INSIDE:• Ukraine’s election campaign begins — page 2. • Researcher studies the fate of Ostarbeiters — page 3. • Austalian Plast members host international jamboree — page 10.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE KRAINIANNo. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T U U.S. imposes trade sanctionsW on Ukraine Zenon Snylyk, former editor by Roman Woronowycz fight against commercial piracy of intellectual property Kyiv Press Bureau rights. “The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative of The Weekly, Svoboda, KYIV – The United States imposed economic sanc- (USTR) has determined that U.S. trade law mandates tions on Ukraine on January 23 in response to the coun- the imposition of sanctions on Ukraine due to Ukraine’s passes away at age 69 try’s inability to stop CD music and software piracy. The continuing failure to terminate sound recording and action came after Ukraine’s Parliament on January 17 optical media piracy,” stated a U.S. Embassy press failed to pass an effective piece of legislation in support release dated January 23, which announced the begin- of CD licensing – a bill the U.S. had backed but ning of the trade limitations. Ukrainian lawmakers rejected in favor of their own ver- Yaroslav Voitko, head of the economic-trade mission sion. of Ukraine’s Embassy in Washington, was straightfor- The law that was passed would require that all com- ward in assessing the reason for the U.S. action. pact discs manufactured in Ukraine and the machinery “The bill recently passed by the Ukrainian Parliament involved in CD production receive government licens- does not meet the demands of the U.S. party and the ing. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry,” Meanwhile, Ukraine instituted its own sanctions on he explained, according to Interfax-Ukraine. U.S. poultry products on January 18 when the Ministry The sanctions, which could be repealed as soon as of Agriculture announced that the use of antibiotics, spe- Ukraine approves anti-piracy legislation more to cial chemical preservatives and growth stimulants by Washington’s liking, will limit the import of about $75 U.S. chicken farmers contravene Ukrainian law. Ukraine million worth of Ukrainian-made products into the implemented a ban on the products retroactive to United States, including steel, textiles and chemical January 1. products. However, Ukrainian officials said the real cost It was not certain whether the Ukrainian ban on U.S. to its economy would be closer to $470 million. U.S. poultry was tied to economic sanctions leveled by officials said they would continue to cooperate with Washington in response to Ukraine’s failure to pass Ukraine to get the law they would like to see. effective anti-piracy legislation for the compact disc The trade sanctions on Ukrainian goods went into industry. What was obvious, however, was that the U.S. would no longer give Ukraine second chances in the (Continued on page 4)

Zenon Snylyk at his desk at Svoboda.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Zenon Snylyk, former UNA and UFA revisit issue of merger editor-in-chief of the Svoboda Ukrainian-language SCRANTON, Pa. – Executive officers of the Oleksyn, Supreme Secretary Christina Shablovsky, daily newspaper, and prior to that editor of The Ukrainian National Association and the Ukrainian Financial Secretary-Treasurer Audrey Thomas, Supreme Ukrainian Weekly, died on January 21. He was 69. Fraternal Association met here at the Radisson Council Member Jaroslaw Gawur and Mykola Dupliak, Mr. Snylyk devoted 36 years and four months of Lackawanna on January 11 to discuss their possible the editor of the UFA’s weekly newspaper, Narodna his life to work as an editor with publications of merger at the two organizations’ upcoming conventions Volya. the Ukrainian National Association. He split that later this year. The UNA and UFA leaders reviewed the conditions of time equally between the UNA’s two papers, and The meeting’s goal was to lay the groundwork for dis- the merger previously proposed in 1998 in order to ascer- also was a member of the editorial staff of the two- cussions on the possibilities and conditions for a merger tain which conditions, given the current situation, are still volume Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia spon- of the two fraternal benefit societies. relevant. sored by the UNA and published by the University Present at the meeting on behalf of the Ukrainian The UNA’s next convention is slated for May, while of Toronto Press. National Association were President Ulana Diachuk, the UFA’s is to be held in June. Since time is of the Mr. Snylyk always underlined that the role of National Secretary Martha Lysko and Treasurer Stefan essence, the executive officers of both fraternal organi- UNA publications was to serve the Ukrainian com- Kaczaraj. The Ukrainian Fraternal Association was rep- zations agreed to convene at a second meeting in the munity and the Ukrainian nation, and that these resented by a delegation composed of President John very near future. were his “imperatives” as an editor. He was renowned also as an athlete. He was a three-time member of the U.S. Olympic Soccer Team (1956, 1960, 1964), and captained the 1956 and 1960 Olympic squads. He also played and/or led U.S. soccer teams that competed in the Pan- American Games and in a World Cup tournament, and was twice named an All-American. In addi- tion, he coached and played for seven Ukrainian soccer teams during the 1950s and 1960s. Mr. Snylyk was born on November 14, 1933, in Putiatyntsi, Rohatyn county, western Ukraine; he was the son of Mykhailo and Evstakhia (Klodzinska) Snylyk. He emigrated to the United States following World War II, and graduated as valedictorian of his class at Benjamin Franklin High School in Rochester, N.Y., where the Snylyk family had settled. He became a U.S. citizen in 1955 and that same year graduated with a B.A. from the University of Rochester. Three years later he earned an M.A. from the University of Chicago and then taught political science in 1959-1960 at McGill University in Montreal. He married Yaroslava (Continued on page 4) UNA and UFA officers after their meeting to discuss a possible merger: (from left) Stefan Kaczaraj, Christina Shablovsky, Ulana Diachuk, John Oleksyn, Martha Lysko, Audrey Thomas and Yaroslaw Gawur. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 No. 4

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Election campaign starts in Ukraine U.S. sanctions against Ukraine take effect Visti and Slovo Batkivschyny newspapers, by Taras Kuzio Republicans and the Christian Democrats). which are backed by the National Salvation RFE/RL Newsline The SDPU, which is headed by former KYIV – The previously announced U.S. Forum. Ms. Tymoshenko made a written first vice-chairman of the Verkhovna Rada trade sanctions against Ukraine for its pledge last year not to leave Kyiv in con- On March 31, Ukraine will elect a new Viktor Medvedchuk, has long considered inability to curb compact disc piracy took nection with a corruption case conducted Parliament. The outcome of that ballot will former Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko effect on January 23, despite the fact that against her. In December she filed a lawsuit determine the country’s domestic and for- its main opponent, and he has reciprocal the Ukrainian Parliament on January 17 questioning the legality of the procedure eign orientation for the first decade of the feelings. Both the SDPU and Mr. hastily passed a law regulating the produc- that stripped her of her parliamentary 21st century. How the elections are con- Yuschenko’s Our Ukraine have their main tion of CDs. UNIAN quoted Kenneth immunity. A Kyiv court has accepted her ducted will determine whether Ukraine’s base of support in western-central Ukraine. Fairfax, an official from the U.S. Embassy lawsuit and ruled that law enforcement bod- international image improves following the It should be recalled that Mr. Medvedchuk in Kyiv, as saying that the U.S. authorities ies may not take any actions against her that murder of journalist Heorhii Gongadze in orchestrated the April 26, 2001, no-confi- received the text of the law on January 21 would violate a deputy’s immunity. the fall of 2000 and the ensuing dence vote in the Yuschenko government. and are currently analyzing it. Mr. Fairfax According to Ms. Tymoshenko, the ruling “Kuchmagate” scandal. In the 1998 elections, the SDPU managed said the sanctions may be lifted in time if also means that the Procurator General’s Ukraine’s revised parliamentary election to gain seats in the Rada only because the the law satisfies the United States. He Office had no right to demand from her a law came into force on October 30, 2001, party’s result was “topped” up by votes added, however, that the adopted law pro- written pledge to stay in Kyiv. (RFE/RL and the 90-day election campaign officially from the Agrarians to push it over the vides for “insignificant penalties,” adding Newsline) began on January 1 of this year. Ukrainian threshold to the suspiciously close 4.01 that “they will come as no more than an irri- voters have a six-cornered choice between percent. While Mr. Medvedchuk has tation for those who make millions of dol- Rada seeks probe of Lytvyn car accident two pro-presidential blocs (For a United lars annually” from CD piracy, STB attempted to use the language card to KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on Ukraine and the Social Democratic Party obtain eastern Ukrainian votes, he has also Television reported. Under the sanctions, of Ukraine [United]); two anti-presidential the U.S. will apply higher duties on $75 January 16 submitted an inquiry to the sought to increase his profile among west- police and the Procurator General’s Office blocs (the Socialists and the Yulia ern Ukrainians by openly talking of the million worth of metals, shoes and other Tymoshenko bloc); one that bridges these goods exported from Ukraine. (RFE/RL about the accident involving an automobile 1944 arrest of his father, on charges of carrying the head of the presidential admin- two hostile camps and is anti-oligarch but being a member of the Organization of Newsline) is not hostile to President Leonid Kuchma istration, Volodymyr Lytvyn, STB Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). His father Kuchma decries U.S. pressure (Our Ukraine); and one that rejects just Television reported. Lawmakers doubt the who was then deported to Siberia, where official version of the accident, which about every aspect of the present political Mr. Medvedchuk was born. KYIV – Ukrainian President Leonid system and Ukraine’s independence (the claims that a car belonging to a pensioner The loss of support from the executive Kuchma told journalists on January 22 that who died in the accident swerved into the Communists). for the SDPU, as reflected in Mr. he is inclined to sign the recently passed bill The hard-line Communist Party of wrong lane, causing the crash. (RFE/RL Medvedchuk’s ouster on December 13, on the production of CDs in Ukraine, Newsline) Ukraine (CPU) will more than likely again 2001, from the post of vice-chairman of the Interfax reported. At the same time he said garner its steady 15 to 20 percent of the Verkhovna Rada, means that the party will that “no country in the world has the kind of Socialists criticize CEC stance vote, mostly from pensioners, according to not have access to “administrative law the U.S. is demanding from us.” And two December polls by SOCIS and resources” during the campaign. It is also he added: “So what is it? Cooperation or KYIV – The Socialist Party has said it Democratic Initiatives. That party’s main not coincidental that the National Council simply pressure? I regard this as pressure.” disagrees with the statement of Central support base is in the industrialized for Television and Radio Broadcasting, (RFE/RL Newsline) Election Commission head Mykhailo Russified and sovietized regions of eastern headed by former Rukh Chairman Ivan Riabets to the effect that former presidential Ukraine and Crimea. Drach, withdrew the license from Inter tel- Lytvyn expects new political structure bodyguard Mykola Melnychenko, who has The Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU), evision – which is controlled by the SDPU been residing in the United States for more KYIV – Presidential administration head once an ally of the CPU, took part in the and is highly popular in eastern Ukraine than a year, cannot be registered as a candi- Volodymyr Lytvyn, who leads the For a 1998 elections with the now-defunct where the rival pro-Kuchma For a United date running on the Socialist Party election United Ukraine election bloc, said in Lviv Agrarian Party. Agrarian Party Chairman Ukraine has its main support base – on the list, Interfax reported on January 17. Mr. on January 22 that the upcoming parliamen- Oleksander Tkachenko, who served briefly same day that Mr. Medvedchuk was Riabets said on January 15 that the election tary election should give rise to “a new as Verkhovna Rada Chairman in 1998- removed as Rada vice-chairman. law stipulates that only those Ukrainian citi- structure of the political system” in the 1999 until the “velvet revolution” in early The SDPU leadership must be wonder- zens who have been living in Ukraine for country, Interfax reported. Mr. Lytvyn 2000 that removed the Rada’s left-wing ing if they will suffer the same fate as for- the past five years may be elected to the added that Ukraine has not yet developed “a leadership, has now returned to the CPU. mer Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko’s Verkhovna Rada. The Socialists retorted civilized party system.” In his opinion, out Throughout the 1990s, the SPU moved Hromada, which was destroyed in 1998- that, according to the same law, residence in of the 124 parties registered in Ukraine only cautiously to the right to position itself on 1999 after he quarreled with the executive. Ukraine means also “staying outside 11 may claim to have a nationwide charac- the left of the Social Democrats and toward SDPU votes may be needed by For a Ukraine’s borders in accordance with ter. (RFE/RL Newsline) a pro- statehood position. This move was United Ukraine bloc to counter Mr. Ukraine’s appropriate international agree- reinforced by the key role played by SPU Yuschenko’s popularity. Tymoshenko vows to break info blockade ments.” The Socialists believe that Mr. Chairman Oleksander Moroz during the Successive opinion polls conducted Melnychenko’s U.S. visa is a document Kuchmagate affair that erupted in since summer 2001 show Mr. Yuschenko’s KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of envisioned by such “appropriate interna- November 2000. The SPU’s allies will be popularity rating at 30 percent, a figure far the anti-presidential Forum of National tional agreements.” The Socialist Party said four small parties representing rural inter- higher than any other politician in Ukraine Salvation and the election bloc bearing her Mr. Riabets’ stance on Mr. Melnychenko is ests, dissident Greens, the former Soviet- and that of Our Ukraine at 15 to 20 percent, name, told journalists on January 21 that “preconceived.” (RFE/RL Poland, Belarus era Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine according to the same two polls. The popu- she is going “to break the information and Ukraine Report) and Social Democrats. larity of his bloc is only low in south-east- blockade around the opposition” by meet- Airport evacuated after bomb threat The SPU’s main base of support is in the ern Ukraine (2 to 5 percent) and Crimea (1 ing voters in regions, Interfax reported. Ukrainophone regions of western and cen- percent). This means that for the first time “The authorities do everything to prevent ODESA – Authorities on January 16 tral Ukraine outside of Galicia. Mykola in Ukraine’s history, the CPU is not the our bloc from electioneering, the only [way evacuated all staff members and passengers Melnychenko, the former officer of the most popular party. The “Yushchenko phe- out is to hold] meetings with voters,” she from the Odesa international airport after an Security Service of Ukraine at the heart of nomenon” makes it likely that the CPU said. She added that printing houses in Kyiv Kuchmagate who is now in exile in the will attract only hard-core supporters, have recently refused to print the Vechirni (Continued on page 19) United States is running on the SPU list. while those who formerly voted for the Mr. Moroz’s SPU is tactically allied Communists as a sign of protest against the with the former Forum for National status quo this time will vote for Our FOUNDED 1933 Salvation (FNS) created in February 2001 Ukraine, Ms. Tymoshenko or the SPU. Mr. at the height of Kuchmagate because both Yuschenko’s bloc includes his longtime HE KRAINIAN EEKLY blocs support moves to radically reform national democratic allies from the two TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Ukraine’s political system, including abol- main wings of Rukh; Reform and Order, a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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by Oksana Zakydalsky year-old female student from Kyiv,” “Ulrich Herbert, Hitler’s Foreign Workers,” TORONTO – The convention regarding (Cambridge University Press, 1997). the protection of the civilian population Who were the Ukrainian forced work- during war known as the Fourth Geneva ers? How did they get to Germany? What Convention – includes the following: “It is were the conditions under which they lived forbidden to force the civilian population of there? What happened to them after the the occupied power to perform forced labor war? These are the subjects of research for for the occupying power. The deportation Tetiana Koltun-Lapan, a graduate student in of persons from occupied territory to the history at Lviv National University. Ms. territory of the occupier is forbidden.” The Koltun-Lapan was in Toronto from mid- convention was drawn up on August 12, September to the end of December 2001 as 1949, partly as a response to the deportation a John Kolasky (Memorial) Fellow – a and forced labor policy instituted by the scholarship administered by the Canadian Nazis in World War II. Institute of Ukrainian Studies. She worked The Nazi Auslandereinsatz (use of for- in the Ukrainian Canadian Research and eigners) between 1939 and 1945 represents Documentation Center under the guidance the most sizable case of massive and forced of Iroida Wynnyckyj. use of foreign workers in history since the Ms. Koltun-Lapan’s area of study is oral end of slavery in the 19th century. The offi- history, and, before arriving in Canada, she Ostarbeiters at the Pelikan factory near Hanover. cial records for the late summer of 1944 list completed interviews with 150 persons 7.6 million foreign civilian workers and from Lviv Oblast who had been forced in the Soviet Union meant that the German Generalgouvernement (GG) of Poland and prisoners of war on the territory of the laborers in Germany during World War II. armaments industry had to adjust to a those taken from Reichskomissariat Ukraine German Reich who were brought there for According to official sources, there are longer war and needed to increase its capac- (under the brutal tyranny of Erich Koch). employment by force. They represented about 600,000 former forced laborers still ity. Only the use of workers from the Soviet The first group was treated like the Poles about a quarter of all registered workers in living in Ukraine today. In Toronto, Ms. Union could make up the labor shortages. and required to wear the “P” patch on their the entire economy of the German Reich at Koltun-Lapan continued her interviews Thus, a system of regulations was devel- clothing, while the second – the Ostarbeiters the time, although studies have shown that with local former forced laborers, complet- oped for Soviet civil workers, even more (workers from the East) – were required to they reached 40 to 50 percent of workers in ing 35 audio interviews. extreme than those for the Poles. Their food wear the OST patch and were subject to the armaments industry. It is realistic to talk After the occupation of Poland in 1939, rations were smaller, and they received even harsher treatment than the Poles. They of about 9.5 million to 10 million foreign Polish prisoners of war were quickly put to wages that were substantially lower than had to live in camps that were fenced with civilian workers and prisoners of war who work in Germany and, by May 1940, more those of other foreign workers. They were barbed wire and under constant guard. were used in Germany in forced labor. than a million Polish workers had been required to wear a patch reading “OST” At first, German propaganda in Ukraine Of these, about 4 million were Soviet brought into the Reich, mostly by force. At (East) on their clothing. painted a “German paradise on earth” to laborers, of which about 2.4 million to 2.8 that point the forced labor policy did not Decisions regarding the foreign workers entice people to go to Germany, but it soon million were Ukrainians who thus constitut- affect western Ukrainians, who, because of were left to individual firms, so that the situ- became obvious that this was not creating ed the largest national group working in the Nazi-Soviet division of Poland, were ation of the Soviet workers varied widely the needed results and the German com- Germany. It is estimated that about 20 per- then under Soviet rule. The Nazi political from plant to plant and from camp to camp. mand instituted brutal methods in rounding cent of the workers were underage (15 to leadership viewed the use of Poles in Many firms paid no wages at all to the up people. Ms. Koltun-Lapan said she has 17 years old) and more than half of the Germany as a violation of race principles Soviet civilian workers: they viewed them heard many stories of wild chases of people Polish and Soviet civil workers were and feared political dangers for the German as civilian prisoners and treated them in cities and in villages – in streets, trains, women, on average less than 20 years of people. Consequently, a large system of accordingly. bazaars, schools, monasteries, churches, age. “The most common type of forced repressive measures was developed to deal Although the need for cheap labor in fields, theaters and cinemas. People were laborer in Germany in 1943 was an 18- with the deported Poles: they had to live in Germany is a logical explanation for the pulled from their homes at night. Groups of barrack camps, they received lower wages, forced deportations of workers from people would be arrested and rounded up at they could not use public conveniences nor Ukraine and other occupied areas of the special collection points, where they were attend German church services, they had to Soviet Union, Ms. Koltun-Lapan said that formed into contingents for transportation work longer hours than Germans and were other explanations should also be consid- in freight cars to Germany. The travel con- required to wear a “P” patch attached to ered: that this policy set out to destroy and ditions were appalling – there were no sani- their clothing. Contact with Germans out- weaken nations the Germans regarded as tary measures and the food rations were so side of work was forbidden. But it was soon inferior races and that, by taking workers to meager that the workers arrived in Germany obvious that even the recruitment of Poles Germany, the Nazis cleaned out the occu- already weak. Anyone who tried to flee was could not satisfy the labor needs of the pied lands of young people who, under shot. Many people tried to avoid deporta- German economy. Consequently, over one appropriate circumstances, could have tion through self-mutilation or flight. million French prisoners of war were posed a threat to them. In the villages of the GG, a local official brought into the Reich as workers and an It should be noted that Ukrainians fell would be given the responsibility of gather- intensive advertising campaign for workers into two categories of forced labor: those ing a designated number of persons. If this was begun in the so-called friendly and taken from western Ukraine, which in 1941 number was not produced, the village coun- occupied areas in Western and Northern became part of the German (Continued on page 12) Europe. Each of these groups received its own rules for treatment, wages and lodging, which were more favorable than those for the Poles. A multilayered system of national More parties hold congresses hierarchies developed, with workers from Northern and Western Europe ranked at the A former Ostarbeiter, now living in top and the Poles at the bottom. in run-up to March elections Toronto. In the fall of 1941, the military reverses by Jan Maksymiuk chairman of the National Rukh of Ukraine; RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report Our Ukraine political coordinator Roman Bezsmertnyi; Viacheslav Koval of the A congress of former Prime Minister National Rukh of Ukraine; Serhii Sobolev Viktor Yuschenko’s election bloc Our of the Reforms and Order Party. Ukraine approved its election list on The congress also approved a list of Our January 16, Ukrainian media reported. Ukraine candidates running in single-seat First on the list is Mr. Yuschenko, followed constituencies. This list included Taras by four national deputies: Oleksandr Chornovil, a son of charismatic Rukh Stoyan, the head of the Trade Union leader Vyacheslav Chornovil, as well as Federation of Ukraine; Hennadii lawmakers Roman Zvarych and Udovenko, the leader of the National Rukh Oleksander Zhyr. of Ukraine; Yuriy Kostenko, the leader of “We are for honesty in politics, for hon- the Ukrainian Popular Rukh; and Viktor esty in matters connected with the govern- Pynzenyk, the leader of the Reforms and ing of the state,” Mr. Yuschenko said dur- Order Party. ing the congress, adding, “we should do Additional names on the list are: everything to restore the people’s trust in National Deputy Lilia Hryhorovych, the the authorities.” head of the Union of Ukrainian Women; Mr. Yuschenko also told the congress National Deputy Oleksander Slobodian; that Our Ukraine pledges “to free the Ivan Zayets, the vice-chairman of the country from everything that hampers its Ukrainian National Rukh; former Foreign development,” and said his bloc seeks to Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk; former change Ukraine’s “ruthless, bureaucratic Vice Prime Minister Mykola Zhulynskyi; and corrupt” executive power system. Arbeitsbuch (employment ID document) of Agnela Warwaruk (now living in Slava Stetsko, the head of the Congress of Toronto). Ukrainian Nationalists; Les Taniuk, vice- (Continued on page 8) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 No. 4

guage supplement to Svoboda. In 1976, and popularization of Ukrainianism,” he Zenon Snylyk... under his editorship, The Weekly was concluded. (Continued from page 1 ) transformed from a broadsheet supple- Mr. Snylyk was a member of the ment of its sister publication, to a sepa- Shevchenko Scientific Society, the rate tabloid-format newspaper. Ukrainian Journalists’ Association and He remained at the helm of The various other community organizations. Weekly until 1980, when he was tapped He was also an avid tennis player who to be the new editor-in-chief of Svoboda, won many championships, and was an then a daily newspaper. He was the edi- organizer of tennis tournaments for play- tor-in-chief of the Ukrainian daily at the ers of all ages and tennis camps for time it marked its centennial in 1993 and youths at Soyuzivka, the upstate New served in that post until mid-June 1998, York resort of the Ukrainian National choosing to retire before Svoboda was Association. Less known, but much transformed, in accordance with a deci- appreciated by his colleagues at the sion of the UNA Convention of that year, UNA, was his skill in table tennis (a to a weekly newspaper. favorite lunchtime activity at the Home On June 18, 1998, his last day of work Office in Jersey City). at the UNA Home Office, which by then In recognition of Mr. Snylyk’s three had moved from Jersey City to most beloved pursuits, on the occasion of Parsippany, N.J., Mr. Snylyk was feted at his retirement the staff of The Ukrainian an informal gathering of the two UNA Weekly prepared a special front page of newspapers’ editorial and production the paper highlighting his days on the staffs, print shop and administration. soccer field, at the editor’s desk and on In a farewell column published in the the tennis court. June 20, 1998, issue of Svoboda, he Mr. Snylyk passed away in the early addressed his readers and co-workers: “I morning hours of January 21 at his home am obligated to express my thanks to all in Berkeley Heights, N.J. The Svoboda chief in Jersey City, N.J. of you for your support and loyalty dur- Surviving are his wife, Yaroslava, and ing my 36 years and four months at the daughter, Christina, as well as relatives Matura in 1959. Svoboda Publishing House.” in North America and Ukraine. The fam- In 1962 Mr. Snylyk was hired by the “I extend my sincere thanks for your ily has requested that memorial dona- Jersey City, N.J.-based Ukrainian loyalty, dedication and cooperation, for tions be made to the Building Fund of National Association as editor of The your suggestions, advice, support and The Ukrainian Museum. Ukrainian Weekly, then an English-lan- readiness to work together in the defense The funeral liturgy was offered on January 24 at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark, N.J.; burial was at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery in South Bound Brook, N.J. On January 23, following a parastas service at the Union Funeral Home, eulo- gies were delivered by Dr. Orest Popovych, speaking on behalf of the sports community, and especially the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, and the Chornomorska Sitch Ukrainian Athletic- Educational Association; Irene Jarosewich, editor-in-chief of Svoboda; Roma Hadzewycz, editor-in-chief of The Ukrainian Weekly; and Maria Shust, director of The Ukrainian Museum, Irene Jarosewich which counted Mr. Snylyk among its Zenon Snylyk in his younger days as a Zenon Snylyk with colleagues on his last day of work in Parsippany, N.J. most ardent supporters. soccer player.

sure on the legislative branch of govern- Ukraine’s CD manufacturers – and there Washington was only looking for a politi- U.S. imposes... ment to accede to Washington’s demands. are only two legal producers in Ukraine cal reason to deny Ukraine an export (Continued from page 1) While it was possible that Ukraine today – fiercely opposed the version sup- market for its steel. President Leonid Kuchma said on effect after Washington repeatedly could have avoided the sanctions after ported by the U.S., claiming that it was January 22 that he would sign the bill warned Kyiv that it would have no choice having passed any sort of anti-piracy leg- so suffocating that it would extinguish passed by the Parliament, while voicing but to pursue such action if the country islation, the trade ban became automatic what was left of the industry in Ukraine. would not undertake serious measures to when the Parliament failed to make avail- Ihor Eihenvald, head of the CD manu- his dissatisfaction with U.S. pressure on combat widespread piracy of intellectual able a copy of the approved legislation for facturers’ business association in Ukraine. property rights in the form of the illegal analysis by U.S. officials in the immediate Ukraine, said the approved legislation “None of the world’s countries has the manufacture of music and software CDs. days prior to the deadline. A spokesperson met the general intent of what the U.S. law the U.S. has required us to pass,” A report issued last year by the U.S. for the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv said on had requested, while leaving intact explained Mr. Kuchma. “Is this coopera- Embassy claimed that Ukrainian CD January 24 that the mission had finally respect for the rights of Ukrainian busi- tion or pressure? I regard it as pressure.” manufacturers were producing some 70 received a copy of the bill only the day nessmen. He explained that at issue was The U.S. had announced on December million CDs annually, far exceeding a before, nearly a week after it was passed, the right of manufacturers to protect 20, 2001, that it would impose trade local demand of about 5 million discs. and was not yet ready to comment on it. themselves from unannounced govern- sanctions on Ukraine if it did not pass the The U.S. has worked to convince Kyiv to In the January 23 press release, how- ment inspections of their facilities. CD licensing legislation, hours after the develop an effective anti-piracy policy for ever, the Embassy stated that an analysis The draft bill developed by the Verkhovna Rada had rejected a version of more than two years by cajoling, threaten- of the draft bill in its partially passed Ukrainian government and rejected by the bill. It was the second threat by ing and, now, more serious means. form did not meet expectations. It lawmakers would have allowed for unan- Washington to move against Ukraine The U.S. Embassy released a back- explained that the first reading passed by nounced and unspecified inspections, economically. ground paper on January 23 in which the the legislature “was so weak as to be simply requiring a search warrant from Ukraine had averted sanctions once USTR said that there is undeniable evi- ineffective at deterring piracy.” the procurator general to proceed. The before even as the Ukrainian Parliament dence that illegal CD plants in Ukraine The associated background paper legislation that was finally approved – had given no indication it was ready to continue to enter markets in Europe and issued by the Embassy explained that, one of six versions the Parliament con- bend even slightly to accommodate U.S. overseas. It estimated U.S. losses at $200 “because the Rada has not released a sidered – limited the government action wishes. On November 29 Ukrainian law- million annually and emphasized that the copy of [the approved] bill, USTR cannot to searches based on specific allegations. makers had rejected another version of a date for sanctions was set only after determine whether Ukraine has fulfilled Mr. Eihenvald said that in essence no CD licensing bill, after which the U.S. repeated efforts to induce Ukraine to set its commitment to stop piracy and thus single law could solve Ukraine’s piracy said it would impose sanctions on anti-piracy legislation had failed, includ- cannot stop sanctions from taking effect.” problems. December 12. That action was postponed ing the suspension of limited Ukrainian It noted that initial reports suggested “If shady companies exist, they will after discussions in Washington between trade privileges in August. that the bill contained “many provisions remain in the shade,” he explained, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Anatolii The Ukrainian Parliament finally that exclude certain parts of the manufac- according to the Associated Press. Kinakh and USTR representatives. passed a bill requiring the licensing of CD ture process from control” and that National Deputy Oleksander Moroz, Then on January 10 the Verkhovna products on January 17 by a vote of 233-6 “administrative and criminal penalties one of the leftist lawmakers who led the Rada once again let its position on anti- after the U.S. had announced the January contained in the law are too low to effec- successful effort to water down the legis- piracy legislation be known when law- 23 deadline for sanctions and after the tively deter criminal piracy.” lation, said sanctions would have been makers failed to find the votes to place Ukrainian government had exerted pres- While the U.S. criticized the legisla- implemented regardless of what the the latest version of the draft law on the tion that was passed for being too lax, Verkhovna Rada approved because daily agenda simply for debate. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

UNA executives hold year-end meeting at Soyuzivka by Martha Lysko cations, and in particular to those of The posal. of aesthetics and request that the tower be UNA National Secretary Ukrainian Weekly. Credit cards can finally The UNA has ordered an appraisal of decorated to it make fit into the natural be used to pay for subscriptions and Soyuzivka so that its real value can be landscape. If these demands are met there KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The third regu- advertising. Mrs. Diachuk also reported established. This was done for the pur- was agreement on moving ahead with the lar meeting for the year 2001 of the that, financially, Soyuzivka did worse than pose of transferring Soyuzivka into a sep- plan since the rental would help Executive Committee of the Ukrainian the year before. This is due to the fact that arate foundation if and when it is decided Soyuzivka’s bottom line. National Association was held on many people went to Ukraine for celebra- that Soyuzivka should be transferred. The Another concern at the executives meet- November 29 at the UNA resort, tions of the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s report submitted by the Standing ing was the Ukrainian National Association Soyuzivka. This was the third meeting of independence; even Labor Day weekend Committee on Soyuzivka explored sever- in Canada, which is supported by an excess the year since the one scheduled for third attracted fewer guests to Soyuzivka. al options and a non-profit foundation is of financial holdings in that country. quarter was not held due to the terrorist Although there were many more camps the one currently under consideration. Canadian regulators in their examination of attacks of September 11, 2001. (UNA exec- this year, that did not help the bottom line. It was also reported at the executives’ UNA business in Canada questioned its utives usually meet once every quarter.) The executive officers next discussed meeting that the Nextel Corp. had ability to grow and expand. Since the UNA Present at the meeting were: Ulana M. the 50-acre Dmytro Halychyn Foundation approached the UNA president with a is not growing, the association’s actuary Diachuk, president; Stefko Kuropas, first proposal to lease space in order to install advised that the UNA may be able to pull vice-president; Anya Dydyk-Petrenko, property which was purchased from the Shevchenko Scientific Society in 1982 in a communications tower at Soyuzivka out of Canada. There is an option to con- second vice-president; Martha Lysko, behind the water tank. It was noted that vert all of the UNA’s Canadian business to national secretary; Stefan Kaczaraj, treas- hopes of building condominiums for UNA senior citizens. Nothing was ever realized there might be some opposition from the U.S. dollars and for the UNA to remain in urer; and William Pastuszek, the chair- neighbors regarding the construction of Canada only as a venue for fraternal activi- man of the Auditing Committee. The on the property. Last year the Shevchenko Scientific Society sold its holdings near the tower. The decision was made to lease ties. Some decision will have to be made Rev. Myron Stasiw, director for Canada, the space to Nextel for installation of the before the next examination by Canadian was unable to attend. Soyuzivka to the Open Space Institute. The Open Space Institute then approached tower provided that all expenses will be insurance authorities. Members of the Executive Committee born by Nextel. Nextel would then obtain The topics that will require a decision gave abbreviated oral reports because full the UNA to sell the 50-acre parcel to the institute. The sale of the property would all necessary permits from the town of of the UNA Convention scheduled for written reports were presented to the Wawarsing. At present they are offering a May 24-28 are: Soyuzivka and its future General Assembly meeting scheduled to eliminate the mortgage that the UNA holds on the property, which, in accor- fee of $21,600 annually. It was also men- survival, Canadian membership and be held November 30 through December tioned that the UNA should raise the issue UNA insurance operations in Canada. 2, 2001, also at the UNA resort. All pres- dance with insurance regulations, is not ent members of the Executive Committee considered an admitted asset. signed the required Conflict of Interest Another possibility is to transfer the Statement. land to Soyuzivka and thus eliminate the RECORDING DEPARTMENT The treasurer reported an increase in mortgage. Officers noted that there is a MEMBERSHIP REPORT – DECEMBER 2001 surplus of $1 million. This figure will well on the property and that the UNA Martha Lysko, National Secretary change in the fourth quarter due to a should not sell that piece of land. After a weak economy and fluctuation in brief discussion it was decided to transfer Canadian currency, he said, adding that the Halychyn Foundation land to Juvenile Adult ADD Total the the UNA should still have an increase Soyuzivka and to prepare a new survey Total Active Members – 11/2001 6,539 13,694 3,059 23,292 of surplus by year’s end. showing the location of the well. Any Total Inactive Members –11/2001 7,422 17,462 0 24,884 The national secretary reported that decision to sell Halychyn Foundation Total Members – 11/2001 13,961 31,156 3,059 48,176 land should be deferred to the General many secretaries still cannot accept the ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP change to direct billing. Assembly meeting. Second Vice-President Dydyk- Along with its proposal to buy the Gains in 12/2001 Petrenko reported on the completion of Halychyn Foundation land, the Open New members 27 35 0 62 the summer program at Soyuzivka, while Space Institute expressed interest in pur- New members UL 0 2 0 2 First Vice-President Kuropas gave a brief chasing the part of Soyuzivka’s land that Reinstated 5 6 6 17 update on the work of the Standing is adjacent to the parcel already pur- Total Gains: 32 43 6 81 Committee on Soyuzivka. chased from the Shevchenko Scientific Losses in 12/2001 The UNA president focused on the Society. There are approximately 192 Died 1 28 0 29 publications and the resort in her brief acres of Soyuzivka that the institute Cash surrender 12 9 0 21 comments. The UNA is once again mar- would like to purchase; however, the Endowment matured 22 43 0 65 keting to former subscribers of both publi- Executive Committee rejected this pro- Fully paid-up 28 39 0 67 Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0 Extended Insurance 19 34 0 53 Certificates lapsed (active) 8 11 33 52 Certificate terminated 0 9 9 18 Total Losses 90 173 42 305 Young UNA’ers Total Active Members – 12/2001 6,481 13,564 3,023 23,068 INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Gains in 12/2001 Paid-up 28 39 0 67 Reduced paid up 0 0 0 0 Extended insurance 19 34 0 53 Total Gains 47 73 0 120 Losses in 12/2001 * Died 0 38 0 38 * Cash surrender 4 20 0 24 Pure endowment matured 2 5 0 7 Reinstated to active 5 6 0 11 Certificates lapsed (inactive) 0 5 0 5 Total Losses 11 74 0 85 Total Inactive Members – 12/2001 7,458 17,461 0 24,919 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – 12/2001 13,939 31,025 3,023 47,987 (* Paid up and reduced paid up policies)

Mission Statement The Ukrainian National Association exists: I I to promote the principles of fraternalism; I to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and to provide quality financial services and products to its members.

As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its Natalia, Bohdan and Roman Kostyk, children of Yaroslav and Maria Kostyk, are new members and the Ukrainian community. members of UNA Branch 13 in Watervliet, N.Y. They were enrolled by their parents. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 No. 4

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Questions lead to a summit Ukrainian World Congress

It was almost three months ago that The Ukrainian Weekly asked its readers: establishes election fund “Where have all our students gone?” and only last week that Andrij Wowk, writing in our “News and Views” section, asked “Where have the young professionals gone?” In recent years much scholarly analy- Many Communists in Ukraine simply With this line of questioning one could assume that our Ukrainian “hromada” is slow- sis has delved into the Communist era have changed colors. Others, unabashed- ly disappearing. spanning the 20th century. While many ly, still flaunt their bloody red, vowing a All joking aside, this would be a hard point to argue, considering that the 2000 U.S. in the West, particularly the press, have return to power. Ten years after inde- Census showed an increase in the number of Ukrainians living in this country of more willfully or unwittingly failed to con- pendence approximately 25 percent of than 100,000 people over the past 10 years. Perhaps a more realistic explanation for demn communism and, in fact, have Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada bears not the questions posed above is that a growing apathy among young Ukrainian decried comparisons between the Nazis only the Communist mantra but its lega- Americans, in regard to social, professional and civic organizations, is contributing to and the Communists, even former cy as well. The March 2002 parliamen- a declining willingness among this group to participate. Communist historians have concluded tary and local elections in Ukraine will Mr. Wowk, president of the Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America, said that a that while the Nazis were responsible for offer the Ukrainian people still another recent survey of the UESA showed that “the age of membership was heavily skewed 20 million victims, Communists bear the opportunity to castigate its tragic past. towards the higher end of the age scale, while younger members were largely under- blame for 100 million. The Ukrainian World Congress represented. This age distribution does not appear to be limited to our organization ...” Renowned British historian Norman (UWC) urges the people of Ukraine to We can clearly see evidence of the similar demographics in other Ukrainian organi- Davies, when asked during an interview begin in earnest the process of healing zations. For example, although an exact statistic is not recorded, upon a casual glance what nation suffered most during the our nation’s wounds by removing this across the convention hall one could assume an average age of 60 to 65 for those par- 20th century, responded unhesitatingly: Communist cancer from our body. Their ticipating in a convention of the Ukrainian National Association. “the Ukrainian nation.” choice in the election process is their If we are trying to maintain and strengthen the viability and influence of our many In addition to two world wars fought own. Let them vote for whomever Ukrainian social and professional organizations, what is required is the infusion of a largely on Ukrainian soil, Ukrainians appeals to them most. However, they younger generation passionately and eagerly willing to move the Ukrainian American were the object of repressive regimes ought not vote for those who directly or hromada forward. Without this next generation’s activity, and upon the current leader- from Lenin to Brezhnev. In 1932-1933 indirectly brutalized our people for ship’s passing, there will be a void – a lack of knowledgeable and qualified individu- some 7 million Ukrainians were starved almost a century. als capable of pursuing the work that such organizations as the Ukrainian American to death by a famine instituted for genoci- In an effort to expose Communist bru- Professionals and Businesspersons Association of New York and New Jersey, The dal purposes by Joseph Stalin and his tality, the Ukrainian World Congress has Washington Group and the UESA, among many others, have been doing to inform, henchman in Ukraine, Lazar Kaganovich. set up an Election 2002 Fund for the sole educate, benefit and advance the Ukrainian American community. While the number of victims and genoci- purpose of preparing programming and Indeed, there are many other valuable reasons to actively participate in a Ukrainian dal purpose of the 1932-1933 Great arranging air time on local television net- professional or business association, or other community groups. Aside from the ben- Famine is unparalleled in history, works in those regions of Ukraine still efits of networking or socializing, these organizations, when well organized, can be a Ukrainians suffered famines also in 1921- susceptible to Communist propaganda. voice for and an advocate of our Ukrainian community. 1923 and 1946-1947. Our programming will not propagandize. When The Ukrainian Museum unveils its new $7.6 million state-of-the-art home, it The Great Famine itself was the culmi- It will merely expose the tragedy of will act as the ambassador for Ukrainian culture not just to the city of New York, but nation of a period of repression against Ukraine’s Communist past. to the world when one considers the countless tourists who annually visit New York. Ukraine’s religious and intellectual elite. Those in the diaspora who would like Or, for that matter, when The Washington Group hosts its annual Leadership Soviet occupation of western Ukraine to support this UWC effort may offer Conference – which regularly attracts the attention of international diplomats, politi- pursuant to the Soviet-Nazi pact of 1939 suggestions, materials and donations. cians, scholars and various other members of the elite – participants reap the benefit of resulted in a further significant number of Please forward these to the Ukrainian new contacts, insight and information. brutalized victims. In fact, each day exca- World Congress at 295 College St., In an attempt to address the problem of our youths’ and young adults’ apathy vations shed more light on this tragic Toronto, Ontario M5T 1S2; telephone, toward participating in our community organizations despite their many benefits, Mr. period. Following World War II, repres- (416) 323-3020; fax, (416) 323-3250; e- Wowk said the UESA board of directors is “organizing an informal meeting of sions, internments and deportations inten- mail, [email protected]; or 225 E. 11th Ukrainian organizations and other interested parties ... to address this very issue.” sified. Of all nations in the USSR, St., New York, NY 10003; telephone, Therefore, we here at The Weekly urge leading young Ukrainians of America to Ukrainians consistently numbered the (212) 254-2260; fax, (212) 979-1011; e- contact Mr. Wowk ([email protected]) and participate in the UESA’s community most inmates in Soviet gulags and con- mail, [email protected]. summit, tentatively slated for March, and let others see your interest, motivation and centration camps. Many internees per- passion for your culture and heritage. Above all – let our community know you’re ished. For the Ukrainian World Congress here so that no one need ask: “Where have the young professionals gone?” Ten years after the demise of the Soviet Union, what is most striking, per- Askold S. Lozynskyj, President haps, is communism’s lack of remorse. Victor Pedenko, General Secretary Jan. Turning the pages back... The media and corruption 30 by Roman Kupchinsky the dealings of one of their commercial RFE/RL Crime, Corruption and Terrorism Watch sponsors. The next morning the sponsor 1962 On January 30, 1962, Severyn Levytsky, who went by the called and canceled his advertising con- pseudonym Siryi Lev (Gray Lion), passed away, having distin- The media in post-Communist soci- tract, and one of the station’s founders guished himself during his lifetime as an educator, historian, sol- eties have played a dual role when it was summoned to the president’s office dier and scout leader. comes to reporting on high-level corrup- to be read the riot act by the president Levytsky was born on September 6, 1890, in Schurovychi, Brody county of the Lviv tion. While some news outlets, mostly himself. region. He began his life of public activism while a student at Lviv University, participating independent Internet publications, have The broadcast correctly stated that the in a 1911 student strike. As a result of his political involvement, many jobs were closed to been critical of official corruption – and president’s daughter was working in a him by the Polish government, so Levytsky found employment with Ukrainian public at times have printed investigative management position in that company organizations. reports on their activities – many have During World War I, Levytsky fought in the ranks of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. After and that the president’s brother-in-law remained silent about the most glaring of was a managing director of the company. completing his military service, he worked at the Ukrainian teachers’ college in Lviv. It was crimes. there that he became acquainted with Dr. Oleksander Tysovsky, founder of Plast Ukrainian The report also stated that the founding There are numerous reasons for this capital of the company had come from Youth Organization. During this period, Levytsky’s sister Olga (Levytska) Basarab, recipi- duality. Many newspapers and television ent of the International Red Cross for aiding the wounded and imprisoned, died a heroic one of the overseas accounts owned by and radio stations rely heavily on nation- Pavlo Lazarenko, the former prime min- death after being tortured for her membership in the Sich Riflemen and the Ukrainian al and regional governments for indirect Military Organization, which protested the Polish occupation of Ukraine. ister of Ukraine who was arrested in the subsidies in order to remain in business. United States on money-laundering In 1924 Levytsky was elected to the position of supreme commander of Plast, and his The low advertising base in most post- tenure saw the spread of Plast to the Volhyn region. When Plast was declared illegal by the charges. Communist countries makes many news Polish government, he helped ensure its survival through underground activity via the It is hardly a secret that many websites outlets reliant on such revenues. These organization Plai and the magazine Vohni. and newspapers in Russia and Ukraine “indirect subsidies” are often paid ads During World War II, Levytsky headed the Ukrainian Youth Education Society, and was are owned or funded by corrupt officials named “Nachalnyi Plastun” (Chief Scout), head of the Supreme Plast Council, and Head of from political parties in power in the or people close to organized crime group- the Plast Seniors at a congress in Regensburg, Germany, in 1947. region. Fear of losing this revenue often ings. These websites specialize in spread- He emigrated to the United States in 1949 and settled in Buffalo, N.Y., and published leads to self-censorship, at best – or to ing “kompromat” (compromising infor- articles on the topic of education, as well as wrote a book on the early history of Plast titled brutal pressure by sponsors as the norm – mation – true or otherwise) about ene- “Ukrainskyi plastovyi ulad,” published posthumously. when it comes to writing about corrup- mies of their sponsors. The net result is a Severyn Levytsky’s death was widely mourned by members of Plast throughout the tion. distorted picture of who is corrupt and world and by countless others who had known him as Siryi Lev. Those who rely on commercial adver- who is not. tising revenue are faced with their own For example, in the campaign to Sources: Commemorative envelope issued by the Sokil Plast Camp-Museum. Lviv: set of problems. For example, last year remove Viktor Yuschenko as prime minis- Dyvosvit Publishers, 1997. Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Volume III, edited by Danylo Husar one commercial radio station in Kyiv Struk. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Inc., 1993. broadcast an investigative report about (Continued on page 7) No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR UNA CONVENTION COUNTDOWN

Kuropas wrote about “our Ukraine” and “their Ukraine,” and the cultural divide Here we go again... Help needy children between the two. One can hardly blame the diaspora for by Taras Szmagala Jr. – both for the candidate and the commu- in Zhytomyr orphanage uncritical and as it turns out, unjustified nity. Dear Editor: Almost four years ago, Bohdan As you know, some General ecstasy. The independence of Ukraine Vitvitsky wrote a letter to the editor of was long in coming. The history of 300 Assembly members wanted to change The Budynok Dytyny orphanage in The Ukrainian Weekly regarding the this system. By proposing a comprehen- Zhytomyr, Ukraine, is seeking financial years of oppression and unspeakable bar- then-upcoming convention of the barism inflicted on the people of Ukraine sive overhaul of our leadership selection assistance. The orphanage has 125 beds for Ukrainian National Association. He process, these reformers hoped to children ranging from newborns to 4-year- by the Russian Empire does not have be expressed concern over the fact that no recounted here – we all know it too well. replace insider politics with a profes- olds, but does not have the funds to provide one had publicly declared his or her can- sional board entrusted with the task of additional beds for the abandoned children Three hundred years of a heroic and didacy for any of the key UNA full-time uneven struggle for human dignity, and identifying and hiring qualified profes- brought to the orphanage. executive positions. He noted that dis- sional leadership for the UNA. These children’s cries for help have 300 years of blood and tears is a long cussions regarding UNA candidacies time. And then came independence, in a Unfortunately, this proposal was reject- moved us to seek financial support for were held privately, giving the impres- ed, under the argument that we just need expanding our facility from generous peo- seemingly easy and effortless manner. sion that the leadership selection process Ten years ago was the time for diaspora better leadership, not a new system. ple abroad. was guided by “insiders.” Most impor- Perhaps. In that case, however, who If you can help, please send checks or ecstasy and the celebration of a lifetime. tantly, he suggested that this method of And now we have a cold blast of reality. will the new leaders be? Opponents of money orders made out to Budynok choosing leaders was not good for the the reforms never said, and they keep Dytyny, account No. 29753-000, at: Self The social, cultural, and political organization or the community. His progress we all expected did not come their silence today. This is particularly Reliance New York Federal Credit Union, points are as applicable and correct today unfortunate, because true leadership rests 108 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003. with independence. The criminal state as they were in 1998. structure of the Soviet Union was not in opposing (which, as we know, is The address of Budynok Dytyny is: 8 Those who remember the last UNA quite easy), but in proposing. I would replaced by the criminal structure of self- Karabelna St., Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast, Convention can verify that the election suggest, then, that those individuals who serving “political-economic” clans. Ukraine. process was a fiasco. Indeed, we did not took the lead in defeating our governance Elections are rigged. Free flow of infor- Please help us help these needy children even know who was running to lead our reforms have a special responsibility to mation is suppressed. Journalists are who are seeking refuge, care, love and new organization until ballots were already identify the new leaders who will guide killed. Opposition leaders die in mysteri- homes. being cast. No one wanted to tip their our organization into the future. The ous car accidents. Rare independent hand, and no one would have – until community awaits their response. Dr. S.V. Ursulenko judgments by the courts are simply angry delegates demanded to know who In the meantime, I resubmit, verbatim, Zhytomyr, Ukraine ignored by the state authorities. Western was running. invitation Dr. Vitvitsky issued in these broadcasts (BBC, Deutsche Welle) are So it is today. We are five months pages in March 1998: “I therefore invite The letter writer is the chief physician at denied rebroadcast rights in Ukraine – away from perhaps the most important and urge any and all of the persons who Zhytomyr’s Budynok Dytyny. This appeal not much different from the jamming the convention in UNA history, and the may in fact be candidates for the princi- was received in New York by Julian and same radio stations and broadcasts expe- insiders are playing the same games. pal offices of the UNA, but in particular Maria Baczynsky, who relayed it to The rienced in the darkest hours of the Cold With few exceptions, no one has publicly the persons who may be candidates for Ukrainian Weekly. War by the Soviet authorities. The list declared whether they are, or are not, the office of president, to: (i) identify goes on and on. running for office. If you ask, they will themselves, (ii) state their qualifications No, not much has changed in Ukraine tell you that they haven’t made up their for that position, and in particular their for the better in the social sphere since minds. But you and I both know that’s managerial qualifications, (iii) set forth A thank-you note independence. And things got much just not true – at least with regard to the their analyses of the UNA’s present situa- worse for the general population in the full time executive positions. No one tion, and (iv) articulate what their visions from UCCA and UNIS economic sphere. seriously decides (or at least should Dear Editor: and plans are both for the UNA’s imme- After this bleak and pessimistic sce- decide) whether or not to make a career diate and long-term future.” nario, the question arises: Is there any switch at a convention. Whether or not to The UNA “powers that be” ignored As president of the Ukrainian Congress hope for the people of Ukraine? I believe Committee of America, I thank you for the seek an executive job is serious business this invitation in 1998, and I suspect there is. The Ukrainian people are capa- they’ll ignore this one as well. great layout of the two-part interview in ble of great surprises. After the great sur- Taras Szmagala Jr. has been an advi- Personally, I have decided not to seek The Weekly issues of December 23 and 30, prise of the 20th century, when via the sor of the Ukrainian National any UNA position at the convention in 2001. I have received many remarks and plebiscite on December 1, 1991, the peo- Association since 1994. He serves also May. But for those of you running for comments on the interview, thanks to your ple of Ukraine relegated the Soviet as chairman of the UNA By-Laws election – and you know who you are – questions and experience in putting some- Union to the dustbin of history, they Committee. prove me wrong and speak up! thing like that together. might surprise us all again in the 21st Secondly, regarding your “Year in century with the results of parliamentary Review 2001” issue, many thanks for men- elections on March 31 of this year. They tioning the work of the UCCA in a brief, might finally clean the house of the rem- Heorhii Gongadze, the founder of the yet very effective way. nants of a corrupt Communist elite that The media and... Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda. The Ukrainian Weekly should be proud stili rules the country. (Continued from page 6) Mr. Gongadze took it upon himself to of its many successes. ter of Ukraine, media owned and con- expose high-level corruption in Kyiv. The UCCA and its Ukrainian National Ihor Lysyj trolled by criminal groups close to the Unfortunately, his is not the only case Information Service remain committed to Austin, Texas president published daily diatribes about of this kind in the former USSR. Many informing the Ukrainian community about Mr. Yuschenko, accused his wife of being journalists have been killed, beaten, activities throughout the country, as well as a “CIA agent” (she is an American citi- arrested or threatened. This pressure has in Washington. Rest assured that, in this zen) and denigrated his accomplishments. forced numerous journalists to examine 25th anniversary year of UNIS, we will be News from Ukraine The price of exposing corruption is their attitudes toward their own honesty providing more information for your news- high. The most visible case is the and ask themselves: Is it worth the conse- paper to better acquaint the community of is both good and bad unsolved murder in September 2000 of quences to expose corruption? the importance of remaining powerful, both Dear Editor: nationally and in Washington. It would appear that Dr. Oleh Wolansky Michael Sawkiw Jr. (December 30, 2001) would like The Washington Weekly to report only the good news from To The Weekly Contributors: Ukraine, or better yet, make it all good We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- news. ters to the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate preparation of Alas, that is not the case. Ukraine at this The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. March elections offer time is a mixed bag of developments and ® directions. I have been to Ukraine with the News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a given event. a chance for change military eight times, and I have seen signifi- ® All materials must be typed (or legibly hand-printed) and double-spaced. Dear Editor: cant strides being made by the Russian lan- ® guage. The surprising element is the lack of Photographs (originals only, no photocopies or computer printouts) submitted for In a recent analytical article in The response by the populace. Perhaps there is a publication must be accompanied by captions. Photos will be returned only when so Ukrainian Weekly titled “The govern- requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. significant silent majority. Maybe a reversal ® ment-criminal alliance,” Roman Full names (i.e., no initials) and their correct English spellings must be provided. will take place. ® Kupchinsky highlights the criminal Nevertheless, Dr. Wolansky is wrong Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the publi- nature of political-economic establish- cation and the date of the edition. about Dr. Myron Kuropas. If news from ® ments in the former USSR in general and Ukraine is “gloomy,” then say it. 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similar to the English word “beauty.” This Tymoshenko-led bloc, which is against Viacheslav Pikhovshek, and businessman More parties hold... interlingual play on words, of course, President Kuchma. Mr. Medvedchuk Volodymyr Severniuk. The founder of the (Continued from page 3) underscores the fact that the bloc is led by added that he would like to speak on tele- Democratic Union, Oleksander Volkov, Asked by journalists about possible the politician who is famous not only for vision to communists and representatives will seek a parliamentary mandate in a sin- allies in the future Parliament, Mr. her moral fortitude but also for her attrac- of the Our Ukraine and For a United gle-seat constituency. Yuschenko named the Unity bloc, led by tiveness and sex appeal. Ukraine election blocs. *** Kyiv Mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko and Ms. Tymoshenko told the January 19 *** The Agrarian Party of Ukraine approved issue of Dzerkalo Tyzhnia that this week the pro-presidential For a United Ukraine, At a congress on January 15, the SDPU its election list on January 17. The first five she begins election trips across Ukraine. approved its election list and manifesto, led by Volodymyr Lytvyn. on the list are: Peasant Party Chairman Asked by the weekly how she can travel Interfax reported. The top five on the list Serhii Dovhan, Illya Tsaberiabyi, Ivan *** after she gave a written pledge to the are SDPU Chairman Viktor Medvedchuk; The fiercely anti-presidential Yulia Dotsenko, Andrii Sklarenko and Anatolii Procurator-General’s Office not to leave Tamara Proshkuratova, a teacher from Tymoshenko Bloc on January 18 approved Drobotov. The party canceled its earlier Kyiv, Ms. Tymoshenko said that she has Cherkasy Oblast; SDPU Vice-Chairman its election list, according to the Ukrainska resolution to cooperate with the recently filed a lawsuit questioning the Oleksander Zinchenko; Volodymyr Pravda website. Former Vice Prime Communist Party of Ukraine in the elec- legality of the procedure that stripped her Ryabika, the head of the National tion campaign. Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Sobor of her parliamentary immunity. A court has Committee of Youth Organizations; and Party leader Anatolii Matvienko top the *** accepted her lawsuit and this, according to Mr. Kravchuk, the first president of inde- The election bloc calling itself the list. Third on the list is Hryhorii Ms. Tymoshenko, means that she will pendent Ukraine. Team of the Winter-Crop Generation Omelchenko, which Ukrainska Pravda retain her parliamentary immunity until the Mr. Medvedchuk told the congress that (Komanda Ozymoho Pokolinnya) called a “sensational” development. court’s final verdict. This also means, Ms. an SDPU caucus in the future Parliament approved its election list on January 17. Lawmaker Omelchenko, who is known for Tymoshenko argued, that the Procurator- will seek to create a centrist majority that The fop five on the list are: Valerii his relentless fight against corruption in General’s Office had no right to demand could include the For a United Ukraine Ukraine, has in the past written a slew of from her a written pledge that she will not bloc, the Green Party, the Democratic Khoroshkovskyi, Inna Bohoslovska, letters to Procurator-General Mykhailo leave Kyiv. Union and the Yabluko Party. Mykola Veresen, Valerii Voshchevskyi, and Ostap Protsyk. The “winter-croppers” Potebenko and President Leonid Kuchma Last week, Ms. Tymoshenko publicly *** asking them to instigate criminal proceed- invited the leader of the Social Democratic The Social Democratic Party on January declared in their manifesto that they are ings against Ms. Tymoshenko and former Party (United), Viktor Medvedchuk, to 19 approved its election lists. The first five going into politics “with Ukraine in their Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko. participate in a televised debate with her, on the list are: SDP Chairman Yuri hearts” in order to “provide inspiration The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc election STB Television reported. Ms. Tymoshenko Buzduhan, Viktor Antonov, Svitlana through their own example as to how to list also includes lawmaker Vasyl pointed out that the SDPU leader recently Harmasheva, Svitlana Hodovana and conduct honest politics.” Onopenko, former Soviet political prisoner has been portrayed as a real man in his tel- Oleksander Zayets. *** Levko Lukianenko, lawmaker and former evision commercials. “If you are a man, *** The New Generation of Ukraine Party ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Bilorus, and come and join me in a televised duel,” Ms. The Democratic Party-Democratic approved its election list on January 16, Oleksander Turchynov, Ms. Tymoshenko’s Tymoshenko challenged. She added that Union election bloc approved its election Interfax reported. The first five on the list comrade from the Fatherland Party. the debate could be broadcast on the pri- lists on January 19. The top five are: are: NGU Chairman Yurii Mroshnychenko, Some independent Ukrainian media vate Inter Television. Democratic Union Chairman Volodymyr Viacheslav Kredisov, Olena Romina, Oleh deliberately refer to the Yulia Tymoshenko Mr. Medvedchuk reacted almost imme- Horbulin, Democratic Party Chairman Hlii and Volodymyr Barabash. The party, Bloc by using its specially adapted diately with an open letter saying that he Bohdan Shyba, Ukrainian Kozaks leader which was established in 1999, claims to Ukrainian acronym BYuTy, which sounds does not accept the ideology of the Ms. Ivan Bilas, television news moderator have 3,500 members.

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The president of the National Plast Executive in Australia, Bohdan Huzij of Sydney, together with Jamboree com- mandant Orest Popovych of Geelong (both members of the Lisovy Chorty fra- ternity), opened the Jamboree amid unseasonably wet and cold summer Yunatstvo take a break during their hike through the Dandenong Ranges. weather. Participants ranged from the young majority of his time to the “novaky” two other international jamboree partici- contingent of young adult and senior “novatstvo” (to age 11) and “yunatstvo” especially in teaching them many Plast pants: Danusia Snihur of Rochester, members of Plast journeyed 50 kilometers (age 12-18), “starshi plastuny” (age 19- and Ukrainian songs and comical its. N.Y., and Roxolana Marmash of Toronto through forests of native mountain ash 40), and seniors (over 40). There were There was no doubt that “Bratchyk” (a member of the Buryverkhy sorority). trees (growing to over 40 meters in height) also many private family groups that par- Roman was the star of the novak camp. On New Year’s Day (after a long and to the nearby Ukrainian Youth Association One of the many jamboree highlights enjoyable New Year’s Eve celebration), (SUM) camp at Buxton, to pay their was to see these youngest plastuny all the yunatstvo and many starshi plas- respects to the national camp of their sister singing and thoroughly enjoying them- tuny went on a two-and-a-half day hike organization. SUM Camp Commandant selves during the course of the jamboree through the Dandenong ranges and Stefan Romaniw, who is also the head of and campfire activities. returned to the camp on the final day of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian The novatstvo also participated in full the Jamboree. Carrying their own food Organizations, the governing Ukrainian day activities at a nearby native fauna supplies, tents and other equipment, their body in Australia, welcomed and greeted park and riding on the local Puffing Billy tasks and orienteering were made all the the plastuny at the SUM Open Day parade steam train that runs through the temper- more difficult due to persistent rain. All and invited them to participate in the SUM ate rainforest of the Dandenong ranges. in all, however, these young plastuny “Sviatyi vechir” (their camp’s Christmas While the youngest were feted with encountered the true nature and experi- Eve celebrations) that evening. fun and games, the lot of the “yunatstvo” ence of practical scouting and were able During the parade, the head of the was considerably harder. Much stricter to bond and form long-lasting friend- National Plast Executive in Australia, requirements were imposed on these ships with their peers from all over Mr. Huzij, reciprocated and invited the youths, to the extent that they even had Australia. SUMivtsi to attend the Plast Open Day Logo of the 90th anniversary Inter- to cook all their own meals. Only on a All young adult Plast members were the following day. national Plast Jamboree in Australia. couple of occasions were they treated to involved in managing either the youth The Plast Open Day turned out to be good home cooking by the parents and camps, and in the overall Jamboree one of the few days of bright and warm ticipated in the spirit of the jamboree, seniors in the camp kitchen. administration. As for the seniors and sunshine. Approximately 20 SUM mem- housed in what was dubbed the “tativka” The program for yunatstvo was parents, their roles were mainly to over- bers attended along with almost 200 peo- ple from Melbourne’s Ukrainian commu- (parent’s camp). diverse and even challenging. During the see Jamboree activities, passing on their nity. Plastuny paraded for their guests, Each age group had various distinct early part of the jamboree, the teens experience to the younger plastuny, learned practical methods of scouting maintain medical facilities, conduct and while one of the highlights of the parade planned during the jamboree. The and survival, orienteering and even par- be responsible for the overall camp was the showing-off and friendly rivalry youngest were taught the values and pro- ticipated in a commando “gauntlet” guard duty, hold plenary meetings in of starshi plastuny and seniors of various cedures of Plast life and were cared for course. Other programs included camp- mapping out the future of Plast in Plast fraternities and sororities.. Among by a number of Plast counselors. ing, procedures and disciplines of Plast Australia, and maintain that the jamboree the well-represented groups were: Braty Of particular note, was one of the life, preparing for a show cabaret, a participants were well fed with a large Mogl, Lisovi Chorty, Chervoni Maky international participants, Roman movie night, and New Year’s festivities. number of mouth-watering culinary and Stepovi Vidmy fraternities, but it Darewych of Toronto (a member of the Among the counselors who led activi- selections (i.e., KP duty). was the Chornomortsi and Chornomorski Vovkulaky fraternity), devoted the ties for the yunaky and yunachky were During the course of the jamboree, a Khvyli (sea scouting groups) who stole the show and brag honors for the day. On a couple of occasions campfires featuring performances were held. Even though it was in the middle of summer, which usually is very dry, large open central fires were allowed, due to the heavy rainfalls. These get-togethers allowed Plast members of all ages to communally participate and perform old and newly learned songs to guitar and accordion accompaniment, to perform various acts and its, and to generally enhance the Plast spirit. Undoubtedly, the social nexus of the Jamboree was within the confines of the kitchen building and marquee annex. It was here that Plast members from all over Australia were able to mingle, relax and rekindle old friendships and create new ones. Such was the success of this “kitchen-set” that in years to come this UMPZ will certainly be remembered for its numerous late-night sing-along ses- sions and the many creative late-night Yunaky and yunachky during Open Day of the jamboree. (Continued on page 17) No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 11

Pop, rock, hip-hop – Ukraine’s music scene has it all – and it’s thriving PART II The music played in Ukraine today – and just as important – the ones that In the second of a three-part series, encompasses all the various types popu- have shown staying power, sing mostly The Weekly’s Kyiv Press Bureau presents KYIV – Although not as expansive as in lar around the globe today. in Ukrainian. In the realm of hard rock more of Ukraine’s contemporary music Moscow, which remains the center of post- You’re a traditionalist and want clas- they are Vopli Vodopliasova (V.V.) and stars. Last week we featured two current Soviet “show business,” Kyiv today has a sic rock? Or something with a heavier Okean Elzy; in hip-hop it is the group pop divas, Ani Lorak and Iryna Bilyk. vibrant popular music scene, including all beat, maybe metal? Perhaps your taste with the amazing name of Tanok Na This week we profile the two most popu- kinds of clubs, bars and discothéques and runs to the post-modern and you need a Maydani Kongo and another one at the lar rock bands, V.V. and Okean Elzy. In ever more state-of-the art production stu- hip-hop beat to get you moving? Or fringe of the hip-hop movement called next week’s final installment we will look dios and producers. Ukrainian artists are maybe you like to feel the rhythm inside Dymna Sumish; in the pop category you at two up-and-coming acts, Tanok Na increasingly recording their soundtracks and go for soul and rhythm and blues? can choose from Iryna Bilyk, Oleksander Maydani Kongo, a hip-hop group that and their video clips in Kyiv rather than In Kyiv you will find all that and more. Ponomariov or Taisa Povalii; and in the calls its music “Ukra-hop,” and Dymna running to Moscow for “the best,” as the While use of the Russian language in rhythm and blues and soul grouping it is Sumish, considered by its peers the most new talent decides to stay home rather songs remains popular in Kyiv, it is no Yevhenia Vlasova or the queen of the talented of the young breed. than travel abroad to attain stardom. longer prevalent. The most popular acts genre, Ani Lorak. –Roman Woronowycz

An irascible Skrypka and a late-blooming Elzy dominate rock scene by Roman Woronowycz the name and what it represented embod- by Roman Woronowycz that it represents the tears of the figure Kyiv Press Bureau ied it all. It was, however, not only a term Kyiv Press Bureau Elzy, the metamorphosis of the sensitive that was difficult to pronounce, but diffi- soul of the lead singer in combination with VOPLI VODOPLIASOVA (V.V.) cult to remember as well, which long ago OKEAN ELZY his Alice-in-Wonderland-type alter ego– in On stage Oleh Skrypka is an irascible, led fans to simply dub the boys “V.V.” The rise of Okean Elzy to the top of the fact, the origin is much more straightfor- bleach-haired, trombone-voiced, large- V.V.’s music is equally difficult to pop scene in Ukraine came slowly. While ward. boned whirlwind of arms and legs whose describe and categorize. Much of the musical acts like V.V. and Ani Lorak speak “It is simply a beautiful name. There is dancing talent lies in his ability to take band’s early stuff was minimalist, carry- of “overnight fame,” Sviatoslav no deep, hidden meaning,” explained Mr. the most awkward and imperfect pose ing shades of punk and a lot of elements Vakarchuk, the dynamic lead singer for Vakarchuk, who considered simply Okean and make it look easy. He is the front of post-modernist ska. While the ska Okean Elzy, readily admitted that the at first, but realized immediately that there man for Vopli Vodopliasova, Ukraine’s beats are still evident, the music has group’s climb to the top progressed delib- were other acts with the same name. When oldest rock group of any note and today increasingly become fuller, more main- erately. another band member suggested throwing its most popular – one that mixes the stream and more accessible. It retains “We stayed together because we wanted in the female moniker, Elzy, the group unusual with the comic and the tradition- much of the herky-jerkiness of the band’s something; we wanted this; we couldn’t liked the sound of it and Okean Elzy al. earlier rhythms, but with more melody. live without it,” said the Lviv-born- and- stuck. It is a band and a style that are difficult The lyrics remain fresh and humor- Their first ounce of success was to pin down. filled, although somewhat more commer- achieved in 1995 when they played a New “One journalist simply called us a cial as of late. Mr. Skrypka still writes Years concert before the Lviv Opera musical psychiatric ward,” explained Mr. songs of sweet love gone sour with a House at a time when they were still little Skrypka, the 35-year-old front man for twist of irony, and still takes traditional known and neither fully prepared for nor the band. Ukrainian themes of family and village accustomed to a large audience. Vopli Vodopliasova, with its unmistak- life and gives them a biting and comic They achieved tangible success in 1996 able sound and vivid, comic-like stage edge, but he has also been more willing with the release of their first hit, Novyi personality, is the Ukrainian rock act that lately to pen the more commercial tune. Den (A New Day), which received exten- has the talent and originality to make a One song, titled “Vesna” and released in sive airplay on Kyiv radio. After that a successful go of it in the West. They 1997, has become their anthem and their Kyiv producer convinced them to move to reached a degree of fame in Paris in the largest hit to date across the terrain of the the capital city where they released their mid-1990s before retreating to Kyiv former Soviet Union. While moving first album, the well-received “Tam De when lack of management and marketing towards the center of the rock scene Nas Nema” (Where We’re Not Found). halted their movement upwards. musically, V.V. slowly has become the The indelible influence of The Beatles, a In person, Mr. Skrypka, who plays the top musical act in Ukraine as well. band that Mr. Vakarchuk has long respect- trumpet and the accordion in addition to They sing mostly in Ukrainian and ed, is clearly evident in the production, as taking care of the singing responsibilities their repertoire also includes traditional are other influences, such as the singing of and whose on-stage persona evokes Ukrainian kolomyiky and other folk the late Freddie Mercury of Queen and a images of a somewhat huskier Iggy Pop songs. Some, especially in Moscow, have rhythm section at times reminiscent of Led minus the helter-skelter outlandishness, pushed V.V. to move more to the Russian Zeppelin. is soft-spoken, and thoughtful, and por- language, but the group has resisted. The album was a hit in Miensk and trays a subtle vulnerability. He is the Last year Mr. Skrypka was asked prior Moscow, as well as in Kyiv, and put unusually named group’s main composer to a concert appearance carried live by Sviatoslav Vakarchuk Okean Elzy among the elite acts of the and wordsmith, and its central character. Russian television why the group sang rock music scene here. The band’s designation, Vopli songs in Ukrainian. “Why not?” he bred musician, speaking of the band’s Mr. Vakarchuk, who speaks fluent Vodopliasova, was taken from a pseudo- answered curtly, bluntly and with a hint recently obtained success. English, almost ended up in Canada, nym used by a hero of a Dostoyevsky of irritation, which most succinctly gave Mr. Vakarchuk, who completed a which would have meant no Okean Elzy novel, explained Mr. Skrypka during a television viewers his position on the degree in theoretical physics (and is now had his original life plan succeeded. He conversation with The Weekly. The matter. working on his master’s degree) before had thought about making the trans- members of the group were looking for Mr. Skrypka explained that the shifting gears radically and taking up a Atlantic move in the early 1990s to pursue something that would express their artis- career in music, said that during the first physics, but decided against it after he tic and creative inclinations, and decided (Continued on page 14) months after the members of the band found that Canada was looking to fill jobs came together they practiced daily, three to in the social sciences rather than in the four hours at a time and sometimes even pure sciences. more, and did little else. To this date neither he nor the band He explained that the idea for a band have visited North America, although the came about as a lark from conversations band is developing a plan to do some pro- he and his roommate, Yurii Khustochka, motion there. But they have been to today Elzy’s bass guitarist, had while the London, where they played several dates two unemployed students laid about their in 1999 at the invitation of Ukrainians liv- Lviv apartment and discussed all sorts of ing there. topics, mostly soccer and the 1994 World They succeeded in pleasing the English Cup being played at the time, but also crowd, as they do wherever they perform, music. with charging rhythms and tasteful guitar “It took me about six months before I lick and with Mr. Vakarchuk’s delicate, realized that this was serious,” said Mr. slightly warbling tenor and lyrics that Vakarchuk, who had long been a music speak of lost love and the irony of fate. They do not have an English-language devotee and had even composed songs but repertoire as yet, which is considered by had no previous musical training. most a necessity for success in the West, The name of the band with its pleasant but then their lack of Russian language lilting sound came somewhat later. While songs has not restrained their popularity in rumors have floated about for years as to Moscow or Miensk either. the name’s origin – that it derived from the “If we sang in Russian, we would only lead singer’s beloved Persian cat, Magic Lead singer Oleh Skrypka and Vopli Vodopliasova (V.V.) Peace Elise Sheridan, or more mystically (Continued on page 15) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 No. 4

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As well, editors of The Ukrainian workers from the GG had privileges in the Weekly have prepared “The Ukrainian Weekly labor camps that Ostarbeiters did not have: 2000,” a two-volume col- they could go outside the boundaries of the lection of the best and ATTORNEY camp, to the movies, to church, to meet most significant stories their friends. All such privileges were that have appeared in the newspaper since denied Ostarbeiters. Food on the farms was its founding in 1933 through 1999. JERRY adequate while workers in the factories suf- Volume II, now available, covers events from fered not only from hard physical work but 1970 through the 1990s. All subscribers to KUZEMCZAK bad food, which weakened them and made The Weekly will receive a copy in the mail, them susceptible to sickness. 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their return, sent to the Gulag or to other Lviv student researches... camps. Of course, the Soviet government (Continued from page 12) was suspicious of persons who, even for a foreign workers. Government policy was short time, had slid out from under its con- negatively oriented against foreign workers trol, and, had it not been for the great and tried to ensure that the foreign workers human losses that World War II brought, did not come into contact with the local who knows what would have been the fate population. Although there were incidents of the repatriated Ukrainians. “After a process of ‘filtration,’ most of where Germans tried to ameliorate the con- the returning workers were left in ‘relative With deep sorrow, we announce to the Ukrainian community, ditions of the foreigners, these were isolat- peace.’ During my interviews, I did meet ed, individual incidents and did not find and especially to readers of The Ukrainian Weekly, people who, even 10 years after the war, support from the authorities. At the same were called in to account for their time in the untimely death on Monday, January 21, 2002, of time, by giving individual firms and facto- Germany. I have also heard of children of ries a lot of leeway in their dealings with repatriated workers having problems when foreign workers, the authorities did nothing they tried to get into university – but these to prevent or punish abuse. have been isolated cases. However, those Allied bombing raids, especially at the who did not pass the ‘filtration’ – both men Zenon Snylyk end of the war, had catastrophic conse- and women – were sent to labor camps in born November 14, 1933 quences for foreign workers. Because Siberia and Kazakstan.” German industry was one of the important Those who returned home during the targets of Allied bombing, industrial estab- first phase of mass voluntary repatriation Zenon Snylyk was a former longtime editor of The Ukrainian lishments suffered the most hits and foreign reunited with their families and adapted to Weekly and a former longtime editor-in-chief of the Svoboda workers were the most vulnerable. Some of the Soviet reality. Repatriated persons were Ukrainian-language daily newspaper, an exceptional athlete, those interviewed said that foreign workers to receive financial assistance and food, but were denied access to bunkers where the this aid remained on paper only. Some of and organizer of various sports events and camps at Germans hid during air raids. the repatriates found themselves in cata- Soyuzivka. When the war ended, the most important strophic circumstances – no family to return question for the forced laborers was to to, no living quarters, no documents, no return home or to remain behind. There work. Funeral services were conducted on January 23 and 24 were three categories of answers given in Ms. Koltun-Lapan met and heard of from St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in the interviews: I wanted to return home at women who had returned in 1946 and under- the end of the war; I was not sure whether went intensive questioning by the KGB. Newark, N.J.; burial was at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox to return home or remain behind; I knew I Although most were released, they remained Cemetery in South Bound Brook, N.J. did not want to return home. under surveillance. Some men who returned The repatriation process had three phas- were taken into the Red Army and demobi- Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Association es, starting with mass voluntary repatriation lized in 1947. Others were put into labor bat- talions whose task was the reconstruction of Editorial staffs of The Ukrainian Weekly and Svoboda Soviet industry – in the regions of the Urals, Administration and production staffs of Svoboda Press Donbas, Kryvyi Rih and others. The work, pay and living conditions were similar to Employees of the UNA Home Office and Soyuzivka what they had endured in the German labor camps. Ms. Koltun-Lapan commented on the similarity of the two totalitarian systems – human life had no value in either the German In memory of Editor-in-Chief Zenon Snylyk, the Ukrainian or the Soviet system. Between 1945 and 1953 the Soviet press National Association, through its Ukrainian National wrote extensively about the successes Foundation, has donated $200 to the press funds of enjoyed by the repatriates who had come Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. home. This was aimed to show that the Soviet system was opening up opportuni- ties for them and to contrast the brutal cir- cumstances of their existence in Germany with the paradise of the Soviet Union. DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS Many repatriates were forced to write to to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian their family and friends who had chosen to or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. remain behind. Here is an example of such Tetiana Koltun-Lapan with audio cas- a letter, written by Evhen Lypnytskyi to Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. settes of her interviews with Anatol Lawrov: (The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.) Ostarbeiters in Toronto. “Warm greetings to you and your wife. I want to let you know that I am alive, well Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. in the first months after the war from all and have returned home. Anatol, I am Evhen occupation zones. The majority of persons Information should be addressed to the attention of the Advertising Department Lypnytskyi, who worked with you in the and sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 (NB: please who worked in Germany fell into this cate- mine in Belgium. I am home, in the gory – they just went home. Those who do not include post office box if sending via courier), Parsippany, N.J. 07054; Motherland, living happily with my family. fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; found themselves in the Soviet occupied Anatol, I beg you, return as soon as possible e-mail, [email protected]. zones all were repatriated and their wishes to your Motherland. Don’t listen to all the were not at issue. Those who found them- rumors that circulate abroad that when some- Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person. selves in British, American and French one returns to the Motherland they take occupied zones theoretically were given a everything away from him and put him on choice – to go home or to remain. In fact, trial. It’s not true, it’s a lie, it’s rotten propa- the Soviets insisted that all Soviet citizens ganda spread by those exploiters abroad. MEMORIAL SERVICE be returned and at first both the British and Don’t listen to their lies. Believe me, your the Americans cooperated with their Soviet friend from work. I was also afraid and lis- allies by forcing repatriation. tened to those provocateurs and was You are invited to attend a panakhyda in memory of all But from December 1945, after many deceived until I came to understand that I deceased UNA members. It will be held following the suicides and all kinds of petitions (including was working for bosses and tycoons. Now I 10:00 a.m. liturgy, on Sunday, Februrary 17, 2002, at St. one from Ukrainians in the Canadian am happy, having returned to the Motherland Armed Forces which caught the attention of and living with my wife and family. I hope Josaphat Church in Warren, Michigan. Eleanor Roosevelt), the Allies began to that all of you who are wandering around question why so many Ukrainians did not abroad looking for shelter and work with Detroit District Committee want to go home, and the forced repatria- those capitalists will soon return to the tions stopped. Repatriation was a threat Motherland. Enough of working for some- mainly to Ostarbeiters, as Ukrainians from body else and doing what they tell you. My the GG had not been Soviet citizens before greetings to your wife and if you are wor- the war. ried, go to the embassy and they will explain BRANCH 364 What happened to the repatriated everything. Good-bye, Your friend, Evhen Ukrainians who returned to Ukraine? Ms. Lypnytskyi.” (Strusov, Ternopil Oblast). UNA Branch 364, Cleveland, Ohio, will hold its annual meeting Koltun-Lapan answered: Through her interviews Ms. Lapan has at 1pm on Sunday, February 10 at the Ukrainian American Youth “I have not yet consulted archival docu- gathered valuable information on the Center, 7425 West Pleasant Valley Road, Parma, Ohio. It is ments nor do I have sufficient witness Ukrainian forced laborers and requested that all members attend. material to substantiate any figure; there- Ostarbeiters which throws new light on fore, I cannot estimate the number of per- both the German and Soviet reality of the Volodymyr Vladyka sons who, having worked as forced labor- time and adds an important page to the Financial Secretary ers, or Ostarbeiters, in Germany were, on history of Ukraine during World War II. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 No. 4

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openly admitted having instructed all Election campaign... levels of the state, from the heads of vil- (Continued from page 2) lage councils to the prime minister, to Poroshenko’s daughters and has been criti- vote for that bloc. During his two-hour cized by Ms. Tymoshenko for including meeting he never once mentioned Mr. both him and Roman Besmertnyi, President Medvedchuk or the SDPU. Kuchma’s representative in the Verkhovna The five parties belonging to the bloc Rada and a former member of the pro- (NDP, Agrarians, Party of Industrialists and Kuchma National Democratic Party of Entrepreneurs, Party of Regions and Labor Ukraine (NDP), on his campaign team. Mr. Ukraine) seemed earlier this fall in danger Kuchma is also utilizing the recently of falling apart, a factor that led Mr. formed anti- Yuschenko Rukh for Unity led Kuchma to delegate Volodymyr Lytvyn, by Bohdan Boiko to draw away some Rukh head of the presidential administration, to supporters from Our Ukraine. lead the bloc. Prime Minister Anatolii For a United Ukraine is Mr. Kuchma’s Kinakh is second on the list of top names of open favorite and the nucleus of For a United Ukraine. Mr. Lytvyn sees the Ukraine’s future presidential party. At a main supporters of his bloc as voters tied to meeting with the regional media on the authorities and pro-presidential support- December 18, 2001, President Kuchma ers. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 15

much better than in Ireland.” OKEAN ELZY... Mr. Vakarchuk’s stage persona – (Continued from page 11) assertive, dominating, ambitious – belies a have been one of many Russian-language certain bashfulness offstage. But the nerv- groups,” explained the lead singer. “In St. ous energy he effuses when performing is Petersburg and Moscow they know what I evident also as he sits in the band’s offices am singing about, and they like it.” in downtown Kyiv for an interview, nerv- ously fidgeting, his fingers and feet seem- Mr. Vakarchuk downplayed the lack of ingly always in at least a gentle state of many Ukrainian-language groups on the agitated motion. Kyiv scene and compared it to the situa- What he is not bashful about is his con- tion on the Irish musical scene. He tribution to the band’s success. “Maybe I explained that in the last few decades a am a bit too self-centered, but the other disproportionate number of rock acts that members have nothing against it,” said Mr. have achieved superstardom in the world Vakarchuk, who admits that he dominates who began their rise in London originally the band’s songwriting and also shapes the hailed from Ireland. He cited U2, the music to a great extent. Cranberries and Sinead O’Connor as He quickly added that the other band examples. members are just as invaluable as he is. “They do not sing in Irish very often, “Where I am the heart of the system, but the whole world knows they are Irish,” they are the circulatory system. Without it said Mr. Vakarchuk, who added, “in the heart is not needed,” said Mr. Ukraine the situation with the language is Vakarchuk.

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Australian Plast members... (Continued from page 10) snacks. However, it was not all fun and games for the seniors during the camp. On the second to last day, a group of 21 intrepid seniors braved the elements and comforts of camp and went on a bus tour of the local wineries locat- ed within the Yarra Valley. The ostensible purpose of this fact-finding mission was to survey potential future hiking trails but, as this author can attest, the less stren- uous activities of wine and cheese tasting took prece- dence over orienteering concerns. During the course of the jamboree, the Australian Plast Museum, which is located in Adelaide, exhibited numer- ous philatelic souvenirs from past International Jubilee Plast Jamborees held in Australia dating back to 1957 for the 45th anniversary of Plast. This exhibition in particular provided an interesting highlight during the Open Day with many former and current plastuny reminiscing and talking about past camps, friendships and experiences. The general consensus was that the 2001-2002 International Jubilee Plast Jamboree was very positive. Although participant numbers were slightly lower than expected, all who did show thoroughly enjoyed them- selves during the nine-day event. Even though the loca- tion and the facilities were a bit spartan (made worse by the inclement weather), it enabled the participants to excel in their practical and common sense skills. One of the highlights of the jamboree was waking up every morning to the sound of Australia’s native song- Members of the Chornomortsi and Chornomorski Khvyli: (standing, from left) Pavlo Stefaniw, Zenon Kinal, bird – the kookaburra. It was quite something to be able Zina Baranowski, Petro Myroniuk, Olenka Boichuk, George Fedyk, Tony Buc, Bohdan Wojewidka; to get within inches of this native bird and to observe it (seated) Katya Buc, Karina Yaremenko, Larissa Radion, Tania Pyk, Olenka Havryliuk and Slavko Kohut. in its natural habitat. Since the jamboree was located in a National Park, other native animals – kangaroos, and enjoyable time, he expressed wonderment at having Plast members. Of particular interest to the Lisovy wombats and a plethora of bird life – were often seen a camp at this “unique time of year” (December is sum- Chorty fraternity was that Roxolana’s paternal grandfa- around the camp environs. Without a doubt it is some of mertime in Australia, while it is the middle of winter in ther, Roman Marmash (who died during World War II), these nature highlights that will remain fondly embed- North America). He was also able to convey cordial was one of the 11 founding members of the fraternity in ded in each participant’s memory. greetings from the National Plast Executive of Canada Lviv. One of the highlights for this author was being able to the Australian Executive. At the closing ceremony of the 90th Anniversary to interview some of the North American participants. Ms. Marmash, also of Toronto, who is travelling the Mr. Darewych, a Torontonian who has been working in world and was taking a holiday in Australia, also com- International Plast Jamboree, the head of the National Sydney, expressed his delight when comparing Plast mented on the similarities between Plast in Canada and Plast Executive in Australia, Mr. Huzij, declared the camps in North America and Australia, stating that they Australia. She stated that she was very impressed with jamboree ended, and called all Plast members to con- are very similar, and that the fraternity and welcome of the organizational skills of the Australian plastuny and vene again in five year’s time in Adelaide to commemo- Plastuny is universal. Stating that he had a truly great felt quite at home with both the camp and her fellow rate Plast’s 95th anniversary . 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 No. 4 No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 19

UCCA seeks volunteer election observers NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Congress polling sites on Election Day, as well as Committee of America (UCCA) is seeking local election commissions throughout individuals interested in serving as interna- Ukraine. tional election observers for Ukraine’s The UCCA will coordinate local travel upcoming elections. As in previous years, within Ukraine, arrange for briefings and the UCCA will be actively participating in provide all the necessary election materials Ukraine’s electoral process by hosting a del- for every election observer. However, all egation of international election observers expenses related to travel, food and lodging for the March 31 parliamentary elections. must be borne by the individual themselves. The UCCA delegation will be registered The UCCA needs to register its delega- with Ukraine’s Central Election tion with Ukraine’s Central Election Commission, and each delegate will have Commission in early March, so those inter- the right to act as an official election moni- ested in serving as international election tor. Such accreditation will allow each mon- observers are asked to contact the UCCA’s itor access to the Central Election New York Office at (212) 228-6840 or by e- Commission’s press conferences in Kyiv, mail at [email protected] as soon as possible.

balance sheet of who apologized how many Newsbriefs times.” And he added: “I think it would be (Continued from page 2) more objective to note that we see the prob- explosion rocked a cafe near the airport and lems of our history and that we shall draw police received information that there was conclusions from this. We have great another bomb in the airport, ICTV respect for the Polish people, we see all the Television reported. In addition, a Vienna- problems of our past, and of course we shall draw conclusions for the future.” bound flight from Odesa was rerouted to (RFE/RL Newsline) Graz, Austria, after a bomb threat was phoned in while the plane was in the air, the Ukraine seeks equal job opportunities Associated Press reported. Austrian Airlines announced that security officials examined KYIV – Ukrainian officials have pro- the aircraft and luggage but found no explo- posed that seasonal job opportunities in sives. (RFE/RL Newsline) Hungary extended to all Romanian citizens be offered to all Ukrainian citizens as well, Accounting Chamber’s powers widened Nepszabadsag reported on January 19. Citing reliable sources in Kyiv, the newspa- KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on per wrote that Ukrainian members of the January 17 amended Article 98 of the Ukrainian-Hungarian intergovernmental Constitution of Ukraine, widening the pow- joint committee made the proposal at the ers of the Accounting Chamber, UNIAN committee’s last session. A compromise reported. According to the amendment, the was reportedly agreed upon, under which Accounting Chamber has acquired the right Ukraine will request that all inhabitants of to control not only the use of budget funds the Subcarpathian region, rather than just but also the composition of state and local ethnic Hungarians, be entitled to the job budgets’ revenues in the section outlining opportunities made available under the funding of local state administrations Hungary’s Status Law. (RFE/RL Newsline) and the executive powers delegated to local authorities. (RFE/RL Newsline) Tax police chief halts audits of media MYCHAIILO''S New law on Cabinet is passed KYIV – Last week, State Tax UKRAIINIIAN DATIING SERVIICE Administration (STA) head Mykola Azarov KYIV –The Verkhovna Rada on January ordered a ban on government tax audits of 17 passed a law on the Cabinet of Ministers media companies during the election cam- stipulating that members of the govern- paign, Interfax reported. Critics of the 24 Belvia Road, Box 191, ment, by the nature of their activities, are Azarov-led agency have often complained politicians rather than civil servants whose in the past that the STA is used as a tool to Toronto, Ont., Canada M8W 3R3 status is described under the civil service harass media critical of the government. law. The law states that the Cabinet reports Moreover, Mr. Azarov announced that he to the president, but is subordinate and will not run for Parliament, as “the jobs of Tel.: (416) 695-2458 accountable to the Verkhovna Rada. Under STA chief and national deputy are incom- the law, a new Cabinet is formed no later patible.” (RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and than within 60 days of the president’s inau- Ukraine Report) guration or the resignation of the previous Cabinet. (RFE/RL Newsline) Kyiv mayor sues over bugged calls KYIV – Kyiv Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko has filed charges against all those who made public the recording of his telephone conversation with Our Ukraine bloc leader Viktor Yuschenko, New Channel Television reported on January 17. Mr. Omelchenko said he believes electronic and print media are among those who must go on trial together with Dmytro Ponomarchuk from the Ukrainian National Rukh for Unity, who was the first to make the recording public. (RFE/RL Newsline) Putin on apologies for past wrongs POZNAN, Poland – While on a visit to Poland, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Poznan that any possible apologies by the Russians and the Poles for wrongdo- ings of the past will not improve the rela- tions between the two countries, Polish Radio reported. Mr. Putin was apparently referring to the expectation voiced in some Polish media that he would apologize to the Poles during his visit for the Katyn mas- sacre. The Russian president said making apologies for the past could give rise to “a 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 No. 4

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Wednesday - Thursday, January 30 , 31 acclaimed director and stills photographer John Paskievich. The documentary film CLEVELAND: A trade delegation from explores how children of refugees and Kharkiv Oblast is holding a mini trade immigrants are caught between two show at which members will buy and sell worlds: Canada, where they live; and products; look for reps to sell and distrib- Ukraine, the distant land of their parents. ute their products in the United States; The film will be screened at the Provincial seek agreements to sell and distribute Museum of Alberta, 12845 102 Ave., at 7 American products in Ukraine; as well as p.m., followed by a discussion and recep- offer opportunities for U.S. companies to tion for Mr. Paskievich. Tickets: adults, lower their costs by outsourcing software $7; students/children, $5; children under development or garment production and 12, free. For further information and by identifying lower-cost sources of prod- advance tickets, contact: CIUS, (780) 492- ucts and components. Schedule of meet- 2972; [email protected]; Ukrainian Book ings: January 30, 4-6 p.m., Lakeside Store, 10215 97th St., (780) 422-4255. Holiday Inn, 1111 Lakeside.; January 31, Tickets are also available at the door the 3-6 p.m., one-on-one meetings, Lakeside night of the screening. Holiday Inn, 1111 Lakeside. Free admis- sion. To schedule call Andy Fedynsky, Sunday, February 10 (440) 331-6153. Additional information is available on www.ukrainebiz.com. NEW YORK: The Yaroslav Kulynych Film Studio presents the videofilm “In Saturday, February 2 Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Ukrainian Independence,” featuring high- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Medical lights of events held in Kyiv as part of the Association New York Metropolitan 10th anniversary independence celebra- Chapter in cooperation with the Self tions August 18-24, 2001. The following Reliance Association of American will be shown: The III World Forum of Ukrainians, New York Branch will hold Ukrainians: The Plenary Session (August the third in a series of community based 18); Cultural Program and Concert featur- medical lectures at 2 p.m. The featured ing speakers and artists from the physicians include Dr. Mykola Ukrainian diaspora (August 19, Ukraina Alyakewycz, whose topic will be Palace); III WFU: Passage of the “Common Urological Problems,” and Dr. Resolutions (August 20); Gala Concert, Ihor Magun, whose topic will be “Chest featuring leading artists from Ukraine Pain.” The presentations will take place at (August 23); and, Military Parade and 98 Second Ave. Admission is free; Youth Rally on Kyiv’s Independence refreshments will be served. For further Square (August 24th). The video showing, information call (516) 766-5147. which is sponsored by the World Congress Monday, February 4 of Ukrainians, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, and the Ukrainian CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard American Coordinating Council, will be Ukrainian Research Institute will present a shown at the Ukrainian National Home, lecture by Oleksander Halenko, senior 142 Second Ave., at 2-5:30 p.m. research fellow at the Institute for Political DANIELSON, Conn.: “Children of and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Chornobyl,” photographs by Joseph Sciences of Ukraine, and Shklar Fellow of Sywenkyj, is on view at Quinebaug the Ukrainian Research Institute, titled “The Legend of Roksolana, or: How a Valley Community College. The exhibit Turkish Sultan’s Wife Became a Ukrainian opened at the college gallery, 742 Upper National Heroine.” The lecture will be Maple St., on January 21 and will be on view through February 22. A reception InterestedCANADACANADA in living permanentlyCALLINGCALLING or working in Canada? held in the Institute Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For more will be held February 5 at 6-7:30 p.m. The Independent Applicants Business Applicants information contact the institute, (617) “Children of Chornobyl” photographs 495-4053 or [email protected]. have been exhibited throughout the Skilled workers Entrepreneurs United States, including the United Self-employed Friday, February 8 Nations Visitor’s Lobby and the Russell Investors Building in Washington. Gallery hours: EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Contact us to discuss your options: Ukrainian Studies and the National Film Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. For additional Board of Canada present the Edmonton information and for directions call (860) ZAIFMAN ASSOCIATES, IMMIGRATION LAWYERS premiere of “My Mother’s Village” by 774 -1160. SUITE 500, LOMBARD AVENUE, WINNIPEG, CANADA R3B OX1 TELEPHONE:204/944-8888 FAX: 204/956-2909 Kharkiv delegation in U.S. to talk business e-mail: [email protected] CINCINNATI – A trade delegation The Kharkiv region trade delegation’s from the Kharkiv region of Ukraine is schedule is: January 28, Columbus; currently visiting three cities in Ohio – January 30-31, Cleveland; and February WHAT? Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati. 1-2, Cincinnati. Through this delegation interested busi- There is no cost for attending the mini YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR OWN nesspeople can research the market and trade shows or for scheduling appoint- see whether its talent pool and cost ments. For details and appointments, call advantages might help their businesses. (513) 683-2509 for Columbus, (440) SUBSCRIPTION? Industries represented include agricul- 331-6153 for Cleveland, or (859) 261- To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, fill out the form below, ture, aviation, chemicals, energy, optics, 3282 for Cincinnati. Details about the clothing and accessories, food processing trade delegation, such as companies rep- clip it and mail it to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, and information technology. resented and their products and services 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. In each city, Kharkiv Region represen- can be obtained www.ukrainebiz.com. tatives will be ready to buy and sell prod- The Kharkiv region’s businesspeople NAME: ______ucts at a mini-trade show. They will be are coming to Ohio via the Kharkiv NAME: (please type or print) looking for reps to sell and distribute their Partnership, a program designed to accel- products in the United States, as well as erate the creation of private businesses ADDRESS: ______agreements to sell and distribute American and new employment opportunities in products in Ukraine. They will also offer that part of Ukraine. The national gov- CITY: ______STATE: ______ZIP CODE: ______opportunities for U.S. companies to lower ernments of both the United States and their costs, for example by outsourcing Ukraine are encouraging the partnership. software development or garment produc- Cincinnati’s Center for Economic PHONE (optional): ______tion and by identifying lower-cost sources Initiatives, a not-for-profit organization of products and components. that provides assistance and training for J J UNA member subscription price — $45.00/yr. Non-member subscription price — $55.00/yr. The second component of the trade businesses in the former Soviet Union, is shows is individual meetings between trade organizing the Kharkiv Region trade dele- UNA Branch number ______delegates and U.S. prospects.Americans gation’s program at the request of the U.S. with knowledge about Ukraine’s business Agency for International Development climate will be available. (USAID).