INSIDE:• Paris Declaration seeks more transparency in OSCE — page 3. • Heorhii Gongadze awarded international journalism prize — page 4. • Lviv scholar notes continuing Russification in Ukraine — page 12.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIX HE KRAINIANNo. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine President of China enlists Ukraine’s support during visit to Kyiv U.S. Tnational securityU adviser W by Maryna Makhnonos presses reform in Ukraine Special to The Ukrainian Weekly by Maryna Makhnonos KYIV – President Jiang Zemin of China enlisted Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Ukraine’s support for his country’s opposition to U.S. missile defense plans and preservation of the ABM KYIV – Ukraine’s integration into European society treaty, signing a joint Chinese-Ukrainian declaration of depends upon political and economic reforms, as well as friendship and comprehensive cooperation on July 21. transparent investigations of journalists’ killings, U.S. “This treaty is the foundation of the structure of inter- National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on July 25 during her visit to Ukraine’s capital. national agreements on limiting and reducing strategic “A very strong message is sent about political reform, offensive weapons,” the declaration said. about free press, judiciary reform and transparency in the “Ukraine and China believe that global strategic sta- [murder] cases that are of worldwide attention here,” Dr. bility and international safety depend upon the 1972 Rice said during a meeting with representatives of leading Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty,” it said. Ukrainian media outlets and non-governmental organiza- Mr. Jiang arrived in Kyiv on July 20 after visiting tions. Russia, Belarus and Moldova. He succeeded in winning “We hope to have good relations with Ukraine ... but it the support of Russian President Vladimir Putin, can only be on the basis of forward movement on these expressed in a joint statement signed on July 16 which very important issues,” she added. said the 1972 ABM treaty is a “cornerstone of strategic Dr. Rice arrived in Kyiv late on July 24, but began her stability” that must be preserved. official agenda on July 25, meeting with President Leonid China and Russia oppose U.S. plans to develop a Kuchma, Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh and other offi- missile shield and scrap the ABM treaty, arguing that cials. such moves could prompt a new arms race. However, Her trip came a day after a visit by the Chinese President just days after signing a friendship treaty with his Jiang Zemin, who enlisted Ukraine’s support for China’s Chinese counterpart, Mr. Putin said that Moscow would stance regarding the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and not coordinate its response with China. opposition to U.S. defense plans. Ukraine proclaimed itself a neutral state in 1991 and Some political analysts and media have speculated that surrendered its nuclear arsenal, the world’s third largest President Jiang’s visit and the recent improvement of at the time. Ukraine’s relations with Russia, its neighbor and biggest Some local reports said it was no accident that AP/Viktor Pobedinsky trade partner, had prompted the U.S. national security President Jiang made a tour of four former Soviet adviser to visit Kyiv after she accompanied President republics while there was a tense dialogue between Presidents Jiang Zemin of China and Leonid Kuchma George W. Bush to Kosovo. of Ukraine after signing bilateral agreements in Kyiv During talks with Ukrainian authorities, Dr. Rice praised (Continued on page 8) on July 21. Ukraine’s recent economic achievements and said a part- nership with Ukraine is “highly desirable for [American] strategic interests.” “I know that you had a very difficult task of shepherding Myroslava Gongadze stresses social ramifications of authorities’ conduct through the economic reforms that you are undertaking by Andrew Nynka acknowledges her personal dedication to finding the truth here in Ukraine,” Dr. Rice said during meeting with Prime behind her husband’s murder, she declares that the issue is WASHINGTON – The lies and corruption of high-rank- Minister Kinakh. now one of national importance and, due to the pre-election ing government officials have continually hampered any “I’m here to encourage you on behalf of President Bush activity, marks a critical time for the people of Ukraine to legitimate effort to investigate and uncover the truth in the to continue to push forward all these reforms,” she said, at realize they do hold power. the same time urging improvement of the investment cli- cases of murdered Ukrainian journalists and will most like- “Ukraine has lived under a Communist regime for over mate. ly have the same effect on the investigation of the brutal 70 years. The people don’t understand personal initiative, Mr. Kinakh stated that Ukraine’s strategic goals are killing of journalist Ihor Aleksandrov, according to that you can take your personal future in your own hands, development of a modern market economy and integration Myroslava Gongadze, wife of slain Internet journalist that you can vote. And the people still don’t understand that into European society. Heorhii Gongadze. Her husband’s murder and the subse- this vote determines their future,” Ms. Gongadze stressed. Dr. Rice responded that the U.S. sees partnership with quent tape conspiracy seem to implicate Ukrainian “If these democratic principles could be implemented in those countries that seek integration into Europe as a “part- President Leonid Kuchma in the killing. Ukrainian society, then perhaps the people could begin to nership, based on the common values, the values of politi- With its leaders running Ukraine as an authoritarian state think on their own, to become more active. This is exactly cal openness, of political freedom for people, transparency and shunning the opinions of the populace, Ms. Gongadze what Heorhii knew and exactly why he pushed as hard as and the rule of law, ... economic liberalization and free said there is a larger problem: the Ukrainian citizens’ will- he did,” she said, adding “The system of Ukrainian authori- trade.” ingness to accept this state of affairs. For this reason she has ty is not interested in politically active people. The During her meeting with President Kuchma, Dr. Rice decided to continue to push for a proper investigation and Ukrainian leadership is completely against this, they want also discussed the necessity of bringing investigations into not allow the Gongadze case to go unsolved. one single voice.” the killings of two journalists to a close. Not one of several recent murders has seen a clear, inde- Ms. Gongadze admitted that she’s well informed but The killing of Internet journalist Heorhii Gongadze last pendent and conclusive investigation, Ms. Gongadze noted, stresses that her job is not to find a guilty party or lay blame fall sparked opposition protests with demands for the presi- and this has left the Ukrainian people with little or no confi- for her husband’s murder. “This investigation has to go dent’s ouster emanating from allegations that he was dence in Ukraine’s authorities. through legal channels. This is something that the Ministry involved. Mr. Kuchma has denied the accusations, but the “It’s sad, but unfortunately our president says he is of Internal Affairs and the Procurator General’s Office take case has alarmed international human rights groups. Ukraine and, instead of creating a system that truly works – responsibility for, and it is they who should do their jobs.” The murder of a regional TV station director, Ihor that works democratically – he usurps his authority. He will She stated: “I’ve been involved in this from the very begin- Alexandrov, in early July fueled the international concern not allow the separation of power between different institu- ning, and I can tell you that what’s come out of the Ministry about media freedom in Ukraine. tions. He simply wants to consolidate and usurp all of it.” of Internal Affairs and the Procurator General’s office has A transparent investigation and free and just parliamen- With the recent formation of Viktor Yuschenko’s Nasha been nothing but lies.” tary elections next year, Dr. Rice underscored, “will make a Ukraina (Our Ukraine) bloc, Yulia Tymoshenko’s Forum According to Ms. Gongadze, Ukraine does not have a tremendous difference to Ukraine’s standing in the world for National Salvation and Oleksander Moroz’s alliance sufficient oversight mechanism that can look after such and ... to the investment climate here and toward building with the All-Ukrainian Party of Working People, the Social investigations in order to ensure a proper transparent that European vision that we all have for Ukraine.” Democratic Party, the Party for the Protection of Farmers’ process. The current ad hoc body assembled in the In reference to the current debate in Congress on cutting Interests and the Greens of the 21st Century Party – Parliament is chaired by National Deputy Oleksander Ukraine’s political activity has gathered momentum as the (Continued on page 8) parliamentary elections approach. Although Ms. Gongadze (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 No. 30

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Yuschenko’s bloc and others Judge who freed Tymoshenko is fired celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the by Jan Maksymiuk order to build a force that would be able independence of Ukraine. (RFE/RL RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report to control the future Parliament. As of KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma on Newsline) now, he may be sure of voters’ support in July 24 dismissed Judge Mykola On July 15, from atop Mount Hoverla western Ukraine, where both Rukhs have Zamkovenko, who gained attention this Ukraine to dig channel to Danube in the Carpathian Mountains, former most of their adherents. But in Ukraine year by ordering the release of opposition Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko leader and former Vice Prime Minister KYIV – Transportation Minister Valerii the political climate is defined not by the Pustovoitenko has approved “a plan of announced the formation of an electoral traditionally nationalist western areas of Yulia Tymoshenko, the Associated Press bloc named Nasha Ukraina (Our reported. Following Ms. Tymoshenko’s first-priority measures in 2001” to dig a the country, but by the heavily populated shipping channel across the Ukrainian sec- Ukraine) and called on pro-reformist, and industrialized east. As of now, Mr. release, the Procurator General’s Office democratically minded and nationally launched a criminal case against Mr. tion of the Danube delta in order to link the Yuschenko appears to have little lever- river and the Black Sea, Interfax reported conscious forces to join it. age, if any, in the east. There is a danger Zamkovenko for alleged abuse of authori- Some 2,000 members of Ukraine’s two ty. Law-enforcement officials raided Mr. on July 19. According to Mr. that his personal popularity may not help Pustovoitenko, the widening and deepen- Rukhs and the Reform and Order Party, Our Ukraine’s candidates in eastern con- Zamkovenko’s home and office in May as well as journalists, climbed Ukraine’s and confiscated computer software and ing of an exit stream into a channel fit for stituencies. navigation will be completed by July 2003. highest peak to mark the 11th anniversary files. A regional court in Kyiv, acting on Mr. Yuschenko has apparently decided The government estimates that the cost of of Ukraine’s sovereignty and listen to Mr. Mr. Zamkovenko’s appeal, ruled last not to confront President Kuchma direct- the design and the first stage of construc- Yuschenko’s announcement. month that the search was illegal. Judge ly; he rejected suggestions to join and tion of the channel will be approximately That announcement had been impa- Zamkovenko has described the scandal head the anti-Kuchma opposition $5 million. Once in operation the tiently awaited in Ukraine since April 26, around him as politically motivated and as grouped in the Forum for National Ukrainian waterway would break the pres- when Mr. Yuschenko was voted out of his an attempt to intimidate other independent- Salvation and the Ukraine Without ent Romanian monopoly on tolls for ship post as prime minister jointly by the minded judges. The President’s Office said Kuchma movement. Therefore, the traffic passing between the Danube and the Communists and oligarchical groups in forum’s recently created election com- Mr. Zamkovenko was fired for “violating a Black Sea. (RFE/RL Newsline) the Verhovna Rada. Shortly after the vote mittee – the Fatherland Party, Sobor judge’s oath.” (RFE/RL Newsline) of no confidence, Mr. Yuschenko Putin welcomes better ties with Ukraine Party, Social Democratic Party, Lazarenko faces more U.S. charges addressed his supporters outside the par- Conservative Republican Party and liamentary building, pledging to return to MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin Republican Party – will most likely com- SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. politics soon. said on July 19 that “Russian-Ukrainian pete for parliamentary seats with Mr. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District Noting that he wants Our Ukraine to dialogue is developing positively,” ITAR- Yuschenko’s people. of California said a federal grand jury has win next year’s parliamentary elections TASS reported. He made his remarks after True, Yulia Tymoshenko, a former added a wire fraud charge to a 53-count and form a government, Mr. Yuschenko meeting Volodymyr Lytvyn, the head of the close associate of Mr. Yuschenko in his indictment against former Ukrainian Prime said the bloc and its manifesto are to be presidential administration of Ukraine. He Cabinet and currently the head of the Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, the Associated forged this fall. He named no specific said that his session with Mr. Lytvyn will forum’s election committee, said her bloc Press and Reuters reported on July 23. Mr. forces during his July 15 pronouncement, allow the two sides “to get down to a more is going to propose “peaceful co-exis- Lazarenko – who has been charged with but it is already clear that Our Ukraine detailed analysis of strategic cooperation” tence or cooperation” to Mr. Yuschenko. embezzlement in Ukraine, money launder- will include the National Rukh of Ukraine between the two countries.(RFE/RL But it is difficult to see how such a goal ing in Switzerland and conspiracy in the (Hennadii Udovenko’s wing), the Newsline) can be achieved in practice, especially as United States – is now being held in a fed- Ukrainian National Rukh (Yurii both Our Ukraine and the Forum for eral prison outside San Francisco. Last year Moscow official accuses U.S. of campaign Kostenko’s wing), and the Reform and National Salvation heavily rely on voter a Swiss court convicted Mr. Lazarenko in Order Party of Viktor Pynzenyk. It is most support in western Ukraine. absentia of money laundering, handing MOSCOW – Konstantin Zatulin, who likely that the Congress of Ukrainian Following in Mr. Yuschenko’s and Ms. down an 18-month suspended sentence and serves as the director of Moscow’s CIS Nationalists also will join Our Ukraine. Tymoshenko’s footsteps, other groups confiscating nearly $6.6 million from his Institute, told the strana.ru website on July Mr. Yuschenko is Ukraine’s most pop- also have announced their political Swiss bank accounts. Mr. Lazarenko is sus- 19 that current media campaigns about ular and most trusted politician. A recent alliances for the 2002 ballot. Socialist pected of illegally transferring a total of attacks on journalists and the disappear- poll by the GfK-USM polling center Party leader Oleksander Moroz said his $320 million from Ukraine to the United ance of opposition figures are being direct- found that if a presidential election had party will make an election alliance with States. (RFE/RL Newsline) ed from “a single center”: the United been held in July, Mr. Yuschenko would the All-Ukrainian Party of Working States. He said that Washington is hoping have obtained 32.4 percent of the vote. People, the Social Democratic Party, the Russian, Ukrainian security chiefs meet to overthrow Ukrainian President Leonid The same poll found that Communist Party for the Protection of Agrarian Kuchma because the Americans have lost Party leader Petro Symonenko would Interests and the Greens of the 21st MOSCOW – Russian Security Council interest in him, and Belarus leader have been backed by 17.4 percent of vot- Century. Secretary Vladimir Rushailo said on July Alyaksandr Lukashenka “for reasons of ers, and incumbent President Leonid The pro-Kuchma parties – the 18 after talks with his visiting Ukrainian principle.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Kuchma by 10.2 percent. It is no wonder Agrarian Party, the National Democratic counterpart, Yevhen Marchuk, secretary Report on grain harvest is issued that the bloc headed by the former prime Party, Party of the Regions and Labor of the National Security and Defense Council, that the two officials plan to minister is expected to win a significant Ukraine Party – signed a declaration to KYIV – The government’s press service expand cooperation. ITAR-TASS reported parliamentary representation. create a joint election bloc. has told Interfax that as of July 24 that Mr. Rushailo said that they have It is difficult to make any predictions Ivan Chyzh, the leader of the All- Ukrainian farms had harvested 17 million already “practically solved the border regarding Our Ukraine’s election chances Ukrainian Association of Leftist “Justice” tons of grain. The average grain yield is 3 some eight months before the election (and a former associate of Mr. Moroz), issue and the Black Sea Fleet problem.” tons per hectare. This year the government date, but it is already clear that Mr. announced that he is currently negotiating Mr. Marchuk said Ukraine has “not plans to harvest 35 million tons of grain, as Yuschenko must look for more allies in the construction of a “very original and always” fulfilled its obligations to Russia compared to last year’s harvest of 24.5 mil- very powerful” election bloc. and that he will work to improve its track lions tons in which with the average grain Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus, Furthermore, two pro-Russian parties record in that regard. One example of this yield was equal to 1.92 tons per hectare. Ukraine and Poland specialist on the are working to create a separate coalition new rapprochement was the announce- (RFE/RL Newsline) staff of RFE/RL Newsline. named the Russian Bloc for the 2002 par- ment by Russian agencies on July 18 that liamentary elections. President Vladimir Putin will take part in (Continued on page 23) One should also remember the power- ful Communist Party of Ukraine, which Quotable notes has voter approval of not below 20 per- FOUNDED 1933 “Viktor Yuschenko confirmed his cent. And there are two influential oli- HE KRAINIAN EEKLY reputation as a man inclined to put- garchical parties, the Social Democratic T U W Party (United) and the Democratic An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., ting on a big show: to announce the a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. creation of his bloc on Mount Union, which, according to popular opin- Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. Hoverlia was a lofty act in every ion, possess big administrative, financial and media leverage in Ukrainian politics. Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. sense of the word. 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U.S. Helsinki Commission members contribute Paris Declaration calls for more oversight to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly decisions and accountability in the 52-state OSCE U.S. Helsinki Commission the Parliamentary Assembly. Mr. OSCE ing trafficking in human beings; combat- Hastings most recently served as chair- ing corruption and international crime; WASHINGTON – Members of the man of the assembly’s General PARIS – Nearly 300 parliamentarians freedom of the media; as well as resolu- U.S. Helsinki Commission returned to Committee on Political Affairs and from 52 OSCE countries on July 11 tions on Southeastern Europe, the North Washington after promoting measures to Security. adopted the Paris Declaration, which Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine. improve the conditions of human rights, Helsinki Commission Member Sen. includes a unanimously approved resolu- Regarding the situation in Ukraine the security and economic development Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) played tion on strengthening transparency and assembly expressed concern about the throughout Europe. The Helsinki an active role in debate over the Anti- accountability in the Organization for potential loss of momentum in undertak- Commission members were part of a Security and Cooperation in Europe. Ballistic Missile Treaty. Commission ing critical economic and political congressional delegation attending the The resolution includes the proposal Members Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-Pa.) reforms in Ukraine as a result of the dis- 10th annual Parliamentary Assembly of that before making major decisions, to be and Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) were missal of the reformist government of the Organization for Security and defined in future consultations, the also a part of the U.S. delegation to the Viktor Yuschenko. The assembly noted its Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) held at Ministerial Council should take into OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. displeasure that the criminal investigation the French National Assembly in Paris account the opinion of the OSCE During the Parliamentary Assembly, into the murder of journalist Heorhii on July 6-10. Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and members of the U.S. delegation held a Gongadze has been obstructed by authori- The Helsinki Commission’s chairman, explain how it has affected the result. The series of meetings, including bilateral ties and has not been carried out in accor- Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R- assembly also recommended that as long sessions with representatives from the dance with the rule of law. Colo.), sponsored a resolution calling for as the OSCE complies with the strict con- Russian Federation, the Federal Republic On the implications of the European lawmakers abroad to enact specific legis- sensus rule it must not be possible for it to of Yugoslavia and Kazakstan. The dele- Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) for lation designed to combat international participate in the decision-making process gation also met with the president of the the OSCE Region, the assembly proposed crime and corruption. The resolution also secretly and that objections to any propos- French National Assembly. that consideration be given to the possibil- urged the OSCE Ministerial Council, al must be made known to any interested The central theme of the 10th annual ity of the European Union’s ESDP being expected to meet in the Romanian capital OSCE participating state or institution. OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was available to OSCE and the United Nations of Bucharest this November, to consider The resolution calls for the reports of “European Security and Conflict for crisis management, peacemaking and practical means of promoting coopera- external and internal auditors of the Prevention: Challenges to the OSCE in the peacekeeping activities. tion among the participating states in OSCE to be made available to the 21st Century.” Nearly 300 parliamentari- The Paris Declaration urges the OSCE combating corruption and international Parliamentary Assembly in a timely man- ans from 52 states participated in the ses- to raise awareness by making delegations crime. ner and calls upon the OSCE Permanent sion. The Paris declaration of the OSCE and capitals more sensitive to the inter- Commission Co-Chairman Rep. Council to open its meetings to the public. Parliamentary Assembly is available on play between environmental economic Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.) sponsored The OSCE PA has established an ad hoc the Internet at http://www.osce.org/pa/. factors and the security of the OSCE the two resolutions at the Parliamentary committee to promote transparency and En route to the Parliamentary region. The assembly also suggested that Assembly. Rep. Smith’s anti-torture reso- accountability in the OSCE and monitor Assembly, the U.S. delegation stopped in all OSCE meetings dealing with econom- lution called on participating states to its implementation. The assembly re- Normandy, France, to pay their respects ic issues should include the gender per- exclude in courts of law or legal pro- elected Romanian member of Parliament to Americans killed in D-Day operations. spective. ceedings evidence obtained through the Adrian Severin as its president for a sec- Maintained by the American Battle On national minorities the assembly use of torture or other forms of cruel, ond one-year term. Rep. Alcee Hastings Monuments Commission, the cemetery strongly recommended to those participat- inhuman or degrading treatment. The from the United States, Kimmo Kiljunen at Normandy’s Omaha Beach is the final ing states that have not yet done so that congressman also worked with the of Finland and Ahmet Tan of Turkey were they bring their legislation on citizenship resting place for 9,386 American service French delegation to promote a measure elected as vice-presidents of the assembly into conformity with international stan- men and women, and honors the memory against human trafficking in the OSCE for a three-year term. dards for the protection of persons of the 1,557 missing. region. The Paris Declaration, adopted by the belonging to national minorities, particu- The U.S. Helsinki Commission, an The Parliamentary Assembly adopted Parliamentary assembly after four days of larly in regard to the procedures for the independent federal agency, by law a resolution sponsored by Commission debate in three general committees and acquisition or loss of citizenship. monitors and encourages progress in Ranking Member Rep. Steny H. Hoyer plenary sessions, deals with political, eco- The assembly called upon the partici- implementing provisions of the 1975 (D-Md.) that called on all OSCE states to nomic and human rights aspects of the pating states to reinvigorate their efforts to Helsinki Accords. Created in 1976, the ensure freedom of speech and freedom central theme of OSCE PA’s 10th annual implement their commitments regarding of the press in their societies. Rep. Hoyer commission is composed of nine sena- session: “European Security and Conflict freedom of expression and free media, said an open, vibrant and pluralistic tors, nine representatives and one offi- Prevention: Challenges to the OSCE in and to actively support media independ- media is the cornerstone of democracy. cial each from the departments of State, the 21st Century.” In addition, the Paris ence and pluralism. He noted that the free press is under Defense and Commerce. Additional Declaration contains resolutions on spe- The resolution on Southeastern Europe attack in some OSCE countries. information about the Helsinki cific issues such as abolition of the death opposes ethnic Albanian groups in the for- Commission Member Sen. George V. Commission is available on the Internet penalty; prevention of torture, abuse, Voinovich (R-Ohio) sponsored a resolu- at http://www.csce.gov. extortion or other unlawful acts; combat- (Continued on page 15) tion promoting greater stability in south- eastern Europe. Sen. Voinovich’s resolu- tion pushed for a political solution to the Senate resolution marks 10th anniversary of Baltic states’ freedom violence and instability that has enveloped southeastern Europe. U.S. Helsinki Commission Sen. Campbell noted the timely passage and Lithuania since the restoration of Commission Member Rep. Louise of the resolution during the U.S. com- the full independence of those nations.” McIntosh Slaughter (D-N.Y.) successful- WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate memoration of Captive Nations Week. “This resolution recognizes the strug- ly sought measures toward protecting on July 18 passed a resolution marking President George W. Bush has called gle of the people of Estonia, Latvia and religious liberties and recognizing the the 10th anniversary of freedom from for the 21st century to become the Lithuania against Communist oppres- importance of property restitution. Rep. Soviet rule for the Baltic countries. The “Century of Democracy.” sion in the past, as well as the great Slaughter’s amendment noted that OSCE measure was introduced by Helsinki Senate Concurrent Resolution 34 strides they have made over the past 10 participating states have committed Commission Chairman Sen. Ben congratulates Estonia, Latvia and years,” Sen. Campbell said. “Since they themselves to respecting fundamental Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.). Lithuania on the 10th anniversary of have regained their freedom, Estonia, religious freedoms. Another amendment “The Senate has duly recognized the the end of their illegal incorporation Latvia and Lithuania have demonstrated recognized that attempts to secure com- bold accomplishments of Estonia, into the Soviet Union. In 1940 the three their commitment to democracy, human pensation and restitution for losses per- Latvia and Lithuania since the restora- sovereign Baltic countries were rights and the rule of law while pursuing petrated by the Nazis can only deliver a tion of full independence from the for- forcibly annexed to the Soviet Union further integration into European politi- measure of justice to victims and their mer Soviet Union,” Chairman through a secret deal between Adolph cal, economic and security organiza- heirs. Campbell said. “The people of the Hitler and Joseph Stalin. tions. Commission Member Rep. Benjamin Baltic countries broke away from the Seized by Hitler during World War Chairman Campbell expressed L. Cardin (D-Md.) sponsored a resolu- oppressive regime of the Soviets and II, the Baltic states were forced back appreciation for the efforts of Senate tion on the North Caucasus region of the mounted successful efforts to build under the repressive Soviet yoke from Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Russian Federation that denounced the democracies. Other nations of the for- the end of World War II until the col- Joseph R. Biden (D-Del.) and Ranking excessive force used by Russian military mer Soviet Union should look to the lapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Republican Member Jesse Helms (R- personnel against civilians in Chechnya. Baltic states as an example in leader- Throughout this period, the United N.C.) to get this resolution out of com- The resolution condemns all forms of ship.” States never recognized the illegal mittee and onto the Senate floor. terrorism committed by the Russian mili- “The successful return of Estonia, incorporation of the Baltic states into The resolution enjoyed bipartisan sup- tary and Chechen fighters. One of Rep. Latvia and Lithuania into the communi- the Soviet Union and maintained for- port and was co-sponsored by Helsinki Cardin’s amendments addressed the ty of free and democratic nations is a mal diplomatic relations with the legiti- Commissioners Sen. Christopher J. Dodd restitution of property seized by the testament to the commitment and perse- mate representatives of Estonia, Latvia (D-Conn.) and Sen. George V. Voinovich Nazis and Communists during and after verance of the Baltic people in over- and Lithuania in exile. (R-Ohio). World War II. coming the legacy of brutal Soviet The resolution calls upon the presi- Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman The newest member of the Helsinki rule,” Sen. Campbell added. dent “to continue to build the close and Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.) has Commission, Rep. Alcee L. Hastings The Senate unanimously adopted mutually beneficial relations the United introduced a similar measure in the (D-Fla.), was elected to a three-year Concurrent Resolution 34 on July 18. States has enjoyed with Estonia, Latvia House of Representatives. term as one of nine vice-presidents of 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 No. 30

OSCE awards Prize for Journalism House passes Appropriations Bill and Democracy to Heorhii Gongadze with reduced funding for aid to Ukraine by Andrew Nynka OSCE, Adrian Severin of Romania, recalled Ukrainian National Information Service In presenting the amendment, Rep. that this was the sixth time the OSCE PA Kaptur outlined the fears of many on the WASHINGTON – The House of PARIS – The sixth OSCE Prize for has presented the prize, which has become House floor by emphasizing that “This Representatives on July 24 passed the Journalism and Democracy was accepted an important and well-recognized OSCE kind of ill-advised action by this Congress $15.2 billion Foreign Operations on July 6 by the widows of murdered jour- instrument in the promotion of freedom of is going to give the forces that are against Appropriations Bill (HR 2506) by a vote nalists Jose Luis Lopez de Lacalle (Spain) the media. reform a greater share of authority inside of 381-46. The bill included a provision and Heorhii Gongadze (Ukraine). The Commenting on the ceremony, Orest that country [Ukraine].” that lowers U.S. foreign assistance alloca- Spanish and Ukrainian journalists were Deychakiwsky, staff advisor of the U.S. The congresswoman also noted that tions to Ukraine for Fiscal Year 2002. posthumously awarded the prize for the Helsinki Commission, called Ms. U.S. ascension toward freedom and Despite a bipartisan effort to remedy “furthering of OSCE values by intervening Gongadze’s acceptance speech “a powerful democracy took nearly 200 years, and the situation, the House would not budge. in conflicts and secretive political environ- and moving acceptance of the OSCE reminded her colleagues that Ukraine As presented by Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.), ments through their writing.” Journalism and Democracy Prize for would need reassurance to complete its chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Raymond Forni, speaker of the French Heorhii, which was met by prolonged transition to a full-fledged democratic Operations, the House of Representatives National Assembly, presented Myroslava standing ovations from the 300 parliamen- society. felt that current events in Ukraine called Gongadze and Artolazabal de Lopez de tarians from 52 countries gathered there.” Three letters supporting continued for a reduction in assistance levels rather Lacalle with the shared prize. (For the text of Ms. Gongadze’s speech higher levels of funding to Ukraine were than sustained support. The newly re-elected president of the see page 6.) inserted into the Congressional Record by During a Foreign Operations Rep. Kaptur. The letters were from: the Subcommittee mark-up in early July, Department of Energy, addressed to assistance to Ukraine was capped at $125 Ambassador William Taylor, coordinator million, down from $169 million as of U.S. Foreign Assistance Programs to requested by President George W. Bush – the NIS, regarding the need to continue in a drop of $44 million. As recently as several years ago, nuclear safety programs in Ukraine; Ukraine had received nearly $200 million Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. in aid from the United States. The drop in Kostyantyn Gryshchenko; and Myroslava assistance levels for FY 2002 has led (Continued on page 20) many experts to speculate that Ukraine will interpret the U.S. action as a loss in interest, pushing Ukraine closer to Russia and preserving the corrupt Soviet legacy. Correction On the initiative of Rep. Marcy Kaptur In the story (July 22) about new party (D-Ohio), during discussion of the foreign blocs established in Ukraine in the run- aid bill on the House floor on Tuesday up to parliamentary elections it was evening, July 24, an amendment was reported that Socialist Party leader offered to increase the level of aid to Oleksander Moroz said he plans to unite Ukraine. The amendment to the Foreign with the Social Democratic Party Operations Appropriations Bill (which (United). It was, in fact, the much small- At the OSCE press conference at the French National Assembly (from left) are: includes assistance to Ukraine) was word- er Social Democratic Party that he had Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.), ed to change the assistance cap to an assis- cited. Also, the reference to the Green Myroslava Gongadze, an unidentified representative of Reporters Without tance floor, granting Ukraine “not less Party should have read Greens of the Frontiers and Rep. Joseph M. Hoeffel (D-Pa.). than $125 million.” 21st Century.

would not continue.” nal security services has thought up these body and confirm that the corpse located in Myroslava Gongadze... “The people need to know that they can different versions completely aware of what a wooded area in the southern part of Kyiv (Continued from page 1) demand an honest answer from our leaders. they were doing,” she related. Oblast was that of her husband, Heorhii. Lavrynovych, but Ms. Gongadze maintains Not the lies we’ve been getting,” she stress- “It has been a chronology of lies and Besides the various independent organiza- that this body does not have adequate es, alluding to the recent explanation of her unprofessionalism from those who have tions that have matched the DNA of the authority to oversee such investigations. husband’s murder and the subsequent mur- steered this process,” she said, referring to body, Ms. Gongadze contends that there After hearing the tapes of conversations der of her husband’s alleged assailants who the MIA, SBU, Procurator General and can be no question about the body’s proper in the presidential office for the first time purportedly were found with a map show- President Kuchma. As a result, “The peo- identity as medical experts have matched and realizing that she was in the middle of a ing were Mr. Gongadze’s body was located. ple’s trust in government has grown smaller the scars of broken bones and shrapnel political scandal, Ms. Gongadze understood As for the tapes made by presidential and smaller.” fragments that Mr. Gongadze received that her life and the life of her children were bodyguard Mykola Melnychenko that “I’ve always believed that the question while covering conflicts in Georgia with in danger. At that point Ms. Gongadze said apparently implicate President Kuchma, of who is guilty for the murder of Heorhii those found on the Tarascha body. she asked for political asylum in the United Ms. Gongadze says that the first time she Gongadze should be left to the courts to Ms. Gongadze’s prognosis for the States. heard of these tapes was when Mr. Moroz decide. But, in order for this case to pro- upcoming parliamentary elections involves “It’s not that I would simply like to see a made them public in the Verkhovna Rada. ceed to court, we must have a normal, three major blocs: those of Moroz, resolution to this situation – it’s like breath- Of Mr. Melnychenko’s motives she states: transparent and honest criminal investiga- Yuschenko and Tymoshenko. “I believe that ing, it’s something that needs to be done. “I believe Mr. Melnychenko is a very ideal- tion,” she continued. “This is the opposite if they can come together and form a coali- This is an extremely important issue for istic person who could no longer listen to of what’s happened. This investigation has tion they have a serious chance of making a society – for the people to understand that what he was hearing every day. I believe not moved in the direction of uncovering real parliamentary majority capable of they have the freedom to think – the free- that in principle he truly does care about the reality of what happened but has moved meaningful change for the benefit of Ukraine. Naturally, the Parliament will still dom to speak.” Ukraine and its future. I cannot comment to cover up the truth. If the president says contain the Communist Party and oligarchs, Ms. Gongadze noted that many people further on his motivations. But again, for that he is truly innocent of these crimes, but at least there is hope that the new bloc in Ukraine will not fight for these things him to do this for any other motive would then he can call for an independent investi- would be capable of creating necessary, because they don’t believe it will accom- be beyond my comprehension.” gation of specialists, he can create an inter- moral reform. This is a long and difficult plish anything. She cites the disappearance “If Mr. Moroz made public falsified national committee and he can investigate process, but we see the benefits of democra- of the chairman of Rukh’s secretariat, tapes he would have been committing polit- this issue and we can then find an answer to Mykhailo Boychyshyn (1994) and the mur- tization already in Poland,” Ms. Gongadze ical suicide. And I don’t believe that an indi- this question.” However, she underscored, explained. der of the board chairman of the Ukrainian vidual would commit that type of suicide by “Without an independent investigative Interbank Currency Exchange, Vadym Ms. Gongadze said she sees the making falsified tapes public. Given his body the Ukrainian authorities cannot, in American government as interested in Hetman (1998) as examples of unresolved position in society, without knowing that good conscience, consider this case cases. “I believe that if we, Heorhii’s mom, Ukraine’s current situation and believes that they were in fact undoctored and real, I closed.” the current administration wants to help and myself and our friends, did not continue to would be very surprised if he released With the latest twist in the case focusing push this process, the investigation itself wants to listen. “I am grateful that in this sit- them,” she added. on the burial of the body found in Tarascha, uation I can help to spur change. Until I no According to Ms. Gongadze, the Ms. Gongadze stated: “Over the course of longer become necessary I will stay here Minister of Internal affairs (MIA), Security the last eight months the investigators have and do what I can to help make meaningful Fund for Gongadze children Service of Ukraine (SBU), Procurator not talked about the details of the investiga- change for Ukraine by working in the Individuals interested in contribut- General and the president are all responsible tion. They’ve spent all of their time talking United States and with my own party, ing to support the children of for the outcome of the investigation into her about burying the body. Tell me why that is Reform and Order,” back home. Myroslava Gongadze can send dona- husband’s death, because they all have exactly? Although I believe it is a sin not to Ms. Gongadze plans to follow her hus- tions to: The Solomiya and Nana responsibilities tied to the investigation. bury this body, I also firmly believe that this band’s murder case to court and stay with Gongadze Fund, United Ukrainian “Throughout this process one group has body has many answers left to give and we the investigation until she sees that a thor- American Relief Committee investigated my husband’s murder and yet cannot have a burial until all of our ques- ough, independent investigation is carried (UUARC), 1206 Cottman Ave., another group has simply stepped in with tions are answered.” out. “This, in principle, has become my life Philadelphia, PA 19141. different stories to tell. The leadership of Ms. Gongadze acknowledged that her and I will stay with it until we have an open this country and the leadership of the inter- lowest point came as she had to identify the and clear resolution,” she underlined. 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FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Affirmative action needed in Ukraine Myroslava Gongadze’s speech With the advent of independence, there were great hopes for the future of Ukraine – for improvements in all spheres of life. Not least among them was the hope that the at OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ukrainian language would experience a rebirth and that the Russification once Below is the text of the speech deliv- Like many martyrs before him, imposed from above would vanish. That has not happened, according to two scholars ered by Myroslava Gongadze as she Heorhii, through his death, initiated the from Ukraine who recently delivered lectures in the New York/New Jersey area. accepted the OSCE Prize for Journalism beginning of change. This change started (Stories about their presentations appear on page 12 of this issue.) and Democracy presented posthumously with the recognition of journalists and According to Dr. Oleh Romaniv, president of the Shevchenko Scientific Society to her husband, Heorhii Gongadze, at the expanded to influencing society. I accept (NTSh) in Ukraine, after a brief resurgence of the Ukrainian language following the annual session of the Parliamentary this award in memory of Heorhii, as a declaration of Ukraine’s independence in 1991, came a new intensified Russification. Assembly of the Organization for Security sign of appreciation and recognition of his Government officials who were members of the old Soviet nomenklatura continue to and Cooperation in Europe held at the life and work. use Russian, speaking Ukrainian only when it is to their advantage to do so. The mass French National Assembly in Paris on I would like to thank those Ukrainian media promotes the Russian language, and Russian books outnumber Ukrainian-lan- July 6. Attending were 300 parliamentari- and Western politicians, who were not guage volumes. Even the Internet and computers promote Russification. No one ans from 52 countries, including 15 U.S. afraid to recognize Heorhii Gongadze as a seems to notice, or care, that Ukrainian is the state language of Ukraine. senators and congressmen. prominent journalist and fighter for Similarly, Dr. Yaroslav Isaievych, director of the Krypiakevych Institute of history, democracy. They spoke the truth, unlike observed that, though independence brought many freedoms, such as the freedom of Today, here, in Paris, in the land of those appointed by the president of speech, the much-anticipated flowering of publishing and literary activity in the Heorhii’s ancestors, I would like to share Ukraine to investigate my husband’s dis- Ukrainian language did not take place. “On the contrary,” he wrote in a recent article with you a story, passed down through appearance. I also want to express my for Suchasnist magazine, “the Ukrainian book is dying right before our eyes, unpro- generations, a story which would be ideal deepest gratitude to all who joined me in tected by anyone, not the government, not the public ...” The reason: independent for the movie screen. In 1928, the great- this fight, and especially those of you at book publishing was destroyed by centuries of colonial/imperial policies, and, while grandfather of Heorhii Gongadze, with his the OSCE, who in your day-to-day work Russian publications, aided by Russian tax breaks for books intended for export, flood family, moved from France to the newly strengthen and spread democracy around the market, Ukraine’s publishers get no break, no assistance from their government. established Soviet Union, searching for an the world. And the leaders of Ukraine have not seen fit to remedy the situation. ideal society. And fate brought a very I hope that international organizations It was in 1989 that the Parliament of Ukraine voted to make Ukrainian the state cruel punishment unto him. Out of a fami- continue to play a proactive role in com- language. Ten years later, in December 1999, came a ruling by the Constitutional ly of five, only one, the youngest daugh- pleting the investigation of my husband’s Court, which stated that Ukrainian, as the state language, has pre-eminence in matters ter, miraculously survived the Soviet murder. Just as his body has not yet been of government and education. And still the Russian language is used by government regime. This was my husband’s grand- laid to rest, neither has this matter been officials, there is a shortage of Ukrainian-language textbooks, the Ukrainian media mother, Ruth Berzinsh. She still lives in a completely resolved. remains overwhelmingly Russian, and Russian books, videos and recordings domi- small village in the republic of Georgia, From the first day we met, I knew nate the market. Let’s face it: Ukraine does not control its own information sphere. and through her a new idealist was born Heorhii was not an ordinary man. We That reality was acknowledged by Dr. Mykola Zhulynskyi, who headed the into this world. went through many disappointing times, Ukrainian Council on Language Policy that in January 2000 presented a detailed plan Heorhii was born to serve his society. but I never doubted his righteousness and for buttressing the use of the Ukrainian language in various spheres. The intent of the Such individuals as Heorhii come to this his future. I loved him more than life, and program was, in Dr. Zhulynskyi’s words, “to create a normal climate for the accept- world only to change it for the better. He now, after his death, I want our two ance of the Ukrainian language, to raise its prestige and to utilize a series of needed longed to see his native Georgia freed. He daughters to know who their father was. I measures so that the language gathers new impulses for further development to fought for freedom of expression and want them to be proud of the fact that become a consolidating factor within our society.” The program aimed to raise the lan- defended the rights of his fellow Ukraine is their fatherland. That is why I guage proficiency of Ukrainian citizens (especially that of government officials) to Ukrainians. He could have done much want to dedicate my life and do every- enforce a minimum language requirement for broadcasting, to de-Russify the sports more for this great cause, but he was thing possible to make sure that my chil- and tourism spheres, to promote Ukrainian-language school instruction and to develop purged. And by eliminating him, those dren pass this story on to their own chil- a tariff system for foreign publications brought into Ukraine. who committed this terrible crime tried to dren, and my husband’s idealistic quest So, what happened since then? Well, frankly, as far as we know, nothing. Nothing destroy freedom within Ukraine. becomes a reality. more was heard, and the proposal now appears to have died. So, is it hopeless? Not according to Dr. Romaniv, who expressed hope that nation- al-democratic forces still can and will unite into an effective coalition and that the gov- ernment will set up programs to effectively promote something that we, and other Rep. Bob Schaffer’s letter writers in this paper, have previously called for: “affirmative action” for the Ukrainian language. to speaker of the House Following is the text of a letter sent on to develop nuclear weapons programs. July 19 by Rep. Bob Schaffer (R-Colo.) to The economy of Ukraine, which has July Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), speaker of the been rebuilt from scratch, is growing at a Turning the pages back... House of Representatives, in regard to the rate that today is being called miraculous. recent House action on the Foreign Ukraine is well on its way to becoming sta- Operations Appropriations Bill which pro- ble and independent, and, as such, will be 31 vides for a significant reduction in funding able to ensure liberty and human rights for for Ukraine for Fiscal Year 2002. its citizens. 1996 Five years ago, our Kyiv correspondent Marta Kolomayets This has not been an easy road, and filed a news story in which she reported that the Kyiv City Ukraine will celebrate 10 years of inde- Ukraine is still suffering from inner turmoil. Branch of the Communist Party had issued a statement denounc- pendence on August 24 of this year. Ten There are still powerful forces within ing Ukraine’s 1991 declaration of independence as illegal. The years ago Ukraine declared its independ- Ukraine that cling to the old ways of com- move came just a month before celebrations of the fifth anniversary of that historic event. ence from the Soviet Union and embarked munism and harbor deep resentment for the In a brief statement released on July 31, 1996, the Communists alleged that Ukraine’s upon the challenging road to democracy, United States. America has forcefully August 24, 1991, declaration was made “in a state of increasing anti-Communist, national- free markets and spiritual renewal. Ukraine demanded swift improvements in civil ist hysteria.” was so integral to the USSR because of its rights, human rights and an end to rampant Independence had been proclaimed by the Ukrainian Parliament in the wake of the resources and productivity that the Soviet corruption in Ukraine. August 19, 1991, putsch by Soviet hard-liners in Moscow who were attempting to prevent Union disintegrated immediately upon Understandably, where reform has been the break-up of the Soviet Union. At the special session called on August 24, 348 deputies Ukraine’s declaration of independence. slow, the Congress has grown impatient. I voted for the declaration (one voted against, three abstained and 12 did not vote). The Kyiv In the past 10 years Ukraine has strug- share these concerns with our colleagues, Communist Party’s statement noted: “Supporting in principle national sovereignty and the gled to overcome monumental obstacles to but this is not the time for recriminations. right of nations to self-determination, Communists could welcome the expression of the freedom. The pressures, from Russian and Instead, we should show as much confi- people’s will, if indeed it were so.” However, they noted, Ukraine and its people had from socialist remnants within its own gov- become “fully dependent on U.S. geopolitics and an ever-growing Western influence.” dence as possible in the heroic successes of ernment, to reintegrate into Russia have Ukraine’s reformers, but most of all, the The party said it supported a return to the decision reached on March 17, 1991, in a been intense, yet they are being overcome. Soviet referendum that called for a sovereign Ukrainian state within a renewed union of Ukrainian people. Anything less will stall The threat of economic ruin, and the conse- the tremendous progress being made and socialist states. quent devastation of 52 million lives, has The adoption of a new Constitution also had upset leftist forces in Ukraine five years yield the nation to certain despots who long loomed constantly on the horizon, yet it for the days of Soviet dominance. ago. The Union of Communists of Ukraine issued a statement on July 30, 1996, which stat- hasn’t happened. ed that the recently adopted fundamental law “legalizes social injustices and the robbery of America’s investments in Ukraine have Ukraine has enacted a Constitution. For fueled the progress of reform and empow- the working people by bourgeois mafiosi.” It also noted that “the Communists and the first time in its history, its citizens enjoy Socialists who voted for the new Constitution betrayed the working peoples’ interests.” ered our earnest friends. Cutting this aid free elections. Ukraine lives peacefully with only empowers the detractors of freedom in More than 90 lawmakers refused to swear allegiance to the new Constitution on July 12, all its neighboring countries, even offering 1996, but their names were not made public, nor were they considered obligated to do so, Ukraine. support where it can. Mr. Speaker, without question, the recent because they were elected before the new Constitution was adopted, said Volodymyr Ukraine has freely abolished the third Stretovych, a national deputy in Parliament who then chaired its Legal Committee. actions of the House in the Foreign largest nuclear arsenal in the world in the Operations Appropriations Bill do, in fact, Source: “Communist Party of Kyiv says independence declaration was illegal” by Marta interest of world peace. It has refused lucra- Kolomayets, Kyiv Press Bureau, The Ukrainian Weekly, August 4, 1996, Vol. LXIV, No. 31. tive contracts with other countries wanting (Continued on page 14) No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

and hurt the people, not the government, PERSPECTIVES of Ukraine. Proposed aid cuts The crossroads nation of Ukraine BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY a huge policy blunder surely can transform the face of Europe Dear Editor: for decades to come. But this potential should not be taken for granted. The The U.S. House of Representatives recent signing of the Sino-Russian pact would make a huge foreign policy blun- means that the West must strengthen its The fertile soil of your own traditions der if it carries through on a threat by strategic ties with Ukraine, encouraging On May 13, 1933, with famine raging applied across the board: people learned to Republican appropriators to slash $45 that country to continue looking west- in the countryside and thousands of keep their thoughts to themselves. Even million in foreign aid to Ukraine. This is ward, both in policy and in action. Ukraine’s cultural figures in prison, 39 more frightening, they learned to have no even $40 million less than what the Bush Irresponsible cuts in aid send Ukraine year-old Mykola Khvyliovy invited some independent thoughts at all. administration requested. exactly the wrong message. friends to join him in his apartment in Fast forward to June 23: Pope John Paul Meanwhile, Russia is making every President George W. Bush and Kharkiv. He told them he wanted to share II stands on the tarmac at Boryspil effort to cozy up to its breadbasket Secretary of State Colin Powell have a statement about the dismal situation in International Airport in Kyiv and tells his neighbor. Vladimir Putin has reserved both expressed the importance of our Ukraine. hosts that ”Ukraine has a clearly European airspace to attend the August festivities partnership with Ukraine and the nation’s Khvyliovy, a devoted communist since vocation” and again speaks of her “unique in Kyiv at Ukraine’s 10th anniversary of pivotal role in the region. This fall, our 1919, was a person of considerable promi- vocation as the frontier and gate between independence. Russia has appointed Congress-Rada Parliamentary Exchange nence. A highly regarded writer, he was East and West.” This was a theme he Viktor Chernomyrdin, its former prime Group will convene for the first time. also the unofficial leader of the cultural would repeat throughout his five-day trip. minister, as its new ambassador to Members of the U.S. Congress will meet renaissance that had blossomed in Soviet A week after the pope departed for Ukraine. Congratulations to Russia. with their Ukrainian counterparts to Ukraine in the 1920s. When Khvyliovy Rome, NATO Secretary General George Republicans on our Foreign build lasting professional relationships published his first book of short stories in Robertson arrived in Kyiv. At a conference Operations Subcommittee say this and share information on how both coun- 1923, the country had just concluded a there, he spoke of Ukraine playing “a piv- unprecedented singling out of Ukraine tries can work for Ukraine’s full integra- bloody decade of world war, revolution otal geostrategic role” making it “a key to will send a message to Ukraine’s politi- tion into the world community. and famine. Millions had lost their lives in ensuring Europe’s long-term stability.” cal leaders about human rights viola- The actions of Congress will be those inter-related catastrophes. Last year, President Bill Clinton communi- tions. Fair enough. But whom will their instrumental in continued developments With peace and stability finally at hand, cated the same message when he chose action punish? Can they really be sure to promote governmental integrity and Khvyliovy began boldly mapping a strate- Ukraine as one of four countries to visit on who is guilty for the specific human democratic ideals, and reduce corruption. gy to lift Ukraine’s culture from her his last trip to Europe. Earlier this year in rights violations they abhor? We call on Congress to match last year’s provincial status, which he and others Warsaw, President George W. Bush reiter- Yes, Ukraine is a struggling new assistance level. Let the people of attributed to generations of Russian ated that point: “the Europe we are build- republic, riddled with corruption, lacking Ukraine know that we support their oppression. Writing in literary journals he ing must include Ukraine.” a robust justice system and crawling its progress and look forward to an enduring helped found, his two-fold prescription Sixty-eight years after Khvyliovy made way to an open, civil society. There are relationship and, indeed, friendship. was encapsulated in the slogans: “Away that dramatic statement in his apartment in from Moscow!” and “Face the West!” Kharkiv, the world is finally seeing horrendous abuses there. But to isolate Rep. Marcy Kaptur Ukraine at this turning point in history “For art,” he wrote, “it can only be Ukraine on his terms – as a European Washington mitigates against U.S. interests in a Europe.” nation. To be sure, the pope sees Ukraine strategic region of the world. Give Once Ukrainian culture was unleashed, in religious-spiritual terms; the NATO gen- Ukraine the credit it is due. Ukraine has everything else would follow, Khvyliovy eral secretary and the U.S. presidents in dismantled all its nuclear weapons. It Papal visit to Ukraine maintained. Ukraine, situated at an historic geopolitical terms. For Khvyliovy, it was seeks to become part of the full union of crossroads, would initiate an “Asian culture that mattered most. Ukrainians, he European states. It refused to sell tur- was a true blessing Renaissance” that would synthesize ele- felt, first had to define themselves through bines to Iran. It was President Leonid Dear Editor: ments of both East and West. Under his artistic expression to lay the foundation for Kuchma who extended the invitation to moral leadership, filmmakers, playwrights, their country’s role as the bridge between After so many years of disappoint- Pope John Paul II for his recent historic painters, writers, poets and scholars took East and West. ment, it was most gratifying to not only visit. Ukraine has spawned an emerging up the challenge and created daring, excit- Ukraine today is clearly a deeply trou- see the visit of Pope John Paul II to middle class with its economy growing ing works full of revolutionary optimism bled society. During his visit, the pope Ukraine, but to see the coverage it more than 6 percent in the last year. and pride in their nation’s revival. immediately put his finger on the root received. For once, it appears that our Important reforms have begun in the This was the era that gave birth to the cause of those woes: “Under the oppres- community was better prepared for media civil code and land titling, the latter films of Alexander Dovzhenko, Mykhailo sion of totalitarian regimes such as enacted through executive decree over a coverage than we ever seemed to have Boichuk’s school of art and the linguistic Communism and Nazism,” he said, “the divided legislative branch. been in past. In watching the coverage on experiments of countless poets and other people risked losing their national, cultural Ukraine still faces enormous clean-up EWTN, one could not help but marvel at writers. The political leadership in Kharkiv and religious identity; they saw the challenges – from Chornobyl and other the fine representation provided by the complemented this cultural renaissance destruction of the intellectual elite, the cus- rickety in-country nuclear plants, to its Rev. Peter Galadza in not only translating with a Ukrainianization policy in the coun- todians of the nation’s civil and religious politics and human rights. Instead of sin- the events but in his thorough compre- try’s work sites and schools. heritage.” gling out the government of Ukraine for hension and knowledge of Ukrainian his- At the same time, Joseph Stalin was Pope John Paul II paid tribute to this punishment, Congress should recognize tory and his narrative on Church issues. I maneuvering in Moscow to assume total lost elite when he visited the mass grave in the remarkable strides the people of dare say that many of us learned much power in the Soviet Union. By 1929 he the woods near Kyiv where 200,000 vic- Ukraine have taken towards democracy about our heritage during the broadcasts had consolidated his grip and with the First tims of Stalin’s Terror lie buried. Later the and a market-oriented economy, and thanks to Father Galadza’s excellent com- Five-Year Plan initiated the policies that pope prayed at Babyn Yar, where the Nazis encourage more of these. mentaries. would make him synonymous with evil. gunned down an equal number of Jews Ukraine is one of the largest and most How proud we were of Cardinal With collectivization and the war against and other victims. Those who lie there important of the former Soviet republics Lubomyr Husar! We are most blessed to “bourgeois nationalism,” Ukraine entered were murdered precisely because they that wish to draw westward. According have such a superior representative of our a period of horror that defies description. were Christians, because they were to the Central Intelligence Agency, Church. His diplomatic manner and In addition to a government-induced Jewish, because they were assertively “After Russia, the Ukrainian republic speeches were inspirational to all. To famine, the most creative, sensitive people Ukrainian. was far and away the most important those of us who still have dear memories were being killed for their work in the cul- The corruption, lack of initiative, mate- economic component of the former of the primate’s early pastorship at tural renaissance that Khvyliovy had rialism and denatured character of so Soviet Union, producing about four Soyuzivka and the homilies he delivered helped launch. much of contemporary Ukraine has its ori- times the output of the next-ranking then, his addresses in Ukraine continued By the spring of 1933 when Khvyliovy’s gins in evil political ideologies. As some- republic. Its fertile black soil generated to not only instruct but to capture our friends gathered at his apartment, Ukraine one who ministers to the soul, the holy more than one-fourth of the Soviet agri- attention. had become one big concentration camp, a father knows instinctively that Ukraine’s cultural output ...” And, of course, the holy father’s abili- charnel house of unimaginable proportions. problems are spiritual and moral as much Why should Republican appropriators ty to overcome his physical limitations, to That morning, Khvyliovy greeted his guests as they are physical and structural. cut the very funds that benefit U.S. find the strength not only to travel such a and asked them to wait a moment so he Fortunately, he did not come to Ukraine to organizations and interests undertaking distance, but to speak with such clarity, could go to his study for the statement. merely lament the past and point out the the Herculean task of transition and so ably, in Ukrainian is a true miracle. There, he put a gun to his head and blew his obvious. Boarding the plane back to reform? Approximately 90 percent of How moving it was to see so many faith- brains out. On the table lay a letter protest- Rome, he offered a prescription for what U.S. assistance to Ukraine involves ful at our own Greek-Catholic mass! ing the party’s terrorist policies. ails Ukraine: “it is into the fertile soil of grants to non-governmental organiza- Camilla Huk It would be to no avail. Stalin was firm- your own traditions that the roots of your tions (NGOs), small business develop- Rutherford, N.J. ly in charge, and Ukraine vanished as a future stretch!” ment, exchange programs, support for factor in world culture. The artists who fol- As Ukraine prepares to celebrate her 10th year of independence, it’s inspiring to independent media, municipal develop- The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters lowed Khvyliovy’s inspiration were either ment and the closure of the Chornobyl to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou- killed or ended up as party hacks. Their see her move from the despair of the nuclear plant facilities. ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi- works were burned or buried in the Soviet era to the optimism and energy the Cutting aid to Ukraine merely thwarts nals, not photocopies. archives of the Secret Police. Those who 81-year-old pontiff brought with him. our painstaking efforts to help build a The daytime phone number and address survived or came later learned to avoid all Ukraine’s tradition is rich, and the future civil society. The effect would be to of the letter-writer must be given for verifi- topics that might deliver them to the tor- for her as the potential gateway between damage the U.S. position with Ukraine cation purposes. ture chambers or labor camps. That East and West is boundless. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 No. 30

“We determined clear priorities of President of China... cooperation in the realization of large- (Continued from page 1) scale projects,” Mr. Zlenko said, accord- European countries and the United States ing to the Interfax news agency. “First of over Washington’s defense plans. all, we are speaking about Ukraine’s par- The visit also showed China’s inten- ticipation in developing China’s western tion to seek closer ties with Moscow’s regions, construction of energy units and neighbors and allies, including Ukraine, transport corridors, as well as aerospace which is maneuvering between Russia projects.” and the West. Relations between the two states At his meetings with Ukraine’s soured in 1997, after the premier of President Leonid Kuchma and Prime Taiwan made an unofficial visit to Kyiv, Minister Anatolii Kinakh, President Jiang but have markedly improved since then. discussed economic, political and human- China views the island of Taiwan, gov- itarian issues, trade development and the erned by Chinese who fled the Chinese experience with free trade zones, Communist takeover of the mainland in as well as cooperation in high-tech and 1949, as a renegade province. space industries, and educational, cultural In the joint declaration signed with and information spheres. China, Ukraine said it considers Taiwan “China is a great country and there are an inalienable part of China and pledged to have no official relations with it. AP/Viktor Pobedinsky many things for us to learn, to trade and to discuss,” President Kuchma said, After completing his agenda in Kyiv, U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice with U.S. Ambassador to according to the Den daily. President Jiang left Kyiv on July 21 for Ukraine Carlos Pascual before their meeting with the Ukrainian media in Kyiv. Ukrainian and Chinese officials signed Symferopol, the capital of the Crimean several documents, including an accord peninsula, a top Soviet-era resort area that Macedonia’s small air force has nearly today is plagued by economic hardship. doubled in size after purchases of Ukrainian on extradition of criminals and an agree- U.S. national security... ment on cooperation in tourism. China Before leaving Ukraine early on July (Continued from page 1) aircraft in recent months. In March the 23 for Malta, Mr. Jiang visited former country bought four Ukrainian Mi-8 heli- also signed a $1.2 million humanitarian U.S. aid to Ukraine, Dr. Rice said, “Our aid grant to Ukraine for joint projects. palaces of Russian tsars and the home of Congress does have an important role to copters and in June it received four Mi-24 writer Anton Chekhov located near the helicopter gunships and four ground support Trade turnover between China and play in American foreign policy, but I think Crimean city of Yalta. He also took part Su-25 aircraft from Ukraine. Ukraine has steadily decreased in recent that you can be certain that the U.S. admin- in a dinner hosted by Ukraine’s president. Dr. Rice said Macedonia should have years, falling from $1.3 billion in 1997 to istration understands the importance of “adequate” means for its defense, but noted $840 million in 1999 and about $760 funding to civil society in Ukraine.” that rushing weapons into the country, million in 2000, the State Statistics Speaking about international safety, Dr. which is in a stage of political discussions, Committee of Ukraine reported. Rice urged the Ukrainian government to “was not helpful.” She urged a focus on a However, bilateral trade began to grow Clarification halt weapons supplies to Macedonia, a political solution to the conflict. this year, increasing by 30 percent in the The story about SUM and Plast youths Balkan country troubled by unrest follow- The U.S. national security adviser left first six months of 2001 compared to the from camps in Ellenville, N.Y., and East ing insurgency by ethnic Albanian rebels. Kyiv on July 25 for Moscow, where she same period last year and reaching $590 Chatham, N.Y., getting together at the Earlier this month Macedonian Defense was to confer with Russian officials on million, Den reported. SUM camp (July 22) improperly charac- Minister Vlado Buckovski spoke with Washington’s plans to build a national Foreign Affairs Minister Anatolii terized both groups as scouting organiza- Ukrainian officials to discuss cooperation in missile defense system. Russia, like Zlenko said on July 24 that the Chinese tions. Plast Ukrainian Scouting construction of a technical support base for China, has opposed U.S. missile defense president’s visit helped achieve high- Organization is a scout group, but the Macedonian air force and pilots’ training in plans, warning that they could cause a level agreements to boost business coop- Ukrainian American Youth Association Ukraine. new arms race. eration. (SUM), is not.

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UMANA holds biennial convention and scientific conference in Phoenix by Dr. George Hrycelak social gathering for all attendees at the Ukrainian Cultural Center. Branch PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Ukrainian President Christine Boyko and board Medical Association of North America member Lesia Poniatyshyn greeted their held its 36th Scientific Conference and guests with the presentation of a display of 29th Assembly of Delegates June 20-24, Ukrainian historical costumes at the center. in sunny Arizona. Over 70 health care Saturday, June 23, was devoted to the practitioners and their families from the Biennial Assembly of Delegates, the United States and Canada attended the highest administrative body in UMANA. biennial assembly and its scientific pre- A review of the last two years’ activity sentations. was presented, with reports from the A new slate of officers was elected for major officers and committees made pub- the 2001-2003 term, with the members lic and discussed. The names of 38 new discussing and refining plans for the applicants were presented to the assem- ongoing development of UMANA. bly for induction into the association. The convention began on Wednesday, The new board of directors was elected June 20, with a welcoming reception in to leadership, and a hearty thank-you was the Arizona Biltmore Resort’s architec- New officers of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (from left): extended to the past officers for their turally stunning Aztec Room. This resort, Andrew Iwach, Ariadna Czartorysky, Ihor Voyevidka, Bohdan Iwanetz and Ihor unflinching duty and effort on behalf of Fedoriw. built in the 1920s under the influence of UMANA. Frank Lloyd Wright, served as a back- The new officers for 2001-2003 are: drop for two days of lecture presentations Ihor Voyevidka, M.D., president; Bohdan by medical colleagues from various aca- Iwanetz, M.D., president-elect; Ihor demic institutions. The lectures were well Fedoriw, OD, vice-president; Ariadna attended, and participation by the audi- Czartorysky, M.D., secretary; and ence was stimulating. Andrew Iwach, M.D., treasurer. The faculty and their presentations Dr. Pavlo Dzul was appointed again to included: Alec Danylevych, M.D., serve as editor-in-chief of the Journal of “Lumbosacral Stenosis in the Aging the UMANA (JUMANA), and Dr. Adrian Patient” (a narrowing of the spinal column Baranetsky was appointed to continue as that causes pain or numbness in the editor of UMANA Newsletter. Dr. Ihor extremities); Robert Dzioba, M.D., Zachary was named chapter representa- “Unstable Burst Fractures of the Low tive, and Larissa Iwanetz was named Back” (the bursting of vertebrae resulting membership director. Drs. Pavlo Dzul, from sudden impact, often occurring in Robert Dzioba, Maria Hrycelak, and young athletes, causing the spinal column Zirka Kalynych were named to the ethics to stiffen); Andrew Dzul, M.D., “Snoring committee. Dr. Hrycelak also holds the and Sleep Apnea” (a condition that causes post of UMANA archivist. a snoring person to stop breathing for up The newly elected board met for the to a minute or two at night); Andrew rest of the afternoon in formal session. In Iwach, M.D., “Glaucoma Management attendance were: Dr. Alexandra Kushnir, Update: Should Ukrainians Care?” (a New York Metro chapter president; Dr. pressure increase in the eye that causes Marta Kushnir, New York Metro chapter Seen at the UNWLA reception are (from left) Roman Goy, Christine Boyko, Ihor irreversible damage to vision); Bohdan secretary; Dr. Wolodymyr Medwidsky, Voyevidka, Maria Shcherbak and Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak. Iwanetz, M.D., “Repair of Giant Toronto chapter president; Dr. Ihor Abdominal Wall Hernias Using Bilateral Zachary, Ohio chapter president; and Dr. Rectus Sheath Flaps” (the use of the Ihor Fedoriw, Pennsylvania chapter rep- patient’s own muscle tissue, rather than resentative; as well as local members artificial material, to cover abdominal from the Phoenix-Scottsdale area. organs that protrude through the muscle One of the most pertinent motions car- wall) and “Review of Sentinel Node ried was a complete dues abatement for Technique in General Surgery” (the use of the first two years of associate member- radioactive dye to trace the possible ship for those doctors recently arrived spread of breast cancer, resulting in the from Ukraine who have not yet received removal of just one lymph node for exam- an American or Canadian license. Such ination rather than many); Marko medical professionals are being encour- Jachtorowycz, M.D., “Female Urinary aged to become members of UMANA Incontinence: New Therapeutic Horizons” and this gesture assures them a welcome (an examination of treatments for the con- spot on the roster of incoming members. dition by which the muscles connected to A group dinner was held on Saturday the bladder are weakened); Volodymyr evening with local guests present to hear Kryzhanivsky, M.D., Ph.D., “Modern a stirring presentation by the ambassador Reperfusion Strategies for Acute ST- of Ukraine to Canada, Dr. Yuri Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Focus on Shcherbak, titled “Chornobyl: Fifteen Thrombolysis” (administering medication Years Later.” As a witness to the catastro- to heart attack patients that immediately phe, Ambassador Shcherbak, a physician breaks the clot and prevents further dam- and writer, has dedicated himself to age); Wolodymyr Medwidsky, M.D., enlightening the world about what hap- “Stroke Me Gently: An Overview of pened that day in a factual, clinical man- Various Skin Injuries” (a survey of every- The newly elected UMANA president, Ihor Voyevidka (left), presents an award ner, in the hopes that such an event will to Roman Goy, immediate past president of UMANA. day skin injuries, such as the results of never occur anywhere in the world.

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by Natalka Bilash KERHONKSON, N.Y. – This year’s “Tabir Ptashat,” a Plast daycamp for chil- dren age 4-6, organized by the Pershi Stezhi Plast sorority, took place at Soyuzivka in two groups. The first group’s camp took place from June 24 through July 1 and was under the direction of Borislaw Bilash of New Jersey. The camp had 60 children and 29 coun- selors and assistants. In order to prepare for Tabir Ptashat, each camper received a coloring book called “Uchena Papuha” (The Clever Parrot), written by Natalia and Borislaw Bilash and illustrated by Zenia Nakonechny-Olesnyckyj. This book was based on a story written by Roman Zawadowych. The book gave each camper an insight into the language skills that would be expected from the campers and parents participating in the camp. The theme of this year’s camp was “Learn About Others, Remember Your Own.” Every group of children learned about one of the continents of the world – its people, culture, plants and animals – and chose as its group mascot one of the birds of that continent. Morning activities included individual group meetings, singing, games, and arts Campers and their counselors during the first week of “Tabir Ptashat” at the Ukrainian National Associationn resort, Soyuzivka. and crafts. In the afternoon the children learned Ukrainian dancing, an activity con- ducted in the early years of Tabir Ptashat and that was introduced this year. Following the dancing, all the campers took part in a special activity. On Wednesday the campers hiked to the Green Pool at Soyuzivka, located en route to the water- falls, and on Thursday, took part in a camp bonfire that took place after dinner. A fabulous program took place on Saturday, the last day of camp. The first part of the program included all the coun- selors in full costumes in the roles of vari- ous birds of different continents acting out the story of “Uchena Papuha.” The campers performed various Ukrainian dances, which were taught during the week by Ivanka Iwaskiw, Roma Odulak and Hrytz Bedyk. After the concert, the children, their par- ents and guests watched a slide show of the week’s camp events. Next the children gathered for a Multicultural Festival, where all the groups presented foods of their con- tinent, as well as the arts and crafts they made during the week. The closing cere- monies followed with the participation of the founder of Tabir Ptashat, Neonila Sochan of the Pershi Stezhi sorority, who A future scientist takes a close look at an insect. served as camp administrator, and Ukrainian National Association Advisor Photos by Borislaw Bilash, Stephanie Hawryluk. Campers learn about the world via arts and crafts. Anya Hnateyko and Zenia Nakonechny-Olesnyckyj.

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President of Shevchenko Scientific Society of Ukraine comments on continuing Russification by Dr. Orest Popovych NEW YORK – Anyone who has visited Ukraine in recent years can offer anecdotal examples of the grow- ing Russification there, but the subject matter rises to an altogether different level when it is presented and ana- lyzed by a scholar intimately familiar with the processes occurring in Ukraine and also willing to talk about them openly. Such qualifications are met by Dr. Oleh Romaniv, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, president of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) in Ukraine and secretary general of the society’s World Council, who spoke at the NTSh home in New York City on June 29. When the Soviet Union collapsed 10 years ago, everyone expected a rapid establishment of a national Ukrainian state, Dr. Romaniv began. However, the ini- tial euphoria has now passed, and Ukraine has found itself afflicted with a life-threatening disease whose symptoms are political and social-economic problems, a low level of social consciousness and morals, as well as an increasing threat to its language and culture. Although 10 years of independence have witnessed some promotion of the Ukrainian language in schools, in the development of terminology, the publication of dictionaries and in general usage, the difficulties that have now surfaced have deep historical roots, he contin- ued. To understand them one must recall the decimation of the Ukrainian nation by the Great Famine and the This postcard above issued by the Shevchenko Scientific Society of Ukraine shows Soviet leader Nikita executions and deportations of the Great Terror during Khrushchev presiding over a meeting in 1943 at which decisions were made about changes in Ukrainian the 1930s, followed by an influx of non-Ukrainians dur- orthography. The thrust of the changes was to bring the Ukrainian language closer to Russian. ing the periods of industrialization, urbanization and World War II. All these processes and the accompany- corrected. Dr. Romaniv also noted that he recently was Ukraine by Pope John Paul II, who addressed crowds in ing mixing of the USSR’s nationalities, resulted in the shocked when a ticket he had purchased at the railroad Ukrainian. “Let us be optimists and believe in our displacement of the Ukrainian, and other languages, by station in Lviv turned out to be in Russian. The explana- Ukrainian Ukraine,” concluded the speaker from Lviv. Russian. tion: “That’s how the computer prints.” The program, which was chaired by Dr. Anna Procyk, a Therefore, it is no wonder that after a brief resur- Nevertheless, Dr. Romaniv said he remains optimistic vice-president of the NTSh in America, included the pres- gence of the Ukrainian language following the declara- about the future of the Ukrainian language in Ukraine, entation of the Mykhailo Hrushevsky medal to historian tion of Ukraine’s independence in 1991 came the provided the national-democratic forces in the Prof. Alexander Dombrowsky in recognition of his schol- Russian reaction both from within the country and from Parliament manage to unite in an effective coalition and arly work in the area of early Ukrainian history. The medal Russia, Dr. Romaniv said. Many of Ukraine’s govern- the government institutes programs of preferential treat- was presented on behalf of the NTSh of Ukraine by Dr. ment officials are members of the old Soviet Russian- ment for the Ukrainian language, akin to “affirmative Romaniv, who was introduced by Dr. Larissa Zaleska speaking “nomenklatura,” who use the Ukrainian lan- action” policies for minorities in the United States. He Onyshkevych. Accepting the honor, Prof. Dombrowsky guage only when facing television cameras. Some of pointed to a very positive development for the prestige reminisced about his lifelong association with Ukrainian them, however, demonstratively refuse to speak of the Ukrainian language and statehood: the visit to scholarship, dating back to the late 1930s in Lviv. Ukrainian even when performing their official duties, despite the fact that Ukrainian is the official state lan- guage, Dr. Romaniv observed, adding that, unfortunate- ly, they are never penalized for breaking the language Lviv historian focuses on poor state of book publishing law. by Roma Hadzewycz decline of book publishing in the country. Another bastion of the Russian language is the armed Once Ukraine found itself under tsarist Russian rule, the forces of Ukraine and their officer corps. The speaker EAST HANOVER, N.J. – Historian Yaroslav Valuev Ukase of 1863 banned all publications in Ukrainian noted that it is significant that they also disregard the Isaievych, director of the Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of except belles lettres, and the Ems Ukase of 1876 attempted historical traditions of Ukrainian armed forces other Lviv, addressed the essential topic “Why Are There No to halt the printing and distribution of Ukrainian-language than that of the Kozaks. Ukrainian Books in Ukraine?” during a recent visit to the publications within the Russian empire. Dr. Isaievych said The new intensified Russification of Ukraine has United States. that by 1889, to cite just one example of the Russian resulted from the fact that the country is being run by At the outset of his talk, Dr. Isaievych pointed to once- imperial policy, Ukrainian-language book publishing in so-called oligarchic structures or clans, also known as vibrant publishing activity in Ukraine, when many private Odesa occupied sixth place after Russian, Hebrew, French, the “new capital,” which is derived from the shadow publishers were engaged in printing diverse works. He German and Greek publications. economy. These oligarchs, explained Dr. Romaniv, are cited the defeat of Hetman Ivan Mazepa by tsarist Russian According to the Lviv historian, the state of Ukrainian mostly non-Ukrainian or even anti-Ukrainian – some forces in 1709 at the Battle of Poltava as marking the book publishing did not change significantly until World undoubtedly in the service of Moscow. Yet today they beginning of Ukraine’s colonial status and, as a result, the War I. Ukraine’s domination by foreign powers was control all areas of political, economic and social life in reflected in the fact that some 95 percent of the books pub- Ukraine, as well as the information sphere. By control- lished in eastern Ukraine were in Russian, while in western ling the mass media they are able to inundate the coun- Ukraine they were in Polish or Hungarian. That changed try with Russian language and pop culture. Dr. Romaniv during the period of Ukrainian statehood, 1917-1920, as named television as the main culprit as most channels there was much book publishing in Ukraine and abroad, carry broadcasts in Russian. The anticipated new TV for example in Vienna, where books were published for cable system is expected to add some 30 more Russian- distribution in Ukraine. language channels. Incidentally, he said, TV channels With the Soviet occupation of Ukraine, he continued, controlled by the oligarchs are devoid of political objec- there was an initial period of Ukrainianization during tivity, as evidenced by their opposition to Prime which Ukrainian-language book publishing, though state- Minister Viktor Yuschenko. controlled, increased. Furthermore, Ukraine is being overwhelmed by Under the Stalin regime and after World War II, when Russian-language printed press and books, many of all Ukrainian lands came under Soviet rule, came steady them imported from Russia. At Petrivka, the outdoor Russification. Thus, while in the 1960s some 60 percent of book bazaar in Kyiv, Russian-language books outnum- the books published in Ukraine were in Ukrainian, by the ber their Ukrainian-language counterparts 10 to 1. Part 1980s, during the Brezhnev era, that figure had declined by of the disparity is due to the taxes that are imposed on half to 30 percent. Dr. Isaievych added that the books pub- publications in Ukraine, but not in Russia. It is notewor- lished were subject to heavy censorship. thy that Ukraine receives most of its Western literature Since the proclamation of Ukraine’s independence there in Russian translation. How ironic, Dr. Romaniv stated, has been no censorship of books, but the state of book pub- that Ukraine’s coveted integration with the West is pro- lishing has not been good, said the speaker. In fact, due to ceeding via Russia. decades of destruction of the independent book publishing The latest vehicle in the Russification of Ukraine, the industry, the number of publications declined markedly. speaker related, turns out to be computerization and the Anyone who has funds can freely publish books, but who Internet, where Russian predominates. For example, has such funds? when 30,000 computers were ordered recently from Thus, in 1998 7,000 book titles were published in Microsoft for use in Ukrainian schools, they were found Ukraine, and only 38 percent of these were in the to have Russian-language programs. Thanks to timely intervention in Kyiv by the NTSh, this error may be Dr. Yaroslav Isaievych (Continued on page 20) No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 13 INTERVIEW: Dr. Bohdan Budzan notes progress at IMI-Kyiv Since January 1997 Dr. Bohdan Sciences of National Progress of Ukraine. This number may be impressive for Budzan has served as director general of But most formative in my understanding the business school, but how does it the International Management Institute of Western-style management and business meet the growing business demands in in Kyiv (IMI-Kyiv), where he is also a education was the special management Ukraine? Will IMI-Kyiv increase its senior lecturer teaching upper-level man- program at the London Business School enrollment? agement courses. He consults on strate- and the International Senior Manager’s gic management issues for the top man- Program at Harvard Business School. I am Clearly, 160 graduates a year will not agement of companies operating in excited to meet my friends, classmates and be able to meet Ukraine’s management Ukraine. professors from HBS once again at the demands. Compare Ukraine to the United He is an adviser to the government of annual alumni meeting in Cleveland. My States, where there are some 1 million Ukraine, and a member of the boards of relationships there are so dear to me that I M.B.A. graduates averaging one M.B.A. Central and East European Management have not yet missed an alumni gathering. diploma per 250-280 citizens. In Ukraine Development Association (CEEMAN), there is one true, Western-style M.B.A. Societe Generale Ladenburg Thalmann Is the Harvard Business School graduate for every 50,000 citizens. No Ukraine Fund Limited and Academy of alumni meeting your main purpose for doubt this is far too low, and we need Sciences of National Progress of visiting the United States? more M.B.A.s– at least twice as many. Ukraine. But it takes time for the business educa- It is an important reason, but as the tion sector to evolve in Ukraine. IMI-Kyiv Dr Budzan has completed the director of a business school, business is International Senior Manager’s Program students study at their own cost or are never far from my agenda, and neither is sponsored by their companies. at Harvard University and Certificate IMI-Kyiv. I have also come to the United Course of Management at London However, since this is a private institu- States on a fund-raising mission. tion, we need to develop scholarship pro- Business School. From April 1993 to Shortly after my interview with The December 1996 Dr. Budzan was execu- grams to attract more of the qualified man- Ukrainian Weekly last June, we began agers throughout Ukraine. This has imme- tive director of the International construction on our new academic and Renaissance Foundation (the Soros diate positive effects: of our graduates, 95 Dr. Bohdan Budzan administrative facility. This became one percent remain in Ukraine, 40 percent of Foundation in Ukraine). He has written of our top priorities for several reasons. more than 75 scholarly articles in the whom are already top managers. They are Last May I described to The First, we are currently renting our premis- already in all of Ukraine’s major cities. Ukrainian Weekly readers our construc- area of economics and has conducted es. Not only does our lease end in 2001, As for increasing our enrollment, there tion plans and development intentions. extensive research in management fields. but also our community at IMI-Kyiv is are several obstacles. First, we need our Indeed, much has been accomplished. Dr. Budzan gave the following inter- growing. We need a permanent home. own premises. Second, we would become We have raised roughly half a million view to The Ukrainian Weekly staff dur- Secondly, business education demands understaffed, lacking sufficient professors U.S. dollars, constructed a building ing his most recent trip to the United technology, auditoriums, computer cen- of the necessary level. Our faculty at IMI- frame with roof and windows, and States. ters and other elements so that our stu- Kyiv is an exceptional team, and we must received City Council approval for a 50- dents have the best possible training. This support its quality. We already train new year land lease. Much of this became The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, requires a new design, as Soviet-style professors in our Ph.D. programs, arrange possible with the support we received Carlos Pascual, has most recently buildings did not foresee such needs. voiced discouragement as to the devel- faculty visitation in partner institutions such from our IMI board members (Dr. In order for our new facility to be as Carnegie Mellon University, the Institute opment of Ukraine’s market economy, ready for the beginning of 2002, we need Hawrylyshyn, A. Lundin, R. Mueller, Dr. largely due to the political situation. for Management Development in George Chopivsky, D. Pineau- to raise $1.5 million in the next few Lausanne, Switzerland, and others, and Would you comment on this? months. This is a small amount for the Valencienne, Bo Hjelt), friends and stimulate exchanges with other internation- donors in Europe and the United States, While many variations on aid pro- positive contribution IMI-Kyiv will con- al professors. We are always looking for tinue to make in Ukraine. Imagine build- both Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians. grams can be formulated, true market highly qualified visiting professors or fel- Most importantly, the Free Enterprise reforms and business development in ing a business school in the U.S. for this lows from the United States who would amount. We are hoping that donors will Foundation for Eastern Europe (FEFEE) Ukraine can only emerge when forged like to join the IMI-Kyiv faculty. A third was established, which is a tax-exempt from within. The International appreciate the importance of their contri- obstacle to increasing enrollment is legisla- bution, as well as understand the direct U.S. foundation able to raise funds. This Management Institute of Kyiv has set out tion restricting the development of business foundation will be able to support the for precisely this task: to train a new gen- impact each dollar will make in develop- education institutions and of NGOs (which ing Ukraine’s business. immediate completion of IMI-Kyiv’s con- eration of Ukrainian managers who are includes us) on a large scale. While we struction. This was an outstanding effort “capable, confident and ethical leaders An additional role of this visit is to have been struggling to overcome these refresh and initiate contact with businesses, by David Carter, Walter Nazarewicz, equipped for productive contributions to obstacles, we have achieved significant Nestor Nynka, Orest Fedash, Bohdan academic institutions, public officials and, positive developments. business and society.” Kekish, Ihor Kotliarchuk, George Powch, of course, the Ukrainian diaspora – all of Finally, IMI-Kyiv will not substitute This mission began in 1989, under the John Costello, Roderick and Carla Hills which have been instrumental in develop- quality for quantity. Our students are the leadership of a visionary Ukrainian and many more IMI-Kyiv friends. The ing IMI-Kyiv. We are continually growing best Ukraine has to offer, and we want to Canadian, Bohdan Hawrylyshyn. Today, Soros Foundation provided desperately it has become the product of many indi- as an international institution and have offer them the best possible education. needed legal support, which played a cru- viduals and groups throughout the world partnerships with six American institutions, They have international internships, cial role in the successful establishment of who believe in the necessity of building including Carnegie Mellon University, high-level team projects and consulting the foundation. IMI-Kyiv is deeply grate- Ukraine’s business skills. Harvard Business School, Loyola College opportunities, and are ultimately placed ful to the support emanating from the IMI-Kyiv has been diligently imple- of Baltimore and DePaul University. Our with Ukraine’s leading domestic and menting a strategy to strengthen IMI and other educational partners are located in international firms. We will only increase United States. Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, its graduates. We envision IMI-Kyiv as our enrollment when we know we can What are your future plans and Belgium and Poland. becoming Ukraine’s leading business edu- extend our high level of services to each objectives? cation institution and see its role as a key It seems that IMI-Kyiv is creating a student. in forging a new role for Ukrainian busi- positive image for Ukraine. How have IMI-Kyiv will continue to grow and nesses in domestic and global markets. It is clear that fund-raising has you managed this in the face of the become a stronger organization. Our 2001- become crucial in developing IMI- 2003 strategy includes: further enhance- Dr. Budzan, how do you feel that skepticism expressed by the press and Kyiv. Would you say that you have your background has prepared you for politicians? been successful on your U.S. trips? (Continued on page 14) leading a Western-style institution in You know Ukraine? , in Ukraine they often joke that a pessimist is a well-informed opti- My greatest strengths come from vari- mist. My experience proves otherwise. ous experiences in education, manage- Before 1991 I was indeed an optimist. ment, administration and leadership roles. Yet, despite being well-informed on I have worked with the government as transformations in Ukraine, I have resis- head of the Department of Relations with ted pessimism. My main inspiration – International Financial Organizations of and the reason for retaining my optimism the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Here – has been the new generation of I helped structure Ukraine’s first institu- Ukrainians in independent Ukraine, and tional loan. My experience with interna- especially those who have passed tional organizations grew as I was the liai- through the walls of IMI-Kyiv. I am con- son officer with the World Bank, EBRD, vinced they will never revert to the paths IMF, USAID and others. I became closely of the old regime. IMI-Kyiv graduates linked to Ukraine’s business-economic have the necessary knowledge, contem- reforms in its early independence, heading porary vision of the world, a sense of the ministerial department on Privatization their own mission in this world, self-con- and Entrepreneurial Development. Later, I fidence and the readiness to bear respon- headed the Soros Foundation in Ukraine, sibility for their companies. Having where education was a strong priority. already educated 820 M.B.A. students, My beliefs have strongly influenced my and with a current enrollment of 266 stu- education. Having received a Ph.D., I dents, we are slowly educating Ukraine’s The International Management Institute’s new academic and administrative became a member of the Academy of business elite. facility under construction in Kyiv. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 No. 30 CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS Michigan veterans remember TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 their departed comrades in arms

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Jejna appointed to Scottsdale City Court Kentucky seeks Ukrainian miners PHOENIX, Ariz.– The Scottsdale City LEXINGTON, Ky. – A recent companies to hire younger, less expen- Council on April 16 approved the nomi- upswing in the coal industry in the sive workers, who can then be trained nation of attorney Orest A. Jejna to fill a Appalachians has led the Kentucky by the companies. judicial vacancy on the City Court. The Mining Association to start bringing Still, some harbor doubts about the swearing in ceremony took place on Ukrainian miners to Kentucky, Reuters stability of the new jobs in the coal April 30 before the full City Council. reported. industry, since the current boom Judge Jejna, a former native of The Greenbaum Doll and MacDonald could reverse itself just as quickly as Rochester, N.Y., began his legal career law firm in Lexington, Ky., has been it started. upon graduating from Seattle University helping the Ukrainian workers navigate Larry Grayson, a professor of mine in 1979. After spending two years clerk- the maze of paperwork needed to enter engineering at the University of ing in a private firm in Rochester, Judge the country for employment. Missouri, was quoted by Reuters as Jejna and his wife, Lynne, moved to The rapid expansion of the coal saying, “In the last 15 to 20 years Phoenix, Ariz., where he continued his industry of late has left many rushing to we’ve seen an increase in (U.S.) coal practice. cash in. The number of trainees at production, but the workforce has gone Eventually Judge Jejna went on to Southwest Virginia Community down 60 percent. As mechanization practice criminal law as a deputy public College has jumped from approximate- progresses there is a displacement of defender for Maricopa County in the ly 10 to 78. The trend has been for coal labor.” early 1980s. In 1985 Judge Jejna contin- ued in private practice until his appoint- ment in April. that might contravene territorial integrity Judge Jejna was recognized for his Paris Declaration calls... or undermine regional security. The reso- efforts, along with fellow attorneys (Continued from page 3) lution welcomes the return of the OSCE Andrew Fylypovych (Philadelphia) and Julian Kulas (Chicago), to assist mer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Assistance Group to Chechnya and Myroslav Medvid in his quest for free- Orest A. Jejna Kosovo and southern Serbia who have expresses its expectation that the Assistance Group, on the basis of its 1995 dom in New Orleans, La., in 1985. Judge onship for the past three years and has instigated violence this past year, con- mandate, will be able to promote the Jejna also became involved in the suc- competed on the national level at the demns repeated acts of terrorism in the peaceful settlement of the crisis in the cessful efforts to abrogate an agreement Region IV United States Youth Soccer former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Chechen Republic. between the American Bar Association Association championships. Judge Jejna and calls upon the legitimate political rep- The resolution on Moldova encour- and the Association of Soviet Lawyers. also coaches his younger son, Matthew, resentatives of Macedonians, Albanians ages the OSCE to continue its efforts to Judge Jejna became a member of the whose team won the nationally recog- and other ethnic groups in the former help bring about a peaceful solution to Ukrainian American Bar Association in nized La Jolla Nomads Tournament in Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to the crisis, including finding and provid- 1985. He served as a member of the San Diego. focus on continued political dialogue ing guarantees for settlement and agree- board of governors, vice-president and In March 2000 Judge Jejna created rather than violence and to resolve press- ment of issues concerning the status of president of the organization. the Soccer Recycling Foundation ing issues and grievances of ethnic Transdniestria. The resolution welcomes As a result of the political changes in (www.soccerrecycling.com) to recycle minorities. The resolution also encourages the recent exchange of letters between Ukraine, in 1993 Judge Jejna established new or used soccer items for underprivi- full implementation of the Stability Pact, Russian Deputy Defense Minister a joint venture for the first American- leged youth soccer players. The program particularly progress on the Quick Start Vladimir Isakov and the Head of the style pizza restaurant in Lviv. The restau- has been a tremendous success and has Infrastructure Project, to serve as a vehi- OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador rant exists to this day, serving pizza and outfitted hundreds of players in Ukraine. cle to promote economic development, William Hill, relating to the procedure pasta with a Ukrainian twist. The foundation continues its recycling democratization, security, respect for for withdrawal of the Russian troops Along with his judicial duties, Judge efforts with the support of the Ukrainian human rights and confidence-building in from the Transdniester region and to its Jejna continues his passion for the game community throughout the United the region. financing from the OSCE Voluntary of soccer. As a former player and States. On developments in the North Fund, together with the signing of the tri- nationally licensed (USSF) coach, he Judge Jejna has been appointed to the Caucasus the assembly once again called partite protocol through representatives trains and coaches youth soccer players bench for a two-year term subject to upon all parties in the conflict to assidu- of the OSCE, the Russian Federation and for the Sereno Soccer Club. As assistant renewal by the City Council. The ously and conscientiously observe the ter- Transdniestria on joint work on the dis- coach of the under-14 age group, on Scottsdale City Court is of limited juris- ritorial integrity of all sovereign states in posal of armaments whose service life which his son Michael plays forward, diction and handles primarily criminal the region and to refrain from any actions has expired. the team has won the state champi- matters.

Mrs. Olga Borysova Serheeva died on July 23, 2001, on the day of her 87th birthday, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Mrs. Serheeva was the daughter of the late Prof. Isidora Kossach Borysova and Urij Borisov, and niece of the great poetess, Lesia Ukrainka. Mrs. Serheeva was a woman of unique artistic talents and skills reflective of her esteemed family. Mrs. Serheeva has donated her works of art and many books to the Lesia Ukrainka Museum, Novohrad-Volynsky, Zhytomyr Oblast, which is directed by Ms. Vira O. Rymska.

Mrs. Serheeva leaves in deep sorrow her three children: son, Michael Serheev, daughters, Olga Petrova-Luton and Anna Dacko. Grandchildren, Timothy, Anastasia, and Gregory Serheev, Lisa Guancione; great grandchildren, Thomas and Heather. Son-in-law, Dr. Michael Luton.

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bbyy IIhhoorr SStteellmmaacchh Ukrainian National Association Estate Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, New York 12446 Never-ending battles Tel.: (845) 626-5641 • Fax: (845) 626-4638 for Ken Daneyko goals. Paul Coffey scored 14 more than that www.soyuzivka.com • e-mail: [email protected] when he set the single-season standard for defensemen in 1985-1986. Daneyko’s game Ken Daneyko’s face was a mess. One is not about scoring goals; it’s about pre- large cut sliced across the bridge of his venting them. SUMMERSUMMER PROGRAMPROGRAM 20012001 nose. Another cut over his swollen left eye “He’s a great stay-at-home defenseman,” August 4 Weekend was mostly hidden by a bandage. Yet anoth- said New Jersey coach Larry Robinson. Exhibit – works of the Kozak family (paintings/prints) er red gash made its home on his cheek, “He’s very good positionally. He’s a perfect under his right eye. Frankly, he looked like complement for Scott Niedermayer. The Saturday Evening hell. Truth be told, he wouldn’t have it any way he plays makes it tough on the opposi- 8:30 p.m. – Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Recital other way. tion, especially this time of year. The play- 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. – Zabava – music by SWITANOK “At this time of year you have to do the offs bring out the best in him.” things that you do best to give your team a Last season’s winner of the Masterton Sunday, August 5 chance to win,” said the 37-year-old career- Trophy – presented for perseverance, UNWLA Day long member of the New Jersey Devils, sportsmanship and dedication to the game during the Stanley Cup final. “My thing is of hockey – Daneyko has been known to August 11 Weekend playing physically. If I don’t have these cuts occasionally go off the deep end of the ice. Exhibit – works of Daria Hanushevsky (ceramics) on my face, maybe I’m not playing my That’s what happened after Reinprecht Saturday Evening game. I’d prefer not to get them, but they whacked him upside the face. Daneyko don’t bother me a bit. Actually, it’s kind of threw a fit, not because he was cut, but 7:30 p.m. – non-financed Soyuzivka event funny. I have a two-year-old son (Shane) because there was no penalty called on the “The Brave Rooster” – Operetta Fairy Tale who keeps pointing to them and saying, play. 11:45 p.m. – Miss Soyuzivka Contest ‘Daddy’s boo-boo...daddy’s boo-boo.’ ” “I didn’t give a crap about my face,” he 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. – Zabava – music by TEMPO Daddy’s boo-boos came courtesy of a said. “I wanted the power play. Goals are Steve Reinprecht high stick in Game 2. hard to come by in the playoffs, and if you Saturday, August 18 They’ll leave scars that Shane can point to can get one on the power play, you have a 8:30 p.m. – Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Recital 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. – Zabava – music by FATA MORGANA when he grows up and have daddy tell him better chance of winning.” about his battles on the ice. If the Devils held a popularity contest, Maybe someday Daneyko will tell his Saturday, August 25 Daneyko would win hands down. As he 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. – Zabava – music by THE LEGEND son about his battles off the ice – the ones held court with the media in his dressing that leave scars on the inside. Three years room stall, a few seats away journeyman Friday, August 31 ago Daneyko voluntarily entered the Ken Sutton shook his head in amazement. 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. – Zabava – music by VECHIRKA NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse and “He’s a character guy,” Sutton said. Behavioral Health Program in an effort to “And he’s also a character. He’s such a Saturday, September 1 stop drinking. While he prefers not to funny guy, he keeps everybody loose. He’s 8:30 p.m. – Yunist Dance Ensemble, Yonkers divulge the details of his very personal the funniest guy I’ve ever played with. He’ll 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. – Zabava – music by TEMPO ordeal, he doesn’t dismiss the subject when take a penalty and on the way to the box 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. – Zabava – music by VECHIRKA asked. he’ll scream at the ref, ‘You can’t give a guy “I don’t even know if I had a drinking a penalty for brute strength; that’s just not Sunday, September 2 problem,” Daneyko said. “I really don’t. I 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. – Zabava – music by ZOLOTA BULAVA right.’ He’ll say it right to the ref and crack ______don’t know how bad I was. I didn’t quit the ref up.” because of me ... more because of my fami- Daneyko said he has no plans to retire. VIDLUNNIA will play for you every Friday evening from July 13 to August 24 ly. (Drinking) didn’t affect my play, but it Even after 16-plus seasons he still enjoys from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. might have eventually. I just woke up one coming to the rink and getting his face day and decided that something had to marked up in the heat of battle. And the fact change.” of the matter is he still has plenty left to Daneyko entered the program after play- offer the Devils in terms of leadership and ing the first 11 games of 1997-1998. He grit. missed 45 games between November 1 and “As long as they still want me, I’ll keep Notice to publishers and authors February 7, returning to the line-up on playing,” Daneyko said. It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly pub- February 25 and finishing the season. And when the time comes he’s not want- On the ice, it has been business as usual. ed anymore, he’ll turn his full attention to lished books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodi- The 6-foot-1 inch, 215-pound defenseman his family – wife JonnaLyn, daughter cals only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. is one of the toughest players in the game. Taylor, and, of course, Shane. News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. He’s not a quick skater, his shot couldn’t “They call him ‘Mini-Me’ because he Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, break glass and he only knows end-to-end looks exactly like me,” Daneyko said. “I etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, rushes from the back-pedaling point of have a picture of myself when I was 2 and view. In 1,147 regular season games, all NJ 07054. with the Devils, Daneyko has exactly 34 (Continued on page 19)

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The Carpathian Ski Club of New York USCAK-East tennis tournament under the auspices of the opens season at Soyuzivka Ukrainian Sports Association of USA and Canada (USCAK) KERHONKSON, N.Y. – This year’s who, with the score 6-0, 4-2, could not will hold USCAK-East tennis tournament was held continue competing. at Soyuzivka during the weekend of June Third place went to Damian Zajac, also 30-July 1. Normally held during the long a young Soyuzivka Camp participant, who the annual Labor Day weekend Fourth of July weekend, the tournament defeated the more experienced Alex this year attracted fewer participants than Narodnycky by the score of 6-2, 6-3. expected. Competition was in singles only In the seniors category the champi- SWIMMING COMPETITION in the men’s open and seniors categories. onship went to George Petrykevych. In the at Soyuzivka The planned doubles tournament did not finals he defeated Ihor Buhaj, 6-2, 6-4. take place because of a lack of entries. Walter Dzivak took third place with a 6-2, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 In the men’s open category the champi- 6-3 win over Bohdan Kutko. onship was won by Craig Pearson, a par- The next Ukrainian tennis tournament ticipant of a number of tennis camps at will be the USCAK Championships, Swim meet Soyuzivka and presently a college player. which will be held during Labor Day Saturday, September 1, 2001, 10:30 a.m. ln the finals he defeated George Cikalo weekend, September 1-3, at Soyuzivka. for individual championships of USCAK and Ukrainian National Association Trophies & Ribbons Warm-up at 9 a.m. TABLE of EVENTS Boys/Men INDIVIDUAL Girls/Women 11 ...... 13/14 100m im 13/14 ...... 12 13 .... 15 & over 100m im 15 & over .... 14 15 .. 10 & under 125m free 10 & under .. 16 17 ...... 11/12 125m free 11/12 ...... 18 19 ...... 13/14 150m free 13/14 ...... 10 11 .... 15 & over 150m free 15 & over .... 12 13 .. 10 & under 150m free 10 & under .. 14 15 ...... 11/12 150m free 11/12 ...... 16 17 ...... 13/14 150m back 13/14 ...... 18 19 .... 15 & over 150m back 15 & over .... 20 21 .. 10 & under 125m back 10 & under .. 22 23 ...... 11/12 125m back 11/12 ...... 24 25 ...... 13/14 150m breast 13/14 ...... 26 27 .... 15 & over 150m breast 15 & over .... 28 29 .. 10 & under 125m breast 10 & under .. 30 31 ...... 11/12 125m breast 11/12 ...... 32 Finalists of the open tennis tournament at Soyuzivka with organizers: (from left) 33 ...... 13/14 100m free 13/14 ...... 34 Alex Narodnycky, George Cikalo, George Sawchak (tournament director), 35 .... 15 & over 100m free 15 & over .... 36 Damien Zajac, champion Craig Pearson and George Popel (KLK). 37 .. 10 & under 125m fly 10 & under .. 38 39 ...... 11/12 125m fly 11/12 ...... 40 Below are the 2000-2001 season’s 41 ...... 13/14 150m fly 13/14 ...... 42 grades for 23 hockey stars of Ukrainian 43 ... 15 & over 150m fly 15 & over .... 44 Pro hockey... descent. (Continued from page 17) RELAYS he looks at it and says, ‘Shane ... Shane.’ ” B TONY HRKAC – fourth-liner wound His battles on the ice will ultimately end. up on top unit. 45 .. 10 & under 4 x 25m free 10 & under .. 46 Someday, he said, he’ll travel to the Hockey B- OLEG TVERDOVSKY – iron man 47 ...... 11/12 4 x 25m free 11/12 ...... 48 was asked to do too much. Hall of Fame to check out his name on the 49 ...... 13/14 4 x 50m free 13/14 ...... 50 B- VITALY VISHNEVSKI – potential Stanley Cup. His battles off the ice? They 51 .... 15 & over 4 x 50m medley 15 & over .... 52 star needs a guiding hand. never go away. B DAVE ANDREYCHUK – you can Swimmers can compete in three (3) individual and one (1) relay events. Relay teams will “It’s tough,” Daneyko admitted. “Really always count on 20 goals. be established by team coaches or representatives. tough. You have good stretches and you August 20, 2001, C+ ALEXEI ZHITNIK – would be great Entry deadline: Entry forms, provided below, must be submitted by have bad stretches. It’s tough.” with more consistency. to Marika Bokalo, Swim Meet director. There will be no registration at poolside. Registration But so is Kenny Daneyko. He’s one C- STEVE HALKO – quiet season as fee is $5.00 per swimmer. tough warrior. Final grades are in eighth defenseman. C- MIKE MANELUK – hot streaks did- n’t last long enough. Name: (English) Plumbers and plodders, point-producers B+ BRAD LUKOWICH – led team in and puck-stoppers, let’s get ready to ... plus-minus (+28). Name: (Ukrainian) tremble! Judgment Day for your efforts in B RICHARD MATVICHUK – solid 2000-2001 has come. School is out for all alongside partner Sergei Zubov. NHL teams and the final grades are in. B- DENIS SHVIDKI – great improve- Address For several years now The Hockey News ment after too-great expectations. had published an annual grading of each C JOEY TETARENKO – NHL heart 4. Date of birth NHL team’s roster of players for the season can’t compensate for AHL ability. just completed. Players are assigned grades B KEN DANEYKO – steady as ever. City Zip by The Hockey News’ team correspondents B- CURTIS LESCHYSHYN – depend- according to the system discribed below. able veteran. Grades reflect a combination of regular sea- B RUSLAN FEDOTENKO – surpris- Telephone Age son performance and salary expectations. ingly effective 22-year-old rookie. Grade: A+ to A-: 1. Stars delivering on C TODD FEDORUK – rookie made Male Female expectations; 2. Very good players deliver- strides as team’s enforcer. ing beyond expectations; 3. Good/role play- B+ KEITH TKACHUK – power for- Club/Youth Association ers delivering well beyond expectations. ward acquired at deadline added power. Grade: B+ to B-: 1. Stars performing A PETER BONDRA – most complete Event ______Entry time ______below expectations; 2. Very good players NHL season yet. delivering on expectations; 3. Good/role A STEVE KONOWALCHUK – career Event ______Entry time ______players delivering beyond expectations. season for defensive stalwart. Grade: C+ to C-: 1. Stars performing far C- DMITRI KHRISTICH – early spark Event ______Entry time ______below expectations; 2. Very good players faded in a hurry. Event ______Entry time ______delivering below expectations; 3. C GLEN METROPOLIT – needs to Good/Role players delivering on expecta- work on his defense. tions. B- ANDREI NIKOLISHIN – good shot Please send this entry form with entry fee Grade: D+ to D-: 1. Stars performing when he uses it. (checks made out to “Ukrainian Sports Federation”) to: outrageously below expectations; 2. 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House passes... (Continued from page 4) Gongadze, wife of the slain journalist Heorhii Gongadze. Proponents of the Kaptur amendment recognized the problems in Ukraine, but noted that these were exaggerated in vari- ous ways. Several members of Congress offered reasons to continue supporting Ukraine, thus enhancing its chances for a full democratic transformation. In particular, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), co-chair of the Helsinki Commission, emphasized Ukraine’s positive accom- plishments over the past 10 years. “While we were troubled by the developments in Ukraine,” said Rep. Smith, “including the situation of the media and the April ouster of Ukraine’s reformist prime minister, we cannot deny the positive developments either.” He went on to cite Ukraine’s eco- nomic achievements, as well as accom- plishments in regional and global relations, Rep. Marcy Kaptur as major reasons to maintain $169 million to send a strong message to the government in support for Ukraine. of Ukraine, and that our admiration for the Rep. Bob Schaffer (R-Colo.), one of the long-suffering and freedom-loving people co-chairs of the Congressional Ukrainian of Ukraine does not excuse the abysmal UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Caucus (CUC), also rose in support of the failures that we have seen demonstrated Kaptur amendment. Rep. Schaffer focused over and over again by its government.” He on the timing of the Congressional action: expressed an effort to coerce Ukraine into ANNUITY RATES “It has been a consistent struggle for complying with international standards of Ukraine to come so far, and I think, economic, political and social freedom, as EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2001 frankly, the timing of the cut proposed in opposed to attempts at coaxing the govern- the bill here could not be worse.” ment into conformity. “There are some- Single & Flexible Premium Annuities Rep. Schaffer referred to the upcoming times differences over how we achieve that First year rate (new money) celebration of Ukraine’s 10th anniversary objective,” stated Rep. Kolbe. “Sometimes of independence on August 24 as a “mon- it is a carrot, and sometimes it is a stick. (rate locked in for one year) 6.50% umental achievement.” He also reminded Sometimes we do not always agree on his colleagues that he understands “the which is the right time to administer either concerns that were raised by the commit- the carrot or the stick, and we may have Single & Flexible Premium Annuities tee” and does not wish to “minimize that disagreement here, but we do not have (EXISTING) them,” but he pointed to the “very, very any disagreement over the objectives that $100,000.00 and over many positive achievements in Ukraine we are trying to achieve for Ukraine.” 5.75% that have been achieved with the support During the debate on the Kaptur and assistance of this Congress.” amendment, Chairman Kolbe did indicate $50,000.00 - $99,999.99 As the colloquy neared an end, Rep. Nita that in conference with the Senate Foreign Lowey (D-N.Y.), ranking member on the Operations Committee (generally held in (EXISTING) 5.50% Foreign Operations Subcommittee, extend- September) funding levels for Ukraine ed her remarks by congratulating Rep. might change. The decision, according to Kaptur for “her strong support of the people Rep. Kolbe, “is going to hinge on what $100.00 - $49,999.99 in Ukraine.” Rep. Lowey reassured Rep. happens in Kyiv between now and then – (EXISTING) Kaptur that she “supports maintaining a if that happens, we will certainly, in the 5.25% robust assistance program in Ukraine ... The conference committee, be able to make current situation dictates that we maintain changes to the amount of aid that we make Flexible 10 Annuity support for those in Ukrainian society who available to that country. But, until then, I seek democracy, freedom and stability.” think clearly we were sending the right 5.50% The chairman of the Foreign Operations message.” Subcommittee, Rep. Kolbe was the main At press time, the Senate’s version of the opponent of the Kaptur amendment. He Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill was explained that, “this committee has decided scheduled to be voted upon on July 26.

by offering some other sobering statistics: Lviv historian focuses... only 2 percent of the population of Ukraine (Continued from page 12) has Internet access (as compared to 4 per- Ukrainian language. In 1999 the number cent in Russia and 25 percent in Estonia), of titles dropped further, to just over 6,300 and there are only 52 copies of newspapers – compared to 361,000 in Russia, 70,000 per 1,000 population (compared to 220 for in the United States and 100,000 in the the United States and 380 for Russia and United Kingdom and China during the the United Kingdom). Furthermore, there is same period. no truly good national daily newspaper, While the number of copies of books though Ukrainian editions of Russian and brochures published in Ukraine in papers are distributed nationwide. 1998 was 44.1 million, by the following All of the above facts, Dr. Isaievych year that number dropped by half to 21.9 underscored, point to the need for million. Right now, half a book per citizen Ukraine’s leaders to take a close look at of Ukraine is published per year, Dr. the state of publishing, and to take steps Isaievych explained. The result: the number to bolster an industry that is so important of books per capita in Ukraine is several to raising public awareness and nation- times less than in any developed country. building. And what is most dangerous to Dr. Isaievych’s presentation was spon- Ukrainian book publishing today? sored by the Ukrainian American According to Dr. Isaievych it is the impor- Professionals and Businesspersons tation of cheap Russian books that flood Association of New York and New Jersey the market. at the Ramada Hotel in East Hanover, N.J., Dr. Isaievych concluded his presentation on April 7.

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any imperfections into the design of the Jersey businesswoman new piece. According to Ms. Denysyk, “If we creates wearable art don’t get the imperfections out, that’s PARSIPPANY, N.J. – It took a trip to fine, because they are part and parcel of a textile exhibit several years ago at the history of the [garment].” The Metropolitan Museum of Art for To that end, Ms. Denysyk has created Anna Denysyk to realize the worth of beautiful garments out of fabrics that her own creations. Ms. Denysyk, who were thought by their owners to be com- has a background in fabric art, remem- pletely ruined and useless. bers thinking that while the pieces on She urges people to think before they display were magnificent, she had tex- relegate a family heirloom to a lonely tiles in her own studio that rivaled their trunk in the attic. Why suffocate a family beauty. heirloom in a lonely trunk when it can be The Morris Plains, N.J., clothing brought back to life to be enjoyed once designer subsequently refocused her more? sewing business onto wearable art, deco- Ms. Denysyk, who holds a B.A. in art history and studio fine art, and has begun rating usable items with transplanted The Carpathian Ski Club of New York family heirlooms, which might otherwise work toward a master’s in textiles and under the auspices of the have remained locked in dusty trunks for fiber arts, also designs costumes for generations. threater productions and creates special Ukrainian Sports Association of USA and Canada (USCAK) clothes, such as communion dresses and Ms. Denysyk’s business, Heirloom will hold Transformations, is able to help clients outfits for christenings, that may them- who would like to restore life to dam- selves become heirlooms. She is also a aged garments or fabrics that still hold museum consultant and has been a fea- the annual great emotional significance. For exam- tured speaker at various clubs. ple, she dissassembled the damaged wed- She is a member of the Arts Council of ding dress of a bride-to-be’s grandmother the Morris Area Artists Registry, the TENNIS COMPETITION and reworked its designs into a bridal Costume Society of America and the at Soyuzivka handbag and ring-bearer’s pillow for the Costume and Textile Group of New Jersey. upcoming wedding. “I take the part that Ms. Denysyk and her family – hus- SEPTEMBER 1-3, 2001 (LABOR DAY WEEKEND) is not damaged, include it with other fab- band, Oleh, and children, Ruslan, Dara ric and create something that is pretty to and Lana – are members of Ukrainian look at or wearable or usable,” explained National Association Branches 371, 204 Tennis Tournament Ms. Denysyk. and 88. All are active members of the for individual CHAMPIONSHIPS OF USCAK Sometimes Ms. Denysyk’s clients will Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. ask her to revive an old stained garment To learn more about Ms. Denysyk’s and trophies of the or piece of fabric. If she can’t remove the wearable art, visit her website located at Ukrainian National Association, Soyuzivka, (including the B. Rak, stain by hand-washing, she simply works www.heirloomtransformations.com. Dr. V. Huk, L. Rubel, and Dr. P. Charuk memorial trophies), Svoboda, The Ukrainian Weekly, the sportsmanship Trophy of Mrs. Mary Dushnyk, the Constantine Ben trophy and prize money, donated by John Hynansky,president of Winner Ford.

Qualifications: This competition is open to any player whose club is a member of USCAK. – Singles matches are scheduled in the following division: Men, Women, Women (35 and over), Junior Vets (35-44), Senior Men (45- 55), Junior (Boys and Girls). Juniors are persons aged 18 and under, while seniors are those over 45 years of age.

Registration for tennis matches, including name, age divisions and the fee of $15.00 should be sent to: Mr. George Sawchak 724 Forrest Ave., Rydal, PA 19046

Registration should be received no later than August 27, 2001. No additional applica- tions will be accepted before the competitions, since the schedule of matches will be worked out ahead of time.

TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE:

G. Sawchak, Z. Snylyk, G. Popel, G. Hrabec.

Schedule of matches: Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger Anna Denysyk with a wedding dress featuring a special pattern provided by a client. Saturday, September 1, Soyuzivka, 8:30 a.m. All players must contact the Tournament Committee: They will be informed of the time and place of their first matches, as well several academic teams and clubs as matches in subsequent rounds. In case of rain, all players meet in the Main House. Student wins top awards, throughout his high school career, among them the Oratory science teams, Math Because of limited time and the large number of entries, players can compete in one Club and Math Team. group only; they must indicate their choice on the registration blank. graduates as valedictorian As a part of the Chemistry II team, SUMMIT, N.J. – Alexander Players who fail to report for a scheduled match on time will be defaulted. Lyashchenko, a senior at Oratory along with the help of his peers, he was Preparatory School in Summit, N.J., and able to lead the team to a first-place title son of Mr. and Mrs. Konstantin and the state championship. After his REGISTRATION FORM Lyashchenko of Newark, was named excellent performance, Mr. Lyashchenko Please cut out and send in with registration fee of $15.00 valedictorian of the class of 2001. came away with the title of first place chemistry student in the state of New Among his scholastic accomplish- 1. Name ments was recognition in the areas of Jersey. Individually he also ranked sev- math and science by the National Honor enth in the New Jersey Catholic High 2. Address Society. For his achievements he was School Math League. This contest awarded the Bausch and Lomb Award encompassed 24 other schools and 400 3. Phone students across the state. and the Rensselaer Medal. He placed 4. Date of birth third in the Merck Sate Science Day Mr. Lyashchenko is not limited to suc- competition, fifth in the Chemistry I con- cess in academics. He was a member of 5. Event Age group test of the New Jersey Science League in the Ukrainian Club and a strong presence 2000 and 13th in the Biology I contest of on the Oratory Rams soccer team and 6. Sports club membership the New Jersey Science League in 1998. cross country team. This National Merit commended stu- He plans to attend Columbia University Check payable to: K.L.K. American Ukrainian Sports Club dent has been an active participant in in the fall. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 No. 30 No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 23

representatives should determine their type Newsbriefs of special status.” The region’s representa- (Continued from page 2) tives did not participate in the tripartite meeting in Kyiv. (RFE/RL Newsline) Pope to visit Armenia, Kazakstan Moscow calm over Kyiv’s ties with West YEREVAN – Pope John Paul II will visit Armenia on September 25-27 at the KYIV – Russian Foreign Affairs invitation of President Robert Kocharian Minister Igor Ivanov said in Kyiv on July and Catholicos Garegin II within the 12 that Russia’s interests are not being framework of the yearlong celebrations to harmed by Ukraine’s relations with the mark the 1,700th anniversary of the adop- West, Interfax and ITAR-TASS reported. tion of Christianity as Armenia’s state reli- Mr. Ivanov’s talks with Ukrainian officials gion, Armenian media reported on July 23. focused on border delimitation, as well as The pontiff was originally scheduled to the legal status of the Azov Sea and the visit Armenia two years ago, but that trip Kerch Strait. Mr. Ivanov announced that was canceled due to the terminal illness of Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready the Armenian primate. Prior to his arrival in to visit Kyiv in August to take part in cele- Armenia, the pope will visit Kazakstan on brations of the 10th anniversary of September 22-25 at the invitation of Ukraine’s independence. (RFE/RL President Nursultan Nazarbaev, Interfax Newsline) reported on July 20, quoting the presiden- tial press service. (RFE/RL Newsline) Putin said to have hunted dissidents Aleksei not invited to Lavra anniversary? ROME – According to Rome’s Repubblica of July 11, Russian President KYIV – Metropolitan Kirill, a high offi- Vladimir Putin never worked for the cial in the Russian Orthodox Church, told KGB’s foreign intelligence service but journalists in Kyiv on July 23 that the head rather for its Fifth Administration, which of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch was in charge of eliminating all forms of Aleksei II, has not obtained an official invi- dissent in the USSR. In the first installment tation to attend the 950th anniversary of the of what the paper says will be a six-part Pecherska Lavra Monastery on August 28, series, it quotes an anonymous colleague of Interfax reported. Last week the agency Mr. Putin from the Leningrad section of the quoted Kyiv Mayor Oleksander KGB who said he and the current Russian Omelchenko as saying that Patriarch president were trained to hunt for dissi- Aleksei II will be invited by Metropolitan dents. The paper also cites former Gen. Volodymyr, the head of the Ukrainian Oleg Kalugin of the KGB as asserting that Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate. Mr. Putin worked in East Germany not for (RFE/RL Newsline) the KGB’s foreign intelligence arm but as a Soviet liaison officer with the Stasi political Crimean legislators dismiss PM police. (RFE/RL Newsline) SYMFEROPOL – The 100-seat legisla- Moldova, Ukraine OK swap of territories ture of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on July 18 voted 55-1 with four CHISINAU – The parliaments of abstentions to oust Serhii Kunitsyn, the Moldova and Ukraine on July 12 prime minister of the Crimean Cabinet, approved an agreement whereby Ukraine Interfax reported. The vote came after will gain sovereignty over a stretch of the Crimean Parliament Chairman Leonid Izmail-Odesa highway previously on TTRRAAVVEELL HHYY Hrach said Mr. Kunitsyn’s dismissal had Moldovan territory in exchange for been coordinated with President Leonid Moldova’s gaining access to a 430-meter Kuchma. Mr. Kunitsyn denied Mr. Hrach’s stretch of land along the banks of the statement, and the office of the presidential Danube River near the village of EUROPEAN SPECIALS representative in Crimea said no approval Giurgiulesti, where it intends to build an had been received from Mr. Kuchma. oil terminal, the DPA press service report- Following the filing of a complaint by Mr. ed. The villagers of Palanca, whose pas- Kunitsyn, a district court in Symferopol tures will be now transferred to Ukraine, NYC to Ukraine, Poland suspended the Crimean legislature’s deci- demonstrated in Chisinau against the sion to oust him. Mr. Hrach next ordered agreement. The accord stipulates that the and Russia ...... from $580 that an emergency parliamentary session be villagers will be allowed access to the pas- held on July 25 in order to appoint a new tures without using passports. The opposi- prime minister of the Autonomous tion Christian Democratic Popular Party Republic of Crimea. Finally, on July 23 accused the ruling party of Moldovan NYC to England, Germany Interfax reported that President Kuchma Communists of “selling off national had approved the dismissal of Mr. wealth” and “harming national interests.” and France ...... from $350 Kunitsyn and agreed to the proposal by (RFE/RL Newsline) Crimea’s Supreme Council to appoint Valerii Horbatov to head the Crimean More electoral blocs are planned Cabinet. Presidential spokesman Chicago to Ukraine, Poland Oleksander Martynenko said Mr. Kuchma KYIV – Ivan Chyzh, the leader of the made his decision in order to promote Solidarnist All-Ukrainian Association of and Russia ...... from $630 cooperation between the legislative and Leftists, told journalists on July 19 that executive branches on the peninsula. Mr. his group will take part in the 2002 par- Horbatov is a deputy of the Ukrainian liamentary elections in a bloc of parties, Parliament. In 1994-1996, he was the presi- Interfax reported. Mr. Chyzh said NYC to South East Asia dent’s permanent representative in Crimea. Solidarnist is currently negotiating the (RFE/RL Newsline) formation of “a very original and very and Far East ...... from $730 powerful bloc,” but declined to name the Foreign ministers discuss Transdniestria forces involved. The same day, the Yabluko Party and the Beautiful Ukraine KYIV – The foreign affairs ministers of Party signed an accord on the creation of 14 Path Plaza, Jersey City, New Jersey 07306 Ukraine, Russia and Moldova, respectively, a joint electoral bloc. Meanwhile, Natalia Phone: (718) 205-3279; (201) 656-6650 ext. 103 Anatolii Zlenko, Igor Ivanov and Nicolae Vitrenko has announced that her Cernomaz, called in Kyiv on July 12 for Fax: (800) 496-1285 Progressive Socialist Party is preparing giving “special status” to Moldova’s sepa- For booking on line please visit our website: for the 2002 election as “an independent ratist Transdniester region, but failed to political force.” (RFE/RL Newsline) www.Polskafares.com define that status, the Associated Press and Interfax reported. Mr. Zlenko told journal- Unemployment decreases in Ukraine ists that Ukraine and Russia will act as guarantors of Transdniestria’s “special sta- KYIV – The State Statistics Committee tus,” adding that it should not contradict on July 19 said there are 1.05 million reg- Moldova’s territorial integrity and sover- istered unemployed people in Ukraine as Need a back issue? eignty. 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PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday, August 2 “Simply Ukraine”. The Ukrainian mosaic will take place at 5-8:45 p.m. Admission is CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard free with regular museum admission. Call Ukrainian Summer Institute will present a the UECC, (215) 663-1166, for more lecture by Vera Andrushkiw, project direc- information. tor for the Community Partnerships Project of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation. Saturday, August 11 The lecture, titled “The Marshall Plan for the Mind: Recreating Local Government KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The Ukrainian in Ukraine,” will be held in Room 101 of Educational and Cultural Center of Emerson Hall on the main Harvard Philadelphia will present “The Brave University campus at 7:30-9:30 p.m. For Rooster,” an operetta from Lviv, Ukraine, more information contact the institute, at Soyuzivka’s Veselka Auditorium. “The (617) 495-7833. Brave Rooster,” written by Natalia Zabila and directed by Ivan Prasco, is performed Friday, August 3 to the music of composer Bohdan Yaniwsky, and choreographed by Taras CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Lewyckyj. Admission to the performance, Ukrainian Summer Institute will present a which begins at 7:30 p.m., is $10 for lecture by Steven Pifer, former U.S. adults and $5 for children under 16. ambassador to Ukraine. The lecture, titled “Ten Years of U.S.-Ukraine Relations,” Saturday-Sunday, August 18-19 will be held in Room 101 of Emerson Hall on the main Harvard University campus at LEHIGHTON, Pa: The Ukrainian 2-4 p.m. For more information contact the Homestead will host its ninth annual institute, (617) 495-7833. Ukrainian Folk Festival. Featured acts will include: Kazka Ukrainian Folk Ensemble, Tuesday, August 7 Voloshky Performance Dance Academy, CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Dnipriany Music Ensemble and Byzantine Summer Ukrainian Institute will present a Male Choir, with special guest perform- lecture by Catherine Wanner of ances by the Chaika Ukrainian Dance Pennsylvania State University. The lec- Ensemble from Ontario. Saturday’s shows WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER ture, titled “Recent Immigrants from will run from noon to 7 p.m. and a dance will be held at 9 p.m. On Sunday, the festi- proud sponsor of Ukraine: Is the Diaspora Growing?” will be held in Room 101 of Emerson Hall on val will begin with a divine liturgy at the main Harvard University campus at 10:30 a.m., celebrated by the Metropolitan 36th ANNUAL 7:30-9:30 p.m. For more information, Archbishop Stefan Soroka. The festival contact the institute, (617) 495-7833. will continue until 5 p.m. with the main CANADA’S NATIONAL UKRAINIAN FESTIVAL stage show at 1 p.m. A variety of vendors Wednesday, August 8 will also display arts, crafts and Ukrainian AUGUST 3, 4 and 5, DAUPHIN, MB foods. Admission to the festival, located PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian at 1230 Beaver Run Drive in Lehighton, Educational and Cultural Center is co- Pa., is $5 per person per day or $7 per per- The largest celebration of sponsoring a “Ukrainian mosaic” to be son for a two-day pass. Children under held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art age 14 are admitted free. For additional Ukrainian culture in North America celebrating 10 years of Ukrainian inde- information call the Ukrainian Homestead, pendence. The program includes musical (610) 377-4621, or Ulana Prociuk, (215) performances by the Prometheus Male 235-3709. • 6 Grandstand Extravaganzas • 10,000 Seat Amphetheatre • Choir of Philadelphia, tenor Bohdan Chaplynsky, and bandurist Julian Kytasty; Saturday, September 29 • Heritage Village • Zabavas and Street Dances • a performance by the International Ballet • Cultural Demonstrations, Workshops and Competitions • Theater of the Performing Arts with NEWARK, N.J.: St. John’s Ukrainian Alexander Boitsov; folk art demonstra- Catholic Church is hosting a Ukrainian tions including Petrykivka by Andrij Festival that will feature Ukrainian music, AND MUCH MORE Pikush and pysanka by Roksolana dancing, crafts and foods. The program Gilicinski; a fashion show featuring will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will Festival Site: Selo Ukraina, 12 kms South of Dauphin regional Ukrainian folk costumes; a view- end with a dance at 7-11 p.m. St. John’s Ample parking available ing of the films “Pysanka” and “The Helm Ukrainian Catholic Church is located at of Destiny”; and a signing of Tania 719 Sanford Ave. For more information D’Avignon’s newest book of photographs, call (973) 371-1356. For more information: Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival, Inc. Phone: 1-204-622-4600 Fax: 1-204-622-4606 REMINDER REGARDING REQUIREMENTS: TOLL FREE 1-877-474-2683 There is a $10 charge per submission for listings in Preview of Events. website: www.infoukes.com e-mail: [email protected] The listing plus payment must be received no later than one week before the desired date of publication. There is also the option of prepayment for a series of listings. 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NAME: (please type or print) will have the opportunity on Saturday, Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for August 11, to attend a special presenta- children up to age 16. The event is not ADDRESS: ______tion of the operetta “The Brave Rooster,” financed by Soyuzivka; all proceeds from an original fairy tale written by Natalia tickets sold at the door will go toward the CITY: ______STATE: ______ZIP CODE: ______Zabila and set to music by composer Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Bohdan Yaniwsky. Center of Philadelphia. (Please note: the PHONE (optional): ______This operetta from Lviv is presented admission fee collected at the Soyuzivka by the Ukrainian Educational and gate covers the evening dance only.) Cultural Center of Philadelphia. It is “The Brave Rooster” will be presented J J UNA member subscription price — $45.00/yr. Non-member subscription price — $55.00/yr. geared to the young and the young at at 7:30 p.m. on stage at the Veselka audi- heart, and the cast includes two dozen torium. UNA Branch number ______young Philadelphia-area actors between For information about Soyuzivka, or the ages of 3 and 18. to book a reservation, call (845) 626- The director of the operetta is Ivan 5641.