INSIDE:• Can Marchuk become Ukraine’s transitional strongman? — page 2. • Kyivans celebrate Epiphany on the banks of the Dnipro — page 3. • U.S. ambassador speaks on democracy in Ukraine — page 5.

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Vol. LXXII No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 $1/$2 in Ukraine Poland HEagrees to jointKRAINIAN development EEKLY T U PACE monitorsW caution Kyiv of Ukraine’s Odesa-Brody pipeline on constitutional reform process by Roman Woronowycz according to Interfax-Ukraine. He identified by Roman Woronowycz political crisis. Kyiv Press Bureau three phases in the project: preparation and Kyiv Press Bureau “It would be good to avoid [reaching analysis of financing and investment; nego- the stage] where the political system as KYIV – Poland agreed on January 16 tiations with participants; and start-up. KYIV – Council of Europe representa- such is discredited,” explained Ms. to joint development of the Odesa-Brody Even with a concrete plan finally on the tives responsible for monitoring Severinsen. “Ordinary people think what oil pipeline from the Ukrainian border to table in the long-awaited agreement Ukraine’s movement towards democracy is going on in the Parliament is not in the Plotsk, near the Baltic Sea, where the oil between Poland and Ukraine, controversy warned on January 20 of a looming con- interest of the people.” would be transported by sea to ports in which has been the hallmark of the effort to stitutional crisis in the country and did Ms. Severinsen, who explained that Western Europe. develop the Odesa-Brody pipeline – again not rule out the leveling of sanctions by her remarks were preliminary assess- The agreement, signed two days after emerged a day before the signing ceremony. the quasi-governmental European human ments of what would become a formal Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers officially On January 15, Energy Solutions, a con- rights organization should specific politi- report to the Parliamentary Assembly of approved the project, is a major step in sulting firm contracted by the Ukrainian cal forces use constitutionally unautho- the Council of Europe, said she ques- assuring the pipeline’s economic feasibility. government to assess the economic viabili- rized means to push through political tioned whether it was acceptable to initi- It heralded the first concrete step towards ty of utilizing the still-barren oil pipeline in reforms. ate constitutional changes just 10 months development of a single oil transport corri- reverse, stated that the preliminary conclu- At the conclusion of an unscheduled before major elections. The PACE rap- dor from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea, sions drawn from its analysis showed that it visit to Ukraine to review the political porteur also noted that constitutional which would make it one of the main oil was economically expedient to pump oil conflict that has developed over the changes should not be undertaken “like pipelines from the oil-rich Caspian Sea from Brody to Odesa for a three-year peri- upcoming presidential elections and the you change your shirt,” and said she was region to energy-starved Europe od, during which time Ukraine could effort to have the Verkhovna Rada take disturbed by the lack of deliberateness in It occurred nearly simultaneously with a develop its Caspian oil route. It stated that the right of direct popular election of the the process. She also said that she had renewed impetus to keep the focus of the Ukraine could make up to $35 million dur- president upon itself, the two representa- serious reservations regarding the inde- Ukrainian government on an alternative, ing the life of the contract. tives expressed serious concern regarding pendence of the Constitutional Court reverse usage of the Ukrainian oil transport However, Ukraine’s Ministry of Fuel the manner in which the constitutional after it unexpectedly – and to many system, from Brody to Odesa. Extensive and Energy immediately refuted delivery of change process undertaken by the pro- unconvincingly – handed down the ruling mass media reports on January 15 stated the report and stated that it had yet to presidential majority in the Parliament allowing President Kuchma an exception that reverse use of Odesa-Brody could receive any results from the consulting had moved forward thus far. to a third term in office. bring Ukraine economic benefit, according firm. Minister of Fuel and Energy Serhii Hanne Severinsen, rapporteur for the Ms. Severinsen explained that her to a not-yet-released feasibility study. The Yermilov said he was still awaiting the offi- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council hope was that sanctions by European study, to be released by Energy Solutions cial report and that the firm had a January of Europe (PACE), said during a press countries could be avoided if a proper LLC, a little-known energy consulting 19 deadline to present it. He also noted that conference that after the events of the last dialogue developed between the political firm, which coincidentally or not also is a decision by President Leonid Kuchma month, including a procedurally ques- groups within Ukraine during which a the name of a widely known and respected was not expected before February 1. On tionable hand vote in the Parliament to proper procedure for constitutional Washington-based lobbying firm, was held January 17, the issue surrounding the change the Constitution of Ukraine as change could be agreed upon. back after Energy Solutions stated that it results of the analysis became more unclear well as several Constitutional Court rul- Ms. Severinsen noted that, while not needed more time to complete its analysis. when Energy Solutions asked for more ings – one allowing President Leonid yet publicly confirmed, she believed the Several energy and oil transport time to present the full feasibility study. Kuchma to run for a third term even looming constitutional crisis in Ukraine experts in Kyiv who spoke with The Much of the intrigue that has developed while the Constitution limits a state Weekly, nonetheless, rejected any possi- around the Odesa-Brody oil pipeline leader to two terms – Ukraine was in (Continued on page 19) bility of economic benefit from reverse involves Russia’s Tyumenskaya Neftanaya use of the oil pipeline. Kompania (TNK) and its recently acquired The Polish-Ukraine agreement, which partner, British Petroleum. The new con- Central and Western European leaders glomerate has made a determined effort to Rumors of Kuchma’s death and the United States have strongly sup- convince Ukrainian officials to allow them ported, stipulates the creation of a joint to pump low-grade Russian Urals crude stock company between the two coun- through Brody to Odesa for a three-year takeby Roman onWoronowycz a life ofThe rumortheir also spread own quickly beyond tries, the preparation of a business plan period. In Odesa the Russia crude would and the development of investors. Kyiv Press Bureau Ukraine to the Ukrainian diaspora, and be transferred on to tankers and moved was the subject of countless telephone UkrTransNafta, the wholly govern- through the Black Sea through the KYIV – By the time President Leonid ment-owned firm that built and controls calls and e-mail exchanges beginning on Bosporus Sea into the Mediterranean and Kuchma returned on January 17 to Kyiv January 16. It was bolstered by a report the Odesa-Brody pipeline, has said it has onto southern Europe. from Baden-Baden, where he was under- developed informal agreements with carried by a Russian-based news service, The main argument TNK-BP has used going medical treatment and rehabilita- News-Info, which reported on its website major international oil companies to to convince Ukrainian state leaders to tion at the world-renowned German pump 14 million tons of high-grade light that its sources in Baden-Baden had said agree to the project is that the pipeline – health resort, rumor had it that he had President Kuchma died on an operating sweet crude from the Caspian region to completed and ready for utilization back died. The corollary to that rumor was Europe annually, beginning with 5 mil- table in Baden-Baden. in May 2002 – has sat idle since then, that, naturally, the death was being kept For years, Ukraine’s controversial state lion to 6 million tons next year, should while Ukraine has attempted unsuccess- secret from the public. leader has been the subject of rumors on all the details regarding the oil pipeline fully to lure international oil companies, Kyiv’s notoriously famous rumor mill his impending demise from cancer alter- and the disputes surrounding it be settled. many from the United States, to commit – developed during the Soviet era when nately, the rumors have had him suffering Andrii Kliuyev, recently appointed vice to using the pipeline to transport Caspian the only thing you knew for certain was from most of its virulent forms, including prime minister of Ukraine’s energy sector, high-quality light sweet crude. that what you were told in the press was stomach, intestinal, throat and thyroid who was present at the signing ceremony, Rejecting TNK-BP assertions, an eco- most likely a lie – was working overtime cancers. which was held in Warsaw, noted after- nomic analyst and an executive of late last week. In the end, he has always showed up at wards that the agreement was the first tangi- UkrTransNafta told The Weekly in sepa- By early evening on January 15, his next press conference looking full of ble step in completing the pipeline from the rate interviews they see absolutely no Kyiv’s bazaars, kitchens and cafés were vigor and health. Ukrainian border town of Brody to Plotsk in benefit for Ukraine in bending to TNK- filled with talk of the demise of the coun- The latest rumor no doubt arose from the next phase and on to the Polish port city BP demands and agreeing to a three-year try’s president. Rumors abounded that a the fact that back on November 17, 2003, of Gdansk in the final phase of develop- contract. Ukraine would not only have no sick Ukrainian president had gone to ment. Mr. Kliuyev underscored that the guarantee that TNK-BP would or could Baden Baden in a desperate – and secret project needed to be initiated within the – attempt to save his life. (Continued on page 9) next 30 days so as not to lose momentum, (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 No. 4

ANALYSIS Is Ukraine’s minister of defense NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Anti-dumping investigation suspended explanation from Mr. Medvedchuk; there in line to become transitional strongman? has been no response. The UWC’s for- WASHINGTON – On January 16 the mal request for Mr. Medvedchuk’s dis- government of Ukraine and the United missal was forwarded to the president on by Taras Kuzio intermediaries, the bugging of President States Department of Commerce signed January 5. (Ukrainian World Congress) RFE/RL Newsline Kuchma’s office in 1999-2000 by presiden- the Amendment to the Agreement tial security officer Mykola Melnychenko. Suspending the Anti-Dumping Kyiv rally urges new union with Russia Defense Minister Yevhen Marchuk plans Like his predecessor at the NSDC, Mr. Investigation on Certain Cut-to-Length to run in Ukraine’s presidential election in Marchuk has always been a staunch advo- Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine from KYIV – More than 1,000 people took October, Ukrayinska Pravda reported on cate of Ukraine’s membership of NATO. As October 24, 1997. For the U.S. part in a rally organized by the Progressive January 6, citing fellow opposition newspa- vice prime minister in charge of national Department of Commerce, the amendment Socialist Party and the Russian Bloc in Kyiv per Postup, which claimed it was leaked this security in 1994-1995, he earned a reputa- was signed by James. J. Jochum, assistant on January 17 to commemorate the 350th information by senior officers of the tion in Moscow of being a tough operator secretary for import administration, and anniversary of the Treaty of Pereiaslav, Ministry of Defense. vis-à-vis Crimean separatists and with for Ukraine’s Ministry of the Economy whereby Ukrainian Kozaks allied with As a presidential candidate, Marchuk Russia in negotiations over the Black Sea and for European Integration by Mykhailo Moscow against Poland. Participants in the could serve to ally outgoing President Fleet. The NSDC’s decision in May 2002 to B. Reznik, ambassador extraordinary and rally called for the unification of the three Leonid Kuchma’s and oligarchs’ fears announce publicly Ukraine’s goal of NATO countries that formed the Slavic core of the regarding their fate in the post-Kuchma era. plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United membership was Mr. Marchuk’s initiative. States. This amendment envisages contin- former Soviet Union: Russia, Ukraine and Marchuk, who is seen by Western govern- There are a handful of scenarios that Belarus. (RFE/RL Newsline) ments and international organizations as uation of exports of certain cut-to-length could explain why Mr. Marchuk would seek carbon steel plate from Ukraine to the pro-Western and pro-NATO, would also the presidency this year. First, his candidacy Russian congress backs Kuchma have a better image than leading pro- United States, and provides for the agree- could be a sign of desperation by the author- ment to remain in force through November SYMFEROPOL – The Congress of Kuchma politicians, such as Prime Minister ities because they have failed to find a neu- Viktor Yanukovych, who hails from the pro- 1 of this year. Yevgen Burkat, the chief of Russian Communities of Crimea has tral candidate who can stand above the Trade and Economic Mission of urged President Leonid Kuchma to run in Russian Donbas and is tied to Ukraine’s Ukraine’s three main clans and is popular wealthiest oligarch, Renat Akhmetov. Ukraine, stated: “The signing of the this year’s presidential election, Interfax enough to win the elections. President amendment to the agreement almost coin- reported on January 19. “Any change in Mr. Marchuk’s career has spanned Kuchma’s distrust of Mr. Marchuk might be cided with the suspension of protective the top state leadership at this historic Ukraine’s entire post-Soviet history. In less significant now than the latter’s poten- measures by U.S. President George W. stage will upset the system of succession 1991-1994 he was chairman of the Security tial usefulness in Ukraine’s transition to the Bush, and in case of favorable market con- of Ukraine’s domestic- and foreign-poli- Service of Ukraine (known by its Ukrainian post-Kuchma era. It is in the interests of the ditions in year 2004 Ukrainian steel pro- cy courses,” the congress said in a state- acronym, SBU), a position he inherited presidential administration head, Mr. because of his long background in Soviet ducers will be able to export to the USA ment. The Constitutional Court of Medvedchuk to convince President Kuchma cut-to-length carbon steel plate to the Ukraine’s KGB. Mr. Marchuk was prime of Mr. Marchuk’s newfound usefulness. Ukraine ruled on December 30, 2003, amount, totaling up to $30 million (U.S.).” minister in 1995-1996, but was sacked after The pro-presidential parliamentary that Mr. Kuchma may seek the presiden- (Embassy of Ukraine) falling afoul of President Kuchma. majority will be focusing its efforts on cy in 2004 despite a two-term limit in the In the 1998 parliamentary elections, Mr. adopting constitutional changes before the UWC seeks Medvedchuk’s dismissal Constitution of Ukraine that went into Marchuk was among the first five candi- elections. Mr. Marchuk has privately stated effect in 1996, during President dates on the Social Democratic Party United that an unspecified “radical step” will be NEW YORK – The Ukrainian World Kuchma’s first term. (RFE/RL Newsline) (SDPU) list, alongside former President Congress (UWC), following up on the taken in March. Mr. Marchuk could either Ukrainian troops in midst of protest in Iraq Leonid Kravchuk and party leader Viktor be the authorities’ sole neutral candidate, or fiasco over the Kyiv venue of its eighth Medvedchuk. It was not until the following he could run alongside a second candidate, congress, wrote to the chief of presiden- KUT, Iraq – Ukrainian army tanks and year’s presidential election that the SDPU Prime Minister Yanukovych. The SDPU tial administration, Viktor Medvedchuk, Iraqi police were confronted by angry aligned with Mr. Kuchma. would not view as a positive step the elec- requesting an explanation, inasmuch as demonstrators throwing explosives who During the 1999 presidential elections, tion as president of either Mr. Yanukovych the original congress site is within his gathered on January 12 and 13 at City Mr. Marchuk played a spoiler role, similar to or popular reformer Viktor Yushchenko. jurisdiction. Having failed to receive a Hall plaza in this city 100 miles southeast that played by the late Gen. Aleksandr Second, constitutional changes might be reply, the UWC executive board in of Baghdad. The Washington Post noted Lebed in the 1996 Russian presidential bal- adopted that provide for presidential elec- December 2003 decided to wait an addi- that the demonstrations coincided with a lot. Mr. Marchuk’s rhetoric, political niche tions this year, but for Parliament to elect tional 30 days for a response, and failing growing split between U.S. officials and a and allies were similar to those later future presidents after a new legislature is that, to request that President Leonid prominent Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah espoused by populist nationalist Yulia elected in 2006. These are the constitutional Kuchma dismiss his chief of staff. The Ali Sistani, who demanded on January 12 Tymoshenko, first in the National Salvation changes favored by the Communists, whose UWC’s argumentation is as follows: the that direct elections be held soon. Some Front and then in the Yulia Tymoshenko 59 votes are needed by the pro-presidential UWC entered into a binding contract residents of Kut said the protests were Bloc. majority to effect the changes. with the Ukrainian Home to hold its instigated by extremist Shiite groups who Mr. Marchuk was co-opted in the second Any president elected this year, therefore, eighth congress on August 19-21, 2003, had access to grenades and dynamite, round of the 1999 elections and named sec- would automatically become a transitional and made the requisite deposit; two which were thrown at Ukrainian troops retary of the National Security and Defense president whose term in office would last weeks prior to the event the UWC was on both days. The protesters, however, Council (NSDC), a position he held until only from November 2004 to March 2006. notified that the Ukrainian Home was said that no political or religious group 2003. In this position he was not trusted by Mr. Marchuk could be positioning himself rescinding the contract because of immi- Mr. Kuchma, and because of this Mr. was behind them. During the protests, as a potential interim president who would nent renovations; the Ukrainian Home Ukrainian troops sat in tanks surrounding Kuchma did not permit the NSDC to play take Ukraine into the post-Kuchma era until falls within the jurisdiction of the presi- City Hall and lay on nearby rooftops with the same kind of significant role in a new president is elected by Parliament. dential administration; throughout the rifles. Order was restored in the afternoon Ukrainian politics and security affairs that it This role would seek to assuage fears by ordeal the UWC intervened with repre- of January 13 after a local Shiite cleric, had under Mr. Kuchma’s trusted ally, President Kuchma and his oligarchic allies sentatives of the presidential administra- Laith Rubaie, intervened at the request of Volodymyr Horbulin, in 1995-1999. (particularly Mr. Medvedchuk) of their pos- tion insisting on contractual obligations; The reasons for President Kuchma’s dis- sible fate if Mr. Yushchenko were to win the Iraqi police, calling over a loudspeaker the UWC was compelled to contract for for calm and drawing the demonstrators trust were twofold. First, Mr. Marchuk’s election without constitutional changes, in alternate accommodations; these events anti-Kuchma rhetoric in the 1999 elections which case he would inherit President were followed up with a demand for an (Continued on page 14) was as radical as that emanating from Kuchma’s extensive range of powers. Ukraine’s most radical oppositionist, Ms. Third, given that Mr. Marchuk would Tymoshenko. Second, a conflict emerged have little possibility of winning the elec- between Mr. Marchuk and the clan of tion, he could play the role of a “spoiler” FOUNDED 1933 Leonid Derkach, who headed the SBU in candidate and take votes from others. In the HE KRAINIAN EEKLY 1997-2001. Mr. Dekach’s son Andrei is a 1999 elections Marchuk took votes from TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., leading businessman in the Dnipropetrovsk- Socialist leader Oleksander Moroz that a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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FOR THE RECORD: Reporters Kuchma gives law enforcement officers Without Borders on Protsyuk case a raise, and critics question its timing Following is the text of a report issued opened fire on the hotel in legitimate by Roman Woronowycz It also called for a review of the physi- by Reporters Without Borders. (The self-defense in response to “enemy fire” Kyiv Press Bureau cal conditions at the precincts where report is available at http://www.rsf.org/ coming from the hotel or the area around most state militia officers work, includ- article.php3?id_article=904) it. This line was maintained and empha- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma ing an effort to return precinct premises sised at the highest official level in the issued a presidential decree on January 13 that had been sold off or transferred to to increase the salaries of law enforcement Reporters Without Borders on January days that followed. other government departments. officers at the precinct level and make 15 called for the reopening of the inquiry Sgt. Shawn Gibson, the 3rd Infantry Finally, President Kuchma directed the improvements in their working conditions. into who was really responsible for the Division (3ID) tank gunner who fired the State Committee on Television and Radio fatal shot, and his immediate superior, Some members of the Verkhovna Rada to develop a series of programs high- U.S. Army’s “criminal negligence” in questioned the timing and the purpose of shooting at the Palestine Hotel in Capt. Philip Wolford, who authorized it, lighting the work and accomplishments denied they had fired because of shooting the decree, noting that it came as politi- of the workers of the Ministry of Internal Baghdad on April 8, 2003, and causing cians began gearing up for the October the death of two journalists: Ukrainian from the hotel. They said the 4-64 Armor Affairs and asked that the Ministry of Company of the 3ID’s 2nd Brigade, presidential elections. Culture and Arts develop a series of cameramen Taras Protsyuk of the Reuters The executive order explained that the news agency and Spaniard José Couso of which was stationed on the Al-Jumhuriya films, documentary and otherwise, “to Bridge soon after U.S. troops entered goal is “to raise the level of performance raise the authority and image” of state the Spanish TV station Telecinco. of the precinct inspectors of the state mili- The call came in a report of the press Baghdad, was in fact seeking to neutral- militia officers. ize an Iraqi “spotter” monitoring and tia, to attract highly qualified specialists The decree received little attention in freedom organization’s own in-depth and to create the required conditions for investigation of the incident, which gath- reporting on U.S. military activity. Some the press, as most national deputies of this data caused the U.S. Army to them to carry out their responsibilities.” remained focused on the ongoing politi- ered evidence from journalists in the hotel It stated that there is a dire need within at the time, from others “embedded” with change its line slightly in its official cal battle in the Parliament over political report released on August 12, 2003. It did the Ministry of Internal Affairs to devel- reforms and Constitutional change. U.S. Army units and from the U.S. sol- op a better reserve of law enforcement diers and officers directly involved. not speak of direct shooting but of an Nonetheless, some lawmakers noted that personnel, to raise the professional quali- the decree and the timing of its release The report said U.S. officials at first “enemy hunter/killer team” that required a response in legitimate self-defense. fications of officers and attract personnel would allow the president to quietly lied about what happened and then, in an This too was a lie – by omission. with higher education. guarantee himself the allegiance of law official statement four months later, exon- By focusing only on the rules of combat, In the decree the president ordered the enforcement officers as the presidential erated the U.S. Army from any mistake or the U.S. authorities have remained silent creation of “a system of material and election campaign season began. error of judgement. The report provides about the real cause of the tragedy. The moral encouragement,” so that inspectors While some lawmakers noted the need only some of the truth about the incident, Reporters Without Borders investigation and low- and mid-level supervisors had for the executive order, others showed which needs to be further investigated to found that the soldiers in the field were the proper stimulus and conditions to contempt for the political motivations establish exactly who was responsible. never told the hotel was full of journalists. carry out their duties. The decree noted behind it. Pentagon spokespersons said right the need to provide additional wages and from the start that an M1 Abrams tank (Continued on page 17) “proper housing” to some officers. (Continued on page 17) Kyiv residents celebrate traditions of Epiphany on the banks of the Dnipro River

Roman Woronowycz

KYIV – Epiphany, January 19 according to the Julian cal- endar, was celebrated here at the Ukrainian capital city’s Hydropark. Among the multitudes in attendance was Kyiv Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko. Epiphany is also known in Ukrainian as Bohoiavlennia, Vodokhryschi (literally, blessing of the water) or Yordan (as in the Jordan River). Seen in the photos (clockwise, beginning with top right) are: Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate blessing the faithful with holy water; Kyivans lined up for the traditional blessing of the water; and the crowds gathered at the river’s edge and on the Venetian Bridge over a tributary of the Dnipro River. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 No. 4

OBITUARIES Ihor Bulba, prominent member of Ukrainian community in Austin by Ihor Lysyj Hochschule in Munich and was an active member of the Ukrainian student AUSTIN, Texas – Ihor Bulba, a community of that city. An extraordinary prominent member of the Ukrainian sense of humor was his hallmark during community in Austin, Texas, died on those difficult early years of our young January 8, in Buffalo, N.Y., after a long immigrant life, when we were lacking in and valiant battle with cancer. At the almost everything, and it served him time of his death he was with his wife, well throughout his life. Eva, his three sons and one daughter, Mr. Bulba arrived in the United States their families, grandchildren and numer- from Germany as an immigrant on the ous relatives. Displaced Persons quota in 1950. Within This writer met Mr. Bulba for the first a few months of his arrival he was draft- time in 1948 at the International Refuge ed into the U.S. Army and returned to Organization (IRO) school in Arolsen, Germany as a noncommissioned officer Germany, where we both studied the to the same town he had left only a few intricacies of electronics. Later Mr. months earlier. After his tour of military Bulba attended the Technische duty he completed his formal profes- sional education at the New York State University, Technical Institute in Buffalo, graduating with distinction as an electrical engineer. The class of 1948 at the International Refugee Organization’s Radio School in His professional and military careers Arolsen, Germany. Ihor Bulba is seen in the second row, third from left. were closely interwoven from that point title of “Taras Bulba.” an acknowledgment of the inspiration on. As he progressed up the executive and the source of material used by the ladder at General Electric, Westinghouse This historical novel is based in large 25-year-old author in his novel. and other corporations, he also remained measure on the resources of Kremenets During the war for Ukrainian independ- on the military reserve roster and served library, visits to battle sites and fortress- ence in 1917-1918 Ihor Bulba’s father his adopted country with distinction dur- es of the area, and on the lengthy con- served as an officer in the Army of the ing the Korean and Vietnam wars. versations with Ihor Bulba’s great grand- Ukrainian National Republic (UNR) and At the dawn of Ukrainian independ- father Nikofor. The title of the resulting established a lifelong friendship with Lt. ence in the early 1990s Mr. Bulba was literary icon, “Taras Bulba,” published in Stepan Skrypnyk, nephew of Otaman one of the first Ukrainian-American 1835 as a part of the Myrhorod antholo- businessmen to lend a helping hand to gy, is not coincidental but appears to be (Continued on page 13) the economically devastated country. On behalf of a group of American investors he organized, staffed and equipped a computer hardware manufacturing plant Michael Waris, tax attorney, Ihor Bulba in Kyiv. Within a year the company was in full operation, manufacturing comput- er components and generating profits. It founding member of UABA was later taken over by Ukrainian busi- BETHESDA, Md. – Michael Waris S. Res. 202: nessmen. Jr., 82, a specialist in federal tax laws The roots of the Bulba family go deep and retired partner at the Washington in Ukrainian history. The Bulba clan office of the international law firm Baker an update hails from the Volyn/Polissia region of and McKenzie, died on January 9 at his Below is a list of the current co- Ukraine and his ancestors served in the home in Bethesda, Md., from complica- sponsors of Sen. Ben Nighthorse Zaporozhian Sich. The family name tions of a stroke suffered in 1997. Campbell’s (R-Colo.) Senate appears in historical records as regis- Mr. Waris, the son of Ukrainian immi- Resolution 202, the resolution on tered Kozaks in the Volyn region during grants, was born in Philadelphia and the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in the period of the Polish-Lithuanian grew up in Doylestown, Pa. Hard work Ukraine that unequivocally calls the Commonwealth and the wars of libera- overcame his poor childhood. He earned Famine a genocide. The senators tion that followed that period. a bachelor of science in 1942 from the are listed in the order in which they According to the oral family history, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton signed on as co-sponsors; new Mykola Hohol visited the city of School of Commerce and Finance, and sponsors are indicated by an aster- Kremenets, the ancestral home of the was cum laude graduate of the isk. Bulba family, in the 1830s to study his- University of Pennsylvania Law School torical records of Polish-Ukrainian mili- in 1944, where he was managing editor George Voinovich (R-Ohio) tary conflicts that took place during of the Law Review and member of the Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) Kozak wars for independence. The city Order of the Coif. George Allen (R-Va.) was the major center of learning in west- He moved in 1946 from Pennsylvania Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) ern Ukraine prior to the final partition of to Washington, where he served as legal Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) Poland in 1772, and the library in assistant to Chief Justice of the U.S. Tax Michael Waris Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) Kremenets remained the principal repos- Court, J. Edgar Murdock until 1948. He Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) itory of historical documents and was a master of the bench of the J. Edgar sor at Georgetown University and lec- Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) records in Ukraine after final partition of Murdock American Inn of Court, a profes- tured on tax law throughout the country, Joe Biden (D-Del.) Poland and the annexation of the Volyn sional association of attorneys devoted to publishing numerous articles on the Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) region by Russia. Hohol, as a young his- supporting excellence, civility, profession- topic. In 1980, Mr. Waris was appointed Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) tory lecturer at the Patriotic Institute and alism and ethics in the practice of tax law. to a national IRS watchdog committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) later at the University of St. Petersburg, From 1948 to 1952 Mr. Waris was the Advisory Group to the Commissioner Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) needed resources of the Kremenets chief counsel of the Internal Revenue of Internal Revenue. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) library for his research on the Kozak Service in New York City. In 1952 he Mr. Waris was a founding member of Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.) past. returned to Washington, where he the Ukrainian American Bar Association Barbara Boxer (D-Cakif.) During his stay in Kremenets, Hohol worked for the U.S. Treasury in 1977. In 1996 he was awarded the dis- John Kerry (D-Mass.) was a guest of Nikofor Bulba, a prosper- Department until 1962. During that time tinguished service award for his work on Carl Levin (D-Mich.) ous entrepreneur, innkeeper and great- he helped develop the Internal Revenue behalf of Ukrainian legal causes. He was Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) grandfather of Ihor Bulba. Nikofor Code of 1954, and ultimately became an active member of the Ukrainian Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Bulba, a registered Kozak, acted as a associate tax legislative counsel in the Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) guide for young Hohol during his stay in office of the U.S. Secretary of the Family. He served for 24 years as chair- Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) Kremenets. Together they visited many Treasury. man of both the Fund-Raising and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) Kozak mohyly (burial mounds left by In 1962 Mr. Waris joined Baker and Building committees. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) the war of liberation), as well as the cas- McKenzie as a partner with an expertise Mr. Waris was a talented painter and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) tles and fortifications in the area of in international tax problems, tax litiga- an avid fisherman and hunter. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) major military engagements, so vividly tion and tax legislation. He retired from Mr. Waris is survived by Mary *Susan Collins (R-Maine) and accurately described by Hohol in the Baker and McKenzie in 1986. During Luschyk Waris, his wife of 47 years, and masterpiece he published later under the that time he was also adjunct law profes- by many nieces and nephews. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 5 FOR THE RECORD: Ambassador Herbst speaks on democracy in Ukraine

Following is the text of U.S. Ambassador John printing services. For some brave journalists unwilling Getting past the cynics Herbst’s speech on “Democracy in Ukraine” delivered to play along, there are more decisive measures. One of Ukraine must also get past the naysayers who claim on December 23, 2003, at the Institute of International the great scandals of Ukraine is that principled journal- that, given its dreadful totalitarian past, Ukraine is not Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv. ism is a very dangerous profession. ready for democracy; that it is not natural for a society Yes, opposition parties are strong. But they often find to move so quickly from despotism to democracy. I met We are here today to discuss a very large topic: themselves facing administrative methods to limit their recently with an otherwise intelligent Ukrainian who democracy and Ukraine’s future. Forgive me if I prove activities. The business interests that support the opposi- claimed that freedom of speech was not a high priority unable to give this subject the rigorous treatment that it tion – like their counterparts in the media – are subject for the people of Ukraine. That free and fair elections demands. I am a diplomat, not a political philosopher. to the close attention of tax, building and other authori- were a Western standard. That the “Ukrainian standard” But as a representative of the oldest continuous republic ties. was the use of administrative methods in Donetsk to on earth, and as a friend of Ukraine, I have something to Ukraine had the honor within the NIS of managing prevent lawful political activity. Now I salute this man’s say. Let’s start with some basics. Since the Soviet the first peaceful transfer of power at the national level. honesty, because he says in public what those who Union fell apart, the U.S. has supported the transition to Since then, the elections have become more problemat- orchestrated Donetsk decided in secret to do. But I cer- democracy and a market economy in all the Newly ic. Our great hope is that next year’s election will be tainly question his judgment. His judgment would doom Independent States (NIS), including Ukraine. We have free and fair and bring marked improvement in the elec- the Ukrainian nation to a future in many respects similar likewise supported their complete independence and toral process in Ukraine. The great gifts of the Ukrainian to its past – subject to the arbitrary rule of powerful peo- territorial integrity. people and the wise leadership of the country – with its ple. At the same time, the establishment of democracy is eyes set on Euro-Atlantic integration – make this a real In democratic countries, it is considered normal for the stated policy of the Government of Ukraine. It is possibility. parties to campaign in areas where they are weak one of the commitments that Ukraine takes on as a But this outcome is by no means certain nor, some because if they sway just a few percent of the voters member of the Organization for Security and would say, likely. The skeptics can point to a whole there, it could change the elections outcome. It also Cooperation in Europe. The government has likewise series of disturbing incidents when opposition parties seems logical to conclude that by strengthening support declared its intent to seek integration into the Euro- sought to conduct political events in Donetsk, Sumy and in regions where they are weak, parties would strength- Atlantic community, including membership in NATO other cities. Suddenly, large halls in fine condition were en the unity, not threaten the disunity, of the country. and the EU [European Union]. This community is the under renovation, or bus companies refused to provide greatest collection of free societies that the world has Georgia transportation services for events, or permission was ever seen. Membership offers Ukraine an opportunity refused by local governors to use public squares, or the In the wake of events in Georgia, we have a whole for freedom, prosperity and security. All members of local media were unavailable. Legitimate concerns have new class of naysayers. They claim that the U.S. orches- NATO and the EU, and those about to enter, are democ- trated events in Georgia to create a new government. racies. That is a requirement for membership. likewise been raised about police harassment of activists This is a simple fabrication. We have had excellent rela- As Americans, we would like to see democracy collecting signatures against the indirect election of the tions with Georgia and President [Eduard] flower here for two reasons. First of all, the U.S. and president, or about pressure designed to persuade locally Shevardnadze since the country’s independence. We Ukraine share many common interests. We would like elected officials to resign. have provided substantial material assistance to the to establish a deep, long-term friendship and more, but Advancing toward democracy country and support for its territorial integrity. At the that can only happen if Ukraine is a true democracy. same time, in Georgia as elsewhere in the NIS and Secondly, we would like to see long-term stability in But Ukraine can be different. Indeed, it has been dif- around the world, the U.S. has championed democracy. Ukraine and history teaches that democracy, well ferent and better in the past. But to be better, all players Long in advance of the run-up to Georgia’s elections, grounded in the ethos of an open society, is the best way in the elections must take the high road. We were we conferred with President Shevardnadze and others in to ensure both enduring stability and felicity. That, in pleased to see President [Leonid] Kuchma say that he the country on the need to hold free and fair elections. turn, will contribute to European security and stability. would not seek re-election, in keeping with the two-term limit mandated by the Constitution. The president’s call That obviously did not happen. Transition to democracy: Ukraine’s strengths for a code of conduct for all parties in the election is When people in the opposition expressed outrage at also a good sign. But the responsibility for a free and the obviously rigged outcome of the elections, and took We are not dogmatic in our expectations for democ- fair election in the first instance hinges on the govern- over the Parliament, we counseled both Shevardnadze racy. We do not believe that a full-fledged democratic ment itself. There is a need to ensure equal access to the and the protesters to find a peaceful, lawful solution to culture can spring up overnight. We understand the the problem. We encouraged no specific outcome, just a media for all parties. All parties must be able to organize tragedy of Ukrainian history over the past centuries. We non-violent one based on dialogue. We note that the political events without hindrance all over the country. know, too, that Ukraine suffered the worst that the interim government in Georgia has no plans to remain in This also applies to the right of the Communist Party to Soviet Union – one of the most inhumane regimes in power. New elections are scheduled for January. It is campaign without hindrance in Lviv or Uzhhorod. Some world history – had to offer. very important that they be free and fair. With this history, Ukraine was bound to encounter critical structural questions must also be addressed. The importance of civil society and NGOs obstacles on the way to democracy. And so it has. But Currently the Central Election Commission is due to be appointed. As new members are appointed, it is essential Ukraine has also shown remarkable strength. In terms Some naysayers take a slightly more sophisticated that a broad spectrum of political views be represented: of democratic development among the NIS, Ukraine has tack. They claim that non-governmental organizations, been in the forefront. The 1994 election witnessed a real that there be balanced representation. There is a need for especially those funded from abroad, are subverting the transfer of power. There are strong opposition parties. improved voter registration procedures, the judicial lawful order in countries like Georgia. Let’s take a look They exert substantial influence in public life, and have review of election-related cases, the regulation of vote a real chance of coming to power. Politics in the Rada, counting and election monitoring, including exit polling. (Continued on page 12) however imperfect, reflect this. Ukrainians should be proud of the fact that this is not a rubber-stamp institu- tion. The Ukrainian Weekly and Svoboda Press Funds Listening to the debates in the Rada, involving strong competing parties, one can see the makings of real A Ladies’ Night Out fund-raiser for the press funds of The Ukrainian Weekly and Svoboda was held democracy. It is also possible in Ukraine to criticize the on October 3, 2003, at the Ramada Hotel in East Hanover, N.J., on the initiative of Jaroslawa government and there are even media that, you might Hordynsky and Ivanka Olesnycky. The following were participants of the benefit dinner. say, specialize in this. Political prisoners, in the sense Oksana Bauer Morristown, N.J. Roma Lisovich Union, N.J. that we find them in other NIS and in other places Christine Brodyn Springfield, N.J. Olia Lukiw Springfield, N.J. around the world, are not part of the Ukrainian world. Lydia Ciapka Livingston, N.J. Ivanka Olesnycky Maplewood, N.J. Civil society is active and effective. Non-governmental Roma Hadzewycz Morristown, N.J. Zenia Olesnycky Florham Park, N.J. organizations, think-tanks and charitable groups have Anna Harmaty Chatham, N.J. Donna Pochoday-Stelmach Morris Township, N.J. used their expertise and resources to address some of Chryzanta Hentisz Maplewood, N.J. Bozenna Polanskyj Millington, N.J. Olha Hnateyko Clifton, N.J. Daria Semegen Springfield, N.J. the country’s biggest problems: HIV/AIDS, illegal traf- Jaroslawa Hordynsky Springfield, N.J. Zorianna Stawnychy Kinnelon, N.J. ficking in persons, corruption and human rights. Irene Jarosewich Clifton, N.J. Oksana Trytjak Plainfield, N.J. All of these developments are very real achieve- Oksana Kaczaraj Budd Lake, N.J. Bohdanka Vitvitsky Summit, N.J. ments. But it would be a great mistake, inconsistent Christine Kozak Rutherford, N.J. Zirka Voronka Maplewood, N.J. with the stated goals of Ukrainian political society, if Olha Kuzmowycz New York, N.Y. people toted up these achievements and said, “that’s Additional donations to the two press funds were made by: enough for our first two decades of independence.” After all, many serious problems remain. Amount Name City Roma Hadzewycz Morristown, N.J. $100.00 Olha Hnateyko Clifton, N.J. Irene Jarosewich Clifton, N.J. Transition to democracy: the problems $70.00 Zenia Olesnycky Florham Park, N.J. Oksana Kaczaraj Budd Lake, N.J. $50.00 Maria Koznarsky Casanova Upper Monclair, N.J. Olenka Kolodiy Maplewood, N.J. The major media, especially the broadcast media, do Katria Czerwoniak New York, N.Y. Olia Lukiw Springfield, N.J. not at all reflect the full spectrum of opinion. The infor- Anna Denysyk Morris Plains, N.J. Bozenna Polanskyj Millington, N.J. mation they provide is carefully managed. And just to Jaroslawa Hordynsky Springfield, N.J. Zirka Voronka Maplewood, N.J. make things clear, “temnyky” are sent out to provide Maria Kucyna Morris Plains, N.J. Marta Woroch West Orange, N.J. Natalie Salek Morris Plains, N.J. Christine Kochan Towaco, N.J. “guidance” for the media. Neonila Sochan Morristown, N.J. To better control the information available to the Ulana Sos San Antonio, Texas TOTAL: $1,270.00 public, “special attention” is paid to those media that Olia Stawnychy Rutherford, N.J. dare to criticize authorities. Tax inspectors, building $25.00 Zenia Olesnyckyj New Providence, N.J. Sincere thanks to all these supporters inspectors and the police tend to find more problems $20.00 Oksana Bauer Morristown, N.J. of The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund with these media. Advertising revenue has a habit of Lydia Ciapka Livingston, N.J. and the Svoboda Press Fund. drying up. Paper becomes harder to acquire, along with 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 No. 4

FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Calling all Ukrainian Americans Sen. Campbell’s letter to colleagues urging The U.S. Congress is back from its holiday recess, resuming its sessions as of Tuesday, January 20. As noted by various news media, the Congress has to deal with a number of leftover issues and bills – not the least of them an $820 billion supportThe following for letter resolution was sent on onCongressionally Famine-Genocide created Ukraine Famine spending measure that funds diverse federal agencies. Also in the legislative mix are January 8 by from Sen. Ben Nighthorse Commission following a four-year-long such significant measures as bills on energy, highway programs and taxes. Thus the Campbell (R-Colo.), co-chairman of the inquiry concluded that “Joseph Stalin legislative calendar is quite full. Plus, with 2004 being an election year – and a pres- Helsinki Commission, to each of his and those around him committed geno- idential election year at that – the congressional calendar will be cut short due to Senate colleagues. cide against Ukrainians in 1932-1933.” breaks for the two party conventions during the summer and an early recess in the Archival evidence since the Soviet Union fall that provides time for members of Congress to travel back home and campaign. “Joseph Stalin and those around him disintegrated has only reinforced and Thus, observers say, the congressional schedule will be dominated by politics. committed genocide against Ukrainians documented the genocidal nature of the In the midst of all this, there is a Senate resolution that deserves the Senate’s in 1932-1933.” – Conclusion of the U.S. Famine. affirmative vote. We speak of Senate Resolution 202, “expressing the sense of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine. The Ukraine Famine was not the result Senate regarding the genocidal Ukraine Famine of 1932-1933.” The resolution was Dear Colleague: of drought or some other natural disaster, introduced half a year ago, on July 28, 2003, by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R- Last year, I introduced S. Res. 202, a but of Soviet dictator Stalin’s inhumane, Colo.), co-chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission. While it continues to gain resolution commemorating the millions coldly calculated policy to suppress the co-sponsors – the count is now up to 27 – it continues to languish in committee. of innocent victims of this Soviet-engi- Ukrainian people and destroy their (See update on S. Res. 202 on page 4 and adjoining columns on this page.) neered famine. I urge you to join the human, cultural and political rights. It That is why there continue to be calls for Ukrainian Americans and others to bipartisan group of 26 Senate colleagues was the result of deliberate starvation. contact Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, co-sponsoring this resolution: George V. Requisition brigades, acting on Stalin’s to seek his support for this significant measure. In addition, Ukrainian Americans Voinovich, Mike DeWine, Richard J. orders to fulfill impossibly high grain and friends of our community are being asked to contact their senators, if they are Durbin, Frank Lautenberg, George Allen, quotas, took away the last scraps of food not yet co-sponsors of S. Res. 202, to impress upon them the importance of this Norm Coleman, Barbara A. Mikulski, from starving families, including chil- resolution and explain why it is imperative that it be passed. At the same time, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Joseph R. Biden Jr., dren, often killing those who resisted. Campbell has written a “Dear Colleague” letter to all the members of the Senate, in Arlen Specter, Russell D. Feingold, Millions of rural Ukrainians slowly which he underscores: “It is important that the world not forget this genocidal Dianne Feinstein, Jon S. Corzine, Paul S. starved amid some of the world’s most famine and that we support Ukraine’s independence and democratic development Sarbanes, Rick Santorum, Barbara fertile farmland, while stockpiles of grain as the best assurance that atrocities such as the Famine become truly unthinkable.” Boxer, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Wayne rotted by the ton. Meanwhile, the Soviet It is noteworthy that this resolution includes senators on both sides of the aisle – 10 Allard, Charles Schumer, Joseph government was exporting grain to the Republicans and 18 Democrats. Thus, it is neither a Republican, nor a Democratic ini- Lieberman, Mark Dayton, Hillary West, rejecting international offers to tiative, but a bipartisan expression of the sense of the Senate at a time when communi- Clinton, Debbie Stabenow, Mary assist the starving population and pre- ties throughout the world have been commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Landrieu and Edward M. Kennedy. venting starving Ukrainians from leaving Famine-Genocide, at a time when there are few survivors of that horror left among us. [Editor’s note: Since the letter was writ- the affected areas in search of food. The Why should we rally to secure passage of this particular resolution? The answer ten, another senator, Susan Collins (R- Stalinist regime – and, for that matter, is simple. S. Res. 202, which unequivocally states that “the man-made Ukraine Maine), has signed on as a co-sponsor.] subsequent Soviet leaders and their apol- famine of 1932-1933 was an act of genocide as defined by the United Nations Seven decades ago, a Famine in ogists in the West – engaged in a massive Genocide Convention,” is the strongest resolution dealing with the horrific events Soviet-dominated Ukraine and bordering cover-up of denying the Famine. of 1932-1933 introduced in either house of the U.S. Congress. It tells the world the ethnically Ukrainian territory resulted in Please join me in remembering the truth about what happened during the Famine years in Ukraine and neighboring the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. In innocent victims of this tragedy. It is ethnically Ukrainian regions, and it resolves that the millions of victims should be his seminal book on the Ukraine Famine, important that the world not forget this “solemnly remembered” and that the anniversary of the Famine “should serve as a “Harvest of Sorrow,” renowned British genocidal famine and that we support stark reminder of the brutal imperialistic Soviet regime.” Through this resolution historian Robert Conquest writes, “A Ukraine’s independence and democratic the Senate “condemns the callous disregard for human life, human rights and man- quarter of the rural population, men, development as the best assurance that ifestations of national identity that characterize the Stalinist policies that caused the women and children, lay dead or dying, atrocities such as the Famine become Ukrainian Famine” and supports efforts “to publicly acknowledge and call greater the rest in various stages of debilitation truly unthinkable. If you are interested in international attention” to the Famine. In short, S. Res. 202 is both an important with no strength to bury their families or becoming a co-sponsor of the Ukraine statement of the facts and a statement of U.S. concern. neighbors.” Famine resolution, please have your staff We cannot fail to advocate and secure passage of this landmark resolution, for In 1988 – a few years prior to the fall contact Orest Deychakiwsky (orest.dey- we cannot fail the memory of the millions of our kin who perished during the of the Soviet empire – the [email protected]) at the Helsinki Famine of 1932-1933. And, the Senate must not fail to acknowledge the deaths Commission at 5-1901. of between 7 million and 10 million men, women and children during one of his- tory’s worst genocides. ACTION ITEM Jan. Turning the pages back... Senate Resolution on Famine-Genocide Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.), co-chairman of the Helsinki 25 Commission, has written a “Dear Colleague” letter in support of the Ukrainian Famine resolution (Senate Resolution 202), which he introduced last session and 2001 “Tapegate,” the scandal surrounding video and audio record- which clearly labels the Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine a “genocide.” ings that allegedly implicated President Leonid Kuchma and a Senators from states having a significant number of Ukrainian voters co-sponsored coterie of high-level government officials in the disappearance of the resolution, but those in other states have not. It is critical, therefore, that a Ukrainian reporter and the subsequent cover-up of the crime, Ukrainians in all such states call and/or write their senators, urging them to co-spon- became an international affair on January 25, 2001, when the Parliamentary Assembly of sor S. Res. 202. It is imperative for those who know Ukrainian Americans or who the Council of Europe condemned the lack of freedom of expression in Ukraine, and have American friends in states whose senators have not yet signed up to call those agreed to organize an independent investigation into certain aspects of the case. people and have them contact their senators to solicit their support for S. Res. 202. Our Kyiv Press Bureau reported that after a session in Strasbourg, France, devoted to Ukrainians and their supporters are also urged to call Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R- Tapegate and freedom of expression in Ukraine, PACE refrained from sanctioning the Ind.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, (202) 224-4814, to per- country for its less than pristine human rights record of late, but voted to take responsi- suade him of the urgency of the adoption of this resolution. bility for an independent analysis of the audiotapes and to give their author political asy- If you do not see your senator’s name in the list below, please give him or her a call lum. PACE also agreed to conduct an independent DNA analysis of the body found at today. For telephone numbers, call (202) 225-3121 or log on to http://www.senate.gov. the beginning of November 2000 in the town of Tarascha, Kyiv Oblast, which Ukrainian The 27 co-sponsors include both senators from the following states: California, authorities have said may be that of Heorhii Gongadze, a radio journalist who had van- Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and ished, literally without a trace, four months earlier, on September 16, 2000. Pennsylvania. As Tapegate continued to unravel, anti-Kuchma demonstrations under the slogan Other co-sponsors include: “Ukraine Without Kuchma” expanded to more regions of Ukraine, only to be suppressed Wayne Allard (R-Colo.), Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), Joseph R. Biden, Jr., (D- by state militia in many areas. While demonstrations in Cherkasy and Ternopil continued Del.), Saxby Chambliss, (R-Ga.), Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), with dozens of pup tents clustered in the respective city centers, in Kharkiv, Susan Collins, (R-Maine), George Allen (R-Va.), Russell D. Feingold (D-Wis.). Dnipropetrovsk and Rivne local officials either banned demonstrations or dispersed pro- testers. Meanwhile, in Kyiv, the organizers of the “Ukraine Without Kuchma” movement – Submitted by Ihor Gawdiak, President, Ukrainian American Coordinating Council. found that the site of their pre-New Year demonstrations was now blocked by a barricade erected around Kyiv’s central square. Officials said the barriers were erected in preparation for reconstruction of the square in time for the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence scheduled for that August. Need a back issue? If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, Source: “Tape scandal becomes international affair as PACE urges independent send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, investigation,” by Roman Woronowycz, Kyiv Press Bureau, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. February 4, 2001, Vol. LXIX, No. 5. No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

have read a lot about and by Yulia PERSPECTIVES Pulitzer campaign Tymoshenko, I have talked with her and I have never come across any mention of BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY and “Durantyism” golden faucets in her residences. I have Dear Editor: driven by the house she rents in a Kyiv suburb and, at least from the outside, it The Pulitzer Committee during its doesn’t look like something with gold- November meeting decided not to revoke plated plumbing. But even if Mr. Valentyn Moroz – 25 years later Mazurkevich were to show me a clipping Lest we forget, April 27 this year will be Jasevych (now Paschyn), Andre Michniak, Walter Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize for his 25 years since Valentyn Moroz was released Steve Kmiotek and others boldly camped cowardly and shameless reporting from mentioning her golden faucets, I would be dubious. (What the newspapers don’t from a Soviet prison. After a decade-long out in front of the Soviet Embassy in Moscow to The New York Times about campaign on his behalf, based on boundless Washington. Stalin’s disastrous political and econom- write! Why, even the December 28, 2003, issue of The Weekly now will serve as idealism but little expectation that it would Yura Deychakiwsky still chuckles at the ic policy, and for denying the genocidal actually succeed, the Ukrainian diaspora memory of Russian Embassy staffers wav- man-made Famine, when between 7 mil- some readers’ source of information about Tymoshenko’s alleged plumbing!) And was thrilled and more than a bit stunned. ing ice cream cones at his nose, hoping to lion to 10 million men, women and chil- With vast armies and nuclear weapons, entice him to break his fast. Seventeen years dren in rural Ukraine died of starvation yet, it’s not her style. “Pani Yulia” is more partial to silver than to gold. Her jewelry, the Soviet Union looked like it would last a old at the time, Yura held firm for one week in 1932-1933. thousand years. Police dogs and border for example, is understated, and mostly until a doctor advised him to stop. Andre However, the Ukrainian American com- guards kept hundreds of millions of people silver, although she could easily afford Michniak maintained his vigil for nearly munity’s effort to revoke it was not for confined behind barbed wire and massive something bold and shiny in 18-karat gold. three weeks. Mr. Moroz, who was ultimate- naught, and did not pass unnoticed. Many walls. Huge transmitters labored to jam Personally, I wouldn’t begrudge the ly force-fed, kept his for 145 days. In the newspapers and weeklies carried to the short-wave radio. Internally, government quality of her faucets, because just three end, the KGB yielded and eased the condi- American public the message about the censors screened every word, every image, years ago she spent over a month in Kyiv’s tions under which he was held, defusing the Famine-holocaust in Ukraine and its denial even musical notes. Agents and informers historic Lukianivsky prison, without provi- issue, at least for a while. by Duranty. Also because of recent publici- monitored the most casual of conversations Then, five years later, in a spectacular ty a new word is entering the vocabulary sion for bail, and there, plumbing – I imag- and everyone knew that any room anywhere ine – is closer to that in some of our urban exchange of five political prisoners for two and dictionary in regard to Duranty’s ill- could be bugged. Soviet spies, Mr. Moroz was released, giv- “affordable housing” buildings. It’s also gotten reporting: “Durantyism.” A tiny corps of so-called “dissidents” ing Ukrainian Americans a huge victory, one worth noting, that two of Ms. Max Boot a senior fellow of the challenged this mighty monolith by simply that turned out to be critical for America as Tymoshenko’s closest political allies are Council on Foreign Relations, in his com- speaking their minds. A few of them became well. Anatolii Matvienko and Levko mentary in The Providence Journal on quite prominent: Russians Andrei Sakharov, In the post-World War II era, the United Lukianenko. The first – former Komsomol December 4, 2003, “Durantyism is alive Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Vladimir States and the Western alliance expended chief of Ukraine, a fiery orator, and now and well – ‘Progressives’ love anti-U.S. Bukovsky; and Jews – “Refusniks” who enormous resources on defense, intelligence, head of the opposition Sobor party; the sec- tyrants” writes that Duranty’s very name merely sought the right to leave the Soviet propaganda confronting Lenin’s inhuman ond – a political prisoner with a long pedi- became the byword for “craven stooge.” paradise: Anatoly Shcharansky, Alexander system, but for some reason, policy-makers gree, who more than 40 years ago was sen- He also writes that “You would think Ginzburg, Ida Nudel. avoided the nationality issue despite ethnic tenced to death because he dared to chal- there would be a lesson here for the pres- Ukrainian political prisoners like Mr. Americans pushing a “Captive Nations” lenge the monopoly of the Communist ent day, but Durantyism – ‘progressive’ Moroz were less known. They were invari- agenda. As the pundits explained, the Party. Their views of her differ drastical- Westerns’ habit of licking the boots of ably viewed as being outside the main- Soviets considered that overly “provocative” ly from those of Mr. Mazurkevich. tyrants – has long outlived Duranty him- stream, dangerous even, campaigning as and a “threat to their vital interests.” And as for golden faucets: I would not self.” Mr. Boot is referring for example they did for the right to cultural and national Taking his cue from Secretary of State to strongman Fidel Castro, who in spite dwell on them, whether they are in expression – as Mr. Moroz put it, for the Henry Kissinger, President Gerald Ford of recent jailing of many dissidents Saddam’s, or the Kuwait Sheik’s palace. “spiritual rebirth” of the Ukrainian people. downplayed the Soviet human rights issue received laudatory reports from some We all know – and Mr. Mazurkevich cer- In a state utterly dominated by Moscow, this and instead conducted a foreign policy American journalists. He also writes tainly does – that the type of fixtures in smacked of separatism, which indeed it was. based on international stability maintained about the ill treatment of President one’s home is more a function of the archi- But that should not have been a problem: the by balance of power politics. Challenging George W. Bush during his recent visit to tect, than the owner. One could write an Soviet Constitution had a secession clause, that stance in the 1976 election campaign, London by war protesters, who were essay on the tyranny of architects when it only it didn’t work in the real world. Lawyer President Ford’s Democratic opponent indifferent to the fact that dictator comes to designing a building. They listen Lev Lukianenko was sentenced to death in Jimmy Carter turned foreign policy to his Saddam Hussein murdered more than to your ideas and wishes, smirk, then open 1959 for advocating its implementation. advantage, with many Ukrainian Americans 300,000 of his own people. a catalogue and show you what you need With an eye on Moscow, American poli- supporting him. Upon his election, The So here you have a definition of and are going to get (and since they are cymakers, largely in the executive branch, Ukrainian Weekly hailed “the long-awaited Durantyism in a nutshell: “Licking the pros in this sphere, they’re usually right). I viewed “the Ukraine” as an integral part of exodus of Dr. Kissinger” and looked hope- boots of tyrants” for whatever reason. remember reading that after the first Gulf “Russia.” Defending Ukrainian dissidents fully to a “rearrangement of priorities.” Hopefully there is also a message to war it was our own U.S. Corps of was “interference in the internal affairs of Those hopes were realized when some Ukrainian journalists, (who for Engineers that installed golden fixtures in the Soviet Union” and was therefore taboo. President Carter named Zbigniew example in unison with their Russian the Kuwait palace. The Sheik himself was Arrested in 1965, released, then re-arrest- Brzezinski his national security advisor. A ed in 1970 for aggressively condemning the counterparts were outraged when U.S. still hiding somewhere outside his city- Polish American, Dr. Brzezinski understood Soviet police state with all its censorship, and NATO forces attacked the former state during the “remont.” the multi-national makeup of the Soviet arbitrary arrests and routine cruelty, historian Yugoslavia in order to get rid of the bru- Union and, in contrast to his predecessors, R.L. Chomiak Valentyn Moroz took on larger-than-life tal dictator Slobodan Milosevic), to think refused to concede permanent Russian dom- dimensions, becoming the symbol of for themselves and have independent Washington ination of Eastern Europe. Negotiating the implacable resistance. In this, he performed exchange of dissidents for spies in 1978- judgement concerning Ukraine’s internal admirably. and international affairs. 1979, Dr. Brzezinski insisted that Mr. Moroz On July 1, 1974, at Vladimir Prison, he be part of the deal. For the first time, Information sought declared a hunger strike. Quickly, this American diplomats dealing with the Soviet Gregory M. Burbelo became big news in the Ukrainian diaspora Union put the Ukrainian national issue on Westerly, R.I. and Voice of America, Radio Liberty, about Kolomyia fund the table and won. Vatican Radio, BBC, etc. then broadcast it Dear Editor: Once freed, Mr. Moroz lost his allure as a back into Soviet Ukraine. As luck would symbol and slipped into obscurity. Other have it, young people in the West were just In September I met with Yosip forces stepped up – the Helsinki groups, Tymoshenko’s beginning their summer vacations. Before Matkovsky, the newly appointed head- Poland’s Solidarity, Ukraine’s Rukh, long, grass-roots committees began organiz- master of the Kolomyia Gymnasium. He Lithuania’s Sajudis – setting in motion the ing solidarity hunger strikes, contacting the golden faucets asked if I could obtain information about dynamic that eventually cleaved the Soviet Dear Editor: local press and elected officials, asking them The Fund to Support the Kolomyia Union along the national fault lines that Dr. to publicize Mr. Moroz’s cause. A great Gymnasium. He told me it had been Brzezinski had instinctively recognized, In his December 28, 2003, letter to the many did. established in Philadelphia in 1972 by a which others with different philosophies editor, Zenon Mazurkevich takes to task The Ukrainian Weekly from nearly 30 group of 19 school alumni – 11 toward Russia either failed to see or Adrian Karatnycky for using “spin” in years ago has a lot of familiar names of peo- Americans and eight Canadians – from declined to consider. his analysis of developments in Ukraine. the class of 1922. But that is the extent ple who participated in the Moroz cam- paign. Then-SUSTA student leader Eugene Looking back from a quarter century’s I won’t even begin to comment on that, of any information he had. perspective, the idealism that motivated sup- because I know that Mr. Karatnycky will I know he would appreciate any help Iwanciw organized a 48-hour hunger strike in front of the Ford White House. The head port for Valentyn Moroz and other Soviet not lose even one of his millions of read- you or your readers might be able to pro- of the TUSM student group, Askold Bloc national dissidents paid enormous divi- ers as a result of Mr. Mazurkevich’s vide in locating this fund. Lozynsky, organized a five-day vigil at the dends. Today, the world is different and bet- charges. Anyone with information should con- United Nations in New York. Andriy ter. That said, the intertwined issue of What did catch my attention was Mr. tact the Kolomyia Gymnasium at 19 Ivan America’s relationship with Ukraine, with Mazurkevich’s shoot-from-the-hip state- Bandera, Andriy Semotiuk and others held a Franko St., Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk hunger vigil in front of the Canadian Russia and the three countries with each ment: “When you read about Yulia Oblast, 78200 Ukraine (e-mail gymnasi- Parliament in Ottowa. My fellow other, is still in play. Always will be. And Tymoshenko’s golden faucets you are [email protected]), or me at P.O. Box 121, Clevelanders Yuriy Deychakiwsky, Liza yes, presidential elections still matter – both reminded of Saddam’s palaces with their Putney, VT 05346-0621. Ukraine and America will have one in 2004. golden faucets.” Anne Linden Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is: No need to go on hunger strike. Just choose Something doesn’t ring true here. I Putney, Vt. [email protected]. wisely. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 No. 4

South Texans Toronto Malanka celebrates its 50th year celebrate holidays by Stephen Sokolyk NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – The holiday season was an active one for the growing South Texas Ukrainian commu- nity. On December 20, the community was fortunate to have its very first Ukrainian Catholic liturgy in New Braunfels, celebrated by Father Mykola Dovzhuk of Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church in Houston. Held in the chapel of a local church, the service attracted 30 congregants. There were many moist eyes amongst the faithful, who had long been rather isolated from their Church and heritage. This was only the beginning of a sustained mission effort by Father Dovzhuk in this area. On January 10, the second Ukrainian liturgy was held in a neighborhood club- house, followed by the second annual com- Member of Parliament Sarmite Bulte Minister of Education Gerard Kennedy Toronto Mayor David Miller munity Sviata Vecheria (admittedly, four days late) at the home of Stephen and Beth by Oksana Zakydalsky life in the city. Miller – who showed up in a Ukrainian Federal Member of Parliament embroidered shirt under his tuxedo, the lat- Sokolyk. The couple was overjoyed to host TORONTO – North America’s most 54 Ukrainians of all kinds – those who are popular celebration of the Ukrainian New Sarmite Bulte has often been a sponsor est fashion among young Ukrainians – was Ukrainian by birth, marriage, adoption and Year – the Toronto Plast’s Malanka – for grants for summer student jobs, formerly the city councillor for the area. association – packing the house, as well as marked its 50th year on January 10. which help in the production of Plast This year’s program included a Cabaret Father Dovzhuk and his family. Invited guests included politicians of all publications. show, choreographed by Marusia Spolsky Following a greeting of “Khrystos three levels of government as the Long-standing member of the provin- and led by professional stage actress Lada Rozhdayetsia” and the reply “Slavite Parkdale-High Park riding (district) cial parliament, Gerard Kennedy, was Darewych. There were over 1,000 partici- Yoho,” the food was blessed by the includes Bloor West Village, home of the recently appointed minister of education pants of which about 25 percent came priest, and then all sang a spirited version Plast headquarters and center of in the newly elected Liberal government. from outside Toronto, from places as far of “Boh Predvichnyi.” The potluck buffet Ukrainian organizational and commercial The new mayor of Toronto, David away as California and Alberta. featured two kinds of fish, four kinds of varenyky, holubtsi, cabbage and beet bor- shch with vushka, uzvar, kutia, fried mushrooms, beets, sauerkraut with peas, and some wonderful desserts. Topping it REFLECTIONS:by Dzvinka M. Zacharczuk The New musicians wereYear’s often referred Eve to as snacksnow, and appetizers and on each then table, a 10 off were a few horilka toasts. The fellow- “those from the Fourth Wave.” Hence the p.m. dinner in the Gallery and “bigus” PHILADELPHIA – The Ukrainian ship was wonderful; participants met new name they adopted for their group was the (sauerkraut and sausage), sweets and coffee Educational and Cultural Center in friends and deepened old friendships. after midnight. Included also was a bottle of Philadelphia makes good use of its large Orchestra of the Fourth Wave, and they The Ukrainians of Austin and San champagne for the New Year’s toast. Many banquet hall. An appealing decor and its 10- composed a beautiful theme song so titled. Antonio had a big year in 2003, with guests still brought their little shopping foot-diameter chandelier with matching On New Year’s Eve the banquet hall Sviata Vecheria, a bandura concert, an sparkled and resounded with music as 300 bags with their favorite goodies. Some also Independence Day picnic, and the start sconces give the hall ambiance and charm. guests arrived for the celebration. The came with school-age youngsters – babysit- of a Ukrainian Catholic mission to the For the New Year’s Eve festivities, a lot of guests were mostly all new Ukrainians, ters are at a premium on such an occasions. area. There are more than 40 households sparkles and balloons were laboriously The little girls were all dressed up in party on the community’s list, which groups arranged by the hard-working committee. the Fourth Wave, with just a sprinkling of the “old immigrants,” who now seem to dresses. Somehow these youngsters man- every month. Ukrainians in the area are The orchestra came early, rehearsing aged to amuse themselves. Those who had asked to contact Natalia Lysyj in Austin and adjusting sound systems. This home- favor private parties. For those who work so hard in the Philadelphia Ukrainian to pass up a fast polka, a twist or a fox trot at [email protected], or Stephen town Philadelphia orchestra with a great due to arthritis and such watched and community, it was heartwarming to have Sokolyk in New Braunfels at tempo has a wonderful American success enjoyed the company. the center all lit up and full of people hav- [email protected], Mr. Sokolyk may story. A few music lovers, who recently As for those like myself, who by no ing fun on New Year’s Eve. also be reached by phoning 830-606- arrived from Ukraine, got together and choice of their own were born on New 5810. just made music at parties and weddings. The admission included platters of Year’s Eve, there always is a tendency to reminisce, not just about the passing year, but about life as a whole. So, as I watched my fellow revelers enjoy a hot Hopak, I remembered such a celebration more than 50 years ago. It was our first New Year’s Eve in America. We were the new wave – “the Third Wave,” in fact. The hall at the Ukrainian Home in Baltimore was not as big as the center’s banquet room in Philadelphia, but it was full of Third Wave Ukrainians with just a sprinkling of the so-called “old immigrants” of that time. There was also a committee that donated time, effort and “torty” (those delicious home-made cakes). There were also a few of us children, who had no one to watch us at home. I remember some boys brought checkers and were playing in the cloakroom. The girls, however, did not have fancy party dresses – ours was the epoch of pleated navy skirts and white blouses with sailor collars. I remember, too, some of the grown-ups also brought little bags with goodies. Then, at midnight, there was a crescen- do of sounds made by the “so American” New Year’s Eve toys that the “old coun- try’s” professors and doctors blew and rat- tled with delight. And one heard “Happy New Year” in broken English from a gen- eration of Ukrainians who actually never (Continued on page 15) No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 9

by Energy Solutions asserted, and could to be extracted from the ground in 2004. pipeline, while they develop their own inter- Poland agrees... cause economic loss. He explained instead With the price for crude oil expected to ests and plans for shipping the lucrative (Continued from page 1) that much of the oil that TNK-BP would peak soon and then fall in the second half of light sweet Caspian crude to Europe. ship the amounts that it has stated it ship would not be “new” oil, but crude the year, Russian oil firms have been look- “These people see the potential and see could commit to – about 9 million tons that would be redirected from Ukrainian ing for ways to get their product out of the that this is a way for them to retain control annually – but it would have to expend rail shipments by which it currently moves country and into market as soon as possible. over the situation,” explained Mr. Honchar. three dollars more per ton to do so. from the Russian border to the Black Sea. As for political motivations in pursuing Finally, while the two experts could not While somewhat reticent to explain The specialists note that Ukraine would an Odesa-Brody reverse, when the eco- unequivocally explain who owned Energy the political motivations that might lurk lose revenue through reduced usage of the nomics of the matter show it to be only Solutions, the energy consulting firm that behind a decision to absorb losses simply more lucrative rail transport system. marginally profitable yet very troublesome, had been tasked by the Ukrainian govern- to keep control of the pipeline, the two “Let’s not forget that UkrZaliznytsia Mr. Honchar, expressed two theories. ment to produce a feasibility study on the experts agreed there was no economic (Ukrainian rail) generates revenue from First, he said, it could simply be that the subject, Mr. Saprikin cast doubt on the benefit to paying three dollars more per this. Using the pipeline would be cheaper Russian authorities are using TNK-BP to firm’s credentials and the manner in which ton just to send oil through Odesa-Brody. [for TNK-BP] and, therefore, a loss of keep Ukraine from making a concrete step the tender was awarded. He said he doubt- “I can tell you right away that there is revenue for Ukraine. [UkrZaliznytsia] towards integration into European structures ed whether the firm had sufficient experi- has said it could lose as much as $80 mil- no economic benefit to reverse, none what- by taking Odesa-Brody for itself for three ence and expertise to be awarded the proj- lion,” explained Mr. Honchar. soever,” explained Mykhailo Honchar, years, the period during which most of the ect if it had been tendered on a competi- The logjam of ships waiting to use the director of the Department of Strategy for major oil transportation routes for getting tive and transparent basis. Bosporus Sea and Dardanelles presents the Eurasian Transport Corridor for Caspian oil to market will be developed. A another major problem for the TNK-BP “I don’t think it met the demands of the UkrTransNafta, the government-owned second theory proposed by Mr. Honchar tender,” explained the Razumkov Center corporation that built and controls the reverse option. The two experts stated unequivocally, although with a least one holds that powerful Ukrainian and Russian energy expert. “It doesn’t have the experi- Odesa-Brody line. business interests with ties to TNK-BP want ence that was required and it doesn’t have Mr. Honchar said it was unclear to him note of caution, that the problems with heavy traffic through the only shipping to exclude powerful Western oil multina- the specialists at the level required, they are why any Russian oil company, not just tionals from access to the Odesa-Brody oil not experts on oil and gas transport.” TNK-BP, would be willing to pay more route from the Black Sea to the money to use Odesa-Brody from an eco- Mediterranean made the reverse option nomic point of view, when two alternative for Odesa-Brody prohibitive. will start working soon.” oil pipelines could be utilized, including “There is indeed a serious problem with Rumors... 1-Plus-1 also reported that Peter Mauer, the new Prydniprovska pipeline that runs getting through the straits around Turkey, (Continued from page 1) a 52-year-old gastroenterologist who treated explained Volodymyr Saprikin, an energy through Ukraine from north to south. He President Kuchma had been hospitalized President Kuchma, “told our program that analyst with the respected Razumkov the Ukrainian patient had undergone a very said the recent addition of a new pumping and later that same day underwent surgery to station in Mykolaiv, which would allow Center for Economic and Policy Studies. intensive course of physical therapy because remove what was described as an “acute the Prydniprovska line to easily absorb the However, Mr. Saprikin added that there his organism was exhausted as a result of the lower-intestinal obstruction.” 9 million tons that TNK-BP would like to is some questioning by shippers regarding surgery and had lost much protein. Kuchma He traveled to Baden-Baden in late ship through the Black Sea, combined Turkey’s motives for limiting traffic received a course of physio-therapy, rehabil- with a new Russian-Ukrainian state agree- through the straits. He surmised that some December 2003 and returned from his time itation and an electro-physiology program. ment of December 29, 2003, which raised reserve capacity might exist and that sever- at the German health spa. Ukrainian Kuchma was administered amino acids, levels of the amount of Russian oil that al court actions have been brought because Television announced that the president had mineral substances and vitamins. Mauer said could be pumped though the line, “should Turkey refuses to open the straits for pas- returned alive and healthy in order to put to that this was a standard treatment for people have taken any talk of reversing Odesa- sage of ships during the night-time hours. rest the widespread gossip. who lose up to 25 percent of their strength Brody off the table.” Mr. Saprikin also expressed a slight dif- 1-Plus-1 TV reported on January 17 that following surgery. In Mauer’s words, “now The UkrTransNafta executive noted ference in opinion with Mr. Honchar over Mr. Kuchma’s course of rehabilitation in Kuchma’s strength has been restored.” that the oil that would flow in a reversal of the economic viability of the TNK-BP proj- Germany lasted three weeks and that it fol- On Monday, January 19, however, a new Odesa-Brody should TNK-BP obtain the ect in the short term. He noted that, at the lowed intestinal surgery that he had under- rumor was floated. The latest buzz was that three-year contract it is seeking would not moment, oil prices are near record levels gone in Ukraine [in November]. The pro- it was not the real Mr. Kuchma who had give Ukraine a net revenue gain of $35 and as a result the Russian government has gram also noted that President “Kuchma is returned. The real president had died and a million, as the preliminary announcement raised by 10 percent the level of oil it allows grateful to Germans for their hospitality and double had taken his place. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 No. 4 Detroit area Ukrainians treated Ukrainian Free University to encounter with Soroka family celebrates its Founders Day by Assya Humesky How avidly he gazed then at the rose, by Mykola Danchuk to the audience the essence of his peda- its crown of petals opened up in bloom gogical method. Dr. Hellbrugge DETROIT – Two months ago, on MUNICH, Germany – On January 16, adorning the grey-colored fencing expressed his gratitude and satisfaction November 15, 2003, the Ukrainian com- the Ukrainian Free University (UFU), delighting the imprisoned women’s gaze. that, thanks to the UFU, his book “The munity of Detroit and vicinity was treated celebrated its Founders Day, or Dies First 365 Days in the Life of the Child” to two memorable happenings: an art Academicus. The festivities commemo- The rose bush blossomed like an insurrection will soon appear in Ukrainian. To date, exhibit by Bohdan Soroka, a graphic artist which blazed its flames into the distant lands. rated the 83rd anniversary of the estab- from Lviv, and an encounter with the lishment of the university in 1921. The the book has been translated into 31 lan- Mykhailo knew this earthly instant was guages. entire Soroka family – the artist himself, his last event took place in the cultural center Dr. Iwan Dacko, dean of the UFU his daughter Solomia who now resides in which his imagination would preserve next to the Ukrainian Catholic Church of Faculty of Philosophy, introduced Dr. Michigan, and indirectly, with his parents, forever. the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin. Mykhaijlo Soroka and Kateryna Zarytska, German and foreign political and Anna-Halia Horbach, the recipient of the in whose honor the event was organized. There is also a literary testament to diplomatic dignitaries, as well as aca- prestigious Ukrainian Free University It took place at the Ukrainian Cultural Mykhailo Soroka’s wife, Kateryna: a book demics and scholars from German and Medal, Pro Universitate Libera Center in Warren, Mich., and was spon- titled “Kateryna Zarytska: Prayer for Her other universities were present. Over 200 Ucrainensis, to exceptional scholars. Dr. sored jointly by two chapters of the Son.” It was written by Lesia Onyshko and persons from the Ukrainian community, Horbach received it for her lifelong work Ukrainian National Women’s League of published in 2002 in Lviv by the Svit pub- as well as UFU graduate students, attend- in the realm of Ukrainian literary studies, America: Branch 45, which bears the lishing house as part of the series “Heroes ed this event. as well as for her defense of Ukrainian name of Katrusia Zarytska, and Branch of the National Idea.” Both, the outgoing minister of science, dissidents in the former USSR. In her 50, named after Princess Olha, which ini- In it we read: “All through the 25 years education and the arts of the Free State of acceptance speech, she stressed that her tiated the event. of her imprisonment, Kateryna Zarytska Bavaria, Dr. Hans Zehetmair, and the accomplishments would not have been Oksana Stelmach, head of Branch 50, attempted to continue her self realization new UFU rector, Dr. Albert Kipa, under- possible without the active support of her opened the program by welcoming the ... Optimism, spiritual strength, and belief lined the uniqueness and significance of late husband, Dr. Oleksa Horbach, numerous guests, including Bohdan in a better future helped her to survive ... UFU as an institution of higher learning. Professor at Frankfurt University. Fedorak, the center’s director and the Courage, tactfulness and a sincere desire Dr. Kipa’s opening address was fol- Violinist Natalia and pianist Roman honorary consul of Ukraine for the state to help, to lend her shoulder to anyone lowed by that of Olha Fedotova-Moritz, Raitel assured the artistic part of the Dies of Michigan. She also introduced the who needed it – those were the outstand- who spoke on behalf of UFU students. Academicus. The accomplished musi- main participants of the program – the ing features of her personality ... Here is The outgoing UFU rector, Dr. Leonid cians performed the works of Western artist Bohdan Soroka, who is a professor someone we can emulate.” Rudnytzky, sponsored this year’s hono- and Ukrainian composers. The commem- at the Lviv Academy of Art and whose In the words of Mrs. Korol, the best rant, Dr. Theodor Hellbrugge, a world- orative event concluded with the singing work was being shown in Michigan for characterization of the Soroka couple renowned physician and educator. of the traditional student hymn, the first time, and his daughter Solomia, a was given by Mykhajlo himself when he The recipient of the Ukrainian Free “Gaudeamus Igitur,” and was followed concert violinist. said: “We have always stuck it out University honorary doctorate presented by a reception. The next speaker was Stefa Korol, together, we had no fear of mass arrests, head of Branch 45, who told the story of pacification, tortures, Bereza Kartuzka, Katrusia Zarytska, who as a young girl the snow-covered stretches of Siberian scout joined the Ukrainian Insurgent roads. We would fall and rise up again, Army (UPA) and became the head of its together we looked through the prison underground Red Cross. She served time gates. An unstoppable thirst for freedom in a Polish prison, was later arrested by and love for Ukraine pushed us forward.” the Soviets and was exiled to Siberia After Mrs. Korol’s presentation, the together with her husband, Mykhailo. He audience viewed a documentary video died in a Mordovian camp in 1981, and about Zarytska’s life filmed in Ukraine in 10 years later his family succeeded in vivid detail. Everyone was deeply moved bringing his remains back home. Today so that for a while there was not a sound his body rests together with his wife’s in in the hall as people wiped their tears. the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. The next scheduled speaker was Lydia The poet Yar Slavutych wrote a poem Kazevych, head of the UNWLA Detroit about Mykhailo Soroka, which was mas- Regional Council. However, she was so terfully recited by Vera Rryva. The fol- affected by what she saw that she could lowing is the translation of the poem: not speak. Bohdan Soroka saved the situa- tion by going to the microphone to answer He fell into eternal sleep beneath the rose questions and offer his reminiscences bush about his childhood years without a moth- which he had planted with his own hands. er and the difficult life the family had after He watched it grow to his heart’s content his mother finally returned from exile. while throwing glances to the barracks At the end of the program everyone beyond barbed wire where his wife relaxed while viewing Mr. Soroka’s won- The Ukrainian Free University’s new rector, Dr. Albert Kipa (right) with Dr. was languishing in sorrow for ten years. derful graphic designs and color drawings. Theodor Hellbrugge, recipient of an honorary doctorate. One group of etchings was devoted to tra- O, that husband’s longing! What a feeling ditional Ukrainian wooden churches, of pain! another depicted Carpathian landscapes, She had been torn away from her infant son while the third surprised and delighted the and thrown into the prison camps for life. viewers with its childlike humor – a series Bandurist Julian Kytasty performs As his enfeebled heart was slowing down of gnomes in odd costumes and postures – its beating, like a beat-up dog, the works were meant for children. The meeting ended in a friendly at scholarship fund-raiser in Victoria in that same instant clouds began to part VICTORIA, British Columbia – The was his grandfather’s; the other was a and let the sun shine brightly in the sky. atmosphere with everyone enjoying refreshments. Ukrainian Studies Society of Victoria unique one he found on his travels to hosted world-renowned bandurist Julian Brazil; the third was a contemporary one. Kytasty at a unique fund-raiser on Mr. Kytasty played a selection of October 13, 2003, as 50 guests first pieces he composed, as well as music of enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner at the the Kobzari of Ukraine. He also played home of Motria Koropecky. several pieces on his sopilka. The most Each guest gave a donation of $50 for memorable pieces were from his new the concert and dinner for which they CD, “Black Sea Winds.” received an income tax receipt. The donations collected that evening Mr. Kytasty didn’t arrive until 6:30 went toward scholarship funds that sup- p.m. because of unfortunate travel port students from Ukraine studying at arrangements. However, once refreshed, Pearson College and Ukrainian students he entertained the guests for an hour. studying at universities in British He had with him three banduras. One Columbia and Alberta.

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SASKATOON – The board of direc- Ukrainian Orthodox Youth of Canada Branch. She has been a member of the University of Ottawa. His studies and tors of the Saskatchewan Provincial (SUMK), as well as assuming key leader- Ukrainian Women’s Association of research centered on Slavic and Council of the Ukrainian Canadian ship roles. In later years, he was a dedi- Canada since the early 1940s and worked Ukrainian history. Dr. Yuzyk published Congress announced the 2003 UCC-SPC cated member of the Ukrainian Orthodox extensively with the Ukrainian Seniors of extensively, including the books: “The Nation Builder Award honorees, who Church, serving in various executive Regina, serving as president for a number Ukrainians of Manitoba,” “Ukrainian were recognized for their achievements positions for numerous years as well as of years. In Regina’s mainstream com- Canadians” and “Ukrainian Greek and contributions to Canadian society organizer of the North Battleford TYC munity, she has supported numerous Orthodox Church of Canada,” as well as and to the Ukrainian community. Some (Ukrainian Self-Reliance League) charitable causes and has received sever- contributed to other books. As a senator, of the awards were presented posthu- branch. al awards for her volunteerism. he was instrumental in shaping Canada’s mously. • Vera Labach – Ms. Labach has made • Sen. Paul Yuzyk – An academic and policy on multiculturalism. Dr. Yuzyk The 10 individuals were honored on an immeasurable contribution to the November 2, 2003, at the ninth annual teaching of Ukrainian in Saskatchewan historian of note, Dr. Yuzyk taught histo- was a leader and extremely active in Nation Builder Awards (NBA) luncheon and elsewhere through her work with the ry at the University of Manitoba and at Ukrainian Canadian organizations. in Yorkton, Sask. Saskatchewan Department of Education Initiated in 1995, the UCC-SPC and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, as Nation Builders Awards are an official a teacher in the school system, a lecturer Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk of Canada honored recognition event of the UCC-SPC at the University of Saskatchewan and a whose object is to recognize worthy indi- volunteer teacher. She is a founding viduals who have provided, without member of the Mohyla Institute Summer as one of Ukraine’s people of the year reward or gain, outstanding service or Immersion School and Ukrainian exceptional community involvement in Sadochok. She has also worked on sever- TORONTO – Korrespondent, one of an area that is beyond the performance of al Ukrainian language-related projects Ukraine’s most influential news- the individual’s normal duties or the with Ukraine. magazines, named Prof. Lubomyr exercise of the responsibilities of a pro- • Emilia Panamaroff – In addition to Luciuk of Canada one of the country’s fession to which that individual belongs; her successful career as an accountant, “People of the Year” for 2003. and/or have made a lasting impact on Ms. Panamaroff has worked in the educa- Dr. Luciuk is the director of research Saskatchewan and/or Canada through tional and cultural fields for over 30 for the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties their contribution to Canadian or years. She has conducted numerous Association. The organization was credit- Ukrainian-Canadian community develop- workshops enlightening young and old in ed with starting the campaign to strip ment, goals and ideals. Ukrainian folk arts and language learn- Walter Duranty of his Pulitzer Prize. Each year about 10 individuals are so ing. Through her devoted efforts as both Duranty was a reporter for The New recognized. Candidates for recognition volunteer and its current CEO, she has York Times who knowingly lied about been a key figure in the growth of the are nominated by UCC-SPC member- the genocidal Great Famine, or Musée Ukraina Museum in Saskatoon. organizations, as well as by individual Holodomor, in Ukraine in 1932 and members of the Ukrainian-Canadian She has been recognized for her out- 1933. He won the award the same year community. standing leadership contributions to her millions of Ukrainians were dying from Each group of honorees is chosen so local community. She has also actively starvation and famine-related illnesses. as to represent a cross-section of campaigned on behalf of the needy in Under the title “Fighter for fair- Saskatchewans Ukrainian community as Ukraine and has established a foster chil- ness,” Dr. Luciuk was recognized as a well as Canadian society. Candidates for dren’s plan. finalist for person of the year by the recognition must have spent a significant • Zenon Pohorecky – As the founding magazine’s editorial board for urging part of their lives in Saskatchewan or professor of the department of anthropol- the Pulitzer board to “do the right have made a significant part of their con- ogy and archaeology at the University of Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk thing,” and for mobilizing Ukrainian tribution while in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan, Dr. Pohorecky spent 30 communities inside and outside ly, as the Pulitzer Board decided that From its inception to the end of 2002, years developing novel courses, publish- Ukraine to send their thoughts straight Duranty would keep his award for the Nation Builders Awards program has ing and lecturing to a wide audience. A to the committee. excellence in journalism. The news honored 95 individuals. Honorees hail published artist since the age of 8, his “To be mentioned in Korrespondent came on November 21, 2003, the day from all parts of the province and repre- most renowned work was a mural of is an unexpected but pleasant honor,” before the horrors of the man-made sent a wide range of endeavors, from the Canada’s Ukrainian Centennial, which said Dr. Luciuk. “It shows that some famine are commemorated around the arts and community advocacy, to com- was viewed worldwide. Dr. Pohorecky is people in Ukraine are keen on bringing world. munity and/or political leadership and also recognized for his never-ending to justice those who perpetrated the Korrespondent has a circulation of professional accomplishments. efforts for Ukrainians and aboriginals, as Holodomor, and bringing to the 50,000 with thousands more checking The 2003 honorees and their citations well as his support for multiculturalism world’s attention those who helped the magazine’s Web site daily. Viktor follow. and human rights. He also was a signifi- cover it up, like Walter Duranty, The Yushchenko and Viktor Medvechuk, • Bishop Basil Filevich – Ordained a cant player in the establishment of the two Ukrainian politicians, were named priest on April 12, 1942, Father Filevich Saskatchewan Provincial Council of the Times and the Pulitzer committee.” served in five parishes and ended his Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC- The campaign ended unsuccessful- “Persons of the Year” in the same issue. church service as a bishop in SPC) and held executive positions at Saskatchewan in 1984-1994. The leader- local and provincial levels. ship qualities of Basil Filevich were rec- • George Skwarchuk – A volunteer of ognized with ever-advancing eparchial legendary proportions, Mr. Skwarchuk To The Weekly Contributors: appointments and distinctions, culminat- dedicated himself not only to his ing in 1972 with the title of mitred arch- Ukrainian community, but also the larger We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- priest. In 1983, at the age of 65, Mitrat Canadian community. A recipient of ters to the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate preparation of Filevich accepted the nomination as bish- many awards, he was part of the Boy The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. op of Saskatoon, remaining at his post to Scout movement for 26 years, president ® the age of 78 years. 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During the past decade Mr. Bulba Ihor Bulba... transferred the majority of his family (Continued from page 4) records, his numerous military uniforms Symon Petliura. Lt. Skrypnyk, later and other artifacts of historic value to the became a bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox City Museum in Rivne, where many of Church, Metropolitan Mstyslav of the these are on permanent display. He also Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. donated numerous Ukrainian art objects to and patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine. the San Antonio Museum of Art in Texas. Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛, ˘Ó ‚ Ô’flÚÌˈ˛ ð‡ÌÍÓÏ ,16 Ò¥˜Ìfl 2004 ð. ‚‰Óχ, After World War I the Bulba family A funeral liturgy, with full military ÓÚÓ˜ÂÌËÈ ð¥‰ÌËÏË, ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇ 78-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl ̇¯ ̇ȉÓðÓʘËÈ settled in Rivne, Volyn region. Ihor óéãéÇßä, ÅÄíúäé ¥ ÑßÑé Bulba’s father supervised the moderniza- honors, was held on January 12, at the tion of the city’s municipal facilities, Ukrainian Holy Trinity Orthodox Church ·Î. Ô. while his uncle served as a county in Cheektowaga, N.Y. A memorial serv- administrator and judge, and later as a ice was scheduled to be held in ‰-ð ëíÖèÄç ÑìÑüä mayor of Rivne. Escaping Communist Georgetown, Texas, upon Mrs. Bulba’s oppression the Bulba family emigrated to return. In addition to his wife, surviving èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚¥‰·ÛÎËÒfl 22-23 Ò¥˜Ìfl 2004 ð. ‚ Cress Funeral Home, the West during the second world war, are: four children, Paul Konstantine, John Blessed Sacrament Church ¥ ÔÓıÓ‚‡ÌËÈ Ì‡ Forest Hill Cemetery ‚ Madison, Wiscon- sin. eventually settling in the United States. Frank, Mark John and Ada Marie, with For the past 28 years Ihor Bulba with Ç „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ Á‡Î˯ËÎËÒfl: their spouses, eight grandchildren, and ‰ðÛÊË̇ – ãûëü his wife, Eva, lived in Georgetown, ‰Ó˜ÍË – ïêàëíàçÄ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ ëíßÇéå DUDIAK-DAVIS Texas, where they raised four children. In numerous relatives. Donations in memory of Ihor Bulba – êéåÄòäÄ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ åÄêäéå WILHELM his retirement Mr. Bulba was an active – KIKA Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ ÉÖçêß DUDIAK-PILOT member of the Ukrainian community in may be made to The Ukrainian Weekly – íÄåÄêÄ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ ïêàëíéîéêéå DUDIAK-MEADER Austin, Texas, contacting and welcoming Press Fund at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box ‚ÌÛÍË – ãìäÄ, ÑÄçàãé Ukrainian newcomers to the Austin area. 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. – ÄççÄ, éãÖçäÄ – åÄêßóäÄ – åÄäëàå-ëíÖîÄç Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛, ˘Ó 13 Ò¥˜Ìfl 2004 ð. ̇ 79-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ Ú‡ ðÓ‰Ë̇ ‚ ÄÏÂðˈ¥ ¥ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥. ÊËÚÚfl ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇¯ ̇ȉÓðÓʘËÈ Ç¥˜Ì‡ âÓÏÛ Ô‡Ï’flÚ¸! åìÜ, ÅÄíúäé ¥ ÑßÑìëú ––––––––––––––––––––––––– á‡Ï¥ÒÚ¸ Í‚¥Ú¥‚ ÔðÓÒËÏÓ Î‡Ò͇‚Ó ÊÂðÚ‚Û‚‡ÚË Ì‡ ڇͥ ˆ¥Î¥: Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, ·Î. Ô. 2247 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622. íÖéÑéê èéÑèßêäÄ Kyiv Mohyka Foundation, P.O. Box 4600, Chicago, IL 60646-0009. Smoloskyp, P.O. Box 561, Ellicot City, MD 21043.

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With great sadness we share with our family, friends and èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚¥‰·ÛÎËÒfl 21 Ò¥˜Ìfl 2004 ð. ‚ ˆÂðÍ‚¥ Ò‚. acquaintances that on January 17, 2004, at 91 years of age, åËı‡ªÎ‡ ‚ âÓÌÍÂðÒ¥, ‡ ‚¥‰Ú‡Í ̇ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡ð Mt. Hope y Hastings, NY. our dearest mother, grandmother and great-grandmother á‡Î˯˂ Û „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ: MARIA BRONYSLAVA HOLOWCHAK ‰ðÛÊËÌÛ – Äççì Á ‰ÓÏÛ éëÄÑñßÇ (maiden name Smerychynska) entered into her eternal rest. ÒË̇ – ‰-ð‡ ßÉéêü Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ ßêàçéû Maria Holowchak was born September 4, 1912 in Lviv. She finished ¥ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË ïêàëíàçéû ¥ ÄãÖäëÄçÑêéû high school there and played on the school volleyball team. She later ‰Ó̸ÍÛ – ïêàëíàçì ÅÄãäé Á ÏÛÊÂÏ ÅéÉÑÄçéå graduated from the Lysenko Musical Conservatory in Lviv, where she ¥ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË ãüêàëéû ¥ åàäéãéû played violin. Afterwards she finished nursing studies in 1938 in Krakow, Ú‡ ·ÎËÊ˜Û ¥ ‰‡Î¸¯Û ðÓ‰ËÌÛ ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥ ¥ ÄÏÂðˈ¥. and pharmacy studies in 1943 in Lviv. In America Maria worked as a registered nurse for 20 years in Christ Hospital, Jersey City, N.J., and êÓ‰Ë̇ ÔðÓÒËÚ¸ ÔðÓ ÏÓÎËÚ‚Ë Á‡ ÛÔÓÍ¥È ‰Û¯¥ reached the position of head nurse of her floor at the hospital. ÔÓÍ¥ÈÌÓ„Ó åËÍÓÎË. A Panakhyda was held on Friday, January 23, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ç¥˜Ì‡ âÓÏÛ Ô‡Ï’flÚ¸! Galante Funeral Home in Union, N.J. Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 24, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. at St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Newark, N.J. Left behind in sadness are her: DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS daughters – Christina Holowchak-Debarry to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian – Elizabeth Varian and husband Robert or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. son – George Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. grandchildren – Larissa Wowk and husband Andrij (The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.) – Tanya West and husband Eric Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. – Paul and Alexandra Varian Information should be addressed to the attention of the Advertising Department great-granddaughter – Melasia Wowk and sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 (NB: please do not include post office box if sending via courier), Parsippany, N.J. 07054; and other family in the United States. May her memory be eternal! fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to: e-mail, [email protected]. St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, 719 Sanford Ave., Newark, NJ 07106 Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 No. 4

told journalists the same day that the par- çÖáÄãÖÜçß äéçíêÄäíéêà NEWSBRIEFS liamentary opposition will do everything (Continued from page 2) possible to prevent constitutional changes toward his mosque for prayers. (The envisaging the parliamentary election of Washington Post) the president. (RFE/RL Newsline) New Opportunities PACE warning on constitutional changes Kuchma aspiring to ‘interim’ term? in the Philadelphia Area KYIV – Hanne Severinsen, a member of KYIV – Our Ukraine leader Viktor $1.10 per loaded mile! the Monitoring Committee of the Yushchenko told journalists on January 15 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of that the pro-government parliamentary Europe (PACE), told journalists in Kyiv on majority is seeking to make President January 20 that current attempts by the pro- Leonid Kuchma an “interim president” in • Excellent Flat Rates • Local & System Runs • Health presidential parliamentary majority to 2004-2006, UNIAN reported. Mr. Yushchenko said the majority is set to Benefits/Truck Insurance Available • Fuel Tax Filings change the Constitution of Ukraine during the presidential election year are not support the constitutional reform plan pre- liminarily approved on December 24, Minimum age 24, 2 years tractor/trailer experience and class “acceptable,” Ukrainian news agencies reported. Ms. Severinsen appealed to the 2003, which stipulates the election of a A CDL required. parliamentary majority and the opposition to president by direct ballot in 2004 and then by Parliament beginning in 2006. Mr. Apply online at www.trimac.com or find a compromise, stressing that the consti- tutional-reform bill preliminarily approved Yushchenko quoted Nestor Shufrych, on December 24, 2003, should be resubmit- head of the Social Democratic Party- Call 800-727-7352 ted to the Verkhovna Rada and debated United parliamentary caucus, as saying that the pro-government majority and the 610-909-5467 (afterhours) “paragraph by paragraph,” rather than being EOE/M/F/D/V pushed through by presidential allies. Ms. Communist Party are 10 votes shy of the Severinsen and her colleague, Renate 300 deputies required to adopt the consti- Wohlwand, met with a number of Ukrainian tutional-reform bill and intend to “obtain” officials and opposition leaders in Kyiv to these votes from Our Ukraine deputies. gather information about Ukraine’s constitu- Mr. Yushchenko added that Mr. Kuchma tional reform for a PACE meeting scheduled could even become an “interim president” for February. (RFE/RL Newsline) until 2009, following a decision by the Constitutional Court. (RFE/RL Newsline) Kuchma ready for talks with opposition Symonenko explains unusual alliance KYIV – Stepan Havrysh, coordinator of the pro-government majority in the KYIV – Communist Party head Petro Verkhovna Rada, told Interfax on January Symonenko has disseminated a statement 19 that President Leonid Kuchma has explaining why his organization supported agreed to pursue compromises regarding the constitutional reform bill that was pre- political reform through roundtable talks liminarily approved on December 24, 2003, with opposition leaders. Mr. Havrysh was Interfax reported. Mr. Symonenko declared commenting on President Kuchma’s meet- that the Communist Party is pushing for a ing with leaders of the parliamentary major- radical reform of the country’s political sys- ity earlier the same day. He added that Mr. tem through constitutional amendments. Kuchma will meet with opposition leaders “[Such changes] can be achieved in a con- on the condition that they undertake specific stitutional way only as a result of coordinat- commitments regarding a vote on political ing positions with other political parties and reform. Mr. Havrysh said that at their meet- structures that are represented in ing majority leaders did not discuss Mr. Parliament, including those protecting the Kuchma’s possible participation in the 2004 interests of the bourgeoisie,” the statement presidential election. (RFE/RL Newsline) reads. Mr. Symonenko stressed that the Communists oppose both a plan for parlia- Majority says it has requisite votes mentary election of the president in 2004 and a possible third term for President KYIV – Stepan Havrysh, coordinator Leonid Kuchma. (RFE/RL Newsline) of the pro-government majority in the Verkhovna Rada, told the Inter television Ukraine’s population continues to shrink channel on January 15 that his bloc con- trols the 300 votes needed to pass a con- KYIV – The State Statistics stitutional reform bill stipulating that the Committee reported on January 13 that Share The Weekly with a colleague. legislature elect the president in 2006. there were 47.66 million people living in Order a gift subscription by writing to: “The Ukrainian nation is currently expect- Ukraine as of December 1, 2003, which Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, ing this reform. I am absolutely convinced was 321,600 fewer than on January 1, Parsippany, NJ 07054. of this,” Mr. Havrysh said. Meanwhile, 2003, Interfax reported. According to the Cost: $55 (or $45 if your colleague is a UNA member). Our Ukraine leader Viktor Yushchenko last national census, held in December 2001, the country had 48.44 million resi- dents. The previous census, which was held in the Ukrainian SSR in 1989, found that there were 51.45 million peo- ple living in Ukraine. (RFE/RL Newsline) Poland, Ukraine sign accord on pipeline WARSAW – The vice prime ministers of Poland and Ukraine signed an accord in Warsaw on January 16 on the creation of a joint venture to extend the Odesa- Brody oil pipeline to Plock in northern Poland, Polish Television reported. Under the accord, the construction of a 556-kilometer extension will begin in the second half of 2004 and be completed in 2005. “This undertaking has enormous significance for the government of Ukraine and will positively influence cooperation with the European Union,” Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Andrii Kliuyev said at the signing ceremony, attended by his Polish counterpart, Marek Pol. “This is a strategic step,” Mr. Kliuyev added. 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Ukrainian National Home TWENTY-PERSON TOURS TO UKRAINE íìêà Ç ìäêÄ∫çì in Jersey City marks 85th jubilee JERSEY CITY, N.J. – November 16, ball and dart teams, to embroidery, ban- 2003, was a historic day for the dura music and youth dance groups. óÖêÖá ãúÇßÇ íÄ äà∫Ç Ukrainian National Home at 90-96 Fleet Currently the home is host to many St. – it was the 85th anniversary of this Ukrainian organizations and groups. The Jersey City institution. Jersey City’s current dance troupe, called Maky, which is DEPARTURES CITIES DAYS FROM Ukrainian community celebrated this directed by Tamara Siby, performed and WINNIPEG event with a gala banquet. entertained the assembled members and July 05 Kyiv 3, Kaniv 1, visit T. Shevchenko’s grave, 16 $3,657.00 The banquet honored 14 outstanding their guests at the banquet. The popular return Chernivtsi 3, Kryvche village and Kamianets- days Ukrainian community activists, as well Ukrainian vocal and music ensemble July 20 Podilskyj, Kolomyia 4 including Carpathian Mountains, Kosiv-Yaremche, Vorohta, Ivano- as National Home members. The main Lvivyany, under the management of Frankivsk, Lviv 3. Tour escort: Peter Drozdowech. speaker, Zenko Halkowycz, introduced Tamara’s mother, Stacy Siby, entertained the Rev. Vasyl Putera, who led the with nostalgic and haunting Ukrainian July 19 Kyiv 2, Kaniv 1, visit T. Shevchenko’s grave, 16 $3,617.00 return Ternopil 2, Chernivtsi 1, Kryvche village and days assembled in prayer. The Rev. Putera melodies and songs. Both Ms. Siby and her August 03 Kamianets-Podilskyj, Kolomyia including Carpathian remembered the departed pioneers who daughter grew up around this magnificent Mountains, Kosiv-Yaremche, Vorohta, Ivano- made all this possible. building and are members in good standing. Frankivske, Lviv 4. Tour escort: Andy Koshelanyk Mr. Halkowycz delivered a short his- The following members were honored August 02 RETURN TO THE SOURCE: FOLK ART AND 16 $3,617.00 tory covering the last 85 years of the for their dedication and service and were return CULTURE TOUR OF UKRAINE. With specialist days Ukrainian National Home. The present recognized with plaques: Stefan Goras, August 17 Orysia Tracz (9th tour). Kyiv 2, Kaniv 1, Borshchiv and Ternopil 3, Kamianets-Podilskyj, Ivano- structure, which was completed Petro Kostyk, Stefan Czujko, Stefan Frankivsk 4, Kolomyia, Carpathian towns and vil- September 23, 1958, is the third building Maksymczuk, Walter Bilyk, Ilia lages (Kosiv, Yaremche, others), with visits to local to bear the name “Ukrainian National Shevchuk, Peter Wasko, Mychaijlo folk artists and special sites. Lviv 4. Visit to ances- tral villages arranged. Great shopping, food, hospi- Home.” Mr. Halkowycz recounted the Pylypchak, Adam Tizio and Mr. tality and serendipity. 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Harrison Williams laid the cornerstone, which he provides pro bono year after I I Opportunity to extend your stay to visit family members after the tour how Jersey City Mayor Bernard Berry year. Last, but not least was the manager can be arranged at no extra cost. delivered a rousing patriotic speech and and director of the Ukrainian Federal I I All prices are subject to change without notice. how 650 people squeezed into the main Credit Union, Yaroslav V. Zaviysky, whose Single supplement of $350.00 per person. hall of the home for the opening cere- financial help and advice are invaluable to monies and a grand banquet. the Ukrainian National Home. TOUR PRICES INCLUDE AIR FARE, ACCOMMODATIONS, Mr. Halkowycz pointed out that during The evening’s festivities continued late ALL MEALS WITHIN UKRAINE, TRANSPORTATION. the past 45 years the Ukrainian National into the night with an anniversary dance to Home was very generous in donating the tunes of Vasyl Kavatsiuk’s music For more information contact: IRENE ZADRAVEC funds for worthy Ukrainian charities and ensemble. Mary Furey, the home’s manag- THOMAS COOK-REGENT TRAVEL, 11-850 KEEWATIN, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA R2R 0Z5 youth organizations. The home spon- er, and her staff prepared a regal banquet Bus. Tel.: (204) 988-5100 OUT-OF-TOWN – CALL COLLECT sored various youth projects from soft- and a Viennese table with cake and coffee.

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incident. They also talked regularly about Reporters... the dangers journalists faced in Iraq. (Continued from page 3) Then White House spokesman Ari The U.S. shelling of the hotel was not Fleischer stressed on February 28, 2003, a deliberate attack on journalists and the the Pentagon’s advice to the media to media. It was the result of criminal negli- pull their journalists out of Baghdad gence. before the war began. Asked whether this At the bottom level, Capt. Wolford and was a veiled threat to “non-embedded” Sgt. Gibson reacted as soldiers in a battle reporters, he said: “If the military says situation. They directly caused the death something, I strongly urge all journalists of the journalists and wounded three oth- to heed it. It is in your own interests, and ers, but should not really be held respon- your family’s interests. And I mean that.” sible because they did not have informa- The argument that journalists had been tion that would have made them aware of warned of the danger reappeared in the the consequences of firing at the hotel. Army’s August 12, 2003, report. This Their immediate superiors – battalion amounted to creating two kinds of jour- commander Lt. Col. Philip DeCamp and nalists – those who were “embedded” brigade commander Col. David Perkins – and so able to report on the fighting also appear not to be blame worthy. Their while under the protection of U.S. forces reactions and the accounts of embedded and those who were advised to leave the journalists indicate they, too, had not been war zone or face being ignored. properly informed by their own superiors. The Pentagon thereby refused to At a higher level, the headquarters of accept any responsibility for the death of 3ID commander Gen. Buford Blount bears the two journalists. a heavy responsibility. The division’s com- The Reporters Without Borders inves- mand had access to information from the tigation was carried out by French jour- Pentagon, from the U.S. Central Command nalist Jean-Paul Mari, with help from the Doha base in Qatar and from the media. French weekly magazine Le Nouvel It is inconceivable that the massive Observateur, which Reporters Without presence of journalists at the hotel for Borders warmly thanks. three weeks prior to the shelling, which *** was known by any TV viewer and by the Reporters Without Borders defends Pentagon itself, could have passed unno- imprisoned journalists and press freedom ticed. Yet this presence was never men- throughout the world, as well as the right tioned to the troops in the field or marked to inform the public and to be informed, on the maps used by artillery support sol- in accordance with Article 19 of the CARDIOLOGIST diers. The question is whether this infor- Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 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its grip on power. Mr. Yushchenko said he was ready to believed his primary responsibility would PACE monitors... In order to successfully amend the continue negotiations concerning mean- remain to assure that democratic values (Continued from page 1) Constitution of Ukraine the majority ingful and legitimate political reform, but and norms continue to develop in Ukraine needed to get an initial bill in support of only if this was in the interest of the would now be on the agenda of the quar- “For me, the best way to guarantee terly meeting of the Council of Europe the political reforms passed before the nation and done in a deliberate and trans- winter session of the Parliament ended, democracy in Ukraine is to hold transpar- scheduled for January 27. parent manner. He said the first step to Ms. Severinsen’s colleague, PACE which happened on January 15. The ent, fair and free popular elections, with- minority continues to allege that the vote the renewal of dialogue must be to void rapporteur Renate Wohlwend, explained the bill passed on December 24, 2003. out Kuchma involved,” stated Mr. that the PACE Ukraine Monitoring was illegal because the draft laws were He underscored, however, that he Yushchenko. Group, which the two women head, was neither formally introduced with a read- not looking to criticize Ukraine or to dis- ing nor debated before the vote was criminate against the country, as many in taken. They also assert that some law- Ukraine liked to charge. makers voted with both hands and that The UNA is searching for ... “Some people get the feeling that the more votes were counted than the num- representatives of European institutions ber of national deputies registered in the come here to teach you, but in fact the session hall. CENTENARIANS! reason is to maintain a dialogue. Maybe To finish the process of constitutional that dialogue needs to be deepened,” said change, the majority now needs a second The Ukrainian National Association is searching for the following individ- Ms. Wohlwend. successful vote in which two-thirds of Later in the day, President Kuchma the lawmakers express support for the uals or their beneficiaries. Anyone with information is asked to contact responded bluntly to the assessments changes, which would have to occur dur- the UNA Home Office at 1-800-253-9862. You may be eligible to collect made by the two rapporteurs, stating that ing the upcoming spring session in order life insurance benefits purchased through the UNA. no self-respecting country could accept for the amendments to become effective the threats made by the PACE representa- for the October 31 presidential vote. UNA National Secretary tives, especially since they had not been Speaking during a press conference Christine E. Kozak the day after PACE issued its preliminary eyewitnesses to the events that had taken Name of policyholder Branch City place recently. He added that the Council assessment, Viktor Yushchenko, leader of of Europe needed Ukraine as much as Our Ukraine and a presidential favorite Ukraine needed the council. in 2004, said Ukraine is heading towards “There is no need to make inappropri- a situation in which the people could be ate ultimatums. There is no need to forced to the streets to take back their behave like our opposition force,” Mr. country. Kuchma said in a publicly issued state- “When we talk of things we dearly ment, in which he also assured the coun- value, we must also mention to what cil that peace and democracy continue to extent we are ready to defend them,” exist in the country. explained Mr. Yushchenko. “Looking at On December 24, 2003, the Verkhovna all that has happened recently, I cannot Rada had approved – officially with 286 exclude that a coup d’état is taking place. votes in support — a legislative proposal I believe that adequate measures must be that would change the Ukrainian taken in response.” Constitution to allow the Parliament to However, the leader of Our Ukraine elect the next state leader, who in accor- added that he believed “political and dance with the current constitution is diplomatic means and Ukrainian parlia- elected by direct popular vote. The par- mentarism have not been exhausted.” liamentary vote proceeded with a show Referring to the PACE assessment and of hands after factions in the minority remarks by U.S. Ambassador John opposition – mainly members of the Our Herbst, which questioned the way in Ukraine and Yulia Tymoshenko factions which constitutional reform had begun in – had successfully blocked the work of Ukraine, Mr. Yushchenko said he the Verkhovna Rada for several days to believed that international institutions halt the effort. The opposition has would also bring pressure to bear on the claimed that constitutional amendments current state authorities and that the are being forced upon the nation to effort to ramrod political reform through ensure that the current ruling elite retains the Verkhovna Rada would die. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2004 No. 4

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