INSIDE:• Kateryna Chumachenko Yuschchenko speaks on life in Ukraine — page 3. • U.S. rating of Ukraine’s human right practices — page 4. • Winter pursuits: skiing, snowboarding, mountaineering, etc. — centerfold.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE KRAINIANNo. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T U Political groupingsW charge violations Poor preparation, dissension in ranks cited of election law by pro-presidential bloc as reasonsby Roman Woronowycz for poor showingOlympic preparations. at Olympics by Roman Woronowycz cials had simply become campaign Kyiv Press Bureau “For the situation to improve, we have Kyiv Press Bureau workers for the pro-presidential For a to start rebuilding the training bases and United Ukraine electoral bloc, headed by KYIV – Poor preparation and internal to concentrate on youth programs once KYIV – With just under a month President Leonid Kuchma’s chief of staff dissension were behind the failure of again. Then there will be possibilities,” before parliamentary elections, political Volodymyr Lytvyn. He explained that Ukraine’s Olympians, especially its parties and blocs from various wings of explained Mr. Platonov, who is also the “administrative resources,” the use of much-vaunted female biathlon squad, to the political spectrum are increasingly rector of the State University of Physical government officials and the powers of win a single medal in Salt Lake City, said alleging violations of campaign election Education and Sport. the offices they hold, were being used to a leading Ukrainian sports official on law by a pro-presidential electoral bloc. In an exclusive interview with The interfere with the Our Ukraine campaign. March 6. The official also admitted that Both the Our Ukraine election bloc, Weekly, in which the noted professor Mykola Hryniv, assistant director of cross-country skier Iryna Terelia was condemned the dissension within the led by Viktor Yushchenko and guilty of using a banned substance before ranks of the biathlon team and the way in Oleksander Moroz’s Socialist Party said (Continued on page 14) competing. which it went about preparing for Salt that certain government officials were While Chairman of the State Lake City, Mr. Platonov called the per- impeding their campaign efforts. They Committee of Physical Education and formance of Ukraine’s Olympians in Salt blamed a rival election bloc for the prob- Sport Maria Bulatova and President of Lake City dismal. lems. the National Olympic Committee of “In a word, overall the results were Commenting on March 4 on a just- Albright says Kuchma Ukraine Ivan Fedorenko continued to unacceptable,” explained Mr. Platonov. completed campaign swing through the refrain from commentary or analysis on “But this is merely a general grade. There central and eastern regions of Ukraine, Ukraine’s poor showing at last month’s were bigger failures that even reached Mr. Yushchenko criticized efforts by can be influenced Olympic Games pending a comprehen- embarrassing levels. Here I mean the public officials to limit the impact of his sive review, Vladimir Platonov, vice- biathletes.” political message. to ensure fair elections president of the NOC-Ukraine, was not He underscored, however, that there “Some of Ukraine’s regions are out of by Yaro Bihun so reticent. He criticized Ukraine’s biath- were events where Ukraine’s athletes step with democracy,” said Mr. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly letes, their federation and their trainers exceeded expectations, including Yushchenko. “The authorities there know for the poor performance in Salt Lake freestyle, luge, bobsled and the downhill only a very crude form of democracy and WASHINGTON – Former U.S. City, and took a verbal swipe at the events. are not prepared for political debate.” Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright International Olympic Federation as well. Mr. Platonov has written several books Two days earlier in Berdiansk, a city says that Ukrainian President Leonid However, his main point was that located in southeastern Ukraine, Mr. Kuchma can be influenced by the United Ukraine must get back to the basics in its (Continued on page 10) Yushchenko said that many local offi- States and the West into ensuring that the campaign process leading up to the March 31 parliamentary elections, and the elections themselves, are conducted fairly. “He does think – at least that’s the Sociologistby Andrij Makuchexamines latest wave of Ukrainian immigration to Canada came to North America from 1991 to needs. way I read it – that what Washington 2001, and continue to arrive even today. The second: How well, if at all, do the thinks about him is important to him,” TORONTO – Prof. Wsewolod Isajiw, Prof. Isajiw estimated their number to be new immigrants integrate into Toronto’s a prominent Ukrainian Canadian sociolo- Dr. Albright said on March 4, during a approximately 18,000 to 20,000 in Ukrainian community? This is considered briefing about her visit to Ukraine in gist, recently revealed some preliminary Canada and at least 100,000 in the United through the prism of the theory posed by findings from a groundbreaking study of February as part of a pre-election moni- States. He added that, “technically,” he Louis Hartz, a sociologist best-known for the latest wave of Ukrainian immigrants toring mission of the National would call this a “Fifth Wave” of his study “The Founding of New to Canada. Speaking at the University of Democratic Institute (NDI), of which she Ukrainian immigration, as it was preceded Societies,” that new immigrants live for a Toronto on January 28 at a seminar co- is now chairman. by Ukrainian immigrants from Poland in long time by issues that were significant sponsored by the Canadian Institute of During her meeting with the the 1980s, but was amenable to consider- to them in their home country before their Ukrainian Studies and the Peter Jacyk Ukrainian president, Dr. Albright said, departure. Program for the Study of Ukraine, Prof. ing it as the second phase of a “Fourth she was surprised about how “very con- Isajiw addressed the topic “Fourth Wave Wave.” Getting into the subject matter proper, cerned” he was about the resolutions in Immigrants from Ukraine, 1991-2001: The information gathered for the proj- Prof. Isajiw provided a basic profile of the the U.S. Congress on the subject of elec- Results of a New Study.” ect came from 304 interviews, conducted immigrants. Ninety percent were born in tions in Ukraine. The information presented at this event in the Toronto area between November Ukraine, and 90 percent came as inde- (President Kuchma’s concern may was gathered in the course of a wide-rang- 2000 and January 2001. The interviews, pendent immigrants (the remaining 10 have been caused by a mistranslation of ing study on the Fourth Wave of consisting of 161 questions, were con- percent arrived sponsored). Just over one- the resolutions, she said. The resolutions, Ukrainian immigration to Canada.” The ducted by 10 research assistants, who quarter (26 percent) have taken Canadian which note that there is a new electoral research was undertaken by Prof. Isajiw, themselves were mainly recent arrivals. citizenship. law in Ukraine but that it needs to be car- Robert F. Harney Professor Emeritus of The data from the study are still being They are divided almost equally ried out, were translated to say that Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism analyzed, so that the seminar, as Prof. between males and females. Most (78.6 Ukraine needed to pass a new electoral Studies, University of Toronto; Prof. Isajiw emphasized, should be regarded as percent) are married, while 11 percent are law.) Victor Satzewich, Sociology, McMaster the results of a work in progress. single and 9 percent divorced or separat- “And it made me really understand University, Hamilton; and Ewhen The study, and the seminar, addressed ed. Their average age upon arrival was very vividly the importance of pressure Duvalko, executive director, Canadian two major questions. 35.4, while their average age at the time of from all of us,” she said. “He could be Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society, The first: How well are the new being interviewed was 39, indicating that made to understand the importance of his Toronto; with the assistance of Iroida Ukrainian Canadians adapting to the they had been in Canada, on average, for legacy before Ukraine and how he will Wynnyckyj and Katya Duvalko. The Canadian economic system? This is just over 3.5 years. be regarded by people that he does think Heritage Foundation of the 1st Security examined within the context of Canada’s An interesting statistic, considering the are important.” Federal Savings Bank of Chicago, whose immigration policy which, from the mid- Toronto housing market, is that 22 percent “I think that he does care. He would president is Julian Kulas, provided fund- 1970s to late 2001 (a major overhaul of are homeowners. like to see himself as one of the main ing for the project. Canadian immigration policy was Seventeen percent have no children, reformers of the post-Soviet world, and I The subject of study of the so-called announced recently), sought to match while 31.9 percent had one and 45 percent think he’s beginning to see that he’s not “Fourth Wave” are those Ukrainians who immigrants directly with existing labor (Continued on page 11) (Continued on page 10) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Opposition denied equal media access Rada urges more top-level probes ... protest by Hrach supporters. (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on March in parliamentary election campaign 6 backed a non-binding motion asking the Chernomyrdin: West humiliates Ukraine by Taras Kuzio President Kuchma and to the oligarchs are procurator general to bring criminal pro- RFE/RL Media Matters at a great disadvantage in the current elec- ceedings against President Leonid Kuchma KYIV – Russian Ambassador to Ukraine tions in obtaining access to the media. The in connection with allegations that Mr. Viktor Chernomyrdin on March 5 said the Ukraine’s parliamentary elections on authorities are using every method at their Kuchma ordered an assassination attempt “massive” visits of Western politicians to March 31 come at a time when public trust disposal to prevent Oleksander Moroz’s on lawmaker Oleksander Yeliashkevych, Ukraine in the run-up to the March 31 par- in the media is relatively low. Ukrainians Socialists and the Yulia Tymoshenko radi- Ukrainian media reported. The previous liamentary elections are a “humiliation and who fully trust the media range from a low cal opposition bloc from obtaining access day the Parliament had passed a similar insult” to the country, Interfax reported. of 11.6 to 15.5 percent, depending on the to the media in an effort to restrict popular motion, accusing the president of assisting “They have suddenly fallen in love with region, according to a January poll by the support for these two blocs. Mr. former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko in Ukraine, they have wanted transparency [in Center for Economic and Political Studies. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine bloc faces plotting the murders of two lawmakers, the election], and, especially, they have felt One reason the media is not trusted is fewer media restrictions because it is only Yevhen Scherban and Vadym Hetman. The an urgent need for a strong Ukraine. As my because it is mainly controlled by the anti-oligarch, not anti-Kuchma, but it also Verkhovna Rada also asked the procurator grandson says, I am ‘cracking up’ from executive and oligarchs who are denying faces severe problems. general to launch criminal probes into the such pronouncements,” Mr. Chernomyrdin equal access for all 35 election parties and The executive and the oligarchs control alleged role of lawmaker Oleksander said, referring to unspecified Western politi- blocs – especially those in opposition to most of the country’s media. The most Volkov in money laundering, as well as cians. (RFE/RL Newsline) President Leonid Kuchma. against presidential administration chief popular television stations in Ukraine – Ukraine confirms European course Recognizing this problem, the which cover between 70 and 90 percent of Volodymyr Lytvyn and State Tax Verkhovna Rada last month approved a the country – are 1+1 and Inter on chan- Administration chief Mykola Azarov over resolution “On Securing Citizens’ Right to KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister nels 2 and 3 respectively. Both television alleged abuses of office. (RFE/RL Anatolii Kinakh said at NATO headquarters Information” during the elections. stations are controlled by the SDPU and its Newsline) The regular flouting of media legisla- in Brussels on March 1 that Ukraine con- ally, the oligarchic Democratic Union. The firms its strategic and irreversible course tion by national deputies and the executive Labor Ukraine oligarchic party controls ... fails to address Melnychenko tapes is a second reason that there is a low level toward economic and political integration the ICTV and Era television stations. KYIV – National deputies on March 6 with European structures, Ukrainian and of public trust in the media. The honorary In addition to restricting access to the president of the television station Inter is failed to pass a resolution on giving the international media reported. Mr. Kinakh media, the executive and oligarchs have floor to lawmaker Oleksander Zhyr, chair- made this declaration at a joint press confer- Oleksander Zinchenko, head of the oli- undertaken a number of concerted actions garchic Social Democratic Party (United) man of the temporary commission dealing ence with NATO Secretary-General Lord against independent media or those sym- with the murder of Heorhii Gongadze, who George Robertson. Speaking about the key [SDPU] parliamentary faction and chair- pathetic to the opposition. man of the parliamentary committee on is expected to report on the results of a priorities of Ukraine-NATO cooperation, In Odesa, 15 journalists on the Hot Line recent U.S. expert examination of audio- Mr. Kinakh said both sides should work Freedom of Speech and Information. Inter, television station were fired after they which broadcasts mainly in Russian, regu- tapes made in President Leonid Kuchma’s toward strengthening Ukraine’s borders in openly stated their intention of maintaining office by former bodyguard Mykola order to erect a barrier to illegal immigra- larly flouts Article 9 of the law “On neutrality in the elections. The decision Television and Radio,” which states that Melnychenko, Interfax reported. The tion, arms and drug trafficking, and interna- was a warning to journalists that they motion to address this issue was backed by tional terrorism. (RFE/RL Newsline) 50 percent of programming should be in should work only for pro-presidential par- the state language, Ukrainian. 191 deputies, but the required majority is ties. 226 votes. (RFE/RL Newsline) Parties want to cast Moroz out of election At a February meeting with the Central In Luhanske the Efir-1 television com- Election Commission, the National pany was closed by the City Council after Court refuses to re-register Hrach KYIV – The leaders of six parties and Television and Radio Council (NTRC) it refused to endorse the dismissal of election blocs – the National Rukh of complained that the greatest number of Mayor Anatolii Yahoferov, a sympathizer SYMFEROPOL – The Central District Ukraine, the New Force Party, the Unity legal violations had been undertaken by of Mr. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine. Court in Symferopol has rejected the com- Bloc, the All-Ukrainian Party of Workers, foreign (i.e., Western) media subleasing In November 2001 presidential plaint of Crimean Parliament Chairman the Popular Party of Depositors and Social broadcast time from Ukrainian media and spokesman Ihor Storozhuk was appointed Leonid Hrach against its decision of Protection, and the Democratic Party and warned that the licenses of these Ukrainian head of the National Television Company February 25 to annul his registration as a the Democratic Union Party Bloc – have media outlets would be revoked. This kind to ensure that the executive fully con- candidate for a seat in the Crimean legis- appealed to the Central Election of official hostility to foreign media only trolled this important station. The only lature, UNIAN reported. Mr. Hrach origi- Commission to annul the registration of applies to Western – not Russian – media. Ukrainian-language newspaper in Crimea, nally filed his complaint with Ukraine’s Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz as The election law prohibits election cam- Krymska Svitlytsia, stopped receiving Supreme Court, which subsequently a parliamentary election candidate, the paigning by foreign media, although these state funds in November 2001 because it returned it to Symferopol with a remark Ukrainska Pravda website and UNIAN articles have never been applied against never hid its support for Mr. Yushchenko. that the complaint should be filed through reported on February 28. The parties say the extensive Russian print and television Ivan Drach, a leading member of the Our the court of the fist instance, that is, the Mr. Moroz baselessly accused “a number of media available in Ukraine. The NTRC Ukraine bloc, was replaced as chairman of Central District Court. However, Judge officials of committing grave crimes, abuse did not threaten Ukrainian television sta- the State Committee on Information, Oleksander Opanasiuk from the Central of office and other offenses” in a Socialist tions, such as Inter, which re-broadcast Television and Radio on February 7 by District Court dismissed Mr. Hrach’s com- Party campaign spot on Ukrainian Russian programs. Russian TV and radio Ivan Chyzh, a defector from Mr. Moroz’s plaint, saying that the February 25 deci- Television on February 21. The spot fea- programs support pro-Kuchma and oli- Socialists. It was important to the execu- sion on ousting Mr. Hrach from the elec- tured former presidential bodyguard garchic blocs and are not favorably dis- tive branch that Mr. Drach and the Our tion race was final and not subject to Mykola Melnychenko and included posed to the anti-Kuchma opposition or to Ukraine bloc have no influence over the appeal. Mr. Hrach’s supporters have excerpts of Mr. Melnychenko’s tapes in former Prime Minister Viktor State Committee during the election cam- pitched 15 tents on Symferopol’s Lenin which a voice resembling that of President Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine bloc. paign. Square to protest his ouster from the elec- Leonid Kuchma is heard using foul lan- The main target for the NTRC are Ms. Tymoshenko and Mr. Moroz, radi- tion. An organization called the League of guage and allegedly conspiring to get rid of Western radio stations, such as the BBC, cal opponents of President Kuchma, have Officers of Crimea has pitched eight tents journalist Heorhii Gongadze. (RFE/RL Radio Liberty, Voice of America and encountered the greatest difficulties in on the same square in protest against the Newsline) Deutsche Welle. These stations are far receiving media coverage of their pro- more objective, more willing to expose grams. election malpractices and, therefore, less In Cherkasy journalists of the Socialist FOUNDED 1933 positively disposed toward the “party of newspaper Rubezh went on a hunger strike power” and the oligarchs. on January 30 because printing facilities HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Official media policies in general – and T U W had suddenly stopped being available to An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., especially during elections – do not grant them. Ms. Tymoshenko had been unable to a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. equal access to all political forces. 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Box 280 Andrew Nynka “My belief that the Ukrainian election will be fair and democratic is falling Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova (part time) every day.” The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com – Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko on March 2, as quoted The Ukrainian Weekly, March 10, 2002, No. 10 , Vol. LXX by Interfax and cited by RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report. Copyright © 2002 The Ukrainian Weekly No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 3 INTERVIEW: Kateryna Chumachenko Yushchenko on life in Ukraine, and as a politician’s wife

by Vasyl Zorya in this newspaper as “Yuschenko,” in accor- dance with the official transliteration system KYIV – Kateryna and Viktor adopted by the government of Ukraine, now Yushchenko’s apartment is like a small pri- appears as “Yushchenko.” According to vate museum in the very center of Kyiv – Mrs. Yushchenko, this is the correct paintings on the walls, prehistoric artifacts spelling.) on the shelves, an old grand piano among antique furniture, photographs everywhere. PART I Your first impression from this collection is that, in time, this may be the apartment- Whom do you consider yourself more museum of a historical figure. The wife of – an American or a Ukrainian? Do your former prime minister Victor Yushchenko friends treat you like a real Ukrainian? looks at this possibility with some humor. For me, this was never really an issue. Her husband has long been called “the hope Our parents taught us to love Ukraine, and of the nation,” but for her he always was to feel a great responsibility for her fate. I and remains her “sweetheart.” very much respect and value America for Viktor Yushchenko thinks of his wife as taking in my parents during difficult times, one of the most precious treasures he has and for giving me an opportunity to receive collected in recent years. Kateryna an education and make a career. Chumachenko Yushchenko – a “person of I enjoy living in Ukraine. I consistently the world” – was born in America, but con- discover new things about this country. I am siders Ukraine her homeland. very glad when my American friends share At this correspondent’s request, Mrs. my sincere interest in Ukraine. The year Yushchenko gave us a short tour of their before last, my sister, Lydia, visited here for The Yushchenkos: Viktor and Kateryna with their daughters Sophia and home. She explained that, in his rare spare the first time. She was enchanted – with Chrystyna. moments, her husband tries to spend time Kyiv, Crimea, the Karpaty. Last year her by the new calendar, then the New Year, My parents also grew to love Viktor. with their children, or create something with son, my nephew Danylo, married a then Ukrainian Christmas and New Year by They had always wanted me to marry a his hands. Instead of puzzles, he glues Ukrainian girl from Kyiv. the old calendar. It is true that the children Ukrainian. They dreamed of communicat- together ceramic shards to construct ancient After 10 years in Ukraine, people here get a bit confused, and mix up Sviatyi ing with their son-in-law and grandchildren Trypillian urns. He paints and sculpts, rarely remember that I was born and raised in their native language. works with wood and iron. abroad. Most of my friends do not feel any Mykolai, Santa Claus, Did Moroz and the On the one hand, my parents were proud What did it mean for Kateryna difference. It is only my husband’s political snow man! that I returned to Ukraine, since we all Chumachenko to fall in love and marry a competitors who occasionally remind me of How did the introduction to your hus- man whom fate made a popular politician? dreamed that one day we would go back, my American roots, usually through the band’s family go? but on the other hand, they were afraid for It meant she would often find out about his media. achievements and problems from the Viktor’s mother was afraid to meet me me. Their memories of life in Ukraine were evening news. It meant she would have to In families with different cultural tra- for quite a while. Like many in Ukraine, she complicated, difficult – they were associat- wait each day until her husband completed ditions there are often misunderstand- thought that Ukrainian Americans were dif- ed with the Famine, repression, war. his public activity and only then could ings. How are you able to avoid them? ferent, that I probably did not know how to What made you move to Ukraine? return to the family hearth. cook “our” food, that I might not feel com- In our family, what is most important is I visited Ukraine in 1975 and 1979, From an outsider’s point of view, this fortable in her humble, rural home. Even that which unites us – love of country, love when I was still in school. Even then I had could look like sacrifice to which only an my husband seemed to put off this first of God, love of family. As in all families, the desire to live and work in Ukraine; I had extraordinary and contemporary woman introduction. we have our differences. I am convinced, a very romanticized view of it. would agree. Still, her life today is building My relations with Viktor’s mother grew however, that they are not the result of dif- In 1991, before it became independent, a foundation for the future, a future that will very warm very quickly. She became con- ferences between American and Ukrainian my parents and I traveled to Ukraine. This be fuller and brighter. vinced that I was more Ukrainian than culture, especially since Ukraine is some- was my father’s first visit to his homeland American, that there was no real difference. thing we both consider sacred. They are since the war. It was a return to his youth, to *** In his village, the people were surprised at more the result of being raised in different his family – he had not seen one of his sis- how “simple” the American was – their Editor’s note: The interview below was societies and families. ters for 50 years. It was a very emotional conducted by free-lance journalist Vasyl Cultural traditions are really very easy to greatest compliment. I remember when I and moving trip. My father found his vil- Zorya of Kyiv exclusively for The unite. It is fun to watch how our family cel- was pregnant, half the village gathered to lage ruined. He was disappointed that peo- Ukrainian Weekly. (Readers will note that ebrates the winter holidays. First we cele- see how the “American” was digging up the family’s surname, previously rendered brate Sviatoho Mykolaya, then Christmas and peeling beets! (Continued on page 4)

Yushchenko campaign confronts problems on the road in presenting its message by Jan Maksymiuk to local television and radio stations in Kirovohrad. RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report “The authorities want not to unite but, on the contrary, to disunite society in Ukraine,” Interfax quoted the for- Our Ukraine leader Viktor Yushchenko recently set mer prime minister as saying in Kirovohrad. Mr. off on a campaign trip to the provinces. But almost Yushchenko added, however, that despite all difficulties immediately he confronted problems in presenting his he faces in the election campaign he will remain “a election bid. On February 13, Mr. Yushchenko blamed democratic partner of these authorities.” the Poltava Oblast authorities for detaining his election The same day in Mykolaiv, Mr. Yushchenko could agents and not letting him address voters on regional tel- not lease a location in the center of the city for a meet- evision. Mr. Yushchenko described the regional authori- ing with voters. When he tried to address voters on local ties’ behavior as a “humiliation” for the president and television, someone cut off electricity in the studio. He the whole country. had to call the oblast state administration in order to Local police detained nine young men from Mr. have electricity restored and be able to air his election Yushchenko’s canvassing group, who had been posting message. leaflets. Two of them were immediately released after The Ukrainska Pravda website, which is quite skepti- the police took 20 hrv ($3.70) from each. The other cal about Mr. Yushchenko’s intention to garner votes of seven spent four more hours in the district police sta- the democratic electorate and please President Leonid tion. They were charged with violating Article 152 of Kuchma at the same time, published a scathing com- the administrative offenses code, which prohibits stick- ment on Mr. Yushchenko’s problems in the provinces: ing leaflets on architectural monuments. Next, local “Last Monday, the leader of Our Ukraine – who policemen announced that leaflets stuck on posts along boasts of the position of top politician in popularity the road hamper traffic. polls – set off to conquer the provinces. However, as “Why did the authorities not say a word to those who early as the second day [of their trip], the tough boys started posting advertising boards along all roads long from Kyiv confronted the stinking reality of elections in before the election campaign [began]?” Mr. Yushchenko all its uniqueness. And at the end of the week, Our asked, referring to the canvassing by the pro-presiden- Ukraine’s indefatigable press service began to release tial For a United Ukraine bloc. some suspicious messages. We particularly like one “The behavior of Poltava authorities surprises me headline from Saturday: ‘Yushchenko says actions of very much. I could not contact regional leaders. The local authorities force him to take firmer political stand.’ Workers put up a Yushchenko poster in Kharkiv. head of the Poltava Oblast State Administration ordered “But emotions are one thing, while mentality is the that no one should be put through to him but the presi- other. Despite all this, Yushchenko believes in the exis- week’s occurrences are quite sufficient to make him dential administration. I feel sad about it. This looks like tence of a good tsar. According to his press service, he is finally understand who is his main foe. But the 1930s [Stalin times],” Mr. Yushchenko commented. going to inform Mr. Kuchma about his adventures in the Yushchenko’s style [remains unaltered] – nothing per- On February 16, Mr. Yushchenko was denied access provinces. Well, good luck. However, it seems that last sonal against Mr. Kuchma.” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10 Ukraine’s steelmakers say U.S. tariffs will have little impact U.S. State Department report gives Ukraine PARSIPPANY, N.J. – According to a percent on a range of imports to protect March 6 report by Reuters, Ukrainian its ailing industry. less-than-passing grade on human rights steelmakers, currently ranked among the Ukraine, which produced 33.5 million by Yaro Bihun the report said. world’s top steel exporters to the United tons of steel in 2001, had massively Special to The Ukrainian Weekly As in previous years, the Country States, said that the U.S. decision to reduced exports to the United States in Reports on Human Rights Practices painted impose heavy tariffs on steel imports 2001, favoring Asia and Europe, he said. WASHINGTON – Ukraine received a shocking picture of the plight of women in what appears to be a less-than-passing grade would have little impact on its industry “But it is not a blow [to our industry] Ukraine, where violence against them was as it had already cut back exports to the because our steel exports to the United in the U.S. State Department’s worldwide termed “pervasive.” The report cited sur- U.S. States were cut by two-thirds in 2001,” human rights review for 2001. veys that indicated that “between 10 and 15 In what many analysts described as said Oleksander Peshkov, head of the Although noting “improvements in a few percent of women in Ukraine had been some of America’s broadest and most Economy Ministry’s foreign markets divi- areas,” the authors of the report released on raped, and that over 25 percent were abused sweeping federal action in two decades to sion. Mr. Peshkov then went on to March 4 were blunt in there overall assess- physically during their lifetimes. And, protect a major industry, President acknowledge that “After this announce- ment: “The government’s human rights according to a study by the International record was poor,” they said. George W. Bush imposed tariffs of up to ment we understand that we have finally Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 20 Acknowledging that the Verkhovna Rada 30 percent on most types of steel import- lost the U.S. steel market.” percent of Ukrainian women age 17 to 21 adopted a progressive criminal code that ed into the United States from Europe, Mr. Peshkov said that in 2001 Ukraine faced attempted rape in the previous year. went into effect in September, the report Asia and South America. exported 505,491 tons of steel, “worth While there are no official statistics on notes that detainees and prisoners continue prosecutions for wife beating, the Institute According to The New York Times, the about $114 million,” to the United States, to be tortured, beaten and at times killed by of Sociological Research reported that 12 United States imports nearly a quarter of compared with about 1.5 million tons in police and prison officials, who are rarely percent of women under the age of 28 had the steel it uses. 2000. Ukrainian officials in the United punished for their abuses. been victims of domestic violence. The tariffs, Mr. Bush said in an appear- States could not be reached for comment Conditions in Ukrainian prisons There are reports of “widespread sexual ance with President Hosni Mubarak of on the matter. “remained harsh and life-threatening, partic- harassment in the workplace, including Egypt on March 6, will last three years, The move would not affect Mexico, ularly because of exposure to disease,” giving American steel producers time to Canada and developing countries. according to the report. It cited arbitrary coerced sex,” and women bear the brunt of increased unemployment resulting from the consolidate operations and stem layoffs. However, those who would seem to take arrests and lengthy pre-trial detentions “in Speaking through Reuters, a senior the brunt of the blow – America’s very poor conditions” as a continuing prob- economic downturn. According to the State Committee on Statistics, of the 4.2 percent official from Ukraine’s Industrial Policy European allies and Japan – said on lem, but added that the number of defen- Ministry said the ex-Soviet state’s new March 6 that they would challenge dants released from confinement pending officially listed as unemployed in Ukraine, 65 to 70 percent are women. export policy would minimize the impact President Bush’s decision before the trial had increased during 2001. of the U.S. move to put tariffs of up to 30 World Trade Organization. The country’s judicial system suffered The U.S. report also cited the increased from political interference and corruption, harassment of some racial minorities as a inefficiency, lack of sufficient funding and growing problem in Ukraine: “The police traditionally promote ties with their histori- staff, according to the report. routinely detained dark-skinned persons for cal homelands. Ukrainians from the diaspo- arbitrary document checks, whereas docu- Kateryna Chumachenko... The Ukrainian government continued to (Continued from page 3) ra have tried to cooperate with Ukraine at infringe on citizens’ privacy rights, the ment checks of foreigners of European various levels – government, business, descent are performed rarely.” ple in Kyiv spoke only Russian, and also by report said, and its agencies “interfered indi- the poverty. Once he saw an old woman at a humanitarian. rectly in the political process through crimi- The U.S. State Department prepares its There are many diaspora organizations worldwide report on human rights practices bazaar selling what might have been her last nal and tax investigations of politicians, sweater, after which he cried for an hour that do operate effectively in Ukraine. I journalists and influential businessmen.” annually and presents it to the U.S. have worked with some of these directly – Congress. The preparation and presentation over what had been done to his people. The news media and journalists were In the summer of 1991, his conclusion the Canadian organization Help Us Help the also the object of official intimidation via of the 2001 report was placed in the context Children, UCARE from the United States, of the global fight against terrorism follow- was quite harsh. Before returning to the application of libel laws, the report said. America he warned me: “This country will the US-Ukraine Foundation. And there are “Nevertheless,” it added, “a wide range of ing the terrorist attacks of September 11. many others, such as the Children of In his introduction to the report, Assistant not be independent for a very long time.” opinion is available in newspapers and peri- Then, after the coup in Moscow, after the Chornobyl Fund, and the various profes- odicals.” Secretary of State Lorne W. Craner of the sional organizations. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and declaration of independence a month later, I While the freedom of assembly, asso- called him immediately. I was jumping And I believe that relations between ciation and movement were in some Labor underscored that “only through the Ukraine and the West were established quite promotion and protection of human rights around the room screaming, “Tato, we’re cases restricted, the report noted the deci- free!” That is how I remember August 24, effectively at the government level. The and fundamental freedoms can the interna- sion of the Constitutional Court rescind- my father and I over the telephone, both Ukrainian diplomatic corps is, on the whole, tional community be secure from the ing as unconstitutional the Soviet- weeping. It was truly joyful. quite professional. scourge of terrorism.” holdover “propyska” system, which lim- Unfortunately, my father died in 1998. But, with time, the flow of “people’s U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell ited the free movement of people within Per his request, he is buried in Kyiv, next to diplomats” to Ukraine significantly stressed that countries which are potential the country. my mother’s parents. declined. The main reason is that Ukraine Also on the positive side of the ledger, members of the anti-terrorism coalition will never created mechanisms to utilize the the report said that the government contin- not be given a free pass on their human Have you ever regretted your decision diaspora’s abilities and resources effective- ued to return properties expropriated during rights record. to return to Ukraine? ly. Instead of promoting cooperation, the the Soviet era to religious groups and that, “The United States welcomes the help of No, I am happy with my family, our bureaucracy placed barriers in its way. while “societal” anti-Semitism persisted, any country or party that is genuinely pre- friends, and with the new interests and hob- It is a shame that many in Ukraine did there was a continued decrease in anti- pared to work with us to eradicate terror- bies that I have formed in Ukraine. not welcome Ukrainians from the diaspora. Semitic acts and publications, and an ism,” he said during a briefing March 4. “At I believe that a serious obstacle to good Why have the diaspora and Ukraine increase in government action against anti- the same time, we will not relax our com- relations was old Soviet thinking. never been able to form optimal rela- Semitism. mitment to advancing the cause of human Representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora tions? “Anti-Semitic incidents continued to rights and democracy.” found it difficult to work in a business and occur but, according to local Jewish organi- The State Department’s human rights I am convinced that since 1991 our dias- humanitarian environment dominated by zations, declined in number and were con- reports can be seen on the Internet at pora has been more active in its attempts to Soviet bureaucratic unreliability, a lack of centrated in western regions of the country,” http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/. help Ukraine than other nationalities that professionalism and corruption. Government of Ukraine to open Consulate in Michigan WARREN, Mich. – The government its triumphant tour of Ukraine in 2001 cultural and academic programs and Michigan, Borys Potapenko, noted: of Ukraine will officially open its newly during the celebration of the 10th exchanges between Ukraine and “The officers and members of the com- established Consulate in the State of anniversary of the independence of Michigan. Ukraine will now join the mittee constitute the leadership of the Michigan on Saturday, March 23, at Ukraine. Its artistic director is Oleh large diplomatic corps located in Ukrainian American community. It is 6:30 p.m. with a gala event at the Mahlay. Michigan, which includes 38 our collective wish that Michigan, its Ukrainian Cultural Center (UCC) in The Consulate of Ukraine in Consulates. Warren. Michigan will be located in the The Consulate will also serve as liai- officials and citizens share in this joy- Attending the opening will be Ukrainian Cultural Center in Warren. son between Ukraine and the large and ous event. For, whether it be on the Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, ambassador Bohdan Fedorak has been designated highly organized Ukrainian American local, state or federal levels, of Ukraine to the United States, and Dr. honorary consul of Ukraine in Michigan. community in Michigan. There are Michiganians have stood with the Borys Bazylevskyi, consul general of Mr. Fedorak, president of the Ukrainian approximately 200,000 Michiganians Ukrainian people in their centuries-long Ukraine in Chicago. Cultural Center, is a highly respected who trace their ancestral heritage to quest for independence and, since 1991, Various Michigan state officials, as Ukrainian American leader and promot- Ukraine, including a significant number in the struggle to give tangible sub- well as members of Congress from er of Ukrainian culture and expanded of new immigrants over the last decade. stance to their hard-won freedom.” Michigan have been invited to attend economic ties between the state of The community is served by 40 organi- the event. Michigan and Ukraine. zations, many of which are based at the Mr. Potapenko added: “We look for- The program will feature the interna- The Consulate is charged with assist- Ukrainian Cultural Center. ward to working closely with Honorary tionally renowned Ukrainian Bandurist ing Ukrainian citizens residing in The chairman of the Committee in Consul Fedorak and his staff in fulfill- Chorus which will perform songs from Michigan and with facilitating trade, Support of the Consulate of Ukraine in ing the Consulate’s mission.” No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

MARCH NEWSLETTER: Young UNA’ers Pre-convention branch meetings by Martha Lysko must be submitted annually. We need the UNA National Secretary information when working with our branches and districts, for the use of our Branch meetings membership, and for reporting to the insurance authorities. All UNA branches should hold annual As a fraternal benefit society we must meetings and elect branch officers for the have branches and branch officers. Each year 2002. This year, the UNA will hold branch is expected to plan some fraternal its 35th Regular Convention and in activity during the year. This activity accordance with the UNA By-Laws, may be planned with another branch, a branches should hold branch meetings to district, or some other local organization. elect delegates and alternate delegates to the convention. Delegates All credentials for delegates and alter- Only premium-paying members who nates should be sent to the national secre- pay fraternal dues or have single-premi- tary no later then the end of March. A list um policies may be elected delegates to of all delegates will be published in our the convention. Social members, who official publications by April 24. have reached the age of 65 and have Branches holding annual or branch meet- paid-up policies, may pay the annual $3 ings may place free ads in our official fraternal dues annually and vote in the publications. branch or be elected as delegates. John Francis Hillen IV and his younger brother, Christopher James, children of Branch officers’ list Delegates play an important role at the Maria and John Hillen, are new members of the UNA. They were enrolled into convention. The decisions they make at Branch 172 of Whippany, N.J., by their grandparents Lydia and Orest Ciapka. All branches have received a Branch the convention bind the Ukrainian Officers’ List. After holding their annual National Association for the following meetings, all branches should send to the four years. It is the duty of elected dele- Home Office a list of branch officers for gates to be present at all sessions of the the year 2002. Names, telephone num- bers and addresses of all branch officers (Continued on page 18)

Parma activists erect traditional ice cross

Joseph, Emma, Cole, Zachary and Andrew Kachmar, seen above with their grandparents Alex and Joanne Kachmar, are new members of UNA Branch 486 in San Francisco. They were enrolled by their grandparents.

PARMA, Ohio – The annual construction of a seven-foot ice cross on the occasion Maxim Peter Bilyk, son of Petrusia and Andre Bilyk, is a new member of UNA of Theophany was carried out once again this year at St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Branch 16 in Spring Valley, N.Y. He was enrolled by his grandparents Nadia and Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. This project was undertaken by three genera- Peter Howansky. tions of the Dobronos family, who are members of Ukrainian National Association Branch 348. Under the guidance of Michael K. Dobronos, patriarch of the family, the cross was erected by sons Michael G. and Stephen, and grandson Michael A. Insure and be sure. Also assisting were Eugene Boyko and William Dobransky. The ice cross was blessed by the parish clergy following the Theophany divine liturgy on Saturday, Join the UNA! January 19. The cross annually draws the attention of thousands of motorists who pass the cathedral daily. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10

THE BARD’S 188TH ANNIVERSARY THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY For elections free and fair Rediscovering Shevchenko Only three weeks from now, Ukraine will hold the third parliamentary election since its re-established its independence in 1991. Most observers agree that Ukraine is and his lasting relevance at a crossroads: these elections will demonstrate whether Ukraine is moving ahead on by Eugene Melnitchenko the path toward democracy and integration with the West, or sliding backwards. and Helena Lysyj Gerard Stoudmann of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of Melnitchenko the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (ODIHR/OSCE) stated: “The upcoming elections will be an important indication of the progress Ukraine has In March we again cele- made in consolidating the democratic process. They will provide an opportunity to brate the birth of Taras assess where Ukraine stands within the family of European democracies.” Shevchenko. Although this Significantly, however, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), in a statement is the 188th anniversary of released last month in Kyiv, said: “At this moment it is unclear whether the March 31 his birth, his message and elections will mark a step forward for Ukraine’s democratic future.” The NDI’s ideas continue to retain observers and others have cited intimidation of journalists, denial of access to the their perpetual freshness media, abuse of power, illegal use of public funds and other problems in Ukraine’s and relevancy. They still election campaign. And then there are such matters as government employees being have the power to remind pressured to work on certain campaigns or to join certain blocs. us of who we are and One of the largest issues to emerge in the 2002 contest is the use of what is called where we came from, and “administrative resources” – that is, unfair use of various resources controlled by the offer us a moral compass presidential administration and those in power, including the broadcast media – much for the future. of it controlled by the state or by persons affiliated with “the party of power.” For Our introduction to example, the OSCE-ODIHR noted that the state-owned television station UT-1 was Shevchenko came through devoting 40 percent of its prime time news to the pro-presidential bloc and 25 percent our parents, who read this to the president himself. Those administrative resources also encompass such seem- “Kobzar” every day – as ingly mundane things as meeting halls, local newspapers and even utilities. one would read the Bible. The OSCE/ODIHR, for one, says there still is time to remedy such shortcomings It was their way of holding and to guarantee equal treatment for all parties and candidates, and thereby “to on to their identity. In their increase trust and confidence by the electorate in the election process.” The NDI exile, they understood his. explains that the responsibility for addressing many of the problems “lies dispropor- We memorized his poems tionately with government authorities.” The government, the NDI says, should com- before we could read and pel officials and state institutions “to comply with the letter and spirit of provisions of write. the law that require strict impartiality toward all political parties, blocs and candidates, And then, later in the that prohibit interference with the election process and that bar the use of state makeshift schools of dis- resources for the advantage of particular electoral contestants.” placed persons’ camps, As Ambassador William Green Miller, who characterizes the U.S.-Ukraine rela- Woman places flowers at Shevchenko’s grave in Kaniv. tionship as that of friends, pointed out at a recent briefing sponsored by the U.S. dressed in shirts and blous- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: “Friends point out crucial prob- es embroidered by our mothers, we recited Ukraine’s Dante, Lincoln and Gandhi lems when they see them. Ukraine’s international reputation is at stake, and we have them on Shevchenko’s day. Still later, in combined. All of his life, he sought truth to be honest if we truly want to help Ukraine’s democratic evolution.” our new country, we recited and sang them and justice, and, despite moments of And so, we, as friends of Ukraine, add our voices to those calling on President on stage. And we shared the familiar lines despair, he believed they would prevail. Leonid Kuchma and the government of Ukraine to ensure free and fair elections on with each other and with friends and fami- He was also a man of his time. The 19th March 31. Give all parties and candidates a level playing field, give voters the infor- ly. century was a time of great upheaval and mation they need to make informed choices, and guarantee citizens that their ballots Shevchenko’s lyrical poetry was always great repression. While it was the will be counted accurately. That would be evidence of Ukraine’s commitment toward a part of our life, yet our understanding of Romantic century in literature and art, it true democracy that would back up all the fine words emanating from Kyiv. it was incomplete. Our parents and teach- also revered the Renaissance. Shevchenko ers withheld the unbearable sadness and fused Renaissance thinking with Romantic rage of his poetry. sensibilities. He was more than a poet; his We memorized “The Cherry Orchard,” first talent – the one that got him noticed March but did not know the rest of the story, the and opened up educational opportunities Turning the pages back... contrast of the nightingale’s song in far- to him – was as a painter. away Ukraine with the conversation of As a bard, he has been compared to 15 Shevchenko’s keepers as they guarded Homer, and as a dramatist, to Shakespeare. him in prison. He read the Scottish writers, Sir Walter 1998 Four years ago, just two weeks before the parliamentary elec- We learned a few lines of “The Scott and Robert Burns, and felt a kinship tions of 1998, The Weekly published an editorial commenting on Princess,” the idyllic “village, like a with their lyrical retelling of Scotland’s what it called a “high-stakes election.” Following are excerpts. pysanka,” but did not know of the tragic history. He admired Ivan Kotliarevsky unspeakable crime of the princess’s father. (1769-1838) for his inspired use of the * * * If politics can be likened to a game of chance, the game being played in Ukraine today is We sang the first few stanzas of Ukrainian language, but chided him for poker. It is not a penny ante, neighborhood game among friends. The stakes are high: “Prychynna,” so familiar to every using foreign subjects in “Eneida.” Ukraine’s future political direction. Ukrainian, without understanding even the Ukrainians continue to make a pil- There are 30 political parties at the table. The one holding the best cards is the title, which we were to learn later meant grimage to Shevchenko’s final resting Communist Party, generally believed to have assured itself of anywhere from 11 to 17 per- the “madwoman.” We read it now, com- place near Kaniv, and we made that pil- cent of the vote, depending on what poll one believes. It is by far the largest electoral sup- paring it to “Romeo and Juliet,” and it grimage on our first trip to Ukraine. It port for any single political party. touches our hearts more than Shakespeare was somewhat adventurous, as we did Rukh, which had been a strong player early on — at one time with double digit support ever could. not go with a group and made our own among voters in some polls — has seen its percentages dwindle to about five. As children, we knew Shevchenko had arrangements to travel from the capital by The Green Party of Ukraine, on the other hand, has come on surprisingly strong, thanks a short and hard life and that he was a serf the Dnipro River. It seemed appropriate, to a steady and effective stream of television advertising. and an orphan, but we could not begin to knowing how much the great river had The political center has a good broad-based foundation of support among the electorate, understand his incarceration, what it meant inspired the poet. Its strength and beauty, but it is divided among almost a score of parties, most of which will be able to garner at to a poet and a painter who was forbidden its sheer size, made us understand and most a percentage point or two of voter support on March 29. to write and paint. appreciate even more those first stanzas However, what will probably mark this election season in history (if it’s not the landslide He barely reached his 47th year, dying of “Prychynna.” victory of the political left, which is still a real possibility) will be the scale of political mud- the day after his birthday, on March 10. Of Ukraine’s best kept travel secret, the slinging, fighting and backstabbing. ... his short life he spent 24 years as a serf, 10 gleaming hydrofoil that glides smoothly Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Green Miller, speaking in Washington in hard labor in Siberia, four under police over the Dnipro’s waves, would have recently, said the election season has produced “an enormous amount of recriminations, supervision and only nine as a free man. been foreign to Shevchenko, yet he threats of exposures of corruption ... a messy campaign.” But Mr. Miller also said that “it is Despite the severe pressure on him to would have felt at home among its pas- a very healthy, democratic campaign.” write in Russian, he wrote in Ukrainian, sengers, babtsi with their bags, and ... only time will tell whether the elections will turn out to be truly democratic. unlike Mykola Hohol (1809-1852), who is young men and women who eyed us International election observers who are now arriving in Ukraine will tell us more about better known in world’s literature. warily, not knowing what to make of us. that after March 29. ... We would actually like to think that these will be the elections that Nonetheless, the “Kobzar” can be As this was in August, in the first year of remove the old guard from power. But even a diehard gambler wouldn’t take that bet. found in almost every Ukrainian home independence, the honeyed smell of We also hope that Ukraine’s electorate will understand that it alone is responsible for throughout the world. apples and pears mingled with the earthy making the political changes needed to set Ukraine firmly on the track toward becoming a Rediscovering Shevchenko in our smell of fresh bread. A pair of geese in a law-abiding democratic state. Sadly, polls show that one-third of Ukrainians have not decid- mature years, after our study of Western large straw basket protested loudly. ed whether they will vote or have decided it is not worth the effort. ... literature and philosophy is a gift. His From the river, Shevchenko’s “mohyla” poetic genius, his profound effect on all (burial mound) can be reached by a long Source: “High-stakes elections” (editorial), The Ukrainian Weekly, March 15, 1998, Vol. Ukrainians, his contribution to the making LXVI, No. 11. of a nation is immeasurable. He was (Continued on page 15) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 7

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Odesa broadcasters arrive in Texas by Orysia Paszczak Tracz for a look at American news media by Natalia Lysyj legal relations, authors’ rights, profes- sional team-building and settling of con- A new journal about Ukrainian folk art AUSTIN, Texas – The International flicts. They were interested also in The National Union of Folk Art Masters the kitsch. Where to begin? The obvious Hospitality Council in Dallas, under the enhancing their computer skills in the auspices of Project Harmony Educational of Ukraine unites the best folk artists, who branches of folk art are well-represented: everyday work environment of broadcast through their creative work have preserved weaving, embroidery, costume, pottery, and Professional Exchanges and United stations, financial management of com- States Department of State Bureau of and are continuing to develop the artistic glass, folk painting, folk architecture, folk mercial and non-commercial programs, traditions of the Ukrainian people. iconography and wood carving. Within Educational and Cultural Affairs, has as well as the use of modern broadcast- been hosting groups of interns from So what more do you want to know these areas, there are articles on specific ing technology, which is largely absent about Ukrainian folk art? You have the stuff aspects of these subjects, as well as on indi- Russia and Ukraine. This internship pro- from local and regional TV and radio sta- gram is funded by the U.S. Department around the house, you have read the entries vidual artists, museum collections and new tions in Ukraine. in the five-volume Encyclopedia of trends. For example, you can read about of State. The following day’s sessions included The most recent group of 10 media Ukraine and in Ukraine: A Concise Hutsul pottery, pottery from Volyn, visits to three TV stations. During the Encyclopedia, and you have read the won- Opishnia, Poltava, Podillia, as well as the people comprised four women and six morning session at Fox TV, Vice- men, radio/TV broadcasters and journal- derful catalogues of the various exhibits at ancient yet very modern dymlena/smoked President and General Manager Danny The Ukrainian Museum in New York (of pottery. ists from Odesa. They were placed with Baker offered a detailed presentation on host families in Dallas for four weeks to course, these are so much more than mere The Ukrainian Dictionary of Folk the process of obtaining commercial catalogues). You have browsed through the Terminology for Artistic Wood-Processing gain the American life experience and to sponsors, outlining how broadcast pro- job-shadow with media people in the books from Ukraine – some being cof- was serialized over a few issues. Some arti- grams with commercials are put together. feetable albums with little text and many cles cover folk art’s ties to antiquity and Dallas metroplex area. As part of their Visitors were interested in all financial media exposure these interns were illustrations and plates, others having much prehistory. There are reviews of books and operations of the station, from reporters’ text and few pictures. Some of these may exhibits, and theoretical discussions on the brought for a visit to Austin, the capital employment contracts and benefits to city of Texas, on January 31 through be about the older, historical aspects of folk direction of folk art and its essence. annual net profits of the station. art. What about the folk art being made If you are interested in more esoteric February 3. A visit to Austin Community Access Upon their arrival in Austin, visitors now, or the fine art being created based examples of folk art, there are articles on Center, a community TV station open to upon folk art? How about new information carved wooden pipes and spoons, woven were received in the Office of the the citizens of the community to produce Secretary of State in the Capitol Building on individual artists, about specific aspects straw hats and “pavuky” (straw “spider” their own television programs, followed of historical folk art, or new designs? decorations), glass-painting, furniture, toys, by Director of International Protocol after the lunch break. This TV station Clarke Straughan. For all of us who can never have enough and dolls. A surprise for me was coming presented a different aspect of the media, of Ukrainian folk art (it is an incurable syn- across a well-illustrated article on toys and During the reception Mr. Straughan where the public has access to recording explained the duties of the secretary of drome), there is an exquisite, fairly new dolls. I had just seen “The Phenomenon of equipment and can air privately recorded publication called Narodne Mystetstvo the Ukrainian Avant-Garde 1910-1935” at state and presented a commemorative events of community and international certificate to each visitor with his or her (Folk Art). This journal was founded in the Winnipeg Art Gallery, where one case interest. Under the leadership of Jon 1997 by the Union of Folk Art Masters of name inscribed on it. contained the exact same dolls illustrated in Wright, coordinator for producer rela- Ukraine. It is edited by Volodymyr Priadka, In return, the spokesman for the visit- this article. These particular traditional fab- tions, the Ukrainian broadcasters had a with an editorial committee of academics ing Ukrainian group presented Mr. ric dolls from the central Dnipro region do hands-on opportunity in handling cam- and experts in folk art. So far, eight issues Straughan a book about Odesa, a video- not have regular faces. Black or red thread eras and other equipment. have appeared. tape about the city, dubbed in English, is wrapped around the head, forming a The third tour of the day was held at This is a large, glossy, colorful quarterly and a letter for transmittal to the mayor cross instead of facial features. the CNN affiliate, News 8 Austin, a 24- magazine, full of photographs and illustra- of Odessa, Texas, from the mayor of The dolls were included in the avant- hour, seven-day-a-week local news chan- tions, and in-depth articles. Summaries in Odesa, Ukraine, Ruslan Bodelan, with an garde exhibit because they were an inspira- nel. The newest high-tech set-up of the English were first inserted on a separate invitation to enter into a sister-city rela- tion for Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) station greatly impressed the visitors in sheet, but now they are included in columns tionship. from his childhood. Later, as a prominent its instantaneous news gathering capabil- alongside the relevant article. Sometimes The press secretary for the governor, reformer and innovator of 20th century art, ities and the incredible pace of program- the translation is quaint, but certainly much he painted abstracted figures with faces Kathy Walt, held a conference for the ming around the clock, with individual better than some of the “translations from visitors in the governor’s reception area lacking eyes and mouth, but marked with producers responsible for separate one- hell” that surface around the world. Often crosses, coffins or the hammer and sickle. at the State Capitol. Here the visitors had hour segments. News Director Kevin there are notes to the text, and the authors’ an opportunity to ask questions about In his autobiography, Malevich wrote about Benz and his staff showed the visitors credentials are listed. the “powerful effect the [local village] freedom of press, methods of disseminat- how each hour’s program is formatted, The illustrations are clearly labeled with ing Gov. Rick Perry’s programs and the homes, clothing and rituals” had upon him. with flexibility afforded each individual additional information on the artists and the FYI, the exhibit is on its way to the Art role of journalists in reporting that infor- producer to choose feature news items works, and are so lush that, even without mation and opposing views. Ukrainian Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, for February for his hour of production. Ukrainian the English text, they are a delight to see 9-April 7, along with an Alexander media people were especially interested media people were astounded to learn and save. The covers are eye-catching, in learning that the state and federal gov- Archipenko exhibit, and then possibly to about the pace and the average number especially the latest issue – a basketful of the Edmonton Art Gallery. A catalogue of ernments do not own radio and TV sta- of 40 news items covered each day, com- exquisite Trypillian-design pysanky. tions as they do in Ukraine. This opened pared with Odesa operations, which aver- Before 1991, the only folk art serial from (Continued on page 15) a lively discussion as to how people in age two news items each day. Ukraine was Narodna power can propagate their messages and Several members of the group raised a Tvorchist ta Etnohrafiia, deflect their opposition, as well as on the question about the specialization of which included folk art, duties and responsibilities of the free reporters, which apparently is practiced material culture and all press. in their own operations as a reporting aspects of ethnography. In The Ukrainian visitors varied in age task is subdivided and performed by sep- earlier times, certain topics from 24 to 47, representing a wide range arate people. They were surprised to were taboo or were colored of journalistic and media levels of expe- learn that many TV field reporters work rience. Among these were: S.V. Komar, with the usual Soviet brush. as a one-person production team from Since independence, reli- deputy director and chief editor, Odesa writing copy to recording, filming and Oblast State TV and Radio Company; gious topics have been editing prior to submitting the news item. included more often, as are T.A. Dobrynina, director and editor, This writer was contacted by the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Radio News articles on earlier persecu- director of the Dallas International tion of artists (e.g., kobzari) “Piddestrovia”: I.L. Lytovchenko, gener- Hospitality Council, Monica DeLorenzo, al director, Radio “World Harmony,” and other aspects of hidden to act as interpreter for the Ukrainian vis- history. Too often, topics on music/cultural programming; V.P. itors. In this capacity I had the opportuni- Chenusha, head editor TV/Radio “Kiliya crafts include kitschy items. ty to chat with the visitors and to get Somehow, to this writer at Contact”; S.P. Usatenko, news editor, TV some feedback. After the group was and Radio “Art”; N.V. Nahorna, editor of least, embroidered icons briefed about the existence of Ukrainian and samplers with verses TV/Radio “Art”; O.S. Suslov, TV jour- communities in most major cities in the are not examples of folk art. nalist; and I.V. Kryshtafor, TV journalist United States and Canada, copies of The This magazine’s forte of “Riak-lnform.” Two younger women Ukrainian Weekly were passed around to remains the wealth of arti- and one seasoned journalist spoke some acquaint them with the content of the cles on people, traditions English. Most men in the group spoke newspaper. and songs, and reviews of fluent Ukrainian. Among themselves vis- An initial query to the whole group itors spoke in Russian. about the upcoming elections in Ukraine books. The visitors were interested in learn- and the candidates was met with some Narodne Mystetstvo has ing about the workings of American tele- reluctance in responding. A spokes- taken the high road. Its arti- vision and radio, exploring such topics as cles are about traditional freedom of speech, journalistic ethics, (Continued on page 21) and new folk art – without Cover of the most recent issue of Narodne Mystetstvo. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10 No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 9 UPDATE: News from the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard “unnatural.” Ukrainian Research Institute and the The Omelan and Tatiana Antonovych Department of Classics honored Ihor Foundation has awarded its annual prize Sevcenko, the Dumbarton Oaks for 20 years. It is given to individuals Professor of Byzantine History and who have made significant contributions Literature emeritus on the occasion of to Ukrainian culture and society. his 80th birthday. Prof. Sevcenko, a Byzantinist of *** world reputation, has for many years In February, HURI announced plans taught at Harvard and was a co-founder to launch a website devoted to the first of HURI. A reception to celebrate his Ukrainian translation of “Animal Farm.” work and his place in the field was held On April 11, 1946, a 25-year-old at the Ticknor Lounge of Boylston Hall Ukrainian displaced person wrote to on the University campus. George Orwell, “Dear Mr. Orwell, About Among those in attendance (about 50 the middle of February this year I had people) were HURI Director Prof. the opportunity to read ‘Animal Farm.’ I Roman Szporluk, Chair of the was immediately seized by the idea that Department of Classics Prof. Richard a translation of the tale in Ukrainian Thomas, HURI faculty members would be of great value to my country- Michael Flier and George Grabowicz, men.” other scholars, as well as colleagues and Thus began a remarkable correspon- former students of Prof. Sevcenko. dence between the young Ihor Sevcenko Prof. Flier, chair of the Slavic depart- and Orwell that would lead not only to a ment gave a brief overview of Prof. Ukrainian edition of “Animal Farm,” but Sevcenko’s biography and scholarly would also give the world Orwell’s only career. Greetings from all over the world At a reception at Boylston Hall, (from left) are Prof. Ihor Sevcenko, Prof. account of the genesis of this landmark – written in almost as many languages as Richard Thomas and Prof. Michael Flier. work – which appeared in the special Prof. Sevcenko speaks – were read at the introduction that he wrote for the reception. In his letter of greeting, Prof. Ukrainian History from the Earliest “Ukraine between East and West” was Ukrainian edition. Jerzy Akser of Warsaw University noted Period through the 18th Century), Kyiv, published in Lviv in 2001. Published in 1947 under Prof. that Prof. Sevcenko continues to play a 1997, was recently translated into Polish. *** Sevcenko’s pseudonym “Ivan very important role in the activities of Her presentation will take place at 4 p.m. Cherniatynskyi,” the book has long been the Center for Studies of Ancient on April 22, in the Thompson Room of HURI Director Szporluk, the a collector’s item. It is well-known Tradition in Warsaw. Among the scholars the Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Professor of among serious Orwell scholars. Prof. who work at this research institution Cambridge, Mass. Ukrainian History, received the 2001 Sevcenko’s letters to Orwell are among there are also Ukrainian academics. Antonovych Prize for his contribution to *** the handful of non-Orwell letters includ- Prof. Szporluk noted on the occasion Ukrainian studies, with special recogni- ed in the critical edition of his writing, of Prof. Sevcenko’s anniversary that “the In December 2001, Prof. Sevcenko tion for his book “Ukraine, Russia, and since the connection with the East Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute is was awarded an honorary doctorate in the Breakup of the Soviet Union” European intellectual circles was impor- honoring Mr. Sevcenko as a scholar of letters by Warsaw University. The awards (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, tant to him and his cause of opposing world import, as specialist in Ukrainian ceremony took place at the university 2000). The first printing of the book Stalin’s tyranny. history in the context of world history, amidst an elaborate set of rituals that quickly sold out, and in January 2002 the Mindful of the importance to world particularly in its connections with the included an installation, reception and book saw its second printing. intellectual history of this encounter and world of Byzantium and Western other events around Warsaw. Members of Prof. Szporluk received the award honoring Prof. Sevcenko on the joyful Christianity.” the university community, as well as rep- before 150 people at the Expocenter in occasion of his 80th anniversary, HURI He continued: “At the same time we resentatives of the Polish and Ukrainian Kyiv. In his remarks he emphasized that is launching an ongoing project to make see in Prof. Sevcenko an eminent histori- governments, were in attendance. the fundamental nature of Ukrainian Prof. Sevcenko’s translation available on an of Ukrainian culture of both earlier Prof. Sevcenko noted that not only did independence was not abrupt or unex- line. times and the modern era, in particular of the award have personal significance for pected, but represents an arc that spans As part of the project, both the origi- the 16th-17th centuries. In his works, he him, but also was important for Ukraine, the entire 20th century. nal version and a reviewed version that demonstrated how fundamentally impor- since precedents were set for the award- In his analysis, he stated that the dec- Prof. Sevcenko worked out with Orwell tant for the formation of Ukraine were its ing of a doctorate honoris causa. laration of independence of 1991 was the and that has never before been published, ties with Greek and Byzantine civiliza- Though he retired from active teach- natural outcome of earlier Ukrainian his- will eventually be made available, along tions. He also emphasizes the great sig- ing in 1991, Prof. Sevcenko keeps an tory – a point that specialists on Ukraine with correspondence and analysis from nificance of its ties with the world of intensive academic schedule. A should remember, rather than positing Western Christianity, with political and Ukrainian translation of his latest book Ukrainian independence as somehow (Continued on page 19) cultural institutions and movements of Europe. The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute is honoring Prof. Sevcenko as a man who, alongside Prof. Helmut Kohl receives rector of Ukrainian Free University Omelian Pritsak, was instrumental in BERLIN – Helmut Kohl, former establishing our Institute and in making chancellor of the Federal Republic of it, from its very inception, a serious Germany, in a special audience held in research institution.” Berlin on February 14, received Leonid A letter of greeting from Prof. Pritsak Rudnytzky, rector of the Ukrainian Free also was read at the reception. Prof. University (UFU). Pritsak reminisced about his personal The occasion was the presentation of a and professional relationship with Prof. Sevcenko over many decades, and espe- commemorative booklet containing pho- cially their collaboration at HURI. tographs and speeches from a ceremony held on December 4, 2000, during which *** Chancellor Kohl was awarded an hon- The 2002 Maria and Vasyl Petryshyn orary doctorate from the Ukrainian State Memorial Lecture will be delivered by University of Forestry and Wood Dr. Natalia Yakovenko, a historian from Technology in Lviv, currently headed by Kyiv. Dr. Yakovenko, senior research Rector Yuri Tunytsia. associate of the Institute of History at the Following the presentation, which Ukrainian National Academy of Science, took place in the chancellor’s office in a recognized authority on early modern the presence of his staff and his personal Ukrainian history, is best known for her friend, the German parliamentarian and book “Ukrayinska Shliakhta z Kintsia Ukraine expert Dr. Hansjürgen Doss, Dr. XIV do Seredyny XVII Stolit: Volyn i Kohl had a lengthy conversation with Tsentralna Ukraina” (Ukrainian Nobility Prof. Rudnytzky concerning life in con- temporary Ukraine and the work of the Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (center) with Dr. Hansjürgen Doss from the End of the 14th to the mid-17th (left) and Prof. Leonid Rudnytzky. Centuries: Volhynia and Central Ukrainian Free University in Munich. Ukraine). Prof. Rudnytzky used the occasion to Her articles have appeared in such present Dr. Kohl with an album titled able documents, photos and articles on country as early as the 1970s, expressed noted journals as Suchasnist, Kyivska “Faith and Hope,” which was published the history of the Ukrainian Catholic great interest in the latest activities of the Starovyna, Krytyka and Nash Rodovid. by the St. Sophia Religious Association Church and the status of religion in con- UFU, especially in its cooperative efforts Dr. Yakovenko’s latest work, “Narys of Ukrainian Catholics, U.S.A., on the temporary Ukraine. with various academic institutions in Istoriyi Ukrainy z Naidavnishykh Chasiv occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Dr. Kohl, who knows the Ukrainian Ukraine and Germany, and wished the do Kintsia XVIII Stolittia” (Survey of Union of Brest. The work contains valu- situation quite well, having visited the rector success in all these endeavors. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10

question is: How are the laws being Albright says Kuchma... applied and how are the laws being fol- (Continued from page 1) lowed? And if there is the sense that the regarded that way,” Dr. Albright added. law has just become a facade for the NDI and other monitoring groups same type of pre-election abuses that have taken place in other elections, the have repeatedly expressed concern about real damage to democratic development a number of abuses during the election before, during and after this election, I campaign: about the media being subject think, is going to be quite detrimental,” to harassment, journalists being intimi- Mr. Wollack noted. dated, the state-controlled media openly Former congressman Sam Gejdenson, demonstrating a pro-government bias, who also accompanied Dr. Albright in opposition candidates being denied Ukraine, said he witnessed some of the access to the media as well as to public reported abuses during his visit. He resources which were being used to help likened the situation there to what has the pro-government party. happened in other former East-bloc In addition to the NDI briefing, the countries and former Soviet republics, coming elections in Ukraine also were where there has been a consolidation of the subject of a briefing on March 1 power, and those in power are using gov- organized by the U.S. Commission on ernment resources to stay in power. Security and Cooperation in Europe Dr. Albright said that the West should (CSCE). make clear its disapproval of certain Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Yaro Bihun behavior by Ukraine. “But I am not for William Green Miller, who accompanied NDI panel at a briefing on elections in Ukraine (from left): Ambassador William isolating Ukraine,” she added. “I think Dr. Albright to Ukraine and took part in Green Miller, NDI President Kenneth Wollack and NDI Chairman and former that would be a mistake. There needs to both briefings, said he thinks President Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. be a constant flow of information and Kuchma understands the connection people and Western discussions there, between the perception of the election sees as a very important component in the not be credible as opposed to those who and a constant need to include them and and the international reputation of election process – consistently showing believe that it will be credible. push them.” Ukraine as a nation and his leadership. former prime minister Viktor “And under these situations in transi- “I think that one has to be very “The difficulty is that he is in the mid- Yushchenko’s coalition in the lead, fol- tional environments all over the world, nuanced with Ukraine, because we do dle of a power struggle, in which his not want to kind of push it into a lowed by the Communists and the two when you have large segments of the interests may require – in his own mind Belarusian situation,” she said. – the kind of actions that are taking place oligarchic factions in the third position. population that have lost faith in the In response to a question, however, in this election,” he said. NDI President Kenneth Wollack said political processes, then extraordinary Dr. Albright said that the various politi- The outcome of the election is becom- what he found most striking were polls steps are necessary to build or rebuild cal leaders with whom she met did not ing more and more apparent, Ambassador showing that more citizens of Ukraine confidence in elections,” he said. express any concern about a Russian Miller said, with the polls – which he believe that the upcoming election will “While the law has been improved, the influence in the election.

conflicts and misunderstandings exist,” by the IOC’s medical commission in would never propose either a substance Poor preparation... said Mr. Platonov, who added that the 2000 to ban a substance that she had been harmful to an athlete or one that is (Continued from page 1) worst part is that no one within the feder- using to enhance her performance. banned by the IOC. and manuals on the subject of Olympic ation seems ready to face up to the prob- The “pharmacological preparation,” as The Olympic expert admitted that training, including, “The General Theory lems and make the required changes. Mr. Platonov called it, had been devel- cross-country skier Iryna Terelia, who, of Athletic Preparation for Olympic “The lack of a desire to analyze the sit- oped by Ukrainian sports pharmacist along with Russian cross-country skier Competition,” which has been published uation, the need to keep the status quo, Vyacheslav Popov and in many ways was Larissa Lazutina was disqualified from in German and Spanish, as well as that’s the real tragedy,” he said. instrumental in the success of Ms. the cross-country relay on the final day of Russian. The problems began after the biathlon Zubrylova and her teammates. Mr. competition, had indeed taken a banned He lambasted the biathletes for com- team reached the top of the sport with its Platonov attributed the decline in the substance, which had enhanced her red peting in paid World Cup events at a time world championship in 1999. Then the level of performance of each of the ath- blood count. He called the incident unfor- when they should have been involved in federation’s president, Ivan Biekov, who letes after 2000 to a large degree on the tunate and explained that neither her fed- intensive final preparations for the had directed it since 1991 and led it to the decision to stay within IOC guidelines eration nor her coaches sanctioned her Olympics. top spot in the world, was replaced. To and to not continue to administer the drug action. He said several members of the team help in raising badly needed funds, the to the athletes. Mr. Platonov explained that in the spent December and part of January in new federation head asked businessmen That does not mean that either he or months before the Olympics Ms. Terelia Europe attending the professional compe- to get involved in the federation’s activi- the NOC-Ukraine agreed with the deci- had trained extensively with the Russian titions, one of which offered a ties. The businessmen, however, put the sion. Mr. Platonov offered that perform- team. “It seems that she may have adopted Volkswagen automobile as first prize, accent on developing their commercial ance-enhancing drugs, those that can be some of their training methods,” he said. instead of training at proper altitudes in projects at the expense of the federation’s established to be safe for the user – and What was inexcusable, according to the United States after which they were successes, explained Mr. Platonov, and he emphasized that anabolic steroids can the academic, was the way in which the forced to play catch-up. the squad’s downhill slide began. As a never be considered safe – should be athletes were tested for banned sub- Mr. Platonov explained that in the two consequence, many of the leading train- allowed in the Olympics. He explained stances in the minutes right before the months before the Olympics the com- ers that Mr. Biekov had retained left as that they are as instrumental in reaching event. He said that testing specific indi- monly accepted training regime is 40 well. peak potential as is the choice of equip- viduals 15 minutes or even a half hour days of intensive training in conditions Asked to comment on the dismissal of ment. before they compete gives them a marked similar to those at the Olympic site, fol- an assistant trainer and a team coordina- “Italian cyclists use bicycles that have disadvantage because it disrupts their lowed by a 20-day period of winding tor of the biathlon athletes as the been aerodynamically designed and put pre-competition focus. down and resting. Olympics were held, the respected aca- through extensive wind tunnel testing. While Mr. Platonov offered an apolo- “While others were either not taking demic said that it was an unprecedented, They use helmets that give peak aerody- gy to Ukrainians at home and in the dias- part in these commercial competitions or unprofessional and badly timed move. namic efficiency. Americans have a dif- pora alike for Ukraine’s poor showing – using them as controlled training compe- He explained that plenty of time had ferent set of skis for every kind of snow stating that those who didn’t train proper- titions with the accent on the training, our existed before the Games to make specif- imaginable,” explained Mr. Platonov. ly “deceived us, the diaspora and the biathletes were going all out to capture ic personnel decisions. “We do not have those advantages. We trainers” – he repeated that the hope for the grand prizes,” said Mr. Platonov. “You just don’t do it during the have, however, a highly advanced phar- better results in the future depended on He said chaos and dissension within Olympics,” emphasized Mr. Platonov. macological program, which unfortunate- going back to the basics. the ranks of the federation also had The university rector also explained ly is not treated the same as other techni- “It still comes down to the lack of a caused a decline in the performance of that while Olena Zubrylova, the 1999 cal aspects of Olympic preparation.” central training complex, like the one we the biathletes after they had achieved world champion in the 15-kilometer pur- He said that all athletes use some sort used to have in the Carpathians,” much success at the Nagano Games in suit has had her share of health problems, of pharmacological substances during explained Mr. Platonov. “Today there is 1998. her descent from the top of the biathlon their training, most of them legal, but no foundation, no children’s schools, no “There is a lack of good will; internal world can in part be blamed on a decision some of them not. He underscored that he trainers, no facilities.” No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 11

Ukrainians among groups continuing opposition to Cooper Union plan UCCA opens by Andrew Nynka member abstaining – upheld the Task boards consider necessary in order to Force Position Statement. “arrive at an alternative plan acceptable to PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Although the New The one abstention came from the Task Force.” Kyiv bureau York City street named in honor of Taras Community Board 3, which voted on Key among them was the proposal to by Tamara Gallo Shevchenko is seemingly no longer a poten- February 19 to support the statement, use the Astor Place parking lot site located Ukrainian Congress Committee of America tial target of The Cooper Union, local com- while the unanimous vote of Community on the corner of Lafayette Street and Astor munity organizations, together with the NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Congress Board 2 came on February 21. Place, not the Engineering site located on Shevchenko Preservation Committee acting Committee of America has received two The Cooper Square Committee and the the corner of Fourth Avenue and Eighth on behalf of the East Village’s Ukrainian donations totaling $45,000 towards its work Good Ole Lower East Side (GOLES) Street, in the GLSDP – a move the school community, have stepped up their opposi- in Ukraine. The benefactors, responding to organizations also joined the Coalition to had opposed in the past, saying that the tion to the school’s development plan in a a UCCA appeal, include Arkadi Mulak- Save the East Village in opposing the Astor Place site was not part of their devel- Joint Task Force Position Statement. Yatzkivsky of Los Angeles, who donated school’s current development plans. opment plans. Ukrainian residents of the Village, many $20,000, and an anonymous donor who The task force has consistently made it The school had Astor Place set aside as of whom have lived in the neighborhood contributed $25,000. for over 50 years, argue that much of the known that its opposition centers on the the proposed site of a new hotel develop- The donations will cover the operating school’s plan, centered on increasing the school’s current plan and the process the ment project until plans fell through in late costs for the UCCA’s newly opened Kyiv retail and commercial space in order to school has taken to make its plan public. June. Office, which is staffed by a citizen of ease their financial difficulties, will create The Draft Analysis of The Cooper The Task Force statement also called Ukraine, for at least a two-year period, as a corporate environment that will push Union GLSDP, approved by the Joint Task for: the zoning of the Engineering site well as help alleviate expenses related to long-time residents out of the area. Force of Community Boards 2 and 3 on retained at its current level and any devel- the UCCA’s 2002 pre-election campaign. Currently, the school is waiting for the February 4, said, “The community is unan- opment on the site setback to at least the The UCCA executive board had passed Department of City Planning (DCP) to cer- imously in favor of the continued existence original roadbed of Stuyvesant Street; a a motion at its regular board meeting on tify the school’s application as complete. and success of Cooper Union as an educa- restrictive covenant included in the December 16, 2001, to create a UCCA The hold-up, said Robyn Stein of the tional institution.” However, the draft con- approval of the GLSDP prohibiting the bureau in Ukraine’s capital. DCP’s press office, is the completion of tinued, the current plan “is a scheme more development or sale of air rights using the The UCCA Kyiv Office’s immediate the environmental review. suited to midtown development and totally unused Floor Area Ratio (FAR) from the responsibility is to carry out “The Power of Clair McCarthy, director of communica- inharmonious to the Village and Lower Foundation Building located on the corner One” civic education program, which pro- tions for The Cooper Union, said the East Side neighborhoods.” of Third Avenue and Eighth Street; and no motes greater citizen involvement in civic school still has some loose ends to tie up “We recognize that the basic premise of change in the current lease restriction at the decision-making by encouraging voter par- regarding the environmental review and zoning law is to rezone property due to Hewitt site – thereby prohibiting The ticipation in the upcoming parliamentary once this is taken care of school officials changing land use and conditions or for Cooper Union’s proposed retail use on the elections, and educates the people about can go ahead with the certification of the redevelopment purposes. Enhancing a pri- Third Avenue frontage. their inalienable rights as citizens of a dem- application. vate developer’s bottom line is not part of Anna Sawaryn, chair of the Coalition to ocratic country. Once this certification is complete and this equation. We feel it would well serve Save the East Village, which encompasses Following the elections, the bureau, the paperwork filed and tagged with a spe- all concerned if the City Planning various East Village organizations – located at Myzeinyi Provulok No. 8; (tele- cific application number, the community Commission would convey these princi- among them the Shevchenko Preservation phone, 044-228-4580) will function simi- boards and borough presidents of the ples of zoning to Cooper which has failed Committee – stressed that the issues facing larly to the Ukrainian National affected areas submit their recommenda- to recognize them in our months of intense the Ukrainian community go beyond Taras Information Service in Washington by tions on the matter and the procedure for dialogue and review,” the draft continued. Shevchenko Place. According to Ms. monitoring and disseminating information zoning changes begins. Ms. McCarthy declined to comment on Sawaryn, the many Ukrainian shops and and by serving as the UCCA’s voice in Although the clock on the process has the Task Force statement. residents of the neighborhood would be Kyiv. Additionally, the Kyiv office will yet to start ticking, community officials But the draft went further than simply adversely affected if The Cooper Union’s assist the UCCA’s Council on Aid to have gone ahead and, by a unanimous vote criticizing the GLSDP; it gave school offi- GLSDP was accepted as it currently Ukrainians, which conducts humanitarian of two community boards – with one cials four points which the community stands. aid projects.

cent) and “professional” work (12.1 percent their children to a Ukrainian school, and 24 Sociologist examines... to 3.7 percent), as well as work in the percent send their children to dance lessons. (Continued from page 1) humanities (13.8 percent to 2.0 percent) and Almost 82 percent read Ukrainian Canadian have two. Eighty-nine percent are working management (7.6 percent to 2.7 percent) newspapers often or from time to time, full-time, although only 43 percent use spe- took sharp dives. Unskilled manual labor, while 66.8 maintain a strong interest in cific skills acquired in Ukraine in their meanwhile, experienced a temporary spike Ukrainian politics. work. from 0.0 percent (in Ukraine) to 19.1 per- In conclusion, Prof. Isajiw reiterated his The principal area from which they emi- cent as a first job in Canada to a current major findings and revisited some of his sta- grated was “Greater” Ukraine (i.e., Central level of 4.0 percent. tistics on language (which are not men- and Eastern Ukraine, 50 percent), with The speaker also examined the issues of tioned in this report) and cultural identifica- western Ukraine (Halychyna and “difficulty finding work” (where lack of tion. He also noted that the Russian Bukovyna) following at 41 percent, and Canadian contacts and Canadian experi- Ukrainian language mix among the recent southern Ukraine (and “other” regions) ence, as well as a lack of English fluency arrivals – to some degree an object of deri- coming in at 9 percent. Significantly, 26 were cited as major problems) and “atti- sion among local Ukrainian Canadians – is percent of all those who emigrated from tudes and opinions” (in which it emerged, in still very common and unlikely to change in Ukraine to Canada came from Kyiv and 24 unrelated questions, that almost half of the the foreseeable future. percent from Lviv. respondents felt that they were overquali- Several significant matters were raised Later in the seminar, Prof. Isajiw noted fied for their current jobs, yet over half were during the subsequent question-and-answer the high educational achievement of the generally satisfied with their jobs). session. The first question asked how repre- immigrants: 12.8 percent had degrees from Prof. Isajiw then turned to the integration sentative a sample was the group studied, an “uchylyshche,” or a “tekhnikum,” 37 of the new immigrants into the Ukrainian given the fact that the name list for possible percent from an “instytut,” and 36.1 percent community, the other major question interviewees was generated from a from a university. As well, he noted their addressed by the study. The conclusion was Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society religious affiliation (at the time of emigra- unequivocal: new arrivals have not linked list. Prof. Isajiw replied that the fact that the Prof. Wsewolod Isajiw tion) as being split among Ukrainian up with the “hromada” in any significant list includes over half of the “Fourth Wave” Orthodox (37 percent), Russian Orthodox way. Their active participation in existing immigrants renders it fairly neutral in scope strength of Toronto’s Ukrainian community (16 percent), Catholics (27 percent) and Ukrainian organizations stood at 9 percent and that the names were picked at random may well mitigate the successful integration non-believers (11 percent). and in Ukrainian organizations for new from it. of recent immigrants from Ukraine, insofar Prof. Isajiw noted that while Ukrainian arrivals at 4 percent. Their attendance of Another query focused on what the as they are unable to assume dominant immigrants are fairly well integrated into activities sponsored by Ukrainian organiza- results for a comparable survey in the positions (i.e., take them over or enter the the Canadian economy, they generally tend- tions was 8.0 percent “very often”; 23.7 per- United States might yield. The speaker scene on their own terms). ed to be overqualified for the work they cent “time to time”; 20.1 percent “rarely”; remarked that there were numerous differ- Finally, socio-linguistic and regional were doing. As such, Canada has done very and 48.2 percent “never.” entiating factors between Canada and the questions were raised. Questions were well by Ukrainian immigration. Even informally the new immigrants United States, so that it is not realistic to asked about the recent immigrants’ relations A host of statistics preceded this conclu- have maintained a certain social distance speculate on this matter. At the same time, with the large Russophone population in the sion. Regarding employment before and from local Ukrainian Canadians: less than he added that the backers of this undertak- Toronto region, as well as the impact of the after emigration, Prof. Isajiw noted that the 27 percent agreed or strongly agreed that it ing were interested in the possibility of close Galician/Ukrainophone identification field of computing became significantly was “easy to make friends with Ukrainian extending this examination to the situation upon the survey results. Regarding the for- more important for immigrants (with the Canadians” (compared to just over 41 per- in the United States. mer, Prof. Isajiw noted that the matter was ratio of their employment in this field rising cent for making friends with non-Ukrainian One commentator subsequently suggest- simply never explored; as for the latter, he from 15.2 percent while in Ukraine to 20.1 Canadians). ed that the larger numbers of new added that the data are still very fresh and after arriving in Canada). Business and Nevertheless, the new arrivals by and Ukrainian immigrants to the United States had not yet been examined. entrepreneurship also saw a rise, from 3.4 large are interested in Ukrainian matters. A and the relatively weaker condition of com- percent to 6.4 percent. full 92.3 percent indicated that they feel it is munity organizations in that country ren- Andrij Makuch is research coordinator On the other hand, engineering (an aston- important to pass on a sense of Ukrainian dered them more likely to being taken over of the Ukrainian Canadian Program at the ishing decline from 22.4 percent to 0.7 per- culture to their children, 50 percent send by recent arrivals. Conversely, the very Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10

Skiers,WINDHAM, N.Y. snowboarders – The Carpathian Ski compete at annual KLK races in upstate New York Club’s (KLK) annual ski races were held Saturday, February 23 at Ski Windham. Close to 60 skiers competed in the race held annuallly in the Catskill Mountains of New York state. Near perfect weather greeted the skiers, and onlookers; there was plenty of snow and lots of competition. Trophies were awarded for first place in each division, sec- ond- and third-place finishers received medals. Special traveling trophies were pre- sented for the fastest time posted among men and women competitors. (Fastest time trophies are passed on from year to year to each successive winner, with no repeat win- ners allowed.) This year’s winner in the men’s division was Taras Popel, with a time of 28.55 sec- onds. His father, George, sporting a leg cast from an earlier skiing accident, awarded his son the trophy. For the first time a trophy was awarded to a female posting the fastest time. The inaugural recipient was Roxanna Kobziar, A skier, Lydia Doll, and snowboarder, Markian Rybak, display their form during the races on the NASTAR course. with a time of 29.74 seconds. Her father, Yuri, whose name appears on the traveling trophy as a past winner of that award, pre- sented the award to Roxanna. This year’s KLK races introduced snow- board racing in a separate category, and six athletes of various ages competed on snow- boards. Awards were presented that evening dur- ing a banquet for skiers, their families and guests, held at Hunter Mountain in nearby Hunter, N.Y. KLK leaders Erko Palydowycz, Orest Fedash and Zenon Stakhiv conducted the evening’s program.

Below are the KLK ski and snowboard race results. Letters in parentheses stand for gold, silver and bronze medals awarded by NASTAR to skiers based on the course time posted by pacesetters, as well as the gender and age of each racer. George “Kuba” Kupchynsky congratulates the victors in Roxanna Kobziar receives the women’s best-time trophy SKIING the boys age 10-11 group, (from left) Justin Stasiuk, Alex from her father, Yuri Kobziar (left), and Erko “Hetman” Girls 6-7 Hryhorowych, Marko Kochan and Paul Hadzewycz. Palydowycz. Katia Palydowycz, 39.92 (S) Deanna Kochan, 36.84 (B) Romana Hadzewycz, 38.59 Boys 14-15 Girls 8-9 Christine Kochan, 38.84 Adrian Rybak, 30.26 (S) Natalia Hryhorowych, 38.30 (G) Girls 17-18 Adrian Kochan, 30.43 (S) Melasia Doll, 32.84 (B) Boys 6-7 Andrew Hrubel, 36.52 Girls 10-12 Dianna Shmerykowsky 37.96 Peter Iwasiwka, 42,80 (B) Tania Hryhorowych, 36.61 (B) Boys 17-18 Orysia Kucher, 36.61 (B) Women 19-29 Boys 8-9 Markian Hadzewycz, 31.58 (B) Melanie Siokalo, 36.82 (B) Talia Fedash 31.84 (S) Nicholas Siokalo 35.08 (G) Larysia Kobziar, 37.33 (B) Wanda Dubon-Vena, 37.59 Erko Palydowycz, 36.65 (S) Men 19-22 Darian Fedash, 32.63 (B) Girls 14-16 Women 30-39 Boys 10-11 Damian Holynskyj, 33.51 Roxanna Kobziar, 29.74 (S) Marybeth Palydowycz, 45.62 Justin Stasiuk, 37.81 (S) Larysia Rybak, 32.60 (B) Alex Hryhorowych, 38.67 (S) Men 23-29 Alexandra Kachala, 34.27 (B) Women 40+ Marko Kochan, 41.73 (B) Damian Vena, 28.26 (S) Lydia Doll, 34.72 (B) Zoriana Siokalo, 36.38 (B) Paul Hadzewycz, 42.85 (Continued on page 18)

All photos in this series by George Stasiuk Some of the younger female competitors, most of them skiers and one snow- boarder, plus a guest, enjoy the camaraderie during the awards banquet: (from George Popel (left) has just presented awards to skiers in the group of men age left) Orysia Kucher, Lana Denysyk, Melanie Siokalo, Larysia Kobziar, Tania 50-60, (from left) Orest Fedash, Andrew Hadzewycz, Zenon Stakhiv, Joseph Hryhorowych and Sofia Klapischak. Vena, Oleh Kolodiy and Andrei Kachala. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 13 Plast youths conquer challenges at winter mountaineering camp near Lake Placid

by Andrew Olesnycky LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – A burning cold crept into Pavlo Jarymowycz’s outstretched arms. Four metal spikes, none of which lodged more than a few inches into the ice, provided the only friction that kept him stuck to the 40-foot frozen waterfall. Little by little, Mr. Jarymowycz climbed the face, swinging his tools into the ice, then advancing his feet as he pulled up with his arms. But 30 feet up and facing the crux of the climb, his body told him that they had had enough. “I think I’m done!” he yelled to his belayer, the sound muffled by the collar of his jacket, which partially covered his mouth to keep the lower half of his face from freezing. He sat back on the rope to be lowered, but had attracted too much attention. The nine other campers and seven counselors of Zymovyi Mandrivnyi Tabir (ZMT), Plast’s winter mountaineering camp, were now hollering words of encouragement, insisting that he continue to the top. Mr. Jarymowycz realized that with this audience cheering him on, getting down would be harder than continuing forward. Reluctantly, he shook out his arms to get his blood flowing and dug his tools into the ice, showing his friends that he wasn’t giving ZMT campers post for a final photo at the end of their winter mountaineering experiences in the vicinity of Lake Placid, N.Y. up. With what little energy he had left in his Mr. Jarymowycz explained, “They’ve been the group rose at 4 a.m. the next morning way to the summit, more than 3,000 feet of frozen arms, he pulled himself to the top, doing this for a long time and really know for a summit attempt of the 4,736-foot elevation gained in a few short hours. move after move, never hurrying, never what they’re doing.” Gothics Mountain, the 10th highest moun- During the 2000 ZMT, the scouts had slowing down. Reaching the top for Mr. Four of the seven counselors had three tain in Adirondack Park, and widely consid- climbed nearby Mount Marcy, New York’s Jarymowycz was as much of a relief as it or more years of experience at ZMT, where ered to be the area’s most challenging hike. highest peak. If some of the returning they learned the many skills associated with was a triumph; and as he was lowered, a It was completely dark when the group campers had thought that Gothics would be winter mountaineering, as well as attained smile barely broke through the exhaustion took its first steps on the Ore Bed Trail at 5 a step down from the more renowned on his face. an intimate familiarity with the terrain. a.m. The Ore Bed would take them all the Mr. Jarymowycz’s climb was a New to the camp this year were two (Continued on page 15) metaphor for ZMT: at times arduous and observers from the Ukrainian Youth painfully cold, but in the end extremely Association (SUM), Myroslav Baran and gratifying. Matthew Bochnewycz, who came to scout On December 26-31, 2001, the fifth out a place for a future SUM camp and who annual ZMT, organized by the Lisovi served as instructors for cross-country ski- Chorty fraternity of the Plast Ukrainian ing. Scouting Organization, took place in “The camp gets more professional every Adirondack State Park near Lake Placid, year,” Deanna Yurchuk, the camp’s leader, N.Y. The 6-million-acre park is the biggest said. “This has been my fifth ZMT, and in the contiguous United States and boasts with each year I am impressed with how 43 mountains over 4,000 feet. It offered the much more is accomplished because of camp an unparalleled playground for teach- more experienced instructors and better ing winter hiking and mountaineering. equipment.” The participants, age 15 and up, hailed This was the first year that ZMT’s ice from New Jersey, New York and Rhode climbing outing was set up with the help of Island, as well as Hamilton and Toronto, an outside professional guide service, Ontario. which outfitted every camper with excellent By day two, the 10 campers and seven climbing gear and provided a guide to counselors had hiked eight miles in sub- ensure safety. zero temperatures, skied cross-country at an On the third day, the scouts donned their Olympic training center and climbed a fully loaded backpacks for a multiple-day frozen waterfall. In the evenings, the coun- hike further into the wilderness. ZMT’s selors taught the requisite skills for the next home base was moved from Weizel Trails day’s events, giving lessons on wilderness Cabin, which had access to amenities like first aid, winter camping techniques, cross- water and electricity, to Camp Peggy country skiing and ice climbing. O’Brien, a tiny, primitive lodge a day’s hike “I have a lot of faith in the counselors,” from any trailhead. From Peggy O’Brien,

Andrew Olesnycky Markian Hadzewycz Among the activities at Plast’s Zymovyi Mandrivnyi Tabir were winter hiking (left) and ice climbing (right). 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10

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enough visibility to see the adjacent moun- sonal beliefs which, while given in a col- Plast youths... tains, most of the campers recalled it as A new journal... umn clearly labeled as opinion, include (Continued from page 13) their favorite part of ZMT. (Continued from page 7) quotes from the dubious Vles Knyha, and Marcy, they inevitably learned that the steep Ms. Yurchuk said she would like to see the exhibit is available from the Winnipeg reflect the “native religion” (“rynvira”) and technical faces of Gothics were differ- ZMT someday change locations so campers Art Gallery Gift Shop at www.wag.mb.ca. leanings. One article mentions the ent from the endless slog up Marcy’s gen- can explore more terrain outside Not only Ukraine’s folk artists are cov- “Dazhbozhi zori” instead of just zori (stars). Adirondack Park. More than half of the To continue and to succeed, this journal tler slope. ered in this journal; the diaspora is well-rep- camp’s participants this year had taken part needs subscribers – not only from Ukraine After the three-mile approach to the resented, too. The first issue, with Kozak in previous years, and six had been involved but from around the world. The publisher mountain’s base, the Ore Bed Trail shoots Mamai on the cover, has an article about with ZMT for two years or more. hopes to make the journal a quarterly. E. straight up the west face of Gothics under “In the future, we’d like to change loca- embroiderer Myroslava Stachiw of New Morgan Williams of ArtUkraine, an enthu- the cover of trees, gaining more than 1,000 tions to New Hampshire’s White Mountains Jersey. She created the famous “embroi- siastic promoter of all aspects of Ukrainian vertical feet in less than a mile. To keep or even somewhere out west,” Ms. Yurchuk dered map” of Ukraine, showing the coun- art, is the contact for subscriptions. from sliding off the steep face, the expedi- said. “With so many people returning year try’s regional designs and stitches. Mrs. Additional information is available on the tion leader, counselor Andriy Kolos, kicked after year, we’d like to go somewhere Stachiw also embroidered samples for website www.ArtUkraine.com. steps into the deep snow, and every subse- where we can experience a whole new “Ukrainian Folk Costume,” the bilingual The covers of all eight magazines and quent hiker followed the footprints, forming mountain range. However, the beauty of book published by the World Federation of the table of contents for each issue are a giant staircase up the mountain. Adirondack Park keeps luring us back.” Ukrainian Women’s Organizations in 1992. shown. There is a special price for the read- The group took a short rest before Wherever ZMT takes place next year, it An article on woodcarver Mykhailo Korhun ers of The Ukrainian Weekly this spring, ascending above the tree line, where the will be sure to attract its regular devotees. of Troy, Ohio, is in the same issue. Tania 2002, for a set of all eight issues, including winds could reach 40 miles per hour on an Every year, the regulars come into camp Osadca, pysanka-writer supreme, has an all postage and handling to the U.S. is $ 48, average day. The high winds blow the snow with the anticipation of a child opening up a article on researchers of pysanky in issue and to Canada, $ 56. All prices are in U.S. off the exposed rock near the summit, Christmas present, wondering what peaks No. 1-2 of 2001. dollars. Checks should be made out to E. depositing some of it in deep snowdrifts, they will climb, how far they can possibly I look forward to future issues and more Morgan Williams, and mailed to P. O. Box through which the group had to navigate. push themselves. But what makes ZMT dif- fascinating articles and illustrations. My 2607, Washington, DC 20013. Please men- It took the scouts nearly an hour to fight ferent from other Plast camps is the rela- only reservation is about the editor’s per- tion The Ukrainian Weekly special. up half a mile of rock, ice and snow to reach tionships the scouts create in helping each the summit. The peak itself was a thin ridge other through physically demanding and no more than 50 feet wide, with winds so uncomfortable situations. èéÑüäÄ high the group took no more than a few “ZMT is great because it’s different minutes to congratulate each other and snap every year, but you can always expect to á Ì‚ËÏÓ‚ÌËÏ ·ÓÎÂÏ ÔÓ‚¥‰ÓÏÎflπÏÓ ÔðËflÚÂÎ¥‚ a few pictures before retreating to a lower have a good time,” Mr. Jarymowycz said. ¥ Á̇ÈÓÏËı, ˘Ó ‚ ÑÂ̸ ë‚flÚÓ„Ó Ç‡ÎÂÌÚË̇, 14 βÚÓ„Ó elevation. “The same people also show up every win- 2002 ð. ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ ̇ 43-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl ÌÂÁð¥‚Ìfl̇ åÄåÄ, Although the summit of Gothics was ter, so the more you go, the more you want β·‡ Ñéçü, ‚Á¥ðˆÂ‚‡ ìóàíÖãúäÄ, ÂÌÚÛÁ¥flÒÚ more harsh than spectacular, with barely to go back to be with your friends.” ¯Í¥Î¸ÌÓ„Ó Ú‡ „ðÓχ‰Ò¸ÍÓ„Ó ÊËÚÚfl ·Î. Ô. German tourists surrounded him and lis- Rediscovering... tened as their guide tried to translate and ãßÑÄ (Continued from page 6) explain the songs. Descending the steep staircase built into the hill. Halfway up the steps to catch the hydrofoil back to Kyiv, ÇÄëàãÖçäé-ëåàä stairs we had to pause to catch our breath we heard “Dumy moi, dumy moi, lykho at the incomparable view of the river. His meni z vamy...” echoing in the distance. èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚¥‰·ÛÎËÒfl ‚ ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸Í¥È Í‡ÚÓÎˈ¸Í¥È ˆÂðÍ‚¥ Ò‚. ß‚‡Ì‡ Shevchenko’s poetry continues to echo ïðÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl ‚ 粇ðÍÛ, ç.ÑÊ., 17 βÚÓ„Ó 2002 ð. è‡ð‡ÒÚ‡Ò-è‡Ì‡ıˉ‡, 18 βÚÓ„Ó statue looms large on a tall obelisk. Even á‡ÛÔÓÍ¥È̇ ã¥ÚÛð„¥fl. èÓıÓ‚‡Ì‡ ̇ èð‡‚ÓÒ·‚ÌÓÏÛ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡ð¥ Ò‚. Ä̉ð¥fl on weekdays, the granite Mohyla itself is in our hearts. He taught us the power of the èÂð‚ÓÁ‚‡ÌÓ„Ó ‚ ë. Ň‚̉ ÅðÛÍÛ, ç. ÑÊ. χÈÊ ÔÓðÛ˜ ·¥Îfl Ò‚Óπª å‡ÏË, fl͇ ÚÂÊ full of freshlycut flowers. We added our word, and his immortal words remain as ÔÓÏÂð· ‚ ÑÂ̸ ë‚fl-ÚÓ„Ó Ç‡ÎÂÌÚË̇ 10 ðÓÍ¥‚ ÚÓÏÛ ‚¥‰ ÚÓ„Ó Ê ÒÚð‡¯ÌÓ„Ó ð‡Í‡. own and wrote in the visitors’ book: “It relevant as when he first wrote them, his ëÍ·‰‡πÏÓ ‚ÂÎËÍÛ ÒÂð‰Â˜ÌÛ ÔÓ‰flÍÛ Ô‡ðÓıÓ‚¥ ˆÂðÍ‚Ë Ò‚. ß‚‡Ì‡ ïðÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl Ó. message as clear. ÅÓ„‰‡ÌÓ‚¥ ãÛÍ¥˛ Á‡ £ð‡Ì‰¥ÓÁÌ¥ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌ¥ ‚¥‰Ôð‡‚Ë Ú‡ „ÎË·ÓÍ¥ ‚‰ÛÏÎË‚¥ ÒÎÓ‚‡ ̇ finally happened!” è‡ð‡Ò-Ú‡Ò¥ Ú‡ ã¥ÚÛð„¥ª, ‰flÍÛπÏÓ ÓÚˆflÏ ãÂÓÌ¥‰Ó‚¥ å‡ÎÍÓ‚Û ¥ îð‡ÌÍÓ‚¥ ò‡‰flÍÛ Á‡ A lone bandurist in an intricately The words of the poet who never gave ÒÓÒÎÛÊ¥ÌÌfl Ú‡ ‰ËðË£ÂÌÚÓ‚¥ åËı‡ÈÎÓ‚¥ ëÚ‡˘Ë¯ËÌÛ, ‡ Á‡ ·ÓÊÂÒÚ‚ÂÌÌ ‚ËÍÓ̇ÌÌfl embroidered shirt and wide sharavary up his vision of a free Ukraine, who was ◊Ä‚Â å‡ð¥fl“ Ô¥‰ Ì¥ÊÌ¥ Á‚ÛÍË ÒÓÔ¥ÎÓÍ ‰flÍÛπÏÓ ÒÓÎ¥ÒÚ‡Ï éÎ¥ ëÚ‡˘Ë¯ËÌ Ú‡ êÓχÌÓ‚¥ played and sang the poet’s songs. He told instrumental in its independence, should ñËÏ·‡Î¥. ÑflÍÛπÏÓ è·ÒÚÛÌ‡Ï Á‡ ÔÓ˜ÂÒÌÛ ÒÚ¥ÈÍÛ ·¥Îfl ‰ÓÏÓ‚ËÌË. Ä ÌÂÒ˜ËÒÎÂÌÌËÏ us he was from Poltava and came to pay give all Ukrainians pause at a time when ÒÔ¥‚˜ÛÚÎË‚ˆflÏ ‰flÍÛπÏÓ Á‡ Á‡ÏÓ‚ÎÂÌ¥ ëÎÛÊ·Ë ÅÓÊ¥ Ô¥‰ ˜‡Ò ‚‡ÊÍÓª 㥉ËÌÓª ı‚ÓðÓ·Ë, ÔËÒ¸ÏÓ‚¥ Ú‡ ÚÂÎÂÙÓÌ¥˜Ì¥ ÒÔ¥‚˜ÛÚÚfl. Ç ð‡ÍÓ‚ÓÏÛ ÍÓðÔÛÒ¥ ¯ÔËڇβ ı‚ÓðÓ·‡ ·Û· ‚¥‰ his respects to the bard. Two buses of the country seems to stand at a crossroads. ÔÓ˜‡ÚÍÛ ¥ ‰Ó ͥ̈fl Ô¥‰ ÔðÓÙÂÒ¥ÈÌËÏ Ì‡„Îfl‰ÓÏ áÂÌ¥ ãÂÒ¸ÍÓ, Á‡ ˘Ó ðÓ‰Ë̇ ÒÍ·‰‡π ÔÓ‰flÍÛ. ꥂÌÓÊ ‰flÍÛπÏÓ ‡‰‚Ó͇ÚÓ‚¥ åËðÓÒ·‚Ó‚¥ ëÏÓðÓ‰Ò¸ÍÓÏÛ Á‡ ÒÛÏÎ¥ÌÌÛ ˛ðˉ˘ÌÛ Ôð‡ˆ˛ ‰Îfl èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓª Ú‡ ‰¥ÚÂÈ, ‡ ÅÓÊÂÌ¥ èÓÎflÌÒ¸Í¥È – Á‡ ÒÓˆ¥flθÌÛ ÓÔ¥ÍÛ Ì‡‰ ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛. It is with great sorrow that we inform you that ŇڸÍÓ ÔÓÏÂðÎÓª Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ Ú‡ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË ÒÍ·‰‡˛Ú¸ „ÎË·ÓÍÛ ÔÓ‰flÍÛ ‚Ò¥Ï ÒÔ¥‚˜Û- ‚‡Î¸ÌË͇Ï-ÔðËflÚÂÎflÏ, ˘Ó ·ÛÎË Á ı‚ÓðÓ˛ ‚ ¯ÔËڇΥ Ú‡ „ÓÒÔ¥Ò¥ ‚‰Â̸ ¥ ‚ÌÓ˜¥, Ï¥Òflˆfl- ÏË, ‡ ÓÚˆ¥ ÅÓ„‰‡Ì, ãÂÓÌ¥‰ Ú‡ Ä̉ð¥È ÏÓÎËÚ‚‡ÏË ·¥Îfl ı‚ÓðÓª ӷ΄¯Û‚‡ÎË ªª ·¥Î¸. Ç¥‰- ‚¥‰Û‚‡˜¥ ·ÛÎË Á‡‚Ê‰Ë ·¥Îfl 㥉Ë, ÔÂðÂð‡ıÛ‚‡ÚË ‚Ò¥ı ÌÂÏÓÊÎË‚Ó, ‡ χÈÊ ÚËÒfl˜Ì‡ NEIL SAMUEL GHISO, M.D. ÔðËÒÛÚÌ¥ÒÚ¸ β‰ÂÈ Ì‡ è‡ð‡ÒÚ‡Ò¥, ‚Òfl ¯ÍÓ· Á ‰ËðÂÍÚÓðÍÓ˛ ëÂÒÚðÓ˛ Ö‚ÂÎ¥Ì Ú‡ ÒÓÚÌ¥ β‰ÂÈ Ì‡ ÔÓıÓðÓÌ¥ ÒÚ‚Âð‰ÊÛ˛Ú¸ ÒÎÓ‚‡ Ó. ÅÓ„‰‡Ì‡ ◊ÇÓ̇ ‚¥‰‰‡Î‡ Ò· ‚Ò˛, ‚Ò ˘Ó χ·, ‰¥ÚflÏ, „ðÓχ‰¥. ◊She had a Zest for life“. Ç ÌÂÍðÓÎÓÁ¥ ◊The Ukrainian Weekly“ Á‡ passed away on February 11, 2002, at the age of 31, 24 βÚÓ„Ó 2002 ð. ð‰‡ÍÚÓð êÓχ ɇ‰Á‚˘ ‚ÒÂÒÚÓðÓÌÌ¸Ó ¥ ‚‰ÛÏÎË‚Ó ÔÓ‰‡Î‡ ÊËÚÚfl ¥ Ôð‡ˆ˛ èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓª, Á‡ ˘Ó ÏË ˘ËðÓÒÂð‰Â˜ÌÓ ‰flÍÛπÏÓ. after a long battle with brain cancer. Beloved son of Larissa Ghiso of Royal Oak, MI ܇Υ·Ì¥ ÔðÓÏÓ‚Ë äÒÂÌ¥ ê‡ÍÓ‚Ò¸ÍÓª, êÓÏË ã¥Òӂ˘, ¥ÌÊ. ÑÏËÚð‡ éÎ¥ÈÌË͇, ûð¥fl and Saad Ghiso, with his wife Shirley, of Franklin, MI. êÓχÌÂÌ͇ Á‡ÒÎÛ„Ó‚Û˛Ú¸ ̇ ̇¯Û ‚‰fl˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸. êÓÁÍ¥¯Ì¥ Í‚¥ÚË ‚¥‰ ÒÔÓ‚ÌÂÌËı ʇÎÂÏ ÒÂð-‰Âˆ¸ ÔðӂӉʇÎË Ì‡¯Û 㥉ӘÍÛ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸, ¥ ̇‰ ÏÓ„ËÎÓ˛ ‚ ÚÓÈ ÏÓÏÂÌÚ ÔðÓÎÂÚ¥‚ ÍÛð-ÎË˜Û˜Ë ‚ÂÎËÍËÈ Íβ˜ ͇̇‰Ò¸ÍËı „ÛÒÂÈ... dear brother of Alex Ghiso, and his wife Luz, of Chicago, and Darren Ghiso of ÑflÍÛπÏÓ ÔðËÒÛÚÌ¥Ï Á éÚÚ‡‚Ë ç‡Ú‡Î¥ ŇððÂÚÚ, ‰-ð 燉¥ª ÜÂÎÂÏ, Á íÓðÓÌÚÓ ÊÛð̇- Franklin, MI., Î¥ÒÚˆ¥ å‡ðÚ¥ éÌÛÙð¥‚-ÉÓ¯ÛÎflÍ, ‚‰ۘ¥È ÚÂÎÂÔðÓ„ð‡ÏË ◊ë‚¥ÚÓ„Îfl‰“ ßðËÌ¥ äÓðÔ‡Ì, ‡ Á óË-͇£Ó ã˛‰ÏËÎ¥ Ú‡ ûð¥π‚¥ êÓχÌÂÌÍÛ. ìÍð‡ªÌҸ͇ ¯ÍÓ· Ò‚. ß‚‡Ì‡ ïðÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl, ‰Â 㥉‡ ÔðÓÔð‡ˆ˛‚‡Î‡ 11 ðÓÍ¥‚, ·Û· ‚Ò¥Ï grandson of the late Dr. Wasyl Wytwycky and Odarka Wytwycky, ˜ËÏ ‚Ó̇ ÊË·. ÇÓ̇ β·Ë· ‰¥ÚÂÈ ¥ ·‡Ú¸ÍË Ú‡ ‰¥ÚË Î˛·ËÎË ªª. åË ‚‰fl˜Ì¥ Óð„‡Ì¥Á‡ÚÓ- ð‡Ï ◊Smyk Children’s Fund“ (Acc. No. 310199-000, Selfreliance Ukrainian American nephew of Dr. Bohdan Vitvitsky and his wife Bohdanna, and cousin of Stephan Fede-ral Credit Union, 734 Sanford Avenue, Newark, NJ 07106). Ç¥‰ ¥ÏÂÌË ‰¥ÚÂÈ ¥ ðÓ‰ËÌË and Mark Vitvitsky. Also survived by many aunts, uncles and cousins. ÏË ·ÂÁÏÂÊÌÓ ‚‰fl˜Ì¥ ‚Ò¥Ï ÊÂðÚ‚Ó‰‡‚ˆflÏ Ì‡ ˆÂÈ ÑËÚfl˜ËÈ îÓ̉. ÑflÍÛπÏÓ Á‡ ‚¥‰·ÛÚ¥ Ú‡ Á‡ÏÓ‚ÎÂÌ¥ Á‡ÛÔÓÍ¥ÈÌ¥ ÅÓ„ÓÒÎÛÊÂÌÌfl Û ·‡„‡Ú¸Óı ñÂðÍ‚‡ı, ‡ ˆÂðÍ‚¥ Ò‚. íðÓȈ¥ ‚ ßð‚¥Ì£ÚÓÌ¥, ç.ÑÊ. ‰flÍÛπÏÓ Á‡ ‚¥‰ÒÎÛÊÂÌÌfl è‡Ì‡ıË‰Ë Ì‡ ‰Â‚’flÚËÈ The funeral was held in Brookline, MA, on February 14, 2002. ‰Â̸. Dr. Ghiso was diagnosed with a brain tumor in November 1997, while a student at Harvard Medical School. During his treatment, he underwent numerous surgeries, ß ÓÒ¸ í· ‚ÊÂ, ‰Ó̘ÍÓ, ÌÂχπ ëÔÓÍ¥ÈÌÓ ÒÔË... èÓÁ‡‰Û ‚Ò¥ ÚÂðÔ¥ÌÌfl, several chemotherapies and radiation. Though fortunate to have had access to ç¥ ‚ ¯ÍÓÎ¥, ‡ Ì¥ ‰Óχ. èðÓϥ̸ Á„‡Ò. ÇÒ¥ ·ÓÎ¥, ÓÔÂð‡ˆ¥ª, ‚ÂÒ¸ ʇı, some of the best medical care in the world, Neil discovered, through his unique, ã˯ Úð¸Óı ‰¥ÚÂÈ í‚Óªı Ì‡Ï ÅÓ„ Î˯‡π ᇠÏÛÍË Ú¥ ÅÓ„ ‚ Ì·¥ ‰‡ÒÚ¸ ÒÔ‡Ò¥ÌÌfl, simultaneous journey as a student and a patient, that the most critical component ß ˜ÂðÂÁ ÌËı íË ·Û‰Â¯ ÒÂð‰ ̇Ò. Ä flÌ„ÓÎË Û ð‡È ÔÓ͇ÊÛÚ¸ ¯Îflı. of patient care is compassion. He recieved his M.D. in June 2001.

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Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus Ukrainian film festival announces winners KYIV – Domestic Ukrainian filmmakers interest in the competition – a problem Mr. took top honors in the second annual Our Vynnychenko said he well understands – he elects officers for two-year term Blossom – Across the World Film Festival, said he believes that with time the level of DETROIT – The Ukrainian Bandurist Vesnivka Choir of Toronto, a sacred music a competition that emphasizes Ukrainian participation will rise as filmmakers began Chorus elected and confirmed a new set concert series, and a short tour of Ukraine diaspora themes and experiences. to understand the value of showing their of officers at its 26th biennial meeting during the country’s 10th anniversary of The three films document life across films in Ukraine. on February 16, in Detroit. Anatoli W. Independence. The UBC officially repre- Ukraine’s western borders in Ukrainian set- The Institute of Diaspora Studies, a non- Murha was elected to a second term as sented the Ukrainian American communi- tlements in Poland, the Czech Republic and profit organization affiliated with the president of the executive board, which ty at various concerts in Kyiv. the Baltic states. Two of them address his- Ukraine-World Society, has organized the will guide the chorus through its sixth For more information on the bandura torical themes. Our Blossom – Across the World competi- decade of perpetuating bandura and and the chorus readers may visit their One film, by Petro Midrihana and Vasyl tion for two years running as a vehicle to choral music in North America. website at www.bandura.org, or call Riabunets of Rivne, offers a glimpse at life initiate more interaction between Newly elected board members are: (734) 658-6452. today for Ukrainians and their offspring Ukrainians home and abroad. Last year’s First Vice President Arnold Birko, The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus was who were forcibly moved onto lands in winning entries were shown during special Second Vice-President John Kytasty, formed in Kyiv in 1918. It survived both western Poland during Akcja Wisla, a reset- screenings at cinemas throughout Ukraine Secretary Bohdan Pryjma, Treasurer the Soviet and the Nazi occupations of tlement program Polish authorities under- and on the country’s government television Wolodymyr Murha, Archivist Dr. Ivan Ukraine, and since 1949, has enjoyed the took in 1947. channel, UT-1. freedom of artistic expression in the Kernisky, Chorus Elder Bohdan A second winner, by television journalist Last year’s winners included a movie on Sklierenko, and Associate Members United States of America. This male cho- Maksym Drabka considers Ukrainian life in the life of Ukrainians in the ethnically Andrij Sklierenko, Ihor Kusznir, Roman rus is based in Detroit, but has members the Baltic states and analyzes the problems Ukrainian Kuban region of Russia and a Skypakewych and Mykola Schidowka. throughout North America: Alberta, the diaspora living there must confront. film documenting the history of the Plast The membership also unanimously Ontario, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, This year’s third laureate, by Kyiv film- Ukrainian Scouting Organization. agreed to retain Maestro Oleh Mahlay as New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The makers Vasyl Shenderovskyi, Nadia Filmmakers, amateur or professional, artistic director and conductor, with Oleh Chorus has preserved and promoted the art Dovhych and Anatolii Vasianovych, investi- wishing to take part in the 2002 Our Moroz, Orest Sklierenko, and George of the bandura by amassing an extensive gates the life of Ukrainian Czech expatriate Blossom – Across the World competition Metulynsky completing the Artistic discography, and by touring North and noted scientist Ivan Puli uj, and his con- are asked to submit projects having a Council. America, Europe and Australia. The tribution to the discovery of the X-ray. Ukrainian narrative (dialogue can be in any The meeting highlighted chorus proj- Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus is a laureate The judges reviewed nine submissions in language), no longer than 30 minutes in ects over the past two years, which includ- of the Shevchenko State Prize, Ukraine’s all before making their decision. No diaspo- length, with at least 50 percent of the mate- ed joint Christmas concerts with the highest cultural award. ra entries were received this year, which, according to the film festival’s organizing rial directly related to the topic, “Ukrainians committee was a major disappointment. in foreign lands.” Ihor Vynnychenko, director of the It is not necessary that the footage be of a TO: ALL UNA MEMBERS Institute of Diaspora Studies, which organ- highly professional level, only that it tell a izes the festival, said that it is unfortunate story and have a definite beginning, middle From January to March 2002, branches of the Ukrainian National that the event had not stirred more interest and ending. Although the organizing com- in the United States and Canada, or within mittee would prefer that entries be on Super Association will hold their annual meetings as mandated by the VHS or Betacam SP videotape in PAL for- UNA By-Laws. It is very important that all members attend these any of the other diaspora communities. “We thought we would get a reaction mat, they will accept other types of standard meetings. This year, in preparation for the upcoming UNA after last year’s presentation, during which videotape. Convention, branches will hold meetings for election of delegates. Ivan Drach said he would really like to see Please send contest submissions to: Our Branch meetings are announced in both The Ukrainian Weekly and Yurij Luhovy’s film on the issue of Blossom – Across the World, Ukraine Svoboda. Ukrainian Canadians in World War I intern- 01034, Kyiv, a/c 126. ment camps submitted, and more films For more information go to the Institute Participation of UNA members is important to the future of our from the West in general,” said Mr. of Diaspora Studies website at: organization. Vynnychenko. http://idd.ukrsat.com or phone 011-380-44- While the lack of a monetary prize stifles 244-2911.. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 17 Plishka, Hrynkiw to perform benefit recital

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Intensive tennis instructions for boys and girls, ages 12-18. Instructors’ fees $80.00 per child Room and board: UNA members $510.00/non-members $560.00 for full session Insurance $30.00 per child per week Instructors: George Sawchak and Lida Sawchak-Kopach. Limited to 45 students Supervisor: Olya Czerkas – 24 hrs suprervised

BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ RECREATIONAL CAMP, AGES 7-12, SATURDAY, JULY 6 – SATURDAY, JULY 20

Featuring hiking, swimming, games, Ukrainian songs and folklore, supervised 24 hr. Paul Plishka Thomas Hrynkiw Room and board: UNA members $330.00 per week/non-members $380.00 per week Counselor fee: $30.00 per child per week. Limited to 45 campers per week NEW YORK – A special benefit Harold Bauer Award and the National Insurance $15.00 per child per week recital for the Shevchenko Scientific Music Teachers Association Award. He has Instructor and supervisors: Olya Czerkas Society (NTSh) to be held Thursday, also received grants from the International March 21, will feature the world- Institute for Education. CHEMNEY FUN CENTER, SUNDAY, JULY 7 – FRIDAY, JULY 12 & SUNDAY, JULY 14 – FRIDAY, JULY 19 renowned Metropolitan Opera soloist * * * Paul Plishka and the internationally The benefit begins with a cocktail recep- Geared to exposing the Ukrainian heritage to the English-speaking children, ages 4-8, acclaimed concert pianist Thomas tion at 5:30 p.m., the recital is at 7 p.m., Daily sessions: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Hrynkiw, presenting a program ranging with a champagne reception to meet the Registration/counselor fee: $135.00 if parents staying at Soyuzivka and pay the regular room rates. from familiar selections from opera to artists to follow. Dinner reservations (not Registration/counselor fee: $175.00 if parents staying off premises classical Ukrainian compositions, with included in the ticket price of $150) may be Registration fee includes T-shirts, child’s lunch, and insurance fee of $10.00 per child. works by Lysenko, Vytvytskyi and made at either Bayard’s or Harry’s at SOYUZIVKA SPORTS CAMP, SUNDAY, JULY 21 - SUNDAY, JULY 28 Nyzhankivskyi, and current American Hanover Square, both located at India compositions. The event is sponsored by House, following the recital. A new fun camp, where children will do all three sports and more. India House, located at One Hanover Of the ticket price, $120 is tax-deducible; Swimming, soccer, volleyball for boys and girls, ages 8-14. 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Mary E. Pressey MAY WE HELP YOU? NEW YORK – The Leontovych String Quartet, composed of (from left) Peter To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, Krysa, Oleh Krysa, Volodymyr Panteleyev and Borys Deviatov, performed at and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the quartet’s founding in Kyiv in 1971. The concert, sponsored by the Ukrainian Institute of Editorial – 3049, 3063, 3069; Administration – 3041; America, was held on January 27; the program featured works by Antonin Dvorak, Advertising – 3040; Subscriptions – 3042; Production – 3052 Valentyn Silvestrov and Peter Tchaikovsky. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10

Zenon Stakhiv, 32.98 (S) Skiers, snowboarders... Andrew Hadzewycz, 33.22 (S) (Continued from page 12) Andrei Kachala, 34.07 (B) Taras Popel, 28.55 (S) Oleh Kolodiy, 36.42 (B) Joseph Vena, 39.34 (B) Men 30-39 Severin Palydowycz, 27.49 (G) Men over 60 Peter Strutynsky, 29.52 (S) Andrey Sonevytsky, 30.44 (S) John Shmerykowsky, 36.08 (B) Marco Shmerykowsky, 34.25 (B) SNOWBOARDING Men 40-49 Women Yuri Kobziar, 24.91 (G) Adrienne Burachinsky, 41.70 Yuriy Kucher, 30.62 (S) Lana Denysyk, 1:03.87 Peter Siokalo, 32.75 (S) Vlodko Temnycky, 33.61 (B) Roman Iwasiwka, 35.97 Men Markian Rybak, 36.14 Men 50-60 Danylo Peleschuk, 39.20 Orest Fedash, 32.46 (G) Mykola Stasiuk, 55.65

Zenon Stakhiv presents awards to winners in the men age 30-39 category, (from left) Peter Strutynsky, Andrey Sonevytsky and Marco Shmerykowsky.

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Archival Heritage of Ukraine, World War News from Ukrainian Research... II, and the international Politics of (Continued from page 9) Restitution” (Cambridge, Mass.: HURI, Attention! Attention! Attention! Prof. Sevcenko’s personal archives. 2001). On this occasion, Dr. Grimsted A growing interest in Ukraine and the presented an update on the recently pub- UNA BRANCH SECRETARIES, ORGANIZERS, ADVI- ever larger number of Ukrainian special- lished volume. Dr. Konstantin Akinsha, author of SORS, MEMBERS AND ELECTED DELEGATES TO ists at Harvard have created the need for TH an additional discussion forum to supple- numerous important studies of cultural THE 35 UNA CONVENTION. THE UNA IS ment the long-standing Seminar in trophies, was the discussant. ANNOUNCING A PRECONVENTION ORGANIZING The event, attended by Harvard faculty, Ukrainian Studies. To satisfy this need, associates, and students, as well as by spe- CAMPAIGN FROM JANUARY 2002 TO APRIL 30, HURI has formed the “Ukraine Study cialists from area libraries and museums, Group” (USG). 2002. was yet another “Trophies” book launch While the Seminar in Ukrainian in addition to the ones already organized Studies meets usually on Mondays at 4 – FIRST PRIZE: $500 coupon for travel to Ukraine or planned in Kyiv, Amsterdam, Paris and p.m. for formal presentation and critique Washington. (Dunwoodie Travel Agency) or of research papers, the USG gathers Dr. Grimsted’s book has been very weekly on Thursdays or Fridays for pre- well received over the six months since a $500 UNA Annuity Policy. liminary reports on work in progress, dis- its publication. It has had the most cussion of methodology and debate of review requests of any HURI book and Requirements: 15 new members with a minimum annual premium of $2,000 more contemporary issues. has already won advanced praise from Presenters in the fall term included specialists in such diverse fields as Borys Tarasyuk, former minister of for- archival studies, history, the Holocaust, – SECOND PRIZE: UNA Annuity Policy for $300 eign affairs of Ukraine, who spoke on restitution studies and international law. Ukraine’s foreign policy over 10 years of The first review, a glowing tribute to the Requirements: 10 new members with a minimum annual premium of $1,500 independence; Volodymyr Kulyk, a Shklar book was published in the noted Kyiv- fellow at HURI, who spoke political par- based journal Arkhivy Ukrayiny (Archives ties, parliamentary factions and voting of Ukraine) just a few months after its pub- – THIRD PRIZE: $100 blocs in Ukraine; Lubomyr Hajda, HURI lication. Officials from the State Committee Requirements: 5 new members with a minimum annual premium of $1,000 associate director, who covered the history on Archives of Ukraine indicated that they of Ukrainian studies at Harvard; would like to have the book translated into Oleksander Riabchenko, national deputy Ukrainian as soon as possible. Excluded from the campaign are T-23 policies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, who * spoke on privatization efforts and poten- * * * tial in Ukraine, and Larry Wolff, professor The University of Toronto on February of history at Boston College, who reported 22, hosted Dr. Volodymyr Kravchenko, on methodologies for studying the 18th Shklar Fellow at Harvard University, and century history of the Slavs. Head of the Department of Ukrainian The Ukraine Study Group continues studies at Kharkiv University, Ukraine, with an expanded program in the spring who delivered a lecture titled “The 2002 semester. The USG is lead by Dr. Ukrainian National Movement in Kharkiv Lubomyr Hajda, HURI’s associate director. in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries.” The lecture took place at the Munk * * * Center for International Studies and was On February 11, HURI held a book co-sponsored by the Petro Jacyk Program presentation and reception for Patricia for the Study of Ukraine and the Kennedy Grimsted’s trialblazing study Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies “Trophies of War and Empire: The (Toronto Office). 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10 No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 21

pushing for the union and thus their Odesa broadcasters... return to power. Otherwise, people in OCHESTER (Continued from page 7) their region are enjoying the improved R state of the economy and free enterprise. woman for the group stated that they did Issues of social relevance also seem to not wish to discuss politics – only cul- UKRAINIAN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION be receiving greater attention. According ture. However, individually, some male MAIN OFFICE to Ms. Dobrynina, she has been instru- journalists were willing to discuss politi- mental in raising the issue of abused cal issues. 824 Ridge Road East, Rochester NY 14621 women and children by documenting According to the Ukrainian broadcast- Tel. (585) 544-9518 Toll free (877) 968-7828 abuses on film and by interviewing vic- ers, TV and radio stations in Odesa are Fax: (585) 338-2980 not connected to any network in or out- tims. Under her leadership a women’s side the city and focus only on the local shelter for abused families, claimed to be www.rufcu.org news. These stations on occasion receive the first of its kind, is opening in Audio Response: (585) 544-4019 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. The issue of fam- news items from Kyiv, which they then APITAL ISTRICT RANCH include in their local broadcasts. ily abuse is scheduled for discussion C D B On the question of use of the Ukrainian shortly in the Ukrainian Parliament, and 1828 Third Ave. Watervliet, NY 12189 language, journalists said that the she is hoping for official government TEL: (518) 266-0791 FAX: (585) 338-2980 Ukrainian government mandates that at recognition and support of this rising www.rufcu.org least 50 percent of all TV and radio pro- social problem, due to rampant alco- AUDIO RESPONSE: (585) 544-4019 grams be broadcast in the Ukrainian lan- holism and other social problems mani- CREDIT UNION SERVICES guage, but this mandate is neither festing themselves in widespread abuse REDIT ARDS EHICLE OANS ORTGAGES IGNATURE OANS observed nor enforced. According to Mr. of women and children. C C • V L • M • S L Chenusha, head editor of “Kiliya” On a lighter note, the visitors were BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL LOANS • SHARE DRAFTS & CHECKING Radio/TV, all government documents are bemused with what they saw as the CD’S & IRA’S • INVESTMENTS • YOUTH ACCOUNTS written in the Ukrainian language, which “American preoccupation” with the CONVENIENCE SERVICES forces non-Ukrainian speaking journalists weather and environmental issues, brush- AUDIO RESPONSE SYSTEM • DIRECT DEPOSIT • ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER ing these aside with comments that peo- and others to study the official language. NIGHT DEPOSIT BOX • WIRE TRANSFERS: DOMESTIC, INTERNATIONAL ple in the States like their “comfort.” It In response to a question about the TILITY PAYMENTS EWSLETTER MAGAZINE OTARY SERVICE TRANSLATIONS was pointed out to them that the weather U • N , • N , dangers of being a journalist in Ukraine, SCHOLARSHIPS •MEMBER EDUCATION SEMINARS • LIBRARY • AND MUCH MORE. the visitors said that they personally have reports generally televised in four seg- not received any threats, and that local ments in a given hour by most TV sta- e-mail: [email protected] authorities are watchful of threats against tions, are of great concern to national and journalists. Mr. Chenusha mentioned that international air travel, mail deliveries, his local chief of police visits him period- and land transportation and movement. ically to check on whether he has been According to the visitors, there are threatened in any way. The visitors felt approximately 28 radio and TV stations that they did not need to arm themselves in the Odesa region, many of which are with guns with rubber bullets. A question private, start-up operations. One of their about Yulia Tymoshenko, a prominent goals is to make these profitable. A short- opposition leader apparently being perse- age of money for equipment and person- cuted by the authorities, was dismissed nel is the most pressing problem in their with a wave of the hand and a comment operations. that “she’s a thief.” Finally, it was interesting and encour- On election procedures and oversight aging to hear that people in the Odesa issues, the visitors claimed that elections region are experimenting with setting up are supervised properly in their areas. On private news broadcasting operations and the issue of Ukraine’s possible union studying to improve existing ones, espe- with Moscow versus remaining an inde- cially in making these profitable, and pendent state, they said that it was only with a goal of eventually joining with Communist Party members who were other media networks, including CNN.

blocs active during the current political Opposition denied... campaign are not being granted equal (Continued from page 2) access to the media during the run-up to sion stations complaining of an “informa- the Ukrainian parliamentary elections. Such unequal access to the media particu- tion blockade” because of Ms. larly applies to those election blocs that Tymoshenko’s opposition to President are anti-oligarch and/or anti-Kuchma. Kuchma. Preventing equal media access also con- Kyiv printing houses canceled their travenes President Kuchma’s stated prom- contracts to print Ms. Tymoshenko’s ise to Western governments and interna- Slovo Batkivschyny and Vechirni Visti tional organizations to allow free and fair newspapers, and she had to relocate their elections. printing operation to western Ukraine. Serhii Pravdenko, editor of the parliamen- tary daily newspaper Holos Ukraiiny and a candidate for the Ms. Tymoshenko bloc, was accused of misusing funds and a criminal case has been launched against him. The STB and Novy Kanal TV stations, which cover only 23 to 28 percent of Ukraine’s territory, are sympathetic or neutral to Mr. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine, while other television stations controlled by the executive or oligarchs provide neg- ative coverage. On a tour of Poltava, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad earlier this month Mr. Yushchenko was barred from appearing on oblast-level state television and radio. When he finally managed to insist on his right to appear on Mykolaiv Oblast state television, the electricity was cut off. Our Ukraine activists have been arrest- ed for distributing and putting up leaflets “in the wrong place” by the militia in eastern Ukrainian cities. The militia does not apply these rules to the pro-Kuchma For a United Ukraine and SDPU election blocs, whose posters are to be found everywhere. Thus, it is clear that all 35 parties and 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10 UKEUKELLODEONODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

UKELODEON bids final farewell to our collaborator, Lydia Smyk Dear Readers: It is our very sad duty to inform you about the passing of our dear colleague, Lydia Wasylenko Smyk, who worked with the staff of The Ukrainian Weekly on these UKELODEON pages since they first began appearing in 1999, on Valentine’s Day of that year. Ms. Smyk, who had been seriously ill in the last sev- eral months, died on February 14, having lost a long bat- tle that she so bravely fought against cancer. She was 43 years old. (A complete obituary about Ms. Smyk appeared in this newspaper two weeks ago.) Our UKELODEON co-editor continued working on these pages for our youths even while she was hospital- ized. Thanks to the help of family and friends, she never missed a deadline. Her last submissions appeared in the UKELODEON issue for February. Lydia Smyk with the fourth grade class of 2000-2001 at St. John’s School. Ms. Smyk, who majored in English literature while a college student in Canada, where she was born, and Ms. Smyk had created the character of The funeral service for Ms. Smyk was then worked in the very different fields of historical Mykola Myshka even before she began her attended by hundreds of people, among them archives and advertising in the United States, found her collaboration with The Weekly and came up her friends and colleagues in the Ukrainian true calling in September 1991. It was then, at the age with the name UKELODEON when she was American community that she loved and of 32, that she began teaching at St. John the Baptist approached to work on the paper’s new served, and the entire student body of St. Ukrainian Catholic School. At various times she taught youth section. Her students at St. John’s John’s. kindergarten and fourth grade classes. knew Mykola before UKELODEON’s read- Ms. Smyk leaves behind three children, She took to her new career with dedication and passion, ers did, and they were thrilled when their Dmytro, Roksolana and Larissa. A special as well as fun. She was known at the school for her portray- favorite Myshka appeared in print in this “Smyk Children’s Fund,” (Account No. als during the annual Halloween parties of the “vidma,” or newspaper. Ms. Smyk also was the initiator 310199) has been established at Selfreliance witch. She was known also as the chief organizer of annual of the “Mishanyna” feature, and the author Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union, St. Valentine’s Day parties for the school community. of numerous articles on these pages. 734 Sanford Ave., Newark NJ 07106.

St. Nicholas students celebrate special week by Eugenia Merkoulov

PASSAIC, N.J. – During Catholic Schools Week 2002, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic School celebrat- ed a week dedicated to the theme “Faith and Knowledge Meet in our School.” There were many exciting activities planned for the week. One included a luau for the stu- dents on Tuesday – “Faith and Knowledge Meet In Our Students Day.” There was Hawaiian food, Hawaiian dancing and party games such as the limbo. On Wednesday – “Faith and Knowledge Meet In Our Nation Day” – the students formed a human flag and sang patriotic songs, showing love and support for our country. On Thursday – “Faith and Knowledge Meet In Our Heritage Day” – The students dressed in the colors of their heritage, and played games such as the “spiderweb.” Eugenia Merkoulov is an eighth grader at St. Nicholas School. St. Nicholas students form a human flag of the United States. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 23

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Easter Greetings 2002 Sunday, March 10 of the Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Research at the Canadian NEW YORK: Plast, New York City Institute of Ukrainian Studies, adjunct pro- Branch, invites the public to its annual fessor of history and classics at the “Novatska Kostiumivka,” whose theme this University of Alberta and Jacyk SendContinue best wishes toyour your family tradition. and friends, year is “Princess of the Sea.” The children’s Distinguished Fellow at HURI. The lecture, colleagues and clients on the occasion of Easter costume play will begin at 2 p.m. in the titled “The Nationalization of the Past: auditorium of St. George Ukrainian Mykhailo Hrushevskyi and the with a greeting in The Ukrainian Weekly. Catholic School, Taras Shevchenko Place, Deconstruction of the Russian Imperial between Sixth and Seventh streets. There Narrative,” will be held in the institute also will be games, a lottery and a delicious Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., buffet. 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