INSIDE: • Nuclear safety program in trouble in U.S. Congress — page 3. • Ukrainians discuss redress issue with Canadian senior minister — page 4. • Make like Indiana Jones in Kamianets-Podilskyi — page 11. HE KRAINI A N EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXV No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine

Kuchma names economic reform Tax reform package is stalled, no by Roman Woronowycz On April 9 Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Kyiv Press Bureau agreed to a proposal put forward by Mr. budget in sight for Ukraine Lazarenko during a speech before the leg- KYIV – Serhii Tyhypko, director of one islative body a day earlier that foreign by Roman Woronowycz bill has passed the legislature. The VAT, of the fastest growing banks in Ukraine and investors should not be given tax breaks, a Kyiv Press Bureau approved on April 3, will continue to be an associate of Prime Minister Pavlo levied at a rate of 20 percent on goods, move that would dampen investor enthusi- KYIV – With the first quarter of 1997 Lazarenko, was appointed vice prime min- asm in any country, much less one where services and trading operations that do ister for economic reform on April 9. complete, Ukraine still has no approved not come under exemptions. the investment climate is already frigid. budget for the current year. What’s worse, Mr. Tyhypko, chairman of the board President Kuchma, who publicly had One reason for the delay in passage of a and a founder of the Dnipropetrovsk- at the moment no consensus exists among budget by the Verkhovna Rada is that the supported Mr. Pynzenyk in his efforts and the branches of power as to when, and most based PryvatBank with which the prime his criticism of government inaction on government and the president have insisted importantly how, a budget will be passed. minister is closely tied, succeeds Viktor economic reforms, took his first public slap that the tax reform package pass the legisla- With the process at a standstill and no Pynzenyk, whose resignation was accept- at the former vice prime minister on April ture before the budget is revisited. The bud- resolution of the budget crisis in sight, ed by President Leonid Kuchma on April 5, when he told a group of reporters from get package went back to the Cabinet of President Leonid Kuchma asked the 7, five days after he had submitted it and regional newspapers that Mr. Pynzenyk Ministers for revisions in December and has Verkhovna Rada on April 8 to extend the after a closed-door meeting between the was in part responsible for the inability of never been returned, and the government emergency budget, based on 1996 expen- former vice prime minister and the presi- the government to get the Verkhovna Rada insisted that the Verkhovna Rada concen- ditures, from its original April 1 deadline dent. Sources close to the president said to approve a tax reform bill and a budget trate on the tax reforms. But national through June. that Mr. Pynzenyk insisted that the presi- for 1997. “Since Pynzenyk was the leading deputies, mostly leftists who hold key posi- What has stalled approval is a package of dent accept his resignation at the meeting. figure [in the lobby effort], this is the tions in committees reviewing the tax bills, seven tax reform bills called the “Economic At a press conference afterwards, Mr. expected result,” said Mr. Kuchma, have taken their time. Growth ‘97” package, whose author, Viktor Pynzenyk, in his first public statements according to the Associated Press. Mr. Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, Pynzenyk, last week resigned from his post since his resignation, explained that he had Pynzenyk had earlier this month admitted attempting to jump-start the stalled budget as vice prime minister for economic reform quit because he felt the government had that at times he had been uncompromising process, appeared before the Verkhovna because he did not see any chance for fur- stopped moving forward on reform and in his vision of reform and could have Rada on April 8. He told deputies they ther progress on economic revamping in the had even begun a backward slide. “Today, approached his lobbying efforts in have been lax in working out the glitches in present government. I believe there is no political will on the Ukraine’s Parliament differently. the tax reform bills. “Even if separate arti- part of the government to push ahead with The president’s criticism on the fail- Of the seven bills, only one has been cles of the bills needed to be reworked, and approved, while four have gone through economic reform,” said Mr. Pynzenyk. “I ure to pass a budget previouly had been some truly did, two months have passed do not see the political potential to solve leveled specifically at Prime Minister only the first of three required readings, since the bills went through their first read- these problems in today’s government.” Lazarenko for shabbily putting together and two have been returned to the gov- ings. They could have been reworked and He said that in today’s Cabinet of the 1997 budget, which the Verkhovna ernment for further revisions. problems resolved,” he commented. Ministers too many divergent viewpoints Rada has steadily torn apart, and for not The package would lower income tax He offered a new schedule for approval exist as to how reforms should continue, submitting a tax reform bill far earlier. rates from 51 to 32 percent, write off of the tax reforms he believes are needed which has caused paralysis. He suggested During his state of the nation address debts accumulated by state-owned enter- for a 1997 budget by the end of April. that in the energy sector, with which the before the Verkhovna Rada on March 21, prises, reform unemployment and dis- Most important, however, he excluded the prime minister is closely tied, there even the president had criticized Mr. Lazarenko ability compensation, and establish a property tax bill – from which a substantial has been a return to a command economy value-added tax, among other things. run by monopolies in a system of barter. (Continued on page 3) At present, only the value-added tax (Continued on page 3) But the economist said most free-market mechanisms are in place for an economic upsurge, and that what is now needed is a balanced budget based on a new tax pro- VOA Ukrainian Branch may lose simulcast in Ukraine gram to provide economic stimulation. He by Irene Jarosewich to individual receivers, a typical radio cable television, a box with two or three said the government’s great failure is its on which a listener turns the dial and push-buttons that connected directly to inability to provide suitable conditions for JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Within the next selects a radio station that is on a specif- government radio programs was installed large foreign investment projects, and that few months the Ukrainian Branch of ic, numbered band. Such AM and FM in many homes, most often in the kitchen government policies and red tape have Voice of America is slated to drop its radio signals require that a large trans- or central hallway. In Ukraine, 12 million lately caused foreign businesses to leave simulcast into Ukraine, and return to pri- mitter be relatively near the listener. households are still equipped with cable the Ukrainian market. “It is tragic when a marily short-wave transmission of its pro- Short-wave radio signals can travel radio capability, thanks to Soviet planners. real or potential investor gives up on its gramming. The current VOA budget does longer distances, transmitters can be locat- For a broadcaster who wants to reach a projects,” he said. Since independence in not have funds to cover the increase in ed at a greater distance from the listener, general audience, AM, FM or the cable 1991 Ukraine has attracted merely $1.4 bil- broadcast fees being stipulated by the and the signals require more sensitive radio network is considered to be a better lion in foreign capital. National Council of Radio and Television receivers (short-wave radios) than stan- choice than short-wave: it’s easier for the If a tax program and a balanced bud- Broadcasting (NCRTB) of Ukraine. dard radios. During the Cold War era, listener and the transmission quality and get do get through the Verkhovna Rada, At present, VOA’s Ukrainian VOA relied exclusively on short-wave reception are better than short-wave, Mr. Pynzenyk said economic growth Branch, which celebrated 47 years of transmission to bypass Soviet transmitters. though these choices are more expensive. could still occur within a year. broadcasting into Ukraine in December In turn, the Soviet Union tried to distort, In the case of AM, FM or cable radio Because of his close association with 1996, broadcasts daily for two hours and or jam, VOA signals so that individual lis- transmission, somebody is the middle- Prime Minister Lazarenko, who also reaches an audience of close to 2 million teners could not accept that signal. In fact, man, a government or private business hails from Dnipropetrovsk, Mr. Tyhypko listeners on a regular basis. According to purchasing and/or owning a short-wave that owns the transmission equipment may at least be able to gather a consen- reports from the Prague-based Open radio receiver was a clandestine affair in and takes money for its use in the form sus on what has to be done to push the Media Research Institute (OMRI), the former Soviet Union, for which a lis- of broadcast fees and licenses. In short- budget and tax reform forward. Mr. approximately 60 percent of those who tener could be fined or jailed. wave radio, basically there is no mid- Pynzenyk said that in the last months he listen to VOA broadcasts in Ukraine In order to more directly provide infor- dleman between sender and receiver. In rarely had access to Mr. Lazarenko. The receive the broadcasts on simulcast mation, or propaganda, to its citizens, the Ukraine, with the exception of a few question remains, however, whether the through AM radio stations or cable Soviet state maintained a third system of independent radio stations, the primary Lazarenko-led government is committed radio; the rest still rely on short-wave. radio transmission — cable radio — in middleman or broker for airtime is the to the economic reform path paved by Radio programs are broadcast in sev- which individual village houses and city Ukrainian government. Mr. Pynzenyk, which has been much eral ways. Middle- and long-wave (AM apartments were hard-wired to receive influenced by the International Monetary and FM) broadcasts send radio signals government radio programs. Similar to (Continued on page 15) Fund and the World Bank. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 No. 15 A N A LY S I S : Military agenda takes hold in Russian politics Subotnyk flops in Kyiv unrestricted observation mission over the by Volodymyr Zviglyanich demonstrated by attempts of the state-con- U.S. (U.S. Department of Defense) trolled TV channels such as Russian KYIV – Kyiv residents rebuffed their The crisis in the Russian army has Public TV (ORT) and Independent TV mayor’s attempt to revive a Soviet-era tradi- Ukraine imposes, then lifts, flight ban reached its peak. Russia, the second (NTV), controlled by Mr. Yeltsin’s allies tion, virtually ignoring his call to hit the largest nuclear power in the world, does Vladimir Gusinski and Boris Berezovskyi, streets Saturday and help clean up the MOSCOW – Ukraine on April 5 lifted a not have money to pay salaries of offi- to stage attacks on the maverick general. Ukrainian capital. Echoing Vladimir Lenin, ban imposed late last month on Russian cers and soldiers, or for research and These attacks ranged from accusations Oleksander Omelchenko had decreed the military aircraft flying over its airspace, a development projects. Neither does it against Mr. Lebed of state treason for the revival of the “subotnyk,” a voluntary day Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said. have a viable military doctrine. Its best Chechnya deal to his failure to secure the of labor. But on the first of four designated He told Reuters an accord was reached officers have left the army for the busi- release of two Russian TV journalists kid- clean-up days this spring, Kyiv residents after telephone talks between the chief of the Russian general staff, Viktor ness world. The majority of the officers napped by the Chechens in late January. stayed away in droves and left the labor Samsonov, and his Ukrainian counterpart, corps does not have decent housing con- The financial core of the new clan is largely to the same street sweepers and park Oleksander Zatynaiko. Ukraine had ditions. The very concept of the mili- based on the assets of the retired military workers who do it for a living on weekdays. slapped restrictions for an indefinite period tary’s structure – whether it is to be con- officers who joined the ranks of the “new Ostensibly instituted by Lenin, “subotnyks” on Russian military aircraft flying in its air- script-based or professional – is unclear. Russians,” as well as those who continue were used by the Soviet government to get space after unauthorized jets flew over the The poor level of military preparedness their duties in such lucrative businesses as workers out on weekends for cleaning, con- Black Sea during a recent NATO visit to and the low morale of Russian troops were arms exports. For example, a state-owned struction or any other job that needed doing, Ukraine, a Ukrainian Defense Ministry clearly demonstrated during the ill-fated company, Rosvoonuzheniye, is headed by often around Lenin’s birthday on April 22. official said on April 3. “Certain limits war in Chechnya. Decision-making Mr. Lebed’s crony, the former commander (Associated Press) were imposed after some Russian aircraft processes and responsibilities for them on of the Soviet aviation forces and former flying over the Black Sea on March 25 and the highest levels of the military command USSR defense minister, Yevgenii Sevastopol says cancel Sea Breeze 26 violated rules governing the routes they are split between the Ministry of Defense Shaposhnikov. Mr. Lebed’s trip to SEVASTOPOL – The City Council of were allowed to fly,” said a duty officer in (Minister Igor Rodionov) and the Defense Washington last November was sponsored Council (Chairman Yurii Baturin). These Sevastopol is calling on Ukraine to cancel the Defense Ministry’s press office. by his friends – retired officers-business- U.S.-led military exercises planned for the institutions have diverging views on the Ukrainian media, quoting unnamed defense men. They also financially support his Crimean Peninsula this summer. Sevastopol concept of military doctrine. officials, said the central Russia-based newly created party, Home and Fatherland. lawmakers passed an appeal last week urg- On February 7, Minister Rodionov long-distance TU-22 military jets were fly- Mr. Lebed supported the former head of ing the Ukrainian government to reverse its sent a report on this catastrophic situation ing spy missions in connection with a Mr. Yeltsin’s security service and ex-KGB decision to play host to the Sea Breeze ‘97 in the army to Russian President Boris recent goodwill visit of NATO warships to general, Aleksandr Korzhakov, in his bid exercises scheduled for August. The largely Yeltsin and Prime Minister Viktor the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa. for a seat in the Duma from Tula, south of ethnic Russian port city is the main base of Chernomyrdin. “Russian planes must choose to follow Moscow. This seat had been left vacant the former Soviet Black Sea Fleet and the international rules of aviation which Common issues when Mr. Lebed moved to the Kremlin center of a dispute between Russia and require permission to fly certain air routes, last year. Having won a parliamentary Ukraine over ownership of the naval force in order to ensure safety in the air,” the There are issues that unite the top seat, Mr. Korzhakov hinted that he would and its bases. Tension has been heightened official said. (Reuters, RFE/RL Newsline) brass of the Russian body politic and the take revenge on his enemies by revealing by plans for Sea Breeze, in which American military elite. secrets he had learned during the years he and other NATO forces will join Ukrainian Inflation for March: 0.1 percent The first is an adamant opposition to worked for President Yeltsin. troops in a simulation of a humanitarian res- KYIV – Ukraine’s Minister of the NATO’s expansion eastward. Politicians cue operation following an earthquake. object to this idea in fear of losing control The nuclear card Economy Yurii Yekhanurov said the Russia sees Sea Breeze as a show of monthly inflation rate for March was 0.1 over former Soviet allies in Eastern Europe Trying to cope with the growing crises in Western force near its borders, on territory and former Soviet republics, especially the the army, the representatives of the politi- percent – the lowest since July 1996 and that some Russian politicians say should beneath the projected figure. Mr. Baltic countries. The military sees in the cal-military clan increased their pressure on belong to Moscow, and has declined invita- forthcoming expansion of NATO a direct Mr. Yeltsin, the government and public Yekhanurov told journalists in Kyiv on tions to participate in the exercise. Ukraine April 3 that the government aims to keep challenge to its professional capabilities opinion in Russia. On February 7, during a is unlikely to heed the Sevastopol Council’s and ability to cope with the growing crises closed session of the Duma, Foreign annual inflation at 25 percent. Inflation call. President Leonid Kuchma has repeat- has dropped from more than 10,000 per- in the Russian army. Minister Yevgenii Primakov briefed mem- edly said Sea Breeze will go ahead regard- The second is the growing politicization bers on the problems of European security cent in 1993 to just under 40 percent last less of opposition in Russia and the Crimea. year. (RFE/RL Newsline) of the Russian army. The evidence of this and NATO’s eastward expansion. He said (Associated Press) trend may be seen in the growing number that such expansion would lead to “unpre- Wages will keep pace with inflation of political declarations coming from the dictable” and very serious changes in Ukraine to fly mission over U.S. military, such as territorial claims on coun- Russian foreign policy. These changes are KYIV – Ukraine’s low average WASHINGTON – On April 13, the tries of the “near abroad,” especially connected to the formation of a strategic salaries are expected to keep pace with Ukrainian Open Skies AN-30 aircraft Ukraine. Their intent is to exert military alliance with China, increasing ties with inflation in 1997, the vice minister of the will depart Kyiv on a four-day journey pressure (especially on the Baltic coun- Iran, clandestine support of Libya and economy said in mid-March. “Salaries across the Atlantic to perform an Open tries) under the pretext of defending the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus. will increase with inflation, which is Skies joint trial flight observation mis- rights of the “Russian-speaking” popula- There are signs that the Kremlin was forecast at about 25 percent this year,” sion in the U.S. It is scheduled to arrive tion. That argument was used by Hitler’s increasing its pressure on the West Oleksander Yaremenko told a news con- in Washington on April 16. From there, propaganda machine regarding the protec- regarding NATO expansion via different ference. Mr. Yaremenko said the average the crew will fly to Wright-Patterson Air tion of the rights of the Sudeten Germans channels. Prime Minister Chernomyrdin monthly salary in February was 138 Force Base in Ohio to fly a two-segment in the wake of the invasion of Czecho- and First Vice Prime Minister Anatolii hryvni for agricultural workers and 154 observation mission on April 19-20. Slovakia in 1938. Chubais declared in Davos, Switzerland, hrv for industrial workers, compared to They return to Washington on April 21, at the World Economic Forum that January when agricultural workers aver- and will begin the return four-day jour- A new clan in Russian politics nationalists would come to power in aged 140 hrv and industrial workers ney to Ukraine on April 24. This will Russia should NATO expand. made 153 hrv. Mr. Yaremenko said A political-military clan has emerged on mark the first time a former Warsaw Pact However, national-chauvinistic senti- the Russian political landscape, alongside nation aircraft will be allowed to fly an (Continued on page 8) the financial and industrial interests. Its ments have been part of the official characteristic feature is an intrusion – Russian political vernacular since October under the pretext of “developing democra- 1993, soon after the forceful dissolution of cy in Russia” – of the military into politi- the Russian Parliament by Mr. Yeltsin. FOUNDED 1933 cal affairs and of politicians into the This time, however, they are supported by TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY frequent references to the nuclear button. domain of professional military concerns. An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Before Mr. Rybkin’s aforementioned On February 11, Ivan Rybkin, chairman of a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. the Security Council and former chairman statement, came Mr. Rodionov’s February Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. of the Duma, claimed in an interview with 7 declaration that Russia may not be able to control its nuclear arsenal in the future. Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. Rossiiskaya Gazeta that Russia could use (ISSN — 0273-9348) its nuclear weapons first in response to a One could surmise that this had more to do conventional arms offensive. with the ongoing campaign to block Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper Another feature is the availability of a NATO expansion than with a recent dete- (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). charismatic leader. One could consider rioration of the economic situation in Gen. Aleksandr Lebed the leader of the Russia and poor subsidy of the army The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201) 451-2200 new clan. Mr. Lebed’s popularity so far is (104.3 trillion rubles were appropriated for Fiscal Year 1997). the highest among politicians active in the Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz Russian political arena. That Mr. Lebed’s Until recently, Russian officials had changes to: Assistant editor: Khristina Lew ascension to power is perceived as a threat vehemently denied that there was any The Ukrainian Weekly Staff editors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) by the establishment in the Kremlin is problem whatsoever in maintaining P.O. Box 346 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (To r o n t o ) nuclear weapons. Why did Mr. Rodionov Jersey City, NJ 07303 go public now? One possible explanation Dr. Volodymyr Zviglyanich is adjunct is that this is because of his desire to The Ukrainian Weekly, April 13, 1997, No. 15, Vol. LXV professor of East European area studies Copyright © 1997 The Ukrainian Weekly at George Washington University. (Continued on page 8) No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 3

December continue to be allowed to Tax reform... move through the legislature to approval International Nuclear Safety Program (Continued from page 1) and that the tax reform package become amount of revenue is expected to help bal- part of the 1998 budget, which the legis- faces opposition in U.S. Congress ance the budget – from the abridged ver- lators are scheduled to begin reviewing sion of “Economic Growth ‘97” that he in May. “This is the only version that can by Eugene M. Iwanciw ated by Western European countries, asked the legislature to pass. get through the Parliament by the end of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Canada and Japan. He explained that the most important April,” he told the newspaper Kyiv Post. In addition to the eight countries in the of the tax bills required for a budget is But that will not solve the budget crisis WASHINGTON – The U.S. partnership, other countries in the imme- the corporate income tax bill. He put for- and could spur an even greater one. As the Department of Energy program to con- diate region – Poland, Romania, ward a schedule by which the bill would prime minister mentioned in his speech duct a comprehensive, cooperative pro- Moldova, Belarus, Latvia, Estonia, come to the Parliament floor for a second before the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine will gram to reduce risks at Soviet-designed Georgia and Azerbaijan – and Western reading within a week and for final not be able to balance its budget without nuclear power plants may, once again, be European countries, consider the pro- approval by April 22-23. the aid of international financial organiza- in trouble. It appears that the administra- gram important because of the adverse He also asked the deputies to expedite tions such as the International Monetary tion’s request of $50 million for the impact any nuclear accident would have the bill on personal income tax and a bill Fund and the World Bank. However, the International Nuclear Safety Program on their countries. The effects of the on changes to existing tax laws, both to IMF has made extension of a $3 billion aid (INSP) is encountering opposition in 1986 accident at the Chornobyl nuclear be approved by the end of April. Mr. package conditional on a 1997 budget that Congress. While in the past there have power plant, while concentrated in Lazarenko suggested that in this way the includes substantial tax reforms. The IMF been congressional criticisms of the pro- Ukraine and Belarus, spread throughout 1997 budget could be implemented by has not yet said if it would accept a budget gram’s management, current opposition the region, affecting Poland, the Baltic July 1. with the partial tax package that Mr. focuses on the method of financing the states and Scandinavian countries. This, however, would not solve the Lazarenko has proposed. effort. The INSP program is authorized by budget problem as simply as the prime Without some sort of tax reform, the The program originated from U.S. the Senate Committee on Armed minister would have it. In order to economy would plunge again into a crisis commitments made at the G-7 confer- Services and the House Committee on approve the budget quickly, Mr. as severe as in 1993. According to a Kyiv ence in 1992, when world leaders agreed National Security as part of the Defense Lazarenko has suggested that the Post report a group of government advisors, to collaborate with host countries to Authorization Bill. Congressional oppo- Parliament write the new tax laws direct- led by the noted economist Anders Aslund reduce risks at certain Soviet-designed sition to the program generally centers ly into the budget. has said that, without a budget by July, reactors. Since that time the program’s not on the program itself but on the fund- Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ukraine would be denied $1.2 billion in scope has expanded to include safety- ing mechanism. The argument of critics Oleksander Moroz, speaking to the legis- Western loans – which it is counting on to related activities at 20 nuclear power is that the program is foreign assistance lature after Mr. Lazarenko’s presentation, cover the budget deficit. This would force plants with 64 operating reactors. The and should be funded as such rather than questioned the constitutionality of devel- the National Bank of Ukraine to print program has established partnerships through the Pentagon’s budget. This dis- oping the budget in that way. He money to pay off debts, re-igniting inflation with eight countries – Russia, Ukraine, agreement could have dire implications explained that the present 1997 budget to 32.4 percent for 1997. If the tax reform Armenia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, for the program if the two committees which was passed on December 16 in its package fails in the Verkhovna Rada, the Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia – to refuse to authorize the appropriations. If first reading would have to be withdrawn group estimates that inflation would reach improve the physical conditions of the Congress fails to fund the INSP, that and a new one presented, which would 55 percent by the end of the year. plants, train plant operators, and establish could also impact on the U.S. contribu- require that the procedure begin anew. That, at present, is of less concern to modern safety technologies and methods. tion to the international effort to provide In order to simplify what has turned the average person on the street. The The U.S. effort is conducted in close funds for the closing of the Chornobyl into a complex process without a foresee- most pressing worry is that, without a cooperation with similar programs initi- plant by the year 2000. able end, National Deputy Viktor Suslov, budget, no government pensions and chairman of the Finance and Banking wages will be disbursed in a country that Committee, proposed that the budget already owes its workers almost $1.5 bil- deputies passed in its first reading in lion in back wages. Rand Corp. senior analyst evaluates problematic Ukraine-Russia relationship centrated in the hands of one person, the Kuchma names... prime minister,” Mr. Kuchma said at his by R.L. Chomiak He also contended that it may be a meeting with regional news reporters. (Continued from page 1) paradox, but “Russians know very lit- Meanwhile, the prime minister envi- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly to the point that many observers believed tle about Ukraine.” sions changes that will allow him to retain the prime minister’s days in his post were WASHINGTON – Here’s a trivia In Poland, he noted, there are 10 uni- his power, but would restructure the numbered. Now it seems that he has been question for your next cocktail party versities offering courses in Ukrainian Cabinet to eliminate overlapping positions pardoned and has even strengthened his conversation: Which of the new inde- studies, and not one in Russia, yet his- position with the appointment of another and reduce the number of ministries. pendent states – the successor states of torically, Polish-Ukrainian relations But, as Vice Prime Minister Vasyl representative of the Dnipropetrovsk busi- the former Soviet Union – has never were not that much different from ness and political leadership, known in this Durdynets said on April 9, “We have a proclaimed its independence? Russian-Ukrainian relations. country as the Dnipropetrovsk “mafia,” to a lot of work to do before an agreement is The answer: Why, Russia, of course. Both Poland and Russia ruled over key government post. reached.” Russia? Ukraine, with Poland controlling more Both Mr. Lazarenko and President Yes, Russia did declare its sovereign- Ukrainian territory longer than did Kuchma have their political bases in that ty in June 1990 (Ukraine did it a month Russia. eastern Ukrainian city. However, today Rada rejects Lanovyi later). But after the failed Moscow He also quoted from a recent work Mr. Lazarenko is thought to be the leader putsch in August 1991, when the by American historian Richard Pipes, of the Dnipropetrovsk clan. Mr. Kuchma republics of the “unshakable” union who unearthed Vladimir Lenin’s direc- has sought a wider power base since he as privatization chief began to declare their independence one tive, written as he was gathering the became president, although he has kept after the other, Russia, or the Russian pieces of imperial Russia into the Soviet his contacts with the city and has many KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada rejected Federation, never bothered. Union. In it, Lenin was ordering the ran- advisors from there. President Leonid Kuchma’s candidate This piece of incidental intelligence sacking of Kharkiv (then capital of Mr. Tyhypko, the new vice prime minis- for chairman of the State Property Fund comes from Dr. Roman Solchanyk, Soviet Ukraine) and saying that Ukraine ter for economic reforms, has never held on April 9. senior analyst at the Rand Corp., a for- “is alien to us; we don’t know it.” public office. He is a graduate of the Volodymyr Lanovyi, acting privatiza- mer Radio Liberty analyst and once a Russians still don’t seem to know it, Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute and tion chief since Mr. Kuchma appointed frequent contributor to The Weekly, Dr. Solchanyk maintained. Some of has been associated with PryvatBank since him last month, would have required 226 who spoke in Washington on April 7. President Boris Yeltsin’s top advisers its inception in 1992. The 36-year-old was votes in his favor but received only 148, Dr. Solchanyk, who now resides in admit to being perplexed by what is once the head of the Dnipropetrovsk with 108 opposed, reported Reuters. the Santa Monica area, was invited to happening in Ukraine, he said. K o m s o m o l . Parliament Chairman Oleksander address the Ukraine Political- But during the discussion period, The appointment of Mr. Tyhypko is the Moroz said Mr. Lanovyi would stay on Economic Working Group at the Anders Aslund, the Swedish econo- latest in a series of changes in the Cabinet, as acting chairman of the state privatiza- Center for Strategic and International mist who advises the governments of which has included the dismissal of the tion agency, previously headed by Yurii Studies (CSIS). Richard Murphy, Ukraine and Russia, seemed to dis- ministers of transportation and agriculture. Yekhanurov, who in February was executive director of the American- agree with this. President Kuchma has called for a restruc- appointed minister of the economy. Ukrainian Advisory Committee, of Recently, he related, he had lunch turing and streamlining of the Cabinet of The Verkhovna Rada’s Economic which the working group is a part, in Moscow with Anatolii Chubais, Ministers, which Prime Minister Lazarenko Policy Committee must decide whether chaired the session. who is in charge of Russia’s economic said is being developed. Mr. Lanovyi’s candidacy should be “You could say,” Dr. Solchanyk sug- reform, and half of the lunch was Many thought the new structure would renewed or whether a new candidate gested, “that Russia ‘was’ the USSR,” spent discussing Ukraine. Mr. Aslund be announced when Mr. Lazarenko spoke should be put forward, Mr. Moroz added. so there was no need for it to assert that noted that, while there are no before the Verkhovna Rada on the budget Reuters reported that one national it was independent.” He also suggested Ukrainian studies programs in Russia, impasse. However, disagreement between deputy said reformist members of that Russia continues in its search for there are no Baltic ones either. But the prime minister and the president on the Parliament had opposed Mr. Lanovyi self-definition, and the existence of there are at least 20 Russian media new structure of the ministries has caused because they did not view him as a independent Ukraine – something that correspondents working in Ukraine, he delays in final decisions. reformer, while Communist deputies most of the Russian political and cultur- said, adding that the elite, who see President Kuchma has said he would were against him because they though al elite still has trouble accepting – is their reports, pay attention to Ukraine. like to see a “bloc structure,” where minis- him too reformist. having an impact on this process for ters are wholly responsible for their sector. He also heads the Kyiv International s e l f - d e f i n i t i o n . (Continued on page 4) “Unfortunately, everything today is con- Stock Exchange. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 No. 15 Canadian Cabinet minister meets O B I T U A RY: Peter Krawchuk, 85, with Ukrainians on redress issue Ukrainian Canadian Communist by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj redress for internment, and an appropri- Toronto Press Bureau ate response to the UCC’s proposal to the federal government concerning TORONTO — Thanks to the pres- Canadian unity issues and the role of sures of an election year, and to the occa- multiculturalism (submitted in April sion of a joint Ukrainian Canadian 1996 and since unacknowledged). Congress (UCC) and Canadian Jewish As suggested in a UCC press release Congress-sponsored roundtable on of March 14, its representatives made it Canadian unity, a senior Canadian clear that the redress issue is a stepping- Cabinet minister finally met with the stone to larger concerns. “It was empha- community’s representatives to discuss sized that internment was of importance the matter of redress for the internment to the community,” the release reads, of Ukrainian Canadians in 1914-1921. “and that only by dealing with the issue Despite promises to resolve the matter seriously could the Ukrainian Canadian by both the previous federal Progressive community move forward as full partici- Conservative (1984-1993) and current pants in Canada’s future.” Liberal governments, in the eyes of Mr. Boyko was quoted as saying, Ukrainian Canadian community leaders “The principle is simple: Ukrainian neither has dealt appropriately with the fact Canadians were unjustly interned, the that hundreds of citizens were interned in government took property from the com- camps as enemy aliens and that in many munity, and we want it back.” cases their assets were confiscated. Mr. Boyko told The Weekly on March On March 13 President of the Privy 24 that the Ukrainian Canadian commu- Council and Minister for Intergovernmental nity is not seeking to “correct history,” Affairs Stéphane Dion met in Winnipeg at but to “prompt the government to do Peter Krawchuk being welcomed to Radekhiv, Ukraine, in the early 1980s. the College Universitaire de St. Boniface what is right” in returning monies taken with UCC President Oleh Romaniw, UCC from Canadian citizens earlier in the cen- by Andrij Makuch Upon his release, he moved with his Saskatchewan Provincial Council (UCC- tury and applying them to the needs of wife, Mary (née Sholdra, whom he mar- SPC) President and National Governmental TORONTO — Peter Krawchuk, a ried in 1936), to Toronto. present-day citizens. longtime leader with the Ukrainian- Relations Committee Chair Adrian Boyko The UCC governmental relations In 1947 Mr. Krawchuk was part of a and committee member Prof. Bohdan Canadian pro-Communist left, died of three-person mission to Ukraine that chair said that “no matter how you look complications following surgery in K o r d a n . accompanied a large shipment of humani- at it, the government has our money sit- Toronto on February 3. He was 85. Mr. Boyko hailed the meeting as tarian aid for post-war reconstruction. He ting in the Canadian treasury.” He added, Anathematized by many for his overt- “very significant.” The UCC official stayed on after the mission as a special “We might not agree to whom this ly pro-Soviet sentiments, he nonetheless told The Weekly on March 24, “This correspondent for several pro-Communist money belongs, but certainly any reason- commanded respect, even among people was the first time that Minister Dion had Ukrainian newspapers in the West. able person would agree it doesn’t who may not have agreed with him polit- asked for the participation of the After his return to Canada in 1949, belong to the jailers.” ically, for his love of and commitment to Ukrainian community, the Métis com- Mr. Krawchuk spoke at public meetings The UCC representative said all funds the Ukrainian language and culture. munity and other aboriginal communi- about his generally favorable impressions received would be applied to civil liber- Mr. Krawchuk was born in the village ties, the French Canadian community of Ukraine. These gatherings aroused ties and citizenship promotion projects of Stoyaniv (northeast of Lviv) in west- and the Jewish community in a meeting outrage among many recent Ukrainian and research centers for work across the ern Ukraine on July 6, 1911. His educa- that brought everyone together to talk country. Mr. Boyko said this would arrivals to Canada, who tended to be tion was interrupted in 1926, when strongly anti-Soviet in sentiment. about the issue that concerns all of us as amount to a symbolic satisfaction of Polish authorities closed the gymnasium citizens: the country’s unity and our grievances that would also advance the Because of common outbreaks of vio- in the nearby town of Radekhiv where he lence, these meetings attracted the atten- sense of our participation in it.” cause of “tolerance, justice and unity.” was enrolled, but he made use of the According to Mr. Boyko, in terms of In its March 14 press release, the UCC tion of the mainstream media. local Prosvita Society library to further Mr. Krawchuk had been strident in his the brief 25-minute session with Minister “applauded [Minister Dion’s] recent per- his personal knowledge. He also became Dion following the roundtable, “partici- sonal intervention to remove from dis- opposition to the admission of post-war active in the socialist Workers’ and refugees into Canada and participated pation” boiled down to two major issues: play in Regina’s Royal Canadian Peasants’ Party (Selianska Robitnycha Mounted Police Museum the rope that vigorously in a smear campaign to por- Partiya, known as Sel-Rob) as a youth tray them as fascist sympathizers. hung [19th century Métis leader] Louis organizer and public speaker, and in the Riel. [UCC officials] appealed to the Over the years, the activist continued to Rand Corp. ... Communist Youth League (Komsomol). attack the new arrivals in the press and in minister to show the same sensitivity on As a result, the activist was often (Continued from page 3) Ukrainian internment by helping to various publications, with tracts denouncing detained by Polish police, and his family them as “bourgeois nationalists,” “collabora- Dr. Solchanyk, in turn, came up with a [resolve] the long-standing issue.” home was repeatedly searched and ran- tors” and even “war criminals.” He published quote from Mikhail Yuriev, a 39-year-old In fact, Saskatchewan University sacked. This situation exasperated Mr. some of the most vicious of these attacks deputy speaker of the Russian Duma, and political science Prof. Kordan raised this Krawchuk’s father (although himself a under the pseudonym Marko Terlytsia, with member of the Western-oriented liberal issue, and added some stronger incentive Sel-Rob supporter), who arranged to titles such as “Natsionalistychni Skorpiony” Yabloko party headed by Lviv native for the government to consider a political have his son taken in by family members (Nationalist Scorpions) and “Here is the Grigorii Yavlinsky. In an interview, Mr. solution to the problem. Prof. Kordan living in Canada. E v i d e n c e . ” Yuriev had said that Ukrainians and told The Weekly on March 25, “I Mr. Krawchuk arrived in Winnipeg in Mr. Krawchuk continued his press and Belarusians are not separate peoples, that informed them that the UCC had April 1930. He wasted no time in linking organizational work with the Association they are “Russkiye.” received money from the Federal Court up with the pro-Communist Ukrainian of United Ukrainian Canadians (the “The Ukrainian language is 100 per- Challenges Program to proceed with a Labor Farmer Temple Association ULFTA’s successor). At the same time cent more poetic than Russian,” the suit concerning the redress issue, to clari- (ULFTA). By 1931 he was a member of he started writing about the Ukrainian deputy speaker maintained, “but it’s a fy the situation regarding the govern- the Central Committee of the ULFTA’s Canadian left’s past, using a scheme of dialect of Russian, like the Siberian or ment’s confiscation of assets.” Youth Section. In 1936, he attended a history that existed in oral form among Moscow dialects.” Mr. Boyko remarked that “this should ULFTA Higher Education Course, a six- the ULFTA leaders but had never Dr. Solchanyk said he confronted Mr. not be made out to be more difficult than month cadre training session. appeared fully realized in print. Yavlinsky with this view of his young it actually is,” and expressed the UCC’s Upon graduation he was put to work at Mr. Krawchuk also continued to visit party colleague, and Mr. Yavlinsky dis- conviction that “we feel we can work the ULFTA’s flagship daily, Ukrainski Ukraine in a variety of organizational missed it with a shrug, “He’s a business- with Minister Dion in finding a construc- Robitnychi Visti (Ukrainian Labor capacities as he gained seniority in AUUC man” – meaning, what do you expect? tive solution to this problem.” News). Mr. Krawchuk had found his circles, and direct contact between the Another anomaly in Russia, said Dr. Mr. Boyko also told The Weekly he home, and for the next 55 years he was to pro-Communist left in Canada and the Solchanyk, is that there are two separate came away from the meeting with the play a leading role in the Ukrainian Ukrainian SSR increased. parliamentary committees on foreign sense that Minister Dion had realized Canadian pro-Communist press. What he and his colleagues saw and affairs: one for the “Commonwealth of “multiculturalism must play a significant He also broadened his other organiza- experienced was disturbing, particularly in Independent States (CIS) and Compatriots part in keeping Canada together.” In a tional activities, occupying executive respect to a strong increase in Russification. Abroad,” and the other for the rest of the March 14 UCC press release, the UCC- positions and undertaking speaking tours. Their disenchantment eventually led to the world. Dr. Solchanyk said that recently, SPC president is quoted as saying, “We For the latter, Mr. Krawchuk was aided by creation of a delegation of inquiry spon- when he addressed a group of American understand that this places the government a knack for storytelling, an affable manner sored by the Central Committee of the members of Congress, he noted half in jest in a ticklish position with those who are and an exceptional memory. His growing Communist Party of Canada (reacting to that the member whose district includes opposed to multiculturalism in Canada, stature within the organizational ranks pressure from the AUUC) to investigate Brighton Beach in Brooklyn should be who see this as one more issue that was reflected by the fact that in 1940 he Soviet nationalities policy in Ukraine. Mr. aware that the Duma committee dealing divides. But this is precisely the challenge was among the ULFTA leaders interned Krawchuk was among the six members of with “compatriots abroad” may be looking the government must face and overcome.” (in his case until February 1942) after a the group that set off to Ukraine in late into the welfare of the thousands who live “We are prepared,” Mr. Boyko conclud- number of left-wing organizations, includ- March 1967. there, as it does for those in Ukraine or the ed, “to assist the government in finding a ing the ULFTA, were declared illegal by Baltic countries. constructive solution to this problem.” the Canadian government. (Continued on page 14) No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

UNA DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING UNA Seniors Association

surer; Mr. Lazarchuk, corresponding and D e t r o i t / To l e d o / Wi n d s o r recording secretary; Dr. Atanas Slusarczuk, slates annual conference by Stephen M. Wichar Sr. Ukrainian public relations; Mr. KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Have you The Seniors’ Conference program will Wasylkevych, publicity (Ukrainian); Jurij made your reservations for the 23rd feature something for everyone. After reg- WARREN, Mich. – It is not often that a Rub, programs and hospitality; Osyp UNA Seniors’ Conference to be held at istration on Sunday afternoon and dinner, Ukrainian National Association District Bihun, programs and hospitality; Gregory Soyuzivka on June 8-13? a welcoming wine-and-cheese party will Committee annual meeting hosts four Korbiak, Dmytro Koszylowsky, Mr. The highlight of the conference will be take place in the Carpathian Echoes national officers. Such was the case here on Kuropas and Petro Zaluha, advisors; Ms. a trip by chartered bus from Soyuzivka to Lounge in the Main House. Participants March 9 when the Detroit/Toledo/Windsor Marusczak, Josef Postolowsky and New York City on Wednesday, June 11, will have an opportunity to socialize, UNA District Committee convened for its Serafina Marzotto, auditors. The proposed to visit the exhibit “The Glory of dance and enjoy meeting Ukrainian annual deliberations. Among those present slate was unanimously elected. Byzantium” at The Metropolitan Museum seniors from all over the United States. were Martha Lysko, secretary; Anatole Dr. Serafyn called on Secretary Lysko as of Art. More than 350 rarely seen trea- On Monday morning, the members will Doroshenko, auditor; and Dr. Alexander the featured speaker for the afternoon. After sures from around the world are included attend the annual divine liturgy offered in Serafyn and Roman Kuropas, advisors. a brief welcome to the Detroit District, Ms. in an exhibition of unprecedented scope memory of deceased UNA seniors. After Dr. Serafyn, as the local district chair- Lysko provided a corporate data sheet on and dazzling beauty. The exhibition cov- the religious services, the 23rd conference man, opened the conclave of 20 executive organizing results and membership. ers the rich heritage of Byzantium’s gold- will be officially opened by Anna Chopek, officers and branch representatives. After She pointed out that Detroit, in a roster en age and the cultural currents it shared president of the UNA Seniors establishing a quorum, introductions were of 30 districts within the UNA structure, in with Kyivan Rus’. The Ministry of Association. The national anthems will be made and an agenda was adopted. Dr. terms of its organizing activity was in sixth Culture and six museums of Ukraine have Serafyn and Roman Lazarchuk were sung, and the pledge of allegiance recited. place. Fifty-seven new members were loaned great medieval treasures. A conference chairman will be elected selected as the presidium officers. Mr. enlisted in 1996 for a total insurance value Included in the exhibition will be Lazarchuk was invited to read the minutes and committees appointed. of $567,041. A quota of 50 percent was sacred icons adorned with gold, mosaics, Business sessions will be held morn- of the March 3, 1996, annual meeting. achieved by Detroit. Dr. Slusarczuk led the frescoes, ivories, enamels, silks, stone In keeping with a decision made at an ings between 10 a.m. and noon. Reports organizers’ list with 12 new members. carvings, gems, ceramics, manuscripts, will be given, new officers elected and executive board meeting held on February Ms. Lysko also summarized some of coins, gold and silver liturgical objects. 17, only designated officers presented new business discussed. One session will the preparations for the 1998 UNA Also, The Metropolitan’s own collection be devoted to a discussion of current annual reports for the Detroit District. Dr. Convention, including updating the of jewelry from Kyivan Rus’ discovered Serafyn proceeded by reviewing the issues problems in Ukraine, with Dr. Roman membership roster with proper addresses near the Desiatynna Church in Kyiv will Baranowskyj acting as moderator. and activities of his tenure. He highlighted and other data. be included. The cost of the trip will be the ever successful UNA Day at the popu- During the conference there will be a Referring to the recently established $20. This could be a once-in-a-lifetime meeting with the president of the Ukrainian lar Dibrova Estate, the propagation of the Ukrainian National Foundation, Ms. Lysko opportunity as the exhibit will be shown UNA through the film “Helm of Destiny” said, “although UNA branches donate to in New York only. (Continued on page 16) to community groups, and other related the Ukrainian community for varied caus- public relations matters. He briefly dis- es, it is also important to remember and cussed his work as a former officer of the support UNA projects as well.” Among Michigan Fraternal Congress, and con- other issues covered were insurance train- cluded his report with personal thanks to ing programs, upcoming by-laws changes, his UNA colleagues. scholarships and the UNA-UFA merger. The Chairman’s report was followed Ms. Lysko also announced that in by that of Mr. Lazarchuk, district secre- New Jersey the UNA has several profes- tary. Jaroslaw Baziuk, treasurer, reported sional insurance salesmen, and if anyone a relatively inactive year in both income is interested in becoming licensed in his and debits accounting; several secretaries respective state, the UNA will offer max- reported on their branch progress. imum assistance. Olha Marusczak, chairperson of the Mr. Doroshenko responded to several 1997 CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS AT SOYUZIVKA district auditing committee, noted that questions that were germane to his office Mr. Lazarchuk, Mr. Baziuk, Zenon as auditor. He also announced that he has TENNIS CAMP: SUNDAY JUNE 22 - THURSDAY JULY 3, 1997 For boys and girls ages 12-18. Instructor’s fee $75.00 per child Wasylkevych and Stephen Wichar were purchased a condominium in Northville, given high marks for the performance of Room and board: UNA MEMBERS $240.00/Non-Members $290.00 for full session Mich., and will become a member of the Instructors: Zenon Snylyk, George Sawchak and staff. Limited to 60 students. their duties. Detroit District Committee. Ms. Marusczak also presented a “verbal In his closing remarks, Dr. Serafyn commendation” of Dr. Serafyn. Ms. BOYS AND GIRLS CAMP: SATURDAY JULY 12- SATURDAY JULY 26, 1997 thanked both Ms. Lysko and Mr. Recreational camp for boys and girls ages 7-12 Marusczak declared, “He provided the nec- Doroshenko for their contribution to a Featuring hiking, swimming, games, Ukrainian songs and folklore, supervised 24 hr. essary UNA leadership in the Metropolitan successful annual meeting. He also listed Room and board: UNA MEMBERS $160.00 PER WEEK/Non-Members $200.00 per week Detroit area. He has, indeed, completely some of the activities planned for the Counselor fee: $30.00 per child per week. Limited to 45 campers per week. fulfilled his role as a national advisor.” next term of office. Ms. Marusczak also reported as the The Detroit District will continue its CHEMNEY FUN CENTER: SUNDAY JULY 27- SATURDAY AUGUST 2, 1997 nominations committee chairperson. The annual UNA Day, plan an organizing con- Geared to exposing the Ukrainian heritage to the English-speaking following persons were nominated to serve ference, sponsor a community meeting with pre-schoolers ages 4-6, 2 sessions per day 10AM - noon and 3PM - 5 PM as Detroit District officers for the 1997- Dr. Myron Kuropas to promote his forth- Registration/Counselor fee: $75.00 for parents staying at Soyuzivka 1998 term: Dr. Serafyn, chairman; Mr. coming book on UNA history, develop a If staying off premises registration fee: $125.00 Wichar Sr., vice-chairman and English Parents staying on premises pay room and board rates accordingly. public relations/publicity; Mr. Baziuk, trea- (Continued on page 14) UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCE WORKSHOP: SUNDAY AUGUST 10 - SATURDAY AUGUST 24, 1997 Traditional Ukrainian folk dancing for beginners, intermediate and advanced Room and board: UNA MEMBERS $265.00/Non-Members $315.00 for full session Instructor’s fee: $190.00. Director: Roma Pryma Bohachevsky ** No one will be accepted for a shorter period than the full session, unless it is with the ** approval of the director ** Attendance limited to 60 students staying on premises and 10 students staying off premises, off premises registration fee $75.00 in addition to the instructor’s fee.

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYONE BASED ON AGE, RACE, CREED, SEX OR COLOR.

Children must be pre-registered on a first-come-first-served basis with receipt of a $25.00 deposit per child/per camp.

All necessary medical forms and permission slips must by completed and received by Soyuzivka together with full payment balance of instructors’ fees and camp pay- ments 3 weeks prior to the start of the camp session. Otherwise the child will loose his or her place in camp ...... no exceptions.

Payments for room and board can by made to Soyuzivka by cash, check, VISA, Mastercard, Amex or Discover cards. Payments for instructor/counselor fees must be made by check. At the Detroit/Toledo/Windsor District Committee meeting (from left) are: Please make payable to UNA Estate - Camp Fee. Roman Kuropas, Anatole Doroshenko, Stephen M. Wichar Sr., Martha Lysko, For additional information please contact the management of Soyuzivka. Dr. Alexander Serafyn, Roman Lazarchuk and Jaroslaw Baziuk. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 No. 15

TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY FOR THE RECORD: U.S. legislators condemn rights violations in Belarus V OA and NCRT B : Silly standoff Following is the full text of a letter to the intimidation of university professors Belarusian President Alyaksandr Luka- and other examples of crude threats by In the next few months, Ukraine may lose a solid source of information about U.S. shenka sent on April 4 by the U.S. police against democratic activists. attitudes and policies regarding Ukraine, and the U.S. will lose access to more than a Commission on Security and Cooperation We are especially troubled by the million radio listeners. For budget reasons, Voice of America’s Ukrainian Branch in Europe (Helsinki Commission). plight of Henadz Karpenka, deputy chair- will drop its simulcast into Ukraine and return to short-wave only transmission. man of the 1996 Parliament and chair of Close to 2 million listeners tune in VOA Ukrainian Branch programming on Dear President Lukashenka: the opposition shadow Cabinet, who was a regular basis. They pick up the broadcast on their AM radios, or through their on a hunger strike to protest the special cable radios, as well as on short-wave. In the radio industry, the first two meth- We are writing to express our height- police guard placed outside his ward in a ods are known as simulcast, and are much more popular, provide higher sound ened concern about the further deteriora- hospital where he is currently a patient. quality and are more accessible to listeners than short-wave. tion in the human rights situation in your Another example of apparent intimida- VOA Ukrainian Branch broadcasts twice a day, an hour early in the morning country and to protest a series of actions tion is the March 10 decree calling into and an hour late in the evening, six days a week. In order for this broadcast by your government in blatant violation question important tax exemptions granted schedule to be continued for another year, the National Council for Radio and of OSCE [Organization for Security and to the Belarusian Soros Foundation and Television Broadcasting (NCRTB) of Ukraine is asking VOA to pay approxi- Cooperation in Europe] principles and other non-governmental organizations, and mately $250,000 in broadcast fees to pay for the cost of transmission. norms. the March 18 announcement that all non- The Ukrainian media industry is heating up rapidly. For years, a post-Soviet Within the last few weeks two governmental organizations in the country dinosaur, Ukraine’s radio and television programming is now improving, and American citizens, including a U.S. diplo- will be investigated. We understand that investors are acquiring broadcast licenses and buying up airtime so that they can in mat, have been expelled from Belarus. these investigations by government securi- turn sell it to advertisers for a handsome profit. Amid accusations of government First Secretary Serge Alexandrov was ty officials have commenced. corruption and political manipulation, one thing is clear: for whatever reasons, tele- unjustly and illegally detained and Furthermore, freedom of the media in vision viewers and radio listeners in Ukraine have become an audience that adver- expelled for observing an opposition rally, your country continues to be assailed, tisers and politicians want to reach. And in keeping with the principles of free mar- a routine practice of diplomats. A few days most recently by the withdrawal of press ket economics, once the demand goes up, so does the price. earlier, on March 16, Belarusian Soros accreditation from and the expulsion of VOA may feel that the broadcast fees the National Council for Radio and Foundation Executive Director Peter G. Russian NTV reporter Alexander Television Broadcasting of Ukraine wants to charge may be high (though sever- Byrne was prevented from re-entering Stupnikov, the March 23 decree banning al of our sources in Ukraine tell us the fee is not out of line), but the other issue Belarus, detained, held incommunicado for several Russian television networks from is that the NCRTB may be cutting off its nose to spite its face. over 12 hours in flagrant violation of broadcasting footage from Belarus, and The VOA’s Ukrainian Branch provides programming about America and a diplomatic and consular conventions in the recent announcement by your govern- unique perspective on U.S.-Ukraine relations that are not readily available from effect between the United States and ment that all foreign journalists must other foreign news broadcasts, even from its sister-service, VOA’s Russian Belarus, and forcibly expelled the next obtain new accrediations. Branch, which also broadcasts into certain parts of Ukraine. News about U.S. day. Mr. Byrne ostensibly was expelled for Earlier this year OSCE Chairman-in- views and the activities of Ukrainian leaders in the U.S. are the key reasons that illegal activity, but in reality he was Office and Danish Foreign Minister most people in Ukraine listen to VOA. expelled for supporting efforts to develop Helveg Petersen urged your government It is also unclear why the VOA would want to lose more than a million regular Belarus’ fledgling civil society. to take action to fully respect OSCE listeners for a couple of hundred thousand dollars — this may be a case of being These expulsions come on the heels of norms, principles and commitments, to penny-wise, pound-foolish. According to studies done by the Open Media other repressive actions, including arrests enter into dialogue with the opposition Research Institute, 60 percent of VOA listeners in Ukraine listen only to simulcasts and beatings of demonstrators who have and to ensure freedom of media. — a demographically critical 60 percent. The 40 percent who probably would con- been protesting your polices over the last Unfortunately, actions since that time tinue to listen to short-wave are the “choir” — you don’t need to preach to them. few months. Organizers of these rallies, have only further called into question your The 60 percent contains the younger generation (who don’t listen to short-wave such as former Chairman of Parliament government’s commitments under the and probably don’t know how to use it), the post-Cold War listener who disliked Mechyslau Hryb, have received stiff Helsinki Final Act and subsequent OSCE the previous stigma of surreptitiously listening to Western broadcasts on short- fines or have been arrested and jailed for agreements. We urge you to take to heart wave, and the new, and aspiring elite, who want to feel, and be, informed. up to 15 days. We are alarmed by reports the concerns of the OSCE and other inter- In principle, the policy that VOA chose to pursue — to sign up independent of beatings that resulted in injuries and national entities, as well as individual radio station to broadcast VOA programming in Ukraine — is fine. However, in detentions of several hundred protesters countries, including the United States, and reality there is “no meat on the bones” of this strategy. and journalists during yesterday’s to begin to reverse the serious deteriora- There are only 50 independent stations throughout Ukraine, six of which have demonstrations in Miensk. tion of human rights that has occurred in signed with VOA. Even if VOA signed up all 50 independents (also for the cost of We are deeply concerned about the your country during the last year. about $250, 000, according to our calculations), the broadcasts still would not get the Belarusian government’s restrictions on Mr. President, last week you spoke to number of listeners, the broad geographical diversity or the quality of transmission, the right to freedom of speech and assem- your countrymen about the international as they would with simulcast. Furthermore, the independents are not required to bly – as manifested by your March 5 isolation that Belarus is now facing. The broadcast any specified amount of time. They could get the satellite dish to receive decree which also bans the display of best way you can prevent this interna- VOA broadcasts, and then broadcast only one 10 minute news report a day, or one Belarusian national symbols at rallies – tional isolation, if you desire, is to live up cultural program a week. This amount also does not reflect the personnel costs neces- and the arrest of peaceful protesters, as to obligations you have freely undertaken sary to craft relations and sign contracts with 50 separate media entities. well as journalists, at a number of these as an OSCE member. At a time that the State Department has identified good relations with rallies. We are also alarmed by the politi- Sincerely, cal intimidation of leading opposition fig- Ukraine as essential to U.S. foreign policy, we can only hope that both the Rep. Christopher H. Smith NCRTB and the VOA will reconsider their positions. ures, as illustrated by police visits to their homes demanding they admit they violated Co-Chairman a presidential edict that restricts demon- Sen. Alfonse D’Amato strations, and by police searches of various Chairman political party headquarters. In February, Rep. Steny H. Hoyer two opposition leaders were attacked in April Ranking Member Miensk in separate incidents by unidenti- TurningTurning the pagespages back...back... fied assailants under suspicious circum- Sen. Frank Lautenberg 16 stances. Also we have received reports of Ranking Member

1822 Although the exact date of Dmytro Levytskyi’s birth is unknown, the place is not in doubt — Kyiv. In 1735, the mas- ter engraver of the Kyivan Cave Monastery’s Press, Hryhorii ACTION ITEM Levytskyi, was blessed with a son. Trained by his father, Dmytro helped him decorate the Baroque St. Andrew Church The International Nuclear Safety Program (INSP), which provides funds for safety on Kyiv’s famous Uzviz in 1753-1756, and then moved to St. Petersburg to complete upgrades to Soviet-designed nuclear reactors throughout Central and Eastern Europe his studies in 1758. (see related story on page 3), is threatened. The subcommittees of the Senate Armed In Moscow from 1762, Dmytro Levytskyi became much sought after as a por- Services and House National Security committees will be considering the issue in the traitist of the aristocracy. At a summer exhibition in 1770, he won the St. Petersburg coming weeks. Constituents of subcommittee members are urged to write to their Academy’s highest award and was inducted as a member. From 1771 to 1788, he members of Congress in support of the program. The letters should urge that the sub- taught painting there. committee fully fund the $50 million request for the INSP. After a seven-year retirement during which he returned to Ukraine, he was called Arguments that can be used in support of funding are: back to what was then the Russian capital, as the imperial court’s official portraitist. • Nuclear safety is an international concern; these nations have instituted political Building on the Baroque, Classicism and Western European traditions, Levytskyi cre- and economic reform and are integrating with the West. ated a school of painting. • The over-all program is a joint program with other G-7 states and the recipient He executed over 100 portraits of personages such as the French encyclopedist and countries. writer Denis Diderot (which now hangs in the Geneva Museum of Art and History), • The countries affected lack the finances and technological capability to improve Empress Katherine II and Poland’s King Stanislaus I Leszczynski. Dmytro Levytskyi safety at their reactors without Western, including U.S., assistance. died in St. Petersburg on April 16, 1822. • The effects of another “Chornobyl-style” accident would be devastating to the country in which it occurred, to the other countries in the region, and to the interna- Source: “Levytsky, Dmytro,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 3 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993). (Continued on page 16) No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thanks for support Every time I return to Ivano-Frankivsk, I am overwhelmed again by the needs of by Myron B. Kuropas our people. It seems to continuously get and encouragement worse for them, rather than better, as they Dear Editor: struggle to build their free nation. But still they persevere, they do not lose faith, and On behalf of the thousands of people they are sustained and nourished by the Letter from Prague in our Ukrainian homeland, I want to knowledge that their brethren in America From March 19 through March 22 In Germany and Sweden, children can thank you for your generous support and do not forget them in their struggle. Lesia and I were in Prague attending the now sue parents. encouragement of my work in Ivano- There is not space here to list each of World Congress of Families. There were reports on the status of the Frankivsk. Without you, the Ukrainian you who has helped us over these past The congress was sponsored by a num- family from various national representa- Eye Project could not sustain itself. five years. But there is more than enough ber of international organizations commit- tives. Francisco S. Tadad, majority leader Although we may be only one, rather room in God’s eyes and in the hearts of ted to the preservation of the traditional of the Phillipine Congress, reported on the small, grass-roots project by comparison, our fellow Ukrainians to recognize you we can all stand proudly beside the family. The two principal organizers were situation in the Phillipines where the laity, individually. I just want to say publicly Alan Carlson of the Rockford Institute, an in league with priests and bishops, led the grander efforts, because for one eye clin- how very much your support and encour- ic in one oblast in Ukraine, we have organization with which I am associated as fight against the legalization of divorce. agement means. From the bottom of my a member of its Main Street Committee, The Phillipine Constitution, he pointed made a significant difference. And let us heart, I thank you. never forget ... from a tiny acorn the and Ivan Shevchenko, chairman of the out, still defines marriage as inviolable. mighty oak shall grow. Each and every William Selezinka, M.D. Russian Orthodox Brotherhood of In Russia, however, the situation is very one of you has nourished that seed. San Diego, Calif. Scientists and Specialists in Russia. different. Dr. Viktor Medkov, chairman of Lesia andFaces I represented and the Ukrainian Placesthe department of sociology at the Moscow Catholic Eparchy of Chicago. Another Lomonosov State University, stated that paid by everyone, no matter what their Ukrainian present was a young man, Taras there is a significant decrease in the num- A reaction to letter religious preference, if any. School teach- Andrusevych of Radio Resurrection in ber of marriages in the past 50 years; the es the 3 “Rs,” the arts and sciences, a L v i v . divorce rate is up to 50 percent; the average good education so that what is taught and from Tatarenko The congress provided good news and marriage lasts 10 years. Life expectancy in learned will stand students well in their Dear Editor: bad news. Citing research data provided Russia is declining along with the popula- f u t u r e . by sociologist the Rev. Andrew Greeley, tion. Between 1992 and 1997 Russia’s pop- I feel compelled to reply to Stefan Learning about religion is a commend- Rabbi Jacob Neusner concluded that in ulation decreased by 2 million as 3.5 peo- Tatarenko’s letter regarding public able idea. The social customs of all areas the United States, at least, marriage as an ple died for every one person born. The schools and Christmas. While I acknowl- of the globe can be an area of study if the institution is flourishing. Marriage drop would have been greater had it not edge his considerable effort, he must schools and educators decide it is a nec- remains the relationship of choice for been for the large migration of Russians admit that his intention was to get religion essary part of their curriculum. most Americans; three-fifths of married from other former Soviet republics. On the back into the school “holiday” program. Too many times religion and state are people are happy and three-fourths positive side, the number of abortions Does he also insist that places of employ- mixed when they ought not be. Let the decreased from 3,244,000 in 1993 to ment, city offices, banks and neighbors believe their spouse is their best friend. educators do their jobs by providing our At the same time, however, the United 2,766,000 in 1995. Despite the decline, acknowledge his religious beliefs by set- children with the basic tools to build a bet- Russia still has one of the highest abortion ting up displays on their lawns? States is plagued by a growing number of ter future for themselves. Practice your children who live in fatherless homes or rates in the world. Religion is a very personal issue. It is particular religious beliefs at home and at Family decline seems to be a worldwide taught at home and by attending church, whose parents are undergoing divorce. church. Do not overlap these areas. Your According to Prof. (David) Popenoe of phenomenon. In Australia, for example, the synagogue or religious institution of beliefs will show in your actions as you modern welfare state has systematically dis- choice. If so inclined, children can be sent Rutgers University, the number of children practice equality and good will to all. living apart from biological fathers more couraged married couples from raising chil- to parochial school. We send our children dren while offering generous benefits to Leslie E. Lysenko than doubled between 1960 and 1990, from to school (public) for an education. That female-headed households. In Sweden, the is also where tax dollars go. Taxes are Oswego, Ill. 17 percent to 36 percent. Contrary to the diatribes of radical feminists who continue state has eliminated marriage as a meaning- to argue that fathers are unessential in the ful social and legal institution. Almost 60 home, all of the current evidence over- percent of new births are outside of mar- An acknowledgment: Dr. Selezinka whelmingly points to one conclusion: on riage, while nearly two-thirds of Stockholm the whole, two parents, a father and a moth- residents now live alone, making it the er, are better for a child than one parent. world’s first “post-family” society. works wonders for Ukraine’s children “There are exceptions, of course, but they There was some discussion of same-sex marriages, which are approved in Hawaii by Ihor Rakowsky don’t invalidate the rule any more than some three-pack-a-day smokers living to a (but invalid in other states thanks to the I would like to share something inter- ripe old age casts doubts on the dangers of Defense of Marriage Act) and on the way to esting with readers of The Ukrainian s m o k i n g . ” approval in Sweden, Hungary and Finland. Weekly, and at the same time introduce A similar view of fatherhood was pre- It was suggested that part of the reason was a very great man about whom, because sented by Norman Dennis, guest fellow at the growing need of some alienated chil- of his shyness, we hear so rarely. This the department of religious studies, dren of divorced parents to seek “variety” in man is Dr. William Selezinka. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and their intimate human relations. Dr. Selezinka was born in Ukraine. author of “Families Without Fatherhood.” Pavel Rican, a professor of psychology When he was 4 years old, he emigrated During the 1960s, he pointed out, sex at the Czech Academy of Sciences, remind- to Canada with his parents, where he became de-sanctified. Sex outside of mar- ed participants of the fact that the family is spent his youth. He received his medical riage was approved, making it little more the cradle of morality. All relationships in education at the University of Alberta. than a leisure-time activity. The socializa- life are determined by the first years of life. Dr. Selezinka came to America in tion of boys into fathers was largely aban- Dr. Richard Whitfield, chairman of the 1958 and worked as a general practition- doned, allowing some men to remain per- National Family Trust in England, empha- er in Santa Barbara, Calif. In 1970-1973 manent adolescents. sized that children are a divine gift. he did his residency in ophthalmology at Kevin and Margaret Andrews men- Morality is not so much intellectual as emo- McGill University in Montreal and at tioned the 1960s as a time when the family tional. When trust and basic hope are not the University of Michigan. As an oph- Dr. William Selezinka began to be defined as confining, especially formed during the early years, there is life- thalmologist, he continued his work in for women, and “destructive” of the indi- long despair. Not being certain about Chicago and Albuquerque, N.M. parental love can be devastating; if children Phoenix, Scottsdale and Mesa, Ariz. He didn’t forget about Canada, and vidual. “Rights” became more important In 1986-1992 Dr. Selezinka was than “obligations” in a relationship. feel unloved, moral growth is impossible. has lectured in Winnipeg, Toronto and For Lesia and me, the youth panel was chairman of ophthalmology at the Saskatoon. He also has lectured inter- Marriage, they emphasized, is a not a static Virginia Medical Center in LaJolla, state of being. Communication is essential the most inspiring aspect of the congress nationally, in Munich, Germany, at the because it included young people from Calif., and clinical assistant professor of Ukrainian Free University, in Vienna, in marriage as is reinforcement. “Marriage ophthalmology at University of is a work in progress.” eight different nations affirming their com- Austria, and in Sydney, Australia. mitment to traditional family life. The con- California at San Diego. In 1992-1996 he Although he left Ukraine when he was According to Dr. Gerard Casey of was a clinical professor of ophthalmolo- University College, Dublin, enemies of the gress concluded with a series of resolutions 4 years old, Dr. Selezinka’s homeland aimed at reversing familial decline. gy at St. Louis University Anheuser- remained in his heart. When he tried to family never attack it frontally. They retain Busch Eye Institute. the term “family,” but change its meaning. Does any of this impact Ukrainians? return in 1989, the Soviet Union refused Absolutely. We live in the United States He became very popular as an oph- to give him a visa. When Ukraine Emphasis on rights over obligations is the thalmologist and has received many result of the self-esteem movement, which and experience the demoralizing influences became independent Dr. Selezinka was around us. At the same time Ukrainians in awards for his work. In 1995 he was one of the first people who rushed to help is basically meaningless. “If everyone is named professor emeritus of ophthal- somebody, no one is anybody,” he said. Ukraine are experiencing the same type of rescue a medical system that was poor familial dysfunctions as those being experi- mology by St. Louis University. He is and lacking in medical supplies. “Whoever wants to change society well known from his lectures in oph- must first change the family,” declared enced in Russia. Can we do anything about In August 1992 he went for the first this? You tell me. thalmology in universities across Dr. Thomas Molnar of the University of America, in such cities as Washington, Budapest. Family relationships in the Phoenix, New York, Las Vegas, (Continued on page 18) West are changing as a result of social Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: engineering and economic manipulation. [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 No. 15

Washington and other NATO capitals. the Defense Ministry and the Security Possible solutions Military agenga... 2) His words appear to have been Council is Russia’s concept of military During their joint press conference, designed also to extract more cash for the doctrine. (Continued from page 2) Messrs. Rodionov and Baturin argued Russian military – but from the West The position of generals from the extract additional money. But the timing of that military reform cannot be reduced to rather than from the Russian Duma. His Ministry of Defense and the General his remark – in the middle of a stepped-up personnel cuts; this would be only the plea of poverty before this audience has Staff is based on the military doctrine of Russian campaign against NATO expan- first stage of a three-point reform plan two very different goals: on the one hand, 1993. According to this document, sion and during Mr. Chernomydrin’s visit and it should be conducted by the year Mr. Rodionov’s words will be used by Russia should have enough military to Washington – suggests that more than 2000. During that period the budget Russian leaders to seek even greater assis- forces to combat an offensive from any economics was involved. should give money for R & D and pro- tance from Western countries, given the direction (or several directions simultane- As Paul Goble, deputy director for duction of dual-use technology. West’s reasonable fear of nuclear prolifer- ously). However, the danger of foreign broadcasts of Radio Liberty maintains, Mr. The second stage (2000-2005) presup- ation; on the other, Mr. Rodionov’s plea is invasion no longer exists. This under- Rodionov’s comment appears to be part of poses an increase of spending on military likely to lead to a greater understanding by mines the concept of having a big army the broader Russian government campaign training and an increase in the number of some in the West of Russia’s recent arms and increases the validity of nuclear against the expansion of the alliance. contract servicemen. sales to Finland, Columbia, etc. weapons as a deterrent factor. The purposes of Mr. Rodionov’s The third stage (2005-2010) envisages 3) Mr. Rodionov’s words also appear remarks could be analyzed as follows. A different concept of the military the creation of a “flexible” defense struc- intended to split NATO countries on the 1) They seem intended to reinforce the doctrine comes from the Security ture to react to emerging threats in differ- question of expansion by playing on popu- message that Russian leaders from Mr. Council. It maintains that it is difficult to ent regions. NATO’s planned expansion lar fears of nuclear disaster. In many NATO Yeltsin on down have been delivering of allocate the 160 trillion rubles for mili- has found its reflection in this military countries, the populace is far more skeptical late: any expansion of NATO would tary spending demanded by the Defense doctrine. Mr. Rodionov even intimated about expansion than are the national secu- threaten to undermine the very fragile Ministry and that the army should face that NATO expansion is designed espe- rity elites. By putting the nuclear card into stability of the post-Soviet region. budget cuts in the near future. It also pur- cially to undermine military reform and this game, Moscow could count on popular Expected results: No one in the West ports that nowadays it is impossible to democratic developments in Russia. would want to take any steps that would and media criticism of expansion to rise. It protect Russia from invasions from all However, this proposed concept has lead to the loosening of Moscow’s con- may even succeed in splitting off one coun- possible directions. Rather, it proposes to several weak points. First, it suffers from trol over its nuclear weapons. Such a loss try from the current consensus on expansion concentrate on military reform, including the Soviet legacy of drawing up huge of control could cause all these nuclear – and Moscow needs to pick off only one personnel cuts, and to preserve research five-year plans without clear-cut finan- weapons to fall into the wrong hands. NATO member to block any expansion and development, and production of new cial and logistical support. Second, it The Kremlin expects that the Western (e.g., Turkey, France). armaments. does not resolve the basic difference community, having been presented with the Trying to coordinate their foreign and The problem of reduction poses several between the two agencies outlined frightening prospect of Russian nuclear internal policies facing NATO expansion, problems. The first is that the Russian army above: Should Russia have professional weapons smuggling, would change its old foes in Russia put off their differences officially consists of 1.7 million service- or conscript-based armed forces? And stance on NATO expansion. To this end, and increased pressure on the Duma. men. Generals from the Defense Ministry third, it does not give an answer to the the Russians could arrange a sort of a “show During a joint press conference in Moscow propose to reduce it to its actual perfor- question of whether Russia should con- trial” connected with nuclear arms smug- on February 7, Messrs. Rodionov and mance level – 1.5 million – this is, to elimi- tinue (until at least the year 2010) to gling and arrange media hysteria around Baturin tried to deny rumors about their nate the “dead weight.” Another problem is defend itself from threats coming from this. For example, the head of the Federal irreconcilable approaches to military that the reduction of the army’s size pro- all or only some directions; and, if so, Security Service (FSB – successor to the reform. It was noted by Sergei posed by the Security Council would signi- the nature of these threats should be KGB) said in Davos that Russia does not Yastrzhembski, Mr. Yeltsin’s press secre- fy the inevitable loss of jobs for some 500 delineated. exclude the possibility of terrorist attacks on tary, that the president had ordered them to generals. This creates a real conflict of inter- the NATO headquarters in new members’ conduct this press conference in order to est that undermes the army from within. Additional problem capitals. One could expect that the Russian reduce speculations about disagreements This conflict is only reinforced by the grow- The constantly growing number of KGB could arrange a “leakage” of fissile between the two agencies. ing corporate solidarity among the generals paramilitary troops, i.e., those not subordi- and senior officers for whom the proposed materials closer to the NATO summit. The military doctrine nated to the Defense Ministry, is yet Therefore, Mr. Rodionov’s words were personnel cuts would hurt any prospect of another problem challenging the reform timed to get maximum attention in One of the biggest differences between attaining the rank of general. process in Russian’s armed forces. The number of internal troops subordinated to that the safety of the concrete sarcopha- place in line with the EU [European the Russian Internal Affairs Ministry Newsbriefs gus covering the fourth reactor at Union] model, where each of the members (MVD) rivals that of the land forces of the regular army. More than two dozen differ- (Continued from page 2) Chornobyl has deteriorated because of retains its sovereignty.” Mr. Lukashenka ent agencies in Russia (MVD, FSB, border unpaid wages now amounted to 4.2 bil- moisture build-up, insufficient monitor- was speaking after meeting in Miensk with ing and inefficient contingency plans for troops, etc.) have their own armed forces. lion hrv, and that Ukraine had little hope Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the a chain reaction. (RFE/RL Newsline) Consequently, the number of generals not of repaying it until the Verkhovna Rada International Olympic Committee. Interfax quotes President Lukashenka as saying subordinated to the General Staff is grow- approves the 1997 budget next month. Lithuanian official presses U.S. on NATO that Belarusian athletes will continue to ing, thus creating a conflict between them He told reporters the maximum monthly compete at the Olympic Games and other and army generals. The paramilitary gen- pension is about 49 hrv per month, and WASHINGTON – Lithuanian international competitions under the erals have much better financial and social the average is 45 hrv. At current rates $1 Parliament Chairman Vytautas Landsbergis Belarusian state flag. (RFE/RL Newsline) benefits than their colleagues from the (U.S.) in equal to 1.833 hrv. (Reuters) said in Washington on April 8 that he has Defense Ministry. urged senior U.S. officials to support his Belarus under fire for rights violations The regular army strongly opposes the Shadow economy up to 60 percent country’s application for NATO member- existence of different paramilitary armed ship. Mr. Landsbergis said Russia is the WASHINGTON – The European Union KYIV – Ukraine’s shadow economy forces, and claims these forces are “only obstacle” to Lithuania’s admission to has called the human rights situation in has expanded to account for 60 percent plagued by low combat readiness and the Western alliance. He added that if Belarus “inadmissible.” In a memorandum poor coordination (e.g., between the regu- of all economic activity, up from previ- Lithuania is not included in the first round, sent to Belarusian Foreign Minister Ivan ous estimates of 40 percent, a Ukrainian lar army and MVD troops in Chechnya). he hopes the U.S. will provide expanded Antonovich on April 4, the organization Generals from the General Staff promote economic expert said on March 19. bilateral as well as multilateral guarantees. criticized Belarus for its failure to uphold “More than 60 percent of the economy is the idea of resubordinating all power So far on his U.S. tour, Mr. Landsbergis press freedom and the right of citizens to structures under their authority. This now in the shadow,” Oleksander has spoken to Lithuanian Americans in demonstrate freely. Also on April 4, the Razumkov, chief of the Ukrainian Center would be tantamount to the creation of Chicago and met with Secretary of State U.S. Commission on Security and some type of parallel government under for Economic and Political Research, told Madeleine Albright and Vice-President Al Cooperation in Europe sent a letter to the leadership of the military – an idea politicians and economists. “The govern- Gore. (RFE/RL Newsline) President Alyaksandr Lukashenka con- that is rejected by the non-army generals ment has no influence in this area,” he demning what it says are blatant violations Ukraine executed 169 in 1996 for obvious reasons. added. President Leonid Kuchma, in his of human rights in Belarus. (RFE/RL state of the nation address on March 21 KYIV – Ukraine executed 169 convicts N e w s l i n e ) Conclusions said the shadow economy had grown in 1996 despite having pledged to phase • The Russian army must resolve the from 35-40 percent to account for 52-55 Primakov on defending Belarus’ interests out the death penalty when it was accept- dilemma of how to pull the Russian bud- percent of economic activity. (Reuters) ed into the European human rights body in MIENSK – Russian Foreign Minister get’s meager resources into the huge N plants cannot afford repairs November 1995. Ukraine temporarily Yevgenii Primakov said on April 7 that in army inherited from the USSR. The halted executions after it joined the opposing NATO expansion plans, Moscow is Russian economy can hardly afford the KYIV – State Nuclear Committee Council of Europe, but resumed them sev- also defending the interests of neighboring 104 trillion rubles allocated for the army. Deputy Chairman Vasyl Katko says eral months later. Interior Ministry offi- Belarus. “We are still insisting on our demands Even this sum will be “eaten” by the Ukraine’s nuclear power plants will be cials released the 1996 figure on April 8. in order not to worsen the geopolitical situa- third quarter of Fiscal Year 1997. unable to afford annual repairs this sum- In Ukraine, the death penalty generally is tion,” Mr. Primakov told a news conference in • The existence of different parallel mer because energy consumers are not carried out by a single bullet to the back of the Belarusian capital in reference to Russia’s armies, which are paid from the budget paying their bills. Mr. Katko estimated the head. (Associated Press) objections to NATO plans to expand eastward. and aimed at internal problems, prompts that Ukraine’s five nuclear stations can Belarus to retain separate statehood “We are trying to minimize the possible conse- one to posit that the political leadership undertake only 30 percent of the neces- quences, and we are thinking not only about of the country is afraid more of internal sary repair work. Interfax quoted MIENSK – Belarusian President Russia but about Belarus as well, with which rather than external threats. Environment and Nuclear Safety Alyaksandr Lukashenka told a press con- we are moving towards a union.” Minister • The political leadership of the country Minister Yurii Kostenko as describing ference this week that Belarus’ new Primakov’s trip to Miensk followed the sign- has yet to elaborate a constructive view on the safety situation at the country’s alliance with Russia does not mean a loss ing last week of a union treaty between Russia NATO expansion that avoids threatening nuclear power plants as “unsatisfactory.” of statehood for either country. According and Belarus by Presidents Boris Yeltsin and rhetoric and the exertion of pressure on He told the Verkhovna Rada on April 8 to Mr. Lukashenka, unification will “take Alyaksandr Lukashenka. (Reuters) former Soviet bloc countries. No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 9

The Glory

Through July 6 he Deacon Stephen mosaic, a priceless T fragment from one of Kyiv’s most lavishly decorated churches, is just one of more than 350 rarely seen trea- sures from around the world now on view at the Metropolitan. In an exhibition of unprecedented scope and dazzling beauty, the rich heritage of Byzantium’s golden age — and the cultural currents it shared with Kyivan Rus’— are gloriously illustrated. From sacred icons adorned with gold to

The Deacon Stephen (detail) from the Cathedral of the Mykhailivs’kyi Zolotoverkhyi Monastery in Kyiv, Kyivan Rus’, ca. 1108–13, National Architectural Conservation Area “Saint Sophia of Kyiv,” Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: Bruce White THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUMOF ART Open Friday and Saturday evenings until 9 p.m. Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York

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Additional assistance has been received from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the FOUNDATION FOR HELLENIC CULTURE, MARINOPOULOS GROUP, HALYVOURGIKI INC., Constantine Angelopoulos and Mrs. Yeli Papayannopoulou, and anonymous donors. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 No. 15 Rochester professionals honor NEWS AND VIEWS: Radiologists two Ukrainians of the Year foster cooperation with Ukraine by Adrian Baranetsky M.D. publishing goal was the recent donation ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Directors. Before being elected presi- by the WFUMA of a digital printing sys- Rochester Ukrainian-American dent of the Irondequoit Council last CHICAGO – The annual meeting of tem. Additional donations to complete Business and Professional Association year, Ms. Dzus served as vice-presi- the Radiological Society of North the system were provided by the Soros (UABPA) has named Lydia V. Dzus dent and networking chairperson. America (RSNA), a gathering of more Foundation and by individual contribu- and Nicholas Juskiw as recipients of Ms. Dzus also is a talented musical than 70,000 professionals in the radiolo- tors. the 1996 Ukrainian of the Year award performer. Since 1976 she and her twin gy industry is the world’s largest medical Now, with the medical printing press for their dedicated service, unwaver- sister, Zinnia, have entertained audiences convention. North American radiologists installed, plans are under way to publish ing support and promotion of the at many events as the “Dzus Twins.” medical physicists and industry execu- Ukrainian-language textbooks in radiolo- Ukrainian American community, as They recorded an album/cassette titled tives of Ukrainian descent have annually gy and, eventually, a comprehensive well as their professional association “Blossoming Flax.” A highlight in their met at this convention, most recently in Ukrainian medical dictionary based on a in the Greater Rochester area. The musical career was a special engagement Chicago in December 1996, drawn worldwide standard. association has honored two recipients performance for the first president of together by their common heritage and Another goal was to establish post- annually since its inception in 1990. Ukraine, Leonid M. Kravchuk. professional interests. graduate programs or courses that would The announcement was made in Ms. Dzus has performed as a soloist In 1992, they organized themselves expose the formerly isolated Ukrainian conjunction with the 43rd annual with church choirs, the Surma into a non-profit association, the Friends radiology community to Western medical meeting of the Rochester Federal Ukrainian National Choir and the new of Radiology in Ukraine (FRU), to foster methodologies. The European Credit Union attended by approxi- Zhuravli folk ensemble under the closer fellowship and cooperation with Association of Radiologists has estab- mately 300 people at the Ukrainian direction of Mykola Newmerzyckyj Jr. imaging specialists and allied health sci- lished the European Seminars in Home in Penfield. Her professional credentials include entists in newly independent Ukraine. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Ms. Dzus, president of the line, staff and management positions as In 1990, radiologists in Ukraine had (ESDIR) and Halley’s Project, intensive Irondequoit Council of the Greater well as commercial lending at Chase organized themselves into a 5,000-mem- two-week refresher courses by Western Rochester Chamber of Commerce and Bank NA and International Travel ber national society, the Association of European faculty traveling through vari- director of career planning and gradu- Agencies of America before joining Radiologists in Ukraine (ARU), and thus ous Eastern European cities. There are ate placement at Rochester Business Rochester Business Institute in 1992. cooperative educational activities with plans are to have FRU members join Institute, is a lifelong resident of the A resident of East Irondequoit, Ms. Ukraine were made possible. European colleagues on the lecture cir- town of Irondequoit. Dzus is a graduate of St. John Fisher Since Ukraine’s independence in cuit in Ukraine. The ARU has scheduled Prof. Wolodymyr (Mirko) College. 1991, officers and individual members of a five-year biannual conference schedule Pylyshenko, president of the UABPA, Mr. Juskiw, is president and CEO the ARU have been coming to the annual throughout various regions of Ukraine noted that Ms. Dzus is the 10th of Trident Precision Manufacturing meetings of the RSNA and have made it culminating with the second congress of Ukrainian of the Year from the town Inc. His leadership at Trident brought a practice to hold their annual meetings the Association of Radiologists in of Irondequoit, where the majority of the town of Webster milestone recog- with their Western counterparts. As a Ukraine in the year 2000. the county’s 25,000 Ukrainian- nition when he received the nation’s result of crosscultural and scientific net- The Friends of Radiology in Ukraine Americans reside. top business honor, the Malcolm working with colleagues in Ukraine, the held a refresher course on advanced Ms. Dzus’ community involvement Baldrige National Quality Award. number of interested professionals in the imaging techniques at the Lviv Medical is of great magnitude. She is a member On December 6, 1996, President FRU has grown to approximately 300 in School in conjunction with the May 1996 of the St. Mary the Protectress Bill Clinton, presented the Baldrige the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and ARU meeting. The symposium, whose Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Award to Mr. Juskiw. “This is the way Argentina. official language was Ukrainian, was Church, where she has dedicated nine America ought to work,” said the pres- Groundwork for networking between attended by approximately 250 individu- years of her dynamic leadership to the ident as he presented the most presti- the ARU and the FRU was laid down at als, including senior medical students board of directors as vice-president, sec- gious award in the business world. the 1990 Congress of the World and practicing physicians. The lectures retary, coordinator of the cultural/edu- Since being honored with the Federation of Ukrainian Medical were videotaped, and copies of the lec- cational committee and advisor to the Baldrige Award, Mr. Juskiw has spent Associations (WFUMA) held in Ukraine, tures will be sent to the medical schools Ukrainian Orthodox League’s junior many countless hours on the speaking where North American physicians first and several clinics in Ukraine. The FRU chapter. In addition, she is a member of circuit locally, nationally and even met with their Ukrainian colleagues. will hold a subspecialty refresher course the church choir, sisterhood, and the worldwide. His speaking engagements Leo Mostowych, M.D., chairman at the ARU conference in Kharkiv and Ukrainian Orthodox League. included many appearances at Greater emeritus of radiology at the Veterans Lviv this September. Her involvement also includes the Rochester area educational institutions. Administration Hospital, Lexington, Ky., Discussions were initiated on the need Ukrainian National Women’s League Launched in 1979 as an East made the initial contact for the FRU. He to establish precise guidelines and stan- of America, with which she has served Rochester tool-and-die operation out has continued to serve as the liaison with dards that govern radiology training in as western New York regional board of a small garage with three employ- the ARU. Ukraine to bring training into line with member and archivist, and Branch 120 ees, Trident now occupies a 87,000- After several planning sessions, in that in the West. At present, radiology president, vice-president, and mem- square-foot facility in Webster and, July 1993 in Kyiv a written plan was set training (residency) in Ukraine is a one- bership chair. In 1994 she was under Mr. Juskiw’s guidance, down for a long-term interactive program year program. According to the president appointed to the Rochester Ukrainian employs 167 people. It is a $20 mil- between the FRU and the ARU. of the ARU, Prof. Yakov S. Babiy, M.D., Federal Credit Union’s educational lion firm with a growing business and One of the proposals was to update who also is the chief radiologist at the committee. gusto for “Excellence In Motion.” Ukraine’s medical radiology literature Ministry of Health, given Ukraine’s cur- Recently the town of Irondequoit The company is a contract manufac- database at the 14 medical libraries in rent political and economic situation, it appointed Ms. Dzus to a seven-year turer of precision components, Ukraine that are affiliated with medical will take 10 to 15 years for training stan- term on the Planning Board and to the electromechanical assemblies and schools. Complimentary subscriptions to dards to approximate those in the West. Irondequoit Partnership Board of customer(Continued products on page for 18) Eastman the English-language radiology journals The president of the FRU, Paul Capp, Radiology and the American Journal of M.D., is the director of the American Roentgenology are being donated by the Board of Radiology (ABR), which has publishers to these medical libraries. The actively provided assistance with written RSNA and the European Association of U.S. guidelines and standards in radiolo- Radiologists (EAR) have sent hundreds gy residency training, examination and of textbooks, videotapes, slides and certification to their Ukrainian col- audiovisual equipment to the ARU, and leagues. to institutes of post-graduate medical Other notable efforts in have included education in Kyiv, Kharkiv and an East European Externship Program in Zaporizhia. Other major contributors of Ultrasonography at Thomas Jefferson educational material have been the Medical University (Philadelphia) under- Radiology Outreach Foundation (San written by the Soros Foundation. Two Francisco) and the NICER Institute years ago, a contingent of young radiolo- (Norway). Officers of the Indian gists from Ukraine attended the several- Radiological and Imaging Association month course, with a hands-on workshop based in New Delhi have attended FRU within a clinical setting. An extensive meetings at the RSNA to offer support to Ukrainian-language video teaching the ARU. library in ultrasound was developed, Another project was the publication of along with an ongoing exchange program a radiology dictionary. In 1995 a trilingual with Lviv radiologists. (Ukrainian-English-Russian), 12,000- A second teaching file, based on regu- word reference work, Radiological lar x-ray films, was developed in the Terminology, was published. Ukrainian language for the Institute of Since very few scientific periodicals Post-Graduate Medical Education in are published in Ukrainian, a crucial Kyiv. This program was financially sup- project was to establish the quarterly ported by the Radiology Outreach Lydia V. Dzus and Nicholas Juskiw (right) with Wolodymyr Pylyshenko. Ukrainian Journal of Radiology (UJR) in 1993. A major contribution towards this (Continued on page 14) No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 11 Make like Indiana Jones: go on an archeological dig in Ukraine by Marta Dyczok Special to The Ukrainian Weekly TORONTO – When thinking visually about Ukraine, the images that most readily spring to mind are the golden domes of Kyiv, the Carpathian Mountains and definitely the picturesque villages immortalized in folk songs, described by countless poets and prose writers, and depicted by some of the world’s most famous painters. But there is another route to capture the imagination, to make contact with the past that few know about. These are the country’s historical castles. Kamianets-Podilskyi, located in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast just north of the Moldavian and Romanian borders, is a great place to start. The city’s 12th century castle is about an hour’s drive from Chernivtsi in western Ukraine. Standing atop a natural stone outcrop, surrounded on all sides by a steep canyon gorge, the castle’s ruins are reminiscent of similar sites in Wales or Scotland. Modern tourism has not yet spoiled the area; in fact, there are few signs of moder- nity. Crossing the castle’s ancient moat, you can almost feel yourself passing into a different time. Adrian Mandzy, a graduate student enrolled at Toronto’s York University, is help- ing the past come alive at Kamianets-Podilskyi. For six years he has been organizing archeological expeditions to the ancient fortifications, and preparations are currently under way for the dig of 1997. The Ukrainian Gate, located in the bottom of the gorge near the southern edge of Kamianets- During a research trip in 1989, Mr. Mandzy was overwhelmed by the historical monuments Podilskyi, worked along with the Polish Gate to raise or lower the water level within the Smotrych he saw in Kamianets-Podilskyi. He made contact with local architects and preservationists and, River gorge during times of siege. Limited excavations were conducted at this spot in 1994. in the fall of 1990, this group founded the small non-profit Kamianets-Podilskyi Foundation (KPF), an organization devoted to the study and preservation of the Old City’s cultural heritage, whose additional purpose is to allow scholars from the U.S., Canada and Europe to participate in this effort. In cooperation with local municipal authorities, as well as the Lviv Institute of Social Sciences, every year Mr. Mandzy leads a group of 12 students in digging up hidden artifacts, discovering parts of long-lost buildings, making maps and processing the finds. A 16th century tower in the center of the Old City serves as the base camp for the project, and participants are housed either within the structure or in tents on the property. The site itself is significant for a number of reasons, and experts in the field agree that it is one of the most important late Medieval and Renaissance citadels in Eastern Europe. Kamianets-Podilskyi was one of the largest urban centers in early modern Ukraine (1500- 1672) and was the capital of the Podillia region. The area was initially settled by ethnic Ukrainians in the sixth century, followed soon after by Armenians, and the city first appeared in the written historical record in an 11th century Armenian chronicle as belonging to the Halych principality. By the 14th century Poles and Jews had established vibrant communities there. Available evidence suggests the four groups lived harmoniously, observing the Magdeburg Law on municipal self-government, which allowed each ethnic community to maintain its own legal authority and religious traditions. Until the late 16th century Kamianets-Podilskyi pros- pered economically, as it was located at the crossroads of overland (east-west) and water (north-south) trade routes. Although it was destroyed in 1240 by the Mongols, after the The Dominican monastery, currently under restoration, was the Since the summer of 1991, the Kamianets-Podilskyi Foundation large stone citadel was built in the 15th and 16th centuries, it focus of excavations in 1991, 1992 and 1995. It is the oldest has been conducting excavations throughout the territory of the withstood numerous sieges. Captured from the Polish Latin Rite site within the city, pre-dating the Roman Catholic Historic Preserve. Part of the ongoing Old City Regeneration Commonwealth in 1672 by the Turks, with the help of Cathedral. While the original monastery can trace its origins to Program, the foundation’s work is often done in cooperation Kozak Hetman Petro Doroshenko, it became the gateway to c. 1370, the central nave of the church was built after 1410, fol- with other local institutions and focuses on remains that are the Ottoman Empire. lowing a fire that destroyed the original wooden buildings. In the either under threat of total destruction or are undergoing signifi- However, this marked the beginning of the city’s following centuries, a reliquary and five additional chapels were cant reconstruction. Thus, the KPF’s work has ranged from the added to the church, while the monastery grew to encompass a mapping of sewer lines, shown here, to the complete excava- decline. The Russian empire assumed control in 1793, library, kitchen, two cloisters and a series of other outbuildings. tion of the destroyed Church of the Holy Trinity. Vlodko Bevz of and in 1812, under Russian viceregency, the citadel, Surviving the 27-year Turkish occupation as a mosque, the the Lviv Institute of Restoration and Volodymyr Chornovus of which had been strengthened by the Turks, was disman- Dominicans returned in 1700 and rebuilt their monastery, giving the Lviv Institute of Social Science (shown standing) are map- tled. In 1919, the city briefly served as the interim capital the building a Baroque facade, complete with a new belfry. ping a trench previously cut for a water line. of the Ukrainian National Republic, and today is a small urban center with a population of about 100,000 and a struggling auto-parts and agricultural machinery industry. Mr. Mandzy told The Weekly how his focus shifted from his native continent, North America (he was born in Rochester, N.Y.), to Ukraine and in particular to the city whose dirt he has scraped every summer since 1989. “I was always interested in archeology,” Mr. Mandzy said. “In my undergraduate years I had studied in Greece for a term and worked in the Middle East on two sepa- rate sites. But my focus was on 17th century North America – both Native American interaction and European colonization.” “After I went to Michigan State University to pursue these studies, I was invited to go on a dig in Ukraine in 1989,” the archeologist said, “a prehistoric site about 100 kilometers (60 miles) outside Kamianets-Podilskyi.” Also involved in the KPF are Volodymyr Chornovus, Lviv Institute of Social Sciences; Jack Lee, St. John Built on the stone outcrop that connects the Old City with the surrounding countryside, the castle at Kamianets-Podilskyi has been occu- Fisher College; Lorraine Saunders, SUNY-Brockport; pied for at least a millennium. The current stone castle, which evolved over the course of the 13th-18th centuries, exhibits architectural ele- and Orest Subtelny of York University in Toronto. ments that may date to as early as the 12th century. Indeed, previous archaeological excavations within the interior courtyard of the castle There are still a few spaces available for those interested have uncovered the remains of an earlier Slavic circular stone tower. These massive fortifications impressed the many travelers and mer- in participating in the Kamianets-Podilskyi archeological chants who came to visit the city. Local legend has it that the Turkish Khan Osman asked, “Who built this mighty city?” An underling replied, “God Himself.” Being unable to take the city by storm, the khan said upon leaving, “Then let God Himself take the city.” Throughout (Continued on page 16) its long and violent history, the city twice surrendered to those who captured the castle, but the city itself was never taken by storm. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 No. 15

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Tkachuk, the very and set an example every night. symbol of “new money,” is a member of “I wasn’t focused enough,” he said. “I the ultra-exclusive, old-money Phoenix wasn’t committed enough. I realized I’ve Country Club. got a job to do. It’s my responsibility. The “I don’t know what they were thinking thing is I want to be known as a winner. when they let me in,” Tkachuk said with No one ever remembers who scored 50 a laugh. goals, but everyone remembers who wins. When the season ends, he heads to his After getting a taste at the World Cup, all I summer retreat in the gated community of want now is to win the Stanley Cup.” At the same time Tkachuk’s game is (Continued on page 13) No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 13

that Roenick is no threat at all to the Pro hockey... younger, more dominant Tkachuk. Because (Continued from page 12) of this, and because he is maturing, Ridge Club on Cape Cod. His neighbors Tkachuk realizes the better the supporting include Bobby Orr, Derek Sanderson and cast, the better the chance he has to win. current NHL buddies Tony Amonte, Scott “I don’t think he wants to ‘be the man’ as Lachance, Craig Janney and Marty much as he wants to win,” Smith said. “Winning the Cup is what drives him now.” A Ukrainian Summer McInnis. His two-and-a-half-car garage house – the half garage is for his personal There is no doubting his intensity. Appears May 4 in The Ukrainian Weekly golf cart – backs onto the 11th hole, a Mighty Ducks coach Ron Wilson, who mere 200-yard ride to the clubhouse. guided Tkachuk and Team USA at the For someone who grew up a kid of World Cup, describes him as “insanely meager means, the home, the cama- intense.” raderie with stars past and present is the “He brings a 13- or 14-year-old’s “highlight” of his life. enthusiasm to the rink,” Wilson said. Tkachuk can be warm and engaging, a “It’s almost naive, and I mean that in the quick wit, fun to be around. But his experi- most positive way.” ences have also taught him to be on guard, Of all the things for which Tkachuk wary and suspicious of anyone interested has been poster boy, none fits quite as in passing judgment. He used to act first well as Captain America. He is an over- and think later. He was open and emotion- the-top patriot. In Canada, he would get al. Now he strives to reverse the process. the label of “ugly American.” He is Think first. Choose words carefully. Put brash, full of himself and his country, up a wall if you’re under attack. and in your face with a vengeance. Sometimes he truly can’t help himself. Tkachuk and longtime buddy Bill When he wasn’t named to the All-Star Guerin (of the Devils), another prototypi- Game, he snapped. But when he was cal power forward of the 1990s, were a added as an injury replacement, he gra- cross between the Bash Brothers and the ciously accepted, canceling the golf trip he Hanson Brothers for Team USA in the planned with teammate Jeremy Roenick. World Cup. They would always be the Roenick, another brash American, first players at the rink, along with laid- Tkachuk, and their families have become back linemate Mike Modano, who got fast friends since “J.R.” breezed into the dragged along because they figured he desert. They are golf buddies and are needed some “pumping up.” Escape to The Catskills... referred to as the two jewels of this new “They would get themselves focused Sunbelt franchise. and ready,” Wilson said, “and then they Weekends in Wildwood... There is no reason whatsoever to would get our whole team focused. doubt their newfound friendship, but for They’re warriors.” anyone who knows Tkachuk, it has taken Being the first player to get to the rink Perhaps a Trip Abroad... time for him to adjust to the J.R. factor. on game days has become a calling card Tkachuk doesn’t like this line of ques- for Tkachuk, who needs hours to gear up How will you enjoy your Ukrainian summer? to go to war. Yet, according to Smith, he tioning. He has been down this road before, Read our special section for tips on where to go, with the Selanne factor back in Winnipeg. is as much beauty as he is beast. “I had no problems in Winnipeg with “He has more skill than I ever imag- what to bring and whom to see! 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He is, on a more consistent basis, imposing his adapt to the addition of Roenick, who OR DVERTISING ATES NFORMATION will on the game, dominating both physi- F A R & I : initially was hailed as the team’s bright- CALL MARIA SZEPAROWYCZ AT 201-434-0237 est star. When Roenick was in the line-up cally and offensively. OR TOM HAWRYLKO AT 201-773-1800 (prior to the Paddock firing), Tkachuk It’s still not a perfect picture – it never is for wasn’t the same player as when Roenick someone who employs such extreme measures was out. It was nothing more than being in his game. But make no mistake, Keith a little out of sorts, not with Roenick, but Tkachuk is growing, both as a player and as a with himself. person. He is arguably the best NHL player of That comfort zone now exists because Ukrainian descent in the 1996-1997 season. it’s plain to see at this stage of his career (Quotes courtesy of Hockey News.)

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In the late 1980s, Mr. Krawchuk became radiologists. Dr. Pozniak not only helped We ask all members of Branch 399 to direct all correspon- more open with his views on conditions in set up the instruments, but stayed on to dence regarding membership and insurance, as well as Ukraine, publishing a two-part article in the train the radiologists in their use. ìÍ‡ªÌҸ͇ Ù¥χ ◊äÄêèÄíà” their membership premiums to the address listed below: journal Kyiv in 1989 that gave an insider’s The RSNA’s Committee for Home Improvement, Roofing, Brick Pointing, view of the 1967 mission. He wrote a histo- International Radiology Education recog- Plumbing, Bathrooms, Electric Mr. Andrij Skyba nized Ukraine’s need and selected Larissa Painting and Welding. 4575 N. Nagle Ave. ry of the Communist movement in Canada, Fully insured. which was never published in its original Bilaniuk, M.D., professor of radiology at Harwood Heights, IL 60630 the University of Pennsylvania, as RSNA Tel. (718) 738-9413 (708) 867-7762 Ukrainian format, but appeared in English Beeper (917) 491-6150 translation in 1996 as “Our History.” International Visiting Professor to Ukraine in 1996. She spent three months lecturing in Ukrainian on neuroradiology to radiolo- gists in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Kyiv. Future plans include participation in The Ukraine Breast Cancer Assistance Program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. A program to screen, diagnose and treat breast cancer in Ukraine, partic- ularly the victims of the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chornobyl, it coincides with the recent announcement by the German government that it will provide 350 mammograms (x-ray) units to be distrib- uted throughout Ukraine. For further information on FRU activ- ities, or to make a donation, please con- tact: M. Paul Capp, M.D., University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, P.O. Box 245067, Tucson, AZ 85724-5067; fax, (520) 626-2643. Detroit... (Continued from page 5) joint project with the Selfreliance Credit Union and present an afternoon related to consumer fraud, and show a new video on the “Hryvnia – Ukrainian Currency.” Screenings of “The HeIm of Destiny” will be continued on a request basis, and other public relations projects that advance the interests of the UNA also will be supported. The 1997 annual meeting was formal- ly adjourned, but members remained for an evening repast and fraternal cama- raderie. No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 15

cation of the Bureau of National Affairs VOA Ukrainian Branch... in Washington, Central European Media (Continued from page 1) Enterprises, a major owner of television Only a few years ago VOA applauded prime time in Ukraine, predicts that com- bined revenues from radio, television and the ability to broadcast to more people in print media advertising will more than Ukraine via simulcast instead of shortwave double from a figure of $15 million in as a huge step in the process of post-Cold 1995 to more than $35 million this year. War relations. However, improved access Several years ago the media market in means increased costs — approximately Russia went through a similarly rapid and $250,000 annually in broadcast fees that chaotic growth spurt. Ultimately the fees are determined by the National Council on that were demanded by the Russian gov- Radio and Television Broadcasting ernment for VOA broadcasts could not be (NCRTB) of Ukraine. justified within the agency’s budget. According to Sherwood Demitz, direc- Instead of going through the government- tor of the Eurasia Division at Voice of managed cable radio systems, VOA has America in Washington, “We think the pursued a policy to approach new, indepen- most recent increase in fees is a big mis- dent radio stations in the NIS. The indepen- take: every Ukrainian official has told us how valuable VOA presence is to reach dent station would receive a satellite dish Ukrainian people with ideas and informa- and set-up from VOA in order to directly tion that they need to make the transition to receive programming; in turn, the stations a civil democratic market-oriented society. producers agree to broadcast VOA. In the In strictly financial terms, we think that it is past several years VOA has signed up extremely short-sighted for the NCRTB of approximately 300 stations throughout Ukraine to insist on rate hikes.” Russia. BOSTON, MA. DISTRICT COMMITTEE Though this is a less expensive OMRI reports about Ukraine indicate of the that the most popular foreign broadcast is approach for VOA (a one-time cost of Radio Liberty, followed closely by VOA, satellite dish and set-up for approximate- UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ly $5,000 per station, instead of annual which is ahead of Radio Canada and the announces that its BBC. The most common reason cited by fees), the number of listeners, the quality listeners for tuning in VOA was to learn of the transmissions and the length of the ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING programs are all greatly reduced as well. the official U.S. point of view with will be held on respect to Ukraine. Mr. Demitz still has hopes that the NCRTB will reconsider the fees. However, “Respondents believed that Ukraine’s SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1997 at 2:00 PM future will be linked closely to foreign poli- the agency is prepared to drop all simulcast cy the United States pursues toward and return to short-wave, even though the at St. Andrew’s U.O.C. Hall Ukraine and Russia. ... special interest number of listeners will drop by 60 percent. 24 Orchard Hill Road, Jamaica Plain, MA. [was] expressed [in] how the U.S. and VOA also has plans to pursue other Western powers interpret Moscow’s independent radio stations in Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are District Committee Officers, actions with regard to the ‘near abroad’,” a Ukraine for short-range simulcast to Convention Delegates and two delegates from the following B ranches: July 1995 OMRI survey report stated. supplement the short-wave transmis- 178, 238, 307, 374 Though VOA may feel that the fees sions, though, according to Mr. Demitz, the process of developing for the broadcast time are too high, oth- All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. ers feel that Ukrainian airtime is sudden- one-on-one relationships with inde- ly and rapidly becoming a valuable com- pendent radio stations is time-con- MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: modity for which they’re willing to pay. suming. Out of 50 independent sta- Martha Lysko, UNA Secretary tions in Ukraine, six thus far have As reported in the Eastern Europe Anne Remick, UNA Advisor Reporter of September 23, 1996, a publi- agreed to sign a contract with VOA. DISTRICT COMMITTEE Zina Kondratiuk, Chairperson Correction Larissa Dijak, Secretary The March 16 article about the inaugural North American issue of Zdorov! listed Dmytro Melnyk, Treasurer the wrong address for the quarterly magazine’s webpage. The correct address is: http://www.interlog.com/~ngmakhno/zdorov.html In

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The Ukrainian National Association TV series focuses on media relations sponsors OTTAWA – Canada’s Vision TV pre- tions workshops and the publication of miered a new Canadian TV series titled the widely distributed book “Gaining a 2nd Annual Soyuzivka Photo Contest “Gaining a Voice” that is being broadcast Voice,” which profiled several ethno-cul- on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. beginning on tural communities, including the 1996-1997 April 4. The eight-part series shows Ukrainian community, in Canada. viewers what really goes on inside the The book highlighted the Ukrainian media and what it takes to get coverage. Canadian community’s media strategies “Media dominates today’s world, there- as applied to the Ukrainian internment fore communities and cultures in Canada issue, and the allegations and media dis- cannot thrive unless they develop an active tortions associated with the war crimes presence in the public mind. Such a pres- issue from 10 years ago. The video series ence is created by the media. The media is an extension of the book. can shape a group’s image, sense of identi- Eight half-hour programs tell viewers ty and self-worth. The media are important how to contact the media successfully and for the survival of any group, especially in explain how decisions regarding news sto- today’s competitive climate,” said Andrij ries are made. Hluchowecky, president of the Media Visits to Greenpeace, Pollution Probe Resources Advisory Group. and the Ottawa Food Bank teach viewers The TV series is sponsored by the how to package information effectively, and Media Resources Advisory Group what it takes to organize a successful media (MRAG) and is the result of 12 years of campaign and how to target an audience. work in the field of media relations for The experiences of REAL Women, the community groups. MRAG is a commu- Japanese Canadian National Council and nity-based non-profit organization that internationally renowned media critics Judges at the UNA-Soyuzivka ‘96 Photo Contest (from left): Ulana Diachuk, UNA President; was started in the spring of 1986 by indi- are highlighted to advise viewers of the Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky, choreographer; Roman Iwasivka, professional photographer and viduals from the media and multicultural resources available to them to correct George Kozak, painter (not present). communities who were concerned that misportrayal in the media. media coverage of ethnocultural events, Mr. Hluchowecky is a communications Due to the positive response our first contest received, we will hold our second contest during concerns and issues is often inaccurate or consultant in Ottawa and is presently com- the 1997 season. We encourage all amateur photographers who are visiting Soyuzivka a b s e n t . munications director for British Columbia to participate, and send entries for the contest to the UNA’s Home Office. The MRAG’s first project was a sur- Member of Parliament Herb Dhaliwal. vey of how community groups deal with Prior to working on Parliament Hill, Mr. the media. This survey revealed that few Hluchowecky was director of the Ukrainian Rules and regulations: individuals or community groups know Canadian Congress Ottawa Bureau and pro- 1. Only non-professional photo buffs can participate. how the media work and/or how to effec- gram manager for the Canada Ukraine 2. Photos must be taken at Soyuzivka in 1995, 1996 and 1997. tively communicate their message. These Partners Program, an international develop- 3. Entries must have a people theme and provide the following information revelations led to a series of media rela- ment project for Ukraine. 3. printed on the reverse of photo: – each photo must be dated; – people on the photo must be identified and model release signature must be included; UNA Seniors... The conference will end with a cocktail – name, address and telephone number of the entrant must be typed on a label. party and banquet at Veselka, featuring a prominent speaker, and dancing to a good 3. There is no limit on the number of entries. (Continued from page 5) orchestra after the formal part of the pro- 4. Selected photos will be published in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. National Association, Ulana Diachuk, who will speak about the various insurance poli- g r a m . 5. Photos will not be returned and will become the property of the UNA. It is requested that women wear 6. Prints only (no slides); black/white or color; at least 4 x 6 up to 11x14 cies and programs available to the public, the prospects of selling the UNA’s head- Ukrainian blouses, and men wear 7. All photo entries will be exhibited at Soyuzivka in 1997. quarters building and acquiring a smaller Ukrainian shirts or ties if possible to the 8. Entries will be judged solely on their merit; decisions of the judges will be final. building more suitable to the organization’s banquet. Those wearing Ukrainian attire 9. Entries must be postmarked no later than April 30, 1997, and mailed to: needs, and negotiations regarding mergers will be eligible for a door prize. Be sure UNA – Soyuzivka Photo Contest ‘96-97 involving other Ukrainian fraternal soci- to bring a Ukrainian item for the auction. 30 Montgomery St. eties. A question-and-answer period will UNA members and UNA social mem- Jersey City, NJ 07303 follow her presentation. bers who have a card from their branch Att’n.: Oksana Trytjak Afternoons and evenings will feature secretary will be entitled to a special Tel. (201) 451-2200 line dancing, a sing-along, a Bingo night reduced rate for their stay at Soyuzivka and an auction of Ukrainian items donated during the conference. by the members. Proceeds of the auction Dr. Chopek advised: “Come and enjoy will be donated to Ukrainian charities. An meeting with UNA Seniors from various evening will be devoted to card playing, a parts of the United States, and participate racing game and Ukrainian videos. in this important fraternal activity.”

James H. Maloney; Florida: Allen Boyd; Action Item Illinois: Rod R. Blagojevich, Lane Evans; (Continued from page 6) Kansas: Jim Ryun; Kentucky: Ron Lewis; tional environment. Maine: Tom Allen; Missouri: Ike Skelton, The following senators and representa- James Talent; New Jersey: James Saxton, tives should be contacted: Mike Pappas; North Carolina: Mike SENATORS – Idaho: Dirk Kempthorne; McIntyre; Oklahoma: J.C. Watts; South New Hampshire: Bob Smith; New Mexico: Carolina: Floyd Spence, John Spratt, Jeff Bingaman; Ohio: John Glenn; Lindsey Graham; Texas: Jim Turner, Oklahoma: Jim Inhofe; Virginia: John Willaim M. (Mac) Thornberry; Utah: James Hansen; Washington: Adam Smith. Warner; West Virginia: Robert Byrd. ADDRESSES: The Honorable..., REPRESENTATIVES – Alabama: United States Senate, Washington, DC Terry Everett; Arizona: Robert Stump; 20510; The Honorable..., U.S. House of Arkansas: Victor Snyder; California: Representatives, Washington, DC 20515 Sonny Bono, Ronald Dellums, Howard McKeon, Duncan Hunter; Connecticut: – submitted by Eugene Iwanciw

for the eight-week expedition, running Make like Indiana... from June 22 to August 10. (Continued from page 11) The KPF’s website, http://www.fron- dig of 1997. Applicants must be 18 years or tiernet.net/~amandzy, contains extensive background information about the city’s older. Fluency in Ukrainian is not required, history, attractions and the KPF’s excava- nor is previous archeological experience. tion sites. It is generously illustrated with However, applicants must be in good photographs and diagrams. health and able to do physical labor in a For further information contact Adrian hot, sunny climate. According to the Mandzy, Kamianets-Podilskyi Foundation, KPF’s information brochure, “A sense of 2033 Westfall Road, Rochester, NY humor and a spirit of adventure [are] a 14618; telephone, (716) 442-1597; e-mail, must.” University credits are available a m a n d z y @ a o l . c o m No. 15 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 17

not much time for play.” Chopek is delegate Dr. Chopek is active in the local chap- ter of the American Association of to seniors’ congress Retired Persons and is a member of the LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Dr. Anne local chapter of the Toastmasters’ Club Chopek, an honorary member of the and the Senior Center of Los Alamos. Ukrainian National Association’s She was congratulated on her election General Assembly and president of the as a delegate to the Silverhaired UNA Seniors’ Association, attended the Congress by Sen. Peter Domenici (R- Silverhaired Congress as a representative N.M.), who wrote: “Your selection to from the state of New Mexico. this esteemed position reflects your com- The congress was held on February 8- mitment and dedication to issues impact- 14 in Washington. In an interview with ing the elderly. Your exemplary public the Los Alamos Monitor, Dr. Chopek service record ... contributed to your said the Silverhaired Congress is “a mir- knowledge and experience with legisla- ror image of the United States Congress” tive and legal procedures. This unique that includes 540 representatives over the perspective will be invaluable to the con- age of 60. gress, as you can bring additional insight “The issues we discuss have a definite with your understanding of the issues.” impact on our country,” she said. Dr. Dr. Chopek also received a certificate Chopek, a lawyer and probate judge in of appreciation for her work on seniors’ Los Alamos County, said the congress issues from Los Alamos County Council involved “intense working sessions and Chairwoman Denise Smith. Ukrainians participate in Michigan convention

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Roman Kuropas (right) and Mark Dub (left), both of Warren, Mich., represented the 12th District and the Ukrainian American Republican Coalition at the Michigan 3Get Married Republican State Convention held on January 31-February 1 in Detroit’s Cobo Hall. They are seen above with Sen. Spencer Abraham (center). Mr. Kuropas is 3Have a Romantic Wedding Reception secretary of UNA Branch 20 and an advisor on the UNA’s General Assembly. 3Hold an Important Business Meeting Pastuszek appointed 3Celebrate a Birthday in Style 3Herald a Festive Holiday Party to real estate board 3Host a Family Celebration - NEWTON, Mass. – William J. Pastuszek Jr. of Newton, Mass., has been First Communion - First Job appointed a member of the Board of Registration of Real Estate Appraisers in Graduation - Engagement Massachusetts, which oversees the activ- Retirement - Family Reunion ities of licensed real estate appraisers. Mr. Pastuszek, the son of Theodozia and 3Host an Outrageous Theme Party Bill Pastuszek of Swarthmore, Pa., is the principal of Shepherd Associates, a real 3Toast Your 25th Anniversary estate appraisal and consulting firm in Newton. A graduate of Oberlin College, he 3Roast a Good Friend - Surprise Party holds the MAI and SRA designations for the Appraisal Institute and the MRA desig- 3Prepare Your Organizational Meeting nation in the Massachusetts Board of Real Send Your Children to One of our Camps Estate Appraisers. He is the first member William J. Pastuszek Jr. 3 of the Appraisal Institute to be sworn in as Enjoy Your Vacation a certified general member of the Board of Bentley College in Waltham, Mass. He 3 Registration of Real Estate Appraisers. and his entire family are members of UNA Mr. Pastuszek also is an instructor at Branch 231; his father is a UNA auditor.

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HERE’S ANEW, COST-EFFECTIVE WAY FOR YOU TO NETWORK St. Louis, Yaroslav saw his mother’s face An acknowledgment... clearly for the first time. Thanks to Dr. A Directory of Services (Continued from page 7) Selezinka and financial help from people time to Ivano-Frankivsk. He returned again and sponsors, like the Orphans Aid Society in June 1993, March 1994 and May 1996, of New York, Yaroslav now writes his krainian usinesses music by himself, and writes articles for UBThere are thousands of Ukrainian-owned businesses in North America. bringing with him groups of colleagues publication in magazines and newspapers. Shouldn’t your company be featured in The Ukrainian Weekly? from America to help operate on sick eyes. Because of his excellent reputation in This past year, with help again from America, and with help from the Ukrainian the Orphans Aid Society of New York, Dr. Selezinka helped four sisters from the PU B L I C I T Y • AD V E R T I S I N G • MA R K E T I N G American Veterans Association of New York, he has been able to collect medical Kolomyia Region who had eight success- supplies and equipment valued at over $1 ful surgeries at UCSD return to Ukraine 3 2,0 0 0 million for the Ivano-Frankivsk Medical with healthy, smiling eyes. Academy and the City Eye Clinic. Word Now Dr. Selezinka is retired, and he DV E R T I S I N G Reach 32,000 Readers Of about Dr. Selezinka spread quickly in can devote all his energy and strength to 1 0 5 1 B L O O M F I E L D A V E N U E , The Ukrainian Weekly Ukraine, and now many people wait for his organizing the next trip to Ukraine. In 2 N D F L O O R , S U I T E 1 5 , return to Ivano-Frankivsk. But his work May Dr. Selezinka and 14 medical col- C L I F T O N , NJ 07012-2120 For Just $24 Per Ad. isn’t limited to trips to Ukraine. leagues are again planning to go to A Ivano-Frankivsk, where many people are Call Tom Hawrylko 201-773-1800 Call 201-434-0237 Dr. Selezinka focuses much of his atten- tion on the future of this young country waiting for them. through his work with Ukrainian children. All of the medical people give their In 1993 he brought 3-year-old Slavko from knowledge, strength and time freely. Ivano-Frankivsk to America for cornea That is why I ask Ukrainian Americans transplant surgery. This child, who was to financially help this man who puts so almost totally blind, now can play, read, go much effort and work into improving of “20 more years ‘til retirement!” to school, study music and ride a bicycle. the health of our native land. Natalia from Ternopil had her vision Please send your tax-deductible (IRS# “I HOPE” improved from 20/100 to 20/20 after 95-4252938) donations to: California being brought to America for surgery. Association to Aid Ukraine Eye Project, Michailyk from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 4315 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA doesn’t cover his eye with a bandage any 90029. more to hide a terrible tumor. I would like to wish Dr. Selezinka In 1994, 13-year-old composer, poet and good health and much success in his writer Yaroslav came to America with work. May God hold him in the palm of vision of only 20/200. Thanks to telescopic His hands and grant him His protection lenses, his vision became 20/50, 20/40. In for many years.

and-die market. Thanks to his leadership, Rochester... Trident now has become a respected (Continued from page 10) name in the manufacturing arena. Kodak, Xerox, IBM, General Dynamics Mr. Juskiw, who credits his father, and other Fortune 500 companies. Wolodymyr for maintaining his Of Ukrainian ancestry, Mr. Juskiw Ukrainian roots, is proud that his com- WILL YOU BE ABLE TO developed a taste of the trade immediate- pany bears the name Trident, which ly after graduating from Rochester’s refers to Ukraine’s national symbol Franklin High School in 1967, where he ( t r y z u b ) . RETIRE AT AGE 65? gained two years’ experience under a work-study program. Mr. Juskiw, with his wife, Barbara, In 1974, this young, energetic entre- and their children Andrew and Nicole, preneur landed a job as a designer at are residents of Webster, N.Y. Think about it..... Xerox and later left to pursue the tool- DON’T WORK “OVERTIME” Call UNA today!!! (800) 253-9862

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS (Continued from page 20) Air Ukraine dinner at 8 p.m. Music will be by Nove the university library. Tickets are $10 and National Airlines Pokolinnia of Toronto. For additional $8, and may be purchased by calling (562) information call (216) 642-8796. 985-7000. Ms. Kochan teaches workshops on singing, and speaks and writes about cul- Sunday, May 4 Starting May 14, 1997 tural politics, the arts in education and her HARTFORD, Conn.: The Ukrainian special interest, the Ukrainian folk song. year-round American Youth Association invites mem- Mr. Kytasty is one of the premier bandura bers and their families as well as guests to the players in North America, who has per- non-stop flights 45th anniversary celebration of the Hartford formed and taught instrumental and choral SUM-A Branch. There will be a blessing of music in courses and workshops in North the new flag of the SUM-A youth division and South America, Western Europe, NEW YORK - LVIV during the 10:30 a.m. liturgy at St. Michael Australia and Ukraine, and has become Ukrainian Catholic Church, 125 Wethersfield known both for his mastery of time-honored Ave., followed by an anniversary luncheon folk styles and for his original arrangements every Wednesday and program at the Ukrainian National and reinterpretations of traditional music. with continuing service to Kyiv Home, 961 Wethersfield Ave., at 12:15 p.m. GENERAL NOTICE Donation: $10, adults; $5, youth. Tickets may be obtained by calling the SUM-A TORONTO: The World Federation of Air Ukraine is offering the most Cooperative, (860) 296-6955. Ukrainian Women’s Organizations has announced its 26th literary competition titled competative fares to Ukraine Saturday, May 10 “Our Treasure — Our Ukrainian Language; TORONTO: Founded in 1990, the Pass It On To The Next Generation.” The For information and reservations, please call: Vydubychi Choir of the St. Michael competition is open to women only (both Church at the Vydubytsky Monastery in published and unpublished writers); the liter- Kyiv begins a monthlong Canadian tour of ary form may be an essay, narrative, short 1-800-UKRAINE 20 cities with a concert at St. Anne story or other forms. The entry is to be in Anglican Church, Gladstone and Dufferin, Ukrainian, typewritten or on computer; the (1-800-857-2463) at 7 p.m. The choir’s repertoire includes length is not to exceed 6 standard-size pages selections from the great choral heritage of (8 1/2 x 11); the text is to be double-spaced Arrival and departure information: JFK - (718) 656-9896 Ukrainian sacred music as well as the rich and signed using a pseudonym; the name, Arrival and departure information: JFK - (718) 632-6909 tapestry of Ukrainian folk music. Tickets address and pseudonym of the author is to be are available at West Arka Gift and sent under separate cover in a sealed enve- Bookstore; telephone, (416) 762-8751. lope, which will be opened only after the jurors have made their decision. The entry Air Ukraine Saturday, May 10 should be submitted to the WFUWO office 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 LONG BEACH, Calif.: “Paris to Kyiv,” by August 1 and addressed to: WFUWO New York, NY 10176 with singer and producer Alexis Kochan Konkurs, P.O. Box 84578, 2336 Bloor St. and musician Julian Kytasty, brings cen- W., Toronto, Ontario, M6S 1T0, Canada. turies-old Ukrainian music performed in a Jurors for the competition are: Dr. For cargo shipments call to: contemporary mode to the Richard and Volodymyr Shelest, chair; Dr. Julia Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Woychyshyn; and Dr. Maria Popovych- 6200 Atherton St., on the campus of Semeniuk. The winners will be announced at Air Ukraine - Cargo California State University at 8 p.m. The the seventh WFUWO congress to be held in Tel. 718-376-1023, FAX 718-376-1073 performance is presented in association with Toronto on October 22-25. 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave.T), Brooklyn, NY 11223

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Friday, April 18 For more information call the admissions office, (215) 884-2216. NEW YORK: The program of the Literary-Cultural Club “A Vzhe Vesna, A Monday, April 21 Vzhe Krasna” that was slated to take CAMBRIDGE, Mass: The Harvard place April 11, has been rescheduled to Ukrainian Research Institute is holding a Friday, April 18, at 7 p.m., to be held at 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. For more lecture by Oksana Grabowicz, research information contact Slava Gerulak, (212) associate, HURI, on “Culture and National 2 6 0 - 4 4 9 0 . Identity in Contemporary Ukraine in the Face of ‘Globalism.’ ” The lecture will be Saturday, April 19 held in the HURI seminar room, 1583 NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Massachussetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. Society invites the public to a presentation of Thursday, April 24 its recent publications: “Antolohiia Svitovoii Literaturno-Krytychnoii Dumky XX ct.” (An WINNIPEG: The Oseredok Ukrainian Anthology of 20th Century Literary Cultural and Educational Center, 184 Criticism), edited by Maria Zubrytska, with Alexander Ave. E., is holding a presenta- Larissa Onyshkevych and John Fizer; tion by Orysia Tracz on “Symbolism of “Towards an Intellectual History of Ukraine: the Pysanka” at 7 p.m. as part of its “Let’s An Anthology of Ukrainian Thought from Talk Culture Series.” 1710 to 1995,” edited by Ralph Lindheim Monday, April 28 and George S. N. Luckyj; “Vnesok Halychyny u Formuvannia Ukrainskoii OTTAWA: The Metropolitan Andrey Literaturnoii Movy” (The Contribution of Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Halychyna to the Development of the Studies and St. Paul University’s Faculty of Literary Language of Ukraine), by George Y. Theology will hold the inauguration of the Shevelov; “Ukrainsko-Cheskyi Slovar” institute’s second chair, the Kule Family (Ukrainian-Czech Dictionary), 2 vols., A Chair in Eastern Christian Liturgy. Kurymsky, R. Shishkova, N. Savicky; The Scheduled for Easter Monday (according to compendium “The Medical World of Lviv,” the Julian Calendar), the event will begin published in honor of Wasyl Lew, Hryhoriy with the celebration of Paschal Vespers, Luzhnytsky and Dr. Roman Osinchuk. presided over by Archbishop Michael Taking part in the program are Dr. Bzdel, Metropolitan of Winnipeg. On the Onyshkevych, Dr. Anna Procyk, Prof. same occasion the Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza Wolodymyr Stojko, Prof. Fizer and Prof. will be installed as the chair’s first profes- Shevelov. The event will be held at the soci- sor by the university’s chancellor, ety’s building, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. Archbishop Marcel Gervais of Ottawa. Prof. Galadza’s inaugural address will be JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Philadelphia on “The Place of Liturgical Studies in Regional Council of the Ukrainian National Theology.” A reception will conclude the Women’s League of America is holding a evening. Ukrainian diplomats and Canadian conference on ecology titled “The dignitaries are expected to participate. For COME AND ENJOY THE ALPINE Deterioration of the Environment and Its additional information call the institute, Influence on the Psycho-Physical Health of (613) 236-1393, ext. 2332. BEAUTY OF LAKE TAHOE People.” Taking part in the conference are: Soros Roshan, M.D., president, International Friday-Sunday, May 2-4 Health Awareness Network, and representa- UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CLEVELAND: Recording artist Alexis tive, International Council of Women at Kochan will conduct an intensive three-day OF NORTH AMERICA UNICEF; Dr. Christina Durbak, psychoana- workshop on Ukrainian folk-style singing lyst and president, World Information for women’s voices. The workshop will be Transfer, an organization with consultative General Meeting and Scientific Conference held on the Case Western Reserve status at the U.N.; and Martha Jarosewich, University campus and will culminate in a June 18-22, 1997 consultant, World Bank, Central and Eastern recording of the songs prepared before and Europe division, environmental projects; during the workshop. Recording will be with Iryna Kurowyckyj, honorary president Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Casino and Resort done in Harkness Chapel, known for its of the National Council of Women U.S.A. acoustical quality. The workshop is open to Lake Tahoe, Nevada and UNWLA vice-president for public rela- women with strong musical skills and the tions. The presentation will be held at the ability to read Ukrainian. The $80 fee for Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, Barbecue, Banquet and Family Activities the workshop will cover workshop and 700 Cedar Road, at 4 p.m. Admission: $10. recording costs. Participants will receive FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: Sunday, April 20 copies of the finished recording. For addi- tional information write to: Women’s 773-278-6262 Voice mail EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The works of Voices Fund, c/o Nadia Tarnawsky, 3000 Christina Saj will be on exhibit at the Mapledale Ave., Cleveland, OH 44109; or Nabisco Gallery as part of a group exhibi- call (216) 749-0060. tion titled “Artistic License 1” featuring 11 contemporary artists. The exhibition open- Saturday, May 3 SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) ing is at 3-5 p.m. The exhibit will continue through May 14. The gallery is located at CLEVELAND: The Buryverkhy Plast Federal Credit Union River Road and DeForest Avenue. For Sorority invites the public to its annual 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 gallery hours call (201) 503-3238. debutante ball to be held at the Tel (201) 373-7839 • http://www.selfreliance.org • Fax (201) 373-8812 Renaissance Hotel, City Tower Plaza, 24 BUSINESS HOURS: JENKINTOWN, Pa.: Manor Junior Public Square. The evening starts off with Tue & Fri - 12:00 noon to 7 PM • Wed & Thurs - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM • Sat - 9:00 to 12:00 noon • Mon. - Closed College is holding an open house/career cocktails at 6:30 p.m., followed by the pre- day, with seminars on career decisions, sentation of debutantes at 7:30 p.m., and financial aid and learning for adults, on its campus, 700 Fox Chase Road, at 1 p.m. (Continued on page 19)

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