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INSIDE: • Case study: Ukrainian child adopted from Russian orphanage — page 3. • Polish scholars at Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute — page 6. • Ivano-Frankivsk celebrates Ukraine’s independence — page 9. HE KRAINI A N EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXIV No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine Helsinki Commission examines Ukraine’s Communists get involved volatile developments in Belarus in negotiations on Black Sea Fleet by Orest Deychakiwsky – through the monopolized media and by Roman Woronowycz Duma delegation in Moscow, which he press” and castigate and fire various pub- Kyiv Press Bureau said is tentatively slated for November WASHINGTON — Over the past year, lic officials. As a result, according to Mr. 25. He also said he is pushing for a meet- observers have noted increasing signs of Zaprudnik, “Folks in the country blame KYIV — With the division of the ing on the BSF between Verkhovna Rada serious political and economic deteriora- bad officials who get in the way of a good Black Sea Fleet at an impasse, although Chairman Oleksander Moroz and tion as President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s president for their misery.” leaders of negotiations had said they Russian Duma leader Vladimir Seleznev. increased authoritarianism and human On the other hand, young people are were “virtually complete” a little more In the last month the Duma first voted rights repression have become subjects of resisting Mr. Lukashenka’s political than a week ago, the Communist Party of in favor of financing the budget of concern – both within and outside Belarus. course and becoming “increasingly active Ukraine has stepped into the fray. Sevastopol, which is the home to the rust- A briefing held by the Commission on on behalf of democratization, freedom of At a November 18 press conference, ing fleet contested by Russia and Ukraine, Security and Cooperation in Europe exam- speech, Belarusian nationhood and cultur- Communist Party Leader Petro Symonenko and then on March 13 introduced a decla- ined the volatile political and human rights al rebirth.” said that, thanks to efforts by Verkhovna ration that Sevastopol “always has been situation in Belarus, focusing on the sched- Mr. Korkeakivi commented on Mr. Rada members of the party such as himself and will be a Russian city.” The declara- uled November 24 referendum on extend- Lukashenka’s controversial draft constitu- and Borys Oliynyk, leaders of the Russian tion has not been brought to a vote. ing the president’s powers. tion – scheduled for a the November 24 lower house of Parliament, the Duma, were The actions by the Duma, as well as Witnesses included: Zyanon Paznyak, referendum – from the human rights per- convinced not to go for a final vote to pronouncements by Moscow Mayor Yuri chairman of the Belarusian Popular Front spective, concluding that it “puts forth a declare Sevastopol a Russian city. Luzhkov and former National Security who was recently granted political asylum system that really undermines the other “Due to our efforts, the matter of the Council Chairman Aleksander Lebed that in the U.S.; Jack Segal, director of two branches of power so effectively that Black Sea Fleet (BSF) has not come up Sevastopol is a Russian city, have thrown Ukrainian, Belarusian and Moldovan the president can interpret human rights in the Duma,” he said, explaining that into turmoil secret negotiations held Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Jan provisions without any real check.” representatives of the party and members between the two countries at the ministe- Zaprudnik, leading expert on Belarus and He also pointed out that in addition to of the Duma had held secret talks in Kyiv rial level. former editor, Radio Liberty Belarusian the content of the draft constitution in the preceding days. Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Vasyl Service; and Antti Korkeakivi, legal advi- deserving criticism, the referendum He went on to state that because the Durdynets and his Russian counterpart, sor on the CIS, Lawyers Committee for process itself can also be challenged as executive levels of both countries had not Valeriy Serov, have had a series of meet- Human Rights. illegal. Indeed, following the commission been able to resolve the issue in recent ings over the last month, which had been Mr. Paznyak characterized President briefing, the Belarus Constitutional Court, meetings, talks should proceed at the par- called productive and peaceful, and led Lukashenka as lawless and against all Parliament and Central Election liamentary level. both men and Ukraine’s President Leonid things Belarusian – even his own people. Commission (CEC) all said the vote Deputy Oliynyk added, “They sign Kuchma to call a BSF settlement immi- He cited the drastic decrease in Belarusian should be advisory and have no legal documents, drink champagne and two nent, with only details to be worked out. language schools, persecution of people force. President Lukashenka, not surpris- days later there are confrontations. It is However, since the Duma’s moves, wearing the traditional national flag or ingly, has “overruled” the Constitutional all useless without ratification by the Ukraine has acted to bring world atten- insignia, and the arrests at last spring’s Court verdict and related parliamentary Verkhovna Rada.” tion to what it considers Russian tinker- demonstrations merely for speaking decisions, and has removed the chairman On November 19, Mr. Symonenko Belarusian. Citing specific instances, he of the CEC. announced he will meet with a Russian (Continued on page 14) stated that human rights are “totally ignored” and that Mr. Lukashenka, by ignoring the law, is acting as a dictator. Mr. Segal outlined official U.S. posi- Long-awaited Kyiv center processes foreign adoptions tions on the situation in Belarus, assert- by Marta Kolomayets Although the info-bank at the center was officially opened on ing that “the political character of October 1, already more than 1,300 children — ages 2 months Belarus as a nation hangs in the balance, KYIV — On October 22, John and Hanna D. — a married to 10 years — from 17 of Ukraine’s 25 regions are on the regis- with the issues of freedom of expression, Canadian couple with Ukrainian roots — became the proud ter waiting to find a new home. About 50 percent of these chil- human rights and separation of powers at parents of 18-month-old Sashko from Zhytomyr after the dren suffer from illnesses and congenital defects, and they are the center of the debate.” Kyiv City Court approved their adoption. on the priority list for adoptions — both foreign and domestic. While recognizing Belarus’ worsening They are the first foreign couple to adopt a Ukrainian child “But, you won’t find too many Ukrainian citizens wanting human rights record and unsatisfactory since the moratorium on adoptions in Ukraine by foreigners to adopt the invalids, the sickly and the older children,” said progress in building a democratic sys- was lifted on January 30 and Ukraine’s code on civil proce- Elyzaveta Shypaliuk, who runs an orphanage in Uzhhorod. tem, he argued that the U.S. should not dures was amended and went into effect on July 25 of this year. “We don’t have the finances or the medical facilities to help turn its back on the country, but should “I think it is truly symbolic that the first foreign couple to these children,” she said. cooperate where possible to assist adopt one of our children is of Ukrainian ancestry,” com- She and many of her colleagues from all around Ukraine Belarus, including engaging “in a dia- mented Tamara Kunko, the chairwoman of the newly created were in Kyiv recently to acquaint themselves with the work logue on political reform.” Center for Child Adoptions, a centralized monitoring agency of the center, to see how the info-bank works and to discuss He noted that the U.S. has repeatedly in Kyiv that is a division of Ukraine’s Ministry of Education. the new adoption procedures through this centralized system. expressed its dissatisfaction with the Within the next few days, a couple from Minnesota is hoping The procedures, created to supplement the January 1996 law Belarusian government’s intolerance of to make their long-awaited dream a reality. They are in the on adoptions, are now regulated by law to combat an illegal baby opposition and exercise of a virtual process of adopting a 6-year-old girl from Khmelnytskyi, a girl business that began in Ukraine after it declared independence in information blockade against its critics in they had their hearts set on when the Ukrainian Parliament levied 1991. This criminal activity forced the Ukrainian Parliament to the electronic media, and will continue to a moratorium on foreign adoptions in July 1994. put a ban on foreign adoptions for two years, until the civil code seek Belarus’ compliance with the demo- Both couples are now pilot cases in the new rules and regula- on adoption procedures was put into force on July 25, 1996. cratic principles it undertook to uphold tions for foreign couples wanting to adopt children. According to This code provided for the establishment of the Center for as a member of the Organization for Ms. Kunko, once their papers were in order, they were able to go Child Adoptions, which began accepting documents from both Security and Cooperation in Europe. through Ukraine’s red tape in less than one month. Ukrainians and foreigners on October 1. Despite the fact that it Mr. Zaprudnik reflected on political She also understands that there are still quite a few kinks has not been widely publicized, the center’s list of possible adop- and daily life in Belarus based on his most in the new system, much gray area, and many questions that tive foreign parents grows every day; as of November 15 there recent visit. He characterized President only time and experience can answer. were 50 names in the databank, including 16 couples from the Lukashenka’s method of running Belarus But, she remains optimistic about the future of Ukraine’s United States and two from Canada. as relatively simple: “Blame the enemy – orphans, hoping that the center will provide these children the Parliament, the opposition parties, the with new, loving families, and stable and secure homes. (Continued on page 3) liberal Russian media, the West, the CIA 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 No. 47 ANALYSIS: To run and when to run — that seems to be the question Caucuses in uproar over draft law mentioning concern about the 300,000 by Markian Bilynskyj October 23 passage of a law calling for Ukrainians living in Belarus. (Reuters) halting the division of the Black Sea Fleet KYIV —Leaders of all caucuses in KYIV — Speaking at a November 6 (BSF) plus the likelihood that in mid- Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada have signed a Three neighbors comment on Belarus press briefing, Volodymyr Horbulin, November it will adopt legislation declar- statement condemning a draft law on the WASHINGTON — A joint statement chairman of the constitutionally created ing Sevastopol a Russian city, has compli- withdrawal of Ukrainian military from issued by Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine Council on National Security and cated relations at a time when Ukraine and Sevastopol. The bill was proposed by Ivan expressing “deep concern over the develop- Protection of Ukraine, declared that “a Russia are negotiating new arrangements Symonenko of the Soyuz caucus, who ment of events in the Republic of Belarus” great deal of tension had appeared within over 1997 gas deliveries and trade; the demanded that the Ukrainian “occupation- was released in Washington on November society” over approximately the past implication being that, with winter al forces” pull out of Sevastopol by July 1, 20 by the Embassy of Ukraine. The state- month and a half. approaching, any Russian linkage of the 1997. Mr. Symonenko described Crimea ment noted: “As the closest neighbors of the He attributed this development to the two issues was bound to affect Ukrainian as a Ukrainian colony and Sevastopol as a Republic of Belarus and with concern about fact that ever since President Leonid temporarily occupied city. The Rukh cau- society negatively. its future, while fully recognizing its sover- Kuchma’s September 16 announcement cus has demanded that Mr. Symonenko be Most disturbing for the Ukrainian side eignty, we call for resolution of the conflict that he would seek a second term, some stripped of his parliamentary immunity has been that this time the initiative in via constitutional means, while maintaining politicians have started behaving as and prosecuted. It also called for the dis- the Duma was taken not by the usual sus- human rights and civil freedoms in accor- though the campaign season had already missal of Parliament Chairman Oleksander pects but by the “Our Home is Russia” dance with generally accepted international begun, particularly as regards the presi- Moroz and his first deputy, Oleksander faction of Prime Minister Viktor norms and principles of democracy.” dency. (According to Ukraine’s Tkachenko, for “turning a blind eye to the Chernomyrdin, whom most Ukrainians (Embassy of Ukraine) Constitution, parliamentary and presiden- see as the most pragmatic and predictable anti-state activities of some deputies.” tial elections are not due to be held until Russian leader. (OMRI Daily Digest) Demonstrators clash with police in Miensk March 1998 and October 1999, respec- That the BSF issue continues to go a tively.) As a result, policy was being dis- Parliament concerned about Belarus MIENSK — Between 5,000 and 10,000 round in circles like a ship with a broken torted by blatant electioneering. people took part in a “March of Silence” in rudder is no surprise. That it might soon Mr. Horbulin lamented the behavior of KYIV — The Verkhovna Rada Miensk on November 17 to protest also get drawn into the vortex of expressed “deep concern” over rising ten- some members of the Verkhovna Rada, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s propos- Ukrainian domestic politics to a greater sions in neighboring Belarus, where such as the maverick head of the als to increase his powers. Ten people were degree than before seems fairly President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and the Committee on the Fight Against arrested, and some 20 were slightly injured. inevitable. Parliament are in conflict over a referen- Organized Crime and Corruption, The demonstrators, carrying red and white There is considerable merit behind Mr. dum to greatly extend his powers. A reso- Hryhorii Omelchenko, who has recently Belarusian flags, marched on the Parliament Horbulin’s interpretation of recent lution passed in Ukraine’s Parliament been leveling a stream of accusations building. Mr. Lukashenka dismissed events. But there is also evidence that the called on “the representatives of executive against President Kuchma and top Central Electoral Commission Chairman administration must shoulder much of and legislative authority in this friendly administration officials alleging all man- Viktar Ganchar on November 14, thereby the responsibility for domestic political state to display mutual understanding and ner of violations. violating the Constitution by interfering in developments. Thus, Mr. Horbulin’s con- act exclusively in a constitutional way to Indeed, a few days ago, the Verkhovna the powers of the Parliament. Meanwhile, tinual inference that the president had maintain democracy and security in the Rada, in what Mr. Horbulin considered a First Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Vasil acted out of genuine altruism and con- region.” An initial draft of the resolution further show of political posturing, had Novikau said the Supreme Council has cern for the country while his prospective accused Mr. Lukashenka of undermining voted on whether to consider impeaching begun impeachment procedures against the opponents are little more than oppor- the Constitution, but a majority of the the president for his role – he was prime president. By November 18 the Parliament tunists, fails to conceal the fact that, national deputies said they should avoid minister at the time – in facilitating legis- had collected 75 signatures (five more than given the current Ukrainian political taking sides in the dispute. Nationalist lation allowing trust companies to work environment, President Kuchma’s deputies had wanted a stronger statement (Continued on page 6) in an unregulated manner. Many of them September 16 decision merely opened up later collapsed, owing depositors the something of a Pandora’s Box. Time equivalent of approximately $35 million. might tell whether Mr. Horbulin was spin The motion failed by 45 votes. doctoring and searching for scapegoats, Kyiv hopes Romania will recognize borders What seemed to irk Mr. Horbulin most or whether he was simply displaying KYIV — The Ukrainian Foreign Affairs minister, Anton Buteiko, speaking to the in this case, however, was that the num- symptoms of the kind of self-deception ber of deputies who had voted “for” Ministry’s envoy for special assignments, North Atlantic Assembly, also expressed all too common in politics. Volodymyr Vasylenko, stated that Kyiv hope for an improvement in relations with clearly did not correlate with the number Soon after President Kuchma’s physically present. But the fact that vot- hopes Romania will recognize Ukraine’s Romania. But Mr. Buteiko asked NATO to September 16 announcement, his chief territorial integrity following the election of defer consideration of Romania’s accession ing occurs illegally in the Rada is noth- domestic policy adviser, Volodymyr ing new and is well documented. Emil Constantinescu as president, reported to the alliance pending its recognition of Lytvyn, explained the decision “as an the Jamestown Monitor. Mr. Vasylenko Ukraine’s borders in a bilateral treaty. Moreover, the administration has always objective process that introduces clarity turned a blind eye to this reprehensible noted that Mr. Constantinescu’s campaign The Western-oriented Mr. Constan-tines- and an element of stability into ... state and emphasized the goal of Romania’s early cu and his Democratic Convention defeated behavior whenever it has facilitated pas- society.” Policy-making and economic sta- sage of favored legislation – including accession to NATO and the European incumbent President Ion Iliescu and his left- bility were being affected by an air of Union as a high priority. ist coalition in this month’s presidential and the Constitution. uncertainty that had permeated all levels Mr. Horbulin’s mood could not have The two organizations require countries parliamentary elections. Bucharest until and branches of state activity. President aspiring for membership to drop territorial now has directly or indirectly affirmed its been helped by the fact that he was Kuchma’s declaration, Mr. Lytvyn argued, speaking the day after reports before the claims on their neighbors and to sign perceived title to parts of Bessarabia, would help overcome this pervasive and treaties of good-neighborly relations, Mr. Bukovyna and to Serpents’ Island, which Rada by the heads of Ukraine’s security “persistent feeling of impermanence.” agencies had made it clear that the gov- Vasylenko pointed out. He expressed hope have been part of Ukraine since the dissolu- Clearly, it has not. Why, then, have that Bucharest would now move “as expe- tion of the USSR. Negotiations toward a ernment’s 1993-1995 campaign against things turned out so differently? ditiously as possible” to recognize Ukrainian-Romanian bilateral treaty are organized crime had little impact: this, Moreover, why did President Kuchma Ukraine’s borders and finalize the negotia- stalled over Bucharest’s demand that the following the November 3 assassination feel compelled to announce his intention tions toward a bilateral political treaty. document reflect its position on those terri- of Yevhen Scherban, a Verkhovna Rada to seek re-election with three years still Ukraine’s first deputy foreign affairs tories. deputy, prominent businessman and to go? Retrospectively, Mr. Kuchma’s brother of the recently removed Donetsk decision may seem like a mistake, unnec- Oblast Council chairman. essarily premature. 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Thus, not only has he over the The Ukrainian Weekly, November 24, 1996, No. 47, Vol. LXIV the USUF as an independent public poli - Copyright © 1996 The Ukrainian Weekly cy, research and information center. (Continued on page 12) No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 3 Ukraine’s most precious resource: Ukrainian child adopted from Russian orphanage by Khristina Lew wanting to adopt a Ukrainian child. “Fortunately, Nina was living in a Russian orphanage, so we were thrilled to FARMINGTON, Conn. — For most American fami- match her with a family of Ukrainian ancestry,” she said. lies wanting to adopt a child from Ukraine, the coun- Nina, whose birth mother is from Ternopil, was identi- try’s extended moratorium on adoptions by foreigners fied in the spring. In June, the Pollocks and their 7-year- proved an insurmountable hurdle. Some chose to wait old daughter, Talia, traveled to Moscow to meet her. out the 18-month ban. Others resigned themselves to The Pollocks talked of their fear of meeting Nina for adopting a child from Russia. the first time. The medical report provided by the Natalie and Lee Pollock chose to pursue the Russian orphanage said she had rickets of the third degree. Her route in January of this year, with the stipulation that the feet turned purple when her socks and pants were taken child be of Ukrainian parentage. Working against all odds, off. She weighed 13 pounds at the age of 16 months. their agency, the Cradle of Hope Adoption Center, an inter- “We had some unsettling moments. It was a tough expe- national adoption agency in Washington that had placed rience for all of us. She couldn’t walk, she couldn’t hold her Ukrainian children with American families prior to the weight. She was so undernourished. We kept wondering moratorium, managed to identify a Ukrainian child in a what condition she really was in, whether we could take Moscow orphanage in the spring. By July, 17-month-old care of her. It was a big leap of faith,” Mrs. Pollock said. Nina had found a home in this affluent suburb of Hartford. Oddly enough, it was Talia who sealed Nina’s fate as “Only someone with a great deal of tenacity could a member of the Pollock family. “She never hesitated accomplish what Natalie accomplished,” said Mr. Pollock for a second. She never wavered,” said Mr. Pollock. of his wife’s determination to adopt a Ukrainian child. The Pollocks returned to Farmington to await the pro- “Everyone was trying to talk us out of finding a Ukrainian cessing of adoption documents in Moscow. One month child in a Russian orphanage, but Linda [Perilstein, execu- later, in July, Mrs. Pollock traveled back to Moscow for tive director of Cradle of Hope] and Natalie kept it going.” nine days to conclude the adoption. Mrs. Pollock had reasons of her own for wanting a Cradle of Hope provided her with an adoption coordi- Ukrainian child. Born Natalie Korsheniuk, she grew up nator, an interpreter, a driver and a place to stay. She was in the Ukrainian community of Hartford. “Not having allowed to visit with Nina for one hour, four out of six participated in Ukrainian community life for some time, days. “In that one week of feeding her and giving her vit- I felt that adopting a Ukrainian child was my way of amins, her appearance changed drastically,” she recalled. giving something back. If I could take all the children in A week after Nina arrived in Farmington she had gained Ukrainian orphanages, I would,” she said. 2 pounds. Subsequent X-rays of Nina’s wrists and knees The Pollocks had tried to adopt a child from Ukraine revealed she never had rickets. Mrs. Pollock explained that in the summer of 1995, only to find that the July 1994 Nina’s medical records exaggerated potential physical prob- moratorium on adoptions by foreigners was still in place. lems in order to expedite her adoption. Those who work in They waited six months, hoping that the ban in Ukraine international adoptions agree this is common practice. Talia and Nina Pollock would be lifted. In January they asked Cradle of Hope to At 20 months Nina weighed 22 pounds. According to find them a Ukrainian child in a Russian orphanage. tion meeting on international adoptions in White Plains, her parents, she eats “everything,” plays “peek-a-boo” with “For any agency, the more narrow you are, the more N.Y., on February 3, 1997. For more information call Talia, and in early October began walking. “It’s like water- (914) 948-8151. Additional information meetings will difficult their job is. We were very narrow — we want- ing a flower and watching it bloom,” said Mr. Pollock. ed a child with at least one parent who was Ukrainian. be held in New Jersey, Chicago, Kansas City and St. Linda really felt for us,” said Mrs. Pollock. Cradle of Hope Adoption Center, in conjuction with Louis in the future. For more information call Cradle of Ms. Perilstein recalls the Pollocks being very clear on Family Service of West Chester, will hold an informa - Hope, (301) 587-4400.

fies the potential parents that they may trav- adopted children contradicts a person’s ples mentioned at the beginning of this Long-awaited... el to Ukraine to meet the child; if both sides right to privacy in the United States. article have adopted children that suffer (Continued from page 1) take to each other, it is all a matter of time It is also unlikely that an American will from congenital problems. Little Sashko Besides Ms. Kunko, herself an orphan before the child joins its new parents — be understood when he/she goes to the has been diagnosed with a congenital who has worked as a teacher in orphanages after a court date is set for a hearing. mayor of the town where he/she resides to developmental birth defect that requires and foster homes/dormitories (“internaty”) The eight documents — as well as a let- ask for permission to have their prospec- immediate surgery. (He is currently in for 25 years, the government-funded center ter of intention to adopt a Ukrainian child tive child registered in that town. England undergoing such an operation.) also includes Dr. Oksana Hudz, a pediatri- — must be translated into Ukrainian and Given the costs of traveling to and from The 6-year-old girl adopted by the cian/consultant, a psychologist and two notarized by Ukrainian consular divisions Ukraine, Ms. Kunko has said that the pre- American couple also has some cardio-vas- lawyers, who help both Ukrainian citizens in the U.S., Canada or the native country of liminary paperwork does not have to be cular problems and needs medical attention. and foreigners with the legal paperwork the prospective parents. They include: delivered to the center in person. It can be Ms. Kunko noted that by December 1, and the court hearing associated with the • a home study, including biographical mailed, or the responsibility of turning the Ukrainian Ministry of Health is to pro- adoption procedure. data, immediate family composition, liv- over the paperwork can be given to a per- duce a new list of medical problems that Newborns who are given up for adop- ing space, etc.; son in Ukraine notarized by the prospec- cannot be treated in Ukraine, thereby set- tion are registered at the info-bank after • permission from local (domestic) tive parents to handle the logistics. The ting priorities in adoption procedures for they turn 2 months old. Prior to that they authorities allowing the child to live with new law also allows for a foreign facilita- children suffering from various illnesses. are registered at the raion (district) level the couple. (Here Ukrainians have applied tor to represent the interests of the parents Currently, the list includes everything for one month, after which they are turned Soviet laws — i.e. the system of registering until they receive a court date. from the very serious illnesses such as over to the oblast registers for another a person at a specific address in a specific Despite the fact that Point 11 in the cardio-vascular diseases, congenital birth month. If, at that point, they are not adopt- city, known in Ukraine as a “propyska” — January 1996 law forbids any commercial defects and respiratory tract illnesses to ed by Ukrainian citizens, their names are to foreigners); agencies to take part in adoptions, Ms. deformities that can be easily corrected transferred to the central agency in Kyiv. • a document outlining the family’s Kunko said that in the future the center may by cosmetic surgery, a field not well The Kyiv databank also accepts informa- financial status, including income and sav- work with legitimate adoption agencies. She developed in Ukraine. tion from both Ukrainians and foreigners i n g s ; made it very clear during a recent interview, For information, prospective adoptive looking for an “adoptable” baby. • medical reports on the status of the however, that priority would be given to parents can contact the Ministry of Priority is given to potential parents of prospective parents’ health; working directly with the prospective par- Education’s Center for Child Adoptions in a specific child in the following order: • a copy of the parents’ marriage ents. Kyiv by writing to the center: 27 Taras • relatives of the child (including rela- license (if they are married); “Adoption agencies can provide consul- Shevchenko Blvd., Kyiv, Ukraine 252032, tives who live outside Ukraine); • a copy of the parents’ passports; tations, but we want to know the people or calling (380-44) 246-5431, 246-5432, • citizens of Ukraine; • a document which shows that neither who are adopting our children. And, I must 246-5437, 246-5449 or 246-5452. • the family with which the child is prospective parent has a criminal record; stress, at least one of the parents, and prefer- Interested individuals should also be currently living; • a guarantee from the prospective par- ably both, must be present at the court hear- advised that it is important to contact • families also adopting blood brothers ents that the adopted child will be regis- ing,” she added. No third parties may take their embassies in Ukraine to be clear on or sisters of the child; tered with the Ukrainian Consulate in their custody of the child before adoption. adoption/immigration procedures. • citizens of foreign countries having region within a month of the adoption and She also emphasized that the waiting For example, U.S. citizens who want to bilateral agreements with Ukraine on pro- the promise that information about the period for prospective parents who want a adopt Ukrainian children must follow a tecting the rights of the adoptive child; and child will be periodically (no less than once healthy child is one year, giving Ukrainian three-step U.S. process. Generally speaking, • citizens of foreign countries that do a year) reported to the consular division citizens the priority to adopt a healthy child. the first step involves pre-approval by the not have such bilateral agreements. until the child turns 18. This last document Once the one-year waiting period is up, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Foreigners married to Ukrainian citi- should also grant permission to Ukrainian the prospective parents can expect a call or Service (domestically), and includes a home zens follow the much less complicated consular officers to keep in contact with the a letter from the center; they can then travel study, medical examinations, a police procedures for Ukrainian citizens wish- child, who, according to the law, should to Ukraine to meet their new son or daugh- check, etc. The second step takes place in ing to adopt Ukrainian children. remain a Ukrainian citizen until age 18. ter and proceed with the court hearing. Kyiv, after the child is already adopted; typ- The center’s employees make sure the “Some of these demands are totally Ms. Kunko emphasizes that the center ically this is a one-day orphan investigation documents (eight in all) are in order, and the unrealistic and hardly feasible,” said does not take any money for its services; to check if the circumstances of the adop- process of matching up an orphan with new Brian Naranjo, who served as vice-consul the lawyers take an administrative fee for tion are legitimate. Finally, the third step is parents begins. The parents can specify the for two years at the U.S. Embassy in processing the paperwork. (Foreigners the actual immigrant visa processing at the sex and age of the baby they are looking for, Kyiv until September of this year. have a choice of using either their own U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. (The U.S. as well as the region the baby comes from. For example, he said the demand that lawyer or the center’s employees.) Embassy in Kyiv is not equipped to handle When a match is made, the center noti- Ukrainian consular officers visit with the Both the Canadian and American cou- this paperwork.) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 No. 47 Exhibit and program focus on “Chornobyl: Our Tainted Future” BALTIMORE – With generous contributions from sponsors, and donations of photographs from within and outside the Ukrainian community, an exhibition, “Chornobyl: Our Tainted Future,” was organized here by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (Chapter 80). The exhibitions was made possible through the gen- erous contributions of individual and corporate spon- sors, and in part with funds from the Maryland Humanities Council, through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The photographs and drawings are on loan from individuals and organizations such as Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, The Chornobyl Committee of Washington, the Embassy of Ukraine, Alexander Sich, UNWLA Social Welfare Fund, the Ukrainian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (courtesy of the Bilyk family) and The Ukrainian Weekly. The exhibit featured photographs of the exploded reactor, the abandoned communities and the faces of those who suffered the effects of radiation, and depicted the lives of some of the 250,000 people who still live within the contaminated zone. In addition, children’s drawings from a larger collec- tion of commissioned works by school children in Kyiv – those who lived in the contaminated zone – showed the children’s sorrow over this tragedy. Guest speaker David Marples with members of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America. The exhibition opened with a Saturday evening reception hosted by the UNWLA and attended by a of Alberta and the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian remain in the region, as well as on the entire interna- diverse audience of more than 160 people. Yaroslav Studies eloquently reflected on the history of the acci- tional community. Voitko spoke on behalf of Ukraine’s ambassador to the dent of April 26, 1986, and effectively described the The exhibition is on display in a public space at the U.S., Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, who acknowledged the sig- many trials and tribulations that resulted from this top of Baltimore’s World Trade Center, 401 E. Pratt St., nificance of such exhibitions in conveying the message accident. The high radiation levels released by this until November 30. of this disaster. explosion have had significant health, economic and For more information about the exhibit, contact Guest speaker Dr. David Marples of the University environmental impacts on the lives of the people who Sophia Caryk, (301) 854-2062. Ukrainian American Veterans convention pre p a res for 50th annivers a r y by Stephen M. Wichar Sr. Auditing, Constitution and By-Laws, Research and N.Y.), Financial Officer Michael Wengryn (Clifton, Documentation, Future Convention Sites, Ways and N.J.), Judge Advocate Matthew Koziak (Highland Park, PHILADELPHIA – With a clarion call for a 50th Means, Membership, Welfare, Resolutions, Rites and N.J.), Adjutant and Historian Vasyl Luchkiw (New anniversary convention at Soyuzivka in 1997, Ukrainian Rituals, and Nominations. City, N.Y.), Quartermaster Roman Didycki (Grosse American Veterans who served in World War II, Korea, National Commander Dmytro Bondarczuk then sus- Pointe Woods, Mich.), Chaplain and Service Officer Vietnam and the Persian Gulf gathered in the City of pended the afternoon plenary session so that the com- Myroslaw Pryjma (Warren, Mich.), Welfare Officer Brotherly Love on September 20-22 to mark their 49th mittees could meet in conference and prepare reports for Bohdan Samokyszyn (Parma, Ohio), Scholarship year of activity. the following business day. Officer Michael Demchuk (Seven Hills, Ohio), Under the leadership of Chairmen Edward Zetick and On Friday evening, a traditional Hospitality Night Publications and Public Relations Officer George Lubomyr Tryciecky, assisted by Walter Senyshyn, the Miziuk (Windsor, N.J.). three-day agenda was efficiently conducted. was held for all delegates and guests, courtesy of the Philadelphia Convention Committee. There was an Simultaneously with the UAV’s deliberations, the With military standards raised, the UAV began its National Ladies Auxiliary conducted its own business 49th Convention after registering all delegates on Friday excellent choice of buffet, and the refreshment bar was always abundant. The party was enhanced by a volun- sessions. A Nominating Committee proposed the fol- morning. Probably the most disappointing aspect of this lowing women to the Auxiliary Executive Board: conclave was the ever declining attendance of delegates teer “chorus” that sang and sang. It was a memorable evening. President Rosalie Polche (Sunnyside, N.Y.), Senior from key states, both from the East and Midwest. Vice-President Irene Pryjma (Warren, Mich.), Junior On Saturday morning, the committee chairmen pre- Representatives voiced their concerns and expectations Vice-President Ann Bezkorowajny (Monroe, N.Y.), sented their findings and recommendations. After about veterans’ problems, the need for a greater com- Secretary Olga Wengryn (Passaic, N.J.), Treasurer lengthy deliberations, the Nominations Committee pre- mitment to Ukrainian American communities and seek- Harriet Dusanenko (New City, N.Y.), Assistant sented a list of candidates for the 1996-1997 term. ing ways to foster a growth in membership. Treasurer Amelia Berezowsky (Philadelphia), Judge After the general business was completed (minutes, The following were nominated and elected: National Advocate Pauline Pender (Farmington, Conn.), credentials, reports by outgoing officers and the like), Commander Bodnarczuk (New City, N.Y.), Senior Chaplain Pauline Pender (Plainville, Conn.), Historian delegates were assigned to the following committees: Vice-Commander Steven Szewczuk (King’s Park, Jean Elnick (Warren, Mich.), Service Officer Alberta Baitinger (Warren, Mich.), Sergeant-at-Arms Nadia Wichar (Clinton Township, Mich.) and Welfare Officer Helen Drabyk (West Palm Beach, Fla.) A large number of delegates and guests attended the convention banquet at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center. The presentation of colors was executed by the United States Navy Color Guard, and both the American and Ukrainian national anthems were sung by the audience led by members of Michigan’s Zoloti Dzvony. Past National Commander Zetick provided the wel- coming remarks. After thanking the audience for a suc- cessful turnout, Mr. Zetick declared that Philadelphia was proud to host the 49th Convention as a preface to the UAV’s forthcoming 50th birthday in 1997. He then introduced Past National Commander (PNC) Luchkiw as the master of ceremonies. After briefing the audience about issues and condi- tions in Ukraine, Dr. Luchkiw called on PNC Eugene Sagac to act as the evening’s installation officer with PNC Atanas Kobryn assisting as the aide-de-camp. The newly elected officers of both the UAV and Ladies Auxiliary were installed during a formal mili- tary ritual. Acceptance speeches for both units were delivered by Commander Bodnarczuk and President P o l c h e . The first speaker for the evening was Ted Zenuk. He enumerated the beginnings of the UAV when Keynote speaker Anna Krawczuk addresses the UAVets convention. To her left are officers and honored guests who were seated on the dais. (Continued on page 13) No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Longtime secretary U N A Detroit District concentrates on organizing matters of Branch 29 retires WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Olga Alice Malischak secretary of UNA Branch 29, retired after 57 years of service to the UNA. In 1938 to 1950 she worked alongside her late husband, Michael Malischak; and after his death, she took over the sec- retary’s duties. Mrs. Malischak was very active in Ukrainian affairs throughout the valley. She was also the first woman district chairperson of the UNA and was re- elected to chair the district committee that embrace branches in the Anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania. She was also a delegate to the last 11 UNA con- ventions. During the Malischak reign, and with the help of the late Gregory Herman and the late Katherine Lukacz, there was Participants of the organizing meeting of the UNA’s Detroit District Committee. much activity, such as bringing the Ukrainian Bandurist Choir to the Irem by Stephen M. Wichar Sr. open meeting of questions, commentaries Blahitka ably and skillfully fielded the more and answers. This relaxed dialogue proved Temple for the first time, a big banquet WARREN, Mich. — A mandated all- complex questions, including the sale of the to be refreshing and elicited an aggressive with about 400 people in attendance for day organizing meeting of the Ukrainian UNA building, the employment of profes- the late Gregory Herman, a Mothers’ National Association’s local districts d i s c u s s i o n . sional life insurance sales staff, the progress Day banquet and numerous other parties took place here on October 27. The UNA Mr. Blahitka began by underscoring the of merger talks with two other Ukrainian to mention. The meetings at that time District Committee of Detroit/Windsor/ highlights of Michigan’s UNA activities. fraternal associations, expensive student were held at the Malischak and Lukacz Toledo, hosted Alexander Blahitka, UNA He especially applauded the UNA Family scholarship programs and lack of reciprocal homes. treasurer, the visiting officer from the Day held las, August. The speaker pointed UNA involvement by recipients, the merger Members of Branch 29 wish Mrs. Home Office. out that on the roster of 30 UNA districts in of defunct branches, and the late reporting Malischak a healthy and long life. About 22 delegates attended the con- America and Canada, the Detroit area of local UNA activities by both Svoboda As of December 31, Branch 29 will clave. After brief welcoming remarks, Dr. placed fourth, reaching 40 percent of its and The Ukrainian Weekly. Equally impor- merge with Branch 282. The new secre- Alexander Serafyn, the district chairman assigned quota. Fourteen branches, enlisted tant, but of a technical insurance nature, tary will be Mary Bolosky, 311 Wright and a UNA advisor, introduced Mr. 46 new members for cumulative insurance were questions by branch secretaries. Ave., Kingston, PA 18704-4613; tele- Blahitka. Instead of following a rigid and coverage of $468,041. After a summary by Dr. Serafyn, the phone, (717) 288-4056. It should be formal agenda, Mr. Blahitka opted for a Many other issues also were discussed. workshop was adjourned. A light repast noted that Mrs. Bolosky comes from a short summation of statistical data as they In a free exchange of comments between and refreshments were served to all par- long line of UNA activists. relate to Detroit, and then moved on to an the speaker and district’s UNAers, Mr. ticipating delegates.

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Should you wish to order a larger quantity of Christmas cards, please call us directly. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 No. 47 Delegation of Polish scholars visits TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard The UNA takes stock by Margarita M. Balmaceda the Caucasus and Russia. (For more information, the journal may be contact- The Ukrainian National Association’s General Assembly recently concluded CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The emer- ed at [email protected]) its annual meeting at Soyuzivka. After the quadrennial UNA convention of del- gence of independent Ukraine is chang- Dr. Magdziak-Miszewska, former egates (who are elected by UNA members on the local level), the Assembly is ing the geopolitical map of Europe, and deputy chief of the Polish Mission in the most important decision-making forum for this oldest and largest Ukrainian this fact has not escaped Ukraine’s Moscow (1991-1995) and a Solidarity fraternal benefit insurance company. Thus, it is worthwhile to take a minute neighbors to the West. A proof of this activist, focused her presentation on and examine the ramifications of the General Assembly’s latest meeting. has been the establishment of the Poland’s policies towards independent It may seem, at first glance, that there was not much to report from this meeting, Institute of Eastern Studies (Osrodek Ukraine. As she emphasized, Ukraine’s that there were no monumental decisions as there were, say, at the May 1995 ses- Studiów Wschódnich) in Warsaw. independent statehood is essential for sion, which made several difficult decisions in order to ensure the financial strength Three members of the IES visited the Poland’s future. Thus, the support of of the UNA. However, this year there were intense discussions at plenary sessions, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute for a Ukraine’s independence is one of Poland’s at committee deliberations, and in discussions among the UNA’s officers, advisors, week this month at the invitation of HURI’s foreign policy priorities, and both countries auditors and honorary members of its General Assembly. These were a much need- new director, Prof. Roman Szporluk. The have started to work on a “strategic partner- ed follow-up to the Assembly’s November 1995 special meeting at which members three visitors were Dr. Marek Karp, director ship” that includes economic cooperation, checked on progress made in implementing the decisions made six months earlier. of the IES; Dr. Mariusz Sielski, editor of its high-level political contacts and confidence- The 1996 General Assembly session reviewed the status of proposed mergers journal Eurazja; and Dr. Agnieszka building measures in the military area. involving the Ukrainian Fraternal Association and the Ukrainian National Aid Magdziak-Miszewska, director of the IES’s As emphasized by Dr. Magzdiak- Association of America. Though stalled by certain technicalities and require- Russian program. Miszewska, the Polish-Ukrainian partner- ments of various insurance departments, these mergers — which will result in an The visitors participated in a round- ship is not aimed at isolating Russia, but even larger and stronger Ukrainian fraternal organization — are still on track. table organized by the Harvard Ukrainian rather at helping build a more stable and The 1996 annual meeting was a session at which the UNA began to take a Research Institute on “Current Polish democratic international system in the area. serious look at itself, where it stands today and where it hopes to be tomorrow. Research on the Former Soviet Union From the Polish perspective, it is essential The resolutions and recommendations proposed by the Assembly’s commit- and Independent Ukraine.” During the to prevent Ukraine from becoming isolated tees, and subsequently adopted by the entire body, reflected that atmosphere. seminar, the three guests gave an internationally or even becoming a “buffer (The full texts of the resolutions and recommendations will be published in overview of the history and activities of state” between the West and Russia in the The Weekly.) To wit, as a result of a proposal by the Resolutions Committee, the IES and discussed Polish policy wake of NATO expansion (which is the General Assembly resolved that the UNA consider and adopt “a concise towards independent Ukraine. expected to include Poland, the Czech mission statement setting forth with specificity the role the Ukrainian National As Dr. Karp highlighted during his pre- Republic and Hungary, but not Ukraine). Association intends to play within the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian sentation, building economic links with Thus, a variety of links must be estab- Canadian communities,” and it advised that a specific time slot be set aside at Ukraine and other newly independent states lished, both at the political and at the grass- the 1997 meeting of the General Assembly to compose that statement. is a priority for Poland. Indeed, the estab- roots economic level. At the same time, the Assembly passed a resolution that recommitted the lishment of the IES, and the economic sup- All the speakers emphasized the UNA “to supporting and working with Ukrainian Americans and Ukrainian port it receives from the Ministry of Foreign tremendous interest in Ukraine that exists Canadians, Ukrainian educational institutions and religious and civic organiza- Economic Relations, is proof of this. This is in Poland, especially among young people. tions” in “preserving, promoting and developing our rich Ukrainian heritage, not surprising, because after the collapse of This interest goes beyond security issues, language, culture and the arts.” “cooperation by decree” under the old but extends to all things Ukrainian: the For that same reason, the Assembly voted to continue supporting and subsidiz- Soviet system and the Council of Mutual country’s language, culture and history. ing the UNA’s most important fraternal assets, its two newspapers, Svoboda and Economic Assistance, establishing new Such interest helps overcome historical The Ukrainian Weekly, and its year-round resort, Soyuzivka. Assembly members forms of economic cooperation from below disputes between both countries, and also approved continuation of the UNA’s support for schools of Ukrainian studies has required detailed research and informa- bodes well for the future of Polish- and pedagogical courses for their teachers, student scholarships and the Kyiv tion. Monitoring the economic and political Ukrainian relations. Press Bureau, as well as projects that provide aid to Ukraine. situation in Ukraine and the other newly In addition to their presentations at the Indeed, these resolutions jibed with a statement made by the UNA’s presi- independent states is indeed the main area Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, the dent, Ulana Diachuk, who had pointed out in her opening remarks to the of the IES’s activity. guests from the Polish institute participat- General Assembly that the UNA must proceed in its activity, but that it must Dr. Sielski pointed out that the ed actively in the annual convention of take note of the spirit of the times, while staying true to its time-honored tradi- Institute of Eastern Studies not only con- the American Association for the tion — its 102-year record — of caring for the well-being of its members and ducts research projects, but also acts as Advancement of Slavic Studies, which the Ukrainian community at large. an information clearinghouse for possi- took place on November 14-17 in Boston. Therein lies the strength of the UNA: it cared and it cares. It is and will bilities for economic cooperation. The Dr. Magdziak-Miszewska made a pre- remain more than an insurance company, for a fraternal organization’s raison institute publishes several biweekly and sentation on “Ukrainian-Russian Relations: d’être is to provide for its members and to act on their concerns. monthly newsletters in Polish, Ukrainian The Polish View” at the panel “On the And that, dear readers, is why the UNA will remain strong for years to come. and Russian on the economic, legal and Difficulties of Negotiating the Russian- As long as the Ukrainian community exists, as long as there are Ukrainians who political situation in the countries Ukrainian Partnership Treaty.” This panel join the UNA and work on Ukrainian projects, there will be a UNA to stand involved. The IES’s flagship publication, behind them like a caring father figure, known as “Batko Soyuz.” the quarterly journal Eurazja, published brought together HURI associates Drs. since 1993, provides in-depth analysis of Zenovia Sochor, Lubomyr Hajda and this the political and international situation in writer, as well as HURI’s director, Dr. the former Soviet Union. Recent issues Szporluk, for a discussion of the future of of the journal have focused on Ukraine, Ukrainian-Russian relations. The visit of the Polish researchers is part Nov. of the ongoing efforts of the Ukrainian TurningTurning the pagespages back...back... Margarita M. Balmaceda is assistant Research Institute to put the study of professor of political science, University Ukraine in a broader and more international 26 of Toledo in Ohio, and visiting fellow, context, especially with regard to its rela- Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. tionships with neighboring countries. 1852 Yosyp Tymchenko was born on November 26, 1852, in Okip, a village about 50 miles northwest of Kharkiv, and worked in the machine shop of Kharkiv University, where he Newsbriefs Chornobyl, told Reuters that technical doc- taught himself the fundamentals of mechanical engineering. uments have been sent for approval to the Eventually settling in Odesa, he worked in the factory of the Russian Society for (Continued from page 2) Ukrainian government. Chornobyl reactors Steamships and Trade, and in 1880 established a physical-optical machine shop at that needed) to start the impeachment process. 1 and 3 still function, contributing 5 percent city’s university. That same day Prime Minister Mikhail of Ukraine’s electricity. Ukraine promised to close reactor No. 1 on November 30 and A tireless inventor, his creations included a signalling device for railroads, an appa- Chyhir resigned in protest over the presi- to close the entire plant by 2000 in return ratus for detecting defects in rails and cranes, and an assortment of new types of dent’s proposed referendum, and President for $3.1 billion in grants and credits from devices ranging from atmospheric pressure meters to seismographs. Lukashenka promptly named Syarhei Linh G-7 countries. Ukrainian officials say the Tymchenko also built a working model of the first telephone switching station in the as acting premier. Meanwhile, in Russia, country faces severe energy shortages and world. However, his most important invention was a “stroboscope,” which he assembled though the government had not taken a complain that Western help is coming too together with the physicist Nikolai Liubimov and the inventor Max Freidenberg. position on the crisis in Belarus, its minister slow. (OMRI Daily Digest) This device, which projected “live pictures,” was first demonstrated in Odesa in for CIS affairs, Aman Tuleyev, had insinu- November 1893 and in Moscow the following January at the ninth All-Russian ated that Western opposition to Mr. C O R R E C T I O N : The OMRI Daily Digest Congress of Naturalists and Physicians. Although the invention was met with acclaim Lukashenka’s staunch support for integra- has posted the following correction to a in the scientific community, Tsar Nicholas II refused to give the project the necessary tion with Russia had triggered the crisis. news item it had reported: An item titled financial support. (OMRI Daily Digest) “Ukraine tightens citizenship require- A similar device was patented by the brothers Lumière in France in 1985, and a Ukraine may restart a Chornobyl reactor ments” should have said that the Ukrainian year later they toured the Russian empire with it. In the early 1920s, Tymchenko’s Parliament had only preliminarily approved students formed Kinap, the Soviet Union’s first movie company. The inventor died in KYIV — Ukrainian nuclear authorities a new bill on citizenship that would bar Odesa on May 20, 1924. prepared plans to restart Chornobyl reactor dual citizenship in the country. The bill Source: “Tymchenko, Yosyp,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 5 (Toronto: University of No. 2, which was shut down in 1991 after a must still be approved in a second reading Toronto Press, 1993). fire. Valerii Idelson, spokesman for before the changes go into effect. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 7

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Perth Amboy veterans re c a l l by Myron B. Kuropas s h a red times, community service by Tom Hawrylko out at the Ukrainian American Democratic Club on State Street. Days when these Reflections of a “whiner” PERTH AMBOY, N.J. – The way veterans hosted great parish picnics and Perth Amboy resident Mike Ekalo tells helped raise money for the new church Long before the GOP had a presiden- my views with facts. Much of the time I it, they were neighbors in north Amboy – and school on Alta Vista Place. tial nominee, I produced a column titled cite sources. In my October 13 article, for “Will the comeback kid come back?” example, I cited FBI Director Louis young Ukrainian kids who grew up along So here they are now, celebrating the The article was about Bill Clinton, writ- Freeh, columnist David Horowitz, and the railroad tracks near their old church 50th anniversary of their club. The Uke ten at a time when the president’s author Ben Wattenberg. I don’t write “on off of State Street in Perth Amboy. boys from north Amboy are still togeth- But over half a century has passed from er. What kept these guys together over approval rating was low. my knee” as Ukrainians say. Nor do I those carefree days of playing ball down in the six or seven decades since their I listed many of the reasons favoring succumb to personal name-calling. the tank fields across the tracks. World youth? What is the glue that binds Mr. Clinton’s re-election. A growing The reader shouldn’t think that Mr. War II came and those kids became men. decades of friendships? How do you economy, low interest, a low inflation Wichar and Dr. Lazaruk were the only rate, apparent successes in the foreign people to write me about my October 13 They enlisted, some died in action, others describe their “right stuff”? policy arena. article. Olga Kereluk of Plano, Texas, for came back heroes, but serving together, “Born and raised with him,” is how the American Ukrainian Veterans of Perth Spike Kosmyna, Perth Amboy’s most I even suggested the possibility that example, thanked me for writing it. “I Amboy made sure that Hitler and his decorated World War II veteran sums it the presidentFaces might receive and the NobelPlaceshave been showing this [my article] to cohorts were knocked back on their Axis. up, pointing across the table at no one in Peace Prize. Since Nobel prize candi- neighbors,” she wrote. “Too bad it was In the 1940s, many of the gang mar- particular, but the whole gang of them. dates can be nominated by past laureates, not printed in our news media throughout ried their hometown sweethearts, built I was convinced that the presence of Elie our country.” Like Mr. Wichar, she also “That means we were together from the homes in Perth Amboy, went to work in Weisel next to Hillary Rodham Clinton voted for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. So beginning, and we’ll always be together, the factories. They became fathers and to the end.” during Mr. Clinton’s State of the Union there you have it. Two Ukrainians of the eventually grandfathers. “We were neighbors, school kids. address was no accident. same generation with two differing opin- Some of their sisters married guys that “We’re like cousins,” said Mike Ekalo, Although it was the last thing I expect- ions regarding the election. America! weren’t “Ukes,” and new friendships another veteran. “We’re a close-knit unit, ed, Julian Kulas and Andrew Fedynsky Although I have the highest regard for began. Since then, generations of their and we’ve been through a helluva lot wrote a letter to The Ukrainian Weekly Bob Dole’s character and legislative families have been baptized or buried in using my own arguments to promote Bill record (I know of what I speak because I together.” Or like the Audie Murphy our church, yet through it all, the Uke story, they’ve been “To Hell And Back.” Clinton for “four more years.” I have to was once his legislative assistant), the boys from north Amboy stayed together. These guys saw war, the Perth Amboy admit it was an inspired “gotcha.” man lost because he mounted one of the Back in their heyday, the 1950s, 1960s boom, the bust. Now they’re watching Mr. Clinton didn’t win the Nobel worst campaigns in memory (again I and 1970s, you could find them hanging their hometown and their church grow in Peace Prize, but he did win the election know of what I speak because I’ve been different ways again. “That’s why we’re for many of the reasons I listed in my actively involved in GOP national cam- article. paigns since 1960). The ethnic vote was At 39, Tom Hawrylko is the youngest still active in the church and in the com- member of the American Ukrainian munity,” said Steve Koval of Carteret. On October 13 I wrote an article titled almost totally ignored; the campaign Veterans of Perth Amboy. A U.S. Navy “Born and raised, like Spike said. We “Read his pen, not his lips.” I compared staff was inept; there was no direction, veteran, he is originally from Perth care what happens here.” Mr. Clinton’s promises with his delivery. no vision, no coordination, little disci- Amboy and now resides in Clifton. He Born and raised. It’s a magnetism that Eugene Iwanciw also wrote a critical pline. As early as late September we in was the master of ceremonies for the article. Even though there was nothing in Illinois heard that Dole’s people had con- club’s 50th anniversary celebration. (Continued on page 14) any of our articles that was untrue, ceded the state to Mr. Clinton. That’s Stephen Wichar of Clinton Township, never happened before. Mich., was so incensed he wrote a letter Mr. Clinton, on the other hand, ran a to The Ukrainian Weekly calling Mr. superb campaign. Personally charming, Ukrainian traditions permeate Iwanciw and me “bashers” and “whin- he was surrounded by a disciplined staff ers.” that projected confidence and coordina- the way of life in Wi n n i p e g Dr. William Lazaruk of Fairfield, tion. They wooed the ethnic vote and the Conn., also penned a letter to The Reagan Democrats for almost four years. by Orysia Paszczak Tracz to the city, my husband and I were sim- Ukrainian Weekly. In his letter he wrote Every time I turned around, it seemed, ply not permitted to stay at the hotel, and that he was upset that The Weekly pub- there was a picture of Messrs. Kulas or WINNIPEG — It all started on our very were taken in for a few days, fed, driven lished my column. He mentioned that he Fedynsky or both with President Clinton first visit to Winnipeg, a few decades ago, around, and made to feel at home by peo- really enjoys The Ukrainian Weekly and or Al Gore or some other high-ranking on a frigid late-December evening, on ple we had only met that day. he gives his issues to local libraries Democrat. White House officials were Portage Avenue near the old Birk’s build- Now that we’re on food, is there any where they are welcomed. “I could not visible at Ukrainian functions. That, ing. As this bear of a man approached us Winnipeger who doesn’t know what a give the October 13 issue,” he com- combined with the state visits of [later we learned the policeman was wear- perogy [i.e., varenyk] is? Or where to get plained, “because it would be a disgrace President Clinton to Ukraine and ing a buffalo-coat], we asked him where the best ones? At the churches, of course, to the Ukrainians to have non-Ukrainians President Leonid Kuchma to the United the closest Ukrainian church was, since it usually on Thursdays and Fridays. read the trash and lies Mr. Kuropas States, had an impact on our community. was Christmas time, and we wanted to (Do try to avoid the cardboard ones wrote.” Like many of his ilk, Dr. Lazaruk We need to remember, however, that visit. With a big smile, the bear says, in sold commercially.) Is there any time of probably supports censorship of contrary there are two political parties in the Ukrainian, “Ta ya vam pokazhu!” (I’ll day when Alycia’s and Sevala’s aren’t opinions. United States and it is important that show you). crowded with diners? For Ukrainian Later in his letter Dr. Lazaruk wrote: Ukrainians be represented in both. That’s This was the first person we met in Christmas, those not celebrating at home “I am curious to know of the extent of been our tradition and that’s the way it Winnipeg and, for me, was an indication of crowd these restaurants in shifts. education Mr. Kuropas does have.” Next should remain. We may try to outsmart what I would later discover – that Winnipeg The city’s Christmas lights don’t get to his signature he wrote: “B.Sc.; B. Ed; each other during campaign years but for and Manitoba were secretly Ukrainian! turned off until after “Ukrainian” M.A.; Ph.D.” Since I have a B.S., an the other three years we need to work Where should this list start? What about Christmas (called this even though others M.A. and a Ph.D., I am not any more together on issues of concern to our com- your neighbors, co-workers, or in-laws? Is also celebrate by the Julian calendar). impressed with Dr. Larzaruk’s creden- munity. there anyone out there whose family Where else would you find wheat and tials than I am with his ideas. Yes, President Clinton will remain in doesn’t include at least one Ukrainian baba poppy seeds at the check-out counter of What troubles me about the two letters the White House, but Republicans will [grandmother] or brother-in-law? The one any supermarket for Ukrainian is not that they were written nor that the remain in command of Congress. who cooks so well or who sings so beauti- Christmas? Paska and kolach (Easter and authors disagreed with me. Many people Ukrainians need to have a voice in both fully, for any occasion? Christmas breads) are sold in every bak- have taken umbrage with my opinions branches of government. In your daily walk around the neigh- ery and supermarket, and the customers over the years and that’s fine. I don’t One final note. When I was a special borhood, you can usually tell it’s a are not just Ukrainian. expect everyone to agree with my views. assistant to President Gerald R. Ford, I Ukrainian house because of the glorious The intellectual, business, political, I have occasionally been accused of went out of my way to make sure that flowers and the vegetable garden, instead and especially cultural life of the city has being uninformed, biased, homophobic both Ukrainian Republicans and of just greenery. been enriched by Ukrainians. What a and reactionary. Most of the time, how- Democrats were represented at White Have you been to a Ukrainian wedding treasure we have in Leo Mol (just spend ever, my detractors have offered evi- House functions. Why? Because I recently, or wished you had? Not the 15- a few hours in his sculpture garden), and dence, facts, if you will, to support their believed that both parties had articulate minute “English” one with the understated in so many other acclaimed visual and perspective. leaders that could represent our com- stand-up reception afterwards, but the mini- performing artists of Ukrainian descent. Unfortunately, neither Mr. Wichar nor munity. President Ford had an open mum two-to-three-day party, with a full sit- We have the Olexander Koshetz Dr. Lazaruk bothered to do that in their door for all Ukrainians. In his conclu- down dinner, dancing, singing, and the memorial choir, the Hoosli men’s choir, letters. Their approach was simply to sion Mr. Wichar wrote: “After reception the day after – you know, one of Rusalka Dance Ensemble, the many name-call, a technique used so effective- November 5, Ukrainian Democrats will the “normal” Ukrainian weddings. other excellent dance groups, such as ly by the Clinton White House. When have an open door. I don’t know about If you visit a Ukrainian home, are you Orlan, Rozmai and Troyanda. The Hopak you don’t like the message, attack the the bashers.” Does that mean Mr. ever not fed? The Ukrainian hospitality messenger. Iwanciw won’t be invited to any more really hit home, because on that first visit (Continued on page 14) In most of my articles I try to buttress state dinners? 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 No. 47 Innovative stage director Roman Hurko expands horizons In the late summer and early fall, Roman Hurko, 34, Potentially, because they do have more resources at make a living. That’s the situation I saw in Odesa. As a Toronto-born Ukrainian Canadian musician was back the Kyiv Opera, but unfortunately it isn’t run by for- far as I know, everybody who could, left. in his native city, working on a collaborative adaptation ward-looking people. [Baritone Anatoliy] Mokrenko In St. Petersburg, there are people like Vasyl Gerelo, of Richard Strauss’s opera “Salomé” with Armenian and [baritone Dmytro] Hnatiuk are miscast in their posi- who is from around Ivano-Frankivsk. He sang “Onegin” Canadian film-maker Atom Egoyan (director of the tions. For example, Hnatiuk might be a great singer, but here [in Canada] last year. He speaks Ukrainian beauti- Cannes-acclaimed feature “Exotica”), for a staging he’s now head of directing and he seems not to have a fully, but he’s gone, as far as Ukraine is concerned. produced by the Canadian Opera Company. very good grasp of the tasks he faces. It’s frustrating. Another guy, this big bass “from Moscow,” named This graduate of the University of Toronto (B.A., It seems that they’re more interested in touring and Motorin. I was working with him in Madrid last year. music history and theory, 1987) and veteran assistant earning hard currency than developing their own art and During a break, we were walking around town and he director at the COC (on staff from 1988 to 1993), has have the country’s musical scene progress. breaks into a Ukrainian folk song, and I said, “Oh so since worked as an assistant stage director on 13 works The heavyweights could tour, couldn’t they, and you know that,” and he answered, “Sure, half of our produced by the Washington Opera at the Kennedy simply let somebody else take over things back home? theater is made up of Ukrainians.” Center, the Salzburg Festival, the Royal Opera House Then again, it’s very easy for me, who is quite com- (Covent Garden) in London, L’Opéra de Monte Carlo, Sure, that would be the best of both worlds. Of fortable materially, to go to Ukraine, and say, “Why the Teatro de Zarzuela in Madrid, and celebrated his course, I don’t want to be too harsh, because they do aren’t you going forward artistically?” directorial debut at the Spoleto Festival in Italy in June, have to contend with very difficult times economically. There are people in Ukraine who face the basic ques- overseeing the production of Handel’s “Semele.” But then I look at the opera in St. Petersburg, and I see a tions of how to live, how they are going to get some- Mr. Hurko has also shared duties as conductor of the director with vision there. thing to eat. So if that means staging a traditional Italian St. Evtymiy Church Choir at the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Isn’t it because, under the Soviet regime, the best opera and touring with it, well, I guess that’s what they Catholic Church in Toronto, an ensemble he was instru - were drawn from throughout the USSR, then were have to do to survive. mental in founding in 1985. gathered in Moscow and Leningrad in order to be On the other hand, if I hadn’t seen St. Petersburg CONCLUSION paraded before the West? where people are doing something new, it would trouble me less. Of course, the Russians had more of a reputa- How was your transition from school to the work- True, but the current director of the St. Petersburg opera tion already, which allows them to push the envelope. ing world? [the Kirov] is exposed to the West because he’s got some- thing to show. What are we doing? Old Italian operas. And Then again, how are Ukrainians going to establish Fairly smooth. After a year as apprentice director at going out on tour to make money, practically begging for it. a reputation? By doing traditional stuff, or by stak- the University of Toronto Opera School [in 1987], I did In classical music, there are many Ukrainian com- ing out new ground? an audition for the Canadian Opera Company, and they posers right at the forefront of the modern repertoire, so Exactly. The opera tradition isn’t really ours, to the picked me for their apprentice program. why not work at what we’ve got? Put it to use in opera, same extent that it’s Italian and French and Russian and You had a possibility of going to the Juilliard find our own niche and build up our own art. German; we have no Verdi, Wagner or Mozart, but let’s go School of Music in New York, right? In St. Petersburg, they do travel to the West, but then and make it. Maybe now is our time. Maybe now the great they come back because they feel they have a stake in what I was trying to set things up there, but then I was star of Ukrainian opera culture is waiting, so let’s go for- goes on at home. I went out to a hard currency bar after a ward, create something that is in our style, rather than trot- working in the real thing, with people who actually do show with a director there, Valeriy Giorgiev, and after two it, so why stay in a school situation? ting out pale provincial imitations of what other people do. beers he said, “Well, there goes my fee for the night.” So Then again, let’s keep in mind that my comments are What did you do after your stint as staff assistant he also gets paid a pittance when he’s in Russia. based on observations from 1993, so maybe the situation director at the COC? But he’s making $10,000 a night conducting at the has changed dramatically for the better, and modern opera Met in New York, so he doesn’t care. He comes home I’ve been travelling for the past three years, working is being staged in Ukraine, in a new style. I don’t simply and works basically for free, but he does it because he want to stand smugly to one side and pass judgement. at Covent Garden in London, in Madrid, Monte Carlo, feels a sense of responsibility for the culture. the Salzburg Festival, the Spoleto Festival. I’ve also In the late 1980s, you helped set up a youth church been in the U.S. often — Washington, Costa Mesa in You were also in Odesa, right? choir in Toronto, right? California, and Detroit. Well, yes. Together with Roman Terleckyj, a director At St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, right, You were going to do some work in Ukraine, weren’t with the Washington Opera. We were invited a few although now it’s mostly run by Adrian Iwachiw. I love y o u ? years ago, about three now. We went there, and it was it. That’s one of the things I really like — our liturgical in such disarray. I was supposed to direct [Richard Strauss’s] “Elektra” music. I’m actually collecting it these days. Scores and We had an interview with the head of the company, arrangements. at the Lviv Opera, but that fell through. They had con- and he was terribly ill with cancer. It was sad. But it siderable internal problems. I wanted to bring in a sur- was also a cruel metaphor for the state of things. We When you were in Ukraine, were you collecting title screen and all sorts of new technology, just so they saw a performance of [Giaccomo Puccini’s] “La arrangements? could be exposed to it. I managed to get a $10,000 grant Bohème” — no chorus, no children, a puny little set, the No, not at that point. I looked around for choirs. I lived from CBIE [the Canadian Bureau for International orchestra sounded terrible. Education], but they folded on me. in Kyiv for a bit, in 1993, trying to get things happening The man who sang Marcello, one of the leads, he at the Kyiv Opera. No success there, unfortunately, but Because of internal politics? took me to a restaurant where he had to sing until three I’d sing at the Vydubychi Monastery, with a a group of in the morning, first dressed as a cowboy, then in some Some of that, and a lack of resources. It’s probably excellent singers. Some were professionals, some just sort of Jewish outfit — a bizarre cabaret act. too ambitious for them. came out of a love of their ritual. There was also bunch of Imagine having to sing an entire performance of “La Would it have been easier to do in Kyiv? Bohème,” then having to go sing in a restaurant, just to (Continued on page 10) Barvinsky Project reports results of centennial commemorations CRANFORD, N.J. – A decade ago, a made at the prestigious RCA Studios in prepared by Bruce Bohle, New York trio of musicians, namely organist and New York (February 1988). These were and London); pianist Michael Grill (Munich), pianist world premiere recordings of the two • a number of transcriptions from and educator Marta Shlemkevych- works. miscellaneous compositions by Sawycky, and media specialist/music • A series of broadcasts from Barvinsky for organ and also for chorus scholar Roman Sawycky Jr. decided to WQXR, the “radio station of The New (performed, broadcast and recorded by a mark the 100th anniversary of the birth York Times” (1987-1988) was hosted German chorus in Munich); of the distinguished Ukrainian compos- by Robert Sherman, New York Times • the discovery in 1993 of the er, pianist and educator Vasyl critic and executive producer at WQXR. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F Barvinsky (1888-1963). Following scheduling difficulties, the Minor and other musical works by After a successful interview in the cassette recording of the “Ukrainian Barvinsky, up to now considered lost, offices of Svoboda and The Ukrainian Suite” and Sonata has finally been and the return of all these works to Weekly (Jersey City), the resulting pub- issued, first with German text, intended Ukrainian publishers and concert halls. licity enabled the initiators of the for distribution in Germany and Austria. • a collection of the legacy of “Barvinsky Project” to go forward with The Ukrainian and English issues will Barvinsky (music, recordings, writings, their plans. The following events became follow, along with the ultimate CD for- photographs, video programs, etc.). possible after a fruitful fund-raiser. mat. A special companion booklet in all Should additional funds be forthcom- • A festive Jubilee Concert was held at languages is already being prepared. ing, the “Barvinsky Project” could be the Ukrainian Institute of America, New Within the period of 1985-1995, continued with: a monographic bibliogra- York, on the exact day of the 100th members of the Barvinsky Project also phy and discography of the Barvinsky anniversary, namely February 20, 1988. completed the following: legacy (complete with editing and print- The program included fundamental • a detailed and illustrated article ing), an extensive article on the composer Barvinsky works for piano, the rarely titled “International Aspects of Vasyl and his times in the noted German news- performed “Ukrainian Suite” and the Barvinsky” – published in several paper Die Zeit; and new recordings of world premiere of the Piano Sonata installments by The Ukrainian Weekly; works and/or re-issues of older ones. ( 1 9 0 9 - 1 9 1 1 ) . • an entry on Barvinsky in the For further information contact: The • Digital stereo recordings of the International Cyclopedia of Music and Barvinsky Project, c/o Roman Sawycky, “Ukrainian Suite” and the Sonata were Musicians (10th and 11th editions, as 205 Casino Ave., Cranford, NJ 07016. Vasyl Barvinsky (1888-1963) No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 9

DATELINE IVANO-FRANKIVSK: A celebration of independence by Helen Smindak

The Ukrainian Weekly correspondent Helen Smindak took an eight-week excursion last summer through the Carpathian Mountain foothills in southeast Poland, eastern Slovakia and western Ukraine. Traveling solo, she visited Lemko and Rusyn folk festivals (see Dateline Zdynia, September 15, for the Lemko festival), toured museums, art galleries and vintage wooden churches, and celebrated the fifth anniversary of Ukraine’s inde - pendence with the residents of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Her description of the Ivano-Frankivsk cele - bration follows.

IVANO-FRANKIVSK — For two days last August, the citizens of western Ukraine’s second largest city reveled in the ecstasy of Ukraine’s fifth anniversary as a free nation, setting aside worries about unemployment, unpaid pensions, inflation and the lack of hot water. Thousands of residents, many of them in embroi- dered shirts, and a clutch of visitors from the United States and Canada joined civic and regional officials at a viche (rally) outside the regional administration build- ing on the morning of August 24. During the afternoon, they strolled through the streets of the town center, browsing through crafts exhibits, taking in an outdoor stage program presented by the city’s choral and folk dance ensembles, and nibbling pastries purchased from street vendors. In the evening, they streamed into Rukh stadium to view a theatrical pageant featuring 1,000 Onlookers watch and listen as a band of musicians accompanies a men’s chorus at the commemoration honoring costumed performers. poet Ivan Franko. To the right of the poet’s monument stands the Ivan Franko Music and Drama Theater. On Sunday, they assembled at two commemorative programs marking the 140th anniversary of the birth of youngsters, sporting embroidered shirts and bright blue “Bozhe Velykyi, Yedynyi” by a mixed choir, a reading Ivan Franko, western Ukraine’s foremost poet and shorts, gazed wide-eyed as dozens of the region’s top of the act proclaiming the independence of Ukraine, and writer, for whom the city and region were re-named in athletes, including Olympic participants Roman the playing of the Ukrainian anthem while the national 1962 (they were formerly known as Stanyslaviv). The Virastiuk and Serhiy Osovych, jogged into the square to flag was hoisted into the air. ceremonial placing of wreaths and garlands of flowers the acclaim of the crowd. The history of Ukraine unfolded in a series of vivid was held at the Franko monument in the afternoon, Charging the event with excitement and high emo- tableaux portraying prominent leaders of the past, who while a formal program of speeches, poetry, drama and tion were the strains of the Ukrainian national anthem, appeared on stage and addressed the audience – the music took place at the Ivan Franko Philharmonic played by the band several times during the rally; the early ruler Askold, the Princes Yaroslav Mudryi, Music and Drama Theater in the evening. bright voices of pre-school children reciting and singing Volodymyr Monomakh and Danylo Halytsky, and Patriotic sentiment ran high, for this region is part of patriotic verses, and the rhythmic clatter of soldiers’ Hetmans Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Ivan Mazepa, who the heartland of Ukrainian nationalism as well as the boots striking the pavement in unison during the parade were accompanied by a group of Zaporozhian Kozaks. center of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), whose at rally’s end. They were followed by the Hutsul chieftain Oleksa soldiers fought both German and Russian invaders dur- Army veterans, former Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and Dovbush, the Sichovi Striltsi and UPA soldiers, whose ing World War II. UPA members, Ivano-Frankivsk’s police force, the appearance on the field drew a standing ovation from Golden sunshine and blue skies, reflected in bright National Guard of Ukraine, Soyuz Ukrayinok members, the audience. yellow-and-blue banners and national flags bedecking athletes and a group of young men in Kozak garb joined Woven together by a dramatic narrative, the inspira- shop windows, squares and streets, embraced the week- in the march past the reviewing stand. tional portraits were accompanied by presentations from end following weeks of wet, dreary weather. Vivid tableaux choral ensembles, soloists, orchestras and folk-dance Slava Ukrayini! groups from the city and the region, assisted by a guest As the sun dipped low on the horizon on Saturday dance troupe from Zaporizhia. The tableaux were per- While crowds gathered for the rally in front of the evening, the blare of three trembitas resounded across formed on three stages – a large main stage with a white building on Hrushevsky Street that houses Ivano- the stands of Rukh stadium, echoing through nearby raised rear deck and two circular stages set at the ends Frankivsk’s administrative offices and cultural organi- Shevchenko Park and rippling across the rooftops in the of the field. zations and societies, cries of “Slava!” and “Slava southwest corner of the city. The 1930s famine was depicted by gaunt figures on a Ukrayini!” were shouted repeatedly by bystanders and The plaintive call of the Hutsul folk instruments, an darkened field; the period of detention and internment by uniformed contingents assembled around the square. integral part of the people who inhabit the southern por- black-clad men with dogs and groups of people carrying Large statues of a bandurist and a dulcimer-player, tion of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, heralded the tablets inscribed with the names of concentration camps. symbols of the unity of central/eastern Ukraine and entrance of 100 flag bearers and initiated a four-hour The tragedies of Chornobyl and Babyn Yar were mourned western Ukraine, looked benignly at dignitaries gath- pageant observed by some 20,000 persons. ered on stage in front of the “White House,” as the Formal opening ceremonies included the singing of (Continued on page 15) administrative building is popularly called. Main speaker Stepan Volkovetsky, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from Ivano-Frankivsk and chief administrator of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, brought greetings from Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and told the cheering crowd: “We will never return to totali- tarianism; we will go forward to a better future.” His address culminated with the declaration: “Our nation exists, and will exit for ages to come.” Listening to Mr. Volkovetsky and to speakers who referred to August 24, 1991, as a “singular event” that saw “the beginning of a new era for Ukraine,” Daria K. Detsyk nodded her head emphatically, tears glinting in her eyes. The septuagenarian, who served as one of Ivano-Frankivsk’s deputies to the first Verkhovna Rada of independent Ukraine, has spent years on the national UPA board and with the Memorial Society, trying to bring the reality of Soviet crimes against Ukraine to the knowledge of its newly sovereign citizens. (In October 1992, The New York Times had carried a story about Mrs. Detsyk by Steven Erlanger titled “A Life as Prisoner of Europe’s Hatreds.”) Homemaker and embroidery expert Yaroslava Slutsky, secretary of the local Rukh organization since its inception in 1987, had a blissful smile on her face, a smile that said, “We are free.” Elsewhere in the crowd, Ihor Petrovsky, an employed refrigerator technician, and his wife, Oksana, a part- time nurse, held their young sons, Yevhen, 4, and Artur, Helen Smindak Pre-school youngsters conclude a program of recitations and songs, waving flags, balloons and wreaths who was born on Independence Day in 1991. The 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 No. 47

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BOX 746 choirs in the city, in all shrines, synagogues Chester, NY 10918 Innovative director. . . included, they have musicians on the pay- 914-469-4247 (Continued from page 8) roll who serve as anchors, section leaders. BILINGUAL HOME APPOINTMENTS Many of them have people from various expatriate North Americans, including my faculties of music, so you have somebody cousins, the Deychakiwskys from the very strong to hold it together. When I U.S., and Boris Balan from Toronto, peo- went to school in Toronto’s faculty of ple like that. music, many of my friends worked for Did this choir look for “napivy” and church ensembles, and that’s an example I other liturgical material that might have think Ukrainian churches could learn from. been lost, or sift through the canon? It’s not a matter of support for the con- Not really, they would simply sit atop ductor. When I do it, they pay me well their mountain of culture, metaphorically enough. 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That’s lovely, too, but be great to learn what all that means. for me, when there’s a beautiful choir, it Then, the next step would be to expand takes the music, the feeling of the rite, and outward, not just sing on Sundays, but do elevates it to a higher level. vespers and all the other things for which music exists. When you do opera, do you have a For me, without singing, it’s not prayer. sense of communing with a higher There’s an entirely different atmosphere level of beauty? when there’s someone singing beside you. Oh yes. Sometimes I’m in rehearsal and Not just singing, but singing beautifully. I just have to close my eyes. It’s just so That affected me powerfully in my child- beautiful, and I close my eyes and think, h o o d . “Wow, they’re paying me to do this.” When the singing is beautiful, you really This summer, when I was directing the want to be there. 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oped in playing his vital role in the adop- To run and when... tion of what the Left refers to as the (Continued from page 2) “bourgeois” Constitution. Chairmanship past several months appointed new oblast of the recently created consultative coun- chairmen in approximately half of the cil of political parties represented in the oblasts, but he has also created a position Rada provides a convenient platform of deputy chairman for political affairs at from which to publicize this more cen- this critical level. trist persona. However, under contemporary circum- Prime Minister Lazarenko has stated JOIN US FOR A FAMILY STYLE stances, loyalty tends to be conditional in that he is not interested in running for the the sense that traditional center-periphery presidency. Today, there is no reason to TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING DINNER differences emerge quite spontaneously disbelieve him. But three years is virtually and agendas – as well as ambitions – an eternity in politics. Besides, he could AT SOYUZIVKA begin to diverge. Under such circum- not have been unaware of the fact that his stances, regional officials begin to follow predecessor had been dismissed for sup- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1996 developments at the center with a view to posedly breaking ranks with the president 1 PM identifying the most likely pretender to by cultivating his own political image. With the administration so sensitive to * EXTENSIVE SALAD BAR that position upon which their long-term political survival ultimately depends – in even the slightest hint of disloyalty, discre- * TURKEY DINNER WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS this case the presidency. tion is clearly the better part of valor. * VIENNESE DESSERT TABLE President Leonid Kravchuk had failed Further evidence is provided by devel- opments around key legislation. 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No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 13 Ohio Boychoir to perform concert UKI-TEES at special White House reception Colorful Screenprinted PARMA, Ohio — The Ohio Boychoir, Ohio Boychoir was one of the first as part of its 23rd holiday concert program, groups to tour Ukraine in 1989 while will perform at a special reception at the Ukraine was still part of the former White House on Monday, December 9. Soviet Union and once again in 1991 in This is the second time the choir will sing independent Ukraine. The tours included there, having appeared at the White House performances in the historic opera houses in 1993. of Lviv and Kyiv. Ukrainian audiences Under the direction of Alexander B. were quite surprised to hear an all- Sunfl ower P oppies Shevchenko Moneta Musichuk, Ohio Boychoir will present hol- American boychoir sing works in their iday selections in six different languages, language. All T-shirts are 100% Cotton, in a Natural (Off including “Shchedryk” by Mykola Director Musichuk is Ukrainian and White) color. Leontovych in Ukrainian. Comprising the frequently directs the boys in Ukrainian concert program are works by G.B. selections. 1 Tee . . . . Send check or money or der payabl e to: R n ’ R Pergolesi, Bach, Gounod, Stuart W. The choir’s holiday concert schedule in $16.00 Raleigh, Cesar Franck, Adolphe Adam and Ohio is the following: Sunday, December 1 Enter pr ises Benjamin Britten. — Hudson, First Congregational Church of 2 Tees . . . payabl e to: 3 7 3 Gr a n i t The community choir, founded in 1974 Hudson, 47 Aurora St., 3 p.m.; two concerts R oa d by Mr. Musichuk, has developed into one on Sunday, December 8 — Youngstown, $30.00 payabl e to: Ac c or d, N.Y. of Ohio’s prized cultural assets and has Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick 3 Tees . . . 1 2 4 0 4 toured extensively throughout the world. Ave., 1 p.m.; and Boardman, St. Charles During the sumer of 1995, the choir Church, 73245 Westview Dr., 6 p.m.; WE SPEAK participated in the first International Sunday, December 15 — Cleveland, St. Music Festival of Munich on the 100th Ignatius Church, 10205 Lorain Ave., 3 anniversary of Carl Orff’s birth in that p.m.; and Sunday, December 22 — Parma, German city, where they were awarded a St. Francis de Sales Church, corner of State 25-È äÛ¥Ì¸ ìëè ¥ 10-ËÈ äÛ¥Ì¸ ìèë coveted Gold Award. and Snow, 3 p.m. Á‡ÔÓ¯Û˛Ú¸ ̇ by declaring, “from the time I served in Ukrainian American... the U.S. Army, the role of the women in (Continued from page 4) the military shifted from support services Philadelphia veterans established Post to that of equality with men, including ‚ Ô’flÚÌˈ˛ 29-„Ó ÎËÒÚÓÔ‡‰‡. No. 4 in 1946. The speaker proceeded combat.” The address was greeted with a with historical highlights that defined standing ovation. ê‡Ï‡‰‡ ÉÓÚÂθ this unit for the next half-century. Mr. The third speaker was Robert Gulay, ßÒÚ É‡ÌÓ‚Â, ç˛ ÑÊÂÁ¥ Zenuk concluded his talk by affirming, “I the prime mover of the UAV Adopt-a- was very proud to have served in the Hospital program in Ukraine. He èÓ˜‡ÚÓÍ 9-Ú‡ „Ó‰. ‚˜. United States armed forces during World expounded on the potential avenues of É‡π ÓÍÂÒÚ‡ “íÖåèé” War II. I am also proud of my Ukrainian charity that could evolve from this kind heritage. I feel these are strong bonds project. He focused on the efforts of New ᇠ¥ÌÙÓχˆ¥flÏË ÚÂÎÂÙÓÌÛ‚‡ÚË ‰Ó é΄‡ äÓÎÓ‰¥fl, (201) 763-1797 which hold veterans together.” Jersey veterans who have been able to The keynote speaker for the 49th deliver more than $11 million in medical Convention was Anna Krawczuk, for- aid in two and one-half years. “I strongly merly with the United States Medical urge that all veterans’ groups in America Corps, and currently serving a second take part in this humanitarian project,” term as the president of the Ukrainian Mr. Gulay concluded. 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lain and also associate cantor of the Landrus Productions Inc. proudly Perth Amboy veterans... Ukrainian Assumption Church. Perhaps (Continued from page 7) he summed it up best for the whole presents for the first time on home video: keeps pulling you back, said Charles gang: “The Lord kept me safe during the Kosmyna, Spike’s cousin. Back in 1937, war, and I’m happy to serve Him here he left for the U.S. Army Air Corps and n o w . ” That’s what American Ukrainian R u s h n y c h o k didn’t really stay active in the club until Veterans from north Amboy have been rejoining some 40 years later. “When I doing for the past 50 years: serving the Ukrainian Music & Friends started coming around again, it was like I Lord, serving our church and serving our never left,” he said. community. A down-home look at Ukrainian music through the eyes Another so-called prodigal son is John On November 10, the American of four friends who toured and recorded for more than a decade. Fetcishin of Fords. After the war, he got Ukrainian Veterans hosted a 50th married in St. John’s Church, moved to anniversary celebration. It was a time to Rushnychok is a Ukrainian band that has fundamentally Fords, but said he also got a warm wel- look back at their contributions, recall influenced the way Ukrainian music is played in North America. come back into the fold of the guys he times they shared and a chance to grew up with when he returned. remember friends and family no longer Find Rushnychok at many fine Ukrainian stores or order it by mail from: Joe Markow was a medic during with them. It was a good day to be an World War II. Now he’s the club’s chap- American Ukrainian Veteran! Landrus Productions, 4 Hope Dr., Charlottetown, PE, C1A 8T3, Canada.

Send cheque or money order for $29.95 (includes shipping and tax) and knows how to sing “Mnohaya Lita” Ukrainian traditions... (all two words of the lyrics). And without (Continued from page 7) the domed churches dotting the horizon, is a finale to any multicultural concert. the city would not look the same. Try buying dancing slippers for your Wearing an embroidered Ukrainian OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, P.C. child in the mall shoe store, and getting shirt, you barely get a second look in Winnipeg. You have to be careful what D. Benedetto, M.D. M. Lopatynsky, M.D. asked if you want the slippers for ballet, or for Ukrainian dancing. you say in public, because you never The Ukrainian Cultural and Educational know who’s around and who understands Marta Lopatynsky, MD Center, Oseredok, offers its exhibits, class- Ukrainian – and at the same time, you’ll • Medical, laser and surgical treatment of eye diseases es and lectures. Pysanky – the exquisite sure learn a lot about others! “Chekai” • Comprehensive eye examinations Ukrainian Easter eggs — are a normal [wait or stop], “dai Bozhe” [may God • Specialty interests component of anyone’s Easter. The Kyiv grant] and “na zdorovia” [to your health] - Small incision cataract surgery Pavilion at Folklorama, with its vibrance are phrases most everyone understands. - Nearsighted surgery (Excimer laser and radial keratotomy surgery) and vitality, and the unbelievable zabava From foreigners in sheepskin coats a - Corneal surgery and external eye disease (dance) at the end are widely known. century ago being admonished to “talk Evening and Saturday hours. Then there are the daily Ukrainian white” and change their surnames, 261 James Street, Suite 2D 124 Avenue B radio program on CKJS Radio, with its Ukrainians have become an integral part Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Bayonne, New Jersey 07002 many non-Ukrainian fans; the late of Canada, of that unravelable, spectacu- 201-984-3937 201-436-1150 beloved Mayor Steve Juba; and Mayor larly woven tapestry that especially Bill Norrie, an adopted Ukrainian, who makes up western Canada, Manitoba, Full participation with all major insurance companies including Medicare, wears his embroidered shirt with pride, and “Ukrainian” Winnipeg. Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Oxford, USHealth Care.

ereignty with the United States and Great Ukraine’s Communists... Britain in 1994 in exchange for giving up its TO ALL UNA MEMBERS: (Continued from page 1) nuclear arsenal. Later France and China Kindly be reminded that your dues (premiums) for insurance coverage are payable on the ing in its back yard. signed similar agreements with Ukraine. first day of the month, and not at the end, as some assume. On November 13, at a weekly press On November 14 Verkhovna Rada By paying promptly to your Branch Secretary, you will help him/her remit the monthly col- briefing, President Kuchma’s chief of members belonging to the Republican Party lection to the Home Office in a timely fashion. — HOME OFFICE OF UNA. staff, Dmytro Tabachnyk, pointed out that of Ukraine, including National Deputy Lev if the Duma’s games continue, Ukraine Lukianenko, announced they would intro- could ask members of the international duce a bill that would require all “foreign community that have pledged to support armies to leave Ukrainian soil by the year Ukrainian independence to condemn the 2000” should the Duma pass a resolution Russian actions. “I personally think that declaring Sevastopol Russian territory. what is going on in the Russian Duma is Republican Party leader Bohdan political games between the political elites Yaroshynsky also questioned the of our neighbors,” he explained. “But I response to the situation by the United think that Russian leaders know the possi- States, Great Britain and France: “They ble reaction of the world community.” have not given the appropriate guarantee Ukraine had signed agreements to guar- for the integrity and security of the terri- antee the integrity of its borders and its sov- tory as they had agreed.” Chernomyrdin plays the Kyiv game by Roman Woronowycz words of President Kuchma’s chief of Kyiv Press Bureau staff, Dmytro Tabachnyk, uttered on November 23 at a regular presidential KYIV — Russian Prime Minister press briefing. Viktor Chernomyrdin, like his ailing On November 20 the Kremlin boss, President Boris Yeltsin, has now finally responded to the status of the also played the game “now I am going visit. According to an Interfax report, to Kyiv, now I am not.” presidential foreign policy aide Dmitri Mr. Chernomyrdin was scheduled to Riurikov said, “Progress on the Black be in Kyiv sometime before November Sea Fleet issue will take time and is 15 to finalize papers on the Black Sea the determining factor on a visit.” He Fleet and prepare documents for a com- prehensive treaty on friendship and said no new date has been set. cooperation between Ukraine and The presidential aide went on to say Russia. On October 1 he had announced, that “thus far no close political, eco- soon after a meeting with Ukraine’s nomic and military-political unity is President Leonid Kuchma, that he would visualized for the near term.” be in Kyiv in mid-October, plans that Mr. Riurikov said the Black Sea were delayed for a month when Fleet should have a single base in President Yeltsin’s heart surgery was Sevastopol and that “we are working postponed. on that issue.” The new date came and passed with- The presidential aide also said out a visit, and no one in the Ukrainian Ukraine-Russia relations have been government would comment except to marked by controversy for centuries, but say, “the plan is for the prime minister that “we are going to have a greater to travel to Kyiv.” These were the degree of closeness than we have now.” No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 15

fits enjoyed by Ukrainians today, present- A celebration... ed by hundreds of dancers, singers, (Continued from page 9) teenage acrobats, children, army bands and a column of National Guard soldiers. by three women in black and white cloth- Directed by Merited Artist of Ukraine ing to the accompaniment of tolling bells. Volodymyr Nesterenko, who was assisted Actors portraying poets Taras by Volodymyr Oleksiuk and Roman Shevchenko, Ivan Franko and Lesia Bratkovsky, the pageant featured vocal Ukrayinka, quoting their own works, soloists Oksana Domshynska, Lazlo voiced their conviction that the Ukrainian Gabosh, Mykhailo Popeliuk and Yaroslav people could not be vanquished. Krainyk, a host of distinguished actors, and The compelling production concluded bandurist Pavlo Suprun. Oksana Ivanytska on a high note with a half-hour extrava- and Oleksander Shymansky, who delivered ganza of Hutsul dancing and a mass sce- the narration, gave the production an extra nario representing the freedoms and bene- p u n c h .

Stepping along briskly in the line of march at the Ivano-Frankivsk rally is a group of Soyuz Ukrainok members. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1996 No. 47

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Sunday, December 1 comprises 60 non-professional singers cho- sen by rigorous audition. Tickets: $15; $10 NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of for seniors and students. The evening will America presents a pre-holiday concert of also feature traditional audience carol- classical and popular music featuring singing. For more information call (201) Myroslav Skoryk, Volodymyr Vynnytsky and 762-8486. Marianna Vynnytsky in a program of works by Lysenko, Skoryk, Kos-Anatolsky, E. Sunday, December 8 Kozak and O. Kuzyszyn. The concert is being MAPLEWOOD, N.J.: A concert of choral held at the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at 4 p.m. works by Slavic composers titled “Gateway Monday, December 2 to the Slavic Soul” by the Summit Chorale, CHICAGO: The Friends of Radiology in under the direction of Garyth Nair, will be Ukraine Inc., a non-profit association of pro- held in Morrow Memorial Methodist Church, fessionals in radiology and related fields, is 600 Ridgewood Road, at 4 p.m. The program holding its annual meeting at the includes works by Part, Nair, Stravinsky, Radiological Society of North America Schnittke, Leontovych and Iatsinevich. Conference in McCormick Place, North YORKERS, N.Y.: Ukrainian National Building, Room N 133, at 11:30-1 p.m. Women’s League of America Branch 30 Guest speakers are Dr. Yakiv Babiy, presi- invites the public to an exhibit and sale of dent, Ukrainian Association of Radiologists artworks by the late artist Jacques (Kyiv); and Prof. Romana Hnatyshak, M.D., Hnizdovsky and Wolodymyra Wasiczko to chair, radiology department, Lviv State be held at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Medical University. Dr. M. Paul Capp, Church, Shonnard Place at North director, American Board of Radiology, and Broadway, at 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For more infor- president, FRU, will serve as moderator. mation call Nadia Liteplo, (914) 949-4911. Among items on the agenda are: scheduling of radiological conferences and refresher Saturday, December 14 courses in Ukraine; problems of Ukrainian- NEW YORK: The Music at the Institute language radiology publications, and setting Series presents violinist Yuri Kharenko in up a medical publishing house. A recep- his New York debut and pianist tion/dinner will be held the same evening, Vyacheslav Bakis in a program of works with details to be announced at the meeing. by Mozart, Franck, Chausson, Skoryk and For additional information call Dr. Adrian Sarasate. The concert will be held at the Baranetsky, (212) 423-4445 (day). Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th Monday, December 2 St., at 8 p.m. The concert is sponsored by Alex Rovt and the IBE Trade Corp. SUN CITY, Ariz.: The Leontovych String Quartet — Yuri Mazurkevich, first violin; ADVANCE NOTICE Yuri Kharenko, second violin; Borys Deviatov, viola; and Volodymyr Panteleyev, December 26-29 cello — will appear in concert at Sundial SOUTHFIELD, Mich.: A four-day Auditorium, 103rd Avenue and Boswell Ukrainian Christmas Carol Workshop, spon- Boulevard, in a program of works by sored by the Kapela Bandurystiv, will be held Schubert, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. in the fields of voice and bandura at St. Performance time: 7:30 p.m. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, 2017 Mada- Thursday, December 5 Evergreen Road. The workshop will comprise two seminars geared towards: intermediate NEW YORK: The Harriman Institute is and advanced bandura players with an interest holding a lecture by Dr. Antonina in expanding their repertoire, gaining expo- Berezovenko, visiting professor at sure to Ukrainian carols and playing in Columbia University, who will address the ensembles; and, individuals with some vocal topic “The Language of Crime in Ukraine experience, 16 years of age and older, inter- and Russia.” The lecture will be held at the ested in Ukrainian Christmas carols and gain- International Affairs Building, 420 W. ing basic skills of vocal art. Instruction will be 118th St., Room 1219, at noon-2 p.m. both in Ukrainian and English. Prospective Saturday, December 7 staff to include: Oleh Mahlay, Dr. Mark Farion, Victor Mishalow, Anatoli Murha, TOMS RIVER, N.J.: St. Stephen Ukrainian Mykola Schidowka and Nadia Tarnawsky. Catholic Church is holding a holiday bazaar Among the workshop’s other sponsors are the at the parish center, 1344 White Oak Bottom Ukraina Bandura Camp, the Kobzarska Sich Road, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. There will be crafts, Bandura Camp, the Bandura Education attic treasures, home-made breads and cakes, Commission and St. Mary’s Ukrainian as well as Ukrainian food. Orthodox Cathedral. The workshop begins PLAINFIELD, N.J.: Choral works by Thursday, December 26, with registration at Slavic composers, from the Middle Ages to 4-6 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., to be followed by a the present, will be presented in a rehearsal. The workshop closes Sunday, “Gateway to the Slavic Soul” concert by December 29, with an open rehearsal for the the Summit Chorale, under the direction of community to be held in the church hall in the Garyth Nair, at the Crescent Avenue afternoon. To register and for more informa- Presbyterian Church, 716 Watchung Ave., tion call Anatoli Murha, (313) 953-0305; e- at 8 p.m. The program will feature works mail: [email protected]. One can also by Part, Nair, Stravinsky, Schnittke, visit the ODUM and Kapela Bandurystiv Leontovych and Iatsinevich. The chorale Homepages for more information.