doctor said. Korea’s Hyun Dong took second place. vault of 4.82 meters. Russians Svetlana Lewis strong. However, The Times report- The New York Times also reported that Australia’s David Barnes rounded out the Feofanova and Yelena Belyakova took ed on August 5 that Lewis passed up a Vitalii Klitschko said he would visit a spe- medal winners with his third-place finish. second and third places, respectively, both lucrative December 6 rematch, although cialist of Lewis’s choosing so that he could Ukraine took eighth place in the men’s jumping 4.54 meters. the possibility of a rematch between Lewis get another shot at the heavyweight title. team recurve competition, filling the final Swimming and Klitschko has not been ruled out and Lewis, who had earlier expressed qualification spot for the 2004 Summer could happen in 2004. interest in fighting Roy Jones Jr., told a Olympic Games. Powerhouse South • Ukraine finished ninth in the overall “Lennox is taking a good, long, hard group of reporters on July 3 that he was Korea won the event, while Sweden took medal total at the 10th Federation look at his career,” Lewis’s lawyer, Judd “opting for a rematch.” second place and Italy took third. Archery Internationale de Natation (FINA) World Bernstein said on August 4, according to In the women’s team recurve competi- Championships in Barcelona, Spain. The The New York Times. “He’s not ready to tion Ukraine earned a bronze medal, while championships, held on July 12-27, begin training and felt it was unfair for • More than 580 archers from 80 coun- South Korea took gold and Japan silver. included competition in five sports – everyone to hang on to that date.” tries gathered in New York City on July In an interesting sidenote, the first swimming, diving, water polo, synchro- Rumors have also circulated that 14-20 to compete in the 42nd World world championships in outdoor target nized swimming and open water swim- Lewis, 37, is considering retirement. Outdoor Target Archery Championships. archery date back to 1931 and were held ming. Ukraine won seven medals – two “Lennox feels at this point he doesn’t The finals were held in Central Park and in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, need the money and doesn’t have any- decided eight world titles. The competition which at the time was under Polish rule. 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THE NEWS FROM HERE

Who knew that varenyky, a.k.a. “pierogies,” would become so popular among non-Ukrainians, or that they would spur a festival? That’s exactly what happened in the Flordia city of North Port, at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center. Another Ukrainian religious community Ukrainian Baptists, also has made North Port its home. Both congregations are the focus of this install- ment of “The News from Here.” NORTH PORT, Fla.: “Rolling in Dough” From October through April parishioners are “Rolling in Dough,” according to the Venice Herald-Tribune’s Sharyn Lonsdale. Parishioners of the center, which is headed by Roman Maluk, make about 1,200 pierogies every Friday. The pierogies, along with other traditional Ukrainian foods, are served at the weekly Ukrainian dinners, a 30-year-old tradition. Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians alike partake of the home-cooked meals. One dedicated parishioner, Dr. Wolodymir Korol, 81, affectionately known as the “Doughmaster,” began making pierogies at St. Andrew’s 17 years ago. Dr. Korol comes in every Friday around 6:30 a.m., and by the time his day is finished he has made 60 pounds of dough. Because of the description in the Venice Herald- At the Easter Bazaar at St. Andrew’s are: (from left) Lida Bilous, Slava Maluk, Vira Bodnaruk and Halyna Korol. Tribune of the Ukrainian dishes served at the weekly dinners at St. Andrew’s, many people attended their NORTH PORT, Fla.: Ukrainian Baptists find a home Vasylkiw, director of the 19-member male choir of the First Easter Bazaar on April 11-12. The paska sold out so Ukrainian Baptist Church of Philadelphia then directed quickly that special orders had to be placed for those St. Andrew’s is not the only Ukrainian Church in North them in their song. The prior day, the choir held a concert in who wished to purchase the Ukrainian bread. Port currently in the news. Recently, the Ukrainian Baptists which they sang religious and other songs at St. Andrew’s Pierogies’ growing popularity is also reflected in how of southwest Florida finally held a liturgy in their own Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center in North Port. many people purchase them now. Prepared pierogies church. Until July 6 of this year the Baptists rented a Dr. Kovalchuk then gave a homily after congratulat- can be heated up quickly and easily, and they appeal to Lutheran church for their services. ing the congregation on acquiring their own church. He all ages. At a store in Sarasota, Fla., owner Alla As reported by Atanas T. Kobryn from the North Port also spoke about Ukrainian Baptist communities all over Shifman says that more pierogies are sold every year. Sun-Herald, Dr. Ivan Kovalchuk, president of the the country, and invited everyone to Sacramento, Calif., Pierogies even have a festival named after them in Association of Ukrainian Christian Baptists in the United for the All-American Convention of Ukrainian Christian Whiting, Ind., where the first Pierogi Festival was held States, and two local pastors, Mychaylo Jakubovych and Baptists, which was held in late July. in 1995, the Herald Tribune reported. Gayle Kosalko, Volodymyr Savchuk, dedicated the church with a ribbon- Mr. Kobryn’s report on the new addition to the commu- executive director of the Whiting-Robertsdale Chamber cutting ceremony and a church service on July 6. nity appeared in his regular column for the Sun-Herald, of Commerce, helped plan the first festival, is responsi- Pastor Jakubovych opened the service with a prayer. “Our Neighbors – The Ukrainians.” ble for creating the festival’s mascot, “Mr. Pierogi,” and Following that, the choir of the Ukrainian Baptist Church of writes the songs that he sings with The Pieroguettes. North Port, directed by Pastor Savchuk sang. Lyubov – compiled by Roxolana Woloszyn 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32 Plasfs Vovcha Tropa campground celebrates 50th anniversary by Andrea Roman EAST CHATHAM, N.Y.- Over 1,000 people were on hand on Friday through Sunday, July 18-20, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the largest Plast campground in the United States, Vovcha Tropa (Wolf's Trek), with visitors, young and old(er) - oftentimes representing several genera­ tions of families - coming from as far way as Arizona, California, Texas, Illinois and Virginia. They came, as noted by George Huk, "to revisit their youth and to see the continuity since the first camp held here in 1953." Mr. Huk, who for the past 10 years has head­ ed the Regional Camp Committee that runs Vovcha Tropa, located in East Chathan1, N.Y., added that he had attended his first Plast camp at Vovcha Tropa in 1955 at the age of 7. Opening ceremonies of the jubilee event were held on Saturday ITIorning with a special assembly on the catnp's main field and a brief prograITI depicting calup li f "'sent­ ed by the more than 400 Plast youths then particlt- ... dOg in various can1ps at Vovcha Tropa. Greetings were extended from the Plast leadership by Chief Scout Dr. Lubomyr Romankiw, Slava Rubel of the World Plast Bulava and Ihor Mykyta of the U.S. National Plast Command. The celebration - staged by a special comn1ittee led by Sonia Slobodian Bokalo that encompassed adult lnembers of diverse fraternities and sororities of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization - had actually begun on Friday. Some guests arrived early to participate in a golf tournament Counselors for novachky perform a dance to their camp theme during the bonfire on Saturday night. benefiting Vovcha Tropa. Later that day an evening of song spotlighted old Plast favorites, as well as skits from past decades. A dance under the stars followed to the music of Luna, whose members are no strangers to Vovcha Tropa, having camped here in their younger days. A photo exhibit prepared by Petro Bokalo was on view throughout the weekend, highlighting some of the camp­ ground's illustrious history. Plaques representing each camp held here were displayed in tents erected near the camps for novaky and novachky (cub scouts age 6-11), and yunaky and I yunachky (scouts age 11-17), and visitors were asked to sign in on plaques bealing the einbleins of the camps they attended.

The Saturday program also included a children's carnival, II friendly gaInes of volleyball and a guided tour that offered a view of Vovcha Tropa past and present. One of the favorite stops on the tour was the site of the old barn that once housed j campers; viewing photos of the bam where it once stonrl, visi- tors could revel in the memories of camp life in prior ies. I

On the agenda for Saturday evening was a jubilee LJonfire I

whose theIne was Vovcha Tropa then and now. Participants J of camps for novatstvo and yunatstvo - this year directed by Tania Harasewych, Danylo Liteplo, Christine Baranetsky,

Peter Steciuk and Stefan Stawnychy - all perforn1ed, as did I a nUlnber offonner campers. j

All in all, the weekend theIne was reunion. Visitors were j asked to share their lnemories of adventures and friendships J at Vovcha Tropa by writing them down in a scrapbook placed at the registration table. Overheard were many con­ versations among former campers recognizing each other Members of the yunak camp keep the rhythm during a performance by fellow campers. from past years and reminiscing about old times, as well asl

Novaky, and novachky form a "SO" to commemorate Vovcha Tropa's anniversary during a performance on the campground's main field.

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them Canada the United States, Belgium Ukrainian AN-124... and France, to support the ruling. (Continued from page 1) Meanwhile, Ukraine has appealed the Irondequoit-Poltava sister cities solution in the question of the release of decision of the Stockholm Arbitration the AN-124,” explained Mr. Horkov dur- Court. In the appeal the SPF is protesting ing a regular briefing at the Ministry of the large award given to the Cypriot firm organizationby Anne Kornylo continuesaffairs deeply its personal mission for people Foreign Affairs. and claiming that TMR Energy had the around the world on the community right to no more than $500,000 in losses. ROCHESTER, N.Y. – For almost On May 30, 2002, a Swedish court and personal levels. The owner and builder of the AN-1274 100 years, the town of Irondequoit, a decided that Ukraine must repay a Since its inception, the organization Ruslan, the Antonov Design Bureau of suburb of Rochester, N.Y. has been Cyprus-registered firm, TMR Energy Ltd., has had remarkable success imple- Dnipropetrovsk, has challenged the home to a large number of residents of just over $42 million for violations of pro- menting its mission statement. Some of Ukrainian descent. For this reason, Canadian decision, arguing that, while its noteworthy projects have included: visions in the statutory agreement between when Ukraine declared its independ- wholly owned by the Ukrainian govern- shipping over $75,000 in humanitarian the Cypriot company and Ukraine’s State ence in 1991, Irondequoit Town ment, it is a separate entity and cannot be aid to Poltava for hospitals, sponsoring Property Fund (SPF), both of which held a Supervisor Fred Lapple, with the unan- linked to liabilities of the government in several Poltava delegations for cultural 50 percent stake in the Lysychansk Oil imous support of the Town Council, general or the SPF in particular. exchanges, coordinating pen pal Refinery in Luhansk. The Swedish court approved the establishment of a sister The seizure of the plane immediately exchange programs with local high sided with TMR Energy which stated that cities relationship between Irondequoit provoked a diplomatic tussle, with schools, sponsoring community educa- the company should recoup modernization and a city in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs call- tion sessions and weekly television costs after the SPF failed to include TMR Tamara Denysenko, a Ukrainian ing on July 15 for Ukrainian airlines not to programming, holding book drives and Energy in incorporation documents. community activist, General fly to any points in the four countries that shipping books to schools in Poltava The civil suit was resolved in a Manager/CEO of the Rochester had accepted the Swedish court decision. and sponsoring foster parent programs. Swedish court because TMR had pur- Ukrainian Federal Credit Union and a On July 23 Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs In addition, the organization co- chased its interest in the Lysychansk long time Irondequoit resident, assisted Minister Anatolii Zlenko went so far as sponsored with the Irondequoit Rotary refinery from a Swedish firm in 1993. by other members of the community to send a diplomatic note to the Swedish a pacemaker project to save a child’s Canadian authorities detained the plane, spearheaded the effort to establish a Embassy in Kyiv requesting diplomatic life, provided annual scholarships for capable of carrying 120 tons of cargo and relationship with a city in Ukraine. She resolution of the issue, He also wrote a Irondequoit high school students, also known as the Condor, on June 26, of helped to cement such a relationship personal letter to Canadian Ambassador sponsored a youth tournament between this year a week after it had landed at a mil- with the historic city of Poltava in in Ukraine William Graham. In addition, the Irondequoit and Poltava soccer itary airbase in Goose Bay, Newfoundland, 1992 and served as president of the Mr. Zlenko ordered his ambassadors in teams, formed a partnership with the on a scheduled flight to deliver a shipment Irondequoit-Poltava committee for 10 the four countries that have accepted the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund of goods to an Italian Air Force unit train- years. The initial membership was Swedish court ruling to watch that no (CCRF) to fund the neonatal unit at the ing there. The aircraft was being utilized by small but stalwart and consisted of property owned by the Ukrainian state on Poltava Maternity Hospital and most a British transport concern. members of Ukrainian heritage, as well these territories was confiscated. recently spearheaded the formation of The Canadian government claims that as members from the Irondequoit com- The Ukrainian press has reported that the Ukrainian American sports club it acted after the Federal Court of Canada munity who wanted to see an interna- Canada will soon sell the large Ukrainian Poltava. acknowledged and upheld the Swedish tional program build bridges of under- aircraft. While not refuting that it may Over the years, various people standing at the grass roots level. court decision, which then gave the eventually put the aircraft up for auction, showed their generous support of the The committee’s mission as part of Canadian government the right to confis- the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv stated on organization’s goals – among them the international sister cities program is cate Ukrainian property on Canadian ter- July 31 that such an action could only State Sen. James Alesi, who helped to strengthen partnerships between the ritory. After the Swedish court decision, take place on the basis of a Federal Court secure grants for the organization for United States and the international TMR Energy had initiated proceedings in decision and after all appeals had been the past several years. The Rev. community by promoting cultural the courts of several countries, among exhausted. Richard C. Kinsky, a retired priest understanding and by stimulating eco- from Christ the King Roman Catholic nomic development in both countries. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY The intent is to make international Visit our archive on theT InternetU at:W http://www.ukrweekly.com/ (Continued on page 20) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32

á ‚ÓÎ¥ ÇÒÂ‚Ë¯Ì¸Ó„Ó ‰Ìfl 7 ˜Âð‚Ìfl 2003 ð. ‚ ̇ÒÎ¥‰ÓÍ Crimean Tatar language? Ì¢‡ÒÎË‚Ó„Ó ÛÔ‡‰ÍÛ ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇ 90-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl Mustafa Jemilev... There are a lot of other problems, ̇ȉÓðÓʘËÈ åìÜ, íÄíäé, Ñìëúé ¥ èêÄ-Ñìëúé (Continued from page 2) including restoring education in our lan- ·Î. Ô. live in other countries of the former guage. At present, only about 10 percent Soviet Union. They have not yet been of Crimean Tatar schoolchildren can able to return. Most of them live in study at schools in their native language. ¥ÌÊ. ÇéãéÑàåàê Central Asia, especially in Uzbekistan. But 90 percent of schoolchildren have to They have not yet been able to return go to Russian schools. A complete [lin- ÑÖãúäÖÇàó mostly because of social reasons. But guistic] Russification is going on. also there are some legal obstacles to giv- Russification is even faster than in the places of deportation. If we are doomed ÍÓÎË¯Ì¥È ¥ÌÊÂÌÂð Û ã¸‚Ó‚¥, åÓÒÚ‡ı ÇÂÎËÍËı, ‡ ÔðË·Û‚¯Ë ‰Ó ÄÏÂðËÍË Ôð‡ˆ˛‚‡‚ ing up the right to residence in Uzbekistan and to obtaining Crimean res- to lose our identity on our land and to Û ◊State of NY Monroe County i Pure Waters“. ÅÛ‚ ÚÂÊ ‰Ó‚„¥ ðÓÍË ‰ËðÂÍÚÓðÓÏ become Russians, why did we come back idence permits. But the main thing is that ¥ ÔÓÁ˘ÍÓ‚ËÏ ˜ËÌÓ‚ÌËÍÓÏ ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸Í¥È äð‰ËÚÓ‚¥È ëԥΈ¥ ‚ êÓ˜ÂÒÚÂð¥, ç.â. and become victims of our struggle? there are financial possibilities [for Ç ·ÂÁÏÂÊÌÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ Á‡Î˯ÂÌ¥: returning to Crimea]. And there is no Is Ukrainian President Leonid doubt that nearly 90 percent of Crimean Kuchma favorably inclined toward the ‰ðÛÊË̇ – ãûÅÄ Á ‰ÓÏÛ ÇÖçÉêàçéÇàó Tatars living in Uzbekistan want to come ‰Ó̸ÍË – çÖéçßãü (çéçÄ) äêÄÇë Crimean Tatars? – ÄÑêßüççÄ Á ÏÛÊÂÏ ÅéÉÑÄçéå back. Apart from the problem of coming ‚ÌÛÍË – êéåÄç äêÄÇë Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ íÄåÄêéû back, there is a problem of [reuniting] Kuchma is a person who considers the ¥ ÒËÌÓÏ äÄëßüçéå with their families. Most Crimean Tatars distribution of political forces in the – ÄÑêßüç Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ éäëÄçéû ¥ ‰ÓÌflÏË living in Central Asia have relatives in country. If he sees that there are more åÄ∏û ¥ íÄãÖû the Crimea. That’s why the question of supporters of not resolving a given prob- – çÄÑü ÄÑÄåë their returning is only a question of time. lem, he tries to distance himself from that ÍÛÁËÌË – ãûÅÄ ãÖÇàñúäÄ ‚ åÓÌð‡Υ As for the government of Ukraine, it’s problem. But we should give him credit – ÇéãéÑàåàê ãÖÇàñúäàâ ‚ ãÂÍҥ̣ÚÓÌ¥ a pity Ukraine is the only country that for his positive attitude. He visits Crimea ðÓ‰ËÌË Û ã¸‚Ó‚¥ ¥ èÓθ˘¥. gives money from its budget to solve regularly, meets the Mejlis of the some of our social problems. We have of Crimean Tatars, listens to our problems è é Ñ ü ä Ä course some complaints about how much and gives corresponding orders. But as a ñ¥π˛ ‰ÓðÓ„Ó˛ ÒÍ·‰‡πÏÓ ˘ËðÛ ÔÓ‰flÍÛ ÇÒ¥Ï, ˘Ó ÔðËȯÎË ‚¥‰‰‡ÚË ÓÒÚ‡ÌÌ˛ they deliver, but nevertheless Ukraine rule, these orders are not implemented; ÔðËÒÎÛ„Û èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓÏÛ ¥ ‚¥‰Ôð‡‚ËÚË âÓ„Ó Ì‡ ‚¥˜ÌËÈ ÒÔÓ˜ËÌÓÍ. takes some measures. And every year a they are sabotaged. certain amount of [financial] means [for ÑflÍÛπÏÓ Á‡ Û˜‡ÒÚ¸ ‚ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌËı ‚¥‰Ôð‡‚‡ı, Á‡ ëÎÛÊ·Ë ÅÓÊ¥, Á‡ ÓÒÓ·ËÒÚ¥, What is the situation in the villages? ÚÂÎÂÙÓ-Ì¥˜Ì¥ ÒÔ¥‚˜ÛÚÚfl, Í‚¥ÚË Ú‡ ÔÓÊÂðÚ‚Ë ‚ ԇϒflÚ¸ èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓ„Ó. our problem] is planned and put in their ëÍ·‰‡πÏÓ ˘ËðÛ ÔÓ‰flÍÛ Ó. Ô‡ðÓıÓ‚¥ äËðËÎÓ‚¥ Ä̉ÊÂÎÓ‚ Á‡ ‚¥‰‚¥‰ËÌË èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓ„Ó budget. We have also some demands in Do they have adequate funding and ‚ ¯ÔËڇΥ Ú‡ Û‰¥ÎÂÌÌfl ë‚. í‡ÈÌ ‚ ˜‡Ò¥ âÓ„Ó ÚflÊÍÓ„Ó ·Óβ, flÍ Ú‡ÍÓÊ Á‡ ‚¥‰Ôð‡‚Ë ¥ deciding our rights, on defining the representation? ÔðÓ˘‡Î¸Ì¥ ÒÎÓ‚‡ Ô¥‰ ˜‡Ò ëÎÛÊ·Ë ÅÓÊÓª. [legal] status of the Crimean Tatars. ëÂð‰Â˜Ì‡ ÔÓ‰fl͇ ÔðËflÚÂ΂¥ ‰Ó‚„Ëı ðÓÍ¥‚ ÇËÒÓÍÓÔðÂÔÓ‰Ó·ÌÓÏÛ. Ó. ÔðÓÚÓ¥„ÛÏÂ- The situation here is like this. When ÌÓ‚¥ ÓÓ. LJÒËÎ¥flÌ – Ó. ÑÓϥ̥ÍÓ‚¥ ëÚ‡ðÂÔð‡‚Ó Á‡ Ôð˪Á‰ ‰Ó êÓ˜ÂÒÚÂðÛ ¥ ‚¥‰Ôð‡‚Û What demands are the Crimean we started coming back to our native ëÎÛÊ·Ë ÅÓÊÓª ‚ ˆÂðÍ‚¥ Ò‚. âÓÒ‡Ù‡Ú‡ Ú‡ è‡Ì‡ıË‰Û Ì‡‰ „ðÓ·ÓÏ ÔÓÍ. ÇÓÎÓ‰ËÏËð‡, Á Ó. Tatars making to broaden their civil land, we didn’t ask for our former houses Ô‡ðÓıÓÏ äËðËÎÓÏ Ä̉ÊÂÎÓ‚. rights? back. We only asked them to give us èÓ‰flÍÛ ÒÂð‰Â˜ÌÛ ‚ËÒÎӂβπÏÓ Ì‡¯ËÏ ÔðËflÚÂÎflÏ Á ·ÎËʘËı ¥ ‰‡Î¸¯Ëı some land for us to build houses there. ϥ҈‚ÓÒ-ÚÂÈ Ô. ч𥪠¥ ÒËÌÓ‚¥ ÄÎÂÍ҇̉ðÓ‚¥ í˯ӂÌˈ¸ÍËÏ Á‡ Ôð˪Á‰, ˘Ó· The problems of the Crimean Tatars can But the authorities rejected that request ÔÓÔðÓ˘‡ÚË Ì‡ ‚¥˜ÌËÈ ÒÔÓ˜ËÌÓÍ èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓ„Ó, flÍ ÚÂÊ Ô. 뇂˜‡Í ¥ ‰ÓÌ¥ å‡ðÚ¥ äð‡‚Ò Á be divided into two parts: legal problems – for different reasons, either because the äÎ¥‚ÎẨÛ, ðÓ‰ËÌ¥ Farias, Á 縲 ÑÊÂðÁ¥, Ô. ç. ¢Ûð‡Ì ¥ ïðËÒÚ¥ ÇẬθӂҸͥÈ, Ô. this means consolidation of all legal rights land belonged to collective farms or ßÒ͇ÎÓ Á ŇهÎÓ. – and social problems. The most important something else is planned to be done ÑflÍÛπÏÓ ÚËÏ, ˘Ó ÌÂÒÎË ÚðÛÌÛ, flÍ ÚÂÊ ‚·ÒÌËÍÓ‚¥ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌÓ„Ó Á‡‚‰ÂÌÌfl ◊Paul there. But at the same time, they began Harris“ Á‡ ‚Á¥ðˆÂ‚ ÔÂð‚‰ÂÌÌfl ÔÓıÓðÓÌÛ. of our legal demands is for us not to be 燯‡ ˘Ëð‡ ÔÓ‰fl͇ Ô. êÓχÌÓ‚¥ äÛˆ¥Î‚¥ Á‡ ÚÂÔÎ¥ ÒÎÓ‚‡ ÔðÓ èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓ„Ó Ô¥‰ ˜‡Ò considered as a national minority in the mass propaganda among Crimea’s ÚðËÁÌË, flÍ ð¥‚ÌÓÊ Á‡ ˘Â‰ðËÈ ‰‡ð ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸Í¥È äð‰ËÚÓ‚¥È ëԥΈ¥ ‰Îfl ‰¥ÚÂÈ óÓðÌÓ·Ë- territory of Ukraine, when there are some Russian inhabitants, encouraging them to Îfl ¥ Í‚¥ÚË. Ç¥‰ ðÓ‰ËÌË ÒÍ·ÎË ÔÓ‰flÍÛ ‰Ó̸ÍË çÂÓÌ¥Îfl, ĉð¥flÌ̇ ¥ ‚ÌÛÍ êÓÏ‡Ì . 150,000 to 160,000 Crimean Tatars in lay claim to land for dachas or orchards, Ukraine. We want Crimean Tatars to be and there was open propaganda to take Ç Ô‡Ï’flÚ¸ ¥ÌÊ. ÇÓÎÓ‰ËÏËð‡ ÑÂθÍ‚˘‡ ÔÓÊÂðÚ‚Ë ÁÎÓÊËÎË: recognized as indigenous to our land with possession of the land as soon as possible or the Crimean Tatars would return and if çÄ ëÖåßçÄêßû Ç ÅêÄáàãß∫: all ensuing consequences. 300 ‰ÓÎ. ã˛·‡ ÑÂθÍ‚˘; Firstly, the recognition of the Crimean you didn’t take the land, the Tatars would ÔÓ 150 çÂÓÌ¥Îfl äð‡‚Ò, ĉð¥flÌ̇ ÑÂθÍ‚˘, Studio Inc. Kraus/LÂFevre; Tatar language as the official language on take it, and Crimea could belong to the ÔÓ 100 ÇÓÎÓ‰ËÏËð ã‚ˈ¸ÍËÈ, ‰-ð ß„Óð ¥ ÄðÂÚ‡ á‡ı‡ð¥È, êÓÏ‡Ì ¥ í. äð‡‚Ò, the territory of the autonomous republic. Tatars. There were even appeals to invite Mr. and Mrs. Farias; And we want adequate representation in relatives, friends from Russia, in order to ÔÓ 50 ëÚ. ¥ éðÂÒÚ è‡‚Îӂ˘, á. ¢Ûð‡Ì. the structure of representative and execu- occupy this land quickly. tive power in the Crimean Autonomous As a result, we had serious collisions çÄ ëàêßí Ç ìäêÄ∫çß: Republic. This can be achieved by intro- with the state. Sometimes there was vio- 300 ‰ÓÎ. ã˛·‡ ÑÂθÍ‚˘; ducing a quota at least proportional to lence and even bloodshed, but neverthe- 100 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grad; our numbers, or giving Crimean Tatar less Crimean Tatars took possession of ÔÓ 50 í. òÛÚÂð, ã. ã‚ˈ¸Í‡, Lynda Lamb, Heidi KotÍas; representatives a veto on questions that 90 percent of the land allocated them ÔÓ 25 ç. ¢Ûð‡Ì, ç. Ň·˛Í, Ä. óÓðÌÓ·ËÎ, å. ¥ É. íˈ¸Í¥, Lynda Danahue; because the state hadn’t enough strength ÔÓ 20 ßðË̇ åËı‡ÈβÍ, å. í. ë‚Âðˉ‡, ï. ÇẬθӂҸ͇, ï. LJ£ÂÌ·ÎÂÒ, relate directly to urgent problems of the Mr. and Mrs. Bailey; Crimean Tatars. to throw us out. Eventually, the authori- 10 é脇 ɇÌۯ‚Ҹ͇. It’s a pity that during the 12 years ties started to allocate land to the Tatars, since it became independent, Ukraine has but much of it was in places where it is çÄ ëãìÜÅà ÅéÜß: not yet passed a law on the elected par- difficult to build. And by then inflation ç. ¢Ûð‡Ì, û. Ñ. ɇÌۯ‚Ҹͥ, í. òÛÚÂð, ã˛·Ó‚ ñ„ÂθҸ͇, Ô. ëÏ¥Ú, 㥉¥fl ä‡Ò¥Ì. liament of the Crimean Tatars. had started, and many Crimean Tatars had lost their savings. That’s why many You mentioned legal issues. What Crimean Tatars did not have enough äÇßíà èêàëãÄãà: social issues are involved? Mr. and Mrs. Farias, ‰-ð ß„Óð á‡ı‡ð¥È, Ô. ï‚ÂÒËÍË, å‡ðÚ‡ äð‡‚Ò, Ô. 뇂˜‡Í ¥ ìÍð‡ªÌ- money to build, even though they Ҹ͇ äð‰ËÚÓ‚‡ ëÔ¥Î͇. received land plots. That’s why today There is also the social aspect. In any approximately 100,000 Crimean Tatars çÄ èãÄëí Ç ìäêÄ∫çß: law-based state, if something was taken have very bad housing conditions. 120 ‰ÓÎ. ã˛·‡ ÑÂθÍ‚˘; from a person, it should be given back. The budget the state gives for construc- ÔÓ 100 çÓ̇ äð‡‚Ò, ĉð¥flÌ̇ ÑÂθÍ‚˘, êÓÏ‡Ì äð‡‚Ò, å‡ðÚ‡ äð‡‚Ò; We understand the situation. We are not tion is very small. Many of these settle- ÔÓ 50 í. òÛÚÂð, ï. ÇẬθӂҸ͇, ì. 뇂˜‡Í, Ô. ¢‡ÎÛ„‡, ß„Óð ÉÓ¯Ó‚Ò¸ÍËÈ; saying that the authorities should give us ments are without roads, water, heating. In 30 éÍ҇̇ ãÓÌÍ‚˘; back all our houses, all our belongings. some places, there is even no electricity. It ÔÓ 25 ïðËÒÚfl äÓ‚˜, Ô. éÎÂÍÒËÌ, ã. íÂΣ‡, Ô. äÓ·‡, Ô. 臂Îӂ˘, í.å. Ň- That is impossible because other people looks like the Middle Ages. In the last few ·˛Í, ä. ãflθ͇, ì.å. Ň·˛Í. are now living in our houses, or our hous- years, Ukraine has allocated more funds to es were destroyed. What the state gives is çÄ ìäêÄ∫çëúäàâ åìáÖâ: improve conditions, but the money is only very little, but again we understand the enough for 10 percent of what is needed. ÔÓ 200 ‰ÓÎ. ã˛·‡ ÑÂθÍ‚˘, è.Ñ. ßÒ͇ÎÓ; position of the state. It cannot give 50 ÔðÓÙ. Ç.å. èÂÎ˯ÂÌÍÓ; enough. But the state should pay more Have any other countries con- ÔÓ 25 Ô. êÛÒ̇Í, Ô. ɇÌۯ‚Ҹͥ, Ô. Ňı, Ô. óÂıӂ˘; ÔÓ 20 ã. ÑÓÏ·˜Â‚Ҹ͇, Ç. Å. ť·Ì; attention to the question of land. There is a tributed help? ÔÓ 10 é. ɇÌۯ‚Ҹ͇. law according to which only people who were kolhosp members before privatiza- An international fund for the integra- çÄ ñÖêäÇì ëÇ. âéëÄîÄíÄ: tion may own land. But Crimean Tatars tion and development of Crimea was 200 ‰ÓÎ. ðÓ‰Ë̇ ÑÂθÍ‚˘ ¥ äð‡‚Ò; couldn’t be kolhosp members in Ukraine. established under the auspices of the U.N. 70 Xerox Corp. They are only just returning there. It’s a We hoped that this meant that other states çÂı‡È ÇÒÂÏÓ„Û˜ËÈ ÉÓÒÔÓ‰¸ ‚Ë̇„ÓðÓ‰ËÚ¸ ÇÒ¥ı, ıÚÓ ‚ ˜‡Ò¥ ̇¯Ó„Ó, pity the Ukrainian law doesn’t consider would participate in the discussion of this ÒÏÛÚÍÛ ¥ „Óðfl ÔðËȯÎË Ì‡Ï Á ÔÓð‡‰Ó˛ ¥ ÔÓÏ¥˜˜˛. these peculiarities, that Crimean Tatars problem, but our expectations didn’t coming back to their own land can’t get come true. This fund was created in 1994, ÑðÛÊË̇ ã˛·‡, the land of their ancestors and have to be but nearly 10 years have passed and only ‰ÓÌ¥ ç¥Îfl ¥ ĉð¥flÌ̇, hired laborers on their own land. $7.5 million was collected, most of it ‚ÌÛÍË êÓχÌ, ĉð¥flÌ ¥ 燉fl Á ðÓ‰Ë̇ÏË. contributed by Turkey. It’s a pity that we What is the present status of the didn’t get what had been expected. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 17

seconds. Australia’s Grant Hackett took third place in the women’s 50-meter but- Zhupina took seventh place in the SPORTSLINE first place with a time of 14:43.14, and terfly, finishing the race in 27.10 sec- women’s 10-meter synchronized event (Continued from page 10) Erik Vendt of the United States took third onds. Inge De Bruijn set a competition on July 13. China’s Lishi Lao and Ting gold, three silver and two bronze – in the place with a time of 15:01.28. record and took first place with a time of Li took first place, finishing with 344.58 swimming and diving competitions. The Chervynskyi took third place in the 25.84 seconds. Jenny Thompson of the points, and Australia’s Loudy Tourky United States finished first in the overall men’s 800-meter freestyle, finishing the United States took second place with a and Lynda Dackiw took second place, medal count with 31 medals, while race in 7:53.15 seconds. Australia’s Grant time of 26 seconds, while Sweden’s finishing with 323.34 points. Russia’s Australia took second place, with 26 Hackett took first place with a time of Anna-Karin Kammerling took third Evgenya Olshevskaya and Svetlana medals, and Russia took third place with 7:43.82, and Larsen Jensen of the United place, finishing in 26.06. Timoshinina took third place, finishing States took second place with a time of 21. Denys Sylantiev and Serhii Advena of with 300.12 points. The Ukrainian pair 7:48.09. The Ukrainian team of Volodymyr Ukraine took fifth and sixth places, of Leonova and Zhupina finished with Ukraine’s Serdinov took third place in Nikolaychuk, Oleh Lysohor, Andrii respectively, in the men’s 200-meter but- 269.31 points. the men’s 100-meter butterfly, finishing Serdinov and Viacheslav Shyrsov took terfly. Michael Phelps of the United Zhupina also earned fourth place in the race in 51.59 seconds. America’s Ian sixth place in the men’s 4x100-meter med- States took first place, finishing the race the women’s 10-meter platform on July Crocker took first place and set a world ley relay, finishing the race in 3 minutes in 1:54.35 seconds, while Japan’s 16, finishing the competition with 526.26 record by finishing the race in 50.98, Takashi Yamamoto took second place points. Canada’s Emilie Heymans took and 37.28 seconds. The United States took while fellow American Michael Phelps with a time of 1:55.52. Thomas Malchow first place with 597.45 points. Lishi Lao first place in the event with a world record took second place with a time of 51.10. of the United States took third place, fin- and Na Li took second and third places, time of 3:31.54. Russia took second place Oleksander Volynets of Ukraine took with a time of 3:34.72, and Japan took ishing in 1:55.66. Sylantiev finished the respectively, finishing with 595.56 and sixth place in the men’s 50-meter race in 1:56.36, while Advena clocked a third place, finishing in 3:36.12. freestyle, finishing the race in 22.40 sec- 563.43 points. Lysohor took second place in the time of 1:57.21. Zhupina took ninth place in the onds. Russian Alexander Popov set a Diving men’s 50-meter breaststroke, finishing competition record and took first place women’s 3-meter springboard event on the race in 27.74 seconds. Great Britain’s with a time of 21.92, while Pieter Van July 18, earning 505.26 points, while her James Gibson took first place with a time Den Hoogenband of the Netherlands took • Ukrainians Roman Volodkov and teammate, Olena Fedorova, took 11th of 27.56, and Hungary’s Mihaly Flaskay third place with a time of 22.29. Anton Zakharov took second place in the place and earned 502.74 points. China’s took third place, finishing in 27.29. Ukraine’s Iryna Amshennikova missed men’s 10-meter synchronized diving Jingjing Guo won the event with a score Ukraine’s Yana Klochkova took first the medal podium in the women’s 200- competition at the 10th FINA World of 617.94, and Russia’s Julia Pakhalina place in the women’s 400-meter individ- meter backstroke, finishing the race in Championships in Barcelona on July 20. took second place with 611.58 points. ual medley, finishing the race in 4 min- fourth place with a time of two minutes Australia’s Robert Newbery and Mathew China’s Minxia Wu took third place, fin- utes and 36.74 seconds. Hungary’s Eva and 10.82 seconds. Great Britain’s Katy Helm took first place with 384.60 points, ishing with a score of 589.80. Risztov took second place with a time of Sexton took first place with a time of and China’s Liang Tian and Jia Hu took Kristina Ischenko and Olena Fedorova 4:37.39, and Romania’s Beatrice 2:08.74, while Margaret Hoelzer of the third place with 367.14 points. Volodkov of Ukraine took seventh place in the Nicoleta Caslaru took third place with a United States took second place with a and Zakharov finished the competition women’s 3-meter synchronized competi- time of 4:41.86. time of 2:09.24. Russia’s Stanislava with 372.60 points. tion on July 20. The Ukrainian pair fin- Klochkova set a competition record Komarova took third place with a time of Zakharov took eighth place in the ished with a score of 287.04, while and took first place in the women’s 200- 2:10.17. men’s 10-meter platform on July 19. He China’s Wu and Guo took first place meter individual medley, finishing the Amshennikova took sixth place in the finished with 614.52 points, while with a score of 357.30. Russia’s race in 2:10.75 seconds. Australia’s Alice women’s 100-meter backstroke, finishing Canada’s Alexandre Despatie won the Pakhalina and Vera Ilyina took second Mills took second place with a time of the race in 1:1.43 seconds. Germany’s event with 716.91 points. Australia’s place, finishing with 321.24 points, and 2:12.75, and China’s Yafei Zhou took Antje Buschchulte won the race with a Mathew Helm took second place with a Mexico’s Paola Espinosa and Laura third place, finishing the race in 2:12.92. time of 1:00.50, while Denmark’s Louise score of 697.74, and China’s Liang Tian Sanchez took third place with a score of Ihor Chervynskyi of Ukraine took sec- Ornstedt and Great Britain’s Katy Sexton took third place, finishing with 696.06 299.64. ond place in the men’s 1,500-meter tied for second place, finishing in 1:00.86. points. freestyle, finishing the race in 15:1.04 Ukraine’s Natalia Khudiakova took Ukrainians Olha Leonova and Olena – Compiled by Andrew Nynka

MAKAR SUSHKO

WASYL JAREMCZUK of Lakeville, Minnesota, died on Saturday, July 19, 2003.

Dear Husband of Josefa, father of Constanze and Eugene, father-in-law of Joleen, grandfather of Ryan and Hayley, dear brother of Mariya Hrynewycz and the late Ivan and Simon Jaremczuk. March 17, 1915 – July 4, 2003 Reposed at Kozlak-Radulovich Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, July 22, Thank you for your years of dedication from 5-8 p.m. Panakhyda Prayer Service at 7 p.m. to our mission. We will miss you. Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Wednesday, July 23, at Eternal Memory! St. Constantine Ukrainian Church in Minneapolis at 9:30 a.m. The Executive Board and Members Interment followed at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OLGA RUBANETZ - DOCKET NO. 285023 OMELAN HELBIG NOTICE TO HEIRS ESTATE OF OLGA RUBANETZ, LATE OF HUDSON COUNTY

Pursuant to N.J.S. 3B:5-5.1 notice is hereby given to all heirs of Olga Rubanetz, born in the United States of America (Bridgeport, Connecticut) on October 26, 1923, and late of Hudson County, New Jersey, to exhibit to the administratrix, their claim to their shares of the decedent’s estate by the presentation of substantial credible evidence of their relationship to the decedent within 90 days of the final date of this publication by advertising same twice in the Jersey Journal, the Trenton Times and the The Ukrainian Weekly, three of the newspapers of this state, such notice to be given and advertised within twenty (20) days from the date hereof. August 28, 1938 – July 5, 2003 1. Decedent: Olga Rubanetz 100 Montgomery Street, Apt. 15G, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Thank you for your years of dedication to our mission. Your brothers in music will miss you. 2. Date of Death: July 2, 2002 Eternal Memory! 3. Administratrix: Nora L. Kallen, Esq. – Administratrix P.O. Box 7061,West Orange, NJ 07052 The Executive Board and Members Tel.: (201) 420-5994 of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32

who wrote “[t]hey [the Ukrainians] will Resolutions... tell you that many have already died of (Continued from page 1) famine and that many are dying every ian regimes.” day”; Sen. Campbell went on to quote Dr. Whereas the United States James E. Mace, the staff director of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine was congessionally created U.S. Commission formed on December 13, 1985, to con- on the Ukraine Famine, who said, “For duct a study with the goal of expanding Stalin to have completely centralized the world’s knowledge and understand- power in his hands, he found it neces- ing of the famine; sary to physically destroy the second Whereas the commission’s final report largest Soviet republic, meaning the concluded that the victims “starved to annihilation of the Ukrainian peasantry, death in a man-made famine” and that Ukrainian intelligentsia, Ukrainian lan- “Joseph Stalin and those around him committed genocide against Ukrainians guage and history as understood by the in 1932-1933”; and people; to do away with Ukraine and Whereas with the dissolution of the things Ukrainian as such. The calcula- Soviet Union, archival documents con- tion was very simple, very primitive: no firm the deliberate and premeditated people, therefore, no separate country, nature of the famine and the government and thus no problem. Such a policy is of the former Soviet Union was exposed genocide in the classic sense of the for its atrocities against the Ukrainian word.” people: Earlier this year, Rep. Levin intro- Now, therefore, be it duced a bill to erect a monument in Resolved by the House of Representa- Washington to commemorate the victims tives (the Senate concurring), That it is of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide. The the sense of Congress that: bill calls for the monument to be (1) the victims of the Soviet-engi- unveiled in 2008, in time for the 75th neered Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933 anniversary of the Famine-Genocide. be solemnly remembered on its 70th HOUSE RESOLUTION 254 anniversary; (2) the systematic violations of human H. Con. Res. 254 in the House of rights, freedom of self-determination, Representatives. and freedom of speech of the Ukrainian Expressing the sense of Congress that people by the government of the former the 70th anniversary of the 1932– 1933 Soviet Union should be condemned; ESSAY CONTEST man-made famine in Ukraine (3) information regarding the (“Holodomor”) should serve as a Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933 should reminder of the incredible suffering and be disseminated in order to expand the In celebration of the upcoming loss sustained by the Ukrainian people as world’s knowledge of this man-made a result of intentional policies imple- tragedy; and mented by the government of the former (4) on the 70th anniversary of the Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly Anniversaries Soviet Union. Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933, efforts Mr. Levin submitted the following in Ukraine should be supported to ensure concurrent resolution; which was The Ukrainian National Association initiates a project to celebrate both democratic principles, a free-market referred to the Committee on economy, and full respect for human publications’ upcoming anniversaries. International Relations. rights, thereby enabling Ukraine to CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Svoboda, 110th Anniversary, September 2003 achieve its potential as an important Expressing the sense of Congress that strategic partner in the region. The Ukrainian Weekly, 70th Anniversary, October 2003 the 70th anniversary of the 1932-1933 man-made famine in Ukraine SENATE RESOLUTION 202 (“Holodomor”) should serve as a This project invites high school seniors and college students from all our communities to participate. S. RES. 202 in the Senate of the reminder of the incred-ible suffering and United States. We feel it is important to encourage the younger sector of our community to share their feelings loss sustained by the Ukrainian people as regarding the impact the press had, has and will have on their generation. We encourage parents and Mr. Campbell submitted the following teachers to actively encourage the students to participate. a result of intentional policies imple- resolution; which was referred to the mented by the government of the former Committee on Foreign Relations. The title of the essay is: Soviet Union. RESOLUTION Whereas 2003 marks the 70th “What Role Does The Ukrainian Press Have For The Future In Our Community” Expressing the sense of the Senate anniversary of the Ukrainian forced- regarding the genocidal Ukraine Famine • First Prize – $250 Essay in the Ukrainian language. famine of 1932-1933, which resulted in of 1932-1933. $250 Essay in the English language. the deaths of at least 7 million Whereas 2003 marks the 70th Ukrainians and was covered up and offi- • Second Prize – Weekend at Soyuzivka. anniversary of the Ukraine Famine, a cially denied by the government of the man-made disaster that resulted in the Rules and regulations to participate: former Soviet Union; deaths of millions of innocent Ukrainian  Whereas the Soviet government men, women, and children and annihilat- 300-500 typed words on 8 X 11 sheets deliberately confiscated grain harvests  Ukrainian or English language ed an estimated 25 percent of the rural  and starved millions of Ukrainian men, population of that country; Each entry must be identified on the reverse side with: women and children in a policy of Typed name, address, and telephone/e-mail Whereas it has been documented that • forced collectivization that sought to large numbers of inhabitants of Ukraine Name of school and grade level student attends • destroy Ukrainian aspirations for inde- and the then largely ethnically Ukrainian • Age of student pendence; North Caucasus Territory starved to  All entries must be postmarked no later than August 31, 2003, and mailed to: Whereas the Soviet government death in the Famine of 1932-1933, which ordered the borders of Ukraine sealed to Ukrainian National Association was caused by forced collectivization prevent anyone from escaping the artifi- and grain seizures by the Soviet regime; Attention: Oksana Trytjak cial famine and preventing any interna- 2200 Route 10, P. O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Whereas the United States tional food aid from providing relief to Government’s Commission on the  3 judges will participate, judges’ decision will be final. the starving; Ukraine Famine concluded that former  Top essays will be printed in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly Whereas Canadian wheat expert Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and his asso- Andrew Cairns visited Ukraine in 1932 For more information please call Oksana Trytjak, UNA Special Projects Coordinator: 973 292-9800 X 3071 ciates committed genocide against and was told that there was no grain Ukrainians in 1932-1933, using food as a “because the government had collected political weapon to achieve the aim of so much grain and exported it to England suppressing any Ukrainian expression of and Italy,” while denying food aid to the political and cultural identity and self- people of Ukraine; determination; Attention, Students! Whereas nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s Whereas, as a result, millions of rural Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activities. rural population was eliminated due to Ukrainians starved amid some of the The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian com- the artificially induced starvation, and world’s most fertile farmland, while munity know about upcoming events. the entire nation suffered from the conse- Soviet authorities prevented them from quences of the prolonged famine; traveling to areas where food was more The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be Whereas noted correspondents of the available; glad to print timely news stories about events that have already taken time were disparaged and criticized for Whereas requisition brigades, acting place. Photos also will be accepted. their courage in depicting and reporting on Stalin’s orders to fulfill the impossi- of the forced famine in Ukraine, includ- bly high grain quotas, seized the 1932 MAKE YOURSELF HEARD. ing Gareth Jones, William Henry Chamberlin, and Malcolm Muggeridge (Continued on page 19) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 19

AÖROSVIT CARGO Resolutions... U K R A I N I A N A I R L I N E (Continued from page 18) that characterized the Stalinist policies crop, often taking away the last scraps of that caused the Ukrainian Famine; ÉÂÌÂð‡Î¸ÌËÈ ‡£ÂÌÚ ÔÓ ‚¥‰Ôð‡‚ˆ¥ ‚‡Ìڇʥ‚ ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌÛ food from starving families and children (4) the man-made Ukraine Famine of ÇßÑèêÄÇäÄ ÇÄçíÄÜßÇ Ì‡ Åéßç¢Äï-767 åË ‰ÓðÛ˜ËÏÓ ‚‡Ìڇʥ ‚ ìÍð‡- and killing those who resisted; 1932-1933 was an act of genocide as ‚¥‚Ú¥ðÍË, ˜ÂÚ‚Âð„Ë, Ô’flÚÌˈ¥ ¥ ̉¥Î¥ ÔÓ Ï‡ð¯ðÛÚÛ ªÌÛ Á‡ 10 „Ó‰ËÌ Û ä˪‚ Ú‡ ‰‡Î¥ Whereas Stalin, knowing of the result- defined by the United Nations Genocide ing starvation, intensified the extraction Convention; çúû-âéêä – äà∫Ç – çúû-âéêä ‰Ó ÑÌ¥ÔðÓÔÂÚðӂҸ͇, é‰ÂÒË, from Ukraine of agricultural produce, (5) the Senate supports the efforts of èêüåß êÖâëà ‚ ìäêÄ∫çì 㸂ӂ‡, ï‡ðÍÓ‚‡, ÑÓ̈¸Í‡ worsening the situation and deepening the government of Ukraine and the the loss of life; Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian AeroSvit CargÓ ç‡‰‡πÏÓ ‰ÓÔÓÏÓ„Û ‚ Whereas, during the Ukraine Famine, Parliament) to publicly acknowledge and Ç¥‰Ôð‡‚‡ ‚‡Ìڇʥ‚ ÔÂðÂıÓ‰¥ ˜ÂðÂÁ the Soviet government exported grain to call greater international attention to the 2307 Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11223 ÇàëàãÄ∏åé ‚‡Ìڇʥ ‰Ó åÓÒÍ‚Ë, western countries and rejected internation- Ukraine Famine; and (718) 376-1023 • Fax: (718) 376-1073 al offers to assist the starving population; íÂθ-Ä‚¥‚‡, í·¥Î¥Ò¥, ∏ð‚‡ÌÛ, ŇÍÛ, êË„Ë, (6) an independent, democratic www.aerosvitcargo.com Ç¥Î¸Ì˛Ò‡, í‡ÎΥ̇ ·ÂÁ ÛÒÍ·‰ÌÂ̸. Whereas the Ukraine Famine was not Ukraine, in which respect for the dignity a result of natural causes, but was instead of human beings is the cornerstone, the consequence of calculated, ruthless offers the best guarantee that atrocities policies that were designed to destroy the such as the Ukraine Famine never beset political, cultural, and human rights of the Ukrainian people again. the Ukrainian people; Whereas the Soviet Union engaged in a massive cover-up of the Ukraine Famine, and journalists, including some Rev. Stephen Chmilar... foreign correspondents, cooperated with (Continued from page 8) the campaign of denial and deception; and its College of Consultors. Whereas, 70 years later, much of the According to the official press release world is still unaware of the genocidal announcing Bishop Chmilar’s elevation Ukraine Famine: to his new status, the Eparchy of Toronto Now, therefore, be it and Eastern Canada has 89 diocesan Resolved, That it is the sense of the priests, nine religious priests and 29 reli- Senate that: gious (including both women and men in (1) the millions of innocent victims of addition to religious priests), serving a the Soviet-engineered Ukraine Famine of Ukrainian Catholic population of 41,010 1932-1933 should be solemnly remem- in 76 parishes and missions. bered and honored on the 70th anniver- In its issue for the week of May 12, sary of the famine; the Alberta-based online magazine The (2) the 70th anniversary of the Western Catholic Reporter (WCR) car- Ukraine Famine should serve as a stark reminder of the brutality of the totalitari- ried an article about Bishop Chmilar’s an, imperialistic Soviet regime under impending ordination. WCR Staff Writer which respect for human rights was a Renato Gandia reported that 16 of mockery and the rule of law a sham; Canada’s Ukrainian Catholic bishops (3) the Senate condemns the callous were born in the country – 15 of whom disregard for human life, human rights, came from its western provinces, and 11 and manifestations of national identity from British Columbia and Alberta. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32

NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE year after year come and admire the works of potential future artists who To participate probably one day as adults will submit their artwork to this traditional and in group art exhibit beloved summer event held in the scenic HAINES FALLS, N.Y. – Taras Catskill Mountains. Schumylowych will exhibit two graph- The exhibit opens to the public with a ics, “Cathedral of St. Sophia and the wine reception on Saturday at 5-7 p.m., Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome” and continues through Sunday, 1-5 p.m. (sepia) and “St. Bridget’s Catholic Artist demonstrations are planned for Church in Leeds, N.Y.” (sepia), at the Sunday at 3-4 p.m. 56th annual group exhibition sponsored Mr. Schumylowych is a member of by the Twilight Park Artists. The exhibi- Ukrainian National Association Branch If YOUR GUESTS FROM UKRAINE tion, which usually features the works of 86. about 68 artists, will be held on Saturday need medical help or hospitalization and Sunday, August 9-10, in the Twilight will you be responsible for them? Park Clubhouse here in Haines Falls, N.Y. The first such exhibit was held in Publishes book Do you have health insurance that protects you August 1947, and Mr. Schumylowych when you visit Ukraine? has been exhibiting at this group show “A Surgeon’s Universe” since 1968. CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Dr. Andrew S. A children’s art show also is included Olearchyk has just published a book A SHORT TERM HEALTH INSURANCE in this annual exhibition and will take can protect you from possible financial disaster. titled “Vsesvit Khirurha” (A Surgeon’s place in the Clubhouse Tea Room. Three Universe). The book was released in For information call: (800) 673-5150 of Mr. Schumylowych’s grandchildren, Ukraine by the publishing house or e-mail: [email protected] Xenia, Justin and Larissa, will display Medetsyna Svitu in Lviv. their new paintings. They are anxious to The 496-page book is written in see them viewed by all those people who Ukrainian, with some chapters in English, Polish and Russian; it includes 351 figures and six tables. According to the author, the book encompasses the universe and geography of the Earth, history and politics, culture, science and technology, as well as a his- tory of Ukrainian medicine and health welfare, general surgery and anesthesiol- ogy. As Dr. Olearchyk’s specialty is tho- racic and cardiac surgery, the book focus- es in particular on surgery of the chest, heart and blood vessels. As well, it exam- ines relationships between physicians. The book may be requested from Andrew S. Olearchyk M.D., 129 Walt Whitman Blvd., Cherry Hill, NJ 08003; telephone/fax, (856) 428-0505. Its price is $50 plus $2.26 postage. Dr. Olearchyk is a member of Ukrainian National Association Branch 83.

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Irondequoit... (Continued from page 15) Church, served as the committee’s vol- unteer treasurer for many years. The organization currently is signing up new members who are enthusiastic about the Irondequoit-Poltava Sister cities mission. The new members come armed with energy, enthusiasm and numerous ideas for future projects and how to implement them. Anne Kornylo, the new president, feels the organization has a multi-talented membership that can continue carrying the mission-torch for another generation of charitable and edu- cational projects. Other newly elected officers of the committee include: Co- Vice-Presidents Dr. Christine Hoshowsky and Maria Pawluk, Secretary Alex Loj and Treasurer Wasyl Kornylo.

Correction In The Weekly’s story about Ranok Publishing (August 3), marketing repre- sentative Valentyna Uschenko’s first name was incorrectly listed as Larysa. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 21 CCRF is organizing a second Viktory for Kids ice show

At Danbury City Hall, the local coordinators of 2003 Viktory for Kids charity ice skating gala meet with Mayor Mark Boughton to discuss plans for the October 4 program at the Danbury Ice Arena. From left to right: Rev. Luke Mihaly of Holy To subscribe: Send $55 ($45 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, Trinity Orthodox Church, Mayor Boughton, Moki Kokoris, Michael Kondrat Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 and arena manager Jim Jake.

DANBURY, Conn. – Olympic Cham- pion Viktor Petrenko will host an all-star cast of Olympic figure skaters in a charity skating gala, Viktory for Kids, to benefit children who are still being affected by the 1986 nuclear explosion in Chornobyl, Ukraine. Viktory for Kids will be held at the Danbury Ice Arena in Danbury, Conn., on Saturday, October 4, at 7 p.m. and will fea- ture skating’s brightest stars including: Olympic champion Brian Boitano, Olympic pairs champions Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev, Two-time Olympic pairs champion Ekaterina Gordeeva, Olympic champion Ilia Kulik, Olympic silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko, Olympic bronze medalist Timothy Goebel, world silver medalist Elena Sokolova, Ukrainian National Ice Dance champions Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov, and the acrobatic team of Vladimir Besedin and Oleskiy Polischuk. Mr. Petrenko initiated the Viktory for Kids campaign in 2001 in a broad-based effort to bring life-saving relief to his home- land. The nuclear disaster in Chornobyl still devastates the lives of people in Ukraine and causes the country to have one of the highest infant mortality rates in Europe. The first Viktory for Kids raised over $100,000 and the funds were used to build a neonatal intensive care unit in the Children’s Hospital in Mr. Petrenko’s hometown of Odesa, Ukraine. This year the Viktory for Kids is work- ing to provide training and new technology to save children, who are born with congen- ital heart defects (whose incidence averages over 6,000 per year in Ukraine), in addition to expanding cancer screening programs for both adults and children from the contami- nated zones. “It is an honor for me to be able to give something back to my home country,” Mr. Petrenko said. “Being a father, I understand the importance of healthcare for all children and hope to give that opportunity to the children of Ukraine. I am also grateful to my friends in figure skating, who have ded- icated their efforts to this cause.” Viktory for Kids will also feature a VIP fund-raising reception with a celebrity auc- tion at the Colorado Brewery and Steakhouse in Danbury. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund (CCRF). Tickets will go on sale beginning August 19 at the Danbury Ice Arena; for information call (203) 794-1704. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32 UKEUKELLODEONODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Chemney Camp offers fun and adventures for the youngest campers KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Once of children had one of the animals again at the Ukrainian National as their mascot. During the week Association resort of Soyuzivka, the children participated in many children of Ukrainian heritage activities, which not only taught gathered to participate in the annu- them about their Ukrainian her- al Chemney Camp. Although there itage, but also encouraged them to are many changes taking place at develop their Ukrainian language Soyuzivka, Chemney Camp remains skills. a Soyuzivka tradition because of the The children learned Ukrainian support of Soyuzivka’s new manag- songs with Nadia Kruchowy the er, Nestor Paslawsky, and Sonia first week and Olya Czerkas the Semanyshyn. Though the collie second week. They created many Chemney passed away late last wonderful projects with Natalka summer, the spirit of this camp Junas and Tania Blahitka. One of named in his honor as a loyal friend the many crafts they made were and mascot for all the children at Ukrainian vinky (wreaths) for the Soyuzivka lives on. This summer girls and wooden toportsi for the Chemney Camp took place during boys. They also spent time with the weeks of July 13 and July 20, Andrew Oprysko, learning the with close to 70 children participat- beginning steps for Ukrainian Some of the participants of the 2003 Chemney Camp. ing. The theme for the camp was dancing. Those familiar with the Pan Onufree’s Farm from the basic steps were excited to practice the first week and Bohdana Puzyk Feast,” while on Thursday everyone famous “Tsyboolya” tape. The par- the more difficult and intricate the second week. was invited to join children’s camp ticipants for the week were divided steps. The children heard tradition- Rounding out the morning activi- in the weekly bonfire (vatra) at into groups by age, and each group al Ukrainian tales from Lesia Kuch ties were games based on learning which the singing of traditional and reinforcing the Ukrainian lan- Ukrainian campfire songs could be guage. These activities were con- heard. ducted by Mrs. Puzyk the first week The camp’s closing ceremonies and Ms. Blahitka the second. The took place during Odesa Night. The entire program was geared toward program featured Pan Onufree’s creating an environment of fun and farm with each group representing adventure, while imparting knowl- their mascot, singing songs and edge about the Ukrainian culture demonstrating the dances they and heritage. learned. The ceremonies ended with Themed activities included a traditional Ukrainian camp good- International Day, at which the chil- bye song and everyone (especially dren learned and played various the parents) promising to return American and Ukrainian games; next year – same time, same place – Carnival at Veselka, which tested for more fun and adventures. skill and luck; Easter at Soyuzivka, Many thanks were expressed to where the children learned about the management of Soyuzivka for the art of pysanky and played a their support and foresight in offer- variety of egg games. (The “egg- ing this camp to the Ukrainian speriment” was a favorite). community; to all of the counselors, The counselors of Soyuzivka’s Chemney Camp are acknowledged at the con- All of the children and their fami- Miss Blahitka, Mrs. Czerkas, Mrs. clusion of a camp program. lies went on a field trip to Kelder Junas, Mrs. Kuch, Mrs. Kruchowy, Farms, where everyone had the Mr. Oprysko and Mrs. Puzyk, all of opportunity to milk a cow, take a whom made this camp exciting and OUR NEXT ISSUE: UKELODEON is published on the second hayride and pick blueberries. The dedicated their vacation time to Sunday of every month. To make it into our next issue, dated September children were encouraged to find come to Soyuzivka and spend it 14, please send in your materials by September 5. their animal mascots and learn more with the children. We especially encourage kids and teens to submit articles and see about them. A luau and ice cream Very special thanks were offered their names in print! BECOME A UKELODEON REPORTER! sundae party were held on Friday. to the parents and grandparents Please drop us a line: Evening activities included a who brought their children to UKELODEON – The Ukrainian Weekly Pajama Party/Movie night. On Chemney Camp where their many 2200 Route 10 - P.O. Box 280 Wednesday evening the campers memories of good times at Parsippany, NJ 07054 welcomed the guests at “Babtsia’s Soyuzivka will begin. fax, (973) 644-9510 telephone, (973) 292-9800 CHECK IT OUT: In the centerfold of this issue, read about e-mail [email protected] the 50th anniversary celebrations of Plast Ukrainian Scouting (We ask all contributors to please include a daytime phone number.) Organization’s Vovcha Tropa campground. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 23

“Tabir Ptashat” loves Soyuzivka KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The Soyuzivka resort of the Ukrainian National Association was taken over by “ptashata” (little birds), as the pre-schoolers who participate in Plast activities are known, from June 22 to July 6. During that time, two tours of the unique “Tabir Ptashat” day camp organized by the Pershi Stezhi sorority of Plast were held. Fifty- nine kids participated in the first tour, which was directed by Motria Boyko Watters, with Neonila Sochan serving as administrator. Forty-eight other youngsters between the ages of 4 and 6 attended the second week’s day camp, which was direct- ed by Zirka Kolomayets, with administrator Oksana Komanowsky. Also key to the success of both Participants of the first week (above) and the second week (below) of the 2003 Tabir Ptashat at Soyuzivka. weeks of the 2003 camps were the physicians who volunteered their services to care for the “ptashata,” Dr. Victor Gorloff and Dr. Catherine Panchenko Bush, and the many parents who served as counselors and assistants. The little campers enjoyed sing- alongs, story time, sports, games, hiking, arts and crafts, bonfires and other activities geared toward preschoolers. Their parents were so pleased with the unique program at Soyuzivka that both camps purchased bricks for Soyuzivka’s Memory Lane. The com- memorative bricks, which are being sold as a fund-raiser for $250 each, are to be installed around the gazebo located near the entrance to the resort’s Main House.

Mishanyna To solve this month’s Mishanyna, search in the grid for the capitalized words in the text about Ukraine’s Independence Day – excerpted from The Ukrainian P A R T O N Y H I S T O R I C Weekly’s story about what occurred on that historic day, August 24, 1991. A F L I N L N O I S S E S M O In an overwhelming VOTE, the Parliament of Ukraine declared the repub- N T L O L I T T I I O O U E M lic’s independence from the SOVIET UNION on AUGUST 24 and in the days that followed began to take its first STEPS toward building an independ- O E R A I N E D S D V Y R H M ent democratic state. The vote for INDEPENDENCE came as a big SUR- I R R P G D E T L I E O P T U PRISE to the majority of citizens of this NATION of 52 million. During the tense 11-hour extraordinary SESSION the heated DEBATE T A V O T E E S E R E R R N N focused on the behavior of parliamentary, government and COMMUNIST A S I D O P N T S E T E I A I Party leaders during the failed COUP of August 19-21 in Moscow. As thousands of flag-waving Ukrainians outside chanted “independence,” R C D I S E U R T R E F S L S the debate inside the hall lasted for hours. At 5:55 p.m., the Parliament voted A R O U M N R A A C T E E A T 321 to 2, with 6 abstentions, out of 360, for the ACT of DECLARATION of the Independence of Ukraine. The Parliament also voted for a resolution declaring L O N M I D B S T O U R E N T Ukraine an independent, democratic STATE, effective immediately, and call- C W A O L E S T E R R E N O T ing for a REFERENDUM (a nationwide vote by the people) on December 1. In the final moments of the HISTORIC session, which ended at about 9 E D N U D N A T I O N N O I R p.m., a large blue-and-yellow Ukrainian FLAG was carried into the session D O I N D C O U P M A D N T A hall by democratic deputies and draped over the Parliament chairman’s PODIUM. The deputies left the session hall singing the Ukrainian NATION- N N N O I E R P L E D U T A P AL ANTHEM and filed outside before the delirious CROWD for a RALLY. A U G U S T Y O U R A M I N E 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 No. 32

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, August 16 the program: chess and checkers tourna- ments, poetry competition, embroidered Soyuzivka’s Datebook JEWETT, N.Y.: Critically acclaimed shirts contest, arm wrestling, sports contests, recitalist and soloist with orchestras, concert August 10-16 Summer Heritage Concert with pianist Neal Larrabee will be the featured Chicago FIRE Express and United States Club Suzie-Q Week UKRAINA Dance Ensemble performer at the Music and Art Center of Army representative. On Sunday at 1:30 from Canada Greene County “Music at the Grazhda” p.m. a program commemorating the 12th August 16, Saturday concert series presenting a program of anniversary of Ukraine’s independence will Art exhibit with Kozak family September 8-11 works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Takemitsu take place. A “Kids Corner” with pony Regensburg Reunion and Chopin. The concert begins at 8 p.m., rides, petting zoo, clown and magician will with tickets available at the door. The be featured on Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. August 10-23 There will be great food and drinks, and a Traditional Ukrainian September 12-14 Grazhda, which forms part of the cultural complex built around St. John the Baptist chance to win round-trip tickets to Ukraine Folk Dance Camp KLK Weekend and Annual Meeting (AeroSvit) and the continental U.S. (ATA Bayreuth Gymnasium Reunion Ukrainian Catholic Church, is located on with Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Route 23A in Jewett, five miles west of the Airlines), and a color TV. For more infor- town of Hunter and two miles east of mation contact Pavlo Bandriwsky, (773) August 16, Saturday September 18-21 Lexington. Performance schedules as well 772-4500. Miss Soyuzivka Weekend and Reunion of Salzburg Gymnasium as detailed directions are available online at: Sunday, September 7 Zabava with FATA MORGANA www.musicandartgc.brama.com. September 26-28 Information is also available by calling ASTORIA, N.Y.: Holy Cross Ukrainian August 17, Sunday, 2 p.m. Conference of Spartanky (518) 263-4335. Catholic Church of Astoria will hold its annual Ukrainian Heritage Day picnic on Summer Heritage Concert No. 4 Plast Sorority Saturday-Sunday, August 23-24 featuring DUMKA Choir Sunday, September 7, on the grounds of September 28-30 CHICAGO: Ukrainian Congress Commit- Holy Cross Church located on 31st Avenue and 30th Street, Astoria, beginning at 1 p.m. August 23, Saturday, 8 p.m. Reunion of Mittenwald Schools tee of America, Illinois Branch, presents Ukrainian Fest 2003 at Smith Park, Festivities include music, games, prizes and Ukrainian Independence Day Campbell and Huron streets. Entertainment homemade Ukrainian food. At 3 p.m. there Celebration – Roma Pryma October 17-19 includes Ihor Bohdan, Lvivyany, dancing will be a concert featuring folk dancing, Bohachevsky’s Dance Camp Plast-KPC Convention groups, Ukrainian Village Jazz Orchestra singing and instrumentals. Free admission; Recital and many other musical artists. Also part of donations accepted. Come, join us! October 31 - November 2 August 24, Sunday, 2 p.m. Halloween Weekend Summer Heritage Concert No. 5 costume party for youth and PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES featuring RHAPSODY Folk costume zabava for all Ensemble from Ukraine Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the November 7-9 public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The August 25- September 1 Plast Orlykiada Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. Labor Day Week November 15-16 To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in August 30- 31 UACC English, written in Preview format, i.e., in a brief paragraph that includes the Labor Day Weekend – Zabavas date, place, type of event, sponsor, admission, full names of persons and/or with FATA MORGANA and November 21-23 organizations involved, and a phone number to be published for readers who TEMPO UNA General Assembly may require additional information. Items should be no more than 100 words long; longer submissions are subject to editing. Items not written in Preview format or submitted without all required information will not be published.

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