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by Marta Kolomayets Catholic church stood at this location at by Marta Kolomayets Deputies of the Russian Federation can­ Kyyiv Press Bureau the beginning of this century, but was Kyyiv Press Bureau cel their resolution, which is capable of destroyed by the Stalin regime in 1932. shaking the solid foundation of the cen­ KYYIV — The Ukrainian Greek- Cardinal Lubachivsky will also bless the KYYIV — Ukrainian tlawmakers turies-old history of brotherly relations Catholic Church is moving toward being future site of a chapel at Smirnova condemned the Russian Parliament's between the Ukrainian and Russian peo­ recognized as a patriarchal Church, said Lastochkina Street (also in that area). ples," said the one-page resolution a leading Church official on Thursday claim to the Black Sea port city of The blessings of the new sites are an adopted by Parliament. afternoon, July 15. Sevastopil, labeling the action "an especially festive occasion because aggressive political act against Ukraine." Ukraine's President Leonid "Today, our Ukrainian Greek- Ukrainian Greek-Catholics, who Meeting at an emergency session on Kravchuk, Prime Minister Leonid Catholic Church, with its canonically according to the church's press center Wednesday, July 14, Ukraine's Supreme Kuchma, Foreign Minister Anatoliy recognized major archbishop, already number 30,000 in Kyyiv, have not yet Council, by a vote of 316-3, adopted a Zlenko and Defense Minister has all the rights of a patriarchal Church. been granted use of a church for their. resolution responding to the Russian Konstantyn Morozov, among others, The only thing we are still waiting for is spiritual needs. claim. It was the lates in a series of condemned the Russian action as "a the declaration of the title of patriarch," During the 45-minute press confer­ denunciations by Ukrainian leaders gross violation of principles of interna­ said Msgr. Ivan Dacko, the newly ence, the Rev. Dacko said that since the issued since Friday, July 9, when the tional law." However, many political appointed chancellor of the Patriarchal arrival of the head of the Ukrainian Russian Parliament passed a resolution analysts see the Russian Parliament's act Curia, during a press conference in Greek-Catholic Church in Lviv 18 Kyyiv on the eve of groundbreaking cer­ declaring Sevastopil a Russian city. as reflecting not only the heightened ten­ months ago, the Church has undergone sions between Ukraine and Russia, but emonies for the first Greek-Catholic "The Supreme Council of Ukraine "a period of inner restructuring and sta­ as a domestic Russian dispute gone out sobor in this capital city. bilization." proposes that the Supreme Council of Russia and the Congress of People's (Continued on page 3) Although it is impossible to tell when He said that on Monday, July 12, the such a decision will be made by the Holy decisions of the Synod of Bishops of the See, the Rev. Dacko added that the fact Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, held "that new canonical eparchies have been in Lviv on May 16-31 of this year, were Ukraine seeks UN. intervention created, a permanent Synod exists and a announced simultaneously in Lviv and Patriarchal Curia has been formed are in Rome. KYYIV — Ukraine will ask the as Russian territory and told Ukraine to very concrete steps in this direction." The Synod created four new eparchies United Nation's Security Council to remove its troops. President Boris The press conference on July 15 was for Ukraine, adding to the three existing examine the Russian Parliament's claim Yeltsin and Russia's Foreign Ministry held in the midst of a busy week for the eparchies of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivske and to Sevastopil, a Foreign Ministry official have disowned the resolution. Ukraine Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Mukachevo. The new eparchies are: announced on July 13. Reuters reported has denounced it as illegal. which will conclude with Cardinal Ternopil, Kolomyia-Chernivtsi, Zboriv that Ihor Kharchenko, head of the min­ Reuters further said that about 2,000 Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky's arrival in and Sambir-Drohobych. istry's political analysis department, said pro-Russian demonstrators gathered in Kyyiv on Friday, July 16. The new ordinaries (eparchs) are: at a news conference that Ukraine would the port city on Monday to support the He is scheduled to bless the site of the Bishop Mykhailo Sapryha (Ternopil); submit the request under U.N. rules con­ move by the Russian Parliament, whose future Ukrainian Greek-Catholic cathe­ the Rev. Mykhailo Koltyn (Zboriv); cerning actions that "threaten interna­ chairman, Ruslan Khasbulatov, is a dral in the city's center on Sunday, July Bishop Pavlo Vasylyk (Kolomyia- tional peace and security." He added, staunch opponent of Yeltsin-led reform 18. It will be located at Velyka Chernivtsi) and Bishop Julian 'This is an unprecedented step, which attempts. Protest leaders called a Zhytomyrska Street near the Lviv Voronovsky (Sambir-Drohobych). has made Ukraine a target of territorial "People's Congress" for Friday to elect Square and not far from St. Sophia In addition, the synod created a claims at official levels." alternative bodies to the city's leader­ Cathedral. Russia's Parliament voted virtually ship, which opposes the Russian According to historians, a Greek- (Continued on page 3) unanimously last week to claim the port Parliament's decision. Meanwhile, more and more countries are lining up against the Russian Canadian professionals focus on 'new world agenda'Parliamen t move, reported Radio Liberty. Great Britain expressed its sup­ port for Ukraine's right to Sevastopil on by Christopher Guly alongside Ukrainians to convert their The Ukrainian government has also July 12 when Britain's ambassador to Special to The Ukrainian Weekly advice into government policy." clamped down on its international bor­ Ukraine handed Ukraine's Foreign ders to implement currency control, said Dr. Viktor Pynzenyk, Ukraine's Minister Anatoliy Zlenko a note from Dr. Pynzenyk. WINNIPEG — There are as many deputy prime minister for economic the British government describing the But, citing five different types of opportunities in Ukraine as there are reform, speaking through an English- Russian Parliament's claim on Crimean economies operating in Ukraine today entries in Winnipeg's Yellow Pages, said language interpreter, agreed that the city as "irresponsible," according to a — including the black market, theft from Nestor Gayowsky, Ukraine's representa­ "Soviet mentality remains the main Ukrainian TV report. The note reported­ the state, barter, hard currency and the tive to the European Bank for roadblock to privatization." However, he ly said "there can be no question as to state-run economy — Mr. Gayowsky Reconstruction and Development, at a said that 19,000 plots of land have been Ukraine's sovereignty over Sevastopil, said Ukraine requires "expert" adminis­ recent Canadian-Ukrainian trade confer­ privatized since Ukraine declared its just as there can be no question about the trators and bureaucrats to ensure ence held here in early July. independence two years ago. principles of the territorial integrity rec­ Ukrainian government policy is prac­ The four-day meeting focusing on ognized by the CSCE. Dr. Pynzenyk explained that despite ticed. "Ukraine: The New World Agenda" was Ukraine's current monthly 35 percent "Ukraine is the most lawless, law- That same day a Basapress report said part of the biennial convention of the inflation index, which is approaching the abiding state I've ever lived in," Ukraine's ambassador to Moldova, Ukrainian Canadian Professional and international definition of hyperinflation explained Mr. Gayowsky, who served as Vitally Boyko, has "expressed confi­ Business Federation. (50 percent), Prime Minister Leonid a Canadian diplomat in Italy and the dence that Moldova's president, Kuchma's government is also dedicated Mr. Gayowsky, Canada's first consul Scandinavian countries. "But even Parliament and government will take a to centralizing the country's budget. general to Ukraine, said although though they are going through rough stand" regarding the Sevastopil fiasco. Ukraine "hasn't done an effective job in "We want to transfer control from economic times, their ingenuity in main- The ambassador was to meet Moldovan marketing itself...what is needed is not local oblasts to the federal government," First Deputy Prime Minister Ion Botnaru advice, but a commitment to work he told delegates. (Continued on page 8) to discuss the issue. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993 No. 29

Ivan Honchar, renowned sculptor, Newsbriefs painter, ethnographer, dead at 82 on Ukraine JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Ivan Honchar, a renowned sculptor, painter Kravchuk: referendum unconstitutional an RFE/RL report of July 7. Delegations and ethnographer, died on June 18, in from both sides met here July 6 to dis­ Kyyiv. He was 82. KYYIV — President Leonid cuss details of the pact, which has been Bom January 27, 1911, in the village Kravchuk has called the September 28 under discussion for more than a year. of Lypianka in Chyhyryn county of the referendum unconstitutional and said he Russia's chief negotiator, Yuri Dubinin, Kyyiv gubernia, he studied at the Kyyiv would not necessarily abide by its said the treaty will include all aspects of Industrial Arts School (1927-1930), and results, but denied that he had demanded Ukrainian-Russian relations that have the Kyyiv Institute of Agrochemistry the vote be cancelled, reported an emerged in the post-Soviet period. The and Soil Sciences (1931-1936). RFE/RL correspondent on July 14. need for such an accord was reaffirmed . He began sculpting in the 1930s, pro­ Reuters had reported the day before that at the recent Kravchuk-Yeltsin summit. ducing various impressions of the president had asked Parliament to (RFE/RL Daily Report) Shevchenko, busts of writers such as cancel the referendum on confidence in Andriy Malyshko and Oles Honchar, and his administration. The Reuters report monuments to Kozak leaders, such as said the president had stated the the likeness of Ivan Honta, which now deputies' 228 to 18 no-confidence vote Memorial services stands in Hontivka of the Vinnytsia last month was short of the 300 votes the region. old Soviet Constitution requires for a for Patriarch Mstyslav In the late 1930s, but particularly in referendum. Legal experts in Ukraine the years following the second world have agreed with Mr. Kravchuk's assess­ SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.— war, conscious of the effort to erase his ment, "In legal terms, the referendum The Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox country's cultural heritage, Mr. Honchar cannot take place," said Anatoliy Church of the United States of America traveled widely throughout Ukraine, col­ Matvienko, a Social Democrat. "I see will hold 40th day memorial services for lecting materials, recording eyewitness parliamentary elections as the only His Holiness Mstyslav I, the Patriarch of testimonies, taking photographs and way." The vote to stage the referendum Kyyiv and All Ub'aine, who passed away was critical in persuading coal miners to on Friday, June 11. The services will be (Continued on page 14) Ivan Honchar end their 12-day strike last month. Mr. held at St. Andrew the First-Called Kravchuk has said whatever the out­ Apostle Memorial Church on July 20. come, he is under no obligation to There will be a divine liturgy at 10 resign. The latest polls show Ukraine's a.m. A panakhyda will be offered in the Slavic states push economic ties government headed by Leonid Kuchma memorial crypt following the liturgy. remains more popular than President Other memorial services will be MOSCOW — Ukraine, Russia and prime ministers after the meeting further Kravchuk. (Reuters, RFE/RL Daily offered by Metropolitan Constantine at 7 Belarus on July 10 pledged themselves explained that the hoped for economic Report) p.m. in St. Vladimir's Ukrainian to close economic ties, reported various union would create a customs union and Ukraine/Russia prepare friendship pact Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago, and by Western news agencies, even as the a single market in goods, services and Archbishop Antony at 7 p.m. in St. Sevastopil debacle continued to brew. capital, with a unified policy on prices, KYYIV — Ukraine and Russia have Mary's Parish, McKees Rocks, Pa. Two days after the Russian investment and taxes. begun to prepare a full-scale treaty on Fortieth day services will also be held Parliament declared that the Ukrainian The prime ministers gave varying friendship and (cooperation, according to in all UOC-USA deaneries. port city of Sevastopil should belong to assessments of the proposed agreement, Russia, The Financial Times said the according to a Reuters report. Russia's prime ministers of the three states signed Viktor Chernomyrdin called it a "great a "declaration on economic integration." event," which goes further than the pro­ This is an "agreement to agree," said the G-7refuses Ukraine's request Times, and commits the countries to an posed CIS economic union signed in JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The seven economic treaty by September 1. mid-May. Belarus' Vyacheslau Kebich weapons states." It also pushed the said, "it is a victory for common sense." major economic powers of the West, countries once under the Soviet Union to The declaration stated the goal was to But Ukraine's Leonid Kuchma empha­ meeting in Japan the second week of rid themselves of the nuclear weapons sweep away both formal and informal sized that it was not the beginning of a July, refused Ukraine's request for finan­ on their soils. barriers to trade, permit citizens of all renewed Soviet Union. "It looks more cial aid in removing the nuclear war­ three countries to live, work and buy Ukraine's President Leonid Kravchuk heads left on its soil by the defunct property in the others, and propose new like the creation of some kind of had sent a letter on June 2 to the leaders Soviet Union, while continuing to pres­ institutions for developing a "common European Community," he said. of the G-7 asking for $2 billion (U.S.) to sure the economically devastated coun­ economic 'space," reported the London- The agreement will consider allowing be used toward nuclear disarmament and try to approve START I and accede to based newspaper. the other republics once part of the economic reforms, which the G-7 turned the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. According to the RFE/RL Daily Soviet Union to join under as yet down even as they handed Russia $3 bil­ On July 8, the Group of Seven (G-7) Report, a statement issued by the three unspecified conditions. lion in economic stabilization grants. issued a political declaration that among other items "urged Ukraine to ratify the The G-7 did express support for Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, and democratic reform processes in Ukraine Ukraine and Kazakhstan to accede to the and encouraged improvement of rela­ Students hold first world congress non-proliferation treaty as non-nuclear tions between Ukraine and Russia.

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world that now is not the right time for Claim on Sevastopil... Ukraine to disarm, and thus, it seems rat­ Reaction in the Crimea (Continued from page 1) ification of the START I treaty and accession to the Nuclear Non- by Marta Kolomayets designate whose interests the fleet repre­ of control. Proliferation Treaty may be delayed Kyyiv Press Bureau sents. We are brothers with Russia and "The battle among Russian leaders even further. we should not have problems. A Russian KYYIV— A spokesman for the Black fleet in a Ukrainian city is not a problem. has now crossed over into Ukrainian- "Perhaps the world community will Sea Fleet based in Sevastopil said on There are historic precedents for this," Russian relations," said Dmytro stop pressuring us to disarm. Now they Saturday, July 10, that "everyone here he concluded. Pavlychko, chairman of the parliament's have seen who our neighbor is. If we accepted the Russian parliament's deci­ The Black Sea Fleet has over 350 Foreign Relations Committee, on don't get the support of Europe and sion (to claim Sevastopil a Russian city) ships, cutters, submarines, aiфlanes and Saturday, July 10. other countries, we are on the verge of with grand enthusiasm." helicopters, many of which are based in "This action can be viewed as tanta­ terrible times," said Mr. Pavlychko. "Finally a decision has been reached. the port of Sevastopil. Many are rusty mount to a declaration of war, " said a Mr. Kravchuk and the Ukrainian distressed Mr. Pavlychko on Saturday, It is something that the citizens of and so old that they can be used for Parliament called for the world commu­ Sevastopil and the sailors of the Black July 10. "When one state makes deci­ scrap metal and not for battle. nity to support Ukraine's territorial Sea Fleet have waited for a long time, " sions about the territory of another state, However, in statements issued by integrity, as guaranteed by international said Col. Andrey Lazebnikov, the direc­ .his is the only way this can be interpret­ President Kravchuk and the Presidium of law. tor of the Black See Fleet's press center. the Ukrainian Supreme Council, the ed," he added. "Ukraine does not accept the Russian However, Russian President Boris That day, about 400 demonstrators leaders appealed to the citizens of Parliament's decision and discards it as waved Russian flags in support of the Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of the Yeltsin quelled the fears of Ukrainian one that contradicts the interests of the leaders that same day, issuing a state­ Russian Parliament's resolution, but the Crimea, in particular the city of Ukrainian people and Ukraine's territori­ sailors did not take part in it. "Their par­ Sevastopil, asking them to remain "lev­ ment that denounced the Russian law­ al integrity, " President Kravchuk told makers' resolution. ticipation may intensify the situation," elheaded and calm, and to restrain them­ reporters upon arriving from Vinnytsia said Col. Lazebnikov. selves from any actions that could fur­ "I feel ashamed about this decision," late Friday evening, July 9 "We are under the command of two ther complicate the situation." Mr. Yeltsin told the ITAR-TASS news "And, Ukraine hopes that the interna­ presidents (Leonid Kravchuk and Borys Mr. Kravchuk said that Russians and agency on Saturday, July 10. tional community will perceive this deci­ Yeltsin) and we have not yet received citizens of the Crimea would understand "The problems of the Black Sea Fleet sion in the same way," added the any orders from either," he added. what such actions could lead to, and he and the city where it is based must be Ukrainian leader, who explained that the A spokesman for Ivan Yermakov, Mr. said he hoped the two neighboring solved both calmly and gradually, " said Russian Parliament is violating its inter­ Kravchuk's presidential representative in nations could continue pursuing cooper­ Mr. Yeltsin. "Otherwise, what do you national responsibilities, which emerge Sevastopil, said that the situation was ative and friendly relations. want me to do — fight with Ukraine?" from Russia's membership in the United "normal and quiet." His official statement notes: "Ukraine, added the Russian leader, who is Nations and participation in the Mr. Yermakov has proposed that the which declared its desire to live in peace involved in a political battle with the Conference on Security and Cooperation Black Sea Fleet be given to Russia. and harmony, cooperation with all Russian Parliamen led by Ruslan in Europe, as well as bilateral agree­ "Once the BSF is given to one landlord, narions of the world, firstly with its Khasbulatov. ments signed with Ukraine. and will not be divided, this will make neighbors, decisively rejects any kind of territorial claims and calls on the world In mid-June, Ukrainian President The Ukrainian Parliament echoed this the officers, sailors and their families community, the Security Council of the Kravchuk and Russian Federation sentiment, stating that Ukraine should happy. Let the fleet be Russian; they (Continued on page 15) President Yeltsin met to divide the Black continue its diplomatic work in telling should pay us for it, and they should Sea Fleet, 50-50, between the two coun­ the world of the Russian Parliament's tries. The division should start in unlawful action, one which can lead to September and be completed by 1995. the de stabilization of peace. Obituary The Russian Parliament's claim to Its resolution states that the issue Sevastopil also includes "one united should be raised with the United Nations base" for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Security Council, because Russia has Jaroslaw Dobrowolskyj, attorney violated intemaional law, including the Kravchuk statement U.N.Charter. The Ukrainian Parliament also said it would inform parliaments who assisted Demjanjuk defense In a statement issued late Friday throughout the world of this unlawful WARREN, Mich. — Jaroslaw (UNCHAIN), and Americans for Human evening, July 9, President Kravchuk action. said: "It seems to me that the Russian Dobrowolskyj, president of the Rights In Ukraine (AHRU). Ukrainian American Bar Association of Survivors include: his son Anton; his parliament, during the past year, has Worldwide condemnation done everything possible to worsen rela­ Michigan, died here early Monday morn­ sisters Daria Ratycz, with her husband tions between Ukraine and Russia, to ing, July 5, of cancer at the age of 50. Jaroslaw and their children and grand­ According to Ukrainian Parliament Mr. Dobrowolskyj was bom June 22, children, Lubow Ingram, with husband sow animosity between our peoples. Chairman Ivan Pliushch, 40 countries However, I don't think that the Russian 1943, in Bonevychi, Lviv oblast, John and children, and Nadia Szutka, have already condemned the Russian Ukraine, and was raised in Philadelphia. with husband Anton, their son and Parliament reflects the interests of the Parliament's actions of July 9. Russian people, of Russian democratic He studied music at Temple University grandchildren. circles. And I hope they will not support Among the first to issue a statement and obtained his BA in Russian and The funeral liturgy took place at St. the decision of the Russian Parliament." on this action was U.S. Ambassador German languages at Wayne State Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church in Ukrainian democratic leaders saw this Roman Popadiuk. In a one-paragraph University in Detroit in 1968. He served Warren on Thursday, July 8, while burial move by the Russian Parliament as an statement released on Saturday, July 10, in the Army from 1968-70, working in was in Philadelphia on Saturday, July 10. opportunity to point out to the rest of the Mr. Popadiuk noted: "The United States intelligence in Germany. He returned to The panakhyda service was performed notes President Kravchuk's statement on earn his law degree at Detroit College of by the Rev. Bernard Panchuk, pastor of the Russian Parliament's action concern­ Law in 1979. St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church in ing Sevastopol. President Kravchuk has Mr. Dobrowolskyj worked for Wayne Warren. After a particularly moving made clear his intenUons concerning County Legal Services and was in private farewell by Ukrainian American Veterans Greek-Catholic... good bilateral relations with Russia. This practice specializing in criminal law. He of Michigan Post 101, under the leader­ (Continued from page 1) is no time for the Russian Parliament to was the first Ukrainian candidate for 37th ship of Commander Jaroslaw Pryjma, be attempting to strain that relationship. District Judge in Warren, Mich. Steven M. Wichar, president of the Patriarchal Curia, comprising elected The United States supports the territorial Since 1987 Mr. Dobrowolskyj worked Ukrainian Village and vice-president of members of the Permanent Synod as integrity of all boundaries under the rirelessly to uncover information that UNCHAIN, presented a moving eulogy. well as a chancellor, econome, head of Helsinki Accords. Sevastopol is an inte­ would clear the accused John Demjanjuk He was followed by Edward Nishnic, the Tribunal and head of the Liturgical gral part of Ukraine." in Israel. He volunteered to work as an president of the John Demjanjuk Commission. unpaid investigator for U.S. In its resolution passed on Defense Fund, who recounted many sto­ The head of the Permanent Synod is Congressman James Traficant Jr. (D) of ries of his travels around Ukraine, Wednesday, July 14, the Ukrainian Cardinal Lubachivsky, and the follow­ Ohio. His legal training and background Poland, Germany and Israel with Mr. Parliament also directed Ukrainian ing bishops are its members: Sofron in Army intelligence work and his fluen­ Dobrowolskyj. A very moving eulogy Dmyterko (Ivano-Frankivske); Mykhailo President Kravchuk, the Ukrainian gov­ cy in several languages resulted in the was presented by Oksana Skypakewycz Hrynchyshyn (France and Benelux); ernment and the Ministry of Defense to discovery of documents crucial to clear Xenox, vice president of the Ukrainian Ivan Maryniak (Peremyshl); and conduct negotiations and reach a deci­ Mr. Demjanjuk of war crimes charges. American Bar Association of Michigan. Filemon Kurchaba (Lviv). sion concerning naval units in the (The Supreme Court of Israel is expected Speakers at the wake at the Ukrainian Alternates of the Permanent Synod's Crimea that have raised St. Andrew's to decide on Mr. Demjanjuk's appeal Cultural Center, were Mr. Nishnic and members are: Bishops Sapryha flag, the ensign of the Russian Imperial later this month. The U.S. 6th Circuit Mr. Wichar, followed by Ihor Klufas of (Ternopil); Basil Losten (Stamford); Navy. "These are foreign armies on Court of Appeals will hear oral argu­ the Ukrainian Canadian Committee to Michael Kuchmiak (Great Britain) and Ukrainian territory, " stated the docu­ ments on August 4, and its final decision Defend John Demjanjuk and Stanford Voronovsky (Sambir-Drohobych). ment. may require even more time.) Rubach who spoke on behalf of U.S. The following members of the According to Ukrainian People's Mr. Dobrowolskyj was a member of lawers. Patriarchal Curia have been appointed: Deputy Mykola Porovsky, the 126th Michigan State Bar, the American Bar In Philadelphia, funeral services were the Rev. Dacko, (chancellor); Division of the Black Sea Fleet coast Association, Recorders Court Bar, performed by the Rev. Nestor Iwaskiw Hieromonk Raphael Turkoniak guard, which is located in Symferopil Macomb Bar, and the Ukrainian with burial at St. Maryls Ukrainian (econome); the Rev. Josyf Andriyshyn and the 81st Brigade of Black Sea Fleet American Bar Association, as well as Catholic Cemetery. Here, a moving (head of Tribunal) and Hieromonk Hlib marines, based in Sevastopil, continue to Ukrainian American Veterans Michigan eulogy was presented by Andrew Lonchyna (head of the Patriarchal fly St. Andrew's flag. The 81st 2Brigade Post 101, Ukrainian Narional Center, Fylypovych, speaking on behalf of the Liturgical Commission). includes 2,200 sailors and 122 tanks. History and Information Network Ukrainian American Bar Association. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993 No. 29 Yavorivsky urges Congress leaders to increase aid to Ukraine

WASHINGTON — The chairman of cials at the World Bank, the U.S. the Ukrainian Democratic Party met Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently with U.S. Congressional lead­ and the U.S. Agency for International ers, urging them to increase the amount Development to plead his case for of economic assistance and humanitarian greater technical assistance for Ukraine. relief offered to newly independent Deputy Yavorivsky's meetings in Ukraine. Deputy Volodymyr Washington coincided with the Yavorivsky, one of the most prominent announcement of a new referendum in leaders in the Ukrainian Parliament, met Ukraine which could determine the fate in June with ranking members of the of President Leonid Kravchuk and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, current Parliament. Mr. Yavorivsky and Senate staffers involved in revising stressed the importance of this referen­ the foreign aid package for Eastern dum as a means of overcoming the par­ Europe. liamentary gridlock which has stalled As chairman of the Permanent Ukraine's reforms. He insisted that the Committee on the Aftermath of the United States should devote the same Chornobyl Disaster, Mr. Yavorivsky kind of resources to Ukraine's referen­ focused much of his attention on the dum as it devoted to last April's referen­ need for medical aid, nuclear clean-up, dum campaign, when democratic forces alternative energy and reactor safety pro­ in Russia defeated a no-confidence vote grams. He also delved into the issues of against Boris Yeltsin. regional security, nuclear disarmament While Mr. Yavorivsky met with deci­ and economic development. Sen. Donald W. Riegle (center) presents a framed copy of his statement for the sion-makers on Capitol Hill, his wife, Deputy Yavorivsky came to the Congressional Record pleading for more Chornobyl relief, to Volodymyr Halyna Danylova Yavorivska, met with United States under the auspices of the Yavorivsky (left), chairman of the Chornobyl Commission as Alex Kuzma, pro­ wives of Congressional leaders, among Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, ject coordinator for the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, looks on. them Bonnie Livingston (wife of Rep. which sponsored his trip to Washington, Livingston, R. Louisiana); Judy Bonior Chicago, Detroit, Hartford, Conn., and his dismay over the fact that U.S. policy­ of such inequities, Mr. Yavorivsky cited (wife of Majority Whip Bonior); Los Angeles. makers had ignored Ukraine's critical President Bill Clinton's speech in Corianne Michel (wife of Minority Most noteworthy during his visits to needs while focusing nearly all their Tokyo, where the U.S. president pledged Leader Bob Michel, R-Ill.); Maryellen Capitol Hill were Mr. Yavorivsky's dis­ attention on Russia. Mr. Yavorivsky $100 million to upgrade the safety of Gingrich (wife of Minority Whip Newt cussions with House Majority Whip noted that Ukraine had made important nuclear reactors in Russia. No such Gingrich, R.-Ga.); Joan Obey (wife of David Bonior and Sen. Donald W. strides in eliminating all of its tactical funds were pledged for Ukraine, despite Rep. David Obey, D-Wisc); Jane Spratt Riegle of Michigan, and Rep. Sam nuclear weapons, maintaining an exem­ the fact that Ukraine has a much higher (wife of John Spratt, D-(S.C.); Annette Gejdenson of Connecticut. Mr. plary human rights record, and promot­ concentration of nuclear plants, in more Lantos (wife of Rep. Tom Lantos, D- Yavorivsky also visited the offices of ing successful programs for the protec­ densely populated areas, and despite Calif.); and Jane Gephardt (wife of Sens. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) and Barbara tion of civil liberties, inter-ethnic harmo­ growing evidence that Йіе most danger­ Democratic House Leader, Dick Mikulski (D-Md.), and Reps. Ed Markey ny and minority rights. Yet, compared ous reactor —Chornobyl — is in urgent Gephardt, Missouri). (D-Mass.), Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) with Russia and other republics which need of decontamination. Mr. Also present at the meeting were and Bob Livingston (R-La.). have failed to address these issues, Yavorivsky also cited the nuclear facili­ members of the executive board of the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund: In each of his discussions, Mr. Ukraine has received a disproportionate­ ties at Rivne and Zaporizhzhia, which Executive Director Nadia Matkiwsky, Yavorivsky stressed the need to stabilize ly small fraction of the aid designated remain a major threat to public health Vice-President Marta Andriuk, Cargo Ukraine's democracy, and to stimulate for the new independent states (NIS). and safety. economic reforms. The deputy expressed As one of the most glaring examples Mr. Yavorivsky also met with offi­ (Continued on page 13)

Lviv medical professionals arrive Lviv regional minister of healtli for exchange with Buffalo hospitals tlianl

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The first group the NIS. In all, 10 to 15 cooperative part­ by Rasa Razgaitis Matkiwsky, executive director, and Dr. of participants in an exchange program nerships in 12 republics have been estab­ Kryvoruchko. with hospitals in Lviv, Ukraine, arrived lished to achieve these goals. NEW YORK — Dr. Zenoviy Since 1990, the Catholic Medical in Buffalo on Saturday, June 19, for a Over the next 16 months, two or three Kryvoruchko, chairman of the Lviv Mission Board has provided medical 13-day stay, during which they worked additional contingents will make recipro­ Regional Ministry of Health, presented a assistance totalling over $4.1 million to with representatives of Millard Fillmore cal cross-Atlantic journeys to gain a fur­ certificate of appreciation to the Rev. this area of Ukraine, with particular Hospitals to learn ways of improving ther working knowledge of hospital James J. Yannarell, president of the emphasis on pediatric supplies. In July health care in Ukraine. operations in other countries. Catholic Medical Mission Board 1992, a large donation of Oncovin, a (CMMB), on Friday, June 11, at the Ukrainian representatives from vari­ During their 13-day stay, the eight drug used to treat leukemia and radia­ CMMB's headquarters in New York ous facets of hospital operations, toured all of Millard Fillmore Hospitals' tion-related illnesses, was received by City. The chairman was accompanied by whether they be physician- nursing- or facilities, including the off-site centers the CMMB from the pharmaceutical Alex Kuzma, project coordinator for the administration-related, they had the and the Ambulatory Surgery Center; firm of Eli Lilly. The CMMB immedi­ Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. opportunity to see first-hand how hospi­ observe surgeries, the use of nursing ser­ ately arranged for an airlift of the Dr. Kryvoruchko presented the certifi­ tals are run in the United States. vices, administrators at work, the resi­ Oncovin donation, which was valued at cate to Father Yannarell on behalf of the Exchange program participants from dency program and basic hospital opera­ $312,000, to Ukraine, where it was used Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund for Millard Fillmore Hospitals left June 7 tions; and meet with local politicians. to treat children with leukemia. for a 12-day stay in Lviv, during which the Catholic Medical Mission Board's The Catholic Medical Mission Board they shared their knowledge of hospital The Ukrainian visitors hope to imple­ significant contribution of medicine and has donated medicine through the operations with their counterparts ment as many of the advancements and medical supplies to the Lviv area of Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, as abroad. changes stemming from their visit as Ukraine, where many victims of the well as through the medical assistance Millard Fillmore Hospitals' participa­ possible shortly after their return home. Chornobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 have program headed by the Ukrainian tion in the exchange program has been ''We're much more technologically been resettled. Catholic metropolitan for the archdio­ made possible through a 16-month grant reliant here in the United States than The certificate read, in part; "Your cese of Philadelphia. The board's next from the United States Agency for they are in Ukraine," said Ihor Pikas, organization has provided millions of shipment for Ukraine is scheduled to sail International Development (USAID), hospital liaison for the grant. dollars' worth of medicines to the vic­ in July, it will contain antibiotics, anal­ which is being administered by the The delegation included: Dr. Severan tims of the world's worst environmental gesics and vitamins valued at over American International Health Alliance Dyba, head doctor, Volodymyr disaster. We wish to extend to you and $250,000. (AIHA). Its purpose is to take a proac­ Raspertov, deputy for clinical work, and to all of your contributors our thanks, "The tragedy of Chornobyl is one tive stance against the potential rapid Dr. Oleksander Didych, cardio-inten- and our assurances, that your donations whose repercussions continue to be felt deterioration of health care in the newly sivlst from the Lviv Railway Clinical have not been in vain. There are children even today among the people of independent states (NIS) and provide Hospital; Dr. Volodymyr Doroshenko, who are alive today, who would not have Ukraine. Of particular concern to us are long-term technical assistance before the head doctor, Roman Matsura, deputy for survived without your donations. Your the children, whose lives have been for­ health care crisis there escalates. clinical work, and Dr. Ludmyla charity has brought new hope to the ever changed. I can only hope that the The grant has been designed to Mykoliychuk, from the Lviv Regional world and we believe that your gifts will Catholic Medical Mission Board's con­ address specific health care needs of the Perinatal Center; Zenovij Ursul, the help to promote an enduring peace tribution to their plight will help to highest priority and with the greatest political head of Haytsky District between the American and the Ukrainian relieve some of their suffering, and that a potential impact on morbidity and mor­ Council; and Dr. Leonid Turkevych, people." compassionate Christ will help them on tality, and to serve as a model program director of the Lviv Medical It was co-signed by Dr. Zenon their path to recovery," stated Father to be replicated in other institutions in Association. Matkiwsky, president of CCRF, Nadia Yannarell. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993 Anonymous donor pledges funds Ukraine awaits Canada's approval for new Ukrainian Museum lobby for new consulate in Edmonton

NEW YORK — A $75,000 pledge very important project. He went on to by Marco Levytsky Lukianenko with a proposal to open a has been received by The Ukrainian say that the museum deeply appreciates Ukrainian News consulate in Edmonton during the Museum in New York City to support its the generosity of all its donors. envoy's visit to the city in March. Mr. EDMONTON — The government of new building project. The pledge is from In the fall of 1992, the museum's fund- Lukianenko said he would look into the Ukraine has approved an Edmonton con­ an individual who currently wishes to raising campaign entered its second matter. sulate in principle, but the question of its remain anonymous. phase. It is being conducted through In replying to an election question­ actual opening depends upon future dis­ According to Anna Alyskewycz, chair extensive media exposure and a massive naire sent by Ukrainian News to the cussions with government and business of the Museum's Building Fund-Raising direct mail appeal by the fund-raising leaders of the three major parties con­ circles in Alberta. Committee, this pledge is designated for committee. In the first phase of the cam­ testing the June 15 provincial election. "Ambassador Levko Lukianenko has the purchase of the Lobby in the new paign, beginning in 1985, the board of Premier Klein's office said that informed Premier Ralph Klein that the museum building, which when complet­ trustees purchased a large industrial struc­ Ambassador Lukianenko recently wrote government of Ukraine will accept the ed will bear the name of the donor's ture on East Sixth Street and subsequently Mr. Юеіп to tell him that the Ukrainian idea of a consulate and will work togeth­ family. She went on to say, "we are paid off the mortgage commitment. The government had approved the opening er with the Alberta government to bring extremely grateful to the anonymous second phase is raising funds for the com­ and was waiting for permission from the this plan into action," said Andriy donor for making such a very generous plete reconstruction of the existing build­ federal government to proceed. Vesslovsky, minister-counsellor for the commitment. It is heartening to see that ing into a modern, spacious museum Mr. Vesslovsky told Ukrainian News Embassy of Ukraine in Ottawa. people realize the importance of having facility at a cost of $3.5 million. This fig­ the permission (a diplomatic formality) a representative Ukrainian museum ure is based on a feasibility study con­ Both Klein and Edmonton Mayor Jan had been received, but the opening still facility in this great city and are rallying ducted by architect George Sawicki. Reimer approached had Ambassador depends upon the levels of assistance to help us achieve this goal in a really from Alberta government and business big way." circles. During this period the museum has Feszczak promoted at Philly's He said Mr. Lukianenko will be visit­ also received individual cash donations ing Edmonton on July 11 and again after of $10,000 from Orest M. Pryphkan of the provincial election, at which point he Ridgewood, N.Y., as well as from Maria Port of History Museum may discuss the consulate with whomev­ Sawycky of Jamaica, N.Y., who has er is premier. given this gift in memory of her hus­ NEW YORK — Zenon L. them "To Preserve a Heritage: The Mr.Vesslovsky added that Ukraine is band, Mykola Valerianovych Sawycky. Feszczak, a member of The Ukrainian Story of the Ukrainian Immigration in particularly interested in opening a con­ Mark and Dr. Ariadna Bach of New Museum's board of trustees, has been the United States," "Masterpieces in sulate in Alberta because of the oil and York City and Dr. Roman and Anna promoted to deputy director of the Wood: Houses of Worship in gas expertise found in the province. Alyskewycz have each pledged $10,000. Port of History Museum in Ukraine," and "Lost Architecture of The Ukrainian government is strapped To honor the memory of her mother, Philadelphia. Kyyiv." for hard currency funds, and both the Mr. Feszczak has been working in Ottawa Embassy and the Toronto Natalia Danysh O'Connel gave $5,000, He was also instrumental in orga­ the capacity of design director for Consulate were opened with assistance while a matching $5,000 donation from nizing the "Ukrainian Arts Festival" several years and has curated that from the diaspora community. her employer is forthcoming. exhibition at the Port of History museum's permanent exhibition The Ukrainian Canadian Congress Titus Hewryk, president of the muse­ Museum, which featured objects from "Philadelphia Panorama — an National Council raised $1.6 million for um's board of trustees said, "It is with The Ukrainian Museum's folk art and Exhibit on City Planning." This is the the Embassy, while the Wrzesnewski this magnanimous support on the part of fine arts collections. first exhibition of its kind in the family in Toronto is providing the individuals in our community that ideas United States on an urban theme. Mr. Feszczak holds a B.A.A. and premises for the consulate. can be translated into reality very quick­ an M.F.A. from the University of Dmytro Jacuta, president of the ly." However, Mr. Hewryk emphasized Mr. Feszczak has been a longtime friend and supporter of The Ukrainian Pennsylvania. He specialized in Ukrainian Canadian Congress Alberta that every contribution, whether large or Provincial Council said the possibility of small, serves as one more "building Museum and has designed many design and in the history of Western exhibitions for the institution, among art. block" vital to the completion of this (Continued on page 8) The demand for Ukraine^s most precious resource

tion of the lUWO. The two women met and together laid even a disabled parent who cannot afford to feed them. Orphan Aid Society the groundwork for what was to become the Orphan Aid The donation to the sponsored child enables the Society. guardian or distant relative to provide not only for the sponsored child, but for the other children they care for by Khristina Lew In September, the first Ukrainian child was sponsored. This is the third in a series of articles about as well. On the evening of July 1, 11 Metropolitan area Ukraine's most precious resource — its children. Some children, like the boy sponsored by Zina women sat around a kitchen table in Queens, N.Y., rapt- Rakowsky, are residents of intemats. The concern with ly listening to one member of the small group recount DOUGLASTON, N.Y. — What Sally Struthers had sponsoring too many children of intemats is theft. Both her visit to an 'Hnternat" in Kyyiv, Zina Rakowsky's done for the poor children of Africa and Indonesia, children and employees of intemats have been know to tale of the young man she sponsors at the internat Mary Yowyk is doing for the needy children of steal from a child who has more than the others. (young "orphans" are placed in Children's Homes, Ukraine. Once a month, Ms. Yowyk's voice can be The Orphan Aid Society also ships packages of older ''orphans'' reside in boarding schools called heard on Radio Free Europe broadcasts in Ukraine, clothing and supplies for distribution to cities where intemats until age 16, after which they are released to advertising the Orphan Aid Society sponsorship pro­ chapters of the lUWO exist. All relief, be it packages of fend for themselves), who wore borrowed clothing in gram and directing those in need of help to contact clothing or the $15 sponsorship donation, is processed honor of the visit from a Westerner, reaffirmed their Raisa Hotz in Kyyiv. in Kyyiv by Mrs. Hotz and then forwarded to the appro­ commitment to aid downtrodden children of Ukraine. The Orphan Aid Society currently sponsors 82 chil­ priate child or organization. Conceived in the basement of a Ukrainian Catholic dren in Kyyiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Mykolayiv, Mrs. Rakowsky, in recalling her impressions of the Church in Fresh Meadow, N. Y., in May of last year, the Zaporizhzhia, Donetske, Luhanske and Odessa. program's set-up in Ukraine, touches upon a disturbing Orphan Aid Society sponsors a Ukrainian orphan for Emphasis is placed on sponsoring children in the reality in current Ukrainian society: facing economic $15 a month and caters to those who want to help in the Russified regions of eastern Ukraine. Each prospective hardship and an uncertain future, the guardians of the upbringing of a Ukrainian orphan without adopting the "orphan" is carefully screened by Mrs. Hotz or mem­ sponsored children and the children themselves were child outright. bers of the lUWO to ensure that the child is indeed in hiding the $15 intended to feed and cloth them. The The brainchild of Mary Yowyk of Douglaston, N.Y., need of assistance. (Mrs. Hotz currently has a list of valuable hard currency was saved for a rainy day, and the Orphan Aid Society traces its roots to a fund-raising over 200 children in need of Western sponsors.) the children remained hungry. Catching wind of the dinner organized by Mrs. Yowyk in March 1992. Mrs. The society's 60 sponsors, among them three Italian- sadly ironic situation, Mrs. Hotz now exchanges the Yowyk, who has two 30-something-year~old adopted Americans, donate $15 a month per child, which goes American dollars into Ukrainian coupons, and then dis­ children of her own, wanted to help Ukraine's orphans, toward food and clothing. The society's only request of tributes them to ensure that the money is spent. but wasn't sure how. She turned to then visiting the sponsored children is that they seek instruction in The 14 women who make up the Orphan Aid People's Deputy Stepan Khmara, who suggested con­ the Ukrainian language if they do not speak it and do Society's working group are determined to make a dif­ tacting Ukraine's Ministry of Education. Armed with well in school. Mrs. Yowyk points out that the society ference. Having headquartered themselves in the home that information and the $1,504 raised at the dinner, has already dropped one boy from their roster who of Mrs. Yowyk, they are currently registering as a non­ Mrs. Yowyk called the first meeting of an orphan assis­ refused to learn the Ukrainian language. "With so many profit coфoration and awaiting their tax-exempt status. tance group in May. needy children willing to learn the Ukrainian lan­ "In my opinion," ruminates Mrs. Rakowsky, "the In August she traveled to Kyyiv to meet with the guage..." women of the Orphan Aid Society have taken on an Ministry of Education. Officials there referred her to Not all the children sponsored are orphans. Policy extraordinary project. Helping children should bs. our Maria Drach, president of the International Ukrainian dictates that no donation goes directly to an orphanage number one priority, because this is Ukraine's future." Women's Organization, whose mandates include assist­ for fear that the money will be pocketed and not reach For more information or to become a sponsor, con­ ing Ukraine's orphans. Mrs. Drach put Mrs. Yowyk in the children. Instead, most of the sponsored children are tact Mary Yowyk, 129 Ridge Road, Douglaston, NY touch with Raisa Hotz, the head of the orphan aid sec­ those who are raised by a guardian, a distant relative, or 11363; (718)423-4966. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993 No. 29

COMMENTARY UrrainianWeeyy Nukes: Ukraine's intentions UNWLA looks to the future and U.S. incomprehension "Guided by tradition and infused with the spirit of the times," is the way spe­ cial correspondent Marta Baczynsky described the proceedings and results of by Andrij Wynnyckyj nuclear capability in the world as it is the recent XXIIIrd Convention of the Ukrainian National Women's League of today. America. As our readers are no doubt aware, the UNWLA is one of our com­ Ukraine's statements about nuclear That this continues to be the case is munity's more progressive organizations, being pragmatic in approach and disarmament, and its intention to become evident from President Leonid action-oriented in activity. non-nuclear should not be doubted. Kravchuk's, Defense Minister Its 68-year history is marked by countless achievements (too numerous to list Over the past two years, perhaps through Konstantyn Morozov's and even Prime here), including establishment in 1976 of The Ukrainian І^Шеит, support of ignorance, but perhaps by design, the Minister Leonid Kuchma's insistence scholarships for needy Ukrainian children (a program that in 1992 celebrated its U.S. political and military establishment that Ukraine take full control of its 25th anniversary), organization of three conferences dedicated to "The have proved peculiarly unresponsive and weapons and oversee every step that will Ukrainian Woman in Two Worlds" and sponsorship of many pre-school and unreceptive to Ukraine's goal, despite eventually lead to their complete elimi­ day care programs. mouthing hollow pieties about the need nation. Most recently, the organization established contacts with similar organiza­ for reduction of the atomic threat. Unfortunately, the issue has been tions in Ukraine, including the Women's Hromada (Community) of Rukh and In fact, the U.S. should prove that it is clouded somewhat by Russia's constant the Ukrainian Women's Association (Soyuz Ukrainok Ukrainy); provided capable of rising from its record of total sabre-rattling, economic blackmail and much-needed assistance to victims of the Chornobyl disaster, particularly chil­ incomprehension of the concept of a pretensions to Ukraine's territories (as dren, whether in the form of medical supplies or modern medical equipment modern state's progress to non-nuclear well as Georgia's, Moldova's and other needed to outfit a specialized hospital in Lviv; and celebrated the 50th anniver­ status. It is also somewhat of an former republics'). This, while generat­ sary of Our Life, its monthly magazine. Orwellian irony that a country wishing ing some sympathy for Ukraine's At its convention, which brought together Ukrainian women from throughout to rid itself of nukes should stand predicament, has also prompted a num­ the United States, as well as guests from other countries where Ukrainian accused of nuclear blackmail by a super­ ber of parliamentary deputies and mem­ women are organized and active, including Ukraine, the topics covered the power whose policies included "mutual bers of the country's establishment to gamut of issues of concern to today's Ukrainian American women. In view of assured destruction" and "massive retali­ engage in some nuclear posturing of their multiple roles as women, mothers, daughters, community and political ation." their own. activists, and individuals, the convention participants discussed everything from Early this year, in a column in The Obviously, elements on both sides in preservation and propagation of the Ukrainian heritage, the needs of the elderly, Washington Times ("Twisting Ukraine the debate as to whether Ukraine should scholarships for needy Ukrainian children throughout the world to aid for the on Arms," January 12), Frank Gaffney unilaterally give up its weapons, sign young Ukrainian state. On the eve of the convention, a special panel focused on Jr. put forth an encouraging argument START and the NPT, and throw itself Ukraine's emergence on the international arena and the future of its indepen­ for abandoning the Bush administra­ upon the mercy of the post-Bosnian dence. tion's tactics in pressuring Ukraine to world community, have misunderstood As conventions go, the three-day event was, as reported by participants, disarm and sign treaties. Unfortunately, the basic question. rather tame. The convention's prevailing calm, however, belied the dramatic the argument was based on a discourag­ U.S. policy in this area is the key to change that had taken place. ing premise. this misunderstanding. In a nutshell, the A new generation of community leaders was elected to take the helm of the Mr. Gaffney expressed the belief that U.S. wishes to maintain its preponder­ Ukrainian National Women's League of America. In her eloquent address to the Ukraine should institutionalize its ance in nuclear power, believing itself to convention, the new UNWLA president, Anna Krawczuk, paid tribute to her nuclear deterrent and hold on to its be more responsible than anyone in its illustrious predecessors and pledged to continue the UNWLA's tradition of weapons. This approach was echoed by civilian use or in waving it about as a helping Ukrainians woridwide. "It will not be easy to follow in the footsteps of Prof. John J. Mearsheimer in this sum­ military deterrent. As a result, the U.S. my worthy predecessors," she emphasized. She went on to ask for the support mer's issue of Foreign Affairs, in his seeks to prevent the myriad undesirable of all UNWLA'ers, noting that it is "only through a mutual effort (that) we can article "The Case for a Ukrainian governments and unknown quantities in continue our activities to realize set goals for the benefit of our people and our Nuclear Deterrent." Both, while com- the world (Ukraine included) from bol­ organization." As described by her peers and UNWLA activists, the new chief mendably urging the U.S. to cease and stering or acquiring nuclear capability. desist, directly contradict all of the is a businesswoman who served a stint in the U.S. military, an effective leader Ukraine has repeatedly stated and who will bring a modern approach to the worthy endeavors of this Ukrainian Ukrainian government's statements of intent. never deviated from its policy of seeking institution, "a breath of fresh air" whose enthusiasm, dedication and interest are to eliminate all rockets and warheads. bound to be reflected in the organization's activity. If her past work in the In fact, Messrs. Gaffney and Because of the inherent instability and UNWLA as chairperson of the highly successful UNWLA scholarship program Mearsheimer both perpetuate the logic basic decrepitude of its civilian atomic is any indication, her tenure will be fruitful. She and the other members of the used by the U.S. to build its nuclear arse­ energy reactors, Ukraine has often flirted UNWLA board are now charged with the task of charting the organization's nal to its present gargantuan size: since with ridding itself of them as well. course into the future and steering its membership toward the fast-approaching the U.S. felt threatened by the Soviet Ukraine's government has proposed and 21st century. juggernaut, it was justified in maintain­ continues to propose to ensure the We salute the UNWLA and its past leadership, and wish its new leaders ing and periodically bolstering its atomic weapons are destroyed, by having it much success in building on the strong foundation laid by those who came deterrent. Similarly, the argument goes, done in Ukraine, the U.S. or a Western before them as they mold the organization's future. Ukraine should not be given security European country; or disposing of the guarantees, but simply be accepted into weapons by selling them (as parts or in the nuclear club and allowed to keep its their entirety) to a nation from which it weapons as a deterrent against a hostile expects no threat. neighbor. The U.S. has repeatedly shown that it This might be logical, but it has noth­ refuses to accept this as sincere. The ing to do with Ukraine's purportedly problem lies with the fact that the U.S. shifting intentions in the area of nuclear articulates its policy from its position as disarmament. The Ukrainian govern­ a nuclear nation, both in terms of its mil­ ment has not been waiting for the U.S. to itary and energy complexes. At once Five years ago. The Weekly published a story about the say: "Oh, go ahead and keep the opening of a special UNA office in the capital of the U.S. mystified and frightened by the prospect weapons." In fact, it still is not. If any­ of a state that seeks to escape the atomic "Strategically located on Capitol Hill," the story ran, "the thing, Ukraine is waiting for the U.S. to Washington office of the Ukrainian National Association officially opened on July 1. understand what it means to give up (Continued on page 16) The establishment of the office, an initiative of the UNA's Ukrainian National Heritage Defense Committee, was ratified by the 31 st UNA Convention in 1986. The first director of the office was, and continues to be Eugene Iwanciw, a long­ standing senatorial staff member . "Our people have been good, tax-paying, self-suf­ UNR Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine ficient citizens for many years," Mr. Iwanciw stated on that occasion. "It is time that our people avail themselves of those federal grants... to which they are entitled." The Home Office of the Ukrainian As reported in The Weekly in 1988, the office was also meant to "enable the UNA National Association reports that, as of publications (i.e. The Ukrainian Weekly and Svoboda) to report on Washington July 7, the fraternal organization's newly events of interest to Ukrainian Americans in a timely fashion." In addition to provid­ established Fund for the Rebirth of ing news coverage from the capital, the UNA Washington Office furnishes The Ukraine has received 15,337 checks from Weekly with regular columns and commentary on developments in D.C. Since Ukrainian independence and the arrival of the Ukrainian Embassy, the UNA its members with donations totalling office on the Potomac has provided much-needed assistance to the mission in accli­ $390,969.96 The contributions include matizing it to the political and administrative environment, and has been the source of individual members' donations, as well as timely lobbying actions for the benefit of Ukrainian Americans and Ukraine. returns of members' dividend checks and The office's veteran administrative assistant is Maria Lishchak, administrative interest payments on promissory notes. assistant. Recently, Xenia Ponomarenko joined the staff to take over the duties of Please make checks payable to: UNA assistant director. Her predecessors in that post were John Kun and Adrian Karmazyn. Of late. The UNA Washington Office has also been utilizing the services of student Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine. interns from The American University who earn college credits for their work. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

athletic events, reflect on Ukraine as a Faces and Places Time to support "participant of merit" in the world arena? If Ukrainians worldwide fumble, by Myron B. Kuropas Ukraine's athletes by failing to adequately finance Ukrainian athletes, what inferences will Dear Editor: be drawn by others about the Ukrainian diaspora and about Ukraine herself? In the last Olympics when, for the In order for Ukraine to be fully recog­ Doing business in Ukraine? Be wary! first time, Ukraine's athletes competed nized as a sovereign nation, she must as athletes of an independent Ukraine, assume the accoutrements of nation­ Is it possible to do business in that when one is in Ukraine one must Ukrainian Americans were on an emo­ hood. Participation in international ath­ Ukraine today? The answer seems to be, learn to do things "our way." tional high. We watched with pride as letic competition is an integral part of a it all depends. A final recommendation offered by the Ukrainian flag was raised and the nation's identity. In other words, if I recendy attended the 1993 national the panelists is to steer clear of Ukrainian Ukrainian national anthem was played in Ukraine wants to be a member of the big convention of thdekrainian Canadian government bureacrats if possible. Many honor of Ukraine's gold medalists. leagues, as the third largest nuclear Professional and Business Federation in government officials are members of the Those moments are etched in memory power should be, then it must joust with Winnipeg, a most enlightening and old nomenklatura and have few clues forever. the best of them, on their turf, with their rewarding experience. Much of the con­ about what is required to launch success­ What has happened to our enthusiasm rules and it must win as often as possi­ clave was devoted to panel discussions ful commercial enterprises. Other gov­ since then? As a prelude to the next ble. Diplomatic victories are won on the on foreign investment in Ukraine, which ernment officials are basically corrupt Olympics, the World University Games, playing fields, just as in executive and for some Ukrainian Canadian business and will steer you to unscrupulous rela­ in Buffalo, N.Y., July 8 through 18, legislative chambers. persons, at least, has become a major tives or friends who are more than will­ serve as a good international training Please join me in making a tax- occupation. ing to take your money and promise the ground for young and inexperienced ath­ deductible contribution to: Friends of One of the more interesting panels for moon. Government officials also have a letes, including those of Ukraine. Now, Ukrainian Athletes, 227 Lombard St., me was one devoted to the hands-on marvelous way of constantly discovering while we have the opportunity to meet Buffalo, NY 14212. experiences of Peter Jacyk of Prombank "new rules" and "new regulations" that these athletes in person and to watch Investment Ltd., Roman Herchak, presi­ require some type of "new fee," in dol­ them compete at the World University Christine Hoshowsky, Ph.D dent and CEO of Global Opportunities lars, of course. Games, the clamor for tickets to these Rochester, N.Y. Corp., Oksana Bashuk-Hepbum of U- Much of the above was confirmed in a games is far lower than expected. Few CAN Consulting, Taras Soltys of AULT July 6 Chicago Tribune article by Ukrainian Americans are choosing to Foods in Toronto and Jim Temerty of Howard Witt titled "Foreign Investors travel the relatively short distance to We must lobby Northland Power of Toronto. All had Flail in Quagmire of Unsettled Ukraine." Buffalo for these competitions, despite had extensive experience developing and Ukraine, the article read, does not the draw of these games as entertainment our U.S. senators maintaining business enterprises in appear particularly concerned about and the appeal of participating athletes Ukraine, and all were relatively opti­ attracting foreign investors to help revi­ — three of whom are 1992 Ukrainian Dear Editor: mistic about prospects for the future. talize its imploding economy. Olympic Gold Medal Winners. They agreed, however, that doing "The obstacles to foreign investment The Ukrainian American community business in Ukraine is often very differ­ here are myriad, and proliferating by the Today, all is not going well for these strongly supported Ukraine during her ent from doing business in the Western week: Constantly changing tax laws and Ukrainian hopefuls. A shortage of funds many years of struggle for indepen­ world. There seemed to be a consensus government decrees; wild inflation rates mars their participation. Numerous dence. The community's efforts, prior to regarding what one had to have and do at 30 percent per month; the lack of any appeals for donations have met with the December 1, 1991, referendum, in order to launch a commercial enter­ legal protection for contracts; the lethargic responses because many resulted in legislation urging the U.S. prise in Ukraine. absence of a meaningful privatization Ukrainian Americans believe that there president to recognize Ukraine. Before The first requirement for success in program; rampant corruption and orga­ are other, more important, projects to and since independence, the community Ukraine is access to venture capital. One nized crime rackets; and an economy support on behalf of Ukraine. I, a tepid has raised large sums of money to help has to be willing to risk money, some­ that is still largely centrally controlled. sports enthusiast, think that often several the victims of Chomobyl, construct hos­ times a great deal of money, to make "But the government, crippled by projects of varying significance, includ­ pitals, publish children's books, and money. This comes as no surprise political rivalries and shackled by com ing sports, must be addressed simultane­ assist in the purchase of an embassy in because that is what free enteфrise is all munist attitudes, has shown litde inclina­ ously. If we attend to every need in a lin­ Washington, to name just a few worthy about. A readiness to risk is part of the tion to try to clear these obstacles away. ear sequence, from most to least impor­ causes. capitalist way. "In fact, it keeps dreaming up new tant, then we forfeit the flexibility The time has now come to help A second requirement is a willingness ways to scare off potential investors. required for success. Ukraine in yet another important and to persevere. Making a "quick buck" is "One recent afternoon in the People around the world, Americans vital manner. Since the collapse of the rare in Ukraine, so unless one is pre­ Ukrainian Parliament, for example, a especially, draw a direct relationship Soviet Union, United States policy has pared to stick it out for the long term , leading Communist Party deputy took between athletic success and power. been to provide the lion's share of assis­ possibly losing money along the way, the floor during a debate on privatization Enlightened societies such as ours subli­ tance to Russia with very little reaching one shouldn't invest. This, too, isn't and offered this suggestion for enticing mate raw aggression and brute force into Ukraine. unusual for those who have been foreigners to put their money here: Allow competitions of strength, endurance, For example, the bulk of U.S. aid for involved with commercial projects. them to invest only in unprofitable state cunning and prowess. Athletes who win the "victims of Chomobyl" went not to Where the panel deviated from enteфrises, restrict their ownership to 12 are leaders; athletes who lose are follow­ Ukraine or Belarus, where the victims accepted Western practices was in the percent and make them buy the shares at ers; athletes who default are fodder for are, but to Moscow. Of the $2.4 billion realm of recommendations regarding a specially set higher price. ridicule. These perceptions, by extension of aid provided to the nations of the for­ social and moral intercourse. "This profound idea — to give for­ and generalization, are applied to the mer Soviet Union during the past two The first recommendation of the pan­ eigners the chance to pay a premium for respective nations that these athletes rep­ years, Russia received $1.5 billion to elists was to be wary of everyone. minority shares in money-losing compa­ resent. Ukraine's $137 million. The future looks Corruption is common in Ukraine, and nies — drew general applause from the even bleaker. According to the while there are honest people around, assembled parliamentary deputies." The significance of this "perceptual finding them isn't easy. Although many The article also mentions David reality" was well understood by com­ Congressional Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus, Russia will people offer their services, few of them Anderson, director of finance for Johnson rades of the now defunct USSR and t hus are in a position to provide meaningful receive $2.2 billion of the $2.5 billion of Wax in Kyyiv and a recent guest of the they channeled considerable resources aяsistance. One is on one's own when it U.S. assistance planned for the next fis­ Ukrainian Business and Professional into their athletic programs. During the comes to finding a competent and reli­ Group of Chicago. Married to a cal year. Olympics and other international games, able business partner in Ukraine. The Ukrainian, Mr. Anderson has lived in Soviet and American athletes engaged in The Ukrainian American community tragic and horrifying experience of Kyyiv for three years and has managed to intensive rivalry where victory and can change that. Committees of the Martha Fedoriw in Lviv should serve as oversee the manufacture of some products national strength were measured by the Senate will be considering the foreign a warning to everyone. by his company. "If you're going to sur­ number of gold medals that each pocket­ aid bills in the coming weeks. It is vital A second recommendation is to be vive here, the first thing to understand is ed. Time and time again, Soviet victories that they add an amendment mandating flexible regarding how things are done in that this is a Third World country," he on the playing field bolstered the illusion that Ukraine receive no less than 34 per­ Ukraine. The best way of doing business said. "Whether it's Congo or Ukraine, of an invincible monolith. This percep­ cent of the aid Russia receives (based on may not be the Ukrainian way. Be pre­ the business environment is the same." tion became "reality" to the extent that respective populations). This balance is pared for suфrises! "Ukraine's essential problem," the most people, including many Ukrainian not only fair but essential if Ukraine is to A third piece of advice is to be pre­ Witt article concludes, "is that it cannot Americans, were caught by surprise at retain its hard-won independence. By pared for a basic lack of trust and stub­ decide what it wants to become: a mod­ the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union. writing to their senators urging adoption bornness on the part of many Ukrainians. em, market-oriented state or a forgotten It is this very phenomenon which is at of such an amendment, Ukrainian They have not lived in a society where communist backwater." issue here. "Reality" created not by Americans will once again be helping honesty and trust are part of the social With recent polls indicating that up to things as they actually are, not as we Ukraine in its time of need. order. Ukrainians have been taught for 40 percent of the people of Ukraine now would like them to be, but rather, "reali­ decades that capitalists are basically evil questioning their decision to vote for Eugene M. Iwanciw ty" defined by the way things are per­ people anxious to exploit the masses. The independence, a forgotten Russian back­ Washington ceived to be. Sports as entertainment result is a mind-set that gets in the way of water may be Ukraine's third option. aside, the critical question is, how will The writer is director of the productive commercial relationships. You don't suppose some Ukrainian the World University Games, the subse­ Washington Office of the Ukrainian Many Ukrainians are suspicious of government officials are hedging their quent Olympics, and other international National Association. Westerners and adamant about the fact bets just in case... THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993 No. 29 Canadian... Pynzenyk Stresses (Continued from page 1) Ukraine's stability taining order is something to be admired." by Christopher Guly Yet, until Ukraine moves closer WINNIPEG — In a sense, he was the toward embracing democratic and free- man on the "hot seat" at the 1993 market reforms, he said Canadian entre­ "Ukraine: The New World Agenda" preneurs should enter that country in a conference. Dr. Viktor Pynzenyk, the limited way and start with a small ven­ 39-year-old member of the Ukrainian ture. Parliament from Lviv, who became Dr. Pynzenyk said that entrepreneurs deputy prime minister for economic need only have between $19 and $25 reform last October, spent the four-day (Canadian) to initiate a company. convention defending his country's However, Dennis Goresky, Canada's political and economic stability to new commercial councilor at the Kyyiv Canadian entrepreneurs interested in Embassy, warned that Canadians should investing in Ukraine. not attempt to use outdated equipment, It wasn't Dr. Pynzenyk's first visit to or consider introducing stale, dated or I Nestor Budyk Winnipeg. Two years ago, he visited the inappropriate products to Ukraine. Panelists discuss Canadian perspectives on doing business with Ukraine. city as director of the Lviv Management "You have to do your homework and Institute, a position he relinquished last carefully study whether a pyrohy-maker March. could sell in Ukraine. But if Ukraine are now available. However, Mr. Tracz announced plans to enter into an eco­ says that sales of the $2 (Canadian) nomic agreement with Ukraine. Both of Deputy Prime Minister Pynzenyk suddenly takes off, you'll want to be spoke to this correspondent between ses­ there," he added. comic are slow in conventional book the premier's parents originate from stores. Ukraine. sions of the conference. Dr. George Dr. Myron Kuropas wasn't as opti­ Chuchman, a professor of economics at mistic. The Illinois historian and colum­ "I did manage to sell 50 copies of it in Mr. Filmon said that Manitoba, which a Winnipeg butcher shop," he grinned. is now involved in bilateral projects in the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, nist for the Ukrainian Weekly, said served as interpreter. Canadian or American businesspeople Others have been more successful. such diverse areas as egg production and should be prepared to have risk capital on Former Winnipegger Myron Spolsky, the printing of lottery tickets for Given Ukraine's considerable hand for any Ukrainian-based ventures. who did not attend the conference, is Ukraine, hopes to expand into science nuclear weaponry, do you feel that Dr. Pynzenyk said that among the now based in Kyyiv running a pizzeria and technology, transportation, educa­ some members of the Ukrainian gov­ 1,200 active joint ventures in Ukraine, that sells 1,000 pies daily. tion and sustainable development. ernment could use this as leverage in only 29 are Canadian-based. Still, independent or government- However, a signing ceremohy between seeking foreign economic aid? funded Canadian expertise appears to be the premier and the Ukrainian deputy Myroslaw Tracz, who runs the That's the kind of question that disturbs Winnipeg-based Rerun Associates, is making inroads in Ukraine. Oksana prime minister was postponed because Bashuk Hepburn, a Quebec-based con­ of a bureaucratic mix-up in Kyyiv. "The us in Parliament. Ukraine is willing to hoping to market a line of children's adhere to the concept of the START comic books in the Ukrainian and sultant, said at one of the conference's guy who was handling negotiations with treaty, but Ukraine also has a need for English language. For example, 3,500 many panel discussions that Canadian us apparently left the foreign ministry copies of one, the bilingual story of "The expertise has helped kick-start Ukraine's and Dr. Pynzenyk wasn't advised," national security because we have a neigh­ Fight of the Two Knights," illustrated in shipbuilding industry. For instance, the Premier Filmon told The Weekly. bor (Russia), whose behavior is not color by Ukrainian artist Sergei Pozniak, Kherson Shipbuilding Association has Yet Liberal External Affairs critic always predictable. The dismantling of been able to raise its retail prices of ves­ Lloyd Axworthy cautioned delegates that nuclear weapons is also an expensive sels from five percent of the world price future Canadian aid must take into con­ undertaking. That's why we're counting to the current rate. sideration Ukraine's political realities. (Continued on page 14) New Ps & Bs chief: And, thanks to an Ontario-based "Politics and economics have a mutu­ dairy, the people of Lviv can now look al relationship," he said. "You don't lec­ Dr. Louis Melosky forward to drinking clean, pasteurized ture on navigation when the ship is milk. Taras Soltys, director of manufac­ going down. It's fine that the Canadian by Christopher Guly turing for Ault Foods Ltd. in Etobicoke, government is pumping money into Ontario considered one of the world's Ukraine, but the programs are essentially WINNIPEG — Dr. Louis top 10 dairy companies, is working on a those that were designed for the former Melosky, a Winnipeg orthodontist, Canadian government-supported $1.2 Soviet Union." was elected president of the million bilateral project with Ukraine. Mr. Axworthy, a former federal min­ Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Ault Foods has introduced bagged milk ister of transport, said that Ukraine also Business Federation (UCBF) at its in Lviv, as well as gouda and mozzarella needs international support to first pro­ June 30 to July 4 biennial meeting in cheese in Buchach, south of Ternopil. tect its sovereignty. "Its primary threat is the city. He won by a 35 to 34 vote Mr. Soltys told The Weekly that two of from Russia, which also has a strangle­ margin, inching out Winnipeg archi­ the biggest challenges facing the Ault hold on Ukraine's oil and gas indus­ tect Ron Basarab, who served as pro­ group is product quality and attitude. tries," he said to repeated applause. gram сЬаіфег80п for the conference. He explained that while Canadian "Here we're forcing it to dismantle its Of the 280 registered delegates pasteurized milk can last between 18 and nuclear weaponry without giving a secu­ attending the four-day meeting, 106 21 days, the unsanitary methods of pro­ rity guarantee to Ukraine." were fully accredited to vote for the ducing Ukrainian milk render only an Mr. Goresky was less political. new executive. 18-hour shelf-life. The milk is sold for "Ukraine needs two things from us: Dr. Melosky succeeds Toronto 224 coupons or six Canadian cents. effective information gathering and lawyer Eugene Zalucky. "When we asked them if they pasteur­ direct business involvement." Among the newly elected all- ized their milk, they would say yes, but On the first recommendation, Andrij Winnipeg executive are: Bill soon, once they knew that we weren't Hluchowecky, director of the Ukrainian Werbeniuk, executive director for the going to laugh in their faces, they admit­ Canadian Congress' Ottawa-based Ukrainian Canadian Congress' ted that their operations weren't quite up Information Bureau, said that a Dr. Viktor Pynzenyk Winnipeg headquarters, who was to snuff," Mr. Soltys explained. His Ukrainian-Canadian Policy and Trade voted in as executive vice-president; company has also introduced Ukrainians Center has been established to publish Lydia Hawryshkiw, Mr. Werbeniuk's to chocolate, vanilla and strawberry soft Monitor, a periodical filled with infor­ Ukraine awaits... assistant, who will serve as secretary; ice cream. mation on Ukrainian policy, economics and school counselor Joan Fifty Ukrainian-based projects, valued and cultural issues. (Continued from page 5) Lewandowsky-Kuzia, treasurer. at $14.5 million, are currently being "Ukrainians need to know that we are a consulate in Edmonton looks favor­ Mr. Basarab, 44, said he was dis­ funded by the Canadian department of not meddling but helping," said Mr. appointed that voting delegates chose able, but nothing is definite at this time. External Affairs, said Mel MacDonald, Goresky. "There are many details that have to be a member of the "old guard." Dr. director of the Bureau of Assistance for Ms. Hepburn said that the bottoin line Melosky, who is in his 60s, was worked out," he said. Central and Eastern Europe in Ottawa. is hanging in there. When asked whether the provincial unavailable for comment. However, the amount of bilateral trade "Consider Canada, and what would "I think some of the old boys got council would initiate a fund-raising between the two countries seemed to be happen if the 10 provinces and two terri­ drive for an Edmonton consulate, Jacuta scared at the last minute," said Mr. in dispute. Mr. MacDonald told the con­ tories decided to go independent, with the Basarab. However, he said he looks said the members of the UCC executive ference that last year, Canada was country's currency system collapsing and had discussed this issue and expressed forward to working with the new involved in $300 million in bilateral the United States posing a direct threat to executive in holding a special confer­ concerns. trade. Dr. Pynzenyk put the figure at $9 our sovereignty," she commented. "Those kind of fund-raising efforts — ence as early as next year. million. "Now consider Ukraine, which has The UCPBF is scheduled to hold if allowed to continue in an unrestrained However, the Canadian government survived the first world war, a famine, way — will seriously affect the ability of its next conference in Montreal in plans to sign an economic agreement the second world war and communism," 1995. But Mc Basarab noted that the UCC to maintain its own opera­ with Ukraine later this year. And, she continued. "Someone in Ukraine told tions," he said. some of the organization's members Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon, whose me that if they survived that, they could are planning an "extraordinary" con­ province boasts Ukrainian Canadians as survive the transition to a democratic ference to be held in Kyyiv in 1994. Reprinted with permission from the third-largest ethnic group, also and free-market economy." Ukrainian News: of Edmonton. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993 23rd convention of UNWLA marked by spirit of the times

by Marta Baczynsky Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

NEWARK, NJ. — Guided by tradition and infused with the spirit of the times, the XXIIIrd Convention of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America was called to order on May 28 at the Newark Airport Mariott Hotel. Hosting the three-day event was the UNWLA's New Jersey Regional Council. Delegates, guests and friends of the largest Ukrainian women's organization in the United States gathered to review, listen, debate and ^ide on issues of importance to them as individuals, women, mothers and members of the community — issues they deal with through their work and involve­ ment in the UNWLA. Because "the highest legislative power of the UNWLA is the convention," as stated in its by-laws, any determinations agreed upon by this assembly are undoubtedly slated to play an important role in the life of the organization. The convention's 141 delegates representing 105 branches of the UNWLA throughout the United States elected a new slate of officers to its national board. Empowered by the convention, the job of this group of people will be to provide leadership for the more than 3,000 members, and carry out "all business in compli­ ance with the resolutions of the convention for the need and interest of the organization" (UNWLA By-Laws). Among the adopted resolutions were measures The opening ceremonies of the XXIII Convention of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America. directed at expanding and strengthening the organiza­ Standing (from left) next to the "Tree of Life" are: Maria Savchak, UNWLA president, Lidia Burachynsky, tion, shaping it to be better prepared to meet its respon­ honorary president, Iwanna Ratych, first vice-president. On the podium: Luba Siryj Robinson, president of sibilities, as well as working towards the achievement the Convention Committee, and Maria Tomorug, corresponding secretary, delivering the Convention prayer. of its goals with more efficiency, effectiveness and pro­ ductivity. The growth of the organization in terms of membership increase, the continuation of its developed, described as "very much a woman of today" and "a per­ active, ongoing programs, the centralization of its aid son who gets things done" by people who know her and and support programs, as well as the preservation of have worked with her. Juggling multiple responsibilities UNWLA National Board Ukrainians as a nationally identifiable group in the as a wife, a mother and a businessperson, Mrs. United States, were the key issues upheld by the resolu­ Krawczuk also finds time to take an active interest in for 1993-1996 tions. her church parish and participates in her community's activities. She has served in the United States Women's Anna Krawczuk was elected as the new president of Honorary Presidents the UNWLA. She succeeds Maria Savchak, who held Army Corps and is a member of the Ukrainian the office for the past six years. Mrs. Krawczuk has American Veterans Post No. 30 in Freehold, N.J., and a Lidia Burachynsky been with the organization for 30 years and is a member junior vice-commander of the New Jersey Department Iwanna Rozankowsky of UNWLA's Branch 86 in New Jersey. She is also a of Ukrainian American Veterans. Maria Savchak second-generation "Soyuzianka" who had joined the Upon assuming the leadership of the 68-year-old UNWLA at the urging of her mother, an honorary organization, Mrs. Krawczuk, said that "it will not be Executive Board member of the UNWLA, Natalia Chaplenko. easy to follow in the footsteps of my worthy predeces­ Anna Krawczuk — president Since 1984 Mrs. Krawczuk has chaired the sors." She asked for the support and cooperation of the Olga Trytyak — first vice-president UNWLA members, "for only through a mutual effort UNWLA's highly successful and far-reaching Natalia Danylenko — second vice-president, can we continue our activities to realize set goals for the Scholarship/Student Sponsorship Program, which for membership benefit of our people and our organization." the last 25 years has provided educational opportunities Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak — third The pre-convention kick-off was a politically orient­ to hundreds of Ukrainian children and youths in many vice-president, cultural affairs ed panel held in the evening hours on Friday, May 28, countries throughout the world and, most recently, in Iryna Kurowyckyj — fourth vice-president, which featured Viktor Batiuk, Ukraine's ambassador to Eastern Europe and Ukraine. public relations the United Nations, and David M, Hatcher, a specialist The newly elected UNWLA president has been Iwanna Hankewycz — recording secretary on government outreach efforts with business and pri­ Barbara Bachynsky — corresponding secretary vate voluntary organizations. Mr. Hatcher is on the staff Roma Shuhan — treasurer of Ambassador Richard L. Armitage, deputy to the Panelists discuss attitudes I coordinator of U.S. assistance to the Commonwealth of Taissa Turiansky — financial secretary Independent States of the former Soviet Union. Also Lydia Bilous — member-at-large toward independent Ukraine |sharin g the podium was Robert A. McConnell, an attor­ Sofia Hewryk — member-at-large I ney whose field of expertise is matters pending before Chairs by Bozhena Olshaniwsky the legislative branch of the government. In general, the topics of discussion were Ukraine's Luba Firchuk — Art and Museum NEWARK, N.J. — Ukraine's financial obligations to emerging fragile role and image in the world communi­ Oka Hrycak — Education the United Nations, aid to Ukraine and its implementa­ ty, the relationship between the United States and Lidia Czernyk — Social Welfare tion, and the future of Ukraine's independence were the Ukraine based on political and economic factors, as Luba Bilowchtchuk — Scholarship Program 3pics of a Friday night discussion panel held at the well as the problems faced by Ukraine in developing Helen Bobylak — Press and Publications Newai'k Airport Marriott Hotel preceding the UNWLA and securing its democratic principles. Iryna convention. Kurowyckyj, the member-at-large on the UNWLA Regional Council Presidents The main speakers, U.N. Ambassador Viktor H. national board, organized the panel and chaired the dis­ Natalia Hewko — Detroit Batiuk, David M. Hatcher of the U.S. Department of cussions. State and Robert McConnell of the U.S.-Ukraine Oxana Farion — Philadelphia On Saturday, May 29, opening ceremonies of the Foundation, led the discussion and answered questions Nadia Sawczuk — New York XXIIIrd Convention of the UNWLA were led by Luba from the audience of 250 delegates and guests. Maria Kramarchuk — Upstate New York Siryj-Robinson, president of the Convention Maria Polanskyj — New Jersey "The Attitude of the International Community toward Committee. The traditional procession of the members Iwanna Shkarupa — Ohio Independent Ukraine" was Ambassador Batiuk's topic, of the national board, followed by the presidents of Anastazia Charysh — Chicago but he emphasized Ukraine's relations with Russia and regional councils and honorary presidents of tlie organi­ Irene HIadkyj — New England the U.S. He briefly outlined Ukraine's unique position zation, Lidia Burachynsky and Iwanna Rozankowsky, Natalia Kushnir-Verzole — Upstate as a neutral zone of peace and as the stabilizing key to as well as the lighting of the "Tree of Life," the recita­ New York - South the preservation of democracy in Eastern Europe. He tion of a prayer, and the singing of the national and elaborated on Russia's bellicosity in reacting to UNWLA anthems, served to inspire the participants Auditing Committee Ukraine's independence. with pride in their organization. There was an almost Mr. Batiuk stressed Ukraine's need for security guar­ tangible eagerness to begin the task at hand. Ivanna Ratych — president antees noting that Ukraine's interests coincide with Oksana Bryzhun-Sokolyk, president of the World Maria Tomorug — member world interests. He emphasized that Ukraine's indepen­ Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations; Atena Rosalie Polche — member dence should be preserved at all costs, and pointed out Pashko, president of the Ukrainian Women's League of Maria Dorozynsky — alternate member that Israel receives over $3 billion in aid per year from Ukraine; and Maria Turchyn, who heads the organiza- Lidia Ficalowych — alternate member (Continued on page 12) (Continued on page 10) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993 No. 29

City, founded by the UNWLA in 1976, 23rd convention... won unanimous support from the dele­ (Continued from page 9) gates in its major fund-raising endeavor to allow for relocation to a large, repre­ tion in Ivano-Frankivske in Ukraine, sentative facility. A total of $10,000 was were among the guests present during all raised in several minutes, as delegates of the convention proceedings. They also made presentations on behalf of their delivered greetings from their respective branches. constituencies. Although Ukraine and its needs were \\M^ (201) 831-1499 • "^^ The guest list of the elegant convention very much on the minds of the delegates, I ^^ PACKAGE and FOOD Parcel Service ^^ banquet held on Sunday, May 31, was the future of UNWLA as an American- headed by Bishop Basil Losten, and based organization meeting the require­ ZAKARPATSKA, IVANO-FRANKIVSKA included Ambassador Batiuk, Ukraine's ments of growing generations of LVIVSKA and CHERNIVCY OBLAST Consul General in New York; Viktor Ukrainian Americans also was of con­ ENGELMAN Grocery RAHWAY Travel Steven Musey Kryzhanivsky, and Dr. Zenoviy cern. Delegates spoke in general about Brooklyn, NY Rahway, NJ Milleville, NJ Kryvoruchko, commissioner of the Lviv the need to establish programs and r 718 436-9709 908 381-8800 609 825-7665 Regional Ministry of Health, among oth­ organizational environment that wouiu ers. Also present at the gala affair were appeal to young Ukrainian American AUTHORIZED AGENTS many distinguished representatives of var­ women both today and tomorrow. ious Ukrainian American organizations. The organization's role in the preserva­ In its first order of business, the tion and propagation of the Ukrainian cul­ assembled delegates elected Maria tural heritage and the Ukrainian language '^ Kondrat, member of Branch 90 in was emphasized as high priority. The del­ r Philadelphia, to preside during the con­ egates specifically expressed the desire to ANNOUNCEMENT vention proceedings. see the founding of more pre-school Maria Savchak, president of the classes for children where they could UNWLA, shared with the audience the learn about their Ukrainian heritage. many momentous events in the United Delegates voiced their anxiety about TMDENT TRADE GROUP / UKRAINIAN GIFT States and in Ukraine, in which she par­ the state of the elderly, the ill and the ticipated during the last three years as needy in our communities and looked to SHOP the official representative of the organi­ the expansion of existing programs and IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEWEST STORE zation. These events were associated the establishment of new ones within the with the emergence of Ukraine as an organization, which would serve that independent state. Mrs. Savchak said segment of the population. The that the fact she was invited to many UNWLA's current public relations activ­ DNIPRO state affairs showed the UNWLA is rec­ ities were applauded, though delegates IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ognized and has the respect of the agreed that Йіе UNWLA must become a American and Ukrainian governments. strong organization if its influence is to "Our point of view, our attitude, as well make a difference. In this they referred ESTABLISHED IN 1989 TRIDENT TRADE GROUP as the work we do warrants such atten­ to I6bbying the U.S. government in tion from these governments," she said. Washington on behalf of Ukraine's IS COMMITTED TO OFFER THE BEST PARCEL Mrs. Savchak described the work interests. DELIVERY SERVICE TO UKRAINE IN BOTH OUR accomplished by the organization during The entire assembly was pleased to her term of office, which was detailed in learn of the election of Mrs. Kurowyckyj LOCATIONS. SERVICES OFFERED: the following two days in numerous to the post of president of the National Panel presentations prepared by mem­ Council of Women of the United States, bers and chairs from the national board. thus providing opportunities for greater * Parcel package delivery * Food parcels With the support of invited guest speak­ exposure for Ukrainian women and ers, the panel discussions centered on Ulo-aine through the NCW as well as the * Air express delivery • Custom food parcels topics dealing with various aspects — International Council of Women. * Wire transfer of US Dollars * Appliances current and future — of the organiza­ The convention also served as a tion's multi-faceted agenda. forum for the presentation of commen-, *VCR's, Radios, Cameras (220v) * Car shipment Membership, finances, public relations, dations for work well done. During the ALSO- scarves, sweaters, material, threads and the press, culture and the programs^ in Saturday luncheon, 70 branches received situ — the scholarship and social welfare certificates for various praiseworthy many other popular items for Ukraine program — as well as The Ukrainian deeds. Individual commendations for Museum, were expanded upon. outstanding achievements and service in The panels were interesting and infor­ the form of honorary memberships in the UKRAINIAN GIFT SHOP DNIPRO mative, though at times more theoretical organization were conferred upon Dr. II758 MITCHELL ST. than practical. Yet it was the vociferous Mary Beck, Lidia Diachenko, Iryna 698SANFORDAVE. delegates who put forth key indicators Levicky, Anastasia Smerechynsky, Iryna DETROIT, MI 48212 NEWARK, NJ 10716 and analysis of the organization's future Czaikowsky and the outgoing president, needs and desires regarding their organi­ Mrs. Savchak. These were presented (313)892-6563 (201) 373-8783 zation and its operation. during the banquet. In statements from the floor, much After the voices died down, and the emphasis was placed on the UNWLA's delegates departed for their homes J relationship with Ukraine, particularly throughout the U.S., they took with them the organization's expanding aid to that memories of ceremonies, pageantry and country. Delegates cited the need for a the good time of the convention. 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OPTIONS with regard to strengthening the infra­ In her address to the audience during structure of the UNWLA, for as one the convention's lavish banquet, the A Air, Hotel, Breakfast Basis, Air to Lviv (no excursions) $1,450.00 (15 Days) speaker noted, only "if we are a strong newly elected president, Anna В Air, Hotel, 3 Meals Daily, Air to Lviv (no excursions) $1,550.00 (15 Days) organization here, in the United States, Krawczuk, said: "The goal of the C Air, Hotel, 3 Meals Daily, Air to Lviv & excursions to: $1,950.00 (15 Days) can we provide Ukraine with the support UNWLA (since its founding in 1925) KYYIV/Kaniv HALYCH/ Iv. Frankivsk KOLOMYJA/ Kosiv it needs." Expansion of membership and has been and still is to unite women of LVIV KARPATY DROHOBYCH/Nahujevychi the augmentation of fund-raising efforts Ukrainian descent, who live in the TERNOPIUPochajiv YAREMCHEMorochta TRUSKAVETZ necessary to maintain a sound financial United States of America^ in order to FINAL REGISTRATION: 35 Days Before Departure base which would support the develop­ preserve Ukrainian ethnic identity and ment of necessary internal programs cultural heritage. Functioning in a demo­ tax included such as representation, fell within the cratic country, we are guided in our $650 strengthening parameters, as did the activities by the principles of Christian fly $375 one way revision of money management to allow ethics, religious tolerance, political non- "AIR UKRAINE' the uninterrupted publication of Our partisanship and the support of human July2—-Sept. 19 Life, the UNWLA's monthly magazine. rights, within the framework of a non­ SPECIAL FARES BETWEEN KYYIV AND WESTERN EUROPE However, a proposal to raise the sub­ profit charitable, educational and cultur­ London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris Kyyiv — $250 one way scription fee for the magazine, which al organization. We have always hon­ Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Vienna Kyyiv —- $199 one way celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, ored these principles and through unre­ was voted down by the delegates. lenting efforts of our members, we have I 220 SOUTH 20TH STREET-PHIUDEPHIA. PA 19103 | The Ukrainian Museum in New York accomplished our goals. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993 MUSIC REVIEW: Singer, songwriter OIha Bohomolets in New York

by Oles Kuzyszyn Given her young age and career com­ mitments. Dr. Bohomolets is quite a pro­ Among those in the medical profes­ lific songwriter. Some 25 songs were sion, the propensity to engage in some included in her May 16 program, many kind of musical activity is too frequent of them new compositions. Written sim­ to ignore. In the United States, doctors, ply, yet not simplistically, these gave orchestras, chamber ensembles and evidence of a highly intuitive songstress, choral groups abound. After a physically with a knack for engaging melodic pat­ and emotionally draining shift, it is not terns, and a more extensive harmonic uncommon for a doctor to spend a sooth­ vocabulary than that of most bards or ing hour or two at the keyboard or play- folk singers. g the violin. In the world of Ukrainian pop music, Occasionally, however, the typical the most vivid example of the marriage pitfalls of self-taught musicians of these two seemingly incongruous dis­ emerged, most notably, the blind repeti­ ciplines is the late Volodymyr Ivasiuk — tion of similar, familiar patterns from singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, song to song. Nevertheless, with further and ... medical doctor. Admittedly, in his dedication, persistence and experience. case, especially after achieving star sta­ Dr. Bohomolets has the potential to step tus, the voice of the muse easily over­ to the forefront as one of Ukraine's finer powered the fading echo of the singer/songwriters. This, of course, Hippocratic Oath. depends to a great degree upon her abili­ On Sunday, May 16, at the ty to deal with the time constraints Shevchenko Scientific Society in New placed upon her by a busy medical York, another physician took a short career. leave from the examining room and took to the stage to offer a touching set of Dr. Bohomolets' performance was original songs. Olha Bohomolets, a der­ refreshing in its sincerity and lack of matologist from Kyyiv, has devoted this pretentiousness. In the face of the never- early phase of her medical career to ending parade of mediocre pick-up treating victims of the Chornobyl disas­ groups and flash-in-the-pan soloists who ter. seem to arrive from Ukraine every Olha Bohomolets in a Philadelphia recording studio. In the quiet of the evening, or on week, her modest, understated manner weekends, she translates her daily was like a breath of fresh air. No further chooses texts carefully and wisely, never Bohomolets will settle into a consistent­ evidence of this was necessary than the encounters with human tragedy into con­ relegating them to a purely functional ly comfortable "zone" as a singer, which templative, often sorrowful songs, in extremely enthusiastic applause of the status, i.e. as a mere vehicle for her for her seems to be the slightly clipped, near capacity audience, which at the which she sets either her own texts, or musical ideas. Her own lyrics are as straightforward approach heard in the those of dissident poets, such as Lina conclusion of the concert lined up to compelling and lucid as those of any second half of the program. meet this unusual performer. Kostenko, Yaroslav Lesiv, Olena Teliha, Ukrainian songwriter heard to date. Zynoviy Krasivskyj, Yevhen Sverstiuk. Often, in just a few short verses, she As is typical of "folk singers," Dr. And once again, as many times in the Although she is a relative newcomer manages to encapsulate a deeply person­ Bohomolets accompanies herself on the • past, the Verkhovynky sorority produced to the musical stage, her efforts have al experience or relationship without guitar. Although her technique is not yet an event which through artistic means already resulted in several awards at all- alienating the listener, thanks to her fully developed, her approach to the drove home a disconcerting, but vital Ukrainian song festivals. This, and the poignant, yet "conversational" style. instrument is quite encouraging. She political and social message. admiration of several former dissident "Oy, Andriyku," a song about her son, rarely, as do many others, simply strums poets whose verses Dr. Bohomolets set serves as a striking example of how chords as a backdrop to her singing, but to music, brought her to the attention of skillfully Dr. Bohomolets walks the attempts, often with considerable suc­ Nadia Svitlychna, a former Soviet politi­ tightrope of sentimentality, without cess, to weave the guitar into the very cal prisoner, BOW living in New Jersey, FLOWERS jesortin^ to overt maudlinism. fabric of the song. At times, she executes who enthusiastically championed the an evocative figure or pattern, which young songstress. The Plast sorority, Her voice sounded best from the mid­ amplifies the lyrics. On one occasion, Verkhovynky, of which Mrs. Svitlychna dle of the program on, at which point Dr. the entire accompaniment consisted of is a member, sponsored the May 16 con­ Bohomolets seemed to finally relax, and her "drumming" the body of the guitar in cert, with all proceeds designated for the sing in an effortless and "folksy" man­ order to simulate a horse's gallop. Even Delivered in Ukraine Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. ner. In contrast, her first few songs were simple accompaniments are varied suffi­ 1-800-&32-1789 Dr. Bohomolets' main strength as a delivered with a forced, throaty vibrato, ciently from song to song so as not to Landmark, Ltd. songwriter is her cognizance of the possibly the result of some early jitters. become tiresome. importance of text as the most basic As she gains more and more experience communicative element in the song. She as a performer, one hopes Dr. SCOPE TRAVEL UKRAINE Does your current life insurance - FALL TOURS FEATURING.-

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the budget, taxes, etc. and thus there are Computer Graphic Design Typography & Illustration Panelists discuss... not enough resources to solve all the Sviatoslav Kruchowy • 45 Cellar Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040-2014 (Continued from page 9) problems in the former Soviet Union. Nevertheless, the U.S. is the first and the LUSTRATIONS I МоЖНй ПО U Evenings 516 488-4259 the U.S. to maintain stability in that part only country that has established CATALOGUES'. иЖ5Тшшії.™ОТ05 УкР^^СЬКИ . Days 718281-6283 of the world. The ambassador suggested embassies in all of the new states and that 1 biUion in aid to Ukraine would be considers them all to be diplomatically a worthy start to wards stability in that equal, he added. important region. The present fence-sit­ "The money we receive from the U.S. HAMALIA ting by the U.S. is not a realistic position congress," he continued, "has to be TRAVEL CONSULTANTS to maintain, he said. divided equitably among all 12 coun­ r MaUing Address: 43 St. Mark's Place, Suite 6E, New York, N.Y. 100Ю At the U.N., where it was one of the tries. The business conditions in the CIS original 51 founding members, Ukraine are far from satisfactory and therefore DIRECT TO KYYIV agreed to send 400 military personnel to we have difficulty in advising our r-*^- NY/KYYrV/NY...KYYIV/NY/KYYIVTHRusEFri5rH..$689. the former Yugoslavia and is prepared to vate businesses whether or not to in CONNECTING THRU KYYPV send another 900. He stated that Ukraine in Ukraine." In spite of the "mafia" has already paid a price by losing four being into everything, he said the U.S. NY/LVIV/NY. -fflRi; SEPTEMBER 15ГН..$849. men in that conflagration. has successfully developed some privati­ He then switched to the pressing mat­ zation projects in Lviv and Kharkiv, has Taxes included in all quotes a medical partnership with Ukraine, and For Reservations and Information Please Call: ter of a lack of funds and personnel at the Ukrainian representation to the U.N. is working on market reforms and demo­ k 1800 HAMALIA J cratic institutions. While Ukraine's mission has only eight staffers, the Russian mission employs The last speaker, Mr. McConnell of 150 diplomatic functionaries and has Washington, endeared himself to the taken over Soviet assets. He stated that it audience at the outset when he said he is impossible to do credible work with likes to talk about Ukraine, but warned such a shortage of personnel and money. that all the euphoria and jubilation over СОЮЗІВКА Ambassador Batiuk appealed to the the independence of Ukraine cannot audience for help and urged lobbying the block out the reality of its problems. His U.S. government to help reverse the subject, "Building a New Democracy punitive monetary levies imposed on with the Help of the United States," por­ SOYUZIVKA Ukraine by the U.N. This financial crisis trayed Ukraine's independence as fragile came about when Russia proposed a and delicate, and in need of nurturing. lowering of Russia's U.N. dues because "Neither can the historical perspective SUMMER PROGRAMS 1993 of the economic crisis in Russia and, in of Ukraine be ignored," he said. Some high points in this perspective include: Saturday, July 24 turn, proposed raising Ukraine's pay­ ments. This preposterous proposal, he the attitude of the Ukrainian diaspora in 8:30 pm CONCERT --TARAS PETRYNENKO and "HRONO" noted was supported and voted in by the the West Ukrainian aspirations alive 10:00 pm DANCE — music provided by FATA MORGANA U.S. This unprecedented turn of events through diligent work on issues such as Sunday, July 25 placed an unbearable financial burden on the defense of dissidents and members of 2:15 pm OUTDOOR CONCERT featuring FATA MORGANA Ukraine which has practically no finan­ the Ukrainian Helsinki Group; the U.S. cial resources to pay the exorbitant U.N. recognition of the independence of Saturday, July 31 dues now raised by 58 percent to $100 Ukraine in December 1991; the hosting 8:30 pm CONCERT — SOYUZIVKA DANCE WORKSHOP RECITAL; million, including $19 million in arrears of Gen. Konstantyn Morozov in 1992 by director: ROMA PRYMA BOHACHEVSKY inherited from tiie former Soviet Union. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney; and VESELI MUZYKY ENSEMBLE from Kyyiv In the event Ukraine does not pay its President Leonid Kravchuk's official 10:00 pm DANCE — music provided by VODOHRAY /N.Y./ U.N. dues by 1994, it stands to lose its visit to the U.S. with the special consid­ voting privileges. eration given him by President George Sunday, August 1 Bush at Camp David. 2:15 pm CONCERT — SVITLANA NYKYTENKO, soprano The next speaker, Mr. Hatcher of the HANNA KUPOROSOVA, pianist State Department, spoke on "Technical The lows in U.S. dealings with Assistance Programs in the Areas of Ukraine included: ignoring the famine of Saturday, August 7 Democratic Institution-Building, Energy 1932-1933, condoning "Operation 8:30 pm CONCERT — DUMKA CHOIR /N.Y./ and Environment," but his remarks were Keelhaul" at the end of Worid War II, VASYL HRECHYNSKY, conductor mainly an attempt to convince the audi­ the degrading "Chicken Kiev" speech by 10:00 pm DANCE — music provided by OLES KUZYSZYN Trio /N.J./ ence that the U.S. is giving ample aid to President Bush, and President Bill Ukraine. After his presentation, he was Clinton's snub of Prime Minister Leonid Sunday, August 8 challenged from the audience on a vari­ Kuchma. UNWLA Day ety of his statements and on the fact that Regarding U.S.-Ukraine relations, Mr. Saturday, August 14 U.S. policy has in the past been Russo- McConnell stated that this involves 8:30 pm CONCERT — Dance Ensemble CHERVONYI МАК /Ohio/ centric and discriminatory toward much more than just a discussion over a A Division of Midwest Contemporary Ballet Theatre Ukraine, thus resulting in Ukraine few old missiles. Nevertheless, we are VIRA MAGDALINA ILCZYSZYN, Artistic Director receiving less than its due share on a per moving forward, he said, even though at HALYNA KOVHANYCH, OKSANA KOVHANYCH (doughter) — capita scale. times it is one step forward and two performing songs and accompanied by guitar and bandura. Mr. Hatcher started by explaining the back. 10:00 pm DANCE — music provided by VODOHRAY /N.Y./ difference between the Marshall Plan at Ukraine's officials should meet with Saturday, August 21 the end of World War II and the present U.S. counteфarts and editorial boards of UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION aid to the new CIS countries. He blamed U.S. newspapers to inform them on^ 8:30 pm CONCERT — PROMETHEUS CHOIR /Philadelphia/ the present problems on the unprepared- issues of Russia's intentions regarding ADRIAN BRITTAN, conductor ness of the U.S. for the sudden collapse the Crimea and other territory of of the Soviet Union and on the lack of an Ukraine, nuclear weapons, the Black Soa 10:00 pm DANCE — music provided by BURYA Toronto/ existing infrastructure in the newly inde­ Fleet, trade, etc. This critically imports 11:30 pm Crowning of "MISS SOYUZIVKA 1994" pendent states. He said the U.S. govern­ act of international diplomacy was ment stressed the importance of a trans­ Saturday, August 28 accomplished by the Rukh leader fer of knowledge and experience rather Mykhailo Horyn who met officials such 8:30 pm CONCERT IN MEMORY of "ALEX" than money, in order to help these coun­ as Mr. Cheney in Washington, and was *** All proceeds will be fonA/arded to the family of the late ALEX HOLUB in tries develop a free market system. instrumental in providing a realistic Ukraine, whom he financially supported since his arrival in the U.S. He praised the people of Ukraine as assessment of the situation between 10:00 pm DANCE — music provided by KRYSHTAL well educated, proud, sophisticated and Russia and Ukraine. Sunday, August 29 very different from the "normal recipi­ "Political pressure on the U.S. gov­ 2:15 pm CONCERT: MUSIC OF LVIV COMPOSERS ents" of U.S. aid in the Third World. ernment must be kept up," said Mr. "The 12 new sets of governments and McConnell, "and the U.S. must be con­ LABOR DAY WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 3,4,5,6 officials," he said, "present a challenge vinced to send more aid to Ukraine and CELEBRATIONS MARKING THE CENTENNIAL of SVOBODA to the U.S. which is striving for strong support its independence." He went on 60th Anniversary of THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY U.S.-Ukraine relations. In the past 15 to say that history proves democracy in months, the U.S. has learned that when and the 40th Anniversary of SOYUZIVKA Ukraine started a long rime ago, that we criticize someone — we realize that Pylyp Orlyk wrote a constitution for the DANCE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT TO THE TUNES OF "SOUNDS OF SOYUZIVKA" we are also guilty — we still have Kozaks in 1710 based on principles of featuring: HRYC HRYNOVEC AND STEFAN BEN retained vestiges of a cold war mentality. democracy — a long time before the Mistress of Ceremonies: MARIANKA HAWRYLUK We have problems on our own turf and Americans or the French. "We must Program Director ANYA DYDYK-PETRENKO battles in our bureaucracies in the U.S." have hope, zest, imagination, release all He added that while progress in Ukraine bonds, open the doors, and we must con­ UNA Estate, Foordmore Rd., Kerhonk3on, NY 12446; requires a greater infusion of money, and vince the U.S. .government that Ukraine (914> 626-5641; FAX (914) 626-4638 Л transferpl^lvisjar^ ,and tedmici^i, is a сїШсаІ аЦу of the United^ there also are problems in the U.S. with concluded. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993 13 Yavorivsky urges... (Continued from page 4) Coordinator Valerie Burachinsky and Communications Director Maria Welyczkowsici. The Women's luncheon served as a reunion of the delegation which met in Kyyiv on April 5, as part of a Congressional fact-finding mission to Ukraine. The luncheon included strate­ gic discussions regarding potential joint projects between the CCRF and the Congressional women's group. High on priority list is a proposed shipment of acsperately needed medicine and baby food to Ukraine. Mrs. Yavorivsky, Mrs. Livingston and Mrs. Matkiwsky will be the co-facilitators of the project. Deputy and Mrs. Yavorivsky were also the guests of honor at a well-attend­ ed Washington reception hosted by the Ukrainian Embassy and the Children of Chomobyl ReHef Fund on June 16.

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Rt Soyuziuka: July 24-25 Friday, July 23 and feel free to invite friends, potential members, and others to a fun-filled PHILADELPHIA: The Philadelphia evening. The party will be held at the Department of Recreation, in conjunction home of Mark Zelisko at 15 Bonnie Brae with the Ukrainian Festival Committee of Road in Hinsdale and begins at 5 p.m. metropolitan Philadelphia, is sponsoring (adults only). Barbecue favorites will be "Echoes of Ukraine," an evening of served. The charge is $15 for members, Ukrainian song and dance, to commemo­ $20 for non members. For more informa­ rate the second anniversary of Ukrainian tion call Patti Mackiw, (312) 975-5917 independence. The festival will take place (home),or (312) 984-4133 (office). at Robin Hood Dell in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park at 8 p.m. Performances Sunday, August 1 by lyric soprano I. Semenenko, tenor O. Martsenkivsky, kobza player A. JOHNSON CITY, N.Y.: All are invited Mamalyha, the Oberehy vocal ensemble, to attend the 66th annual Ukrainian the Lyman dance ensemble, and the Festival at St. John's Memorial Center. Prometheus Choir directed by Adrian Visitors will be able to sample fine Bryttan. Admission is free. For informa­ Ukrainian food, crafts and imports tion please call (215) 455-8751 or (215) between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. A concert fea­ 663-1166. turing Ukrainian dancers and a choir starts at 2 p.m. From 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. music Friday, July 23- Sunday, August 15 will be provided by the Rhythm Katz. A CHICAGO: The Dolya Ukrainian $1 donation will be collected. Parking is Artists Association will present an art free.This event will be held rain or shine. Fata Morgana: (from left) Dior Shablovksy, Oleksa Kerekesha and Serhiy Kolomiyets. exhibit featuring young artists from Wednesday, August 4-Sunday, August 8 Eastern Europe at the Ukrainian Art KERHONKSON, N.Y.—The premier Gallery, 2228 W. Chicago Ave. The will also play at the regular Saturday reception will begin with hors d'oeuvres SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: The Ukrainian resort in the Catskills will pre­ night dance, starting at 10 p.m. on the and drinks on July 23 at 7 p.m. The group Ukrainian Orthodox League of the U.S.A. sent an exciting weekend with rockers Veselka patio. (Yuri Gushchenia, Oleksi Kovalenko, is holding its 46th annual convention at Fata Morgana, and Taras Petrynenko and The other highlight of the weekend is Natalia Liapandra, Elena Vasuleanok) will the Ukrainian Cultural Center here. Hrono on July 24-25. Taras Petrynenko and Hrono from exhibit original paintings, graphics, Nationally known Orthodox speakers Fata Morgana arrived in the U.S. in Kyyiv, who will perform on Saturday at ceramics, and batik. Artists will be present scheduled to appear include Dr. John 199land has since thrilled Ukrainian 8:30 p.m. in the Veselka auditorium.. at the reception. The gallery is open on Boojamra, director of the Orthodox audiences at various venues. Rock rendi­ This band, currently on its second U.S. Educational Commission; Dr. Patricia Friday, 6-10 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 tions of Taras Shevchenko's poetry are tour, includes Tetiana Horobets and Marshall, assistant director of ethics at p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. For fur­ the band's trademark, and the band has ther information call (312) 278-2220. Loyola University; and well-known author Oleksander Mohylivsky. and movie director, Frank Shaeffer. The built on their U.S. success by recently For those arriving on Friday, July 23, releasing a new recording. 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UKRAINIAN SHUMKA DANCERS (Continued from page 6) embrace, the State Departments of both DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton We've EXTCNDCD our SPECIAL, have been incapable of conceiving a sta­ ble geopolitical order not buttressed by so until further notice, you can get the nuclear weapons. AWARD WINNING dance video of SHUMKAs Even as it urges Ukraine to abandon historic Concert Tour to Ukraine, at a its arsenal, the U.S. seeks to do so in a way that will not add to the arguments 40% reduced price of $24.95. (USD) ($29.95 CDN) discrediting nuclear technology as a (Plus Shippings Handling) (Reg.$39.95) whole. 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