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INSIDE:• Libel verdict threatens press freedom — page 2. • Black Sea countries establish economic organization — page 3. • Ukrainian American astronaut awaits flight assignment — page 4.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVI HE KRAINIANNo. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine EconomicT advisor warnsU of consequences Still no chairmanW for Verkhovna Rada if Ukraine fails to receive IMF funding after eight rounds of deputies’ voting by Roman Woronowycz Mr. Sachs, however, said the country will by Roman Woronowycz said Mr. Chyzh. Kyiv Press Bureau have trouble meeting the 87 requirements Kyiv Press Bureau Mr. Symonenko’s near success came that the IMF has listed, and that the mone- after the nomination of Mykhailo Syrota, KYIV — A leading international econo- tary fund should ease its conditions. “Both KYIV — After two more rounds of a non-aligned centrist candidate, failed in mist said on June 15 that if Ukraine is sides should be highly realistic and endorse voting, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada still the previous round. Mr. Syrota is a per- denied a new loan program by the a workable program, said Mr. Sachs. has not settled on who will lead the par- son who many thought had a chance to International Monetary Fund, the country The IMF has withheld money that this liamentary body. unite the ideologically divided and would be left in dire financial straits. financially strapped country of 50.9 million During the latest attempts, which stalled Parliament. Jeffrey Sachs, the noted Harvard desperately needs because it is not moving brings the total to eight, the national However, in the seventh round of vot- University professor and leading economic on economic reform at the speed the inter- deputies again have failed to elect two ing, Mr. Syrota, called “the godfather of advisor for economic reform to many coun- national bank would like. Ukraine has told prominent leftists and now an independ- the Constitution” because of his persist- tries in transition from communism to open the IMF that it has fulfilled all the condi- ent to the post of chairman. ence in moving the Constitution through markets, said in Kyiv that failure to qualify tions that it can at this point. Many here thought the new Parliament the Verkhovna Rada to ratification in for the IMF extended fund facility of some “Those measures that are in the govern- would be more effective because political June 1996 in a marathon all-night ses- $2.5 billion would leave Ukraine in a ment’s sphere of competence have already party discipline had been introduced by sion, could garner only 118 votes for the “sorry” state. been passed or will be passed very soon,” virtue of a new election law, but six post of chairman. Many national deputies “The financial situation in this country said Ukraine’s Finance Minister Yurii weeks after the parliamentarians were had stated prior to the vote that in Mr. and the problems facing the government are Mitiukov at a press conference on June 12. seated there is no chairman and not a sin- Syrota, perhaps, they had finally found very intricate, and it is going to be extreme- In attempting to meet a primary condi- gle new law. an electable candidate. ly difficult to draw other funds given the sit- tion, last month President Leonid Kuchma On June 18 the Verkhovna Rada came It was not to be because Mr. Syrota, uation that has emerged on the international ordered that the budget deficit be slashed close to electing a leader on its eighth try. who was elected as an independent and markets,” said Mr. Sachs. from 3.3 percent to 2.5 percent. Communist faction leader Petro decided not to re-join the pro-presidential The university professor spoke the same But the IMF has criticized Ukraine for Symonenko ended up five votes shy of National Democratic faction to which he day that an IMF negotiating team arrived in not doing enough in other areas and has told the 226 ballots needed for a majority in previously belonged, did not receive the Kyiv to review to what extent Kyiv has ful- the government it needs to speed up trans- the Parliament to elect a chairman. It was full support of the faction’s members. filled conditions of the loan. The team head- parent, large-scale privatization and struc- the fifth time he had been nominated. His As National Deputy Mykhailo ed by IMF Ukraine Director Mohammad tural reforms. 221 votes, however, only made it plain Ratushnyi said when he qualified a sug- Shadman-Valavi is to discuss questions Meanwhile, Ukraine has turned to the that another round of voting with another gestion that Mr. Syrota may be the ideal linked to the drafting of a mid-term eco- European market and is buying money at group of candidates would take place. candidate two days before the nomination nomic reform program to be supported by short-term interest rates some experts say But it gave deputies on the left hope failed: “It all depends on the faction.” an extended fund facility loan. exceed 40 percent in order to meet its finan- that, after more backroom brokering, Mr. The National Democrats have brought After having been denied two stand-by cial shortfall. Symonenko would achieve a majority. negotiations between the left and right loans valued at nearly half a million dollars Last year it also started to sell large vol- Ivan Chyzh of the Socialist faction said political blocs to a standstill by their earlier this year, Ukraine has abandoned umes of high-yield government securities. that Mr. Symonenko could get elected in insistence that one of their own should that tactic and made a total effort to qualify the ninth round. “I think that five votes is for the extended fund facility. (Continued on page 3) not a significant barrier to overcome,” (Continued on page 15) Ukrainian Institute of America celebrates 50th anniversary by Irene Jarosewich NEW YORK – More than 325 people gathered at a luncheon on May 31 in the elegant grand ballroom of the Plaza Hotel to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ukrainian Institute of America and to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the landmark building that is the organiza- tion’s home. Founded in 1948 by engineer and renowned inventor William Dzus, an immigrant from Ukraine, to promote Ukrainian heritage and culture, the institute was originally located in the Parkwood Mansion in West Islip, Long Island, near the Dzus family home. In 1955, the Fletcher Mansion, located on Museum Mile on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, was acquired by the UIA. Commissioned by banker Issac D. Fletcher – and immediately prior to its purchase by the UIA, owned by the descendants of New York’s Governor Peter Stuyvesant – the French Gothic lime- stone mansion was designed by architect Charles H. Gilbert and completed in 1898. In honor of the combined anniversaries, the UIA has established the Crown Jewel Roman Iwasiwka (Continued on page 3) Members of the board of directors, anniversary organizing committee and staff of the Ukrainian Institute of America. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 No. 25

ANALYSIS: Libel verdict against NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS newspaper threatens press freedom Moroz calls for leftist takeover near future. (RFE/RL Newsline) by Tiffany Carlsen Mercedes with money from a fund for and Katya Gorchinskaya the families of slain policemen. Mr. KYIV – Addressing a congress of the Russians want to gather info in Ukraine Kravchenko filed suit last year after Socialist Party in Kyiv on June 13, A Kyiv court on June 14 ordered the the newspaper had first printed the Oleksander Moroz, party head and former KYIV – Russia has shown interest in opposition daily newspaper Kievskie allegation. The daily plans to appeal Parliament chairman, called on left-wing Ukraine’s information zone, stated Viedomosti to pay libel damages totaling the ruling. forces to shoulder responsibility for the Information Minister Zinovii Kulyk on 5 million hryvni ($2.5 million U.S.) to an Four months ago, another Kyiv oppo- situation in the country, Ukrainian June 16. He said the Russian gas monop- ally of President Leonid Kuchma. If sition daily, Vseukrainskie Viedomosti, Television reported. “The left-wing forces oly Gazprom is especially interested in unable to pay, the newspaper will have to was forced to shut down after a court should take power irrespective of whether acquiring Ukrainian information space, close down. ordered it to pay 3.5 million hryvni in their representative will be elected head of and Lukoil “is buying out the regional tele- But there has been almost no reaction damages to a pro-Kuchma businessman the Verkhovna Rada,” he said. “We should vision stations and STV, and wants to cre- from the journalistic community. Only a and politician. At that time, however, not be afraid of the Bulgarian scenario, ate another TV channel in Ukraine.” More few voices have been heard about the many journalists openly argued that the with which we are being threatened,” Mr. financing is needed to withstand such case, which many consider to constitute government was trying to gag the opposi- Moroz added. Official media have warned companies looking to enter the domestic yet another assault on press freedom by tion in the run-up to the March parlia- that a Socialist/Communist comeback information market, said Ukraine’s infor- the government. mentary elections. may lead to economic collapse, as was the mation minister. (Eastern Economist) case in Bulgaria. (RFE/RL Newsline) “There has been no reaction from any Now, Mr. Yakhunov is saying, news- NATO info center has new chief sort of journalists’ union, and that is very papers have not rushed to the defense of Kuchma decrees spending cuts surprising,” said Volodymyr Mostovyi, Kievskie Viedomosti for purely commer- KYIV – Taras Kuzio, historian and polit- editor of the weekly Zerkalo Nedeli. cial reasons. “The mass media are sepa- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma has ical analyst, was appointed on June 5 by “This is precisely the moment that soli- rated into different camps,” he said. issued an edict introducing strict limits on NATO Secretary General Javier Solana to darity between journalists should be “Even those on friendly terms with us budget expenditures and other state out- fill the post of Kyiv Information Officer at manifested through a statement that might not support us because we are lays in a bid to avert a financial crisis, the NATO Information and Documentation speaks out against such actions.” competitors. However, I want to warn Ukrainian Television reported on June 10. Center that opened in Kyiv on May 7 of last Mr. Mostovyi said that the Starokyivsky them that the repression has started.” The government has been given two year. The British-born Mr. Kuzio spent District Court’s ruling was a “purely politi- Kievskie Viedomosti attorney Viktor months to work out a plan to find addi- most of his career specializing in Ukrainian cal action directed at closing the newspa- Nikazakov sees apathy as the main rea- tional funds to pay wage arrears. The edict affairs. His latest appointment was as senior per” by forcing it into “an unsustainable son for silence. “Those newspapers that prohibits the Cabinet of Ministers from research fellow of the Council of Advisors economic condition.” might want to scream about the deci- granting tax exemptions or postponing to the Verkhovna Rada. Mr. Kuzio assumes That echoed the comments made by sion don’t do it because they know it budget payments to any ministries, social a position that has been vacant since Yevhen Yakhunov, editor of Kievskie won’t accomplish anything,” he said, organizations, local authorities or enter- November after the sudden death of its first Viedomosti, who also said the court deci- adding that “more and more newspapers prises. Political observers view the move director, seasoned Canadian diplomat sion was “a political action.” are working for the president in any as another attempt by President Kuchma Roman Lishchynski. (Eastern Economist) But these were isolated comments. case.” to introduce order into Ukraine’s economy Polish soldiers’ graves being restored The following weekend, several journal- Foreign observers say that the case while the country negotiates a $2.5 billion ists were given awards by President highlights a troubling pattern of opposi- loan from the International Monetary LVIV – Four hundred graves of Kuchma in a ceremony at the Mariyinsky tion newspapers falling afoul of the Fund. (RFE/RL Newsline) Polish soldiers killed during World War Palace marking Press Day. “Freedom of authorities. Ukraine reports GDP growth II are being restored at the Lychakiv speech helps the development of democ- In two recent cases, the newspaper Cemetery in Lviv. Last year the remains racy,” the president said, adding that Polityka had its bank accounts frozen by KYIV – Anatolii Halchynskyi, of 141 Polish soldiers were exhumed. journalism is a “serious weapon” in poli- a local tax administrator for failure to President Leonid Kuchma’s adviser on According to the Polish consul general tics but should be used with “objectivity submit documents in time. The newspa- macro-economic issues, said GDP grew based in Lviv, Petro Konowrodski, the and independence.” per Pravda Ukrainy faced similar close by 0.1 percent during the first five restoration is expected to be completed Kievskie Viedomosti is standing by scrutiny from government inspectors. months of this year, Ukrainian Radio by November 1, when the presidents of its series of reports in which it alleged Tim O’Connor, Kyiv resident adviser reported. The State Statistics Committee Poland and Ukraine are scheduled to that Internal Affairs Minister Yuri of ProMedia, a U.S.-financed non-gov- said this is the first time since 1989 that meet in Lviv. (Respublika) Kravchenko bought a luxury $115,000 ernmental organization supporting inter- the gross domestic product has increased. national press reform, says that cases According to Mr. Halchynskyi, Ukraine Ukraine envoy addresses OSCE forum like those of Kievskie Viedomosti are is now experiencing “unstable economic PRAGUE – The OSCE Third Tiffany Carlsen and Katya Gorchinskaya balance.” He added that he believes 1998 are Kyiv-based RFE/RL correspondents. (Continued on page 10) will be a year of economic stabilization Economic Forum that concluded in for the country. (RFE/RL Newsline) Prague on June 5 discussed security issues related to development of the ener- Unclaimed vouchers to go to budget gy sector in the OSCE region and ways of expanding cooperation in the spheres Pavlohrad miners quit strike after signing protocol KYIV – Prime Minister Valerii of economics, science and technology Eastern Economist member Oleksander Koroliov. Pustovoitenko on June 3 said the govern- and environmental protection. Andrii While the Ukrainian miners may only ment has decided to transfer to the KYIV – Striking coal miners from the Ozadovskyi, Ukraine’s ambassador to the have received passive support at home Ministry of Industrial Policy those priva- state holding company PavlohradVuhillia Czech Republic and head of the for their strike, they saw more active tization vouchers that were not claimed stopped picketing the Cabinet and Ukrainian delegation, said Ukraine is sympathy from abroad. The general sec- by Ukrainian citizens, ITAR-TASS Presidential Administration buildings on ready for close cooperation with other retary of the International Federation of reported. The unclaimed vouchers are countries in the energy sector. Areas of June 16. According to PavlohradVuhillia’s Workers in the Chemical, Energy, and worth more than 2.2 billion hrv. Mr. strike committee leader Oleh Tsimmer, a possible cooperation include the trans- Coal Industries, Victor Thorp, expressed Pustovoitenko said he believes they can port of energy, research and develop- protocol between the government and “complete support and solidarity” with be put into circulation and result in budg- strikers has been signed. the Ukrainian miners on strike. et revenues worth 22 million hrv in the (Continued on page 14) According to the document, the According to a June 16 letter addressed Cabinet of Ministers is to immediately to the Independent Miners Trade Union pay out 17 million hrv for wages owed Association leader Mykhailo Volynets, FOUNDED 1933 for this year. Budget funds to the tune of some demands made of the miners and 28 million hrv will be provided to especially those that concern non-pay- HE KRAINIAN EEKLY PavlohradVuhillia in return for coal sup- ment of salaries are “actually demands TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., plies for the state reserves and another 2 appealing to the basic rights of workers.” a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. million hrv will go to the Blahodatna The same day, striking coal miners in Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. mine in the region. According to the Coal Russia sent a statement to their Ukrainian Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. Industry Ministry, these funds will be tar- “colleagues,” expressing solidarity and (ISSN — 0273-9348) geted to repay outstanding wages. support for their demands. The Russians The miners began their strike on May called on the Ukrainian Cabinet to find a Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper 24 and marched to Kyiv to demand civilized way to resolve the miners’ prob- (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). their back wages. According to lems. The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: Hromada leader Pavlo Lazarenko, who As the miners departed, Chornobyl Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 met with the miners, they are complete- Union members moved in on the same day ly satisfied with the results of negotia- to picket the Verkhovna Rada building. Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz tions with the Cabinet of Ministers, and They blocked part of Hrushevsky Street to changes to: Editors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) their demands are being fully imple- protest the legislature’s unwillingness to The Ukrainian Weekly Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) mented. But the miners will not actually discuss the creation of a Standing 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Irene Jarosewich be leaving town until they have confir- Committee on Chornobyl. The Verkhovna Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova mation that funds have reached the Rada has 22 committees – six more than in bank accounts of the mines, according The Ukrainian Weekly, June 21, 1998, No. 25, Vol. LXVI the last Parliament – but Chornobyl has Copyright © 1998 The Ukrainian Weekly to PavlohradVuhillia strike committee been dropped from the list. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 3

Ukraine envoy addresses OSCE forum Black Sea countries establish economic organization Eastern Economist by Roman Woronowycz Another objective that was discussed among the PRAGUE – The OSCE Third Economic Forum underway in Kyiv Press Bureau 11 leaders was the establishment of an oil transport Prague through June 5 is discussing security issues related to the system from the oil-rich fields of the Caspian Sea to development of the energy sector in the OSCE region and ways of KYIV – Leaders of 11 countries of the Black Sea European markets, which Ukraine is hoping will expanding cooperation in the spheres of economics, science and region on June 4 in Yalta announced the transfor- utilize the still-to-be-completed Odesa oil terminal technology and environmental protection. mation of a loose grouping of states of the Black as a transfer point for oil from the Caspian Sea on Andrii Ozadovskyi, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Czech Republic Sea Economic Cooperation forum into a regional its way to Europe. The European Bank for who headed Ukraine’s delegation, said Ukraine is ready for close economic organization. Reconstruction and Development has held up They signed a charter that formally joined the cooperation with other countries in the energy sector. Areas of coop- financing for the oil terminal until Ukraine can countries into the newest international economic eration could include the transport of energy, research and develop- prove the project’s economic viability. cooperation organization and a joint declaration that ment, and establishment of domestic energy markets. However, Georgian President Edvard stressed they would pursue cooperation to promote Mr. Ozadovskyi said the Chornobyl disaster has hindered eco- Shevardnadze, the former foreign affairs minister of peace and stability in the region. nomic reform in Ukraine. He emphasized that the issue of closure of the Soviet Union, emphasized in his address before the Chornobyl nuclear power plant is directly tied to the provision of In its declaration the organization identified its long-term goal as the creation of a Black Sea- the forum that the territorial conflicts in the necessary funds from the West for the Shelter Implementation Plan Georgian region of Abkhazia must be resolved and the establishment of alternative energy sources. European economic zone Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma, who hosted before any plans are laid for the transportation of the event, called the event “of historic significance oil from the Caspian Sea. “Certain forces are using because it will usher in the emergence of a new the old conflicts and unleashing new ones, trying to Economic advisor warns... international structure.” prevent the implementation of that project,” said (Continued from page 1) Nine presidents and two prime ministers took Mr. Shevardnadze. He also called for the formation of a free-trade In June alone, it will have to have $500 million on hand to make part in the forum, the fourth plenary gathering of zone that would include the member-states of the redemption payments on the first of these treasury bills. Ukraine the 11 member-states since 1992. has now turned to Eurobonds to cover those costs, according to the While Russia and Greece sent their heads of gov- BSECO as well as countries of the Middle East and Kyiv Post. ernment, the nine other members, Albania, the Caspian Sea regions. Mr. Sachs said that IMF negotiators should develop a realistic pro- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, He focused also on the need for the newly gram for Ukraine with workable goals and deadlines. Romania, Turkey and Ukraine sent their presidents. formed organization to intensify contacts with the He also said the Kuchma administration must work with the President Leonid Kuchma, who spearheaded the European Union. Verkhovna Rada to develop attainable objectives before meeting with integration of the 11 countries into an the Black Sea Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko praised IMF negotiators because in the past talks have stalled over divergent Economic Cooperation Organization (BSECO), in his the idea of a free-trade zone and called for the viewpoints between these two branches of power. opening speech identified the immediate objectives for development of a united electricity system that At the moment, that problem does not exist, explained Finance the organization as the development of cooperation in would link all the member-states, according to the Minister Mitiukov at his press conference, because the Verkhovna the fields of transport, energy, communications and Associated Press. Rada is deadlocked over its inability to choose a chairman. “There ecology. The organization, which will have its headquar- are a great many decisions that Parliament, which has not yet begun He called the building of a single transport sys- ters in Istanbul, has set up a Black Sea trade and its work, has to make, and that could hold up the implementation of tem for the Eurasian corridor, and several others, a development bank in Salonika, Greece. The leader- the project and the arrival of funds,” said Mr. Mitiukov. major priority for Ukraine. “I am convinced that the ship of the BSECO will rotate every six months, President Kuchma, who has said he is ready to work with any implementation of this ambitious, yet absolutely according to the charter, and all decisions are to be Parliament chairman who is chosen, whether from the left or right, realistic project would facilitate international car- made by consensus. has suggested that he is fed up with the stalemate. As The Weekly riage of cargoes across the vast space from China, The first meeting that led to the creation of the was going to press, the presidential administration press service said via Central Asia and the Transcaucasus, to western BSECO was held in Istanbul in 1992, followed by that Mr. Kuchma had scheduled a nationally televised address on the and northern Europe,” said President Kuchma, summits in Bucharest in 1995 and Moscow in Verkhovna Rada situation for the evening. according to Interfax-Ukraine. 1996.

Ukrainian Institute... (Continued from page 1) Fund to raise a $5 million endowment fund during the next five years for the restoration of the landmark mansion. Among the pledges and donations received by the endowment fund and acknowledged at the luncheon were $50,000 commitments from Mary E. Pressey, Walter and Frances Nazarewicz, Alex and Helen Woskobijnyk, and the Tatiana N. Charchalis Memorial Fund. Among the $10,000 contributors are Walter and Christina Baranetsky, Joseph and Mary Lesawyer, and Marko and Luba Melnitschenko. Also at the banquet, Myroslav Shmigel presented the UIA with a contribution of $25,000 towards the endowment fund on behalf of the New York Self Reliance Federal Credit Union. The importance of individuals in shaping history, espe- cially during periods of societal transition was one of the key themes touched upon by several speakers. UIA President Nazarewicz, speaking about the future of the UIA and the diaspora, explained how the UIA board of directors, in order to ensure the future success of the UIA, was actively seeking the involvement of younger members of the Ukrainian American community to pass along the heritage and responsibilities of the institute. Roman Iwasiwka Among the younger members of the UIA acknowledged Among the next generation of supporters of the Ukrainian Institute of America at the 50th anniversary cele- at the luncheon was Deanna Hazen, chair of the anniver- bration are (from left) Dr. Marta Lopatynsky Zwarycz, Ihor Zwarycz, Sofia Zielyk and Ada Pidverbetsky. sary commemoration committee, Lydia Zaininger, a member of that committee, Roman Kyzyk, the lun- the publication of Kotliarevskyi’s “Eneida” in 1798 when York, Viktor Kryzhanivsky, and his wife, Lyudmila. cheon’s master of ceremonies, and Peter Charchalis, of Kotliarevskyi was 29 years old. Among the guests presented were four of the 30 original member of the board of directors. Calling the anniversary of the UIA “a celebration for members of the UIA: Mr. Lesawyer, Dr. George Truchly, In paying tribute to the founder of the UIA during his all those who love Ukraine,” Prof. Szporluk stated that the Dr. Walter Baron and Ostap Balaban. keynote address, Prof. Roman Szporluk, director of the UIA was instrumental in many of the successes of the The anniversary event included a musical program with Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard, noted that “histo- diaspora community and, in particular, in the development performances by pianist Mykola Suk, cellists Marta and ry is made by concrete individuals, it is not the function of of the Ukrainian Research Institute, which celebrates its Natalia Choma, and soprano Oksana Krovytska, accompa- large, unknown forces. [William] Dzus is just one exam- 25th anniversary this year. The original fund-raising cam- nied by pianist Toma Hrynkiw. ple of such an individual.” Professor Szporluk, who paign for the Harvard project began at the UIA. The atmosphere at the anniversary event was light and offered a cheerful and dynamic overview of the important The UIA also received congratulatory letters and letters enthusiastic – punctuated with laughter and a continuous years in Ukrainian history that end in the number “8,” of thanks from more than a dozen Ukrainian American conversational buzz. One speaker, in an attempt to speak noted that the contributions of individuals to the course of organizations, representatives from the government of above the constant hum, jokingly apologized to the guests history are important – not only from the well-known, Ukraine, New York Gov. George Pataki, Sen. Alfonse for interrupting their table conversations. And, as a harbin- such as Mykhailo Hrushevskyi who published his history D’Amato (R-N.Y.), New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani, ger of the festive mood inside, above the main entrance to of Ukraine in 1898 when he was only 32 years old, but as well as other political representatives from the city and the Plaza Hotel, among the row of a half dozen banners on from the anonymous and not-so-famous as well, such as state of New York. display, a large Ukrainian flag slowly fluttered in the the members of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Among the honored guests at the event were Ukraine’s spring breeze – an acknowledgement of the celebratory Lviv, who supported Hrushevskyi in his endeavor, or ambassador to the U.N. Volodomyr Yelchenko, and his commemoration of achievement and commitment to wealthy supporters from Eastern Ukraine who financed wife, Iryna, as well as Ukraine’s Consul General in New which the Plaza was host. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 No. 25

Astronaut Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper eagerly awaits flight assignment Neonatal equipment by Olenka Welhasch did not have plans to become an astro- naut. In order to fund her college educa- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – When asked tion at Massachusetts Institute of saves lives in Volyn what they aspire to do in the future, few LUTSK, Ukraine – Last November the Technology, where she earned her B.S. 36-year-old women reply “I want to do a and M.S. in mechanical engineering, she Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund deliv- space walk.” Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper, ered new neonatal equipment to the Volyn joined the Naval ROTC in the hopes of however, is an exception to the rule. In becoming a jet pilot. Regional Unified Children’s Medical April, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper completed Center in the provincial capital of Lutsk. A failed eye exam prevented her two years of training and evaluation at dreams from coming to fruition and led The airlift was made possible by a large the Johnson Space Center in Houston grant from the John Deere Co.; the Lutsk to a career holding various posts in Navy and is now officially a NASA astronaut. project was initiated by Prof. Volodymyr salvage and diving operations. During Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper currently and Oksana Bakum of Highland, N.Y. her nine years working for the U.S. serves as a member of the Astronaut On May 14, Dr. H. V. Yaschylin, director Navy, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper received of the Lutsk hospital, sent photographs and Support Personnel Team at the Kennedy many service medals. a personal letter from the Davydiuk family, Space Center in Florida, where she sup- Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper’s childhood whose daughter Viktoria was the first infant ports space shuttle launches, landings dreams of flying, and even more impor- to benefit from an emergency transport and testing. As a member of the space tantly, of exploring outer space, were incubator, delivered by the CCRF. The mar- launch close-out crew, she is responsible realized in April 1996 when she was ket value of the incubator, complete with for strapping in the crew members and is chosen as an astronaut candidate by pulse oximeters and other accessories was the last person to exit the space shuttle NASA. $36,320. The Davydiuks, Viktor and prior to liftoff. Behind Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper’s Tetiana, wrote: Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper eagerly awaits remarkable professional and educational “Esteemed Prof. and Mrs. Bakum! a flight assignment, and hopes to com- accomplishments, lies a rich cultural “With great respect and sincere gratitude plete a space walk with a division of the background. Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper was we’re writing to you as a young Volynian EVA (Extra Vehicular Activities) at the born and raised in St. Paul, Minn., where family. Impatiently, we awaited our child’s International Space Station, a new orbit- she belonged to St. Constantine entry into this world, but as fate would have ing space station that is being funded by Ukrainian Catholic Church. She was a Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper it, our infant was born severely premature. the U.S. and built by Russia. The space member of Plast and a local Ukrainian spoken both Ukrainian and German flu- Every day of the child’s survival depended station will be receiving its first astro- dance ensemble. on the intensive, persistent care of doctors. nauts in the summer of 1999. In addition to her involvement in the ently since childhood. Her father, Inasmuch as the maternity ward did not Since Neil Armstrong first set foot on Minneapolis Ukrainian community, Ms. Michael, now deceased, is of Ukrainian have all the resources needed for the treat- the moon, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper has Stefanyshyn-Piper cultivated her heritage. Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper resides ment of such children, it was necessary to been fascinated with the prospect of German roots as her mother, Adelheid, in Houston Texas with her husband, transport her to the regional children’s hos- space exploration. Initially, however, she was a German immigrant. Thus, she has Glen, and their son. pital. And in this way your precious equip- ment rescued us. Our little girl was the first patient of your good hearts. For this we At Ukrainian Museum’s annual meeting, focus is on new building thank you again and from our souls we wish you many years of joyous life.” Dr. Vaschylin echoed the sentiments of NEW YORK – The annual meeting of ect. The cost of construction of the new sibility of which was to provide the archi- the Davydiuk couple: “On behalf of my The Ukrainian Museum was held on building was bid at $5,330,000. Some tect with the specifications and needs of colleagues and myself, I wish to thank you Sunday, May 3, with 113 voting members parts of the project have already been the museum. again for the valuable equipment which you of the institution and several guests in completed, such as the removal of Reporting on museum exhibitions for sent to our hospital ... This is how effective- attendance. The meeting was chaired by asbestos in the existing structure and par- 1997, Ms. Shust referred to the folk art ly your incubator is working in the Volyn Myroslav Shmigel, and its proceedings tial demolition of the interior. The muse- exhibition “Preservation of a Heritage: The territories, making specialized medical aid were recorded by Irena Chaban. um paid for this work, as well as for the Village of Uhryniv in the Sokal Region” accessible to newborns from even the most John Luchechko, president of the board work executed by the architect up to the featuring the collection of Iryna remote regions of our oblast. In the name of of trustees opened the meeting. He invited present time. However, the museum still Kashubynsky. The collection represents the children of Volyn, we bow to your sin- the assembly to honor the memory of needs $3 million to begin the construction the lifetime work of one individual, with- cere heart and your generous soul!” friends of the museum who had passed of the building. out whose dedication the cultural legacy of The CCRF is now preparing its 20th air- away the previous year with a moment of Mr. Luchechko went on to describe the Uhryniv would have been lost forever. In lift to help combat the high rate of infant silence. The president then proceeded to museum’s most prominent event of 1997: 1947 the village fell victim to the “Akcja mortality in Ukraine. To date, CCRF has give a comprehensive report on the state of the blessing of the cornerstone for the new Wisla” carried out by the Polish govern- delivered more than 1,000 tons of aid val- the museum, detailing the activities of the building on November 2. The fund-raising ment; most of the inhabitants of that vil- ued at $40 million dollars. Deliveries of board during the last 12-month period. luncheon that followed the ceremony was lage and countless others in the area were equally important neonatal equipment and Mr. Luchechko concentrated mainly on attended by more than 250 people. The forcefully exiled. Ms. Shust explained that other life-saving supplies are being planned the development and current status of the event, organized by the Special Events this exhibition especially underscores the to qualified hospitals in Chernihiv, Lutsk, museum’s new building project. He Committee in cooperation with the museum’s aim of preserving the cultural Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia and other cities. recounted the history of the undertaking Building Fund-Raising Committee, raised heritage of Ukrainians. For more information, call (973) 376- since its inception in 1985 and explained over $400,000 for the Building Fund. The museum director also informed the 5140, or e-mail: [email protected]. the various stages in the progression of the Next came the report of the museum’s audience that the exhibition “To Preserve a Donations may be sent to Children of project, from the purchase of the industrial treasurer on the board of trustees, Oleh Heritage: The Story of the Ukrainian Chornobyl Relief Fund, 272 Old Short building on East Sixth Street, the burning Sawkiw, who reported that at the end of Immigration in the United States” has been Hills Road, Short Hills, N.J. 07078. of the mortgage on the property and the 1997 the museum had $2,800,000 in the traveling in Ukraine since 1996. In 1997 feasibility study, to what transpired during Building Fund, of which $2,450,000 was the exhibit opened in the Art Palace in the last year. in cash and $350,000 in pledges. During Lviv, with other cities in the country as Mr. Luchechko informed the audience 1997 the Building Fund was enriched by scheduled stops. that the firm Greenfield, Sawicki, Tarella, $635,566. Ms. Shust also reported that this year Architects, PC, and architect George It is the general consensus of the the museum’s educational program includ- Sawicki, who were contracted to design board, Mr. Sawkiw continued, that the ed several lectures on topics dealing with the new building, completed construction building project cannot move forward Ukrainian history and culture presented by drawings in August 1997. Although the until construction costs can be covered, scholars, among them, Ihor Sevcenko, pro- drawings were sent to the Building either by raising additional money or by fessor emeritus of Byzantine history and Department of New York City for review securing a loan. The latter, however, will literature at Harvard University, and visit- almost immediately, they were not place an additional financial burden on ing from Ukraine, art historian Liudmyla returned with the approval until April 29 of the museum. Miliayeva and Prof. Valentyna Borysenko. this year. During the general discussion period, The director also reported on the acqui- Mr. Luchechko also reported on the however, some speakers encouraged the sition of important works for the museum’s collections, including of such artists as search for a building contractor; he said the board to begin building, saying that only Mykhailo Chereshniovsky, Jacques board had invited four qualified candi- then will the money begin to come in since Hnizdovsky and Volodymyr Balas, as well dates, including one Ukrainian firm, which people want to see physical signs of activi- as caricature drawings by Edward Kozak declined to participate, to bid on the job. ty at the site. Others said that postponing and a complete collection of the magazine DiGiacomo & Sons construction company the construction will increase the cost of Lys Mykyta. She also informed the assem- was chosen because it offered the lowest the project as projected construction costs bly that the museum now has a homepage proposed bid and has a good reputation in rise substantially each year. on the Brama website, thanks to webmas- the business. Mr. Luchechko assured the The director of the museum, Maria ters Anna Krill and Max Pyziur. audience that the contract with the building Shust, reported on the activities of the At the end of their reports, both the contractor is ready to be signed as soon as institution and the tasks of the administra- museum’s board president and the director Viktor and Tetiana Davydiuk and the museum’s financial commitments to tion, which in large part were related to the expressed their thanks to museum mem- their baby girl Viktoria following the the project are secured. new building project. Ms. Shust was bers and friends for their generous support newborn’s recovery from birth com Mr. Luchechko then presented the engaged on a regular basis in working with plications. financial picture of the new building proj- the Building Committee, the major respon- (Continued on page 12) No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 5

Deychakiwsky elected president Scholar seeks photographs of The Washington Group of displaced persons camps by Yaro Bihun KINGSTON, Ontario – Ukrainian mail photocopies of any photographs they Canadian activist and scholar Prof. think might be helpful. I will, of course, WASHINGTON – Orest Deychakiwsky, Lubomyr Luciuk is asking for the pub- acknowledge all correspondence and, if I staff associate at the Commission on lic’s assistance in compiling photographs use a photograph, will give its owner full Security and Cooperation in Europe, has showing conditions in displaced persons credit in the book, with thanks.” been elected president of The Washington camps for Ukrainians in the immediate He continued: “This will be the first Group (TWG). post-World War period. monograph that deals with the Ukrainian TWG, the largest association of Dr. Luciuk is currently completing refugee experience and with the efforts of Ukrainian American professionals in the work on a major new monograph, titled North America’s Ukrainian communities United States, is known for its annual con- “Searching for Place: Ottawa, Ukrainian to help these people escape forcible repa- ference and the various political and cultural Displaced Persons and the Migration of triation efforts while countering Soviet events it sponsors in the nation’s capital. Memory,” which will be published by the misinformation. The formative influence Mr. Deychakiwsky and a new board of University of Toronto Press in the spring that the post-war immigration had on directors were elected at TWG’s annual of 1999. The author is asking for persons organized Ukrainian society is only now meeting here on May 29. Mr. who lived in the DP camps of Europe to being fully appreciated. I am hopeful that Deychakiwsky replaces George Masiuk, send him photocopies of any photographs we can capture a glimpse of what it was who led the organization over the past three they have which show major events in like to endure the refugee experience and years of its 15-year existence. the camps, particularly protests against then rebuild a dynamic community in the Also elected to the board of directors forcible repatriation, political rallies and diaspora, maintaining it and the Natalie Sluzar were: Tanya Stasiuk, vice-president; Roman typical housing conditions. Ukrainian cause for decades until an Stelmach, treasurer; Michael Drabyk, secre- Orest Deychakiwsky, newly elected Commenting on his search for these independent Ukraine re-emerged on the tary; Adrian Pidlusky, membership; Ihor president of TWG. materials, Dr Luciuk said: maps of the world, I hope our community Kotlarchuk, public relations; Laryssa editorial board of the Ukrainian Human “While doing my Ph.D. research I was can help recall this period by providing Chopivsky, Cultural Fund director; Adrian Rights Quarterly Smoloskyp. Occasionally, privileged to meet with a large number of photographs of the DP camps.” Karmazyn, Fellowship Fund director; and he writes analytical articles on Ukrainian Ukrainian political refugees and displaced Persons wishing to assist Dr. Luciuk, or eight members-at-large. All board members issues for The Ukrainian Weekly and other persons, people who have spent years in wanting more information, are invited to live in the Washington area, except for Mr. Ukrainian American newspapers. the refugee camps of Europe just after the contact him by writing to: Dr. Lubomyr Stelmach, who is branch manager with the Outgoing membership director Michael second world war. I have incorporated Luciuk, Department of Politics and Philadelphia Ukrainian Self-reliance Credit Drabyk reported that over the past year some of their stories into my book, but Economics, The Royal Military College of Union. TWG membership grew from 366 to 415 would now like to have good illustrations Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7K The annual meeting heard mainly posi- thanks to an active campaign to get new to accompany that text. Readers who have 7B4; telephone, (613) 541-5010, ext. tive reports about the state of the organiza- members and regain those whose member- such materials are invited to contact me or 6390; e-mail, [email protected] tion. ship had expired. He also noted a marked It was another good year, according to increase, to 34, in the number of student Mr. Masiuk, the outgoing president. “TWG members. staged high-quality events that were well- The organization’s membership is almost attended; we took in more money than we equally divided between those who live in spent; we increased our membership by the greater Washington area (D.C., more than 10 percent (to 415); and our 1997 Maryland and Virginia) and those who live Leadership Conference was successful from in 26 other states, as well as in Canada, an attendance, customer satisfaction and Europe (including Ukraine) and Australia. financial point of view,” he said. In addition to its annual Leadership His successor, Mr. Deychakiwsky, noted Conference, which in 1997 focused on in his acceptance speech that in this respect improving the effectiveness of Ukrainian TWG “is somewhat an anomaly” in the American organizations, TWG sponsored a SUMMER PROGRAMS 1998 Ukrainian American community. number of lectures and panel discussions “The sad, but virtually undeniable reality Friday, July 3 with U.S. and Ukrainian officials, working 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by LUNA is that the community is steadily declining: in cooperation with such Washington insti- organizations are losing membership, some tutions as the Embassy of Ukraine, the Saturday, July 4 rather rapidly,” he said. Many organizations Center for Strategic and International ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Ukrainian Dance Ensemble DUNAI have ceased to exist, including some fellow Studies, the Johns Hopkins University Banduryst JULIAN KYTASTY professionals’ organizations, while others School for Advanced International Studies 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by TEMPO, BURLAKY have turned into “paper tigers,” he added. and Meridian International House. “TWG, to its credit, has bucked this Saturday, July 11 On the cultural side, the TWG Cultural ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – DUMKA CHOIR, New York trend,” he said. “And precisely because the Fund was involved in bringing to VASYL HRECHYNSKY, conductor community is diminishing, it becomes all Washington the Kyiv Chamber Choir, the 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by KRYSHTAL the more important to have a strong, viable Ukrainian Bandura Chorus, fiddler-man- organization such as TWG based in the dolinist Peter Ostroushko, the winners of Saturday, July 18 nation’s capital,” where it “enjoys a solid the Horowitz International Young Pianists ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Ensemble UKRAINIAN FAMILY 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by VODOHRAI reputation” within the U.S. government and Competition and Olenka Pevny of The international relations organizations, and its Metropolitan Museum, who spoke about Saturday, July 25 members have the opportunity “to provide the “Glory of Byzantium” exhibition at ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Songs of Ukraine ideas and input to help promote closer U.S.- the Met. 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by ZOREPAD Ukrainian relations.” Through its Fellowship Fund, TWG this As staff associate at the CSCE (popularly year is sponsoring its third annual summer Saturday, August 1 known as the Helsinki Commission), Mr. ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – UKRAINIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC internship at the Embassy of Ukraine in 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by FATA MORGANA Deychakiwsky’s responsibilities include Washington. Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria and Hungary. The annual meeting approved a number Saturday, August 8 He is also the commission’s intern coordi- of changes in TWG’s by-laws. Noteworthy ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Ensemble KAZKA nator and liaison with non-governmental among them: dropping the requirement that 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by LUNA organizations. a member or his/her spouse be of Mr. Deychakiwsky has served as a mem- Saturday, August 15 Ukrainian descent. The member must, ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Soprano LUBA SCHYBCHYK ber of U.S. delegations to numerous meet- however, “support and promote the goals 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by ZOLOTA BULAVA ings of the Organization for Security and of TWG,” which strive “to establish a pro- 11:45 p.m. Crowning of “MISS SOYUZIVKA 1999” Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in various fessional and business network of countries in Europe, and has been an inter- Ukrainian Americans to promote closer ties Sunday, August 16 national observer at elections in Ukraine, and contacts, strive to eliminate discrimina- UNWLA DAY Russia, Bulgaria and Bosnia. tion and prejudice aimed at Ukrainian Saturday, August 22 UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS Earlier he had worked as a project man- Americans, promote close U.S.-Ukrainian ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – SOYUZIVKA DANCE WORKSHOP RECITAL ager at the Republican National Committee relations, encourage the development of a Director: ROMA PRYMA BOHACHEVSKY and as a consultant for the U.S.-Ukraine pluralistic and democratic Ukraine, pro- 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by BURYA Foundation. mote a greater understanding of Ukrainian In the Ukrainian American community, history and culture in American society, Saturday, August 29 Mr. Deychakiwsky is a founding member and encourage active participation of ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Violist HALYNA KOLESSA 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by VIDLUNNIA of TWG, serving in various board positions, Ukrainian Americans in promoting the wel- including as chairman of the Fellowship fare of the community.” Fund. He was active in the movement on The amended by-laws now allow for LABOR DAY WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS CONCERTS, DANCES, EXHIBITS, TENNIS TOURNAMENT, SWIMMING COMPETITION behalf of human rights in Ukraine and, in corporate membership, in addition to full, (Details TBA) the early 1980s, served as a member of the associate, student and honorary. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 No. 25

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He is around the world. taken over a relatively short period of time and have been financed by one individual. also chairman and shareholder of What if several individuals were to join SoftChoice Corporation, Canada’s forces with the foundation to perpetuate a largest reseller of personal computer June similar long-term vision and to work con- software. Mr. Temerty is currently a structively to improve the international sta- member of President Kuchma’s TurningTurning the pagespages back... back... tus of Ukraine and Ukrainians? Foreign Investment Advisory Council Inspired by this idea of a unified effort, and serves on boards of directors of 23 the Petro Jacyk Foundation recently several organizations, including the decided for the first time in its history to Toronto Symphony Orchestra. appeal to other Ukrainians to join in its George M. Yemec is a Canadian 1993 This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of work by establishing Permanent Name Ukrainian businessman and poet liv- Patriarch Mstyslav I of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. And, Funds at the foundation. These funds can ing in Toronto. Since 1978, he has it was only five years ago that Ukrainians around the world support any number of virtually independ- been president and owner of World had mourned the death of the patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine. ent programs named after their founders. Media Brokers, an international mar- Patriarchal funeral rites were conducted on June 21-23, 1993, at St. Andrew’s We are currently preparing several new keting company. He is also president Ukrainian Orthodox Church Center in South Bound Brook, N.J. programs that could be funded by outside of Market Monitor, a marketing sur- As churches bells tolled mournfully on Wednesday, June 23, 2,000 mourners came donors, including a program to nominate vey company, and Lottex Inc., a gam- to pay their last respects to His Holiness Mstyslav I. In all, some 3,000 clergy and Ukrainian writers for the Nobel Prize and ing management group. Over the laity attended the three-day funeral. Political figures and diplomats from Ukraine, to publish their works in English transla- years, Mr. Yemec has served on many including national deputies and Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Bilorus, as well as tion, and the creation of an award for charity committees. As an independ- countless representatives of Ukrainian diaspora organizations also took part. those who combat crime and corruption in ent publisher, he has published works An international gathering of the faithful, political dignitaries and Church hierarchs Ukraine. Again, these are only two by several Ukrainian poets and writ- of various denominations paid their last respects to the man who, for many, came to upcoming projects chosen from an end- ers. His own poems have appeared in symbolize aspirations for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Everywhere on less array of potential programs. The pos- both Canadian and international pub- the grounds of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church compound flags flew at half mast to sibilities for your cultural and educational lications; his book “My Mother’s honor the departed. After a three-hour service, a multitude surged forward for the final contribution – from scholarship funds to Flowers” was published in 1991. Mr. “tsilovannia” (kiss of farewell). large international projects – are endless. Yemec recently produced a documen- Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk read a letter from Cardinal Myroslav Lubachivsky, who If you are seriously interested in helping tary film “Eternal Memory” (1997) wrote that “the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church will always preserve the memory of develop Ukrainian education, scholarship, about the Stalinist terror in Ukraine. His Holiness, particularly for his participation in the Second Vatican Council, for his and culture on an international level, in a Apart from the foundation’s meetings with the late Patriarch Josyf Slipyj in 1968, and, finally for his participation in long-term effort geared toward achieving founder and president, Dr. Petro the ceremonial reinterment of our unforgettable patriarch and confessor in Lviv.” The lasting results, join forces with the Petro Jacyk, the PJEF board of directors letter also mentioned that “history will remember him as a man of the Church, who Jacyk Educational Foundation. In your also includes Nadia Jacyk, Dr. Peter strove for the unity of the Church and of the Ukrainian people.” work for Ukraine and Ukrainians, you will Jacyk, and Walter Jacyk. Metropolitan Wasyly of Canada offered healing words about Metropolitan Mstyslav’s benefit from our past achievements and will great stature as a political and religious leader, whose steps toward unity the Church should follow. Metropolitan Constantine of the U.S.A. praised him as a “brilliant indi- vidual with a lofty spirit and an unshakable faith and will.” Archbishop Antony of New York and Washington spoke about the patriarch’s service to his Church and his people. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Patriarch Mstyslav’s testament was read during the tryzna (memorial dinner). In it T U W the patriarch called upon the clergy and the hierarchs of the Church to work “for the Visit our archive on the Internet at: sake of God, the martyrs of the Church and the people” to achieve the goal of a sover- eign Church dependent on no one. http://www.panix.com/~polishuk/TheWeekly/home. Source: “Thousands mourn patriarch,” June 27, 1993, Vol. LXI, No. 26, and “Global gath- ering mourns patriarch,” July 4, 1993, Vol. LXI, No. 27, The Ukrainian Weekly. shtml No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I met people with spirit and the desire to PERSPECTIVES see their country succeed in the modern Protest Russian world. However, most of those who want- BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY ed to see Ukraine succeed were the young language requirement people. What the older folks wanted was a Dear Editor: better form of communism. And most of This letter is being submitted to seek them were very lazy. the support of concerned Ukrainians. If we sit here in North America and do What’s so important about June 22? Recently I came across an employment nothing but argue among ourselves about Five years ago on June 22, I was in a but that’s only half the story. Ukrainians advertisement from the International issues of little or no consequence, then we hotel room in Kyiv watching the morn- were the heroes, as well. Without their Association of Chiefs of Police also are the guilty and lazy ones. Dig in ing news. “I doubt there’s a person courage and sacrifice the Allies would [http://career.careerpath.com]. The adver- your pockets and send our young people among us who doesn’t know the signifi- not have won the war. Consider this: tisement was for a law enforcement proj- and any experts or teachers we can to cance of this day,” the newscaster said. When Germany invaded Ukraine in ect coordinator to work out of Washington, Ukraine to educate and inspire them to In the background, there was solemn 1941, Stalin’s terror was a daily reality. with some travel to Ukraine. The position succeed. While in Lviv, I met with cardi- music accompanying scenes of people The artificial famine, which claimed required a bachelor’s degree, criminal jus- nal Myroslav Lubachivsky since I had laying wreaths at monuments around the more than 7 million victims in the winter tice background, strong verbal and written been one of his altar boys in Cleveland. country. of 1932-1933, had ended only eight years communications skills, experience in The cardinal was quite worried about So what’s so important about June 22, before. Ukrainians had no reason to fight working and living in overseas environ- Ukrainian young people having nobody to I thought? Please tell me. But the for the Soviet Union and every reason to ments, and fluency in Russian! teach them how to make their country announcer didn’t offer a clue, and I left oppose it. Little wonder then, that the I took great umbrage in the requirement work. Except for fellow instructors, about the hotel wondering what that was all Red Army in Kyiv and elsewhere surren- that Russian to be spoken in Ukraine. They the only other Ukrainian Americans I saw about. Later at lunch I found out when dered en masse to the Germans with little did not even mention that Ukrainian was there were looking for business situations Vice Prime Minister Mykola Zhulynsky resistance; Ukrainians, Russians – it an acceptable language. I have been con- to exploit as a money-maker for them- addressed a group of American business- made little difference – they felt no loy- ducting law enforcement consulting to selves. For shame! And, shame on us if we men and referred to the enormous devas- alty to the Soviet Union or to Stalin. The Ukraine for a number of years, and have let this continue! Ukraine is our country – tation Ukraine had suffered at the hands USSR was an artificial state held togeth- traveled to Kyiv and Lviv. Although, a to save or let go. It is up to each of you. of the Nazis and the Soviets. June 22, he er by fear. small number of what I consider commu- Steve Olek (Flying Cossack) informed the audience, was the day in That’s when Stalin proved what an nist loyalists continue to speak Russian, Riverside, Calif. 1941 when Nazi troops crossed the bor- evil genius he really was. He gave the Ukrainian is the official language. One of der into Ukraine and didn’t leave for people what they wanted and that ulti- the reasons my firm has been requested to three years – years permeated with the mately won the war. What was sup- return to Ukraine to conduct law enforce- smell of fire and death, desperation and pressed and punished in the 1930s was ment training missions is because all my UOC sobornopravnist fear. now encouraged and celebrated. Posters instructors speak Ukrainian. Russian is fine A total of 6.8 million Ukrainians were appeared with Taras Shevchenko point- in Russia, just as Polish is fine in Poland, could be threatened killed in World War II. You don’t really ing his fingers at a cowering member of and therefore Ukrainian is the language of Dear Editor: appreciate what that means until you go the Wehrmacht, admonishing Ukrainians to a village or a town and look at a mon- to sprinkle liberty with the Nazis’ vile, Ukraine – nothing less, nothing more. The If you’re wondering about the need for ument to the fallen – just about every evil blood. In Moscow the Supreme language of the land is one of the important any further discussion on the pages of The community has one. There’s a long list of Soviet approved the Medal of cementing factors of a nation. Weekly about the situation with the I am proud of my Ukrainian heritage names. What strikes you most is how Khmelnytskyi to reward Ukrainians for Ukrainian Orthodox Church, then ask often the same surname is repeated three, and as should be every Ukrainian yourself how enormous was the censor- valor. The Southern Front was renamed American. That is why I am asking that four, five times, one under the other. the Ukrainian Front and the armies oper- ship that Bound Brook was able to main- Probably brothers, you think ... or maybe you write, as I did, to the president of the tain, and how great was the resulting igno- ating there became Ukrainian Armies. a father and his sons. IACP and voice your protest on their lan- rance, that could lead to the following: Soviet Ukraine got its own ministries of Obviously, people in Ukraine remem- guage requirement. Write to: Chief three years after the fact, Yuriy Bazylevsky military and foreign affairs. ber June 22. To them it’s what Pearl Bobby D. Moody, President, International (March 29) and others still don’t believe, as Ukrainian authors who had feared for Harbor Day used to be for Americans. Association, Chiefs of Police, 150 Victor Rud writes (March 8), that our bish- their lives with every word they wrote in With Ukrainians, though, the memory Haynes St., Marietta, GA 30060. ops have voluntarily surrendered the inde- the 1930s were ordered to compose patri- seems so much fresher because the war otic Ukrainian poetry. “Love Ukraine, Walter Zalisko pendence of their Church? The Church’s Constitution is clear: “The Ukrainian was so much closer, not an ocean away, love her like the sun itself,” Volodymyr Manalapan, N.J. Orthodox Church of the United States of but right there down the lane or over that Sosiura wrote, and pocket booklets of his America ... is Autocephalous [independent] hill. verse were distributed to Ukrainian in all matters of its life and government, In fact, World War II, as a palpable troops to read in their bunkers and Our expertise and its rights are equal with those of the experience that featured bombs and bul- trenches. Inspired by lyrical words and other Autocephalous Orthodox Churches.” lets, hunger and the hangman’s rope, the vision of Ukraine defined by Taras Repeatedly, before and during 1995, the columns of Jews marched off to cattle Shevchenko, Ukrainian soldiers marched needed in Ukraine cars and 2 million young men and all the way to Berlin. In all, 4.5 million Dear Editor faithful were assured that “nothing will change, everything will remain the same.” women shipped to the Reich as slaves, Ukrainians served in the Red Army in I see various emotions expressed in this They had been promised all along that the lasted longer in Ukraine that it did any- World War II. You’re not likely to read it special newspaper. Most of what I see deal with Istanbul would not infringe upon where else. in the history books, but let it be noted reminds me of the words of my late father, the “unique identity, constitutional integri- There was no homefront, where anx- that it was a Ukrainian Army that liberat- “Get two Ukrainians together and you’ll ty or administrative independence” of the ious mothers and wives waited for letters ed Auschwitz. get three opinions.” Those of you who Church. This is from the April 2, 1995, cir- from the boys overseas. Ukraine was the After the war, of course, Stalin knew him remember that he could express cular of the Council of Bishops. And, front. Two cruel armies camped in peo- changed direction. In his speech on the his views on our Ukrainian problems ... according to the very Sobor resolution the ple’s backyards. Anyone in the way was Kremlin Wall at the Victory Parade on My motivation for writing is to wake up Rev. John Nakonachny quotes in his likely to die a painful, lonely death. Just May 24, 1945, Stalin singled out the people to what is going on and what we March 22 commentary, we were “retaining ponder these statistics: in Poltava alone, Russian people as “the most outstanding should do about it. Ukraine has been an our existing constitutional integrity” in 100,000 peasant homes were destroyed nation of all the nations forming the independent nation for many years now joining with Constantinople. out of a pre-war total of 362,000. In the Soviet Union,” elevating them to the and it is going nowhere. Why? For one So guess what? The revised Constitution Kamianets-Podilskyi region, where my leading role in World War II and mini- thing, they don’t know what it takes to run recently sent to the parishes completely mother and older brother endured the mizing the role of other peoples, includ- a country in a free-market economy under deletes the provision. Very clever. Don’t do war, 470,000 civilians were killed and ing Ukrainians. Writers like Sosiura who democratic political concepts. It is everything in one fell swoop ... wait a few 103,000 were deported to Germany for had written the poems that inspired extremely difficult. Ignorance is not the years. And just wait until people find out slave labor – this out of an original popu- Ukrainians to fight the Nazis were sud- only problem, but it is one problem we, as what the revised Constitution now does to lation of 2 million. denly made to answer for their verse. “I Ukrainian Americans, can do something the individual parish assets, the very con- The legendary journalist Edgar Snow, was just following orders,” wasn’t good about. And, if we do not do something cept of a “sobornopravna” Church and a the source of these numbers, noted that enough. This was the era that inspired about it, then I’ll not be kind to the next host of other issues. World War II was “first of all a Ukrainian George Orwell to write “1984.” Ukrainian I meet who tells me what a Come to think of it, however, the public war ... a relatively small part of the Ukrainian patriotism had been needed to great patriot he or she is. will never know unless you keep open this Russian Soviet Republic itself was actu- win the war. Now it was a crime. In 1992 I suggested it may become nec- sole forum for debate and information. ally invaded,” he wrote in 1945 in “The As most readers of The Ukrainian essary for us to send our own, from the Orysia Kulchytsky Pattern of Soviet Power,” “but the whole weekly know, the Red Army was not the Ukraine, whose people were economical- United States (and Canada, too), to Ukraine Lemont, Ill. only Ukrainian formation to fight the to teach and show them how. Taking my ly among the most advanced and numeri- Nazis in World War II. Most people in own advice I took six weeks in 1995 and cally the second largest in the Soviet The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters Western Ukraine saw little difference went to Lviv as a volunteer English teacher. to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou- Union, was devastated ... No single between the Nazis and the Communists, I learned more than I taught. ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi- European country suffered deeper and refused to join one form of evil to First, I saw the fantastically beautiful nals, not photocopies. wounds to its cities, its industry, its farm- fight another. Less than a year after the country to which I trace my roots. I saw a The daytime phone number and address land and its humanity.” Nazi invasion, the Ukrainian Insurgent country rich in something other peoples of the letter-writer must be given for verifi- With losses like that, it’s easy to cast spill blood for: perfect farm land. Second, cation purposes. Ukrainians as victims of World War II, (Continued on page 10) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 No. 25 Yara Group hosts “Celebration of the Poetry of Oleh Lysheha”

by Virlana Tkacz Germany in 1993. His more recent work appeared five years ago in the journal NEW YORK – On Wednesday, April Suchasnist, while last year Svitovyd pub- 29, a unique crowd gathered at the lished one of his prose pieces. Mayana Gallery in New York. Slava At the poetry event, Mr. Lysheha read Gerulak, the gallery’s director, greeted several of these longer pieces, holding his the audience which included Ukrainian Ukrainian-speaking audiences rapt. One writers, scholars of Ukrainian culture friend told me afterwards, “they’re like and translators of Ukrainian literature. great avant-garde films that tell a compli- Also present in the audience were young cated story while allowing the shifting American poetry aficionados, musicians, point of view to transform not only our artists from the Buryat National Theatre view of the story, but also of the entire currently performing at La MaMa storytelling process.” Experimental Theatre and a number of Then Mr. Lysheha started reading my older members of the Ukrainian Arts and favorite poem, “Swan.” This piece had Literary Club. They had all come to hear captured me when I first read it in Oleh Lysheha read his poetry in Suchasnist in 1994. I translated it with Ukrainian and to listen to members of Wanda Phipps, the Afro-American poet the Yara Arts Group read translations of with whom I work on Ukrainian transla- his work in English. tions. In the summer of 1995 I worked on Mr. Lysheha has had only one slim staging it at the Theatre Workshop Yara book of poetry published, and it has long conducts every summer at Harvard. been out of print. However, the few who Afterwards, I decided I wanted to do have been privileged to catch a glimpse my next theater piece using swan leg- into his special world will never forget it. ends. This led me into the legends and He called his earlier poems “songs” and mythic world of Buryatia in Siberia. numbered them instead of assigning them Cecilia Arana sang part of the poem in Poet Oleh Lysheha (right) with Erdeny Zhaltsanov at the Mayana Gallery in titles. Mr. Lysheha began the evening by “Virtual Souls” to music by Yara’s resi- New York. reading one of these early poems, “Song dent composer, Genji Ito. 212”; afterwards the poem was read in were the opening poem in the first book read many sections of this poem in English translation. * * * Yara ever published, “Ten Years of Poetry rehearsal. I had even heard him and I walked into this museum from the Yara Theatre Workshops at Andrew Pang recite pieces of it in the * * * Right near the canal. Harvard.” They invite us into a world middle of the night on a dirt road in There are so many superstars, No one else was there. where people believe in the power of the Siberia when our bus broke down. But I overgrown with weeds... And in a corner under glass word. hadn’t heard anyone read the whole text Somewhere Tom Jones I saw a dried out pair of ancient slippers, Three of the major songs in “Flight,” recently. Is still singing about Which must have lain in some bog. Yara’s newest collaborative work with I was very moved by experiencing all that green-green grass ... The feet they once held artists from the Buryat National Theatre at the twists and turns of a soul searching On such a night under the moon Have probably turned to dust. La MaMa Experimental Theatre are also for transcendence in the difficult pettiness among the trees Pointy, graceful, sections of Lysheha’s “Swan” poem. They of what constitutes life in Ukraine these Cinnamoned mushrooms With curved straps are sung by Erdeny Zhaltsanov, Tom Lee days. Mr. Lee’s interpretation was very Practice choreography ... I couldn’t pull myself away from them. and Meredith Wright to music by Mr. Ito. different from Lysheha’s cool delivery. And I think I should return Would you believe me Mr. Lysheha had actually come to New We were all swept away. Afterwards, To the Milky Way, If I told you York to see “Flight.” He was very taken there was a lot of talk about the poems, Churn up that warm dust ... That my foot used to be so happy with the musical renditions of his work. the readings and the cultural adventures On such a night In those slippers?. We convinced him to stay in town long Mr. Lysheha had sent us all on. The grandest operas play for free enough to do a poetry reading. Mr. Lysheha is spending this year in Translated from the Ukrainian by To those at sea, to those awake The audience sat very still after Mr. Pennsylvania as a Fullbright scholar at Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps. Ella Fitzgerald Lysheha read the powerful end of the Penn State. He is working on the first Smears herself blue singing * * * “Swan.” Then Mr. Lee, one of Yara’s major anthology of 20th century We shall not perish of this earth! These words helped open the mythical actors, got up and read our translation of American poetry in Ukrainian translation. No, no, no don’t you cry – space in the world of our play. They also Lysheha’s “Swan. “ I had heard Mr. Lee Expect great things. Like a willow weeping over water ... Translated from the Ukrainian by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps; pub- Moroz painting is rediscovered in Florida lished in Visions International No. 52. * * * PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A painting by the renowned When I first read this poem in 1990 I Ukrainian artist Mychajlo Moroz (1904-1992) was was struck by how contemporary it was. I recently rediscovered when its present owner con- rushed around to find a copy of Mr. cluded her comprehensive search for further informa- Lysheha’s book and read it, expecting to tion on the artist in question. find the young urban beat of Ukraine for The painting has been in the possession of the fam- which I was searching. Instead I sank into ily of its present owner, Angie McNamar of Fort a world where Paleolithic horses spoke Walton Beach, Fla., since the early 1940s. The paint- from cave walls and old illiterate Hutsul ing was purchased in Ukraine by Mrs. McNamar’s women turn out to be the true judges and father, Wolfgang Hecht, and given to his wife as a guardians of Ivan Franko’s spirit. I was Christmas present in 1942. It was brought to the U.S. mesmerized. This truly was like nothing from Germany by the Hechts in 1976. else I had ever read. The painting, which is signed on the lower right- Oleh Lysheha was born in the hand corner, is a portrait of a Hutsul (Dmytro Carpathian region of Ukraine in 1949 and Lyndiuk). It was painted in the Carpathian Mountain studied English at the University of Lviv. village of Kosmach in 1932. Expelled from school during the purges Mrs. McNamar was aided in her search to further in 1972 for contributing to the literary identify the artist by The Metropolitan Museum of Art journal Skrynia (Chest), he was sent to Siberia to serve his term in the army in in New York, which provided more information the Buryat Republic. This initiated his regarding Moroz. interest in Asian philosophy, arts and cul- Mychajlo Moroz was born in the village of Plikhiv, ture, which would eventually become a Berezhany county, western Ukraine in 1904. He stud- major influence on his work. ied at the Novakivsky Art School in Lviv, and subse- Returning to Ukraine, Mr. Lysheha set- quently in Paris. A post-war refugee in Germany, he tled in Kyiv and worked on his poetry emigrated to New York in 1949. while holding menial jobs. He managed A prolific painter, Moroz’s oeuvre numbers over to totally isolate himself from the official 3,000 works – portraits, landscapes and genre paint- literary world and his first collection of ings – in a style that evolved from a calm impression- poetry, “The Great Bridge” (1989), was ism to expressionism. Moroz died in Staten Island, truly unique. Shortly afterwards he wrote N.Y., in 1992 at the age of 88. A monograph of his first play, “Brother Li Po, Friend Tu Moroz’s work, compiled by his widow, Irene Moroz, Fu,” about the great eighth century was published by the Art Museum of LaSalle A recently rediscovered 1932 painting by Mychajlo Moroz of a Chinese poets. The Budmo Theatre pro- University in Philadelphia in 1995. Hutsul from the village of Kosmach. duced the play in Kyiv and toured it in No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 9

DATELINE NEW YORK: Springtime in the city by Helen Smindak

An international duo paintings were shown with photographs and chairs, teenage ensembles from New York City, Long Island, while in 1984 colored abstract paintings by Ms. Dorosh Connecticut, New Jersey and upstate New York, direct- Canadian pianist Christina Petrowska, a graduate of were displayed in conjunction with objects made by ed by Daria Genza, Petro Fil and Roma Pryma the Juilliard School of Music who made a spectacular four architects. Bohachevsky. New York debut at the age of 14, appeared at Merkin Born in Ukraine and educated at the Fashion Institute Popular with festival-goers as always were the arts Concert Hall recently in a new role – that of accompa- of Technology and The Cooper Union, Ms. Dorosh is a and crafts booths, in particular the art exhibit supervised nist for Canadian baritone Louis Quilico, a star for professor of fashion design at FIT. She and her husband, by Chryzanta Hentisz, and the pysanka and ceramics decades at the Metropolitan Opera. The two internation- John Tomlinson, manage the DVA Studio in table hosted by Sofia Zielyk. ally known musicians, a married couple since 1993, col- Manhattan’s Tribeca area (open by appointment only). Like the Surma shop, whose varied selection of laborate artistically in recitals, broadcasts and record- An exquisite work pysanky, embroideries, recordings and books attracts ings devoted to arias, art songs and operatic transcrip- everyone who visits the festival, Brewsky’s tavern has tions of music by French, Russian and Italian com- The Yara Theater Workshops begun by Virlana Tkacz become a Ukrainian fixture on East Seventh Street. This posers. at Harvard in 1988 were the springboard for creating the year, Brewsky’s added an outdoor beer garden, with Ms. Petrowska has an international reputation as one Yara Arts Group, now a resident theater company with proceeds designated for the church and Ukrainian of contemporary music’s foremost interpreters, while the internationally acclaimed La MaMa Experimental orphans. Mr. Quilico has won acclaim for his performances in Theater in New York. Since its debut in 1990, the Yara Anna Baczynska was program director for the festi- leading opera houses throughout the world, particularly Group has staged original theater productions each year val, with Ulana Kekish, Ivanka Mazur, Ms. Lykhovyd as a great Verdi singer. Together, they make beautiful at La MaMa – pieces that blend poetry, song, historical and Taras Mazur serving as announcers. music. material and scientific texts as they explore timely Kirov addenda At Merkin Hall, Ms. Petrowska’s seamless, crys- issues rooted in the East. talline technique and interpretive skills matched Mr. “Virtual Souls,” inspired by Oleh Lysheha’s poem Dateline’s guess that there were Ukrainian singers Quilico’s vocal and dramatic power in a varied program “Swan” and presented in 1997, featured the music and and musicians in the Kirov Opera company (see of songs – from Borodin’s somber “Air du Prince Igor” myths of the Buryat people of Mongolia who live near Dateline of June 7) has turned out to be correct. A and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Romance Orientale” to Lake Baikal. That production led to the group’s latest Canadian reader from Mississauga, Ontario, called to Debussy’s wistfully nostalgic “Nuit d’étoiles” and the workshop piece, “Flight,” an all-sung work that delves say she heard “fluent Ukrainian” being spoken back- eloquent aria “Eri tu” from Verdi’s “Un Ballo in further into Buryat music and legends. Presented recent- stage after a performance of “Mazeppa.” While visiting Maschera.” Also performed were compositions by ly at La MaMa, it depicted an American in Siberia today with Kirov baritone Vasilly Gerello, who sang in “La Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Gretchaninoff and Duparc. who finds herself in the footsteps of a 16th century Traviata” last March at the Mississauga Opera House, The performance of two songs from Frank Loesser’s Buryat princess; their worlds entwine as a shaman (a Marusia Soroka heard Ukrainian being spoken by a delightful musical “Most Happy Fella” – “Rosabella” Mongolian holy man who uses magic) leaves his body number of Kirov members. According to Ms. Soroka, and “Mama” – drew a powerful response from the audi- and takes flight at the height of a trance. Mr. Gerello, who is part Ukrainian (mother Ukrainian, ence, which obviously remembered Mr. Quilico’s cele- Reviewing the new work on the web magazine New father Italian) and speaks Ukrainian at home with his brated portrayal of the title character during the musi- York Theatre Wire, Melinda Given Guttmann called the Ukrainian wife, is scheduled to sing in the Met produc- cal’s recent Broadway run. one-hour theater piece “an exquisite work of art.” tion of Tchaikovsky’s “Pique Dame” in the spring of Well-wishers who crowded around the couple at a “The effects achieved are moving, beautiful and rev- 1999. post-concert reception were happy to learn that Mr. elatory of an unknown world both to us and to the The Metropolitan Opera’s fact sheet on the four Quilico has just finished recording “Most Happy Fella” Buryats whose spiritual traditions have been buried by a Kirov productions, distributed with other materials to and that the two artists plan to come to New York for a technological, materialist era of dark times and dark the media, including this titillating tidbit: The American return engagement in the fall. nationalism,” Ms. Guttmann said in her review, titled premiere of “Mazeppa,” which took place in New York Mingling with the guests was Ms. Petrowska’s 24- “Shamanism, Theatre, Healing.” in 1933, was given by “a Ukrainian company.” Asked to year-old daughter, Dominique Bregent. In 1979, at the A work-in-progress that will premiere in the fall as a identify the company, a Met publicity representative age of 5, Ms. Bregent gave two violin recitals at the finished production, “Flight” is centered around the said the information came from the Groves Dictionary Ukrainian Institute of America in memory of her Buddhist concept of the interconnectedness of all peo- of Music. “We try to be as specific as possible, but in beloved friend, Julian Revay, the UIA director who ples and nature. It mingles music, movement, dance, this case that’s all that was given in Groves,” said the passed away on April 30 that year. chant and song. official. We’ll have to do some further digging. Ms. Petrowska, a professor of piano performance and “Flight” was conceived and directed by Ms. Tkacz. Another fact from the Met: Bass Adam Didur, who musicology at York University in Toronto, has toured The music, composed and played by Obie Award-win- sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1929, widely in Europe, North America and the Middle East, ner Genji Ito with the collaboration of Buryat composer was a principal singer in the cast of “Prince Igor” when and has recorded with CBC Records, RCI and JLH Erzhena Zhambalov, was described by Ms. Guttmann as it received its American premiere at the Metropolitan Lasersound. She is an accomplished writer who has “an arresting, revising melange of Ito’s innovations with Opera House on December 30, 1915. The Lviv-born authored two books, “Opera Illustrated: An Artistic traditional shamanic song and drum beat.” singer (1873-1946), handled the roles of Prince Galitsky Odyssey” and “Mr. Rigoletto: In Conversation with Others involved in the production were consultant and Konchak in the Italian-translation production. Louis Quilico.” Wanda Phipps, costume designer Luba Kierkosz, vocal Digital art by Dorosh coach Natalka Honcharenko, set designer Watoku Ueno, movement coach Cheng-Chieh Yu and graphic artist Daria Dorosh has been engaged for 35 years in the Carmen Fujois. fields of fashion, fine art, photography and digital tech- Browsing the festival nology. With the onset of the computer age, she began to mesh these four separate fields, and in her 11th one- The Ukrainian street festival sponsored in mid-May person exhibition at the A.I.R. Gallery last month she each year by St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church showed digital prints that reflect the intersection of turned the spotlight on some new performing talents as these fields. it turned 21 this year. With warm, sunny weather pre- In an attempt to express a new range of ideas and vailing for the three-day fair, spirits ran high as specta- observations, Ms. Dorosh collected layers of the past tors browsed through booths and watched stage pro- with a digital camera and altered them in Photoshop (a grams. computer program). Using various papers and fabrics, New faces on stage included the 25 young members she created prints on an Epson desktop inkjet printer of the St. George Academy bandura ensemble, formed and a Hewlett-Packard 2500CP large-format inkjet earlier this year by bandura virtuoso Julian Kytasty. In printer. place of Mr. Kytasty, who was in Toronto for an appear- Ranging in size from a five-inch square to a 34-by- ance at the Ukrainian National Association convention 40-inch work, the 28 prints in the “Scraps and concert, Alla Kucevych led the ensemble in two per- Shadows” exhibit revealed subject matter that is person- formances. al and intimate: articles of clothing, a group of palm- Another group that made its debut at the festival, pre- size sculptures, photographs taken in a local thrift shop senting a program of Ukrainian poetry, songs and and documentation of an on-site installation done in music, was the Nasha Rodyna ensemble, directed by Italy in 1991. musicologist Oksana Lykhovyd. Ms. Dorosh believes that opposites co-exist in the New soloists included vocalists Bohdan Sikora, digital domain, and says that tiny pixels of color and Mykola Oleksyshyn and Lena Vedenska, a member of light, the footprints of numbers, can be visited with a the Nasha Rodyna group, as well as the vocal duo of zoom, or one can pull back and see “a clutter of recog- Luba and Mykola (formerly of the Oberehy ensemble of nizable objects.” Lviv), who were joined by Victor Petliy on the key- “Perhaps clutter is the dark side of minimalism. I am board. attracted to the beauty of these opposites: the computer Repeat performers included Laryssa Magun-Huryn, provides a choice of vantage point.” whose fine soprano voice was heard in three programs, Internet browsers can check out the website at and the outstanding Dumka chorus, conducted by Wasyl http://idt.net/dbas to view six or seven pieces from the Hrechynsky in a Saturday evening concert inside St. “Scraps and Shadows” exhibit. George’s Church. Ms. Dorosh’s earlier exhibitions at the A.I.R. Gallery Contributing great color and vitality to the outdoor revealed an ongoing exploration on the nature of art and scene were the Ukrainian folk dance groups that the Pianist Christina Petrowska and baritone Louis the environment in which it is perceived. In 1982 her oil public looks forward to every year – children’s and Quilico. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 No. 25

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Box 280, 1991, when the Soviet Union was col- the amount of damages a plaintiff can Parsippany, NJ 07054. lapsing and the question of Ukrainian seek from a media outlet. independence was put to the people. Mr. Nikazakov said more public pres- Many wondered whether independence sure should be put on lawmakers. “The even had a chance after generations of media should press the Parliament to Russification and Soviet role. The change laws so that they defend them- Insure and be sure. results, of course, were stunning. More selves against high-ranking officials,” he than 90 percent of Ukrainian citizens said. “The Parliament probably would Join the UNA! voted for independence. How did this pass this kind of law just to spite the miracle happen? Go back to those monu- president.”

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Plast Jamboree St. John’s School celebrates two graduations begins July 29 WINNIPEG – The Plast Ukrainian Youth Organization of Canada is marking its golden jubilee this year by hosting International Plast Jamboree ’98 in Manitoba from July 29 to August 9. Approximately 600 Plast youth members between the ages of 11 and 18 from around the world have registered to participate. Plast is a Ukrainian scouting organiza- tion founded in 1911 in Lviv; it began its activities in Winnipeg in 1948. It is dedi- cated to the development of the physical, intellectual and moral strength of youth of Ukrainian descent. The mission of the organization is to promote national aware- ness and respect for ancestral traditions. Participants in International Plast Jamboree ’98 will spend five days camp- ing in one of seven different Manitoba provincial and federal park locations. There will be two hiking, two biking and three canoeing camps. Approximately half of the participants will attend Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin, Manitoba. All the participants will come together at Bird’s Hill Park for four days of varied activities. One day will feature visits to Winnipeg tourist attractions. The official opening ceremonies will take place on Wednesday, August 5, at 7 p.m. at Bird’s Hill Park. Dignitaries from federal, provincial and municipal gov- St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, N.J., celebrated two graduations in June. Eleven students of the ernments, as well as representatives from eighth grade graduated from the parochial school on Sunday, June 7. The commencement ceremonies included the salutatory various national and local organizations will also take part. address delivered in Ukrainian by Roxolana Rak-Woloszyn and the valedictory address in English by Christina Jarymowycz. Detailed information on the jamboree Other graduates were: Irina Bratach, Markian Hadzewycz, Donald Hannon, Kira Myskiw, Sofia Padkowsky, Bohdan Protyniak, can be obtained on the Internet at Taras Puzyk, Natalie Rakowsky and Nicole Wynarczuk. Two days later, on Tuesday, June 9, the school’s kindergartners had http://www.plast.mb.ca; via e-mail, their graduation. The graduates were: Ivanka Farrell, Ihor Gritsan, Natalka Kudryk, Andrew Lazirko, Alexander Martynetz, [email protected]; or by writing to: Plast Oksana Matwiiv, Olenka Olesnycky, Boyan Robak and Alexis Rozij. In the photo above, both graduating classes are seen with International Jamboree ’98, 623 Flora Ave., the principal, Sister Chrysostom; pastor, the Rev. Frank Szadiak; teachers Helena Milanytch (grade 8), Natalie Kudryk (kinder- Winnipeg, Manitoba R2W 2S4 Canada. garten), Maria Robak, Olia Stasiuk, Maria Bereza and Luba Batka; and the school secretary, Olia Lukiw. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 No. 25

Conference in Cherkasy Oblast Air Ukraine to focus on oral history research Ä‚¥aΥ̥fl ìÍð‡ªÌË by Natalie Kononenko contact organizers with details as to their research interests by July 1 so that an THE ONLY NON-STOP SERVICE BETWEEN KYIV – The Kyiv-based Center for the itinerary can be planned. A wide range of Study of Oral History and Culture, the jour- NORTH AMERICA AND UKRAINE specialists who work in either or both the nal Rodovid, and the Cherkasy center and the museum is available and Ethnographic Museum invite all ethnogra- most research requests can be accommo- TUESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY FLIGHTS TO phers to in an international conference in dated. Cherkasy, Ukraine, in August 1998 with fieldwork in central Ukraine. Registration due July 10 New York – Kyiv The conference, “Problems in Oral History Research on East European The registration fee is $90 (U.S. only Villages of the 1920s-1940s” will take please). Please request a registration New York – Lviv – Kyiv place August 4-7, in the Cherkasy form from address below or e-mail: Ethnographic Museum. An optional addi- [email protected]. Applications and • Flying time is 4 hours faster than any other airline tional activity is to conduct fieldwork in one-page abstracts must be received no • Highly qualified pilots villages under the guidance of local ethno- later than July 10. Make checks or • Excellent service with traditional Ukrainian hospitality graphers of the center and the museum. money orders payable to “Rodovid,” and and great meals on board Field trips begin August 8, the duration of send to: Rodovid; 18200 S. Mullen • Day-time and evening flights from JFK-New York the fieldwork is up to the scholar and can Road, Belton, MO 64012. continue for as many days as you wish. All other fees and charges for accommo- Both the conference and the fieldwork dations, should be paid in cash on-site in 1-800-UKRAINE (1-800-857-2463) opportunity are geared to be of interest to Ukraine (either Ukrainian hryvnia, U.S. or ethnographers, anthropologists, ethnomu- Canadian dollars, or DM). Travelers or contact your travel agent. sicologists, sociologists – as well as to checks, money orders, personal checks, or folklorists and historians. credit cards will not be accepted. For arrival and departure information One of the most serious lacunae in Citizens of all states outside of Soviet era ethnography is oral history: Eastern Europe are required to have a call (718) 656-9896, (718) 632-6909 not only its collection but its interpreta- visa to enter Ukraine. We can furnish tion as well. The few oral history proj- participants with theletter of invitation ects that were undertaken were seriously needed to acquire a visa. Because visas flawed by the ideological distortions of can take up to two weeks to be Air Ukraine the time. Thousands of now-elderly who processed, requests for visas and pay- 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 can speak to the specifics of the Soviet ments of the registration fee mus be New York, NY 10176 time period still live in villages in made no later than July 10. Participants Ukraine. are advised to contact the Ukrainian Whatever their area of specialization, Embassy or consulate in their respective Cargo Shipping: anyone with an interest in the collection countries for details on visa applications. and interpretation of oral history, or with For further information, contact either experience in oral history/ethnography that William Noll of the center or Lidia Air Ukraine - Cargo touches on the problems of this time peri- Lykhach of Rodovid in Kyiv at tel/fax 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave. T), Brooklyn, NY 11223 od, is invited to participatein the confer- (+380-44) 295-4064 during office hours, or tel.: 718-376-1023, fax: 718-376-1073 ence. This includes those who have con- e-mail [email protected] ducted research in other parts of Eastern Europe and can offer a comparative view to research undertaken in Ukraine. This is, among other things, an opportunity for At Ukrainian Museum’s... (Continued from page 4) comparative research in the villages of Ukraine. during the year. Vasyl Sosiak, chairman of the Auditing Conference schedule Committee, reported on the execution of a The conference languages are Ukrainian satisfactory audit of the museum’s finan- and English. Papers should be no more than cial records. He praised the board and the 20 minutes in length, with 10 minutes for administration for their exemplary running questions and answers immediately after of the institution. each presentation. Those interested in pre- The final report came from Barbara senting papers should contact organizers for Bachynsky, chairperson of the Nominating submission specifics. Committee, who focused on difficulty of The general conference schedule is as finding candidates to fill vacating posts on follows: the board. Although successful in filling • August 4 – arrival in Kyiv; transporta- other slots prior to the meeting, the com- tion by car to Cherkasy; mittee was not able to propose a candidate • August 5 – plenary sessions, morning for president. During the meeting the post and afternoon; was accepted by Olha Hnateyko, a mem- • August 6 – separate sessions, panels; ber-at-large on the board of trustees in • August 8 – transportation from 1997. The assembled museum members Cherkasy to Kyiv or begin fieldwork. unanimously voted to accept the For those who wish to remain in Kyiv, Nominating Committee’s proposed slate organizers can provide assistance in finding of candidates and the new president. The accommodations. Hotel accommodations committee also thanked the outgoing pres- cost from $45 (double) to $90 (single) ident, Mr. Luchechko, for his leadership per night. Participants can be placed in a during the two years of his tenure. private apartment for $20 a night. The following is new roster of the board Another option is to live with an of trustees of The Ukrainian Museum: Mrs. English-speaking family for $20 a night Hnateyko, president; Anna Krawczuk, per person. Tatiana Tershakovec and Barbara Bachynsky, vice-presidents; Mr. Sawkiw, Fieldwork option treasurer; Roman Hawrylak and Vera For those wishing to stay on and con- Skop, secretaries; Orest Glut, Yar Mociuk duct fieldwork, this option can begin the and Olga Trytyak – members-at-large. day after the conference – Saturday, Board members are: Anna Alyskewycz, August 8 – and last as many days as you Katria Czerwoniak, Sophia Hewryk, Lidia wish. The cost is $30 per day, including Krushelnytsky,Volodymyr Kurylo,Olha transportation, meals, housing, and an Lewicky, Mr. Luchechko, Areta accompanying ethnographer from the Pawlynsky, Maria Pazuniak, Maria center or from the museum.The cost for Polanskyj, Zoriana Siokalo, Roma an interpreter is an additional $10 per Shuhan, Christine Zarska Shoh, Maria day. The accompanying ethnographer Tomorug and Ireneus Yurchuk. will take those interested to representa- Auditing Committee members are: tive villages in Cherkasy Oblast. Those Wasyl Sosiak (chairman), Nadia Cwiach, intending to conduct fieldwork should Ihor Hayda and Myroslaw Trojan. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 13

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NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE Looking for a First Mortgage? Joins McGraw-Hill Need to refinance? as associate Looking for - NEW YORK – Theodora B. Chomiak has joined the McGraw-Hill Companies as an associate in the Executive Development program. Her first rotation Great Rates is in the office of the president and chief executive officer of this large media con- Low Fees glomerate with headquarters in New York. Miss Chomiak received her Master of Prompt Approval Business Administration (MBA) degree from Columbia University on May 16. She graduated in 1991 from Princeton CALL 1 (800) 253-9862 University and immediately left for Ukraine, where she worked first for the International Renaissance Foundation established by American financier and philanthropist George Soros and later for the International Media Center, a project Theodora B. Chomiak of Internews Network funded by Soros, the Westminster Foundation and U.S. Business School. During the summer of Agency for International Development 1997 she worked as an associate at (USAID). Chase Manhattan Bank and, among other After three years in Ukraine she things, wrote a report for the bank on returned to New York and worked for the communications systems in Ukraine. Soros Foundations as a media consultant. Miss Chomiak is a member of Branch In 1996 she entered the Columbia 25 of the Ukrainian National Association.

Receives B.S. in nursing ELMIRA, N.Y. – Catherine Alexis Konopada, daughter of Robert and Gail Konopada of Tewksbury Township, N.J., was awarded a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Elmira College, Elmira, N.Y. Miss Konopada is a member of the Tri Beta Honor Society, the Elmira College Nursing Club and a communicant of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Elmira Heights. During her years at Elmira College, Miss Konopada was involved in programs at the Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, as well as the Corning Medical Center in Attention, Students! Corning. Most recently Miss Konopada Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activities. interned in the medical/surgical unit of St. The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian com- Joseph’s Hospital, also in Elmira. munity know about upcoming events. Miss Konopada is a member of UNA Branch 7. Catherine Alexis Konopada The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be glad to print timely news stories about events that have already taken Notes on People is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the Ukrainian place. Photos also will be accepted. National Association. All submissions should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person’s MAKE YOURSELF HEARD. UNA branch number. Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt, when space permits.

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Donetsk and third to Karpaty of Lviv. PACKAGES TO UKRAINE Newsbriefs (Eastern Economist) (Continued from page 2) Independence military parade planned ment, and the establishment of domestic as low as $ .69 per Lb energy markets. Mr. Ozadovskyi said the KYIV – For the first time in the histo- Chornobyl disaster has hindered eco- ry of independent Ukraine, a military DNIPRO CO nomic reform in Ukraine. He empha- parade will take place on August 24 dur- NEWARK, NJ PHILADELPHIA CLIFTON, NJ sized that the issue of closing the ing celebrations of the country’s 698 Sanford Ave 1801 Cottman Ave 565 Clifton Ave Chornobyl nuclear power plant is direct- Independence Day, said First Vice ly tied to the provision of necessary Minister of Defense Ivan Bizhan. The Tel. 973-373-8783 Tel. 215-728-6040 Tel. 973-916-1543 funds from the West in support of both minister stated that about 5,000 military *Pick up service available the Shelter Implementation Plan and the personnel, 268 units of military equip- creation of alternative energy supplies to ment and 50 military planes will be compensate for the plant’s shutdown. involved in the parade. He added that no (Eastern Economist) additional funds will be allocated for Ukrainian Sitch Sports School organizing the parade. (Eastern An Unforgettable Learning Experience PivdenMash rolls out Sea Launch rocket Economist) LEARN SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, SWIMMING, TENNIS FROM AN KYIV – Dnipropetrovsk-based Shipyard finally sells Variah OUTSTANDING STAFF THAT HAS BEEN HAND-PICKED TO WORK PivdenMash sent its second Zenit rocket WITH ALL AGES AND ABILITY GROUPS. to the Sea Launch company on June 4. KYIV – The state’s Black Sea Place: “Verkhovyna” Resort, Glen Spey, N.Y. The plant’s deputy chief designer, Shipyard has signed a contract for the When: July 26 - August 22, 1998 Oleksander Maschenko, said the rocket sale of the unfinished military ship Ages 6-18 is designed to launch commercial satel- Variah. The winner of the tender was the firm Agencia Turistica e Diversoes Register now – Capacity is limited – For information write to: lites into orbit from a platform. He said PivdenMash is pleased with the progress Chong Lot from the Portuguese colony Ukrainian Sitch Sports School of Macao, said the plant’s deputy general 680 Sanford Avenue, Newark, NJ 07106 of the Zenit project, which is running on schedule. The full order consists of 38 director, Ivan Vinnyk, on June 15. rockets, with the terms of their manufac- According to Mr. Vinnyk, the plant has ture depending on the results of the first already received $2 million (U.S.) in sea launch, scheduled for October 30. advance payments out of the total sum of Need a back issue? (Eastern Economist) $20 million. Mr. Vinnyk said construc- If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, tion of the ship will not be completed, Kazakstan celebrates new capital. since one of the conditions in the con- send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: tract was that the ship was not to be used Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, ASTANA, Kazakstan – A large cere- mony in Astana on June 10 marked the for military purposes. The Variah is capa- 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. transfer of the Kazak capital from ble of carrying 60 planes and is more Almaty to that city. Attending the festivi- than 300 meters long. Its construction ties were the heads of state from had started in November 1985 and is Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, presently 65 to 73 percent finished, Turkey and Ukraine, as well as Russian according to specialists. Construction of Deputy Prime Minister and special the ship was halted toward the end of Important information envoy to the CIS Ivan Rybkin, CIS 1991 and in 1994 Ukraine received a Executive Secretary Boris Berezovskii final refusal from Russia to participate in for Svoboda advertisers and officials from the Economic its completion, at which point the inter- Cooperation Organization and the national tender was announced. (Eastern Beginning on July 1, 1998, the Ukrainian-language newspaper Svoboda, formerly a Organization of the Islamic Conference. Economist) daily, will be published as a weekly. Kazak President Nursultan Nazarbayev Ivano-Frankivsk to rebuild cathedral The deadline for advertising in the new weekly is Wednesday noon. Advertisements said the decision to move the capital IVANO-FRANKIVSK – The Ivano- received by the deadline will be published in the following week’s issue (the newspa- from Almaty, in southeastern Kazakstan, Frankivsk Oblast Council in early May per will be printed on Wednesday and with a Friday cover date). to Astana, which lies in the approximate geographical center of the country, was approved a decision to begin rebuilding Exceptions to the above are notices of death, which will be accepted until 9 a.m. of “the result of a centuries-long search, the Assumption Cathedral that have been the Wednesday the paper is printed. lengthy contemplation and heated built by Galician Prince Yaroslav debates.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Osmomysl in the 12th century. The cathedral was destroyed in 1340 by All advertisements and requests for information about advertising should be addressed Dynamo again Ukraine champion to the Advertising Department. invading Tatars; all that remains is the KYIV – Dynamo Kyiv once again building’s foundation. (Respublika) • Mailing address: Advertising Department – Svoboda rose to the top of Ukrainian soccer after Belarusian women seek Hillary’s help P.O. Box 280 beating Zirka, the Kirovohrad team, 4-1 2200 Route 10 to become Ukraine’s champion. This is MIENSK – Six Belarusian women, Parsippany, NJ 07054 the sixth consecutive win for Dynamo mothers or wives of persecuted opposi- in the country championship. Dynamo tion activists, on May 6 presented U.S. • Telephone: (973) 292-9800 is to represent Ukraine in the next Ambassador to Belarus Daniel • Fax: (973) 644-9510 Champions League in Europe. Dynamo Speckhard with a letter to First Lady will know its first opponent after July 8. Hillary Clinton, asking for her support Second place went to Shakhtar of for political prisoners and human rights activists in Belarus, RFE/RL’s Belarusian Service reported. The letter protests against political repression in Belarus and “the transformation of all of us into [President Alyaksandr] Lukashenka’s voiceless slaves.” It also states that since the beginning of 1997 the Belarusian authorities have subjected more than 1,500 people to different kinds of politi- cal repression. (RFE/RL Newsline) New embassy is not the only attraction LONDON – The new Ukrainian Embassy in London opened at the end of May. It took more than two years to reno- vate a huge residence that reportedly cost 6 million hrv. However, the new Embassy is not the only place of interest for Ukrainian visitors. The Embassy building is situated close to the site of a monument to St. Volodymyr the Great in commemo- ration of 1,000 years of Christianity in Rus’-Ukraine that was celebrated in 1988. The Ukrainian social club and the offices of the Association of Ukrainians of Great Britain are nearby at 154 Holland Park Ave. (Eastern Economist) No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998 15

Still no chairman... City of Windsor is proud of its two Ukrainian prodigies (Continued from page 1) get the chairmanship. Rumors flowed by Myroslaw Prytulak was so impressed with Darrett’s perform- by the Ukrainian Arts Society of Detroit, after the seventh round that an agreement Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ance that she noted on her evaluation which took place at St. Josaphat’s Hall in had finally been reached for a package sheet that she isn’t certain “how can one Warren, Mich. WINDSOR, Ontario – “A person attempt to evaluate a genius.” Music is not Darrett’s only interest. In vote for which the four centrist factions endowed with surprising qualities, esp. united in a temporary coalition had been In 1997, Darrett took part in four com- his spare time he also enjoys cross-coun- precocious child” is the definition of petitions: placing first at the Ontario try motorcycling and skiing, camping, calling since the attempt to elect a chair- “prodigy” given by The Concise Oxford man began in early May. The package – Registered Music Teachers’ Association, fishing, target shooting, golfing, Tae Dictionary of Current English. the only way by which the centrist coali- Provincial Student Instrumental Kwan Do, computer games and chess. The city of Windsor happens to be hon- tion believes that a Verkhovna Rada pre- Competition, Toronto; placing third out Dara-Lynn began taking violin lessons ored with two gifted Ukrainian Canadian sidium will be able to be elected – would of 118 other young participants from when she was 3 and played her first con- have an NDP representative in the chair- individuals: Darrett Zusko, a 13-year-old around the world in the age 12 and under certo when she was 5. At age 9 she was man’s seat, with a Communist as first pianist, and his 18-year-old sister Dara- group at the Joanna Hodges International the youngest winner ever of the Windsor vice-chair and a member of the Rukh Lynn, a violinist. Piano Competition, Palm Desert, Calif.; and Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival, faction as second vice-chair. Darrett and Dara are the children of Dr. placing first in the age 29 and under open string division. The Communists issued an official Edward Zusko, a Canadian-born dentist, group, at Ontario Music Festivals By age 10 Dara-Lynn attained the equiv- statement on June 17 accusing the four (whose parents are ethnic Ukrainians from Association provincial finals, Lakefield, alent of a grade 10 program of the Toronto centrist factions, the National Poland and Czecho-Slovakia) and Grace Ontario; and, finally, placing third and Conservatory of Music. She also appeared, Democrats, Rukh, the Social Democrats Anne Zusko, a school teacher. winning $400 at the National Music as a guest soloist, with the Windsor (United) and the Greens, of sabotaging Darrett, an eighth grader enrolled in an Festival, Saskatoon, where he officially Community Orchestra. the procedure for the election of a chair- all-French elementary school, started piano represented the Province of Ontario in At present Dara-Lynn is concertmaster man. “The factions of the National Rukh, lessons at age 4, and is currently studying the piano category. of the Windsor Community Orchestra the NDP, SDP(U) and the Green Party piano at the School of Music of the Some of Darrett’s major stage perform- and a first year student at the School of are busy launching a new spiral of University of Windsor. His piano teacher of ances include his appearances as a guest Music of the University of Windsor. She attacks aimed at the destruction of five years, the department head, Dr. pianist with the Kitchener-Waterloo is also taking private violin lessons from Ukrainian parliamentarism and discredit- Gregory Butler, describes Darrett’s talent as Chamber Orchestra (twice), the Windsor the retired assistant concertmaster of the ing national deputies,” the statement “insightful, rich in imagination and of Symphony Orchestra, Guelph Spring Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Morris read. world-class potential.” Festival and the Michigan’s Macomb Hochberg. After six weeks the whole process has Darrett began competing nationally in Symphony Orchestra (twice). In her leisure time she enjoys playing her become what one deputy speaking from 1995 at age 10. On his first attempt, the His solo concerts comprise a special 1849 violin with her brother Darrett; and the floor of the assembly hall called “a Canadian Music Competitions, national recital and a solo debut, both of which participates, with her Ukrainian friend theater of the absurd.” While parliamen- final, which was held in Toronto, award- were held at the University of Windsor, Oksana Vignan, in their newly formed tarians continue to accuse one another of ed him first place in the age 12 and under as well as the most recent one presented musical trio. blocking the election of a chairman, category. some have now taken to making comic In 1996, he was awarded first prize and suggestions as to what the Parliament $2,000 in the age 30 and under category by needs to do to elect a leader. the Edward Johnson Music Competition, “I think that we need to hold a simple which took place in Guelph, Ontario. lottery of those deputies interested in the One of the adjudicators of this contest, chairman’s seat,” said Volodymyr the famed contralto Maureen Forrester, Cherniak of the National Rukh faction. “The winner becomes the chairman.” Other national deputies have proposed FIRST QUALITY from the floor of the Parliament that the UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL-STYLE factions each choose a representative, who then will take turns chairing the daily sessions on a weekly basis. SERVINGMO NY/NJ/CTNUMENTS REGION CEMETERIES A third proposal was that all those deputies who have no desire for the OBLAST chairmanship submit their names; the MEMORIALS rest would then rotate the position P.O. BOX 746 among themselves on a weekly basis. Chester, NY 10918 With no end in sight in this process, 914-469-4247 and the list of realistic candidates grow- BILINGUAL HOME APPOINTMENTS ing shorter with every vote, many nation- al deputies also have taken to making quips about the still youthful Parliament’s political impotence. National Deputy Viktor Roienko of the Hromada Party told the Verkhovna Rada that he is not sure that national deputies really understand who they are electing. “Are we electing a head of the Verkhovna Rada or a speaker? I think we are looking for a head, because if it was a speaker we were searching for we would have found him long ago,” said Mr. Roienko, referring to the verbosity of his colleagues.

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday, June 25 York’s famous nightspot – Le Bar Bat, on Saturday, June 27. Single Weekenders will CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute, as part of its special meet at 10 p.m. at Le Bar Bat, 311 W. 57 St., events, is holding a talk by Nadia (between Eight and Ninth avenues) in the Svitlychna, editor at The Ukrainian lounge on the second floor. To pay the dis- Museum in New York, who will speak on counted admission of $10, say that you are “Vasyl Stus, Commemoration on the 60th with Single Weekenders. The weekend will Anniversary of his Birth: ‘The Road of continue with a brunch on Sunday, June 28, Fate, the Road of Pain...’ ” The talk will be at the Cloister Café, 238 E. Ninth St. held in Emerson Hall, Room 101, Harvard (between Second and Third avenues). The Campus, at 7:30 p.m. brunch will begin at 11 a.m.; cost: $12. After brunch Weekenders may spend the day NEW YORK: Love Riot, the Baltimore- roaming the streets of New York. Kindly based folk rock band, with soloist Lisa RSVP by June 22. For additional informa- (Kruk) Mathews, will give a concert at tion call (212) 358-9615 or contact us at Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St., at 7 p.m. [email protected]. To Love Riot is currently touring in be added to the mailing list write to: Massachusetts, Maryland and upstate New Weekenders/UHC P.O. Box 1607, New York. The band’s song “Sometimes A York, NY 10009. Feeling” is featured in a popular video which won the Best New Artist Award at Monday, June 29 the Houston and Charleston International CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Film Festivals, and is soon to be aired on Summer Institute, as part of its special the AMC Network’s Romance Channel. events, is holding a lecture by Dr. Oleh For information on the Manhattan concert, Wolowyna, demographer and president, call (212) 358-1633. Informed Decisions Inc., Chapel Hill, N.C. Friday, June 26 on the topic “Recent Immigration from Ukraine to the U.S.: The Fourth Wave.” WASHINGTON: The Washington Group The lecture will be held in Emerson Hall, (TWG) and International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) are hosting a Room 108, Harvard Campus, at 7:30 p.m. Friday Evening Forum with U.S. ADVANCE NOTICE Ambassador to Ukraine Stephen Pifer at 7 Saturday, July 11 p.m. at IREX (Grange Building, first floor conference room, 1616 H St. NW; one LAS VEGAS, Nev.: The Ukrainian- block from Farragut West Metro stop near American Social Club of Las Vegas will White House). Light refreshments will fol- hold an Independence Day and Summer low Ambassador Pifer’s presentation. Celebration, with festivities starting at 6 Seating is limited, please RSVP to Orest p.m. at 7030 West Darby. Admission: $7 Deychakiwsky, (301) 937-0492, and leave per person. Dress is very casual. The club voice mail if necessary. will furnish several entrees; please bring a side dish or liquor and please check Saturday-Sunday, June 27-28 with Mary on what is needed by calling NEW YORK: To start off the summer off (702) 228-2312. For reservations and right Single Ukrainian Weekenders have additional information call the above decided to dance the night away at New number.

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THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME

Under the auspicies of St. Nicholas Eparchy and with the blessing of Bishop Michael Wiwchar, CSsR

A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Ukraine is being organized September 16 - October 1,1998

Pilgrims will visit the following places in the Holy Land: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Caesarea, Tiberias, Capernaum, Haifa.

In Ukraine: Kyiv, Kaniv, Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Jaremche, Vorochta, the Carpathian Mountains, Kolomyia.

Cost for sixteen days is $2,898, which includes: airfare, hotels, two meals each day. Reservations should be made sixty days prior to departure.

Hosts: Monsignor Jaroslav Swyschuk Rev. Basil Marchak, J.C.D. St. Nicholas Cathedral 2238 West Rice Street Chicago, Illinois 60622 773-276-4537