INSIDE:• Kostenko-led Rukh loses in Supreme Court — page 3. • Soyuzivka opens 45th summer season — pages 4-5. • Zakarpattia’s picturesque Lake Synevyr — page 9.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVII HE KRAINIANNo. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine FourteenT presidentialU W German chancellor and Kuchma disagree on construction of new reactors candidates submit by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau petitions to CEC KYIV – A proposal by German Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s proposal that Ukraine stop insisting on Western funding to complete construction of two nuclear reactors to by Roman Woronowycz replace Chornobyl and move towards substitute energy sources Kyiv Press Bureau was quickly shot down by the Ukrainian leadership. President Leonid Kuchma told Mr. Schroeder during his July KYIV – Fourteen of the 19 declared 8-9 visit to Kyiv that, while he understands the pressure the presidential candidates met the July 12 German chancellor was facing from the Green Party in his gov- deadline imposed by law and succeeded ernment coalition to not support nuclear energy development, in gathering the required 1 million signa- Ukraine is committed to the two uncompleted nuclear facilities. tures to support their candidacies, which “Had the situation in Ukraine’s economy been different, we will give them a place on the presidential would have taken a different position in 1995 and would not election ballot if the petitions pass have objected to the construction of thermal, gas or steam sta- Central Election Commission scrutiny in tions,” said Mr. Kuchma. the coming weeks. While underscoring in his talks with Mr. Schroeder that It is now up to the CEC to verify the Ukraine is ready and able to immediately shut down the authenticity of the signatures and deter- Chornobyl plant, the Ukrainian president emphasized that the mine whether the candidates lawfully G-7 industrialized nations had repeatedly stated their support obtained the signatures they have sub- for the completion of the two reactor complexes, and that now mitted. it is simply too late to make other plans. So far the CEC has registered three President Kuchma also said that alternative energy sources, Efrem Lukatsky candidates for the October 31 elections. “both in terms of time and spending, are far more expensive President Leonid Kuchma, Communist than solving the problem by the completing of the construction President Leonid Kuchma and German Federal Chancellor Party leader Petro Symonenko and of the reactors at Khmelnytski and Rivne.” Gerhard Schroeder meeting in Kyiv, Yevhen Marchuk, the former prime minis- Ukraine has waited in vain for several years now to receive of this year at the last G-7 summit. In a statement released by ter and ex-head of the State Security funding for the completion of the last of four nuclear reactors the G-7, the leaders affirmed their intention to provide funding Service of Ukraine, were registered by the near the central Ukrainian city of Khmelnytskyi and the second to complete both the Rivne and the Khmelnytskyi complexes. CEC in mid-June. Messrs. Symonenko of two near Rivne, located in the northwest corner of the coun- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Marchuk are both national deputies in try. Kyiv says the new reactors are needed to replace the energy has been tasked with determining the level of funding needed the Verkhovna Rada. generated by the infamous Chornobyl nuclear power plant. and is finally due to render a decision in September. However, Mr. Kuchma was the first to gather the In 1986 an explosion at the fourth reactor of the Chornobyl the EBRD has been involved in the issue of funding for the two minimum of 1 million signatures nuclear facility sent a cloud of radiation around the world, poi- complexes for some time and has repeatedly hemmed and required, of which 30,000 had to be col- soning much of northern part of the country, as well as a good hawed in disbursing the money, while demanding that Ukraine lected in each of at least 14 oblasts. On portion of Belarus, and leaving Ukraine with a chronic energy reform its energy sector. The international bank has also ques- June 14, dozens of labeled boxes con- shortage. tioned the profitability, and even the need, for additional reac- taining petitions with 1.89 million signa- Ukraine has promised the West that it will close the only tors for Ukraine. tures of Ukrainian voters collected by nuclear reactor that continues to operate at Chornobyl if the In addition the EBRD has questioned the accuracy of the Kuchma supporters arrived at the CEC West will help fund substitute other energy sources. The G-7, $1.5 billion estimate that Ukraine says is needed to complete offices in Kyiv. Later that day represen- which includes Germany, has repeatedly stated that it would do tatives of Mr. Symonenko submitted just that – an intent that was reaffirmed in Cologne in the spring (Continued on page 10) their petitions with signatures – some 2 million of them. On July 1 both politicians were offi- cially registered as the first two candi- Canadian Press retracts defamatory headline dates in the presidential election race. by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj one of CP’s editors. Corrective (i.e. retraction)” would be Mr. Marchuk, who was nominated by Toronto Press Bureau The 12th paragraph of the 18-para- published the following day. a coalition of rightist parties even though graph article, about the founder of a On July 9, CP carried an item tagged TORONTO — The Canadian Press, he had been a leader of the Social racist organization called The Church “Corrective, Index: International, one of Canada’s major news services, Democratic Party (United), was regis- of the Creator, read: “Founded in 1973 issued a “corrective” on July 9, follow- Justice, Religion,” which read: tered as the third officially sanctioned by Ben Klassen, a former Florida state ing a concerted reaction to a defamato- “The Canadian Press erroneously candidate on July 9 after submitting 1.6 legislator who was born in Ukraine and reported in a headline on July 5 that the million signatures. ry headline from community members raised in Canada, the church attracted founder of the Church of the Creator In an example of the extent to which across the country, an established neo-Nazis and skinheads.” was a Ukrainian-Canadian. many candidates lack confidence in the media watchdog and a newly elected There were no other references to “In fact, the late Ben Klassen was CEC and believe that it is biased toward community leader. either Ukraine, Ukrainians or Canada not of Ukrainian heritage and the the incumbent president, Mr. Marchuk On July 5 the Canadian Press (CP) in the item. Ukrainian-Canadian community had no said at the time he handed over his peti- ran an item headlined “Gunman belonged to ‘church’ founded by A campaign urging Ukrainian contact with him when he lived in tions that he held a reserve of 400,000 Canadians to express their dissatisfac- signatures, which had been thoroughly Ukrainian-Canadian,” which provided Canada. He was residing in the United background on the spate of racially tion was mounted by Alberta-based States by the 1950s and died there in scrutinized for their authenticity, to be activist Orest Slepokura, Ukrainian submitted if the CEC threw out a large motivated killings apparently perpetrat- 1993.” ed in Illinois and Indiana by Benjamin Civil Liberties Association Research On July 12, Mr. Luciuk wrote in an portion of his signatures. Director Lubomyr Luciuk and recently All the mainstream party nominees Nathaniel Smith over the Fourth of e-mail addressed to members of the July weekend. elected Ukrainian Canadian Congress and several more obscure but resourceful Ukrainian community that “Mr. Loong Affixed to a story originally issued Ontario Provincial Council President (financially and otherwise) individuals ... has proven his willingness to consid- by the Associated Press, datelined Volodymyr Halchuk. have filed a minimum of 1 million signa- er a problem, deal with it expeditiously Peoria, Ill., the offending headline was On July 8, Paul Loong, World Editor tures with the CEC since then. carried only in Canada as written by at CP, notified interested parties that “a (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 2) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 No. 29 INTERVIEW EXCERPTS: Kuchma comments on presidential elections NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Molotov cocktails aimed at U.S. Embassy Kuchma on the fifth anniversary of his Following are excerpts, provided by What were your main achievements presidency, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service the RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine during your presidential term? KYIV – At approximately 2 a.m. on reported. The statement noted that during Report, from an interview with President July 8 two unknown assailants lobbed the last five years Ukraine has estab- Leonid Kuchma conducted by RFE/RL’s Let us recall the year 1994 when infla- two Molotov cocktails at the U.S. tion in the country reached 10,600 per- lished itself as a state recognized by the Ukrainian Service on June 22: Embassy. According to militia called to world community. It added that “only cent. Kupony [the Ukrainian currency at the scene, the home-made bombs fell to Leonid Kuchma will be able to secure How do you assess your chances in that time] were lying scattered on the the ground and exploded. Firemen were the further consistent implementation of the presidential elections? streets, having no value at all. Production not called because the fire was almost reforms.” The statement was signed by, in the country came virtually to a halt. immediately extinguished. Embassy offi- among others, the Agrarian Party, the I am convinced of my victory. That is Now let us look [at the situation] today cials commenting on the bombing said Liberal Party, the National Democratic why I am running. In the current situa- or in 1998. Our currency [the hryvnia] that the Embassy had not received any Party and the Party of Muslims of tion a change of political course would has been stable for several years. If it had threats prior to the incident, and no one Ukraine. (RFE/RL Newsline) be fatal for Ukraine. I see my duty as not been for the global and Russian has yet claimed responsibility for the continuing what I began in 1994. There is crises, we would have seen serious bombing. (Eastern Economist) Hottest day in over 100 years simply no other way for Ukraine. This is improvements in our economy. Illegal immigration on the rise the main motive behind my struggle for I can also judge [on my achievements] KYIV – The air temperature on July 7 the presidential post. by the trust of foreign investors who have KYIV – According to the State Border in Kyiv reached 39 degrees Celsius gradually begun investing in our econo- Guards Committee, there are about (102.2 degrees Fahrenheit) – the highest I t is no secret that the overwhelming in 117 years. (Eastern Economist) majority of media in Ukraine have my, even though not to the extent I would 60,000 illegal immigrants in Ukraine. been unofficially made inaccessible to want. But reasons for that are under- The authorities are preparing to deport Kyiv seeks to postpone bond payment other presidential candidates. What is standable. All [investors] are waiting for 2,630 of them on suspicion of prostitu- your comment? political and legislative stability. And the tion, drug trafficking and other crimes. K YIV – Ukraine and the Dutch-based main thing: they want to be sure that Most of the immigrants listed for depor- bank ING Barings are continuing negoti- We have more than 8,000 print media in Ukraine’s course is irreversible. tation are from Afghanistan, China, ations on Kyiv’s redemption of an over- Ukraine. And more than 1,000 television I am not going to mention privatiza- Pakistan and Vietnam. The committee due $155 million bond. The June 9 dead- companies. All of them are private or, one tion, though most of the national product has asked the government to allocate line was extended to July 9, but the two can say, non-state media. It is no secret to is produced today not by state-owned but $1.8 million to have the immigrants put sides have not yet agreed on a payment anybody than many of [my rivals in the private enterprises. ... on a ship and dispatched to a port in scheme. Ukraine has proposed to pay off presidential race] have their own private A zone of stability has been created China or India. Since 1991 there has only 20 percent and convert the rest into media. The president has no such media. If around the country. I have in mind such been an increase in the number of immi- three-year bonds. As of last week, one looks closer at the media, one will see fateful treaties as those with Russia, grants from poor Asian countries passing Ukraine had $1.3 billion in hard-currency at once who possesses this or that newspa- Poland or Romania. Ukraine today is through Ukraine on their way to Western reserves, but the government wants to per or this or that channel. Thus, I known in the world; its opinion is taken Europe. Last year, Ukrainian border save those funds for other debt payments absolutely disagree [with your opinion]. into account to some extent. ... guards detained some 12,000 illegal that are due later this year and in 2000. immigrants. (RFE/RL Poland, Belarus (RFE/RL Newsline) and Ukraine Report) by certain leftist candidates, including Rada bans sale of Ukrtelekom Mr. Moroz, for favoring the current Ukraine’s Russians form new group Fourteen presidential... administration in the process by which KYIV – Ukrainian legislators on July (Continued from page 1) KYIV – A new umbrella organization the official petitions were dispersed, said 9 voted 235-23 to reject a bill that would Of the other major candidates, of Ukrainian Russians – the Russian that, in his view, many of the signatures have sanctioned the privatization of more Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksander Community – was established in Ukraine than 25 percent of Ukrtelekom, which Tkachenko, who was one of the last can- that have been submitted by all the candi- dates are questionable. in late June by delegates from 18 regions employs some 130,000 people, while didates to announce, and Socialist Party “If these signatures had to meet the gathered at a congress in Kyiv. The ensuring that the state retains a majority leader Oleksander Moroz still await a analysis tests that a criminal enforcement Russian Community founding congress stake in the company. The Parliament decision on their registrations. Mr. organization would put them through, pledged to defend the Russian language said there is no need to privatize Tkachenko submitted 2.05 million signa- then we wouldn’t have a single candidate as well as ethnic Russian and Russian- Ukrtelekom since the company is operat- tures, while Mr. Oleksander Moroz came today who had collected 1 million signa- speaking citizens in Ukraine. The first ing at a profit. President Leonid Kuchma close to the 2 million mark. tures,” said Mr. Riabets on July 11, the nationwide gathering of ethnic Russians criticized the decision as a political Rukh leader Hennadii Udovenko and day before the petition filing deadline. in Ukraine was held in May to establish move, adding that proceeds from the sale his counterpart in the splinter Rukh The CEC has rejected hundreds of the Congress of Russians of Ukraine. would have been used to pay off wage organization, Yurii Kostenko, each sub- thousands of signatures collected by the Another meeting, calling itself the and pension arrears. (RFE/RL Newsline) mitted more than 1.7 million signatures various presidential aspirants. Thus far, Congress of Russian Organizations of in the first week of July. the candidates have overcome the prob- Ukraine, was held in early June and nom- French firms to build N waste facility Progressive Socialist leader Natalia inated its head, Oleksander Bazyliuk, as lem by filing far more than the minimum KYIV – A consortium of three French Vitrenko, who for all her support in pre- number required. a candidate in the presidential elections. election polls, in which she finds herself (RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine firms led by the Framatome state compa- For example, of the 1.89 million sig- ny has signed a deal with Ukraine on running head-to-head with the president, natures submitted by President Kuchma, Report) managed to collect only 1.12 million sig- building a nuclear waste storage facility the CEC threw out more than 300,000. It 12 parties support president’s re-election at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. natures. accepted only 1.15 million of the 2 mil- They were presented to the CEC on The European Bank for Reconstruction lion signatures presented by Mr. KYIV – Twelve democratically orient- and Development will finance the $72 deadline day, as were the petitions of Symonenko and 1.36 million of the 1.6 ed parties issued a statement on July 10 four other candidates, who are thought to million signatures that Mr. Marchuk had expressing support for President Leonid (Continued on page 11) have little chance of seriously contending gathered. in the elections: Vasyl Onopenko of the Political analysts have criticized the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party, Yurii signature-gathering system as being FOUNDED 1933 Karmazyn of the Defenders of the unsupervisable. Reports of fraudulent Homeland Party, Mykola Haber of the and unethical gathering techniques have HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Patriotic Party of Ukraine and abounded. Accounts by various individu- TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Oleksander Rzhavskyi of the Single als and news agencies have accused a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Family political organization. many of the potential candidates’ organi- Yearly subscription rate: $50; for UNA members — $40. Two other candidates who turned in zations of paying people to sign and of Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. their petitions to the CEC several days forcing government and members of col- (ISSN — 0273-9348) early are Green Party leader Vitalii lective farms to support certain candi- Kononov and Volodymyr Oliynyk, an dates or risk losing their jobs. Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language weekly newspaper independent nominated by voters in Other criticism has been leveled at the (annual subscription fee: $50; $40 for UNA members). Kirovohrad. law itself, which allows voters to put The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: The final flurry of submissions leaves their names to countless petitions and, in Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 the CEC two weeks to verify the authen- effect, allows a large candidate field to ticity of a total of 15 million signatures, develop. Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz which CEC Chairman Mykhailo Riabets President Kuchma has come under changes to: Editors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) called a monumental task. He said that some of the most intensive criticism, par- The Ukrainian Weekly Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) among the last-minute submitters were ticularly from the left, which has accused 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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Kostenko-led Rukh loses a round in court; faction must register under new name by Roman Woronowycz the presidential administration, and the gov- of Rukh on February 28. In turn, the Kostenko-led faction has been Kyiv Press Bureau ernment of using Soviet-style tactics. Mr. Chornovil responded by calling his accused of betraying the cause of the Ivan Lozovy, a member of the secretariat own congress, the second half of the Ninth national democratic movement and of put- KYIV – The Supreme Court of Ukraine of the Kostenko-led party, said the court Congress on March 7. A month after the ting a priority on protecting their commer- on June 30 upheld the ruling of a lower used illogical circular argumentation in its second congress the Ministry of Justice reg- cial self-interests. court that in effect denies the splinter organ- explanation. “According to the oblast court istered the statutes changes of the The wing of the party led by Mr. ization that formed after the division of the decision, Mr. Kostenko’s rights could not Chornovil-led congress. The ministry has Udovenko has been particularly emotional Rukh Party legal status as a political party. have been violated because he was never never acted on the documents submitted by in its pronouncements, calling the In its decision, the Supreme Court agreed officially registered by the Ministry of the Kostenko political organization. “Kostenkivtsi” “traitors” and “pimps of the with the Kyiv Oblast Court that Yurii Justice as the chairman of the party,” said Mr. Kostenko’s group must now submit national Ukrainian idea.” Kostenko had no legal standing to file a suit Mr. Lozovy in explaining that it was absurd documents to the Ministry of Justice to con- Although the two parties – only one of in which he claimed that his right to act as to argue that Mr. Kostenko had no right to tinue to be recognized officially as a politi- which can now legally call itself Rukh – are the justly elected chairman of Rukh was bring suit against the ministry because it did cal party – and it must do so under a new far from close to an understanding on how violated by a Ministry of Justice decision. not acknowledge him as representing Rukh. name. Thus far two suggestions have been they can unite to again wield their once for- Mr. Kostenko is the leader of the wing of “They completely obviated all the facts submitted, according to Mr. Lozovy. “We midable political clout, at least some hope Rukh that ousted the late Vyacheslav of the case because they were all on our will go forward, whether as the Ukrainian remains. Dmytro Ponomarchuk, press sec- Chornovil as chairman, causing a split in side,” added Mr. Lozovy. National Democratic Party, as [Ivan] Drach retary of the Udovenko-led Rukh, said on the party. Mr. Kostenko filed his complaint with suggested, or maybe as the UNR, the July 13 that reconciliation is the only possi- Mr. Kostenko filed his suit against the the Kyiv Oblast Court after the Ministry of Ukrainian National Rukh, as [Bohdan] ble course. Ministry of Justice in April after it refused Justice ignored documents submitted by the Boyko suggested,” explained Mr. Lozovy. “We find it important that the courts rec- to act on amendments to the statutes of the 10th Congress of Rukh held on February The two wings of Rukh have viciously ognized that only one Rukh exists. It is a Rukh wing that he came to lead, while 29, which elected him chairman of a Rukh bickered ever since the split. Mr. victory for healthy reasoning,” said Mr. accepting the amendment to the statutes of that had taken the reins of power from Mr. Kostenko’s group has accused the Rukh Ponomarchuk. “This is the first step toward the competing wing of Rukh. Chornovil. It accepted only the statutes faction formerly headed by Mr. Chornovil a decision that has to be made to reunite Under Ukrainian law the statutes of all changes made by the second half of the and now headed by Hennadii Udovenko of Rukh. It is a crisis of the leadership, not a parties and political organizations, as well Ninth Congress, which was held on March kow-towing to President Leonid Kuchma. crisis of the Rukh Party.” as any subsequent changes to them, must be 7 by delegates loyal to the late Mr. registered with the Ministry of Justice. Chornovil. The Supreme Court decision noted that, Mr. Kostenko had said earlier that he was in keeping with Ukrainian law, only a politi- particularly irked that the Ministry of BUSINESS IN BRIEF cal organization as a whole, not individual Justice abbreviated a registration process members or leaders, have the right to bring that should have taken much longer to a suit against the Ministry of Justice. accept the statutes changes of the second The high court also stated in its ruling half of the Ninth Congress, which he said Univermah Ukraina closed for reconstruction that Mr. Kostenko showed neither sufficient was evidence that the decision was based on KYIV – Ukraina, Kyiv’s biggest department store, which is visited by over 5,000 proof of the denial of his rights nor the basis a political directive not on legal reasoning. persons daily, was closed for reconstruction on June 17. A high-ranking representative for the charges. He also accused the ministry of ignoring of the JSC Univermah Ukraina stated that renovations costing US $15 million (U.S.) The court’s decision was met with out- accepted bureaucratic procedures in the reg- will be financed by an American investment fund. The reconstructed building is to rage from the leadership of the Kostenko- istration process. become a modern shopping mall, with a parking lot and a cinema. (Eastern led party, which now must change its name The two competing Rukh congresses, Economist) and register with the Ministry of Justice as a which ended in the split of the nationwide new political entity. party, were convened after a group of Kazakstan temporarily suspends Baikonur blast-offs The party’s presidium released a state- national deputies of the Rukh faction in the ment on June 30 in which it said that it Verkhovna Rada led by Mr. Kostenko and KYIV – The launch of a Zenit-2 booster rocket carrying the Ukrainian-Russian would not bow to what it considers political Bohdan Boyko accused Mr. Chornovil, the satellite Okean-O from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakstan was postponed once pre-election pressure by the government to long-time Rukh leader who died in a tragic again on July 12. Kazakstan’s government has halted the launch due to the crash of a bring the democratic and center-right lean- car accident several weeks after the split, of Russian Proton rocket. Kazakstan is demanding compensation for damages caused by ing parties into the presidential fold. “No violating party statutes and procedures. the crash. (Eastern Economist) decision by the authorities will force Rukh The Rukh faction first ousted Mr. members to give up their convictions or Chornovil as head of its parliamentary fac- Launch explosion blamed on computers turn the party over to those people serving tion in mid-February. Then on February 20 KYIV – The cause of September 1998 crash of the Ukrainian-made Zenit booster the oligarchic regime,” read the statement. the Central Leadership of Rukh voted to rocket, which is used in the Global Star international project was determined to be The party leadership also accused the have Mr. Chornovil step down, which was low-quality electricity supply equipment assembled by a Russian company in Saratov. Supreme Court of yielding to pressure from followed by a hastily called Tenth Congress (Eastern Economist) United Nations annual report ranks New Donets missile system is launched KYIV – The Zenit-rocket complex Donets, designed at the Kharkiv-based Malyshev factory, was successfully tested, Holos Ukrainy reported on July 1. Ukraine 91st in ‘human development’ Improved and modernized, the new weapons-system is considered unique in the arms trade. The Donets can also be equipped with ground-to-air missiles and guided anti- by Roman Woronowycz us. If we concentrated on a human rights tank jet-propelled missiles. (Eastern Economist) Kyiv Press Bureau index our rating would not be high at all,” said Ms. Karpachova. Black Sea trade is inaugurated in Greece KYIV – Ukraine’s standing in the The UNDP report rates 174 countries THESSALONIKI, Greece – The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, or world in terms of “human development” of the world based chiefly on life BSTDB, was inaugurated on June 21 in Thessaloniki, Greece. During the inaugural has improved some in the last year, expectancy, educational attainment and ceremonies, BSTDB President Eskor Volkan stressed that the main goals of the bank according to a rating of 174 countries by adjusted real income. are to improve economic relations between member-countries and to promote stabi- the United Nations. But, the country The report, which gathered its infor- remains far down in the rankings from lization and further development of their economies. The bank will also support the mation on Ukraine through the country’s involvement of international capital and investments. Mr. Volkan said the bank has where it stood even five years ago. State Committee on Statistics, shows that The annual report, released on July 12 not considered any concrete project for financing as yet, and that in the future it will Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) not differentiate between state and private projects. For major projects, the BSTDB by the United Nations Development per capita has continued to fall since Program, puts Ukraine in the 91st slot hopes to attract international financing, in particular from the World Bank and EBRD. 1990, from $1,165 to $496 in 1997, and (Eastern Economist) this year, an improvement of nine posi- that currently 63 percent of the popula- tions over its 1998 rating of 102nd. tion lives below the poverty line. Countries protest steel dumping However, it shows that the country is in According to the report, Ukrainians far worse shape in the categories that the have a life expectancy at birth of 68 KYIV – The South African government raised anti-dumping taxes on June 21 on United Nations surveyed than in 1995, years, compared to 77 years for citizens the import of hot-rolled sheet steel from Ukraine and Russia, to 95 percent and 82 per- when Ukraine was rated 54th in human of Canada, which led this year’s human cent of the customs value, respectively. Until recently tax rates were 6 percent for development. development rating and 76.7 for those Ukrainian steel and 14 percent for Russian steel. The new tax rates can be revised no Nina Karpachova, human rights repre- living in the United States, which came sooner than one year after their imposition. Closer to home, three Polish steel compa- sentative for the Verkhovna Rada of in third in the report. nies, Florian, Pokoj and Sandzimira, announced plans to appeal to the Polish govern- Ukraine, said at a press conference at Ukraine’s infant mortality rate stands ment to protest sheet steel dumping from Russia and Ukraine in 1997-1998. which the report was released that the at 18 per 1,000, while Canada and the According to the Polish steel producers, imports of hot-rolled sheet steel from these improvement was no cause for celebra- U.S., respectively, have rates of 6 per countries to Poland over the last two years has increased by 50 percent, to 516,000 tion. She explained that for the most part 1,000 and 7 per 1,000, tons from Russia and 255,000 tons from Ukraine, which resulted in heavy losses to the improvement Ukraine showed was Ukraine’s only strength was in the area domestic producers. India’s trade ministry began an anti-dumping investigation of the due to changes in the information gather- of educational attainment, where the import of seamless pipes from Austria, the Czech republic, Russia and Ukraine, fol- ing methodology used by the UNDP this U.N. identified Ukraine’s literacy rate at lowing a complaint by India’s Association of Seamless Pipe Producers. According to year. the association, cheap imports in 1997-1998 brought about the closure of two Indian “The 91st position does not encourage (Continued on page 10) companies, Remi Metal and Tisco. (Eastern Economist) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 No. 29

Summer’s here and Soyuzivka’s begun its 45th season by Tanya Singura delayed dinner a bit, the steak still was Special to The Ukrainian Weekly cooked to perfection. The threat of rain for the first Hutsul KERHONKSON, N.Y. – School is out, night was held off by Manager John A. summer is here, and Soyuzivka, the Flis, who held his “bulava” (or mace, a Ukrainian National Association’s resort in Kozak symbol of authority) in the air. the Catskills, is back in full swing. The Greg Hrynovets entertained the crowd by summer wouldn’t be the same without the singing traditional Ukrainian songs. He arrival of Tabir Ptashat, the Ukrainian- brought guests to their feet with the speaking pre-schoolers’ day camp. “Macarena.” The first tour of this camp – which is Odesa night, Soyuzivka’s seafood organized by the Pershi Stezhi sorority of night held on Fridays, also took place in Plast and this year marked its 10th the Veselka hall, as rain once again anniversary – made itself at home, as chased everyone indoors. campers sang, enjoyed storytelling, made The first (un)official Suzy-Q grand crafts and learned about Ukrainian cul- prix also took place during the week pre- ture. A circus was here for one of the ceding Independence Day weekend. final days of camp, held June 27 through Office workers (past and present) raced July 4. From the “big top” set up in front around Soyuzivka trying to outsmart of the Main House, to the clown making each other’s team. The race ended in a tie animal balloons, “ptashata” were in awe and a rematch has been requested. (We’ll as they walked from station to station keep you updated.) enjoying the festivities. Some would say that summer really The first tour of Tabir Ptashat – direct- doesn’t begin until the Fourth of July ed by Motria Boyko Watters – ended weekend. If that’s the case, it started off with the traditional closing ceremonies. with a bang on Friday, July 2, as Hot fun in the summertime in Soyuzivka’s pool. Gathered around a “bonfire,” the 37 Midnight Bigus, Soyuzivka’s home- campers sang songs and acted out the grown rock band, once again packed the hearts of the audience. sion, however, sitting with guests and tal- play “Brown Bear” to the more than 100 Trembita Lounge into the wee hours of Independence Day weekend is the lying their bills while they ate breakfast. people in attendance. the morning. Bigus has gotten quite a fol- beginning also of the zabava (dance) sea- At the same time, another group of Tennis campers (see story below) also lowing after playing at Suzy-Q for three son at Soyuzivka, and this was the year “ptashata” – 50 campers and their fami- made their presence known. The courts summers. From Eric Clapton to the of “Canadian Invasion.” Zolota Bulava lies – began checking in. The second of Quebec and Burya from Ontario were full and tennis balls were flying as Rolling Stones, Midnight Bigus sounds tour of Tabir Ptashat (July 4-11) was rocked Soyuzivka inside and out on directed by Areta Siryj-Kuritza. the campers showed that practice does like its members have been playing Saturday night of the Independence Day Sunday’s concert also garnered rave make perfect. Camp directors Zenon together forever. If you haven’t heard weekend. Those choosing to escape the reviews. Pikkardiiska Tertsia, the renowned Snylyk and George Sawchak could be them, be sure to catch their next perform- heat and listen to Burya headed down- a cappella group from Ukraine, sang a vari- seen on the courts with camp counselors, ance Friday, August 13 – the beginning stairs, while others, braving the heat and ety of songs from classical to ‘50s rock n’ leading drills and showing proper tech- of Miss Soyuzivka weekend.) humidity, danced outside. Die-hard zaba- roll and doo-wop, and Ukrainian folk, niques. The camp ended with tourna- Summer’s arrival also marks the va-goers danced in the rain during the which brought the crowd to its feet. ments and a banquet. The campers left beginning of Soyuzivka’s concert series. brief rainstorm, while others escaped On Sunday night, the musical Burya smiling, a little tired and with great tans. This year the Ukrainian Dancers of downstairs until the rain stopped. rocked Soyuzivka yet again, this time Summer also means the beginning of Miami kicked off the season on Saturday, July 3. The troupe, which this year cele- Soyuzivka patrons were awakened to a outside. Even the heat and humidity, the resort’s theme nights. Soyuzivka’s brates 50 years of dancing, entertained beautiful “burya” – of the meteorological which was horrible, could not keep the first Steak Night had to be moved from the crowd with traditional Ukrainian variety – on Sunday morning; the thun- band’s loyal followers from dancing up a the Veselka patio downstairs rather dances along with original dances chore- derstorm caused a power outage for a lit- storm, or at the very least energetically quickly, when an unexpected rain storm ographed by members of the group. The tle more than two hours. Rolling black- tapping their feet. swept through the area. Although the rain dance group was followed by the vocal outs plagued the resort during the extreme Soyuzivka guests departed on Monday, ensemble Trio Maksymowich. The temperatures and high humidity, making July 5, hoping for a respite from the heat, Tanya Singura is activities director at group’s beautiful voices were carried Sunday morning checkout more difficult but sad to go. You know the saying: Soyuzivka. throughout the Veselka hall and into the than usual. Office staff rose to the occa- “There’s no place like Soyuzivka!”

Thirty-three attend 31st tennis camp at UNA resort KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Thirty-three isthenics, running, lectures on tennis Tatunchak, Steve Kolodiy, Victor Sikorsky; Mixed – John Szendiuch and young tennis players – 16 boys and 16 technique and practical lessons. Lessons Sulzynsky and Dan DiBono – all former Natalka Turynsky. An informal doubles girls – between the ages of 9 and 17 covered all aspects of the sport: including campers – were instructors at this year’s competition also was held. opened the summer camp season here at tactics, strategy, good sportsmanship and camp. At the conclusion of camp, the tradi- the Ukrainian National Association’s participation in tournaments. Singles competition was held in five tional banquet and awards ceremony resort. In addition, the tennis campers utilized groups and the first- and second-place was held. All camp participants The 31st tennis camp, directed annual- all the amenities of Soyuzivka for relax- winners in each group were: Girls A – received certificates, while four youths ly by Zenon Snylyk and George ation, including its pool. During the Larissa Szczupak and Natalie Pearson; were recognized with separate awards Sawchak, took place at Soyuzivka from evenings there were recreational activi- Boys A – Damian Zajac and Andrij Bluj; as the best campers in 1999: Miss June 20 through July 1. ties, such as dances. Girls B– Natalie Mandzy and Ariana Flis; Pearson, Chris Oleksiuk, Peter Krup The camp program included daily cal- Christine Telyan, Luba Wojnow, Ulana Boys B – Alex Flis and Stephan and Mr. Bluj.

The participants and staff of the 1999 Tennis Camp at Soyuzivka: left, the boys; right, the girls. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 5

PHOTO REPORT: Opening days of Soyuzivka summer

Clowns entertain the littlest campers.

Photos by Markian Hadzewycz, Roma Hadzewycz, Pat Sawchak, Tanya Singura and Wolodymyr Sochan. Participants of one of the two tours of Tabir Ptashat.

The path to the Veselka patio overlooking the Sha- Ptashata gather for a circus under the “big top.” wangunk mountains of the Catskills. Who’s who at Suzy-Q KERHONKSON, N.Y. – As and there are two children’s activities Soyuzivka opened its 45th summer sea- coordinators, Tatiana Flis and Karolina son, Sonia Semanyshyn, the resort’s office Kalinowska. manager, took some time out to speak Chef “Snake,” Andrij Sonevytsky, who with The Ukrainian Weekly. has been with Soyuzivka for seven years, She reported that the summer staff is even while a student at the renowned composed of nearly 70 employees who Culinary Institute of America in Hyde work in the office, the kitchen and dining Park, N.Y., continues to delight guests room, in maintenance and housekeeping, with his culinary expertise. He is assisted and at Soyuzivka’s children’s camps. by a staff that includes last year’s maitre What follows is a brief account of who d’, Yaro Strohyj, a student at the Culinary is who (or, more appropriately who is Institute who will go on from Soyuzivka responsible for what) at Soyuzivka during to an internship at Disney World in the summer of 1999. Florida. Bill Swiach is the maitre d’. John A. Flis continues as manager of There is a new operations manager in the Ukrainian National Association’s the person of Taras Tiutiunnyk; the execu- resort, a position he has held since 1987. tive housekeeper is Daria Nyzankiwsky. Ms. Semanyshyn is the office manager, Dawn Pryhoda is manager of the Q- as well as the manager of the Soyuzivka Cafe, and Andrij Cade is the bar manager. gift shop. In November Ms. Semanyshyn Working together, the Soyuzivka staff The best tennis campers, (from left) Natalie Pearson, Chris Oleksiuk, Andrij Bluj marks 10 years at the resort. aims to make the summer of 1999 pleas- and Peter Krup, are flanked by Zenon Snylyk (right) and George Sawchak, camp Tanya Singura is the activities director, ant and memorable for all guests. directors. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 No. 29

BOOK NOTES THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Synergy and the press New study examines religion The Joint Conferences of Ukrainian American Organizations are history now. Our editorial of two weeks ago characterized the event as an unqualified success and and nationality in western Ukraine expressed hope that it had succeeded also in providing a new model of cooperation MONTREAL – The Greek-Catholic for the future based on the synergy envisioned by conference organizers. Church has been described as a hybrid of This week we would like to focus on what the power of synergy means for The Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Ukrainian Weekly. The 28-page issue of this newspaper published on July 11 con- Catholicism that combines the heritage of tained 12 pages dedicated to reports from the individual conferences and panels held Byzantine Christianity with submission to during the Joint Conferences. The issue was a follow-up and a wrap-up to the cover- the Roman papacy. The Eastern and age begun a week earlier when we published our lead stories on the mega-conference. Western elements of the Church have How did it happen that 11 different bylines appeared on the stories in our July 11 often collided, but perhaps never so dra- issue? Prior to the Joint Conferences The Weekly had contacted all the groups holding matically as in the Austrian province of sessions during the five-day event and proposed that they become collaborators of our Galicia in the late 19th century. newspaper in presenting the important – and complete – story of the Joint Using Soviet archival materials declas- Conferences to the Ukrainian community and the general readership of The Weekly. sified in the 1980s, John-Paul Himka, a Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, the dedicated efforts of a core group of professor of history and classics at the our regular contributors and the experience of our editorial staff, our plan of action University of Alberta, examines a period worked. It worked marvelously! The end product was even better than we had expect- during which the Greek-Catholic Church ed. The reactions of our readers are just starting to come in. “Congratulations for in Galicia was involved in a protracted, excellent coverage of the Washington meetings,” wrote one of our regular sub- and at times bitter, struggle to maintain its scribers. Clearly these Joint Conferences and their coverage on the pages of this distinctive, historically developed rites and newspaper are appreciated by the community at large – not just by those who partici- customs. He focuses on the way differing pated in one way or another in the events in and around Washington. concepts of Ruthenian nationality affected The Weekly’s collaboration with volunteers from diverse organizations was an the perception and course of church example of synergy at work, an example that fit – to a T – one of the definitions of affairs, while showing the influence of this word: “cooperative interaction among groups that creates an enhanced combined local ecclesiastical matters on the develop- effect.” The teamwork exemplified by this collaboration vividly illustrates what we ment and acceptance of these divergent realities of construction of a national iden- can do, together, for our community. It also demonstrates something that we have concepts of nationality. tity. At the same time he demonstrates been saying for years, but that has become more and more evident as our community The implications and complications of clearly the impossibility of disentangling becomes more and more scattered. The Ukrainian press is key to the survival of our the Galician imbroglio are engagingly religious and political developments in Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian communities, and of our Ukrainian explained in this latest addition to Prof. this context.” diaspora. The Ukrainian press can be the network that keeps us all in touch. Himka’s work on nationality in late 19th According to Andrew Sorokowski of While community leaders spoke at the last session of the Joint Conferences of century Galicia. His analysis of the rela- St. Basil College, “‘Religion and Ukrainian American Organizations about establishing a council of presidents to meet tionship between the Church and the Nationality in Western Ukraine’ is engag- regularly in order to consult on issues of concern to the entire community, this news- national movement is a valuable addition ing, entertaining and not without humor. paper’s correspondent commented by underlining that a corollary to their cooperation to the study of religion and the national [John-Paul Himka’s] style is suitable for would be cooperation with and use of the Ukrainian press in order to keep the movements in Eastern Europe and beyond. the educated non-specialist and non-schol- Ukrainian community at large informed about their work on those issues. “Use us” – Richard Greenfield of the department of arly reader. He tells a good story.” that was the message to our community leaders. And, dear readers, that is also our history at Queen’s University, said of the The book, at $65 (cloth), may be message to you. Consider our newspaper’s pages your pages; consider us your col- book, “By thus seeking to reconstruct and ordered from: McGill-Queen’s University leagues. And together we will be able to create a network that benefits us all and suc- detail the immensely complex and con- Press; 3430 McTavish St., Montreal, cessfully transports our community into the 21st century. stantly changing situation in Galicia Prof. Quebec, H3A 1X9 Canada; telephone, Himka attempts to provide an insight into (514) 398-2555; fax, (514) 398-4333. July Turning the pages back... Analysis of Slavonic biblical work 24 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Old This book will be of interest to philol- Testament Book of Esther in Slavonic ogists and cultural religious historians Translation is known from East Slavic alike. The edition contains a full redac- 1907 Vasyl Mysyk belongs to the highest circle of great translators manuscripts of the late 14th to late 16th tion with variants and received transla- of world literature into Ukrainian, perhaps a rung below his bril- centuries. Working from the Masoretic tion, a full word index, grammatical liant junior, Mykola Lukash, but equal to Mykola Bazhan and Hebrew texts and Greek translations, in analysis, verse-by-verse commentary, Maksym Rylsky. “The Slavonic Book of Esther: Text, and discussion of vocabulary of selected Mysyk was born in Novopavlivka, a village about 50 miles west of Yuzivka (now Lexicon, Linguistic Analysis, Problems semantic fields, not only of the Book of Donetske), in what is now the Dnipropetrovske Oblast, on July 24, 1907. His secondary of Translation,” Horace G. Lunt and Esther, but of comparable texts. school teacher noticed his budding talent and sent off examples of his poetry to Pavlo Moshe Taube examine textological clues The price of the 324-page book, pub- Tychyna, who saw to it they were published in the journal Chervonyi Shliakh. Mysyk was to the circumstances of Esther’s transla- lished by the Harvard Series in Ukrainian then 16. In 1924, Tychyna convinced Mysyk to move to Kharkiv, where the Ukrainian liter- tion, sources and redactions. Studies in 1998, is $39.95 (hardcover). It ary revival was in full swing, to join the luminaries of what came to be known as “The This study creates a solid basis from is available from: Harvard University Fusilladed Renaissance” (Rozstriliane Vidrodzhennia). which scholars can now discuss the par- Press, 79 Garden St., Cambridge, MA Drawn to the writers’ group Pluh (with Petro Panch, Hryhoriy Epik and Dokia ticulars of this important translation, the 02138; telephone, 1 (800) 448-2242; fax, Humenna), he continued his studies at Kharkiv University, at the Technicum for Eastern nature of East Slavic biblical translating 1-800-962-4983 (from the U.S. and Studies and the Institute for Foreign Languages. By the time he graduated in 1929, Mysyk activity, and the relationship of old East Canada); telephone, (617) 495-2480; fax, had befriended the writer-critic Maik Yohansen, and Mykola Khvyliovy’s publishing house, Slavic bookmen to Hebrew and Greek. (617) 495-8924 (international). VAPLITE, had published his first collection of poetry, “Travy” (Grasses, 1927). Mysyk’s works appeared twice in the journal that was the exuberant hot-house of Ukraine’s best literary talent – Literaturnyi Yarmarok. His first Ukrainian translations to be graphic in nature, a statement concerning published were of Aleksandr Pushkin’s poetry, which appeared in a collection of the Canadian Press... ethnic background was made,” the CP Russian versifier’s work edited in the 1920s by the Neoclassicist Pavlo Fylypovych. (Continued from page 1) World Editor said, adding: “This was From the massist, peasant-oriented group Pluh, Mysyk jumped to the elitist writers’ cir- and take recommendations for ensuring clearly a leap that was wrong.” cle, Prolitfront, again pulled by the dynamism of Khvyliovy. He embarked on the transla- that similar problems do not arise in Mr. Loong said although he had since tions that would make him great: John Dos Passos’s “42nd Parallel,” the poetry of Robert future. He and CP are to be commended found that Mr. Klassen was born in Burns, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, as well as the Persian classics Rumi, Omar for their fast reaction time and sensibili- Ukraine but was of another ethnic her- Khayyam, Hafez, Rudaki and Tagore. Mysyk also produced three more poetry collections, ty.” itage, “[Mr. Klassen’s] ideas should be “Blakytnyi Mist” (The Azure Bridge, 1929), “Chotyry Vitry” (The Four Winds, 1930), Mr. Halchuk also circulated a letter to the topic, not his background.” “Turksyb” (1932) and “Budivnyky” (The Builders, 1933); and a collection of short stories, Mr. Loong, in which he expressed thanks Mr. Loong confirmed that Mr. “Galaganiv Son” (Galagan’s Dream, 1930). “for establishing an amicable relation- Halchuk had proffered a list of individu- In 1931, Mysyk embarked on a trip to the Soviet eastern republics, Tajikistan and ship” and appreciation for the CP editor’s als available as resource people if CP Kazakstan, and returned with a readiness to render the material he gathered there, but he “apology on behalf of The Canadian staff need to consult specialists. also found the Stalinist noose tightening around the Ukrainian intellectual milieu, and the In a follow-up e-mail to The Weekly, hammer of genocidal famine about to descend on the heartland he came from. Press and welcome[d] the opportunity to Mr. Loong wrote: “The editor involved By May 1933, the time of Khvyliovy’s suicide, his world had fallen apart. The poet- help in preventing such incidents from realizes an error was made and assures translator found he was unable to “restructure” himself (the word “perebudova” had a more being repeated.” sinister currency in the 1930s) as his mentor, Tychyna did. In December 1934 he was arrest- Reached at the CP’s offices in me that no malice was intended. To pre- ed and imprisoned in a distant Arctic concentration camp. Somehow, Mysyk was spared Toronto, Mr. Loong said he “had a long vent this kind of mistake in the future, I amidst the wave of executions that claimed so many of his contemporaries in the fall of talk with the person” responsible for the have written a detailed memo to all my offending headline. editors about the need for greater accura- (Continued on page 13) “Based on information that was geo- cy and sensitivity in our work.” No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 7

NEWS AND VIEWS How a small contribution made PERSPECTIVES a large difference in Ukraine BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY

by Stephanie Richard machine. I have yet to see so many Special to The Ukrainian Weekly English resource materials anywhere else in Ukraine. Captive Nations Week – 1999 MYRHOROD, Ukraine – As an I soon learned that the materials in this Ever since I was a kid, the third week a phony vision anyway. The reality is American TEFL (Teaching English as a room are part of an ongoing project spon- in July has been Captive Nations Week. I more like famine and labor camps. With Foreign Language) Peace Corps volunteer, sored by Siena College and Americans for remember marches on steamy downtown the annual endorsement of Congress and I am a recent arrival to Ukraine. However, Democracy in Ukraine, and that I, as the streets ending up at a rally on Public the president, Ukrainian Americans I have already grown accustomed to the first native English speaker to live in Square. Civic leaders, politicians and demanded the restoration of Ukraine’s constant shortages of supplies and materi- Myrhorod, was the newest resource of cen- professors around the country examined national symbols, its language, its als that is an everyday reality for the peo- ter. The amazing materials in my room are the annual presidential proclamation heroes. Standing next to them at Public ple here. Currently, with the growing eco- actually shared with nine other schools in searching for hidden clues about the ebb Square rallies were Balts, Poles, nomic crisis, things are only getting worse. Myrhorod, and the English Resource and flow of American policy toward the Hungarians, Romanians, Slovaks, The best way to explain my experience Center has just come into existence this Soviet Union. Czechs and others – each with griev- of living in this country is “double culture year after an extensive teacher training sem- It’s now 1999 and July is as hot as it’s ances and Captive Nations agendas of shock.” On the surface many things look inar hosted by teachers from Siena College ever been – that hasn’t changed – but the their own. very Westernized, but they do not in fact in Albany, N.Y., in the summer of 1998. Soviet Union is now gone and we don’t Over the years, people in Washington work this way. We have faucets, but no I have found the center to be an invalu- observe Captive Nations Week as we who are paid to look at the big picture water comes out; we have light switches, able resource as I try to share American once did, although the law is still on the came to accept the Soviet Union as a but there is never any power (electricity culture and values, as well as English lan- books. Like a lot of Ukrainian permanent fixture. Ultimately, for the and water are highly rationed). People guage with my students. In turn, as Americans, I took part in my share of State Department, focused on big-power work eight hours a day, but cannot feed Ukraine struggles to join the world econo- marches and heard more than my share diplomacy and the minutiae of arms con- their families because they are paid only my, I know the knowledge I impart to my of speeches. At the time, the exercise trol, wheat contracts and cultural once every three or four months. In a students is equally invaluable. For the seemed futile, but looking at it from the exchange negotiations, the separate country where education is highly valued, teachers of Myrhorod, the center is simply perspective of the years, I see how these Captive Nations agendas voiced by peo- schools have no textbooks, and those a treasure beyond compare. It has allowed observances played a key role in the ulti- ple with funny names and strange books they do have contain hopelessly out- them to revolutionize their teaching mate demise of the Soviet Union. accents were a distraction and an embar- dated information. methodology and take a far more creative When Congress voted in 1959 to rassment. For the Soviets they were a Accordingly, throughout my three- approach to their lessons. mandate an annual Captive Nations mortal threat. month training with the Peace Corps, I was Not only has this wonderful center Week, the world was a lot different. It As the people at the top cut deals, prepared to teach in a Ukrainian classroom made my job and that of others here in was the height of the Cold War and millions of Americans at the grassroots with little or no resources. You can imag- Ukraine 100 times easier, it is living proof America was profoundly anti- were spreading the world about national ine my surprise then when I arrived in that a few committed individuals can real- Communist – for good reason. Stalin self-determination. The countless chan- Myrhorod for the first time, a town of only ly make a difference in the life of both the was still a fresh memory. Nikita nels of personal communication, the 47,000 people, and while stepping into my students and the teachers of a whole com- Khrushchev was testing hydrogen brave publishing houses like Smoloskyp, new classroom found that it would be the munity. bombs in the atmosphere and blustering Ardis and Kultura, the Voice of America, envy of many American teachers. My To donate to this valuable project, please about how the Soviet Union would Radio Liberty and the sacrifice of dissi- walls are lined with new and contempo- contact: Lydia Tarnawsky, Siena College, “bury” its capitalist opponents. dents within the Soviet bloc ultimately rary books, there is a television/VCR, and Department of Modern Languages, 515 I grew up in Cleveland in the 1950s overwhelmed the ability of the KGB and an up to-date sound system. Standing in Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY, 12211- and went to Benjamin Franklin other secret police organizations to con- the corner is a beautiful new photocopying 1462. Elementary School. From the play- trol political thought. ground, you could smell the steel mills Each national group represented in in the valley about a mile away. All of the Captive Nations coalition had its Myrhorod thankful for assistance us kids took perverse pride in the fact separate agenda, yet was each linked that Cleveland’s manufacturing would politically to the other, because each be a prime target in a potential nuclear shared the same political objective: the Myrhorod, a small town of only ers and students as possible. attack and we would be among the first 47,000 people located in central The impact of this center was best demise of the Soviet Union. East and to go. West might have found a way to “peace- Ukraine, has just recently established describe by Lyuba Zheliznyak, the Every couple of months the school an excellent English resource center head of Myrhorod’s Teachers’ fully co-exist” – what other choice was bell started ringing and then, ominously, there? – but still, each July, the president and on March 10, Myrhorod School Association, who said “The center has would keep on ringing, over and over. really helped to change our old stereo- issued a proclamation that said it was the No. 9 hosted the grand opening of this “A security drill,” we thought and filed types and revolutionize our teaching objective of the United States to free the new center. Generous donations of quickly down the stars to the basement. methods ... I believe this center will be Captive Nations, i.e., destroy the Soviet books and supplies by Siena College There we knelt against the walls, hud- a center for enlightenment.” Union. Millions of Americans worked to and Americans for Democracy in dled together with our arms wrapped “Four years ago, after attending the make it happen, despite the best efforts Ukraine made this center possible. around our heads to protect them, we Ochtyrka English teachers’ training over time of our diplomats to downplay Local officials and teachers from were told, from the blast and debris of seminars (Sumy Oblast) conducted by the significance of Captive Nations surrounding schools attended this the bombs that would be falling on the methodologists from Siena College Week. event, which was ushered in with a steel mills down the road. Outside, a Teacher Training Institute, a group of The annual observances, of course, ribbon-cutting ceremony and an siren wailed. A siege mentality steeled Myrhorod teachers organized Poltava did not escape the attention of smart assembly presentation by schoolchild- the country for what President John F. Oblast’s English Teachers’ local politicians everywhere. They ren. Kennedy labeled a “long twilight strug- Association. During the last few years looked at the crowd of sweaty marches The center contains a library of gle” against an enemy that had already Myrhorod’s association has collaborat- and saw dedicated constituents, voters. English books on subjects as diverse murdered millions and was bent on ed with Siena College and the ADU, More than one got up on a podium, as teaching new methodology for ele- world domination. This was before as well as with similar associations in slung his jacket over his shoulder, just mentary teachers and life in Great Vietnam. Chernihiv, Ochtyrka, Pryluky and like in his campaign photos, and told the Britain and America. It also houses a Prior to the adoption of Captive Kovel to implement new English Captive Nations crowd what they want- television/VCR and an up-to-date Nations legislation, the struggle against teaching methods in secondary ed to hear: that the Soviets were brutes sound system. Also because of a gen- communism was waged on terms set by schools. Teachers could not imagine and imperialists. A few of the politicos erous gift from the Narodna Kasa in Lenin and Marx. Communists would before that teaching and learning rode the coalition into city hall, the gov- Montreal, the center is the proud point to the shortcomings of capitalism: ernor’s mansion, the Congress of the owner of a copy machine. English could be fun. Unfortunately, until we were exposed to the new depression, crime, unequal income dis- United States. Indeed, the Captive This center is one of four that has methodologies presented by Siena tribution and racism, and offer their Nations coalition has been the swing been created by the hard work of College we had no idea that creative “utopia” as an alternative. The West vote in every recent presidential elec- Siena College professors and local ways of teaching existed. We acted found itself defending a flawed capitalist tion. teachers. The other three centers in only by intuition seeking effective system that existed in the real world, In 1972 ethnic Americans joined Ukraine are located in Kovel, methods, our only resources being a against the vision of Communist perfec- Richard Nixon’s “Silent Majority” to Chernihiv and Ochtryka. These centers blackboard, chalk and textbooks full tion sometime off in the future. As for crush George McGovern, who was per- are coordinated through the creation of of propaganda such as revolution, con- communism’s repressive nature? This ceived as soft on communism. Four local teachers’ associations whose stitution, demonstrations, capitalism, was either denied or downplayed as years later President Gerald Ford came responsibilities include sharing the Marxism, communism, etc,” noted something that had to be done to bring to the astonishing conclusion that there new teaching methodologies presented Ms. Zheliznyak. about “paradise on Earth.” was no Soviet domination of Poland. by teachers from Siena College in the “But time flies,” she continued, The Captive Nations Week Resolution People of Central and Eastern European summers of 1995-1998, building the “Now we feel as rich as Rockefeller. (Public Law 86-90) officially introduced heritage, who knew better, flocked to centers resources and making these a new element to the debate: national Jimmy Carter’s campaign, tipping the resources available to as many teach- (Continued on page 16) self-determination. Forget economic utopia, Ukrainian Americans said. That’s (Continued on page 14) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 No. 29

DATELINE NEW YORK: Night songs from a neighboring village by Helen Smindak

Testifying to the complex relationship sounds into play. between two peoples who have existed The prevailing mood was serious, since side by side and influenced each other for many of the songs were in the minor mode. centuries, two musical traditions – East However, contrast was achieved in lively European Jewish and Ukrainian – were bandura selections played by Mr. Kytasty, brought together in a recent concert pro- some his own compositions based on old gram at Manhattan’s Symphony Space. melodies. “Night Songs from a Neighboring The Ukrainian set ended with the upbeat Village,” sponsored by the World Music “Katherine’s Kolomyika” – a rapid-fire Institute, featured the four-man Jewish dialogue between Ms. Kochan and Mr. ensemble Brave New World headed by Kytasty, singing in the open-throat style Michael Alpert (vocals, fiddle, guitar, per- common in villages and backed by the cussion) and the Ukrainian foursome Paris combined music of viola, flute and percus- to Kyiv, led by the much-admired sion instruments. When the fast-paced Canadian songstress Alexis Kochan and song concluded, there was a moment of New York’s popular bandurist/singer Julian awestruck silence before the audience Kytasty. broke into wild applause. Assisting Ms. Kochan and Mr. Kytasty Ms. Kochan, whose dusky-voiced deliv- in presenting an exquisite program of ery lends an ethereal quality to her voice, Ukrainian liturgical and folk music were has a warm, engaging personality that violist Richard Moody and Martin served her admirably in presenting Colledge, an artist who specializes in play- explanatory remarks before each selection. ing the cittern (a guitar with a pear-shaped, The Winnipeg-based vocal teacher, singer, flat-backed body, popular in Renaissance producer and recording artist has devoted much of her career to exploring the oldest England), the mandolin and the Alexis Kochan and Julian Kytasty Northumbrian pipes, similar in sound to layers of Ukrainian folk music. She was the Ukrainian duda (bagpipes). well-qualified to tell the rapt audience, Cherkasy and Kyiv oblasts, which she vis- Radcliffe College (B.A.) and Harvard The second half of the program present- “There are thousands upon thousands of ited last year. University (M.A. and Ph.D.), she has won ed by Brave New World was devoted to folk songs – all of them incredible pieces Describing the Ukrainian village wed- a number of distinctions and awards, cantorial and klezmer traditions combined of jewelry – that represent the spirit of the ding as a complex affair with many impor- including the 1997 Kovaliv Prize for best with classical music and jazz. With modes Ukrainian people.” tant functions, the speaker said it cements book in Ukrainian studies awarded for and scales in Eastern European Jewish Introducing her partners, she presented the union between bride and groom, con- “Ukrainian Minstrels: And the Blind Shall music echoing those in Ukrainian music, Mr. Kytasty as “my colleague and excava- tains fertility symbols to ensure the couple Sing” (published by M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, the presentation pointed out the close inter- tor, who works with me very closely and is will bear children and honors the parents New York and London, England, 1998). action between the two cultures. Melodic a jewel of a human being.” who reared the young couple. The village Illuminating a tradition of oral poetry, phrases and tempos familiar to Ukrainian At the end of the evening, Mr. Alpert wedding also includes many moods, from “Ukrainian Minstrels” focuses on the blind ears could be distinguished in the Jewish brought the Jewish portion to a close with a solemn religious expression to a great deal kobzari and lirnyky of the Ukrainian coun- tunes. Besides Mr. Alpert, Brave New soulfully sung rendering of “Night Songs of frivolity and merry-making. tryside and includes new translations of the World included Alan Berns (accordion, from a Neighboring Village,” a poem about Parents assume prominent roles basic songs of their repertory. Ten years in piano), Kurt Bjorling (clarinets) and Stuart the beauty of Ukrainian songs penned by throughout the wedding process, Ms. the making, the book includes detailed Brotman (bass, cimbalom, tilinka, percus- the Ukrainian Yiddish poet Herts Rivkin Kononenko pointed out. For a couple to be chapters on the evolution of the minstrels’ sion). (1908-1951). engaged, a formal request must be made to elaborate guild system and its connections The Paris to Kyiv ensemble wove Ms. Kochan came on state, crooning the the parents, who are also in charge of the with the Orthodox Church. together pre-Christian ritual songs and har- first lines of a lovely old lullaby “Oi wedding preparations. Parents are the first Ms. Kononenko is also the author of monies inspired by folk polyphony with Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon” (A Dream Passes to be invited to the wedding, the bride “Witchcraft,” a book just published in fragments of medieval chant and modern by the Windows) to Mr. Kytasty’s bandura inviting the groom’s parents and he inviting Canada, and “The Turkish Minstrel Tale influences. Capturing the essence of old strumming. Mr. Alpert joined his Ukrainian hers. After the vows, the bride and groom Traditions”; she is co-editor of “Ukrainian Ukraine and ancient folk rituals were a colleagues, continuing his Yiddish “Night bow to both sets of parents and often to Dumy,” editor of “The Magic Egg and pensive wedding ballad sung by Ms. Songs.” Listeners could recognize the their godparents. Parents also begin the Other Ukrainian Stories,” to which she Kochan to the accompaniment of flute “Khodyt Son...” melody as the well-known gift-giving and the expression of good contributed a number of tales; and she has music and the sweet drone of bagpipes, ballad “Summertime,” which George wishes that conclude ceremonial meals prepared an array of articles, book chapters and another old wedding song “Tuman Gershwin composed for his musical during wedding festivities, which usually and encyclopedia entries on folklore topics. Yarom” a quiet, a cappella refrain in which “Porgy and Bess” after hearing the lullaby last two to three days. Mr. Kytasty’s mellow voice blended beau- at a 1929 Carnegie Hall concert that fea- The solemn part of the wedding, Ms. Bravos for Hrabova tifully with Ms. Kochan’s contralto. tured the Koshetz Ukrainian National Kononenko said, is followed by a period of Ms. Kochan joined in the somber vocals Choir. frivolity variously called “tsyhanschyna” Back in February, soprano Oleksandra of “Cross, Cradle, Tree,” an inspirational Prior to the Symphony Space concert, (gypsy fest), “kury” (chickens), “tsyhany” (Lesia) Hrabova appeared as Violetta in the ode to the Madonna intoned by Mr. the Ukrainian and Jewish ensembles were (gypsies) or “vechirky” (evening party). Dicapo Opera production of Verdi’s “La Kytasty. “Vocalise” highlighted wordless heard in interviews and performances dur- She explained that tsyhanschyna activities, Traviata,” winning “star of the show” com- singing by both performers. “Stone Age ing a one-hour session on WNYC’s “New which provide tension release and balance mendation from The New York Times. Carol” begun by Ms. Kochan in slow Sounds” show. The Paris to Kyiv ensemble to the solemnity and seal the serious rite Now Opera News has jumped into the act tempo, grew faster-paced and very exciting also gave a concert at the French Embassy “with the magic of laughter,” also confirm with ecstatic compliments. as Mr. Kytasty added his voice and the in Washington, an evening that “had a nice the power of the parents as well as subvert Music critic John W. Freeman called vibe and a youthful audience,” according other artists brought flute and percussion it. These activities might include a day of Ms. Hrabova’s performance “a remarkably to Ms. Kochan. general thievery and mischief on the part of detailed, sensitively responsive, wholly While in the U.S. Ms. Kochan was also wedding guests or an “attack” by wedding convincing Violetta.” guest instructor at folk-song workshops in guests on anyone who chooses to return to Mr. Freeman’s review, which appeared New York City and Hartford, Conn., con- daily activities (instead of continuing the in the June issue of Opera News, included duced by Mr. Kytasty, the director of the celebration) by committing pranks in their these details: “The Ukrainian soprano New York Bandura Ensemble. A participant homes. looked, acted and sounded the part with of the NYC workshop described the inten- The most popular form of post-wedding gripping sincerity, wearing her costumes sive one-day examination of Ukrainian folk romping, in Ms. Kononenko’s view, is the and jewels in Act I with the classy assur- songs as “a fabulous experience.” tsyhanschyna that includes a costume party, ance of a Jarmila Novotna, singing her Act Wedding frivolity with some guests in gypsy attire (and some II duets with the vibrant intensity of a Licia cross-dressing) and a procession along the Albanese. Hrabova’s bright, steady, expres- village street to the river bank. Several sive voice handled a full range of dynamics The Shevchenko Scientific Society, like young men pull a decorated cart in which without any lapse of composure, and her its uptown-based counterpart, the the bride’s or groom’s parents are trans- attentiveness to the other characters fol- Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, ported to the river and dumped into a shal- lowed a legato line of motivation. In is generally regarded as a serious-minded, low spot in the stream. Some of the men go ‘Sempre libera’ her passagework sounded scholarly institution involved with confer- after the couple, especially the father, dous- accurate yet spontaneous; in ‘Addio del ences and publishing activities. Yet it has ing him and pushing him into deeper water. passato’ one felt the purity of despair.” its lighter moments, as a recent lecture at In an attempt to get more people into the Concurrent with her growing fame in the society’s trim four-story building water, general pushing and shoving fol- the world of opera, Ms. Hrabova remains revealed. lows; at that point, many people disrobe to very active in Ukrainian circles. During the Natalie Kononenko, professor of folk- their underwear and go swimming. Fourth of July weekend she appeared at the lore and East Slavic languages at the Ms. Kononenko’s interest in folklore Grazhda cultural center in Hunter, N.Y. University of Virginia, discoursed on began with the Ukrainian tales and other (July 3) and at the Ukrainian Youth Ukrainian village wedding customs of cen- stories she heard in her childhood from her Association (SUM) camp in Ellenville, Natalie Kononenko tral Ukraine, specifically those of the mother and grandfather. A graduate of N.Y. (July 4). No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 9 Mountains and magic: The Zakarpattia region’s Lake Synevyr by Ksenia Rychtycka Zakarpattia. Like the region it depicts, the very resonance of this word when spo- ken aloud in Ukrainian conveys a sense of allure, magic, music and, yes, overwhelm- ing beauty. Zakarpattia – the land that lies beyond the Carpathian Mountains. Somehow the English equivalent, Transcarpathia, does not set the same ambi- ence. Last summer, before floods and tragedy struck the residents of Zakarpattia, I had an opportunity to visit this scenic region of western Ukraine where life slows to the beat of an earlier century, an outmoded pace of living, in many respects a more rus- tic yet somehow satisfying existence that has long been extinguished in much of the modern world. Horses, geese and ducks amble along the side of the road, cows graze only a few feet away from the path of automobiles, dogs race through the coun- tryside in a carefree and lively manner – this is an area where spontaneity and an easygoing simplicity exist side by side. Houses, located against the backdrop of mountains and rushing streams, are tidy and well-kept, and even when passing through the smaller cities and towns, rows of win- dowbox flowers frame each dwelling along Ksenia Rychtycka the street, lending a Western European air. Although newcomers are observed with Zakarpattia’s picturesque Lake Synevyr. precision in these parts, the stares are ones of friendly curiousity as one drives past a village rather than the pristine wild of were the only group of tourists in the entire break up,” he told us, grinning. “It’s all part group of men standing in a circle, all sport- western Ukraine. complex. Trying to remain calm, we finally of the legend.” As we listened, intrigued, he ing close-fitting “kashkety,” caps that After venturing up to the house, a man saw a light on in one of the rooms off to the told us that according to legend, a long time resemble Greek fisherman caps. The men’s who was sitting on the porch asked me in side. Through a window we spotted a ago, the mountains here belonged to a rich faces are dark and heavily creased from the half-Ukrainian and half-English if I hap- woman sitting. Two of us crawled up onto count who forced the mountaineers to work sun and it is easily evident that these are pened to speak “anglais.” When I responded the ledge and began knocking on the win- for him. One day, the count decided to robust and hardworking people. The that I did, he sprang to his feet and greeted dow, asking her to please open the front inspect his lands and see how his woodcut- women are no less curious or stalwart, gold me as though he were a castaway on some door. The woman saw us and stood up. ters worked. His young, beautiful daughter, teeth glinting in the sunlight as they ride far-flung isle. Sixty-year-old Gale Jamsen Assuming she would let us in, we traipsed who was named Syn (blueness) – since her past in horsedrawn buggies, prod cattle on was a Peace Corps volunteer who had been back to the front of the building. eyes reflected all the blueness of the endless with a stick or sit with their neighbors, in Ukraine for a year and, by coincidence, After about 15 minutes, it became obvi- Carpathian sky – went along with him. flowered kerchiefs tied tightly underneath hailed from my home state of Michigan. ous that she had no intention of letting us Her father, busy with his own work, their chins. Although he had great difficulty in learning inside. So I headed back to the ledge and didn’t notice when Syn, enchanted by the The atmosphere is so far removed from Ukrainian, he claimed that Ukrainians are once again began knocking on the window, beauty around her, went out to the moun- the bustle of the 20th century that I had to the most hospitable people in the world and telling her that we were guests here. After a tain meadow. She sat down under a spruce keep reminding myself that I was not on the that the locals had taken him under their few more minutes, she flared up, grabbed tree and suddenly heard the soft, haunting set of a movie and that no director would wing. the keys and finally opened the door for us, melody of a sopilka (wooden flute). When dispel the pastoral scene before my eyes by There is no plumbing at this B&B, but screaming that she was not on duty and that she looked around, she saw a gorgeous boy yelling out the words “CUT!” there is a sauna of which Gale, being of we had disturbed her child. She also who played the sopilka and herded sheep. My destination was the mountain lake Finnish descent, took great advantage and claimed that if she hadn’t locked the door, His name was Vyr and when he noticed Synevyr, known as the blue pearl of the highly recommended. we would be complaining about thieves Syn, he stopped playing. The girl asked Ukrainian Carpathians, located 20 kilome- He told me that one of the first words coming in the night to rob us. Nothing like him to play some more and listened to the ters from the town of Mizhhiria, which lit- that he did pick up in Ukrainian was encouraging tourism, I couldn’t help think- magical, beautiful melody as he played erally means “between the mountains.” “dosyt,” means “enough.” As visitors quick- ing. until evening. Considering Ukraine’s poor economic ly discover, in practically every region of The next day we found out that indeed The next time her father went to the state, the roads in this part of the country Ukraine, it is almost impossible to refuse she was the one on duty, however when we mountains, Syn went along to meet Vyr and are in fairly good condition until one reach- heaping quantities of food and drink, ran into her later, she was a different person they ended up falling in love. However, es the final 10-kilometer stretch that leads Zakarpattia is no exception. – smiling, friendly, pointing the way to the someone told the count that his daughter to the Synevyr resort. Here the road turns After serving as an interpreter between dining room. and Vyr, the poor shepherd from into a dirt track where boulders, wide gap- Mr. Jamsen and the B&B owner, I and my Finding a working telephone to call my Verkhovyna, were in love. And as is the ing holes and puddles makes it nearly companions headed back to the Synevyr sister back in Ivano-Frankivsk on the fol- case in all such tales, the count forbade his impossible to navigate a bicycle, let alone resort, where we were staying for the night. lowing morning turned into another two- daughter to meet Vyr. The lovers paid no an automobile. The endeavor becomes In total darkness, with no lights whatsoever hour trek. The phones at the post office and heed. worthwhile, however, when one finally to guide the way, the road down was uneven city hall had been out for two weeks and we One day, when the couple was supposed makes it to this lake, whose very existence and even somewhat treacherous, but the sky ended up driving to the town of Synevyr, to meet, Vyr came to their usual meeting is amazing, given its location in the moun- above us was glorious and clear, filled with where there is one phone line, one that can spot and began playing the sopilka. The tains at an elevation of 989 meters. masses and masses of stars. be used only by state officials. We, howev- count’s servants snuck up and threw a large My traveling companions and I arrived Our journey in the dark, however, did er, were allowed to use it since the state offi- stone at him from a cliff, killing him instant- in the evening and walked up the paved not turn out to be our biggest obstacle that cial also happened to be from the Ivano- ly. When Syn arrived, she saw what had road to the lake as the sun was casting a night. Although its rugged grandeur and Frankivsk region, the region of my family’s happened to her love and began sobbing. A glow on the surrounding mountains lined overwhelming atmosphere of peace and roots. lake formed from the tears that she shed and with rows and rows of spruce trees. It calm make Zakarpattia a good tourist Afterwards, we headed back to the resort swallowed her up. People named the lake appears as though the tree tops are tapping retreat, a sense of adaptability to the exist- and went for one last look at the lake. The Synevyr (Syn and Vyr) and say that the the sky. At the edge of the lake is a large ing, sometimes even primitive, living condi- Peace Corps volunteer was giddy about water in this lake is as blue as the wooden deck. When one stands there, one tions is an absolute must. For instance, hot being able to converse freely for the second Carpathian sky, blue as the eyes of Syn. feels the rushing water from the three water is more of a luxury than a basic in day in a row and told me that although he “That’s the legend around here,” Mr. streams that flow into the lake create an these parts. greatly enjoyed his work here, he was con- Jamsen finished, still grinning. We agreed to uncanny sensation of movement. Then there is the matter of making cerned about a few things, such as tha fact pass the legend on to other tourists, The lake was formed about 10,000 tourists feel welcome rather than like intrud- that trees are still cut down in the national acknowledging this could be a good promo- years ago when the river valley was ers. The idea of making paying guests park and that the locals don’t yet understand tion for a honeymoon getaway. As we drove dammed in the post-glacial period. happy had not fully sunk in with the that conservation is essential. away from the blue pearl of the Today, swimming is prohibited, due not employees at the resort where we were stay- In a few months, Mr. Jamsen said, he Carpathians, I stole one last look behind. so much to the icy water as to the dan- ing. would be leaving Zakarpattia and Ukraine Beside the looming spruce trees and green- gerous undertow. At the edge of the path, We made it back that evening only to for good. We were also getting ready to ery, I spotted Gale Jamsen standing alone, not far from the steps leading down to find that the doors were locked and there explore other areas in this part of the coun- his hands bulging with cookies that my the lake, I spotted a large, wooden house was no one on duty. Even though it was try, but he wouldn’t let us depart without aunt, an Ivano-Frankivsk local, had enthusi- that was lit up, casting an air of coziness only 10 p.m., we were effectively locked filling us in on the legend of Lake Synevyr. astically pressed into them, while he help- and reminiscent a Victorian bed and out for the night. The entire building was “You know the locals say everybody lessly uttered the word “dosyt”’ over and breakfast situated in some New England suspiciously dark, making us wonder if we who falls in love at Synevyr will never over. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 No. 29

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Ukraine, Turan and Interfax reported. Newsbriefs The following day, the two ministers (Continued from page 2) signed cooperation agreements on motor million contract. The facility, which will transportation, sea trade and tourism. On have a storage capacity of 3,000 tons, is July 1 Mr. Tarasyuk met with Parliament scheduled to be completed by 2003. Chairman Murtuz Alesqerov and with Vissarion Kim, director of Ukraine’s President Heidar Aliev. Describing Enerhoatom nuclear energy company, Ukraine as one of Azerbaijan’s most described the construction of the storage important partners, Mr. Aliev expressed Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛, ˘Ó 10 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 ð. ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ facility as a “step toward the timely clo- support for Ukrainian President Leonid Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇ 85-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl sure of the [Chornobyl] station.” Kuchma’s bid for re-election this fall. (RFE/RL Newsline) President Aliev also acknowledged, but declined to divulge the content of, a new ·Î. Ô. Police remove plant manager Ukrainian proposal for resolving the deadlocked Karabakh conflict, according ‰-ð ω KYIV – Police on July 7 forced Vitalii to Interfax. (RFE/RL Newsline) Meshyn, former director of the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant, out of his office and “iso- Mitiukov earmarks technology budgets ßÇÄç åÄäÄêÖÇàó lated him in another room,” the Eastern Economic Daily reported. The govern- KYIV – During Cabinet Day at the èÄçÄïàÑÄ ‚¥‰·Û·Òfl ‚˜ÓðÓÏ, 13 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 ð. ment, which holds a majority stake in the Verkhovna Rada on June 8 administra- èÄêÄëíÄë ‚ ÒÂð‰Û, 14 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 ð. ‚ Á‡‚‰ÂÌÌ¥ Quinn Funeral Home, ÄÒÚÓð¥fl, ç.â. plant, on June 24 appointed a new direc- tion officials reported to lawmakers on èéïéêéç ‚ ˜ÂÚ‚Âð, 15 ÎËÔÌfl Ô¥ÒÎfl ëÎÛÊ·Ë ÅÓÊÓª Ó „Ó‰. 9-¥È ð‡ÌÍÛ Á ˆÂðÍ‚Ë tor to replace Mr. Meshyn. The dismissal financial support for the science and óÂÒÌÓ„Ó ïðÂÒÚ‡ ‚ ÄÒÚÓ𥪠̇ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡ð Ò‚. Ä̉ð¥fl èÂð‚ÓÁ‚‡ÌÓ„Ó ‚ ë. Ň‚̉ ÅðÛÍÛ, ç. ÑÊ. has provoked protests among the plant’s technology sector. The Parliament also 7,000 workers. According to Mr. heard reports by Accounting Chamber á‡Î˯ÂÌ¥ ‚ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ: Meshyn, the government fired him in Chairman Valentyn Symonenko, and by ‰ðÛÊË̇ – çÄíÄãßü order to put the plant under the control of the Committee for Science and ‰Ó˜Í‡ – éäëÄçÄ Á ÏÛÊÂÏ ‰-ðÓÏ Ï‰. üêéëãÄÇéå an international metallurgical company Education. Finance Minister Ihor ëàÑéêÄäéå ¥ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË ÄçÑêß∏å Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ that already controls much of the alu- Mitiukov announced that 1.08 percent of äàå ¥ ‰-ðÓÏ Ï‰. êéåÄçéå minum production in the former Soviet GDP, or 1.3 billion hrv, will be ear- ÒËÌ – ‰-ð ω. ÅéÉÑÄç Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ ãßÑéû Á Union. Last week the Verkhovna Rada marked for projects in science and tech- éÅìòäÖÇàóßÇ ¥ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË ÄãÖäëÄçÑêéå, passed a statement declaring Mr. nology in 1999, including 1.36 percent, äéçëíÄçíàçéå, åéíêß∏û, ûëíàçéå Meshyn’s dismissal illegal and asking the or 671 million hrv, from the state budget. Ú‡ ·ÎËʘ‡ ¥ ‰‡Î¸¯‡ ðÓ‰Ë̇ ‚ ‰¥flÒÔÓð¥ Ú‡ ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥. government to revoke it. (RFE/RL Mr. Mitiukov blamed cuts in science sup- Newsline) port on first quarter budget revenue Ç¥˜Ì‡ ÈÓÏÛ Ô‡Ï’flÚ¸! shortfalls. The Cabinet has imposed a Youth protest proliferation of tax officers temporary ceiling on science funding at 671 million hrv, or 81 percent of the KYIV – The Molod – Nadiia Ukrainy 1999 target figure, to be removed auto- (Youth – The Hope of Ukraine) all- matically should revenues go up. “The Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛, ˘Ó ‚ ̉¥Î˛, 11 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 ð. Ukrainian association on July 8 protested only area to receive 100 percent of target ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇ 78-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl ̇¯‡ ̇ȉÓðÓʘ‡ íÖíÄ the “proliferation” of tax officers with a allocations by June 1 is fundamental demonstration outside the State Tax research,” Mr. Mitiukov said. Unpaid Administration. The protest featured a salaries to science workers total 95 hrv “ceremonious, free of charge and VAT- million as of June 1. “It’s right where it free” handout of condoms to STA work- was back in January,” said Mr. Mitiukov, ers. The action is dedicated to a new who promised to pay down arrears by the surge in the “birth rate” of tax collectors, end of 1999. He stressed the need to pri- and the introduction of district tax oritize fundamental research and hold inspectors, who will be authorized to tenders to competitively select bidders to conduct searches of taxpayers’ homes. carry out research projects. (Eastern Association leader Vadym Hladchuk said ·Î. Ô. Economist) Ukraine has seen an increase in the num- ber of brutal raids on entrepreneurs by Land privatization proceeds slowly tax authorities. He connected the increase ÇéãéÑàåàêÄ ëÄÑßÇçàä with the upcoming presidential election. KYIV – The privatization of land is èÄçÄïàÑÄ ‚¥‰·Û·Òfl ‚ ÒÂð‰Û, 14 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 ð. Ó „Ó‰. 7:30 ‚˜. ‚ Peter Marroc- Mr. Hladchuk said this is “the final blow taking place at a sluggish pace in co Funeral Home ‚ è‡ÒÒÂÈÍÛ, ç. ÑÊ. to the constitutional right of Ukrainian Ukraine, according to the Eastern èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚ ˜ÂÚ‚Âð, 15 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 ð. ‚ ˆÂðÍ‚¥ St. Nicholas Ukrai- citizens.” The action is designed to draw Economic Daily. So far, some 27 million nian Catholic Church, Passaic, NJ, ‡ ‚¥‰Ú‡Í ̇ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡ð Ò‚. Ä̉ð¥fl èÂð‚ÓÁ‚‡ÌÓ„Ó ‚ public attention to the willful and “foul” hectares of land have been privatized, ë. Ň‚̉ ÅðÛÍÛ, ç. ÑÊ. behavior of individual tax officers who with an average of 4.2 hectares per landowner. The main factors holding up ignore presidential decrees for deregula- á‡Î˯Ë· ‚ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ: tion of entrepreneurship. (Eastern the process are the lack of appropriate ðÓ‰ËÌÛ – ãÖôìäßÇ Economist) legislation and the negative public atti- tude toward land privatization. A recent – éëíÄòÖÇëúäàï Rada warns against dictatorship poll found that 37 percent of Ukrainians – åÄãàçéÇàóßÇ-åéãóäßÇ KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on July are opposed to the privatization of land. Ç¥˜Ì‡ ªÈ ԇϒflÚ¸! 2 adopted a statement claiming that the (RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Ukrainian government is illegally help- Report) ing President Leonid Kuchma in his End of duty-free trade with Belarus preparations for the October 31 presiden- tial election. The statement warns against KYIV – The Ukrainian government DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS the threat of “replacing democratic prin- has abolished the regime of duty-free ciples with a government dictatorship” in trade with Belarus under which the to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian Ukraine. It adds that the government has value-added tax was not imposed on or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. “usurped” the media and put pressure on goods imported to Ukraine from Belarus. other presidential candidates. All of Mr. The decision came in response to Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. Kuchma’s main presidential rivals – Belarusian President Alyaksandr (The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.) Yevhen Marchuk, Oleksander Moroz, Lukashenka’s February decree imposing Petro Symonenko, Oleksander a VAT on Ukrainian exports to Belarus. Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. 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Minister Borys Tarasyuk held talks in KYIV – The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Baku on June 30 with his Azerbaijani will issue 15 scholarships for scientists. counterpart, Tofik Zulfugarov, focusing The scholarships will enable selected sci- on more intensive cooperation between entists from Ukraine to conduct research NATO and the GUUAM member-states in the U.S. for up to one year on a variety Need a back issue? (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, of topics, including political and social If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, Azerbaijan and Moldova), Ukrainian science, philosophy, international rela- send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, arms sales to Azerbaijan and the possible tions, legal issues, economics and busi- 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. export of Azerbaijan’s Caspian oil via ness. (Eastern Economist) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 No. 29

SSPPOORTSRTSLLIINENE by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj

SOCCER the standings and Russia and Iceland tied for a close third behind. Every one of the Ukrainian league to contract ensuing matches, played this fall, will be crucial. Adding to the pain of the loss of its mar- quee player, the Ukrainian Professional Schedule (home team first): Football League (UPFL) has decided to cut 4September the number of teams in the premier division from 16 to 14 by the 2000-2001 season. UKRAINE vs. France According to a Reuters report of July 1, Iceland vs. Andorra League Secretary Dmytro Reznik said the Russia vs. Armenia reduction was necessitated by the large September 8 increase in the number of games for top clubs like Kyiv Dynamo. Iceland vs. UKRAINE Dynamo, who won the league and cup Andorra vs. Russia double and reached the semifinals of the Armenia vs. France European Cup last season, must again play in domestic and European competition O9 ctober while its players also make up the bulk of Russia vs. UKRAINE the national squad. France vs. Iceland “It makes such a heavy load for our best Andorra vs. Armenia players so they barely have time to rest,” Mr. Reznik said. The new season begins on July 12. STANDINGS The 1998-1999 campaign ended on June W D L F A Pts 25, as Dynamo Kyiv lost its final game with Mr. Shevchenko on its roster, a 2-1 decision 1. Ukraine 4 3 0 12 3 15 taken by Karpaty Lviv. (See chart below.) 2. France 4 2 1 11 6 14 3. Russia 4 0 3 17 10 12 National team stumbles 4. Iceland 3 3 1 7 3 12 Once again, after looking very strong, 5. Armenia 1 1 4 3 10 4 lackadaisical play by Ukraine’s national 6. Andorra 0 0 5 6 19 0 side has allowed its rivals in its European Cup qualifying group to close in on them. On June 5, in Kyiv, they trounced (Legend: W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, F- group doormats Andorra 4-0 on goals by Goals For, A-Goals Against, Pts-Points) Serhii Popov (36th minute), Serhii Rebrov (41st), Yurii Dmytrulin (60th) HOCKEY and Andrii Husin adding a marker in the final seconds. 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Ukrainian hockey fans on the subject of Sportsline Wayne Gretzky, definitely the highest scor- (Continued from page 12) ing player who ever donned a pair of skates Viacheslav Zavalniuk placed eighth in the and arguably the greatest. There are those “most penalized” list, on the strength of a who insist that Mr. Gretzky is himself 10-minute misconduct and four minor Ukrainian; and those who are embarrassed penalties. The team performed well in by this insistence, likening it to erstwhile killing penalties, managing to hold off 84 Soviet claims on the invention of baseball. percent of opponents’ man advantages, to These two camps are likely to exist past the finish seventh in the special teams rankings. Brantford, Ontario, native’s retirement, Ukraine finished 14th in a field of 16, but which, sadly, he announced in New York in SUMMER PROGRAMS 1999 avoided relegation. They will play in the April. next millennium’s qualification tournament In the meantime, one mystery surround- Saturday, July 24 against Kazakstan, Latvia and the U.K. ing a hockey player’s background that arose ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – soprano LILEYA VOLANSKY (newly promoted from Pool A). earlier this season can be dispelled. In this 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by VODOHRAY space it was noted that Denys Shvydkyi, a At the World Under-18 Junior center on the Russian national junior team Championships, held April 8-18 in Füssen Saturday, July 31 that won the 1999 world championship in and Kaufbeuren, Germany, Ukraine fared ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – DUMKA CHORUS Winnipeg, could be Ukrainian. somewhat better. Conductor – VASYL HRECHYNSKYJ In fact, Mr. Shvydkyi was born in Resounding losses to the Czech Republic 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by C RYSTAL Kharkiv, on November 21, 1980, and in the (6-1 on April 10) and Sweden (10-2 on EXHIBIT – works by TARAS BILTCHUK 1998-1999 season played as a left-winger April 13) in the preliminary round were bal- for the Ontario Hockey League’s Barrie anced by a victory over Germany (4-0 on Colts. A 6’1” 195-pounder, he was Barrie’s Saturday, August 7 April 11). In relegation play, Ukraine bested first round selection in the Canadian ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Ensemble UKRAINIAN FAMILY Norway 3-0 on April 15, but lost to the U.S. Hockey League’s import draft (11th over Director – OKSANA LYKHOVYD 6-0 the next day. As a result, the blue-and- all), arriving from Russia’s Torpedo 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by LUNA yellows finished eighth out of a field of 10. Yaroslavl senior team. EXHIBIT – works of the K OZAK FAMILY Ukraine’s goaltender, Vadym The Kharkovite was selected as the Selevestrov, deserves a special medal. Over OHL’s rookie of the month in November six games, he faced a monstrous 227 shots Friday, August 13 1998 and the league’s player of the week for (an average of 38 shots per game), making a MIDNIGHT BIGUS – Trembita Lounge the seven days ending on January 17. On tournament-leading 201 saves, for a per- April 16, Mr. Shvydkyi was named to the centage of 88.55 (seventh over all). Now if Saturday, August 14 OHL’s First All-Rookie team. only he had a defense corps ... ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Bass STEFAN SZKAFAROWSKY Over the season, the forward scored 35 Following a recurring theme, a 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by FATA MORGANA goals and 59 assists for 94 points in 61 Ukrainian distinguished himself by landing Midnight Crowning of MISS SOYUZIVKA 2000 games, the second highest total among EXHIBIT ZENOBIA HULEY in the penalty box. Right-winger Alex rookies, behind teammate Sheldon Keefe. – works of Salashchenko garnered 33 minutes in penal- In the playoffs, the Colts, who finished ties (third in the rankings), boosted by a 20- atop the Central Division, were upset in Saturday, August 21 UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS minute misconduct added to his five minors seven, often chippy, games by the Oshawa ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – SOYUZIVKA DANCE WORKSHOP RECITAL and one five-minute major. Roman Generals. Mr. Shvydkyi stayed out of the Director: ROMA PRYMA BOHACHEVSKY Scherbatiuk took a category-leading total of penalty box throughout the brouhaha that 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by TEMPO 11 minor penalties, placing him 14th on the broke around him, scored five goals and EXHIBIT – works of D ARIA “DYCIA” HANUSHEVSKY “most penalized” list. Yevhen assisted on six. Yemelianenko also kept busy with 18 min- He is eligible for the 1999 NHL Entry Sunday, August 22 UNWLA DAY utes on nine minors (18th), and Oleksander Draft. Pobedonostsev sat out 12 minutes on six minors (tied for 24th). Golf note Saturday, August 28 This proved costly, as Ukraine surren- ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Soprano OKSANA CHARUK Matt Kuchar, the Floridian phenom who dered nine goals when in a manpower dis- Pianist THOMAS HRYNKIV was invited to last year’s U.S. Open Golf advantage. Mr. Salaschenko made some 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by NA ZDOROVJA tournament and performed so well that he amends for his willingness to tangle by pot- EXHIBIT – works by TARAS BILTCHUK earned a return trip, has suffered the fate of ting a short-handed goal. The team’s penal- many young golfers. After the initial flash, ty killing was seventh over all, with a 84.48 Mr. Kuchar wilted under the pressure of percentage. having turned pro. At this year’s U.S. Open, Right-winger Oleksander Yanchenko he shot a 16-over par in the first round and was among the leaders in goal scoring in the did not make the cut. tournament. He was the championship’s leading opportunist, with three powerplay Sportsline can be reached by e-mail: goals, and adding one at even strength to [email protected]. place fourth over all in goals scored. Mr. If you know of the sportish exploits of a Salaschenko added two goals at even Ukrainian athlete, team, coach, or even strength, for 10th spot over all. management type, please let us know. Identity mysteries Please provide evidence of any individual’s Ukrainian background or history of having There seems to be an even split among played/coached for Ukraine. Turning the pages...

(Continued from page 6) 1937. In late 1941 he was pressed into a front-line punitive battalion thrown against the invading Nazis, and months later was taken prisoner, now suffering at a different oppres- sor’s hand, and languished in a POW camp in Germany until 1945. At war’s end Mysyk managed to return to his native Dnipropetrovske region and worked as an accountant until 1956, when as a result of the partial thaw of the Khrushchev years, he was “rehabilitated.” It took him only two years to pick up where he left off. Invigorated by his encounter with Lukash, by 1958 he completed a volume of translations of Burns’ poetry. Through the 1960s and ‘70s he tackled Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens,” completed a version of Omar Khayyam’s “Rubayat,” translated John Keats “Selected Poems,” and produced renderings of works by John Milton, Byron, Goethe, Friedrich Hölderlin, Pierre-Jean Beranger, Walt Whitman, Joe Wallace, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the Persians Saadi, Busti, Ibn Sina, Djami and Firdousi. He returned to the works of Tajik poets, translated from Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Georgian and modern Greek, and wrote another five collections of poetry: “Borozny” (Furrows, 1962), “Verkhovittia” (Top Branches, 1963), “Chornotrop” (The Snow-Free Way, 1966), “Lan” (Farmland, 1970) and “Bereh” (The Shore, 1972). In 1977 he was awarded the Maksym Rylsky Prize in Ukrainian Literature. Vasyl Mysyk died on March 3, 1983 in Kharkiv. Sources: “Mysyk, Vasyl,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 3 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993); “Mysyk, Vasyl,” Ukrainska Literaturna Entsyklopediya, Vol. 3 (Kyiv: URE, 1994); Hryhoriy Kostiuk, “Spomyn pro Vasylia Mysyka” Suchasnist, No. 6, 1965. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 No. 29

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Men welcome! as they are with it. There’s a strength of Please register early for the Women’s Week of August 2-6 Old time. Rarely during the final– five character there. That’s Bob’s team, all minutes and five seconds in the 430 min- Tel. 914 626-5641 right.’’ utes and 39 seconds of the series, to be In 1999, finally, the man with five cup precise – was there more than one goal rings, a Conn Smythe Trophy and four separating the teams. In fact, throughout Selke Trophies as the league’s best the playoffs, the Stars played 89 percent “KARPATY” HANDYMAN defensive forward has a new label: archi- of the time either tied or in a one-goal BED-AND-BREAKFAST IN PRAGUE tect of a champion. PAINTING • RENOVATION • REPAIRS OPEN TO GUESTS INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Once a winner, always a winner – (Continued on page 15) Ukrainian and English spoken Quality work! Reasonable rates! Pension Petynka, na Petynce 100, Quick turnaround! 169 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic Free estimates. No job too small. 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diplomats who negotiated arms control Captive Nations... agreements and opened cracks in the (Continued from page 7) Iron Curtain with exchanges, all con- election his way. In 1980 Ronald Reagan tributed enormously to the final victory blasted “the Evil Empire.” This was during the Cold War. music to the ears of ethinc Americans – Yet in a way, Ukraine and the other “Reagan Democrats” – and they reward- former Soviet colonies are still “captive” ed him with their votes. In 1991 – at least to the extent that they’re stuck President George Bush delivered his dis- with the old Communist mindset. The astrous speech in Kyiv about “suicidal West invested a great deal to win free- nationalism” and advised Ukrainians to dom for the Captive Nations, but victory stick with Russia. This was just days will not be complete until those coun- after Captive Nations Week and less than tries are democratic, secure and prosper- a month before Ukraine declared its ous. independence. Bill Clinton and Al Gore, As we stop to reflect on Captive of course, capitalized on President Nations Week, let’s resolve to make sure Bush’s mistake and won the next two America does not revert to isolationism, elections. but remains involved, informed and Captive Nations, for obvious reasons, engaged. Tell Gore, tell Bush, tell has faded as a slogan and an issue. The Bradley, tell Dole and Forbes and American military investment, the McCain. Oh, and I promise, no more To subscribe: Send $50 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, relentless efforts of the Captive Nations sweaty marches during the third week of Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 coalition and, yes, the dedicated work of July. That’s history. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 15

doesn’t even have to be present for you Pro hockey... to feel it. His office window overlooks (Continued from page 14) our practice rink and not a day goes by game either way. The Stars were like a that we’re not aware of him, whether contending boxer who won bout after he’s looking out or the shades are drawn. bout without ever scoring a knockout. There are no pom poms with Bob, but The final was the best for the NHL when he speaks, he’s heard. It was like since 1994, when the New York Rangers when he was a player. He wouldn’t say beat the Vancouver Canucks in seven much, but when he did, you stood and games. The Stars-Sabres series ended the saluted. He has instilled in every guy on ignominious streak of four straight this team, in one way or another, what it Stanley Cup final sweeps. is to win because he himself is a winner.” The final was interesting, at times A Stanley Cup winner – again. A even compelling, because of its sheer Stanley Cup architect – finally. intensity. The battles for the puck and (Quotes courtesy of Bob McKenzie of space fairly raged; ultimately, it was a The Hockey News. Thanks.) victory of grit over goals. The Buffalo Sabres were valiant final- Ukrainian player profiles: ists. Stanley Cup winners Coach Lindy Ruff’s playoff record as Sabres’ coach stands at an impressive 24- 12. The Sabres, throughout their playoff HRKAC, TONY: Born July 7, 1966, run that included victories over the Thunder Bay, Ontario ... 5-11/185 ... Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins and Shoots left ... Full name: Anthony J. Toronto Maple Leafs, showed great Hrkac ... College: North Dakota. resiliency, especially in their Game 4 Transactions/career notes: Selected by victory and the Game 6 triple-overtime St. Louis Blues as underage junior in heartbreaker. “There was no quit in that second round (32nd over all) of NHL Sabre team,” Hitchcock said. entry draft in 1989 ... Traded by Blues to Quebec Nordiques in 1989 ... Traded by The Sabres’ payroll of about $26 mil- Nordiques to San Jose in 1991 ... Traded lion is $20 million less than the Stars, by Sharks to Chicago Blackhawks in who under owner Tom Hicks haven’t 1992 ... Signed as free agent by Blues in hesitated to sign core free agents such as 1993 ... Signed as free agent by Dallas Hull, Belfour and Verbeek, not to men- Stars in 1997 ... Claimed on waivers by tion veterans like Dave Reid and Shawn Edmonton Oilers in 1998 ... Traded by Chambers. Oilers to Pittsburgh Penguins in 1998 ... To suggest, though that the Stars are Selected by Nashville Predators in NHL the best team money can buy would be expansion draft in 1998 ... Traded by an insult to Gainey, who patiently and Predators to Dallas in 1998. steadfastly stuck with a program even Honors: Won Hobey Baker Memorial through the dark days of recent playoff award (1986-1987) ... Won WCHA Most failures. Only one Star player – Modano, Valuable Player Award (1986-1987) ... the NHL’s No. 1 pick in 1988 – dated Named to IHL All-Star first team (1992- Gainey in the organization. Some, such 1993). as Hatcher, Ukrainian defenseman MATVICHUK, RlCHARD: Born Richard Matvichuk and back-goal tender February 5, 1973 in Edmonton, Alberta Roman Turek, were drafted when Bobby ... 6-2/190 ... Shoots left ... WEST2282 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ARKA Ont., Canada M6S 1N9 Clarke was the Stars GM and Gainey Transactions/career notes: Selected by was the coach. But Gainey oversaw the Minnesota North Stars in first round Gifts drafts that netted Jamie Langenbrunner, (eighth over all) of 1991 NHL entry draft Ukrainian Handicrafts Jere Lehtinen and Jon Sim, with many ... North Stars franchise moved from Art, Ceramics, Jewellery A. CHORNY more fine young prospects on the way. Minnesota to Dallas and renamed Stars Books, Newspapers Gainey also realized when it was time for 1993-1994 season ... Tore knee liga- Cassettes, CDs, Videos for him to move on as coach. “I had run ments and underwent knee surgery in Embroidery Supplies out of energy as a coach and the team September 1994 ... Tore anterior cruciate Packages and Services to Ukraine had run out of energy with me as coach,” knee ligament in January of 1998. he said of stepping down midway Honors: Won Bill Hunter Trophy Tel.: (416) 762-8751 Fax: (416) 767-6839 through the 1995-1996 season installed (1991-1992). Hitchcock as coach. “We needed a change,” he said. Almost overnight that change gave the Stars an added dimension, and Hitchcock has emerged as one of the pre-eminent bench bosses in the game today. Mind you, one of Gainey’s strengths is his dogged determination to avoid change. He doesn’t believe in renting players. He still clings to the notion of one player playing for one team, as out- dated as that has become. And he likes players who are capable of playing the game the way he played it: responsibly and at a high level when the chips are down. It was almost as if he were building a team in his own image, and though the Stars were lacking the ultimate success, he never really wavered. “There are no guarantees, no matter what you do,” Gainey said. “You chart your course and sail it. I think it’s impor- tant to be consistent, be persistent and just believe in what you’re doing. There’s no magic recipe. You always just try to get a little better.” If that’s so, then it was simply a mat- ter of this being the right time for the Stars to succeed – as long as everyone knows it was no overnight success story. “When I came to the organization (in 1991),” Ludwig said, “it was a .500 club, but I knew that was never going to be good enough for Bob. “Bob has an aura about him and he 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999 No. 29

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Thursday, July 22 of the popular talk show “Just You,” will speak on “The Mass Media and Ukraine’s NEW YORK: The Yara Arts Group’s Upcoming Presidential Elections.” new series, Nova Nomada, will present Participants are advised to bring their own the debut performances of the lunches; coffee and soda will be provided. Experimental Bandura Trio of Julian To register, call the UCCA, (212) 228- Kytasty, Mike Andrec, and Yuri 6840. Fedynsky; Maria Rewakowicz will read from her new book of poetry; actors Saturday, July 24 from Yara Arts Group will perform poet- HUNTER, N.Y.: Satoko Ishidze and ry from a new book of translations of Maryna Rohozhyna, master class students Ludmyla Taran’s work; Eugene Hutz will of pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky, will read from his forthcoming books. appear in concert at the Grazhda, Route Afterwards, Mr. Hutz will dejay his spe- 23A, at 8 p.m. cial blend of ethno-music as the audience will meet the artists over beer and pret- Sunday, July 25 zels. The event will take place at 8:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Sports Club, 122 UNIONDALE, N.Y.: St. Vladimir Second Ave. Admission is $5. Ukrainian Catholic Church invites every- one to the annual picnic at the parish cen- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Congress ter. There will be ethnic food, music and Committee of America will host its second activities for children. Admission is free “brown bag” lunch at noon at the UCCA and there is ample parking. For more National Office, 203 Second Ave. Olha information call the Rev. Maxim Kobasuk, Taukach, Ukrainian TV journalist and host (516) 481-7717.

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use these resources every day in our How a small contribution... classrooms,” Ms. Zheliznyak said. (Continued from page 7) She underlined that the main thing We possess resources that were unimag- teachers and students have gained from inable to us six or eight years ago. We these gifts is not material, but knowledge have a wonderful English resource center – the one thing Ukraine needs most right with a wide variety of audio and video now because knowledge will help to materials and special ‘treasure’ library of overcome the hardships that Ukraine is experiencing. resources books for teachers and stu- “We can only say thanks again to the dents. people who have enlightened us. Thank “We could never have imagined these you dear people, whose hearts and souls treasures, even in our wildest dreams, but hurt for our Ukraine and whose initiative now thanks to the tremendous efforts, and drive have made the opening of our enthusiasm and generosity of Siena resource center possible,” she added. College, Americans for Democracy in Ukraine and Canadian Credit Bank, we – Stephanie Richard

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