INSIDE:• Ukrainian hostages at Moscow theater — page 3. • Poland’s Ukrainians seek redress for Akcja Wisla — page 7. • Artist Zenowij Onyshkewych: ‘omnivoyant traveler’ — page 13.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE No.KRAINIAN 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine HusarT blessesU cornerstone NATO downgradesW meeting with Ukraine, for patriarchal sobor in Kyiv Kuchma not wanted at Prague summit by Roman Woronowycz mony, which included encasing a com- by Roman Woronowycz result of the Kolchuha scandal. Kyiv Press Bureau memorative plaque within the cornerstone Kyiv Press Bureau “We had a feeling that under condi- as a time capsule. The text engraved on the tions of the recent discussion of the accu- KYIV – On a blustery, Sunday autumn black marble slab documented for posterity KYIV – The North Atlantic Council of sations of possible Kolchuha early warn- afternoon, with more than 300 faithful in the date that construction on the patriarchal NATO told Ukraine on October 30 that ing systems supplies to Iraq it would be attendance at the future site of the religious sobor began, and identified the religious none of the leaders of its 19 member- better for the interests of Ukraine and center of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic leaders of both the ecumenical Catholic states would meet with President Leonid NATO if the Ukraine-NATO commission Church, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar marked Church and the UGCC, as well as the polit- Kuchma during the upcoming NATO- meets in Prague at the level of foreign the beginning of construction of the UGCC ical leaders of both Ukraine and Kyiv, the Ukraine Summit, which they announced ministers,” explained Mr. Robertson. patriarchal sobor as he blessed the build- architect and the builder. had been downgraded to a meeting of The NATO decision, which in effect ing’s cornerstone. The UGCC primate thanked city offi- foreign ministers. banishes the Ukrainian leader from the Nearly a dozen UGCC bishops and cials who gave the land for the cathedral The long-planned conference – which summit, came after word was leaked that priests joined Cardinal Husar, in the cere- site and the many faithful who have was to decide future relations between a report U.S. and British experts would staunchly supported the project during short the North Atlantic Alliance and Ukraine, soon produce on the role of President remarks at the site. Bishop Vasylyi Medvit and to agree on a new action plan to Kuchma in the sale of Kolchuha anti-air- of the Kyiv-Vyshhorod Eparchy said it was replace the one that has been completed – craft radar defense systems to Iraq will a historical moment for the UGCC. was originally scheduled as an agenda- do little to clear his name. Kyiv approves diaspora’s “This church, this building is being built topper for the second day of the larger The U.S. accused Mr. Kuchma of for the ages,” explained Bishop Vasylyi, NATO Summit, which will take place in complicity in the affair on September 24, memorial to Great Famine who added a moment later that, “when that Prague on November 21-22. The agree- when it also halted financial aid to the by Roman Woronowycz day finally arrives when our various ment, which NATO still hopes to see, central government of Ukraine. Kyiv Press Bureau Churches are united into one all-Ukrainian would replace the action plan that was Washington asserted at the time that it Church, this house of worship will then part of the original Charter on Special had authenticated audio recordings in KYIV – Kyiv’s City Council and the belong to it.” Partnership signed by NATO and which the president of Ukraine approved Office of the Mayor gave the go-ahead The cathedral, which should be the Ukraine in 1997. the sale of a Kolchuha system to on October 30 for the erection of a dias- largest in Kyiv when completed and able to On October 31, NATO Secretary Baghdad through a Jordanian intermedi- pora-funded memorial in commemora- hold more than 1,000 people, will be locat- General George Robertson told the ary. tion of the 70th anniversary of the 1932- ed just off the Dnipro River on a two- Ukrainian Service of the BBC that the Ukraine replied quickly and decisively 1933 Great Famine. determination to keep the meeting with Askold Lozynskyj, president of the (Continued on page 3) Ukraine at a lower level was the direct (Continued on page 23) Ukrainian World Congress of Ukrainians, the leading umbrella organi- zation of the Ukrainian diaspora, told The Weekly that by the end of the week he was to receive three site options from which to choose. RENAISSANCEby Natalia A. FeduschakOF KYIV: One of Europe’s most vibrant cities “They agreed to help in any way they can,” explained Mr. Lozynskyj. “They KYIV – Tucked in a corner, near the central altar of St. will propose three locations, and based Sophia’s Cathedral, is one of Kyiv’s great treasures. on this we will submit drawings.” “It’s there,” says Nadia Nikitenko, a historian at the The monument will be constructed by ancient cathedral whose golden domes, silhouetted against a a leading Ukrainian sculptor from the blue sky, stand like a bulwark against time. “It is diaspora who has yet to be chosen, Volodymyr’s signature.” explained Mr. Lozynskyj, and is expect- Prince, statesman, defender of a nation, Volodymyr ed to cost between $150,000 and Mohomakh, like many of his brethren of the time, broke $250,000 (U.S.). The diaspora will Church law and risked hellfire and damnation to leave an eter- absorb the cost of the monument, while nal imprint on the walls of St. Sophia, the most religious of Kyivan workers will be responsible for temples. erecting it at the Kyiv site. Nearly a millennium after the illicit practice of scratching A plaque at the site will note that the into the cathedral’s frescoed walls began, the powerful attrac- monument is a gift from the Ukrainian tion of the over 300 etchings still holds. Documenting every- diaspora on the 70th anniversary of the thing from prayers for good health to contracts for land sales Famine-Genocide. and visits by dignitaries to St. Sophia, the graffiti, however The tragic events of 1932-1933, when blasphemous, says as much about the people who carved them much of eastern and central Ukraine was as they do about the tenacity of a nation. starved by Stalin’s orders, is increasingly “St. Sophia was the visiting card of Christianity,” says Ms. recognized by the West as a crime Nikitenko, who has spent more than two decades studying the against humanity after being hidden by cathedral and it history. “The Christian government couldn’t the Soviet regime and ignored by the imagine itself without St. Sophia. All roads from Europe led West for decades. through here.” Currently there is only one monument More than 1,500 years after it was founded and following in Kyiv to the victims of the Great decades of decline under Soviet rule, roads are again leading to Famine, a relatively small memorial Kyiv. Since resuming its role as the capital of an independent located before St. Michael’s Golden- Ukraine 11 years ago, Kyiv is fast establishing itself as one of Domed Sobor erected in 1993. Mr. Europe’s most vibrant cities. Crumbling monuments are being Yuriy Borodin Lozynskyj said he expected the new restored while others that were completely destroyed are being The Golden Gates, now restored, used to be the historic monument to be ready for unveiling in resurrected altogether. Banks, apartment buildings and shop- entrance to the city. Legend says that visitors used to have to August 2003 during the Seventh World ping centers are going up at an unprecedented pace. With much pay in gold in order to enter a city that was said to have Congress of Ukrainians, which will take (Continued on page 8) over 1,000 golden domes because of its many churches. place in Kyiv. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 No. 44

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Is Ukraine arming Georgia against Russia? Kuchma might skip NATO summit Industrialists and Entrepreneurs caucus by Taras Kuzio tion programs also with the United States, jointly with the Social Democratic Party- KYIV – Ukrainian President Leonid United caucus advanced current Prime RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report the United Kingdom, Germany and Kuchma on October 29 said he will not Minister Anatolii Kinakh. Verkhovna Rada Turkey. Washington provides $64 million attend the NATO summit in Prague next Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn told journal- Since August, Ukraine and Georgia in military assistance each year and is month unless suggestions that his country ists on October 28 that “the fate of the gov- have sent out contradictory signals over training elite Georgian forces. has breached United Nations sanctions by ernment is to be decided” by November 19, the sale of antiaircraft defense systems by Georgia and Ukraine are also linked selling radar equipment to Iraq are retract- when the Parliament resumes its session. Ukraine to Georgia. This became urgent through the regional group GUUAM ed, Reuters reported. “If there remain any (RFE/RL Newsline) for Georgia after planes – Georgia has (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, claimed they were Russian – bombed doubts, then I don’t think it would make Azerbaijan, Moldova). As Ukraine has sense to hold the Ukraine-NATO summit News agency head reported missing Georgian territory in August, killing inno- progressively realigned its multilateral cent civilians. The raid was allegedly tar- [during the NATO meeting in Prague],” foreign policy from a pro-Western to a Mr. Kuchma told journalists during his KYIV – The news agency Ukrainski geted at Chechen guerrillas and their pro-Russian neutrality since the two-day visit to Lithuania. A team of U.S. Novyny (Ukrainian News) on October 28 Muslim supporters in the Pankisi Gorge “Kuchmagate” crisis began in November and British experts last week completed a said its director, Mykhailo Kolomiyets, has near the Georgian-Russian border. 2000, the strategic importance of the fact-finding trip to Ukraine to assess been missing since October 21, Ukrainian In August-September, Russia threat- GUUAM group has declined for whether Kyiv sold a Kolchuha early-warn- news media reported. “Reporters of the ened to launch ground and air assaults on Ukraine. Ukrainian President Leonid ing system to Iraq but has yet to announce agency are very concerned over the fate of the Pankisi Gorge to root out the Kuchma visited Armenia, long suspi- its findings. (RFE/RL Newsline) Kolomiyets. They fear that the incident Chechens who were allegedly using it as cious of GUUAM, in October and could be the result of the agency’s policy of a safe haven before re-entering signed military and technical coopera- Lithuania vows to be Ukraine’s advocate providing independent information,” Chechnya. Russia pressured the United tion agreements. Ukrainski Novyny said in a statement. The States for a deal whereby Washington With Ukraine more closely aligned VILNIUS – After talks with visiting agency reportedly notified the police on would agree to Russian military interven- with Russia, Kyiv has become increasing- Ukrainian President Kuchma, Lithuanian October 25 of Mr. Kolomiyets’s disappear- tion in Georgia in return for Russia drop- ly wary of publicizing its military links President Valdas Adamkus told a press con- ance. (RFE/RL Newsline) ping its opposition to likely U.S. military with Georgia, whose president, Eduard ference on 29 October 29, “Today we can Parliament discusses political crisis... action against Iraq. In the meantime, Shevardnadze, is widely disliked in tell our dear friends in Ukraine that we are Georgian forces took back the lawless Russia. A Russian Public-Opinion poised to be their best advocate in their bid for EU.” The ELTA news service reported KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on Pankisi Gorge in October and reported Foundation poll conducted in October October 23 discussed the current political the presence of no Chechen guerrillas. found that Mr. Shevardnadze was the CIS that he said Lithuania will follow the example of the assistance that Poland has situation in the country, as demanded by Ukraine and Georgia have cooperated leader most disliked by Russians. Forty- the caucuses of Our Ukraine and the oppo- in the military field since 1996 when they four percent had a negative view of him been giving Vilnius in its efforts to join NATO. The two presidents signed a docu- sition Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Socialist signed an accord on the creation of the while only 2 percent thought of him posi- Party and Communist Party, UNIAN ment establishing a joint presidential coun- Intergovernmental Commission for tively. This is coupled with the total lack reported. Our Ukraine leader Viktor cil to ensure regular top-level political dia- Economic Cooperation. Ukraine has of transparency that surrounds arms sales Yushchenko said Ukraine is closer to a logue on bilateral and regional cooperation. trained 200 Georgian officers since then in Ukraine in particular and in the “dictatorship and a clannish political-sys- Mr. Kuchma then attended a business at its well-developed military academies, Commonwealth of Independent States in tem model” than it has ever been, adding lunch hosted by Prime Minister Algirdas and such training remains a priority in general. that lawmakers contribute to strengthening Brazauskas and held talks with Parliament Georgian-Ukrainian military cooperation. Unlike Ukraine, Georgia has an interest this model with their “helplessness and Chairman Arturas Paulauskas. The Georgia has established military-coopera- in publicizing the acquisition of military passivity” in the parliament. Socialist Party Ukrainian president was scheduled to technology that would increase its ability leader Oleksander Moroz said the opposi- return home on October 30 after meeting Dr. Taras Kuzio is a resident fellow at to defend its sovereignty. On September tion’s main goal is to change the current with Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis and the Center for Russian and East 17, Georgian National Security Council political system into a parliamentary-presi- participating in the official opening of the European Studies, University of Toronto. (Continued on page 14) dential republic. Communist Party leader Ukrainian Institute, founded by the Petro Symonenko announced that his party International Relations and Political will continue organizing street protests Science Institute of Vilnius University, the against what he called the “social geno- Taras Shevchenko Foundation and the More water in the pipeline for Lviv cide” perpetrated by the current authorities. European Integration Studies Center. Lawmakers from the pro-presidential cau- by Vera Rich ty implications: should the inhabitants of (RFE/RL Newsline) cuses that form a fragile parliamentary RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report Lviv rise against Soviet rule, without majority appealed to the opposition to stop their wells they would be unable to resist Majority suggests four candidates for PM leveling accusations against the authorities The World Bank is to give Ukraine a a siege. KYIV – Ukraine’s fragile parliamentary and return to normal legislative work. $24 million loan to upgrade Lviv’s water The Soviets then set out to effect majority has proposed four candidates for (RFE/RL Newsline) supply. For decades, residents of Lviv demographic reform. Just as in Poland, have been supplied with water for, at the post of prime minister and submitted where the “socialist” city of Nowa Huta their names to President Leonid Kuchma to ... prepares two draft resolutions most, two periods (morning and evening) was built adjacent to “Catholic” and of two to three hours every day. The loan select one for parliamentary approval, KYIV – The parliamentary hearing on “reactionary” Krakow, Lviv was to be UNIAN reported on October 25. is earmarked for modernizing and replac- turned from a cultured university city, the the political situation in Ukraine resulted in ing the equipment used in the city’s According to the news agency, the two draft resolutions on which the focus of the newly outlawed Ukrainian European Choice caucus proposed State water-supply and sewerage systems. Greek-Catholic Church, into a hive of Verkhovna Rada was expected to vote on Certainly, such work is long overdue. Tax Administration chief Mykola Azarov, October 24, UNIAN reported. The resolu- Soviet production. New industries were the Ukraine’s Regions caucus proffered Ten years ago it was estimated that one- to be established and a new “proletarian” tion proposed by the opposition urges third of the city’s water supply is lost due Donetsk Oblast Chairman Viktor President Leonid Kuchma to step down workforce imported. These directives Yanukovych, the People’s Choice caucus to leakages before it ever arrives at its seem to have given no thought to the and, in the event he refuses to do so, calls destination. However, new pipes and put forward First Vice Prime Minister Oleh question of where the water for the extra Dubyna, and the Labor Ukraine-Party of (Continued on page 17) pumps alone cannot solve all the city’s population and industrial activity was to water problems. be found. 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When surveyors went out to The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com “reactionary” and “backward-looking” inspect possible routes and sources, they — pipelines were “progressive” and encountered vehement protests – and in The Ukrainian Weekly, November 3, 2002, No. 44, Vol. LXX “socialist”), but almost certainly the Copyright © 2002 The Ukrainian Weekly planners were not unaware of the securi- (Continued on page 15) No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 3 Helsinki Commission urges Lviv boy who survived Sknyliv disaster among survivors of Moscow hostage drama by Roman Woronowycz while another three Ukrainians still are not fully understood the reason for maintaining close eye on Kuchma’s Kyiv Press Bureau accounted for, reported Ukraine’s Ministry secrecy and supported the manner in which of Foreign Affairs on October 30. The the hostage-taking was ended. financial dealings KYIV – Kyrylo Holovenko, 13, of Lviv Chechen guerrilas held 40 Ukrainians dur- “These are national secrets which may be survived the Sknyliv Air Show in July only ing the three days they had control of the of use in future actions,” explained Yevhen to travel to Moscow two months later, Russian Palace of Culture in the Dubrovka Marchuk on Studio 1+1 Television’s WASHINGTON – Leaders of the U.S. where his mother, her sister and he decided Helsinki Commission have urged section of southern Moscow. evening news program on October 28. “No to go to see the Russian musical, “Nord- The gas that was released into the build- country releases such information.” Secretary of State Colin Powell to keep a Ost,” on October 23. To their misfortune, it close eye on President Leonid Kuchma’s ing after the Chechens began shooting President Leonid Kuchma, who cut short was the same day a group of Chechen financial dealings after recent revelations hostages in response to Russian failures to a state visit to Croatia on October 24 and extremists bent on suicide in order to further that the Ukrainian personally approved heed their demands, according to govern- returned to Kyiv to monitor the hostage sit- an arms deal with Iraq. the cause of an independent Chechnya took ment officials, knocked out the 50 or so ter- uation, also fully supported the operation. In their letter to Mr. Powell, the bipar- siege of the theater and demanded that all rorists and their hundreds of hostages. On October 28, his press secretary, Olha tisan commission leadership said Mr. Russian troops should leave Chechnya or Russian special forces troops then stormed Hromnytska, said the Ukrainian president Kuchma’s “action makes a mockery of else some 800 theater-goers would die. the building, killing all but a few of the had thanked the Russian military special international efforts to isolate Saddam Today, Kyrylo can say he escaped the Chechen guerrillas. services for their professionalism, while Hussein’s outlaw regime while ... signifi- Moscow tragedy, too – albeit barely. On While journalists and many Western offi- also offering condolences to the families of cantly increasing the risk to U.S. and Monday evening he awoke from a two-day cials questioned why it took the Russian the Russian and Ukrainian victims. U.K. military personnel who are current- coma in a Moscow hospital as his parents government four days to reveal that the “Despite all the talk about the expedien- ly policing the ‘no-fly’ zones and may be watched. gaseous chemical they released into the the- cy of using the gas during the hostage- called upon to conduct additional opera- Others were not as lucky. Three ater was an opiate derivative called release operation, the Russian authorities tions against Iraq.” Ukrainians were among the nearly 120 vic- Fantonyl – a delay that cost dozens of lives did their best to save human lives,” said Ms. Helsinki Commission leaders signing tims of the gassing of the Moscow theater because doctors did not know how to treat Hromnytska. the letter were Chairman Sen. Ben that preceded the freeing of the hostages, the victims – Ukrainian officials said they (Continued on page 23) Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.), Co- Chairman Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R- N.J.), Ranking Member Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Husar blesses... Ranking Member Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (Continued from page 1) (D-Md.). hectare stretch of city land that sits along “We are deeply troubled by recently Ukraine’s main waterway. It will stand published information making it clear almost directly opposite Ukraine’s holiest that Ukrainian President Leonid D. religious shrine, the Monastery of the Kuchma gave his personal approval for Caves (Pecherska Lavra). the sale of sophisticated military equip- Construction of the church is the first ment to Iraq,” the leaders wrote in a let- phase of a plan that will eventually turn the ter to Powell. site into the UGCC’s new home and admin- “It is difficult to see Mr. Kuchma’s istrative headquarters. The initial stage also approval of this sale as anything other includes the building of the patriarchal resi- than a hostile and reckless act,” the lead- dence and administrative office. Eventually ers wrote. “Such criminal conduct by the a religious/cultural center and a school are leader of a country that has been a major envisioned for the complex on another two- beneficiary of U.S. political support and hectare plot that the city has given UGCC financial assistance is outrageous and officials an option to take. demands a clear and firm response from Today, however, the territory is dominat- the administration.” ed by towering, dinosaur-like construction Strong action is warranted to demon- machinery and the bareness of the cleared strate to President Kuchma, as well as to territory. That will quickly change as work (Continued on page 10) begins. The completion date is autumn 2004. The decision to go with a location on the left bank of Kyiv, which was proposed by Kyiv city officials, did not come without controversy. Initially, the UGCC had hoped Schaffer advises Bush: it would receive a sizable plot of land in the city center, located on the opposite bank of do not meet with Kuchma the Dnipro River. City officials, however, WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman insisted that the left bank site would not Bob Schaffer (R-Colo.) on October 28 only allow the UGCC to receive more land, counseled President George W. Bush but it would finally put a church on the against meeting President Leonid other bank of the Dnipro. Eventually Kuchma of Ukraine at the November 21 church leaders saw the benefits of the site NATO summit in Prague, where NATO and the symbolism of a location across Roman Woronowycz from the Monastery of the Caves, and members and partner countries will dis- Cardinal Lubomyr Husar blesses the cornerstone for the patriarchal sobor in Kyiv. cuss key issues affecting Euro-Atlantic relented. security and stability, terrorism and “It is a beautiful location on the left bank Not all were pleased however. While Representatives of the other two membership enlargement. of Ukraine, which is symbolic because it is young Mykhailo Chyrylo, 17, said “it Orthodox Churches, however, were more “President Kuchma’s consent to the the left bank of this country that most par- would have been better if it had been locat- accommodating regarding a UGCC patriar- sale of the Kolchuha system, an aerial ticularly needs a new announcement of the ed closer to the center,” 76-year-old Vasyl chal center in Kyiv. surveillance system manufactured in Gospel,” said the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, Smerechanskyi bluntly stated, “It isn’t such The Rev. Valerii Kopiika, head of the Ukraine, to Iraq is the epitome of reck- rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University a great place.” patriarchal chancery of the Ukrainian less behavior,” wrote Rep. Schaffer in a in Lviv, after the ceremony. “If it was the Moscow Patriarchate Autocephalous Orthodox Church said he letter he tendered to the American presi- The several hundred faithful who were requesting a site, they would have received did not believe the construction of a UGCC dent and submitted in the Congressional present at the blessing ceremony agreed, for something right in the city center,” com- cathedral affected the UAOC. Record. According to Rep. Schaffer, the most part. Many noted the striking sym- mented Mr. Smerechanskyi. “It does not interfere with our spiritual President Kuchma’s approval is a clear bolism expressed by the sobor’s location The Moscow Patriarchate, when contact- life,” explained the Rev. Kopiika. and direct violation of United Nations across from the Monastery of the Caves, a ed by The Weekly for its stand on the con- The Rev. Borys Tabachyk, administrative sanctions. complex of caves and churches located on a struction of the cathedral, expressed reser- director of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church The Kolchuha system is a passive, hill on the right bank of the Dnipro River, vations about a UGCC religious complex in – Kyiv Patriarchate, agreed that the building aerial surveillance system, which tracks which has been the spiritual center of the Kyiv. of a UGCC patriarchal center in Kyiv was radio emissions of airplanes. The transfer Rus’-Ukraine since the 11th century. Today “Who needs a giant sobor that holds basically an internal matter for that Church. of this technology to Iraq, according to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow 5,000 people?” queried UOC-MP Yet he went further and even proposed that Rep. Schaffer, “threatens U.S. forces Patriarchate controls that complex. spokesman the Rev. Heorhii Kovalenko. it should be viewed as a positive event for patrolling the no-fly zone in Iraq and “It is a beautiful location – on the banks “But it is clear from this that the Greek- Ukraine. jeopardizes the security of the region. of the river that extends to the Monastery of Catholic Church has placed before itself the “They have the right to have their own President Kuchma’s approval of the the Caves – which expresses our desire for aim of filling the church with those chris- church in which they can pray to the Lord,” Kolchuha sale, and the subsequent unity,” explained Iryna Kulchynska of Lviv. tened in the Orthodox faith. In Church lan- explained the Rev. Tabachyk. “And we denials by him and his administration Meanwhile, Mykhailyna Melnyk of guage, this is called proselytization.” have hope that the building of this church despite irrefutable evidence to the con- Kyiv said that she most liked the bucolic The representative also noted that the will stimulate cooperation between our trary, indicate he has no serious intention setting. “It is nice, very calm. God’s bless- UOC-MP has made little headway for its Churches for the good of Ukraine and its (Continued on page 10) ing will come unto this place,” she said. own episcopal center in Lviv. spiritual development.” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 No. 44

OBITUARIES

Remembering a friend BohdanKEW GARDENS, Pevny, N.Y. – Bohdan artist,of the post-war writer period, in 1955 and he co- art critic, 71 Pevny, artist, arts writer and critic and founded, and served as the first president, Below are excerpts of a personal co-editor of the journal Suchasnist, died of the Society of Young Ukrainian Artists statement by Taras Hunczak, pro- on September 7 at the age of 71. which worked closely with another fessor of history at Rutgers Born June 4, 1931, in Lutsk, in the newly created kindred grouping the New University, former editor-in-chief of Suchasnist, and friend and col- Volyn region of Ukraine, the son of Petro York Group of writers. league of Bohdan Pevny. and Zinaida née Mytz, Bohdan Pevny Among those who were part of the came from a family with a strong jour- “Young Artists” were: Volodymyr The recent death of Bohdan Pevny, Bachynsky, Irena Fedyshyn, Slava nalistic and arts tradition, areas of inter- a great loss to the world of Ukrainian est that he pursued as a life-long avoca- Gerulak, Zenowij Onyshkewych, Borys culture, is also a great loss to me on a tion. Pachovsky, Arcadia Petryshyn, Evhen personal level. As a war refugee and a displaced per- Salamakha, Bohdan Tytla, Liubomyr My acquaintance with Bohdan son, he attended the gymnasium in Voronevych, Yaroslav Wyznyckyj and dates back to 1953, the year I moved Dillingen, Germany, and in 1951 Zhenia Zhylekhivska. The group held from Buffalo to New York. We soon embarked on studies in journalism at the four exhibits annually, with a first major discovered that we had much in com- Ludwig Maximillian Universität in exhibit held at Barbizon Plaza on 57th mon. We were both students at the Munich. As a student he was keen on Street in New York. It is at these time. Bohdan, who was a year older doing political cartoons for Ukrainian exhibits that Mr. Pevny’s work was first than I, knew clearly what he wanted to newsapapers, e.g., Ukrainskyi exhibited. do in life – he wanted to be an artist. Samostiinyk, that came out in Munich Upon completion of his studies, he Bohdan’s formal education was and Ukrainets-Chas of Paris, an activity became a member of the Ukrainian supplemented by informal meetings which he later continued for émigré pub- Artists’ Association in the United States, with the leading Ukrainian émigré lications in the West (Natsionalna regularly took part in its exhibits and artists and poets of the day of the pre- Trybuna, America, Svoboda and the beginning in 1963 served in various vious generation. It was these meet- Bohdan Pevny in Kyiv in 2001. humor magazine Lys Mykyta). posts of the organization. ings that brought us together. The Upon emigrating to the United States Mr. Pevny was author of numerous meetings would usually take place on in 1951, Mr. Pevny studied art at the articles on art which appeared in both Mr. Pevny was among the first cultural weekends at the Lys Mykyta in down- School of Visual Arts, the National émigré journals (Suchasnist, Terem, activists who established contact with his town New York, where such promi- Academy of Design and the Art Students Krylati) as well as publications in counterparts in Soviet Ukraine, at a time nent figures as theater director and League in New York, as well as at Ukraine (Kultura i Zhyttia, Ukraina, when such contacts elicited various actor Josyf Hirniak, poets and editors Columbia and New York universities. Dzvin, Pamiatky Ukrainy, Slovo i Chas, responses both in the diaspora and in Yevhen Malaniuk and Bohdan Ukraine. Concurrently, he continued his jour- Starozhytnosti, Nasha Vira and Volynska Krawciw, artists Mychailo Moroz and Mr. Pevny was co-organizer of the nalistic activity writing for Ukrainian Trybuna) and arts editor of various publi- Sviatoslav Hordynsky, and writer Ivan exhibit “Contemporary Graphic Art of student publications such as Horyzonty cations, including the monograph Kernytky, to cite a few, would gather Ukraine” (1971), which was formed on and Feniks, and as member of the edito- “Mykola Nedilko,” which came out as a for informal discussions over a glass the basis of loans from collections in the rial staff of Studentske Slovo (Student publication of UVAN in 1983 and a book of wine or beer. Bohdan and I referred United States; he was also co-organizer, Word), a montly supplement to the of ex-libris from the collection of to these gatherings as weekend semi- with Profs. Taras Hunczak and Roman nars in Ukrainian culture. Svoboda daily based in Jersey City, N.J. Patriarch Mstyslav of the Ukrainian Voronka, of the 1988 exhibit “13 Artists An active participant in the vibrant Orthodox Church. Upon completion of our studies we pursued our respective careers. For Ukrainian émigré arts scene in New York After his first trip to Ukraine in 1970, (Continued on page 19) his part, apart from painting, book design and illustration, Bohdan began to display, rather early in his career, a predilection for art writing and criti- cism. Indeed, those were the areas to Zenon Onufryk, community activist and leader, 66 which he made the greatest contribu- WHIPPANY, N.J. – Zenon Onufryk, a Independence Day on January 22 and whose goal was to correct inaccuracies in tion in the field of Ukrainian culture. well-known community activist in Morris was the community’s liaison to local, the information and news media as they His essays and articles appeared in County, N.J., died on September 24 after county and state officials. In addition, he pertained to Ukraine and Ukrainians. One various journals and newspapers. a long struggle with cancer. He was 66. organized various social functions for the of the results of his work was a regularly Bohdan was also an art critic, per- Mr. Onufryk was born on April 13, area’s Ukrainians, ranging from picnics published Media Action Coalition page forming a thankless, yet most impor- 1936, in Rohatyn, Ukraine. He arrived in to dances. in The Ukrainian Weekly, that included tant and necessary, function for artists the United States in 1950, settling with Mr. Onufryk was a human rights “Action Items” encouraging Ukrainian and a community interested in art. activist and defender of Ukrainian dissi- his parents in Rochester, N.Y., where he community response to erroneous or mis- Bohdan’s most popular, and best- dents during the Cold War period. He received a public high school education. leading reports published and broadcast known work in Ukraine, was a render- He studied electrical engineering at the organized demonstrations in support of in the media, inappropriate listings in ing of Taras Shevchenko with the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Ukrainian human rights activists and news media stylebooks and other refer- admonishing subtext: “Do your chil- State University of New York – College other public events aimed at building ence works, as well as useful information dren speak my language?” The Rukh at Morrisville. awareness of Soviet violations of human, for readers such as how to contact the Fund made 5,000 reproductions of the After completing his studies, Mr. national and religious rights. He was media and the importance of proper ter- painting as posters, and Bohdan and I Onufryk moved to New Jersey, where he especially active on ad hoc committees minology. The MAC pages were pub- took them to Ukraine. Subsequently, I worked as an engineer for AT&T – Bell that organized visits to Morris County by lished in The Weekly in the early 1980s. would come upon these posters at Laboratories, today known as Lucent released Ukrainian political prisoners He was active in the Rochester and numerous public gatherings. Technologies. He retired in 2001 after 42 Leonid Pliusch and Valentyn Moroz, later the Newark, N.J., branches of Plast Bohdan was an active member of years with the company. which garnered much publicity for the Ukrainian Scouting Organization both as the Ukrainian Artists’ Association, In the Ukrainian community of Morris Ukrainian cause in the local news media. a youth counselor and in administrative serving in various capacities of its County, N.J., Mr. Onufryk was involved A strong proponent of Ukrainian capacities, and was among the leaders of governing body. As a member of in myriad activities, from the school of Americans’ involvement in the U.S. many Plast camps for both “novaky” (age UAA, he was instrumental in organiz- Ukrainian studies, to the Ukrainian political system, he was active in local 6-11) and “yunaky” (age 11-18). ing the exhibit “Contemporary Congress Committee of America, head- politics, establishing contacts with elect- Mr. Onufryk was a member of the Graphic Art of Ukraine” that was held ing the local UCCA branch (first known ed officials from the town and county up Chornomortsi fraternity of Plast and was in New York in 1971, and, jointly with as the Whippany Branch and later as the to the state and national levels. Among one of the founders in 1955 of its Roman Voronka and me, the “13 Morris County Branch) for several years. the politicians with whom Mr. Onufryk Rochester-based crew (branch) called Artists from Ukraine” exhibit, which As head of the Morris County UCCA, worked closely were the late Rep. Viking. As a Chornomorets, he was an was held at the Ukrainian Institute of Mr. Onufryk was involved also in the Millicent Fenwick; the late Dean Gallo, a organizer of many sea scouting camps in America in New York in 1988. work of the UCCA New Jersey freeholder who later was elected to the the years 1955-1965, serving twice as the When I became editor-in-chief of Coordinating Council, most prominently U.S. Congress; and Rep. Rodney captain of such camps. His specialty in Suchasnist in 1984, I invited Bohdan in the realm of education, as he endeav- Frelinghuysen, the current congressman the fraternity was navigation and to become the journal’s arts editor. He ored to have the Ukrainian Famine- from New Jersey’s 11th District, whom pilotage. worked in that capacity until 1996 Genocide of 1932-1933 included in the Mr. Onufryk supported first as a county Mr. Onufryk also aided in the estab- when, together with Ivan Dzyuba, he state’s school curriculum. As well, he freeholder, then as a state assemblyman. lishment of the Chornomorski Khvyli became co-editor of Suchasnist. He was involved in trying to correct inaccu- Mr. Onufryk also was actively sorority of Plast, and subsequently in the worked tirelessly and with complete racies regarding the Soviet Union and involved in committees supporting the creation of the Chornomorska Rada, a dedication to the journal, which he Russia that appeared in the textbooks unveiling of the Taras Shevchenko monu- council encompassing Plast’s sea scout- considered a major forum and vehicle used in the state’s high schools, thus per- ment in Washington and later in local ing units. In 1965 he married a member for Ukrainian culture. petuating misperceptions about that commemorations of the Millennium of of the Chornomorski Khvyli, Irena Working with Bohdan all these region of the world. Christianity in Rus’-Ukraine. Omecinskyj. years was a pleasure and a rewarding He played key roles in the annual In the late 1970s Mr. Onufryk was a experience. I shall miss him. commemorations of Ukrainian founder of the Media Action Coalition, (Continued on page 16) No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 5 Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Metropolia Center marks 50th jubilee

by Hieromonk Daniel SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Saturday, September 28, found Orthodox Christians from all over the world arriving at the Metropolia Center in South Bound Brook, N.J., to give thanks to Almighty God for the blessings and graces He has bestowed on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. – especially on the 50th anniversary of the Metropolia Center. Continuing to recuperate from his recent surgery, the pri- mate of the UOC-U.S.A., Metropolitan Constantine, could not be with the faithful for this glorious celebration. He was with them, however, in prayer and his words of greeting were read at the liturgy by the Protopresbyter Frank Estocin. Archbishop Antony, ruling archbishop of the Eastern Eparchy and president of the Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.; Archbishop Vsevelod, rul- ing bishop of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.; Archbishop Yurij of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada; Bishop Dimitrios of the Greek Orthodox Church of America; were greeted at the door to St. Andrew’s Memorial Church. Also concelebrating were 47 priests, including the Rt. Rev. Protopresbyter Wasyl Makarenko, president of the Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, and three deacons. Present for the liturgy was Bishop Basil Losten of the Stamford Eparchy of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Responses to the liturgy were sung by the St. Andrew Memorial Church Choir of South Bound Brook, N.J., under the direction of Taras Pavlovsky. Archbishop Antony receives a donation from Archbishop Vsevelod, who on September 27 had cele- Bohdan Kekish of Self Reliance New York Federal The faithful are gathered for the blessing of the brated his 15th anniversary of ordination as a bishop, Credit Union. Transfiguration Chapel on the Apostolic Prayer Trail. preached in Ukrainian during the liturgy. He extolled the vision and the dedication of the UOC’s spiritual fathers, Archbishop Yurij, Bishop Dimitrios (speaking on behalf of especially over the past five years here at the Metropolia Metropolitan John and Patriarch Mstyslav for realizing the Archbishop Dimitrios) and a representative of the clergy of Center. They also thanked the UOC-U.S.A. Church for its necessity of having a diocesan center, museum and cultural the Byelorussian Orthodox Church (speaking for ever-present help to the Church and faithful in Ukraine. center as an anchor for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Iziaslav). Father Michael Petlak gave a very moving talk on the here in America and in the Ukrainian diaspora. He praised Bishop Basil Losten gave greetings and spoke about the history of the founding of the Metropolia Center. Daria the dedication and perseverance of the people in making need to continue to support the spreading of God’s word. Pishko, president of the Ukrainian Orthodox League of the this dream a reality. Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyj of the Embassy of Ukraine in U.S.A., Nadiya Mirchuk, president of the United Ukrainian Mentioning St. Andrew Memorial Church, Archbishop Washington and Markian Kulyk of Ukraine’s Permanent Orthodox Sisterhoods, Michael Heretz, president of the St. Vsevolod said: Mission to the United Nations spoke of the accomplish- Andrew Society; and Dennis Quinlan, representative of “The Memorial Church – this is the combined monu- ments of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America and (Continued on page 18) ment over the graves of our forefathers – those related to us and most dear to us. The Memorial Church – this is the expression of our deep respect for the heroes and martyrs of our Ukrainian nation. The Memorial Church – this is the very humble cross over the graves of millions of victims of the genocidal famine ploughed over by the enemy. Ukrainian leaders support Rendell for Pennsylvania governor “The Memorial Church – this is our feeble attempt to recreate the majesty of the Ukrainian Churches destroyed by the Moscow communists in just the 20th century. The Memorial Church – this is the creation of the free Ukrainian spirit, inseparably joined to the ancient Ukrainian style of Church construction. “The Memorial Church – this is our humble contribution to the treasury of spiritual and cultural wealth of the United States of America. The Memorial Church – this is evidence that those who contributed in any way to her construction, lived not only for themselves, but for the future generations of our nation.” Following the liturgy, all the bishops, priests, deacons and faithful participated in the blessing of the Apostolic Prayer Trail. Fifteen icons were placed on wooden crosses along the path between the memorial church and the ceme- tery. The icons depict the 12 Apostles, St. Paul, St. Volodymyr the Great and St. Olha, and the icon of the Transfiguration. Archbishop Antony explained that the path of holiness that the apostles and the Equal to the Apostles Ss. Volodymyr and Olha took ultimately led their lives to be transfigured by the grace of God. This is the path that all must walk in our daily lives to accept as Orthodox Christians God’s transfiguring grace, he added. As the bishops and faithful proceeded to the icon of the Transfiguration, the priests who concelebrated were assigned to walk to one of the icons of the holy apostles Oleg Antonyuk/America together with any parishioners from their respective parishes. After the hierarchs said the prayer of blessing, PHILADELPHIA – Ukrainian community leaders met with Ed Rendell, the former mayor of Philadelphia, on the memorial church bells rang, signaling the priests at the Wednesday, October 23, to show their support for his candidacy for governor of the Commonwealth of various monuments to bless their respective icons with Pennsylvania. The president of the Ukrainian Human Rights Committee, Ulana Mazurkevich, introduced the holy water. delegation (seen above, from left): Ihor Fedoriw (Ukrainian Medical Association of North America), Iryna Hieromonk Daniel, director of the Office for Public Korchynsky (Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics), Myron Soltys (Ukrainian Congress Committee of Relations, and Natalia Honcharenko, Director of the Office America), Irene Skulsky (Ukrainian Human Rights Committee), Mr. Rendell, Ms. Mazurkevich, Andre Michniak of Cultural and Ethnic Affairs were the masters of cere- (Ukrainian American Bar Association) and Ed Zetnick (Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center). Speaking monies for the jubilee banquet later that day. on behalf of the delegation, Ms. Mazurkevich stated: “As mayor of the ‘City of Brotherly Love,’ you turned a city Present in addition to the hierarchs and clergy who were with a junk bond status and the largest deficit in its history, into a city with a surplus. You stopped job loss and at the divine liturgy was Metropolitan Iziaslav of the created 20,000 new jobs in your first year alone. You cut the business and wage tax five years in a row. Mayor Byelorussian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Remarks at Rendell, you have proven yourself to be an experienced leader with a ‘can-do’ attitude – this is what the banquet were delivered by Archbishop Antony, Pennsylvania needs.” 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 No. 44

D.C. CONFERENCE ADDRESS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Historic wrong must be righted Ukraine’s image problem:

Between 1914 and 1920, 8,579 “enemy aliens” were interned by order of the complicated by the reality Canadian government under the War Measures Act, their property and possessions Following is the text of remarks pre- confiscated, their civil rights revoked. Over 5,000 of them were Ukrainians – immi- centered in Moscow for the past 300 pared by Roman Woronowycz of The grants from the territories then under the control of the Austro-Hungarian empire. years. In a world of commonwealths, Ukrainian Weekly’s Kyiv Press Bureau Another 80,000 – the vast majority of them Ukrainians – were required to register as economic unions and treaty organiza- for the third annual Washington round- enemy aliens and to report regularly to local authorities. The internees were used as tions, too often states are grouped by table on “Ukraine’s Quest for Mature labor to develop Canada’s infrastructure: national parks, logging, mills, mines, rail- geopolitical similarities and/or political Nation Statehood” held on October 8-9. ways and bridges. It was slave labor, pure and simple. All this occurred despite the ideologies. At times, this happens to sim- The topic of this year’s roundtable was fact that none of these people was shown to be disloyal to Canada. plify a complicated world, but ultimately Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic communi- In April of last year, Member of Parliament (MP) Inky Mark introduced a bill “to it also maintains the status quo, and min- ty. The Weekly editor was one of the pan- recognize the injustice that was done to persons of Ukrainian descent and other imise risk, unpredictability and change. elists during a working lunch featuring Europeans who were interned at the time of the first world war.” What exactly does Part of the problem for Ukraine lies in the bill seek? Plaques at all of the 24 sites of internment camps, a museum in Banff journalists active in Ukraine, including National Park to tell the story of the internment operations and educational materials correspondents from Ukraine-based to be used in schools. The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, which for media and the Financial Times. Paul 15 years has been the leading organization lobbying for redress, and the Ukrainian Goble, senior adviser to the director of ... positive P.R. will Canadian Congress, the umbrella organization of Ukrainians in Canada, today speak Voice of America, served as moderator go only as far as the with one voice in negotiating restitution for the internment operations. The two groups for the panel. are negotiating a settlement with the government based on Mr. Mark’s Bill C-331. As most observers of Ukraine will truth can carry it. At the beginning of this month, as part of Project Roll Call, over 37,000 Canadian agree, Ukraine has been and continues to ... Ukraine needs to households will receive a postcard from UCCLA asking if they are descendants of be looked at through a rather distorted those interned in 1914-1920. These thousands were chosen because their surnames prism, in which, first Chornobyl and now clean up its image matched or were similar to the names on the UCCLA’s Roll Call list of internees; thus, Kolchuha air defense systems, as well as by changing the they may be descendants or perhaps even survivors of the internment operation. Dr. corruption, air catastrophes and the dire Lubomyr Luciuk, UCCLA’s director of research, explained that part of the tragedy of plight of the Donbas miners are most reality. the internment operations lies in the fact that those interned “rarely, if ever, mentioned quickly associated with Ukraine. what was done to them – they did not leave memoirs or documents, and the few who This has left the country with a grave did to this day are often reluctant to share them with researchers like us.” He added, image problem that is beginning to border “So there was fear – there may still be some fear out there.” Nonetheless, the UCCLA on stereotype. The Ukrainian spouse of a the historical record, as well. The Soviet is hopeful that it will find some survivors and more documentation, and that it will friend of mine, who had just completed Union, and the Russian Empire before it, succeed in persuading them to join in the community’s united effort to secure redress. graduate studies at Georgetown did a very good job of downplaying and To be sure, Bill C-331 will have to be reintroduced, since the Parliament was pro- University, went looking for a job. One extinguishing Ukrainian history. How rogued in September, and Mr. Mark has indicated that he will do just that. The good headhunter to whom he turned, ostensibly many people here know that Pylyp Orlyk, news is that the bill was supported in the past by MP Jean Augustine, now secretary of no expert on Ukraine, told him “Just don’t the head of the Ukrainian Kozak State, state for multiculturalism, and that recent meetings with Ms. Augustine and Minister remind them that you’re Ukrainian.” developed the first Constitution in of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps have shown that both are inclined to work with So when we talk about how NATO and Europe? How is it that so many scholars UCCLA/UCC negotiators on some kind of “reconciliation.” In addition, just this the West consider Ukraine, and whether still have difficulty accepting that week there were signals from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien that he will review the 1- enough has been done to promote knowl- Muscovy and Russia were not the succes- million-strong Ukrainian Canadian community’s calls for recognition of this historic sor states to the Kyivan Rus’ grand injustice and reconciliation. edge about other aspects of Ukraine in the Euro-Atlantic community, we need to duchy, which actually moved westward That, indeed, would be a positive and honorable legacy, much akin to that of Prime after the Mongolian onslaught, not east- Minister Brian Mulroney, who heeded Japanese Canadians’ calls for justice regarding begin with these perceptions. Leonid Kravchuk, the former president ward? their internment during World War II and in 1988 rose in the House of Commons to The historical record needs to be cor- issue an apology. Furthermore, if PM Chrétien were to act on the internment issue, he of Ukraine and now a leading member of its Parliament, who has initiated an effort rected and, more importantly, recognized. would keep the promise made in writing nine years ago during the election campaign. The problem confronting contemporary The Ukrainian Canadian community has waited 82 years for justice. We hope that to improve Ukraine’s image abroad through a public relations effort has the Ukrainian spinmasters is how to break justice is at hand, and that a legacy of the Chrétien years will be that such a heinous deeply ingrained habits, patterns and per- episode in Canadian history is never, ever repeated. right idea: Ukraine must begin to talk itself up, to show how far Westward it ceptions, which Euro-Atlantic countries – has come on the political radar screen. particularly their politicians and academ- Yet positive P.R. will go only as far as ics, need to do to get a proper perception Nov. the truth can carry it. P.R. alone will not of Ukraine. suffice for the simple reason that what the It is the failure to accept the most Turning the pages back... world has chosen to see are not simple basic, and oftentimes banal matters that is misperceptions. To a disappointing most disconcerting and irritating to me 5 degree, they reflect very real problems when I see how the West continues to within Ukrainian society, the government view Ukraine. In regards to the press, a 1932 To mark the 50th anniversary of one of history’s most horrify- and the body politic. fair first step towards a proper perspec- ing cases of genocide – the Great Famine of 1932-1933, in which And, I must admit that as I speak these tive on Ukraine would be for the giants of some 7 million Ukrainians perished, this newspaper ran a column words I am besmirching Ukraine’s image foreign journalism, especially the devoted to a chronology of reports about the man-made Famine. further. But, at the end of the day, the fact Associated Press and The New York The column relied on news from Svoboda and, later, The Ukrainian Weekly (which began remains that adjusting negative percep- Times, to stop spelling Ukraine’s capital publication in October 1933). Following is an excerpt dealing with events of 70 years ago. tions is one thing and changing reality is as K-i-e-v, and begin using the officially On November 5, 1932, Svoboda reported on a new book on Soviet agriculture that had another. Ukraine needs to clean up its sanctioned K-y-i-v. If they could make appeared in Germany. Consisting of essays by 16 specialists, including journalists who had image by changing the reality. They, and the change from Peking to Beijing, then spent time in the USSR, it attempted to explain the agricultural situation in the USSR. we, have heard this all before: Ukraine going from Kiev to Kyiv should be easy. On November 10, 1932, Svoboda headlines read “The Famine in Ukraine Intensifies.” needs to become more transparent in Yet, after 10 years of Ukrainian inde- Datelined Kiev, the story read: “From all parts of Ukraine, the richest breadbasket of commercial transactions, tax collection, pendence, and with a new, state-sanc- Europe, comes news of the growing famine. From all parts of Ukraine, cries of ‘Bread, judicial decision-making and corporate tioned spelling in place since about 1993, bread, bread’ are heard, but there is none to be found.” governance, and it has to start combating leading international media still have not Forced collectivization, reported Svoboda, resulted in the peasantry planting only corruption. adopted the change. enough grain for its own needs. However, the government collected grain from the people Ukraine finally needs to reinforce the Ukraine, which had received some and continued to export the same amount of grain, if not more, than ever before. The popu- notion of the rule of law, and it needs to attention from the United States in recent lation had eaten up its livestock during the previous winter, reported the newspaper. The show it will guarantee freedom of the years because Washington needed a part- government, reported Svoboda, had issued food cards to the peasants. Bread prices contin- press before clan and political interests. ner in the region at a time when its rela- ued to be very high, and bread was scarce. Only then can public relations be used to tionship with Moscow was lukewarm at European newspapers also speculated as to the situation in the Soviet Union. On polish and proclaim the truth about best, has lost that aspect of its foreign November 15, 1932, Svoboda also carried a commentary published in a Vienna daily, Ukraine, instead of trying to create a relations since George W. Bush became which described the Soviet Union as a country “covered by a veil of haze” from the rest of baseless spin – a fog through which the president. In the political atmosphere of Europe. The paper reported that samples of bread had been smuggled out of the USSR and West easily sees. post-9/11, Washington’s strategic ties to analyzed in a Munich lab. The bread was composed of ingredients that did not justify it While Ukraine needs to make political Ukraine have weakened further as the being called bread. The lab report read: “It is not rich, it is of a dark gray-green color, looks and economic changes, and to get the U.S. has moved closer to Russia, and the unappetizing, does not taste like any other bread and leaves a bitter aftertaste.” Another word out that it has done so, the West job before Kyiv for NATO entry has got- European newspaper reported that: “To obtain bread ... one must stand in long lines for long needs to begin to look at Ukraine differ- ten that much tougher. hours, both day and night, and even then one is not guaranteed the bread rations on food ently. The Euro-Atlantic community must This has happened even as Ukraine cards. There is no need to mention butter, eggs, meat, fat, sugar – none of this is available.” stop looking at Ukraine through the prism has contributed much to the war on ter- rorism by allowing more than 4,000 fly- Source: “The Great Famine (Part XI, November 1932),” The Ukrainian Weekly, May 1, of Russia. Too many continue to view the 1983, Vol. LI, No. 18. country as a region of the empire that was (Continued on page 15) No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 7

FOR THE RECORD Faces and Places Union of Ukrainians in Poland by Myron B. Kuropas statementFollowing is a position paperon released Akcjaable tendency Wisla not to commemorate tragic in Warsaw on October 12 by the board of episodes of Ukrainian history and to slow the Union of Ukrainians in Poland con- down the reconstruction of Ukrainian Soyuzivka ... then and now during the early years. cerning the elimination of the conse- memorials in Poland. Such state bodies as Soyuzivka! What a wonderful sound. Thanks to leadership provided by UNA quences Akcja Wisla. (the Board for the Protection of What memories for thousands of executives such as Dmytro Halychyn, Monuments of Struggle and Martyrdom) Ukrainians from the United States, Joseph Lesawyer, Jaroslaw Padoch and In 2002 the Ukrainian community in have broken all substantive contacts with Canada, Ukraine and, indeed, the world. Walter Sochan, who realized that Poland commemorates the 55th anniver- the board of the Union of Ukrainians in Dancing under the stars. Romance. Soyuzivka needed to be constantly sary of the Wisla operation which was car- Poland, decisions about burials and com- Weddings. Miss Soyuzivka. Archipenko’s upgraded to remain viable, the resort ried in 1947. In its aftermath, Ukrainians memoration of Ukrainian sites in Poland Shevchenko. Concerts. Campfires. Steak eventually turned the corner. A new, were deported from their indigenous lands are not made in consultation with social nights. Children’s camp. Mountains. Olympic-sized pool was built, a dance to northern and western regions of Poland. organizations of Ukrainians. Sometimes it Cultural courses. Hiking. Tennis camp. hall was constructed and more tennis Members of the entire Ukrainian commu- takes years for decisions on some issues Swimming. Lounging by the pool. courts were added. By the middle of the nity were deprived of their civil rights in raised by the Ukrainian community to be Friends. Home-cooked Ukrainian food. 1960s, the UNA resort was so popular that violation of the law. They were dispos- made (e.g., regarding the reconstratuion of Danny. Kwas. Chemnyi. Who can ever reservations needed to be made a year in sessed of their property, including the the monument in Lancut cemetery of the forget any of that? advance. To work at Soyuzivka during the property of social and religious organiza- soldiers of the Ukrainian National Soyuzivka. Nowhere else in the world summer months, young people had to be tions. Some Ukrainians were incarcerated Republic, completion of the reconstructed could one find the same kind of ambience, recommended by their UNA branch secre- without due process at the concentration cemetery of UNR soldiers in Kalisz). In spirit, splendor. This is where one met tary as people of good character. There camp in Jaworzno. 2000, neither the families nor organiza- friends as well as one’s future wife. This were always more applicants than vacant This coming anniversary of the deporta- tions representing the Ukrainian communi- is where one got married. This is where positions. The best way to become tion presents an opportunity for representa- ty were consulted when UPA solidiers, one went to relax and enjoy the grandeur employed was to attend the cultural cours- tives of Ukrainian organizations, which whose bodies had been exhumed from of the mountains of upstate New York. es one year and apply for a position the promote respect for civil rights as well as common graves at Bircza and Liszna, were This is where one returned, year after next. national and cultural identity of Polish citi- buried, and the opening ceremony of the year, to recapture the Soyuzivka mystique. All during the 1970s and much of the zens of Ukrainian nationality, to review the cemetery of UPA soldiers has not been It all began at the 1950 UNA conven- 1980s, Soyuzivka was the mecca of the policies pursued by the Polish state held. To date, no permission has been tion in Cleveland, where a recommenda- towards the Ukrainian minority, and espe- tion was passed to purchase property for Ukrainian American community. The food granted to install new plaques to replace was good, the management reliable, and cially the way it responds to the positions the ones that had been stolen. a UNA seniors’ center within two years. that the legal and material consequences of Responding to the convention recom- the accommodations comfortable if not II. In the area of historical studies: luxurious. the Wisla operation should be eliminated. There is no information about the mendation, the UNA Supreme Executive Having reviewed various spheres of social visited various sites in New Jersey, New As the UNA adopted a business first, results of the investigation conducted by fraternalism second, approach in UNA and political life, it is with regret that we the Commission for Persecution of Crimes York, and Pennsylvania. In 1952 the conclude that what prevails in the attitude Supreme Executive purchased a former affairs, things began to change. In time, Against the Polish State regarding mass the glamor queen that was once of the authorities to the above-mentioned killings of Polish citizens of Ukrainian sanitarium owned by the estate of Dr. issues is lack of good will and lack of will- Foord in the Catskill Mountain region, or Soyuzivka began to look like a tired, nationality, while at the same time, now dowdy, old lady. The grounds were neg- ingness to take an integrated approach to and then, there are so-called “controlled more precisely the Shawangunks. the postulate of eliminating the conse- Located near the town of Kerhonkson, lected. Service was mediocre. leaks” to newspapers and electronic media Accommodations were substandard. quences of Akcja Wisla that was put for- about the results of investigations into N.Y., the property was purchased by the ward by the board of the Union of UNA for $72,000. Later, the building Soyuzivka failed to compete, to move crimes perpetrated on Poles by “Ukrainian with the times. I was present when Ukrainians (ZUwP) in Poland and submit- nationalists in Volyn,” or about the SS today known as Kyiv was purchased for ted in the form of a document to the Polish an additional $25,000. According to Soyuzivka management pleaded, nay, Galizien soldiers. Such information, when begged, for additional improvements only Parliament on November 19, 1992. properly “served,” creates a bad atmos- Daniel Slobodian, a former manager and In our opinion, in the last decade both Soyuzivka historian, “all executives were to be rebuffed by the UNA executive or phere in the debate about the future (see General Assembly. The UNA just can’t the Polish administration and political the publication in Nasz Dziennik of impressed with the possibilities of this elites not only failed to commit themselves site, not only as a place for the aged to afford it became the mantra. It was a January 5-6, which is Christmas Eve vicious circle. Improvements weren’t ini- to the eradication of those consequences, across the eastern border, titled “Smert stay, but as a resort from which all UNA but also to carry an unequivocal assess- members could benefit.” From the begin- tiated, guests didn’t come. Fewer guests, lachom smert,” or biased news about the less money. ment of the causes and effects of the participation of Ukrainian soldiers in the ning, then, UNA executives were inter- deportation, whose impact on the situation ested in providing a vacation retreat for This year we are celebrating the 50th thwarting of the Warsaw Uprising which anniversary of Soyuzivka. The new UNA of Polish citizens of Ukrainian nationality was aired by TVN on January 7-8, 2001). members, as well as a refuge for the eld- is evident to the present day. This is best erly. executives seem to be truly interested in This is accompanied by the lack of more revitalizing the grand old lady. To do so evidenced by the following facts. comprehensive information (including Major renovations had to be made in I. In the area of law: order to transform the property into an requires additional money, lots of addi- access to that information) about the inves- tional money. The penny-wise, dollar- There has been no final decision on the tigations into mass killings of Ukrainians attractive resort. A new kitchen and din- part of state bodies about the payment of ing room were built, and steel beams and foolish philosophy of the past has at Terka, Zawadka Morochowska and brought us to our present crisis and it compensations to 168 verified inmates many other locations. Due to such an girders were installed in the Main House. incarcerated without any court trials at the New roads were constructed, new water will take a prodigious effort, a monu- approach, stereotypes about the Polish- mental commitment on the part of not Central Labor Camp at Jaworzno in 1947- Ukrainian conflict at the time of World lines installed, and a parking lot con- 1949. The Ukrainians who were persecut- structed. A grand opening ceremony in just UNA members but the entire North War II are further reinforced: namely, that American Ukrainian community to save ed, tortured and punished without due there were victims only on the Polish side 1953 attracted thousands of UNA mem- process of law during the Stalin era contin- bers to the new Ukrainian National Soyuzivka. Is Soyuzivka worth saving? and that only the Ukrainians are to blame. Absolutely. With its demise will go a ue to be a community “of those rightly There was no response on the part of the Association estate, affectionately named repressed.” “Soyuzivka.” community treasure that can never be commission to some issues (e.g., the use of replicated. The absence of an act on restitution of coercion during deportations to the USSR Expansion and improvement contin- private property makes it difficult to ued. The home of Mrs. Foord was pur- Having worked at Soyuzivka; having in 1944-1946) raised by the Union of met and married Lesia (Miss Soyuzivka, address the positions voiced by the Ukrainians in Poand. chased soon after her death. Later, the Ukrainian community about the return of property next door, which included a 1957) at Soyuzivka; knowing that Stefko III. In the area of public rights and pres- met and married his Lesia at Soyuzivka; the property that had been nationalized by ent consequences of Akcja Wisla: ranch-style house, was acquired for the state in 1949. Failure to address this $32,000. The home was transformed into having attended many an annual session of The consequences of Akcja Wisla per- the Supreme and General Assembly since issue has resulted in such negative phe- tain not only to the historical and material a dormitory; a kitchen and swimming nomena as sale of the property that once pool were added, and “Lviv” came into 1962 at Soyuzivka, and blessed with mem- sphere, e.g., the dispersal of the Ukrainian ories of countless evenings in warm, con- had been owned by Ukrainians (including community, but they continue to constrain existence. The new facility was used as a cemeteries) by the Agency of Rural children’s camp during July and the site of vivial fellowship with Ukrainians from all the cultivation of the Ukrainian language over the world at Soyuzivka, her demise Property of the State Treasury and that and tradition, and prevent Polish citizens Ukrainian cultural courses in August. there are groups of citizens who had been Under the initial management of Daniel would be a personal tragedy for me. of Ukrainian nationality from being active I am elated that the newly constituted deported to work on state farms in 1947 in many walks of public life (including Slobodian, an American-born Ukrainian who have not been paid any indemnity for and Walter Kwas, a new Ukrainian immi- UNA executive is moving ahead with culture, education and public institutions). plans to keep Soyuzivka within the warm the property they lost during Akcja Wisla. The constraints give rise to the following grant, Soyuzivka struggled to survive. The Presently, this group of Ukrainians lives in post-World War II immigrants were just bosom of our community. Mnohaya Lita problems. to a cultural institution that has earned and the areas of Poland which are affected by Owing to their dispersal, Ukrainians establishing themselves in America and the highest unemployment (Western couldn’t afford summer vacations at a deserves the best that our community has cannot enjoy the beneficial rights vested in to offer. Pomerania and the Warmia and Mazury election committees of national minorities resort; older immigrants were not accus- region) and is a victim of transformations by the Election Law. As a result, our com- tomed to vacations far from home. It was for the second time in their lifetime. the younger generation who came for the Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: In recent years there has been a notice- (Continued on page 16) weekend who helped sustain Soyuzivka [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 No. 44

consciousness. Kuharenko is on a mission to rebuild the city’s main Renaissance of Kyiv... Nowhere is Kyiv’s renaissance more evident than in architectural monuments that were destroyed during the (Continued from page 1) the city’s historic center. Comprising some 20 square Communist era. “The way of restoring national con- of the country’s political, religious and business elite cen- miles, it is a virtual mosaic of Kyiv’s long and often turbu- sciousness of Ukrainians … is the restoration of these tered in Kyiv, the city is once again becoming a regional lent history. The center has traditionally been divided into treasures,” he says. seat of power. three districts: Stariy Kyiv, Podil and Pechersk. Each has Down the hill from the monastery, on the banks of the “Kyiv has changed for the better,” says Mayor had its own distinct character and played a specific role in Dnipro River, nestles Podil, long Kyiv’s mercantile, Oleksander Omelchenko, the man largely credited with the life of the city. artistic and educational district. The area was also home the city’s renaissance. “Kyiv and Ukraine have had an Staryi Kyiv, or Old Kyiv, sits in the heart of Kyiv. to the many nationalities that made up the ethnic quilt image in the world that has not always been positive. We Dating back to the 11th century, here one finds the Golden that was and is Kyiv – Jews, Poles, Greeks, Armenians, are ready for beautiful relations with the rest of the Gates, where according to legend, travelers had to pay in Tatars and Germans all lived here and enlivened the dis- world.” gold before they were allowed to enter the city. St. Sophia, trict with their folklore and traditions. Many of these Like the ancient graffiti in St. Sophia’s, Kyiv remains Kyiv’s oldest existing religious monument, is a short dis- communities are undergoing a rebirth. Jews, for an enigma to much of the world, a hidden treasure people tance away; ancient kings and warriors paid their respects instance, have resurrected a community that dates back to the 10th century; Podil’s synagogue has become a center of Jewish life in Kyiv. With a grand white rectangle-shaped building housing shopping arcades dominating its center, Kontraktova Ploscha, or Contract Square, was the gathering place for tradesmen who sold everything from sheep skins to silk. Today the visitor is more likely to find art boutiques and trendy restaurants than household wares here, but for decades the area was famous for its annual fair, which lured visitors and tradesmen from afar. In Kyiv’s new search for tradition, there has been talk about renewing the fair. Up the hill from Podil, along the road that gave birth to the city’s first tram, is stately Pechersk. Historically its centerpiece was the Pecherska Lavra, or Monastery of the Caves, a sprawling complex of cathedrals and build- ings built a top an underground network of caves where monks resided and prayed. Viewed from Kyiv’s left, or eastern, bank of the Dnipro River, the Lavra’s many golden domes from its numerous cathedrals offer a stun- ning vision of what the city may have looked like cen- turies ago. Although Pechersk was a seat of power for religious leaders, today it is home to Ukraine’s modern-day gov- ernment. The country’s impressive white marble Parliament building stands side by side with the Mariyisky Palace, a Baroque-style palace originally built in the 18th century for Russian Tsarina Elizaveta Petrovna, who wanted a luxurious place to stay in Kyiv when she visited and prayed at the Lavra. Catherine II was the first monarch to actually visit the palace; today the blue-colored structure is used for ceremonial recep- tions and as a backdrop for newly married couples gaily dressed in lacey white gowns and spiffy tuxedoes, pos- ing for wedding photos. As much as it strives to embrace tradition, however, Kyiv has also introduced new urban layouts to the city. Perhaps the most striking and controversial recent change – because of the mix of architectural styles – has been the redesign of the city’s most popular gathering place, the central plaza known as Independence Square. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, the square, like a puzzle, has been deconstructed and reassembled. Large fountains have given way to massive glass domes, covering what is now the country’s largest underground shopping mall. An imposing statute of Lenin that once looked over the square – and countless Soviet-era parades – has been replaced by an even taller, feminine figure perched precariously atop a 150- foot-high Greek-style column and holding a sprig from a red berry bush. This entire assemblage has been placed on a marble temple that on most nights is a wash in a kaleidoscope of colors. A huge television screen, which stands by a building where Soviet political prisoners used to be detained, broadcasts loudly out into the crowd a series of advertise- ments and programs from Ukrainian TV. Strategically placed throughout are monuments of men on horseback, men holding shields, and a statue of Archangel Michael, the protector of Kyiv. From here at Independence Square, the Khreschatyk, Kyiv’s main boulevard, leads visitors to other points of the ancient city. The boulevard itself has been transformed from a dull Victor Pobedinsky/AP gray strip whose main function in Soviet days seemed to A religious procession circles the recently reconstructed St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral. be to play host to military parades, to a busy promenade where well-dressed shoppers can buy everything from often stumble upon by accident rather than by choice. to Kyiv’s princes here. Centuries later, the sweeping plaza McDonalds hamburgers to the latest wares for the home Before they arrive, travelers know little of the tree-lined that stands in front of St. Sophia became a place of revo- and designer apparel. city that in its religious heyday had so many cathedrals lution, where bedraggled Bolsheviks gathered and called As they stroll along the broad, leafy Khreshchatyk, that together they comprised what must have seemed like on the working class to revolt against the wealthy and there’s not even a hint that a millennium ago dense forests a thousand golden domes, earning Kyiv the nickname Russian tsars. covered this area and that Kyiv princes unleashed their “The New Jerusalem.” They know nothing of the sprawl- Today, smartly dressed couples wander the plaza, dogs to hunt for small game here. Today this is the heart ing Dnipro River that luxuriates on a quiet summer day. which leads to the St. Michael’s Gold-Domed Cathedral. of a city looking to restore its old-world charm and set And few are aware of the architecturally outstanding quar- Initially constructed in 1108, then destroyed in 1935 by itself firmly in 21st century Europe. ters that have prompted some to call Kyiv “The Paris of Stalin – who in the 1930s demolished many of Kyiv’s the East.” most important religious relics – the monastery complex Natalia A. Feduschak is a freelance journalist who Experts predict that with the current pace of develop- was rebuilt several years ago. has written for The Washington Times, The Denver ment, – which has already cost hundreds of millions of “Destroying Kyiv’s cathedrals was a way of destroying Post, The Wall Street Journal and other U.S. and dollars – Kyiv in the coming years will regain much of its a nation,” notes Ruslan Kuharenko, head of the depart- Canada-based publications. She divides her time lost glory. That growth is likely to put the city solidly on ment that preserves Kyiv’s monuments of history, culture between the United States and Ukraine. She is also a the European map and firmly entrench it in the Western and historical surroundings. Along with the mayor, Mr. former staffer of The Ukrainian Weekly (1985-1987). No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 9

tomorrow in the presence of my Derevlianians inquired of Olha where the people.”4 The “honor” that was shown retinue was which they had sent to meet her. the envoys was death by burial alive in a She replied that they were following with FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY boat, a Scandinavian practice of which her husband’s bodyguard. When the by Ingert Kuzych the Derevlianians were unaware. Derevlianians were drunk, she bade her fol- Olha then sent messengers to the lowers fall upon them, and went about her- Derevlianians that if they wished her to self egging on her retinue to the massacre of come, they should send their most distin- the Derevlianians. So they cut down 5,000 guished men “so that she might go to of them; but Olha returned to Kyiv and pre- The founding family of Kyivan Rus’ their prince with due honor, for otherwise pared an army to attack the survivors.”6 This article is the second of three death. Four different revenges, each of her people in Kyiv would not let her go.” The following year (946) “Olha, together detailing the lives of the first “First increasing severity, are detailed; they The Derevlianians complied and “gath- with her son Sviatoslav, gathered a large Family” of medieval Kyivan Rus’ – Ihor, demonstrate not only her cunning but ered together the best men who governed and valiant army, and proceeded to attack Olha and Sviatoslav. The articles in this also her pagan background. The monk the land of Dereva, and sent them to her.” the land of the Derevlianians. The latter monarch series are illustrated, where chroniclers who wrote the PVL may When they arrived “Olha commanded came out to meet her troops, and when both possible, with related philatelic issues. have deliberately exaggerated the bloodi- that a bath should be made ready, and forces were ready for combat, Sviatoslav ness of these reprisals in order to empha- invited them to appear before her after St. Olha, queen of Ukraine cast his spear against the Derevlianians. But size the complete change in Olha’s char- they had bathed. The bathhouse was then the spear barely cleared the horse’s ears and acter after she adopted Christianity. heated, and the Derevlianians entered in PARTI stuck against his leg, for the prince was but Olha’s first revenge was carried out on to bathe. Olha’s men closed up the bath- a child. Then Sveneld [the troop command- Although a great deal has been written the 20 envoys sent to Kyiv by the house behind them, and she gave orders er] and Asmund [the boy’s tutor] said, “The to set it on fire from the doors, so that the about Princess Olha over the years, not Derevlianians to announce the death of prince has already begun battle; press on, Ihor and to suggest a possible marriage Derevlianians were all burned to death.”5 all that much can be attributed to her vassals, after the prince” (Figure 2). Thus of alliance. The messengers explained Next Olha sent word to the with certainty. We don’t even know they conquered the Derevlianians, with the that the Derevlianians had slain her hus- Derevlianians that she was coming to when or exactly where she was born. result that the latter fled and shut them- band, “because he was like a wolf, crafty mourn at her husband’s grave. “Upon her The Povist Vremennykh Lit or PVL selves up in their cities. Olha hastened with and ravening, but that their princes, who arrival at Ihor’s tomb, she wept for her hus- (The Tale of Bygone Years), which chroni- her son to the city of Iskorosten, for it was cles some of Ukraine’s earliest history, had thus preserved the land of Dereva, band. She bade her followers pile up a great were good, and that Olha should come mound and when they had piled it up, she there that her husband had been slain, and first mentions Olha under the year 6411. they laid siege to the city. The Derevlianians (i.e., 903)1; it states, “As Ihor grew up, he and marry their Prince Mal.” Olha also gave command that a funeral feast replied “Your proposal is pleasing to me; should be held. Thereupon the barricaded themselves within the city, and followed after Oleh [his kinsman], and fought valiantly from it.”7 obeyed his instructions. A wife, Olha by indeed, my husband cannot rise again Derevlianians sat down to drink, and Olha name, was brought to him [Ihor] from from the dead. But I desire to honor you bade her followers wait upon them. The (Continued on page 18) Pskov.”2 The PVL later goes on to record that Ihor was killed on a tax-collecting expedition in about 945, leaving behind Olha who assumed the regency in the name of their infant son, Prince Sviatoslav. Even if Olha was very young when she married Ihor, perhaps 15, she would have had to have been the unlikely age of almost 60 when she bore her only son. We know from other sources that circa 945 is accurate for Ihor’s death and that he was probably about 35 when he died. His wife at that time was likely 25 or 30, so we may assign her birth to about the year 920. All we really know then of Olha’s early life up to about the year 945 is that she was married to King Ihor, bore a son about the year 943 named Sviatoslav, and was likely of Scandinavian or Slavic-Scandinavian origin and a noble- woman.3 Regardless of her background, Olha was an extraordinary woman: deter- mined, clever and courageous in estab- lishing internal order, she was also a wise and skillful diplomat in her dealings with foreign states. The Varangian (Viking) retinue of her husband recog- nized her authority, and the Slavic tribes subjugated by Ihor largely submitted to her rule (Figure 1). Revenge According to the PVL, Olha spent the Figure 1. St. Olha has appeared on a number of postcards, Figure 2. A postcard with a rendering of St. Olha and her first two years of her reign exacting including the series of monarch cards created by V. son Sviatoslav by V. Vereshchahyn. vengeance on the Derevlianians, the Diadyniuk and printed by Sviatozar in Munich in 1947. Slavic tribe responsible for her husband’s

1The English translation of the PVL consulted for this article is that of Samuel Hazzard Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor, “The Russian Primary Chronicle, Laurentian Text” (Cambridge, Mass.: The Medieval Academy of America, 1953), hereafter PVL. This reference is from p. 64. 2Established by the Slovenians, a Slavic tribe, Pskov became an important center of trade and commerce during the eighth through the 10th centuries. Another tradition relates Olha to the nearby town of lzborsk. This difference is not necessarily a contradiction since lzborsk pre- ceded Pskov as the economic and political center of the Slovenians. See Norman Golb and Omeljan Pritsak, “Khazarian Hebrew Documents of the Tenth Century” (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1982) p. 67. 3Because Olha was Prince Ihor’s wife, and not his slave or concubine, she most likely came from one of the leading clans among the Slovenians. Izborsk, close by Pskov, was one of the three towns that invited Varangians to rule over them some time during the second half of the ninth century, and Norman influence over the Slavs continued to expand during the early decades of the 10th century. So, during the time of Olha’s birth around 920, the ruling strata among the Slovenians – presumably including Olha’s parents – if not purely Scandinavian, were at least partially of northern extraction. See Omeljan Pritsak, “The Invitation to the Varangians.” Harvard Ukrainian Studies 1 (1977) pp. 7-22. 4PVL, trans. Cross, p. 79. If such a proposal was indeed ever put forth, it would suggest that Olha was still young and eligible for a dynastic marriage. An offer of this type would not likely have been made to a sexagenarian. 5PVL, pp. 79-80. 6PVL, p. 80. Figure 3. The first stamp in the “Famous Women of Ukraine” stamp series hon- 7PVL, p. 80. ored St. Olha. The official first day cover was issued on July 12, 1997. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 No. 44 Mayana Gallery exhibit spotlights artists working in Lviv The featured artists have participated in settings to contemporary perception, utiliz- Odesa Grekov Art College and the Lviv a number of exhibitions, both group and ing the old masters’ chiaroscuro technique. Academy of Art. In her “eclectic revival- solo in galleries of Ukraine, and Central • Oleh Denysenko is a graduate of the ist” paintings (gouache on paper), Ms. and Western Europe. They have a cross- Lviv Academy of Printing. He finds inspi- Pukhinda depicts romantic fragments of cultural appeal: the viewer perceives them ration for his etchings in the Northern rural existence. Her paintings intend to unconditionally, unhindered by his or her Renaissance masters. Mr. Denysenko beautify our illusion of reality. cultural or ethnic background, esthetic describes his work as “art-chemistry,” • Serhij Bratkovsky graduated from the standards or personal tastes. which is an actualization of spiritual ener- Lviv Polytechnic Institute, majoring in The following artists are featured in the gy through the creative imagination and architecture. In his paintings (oil on can- exhibit. skills of the artist. vas), Mr. Bratkovsky expresses the beauty • Volodymyr Kostyrko, a graduate of • Yurij Lesiuk, a professor at the Lviv of old buildings, streets, parks, squares and the Lviv College of Applied Arts, holds an Academy of Art, is a representative of the scenes of Lviv city life, through the geo- M.A. in art history from the Catholic older generation of Ukrainian painters. A metric forms of “formal cubism” and a University of Lublin, Poland. His often graduate of the Odesa Grekov Art College limited spectrum of colors. grotesque, figurative paintings (oil on can- and the Kyiv Academy of Art, Mr. An opening reception will be held vas) are adaptations of historic figures and Lesiuk’s realistic landscapes (oil on linen) Friday, November 8, at 7 p.m. at the achieve a true representation of the coun- Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave. tryside. His love of nature emerges from (between Eighth and Ninth streets), “Maestro Albertus and His Favorite the Carpathian village of Kovaltsi, fourth floor. For information call (212) Rhinocerus,” etching by Oleh Kolomyia region, where the artist was 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144; or visit the Denysenko. born and spent the early years of his life. websites www.brama.com/mayana or • Nataliya Pukhinda is a graduate of the www.artfira.com. NEW YORK – ArtFira.com, in collab- oration with Mayana Gallery, presents an exhibit of artworks by emerging Ukrainian artists, who are distinguished by their exceptional skills, strong academ- ic backgrounds, personal styles and tech- niques. Within the past decade, Ukraine, a country in transition, has been experienc- ing a difficult time, both in the economic and the social spheres. Despite all adversi- ties, much has been happening on the Ukrainian cultural scene, especially in the field of visual arts. Most artists represent- ed in this exhibition currently reside and work in Lviv, a town with old artistic tra- “Composition I,” oil on canvas by ditions. Serhij Bratkovsky.

He’s back: organist Koshuba begins U.S. tour by Yaro Bihun Yugoslavia. Two days after his recital here, Mr. Koshuba performed in Beloit and WASHINGTON – Ukrainian concert LaCrosse, Wis., on October 29 and organist Volodymyr Koshuba, whose November 2. almost annual appearances in the United His remaining concerts will be on: “Still Life I,” oil on linen by Yurij Lesiuk. States have coincided with the first frost in • November 10, at the Church of St. the Midwest, is once again performing on John the Evangalist in Rochester, Minn.; some of the better church organs of the • November 17, at the First Lutheran money laundering. region. Church in Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Helsinki Commission... “We further urge that the United States This year’s four-week tour, which takes • November 22, at St. Paul’s Cathedral (Continued from page 3) initiate contacts with foreign govern- him through Wisconsin, Minnesota and in London, Ontario. ments in an attempt to identify the money South Dakota, and across the border to other foreign officials, that reckless and This was Mr. Koshuba’s fourth recital criminal behavior will have the most trail from sales to Iraq or possible sales London, Ontario, began October 27 in the in Washington since 1994, when he first to other rogue regimes,” the letter reads. warmer climate of the nation’s capital, serious consequences, according to the played at the National Cathedral. He per- leaders. “In addition, we believe official contacts where he gave a recital at the Cherrydale formed there again last year. Mr. Koshuba with Mr. Kuchma should be kept to an United Methodist Church in Arlington, Va. “As an initial step, we urge that the is the chief organist at the National House Department of State establish an inter- absolute minimum and be conducted at In addition to the works of Bach, Vivaldi, of Organ and Chamber Music in Kyiv agency group to develop concrete meas- the lowest possible levels.” Guilmant, Vierne and Mushell, Mr. and teaches young organists at the conser- ures focused on the Ukrainian leader, “While we continue to endorse strong Koshuba’s program also included organ vatory there. In addition to his numerous members of the presidential administra- U.S. support for Ukraine and its people, arrangements of the Concerto in D Major tours abroad, he helps organize perform- tion, and other state officials,” the letter given the evidence at hand it is hard to by Bortniansky and “The Great Gate of ances in Ukraine by his foreign organist reads. see how we might resume a normal rela- Kyiv” from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an colleagues. Last year, with the financial Among other things, the purpose of tionship with Mr. Kuchma or place our Exhibition.” assistance of the U.S. Embassy in such an inter-agency group would be to faith in any assurances he might offer The well-traveled soloist from Kyiv Ukraine and several private companies, closely examine any financial benefit Mr. us,” Helsinki Commission leaders wrote. arrived here directly from a concert tour of he organized a festival featuring four Kuchma or his associates might have “We believe that U.S. policy toward Italy, the last of four Western European leading American organists, which derived from this sale, as well as any Ukraine must be crafted with these goals countries where he performed so far this included performances in Kyiv, Kharkiv other possible illegal activities, including in mind.” year, the others being France, Spain and and Bila Tserkva.

democratic reform. As the strongest Schaffer advises Bush... advocate for improved U.S.-Ukraine (Continued from page 3) relations in the Congress, and as a long- of rectifying the crisis he has created,” time acquaintance of Kuchma’s, I regret- the congressman from Colorado wrote. fully recommend Kuchma be denied state “His denial further threatens the security visits at Prague.” of the entire Euro-Atlantic community as Rep. Schaffer suggested the U.S. gov- well as subvert the national interests of ernment should further clarify its posi- his country and people.” tion by ending all foreign assistance “Under the circumstances,” Mr. funding to the central government of Schaffer advised President Bush, “isola- Ukraine, redirecting it toward grassroots tion of the president and his associates, democracy programs, small and medium while improving relations with other enterprise development and health ini- Ukrainian officials, is the only logical tiatives. “One only needs to meet an diplomatic course for the United States. average Ukrainian to know the return on Yaro Bihun We must do all we can to avoid alienat- this type of foreign aid investment will Volodymyr Koshuba at the organ keyboard of the Cherrydale United ing the people of Ukraine or dampening be tremendous,” Rep. Schaffer com- Methodist Church in Arlington, Va. their enthusiasm for a civil society and mented. No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 11 VESILLIA: Ukrainian weddings in Manitoba over the last century

by Orysia Paszczak Tracz ern Canadian term for this) was a necessity for the newly- lishment for this occasion. Later, we see a blend of old weds to set up a household. Over the century, it has turned country and new land, with some members of the wedding CONCLUSION into quite a mercenary practice, with the word “presenta- party in folk dress, others in formal attire. Still later, the tion” even printed on the wedding invitation. Presentation bridal party looked like any other Canadian wedding party. In Ukraine, there were two receptions as part of the means “give money, not gifts.” The first time I saw this, I “vesillia” (wedding) – one in the bride’s home, and later, Often you could tell the Ukrainian connection by the large was shocked at the brazenness. But, “scho kray to obychai” boutonnieres worn by the groom and ushers – the flowers after her formal departure from her parents’ home, at the (when in Manitoba, do as the Manitobans do). Perhaps I’m groom’s. This is a remnant of clan (rid) life of Ukrainian usually had long fancy ribbons attached. judging too harshly, because for many guests it is a conven- Beginning in the mid-1960s through the present, couples prehistory and early history. An echo of this on the ience to know ahead of time what the couple prefers. This Canadian prairies is the strange, to some, practice of hold- show pride in their Ukrainian heritage not only by practic- custom is now so popular, and so accepted, that non- ing the wedding customs, but also wearing special attire. ing the wedding and reception in one location (one part- Ukrainians, be they Filipino or Italian or English, also have ner’s city or town), and a week later holding another recep- Embroidered wedding gowns, traditional wreaths and other presentations. The final presenters to the couple are mem- headcovering, embroidered shirts for the groom, and even tion – in full wedding regalia – in the other partner’s town. bers of the wedding party. The last presenter is the groom This is a most practical gesture towards guests who would full Ukrainian folk costumes for the whole wedding party himself who, in jest, is usually picked up by his ushers and became popular. The designs of the gowns are quite exqui- otherwise have to travel great distances for the first recep- turned upside down. As his pockets empty, the contents are tion. site. For many decades now, wedding invitations have had a given to the bride. At one wedding, the bride was ceremoni- Ukrainian flavor, and are usually bilingual. Regard for guests and general Ukrainian hospitality are ously handed all his credit cards. also reflected in the meal served, with food and drink plen- One custom thankfully discontinued long ago is the tiful to over abundance. I still remember the bewildered ancient one of the “komora,” in which the couple spent expression on my father’s face when he returned from an their first night at the groom’s parents’ house. They were to American wedding reception where only sandwiches, cake consummate their marriage, and proof of the bride’s virgini- and wine were served. He remarked: “We did not even sit ty (blood on her nightshirt) was to be shown to the wedding down. This was a wedding?!” This was not the way to treat guests. Even then the double standard existed, with no one wedding guests, as far as my father was concerned. Music wondering about the groom’s virginity. Similar customs and ritual songs accompanied every stage of the wedding existed throughout traditional Europe. Great feasting, danc- ceremonies. Whole volumes are devoted to vesilni pisni ing and celebrating followed the display of the nightshirt. (ritual wedding songs). It has been written many times that The remnant of this final phase of the vesillia is the com- the vesillia is like a musical play, with the women’s “choir” fortable and hospitable “popravyny” (from the verb (svashky) singing songs particular to each stage of the wed- “popravyty,” “popravliaty,” to make better, to improve). ding ritual. Folk musicians (usually playing the skrypka – This is a reception held on the day after the wedding, usual- fiddle, tsymbaly, sopilka – flute, and drums) led the wed- ly at the home of the bride’s or groom’s parents. The mem- ding procession from the church to the bride’s home and bers of the wedding party, close relatives, guests from out then on to the groom’s. They also played at the vesillia and of town and others gather for food, drink, singing, and visit- into the last day of the wedding. ing. There is not much ceremony or formality. Usually the This does not now occur in Manitoba (it still does in couple open their gifts and gift envelopes during the rural Ukraine), but a remnant of this custom is a folk band popravyny. For summer weddings, this party is held out- (usually three or four) playing special melodies at the door side. as guests enter the reception hall to be greeted by the wed- At first, the pioneers tried to hold on to as many customs ding party. The music is so happy that the guests are already as they could. Then, with pressure from the Anglo-Saxon moving to the music as they wait in the reception line. The majority to “talk white” and to assimilate, they adopted band also plays folk dance melodies during the presenta- “Canadian” wedding customs and dress. But at home, in tion. church and during the reception, it was still a Ukrainian A combined greeting now happens at the beginning of atmosphere, with certain indispensable customs. The the reception. Traditionally, the parents (and earlier, only Church – both Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox the mothers) would greet the couple with a “kolach” (round – played an important role in preserving and practicing the braided bread), salt, and a shot of horilka or wine on a tray rituals which centuries ago its hierarchy condemned as lined with a “rushnyk” (ritual cloth) as they arrived for the “heathen.” Once Ukrainians joined other churches in west- vesillia. Now, the bridal party and parents first greet all the “Ukrainian Wedding Costumes: Bride and Groom ern Canada, such as the Presbyterian or Methodist, they lost wedding guests in a receiving line at the door of the recep- from the Hutsul Region,” by Slava Gerulak, courtesy of the rituals and practices that made them “practicing” tion hall. Then, after a break, the parents, with bread and the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America. Ukrainians. The back-to-the-earth movement of the mid-1960s rein- salt, ceremoniously greet the couple reentering the hall. The In addition to the presentation, the Ukrainian tradition of table and hall decorations are important at weddings in forced or reawakened the identity of the younger generation a full meal and a dance (for us, just a normal wedding) has who did not have to search for long-forgotten rituals or Manitoba also. There is a Ukrainian theme throughout, with been adopted by many other Canadians, who in their tradi- a variety of Ukrainian flowers, wheat, shawls and other invent new ones. In its own way, that generation took what tions did not have these as parts of their weddings. Of motifs on the tables and walls of the hall. Centerpieces on had always been part of their Ukrainian heritage and proud- course, there is another spread awaiting the guests close to the tables could be small kolachi with candles or flowers ly adapted it to the contemporary Canadian scene. Many midnight, with buffet tables set out, and a whole banquet of and wheat stalks in the center, or “embroidered” candles, or non-Ukrainian guests at these weddings express their glorious tortes arranged on long tables – each torte fancier featuring some other Ukrainian-style motif. At a wedding benevolent envy at the beauty and richness of the traditions. than the other. These are brought by family and friends of of a fifth-generation Canadian couple (their ancestors were The Ukrainian wedding is one of the testaments of the rich- the couple. No wonder my father thought the sandwich and among the first pioneers), the reception was a glorious blast es of an ancient culture quite alive after thousands of years. piece of cake were an insult! of Ukrainian shawls, flowers and wheat. Who knows what the new generations will come up with in Now about that clinking of glasses – you either love it or A new trend at some receptions is a staged performance the second century of the Ukrainian presence in Canada! hate it. There is a custom to tap a glass with a piece of cut- on the dance floor by a Ukrainian dance group. Quite often The following is excerpted from “O Canada, Whatever lery as a signal that you want the bridal couple to stand up this is a token gesture to show one’s heritage, even though You Are: Desperately Seeking Identity” by Robert Nielsen and kiss. One person starts the clinking, and soon the whole few of any other customs have been followed while, most of Hamilton, Ontario, in The Globe and Mail: hall is ringing. Where this started, I do not know. Some say times, it is just part of the rich program of the vesillia. My family attended the wedding of the art director of my it is a Ukrainian custom, or an Italian one, or Polish, or ... I More spontaneous and genuine are the folk dances by publishing firm. The ceremony was held in a small, ornate- have not found any mention of this in Ukrainian sources. wedding guests themselves, many of whom belong to ly decorated church, and my daughter was favorably Nowadays, to stop the clinking, it is announced by the Ukrainian dance ensembles. They fly through the impressed by the bride and groom who wore beautiful master of ceremonies that if you sing a song, or recite a “kolomyika” and rock to everything else. Often, if the one golden crowns. At the reception afterwards, the guests lined verse of some kind, then the couple will kiss, but not if or both of the couple are in a dance group, their friends up and gave gifts of money to the newlyweds, which glasses are clinked. The Ukrainian tradition to get the cou- perform for them as a gift, then change into evening attire seemed like a smart idea. ple and other members of the wedding party to kiss is to for the rest of the reception. We sat down for a meal at long tables, along which were call out “Hirko!” (it is bitter) or to sing verses indicating Even though most ritual wedding songs have been for- bottles of rye every six feet. There was no shortage of this. Since something is “bitter,” kissing will sweeten it. gotten, except by the old-timers, during orchestra breaks the toasts. My art director gave a speech; I had known her for Here in Manitoba, recent immigrants from Ukraine and guests gather in groups and sing folk songs. Instantly, you 10 years, and had never heard a word out of her that was Poland have continued this Ukrainian tradition, and now have a choir, because Ukrainians automatically sing in not English. Suddenly she was in front of a happy throng the locals of many generations have picked it up. What was multi-part harmony. speaking fluent Ukrainian – and almost everybody under- a formal ritual of gifting – darovannia – of the bride and One somewhat controversial revived ritual is stood. Toward the end of the evening a group of old men groom to each other, of the parents and couple reciprocally, “pochipchyny” – the ceremonial removal of the bride’s veil, spontaneously formed at the front of the hall and began to and of the rest of the wedding party by the couple, has and its replacement with a traditional “khustyna” (patterned sing. They sang the most plangent songs I had ever heard, taken on a life of its own. kerchief). Because a married woman did not leave the beneath which I could detect a terrible longing for their Originally, the “perepii” (drinking together, or drinking house with her head uncovered, the khustyna was symbolic homeland. They sang song after song, and they all knew all over) was combined with the darovannia, as each guest of a married woman. To some brides this is another special the words. approached the table behind which the couple stood. The old ritual, to others it is an insensitive symbol of the subju- I felt jealous. About the golden crowns, the money cere- guest greeted the couple with beautifully versed wishes for gation of women or something similar. Some brides want mony, the different language, the bottles of rye on the long a good life together and placed a gift into the bowl or this ritual, others do not. In hindsight, if we looked into the tables. But most of all I felt jealous about the songs. If I “povnytsia” (literally, that which should be/is filled). The origins of wedding traditions around the world, maybe we were at a wedding reception for fellow Canadians in some couple, in turn, expressed thanks and shared a drink with would find most traditional weddings to be politically distant land, what would I sing?... the guest. The wishes were primary, even though the gifts incorrect. I am a 50-something-year-old man who was born in were also treasured and part of the ritual. Wedding attire has changed. The first pioneers wore their Vancouver and has lived all but two of his years in Canada. In Canada, in pioneer times, the presentation (the west- finest embroidery and full costumes, with the usual embel- (Continued on page 15) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 No. 44

DATELINE NEW YORK: The Kyiv-New York express by Helen Smindak

The Ukrainian Institute of America is Though the highly ambitious program bringing the city of Kyiv – or at least involves intensive planning and work, several essential elements of it – to New the institute is continuing its excellent York during the next year. In the process, Music at the Institute (MATI) series and the institute may wind up with its most other cultural activities. Already under exciting season since its founding in its belt for this season are two well- 1948. attended events: the celebration of During the season opener last month, Ukraine’s 11th independence anniversary when members and friends gathered for and the welcoming of Ukraine’s Foreign a reception at the historic Stuyvesant Affairs Minister Anatolii Zlenko, who mansion on Fifth Avenue and 79th was in New York to attend the 57th ses- Street, UIA President Walter Nazarewicz sion of the General Assembly of the announced that the board of directors United Nations. Both events were held in had designated 2003 as the “Year of the collaboration with the Permanent Renaissance of Kyiv.” To this end, sever- Mission of Ukraine to the United al important cultural and artistic events Nations and the Consulate General of will be held at two-month intervals Ukraine in New York. throughout the year, beginning with the The MATI series, held under the institute’s “Man of the Year” award to direction of renowned pianist Mykola the mayor of Kyiv, Oleksander Suk, opened in mid-October with an Omelchenko. The award will be made at ensemble from the Netherlands, Musica an elegant Plaza Hotel dinner on Ad Rhenum, a group of musicians December 9. inspired by the power and virtuosity of Honoring the mayor as the chief archi- Baroque music. Coming programs will One of Andrij Babytsch’s paintings on exhibit at the Ukrainian Institute of America. tect of the new beauty of Ukraine’s capi- feature the music of Eastern Europe tal, the presentation will be the first since (December 7), Brahms (January 26) and portraits and landscapes comprise his four actresses from the Yara Arts Group the “Man of the Year” award was the Vienna Piano Trio from Austria subject matter. Tones and shades of color in New York – Marina Celander, Zabryna bestowed on philanthropist George Soros (February 22). relay his feelings in landscapes, while Guevara, Akiko Hiroshima and Jina Oh – in 1997. Former recipients of the award, In addition, jazz pianist John Stetch simplicity of detail and a well-defined who will rehearse the group’s Ivan initiated in the 1980s, include actor Jack will introduce melodies from his latest spectrum of color mark his portraits. Kupalo material with Ms. Sadovska for Palance, Maj. Gen. Bohdan Krawciw, CD “Ukrainianism” during a concert on During the third convention of the the Diaspora Festival (the same one in Judge Bohdan Futey, historian Omeljan November 15. International Artists Pastel Society in which the Ukrainian Stage Ensemble is Pryitsak, poet/artist Sviatoslav A recent evening of culture and cui- 1999, he was showcased in the magazine participating.) After that, they plan to Hordynsky and actress/singer/director sine, with proceeds earmarked for the Pastel International as master pastellist of visit villages they’ve been to in past sum- Lydia Krushelnytsky. UIA building fund, showcased the world. A resident of Canada since mers, to perform for the women who Ten businessmen from Kyiv, and sev- “Ukrainian fusion” food prepared by 1948, he has been president of the taught them Kupalo songs, and then eral local politicians and dignitaries are Soyuzivka’s popular chef, Andrij Ukrainian Association of Visual Artists begin work on creating a new Kupalo expected to attend the dinner. World box- Sonevytsky, and a selection of Bulgarian, of Canada since 1994. presentation show for 2003 that will be ing champion Volodymyr Klychko has Crimean and Georgian wines, and assort- The institute building, which also presented at the LaMama Theater on promised to fly in for the Plaza dinner ed beers and vodka. “Fusion” delicacies serves as a home for the Ukrainian June 3-28. following a December 7 fight on the included pumpkin pyrohy encased in Research and Documentation Center, Olga Talyn, the singer/actress who West Coast, along with his brother, boxer Asian-type dough, stuffed cabbage rolls, hums with other activities as well: social portrayed Mme. Giry in the phenomenal Vitaliy Klychko. apple and currant blintzes and kovbasa functions of the Ukrainian Engineers’ Broadway show “Phantom of the A multi-media exhibition is being quesadillas. Guests were serenaded by a Society of America and the Ukrainian Opera,” is taking a break from the organized at the institute to spotlight the band of musicians – Slavko Halatyn, Medical Association of North America, exhausting grind of show business. After emergence of Kyiv as one of the most Oles Kuzyszyn, George Hrab Jr. and Mr. and a weekly pre-school music class spending several years on Broadway and beautiful cities in Europe. Targeted Sonevytsky – while munching on fusion directed by Marta Sawycky. It serves fre- time on the road with the national tours specifically at a non-Ukrainian audience, food and appraising an exhibit of recent quently as the locale for shoots of of “Phantom” and “Cabaret,” she is it will run from December 6 until work by artist Andriy Babytsch of Hollywood movies, most recently the relaxing at her New Jersey home (she January 31, then move on to Chicago Toronto. Kirk Douglas-Michael Dougles film “A enjoys designing and stringing semi-pre- and Washington. A weeklong showing of Kathy Nalywajko, chairperson of the Smack in the Face” (not yet released). cious stones into bead necklaces) before Stage ensemble Kyiv-bound Ukrainian fashions is planned to coincide event, says the evening kicked off a new tackling another Broadway role. with New York’s Fashion Week in spring Friends of the Institute program beamed Ms. Talyn (born Olga Bodnar) sang 2003. at new friends and supporters of the While the mayor of Kyiv and several the Ukrainian national anthem and “God Speaking on behalf of UIA directors, institute. “We’re offering people two businessmen are getting set to travel Bless America” during a special Mr. Nazarewicz told this reporter: events free of charge and a place on our from Kyiv to New York, the Ukrainian Ukrainian Independence Day observance “We’re planning all these events, plus a mailing list, for just $100 for the season, Stage Ensemble and director Lydia at the New Jersey governor’s mansion, noontime press conference on December and I’m glad to say we had a most grati- Krushelnytsky are preparing to fly to then did another community turn by 9, as well as a special journal, to publi- fying response from people during the Ukraine’s capital city for a four-day com- singing the anthem at the Ukrainian cize Ukraine’s wonderful history and evening.” petition of Ukrainian theatrical groups Institute’s welcoming party for Mr. culture – and to counter all the negative Mr. Babytsch, born in Ukraine, is a from the diaspora. The troupe will be Zlenko. things we hear about Ukraine.” colorist who works in oils and pastels; competing with a dozen or so theater New York City Opera diva Oksana groups that will converge on Kyiv from Krovytska, who sang the title role in Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Croatia and “Madame Butterfly” with the Illinois other countries during the week of Opera back in September, is now on the November 11. The Stage Ensemble’s West Coast preparing for the San entry is “Zhinka Kriz Viky” (Woman Francisco Opera’s November production Through Time), portraying women in of “Katya Kabanova,” a role she recently Greek mythology. It’s a montage from performed with the Miami and Montreal the works of Lesia Ukrainka, which the opera companies. She is scheduled to ensemble has previously performed in sing at the Opera Gala in Montreal on New York, Philadelphia and Canada. Where are they now? December 8. Soprano Alexandra Hrabova and pianist Thomas Hrynkiw teamed up as Virlana Tkacz, director of the dynamic soloist and accompanist during the Yara Arts Group, is in Kyiv this semester Ukrainian Music Institute’s 50th anniver- teaching on a Fulbright Fellowship (for a sary celebration at Carnegie Hall’s Weill semester), and seems to be just as active Recital Hall last weekend. Ms. Hrabova, there as here. During the October 19-20 who recently appeared at Hungarian weekend, Ms. Tkacz directed a concert House in a concert focusing on Ukrainian version of “In the Beginning Was Song,” and Hungarian music, will soon take part a dialogue of traditional songs from in a concert competition at Carnegie Hall Ukrainian and Hebrew, performed by and will sing the role of Nedda in Mariana Sadovska of Ukraine and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” with the Di Poland, and Victoria Hanna from Capo Opera in February and March. Jerusalem. The concert was staged for Mr. Hrynkiw can barely keep track of the Fulbright Conference and for a new all his engagements; he figures he’s music and poetry series “Kolo Nas,” doing 60 concerts a year, including 24 at inaugurated and run by Ms. Tkacz in Olga Talyn and the “Phantom,” Michael Crawford, at a closing performance party. Kyiv. Joining Ms. Tkacz soon will be (Continued on page 16) No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 13

Zenowij Onyshkewych’s exhibit takes art lovers “From Here to There” SOUTHPORT, CONN. – The exhibit “From Here to There,” featuring the plein-air paintings of Zenowij “In my works, light is Onyshkewych, opens at the Southport Harbor Gallery on Sunday, November 3, the most important with an artist’s reception to be held at 2- 6 p.m. The exhibit will be on view factor. It makes the through December 1. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 11 painting, creates the a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; or by appointment. value contrast, warms For additional information call the gallery at (203) 259-2597 or visit the or cools the colors website southportharborgallery.com. *** and establishes the Zenowij Onyshkewych is a plein-air painter, known for his works done on mood. Therefore, the location in the United States, as well as during his extended stays abroad in sky is key. since it is Switzerland, France and Italy. Mr. Onyshkewych’s most recent my primary light major exhibit was the invitational retro- specive held in Switzerland at Musée de Invitation to the exhibit “From Here to There,” featuring the plein-air paintings source, it determines Bagnes during the summer of 1999. On of Zenowij Onyshkewych, being held November 3-December 1 at the Southport exhibit were 64 paintings of the Valais Harbor Gallery in Connecticut. Pictured above: “Lake Genève-Cully,” oil on can- everything. This is of region of the Swiss Alps painted over the vas, 17 1/4 x 23 1/8 inches; bottom: “Swell,” oil on canvas, 21 3/4 x 27 1/2 inches. last 25 years. even greater impor- *** Mr. Onyshkewych was born in Lviv, tance when working and came to the United States as a post- war émigré in 1949. He studied at the Art on seascapes or where Students’ League of New York and hav- ing served in the U.S. Army during the water is involved. The Korean War, continued his studies on two consecutive scholarships at the sky and water are like National Academy of Fine Arts. A gradu- ate of Pratt Institute, Mr. Onyshkewych twins. They are differ- taught drawing and painting at Fairfield University in 1977-1978. ent and at the same The artist is known for works done on location in Europe as well as in the time very much alike. United States. Among the landscapes he has painted are the Alps, the East Coast There is always some of North America, from Nova Scotia to the Florida Keys, and a series of Hudson color unity between River paintings. Mr. Onyshkewych is also known for them.” his work in the graphic arts, which includes illustrations and graphic work for The New York Times, Reader’s Digest and American publishing houses. Mr. Onyshkewych, who resides in Fairfield, Conn., is a lifetime member of ESSAY: Onyshkewych, “the omnivoyant traveler” The American Watercolor Society and has previously exhibited with the The following essay was penned by scenes with a stubborn reliance upon a his travels into Gandhi-like trials of self- Salmagundi Club, the American Philip Eliasoph, professor of art history grainy chiaroscuro of light and weather denial. Watercolor Society and the Invitational at Fairfield University, on the occasion of conditions. The blinding, retinal dance of We were conversing recently about a Commemorative National Arts Club, and the opening of the exhibit “From Here to dissolved, scientifically charged color charming stretch of road in that earthly in many one-man shows in the United There” at the Southport Harbor Gallery. was to be the gift of Impressionism. paradise of Tuscany, a hairpin set of turns The next time you are in New York or along vine-clad hills and sweeping States and abroad. In his journeys between here and there, His work is included in prestigious Boston take a good look at those wonder- cypresses, between Volterra and San Zenowij (better known as Zenko) ful examples in the museum collections Gimignano. My sensorial memory of that national and international collections, Onyshkewych is never a tourist but including the Vatican. by Daubigny, Millet, Rousseau, Corot, or summer day was enhanced by a sumptu- always the omnivoyant traveler. Still even the Dutchman, J.B. Jongkind. These ously presented five-course luncheon my vibrant after 50 years of artistic produc- are the best models informing our appre- wife and I feasted on at a Michelin Guide tion, he continues to confront the unsur- ciation of Zenko’s work. Manipulating recommended villa. Zenko’s experience passed truths of nature. This exhibition his monochromatic grays and silver-tint- was far more modest. He is the only presents ample evidence of an ongoing ed blues, he is more an apt interpreter of American I know who can still boast commitment to the 19th century’s inven- Boudin than a slavish mimic of Monet. about the mythic “Europe on $5 a day” of tion of painting en plein air. But we are Art history lessons can be instructive the 1950s. Remarkably, I know he man- not to obligingly expect the only to a certain point. I have stood ages to survive on a budget of less than Impressionist’s sparkling palette and beside so many friends and admirers $25 daily, equivalent to what I normally flower beds of a midday in June in the whose instinctual responses to a Zenko pay for a bottle of Brunello during lunch. 1880s. Tempered by a gutsy realism canvas is: “Man, this guy really knows Miraculously this Social Security-aged indelibly etched from his boyhood as an how to paint!” recipient, still sleeps in drafty convents, eyewitness to [World War II] Zenko I like to imagine Zenko as an arche- packs picnic lunches of stale bread, hard eschews loveliness by opting for dramatic typal weatherbeaten, old salt fighting a cheese or sardine cans, and survives like a intensity. gale in a Homer painting. Foraging out wandering hermit saint in the wilderness Resisting frivolity or artifice, his into nature’s primordial embrace, he as a latter-day Sassetta painting. paintings are attempts at gauging atmos- opens his paint box atop icy perches in This selection of paintings reflect an pheric turbulences of sky, sea and land. Switzerland, sets up his easel on rocky honesty, genuineness and joyous inspira- At his best, Zenko might even achieve ledges along the mighty Hudson River, tion for life that defines Zenko. Within Baudelaire’s challenge to capture “the and putters around the Connecticut that aureole of morning rays on a snowy transitory, the fugitive, the contingent.” shoreline in a derelict, dented dory. ridge in Switzerland or the last glint of Painterly but precise, freely gesturing Ready to sleep on straw beds in alpine sunset at Compo Beach, we discover the with brush and wash while retaining our huts, drive around in the most character- itinerant artist at his true home. retinal gaze, the Barbizon mood resur- istically dilapidated vehicles still regis- Disenchanted or discomforted as I find faces on Zenko’s canvases. It was this tered in Fairfield County, and his willing- myself, and I suspect other kindred spirits, pre-Impressionist generation of the ness to withstand any physical discom- with the current ‘state of the art world,’ we 1840s-1860s which realized that nature fort or indignity tells us much about his all can anticipate the newly rolled-up can- could never be static or fixed. They passion for painting. A relentless desire vases and small studies Zenko promises to Zenowij Onyshkewych painted the countryside and marine to find the right spot to paint transforms bring back from future travels. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 No. 44

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It simply may be too late. With a cloud of Musical of a Traditional Ukrainian Bridal Ukraine’s image... Kolchuhas hanging over its head, Ukraine Vesillia... Shower.” Vancouver: Vinkopletennia (Continued from page 6) may find it nearly impossible to create a (Continued from page 11) Musical Committee, 1990. This audiotape and booklet with all lyrics overs of Western aircraft in the last year, positive atmosphere in time for the NATO I am angry because my country has not and music was released by The Voloshky in addition to providing its own transport summit in November. While both parties given me any songs to sing; it has not given Singersand friends, with Musical Director carriers. have expressed a desire for a new NATO- me any costumes to wear; it has not given Now with the Kolchuha controversy Ukraine agreement, that may not be a pri- me any stories to tell. I feel culturally Ann Kvitka Kozak. It includes some of the added to the mix, Ukraine is in very real ority for Brussels after the latest events. deprived; there is a kind of emptiness that is loveliest singing you have ever heard, with danger of completely losing credibility – Ukraine’s place at the Prague summit driven home in a myriad situations, includ- songs most of us have neverheard. Order and even becoming a pariah state. If it is could become a small stool in a dark cor- ing each time I hear an immigrant, or son or from: Ann Kvitka Kozak, 2516 Bendale proven that Ukraine sold a missile ner. daughter thereof, speaking another lan- Road, North Vancouver, BC V7H 1G7 defense system to Iraq, Ukraine’s path to That, however, is not the only problem. guage. I sense that it gives them a secret Canada. Price: $15 in Canada; $17 for U.S., NATO becomes a song title: it’s either Even while NATO has repeatedly life, another level of existence that enriches (U.S. funds). “the long and winding road,” or perhaps affirmed that it wants to be an all-inclu- them, and to which they can retreat at any • “A Ukrainian Wedding,” Vols. 1-2, fea- “the endless journey.” sive defense alliance, there are some time... turing Ivan Sheremeta and his orchestra and Not helping is President Bush’s atti- experts, including at least one at the Rand *** guest vocalist Michael Boyko, is a set of tude towards President Kuchma, which Corp. with whom I spoke, who believe For more information on Ukrainian wed- two audiotapes that includes songs for the has led some Ukrainians to believe that that the West has not had much interest in dings, check out: welcome and entrance, the dinner, the the Kolchuha allegations are a political Ukraine as a full NATO member for • “Basic Elements of a Traditional darovannia and the zabava. It is available effort to further destabilize Ukraine and sometime, that today a good many NATO Ukrainian Wedding” by Larysa Zaleska from Yevshan. perhaps affect regime change in Kyiv as diplomats believe that with Ukraine free Onyshkevych, second edition. Princeton, • “Ukrainian Folk Wedding,” recorded in well as in Baghdad. of nukes and with a NATO-Ukraine char- N.J.: Pershi Stezhi, 1999. 50 pp. This is a Winnipeg in 1995, is a cassette that includes Prof. Michael McFaul, a Hoover ter on a special partnership firmly in place most informative booklet on how to include toasts to the couple, traditional wedding Institute fellow at Stanford University and a second agreement on the way, rela- Ukrainian traditions in a wedding in North songs and instrumental music for a real and a colleague of Condoleezza Rice, tions between Kyiv and Brussels should America; text in Ukrainian and English. down-home Ukrainian Canadian prairie pointed out during a press conference in remain as they are for now. Order from Stefa Korol, 25 S. Duval, wedding. It is available from Baba’s Kyiv in June that President Bush is a Unfortunately, this attitude supports in Grosse Point Shore, MI 48236. $12 for Records, 275 Selkirk Ave., Winnipeg, MB straightforward person who quickly and a basic way the improperly formulated orders in the U.S.A. (includes s/h), $13 to R2W 5L5; (204) 586-8057 or 1-800-307- instinctively, even reflexively, decides supposition that Ukraine should remain Canada (in U.S. funds); also available from 8507; [email protected]; www.sunshinere- whether or not he likes a politician. While part of Russia’s sphere of influence. It Montreal-based Yevshan, cords.com/baba/. Price: $19.50 for Canada; Mr. Bush has taken to Russian President brings us back to where we started, that www.yevshan.com, 1-800-265-9858 $15 for U.S. (in U.S. funds) Vladimir Putin, whom he considers to be the West must begin to look at Ukraine • “Wedding” and “Wedding Songs” by • “Wedding FAQ – Tanya Stachniw and as straightforward, he considers Mr. apart from Russia. M. Mushynka in Vol. 5, St-Z, of the Koko Rakowsky’s Wedding” by Koko Kuchma deeply untrustworthy, mildly In the end, the decision on whether and Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Toronto: Rakowsky on the Brama website, put. how to proceed towards NATO remains University of Toronto Press, 1993. www.brama.com/art/tradition/html, is a And that’s that. Ukraine has been left Ukraine’s to make. If it wants to go the • Section on weddings in “Spiritual delightful explanation of wedding tradi- in the geopolitical dust as Russia has road, it must prove beyond a micro- Culture of the People” by Z. Kuzeliain Vol. tions. On the same page, see “Wedding 1-4” surged forward in relations with the U.S. smidgeon of doubt that it had nothing to 1 of Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia. (contemporary traditions from central One result is that Presidents Kuchma and do with illegal arms sales to Iraq. Its dec- Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963. Ukraine), information and photos by Dr. Bush have not met a single time in the larations of its readiness to allow com- • An extensive description of wedding Natalie Kononenko, University of Virginia. nearly two years of the Bush administra- plete inspections and calls for transparen- customs is given in Khvedir Vovk’s • “Rushnyky: Ukrainian Ritual Cloths” tion, and why they will not meet in cy and open cooperation on the matter “Studiyi z Ukrainskoyi Etnohrafiyi ta by Oksana Grabowicz and Lubow Prague in November. were a good first step, both in the public Antropolohiyi.” Prague: Ukrainskyi Wolynetz. New York: The Ukrainian To change the current reality, Ukraine relations realm and from a tactical point Hromadskyi Vydavnychyi fond, 1928. It Museum, 1977. 36 pp., illustrated. The needs a real public relations effort backed of view. was reprinted by Howerla (New York) in booklet is available from The Ukrainian by deeds and accomplishments. It has to There are those who believe the 1976. This work was reprinted also in Museum Gift Shop, (212) 228-0110; stop making unrealistic declarations and Kolchuha crisis will pass quickly. One is Ukraine recently. www.ukrainianmuseum.org; cease using unbounded spin for spin’s Bruce Jackson, the president of the U.S. • “Vinkopletennia: An Original Folk [email protected]. sake. It needs to prove that it follows Committee on NATO, an NGO, who through on its promises, as it did when it closed Chornobyl. That action, and the believes that Ukraine should gear up for pomp with which it was carried out, beginning the process to full membership raised Ukraine’s standing in the West, around 2006, with entry sometime around even if only briefly. 2012 Kyiv also needs to show that it is Officially, NATO has not given up on building democracy in very concrete Ukraine either. While Secretary General Celebrate Ukraine’s historic achievement: ways. It must ensure the rule of law by George Robertson said that Ukraine could completing judicial reform and resolving have problems if it is proven it was com- the rebirth of its independence the Gongadze case and other unsolved plicit in arms sales, he also made it clear high-publicity crimes. The Kuchma that, for the moment, the Atlantic Alliance administration must also stop using stands by its desire to see Ukraine as a heavy-handed tactics in suppressing pub- member, eventually. So, hope remains. lic demonstrations. It must exercise Another matter is whether the Kuchma patience and show tolerance for opposi- administration is capable of the new atti- tion movements. It must stop its blatant tude and the honest changes required. control and intimidation of the press. There is also concern about whether the Finally, it needs to pass corporate gov- administration realizes that the best per- ernance legislation and complete tax and ception to develop of Ukraine in the West administrative reform to bring in Western is of a country with something to offer investors and their business partners. NATO, and not merely as another under- These people could become wonderful developed entity to be nurtured. With P.R. ambassadors for Ukraine. They proper reforms and preparations, Ukraine would put out the good word that Ukraine could state its case strongly. 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Film director Roman Boychuk (aka Dateline New York... Paul Bojack) has informed “Dateline” (Continued from page 12) that DVDs and videos of his first feature film “Glass, Necktie” are now available last summer’s Newport Music Festival in in Manhattan at TLA Video, 52 W. Eighth Rhode Island. Adding to his busy sched- St., and The Movie Place at 237 W. 105th ule: teaching at the Ukrainian Music St. as well as at Kim’s Video, St. Mark’s Institute in New York and Marywood Place, in the East Village. The film can be University in Scranton, Pa., newspaper found at 1,000 stores across the country and radio interviews, and – a major (e-mail [email protected] for the achievement – completing 200 record- closest location). ings for the Yamaha Disklavier, with Andrij Cybyk, dancer and assistant hundreds still to be done. Around town artistic director of the Syzokryli Ukrainian dancers, reports that Syzokryli and the New York girls’ choir Prolisok Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim performed in Warren, Mich., before a Belotserkovsky, performing with very large, enthusiastic audience at the American Ballet Theatre during its fall 50th anniversary celebration of the season at City Center, won words of Ukrainian Selfreliance Michigan Federal praise from The New York Times’ critic Credit Union. The dancers and director Jennifer Dunning. Ms. Dunning pointed Roma Pryma Bohachevsky have a busy to their performance in “Swan Lake Pas year ahead: their schedule includes Town de Deux,” remarking that, although there Hall on January 31, followed by the were no solos, just partnered dance, “that Slavic Heritage Festival, a concert at was enough, given Ms. Dvorovenko’s Montclair State University and the annu- flowing musical phrasing and Mr. al Ukrainian Festival in the East Village Belotserkovsky’s easy aristrocratic bear- in May. ing.” The couple was recently pictured in Just back from an uplifting tour of Women’s Wear Daily with fashion Argentina with the AllNations Dance designer Calvin Klein at his Manhattan Company, Mr. Cybyk expects to go to store during an ABT benefit. China with the Michael Mao Dance com- Ukrainian-born Vadim Solomakha, a pany for most of December and January, principal dancer with the San Francisco join the Brighton Ballet Theater for an Ballet, caught reviewers’ attention when engagement in Miami, then return to the troupe came to town for a weeklong China, this time for a tour with fling at City Center. Anna Kisselgoff of AllNations. His latest choreographic The New York Times said he “cuts a work is currently crossing the U.S. in the noble figure as cavalier” to ballerina dance “Bereznianka” (Girl from Yuan Yuan Tan in “Paquita.” A member Bereznia), a couples’ dance set in the of the Shevchenko National Opera and Carpathian Mountains that’s part of the Ballet Theater and the Kyiv Classical Duquesne University Tamburitzans’ U.S. Ballet Theater before joining San concert tour for 2002-2003. Francisco Ballet in 1995, Mr. Solomakha was promoted to principal dancer with Helen Smindak’s e-mail address is the American troupe in 1998. [email protected].

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October 24. IPN Chairman Leon Kieres NEWSBRIEFS said the request concerns “the UPA’s own (Continued from page 2) documents” and the journals of UPA com- on lawmakers to launch an impeachment manders that were seized by the KGB, as procedure against him and amend the con- well as protocols of interrogations by the stitution to make Ukraine a parliamentary- KGB of UPA commanders who were presidential republic. The resolution pro- responsible, as Mr. Kieres put it, for “the posed by the nine caucuses that form the atrocities in Volyn.” Mr. Kieres noted that pro-Kuchma majority stresses that the sub- the IPN would like to publish these docu- ments. “Please do not take these activities sequent elections of the president and the presents Verkhovna Rada should be held “according by the IPN in political categories; the point is just getting to know the whole STEFANIA DOVHAN, soprano • STEFAN SZKAFAROWSKY, bass to democratic principles and within the VYACHESLAV BAKIS, piano terms determined by the Ukrainian truth,” he commented. According to Constitution,” according to UNIAN. Polish historians, as many as 80,000 Poles (RFE/RL Newsline) may have been killed by the UPA during Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 8 p.m. the war. The IPN has launched an investi- Ukrainian Institute of America Rada leaders mull political reform gation into what it called “the crimes of 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY genocide perpetrated by Ukrainian nation- KYIV – Verkhovna Rada speaker alists on the territory of the Volyn IHOR SONEVYTSKY – Psalm XII – Words by Taras Shevchenko Volodymyr Lytvyn on October 29 held a Province of the Second [Polish] Republic MYKOLA LYSENKO – “Oy, Dnipre” (Dnipro River) – Words by Taras Shevchenko meeting with parliamentary group leaders in the years 1939-1945.” (RFE/RL UKRAINIAN FOLK SONG – “Pro divchynon’ku”(About a Girl) – Arranged by Yuliy Meytus to discuss how to proceed with the political Newsline) MYKOLA LYSENKO – “Hey, lita orel” (Soaring Eagle) from the opera Taras Bul’ba reform announced earlier this year by STEFAN SZKAFAROWSKY President Leonid Kuchma, the UNIAN Envoy denies Georgian missile purchase news service reported. Mr. Lytvyn told UKRAINIAN FOLK SONG – “Dyvlus’ ya na nebo” (I Look at the Sky) – Arranged by journalists the Parliament will set up a spe- KYIV – Georgia’s ambassador to Vladyslav Zaremba cial commission by November 12 to draft Ukraine, Grigol Katamadze, and an UKRAINIAN FOLK SONG – “Taka yiyi dolya”(Her Sad fate) – Arranged by Vladyslav constitutional amendments aimed at mak- unnamed spokesman for Ukraine’s arms- Zaremba ing Ukraine a parliamentary-presidential export company Ukrspetseksport told VITALIY KYREYKO – “Yak pochuyesh v nochi” (When You Hear at Night) – Words by republic. Earlier this month, the Interfax in separate conversations on Ivan Franko Constitutional Court ruled that a draft bill September 30 that Georgian Chief of the WORLD PREMIRE General Staff Lt. Gen. Djoni on introducing constitutional amendments VASYL BARVINSKY – “Znov vesna”(Spring is Here Again) – Words by Lesya Ukrayinka Pirtskhalaishvili’s September 28 statement drawn up by seven lawmakers (including VASYL BARVINSKY – “Sonnet” – Words by Ivan Franko Petro Symonenko and Oleksander Moroz) that Tbilisi will soon acquire Ukrainian STEFANIA DOVHAN and signed by more than 170 deputies is anti-aircraft missiles is “premature.” Ambassador Katamadze said no contract to largely in line with the Constitution of – INTERMISSION – Ukraine and may be put on the parliamen- purchase such missiles has been signed but WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART “O Isis und Osiris” from The Magic Flute tary docket. In particular, the draft bill pro- that the possibility might be discussed dur- poses reducing the number of votes ing an upcoming visit to Tbilisi by GIUSEPPE VERDI “Ella giammai m’amo” from Don Carlos required to override a presidential veto Ukrainian Defense Minister Volodymyr GIOACCHINO ROSSINI “La calunnia” from The Barber of Seville Shkidchenko. (RFE/RL Newsline) from 300 to 250 and granting the STEFAN SZKAFAROWSKY Verkhovna Rada the right not only to Journalists speak of official censorship HENRY PURCELL “When I Am Laid in Earth” from Dido and Aeneas approve but also to dismiss the prime min- GIACOMO PUCCINI “Donde lieta” from La Boheme ister. (RFE/RL Newsline) WASHINGTON – Four well-known JULES MASSENET “Adieu, notre petite table” from Manon Ukrainian journalists said during a brief- Lawmakers to discuss freedom of speech ing at RFE/RL’s office in Washington on GIOACCHINO ROSSINI “Bel raggio lusinghier” from Semiramide October 16 that the recently launched STEFANIA DOVHAN KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on independent trade union of journalists in October 24 decided to hold a hearing on JEROME KERN “Ol’ Man River” from Showboat Ukraine was a response to the govern- December 4 on freedom of speech and ment-imposed censorship on journalistic RICHARD ROGERS “Some Enchanted Evening” from South Pacific charges of censorship in Ukraine, UNIAN work in the country. The four – Yulia COLE PORTER “Where Is the Life” from Kiss Me Kate reported. The motion was supported by 294 Mostov, Yevhen Hlibovytskyi, Andrii STEFAN SZKAFAROWSKY of the 428 deputies registered for the ses- Shevchenko, and Roman Skrypin – said sion. 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Internal reform themselves (and therefore in a position to lady”).17 This title, which was never pay future taxes). She also set aside for The founding family... By this time Olha was a very wealthy granted to pagans, allowed Olha to sit at (Continued from page 9) the princely treasury exclusive rights to woman. Even before the death of her the emperor’s table with members of the After a frustrating, lengthy siege, Olha certain rich fur-bearing areas, further imperial family. husband she owned a number of landed ensuring a steady flow of income (Figure sent a message to the townsfolk, saying estates. The chronicles mention Since Constantine places the official 3). receptions of Olha and her entourage on that if they submitted to paying her trib- Vyshhorod9 as “Olha’s city”; she also Wednesday, September 9, and Sunday, ute as all the other Derevlianians had owned Olzhychi in the Desna area and Personal conversion October 18, the only possible year of now agreed to do, she would leave them several villages in the Pskov and Sometime in the sixth decade of the Olha’s visit could be 957.18 The emper- in peace. Since they were not able to pay Novhorod regions. After Ihor’s death, ninth century, Princess Olha was bap- or, however, does not mention her bap- with the usual commodities of honey or Olha must have become the largest tized, the single act for which she is most tism and since we know that the PVL can furs, she requested only that each house- landowner in Kyivan-Rus’. famous. She thus became the first of the err at this time period by several years, hold deliver three sparrows and three Having effectively avenged herself on ruling family to be converted to some historians have speculated that she pigeons. The relieved inhabitants gladly the Derevlianians, Olha realized that the Christianity. The exact date of Olha’s was converted either a few years before assented to her request. haphazard and arbitrary gathering of conversion has been the subject of or after her visit to the Imperial Capital, Olha distributed the birds among her tribute that had led to Ihor’s death intense debate.12 Years usually given possibly in Kyiv. soldiers and had them attach a piece of would have to be abolished. Instead she range from 954 up to 960; the traditional However, just because Constantine cloth-bound sulfur to each. These little divided the country into a number of date in the PVL is 955. The place of her does not mention a baptism does not bundles were then ignited and the birds, clearly demarcated districts (pohosty) baptism is generally assigned to mean that one did not occur. Perhaps, as once free, returned to their nests or coops from which specified amounts of tribute Constantinople, the capital of alluded to in the PVL, something of an which quickly caught fire. “There was would be collected at regular intervals Byzantium, on the occasion of Olha’s embarrassing nature did occur between not a house that was not consumed, and it by a princely agent or local board. state visit to that city. the emperor and Olha at her baptism that was impossible to extinguish the flames, These new practices amounted to a cen- The story related in the PVL is as fol- caused him not to record the event. Even because all the houses caught fire at tralization of the financial and adminis- lows: “Olha went to Greece and arrived though the departure of the princess and once. The people fled from the city, and trative structure of the country. What at Tsarhorod (Constantinople). The her retinue from Byzantium occurred Olha ordered her soldiers to catch them. had been tributes exacted from reigning emperor was named amicably, something about the reception Thus she took the city and burned it, and autonomous tribes became uniform 13 19 10 Constantine, son of Leo. Olha came caused Olha to be piqued. captured the elders of the city. Some of tithes paid by the entire population. before him, and when he saw that she The PVL goes on to say: “Thus Olha the other captives she killed, while she Olha spent the next several years was very fair of countenance14 and wise arrived in Kyiv, and the Greek emperor gave others as slaves to her followers.”8 familiarizing herself with her vast 11 as well, the emperor wondered at her sent a message to her, saying, ‘Inasmuch A remnant of the population was left domains. She made numerous trips to intellect. He conversed with her and as I bestowed many gifts upon you, you alive to pay a heavy tribute: two-thirds of all of the major towns setting up trading remarked that she was worthy to reign promised me that on your return to Rus’ which went to the state, one-third into posts and seeing to it that her subjects with him in his city. When Olha heard you would send me many presents of Olha’s own coffers. were ensured the means of sustaining his words, she replied that she was still a slaves, wax and furs, and dispatch sol- pagan, and that if he desired to baptize diery to aid me.’ Olha made answer to 8PVL, p. 81. The incendiary bird motive appears in a variety of medieval manuscripts and her, he should perform this function him- the envoys that if the Emperor would was almost certainly brought to Ukraine via Scandinavia. All four revenges are likely embel- self; otherwise, she was unwilling to spend as long a time with her in the lished with legendary elements, but they certainly contain a kernel of truth. Olha undoubtedly accept baptism. The emperor, with the Pochaina20 as she had remained on the vented her fury on the Derevlianians for the death of her husband and may have been especially assistance of the patriarch, accordingly Bosporus, she would grant his request. severe on the citizens of Iskorosten, the Derevlianian capital. baptized her ... At her baptism she was With these words, she dismissed the 9A strategic fortress on the Dnipro River (some 15 kilometers north of Kyiv) that defended christened Helena, after the ancient envoys.”21 the northern approach to the city. empress, mother of Constantine the Although the highlight of Olha’s visit, 10George Vernadsky, “Kievan Russia” (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1948) p. 39. Great. The patriarch then blessed her and 11During Olha’s reign and those of her successors over most of the next century and a half her conversion, is always commented (up to the death of Volodymyr Monomakh in 1125) Kyivan-Rus’ was the largest state in dismissed her.” upon by historians, there was undoubted- Europe. “After her baptism, the emperor sum- ly another more practical reason for 12For more recent discussions see: Omeljan Pritsak, “When and Where was Olga moned Olha and made known to her that making the arduous 35- to 45-day trek22 Baptized?” Harvard Ukrainian Studies (HUS) No. 9 (June 1-2, 1985): pp. 5-21; Dimitri he wished her to become his wife. But to the imperial city. Byzantium and Rus’ Obolensky, “Olga’s Conversion: The Evidence Reconsidered,” HUS 12/13 (1988-1989): pp. she replied, “How can you marry me, had concluded treaties in 907 and 945; 145-158; Miroslav Labunka, “Religious Centers and Their Missions to Kievan-Rus: From Olga after yourself baptizing me and calling the latter was made by Ihor not long to Volodimer,” HUS 12/13 (1988/1989): pp. 159-193; and Jeffrey Featherstone, “Olga’s Visit to me your daughter? For among Christians before he died. Olha’s visit was likely Constantinople,” HUS No. 14 (December 3-4, 1990): pp. 293-312. that is unlawful, as you yourself must also made in order to renew and 13Constantine Porphyrogenitus, who reigned from 912 to 959. know.” Then the emperor said, “Olha, strengthen commercial ties. Olha’s ret- 14At this time Olha may still have been in her mid-30s. you have outwitted me. He gave her 15PVL, pp. 82-83. inue was considerably larger than her 16Ioannis Skylitzae, Synopsis Historiarum, I. Thurn, ed. (Berlin, 1973). A court official of many gifts of gold, silver, silks and vari- husband’s delegation a dozen years earli- the 11th century with access to detailed sources, Skylitzae is considered very reliable. ous vases, and dismissed her, still calling er and included far more members of 17Featherstone, p. 309. her his daughter ... she returned in peace higher rank.23 The visit lasted at least six 18Featherstone, p. 305. to her own country and arrived in weeks, much of the time between the 15 19Some historians have speculated that Olha may have been perturbed at Constantine Kyiv.” first and second receptions was undoubt- because he would not allow an autonomous or autocephalous church to be established in Kyiv. Olha’s receptions are recorded by edly spent conducting negotiations. The He may have insisted that new Rus’ converts recognize the religious authority of the patriarch Emperor Constantine himself in his work inability to conclude a new treaty of of Constantinople and, by extension, the political suzerainty of the emperor; see Vernadsky, p. De Caerimoniis. Because Kyivan Rus’ 41. commerce – if such was the alternate was a rising power in the middle of the intention of this trip – may have been 20The Pochaina was a stream that flowed below the hills on which the older part of Kyiv 10th century, it was so recognized by was situated, it was separated from the Dnipro by a sandpit. another reason for Olha’s brusqueness 21PVL, p. 83. Byzantium. Olha, was treated in a ‘’fit- with the Byzantine envoys. ting manner” and was “fittingly hon- 22Pritsak, “Khazarian Hebrew Documents,” p. 14. 16 23Ihor’s envoys in 945 included 25 representatives (none members of princely families) and ored” during her stay at the imperial Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at P.O. 30 merchants (PVL, p. 73), compared to Olha’s 15 relations (including Ihor’s nephew), 22 court. She was granted a very high title, Box 3, Springfield, VA 22150 or at his e- nobles and 44 merchants (De Caerimoniis, ed. Vogt). probably that of zoste patrikia (“girdled mail address: [email protected].

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5K raceby Alex Kuzmain Connecticut raises funds for children of Chornobyl DANBURY, Conn. – At a time when many Ukrainian churches are in despair over their declining membership and their waning community life, it may be worth taking a closer look at a tiny parish in Danbury, Conn., that has grown in stature and visibility. By setting ambi- tious goals and intensifying its charitable activities, the parish has experienced a remarkable renaissance that has inspired new confidence in its members and sup- port from the surrounding community. Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, with just 40 families, is located across the street from Western Connecticut State University. In 1996, under the leadership of a young priest, the Rev. Luke Mihaly, and a dynamic parish committee, the parish held a retreat in Lenox, Mass., where the members resolved to “break out into the community” by defying their small numbers and hosting large-scale and highly visible public events. In evaluating the most popular kind of activity in the Danbury area, the parish- ioners decided to stage a 5-kilometer road race beginning at the entrance of the church and winding its way through the pictur- esque streets aligning the WCSU campus. Some of the winners of the 2002 5K race sponsored by Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Danbury, Conn. Over the past six years, the Holy Trinity 5K Road Race has become a pop- says the Rev. Mihaly. “It has absolutely Times, The Ukrainian Weekly, America race has spawned a whole slew of new ular event in the late summer, drawing sparked a lot of interest in our communi- and other publications. activities. hundreds of avid runners from Danbury, ty and has also drawn us into the main- The most recent race was held on “We are averaging one major activity Ridgefield and surrounding communi- stream of community life here in the Ukrainian Independence Day, August 24, per month,” said the Rev. Mihaly, “and ties, and guests from as far away as Danbury area.” with a field of 115 runners, as young as the visibility and good will that this has Colorado and Georgia. The ongoing six-year campaign for 12 and as old as 73. The organizing com- generated has led to generous contribu- Holy Trinity Parish has raised thou- the Children of Chornobyl has mobilized mittee, led by Jim Zeleniak, secured cor- tions to the construction of our new sands of dollars for the Children of hundreds of volunteers from various age porate sponsorships from Wachovia church in the Danbury area.” He added Chornobyl Relief Fund, not only through groups and from many cultural back- Securities, Evian Water, the Colorado “Each year, the entire parish takes part in the road race, but also through benefit grounds, including Irish, Brazilian, Brewery and Steak House, Joseph A. a retreat to reassess its goals and strategy concerts, varenyky sales and other inno- Puerto Rican, Greek and Italian. The Bank Clothiers and The Ashford Group. and to revitalize its spiritual life.” vative projects. campaign has also attracted extensive This year’ s winner was Danbury resi- Considering the size of this parish and “This has been a real winner for us,” news coverage in the Danbury News- dent Sergio Ribeiro, who finished the how much it has accomplished in the past course in 15 minutes, 28 seconds, (roughly six years, the Holy Trinity Orthodox at the pace of 5-minute miles). Mr. Ribeiro Church has begun to resemble the “Little was 30 seconds off his course record of Engine That Could” – a church commu- 14:58 set in 1998, but he was suffering nity that could defy the odds by recogniz- from an inflamed foot that required a corti- ing the potential of each of its members. sone shot earlier in the week. The overall For more information on the Holy Holiday Greetings 2002 winner in the women’s field was Kathy Trinity community campaign, please Christmas in Ukraine- 1995 • V Kost who finished in 22:02. contact the Rev. Mihaly, (203) 748-0671. Continue your tradition... Holy Trinity Parish has now become a To make a tax-deductible contribution to Use the UNA publications to send holiday part of the fabric of community life in the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, Danbury. The church’s support for the please write to CCRF, 272 Old Short greetings and wishes of goodwill, prosperi- italiy Lytvyn, T Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund has Hills Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078, or call ty and the season’s blessings. Please note, re-energized its membership and the road (973) 376-5140.

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At Tryzub’s 15th annual Fall Tennis Tournament (from left) are: Pavlo Rehulyk, Walter Dziwak, George Sawchak and Jerry Tymkiw with their trophies during the closing ceremonies. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 No. 44 No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 23

believe that there is a new Washington NATO downgrades... policy to politically isolate President (Continued from page 1) Kuchma. That view gained considerable to the NATO decision when Foreign support after news was leaked to The Affairs Minister Anatolii Zlenko put in Washington Post columnist Jim doubt the presence of any sort of Hoagland of the upcoming move. Mr. Ukrainian delegation at the Prague Hoagland wrote in an October 27 article Summit. He said on October 31 that a that “Leonid Kuchma is about to be dis- review of Ukraine’s involvement will invited from a high-profile ceremony that take place before a decision was made. was to be held on the edge of the Prague “We withhold a decision on whether to NATO summit,” and that “[President attend the NATO Summit in order to George] Bush should call for a unified determine the substance of the discus- effort by NATO’s 19 member-nations to sions and the documents to be signed. single out Kuchma – evidently personally [The documents] must be such that they responsible for the illegal sale – for will give us assurance that our continued diplomatic isolation.” relations with NATO take on a new qual- U.S. Congressman Bob Schaffer of ity,” explained Mr. Zlenko. Colorado, a co-chairman of the The Ukrainian foreign minister Ukrainian Caucus, followed a day later emphasized that Ukraine has no intention with a personal letter to President Bush of changing its path toward European in which he strongly suggested that, integration. He also underscored that “Under the circumstance, isolation of the Ukraine hoped for continued excellent president and his associates, while relations with NATO once the current cri- improving relations with other Ukrainian sis passes. officials, is the only logical diplomatic Mr. Zlenko blamed the United States, course for the United States.” and not NATO as a whole, for pulling The action by the North Atlantic back the invitation to President Kuchma Council came just after President and identified Washington’s political motives as the single reason for Kuchma stated – as if he new what was Ukraine’s current situation. coming – while on a visit to Lithuania, “We hope the misunderstanding that he was not prepared to travel to the between the U.S. and Ukraine has a tem- Prague summit to defend his own actions porary character,” stated Mr. Zlenko. or Ukrainian policy. He suggested that if “We understand that this is the result of a Ukraine was to be the focus of a political short-sighted, misguided, unclear poli- attack instead of constructive dialogue cy.” then it would be better that he stay home. Earlier in the day, the Ministry of The president’s comments came as a Foreign Affairs of Ukraine released a Ukraine-NATO organizational meeting in statement in which it said that Ukraine is Yalta came to a close. The two sides had an important European country that “can- continued to plan and discuss the upcom- not be the object of manipulation.” ing November meeting and the new Political experts here increasingly agreements to be signed.

ambassador to Russia, Mykola Biloblotskyi Lviv boy... received word that the terrorists might be (Continued from page 3) ready to release Ukrainians. The three The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said dur- Ukrainian lawmakers, Taras Chornovil and Refat Chubarov of the Our Ukraine faction ing a news briefing that it did not believe 100 the actions of the terrorists at the Moscow and Andrii Shkil of the Tymoshenko fac- theater in anyway could be connected to the tion, ended up sitting on the sidelines after military struggle occurring in Chechnya. the terrorists decided they had already “We differentiate the terrorist action released enough hostages. from the demands and the desires of the Ukraine has assigned psychiatrists to Chechen people,” explained State Secretary care for the 37 survivors who came out of the theater and has allocated each of them a of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yurii $500 stipend for new clothes and immedi- Sergeyev. ate needs, as well as a paid flight back to The number of Ukrainians believed Ukraine. The Russian government also said taken hostage fluctuated throughout the it would compensate all the former three-day crisis, ranging from 32 to 42 per- hostages and the families of the deceased. sons. Evidently Ukraine’s Embassy in That will include 13-year-old Kyrylo, either Moscow initially determined some of the the unluckiest person alive, or, as most individuals to be Ukrainian although they would agree, the luckiest. had already taken Russian citizenship since arriving in the country. Another reason for the difficulty in assessing the number was that several Russian hostages hid their pass- ports and claimed they were Ukrainians when contact was initially made with the hostages via their cell phones. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ukrainians and Western hostages were kept apart from the Russians in separate rooms, which is the reason mostly Russians died as a result of the gas attack. The Ukrainian government did not allow journalists access to the hostages after their release and the return of some to Kyiv. Mr. Marchuk, who escorted the first four hostages on a flight from Moscow to Boryspil Airport, told waiting news reporters that the individuals had left the airport by another route. “They need to be with their families, with their mothers and fathers. They do not need to be retelling and reliving the terror,” explained Mr. Marchuk. Several Ukrainian national deputies who have a close relationship with Chechen freedom fighters flew to Moscow on the second day of the crisis to attempt to free some of the hostages after Ukraine’s 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002 No. 44

PREVIEW OF EVENTS THE SHEVCHENKO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY Saturday, November 2 Modern Art presents an evening with poet Yuriy Tarnawsky, who will read from his THE MATHEMATICS-PHYSICS-TECHNICAL SECTION NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Medical collection of selected prose, “Ne Znayu” will hold it’s meeting, open to the public, at 3:00 p.m. Association of North America, New York at 7 p.m. The institute is located at 2320 on November 9, 2002. Metropolitan Chapter, in cooperation with W. Chicago Ave. For more information the Self Reliance Association of American call (773) 227-5522. Ukrainians, New York Branch will hold a Presentations: community-based medical lecture at 2 Saturday, November 16 Lyudmyla Barannyk 3:00-3:30 – (New Jersey Institute of Technology) p.m., with two featured speakers. 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All proceeds will benefit the new St. Ukrainianists, Larissa Onyshkevych, President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, Anna Procyk, Vice- lecture by Igor Torbakov, consultant/ana- John Church and Cultural Center. President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, and Roman Procyk, Head of the Ukrainian Studies Fund. lyst for Eurasianet, Open Society Institute, Reservations are requested by no later and Visiting Shklar Fellow at Harvard. His than November 10; call Chris, (973) 983- 63 Fourth Avenue (between 9th and 10th St.), New York NY 10003, USA lecture, “Reflections of Russian Emigré 0636, or Nadia, (973) 347-9922. (tel.) 212-254-5130, (fax) 212-254-5239 Thinkers on Soviet National Policies in the 1920s-1930s,” will be presented at 4-6 PITTSBURGH: The Ukrainian 16-ËÈ äìêßçú ìèë ◊ÅìêãÄäà“ p.m. in the Seminar Room at the institute. 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