INSIDE: • Ukraine’s nuclear power dilemmas — page 2. • Orthodox Bishop Vsevolod to be elevated to archbishop — page 4. • “Perspectives,” a new column — page 7. HE KRAINI A N EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXV No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine

Historian publishes Kuchma declares war on corruption in government by Roman Woronowycz hard on everybody and accused all parts committee before which he spoke. “The new findings about Kyiv Press Bureau of the government for the growth of cor- media is uncovering more corruption than ruption in government. His speech impli- the committees that are supposed to fight KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma cated the Verkhovna Rada, district and it,” he declared. “Corruption has infected a 1947 “Akcja Wi s l a ” fired the first salvo in his war on corrup- city officials, heavy industry and health significant part of the state apparatus.” tion by releasing two high-level govern- care, and his own prime minister, Petro He said too many public officials had by Marta Dyczok ment officials and dismissing the head of Lazarenko, whom Mr. Kuchma accused “dirty hands” and that it was time for a Special to The Ukrainian Weekly the committee on corruption and orga- of being soft on anti-corruption efforts. clean up effort, which he likened to the nized crime in Ukraine on February 14. It TORONTO — While many talk about President Kuchma’s words were strong “clean hands” program in Poland, where was the president’s version of a the need to re-examine Soviet-era history and clear: corruption at the highest levels an in-depth review has taken place to fer- Valentine’s Day massacre. of government would not be tolerated. ret out government administrators linked and fill in the blank spots, some are actual- Gone are Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister He specifically criticized several gov- ly doing it. Historian Yevhen Misylo, who Anatolii Khorishko and First Vice Minister to corruption and crime. ernment ministries. “The situation in published a collection of documents on of Transportation Leonid Zhelezniak, as The problem, however, as he explained t r a n s p o r t a t i o n is abysmal. The cost of “Operation Vistula” (known in Polish as well as the chairman of the Coordinating it, is that “no sooner does the president “Akcja Wisla”) was in North America in Committee on Corruption and Organized train travel has risen 40 percent, while mention the phrase ‘clean hands’ than he is November-December 1996 to gather Crime of the Cabinet of Ministers. The the floor has dropped out of the quality,” confronted with a slew of insinuations, and funds for continuing research and to touch committee chairmanship was given to Vice he explained. He accused managers of what is most noteworthy is that it comes base with supporters in the scholarly com- Prime Minister Vasyl Durdynets. the transporta t i o n industry of building from those whose hands are not altogether munity and the community at large. Maybe President Kuchma finally had “three- and four-story dachas” at a time c l e a n . ” Dr. Misylo’s book, titled “Akcja his fill of the government’s stalled efforts when there are no longer enough trains The president did not absolve himself of Wisla” (Warsaw: Archiwum Ukrainskie, at rescucitating Ukraine’s stuporous on the tracks to accommodate travelers. blame for the spread of corruption, 1993), was the result of 10 years of economy, which he in part blamed on In agriculture, he implicated oblast lead- although he brought everybody else into archival research in his native Poland. Its regional-and ministerial-level leaders ers in hoarding grain and thus preventing the picture with him. “I have not and will 524 pages tell a harrowing tale about an who pursue their personal agendas. government contracts from being filled. not cleanse myself of the responsibility — event in the history of Ukrainians that Or perhaps his resolute action was a He backed up his words after his pre- the president is answerable for all that has received little attention to date. result of his meeting with World Bank sentation by signing decrees relieving takes place in the country. But all parts of Document 42, a top secret memorandum Chairman James Wolfensohn in Davos, Messrs. Khorishko and Zhelezniak of the government must shoulder their of the Polish Internal Affairs Ministry dated Switzerland, at the International Economic their portfolios. responsibility — the government, central April 16, 1946, demonstrates that Forum, where the banker noted the President Kuchma also upbraided and local administrations of government,” “Operation Vistula” was designed as increase in corruption in Ukraine. enforcement agencies for being lax in deal- he stated. They are to blame, first of all, for Poland’s “final solution” to its troublesome According to Interfax-Ukraine, Mr. ing with corruption in the energy and alco- the failure to establish market reforms and “Ukrainian problem.” (Zadanie: Rozwiazac Wolfensohn called corruption a “threat to hol industries, “for whom certain partici- a competitive market in Ukraine. Ostatecznie Problem Ukrainski w Polsce). the growth of investments and the resolu- pants in the domestic markets for natural “The drawn-out transitional stage of Dr. Misylo has labeled these events tion of economic problems.” gas, petroleum products, electricity, sugar society and the associated atmosphere of the ethnic cleansing of over 150,000 What is known is that at the February and alcohol remain sacred cows,” he said. uncertainty and rudderlessness is a breed- Ukrainians from Poland’s eastern bor- 14 meeting of the Coordinating The president further lashed out at the ing ground, not only for social cynicism derlands in 1947. Some 20,000 Polish Committee on Corruption and Organized government committees organized to fight and apathy, but also for criminality and military personnel were used to deport Crime President Kuchma came down corruption, a not-so-veiled criticism of the corruption,” said President Kuchma. all ethnic Ukrainians, including members of mixed Ukrainian-Polish families, from their ancestral homes, ostensibly in retal- iation against the operations of the Ukraine’s court system: the Constitutional Court Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). by Roman Woronowycz the last two judges by the Verkhovna from public office in an impeachment Ukrainians were forcibly resettled in Kyiv Press Bureau Rada, which has been stalled by political process, as delineated in articles 111 western territories newly acquired by m a n e u v e r i n g s . and 151 of the Constitution; on the Poland from Germany, known as the Today Ukraine’s jurisprudence system This edited interview was conducted legality of draft laws on changing the Zemie Odzyskanie, and ethnic Poles, is organized into three major courts: the with Ivan Tymchenko, chairman of the Constitution of Ukraine as delineated in many of whom had been expelled west- Constitutional Court, which is responsi - Constitutional Court, who was appointed its statutes; on the disregard for the ble for issues involving the Constitution; ward out of Ukraine by Stalin immedi- by President Leonid Kuchma and took his Constitution and laws of Ukraine by the the General Court of Competence, which ately after the second world war, were oath on October 18, 1996. The conclusion Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous deals with civil and criminal matters, settled in the formerly Ukrainian areas. of the interview will apper next week. Republic of Crimea in the instance that The documents of the Polish Ministry of and at the top of which stands the the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine begins Internal Affairs now show that Akcja Supreme Court of Ukraine; and the What are the responsibilities of the proceedings to halt the authority of the Wisla was a Polish initiative, supported Court of Specialization (commonly Constitutional Court of Ukraine? autonomous republic; on official inter- by, but not launched, in Moscow. known as the arbitration court), which, (Reading from his notes) The pretations of the Constitution and laws “We need to speak about the full truth basically, handles contractual conflicts of Ukraine. now, but based on documentary evi- and is overseen by the High Court of Constitutional Court draws conclusions and renders decisions in matters regard- Its authority does not include ques- dence,” said Dr. Misylo during his visit A r b i t r a t i o n . tions on the legal aspect of acts of gov- to Toronto. Talking about the situation of This is the second in a series designed ing: the constitutional legality of laws and legal acts passed by the Verkhovna ernment organs, government organs of Ukrainians in Poland today, he added, to give our readers a closer look at how Crimea, organs of city government or “Pseudo historians and politicians con- the three separate courts of Ukraine func - Rada, acts of the president, acts of the Cabinet of Ministers and acts of the the competence of judges of the tinue to play a role in shaping public tion. Last week we described the arbitra - General Court of Competence. opinion, and Ukrainians cannot feel like tion court system. In this installment we Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous full-fledged Polish citizens while they look at the Constitutional Court. Republic of Crimea; on the relationship Does the Constitutional Court have continue to be stigmatized and targeted The court consists of 18 judges, 16 of of the Constitution of Ukraine to inter- the authority to set precedents with its as the enemy of the Polish people.” whom already have been appointed. The national treaties signed by Ukraine or interpretation of the Constitution? All discussion of the Vistula deporta- judges are appointed by various sectors international treaties that are submitted We do not, as you know, have the law tions was officially silenced until 1990, of the Ukrainian government. The presi - to the Verkhovna Rada for approval; on of precedents. The Constitutional Court when the Polish Sejm recognized the dent appoints six, the Verkhovna Rada maintenance of the constitutional by law does not have the right to change action as a historical injustice perpetrated six and the Supreme Court six. Today the process in matters involving the court still is awaiting the appointment of removal of the president of Ukraine (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 No. 8

ANALYSIS: Nuclear power dilemmas by David R. Marples Khmelnytskyi and Rivne could in theory compensate for the closure of the first The G-7 countries and Ukraine are and third units at Chornobyl. However, Rada fails to ratify “zero option” cial said “The German money was used for locked in a dispute over credits assigned with no funds available, Ukraine has loans to insiders and members of the ruling to the Ukrainian energy industry which maintained it has had no freedom to KYIV — After a lengthy and heated establishment.” Germany had agreed in were tied to the closure of the Chornobyl bring into service these new reactors. debate, the Verkhovna Rada failed to ratify 1993 to provide humanitarian settlement of nuclear power station by the year 2000. In addition, Ukraine is facing particu- an agreement renouncing Ukraine’s share 1 billion DM (about $590 million U.S.) to Ukrainian Energy and Environment larly severe energy problems and a water of Soviet assets in return for Russia assum- Russia, Ukraine and Belarus for victims of Minister Yurii Kostenko berated the G-7 shortage. Nuclear power currently ing Ukraine’s share of the Soviet Union’s World War II, including persons who were following the organization’s February 11 accounts for up to 40 percent of its total foreign debt, international agencies reported forced laborers or were interned in concen- meeting in Washington, noting that it has electricity output. Ukraine’s total capaci- on February 19. Instead, national deputies tration camps. (OMRI Daily Digest, not yet agreed (and may well decide not ty at its nuclear stations is 14,000 voted 233 to 70 to present Russia with a list Financial Times) to agree) to provide funds for the con- megawatts. The major station is not of conditions for ratification. The main con- struction of new nuclear reactors at the Chornobyl, but the 6,000-megawatt giant dition was Russia’s release of detailed Five killed in mining accident Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power at Enerhodar (the Zaporizhia Atomic information on the Soviet debt and money stations in western Ukraine. held in the central Soviet banking system DONETSK — Five miners were killed Energy Station) on the Dnipro River. The on February 7 in the Donbas when a block The dispute dates back to April 1994, when the USSR broke apart. Ukraine’s accident rate, particularly at the latter sta- of ice crashed into an elevator they were when an International Atomic Energy share of Soviet assets includes claims to tion, has been alarmingly high. Safety using to ascend from the coalface at the Agency (IAEA) inspection declared the gold, diamonds, hard currency and proper- standards are generally low, partly Karl Marx Mine in Yenakiyevo, 30 miles Chornobyl nuclear power station to be ty. Under an agreement signed by Russian because of a dearth of safety regulators northeast of Donetsk. Murtzai Churadze, a unsafe and recommended its earliest possi- Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and and low morale among plant personnel. local emergency official, said, “The ice fell ble closure. Subsequently, Ukraine and the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Vitalii Hydroelectric stations are at peak when miners were on their way to the sur- G-7 had a series of meetings to discuss Masol in 1994, Ukraine was to give up its capacity, while thermal power stations, face after their shift. Five were killed, five credits and subsidies to Ukraine in com- share of 16.37 percent of Soviet assets in which still produce a plurality of electricity were injured and taken to the hospital.” The pensation for the station’s closure by 2000, exchange for Moscow picking up Kyiv’s output, are dependent upon imports of oil miners were some 1,200 feet below the sur- the sealing of the destroyed fourth unit, and 16.37 percent share of the $81 billion Soviet and gas from Russia. Ukraine is also fac- face when the accident occurred. (Reuters) the start-up of new reactors that had been ing a financial crisis. Without outside debt. The “zero option” agreement has under construction for a number of years at funds it has no money to finance nuclear proved highly controversial in Ukraine’s Ukraine third in foreign investment the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi plants. energy expansion. Like other workers, Parliament, but Russia is unwilling to rene- In April 1996, at a meeting of the G-7 GENEVA — Russia has led foreign employees in the industry have not gotiate. (OMRI Daily Digest) countries in Moscow – which coincided direct investments to the ex-Soviet Union received regular wages for several months. with the tenth anniversary of the Chornobyl Justice officials sacked for corruption with $6.6 billion as of 1996, while Ukraine Earlier this year, the European Bank for disaster – an aid package to Ukraine was in third place with $1.1 billion. Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) KYIV — Justice Minister Serhii totalling some $3.1 billion was drawn up, Kazakstan ranked second in foreign direct criticized Ukraine for failing to look Holovatyi announced an investigation has but was made conditional upon the prompt investments with $3.24 billion. Moldova beyond the nuclear sector within the over- found evidence of corruption and abuse of action of the Ukrainian authorities to begin and Belarus were at the bottom of the all energy sphere. This criticism is a reit- office by several officials of the Ministry of the process of shutting down Chornobyl. league with just $104 million and $350 eration of similar comments made by Justice, Ukrainian radio reported on The Chornobyl nuclear power station is million, respectively, reported the U.N. Greenpeace International. Ukraine has February 18. First Vice Minister of Justice a graphite-moderated (RBMK-1000) plant, Economic Commission for Europe, a spe- retorted by declaring that the G-7 also did Volodymyr Chernysh and several heads of which in 1986 had four 1,000-megawatt cialized United Nations agency for eco- not look beyond the nuclear energy indus- the ministry’s departments were fired. Mr. reactors in operation and two under con- nomic cooperation in Europe. The report try when agreeing to offer the credit, par- Holovatyi said the evidence has been sent to struction. These latter two reactors were was based on official data from central ticularly since Ukraine has new reactors law-enforcement bodies to initiate criminal abandoned after the 1986 accident. The banks as of mid-1996. Western Europe that could be brought on line within a proceedings against Mr. Chernysh. Earlier first three units, however, were all returned accounted for the bulk of foreign direct short timespan. In short, both the this month, President Leonid Kuchma had into service by the end of 1987. In 1991 a investment, with an 80 percent share in providers of credit and the recipient have launched a campaign against corruption in serious fire led to the removal of unit 2 Belarus, 70 percent in Russia and 60 per- failed to find a common ground. Each side state bodies. (OMRI Daily Digest) from the grid. On November 30, 1996, unit cent in Estonia, Ukraine and Latvia, but is accusing the other of bad faith. 1 was shut down, ostensibly “to conduct Kyiv to investigate missing German funds only 17 percent in Kazakstan. (Reuters) technical operations.” The Ukrainian Perspectives Kuchma dismisses agriculture minister Energy Ministry implied that the shutdown KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma has ordered a criminal investigation into the was temporary. In the short term, Ukraine will likely KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma has misuse of funds by Gradobank and a gov- On November 28, 1996, the Ukrainian continue to operate the Chornobyl station sacked Agriculture Minister Anatolii ernment foundation, international news ser- State Nuclear Energy Commission well beyond the year 2000 and in the face Khorishko but no replacement has been vices reported. Gradobank and the National declared plans to restart unit 2 by the fourth of international protest. If the second unit is named, a press spokesman for Mr. Kuchma Foundation for Understanding and quarter of 1997. This move puzzled inter- restarted later this year, once overhaul oper- said on February 17. “We are still waiting Reconciliation are accused of embezzling national experts. Nuclear experts in the ations have been completed, then for an official signed order and the name of more than $50 million (U.S.) from a $237 U.S., Germany and France concurred that it Chornobyl could have two (and possibly all the new minister,” the spokesman said. Mr. million (U.S.) German government grant would not be economically feasible to three) of its reactors in operation beyond the Kuchma had referred to “serious inadequa- intended for survivors of Nazi persecution. restart any Chornobyl units if Ukraine is to assigned time limit. In so doing it would cies” in the ministry’s work when he forfeit its aid and credits from the G-7. There are an estimated 600,000 such vic- announced the decision. Mr. Khorishko was adhere to its commitment to close down the tims in Ukraine. Gradobank’s accounts station completely by 2000. The units President Leonid Kuchma also appointed last summer after a drought that acknowledged recently that the various have been frozen since it stopped dispersing led to a record low grain crop of 25.4 mil- require upgrading, and the funds expended the money in December 1996. The Cabinet on that process could not possibly be projected international designs for a new lion tons against 36.5 million in 1995. This covering for the fourth reactor have been of Ministers passed a resolution earlier this compared to crops of up to 50 million tons recouped in so short a time. Ukraine, then, month which proposed that special com- appears to have changed course dramatical- shelved. The current cover, which has a regularly produced in Soviet times. projected lifespan of 15 years, will contin- pensation bonds be issued to war victims President Kuchma said last month that it ly since April 1996. through another commercial bank. The Ukraine’s new position has resulted in ue to suffice. Ukraine is not only operat- was essential that within the next two to ing Chornobyl, internationally acknowl- Financial Times reported in its February 15- part from two major grievances against 16 weekend edition that one German offi- (Continued on page 14) the G-7 group. edged as an unsafe plant (because of its First, it has long been held that the atten- faulty reactor design), but also lacks the tion paid to the Chornobyl station was one- financial means to resolve the problem of sided, and that Russia, which has similar the covering of the destroyed fourth reac- FOUNDED 1933 RBMK stations (Sosnovyi Bor near St. tor, posing a long-term threat of the TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY release of radioactive dust into the vicinity Petersburg; Kursk; Smolensk) and An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Lithuania, which has a larger capacity ver- of the station. Does Ukraine realistically have energy a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. sion (an RBMK-1500 at Ignalina) have not Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. received such close scrutiny. Serhii alternatives? Sources such as Greenpeace say it does, and that a rigorous energy effi- Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. Parashyn, director of the Chornobyl station, (ISSN — 0273-9348) maintains that his plant is technically safer ciency plan could compensate for the loss than its Russian counterparts, precisely of Chornobyl (which provided just 6.2 per- Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper because of the improvements made as a cent of Ukraine’s electricity output last (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). result of international inspections. year). Ukraine is reportedly using three times as much electricity than is used to The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: Second, Ukraine has maintained that (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201) 451-2200 the G-7 countries have been sluggish in produce a similar product in Western Europe. The answer lies in energy conser- providing funds. The two new reactors at Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz vation, according to this viewpoint. changes to: Assistant editor: Khristina Lew For the Ukrainians, however, energy and The Ukrainian Weekly Staff editors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) David R. Marples is professor of history politics are closely tied. The country is at the University of Alberta in Edmonton P.O. Box 346 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (To r o n t o ) seeking energy self-sufficiency, and in the Jersey City, NJ 07303 and director of the Stasiuk Program for the short term nuclear power is the best guar- Study of Contemporary Ukraine at the antee to remove energy dependence on The Ukrainian Weekly, February 23, 1997, No. 8, Vol. LXV Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Copyright © 1997 The Ukrainian Weekly which is based at that university. (Continued on page 15) No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 3 Ukrainian Canadian Congress flexes muscles over CBS program by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj nationalities of these persons.” noon [February 2] when CFRN personnel for holding off on the broadcast. “Maybe Toronto Press Bureau In order to head off the possibility of first had viewing access to the program, some people call it censorship,” Mr. “distrust and rift[s] among ethnic commu- and accordingly a decision [was] made to Jacuta, an Edmonton-based lawyer, was TORONTO — After the Ukrainian nities in Canada,” Mr. Romaniw requested delay the broadcast.” quoted as saying. “The issue is fair and Canadian community flexed its muscles, that prior to broadcasting “Canada’s Dark On February 5, a few days after balanced comment and getting the other an Edmonton TV station decided to delay Secret” the segment be “previewed by rep- “Canada’s Dark Secret” was blacked out side of the story out there.” airing “Canada’s Dark Secret,” the CBS resentatives of the Canadian Ukrainian, in the Edmonton area, Richard Helm, On February 11, the Journal also print- “60 Minutes” program concerning the Jewish and other East European communi- television critic for the local Journal ed letters from current UCC-PCA presence of alleged Nazi war criminals in ties, and unanimously approved in order to daily, blasted CFRN for “censorship” in President Bud Conway and Special the country. prevent misrepresentations of the issue to an article subtitled “Sensitivity to Projects Director of the Ukrainian According to a February 6 report in the Canadian public.” Ukrainian community doesn’t justify Canadian Civil Liberties Association the Toronto Star daily, Alan Brooks, The Winnipeg-based lawyer conclud- paternalistic behavior.” Borys Sydoruk of Calgary. news and programming manager at ed by expressing the UCC’s conviction Mr. Helm wrote, “It was specifics Mr. Conway pointed out that in the CFRN, a Baton Broadcasting Systems that such a measure would “ensure that about Ukrainian war criminals that raised “Ugly Face” segment of October 1994 affiliate, chose not to air the segment in ethnic hatred and irresponsible journal- the red flag with [Mr. Brooks]. “Ukrainians were obliquely called its usual Sunday evening time slot, ini- ism with unpredictable harmful conse- Edmonton, of course, has a large and ‘genetically anti-Semitic’ ” and that CBS tially intending to shelve it entirely. quences to the fabric of Canadian society influential Ukrainian community — had not apologized or corrected its story The Weekly has learned that on are not freely disseminated through some figures suggest up to 12 percent of “despite many protests, which included January 27 officials at the Ukrainian [Canadian] media.” the population is of Ukrainian origin.” Ukraine’s chief rabbi.” Canadian Congress’s Toronto Branch For background, it should be noted “CFRN apparently wanted a little Mr. Conway also asserted the UCC’s faxed to UCC national headquarters in that following intense pressure from the more assurance as to the veracity of some belief that “ ‘Canada’s Dark Secret’ is Winnipeg press reports anticipating the Ukrainian Canadian community over the of the material,” the columnist continued, biased; unfairly painting Canada as the airing of the CBS program on Sunday, airing of “The Ugly Face” segment, the “second-guessing the estimable fact- Argentina of the North. Yet Canada February 2, in the U.S. and Canada. Edmonton based CFRN-TV station checkers at the CBS News division.” adopted a policy towards suspected war On January 31 UCC President Oleh broadcast an apology to the Ukrainian In his February 5 article, Mr. Helms criminals based on the report of Justice Romaniw sent a letter, since obtained by Canadian community almost exactly a quoted only viewers who supported his Deschenes Commission of Inquiry on The Weekly, to the Canadian Radio- year later, on October 22, 1995. position, and offered no statements from War Criminals.” Television and Telecommunications The CanWest Global network, which Ukrainian Canadians, or from those who The UCC-PCA president pointed to Commission, the federal regulatory body, owns Canadian broadcast rights to the agreed with CFRN’s decision, no matter Justice Jules Deschenes’ finding that asking to preview the segment. “60 Minutes” program, also broadcast an what their background. “public statements by outside interveners Mr. Romaniw mentioned the invidious apology to the Ukrainian Canadian com- The Star report did mention the UCC’s concerning alleged war criminals in precedent set by the CBS “60 Minutes” munity on its flagship channel in Toronto petition to the CRTC and its reasons for Canada have spread increasingly large program “The Ugly Face of Freedom,” in November 1996. filing one. It also quoted Toronto-based and grossly exaggerated figures as to broadcast on October 23, 1994. The UCC When February 2 rolled around, tele- Canadian Jewish Congress director their estimated number.” president wrote that “this segment caused vision viewers in the Edmonton area did Bernie Farber’s opinion that “it’s mind- Mr. Sydoruk wrote that “60 Minutes” widespread outrage throughout Ukrainian not see the “Canada’s Dark Secret” seg- boggling that one person could make this had previously “seriously distorted the communities in North America and else- ment, and that week’s installment of “60 decision for the entire viewing audience.” nature of contemporary society in where.” Minutes” was supplanted by an earlier On February 6, CFRN decided to air Ukraine, relying on innuendo, mistransla- “It was likewise criticized,” Mr. feed of the same program. the “60 Minutes” program that included tion and partial accounts to portray Romaniw continued, “by serious According to a statement issued on “Canada’s Dark Secret” on the upcoming Ukraine as a hotbed of anti-Semitism and spokespersons of Jewish communities and February 5 by CFRN executive Alan Saturday evening (February 15) at 9 ethnic hatred.” the government of Ukraine.” Mabee “very serious and specific allega- p.m., not during the program’s regular “CFRN Television in Edmonton has Mr. Romaniw also expressed concern tions made in the program” had caused the time slot. learned its lesson,” Mr. Sydoruk conclud- that the program would “misrepresent the station to shelve “Canada’s Dark Secret.” In that day’s Edmonton Journal, Mr. ed, “It was heavily criticized for its airing Canadian government’s measures in Mr. Mabee added that “senior man- Helm wrote of commendations offered to of ‘The Ugly Face of Freedom.’ This regard to alleged war criminals in agement and legal counsel were unavail- CFRN by James Jacuta, past president of time it decided to view the program first. Canada, as well as the numbers and able for consultation late Sunday after- the UCC’s Alberta Provincial Council, For this, CFRN is to be commended.”

the Cabinet of Ministers or the Office of And each judge’s opinion will also be We gathered for a special plenary ses- U k r a i n e ’s court... the President — on your rulings? public, because each one has the ability sion of the Constitutional Court. The head (Continued from page 1) That type of pressure does not yet exist to write a commentary regarding the ren- of that plenary session was the oldest of its decisions, it can only review a decision because we have not yet handed down any dering. Legal experts will be able to ana- the judges, who turned out to be Petro if new factors arise that were not known rulings. That’s first. The fact that the exec- lyze and grade the rationales for the rul- Martynenko. We nominated three people earlier. But if the Constitutional Court utive branch is responsible by law for ings. I do not think a judge will work for the post of chairman. The nominees receives new applications or proposals ensuring the material and financial needs unprofessionally in favor of his personal were myself, Mykola Koziubra and Vitalii based on decisions already rendered then of the Constitutional Court cannot be interests. Since he knows his work will Rozenko, I believe. We voted by secret those applications are not accepted. The equated with having influence over it. But be reviewed by experts, he will not want ballot, and I received the most votes. By court does not review cases where the facts influence over the court by the Verkhovna to discredit himself. the law I needed 10 votes but received 11. are similar to those in past decisions. In Rada as a body, or the executive body in As far as judicial commentary, by law I recommended the candidates for the this way you might say precedents are the form of the Cabinet of Ministers or by the judges have no right to discuss the cases positions of deputies and they also were u s e d . the president himself, or by the Supreme that are before them from the time the appli- elected by secret ballot. But that is not the same type of prece- Court, as such, will not occur. There will cation is placed on their desk. For example, I just thought I should make something dent that exists in, let’s say, England. not be pressures or influences from the I already had received the documents on the clear here: the chairman serves his three- appeal to the Constitutional Court against year term as part of his nine-year term as a Please explain how the Constitutional organs as a whole because I believe that the liquidation of the Communist Party judge on the Constitutional Court. Court of Ukraine differs from the neither the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet when [Petro] Symonenko and [Vasyl] Another important matter. The court is Supreme Court of the United States by of Ministers or the president will accept a Kriuchkov visited me to discuss the case. I divided into three judicial collegiums, its authority and procedures. decision [by the other government bodies] that would influence specific decisions of told them that because I had received the which is delineated by the law on the I will not answer that question right the Constitutional Court. documents on the case I was not at liberty to Constitutional Court. One collegium of six now. At the end of March and the begin- However, there is another matter. We discuss it with them. I invited them to visit judges will handle submissions by citizens ning of April, all of our judges will be cannot exclude the possibility that, for me after the case was decided. Judges are for review; a second collegium will handle traveling to the U.S. for two weeks to example, a deputy or an official within the allowed to discuss the cases only after deci- petitions by government bodies for review; study the organization, procedures and Cabinet of Ministers or a member of the sions have been rendered. and the third collegium will handle a mix work of the Supreme Court. Then they of both submissions and petitions. Cabinet may individually attempt to exert Are the judges of the Constitutional will be able to answer this question with The chairman and the deputy chairmen pressure or influence a specific ruling. But Court appointed for life? What is their more competency. are part of the collegiums, not as chairman the judges that are part of the court are term of office? Right now, I could answer this question highly qualified, and I do not think that and deputies, but as equal members of the only in a general manner based on what I these judges will buckle and render deci- By the Constitution, a judge’s term of court. There I sit as a judge, and the col- have read. But I would feel better doing so sions on an unprofessional level. If they do office is nine years. He can work until he legium is run by the secretary. In this way after we travel to the U.S. and learn more. I give in, they will be discrediting them- is 65 years old. If a judge is appointed at it is a democratic structure. think that we will borrow much from the the age of 60, although he has a nine-year s e l v e s . If a judge dies, what is the proce- practices of the U.S. Supreme Court, espe- term, he will only be able to work for The renderings of the Constitutional dure for filling his seat? cially on how to deal with constitutional Court are broad- ranging and therefore five years, until his retirement at age 65. questions. We have already developed reg- are read by a wide array of people. The chairman of the Constitutional If a judge dies, if he loses his citizen- ulations for the 1997 session, but they can Common people will read the decisions, Court is elected by his fellow judges for a ship, if he resigns, his vacated position is be changed if we learn ways to improve officials in government structures, three-year term, and cannot be re-elected. filled by that government body that our system. experts in various fields of the law. And, The deputy chairmen are also elected for appointed him. That is, if he was one of How will you ensure the indepen- because each Constitutional Court judge three-year terms. On October 18, 1996, six appointed by the president, then the dence of the Constitutional Court from must vote for or against a case — he does the judges took the oath of office before a president appoints his successor, if it was influence or pressures from other gov- not have the right to abstain — the stand session of the Verkhovna Rada. We the Supreme Court then they do so, if the ernment bodies — the Verkhovna Rada, of each judge will be known. began our official work that day. Verkhovna Rada ... and so on. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 No. 8 Bishop Vsevolod to be elevated to archbishop SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – With the blessings fluent in several languages. of Bartholomeas I, ecumenical patriarch of In addition to other professional positions, he has Constantinople, the Council of Bishops of the Ukrainian served as principal associate in medicine on the facul- Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. has announced that ty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, an affil- Bishop Vsevolod of the titular See of Scopelos will be iate of Yeshiva University in New York. His conse- elevated to archbishop and then enthroned as ruling cration to the episcopacy caused him to leave that hierarch of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian position in order to devote more effort to his work for Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. the Church. On Sunday, March 2, the enthronement of Bishop He received monastic tonsure and was ordained to the Vsevolod will take place at the Ukrainian Orthodox priesthood by the late Metropolitan Andrei in 1985. Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Chicago. The Holy Following the death of Metropolitan Andrei, Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Archimandrite Vsevolod was consecrated by the U.S.A. will participate in Bishop Vsevolod’s eleva- Archbishop Iakovos to the episcopacy in 1987 with the tion and installation with Metropolitan Constantine pre- blessing of Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I of siding. Constantinople. Bishop Vsevolod was born Vsevolod Kolomijcew- Bishop Vsevolod has been very active as a represen- Majdanski, son of the late Rt. Rev. Protopresbyter tative of the ecumenical patriarch in the ongoing dia- Vasilij in Kalisz, Poland, on December 10, 1927. He logue with the Roman Catholic Church and has partici- received his theological education at Warsaw pated in numerous ecumenical conferences. He is well- Theological Seminary and the Dillingen Theological published regarding Church unity. Bishop Vsevolod was University in Dillingen, Germany. also chosen to represent the ecumenical patriarch at the After earning a bachelor of arts in philosophy from Jerusalem Conference of Science and Religion and at Sydney University in Sydney, Australia, in 1956, he the Milan Conference on Religion. He is a member of attended Melbourne University in Victoria, Australia. In the Standing Council of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of 1964 he obtained a master’s degree in social work from the Americas and of the Orthodox-Catholic Bishops Yeshiva University in New York. Bishop Vsevolod is Dialogue. Bishop Vsevolod

Bishop Losten feted on 25th anniversary OBITUARY JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Ukrainian Catholic Bishop ensemble, which performed a “Pryvit” (Welcome) Basil Losten of the Eparchy of Stamford celebrated the dance and greeted Bishop Losten in the Ukrainian tradi- 25th anniversary of his episcopal ordination at a banquet tion with bread and salt; the Ukrainian Stage Ensemble George Chranewycz, held at the Sheraton Center Hotel in New York City on directed by Lydia Krushelnytskyj and a choir of semi- January 12. narians from St. Basil College of the Ukrainian Catholic Over 300 guests and representatives of 45 Ukrainian Seminary in Stamford, Conn. political, sports activist American organizations gathered to honor Bishop Msgr. Losten was consecrated bishop on May 25, Losten on his silver jubilee. Msgr. John Terlecky, coor- 1971, by Metropolitan Ambrose Senyshyn of by Ihor Lysyj dinator of the Diocesan Jubilee Committee, read a greet- Philadelphia, Bishop Jaroslav Gabro of Chicago and ing from Gov. George Pataki of New York, and two Bishop Michael Dudick of Passaic, N.J., in the SECAUCUS, N.J. – George Chranewycz, a promi- representatives of Rudolph Giuliani extended greetings Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate nent activist of the Ukrainian diaspora, died on from the mayor. Conception in Philadelphia. He was named bishop of December 29, 1996. The banquet was opened by Myroslaw Shmigel, the Stamford Eparchy in 1977. A son of a former colonel of the Ukrainian National chairman of the New York Metropolitan Jubilee Diocese-wide celebrations of the bishop’s silver Republic (UNR) Army, he was born in Warsaw in Committee. Bishop Vsevolod of the Ukrainian jubilee took place from September 1996 through 1930. During World War II, his family moved west to Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. offered an invocation. January 1997 in Albany, Buffalo, Johnson City, escape communist oppression. They were part of a Celebratory remarks were offered by Leo Gallan, Iwan Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers, N.Y., and Hartford, major migration of political, professional, intellectual Sierant, knight of the papal Order of St. Gregory, and Conn. Bishop Losten earmarked all proceeds — and b usiness segments of Eastern and Central Ambassador Anatolii Zlenko, Ukraine’s permanent rep- $160,000 from the jubilee banquets held throughout the European societies that were escaping the destructive resentative to the United Nations. Stamford Eparchy and $40,000 raised at the New York forces of communism. Known as Displaced Persons The Very Rev. Patrick Paschak, pastor of St. George banquet — to support seminarians from Ukraine study- (DPs), they established their camps in western Parish in New York and vicar general of the Stamford ing at St. Basil College. Germany before being resettled largely in North and Eparchy, served as the evening’s master of ceremonies. This spring Bishop Losten will be marking the 40th South America, and Australia. Guests were entertained by the Syzokryli dance anniversary of his priestly ordination. The formative years of Mr. Chranewycz’s youth were spent in Camp Orlyk, located in the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden. There he graduated from the Ukrainian Gymnasium in 1949. An accomplished lin- guist at age 18, he won a scholarship (after a discourse in fluent Latin with a selection committee representa- tive) at the prestigious Yale University, within a year of his family’s arrival in America. Mr. Chranewycz graduated from Yale with a B.A. degree in 1955, and from Columbia University with an M.S. degree in city planning in 1962. His profes- sional career was mainly with the Newark Redevelopment and Housing Authority in various positions, including that of director of planning, engi- neering and research. A fully integrated member of American society, Mr. Chranewycz, in the best tradition of his family, remained deeply involved in the affairs of the Ukrainian diaspora through membership on the executive board of the U.S. committee of the Ukrainian Government-In- Exile. He was an officer in the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada and the Sitch Ukrainian sports club. His professional, social and political activities were not limited, however, to the diaspora. After the collapse of communism, Mr. Chranewycz made major contributions to the restoration of humane society in Eastern Europe by playing an important role as a consultant in planning the redevelopment of cities and the renewal of infrastructure in Ukraine, Poland and Hungary. Especially notable were his efforts in the revitalization of the Ukrainian city of K h a r k i v . Yaroslav Kulynych Mr. Chranewycz is survived by his wife, Oxana. Bishop Basil Losten (right) during a banquet held in his honor in New York City. Also seen in the photo is Burial was at the Ukrainian Orthodox cemetery in South Consul General Viktor Kryzhanivsky (second from right). Bound Brook, N.J. No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 5 Cleveland time capsule includes Agreement on design of robots artifacts from Ukrainian community to spur clean-up at Chornobyl

by Andrew Fedynsky Cleveland Plain Dealer, which devoted a WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine No. 4 immediately claimed more than 30 full page to a story about the time cap- CLEVELAND – A hundred years Foundation on January 16 hosted an offi- lives and exposed millions of people to the sule, selected the Ukrainian submission as cial signing ceremony for an agreement hazards of nuclear radiation. To curtail fur- from now, when the city of Cleveland one of a handful of focus features. Others celebrates its 300th birthday in 2096, the between the University of California’s ther radiation releases, the damaged reactor included the Jewish community and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory building was hastily covered with a con- Ukrainian community will be represented Cleveland participants in the U.N. Fourth regardless if there will be any actual (LLNL) and Pittsburgh’s RedZone crete and steel sarcophagus. Today, that World Conference on Women held in Ukrainians living in Cleveland. Robotics Inc. to advance the design of a sarcophagus is in such a fragile state that an China. The focus feature on the Ukrainian This was assured when Ivanna prototype Ukrainian robot, subsequent ver- earthquake or further deterioration could contribution had a full-color photograph Shkarupa, representing the Ukrainian sions of which could be used for clean-up trigger additional releases of radioactive of the pysanka that Cleveland-ers will be National Women’s League of North in high-radiation areas such as the d u s t . admiring 100 years from now. America (UNWLA) and Martha Savchak Chornobyl nuclear plant’s reactor No. 4. The international community agrees For the Ukrainian Museum-Archives, the Kraus, representing the Ukrainian The agreement is one of a series of that conditions at reactor No. 4 need to be Museum-Archives, participated in a time ceremony capped a six-month celebration agreements managed by LLNL for the remedied and stabilized as soon as possi- capsule sealing ceremony on December 18, of Ukrainian life in Cleveland. The museum Department of Energy (DOE), known as ble, and that power production at the 1996, at the Western Reserve Historical currently features an exhibit of photographs, Cooperative Research and Development Chornobyl facility should be stopped. Society. This culminated a year of events posters, crafts, badges, fliers and other Agreements (CRADA), that are designed However, the Ukrainian government, cop- associated with Cleveland’s Bicentennial. memorabilia documenting the history of the to facilitate technology exchanges. In this ing with economic difficulties and energy Working through the Ukrainian Ukrainian community in Cleveland over case, the collaborative effort will include shortages, has neither the technological Museum-Archives, the Bicentennial 100 years. The Ukrainian Museum- the American commercial firm RedZone nor the economic resources needed. Time Capsule Committee, organized by Archives was one of the sites chosen for the and a consortium of several Ukrainian Ukraine has agreed to shut down the Women Celebrating the Bicentennial, Cleveland Bicentennial Caravan that was scientific and engineering institutes. Chornobyl site by the year 2000, provid- asked the Ukrainian community to pre- held last year in September. Present at the signing ceremony were ed that the Group of 7 industrialized pare a representative contribution of As for whether or not there will be any Nadia McConnell, president of the U.S.- states support and subsidize the decom- materials to be included in the time cap- Ukrainian Americans in Cleveland 100 Ukraine Foundation (USUF); Carol missioning and clean-up activities. sule that was sealed for 100 years until years from now to participate in the open- Kessler, senior coordinator for nuclear The agreement signed at the USUF the next centennial of Cleveland in 2096. ing of the Bicentennial Time Capsule, safety at the U.S. Department of State; offices is an important U.S. offering toward To make sure that future Clevelanders one can only hope. The Ukrainian John Hnatio, program manager of the that end. It advances multiple U.S. objec- would appreciate the contributions of the National Women’s League of North International Proliferation Program at the tives as well, among which are providing Ukrainian community to the civic life of America and the Ukrainian Museum- U.S. Department of Energy; Dr. Victor various forms of relief to the people of the city, the Cleveland Chapter of the Archives kept faith with the generations Los, counselor in science and technology Ukraine and addressing increasing world- UNWLA assembled an envelope with 12 of Ukrainian Americans who preceded cooperation at the Embassy of Ukraine; wide needs for effective nuclear accident items, among them a Ukrainian flag, a them in creating a vibrant community. Robert Barker, director of the Lawrence response, facility dismantling and clean-up photograph of the Lesia Ukrainka monu- Both organizations have ambitious plans Livermore National Laboratory; J. Todd c a p a b i l i t i e s . ment in Cleveland, memorabilia related that include involvement of young people Simonds, president of RedZone Robotics While the new agreement will result in to the commemoration of the Chornobyl to ensure that the chain that was forged Inc.; Maynard Holliday, principal investi- a single new robotic prototype, it is envi- catastrophe, booklets on Ukrainian crafts 100 years ago, when the first Ukrainian gator, Chornobyl Telerobotic Dismantling sioned that multiple robots, each with its and a pysanka created by Tanya Osadca. immigrants came to Cleveland remains System, also from LLNL. own set of tasks, ultimately will participate A total of 110 organizations and indi- intact into the next generation. Beyond Representatives from the offices of in the permanent clean-up of Chornobyl, viduals contributed items for inclusion in that, all depends on the seeds the commu- Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Rep. stabilize the ruined structure, and remove the Bicentennial Time Capsule. The nity plants today. William J. Coyne (D-Pa.) also attended. and safely package for disposal the Under the yearlong agreement, the part- radioactive material that remains. ners will contribute resources to the design Lawrence Livermore National based Zakerzonnia Association, whose of a new type of robotic prototype – small, Laboratory conducts research important to Historian publishes... membership consists primarily of agile, mobile and modular enough to work national goals. Current programs include Ukrainian émigrés from Poland, arranged (Continued from page 1) effectively in confined spaces, such as national defense, energy, biomedicine and a monthlong visit to major cities. against Ukrainians. However, the victims Chornobyl’s reactor No. 4, and similar sites the environment. The laboratory’s expertise Dr. Misylo’s itinerary included stops of the deportations have yet to be com- around the world. Subsequent versions of includes the development of complex tech- in Toronto, New York, Ottawa, pensated for their losses, as have other the prototype could provide vital new infor- nologies in international settings. victims of Stalinism in Poland. Edmonton, Winnipeg and Detroit, where mation about conditions inside the damaged RedZone Robotics Inc., the project’s According to Dr. Misylo, Ukrainians Dr. Misylo met with scholars, the reactor. Its various tools – including a commercialization partner, is a highly expe- Ukrainian community and schoolchild- are also still denied the right to com- “water knife” cutting mechanism – could rienced technology transfer agent, working ren to speak about the little-known memorate places where their relatives facilitate the ultimate removal and packag- with government agencies to develop new were massacred. Three months after the tragedy. In Toronto, he also delivered an ing of the radioactive fuel, much of which is technologies and then move them into the Akcja Wisla book appeared, Dr. Misylo address sponsored by the Ukrainian embedded in solid lava-like masses formed open market, where their benefits can be was fired from his job at the Polish Canadian Research and Documentation when the reactor core melted. widely disseminated. The numerous sys- Center. In Edmonton, the Canadian Academy of Sciences Institute of USUF was invited to host the signing tems developed to date by RedZone per- Research on Literature where he had Institute of Ukrainian Studies organized ceremony due to its longstanding interest in form remote decontamination, dismantle- worked for 15 years. a talk for him. facilitating economic and political reform in ment, inspection, transport and other work The Warsaw-based scholar’s initial During his travels Dr. Misylo collect- Ukraine, and promoting cooperation in both military and industrial applications. work was on the Ukrainian press in ed further materials for his ongoing pro- between U.S. and Ukrainian partners, and *** Poland. During his research in govern- jects; he conducted interviews with sur- especially in light of its new Chornobyl For more information about the activi- ment archives he came across documents vivors of the deportations who now live 2000 initiative, whose aim is to help make ties of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, on the operations of the UPA and Akcja in North America and viewed documents Ukraine energy independent and Chorno- write to: 1511 K Street NW, Suite 1100, Wisla. Although some Polish scholars at the National Archives of Canada in byl-free by the year 2000 through an infor- Washington, DC 20005 (telephone: 202- welcomed Dr. Misylo’s work, others did Ottawa. mational campaign in the G-7 countries. 347-4264; fax: 202-347-4267; e-mail: not. Dr. Misylo returned to Warsaw to con- The April 26, 1986, explosion at reactor [email protected]). Undeterred, Dr. Misylo has been able tinue his historical research, visiting to follow his line of work thanks to the archival repositories that are slowly mak- Warsaw-based publishing house ing documents available to the public. In Archiwum Ukrainskie, which he co- addition to seeking out details on depop- founded. There he is energetically pursu- ulated villages and individuals who were ing his belief that publication of archival thrown into concentration camps during documents will serve as the basis for the deportations, he maintains regular objective historical research of contact with the Zakerzonnia Ukrainians in post-war Poland. Association. Together they are seeking to Ten books have already been pub- publicize this little known chapter of the lished and another 10 await publication, history of Ukrainians and are preparing pending the availability of funds. Among an exhibit on Operation Vistula to com- those waiting to go to print is a collection memorate its 50th anniversary. The of documents on the history of exhibit is scheduled to open in Toronto Ukrainians held in the concentration in May 1997. camp at Jaworzno, Poland, in connection For further information contact Dr. with Operation Vistula during the years Yevhen Misylo, Oficyna Wydawnicza 1947-1949. “UKAR,” ul. Kosickiego 16 m. 84, 01-581 Dr. Misylo was invited to North Warszawa, Poland; tel/fax; (011-48-22) America as part of the local community’s 39-87-73; or Zakerzonnia Association, preparations to mark the 50th anniversary 4572 Tribal Court, Mississauga, Ontario, of the Akcja Wisla deportations and to L4Z 2R9; telephone, 905-501-0167; fax, Seen at the signing ceremony are: (from left) Nadia McConnell, Dr. Victor Los, John draw attention to the topic. The Toronto- 9 0 5 - 6 0 2 - 9 9 2 8 . Hnatio, Maynard Holliday, Carol Kessler, J. Todd Simonds and Robert Barker. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 No. 8

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY visas by the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. I visited Kyiv’s Montessori the Embassy in September and pleaded the The UNA: its commitment endure s case for three fine Ukrainians to be granted center seeks funds visas for a short visit to the U.S. All were Yesterday, February 22, was the birthday of the father of our country, denied visas more than once, with some- Dear Editor: George Washington. But it was also the birthday of another father figure, times contradictory reasons given for the “Batko Soyuz” — as the Ukrainian National Association has been called for In reference to the article on Montessori denials. No matter what scenario is present- decades. in Ukraine (January 26), I encourage the ed, it seems the Embassy can find a reason The UNA, the oldest and largest Ukrainian fraternal society in the world, Ukrainian community to help support this to just say no. Appeals for help to senators, has turned 103 years of age. Now into the second century of its existence, this venture. I was privileged to attend and both liberal and conservative alike, have institution continues to serve as a foundation of our community life here in the translate the initial meeting between the been fruitless despite their promises. United States and in Canada, and it continues to stay true to its time-honored late Dr. Nancy McCormick Rambusch and Every Ukrainian citizen who appears at tradition of caring for the well-being of its members and the community at Boris, Vera and Tatiana, who have worked the U.S. Embassy window in Kyiv is pre- large. It is able to do so, of course, because community members enroll as tirelessly on the Kyiv Montessori School. sumed to be dishonest or a “classic visa UNA members (by taking out life insurance policies). Their concerns become Dr. Rambusch had been approached to skipper.” Every supporting document that the UNA’s concerns; their causes become the UNA’s causes. facilitate Montessori principles in other is presented is dismissed as being fraudu- Indeed, at its 1996 annual meeting, the UNA General Assembly reaffirmed the countries, but she chose Ukraine because lent. It is impossible to overcome such UNA’s commitment “to supporting and working with Ukrainian Americans and she felt Montessori had the best possibility prejudice and the pre-determined answer of Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian educational institutions, and religious and civic of success in the framework that is in place “no.” In spite of this, the Embassy contin- organizations” on the goal of “preserving, promoting and developing our rich in that country. ues to extract a $20 application fee when Ukrainian heritage, language, culture and the arts.” It also voted to continue subsi- While visiting Kyiv with Ginny there is no hope for obtaining a visa. No dizing the UNA’s most important fraternal benefits, its newspapers, the Cusack, the author of the article and the wonder the Ukrainian people refer to the Ukrainian-language daily Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, and its upstate director of the Princeton Center for American Embassy as the “New Iron New York resort, Soyuzivka. These benefits — which are unique among fraternal Teacher Education, we encountered C u r t a i n . ” benefit societies — are most popular with UNA members and the community. much interest in the Montessori philoso- One of the goals of our organization is Though it may be considered old at 103, the UNA is using new means to phy. Despite the scarcity of printed infor- to promote ties and intercultural exchange reach out to its members and our community. In addition to publishing two mation available to them, parents and between Americans and Ukrainians. It is newspapers, the UNA has begun publishing a newsletter called The UNA in educators are eager to facilitate the ideals difficult to try to forge bonds of friendship Focus, and it has set up a homepage on the Internet. (Readers interested in of this method, which develops self- between the two countries when I find that receiving the newsletter may call the UNA’s special projects coordinator at direction and concentration in children the U.S. Embassy is treating Ukrainians 201-451-2200; the homepage may be found at http://www.tryzub.com/UNA/) and promotes respect for the individual. with disrespect and discrimination. It is also looking into offering new benefits and programs for its members. The Princeton Montessori Society has The Ukrainian American community For example, the soon to be released March issue of The UNA in Focus reports worked consistently to raise funds to needs to protest these actions of the U.S. that Soyuz and several Ukrainian credit unions have set up a joint program train Ukrainian staff in order to establish State Department. America’s problems whereby persons who hold mortgages from these credit unions will be able to the teacher training center that will serve with illegal immigration should not be purchase UNA life insurance on very attractive terms. all of Ukraine. To support this venture thrust upon honest Ukrainians who wish Nor has the UNA forgotten its role as a benefactor of charitable, cultural and with a tax-deductible donation, or to to come to the United States for short educational institutions. The recently established Ukrainian National attend the fund-raiser in Princeton on visits. In addition, the cancellation of the Foundation, Inc., is proof of that. This tax-exempt [501 (c) (3)] entity intends February 23, call (609) 924-4594. humanitarian aid program Operation to solicit government funds and foundation grants to accomplish its goals, and Support Freedom should be protested. it will accept tax-exempt contributions from donors. Olenka Makarushka-Kolodiy Thus, more than an century after it was founded, the UNA’s raison d’être Maplewood, N.J. Clifford Netz remains the same: our community. As long as our community exists, the UNA Maple Grove, Minn. will be there, standing ready to serve its needs. U.S. government The writer is president of Hand in Hand Together, a non-profit organization com - mitted to supplying humanitarian aid to cancels aid program Ukraine and fostering intercultural Feb. Dear Editor: exchanges between Ukrainians and Americans. To date, the organization, My experiences with the U.S. TurningTurning the pagespages back...back... based in Maple Grove, Minn., has sent over Department of State in the past two years 100 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. In 23 have been ones of frustration, agony, sadness and profound disappointment September 1996 Hand and Hand Together organized an optometric mission to 1758 Vasyl Kapnist was a fascinating historical figure with mod- with two different situations concerning Ukraine. One is regarding Operation Shchors, Ukraine, in cooperation with the ern notions of Ukrainian autonomy and identity a full 60 years Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity. before they became widespread in his homeland. Support Freedom, and the other is the The mission conducted an eye clinic, fitting He was born on February 23, 1758, on his family’s Velyka Obukhivka estate near matter of Ukrainian citizens being denied visas to visit the United States. and donating eyeglasses to about 900 peo - Myrhorod, into a line of Left Bank nobility whose title was granted by Venetian ple with vision problems. For more infor - authorities to a Greek ancestor Stomatello Kapnissis. In the first instance, Operation Support Freedom (OSF) was a program mation about Operation Support Freedom, In 1770-1775, Kapnist served with the Izmailov and Preobrazhensk regiments sta- contact Mark Sloman, (301) 649-7614. tioned near St. Petersburg, then resigned his commission in protest against the enserf- to aid the newly independent states (NIS) ment of the Ukrainian peasantry under Russian law. after the collapse of the Soviet Union in He was appointed marshal of the nobility for Myrhorod County in 1782 and for the 1991. OSF was a most valuable and cost- effective foreign aid program. It was a Kyiv Gubernia in 1785-1787. In 1788, while the Russian Empire fought a two-front Personal efforts shining moment for the United States, an war with Turkey and Sweden, he drafted a plan for reviving volunteer Kozak regi- unprecedented opportunity to offer aid ments in Ukraine, but was turned down. can help Ukraine and encouragement to the people in In 1791 he secretly traveled to Berlin to enlist Prussia’s support for the restitution of the Ukraine and other countries of the NIS. Dear Editor: Hetmanate in the event of a conflict with Russia, but could elicit no firm commitment. OSF enabled my organization, along In 1802 he was made general judge of the Poltava Gubernia and continued his vig- I recently read an article about Michajlo with many other small organizations, to orous defense of Ukrainian interests, particularly during the Napoleonic invasion of Gawa of Toronto who donated books and send significant amounts of desperately 1812-1813 when 15 Kozak regiments were re-established and Kozaks were exempted other materials to a school in his native vil- needed aid to Ukraine at a minimum cost from the draft and various taxes. lage in Ukraine. This was a very com- to our government and with a minimum In 1820 he was appointed marshal for the massive Poltava Gubernia, a post he held mendable personal effort and demonstrates of red tape. how individuals or small groups can until his death on November 9, 1823, near Kybyntsi, in the Poltava region. In October 1996 we received a notice A literary figure of some note, Kapnist’s first work was an ode composed on the occa- improve conditions in Ukraine. from the State Department that the OSF For some time now I have observed sion of the Russo-Turkish peace treaty of 1775. In 1782 he composed a poem, “Oda na program was being transferred to USAID. Rabstvo” (Ode on Slavery), protesting Catherine II’s abolition of Ukrainian autonomy. officials and promoters, within and outside I later learned the truth. In reality, the pro- the Ukrainian community, announce His comedy, “Yabeda,” (Calumny, 1798), was a harsh satire on tsarist bureaucracy gram had been canceled. The USAID pro- (which some hailed as a precursor of Nikolai Gogol’s — Mykola Hohol’s — works), grandiose schemes for assistance to gram is a completely different type of pro- Ukraine. Many such programs are govern- and was banned after four performances. gram, for which most small charities will ment funded, and it seems much of the In his later period, Kapnist wrote lyrical poetry, modeling himself on classical not be able to qualify. The letter from the money is spent on administration, travel poets such as Horace. He wrote adaptations of Hryhorii Skovoroda’s works, and also State Department was an obfuscation of and red tape. While the majority of these translated the medieval epic “Slovo o Polku Ihorevim” (The Tale of Ihor’s Campaign) the truth. So besides the frustration of the programs are beneficial, others are of dubi- into Russian. To the latter Kapnist added an interesting commentary in which he cancellation of the program, we have had ous value. They either never get imple- emphasized the poem’s Ukrainian origin and distinctive Ukrainian qualities. to deal with the fact that our government mented or do not materialize past the con- In the early 1800s, Kapnist’s estate in Velyka Obukhivka was a place of intellectu- did not tell us the truth about it. Now I ceptual stage. Such projects give false hope al ferment, attracting such political activists as the Decembrist Pavel Pestel, and liter- must explain to our friends in Ukraine that to Ukrainians, and the diaspora’s credibili- ary lights such as Hohol and Gavriil Derzhavin. our government has canceled this lifeline ty in Ukraine is not enhanced by them. Sources: “Kapnist,” “Kapnist, Vasyl,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 2 (Toronto: of help and hope. Most people within Ukrainian commu- University of Toronto Press, 1988); “Kapnist, Vasyl,” Ukrainska Literaturna Entsyklopedia, The second instance is in regard to the Vol. 2 (Kyiv: Ukrainska Radianska Entsyklopedia, 1990). systematic denials to Ukrainian citizens for (Continued on page 7) No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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(Continued from page 6) plunder.” Similarly, William Safire recently B Y AN D R E W FE D Y N S K Y nities in the West do not have access to observed that “Russia’s privatizers have large pools of capital, as do governments double-crossed reformers and delivered the or corporations, that provide funds for national wealth to Moscow’s elite.” large-scale assistance or investment pro- Ukraine’s government party, coming Ukraine’s historic opportunity jects. There is, however, a way by which from the same school as its Russian For decades, Ukrainian Americans, We know, of course, what happened in individuals and organizations can help cousins, is hardly an ideal privatizing agent Canadians and others wrote letters to the the wake of American neglect: Ukraine Ukraine, and Mr. Gawa has set the exam- for delivering land into farmers’ hands. editor and political leaders reminding ple. With such smaller scale undertakings, More likely, ownership would funnel into was absorbed into the reconstituted them that there is a country called achievable goals of a modest nature that the paws of that noveau riche who have Russian Empire – the Soviet Union – and Ukraine. Patiently, we would point out directly benefit the local population get amassed billions in Swiss banks by plun- history unfolded in all its horror: forced that the Soviet Union consisted of 15 accomplished. They often have a greater dering Ukraine’s exports of raw metals and famine, mass executions, World War II, republics including Ukraine and, no, we impact, are more efficient and cost effec- other industrial commodities – using the the Cold War, terror, Chornobyl, until explained, Ukraine is not part of Russia. tive and have a better chance of succeeding licenses and credits obtained from among finally in 1991, a new generation of than many “top down” programs. Smaller friends in high places in 1992. They have It’s astonishing, therefore, to find inde- Ukrainians declared their independence. projects, particularly in the social and cul- real funds to buy land and anything else, pendent Ukraine at the center of Would things have been different if tural sphere, also provide the necessary while most of Ukraine’s population finds American foreign policy. Who would the United States had extended its hand interaction between donors and recipients, itself in abject poverty. In that case, collec- have thought: the United States and to Ukraine in 1918? Maybe, but that’s thereby developing positive relationships. tive farms would be transformed into cor- Ukraine in a strategic partnership? not what happened. Today’s leaders have Some of this, of course, is already being porate agriculture, perhaps similar to the It wasn’t always that way. In to understand why events unfolded as done. However, these efforts need to be American landscape that has replaced the December 1917 with the Russian Empire they did three generations ago and, above expanded much further. Therefore, indi- family farm in the U.S. The economy of breaking up, the U.S. Ambassador to all, appreciate that today Ukraine is a key viduals, organizations, professional associ- scale would be touted as a plus. Whether Russia sent his consul, Douglas Jenkins, factor in the post-Cold War strategic ations, clubs and parishes in the West this is good or bad depends on the point of to Kyiv to report on the political situation line-up, and seize that opportunity. should adopt specific cities, towns and vil- view, but it hardly would make the farmers there. Mr. Jenkins was told not to do any- In 1918, Ukraine was a peasant nation, lages in Ukraine for the purpose of orga- feel as if they own the land. thing that would imply recognition of the embroiled in revolution and tumbling nizing and undertaking more manageable There are other models, of course. For Ukrainian Rada. He followed instruc- toward anarchy. For centuries, Ukraine’s and meaningful projects that directly instance, in Poland most of land under cul- tions precisely, not even paying a cour- territory had been partitioned, its popula- address local needs. Projects of this type tivation is owned by small farmers. The tesy call on Ukrainian leaders, even after tion more than 90 percent illiterate with might involve material or financial assis- cost inefficiency is such that importing the January 22, 1918, declaration of inde- only a tiny middle class and a mere hand- tance for the building or renovation of a grain from the West is cheaper. German pendence. ful of professionals who could not hope church, library or school, housing for the and French policies include a significant Over the course of the next two years, to replace all the Russian and Austrian elderly or needy; a health clinic; a sewer government role. In any event, there seems as control over Kyiv changed hands administrators who had run everything. or water system for a village; or sending to be no obvious formula for charting countless times, and various armies and Above all, there was no army. At the tools, equipment or computers to schools, Ukraine’s next step beyond ideological brigands criss-crossed the territory of famous battle of Kruty, a week after etc. A closer bond between communities a d v i c e . Ukraine, the United States continued to Ukraine declared its independence in in and outside Ukraine would be estab- watch and do nothing. Ukraine’s bid to 1918, Capt. Honcharenko of the Sich Boris Danik lished in the process. purchase surplus U.S. military equipment Riflemen led 500 volunteers against North Caldwell, N.J. As we all know, the needs in Ukraine was turned down; the request for medi- 4,000 Bolsheviks. Consul Jenkins was are many. What is necessary for this kind cine to treat soldiers during the typhoid not about to recommend that the United of effort to succeed is that the type and epidemic was similarly denied. As a final States recognize a government that could location of such projects be identified and USCAK also helped indignity, President Woodrow Wilson’s scrape together only 500 untrained stu- given priority according to the urgency of staff at the Versailles Peace Conference dents to defend its capital. need. Then the relevant organizations or 1996 Olympic effort in 1919 tossed the file with various When the Soviet Union collapsed in appeals for an independent Ukraine into individuals in the West and the needy com- Dear Editor: August 1991, Ukraine was much better munities in Ukraine could be matched. the furnace in the cellar at the Hotel Only a clearinghouse operation would be Re: The Year in Review “Summer Crillon in Paris. (Continued on page 10) required, with a computerized data base to Olympics: Ukraine Debuts” (December coordinate information and track all activi- 29, 1996). ties, and ensure that projects are evenly Congratulations for a very interesting spread. The rest would be up to the organi- article about Ukraine’s participation in the Introducing our new columnist zations themselves. 1996 Olympics. However, we must point Our new monthly columnist, Commission, the Myroslav Medvid I hope that my letter stimulates further out that you gravely underreported the role discussion on this topic in your paper, played by our sports federation. Please Andrew Fedynsky, first came to case, Chornobyl and, after 1987, from and encourages other individuals and note the Ukrainian Sports Federation of broader public attention in 1955 with a Rep. Oakar’s district office in Ohio, on groups to initiate more projects of the the U.S.A. and Canada contribution to the brilliant recitation of a four-line poem the Millennium of Christianity in type developed by Mr. Gawa. Ukrainian Olympic effort: in the first grade of Cleveland’s Ridna Ukraine and recognition of Ukraine’s • 1) Purchase of modern gymnastic Shkola. (His parents enjoyed it.) Years independence. Alexander Kay equipment for the training of Ukrainian later, he came back to teach at the One of his memorable moments Edmonton gymnasts in the amount of $40,557. same School of Ukrainian Studies. on Capitol Hill came at a 1985 recep- • 2) Funds to cover the cost of trans- Mr. Fedynsky also became active in tion sponsored by Speaker Tip O’Neill portation, food and lodging of the ath- the Ukrainian human rights movement, to welcome the First Secretary of the Land issue remains letes during pre-Olympic training, partic- translating dissident literature , editing Communist Party of Ukraine, ularly for swimmers, weightlifters, and writing for Smoloskyp in Baltimore Volodymyr Shcherbytsky. Mr. enigma in Ukraine freestyle wrestlers, boxers, cyclists and in the 1970s and ’80s. In the summer of Fedynsky took the opportunity to 1977, in an incident that gained wide- upbraid Mr. Shcherbytsky on the treat- Dear Editor: others. Cost: $41,248. • 3) A $10,000 check was presented to spread media coverage, he was arrested ment of dissidents and Russification. The recent session of Ukraine’s the Regional Olympic Committee in New in Belgrade by Yugoslav authorities for Later when Mr. Fedynsky described Parliament has recessed without moving York on the occasion of Valerii Borzov’s holding a press conference about the the conversation to his mother, he said, any closer to a solution for the ailing agri- visit to the U.S. Ukrainian Helsinki Group during the “I told Shcherbytsky the same thing you cultural sector. The key issue remains the Thus, total financial assistance provid- first Helsinki Follow-up Conference used to tell me: Speak Ukrainian!” privatization of land as a commodity. It ed during 1996 was $91,805. that was being held in that city. He also “You told him that?” she asked. has stalled in Parliament and remains an In light of the fact that you specifical- attended the Helsinki Conference in “I sure did!” he replied. enigma among politicians and activists. ly cited figures and names of two other Madrid in 1980, the Summer Olympics “I’ll pray for you,” she replied. The land ownership issue has also drawn contributors to the Olympic effort, the in Montreal in 1976 and numerous Mr. Fedynsky, who also worked on acerbic comments in the diaspora, saying omission of USCAK’s contribution con- human rights conferences on behalf of many development projects in the basically that agriculture will not emerge stitutes a major omission and should be Ukrainian issues. Cleveland area and policy issues with from its limbo until the farmers get the feel- prominently acknowledged in your paper After a nine-year stint as a junior high the House Foreign Affairs and Banking ing that they own farmland. Such an at your earliest convenience. school teacher in the Cleveland public Committees, now has his own consult- appraisal is consistent with our traditional Myron Stebelsky school system in the 1970s, Mr. ing firm that represents clients on gov- values. But it may reflect an oversimplifica- Roman Pyndus Fedynsky joined the staff of Sen. Bob ernment-related issues. He is a member tion of available choices. The conflict is not Newark, N.J. Dole (R-Kan.) in 1978, and later joined of the board of the National Democratic simply between the good guys (privatizers) the staff of Rep. Mary Rose Oakar (D- Ethnic Coordinating Committee and in and the bad ones (collectivists). The writers are, respectively, presi - Ohio) in 1981, where he became chief of 1996 was national co-chair of Ukrainian The reality of the privatization record so dent and secretary of the USCAK. staff. During his years on Capitol Hill, Americans for Clinton-Gore. In far in Ukraine and in Russia suggests how Editor’s Note: The figures cited in The he worked with the organized Ukrainian Cleveland he serves on the board of the the privatization of land, if given the green Weekly’s year-end review were provided community on every important issue, Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and is direc- light, might evolve. As Adrian Karatnycky by the U.S. representative of the National including the creation of the Famine tor of the Ukrainian Museum-Archives. aptly stated two years ago in a McNeil Olympic Committee of Ukraine. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 No. 8 ANALYSIS: The status of Ukrainian military terminology by Stephen D. Olynyk CONCLUSION Present-day situation With the break-up of the Soviet Union, the emer- gence of the independent Ukrainian state and the adop- tion of Ukrainian as the official language, a radically new period began in the field of Ukrainian military ter- minology. Unlike the countries of the Warsaw Pact, which under Communist rule retained and developed their native military terminology, Ukrainian members of the Soviet armed forces were forced to use the Russian lan- guage of command and communication, and were pre- vented from developing any semblance of Ukrainian military terminology. The post-Soviet Ukrainian armed forces formed in 1991 were composed of former Soviet army groups that had been stationed in Ukraine as a second strategic ech- elon of the Soviet Union’s line of defense again the West. These groups were composed of various national- ities, primarily Ukrainians and Russians. While warrant officers and enlisted personnel were in the majority Ukrainian by nationality, the officer corps contained a high percentage of ethnic Russians. This proportion was even higher in the general officer ranks. A large number of ethnic Ukrainian officers did not have a good command of the Ukrainian language due to no fault of their own. Military terminology can be used successfully only when its users fluently speak Soldiers take oath of military service during a 1992 ceremony in Kyiv. the language in question. So, one of the first tasks that faced the new Ukrainian military leadership after the islative and executive branches of the Ukrainian govern- the first in that it advocates a wholesale adoption of mil- formation of the armed forces of Ukraine was to initi- ment. Almost immediately after the declaration of inde- itary terms used in the former Soviet armed forces. ate a program of study of the Ukrainian language. The pendence, the Verkhovna Rada began to codify the Needless to say, members of this school are products of program, however, was neither comprehensive nor organization and the status of Ukrainian military institu- the Soviet military educational system, former Soviet mandatory. tions by passing basic national security and defense leg- army career officers or scholars who have little if any Directive No. 10 of the minister of defense of islation, whose contents reflected Ukrainian military- sympathy for the Ukrainian language. Ukraine, “On Learning the Ukrainian Language in the related expressions and terms. Of course, there are variations among each of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” issued by then Minister of The law “On the Armed Forces of Ukraine” provided three schools. Defense Col. Gen. Kostiantyn Morozov on May 15, that in Ukraine’s armed forces, the Ukrainian language The practical result of the dispute and debate among 1992, stated the following: “Ensuing from the will be used in accordance with existing legislation. these groups can be seen in current field manuals. In Declaration On State Sovereignty of July 16, 1989, and However, the implementation of the cited language law 1992, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine had appoint- in accordance with the Law of the Ukrainian SSR of has been slow, at best, and it has not been welcomed by ed a commission to prepare drafts of field manuals (or October 28, 1989, titled ‘On Languages in the many of the armed forces’ Soviet-educated officers. military regulations). They prepared these drafts in the Ukrainian SSR,’ I direct that ... the study of the With the country’s economic situation going from bad Russian language, drawing heavily on the Soviet Ukrainian language be organized on voluntary basis in to worse over the subsequent two years, this initial army’s model. The Ministry of Defense requested the accordance with appropriate programs.” enthusiasm all but disappeared. Lviv-based lexicographic group (Yakymovych, et al.) In another directive, dated December 13, 1993, When speaking of developing Ukrainian military ter- to translate these regulations into Ukrainian. Minister of Defense Morozov reported that at the end of minology (i.e., not just the introduction of the Ukrainian How much of the terminology in that draft was 1992, that is one year after independence, there were language into the military), we come across three changed (i.e., Ukrainianized) is not known by this 2,556 Ukrainian language study groups in the armed schools of thought on the subject. author, although its general content can be described forces of Ukraine and the total number of military per- The first school of thought is those who can be as reflecting the second school of thought. It did not sonnel studying the Ukrainian language on a voluntary called the “purists” or “traditionalists.” This approach fully satisfy either the Ukrainian “purists” or the basis was over 50,000 (presumably mostly officers). emphasizes making military terminology reflect advocates of Soviet-era terminology. Perhaps for this The armed forces of Ukraine at that time numbered over native Ukrainian as much as possible by purging reason, among others, these manuals are still called 600,000. terms of foreign origin or derivation and replacing “Temporary (or preliminary) Field Regulations.” They In a directive on August 25, 1993, Gen. Morozov them, wherever feasible, with their Ukrainian equiva- cover four major areas: Internal Service; Garrison and noted that teaching of the Ukrainian language in the lent taken from the Ukrainian usage of centuries past Guard Duty; Disciplinary Regulations; and military was not being adequately implemented. In 1994 (especially the Ukrainian Kozak period and the peri- Formations and Drill. They were published in the fall Gen. Morozov’s successor, Minister of Defense Gen. od of brief Ukrainian independence in the years of of 1993, but the controversy over what will be or Vitalij Radetsky, similarly noted in his report to the 1918-1920). should be the final version of these manuals has yet to Collegium of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine that Thus, for example, if we take the simple term “bat- be resolved. the Ukrainian language teaching program in the armed talion” (originally of French derivation), in Ukrainian, In the meantime, as mentioned earlier, some effort forces was still unsatisfactory. to members of this school, it should be “kurin” – a to develop Ukrainian military terminology has been Even today, due to lack of funds, there is only one term used by the Ukrainian Kozaks as far back as the made in the private sector. Several Russian-Ukrainian national military newspaper, Narodna Armia (a publica- 15th century (if not earlier), adopted by Ukrainian military dictionaries, some very modest in content and tion of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine), three national military units during 1917-1920, and by sub- size, are known to have been published privately. regional military papers of local or specialized nature, sequent military units. Traditionalists are especially (Among them are: O. O. Lisna, Rosiisko-Ukrainskyi and only one professional military journal, Armia opposed to wide adoption or continuation of usage of Viiskovyi Slovnyk, 1st ed., Kyiv, 1992; M. M. Ukrainy. This paints a sad picture of the status of the terms used by tsarist Russian and, later, Russian- Obraztsova, H. D. Temko, I. M. Shorokhov and Iu. O. Ukrainian language in Ukraine’s armed forces, which speaking Soviet armed forces, even though many of Chuvaieva, Rosiisko-Ukrainskyi Viiskovyi Slovnyk, negatively affects the effort to introduce the Ukrainian these terms may have been of foreign origin (especial- Odesa, 1993; A. Panibudlaska and B. Kantselaruk, language in command and communication. ly German or French). Rosiisko-Ukrainskyi Slovnyk Viiskovykh terminiv; The development of Ukrainian military terminology The second school of thought is the “school of rea- M.V. Tsybulenko [ed.], Rosiisko-Ukrainskyi Styslyi Dovidnyk Viiskovykh Terminiv, Kyiv, 1992; Kratkii in recent years has taken at least two forms: official and sonable compromise.” This school proposes the adop- Russko-Ukrainskii Slovar Artileriiskikh Terminov, unofficial. The unofficial effort has been either academ- tion or adaptation of terms of foreign origin or deriva- Chernivtsi, 1993). ic or purely private. If there was anything in common tion based on their general usage and international A serious effort at developing terminology is being between these two approaches, it was that their partici- acceptance. made by the group of Lviv lexicographers that pre- pants shared in the spiritual uplift and sense of euphoria Thus, if we take the word “kurin” again, the advo- that prevailed in practically all sectors of life in Ukraine pared the original draft field manuals. This group, cates of compromise would argue that most European during the first year of Ukraine’s independence. under the editorial leadership of Bohdan countries use the term “battalion,” and it would be The official program was undertaken by both the leg- Yakymovych, prepared and in 1995 published an up- advantageous for Ukrainians to do the same. But to-date Russian-Ukrainian military dictionary of over when they come to a purely Russian term, like “rota” 32,000 words (A. Buryachok, M. Demskyi, B. (company), they suggest the traditional Ukrainian Stephen D. Olynyk is a retired U.S. Army colonel, now Lakymovych, Rosiisko-Ukrainskyi Slovnyk dlia working as an independent consultant on national securi - term “sotnia.” They put forth a reasonable argument Viiskovykiv, Lviv, 1995). They are also working on a ty. He spent one year (1994) in Kyiv as an adviser to the that in this modern world no one is an island and that Ukrainian Military Encyclopedic Dictionary of 10,000 Parliament and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and military terminology, just like terminology in other entries. This group is closer to the first school of continues to serve as a consultant. He has lectured at the professional fields, is influenced by the languages thought, the “purists.” Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to which he and usage of other countries, especially of the more Specialized army manuals also are being published, also serves as a regular consultant, and is the author of advanced states. many articles on military subjects. The third school of thought is the exact opposite of (Continued on page 13) No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 9 C O N C E RT REVIEW: Zuk duo opens window to rich musical culture by Wolfgang Bottenberg MONTREAL – The internationally renowned piano duo team Luba and Ireneus Zuk, assisted by Eugene Husaruk, violin, and Marcel Saint-Cyr, cello, presented a concert of music by Ukrainian composers on February 10 at the Pollack Concert Hall of McGill University. For the Montreal audience, this was a very special experience. It is known that musical standards in Ukraine, as well as in other Eastern European countries are high, but little is known here about their musical creations. The occasional appearance of a world famous composer from one of the Eastern European countries seems to Western audiences to be an isolated phenomenon. This concert by Luba and Ireneus Zuk went far to dispel this myth. It was proof that musical creativity in Ukraine builds on a firm tradition, and that in its scope and quality, meets world standards. Of the compositions that were presented at this concert, a few were by older composers whose stylistic orientation was a rich late romanticism, but with clear evidence of knowledge and appreciation for new idioms. Among these were a violin sonata by Victor Kosenko (1896-1938) with a Brahmsian flavor. A “Dumka” by Vasyl Barvinsky (1888- 1963), and “Lyric Piece and Dance” by Mykola Dremliuha Featured performers at the Zuk Duo “Music from Ukraine” chamber concert which took place in Montreal (b. 1917), both for cello and piano, incorporated Ukrainian on February 10 are (from left): Ireneus Zuk, pianist; Eugene Husaruk, violinist; Luba Zuk, pianist; and folk music into a rich harmonic texture . Marcel Saint-Cyr, cellist. The majority of the compositions presented were by liv- ing composers who had written their works specifically for Lesia Dychko (b. 1939), a substantial work that evokes and French Can-Can. The result was a colorful work the Zuks. The scope of these works, their technical archaic chants and ritual dances in a complex and tightly with some lovely inventions, although some sections demands and their solid compositorial craft demonstrated effective pianistic style. seemed to continue these ideas for too long. the high esteem in which Luba and Ireneus Zuk are held in A very different atmosphere was created by Oleksander Luba and Ireneus Zuk are ambassadors of a very unusual Ukraine. It was obvious that the best composers there con- Krasotov (b. 1936) in his “Antiphons.” Here the interest kind: they bring the works of Canadian composers to the sider it an honor and a challenge to write for this team. was primarily rhythmical. It is a large-scale composition, attention of European audiences, and they encourage com- For the attentive listener, it was also an indication with relentless forward driving motion, but also with a posers from these countries to write new works for them, that there is great stylistic diversity among contempo- sense of humor. which are then heard in Canada. Their favorite cultural rary composers of Ukraine. In an even more pointed manner, humor was evident exchange is with Ukraine, the land of their origin. For the The concert opened with “Dramatic Triptych” by in the final composition of the evening, “Three Dances many Ukrainians living in Canada and in the U.S., it is a for Two Pianos” by Myroslav Skoryk (b. 1938). In this significant cultural link with the finest traditions of their Dr. Wolfgang Bottenberg is professor of music at composition, popular traditions from non-Ukrainian homeland. For us Canadians, it is the opening of a window Concordia University in Montreal. sources predominate: Spanish-Moorish, American blues into a rich and stimulating contemporary musical culture.

‘Artists from Ukraine’ catalogue is available Consulate General in New York hosts HOUSTON — The catalogue for the The artists represented are: Andriy exhibit “Artists from Ukraine: Works on Chebykin, Danylo Dovboshynsky, Paper”, which was organized by the Valentin Gordiychuk, Halyna Halynska, celebration of Ukrainian Christmas O’Kane Gallery and curated by Ukrainian Alina Ivanova, Yevgenia Kharkova, Ksenia American artist Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak Khodakovska, Oksana Kirpenko, Yurko by Lesia Lebed No Ukrainian Christmas celebration and University of Houston-Clear Lake fac- Koch, Kateryna Korniychuk, Andrew would be complete without carolers. NEW YORK — Ludmyla Therefore, children came to carol at ulty printmaker artist Sandria Hu, is now Levitsky, Lubomyr Medvid, Irina Kryzhanivsky, wife of Ukraine’s consul available for sale. The exhibit was on view Movchan, Olena Mychaylova-Rodyna, the Consulate General, thanks to Sister general in New York Viktor Gabriel, principal of St. George at O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston- Olha Pohribna-Koch, Oleksandra Prakhova, Kryzhanivsky, invited the International Downtown, through February 21. Serhiy Shulyma, Oksana Stratiychuk, Olena Ukrainian Catholic School, and Hospitality Committee and its 56 inter- Natalia Duma of the Ukrainian The 44-page catalogue includes an essay Yakovleva and Ihor Yaremchuk. national guests from the diplomatic by Dr. Susan Baker, art historian and art The catalogue price is $7 plus $1.50 National Women’s League of community to participate in a celebra- history professor at UH, a curator’s state- for postage and handling. Checks for the America. The beatiful voices of the tion of Ukrainian Christmas on January ment, short biographies of the 20 partici- full amount of $8.50 (U.S.) should be children brought joy to everyone. The 15. The celebration took place at the pating artists, and color and black-and- made out to: O’Kane Gallery, University international guests were most moved Ukrainian Consulate General, located white reproductions of their artwork. of Houston-Downtown, 1 Main St., by the “Carol of the Bells.” in the historic district of New York City The exhibition of 48 artworks includes Houston, TX 77002. At the end of the program Mrs. known as Turtle Bay Gardens. drawings, monotypes, etchings, seri- On March 6 the exhibit “Artists From Jimmy Welden, chair of the The guests were formally greeted graphs, as well as computer ink-jet Ukraine: Works on Paper” travels to the International Hospitality Committee, by Consul General and Mrs. prints, small ex libris prints and mixed College of the Mainland Art Gallery in thanked Mrs. Kryzhanivsky for host- media works on paper. Much of the art- Texas City, where it will be on view Kryzhanivsky. Next they learned ing the event and Mrs. Kurowyckyj for work is available for sale. through April 13. about various Ukrainian customs that sponsoring the program and providing are observed during Christmas, the information about how Ukrainians New Year and Epiphany from Iryna observe the winter holidays. Mrs. Kurowyckyj, member of the Welden also reminded the guests that International Hospitality Committee Mrs. Kryzhanivsky had hosted a simi- and honorary president of the National lar event on Ukrainian Easter tradi- Council of Women of U.S.A., under tions in the spring. which the Hospitality Committee The celebration of Ukrainian functions. Christmas ended the International While Mrs. Kurowyckyj was Hospitality Committee’s winter cycle describing the 12 meatless and dairy- of celebrations, aimed at bringing peo- less dishes served by Ukrainians on ple from various nations closer togeth- Christmas Eve, the guests were getting er and helping them gain a better their first taste of kutia. They were understanding of each other. told about the tradition of throwing the The celebrations started in early first spoon of kutia onto the ceiling by December, when the committee the head of the household. Mrs. learned about “Sinteeklaas” and tasted Kurowyckyj joked that this was the the delicious cookies baked by the reason the consul general left so soon Dutch during their Christmas celebra- – he was afraid that he would be asked tions. Next, the wife of the Swedish to observe this ritual. The kutia was so consul general invited the members of popular that some guests even asked the committee to learn about the leg- for portions to take home. Three dif- end of “Sankla Lucia,” hear carolers At the opening of the exhibition “Artists From Ukraine: Works On Paper” at the ferent varieties of varenyky, holubtsi, and partake of a Swedish Christmas O’Kane Gallery in Houston (from left) are: Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak, artist/curator; fish and uzvar were also served. meal. Dr. Susan Baker, art historian; and Ann Trask, director, O’Kane Gallery. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 No. 8

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FIGURE SKATING Dmytrenko, who eventually outpaced the new kid on the block with a veteran’s Bizarre doings in men’s competition consistency, finishing eighth in the short, Last year’s European champion, and eighth in the long to place eighth Ukraine’s Vyacheslav Zahorodniuk, sur- over all. rendered his crown to Russia’s Alexei Women’s, ice dance, pairs Urmanov at this year’s tournament, held in Paris January 18-25. Mr. Zahorodniuk Yulia Lavrenchuk rose from fifth after stayed on the podium, however, settling the short program to claim Ukraine’s for the bronze behind the charismatic other bronze medal at the Europeans, Phillipe Candeloro of France. finishing behind Irina Slutskaya of Many spectators at the skating center Russia (gold) and Hungary’s Kristina in Paris were left scratching their heads Czako. Olena Liashenko also turned in a over the ranking system after the plac- strong performance, finishing fifth over ings bounced in a bizarre fashion. a l l . After the short program, some (includ- In the ice dance, Irina Romanova and ing Reuters in its report over the wires) Ihor Yaroshenko placed, as they have so placed Mr. Zahorodniuk in first, credit- many times in their career, sixth. Have you “THOUGHT” ing him with “a flawless routine” based Ukraine’s other entries, Elena Grushina on a “Russian Sailor’s Dance” music and Ruslan Honcharov, were 13th, while [which enabled him] to grab the lead Natalia Gudina and Vitaliy Kurkudym ahead of defending champion Ilya Kulik were 18th. about your kids’ of Russia. In the pairs competition, Olena When the smoke cleared, however, he Belousovska and Stanislav Morozov stood in second place behind Mr. Kulik, placed eighth over all, while Evgenia education lately? with Germany’s Andrei Vlascenko in Filomenko and Ihor Marchenko finished third, and Mr. Urmanov a seemingly dis- 11th. tant sixth. HOCKEY During the long skate final, the Ukrainian appeared to assume the lead, Home ice proved to be of little advan- and seemed to hold it, even after Messrs. tage to Ukraine’s national junior hockey Urmanov (who rose to second) and team, as it remained mired in the interna- Candeloro (in fourth) had skated. tional system’s Pool B. However, when Mr. Vlascenko turned This year’s Pool B championships in a sub-par long program, Mr. Urmanov were held in Kyiv from December 27 to rose to first and the Frenchman was cata- January 5, but the venue served more as a pulted up past Mr. Zahorodniuk. launch pad for surging Team Kazakstan, International Skating Union President which had won Pool C last year, and Ottavio Cinquanta was quoted in a advanced to Pool A by finishing first this January 25 Reuters report defending the year. judging system. “The fact that millions With a mediocre 3-3-1 won-lost-tied of spectators did not understand the sys- record, Ukraine finished fifth in the tem ... does not mean the system is standings. Individual stats were indica- wrong,” Mr. Cinquanta said. He added tive, as team top scorer Oleksander that the ISU “must do something to Yakovenko (9 points on 5 goals and 4 We have ... CALL UNA ensure the spectators are not in that posi- assists) Vladyslav Serov (8, 6, 2) and tion again.” Oleksander Zinevych (8, 5, 3) finished Prior to the European competition, the ninth, 10th and 11th in the standings. ISU announced that qualification rules In the first period of Ukraine’s first (800) 253-9862 for the Olympic Games in Nagano, game of the tournament, things looked Japan, would be changed. good. Oleh Krykunenko (who finished Beginning with the 1997-1998 season, with four goals and one assist over all) the number of entries from each country put his side ahead of Kazakstan at 3:56, in the world championships and the and they took the 1-0 lead into the dress- Olympics will depend on the previous- ing room. This didn’t last, as the Kazaks year performance of the entire team, potted three unanswered goals to take the instead of the top performance from one contest. skater in a world championship. The next day, Ukraine lost to France The new qualification rules will be in 4-3, a strange see-saw contest in which place for this year’s world champi- the teams seemed to take turns in going onships in Lausanne, Switzerland, on to sleep for a period. France went up 3-0, March 17-23. Twenty-four slots in each then Ukraine scored three straight, then Olympic singles event will be deter- Thierry Nicoud put it away for the mined, along with slots for 16 pairs and Tricolor at 13:52 of the last frame. 19 ice dancing duos. Other competitors In subsequent play, Ukraine had trou- will face a series of qualification ble with Japan before winning 4-3, and r o u n d s . blew out Pool doormats Italy (7-3) and Hungary (8-1). Pliuta makes a splash The blue-and-yellow’s last two games in the competition were respectable: a 2- In the preliminary stages of the tour- 2 tie with Norway, and a hard-fought 2-1 ney, Kyiv native Yevhen Pliuta, a 22- loss to Latvia, but obviously not Pool A year-old rookie, grabbed headlines and stuff. won his qualifying group with a program On a note that doesn’t concern of seven triple jumps, including two in Ukraine, but should, the 20-team combination. European Hockey League completed its On January 19, Brian Creighton of first season without an entry from the Reuters gushed, “[Mr. Pliuta] opened five-year-old state. In the championship with a superb triple axel, followed with a game, TPS Turku of Helsinki, Finland, triple lutz-triple toe loop combination, beat Dynamo Moscow 5-2. Perhaps Kyiv and the only flaw came on a second Sokil is simply saving itself some embar- triple axel when he only managed a sin- rassment. g l e . ” The league plans to hold a “Super The new Ukrainian sensation fared Cup” competition in September against a less well the rest of the way, placing sev- National Hockey League team that has enth in the short program, 13th in the yet to be named, and hopes to draw the long, and 12th over all, but he certainly (NHL minor system) American Hockey served notice of his potential as a star of League into a planned expansion. the future. Also in the running was Dmytro – Compiled by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 No. 8

Ukrainian pro hockey update Air Ukraine by Ihor Stelmach National Airlines Bondra coping without Pivonka playing in the last three or four games (late November), the wins are on the NON-STOP FLIGHTS A bevy of Washington Capitals’ horizon.” observers and fans wondered how right It was not a moment too soon for the winger Peter Bondra would react when Coyotes, who have spent most of the NEW YORK - KYIV — Fridays and Sundays his longtime center, Michal Pivonka, was season mired in the Central Division cel- sidelined with a knee injury in late lar. 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It’s up to the coaches.” Bellows an asset in Anaheim Air Ukraine “We’ll worry about that when Michal 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 Brian Bellows wasn’t in coach Terry gets back,” said Capitals’ coach Jim Crisp’s plans with the Tampa Bay New York, NY 10176 Schoenfeld. Lightning, but he isn’t coming out of the The addition of the bruising Simon line-up of Ron Wilson’s Mighty Ducks For cargo shipments call to: has opened up more offensive skating of Anaheim. Quite a distinct tale of two room for Bondra, and Simon’s scoring cities! has forced defenses to at least divide Bellows, 32, was acquired by those Air Ukraine - Cargo their attention. 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And 53 points through his first 49 games Anaheim GM Jack Ferreira, who held p l a y e d . the same post in Minnesota, knows AS S O C I AT I O N Coyotes’ Tkachuk comes through Bellows well too. “He’s not as fast as he was, but you With their season in a spiraling tail- still see that power game,” Wilson said. FOR PURCHASE spin and fears about missing the playoffs “When I was playing the point on the HOME already readily surfacing, somebody had power play in Minnesota, I always to step up for the Phoenix Coyotes (nee looked for Brian because he gets his OR REFINANCE Winnipeg Jets). Captain Keith Tkachuk stick on the puck. It’s one thing to stand LOAN answered the call. in front of the net. It’s another to be able The ultra-rugged Ukrainian left SPECIAL FEATURES: to deflect shots. Only a few people in the PROGRAM* winger stretched his goal-scoring streak league right now have that. Brian is one. • Available Nationwide to four games on November 28, 1996, by Call now for immediate service Dino Ciccarelli is another.” • Single-Family Residence or Condominium recording three goals, including the over- Bellows missed some time in Tampa and complete program details... • Conventional and Jumbo Loans time winner, in a 4-3 triumph over the Bay because of a sore back, but he New Jersey Devils. The onslaught gave • Fixed or Adjustable Rates wasn’t in the line-up once the injury was him 10 goals and a team-leading 22 healed, so he asked for a trade. • Fast, Efficient Service points at the time. “Phil (Lightning GM Esposito) is (800) 253-9862 • Free Pre-Qualification “Keith sets the tone,” said GM John Paddock. “If he plays like he has been (Continued on page 13)

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on the team that can handle that role,” Pro hockey... said Devils’ coach Jacques Lemaire. “I The Ukrainian National Association (Continued from page 12) don’t think we should worry about that. I never one to hold a player back,” Crisp think toughness is our strong part.” sponsors said. “Brian is in the last year on his con- With the departure of good friend tract, and it was good for him to go Mike Peluso, Kenny Daneyko begs to 2nd Annual Soyuzivka Photo Contest differ! somewhere where he’d get ice time and 1996-1997 could get a new contract. He did a great UKRAINIAN UTTERINGS: C a p i t a l s ’ job for us his first year. This year we left winger Steve Konowalchuk missed were bringing in young players.” extended playing time earlier this season Daneyko sheds tears over trade with a painful separated rib cartilage ... Wayne Gretzky hit a milestone After virtually giving away physical December 1, of which he wasn’t even left winger Mike Peluso in a trade with aware, becoming the first player ever to the St. Louis Blues, the New Jersey reach 3,000 combined regular season and Devils can only hope they don’t become playoff points (2,639 regular season and NHL tin men. They still have enough 362 in the playoffs). “I didn’t even know toughness, but lost a considerable it,” he said. “Honest, I just saw it on amount of heart. TV.” ... More Gretzky, this time voicing The deal, in which the Devils sent his opinion about coach Colin Campbell Peluso and defenseman Ricard Persson being on the hot seat because of the to St. Louis for journeyman Ken Sutton Rangers’ sub-.500 record: “The fingers and the Blues’ second-round entry draft should be pointed at the players.” ... In pick in 1999, hit several players hard. defeating the Hamilton Bulldogs 3-0 and Defenseman Kenny Daneyko was 6-2 earlier this season, Albany River teary-eyed when Peluso was pulled off Rats’ goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz moved the team’s charter flight before taking into third place in career AHL victories Judges at the UNA-Soyuzivka ‘96 Photo Contest (from left): Ulana Diachuk, UNA President; off from New Jersey on November 26, with 129. Two retirees are ahead of him Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky, choreographer; Roman Iwasivka, professional photographer and 1 9 9 6 . ... On October 28, 1996, Peter Bondra George Kozak, painter (not present). “That was probably the most emotion- played in his 400th NHL game ... the al I ever got when a guy was traded,” Cleveland Lumberjacks recently cele- Due to the positive response our first contest received, we will hold our second contest during Daneyko said. “I went through a lot with brated hockey history in Cleveland. The the 1997 season. We encourage all amateur photographers who are visiting Soyuzivka him. It’s tough losing a friend like Mike. team invited many of the city’s former to participate, and send entries for the contest to the UNA’s Home Office. He’s one of my better friends and he players to its November 23, 1996, game probably had the biggest heart of any guy against the Quebec Rafales. The I’ve played with. He’s a tough guy to Rules and regulations: Lumberjacks donned the sweaters worn 1. Only non-professional photo buffs can participate. replace.” by the American League’s Cleveland GM Lou Lamoriello said the trade was 2. Photos must be taken at Soyuzivka in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Barons. Honored were nearly 40 ex-pro 3. Entries must have a people theme and provide the following information triggered because the Devils wanted to players from the NHL and AHL Barons 3. printed on the reverse of photo: give younger players such as left wingers and the World Hockey Association’s Jay Pandolfo and Reid Simpson more ice Cleveland Crusaders. Among the hon- – each photo must be dated; time. Toughness will come from defense- orees was Ukrainian Paul Shmyr ... – people on the photo must be identified and model release signature must be included; men Lyle Odelein, Daneyko, Scott – name, address and telephone number of the entrant must be typed on a label. Stevens, Jason Smith and wingers Randy (Quotes courtesy of Dave Fay, Bob 3. There is no limit on the number of entries. McKay and Bill Guerin. McManaman, Robyn Norwood and Rich 4. Selected photos will be published in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. “How much toughness do you want on Chere, beat reporters for the Capitals, 5. Photos will not be returned and will become the property of the UNA. a team? We have about six or seven guys Coyotes, Ducks and Devils.) 6. Prints only (no slides); black/white or color; at least 4 x 6 up to 11x14 7. All photo entries will be exhibited at Soyuzivka in 1997. sions as “Komu eto nuzhno? (Who needs 8. Entries will be judged solely on their merit; decisions of the judges will be final. The status... this?) From time to time, polemic articles 9. Entries must be postmarked no later than April 30, 1997, and mailed to: (Continued from page 8) on this subject appear, (e.g., A. Smirnov, UNA – Soyuzivka Photo Contest ‘96-97 for example the newly issued manual for “Komu Nuzhny Takiie Komandy?” 30 Montgomery St. the rocket forces titled “Artillery Course [Who needs such commands?], Narodna Jersey City, NJ 07303 for the Armed Forces of Ukraine” Armiia, November 19, 1992 and Colonel Att’n.: Oksana Trytjak (Ministerstvo Oborony, Tsentralne’ I. Postrybaylo’s, “Ne Nuzhny Slovesnye Tel. (201) 451-2200 Upravlinnia Viisk i Artylerii, Kurs Igry” [We Do Not Need Word Games], Pidhotovky Artylerii ZSU, Kyiv, Narodna Armiia, December 22, 1992). Ministerstov Oborony 1995). Then there is also the problem of infor- mal military communication (military UNA Executive Committee Conclusion slang, like American “Pentagonese”), announces that It must be remembered that military which is not published anywhere, but terminology, like terminology in any which develops over time through usage THE ANNUAL MEETING other professional field (medicine, sci- and tradition, and is commonly used in the ence and engineering) is a precise form daily life and the work of the military. of the newly organized of communication. There is not much Increased psychological resistance to room for making errors or for miscom- the introduction of Ukrainian military NORTHERN NEW JERSEY DISTRICT terminology and to Ukrainian as the lan- municating. In many situations, espe- which includes Branches of the former Jersey City, Newark and Passaic Districts cially on modern battlefields where guage of command within the armed speed and accuracy in communication is forces of Ukraine is due also to the ero- will be held on one of the contributing factors to victory sion of euphoria about Ukraine’s inde- or defeat, miscommunication can result pendence and its envisioned benefits. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1997 at 1:00 PM There is growing disenchantment among in the loss of life. An officer and a sol- at the UNA Main Office, third floor, dier have to be certain that they speak officers about their economic condition the same language and use the same ter- and social status, which has made the 30 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ minology. Orders must be clearly trans- choice of military terminology, at best, a mitted and correctly understood. Clarity secondary issue for them. The only hope Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting me mbers are District Committee Officers, comes with long training and practice in for more rapid progress in the language Convention Delegates and two delegate s from the following Branches: common usage, and is habit-forming so area is improvement in the national econ- that terminology becomes second omy in general and in the living condi- 14, 25, 27, 37, 42, 70, 76, 133, 134, 142, 170, 171, 172, 182, n a t u r e . tions for officers in particular. There is 214, 234, 281, 286, 287, 322, 340, 371, 490 Work is being done on Ukrainian mili- also an expectation that, in the long run, tary terminology, but progress is very the new graduating classes of junior lieu- All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. slow for several reasons: the controversy tenants from Ukrainian-language military over proper terminology and usage has schools will add support to the wider use MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: not been resolved and probably will not of proper Ukrainian military terminology be anytime soon. Aside from a lack of in the Ukrainian armed forces. UNA Executive Committee and members of the General Assembly consensus on what should be proper For ardent advocates of Ukrainian mil- Ukrainian military terminology, there is itary terminology, it is also an issue of IMPORTANT! still strong resistance from the Soviet- major political significance because that Advance notice of the number of persons planning to attend from each Branch trained and educated officers to accepting is the key to re-making the former should be reported by telephoning Ms. Barbara Bachynsky or Ms. Marijka new Ukrainian terminology to which “Group of Soviet Forces in Ukraine” into they are not accustomed. a truly “Ukrainian Army.” Oscislawski at (201) 451-2200 Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM It is not unusual to hear such expres- 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1997 No. 8

stressed that it is unacceptable to try to pro- Newsbriefs tect the security of other countries while (Continued from page 2) creating a “strategic risk” to the security of three years Ukraine start producing grain at Russia. (OMRI Daily Digest) the rate it did in Soviet days. “The grain Russia reserves right to use nukes crop losses cost us about $2.5 billion a year and neither nature nor a lack of cash MOSCOW — In an interview on explains that. The reason is the leadership’s Russian Public TV (ORT) on February 15, mistakes,” he said. President Kuchma also Andrei Konovalov, president of the fired First Vice Minister of Transportation Institute of Strategic Evaluation, confirmed Leonid Zhelezniak on February 14. that the new military doctrine being pre- President Kuchma announced the two dis- pared by the Security Council does allow missals at a meeting of a presidential com- for Russia to be the first power to use or mittee on organized crime and corruption. threaten to use nuclear weapons in certain (Reuters, OMRI Daily Digest) circumstances — for example, to prevent the expansion of a regional conflict in Large-scale privatization to proceed which Russian conventional forces were KYIV — Ukraine plans to draw up sales engaged. The USSR publicly renounced D o n ’t let TA X E S of shares in all large-scale enterprises by the first use of nuclear weapons in 1982, the first half of this year, Prime Minister but Russia revoked this commitment in the Pavlo Lazarenko said on February 17. “By military doctrine it adopted in 1993. the first half of 1997 we will confirm the (OMRI Daily Digest) “ E AT” your savings! plan of placement of shares in all enterpris- Georgian president visits Ukraine es,” he told a meeting of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development KYIV — Eduard Shevardnadze ended (EBRD) directors, which arrived in Kyiv an official two-day visit to Ukraine on for weeklong meetings. “We must end pri- February 14, Ukrainian and international CALL UNA TODAY vatization by the end of the year,” Mr. agencies reported. President Shevardnadze Lazarenko said. The prime minister said and President Leonid Kuchma signed nine the government also planned to issue documents on cooperation, including shares in 105 of 228 companies that it has agreements on double taxation, trade and (800) 253-9862 made available for strategic foreign invest- economic cooperation, and cooperation on ment, and would discuss this week whether customs and border issues. Trade between to add another 40 enterprises to the list. He Ukraine and Georgia is expected to reach IRA AND RETIREMENT PLANS said the president would pass a decree $500 million this year, up from $180 mil- allowing the State Property Fund to priva- lion in 1996. Talks also touched on cooper- tize through foreign investment. This ation concerning energy supplies. Ukraine would effectively overturn a parliamentary is interested in a project to modernize an oil ruling late last year to stop privatization pipeline from Azerbaijan to Georgia. The Ukrainian Museum’s NJ Regional Fundraising Committee through strategic foreign investment until Ukraine produces pipes and other equip- the government developed rules to govern ment for the gas and oil industries. Both the process. Although Ukraine has com- cordially invites you to meet with architect George Sawicki presidents voiced skepticism over the via- pleted small-scale privatization, it has been bility of the CIS. Upon returning to Tbilisi, to preview the plans for the museum’s future home criticized by international funding bodies President Shevardnadze said in a radio for the over-all slow pace of its privatiza- interview that the focal point of Georgian- tion program. It has started privatizing only Ukrainian relations is creation of a Sunday, March 9th, 1997 at 2:00 PM half of its 17,000 medium- and large-scale “Eurasian corridor” to provide for supplies Ramada Inn enterprises, and about 3,500 remain under a of Caspian oil and other products from privatization moratorium placed by the Central Asia. (OMRI Daily Digest, Route 10, East Hanover, NJ Verkhovna Rada because they are consid- Respublika) ered “strategic” to national security. ( R e u t e r s ) Pension arrears grow in Ukraine KYIV — Pension arrears stood at 1.33 Moscow sees Baltic states as buffer billion hryvni ($707 million U.S.) on MOSCOW — The Russian Foreign February 15, UNIAN reported. The first Affairs Ministry’s director of foreign policy deputy head of the State Pension Fund, planning, Vadim Lukov, said on February Volodymyr Onyschuk, said the fund had 13 that Russia wants the Baltic states to stay failed to receive 544 million hrv in 1996 outside of any alliances and maintain a poli- and 103 million in January 1997. Mr. cy of neutrality, ITAR-TASS reported. Onyschuk blamed the banks, which do not Russia wants to base its relationship with demand that enterprises pay compulsory Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on “economic contributions to the Pension Fund, and cooperation, the ‘indivisibility’ of each local authorities, which exempt some enter- state’s security, and respect for human prises from contributions. Mr. Onyschuk rights and national minorities,” he said. He said pension arrears also are caused by the defined the Baltic states as a buffer zone payment of wages in goods rather than against the expansion of NATO. He cash. (OMRI Daily Digest)

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Friday, February 28 works by Schubert, Shostakovich and Brahms. For performance time call the NEW YORK: The Literary and Art Club concert hall. will screen a video film titled “Tobi Ukraino Pisnia Moya,” with introductory Wednesday, March 12 remarks by Teodor Teren-Yuskiw. The EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of screening will be held at 136 Second Ave., at 7 p.m. Ukrainian Studies is holding a lecture as part of its seminar series by Taras Kuzio, Saturday, March 1 research fellow at the Center for Russian NEWARK, N.J.: The New Jersey and East European Studies, University of Chapter of the Ukrainian Engineers’ Birmingham, England, who will speak on Society of America is holding a presenta- the topic “Kravchuk and Kuchma: A tion by Gregory S. Kuzma, president, who Comparative Analysis of Their Policies will speak on the topic “The Real Reasons and Methods.” The presentation will be for and the Consequences of the held in 352 Athabasca Hall at 3:30 p.m. Chornobyl Disaster.” The presentation Thursday, March 13 will be held in St. John the Baptist Church Hall, Sanford Avenue, at 3 p.m. EDMONTON: The 33rd Annual Shevchenko Lecture, sponsored by the Saturday, March 8 Ukrainian Professional and Business Club NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of and the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian America, as part of its Music at the Studies at the University of Alberta pre- Institute Series, presents Vagram sent Taras Kuzio, research fellow at the Saradjian, cello, and Volodymyr Center for Russian and East European Vynnytsky, piano, in a program of works Studies, University of Birmingham, by Beethoven (Seven Variations in E Flat England, who will give a lecture titled “In Major on a theme by Mozart from “The Search of a National Idea: The Next Stage Magic Flute”) and Hindemith (Sonata for of Nation-State Building in Ukraine.” The Cello and Piano, Op. 11, No. 3), and lecture will be held in the Tory Breezeway Rachmaninoff (Sonata for Cello and Piano Room, Tory Building, University of in G Minor, Op. 19). The concert will be Alberta, at 7:30 p.m. held at the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. ADVANCE NOTICE Sunday, March 9 NEW PALTZ, N.Y.: The Language JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The annual Immersion Institute at the State Ukrainian Easter Expo, sponsored by the University of New York at New Paltz is Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center of holding summer foreign language instruc- Manor Junior College, will be held on tion on campus in two sessions: July 7-18 campus, 700 Fox Chase Road, at noon - 5 and July 21-August 1. Intensive two-week p.m. Featured will be exhibits of courses in 20 different languages, includ- Ukrainian pysanky, master craftsmen ing Ukrainian, emphasize the develop- demonstrations, exhibits of Ukrainian ment of conversational skills. Three Field & Olesnycky Easter traditions, spring folk dance undergraduate college credits are avail- Attorneys at Law demonstrations, Easter breads as well as able for each session. The institute also unique gift items. Admission: $2, adults; offers customized foreign language 11 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 100 children, 50 cents. instruction to meet the needs of multi- national business. Instructional fee per East Hanover, N.J. 07936 Monday, March 10 two-week course: $625. For more infor- (201) 386-1115 DALLAS, Texas: The Leontovych mation and for additional programs that Fax (201) 884-1188 String Quartet — Yuri Mazurkevich, first include weekend programs in New York (Three Miles North of Ramada Hotel, at Ridgedale Ave.) violin; Yuri Kharenko, second violin; City, Westchester and New Paltz, as well Borys Deviatov, viola; and Vlodymyr as resort weekends and overseas learning Representation of Small Businesses, Panteleyev, cello — will appear in con- vacations call the institute at (914) 257- cert at Southern Methodist University, 3500 or visit the LII website at: Wills, Estates and Asset Protection, Commercial and Corporate Law, Caruth Concert Hall, in a program of h t t p : / / w w w . e e l a b . n e w p a l t z . e d u / l i i Real Estate and Family Law.

(By prior appointment, on selected Fridays, between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and 7 P.M., Mr. Olesnycky will hold office hours at Self-Reliance Ukrainian Federal Credit Union, 558 Summit Ave., Jersey City, NJ. Conference to examine “new Ukraine” Please call (201) 386-1115 to make such appointments in advence) OTTAWA – The Chair of Ukrainian Academy, “The Building of a New Civil Nestor L. Olesnycky Robert S. Field Studies at the University of Ottawa is Society and Political System in Ukraine, hosting, as its first major scholarly pro- 1991-1996”; Taras Kuzio, research fel- ject, a conference titled “Towards a New low, Center for Russian and East Ukraine 1: Ukraine and the New World European Studies, University of SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) Order, 1991-1996” to be held March 21- Birmingham, “The Domestic Sources of Federal Credit Union 22 at the Arts Building. The conference Ukrainian Security Policy”; Anatoli is organized with the cooperation of the Zlenko, ambassador of Ukraine to the 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 Tel (201) 373-7839 • http://www.selfreliance.org • Fax (201) 373-8812 departments of political science and eco- U.N., “The Development of the Foreign BUSINESS HOURS: nomics at the University of Ottawa, and Policy of Ukraine, 1991-1996.” Tue & Fri - 12:00 noon to 7 PM • Wed & Thurs - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM • Sat - 9:00 to 12:00 noon • Mon. - Closed the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern The multidisciplinary approach of the Christian Studies at St. Paul University. conference is a reflection of the chair’s The objective of the conference is to mission to become a scholarly-analytical examine a spectrum of issues pertaining center with a special focus on contempo- to the ongoing process of the transforma- rary Ukraine as well as to foster contacts tion of civil society, politics, economics, in numerous fields among scholars, pro- culture, education and religion in fessionals, government and corporate Ukraine during the last five years. officials. Conference participants will address The revised and selected proceedings the following topics: Ivan Dziuba, editor of the conference will be published. of Suchasnist, “The Problematics of The Northland Power Corp., the first Culture in a New Ukraine”; Borys major company to respond to the chair’s Gudziak, vice-rector, Lviv Theological fundraising campaign, has donated Academy, “Ukrainian Religious Life $4,000 towards the funding of the confer- During the First Five Years of ence. Independence”; Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, The following topics will be examined in chairman, International Management subsequent conferences during the next four Institute, Kyiv, “Ukraine, 1991-1996: years, under the general theme of “Towards Changes in the Economic System and a New Ukraine”: “Deconstruction and Structure”; Ihor Kharchenko, head, poli- Reconstruction: The Building of a New cy analysis and planning, Ministry of Economy in Ukraine”; “In Search of a New Foreign Affairs, Ukraine, “Foreign Polity: A New Constitutional Order for Policy Strategy of Ukraine”; Bohdan Ukraine”; “Plus ça change?...: Women in a Krawchenko, chair, Graduate Studies New Ukraine”; and “Quo vadis? Culture, Council, University of Kyiv-Mohyla Education and Science in Ukraine.”