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Vol. LXIII No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1995 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine Kuchma stresses irreversibility Debate on accession to CIS assembly of economic reform's course is postponed in Ukraine's Parliament by Marta Kolomayets As of September, industrial produc­ by Marta Kolomayets Ukraine. At the time, Parliament Kyiv Press Bureau tion is no longer at a standstill, reported Kyiv Press Bureau Chairman Moroz told lawmakers that a the Ukrainian leader, noting that growth motion to link these two issues together KYIV - Expressing "cautious opti­ in such industries as food and nonferrous KYIV - The debate surrounding the was illogical. mism" regarding Ukraine's progress metallurgy has been recorded. thorny issue of Ukraine's accession to the During a news conference on November along the path of economic reform, "But in order to reach a European living Commonwealth of Independent States 20, Mr. Moroz told reporters that there is President Leonid Kuchma told reporters standard, we must increase our industrial Inter-Parliamentary Assembly has been no need to "politicize the situation." there would be no turning back on mar­ output four to five times in both light and postponed until December 5, Oleksander "The IPA is an inter-parliamentary ket reform policies. food industries," said President Kuchma. Moroz, Parliament chairman, told deputies structure, not a structure that stands above Speaking at a press conference on In such industries as transportation, com­ during the Supreme Council's plenary ses­ the authority of the state. The IPA is only November 18, he underlined, 'There is no munication and services, production must sion on November 21. one of many in which Ukraine can be a alternative to our economic reform course, be increased seven times. His decision was motivated by the fact participant. Each state has one voice in the and the transformation of our economy is "If we cannot guarantee substantial that lawmakers from three democratic fac­ IPA and issues are settled by consensus," irreversible," President Kuchma explained changes in industry in the near future, tions in the Parliament had refused to regis­ explained Mr. Moroz. that he is more convinced now than ever which means structural reconstruction in ter if the issue of the Inter-Parliamentary He told reporters that he thought it before that his October 1994 program of our economy, ail of our international Assembly was to be brought up to a vote. "necessary" for Ukraine to accede to the radical reform was the only way for credits will disappear, like water soaked Their absence, in turn, prevented the CIS-IPA, and that his position had not Ukraine to move into the future. up by sand," he explained. "We will lose legislative body from having the neces­ changed since 1990, when he saw such a However, the Ukrainian leader did our potential markets and any possibility sary quorum (269 deputies, or two-thirds structure as the only way to solve the express concern over figures cited in a of being a competitive labor force," he of 405) to vote on this specific issue. problem of debits and credits of the recent public opinion poll, which report­ said, adding that, most importantly, The boycott of the legislative cham­ Soviet Union. ed that about 20 percent of Ukraine's Ukraine will suffer and its living stan­ bers on November 21 was not the first "Back then they called me a 'conserv­ population opposes radical reforms and dard will continue to decline. time democratic deputies had tried to ative,' and now, look at how many diffi­ longs for the past. He also pointed out problems in the quash the issue of accession to the Inter- culties we have resolving such prob­ "Many people are tired as a result of sphere of small and medium-size busi­ Parliamentary Assembly. lems," he said. reforms, psychologically wiped out from ness, adding that only 15 to 30 percent of Back in October, the left-wing forces However, the Parliament chairman's the changes over the last few years, lost registered small businesses are really in Parliament had attempted to piggy­ arguments are not convincing for most without the old system, and this mindset operating; the rest are providing services back accession to the Inter-Parliamentary democrats in Parliament, who feel that can become a serious impediment for the in the shadow economy, he noted. Assembly on the Charter of the Council incorporating their legislative body into realization of our reformist intentions," of Europe bill. The prestigious European said the Ukrainian leader. (Continued on page 3) organization had granted entry to (Continued on page 3) However, that same poll pointed out that more than 50 percent of the popula­ tion supports reforms, without shock mea­ sures. According to Mr. Kuchma, in order UNA General Assembly OKs merger negotiations to set the citizens of Ukraine at ease, the by Roma Hadzewycz Present at the session were: and the lack of younger assistant secre­ government would have to present an easi­ Executive Committee members: taries who could be trained to take over ly comprehensive program to students, JERSEY CITY, N J. — The Ukrainian President Diachuk, Vice-President their functions. pensioners and all of Ukraine's citizens. National Association's General Assembly Nestor Olesnycky, Director for Canada Reviewing the organizing achieve­ "We have to spell it out so that each and convened a special meeting here at the Peter Savaryn, Vice-Presidentess Anya ments of individual organizers and dis­ every person will be aware of what he can UNA Home Office over the weekend of Dydyk-Petrenko, Secretary Lysko and tricts, Mrs. Diachuk said that the situa­ expect and what he will have in one, two, November 18-19, approving negotiations Treasurer Blahitka; tion would be far better if only each of three years," said Mr. Kuchma. He added toward mergers with the UNA of two Auditors: Stefan Hawrysz, William the UNA's 336 branches enrolled two that classes are emerging in Ukraine, with similar fraternal organizations, the Pastuszek, Stefania Hewryk, Anatole or three members per year. However, an emphasis on the middle-class. Ukrainian National Aid Association and Doroshenko and Iwan Wynnyk; the fact is that many branches do not Despite the fact that both Ukrainian and the Ukrainian Fraternal Association, and Advisors: Roma Hadzewycz, Tekla enroll any new members at all. Western observers feel Ukraine has moved adopting a budget for 1996. Moroz, Stefko Kuropas, Alex Chudolij, As of the first 10 months of 1995, 884 too slowly on privatization and has yet to The special session was convened in Walter Korchynsky, Eugene Iwanciw, new members insured for $16 million reach a level of financial-monetary stabi­ accordance with a decision of the General Stefanie Hawryluk, Alexander Serafyn, have been enrolled into the UNA; thus, lization that would allow the government Assembly's annual meeting in May that Andrew Keybida, Anne Remick, Nick only 44 percent of the annual member­ to introduce its long-planned national cur­ called for a special year-end meeting to Diakiwsky, Roman Kuropas and the ship quota has been attained. (For more rency, the hryvnia, Mr. Kuchma told follow up on budget-cutting decisions Rev. Myron Stasiw. details on organizing results see story on reporters that inflation in 1995 was 40 made at that body's regularly scheduled The major portion of the first day's ses­ page 5, "UNA Executive Committee times lower than in 1993 and that it will be yearly meeting. Also on the special ses­ sion was devoted to a review of UNA meets on eve of special session.") further reduced in 1996, laying a strong sion's agenda was selection of a site for operations for the first 10 months of 1995. Turning to the UNA's publishing foundation for further market reforms. the next convention of this oldest and The preponderance of information on this operations, the president noted that dur­ Although he could not say when the largest Ukrainian fraternal benefit society, topic was provided by Mrs. Diachuk. ing the 10-month period under review, hryvnia would be introduced, he did which is to take place in May of 1998. First she spoke of organizing results, $305,000 more in subscription fees had promise that today's generations would The review of UNA operations for reviewing the work of the Toronto sales been received by both Svoboda and The use the hryvnia as a national currency. 1995 covered the organizing depart­ office and that of other professional Ukrainian Weekly combined, as com­ "In the first 10 months of 1995, 40 ment, publishing house, Soyuzivka, the salespersons who work for the UNA out pared with the same period in 1994. percent more enterprises were privatized Washington Office and the Kyiv Press of its offices in Jersey City, Philadelphia This is due primarily to the fact that than in 1994; and in this period more Bureau — all of which were covered by and Parma, Ohio. The president pointed subscription fees were raised as of July than 13 million Ukrainian citizens President Ulana Diachuk. out that there continue to be difficulties 1 for both newspapers. received their privatization vouchers," Secretary Martha Lysko reported on in hiring professional sales agents in both All in all, the president reported, there said President Kuchma. the work of the Recording Department, the U.S. and Canada. is a marked improvement in the financial "Transforming our citizens into owners while Treasurer Alexander Blahitka She spoke also of the problems situation of our publications and the 1996 of private property - these are our most spoke of the 1995 and 1996 budgets, affecting the work of the UNA's branch hopeful guarantees of reforming our soci­ and the UNA headquarters building. secretaries, including advancing age (Continued on page 8) ety," he added. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1995 No. 48 ANALYSIS: Media independence alien to Ukraine's political culture Parliament nixes land reform bill November 16-19, announced that the by Chrystyna Lapychak A month later Mr. Kulyk, whose World Bank is also prepared to offer agency has the authority to assign trans­ KYIV — The Ukrainian Parliament CONCLUSION $100 million to the coal industry next mission frequencies to broadcasts, said on November 15 voted down a land year to develop profitable pits and close Popular Russian-language media that, as of August 1, ORT would no reform bill, citing its "danger to down others. It has already loaned some longer be transmitted on Channel 1, the Ukraine's economic security," reported $50 million to Ukraine, including a $114 The Ukrainian press faces heavy compe­ national frequency with the strongest sig­ Respublika. The bill would have opened million credit line to improve hydropow- tition from Russian periodicals. In one sur­ nal. He said the Russian company had the way for the private ownership of er plants and $32 million for agricultural vey, which asked respondents what paper not paid its fees of 12 billion Russian land and was supported by President projects. However, Mr. Wolfensohn indi­ they are likely to read at least once a week, rubles, and his committee was switching Leonid Kuchma. Deputy Prime Minister cated he wanted clear indication that the most popular newspapers in Ukraine ORT to the weaker UT-2 channel, which Pavlo Sabluk told Reuters the next day Ukraine was proceeding quickly with pri­ were the Russian Komsomolskaya Pravda; would reduce its potential audience from that the veto will not stop the process of vatization, said Reuters. (Reuters, OMRI the Russian-language tabloid Kievskie 92 percent to 70 percent of Ukrainian land reform. However, Agriculture Daily Digest) Vedomosti; Russia's Trud and Izvestiya; viewers. Minister Pavlo Haidutsky said the dis­ and the only bilingual Ukrainian paper, Mr. Kulyk left it up to regional author­ mantling of the collective farm system Ukraine cuts deal for natural gas Holos Ukrainy. ities to raise funds to switch ORT back to could lead to a decline in agriculture like Subscription figures reveal a different Channel 1 if the viewers protested. that which occurred in Eastern Europe ASHKABAT — The newly estab­ story because many Russian papers are Despite outcries, President Kuchma after private ownership was allowed. lished Russian-Turkmen natural gas purchased primarily at newsstands. backed Mr. Kulyk's decision, saying the This year's grain harvest is estimated at company, Turkmenrosgaz, will supply 23 Holos Ukrainy, the Ukrainian Parliament Ukrainian government is not required to 36.5 million tons, which Reuters called billion cubic meters of gas to Ukraine in newspaper, has the highest subscription subsidize foreign television, especially an improvement over 1994. (OMRI 1996, Interfax reported on November 17. figure, around 500,000. That is followed when Ukraine does not have enough Daily Digest) The agreement was reached during a visit by the conservative agricultural newspa­ money to modernize its own broadcast to Ashkabat by a Ukrainian delegation per Silski Visti with 337,200 subscribers, facilities. Kuchma reasserts intentions to reform headed by Deputy Prime Minister Pavel Robitnycha Hazeta with 207,000, the Lazarenko. (OMRI Daily Digest) Russian television enjoys great popu­ KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma government daily Uryadovyi Kurier with larity among viewers in Ukraine and is assured reporters here on November 18 195,800, and the weekly Argumenty і Tatars demand one-third of Crimean seats the main source of information and news that Ukraine will step up the process of Fakty from Russia with 164,400. for many. OMRI's April survey showed economic reform and subdue the rising SYMFEROPIL — Nearly 2,000 Kievskie Vedomosti, Russia's Trud, that 74 percent of Ukrainian viewers rate of inflation. The pace of reforms has Crimean Tatars demonstrated outside the Pravda Ukrainy, Hovoryt і Pokazuye watched Russian television most fre­ recently lost steam due to the lack of Crimean Parliament here on November Ukraine, and Russia's Izvestiya rank quently; 54 percent said they regularly movement on privatization and a recent 15 demanding reapportionment of legis­ sixth through 10th in terms of subscrip­ tuned in to Ukrainian television. Critics loosening of fiscal policy to support ail­ lature seats so that the Crimean Tatars tion-based circulation. often blame poor-quality programming, ing state enterprises. The Ukrainian would be guaranteed a third of the total However, despite the poll results, the provincialism, and a lack of financial and leader said his target is to lower inflation seats. Recently, the Tatars had won an diminishing market for publications from technical resources for Ukrainian televi­ to 1 percent in 1996 and revive plans for agreement that guarantees them seats Russia is a noticeable trend. Three years sion's failure to grab a larger share of the monetary reform. The October rate for based on proportional representation. ago, Russian periodicals claimed 62 per­ audience. inflation was 9.1 percent. Reuters report­ The protesters also demanded that the cent of the Ukrainian market: this year, About 55 percent said they got their ed that he also blasted the National Bank Turkic language be given status equal to that figure is only 5 percent. Much of the news from listening to Ukrainian radio, of Ukraine for deviating from his market Russian and Ukrainian in the Crimea. decline is due to financial constraints, and only 20 percent said they regularly reform program and hinted at possible The leader of the Tatar Meijlis, Refat chiefly prohibitive subscription rates and read newspapers. changes in the bank's management. Chubarov, called on the crowd not to an unfavorable exchange rate of the At least four regions have resumed Earlier in the week he had called the "adversely affect the domestic situation Ukrainian karbovanets to the Russian transmitting Russian ORT on Channel 1; bank "a state within a state." Mr. in Ukraine," reported Reuters. (OMRI ruble. Also, events in Russia now seem Mykolayiv, Donetske, Dnipropetrovske Kuchma had asked, "From whom is the Daily Digest). more distant to readers coping with and the Crimea. The Ukrainian govern­ bank to be independent? From the peo­ ment gave the Crimea 14 million karbo- pressing domestic problems. ple at large? From economic processes New Zaporizhzhia reactor back on line Of the 400 national newspapers in vantsi to upgrade its television facilities going on?" He said that today the bank Ukraine, 103 - or just more than 25 per­ and has pledged more aid, a portion of answers to no one. Reuters said the pres­ ZAPORIZHZHIA — After having cent - are published only in the which is expected to cover the cost of the ident' s comments were a response to been shut down for 10 days, the Ukrainian language; most of the rest are switch back to Channel 1 for ORT. That pressure from Ukraine's industrial Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was in Russian. That 25 percent figure is dis­ allocation was clearly Kyiv's attempt to lobby, which has been fighting the put back on line, reported Reuters on proportionate to the percentage of resi­ prevent a resurgence of pro-Russian sep­ bank's tight fiscal policy. (OMRI Daily November 16. The reactor is the first one dents who say they speak Ukrainian at aratism on the Crimean peninsula. Digest, Reuters) opened in Ukraine since a ban on new home. A nationwide opinion poll com­ In addition to state television, hundreds stations was lifted in 1993. It began oper­ missioned by OMRI's Audience and of independent or private television pro­ World Bank offers more financing ating in October but was closed soon Opinion Research Department in April duction companies and studios have after for repairs to the steam generator indicated that 55 percent of Ukrainians sprung up in the last five years. Most of KYIV — The World Bank has offered and because of possible leaks of radioac­ speak Ukrainian at home. them produce or distribute fairly low- to lend Ukraine up to $1 billion annually tive water. An official from the govern­ Both the competition from Russian quality programming and broadcast pirat­ over the next three years, $250 million of ment's nuclear regulatory body said that publications and the disproportionately ed copies of Western movies either on the which would go to the agricultural sector "some faults in the reactor are only natur­ low number of Ukrainian-only periodi­ regular television frequencies or on cable if privatization and price liberalization al" but that there is no danger. He added cals prompted Ukrainian nationalists and networks. Only about a dozen of the pri­ were implemented. World Bank that the reactor will operate at 40 percent national democrats to start a new media- vate television stations and companies President James Wolfensohn, who met capacity, increasing to 75 percent in the monitoring group in June. The founders have qualified staff, adequate equipment with President Leonid Kuchma, Prime near future. (OMRI Daily Digest) Minister Yevhen Marchuk and Deputy said the Ukrainian press is dying, and and licensed films. Those dozen compa­ Prime Minister Roman Shpek on they want the government to provide nies, however, enjoy the most popularity (Continued on page 13) more financial support. in Ukraine and include such entities as The new monitoring group, called the UNIKA-TV, TET, Gravis, Megapol, Privat-TV and Internews. UNIKA-TV, Citizens' Coordinating Council for FOUNDED 1933 Monitoring Information Space, picketed which serves as an umbrella association THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ukrainian State Television and Radio in for 24 local television companies, has the June to protest what it called "anti- potential to develop into an independent An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Ukrainian" programming and the poor television network in the near future. a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. quality of Ukrainian-language television An important development in reform­ Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. programs. ing television in Ukraine is the campaign Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. The group also demanded that Russian by the newly established National (ISSN - 0273-9348) public television (ORT, formerly known Council on Television and Radio to sell as Ostankino) - Ukrainian television's broadcast licenses to television compa­ Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper chief competitor - be taken off the air for nies. That measure would force private (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). promoting Russian interests and manipu­ companies to shift to licensed video The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: lating public opinion. The recently products and likely increase the number (201)434-0237,-0807,-3036 (201)451-2200 appointed chairman of the new State of self-produced programs. Licensing is Committee on Television and Radio, also aimed at protecting television broad­ Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz Zinoviy Kulyk, supported that demand. cast companies from arbitrary decisions changes to: Associate editor: Marta Kolomayets (Kyfv) by directors of the state channels, who The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor: Khristina Lew determine airtime on the four national P.O. Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz Chrystyna Lapychak is a researcher at frequencies. Jersey City, NJ 07303 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) the Open Media Research Institute based However, under current rules, the in Prague. The article above is reprinted National Council on Television and The Ukrainian Weekly, November 26,1995, No. 48, Vol. LXIII with permission from the OMRI publica­ Copyright ©1995 The Ukrainian Weekly tion Transition (October 1995). (Continued on page 7) No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1995 Kuchma congratulates Kwasniewski Marchuk sacks energy officials by Marta Kolomayefs includes Premier Josef Oleksa. KYIV — Prime Minister Yevhen lion kbv to provide back pay for miners," Kyiv Press Bureau He added that the Ukrainian govern­ Marchuk on November 20 asked the said Mr. Marchuk. "There will be no ment will express its gratitude to outgo­ minister of the coal industry, Viktor printing of new money and no introduc­ KYIV - President Leonid Kuchma ing President Lech Walesa "for all of his Poltavets, and the chairman of the State tion of new taxes." sent a message of congratulations to understanding and his support of inde­ Committee on the Use of Nuclear One-quarter of the back pay will be newly elected Polish President Alexander pendent Ukraine." Energy, Mykhailo Umanets, to resign, dispensed immediately. Mykhailo Kwasniewski on November 21. However, Deputy Yevhen Zherebetsky, reported Reuters. Both were criticized by Volynets, head of the Independent Coal In his letter, President Kuchma who chairs the inter-parliamentary Mr. Marchuk for their lack of initiative in Miner's Trade Union, said he still has expressed confidence that Ukraine and Ukrainian-Polish Group, a subcommittee restructuring the coal and nuclear energy concerns that need to be resolved regard­ the Republic of Poland would continue to of the Parliament's Committee on Foreign industries, which has exacerbated the cri­ ing rescuing the coal industry. develop a close partnership in the inter­ Relations and CIS Affairs, told The sis in the energy sector. Other trade unions not involved in the ests of further strengthening stability and Weekly he is concerned given that the The firing of the coal industry minister strike had threatened to press for security in Central and Eastern Europe. Polish left has traditionally been anti- also met a demand that Ukrainian coal President Leonid Kuchma's resignation Parliament Chairman Oleksander Ukrainian. miners in the Donbas region had made of unless the government gave them back Moroz told reporters on November 14 that Mr. Kwasniewski has already said that the government. The miners, tens of pay, provided subsidies to the loss-mak­ the election of Mr. Kwasniewski, a former a priority of his foreign policy will be to thousand of whom struck in Donetske for ing industry and fired its minister. Communist who now refers to himself as a work with countries of the CIS. Political two days, agreed to return to work on Coal production in Ukraine for 1995 is Social Democrat, attests to the "natural observers here have interpreted this to November 15 after the government expected to fall further to 85 million metric course of processes in our region." mean Russia. agreed to pay back incrementally wages tons from the 1994 figure of 95 million "His election shows that political ten­ "The victory of the left in Poland is an totaling 20 trillion karbovantsi ($112 metric tons — far below the 192 million dencies are now gearing toward left-cen­ important sign for the upcoming elec­ million), Reuters reported. "We have metric tons extracted in 1988. Government trist development," said Mr. Moroz, who tions in Russia," said Dmytro Pasternak- found a way for the central bank and officials insist that the payments will not plans to visit Poland on December 4. Taranushenko, chairman of the analytical commercial banks to come up with 5 tril­ impact inflation or the budget deficit. He added that he believes the presi­ department of the Research Fund for dential elections in Poland will "leave an National Security in Kyiv. "If indeed, the impact" on the situation in Ukraine, results in Russia follow the same pattern, given the fact that the two are neighbor- Ukraine might be surrounded by neigh­ Belarus ambassador speaks in D.C. ing countries that have enjoyed a good bors who have left-wing forces in by Seth Smythe to join one in the near future. relationship in the past few years. power," he added. Ukrainian National Information Service Addressing the different security Ukraine's Foreign Minister Hennadiy "I'm not worried about economic rela­ arrangements that exist in the area, Udovenko, who served as ambassador to tions," he said, "but I do fear that Polish WASHINGTON - The ambassador of Ambassador Martinov was non-committal. Poland until last year, expressed confi­ integration into NATO may be at the cost Belarus to the United States, Serguei He said he had "reservations about a col­ dence that the two countries would con­ of Ukraine," Mr. Zherebetsky said. Martinov, spoke on October 16 at the lective security system" with Russia. On tinue to successfully develop their bilat­ "I don't doubt that the Communist vic­ Woodrow Wilson Center, leading a discus­ NATO expansion, he elaborated some­ eral relations. tory in Poland was supported by the sion titled "Seeking Security Between East what, stating that if NATO could expand "Under the new president Poland will forces in Moscow and that does not bode and West." smoothly, this would be a positive devel­ carry out a policy aimed at strengthening well for Ukraine," he added. Ambassador Martinov started the discus­ opment for the region. He expressed cooperation between our two countries," Mr. Pastemak-Taranushcnko pointed sion by staling that what he had to say was doubts on that possibility, though, express­ noted Mr. Udovenko, who is currently in out that Russia's mass media have based entirely on his own opinions and was ing fear that an expanding NATO would Sofia, Bulgaria, on an official visit. expressed support of a left-winger in not to be taken as official government poli­ only provoke Russia. Given the geographi­ Mr. Udovenko said the Ukrainian power in Poland. But that joy may be cy. cal location of Belarus, any conflict leadership "maintains direct contacts and short-lived, "for the self-loving Poles are The discussion was centered on the between an expanding NATO and Russia good relations" with the "Democratic always wary of Russia's imperial tenden­ question of how Belarus сошсі maintain і is would have a negative effect on Belarus. ' Lewitsa" (Democratic Left) Parly, which cies," he added, national security now that the country does Lastly, Ambassador Martinov addressed not reiy on the Soviet Union. For 200 or the possibility of entering into a security more years Belarus had not been responsi­ 16, when the issue of accession to the arrangement with Ukraine. The ambassador ble for its own state security, and now with CTS-ЇРА was put on the agenda. was very clear in stating that Belarus would the fall of the Soviet Union, the nation Democratic deputies were able to disrupt not rely on Ukraine, "Belarus doesn't v/ant (Continued from page 1) must find a way to ensure its security in the session, as only 268 deputies regis­ to wait for Ukraine to reform so they can any CIS structure that promotes Russia's today's world. The only way the country tered for the day's proceedings. help Belarus. Belarus must reform on its interests first and foremost will do more can do this, according to'Ambassador The afternoon session, chaired by own." According to the statements of Am­ harm than good for Ukraine. Martinov, is through a framework of inter­ Parliament Vice-Chairman Oleksander bassador Martinov, Belarus had adopted an To date, Ukraine, although a founder national organizations. That leaves only the isolationist policy that could change at con­ Tkachenko, began with remarks by of the CIS, is merely an associate mem­ question of whom to ally with. venience to a security alliance with Russia. Borys Oliynyk, chairman of the ber of this body and has observer status As stated in its constitution, Belarus Committee on Foreign Relations and CIS in the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. must strive to be a neutral state. In this con­ Affairs. On November 22, former Ukrainian text, Belarus has an obligation to maintain Mr. Oliynyk, a member of the President Leonid Kravchuk told Interfax- that neutrality in relation to all other nations Kuchma stresses... Communist Party, was not allowed to Ukraine that he has proposed the issue of regardless of intentions and environments. (Continued from page 1) finish his speech, as national democrats accession to the CIS-IPA be decided However, the ambassador called this striv­ Mr. Kuchma acknowledged problems stormed the podium, blocking any further after the formation of that structure is ing for neutrality "romantic." It is unrealis­ in the taxation system, and promised to work. completed. Mr. Kravchuk has begun cir­ tic and in reality impossible for Belarus to reform this sphere of the economy, culating his draft resolution in Fisticuffs ensued, and a deputy from remain completely neutral with regard to which currently taxes businessmen up to Parliament, proposing that a committee Ternopil, Andriy Zrudny, was injured in the West and to Russia and still respect the 90 percent on their earnings. Such poli­ be se: up from among representatives of the brawl. As he went to wipe his bloody long-term national security interests of cies can undermine stability in Ukrainian all factions in the Supreme Council to finger against Mr. Tkachenko's white Belarus. society, he acknowledged. look over the documents for accession. shirt, demonstratively stating that the The reasoning behind this, said "We will never form an authoritative "It is necessary to be guided by interna­ "first blood has been spilled in an inde­ Ambassador Martinov, "lies in Yugo­ government, nor will we have an effective tional democratic principles and the experi­ pendent Ukraine," the left forces began slavia." When a big country decides to social policy if we do not learn to collect ence of the Parliamentary Assembly of the shouting expletives at the national force its will on a little country, there are no taxes," said President Kuchma, telling Council of Europe," he noted. democrats. structures in place to protect the small state. reporters this was one of the lessons he President Leonid Kuchma told journal­ Among the most vocal was Ivan Therefore, a small state must ally itself with learned during his trip to South America. ists on November 18 that he is "categorical­ Symonenko, of Chernihiv, who shouted other states in order to protect its integrity "To a great degree, the irreversible ly against forming a Parliament of the CIS." in Russian, calling the national democ­ for the future. path of economic reforms will depend on "But, I do support cooperation on the rats "fascists." The decision of whom to ally with was the constitutional principles that form the inter-parliamentary level," he added. During the exchange, Mr. Tkachenko compared by the ambassador to the former framework of a new society," said "We need to work in harmony; our law­ hit one of "Nova Mova's" cameramen, Soviet Union's voting system: just one President Kuchma. making bodies need to coordinate their Vasya Sikachynsky ("Nova Mova" is a choice for each position, no alternatives. "We will work together to come up with work in certain spheres. We all come highly respected weekly TV news show He blamed the United States for not pay­ a version [of a new Constitution of from one alma-mater, and we have to in Ukraine), in an attempt to stop him ing enough attention to the development Ukraine] that will satisfy the president and realize that Ukraine will rely on the CIS from filming these shenanigans. of Belarus. He stated that if he "had the the majority of the Parliament," he said, countries for business. And besides busi­ However, Deputy Yaroslav Kendzior, ear of President Clinton," he would ask "and will adequately reflect the needs of ness, we have common ecological prob­ armed with his omnipresdent video cam­ that more political, strategic and economic our society." lems. I could go on and on," he noted. era, captured the scene, which was later attention be given to Belarus. "It is of the utmost importance that the "If indeed, the Inter-Parliamentary shown on "Nova Mova" to the embar­ He also asked the U.S. to promote pri­ constitutional process proceed without col­ Assembly will function as outlined in rassment of the Parliament legislators. vate investment in his country, question­ lision between the executive and legisla­ Alma:y in 1992, and work as a coopera­ The next morning Mr. Moroz was not ing the non-committal policies of the tive branches," noted the president. tive organ between the Parliaments of the able to gather a quorum to tackle the Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) "I am convinced that this process can be CIS countries, then I can support it. But I issue. Sessions were postponed until in their dealings, or lack there of, with completed successfully, in a civilized man­ cannot support the current proposal," he November 21, but that day the national Belarus. Ambassador Martinov stated that ner with the Parliament, and I do hope for added. democrats continued their stubborn tac­ Belarus does not wish to be a part of a new the understanding of the legislative branch The debate grew heated on November tics. bloc, but if given no choice, may be forced in this important matter," he stated. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1995 No. 48 Northern California professionals hold second annual conference by Taras Mencinsky SAN FRANCISCO - The Ukrainian Professionals of Northern California (UPNC), in conjunction with the Ukrainian Medical Association held their second con­ ference and ball in San Francisco during the weekend of October 6-7. The culmination of many months' work and organizing, the conference was opened by Dr. Andrew Iwach, assistant clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of California, and one of the founding members of UPNC. Dr. Iwach quoted the mission state­ ment of the UPNC: to "provide an inter­ active, informative networking forum for Ukrainian professionals and business- people that allows us to maximize on business opportunities that are available, and at the same time exchange our cul­ tural views since we all love our com­ mon background and enthusiasm for Ukraine." The group's 1995 conference was focused on the theme "Bay Area Meets Ukraine." After introducing himself as the mod­ erator, Dr. Leonid Kamenetsky greeted speakers, guests and attendees. Dr. Kamenetsky described how, in a collabo­ rative effort with the University of the Keynote speaker Roma Hadzewycz, editor-in-chief of The Ukrainian Weekly, addressed the second annual conference of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the University the Ukrainian Professionals of Northern California. of Virginia was striving to raise the med­ ical skills of Ukraine's physicians and Ukrainian Weekly by the Ukrainian in Oslo, and met in Brussels with ambas­ The final three addresses were given provide much-needed assistance in the National Association was an attempt to sadors from Ukraine, Poland and Russia. by Dr. Wilf Voge, Dr. Leonid supply of preventive health information embrace Ukrainians of younger genera­ Dr. Yarymovych commented that Daykhowsky and George Wesely. Dr. and posters. In 1991 Ukraine's popula­ tions who did not read Ukrainian, and since Ukraine's accession to the Nuclear Voge heartened many attendees by say­ tion fell as high death rates due to cardio­ inform them and the public at large of Non-Proliferation Treaty, many ing that Ukrainians students, when given vascular disease, high blood pressure and what was happening in Ukraine, particu­ Ukrainians realized the need to improve the resources, could match any in the other causes outstripped the birth rate. larly the forced famine of 1932-1933. Ukraine's infrastructure and move Western world, and that with assistance Over the course of the next few years Since then The Weekly's accomplish­ towards creating a Western-style state. many more could learn and bring knowl­ the university and the institute plan to ments, among others, include discussing The political situation and machina­ edge back to Ukraine. He also empha­ implement exchange programs. They adjustment problems, crusading for the tions in the former Warsaw Pact coun­ sized that Ukrainians have to learn to also plan to continue the process of Washington monument to Taras tries are very delicate, said Dr. allow women the same opportunities as translating current medical texts into Shevchenko, as well as promoting the Yarymovych. With countries such as men. Dr. Daykhowsky detailed laparo­ Ukrainian, albeit against the objections establishment of three chairs of Ukrainian Hungary and Poland moving to join scopic surgical techniques, and Mr. of many government-level physicians in studies at Harvard University. In 1983, NATO, tensions between Ukraine and Wesely captivated everyone with a picto­ Ukraine, noted Dr. Kamentetsky. This The Weekly editors published a commem­ Russia could increase as Ukraine rial panorama of Ukraine that he had cre­ tendence of the bureaucracy to remain in orative book on the famine, and a special becomes the buffer between NATO ated while researching Ukraine's entry the Soviet era mindset was an observa­ issue of the newspaper, which had a countries and Russia. for the world renowned "Lonely Planet tion echoed by several of the speakers. worldwide distribution of 40,000 copies. Dr. Yarymovych alluded to the contin­ Guide," to be published in January 1996. The second presentation was by Dr. More recently, in 1991, The Weekly led ued Soviet appearance of Ukraine's After a fact-filled day at the confer­ Tania Dus, assistant clinical instructor of the reporting on the declaration of diplomatic representations, while the ence, attendees unwound at the ball. psychiatry at the University of Ukrainian independence. The paper Russian and Polish embassies were With a fine seafood dinner and enjoyable Vancouver, British Columbia. Her topic opened the first full-time Kyiv press Western and modern both in appearance music, everyone dined and danced well covered the experiences and adjustments bureau in 1990 and had the second foreign and in approach. into the night. encountered by immigrants from vastly correspondent accredited in Ukraine. different cultures to the U.S. A major The editor's address also explained problem is grief over the loss of the how the UNA publishes The Weekly as a Canadian minister promises to review homeland. This is exacerbated by diffi­ community service. Ms. Hadzewycz's culties in obtaining employment, housing talk reminded attendees of the impor­ and schooling for children, and of tance of supporting the UNA's insurance request for internment memorial funds course, in language. business which subsidizes The Weekly Ukrainian Information Bureau valuables and properties, disenfranchise- Dr. Dus noted an interesting observa­ and other Ukrainian community services ment, exploitation of the internees' labor, tion in the conflict between two of the provided by this fraternal organization. OTTAWA - Canada's multiculturalism deportation and censorship. predominant emotional encounters in Other guests included Bohdan minister and minister responsible for the assimilation transitions. The grief of Makarevych, who described the work of status of women, Sheila Finestone, The UCCLA has erected several his­ leaving the homeland and family is the North Western Medical Teams from promised recently to have government torical markers, financed through private opposed by the need to assimilate and Poland. This team sponsored projects for officials examine a Ukrainian Canadian donations, in memory of the Ukrainian forget the past. The overbearing require­ providing vaccines and medical supplies community request for funds to erect a Canadians imprisoned at Fort Henry near ment to assimilate can also bring about to Ukraine. He asked that anyone with an statue in memory of the Ukrainian Kingston, Castle Mountain in Banff disillusionment with Western life, she interest in volunteering to assist the team Canadian women and children who were National Park and at the internees' ceme­ pointed out. The reality of unemploy­ contact him. interned at the Spirit Lake camp in Quebec tery at Kapuskasing, Ontario. ment, poverty and isolation due to com­ Taras Kozbur, an architect from during World War I. A total of 81 women Minister Finestone also said at an munication difficulties doesn't meet the southern California, described how the and 156 children were imprisoned; some October 18 meeting that her government initial expectations of immigrants. building standards and economies of of them died in the internment camps. is exploring several avenues that would A key step in a successful transition, Dr. construction are also poor in Ukraine Ms. Finestone said she will attempt in allow it to acknowledge the contribution Dus said, is the expectation of permanence. compared to the U.S. Historically, hous­ short order to respond to the request by of Canadians of all heritage backgrounds Ironically, return visits after a period of ing was a low priority in the Soviet era, Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties to the building of Canada. absence hasten the acceptance of the new and little thought was given to housing Association (UCCLA) member Marsha She said that, in consultation with her country and the opportunities that exist. construction. An example he gave high­ Skrypuch. The last two known survivors Cabinet colleague David Dingwall, min­ Dr. Dus said the Ukrainian community lighted his discussion. A typical dwelling of the internment camp, both women, are ister of public works, and the speaker of is well placed to assist new immigrants in in the U.S. that took two months to com­ still alive: Mary Manko Haskett of the House of Commons, Gilbert Parent, adjusting to Western life. They can pro­ plete would take anywhere between two Mississauga and Stefa Pawliw plans are in the works to allocate 10 vide support and the gradual changes to three years to complete in Ukraine. Mielniczuk of Montreal. spaces in Canada's Parliament Buildings needed to ease the transition to a some­ An interesting address was given by Ms. Skrypuch's grandfather was among situated in the Center Block near the times bewildering new environment. Dr. Michael Yarymovych, former assis­ 5,000 Ukrainian Canadians who were Railway Committee Room to erect sculp­ The keynote address was presented by tant secretary of the U.S. Air Force. Dr. unjustly imprisoned as "enemy aliens" tures and plaques on Canadian themes Roma Hadzewycz, editor-in-chief of The Yarymovych had just returned from between 1914 and 1920, and subjected to reflecting the make-up of Canada. One of Ukrainian Weekly. Ms. Hadzewycz Europe, where he had attended the various other harmful and sometimes racist those spaces would be dedicated to the detailed how the creation of The International Astronomical Convention measures, including the confiscation of contribution of Ukrainian Canadians. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1995 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA Executive Committee meets on eve.of special session JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The Ukrainian National were notified of these changes. To sum up chronologically: request to change beneficiaries, change address, or obtain Association's Supreme Executive Committee met here • January - The discount for prepaid premiums was information on other family members' current coverage. on Friday, November 17, a day prior to the special ses­ changed to 5 percent. This program has made it possible to get back in touch sion of the organization's General Assembly held over • May - Ceased selling ADD (accidental death and with a large segment of the UNA membership. the weekend. dismemberment) as an additional policy. Mrs. Lysko underlined: "We will strive, with the help Present at the meeting, which was chaired by • July - Premiums and cash values for single-premi­ of the secretaries and the professional sales force, to President Ulana Diachuk, were Vice-President Nestor um Whole Life and Endowment at age 65 were raised. transform into many new policies. We should aim not Olesnycky, Director for Canada Peter Savaryn, Vice- The guaranteed rates were lowered. only for the members we have re-established contact Presidentess Anya Dydyk-Petrenko, Secretary Martha • August - Members no longer pay for Svoboda with with, but also for their children and grandchildren." Lysko, and Treasurer Alexander Blahitka. William their premiums. Subscribers now pay directly to Svoboda. She added that before the UNA began this program, Pastuszek attended as an observer representing the New members are given a one-month free trial subscription the Home Office often did not have many paid-up mem­ Auditing Committee. to their choice of either Svoboda or The Ukrainian Weekly. ber's current addresses; the branch secretary also often The main topics of discussion at the meeting were pro­ • September - Start of the Additional Insurance did not have all his members' addresses. posed mergers with two Ukrainian fraternal organizations, Program, which was widely advertised in our press. We Coming to the end of this year, Mrs. Lysko said she the Ukrainian National Aid Association and the Ukrainian received 317 applications for September and October, believes it is safe to conclude several things. In the coming Fraternal Association; the sale of the UNA headquarters bringing in an additional $81,000 in premiums. year secretaries should actively search for assistants to building in Jersey City; and members' dividends for 1996. • October - The guaranteed interest rate on Universal help them with their work. The branch secretary must also First to report, as is customary, was the UNA treasurer. Life policies was lowered to 4 percent. be a driving force in renewing branch activity. This has already been accomplished with some secretaries. This Treasurer's report These changes were announced in detail in the secre­ taries' newsletter, Mrs. Lysko continued. Editions of December, all secretaries will receive a newsletter empha­ Mr. Blahitka reported that UNA assets as of this newsletter were released in January, May, June, July sizing the importance of holding regular branch meetings September 30, were $74,695,540 compared to a year and September. The next newsletter will appear in within the first three months of 1996. Secretaries will also earlier when they were $72,950,605. Thus, the UNA December. The function of the newsletter is to serve as a be requested to send a list of all officers in their branch to showed an increase of $ 1,744,936. source of information for and a bridge between the the Home Office. Since the UNA has many inexperienced Dues and premiums from members were reduced by branch secretaries and the UNA secretary. secretaries, they are not presently organizing members. $ 154,202 from a year earlier to $ 1,921,002, the treasurer This year's fall district meetings were intended to help The UNA must expand the professional sales force, work­ reported. Annuity sales increased during the first nine the secretaries learn about the new changes, and to under­ ing in close cooperation with branch secretaries, if the months of 1995 to $1,371,958 - a modest increase of score the importance of having an assistant secretary in UNA expects to attract new members. approximately $8,575 from the $1,363,383 sold in 1994. every branch. This autumn, the secretar reported, she visited Report of the vice-presidentess Although the UNA is slightly behind its sales goals for the Cleveland, Chicago, Toronto, Rochester, N.Y., and annuities, this year's sales reversed a downward trend of Jersey City, N.J., districts. The vice-presidentess reported that from May 23 to the previous year, he added. As of September, the following branches have new sec­ September 2 she was on assignment in Ukraine and was During the nine months ending September 30, the UNA retaries: 492 - Volodymyr Katrushenko; 176 - Stefko therefore unable to attend the Scholarship Committee paid out to its members and/or beneficiaries $2,872,889, or Kuropas; 22 - Patty Kuropas; 34 - Marta Izyanik. meeting and the last meeting of the Executive Committee. $792,890 less than a year earlier. The decrease is mainly The secretary noted that heartfelt thanks are due to our Prior to her departure for Kyiv, Ms. Dydyk-Petrenko due to cutting the dividend for members by half to longtime advisor, organizer and secretary of Branch 22, noted she prepared the summer entertainment schedule $500,000. Helen Olek-Scott. She has recently retired and handed over for Soyuzivka and left all pertinent information about Operating expenses at Soyuzivka were reduced by the branch duties to a member of the younger generation. the programs with UNA Advisor Stefanie Hawryluk and $310,456 or 22 percent from a year earlier, Mr. Blahitka The basic reasons for merging branches are threefold, Soyuzivka's office manager, Sonia Semanyshyn. Mrs. continued. This reduction in expenses did not noticeably Mrs. Lysko explained. First, according to the UNA By- Hawryluk agreed to oversee the programs. Ms. Dydyk- impact service to members and their guests at the resort. Laws (Article 126), when a branch dwindles to less than Petrenko expressed thanks to her and to Miss The UNA's subsidy of its official publications, 15 members, the Executive Committee considers the Semanyshyn, as well as to Soyuzivka's mistress of cere­ Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly also was reduced to branch dissolved. Second, it is difficult to justify the monies, Olya Chodoba-Fryz. $431,000 for the first nine months of 1995 (as compared costs of running a branch if there are only five or 10 During her 14-week stay in Ukraine, the vice-president­ to $772,904 during the first nine months of 1994). members. And, finally, members of a small branch are ess said she had many opportunities to visit the UNA's The UNA's total operating expenses decreased this not properly represented at the convention due to its Kyiv Press Bureau and often covered the same events with year by $1,030,911, or approximately 17 percent, main­ size. These branches are too small to be desirable to a Marta Kolomayets, and later with Khristina Lew. "I ly due to no convention costs of over $300,000, Mr. larger branch. Merging these small branches is benefi­ watched these two highly professional journalists at work, Blahitka noted. Half of the UNA's expenses for employ­ cial to the members and to the UNA as a whole. often seven days a week, and - in the case of Ms. Lew - ee benefits, due to self insurance of medical costs as of even under the threat of danger. Ms. Lew covered the The following branches have merged: 476 and 477 February, was paid this year. This was a savings of funeral of Patriarch Volodymyr and along with many merged with Branch 88; 135 and 145 merged with $195,000 for approximately seven months. members of the press, myself included, was sprayed with Branch 161; 75 merged with Branch 20; 415 merged The UNA treasurer reported also on the financial status tear gas and harassed by Ukraine's special forces." of the Ukrainian National Urban Renewal Corp. For the with Branch 461; 213 merged with Branch 234; and 424 merged with Branch 422. The UNA should be very proud of its Kyiv corre­ nine months ending September 30, rentals received were spondents, Ms. Dydyk-Petrenko underlined. They pro­ Mrs. Lysko expressed thanks to all the secretaries of the $2,199,648 as compared to $2,447,722 received the same duce accurate stories and provide the Ukrainian commu­ merged branches for their long years of service for the period a year earlier. This shows a decrease of $248,073 on nity with an American perspective on developments in good of the UNA. She specifically named Volodymyr a cash basis or 10 percent, from 1994. As reported at the last Ukraine, which is extremely important since in crisis sit­ Kozak, Julie Liashynsky, Mychajlo Markow, Paul Pavlyk, meeting, the decrease is due to lower rates in this market uations, such as the funeral of Patriarch Volodymyr, Bohdan Pizak, Paul Tetanych and Vitalyi Trypupenko. and free rent, Mr. Blahitka stated. Ukrainian media sources tend to fall back on the old The secretary included a separate report containing Operating expenses during the first nine months of 1995 ways of censorship, distortion and deliberate omission. various statistics showing the movement of members, were $2,106,699, or $188,658 higher than reported in the The Ukrainian Weekly is held in very high esteem, organizing totals, classes and amounts of insurance, and same period of 1994, i.e., $1,918,041. The resulting not only in political circles in Ukraine, but by other a general overview of UNA membership. Looking at increase in operating expenses of approximately 10 percent Western reporters, as well as by the Ukrainian media, is mainly due to the increase in utilities not yet refunded, these numbers, it is evident that the number of members many of whom wait impatiently for the next issue of the higher real estate taxes and commissions paid for rentals. is falling, while the amount of insurance is rising. In the few Weeklies that are available in Kyiv. In addition, The building has approximately 18,000 square feet adult department, the most popular plan is 20-Payment everyone knows that The Ukrainian Weekly is published vacant, giving a 94 percent occupancy rate. However, Mr. Life, where a member pays premiums for 20 years and by the "prestigious and influential" Ukrainian National Blahitka noted, the UNA occupies about 32,000 square feet enjoys membership with paid-up insurance afterward. Association, reported the vice-presidentess. without paying rent, and that's another 11 percent vacant as The 20-Year Endowment policy seems to be the favorite On October 6, at the request of UNA president Ulana far as a prospective buyer would view the situation. in the juvenile department. The UNA has issued more Diachuk, the vice-presidentess said she participated in a pre­ The treasurer reported that he has met with approxi­ than 77 of these certificates in the first 10 months of this liminary meeting at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington mately a dozen prospective buyers and provided them year. The popularity of the Universal Life product, sold in preparation for the commemoration of the 10th anniver­ with various statistics and information as requested. by the UNA's professional sales force, also is growing. sary of the nuclear accident at Chornobyl. Ambassador Yuri Nonetheless, the UNA did not get a single serious bid. The secretary reported that the UNA expects its new Shcherbak spoke of many plans, including a mass rally in Therefore, Mr. Blahitka said he recommends that the Additional Insurance Program, whereby a member can Washington, a concert at the Kennedy Center and the par­ next step be to give an exclusive to a commercial broker upgrade his/her paid-up policy to an active Single- ticipation of non-Ukrainian organizations, especially envi­ to market the building. "We have learned through expe­ Premium Whole Life policy, will prove to be as success­ ronmental ones. However, since the Embassy has no money rience that selling a commercial building is a very com­ ful. This is important to the UNA, as it increases the for such events, he suggested an appeal for donations go out plicated procedure involving finance, engineering, mar­ number of active members. to the Ukrainian community in the U.S. signed by the lead­ keting and many other skills," the treasurer concluded. - As a result of a mass mailing of proposals for the AIP, ers of various organizations. At the conclusion of Mr. Blahitka's report, Vice- the UNA is are gathering a wealth of new information Ms. Dydyk-Petrenko added that she also attended a President Olesnycky made a motion to give an exclusive about its paid-up members, Mrs. Lysko noted. For the third reception at the Embassy of Ukraine for Prime Minister listing to a commercial broker by next week. The consecutive month, the Recording Department has mailed Yevhen Marchuk. motion was unanimously passed. approximately 2,000 letters to paid-up membeis. The con­ siderable amount cf woik relating to this program, record­ Canadian director's report Secretary's repent ing ail the changes and issuing new certificates, has kept Mr. Savaryn reported that he continues to work with the Mrs. Lysko ІЄ'ООГІСС on the many changes being earned the department bus4/. Even when a member is /ic. interest­ out in UNA insurance plans. All secretaries and members ed in converting his/her paid-up policy, he/she will often Hied on page 10) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1995 No. 48 NEWS AND VIEWS: Waldorf pedagogy THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY holds first official seminar in Ukraine Consolidation in the works by Zwenyslava Nykorak Hayda are always busy preparing by. learning appropriate songs, stories, music, etc. This past weekend's special session of the Ukrainian National Association's There is a great interest in Waldorf All children learn how to knit, sew, General Assembly was notable not merely for its brevity or the fact that it was Pedagogy in Ukraine. The Odessa crochet, sculpt, build, woodwork, bake called specifically to review landmark decisions made at its regular annual Anthroposophical Society invited a core and cook, draw, paint, etc. The sciences meeting in May. It was perhaps most notable for the significant vote taken con­ of Waldorf teacher training personnel to are taught through hands-on activities, cerning mergers with two other fraternal organizations that serve the Ukrainian initiate the first official Y/aldorf Teacher and geography becomes alive with actual community in the United States and Canada. Training Seminar. The seminar is being measurements and drawings of the The Ukrainian National Aid Association, which was founded in 1914, and offered over the course of three years, school and grounds and neighborhood which should imbue the students with the Ukrainian Fraternal A °ociation, which this year marks its 85th anniver­ and then field trips. History becomes an Waldorf methodology. sary, have both expressed interest in merging with the largest Ukrainian frater­ exciting experience with teacher and nal organization, the UNA, with a view toward creating a stronger, more effi­ The first session of the seminar, children dressing up as the historical fig­ cient and united Ukrainian fraternal benefit society. August 7 through August 18, was con­ ures they are studying, acting out dramas ducted by seven docents hailing from The General Assembly expressed support for these mergers in a "sense of the about that particular era, as well as build­ Germany, England and the United States, assembly" resolution and in another indicated its belief that movement toward ing replicas of structures, and learning and was held at the Odessa Pedagogical unity should begin posthaste by naming a four-person committee empowered songs and music of that particular time "to proceed as necessary to negotiate a merger with the UNAA and/or UFA Institute. It was coordinated by Elizabeth The Waldorf school is faculty run. under terms and conditions mutually beneficial to all three organizations." Berringer of Salem, Germany, who also There are no directors, and all decisions The potential mergers were seen very favorably by the Ukrainian National lectured extensively on anthroposophy. are reached by consensus. The Waldorf Association's executive officers, auditors and advisors. To be sure, there is a Grade school teacher training was school movement was founded by Rudolf lot of burdensome and intricate work that has to be done before either of these headed by Marianna Law-Lindenberg Stiener, an Austrian scholar and philoso­ mergers becomes reality. Nonetheless, the fact that mergers are in the making from England, who just graduated her pher, in 1919 in Stuttgart, Switzerland. By should be hailed by our community in North America. class after teaching it for eight years. founding this school, Stiener showed how It is worthwhile to take a look at some salient historical facts in order to bet­ Early childhood training was headed by a school curriculum and teaching methods ter appreciate the import of such mergers. For where there was once one Zwenyslava Nykorak Hayda from the can be effected so that clarity of thought, Ukrainian fraternal organization, there arose several. United States, former director of the sensitivity of feeling and strength of will In his book "The Ukrainian Americans: Roots and Aspirations 1884-1954," Waldorf Kinderhouse in Michigan. Also are developed in people. The movement Dr. Myron B. Kuropas writes: "A turning point in the history of the Ukrainian offered during this training was music, has grown, and there are over 400 Waldorf American community occurred at the 1910 UNA convention in Cleveland." eurythmy (a form of movement), paint­ Greek-Catholic Bishop Soter Ortynsky, who two years earlier had been named ing, as well as arts and crafts. Dr. Olav schools and several Waldorf Teacher an honorary member of the UNA [then known as the Ruskyi Narodnyi Soyuz] Koop from Germany gave lectures on Training Institutes in Europe and over 200 and its "patron," pushed through a series of resolutions which, in effect, would health and the well-being of children. Waldorf schools and five teacher training transform the organization into a Catholic fraternal. Among them was a mea­ Over 90 students attended, coming institutes in the United States. sure that changed its name to "Greek-Catholic Ruthenian Association." from Odessa, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Ivano- Other areas that anthroposophy deals Dr. Kuropas notes: "The bishop's action and its subsequent approval by Frankivske, Lviv, Dnipropetrorovske, with is medicine, with many hospitals in majority vote of the convention were devastating to the UNA. Led by Ivan Zakarpatia, Sumy, as well as other cities. Europe, organic farming and camp hills, Ardan and the Brotherhood of St. John the Baptist of Olyphant, (Pa.), 14 There are many initiatives throughout which are facilities for people of limited branches walked out of the conventions. These same branches later joined Ukraine and over a dozen schools that are mental abilities. forces with other newly established local brotherhoods, called a convention, ... now using Waldorf Pedagogy. What dis­ The task of the students training in and gave birth to the 'new' Ruskyi Narodnyi Soyuz." That second RNS in tinguishes this pedagogy is that it encom­ Ukraine to become Waldorf teachers is to 1918 became known as the Ukrainian Workingmen's Association and today is passes all areas of the child's development. take this pedagogy and incorporate known as the Ukrainian Fraternal Association, It not only addresses learning, but also the Ukraine's rich heritage and transform it Ironically, the changes proposed by the Catholic bishop never went into well being of a child. Because of the belief into a Ukrainian-based learning experi­ effect because it was learned that the changes constituted amendments to the that the child is composed not only of a ence. Teaching through Ukrainian song, charter and as such were regulated by prescribed procedures that had not been physical body but also a spiritual one, it is music, art, handicrafts and festivals will followed. Thus, the changes were null and void. very important that teachers be trained in enrich the Ukrainian child's imagination The damage, however, had been done. And its repercussions continued to be such a manner that they themselves are and nourish his folk soul. felt. Ortynsky soon thereafter founded a Catholic fraternal organization, today worthy of imitation. Learning is done Each child has his/her own destiny, and known as the Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics. And, Ukrainian through arts and crafts, music, drama, as Waldorf educators are very consciously Orthodox faithful later decided to form their own society, the Ukrainian well as practical work. leading children out into the world by National Aid Association. Ideally the same teacher teaches the exposing them, in a creative way, to all Now history seems to have come full circle, as three Ukrainian fraternal children all eight years. Two foreign lan­ facets of learning, so that they may reach organizations may within the near future may unite into one. And, that united guages are taught from grade 1 on, as is their full potential. Children benefit fraternal benefit society no doubt will provide better service to all its members music, which starts with recorder; by tremendously for they are respected for and the Ukrainian community at large. grade 8 the children are playing in a full their uniqueness and learning abilities, and orchestra. Every year each class performs most importantly their spirit is nourished. in a full stage drama, which is a tool to The second session of the Waldorf train­ bolster confidence and nelps in public ing in Ukraine will take place in speaking. Throughout the school year November. For further information, contact festivals are celebrated and the children this writer in the U.S. at (810) 268-4729. Turning the pages back..

Following the Church Union of Berestia (Brest) in 1596, the Uniate wing of the Ukrainian Church increasingly came under Polish (Roman Catholic) control. As had happened after the Treaty of Pereyaslav, signed by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Muscovite Tsar Aleksei, it didn't take long for the "protectors" to become dominators. Danylo Bratkovsky was a Volhynian nobleman, a poet (his satirical collection, "The World Seen in Detail" was published in 1697) and a defender of Ukrainian Orthodoxy. By the time Bratkovsky arrived on the scene in the 17th century, his Church was sorely in need of one. He championed the rights of the Orthodox faithful and the Ukrainian population in general at the diets of the Kyiv and Volhynian aristocracy. He composed an appeal to the Orthodox population of the Rzecz Pospolita (including Right-Bank Ukraine), calling on it, according to the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, "to resist the Jesuits and Uniates." In 1700, Bratkovsky established relations with Hetman Ivan Mazepa, who was then still hewing a pro-Muscovite line. In 1702, Bratkovsky joined the rebellion led by Semen Paliy. Bratkovsky was captured in the revolt's early stages, while Mazepa's Left-Bank Hetmanate dithered and Russian Tsar Peter I practiced realpolitik, refusing to mount any campaigns in defense of his "Orthodox brethren." Bratkovsky was executed in Lutske, the Volhynian capital, on November 26, 1702. His fate inspired Mykhailo Starytsky to write the tragedy "Ostannia Nich" (The Last Night, 1899). Source: "Bratkovsky, Danylo," Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 1 (Toronto: University of Toronto, 1984); "Bratkovsky, Danylo," Ukrainska Literaturna Entskylopedia, Vol. 1 (Kyiv: URE, 1988). Zwenyslava Nykorak Hayda at the Waldorf Teacher Training Seminar in Odessa. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1995

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

serve the Ukrainian language and faces an&Vlacis Koropets'ka reacts Ukrainian cultural heritage. What if the by Myron B. Kuropas U.S. did have an official language? What to readers' letters if all business conducted in places like Soyuzivka or your local Samopomich Dear Editor: (Self-Reliance) office had to be conduct­ It saddens me that Andrew Milne's ed in English because of laws governing OSI scam grinds on letter advocating ethnic cleansing in language? What would happen to Ukraine to rid Ukraine of its ethnic Saturday schools? I suspect that many At a time when our federal government were always open to the OSI and the Soviet Russians aroused no response in your people who have written in reply to my is locked in bitter debate on how and when Union was more than willing to oblige in readers, but my letter suggesting toler­ letter would be just as upset at the sug­ to balance a budget that appears out of con­ defaming Ukrainians. ance for other ethnic groups has prompt­ gestion that English be made the official trol, we, the American taxpayers, are shel­ "It is a race against the clock," Mr. Ro­ ling out millions and millions of dollars to senbaum concluded, "because the suspects ed so many hostile replies. language of the U.S. if this language pol­ fund a federal scam that boggles the mind. are getting older and the witnesses are get­ I would like to say to all readers who icy were applied in the same way that The Office of Special Investigations ting older...How many are actually out there failed to understand my message that I they wish to see the language policy (OSI), notorious for its mendacity and is impossible to say. There are estimates all have no quarrel with the Ukrainian lan­ applied in Ukraine. duplicity, is being kept afloat within the over the lot. I've seen 3,000. I've seen guage per se. On the contrary, I admire So I do not object to people speaking U.S. Department of Justice by a small 10,000. The real answer no one knows." the tenacity and dedication of Ukrainians Ukrainian. What I object to is American group of miscreants daring to call them­ Where did we hear such ridiculous num­ in preserving their culture in the face of citizens telling their Ukrainian citizen employees what language to speak on the selves "Nazi-hunters." bers before? From none other than Simon so many centuries of repression. That The Cincinnati-based Sixth Circuit Wiesenthal. Remember when he was aside, I would like to bring up a point job. Rights are universal things and should not be selectively applied, and in Court ruled that OSI fraudulently prosecut­ claiming that there were 6,000 Nazi war that I left out of my first letter, thinking ed Ivan Demjanjuk. Why? To save their criminals living in Canada? The Deschenes that it was too obvious. this light I simply do not think that it is right for American citizens to be enforc­ jobs. "This was confirmed by Alan Ryan, Committee investigated his charges thor­ The United States of America has no who headed the OSI from its establishment oughly and discovered that in the case of official language. The use of English, ing rules regarding the national language of another country. until 1981," writes Yoram Sheftel in his Ukrainians at least, Mr. Wiesenthal could while necessary in many functions of book "The Demjanjuk Affair: The Rise and only come up with 217 names. Of this It seems to me unfair, even wrong, if American society, is encouraged, but Fall of a Show-Trial." number, Jules Deschenes later reported, you will, for people who enjoyed the never enforced. The federal government "187 never set foot in Canada, 11 have died freedom of growing up in a country with­ "In an interview in an Alabama newspa­ of the U.S. is even kind enough to pub­ in Canada, two have left for another coun­ out an official language to come to per in 1991, he said in reference to the lish forms and offer spoken services in Demjanjuk trial: Tt was one of the first try, no prima facie case has been estab­ Ukraine and deny this freedom to others. languages other than English for its citi­ cases we tried, and we were very much on lished against 16, and the last one could not There are better and less offensive ways zens who do not yet have a full grasp of the line. If we had lost that case, we proba­ be located." to encourage the use of Ukrainian among the language. Ethnic and cultural differ­ bly would have had a very short lifespan.' the citizens of Ukraine. It was obvious that the information fur­ ences are celebrated. "Thus," concludes Mr. Sheftel, "the nished by Mr. Wiesenthal, Mr. Deschenes Ukrainian Americans have benefited Tamara Koropets'ka OSI conspired to shorten Demjanjuk's concluded, "was nearly totally useless and from these policies in their efforts to pre­ Kyiv life in order to lengthen its own." put the Canadian government, through the The OSI knew Mr. Demjanjuk was not RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] tion of Ukrainian writers, which appeared "Ivan the Terrible," continues Mr. Sheftel; and this commission, to a considerable Harvard journal in our last issue alongside an article on city "since 1978 the American authorities had amount of purposeless work." All at Canadian taxpayers' expense, of course. planning in 1920s-1930s Kharkiv. We are been concealing evidence that could have demonstrated Demjanjuk's absolute inno­ covers current events also exploring contemporary themes, as in The Deschenes Commission spent cence of the crime that condemned him to an essay appearing in our next issue on the years investigating allegations of "hid­ Dear Editor: the gallows...three countries had taken part den" Nazi war criminals and issued its "erotics of post-colonialism" in present-day in framing Demjanjuk - the Soviet Union, report in 1986. This painstaking effort It is gratifying to learn from Taras Ukrainian literature. In our reviews section, Poland and the United States." notwithstanding, Jay Bushinsky, another Kuzio that Ukrainian studies are thriving at we evaluate books on topics like the under­ What has happened to the perpetrators Chicago Sun-Times correspondent and the University of Birmingham (October ground Church, the Jewish Holocaust, of this heinous miscarriage by a group of known Ukrainophobe, wrote as late as 22). In his survey of Ukrainian studies pro­ post-Soviet politics, and the economics of men sworn to uphold justice? The first September 22, that Canada has done too grams around the world, however, he privatization. OSI head, Alan Ryan, has a comfortable little, too late "to ferret out suspected should have stated that Harvard Ukrainian We do feel, of course, that a keen Studies, the journal of the Ukrainian career at Harvard University and claims Nazi war criminals who used Canada as a understanding of current affairs requires no knowledge of concealment of evi­ convenient post-war sanctuary..." Research Institute at Harvard University, a familiarity with the past. Furthermore, dence. He appears safe from prosecution. Despite the evidence pointing to OSI now deals with both pre-20th century and regardless of the vintage of the particular 20th-century Ukraine. Mr. Ryan's successor, Neal Sher, has complicity in framing an innocent man, topic, scholarship is constantly develop­ been rewarded with the chairmanship of some Jews still believe he is guilty of war In the early years of the journal, we ing, and fresh approaches offer strikingly the American-Israeli Political Action crimes. "Demjanjuk's presence in this emphasized certain areas of the Ukrainian modern insights into distant themes. Committee (AIPAC). Given the fear that country is obscene," wrote Jeff Jacoby a past to correct the distortions of official Nevertheless, the amount of space we AIPAC generates in Congress, he's also Boston Globe columnist on September 28. Soviet scholarship, as well as of historians dedicate to modern topics has increased. untouchable. "He was an accessory to the most awful of the Russian imperial school and their For example, volume 16 (1992) devotes evil of the 20th century; the blood of Western acolytes. Thus, the editors devoted Eli M. Rosenbaum, the present head of 50 percent of its articles (by number of unnumbered victims stains his hands...Like considerable attention to the medieval peri­ the OSI, is known to us for his pages) and 61 percent of its book reviews many other Ukrainians, Demjanjuk was od to establish that Kyivan Rus' is the her­ Ukrainophobic diatribes in The Ukrainian (by number of reviews) to the 19th and glad to help the Nazis massacre itage of Ukraine. Similarly, it was neces­ Weekly during the 1980s. Mr. Rosenbaum 20th centuries. Jews...Between March 1942 and October sary to re-interpret the 17th century and all but accused Ukrainians of defending, Readers wishing to convince them­ 1943, some 2.5 million human beings were challenge the notion that "pre-October" even harboring Nazi war criminals because selves that we really have emerged from gassed to death...Most of the killing was Ukrainian history reached its brilliant cli­ we believed John Demjanjuk was innocent. the cobwebs of antiquity may order committed by non-German collaborators, max in the union with Muscovy. I was reminded of all of this when I Harvard Ukrainian Studies at 1583 opened the November 19 issue of the especially Lithuanians, Latvians - and Now that scholarship in Ukraine can be Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA Sunday Chicago Sun-Times and saw an Ukrainians like Demjanjuk." For Mr. free of ideological strictures, our emphases 02138. Yearly subscriptions are $28 in angry-looking Mr. Rosenbaum standing Jacoby, the final Demjanjuk verdict in have shifted. For example, we can now North America, $32 overseas. in front of a map of Europe dotted with Israel was "justice miscarried." publish previously unavailable documents Stars of David. I saw a similar map in the from Soviet archives pertaining to the Andrew Sorokowski Messrs. Rosenbaum and Jacoby are not Vienna office of Simon Wiesenthal in alone in their antipathy towards Stalin era, such as the transcript of Stalin's Managing Editor 1977. The Stars of David, which varied Ukrainians. Other Jews are fanning the February 1929 conversation with a delega­ Harvard Ukrainian Studies in size according to the number of Jews flames of hatred as well. Eric Breindel, the murdered in various parts of Europe, was editorial page editor of the New York Post, also formally split state television and a reminder, Mr. Wiesenthal told me, of also believes that justice was not served in Media independence... radio into two autonomous entities: the work that he still had to do. the Demjanjuk affair. His article appeared (Continued from page 2) Ukrainian State Television and Ukrainian These days, Mr. Rosenbaum is working iaThe Jewish Press Magazine on June 17, very hard to keep his job. "Much to our sur­ 1994, condemning the Sixth District Radio cannot sell a license without the State Radio. Although both of the compa­ nies remain in the hands of the govern­ prise, we find ourselves busier now than we Court's finding of "prosecutorial miscon­ approval of another agency, the State ever have been," he told Michael Briggs of duct" by OSI attorneys. Despite the fact ment, which subsidizes 60 percent of their Committee on Television and Radio, the Sun-Times Washington bureau. "We that in February 1994, Attorney General programming, they are free to pursue established by presidential decree in have a greater number of really promising Janet Reno admitted that "there was grave "commercial activities" to raise income for January. That committee has a monopoly investigations than ever before. The cases concern expressed in some prior [OSI] on all television transmitters and controls the other 40 percent of their airtime. we filed last year matched our highest total cases," Mr. Breindel demanded that Mr. national television and radio, as well as Independent radio has developed in over a decade." The reason is "that the Demjanjuk be deported immediately. regional studios, giving it powerful lever­ much more slowly than television. There archives for the former Warsaw Pact And so Mr. Rosenbaum, the great OSI age over both state television and radio are only about 20 radio stations that are nations suddenly opened to us." The Soviet pretender, goes his merry way, spreading and over private broadcasters. either fully or mostly private, and they Union's collapse, he wants us to believe, calumny and obloquy in his wake, knowing President Kuchma's January decree not also rely on the State Committee on has increased the work load of the OSI. full well that come what may, his high-pay­ only established the state committee but Television and Radio for airtime. What a con. The Warsaw Pact archives ing federal job is a safeguarded sinecure. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1995 No. 48 The case of the missing trident, Diverse audience attends premier or, sabotage in high places of film on Bandera's assassination Ukrainian Congress Committee of America during a time of economic hardship in Ukraine and without government support. by Lubomyr S. Onyshkevych KYIV - To the celebratory strains of a string quartet, former dissidents, Ukrainian Mr. Yanchuk told the audience that without LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - Last summer I received two commemorative the film's organizational sponsor and co-pro­ envelops from Chyhyryn (in the Cherkasy oblast), the ancient capital of nationalists, representatives of the Kuchma government, leading literati and other digni­ ducer, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Ukraine under the rule of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky. It seems that in America, "there would have been no film." September an international conference of historians was held there, in com­ taries streamed into the Dim Kino on Kyiv's Saksahansky Street on November 11 for the Mr. Yanchuk acknowledged the contributions memoration of the 400th anniversary of the great hetman's date of birth. of hundreds of individuals in the U.S. and Both cacheted envelopes were canceled by a very handsome special premier of the Ukrainian-made film, Oles Yanchuk's "Assassination." Canada who responded to the UCCA's fund- cancellation on the same date. The cancellation shows a typical raising appeals and made the film possible. Zaporozhian Kozak flag, with a "bunchuk," a hetman's mace ("bulava"), Until recent years, such an event and gath­ ering would have been unthinkable due to the Mr. Yanchuk also expressed gratitude to the and Bohdan Khmelnytsky's personal coat-of arms (a symbolic crown with film's other principal sponsor, Air Ukraine. a cross). The two cancels are identical, even under microscopic examina­ film's politically explosive subject matter: the tion - except for one thing: one of them contains a tryzub, or trident, as struggle of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and Filmed on location in Ukraine, Poland, part of its design, while the other one does not. the assassination of nationalist leader Stepan Munich and New York, "Assassination" is shot This puzzled me, and I decided to get to the bottom of this mystery. After Bandera, topics jealously maintained as taboos in stark black and white, except for the film's some investigation, I came up with the following facts: it seems that the spe­ under the Soviet regime. elegiac beginning in a Munich cemetery, cial-cancellation cliche was made at the behest of the local postal authorities. The audience for the premier of gravesite of Bandera, and concluding photo­ It was sent to the Ministry of Communications of Ukraine for approval. But "Assassination" included representatives of graphic tribute to the eternal beauty of Ukraine. the old-time apparatchiks at the ministry have recently promulgated a ruling, the ministries of defense, culture, education, The film's dialogue occurs in Ukrainian, which prohibits the appearance of the state insignia (the trident) on stamps, internal domestic affairs and foreign affairs, as with the exception of exchanges among cancellations, etc., of Ukraine. Therefore, the special cancellation process was well as President Leonid Kuchma's personal Russian-, English or Polish-speaking charac­ stopped in the middle of the day, the cliche was pulled off, the trident was press secretary, the former chairman of Kyiv's ters. The principal parts are: Stepan Bandera, filed off, and only then could the canceling process resume. City Council, and the U.S. Embassy's cultural played by O. Ohorodnyk; Prylyk, played by The cliche with the Trident was in use only for a very short period of time. attache. V. Lehin; Marta, played by M. Mohylevska; It is estimated that no more than 500 such stampings were made. Thus, if you Also in attendance were Vyacheslav and assassin Bohdan Stashynsky, played by happen to have one of them, hold on to it - it will be very valuable! Chornovil, chairman of Rukh, and his wife, Jurij Odynokyj. This ruling of the Ministry of Communications of Ukraine is an outrage. Atena, chairwoman of the Ukrainian Women's During the concluding moments of the film, No other country in the world has a prohibition against the display of its own League; Les Taniuk, chairman of the Writers' as the names of contributors and sponsors were coat-of-arts on its postal emissions. This is as if it were prohibited by the U.S. Union and the Congress of Ukrainian shown on the screen, the first-night audience administration to use the bald eagle and the stars and stripes on American Intellectuals; and Slava Stetsko, leader of the poured out its approval in appreciative stamps. Can you imagine the outrage this would cause! Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists. applause. Members of the audience termed the I think that Ukrainian philatelists (both in Ukraine and abroad) should The arriving audience quickly overflowed November 11 screening an "emotional experi­ make their feelings about this matter known - in no uncertain terms. Let us the large hall's seating capacity and a sec­ ence" and praised the film as "of European cal­ write to the Ministry of Communications, to Parliament, to President Leonid ond auditorium was opened up for an addi­ iber" and "a vehicle for the truth about Kuchma, to deputies, to political parties, to everybody. tional screening. It, too, was quickly filled, Ukraine." The Ministry of Communications of Ukraine is manned by the old leaving many in the audience standing in the "Assassination" will be shown in the "nomenklatura," which is sabotaging the Ukrainian state, both politically aisles during the screening. coming months in South America, Europe, and economically, by its mismanagement. Ukraine has already lost mil­ In welcoming remarks preceeding the North America and Australia with English lions, maybe billions, of dollars in potential revenues from philatelic sales film, Mr. Taniuk, member of Parliament, and Spanish subtitles. at the world markets - because of that entrenched bureaucracy. Let us not author and former dissident, praised the Plans are underway to enter it in interna­ lose our trident, too. film's director, Mr. Yanchuk, for this persis­ tional film festivals in 1996 in Berlin, tence and vision in creating "Assassination" Rotterdam, New York and Los Angeles.

made, nor was any motion made to do so. asked to examine the conflict of interest (For more details on the work of the UNA General... Also discussed was the UNA's Kyiv provisions contained in the UNA By-Laws Recording Department, see news story (Continued from page 1) Press Bureau. The president reported that (Article 29) and to issue an opinion on beginning on page 5 of this issue.) annual budget for the UNA's publishing expenses of this office are constantly whether Mr. Olesnycky could represent the At the conclusion of the first day's ses­ operations is expected to be down to going up due to rising costs in Ukraine. UNA as its paid legal counsel. Following a sion, the subject of proposed mergers of the $106,000, as compared with $1.2 million in Several voices were heard from the brief discussion, in which it was stated that, Ukrainian National Aid Association and the 1994. General Assembly in praise of the press if he should take on the role of the UNA's Ukrainian Fraternal Association was At Soyuzivka, President Diachuk contin­ bureau's work, which is supported by the lawyer, Mr. Olesnycky would neither be broached, with Mrs. Diachuk providing ued, income during the first 10 months of UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine. able to serve on the above-mentioned com­ some background information about these this year was up by $68,273, and the Q Cafe The final item discussed as part of the mittee nor to vote as an executive officer on two Ukrainian fraternal societies. is ready for use, save for a few minor addi­ review of 1995 operations was the UNA's matters concerning the issue. The next morning a brief report was tions. The separation of charges for rooms headquarters building, known as the A vote was taken with 18 General delivered by Advisors Kuropas and and meals proved to be a success, she Ukrainian National Urban Renewal Corp. Assembly members agreeing that conflict Diakiwsky concerning a UNA home added. However, the resort was forced to Reporting was Treasurer Blahitka who said of interest was not indicated in this case, page on the Internet. cut back on maintenance in order to save that though interest had been expressed by a and three abstaining. A second motion Afterwards, the discussion on mergers money. number of potential buyers, there was not was then made to recommend that the continued, with the result that a motion The Washington Office was closed in one serious offer for the building's pur­ UNURC hire Mr. Olesnycky as the approving negotiations toward that end was accordance with the May decision of the chase. UNA's lawyer. Voting results were: 14 approved by a vote of 17 for, 2 against, 1 General Assembly as of the end of July, He reported to the General Assembly for, 1 against, 4 abstaining. abstaining. The resolution read: "The but its director, Mr. Iwanciw, continued that during the previous day's meeting of Mr. Blahitka also presented to the General Assembly empowers a negotiating to work out of his home through the end the Executive Committee it had been decid­ General Assembly the proposed budget for committee consisting of the president, sec­ of September. On behalf of the General ed to list the property exclusively through a 1996, which was accepted with some revi­ retary and treasurer, and former supreme Assembly, the UNA president extended commercial broker, and that a special com­ sions by all present save for one member secretary and now Honorary Member of thanks and appreciation to Mr. Iwanciw mittee had been formed to oversee sale of abstaining. Mr. Blahitka was to inform the the General Assembly Walter Sochan to "for his professional guidance and all his the UNA headquarters and the purchase of a Assembly members of the revised figures proceed as necessary to negotiate a merger efforts to make the UNA a vital force in suitable building to house the UNA and its during the next day's session. with the UNAA and/or UFA under terms the struggle to inform the American leg­ subsidiaries. That committee includes: the Next on the agenda was selection of a and conditions mutually beneficial to all islators and politicians about Ukraine and five members of the UNURC board of site for the 1998 Regular Convention of the three organizations." the need to support its independence." directors, Mrs. Diachuk, Mrs. Lysko, Mr. Ukrainian National Association. The A motion was made to recommend the A discussion on Ukrainian representa­ Blahitka, Mr. Korchynsky and Mr. Serafyn, Executive Committee had three proposals: hiring of Mr. Olesnycky to represent the tion in the nation's capital ensued, with plus Messrs. Olesnycky, Pastuszek and the Granit Hotel near Soyuzivka in upstate UNA in these mergers, and the vote was Vice-President Olesnycky arguing, "I think John O. Flis, the latter an honorary member New York, Montreal and Toronto. 16 for, 4 abstentions. it is imperative that the UNA contribute to of the General Assembly. Following a discussion among Assembly At the conclusion of the session, another a Ukrainian presence in Washington." He At this point, President Diachuk reported members, a motion was made to hold the motion was made, expressing the sense of suggested that the UNA speak with other that Mr. Olesnycky later made it clear that convention in Toronto; the vote was 17 for, the General Assembly that it supports the organizations that are interested in having a he was reluctant to serve on that commit­ 3 against. mergers of these two fraternal organizations representative in Washington. tee. She noted that the UNA would have to Mrs. Lysko was then given an opportu­ with the UNA. The motion passed by a vote Other speakers suggested that it is hire a lawyer to represent it in the sale of nity to report on the work of the Recording of 17 for, and 2 abstentions. enough to have one office in Washington to the building and suggested that perhaps it Department. She emphasized in particular The next regular annual meeting of the represent the entire community. Thus, would behoove the UNA to hire its vice- her efforts to merge smaller branches into UNA General Assembly is scheduled for Auditor Doroshenko said, "Let's do every­ president as counsel for the corporation and larger ones, and the recently announced November of 1996, as that body's previ­ thing to unite our community instead of the UNA. However, she noted that there is Additional Insurance Program whereby ous annual meeting had decided that opening another office in Washington." The a perceived conflict of interest in that members with paid-up UNA policies can yearly meetings were henceforth to be discussion continued with other opinions, arrangement. purchase more life insurance coverage held in the November, instead of May as but no decision regarding this issue was Members of the General Assembly were without an additional medical examination. had been customary. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1995 Rusyn or Ukrainian? Rusyn minority pushes for separate identity by Khristina Lew BODRUZAL, Slovakia — The wooden church perched on top of the steep hill overlooking this village of 130 inhabitants is Greek-Catholic, built by a Ukrainian architect in 1938. Bodruzal is a Rusyn vil­ lage, said 53-year-old Vasyl Yurchyshyn, explaining what the distinctly Ukrainian wooden cupolas are doing on the western side of the Carpathian Mountains. Mykhayil Yurchyshyn, 70, chided his younger brother. "We are Ukrainians," he admonished. Eastern Slovakia's rolling hills are sprinkled with Ukrainian wooden churches. Most of their parishioners do not distinguish Rusyns from Ukrainians. "Rusyn, Rusnak, Ukrainian — it's the same thing," shrugged 85- year-old Helena Gergelova. But for a vocal minority, there is a big difference. Rusyn, and its English equivalent Ruthenian, is the historic name for Ukrainians. According to the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, the term was first abandoned by western Ukraine in favor of the self-designation "Ukrainian" in 1900. Separated from their neighbors to the east by the Carpathian Mountains, the people of pre­ sent-day Slovakia retained the name Rusyn. With the collapse of the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe ir 1989, a movement began to recognize a dis­ tinct Rusyn culture and language in Slovakia. In November 1992 the First Congress of the Rusyn Language brought together over 50 Rusyn writers and scholars from Slovakia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary and Yugoslavia, laying the groundwork for the eventual codification of the Rusyn literary language, specifically for Slovakia, in January 1995. Since -991, Slovakia's Ministry of Culture has sup­ ported the publications of the Rusyn Renaissance Society — the Rusyn-language weekly newspaper Narodny Novynky and the glossy bimonthly magazine Rusyn. Тле Ministry of Education funded the creation of a Department of Rusyn Language and Culture at the Pedagogical Faculty of Safarik University in Presov to prepare teachers for Rusyn language instruction at 10 elementary schools this fall. Seventeen Slovak schools teach Ukrainian. The Association of Rusyn-Ukrainians of the Slovak A sign announces the Slovak village of Nizny Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup can challenges tradi­ Republic publishes a weekly newspaper and two month­ Mirosov in the Slovak and Ukrainian languages. tional Slovak architecture. ly magazines in the Ukrainian language. A version of the Rusyn language has been widely century. In 1918 it was transferred to Czecho-Slovakia westernmost oblast responded that they were Rusyns. Dr. used in Yugoslavia since World War II. Rusyns in as a separate Subcarpathian Ruthenian province. Turianytsia's name was not among them. Ukraine and Poland have not codified their versions of In 1938 Carpatho-Ukraine was established in the Ms. Lutz confides that while the Transcarpathian the language, and Rusyn scholars have called for the wake of the restructuring of Czecho-slovakia. The dialect differs from other regions of Ukraine, the eventual creation of a common literary standard to be region declared its independence in 1939 and was Uzhhorod intelligentsia is against Rusyn-language used by all Rusyn speakers. absorbed by the Ukrainian SSR in 1945. instruction in school. "Many view the work of the The movement to recognize Rusyn as a distinct lan­ Prof. Turianytsia, who is a people's deputy in the Rusyns as anti-Ukrainian," she said. guage is accompanied by calls from some to declare a Transcarpathian Oblast Council, considers the Lemkos Mr. Fedynyshynets insists that he is not anti- separate Rusyn nationality. of Poland and the Boykos, Hutsuls and Dolyniaks of Ukrainian, and that his only desire is for Kyiv to recog­ The Warhol Family Museum of Modern Art, a con­ Ukraine to be Rusyns. nize Rusyns as a separate nationality, as did Bratislava. crete monstrosity in the sleepy Slovakian town of He accuses the Ukrainian government of listing Rusyns Mykola Mushynka, a Ukrainian folklorist in Presov, Medzilaborce, serves as a soapbox for firebrand as Ukrainians in a 1992 census. By his count there are is unflappable in the storm of controversy surrounding Rusyns. A security guard and the young man collecting 850,000 Rusyns in Ukraine. According to Olha Lutz, head Rusyn nationhood. "There is no movement for a sepa­ admission argue for the creation of a separate Rusyn of the statistics department for the Transcarpathian Oblast, rate Rusyn nation. In Slovakia some 300,000 consider nation. The information desk boasts Rusyn-language when a questionnaire on nationality was distributed themselves Rusyns, but they are not separatists. I con­ magazines, books and dictionaries. throughout the country in 1992, only 34 in Ukraine's sider myself a Ukrainian," he said. (The museum was opened by John Warhola in 1991 to honor the memory of his late brother, Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol never considered himself a Rusyn, and was fond of saying, "I am from nowhere.") Across the border, in the Transcarpathian Oblast capi­ tal of Uzhhorod, Volodymyr Fedynyshynets, a Ukrainian philologist at Uzhhorod University, advocates the cre­ ation of an autonomous Carpatho-Rusyn Republic within a federal Ukraine. Mr. Fedynyshynets, a prolific writer whose works are published in the Ukrainian, Russian and Rusyn languages, believes that the Ukrainian gov­ ernment is making a mistake by not recognizing the Rusyn people. "In Uzhhorod we have a living national language that has not been codified. We have lived here for 7,000 years. We have our own language and culture. Kyiv should recognize this," he said. Ivan Turianytsia, a professor of biology, biochem­ istry and agronomy at Uzhhorod University, is more strident in his call for a separate Rusyn nationality. "Historically, Transcarpathia has never been a part of Ukraine. Autonomy should be returned to the Transcarpathian Oblast. Ukraine has taken away our nation­ ality. In the independence referendum in 1991, 78 percent of the Transcarpathian Oblast voted for self-government within Ukraine, but Kyiv does not recognize this," he said. In fact, except for a brief period in the 10th century when it came under the influence of Kyivan Rus', Volodymyr Fedynyshynets advocates the creation of Transcarpathia remained within the Hungarian state as an autonomous Carpatho-Rusyn Republic within a Ivan Turianytsia claims that Ukraine has taken its border province in the northeast until the early 20th federal Ukraine. away the Rusyn nationality. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1995 No. 48

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Among branch purchase additional life insurance. organizers, the top organizer is Miron •CARS WITH DRIVERS» FLOWERS Vice-president's report Pilipiak, Branch 496, with 36 new members •INTERPRETERS» insured for $171,000; Auditor Pastuszek is Mr. Olesnycky spoke first of his role •SIGHTSEEING» in second place with 25 certificates for with the Ukrainian Heritage Defense $152,000 of coverage; while third place is Committee which has been continuing its held by Paul Shewchuk, Branch 13, with 17 work in reaction to the CBS "60 Minutes" new members and $ 155,000 of insurance. LANDMARK, LTD Delivered in Ukraine segment called "The Ugly Face of toll free (800) 832-1789 Anna Haras, Branch 46, Advisor 1-800-832-1789 Freedom." He noted that community Hawryluk, and Michael Turko, Branch DC/MD/VA (703) 941-6180 Landmark, response demonstrated that when it comes 63, enrolled 12 members each. Kost fax (703) 941-7587 to a well-defined cause, some Ukrainians Chilczenkowski, Branch 10, and are good at forming ad hoc committees Christine Gerbehy, Branch 269, and Dr. and conducting effective activities. He Atanas Slusarczuk, Branch 374, enrolled MYCHAILO'S added that a version of the advertisement 11 members each. Auditor Stefan UKRAINIAN DATING SERVICE that had appeared in The New York Times Hawrysz and Yaroslaw Zaviysky, Branch (WEST ARKA last year would now be published in the 24BELVIARD. 155, had 10 new members each. 2282 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ont., Canada M6S 1N9 trade journal Broadcast. BOX 191 If only each branch would enroll at least The vice-president reported also on his Gifts two new members, the UNA's annual TORONTO, ONT. 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and their assistants were held in June at Association and the Ukrainian Fraternal responsible for the sale of the UNA head­ UNA Executive... Soyuzivka, as well as locally in nearly Association, now seek to merge with the quarters building and the purchase of new (Continued from page 10) each UNA district. UNA. Mrs. Diachuk noted that she facilities to house UNA operations. It was The Teaching English in Ukraine pro­ ion of the UNA president, the Soyuzivka would report in more detail on the pro­ voted to name a committee consisting of gram in its fourth year attracted 50 vol­ manager and other key employees at the posed mergers during the special session the five members of the Ukrainian unteers who traveled to Ukraine at their resort. During the first 10 months of 1995 of the General Assembly that would be National Urban Renewal Corporations' own expense. They taught 53 courses in total income was $68,273 higher than dur­ held during the next two days. board of directors (three executive officers, 22 cities in seven eastern and three west­ ing the previous year, income from rooms The executives also continued discus­ Mrs. Diachuk, Mrs. Lysko and Mr. ern oblasts in Ukraine. The costs to the and meals was $439,564, or $78,558 more sion of a topic raised at their previous Blahitka, and two advisors Alexander UNA of this year's program were than in 1994; banquets brought in $23,145 meeting, that is, the establishment of an Serafyn and Walter Korchynsky); plus $2,416; registration fees brought in less, but this is due to the fact that there advisory financial committee. They Vice-President Olesnycky, Auditor $2,000, Mrs. Diachuk reported. were fewer weddings at the resort; income agreed that by their next meeting they Pastuszek and John O. Flis, honorary The Summer Institute on Current from gate receipts was up; and the bar would be ready to propose the composi­ member of the General Assembly and for­ Methods and Practices in TESOL attract­ brought in $130,936, or $8,486 less than in tion of this three-person committee that mer UNA supreme president. (Mr. ed 280 teachers of the English language the previous year. will assist the UNA in determining its Olesnycky later declined to serve on that in Ukraine to Vinnytsia for the second investment strategy. committee. For details see story about the Mrs. Diachuk noted that Soyuzivka's consecutive year. Mrs. Diachuk credited Finally, the executive also voted to cre­ special meeting of the UNA General new chef has improved and updated the the USIA's Book Enhancement Fund, ate a special committee that will be Assembly beginning on page 1.) menu, and that local groups are now Dr. Victor Kytasty of America House, using Soyuzivka for their dinners. and Minister of Education Mykhailo Renovations of the snack bar, now Zgurovsky with contributing to this known as the Q Cafe, were within the allot­ year's success. For next year, Dr. Zirka ted budget of $75,000. Thus, the cafe will Voronka, who directs both this program be ready for next year's season. Expenses and the Teaching English in Ukraine pro­ at the resort, minus capital improvements gram, is looking into having the teachers' were $100,000 less than in 1994; salaries courses in Lutske and Vinnytsia. were down by $35,262, and other expenses Finally, the president reported that the decreased by $64,719. UNA has mailed Christmas cards to all Regarding the Svoboda publishing Svoboda subscribers as a fund-raiser for the house, the president reported that sub­ UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine. scriptions brought in $514,828, which is $251,737 more than during the same 10- Executive Committee decisions month period in 1994. Advertisements The UNA's executive officers dis­ amounted to $18,401 more, and the cussed the dividend to be paid to mem­ Almanac income increased by $9,000. bers in 1996. Following a discussion on Donations to the press fund were the pros and cons of decreasing the $25,211, or $15,341 more than in the amount of the dividend, the officers previous year. Printing jobs brought in voted that "in anticipation of future $23,159 less than in 1994. expenses associated with two proposed Expenses at the publishing house, Mrs. mergers" (a cost of $200,000 is being Diachuk continued, also decreased: salaries budgeted for merger-related expenses), a by $60,000; newsprint/paper by $28,000; dividend of $300,000 will be given. and telephone bills by $13,000. Postage The executive officers agreed that it is costs, however, increased by $28,000. noteworthy and desirable that two frater­ UNA executive officers during the special session of the General Assembly. From left The president also reported that this nal organizations that serve the Ukrainian are: Vice-Presidentess Anya Dydyk-Petrenko, Secretary Martha Lysko, Treasurer year, courses for new branch secretaries community, the Ukrainian National Aid Alexander Blahitka, President Ulana Diachuk and Vice-President Nestor Olesnycky.

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Alex Kuzma of the Children of Chernobyl Relief Fund says that "Mr Cheney captures the texture of fife in the Chernobyl zone: the fear, the anger, the sense of betrayal . . . like Milan Kundera, he never shies away from the bleak and seedy ironies... for all his dark humor, Cheney reveals a genuine compassion for the people ..."

Glenn Cheney travelled to Ukraine just days after the breakup of the USSR. He interviewed scientists, journalists, engineers, top-level government officials, doctors, environmentalists, parents of sick children and people living just a few kilometers from the Chernobyl complex- all of them could at last speak frankly about the disaster which even now—nearly ten years later—has wreaked unknown havoc.

Cheney's story is moving and personal, but is also told with great wit Seen above are finalists of the Plast tennis tournament sponsored by the and humor; he humanizes the disaster in a chronicle which is enormously Chomomortsi Plast fraternity on Sunday, October, 15, at the Four Seasons readable and insightful. Racquet Club in East Hanover, N.J. The doubles tournament is held each year in honor of the late Yaroslav Luchkan, and a trophy bearing his name is presented to Kirkus Reviews says that ". . . Cheney's portraits of the people the winners. In front are the champions: Eugene Mandzy (left) and Ihor Lukiw; in affected ... give them a memorable poignancy..." And Senator the background (from left) George Walchuk and George Hrabec, third-place finish­ Joe Lieberman of Connecticut calls Cheney's observations "vivid, ers; and Andrew Chraplyvy and Andrew Burachinsky, second-place winners. The tournament directors were Oleh Denysyk and Vlodko Temnycky. insightful and thought-provoking."

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HARTFORD, Conn.: Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Branches 93 Wednesday, December 6 and 106 are holding a Christmas bazaar and food fair, to be held in the school hall adja­ LOS ANGELES: The American Film cent to St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Institute will host the Lost Angeles premier Church, 125 Wethersfield Ave., on Saturday, of "Night of Questions," a Ukrainian-lan­ Ю a.m.-4 p.m. and on Sunday, 9 a.m.-l p.m. guage film with English subtitles, written There will be fine ait pieces, Ukrainian spe­ and directed by Tetyana Mahar. The film's cialty crafts and clothing, jewelry, holiday international cast features Ivar Kalnynsh, items and Christmas cards, book and tapes, Vira Hlaholyeva and Ukrainian American and baked goods. For more information call actress Lubov Demchuk. Ms. Demchuk will (203)563-8439. be present at the 7 p.m. screening and the reception afterwards. The event is sponsored CHICAGO: The parish of Ss. 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PREVIEW OF EVENTS ABSOLUTELY ...SHUMKA Monday, November 27 genre. Admission: $5, MORRISTOWN, N.J.: The Morris Friday-Saturday, December 1-2 International Festival of the Arts will feature From the producer of the award winning "Shupka Retire ef the Whirlwind" SAN DIEGO: The House of Ukraine, 4050- the performance of Bach's Concerto for 47 Porte La Paz, will participate in the annu­ p» 3 BRAND NEW ALL-DANCE VIDEOS! Three Pianos and Orchestra in C Major by al Christmas on the Prado celebration. three world-renowned pianists, Vladimir The Ukrainian Sbnmka Dancers' stunning new show Christmas caroling and Ukrainian Christmas Feltsman, Joseph Kalichstein and Alexander displays will be a highlight of the celebra­ has been captured on video and presented like you've never seen Shumka beforel Slobodyanik, with the Absolute Ensemble, tion. Member-nations will be selling ethnic conducted by Kristjan Jarvi. The conceit will food, at 4-9 p.m. All Balboa Park museums NOW...for the firs! time, get ONE or get ALL THREE videos, also feature operatic soprano Ljuba will be open, free of charge, to the public. Kazarnovskaya who will sing selections For more information call (619) 452-9759. but get the DANCE SENSATION OF THE YEAR for your very own! from Bernstein's "West Side Story," Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess," Puccini's Saturday, December 2 "Turandot," Verdi's "Spazzocamino" and NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Anton Rubinstein's "Melody." The Absolute Katrusla Cycles of the Sun Mint of Perm Society is holding a lecture by Yaroslav Ensemble will perform the world premiere is an adventure of a blacksmith's a rich tapestry of Ukrainian is a modern interpretation of Isayevych, professor of history and presi­ of "Punk for Strings" by Gene Pritsker and spirited daughter during 17th seasonal celebrations of nature and the consequences of "blind dent, International Association of Bela Bartok's "Divertimento." The concert century Ukraine, that takes you regional community traditions. faith" in a ceremonial ritual Ukrainianists, Lviv-Kyiv, who will speak to a Tartar mercenary camp, and set in pre-Christian Ukraine. will be held at the Community Theater, 100 on "The Information Blockade in Ukraine a Sultan's comical harem, ending South St., at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $45, $35, and Measures to Counter It." The lecture with Shumka's famous Hopak. $22 and $15 are available at the door or by will be held at the society's building, 63 calling the Box Office, (201) 455-1183. The Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. festival was conceived in 1993 and is pre­ sented by Nova Artists Inc., with Mr. SILVER SPRING, Md.: Holy Trinity Slobodyanik, artistic director, and Laryssa Particular Ukrainian Catholic Church, 16631 Krupa, executive director. New Hampshire Ave., is holding an art show, featuring original oils and icons from Thursday, November 30 Ukraine and a Christmas bazaar at which CAMBRIDGE, Mass: The Harvard there will be Ukrainian crafts, traditional Ukrainian Research Institute will hold a foods and baked goods. For food orders call lecture by Heorhij Kasianov, Institute of (703) 978-2871 or (301) 622-2338. The con­ History, National Academy of Sciences of current events will be held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Ukraine, titled "Ukrainian Nationalism They will also take place on Sundays, Revisited: A New Theoretical Approach." December 3, 10, and 17, at 1-3 p.m. For The lecture will be held in the institute's more information call (301) 989-3318. seminar room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., PARMA, Ohio: The Ukrainian Vietnam at 4-6 p.m. Veterans of Cleveland Post No. 24 will host Friday, December 1 the quarterly national executive board meet­ ing at St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox NEW YORK: The Mayana Gallery, 136 Cathedral, 5913 State Road, at 1 p.m. The Second Ave. (fourth floor), will screen the post will also hold its annual Christmas film "Tsvitinnia Kulbaby" ("The party following the meeting at the same Blossoming of the Dandelion"), by film location. For more information contact director and actor Alexander Ihnatusha, Roman Rakowsky, (216) 884-1673. Dovzhenko Studio, Kyiv, at 6:30 p.m. The film, produced in 1992, is in the criminal (Continued on page 14)

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