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INSIDE:• Delegation discusses press freedom in Ukraine — page 3. • Ukrainian peacekeepers in Bosnia mark Independence Day — page 5. • Oksana Krovytska cited as new “diva” — page 10.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVII HE No.KRAINIAN 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine NarodnyiT Rukh, Utoday splintered, 22-nation Wsummit in Yalta marks 10th anniversary of founding seeks end to division of Europe by Roman Woronowycz Hennadii Udovenko, which has been rec- by Roman Woronowycz Cooperation: Towards an Integrated Kyiv Press Bureau ognized by Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice as Kyiv Press Bureau Europe in the 21st Century Without the only legal heir to the original Rukh. Dividing Lines,” the summit set as its YALTA – Fifty-four years after the KYIV – Narodnyi Rukh, the pro-democ- The political party led by Mr. Kostenko, larger goal the further integration of the leaders of the victorious Allied Forces of racy and independence movement that which has been denied the right to call itself former Warsaw Pact countries and the World War II configured the geopolitical transformed itself into one of Ukraine’s National Rukh by a Supreme Court ruling, new independent states of the former map of post-war Europe, which ended most potent political parties before splitting although it continues to do so – and is still Soviet Union into mainstream European with its eastern half artificially isolated into two camps earlier this year, celebrated recognized as such by the Verkhovna Rada economic and political structures. from the rest of the continent and domi- its 10th anniversary during the week of – chose the Kyiv Polytechnical Institute for The agenda, however, was more spe- nated by Soviet Russia, Ukraine’s September 6 in a series of events that only its commemoration because 10 years ago cific than that. The subjects of discussion President Leonid Kuchma hosted a sec- emphasized how far the two sides are from the first All-Ukrainian Congress of ranged from the continued development ond summit here, attended by 22 re-union. Narodnyi Rukh, which established the of a transportation corridor for oil and European countries, to symbolically Reflecting both the disappointment of organization as a political force for restruc- gas from the Transcausus region through close the door on that part of history and Ukrainians and the current bitterness and turing the USSR, was convened there. Ukraine to the Baltic Sea, to the creation express the singleness of Europe. uncertainty within the two parties’ political The Kostenko organization asked that of an overall security structure for all of “It is greatly symbolic that we are organizations that now exist due to the the original organizing committee from Europe. gathered here, where our fate was decid- February split, observances were generally 1989 re-convene and take control of the A hot topic was how to resolve the ed for us in 1945. Today we are working muted and the rhetoric more inflammatory commemoration to give it an air of impar- practical problems that confront the to destroy those dividing lines,” said than congratulatory. tiality. It was the committee that decided to Baltic-Black Sea countries that have Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus at At the only event attended by both wings invite members of both Rukh organizations. emerged from behind the Iron Curtain the ceremonial opening of the summit at of the divided party, a commemorative con- “It was an achievement that we could get but have yet to be included in NATO and the lavish Livadia Palace, summer home vocation held on September 10 at the Kyiv both wings of Rukh together,” said Ivan have little hope of joining the European of the 19th century Russian tsars and the Polytechnical Institute, Dmytro Pavlychko, Lozovy, vice-chairman of the secretariat of Union in the near future. Those issues place where U.S. President Franklin D. a member of the organizing committe of the Mr. Kostenko’s party. include visa arrangements, border and Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston original Rukh, summed up Rukh’s current The organizing committee included customs regulations, and trade agree- Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph situation: “We are not the same fire-spew- many individuals who today do not ments. Ukraine’s President Kuchma, Stalin met at the infamous Yalta ing volcano; today we only spew smoke.” belong to either Rukh camp. It was led by whose country borders the three newest Conference more than five decades ago. After its birth on September 9, 1989, Volodymyr Yavorivskyi, who until recent- member-states of NATO, all of which are Officially called the “International Narodnyi Rukh Ukrainy, the Popular ly led the Democratic Party of Ukraine, Conference on Baltic-Black Sea (Continued on page 6) Movement of Ukraine for Perebudova, and Ivan Drach, Rukh’s first leader, who quickly became the vanguard for Ukraine’s today is a member of Mr. Kostenko’s pro-democracy movement and independ- organization. It also included National ence, and then a significant political party in Deputies Serhii Holovatii and Mykhailo the fledgling state. It was an organization Porovskyi, who are no longer Rukh mem- Joint Conferences present Gore that often suffered from internal dissent, but bers. found unity and a single overriding cause in The commemoration attracted 1,200 the building of a democratic and independ- people, most of whom, it seemed, were with Friend of Ukraine Award by Roma Hadzewycz ent Ukrainian state. Kostenko supporters. Banners in support of U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership. Internal bickering after the 1998 the presidential candidacy of Mr. Kostenko Present were leaders of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada elections finally reached WASHINGTON – Vice-President Al American organizations that had played an dotted the hall and campaign literature was Gore received the Friend of Ukraine Award critical mass at the beginning of this year, abundant, although both sides had agreed to integral role in the Joint Conferences held in when a majority of members in the party’s conferred by the Joint Conferences of Washington on June 23-27, as well as Mr. keep the elections out of the celebration, Ukrainian American Organizations during a Verkhovna Rada faction decided to oust the according to Mr. Udovenko. Gore’s national security adviser, Leon brief, off-the-record, meeting in his office at party chairman, Vyacheslav Chornovil. Two Mr. Udovenko told Interfax-Ukraine that Fuerth, who was the keynote speaker at the the Old Executive Office Building on wings formed after the long time leader was he was disappointed the celebration had conferences’ gala banquet. removed in a hastily called congress in been transformed into a political rally and September 15. The award recognized the February in an internal putsch led by Yurii called the actions “unethical.” The leader of vice-president’s work in strengthening the (Continued on page 13) Kostenko. Since Mr. Chornovil’s death in a the government-recognized Rukh also said tragic car accident a month after his ouster, that his group had received only 50 invita- relations between the two groups have tions out of the 1,500 extended. grown icy. However, during his address to the The two sides have had a difficult time crowd Mr. Udovenko was restrained in his finding common ground and language. criticism and even suggested that Mr. They have thrown barbs and slung mud. Kostenko’s organization draw up a program Each wing has put forward its own presi- for a Rukh-led national renaissance that his dential candidate. Although both sides have organization would review. Those remarks expressed the need for reconciliation, nei- were greeted with hearty applause. ther Rukh has shown a willingness to com- Both Mr. Udovenko and Mr. Kostenko, promise. who also addressed the crowd, underscored Attendance was light at several public in their remarks the need for their individual events held in celebration of Rukh’s 10th political organizations to take the govern- birthday, most notably at a public meeting ment reigns of power. Mr. Kostenko said on St. Sophia Square on September 11. that one of Rukh’s main failures over the Mass meetings, as this one was supposed to last 10 years was its cooperation with for- be, were once the hallmark of Rukh. Before mer Communists who retained power. He the split at least a thousand supporters could cited as another failure the inability of the have been expected to show up at any rally democratic forces to present an integral Office of the Vice-President called by the party. On Rukh’s 10th birthday Ukrainian political philosophy. fewer than 500 people turned out. It was Holding the Friend of Ukraine Award, Vice-President Al Gore addresses Ukrainian organized by the Rukh camp led by (Continued on page 16) American community leaders. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 No. 38

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Giving Yalta a new meaning Ukraine tightens security measures Kazakstan wants economic cooperation by Paul Goble appealed to the European Union not to cre- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma on ASTANA, Kazakstan – Meeting on ate a new “paper curtain” of travel restric- Yalta, the place where Moscow and the September 13 signed a directive providing September 9 in Astana with a visiting dele- tions in place at the now-collapsed “Iron West divided Eastern Europe in 1945, is for measures to strengthen “public security gation from Dniprodzerzhinsk, President Curtain” of the Cold War. now the symbol of the new and independent and guard technically sensitive facilities” in Nursultan Nazarbaev advocated reviving Such restrictions on the “free movement role the countries between Russia and connection with the growing number of ter- traditional economic cooperation between of law-abiding citizens of states aspiring for Germany and the Baltic and Black seas rorist attacks in Russia.” Mr. Kuchma the two countries, Interfax reported. Mr. hope to play in the future. European integration,” Mr. Kuchma sug- appealed to citizens to take in their stride Nazarbaev said that cooperation is current- On September 10-11, 14 presidents and gested, could effectively divide the conti- any inconveniences they may experience in ly hindered by the high railroad tariffs other senior officials from these and adjoin- nent in ways that would make it difficult, if crossing the state border or participating in Russia imposes on foreign goods. Mr. ing countries met there to promote coopera- not impossible, for states once submerged public events. (RFE/RL Newsline) Nazarbaev is scheduled to visit Kyiv for in the Soviet empire to recover. talks on the export of Kazak crude to tion among themselves, to denounce the Cabinet approves 2000 draft budget emergence of any new dividing lines in Then, Estonian President Lennart Meri Ukraine for refining at the Lysychansk Europe and to demand that no decisions called attention to one of the problems to KYIV – The government has approved a refinery. (RFE/RL Newsline) which many of the other leaders only allud- about them be made without their participa- draft state budget for 2000 that provides for Kuchma details election platform tion. ed. While the countries of this region are revenues totaling 37.4 billion hrv (some $8 This, the third international conference in now the subjects of history, he said, “none billion U.S.). The government expects to KYIV – Unveiling his election platform a series launched in Vilnius in 1997, repre- of us are simply subjects.” gain 2.5 billion hrv from the privatization of on September 6, President Leonid Kuchma sented the latest and most dramatic effort by As a result, the Baltic leader continued, state property. A list of enterprises designat- said that if he had not sought re-election, “I these countries to repudiate the great power his country and its neighbors “remain its ed for sale in 2000 was submitted earlier to would not have been able to respect politics that dominated thinking at the Yalta objects as well, driven hither and yon by the Verkhovna Rada. (RFE/RL Newsline) myself,” Interfax reported. The economic conference in 1945. larger forces and larger states.” Because of part of that platform, which Mr. Kuchma At that first Yalta conference, Soviet that, Mr. Meri said, the countries of this NBU calm over recent hryvnia fall said was developed by the “cream of the leader Joseph Stalin, U.S. President D. region cannot take anything for granted but KYIV – The hryvnia left the previous- production sector and academic circles,” Franklin Roosevelt, and British Prime must work together to defend their interests. ly established exchange corridor of 3.4 to foresees a growth of 2 percent next year in Minister Winston Churchill effectively cre- And finally, in words that confirmed 4.6 to $1 and was traded at 4.65-4.7 to $1, the gross domestic product. Under his lead- ated new spheres of influence in Europe – both the fears and the appeals of Messrs. Ukrainian Television reported on ership, Mr. Kuchma said, Ukraine would without consulting any of the nations affect- Meri and the others, the Russian representa- September 12. Commercial bank and cur- continue economic reforms to become a ed. tive at the Yalta meeting used the occasion rency dealers explain the hryvnia’s fall by “socially oriented” state. He added that the From that decision – one that has many to oppose the expansion of a Western insti- speculative demand for hard currency in country’s foreign policy would be based on precedents in European and world history – tution that many of the countries in this expectation of the hryvnia’s devaluation. integration with the European Union and at the same time close cooperation with the many once-independent and proud peoples region hope to join. They claim that the hryvnia will continue CIS. He stressed, however, that Ukraine were consigned to Soviet rule for nearly Speaking on September 10, Russian First to fall unless the National Bank of would not join CIS supranational bodies. half a century. And none of those affected Vice Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko Ukraine intervenes on the currency mar- (RFE/RL Newsline) has ever forgotten or forgiven either that argued that “NATO’s further expansion – ket. However, NBU press secretary meeting or its results. including the Baltic states – would lead to Dmytro Rikberg said last week that IMF approves next tranche for Ukraine Now, and largely as a result of the efforts the creation of new dividing lines and “there will be no interference” on the part of these nations themselves, they are once would in no case assist in the consolidation of the bank and that the situation will sta- KYIV – The IMF on September 7 again in a position to be the active subjects of security.” bilize in the next few days once Ukraine approved the release of an $184 million of history rather than its mere objects. Mr. Khristenko’s appeal in itself reflects has received foreign credits. (RFE/RL tranche to Ukraine after the fund completed And, thus, virtually all of the leaders the continuing view of many in Moscow Newsline) its third review of the country’s economic there echoed in one way or the other the that it and no one else should play the domi- policy under a three-year $2.6 billion loan words of Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister, nant role in this region – a role that Stalin Both Rukhs protest Soviet-era symbols program, the DPA news agency reported. Borys Tarasyuk, who said that “ Yalta 99 IMF First Deputy Managing Director believed the West had ratified at the first KYIV – Some 40 deputies from the two has done away with the spirit of Yalta 45.” Stanley Fischer commented that the IMF Yalta conference. rival factions of Rukh walked out of a par- But that celebratory spirit was undercut board of directors noted that so far in 1999 But at the same time, Mr. Khristenko liamentary session on September 9 to not only by the tight security arrangements made these comments in a city that is now macroeconomic developments have surrounding the meeting but also by expres- protest the rejection of their proposal to exceeded expectations and that fiscal part of an independent Ukraine and to an remove Soviet-era symbols from the sions of genuine concern about whether the audience consisting of leaders of countries adjustment has been encouraging. goals of Yalta II, as some of the leaders Verkhovna Rada building. The walkout Meanwhile, National Bank of Ukraine who have either gained or regained their appeared to be the first demonstration of described it, were likely to be achieved any- independence from Moscow. Chairman Viktor Yuschenko said Ukraine time soon. unity between Rukh legislators after the will be able to pay off its mounting foreign And that fact demonstrates more clearly organization split into two factions earlier President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine, than anything else just how much the world debts in 2000, provided the Verkhovna this year and nominated two presidential Rada approves a deficit-free budget and the the host of this year’s meeting, pointedly has changed since 1945 and how significant candidates. (RFE/RL Newsline) IMF continues its aid. (RFE/RL Newsline) Yalta II in fact was, both as a symbol of Paul Goble is the publisher of RFE/RL Kuchma without real estate abroad Newsline. those changes and as an expression of hope World Bank grants third tranche for the future. KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma said KYIV – The World Bank has decided to on September 8 that he does not possess or grant Ukraine the third and final $100 mil- own real estate abroad. He added that in lion (U.S.) tranche intended for the restruc- order to purchase real estate abroad a per- turing of Ukraine’s financial sector. Lazarenko’s home makes headlines son would have to steal. (Eastern PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Both The New with brass and gold-plated doorknobs in Economist) (Continued on page 13) York Times and MSNBC.com have report- the 41-room mansion. ed in recent days on the posh California Where did he get the money to pay for estate purchased for cash by Pavlo it? “Obviously it was stolen,” MSNBC Lazarenko, the former prime minister of quoted Dr. Roman Szporluk of the FOUNDED 1933 Ukraine who is seeking political asylum in Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard HE KRAINIAN EEKLY the United States. University as saying. “I cannot imagine any TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Mr. Lazarenko is currently being held in other source,” he added. a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. a federal detention center because he Mr. Lazarenko continues to insist that he Yearly subscription rate: $50; for UNA members — $40. attempted to enter the United States on an is a victim of political persecution in Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. invalid visa. Switzerland is seeking Mr. Ukraine. The Times reported that Michael (ISSN — 0273-9348) Lazarenko’s extradition on charges that he Handwerker, an attorney representing Mr. embezzled Ukrainian government funds Lazarenko, said his client contests the Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language weekly newspaper and funneled them through bank accounts charges against him in Europe and dismiss- (annual subscription fee: $50; $40 for UNA members). abroad. es them as politically motivated. The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: MSNBC reported that the mansion The Times also wrote that “questions Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 purchased for $6.75 million in northern have also arisen about how Lazarenko’s California is occupied by Mr. own economic position has improved. As a Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz Lazarenko’s wife and three children. A political official who traversed the line changes to: Editors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) sales brochure for the 18-acre estate, between public authority and private deal The Ukrainian Weekly Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) once occupied by Hollywood star Eddie making, Lazarenko made money buying 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Irene Jarosewich Murphy, lists five swimming pools, nine and selling natural gas contracts when he Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova bathrooms, two helicopter pads and was energy minister, U.S. authorities say. 2,100-square-foot master bedroom, As prime minister, he may have pocketed The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com reportec MSNBC. The Times noted that millions of dollars from state programs, The Ukrainian Weekly, September 19, 1999, No. 38, Vol. LXVII the estate also has five dog kennels, a according to Ukrainian and Swiss authori- Copyright © 1999 The Ukrainian Weekly barn-sized ballroom, granite floors inlaid ties.” No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 3 Delegation members share thoughts on press freedom in Ukraine by Irene Jarosewich accordance with the law. We can’t be fault- positive) article which is paid for – the develop such a history. Only with legal ed for the bad laws – we can only be faulted “zakazna” – in which the press is used to precedent can a legal system develop con- NEW YORK – A dozen members of a if we do not adhere to them properly.” destroy economic or political competitors sistency, he noted, which gives the judiciary 16-person delegation from Ukraine, consist- The lengthy discussion on suppression of and thus threatens press independence and legitimacy, and legitimacy over time gives ing of attorneys, judges and journalists, met press freedom in Ukraine brought out dis- reliability of media as a neutral or objective authority. The Ukrainian legal system is at the offices of the Committee to Protect parate points of views. Many of the delega- voice; the article that is written as a result of only now beginning to have the time to Journalists (CPJ) on August 24 to learn tion members claimed that much of the sup- a thinly veiled government “request”/direc- develop an independent authority. about the organization’s efforts to defend pression is not political or ideological and tive, which also undermines the role of the The Supreme Court is beginning to be journalists worldwide, as well as to offer does not come from the government – espe- press as an objective provider of informa- the final arbitrator in cases from all the their thoughts on the situation of press free- cially on the oblast level. Other factors, tion; and a variety of administrative meth- oblasts, he stated, and therefore is giving a dom in Ukraine. Chrystyna Lapychak, pro- mostly economic, are more prevalent in the ods used to meet political and economic final interpretation to certain laws. These gram director for Eastern Europe at CPJ, manipulation of the media, they argued. ends. interpretations will then trickle back into the greeted the delegation with congratulatory Examples included scenarios such as when In general, administrative methods oblasts and in this way, he noted, over time, remarks in honor of Ukraine’s eighth a businessman will pay an editor to publish appear to be the preferred form of harass- judicial rulings should become more consis- anniversary of independence, after which nasty articles about a competitor, or the situ- ment – for example, editors are not jailed tent throughout the republic. she gave a presentation about CPJ’s role as ation in which a newspaper, in an attempt to for publishing articles critical of those in Mr. Samsin also noted that more often an international advocate for the rights of destroy its competition and get advertisers power, rather the entire newspaper is shut courts are being used as final arbitrators – a journalists and freedom of the press. and subscribers for themselves, will pay off down for months so that a “tax audit” can departure from the “executive decree” of The CPJ functions as a “watchdog” of be conducted. Other methods include the the past – and the more frequently major media freedom and is often one of the first government officials to levy a heavy fine use of heavy fines for alleged, supposedly issues arise that give courts exposure, the organizations to alert international institu- against the competing publication. serious infractions of the law, for example, more legitimacy they will achieve. He pre- tions, media and governments about press Several lawyers also accused journalists the use of the Russian language in an adver- dicted, for example, that there will be great abuse. CPJ works to assist individual jour- and editors of being unfamiliar with the tisement without running the same adver- disputes surrounding the upcoming presi- nalists who are being threatened and con- libel law, or of purposefully flaunting libel tisement in Ukrainian. dential election – accusations of violations ducts reviews worldwide of the repression laws to gain notoriety. When the person On the oblast level, tax and fire inspec- of campaign and election laws that the by governments of individual journalists in whom they scandalized then sues, they tors often cite alleged infractions that carry courts will be asked to consider – and then particular and media freedom in general. scream suppression of free press, when the heavy fines in order to solicit a bribe from the courts will be making decisions that will The organization annually issues a “Top article really was irresponsible and illegal the publication to cancel the citation. Other have to be followed. An independent judici- Ten Enemies of the Press”. For a dramatic journalism, the laywers noted. examples include the delay in approving ary is equally necessary for the well-being increase in the use of administrative meth- They cited instances when editors turned of a nation as an independent media, he ods (audits, fines, lawsuits, taxation, etc.) to to them for advice about publishing a cer- certain legal documents, such as re-registra- noted. suppress freedom of the press and for not tain article and were advised to not publish tion, until an editor “agrees” to fire a partic- The delegation was in the United States sustaining a legal and political environment since the article would be libelous under ular journalist. as part of a two-week media lawyers train- in which journalists can practice their pro- existing law – but did so anyway. Noted a Mr. Samsin, however, holds out great ing program jointly organized by the Media fession without threat of physical harm, young lawyer from Vinnytsia, Viktor hope for the development in Ukraine of an Studies Center of the Freedom Forum Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma Andrushchenko, it’s one thing when gov- independent judiciary that will carry more Foundation of Virginia and the Squadron appeared sixth on this year’s CPJ list, which ernment officials scream libel in attempt to authority – one that ultimately will give Program on Law, Media and Society, part of was issued in May. cover up their illegal activity, but private cit- more protection to journalists. He noted that Ukraine had no real history of case law Members of the delegation included izens have the right to expect protection and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in and legal precedent since time is needed to lawyers who defend journalists and media newspapers can’t be allowed to run false, New York City. organizations, two journalists, as well as scandalous stories with impunity. two judges who hear media-related court In response, Volodymyr Skachko, one of cases. As delegation members spoke about two journalists in the delegation, noted that, the problems in Ukraine, the issue of nonetheless, “it is the government’s respon- defamation and libel lawsuits surfaced as a sibility to maintain a political and economic major means by which the press is con- environment where people don’t feel as BUSINESS IN BRIEF trolled. though they need to or can ruin other people Professional image-maker coming to Ukraine Unlike many Western democracies in to survive,” and that it doesn’t much matter which public figures, especially elected offi- if the manipulation and suppression of press KYIV – The situation in Russia, where over 95 percent of presidential, gubernatorial or cials, are held up to higher public standards freedom is done as a result of economic or parliamentary candidates are using the services of professional image-makers will repeat of accountability and have less right to pri- political motivation – the end result is the itself in Ukraine in the next three to four years, stated Director General Igor Mintusov of vacy than do private individuals, public same – a de facto suppression of free speech Nikollo M, a Russian image-maker firm. The company, which developed an image for officials in Ukraine appear not to believe and no mechanism with which to counter- Russian President Boris Yeltsin, prices its services for a Russian presidential candidate from that they need to be accountable to the elec- balance the power of officials over private $200 million to $500 million (U.S.). Since the company is unfamiliar with specifics in torate for their actions and resent the scruti- lives. Ukraine, according to Mr. Mintusov, the firm is not going to participate in the coming presi- ny of the media. Therefore, Ukraine has a As for remarks that “we just follow the dential elections in Ukraine. (Eastern Economist) series of laws that basically do not allow the law, it’s not our fault if the laws are bad,” Germans to buy 52 percent of cargo transporter media to criticize public officials or scruti- Mr. Skachko replied that the judiciary nize their activities without running the risk would better serve itself and the people of KYIV – The State Anti-Monopoly Committee has permitted the German company of being sued, fined, even jailed. Ukraine if it exercized a little more inde- Cargotransport Weiden to buy 52 percent of the shares offered by the open joint stock com- Ihor Samsin, one of the judges in the del- pendence from the executive branch and pany KyivZovnishTrans. According to the committee, this deal will not result in competi- egation, noted that judges are frequently showed a little more courage. tion restriction and in monopolization of commodity markets. KyivZovnishTrans special- criticized for the decisions they make in According to delegation members, the izes mainly in handling cargoes, including dispatching, transportation, and storage. (Eastern libel cases that go against journalists. He methods by which press freedom in Economist) noted that, “the laws may be bad, but it is Ukraine is suppressed can be broken down our responsibility to make a decision in into several general types: the (negative or EU imposes anti-dumping duty on pipes BRUSSELS – The European Union Commission has imposed a 56.5 percent prelimi- nary anti-dumping duty on Ukrainian pipes, said the director of the Mahistr & Partners law firm, Oleh Riabokon. According to Mr. Riabokon, the duty became effective August 19 and Independent TV station sued for tax evasion any duty over 10 percent actually closes the market to the manufacturer. The anti-dumping KYIV – The State Tax Administration newscaster, was frozen on August 26 with inquiry was initiated in November 1998 by the European Association of pipe manufacturers has sued the independent television station all transactions suspended by order of when Ukrainian manufacturers exported nearly 120,000 tons of pipes to the EU. It concerns STB for evading taxes, overestimating its Kyiv’s Radianskyi District Tax Police for the products supplied to the European market by Nyzhniodniprovskyi pipe-rolling works as expenses and concealing incomes, the “failing to deliver documents related to cal- well as Nikopol-based Pivdennotrubnyi and Dnipropetrovsk-based pipe works. (Eastern Associated Press and the Eastern Economic culating and paying taxes.” Economist) Daily reported. STB has an audience of about 30 mil- Mexico reacts to Ukrainian steel dumping RFE/RL Newsline reported that, accord- lion, employs 3,000 nationwide, and is now ing to the tax administration, STB paid compiling and purchasing new programs MEXICO CITY – The Mexican Trade Ministry (Secofi) announced that it is slapping 19,000 hrv ($4,200 U.S.) in taxes on adver- and video materials for the approaching TV compensatory duties on imports of hot-rolled steel sheet from Russia and Ukraine, claiming tising income in June, instead of some 1 season. STB is the only station broadcasting that these countries had dumped steel on the Mexican market at unfairly low prices. Thus, million hrv. According to tax authorities Verkhovna Rada sessions on a daily basis provisional duties of 20.07 percent were slapped on hot-rolled steel sheet from Russia and a commercials brought in a total of 3.23 mil- on its program Vikna-Parliament (Window staggering 46.66 percent on Ukrainian steel sheet. The ministry said its probe, based on lion hrv including taxes. STB denies these to Parliament) and after the central state complaints from the Mexican producers Hylsa SA and Altos Hornos de Mexico, during the accusations, saying tax inspectors have channel, UT-1, stopped airing the legisla- first half of 1998 proved that an increase of imported hot-rolled steel sheet from Russia and incorrectly calculated its income. It claims ture’s activities the ensuing fall-out revealed Ukraine at discriminatory prices had damaged the national steel industry. The ministry said that both the tax inspections and the freez- the full extent of non-cooperation between its investigation into the dumping complaint would continue. (Eastern Economist) ing of its bank account are intended to put the country’s legislature and executive U.S. cancels anti-dumping on magnesium pressure on the station before the presiden- branch. tial elections. “Considering the trend in Ukraine in WASHINGTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals on September 1 canceled the anti-dump- Eastern Economist had previously recent years to shut down independent ing duty that had been imposed on magnesium imported from Ukraine. The duty was reported that the bank account of STB, considered the country’s most independent (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 18) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 No. 38

OUR COMMUNITIES CELEBRATE UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE DAY LaJolla, Calif. by Dr. Jaroslaw Pikolcky LA JOLLA, Calif. – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer met with Ukrainian Americans from San Diego and Los Angeles during a luncheon at the La Jolla Country Club, while he was here on vacation visit- ing his family. It was an honor to meet with the ambassador, who requested a meeting with members of the Ukrainian American community. It was most interesting to be updated on latest policies towards Ukraine in its pursuit of economic growth eight years after celebrating its independence from Soviet domination. Ambassador Pifer said he is a career diplomat, hav- ing served 21 years in the U.S. Foreign Service. He served as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton and senior director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs at the National Security Council in 1996-1997. He arrived in Kyiv in January 1998. Ambassador Pifer said he is optimistic that Ukraine has all the resources necessary to maintain its independ- ence, build a strong democracy and institute a strong market economy. Ukraine has disarmed itself of one of Ambassador Steven Pifer (fifth from right) with Ukrainian Americans in LaJolla, Calif. the biggest nuclear arsenals in the world. Ukraine is an American ally in peacekeeping in Eastern Europe and a nity can communicate to the U.S. government its con- States where they can spend more time learning how supporter of NATO, and Ukrainian troops are stationed cerns and priorities. Ukrainian Americans have many the U.S. tackles various political and economic prob- in Bosnia and other troublespots. talented, experienced and knowledgeable individuals lems, and then come back and apply some of those When asked how the Ukrainian community in the that can help Ukraine.” ideas in Ukraine as Ukraine goes through its own United Sates can help Ukraine and how it can influence “There are ways to expand exchanges to get more difficult transition process,” the ambassador com- U.S. policy, Mr. Pifer replied: “The Ukrainian commu- Ukrainians into organized programs in the United mented.

has become a responsible country in world affairs and has provided an example to other countries by being the Maplewood, N.J. first to remove its nuclear warheads. It has ensured the by Andrew Keybida human and civil rights of all its citizens.” MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - Mayor Gerard W. Ryan “ ... we offer our prayerful support and promise to signed and read a proclamation on August 3 at help Ukraine become the prosperous and successful Maplewood Town Hall that designating August 24 as country it has the potential to be. Much has been accom- Ukrainian Independence Day in honor of the eighth plished already and, with God’s help and our help, anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Ukraine is ensured of a healthy, peaceful future,” he said. Mayor Ryan presented the document to Andrew Mayor Ryan then greeted those assembled and read Keybida and then ordered that the Ukrainian flag be the proclamation commemorating the eighth anniversary of modern Ukraine. raised in front of the Maplewood Town Hall on August The Rev. Taras Fedorovich concluded the indoor cer- 24 alongside the American flag to “pay tribute to the emony with a solemn prayer. He also noted: “Having Ukrainian people for their courage and fortitude in the lived all my life in Ukraine, I, as a Ukrainian Catholic struggle for freedom and independence of Ukraine.” priest, was among the millions who rejoiced that our Mr. Keybida accepted the proclamation, stating that country chose to become totally independent of the the Ukrainian American community is grateful for the Communist Soviet system. How happy we were on proclamation and extends its thanks to the leaders of August 24, 1991, when we announced to the world that Maplewood for always supporting Ukraine’s struggle we had become a free country without the expected for freedom. bloodshed. And for this we give thanks to God.” On August 24 members of the Maplewood’s He continued: “We must, however, forever remember Ukrainian American community gathered at 9 a.m. at the millions of Ukrainians who were persecuted, who the Municipal Building. were tortured and who were martyred by the The Rev. Bohdan Lukie, pastor of St. John the Baptist Communist totalitarian regime over the past 70 years. Ukrainian Catholic Church of Newark, N.J., opened the Their struggle and fight for an independent Ukraine, ceremonies with a prayer. He stated: “We proudly honor their bloodshed and their lives were and are the founda- Ukraine on its eighth anniversary of independence and tion of our free statehood.” happily acknowledge to the world that, of all the former The Ukrainian flag was brought to the aisle in the Soviet countries, it is Ukraine that has had the most center of Town Hall while the audience sang the peaceful transition from totalitarianism to democracy. Ukrainian national anthem. The flag was then carried There has been no bloodshed, no armed conflict or out to the flagpole and was raised together with the political repression. Ukraine has had peaceful elections American flag while those gathered sang the American Maplewood Mayor Gerard Ryan (left) presents and prepares itself for another democratic election, it anthem. proclamation to Andrew Keybida.

the regions. According to director of the Independent TV station European Institute for Free Media, Alivtina OBITUARY: Rev. John Stuchlak, (Continued from page 3) Boretska, “regional TV stations, supporting media,” Tim O’Conor, director of IREX various presidential candidates, would receive a big chunk of extra air time if STB ProMedia, a press-supporting organization, assistant pastor in Newark, 70 were closed.” told Eastern Economist, “I would have to be NEWARK, N.J. – The Rev. John served in many Ukrainian parishes The 1 million hrv fee imposed by the suspicious about the grounds upon which Stuchlak CSsR, the assistant pastor of St. throughout Canada and the United States; inspectors must be paid within two weeks, John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic however, much of his priestly ministry the actions were taken.” The station’s or STB will be cut off the air. With the fall Parish in Newark, N.J., died on took place in St. John’s in Newark. Last Administration Board chair, Volodymyr TV season just around the corner, STB had September 15 while recuperating from a year he celebrated the 40th anniversary Syvkovych, connected the tax police planned to double its newscasts. lengthy illness in Holy Family Manor in of his priesthood. actions to the station’s earlier statement that Eastern Economist reported that STB Bethlehem, Pa. The funeral parastas will take place on it “will not support any presidential candi- was preparing for talks with the Radianskyi He was blessed to have his family and Sunday, September 19, at 6 p.m. and the date during the campaign,” and a subse- District Tax Police. If talks fail, STB will the pastoral staff of the nursing home pontifical funeral liturgy will be celebrat- quent statement that “STB will not change take the tax collectors to court, and possibly praying with him as he shared his last ed on September 20 at 10:30 a.m. in St. its position on the matter.” to international courts. Station management priestly moments on earth. John’s Church, Newark. STB President Dmytro Prykordonnyi plans to turn to IREX ProMedia for legal The Rev. Stuchlak was born on The funeral liturgy will take place at suspected that another reason is the station’s consultation. “We will use all of our powers February 8, 1929, in Atlas, Pa., and was Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Mount “objective coverage of the campaign activi- and knock on every door to bring our sta- ordained a Redemptorist priest on May Carmel, Pa., at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, ty of every presidential candidate.” tion’s operations back to normal,” conclud- 11, 1958, by Bishop Isidore Borecky. He September 21. In addition, STB is a popular station in ed Mr. Syvkovych. No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 5

Ukrainian battalion celebrates Independence Day in Bosnia-Herzegovina PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A Ukrainian battalion that is part of the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia, celebrated Ukrainian Independence Day (August 24) in grand style in Mostar. The event, which was attended by numerous mili- tary VIPs and invited guests, was given enthusiastic coverage in the German-language army newspaper Der Keiler (August 30), which serves Bosnia- Herzegovina and Croatia. The article was penned by 1st Lt. Boris Propping. [Photos of the event were pro- vided to The Weekly by Maj. Yurij Holowinsky of the U.S., who is stationed in Bosnia as part of Operation Joint Force.] Der Keiler reported that the eighth anniversary cel- ebrations began with the commemoration of the 52 Ukrainian soldiers who died during the war in Bosnia in 1991-1995. It was followed by a review of soldiers of Ukrainian Battalion 240 of the SFOR, under the commander of Col. Hryhoriev. Receiving the review were Gen. Maj. Schwerdorffer, commander of the multinational South-East Division, and Brig. Gen. Johann Berger, commander of the Central Brigade. The review, which was termed “exemplary,” was followed by a demonstration of the skills and fitness of the Ukrainian paratroopers as variously exhibited in unarmed combat, the use of bayonets, and AK 47 assault rifles. Onlookers invariably winced as bottles or bricks, bal- anced precariously on the backs of fellow soldiers, were broken with the blow of fists, bodies crumbled on the concrete floor of the fighting ring, and knives flew through the air – the whole at times verging on a Kozak Yurij Holowinsky bravura performance, noted the German newspaper. The exhibition was deemed most impressive in terms Ukrainian Battalion 240 passes in review. of military and physical prowess, with the Ukrainians tion characterized by legendary Ukrainian hospitality – and contributed in no small measure to participants’ leaving “no doubt as to the high level” of their skills, featured was such delectable fare as champagne from reluctance to part. Der Keiler observed. Crimea, vodka and caviar, smoked fish and lobster – The final, resounding words of parting were: The exhibition cum show was followed by a recep- which provided a conducive atmosphere for fraternizing “Druzhba Ukraini!”

A combat exhibition.

Private Petro Melnyk from Zhytomyr standing in a BTR-70 armored personnel carrier.

Col. Hryhoriev, commander of Ukrainian Battalion 240, on the tribunal with foreign Memorial to the 52 Ukrainian soldiers who died during the war in Bosnia (1991- military VIPs. 1995) while serving as peacekeepers. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 No. 38

22-nation summit... (Continued from page 1) also strong candidates for membership in the EU, said the potential for a divided Europe remains. “I must tell you that with the Iron Curtain down there still exists the danger of a far more humane, but no less dan- gerous, paper curtain being put up between Eastern Europe and Western Europe,” said Mr. Kuchma. Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski also addressed the divi- sions that still exist on the European con- tinent in his address to the summit. He stated that it is not up to the EU to deter- mine who belongs to Europe and who does not. ‘There should be no open or subtle dividing lines in Europe,” said Mr. Kwasniewski. He also called on Europe to accept Ukraine into its free trade asso- ciation after it gains status in the World Trade Organization. Another key issue was the continued effort by the Baltic and Black Sea neigh- bors to have gas and oil from the Caspian Sea Basin routed through the Black Sea and Ukraine to Central Europe. Western oil and gas conglomer- ates are blocking any plans for a new routing, as is the U.S. government, even Roman Woronowycz as Azerbaijan’s President Haidar Aliyev, President Leonid Kuchma welcomes President Waira Vike- President Gejdar Aliyev of Azerbaijan with the Ukrainian whose country controls many of the Freiberga of Latvia. president. recently discovered oil fields, has expressed support for it. ambassador-level representatives. The tures: the European Union, the European all states to choose the means to ensure President Aliyev met with President participating countries were, for the most Commission, the Organization for their own security,” while expressing the Kuchma to discuss the Ukrainian trans- part, members of either the Council of Security and Cooperation in Europe, the need to promote beneficial cooperation port corridor soon after his arrival in Baltic Countries or the Organization of Council of Europe and NATO. among the countries; to undertake joint Yalta. Black Sea Cooperation. They included The group agreed on two joint state- efforts for the resolution and prevention The summit participants also Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, the ments. One was an expression of sympa- of conflicts; to develop economic cooper- addressed ecological issues and commu- Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, thy and solidarity with Turkey and ation through joint projects in the fields nications technologies in the region, as Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greece, which were recently hit by a of energy, transport, communications, well as problems with illegal migration, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, series of earthquakes, while the other ecology and other spheres; to deepen drug smuggling and arms trafficking. Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and declared the need for a joint effort and cooperation in humanitarian fields; and Presidents or prime ministers of 14 of Sweden. cooperation by all of Europe in resolving to combat terrorism the 22 countries attended “Yalta II,” as it Also present were representatives of the continent’s problems in the 21st cen- has been dubbed, while others sent the foremost European geopolitical struc- tury. It reaffirmed “the inherent right of (Continued on page 12)

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A moment of silence was held in KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The 25th remembrance of deceased UNA Seniors. anniversary conference of Ukrainian Dr. Oleh Wolansky led members in the National Association Seniors was held at singing of “Mnohaya Lita” for Dr. Roman Soyuzivka on June 13-18. Baranowskyj on the occasion of his 94th The weather was great as registration birthday. Dr. Baranowskyj is not only an began Sunday afternoon in the lobby of active and longtime member of the UNA the Main House, ably handled by Olga Seniors, but is well-known in the Paproski, Dr. Stefania Baranowskyj and Ukrainian community for his work on Mary Bobeczko. After dinner members gathered at the Veselka Bar for a no-host various Ukrainian causes. cocktail party, the perfect place to social- Minutes of the 1998 seniors’ confer- ize, and to have the annual Ukrainian ence were read by the English-language sing-along led by Olga Liteplo. secretary, Mrs. Liteplo. Ukrainian-lan- On Monday morning, members partici- guage minutes were not read due to the pated in a divine liturgy and panakhyda absence of Dr. Jurij Swyschuk, who was (requiem service) in memory of deceased unable to attend the conference. Reports UNA seniors at Holy Trinity Ukrainian were given by Dr. Chopek, president; Catholic Church in Kerhonkson, N.Y. Alice Orlan, executive vice-president; The conference was opened by Sam Liteplo, vice-president, Ms. President Anna Chopek. The American Paproski, treasurer; and regional repre- and Ukrainian anthems were sung, the sentatives: Connecticut – Ms. Paproski; “Pledge of Allegiance” was recited, and New Jersey – Maria Mandzij; New York the business session began. City – Mrs. Liteplo; Ohio – Mrs. The UNA Seniors executive board. Dr. Chopek was elected conference Bobeczko; Kerhonkson, N.Y. – Dr. chairman, Mrs. Liteplo, English-language Baranowskyj; Pennsylvania – Ms. Uzych. the slate for 1999: President – Dr. secretary, and Larissa Dijak, Ukrainian- Irene Russnak of Rochester, Anne Chopek, Executive Vice-President – Ms. language secretary. Remick of New England – and John Orlan, Vice-President – Mr. Liteplo, UNA Seniors Appointments to committees were Lapic of Pennsylvania, were unable to Treasurer – Ms. Paproski, English-lan- made as follows: Nominating Committee attend the conference because of personal guage Secretary – Mrs. Liteplo, – Eva Uzych and Olga Shatynsky; reasons. Ukrainian-language Secretary – Larissa Certificates for Service Committee on Donations – Estelle Controllers reported that the treasurer’s Dijak, all area Representatives who President, Conference Chairman Woloshyn, Volodymyr Diachuk, Alice books were in order, and a vote of confi- served in the previous year, including Ms. and Honorary Member Orlan and Helen Chornomaz; Auditing dence was passed. Uzych for Pennsylvania. The vote Stefan Kuropas Committee – Tatiana Rishko and Myron The Nominating Committee presented approving the slate was unanimous. Anna Chopek On Monday evening, the lobby of the main house was transformed into a beau- President and Honorary Member tiful cocktail lounge, where the UNA Eugene Woloshyn Seniors’ 25th anniversary party was held. Branch 161 sponsors golf outing Wine and canapes were served. Music President and Treasurer was provided by Yurij Trenkler. Dr. Mykola Avramchuk Baranowskyj entertained participants with readings from the writings of President and Secretary Edward Kozak. Dr. Oleh Wolansky Bingo night, which was well attended and enjoyed by all, was very efficiently President, Conference Chairman conducted by Nicholas and Mary and Publicity Chairman Bobeczko, Mr. Liteplo, and John and Dr. Roman Baranowskyj Helen Laba. Prizes were donated by the President Ukrainian National Association, the Soyuzivka gift shop and the UNA Dr. Wolodymyr Sawchak Seniors. Vice-President and Secretary The UNA Seniors also enjoyed an Daniel Slobodian exhibit of photographs taken of them Alice Orlan over the years. The exhibit was preapred by Oksana Trytjak of the UNA Home Vice-President Office. and Conference Chairman Ms. Orlan showed a video of a cruise John Laba on the Dnipro River in Ukraine, and the various places visited along the route. Vice-President She also spoke about the tour she is plan- Sam Liteplo ning for the year 2000 in Ukraine which will include the cruise. The presentation (Continued on page 14) (Continued on page 14) WAMPUM, Pa. – UNA Branch 161 sponsored annual golf outings for members on June 12 and August 21 at Stonecrest Golf Course. Over 50 members participated in the all-day events. Many members dedicated their time in organizing these annual events and special thanks goes to John Sradomski for all his efforts in overseeing the coordination of the golf outing. Above are the branch’s die-hard golfers (from left) Lou Oleski, Pete Roman, Jim Barnes and Al Prisker.

ANNOUNCEMENT Members of the Ukrainian National Association who are 79 years or older and are still paying premiums on their insurance with UNA are entitled to a fraternal benefit. The UNA will pay the annual premiums for policies issued in classes 1, 5, 6, 21, 51, 26, or 56. This payment is automatic and members do not need to do anything. Any member who has insurance in any other class is not entitled to this benefit. All members 79 years and over who have dividend options other than cash must continue to pay their insurance premi- ums. with Dividend option 2 or 4 (accumulation of interest on the dividend or additional paid-up insurance), the UNA will pay their dividend option but not the premium. Members may cancel their dividend option if they wish to have the UNA pay their premiums. Please contact the UNA Home Office or your branch secretary. UNA President Ulana Diachuk addresses the anniversary banquet. Seated are: The Executive Committee President Anna Chopek (center) and English-Language Secretary Olga Liteplo of the UNA Seniors. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 No. 38

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Back to “Ridna Shkola” School of Ukrainian Studies One of the hallmarks, and linchpins, of the Ukrainian American community for several generations is its network of “Ukrainian schools” – Saturday classes for chil- marks half century of service dren where Ukrainian language, history, geography and culture are taught. The class- by Anisa Handzia Sawyckyj became members of the student body of the 1960s, we see changes occurring. es, held in a various types of locations – including church basements, rented class- For half a century the School of rooms in public and parochial schools, community halls and even private homes – are The students of the “1960s generation” Ukrainian Studies, sponsored by the Self began to compare Ukrainian school to the part of the dual commitments Ukrainian families make on weekends: school on Reliance Association in New York, has Saturday, church on Sunday. American educational system and they been a mirror of the Ukrainian American found Ukrainian school wanting. There are In many cities, the Saturday classes are often followed by meetings of youth community it serves. In its academic pro- groups, choir practice, religious instruction, sports competitions or piano, dance or frequent references in the principal’s gram, its students’ extracurricular activities memos of complaints by students that singing lessons. While providing children with a one-day-a-week total immersion into and in the nature and activities of its facul- their Ukrainian heritage, the venue of Saturday school is also a trusty network used by “teachers don’t understand the American ty, the Saturday day school reflects the evo- way of life.” The faculty was aging and parents to meet, socialize, exchange information, gather funds, lobby elected officials, lution, within two generations, of plan community events. youth was becoming more Americanized Ukrainian Americans from the status of and less docile. The Ukrainian schools in the United States grew out of the “Ridna Shkola” model political émigrés, to full participants in the that was established in Halychyna at the beginning of the century. Dr. Myron Kuropas, In 1967, the school principal worried social, political and economic life of the that “Our youth is endangered. We are liv- in his book “The Ukrainian American Citadel,” cites archives that record a fund-rais- United States. ing drive among Ukrainians in the United States as early as 1912 that raised $9,400 to ing midst America’s Hippie-land.” A study of the archives of the school The concept of “roots” and ethnic pride be sent to Ukraine in support of the Ridna Shkola network. from 1949 to the present clearly shows the However the Ridna Shkola system only began to evolve rapidly during the interwar that began in American society in the gradual changes that occured in Ukrainian 1960s had not yet seeped into the period. In attempt to offset mandatory Polish instruction in state schools and increas- American society in New York during the ing “Polonization” and assimilation of youth, Ukrainians maintained a network of pri- Ukrainian American community and 50 years, changes that can be roughly Ukrainian youth was rebelling against its vate schools, the main organizers of which were the Ukrainian Pedagogical Society divided by decade. and the youth movement Plast. By the mid-1930s, 60 percent of the secondary schools ethnic heritage. in Halychyna were part of the private Ridna Shkola network. The 1950s: looking back It is an interesting fact that of all the 50 On a much smaller scale, there were also a few schools in the United States that years we studied, the school archives, oth- The memoirs of students of the 1950s paralleled the Ridna Shkola structure in Ukraine – in particular, a network maintained erwise quite rich, are the most meager for illustrate that the school was a refuge for by the Orthodox Church. However, the face of the modern Ridna Shkola in the United the 1960s. (In the school’s 50th anniversary the children of the political émigrés of the States is a product of the post-war immigration. commemorative book, for which memoirs post-World War II era who founded the Variously established and funded by parishes, credit unions, political parties and were actively solicited from all alumni, the school, a place where students could find community organizations, the fledging network of Ukrainian schools strung out in decade of the 1960s is the least well repre- comfort and familiarity in the still “for- immigrant communities in cities and towns between New York and Chicago was sented.) eign” American society and be with other pulled together in March 1953 under a coordinating body – the autonomous children who had shared the trauma of the The 1970s: a celebration of heritage Educational Council of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. Over the war and post-war years. years, the council has developed a core curriculum to be used in the various schools, As the 1960s turned into the 1970s, the For faculty, too, the school provided a published handbooks and textbooks, developed a standardized cumulative test format dissatisfaction apparent among the students sense of continuity with the past, a place – the often-dreaded final-year “matura” – and lobbied state educational boards to pro- had affected the parents as well. To try to where they could promote the concept of vide school credits for Ukrainian instruction. better understand their children’s griev- Ukrainian nationhood, where they could According to Dr. Eugene Fedorenko, head of the Educational Council, there are ances, the parents organized panel discus- reflect on the lost hopes of the 1940s, and now 36 schools throughout the United States that belong to the council that include sions by older youths at which the students indeed of the 20th century. 2,500-2,700 students between grades one and 12. In addition, the Ukrainian National voiced their complaints about Ukrainian The program of the school in the 1950s Women’s League of America (Soyuz Ukrainok) coordinates the pre-schools (svitly- school and Ukrainian American society, was full of assemblies commemorating sig- chky) that enroll several hundred youngsters. One of the most recent schools to and parents listened. In the records of the nificant, often tragic, events in Ukrainian become a member of the council is a school in Sacramento, Calif., where almost all of Parents’ Committee, we find dissatisfaction history. Not only were students expected to the 250 students are from the fourth wave of immigrants from Ukraine. with teachers and their teaching methods, create and participate in the school pro- Among the generations of children that attended the Ukrainian schools, almost all which the parents claimed were outmoded gram on these themes at Saturday assem- no doubt dreaded and resisted the Saturday morning wake-up call for another day of and unsuitable for modern youth. blies but, according to the school director’s classes. While most of their peers watched cartoons, played sports or got to go shop- The 1970s were a transitional decade memos to parents, they were also expected ping, they spent Saturday mornings staring at maps, memorizing poems and conjugat- for the school’s faculty, with many of the to participate in community-wide ing verbs. However, as adults they understand that these Ukrainian classes were inte- older teachers, educated in Ukraine, begin- “akademii” commemorating these events gral to the formation of their identity, allowed them to form lifelong friendships and ning to retire, replaced ever more frequent- held on Sundays. gave them knowledge and skills they can now use professionally. And that’s why ly by recent college graduates educated in Reflecting a more religious society, in another generation continues to drag their poor kids out of bed on Saturday morning. the United States. the 1950s liturgies were frequently held in In spite of lingering dissatisfaction, the the first hour of school, followed by 1970s, when seen from a distance, “panakhydy” (requiem services) for fallen appeared to be a decade of hope, of Sept. political heroes. Other liturgies were serv- renewed ethnic pride in the Ukrainian Turning the pages back... ices celebrated in honor of various reli- American community in New York, among gious feast days. students, faculty and parents. Indeed, the “Loyalty parades” were also an impor- 1970s were a decade when American soci- 20 tant feature of Ukrainian American life in ety saw an ethnic revival among many of the 1950s. The students were expected to its “hyphenated” communities. 1876 Yakiv Stepovy (né Yakymenko), who helped establish the participate with their parishes or youth The revival of the Ukrainian American Ukrainian “national school” of composition, had an older brother organizations. community in the 1970s was spurred by who also was very musically gifted. While an émigré in Paris, the residual effect of the cultural revival in élite musical publishers such as Leduc and Rouart-Lerolle vied The 1960s: search for new directions for the honor of issuing the elder sibling’s compositions. As those born in the United States (Continued on page 17) Fedir Yakymenko was born in the town of Pisky, just outside Kharkiv on September 20, 1876. At the age of 10 he was sent to the Russian imperial capital, St. Petersburg, to sing in the court kapelle. Yakymenko studied piano under Mylii Balakirev and was in the same composition class at the St. Petersburg Conservatory as Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (who later taught Yakiv, and who conducted the premiere of Fedir’s concert overture in November 1899). He gradu- ated in 1900, and in October of that year his “Fantasia” orchestral suite was conducted by Aleksandr Glazunov. By now known as “Akimenko,” he was lured to Georgia in 1901 to serve as director of the Tbilisi Music School, which he did for two years before decamping for Paris. In 1903-1906 Yakymenko taught; worked on compositions such as his elegy for cello and piano (1903), sonata for violin and piano (1905) and various solo piano pieces; and established himself as a concert pianist. In 1906 he decided to return to Kharkiv and spent a further eight years teaching and composing. He produced an opera (published in 1914) based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story “The Ice Queen,” and began contributing articles in musicology to the St. Petersburg- based journal Russkaya Muzikalnaya Gazeta. In the interim, he privately tutored one of this century’s great composers, Igor Stravinsky, the first to offer the titan classes in composition. In 1914 he was invited to join the faculty as a lecturer at his alma mater in St. Petersburg, and then remained in the city as civil war engulfed the former Russian empire, rising to the position of professor (from 1919). A geography class taught in the 1950s by Stepan Stecyk at the School of (Continued on page 15) Ukrainian Studies in New York. No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 9 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places Ukrainian Kozaks, Gen.-Maj. Volodymyr UNA’s Soyuzivka: Muliava, who was recuperating at home by Myron B. Kuropas from a stroke. I was quietly informed by a fine family resort his aides that because of the financial sit- Dear Editor: uation in Ukraine, Hetman Muliava does not have resources to pay for his medi- With encouragement from cousin Helen, cines, doctors and hospital stay. I was nine of us cousins decided that we would extremely saddened, made a small con- A death too soon have our annual reunion at Soyuzivka. The tribution and decided to share the het- I never really had an opportunity to get appeared it would be easier to mix oil and third week of July found members of the man’s plight with your readers. Should to know John Panko Jr. on a personal level, water than to reach consensus between the Timo, Silvestri, Silver and Fill families anyone wish to contribute to the het- but I was very much aware of his presence. two groups. John managed to navigate the enjoying the amenities of the result. man’s recovery, please mail a check to Everyone at Immaculate Conception shoals and to bring people together. Ukrainian Church in Palatine, Ill., knew A highlight for me was Hutsul Night. Mir Huculak Law Office – in trust for John loved Ukraine, but he loved the him. First, I was impressed as to how smoothly Mr. Muliava, and I will ensure payment Ukrainian Church more. He demonstrated John served seven years as our parish his Ukrainianism through his spirituality, a the dining and kitchen staff move and to Hetman Muliava and an acknowledg- council president, a position that few concept that seems to be losing ground served outdoors. The evening was further ment. My address is: No. 807-938 Howe parishioners want, let alone enjoy. Given among our leaders. This was how he was enhanced with the participation of the chil- St., Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z dren who were at a camping program at the the nature of some of our people, there must brought up, and this is how he lived his life. 1N9. be a special place in heaven for those coura- Why is it that our Church has so few time. On another night the children enter- 3. Also in Kyiv, I found out from my tained guests with a talent show that was geous individuals who take leadership posi- John Pankos today? Part of the reason, I Ukrainian colleagues that Ukrainian tions in Ukrainian parishes. believe, is that for many Ukrainians, the very well done. school resources are non-existent and I would also like to complement the staff How many Ukrainians do you know Church is a national institution first and a that the schools primarily need small and those responsible for the gift shop. It who recite the rosary these days? How house of worship and spiritual renewal sec- presses for the printing of various school has a fine cross-section of articles for sale, many men do you know who recite the ond, or not at all. Another explanation for manuals, books and literature for distri- and at reasonable prices. The glaring disap- rosary? How many men do you know who the scarcity of John Pankos is that too few bution to students. These miniature print- pointment here is that many of the embroi- lead the recitation, before the liturgy, every Ukrainian parents have prepared their chil- ing presses cost in the range of $3,500 to dered Ukrainian shirts were made in China! Sunday? John was one of those men. A dren for Church life. Many of our so-called So, from the care of my room to Tanya’s $9,000 (Canadian). I was informed that devout Catholic, he had a special love for “nationalists” were too busy fighting with trek to the waterless waterfalls and every- one Ukrainian American, Gregory Padre Pio of Pietrelcina and was involved each other to give much thought to their thing in between, we enjoyed our holiday at Malynovsky, has contributed to this with pilgrimages to Medjugorje. children’s religious upbringing. The Church Soyuzivka. We plan to return next year and worthwhile cause by funding the pur- John Panko was born on October 1, was rarely factored in as an integral part of recommend this place to The Ukrainian chase of several of these presses and pre- 1936, in Youngstown, Ohio, to John Sr. and their Ukrainianism. Go to any Ukrainian Ann Betts Panko. It was the height of the Weekly readership as a fine family resort. senting them to some high schools in parish in any large city today and, more Ukraine, where they have been most Great Depression and, like many families of often than not, you will see more gray The Rev. Michael Fill enthusiastically received. the time, the Pankos struggled to make ends heads than young marrieds. And young Lake Ariel, Pa. Should any of your readers be in a meet. children? You might as well post a sign that position to support this most worthwhile After completing high school, John says “you must be 21 to be served.” cause, contact the firm of Veta Ltd., at 71 became one of the earliest Ukrainian Miraculously, the Ukrainian Church Honchar Street, Kyiv 54, Ukraine, or this Americans to be accepted by the United lives. Where? In smaller towns like Mount Travel to Ukraine writer. States Military Academy at West Point, Carmel, Pa., Rochester, N.Y., Bloomingdale where he played on the varsity baseball and Palatine, Ill., and dozens and dozens of reveals needs, projects Mir Huculak team and sang in the Catholic choir. An other locales where the Church still remains Dear Editor: Vancouver excerpt from his West Point bio reads: “He either the center of, or a major player in, I have just recently returned from was a friend to all, and we who knew him Ukrainian community life. Believe it or not, Ukraine and wish to inform readers of well, appreciated the qualities which made there are parishes that are children-friendly. The Ukrainian Weekly of three events A voice in support us proud to know him. As a friend and sol- There are parishes where people joyfully that I became aware of while touring dier, he will be remembered always.” Upon sing the responses during liturgy. There are graduation, John was commissioned a sec- Ukraine for a new video that I intend to parishes where you are actually welcomed ond lieutenant and assigned to the 82nd produce in the fall, titled “The of Natalia Vitrenko and not ignored or made to feel unwanted if Dear Editor: Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C. Ukrainians.” you are a stranger. Following military service, John Panko 1. In Zaporizhia, I met Oleksander It was refreshing to read in The I have the good fortune to belong to such spent 37 years with DuPont, retiring last Pretula, otaman of the Boyovi Kozaky of Ukrainian Weekly’s “Quotable Notes” a parish. It was John Panko’s parish. Yes, (August 29) Natalia Vitrenko’s election April. His most recent position was global we sing together. Yes, the English liturgy is Ukraine, who is involved with a school sales manager for Dupont Dow Elastomers. in Zaporizhia teaching teenage boys program statement. Ms. Vitrenko is cor- very much child-friendly. (No one turns rect in calling for the integration of John married the former Joanne Marie around if your child or grandchild is antsy, Ukraine Kozak martial arts (Spas). These Miladore on October 1, 1960. She, too, has martial art secrets were passed on to him Eurasian and Eastern European countries at least during the English liturgy). And no, into a single economic and political pro- been active in Ukrainian parish life, lending the Ukrainian-born and American-born by his uncle, who in turn learned from her beautiful voice first to St. Joseph Parish his Kozak relative, and so on. gram. As Western Europe has already don’t always see eye to eye, but at least, formed the EU and NATO, Eastern peo- in Chicago and later to Immaculate after many long years, we’ve come to Otaman Pretula has expressed an Conception. Lesia and I enjoy sitting interest in recruiting teenage boys from ples must establish a union that will understand that since we are a small parish, advance our needs. behind her and singing responses during the we need each other to survive. Hey, what do the diaspora to Zaporizhia in the summer liturgy. My prayer life is rather thin, but of the year 2000 and summers thereafter As a Marxist, Ms. Vitrenko will you want? Two out of three pluses ain’t defend the interests of Ukrainian workers when I sing, I’m focused, my mind doesn’t bad. to teach them Spas. The Boyovi Kozaky stray. At Immaculate Conception, singing is and farmers who make up the majority of Canada, especially western Canada, has of Zaporizhia would be in charge of the praying. Ukraine’s population. Her vision goes parishes where the people are more con- training, accommodations and food for John was a loving father whose three beyond the narrow nationalism of other cerned with their parish than with what is the recruits. The cost has not yet been sons, John III, Michael and Mark, share his “democratic” candidates to include other happening in Ukraine. Last year Lesia and I established. love for the Ukrainian Church. John III and fraternal countries with a socialist orien- visited an Orthodox parish in Calgary. One Should any of your readers be inter- Michael are visibly involved in our parish. tation. Ukraine must forge a path of of the local “varenyky ladies” was in the ested in sending their teenage sons for John lived to enjoy six grandchildren, development away from Western capital- kitchen and she showed us around the this summer training, they could contact Michael, Matthew, Sarah, Rachel, Isabella ism and build socialism! church with obvious pride. When I asked the writer of this letter. and John Peter. her how the parish felt about Filaret, she 2. In Kyiv I had the pleasure of meet- Michael Step Golfing, fishing and hunting were John’s replied “Who?” Unbelievable, right? ing the honorary past hetman of the Garwood, N.J. favorite leisure time activities, as was base- ball. He loved coaching and served on the Our pastor, the Rev. Michael Kuzma, is Palatine North Little League Board for Canadian-born and the parish has more many years. children now than ever. Maybe it’s because John died on May 1 at his home after the reverend has six kids of his own. Our Jersey committee aids orphanage losing his battle with cancer. Did he suffer? bishop, Michael Wiwchar, also is Canadian- by Victor Babanskyj To assure all contributors that 100 No doubt. But you would hardly know it. born. I’ve never seen the bishop down in percent of their contributions will go to He remained active in and around the parish the dumps. How can that be? SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – The aid this orphanage, the transfer and dis- until a few weeks before his death. John Panko was like that. As we Committee for Aid to Ukraine, Central bursement of all contributions will be For me, John Panko is the ultimate approach the second millennium, our com- New Jersey Branch, has decided to sup- done through Fidel Suchonis, editor-in- Ukrainian American, a person highly suc- munity needs to pray for more people like port an orphanage in Ukraine. The chief of the literary periodical cessful in his professional life, an exempla- John Panko Jr. – people who care, people orphanage is located in Dnipropetrovsk Boresten, which is headquartered in ry husband and father, an all-American out- who are the bedrock of our society. and houses 120 orphans, who are also Dnipropetrovsk. doorsman and a Ukrainian community John Panko was 62 years old when he handicapped physically or mentally. Contributions may be sent to: activist whose role was that of a healer. died. It was a death too soon. Vichna yomu Support will be provided for a period Ukrainian Orthodox Credit Union, 35 Like many Ukrainian parishes, ours has pamiat! of one to two years. During this time col- Main St., South Bound Brook, NJ 08880. both American-born and Ukrainian-born lections will be made in parishes, busi- Please mark donations for Account No. parishioners. Over the years we’ve had Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: ness establishments, credit unions. 663501. some tense moments, times when it [email protected] 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 No. 38 Oksana Krovytska receives raves as an impassioned “Butterfly” by Helen P. Smindak Krovytska’s in particular) did.” in “Turandot,” Ms. Krovytska has appeared and Art Center of Greene County at the The New York Post’s Shirley Fleming at the City Opera as both Musetta and Mimi Grazhda in Hunter, N.Y. N EW YORK – In her seventh consecu- was struck by Ms. Krovytska’s “impas- in “La Bohéme,” Violetta in “La Traviata,” In upcoming engagements the Lviv- tive season with the New York City Opera, sioned and vulnerable” interpretation of Yaroslavna in “Prince Igor,” Micaela in born soprano will sing the title role in Ukrainian soprano Oksana Krovytska has Butterfly. “(Ms. Krovytska) delivered a “Carmen” and Donna Elvira in “Don Janecek’s “Katya Kabanova” with the again received high praise from New York sweetly modulated ‘Un bel di’ that prompt- Giovanni.” Miami Opera and Opera de Montréal, critics for her performance in the title role ed the audience’s vigorous approval,” Ms. Other career highlights include appear- and will perform in “Fedora” with the of Puccini’s most poignant opera, “Madama Fleming noted. ances with Opera de Monte Carlo, the Palm Beach Opera and “Madama Butterfly.” The New York Post critic also applauded Colorado Symphony, the New American Butterfly” with the Florentine Opera. Ms. The lyric dramatic soprano, appearing as Ms. Krovytska and Rafael Rojas, as Chamber Orchestra, the West Virginia Krovytska will sing her first “Tosca” Cio-Cio-San in “Butterfly” for the fourth Pinkerton, for investing a lot of “emotional Symphony, the Brooklyn Philharmonic with the Teatro de la Opera Puerto Rico successive year, opened the City Opera’s energy” into their roles. “Their first-act duet and the Milwaukee Symphony. She has and will appear with the New Jersey fall season at the New York State Theater soared impressively, and their passion was often performed at the Ukrainian Institute Symphony in Dvorak’s “Requiem,” to be on Saturday, September 11. of America in New York and at the Music recorded by Delos International. She is scheduled to sing her favorite role conveyed mainly through the music and not on September 15, 18 and 24 and on October – as in some productions – through exces- 1, 3, 6, 9 and 23. sive physical convolutions,” she said. Reviewers’ compliments on Ms. Martin Bernheimer of Newsday, who Krovytska’s performance took precedence said Ms. Krovytska portrayed “the geisha over their comments about the theater’s with the heart of mush” with a brightly recently installed “acoustical enhancement affecting voice that was “little tight on top,” system,” said to alter reverberation patterns believes the Ukrainian soprano is “underrat- but not necessarily make music louder. ed.” Bernard Holland of The New York A quarter-page photo of Ms. Krovytska Times, usually a hard taskmaster, had good and Mr. Rojas in “Madama Butterfly” comments to make about the fresh-looking graced the front page of The New York uncluttered stage set and Puccini’s ever- Times’ Weekend section on September 10, lovely music, but saved his finest compli- drawing attention to NYCO’s opening night ments for Ms. Krovytska. and Allan Kozinn’s dissertation on the State “The center of attention was also the Theater’s new sound system. object of our admiration. Oksana Krovytska Last season, Ms. Krovytska was praised sang beautifully as Cio-Cio-San. The voice for her impressive work in NYCO’s new works; its sincerity grips the air, and it is “Butterfly” production, originally staged at tempered by a judicious musicality,” Mr. the Glimmerglass Opera in 1997 and com- Holland recorded in the September 13 bining traditional and abstract elements in a Times. set built around an imposing staircase. Mr. Holland felt that Ms. Krovytska’s Ms. Krovytska was honored earlier this voice carried easily “in this ungainly the- year as “the outstanding female NYCO ater.” artist who has reached an important stage in “If acoustical monkey business was her career.” She received the Diva Award, going on at Saturday’s performance, I consisting of $2,000 cash and Diva perfume freely admit that I didn’t hear it,” Mr. products from Ungaro. Holland said. “As usual, mediocre voices A leading soprano with the City Opera did not carry, good ones (Ms. since 1993, when she made her debut as Liu

The Ukrainian Professional and Business Group of Northern California and The Ukrainian Medical Association of North America present SAN FRANCISCO 1999 “Ukraine & The West in the New Millennium” Carol Rosegg Oksana Krovytska in the title role and Rafael Rojas as Pinkerton in the New October 8 - 10 York City Opera’s production of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.”

• Friday Evening Cocktail Reception 7:00 - 11:00 p.m. (a suggested donation of $15) Merola Opera Program presents • Saturday Speakers Forum and Lunch 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ($50 before September 15th, $60 thereafter) opportunity for foreign participants Discussions on Ukraine’s dynamic political, cultural, and economic spheres featuring: by Nadia M. Derkach lished to discover, nurture and train the – His Excellency, Ambassador Anton Buteiko very best young talent in the world of Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States SAN FRANCISCO – Twenty-seven opera, and has served as the proving participants from various countries com- ground for hundreds of artists, including – Hennadiy Nadolenko pleted their 11-week program of training Second Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine Sylvia McNair, Patricia Racette, Ruth Ann and opera performances as participants in Swenson, Carol Vaness, Deborah Voigt, – Roma Hadzewycz the Merola Grand Finale 1999 Concert in Dolora Zajick, Brian Asawa, Gary Lakes, Editor-in-Chief of The Ukrainian Weekly the San Francisco Opera House on August 15. In lieu of prizes, the concert partici- Kurt Streit, Jess Thomas, Thomas • Saturday Evening Banquet, with live music and dancing Commencement: 6:30 p.m. Hampson and Patrick Summers. ($75 before September 15th, $85 thereafter) pants may apply for career grants ranging from $500 to $5,000. The Merola Opera Program is part of • Sunday Tour of the Northern California Wine Country Commencement: 11:00 a.m. The news of this prestigious opera train- the San Francisco Opera Center, which ($20 before September 15th, $30 thereafter) ing program will be of interest to young also includes The San Francisco Opera opera singers, opera apprentice coaches, under Maestro Lotfi Mansouri, the general manager. James H. Schwabacher is the Limited space available and opera apprentice stage directors who read The Ukrainian Weekly in the United chairman of the Merola Opera Program For more information, please visit our website at States, Canada, Ukraine and other coun- Board of Directors, and Peter W. Davis is http://members.aol.com/UkeinSF/UkesinSF.html tries, because the Merola Program selects the president. To register, indicate the events you will attend, make all checks out to UMANA, and send to: its participants on the basis of auditions of Additional information about the Ukrainian Professional and Business Group of Northern California qualified applicants from all countries Merola Opera Program can be obtained 490 Post Street, Suite 622 throughout the world. from the program’s website at San Francisco, CA 94102 The Merola Opera Program was found- http://www.sfopera.com/merola; via e-mail Phone: (415) 522-8788 Fax: (415) 986-0876 E-mail: [email protected] ed in 1957 and named in honor of Gaetano at [email protected]; or by writing to Visa and Mastercard accepted Merola, the founding director of The San Merola Opera Program, 301 Van Ness Francisco Opera. The program was estab- Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102-4509. No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 11

DATELINE NEW YORK: Promoting Ukraine via performing arts by Helen Smindak “Look what Riverdance did for the Irish Canadians working in the media, like Dick with their dynamic tours in the U.S. and Russ in Cleveland (whose wife is Canada. Ukrainian performing groups can Ukrainian) – there’s quite a lot of these peo- win publicity for Ukraine and Ukrainians in ple who can be activated. Over a five-year the same way!” term, we could create quite a media profile, Leonid Oleksiuk, a Ukrainian-born which will be helpful to Ukraine and to the Canadian citizen who has been marketing diaspora.” Ukrainian cultural events for 26 years, As the first step in accomplishing this makes this statement firmly and unequivo- goal, Mr. Oleksiuk moved Encore cably. What’s more, he’s also putting his Productions from Cleveland to Toronto money where his mouth is, as the saying early this year. He deems Toronto to be goes. Since the beginning of the year he has admirably suited for the promotion of devoted all his time, energy and organizing Ukrainian cultural groups: the city is talents into mapping a five-year plan that Canada’s media and financial capital, it has will expand the touring schedules of a wealth of talent related to his business, Ukraine’s major performing ensembles in and it is the home of “probably the largest, the United States and Canada. most active and creative Ukrainian commu- Next month, Mr. Oleksiuk’s firm, nity in North America. Encore Productions, is brining to these “I feel I’ve been working professionally shores the 50-member Volyn Ukrainian all my life, but starting this year I’m taking Song and Dance Company, a company he this to a truly professional level, whereby, describes as “a very happy ensemble, sport- in a modest way, I can compete against The Virsky Ukrainian Dance Company. ing distinctive costumes, with musical and Columbia, ICM Artists and any artists’ dance selections that are totally different.” management firms” Mr. Oleksiuk says. tour of North America. ing George Holowka of Winnipeg in estab- The cross-continent tour will be launched in His quest for greater professionalism Mr. Oleksiuk holds that Encore’s prime lishing a Ukrainian Pavilion at Australia’s Canada in the Toronto area, with concerts brought him to New York recently to attend mission is to win millions of new friends Olympic Games 2000, quite possibly at the on October 3, 4 and 5 in the Living Arts the Art Presenters of America annual con- for Ukraine. He believes that awareness is Riverside Theater complex in Parramatta, Center theater in Mississauga, Ontario. ference. Speaking to “Dateline” at that the name of the game; it’s brand identifica- just four miles from the main Olympic sta- Virtuoso violinist Vasyl Popadiuk, a time, Mr. Oleksiuk reported he had made tion that will popularize Ukrainian culture dium. With the Virsky company due to tour Ukrainian expatriate now living in Toronto many useful contacts and had observed that and, thereby, Ukraine, boosting tourist trav- Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong and who has just released his first CD, will be a the Tamburitzans of Duquesne University el as well as business. Japan next fall, Mr. Oleksiuk plans to steer star attraction of the program. and a Russian ensemble from San He notes with pride: “We have already the ensemble to Australia to perform at Among performances scheduled for the Francisco were the only ethnic groups rep- started on this path with the Virsky tour, Parramatta from September 15 until the end U.S. leg of the tour is an appearance at resented. He has decided that the Ukrainian which received front-page write-ups and of the Games – “a wonderful opportunity Town Hall in Manhattan on November 18. community will be represented at next rave notices in some 38 major newspapers for masses of visitors to get acquainted with The Volyn ensemble will be followed in year’s conference by Encore Productions. last year. The Virsky ensemble was cited by Ukraine.” March 2000 by Kyiv’s Boyan Male He emphasized that “presenter” is the The New York Times dance critic Anna If that were not enough to keep him Chamber Chorus, considered one of the title he likes to use in his work. “In the Kisselgoff as one of the 10 notable dance busy, he is also working with a Ukrainian finest male choruses in the world, with a Ukrainian community, I’ve been called an entities of 1998. The company performed businessman from Dnipropetrovsk, repertoire that embraces Ukrainian, Old impressario, but I feel that’s too preten- on such national network shows as “Live Volodymyr Nazarov, to co-produce an orig- Slavonic and Western European sacred and tious.” with Regis and Kathie Lee” and the “Conan inal Broadway-type show, tentatively titled classical music. In October 2000 the Born in the town of Oster near Kyiv, Mr. O’Brien Show,” seen not only in the U.S. “Genesis – The Rebirth,” with violinist Mr. Kalyna Ukrainian Dance Company, also Oleksiuk came to Canada as a youngster and Canada but even worldwide, including Popadiuk as an integral part. from Kyiv, is slated to begin a North with his family in 1950, and moved to the Superchannel in Ukraine.” With many irons in the fire, this presen- American tour under Mr. Oleksiuk’s super- Cleveland in 1981. While managing a small On another front, Mr. Oleksiuk is assist- ter is bound to forge success for his ideas. vision. paint factory there, he was asked by Walter Other groups are waiting in the wings, Wasik of Wasik Films in Oshawa, Ontario, says Mr. Oleksiuk, including the Sonechko to undertake the distribution of two children’s dance ensemble from Zhytomyr, Ukrainian films made in North America – due here next summer, and the Ukrainian “Nikoly Ne Zabudu” (I Shall Never Forget) Navy Song and Dance Company, sched- and “Zhorstoki Svitanky” (Cruel Dawns). uled for the winter of 2001. Accepting the challenge, he quit his job in 1973 and went to New York, where he Encore’s representative in Kyiv, Pavlo negotiated for film showings with the Lebedev, is on the lookout for additional Academy of Music (which used to stand at Ukrainian talent. In an effort to raise the 14th Street and Third Avenue) and a theater artistic level of each ensemble, Mr. in Irvington, N.J. Oleksiuk has arranged to supplement each “I did some advertising, some promotion company “with the best talent available in and, when the time came on a Sunday in Ukraine.” December, we ran the films every three “As we go along, we’ll generate a phe- hours. It was a terrific success! People were nomenal amount of media attention and lined up five across all along 14th Street befriend people like Anna Kisselgoff of The and around the corner of Third Avenue,” he New York Times, Clive Barnes and other recalls. writers cross-country,” Mr. Oleksiuk pre- That was the start of his career in mar- dicts. “My company is discovering a good keting and promotion. He took the many Ukrainian Americans and Ukrainian Canadian films to Ukrainian centers in England, Europe and Australia, and contin- ued to work in film distribution for some years. He made periodic trips to Ukraine in attempts to obtain Ukrainian-made films, but without much success, since Ukraine’s film companies were centrally-controlled by Moscow during the Soviet era. In 1992, just before Ukraine declared its independence, he managed to sign up a per- forming troupe, the Cherkaski Kozaky, to tour in the U.S. and Canada. He has been producing a Ukrainian tour every year since then, including the Black Sea Ukrainian Dance Company, the Hopak Dance Company and, finally, the famed Virsky Ukrainian Dance Company. Though he readily admits that his career has had its ups and downs and he has made mistakes (and a few enemies) along the way, Mr. Oleksiuk believes he is now showing new zeal and new wisdom in his work, the result of the great experience and wealth of contacts gained while coordinat- Leonid Oleksiuk ing the Virsky ensemble’s highly successful 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 No. 38

Affairs maintains that it never issued THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY 22-nation summit... such an invitation (see sidebar). (Continued from page 6) Several presidential candidates in The summit was not without its con- Kyiv criticized the largely ceremonial troversies, one of which involved a state- summit in Yalta, which resulted from a ment by the Russian representative to the proposal put forward by President conference, First Vice Prime Minister Kuchma at a 1997 meeting of Baltic Viktor Khristenko, condemning possible countries in Vilnius, Lithuania, as a pre- future NATO expansion eastward. election tactic by candidate Kuchma to “The further expansion of NATO, with show Ukrainian voters his foreign policy CALL ( 973) 292-9800 regard to the Baltic countries and south- acumen and the international respect he eastern Europe, will lead to a new divid- carries. ing line, and in no way to further securi- Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister ty,” said Mr. Khristenko at the Livadia Borys Tarasyuk downplayed the charges Planning a trip to Palace during the opening session of the at a press conference in Yalta and said the summit. international gathering of leaders had His remarks seemed to contradict the been planned well before the presidential UKRAINE? passage in the joint statement, which campaign began. 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As the meeting was off the record, the Joint Conferences... Office of the Vice-President released the (Continued from page 1) above quote and noted that vice-president Ukrainian Medical Association of North America Joint Conferences organizers had hoped referred to his many trips to Ukraine as co- the vice-president would be present at that chair with President Leonid Kuchma of the New York Metropolitan Chapter banquet to personally accept the award. Binational Commission. Instead, however, it was announced that the The Office of the Vice-President also reported that Mr. Gore praised the great It is with deep sorrow that we notify our members and community of the death vice-president had been chosen to receive contributions of Ukrainian Americans to the on September 12, 1999, of our dear colleague the award in recognition of his co-chair- building of America and commended the manship of the U.S.-Ukraine Binational group for its concern and commitment to Commission (the Kuchma-Gore U.S.-Ukraine relations. He pointed out that Commission) and that organizers would Ukraine’s strategic location in Europe seek another opportunity to personally makes its future a significant national secu- make the presentation. rity interest of the United States and, for that Speaking for the group at the 15-minute reason, it is important that the U.S. continue meeting with the vice-president, Dr. Roman to support Ukraine’s democratic transfor- Goy, the principal organizer of the Joint mation. Klemens Rohozynskyj, M.D. Conferences of Ukrainian American Other members of the Ukrainian dele- Physician-surgeon in private practice in New York City for over 50 years. Organizations and president of the gation meeting with the vice-president Ukrainian Medical Association of North were: Julian Kulas, First Security Federal Founding member of the Ukrainian Medical Association (UMANA), America, said: “We are here today because Savings Bank; Ihor Chyzowych, Ukrainian 1st UMANA National Secretary (1950-1956), we ... recognize your leadership” and “look National Credit Union Association; Iryna NYC civic and Ukrainian community activist. forward to this and future administrations’ Kurowyckyj, Ukrainian National Women’s Member-Patron of The Shevchenko Scientific Society, continued commitment to the development League of America; Ihor Gawdiak, of democracy and prosperity in Ukraine Ukrainian American Coordinating The Ukrainian Museum (NYC) and through policies designed to promote fur- Council; Steven Szewczuk, Ukrainian the Ukrainian Catholic Museum (Stamford, CT) ther integration with the West and through American Veterans; Orest Deychakiwsky, enhanced assistance to Ukaine.” The Washington Group; Lev Dobrjansky, May he rest in peace. Addressing the Ukrainian American del- Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America, egation, Vice-President Gore said: “I want Peter Piddoubny, Ukrainian American Bar Executive Board, UMANA NY-Metro to thank you all from the bottom of my Association; Jurij Dobczansky, Ukrainian heart for this Friend of Ukraine Award. I Library Association of America; Ulana have received many awards in my 25 years Baczynskyj, Association of Ukrainian of public service, but this one is particularly American Architects; Walter Nazarewicz, special. I am very proud of the work I have Ukrainian Institute of America; Zenia DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS done on behalf of American-Ukrainian Chernyk, Ukrainian Federation of friendship and the work we’re doing togeth- America; Michael Sawkiw Jr., Ukrainian to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian er to promote and advance Ukraine’s his- National Information Service; and Roma or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. toric transition to democracy.” Hadzewycz, The Ukrainian Weekly. Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. (The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.) Case may be filed against top adviser Newsbriefs Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. (Continued from page 2) KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada’s tempo- Information should be addressed to the attention of the Advertising Department rary investigating commission has asked and sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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August Vice Prime Minister Serhii Omelchenko, said he “has asked the Tyhypko said the credit would be directed Verkhovna Rada to grant permission to file to pay arrears in salaries, pensions and other criminal charges against Volkov.” social payments in a gradual manner so According to Mr. Omelchenko, Mr. Volkov that not to disturb “macroeconomic indica- illegally opened bank accounts in Belgium, tors and national currency stability.” the United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg, (Eastern Economist) Germany, Switzerland and Latvia. (Eastern Belarus-Russia union less likely Economist) MIENSK – After meeting with Ukrainian pilots arrested in Zambia Belarusian President Alyaksandr KYIV – Authorities in Zambia have Lukashenka in Miensk on September 8, charged nine Ukrainian citizens, mem- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin bers of a transport plane crew, with spy- intimated that reaching agreement on a ing. They were arrested on August 15 Belarus-Russia union treaty could take and initially charged with the delivery of more time than initially thought. “I hope arms to UNITA rebels in Angola, though the signing of the treaty on creating a the plane actually carried election materi- union state of Belarus and Russia will als from the Republic of South Africa to take place before Russia’s presidential the Central African Republic. These elections,” Mr. Putin said. Those elec- charges were later dropped and the crew tions are expected in June 2000. Last was accused of spying allegedly because December, Russian President Boris the plane flew over a secret base of the Yeltsin and President Lukashenka Zambian Air Force. Now Ukrainian pledged to finalize a Russian-Belarusian pilots are in prison and await a trial. If union state this year. Mr. Putin also said convicted, they face up to 30 years in that some legal issues concerning the prison. (Eastern Economist) union state require more work. He added that a draft treaty will soon be submitted to public discussion, but that such a dis- cussion will not involve a referendum. “If Russia is not ready for radical steps..., let us sign a moderate variant of the treaty,” Belarusian Television quoted Mr. Lukashenka as saying. (RFE/RL Newsline) More money for Kyiv in the offing? KYIV – Vice Prime Minister Serhii Tyhypko announced after his meeting with Japan’s new ambassador to Kyiv on September 8 that Tokyo may lend Ukraine $80 million in two credits. The second credit, worth $35 million, is to be spent on patching up budget gaps. (RFE/RL Newsline) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 No. 38

this year and the outdoor cocktail party UNA Seniors conclude... was rained out. Cocktails were enjoyed (Continued from page 7) inside the banquet hall, which was beauti- was very interesting and was very well fully decorated for the silver anniversary. attended. The food was superb. Seniors were dressed in traditional Ukrainian blouses Eugene Woloshyn very ably conducted and shirts. The lights were dimmed, a the annual auction of items donated by large 25th anniversary cake with the UNA Seniors. Along with cash dona- sparklers was carried in, and several tions the auction raised $900. The raffle “Mnohaya Litas” led by Dr. Wolansky conducted by Marie Prucknicki and were sung. Cornelia Yavarrow raised $545. The large The principal speaker was Dr. Bohdan sums raised from the auction and raffle Vitvitsky, an assistant U.S. attorney for are evidence of the generosity of UNA the District of New Jersey. He gave an Seniors. overview of the status of the Ukrainian The Committee on Donations, pro- government and expressed optimism posed that the following donations be about its future. made from the money raised: $500 to Dr. The work of all the members through- Oleksander Myndiuk, administrator of a out the years who made it possible for the hospital in Vynnyky, Ukraine, for use by UNA Seniors to reach their 25th anniver- the hospital; $1,000 to the Ukrainian sary was not forgotten. As each recipient National Foundation, specifically for a was called forward by the executive vice- Soyuzivka project; and $200 for the president, Ms. Orlan, a certificate of Babusha Fund of the Ukrainian National recognition was presented to each by Women’s League of America. The pro- UNA President Diachuk. Photos were posal was unanimously accepted. taken of each by Emilian Jurchynsky. (The Probate Court Judge Chopek gave a honorees are listed alongside this article.) talk on legal matters of importance to And so, the 25th anniversary celebra- seniors. She spoke about durable powers tion of the UNA Seniors went down in of attorney, giving the attorney authority history. Let us hope that the UNA Senior to handle the assets of a person, about liv- Conferences continue for years to come. ing wills, and about the necessity of a durable power of attorney for health care. The latter is a legal form that allows a person to authorize someone to make UNA Seniors certificates... health care decisions, including end-of- (Continued from page 7) life decisions. It allows the person to give specific instructions concerning health Conference Chairman care and, especially, to indicate at what Mary Dushnyck point life should not be prolonged. A Michael Olshansky question and answer period followed. Wolodymyr Senezhak The annual review of current events in Ukraine as well as of the coming elec- Conference Chairman tions in Ukraine was given by Dr. and Regional Representative Baranowskyj and Dr. Roman Procyk. A Irene Russnak lively question and answer period fol- Andrew S. Olearchyk, M.D., F.A.C.S. lowed. Dr. Procyk also spoke about the Conference Chairman various publications produced by the continues practice of and Secretary Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute that Mary S. Bobeczko CARDIAC, VASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY he had brought. Dr. Chopek welcomed Ulana Diachuk, Conference Chairman Controller at president of the Ukrainian National Estelle Woloshyn Temple University Hospital, Association, at the last session. Mrs. Diachuk spoke about various matters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Treasur er confronting the UNA, including the and Regional Representative and importance of increasing membership. Olga Paproski She urged the UNA Seniors to continue Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, to sign up their children and grandchil- Treasurer Camden, New Jersey dren as members of the UNA. A question Maria Gerus and answer period followed. Helen Chornomaz Office: 100 E. Lehigh Ave., Ste 104, Philadelphia, PA The UNA Seniors looked forward to Regina V. Dziubaniuk (215) 427-7090, (856) 428-0505 the fantastic cocktail party that usually takes place on the Veselka deck. Secretary Unfortunately, nature did not cooperate and Regional Representative Dr. Stefania Baranowska Helen Trenkler Olga Liteplo òÍÓ· ìÍð‡ªÌÓÁ̇‚ÒÚ‚‡ ÔðË éìÄ ◊ë‡ÏÓÔÓÏ¥˜“ ‚ ç˛ âÓðÍÛ Eva Uzych

Secretary Dr. Iryna Kramarchuk GolGoldenden JubileeJubilee BanquetBanquet andand BallBall Dr. Jurij Swyschuk Wolodymyr Pryjmak celebrating Publicity Chairman the 50th Anniversary of the School on Saturday, October 2, 1999 Wolodymyr Barahura Regional Representative at the Ukrainian National Home, 140 Second Avenue, New York, NY Anne Remick Maria Mandzij 6 p.m.-7 p.m. – Cocktails and Silent Auction • 7 p.m.-9 p.m. – Banquet • 9 p.m.-1 a.m. – Ball - Tempo Orchestra Nicholas Bobeczko Controller $65 ‚¥‰ ÓÒÓ·Ë and Regional Representative John R. Lapic á‡ÏÓ‚ÎÂÌÌfl ÔðÓÒËÏÓ ‚ËÒ·ÚË ‰Ó 17-„Ó ‚ÂðÂÒÌfl 1999 ð. ̇ ‡‰ðÂÒÛ: Controller 50th Anniversary Committee, c/o O. Andersen, Bohdan Bezkorowajnyj Myroslaw Pastushenko 66-46 Gray Street, Middle Village, NY 11379 Bohdan Prynada (718) 326-4319 Olga Shatynsky John Pawlow óÂÍË ÔðÓÒËÏÓ ‚ËÔËÒÛ‚‡ÚË Ì‡ “Self-Reliance Association Parents’ Committee” Joseph Lesawyer Prof. Irene Tanya Rishko No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 15

Belarus... (Continued from page 6) Mr. Tarasyuk explained that Belarus belongs to none of the organizations, and for that reason was not invited. However, Belarus had been invited to take part in the international academic conference that was held at the Yalta Hotel in conjunction with the summit. The Ukrainian foreign affairs minister said that the United States, France and Italy, none of which are member-states of the organizations invited, had joined the 22 countries at the conference, but Belarus had not. The Ukrainian government sent mixed signals, however, as to whether an invita- tion was originally sent to Belarus only to be withdrawn later. While Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Andrii Veselovsky said on September 10 that no invitation had been extended, a presidential spokesperson explained that the original invitation had been withdrawn for diplo- Roman Woronowycz matic reasons. The Livadia Palace, site of the 22-nation conference on Baltic-Black Sea cooperation. “Lukashenka was extended an invita- tion but we had to withdraw it because of dismissed the Belarusian Parliament in the worsening relations between Belarus 1997 and rewrote the Constitution, Turning the pages... and the European Union,” said which extended his ruling authority and Oleksander Horyn. gave him expanded powers. He has (Continued from page 8) Meanwhile a person close to the arrested dissidents and even forced In 1923 Yakymenko emigrated to Prague, where he became chairman of the Ukrainian Ukrainian government explained the diplomats to give up their embassies in a Higher Pedagogical Institute’s Music Department and counted Zynovii Lysko and Mykola decision was made after pressure from 1998 decision that caused a major inter- Kolessa among his students. In 1926 he published a textbook on harmony. He also returned the European Union, according to Agence national uproar. to performing as a concert pianist and began conducting choirs on tours throughout Western France Presse. Belarusian Foreign Affairs Ministry Europe. In 1928, he moved to France, where he divided his time between Paris and Nice. “Ukraine does not want to offend officials said the action by the Ukrainian He wrote more works for solo piano, two “Berceuses de Noël” (Christmas Lullabies) for Belarus, but it must first protect its own government brings into question the sin- violin and piano, as well as arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs and liturgical music. interests,” said the official, who asked to cerity of the expressed intention of the Yakymenko also composed lieder (recital pieces for solo voice), drawing inspiration from remain anonymous. conference. the lyrics of Oleksander Oles and Taras Shevchenko as well as the Russian poet Mikhail Belarus has become increasingly “In this context, Ukraine’s decision Lermontov. ostracized in Europe because of the contradicts the aim of the elimination of Fedir Yakymenko died in Paris on January 8, 1945. actions of President Lukashenka, who dividing lines in Europe, including across Sources: “Yakymenko, Fedir” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 5 (Toronto: University of Toronto has used strong-arm tactics to maintain the Baltic-Black Sea space,” said the Press, 1993); “Iakymenko, Fedir” Dictionary of Ukrainian Composers (Lviv: Union of Ukrainian power and quell dissent. He unilaterally Belarusian Foreign Affairs Ministry. Composers, 1997).

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Television after he spoke, Mr. Kravchuk Narodnyi Rukh... said that Rukh’s major failure was that it (Continued from page 1) had not made the transformation from an “We must declare today for all of oppositionist force to a builder of the state. Ukraine to hear that our national idea shall “Rukh led the democratization process be patriotic power upholding Ukrainian and the independence effort, but it has not statehood and loyally serving the Ukrainian made much of a contribution to the building people,” said Mr. Kostenko. of the state since, because it is always in Ukraine’s first president, Leonid opposition,” said Mr. Kravchuk Kravchuk, who was the head of the After the speeches at the Kyiv Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR in Polytechnical Institute, a second public 1989, also spoke of Rukh’s history in the meeting was held at Shevchenko Park Ukrainian state-building process. before the memorial to Ukraine’s great bard In a comment made to Ukrainian in a further re-enactment of the events that took place in 1989. ûêßâ ëíÖñûä The atmosphere surrounding Rukh’s GEORGE L. STECIUK 10th anniversary, already contaminated by SALES REPRESENTATIVE the bad blood between the two factions was èðÓ‰‡Ê ‰ÓÏ¥‚ Û Morris, Essex, further poisoned by remarks made by the Union, Somerset Counties. head of the Rukh Party’s press service, ôËð‡, ˜ÂÒ̇ ¥ ÓÒÓ·ËÒÚ‡ Ó·ÒÎÛ„‡. Free Market Analysis of Your Home. Dmytro Ponomarchuk, on September 6, Referral & Relocation throughout USA when he told the newspaper Kievskie Viedomosti that members of Mr. CHATHAM OFFICE: Kostenko’s political organization would not Rukh Party leader Hennadii Udovenko addresses gathering at a memorial to 64 MAIN SREET, CHATHAM, NJ 07928 be welcome at their celebrations. Vyacheslav Chornovil. OFFICE: (973) 635-5000 • FAX: (973) 635-5086 “If the [putschist] Kostenkovites show Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv bership had increased during the course of EVENINGS: (973) 539-8917 • FAX: (973) 635-5086 up, we will throw them out,” said Mr. BEEPER: (973) 269-4517 Patriarchate; and a ceremonial meeting at the week, but that he expected reunification Ponomarchuk, a remark that he acknowl- the Kyiv Teacher’s Building, all of which would take time. #1REALTOR IN N.J. edged to The Weekly that he did make. #1 REALTOR IN MORRIS Co. culminated in the lightly attended public “The process of reunification is not a sin- #1 INDEPENDENT REALTOR U.S. The only legally recognized Rukh meeting on St. Sophia Square. gle event,” explained Mr. Udovenko. “It Party in Ukraine went it alone in a series Ironically, both Rukh camps said after will take time and several efforts.” of events held between September 6 and the celebratory week that they continue National Deputy Ivan Zayets, the vocal Michael P. Hrycak, Esq. September 11. These included a to seek reunification, and leaders from and outspoken member of the Kostenko Attorney at Law September 6 public presentation of the both sides explained that in some way the organization who is generally considered to CRIMINAL AND CIVIL MATTERS political platform of the its presidential events surrounding the 10th anniversary be the No. 2 man behind Mr. Kostenko, also TO TRIAL AND APPEAL, COMPUTER LAW candidate, Mr. Udovenko; the laying of Member of Bar: NJ, NY, CT, DC had contributed to the process. Neither said he felt that inroads had been made as a 316 Lenox Avenue, Westfield, NJ 07090 wreaths at the grave of Mr. Chornovil; side could explain what had improved result of the anniversary. Office: (908) 789-1870, (732) 627-0517 participation in a conference of European relations or how that had happened. Yet it He explained that, at a meeting he Christian Democratic parties held in was obvious that their thoughts centered attended in the Transcarpathian region of Kyiv; a large reception on December 8 at on strengthening their own party mem- Ukraine, people who formerly had support- the Cabinet of Ministers Reception Hall, Available, driving lessons by bership and pulling the other side toward ed Mr. Udovenko for president had which was attended by the diplomatic themselves. expressed their desire that he withdraw his All Nations Driving School instructor. community of Kyiv, national deputies of Mr. Udovenko told The Weekly that his candidacy in favor of Mr. Kostenko. He the Verkhovna Rada (including members party had made an honest effort to move said the crowd also had supported reunion Tel. (973) 399-3735 Beeper 430-9823 of the Reform and Order Party, with closer and that he had taken the initiative by under the Kostenko-led Rukh. whom the Rukh Party has formed a polit- attending the meeting at the Kyiv “And so, there is movement at the grass- ical coalition) and Patriarch Filaret of the Polytechnical Institute. He said that mem- roots level,” said Mr. Zayets. No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 17

The 1990s: the dream fulfilled paradoxically, has remained essentially the prior to World War II toward “Ridna same. Shkola,” the network of private schools in School of Ukrainian... The 1990s can be called the decade of What has remained constant is the Ukraine, of which the New York school is a (Continued from page 8) the dream fulfilled. The school was reinvig- intense commitment by faculty and parents descendant. Ukraine by the “Shestydesiatnyky” (The orated by the emergence of Ukraine on the to transmit to their children Ukrainian lan- There is a glimmer of hope that this dis- Sixties Generation) – a group of writers, world scene. The euphoria felt by the guage, history and culture, despite the fact academics and other cultural and intellectu- Ukrainian American community in New mal situation may be changing for the New that most of the parents are now Americans al figures. York following Ukraine’s bloodless decla- York school. In the last two years, the by birth; the relatively constant enrollment Their writings were immediately added ration of independence was palpable at the Parents’ Committee has made efforts to levels in the school for 50 years; the rela- to the studies of Ukrainian literature and school. A joyful school assembly was raise funds from the community for various tively high academic level of the school, culture at the school. organized to celebrate Ukraine’s independ- school projects, with good results, but a much higher than one might expect after Ukrainian studies became established as ence. long-term solution is needed. half a century and two, almost three, gener- a “legitimate” program of study at various Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United As a repository of the hopes and dreams ations of students. universities (the Harvard University chair Nations Viktor Batiuk enrolled his grand- of its founders and several generations of Traditional teaching methods and pro- and summer school classes being prime son at the school. Parents organized a field parents, and as a mirror of the Ukrainian grams continue to prevail at the school and examples). In the late 1970s, the New York trip to the newly opened Consulate General American community in New York, it is the tradition of “matura” (cumulative final State Board of Regents first offered an of Ukraine in New York. Distinguished hoped that in its next half-century the exams) continues. As they did in 1949, stu- elective standardized test in Ukrainian lan- academics, cultural and political figures School of Ukrainian Studies in New York dents and parents alike place a strong value guage. American society at large was visited the school. In 1998 the children will yet come to enjoy the community sup- on the social ties created among children beginning to validate the rationale for assembled to meet visiting Ukrainian astro- port which it so richly deserves. that often last a lifetime. attending a school devoted to Ukrainian nauts Leonid Kadeniuk and Yaroslav Notable, too, is the commitment by the studies. Pustovyi. This article is an edited excerpt from the school and by parents to the Ukrainian The graduates of the 1970s and 1980s forthcoming book “Zolota Knyha Shkoly The 1980s: the halls of power Churches, both Catholic and Orthodox, as became the greatest beneficiaries of the Ukrainoznavstva, OUA, Samopomich u evidenced by the fact that the school has In the 1980s, the Ukrainian American political change in Ukraine. A number of Niu Yorku, 1949-1999” (The Golden Book always sought out clergy or religion teach- community became aware of its ability to the students parlay their expertise in of the School of Ukrainian Studies, Self ers of both Churches to provide religious effect change in Washington and in other Ukrainian language and culture into fast- Reliance Association in New York, 1949- instruction as part of the school’s curricu- centers of political power. This was the track career moves in private- and public- lum. 1999), which will be released on the eve of decade of lobbying. Ukrainian Americans sector jobs in Ukraine, where they enjoyed Sadly, though, perhaps the most striking the school’s 50th anniversary celebration had learned the political ropes, some had a distinct advantage over their non- similarity between the school of the 1950s on October 2. The book’s publisher is the already achieved positions of influence in Ukrainian colleagues. and today is the lack of ongoing support for 50th Anniversary Committee, headed by Washington, and the students in the School In the 1990s the school was buoyed by a the school by the Ukrainian American com- Luba Labunka. The chief editor of the book of Ukrainian Studies knew how to write new wave of immigration from Ukraine, munity in the New York Metropolitan area. is Anisa Handzia Sawyckyj. letters, and whom to write to. the so-called “fourth wave.” Their children This is all the more astonishing when To defray the considerable publication In the school archives we find copies of boosted the enrollment in the school by contrasted with the vast amounts of funds costs of the 368-page commemorative letters written by the students to the some 20 to 25 percent, and the children’s collected by the community for various book, which is dedicated to the 178 teach- President about the Ukrainian Famine com- Ukrainian chatter in the school hallways other projects over the years. This apparent ers who taught at the school during the mission bill in 1984, and letters requesting during recess is a heartening sound. The indifference is a fascinating topic that mer- past 50 years, donations from former stu- support from Washington for Ukrainian “fourth wave” also became a valuable new its a separate discussion, since the New dents and friends of the school are appreci- human rights activists incarcerated in the source of teachers for the school, and con- York school is probably not the only school ated. Tax-deductible contributions, which Mordovian (Siberia) camp for political stituted the bulk of the faculty by the late of Ukrainian studies to suffer this fate. will be acknowledged in a special insert in prisoners. There are letters to the New York 1990s. The lack of support by the larger the book, may be made to Self Reliance State Education Department demanding the As the decade progressed, the euphoria Ukrainian American community is a great Association Parents’ Committee, c/o inclusion of The Great Famine of 1932- over Ukrainian independence subsided, and contrast to the tradition of extraordinary Oksana Andersen, 66-46 Gray St., Middle 1933 in Ukraine in the state’s publication reality set in. True, Ukraine is now inde- generosity shown by Ukrainians both in Village, NY 11379; telephone, (718) 326- on genocide. pendent, but definitions have changed. It western Ukraine and abroad in the decades 4319. Perhaps most moving are the students’ becomes painfully obvious that the image letters in which they plead with the White of Ukraine held by Ukrainian Americans House to come to the aid of the Ukrainian and taught in Ukrainian school, is not con- people devastated by the Chornobyl acci- sistent with reality. This was not the kind of dent in 1986. independent Ukraine that was expected; In the 1980s we see the trend toward the this was not the kind of leadership that suburbanization of New York’s Ukrainian independent Ukraine was supposed to American community, as young families have. These and other sobering issues pre- began to leave Manhattan for the outer bor- occupy the school at the close of the mil- oughs, New Jersey, the northern suburbs of lennium. New York, Long Island and Connecticut. And yet, these are heady years. Remarkably some continued to commute Finally, the dream of centuries has from as far away as Albany, N.Y., become reality: Ukraine is free and there is Philadelphia and even Rhode Island, surely a feeling that there is no turning back. The earning for New York’s School of aspirations of the school’s founders and the Ukrainian Studies the label of “magnet first generation of parents have been ful- school.” filled. There is a sense of closure, but also a Throughout the 1980s, Ukrainian sense of new beginnings. American families, including the students, had been traveling to Ukraine. They had * * * seen the cultural revival there, the changing In examining the evolution of the school socio-political landscape. They sensed that over a period of half a century, one is struck great change was imminent, indeed, as did by the changes that have occurred but, even the leadership of the Soviet Union. more so, by the ways in which the school,

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(Eastern Economist) 9:15 ð‡ÌÍÛ – Á·¥ð͇ ‚ Ó‰ÌÓÒÚðÓflı ÔÂð‰ ˆÂðÍ‚Ó˛ Foreigners buying stakes in oil companies ë‚. ß‚‡Ì‡ ïðÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl, Sanford Ave., Newark, NJ KYIV – The Anti-Monopoly Committee reported that a group of foreign companies, 9:30 ð‡ÌÍÛ – ëÎÛÊ·‡ ÅÓʇ Emberton Assets Corp., Copland Industries S.A., Bishop Invest & Finance Inc., Jarwin Trade & Finance Corp., Padmore Trading Ltd., Posner Trading Limited, and Malton ÄÔÂθ/Ç¥‰ÍðËÚÚfl ‚¥‰·Û‰ÂÚ¸Òfl ‚ „¥Ï̇ÒÚË˜Ì¥È Á‡Î¥ Ô¥ÒÎfl ëÎÛÊ·Ë ÅÓÊÓª. Industries Corp., have bought, directly and indirectly, large stakes in the Ukrainian á‡ÔðÓ¯ÛπÏÓ ·‡Ú¸Í¥‚ Á‡ÔËÒ‡ÚË ‰¥ÚÂÈ/ÌÓ‚Ëı ˜ÎÂÌ¥‚ Ô¥‰˜‡Ò ÄÔÂβ. KirovohradNaftoProduct, ZhytomyrNaftoProduct, SumyNaftoProduct, and ᇠ‰‡Î¸¯ËÏË ¥ÌÙÓðχˆ¥flÏË Á‚ÂðÌÛÚËÒfl ‰Ó ÔÎ. ÒÂÌ. å. ç˘ (973) 492-2848 UmanAhroPostach companies, which are large suppliers of petroleum products to Ukraine. As this transaction was made without the Anti-Monopoly Committee’s approval, Padmore Trading Ltd was fined 10,200 hrv. However, since no laws exist to prohibit the concentra- tion of capital, all the above-mentioned foreign companies were allowed to purchase signif- icant stakes in these Ukrainian companies. In a similar manner, the Anti-Monopoly Committee issued the go-ahead to the creation of Kirovohrad-Petrol and Sumy-Petrol, com- REMINDER FROM UUARC HEADQUARTERS panies with foreign investments that intend to sell petroleum products in Kirovohrad and Sumy oblasts. (Eastern Economist) Philadelphia, Pa: We are happy to remind all United States Federal employees that United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc., the McDonald’s celebrates with 10th opening premier Ukrainian-American international aid organization, is again includ- KYIV – McDonald’s opened its 10th restaurant in Kyiv on Ukrainian Independence ed in the Combined Federal Campaign National List, assigned Code Day, August 24. The new 80-seat restaurant is located near the Miensk metro station of the #2943. We are confident that every Federal employee, as well as any Obolon District. Building costs for this restaurant were nearly $1 million (U.S.). (Eastern member of the United States Armed Services, of Ukrainian descent, who Economist) may be making charitable contributions through the Combined Federal Alumina producers talk about merger Campaign, will be pleased to see UUARC on the list. The Combined Federal Campaign will begin in the fall of 1999, but we are beginning our KYIV – The idea of integrating Ukrainian and Russian alumina producers, alumina pro- appeal early, so that we can inform as many potential donors as possible of cessing and manufacturing plants received a conceptual approval by a majority of managers the opportunity to support this worthy organization. of leading alumina enterprises, heads of the military-industrial complex, scientists and experts from research institutes during the Industrial Policy Ministry meeting. However, a proposal by the Russian Sybirskyi Aluminii group of companies on setting up a Russian- ... Also, for the United Way of Southeastern Pa, we are Code #1838 Ukrainian alumina company was received with disapproval by the new management of the ... For all other United Way Campaigns, please write in UUARC, Inc. Mykolayiv alumina plant. The group proposed to divide the authorized capital of the Mykolayiv plant in a 50/50 deal, with the inclusion of all enterprises participating in the Pennsylvania State Employees can find us in the Pennsylvania State manufacturing process as shareholders. According to Russian Economy Ministry Employees Combined Appeal under Independent Charities of America Volodymyr Yevsiukov, “the creation of a joint venture will serve the interests of both sides.” (ICA). Once the project is implemented, Russian alumina plants will receive stable long-term sup- plies of alumina, while the Ukrainian side will be offered “all necessary help including the Any questions, please call (215) 728-1630 attraction of foreign investment for developing its own high-tech production.” This is espe- cially important considering the merger of the leading international alumina companies, e-mail: [email protected] or check us out on the web at www.uuarc.org Canadian Alkan, French Pechiney and Swiss Alusuisse. (Eastern Economist) United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. Blair gives reason for rejecting tender 1206 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111 KYIV – British Prime Minister Tony Blair informed Ukraine’s Premier Valerii Pustovoitenko about the reasons for rejecting the AN-124-210 Ruslan project. In his letter, the British PM explained that since neither of the proposals received by Great Britain’s Defense Ministry offered a solution at an acceptable price, the government decided to revoke the tender. At the same time Mr. Blair pointed out that “British experts see many advantages in the proposal to modernize the AN-124.” Participants in the tender were the Antonov plant with the AN-124 equipped with Rolls Royce engines and the American C-17 manufactured by Lockheed. (Eastern Economist) First AN-140 plane nearly completed KYIV – Construction of the first series of AN-140 planes will be completed by late September at the Kharkiv Aviation Plant, stated Antonov designer Petro Balubuev. Immediately following certification, several planes will be ready for sale. Production of this series of planes will take place in Ukraine, Russia and Iran. Based on early estimates, Ukraine alone has a potential market for the AN-140 of about 80 planes, while Russia’s Aeroflot is ready to purchase 50 planes. These planes come with a price tag of $7.5 million (U.S.). (Eastern Economist) No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 19

PREVIEW OF EVENTS NEW NON-STOP JOINT SERVICE (Continued from page 20) NEW YORK - KYIV - TASHKENT entire series. Classes will be held at the insti- be a silent auction and cocktails at 6-7 p.m., tute, 620 Spadina Ave., at 7 p.m. To register followed by a banquet at 7-9 p.m. and a ball call (410) 923-3318. at 9 p.m.-1 am. Tickets are $65 per person; tables of 10 are available. Self Reliance Thursday, September 30 Federal Credit Union of New York has gener- ously underwritten part of the celebration WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Iskra dance ensem- costs. To order tickets, purchase a commemo- ble, under the direction of Roma Pryma rative book ($25 before October 3, plus $5 if Bohachevsky, has begun classes in delivery by mail) or make a tax-deductible Whippany, N.J., on Thursday evenings at St. anniversary donation, send checks payable to John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, “Self Reliance Association Parents Route 10 (eastbound) and South Jefferson Road. New members will be accepted starting Committee” and mail to Oksana Chomut- Thursday, September 30. Call Olha Kuziw, Andersen, 66-46 Gray St., Middle Village, (973) 334-6595, for further information. NY 11379; telephone, (718) 326-4319.

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Thursday, September 23 remainder of 1999, liturgies will also be cele- brated on October 23, November 20 and NEW YORK: The Yara Arts Group contin- December 18 at the same time and location. ues its Nova Nomada Series. “Night #6 – For more information, contact Joe Hall, (972) New Music, Poetry and Prose from New 235-3930. York’s Emerging Ukrainian American Art Underground” will feature Staroviry, a new JERSEY CITY, N.J.: An end-of-summer musical ensemble with Julian Kytasty, dance, with music by Lvivyany, will be held Eugene Hutz and Alex Kytasty performing at the Ukrainian National Home, 90-96 Fleet “New Music from Old Sources.” Come meet St., starting at 9 p.m. Tickets: $12 per person; the artists over beer and pretzels starting at for reservations call (201) 656-7755. 8:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Sports Club, 122 Second Ave. at Seventh Street. For further Sunday, September 26 information call Yara, (212) 475-6474. PITTSBURGH, Pa.: The Pittsburgh Saturday, September 25 Ukrainian Festival committee announces the 18th Annual Ukrainian Festival. It will be NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific held at noon-6 p.m., in the Commons Room Society is holding a presentation by Askold of the Cathedral of Learning on the Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian World University of Pittsburgh campus. Admission Congress, who will speak on his meetings is free. The Commons Room is the place to with Ukrainian communities in Kazakstan, view cultural displays, be entertained by con- Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation. The tinuous performances, purchase Ukrainian talk will be held at the society’s building, 63 merchandise or experience Ukrainian foods. Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. For additional information, call Kristina Kincak, (724) 695-1915. 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