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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXI HE KRAINIANNo. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T UVerkhovna Rada declares Famine ofW 1932-1933 act of genocide Duranty in the news, by Roman Woronowycz needed. He noted as well that another life.” Kyiv Press Bureau important result of the public debate on Finally, the resolution expressed the the Great Famine was that specific plans need for Ukraine to have the international as New York Times KYIV – With little fanfare and no for a memorial museum complex on the community recognize the Great Famine Communist protest, Ukraine’s Parliament Great Famine had been decided. as genocide, in order that the country passed a resolution on May 15 declaring The resolution that the Ukrainian could finally “be considered a fully wor- deals with scandal the Great Famine of 1932-1933 “an act of PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The name of Parliament barely managed to pass states thy, civilized nation.” genocide against the Ukrainian nation.” Walter Duranty, The New York that “in an independent Ukraine the terri- The Verkhovna Rada’s resolution, it The resolution, which was formulated Times’ Moscow correspondent during ble truth of those years must be publi- should be noted, cited the conclusion of the 1930s, has been in the news lately as an address to the Ukrainian people in cized by the state inasmuch as the Famine the congressionally mandated U.S. – and the publicity has not been posi- conjunction with the 70th anniversary of of 1932-1933 was organized by the Stalin Commission on the Ukraine Famine that tive for a venerable newspaper that the artificially created famine, came a day regime and should be publicly con- the Great Famine was a genocide of the currently finds itself in the midst of a after the Verkhovna Rada had held its first demned by the Ukrainian nation and the Ukrainian nation. The commission’s scandal involving the work and ethics parliamentary hearing dedicated to the international community as one of the report was released in 1988. of its reporters. subject. largest genocides in history in terms of While it took two votes to find the From New York to Illinois, from National Deputy Hennadii Udovenko, the number of victims.” minimum 226 ayes required for passage, Washington to Alberta, and points in chairman of the parliamentary Committee It goes on to state that the Verkhovna no lawmakers voted against the proposal, between, correspondents and com- on Human Rights, explained that it was Rada “recognizes the Famine of 1932- even though 183 of the 410 present mentators have written about the the first time that a Ukrainian state body 1933 as an act of genocide against the abstained. The resolution passed with no international campaign to strip had officially debated and passed judg- Ukrainian nation, based on the hellish prior discussion and, most surprisingly, Duranty of his Pulitzer Prize. Several ment on the tragic events of 1932-1933. plans of the Stalinist regime.” without storms of protest from the have cited the Duranty case in their “With this document we noted for the It further states that recognition of the Communist side of the gallery. reactions to the current scandal at The first time that we discussed openly and Great Famine as genocide is needed to Also, unexpected and even perplexing, New York Times involving a young condemned the politics of genocide,” Mr. help stabilize the social-political relations there were practically no broadcast or reporter named Jayson Blair, who fab- Udovenko said. within the county; correct the historical print accounts of the landmark vote. Only ricated and plagiarized numerous sto- The former minister of foreign affairs record and bring historical justice and one press agency of note, UNIAN, report- ries that were published in the paper. and former president of the United moral healing to generations of survivors ed the decision, as did the newspapers Since the Blair case came to light, Nations General Assembly added that, and their heirs who were not allowed to Ukraina Moloda and Chas. there have been revelations of other while he was pleased with the resolution, relate or reveal what had occurred; and The Ukrainian parliamentary body as improprieties involving editorial staff he believed that a law firmly establishing help the country avoid future “attempts at well had paid little heed a day earlier, dur- members at The Times, including Ukraine’s position on the Great Famine as new dictatorships and violation of the ing the first-ever Verkhovna Rada hearing Pulitzer Prize-winning national corre- genocide against the Ukrainian nation is most sacred of human right, the right to (Continued on page 16) spondent Rick Bragg, who resigned on May 28. Writing in The New Yorker on NSDC recommends that Ukraine send troops to Iraq May 26, in the magazine’s opening section called “The Talk of the Town,” by Roman Woronowycz U.N. role in the post-war rebuilding of the Rada reduces income tax Hendrik Hertzberg comments on what Kyiv Press Bureau country,” noted Mr. Kuchma. he called “L’Affaire Blair.” Room for debate remains, however, on “The Times lamented, in its special to 13 percent flat rate KYIV – Ukraine’s National Security and whether the Verkhovna Rada will approve a by Roman Woronowycz report that Blair’s (and the Times’s) Defense Council (NSDC) unanimously rec- Ukrainian military deployment to Iraq. Kyiv Press Bureau ‘widespread fabrication and plagia- ommended on May 27 that Ukraine send NSDC Secretary Yevhen Marchuk indicat- rism represent a profound betrayal of troops as part of the United States-led stabi- ed he believed the Parliament would ratify it KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament finally trust and a low point in the 152-year lization force in Iraq. “after sharp and tumultuous debate.” approved a reduced income tax rate on May history of the newspaper.’ Still, the Kyiv has proposed a force of between Likewise, Verkhovna Rada Vice- 22, establishing a 13 percent flat tax rate for harm to the common weal inflicted by 1,600 and 1,700 troops, which will include Chairman Oleksander Zinchenko said he Ukrainian workers. Blair’s banal lies amounted to rather two mechanized divisions. However, believed that getting approval for participa- While a broader, new tax code is still less than, say, the harm done by the deployment will not take place until tion of Ukrainian peacekeepers in the held up in committee as endless political Pulitzer Prize-winning whitewash of President Leonid Kuchma issues an execu- rebuilding of Iraq would be far easier than it maneuvering among the business elites that Stalin’s terror perpetrated by Walter tive order and the country’s Parliament rati- was to get parliamentary approval for the dominate the Verkhovna Rada continues, Duranty, the paper’s longtime fies the decision. deployment of the Ukrainian anti-nuclear the new flat tax, which took several years to Moscow correspondent ...” Ukraine was one of 10 countries that -biological and -chemical warfare (NBC) approve, should please employees. Some In a sidebar to the cover story of its received an invitation from Washington to battalion to Kuwait at the beginning of the workers previously shared up to 40 percent May 26 issue, headlined “Behind the take part in a stabilization force it was Iraqi conflict. of their income with the government, that is Scandal at The New York Times: The organizing in Iraq to reduce its own pres- Mr. Zinchenko explained that the nation- if they paid at all, because a large portion of Secret Life of Jayson Blair,” ence and bring a larger coalition into the al deputies understood that Ukraine could the labor force has avoided taxes, aided by Newsweek magazine also referred to rebuilding process in the wake of the war benefit in very concrete terms as a result of understanding employers. Duranty. “The News NOT Fit to that toppled longtime Iraqi dictator Saddam its participation, by qualifying to bid on “I believe all of society will welcome the Print,” noted: “Jayson Blair is not the Hussein from power. reconstruction projects as a result of its law,” explained President Leonid Kuchma first journalist to deceive readers – While Kyiv had not refused the initial cooperation. He also underscored that this upon hearing of parliamentary approval and he probably won’t be the last. It’s request, it said that it could not take further was a peacekeeping effort and not participa- while at a meeting of Central and Eastern no wonder, then, that the profession is steps until an authoritative international tion in a coalition for war, which was what European leaders in Salzburg, Austria. struggling with a credibility problem.” body lifted sanctions against Iraq and gave many lawmakers had considered the battal- “People will no longer hide their wages The item then offers “A brief walk permission for an international coalition to ion’s deployment to Kuwait. through compensation under the table,” down the Hall of Shame.” be stationed in the country. However, Communist Party Chairman added the Ukrainian president, according to Writer Karen Yourish includes President Kuchma, speaking during the Petro Symonenko told Interfax-Ukraine on Interfax-Ukraine. Duranty on the list as follows: NSDC meeting, said the U.N. resolution May 29 that Ukraine should not bend to In fact, the government is counting on “Stalinist Stooge? 1930s: Walter passed on May 15 was what Ukraine had U.S. demands and allow its troops to be part just that. As First Vice Prime Minister Duranty, The New York Times Soviet waited for. of the stabilization force. Mykola Azarov explained after the bill’s correspondent, ignores the brutality of “This resolution gives legitimacy to the “The masters of the world have let our approval, the state coffers should receive Stalin’s regime, telling readers at one coalition forces and safeguards the stability country understand that its will must be car- additional revenues as more people decide (Continued on page 3) and security of Iraq, as well as identifies the (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 No. 22

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Understanding Mykola Melnychenko NEWSBRIEFS Ukrainian plane crashes in Turkey 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40 percent. Ukrainians by Dr. Taras Kuzio President Mr. Kuchma blames him – not earning more than $320 per month are in RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report his own policies – for Ukraine’s failure to TRABZON, Turkey – A Ukrainian the top tax bracket. The government be a candidate for EU membership in the Yak-42 plane transporting Spanish peace- hailed the introduction of the flat tax as a At the age of 18, Mykola Melnychenko European Union. “One had to not love keepers from duty in Afghanistan, along step toward developing a strong con- enlisted in the Soviet Army and was later Ukraine to take such steps,” President with a crew of 12 Ukrainians and a sumer market and reducing the country’s accepted for officer training, which he suc- Kuchma said in a BBC interview on April Belarusian, slammed into a mountainside shadow economy. “The adoption of the cessfully completed. He joined the KGB 18. near the Turkish port city of Trabzon on law is a breakthrough in implementing and was sent to work in the Ninth The two questions continually asked May 26, Ukrainian and international news tax reform. The government and parlia- Directorate in Moscow and Kyiv, the unit about Mr. Melnychenko are: Who is agencies reported. None of those on board ment covered a gap that has plagued our responsible for the security of high-level behind him (as most people do not believe survived. The plane, chartered under a legislation for nine years,” Finance officials and analogous to the U.S. Secret he acted alone)? Are the tapes genuine? It United Nations contract from a Ukrainian Minister Mykola Azarov said, according Service. is not surprising that those who are in company called Mediterranean Airlines, to Interfax. (RFE/RL Newsline) In 1992 the KGB’s Ninth Directorate opposition to the executive believe in the was flying from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to was removed from the jurisdiction of the authenticity of the tapes (Mr. Zaragoza, Spain. An investigation has Parliament amends 2003 budget Security Service of Ukraine (known by its Melnychenko attempted to run as a been launched to determine the cause of Ukrainian acronym, SBU), and renamed Socialist Party candidate in the 2002 elec- the accident, with initial reports blaming KYIV – The Ukrainian Parliament the Directorate of State Protection (UDO). tions but he was refused registration). heavy fog in the area. (RFE/RL Newsline) amended the country’s 2003 budget on Mr. Melnychenko continued to work in the Yulia Mostova wrote in the September May 22, increasing projected revenues by Kuchma eliminates political slots UDO, where he rose to be a senior officer 28-October 5, 2002, edition of the influen- 5.9 percent to 52.96 billion hrv ($9.94 billion) and expenditures by 5.6 percent with the rank of a major in the SBU tial weekly newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli, KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma has reserve. which she edits, that the tapes are real and to $54.99 billion hrv, Interfax reported. issued a decree canceling a previous (RFE/RL Newsline) In 1999-2000, Mr. Melnychenko secret- “now people not only know about them, order on the introduction of the post of ly taped hundreds of hours of conversa- they also believe them.” Hesitant opposi- state secretary, as well as first deputies Ukraine signs environmental accords tions in President Leonid Kuchma’s office. tionist Our Ukraine leader Viktor and deputies for the Council of Ministers Some of these recordings, which were sub- Yushchenko told Ukrainska Pravda on and individual ministries, Interfax report- KYIV – The environment ministers of sequently transcribed and published on the September 10, 2002, that he believes in the ed on May 27. Mr. Kuchma had intro- Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Internet, suggested that Mr. Kuchma and authenticity of most of the tapes. Mr. duced those posts two years ago in a and Serbia and Montenegro on May 22 other high-ranking Ukrainian officials Melnychenko himself has passed a lie- move the opposition said was aimed at signed a framework convention at an might have been involved in the kidnap- detector test and suggested that Mr. tightening the presidential administra- ongoing international environmental con- ping and murder of journalist Heorhii Kuchma should submit himself to one as tion’s grip on the Cabinet. Under the new ference in Kyiv on the environmental Gongadze or in illegal arms sales to Iraq. well. Portions of the tapes have also been decree, state secretaries and their deputies protection and sustainable development In November 2000 he fled Ukraine and authenticated by former FBI employees at are to be replaced by first vice ministers of the Carpathian Mountains, Interfax obtained asylum the following April in the BEK TEK and in the world’s best testing and vice ministers. (RFE/RL Newsline) reported. It was unclear why two other United States where he now lives in laboratory in the FBI. “Carpathian states,” Poland and the Washington. Not surprisingly, Ukraine’s executive Ukraine to be part of Iraq’s Polish sector Czech Republic, which reportedly back The sensitivity of the authorities to Mr. branch disputes their authenticity. If it did the convention, failed to sign it. Also the not, it would have to hold an investigation SALZBURG, Austria – Polish same day, the environment ministers of Melnychenko is high. To the Ukrainian President Aleksander Kwasniewski told authorities Mr. Melnychenko is a “traitor.” and possibly face the consequences, as Ukraine, Belarus and Russia signed an happened after the Peru tape scandal in journalists at a Central European summit accord on the environmental rehabilita- in Salzburg on May 23 that Ukraine and Dr. Taras Kuzio is a resident fellow at 2000 when President Alberto Fujimori fled tion of the Dnipro River basin. (RFE/RL to Japan. Bulgaria have agreed to send troops to the Newsline) the Center for Russian and East Polish stabilization sector in Iraq, Polish European Studies, University of Toronto. (Continued on page 17) Radio reported. Warsaw hosted an inter- Rada OKs CIS ‘joint economic space’... national conference last week on the for- mation of a stabilization force in the KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada voted Polish sector in Iraq. Polish Radio quoted 266-51 on May 22 to back the creation of Are the authorities in Ukraine Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz a “joint economic space” to include Cimoszewicz as saying on May 25 that Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Kazakstan, again targeting opposition leaders? the stabilization forces in the Polish sec- Interfax reported. The presidents of these tor in Iraq will comprise servicemen from four countries had signed a statement on a dozen countries. Mr. Cimoszewicz February 23 declaring that their govern- by Taras Kuzio in May 2002. added that Poland is likely to make an ments will prepare a draft agreement by RFE/RL Newsline Mr. Medvedchuk is the long-time head effort to include servicemen from Muslim September on the creation of such an eco- of the Union of Ukrainian Lawyers (as well states in its stabilization force. (RFE/RL nomic bloc. Belarusian President In late 2001, Ukrainian President Leonid as the Social Democratic Party-United, or Newsline) Alyaksandr Lukashenka said last week Kuchma issued a lengthy decree outlining SDPU). Even though censorship is banned measures to ensure that the March 2002 that there is a “fundamental disagree- by the Constitution and Parliament recently Rada approves 13 percent flat tax ment” over how those four countries view parliamentary elections would be free and amended the law on the media to criminal- fair. In his state of the nation address to the formation of such an economic ize censorship, last summer the presidential KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on May alliance. (RFE/RL Newsline) Parliament last month, President Kuchma administration began sending secret instruc- 22 approved a 13 percent flat income tax likewise promised that the October 2004 tions, known as “temnyky,” to television for individuals as of January 1, 2004, ...urges Ukraine’s ‘association’ with EU presidential elections will be conducted in a stations advising them which political Ukrainian media reported. On January 1, “civilized, democratic manner in full com- issues they should cover and which should 2007, the rate will rise to 15 percent. The KYIV – The Ukrainian legislature also pliance with current legislation.” be ignored. move was backed by 352 of the 440 leg- appealed to European parliaments, gov- But, as is so often the case in Ukraine Public skepticism has been reinforced by islators registered for the session. ernments and societies on May 22 to unite and other CIS states, reality diverges from the government’s seemingly selective use of Income-tax rates in Ukraine are currently (Continued on page 12) official rhetoric. During the 2002 campaign, corruption charges against Yuliia the presidential administration abused its Tymoshenko and aides to former Prime administration resources to favor the For a Minister Viktor Yushchenko. Both FOUNDED 1933 United Ukraine bloc, and the media failed Tymoshenko and Mr. Yushchenko now to ensure a level playing field for all candi- head opposition political blocs. The recently HE KRAINIAN EEKLY dates. 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Head of Ukrainian association in Russia speaks on diaspora problems by Maryna Makhnonos the organization’s annual congress held in tion that Ukrainians are only about “salo organizations have access to e-mail or the Special to The Ukrainian Weekly April. “It’s the only way towards the devel- and horilka.” He said this should include an Internet. The rest continue to use the postal opment of a democratic state and society.” effort to counter negative publicity against service and remain apart from the global MOSCOW – According to the head of Giving an example of the weak cooper- Ukraine and the creation of information information network – a problem that this the umbrella group of Ukrainians in Russia, ation between the Russian government programs that “would work on its image 24 congress set out to resolve as priority No. 1. the plight of Ukrainian Russians will and the Ukrainian community – the sec- hours a day.” “We have a favor to ask our friends in improve only after the governments of ond largest ethnic community in Russia Mr. Rudenko-Desniak also pointed out Ukraine and in foreign countries further Ukraine and Russia begin to show the will after the Tatars, Mr. Rudenko-Desniak some of the Ukrainian community’s less afar, which is to help in this matter if possi- to formulate a clear policy on minorities. said that the Russian Ministry of the than ideal qualities, including its tendency ble: we need computers or the means to However, that may not suffice unless the Economy has refused to support a pilot to take an emotional approach to problem purchase them,” Mr. Rudenko-Desniak leaders of the Ukrainian diaspora in Russia, program for the development of Ukrainian solving at “noisy gatherings.” said, enthusiastically specifying that 25 for their part, begin to rely less on emotion education and an information system. The He spoke after the council of some 70 computers would suffice to unite all the and more on rational and efficient efforts to ministry has explained that other ethnic top representatives of Ukrainian communi- local Ukrainian communities of Russia via present their problems to the government groups would request the same, which ties from all Russian regions analyzed past the Internet. and to consolidate the lines of communica- would become a budget burden, according year’s community activities. Speaking passionately in a tiny one-room tion among the various Ukrainian groups to Mr. Rudenko-Desniak. The year had been proclaimed the “Year office situated in the Ukrainian Cultural within the vast regions of Russia. “After the Third Congress of Russian of Ukraine in Russia,” which in the end Center on the historic Arbat in downtown Speaking in an exclusive interview with Ukrainians last year, I wrote a letter propos- caused a certain disappointment among Moscow, Mr. Rudenko-Desniak seems to The Weekly Oleksander Rudenko-Desniak, ing the project to Deputy Prime Minister diaspora members when their hopes and be one of the few activists who are truly the head of the Association of Ukrainians in Valentina Matvienko and have not heard a expectations that more attention would be inspired to work on behalf of the cause of Russia, urged the Russian government to response yet. I tell myself it is only because paid to their problems were not realized. Ukrainians in Russia. In addition to duties establish an overall program focused on the of the bad state of the postal service,” Mr. “‘The Year of Ukraine in Russia’ as leader of the Association of Ukrainians in problems of minorities in a country consist- Rudenko-Desniak quipped. revealed the great cultural, spiritual and Russia, he also heads the diaspora’s infor- ing of more than 200 ethnic groups, among From another perspective, the diaspora social potential of the Ukrainian communi- mation department and has organized a them 4.5 million Ukrainians. He explained lacks the support of its native land inas- ty ... but it also revealed great fundamental Ukrainian cinema club. that local bureaucrats please the demands of much as Ukraine’s programs of cooperation problems,” Mr. Rudenko-Desniak said. Mr. Rudenko-Desniak, 66, was born in ethnic groups only if the personal will exists with its diaspora are not serious, which Instead of acting on their emotions, the Chernihiv and worked for more than 20 to do so, and Russia lacks an overall and damages the country’s international image, leader urged his associates to respect prag- years as a journalist, in addition to being a “consistent policy.” as well, he noted. matism and discipline in meeting needs and cinema and literary critic as well as a trans- “It’s time to understand that the Russian “The image of Ukrainians is awful in mastering the art of interaction with offi- lator of Ukrainian poets. In an effort to state, and first of all its society, should be Russia,” he said, adding that Ukraine should cials and lobbying. defend minorities’ rights, he became active interested in solving the nationalities’ issue,” invest in a public relations information cam- “Confrontation between the diaspora and in Russian politics as a member of the Mr. Rudenko-Desniak said after the close of paign to present an alternative to the percep- state authorities offers no hope ... and that’s Consultative Council of National Cultural why we should look for cooperation with Autonomies, whose chairman is Vladimir official authorities,” Mr. Rudenko-Desniak Zorin, Russia’s minister of ethnic affairs. For those at the bottom of the income said. “You should search for allies in poli- The Consultative Council works in coop- Rada reduces... scale, those who earlier were required to tics, because opponents will always appear eration with members of the Russian State (Continued from page 1) give up 10 percent of their income in taxes, on their own.” Duma on legislation to increase government that they should no longer risk avoiding the the Rada’s move is, in effect, a tax increase. Another current problem Russia’s responsibility and response to the needs of required income tax when it is now a rela- However, the minimum wage in Ukraine is Ukrainians face is a lack of modern informa- its ethnic minorities, something that Mr. tively affordable sum – not worth the risk of scheduled to rise to 237 hrv from its current tion technology. Only half of local Ukrainian Rudenko-Desniak is eager to see realized. fines and jail time. Mr. Azarov said he 185 hrv on December 1 of this year, which believes the additional revenue will easily should more than compensate for the addi- offset the larger payments that were made tional money the state will be taking after Mr. Marchuk said the duration of the by fewer people. Government estimates the New Year. NSDC recommends... Ukrainian force’s stay will depend on inter- have put the rate of non-compliance with In addition, eventually the government (Continued from page 1) national agreement or a decision by the will not tax the first 237 hrv of any income. the earlier tax law at well over half the ried out not only economically and finan- interim Iraqi authority, but would be a mini- However the exemption will come into working population. cially, but politically as well,” said Mr. mum of six months. force in a graduating scale, with 30 percent “In the future the main source of govern- Symonenko. The head of the NDSC noted that of the exemption not taxable in 2004 and ment revenues should not be from large fac- The Ukrainian peacekeepers will work in Ukraine would absorb the costs of trans- the full exemption not subject to taxation tories but from individual workers,” one of three zones into which the United porting and maintaining its contingent in explained Mr. Azarov. by 2007. States has divided Iraq under a force direct- Iraq, but was expecting that either the The new tax will go into effect on The decision by the Verkhovna Rada to ed by Poland; roughly the zone encompass- United States or Great Britain would pro- January 1, 2004, and remain in effect until implement a 13 percent flat tax on income es the area between Basra and Baghdad. vide compensation for the expenses to be 2007, after which it will rise to 15 percent. follows a similar decision made last year in U.S. and British forces will retain control incurred. He added that, in any case, There were several other tax measures Russia, which many experts agree has over the other two sectors. Ukraine would benefit far more if its trade approved in the bill, among them a 5 percent helped to bring taxpayers out of the shad- The Ukrainian contingent will have relations with Iraq, which at one time were tax on interest income on bank deposits. ows and increase government revenues. responsibility for safeguarding the territorial $300 million to $350 million annually, integrity of Iraq; protecting local governing returned to the earlier level. bodies and supporting their development; Mr. Marchuk also said negotiations were But what should anger all of us is that the protecting of government buildings, facto- being held on whether the NBC battalion lib-left New York Times is perhaps the most ries, plants and oil refining facilities; and, still stationed in Kuwait could be trans- Duranty in the news... arrogant and egotistical daily newspaper in (Continued from page 1) finally, maintaining order and the separation ferred to Iraq. the U.S.” point that no one in Ukraine is starving of conflicting sides, should violence break The Verkhovna Rada is scheduled to In conclusion, Mr. Jackson writes: when, in fact, millions were dying.” out within or among the various ethnic and consider ratification of the deployment of “For his falsifications, Jayson Blair has The Calgary Sun of May 20, published religious groupings. the Iraq stabilization force on June 5. been banished from The New York Times, an article headlined “Stalin’s apologist: but Walter Duranty paid no penalty for his New York Times scandal sparks memories outrageous behavior. The Times and the of far worse.” Pulitzer Prize Committee still claim Duranty Paul Jackson, associate editor at the received his award for work before his sham U.S.KYIV Embassy – Beginning Monday, in Kyiv June 2, toquestions process may befiancé e-mailed visas to the newspaper, writes that what Duranty “did reporting in the Soviet Union in 1932-1933. fully 70 years ago was convince most of the This is like suggesting an apologist for Adolf the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv will begin pro- Embassy at [email protected]. world that allegations claiming Soviet dicta- Hitler and the Nazi regime should still be cessing fiance visas (K1 visas). This The Embassy noted that the tor Joseph Stalin engineered the mass star- honored for earlier endeavors. move will eliminate the need for these Department of State and the Bureau of vation of as many as 12 million Ukrainian “Ukrainians the world over deserve jus- applicants to travel to Warsaw for their Citizenship and Immigration Services are peasants and farmers was simply anti-com- tice, and the Times should give them that interviews. It also is the first step in mov- the most reliable sources of information munist propaganda.” justice by stripping Duranty of his Pulitzer ing all immigrant visa cases for on how to process fiancé visas. Private “We now know this appalling crime of Prize now. Right now.” Ukrainian citizens from Warsaw to Kyiv. companies that charge a fee for their genocide – akin to the Nazi persecution of * * * Additional immigrant visa processing services are not affiliated with the U.S. the Jews of Europe in Adolf Hitler’s death Other news media that recently have is expected to begin in early 2005. government, and it is not required that camps – was true,” he adds. published information about the Duranty This service will apply only to new applicants go through an agency to Mr. Jackson continues by noting that the case include: National Review Online applicants, not those with pending peti- obtain a fiancé visa. Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties (commentary by contributing editor tions. If an applicant’s petition has In addition, applicants are advised to Association has launched a campaign to Andrew Stuttaford, May 7); Daily already been sent to Warsaw, that case be aware that the petition needs to be have Duranty stripped of his Pulitzer Prize. Chronicle of DeKalb County, Ill. (news will not be transferred to Kyiv. filed in the United States, not at the U.S. At the same time, “The New York Times is story by staff writer Dan Campana, May 6); Those just beginning the fiancé visa Embassy. Petition approval may take now embroiled in yet another huge scandal and The Kingston Whig-Standard, process are advised to consult the several months to obtain, but the of one of its staff members [Mr. Blair] pla- Kingston, Ontario (news story by Arthur Embassy’s website at www.usembassy. Embassy in Kyiv will contact the appli- giarizing and fabricating stories over a long Milnes, May 1); and The Washington Times kiev.ua for information, instructions and cant to schedule an interview once it period of time. ... In comparison to (news story by Natalia A. Feduschak, downloadable application forms. Further receives the approved petition. Duranty’s betrayal, Blair is rather small fry. March 29). 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 No. 22 Michigan Ukrainian Americans attend NATO ceremony at White House, hold meetings on Capitol Hill

by Borys Potapenko Other dignitaries and the foreign minis- ters of the seven countries to be admitted WASHINGTON – In response to an into NATO – Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, invitation from the White House, represen- Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia tatives of the Ukrainian American commu- – also were among the participants of the nity in Michigan participated in the NATO ceremony. expansion ceremony held in the East Room In his address President Bush hailed the of the White House on May 8. unanimous vote in the Senate, held earlier Bohdan Fedorak, president of the in the day, to admit the new members into Ukrainian Cultural Center (UCC) in NATO. He noted: “These heroic nations Warren, Mich., and past president of the have survived tyranny, they have won their Organization for the Defense of Four liberty and earned their place among free Freedoms for Ukraine (ODFFU), and Borys nations. America has always considered Potapenko, vice-chairman of the ODFFU them friends, and we will always be proud and director of the UCC, as well as Judge to call them allies.” Bohdan Futey of Washington, were the only President Bush also called for NATO Ukrainian American representatives present expansion beyond the new members: among the nearly 100 guests. “Nearly two years ago, in Warsaw, I urged Among administration officials accom- the enlargement of NATO to all of Europe’s Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) is flanked by Borys Potapenko (left) and panying President George W. Bush to the democracies, from the Baltic to the Black Bohdan Fedorak. event were Secretary of State Colin Powell, Sea, and all that lie between, so that people National Security Advisor Condoleezza in those countries would have the same Poland has already done with such determi- same chance for security and freedom and Rice and Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of chance for security and freedom enjoyed by nation.” the same chance to join the institutions of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Europe’s older democracies,” he said. Significantly, Secretary of State Powell, Europe. ... “That, too, is part of the transfor- Also present were leaders of both parties In his Warsaw speech, President Bush mation of the Alliance. Our vision for in the U.S. Senate: Majority Leader Bill made direct reference to Ukraine when he in an address before the Foreign Affairs Association the night before the White Europe encompasses all of NATO’s new Frist; Chairman Dick Lugar and ranking stated: “The Europe we are building must partners, including Ukraine and countries in House ceremony on NATO expansion, member Joe Biden of the Senate Foreign include Ukraine, a nation struggling with the Caucasus and Central Asia.” Relations Committee; Sen. Carl Levin, the trauma of transition. Some in Kyiv made direct reference to President Bush’s At the conclusion of the ceremony, the ranking member of the Senate Armed speak of their country’s European destiny. If statement when he said: “All of Europe’s Ukrainian American representatives had the Services Committee; Sen. George this is their aspiration, we should reward it. democracies from the Baltic to the Black opportunity to briefly speak with Sen. Voinovich. We must extend our hand to Ukraine, as Sea and all that lie between should have the Levin and Dr. Rice about their communi- ty’s support for the administration’s and Congress’ re-engagement with Ukraine, especially as this pertains to NATO and democratic and economic reforms. Rep. Weldon addresses Ukrainian American Federation While in Washington, Messrs. Fedorak and Potapenko invited George Nesterczuk, chairman of the Policy Council of the ODFFU and president of Nesterczuk and Associates in Washington, to join them in meetings with members of the Michigan delegation to Congress. Meetings were held with Rep. Candice Miller, (Republican 10th District), Rep. Sander Levin, (Democrat, 12th District), and Sen. Carl Levin (Democrat). Among the issues of importance to Ukraine and Ukrainian Americans that were discussed were NATO/Ukraine relations, prospects for graduating Ukraine from the Jackson- Vanick amendment, the status of the Ukrainian national democratic movement and the upcoming presidential election in Ukraine. Although she is a first-term member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Miller is no stranger to the Ukrainian American At a meeting in Philadelphia hosted by the Ukrainian Federation of America ( from left) are: Dr. Zenia Chernyk, Rep. Curt community in Michigan. In welcoming the Weldon, Vera M. Andryczyk, Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Bohdan Korzeniowski, Metropolitan Stefan Soroka community representatives to her new and former Rep. Charles F. Dougherty. offices, she recalled that in her capacity as secretary of state in Michigan she was a fre- PHILADELPHIA – Over 200 mem- He acknowledged the need by the remarks by advising the federation mem- quent visitor to the Ukrainian Cultural bers of the Ukrainian American commu- Ukrainian government to address civil bership of his commitment to establishing Center (UCC) in Warren, and a strong sup- nity gathered at the recent general mem- rights concerns and foreign policy issues an ongoing relationship between the U.S. porter of Ukrainian American issues. In bership meeting of the Ukrainian that trouble the United States and the Congress and the Verkhovna Rada and fact, Rep. Miller launched her successful Federation of America at the Ukrainian European Union. He concluded his noted that he would be hosting a visit to election campaign for secretary of state at Educational and Cultural Center in remarks by stating that the government is Washington this summer by a delegation the UCC. Philadelphia to greet Archbishop Stefan aware of these concerns and is fully com- from the Ukrainian Parliament. He urged In their discussions with Rep. Miller and Soroka, Ambassador Kostyantyn mitted to a democratic, economically sta- Ukrainian American to get more involved her chief of staff, Jamie Roe, the three Gryshchenko and Rep. Curt Weldon (R- ble and civil society. in America’s political system as a way of Ukrainian American representatives elabo- Pa.). Rep. Weldon, who had just recently making their collective voice heard in rated on the work of the Congressional The program for the meeting was part returned from a visit to Ukraine, was Washington and impacting, in a positive Ukrainian Caucus, a bipartisan group of of the federation’s ongoing activities in introduced by former Rep. Charles F. way, U.S.-Ukraine relations. House members dedicated to promoting developing and maintaining positive rela- Dougherty. Having had extensive meet- Following Rep. Weldom’s remarks the U.S.-Ukraine relations, and encouraged the tions between Ukraine and the United ings with Ukrainian government officials, Ukrainian Federation of America present- congresswoman to join the caucus. States, and between the Embassy and the including two private meetings with ed both Rep. Weldon and Ambassador They also briefed Mrs. Miller about the diaspora. President Leonid Kuchma and extended Gryshchenko with a set of the Ukrainian community’s support for gradu- In prepared comments, Ambassador meetings with leaders of the Verkhovna Encyclopedia of Ukraine published by the ating Ukraine from the Jackson/Vanik Gryshchenko, who was introduced by Dr. Rada, Rep. Weldon was upbeat about University of Toronto Press. The ambassa- amendment, an anachronism of the Cold Albert Kipa, the moderator for the program, Ukraine and the potential for better U.S.- dor took this opportunity to then present War era, the principal purpose of which was noted many positive things that are occur- Ukraine relations. the honors of a grateful nation upon two to facilitate immigration from the USSR, ring in Ukraine, including three years of The congressman echoed the senti- of Ukraine’s leading ladies of the stage. particularly for those of the Jewish faith. positive economic growth; the creation of a ments of the ambassador, but added that Liza Chepil and Vira Levytska were hon- Moreover, in light of Rep. Miller’s mem- good environment for small business, indus- there was a lot more work to be done in ored for their contributions to Ukraine’s bership in the Armed Services Committee try and agriculture; the success of the multi- developing democracy in Ukraine. dramatic theater. in the House, the importance of the success- party system in Ukraine, and the presence in Rep. Weldon noted the positive signs The membership of the Ukrainian es of U.S.-Ukraine cooperation on defense the Persian Gulf of the Ukrainian anti- he saw in Kyiv during his visit and said Federation of America had the opportunity issues and the significance of convening the nuclear, -biological and -chemical (NBC) that the opportunity exists to re-establish a to meet with both the congressman and NATO-Ukraine conference that took place unit positioned to support coalition forces in warm relationship between the U.S. and the ambassador during the reception fol- earlier in the week in Washington, were dis- case of an attack or incident. Ukraine governments. He concluded his lowing the March 8 meeting. (Continued on page 13) No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Chicago District votes to join local UCCA CHICAGO – The Chicago UNA District Committee met on Saturday, April 5, and took up membership in the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America as the first order of business. Invited to address the meeting was Orest Baranyk, president of the Chicago branch of the UCCA. He distributed leaflets that reviewed the work of the UCCA and its affiliates over the past 20 years. Also addressing the meeting was Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, author of “Ukrainian American Citadel: The First One Hundred Years of the Ukrainian National Association.” “I was elected vice-president of the Ukrainian American Coordinating Committee when it was first established in At the Chicago District Committee meeting are: (front row, from left) Stefko Kuropas, Michael Kuropas (UNA advisor), Orest 1983,” explained Dr. Kuropas. “Our future Baranyk, (president, UCC, Chicago), Andrij Skyba (UNA advisor), Bohdan Kukuruza; (back row) Paul Banderiwsky, Myron looked bright. We sponsored a commemo- B. Kuropas, Joseph Stawnyczy, Evhenia Lushchak, Roman Zacaj, Olha Berejan, Teodor Turchyn and Myron Lushchak. ration of the Great Famine in Washington that year which involved some 18,000 par- withdrew from the UCCA; today we have ticipants from 11 states. And then unfortu- less than half that number. The UCCA, nately, the UACC began to decline. Instead meanwhile, has prospered. It’s time to cut "We're taking our dad out to “Suzy-Q” for Father's Day! Hope to see you there too!" of increasing the UACC membership base bait and to rejoin the UCCA.” during the past 20 years, we lost members. After a short discussion, a motion to The Ukrainian National Association The UNA also lost members. The UNA had rejoin the UCCA was made. The vote was congratulates all Fathers, Grandfathers and Great-grandfathers, almost 90,000 members in 1980 when we (Continued on page 16) and wishes each and everyone Home Office works toward revitalizing UNA MNOHAYA LITA! Come celebrate the UNA’s 19th annual The Ukrainian National Association’s national secretary, Christine Kozak, has taken a pro-active role in revitalizing the UNA. The focus of the initiative is to capi- talize on UNA participation in locally sponsored events, which provide a forum for UNA executive officers to meet the community and introduce the UNA to the widest “Father’s Day” of audiences. Sunday, June 15, 2003 To accomplish this goal, UNA district committees and branch secretaries were given the directive to organize a fraternal activity in conjunction with their district 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church meeting. It is not cost-effective for a representative to attend the district meetings without a planned organized event, and it is the desire of the UNA Executive 1:00 p.m. – Special Father’s Day Luncheon Committee to work hand-in-hand with the secretaries. The promotional effort put forth by UNA Home Office for its branches included: 3:00 p.m. – STEFAN KACZARAJ – UNA President – WELCOME • the 2003 Organizing Plan; • the launch of a new product line; LYDIA KULBIDA – Master of Ceremonies – journalist, TV anchor, and • flyers and brochures (“Short-Term Annuities,” “Life Insurance Protection for music director of National Public Radio affiliate WBFO-FM Women”); • a list of suggested fraternal activities; OLEH CHMYR – Baritone; whose most recent appearance was with the • a referral program for secretaries and UNA members; and New Jersey State Opera in Leoncaallo’s “Pagliacci.” • two life insurance applications mailed to each branch for enrolling new members. Additional support from UNA Home Office provided the following: ZOREPAD Dance Ensemble of Watevliet, N.Y., under the artistic direction • two newsletters since January 2003; of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky • monetary incentives – commissions paid are the highest they have ever been in UNA history; HOLY TRINITY DANCE GROUP, under the artistic direction of Elaine • articles in both Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly (“Why I need to purchase life and Andrew Oprysko insurance,” “What is an annuity?”); and • the 2002 and, most recently, the 2003 Standard’s Independent Comparative The GENERATIONS Shepko Family Vocal Ensemble: featuring three gen- Report on the UNA. erations of singers – mother, Hanya; daughter, Halyna; and granddaughters, The UNA’s organizing initiative has been successful in the areas where branch sec- retaries responded to the call for cooperative effort. Below are two districts, demon- Roxolyana and Zoya. strating different results. The numbers speak for themselves. For reservation to the luncheon please call SOYUZIVKA at (845) 626-5641 Albany Chicago For bus reservations from New Jersey and New York; No. of branches in district 5 15 and for more information the UNA, 1-800-253-9862 ext. 3041 New member quota 40 95 New members Come visit Soyuzivka again this summer! 2002 41 7 2001 35 25 2000 38 21 Loss of membership 2002 48 140 New quota for 2003 determined by each district 32 15 In order to analyze their membership and identify opportunities, UNA branch sec- retaries receive the following on a monthly basis: • branch assessments showing the status of all active members – paid to date, etc.; • a list of lapsing members, whom secretaries are directed to contact in order to conserve business; and • a list of members whose policies will be maturing or expiring in the next quarter (this represents potential sales). - UNA Executive Committee 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 No. 22

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The “History” Channel Exhibition reveals brutality

Frankly, we expected better from The History Channel, regardless of its pop of Communist regime in Ukraine approach to relating history – an approach that, we must admit, attracts viewers and works well to tell a story. by Helena Lysyj Melnitchenko The Yezhov era (1936-1938) was par- However, when presenting its much-advertised two-part program titled “Russia: and Eugene Melnitchenko ticularly brutal. Almost a million people Land of the Tsars,” The History Channel just went too far in “simplifying” things and were arrested. As the camps filled with WASHINGTON – Few in the diaspora prisoners, the Soviets thought it neces- in dressing up the presentation to make it more interesting. It was a show that The doubt that the Soviet Union was an evil New York Times reviewer Alessandra Stanley aptly described as “fixed on the peaks sary to make room for more. In the sum- empire. Yet, documentation to support mer of 1937, nearly 37,000 Ukrainian of death, disaster and repression,” “bristl[ing] obligingly with pinnacles of bad what everyone knew either from person- behavior,” “a pop-up textbook of grisly moments brought to lurid life in heavily cos- prisoners were shot. al experience or oral history was not After suffering the German occupa- tumed and scored re-enactments.” available to the public until the fall of As noted on The History Channel’s website, the series covers “the leaders of tion during the second world war, the communism. The museum exhibition Ukrainian populace continued to suffer Russia from the Vikings in 862 to the Revolution in 1918.” (OK, now, take a deep “Not to be Forgotten,” brought from at the hands of the Soviets. In Ukraine breath...) Yes, The History Channel’s program claims Kyivan Rus’ was Russia. Yes, Kyiv to Washington on April 10 provid- famine struck again as its grain was sent the program said our Volodymyr the Great was the Russian ruler Vladimir. And, oh ed a plethora of documentation. to Poland, Czechoslovakia and other yes, here’s a bit of real news: according to The History Channel, Vladimir chose Seventy large panels illustrated the Communist republics. The Soviets sent among several faiths – including Catholicism and Orthodoxy – when he was seeking hidden history of Ukraine under Soviet 17 divisions to destroy the Ukrainian a religion for his realm. Oh well, fact-checking’s obviously not needed for a pop-his- communism, from 1917 as the fledgling Insurgent Army (UPA). Prisons contin- tory show. Does it really matter to the viewer that neither Catholicism nor Orthodoxy independence was crushed to 1991 when ued to be filled with returning forced even existed as the schism within Christianity had not yet occurred? Apparently, The it became a reality. This independence labor civilians and POWs. History Channel thinks it doesn’t. was won by the martyrdom of millions Stalin, on hearing of the capture of his But, wait, The History Channel takes itself seriously! The classroom study guide of Ukrainians tortured, starved and exe- son Yakov by the Germans, was reputed that appears on the channel’s website (www.historychannel.com) suggests many top- cuted. The exhibition was effectively to have said, “I have no son!” While in ics for discussion or research, including this gem: “Why did Prince Vladimir make documented with archival documents of the United States the returning POWs his subjects convert to one religion? Research the different faiths he considered, and orders of arrest and execution, photo- were welcomed as heroes, under the make a chart comparing their central beliefs. Why do you think Prince Vladimir graphs of excavated mass graves, and the Soviets the POWs’ crime was to be cap- chose the Eastern Orthodox Church to be the church of Russia?” lists of the executed in the executioners’ tured. A summary of the program, also online, tells us that, after choosing “Orthodox own handwriting. After Stalin’s death, the persecution of Christianity,” in 988 Vladimir “forced all Russians to convert to Christianity as Many were responsible for bringing Ukrainians continued under Khrushchev well.” It also tells us that “one direct result of the Mongol invasion [in the mid-13th this exhibition to life. It required careful and Brezhnev. century] was the downfall of Kiev as the pre-eminent Russian city.” study and reflection to be fully compre- Unlike the previous panels, which are Need we go on? This History Channel presentation is a wake-up call and demon- hended, and the viewers in Washington in somber black and white, the very last strates to us yet again that our nation’s struggle to preserve what is rightfully its own studied it long and hard. It is difficult to panels have color in the form of blue- history continues. do justice to this fascinating and impor- and-yellow flags as Independence is (Turning from the lamentable to the laughable, we should note the device of using tant exhibit in a brief review. declared. Russian-looking mirror-image English letters and typefacesP∏T∏ü that render certain ßVAàletters While Ukraine was not the only coun- There is no doubt in our minds, that to look Russian isCATH∏üßà∏ quite silly. Thus, Peter became , Ivan became , try exploited and ruled with cruelty, its more “mohyly” (burial sites) will be Catherine became . Ouch! Design, too, says something about the seri- population was dealt with particular bru- excavated in Ukrainian cities and the ousness of a presentation.) tality because of its size, the centuries of countryside. This exhibition reminds us To conclude, let’s just state that entertainment and history,ü in this case, seem to be repression by Imperial Russia and its his- that independence was won by the blood mutually exclusive. Though some might have found “ ussia: Land of the Tsars” to torical quest for freedom. Three famines, and tears of many Ukrainians. We need be interesting viewing, it certainly did not pass as history, never mind that it aired on (1921-1923, 1932-1933, 1946-1947), to honor their memory. something called The History Channel. massive arrests and executions, and a To hear about the horrors of the Soviet high proportion of Ukrainians among the regime has been hard enough; to see it so prisoners of the gulag attest to the severi- effectively documented made it difficult ty of the persecution. to walk away without being emotionally June Fifteen additional panels illustrated drained. Turning the pages back... the fortress on the White Sea, the The non-profit, non-governmental Solovetsky Islands, or the dreaded exhibit is permanently housed at the 4 Solovky as the Ukrainians called them. Kyiv City All-Ukrainian Memorial Ukrainians and Solovky have a long his- Society of Vasyl Stus, vul. Mykhaylo In 2000, Roman Woronowycz of our Kyiv Press Bureau tory dating back to the 18th century Stelmakh St., 6a, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03040. 2000 wrote a feature about Myroslav Medvid, the Ukrainian sailor, when Catherine II impris- who had jumped ship 15 years earlier near New Orleans, and oned the last Zaporozhian thanks to U.S. bungling, was forced to return to Soviet custody. otaman. His name was “In 1985 the Medvid affair transfixed the Ukrainian American Petro Kalnyshevsky and community and much of America,” wrote Mr. Woronowycz. “His plight caused anger, he died on the islands at demonstrations and, finally, tears. ... Today Myroslav Medvid is alive and well and living in the age of 112, after hav- Ukraine, a man changed by the years – but most dramatically by his tribulations in the ing served his 31-year United States. He is a parish priest of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church [he was sentence. ordained in December 1990] with a wife and children living in the city of Chervonohrad, However, longevity about an hour’s drive north of Lviv.” was not an option for the The Rev. Medvid agreed to The Weekly’s requests for his first exclusive interview with a Solovetsky prisoners in Western publication. He said he felt no bitterness, neither toward the U.S. officials who sent the 20th century. Writers, him packing in 1985, nor towards the Soviet henchmen who intimidated and roughed him priests, teachers, peasants up during and after his return. In retrospect, he was thankful, he explained, because what he and workers were impris- suffered had turned him to God and religion. “What I lived through was my first step to the oned and killed on these Lord.” He then added, “I would like to meet the person who decided that I must be returned islands. In the fall of 1937 to tell him that I forgive him.” alone, over a thousand The young priest said he likens his travails to the biblical parable of the wayward son, prisoners were executed who returns to his father’s home after a long and difficult time seeking his own fortune. Before New Orleans he was hardly a spiritual person, even though his grandmother tried to there. instill in him a Catholic base. He was a member of the Communist Youth League, but a dis- In all 233 concentra- affected one, who belonged because that was the only path to opportunity for a person with tion camps despoiled the any ambition whatsoever. Even then he held strong Ukrainian nationalist beliefs, he had map of the Soviet Union, learned to conceal them. shown in the first panel of The Rev. Medvid was reluctant to give details of what he experienced on the Marshal the exhibition. Several Koniev as it waited in the Gulf of Mexico for permission to leave port while U.S. officials visitors studied the map decided what to do with the Soviet seaman who jumped ship in U.S. waters. He said he did carefully, murmuring not know whether he was drugged, even though U.S. psychiatrists concluded after meeting “Ah, yes, here it is! Uncle with him a day after his return that he was probably under the influence of halidol and tho- (or grandfather) died in razine, two strong mind-altering drugs. As for signing a statement that he wanted to return this awful place,” the to the USSR, he said he did so willingly, explaining that his mental state after his ordeal names of the camps was such that he saw no other recourse. “I understood what was going on and why.” bringing a jolt of recogni- tion. During some years, Source: “Myroslav Medvid sees his 1985 ordeal as a positive life-changing experience,” some 5 to 10 percent of by Roman Woronowycz, Kyiv Press Bureau, The Ukrainian Weekly, June 4, 2000, Vol. all Ukrainians were Roman Krytsyk, one of the organizers the exhibition, LXVIII, No. 23. interred in those camps. speaks at the Ukrainian Catholic Shrine in Washington. No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places the agenda, or only your American dollars? Contact the media I have attended many conferences dur- by Myron B. Kuropas ing my professional careeer, and have re Duranty cover-up never seen such a scam; if anything, mem- Dear Editor: bers always paid less than non-members. The Ukrainian Weekly is right on about Jerry Zinycz recent scandals at The New York Times and Venice, Fla. The rise and demise of Nikita if readers ever wanted to do something In “Khrushchev: The Man and His schools ... We must conduct the battle with about the Ukrainian Holocaust, now is the Times,” William Taubman paints a fascinat- enemies, provocateurs and slanderers deci- time. For years we have been trying to right Thanks for printing ing portrait of a simple, poorly educated, sively,’ he announced at the 14th Ukrainian this wrong, but with the recent scandal at blustering buffoon who rose to power Party Congress in June 1938.” The follow- the Times making the news every day, now story from Georgia through guile, treachery, peasant wit and ing year in Moscow, Nikita boasted about is the time to prove that this goes all the Dear Editor: charm. having extirpated “ ‘vermin’ during his first way back to the infamous Walter Duranty Nikita Sergeievich Khrushchev wore year in Ukraine.” and his cover-up of the crime of the centu- Just a note to thank you for publishing many masks during his lifetime: a mercuri- Ukraine experienced a blood bath under ry. the little article and photo about our small al, intriguing opportunist who insinuated Khrushchev. “All members but one of the Are you frustrated that your letters in the Ukrainian community in Georgia. himself into the inner circle of the most sav- Ukrainian party Politburo, Orgburo and past have been ignored? Well, now is the It’s taken over 20 years of collecting age of all the savages who once ruled Secretariat were arrested ... The entire time because other news outlets will publi- names, convincing people and clerics, and Russia; a hail-comrade-well-met funny Ukrainian government was replaced, as cize how deep is the problem at the NY determination to accomplish what we have. man, consistently underestimated by his were party leaders and their deputies in all Times. And publicity is absolutely neces- Instead of just a listing in the phone book colleagues; an intriguing metalworker who 12 Ukrainian provinces and virtually all sary to get this Pulitzer Prize turned over to we now have a place, and the church, as became Communist Party boss in Moscow Red Army corps and division commanders. the proper recipient – namely someone who always, is the foundation of the community. and later in Ukraine; an insecure self-doubt- Of 86 Central Committee members elected covered what was really perpetrated by The Weekly, understanding that it is the ing, quixotic leader who postured as an in June 1938, only three remained from a Stalin “Uncle Joe.” “link” to those who are not in large commu- expert in agriculture, the arts, literature, year before, while half of all party members Spend a few minutes to get the facts – nities, played its part in our development. industry, foreign affairs and practically any- in Kiev [sic], and up to 63 percent in one reread the May 18, editorial of The You’ll hear a lot more from us in the future. thing else his indefatigable energy allowed. district, were denounced.” After this, the Ukrainian Weekly and check out two other Removed from office in October 1964, pace slowed somewhat. “In 1939, ‘only’ 12,000 are reported to have been arrested, great sites at www.ucca.org and Stephen Holutiak-Hallick he left little of lasting value, except, of course, his historic condemnation of Joseph and in 1940 about 40,000.” http://www.nationalreview.com/stuttaford/st Duluth, Ga. Stalin at the 20th Party Congress in 1956. When the Soviets invaded western uttaford050703.asp. This single, undoubtedly heroic act trans- Ukraine, it was Khrushchev who engi- Also, contact shows that you might formed the USSR from a terror state – neered the Soviet incorporation of western listen to: Sean Hannity, ABC Radio: Bush’s politics where one was punished for what one was, Ukraine. “Khrushchev’s ostensible mission [email protected]; Bob Grant Show: rather than for what one did – to a totalitari- was to protect his fellow Slavs in western [email protected]; CBS Radio an state, where life became more bearable Ukraine. His actual task was to conquer and Network: http://www.cbsnews.com; and the war in Iraq Dear Editor: and survival more predictable. “The fact Sovietize, to expropriate and collectivize, to National Public Radio: http://www.npr.org/ that during the years of his rule,” writes Mr. organize new party and state institutions contact/. I strongly disagree with Roman Golash Taubman, “about 20 million people were and make sure they opted ‘voluntarily’ to Also, contact the newspapers you on why we should attack Iraq. First of all, it rehabilitated – granted, many of them join the Union of Soviet Socialist read: New York Daily News: voicers@ was the United States that supplied Saddam posthumous ... alone outweighs all of Republics.” Hundreds of thousands of edit.nydailynews.com; New York Post: with WMD (weapons of mass destruction) Khrushchev’s faults and mistakes.” Ukrainians were arrested and deported. [email protected]; The New York Times: during the Iran-Iraq war. He was our friend My dad and I traveled to Soviet Ukraine When Nikita returned to Ukraine in 1944 [email protected]; The New York and ally. He used all the mustard gas on the in 1963 and family members there were his brutality was focused on the Ukrainian Times Syndicate: [email protected]; Iranians, and we were only too happy to optimistic about the future. They believed Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Newsday: [email protected]; and have the Muslims fight amongst themselves. life would get better. When I returned with Insurgent Army (UPA), which bravely Wall Street Journal: nywireroom@ Second, how was Saddam Hussein Lesia in 1974, the mood had changed dra- fought the Soviets until 1950. Spetsgrupy dowjones.com involved with 9/11? It has been proven matically. (black operations) militia scoured the coun- The pen is mightier than the sword. If beyond a doubt that Saddam had nothing to In retirement, the former Soviet leader of tryside for Ukrainian nationalists and their not for Duranty’s lies, millions of lives do with 9/11 by our CIA and Israeli intelli- lived a lonely, abandoned life on the out- supporters, eliminating them mercilessly. might have been saved in Ukraine. And gence. As a matter of fact, Saddam and skirts of Moscow, secretly penning his Writes Mr. Taubman: “Between February were it not for Stalin’s ability to pull off the Osama bin Laden hated each other. memoirs. Published in the West, they were 1944 and May 1946 the Soviet military and crime of the century, perhaps Hitler, Mao Thirdly, the only surviving Communists a sensation, despite Soviet claims of for- police reported killing 110,825 ‘bandits’ and the Khmer Rouge might not have been and their lackeys are in Ukraine and that is gery. When Nikita died in 1971, he was and arresting 250,676 more. As many as emboldened to have slaughtered 100 mil- what we should be concerned about. denied a state funeral. No Soviet leader 600,000 may have been arrested in western lion more! These despots carried out crimes Fourthly, Bush used 9/11 as an excuse to attended his burial. No headstone was per- Ukraine between 1944 and 1952, with that obliterated major portions of the invade Iraq and get at its oil. After all, his mitted until 1975. about a third of that number executed and world’s inhabitants – and it all started with family made its fortune in the oil business; Nikita’s wife, Nina Petrovna, née the other two-thirds imprisoned or exiled.” Duranty and The New York Times. I’m sure they will secure another one there. Kukharchuk, was an ethnic Ukrainian who Though he often mentioned “God,” Last but not least, didn’t the Bush Russ Chelak spoke the language flawlessly. Although Nikita had no use for churches. As premier, administration accuse Ukraine of selling the Morristown, N.J. Nikita, an ethnic Russian, often wore an he began a campaign that reduced the num- Kolchuha system? Where is it? Russia is embroidered Ukrainian shirt, he was a life- ber of Orthodox parishes from more than supplying Iran with nuclear technology. But long foe of Ukrainian national aspirations. 15,000 in 1951 to less than 8,000 in 1963. Bush calls Putin “my friend.” Why doesn’t Comrade Khrushchev’s mentor was the As his days were ending, Nikita was Old Soviet habits Bush liberate Cuba, Ukraine and Belarus? notorious Lazar Kaganovich, a Ukrainian asked what he regretted about his past. That’s where the Communists and oppres- Jew who became Ukrainian party leader in “Most of all the blood,” he replied. “My never seem to die sors have power. 1925. Nikita’s rise was meteoric. From arms are up to the elbows in blood. That is Dear Editor: Now here is what should concern us. If Stalino (now Donetsk) to Kharkiv, to Kyiv, the most terrible thing that lies in my soul.” Mr. Putin decides that there are “terrorist to Moscow – all in a year and a half. To get My focus in this column has been on Mr. Regarding the eighth Ukrainian World activities” in Ukraine, he will do exactly as there, he was complicit in Stalin’s elimina- Taubman’s relatively accurate and sympa- Congress (May 4), it seems that some old Bush did in Iraq and call for a regime tion of old Bolsheviks. At the height of thetic treatment of Ukraine. His well-docu- Soviet habits never seem to die. In the past, change. And Mr. Bush will call him “my Stalin’s 1930 terror campaign, writes Mr. mented 870-page book, however, offers visitors from the West were forced to pay friend” and look the other way! As some- Taubman, “Khrushchev gave violent, much more for the interested reader. Of par- exorbitant prices for hotels, food, trans- one who worked at the World Trade Center, bloodcurdling speeches rousing the ‘mass- ticular interest are Khrushchev’s confronta- portation, etc. while visiting the former witnessed the horrors and survived, I take es’ to join in the witch hunt.” By the end of tions with two American presidents and Soviet Union. exception to Mr. Bush’s comments. the decade, Nikita was part of Stalin’s inner with Vice-President Richard Nixon over the It is interesting that the registration cost By the way even though we won in circle. He survived by posturing as the Captive Nations Resolution, the Cuban mis- for the eighth Ukrainian World Congress Afghanistan, the early reports are that war- “court jester,” the butt of Stalin’s jokes and sile crises, his trip to the United States and follows this same old pattern. Delegates lordism is prevailing there and that new cruel humor during late-night drunken his total misreading of the United States. from the United States, Canada, Great members are being recruited by the Taliban. orgies at Stalin’s dacha. Nikita once predicted that the grandchil- Britain, Australia, Belgium, France and They will start to recruit even more in Iraq Nikita Khrushchev served as secretary of dren of Americans of his day would live in Germany must pay $250 (U.S.). Delegates and other parts of the Middle East. That the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) a Soviet America. Today, his son, Sergei from South America and candidate coun- certainly doesn’t make me feel secure. twice, from 1938 to 1941 and again from Khrushchev, lives in Providence, R.I., tries to the European Union are being Ronald Reagan managed to unite the 1944 to 1946. “Khrushchev conducted where he is a fellow of the Thomas Watson charged $50 (U.S.), and delegates of coun- whole world, topple communism and Russification with a vengeance,” writes Mr. Institute of Brown University. Nikita’s tries from the former Soviet Union will pay secure a Pax Americana. George W. Bush Taubman. “In 1938 he lashed out at ‘Polish- granddaughter Nina received a Ph.D. from only $10 (U.S.). There is no mention of the by his actions in Iraq has managed to make German agents and bourgeois nationalists’ Princeton University in comparative litera- cost for delegates from Ukraine. us despised, detested and isolated. who,” he said, ‘did everything they could to ture and now lives and works in New York. If I were a delegate, which I am not, I exterminate the Russian language in would definitely question this cost. Do they Bohdan Pylypiw Ukraine’ and at ‘bastards who did every- Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: really want your participation and input to New York thing to toss out Russian from Ukrainian [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 No. 22 New notecards aim to raise funds to combat breast cancer KYIV – In an effort to raise awareness the notecards. The eighth artist in the about the dangers of breast cancer and group is a 10-year-old girl and aspiring the need for early diagnosis, a group of artist, Yaroslava Kutsay, who learned Ukrainian women’s organizations united about the initiative and wanted to help their efforts last year in a campaign with this public awareness campaign called “Because Life is Beautiful.” and donated her latest work, titled Breast cancer is the No. 1 killer of “Ukrainian Girl.” women in the world, and Ukraine is one The non-governmental organizations of the countries with the highest breast (NGOs) working on this campaign cancer incidence rates in Europe, with include the Ukrainian Women’s Fund, 15,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Center for Ukrainian Reform Education, The incidence rate has doubled over the Women’s Health and Family Planning last 10 years. Charitable Foundation, Ukrainian The fund-raising campaign, which Section of IAAC (International was launched in the summer of 2002, Association of Art Critics), the National began with the sale of notecards (packets Council of Women of Ukraine and of eight) by Ukrainian women artists to Winrock International, a USAID contrac- raise money to produce public education tor in Ukraine that works on women’s materials on how to do breast self-exam- issues. inations and to purchase medical equip- Close to 1,000 sets of notecards have ment for the detection of breast cancer. already been sold and have done much to Another aspect of the campaign attract public attention and to focus on includes a traveling fashion show, featur- the health concerns of Ukrainian women. “Ukrainian Girl” (2002, gouache) by “St. Sophia Street” (1997, gouache) by ing women designers from Ukraine: Interestingly, a majority of the notecards 10-year-old Yaroslava Kutsay. Olena Pryduvalova. Anna Babenko, Victoria Gres and have been acquired by concerned Oksana Karavanska, who will present American women who are not of their their fall/winter 2004 collection in Ukrainian ancestry. Chicago (May 30); Detroit (May 31); The packaged cards come with a mes- Toronto (June 1); Washington (June 5) sage that they are part of the educational and New York (June 7). campaign “Because Life is Beautiful.” Seven prominent Ukrainian women The packaging explains that by purchas- artists, including Olena Pryduvalova, ing them, buyers are helping the Lesia Dovzhenko, Nina Denysova, Ukrainian Women’s Fund acquire med- Tetiana Kolechko, Iryna Yeremeyeva, ical equipment for the early detection of Iryna Kudina and Vera Kuleba- breast cancer and its successful treatment Barynova donated their works to create in Ukraine. The notecards, which come in attrac- tive packages of 8, may be obtained in the United States and Canada by sending a donation of $10 to Public Education Need a back issue? International, 6819 N. Algonquin Ave., If you’d like to obtain a back issue of Chicago, IL 60646. PEI is a not-for-prof- The Ukrainian Weekly, send $2 per copy it 501 (c) (3) organization with tax- (first-class postage included) to: exempt status. The notecards will be available for Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, purchase at the venues in the five cities 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, where the breast cancer awareness cam- paign has scheduled its traveling fashion Parsippany, NJ 07054. “Memories in Marble” (1990, oil) by “Blessed Harvest Apples” (1997, enam- show. Lesia Dovzhenko. el and copper) by Tetiana Kolechko. No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 9

DATELINE NEW YORK: Olympic star prepares to shine again by Helen Smindak

After a two-year hiatus, Olympic gold It could be viewed as a papal red, but die- medalist and world figure skating champi- hard Ukrainians are prone to see it as on Oksana Baiul is making a comeback Soviet-inspired. into the realm of professional figure skat- UIA program director Walter Hoydysh ing. Now in training in Virginia, she plans corrects this view by pointing out that red to return to the professional skating circuit is a common color in traditional Ukrainian in September, joining Katarina Witt and apparel and footwear. “Think of the her friends in Bridgeport, Conn., to prepare Kozaks’ ‘sharavary’ and ‘zhupany’ and for the November start of Ms. Witt’s new hats, of men’s and women’s red boots, of touring show. red sashes. Red was the color our hetmans Speaking to me by phone from used – it is a very common color in Richmond, Ms. Baiul sounded excited yet Ukraine.” poised about the prospect of going out on He points out as well that Mr. the ice and thrilling fans again. Kandinsky and his art student, Vitaly “I’m working my butt off, I want to be Bohaievsky, who collaborated in a couple as good as I can,” she said, “and I’ve got of the works, see the color as a “new” red – my coach from 1994 – Valentin Nikolayev a red that is the color of love and happi- – supervising my training. I’m continuing ness. to design my skatewear fashions, for which Once the proliferation of red has been a new catalogue has just been published, digested and set aside, there is a great deal and I’m looking forward to a very exciting to admire and study in the 25 oils in the time.” exhibit. A five-foot-high work titled She’s also engaged, she told me, to “a “Eternal,” a Kandinsky-Bohaievsky piece, wonderful guy from Ukraine who’s in the depicts a torch topped by flames which, on sportswear business. His name is Gene further study, show a trident shape. “Kozak Sunik, he’s from Kharkiv, he’s the owner Yasha’s Ladder” is a finely detailed tradi- of North-Sportif outerwear in New York, tional Ukrainian landscape centered with a and he’s also helping me with my designs.” black-and-white photograph, a head shot of The two met at a Christmas party in a Kozak. Bayside, Queens, when Mr. Sunik’s child- A panoramic view of the Big Apple, hood friend invited him to the party and a filled with abstract representations of co-worker brought along Ms. Baiul. So far, Manhattan skyscrapers and landmarks, is there are no definite wedding plans – fittingly titled “I Love New York.” The “hopefully, next summer,” according to painting “Lawyer” shows a white-haired, Ms. Baiul. white-bearded gentleman whose kindly Ms. Baiul made a preliminary re-start in face and slight smile reveal honesty and show business in April, when she shared benevolence. the ice with Olympic champions Brian Slashes of paint resembling deep gashes Boitano and Ekaterina Gordeeva and a figure prominently on a simple blue-and- large cast of champion figure skaters at the yellow canvas (top half blue, bottom half Mother’s Day celebration sponsored by yellow), a Kandinsky-Bohaievsky collabo- Hallmark Cards in Colorado. A portion of ration titled “Pain of Ukraine.” An abstract the live performance was televised on the representation of a trident, depicted by CBS Network on May 3. three pointed vertical columns, is seen in One of the two numbers she skated was the Kandinsky painting “Ukraine 4-Ever.” titled “My Life,” referring to “the tough Other works, whose meaning or sym- times I’ve had in my life – I lost my mom Thomas Kimmell bolism eluded this writer, include husky bears, a painting with blobs of bright pri- when I was very young.” Oksana Baiul Although she’s been working out in mary colors against a background of spher- ical shapes, and a piece centered around a Virginia since 1998, New York City is her be headed for success in two fields, as a Figure Skating Association, which asked home base. “I live in a New York apart- stream of red liquid seemingly passing in fashion designer and a figure skater. me to submit three or four questions that mid-air from one champagne goblet to ment; I like New York very much. I moved Another Ukrainian star? would be relayed via e-mail to Galina from Connecticut after rehab, after the another. Cohen, who was born in Odesa, Ukraine. Mr. Kandinsky has a penchant for pre- tough times I had. (At 19, drinking caused Figure skater Sasha Cohen has been Though weeks have passed, and I her to crash her Mercedes convertible, and cious stones, evinced in the remarkably turning the heads of judges and skating queried USFSA a second time, there’s been lifelike three-dimensional jewels that she spent three and a half months in rehab.) fans in the past year as she keeps popping no response from Mrs. Cohen. USFSA said “The Oksana Baiul collection is sold in appear in many paintings (they look as up among the top three winners in leading that Mrs. Cohen “seemed a bit frazzled at though actual jewels have been glued onto pro shops, it’s very successful,” she said. national and international competitions the idea of another interview.” She had just She wants to take it further, hoping other the canvas), in particular “Money Tree,” (she has won several medals this season, returned from “a visit to Russia – where composed of row upon row of red stones. stores will pick up the line. including Grand Prix Gold). Ms. Cohen, she was a very popular woman, due to her As a story in Women’s Wear Daily Two paintings titled “Malevich dedication, 18, whose birth name is Alexandra Pauline background.” points out, Ms. Baiul, with an office in the Red” and “Malevich dedication, Green” Cohen, cuts an amazingly graceful figure I can only conclude that Galina Cohen Empire State Building and a fiancé wise to are simply black backgrounds centered as she glides and turns through compulsory has no wish to respond to a reporter who Seventh Avenue, is determined to maintain with a gleaming red or green jewel. figures and free skating. asked, among other things, “Is your ethnic control of her latest business venture. An The pièce de resistance, covered at the Media reports about her triumphs invari- identity Ukrainian, Russian or Jewish?” opening reception by a red cloth carrying a earlier licensing deal with GK, a gymnas- ably mention that “Sasha’s mother is tics apparel maker, did not work out. Sasha Cohen’s parents – attorney Roger simple note in Ukrainian that read “A Ukrainian.” To check on the accuracy of Cohen and Galina Cohen – and her sister Kozak should fear nothing in this world,” Nowadays, she sketches the line, selects this information, I contacted the U.S. models for her catalogue, wear-tests prod- Natasha moved from California to Avon, was finally unveiled. Above the inscription ucts and goes to fashion shows. Conn., in order to keep the family together “Harmony Brings Happiness” was a trip- The glossy catalogue that arrived on the while she’s training in nearby Simsbury tych of large portraits of New York Mayor with coach Tatiana Tarasova. Bloomberg, President George Bush and “Dateline” desk a few days after our con- An eye-opener art exhibit versation shows a svelte, sophisticated Ms. former Mayor Rudy Guiliani, all three Baiul in dozens of skating costumes. Most sporting red shirts under their business of the fashions are modeled by the green- The first art exhibition held in the newly jackets. The work is priced at $150,000. eyed skater, blond hair pulled back in a renovated third-floor galleries of the Mr. Kandinsky and Mr. Bohaievsky sleek chignon or caught in a jaunty pony- Ukrainian Institute of America evoked draw a parallel between the freedom-lov- tail, looking demure, or coquettish, or sexy compliments from many quarters, but ing Kozaks of the Zaporozhian Sich, who as befits the costume. brought gasps of surprise and lifted eye- made their home on the island of There are bare-shouldered styles and brows in some die-hard Ukrainians. The Khortytsia on the Dnipro River, and the long-sleeved, high-neck fashions, with show is an eye-opener for all visitors, both freedom-loving people who have come short pleated or ruffled skirts, as well as in content and in price tags. from all over the world and make some smart warm-up jackets and pants. Anton Skorubsky Kandinsky’s huge Manhattan Island their home. Though the line is geared mainly for canvases of surrealistic scenes and por- The artists believe that the concept of skaters, select items such as a black catsuit traits, all recent works from 1999 to 2003 Kozak courage and bravery has acquired with a lacy-sleeved jacket should appeal to that range in price from $5000 to new qualities of justice and true humanism, women in general. $300,000, reveal a profound talent. But the as expressed in the culture, politics and At 16, the petite figure skater from choice of blood red fabric draped exten- mentality of Manhattan. Ukraine took the gold at the Olympic sively over podiums and the use of the In their opinion, the Kozaks who were Games in Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994. same color in several of the paintings able to “realize” themselves best in Nine years later, Oksana Baiul appears to Sasha Cohen inevitably calls to mind the Soviet regime. (Continued on page 14) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 No. 22

FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY

Ukrainian connection on zeppelin service by Ingert J. Kuzych Germany.” and George V. Kedrowsky The return flight was much faster, since the aircraft was now riding the prevailing The majestic, silver airship Graf westerly winds. The cancels on the reverse Zeppelin (Count Zeppelin) ruled the unclut- reveal that the ship arrived at its home base tered skies of the late 1920s and early 1930s of Friedrichshafen on November 1 and was Figure 1. Zeppelin airmail cover postmarked from New York on October 29, like no other monarch could. The sight of delivered to Krale Vinohrady in the sleek, silent ship gliding overhead 1928, and addressed to Prague on the return leg of the first trans-Atlantic flight Czechoslovakia two days later. of the Graf Zappelin. brought crowds of people streaming from Figures 2 and 3 are a postcard and enve- their homes and into the streets. No other lope both highlighted with the same round aircraft in history has been the focus of so blue cachet that in German states: “The much admiration by so many people. Airship Graf Zeppelin, First America Trip The Graf Zeppelin was Dr. Hugo [of] 1929.” (This flight was the aircraft’s Eckner’s crowning achievement in the con- second trip to America.) Both items were cept of the zeppelin. Even though the later mailed by Mr. Vyrovyj to Ms. Shattuck on Hindenburg and the Graf Zeppelin II would or about May 16, 1929 (note special black be technologically superior to the Graf “Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin” [Airship Graf Zeppelin, no other airship was so beloved Zeppelin] cancellation). However, 1,200 by nearly all the world. kilometers (750 miles) into the flight engine The pioneering flights of the giant trouble developed and the ship became German airship made front-page news unmanageable. The Graf Zeppelin drifted a around the world. The dirigible became the considerable distance in a short time. first commercial aircraft to span the Atlantic Ocean in 1928 and it set other aeronautical Finally, with the assistance of a ground records in subsequent years. Before being force, it landed at Cuers, a French military decommissioned in 1937 and dismantled in airport. It took several days for temporary 1940, it had traveled further than any zeppe- repairs to be made, after which the Zeppelin lin before or since: 590 flights, more than a headed home, landing safely at million miles and 144 ocean crossings. Friedrichshafen. All the mail that was on the zeppelin was Figure 2. Postcard sent via zeppelin from Germany to the United States. The card Two collectors of Ukrainian background took over 11 weeks to arrive at its New York destination due to a break in the flight. sought to have mails transported on this overprinted with a red, one-line, German new aerial conveyance. The renowned col- inscription that stated: “Conveyance lector Eugene Vyrovyj and the stamp dealer delayed because of a break in the first Katherine E. Shattuck (later spelled American journey.” Mails received subse- Shutock) were philatelic associates who set quently, while the Zeppelin was being up a trans-Atlantic correspondence. Both repaired at its home hanger, did not carry were members of the Society of Ukrainian this marking. Consequently, mail with this Philatelists in Vienna, Austria (numbers 13 overprint has a greater value, for fewer and 41, respectively).1 While he was a items were carried on the original aborted Ukrainian living in Prague, Czechoslovakia, flight. she was an American-born Ukrainian (both On August 1, 1929, after the engines had mother and father having emigrated from received extensive repairs, the zeppelin Chernivtsi in 1902).2 The U.S. address on again departed for its second Atlantic cross- several of the covers that appear in this arti- ing, this time completing the trip without cle was also the address of Miss Shattuck’s further incident. ECHO Stamp Co. Both parties conducted The Graf Zeppelin’s subsequent excur- many successful and unique stamp sion was its most ambitious to date: a jour- exchanges over a number of years. ney around the world. This trip was as big a Mr. Vyrowyj and Miss Shattuck would global news story as the moon landing 40 Figure 3. Zeppelin letter from Germany to the United States. As for Figure 2, this address and send envelopes to each other – years later. Carrying 16 passengers and a item was delayed in arriving. in quantity cancelled at special events. crew of 37, the airship left Lakehurst in the Subsequently, a received portion of the early morning hours of August 8, 1929. It envelopes would be returned to the other in made only three stops on her 19,500-mile normal mail. trip. The first destination was its home base Figure 1 is a cover from the Graf in Germany. Figure 4 is of a pre-stamped 5 - Zeppelin that traveled on the return (sec- cent airmail cover (with 1 cent stamp ond) leg of the first round trip between added), mailed by Miss Shattuck to Mr. Germany and the U.S. The airship first Vyrovyj and carried on the first leg of this arrived in Lakehurst, N.J., on October 15, historic trip from the U.S. (postmark is New 1928, after a 111-hour flight from Germany. York on August 7, 1929) to Friedrichshafen It left the U.S. on October 30 bearing a (arrival cancel of August 10). The item was great deal of commemorative flight materi- subsequently forwarded to Prague, arriving als, including the illustrated cover, which two days later. was mailed by Miss Shattuck to Mr. From Germany the ship flew over Vyrovyj. The envelope carries 6 cents air- Siberia to Japan, where it made its second mail franking and a special violet commem- stop in Tokyo. It next proceeded westward orative marking that proclaims: “First Flight over the Pacific to Los Angeles for its final Air Mail Via Graf Zeppelin, United States – stop and then returned to Lakehurst on August 29, having journeyed for 21 days, 1 The Society of Ukrainian Philatelists seven hours, and 26 minutes – a new record functioned from 1925 to 1939 when it folded for around-the-world travel. More amazing due to the political situation in German-occu- was the fact that only about 12 of those pied Austria. Following World War II, several days had been spent in the air. The round members of the original organization who violet cachet on the cover proclaims “First now found themselves in the U.S. joined with Round-the-World Flight, U.S. Air Mail” other Ukrainian Americans to form a new and lists the three stopover sites of the flight Society of Ukrainian Philatelists. In 1972 the as well as Lakehurst, the beginning and end name of the organization was changed to the Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic Society point. (UPNS). Today the UPNS remains the largest Figure 7 is of a postcard traveling in the Ukrainian collecting organization outside of opposite direction, once again making a Ukraine. groundbreaking journey – this time a 2 Katherine Shattuck married Volodymyr Europe-Pan American tour. The German Kedrowsky, former Ukrainian ambassador to message in the round, light red cachet reads: the Baltic states, in 1932. An article about Mr. “Airship Graf Zeppelin, South America Trip Kedrowsky appeared in April’s “Focus on Philately.” (Continued on page 11) Figure 4. Letter carried on the first leg of the Graf Zeppelin’s around-the-world flight. No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 11

Figure 9. An unmailed letter with an even more valuable $1.30 U.S. Graf Zeppelin stamp. Figure 7. Postcard carried from Germany to Spain to Brazil and finally the U.S. month before the airship’s next scheduled on the Graf Zeppelin’s first Europe-Pan-America round-trip flight. Ukrainian connection... big flight, from Europe to South America (Continued from page 10) and then North America. The stamps were nent of dirigible travel. the ship. Finally christened on July 8, 1928, 1930.” This time Mr. Vyrovyj used a type- withdrawn from sale at post offices on June Even with all its novel design innova- the ship was launched on September 18, writer to print out Miss Shattuck’s address, 7, 1930, a week after the arrival of the air- tions and the excitement and support of the 1928, but further financial support was as well as a short inscription under the craft in the U.S. The stamps continued on German people, getting the Graf Zeppelin needed to keep it flying. Such support was cachet: “By Airship Graf Zeppelin to sale at the Philatelic Agency for the benefit built was slowed by the lack of money. It found by way of an American businessman Lakehurst.” of stamp collectors until June 30, 1930. had taken a plea to the German people by and airship supporter, William Randolph His Ukrainian message on the back con- Subsequently all remainders were Dr. Eckener to raise most of the funds to Hearst. tains instructions for his philatelic partner. It destroyed (incinerated). have it built and more arm-twisting in the Hearst put together a shrewd deal with reads: The $.65 and $1.30 values were used for government to get enough monies to finish (Continued on page 13) Prague May 14, 1930 postcards and letters respectively carried on Highly Esteemed Miss Shattuck! the last leg of the journey from the U.S. to I am sending you three cards and four Seville, Spain and Friedrichshafen. The letters. If you like, keep for yourself one $1.30 and $2.60 values were used for post card and one letter and return two cards and cards and letters respectively carried on the three letters to me in a registered letter. If round trip flight Friedrichshafen to you like, you may retain one additional let- Friedrichshafen or Seville. These latter ter. Please also send me two-three letters by items were delivered to Germany by boat and forwarded to Friedrichshafen for the zeppelin, franked only with airmail stamps start of the trip. and not with some others. Sincerest greet- Very few of these Graf Zeppelin stamps ings and I wish you all the best. E. Vyrovyj were sold. The U.S. and the world were still P.S. [In the left margin] In another letter I in the throes of the Great Depression and inserted a prepared addressed envelope. the $4.55 value for the set represented a On May 18 the Graf Zeppelin left for week’s food allowance for a family of four. Seville, Spain – the first stage of its Europe- One million copies of each stamp were South America-North America flight – and printed, but less than 8 percent survive and arrived the following day. Note the cancel- they remain the smallest U.S. issue of the lation dated the 19th, which was undoubt- 20th century (only 229,260 of these stamps edly applied in flight. Shortly after mid- were ever purchased). Despite this fact, the night of the morning of the 20th, the airship U.S. Post Office was able to present Dr. departed for a long (6,400-kilometer, or Eckener with $100,000 raised towards the 4,000 mile) flight to Pernambuco, Brazil, expenses of the trip. arriving on May 22 after a flight of 61 hours. On the 27th, a short flight was made About Count Zeppelin and the flight to Rio de Janeiro. After 70 minutes on the around the world ground, the zeppelin returned to Pernambuco. The following morning, the Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838- aircraft proceeded northward on its historic 1917) was a retired German brigadier gen- trek, heading for Havana. Because of the eral who developed the rigid dirigible, a weather, the ship skipped this rendezvous lighter-than-air vehicle that became known as the zeppelin. His first craft was complet- and continued on to Lakehurst, arriving at ed in 1900. Despite many setbacks, daybreak of May 31. The ship returned to Zeppelin persevered and continued his Friedrichshafen by way of Seville, Spain. research to modify and improve his Figures 8 and 9 are items apparently pre- designs; in 1910, one of his airships was pared by Miss Shattuck, but never carried able to provide the first commercial air on the last leg of this journey. The applied service for passengers. One of Zepplein’s stamps were quite high-value for their time closest associates from 1906 was Dr. Hugo and were part of a three-stamp set released Eckener. After World War I and Zeppelin’s by the U.S. Postal Service in the spring of death, Dr. Eckener became the chief propo- 1930. The stamps were specifically issued for use on mails carried on the first Europe- Pan-America round-trip flight of the Graf Figure 8. Unmailed postcard carries a very valuable 65-cent United States Graf Zeppelin in May of 1930. Relatively few of Zeppelin stamp. This is one of two cards prepared by Miss Shattuck but never mailed. these stamps were issued and today they are among the most valuable of all U.S. airmail stamps. The stamp in Figure 8 might be worth about $200, while the one in Figure 9 about $400. Why these two items were never mailed remains a mystery. More about the U.S. Graf Zeppelin stamps In February of 1930, Hugo Eckener, the pilot of the Graf Zeppelin, went to Washington to receive the National Geographic Society’s Gold Medal for his around-the-world flight. He used this occa- sion to lobby for and convince the U.S. Post Office to issue a set of zeppelin stamps. The stamps, valued at $.65, $1.30 and $2.60, were quickly designed and placed on sale initially at the Washington post office and the Philatelic Agency on April 19, 1930. Two days later, they began to be sold Figure 6. A postcard showing Dr. Hugo Figure 5. The Graf Zeppelin docked in Los Angeles (August 26, 1930) during its at other post offices. This was about a Eckener, the pilot of the Graf Zeppelin. around-the-world trip. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 No. 22

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Kazakstan, newsru.com reported on May NEWSBRIEFS 19. This step was taken without consulting (Continued from page 12) the Russian Orthodox Church although a statement saying that a proposed brief visit “most Christians in Kazakstan belong to its to Russia by Pope John Paul II later this year canonic jurisdiction,” the statement noted. cannot take place, newsru.com reported on The Vatican’s decision is a serious blow to May 19. According to the Vatican proposal, relations between the Churches, according the pontiff was to stop off in Kazan on his to the statement. The Moscow Patriarchate way to Mongolia in order to return to Russia has decided to create a new metropolitan for the Orthodox Church’s most sacred icon, the Kazakstan, NTV reported on May 19. Kazan Holy Mother of God, which is in the (RFE/RL Newsline) Vatican’s collection. The Patriarchate’s state- Ukraine, Poland get EU funds for pipeline ment said an analysis by the Culture Ministry determined that the Vatican’s icon KYIV – Ukraine, Poland and the Helen Babchuk is “an 18th-century work by a provincial European Union on May 27 signed a decla- icon painter,” and not the original 16th-cen- ration to work toward extending the Odesa- (née Wierchowski) tury masterpiece. Because the Vatican’s icon Brody oil pipeline to the Polish port of is just “one of many icons illegally removed Gdansk in order to transport Caspian oil to Monterey, IN from Russia, it cannot serve as the pretext Europe, Ukrainian and Polish news agen- for a visit to Russia by Pope John Paul II,” cies reported. The European Commission Helen Babchuk (née Wierchowski), age 79, of Monterey, IN, the statement reads. The statement further will contribute 3 million euros ($3.6 mil- notes that there have been no talks between lion) for a feasibility study of the Odesa- passed away Thursday, May 22, 2003, at St. Anthony’s the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Brody-Gdansk pipeline. Polish Deputy Hospital in Crown Pointe, IN. She was the beloved wife of Church concerning the proposed visit, and Prime Minister Marek Pol told PAP that added that improving relations between the construction of the Polish section of the William Babchuk (Monterey, IN), the loving mother of Dr. two Churches depends on the Vatican’s will- pipeline can be financed only on commer- George Babchuk, married to Michelle Brown (Crown Pointe, ingness to curtail proselytizing among cial terms. “We have decided to set up a IN) and Dr. William Babchuk, married to Kathleen Good Orthodox believers and improving condi- working team including representatives tions for Orthodox believers in western from Poland, Ukraine and the EU who will (Kokomo, IN), and the proud grandmother of Lauren and Ukraine. (RFE/RL Newsline) coordinate work on the project,” he said. A Jennifer Babchuk (Kokomo, IN) and Valerie and George ... criticizes creation of Kazakstan dioceses Brody-Plock-Gdansk stretch that is expect- ed to take three to five years to build and to William Babchuk (Crown Pointe, IN). MOSCOW – The Moscow Patriarchate cost some 500 million euros ($589 million) condemned a recent Vatican decision to cre- is needed to complete the pipeline. Helen was born in Poltava, Ukraine, on August 4, 1923, to ate new Roman Catholic dioceses in (RFE/RL Newsline) Semen and Olha Wierchowski. She was a member of Ss. Vladimir and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church of Chicago, Although the Graf Zeppelin was not the Ukrainian connection... first aircraft to circle the globe, it was by far IL, and the Ukrainian Woman’s League of America. She also (Continued from page 11) the fastest. What took months for a British was the treasurer of the Condominium Association of St. Dr. Eckener that would benefit both the military heavy bomber to do, with many Andrew’s Ukrainian Village of North Port, FL. Zeppelin Company and Hearst’s newspaper breakdowns and hardships along the way, companies. Hearst would put up the money the Graf did in three weeks in comfort and for a global flight of the Graf Zeppelin that style with a full passenger load over much would gain it the publicity it would need to previously uncharted land (Figure 5). The form a solid reputation for dependability. In trip was a complete success and the world, return, he would get exclusive U.S. rights to particularly the U.S., caught “Zeppelin the story. Dr. Eckener, having been a jour- Mania.” Once safely moored at Lakehurst, nalist and writer before going to work for Dr. Eckener was treated to a tickertape Count Von Zeppelin, knew how to make the parade in his honor in New York City and most of this publicity and did so at every the newspapers dubbed him the “Magellan opportunity. The global flight would begin of the Air” (Figure 6). in Friedrichshafen and proceed to Lakehurst, N.J. Lakehurst would then mark the official Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at starting point of the journey, as stipulated in P.O. Box 3, Springfield, VA 22150 or at Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛, ˘Ó 24 Úð‡‚Ìfl 2003 ð. the contract drawn up by Hearst. his e-mail address: [email protected]. ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇¯‡ ̇ȉÓðÓʘ‡ åÄåÄ, ÅÄÅìëü ¥ èêÄÅÄÅìëü Euroatlantic defense structures. During his ·Î. Ô. Michigan Ukrainian... meeting with the community representa- (Continued from page 4) tives, in which his chief of staff, David cussed. Lyles, also participated, he expressed the éãÖçÄ ÅßãÖçúäÄ äìëÄ The meeting with Rep. Levin focused on hope that the NATO/Ukraine conference the Jackson-Vanick amendment. The con- would further facilitate Ukraine’s efforts on Á ‰ÓÏÛ ßÇÄòäé gressman is the ranking Democrat on the military and democratic reforms. ̇ð. 10 Í‚¥ÚÌfl 1906 ð. ‚ ëÛ‰Ó‚¥È Ç˯̥, ɇ΢Ë̇. Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways On the Jackson-Vanik amendment, Sen. and Means Committee and has been a Levin reaffirmed that he, too, is committed èÄêÄëíÄë ‚¥‰·Û‚Òfl Û ‚¥‚ÚÓðÓÍ, 27 Úð‡‚Ìfl 2003 ð. ‚ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌÓÏÛ Á‡‚‰ÂÌÌ¥ strong advocate of graduating Ukraine from to graduating Ukraine from the amendment ◊Dangler Funeral Home“ ‚ åÓð¥Ò èÎÂÈÌÒ, ç.ÑÊ. and that it is a matter of language and tim- the amendment. With the support of the èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚¥‰·ÛÎËÒfl ‚ ÒÂð‰Û, 28 Úð‡‚Ìfl 2003 ð. ‚ ˆÂðÍ‚¥ Ò‚. ing as to when it will take place. Ukrainian American community, he spon- ß‚‡Ì‡ ïðÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl Û ÇËԇ̥, ç.ÑÊ. In his capacity as a member of the sored a bill in the previous session of the èÓıÓðÓÌ Ì‡ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡ð¥ Ò‚. Ä̉ð¥fl èÂð‚ÓÁ‚‡ÌÓ„Ó ‚ ë. Ň‚̉ ÅðÛÍÛ, ç.ÑÊ. House of Representatives to remove board of the Library of Congress’ Russian Leadership Program, Sen. Levin reaf- Ukraine from the list of countries to which ì „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ: the amendment applies. firmed that the Board had endorsed the creation of such a Program for Ukraine. ÒËÌ – åàïÄâãé Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ ßêàçéû It was clear from the discussions that ‚ÌÛÍË – ÇéãíÖê ÅßãÖçúäàâ Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ íÖêß members of Congress are concerned about The Ukrainian Leadership Program, orig- ¥ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË Öêßäéû ¥ ãéêÖç the impact that graduating Ukraine from inally proposed to Congress by the – ÑÜÄç ÅßãÖçúäàâ Á ‰¥Ú¸ÏË ÑÜéç ¥ ÑÜéáÖî Jackson-Vanik will have on the political sit- ODFFU, will bring government and other uation in Ukraine, particularly in light of the representatives from Ukraine for extend- – ïêàëíàçÄ ÑáÖêéÇàó Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ ÄçÑêß∏å upcoming presidential elections. However, ed visits to the United States to work ¥ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË äÄíêìëÖû, Ñßüçéû ¥ åàäéãéû it was not ruled out that graduating Ukraine alongside their American counterparts in – ÇßêÄ ÅßãÖçúäÄ could still take place this year. Also, in dis- acquainting themselves with government – ëíÖèÄç ÅßãÖçúäàâ cussing the presidential elections in Ukraine operations and life in America. Ú‡ ·ÎËʘ‡ ¥ ‰‡Î¸¯‡ ðÓ‰Ë̇ ‚ ëòÄ, ä‡Ì‡‰¥, ìÍð‡ªÌ¥ in 2004, Rep. Sander Levin demonstrated Earlier this year, at the urging of the ¥ èÓθ˘¥. his interest in and vast knowledge about the Ukrainian American community in Ç¥˜Ì‡ ∫È Ô‡Ï’flÚ¸! situation in Ukraine and his dedication to Michigan, Sen. Levin met with Viktor –––––––––––––––––––––– facilitating democratic and free market Yushchenko, former prime minister and á‡Ï¥ÒÚ¸ Í‚¥Ú¥‚ ̇ ÏÓ„ËÎÛ ÔðÓÒËÏÓ Î‡Ò͇‚Ó ÒÍ·‰‡ÚË ÔÓÊÂðÚ‚Ë reforms in the country. leader of the Our Ukraine bloc in the ̇ ·Û‰¥‚ÂθÌËÈ ÙÓ̉ ˆÂðÍ‚Ë Ò‚. ß‚‡Ì‡ ïðÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl Û ÇËԇ̥ ç. ÑÊ., His brother, Sen. Carl Levin, ranking Parliament of Ukraine. Sen. Levin 7S. Jefferson Rd., Whippany NJ 07981 Democrat on the Senate Armed Services expressed a keen interest in next year’s ‡·Ó Committee, has for many years been a presidential election in Ukraine and in ̇ ëÓ˛Á ìÍð‡ªÌÓÍ ÄÏÂðËÍË – îÓ̉ ◊Ň·ÛÒ¥“. leader in the Senate on Ukrainian issues, assuring that the election campaign process including Ukraine’s integration into is fair and equitable. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 No. 22

lish a consulting firm in organizational psy- PHILADELPHIA, PA, DISTRICT COMMITTEE of UNA BRANCHES Dateline... chology. He has been a private art student (Continued from page 9) of Mr. Kandinsky since 2002. announces that its Manhattan are such noted artists with Also on view at the Institute are Oleh Ukrainian roots as Kazimir Malevich, Denysenko’s finely drawn surrealistic ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING Alexander Archipenko, Andy Warhol and black-and-white etchings and Marko Mark Rothko. Shuhan’s immensely sized abstract oils. will be held on Mr. Kandinsky was born in Crimea in For information on all art exhibits, call 212-288-8660. Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. 1960 into a family that has produced sever- Abstract works in cedar at the UUARC al generations of artists, inluding his great- grandfather, Wassily Kandinsky, the 1206 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. abstract painter and theorist generally In the Chelsea area, Galerie LeLong is regarded as the originator of abstract art. running an exhibit of Ursula von Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are Following studies at the Art College in Rydingsvard’s massive wood sculptures. District Committee Officers, Convention Delegates and two delegates Crimea and the Ukrainian Art Academy in “Primitive Jarring,” her fourth solo exhibi- from the following Branches: Kyiv, he taught briefly at the academy tion at Galerie LeLong, includes four before opening his own studio in Crimea, abstract works of hacked and chiseled 10, 45, 62, 83, 116, 128, 153, 154, 156, 162, 163, 173, 216, 231, where he created an experimental cultural cedar that invite touching, even caressing. The artist explores childhood experi- 239, 245, 247, 248, 261, 268, 321, 331, 339, 347, 362, 378, 397 center for progressive post-Soviet art. He founded a studio in East Germany ences and chronicles emotional attachment before coming to the United States in 1999 to one’s environment and the dignity of All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. and now resides in New York. A multi- hand labor and hand tools. Following faceted artist who works in various art forms which are familiar in everyday life – MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: techniques, he is proud to note that his bowls, jars, stairs – she has created a 14- paintings are found in private collections foot bowl, a colossal staircase and a multi- Stefan Hawrysz, UNA Advisor throughout Europe and North America, footed vessel with a top that opens and Pawlo Prynko, UNA Advisor including a recent addition to the gallery of shuts with a weighty thud, producing a William Pastuszek, Honorary Member England’s Queen Elizabeth. sense of restrained emotion and repetitive labor. of the UNA General Assembly Mr. Bohaievsky, born in Kyiv in 1975, has followed his family’s diplomatic Her fourth work in this show is a relief assignments through the years and accom- sculpture “Lace Medallion,” in which she DISTRICT COMMITTEE integrates drawing with cedar sculpture. Stefan Hawrysz, Chairman panied his parents to New York in 1996. Since his graduation from Baruch College She creates her sculptures from the Pawlo Prynko, Secretary of the City University of New York in ground up from beams of milled cedar that Nicholas Pryszlak, Treasurer 2000, he has held internships in financial are clamped together before she begins bat- Ivan Skoczylas, Honorary District Chairman and internet firms, worked for a major real tering, scoring, chiseling and gashing the estate firm in Manhattan, and helped estab- whole into a shape. Ms. von Rydingsvard was born in Deensen, Germany, in 1942 to Polish and Ukrainian parents, and spent her childhood in one refugee camp after another before the family emigrated to the United States. She often reveals her ethnic roots in the names she gives to her creations. Exhibiting steadily since 1977, Ms. von Rydingsvard is in the front rank of contem- porary American sculptors. Her pieces have been acquired by the Metropolitan, Whitney, Brooklyn and Nelson-Atkins museums, the Walker Art Center, the Storm King Art Center and Microsoft. At the Galerie LeLong opening on May 9, the tall, lean-limbed artist greeted visi- tors in the milling throng in a sporty black shirt and pants and a short-cropped boyish hairdo that belied her 60 years. Her exhibi- tion will run through June 21. (Galerie LeLong, 528 W. 26th St., 212-315-0470) Around town

The Daytime Emmy Awards, televised live by ABC from Radio City Music Hall on May 16, saw Alex Trebek of the popu- lar “Jeopardy” show named Outstanding Game Show Host for the third time in the past 10 years. Holding his trophy aloft, Mr. Trebek declared “This may well be the biggest surprise of the evening!” Among nominees for the award were Pat Sajak of the “Wheel of Fortune” show and “Dr. Phil.” During the ceremonies, “Jeopardy” received its ninth award for Best Game Show. Character actor John Spencer, who plays chief of staff Leo McGarry in “The West Wing,” NBC’s dramatic series about a fictional White House, took part in the annual AIDS Walk in New York’s Central Park on May 18. Prior to the walk, he appeared in several commercials touting the event and was interviewed by Felicia Taylor on NBC on May 17. Mr. Spencer is currently appearing in the Off Broadway play “The Exonerated,” which opened at the 45 Bleecker St. Theater on May 20 and runs through June 1. Described as “thoroughly involving the- ater,” the play is an artfully edited antholo- gy of interviews with six death row prison- ers who were all discovered to be innocent. The theater is located at 45 Bleecker Street in the West Village, (212) 253-7017.

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along with three of the counts brought Are the authorities... against her husband. (Continued from page 2) In March, the same district court ruled year, has evidence that Messrs. Kuchma the Procurator General’s Office had acted and Medvedchuk (at the time first vice- unlawfully, and on April 9 the Kyiv chairman of the Rada) made the decision to Municipal Appeals Court dismissed all the relaunch the Bondar case in February 2000, charges against both Ms. Tymoshenko and only three months into the Yushchenko gov- her husband. The Procurator General’s ernment. Office has appealed these decisions and Ms. Tymoshenko has also been targeted continues to ask Parliament to strip Ms. by the authorities since 2001. In a May poll Tymoshenko of her immunity as a parlia- conducted by Sotsiopolis that asked which ment deputy. parties are the most influential in Ukraine, The driving force behind Procurator Ms. Tymoshenko’s eponymous bloc ranked General Sviatoslav Piskun’s campaign first with 31 percent. Polls for the 2004 against Ms. Tymoshenko is the presidential elections give Mr. Yushchenko and Ms. administration. Since becoming the chief Tymoshenko a combined rating of approxi- prosecutor in July 2002, Mr. Piskun has mately 35 percent. This is far higher than issued 100 appeals on the Ms. Tymoshenko the very low pre-election ratings for poten- case, and since January 2003 he has held 12 tial pro-presidential candidates such as Mr. briefings. Even though the case has repeat- Medvechuk or current Prime Minister edly been thrown out of court, the Viktor Yanukovych. Procurator General’s Office has itself – in Mr. Tymoshenko’s husband, Oleksander, pro-presidential media outlets – pronounced was arrested in August 2000 as a way of both Tymoshenkos guilty as charged. pressuring his wife, who was then vice A vote to lift Ms. Tymoshenko’s immu- prime minister for energy issues, to halt her nity is unlikely to obtain the necessary 227 energy-sector reforms. Those reforms votes. The only time this has happened was returned billions of dollars from the oli- in early 1999 in the case of Lazarenko. garchs to the state budget, where the money Even pro-presidential oligarch Oleksander was used by the Yushchenko government to Volkov, whose oil-importing business was repay wage and pension arrears. destroyed by the Yushchenko-Tymoshenko In June 2002 four former executives of government, opposes the removal of her Unified Energy Systems (EES), which immunity. Although Mr. Volkov uses legal- Tymoshenko headed under Prime Minister istic arguments, he, like some of his allies, Pavlo Lazarenko (who fled to the United is aware that if deputies were to lift Ms. States in 1999), were extradited from Tymoshenko’s immunity, they might act the Turkey. The Ukrainian authorities also same way with regard to other prominent sought Russia’s assistance in the officials. Tymoshenko case, and a criminal case was According to Ms. Tymoshenko the launched against Col. Gen. Georgii Oleinik, authorities have offered on many occasions former chief financier of the Russian to drop the case against her and her family Defense Ministry, on charges of accepting completely if she agrees not to contest the bribes from Ms. Tymoshenko when she 2004 elections in an alliance with Mr. headed UES. Yushchenko. In that event, the authorities The authorities first attempted to pin a would provide her with access to the media, corruption charge on Ms. Tymoshenko in thereby dividing the opposition and mid-February 2001, when she was arrested enabling a pro-presidential candidate to and spent several weeks in prison. She was break through to the second round. At pres- released in late March 2001 under a court ent, opinion polls show that it is more likely ruling subsequently by the Supreme Court. that Yushchenko would face Communist In April 2002 a Kyiv district court ruled that Party Chairman Petro Symonenko in a pres- four counts brought against her be dropped, idential runoff.

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Irene Zabytko to be featured panelist at Printer’s Row Book Fair in Chicago CHICAGO – Irene Zabytko, critically feature about immigrant and ethnic litera- acclaimed author of the novel, “The Sky ture in America. Unwashed,” and the recently released, The Chicago Tribune Printer’s Row “When Luba Leaves Home, Stories” (both Book Fair is considered to be the largest published by Algonquin Books of Chapel free outdoor literary event in the Midwest, Hill) will be a featured panelist at the drawing more than 75,000 book lovers to Chicago Tribune 19th Annual Printer’s the two-day showcase. It is located in the Row Book Fair to be held June 7-8. historic Printer’s Row neighborhood in Ms. Zabytko will read from and discuss Chicago (once the city’s bookmaking hub). her latest book, “When Luba Leaves Booksellers, publishers, literacy and cultur- Home,” a collection of short stories based al organizations sell and promote books and on her Ukrainian Chicago neighborhood on book-related merchandise. For more infor- the “Chicago Stories” panel, June 7, at 1-2 mation access the website: www.chicagotri- p.m. in the Nelson Algren Room, Harold bune.com/extras/printersrow or call (312) Washington Library Center on Dearborn. 222-3986. “When Luba Leaves Home” centers around the life of a young Ukrainian dis- placed person who yearns to fit into the American mainstream beyond her ethnic Chicago District... neighborhood in Chicago, and realizes (Continued from page 5) where her soul belongs. unanimous in favor of the motion. Ms. Zabytko was invited by the Printer’s Following this historic vote, the meeting Row Book Fair Committee to discuss her continued with the usual order of business. book and its origins. The Chicago Tribune In keeping with a directive from the UNA has also interviewed her for an upcoming Home Office in Parsippany, N.J., a mem- bership quota was assigned. There was a brief discussion of the future of Soyuzivka, as well as the future of the UNA in general. Most members agreed that from their perspective there were no new initiatives from the Home Office that could assist them in organizing new members. Members present then voted to make donations to the following worthy causes: an ad in the book to be published by Hrymovytsia, a Chicago-based Ukrainian dance group that is preparing to go on tour to Ukraine; a donation to the Memorial Society’s book chronicling Soviet crimes in Ukraine. Following reports by district committee executives, the board of auditors voted to grant “absolutorium” to the outgoing exec- utive board. Re-elected for another year were: Stefko Kuropas, chairman; Andrij Skyba, secre- tary; Bohdan Kukuruza, treasurer; and Paul Banderiwsky, Myron Lushchak and Teodor Turchyn, auditors. The meeting ended with a luncheon, compliments of UNA’s Chicago District Committee.

Verkhovna Rada declares... (Continued from page 1) on the matter, when Vice Prime Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk told a nearly vacant parliamentary session hall that at all ech- elons of the state leadership of Ukraine today there is full recognition that the Famine was a planned attempt to extin- guish a portion of the Ukrainian nation by starvation. He called on a Verkhovna Rada-led effort to have the United Nations recognize the Great Famine as genocide, on par with the Holocaust com- mitted against the Jewish nation. The few Verkhovna Rada members of the Communist Party of Ukraine present at that hearing were the only ones to voice dissent, with one Communist law- maker plainly stating, “There was a hunger [holod] caused by natural circum- stances, but it was not death by forced starvation [holodomor].” Today it is generally recognized that from 7 million to 10 million Ukrainians died in 1932-1933 as a result of a deliber- ate Moscow policy to force the peasants of Ukraine into submission and onto col- lective farms through confiscation of grain and other foodstuffs. At the height of the Famine, when the Soviet Union was selling wheat for hard currency, there were reports of cannibalism in many parts of Ukraine. No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 17

cent of Ukrainians, according to an April Understanding... poll, do not trust either the authorities or (Continued from page 2) the opposition. Mr. Melnychenko claims The actions of the authorities since the that other people like him do exist in the tapes were first revealed in Parliament by SBU and the UDO. Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz in Within the Ukrainian diaspora also there November 2000 contradict their claims of are mixed feelings towards Mr. innocence. At first the authorities denied Melnychenko. Some prefer to keep their Mr. Melnychenko had even been distance because they are suspicious he is employed in the UDO (in a statement part of a Russian plot to undermine dated March 31 in response to an article in Ukrainian independence (Mr. Kuchma and RFE/RL Newsline on the same day the his allies say the opposite; namely, that Mr. SBU continued to deny that Mr. Melnychenko was part of a U.S. plot to Melnychenko had ever worked for them). replace Mr. Kuchma with Mr. They also initially denied that the tapes Yushchenko). Others in the diaspora are existed. Later they adopted the argument more interested in the intrigue of who is that the tapes were “doctored” to incrimi- behind Mr. Melnychenko, rather than what nate President Kuchma. is on the tapes. Mr. Melnychenko has been warned on Ultimately, the main problem for many three separate occasions by the FBI that his life was in danger from unknown indi- in the diaspora is that the image of Ukraine viduals who were trailing him, which is found on the tapes is too difficult to accept, odd if he is a fraud. He has been offered after many decades of waiting and agitating sums ranging from $3 million to $7 mil- for Ukrainian independence. The same is lion for the tapes by emissaries from the true of its unwillingness to believe that Social Democratic Party-United (SDPU) Rukh leader Vyacheslav Chornovil’s “car who wished to ingratiate themselves with accident” in March 1999 was not an acci- Mr. Kuchma so their leader, Viktor dent (Mr. Melnychenko is 99 percent cer- Medvedchuk, would be chosen as tain it was not an accident). To the younger President Kuchma’s successor in the 2004 generation of the diaspora in the media, elections. Again, why bother if the tapes think-tanks and policy making, Mr. are doctored? The Dnipropetrovsk-based Melnychenko provides proof of what they Labor Ukraine clan paid Kroll Associates had long suspected about Ukraine. Indeed, $1.5 million to prepare a report whose only some of them may even have assisted in aim was to discredit Mr. Melnychenko. Mr. Melnychenko’s departure from Mr. Melnychenko conjures a wide mix- Ukraine. ture of emotions among all sides attached Although Mr. Melnychenko has been to, involved in, or writing about contempo- criticized for releasing only fragments of rary Ukraine. Late last year the Canadian his hundreds of hours of tapes, he is tran- government refused him a visa, claiming scribing them with a grant from Russian he might remain, which is unlikely as Mr. Melnychenko has U.S. refugee status. That oligarch Boris Berezovskii, who is exiled decision is also at odds with the policy of in London. He is also currently working the United Kingdom and Belgium, both of with another recent defector from Ukraine, which have granted him visas. Oleksander Yeliashkevych, to thwart the Recent arrivals from Ukraine in the ability of the authorities to falsify the 2004 West often disbelieve that anybody, such elections. Both Mr. Melnychenko’s tapes as Mr. Melnychenko, could be “patriotic” and Mr. Yeliashkevych, who checked vot- in the SBU or similar structures. This is a ing in the 1999 election and 2000 referen- reflection of crisis levels of distrust dum on behalf of Parliament, claim there towards state institutions, where 31.4 per- were falsifications on both occasions. ì Í ð ‡ ª Ì Ò ¸ Í a ï ð Ë Ò Ú Ë fl Ì Ò ¸ Í ‡ ë Ô ¥ Î Í ‡

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The next issue of The Ukrainian Weekly’s THE ARTS SCENE Wedding Paintings by Viktor Tsapko Wedding exhibited in Edmonton museum EDMONTON – An exhibition of emigrating to Canada and settling in AnnouncementsAnnouncements recent paintings by Viktor Tsapko, titled Toronto. will appear on June 22, 2003. “My Angel,” was presented by Sofia A characteristic feature of the artist’s Skrypnyk in an exhibition held March work, as noted in an introduction at the For a wedding announcement to be included in that issue, 28-30 at the Ukrainian Canadian exhibition opening by Dr. Anatoliy all information must be received in our offices by June 10, 2003. Archives and Museum. Kruglashov of the Chernivtsi National Along with wedding announcements, we will include greetings from friends, A recent émigré to Toronto from University and visiting professor of his- family members, bridesmaids and ushers – from all those Ukraine, Viktor Tsapko was born in 1956 tory and political science at the who wish to share in the excitement of a new marriage. in the Kherson region. Upon the comple- University of Alberta, is their not fully Also welcome are anniversary and engagement tion of his art studies in Odesa, he moved articulated quality which leaves the act of announcements and greetings to St. Petersburg where he continued his completion or co-creation up to each work at the time of perebudova, before individual viewer. Rates for announcements and greetings: One-column wedding announcement: $100 Two-column wedding announcement: $200 Wedding greeting: $75 For further information or to request a brochure, please call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 (Maria). Visit www.ukrweekly.com to view a wedding announcement sample page.

The invitation to an exhibition of recent paintings by Viktor Tsapko held at the Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum in Edmonton.

HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Visit our archiveT onU the Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/W No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 19 Conference on Ukrainian Subjects scheduled to begin on June 21 DNIPRODNIPRO CO.CO. Parcels, money transfers and airline tickets to different countries. Visas to URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Strategic Initiatives in the Office of the Ukraine, video Transfer PAL/SECAM-NTSC, Calls to Ukraine 8 cents per 22nd annual Conference on Ukrainian President of Ukraine: Volodymyr minute. Large selection of CD’s, video’s, kerchiefs and Ukrainian souvenirs. Subjects will be held at the Illini Union of Yatsenkivskyi, minister counselor of the the University of Illinois at Urbana- Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, Oleh NEWARK, N.J. CLIFTON, NJ PHILADELPHIA Champaign on June 21. It is being organ- Romaniv, president of the Shevchenko ized by the Ukrainian Research Program Scientific Society in Lviv; as well as rec- 688 Sanford Ave. 565 Clifton Ave. 1801 Cottman Ave. under the chairmanship of Dmytro tors of five national and state universities (973) 373-8783 (973) 916-1543 (215) 728-6040 Shtohryn and will be held within the in Ukraine. (888) 336-4776 framework of the Summer Research About 50 papers will be give in Laboratory on Russian and East European Ukrainian or English. They will be Countries. included in 12 thematically designed ses- The main theme of this year’s confer- sions and two roundtables. The confer- ence is “Ukraine Yesterday, Today, ence evenings will be devoted to presen- Tomorrow,” and its speakers will tackle a tations of new publications and poetry wide range of questions dealing with readings by their authors. development of Ukrainian historiography, The conference is dedicated to the culture, economics, politics and church memory of George Y. Shevelov (1908- activities in Ukraine and the diaspora. 2002), life member of the Scholarly The Program Committee of the confer- Council of the Ukrainian Research ence comprises the following scholars: Program at the University of Illinois. John Fizer (Rutgers University at New Thus, one of the first sessions of the con- Brunswick), Assya Humesky (University ference proceedings will be devoted to of Michigan), Taras Hunzak (Rutgers Prof. Shevelov’s life and work. The University at Newark), Miroslav Labunka papers at this session will be presented by (Ukrainian Catholic University), Jaroslav Andriy Danylenko, Dr. Fizer, Prof. Rozumny (University of Manitoba), Rubchak and Oksana Solovey. Bohdan Rubchak (University of Illinois at On Sunday, June 22, a group of the Chicago) and Leonid Rudnytsky conference participants will meet the (Ukrainian Free University). Ukrainian community of Chicago. The Over 55 distinguished scholars will event will be sponsored by the speak to some 100 conferees from Foundation for the Advancement of Canada, Germany, Poland, South Korea, Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ukraine and the United States. From Illinois under its president, Raisa Bratkiv. Ukraine alone, the organizers expect The meeting reception will be held at the about 35 educators, scholarly researchers Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2242 W. and people of letters who are to attend the Chicago Ave. conference; among them Ivan Drach, a For more information regarding the poet and member of the Verkhovna Rada conference contact Prof. Shtohryn at of Ukraine; Dmytro Pavlychko, a poet (217) 356-9195 or [email protected]; and former ambassador of Ukraine to regarding the reception in Chicago, con- Slovakia and to Poland; Georgii tact Ms. Bratkiv at (847) 477-2150 or Pocheptsov, head of the Office of [email protected]. TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 130 As of June 1, 2003 the secretary’s duties of Branch 130 were The Northern New Jersey District Committee assumed by Mr. Alex Redko. of Branches We ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence regarding membership and insurance to the address listed below: of The Ukrainian National Association Mr. Alex Redko invites the Ukrainian community 84-12 Penelope Ave. to participate in celebrating Middle Village, NY 11379 (718) 326-2619

FATHER’S DAY NEW YORK DISTRICT COMMITTEE of UNA BRANCHES FATHER’S DAY cordially invites on Sunday, June 15, 2003 UNA members, their families and friends at SOYUZIVKASOYUZIVKA to For this occasion the District Committee is organizing a bus trip. CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY AT SOYUZIVKA Cost per person – $20.00 SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2003 Pickup sites will depend on a number of participants from that area. Bus departure from 98 Second Avenue, New York City at 7:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. at Concert – 3 p.m. Return depature from Soyuzivka at 6 p.m. Additional information will be published in the upcoming issues of The At Soyuzivka – 10 a.m. Holy Liturgy Ukrainian Weekly and Svoboda. 3 p.m. Concert Bus reservations and checks, written out to Northern New Jersey District Committee, should be mailed to: Round Trip Bus Transporations – $20.00 per person FOR RESERVATIONS please call: U.N.A.-NNJ District Committee Attn: Walter Honcharyk Oksana Lopatynsky, Selfreliance Assoc., (212) 777-1336 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Seats will be guaranteed upon full pre-payment. Make check or money order Parsippany, NJ 07054 payable to: Tel.: (973) 292-9800 ext. 3041 NY UNA DISTRICT COMMITTEE Mail payment to Selfreliance Assoc., Attn: Mr. John Choma, Eugene Oscislawski - District Chairman 98 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2003 No. 22

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Sunday, June 8 Ukrainian Artistic Center Chamber Soyuzivka’s Datebook Orchestra concert series, under the direc- June 2-5 Barabolya and Ron Cahute BOSTON: Members of Plast Ukrainian tion of Zeonid Modrytskyj, will take place Clergy Retreat, Stamford Scouting Organization invite the Ukrainian at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Eparchy August 2, Saturday community to join them for a picnic to cel- Chicago Ave., at 1 p.m. The program com- ebrate their branch’s 50th anniversary. The Soyuzivka Summer Zabava prises: retro music of Bohdan Wesolowsky, picnic will be held on the grounds of Christ June 8-13 with BURYA as orchestrated by Myroslav Skoryk, with the King Ukrainian Catholic Church at UNA Seniors Week Ostap Zorych, soloist; works by Skoryk, 11:30 a.m., immediately following the 10 August 3, Sunday Kos-Anatolsky and Kropyvnytsky, as well June 15, Sunday a.m. liturgy. For more information contact UNWLA Day as Vivaldi and Rossini, as performed by Father’s Day and Kick-off [email protected] or call (603) 886- of the Summer Heritage 3339. Myroslava Kuka, soprano; R. Kalakunyak, Concert Series with Zorepad August 3-8 clarinet; and J. Rudnytsky, violin. Tickets: Dance ensemble of Watervliet, Soyuzivka Scuba Diving Course CHICAGO: The season premiere of The $15; seniors and students, $10. NY, and Holy Trinity Ukrainian School Dance Group of August 9, Saturday Kerhonkson, N.Y. and the vocal Soyuzivka Summer Zabava with ensemble, “Generations.” NA ZDOROVYA PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES Art Exhibit with Ducia Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the June 21-July 3 Hanushevsky; ceramics public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Tennis Camp and the paintings Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. of Anatolij Burtovyj June 22-29 Ulster County Caesar Salad Day Camp, Tabir Ptashat No. 1 To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in Festival English, written in Preview format, i.e., in a brief paragraph that includes the June 28, Saturday date, place, type of event, sponsor, admission, full names of persons and/or August 10-16 Soyuzivka Summer Zabava organizations involved, and a phone number to be published for readers who with VIDLUNNIA Club Suzie-Q Week may require additional information. Items should be no more than 100 words long; longer submissions are subject to editing. Items not written in Preview June 29-July 6 August 10-23 format or submitted without all required information will not be published. Day Camp, Tabir Ptashat No. 2 Traditional Ukrainian Folk Dance Camp with Roma Preview items must be received no later than one week before the desired July 4-6 Pryma Bohachevsky date of publication. No information will be taken over the phone. Items will be Fourth of July Weekend and published only once, unless otherwise indicated. Please include payment for Zabavas with MONTAGE, August 16, Saturday each time the item is to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) in which the TEMPO and Philadelphia Funk Miss Soyuzivka Weekend and item is to be published. Also, please include the phone number of a person Authority (10-piece funk dance Zabava with who may be contacted by The Weekly during daytime hours. Information band). FATA MORGANA should be sent to: Preview of Events, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, Music with Philadelphia Funk P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Brothers (five-piece funk band) August 17, Sunday July 6, Sunday Summer Heritage Concert No. 4 Summer Heritage Concert No. 2 featuring Dumka Choir

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