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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVII HE KRAINIANNo. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine CanadianT PM to championU Montreal doctor’s Presidential Welection year brings child abduction case during visit to Ukraine maneuvering on referendum issues by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Bartchouk’s mother, Nila Klioukova, by Roman Woronowycz a referendum to liquidate national Toronto Press Bureau who resides in Kyiv. Kyiv Press Bureau deputies’ immunity from criminal prose- According to Dr. Monczak, Ms. cution, a provision currently in Ukraine’s TORONTO — Dr. Yury Monczak, a KYIV — As politicians manuever for Klioukova was very hostile and on one Constitution. young Montréal-based cancer researcher, advantage in a presidential election year, occasion told Mr. Bastien “that nobody During a political visit to Ternopil on has been caught in a Ukrainian Canadian in recent days calls for a national referen- would ever see [Ivan] and that he would January 10, Mr. Kuchma said the parent’s nightmare — a nightmare of dum on amendments to the Constitution be placed under a bodyguard’s watch so Verkhovna Rada has become a haven for international proportions. However, it have become more strident from across those who now use the law to shelter seems that his country’s government is that nobody could approach him.” Ukraine’s polarized political spectrum. Dr. Monczak said he is exhausting themselves from responsibility for illegal willing to take up his cause — all the Both the left and the center-right have actions and called for lifting parliamen- way to the top. every means to get secure his boy’s very different goals in going to the peo- return, lobbying both the Canadian and tary immunity. Dr. Monczak’s 6-year-old son, Ivan, ple to approve changes to Ukraine’s fun- The Procurator General’s Office has Ukrainian governments. The Montreal- was abducted on June 7, 1998, by his damental law – efforts that to some said it has sufficient evidence to charge based researcher said he spoke to former former wife and the boy’s mother, degree are being spurred by the inability at least two current Ukrainian lawmak- Miroslava Bartchouk. On January 5, the Ambassador to Canada Volodymyr of the Verkhovna Rada to move on much ers, former Prime Minister Pavlo Toronto Sun daily reported that an offi- Furkalo and former Consul General in major legislation due to the 50-50 ideo- Lazarenko and Mykola Agafonov, a cial at Canadian Prime Minister Jean Toronto Serhiy Borovyk (currently an logical split in the body. However, both member of the Peasants’ Party from Chrétien’s office had assured the 38- official at the embassy in Ottawa), and sides are trying to receive approval to Dnipropetrovsk, with financial impropri- year-old doctor that Mr. Chrétien would said he will contact current Ambassador implement plans they believe will make eties, if their protection from prosecution raise the matter in upcoming meetings Volodymyr Khandogiy in the near future. them more favorable in the eyes of the is lifted. The Verkhovna Rada has yet to with his Ukrainian counterpart Valerii The distraught father has placed electorate in October when presidential act on the matter. Pustovoitenko. The Canadian prime min- Ivan’s name on an international registry elections are held. The president also has tossed about the ister is scheduled to make his first visit for missing children, the Missing The Communist Party has put forward idea of extending his constitutional to Kyiv on January 27-28. Children’s Network. He told the Toronto the most dramatic proposal: to liquidate authority to make changes to economic Reached by The Weekly on January Sun he went to pick up his son for a the office of the president and make laws by presidential decree for another 13 at his lab at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis summer vacation but found “Ivanko” had Russian the second state language – two five years, another issue that he indicated major items on the party’s agenda since it Jewish General Hospital, Dr. Monczak vanished and “some of Ivan’s toys, might be brought before the people in a achieved victory in the March 1998 par- said both Justice Minister Anne stuffed animals and crayon drawings national referendum. liamentary elections. McLellan and Foreign Affairs Minister were left behind.” The Ukrainian Constitution, approved Lloyd Axworthy have written formal Meanwhile, President Leonid Kuchma petitions to Ukrainian government offi- (Continued on page 3) has suggested that he may give the nod to (Continued on page 3) cials asking for Ivan’s immediate return, so far without success. According to the report by Mark Dunn of the Sun’s Ottawa Bureau, “both minis- U.S. delegation in Kyiv focuses on certification for foreign aid ters indicated Ukraine has refused to by Roman Woronowycz fiscal year 1998, and include reform teria, the U.S. Congress only wants to respect Canadian laws by not sending the Kyiv Press Bureau and effective enforcement of commer- be sure the money is properly used. Canadian youngster home.” cial and tax codes; and continued “The provision of the Congress is a test Dr. Monczak told The Weekly that KYIV — A high-ranking U.S. dele- progress on resolution of complaints by to determine how effectively that Canada’s officials have been very sym- gation told Ukrainian authorities on United States investors.” money is spent,” said Mr. Taylor. pathetic and helpful. He told The Weekly January 12 that if Ukraine is to receive If Ukraine fails to receive certifica- Mr. Taylor underscored that well- that an official at Canada’s Embassy in the full amount of U.S. foreign aid in tion, it could face losing half of the laid-out plans and statements of inten- Kyiv, Jean Ludger-Bastien, has tried to 1999, the country will have to work $195 million appropriation. tions by Ukrainian authorities will no personally contact the child through Ms. intensely in the next month to show “It is very clear to us that a lot of longer suffice – today the U.S. is look- U.S. authorities it has taken substantial work is being done on economic ing for “actual accomplishments.” steps down the road of economic reform and the resolution of business However, he added that he was reform and moved to resolve disputes disputes,” said William Taylor, assis- impressed with the work currently between Ukrainian and U.S. business tant coordinator of aid for Ukraine. under way. interests. “We will be looking very closely at Another member of the U.S. delega- The group, led by Ambassador-at- how things turn out in the next couple tion, Assistant Treasury Secretary Large for the New Independent States of weeks. A lot still needs to be done,” Edwin Truman, explained that Ukraine Stephen Sestanovich, met in Kyiv with he added. has moved on reforms in a halting Ukrainian officials on January 11-12 to Mr. Taylor, along with his boss, Mr. manner and has been too slow to fol- discuss just what Ukraine must do to Sestanovich, and representatives of the low through on many initiatives, obtain the $195 million in foreign aid Treasury Department and the National including the reduction of its bloated that has been earmarked by the U.S. Security Council, including President government bureaucracies; establish- Congress, which is subject to certifica- Bill Clinton’s chief advisor on Russia ment of a transparent, fair and effective tion by the secretary of state that Kyiv and Ukraine, Carlos Pascual, held dis- privatization process; implementation has met specific criteria as spelled out cussions with Prime Minister Valerii of structural reforms of its economy; in the House of Representatives’ appro- Pustovoitenko, Vice Prime Minister business de-regulation; establishment priations bill. Serhii Tyhypko and a host of other eco- of a fair tax code; and reform of the In accordance with the bilateral eco- nomic and reform leaders during their energy and agricultural sectors. nomic assistance appropriations act, two-day stay in Kyiv. However, Mr. Truman lauded Secretary of State Madeleine K. Citing Ukraine as the largest single Ukraine for pulling through the world Albright is required to certify before recipient of foreign aid among the new financial crisis while suffering fewer the House Appropriations Committee independent states of the former Soviet economic bruises than other countries, by February 18 that Ukraine “has Union, Mr. Taylor explained at a press including its northern neighbor, Russia. undertaken significant economic conference at the close of the delega- reforms additional to those achieved in tion’s visit that, in setting down the cri- (Continued on page 3) Six-year-old Ivan Monczak 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 No. 3

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Rada may discuss abolishing presidency said some 11,000 farms, or 90 percent of Gambling with Belarus’s sovereignty their total number, finished 1998 with by Jan Maksymiuk be in a tight corner as his presidency KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Vice- losses, while agricultural output fell by 2 RFE/RL Newsline nears the completion of its fifth year in Chairman Adam Martyniuk told journalists percent last year, compared with 1997. July 1999. Belarusian independent media on January 11 that this week the Parliament (RFE/RL Newsline) By signing a declaration on the cre- have long argued that the true driving may consider abolishing the post of the ation of a “union state” and two related force behind President Lukashenka’s Ukrainian president, Ukrainian News Luhansk businessman shot agreements on December 25, 1998, integration efforts is his ambition to suc- reported. According to Mr. Martyniuk, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his ceed Mr. Yeltsin at the Kremlin. deputies will be asked to vote on whether LUHANSK – Vladyslav Kryvobokov, Belarusian counterpart, Alyaksandr Presidential elections in Russia are due the Verkhovna Rada should debate a consti- head of Viktor-Invest, was shot eight times Lukashenka, have presented political in 2000, so Mr. Lukashenka is in a hurry tutional amendment that reinstates a parlia- in an unsuccessful assassination attempt at analysts with yet another puzzle in to join the race. But there are also two mentary republic and abolishes the presi- 7 p.m. on January 9. Mr. Kryvobokov is a Russian-Belarusian relations. domestic reasons for his third attempt at dency. If at least 226 deputies support that head of the social organization Rukh za The two leaders have offered similar “storming the Kremlin.” motion, the Constitutional Court will be Sotsialnyi Zakhyst, (Movement for Social puzzles on two previous occasions: in First, his policy of “market socialism” asked to rule on the “constitutionality of the Protection) and publishes a newspaper April 1996, when they signed the treaty on in Belarus has practically come to a halt, issue,” Mr. Martyniuk added. The amend- under the same name. He was rushed to the creation of the Community of Russia and the nation faces an economic disas- ment may be considered during the parlia- Luhansk City Hospital No. 1. He survived and Belarus; and one year later, in April ter. Pursuing integration with Russia is mentary session that begins on February 2. surgery January 10, during which eight bul- 1997, when they transformed that entity Mr. Lukashenka’s desperate bid to stave (RFE/RL Newsline) lets were removed from his body, but doc- into the Union of Russia and Belarus. off total economic collapse and to tors said the next day that his condition The Russian-Belarusian accords of improve the state of affairs at home at Rukh may back Udovenko in election remains critical. The militia of Luhansk 1996 and 1997 had one feature in com- the expense of the Russian economy. regard the assault as connected to Mr. SYMFEROPOL – The rightist Rukh mon: they were worked out in secrecy Second, his political position in Kryvobokov’s commercial activity. Party is most likely to submit ex-foreign and signed with great aplomb as “his- Belarus is not as secure as his authoritar- (Eastern Economist) affairs minister and Verkhovna Rada toric” documents. Both have subsequent- ian rule may suggest. Under the 1994 National Deputy Hennadii Udovenko as New poverty markers set for new year ly caused great confusion and misunder- Constitution (abolished in the November party candidate for the 1999 presidential standing, not least among their signato- 1996 referendum, which has not been KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma elections, said Rukh leader Vyacheslav ries, and have produced no tangible recognized by any European country signed a law in the beginning of January Chornovil in Symferopol. He said Mr. results, with the exception of the creation with the exception of Russia), Mr. setting the new poverty line and the mini- Udovenko is “the most influential and the of a couple of supranational bodies that Lukashenka’s presidential term ends in mum monthly income (MMI) levels. As of most popular politician, which could lead to have no real powers. July 1999. If he continues to hold that January 1, the MMI equals 73.7 hrv with the formation of a young government if Judging from its content and the way office for two more years – as stipulated the poverty line for the first quarter set at elected.” The final decision on the Rukh it was adopted, the 1998 Russian- by the new constitution, adopted in the 90.7 hrv. Social Policies and Labor Minister choice of a candidate will be approved at Belarusian declaration seems bound for same referendum – he will cease to be Ivan Sakhan said the Cabinet of Ministers the upcoming party congress. Mr. the same destiny as its predecessors. At recognized as a legitimate leader by had agreed to these indicators. He added Chornovil added that the current president any rate, it is as vague and contradictory European countries (as is already the that on April 1 the poverty line is expected “has little chance” in the election, since the as the integration agreements of 1996 case with the legislature hand-picked by to be increased to reach 94.5 hrv. (Eastern “reform process has stalled.” (Eastern and 1997, calling for a single state with President Lukashenka). As a political Economist) Economist) common leadership, but stressing that usurper, Mr. Lukashenka may find it extremely difficult even to deal with Estonia aids flooded Zakarpattia Russia and Belarus are simultaneously to Industrial output down by 1.5 percent Russia. If, on the other hand, he were to maintain “national sovereignty.” TALLINN – Estonia will send nearly allow presidential elections in Belarus in KYIV – Industrial production shrank by It also calls for unified governing bod- half a million kroons’ worth of food relief 1999, he would automatically admit that 1.5 percent in 1998, compared with 1997, ies, but lists no guidelines for their for- to western Ukraine in order to help allevi- the 1996 referendum was a fraud. the Associated Press reported on January mation. Nor does it explain how a single ate suffering resulting from the recent The creation of a new state entity with 10, citing official sources. The Ukrainian monetary system and unified customs floods. According to agreements signed policies can be adopted in the foresee- Russia would result in a new legal situa- economy has been steadily declining since tion in which President Lukashenka with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ühi- able future, let alone by mid-1999. the country gained independence in 1991: nenud Meiereid (United Dairies) will There is one factor, however, that may might avoid political responsibility for industrial output was reduced by 38.4 per- his past actions. And if Mr. Lukashenka send milk and cheese products, and the eventually make integration easier than it cent over that period, according to official fish processor Virtsu Rand will send appears at present, namely the unpre- succeeded in Russia’s presidential race – data. (RFE/RL Newsline) an outcome that many consider unlike- canned fish, while AP & KO Ltd. will dictable Mr. Lukashenka, who seems to ly), no one would dare impose a visa ban PM admits failure in agriculture supply canned meat. Western Ukraine on him or call him a “hooligan of was hit by extensive floods resulting from Jan Maksymiuk is a staffer of RFE/RL Europe,” as one European newspaper did KYIV – Prime Minister Valerii heavy rainfalls in November 1998. The Newsline. when reporting on the diplomatic hous- Pustovoitenko on January 10 said govern- Estonian government responded to the ing scandal in Miensk. ment efforts to reform the agricultural sec- U.N.’s call for aid in mid-December by Regardless of what might motivate tor have yielded few results, the allocating 484,644 kroons, or $36,000 Russia toward a merger with Belarus, Associated Press reported. “We must (U.S.), from its humanitarian and foreign there is no doubt the latter will have to acknowledge that the agricultural sector aid reserve. (Eastern Economist) give up some sovereign rights or even has largely turned into a poorly managed, Ukraine prepares Planned aid to Iraq is symbolic completely surrender them in the planned inert and heavily indebted structure which for the euro era union state. Even Russia’s staunchest is not attractive to investors,” he com- KYIV – Humanitarian aid to Iraq to Eastern Economist proponents of integration with Belarus do mented. According to official data, the deal with the aftermath of Operation not dare suggest that Belarus, with its 10 total debt of Ukrainian farms is 13.3 bil- KYIV – The new European currency, million citizens, should be given the same lion ($3.8 billion U.S.). Mr. Pustovoitenko (Continued on page 9) the euro, debuted in Europe on January 1, say in the union as Russia, whose popula- while Ukraine watched with mixed feel- tion is 15 times larger. ings. 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initiated by the executives of local bodies Presidential election... of government, such actions are inadmis- Ukrainian government denies reports (Continued from page 1) sible and shall be prevented,” said Mr. in June 1996, gives the president such Tkachenko. powers temporarily; they are to expire in On January 13 President Kuchma’s of mercenaries fighting in Sierra Leone June of this year if the nation’s chief press secretary, Oleksander Martynenko, denied that President Kuchma or his WASHINGTON – Several major Having acceded to this international executive cannot win the approval of American newspapers, quoting the document, the Embassy stated, Ukraine either the Verkhovna Rada or Ukraine’s administration had anything to do with gathering petitions. “Neither the presi- authorities in Sierra Leone, have recently pledged to undertake all necessary mea- citizens to extend them. published information about the partici- sures to counter such activity. Article 63- The president first suggested that he dent nor the presidential administration have any connection to any massive pation of Ukrainian citizens on the side 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine envis- may call a referendum to retain his con- of rebels in the civil war that ravages that ages imprisonment from three to 12 years stitutionally mandated authority when he actions for a referendum,” said Mr. Martynenko. country. The Embassy of Ukraine has for “recruiting, financing, maintaining spoke at a meeting of Ukraine’s regional responded that neither the Ministry of and training mercenaries,” as well as for press in Kyiv in early December and reit- The president’s press secretary said he had information that the Rukh Party and Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, nor other rel- “participation without sanction of rele- erated it on January 10 in Ternopil. evant state authorities of Ukraine have vant state authorities in armed conflicts According to President Kuchma, with- the National Democratic Party had begun petition-gathering initiatives. “From what any information to support allegations of other states with the goal of receiving out this extraordinary authority, complet- mentioned in the news reports. material or other personal benefits.” we understand, in Lviv more than 90,000 ing economic reforms will be impossible According to the International Should the specific facts of mercenary signatures have already been gathered,” given the paralysis in the Verkhovna Convention Against Recruitment, Use, activity by the citizens of Ukraine, said Mr. Martynenko. Rada and the resistance of a majority of Financing and Training of Mercenaries, including that in Sierra Leone, be con- No one from the Rukh press office national deputies toward movement to a adopted by the United Nations in 1989, firmed, those involved would be subject was available to comment on the party’s free-market system. mercenary activity is qualified as a to criminal punishment in accordance role in organizing a referendum. Ukraine’s Communist Party jumped crime. Ukraine signed the convention in with the laws of Ukraine, noted the The NDP, while neither confirming on the referendum bandwagon on 1990 and ratified it in 1993. Embassy of Ukraine. January 11, after hearing rumors that a nor denying that it is responsible for public vote on changes to the gathering signatures on a possible refer- Constitution was in the works. endum, said the issue of deputies’ immu- The group also discussed with Kyiv Verkhovna Rada Vice-Chairman Adam nity should be decided by the Parliament. U.S. delegation in Kyiv... officials a list of claims by U.S. investors Martyniuk, who is a member of the An NDP leader, Volodymyr Filenko, (Continued from page 1) against Ukrainian businessmen. Many of explained that the general issue of immu- Communist faction, responded to reports He praised Ukraine for stabilizing its the disputes are holdovers from last that a petition-gathering campaign led by nity should be considered in parallel with year’s certification criteria, which the specific cases of Messrs. Lazarenko currency and working out new debt oblast leaders had begun for a popular repayment schedules with its domestic required only that Ukraine show substan- and Agafonov. “The Verkhovna Rada referendum on the president’s two pro- and foreign creditors. tial progress in resolving the disputes. should decide this question on its own, posals by stating that his party would Mr. Pascual, President Clinton’s chief Seven claims still have not been settled, without waiting for a referendum,” said demand that questions on abolishing the national security advisor on Ukraine and including ownership of Gala Radio in Kyiv Mr. Filenko. presidency and making Russian a second Russia, said Ukraine must come up with and the Roksolana Hotel in Ivano- The Communist faction, meanwhile, state language also be considered. a clear strategy to convince Congress Frankivsk. Also outstanding are several Mr. Martyniuk said the party’s cadres had put together a draft bill on amend- that the country is moving, not merely to disputes over agricultural equipment, and had been instructed to attend any local ments and addenda to the Constitution pro- stabilize the country, but towards eco- the granting of a permit to build a hotel in meetings at which the issue of a referen- viding for the cancellation of the presiden- nomic growth. “In the end a climate Kyiv. Mr. Taylor explained that he believes dum might be raised. “The Communists cy. On January 12 party leaders presented must be created to move beyond stability all are resolvable. “In all the disputes, solu- are prepared to assist the presidential a motion that the Constitutional Court to growth,” explained Mr. Pascual. “That tions are possible. The two sides must sim- structures in calling a nationwide referen- review the bill to confirm its legality. The growth is the foundation for creating ply work to resolve them,” said Mr. Taylor. dum,” said Mr. Martyniuk. motion was put to the Verkhovna Rada for jobs and giving people stability in their Mr. Truman of the Treasury Verkhovna Rada Chairman a vote three times on January 12 and twice lives.” Department and U.S. Ambassador to Oleksander Tkachenko on January 12 more the following day, each time failing He said that little changes are as Ukraine Steven Pifer acknowledged that attempted to quash any plans for a refer- to receive a majority of 226 votes. important as major overhauls, and cited some of the U.S. criteria for disburse- endum organized by the executive Even with the fifth failure, Chairman as an example the need to allow the min- ment of foreign aid mirror requirements branch. He said the executive branch, Tkachenko said the Parliament would istries of finance and treasury to obtain put forth by the International Monetary whether at the local or national level, return to the motion and the bill on control over budget accounts that in the Fund’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) does not hold the constitutional right to January 14. past have been off the budget. “It is criti- agreement with Ukraine, in which the initiate a national referendum. That right, The same day, President Kuchma’s cal to developing trust among taxpayers financial organization has agreed to pro- according to Mr. Tkachenko, belongs to press secretary, Mr. Martynenko, took that their taxes are being spent effective- vide more than $2 billion in credits to the “citizens of Ukraine, political parties, pains to inform reporters that the presi- ly,” said Mr. Pascual. cash-strapped country. public organizations and work collec- dent does not support the bill. “I don’t He also suggested that the government Mr. Truman said tax reform and the tives.” know if it needs to be said, but the presi- should get out of the oil and energy busi- implementation of a realistic budget with “Irrespective of specifically what dent supports the institution of the office ness and allow “strategic investors” to take accurate macroeconomic figures are key question on constitutional amendments is of the president,” said Mr. Martynenko. over in those and other major industries. steps in meeting both IMF and U.S. Congress criteria. An IMF mission arrived in Kyiv the circumstances.” at a museum of literature in Kyiv when day after the departure of the U.S. dele- Canadian PM... Dr. Monczak told The Weekly that they met and found employment as a gation to begin discussion and analysis (Continued from page 1) Ivan’s mother tried to abduct their son, long-distance telephone clerk when liv- of the 1999 Ukrainian budget and Kyiv’s compliance with EFF requirements. The “It wasn’t until Monczak received an an only child, once before. He said that ing in Montréal. in the summer of 1994 he returned from As corroborated by the Toronto Sun IMF delayed the last installment of its anonymous phone call from Ukraine that credit extension until it could review the he learned of Ivan’s whereabouts,” the work to find both Ms. Bartchouk and story, in Judge Marks’ May 1996 deci- Ivan missing. After a frantic search, they sion, both parents were forbidden to 1999 budget, which Ukraine’s Sun reporter wrote. Verkhovna Rada approved on December turned up at an abused women’s shelter make out passports in Ivan Monczak’s Ivan Nestor Monczak, who has brown 31, 1998, after a considerable battle in Montréal. name without written permission from hair and blue eyes, was born in Montreal among left and center-right forces. Ms. Bartchouk filed for divorce at that the other. According to the January 5 on November 9, 1992, and appears on the The U.S. delegation also expressed time and was granted custody of their report, police are treating the case as an Child Cyber Search Canada (CCSC) web- satisfaction with the pace of the Kharkiv site (http://www.childcybersearch.org/), son. However, Dr. Monczak’s petition for abduction because Dr. Monczak’s ex- Initiative, a promise by the U.S. to stim- which also carries a photo and informa- a restraining order on his wife, which wife violated a court ruling that for- ulate business activity in the Kharkiv tion about his mother. banned her from leaving the municipality bade anyone from taking Ivan out of Oblast given after the Ukrainian govern- Upon the advice of Halyna Freeland of Montréal, was also granted that year. Québec. ment agreed not to sell turbines manu- of the Ukrainian Legal Foundation, Dr. The divorce was finalized by a Mr. Dunn wrote that “the same court factured by a Kharkiv factory to Russia, Monczak retained Ukraine-based jurist Québec Superior Court decision on May granted full custody to Monczak after the which is building a nuclear reactor for Natalia Petrova, and the matter was for- 1996. According to Dr. Monczak, in his abduction and issued a writ of Habeas Iran in the city of Bushehr. mally brought before a court in Ukraine decision Judge Herbert Marks estab- Corpus ordering the child be brought Mr. Taylor said a joint Ukrainian- in November 1998. lished that accusations of assault on Ms. back.” U.S. business center had opened in Soon afterwards an official diplomatic Bartchouk and Ivan were without foun- Dr. Monczak said that if the prime Kharkiv late in 1998, which would help dispatch on the subject from Canada’s dation (by his wife’s admission). “I spent minister fails to get his son back he will to match U.S. investors with Kharkiv Ministry of Foreign Affairs was forward- $45,000 countering perjury,” the cancer have to travel to Ukraine and plead his firms. Ambassador Pifer added that ed to Ukraine. researcher said. case before a foreign court. The first for- Kharkiv-area businesses finally had for- Reached by The Weekly on January Dr. Monczak met his ex-wife in Kyiv mal hearing on the issue is scheduled to mulated business plans and prospectus- 12, Sophie Galarneau of the Prime in July 1990 during a Ukrainian medical take place in Kyiv on February 2. es “for Mr. Taylor’s office and the U.S. Minister’s Office (PMO) said Mr. society visit to the Ukrainian capital. The Dr. Monczak told Mr. Dunn on Department of Commerce to convey to Chrétien has been apprised of the case couple were married in Montreal in January 4 that his son “is the biggest the thousands of U.S businesses that and that he does intend to raise the mat- October 1991. Ms. Bartchouk was grant- treasure I have. He has been abducted. A have expressed interest in doing busi- ter with officials in Ukraine, but added ed landed immigrant status in January great injustice has been [done] to him, ness here.” that such assurances are “hard to con- 1993. and I think my government, my prime “The U.S. can now act as a broker for firm.” She cautioned that “it always Dr. Monczak said his former spouse is minister, should stand up for this little bringing these people together,” explained depends on events, the situation and the a journalist by training, that she worked boy.” Ambassador Pifer. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 No. 3 Detroit/Windsor Graduates honor three community activists by Carolyn Kapustij Distinguished Service Award. awards presentation, Dr. Myron Kapustij, bells, symbolic of Mrs. Nelligan’s involve- The afternoon began with choral selec- chairman of the Ukrainian of the Year ment with the Zoloti Dzvony singing group, WARREN, Mich. – Three exceptional tions performed by members of the Committee, called upon Stephen Wichar greeted Mrs. Nelligan as she received her Ukrainian community activists and leaders Immaculate Conception High School Sr., a former Ukrainian of the Year honoree, award. “I’m still in shock that I’m – Justine Malaniak-Nelligan, Rosalie Choir. Master of Ceremonies Dr. Walter to introduce the 1998 honoree. Ukrainian of the Year,” she said. In a mov- Waskul Kapustij and Alexander List were Yaworsky then called upon the Very Rev. “She has served her fellow Ukrainians ing speech, Mrs. Nelligan thanked her par- honored at the 59th gala anniversary cele- Richard Hawrish, pastor and founder of St. and Americans well,” began Mr. Wichar in ents for instilling in her a love for her bration of the Ukrainian Graduates of Paul the Apostle Ukrainian Orthodox his remarks about Mrs. Nelligan, “and Ukrainian heritage. Detroit and Windsor. This event, held annu- Church in Windsor, to deliver the invoca- deserves the high esteem in which she is She also thanked family members, 26 of ally to award scholarships as well as to pre- tion. Dr. Yaworsky continued the program held this afternoon.” He continued, saying whom were present, and especially her sent the Ukrainian of the Year Award, took by proclaiming the traditional toasts to the that this honor is a celebration of her life’s husband, Andrew. Mrs. Nelligan also place on Sunday, November 1, 1998, at the United States, Canada and Ukraine fol- work, “her volunteerism, humanitarianism, called upon members of UNWLA Branch Ukrainian Cultural Center in Warren, Mich. lowed by a minute of silence commemorat- and ability to demonstrate courage.” He list- 58 and the Ukrainian Village to stand say- More than 150 people attended to pay ing Graduates’ members who passed away ed Mrs. Nelligan’s many accomplishments: ing, “You are all the wind beneath my tribute to this year’s honorees: Mrs. during the year. she has been a leader in many organizations wings.” The presentation concluded with Nelligan, the 1998 Ukrainian of the Year; The guests were then served a delicious and projects, especially Ukrainian National the reading of an original and delightful Dr. Kapustij, honored posthumously as lunch and entertained by the delightful Women’s League of America Branch 58. poem by Andrew J. Nelligan in honor of Ukrainian of the Year; and Dr. List, presi- music of Olga Solovey, a former Ukrainian Through Branch 58 she has raised tens of the occasion. dent of the Graduates and recipient of the of the Year recipient. Commencing the thousands of dollars for Ukrainian orphan- The afternoon then took on a more ages, the Children of Chornobyl Fund, vari- reflective, solemn tone. The next award ous Ukrainian cultural organizations, and was presented by John Stoiko and Dr. the Veselka project for Ukrainian senior citi- Jaroslaw Sawka, both past presidents of zens. the Ukrainian Graduates, in honor of Dr. Mr. Wichar cited Mrs. Nelligan’s partic- Rosalie Waskul Kapustij. Mr. Stoiko ipation in the leadership of the Ukrainian began his tribute by acknowledging that Village and the Detroit Riverfront Ethnic the presentation of a posthumous award Festivals. Mrs. Nelligan has served as creates an unusual situation, however, vice-president of the Ukrainian Village “Because she was such a dynamic person, since its inception and has raised over Julia (Stoiko) and I felt we could not let $40,000 for its building fund. She also was the occasion go by without doing some- a leader of the Detroit Riverfront thing in her memory.” Ukrainian Festivals for 20 years. This list He continued by recounting some of of accomplishments, however, is not near- Dr. Kapustij’s accomplishments in the ly a complete one. Mr. Wichar stated, “I Ukrainian community: she was a found- ing member of the Federation of would be remiss not to mention her work Business and Professional Organizations in other sectors.” He mentioned her leader- of North America, served in UNWLA ship in her parish, St. Scholastica, and her Branch 50 based in Ann Arbor, Mich., work in Operation Friendship, an organiza- and was elected to the Ukrainian Village tion that helps women who have been in board in 1996. As an energetic force in mental health facilities. “I salute her!” con- the Ukrainian Graduates, he continued, cluded Mr. Wichar, and called Mrs. she served as president in 1976 and again Cristina Kapustij, who accepted the Ukrainian of the YearAward presented posthu- Nelligan to the dais. in 1992-1996. Tragically, her life was cut mously to her mother, Rosalie Waskul Kapustij, is flanked by John Stoiko (left) and A thunderous standing ovation along Jaroslaw Sawka (right). with the ringing of over 100 small golden (Continued on page 16)

Ukrainian Village of Warren continues its support of Lviv hospital by Stephen M. Wichar Sr. substantiated with evidence that almost all mented, the U.S. funding was terminated Bethesda, Md. In addition, the LOCH has equipment is delivered in person, that pic- on September 30, 1998. Although there also established a Foundation for the WARREN, Mich. – Medical officials tures and videos are developed for exami- has been a one-year sustainibility grant, it Premature Infant Unit. at the Lviv Oblast Clinical Hospital nation, and extensive reports are prepared will be a competitive process among all Later in the afternoon, Mr. Wichar (LOCH) and the Henry Ford Hospital on seminars, medical conferences and the partnerships. This means only 30 percent asked on Dr. Ezhuthachan and Ms. Neonatology Division, recently reported like. “Even invoices of purchases are given will be funded. At this writing, it is not Newman to accept a donation towards the that more than 500 newborn and sick to UVC officials,” Mr. Wichar concluded. known whether Ukraine will be a recipi- project. “On behalf of the Ukrainian infants weighing less than two pounds The aforementioned methods have estab- ent. Village board of directors, its management have been saved from certain death since lished a high credibility so that the UVC’s Dr. Ezhuthachan made it clear that a staff, community donors and anniversary the LOCH/HFH partnership began. Some capability of raising funds has been Premature Infant Unit at LOCH will be participants,” Mr. Wichar declared, “we of this extraordinary success statistic can enhanced. established as a center for education for would like to present $15,000 for your be directly attributed to the Ukrainian The emcee called on Dr. Sudhakar western Ukraine. This will provide for a immediate needs at the LOCH.” A sponta- Village Corp. (UVC) of Warren, Mich., Ezhutachan, head of neonatalogy at continual training of physicians and nurs- neous, standing ovation followed. The and its perennial fund drives for the Lviv Henry Ford Hospital, and Christine es from other hospitals at the LOCH unit. funds have been earmarked for two iso- hospital. Newman, neonatal nursing specialist, to “Assistance for funding this project,” the lettes (infant incubators) for the hospital. The UVC, in a united spirit of humani- offer their assessments of the partnership doctor commented, “has been promised The banquet ended with a perfor- tarian dedication, has been playing a lead with the Lviv Oblast Clinical Hospital. In by the Children’s Medical Foundation in mance by the Zoloti Dzvony (Golden role in this charity for the past four years. their presentation, these medical experts California.” Additional help will come Bells) ensemble under the direction of During the weekend prior to provided a general overview of what from the Quality Assurance Project in Olga Dubrivny-Solovey. Thanksgiving Day, the Ukrainian began as an impossible task several years Village’s 14th anniversary LOCH fund- ago. In recapping four years’ work Dr. raiser attracted a capacity audience. The Ezhutachan and Ms. Newman focused on program began with opening remarks by their efforts to establish a Premature Justine Malaniak-Nelligan, UVC first Infant Unit. They had to do this through vice-president, who was recently chosen education, clinical training of staff, and as Ukrainian of the Year for 1998 by the provision of equipment and supplies. Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit and Both doctors and nurses had to devel- Windsor. op a system to quickly and safely trans- Stephania Dub, UVC second vice- port sick infants from maternity hospitals president, welcomed those assembled throughout the oblast to the LOCH. A and introduced Stephen Wichar, UVC completely equipped transporter was des- president, as the master of ceremonies. perately needed. “This item was pur- In outlining the goals and objectives chased by the Ukrainian Village Corp. shared by the UVC and the Henry Ford and an ambulance was donated by the Hospital, Mr. Wichar said, “UVC fund Ford Motor Co.,” stated Dr. supporters are keenly aware of corrupt Ezhuthachan. To ensure proper care for agencies in Ukraine that intercept diaspo- the infants, the Neonatal Resuscitation ra medical equipment and divert them Program was developed. Neonatal cen- into the black markets. The donors want ters similar to Lviv’s now operate in a fail-safe shield for proper and direct Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv, supported by a delivery system.” variety of organizations utilizing public Stephen M. Wichar (third from left) presents a donation to Dr. Sudhakar The LOCH/HFH has been able to pro- and private funds. Ezhutachan for the Lviv Oblast Clinical Hospital. Looking on (from left) are: vide such guarantees, he added. This was Unfortunately, Ms. Newman com- Stephania Dub, Christine Newman and Justine Nelligan. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Branch 481 hosts St. Nicholas UNA DISTRICT ORGANIZERS’ ACHIEVEMENTS by Angela Honchar St. Nicholas made a special appearance DURING NOVEMBER 1998 Branch 481 Secretary and gave each child a gift bag and a UNA water bottle. CARNEGIE, Pa. – The Ivan Franko After the party, the Sunday School chil- Society, Branch 481 of the Ukrainian dren went to Marian Manor, where they National Association, sponsored a St. gave the patients small gifts and an icon of Nicholas Party on Sunday, December 6, St. Nicholas. 1998. Branch 481 also sponsored a clothing, The children of Holy Trinity Ukrainian shoe and medicine shipment to Donetsk, Catholic Church’s Sunday School program Ukraine. A total of 385 pounds of supplies in Carnegie, Pa., attended the party with was sent to the children in the Artimesk their parents and grandparents. orphanage.

Nick and Yurko Honchar at the St. Nicholas Party sponsored by Branch 481.

RECORDING DEPARTMENT MEMBERSHIP REPORT – NOVEMBER 1998 Martha Lysko, National Secretary

JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Total Active Members – October 1998 7,957 17,250 4,368 29,575 Total Inactive Members – October 1998 7,420 17,947 0 25,367 Total Members – October 1998 15,377 35,197 4,368 54,942

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Gains in November 1998 New members 17 38 0 55 New members UL 1 15 0 16 Canadian NP 0 1 0 1 Reinstated 2 0 0 2 Transfered in 2 6 2 10 Change class in 7 1 0 8 Transfered from Juvenile Dept. 0 0 0 0 Total Gains: 29 61 2 92 Losses in November 1998 Suspended 11 9 6 26 Transfered out 2 6 2 10 Change of class out 7 1 0 8 Transfered to adult 0 0 0 0 Died 3 47 0 50 Cash surrender 19 32 0 51 Endowment matured 22 29 0 51 Fully paid-up 13 31 0 44 Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0 Extended Insurance 0 0 0 0 Certificate terminated 0 3 7 10 Total Losses 77 158 15 250 Total Active Members – November 1998 7,909 17,153 4,355 29,417

INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Gaines in November 1998 Paid-up 13 31 0 44 Extended insurance 10 5 0 15 Lapsed 1 4 0 5 Total Gains 24 40 0 64 Losses in November 1998 Died 3 25 0 28 Cash surrender 5 18 0 23 Reinstated 2 0 0 2 Maria Oscislawski Lapsed 1 4 0 5 Organizing Department Total Losses 11 47 0 58 Total Inactive Members – November 1998 7,433 17,940 0 25,373 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – November 1998 15,342 35,093 4,355 54,790 Insure and be sure. Join the UNA! 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 No. 3

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Eighty years ago Our community and the press:

Before Ukraine’s Parliament adopted the Act of Declaration of the Independence showcasing our strengths of Ukraine on August 24, 1991, Ukrainians around the world faithfully celebrated January 22 as Independence Day. Indeed, what started as local observances grew by Alexander B. Kuzma slave trafficking and to elevate the status into national events, with Ukrainian businesses and schools being closed in honor of of women in post-Soviet society (this The recently convened Ukrainian World the day and government officials issuing proclamations on the occasion – the net would have tied in perfectly with an article Congress adopted the slogan “A Strong result being that the dream of Ukrainian independence was kept alive. that ran in the Toronto Sunday Star on the Diaspora – A Strong Nation.” If taken lit- Then, soon after the 1991 proclamation of independence, which was confirmed final day of the Congress); erally, the slogan seems to miss the mark. by the people of Ukraine in a nationwide referendum later that year, the government 5) the impressive variety and potential Neither Ukraine nor the diaspora are near- of Ukraine declared that August 24 would be celebrated as Ukrainian Independence impact of humanitarian aid and technical ly as strong as we would like to see them Day. The diaspora followed suit. assistance programs marshalled by become. Still, the vision of a strong nation This year, however, is a particularly important anniversary of our original Ukrainian organizations around the globe; and a strong diaspora is something we Ukrainian Independence Day, as it marks the 80th anniversary of the January 22, 6) the challenges facing our community urgently need to cultivate. Instead of 1919, Act of Union that joined all Ukrainians lands into one Ukrainian National in attracting younger, more professional lamenting the degree to which Ukraine Republic. The act came one year to the day after the Ukrainian National Republic cadres to our ranks. and we ourselves have fallen short of our had been declared in Kyiv and two months, three weeks after independence was The list goes on. loftiest dreams and expectations, the con- proclaimed in western Ukraine on November 1, 1918. There were human interest stories gress challenged us to keep the dream This historic union occurred at a time of great chaos: the collapse of authority, galore: Ivan Drach, Yaroslava Stetsko, social turmoil and war (during this period six different armies occupied Ukrainian alive, to defy our nagging fatalism, to see people at the center of Ukraine’s struggle territory). It came after the Ukrainian National Rada, the representative assembly of our glass as half full, but not empty or for a political and cultural renaissance. the Western Ukrainian National Republic, voted on January 4, 1919, in Stanyslaviv bereft of promise. Even on the most parochial level, the to unite with their compatriots in Kyiv. The official Act of Union was proclaimed on At a time when too many of our tradi- Ukrainian World Congress could have January 22 in St. Sophia Square in Kyiv, and was confirmed by the Labor Congress, tional leaders seem resigned to an exploited the “local angle” by appealing to the de facto Ukrainian Parliament, six days later. inevitable decline in our community insti- the pride of Toronto’s business elite and its To be sure, this Ukrainian independence did not last long, falling victim to vari- tutions, the Ukrainian World Congress and ous internal factors (inexperience of political leaders, and, most significantly, the last year’s The Year 2020 Conference in media who rightly boast that Toronto has fact that state-building began while nation-building was in its infancy) and external New Jersey encouraged us to take a fresh become one of North America’s most elements (the superior military forces of Poland in the west and Bolshevik Russia in look at our potential, to recognize our urban cities. Here was Toronto proving the east, and the inability of the Ukrainians to secure theEntente’s recognition). strengths, to build on those strengths, and once again that its reputation as an interna- Two historians, authors of recently published histories of Ukraine, argue that the to articulate a vision for the future. tional mecca is well-deserved, as it hosted Ukrainian revolution was not a failure, however. A critical element that typically is an important gathering of Ukrainians from Orest Subtelny underlines: “National consciousness, which had been limited to a absent from our community life is the around the world to discuss the fate of part of the intelligentsia, spread to all segments of Ukrainian society” and “the rise development of an effective media strate- Europe’s cornerstone nation. of Ukrainian governments taught peasants to identify themselves as ‘Ukrainians.’ ... gy. We would love to see the world Surely, this was a newsworthy event for [Thus] the upheaval of 1917-1920 was not only a socioeconomic but also a national acknowledge the beauty of Ukrainian art someone other than The Ukrainian revolution.” and culture, to know more about the Weekly. The Weekly is a precious source Paul R. Magocsi argues that “even if these efforts did not bring about the hoped- Terror-Famine, about Chornobyl, about the of information for our community, but it for independence, the revolutionary experience itself instilled in Ukrainians a firm valor of our national martyrs and the hero- cannot be expected to reach the millions of sense of national purpose, achieved, moreover, not after several generations of ism of our forefathers. We would love to Canadians who read the Toronto Globe peacetime cultural work, but in less than half a decade. From such a perspective, the see the media give proper credit to the and Mail. Yet five days went by with no Ukrainian revolution was a remarkable success.” contributions Ukrainians have made in the press conference or press release to alert So, as the 80th anniversary date of the Act of Union approaches, it is fitting to fields of science, literature and business. the rest of the world that such a congress ask: which independence day should be celebrate? Surely, the answer is August 24. But for some infuriating reason, we think was under way. As far as the Canadian However, can we forget the historic events of January 22, 1918, November 1, 1918, it’s the media’s job to find us rather than public and news services were concerned, and January 22, 1919, and we might add, June 30, 1941, when a short-lived our job to reach out to the media and make the congress never happened! It was utter- Ukrainian state was announced by the faction of the Organization of Ukrainian sure that our story gets told. Nothing ly and inexcusably invisible. Nationalists led by Stepan Bandera? Just as surely, the answer is “no.” betrays the diaspora’s low self-esteem as There are those who enjoy blaming the All these dates in the history of the homeland to which we trace our roots are sig- much as its failure to aggressively pursue press for its failure to cover our communi- nificant; all were steps on the way to the independence ultimately achieved on outside media coverage of its activities. ty events when we have only ourselves to August 24, 1991, and confirmed overwhelmingly by the multi-ethnic population of The seventh conclave of the Ukrainian blame. With thousands of potential news Ukraine in a plebiscite on December 1, 1991. Let us mark this milestone anniver- World Congress was a glaring case in stories vying for the attention of assign- sary, then, by reflecting on where Ukraine has been and where it is headed. point. According to several organizers with ment editors each day, we cannot expect whom I spoke, there was never any our programs to get automatic coverage. attempt made to attract the Canadian or We must take the initiative to go out and international newsmedia to the December “make the story happen.” Even in the January congress. For the life of me, I can’t under- absence of a sophisticated press strategy, Turning the pages back... stand why. there is a simple set of mechanical steps The Ukrainian World Congress was a we can follow to achieve at least modest 17 golden opportunity to draw attention to the success: Ukrainian diaspora, to showcase its diver- • appoint a press coordinator and make 1869 The name of Ivan Trush is synonymous with western sity, its resiliency, its valiant effort to over- him/her accountable for systematic and Ukrainian painting, his stature equalled only by Oleksander come centuries of oppression by keeping assertive outreach to the mainstream press; Novakivsky. His impressionistic landscapes seem at once inde- its heritage and culture alive. At its height, • prepare a press release at least five scribably familiar and uncannily idiosyncratic. there were over 500 delegates from 13 days before the event is to take place; Trush was born on January 17, 1869, in Vysotske, a village in Brody county about 60 countries around the world – some from as • make follow-up phone calls to make miles east of Lviv. He studied at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts from 1891 to 1897, far away as Argentina, Brazil and sure that the event in question is on the then moved to Lviv, where he was active in Ukrainian community life and artistic circles. Australia. editors’ radar screen and not simply buried He married Mykola Drahomanov’s daughter, Ariadna, and was a close friend of the Multiculturalism is a hot topic in under a stack of 50 competing bulletins writer and scholar Ivan Franko. Canada these days, and for journalists and and faxes. His first solo show was held in Lviv in 1899. That year he also participated in the first feature writers looking for some new There is a fourth principle that should exhibition organized by the Society for the Advancement of Ruthenian Art, founded in “angle” to cover, here was a treasure trove be adhered to: Ukrainian organizations 1898. In 1904, together with the historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky, he founded the Society of fascinating subtexts to explore: need to get into the habit of cultivating of Friends of Ukrainian Scholarship, Literature and Art, and that summer organized a 1) the changing role of the diaspora in relationships with individual reporters and school for Ukrainians from the Russian Empire. The following year he founded and co- supporting an independent Ukraine; even editors in their local communities, published the first Ukrainian art magazine, Artystychnyi Vistnyk, also serving as its editor. 2) the common bonds and the contrast testing their receptiveness to various news Trush contributed articles on art and literature to journals such as Literaturno- among persons of Ukrainian origin living stories. As we enter into an ongoing dia- Naukovyi Vistnyk, Moloda Ukraina and Ukrainische Rundschau, as well as the newspa- in Canada, Brazil, Poland and Russia; logue and gain a better understanding of per Dilo. Trush also travelled widely, visiting Kyiv on several occasions (where he lec- 3) exposure of discriminatory policies editors’ priorities, we will learn how to tured at Mykola Murashko’s school in 1901), living briefly in Crimea (1901-1904), and persecution inflicted upon ethnic express our concerns and articulate our sojourning in Italy (1902, 1908) and travelling to Egypt and Palestine (1912). Ukrainians in Russia, Poland and Slovakia vision from their perspective. Trush painted over 6,000 works, noted, according to Sviatoslav Hordynsky, for his (coupled with a sidebar on religious and Whether our press releases are ignored original use of color. He is known primarily for his landscapes and genre paintings of ethnic tolerance, which is prevalent in or not, we need to constantly remind the folk scenes, but also painted portraits for the Shevchenko Scientific Society, producing Ukraine today); media that Ukraine is one of the most likenesses of Volodymyr Antonovych, Mykola Drahomanov, Ivan Franko, Borys 4) the efforts of Ukrainian women’s important countries in the world. Some of Hrinchenko, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Mykola Lysenko, Cardinal Sylvester Sembratovych, organizations to combat international sex the most respected foreign policy gurus, Vasyl Stefanyk and Lesia Ukrainka. from Henry Kissinger to Zbigniew Trush died in Lviv on March 22, 1941. Brzezinski have called it “the strategic Alexander B. Kuzma is director of devel- lynchpin” of the former Soviet Union. Source: “Trush, Ivan,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 5 (Toronto: University of Toronto opment for the Children of Chornobyl Press, 1993). Relief Fund. 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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I was sufficiently moved by the message PERSPECTIVES UACC, democracy, from Archbishop Stephen and Bishop Walter to share it with many Latin-rite BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY Kuropas column priests and deacons in the Mansfield dean- Dear Editor: ery of the Toledo Diocese, to their very grateful reception. We do have so much of In his column in The Ukrainian Weekly our Church tradition to share with the West, of December 13, 1998, Myron B. Kuropas and the Church must breath with both lungs How many ways can you spell slave? suggests that the UACC should “stop for optimum health. The Weekly facilitates Until quite recently, one of the con- national revolution: “Up to now,” he trolling for power and cut bait.” the sharing process. stant social factors in Ukrainian life has said, “I have fought because of the I would like to remind Dr. Kuropas that Prayerfully wishing you the continued been slavery. It’s rarely discussed, but wrongs done to me personally ... but by the Ukrainian American Coordinating peace and joy of Christmas. there it is: for most of their thousand- the will of God I have become the inde- Council serves as an umbrella organization Christ is Born! Glorify Him! year history, large numbers of Ukrainians pendent ruler of Rus.’” representing that section of the Ukrainian have been slaves, starting with Kyivan It was not to last and within a century diaspora in the United States that, for exam- Oles Cheren Rus’, which had a regular slave market imperial Russia smothered the Kozak ple, recognized the writer and political Mansfield, Ohio and a complex legal code to define the movement and Ukrainian autonomy leader Ivan Bahrianyj and Gen. Petro The writer is founder of the Catholic institution. After Rus’ disappeared in the entirely. A deeper, more onerous and Grigorenko, and supported publication of Justice Fellowship. 13th century, generation after generation cruel version of serfdom was imposed, the Encyclopedia of Ukraine and funding of of Ukrainians was harnessed into serf- combined with a ban on Ukrainian cul- the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard dom, first under the Poles, later the tural expression. Not surprisingly, the University as very important milestones on Russians and Austrians. peasants rose up again and again, grab- the way to our better future. Congratulations The people called it “panschyna,” bing whatever sharp tools they could to The other section of this diaspora under from “pan,” the Polish word for master. cut down the master, plunder his property the actual leadership of Banderite faction of on yearend issue Serfdom, of course, was common and burn down the manor. For nearly two the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Dear Editor: throughout Europe. It’s a form of slavery centuries, that was the extent of was overly critical, unsupportive or down- where people are bound – “prykripleni” – Ukraine’s political program. right hostile in all these and many other I’d like to congratulate you and your to the land hence another word for serf- Serfdom was abolished in the Austrian instances. staff on the splendid, record-setting dom: “kripatstvo.” The poet, Taras Empire in 1848 and in the Russian The OUN (B) claims that its political yearend issue. Forty-four pages, wow! Shevchenko, for example, was a “kripak” Empire in 1861, but Ukrainian peasants platform is superior, integral and uncom- I’ve kept copies of almost all “Year in – a serf. He belonged to the land. The living in these imperial territories were promising. Such a platform rationalizes the Review” supplements since 1982, when land, with everything and every living never given adequate land to survive. In rejection of the need to form a unified rep- they were only eight pages. The 1998 creature on it, belonged to the master. western Ukraine people responded with resentation based on cooperation and con- close-out 32-page insert was not only the The serfs worked for him. He told them mass emigration. In tsarist-ruled Ukraine, sensus with other patriotic groups or par- largest ever, but also the most thorough what to do. He could punish and reward. it led to revolution in 1917. There, half a ties. This attitude was responsible for the and the most interesting. He was the master. They were the slaves. dozen armies struggled for the next three decision by the OUN(B)’s twin, the It is obvious that every one of The In the 16th and 17th centuries, many years, once again spawning bloody anar- Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists in Weekly editorial personnel put in a lot of Ukrainians laboring on the vast estates of chy. When the dust settled, Moscow was Ukraine, to go into the parliamentary elec- extra hard work on this issue. I hope they Polish masters fled east to the wide open back in control. tions in March 1998 all alone, instead of were properly rewarded by St. Nicholas! steppes, where land was plentiful and In 1932, Stalin brought back serfdom either forming or joining a patriotic bloc. All best wishes to The Weekly staff people could be free. Here, though, in the form of collective farms. In the This party received a mere 2.7 percent of for 1999! another danger lurked. Tatars – descen- Siberian labor camps, he instituted out- the votes cast. In a close election, where the dants of the Mongols who had destroyed right slavery. In 1941, the Nazis invaded Communists were the main opponents to Ingert Kuzych Kyiv in 1240 – raided Ukrainian settle- Ukraine and forced 2 million Ukrainian the patriotic camp, that 2.7 percent was Springfield, Va. ments and took captives to Kaffa to be men and women to work in Germany’s quite significant, but in accordance with sold at a huge slave market for the labor- factories and farms. Credit the 20th cen- election rules that stipulated a 4 percent bar- hungry imperial economy of the Ottoman rier for parties to win seats, all was lost and tury with crafting three new words for Veterans proud Turks. slave: “kolhospnyk,” “katorzhnyk” and a major part of power went to the One famous captive was Roksolana, Communists. What a strange and tragic turn “Ostarbeiter.” the daughter of a Galician priest. She of events. of achievements Today, Ukraine is independent and became the concubine and later the Dr. Kuropas’ suggestions to the UACC, Dear Editor: free. The vast majority of its citizens are exclusive wife of the greatest of sultans, descended from slaves. Many former col- the Ukrainian National Association and the Thank you for an outstanding Year in Suleiman the Magnificent. She was the lective farm workers or labor camp Ukrainian Fraternal Association to cut bait Review issue. All of us are very proud of exception. inmates had first-hand experience with or proclaim neutrality are quite odious. The Cmdr. Stephen L. Szyska of the U.S. Navy Most captives ended up as laborers, slavery. What impact does all that have pillars of a democratic society are not una- who assumed command of a submarine. gallery slaves or janissaries (“yany- on Ukraine? The result, I’m afraid, is nimity, unison or neutrality, but a continu- We are also very proud of Brig. Gen. chary”) – children taken captive and anarchy yet again, a situation where law- ous dialogue and competition among differ- Donald W. Hrynyshyn who was awarded raised to be soldiers in an elite unit of the lessness prevails, where the goal is to ent parties in order to correctly define and the Legion of Merit medal. We would also sultan’s army. To fight the Tatars, plunder whatever you can while you can. properly solve existing or arising problems. like to commend all those who participat- Ukrainians organized themselves into a Just consider: high government offi- We all have the right to “stand up and be ed as Ukrainian interpreters this past year. potent self-defense force: the cials siphon funds into Swiss bank counted.” We all should be able to accept The Ukrainian American Military Zaporozhian Kozaks, the freewheeling, accounts. Middle-level bureaucrats solic- and learn from constructive criticism. We Association (UAMA) is a group of active bawdy, robust warriors of legend who it bribes every time a permit or license may have “to put a dent in a high hat or a and reserve personnel in the U.S. Armed continue to epitomize the Ukrainian self- needs a rubber stamp. A shadowy hole in a stuffed shirt,” but that’s what Forces who have taken the Ukrainian lan- image much more so than slavery. Some “mafia” demands protection money. democracy is all about. guage test and who provide linguistic sup- of Shevchenko’s most stirring poems, The Verkhovna Rada resists meaning- port to combat and medical missions to Roman Lazarchuk especially “Hamaliia,” recount the ful reform, while changing the rules for Warren, Mich. Ukraine. The number of missions increas- Kozaks’ daring, sea-borne raids to es every year and in fiscal year 1998, there business any time a majority sees a Istanbul to free their brethren. chance for short-term advantage. were over 75 missions authorized. Alongside slavery, the other recurring The UAMA is proud to be officially People, caught up in the turmoil, avoid factor in Ukrainian history is anarchy. the normal political process and keep An appreciation affiliated with the Ukrainian American Brutal, often deliberately cruel treatment, Veterans (UAV). The UAV unites veterans their heads down for fear they’ll be cut coupled with callous disdain for off. No wonder so many seek visas of pastoral letter who have served in the U.S. armed forces. Ukrainian religious beliefs, stoked the Dear Editor: through honest channels or corrupt to We in the UAMA/UAV encourage all serfs’ resentment, which periodically active/reserve and veterans to join us or emigrate to America or Canada. Truly, The Weekly is a newspaper of exploded into violent uprisings. Is all, then, lost? Is Ukraine destined record for Ukrainians everywhere. Thanks form a UAV post. If you are The most famous was in 1648 when active/reserve, and would like to receive to repeat the historic pattern of slavery, much for publishing the Christmas pas- Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, an aging officer followed by anarchy, then followed by toral message from the U.S. Ukrainian e-mail, let Maj. Yuri Holowinsky know at: of the officially sanctioned “registered [email protected]. If you would like to slavery once again? I think not. To be Catholic Metropolitanate (“Preparing for Kozaks,” sustained a grave injustice and sure, there is anarchy of a sort, but noth- the most precious gift,” December 20, form a post with the UAV, send an e-mail raised the Kozaks in rebellion against the to [email protected]. ing remotely like the catastrophes that 1998). I don’t live in the Archeparchy of ruling Poles. Like Wat Tyler’s 14th cen- history records, and there are many posi- Philadelphia, and otherwise would not The 52nd Convention of the UAV will be tury peasant revolt in England, the held September 24-26 in Chicago. The tive factors to which one can point. have had benefit of that inspiration. It is French Revolution in 1789 or Nat For the first time in centuries, Ukraine one of the most beautiful tracts on God’s UAMA will also hold its meeting that Turner’s 1831 Rebellion in Virginia, weekend, on September 25. as a nation is ruling itself and, despite its boundless love for His people that I have Ukrainian peasants seized the opportuni- problems, continues to follow some fun- ever read. It is correctly inclusionary. And Roman G. Golash ty of Khmelnytskyi’s rebellion to get damental rules set by the International it “sings” almost entirely from Scripture, Schaumburg, Ill. immediate, bloody revenge on their tor- Monetary Fund, something Ukraine’s with very little theological construction. mentors – in this case the Polish “pany” neighbor, Russia, is unable to do thus far. The deification (divinization) leitmotif is The writer is a major in the U.S. Army and their overseers. In contrast to the collapsed Russian the centerpiece of our Eastern Christian Reserves, president of the UAMA and Everyone, including Khmelnytskyi, theology. commander of UAV Post 32, Chicago. was astonished when revenge turned into (Continued on page 10) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 No. 3

Russian premier league for the first time for the tournament lead with four power in years in the 1997-1998 season. Before play goals. Ukraine had a lethally effi- SSPPOORTSRTSLLIINENE that he was the head coach of South cient power play, scoring 11 goals on 48 by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Korea’s national team (1994-1997) and percent of its manpower advantages. of AEL Limassol of Cyprus (1992-1993). The 19-year-old left-winger also Mr. Byshovets was the last coach of scored a short-handed goal, as did the USSR’s national team and stayed on opposition), but appears to have been Ukraine’s Kostiantyn Kavanchuk, Artem SOCCER as it was reorganized into the combined demoted from a November standing of Hnidenko and Mr. Blahyi. Ukraine was Commonwealth of Independent States FIFA’s rank goofiness 43rd in the world for its insufficiently the most penalized team, but also had the squad, taking it to the European convincing wins over Armenia and second most efficient, and by far the Championship finals in 1992. The Fédération International du Andorra (2-0 scores on each occasion) in highest scoring, penalty-killing unit. Mr. He began his career with Kyiv Football Associé (FIFA) released its year- the course of that month. Blahyi, a defenseman who wears the leg- Dynamo in 1964-1973, scoring 49 goals end ratings of national teams on endary Bobby Orr’s number 4, tied Mr. Anatoliy Byshovets fired in 139 league matches, and earned 40 December 23, 1998, placing Ukraine a Navarenko for top spot among the tour- caps with the Soviet national team. He surprisingly low 47th, behind such dubi- nament’s scoring blue-liners. B razil’s 5-1 humiliation of Russia in a notched four goals at the 1970 World ous soccer powers as China (37th) and Andrii Karashchuk, 19, Ukraine’s “friendly” match (a game that does not Cup in Mexico. below the struggling Russian team (40th), goaltender, enjoyed the best goal’s count for points in international competi- Upon his retirement as a player in which recently fired its Ukrainian-born against average, a miserly 2.17. tion) proved to be the straw that broke 1973, he rose from Kyiv Dynamo’s youth coach, Anatoliy Byshovets. (More on that The Pool B champions are automati- the tenure of Ukrainian-born Anatoliy coach to head coach of the USSR nation- below.) cally promoted to Pool A, likely to face Byshovets as head coach of the northern als which took the gold medal at the FIFA has always been guilty of play- shellackings such as those endured by neighbor’s national team. Mr. Byshovets, Seoul Olympics in 1988. ing politics, as it did when Ukraine was 52, was sacked on December 18, 1998, Belarus at this year’s tournament held in refused a chance to qualify for the 1994 shortly after the contest against the South Dynamisty stratospheric Winnipeg December 28 to January 5. World Cup. The high ranking of the Americans. A Ukrainian presence was suspected at Kyiv Dynamo, riding high on its qual- Asian teams reflects an effort by the Appointed on July 23, 1998, with the the 1999 Pool A Tournament, but could ification for the Champions’ League world soccer body to build up the sport backing of Russian President Boris not be confirmed at press time. Canadian playoffs, won five straight games in on that continent, and the anomalous Yeltsin and several Cabinet ministers, the forward Jason Chimera, Russian center- Ukrainian premier league play and in placing of the two “Slavic brother coun- former Kyiv Dynamo striker was accused man Denys Shvydky, Russian right- mid-December 1998 vaulted into seventh tries” is doubtless an indication of the in December of “lack[ing] a program and winger Petro Schaslyvy and both of Russian Football Union’s (RFU) ongoing strategy to give us hope for the future” place in the volatile European rankings. Kazakstan’s goalies Vitali Kolesnik and distorting influence within FIFA. by RFU General Secretary Vladimir As of December 31, they still held that (back-up) Alexander Kolyuzhnyy, were By no means an empty cachet of sta- Radionov. spot. In an encouraging sign for its among the suspects. Daniel Tkaczuk, the tus, rankings affect the chances a team Mr. Byshovets’ charges had lost all six Champions Cup hopes, its next round Canadian standout who shares a surname has of advancing in qualifying play and matches played under his leadership, opponent, Real Madrid (the defending with Walt Tkaczuk, the New York in competition. For example, the low including three European championship European champions), plumetted from Rangers star of the 1960s and 1970s, is rank ascribed to Ukraine prior to the qualifiers, and were outscored 14-5. The first right out of the top-20. of Polish background. Another Ukrainian side, Kryvbas of 1998 World Cup ensured that it was Ukrainian coach complained of under- Other hockey notes matched with Croatia, a highly ranked funding and difficulties in securing the Kryvyi Rih, is enjoying some distinction team, in the playoffs. release of top players for international in European rankings – the squad has the Ukraine qualified to play in the In qualifying play for the European matches from their professional clubs. fourth best defense in Europe, allowing a International Ice Hockey Federation’s Championships of 2000, Ukraine defeat- On December 28, 1998, he was stingy average of 0.47 goals per game. (IIHF) senior men’s World Championship ed Russia on September 5, in a game replaced by Siberian Oleg Romantsev, In other news, according a Reuters to be held in Lillehammer, Norway, May whose deceptive final score (3-2) masks who returns to the head coaching job report of January 5, the mercurial 1-16. It joins Russia, Finland, Belarus and the total domination the men from Kyiv after being dismissed in 1996. Ukrainian Serhiy Yuran has made yet Kazakstan in Group D. exerted on their home turf. The Russians Mr. Byshovets’ previous appointment another team move, leaving Germany’s Ukraine’s leg of the qualifying tourna- have since lost to France and Iceland. was as the skipper of Zenit St. VfL Bochum after a feud with head ment took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, The Ukrainian national team is unde- Petersburg, which responded to his coach Claus Toppmoeller, and will sign on November 5-8, 1998, where it bested feated in its group (albeit against weak coaching by taking top spot in the with Spartak Moscow. Mr. Yuran left the teams from France, Germany and Muscovites three years ago to play with Slovenia. England’s Millwall. Ukraine earned a berth in the quali- fiers by demolishing its opposition in last HOCKEY year’s Pool B tournament, going unde- Ukraine slates Summer Sports Games feated in seven games and outscoring by Laryssa Barabash Temple athletes will bear the cost of transporta- Ukraine’s juniors promoted other teams by a 38-13 margin. Ukrainian World Congress tion to the games; all other costs will Ukraine’s national squad won the World Ukraine’s under-18 juniors have also be the responsibility of the State Sports Junior (under-20) Pool B Championship earned a berth in the Pool A champi- ATLANTA – According to a decree Committee. held in Dunaujvares and Szekesfehervar, onships to be held in April 8-18 in of the president of Ukraine dated July The board of directors for the games Hungary, from December 27, 1998, to Fussen and Kaufbeuren (site of a dis- 31, 1998 – No. 835 titled “The 1999 will comprise the organizational com- January 3, by beating Denmark 7-3 in the placed persons camp following the war), All-Ukrainian Summer Sports Games” mittee that is responsible for the partic- – the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine final on January 3. Germany. They will play out of Group A ipation and preparation of Ukraine’s Their quest to climb back into élite with the host country, the Czech has delegated the organization of the athletes for the XVIII Winter and games to the State Committee for competition after being demoted two Republic. XXVII Summer Olympic Games and Sports and Physical Culture. years ago has been crowned with suc- the XI Paralympic Games, along with The games’ opening ceremonies on cess. As with most champion teams, they CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING the State Sports Committee. June 27 and the closing ceremonies on seemed to get better as the tournament The organization of final competi- September 1 will be held in Kyiv at the progressed. First came a 5-3 victory over On the first day of the World Cup tions will be the discretion of the offi- stadium of the Olympic National Norway on December 27; they overcame cross-country skiing competition in Sports Complex. cial judges for the games and judges’ France 4-2 on the following day; and tied Davos, Switzerland, on December 19-20, The games will be a comprehensive panels for the participating sports Poland 3-3 to take first place in the 1998, two Ukrainian women put in excel- national event directed at popularizing which will have been formed by the Group B. lent performances in the 15-kilometer physical well-being and sports, pro- governing bodies of sports organiza- The Ukrainians closed out 1998 with a race. Iryna Taranenko-Terelia finished moting a healthy lifestyle among all tions responsible for various aspects of December 31 quarter-final 6-1 victory seventh with a time of 42 minutes, 28.2 socio-economic groups in Ukraine, and the games and sports authorities in over Latvia and rang in the New Year on seconds; Valentyna Shevchenko was 12th improving the preparation of Ukraine’s Ukraine’s oblast and city administra- January 2 by beating Germany 5-1. with a time of 42:54.8. Marina athletes for European Championships, tions. Ukraine’s Ruslan Bezshchasnyi, 19, Pestrekova was not bad (there were 71 World Championships and the XXVII The games are gaining support from scored seven goals in the tournament skiers, of whom five did not complete the Olympic Games in the year 2000. the sports elite in Ukraine. Myroslav with two assists (he was bested only by course), but finished 42nd in 44:58.9. During the games, an Olympic Hertsyk, rector of the Lviv State Poland’s Michal Radwanski who potted The next day, they did not fare as well Week will feature mass sports competi- Institute for Sports and Physical eight; Morten Green of Denmark also in the 4 x 5-km relay, coming in 13th, but tions in all regions, competitions for Culture, stated that he encourages wide- had seven) while Dmytro Tsyrul (who then few could keep up with the blister- prizes provided by Olympic champi- spread participation in games as this has celebrated his 20th birthday on January ing pace set by the first Russian team ons, meetings with prominent figures a positive impact, not only on sports, 2) had seven assists and two goals. (Russia fielded two squads). The runner- in the realms of sports, culture and but on mainstream society in Ukraine. Messrs. Bezshchasnyi and Tsyrul were up Italians were almost 50 seconds education, contests and exhibits with Detailed official information on the fourth and fifth in the overall scoring behind; Russia II finished 51 seconds sports themes, academic conferences 1999 All-Ukrainian Summer Sports rankings, with Oleh Blahyi (seventh with behind. and other events. Games may be obtained from the eight points on four goals and four In the men’s 30-kilometer event on An invitation to participate in the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the assists) and Yurii Navarenko (10th with December 19, 1998, Roman Leibyuk was games is extended to representatives of U.S.A. and Canada (USCAK) and com- eight points on two goals and six assists) 71st in a field of 91 (10 did not finish), Ukrainian communities in the diaspora. munity sports clubs and organizations. rounding out the top 10. Oleksander with a time of 1:22.27.7. A combined In his letter to the Sports Commission The State Sports Committee of Ukraine Zinevych, a standout on previous years’ Estonian-Ukrainian team came in 13th in of the Ukrainian World Congress, the has requested that a preliminary count teams, also enjoyed a good champi- the men’s 4 x 10-km relay, coming in 4 chairman of the State Sports of participants categorized by events be onship, scoring two goals and assisting minutes and 37.6 seconds after Norway Committee, Ivan Fedorenko, noted that submitted by March 1, 1999. on four. beat Sweden by three-tenths of a second Mr. Bezshchasnyi tied Mr. Radwanski in the event. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 9

More bythan Yaro Bihun 160 skiers participate in annual Plast camp in Adirondacks GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – If only the snow in the Adirondack Mountains was as punc- tual as the swallows of Capistrano or the buzzards of Ohio’s Hinckley Lake, the organizers of the annual Plast ski camp here would have little need for Grecian Formula and Zantac. With more than 160 ski campers – “yunaky,” “yunachky” and “bulavni” – reg- istered and no snow on the ground, and Christmas D-Day less than a week away, George Danyliw, the Burlaky Plast fraterni- ty’s point man for the effort, was looking around for painful alternatives. Luckily, Mother Nature and man came together and got things back on track: she provided the below-freezing temperatures, and the Gore Mountain groomers cranked up the snow-making equipment in time to lay an adequate base for the camp’s first runs on December 26, 1998. The few inch- es of natural snow that fell three days into the camp didn’t help the skiing very much, which remained good through the end of the camp on December 31, but it did pro- vide a “winter wonderland” setting for the photos. The 1998 camp drew more than 120 young Plast skiers from the eastern half of the United States. It also played host to five Yaro Bihun children of Ukrainian diplomats serving in Participants of the annual ski camp organized by the Burlaky Plast fraternity in the Adirondack Mountains. Washington, who skied and participated in the camp’s activities as guests. This year’s commandant, a veteran of which operated from Kyiv, received negotiations may not be possible in the cur- many ski camps, Andrey Hankewych of Newsbriefs money from interested companies rent political climate, adding, “the presiden- Yonkers, N.Y., led a cadre of more than 30 (Continued from page 2) through bank transfers, which it then tial administration will not allow such nego- counselors, including “bunchuzhni” channeled through fictitious firms for tiations.” (Eastern Economist) Christina Jackiw of Chicago and Marko Desert Fox is unlikely to be in any signifi- cant volumes and will only be symbolic, conversion into cash, thereby avoiding Nynka of Exton, Pa., and “pysar” Roman taxation. The network’s daily turnover Kazakstan, Ukraine sign protocol Danyliw of Warminster, Pa. Dr. Marta Cabinet of Ministers officials announced amounted to 1 million hrv ($292,000 KYIV – Kazak Foreign Affairs Minister Kushnir of Naperville, Ill, was the camp on January 6. The Verkhovna Rada on U.S.). Tax evasion is a common practice Kasymjomart Tokayev and his Ukrainian physician. December 23, 1998, voted by a narrow among Ukrainian firms, which complain counterpart, Boris Tarasyuk, met on The daily routine, which began with majority to recommend that the Cabinet allocate an “affordable amount of food that the country’s taxes are too high. Last December 21, 1998, and signed a protocol wake-up at 6:15 a.m., included a full day of December the national tax debt totaled 10 skiing and mandatory ski instructions, as and medicine” to Iraq. The Parliament’s on cooperation between the two countries’ billion hrv – nearly half of budget rev- well as various evening activities: contests, resolution said aid to Iraq was needed foreign ministries in 1999-2000, ITAR- enues. (RFE/RL Newsline) an outing to a local professional hockey because of “numerous casualties and con- TASS reported. The two also discussed CIS reforms, and Mr. Tarasyuk said “the reform game, an evening liturgy and the traditional siderable damage inflicted on Iraq by mas- Still no confirmation on fate of plane “Mykolaiko,” an evening of humorous skits sive air and missile strikes, and by the process is continuing, but it is too early to and “gifts” for those “naughty and nice.” hardships the Iraqi population is enduring KYIV – The location of the Ukrainian speak of results.” Mr. Tokayev said it is The campers selected as their most pop- as a result of a continuing blockade.” In AN-12 airplane that disappeared in Angola “necessary to improve the effectiveness of ular girl and boy – their “snizhynka” (snow reality, the Verkhovna Rada’s decision is in December 1998 remains unknown. the Commonwealth,” especially in adhering flake) and “snihovyi did” (snowman) – likely to be derailed since it has no practi- Results of aerial photographs of the possible to accords signed by the heads of member Sophia Torielli, 12, of Colonia, N.J., and cal value, the Cabinet official said. Iraq crash site failed to clarify the situation, as states. (RFE/RL Newsline) Darian Fedash, 16, of Oradell, N.J. A group receives over $4 billion (U.S.) in food and the region is in the center of a war zone and Ukraine to print money to pay back wages of 15 campers won the coveted first prize in medicine from the United Nations’ oil-for- is littered with wreckage and debris from the “krasnomovnist” contest, which tested food program every six months – around the fighting. Experts have so far refused to KYIV – Prime Minister Valerii their oratorical and Ukrainian-language 40 percent of Ukraine’s entire annual bud- rule out the possibility that the plane was Pustovoitenko said on December 22, 1998, skills. Twenty-two campers earned merit get. “The left-dominated Verkhovna shot down by surface-to-air missiles. that Ukraine will print money next year to badges in skiing. Rada’s move was an attempt to express According to Emergency Ministry Press cover its mounting wage arrears, the The Burlaky Plast fraternity began orga- solidarity with Russia’s left-dominated Service head Oleh Bykov, a Ukrainian rep- Associated Press reported. He added that nizing ski camps for Plast youths more than Duma,” the official added, “more than sol- resentative took part in the Angolan’s the Cabinet of Ministers plans a monetary 50 years ago in Germany. They have also idarity with Iraq.” (Eastern Economist) Investigation Commission. (Eastern emission of 1 billion hrv ($290 million organized hiking and boating camps, and Economist) U.S.), but he did not say how he expects the two years ago added mountain-biking. Kuchma praises Orthodox Church money emission to affect the 1999 inflation More presidential coalitions forming rate, which has been forecast at 19 percent. KYIV – In a Christmas message on (RFE/RL Newsline) January 6, President Leonid Kuchma KYIV – Republican Christian Party praised the Orthodox Church for its role in heads decided on December 23, 1998, to Belarusian paper wins suit over spelling society and said Christian ideals should join the coalition of the Rukh Party and the guide the Ukrainian people, the Reformy i Poriadok Party to back a single MIENSK – The Higher Economic Court Associated Press reported. “On the eve of candidate in the forthcoming presidential on December 22, 1998, ruled in favor of a great date, 2,000 years since the birth of elections. Republican Christian Party head the Belarusian-language biweekly Nasha Christ, the Church’s activities become Mykola Porovskyi said his party is ready to Niva, which defied warnings by the State even more important,” Mr. Kuchma said. support the incumbent, with other names Press Committee by continuing to use the In last year’s Christmas address, the presi- proposed being Rukh leader Vyacheslav traditional, non-Russified Belarusian dent had called for unity among Ukraine’s Chornovil and former Foreign Affairs orthography banned by the Soviet regime feuding Orthodox Churches: the Minister Hennadii Udovenko. (Eastern in 1933, RFE/RL’s Belarusian Service reported. Nasha Niva Editor Syarhey Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Economist) Dubavets sued the committee after it had Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Orthodox warned the newspaper not to “distort the Church – Kyiv Patriarchate and the Moroz calls for a populist candidate generally accepted norms of the language.” Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox KYIV – Socialist Party Chairman A panel of linguists assembled by the court Church. (RFE/RL Newsline) Oleksander Moroz said on December 21, found that no “generally accepted norms of Money-laundering network uncovered 1998, that the Socialist Party will be ready the language have ever been determined.” to support a non-Socialist candidate in the The court accepted that view and fined the KYIV – Tax police have uncovered an presidential elections if that were the only committee 2.5 million Belarusian rubles. underground network that allegedly laun- candidate capable of uniting a wide coali- Mr. Dubavets said the verdict “provided a dered money for some 3,000 companies, tion and transcending party boundaries. Mr. very positive result for the Belarusian lan- including state-run enterprises, the Moroz said the Socialists are ready to start guage itself ... and those discriminated in Associated Press reported on January 7, negotiations with the Progressive Socialist Belarus from time immemorial for using The 1998 skip camp emblem. citing official sources. The network, Party. However, he voiced fears that such this language.” (RFE/RL Newsline) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 No. 3

THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Pittsburgh holds “Celebration of Ukrainian Classical Music”

PITTSBURGH – At the University Galician composers of the 1920s, and Club on the evening of November 6, 1998, American popular music from the early approximately 80 people were entertained 20th century. by featured artists Dr. Jaropolk Lassowksy, Prof. Mamanov dedicated the piece to on violin; Dr. Taras Filenko, piano and the spirit of cooperation that exists CALL ( 973) 292-9800 harpsichord; Andriy Pidkivka, flute and between the cities of Donetsk and sopilka; and Lilea Wolanska, soprano, at a Pittsburgh. He is married to one of the concert titled “A Celebration of Ukrainian participants of the United States Classical Music.” Information Agency’s Office of Citizen The concert featured the recently dis- Exchanges program, “Community covered Sonata in C Major for Violin and Connections,” which is being implement- Piano by Maksym Berezovsky that was ed locally by the Pittsburgh Council for performed on the piano and harpsichord International Visitors (PCIV). To date, 82 for which it was originally written. citizens of Donetsk have visited Works by composers Lysenko, Mykhaylo Pittsburgh through the “Community Haivoronsky, Hryhorii Maiboroda, Pylyp Connections” program, with an additional Kozytsky, Lesya Dychko, Lev Revutsky, 30 scheduled to come by July 1999. The Volodymyr Kaminsky and Mykola Ukrainian Technological Society (UTS) Fomenko were also performed. planned this concert as a welcome for the “Proshchannya” (Farewell) composed by seventh “Community Connections” group Serhiy Mamonov, dean of the Donetsk from Donetsk. Institute of Music, had its world premiere Sharing a similar industrial history and a at the concert. determination to maintain a strong econo- HISTORY MAKING EVENT Dr. Lassowsky holds a doctorate from my, Pittsburgh and Donetsk are working to Pope John Paul II celebrates Ukrainian liturgy Ohio State University, and degrees from forge an official relationship as sister cities. with the choir from Lviv, consisting of 200 singers. Commemoration of 400 years of “Berest Union” New York University and the New York PCIV chose to foster the sister city relation- with Rome, in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. College of Music. He is associate professor ship with Donetsk, hoping to create a better NEW VIDEO TAPES of music at Clarion University where he understanding of contemporary Ukrainian APON-7797B — Liturgy in Ukrainian Rite teaches violin, viola and music history, as culture and professional practices in the APON-1998B — 7th Anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine APON 7797B — The Moleben with Pope John Paul II well as conducts the university orchestra. region and, in the long term, leading to

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UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 11 Yara Arts Group and UIA to present “Poetry: Installations and Performances”

NEW YORK – The Yara Arts Group by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps. and the Ukrainian Institute of America The translations are created specifical- will present “Poetry: Installations and ly for the project during rehearsals with Performances” on January 29-31. The actors to attain a sensitive and dynamic weekend festival of poetry will include commingling of the original and translat- three major events: an art exhibit, perfor- ed texts. The artists plait an original mances of poetry by Yara actors and poem with its translation so that the nar- poetry readings by poets. All the events rative can be understood by everyone and will take place at the Ukrainian Institute the melody of the original is maintained. of America, 2 E. 79th St. at Fifth Avenue. It is a process best described as two lan- Yara has invited 15 visual artists to guages speaking to each other. Bob create installations inspired by Ukrainian Holman, producer of the PBS series poems throughout the rooms of the insti- “World of Poetry,” recently saw Yara per- tute’s newly restored mansion. form and was fascinated by what he Participants artists include Judith insisted is a new genre of performance, Campbell, Yarko Cigash, Anya Farion, created by Yara. Petro Hrytsyk, Luba Kierkosz, Alex “In Verse” weaves together Ukrainian Kytasty, Larisa Lawrynenko, Olga poetry from ancient folk incantations to Maryschuk (curator of the event), the newest, most exciting writers work- Margaret Morton, Ana Rewakowicz, Joel ing today. Yara actors Cecilia Arana, Tom Schlemowitz, Anna Sidorenko, Ilyona Lee, Xenia Piaseckyj and Shona Tucker Sochynsky, Watoku Ueno, Sergei will perform the unsurpassed lyrical Yakunin and Hilary Zarycky. poetry of Pavlo Tychyna, delicate poetry- Most of the artists have chosen to in-prose pieces by Vasyl Stefanyk, work with poems by contemporary romantic and futuristic poetry from the Ukrainian poets, such as Oleh Lysheha, 1920s and the 1960s, as well as works of Vasyl Makhno, Attila Mohylny and writers of the 1990s. Oksana Zabuzhko. Some have chosen “In Verse” is structured on the musical poems from the 1920s by Pavlo Tychyna, collaboration of Obie award-winning and others will elaborate on ancient composer Genji Ito and Julian Kytasty, Ukrainian incantations. The art exhibit premier artist of both traditional and will open on Friday, January 29, at 8 p.m. experimental bandura. Also included is and the works will remain on exhibit music by composer Roman Hurko. throughout the weekend. At 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 31, A special gala at 8 p.m. on Saturday, poets, among them Maria Rewakowicz January 30, will feature Yara actors per- and Kristina Lucenko. will read their forming portions of their new work, “In own poetry. Verse.” Yara’s theatrical process is Yara’s artistic director, Virlana Tkacz, unique. In rehearsals, members bring has said she believes “the magnificence To subscribe: Send $50 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, together poems written by Ukrainian Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 authors and translations of these poems (Continued on page 12) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 No. 3

coordinators and organizers are under the Our community... age of 50. This is not a coincidence. (Continued from page 6) Effective outreach to the non-Ukrainian Ukraine’s position in world politics makes press can become a key catalyst in draw- the Ukrainian diaspora arguably one of ing younger cadres back into our commu- the most important ethnic groups in North nity institutions. Press work does not America. We have a strong case to make require fluency in Ukrainian. It cannot be for increased press coverage of all things easily usurped by the old guard that tends Ukrainian. Our people’s history, our sur- to shy away from the English-language vival of genocide, our struggle for free- media. dom is relevant to everyone who cares Most importantly, as news stories about human rights; our music and art are about the Ukrainian community begin to gorgeous, and the Ukrainian community surface with greater frequency in the (even in temporary decline) remains a non-Ukrainian press, our young people wonderful and intriguing phenomenon. will begin to see that the Ukrainian com- Contrary to popular myth, it does not munity may not be the hopeless dinosaur take a professional “spin-meister” to they once abandoned. Painful as it is to generate effective news coverage. A few acknowledge, our youth has left the com- years ago in my home state of munity in droves because in this com- Connecticut, we were frustrated by the mercialized, conformist society, they local news media’s failure to cover a wanted desperately to be part of “the major event in the Ukrainian community. mainstream.” They will not come back We could have stewed in our disappoint- and join community institutions unless ment for years (accomplishing nothing), those institutions can show that they are but the mild-mannered director of our deemed relevant and important (i.e., local Ukrainian studies school took the newsworthy) in the eyes of their initiative. Myron Melnyk arranged a American peers. meeting with one of the editors of the This is not to say that our youth is New Haven Register to raise the issue of shallow and self-centered, but it is rarely the 10th anniversary of the Chornobyl moved by the same spirit of self-sacrifice nuclear accident and other issues of con- and devotion that moved their parents to cern to Ukrainian Americans. champion what seemed for decades like Since then, the Register has published a lost cause. For better or for worse, the more than a dozen articles on the activities young generation has adopted the corpo- of the local Ukrainian community, includ- rate, professional mindset that demands ing three front-page stories, two page- the ratification that comes with “rele- three headliners, an editorial, two features vance,” stature and a sense of accom- on Ukrainian music, numerous letters to plishment. the editor, an essay on the heroism of What is the stature of the diaspora in Andrey Sheptytsky and a music review – the grand scheme of things? Where is it all favorable to the Ukrainian cause. The visible? If the diaspora truly cares about ripple effect did not stop there, as a youth involvement, it has to show that it is stringer picked up the memo and wrote a capable of swimming and flourishing in full-page story on the Ukrainian communi- the mainstream of American life. We can- ty in the Connecticut section of The New not prove this as long as we conduct our York Times. business in a state of self-imposed media We cannot expect this kind of success blackout. in every case, but the pro-active attitude Press coverage is essential. It is objec- exemplified by Mr. Melnyk proves that it tive validation of our existence. It literally is worth making the effort, and if we keep shows that our community is “happening,” refining our approach, the possibilities are thriving, not dying in obscurity. Air Ukraine endless. Ä‚¥aΥ̥fl ìÍð‡ªÌË Approaching the media for the first time can be intimidating, but we have some very experienced and talented indi- Yara Arts Group... (Continued from page 11) THE ONLY NON-STOP SERVICE BETWEEN viduals in the Ukrainian community who have collectively generated hundreds of of our literary and oral traditions is over- NORTH AMERICA AND UKRAINE sympathetic news articles in the main- looked now in our communities because stream American or Canadian press. it is no longer truly accessible to the TUESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY FLIGHTS TO The entire editorial board of The majority within these communities. We Ukrainian Weekly is a wonderful sounding need to restore the power of the word, board and resource that can provide valu- preserve the content of our poems, songs New York – Kyiv able insights. Besides Roma Hadzewycz and incantations, if these are to have and Irene Jarosewich, a number of veteran deep meaning for the generations of New York – Lviv – Kyiv organizers and first-rate publicity coordina- Ukrainian Americans born here”. tors come to mind: Marta Baziuk (Boston), Yara’s performances are structured to • Flying time is 4 hours faster than any other airline Laryssa Chopivsky (Washington), Tom give Ukrainian poetry a voice in a form • Highly qualified pilots Hawrylko (Clifton, N.J.), Mike Matiash that can be enjoyed by Ukrainian speak- • Excellent service with traditional Ukrainian hospitality (Hartford, Conn.), Valentyna Makohon ers, as well as people who speak little or and great meals on board (Rochester, N.Y.), Halyna Kurylo no Ukrainian. We believe it is important • Day-time and evening flights from JFK-New York (Binghamton), Dr. Taras Mahlay that our community events become (Cleveland), Bill Loznycky (San Diego), inclusive, welcoming non-Ukrainian Olenka Bodnarskyj (Buffalo). Many of family members, as well as our neigh- 1-800-UKRAINE (1-800-857-2463) these are individuals who operate quietly, bors, to the bounty of our culture,” she or contact your travel agent. behind the scenes, and they are not counted added. among the recognized leaders of the com- Tickets for “Poetry: Installations and munity. But they have made dramatic Performances” are available for each For arrival and departure information strides in getting the media to focus on the event or for the entire festival. For fur- call (718) 656-9896, (718) 632-6909 very best our community has to offer. It is ther information call (212) 475-6474 or also worth noting that nearly all these press e-mail [email protected]. 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Warner Brothers, with recent work on the Folk Dance Ensemble. After graduating Wins Emmy Award movies “Titanic,” “Saving Private Ryan,” Earns chemistry Ph.D., from Breck School in 1987, where he “Meet Joe Black” and others. played varsity soccer, he received a B.S. in for technical advances In addition to working with new films, climbs peak in Nepal chemistry from the University of his experience encompasses restoring IRVINE, Calif. – Markian Myroslaw Wisconsin at Madison in 1991. While working on his doctorate in films for museums, various institutes and Peter Stec received a Ph.D. in chemistry at California, Dr. Stec and his wife, Amy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation that the University of California at Irvine on became avid mountaineers and rock dates back to World War I. “If we can pull August 7, 1998. climbers. During their six years on the something back from the edge of extinc- Dr. Stec’s field of expertise is synthetic tion, that’s where we get our gratification,” West Coast they summited several glaciat- organic chemistry. His dissertation on ed peaks in the Pacific Northwest, includ- said Mr. Mociuk, “Because when this stuff “The Stereoselective Synthesis of the is gone, it’s gone.” ing Mt. Rainier (14,410 feet) and Mount Taxane Ring System Utilizing the Type 2 Baker (10,778 feet). Mr. Mociuk is president and majority Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reaction and stock holder of Filmtreat International In March 1998 they completed a the Synthesis of 1, 3-Butadienes from Corp. in Long Island City, N.Y. He holds a monthlong trek in Nepal, during which Bromocyclopropanesp” will contribute to U.S. patent (No. 3,609,034) for “Method they climbed to the base camp of Mount the synthesis of anti-cancer drug analogs. and Apparatus for Treating Motion Picture Everest (17,490 feet) and summited the Dr. Stec was born and raised in Films.” 18,192-foot peak Kala Pattar. Minnesota, the son of Maria and He also holds a Ph.D. in cinema arts Dr. Stec and his wife reside in Ann and sciences. Dr. Mociuk is listed in Myroslaw Stec and brother of Daria, Arbor, Mich., where he is a post-doctoral numerous U.S. and international “Who’s Alexandra and Adrian. He was active in research fellow at the University of Who” and achievement biographes. He is St. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Michigan. Dr. Stec is a member of UNA a member of many professional and civic Church, Plast and the Zahrava Ukrainian Branch 385. organizations, including the Ukrainian National Association (Branch 287). Filmtreat International Corp. is the old- est motion picture film rejuvenation estab- lishment in the world. The company has been in business for over 60 years. The reason for Filmtreat’s long success is an innovative rejuvenation process as devel- oped by the company over the years, and Darleen Rubin progressive ideas that keep pace with Yar Mociuk with his Emmy Award. changing technology in the industry. As the television and cable industry by Semen Markus have grown, so has the opportunity for people to view more films and television BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – Whether it be from eras gone by. an old reel of the “Howdy Doody Show,” A current project on which Mr. Mociuk top secret government battle footage, or an uncut version of the latest blockbuster is working is restoration of three years of “Titanic,” film quality is the key to con- the “Buick-Berle Show,” staring Milton veying a visual story. Now imagine that Berle, dating back to 1948. “Some films reel of film being submersed in water for a were taken during the actual performance, few years. How can it be restored? and truly are a national treasure,” said Mr. You can ask Yar Mociuk, a recent Mociuk. Emmy Award winner honored by the Restoration and rejuvenation may National Academy of Arts and Sciences include films being washed or bathed in Dr. Markian Stec and his wife, Amy. for Outstanding Achievement in Technical specialized chemicals, often using elec- Advancement, Pioneering Development of tronic sound restoration; this process can Film Scratch Removal Systems for take from one week to over a year, Telecines. depending on the quality of the film. The awards ceremony was held “You can’t go to school for this kind of October 12, 1998, at the Marriot Marquis thing, it was all self-taught,” said Mr. Hotel in New York. Mociuk. “We started cleaning film with Born in Mylovania, Ukraine, he is a 43- everything from polish remover to soap year veteran of the U.S. film industry. Mr. detergent.” Film restoration is a team pro- Mociuk has worked with almost every ject and that’s the secret to its success. motion picture company and television Mr. Mociuk and his wife, Irene, reside network, including Paramount Pictures, in Bronxville, N.Y., and they have two Miramax, Disney, MGM, Columbia and daughters, Daria and Natalia.

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12:00 — 1:00 p.m. LUNCH

1:00 — 3:00 p.m. DOMESTIC POLICIES Chair: Volodymyr Stojko, Manhattan College Vladyslav Verstiuk, Institute of East European Studies, NANU, Kyiv “The Ukrainian Hetman State in 1918 in the Context of the National Revolution” Mark von Hagen, Harriman Institute “Ukrainian Armies and Society in 1918” Vasyl Ulianovskyj, Institute of East European Studies, NANU, Kyiv “The Hetmanate and the Ukrainian Church” Commentator: George Hajecky

3:15 — 5:00 p.m. FOREIGN RELATIONS Chair and Commentator: Jaroslaw Pelenski, V.K. Lypynsky East European Institute Taras Hunchak, Rutgers University “The Policy of Germany and Austria-Hungary toward the Hetman State” Anna Procyk, Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York “Ideological and Political Conflicts with the White Movement” Volodymyr Stojko, Manhattan College “The Hetman State and the Bolsheviks”

5:15 p.m. Closing Remarks Laryssa Onyshkevych, Shevchenko Scientific Society Oleksa Bilaniuk, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. Ilarij Mazepa, chairman of the board of the Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union in Philadelphia, opens the conference of Ukrainian credit union managers in Valley Forge, Pa.

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Saturday, January 16 by Adele Rossetti Morosini. The concert will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of MEDFIELD, Mass.: The Ukrainian America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. Broadcasting Opportunities Available American Youth Association (SUM) of Distributor Sales Representative Boston and the Ukrainian American S aturday, January 23 Educational Citizens’ Club of Greater This position is responsible for implementing national strategies, tactics and cam- Boston are holding a New Year’s dance fea- PHILADELPHIA: The Cheremosh paigns on the regional level for the marketing of the Ukrainian Broadcasting Network turing music by Khvyla of Long Island. The Ukrainian Hutsul Society is holding its tra- to Ukrainian American consumers. This person is accountable for sales results in dance will be held at the American Legion ditional malanka at the Ukrainian Cultural consumer subscriptions as well as customer service and public relations in the dis- Hall, Route 27, at 7:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. and Educational Center, 700 Cedar Road, tributorship. Fulfill other marketing tasks. Four positions will be based in Chicago, Jenkintown, Pa. An entertainment program Philadelphia, New York City and California. Successful candidates are required to Admission: adults $25; youth, 13-18, $15; 12 and under, free. For tickets and more begins at 8:30 p.m., followed by dancing to possess a bachelor’s degree in a related field and to demonstrate three-five years’ the music of Tempo. Admission: $20 per industry experience. information call Natalya Kolinchak, (781) 575-1955, or Larysa Morris Michajliw, person. To reserve tables call Roxolana Luciw, (215) 635-5109, or Ulana Prociuk, Advertising Sales (781) 942-1836. (215) 235-3709. This position is responsible for developing and implementing national and local advertising campaigns for UBN Television and Radio, targeting Ukrainian-oriented Sunday, January 17 M onday-Wednesday, February 1-3 and non Ukrainian-oriented businesses. This person is accountable for advertising CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of sales for the entire network. This position is based in Fort Lee, NJ. Successful candi- SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.: Vitaliy Kutsenko, Modern Art (UIMA) presents “Nexus,” an principal conductor of the Kharkiv Opera dates are required to possess a bachelor’s degree in a related field and to demon- exhibition of art work by recently arrived strate three-five years’ industry experience. and Ballet Theater, and concert pianist Ukrainian painters and sculptors. The juried Volodymyr Vynnytsky of New York, will Customer Service exhibition looks to establish links between appear as guest conductor and piano soloist, This position involves responding to customer calls concerning UBN Radio and TV the ethnographic roots of the artists with respectively, with the Scottsdale Symphony service, and inbound as well as outbound telemarketing. Three 8-hour shifts, includ- current developments in contemporary art Orchestra in a program of works by ing weekend hours, are available. This position is based in Fort Lee, NJ. practices. Artists represented at the exhibi- Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. Performances tion include Mikola Bagan, Oleksiy Qualification requirements will be held at 8 p.m. on February 1 at Kovalenko, Nina Lapchyk, Volodymyr Desert Mountain Auditorium, and February To perform these tasks successfully, an individual must be able to perform each Melnik, Yuriy Olishkevich, Volodymyr 2 and 3 at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts. essential duty satisfactorily. The additional requirements listed below are representa- Podlevsky, Yevgen Prokopov, Valentina Tickets may be obtained by calling (602) tive of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may Sanina, Alex Tkachenko, Youlia Tkatchouk 945-8071. be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. and Yuriy Viktiuk. The exhibit will run LANGUAGE SKILLS through February 21. The institute is located Saturday, February 6 Ability to read, write and understand the English language. Ability to comprehend at 2320 W. Chicago Ave. Hours: SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: The complex instructions, short and long correspondence, and memos. Ability to speak in Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Ukrainian Cultural Center and the Central English effectively. Ability to compose short and long memos, correspondence and Sunday, noon-4 p.m. For more information New Jersey branch of the Committee for reports. call the UIMA, (312) 227-5522; or visit Aid to Ukraine are holding a “Carnival Candidate must also have the ability to read, write and understand the Ukrainian lan- their website, http://www.brama.com/uima guage. Ball” dinner and dance starting at 6:30 p.m., CIVIC ACTIVITY Saturday, January 23 featuring the music of Fata Morgana. Profits Candidate must have a proven track record of Ukrainian community activity and from ticket sales to benefit Ukraine. Tickets must have a demonstrable knowledge of who are the key leaders and organizations NEW YORK: “Music at the Institute” pre- in advance for both the dinner and dance are in the Ukrainian community and the nuances that affect it. sents a concert of chamber music featuring $40 per person, $30 for students with identi- Send resume and cover letter to: works by Dohnányi, Ishchenko and Dvorák fication; tickets after January 30 are $50 per with Gayle Martin Henry, piano; Mark person; $40 for students. Tickets may be Ihor Dlaboha, General Manager Peskanov, violin; Toby Hoffman, viola; and ordered from Damian Gecha, (908) 755- Ukrainian Broadcasting Network, 2 Executive Drive, Suite 600, Fort Lee, NJ 07024 Wanda Glowacka, cello. Concurrently, there 8156, or George Mischenko, (732) 671- Fax: (201) 242-3003 will be an exhibition of floral watercolors 1914.

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