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Vol. LXIV No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 Sl.257S2in Ukraine Parliament reconvenes with budget, Kuchma and Yeltsin agree to form constitution atop formidable agenda committee on bilateral cooperation by Danylo Yanevsky employ all necessary efforts to peaceful­ by Danylo Yanevsky scheduled their meeting while both were Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ly resolve this problem and to secure the Special to The Ukrainian Weekly attending the funeral in Paris of French speedy release of all hostages, including President Francois Mitterand. KYIV — Ukraine's Parliament KYIV — Presidents Leonid Kuchma citizens of Ukraine." In Moscow, Presidents Yeltsin and resumed its work this week, after a and Boris Yeltsin held a working meeting The resolution concluded with the Kuchma spoke about the wide-ranging recess for the Christmas and New Year in the Russian capital on January 16 to dis­ statement that the Supreme Council of agreement on Russian-Ukrainian cooper­ holidays, with adoption of a budget and a cuss bilateral ties and signed an agreement Ukraine "decisively condemns interna­ ation that has been stalled for some rime new constitution uppermost on the agen­ on the creation of a special committee on tional terrorism in all its forms and sup­ now over such issues as dual citizenship, da of this session. Russian-Ukrainian cooperation that is to ports the resolution of all conflicts agreeing that it should be resolved most Opening the morning deliberations on meet twice a year under the co-chairman­ through peaceful means via negotiations." expeditiously. Tuesday, January 16, Parliament Chairman ship of Prime Ministers Viktor Respublika reported that among the 200 The two chief executives also dis­ Oleksander Moroz said this convocation of Chernomyrdin and Yevhen Marchuk. hostages nine are citizens of Ukraine. cussed possible scenarios for the division the Supreme Council "will be a test of our Official communiques characterized the The news agency also reported on of the Black Sea Fleet, which is taking ability to work, as we must review ques­ January 15 that President Leonid talks as "constructive and fruitful" and tions that determine the development of our noted that the two-hour session was place in accordance with the provisions Kuchma, on the eve of his meeting in of the June 1995 Sochi agreement. state and its economy." First of all, this con­ Moscow with Russian President Boris marked by "a high degree of understand­ cerns adoption of a budget for 1996. ing and trust." The presidents are reported The assistant director of President Yeltsin, had expressed his sympathy Kuchma's press service, Andriy Chyrva, Mr. Moroz also pointed out that this over the tragic events in Kizlyar and to have discussed internal political devel­ session, which he expects to continue opments in their respective countries as reported at a press briefing in Kyiv that the Pervomayskoye. He wrote in a letter to two had agreed it would be useful to take without recess through the end of July, his Russian counterpart that Ukraine is well as the progress of economic reform. will review at least 374 proposals, more Both men expressed satisfaction with the fleet issue beyond the parameters of watching the developments with great the bilateral agreement on cooperation. than 200 of which are priority items. He trepidation and is concerned about the the development of Russian-Ukrainian Mr. Chyrva added that the decision to said he expects the Parliament to act on fate of innocent people, including chil­ relations and pledged to increase the create a special committee on Russian- about I50tc 170 bills. dren, women and the sick. effectiveness of economic cooperation. Ukrainian cooperation would ensure that Speaking at a press conference on the President Kuchma underscored that the At the same time, Ukraine's Foreign the bilateral cooperation agreement eve of the Parliament's opening day, Mr. tragedy in Kizlyar once again demon­ Minister Hennadiy Udovenko held talks would be signed in the nearest future, Moroz, and members of the Parliament strates the criminal nature of terrorism and with his newly appointed Russian coun­ though no date has been set. Presidium Volodymyr Butkevych (who that the world community must actively terpart, Yevgeni Primakov. Defense also co-chairs the working group reviewing work toward liquidating terrorism. Ministers Valeriy Shmarov and Pavel The new committee will focus special the draft constitution) and Volodymyr Grachev also met. President Kuchma's attention on economic ties, reported the Stretovych, commented on the adoption of Budget discussions begin delegation to Moscow included also Open Media Research Institute, since a new constitution for Ukraine. They The Parliament on January 17 began Volodymyr Horbulin, national security Russia remains Ukraine's largest trade part­ reported that 111 out of the 150 articles in adviser to the president. ner, accounting for 43 percent of its exports the draft constitution have already been dis­ (Continued on page 3) Messrs. Kuchma and Yeltsin had and more than half its imports in 1995. cussed and agreed upon, which leads them to believe that the draft document will be presented to the Parliament this month. Concurrently, the Parliament will Chernobyl Challenge coalition formed to mark 10th anniversary review the draft constitution of the by Roman Woronowycz ment of Western nations in the decom­ Orthodox Church has been the driving Crimean Autonomous Republic, which missioning of the RBMK Soviet-built force behind the banquet, which is dedi­ Mr. Stretovych explained should be JERSEY CITY, N.J. - On the eve reactors, including the need for exten­ cated specifically to raising funds for composed of "statutes governing territor­ of the 10th anniversary of the world's sive financial assistance for Ukraine," medical relief for Chornobyl's victims. ial-administrative autonomy, without any worst nuclear accident a coalition has explained Alexander Kuzma, the Also attending will be Ukraine's characteristics of an independent state, formed to commemorate the tragedy of national coordinator for the Chornobyl Ambassador to the U.S. Yuri Shcherbak, such as state symbols." Chornobyl and to refocus the eyes of Challenge '96 effort. who convened the first organizational the world on its aftermath. Chechen hostage-taking He said another aspect of the meeting from which the coalition devel­ Chornobyl Challenge '96, a group of oped, and a host of other public figures. Much of the Parliament's time during more than one dozen organizations, endeavor is to focus on the "continuing the opening days of its fifth session was from diaspora political organizations to need for Western assistance in the area Yale-Columbia joint conference spent on discussions revolving around fraternals and from Ukrainian Churches of nuclear decontamination, disaster Just over two weeks before the historic the Chechen hostage-taking in Kizlyar, clean-up and large-scale public health to a United Nations-affiliated organiza­ date, on April 7-8, Yale University's Dagestan, and aboard a Black Sea ferry studies to determine the long-term tion, have joined to set up a series of Center for Eastern European Studies and in the port of Trabzon, Turkey. impact of radiation exposure on heavily events, which will begin on February 4 Columbia University's Harriman Institute Respublika reported that at the end of populated areas." with a fund-raising banquet. will hold a conference examining issues their evening session on January 17, It will culminate the weekend of April Fund-raiser with Jack Palance surrounding Chornobyl. The two-day Parliament members adopted a resolution 26 in Washington, exactly 10 years from gathering (one day at Yale, one day at expressing that body's "concern over viola­ the day when the No. 4 reactor at the Launching the commemorative sea­ son will be a fund raising banquet on Columbia) will deal with problems of tions of human rights and civil liberties, as Chornobyl Atomic Energy Station blew environmental health, energy policy and February 4 at the Ukrainian Orthodox well as life-threatening situations that have skyward, sending plumes of ash and nuclear safety. arisen on territories bordering Ukraine." Church Center in South Bound Brook, debris over hundreds of squares miles Among the expert panelists sched­ N.J., with Academy Award winner Jack The resolution referred specifically to and a radioactive cloud over much of uled to attend are Ukraine's Deputy Palance as a special guest. Mr. Palance the ferry hijacking, noting that among Ukraine, Belarus and northern Europe. Prime Minister for Humanitarian is the national spokesperson for the the hostages are citizens of several coun­ That weekend the organizers are plan­ Affairs Vasyl Durdynets and People's Children of Chornobyl Foundation, a tries, including Ukraine. "Expressing ning a mass rally, an ecumenical service Deputy Volodymyr Yavorivsky. On central component of Chornobyl concern over the fate of these innocent and a concert at the Kennedy Center for hand, also, will be Ukraine's first lady, people," the Parliament said, it "appeals the Performing Arts. Challenge '96. Honored will be individ­ Liudmyla Kuchma. Following the con­ to the leadership of the Republic of "The point is to make the public uals who have made outstanding contri­ ference a reception will take place in Turkey, the Russian Federation and aware of the continuing need for inter­ butions to the Chornobyl relief effort. responsible persons from the Chechen national medical relief and the involve­ Archbishop Antony of the Ukrainian (Continued on page 3) Republic with the request that they 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 No.3 COMMENTARY: Revised law on Ukraine's judicial system 641CBM silos slated for destruction Deceived Tenants" and continue with­ by Judge Bohdan A. Futey utive officers with the judiciary creates holding their rent and utility payments the appearance of impropriety by suggest­ KYIV — Ukrainian Defense Minister The draft of the law of Ukraine on the until newly increased fees are brought ing that the governmental branches are Valeriy Shmarov corrected an announce­ judicial system has recently been revised. into line with real household incomes. not truly separate. ment by the U.S. Embassy here that This revised version goes further than the The CCU stated in its appeal that rent An additional problem with the prose­ Ukraine will destroy 130 decommis­ October 1994 draft in embodying princi­ and utilities should not exceed 20 percent cutor's role arises as a result of the prose­ sioned ICBM silos. On January 13, the ples, such as separation of powers, which of the minimum wage and that its parlia­ cutor's right to protest the court's deci­ minister explained that Ukraine will must be embraced in order to shift from a mentary deputies would work to prose­ sions. Would this allow a prosecutor to destroy 64 silos, which once housed a command legal system to one based on cute government officials responsible for extend a case ad infinitum? Could a pros­ considerable part of the former Soviet the rule of law. Nevertheless, there are the increases. As of January 1, rent rates ecutor protest or appeal if the jury finds Union's intercontinental ballistic missile still some parts of the revised draft that were raised from 6,000 to 10,000 kbv. the defendant not guilty? force. This will be in accordance with the could be improved in order to further per square meter while government sub­ terms of the START-1 treaty, which calls ensure a smoother transition. Concept of a unified system sidies for public utilities were reduced for the destruction of 64 out of 176 silos, from 60 percent to 40 percent of actual that is 36 percent of all silos, by Concept of judicial independence Whereas the previous draft established costs. (Respublika) a court system comprising three organi­ November 1998. 20 silos have already The revised draft clearly emphasizes zational pyramids, the revised draft cre­ been destroyed by Ukraine, according to Another sewer system bites the dust the judiciary's equality with the other ates a court system where all courts are Mr. Shmarov, while 90 percent of all branches of government. In addition to "under a single umbrella." The Supreme nuclear warheads had been liquidated MARIYUPIL - This Oziv (Azov) Sea expressly affirming the courts' indepen­ Court of Ukraine is at the apex of this through the end of 1995. (Svoboda) port's municipal sewer system continues to dence several times, the draft contains system and is composed of various spe­ suffer from a recent breakdown at a purifi­ specific provisions allowing the court to cialized judicial boards. Thus, the deci­ Trouble in Ukraine's coal mines cation plant. As of January 11 untreated implement its power. sions of the Supreme Court will influ­ waste continued to be released into the For example, Article 1, Paragraph 2 DONETSKE — Management evacuat­ ence the decisions of all courts and judi­ Kalnia River, and some neighborhoods gives the courts the exclusive authority to ed a coal mine in the Donbas region after cial institutions. have had their water supplies reduced by interpret the law. Article 6 contains lan­ receiving a bomb threat from a caller up to 40 percent. Some 2000 cubic meters guage reminiscent of Marbury v. Concept of ex parte communication demanding that the government pay wage of waste must still be removed from the Madison, an early case in the United arrears owed to thousands of miners since area, and civil defense units from the The revised draft no longer requires States that articulated the courts' power October, Ukrainian Television and Ministry of Environmental Protection have judges to receive citizens and consider to declare unconstitutional both legisla­ Interfax-Ukraine reported on January 11. been sent to the city. (Respublika) tive statutes and executive acts. their proposals absent the other party. Bomb disposal units found no explosives Paragraph 3 empowers the courts in This change helps to emphasize the in the pit, but the threat highlights the Opinion poll conducted on fleet division Ukraine to declare "enactments" uncon­ courts' impartiality in cases. predicament of the country's coal miners, SEVASTOPIL - An opinion poll stitutional. While this certainly covers Concept of an appeal process who have held numerous strikes and ral­ legislation, it should also be made clear lies to pressure the government to pay 38 carried out by the "education" depart­ that it covers conduct of the executive As in the previous draft, the revised million karbovantsi (S21 million) in back ment of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) branch as well. The draft, however, draft recognizes the right to appeal lower wages. Currently, workers at seven showed that 47 percent of officers are should also make clear whether constitu­ court decisions, but does not clearly out­ mines, among them the Dymytrova and disillusioned over the division of the tional issues are decided only by the line the details of appellate review. The Artemvuhillia complexes, are on strike. fleet, ITAR-TASS reported on January Constitutional Senate of the Supreme revised draft establishes district (town) In Cherkasy oblast, as of January 15, 16. Another 33 percent said they were Court or by all courts. Further, the law courts as courts of first instance. some 430 workers at the Bohachivska dissatisfied with what was happening should address whether the courts are Other courts serve as both courts of and Kozatska mines in Vatutine also con­ around them. The report said the majori­ limited to concrete cases or can issue first instance and courts of appeal/cassa­ tinued their work stoppage in protest of ty of those responding negatively in the advisory opinions. tion, such as the Supreme Court of the withheld back pay. (OMRI Daily poll were servicemen living in garrisons As in the previous version, the revised Crimea, regional, interregional, Digest/Respublika) that have been handed over to Ukraine or draft guarantees judges' tenure. Further, Sevastopil, Kyiv and military courts. At are slated to be transferred to Ukraine. the revised draft states that their tenure is the top of the appellate process is the Government raises wages, pensions... The BSF command recommended that Supreme Court of Ukraine. the issue of citizenship be decided and a for life. Life tenure assures judges that KYIV — The Ukrainian government they will not lose their jobs in the event What is lacking in this draft is a clear program worked out to move Russian has raised wages for government of an unpopular decision. This provision, system of intermediate appellate courts. servicemen out of Ukrainian garrisons to employees, members of the armed forces therefore, helps to maintain a court's The draft should clearly articulate such a Russia. (OMRI Daily Digest) and Interior Ministry personnel by 12 impartiality and independence, both of system. Moreover, the draft should clari­ percent, Ukrainian Television reported UNA-UN SO picket of ministry ends which are necessary in order to maintain fy the procedure followed in courts that on January 11. It also hiked pensions by a democratic state. have both appellate and cassational juris­ 190 percent and monthly aid to low KYIV - The recent "Koliada" picket diction. Finally, the draft should further To further ensure impartiality, the income disabled people to 887,000 kbv. of the Defense Ministry by members of explain the function of interregional final law should prevent judges' salaries (OMRI Daily Digest) the radical nationalist Ukrainian National from being reduced and specify the courts, especially in terms of their venue. Assembly/Ukrainian People's Self- requirements for the removal of judges. Defense ended with the arrest and deten­ Concept of juries ... while utility, rent hikes spark opposition For example, if judges are to be removed tion of six protesters by the militia. One by impeachment, the law should specify The revised draft is still unclear as to KYIV - The Civic Congress of of these subsequently died while in cus­ the procedures to be followed. whether juries in Ukraine serve as fact- Ukraine, a left-wing political party, is tody at the Zaliznychyi regional militia Furthermore, while Article 74 calls for finders or lay judges. As in the original protesting recent hikes in rents and utility station. Viktor Melnyk, head of the all judges to have a uniform status, the draft, the revised law states that the jury fees levied by the government on apart­ deregistered organization's executive revised draft still allows for bonuses to is composed of a judge and jurors. ment tenants. On January 14, the CCU committee, said UNA-UNSO violated no be paid to the leadership of the Supreme Further, the jurors receive the same pay called on all tenants three months or laws in conducting its picket, which Court. As with the original draft, this as professional judges. more behind in rent payments to join an type of "spoils" system might unduly This close association of the judge and "All-Ukrainian Civic Movement of (Continued on page 5) affect judges' decisions in cases. jury suggests that jurors serve as lay To further ensure the independence of judges, making decisions of law as well the judicial branch in general, the final as findings of fact. While either role will draft should include a provision requiring assist in the transformation to a legal sys­ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED TO the judiciary's budget to be a fixed per­ tem based on the rule of law, the final centage of the national budget. version of the law should nevertheless An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Another problem that remains is the clarify the specific role of the jury in a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. Yearly subscription rate: Ф60; for UNA members - S40. role of the prosecutor general in the judi­ cases. cial system. Article 57 mandates the pros­ In addition, the revised draft continues Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. ecutor general's participation in the work to allow for different sized juries in dif­ (ISSN - 0273-9348) of the Plenary Assembly of the Supreme ferent courts because it grants to each Court in setting forth the court's policies. 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with the U.N. Ambassador Shcherbak, a Chomobyl Challenge... noted expert on Chomobyl, will head a dis­ (Continued from page 1) tinguished panel of experts discussing the Chornobyrs 10th: a call to action tragedy and its aftermath. Representatives Columbia's Low Library. of several of the U.N. missions also are The year 1996 marks the 10th anniversary of Chomobyl, the worst nuclear disaster On April 25, Georgetown University scheduled to take part. "This truly will be a in history. This solemn occasion provides a unique opportunity to educate the will host its own Chomobyl conference. global conference," said Mr. Kuzma, the American public about the current situation in Ukraine and to challenge global leaders Prof. Murray Feshback Jr., noted author of Challenge coordinator. to address the ongoing medical and environmental crisis caused by this unprecedent­ a book on Chomobyl, "Ecocide in the ed tragedy, Chomobyl was an accident of immense proportions whose impact is still USSR," along with a broad array of experts Mass rally in Washington being felt in thousands of communities across Eastern Europe. and scholars will participate in panels on The next day attention shifts to In contrast to other man-made or natural disasters, many of the worst effects the medical consequences of Chomobyl, Washington, where a mass national rally is caused by nuclear fallout emerge only 10 to 20 years following exposure to radi­ the engineering aspects of the accident and planned. Mr. Kuzma said national political ation. In the next 10 years countless men, women and children will face the the contamination of the Dnipro River. leaders will be invited to attend along with specter of latent cancers and other life-threatening diseases, and their survival That evening an ecumenical service representatives of those nations affected by will depend to a great extent on the humanitarian response of Western nations. will take place at a Washington area the radiation fallout from the explosion of The world community needs to be reminded that Chomobyl is just beginning ю cathedral. Like many details regarding the the reactor, members of the American envi­ take its toll on the people of Ukraine. commemorations, the particulars of the ronmental movement, members of the med­ Under the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine, a coalition of national organi­ ecumenical service are still being worked ical community, veterans' groups, laity and zations has been formed to commemorate Chomobyl's І0th anniversary. A year­ out. However, organizers have stated that clergy, as well as Ukrainian Americans. long campaign, titled "Chomobyl Challenge '96," is being organized to draw it will include "prominent political and Negotiations are under way with sev­ maximum attention to Chornobyrs continuing threat to human health and to the religious leaders, including members of eral pop music performers to participate environment. To meet our goal of broadening public awareness of ChornobyFs Congress and the administration, and rep­ in the rally as well. consequences, planning for various activities - press conferences, fund-raising resentatives of the Ukrainian American The series of observances culminates on events, scholarly symposia, religious services, rallies and concerts - has begun. community." They encourage the entire the evening of April 28, when the All events will be professionally produced and publicized. Educational materials community to participate. Also planned acclaimed Odessa Philharmonic Symphony about Chomobyl and Ukraine will be published and distributed, and media interviews are readings and musical performances Orchestra under the direction of Hobart will be arranged. As with any campaign that seeks to reach out to a larger audience appropriate to the event. Earle presents a Chomobyl commemoration and to maximize the visibility of an urgent human need, Chomobyl Challenge '96 will require the generous support and involvement of citizens from across the country. Ecumenical service at St. Patrick's concert at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, which is It is essential that the Ukrainian American community realize the importance On April 26, the fateful day on which being coordinated by The Washington of this anniversary, and we urge everyone concerned with the future of Ukraine reactor No. 4 erupted, many events are Group Cultural Fund and the Chomobyl to contribute generously to its success. With your involvement and financial scheduled throughout the U.S. and the Committee of Washington, with support assistance, we hope to raise over S300,000 to make Chomobyl Challenge '96 world. In the U.S. an ecumenical service from Chomobyl Challenge '96. one of the most memorable and effective campaigns in our community's history. will take place at St. Patrick's Cathedral Separately, Ukraine is staging a whole Out of the tragedy of Chomobyl, the people of Ukraine forged a powerful cat­ in New York at the initiative of Ukrainian slew of events in Kyiv and in the alyst for their independence struggle. The struggle for Ukraine's future is still Catholic Bishop Basil Losten of the Chomobyl region unrelated to the U.S. unfolding, and it is a future in which the entire world has a vital stake. Chomobyl Stamford Eparchy. commemorations, the details of which must be remembered - not to preserve the past but to remove the menace the past Communities with significant numbers will be forthcoming, said Mr. Kuzma. has left behind, and to create an environment, a vision and a common purpose of Ukrainian Americans, such as Chicago, Commenting on the organizing effort that can sustain the generations yet to come. Detroit, San Diego and New Haven, to ensure that observances of the The Chomobyl Challenge '96 Coalition looks forward to the community's Conn., are planning bell-tolling cere­ Chomobyl tragedy are successful, Mr. response. monies and candle-light vigils, as well as Kuzma said that he has only superlatives Tax-deductible contributions may be made out to Chomobyl Challenge '96 regional and local press conferences. for the planning done thus far. "There and mailed directly to the coalition account at the Newark Selfreliance Ukrainian At the United Nations an environmental has been a strong cooperative spirit in the Credit Union at 734 Sandford Ave., Newark, NJ 07106-3627. All donors of Я 00 conference on Chomobyl will occur, spon­ planning process, and we are encouraged or more will receive public recognition and a special commemorative gift. sored by World Information Transfer, a by the solidarity and mutual support of X X tf non-governmental organization associated the organizations involved," he said. Sponsoring institutions: All-Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Fellowship; Children of Chomobyl Foundation; Chomobyl Committee of Washington; Coordinating Committee for Aid to Ukraine; The Embassy of Ukraine; The Harriman Institute at Columbia University; Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations; Ukrainian American Coordinating Council; Ukrainian Catholic Church- Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Eparchies of Chicago, Parma and Stamford; Ukrainian Congress Committee of America; Ukrainian Fraternal Association; Ukrainian National Association; Ukrainian National Women's League of America; Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States; The Washington Group; World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Associations; World Information Transfer. The preceding is a growing list of sponsors. Members of the coalition invite other organizations to join. New contributions and proposals are welcome. To learn more about the events being planned for the Chomobyl 10th anniversary, or to help organize events in your community or region, please contact the Chomobyl Challenge Coalition at (201) 258-9464.

Crimean Tatar leader supports Chechens KYIV - Crimean Tatar leader January 10 when Russian troops stopped Mustafa Cemiloglu has condoned the them. Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak, the initiator of the Chomobyl Challenge '96 coali­ hostage-taking by Chechens in Dagestan, The 200 Chechen rebel fighters holed tion, and Archbishop Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., saying Russia is guilty of terrorism, up in the village of Pervomayskoye, also who is hosting the coalition's kick-off event, a fund-raising banquet. Reuters reported on January 12. in Dagestan, taking over 100 hostages. On "We consider the actions of our January 17, after two days of a ferocious in favor of supporting the publication of Chechen brothers not banditism, but an ground assault by thousands of Russian Parliament reconvenes... Ukrainian-language books, pointing to the appropriate reaction to Russia's terror­ troops, the tiny village near the border of (Continued from page 1) fact that only 3 percent of the books pub­ ism... They aim only to conduct negotia­ Chechnya was leveled by Russian Grad lished in Ukraine are in the Ukrainian lan­ tions and remove Russian troops from missiles and heavy mortar. The number of debate over the budget, which envisages the territory of Chechnya," the leader of casualties could not be confirmed. a 6 percent deficit. guage. Mr. Kosiv cited "unprecedented Russification" in book publishing and pro­ Ukraine's 250,000 Crimean Tatars said Mr. Cemiloglu has accused Moscow Deputies proposed placing tight posed that the publication of Ukrainian-lan­ in the Crimean capital of Symferopil on of inciting conflict among ethnic groups restrictions on the government's authori­ guage books be exempted from taxes. January 11. in the north Caucasus, which is predomi­ ty over the budget, and putting a morato­ Chechens, like Crimean Tatars, are nantly Muslim. Chechnya declared its rium on its activities related to changing Composition of Parliament Muslims. Both peoples were deported to independence in 1991, which Moscow revenues and expenditures in parts of the As of January 1, Respublika reported the Central Asian republics from their has not recognized. budget. During the general discussion on that the 404 members of Parliament homelands in 1944 by Stalin, who accused According to the Crimean Tatar the budget, deputies spoke in support of could be grouped into the following fac­ them of collaborating with the Nazis. leader, his movement advocates non-vio­ general budget issues. tions and deputies' blocs: Communists of "The responsibility for what is hap­ lent means of protest to press for social For example, Academician Volodymyr Ukraine, 89 persons; Rukh, 28; pening today in Dagestan lies totally with and political rights. The Crimean Tatars Seminozhenko, a member of the Socialists, 26; Center Faction, 31; Russia," he said. were permitted to return to the Black Sea Parliament's Committee on Scholarship and Agrarian Party, 27; Agrarians for On January 9, Chechen gunmen attacked peninsula in 1989 by Soviet President Public Education, noted that the budget Reform, 25; Reforms Faction, 30; Unity airports in the neighboring republic of Mikhail Gorbachev. Many are unem­ policies of Ukraine currently give short Faction, 33; Statehood Faction, 29; Dagestan and seized thousands of hostages ployed and have no housing. The move­ shrift to a most important field of endeavor: Interregional Bloc of Deputies, 31; and in a hospital in the town of Kizlyar. They ment maintains good relations with the scholarship. Independents Faction, 27. There are 25 released most of their hostages and were government in Kyiv, although on occa­ Another deputy, Mykhailo Kosiv, spoke unaffiliated deputies. permitted to retreat back to Chechnya on sion protests have resulted in violence. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 No.3

Borzov to be honored OBITUARIES at international banquet Catholic Bishop Myron Daciuk of Edmonton JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Valeriy Borzov, by Christopher Guly Ukraine's minister of youth and sport, president of OTTAWA - Edmonton Ukrainian Catholic Bishop the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and Myron Daciuk died in an Edmonton hospital on January member of the International Olympic Committee, 14 - four days before he was scheduled to be a conse- will be a guest of honor at the Jesse Owens crator at the episcopal ordination of Saskatoon International Trophy Awards on February 6 at the Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Cornelius Pasichny in Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Winnipeg. Mr. Borzov will join the world's other fastest Bishop Daciuk had recently suffered from pneumonia humans, all of the 100-meter Olympic champions and was admitted to the hospital the weekend he died. from 1948 to 1992. The event will mark the year Born November 16, 1919, in Mundare, Alberta, of the centennial of the modern Olympic Games Bishop Daciuk joined the Ukrainian-rite Basilian Fathers and the 60th anniversary of Jesse Owens winning when he was 16. He was ordained to the priesthood in four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic 1945, and handled pastoral and teaching duties in Games. Mundare and Grimsby, Ontario, prior to becoming pastor At the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, Mr. of Montreal's St. Michael's Church in 1950. Borzov won gold medals in both the 100- and 200- In 1953, he was appointed master of novices for the meter sprints and a silver medal in the 4x100 Basilian order and returned to Mundare, where he served as relays. At Montreal in 1976 he won bronze medals superior of the monastery from 1959 to 1964. Bishop in the 100-meter sprint and 4x100 relays. In July, Daciuk was named provincial superior for the Basilians' in Atlanta, Minister Borzov will lead the first inde­ Canadian province in 1964. pendent Ukrainian delegation to the modern From 1970 to 1982, he held pastoral appointments at Summer Olympic Games. Winnipeg's St. Nicholas Church, Edmonton's St. Basil's Mr. Borzov will be a guest at Ukrainian com­ and Vancouver's Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. munity events while in the U.S. where he will In 1982, he was consecrated auxiliary bishop to then- speak about the composition of the Ukrainian Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk in Winnipeg. Olympic teams and their medal potential. His A decade later, Bishop Daciuk became the third schedule is: Chicago - Friday, February 2, 7:30 eparch of Edmonton following Bishop Martin Greschuk, p.m., Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. who died July 9, 1990, and Bishop Neil Savaryn, who Chicago Ave.; Philadelphia - Saturday, February died January 7, 1986. 3, guest speaker, Engineers Banquet and Ball, "He was a very good friend," remembered Bishop Bishop Myron Daciuk Hotel Atop the Bellevue; New York - Sunday, Pasichny. "He was a very dedicated man and will be February 4, 2 p.m., Ukrainian National Home, missed." A requiem divine liturgy for Bishop Daciuk was to be 140 Second Ave. The Rev. Isidore Dziadyk, provincial superior of the held January 18 at St. Josaphat's Cathedral, which was Proceeds from Mr. Borzov's appearances will Basilians in Canada, first met Bishop Daciuk in 1951, followed by a prayer service at the Basilian-run St. benefit the National Olympic Committee of when the provincial superior entered the novitiate in Basil's Church. The funeral was scheduled for the next Ukraine. Mundare. "He was a pious, religious man who loved to day at St. Basil's, with Canadian Archbishop- work with people." Metropolitan Michael Bzdel the principal celebrant. Revised law... (Continued from page 2) Colorful Winnipeg politician Slaw Rebchuk Concept of contempt by Christopher Guly Although the revised draft does not use the phrase "contempt power," it does indicate that non-execution OTTAWA - During his record 28-year tenure on of judicial decisions shall "entail responsibility as pro­ Winnipeg's City Council, he became known as the vided by law." The revised draft goes on to provide for "Mayor of the North End." His unique way of public judicial police in order to suppress acts of disrespect to speaking earned his "Rebchukisms" a place in the the court. In addition, the draft establishes a Service of annals of Reader's Digest. Slaw Rebchuk was found Executing Court Decisions. dead in his North End Winnipeg home the morning of These positions describe functions analogous to those January 15. He was 88. of the United States Marshals Service, the agency utilized Mr. Rebchuk was the youngest of seven children born by the federal courts in the United States when exercising to Ukrainian immigrant parents Karol Rebczuk and Anne their contempt power. Allowing the courts to enforce their Romanski on February 10, 1907. He grew up in North decisions in this manner helps establish the judiciary as a Winnipeg and graduated from St. John's High School. co-equal branch in Ukraine's system of government. Sporting a short, cookieduster mustache and bespecta­ cled through most of his adult life, Mr. Rebchuk entered Concept of legislative initiative politics in 1925, when he became active with the Young While the provision expressly granting the judicial Liberal Association. His first run at local political office branch the power to introduce legislation has been was in 1938, under the North Winnipeg Tax Payers removed from the revised draft, there remains a provision Association banner. The gravelly voiced Mr. Rebchuk lost that refers to this power. The ability of the courts to initiate to a Communist school trustee, Andrew Biletski. legislation frustrates the principle of separation of powers In 1949, he tried again as a Liberal and was elected because it is the legislature that should make the laws. alderman to the Winnipeg City Council. Despite chang­ Therefore, all references to this power should be removed. ing political stripes, and running unsuccessfully for the Other interesting provisions of the revised draft Manitoba legislature in 1969, he held office until 1977. include: During five of his 28 years on the council, he served as m Legal representation of indigents. deputy mayor of Winnipeg; he held positions on 68 9 Equal protection under the law. civic committees. 9 Supremacy of international law. This provision, Former Winnipeg Deputy Mayor Bernie Wolfe once however, might be troublesome.) described Mr. Rebchuk as "a diamond in the rough." He - The Presidium of the Ukrainian Parliament decides noted, "he has a heart like a hotel and is generous to a number of judges on courts. (Why not the entire fault." Slaw Rebchuk Parliament?) While he served as deputy mayor to former Winnipeg - The Supreme Court sets policies that will guide the Mayor Steve Juba, who died in 1993, Mr. Rebchuk St. Nicholas Church until his death, Mr. Rebchuk was courts' application of legislation. (Does the law estab­ often played the foil. He opted for his own brand of honored by the Vatican when he was made a Knight of lish the concept of precedent, as set forth by the Plenary rhetoric, cajoling fellow council members to give him the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1982. Two years Session of the Supreme Court?) "the headlights" instead of the headlines on an issue and later, the city of Winnipeg renamed the historic Salter e Judges' salaries are not subject to income tax. chastising them with such memorable lines as, "A ver­ Street Bridge in tribute to him and his legacy. ш Continuing legal education. bal agreement is not worth the paper it's written on." Mr. Rebchuk was predeceased by his wife, Olga, in While certain aspects of the law could use some "fine Reader's Digest had a field day, and Mr. Rebchuk 1982 and his son, Brian, in 1964. He leaves behind two tuning," as a whole, this draft's emphasis on the judicial became a modern-day legend in Manitoba's capital city. children, Noella and Christopher. system's independence and co-equality will help to Historian Dr. Stella Hryniuk said both Mr. Rebchuk Following a funeral mass at St. Nicholas Church, Mr. guarantee the supremacy of the rule of law. The burden and Mr. Juba became heroes. "They gave some reason for Rebchuk's remains were interred at Holy Family then shifts to the drafters of the Constitution to embody Ukrainians to believe they had some power. Both gave a Cemetery, north of the city. these principles and thereby aid in Ukraine's transition sense of legitimacy to all spheres of life," she explained. Alfred Lord Tennyson once wrote, "Every moment from a command legal system to a legal system based Mr. Rebchuk retired from politics in 1977, after he was dies a man, Every moment one is born." But few quite on the rule of law. defeated in his last civic election. An active member of as memorable as Slaw Rebchuk. No. З THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 5 Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences celebrates two jubilees by Jean-Pierre Cap NEW YORK - The Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences (UAAS) recenty marked the 50th anniversary of its founding in Europe and the 40th anniversary of its establishment in the United States with a gala celebration consisting of a scholarly conference, a concert and a banquet held at the Ukrainian Institute of America. The celebration focused on the role of the Academy in preserving and advancing Ukrainian scholarship in the diaspora in a spirit of truth, integrity and freedom despite great moral and material hardships. Prof. George Shevelov, the academy's honorary president, chaired the event's Honorary Jubilee Committee. Prof. Albert Kipa headed the jubilee Organizing Committee. The acting president of the UAAS in the U.S., Prof. William Omelchenko, opened the well-attended event with greetings in which he highlighted the reasons for the day's festivities. Next, UAAS-US President Dr. Marko Antonowych, offered a historical perspec­ tive of "The Academy's Early Years in Germany." Prof. Omelchenko then returned to the podium to assess "The Academy in the United States." Both speakers noted the academy's struggles and achievements, especially in the schol­ arly arena, and cited the contributions of key academicians and administrators which assured the institution's success. The second session, chaired by Prof. Anna Procyk, the academy's academic secretary, featured three speakers. Prof. Yaroslav Dashkevych of Lviv FoISowIng the jubilee proceedings are (from left, front row): Drs. William Omelchenko, Jaroslav Padoch, George Y University delineated the "Status and e Shevelov, Marko Antonowych and Jaroslav Isaevych. Perspectives of Historical Studies in Ukraine." He affirmed the sad fact that tatiou of Jakiv Stepovyj's "Prelude in banquet by Academician Jaroslav Isaevych economic and political conditions in Memory of Taras Shevchenko" and a spirit­ of Lviv. Among the many congratulatory Ukraine have severely curtailed current ed rendition of Franz Liszt's Hungarian messages received by the Ukrainian Newsbriefs and future scholarship, and deplored the Rhapsody No. 6. Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. (Continued from page 2) lamentable state of affairs at the National An exhibit of the academy's major pub­ were greetings from the Ukrainian Catholic protested against the destruction of Academy of Science in Ukraine, which lications, prepared by Oksana Radysh, and Orthodox metropolitan-archbishops, Ukrainian ICBM silos and the removal neither supports Ukrainian statehood nor UAAS-US administrator, a wine and respectively, Stephen and Constantine; of nuclear weapons to Russia. According fosters the use of the Ukrainian language. cheese reception and a buffet supper ele­ from Ukraine's Ambassador to the United to Mr. Melnyk, the pickets had agreed Academician Ivan Dzyuba of Kyiv, pre­ gantly catered by Natalie Pytlar's "Butler's States, Dr. Yuri Shcherbak; New York Gov. with Defense Ministry officials that there vented by illness from attending in person, Pantry" staff rounded out the day's events. George Pataki; and New York City Mayor would be no action taken against them addressed the gathering on videotape. In his Brief remarks were delivered during the Rudolph Giuliani. presentation, titled "Taras Shevchenko and during the picket and that Interior Friedrich Schiller," Mr. Dzyuba cited Ministry forces did not abide by this Shevchenko's interest in Schiller and agreement. The deceased man, not iden­ offered comparisons and contrasts of the UCC leadership plans activity tified by Mr. Melnyk or the militia, was two poets' visions of an ideal society and not a member of UNA-UNSO but rather their belief in the perfectibility of mankind. WINNIPEG - The new executive and Szwaluk (UCC Manitoba Provincial a bystander who, when arrested, alleged­ Finally, Prof. Shevelov reminisced presidium of the Ukrainian Canadian Council), Strategic Planning; Myroslava ly tried to explain his status to the mili­ about The People of the Academy. The Congress headquarters met in Winnipeg on Pidhirnyj (SUM), Canada-Ukraine tia, who thereupon kicked him in the Walls of the Academy. The Books of the December 9, 1995, to begin planning the Relations; Mr. Czolij, Constitution; Adrian spine, soon after which the man died of a Academy." The honorary president of UCC's activities for the next three years. Boyko (UCC Saskatchewan Provincial heart attack. The Interior Ministry the UAAS-US offered an apt and witty UCC President Oleh Romaniw opened Council), Government Relations; Orysia refused to comment on the incident. review of the academy's principal the executive meeting by welcoming all Sushko (Ukrainian Women's Association (Respublika) members. They then proceeded with the of Canada), Communications; Ms. Bejzyk, achievements and shortcomings, as well Russian military intelligence using BSF as perceptive personal reflections with election of executive officers by secret Education; Robert Herchak (UCC British suggestions for future courses of action. ballot. Columbia Provincial Council), Community SEVASTOPIL - "Flag Rodiny," the The final segment of the celebration, The following individuals were elect­ Development; Ms. Kachor, Finance; and official Black Sea Fleet newspaper, which took place October 8, 1995, was the ed: Eugene Czolij (UCC Quebec Eugen Duvalko (Canadian Ukrainian reported on January 16 that the BSF pro­ jubilee concert. It began with a world pre­ Provincial Council), first vice-president; Immigrant Aid Society) Immigration. vides, in a legal manner, invaluable miere: Taras Filenko's vibrant performance Sonja Bejzyk (Ukrainian Canadian In other business, the UCC presidium assistance to Russian military intelli­ of Lesia Dychko's "Celebratory Ode" for Women's Committee, national execu­ reaffirmed the decision to hold the 19th gence gathering efforts in Ukraine. piano, written on the occasion of, and dedi­ tive), second vice-president; Ewstachij Congress of Ukrainian Canadians in Hundreds of sailors and others daily cated to, the academy's anniversary. Dzwonyk (Ukrainian Catholic 1998 in Edmonton. It also chose Toronto monitor virtually all radio and radar Flutist Darka Nebesh followed with an Brotherhood of Canada), secretary gener­ as the site for the UCC Annual information provided by the BSF's vari­ enthusiastic rendition of Mykola Lysenko's al; and Sophia Kachor (Plast), treasurer. Conference in October or November of ous units, including military communica­ "Fantasia, Op. 21 on two Ukrainian themes. The first meeting of the new UCC pre­ 1996. tions between Ukrainian Navy and other Next, violinist Jaropolk Lasovsky offered a sidium began at the conclusion of the In addition to reviewing the president's units in the Crimea and throughout the proficient account of Maksym executive meeting. Presidium members report and that of the Finance Committee Black Sea coast. This monitoring has Berezovskyj's Sonata in C Major, baritone received an orientation, which included, and the Convention Committee, presidium increased substantially since Ukraine's Oleh Chmyr sang Rene's aria from Verdi's a detailed outline of their duties and members also were briefed and updated on accession to NATO's Partnership for "Un Ballo in Maschera," and soprano responsibilities. the activities of the Canada-Ukraine Peace program, with Ukrainian units par­ Olena Heimur displayed her vocal versatili­ The UCC presidium reviewed the res­ Foundation and the Canada-Ukraine ticipating in PFP naval exercises in the ty in the rendition of two art songs, one olutions passed at the XVIII Convention Partners Program. Black Sea subject to particular scrutiny. each by Vasyl Shut and Wadym Kipa, and of Ukrainian Canadians and referred The UCC presidium also formed an ad According to the newspaper, reductions Leonore's aria "Pace, Pace, Mio Dio" from them to the appropriate committees for hoc committee to begin preparations for in the BSF are leading to a concomitant Verdi's "La Forza del Destino." follow-up and recommendations on their the commemoration in 1996 of the 10th reduction of such intelligence gathering Mr. Filenko, who provided appropriate implementation. anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster resources, although certain other units' piano accompaniment for all artists, con­ The following were elected to chair the and the fifth anniversary of Ukraine's personnel and capabilities are being cluded the concert with an expert interpre- various UCC working committees: Lesia independence. increased. (Respublika) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 No.3

BOOK REVIEW THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ewanchuk's latest on Canadian experience Warning signals from Moscow Michael Ewanchuk, "Reflections and Reminiscences: Ukrainians in Canada 1892- It looks like the campaign for president of Russia is well under way — that's 1992." The Author: Steinbach, Manitoba, 1995. 169 pp. SI6.95. one way to explain the recent behavior of President Boris Yeltsin. More and more he sounds like a candidate rather than a leader. by Wolodymyr T. Zyla First there was the departure of Andrei Kozyrev from the post of foreign affairs minister and his replacement with Yevgeny Primakov, director of the Foreign At present in our society there is a Intelligence Service, by all accounts a loyal KGB operative and staunch serious attempt to preserve the traditions Communist Party member. The reaction in Moscow was good and in the West it and individual identities of all ethnic was cautiously pessimistic, as Mr. Primakov is seen as less sympathetic to the groups that constitute the broad spectrum West than his predecessor and is not considered a liberal like Mr. Kozyrev. While of Canada. Michael Ewanchuk has previ­ Mr. Kozyrev was perceived in Russia as too accommodating to the West, Mr. ously published six interesting books in Primakov has publicly stated that Russia should take a tougher stand in defense of English ("Pioneer Settlers: Ukrainians in its national interests. The chairman of the Russian Duma's International Affairs the Dauphin Area 1896-1926"; "Vita: A Committee, Vladimir Uikin, welcomed the appointment, stating that the new for­ Ukrainian Community" ta set of three eign minister "understands what Russia's real priorities are." booksj; "Spruce, Swamp and Stone: A Then President Yeltsin made another appointment that indicates his continu­ History of the Pioneer Ukrainian ing drift — and his attempt to placate his opposition, Communists and nation­ Settlements in the Gimli Area"; "Pioneer alists. He named as chief of his administration Nikolai D. Yegorov, described Profiles: Ukrainian Settlers in as one of the more hawkish advocates of Russian military intervention in Manitoba"; "Hawaiian Ordeal: Ukrainian Chechnya. The previous chief was Sergei Filatov, a liberal who left his post to Contract Workers 1897-1910"; "Young begin work connected with the presidential elections scheduled for June. Cossack" ta novella!. Western news media have reported that Mr. Yeltsin's inner circle of advisers is His most recent work, "Reflections now dominated by hawks. and Reminiscences: Ukrainians in Next came the forced departure of Anatoly Chubais, the last of the reformers Canada 1892-1992," brings his years- left in the Cabinet, a man The New York Times described as "a pillar of economic long courageous project, as he says, to an reform." President Yeltsin sought Mr. Chubais' resignation, thus distancing him­ end. The book offers new insights into self from the economic reforms he had portrayed his presidency as supporting. the traditions of Ukrainians in Canada, Then came the latest developments regarding the separatist region of and therefore is an important contribu­ Chechnya. With Chechen fighters taking hostages yet again, this time in tion to creative cultural activities among Kizlyar, Dagestan, and later aboard a Black Sea ferry and in Grozny, the Canadians. and Letters;" "For the Record"; "Dr. unfolding scenario was seen as a test for Mr. Yeltsin (after the earlier debacle "Reflections and Reminiscences" is an Vladimir Kaye (Kysilewskyj): An in Budyonnovsk). Would he defend the Russia's honor? The Russian president effective illustration of the success story Overview"; "Growing Up in Canada"; ordered a ground assault on the Chechen rebels holding hostages in the village of the Ukrainian community in Canada. "Educated Away from the Land"; "In the of Pervomayskoye, where they had holed up after seizing a hospital in Kizlyar. The Ukrainians form a large group of cit­ Footsteps of Dr. Joseph Oleskiw"; "Church Deflecting criticism, Mr. Yeltsin stated that all peaceful means had been izens that transplanted well and took root Leadership"; "Canada from Sea to Sea." attempted to end the standoff. in Canada. By coming to the New World The volume consists of authentic Finally, President Yeltsin took another fateful step. Russian Federal Security they were fulfilling not only their material: memoirs, interviews and let­ Service spokesman Aleksandr Mikhailov announced on January 17 that since supreme wish to secure work, prosperity ters. Here one will also find four interest­ there "are no hostages left" in Pervomayskoye, federal troops would give up try­ and freedom, but also to find a safe ing appendices: "CBC Documentary ing to rescue them and would launch intensive bombardment of the village to haven for their children. Honors World War II: Ukrainian- eliminate the band of Chechen fighters. Multiple rocket launchers and mortar Mr. Ewanchuk said that it was a Canadian Hero"; "Ukrainian-Canadian were used in a frontal, all-out assault with the result that the village was, literal­ healthy, willing and self-reliant Servicemen's Association, Executive ly, razed. An Izvestiya correspondent who filed a report on the attack said the Ukrainian peasant who came to the and Officers for 1945"; "From the Roll village had been reduced to rubble and that if any hostages survived it would Canadian West and started to settle there not be because they were saved, but because, somehow, they were lucky. a century ago and who contributed to the (Continued on page 9) And so, the political makeover of President Yeltsin is fully under way. Boris "prairies' bloom." Led initially by cler­ Yeltsin is now painting himself as a strong chief executive who will defend gymen and intelligent laymen, guided Russia's particular interests at all costs, who will see to Russia's "real priori­ spiritually by Christianity, patriotism and Octogenarian ties." The consequences for the people of Russia and its neighbors have already passionate love of freedom, inspired by proven to be grave, the consequences for the Russia's future and its relations hard work and initiative, they developed with the West will be no less serious. extremely well in Canada. has more projects Canada, the land of the free, gave the Ukrainians an opportunity not only to WINNIPEG - Michael Ewan­ adjust, but also to retain their culture, tra­ chuk, 87, was profiled on the occa­ ditions, language and religion. sion of his latest book's release in After all, few nations have suffered as the "Around Town with Manfred much, faced so many reverses of fortune Jager" column in the Winnipeg Free in their native land and yet retained their Press. ethnic and cultural identity, and vigor. Mr. Ewanchuk "has been inter­ As "Reflections and Reminiscences" ested in the history of Ukrainian points out, such endurance in the face of Canadians all his life," noted the Ostap Nyzhankivsky was born on January 24, 1862, in adversity inspires confidence in the columnist. "As soon as he had time Drohobych. As a young Galician priest, he made his mark in future. Those who enjoy freedom and to research his favorite subject after music. He initiated and organized choral concert tours through­ often take it for granted may have some­ retirement, he started working on out his home region in the 1880s and 1890s; established and conducted the Boian thing to learn from Ukraine's historical his first book 'Spruce, Swamp and Society's choirs in Berezhany (1892), Lviv (1895-1896) and Stryi (1900-1914). experience. Stone,' which came out in 1977 and The Rev. Nyzhankivsky founded the Muzykalna Biblioteka publishing house in This book amounts to another contri­ has gone through 13 reprints." 1885 and compiled a Ukrainian songbook (published in 1907). Also a composer, his bution on the part of pioneers and their Asked about the possibility of his choral works "Hulialy" (They Danced) and "Z Okryshkiv" (From Crumbs, with lyrics descendants in Canada. The author traces retirement from writing, Mr. by writer Yuriy Fedkovych) became very popular, and he wrote many arrangements their development and shows the Ewanchuk, told the Free Press that's of folk songs for solo voice or choir, and a cycle of kolomyika melodies for piano. progress they and their descendants not likely. "How much more time I During his sojourn in Stryi, he met the influential lawyer Yevhen Olesnytsky, who made. In his study Mr. Ewanchuk adopt­ have is all up to the Lord, of course, by that time had set up the local Prosvita society and a savings and loan association. ed a kind of synecdoche approach by but I don't think I'll retire in the fore­ At Olesnytsky's urging, the Rev. Nyzhankivsky founded the first cooperative dairy in having a few families speak for many seeable future. I have far too much nearby Zavadiv. In 1907, the two activists hooked up with Lev Horalevych and Ivan Ukrainians. One may say he recorded the material for additional books collect­ Bachynsky and established the Provincial Home and Dairy Union in Stryi, which feelings of the ambitious and hard-work­ ed, and if I don't write these books, grew to become Maslosoiuz. ing people only. the information will all be lost." By the outbreak of the first world war in 1914, thanks to the Rev. Nyzhankivsky's It is also interesting that the Ukrainian His next projects: a book on the work as director, the union represented about 100 small dairy unions. All told, they settlers, despite their poverty, worked life of a fellow Manitoban, the late collected some 7.5 million liters of milk from Ukrainian farmers and produced about hard to enable their children to have artist William Kurelek, who died in 300,000 kilograms of butter annually. career choices. They encouraged and 1977, and the story of Ukrainian set­ In 1908, the Rev. Nyzhankivsky took the plunge into political life, and was elected helped them to attain a higher education tlements in southern Manitoba, east as a deputy to the Galician Diet, holding office until 1913. and to advance in the professions. Here, of the Red River. As one of the underpinnings of Ukrainian self-reliance in Galicia, the Dairy Union too, the author shows the success of vari­ Last year in May, Mr. Ewanchuk was frequently a source of friction with Polish authorities. As hostilities escalated ous capable individuals. was honored for his work by being between Ukrainians and Poles in the post-war period, the Rev. Nyzhankivsky was The work consists of 10 parts: elected a fellow of the Ukrainian arrested, then summarily shot by Polish authorities, in May 1919, near Stryi. "Beginnings of Ukrainian Settlements in Academy of Arts and Sciences in Sources: "Maslosoiuz. Provincial Dairy Union, " "Nyzhankivsky, Ostap, " Encyclopedia of Canada: Men of Vision"; "Reflections from Canada. Ukraine, Vol. 3 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993). Early Years"; "Memoirs, Reminiscences No. З THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

nation, Ukraine has not gone through such faces andPfaces Ukraine celebrates de-Ukrainization as we have today." by Myron B. Kuropas Are we sure that the leadership of the oppressors' victory Ukrainian government really does want an independent Ukraine? Let us look at Dear Editor: Ukraine's neighbors, such as Poland and The government of Ukraine did it again! Lithuania. Even though their leaders are Israeli justice and a show trial On November 7-8, 1995, Ukrainian diplo­ Communists, they are Polish and matic missions in the United States were Lithuanian patriots, independent from If and when Yoram Sheftel's book "The appeal. In this regard, the prosecution, closed to commemorate the Bolshevik Moscow. Can we say the same about the Demjanjuk Affair: The Rise and FalJ of a the judges, especially Judge Levin, and Revolution. leadership in the Ukrainian government Show Trial" becomes available in North the media were most obliging. Can you imagine Israel celebrating (both in the executive and in the legisla­ America, Ukrainians with high blood pres­ The prosecution team is described as Hitler's victory? Of course not! But in tive branches)? sure are forewarned. Reading the book "cynical and malicious," unashamed "to Ukraine, the government celebrated the Ukraine claims 99 percent literacy. could be hazardous to your health. file an indictment and plan a show trial victory of the Bolshevik/Communist Most of the leadership is highly educat­ It's impossible to review this monu­ on the basis of so little evidence," and oppressors! They celebrated the 50th ed; it is hard to believe that in the last mental book in one short article, so I plan prepared to leak information to the press anniversary of "liberation" from the five years they did not have an opportu­ to write about it more than once. This throughout the trial. Fascists with parades and receptions; nity to read or hear about the past atroci­ first article is devoted to the nature of the The press was also part of the conspir­ they even issued several special postage ties committed by the Communists. trial proceedings. acy to convict. Almost all of the head­ stamps to commemorate this event. I don't think that we can afford to wait Throughout the trial and the subse­ lines and stories during the trial were quent appeal, the Demjanjuk defense inflammatory. "Such headlines," writes What the government forgot to tell its another 20 years (for the old apparatchiks sought justice for Mr. Demjanjuk. As a Mr. Sheftel, "always accompany show people was that Ukraine was liberated from to fade away). How can a new generation Jew and an Israeli, Mr. Sheftel was will­ trials, such as the lynch trials of Fascists only to fall into the hands of change if they are growing up in the ing to admit to all the facts of the ency­ blacks...in the United States. This was Stalin's regime. What was not mentioned same old Soviet milieu? clopedia-like indictment, "apart from the the style of the anti-Semitic press in was the fact that millions of Ukrainian peo­ Ukrainian Americans are asked again facts that pertain to the question of the France and Russia during the Dreyfus ple were exterminated by the Bolsheviks/ and again to give financial support to identity of Demjanjuk as Ivan the and Beyliss trials." Communists in the 1932-1933 famine and Ukraine. The Ukrainian government Terrible." All of the details of the All efforts to stem this violation of sub in Stalin's and Brezhnev's gulags. wants only money, and not spiritual and Holocaust and the Treblinka death camp judice were stymied by the attorney gener­ The Congress of the Ukrainian informational input from us. If our cen­ were simply not relevant to the question al, who found no fault with the press in Intelligentsia, assembled on November 11, tral organizations do not react swiftly to of Mr. Demjanjuk's guilt or innocence. view of "the deeply emotional nature of the 1995, in Kyiv, stated: "With the exception this latest slap in the face, then we will It soon became clear, however, that the reports of the trial." In the past, the attorney of the 1930s, when the Bolsheviks rooted be remembered again as the three Ds: intention of the three judges, especially general had filed charges against reporters out practically all the leaders of Ukrainian diaspora, dollar and "durak." Dov Levin, the lone Supreme Court justice for even the slightest hint of guilt or inno­ culture, sciences and technology, and Bohdan J. Bodnaruk on the panel, was to orchestrate a show- cence in a court report but, concludes Mr. destroyed one-third of the Ukrainian Clarendon Hills, 111. trial. The judge, writes Mr. Sheftel, Sheftel, "when a man is charged with Nazi declared "that the court had no judicial crimes in the State of Israel, there is.no tribute and raise the funds and build it. knowledge about the Holocaust, and it enforcement of...sub judice." Trenton's center Unfortunately, some of the adherents would therefore be necessary to prove The greatest villains among the show of this proposal feel they should not have every detail of this matter. Any first-year trial co-conspirators were the judges, to contribute like their parents did when looks to the future student of the laws of evidence," conclud­ especially Dov Levin, who bent over they built the churches and institutions Dear Editor: ed Mr. Sheftel, "would have been aston­ backwards to help the prosecution, even we now enjoy. Even though they were ished by these words, yet no one in Israel's involving himself in the cross-examina­ Since the independence of Ukraine, the raised and educated in America and have legal community found the courage to tion. The Israeli judges did not isolate Ukrainian National Home (UNH) in professional jobs, they expect the speak out. It is not proper for the prosecu­ themselves, like a jury, from outside Trenton, N.J., like many other Ukrainian Ukrainian community to supply them tion," after the defense had "admitted 99 influences. On the contrary, they were institutions, is experiencing a temporary with funds for the pool they want. percent of the facts," objected Mr. Sheftel, enthralled with their own press clippings. period of lower activity. Independence They suggest liquidating the assets of "to continue proving facts as if this admis­ "In the entire legal history of the State of spurred a period of activity to help Ukraine the self-supporting UNH and using that sion had not been made." Israel there is no record of a judge - cer­ financially and otherwise. Now we are money to build a swimming pool and That the entire exercise was a judicial tainly not a Supreme Court justice," catching our second wind. We are starting clubhouse with meeting rooms. Since the scam was demonstrated in Chapter 19 of writes Mr. Sheftel, "methodically collect­ to realize that we as a Ukrainian communi­ money from the sale of the UNH would the verdict, which bears the title ing and reading, on a daily basis, press ty in America also are important. most likely not cover the cost of purchas­ "Memorial." The final paragraph reads: reports of a trial in which he is The Ukrainian National Home is very ing suitable real estate, they suggest leas­ "We will, in our judgement make, involved." When this outrageous contra­ fortunate to own six and a half acres in the ing some land from one of the Ukrainian according to the entirety of the evidence vention was made public by the defense, suburbs just outside of Trenton in churches in the area. This form of con­ before us, a memorial to the souls of the no one said anything, "another example Hamilton Township, N.J. This property solidating activities of the "new UNH" holy communities that have been lost and of the cowardice and hypocrisy of the includes a sturdy historic mansion that is on church property goes against the con­ which are no more, to those who were thousands of members of the Israeli legal over 200 years old. The income from three cept of a national home that is indepen­ annihilated and who were not brought to community," says Mr. Sheftel. apartments on the property covers the dent of all religions. With such an a Jewish grave, because no remnant nor The entire trial, Ukrainians will recall, main costs of insurance and utilities. The arrangement, the future of the "new survivor of them remains. To those who was run like a circus. Outbursts and cat­ property is exempt from real estate tax. UNH" would be tied to the future of a were thrown to the flames and whose calls were permitted by the judges, and the The UNH is now used as a meeting particular church. children are dust and ashes fertilizing the police in the courtroom did little to stop it. place for several Ukrainian organizations Although this would undoubtedly be the fields of Poland, from which they have Various members of the Knesset were in and is always available for any organiza­ easiest means to secure money for a pool, brought forth food in their lives in which the room and often commented on the pro­ tion or club, regardless of political or reli­ gutting the existing UNH would not be in they found their terrible deaths." ceedings to the press. When the sentence gious affiliation, that needs a place to meet. the best interest of our community's future. of death was pronounced, "a terrible com­ Trenton is fortunate also that a number Erecting memorials to the Jewish A UNH that is almost self-supporting motion began in the courtroom," writes of new immigrants have decided to settle Holocaust is "a sacred and noble task," will be there for the community during Mr. Sheftel. "All the disorder there had in the area. These new immigrants love Mr. Sheftel believes, but this paragraph lean times and during good times. Even been up to then merely naughtiness com­ Ukraine. They are well-educated and are "proved that the trial was practically now, there is an increase of activities at pared to the chaos that erupted now. The eager to work; they will do very well in decided in advance. The court had the National Home with English language unruly crowd began cursing, shouting and America. They have already begun to revi­ allowed the prosecution to bring testi­ classes, volleyball, poetry recitation, etc. screaming insults. 'Death, Death, Death to talize our Ukrainian spirit in this area. monies about the horrors of the I feel that now that the initial shock and Ivan, Death to the defense attorney. Death The UNH recently sent out a survey to Holocaust in general and Treblinka in exhilaration.of Ukrainian independence to all Ukrainians. Death, Death, Death.' members of our community, inquiring particular, even though the defense did has been accepted, both new and old The people were dancing, stamping their about ideas on what the UNH should be not contest these facts. It did so in order immigrants will realize that Ukrainians to base its judgement on the 'entirety of feet, waving their fists in the air." doing in an effort to hold our community enjoy, above all else, each other's compa­ together. One immediate benefit of the the evidence,' to make it a 'memorial.' No sooner had the death sentence been ny. Through its availability, the UNH will The trappings of a theater hall, and direct announced then Judge Levin was off on a survey is that it started a flurry of discus­ facilitate that experience. It will be there sions about future activities at the radio and TV broadcasts, were all meant lecture tour of the United States. for any activities the Ukrainian community to glorify the show trial and present it to Speaking at the Jewish Community National Home. The UNH will try to should want in the future. implement these ideas as feasible. the public as a memorial-building pro­ Center in Norfolk, Va., he proclaimed: Roman Kuzyk One of the proposals being discussed is ject. From a legal point of view, of "We cannot be impressed by someone Trenton, N.J. construction of a swimming pool. This is a course, it was a mockery of justice. In a claiming 'I am innocent.' Innocence is good idea and would be an effective way of The writer is vice-president of the criminal trial such as this one, the not what you say in your testimony, getting Ukrainians together. I say, let's con­ Ukrainian National Home in Trenton, N.J. accused had no chance of acquittal." innocence must be proven." Realizing that John Demjanjuk was "Future generations, their scholars and The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should be typed (double- doomed from the outset, Mr. Sheftel's jurists, will have contempt not for spaced) and signed; they must be originals, not photocopies. only hope was to keep tabs on all of the Demjanjuk," Mr. Sheftel rightfully con­ The daytime phone number and address of the letter-writer must be given for verifica­ judicial and media inproprieties in the cludes, "but for the sentence his judges tion purposes. hope that they could be useful during the imposed on him." THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 No. 3 Teaching English, and somewhat more, in Ukraine by Roman Karpishka Ukraine are also its nationalistic heart­ as our own two sons were growing up, ing was repeated when the students were land, being the least Russified and voting the words "po nashomu" often echoed requested to prepare answers for me (the PARTI most heavily for independence in the through our home. proverbial "American tourist") about the "So where is Zalishchyky?" I asked December 1991 referendum.) The second day of teaching being July 4 local Zalishchyky museum and its Oksana Trytjak, the Ukrainian National From Halych we drove on towards merited some deviation from the course panorama of Ukraine's historical leaders. Association's coordinator for English Horodenkar and, on its outskirts, in outline to discuss American history. My And so, here I was in Ukraine, time- language teaching in Ukraine for the Serafyntsiv, we saw one of the most class of mostly older teenagers had warped back to the 1950s and "Ridna summer of 1995. - beautiful little roadside chapels in absolutely no knowledge of U.S. history Shkola," being told (in English) about We had just concluded a weekend ori­ Ukraine, Later our Prosvita mentor in and events of July 4, 1776, and I soon Princes Oleh, Ihor and Volodymyr, and entation seminar for English as a Second Zalishchyky informed us the chapel was launched into a history lesson (in English) Kniahynia Olha, through to the Kozak era Language (ESL), and I was expecting to built after a local men from the Ukrainian of the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere, cos­ and Hetmans Sahaidachny, Khmelnytsky travel to Drohobych, Ukraine, where there Insurgent Army (UPA) survived a tumed Indians dumping tea into the and Mazepa. is a well-known pedagogical institute. We German search party in the 1940s by hid­ Atlantic, etc. In the spirit of the moment I The museum's offerings went up to the presumed Stephanie, my wife, would be ing in a ditch at the spot where the chapel even sang the "Star Spangled Banner" 20th century, including modern Ukraine's relaxing at the nearby Truskavets sulfur now stands, in gratitude for his salvation. (somewhat better than Roseanne). All first president, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, spas while I taught, but then Oksana let us After setting down in Zalishchyky, at along I kept subconsciously reminding Symon Petliura, and then, significantly, know two more teachers were requested the household of the retired Dr. myself that - as a Canadian-born French- jumped ahead to Leonid Kravchuk. in Zalishchyky in southern Ternopil Topornytsky, we walked to our school speaking "Quebecois," I was here to teach From my perspective Ї started to realize Oblast, near Bukovyna. building on Monday morning, all eager English, - never mind the irony of my role that, with all due respect to the ESL texts in the chosen subject of the day. Apparently, through the promotional and ready to start our courses. Stephanie and program as set forth in our teaching efforts of Roman Mularchuk, the local and I were both a bit apprehensive - this The potential civic value and influential manuals, these were not quite the ideal Prosvita organizer, enough summer stu­ being our first day of formal teaching nature of our roles in teaching English tools with which to teach English in dents had signed up to justify two more experience - but we tried to mask our became even more obvious as the courses Ukraine under contemporary circum­ summer classes of English. Stephanie anxiety with a lot of talking, at least to went ahead, and we realized that, here in stances. A new more flexible and admit­ would teach beginners, and I was to have get the students used to our voices. By Ukraine, we were almost like old-time tedly more nationalistically opportunistic the end of the day we both had dry missionaries. We had come from the dias­ the intermediate/advanced group; her approach could in effect kill two birds with mouths; henceforth a bottle of mineral pora, but found unusual golden opportuni­ students ranged in age from 13 to 16, one stone: namely, teach English, and water accompanied us to school. ties to re-plant the seeds of Ukrainian cul­ mine from 15 to 22. inculcate and/or revive Ukrainian culture, The first words I wrote on my black­ ture in Ukraine - in English! We got to After more assurances from Ms. history and traditions in the process. board (with good USA-made chalk; we realize that our students were not really Trytjak - who also informed me, a toma­ At this point I started to engage in left boxes of it for the school) were Taras immersed in "narodni" (folk) traditions to-lover, that Zalishchyky is known for constructive criticism of the relevance of Shevchenko's: "Learn, my brothers; think, until relatively recently, having lived most early ripening tomatoes - the decision was teaching English in this manner, by just and read; 'chuzhomy nauchaytes'; do not of their academic lives under the Soviet made to head for the borders of Bukovyna, focusing on U.S. phenomena over the forsake your own." Having written this regime that was particularly unreceptive to to what for many years used to be a years - e.g., fads such as hula hoops and out in Ukrainian, I started a minor debate, things Ukrainian. Riviera-type resort town, many years, flagpole sitting, or activities such as cen­ in English whenever possible, to test the Having met its director, Vasyl where the Dnister River broadly wends its sus-taking, cave-dwelling endurance expressiveness of my more advanced stu­ Oliynyk, director of a small museum way towards the Khmelnytsky Oblast. records, biorhythms, etc. These activities dents. (Despite the students' assurances of close to the school, we took our respec­ We arrived in Lviv late in the after­ are alien and irrelevant to young people having completed up to six years of tive classes there during school hours noon on Saturday, July 1, and immediate­ in Ukraine who, as my wife and I found English study, Ї learned such study was for some appreciation of the artifacts ly started to prepare for our Monday out, were more attuned to singing relatively minimal, being only one hour a uncovered at local archeological digs, as teaching duties. Since this was the first Beatles songs ("Yesterday") to improve week.) My thesis was that by "chuzhomu" well as for an overview of Ukrainian their English skills reflecting the typical trip to Ukraine for both of us, initial Shevchenko meant for us Ukrainians to history in that area of the Ternopil impressions were important to us as we Ukrainian, love of music), as well as to express our pride in ourselves to foreign­ Oblast. This provided the opportunity to browsing through recent issues of started to.acclimate for the month ahead. ers (and not only - as sometimes the word later quiz the students in English as to The clapping when our plane landed was Seventeen magazine. Another big hit "chuzhoho" is mistakenly by used - to what they saw and learned about the his­ was the Toys R-Us mail order catalogue, even more pronounced than upon our learn foreign languages). tory of Ukraine, stopover in Warsaw - perhaps under­ and a timely July assignment was to pre­ This first day with my secondary and I was particularly pleased to have standably so, given the obvious braking pare letters for mail-ordering "Super post-secondary level students was off to a brought along a flyer about Try pi Mian power of our Boeing 737 on Lviv's not- Soaker" water cannons. (On our next trip stimulating start; little did I realize how culture (written in English by Americans too-lengthy runway. As we rolled up to to Ukraine, perhaps in two years., much this learning experience would be a from Mew jersey - Marusia and Myron the terminal, while-kerchiefed women Stephanie and I have promised ourselves two-way street, with the added satisfac­ Bokalo - whom we often met at waved to us, pausing from their raking of to bring various summer toys and sport­ tion ot having the opportunity to expound Ukrainian summer festivals in the hay about 10 feet from the runway's edge. ing goods, and, in particular, baseball upon Ukrainian subjects in Ukraine - as U.S.A., and who create and sell beautiful Early Sunday morning we headed equipment.) much as possible, for the immediate ben­ Ukrainian Trypillian ceramics) as I real­ south/southeast, and experienced a time efit of our students, in English, ized that my students, in pursuit of their Employing baseball warp feeling, going back to Shevchenko's Stephanie and I both are fortunate to translation assignments, were both learn­ days of 150 years ago, as we saw many The. thought had occurred to us that be fluent in Ukrainian, but we never got ing English and acquiring a better per­ roadside "pastukhy" (shepherds) usually perhaps to make the learning process over the irony of telling our young sonal understanding of Ukrainian prehis­ older people tending to one cow or goat, charges to speak to us in English, when, tory, art, and culture. This positive feel- (Continued oil page 9) sometimes two. This seemed a singularly inefficient style of cattle management but has deep roots in Ukrainian traditions, probably comparable to cowboy round­ ups in the American psyche. The first town we stopped at, in dri­ ving from Lviv to Zalishchyky, was Rohatyn, known as the home of Roksolana (who, after Turkish raids and abduction, wed a sultan, who then spared Ukraine such attacks for some years). Later that same day we stopped in the historic town of Halych, where we walked up to the old "zamok" (castle) ruins. There we were treated to the sweet scent of a blooming linden tree - whence the Ukrainian name for July. A local lad on a ladder was picking its flowers as these make a fine tea. This town gives its name to an area of Ukraine generally known as "Halychyna," being mainly the three oblasts of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivske and Ternopil. (These three provinces of

Roman Karpishka, a lawyer by profes­ sion, resides in Lachine, Quebec. He and his wife, Stephanie, were among the 50 volunteer instructors who taught 53 English language courses in Ukraine during the summer of 1995 as part of the Ukrainian National Association's Teachers Stella Ancar and Stephen Zwin (standing at left of front row) and Stephanie and Roman Karpishka (at right of Teaching English in Ukraine Program, front row) with students and Prosvita coordinator Roman Mularchuk (seated, center) in.Zalishchyky. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 9

by Helen Smindak NEW YORK -- The Veryovka Ukrainian National Choral and Dance Co., a world-renowned ensemble of 80 artists, has began a three-month tour of the United States and Canada. The troupe of chorus, vocal soloists, folk orchestra and dancers never before seen in the United States made its U.S. debut on January 11 with two performances at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Fla. The company also appeared in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, and will give performances in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Del., and the Kennedy Center in Washington. In the New York metropolitan area, the company is scheduled to give concerts at Long Island University's Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Brookville, N.Y. (February 9), Lehman College Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx and Chatham High School in Chatham, N.J. (both February 10), and Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts (February 11). The company then swings northwest to Toronto for its only Canadian stop. Continuing its cross-country tour, Veryovka will appear in Buffalo, N.Y., Cleveland, Cincinnati and Chicago before heading west to present concerts at the University of Las Vegas and Berkeley University and in San Diego. The company's final concert of the tour will take place at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center in the Los The Veryovka Ukrainian National Choral and Dance Co. Angeles metropolitan area. With a repertoire of historical ballads. the names of people and places, for exam­ Kozak and .chumak songs and dances, ple, Ewgeny for Yevhen, Vasily for Vasyl. (reminding me of the boitle-bais we used scenic compositions, as well as music Pavel for Pavlo and Guzul for Kutsul. The Teaching English,.. to play with as kids). Our ;yoLmg students and dances associated with Ukrainian Dnipro River is spelled Dneper, and com­ (Continued from page S4 had to concentrate on our ex plan; tions of 1 folk rites and holidays, Veryovka merges poser Mykola Leontovycrfs first name is more enjoyable we would organize a the game rules, in English c ' course. On folk singing with academic choral art and presented as Nikolai friendlv sand-lot-style intramural baseball the second afternoon of play Stephanie p folk dances from all regions of Ukraine. ounded in Kharkh' in 1943 by the game. had lo take ovei, as I'd got ten . I4-hours composer arid condueror Hiyhoiiy siomnch viruv The печг nay m/ 4udents According to tour manager Robert The "baseball field" was fiis. surveyed Veryovka, who aimed to combine the ere c /inclined, Ф Einrbsh. about .,or-ie iib- Bereita of Columbia Artists Management, with Pen Mularchuk, in his capably as the Veryovka company creates a fascinat­ jtive and amsiic traditions of folk singing course coordinator. We agrees tLai the ing experience with its combination of and daaeiHg vvith a contemporary style of di'ce'5 'o .he game as tney bjJ lirst g^ais would be no problem, being lett­ music, sor.g and dance. "Veryovka pip- performance and D'ofcsrienai skill, rhc juctr LO.OJ :t . mv-eif COSJL re iolertnt ered ai tne far end of the overgro v soc­ senrs something unique, a theatrical pro­ troupe is now hcadeci by artistic director cer field rear the school; ;he ge. :.e vvo.do gram rafbci -'ha': jus. a concen of mdivid- Aaaioiy /-vdjev^ky. 1ь chief choreegiaph- d'le^ і ...jly ; have ^o beware, and tne b'\^ u.u'io, Ci І-. A!e^e Gomo'i and the orchestra ^v^cv Aithoi.gr the I'wr program concentrate eor.Juaor ^ SlanyHav Savchjk would also b-i-'t to oc-vare of ilie co\v4 on Ukrahbn music and dance, it includes 1 "emembra^ceN of І he чеісі. The Ye/yo^ka Ukraiivar N'^cr^ r (quite surprisingly) xv.o melodies, "Da.f Chora! and Dimce Cc. h-is perru?mcd in Afici Le ^ о c.'ily d'smanoing v "-nail r Eyes" (Ochi Chorniya) and "Nigh, republics of the former USSP, in many she! , we had a home plate a:id three S ba.es available for our "boys ana g.^s of Chimes'' (Vechiniyi Dzvon), both of which Euiopean and A^?n eoi.ntiics. ^ X гл "'\CS. n -' S summer." The only prcblem ^vs ;. bail are Rusrian in origin. Errors were also Canada, Mexico. Svuih America, tne Olayecl . I , Vsettling upon an old ^mooin ^ечпЬ ball made in irans і iterating the text of i.he print Canary and Balearic Islands, the Domin­ j!^. Гл?г rhe"sco dabbed white vim i^uid paper (f.orn tne ed prognim. resulting in a Russian slant to ican Republic, Cosia Rica ?ЇЧІ Cub^. .he i!rst 28-4 -out. ; U.S.) fo\ eonnast in the grass. As for a іz_.ee also ih І a Ibde -.;,h.e СОП- bat - nowhere :n Ukraine aid I see one trover^y drCvV OL'l ^' Finally, the school diiector, Mr. ed conservation. Somei''i.iC- і aest:on- isca Khomyshyn, found us a shapely wooden ing a pariicuiar resuk or score, ill ts reac­ JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A catalogue of meter-long banister support split only at tion was to argue in Ukrainian, we let Ukrainian artwork from the "Ukrainian MYTHOLOGY one end, which we sawed and whittled to them do that, then politely asked for it to Myths, Legends and Folklore" art exhibit form the new "Zalishchyky baseball bat" be repeated, in English. in Detroit has been released. 2 J| A ^ The exhibit, held in Detroit's presti­ 0 Ewanchuk's latest... from the University of Winnipeg. gious Scarab Club, opened on October 8, < шшш.m "Thus our task," writes the author, "is 1995, and ran through October 26, 1995. —' РР^^-^ВШ (Continued from page 6) now ended and as we conclude the study Over 1,000 viewers explored the exhibit, 2 Bf ^ P^ of Honor." of the good life and the vicissitudes of which featured oils, etchings, mixed Щ the Ukrainians who left their native land, ЮІсІИ The book has over 60 illustrations and media, silk paintings, batiks and pho­ we are pleased to observe that there is a tographs by 38 artists from the United -. r^^s^^B ш ^ closes with a bibliography and index. Its great future for their succeeding genera­ States, Ukraine and Canada. front and back covers are reproductions tions whose native land is Canada." '" іРііШ Що of paintings (oil on canvas) by Peter The objective of the exhibit, according : In sum, one can say that the author has Shostak from the series "For Our to its sponsor, the Association of щ уз achieved two goals: he complemented - шРИИ Children." Advancement for Ukrainian Culture X ЩШтВВШШт rn his previous works on Ukrainian immi­ (ADUK), was threefold: to reclaim Michael Ewanchuk has lived an inter­ grations and provided an overview of the Ukrainian myths and legends; to encour­ О CJNHQH1 ^ esting and useful life. He was born Ukrainian Canadian experience and age artists of Ukrainian descent to March 14, 1908, in Gimli, Manitoba. He achievement during its 100-year presence research Ukrainian folklore and depict —ф — has been a pedagogue, inspector of sec­ in Canada. Accordingly, the book their interpretations visually; and to PHROU W.ARAK. 1 i,l li'iX ondary schools in Winnipeg and a histo­ includes representatives of the three main acquaint a culturally diversified viewing rian. He studied at Detroit City College, phases of Ukrainian immigration to audience with Ukrainian mythology. it "Chornobyl — Five Years After." Wesley College and the University of Canada, as well as Canadian-born "Ukrainian Myths, Legends and The black-and-white catalogue featur­ Manitoba. During World War II he Ukrainians. The research involved in this Folklore" is the third exhibit sponsored by ing artwork and myths is available for S8 served in the Canadian Air Force. In the study leaves one with a greater apprecia­ ADUK at the Scarab Club. In 1990 the art (including shipping and handling) from: 1960s he was member of the Senate at tion for the diversity of the field and for association sponsored the exhibit "21 ADUK, 2582 Otter, Warren, MI 48092; the University of Manitoba. Mr. the highly varied achievements of Ukrainian Artists," and in 1991, the exhib- (810)268-4729. Ewanchuk has an honorary doctorate Michael Ewanchuk. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 No.3

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And if I do "I want us to get into a good defensive that, and they beat that, then all the more position and once we get possession of the The Chief Financial Officer will be a key member of the management team power to them." puck, then go (with it)," Robinson said. "I don't really see Wayne's game being Gretzky, the most statistically dominant with the main assignment of setting up and implementing the accounting affected at all, as far as offense is con­ procedures, as well as a budgeting and reporting system consistent with athlete ever, has one more notable personal cerned, and it should help him offensively Western International Accounting Standarts for the joint venture's signifi­ objective: to complete a remarkable because everybody is going to be in better quadruple leap into NHL history. Gretzky position for him to get the puck to them." cant sea-port operations near Odessa. His other duties will include internal has already passed Gordie Howe in all- While Gretzky has called this a "make- auditing and relations with the external auditors, tax authorities, financial time goals (814), assists (1,692) and points or-break year," it is apparent he has no institutions and insurance companies. In the absence of the Managing (2,506) with a triple jump into the record desire to retire after this season. Gretzky is Director, the CFO will act as his Deputy. book. One mark remains - to earn as many excited about the possibility of playing for assists as anyone else has points. Howe Canada in a proposed Canada/ World Cup retired with 1,850 NHL points; Gretzky '96 and hasn't shut the door on playing Requirements include a relevant degree and several years experience in needs 159 assists to pass Mr. Hockey. through 1997-1998 when NHL players finance/accounting in industrial, preferably sea-port, operations. Some That serves as motivation for Gretzky. will participate in the Olympics. exposure to Ukrainian accounting would be an asset. The candidate should "I thought about it the other day," "I'll tell you exactly what I told Bob be fluent in English and Ukrainian/Russian. Gretzky said with a laugh. "Yeah, I think Goodenow," the Great One said of a con­ about it. It's something I'd love to do. versation with the NHL Players' This newly-created position offers an outstanding opportunity for an experienced It's something that not a lot of people Association executive director. "I don't have followed and really know about. know what's going to happen to Wayne professional who has strong management skills in accounting and finance,an d Yeah, it would be something that I would Gretzky in 1998. If I'm fortunate enough wishes to exercise them in the demanding yet rewarding Ukrainian setting. really like to do. to be around and I deserve to be invited "I'm not overly concerned about that to play on the Olympic team, then, my Employment would be under expatriate status for a period of three to five right now. If our team gets off to the start gosh, I'd be the first guy to consent to go years, with an excellent package of compensation and perquisites. The posi­ that it can get off to and we do what we and I think it would be a privilege." tion will be highly visible and it can lead, upon successful completion, to very can do as an organization, then that's Gretzky's contract runs out this season going to fall into place. If we go out and and he'll be eligible for unrestricted free good career opportunities within the Company's operations internationally. compete at the level we did last year, agency next summer. 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JERSEY CITY, N.J.— Pianist Juliana formance of Ukrainian composer Viktor Osinchuk's recital October 27, 1995, at Kossenko's hauntingly beautiful Two the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater Poem Legends,' Op. 12, which proved was reviewed in The Washington Post by one of the highlights of the evening." classical music reviewer Judy Gruber. Ms. Gruber noted that Washington Dr. Osinchuk presented works by three looks forward to both hearing more from Alaska-based composers: the Washington Alaska's cultural life and anticipates Dr. premiere of Craig Coray's "SiJam Inua," Osinchuk's return to the area. Ms. and the world premieres of John Luther Gruber also pointed out that the receptive Adams' "Five Yup'ik Dances" and Philip audience comprised a number of Alaska Munter's "Semichi Toccata," Op. 43. residents who had flown in for the These contemporary works formed a recital, including the wife and staff mem­ i^wferk major portion of the pianist's program and, bers of Sen. Ted Stevens. as noted by the reviewer, Dr. Osinchuk Dr. Osinchuk's Guest Artist Series rfjfc Ш^я. N 2:00 PM "made it clear to her audience that she has a recital at the North Carolina School of the V real affinity for this music, with a deep Arts was reviewed in the Winston-Salem ^ііЩш intellectual understanding of the pieces and Journal on November 1, 1995. Arts Щ^ Bay the technical ability to interpret them." reporter William Albright commended Dr. Ms. Gruber went on to note that the Osinchuk for "trying to put the 49th state gj і МШШШШ^ШШШ XfytfO voo^ pianist "also demonstrated that she is as on the musical map by showcasing music ^ouffif'^" "" comfortable with 19th century music as by Alaskan composers." Edmonton she is with contemporary works, with the СоттШі^ВіЩШД i-Ki sun: Dr. Osinchuk's playing was variously ,,V 11:0 Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D Minor and referred to as "formidable (in) tech­ Liszt's Tunerailles.' But nowhere was nique," marked by "clarity and verve," Arts - ТгаШН " this affinity more evident than in her per­ "thunderous" and "mighty." Entertainment тшо (M^fejand Business - Sports ^ Starting щ Krysa/Tchekina perform at UIA Kid's Corner ^ September ^ by Mary E. Pressey formed with the leading orchestras and ensembles of Berlin, Budapest, Dresden, ewmiseik— nTTflU)n NEW YORK - The internationally Kyiv, Leningrad, London, Moscow, acclaimed duo of Oleh Krysa and, Prague, Stockholm and Warsaw, and Tatiana Tchekina, captivated the audi­ appeared at major festivals in Russia, ence at the Ukrainian Institute of Germany, Scotland, Finland, Austria, America on December 2, 1995, with their esSS Czecho-Slovakia, Poland and Australia. To receive I superb violin and piano performances. He is a champion of contemporary Recognized by several music critics as music, particularly of composers Alfred first-rate artists, this husband-and-wife Schnittke, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Vyacheslav team once again proved the critics right. Artyomov and Myroslav Skoryk, and has The program was East European, with premiered a number of their works. A stu­ selections from composers Schulhoff, dent and protege of David Oistrakh, his AUTOMOTIVE GENERAL MANAGERS Prokofiev, Bartok, Karabyts and honors include top prizes at the Montreal, The Winner Automotive Group, the exclusive importer and Szymanowski. 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Recently, their currently professor of violin at the Eastern individual we are seeking must have at least 3 years performances at Carnegie Hall in New School of Music in Rochester. He is also York and the Kennedy Center in artist-in-residence at the Ukrainian Institute management experience as well as a proven track record in Washington met with wide acclaim. of America, where he serves as artistic customer satisfaction performance. Automotive experience is Mr. Krysa is of Ukrainian parentage. director of the Music at the Institute concert not required; however, an understanding of general dealership He was born in the Soviet Union and was series. operations including accounting, parts, service and long esteemed as a distinguished soloist, Ms. Tchekina, born in Moscow to a chamber musician and teacher. family of singers, studied at the Kyiv and body shop operations is a plus. 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TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 454 The Ohio Boychoir to present Please be advised that Branch 454 will merge with Branch 412 as of February 1,1996. All inquries, monthly payments and requests for changes should be sent to Mrs. Emilia rare choral work in Cleveland Smal, Branch Secretary: PARMA, Ohio - The Ohio Boychoir's fusing score into modern musical nota­ Mrs. Emilia Smal concert on February 18 at the Cathedral tion. 216-16 Dixie Road of St. John will feature J. Michael Michael Haydn was the konzertmeis- St. Catherines, Ontario Haydn's "Vespers for the Holy ter to the archbishop of Salzburg, Canada L2N 7N5 Innocents." This is only the second time Austria, 213 years ago. Among the 100 1 (905)646-8158 since Haydn's death that this large-scale musicians under his responsibility were work will be sung by a boychoir in 15 choirboys. He composed the accord with the composer's intent. The "Vespers" to honor these young singers. first presentation, in 1982, was also by The work is composed for three treble TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 502 the Ohio Boychoir. voices, three soloists, a string ensemble Please be advised that Branch 502 will merge with Branch 444 as of February 1,1996. The three solo parts featured in this and organ. All inquries, monthly payments and requests for changes should be sent to work will be sung by Christina Price, Both Mr. Musichuk and Ms. Leszczuk Mr. Al Kachkowski, Branch Secretary: Elaine Stockmeier and Lucia Leszczuk. are Ukrainians. Ms. Leszczuk already has Also on the program, which begins at a very prominent history of musical Mr. Al Kachkowski 3 p.m., will be Benjamin Britten's appearances in the greater Cleveland area 126 Simon Fraser Crescent and abroad. She spent a summer in Graz, Saskatoon, SK S7H 3T1 "Missa Brevis in D." The concert is free Res. Tel.: (306) 374-7675 with donations accepted. The cathedral Austria in the AIMS program. She is a Off. Tel.: (306) 373-6228 is located in downtown Cleveland at the regular member of the Cleveland Opera Fax: (306) 373-6228 corner of Superior Avenue and East Company, where she appears as soloist, Ninth Street. Free parking is available in as well as the Lyric Opera of Cleveland the cathedral garage on the southeast and the Pennsylvania Opera Festival. corner of Rockwell and East Ninth She appeared in the world premiere of TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 231 Street. Edward London's "Death of Lincoln." In Camden, NJ "Vespers for the Holy Innocents" was She sang with the Royal Flanders a musicological discovery by Alexander Philharmonic in Belgium and Amsterdam. As of February 1,1996 the secretary's duties of Branch 231 in Camden, NJ will be assumed by Mr. Vasiliy Bakalenko. Musichuk, the choir's director. A great She was alto soloist in Prokofiev's effort was made to locate a published "Alexander Nevsky" with the 1989 We ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence regarding membership score without success. After a lot of Cleveland Orchestra European Tour. and insurance, as well as their membership premiums to the address listed below: research, Michael Haydn's score was dis­ Mr. Musichuk, founder-director of the Mr. Vasiliy Bakalenko covered in the National Szechenyi Ohio Boychoir, took the choir to Ukraine 1 Park Ave., Apt. ff1 Library in Budapest. Much drawn-out in 1989 and 1991. The choir was one of Swarthmore, PA 19081 correspondence in English and the first American groups to tour Ukraine (610)544-2004 Hungarian followed before the music after cultural exchanges were resumed arrived in the form of Haydn's hard-to- with the former Soviet Union. read original manuscripts on 35mm Last summer, the Ohio Boychoir was TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 321 microfilm. With a few student helpers, awarded a coveted gold award at the Mr. Musichuk transcribed Haydn's con­ International Music Festival in Munich. In Phoenixville, PA As of February 1,1996 the secretary's duties of Branch 321 in Phoenixville, PA will be assumed by Mrs. Katherine Fedyszyn. We ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence regarding membership and insurance, as well as their membership premiums to the address listed below: Mrs. Katherine Fedyszyn R. D. ^2 Box 189 Chester Springs, PA 19425 (215)771-2603

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The Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church lecture will be held in the CIUS Seminar AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN EXTRA INCOME (Brown Avenue off Wrightstown Road) at Room, 352 Athabasca Hall, at 3:30 p.m. 1-3:30 p.m. Free admission. The event is We are looking to expand our advertising clientele for our publications, sponnsored by the Tucson Branch of UCCA. ADVANCE NOTICE For information call (520) 299-7591. the Ukrainian-language daily Svoboda and English-language The Ukrainian Weekly. Friday-Sunday, April 12-14 If you are a self-motivated, hard-working and bright individual, you can supplement your income by Sunday, January 28 SLOATSBURG, N.Y.: The Sisters referring customers to our advertising department. Your earnings will be based on the amount of PHOENIX, ARIZ.: The Phoenix Branch Servants of Mary Immaculate are holding their annual jamboree for girls and young advertising you attract to our pages. of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America is holding a January 22 commem­ women, grade 7 to age 21, to be held at St. For details please write or call: Svoboda Administration orative banquet/reception at the SUM-A Mary's Villa, 150 Sisters Servants Lane. For Advertising Department: Maria Szeparowycz Hall, 730 W. Elm St., at noon. Principal more information contact Sister Michele, speaker will be Askold Lozynskyj, presi­ (914)753-5100. 30 Montgomery Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201)434-0237 Exchange students need hosts WASHINGTON - ASSE (formerly other lands and people. Students with a American Scandinavian Student Exchange) good academic record may apply to live International Student Exchange Programs is and study in the following countries: HURYN MEMORIALS seeking host families in the U.S. and Scandinavian, France, Italy, Spain, Canada for exchange students from various Portugal, Germany, Holland, Britain, For the finest in custom made memorials installed in all cemeteries in the countries, among them Scandinavia, Great Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Mew York Metropolitan area including Holy Spirit in Hamptonburgh, SM.Y., Britain, Europe, East and Central Europe, Republic, Switzerland, Canada (French- St. Andrew's in South Bound Brook, NJ., Pine Bush in Kerhonkson and Asia, Latin America as well as such inde­ or English" speaking), Mexico, Brazil, Glen Spey Cemetery, Glen Spey, pendent states as Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Japan, Thailand, Australia, or New Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Zealand. Academic year and shorter term We offer personal service and guidance in your home. For a bilingual rep­ Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, summer vacation programs are available. resentative call: Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. Persons interested in obtaining more The students, who are coming to North HURYN MEMORIALS information about becoming a host fami­ America for the upcoming school year, P.O. Box 121 ly or becoming an exchange student are 15-18 years of age. They are an acade­ Hamptonburgh, N.Y. 10916 should contact ASSE by calling 1-800- mically select group, speak English and Tel. (914) 427-2684 677-2773; New Jersey residents may are curious to learn about the host coun­ Fax. (914) 427-5443 contact ASSE's local representative, tries through living as a part of a family, Geetha Sridaran, (908) 604-5966. attending high school and sharing their own culture and language with their host family. The students are sponsored by ASSE, a Krysa/Tcheklna... SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) non-profit, public benefit organization (Continued-from page 13) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION founded by the Swedish Ministry of notable talent in major music festivals in 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 Education. ASSE cooperates with the Russia (Moscow Stars), Czecho­ Tel (201) 373-7839 - Fax (201) 373-8812 Canadian Provincial Ministries of slovakia (Prague Spring), Austria Education and is approved by the (Wiener Fest), Finland (Kuhmo and Australian and New Zealand Departments Korsholm) and Australia (Townsville). of Education. The students are well screened and While performing with her husband in qualified by ASSE. Families may select solo and chamber music recitals, she the youngster of their choice from exten­ received wide acclaim from critics and Direct sive student applications, family photos was described in the Montreal Star as a and biographical essays. Students and "first-rank artist in her own right." families are encouraged to begin corre­ The Washington Post praised her as Deposit sponding prior to the student's arrival. "an especially forceful, responsible part­ The exchange students arrive from ner," while the Canberra Times their home country shortly before school (Australia) found her to be a "distin­ The safe way to deposit your money begins and return at the end of the school guished musician and a pianist of notable year. Each ASSE student is fully insured, talents." Payroll, pension, social security, or other regular payments brings his or her own personal spending Ms. Tchekina has recorded on the automatically deposited money and expects to bear his or her Melodiya, Bis and Meldac labels. 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