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Vol. LXIil No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1995 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine and G-7 close to deal Congress conferees approve on Chornobyl shutdown package $225 M earmark for Ukraine by Marta Kolomayets points are not ironed out. WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate tion was modified to what is known as a Kyiv Press Bureau "I think that the talks will conclude and House conference committee on the soft earmark (use of the word "should" positively sometime today," he said. Foreign Operations Appropriations Act rather than "shall"). KYIV - Ukrainian government offi­ If indeed all the points are agreed met on October 24 and resolved the dif­ While the conference committee cials and members of a G-7 delegation upon, a document will then be prepared ferences between the versions of the for­ deleted most of the sub-earmarks includ­ are close to reaching an agreement on a for signing in the near future, by eign assistance bills passed by the two ed in the Senate bill, it did make the financial package totaling $3.2 billion to Canadian Vice-Premier Sheila Copps and houses, leaving intact an earmark of aid assistance to Ukraine contingent on close down the Chornobyl nuclear power the Ukrainian government, which will to Ukraine. Ukraine's undertaking "significant eco­ plant by the year 2000, according to a release money earmarked for closing the The final foreign assistance appropria­ nomic reforms." In recent weeks, many spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of nuclear power plant. tions act for fiscal year 1996 totals $12.1 members of Congress have expressed Environmental Protection. This last round of negotiations, held billion. This is a decrease of $1.4 billion their concern about the slow pace of eco­ According to the plan, the West will on November 1-2 in Kyiv, finalizes a below FY 1995 totals and almost $2.7 nomic reform in Ukraine, particular by provide more than $2.3 billion to close schedule of financing that envisions $1.8 billion below the president's request. Ukraine's failure to move ahead on pri­ down the Chornobyl nuclear power plant billion in credit from the West, and The earmark of $225 million of assis­ vatization. and Ukraine will provide $900 million another $450 million in non-repayable tance for Ukraine, adopted by the Senate, Chairman Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from its budget for a total cost of $3.2 grants. Ukraine will contribute $900 mil­ was retained in the final bill despite the of the Senate Appropriations Committee billion. lion from its own budget for the reduction of overall assistance to the new Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Talks between a G-7 delegation head­ Chornobyl shutdown. independent states (NIS) of the former authored the earmark for Ukraine. After ed by the Director of the Energy and During negotiations between Ukraine Soviet Union. the conference, Sen. McConnell stated: Nuclear Affairs division of the Canadian and the G-7 leaders in the spring of this President Clinton's request of $788 "For three years the Administration has Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry Allan year, Ukraine had asked for more than $4 million for the NIS was reduced to $580 opposed earmarks for Ukraine. I am real­ Culham and Ukrainian Environmental billion in aid to close down the nuclear in the House and $705 million in the ly pleased that we were able to preserve Protection Minister Yuriy Kostenko, power plant, which has been considered a Senate. The conference committee a $225 million earmark this year. This which were to conclude early on serious safety hazard since one of its agreed on the figure of $640 million or assistance reflects Ukraine's importance November 2, were continuing at press reactors exploded in April 1986, spewing an 18.8 percent decrease from the presi­ both in the region and as a friend of the time. nuclear materials and contaminating dent's request. (FY 1995 funding for this United States. Foreign aid should serve "The Ukrainians want to have con­ thousands of kilometers. account was $842.5 million). American interests. By earmarking funds crete details on the financing of the However, just last month Prime This is the first year that the confer­ for Ukraine, I believe this year's appro­ Chornobyl shut-down. They want to Minister Yevhen Marchuk told journal­ ence committee adopted the Senate posi­ priations bill clearly legislates U.S. know how much money each country is ists that the sum of $4 billion should not tion of what is known as a hard earmark, national security priorities." giving, when and what bank they are have been the price tag for closing down i.e. a mandate requiring the expenditure The senator went on to state that using," said Volodymyr Martyniuk, head Chornobyl. of a certain amount. In the past, the "much of the credit for this turnaround in of the ministry's press center, explaining "That kind of money can scare anyone House had strongly opposed a hard ear­ outlook in Washington must be attrib­ that often deals fall through if minute away," he said. mark for Ukraine, and the Senate's posi- uted to the work of the Ukrainian American community and the Washington Office of the Ukrainian National Association and its able direc­ Justice minister, procurator general spar over death penalty tor, Eugene Iwanciw. Their years of Marta Kolomayets "I am not talking about abolishing the appointee who was approved by Parlia­ efforts to educate the administration and Congress about the importance of Kyiv Press Bureau law at this time - that is for lawmakers - ment on October 19. but I am talking about a moratorium that "There has been neither a decree nor Ukraine has paid dividends this year." KYIV - What began as a statement should be imposed by November 9," said a law on abrogation of capital punish­ Mr. Iwanciw, who was director of the geared at fulfilling a requirement for Mr. Holovaty during an interview on ment in Ukraine; hence, death sen­ UNA Washington Office, which was Ukraine's acceptance as a member of November 2. He explained that at pre­ tences will be carried out," he said. officially closed at the end of the Council of Europe has turned into a sent no mechanism has been worked out However, according to Interior September, commented that "this bill mudslinging campaign between two of on how to suspend, or who should sus­ Minister Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukraine has spells a significant change in U.S. policy this country's newly appointed offi­ pend the death penalty. not carried out any death sentences since toward Ukraine. It should be kept in cials: Justice Minister Serhiy Holovaty a Ukrainian delegation headed by mind that assistance for the NIS and Procurator General Hryhoriy "This issue should not have taken declined by almost 25 percent between anybody by surprise," said Minister Parliament Chairman Oleksander Moroz Vorsinov. The issue is capital punish­ attended the September 26 CE meeting fiscal year 1995 and 1996. At the same ment in Ukraine. Holovaty during a press conference time assistance to Ukraine increased by called last week to discuss the probable in Strasbourg at which the council's Despite the fact that Ukraine has Parliamentary Assembly voted to admit 50 percent. Last year, Ukraine received already been accepted into the CE, it end of the death penalty in Ukraine. 17.8 percent of the assistance allocated "We have been candidates to the CE Ukraine. needs to fulfill a number of promises In 1994, more than 150 death sen­ to the NIS. In fiscal year 1996, it will be including adopting a new constitution, for more than three years now, and this over 35 percent. At the same time, the is not a new requirement," he noted. tences were carried out in Ukraine by passing new laws on elections and on various methods, including firing squad, conference limited assistance to Russia However, Mr. Holovaty's statements political parties, reforming the penal gas chamber, electric chair and hanging. to $195 million, thereby making Ukraine code and Procurator General's office, have taken the new procurator general In the first six months of 1995, 74 such the third largest recipient of U.S. foreign stabilizing the situation between the by surprise, who at a news conference sentences were carried out, according to assistance, trailing only Israel and Orthodox Churches in Ukraine, as well in Dnipropetrovske on October 27 told Mr. Holovaty. Egypt." as canceling the death penalty in reporters that Ukraine "is not prepared "Ukraine holds the record for per Mr. Iwanciw went on to point out that Ukraine, within the next three years. to abrogate capital punishment" and capita executions in the former Soviet "Ukraine and the Ukrainian American In this spirit, Mr. Holovaty told that "Mr. Holovaty's comment con­ Union," he said, adding that even community owe a debt of gratitude to reporters last week he hoped that by cerning a moratorium (on the death Russia, which does not have CE mem­ Sen. McConnell for both his leadership November 9 - the day Ukraine will be penalty) is a populist statement." bership, does not have capital punish­ and perseverance in assisting Ukraine. accepted as the newest member of the "And, if the Council of Europe is forc­ ment. He also explained that the Baltic Despite major opposition from the CE - the government would be able to ing us to abolish the death penalty, that is states and Moldova, among the newest administration during the past three impose a moratorium on capital punish­ mere dictatorship," said Procurator years, the senator continued working to ment in Ukraine. General Vorsinov, a hand-picked Kuchma (Continued on page 18) (Continued on page 18) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5,1995 No. 45 Former PM Zviahilsky agrees to meet with Procurator's Office Parliamentarians veto presidential decree mate in the country is not conducive to by Marta Kolomayets (Reforms faction), Stepan Khmara and attracting the amount of investment Kyiv Press Bureau Leonid Anisimov (Communist faction), KYIV — The Ukrainian Parliament needed to reform the economy. (OMRI listened to Mr. Zviahilsky, who con­ has vetoed a presidential decree transfer­ Daily Digest) KYIV - A former prime Minister of vinced at least three of his colleagues that ring most powers held by local councils Ukraine, Yukhim Zviahilsky, who has he is a victim of a political struggle to the local administrations, reported Leftists rally against Kuchma been living in the state of Israel since between supporters of Leonid Kravchuk Interfax-Ukraine on October 31. October 2 of last year, has agreed to meet and Leonid Kuchma. Deputies have set up a commission KYIV — Thousands of leftists held ral­ with representatives of the Ukrainian Mr. Bilas, a lawyer who is a member aimed at resolving differences between lies in several major Ukrainian cities on Procurator General's Office, according to of the Parliament's Anti-Corruption President Leonid Kuchma and the legis­ October 25, demanding President Leonid four members of Parliament who met Committee, remains skeptical. lature over the distribution of local gov­ Kuchma's resignation and an end to eco­ with the people's deputy in Tel Aviv. "There is no guarantee that Zviahilsky ernment authority. Mr. Kuchma recently nomic reforms that they claim have Mr. Zviahilsky, who remains an elect­ has only one passport," noted Mr. Bilas, issued the decree in accordance with a impoverished the population, UNIAN and ed people's deputy of Ukraine despite the who saw only one passport with only one June constitutional agreement between ITAR-TASS reported. Some 2,500 mem­ fact that he has not been in the country visa in it. "What about his diplomatic himself and Parliament giving him bers of the Communist-front All- for more than a year, is suspected of passport? where is that?" he asked. greater executive powers, including the Ukrainian Union of Workers and the involvement in the illegal sale of 200,000 Mr. Khmara, himself a victim of a right to overrule local councils. (OMRI Communist Party of Ukraine demonstrat­ tons of aviation fuel from national political struggle between the left and Daily Digest) ed in the capital, as leaders of both groups reserves. According to the Procurator's right forces in the Parliament in 1991, blasted Mr. Kuchma for what they called Office, he is suspected of pocketing $25 told journalists during the news confer­ Hearings begin over Sevastopil separatists his anti-labor policies, for selling Ukraine million as a result of similar transactions ence that "during a meeting with out to the West and alienating Russia. SEVASTOPIL — A district court in during the course of his tenure. President Leonid Kuchma in September Oleksander Bondarchuk, chairman of the this Crimean city has begun hearings on But, in a bizarre turn of events, three 1994, the president told^Mr. Zviahilsky: workers' union, announced that his orga­ the future of two pro-Moscow separatist of the four deputies who visited Israel on T will not forgive you for this, I will ruin nization would start collecting signatures groups, reported Interfax-Ukraine on October 6-Ю at the request of Mr. you.' Similar threats were heard from next month for a referendum on confi­ October 30. The Leningrad District court Zviahilsky, have begun pointing fingers Dmytro Tabachnyk," Mr. Khmara said, dence in the president. (OMRI Daily is considering charges by Crimean and at the Procurator's Office, blaming it for recalling Mr. Zviahilsky's words. Digest/Respublika) Sevastopil prosecutors that the Russian botching up the investigation, using unre­ Mr. Khmara said the former prime Community of Sevastopil and the Crimean Romanian-Ukrainian treaty hits snag liable documents, delaying any attempt minister had refused to finance President to press charges against the former gov­ Movement of Voters for the Republic of Kuchma's election campaign, saying that KYIV — Volodymyr Vasylenko, a ernment official for close to a year. Crimea are guilty of inciting interethnic he did not have time to worry about Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry offi­ Petro Sheyko, the head of the ethics discord and publishing material calling for Kuchma's campaign when important cial, has said Romania refuses to guaran­ committee in Parliament, who headed the the "violation of Ukraine's territorial matters of state, including the stabiliza­ tee post-World War II borders, reported four-man team traveling to Israel, told integrity." (Respublika/OMRI Daily tion of the economy, were at hand. Reuters on October 26. "Some journalists during a news conference on Digest) During their four-day visit to Israel the (Romanian) political forces are trying t,o Tuesday, October 17, that Mr. Zviahilsky four deputies met with Mr. Zviahilsky Tax reform stressed at roundtable justify territorial claims on Ukraine," Mr. is convinced that allegations against him only in their hotel rooms, or in the office are of a totally political nature. Vasylenko commented following two of the Ukrainian Consulate in Israel. Mr. KYIV — Government officials at a days of talks with Romanian officials in "He is convinced that this was a move Zviahilsky did not take the deputies to roundtable on Ukraine's troubled tax sys­ Bucharest. The Romanian Foreign by the General Procurator's Office and his own apartment, although one Israeli tem revealed that only 30 to 40 percent Ministry denied the accusation, saying the general procurator himself (at that newspaper has reported that he lives in of all enterprises in the country were pay­ Romania only wants recognition of the time Vladyslav Datsiuk), who tried to an exclusive part of town where rents ing taxes, the Eastern Economist Daily unfairness of the post-war carve-up. Mr. gather as much material against him and average three times more than in the rest reported on October 26. Officials from Vasylenko said the treaty talks are now have him stripped of his immunity as a of the city. the State Tax Inspection Agency said deputy," explained Mr. Sheyko in frozen owing to "unilateral" changes Mr. Zviahilsky told the deputies that he Ukraine's complicated tax system was to Parliament on October 19. sought by Bucharest. (OMRI Daily does not own any property in Israel. He blame for the poor collection of taxes. Of Digest) Indeed in November of last year, a crim­ and his wife live off his pension from the 36 taxes imposed on enterprises and inal investigation against Mr. Zviahilsky Donetske, and he makes more than 3,500 consumers, the four that bring the most Government will increase taxes was initiated, but never concluded. shekels ($1164.80) per month serving as a revenue are the value-added, excise, Just last month, Mr. Zviahilsky sent a consultant for a Haifa business firm which enterprise revenue and personal income KYIV — Business taxes will be request to the Ukrainian Parliament ask­ is building a tunnel in that city. He also taxes. (OMRI Daily Digest) increased to raise 8 trillion karbovantsi to ing for a meeting with a team of deputies told the deputies that his Israeli friends cover the 1995 budget deficit, which is in Israel in order to give his own story. have been generous to him and his family. Ukrainian defense industry in crisis larger than expected, reported UNIAN on That team, which consisted of Mr. October 30. Finance Minister Petro KYIV — Defense Minister Valeriy Sheyko (Center faction), Ivan Bilas (Continued on page 7) Hermanchuk told a cabinet session that Shmarov said production in Ukraine's this year's budget deficit would exceed defense industry this year is running at the International Monetary Fund target only 10 percent of 1991 levels, Radio by 24.6 trillion kbv to reach 7.3 percent Ukrainian president completes Russia reported on October 26. Mr. of the GDP. He said that because it had Shmarov said only 100 or so enterprises received only 59.8 percent of projected are still producing defense-related annual revenues by the end of visit to South American countriesitems , compared with over 700 in 1991. September, the government would be The United States signed an agreement JERSEY CITY, N.J. — President trade and economic cooperation, on con­ forced to raise taxes on company profits, this year providing Ukraine with $20 Leonid Kuchma became the first presi­ sultations between the two countries' for­ exchanges and auctions, and casinos by million for conversion projects. But dent of a country once part of the Soviet eign ministries and on visa-free travel for 2, 3 and 5 percent, respectively. Mr. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Union to visit South America, when he diplomats. Brazil's president also Green Miller said the investment cli­ (Continued on page 5) made stops fn the capitals of Brazil, expressed a desire to discuss further Argentina and Chile on October 25-30. cooperation on gas pipeline construction. The purpose of the trip was to expand In Chile, President Kuchma and trade and economic cooperation, and Chilean President Eduardo Frei signed an FOUNDED 1933 much of the focus was on aerospace. agreement on October 30 to promote THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Open Media Research Institute reported investment between the two countries. An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., that an aerospace cooperation treaty signed The 11 -article accord set terms for pri­ a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. with Brazil will foster an exchange vate investment and regular contacts Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. between the two countries, with Ukraine between their governments, reported Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. supplying space technology and Brazil Reuters. (ISSN - 0273-9348) providing a launch site. An accord signed On the last day of his visit President with Argentina calls for an agreement to Kuchma took a snipe at Moscow for fos­ Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper be drawn up on cooperation in space pro­ tering only its own interests in multilater­ (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). jects. President Kuchma also held talks al trade discussions. He held out The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: with the Chilean Space Affairs Committee. Mercosur, the four-nation customs union (201)434-0237,-0807,-3036 (201)451-2200 Last month, a Ukrainian-Chilean space between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and mission failed when a Chilean satellite did Paraguay, as an example of close multi­ Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz not separate from the Ukrainian rocket to lateral economic relations that work. changes to: Associate editor: Marta Kolomayets (Kyiv) which it was attached. "Mercosur does not mean only the inter­ The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor: Khristina Lew Beyond aerospace concerns, President ests of Brazil," said the president. "If P.O. Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz Kuchma and Brazil's President Enrique Russia had thought not only of its own Jersey City, NJ 07303 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) Cardosa signed a treaty on friendship and interests, but (instead) of the interests of The Ukrainian Weekly, November 5,1995, No. 45, Vol. LXIII cooperation, reported Interfax on October its neighbors, an agreement like that Copyright © 1995 The Ukrainian Weekly 26. The two men also signed accords on would have been signed by now." N0.45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1995 Ukrainian Parliament accedes ANALYSIS: U.S. restrictions to Council of Europe Charter on Ukraine's space capabilities Marta Kolomayets member of the Communist Party, sup­ by Eugene M. Iwanciw space launches of U.S. satellites through Kyiv Press Bureau ported Ukraine's membership in the CE. the year 2000. A similar agreement was The three-year-old process to accept WASHINGTON - With the demise of reached with China earlier this year. The the Soviet Union, Ukraine found itself in KYIV - The Ukrainian Parliament Ukraine as a full member of the CE reached administration has now turned its atten­ possession of much of the Soviet aero­ acceded to the Charter of the Council of its final stages when the CE Parliamentary tion to Ukraine. space program, including both military Europe on October 31 and will be admit­ Assembly approved Ukraine's membership ted as the 37th member of this presti­ and "civilian" design and production Review of launch quotas application on September 26. Then, on gious European organization on facilities. For the past few months an intera­ November 9, during official ceremonies October 18, the CE's Council of Ministers During the negotiations for the demo­ unanimously approved a resolution making gency task force has been reviewing the at the CE headquarters in Strasbourg. bilization and removal of all nuclear imposition of space launch quotas on After a heated debate, 256 deputies Ukraine a member. weapons from Ukraine, one of the con­ The last step for membership was Ukraine. The decision reached by this voted to join the council, with five cerns of the Ukrainian leadership was the task force will, most likely, become U.S. deputies voting against and five abstain­ approval by the Ukrainian Parliament, retention of a technological base, hereto­ which occurred on October 31. policy and would influence and possibly ing during the Tuesday afternoon vote. fore provided by the aerospace and determine the viability and direction of Among the biggest opponents to joining Mr. Moroz told reporters after his return nuclear industries, for international com­ from Strasbourg in late September that Ukraine's space program. the CE was the Communist bloc in petition. The fear among many Ukrainian Arguments to exempt international Parliament, which insisted that the issue of Ukraine's membership in the CE "first and leaders was that Ukraine's economy foremost serves as a stimulus and important joint ventures involving Ukrainian and Ukraine's accession to the European orga­ would be reduced to agriculture and the U.S. companies from any quotas have nization be examined as a package of docu­ fragment in the great task of state-building, dirty, heavy industrial sector without the aimed at developing a lawful, economically not been successful. Therefore, quotas, ments with that of Ukraine's entry into the possibility of competing in the clean, particularly low quotas, could result in Commonwealth of Independent States stable, politically stable, peace loving profitable high-tech field. European state - an organic and important the strangulation of Ukraine's space Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. From the earliest days of indepen­ effort at its inception. part of the European home." However, Parliament Chairman dence, Ukraine had its eye on becoming The irony is that on September 12 Thus, by joining the CE, Ukraine is Oleksander Moroz said such a motion is a space power. One month after declaring executives of 20 aerospace companies, "illogical," adding that he did not expect beginning to look Westward. independence, then chairman of the including AT&T, Boeing, COMSAT, any debates or discussions on the issue. The issue of joining the CIS Inter- Supreme Council Leonid Kravchuk paid Hughes Electronics, Lockheed Martin, "This was plain and simple political Parliamentary Assembly has yet to be his first visit to the United States as head Loral, MIC and TRW met with Vice- intrigue," said Ihor Ostash, a deputy who examined in Ukraine's Supreme Council. of state of Ukraine. Immediately upon President Al Gore. Thomas Brackey, belongs to the Reforms faction, before The Convention on the CIS Inter-Parlia­ leaving Washington, Mr. Kravchuk and director of technical operations for the victorious vote. mentary Assembly was signed in Miensk his delegation traveled to Houston to Hughes Space & Communications Co., Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr on May 26, by the presidents of Armenia, visit NASA's space center. The delega­ stated: "The satellite industry has come Khandogiy stressed that accession to the Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, tion included, significantly, the director to the conclusion that it is appropriate to CE and membership in the CIS assembly Russia, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan. Its deci­ of Pivdenmash, the world's largest mis­ move away from the current restrictions had nothing to do with each other. Even sions have no legal bearing and are to be sile-production facility, one Leonid [on foreign space launches]. We are the chairman of the Parliament's viewed solely as recommendations. Kuchma. looking for advice from industry on how Committee on Foreign Relations and CIS Ukraine currently has observer status The establishment of a space capability best to do that." Affairs, Borys Oliynyk, who is also a in the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. became a priority in the Kravchuk admin­ To impose space launch quotas on istration with the establishment of a Ukraine in this environment would nec­ Ukrainian Space Agency. Understandably, essarily send the wrong signals to Crimean Parliament adopts Constitution it has continued as a priority in the Ukraine and discourage U.S. companies Kuchma administration. from working with Ukraine on space Almost from the beginning, Ukraine ventures. It would also be the second subject to approval by Kyiv lawmakers has pursued a multi-track approach to time in under a year in which U.S. trade the establishment of a commercial space policy adversely affected Ukraine's eco­ Marta Kolomayets Constitution include Ukrainian, Russian industry. One track involves the use of nomic development and U.S. investment Kyiv Press Bureau and Crimean Tatar; however, the Russian military missiles scheduled for retire­ in Ukraine. language is given the status of the ment as launch vehicles for commercial Late last year, Ukraine, under duress, KYIV - The Crimean Parliament Crimea's official and business language. voted to adopt a new Constitution on satellites. A second track is the use of reached agreement with the U.S. govern­ Speaking with Interfax-Ukraine, the Zenit booster, which is produced by ment on limiting the number of women's November 1. However, the document is Ukrainian People's Deputy Dmytro subject to approval by the Ukrainian NPO Pivdenne in Ukraine. Ukraine has wool coats exported to the U.S. The quo­ Stepaniuk, chairman of the ad hoc com­ been pursuing joint venture opportuni­ tas not only harmed Ukraine's textile Parliament before it can go into effect. mittee appointed by Kyiv to help iron out According to Ukrainian law, the ties with a number of U.S. companies, industry but also the U.S. companies that problems in the Crimean draft constitution, including Boeing and Rockwell, result­ had invested in one of the few privatized Crimean Constitution must be in line said that in cases where the document con­ with Ukrainian laws. Thus Ukrainian ing in the establishment of the Sea sectors of the Ukrainian economy. tradicts the Ukrainian Constitution, that Launch program. lawmakers will examine its contents "the Ukrainian Parliament will be able to While the U.S. government continues carefully before ratifying the document. make the necessary amendments to the International consortium created to rightfully pressure Ukraine to proceed No date has been set by the Ukrainian Crimean Constitution before it is approved with economic reform, particularly priva­ Supreme Council for review of the in Kyiv." Sea Launch, an innovative approach to tization, agencies in the government are commercial space launches, involves an Crimean Constitution. "Many provisions of the Crimea's new undertaking efforts to restrict trade with Seventy-four of the 78 deputies pre­ international consortium of Boeing and U.S. investment in Ukraine. Constitution do not comply with Commercial Space Co. (U.S.), Kvaerner sent during the debate in Symferopil Ukrainian laws: the procedure for nomi­ This latter effort not only will restrain (Norway), NPO Pivdenne (Ukraine) and voted to adopt the autonomous republic's nating the republic's prime minister, Ukraine's economic development but RSE Energia (Russia). The proposal new Constitution (one voted against it, forming the judicial branch of govern­ could undercut the economic reform two abstained and one registered deputy ment," he said. involves launching commercial satellites efforts of the Kuchma government by from a platform in the Pacific Ocean off did not take part in the voting). He also said the Constitution does not giving Communists ammunition for their The Constitution declares in Article provide "guaranteed representation of the the coast of the United States. This pro­ already significant anti-reform campaign. 100 that the "republic of the Crimea is a deported peoples before the Crimea's vides maximum flexibility for the desired The argument will be made, as it already part of Ukraine" and that relations Supreme Council and in local govern­ orbit for each satellite. has in Russia, that the United States is between Kyiv and Symferopil are deter­ ment bodies." Ukraine's NPO Pivdenne will provide promoting economic reform not to bene­ mined on the basis of the Constitution of This became a sore point with the the project with the Zenit booster; fit the people but to destroy the "great Ukraine, the Constitution of the Crimea, Kurultay (Crimean Tatar) faction in the Russia's RSC Energia provides the third socialist" economy established during the treaties and agreements between the bod­ Crimean Parliament, which threatened to stage of the launcher; Norway's Soviet period. ies of state executive power. walk out in protest. However, during the Kvaerner will develop the platform; Ukrainian Americans can, as in the Major highlights of the new Constitution final vote this paragraph was dropped while USA's Boeing will provide inte­ past, affect U.S. policy in this field. As include: from the Constitution. The Kurultay fac­ gration, marketing and management. we enter into an election year, both the References to "the people of the tion also protested the fact that the The timing for such a venture is Clinton administration and members of Crimea" and "the statehood of the Russian language has "an official opportune. In a Space News article Congress are concerned about constituent Crimea" are missing from this final draft; monopoly" on the peninsula, and one of (September 18-24), a satellite industry interests. previously these were bones of con­ the deputies from this faction, Enver official is quoted as saying, "It is a fact An outcry to the White House and tention between Kyiv and Symferopil. Kuriiev, declared a hunger strike after the that we don't have enough launchers for members of Congress from Ukrainian Instead the term "Crimean internal citi­ Constitution was adopted. the numbers of satellites we're building." Americans against any space launch quo­ zenship" is used to delineate residency On Thursday evening, November 2, The high demand for launchers is primar­ tas for Ukraine could swing the pendu­ on the peninsula. Mr. Kuriiev was joined by 10 fellow ily sparked by the technological explo­ lum to those in the administration who Sevastopil, once a city with a special deputies in a hunger strike to protest sion in the communications industry. understand the negative impact quotas status and subordinated to Kyiv, has been against the absence of guarantees for the At the same time, however, the United would have on both Ukraine and the U.S. described in the new Constitution as "an defense "of the legitimate rights and States has been limiting the launching of satellite industry. For once, Ukrainian inseparable part of the Crimea, with a interests of the Crimean Tatar people." U.S. satellites on foreign boosters. Two Americans would have powerful allies in special status." The hunger strikers are demanding a years ago, the U.S. concluded an agree­ their efforts to influence U.S. policy The state languages listed the new revision of the new Constitution, ment with Russia limiting the number of toward Ukraine. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1995 No. 45 Canadian institutions collaborate on Legislative Education Program EDMONTON - Recognizing the need Council), met with Dr. Zenon Kohut, to prepare legislation to underpin the fun­ director of the Canadian Institute of damental political and economic trans­ Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the formations necessary for a democratic, University of Alberta and agreed to col­ law-based state and market economy in laborate on developing a proposal for a Ukraine, several Canadian institutions technical assistance project aimed at have begun collaborating on a legislative improving Ukraine's jaw-making capaci­ education project. ties. Subsequently, Dr. Bohdan Klid and Political analysts and Ukrainian gov­ Myroslav Yurkevich of CIUS began ernment officials have all indicated that work on drafting a proposal. much of the draft legislation scheduled to Shortly thereafter, a board of directors, be brought before Ukraine's Parliament chaired by Mr. Decore, was established. It in the near future will be of fundamental is composed of provincial and federal legis­ importance. Indeed, many of the coun­ lators, government officials, academics and try's basic laws, including its others. A proposal was drafted and prelimi­ Constitution, have yet to be adopted. In nary discussions held with potential partner addition, the immensity of the legislative organizations in Ukraine. In early June, agenda that lies before Ukraine's govern­ representations were made by board mem­ ment and Parliament is staggering. bers to Canada's Ministry of Foreign Seven decades of Soviet rule, combined Affairs. Subsequent discussions took place with Ukraine's colonial status within the in Ukraine with Ukrainian government former Soviet Union, have left the officials and others. Ukrainian government and Parliament The proposed technical assistance pro­ poorly equipped for the difficult tasks gram will be organized around policy- or ahead. On the national level, Ukraine legislation-related themes. Within the inherited a largely ineffective parliamen­ framework of each theme, specific tasks tary system with little legislative tradition will be undertaken to achieve concrete Discussing the Canada-Ukraine Legislative Education Program were: (front, or experience. Staffs of experts who con­ and useful results: draft laws, policy from left) Laurence Decore, Stan Schumacher, Raynell Andreychuk, David duct research and write policy recommen­ studies creating the framework for legis­ Kilgour, (center row) Andrew Beniuk, Ihor Bardyn, Michael Zwack, (third row) dations, and draft laws for government and lation, and amendments to current laws. Ed Stelmach, Dmytro Jacuta, and Bohdan Klid. parliamentary bodies are small, underpaid, Two themes will be selected every year ill-equipped and require greater access to for a three-year period. following prominent individuals have lent Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, chair of the outside information. At lower levels, Upon selection of a theme, an inter­ their support to the project and become Council of Advisors to the Presidium of municipal and regional governments still governmental working group, composed members of the board of directors: Stanley the Parliament of Ukraine; Michael remain almost completely subordinated to of members of the national legislative S. Schumacher, MLA for Drumheller and Zwack, counsel for Ogilvie and Co. of central authorities and have little experi­ and executive branches of government, speaker of the Alberta Legislative Calgary; Ihor Bardyn, counsel for ence in local self-government. as well as local government officials, will Assembly; David Kilgour, MP. for Mitchell, Bardyn and Zalucky of Toronto Access to outside information and be formed in Ukraine and begin work Edmonton Southeast and deputy speaker and director of the Chair of Ukraine expertise, then, could be extremely helpful there. With the help of a Canadian of the House of Commons; Len Derkach, Studies Foundation, as well as the Canada- in formulating good policy to aid in the expert, who will act as the group's advi­ minister of rural development, Manitoba; Ukraine Parliamentary Program; Bohdan drafting of new legislation. Useful informa­ sor, CIUS will organize a two- to four- Raynell Andreychuk, Senator for Regina, Onyschuk, counsel for Smith, Lyons, tion can be obtained and access to experts week work-study program for the group Saskatchewan; Walt Lastewka, M.P. for Torrance, Stevenson and Mayer of gained in a relatively short time by directly in Canada following the completion of St. Catharines and chair of Parliament's Toronto and past president of the Canada- exposing Ukrainians involved in the law­ preliminary work in Ukraine. The final Canada-Ukraine Friendship Association; Ukraine Chamber of Commerce; and Dr. making process to the way in which the products - policy papers, draft legislation Laurence Decore, MLA for Glengarry- Kohut, director of the CIUS. different branches, levels and departments or amendments — will be completed Edmonton, former mayor of the city of Members of the Ukrainian community of government function and interact with upon the group's return to Ukraine, tak­ Edmonton and former president of the have been asked to support this project, one another in Canada, as well as their rela­ ing into account the information obtained Ukrainian Professional and Business which aims to assist the reform process in tion to the communities they serve. and work experience in Canada. These Federation; Ed Stelmach, MLA for Ukraine. Donations made to the Canadian On January 19, Alberta Members of policy papers, draft laws or proposed Vegreville-Viking and deputy whip; Institute of Ukrainian Studies are tax- the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) amendments to existing statutes should Andrew Beniuk, MLA for Norwood- deductible. Please direct all inquiries to: Laurence Decore and Andrew Beniuk, as prove useful to the Ukrainian govern­ Edmonton; Wilson Parasiuk, international Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, well as James Jacuta of the Ukrainian ment in producing reform legislation. consultant with Quorum International of 352 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Canadian Congress (Alberta Provincial Since the inception of the project, the Vancouver and former provincial minister; Edmonton, AB T6G 2E8; (403) 492-2972. Diverse Canadian businesses find opportunities in Ukraine by Christopher Guly about 60 miles east of Kyiv. Over the past two decades, Ukraine is more an act of cultural friendship. oil exploration from the region has dropped to 50 wells. "If I have 10 workers at a complex in Ukraine, I might OTTAWA - Telecommunications, oil and construc­ Through Uk-Ran Oil Corporation's initiative, Ukraine make $10 a month," said Maurice Mac, owner of tion are among the top industries Canadian businesses could drastically cut its oil imports - which now stand at Montreal-based Empire Maintenance Industries Inc. "But are involved with in Ukraine. So far, the most success­ 90 percent of oil consumption in the country. a lot of our cleaning contracts are still in the embryonic ful venture prize goes to Northern Telecom, which "Ukrainians use about 1 million barrels of oil a stages." signed a $14 million agreement on March 31 in Kyiv day," explained Mr. Zederayko. "But they only pro­ With a janitorial mechanical maintenance company to help build a fiber-optic link between Ukraine's capi­ duce about 100,000 barrels daily." tal city and Odessa. that employs 4,500 Canadians - a staff complement equal to Shell Canada Ltd., according to The Financial Meanwhile, the Saskatchewan-based SaskPower is Although they are rolling in oil, but not huge profits so awaiting word from Ukraine on its $20 million (about far, Mr. Zederayko and his associates have noticed a Post editor Diane Francis - Mr. Mack does not have to $15.4 million U.S.) bid to provide a fiber-optic cable change in Ukrainian business acumen and interest. "Three cut his business teeth in Ukraine. system in Ukraine's utility network. (SaskPower is years ago, when I first went to Ukraine, there were guys But Oksana Bashuk-Hepburn, a board member of also hoping to conduct a feasibility study looking into walking around in suits that looked like they came from the Canada Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, explained Ukraine's coal-heating production system.) an army and navy store. Today, there are young, sharp- that Canadian investment in Ukraine "is offering a Northland Power, located in Toronto, is currently looking fellows equipped with cellular phones who have very good return." In fact, the chamber has recently developing a $100-million-plus heat and power project completely different attitudes," Mr. Zederayko observed. been holding seminars across the country to encourage designed for the Kyiv suburb, Darnytsia. Northland pres­ That evolution has only helped Canadian entrepre­ Canadian entrepreneurs to think Slavic. ident Jim Temerty explained that the plans are to mod­ neurs. Winnipeg-based Central Canadian Structures There are close to 60 national Canadian companies ernize the existing 50-year-old plant in the region and to Ltd., has spent more than a decade constructing build­ doing business with Ukraine at the moment. install new Canadian-made generators and boilers. ings in Ukraine. One of its recent projects was the "Most of the Western world, including Canada, has "By rendering it more efficient, we will help save completion of the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv. historically looked at Africa or Asia for investment Ukrainians in Kyiv $ 15 million a year." Company president Harry Giesbrecht said Ukrainian opportunities," she said. "It's a real tabula rasa for them. Meanwhile wily entrepreneurs from Alberta's oil President Leonid Kuchma's pro-business strategy has But those of us from Slavic stock are saying that there are patch are making incredible strides in Ukrainian wells. helped keep his company active in Ukraine. "The con­ some real state-of-the-art opportunities in Ukraine." Calgary-based Terrenex, in partnership with Britain's struction business for us is a lot more profitable there That is the message the almost two-year-old cham­ JPX, has been pumping 10 million cubic feet of gas than it is in Canada," he said. "If I want to compete for a ber, which includes Ms. Francis on its board of direc­ and 3,000 barrels of oil daily from Poltava. Not a bad project here, there will be 18 of us. Although we make a tors, will be taking when its representatives meet with feat considering that the average oil company in lower profit there, I won't have to compete." Canadian government officials later this year. Ms. Alberta generates only about 30 barrels a day. For some Ukrainian Canadian entrepreneurs, recog­ Bashuk-Hepburn, who runs Ukraine — Canada Ed Zederayko, a former geologist now working as a nizing Ukraine's voracious appetite for foreign invest­ Relations Inc., a trading company based in Aylmer, financial analyst in Calgary, is also involved in a project ment and capital leaves little scraps behind for equally Quebec, said that a 20-member Canadian business to kick-start the 160 oil wells in Lelyiakov, situated hungry profit-seekers. For them, doing business in mission to Ukraine is planned for this fall. No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5,1995 Ukrainian Canadian Congress prepares new approach to multiculturalism by Andrij Wynnyckyj resolution: "Whereas we believe we are Toronto Press Bureau equal contributors to Canadian society; therefore be it resolved that a new multi­ WINNIPEG - During its J 8th triennial cultural policy for Canada be built on the convention here, the Ukrainian Canadian basis that most Canadians view ethnic Congress gave notice it is preparing to take groups as a key resource in ensuring a bold step in its approach to multicultural- Canada's growth and expansion as a ism, a concept Ukrainian Canadians were global player in the world economy." instrumental in having enshrined as offi­ The question of the status of ethnic cial policy in this country. groups in Canada was clarified by Mr. "Whereas the review of multicultural- Boyko. "We no longer want to be treated as ism will begin shortly," read one of the a special interest, because this in itself has convention's resolutions, "therefore be it become an obstacle to our development and resolved that the UCC communicate with further contribution to Canada," he asserted. the prime minister of Canada [Jean The UCC position paper he is drafting Chretien]...with the view of establishing will contend that the Ukrainian Canadian a new policy contract with all levels of community participated for over 80 years government on this issue." in creating a multicultural society in the Earlier this year, Oleh Romaniw, re­ country, before the policy was officially elected president for another three-year adopted in 1971, and did so largely with­ term at this congress, commissioned the out any public funding at all. UCC Saskatchewan Provincial Council It also clarifies Ukrainian Canadian ij Wynnyckyj and its president, Adrian Boyko, to pre­ support for the Francophone communi­ Orest Rudzik and Dr. Stella Hryniuk during the panel presentation on the pare a position paper to be presented to ty's demands in Quebec, and in Canada Ukrainian community and the Canadian mainstream. the federal government. as a whole, as not threatening to French Scheduled for completion by the official language status, nor its efforts to longer be sent to draw from a diminish­ once more "called to the altar of history" beginning of the congress on October 6, preserve its distinct culture. ing 'multicultural' pot, but draw on the as the policy of multiculturalism is at press time on October 25, it was still in The draft also includes a bombshell pro­ resources of the country directly." undergoing changes, because of the pres­ sures of changing demographics and the draft stage, but this belies a dramati­ posal that the government's multicultural The working session cally new approach to the question. funding programs should be terminated, the politically motivated cutbacks in govern­ It a-so reflects a sensitivity to the volatile position of minister of state for multicultur­ A working sessions of the UCC ment spending." situation in Canada manifested in yet anoth­ alism should be abolished and the support­ Congress held on October 7, "The It appeared that the session's partici­ er resolution: "Whereas the country will be ing Multiculturalism Secretariat disbanded. Ukrainian Community and the Canadian pants were up to the challenge. trying to redefine itself after the The UCC is proposing that these be Mainstream," addressed on both the Toronto-based lawyer Dr. Orest Referendum [on separation] in Quebec replaced by an office similar in function to abstract and practical levels, how Rudzik and Dr. Stella Hryniuk, professor [held on October 30] and all Canadians of the present Official Languages Commis­ Ukrainians relate to Canadian society and of history and Slavic studies at the cultural groups other than English and sion, which would report directly to the how they can make it deliver in a way that University of Manitoba, gave formal pre­ French will also be looking at this question; Canadian Parliament on progress in multi­ is commensurate with their input into it. sentations, underscoring that Ukrainians be it resolved that the UCC ... examine the cultural issues specifically with regard to Among the participants were current already are in the mainstream. possibilities of rethinking a new policy on matters of equality and inclusion. president of the Canadian Ethnocultural Ukrainian Canadian Professional and mainstreaming multiculturalism." "If you're equal and you have equal Council Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk, and Dr. Business Federation President Raya "The central tenet of this position paper access to government agencies," Mr. Rey Pagtakhan, member of Parliament Shadursky asserted that even old questions will be that we are equals in Canada," Mr. Boyko explained, "everything we do, for Winnipeg North. of "inferiority complex" were moot now, Boyko said. "We have benefited from the including our education programs, pro­ In his remarks to the opening session given the level of success Ukrainians in program as much as we can, and it's time fessional development efforts, dance of the congress the previous evening, Canada had achieved, and the distinctive to move onward and upward." groups, what have you, will no longer be federal government backbencher Dr. stamp they had left on the society as a This sentiment was echoed in another channeled to the side. We would no Pagtakhan declared that Ukrainians are whole.

Manitoba UCC outlines effort to spur immigration UNA Insurance Sales Offices by Andrij Wynnyckyj began in January, and that Premier Gary excellent base for a care-giver sponsor­ Toronto Press Bureau Filmon's government, particularly ship program, and Manitoba's govern­ Harold Gilshammer, minister of culture, ment has been listening. Ukrainian National Association Inc. WINNIPEG - The Manitoba heritage and citizenship, have been very She said the community has been able to 30 Montgomery St. Provincial Council of the Ukrainian supportive. play on the fact that it has not benefited (P.O. Box17A) Canadian Congress is showing that inten­ Mr. Tracz added that all three major par­ from any major recent wave of immigrants. sified focus on Ukraine can benefit the ties in Manitoba's Legislative Assembly She cited the positive influence of small Jersey City, l\IJ 07303 community in this country. At the UCC's (the Conservatives, Liberals and the New contingents of Ukrainians from Poland on Phone:(201)451-2200 triennial convention on October 7, UCC Democrats) have also agreed in principle community institutions in Canada. fax:(201)451-2093 Manitoba President Luba Szwaluk and with Manitoba UCC's approach. Ms. Szwaluk also said a proposed local social services activist Myroslaw In part, the project's motivation is to get "nominee class" that could be introduced Tracz outlined some details of their effort people into Canada to assist elderly child­ by Canada's ministry of immigration in to bring immigrants from Ukraine to less couples, or those who have outlived all early 1996 presented a great opportunity. Ukrainian National Association Inc. Canada for this purpose. their relatives, Mr. Tracz explained. Another aspect of the initiative is eco­ 1 Eva Road, Suite 402 The plan calls for cooperation with the The increasing restrictions in family nomic. "Just as we bring in migrant work­ federal and Manitoba provincial govern­ reunification categories have resulted in ers from Mexico to work on farms, people Etobicoke, Ontario ments. Ms. Szwaluk explained that isolation and hardship for many Ukrainian could come from Ukraine," Mr. Tracz said. Canada M9C 4Z5 although immigration is a federal juris­ Canadian elderly, Mr. Tracz said. Everywhere in the world, the younger Phone:(416)626-1999 diction under Canada's Constitution, in "On the other hand, there is no reason generation tends not to want to stay on the present climate favoring decentraliza­ why they should suffer - many of these farms, Mr. Tracz explained, but in this fax:(416)626-3841 tion, provincial governments, particularly older Ukrainians have accumulated a rea­ case, the lure of Canada and a sponsorship Quebec's, have increasingly asked for an sonable amount of wealth," Mr. Tracz program could entice young Ukrainians to expanded role in encouraging people to said. "Why not have it stay in Canada, learn methods from Manitoban farmers Ukrainian National Association Inc. resettle on their territories. instead of sending it out to Ukraine like while assisting them in day-to-day opera­ Ms. Szwaluk said the UCC's formal they often do?" tions. Benson Manor discussions with Manitoba officials Ms. Szwaluk said this provides an Ms. Szwaluk said Manitoba's UCC 101 Washington Lane, Suite 126A council has been accepting sponsorship Jenkintown, PA 19046-4232 applications since early summer and As all of the SS-24s were deactivated last phone: (215) 887-8823 Newsbriefs October, this means that 90 percent of already has a list of 20 names. (Continued from page 2) the country's nuclear weapons have been "Although no formal agreement with fax:(215)887-8825 Hermanchuk said the low revenues were deactivated. Col. Oleksander Serdiuk the provincial government has been reached yet, we're very optimistic," Mr. due to a lingering industrial crisis, which said there are financial problems con­ Tracz said. "We're also ready to move caused a 12.7 percent decline in GDP in nected with disarmament. The United Ukrainian National Association Inc. States, the Netherlands and Canada have on these applications five at a time, even the first nine months of the year. (OMRI made part of their promised contributions if we don't get direct official support." 5691 State Road Daily Digest) toward the effort, but France, Great For more information on this project, Parma, OH 44134 Ukrainian disarmament update Britain, Spain and Italy have given none contact Ms. Szwaluk or Mr. Tracz at the of the assistance they pledged. Col. Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Manitoba Phone:(216)888-4919 KYIV — Ukraine has deactivated 80 Serdiuk said if more aid is not forthcom­ Provincial Council, 204-456 Main St., fax: (216) 888-3450 SS-19 missiles and dismantled 40 silos, ing Ukraine may have to slow down the Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1B6; (204) reported Ukrainian Radio on October 30. process. (OMRI Daily Digest) 942-5648. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5,1995 No. 45 The Washington Group rides THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY the information superhighway If only they would listen... by Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj Up, HyperDOC?" questions, but the doc­ tors in the house were engaged in other A front-page story published this week in The New York Times noted that ARLINGTON, Va. - "Cyberukes," a matters." (He may be contacted for more Ukraine is the fourth largest recipient of U.S. aid, and decried the stagnation of group of Ukrainian cyberspace enthusi­ [email protected].) Ukraine's economic reform, the investment of millions of U.S. dollars notwith­ asts gathered here on Sunday, October 8, Mr. Kostiuk, vice-president of the standing. It pointed out that the "showcase privatization program, which towards the close of The Washington Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Washington expected to be a key to a market economy, has run into deep trouble." Group's (TWG) Leadership Conference. Business Federation (UCPBF), had a dis­ (Readers should be aware that a briefer and consequently skewed version of the The informal session, organized by Yaro article appeared in some newspapers as a New York Times News Service story.) play of the United Nation's Kyiv Freenet Bihun of TWG, was dubbed a "Cyberspace and the Ukrainian Academic and Research Continuing, the Times article blamed not only the Ukrainian officials involved Enthusiasts Get-Together with Network (UARNet). The U.N. has estab­ in putting privatization into effect, but also the U.S. Agency for International Presentations." Four panelists, who are lished a major presence in Kyiv on the Development and the companies it hired to carry out the program. Reference was active in matters Ukrainian on the Internet - made in the article to "Washington officials" who "said AID could have been Internet, and Mr. Kostiuk's display was variously known as the "infobahn" or very informative in conveying this. stricter in overseeing the work done by its contractors," to "misguided" messages "information superhighway" - were pre­ that were misunderstood or incomprehensible to the proverbial man on the street He also explained how the Ukrainian sent. They were Zenon M. Feszcak, Bohdan Canadian Professional and Business in Ukraine, and, above all, to the fact that "Washington rushed" to get privatiza­ Kantor, Michael Kostiuk and this writer. tion going in Ukraine though it knew there were flaws in the program. Federation is using the Internet to link all of Mr. Feszczak demonstrated "Ukrainia- its local associations together. The UCPBF Times reporter Jane Perlez cited the example of one privatization center in nization" of the Apple Macintosh computer, Donetske staffed by a young Ukrainian and a Peace Corps volunteer, "...on one operates a Listserver (which is a computer along with more general aspects of the program providing a type of "bulletin recent morning, the volunteer... did not speak enough Russian or Ukrainian to Internet relating to Ukraine. The term deal with his first visitor, a local plant manager. After a translator helped [the board" service on Internet, although more "Ukrainianization" refers tp the fact that the advanced) and a Home Page (a "site" on volunteer], a recent graduate of business management school in Taxes with no entire method in which the computer inter­ practical experience, the manager left in disgust." And then there are problems Internet where one may present information acts with the user is in Ukrainian. This on a topic using text and pictures) through such as those cited by persons interviewed for the article, that the Americans means that there is no English (or any other coming into the country to push privatization are not familiar with Ukrainian the cooperation of Andrew Ukrainec at language besides Ukrainian) present on the McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. laws, and do not want the advice or opinions of Ukrainian experts. screen. All dialogues, error messages and [It should be noted parenthetically that while pressuring Ukraine to proceed (Further information may be obtained from menus are completely in Ukrainian. Mr. Kostiuk at [email protected].) quickly with economic reform and privatization, the U.S. also has imposed restric­ At present, only Apple's Macintosh tive trade quotas (e.g., on wool coats and space launches; see story on page 3).] This writer's presentation demonstrated None of this, now, should be new to readers of The Ukrainian Weekly, as sev­ has this capability. Mr. Feszczak present­ an Internet site called "Ukraine FAQ Plus" eral articles have been published concerning USAID's misguided policies and ed the Ukrainian operating system pro­ and other Internet resources. "FAQ," an inappropriate choices of contractors. Indeed, those articles pointed out that use of duced by CDV Apple Ukraine, and the acronym meaning "Frequently Asked private volunteer organization would have been most appropriate in Ukraine as Cyrillic Language Kit (in pre-release Questions" arose as a document addressing personnel of these PVOs have had people on the ground in Ukraine for longer form) from Apple Computer. questions asked by new users on Internet periods of time, understand the problems there and, of course, have the requisite He explained that "CDV Apple Ukraine about a particular topic. The "Plus" denotes language knowledge, not to mention a sincere commitment to Ukraine — all of IMC, the franchise of Apple Computer in that this is a step beyond the traditional which helps to establish a rapport with both the officials and average citizens of Ukraine, has produced the world's only FAQ. Ukraine. As well the articles have pointed out that aid programs should be tai­ fully Ukrainian operating system, along "Ukraine FAQ Plus" has as a major lored to the needs and specifics of the recipient country. They cannot simply be with localized (Ukrainian-language) ver­ sponsor, the Sabre Foundation (whose e- transplanted programs that have been used elsewhere. sions of many software applications, com­ mail address is [email protected]). Items So what's new here? Not much that hasn't been pointed out previously on plete with documentation in Ukrainian." presented ranged from information on the pages of this newspaper. Now, if only the bureaucrats would listen... "In addition," he continued, "Apple Ukrainian culture to highlights of the Computer in the U.S. is preparing a current issue of The Ukrainian Weekly. Cyrillic Language Kit for the Macintosh, expected to be released by year's end. I should note that my work had begun This Cyrillic Language Kit provides the at the start of the conference. Using an user with the ability to read and write in Apple digital camera and my portable Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian on an Macintosh Powerbook computer, I was Turning the pages back... English-language Macintosh system." able to record various sessions of the (Methods have existed for many years conference. From there, with the help of for English-language Macintoshes, but Yaro Bihun, who wrote a synopsis of each session, I managed, combined and Two years ago, the body known as the World Congress of Apple Computer finally decided to offi­ cially gather and release them). massaged the information and placed it Free Ukrainians - a reference to the fact that the major portion under the "Current Events" section of the of the Ukrainian nation was not free living under Soviet domi­ Mr. Feszcak further demonstrated the Macintosh so that conference attendees "Ukraine FAQ Plus" Project. nation - held its first congress since the 1991 declaration of Ukraine's independence. This was a "virtual" first - the confer­ Following are excerpts from the news story reporting on that historic conclave. could net-surf and explore Ukrainian applications and the Ukrainian operating ence proceedings are now on Internet with # * * * system. Mr. Feszczak also showed and pictures available to all! Information extant TORONTO - The World Congress of Free Ukrainians dropped the "Free" from its distributed Ukrainian fonts and keyboard ranges from the complete speech of name during its sixth congress, held November 3-7, and elected Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk, drivers he had created (His e-mail Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, former president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, as its president/The congress was address is "[email protected]. Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, to a summary of a the first since the declaration of Ukraine's independence, and was conducted with a mem­ Mr. Kantor, from the Library of major policy speech given by Coit Blacker, ber of the Ukrainian Cabinet, an ambassador and parliamentary deputies in attendance. Congress, had a fascinating approach to special assistant to the president and senior With endorsements from Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Zhulynsky, "cyperspace." His method was more ser­ director of the National Security Council among others, the World Congress of Ukrainians [today the organization is called the vice-oriented and delved into how one for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. Ukrainian World Congress] also shrugged off debate that it should be dissolved, that may Use the Internet as a resource. Part of my presentation at the it was financially crippled and ill-equipped to move into the future. Mr. Kantor demonstrated productive "Cyberukes" gathering also demonstrated Its new president, Dr. Сіруwnyk, said that "the WCU must succeed, as it is a potent search strategies live on the Internet looking the use of such technology and thfe prelimi­ symbol and vehicle for Ukrainian influence within countries where they have settled." for the "Ukrainian community." He noted, nary structuring of the conference proceed­ He warned against "premature" talk of dissolving existing organizations, saying that this "For diplomats I chose search methods ings on the "Ukraine FAQ Plus" site would erode the community's hard-earned standing in countries of the diaspora. highlighting sources in Ukraine and the lan­ (which may be reached on the Internet at The resolutions adopted on the final day of plenary sessions in the Harbour Castle guage. The Nintendo generation (students) the address http://world.std.com/~sabre/ Westin Hotel's Frontenac Room covered a wide variety of topics and scope, ranging experienced searching geo-spatially via a UKRAINE.html). from the practical and specific to the very broad. map interface navigating the world for Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj, an admit­ They included a call to the World Tribunal to denounce the Communist Party of satellite photos of Crimea and the Black ted cybernut, may be reached at the Soviet Union for its organization of the famine-genocide of 1932-1933; a general Sea. I was ready for doctors with "What's [email protected]. expression of support for Ukraine's nuclear arms policies; greetings to the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council (UWCC) and a declaration of readiness to work in con­ cert with it; a call to the central representations of countries to resolve the ideological rifts that had split them in the past, and work to re-combine as single entities; and a UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine call to the diaspora to support the efforts of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee. VTIND The Home Off'ce °f tne Ukrainian National Thornier resolutions included a call on Pope John Paul II to immediately recognize "the u already existing Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church" and protests against ^v * ^Q Association reports that, as of October 31, the fraternal the separation of the Mukachiv and Presov eparchies from the UGCC; and a greeting to the ^ \^РЛ organization's Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine has Orthodox Church's Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, calling upon received 20,813 checks from its members with dona­ him to assist in formation of a single and united Ukrainian Orthodox Church. tions totalling $504,609.94 The contributions include Two hundred eighty-five delegates were registered, representing Ukrainian communi­ individual members' donations, as well as returns of ties throughout the world with delegations from Poland and Romania being accepted into members' dividend checks and interest payments on the fold and applications from the Czech and Slovak republics and Russia still in process. promissory notes. ^O Jr\ \л V^ Please make checks payable to: Source: "World Congress of Ukrainians faces new era with new name" by Andrij '4(Jli> UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine. Wynnyckyj, The Ukrainian Weekly, November 14, 1993, Vol. LX1, No. 46. No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1995

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CANADA COURIER to be permitted to be reduced to an "aca­ People do care demic exercise." It is clear that too many by Christopher Guly in the international community still do about Miss Suzy-Q not comprehend the extent of the acci­ Dear Editor: dent. Few realize, for example, that Soviet attempts to "bomb" a major por­ I would like to respond to Zirka tion of the destroyed and exposed core Canada's would-be golden girl Kudla's letter, "Miss Soyuzivka: Who with various materials in an attempt to really cares?" (October 8). Yes, I think smother the fires apparently failed. This HULL, Quebec - Melania Bussiere suits, which find her studying toward a there really are people who care and is in stark contrast to the Soviet version fancies herself the female version of bachelor of sciences degree in biology at actually enjoy reading about the contes­ presented in August 1986 and, unfortu­ Mark Tewksbury. the Universite de Montreal. (She is con­ tants, and yes, it most certainly is a tradi­ nately, is still accepted as accurate by the Three years ago, Mr. Tewksbury sidering medicine.) tion worth continuing. IAEA. What is alarming is that it appears earned a gold medal at the Summer Ambitious? Perhaps. But Ms. I have been a supporter of Soyuzivka the IAEA was aware of this up to a year Olympic Games in Barcelona for the Bussiere's quest for success seems more for over 25 years and, although I have before "The International Chornobyl 100-meter backstroke and became genetic than egotistical. not entered the contest myself, Ї have Project" was published - a senior Canada's golden boy in the pool. Next Her father, Jean, is a physicist. Her enjoyed being a part of the festivities Chornobyl scientist had notified them of year, at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, mother, Maria (nee Gerych), is a pianist. year after year. As a professional young this in a 1990 report sponsored by the Ms. Bussiere would like to become On her mothers' maternal lines, there is woman, I find it in no way offensive or IAEA. Canada's golden girl. Mykola Kolessa, a world-renowned com­ demeaning to Ukrainian women. Perhaps The 23-year-old Ottawa-born swim­ poser in Ukraine, and the late Olexander, if Ms. Kudla were to attend, she would Alexander Sich mer is still eight seconds away from who helped establish the Ukrainian Free discover that these women are not pranc­ London qualifying as a member of Canada's elite University in Munich. ing around in revealing clothing or team headed for the 1996 Olympiad. In But maybe Ms. Bussiere sprung fins bathing suits, but are asked intelligent the 100-meter freestyle event, Ms. thanks to her maternal grandmother, and meaningful questions about their Ukrainians need Bussiere's time is 58 seconds; she needs Krystya, who was known to take daily involvement in our Ukrainian communi­ to shave that by two seconds. In the 200- dips in the Danube River. Apparently, ty and their bright futures. another DC office meter freestyle event, her time is 2:08; a that love of water rubbed off. time of 2:02 would bring her up to One and a quarter pages may be Dear Editor: At 3, baby Bussiere was paddling the lengthy, but it happens only once a year. Olympic caliber. waves near her home in Yaphank on I think it's nice to read about something I do not agree that, with the closing of "Nobody in Canada is near that time Long Island - where her family lived fun and positive for a change. I would the UNA Washington Office, the in either event," explained Ms. Bussiere shortly after she was born and until she think the older generation would be Ukrainian community can get by with over the telephone from her home in St. turned 7. That year, the Bussieres moved proud to see young women getting only one office, that of the Ukrainian Bruno, Quebec - a Francophone to Quebec and Melania entered competi­ involved and supporting our community. Congress Committee under the name of Montreal suburb on the south shore of tive swimming. The UNA may be "cash-strapped" but Ukrainian National Information Service. the St. Lawrence River. Since then, she has entered no less than why should a yearly tradition that brings For some reason authors of letters to One wonders if her 14 fellow swim­ 17 competitions, and has placed first, UNA members together to celebrate be the editor are omitting the fact that there mers on the Mustangs team at the swim­ excluding the Ukrainian games in 1988. discontinued? Perhaps if more people still are two offices in Washington repre­ ming club in nearby Boucherville are as Over the past six years, Ms. Bussiere has would show support for the UNA by senting the Ukrainian community. The eclectic in their activities as Ms. Bussiere also shaved three seconds off her time in attending these festive traditions at office of the Ukrainian American seemingly is. the 100-meter freestyle event and four Soyuzivka, the UNA would not be so Coordinating Council with its director, Beyond the numerous aqua citations second in the 200 meters. "cash-strapped!" Ihor Gawdiak, adequately and diligently the Quebecer has received - including Going for the proverbial gold calls for five first-place finishes at the such concentration. Just like her hero, Natalka Barankewicz represents the Ukrainian community. International Ukrainian Olympiad in Mr. Tewksbury, had espoused. "I Flushing, N.Y. The UACC office is presently in the process of enlarging its facility and staff Philadelphia seven years ago - Ms. admired him because of his mental in order to create a lobby for Ukrainian Bussiere has been acclaimed for her toughness in preparing for a competi­ Chornobyl disaster: causes. aplomb with the cello, her theatrical turns tion," explained Ms. Bussiere in a voice Mr. Gawdiak has the same connec­ on the stage and her scholarship. Simply, hinted with Ukrainian and French. She tions and liaison with U.S. government the daughter of a French Canadian father speaks both fluently. still misunderstood agencies as UNIS, and he is doing a and Ukrainian Canadian mother is adept Come July, whether she ends up Dear Editor: great job. The Embassy of Ukraine has on land and in the water. swimming for Canada or an indepen­ its own responsibilities and cannot inter­ For now, as athletes around the world dent Quebec, Ms. Bussiere will need all In an otherwise fine (if not melodra­ fere in the affairs of the U.S. govern­ intensify their training routines, Ms. the mental toughness she can muster as matic) article by Alex Kuzma, he states ment. Bussiere is submerged in her own prepa­ she competes with some of the world's that my MIT study (Ph.D. thesis) con­ I know that the Ukrainian community rations. elite. cluded more than 185 million curies of in the United States is swamped with Each day, she spends about five hours Before that happens, she will have to radioactivity were released. The thesis in the pool. More time is devoted to qualify for the Olympic team at the actually estimated that this amount of requests to help the people of Ukraine in many different ways, but we should not weight training, running and flexibility Canadian trials which are set for March volatile radionuclides (including radioio- exercises. Since she doesn't eat beef or 30 to April 4 at the Olympic Pool in dine - a possible precursor to thyroid forget that it is equally important to have our proper representation in Washington. poultry, dietary restrictions are not so Montreal. cancers in children) was released into the much of a consideration. "I'll start to get butterflies on March environment. Unfortunately, an error in So, Ukrainian community, do not despair! We are presently adequately Of course, Ms. Bussiere also has to 29," said a confident - and hopeful - Ms. the British computer code used to trace squeeze in time for her academic pur­ Bussiere. the release of 1 17 fission products represented in Washington not by one, (radionuclides) was later found. As a but by two offices of Ukrainian result, the release estimate was signifi­ American umbrella organizations. said Mr. Zdorenko, one of two lawyers cantly reduced. If you really are concerned, please Former PM... employed by Mr. Zviahilsky (the other Although the release estimate for only send in your contributions for the expan­ (Continued from page 2) lawyer is from Israel). sion of the Ukrainian American eight volatile radionuclides has been Mr. Zviahilsky, who went to Israel on However, it does not seem that Mr. revised down to 91 million curies, this is Coordinating Council office in Zviahilsky will return any time soon, for Washington. a tourist visa (records show he applied still almost twice more than a total for one on September 27) and left the according to his lawyer, Israel has never release of 50 million curies (excluding Zenon Wasylkevych country on October 2, wound up asking granted a prosecution team from a for­ noble gases) claimed by the Soviets in Warren, Mich. the Israeli government for political asy­ eign country the right to investigate a Vienna in August 1986. If one then con­ lum when the Ukrainian Parliament case on its territory. (Of course, there is siders all the remaining radionuclides as voted in November of last year to begin a the option that an investigation can be well as release dynamics specific to the Indiana, not India, criminal investigation against him. held on the territory of a third country, accident, it can be shown that the total Israel does not grant political asylum. but the lawyer added that it is unlikely release approaches 150 million curies or part of U.S. eparchy But, under the law of return, any person Mr. Zviahilsky, concerned about his safe­ approximately three times the Soviet fig­ who is of Jewish heritage can automati­ ty, will leave Israel.) ure. The results of my work at Dear Editor: cally become a citizen of Israel. Mr. "Even a deputy's badge does not guar­ Chornobyl have been recently published It was refreshing to read (in Dr. Zviahilsky received an Israeli passport on antee one's personal safety," Mr. in two peer-reviewed articles in the tech­ Myron Kuropas's column of October 15) March 23. He currently, holds both Zviahilsky told his colleagues. nical journal Nuclear Safety (prepared that the Chicago Eparchy now extends Ukrainian and Israeli passports, since his Deputies in Ukraine's Parliament have for the Nuclear Regulatory Commis­ all the way into India! Goes to show Ukrainian citizenship was never revoked. voted to hold off stripping Mr. sion). The third article is due to be pub­ Mr. Zviahilsky said he wants to clear Zviahilsky of his deputy's mandate, and lished at the end of this year. what a mover and a shaker can accom­ plish... his name and return to his home in they have decided to form a temporary I fully agree with Mr. Kuzma's chal­ Orest Hawryluk Ukraine. His Ukrainian lawyer, Viktor committee, composed of five deputies, lenge to the Ukrainian diaspora to take Zdorenko, told reporters that Mr. which will make sure that a criminal Elkins Park, Pa. action with "serious relief efforts and Zviahilsky has aged. investigation against Mr. Zviahilsky is intensive advocacy work." The lives of Editor's note: Ah, the wonders of "He considers himself a foreigner in conducted objectively and brought to a people affected by the accident ought not spellcheck! Our apologies to Indiana. Israel, and finds it hard to call it home," conclusion. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1995 No. 45 Stozhary screen actors' festival celebrates Ukrainian film by Victoria Hubska and Khristina Lew KYIV — Kyiv's Cinema House was the site of the Stozhary Ukrainian screen actors' festival on August 22-28. The festival screened close to 20 Ukrainian- made films and conferred its own version of the coveted Oscar for best film, best actor, best actress and best actor/actress in a supporting role. Among those nominated for best actress was Ukrainian American Luba Demchuk, for her role as Natalia Sulym in the film "Night of Questions." The idea to organize a Ukrai^an actor's film festival — the first of its kind — was conceived by Screen Actor's Guild President Nina Illyna last year, when she successfully led the local film festival Suziria. The Stozhary festival was reminiscent of Suziria, but on a national level. In the course of seven days, the Stozhary festival screened some 20 films made since 1993 to hundreds of viewers from Kyiv, Slavutych and Dnipropetrovske, thus showing that Ukraine has both talented actors who can elevate the status of national cinema and viewers who are interested in their native cinema. The films were evaluated by a jury of seven, headed by noted screen and theater actress Via Artmane of Latvia. Actors Raisa Nedashkivska, Hlib Perfilov and Olena Drapeka of Ukraine, and Natalia Fateyeva, Volodymyr Konkin and Ihor Dmytriyev of Russia rounded out the panel. Ms. Artmane said that she was most impressed with the films "Doroha na Sich" (The Road to Sich), directed by Serhiy Omelchuk; "Fudjou," directed by Mykhailo Illyenko; "Vinchannia zi Smertiu" (Marriage to Death), directed by Mykola Mashchenko; "Vyshnevi Nochi" Best actress Inna Kapinos. Newcomer Ivanka Illyenko with actor Hlib Perfilov. (Cherry Nights), directed by Arkadiy Mykulshky; and "Nich Pytan" (Night of Questions), directed by Tetyana easy one, but if the first Stozhary festival was able to take choice award from Volodymyr Udovechenko, mayor of Mahar. place, then it is destined to live on." the city of Slavutych, home to workers of the Chornobyl The head juror commented that these films were dis­ Two actors walked away with grand prize for best Atomic Energy Station. (The Chornobyl Atomic Energy tinctly Ukrainian in character. "This is purely national actor: Heorhiy Drozd for his role in "Marriage to Death" Station was a sponsor of the Stozhary festival.) Mr. cinema, there is nothing better. It comes from the soul and Oleksander Peskov for his role in the film Khostikhoyev commented that "energy and acting have of the nation and must be preserved," she said. "American Boy," directed by Borys Kvashniov. much in common. You provide light to live, and we The grand prize for best actress went to Inna Kapinos Best actress in a supporting role went to Halyna actors, light for the human soul." for her role in the film "Cherry Nights." The young Sulyma ("Marriage to Death"). Bohdan Stupka, national Mayor Udovechenko closed the first Ukrainian cine­ actress, affiliated with the Ivan Franko Theater in Kyiv, artist of Ukraine, walked away with grand prize for best ma actor's festival with the following words: "The told The Ukrainian Weekly that she was unable to see actor in a supporting role for three films: "Dlya Stozhary festival paid a worthy tribute to 100 years of her work in "Cherry Nights" for two years. "Someone Simeynoho Vohnyshcha" (For the Family Hearth), direct­ Ukrainian cinema by recognizing our excellent films. finally passed along a copy of it from Edmonton, ed by Borys Savchenko; "Yeliseyski Polia" (The Yelisey Ukrainian cinema has not perished — it lives on and Canada," she said. Fields), directed by Oleksiy Levchenko; and "Fudjou." will flourish." After she received her award, the excited actress said: The jury recognized the work of newcomer Ivanka In addition to the Chornobyl plant, the Stozhary festi­ "To win grand prize in this festival is a moment of good Illyenko for her role in "Fudjou" with a grand prize for val was sponsored by the city of Kyiv's cultural admin­ fortune. I am convinced that Ukrainian cinema is of inter­ best debut in film. istration, the Ukrainian Union of Cinematographers and est not only to us...The road a screen actor takes is not an Actor Anatoliy Khostikhoyev accepted the viewers' Privatbank of Dnipropetrovske. Lviv's emerging cafe society fosters culture by Mark Andryczyk improvised blues jam. This is a typical Lialka, together with another cafe, opportunity to display their art work in Special to The Ukrainian Weekly evening at Lialka (Doll) - one of two new Babylon XX, has now been serving cof­ an informal setting. cafes that have popped up recently in Lviv. fee to Lviv's bohemian scene for about Thus, artists can feel free to create what LVIV ~ Nine p.m. and it's a sweltering A cafe, by definition, is a place where seven months. Both cafes, created and they want in a relaxed setting ~ a Ukrainian July evening on the streets of Lviv. Ten one goes to drink coffee. However, it operated by the Dzyga Creative League, equivalent to the legendary Montmartre meters below street level, however, the also serves as a refuge where people can are similar in that they strive to provide a cafes in Paris. Lviv artists often depict the atmosphere is cool and smoky as a saxo­ immerse themselves to escape the drab, place where people can meet to discuss life of the contemporary art scene through phonist joins a quintet of musicians in an depressing realities of everyday life. and act out any cultural ideas they have posters and prints - not unlike Toulouse- come up with. Lautrec's turn-of-the-century depictions of Over time, however, each cafe has happenings at the Moulin Rouge. developed its own unique atmosphere Lialka also differs from its counterpart and following. in that it features a stage where, almost Babylon XX, with an interior designed nightly, Lviv's musicians gather for impro­ by local artist Vlodko Kaufman, is located vised "jam sessions." This stage has also in the center of Lviv. It evokes a busy, hosted more formal concerts for musical chaotic, Middle Eastern feel; it is a place groups from other parts of Ukraine, Austria where one can stop in, down a cup of and the United States. This summer, Lialka Turkish coffee and promptly find out about also offered evenings of poetry reading, upcoming cultural happenings in Lviv. among them a collective evening by Kyiv Babylon XX is frequented by Lviv's poet Vlodko Tsyboulko and New York younger art scene and is a place where poet Yuriy Tarnawsky. one often runs into the city's budding Both Lialka and Babylon XX are well- musicians and poets. hidden and require membership cards to Lialka, on the other hand, offers a enter. This is a necessary evil in contempo­ more mellow atmosphere. With tables rary Lviv if one hopes to maintain a clien­ and chairs more suitable for relaxing, tele not infiltrated by drunks and mafiosi Lialka is the perfect place to drink a cup looking for a new place to spend money. of coffee or two, smoke a cigarette and This is a problem many cafes have experi­ sip 50 milliliters of Bulgarian cognac. enced in the past and has left the bohemi- Housed in a former doll museum, the ans scurrying for new places to meet. interior walls of this cafe are adorned So far, Lialka and Babylon XX have with paintings created by local artists. been able to successfully continue the This exhibit changes every two weeks or Lviv tradition of a cafe society where cul­ so and, according to Lialka's art director, tural leaders congregate to forge modern Lesia Herasymchuk and Dragline perform at Lialka. Yevhen Ravsky, provides artists with an Ukrainian culture. No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1995

ItUij АКТ SU&lNtt Hnizdovsky to be recalled at anniversary exhibitRetrospectiv e exhibit RIVERDALE, N.Y.N.Y.— ЩПШШЩШШШШШЩШШШШШ^ November 8, 1995, marks the honors Hordynsky 1 Oth anniversary of the death of the artist Jacques JACQUES HNIZDOVSKY NEW YORK - On November 11-19 the Ukrainian Hnizdovsky. Among the many Institute of America will exhibit paintings by the late commemorative exhibits MEMORIAL EXHIBITION Sviatoslav Hordynsky, painter, graphic artist, Byzantine being held this year are the art scholar, poet and literary critic. The oils and water- following. NOVEMBER 12 1995 1-6PM colors on display cover the period 1935-1985. The first exhibit, compris­ Hordynsky was born in Kolomyia, Galicia, in 1906. ing drawings and watercolors MAYANA GALLERY 136 2ND AVE His early years were spent in Lviv, where he began his originally exhibited at the 212-777-8144 art studies with Oleksa Novakivsky. After studying in Ukrainian Institute of America, Berlin in 1928, Hordynsky went to Paris. In 1929-1931, March 3-12, went to the Uk­ he studied at the Academie Julien and the Academie de rainian Institute of Modern Art Г Art Moderne with the cubist painter Fernand Leger. in Chicago, where it was on In a return trip to Paris in 1934, Hordynsky met his view September 10-October 8. future wife, Myroslava Chapelsky. The newly married Starting October 8, Mount couple traveled to Italy in 1935, where the artist painted Olive College in North prolifically, mainly in watercolor. Very few of these Carolina exhibited 50 of works survived the ravages of the war. Two excellent Jacques Hnizdovsky's works examples from this period will be on exhibit: "The Arno that are part of the college's at Pisa" and "Rome." private collection. Hordynsky also traveled to Greece, Turkey and Palestine, where he was able to study the origins and devel­ On November 12, there will One of the many exhibits being held in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of opment of Byzantine art on a first-hand basis. From this be a one-day exhibit of Jacques Hnizdovsky's death. The poster announcing the exhibit at the Mayana period on, Byzantine art and iconography were an enduring Hnizdovsky's prints at the Gallery in New York was designed by the artist's daughter, Mira Hnizdovsky. Mayana Gallery in New York. theme in his work. Throughout his life Hordynsky The United States Information Agency in Kyiv is Also in December the Slavic Department at The New remained a representational painter, combining the cubist sponsoring a traveling show of 25 graphic works, which York Public Library at 42nd Street will have on exhibit style of his Paris years with the art traditions of his native will tour Ukraine for one year, starting the third week of several of the artist's archives and prints in its collec­ Ukraine. The artist's unique synthesis of these diverse November. tion, donated by the artist's daughter, Mira Hnizdovsky. styles is very well represented in the current exhibition. On December 12 The Ukrainian Museum is sponsor­ And finally, the Ukrainian National Credit Union In Lviv during the 1930s, Hordynsky worked as a ing a Hnizdovsky retrospective exhibition featuring Association calendar for 1966 will feature the work of painter and book designer. An active participant in the lit­ paintings, tapestries and sculpture. the artist. erary and artistic life of the city, he helped found the Association of Independent Ukrainian Artists, edited the art journal Mystetstvo and organized art exhibitions that included - for the first time in Lviv - works by painters Bodnar-Balahutrak works on display in Texasfrom the West, including Picasso and Severini. Not con­ VICTORIA, TEXAS — The solo exhibition exhibit at the Dallas Visual Art Center in Dallas last fining his creativity to art, Hordynsky also published sev­ "Elegies: Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak," sponsored by the March), Ms. Bodnar-Balahutrak noted: "The themes of eral volumes of poetry. From this period the exhibit pre­ Victoria Regional Museum Association, is currently on humanity and inhumanity, death and rebirth are played sents two views of the "Dnister at Snovidiv," Myroslava view at the Nave Museum of Art. out in my work, using aspects of my cultural heritage Hordynsky's family home, and "Landscape Near Lviv." On exhibit are a series of powerful collages and assem­ and events from Ukraine's history as points of depar­ During World War II and immediately after, the blages described by the artist as "multi-layered in content ture. The mixed media works on paper, canvas and artist's family was separated and constantly on the as well as time and material surface, and...visceral." wood incorporate painting, drawing and collage. move. These difficult conditions did not, however, stifle In her artist's statement (on the occasion of her Ukrainian folk art motifs and Byzantine icon images are Hordynsky's artistic output. In the exhibit there are sev­ recurring formal conceits. These works are a personal, eral paintings from the war and immediate post-war visceral piecing together of the many facets of the years, including the works: "The Port at Konigsberg" Ukrainian identity as I have come to know it." (1943), "Zhegestiv" (1944), "The Austrian Alps" (1945) Ms. Bodnar-Balahutrak was born and grew up in a and "Uberlingen" (1946). Ukrainian community in Cleveland. A strong sense of In 1947 Hordynsky immigrated to the United States and her cultural identity was instilled in her by her parents found work as a painter with the Italian-American church and grandparents, who fled Ukraine in 1949. decorator G. Raggi, who worked in the Raphelite Style. By In 1991, an International Research and Exchanges 1949, however, Hordynsky was able to found his own stu­ Board grant enabled her to travel to Ukraine for the first dio. He gladly returned to his roots, decorating Ukrainian time where she spent six weeks as an artist in residence churches in a neo-Byzantine style, to which he added his at the Lviv Institute of Fine and Applied Arts. In 1993 (Continued on page 17) she returned to Ukraine, by that time an independent state, participating in a pilot children's exchange pro­ gram and an international artists' symposium. These extended stays proved to be a major turning point in Ms. Bodnar-Balahutrak's life and work. As noted in an essay by art historian Donna Tennant on the occasion of the "Elegies" exhibit, "Although she [Ms. Bodnar-Balahatruk] thought she was psychologically prepared, she was nonetheless overwhelmed by the evidence of years of Soviet oppression... . Enraged and sorrowful, she returned to Houston with a compelling need to document what she had seen. ...She channeled her emotions into her work." In Ms. Bodnar-Balahutrak's words her contact with Ukraine "opened her eyes and soul to a land beautiful- but ravaged by the Soviet system, a long-suffering yet hopeful people, and a culture rich but sabotaged, only now being reclaimed." "Alongside the celebratory renaissance of.Ukraine's cul­ ture, language, religion, I experienced the compelling visita­ tion of Ukraine's weighty history — from the horrific 1932- 1933 famine, artificially induced by Stalin's political col­ lectivization policy and claiming 5-7 million victims in Ukraine, to the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chornobyl." "A Seduction," 1993-1995, oil, mixed media on canvas, Ms. Bodnar-Balahutrak has a Master of Fine Arts 65"x41." The Barrett Collection, Dallas, Texas. An Degree from George Washington University. She has lived iconic portrait of a woman described by Ms. Bodnar- u in Texas for 18 years. She teaches drawing at the Balahutrak as a timeworn, earthy, viscerally hewn University of Houston at Clear Lake and is arranging an art female monolith," the sacred nature of whose pregan- exchange program for Houston artists and their Ukrainian cy symbolizes the renewal of spring. The figure is sur­ counterparts. She also stays involved with the children's rounding by fragments of Ukrainian poems about the exchange program, through which seven Ukrainian children land and its seasons. The pulp of the of the paper has visited Washington last year. been mixed in with the paint, giving the surface a rough, textured look. (Continued on page 17) Sviatoslav Hordynsky's ex libris. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5,1995 No. 45 Coach Basil Tarasko combines two loves: baseball and Ukraine by Marta Kolomayets ly strapped schools and Sports Ministry Kyiv Press Bureau with baseball equipment such as bats, gloves, bases and balls. KYIV - Basil Tarasko has a major "Sure, there are problems," said Mr. league goal: to one day coach Ukraine's Tarasko during a recent interview, "but national baseball team at the Olympic baseball's popularity is growing, with Games. 1,500 players in all age groups playing Today, his idea may seem only a the game in 15 oblasts in Ukraine." "field of dreams," but Mr. Tarasko believes in Ukraine, its people and the Dubious baseball history game of baseball. And, he has a lot of Ukraine has already made baseball patience. history of sorts in its four short years out His involvement with baseball in on the diamond. Its senior national team Ukraine dates back to 1990, when he (age 18 plus, with some players over age came across an article in the NCAA 30) won the European Senior News (a college sports publication), Championship Group В (developing which reported that the Soviet Union's countries), competing against 12 other Committee on Physical Culture and teams and finally beating the hometown Sports was looking for baseball coaches favorites, the Slovenian National Team to help develop the sport in the USSR. in Ljubljana in August 1994. For Mr. Tarasko, a Ukrainian "For a first outing, I was impressed American, it seemed like a perfect with the team," said Mr. Tarasko, who opportunity to combine his two great coached Team Ukraine, supplied them loves: Ukraine and baseball. with uniforms, and, most importantly, His fascination with baseball dates gave them the pep talks they needed to back to his childhood, growing up in beat Great Britain, 20-5, Croatia 7-1 and New York, the home of such legends as Slovenia, 7-6. "We scored two runs at the top of the ninth with two outs, and then our relief pitcher struck out the last three batters in the bottom of the ninth. There was a hush in the crowd," he recalled, misty- eyed, explaining that the crowd includ­ ed 4,993 Slovenians and seven Ukrainians. That first-place finish in Group В allowed the Ukrainian team to automati­ cally qualify for Group A, which held its championships in Haarlem, Holland, this past July. The two top winners in that tournament qualified for the Olympic Games in Atlanta next year. "I already had fantasies about Hollywood movie contracts telling the story of Team Ukraine, the underdog, going to the Olympics," said Mr. Tarasko jokingly. But it was not to be. Plagued by visa, travel, money and sponsor problems, Team Ukraine, finished ninth out of 10 teams at the European Senior Group A Championships. Main problem: lack of money "Our main problem is the lack of money," explained Mr. Tarasko, adding that despite the fact that there is a Ukraine Baseball Federation in Kyiv, it is run by one person, Vitaliy Coach Basil Tarasko Lisochubenko, who coordinates the Team Ukraine in Haarlem, Holland. activities of the four national teams: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio seniors, juniors (15-18-year-olds), cadets pumped up when he talks about baseball which there are seven throughout and Mickey Mantle. Although he did not (13-15-year-olds) and juveniles (11-12- and Ukraine, or, more concretely, base­ Ukraine. He has coached the Ukraine make his high school baseball team, Mr. year-olds), organizes Little Leaguers and ball in Ukraine. Junior National Team Group B, which Tarasko went on to Hunter College, looks for corporate sponsors. "Let's face it, baseball has been in finished in third place in 1994 and in sec­ where he was a star pitcher for two "We traveled to Holland with only 18 Holland since 1912, in Italy since World ond place in 1995, thus qualifying the years. players - a weak team missing all but War II. They have advanced equipment, team for Group A next year. Even now, while working as a mathe­ two of last year's championship players. world-class stadiums. Baseball has been The Ukraine National Cadet and matics teacher in a middle school in Many had stopped playing baseball in Ukraine since 1987, when team Ukraine National Juvenile Teams have Maspeth, N.Y., Mr. Tarasko, 49, is a because they hadn't gotten paid for Pobutovik (still in existence) began play­ both finished in fifth place in the devoted coach of the varsity baseball months, and they had financial responsi­ ing in Kyiv," he explained. European Championships in Livorno, team at John Jay College. That's after bilities," he said. Mr. Tarasko sees the problems, but he Italy, and Prague. two decades of coaching at Hunter "It takes money to take a team to a looks for solutions - unfortunately, to College and the City College of New tournament. Our team always has to trav­ date, singlehandedly. Youth is the key York. el by bus; it took 36 hours to get to the "These older guys on the senior team "Youth is the future of baseball, and championships. Team Ukraine got there, Spreading baseball fever don't come with the intensity you see in the center of baseball is in Kirovohrad," but exhausted. Our starting catcher and the States. I don't think they understand announced Coach Tarasko optimistically, But his top priority now is to have one of the better pitchers had been what it means to represent Team Ukraine explaining that the city had just finished Ukraine, the land of futbol (soccer) fer­ yanked off the bus at the last minute by at international tournaments. For that building a new baseball stadium and vor, catch baseball fever. That is quite a one of the team's sponsors, who was matter, I don't think they know what it local officials are planning to build a tall order, but Coach Tarasko has the upset that more of his club's players means to take pride in the country you Little League facility. enthusiasm of a Casey at bat. He has were not on the national team. He also represent. Why, in the States, guys would "They even teach baseball in elemen­ boundless energy, having spent the last refused to give us promised funds," give their right arm to represent Team tary school there," he noted, adding that explained Mr. Tarasko. four summers and quite a bit of his own USA," he said. all it takes is a coach with some infec­ savings promoting baseball in various "We do everything fifth class, while "That's not the case yet. Perhaps it is tious energy, in this case a young Oleh regions, holding pitching and catching the competition does everything first because Ukraine is only four years old," Boyko, and a field of kids eager to learn. workshops, as well as coaching semi­ class. We act like we are still at the bot­ he said, looking for explanations. "I get This year Kirovohrad was visited by nars. tom, and money is causing most of the down, but I bounce back, because I think Harold Weissman, the Little League dis­ While in the United States, Mr. problems - it is preventing us from liv­ this is all part of growing pains." trict administrator in Queens, N.Y., and ing like human beings." Tarasko writes letters, makes phone calls Mr. Tarasko is now concentrating his Mr. Tarasko. and networks with Little League teams Despite his complaints and depressing energies on the younger players, and col­ in order to supply Ukraine's economical­ stories, Coach Tarasko still gets all lecting equipment for Little Leagues, of (Continued on page 14) No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1995 Fashion show supports charitable work of Help Us Help the Children by Nestor Gula meet with 12,162 orphans. The volunteers will be divided into TORONTO — To help the impover­ four groups, and each group will travel a ished orphanages in Ukraine, a Toronto- different route with the aim of visiting as based organization, Help Us Help the many orphanages as possible. Each Children, held a fashion show on group will travel approximately 2,500 October 18. kilometers in 18 days. Founded in 1992, Help Us Help the Ms. Wrzesnewskyj said that the amount Children collects funds, infant formula, of aid being distributed to Ukrainian medication, food, clothing, medical and orphanages is approximately $800,000 in rehabilitation equipment, educational retail value. The aid was shipped to materials and toys for orphanages in Ukraine in three 40-foot containers which Ukraine. weighed approximately 60 tons. Among To date, the group has distributed sup­ the aid shipped were: 9,960 pairs of new plies valued at nearly $4 million to over shoes, 1,200 cases of formula, antibiotics, 135 orphanages and children's hospitals, delousing kits, syringes, gauze, cough rehabilitation centers and clinics in syrup, clothing, detergents and cleaning Ukraine. This help reached more than supplies, personal hygiene items, tooth­ 30,000 children. brushes and other dental hygiene items, Help Us Help the Children is a non­ cereals, toys, art supplies and sports equip­ profit, charitable organization affiliated ment, as well as treats for the orphans, such with the Children of Chornobyl Canadian as chocolates and candies. Fund. It is run totally on volunteer work Help Us Help the Children has also and is dedicated to improving conditions in purchased $300,000 worth of supplies in children's institutions. In the three years Ukraine. This includes 5,000 pairs of that the organization has been active, new shoes and boots, 2,500 complete Ruslana Wrzesnewskyj, project coordina­ outfits of clothing. Another 1,200 cases tor for Help Us Help the Children, said she of infant formula, valued at $280,000, are has "seen significant improvements in already waiting in Ukraine. orphanages in Ukraine." She added, how­ In addition to these supplies, Help Us ever, that a lot of work still has to be done. Help the Children is taking over materi­ In Ukraine 42,000 children are offi­ als for Project Nadiya and supplies for cially registered as orphans and are living six hospitals in Lviv which were raised in orphanages. Help Us Help the by two Toronto hospitals, Mount Sinai Children and other international aid orga­ Hospital and the Hospital for Sick nizations estimate that there are most Children. likely about 50,000 children who are The fashion show organized by Help orphans in Ukraine. Ranging in age from Us Help the Children raised over infants to 17-year-olds, these children $20,000. Ms. Wrzesnewskyj says this either are orphans, were abandoned still leaves the organization in debt by because of birth defects or because their about $60,000. "All the money was spent parents could not support them. a long time ago to buy the supplies and Thus, orphanages are becoming homes ship them to Ukraine." for children without de facto parents and To date, Help Us Help the Children are being relied on to act as a social safe­ has raised $157,000 to fund this ty net for non-orphans. Although well- November's projects. Funding comes staffed, these orphanages are chronically from events like the fashion show, pri­ Fashion amid cocktails for a good cause. short of food, clothing and medication. vate and corporate donors, and the On November 6, Help Us Help the Canadian government through the Bailey, Marlon Rivera, Mariola Mayer, show featured the Ukrainian Academy of Children is to send volunteers to Ukraine Canadian International Development Ron Leal, Simon Sebag - Turbulence, Dance, Mychael Hall and Associates, for another round of visits to Ukrainian Agency (CIDA). Help Us Help the Franco Mirabelli, Zan Gowrali, Todd Karen Trujillio and Associates, Opera orphanages to distribute medicines, Children has received $387,000 from the Lynn, Male Egos, Peach Beserk Cocktails, singer Vera Zmiyiwsky, Taborah Johnson, clothing and food. This will be the orga­ Canadian government since it started its Hoax Couture, Osirius and Demetrius, Ula Victor Lyschyna, and Samantha Taylor nization's ninth such expedition. work in 1992. Zukowska, Yukon Fur Company Limited, (Mirka Bqjecko) singing the theme song Fourteen volunteers from Canada are Some 300 people attended the fashion Roksalana, Coba Reece, and Domenic for Help Us Help our Children. going to Ukraine and will be joined by show which took place at Future Bakery Serio. In addition to the fashion show, this 26 Ukrainian volunteers. They will visit and Grand Cafe on Yonge and St. Clair The master of ceremonies was CFTO- event featured a silent auction and door 78 orphanages and eight hospitals/reha­ streets in Toronto. The show featured TV's fashion editor, Alicia Kay prizes. All these items were donated by bilitation clinics. The volunteers will clothing designed by Lida Baday, Brian (Klucznyk). Entertainment for the fashion businesses in the Toronto area.

Toronto Mayor Barbara Hall (at microphone) was among those in attendance. Ruslana Wrzesnewskyj (left) and Winn Kuplowsky, two of the event's organizers. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5,1995 No. 45

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Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund Grant and Bodnar-Balahutrak... the Scurlock Foundation Grant. The Ukrainian Institute of America (Continued from page 9) Her work is in public and private col­ invites you to an exhibition Her career as an artist continues to lections in Texas, Idaho, Arkansas, thrive. She has exhibited widely since Pennsylvania, Washington, B.C., and of oils and watercolors (1935-1985) by 1979. Among this year's selected solos New York as well as Rome and Geneva. exhibitions are exhibits at the Dallas Visual Ms. Bodnar-Balahutrak said she hopes Sviatoslav Hordynsky Arts Center and Southwest Texas State that people who view her work will take University Art Gallery, San Marcos, away an appreciation of Ukraine's "deep November 1M 9,1995 soulfulness and mysticism, its exuberance Texas. In 1993 her exhibit titled "Cultural Opening reception: Saturday, November 11,5-9 p.m. Renaissance: A Personal Frame of and color, and its harmony with the land." Gailery hours: November 12, 1-6 p.m.; closed Monday Reference," was held at The Galveston The exhibit, which opened September Arts Center in Galveston, Texas. 15, runs through November 12. The Nave November 14-16, by appointment (212) 628-3062 Among selected group exhibitions are: Museum is located at 306 W. Commercial. November 17, 5-7 p.m.; November 18-19, 1-5 p.m. "Tangled Roots," held at Bowling Green Museum hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. UIA, 2 E. 79th St., New York City; (212) 288-8660 State University Art Gallery, Ohio (cata­ For information call (512) 575-8227. logue), 1995; and the International Painters' Symposium Exhibition at the Kyiv Art Gallery and at the Artists' Union Exhibition Hall, Mykolayiv, Ukrainian National Association Ukraine, 1993-1994. She was recipient in 1993 of the Monthly reports Creative Artist Program Award in Visual Art presented by the Cultural Arts Cash Surrenders 33,079.32 Council of Houston, and of an award at RECORDING DEPARTMENT Death Benefits 72,174.00 Dividend Accumulations 741.70 the Second International Painters' MEMBERSHIP REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1994 Dues And Annuity Premiums From Members Returned 118.22 Symposium in Ukraine. Endowments Matured 104,875.00 JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Indigent Benefits Disbursed 2,080.00 Among the numerous fund grants that TOTAL AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1994 17,216 40,098 5,218 62,532 Interest On Death Benefits 254.50 she was accorded are: the La Napoule Art GAINS IN DECEMBER 1994 Payor Death Benefits 850.70 Total Foundation Grant, La Napoule, France; the New members 74 67 20 161 Reinstated 20 67 1 88 Operating Expenses: Transferee! in 2 23 5 30 Real Estate 60,734.16 Change class in 6 3 9 Svoboda Operation 83,460.58 Transferee! from Juvenile Dept. Washington Office 24,717.81 TOTAL GAINS: 102 160 26 288 Official Publication-Svoboda 96,106.77 Retrospective... LOSSES IN DECEMBER 1994 Organizing Expenses: Advertising 7,429.55 (Continued from page 9) Transferee! out Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 1,986.90 own interpretation based on his years of Change of class out Field Conferences 1,667.50 Transferee! to adults Medical Inspections 221.80 European travel and study. Died Cash surrender Reward To Branch Presidents And Treasurers 2.73 The 50s and 60s were a period of great Endowment matured Reward To Organizers 14,866.80 Fully paid-up Reward To Special Organizers 21,542.22 creativity and experimentation for the artist, Extended insurance Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers as the exhibit makes clear. "Still Life with Certificate terminated Total 316,776.66 Lobster" (1952) and "Self Portrait: Infinity TOTAL LOSSES 97 278 42 417 Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Canadian Corporation Premium Tax and I" (1960) draw heavily upon the cubist GAINS IN DECEMBER 1994 Employee Benefit Plan tradition, while "Maine Seascape" and Paid-up 32 73 105 Insurance-General Extended insurance 8 14 22 Insurance-Workmens Compensation 32,126.00 "Boat", also from 1952, are more impres­ TOTAL GAINS 40 87 127 Salaries Of Executive Officers 17,213.86 LOSSES IN DECEMBER 1994 Salaries Of Office Employees 102,402.86 sionistic in style. Hordynsky also continued Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee V 30,219.32 Died 2 24 26 Total to paint the evocative and atmospheric Cash surrender 7 11 18 landscapes he had mastered in Italy in Reinstated 7 7 14 General Expenses: 1935. "The Road through Delphi" (1958), Lapsed 10 25 35 Actuarial And Statistical Expenses 3,350.00 TOTAL LOSSES 26 67 93 Bank Charges 2,526.92 "Canal in Venice" and "Church in Venice" TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Bank Charges For Custodian Account 707.55 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1994 17,235 40,000 5,202 62,437 Books And Periodicals (both 1966) are excellent examples. Dues To Fraternal Congresses MARTHA LYSKO Furniture & Equipment Hordynsky refined the neo-Byzantine Secretary General Office Maintenance style of church decoration and worked on Insurance Department Fees Operating Expense of Canadian Office some 50 churches in the U.S., Canada, Postage 4,137.40 Europe and Australia. One of his principal Printing and Stationery 3,520.92 FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Rental Of Equipment And Services 29,560.81 achievements, completed in the mid-1980s, INCOME FOR DECEMBER 1994 Telephone, Telegraph 7,071.56 is the mosaics in the Cathedral of St. Traveling Expenses-General Total Sophia, Rome. A highlight of the current Dues and Annuity Premiums From Members Miscellaneous: Income From "Svoboda" Operation show are the designs for church mosaics, Investment Income: Accrued Interest On Bonds 6,592.47 wall paintings and iconostases. The exhibit Banks 96.32 Amortization Premiums On Bonds 43,835.89 Bonds 254,213.10 Auditing Committee Expenses 1,026.13 includes six designs for stained glass win­ Certificate Loans 3,788.76 Convention Expenses 1,500.00 dows (c. 1950), a life-sized head of Mortgage Loans 43,073.04 Depreciation Of E.D.P. Equipment 134,275.39 Real Estate 54,215.71 Depreciation Of Printing Plant 16,902.54 "Volodymyr" (c. 1980), the mosaic design Short Term Investments 235.24 Depreciation Of Real Estate 78,114.97 for "Baptism of Ukraine" (c. 1985), and Stocks 10,456.93 Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 11,804.70 Urban Renewal Corporation Disbursements From Ukrainian National Heritage Defense Fund 490.00 "Resurrection" (1986), a design for a 3-x- Total 1,736,623.19 Donations 92,723.82 3-meter mosaic for St. Sophia in Rome. Refunds: Fraternal Activities 270.36 Loss On Bonds Cash Surrender 514.50 2,334.78 Besides his painting, Hordynsky was Death Benefits 1,145.78 Professional Fees 10,560.00 passionately devoted to keeping Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 462.71 Rent 3,332.96 Endowment Matured 4.76 Reserve For Unpresented Checks 49,323.75 Ukrainian art and literature alive in the General Office Maintenance 471.87 Transfer Account 1,173,170.54 West. He helped found the Ukrainian Insurance-General 34,061.00 Total 1,626,258.30 Investment Expense 100.00 Investments: Artists' Association here in the United Official Publication "Svoboda" 214.36 Bonds 536,816.92 States. He tirelessly promoted the work Operating Expenses Washington Office 3,720.76 Rent 275.00 Certificate Loans 4,788.76 of such Ukrainian artists as Alexis Reward To Special Organizer 3,745.76 E.D.P. Equipment 4,261.50 Gritchenko, Mykhailo Andreenko, Taxes Federal, State & City On Employee Wages 35,711.03 Deposit 10,000.00 Total 80,427.53 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 2,092,977.06 Alexander Archipenko and Leo Мої, all Miscellaneous: 214,132.27 of whom he knew personally. His many Accrual Of Discount On Bonds 51,955.23 Real Estate 10,420.12 Annuity Surrender Fees 617.51 Short Term Investments 310,494.46 articles and monographs deal with Donations To Fraternal Fund 53,936.06 Stock 4,561.59 Ukrainian art both at home and abroad. Donations To Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 85,289.12 Total 3.188,452.68 Donation To Ukrainian National Heritage Defense Fund 30,185.00 Disbursements For December, 1994 $ 5,710^5953 The artist finally returned for a visit to Exchange Account-UNURC 2,213.00 $ his native Galicia in 1991. In both Lviv Profit On Bonds Sold or Matured 20,232.74 Reserve For Unpresented Checks 88,696.49 and Kyiv he was greeted with acclaim Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopaedia" 390.00 Transfer Account 1,173,193.94 and was able to witness personally the ASSETS LIABILITIES Transactions Within UNA 17,931.97 end of decades-long suppression of Total Cash Life Insurance Ukrainian artistic traditions. Sviatoslav Short Term Investments: Investments Hordynsky died on May 8, 1993, just Bonds Matured Or Sold 751,127.15 Bonds Certificate Loans Repaid 3,701.24 Mortgage Loans before his second trip to Ukraine. Electronic Data Processing Equipment 138,795.39 Certificate Loan 26,430.84 Real Estate 3,064,658.18 Accidental D.D. The retrospective exhibit at the 16,902.54 Printing Plant Printing Plant& E.D.P. 78,114.97 Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th Real Estate Equipment 709,844.69 Short Term Investments Sold 268,000.00 Stocks 1,757,843.03 Fraternal St., is organized by Daria Hoydysh. The Total 1.283Д72.13 Loan to D.H.-U.N.A Orphans opening will take place on Saturday, Income For December, 1994 "1$ 4,624,763.91 Housing Corp. 104,551.04 November 11, at 5-9 p.m. Exhibit hours: Loan To U.N.U.R.C. November 12, 1-6 p.m.; November 14- Deposit 16, by appointment only call (212) 628- DISBURSEMENTS FOR DECEMBER 1994 3062; November 17, 5-8 p.m.; and November 18-19, 1-5 p.m. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1995 No. 45

of political culture." century should be horrified to hear. dent wants to replace me with someone Justice minister... In a statement printed in Uriadovy Kurier In conclusion, Minister Holovaty, from a bygone era, so be it," he said. (Continued from page 1) (Government Courier) on November 2, Mr. pledged that, despite the counter-produc­ "I sit in a suicidal chair and I am not tivity displayed by Mr. Vorsinov, he will desperate to hang on to it. But the state members of the CE, have placed morato­ Holovaty stated that Mr. Vorsinov has over­ stepped the limits of his authority, for he, as continue "to work and do everything pos­ needs this position, people need this riums on the death penalty. sible to preserve the high international position, society needs this. And, I will "God gives us life, and only God can the procurator general, does not have the right to decide whether or not capital pun­ authority Ukraine and its leadership hold do everything I can to reform this sys­ take it away," Mr. Holovaty told among European states and also to ensure tem, and I will battle with the retro­ reporters at a news conference. "The ishment will be carried out in Ukraine. In a seven-point statement, Mr. that Ukraine will hold to all of its interna­ grades, with the conservatives, with yes­ state must provide guarantees for man's tional obligations." During an interview terday's people, because Ukraine is mov­ inalienable right to life," he added. Holovaty wrote that the procurator gener­ al did not acquaint himself with letters to on November 2, Mr. Holovaty said that ing forward, not backwards," he con­ But Mr. Vorsinov insists that it is too the "problem lies in the fact that the cluded. early to cancel capital punishment in the CE from President Leonid Kuchma, Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk and entire Office of the Procurator General Ukraine, citing as an example the high must be reformed." violent crime rate in Donetske, which he Parliament Chairman Moroz, dated July recently visited. 27, which ensured that Ukraine will ful­ He added that this is one of the Congress conferees... "We have decreased the number of fill all of its requirements to become a demands of the Council of Europe. And, (Continued from page 1) crimes subject to the death penalty from full member. it is the Justice Ministry's assignment to improve U.S. policy toward Ukraine. 30 to one, that being pre-meditated mur­ Mr. Holovaty also pointed out that Mr. reform this office and the judicial system, Clearly, this year he has succeeded. der," said the procurator general. Vorsinov\s statements on capital punish­ he explained. Sens. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey Such statements by the procurator gen­ ment, including one where he surmised "I don't have any personal interests in and Robert Dole of Kansas also are to be eral have angered Mr. Holovaty who, in that execution by firing being squad is this position; I came here to help reforms commended for their continued support turn, issued a statement accusing Mr. "more hygienic" than other forms of capi­ along in the justice system. But, if a for Sen. McConnelFs initiative." Vorsinov of "not being professionally tal punishment, is a statement that citizens power struggle develops, then, I can The legislation also contains earmarks well-informed" and "having a low-level of a civilized country at the end of the 20th leave this position tomorrow. If the presi- of $85 million for Armenia and $30 mil­ lion for Georgia, as well as an allocation of $50 million for the West NIS Enterprise Fund, which provides financing for pro­ Ukrainian National Association jects in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. The conference report language reads: Monthly reports "Of the funds made available under this heading, not less than $225 million shall be made available for Ukraine, with the Cash Surrenders understanding that Ukraine will undertake RECORDING DEPARTMENT Death Benefits Dividend Accumulations 2,654.20 significant economic reforms, which are MEMBERSHIP REPORT Endowments Matured 95,637.50 additional to those which were undertaken Indigent Benefits Disbursed 800.00 JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Interest On Death Benefits 55.56 in previous fiscal years, and of which not TOTAL AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1994 17,235 40,000 5,202 62,437 Total GAINS IN JANUARY 1995 less than $50 million (from this or any Operating Expenses: New members 24 38 7 69 other act) shall be made available to Reinstated 18 103 2 123 Real Estate Transferee! in 23 51 13 87 Svoboda Operation improve energy self-sufficiency and Change class in 4 2 6 Washington Office improve safety at nuclear reactors, and of Transferee! from Juvenile Dept. 2 2 Official Publication-Svoboda Organizing Expenses: TOTAL GAINS: 69 196 22 287 which $2 million should be made available Advertising 1,412.07 LOSSES IN JANUARY 1995 Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 4,759.33 to conduct or implement an assessment of Medical Inspections 128.35 the energy distribution grid that provides Transferee! out Refund of Branch Secretaries Expenses 71,379.02 Change of class out 7,838.98 recommendations leading to increased Transferee! to adults Reward To Organizers Died Reward To Special Organizers 9,868.47 access to power by industrial, commercial Cash surrender Supreme Medical Examiner's Fee 1,500.00 Endowment matured Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers 2,157.12 and residential users, and of which not less Fully paid-up Total than $22 million shall be made available to Extended insurance Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: Certificate terminated support the development of small and Employee Benefit Plan 132,367.20 TOTAL LOSSES 85 275 24 384 Insurance-General 7,134.00 medium enterprises, including independent INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Insurance-Workmens Compensation 317.00 GAINS IN JANUARY 1995 broadcast and print media. Of the funds Salaries Of Executive Officers 17,213.86 Paid-up 19 36 55 Salaries Of Office Employees 61,927.22 made available under this heading, $5 mil­ Extended insurance 7 7 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee 21,825.92 lion should be made available for a project TOTAL GAINS 19 43 62 Total 240,78520 LOSSES IN JANUARY 1995 to screen, diagnose and treat victims of Died 2 46 48 General Expenses: breast cancer associated with the 1986 inci­ Cash surrender 8 26 34 Actuarial And Statistical Expenses 7,705.00 Reinstated 5 6 Bank Charges 2,163.17 dent at the Chornobyl reactor in Ukraine." Lapsed 3 4 7 Bank Charges For Custodian Account 2,205.12 Books And Periodicals 316.00 TOTAL LOSSES 14 81 95 TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Dues To Fraternal Congresses 200.00 AS OF JANUARY 31, 1995 17,224 39,883 5,200 62,307 General Office Maintenance 2,721.47 Insurance Department Fees 475.68 MARTHA LYSKO Postage 903.41 Printing and Stationery To The Weekly Secretary 792.22 Rental Of Equipment And Services 2,819.29 Telephone, Telegraph 2,757.47 Traveling Expenses-General Contributors: FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Total Miscellaneous: We greatly appreciate the materials INCOME FOR JANUARY 1995 Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 2,265.09 - feature articles, news stories, press Disbursements From Ukrainian National Heritage Defense Fund 55.20 clippings, letters to the editor, and the Dues and Annuity Premiums From Members Donations 3,050.00 Income From "Svoboda" Operation Exchange Account-UNURC 417,268.07 like - we receive from our readers. Investment Income: Fraternal Activities 1,201.24 In order to facilitate preparation of Banks 111.61 Investment Expense-Mortgages 2,500.00 Bonds 226,316.83 Professional Fees 6,960.00 The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the Certificate Loans 2,220.20 Rent 2,899.58 guidelines listed below be followed. Mortgage Loans 43,789.62 Taxes Held In Escrow 1,218.65 18,275.88 Real Estate Transfer Account 673,600.00 • News stories should be sent in Short Term Investments 144.96 Total Stocks 7,691.84 not later than 10 days after the occur­ Total 764,432.91 Investments: rence of a given event. Certificate Loans 3,455.20 Refunds: E.D.P. Equipment 4,261.67 • Information about upcoming events Advertising 54.00 526.00 must be received one week before the Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 462.15 Real Estate date of The Weekly edition in which the Endowment Matured 3,000.00 Short Term Investments Investment Expense 200.00 Stock information is to be published. Operating Expenses Washington Office 2,807.96 Rent 247.99 • All materials must be typed and Disbursements For January, 1995 Reward To Branch Presidents And Treasurers 40.70 double-spaced. Reward To Special Organizer 1,620.61 • Newspaper and magazine clip­ Taxes Federal, State & City On Employee Wages 20,415.17 Taxes Held In Escrow 1,001.32 pings must be accompanied by the Total name of the publication and the date Miscellaneous: Donations To Fraternal Fund 3,900.00 ASSETS LIABILITIES of the edition. Donations To Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 2,899.11 Cash 547,319.20 Life Insurance • Photographs submitted for publica­ Donation To Ukrainian National Heritage Defense Fund 9,722.50 Short Term tion must be black and white (or color Exchange Account-UNURC 417,468.07 Investments Profit On Bonds Sold or Matured 13,046.26 Bonds with good contrast). Captions must be Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopaedia" 150.00 Mortgage Loans provided. Photos will be returned only Transfer Account 670,107.00 Certificate Loan Total 1,117,292.94 Real Estate 3,068,552.13 Accidental D.D. when so requested and accompanied Investments: $ Printing Plant& E.D.P. by a stamped, addressed envelope. Equipment 714,106.36 Bonds Matured Or Sold $ 553,763.45 • Full names and their correct Mortgages Repaid 26,730.24 Stocks 1,762,429.25 Fraternal Short Term Investments Sold 500,000.00 Loan to D.H.-U.N.A Orphans English spellings must be provided. Total 1,080,493.69 Housing Corp. 104,551.04 • Persons who submit any materi­ Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 10,927,530.25 Old Age Home Income For January, 1995 $ 2,992,069.44 $ Deposit 10,000.00 Emergency als must provide a phone number where they may be reached during

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The dis­ The school is located on Kent Court, off cussion will be held in Room 486, Passaic Avenue. For additional informa­ Woodrow Wilson Center, 370 L'Enfant tion call Todd W. March, (201) 777-1714. Promenade SW. For additional informa­ tion call the institute, (202) 287-3400. Thursday, November 16 UNIONDDALE, N.Y.: The Cherkaski Thursday, November 9 Kozaky will appear in a grand show at St. Soyuzivka Photo Contest CAMBRIDGE, MASS.: Harvard Ukrainian Vladimir Church Hall, 226 Uniondale Amateur photographers only Research Institute is holding a lecture titled Ave., at 7 p.m. The performance features "Orpheus Unbound: The Origins of vocalist Euhenia Krykun and Kozak Rules and regulations: Ukrainian Avant Garde in the Music of the swordsmen, musicians, singers and 1960s," by composer Virko Baley, music dancers. Admission: $15; children, free. 1. Only non-professional photo buffs can participate. director, Nevada Symphony Orchestra, and Saturday, November 18 2. Photo must be taken at Soyuzivka in 1994 or 1995. professor of music, University of Nevada. 3. All photos must have a "people theme." The lecture will be held at the HURI seminar PHILADELPHIA: The Greater Philadel­ a) Each photo must be dated, people should be identified (on the reverse of photo) room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., 4-6 p.m. phia Philosophy Consortium is holding a a model release signature must be obtained. Friday, November 10 conference in memory of Prof. Eugene b) Name, address and telephone number of the entrant should be typed Lashchyk, La Salle University, titled PASSAIC, N J.: The Ukrainian Center, 240 "Nationalism: Its Nature and Patterns in on a label on the reverse of photo. Hope Ave., will host a pub night featuring a Post-Soviet Republics and Central Europe." 4. Selected photos will be published in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. live band, food and a fun-conducive atmos­ Taking part will be scholars from the U.S., 5. Photos will not be returned and will become the UNA'S property and will be filed in Soyuzivka's phere. For additional information call Wasyl Ukraine, Russia, the Czech Republic and the photo archives. Harhaj, (201) 772-3344. former Yugoslavia. Speaking at the first ses­ 6. Prints only/no slides: color or black/white, at least 4 X 6 up to 11 X14. sion (10 a.m.) are: James Scanlan, Ohio Saturday, November 11 7. All photo entries will be exhibited at Soyuzivka. State University; and Murad Akhunddow, Dates of exhibition and announcement of winners will be announced PASSAIC, N.J.: The Passaic branches of Moscow University; with George Kline, in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. the Ukrainian American Youth Bryn Mawr College, acting as moderator. 8. All entries will be judged solely on their merit; decisions of judges will be final. Association (SUM-A) and Plast invite the Second session (1:30 p.m.): Veljko Vujacic, 9. Employees of the UNA, Svoboda, The Ukrainian Weekly and Soyuzivka are not eligible. public to their annual fall dance to be held Harvard University; and Andrew Arato, 10. All entries must be received no later than November 10,1995, and mailed to: at the Ukrainian Center, 240 Hope Ave., New School for Social Research; with starting at 9 p.m. Music will be by the William Sullivan, La Salle University, mod­ UNA - Soyuzivka Photo Contest Burlaky of Montreal. Admission: $10. For erator. Third session (3:30 p.m.): Evhen 30 Montgomery Street table reservations call Wasyl Harhaj, (201) Bystrytsky, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kyiv; and Alexander Motyl, Jersey City, NJ 07303 772-3344. Harriman Institute, Columbia University; Attn: O. Trytjak PHOENIX, Ariz.: Ukrainian National with Andrew Chrucky, independent scholar, Women's League of America Branch 3 is Prizes: moderator. Fourth session (8 p.m.): Ernest holding an autumn ball at the SUM-A Hall, Gellner, Central European University, 730 W. Elm, at 7:30 p.m. Musical entertain­ 1st prize: $100.00 cash and room for two nights for two persons at Soyuzivka (based on availability). Prague. Each session will be followed by an ment will be provided by the Horyany from open discussion. The conference will be held 2nd prize: One year's subscription to Svoboda or The Ukrainian Weekly. Lviv. Proceeds are to benefit The Ukrainian 3rd prize: Dinner for two at Soyuzivka. at the University of Pennsylvania, Logan Museum in New York. For further informa­ Hall, Room 17,34th and Walnut streets. tion call (602) 788-7238. Sunday, November 12 MAPLEWOOD, N.J.: The Ukrainian National Women's League of America NEW YORK: A memorial exhibit dedi­ TO ALL SECRETARIES AND NEW MEMBERS OF U.N.A. Branch 75 is holding a "Western Cotillion," cated to Jacques Hnizdovsky will be held an evening of dancing to the sounds of All English-speaking new members who purchased UNA insurance in at the Mayana Gallery. The public is wel­ Tempo. There will be a lively, entertaining come to attend the one-day exhibit com­ the Adult Department as of September 1, 1995 will receive four com­ floor show with music from "Oklahoma," memorating the 10th anniversary of the "Annie Get Your Gun," and much more. plimentary copies of "The Ukrainian Weekly". All Ukrainian-speaking artist's death. Prints, posters, books, Tickets: $25; $30, at the door. Evening members will receive "Svoboda". By introducing our new members to sweatshirts and notecards will be available attire; (Western ties acceptable). The cotil­ these publications, we hope they will become subscribers. for sale. The "Seed of Hope Global lion is being held at the Ramada Hotel, ReLeaf' notecards featuring drawings by starting at 9 p.m. For tickets and reserva­ U.N.A. Home Office Hnizdovsky will also be available. The tions call Slavka Hordynsky, (201) 761- gallery is located at 136 Second Ave.; 7500, day; 376-7956, evening. exhibit hours, 1-6 p.m. For additional information call (212) 777-8144. Sunday, November 19 BROOKLYN, N.Y.: The John Terrebetzky NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.: The film SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) Ukrainian American Veterans Post No. 27 "Swan Lake: The Zone," a 1990 film (in FEDERAL CREDIT UNION will hold a memorial service for departed vet­ Ukrainian, subtitled) directed by Yuriy erans at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Illyenko, is being shown as part of a film 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 series showcasing Russian and Ukrainian Tel (201) 373-7839 • Fax (201) 373-8812 Church, 161 N. Fifth St., at noon in com­ memoration of Veterans' Day. The public is themes in collaboration with the Rutgers BUSINESS HOURS: Tut. & Fit - 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM • Wtd. & Ttim. - 9:00 AM to 3:30!PM Film Co-op and the New Jersey Media Arts Sat. - 9:00 to 12:00 Noon (dosed Sat. - July & August) • Mon. - CJosed invited to attend. For more information call Peter Terrebetzky, (212)473-73110. Center. The series is offered by the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum in conjunc­ PHILADELPHIA: The Polish National tion with the inaugural exhibition "From University in the U.S. invites the public to Gulag to Glasnost: Non-Conformist Art a meeting with Mykola Riabchuk, deputy from the Soviet Union, The Norton and editor-in-chief of Vsesvit, an international Nancy Dodge Collection." The film, based political and cultural affairs journal pub­ on true prison camp experiences, opens lished in Kyiv, and a Fulbright Scholar at inside a claustrophobic hammer and sickle Pennsylvania State University, who will monument in which a political prisoner has speak on the topic "Polish-Ukrainian taken refuge. Captivity and escape, love and Relations: Past and Present." The presen­ betrayal, surrender and sacrifice are dealt MORTGAGES tation will be held at the Polish Home, with in an extraordinary visual display. The 9150 Academy Road, at 3 p.m. film is part of a double bill that also features the film "Before the Rain," 1994, by Milcho CONVENTIONAL AND "JUMBO" SILVER SPRING, Md.: Holy Trinity FIXED & ADJUSTABLE • 15 & 30 YEAR TERMS Manchevski. The screening begins at 7 p.m. Particular Ukrainian Catholic Church, at the State Theatre on Livingston Avenue. 166331 New Hampshire Ave., is holding a Admission: $7. For additional information STARTING AT 5.50% 15th anniversary banquet/ benefit. The call the Rutgers Film Co-op, (908) 932- event will be held at St. Andrew's 8482. Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 15100 New "O" Points on ALL Mortgages *£=£ Hampshire Ave. Cocktails: 1:30-2:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, November 18-19 Call the Loan Department for details banquet, 2:30 p.m. Admission: $35, adults; MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich.: The film $15, children 12 and under. For reservations New Jersey Residents Only - 1 to 4 Family owner occupied "Famine-33," directed by Oles Yanchuk, call Tania Yasinsky, (301) 593-8214, or Rates subject to change Natalia Zacharczenko, (703) 978-2871. (Continued on page 16)