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Vol. LXIX No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 $1/$2 in Ukraine HE KuchmaKRAINIAN denies reports of Kravchenko’sEEKLY dismissal U.S.T ambassador U W by Roman Woronowycz , and Procurator General November 2000. The tapes, if they are offers comments on Press Bureau Mykhailo Potebenko. authentic – a question that has yet to be “That is nonsense,” said the president, definitively answered – implicate the presi- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma pub- adding, “Lately everything is rumors, dent, the internal affairs minister and other U.S.-Ukraine relations licly denied on March 21 that he had fired rumors, rumors.” leading officials in the disappearance of Minister of Internal Affairs Yurii Mr. Kuchma’s comments did little to Ukrainian journalist Heorhii Gongadze and Kravchenko – five days after the first clear up the murky situation surrounding his a slew of other crimes. by Roman Woronowycz reports of the possible dismissal of internal affairs minister, who remains under An oppositionist force led by a shaky Kyiv Press Bureau Ukraine’s top cop appeared in the media, political siege, along with the president coalition of leftist and rightist lawmakers some of which had been confirmed by indi- KYIV – Carlos Pascual arrived in himself and several other ranking adminis- and their political parties has mustered Kyiv on October 19, 2000, as the viduals politically close to the president. tration officials, over audiotapes recorded fourth United States ambassador to In Bakhchesarai at a commemoration of and released by a presidential bodyguard in (Continued on page 25) Ukraine. Prior to his appointment, he the 150th birthday of a Tatar national hero, served as a special assistant to President Kuchma, who is vacationing in President Bill Clinton and the senior , made his first public appearance in director for , Ukraine and nearly a week to quash the rumor. German analysis raises questions about Tarascha corpse Eurasia at the National Security Asked whether he had signed a decree by Roman Woronowycz turned up negative. Council (NSC), posts he held from releasing Mr. Kravchenko, the Ukrainian Kyiv Press Bureau “The material from a corpse that was July 1998 through January 2000. president bluntly replied, “No.” In obvious handed over by Olena Prytula is not part While there as a leading formulator of reply to the way this story has been played KYIV – Another unforeseen twist fur- of the remains of the body of Heorhii U.S. policy towards Ukraine, he guid- out in the media without a single comment ther complicated efforts to determine who Gongadze,” said Mr. Holovatyi. ed policies to encourage Ukraine’s from the president, Mr. Kuchma added in a killed Heorhii Gongadze when on March Ms. Prytula, the colleague of the mur- commitment to democratic and mar- curt manner that journalists should simply 19 National Deputy Serhii Holovatyi, sec- dered journalist who was the editor-in- ket reforms, and its integration into follow their reports to determine if Mr. retary of the ad hoc parliamentary com- chief of the Internet newspaper he pub- Europe. Kravchenko would be dismissed in the near mittee investigating the Gongadze affair, lished before he disappeared in mid- Mr. Pascual, 42, a career member future. announced that DNA testing of what was September 2000, had turned over to Mr. of the Foreign Service, joined the The president also denied that he had or believed to be a sample tissue of the NSC in June 1995 as director for would soon sack his chief of staff, remains of the missing journalist had (Continued on page 16) Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs. In 1994-1995 he served as deputy assistant administrator for Europe and the New Independent States at the U.S. Agency for Lviv students protest repressive actions in Kyiv International Development (USAID). From 1992 to 1994 Mr. Pascual was the director of the Office of Program Analysis and Coordination for the NIS Task Force, where he helped develop the first U.S. assistance pro- grams for that region. Mr. Pascual’s first five months as the head of the U.S. mission in Ukraine have been marked by the election of a new president in the United States and a political crisis in Ukraine, events that a new ambassa- dor generally does not confront in the first months of his posting. The following interview was con- ducted on March 20 at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv to get a perspective from Ambassador Pascual on how U.S.-Ukraine relations are currently evolving given the current political climates in the two countries. PARTI Let’s start at the beginning, how did a Cuban American get to be a Ukraine specialist? I was born in Cuba and came to the Students rally at the Lviv Polytechnic University early in the morning of March 13. United States when I was 3 years old. One of the values that my parents by Oksana Petrovych On the morning of March 12 students the March 9 demonstration in Kyiv. from Lviv National University, the Lviv According to the official numbers, 212 inculcated in me from the beginning LVIV – Over 3,000 students from var- Theological Academy, the Institute of people spent the night in different police was appreciation for freedom and the ious Lviv educational establishments Physical Education and Lviv Polytechnic stations of the Ukrainian capital – a large importance of people having the took part in peaceful protests which University gathered by the statue of Ivan portion of these were students. The phys- opportunity to pursue their dreams began in Lviv on March 12. They were Franko in Lviv to hear the testimony of ical appearance of some of those coming and their destinies. protesting mass arrests and other illegal In 1992, when some friends asked those students who managed to return suc- to the meeting in Lviv was so striking repressions against participants in the cessfully from Kyiv. The students were on that words were not necessary: they had (Continued on page 4) demonstration which occurred on March edge because of the mass arrests and other 9 in Kyiv. illegal repressions against participants in (Continued on page 2) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 No. 12

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Poll shows Ukrainians distrust leaders Communists seek to oust government 16; Reforms-Congress, 15; Yabluko, 14; by Jan Maksymiuk the threat was directed against Ukrainian Labor Ukraine, 46; Revival of Regions, 30; RFE/RL Poland, and Ukraine Report citizens; and 6.9 percent mentioned state KYIV – Four Communist lawmakers on Solidarnist, 24; and Ukraine’s Regions, 16. bodies. March 15 met with Prime Minister Viktor (RFE/RL Newsline) PRAGUE – Ukraine’s Oleksander According to 13.8 percent of respon- Yuschenko and handed him a list of 17 Razumkov Center of Economic and dents, the anti-presidential opposition is no demands, Interfax reported. In particular, U.S. envoy criticizes authorities, opposition Political Studies conducted a poll among the Communist Party wants the government threat to anybody, while 12.3 percent were KYIV – U.S. Ambassador Carlos 2,037 respondents in all Ukrainian regions unable to answer the question. to switch to a socialist economy, nationalize in late February and early March, asking banks, introduce a planned economy for Pascual on March 16 criticized the actions The center found that the activity of of both opposition demonstrators and the them a number of questions about their Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko is sup- state enterprises, give official status to the political preferences. Generally, the poll and break all relations authorities during violent protests in Kyiv ported by 26.7 percent of Ukrainians (27.2 on March 9. “The events on March 9 were confirmed what had been known before, percent said they do not support him); with NATO. National Deputy Oleksander namely, that Ukrainians remain deeply con- Bondarchuk commented after the meeting disappointing from all sides. The challenge President Kuchma by 11.4 percent (nega- for Ukraine’s authorities is to give the peo- fused about what should be done to tive rating: 43.8 percent); the government that “each side has remained on its own improve the situation in the country, as well position.” Mr. Bondarchuk said the ple confidence that they can express dissent by 9.7 percent (negative rating: 38.8 per- without fear of violent repression. Peaceful as extremely distrustful of their leadership cent); and the Parliament by 4.5 percent Communists will vote to dismiss the and political elite. Cabinet in a possible no-confidence vote action is also very important on the part of (negative rating: 49.4 percent). demonstrators and restraint is also required However, the poll also showed that the Commenting on why the positive rating following Mr. Yuschenko’s report to the current anti-presidential opposition – Parliament on April 10. Communist Party [on their part],” the quoted of Mr. Yuschenko is higher than that of the Mr. Pascual as saying. The envoy spoke grouped in the Ukraine Without Kuchma government by nearly three to one, Center leader Petro Symonenko told a Communist movement and the Forum for National rally the same day that the party “will after introducing a new $750,000 media of Economic and Political Studies head development fund in Ukraine, a two-year Salvation – cannot count on decisive social Anatolii Hrytsenko said, “this testifies to arouse the people of Ukraine and do away support either. with this regime in a week” if it fails to project sponsored by the U.S. to encourage the fact that people do not perceive the gov- an independent press. The fund is aimed at The proposal of the anti-presidential ernment as a team of like-minded persons.” resign voluntarily. (RFE/RL Newsline) opposition that Ukraine should become a improving the legal, administrative and tax According to the poll, if parliamentary PM ready to back Cabinet changes environment for Ukrainian media, expand- parliamentary republic with a largely cere- elections were held right now, only the monial president, or no president at all, was ing the use of the Internet, improving pro- Communist Party would be able to over- KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor supported by 16.9 percent of respondents; fessional standards among journalists, and come the 4 percent voting threshold neces- Yuschenko on March 20 said he is ready to 46.1 percent were against it; while 37 per- providing direct grant support for Ukrainian sary to win parliamentary seats. discuss Cabinet replacements with parlia- cent were unable to decide on the issue. media and non-governmental organizations. The Communist Party could count on mentary groups if new candidates turn out The idea of a parliamentary-presidential (RFE/RL Newsline) support from 14 percent of Ukrainians, to be “more rational and constructive” than republic was viewed more favorably: 30.2 while other parties would obtain far less the current ministers, and if the reshuffle Communists stage anti-government march percent supported it; 27.4 percent were support: the Democratic Party, 3.7 percent; “cements” the pro-government parliamen- against it; and 42.4 percent did not provide DONETSK – Some 3,000 mostly elder- the Social Democratic Party (United), 3 tary majority, Interfax reported. Meanwhile, a definite answer. ly people took part in a march organized by percent; the National Democratic Party, 2.9 lawmaker Yaroslav Kendzior from Rukh Answering the question about who the Communist Party in Donetsk on March percent; the Democratic Union, 2.5 percent; (Udovenko) told the Parliament the same should be afraid of the Ukraine Without 17, Reuters reported. Protesters demanded the Popular Rukh (Udovenko), 2.1 percent; day that “vigorous preparations” are under Kuchma movement and the Forum for the resignation of President Leonid and the Fatherland Party, 1.5 percent. way to oust the Yuschenko Cabinet and National Salvation, 46.7 percent of respon- Kuchma and Prime Minister Viktor Of those polled, 36 percent said they install an “oligarchic-leftist regime” in dents mentioned President Leonid Kuchma Yuschenko, as well as closer ties between would support no party, while 22.7 percent Ukraine. Yurii Kostenko, leader of another and the state officials who were secretly Ukraine and Russia. Some 350 people par- were unable to define their party prefer- Rukh faction, warned that “the attempts of taped by presidential bodyguard Mykola ticipated in a similar rally in ences. oligarchs and Communists to start off the Melnychenko; 13.6 percent said the groups Dnipropetrovsk the same day, Interfax The poll also found that 29 percent of government’s dismissal are a full-scale plan threaten oligarchic clans; 15.6 percent men- reported. Meanwhile, Communist Party Ukrainians believe Kyiv’s foreign policy to destabilize Ukraine.” (RFE/RL tioned society in general; 11.8 percent said leader Petro Symonenko told a March 17 has recently taken a pro-Russia slant to the Newsline) detriment of Ukraine’s relations with the conference of lawmakers from Ukraine, Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus, West. Of that number, 50.2 percent assessed New regional group emerges in Rada Belarus and Russia that only a union of Ukraine and Poland specialist on the this fact positively, 29.7 percent negatively, those three countries will help Ukraine staff of RFE/RL Newsline. and 16.3 percent neutrally. KYIV – A new deputies’ caucus called “overcome the misery in which we find Ukraine’s Regions (Rehiony Ukrainy) has ourselves and avoid new threats.” (RFE/RL been registered in the , Newsline) grabbed the judge from her home in a Interfax reported on March 21. The group is Lviv students protest... hurry, because I think she was in a house led by Donetsk Mayor Volodymyr Rybak Kwasniewski to Kuchma: don’t use force (Continued from page 1) coat, covered by her judge’s robe,” he and includes five former lawmakers from said. WARSAW – Polish President managed to avoid jail, but not the billy Revival of Regions, four from Labor Aleksander Kwasniewski told his visiting clubs of the police. Already on the second day of the Ukraine, and two from the Popular protests, students from all the higher edu- Ukrainian counterpart, Leonid Kuchma, in In Kyiv itself “special attention” had Democratic Party. Revival of Regions Kazimerz Dolny on March 15 that he been given to people from Lviv, accord- cational establishments in Lviv joined in leader Oleksander Volkov commented that – regardless of announcements by some should use not force, but dialogue, for ing to witnesses. Approximately 100 the creation of the Ukraine’s Regions group administrators that all students who par- resolving the current political unrest at people from Lviv were held at the Kyiv is the beginning of a “real break-up” of the ticipated in the protests would be home, the PAP news agency reported. train station on the evening of March 9. pro-government majority. The current array expelled. Only the rectors of a few insti- President Kuchma responded that he is Most of them were literally pulled out of of parliamentary forces is as follows: tutions unambiguously announced that ready for dialogue with the opposition, but train cars and thrown face-first onto the Communist Party, 112 lawmakers; Social no administrative sanctions would be only within the framework of the law and ground of the railroad station. Democratic Party (United), 34; Fatherland, the Constitution. Mr. Kuchma added: applied to those students who were exer- 31; Rukh (Kostenko), 23; National “They announced that I was guilty, as cising their civil rights via these political “When the so-called opposition wants to if I were a dangerous criminal,” Democratic Party, 18; Greens, 17; Rukh activities. (Udovenko), 16; Left Center (Socialists), (Continued on page 17) explained Yurko Fedoryshyn, a student Though the demonstrations in Kyiv of applied mathematics. “When it turned culminated in violence, the Lviv protests out that I had done nothing criminal, no were peaceful. On both days the demon- one even said ‘sorry,’ even though they strators were escorted by policemen and FOUNDED 1933 detained me for over a day.” generally marched on the sidewalks in Pavlo Aleksandrov, a student on the HE KRAINIAN EEKLY long columns. Contrary to various TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., faculty of journalism of Lviv National reports, no efforts have been made to University told the newpaper Postup that a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. deport rectors who are American citizens. 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He warned about the danger of Kyiv again,” he related. destabilization in Ukraine and the manip- The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com Yurii Volkolhon, a philosophy student, ulation of student activists, but also The Ukrainian Weekly, March 25, 2001, No. 12, Vol. LXIX was hastily tried by a female judge and stressed that repression against students Copyright © 2001 The Ukrainian Weekly two policemen, “It looked like they had should be excluded. No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 3 INTERVIEW: Naval officer offers observations on fleet’s recent history and current status

by Roman Woronowycz eral million dollars. That issue also has be hosting foreign students. Already there gradually, even if slowly, and perhaps not Kyiv Press Bureau dragged on. We thought that Russia would are plans for Chinese students. We have as quickly as some would like, positive provide help, now it looks like perhaps had Pakistani students. About 50 Greek changes are taking place. This goes without Anatolii Danilov’s first book, “The Germany may do so. We need to resolve cadets recently took special courses here, saying. Ukrainian Flotilla: Near the Well of this matter. among them officers. As you have read in Rebirth,” documents the events that I think that if President Kuchma the press, Greece has bought Ukrainian- And the last question, what provoked occurred in Sevastopol and the Black Sea achieves what he proposed while on the made vessels and there were training cours- you to write your book, “The Ukrainian Fleet just before and after the declaration of Sahaidachny last August, that the es. You can say that Ukraine is slowly Fleet: Near the Well of Rebirth?” Ukraine’s independence. Ukrainian navy must have a separate line becoming a naval incubator. Capt. 1st Class Danilov, who was item in the national budget, it would benefit There is a whole complex of reasons responsible for the formation of the first not only the seafaring forces but also the Is Ukrainian the teaching language of that I decided to write the book. When I Ukrainian Navy Television and Radio country as a whole. the institute? was under the command of Vice-Admiral Center in Sevastopol in the early 1990s, Borys Kozhyn, today a national deputy and chronicles the political intrigue and the How is the Nakhimov Naval Institute Unfortunately not all [instructors] do so. the director of the Union of Officers of social climate in Kyiv and Sevastopol dur- of Sevastopol doing? Does it have a full But even here there have been improve- Ukraine, who is my military brother and ing those days and months. Today Capt. complement of cadets? ments. There is the friend, I never thought about writing a Danilov is assistant director of the department. There are other departments book. It was a time of great stress, psycho- Nakhimov Naval Institute of Sevastopol. I have been the assistant director of the where many of the instructors now teach in logical conflicts and so on. The book, written in the Ukrainian lan- institute for seven years now, and I want to the state language. But the years moved on, the situation guage, is the first tome of a history of the tell you honestly that with each year the But I have to say that the psychological changed, destiny threw me around to vari- Ukrainian navy that Capt. Danilov is quality of the educational process and the situation of Sevastopol – 75 percent of the ous posts. At some point I thought, “What a preparing. The second tome is due out in level of military discipline increases. residents are Russian – exerts pressure. Our complicated time. So much is going on.” time for the jubilee celebrations of Let me give you an example that is not boys, our cadets from western Ukraine, Whether I wanted to or not, I found myself Ukrainian independence in August. among the fondest of my memories. The from the Khmelnytskyi and Chernivtsi at the epicenter of these events. If I don’t The following edited interview (the first learning process is, above all, a matter of oblasts, even they become entrapped by the document this, explain how it all occurred part of which was published last week) was discipline: how an individual carries him- omnipresence of the Russian language. and how we worked, then others will try to conducted in Kyiv in mid-February. self, how he carries out his duties, etc. In When I confront them with, “Why are you do so. I am convinced they can’t offer a 1994 there were more than 90 criminal acts giving in, I have pinned my hopes on you,” more objective version. One needed to CONCLUSION in the institute, but in 2000 there was only they reply, “Well, you know, this is have been steeped in that environment. one, for practical purposes. And I say for Sevastopol.” I am not the first to write on this theme. Do you believe there are perspectives practical purposes because the navy procu- This may sound like sloganeering, but it There are two other books out, but I found for future cooperation between the rator filed no complaints last year, but we at is true that to live in a society and remain them not to be objective, they were written Ukrainian navy and the Black Sea Fleet? the institute determined one criminal mat- removed from it is very difficult. to please a certain audience. I am not going ter. On the grounds of the territory of the Basically, there is a future. When I am to say whether it was a country or some Today we have about 1,000 cadets. institute we try to encourage them to speak certain element of Ukrainian society. These with the students, the future officers of Recently, state quotas have shrunk slightly the state language – of course we can’t Ukraine, I tell them: “We are citizens of were the reasons. As I returned via train to for cadets as future officers. This is because force them to. But outside the grounds I Sevastopol in April 1994 [to take up the Ukraine, we have our laws, we have our all the structures [of the Ukrainian navy], would say that 100 percent, or nearly 100 territory, our Constitution, we have our mil- post of second in command at the institute] today are working more efficiently. No percent of them, speak Russian. the plan for the book developed. itary oath, and we must understand what longer are we simply gathering cadres to As for my own family, my wife speaks this means.” I must tell you it was very difficult to put feed and train them, only to be unable to Ukrainian, as does my oldest daughter. But this book together. It was not just collecting But on the question of maintaining good place them. We no longer are telling gradu- my younger daughter speaks it more poorly relations, my God, of course, we should. the information that was difficult. I had to ates, “Congratulations, here’s your diploma because in the schools [of Sevastopol] they find all the financing myself. The diaspora, Whether it is with Turkey, Bulgaria, – and now go out onto the street in search don’t teach it at all. They teach German, specifically in the United States – Vasyl Romania or with the U.S., with whom I for a job!” Now we have a better idea of English, but they don’t teach Ukrainian, the Mackiw, who lives in Florida, and the must say we have excellent relations. I our needs. state language. We already have Ukrainian Social Services organizations in have spent time with the U.S.S. LaSalle of Last year a navy college began to func- approached the city council on this matter. the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, tion at the institute, which is the warrant But I am nevertheless convinced that (Continued on page 22) with the officers, their wives and girls, with officer level of naval personnel, the right students. This is not a state secret, and I hand of the officer, who will study for two willingly tell many people, including my years, eight months. The courses have been students at the institute, that we have great extended for eight months from what was relations with the U.S. Navy. offered during Soviet times to make room U.S. warns Kyiv on CD piracy When we have held joint exercises, for new technologies, computer training, either with the U.S. fleet, or the Turks, the international relations study and language Ukraine largest producer of pirated CDs Bulgarians, the Italians, certain patriotic training. by Yaro Bihun Ukraine’s practices and has requested forces [in Sevastopol] have demonstrated Special to The Ukrainian Weekly consultations with its government. If with slogans like “NATO get out!” and Do you mean Ukrainian language Ukraine fails to address these concerns similar things. training? WASHINGTON – The United States within three months, it may face the What I would like to say here is that has put Ukraine on notice: either curb imposition of trade sanctions, jeopardize relations with Russia or some other country As embarrassing as it is for me to talk the production and export of pirated its entry into the World Trade should not be different than normal rela- about the need to learn the Ukrainian lan- compact discs (CDs) or face U.S. trade Organization and undermine its efforts tions with any country. I want to under- guage, it is only common sense. But here sanctions and other punitive action. to attract trade and investment. score this. We are a normal civilized coun- we are talking about foreign language train- The Office of the U.S. Trade The U.S. recording industry esti- try that shows respect and expects that we ing, and especially the English language. Representative (USTR) on March 13 mates that for each of the last two years, should receive respect in turn. The fleet travels the world, and the most common language used is the English lan- designated Ukraine as a “Priority with an annual domestic demand of 5 What is the current situation of the guage. Foreign Country” under the “Special million CDs, Ukraine has produced and Ukrainian navy? Is it adequately Our institution is in pretty good shape 301” program designed to advance the exported between 30 and 40 million financed? Are its needs being met? physically, although some remodeling still protection of intellectual property rights. pirated CDs. According to the USTR, needs to be done. We have a sound peda- The USTR statement noted that for Ukraine has the capacity to produce up Its authority is growing. However, there gogical-teaching foundation with more more than two years the U.S. govern- to 70 million pirated CDs per year. has been a declining amount of production than 100 academics. This number is con- ment has been urging the Ukrainian The USTR says that Ukraine has of new vessels lately. This is not normal. stantly rising. government to close down illegal CD become a world leader in pirated CD Last year on August 1, on the deck of the The Ministry of Defense has shown production facilities and enact legisla- production, which is costing the U.S. frigate Hetman Sahaidachny, President much support for our efforts. Minister of tion to adequately protect copyrights. recording industry more than $200 mil- Leonid Kuchma said questions regarding Defense Oleksander Kuzmuk has paid four “Despite many promises, including lion in lost revenue annually. the completion of construction of the mis- visits to the institute. What institute can say high-level commitments made in June In June 2000 President Kuchma com- sile cruiser Ukraina must be resolved. that it has been visited four times by the 2000, the Ukrainian government has mitted Ukraine to undertake a number Yesterday I had discussions with leading minister? been unwilling to curtail the activities of of measures against this kind of piracy: figures of the government. About 95 per- He has set a goal for us: that within two these pirates,” the USTR said. • suspend unlawful and unlicensed cent of the ship is complete. It needs about to three years – sometime between 2002 The American CD industry now con- CD production; another 10 million hrv for completion. I and 2003 – we become a naval academy. siders Ukraine “the largest producer and • adopt proper optical media produc- think the government will find the financ- As you can well imagine, this is a serious exporter” of pirated optical disks in tion and distribution regulations and ing. It has been under construction for more undertaking. This means a level four of Europe. Last year it was characterized monitor raw material, manufacturing than 10 years now, since Soviet times. accreditation of all our departments, and as “one of the largest.” The USTR said equipment and CD exports; When they asked me if we need the ship, I we have more than 20. Currently we have that Ukraine’s exports of pirated CDs • improve significantly its copyright said, yes, of course. Let’s not forget it car- several departments with level four accred- are “disrupting markets throughout the law and implement a modern copyright ries the name Ukraina. itation. This involves increasing further the region and beyond.” regime. And, of course, we hope that a decision number of academicians, guaranteeing the With the “Priority Foreign Country” “To date,” the USTR maintains, will be made on the submarine Zaporizhia, number of personal computers, raising the designation in effect, the USTR has ini- “Ukraine has not met any of these com- which is currently docked in Balaklava. All material and social resources. tiated an official investigation of mitments.” it needs is batteries – an investment of sev- It also means that increasingly we will 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 No. 12

So, one of the things we will talk about just to put it in perspective. U.S. ambassador... is how to sustain that relationship in the There is no joint naval combat unit. (Continued from page 1) current political context. Around that issue, There was an agreement on creating a me if I would be interested in working on one of the things we would continue to try search and rescue unit, which hasn’t been some programs to support democracy and to reinforce is that, even if we have dis- formally signed yet, but there is an agree- market reform in the former , agreement, it is important to stay engaged ment in principle to move ahead and devel- op this, which is fine. If there is an emer- the only thing I could say was yes. Ukraine and have close political contacts, as is evi- gency in the Black Sea, and Ukraine and is one of the countries I became particularly denced by the meeting itself, as is evi- Russia can cooperate in dealing with an involved with. I still think that it is especial- denced by the fact that Mr. [Oleksander] emergency, that’s a good thing to do. ly significant because it is a country that has Kuzmuk [Ukraine’s minister of defense] There is work that is being developed on perhaps the best opportunity in centuries to may come to the United States in mid- establishing some form of a joint harbor establish itself as a European state. April. And we have had a whole series of control unit so that there are both As you well know, Ukraine had consis- other engagements at very high levels. Ukrainians and Russians looking at the tently been denied the ability to set its own We will also talk about the broader movement of ships in the harbors of course, for centuries. It really has been an international situation that Ukraine finds itself in. There have been many questions Sevastopol. Again, that’s fine because, in honor to have this opportunity to work here fact, in many cases in the past Ukrainians and support the efforts of the Ukrainian that have been raised about Ukraine’s rela- tions with Russia. For our part, we think weren’t aware of certain Russian ship people to actually define themselves as a movements and this helps to deal with those European state. that Ukraine should maintain good rela- tions with all of its neighbors, and we will sorts of problems. What is the agenda for the upcoming reinforce that. We will reinforce also the The Ukrainians themselves have said visit of Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign very important point that it’s critical that all that as a result of these contacts the Yaro Bihun Affairs Anatolii Zlenko to Washington? of those relationships be maintained as Russians are now going to participate in transparently as possible and conducted on several Partnership for Peace exercises that Ambassador Carlos Pascual He will meet with Secretary of State the basis of what supports Ukrainian sover- in the past they have refused to participate ed on from out of the White House. What I [Colin] Powell and [National Security eignty. in. Will the Russians get advanced notifica- Advisor] Condeleeza Rice, and will have tion? The answer is yes, of course, but that can tell you is that this administration sees other meetings. That leads us to a several-pronged is all within the context of the Partnership Ukraine as a very, very important partner, I think, first and foremost, one of the question on Ukraine-Russia relations. for Peace program, where every single who is in a strategic position in Europe, most important things for him to do is to be Does the U.S. look at the defense treaty member of the Partnership for Peace gets where we have strategic long-term interests, able to discuss current developments here signed in January between Russia and advanced notification and has the opportu- and we have a strategic interest in staying in Ukraine. There are three very big issues Ukraine and the several agreements nity to provide input into the nature of the engaged. Over the past few weeks there that are overriding domestic developments signed between Presidents Vladimir exercise. So, from everything we have seen, have been numerous meetings, both in and international developments. Putin and Leonid Kuchma in I don’t think there was any compromise Washington and here in Kyiv, between sen- there. ior Ukrainian officials and senior U.S. offi- In Dnipropetrovsk the main question cials. There have been parliamentary Ukraine ... is a country that has perhaps mark that came up in people’s minds was exchanges. Vice Prime Minister [Yurii] something done that would result in joint Yekhanurov has gone to the United States. the best opportunity in centuries to estab- Russian-Ukrainian cooperation in the pro- The finance minister, two deputy ministers, duction of ICBMs. Again, we have seen no and now Minister Zlenko and Minister lish itself as a European state. evidence in that regard. There are two proj- Kuzmuk will be going. The chief of the ects that have attracted attention. They Ukrainian General Staff was in the U.S. to could be interesting projects; we need to see study issues related to the structure of the One concerns the Gongadze case, the Dnipropetrovsk as steps indicating the how they develop further. U.S. military. The involvement has been recordings that have been released that two countries are drawing closer, and One is actually not in the joint produc- very intense. affect the president and the other political could this be a result of Mr. Kuchma’s tion of ICBMs, but in the destruction of SS- Here in Ukraine we just recently had a leaders here; the way in which those issues current political weakness? And, in 24 missiles, where the United States has delegation from the State Department and have affected questions of freedom of the terms of the military agreement, there worked with Ukraine to develop a particular the NSC. We talked extensively on how we press, freedom of assembly and the rule of has been some talk about joint exercises technology that uses water to de-mine the would continue work that was begun previ- law; and the kinds of actions that Ukraine between the West and Ukraine being fuel rockets. The Russians are quite interest- ously in the binational commissions, specif- might take to give, first, the Ukrainian peo- planned with ’s input. Could you ed in the technology. The Ukrainians and ic issues that we want to continue to ple a sense of confidence that the rule of clarify how the U.S. views the situation? the Russians signed an agreement on poten- address. law can prevail in Ukraine and, secondly, tially sharing that technology. There are questions that still exist about the international community a sense of con- Sure. It’s important that people look at the overarching bureaucratic structures that fidence that there will be adherence to the these issues very carefully, and that we be Is this within the scope of the U.S.- might be created to guide our work, but rule of law. able to distinguish fact from rumor. In Ukraine agreement, specifically the what’s very clear is that there are certain The second set of issues has to do with many cases there have been press reports transfer of technology? sectoral areas where we have a very intense Ukraine’s efforts to rebuild or re-establish a put out, for example by the Russian media, agenda. We are making plans even right which have not contained very accurate Both sides are now talking with us about political consensus for economic reform. At the transfer of this technology, and we are now to continue that work. the end of last year we saw that there was a information. Again, I want to emphasize that good looking at it more closely to see what might Would you say then that the Kuchma- significant amount of progress in Ukraine. be possible and whether it is something that Ukraine passed its best budget and its best relations between Ukraine and Russia are Gore Commission structures are gone? important for Ukraine. Russia will always we could support. In other words, there has been a break economic plan ever. It was able to close There is another agreement that they are Chornobyl and get back on track with the be Ukraine’s neighbor and so if Ukraine point; will there be new bodies, or could can, in fact, actually sustain good coopera- developing, which concerns conversion of there be a continuation? IMF [International Monetary Fund]. It was SS-18 rockets into commercial space able to reach agreement with the EBRD tive relations on a transparent basis, that is launch vehicles. It basically would involve The new administration will make its [European Bank for Reconstruction and good for Ukraine. converting the third stage of a rocket from own statements out of Washington on how Development] on a path forward for major In terms of the various agreements that something that is used to carry warheads to it wants to organize its own political struc- energy projects. And the reason those things have been signed, there were two sets of meetings that occurred, which have raised something that would carry a satellite and ture. I can tell you that within the context were done is that the president, the prime an additional booster, which would allow minister, the speaker of the Parliament were questions in people’s minds. The first set of of the Binational Commission the basic meetings occurred in January between the rocket to be used to put satellites into work was done through committee struc- able to act in unison to sustain a parliamen- space. That is not being put into effect now, tary majority to advance economic reform. Defense Minister [Igor] Sergeev and tures and working groups, and there is a Defense Minister Kuzmuk. There were a but there have been some studies done on it, strong recognition on both sides that that Clearly, that has broken down right now as and as I understand it, the project coming a result of the political instability in lot of rumors about Ukraine potentially work was real and that there was a sub- compromising itself and giving Russia veto into effect would actually depend on stantive agenda that needed to be pursued. Ukraine, and the question is going to be: whether there is the commercial demand for How can Ukraine get back on track with power over Ukraine’s participation in inter- Committee structures are, in fact, dis- using these kinds of launch services for economic reform? What are Ukraine’s national exercises. cussing right now what particular issues satellites. plans to do that? We have looked at this very carefully, they need to continue to work on and they The third set of issues relates to how and I personally have talked with Foreign Are there any plans for either are defining what the best way is to get these questions affect Ukraine’s foreign Minister Zlenko and Defense Minister President George W. Bush or Vice- that work done. I would expect that in the policy. One of the practical realities is that Kuzmuk and with Secretary of the National President Richard Cheney to meet with near future we might actually begin to see relations with the West are based on per- Security and Defense Council [Yevhen] President Leonid Kuchma soon; to be some meetings that occur that effectively formance. And because in many ways eco- Marchuk, as well as with representatives of more specific, can we expect any overt get both sides very actively engaged. nomic reform has been stalled during this the presidential administration. I think I can efforts of expression for the continuation When Jon Purnell and Cameron Munter period of political instability and because say quite definitively that many of the ini- of the strategic partnership between Kyiv from the State Department and the NSC there are still question marks on how tial rumors were just wrong. and Washington that the Clinton admin- were here, we in effect had a meeting of the Ukraine will resolve the political crisis sur- There was one agreement that was istration pursued? Also, can we expect foreign policy committee because we used rounding Gongadze and the tapes, and the signed at that point, which was on the stan- the re-establishment of a structure simi- similar kinds of structures as we had in the role of law enforcement agencies, it has dard program of military exercises that has lar to the U.S.-Ukraine Binational past, and had very intensive discussions on been difficult for Ukraine to establish that it been conducted every year between the Commission, which was better known as a full range of issues that we would have continues to move strongly on a course of Ukrainian military and the Russian military. the Kuchma-Gore Commission? normally talked about relating to Ukraine – democracy and economic reforms. That has In fact, the number of exercises and activi- its place in Europe, international issues, had an impact on relations with the West, ties in that program are fewer than I can’t answer about plans that President non-proliferation issues, commercial ques- because relations with the West are general- Ukraine’s program with Poland and less Bush might have for future meetings. Those tions – a very, very active and full discus- ly focused on performance. robust than Ukraine’s program with Poland, kinds of things always have to be comment- sion. No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 5 Yekhanurov delegation in Washington for talks with IMF,World Bank

by Yaro Bihun on reform progress and that an IMF deci- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly sion on releasing the next $190 million tranche is expected sometime in May. WASHINGTON – A high-level The results were more positive at the Ukrainian government economic delega- World Bank, which, a bank spokesperson tion, headed by First Vice-Prime Minister said, saw “tremendous” economic reform Yurii Yekhanurov, held talks at the progress in Ukraine – enough to consider International Monetary Fund and World giving Ukraine a three-year $750 million Bank headquarters here, seeking the release adjustment loan. of hundreds of millions of dollars in loans Mr. Yekhanurov said the decision about and credits for Ukraine. the World Bank loan will be made by the The delegation, which included Finance bank’s board of directors in early June. He Minister Ihor Mitiukov and National Bank said in an interview that, in the delegation’s of Ukraine Chairman Volodymyr Stelmakh, meetings with President James Wolfensohn returned home on March 13, abruptly and and other World Bank officials, they with mixed results. They departed for reached an agreement on a $60 million loan Ukraine before a reception at the Embassy package for administrative reforms, and ini- of Ukraine in their honor and another day of tiated talks about an Internet expansion scheduled meetings and a news conference. project in Ukraine and regional municipal A spokesman explained that the curtail- infrastructure development projects in Kyiv, ment of the visit had nothing to do with the Lviv, Sevastopol and other cities. way the talks were progressing. Some The Ukrainian delegation also had meet- Yaro Bihun important things came up that required Mr. ings with the new treasury secretary, Paul First Vice Prime Minister Yurii Yekhanurov, Finance Minister Ihor Mitiukov Yekhanurov’s immediate attention, he said. O’Neill, and other U.S. officials, and on and Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko in conversation in Washington near The ever-important negotiations with the March 10 participated in the annual cere- the Shevchenko monument. IMF, including its director, Horst Koehler, mony at the Taras Shevchenko monument did not end with an announcement about in Washington. briefing on March 13 at the Washington As for Prime Minister Yuschenko’s gov- the release of the next tranche of the long- The Yekhanurov delegation was not the offices of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, ernment, he said it should be strengthened term IMF credit program for Ukraine. only group of Ukrainian political personali- as Mr. Moroz did earlier. by forming a broader coalition government. The IMF suspended the credit program ties visiting Washington last week. As did Both Mr. Moroz and Mr. Tyhypko said Asked about his view on Ukraine’s rela- to Ukraine in 1999 when it learned that the Ukrainian Socialist Party leader Oleksander they came to Washington to learn first-hand tionship with Russia, Mr. Tyhypko said that National Bank of Ukraine had given the Moroz a week earlier, the former foreign the new administration’s approach to Ukraine should maintain a “sound relation- IMF inflated reports about its reserves. affairs minister, Borys Tarasyuk, held a Ukraine and to provide official Washington ship” with Russia and discounted the fear When independent audits showed no round of meetings at the State Department, U.S. policy-makers with their interpretation that Ukraine may again be swallowed up by malfeasance, the program was resumed last the National Security Council and on of recent developments in Ukraine. But the its large northern neighbor. December, but the $750 million loan pro- Capitol Hill. Unlike Mr. Moroz, however, two deputies’ messages differed in just He suggested that the best defense gram was suspended once again in March he shied away from publicity and the press. about everything else. against this happening would be for because, the IMF said, Ukraine was not fol- Also overlapping the Yekhanurov mis- Mr. Tyhypko’s Labor Ukraine Party, Ukraine to adopt the “Baltic” defense – lib- lowing through on promised reforms. sion was a visit by a small group of while calling for a quick and just resolution eralizing its economy and outperforming A Ukrainian representative participating Ukrainian parliamentarians led by another of the Heorhii Gongadze murder case, is Russia economically. He admitted that, at in the talks said that “nothing concrete” former member of Prime Minister Viktor willing to back President Leonid Kuchma, present, Russian companies are outbidding came out of the latest meetings, but there Yuschenko’s Cabinet, Serhii Tyhypko, who but “in a constructive manner,” provided Ukrainian and foreign investors for priva- was “an understanding about where to go until May of last year handled the economic that the investigation does not turn up tized Ukrainian enterprises with the huge from here.” He said that the IMF will soon portfolio. He, too, made the rounds of the irrefutable evidence of his complicity in the profits they are reaping from the boom in send another mission to Ukraine to check power centers in Washington and held a journalist’s murder. energy prices. ZAKARPATTIA FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS

UNA solicits donations UACC sets up humanitarian aid account The Ukrainian Weekly, issue No. 11 of March 18, published an Ukrainian lands have again undergone a recurrent catastrophe. As in 1998, Zakarpattia has suffered from flood- article by Roman Woronowycz from our Kyiv Press Bureau ing. At present, six people have died; according to health officials 2,000 people are ill with flood-borne infectious describing the devastation created by the March 7-8 torrential diseases. The exact toll of damages suffered is still being reckoned, but thus far over 200 settled areas have been rains and floodwaters in the Zakarpattia region. flooded, over 21,000 buildings have been inundated, completely devastating 443 residences, and damaging 22 Six persons lost their lives, thousand of houses were flooded bridges. So far, 11,000 people have been evacuated. and many totally destroyed. Immediate help is therefore urgently needed. As after the floods of 1998, the UNA is appealing to its mem- The Ukrainian American Coordinating Council has opened an account to aid the flood victims. Through the ber to open their hearts and to respond generously to the needs of UACC’s representatives in Ukraine, the members of the Executive Board of UACC, we are guaranteed that dona- the flood victims by showing our support when it is required most. tions collected will be delivered to those most in need. We appeal to you all to please help – to the extent possible – Checks should be payable to the Ukrainian National our suffering brothers and sisters in Ukraine. We will be most grateful to you for each donation and the Almighty Foundation-UNA and mailed to: Ukrainian National Association will bless you a hundredfold. Inc., P.O. Box 280, 2200 Route 10 Parsippany, NJ 07054. Please make checks out to “UACC Flood Relief Fund” and send it to the UACC office in New York at 142 Your donations are tax-deductible under IRS Code 501 (c) (3). Second Ave., New York, NY 10003. Ihor Gawdiak, President UNA Executive Committee Roma Dyhdalo, Chair, UACC National Council The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: January 2001

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NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY It’s about the kids U.S. visas for Ukrainians: help us continue to improve by Lauren Marcott ments that we have made? We now have Simsbury, Conn., had the distinction and good fortune earlier this month to host an e-mail address for requesting The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has listened a heartwarming and moving event: a unique charity ice show at that town’s appointments for visa interviews: carefully to the many comments we have International Skating Center of Connecticut organized by Ukrainian [email protected]. Or, you can con- received from Americans and Ukrainians tact us via our English or Ukrainian web- star Viktor Petrenko, an Olympic and world champion. on improving our visa services. We are site at http://www.usemb.kiev.ua, which After a fateful meeting last year in at an event marking working hard to deliver fast, reliable and also contains general information about Ukrainian Independence Day, Mr. Petrenko teamed up with the Children of equitable services that meet the test of consular procedures and a visa application Chornobyl Relief Fund. He said he wanted to do something truly meaningful for “a American law and uphold American values. form that may be printed for your use. place dear to my heart.” I want to share with you some of the To make life easier for those applicants The result was “Viktory for Kids,” a benefit show on Friday and Saturday, improvements we have made and ask for March 2-3, featuring top figure skaters and ice dancers whose proceeds ($120,000 your input on how we can do our job even who arrive early for their interviews, we at press time) are going toward establishing a neonatal intensive care unit in Odesa, better. have opened a new visa waiting area with Mr. Petrenko’s hometown – the place where he was born, reared and educated, and For years, Ukrainian visa applicants up-to-date facilities. More staff has been where he learned his art. were interviewed on a first-come-first- hired to respond to visa interview requests. He approached his friends, fellow skaters, to participate in this endeavor. The served basis. If an applicant did not make it And, a badly needed upgrade of our tele- first to respond was another Olympic and world champion, American Brian through the door after the first three hours, phone services has also been completed. As Boitano, who is loved and known the world over for his powerful and consistent he or she would have to come back the next a result, we now have voice mail in English artistry. Affirmative answers came also from fellow Ukrainians, Viacheslav day. The visa line became an endurance and Ukrainian, and additional telephone Zagorodniuk, Ukraine’s national champion, and the acrobatic team of Vladimir test; some applicants would arrive the night lines into the section, as well as a consular Besedin of Donetsk (whose little pixie of a daughter, Anna, also performed with before, and people of all ages were forced secretary and an additional public outreach him) and Alexei Polishchuk of Kyiv. to stand outside in every kind of weather. clerk. We can now be reached via the But there were others as well: the flamboyant Frenchman Philippe Candeloro Those with plenty of cash would hire peo- Embassy switchboard at 490-4000 or (who raced to JFK International Airport in New York after the Saturday evening ple to hold their place in line; those with a through the Consular telephone line at 490- show to catch a flight back to France, where he had other engagements), the more aggressive bent simply pushed their 4422. delightful American silver medalist (all of 16 years old), two Israelis, way in front of others. Ukrainians with In short, we believe that we have been a Swiss, an Italian and several Russian pairs, both figure skaters and ice dancers. It fewer means, pensioners and parents with moving in the right direction. But we want was a remarkable cast that came together for a most worthwhile cause. And even children were typically the ones who suf- and we need input and suggestions from the those who could not be there contributed, witness one skater, John Zimmerman, fered. Clearly, we needed a better approach. public, and in particular from members of who was forced to pull out of the show due to injury but made a donation. Eighteen months ago we instituted a new the Ukrainian American community. And then there was Ekaterina (Katia) Gordeeva, herself no stranger to tragedy system that enabled us to schedule appoint- While the question of an individual (her husband and skating partner, , died in 1995 at age 28 ), who ments for applicants on an individual basis, visa issuance or refusal will continue to briefly told the audience about the Chornobyl accident, and eloquently underlined: thus eliminating in one stroke the long, hinge on the particular circumstances of “This show is not about you or me. It’s not about Viktor or any of the other great unruly visa lines of the past. Six months an individual’s application, we want to skaters donating their efforts tonight. This is about kids ... who are still suffering as later we moved into a new, modern annex continue to improve our work and our a result of this terrible accident.” at 6 Pimonenko St. that has far more room services as a whole. To this end, we A reading of works by children survivors of Chornobyl was given by students than the cramped quarters we once occu- have established a special e-mail box from Central Elementary School in Simsbury, including Ms. Gordeeva’s daughter, pied at the Embassy’s main building and for public comments and suggestions: Daria Grinkova, 8; the Roaring Brook Elementary School Chorus of nearby Avon which affords more privacy for visa inter- [email protected]. and the Jagged Ice children’s precision skating team each performed. It was these views. Thank you in advance for your willing- children’s gift to their less fortunate peers. Another challenge was the unprecedent- ness to share your suggestions for how we A slide show of photographs by Joseph Sywenkyj, accompanied by hauntingly ed increase in the number of visa requests can continue to do better. We look forward beautiful, mournful music, focused on children in Ukraine’s orphanages and hospi- that we experienced over last year’s peak to hearing from you. tals, no doubt, touching, each and every member of the audience to the core. (The summer months. The workload simply out- local fire marshals were so moved that they waived their usual fee for the event.) paced our staff resources, and at one point And then there was the show, with each of the stars skating as if propelled by the waiting time for appointments rose as some supernatural force, for this was a singular event, an extraordinary chance to high as seven weeks. To keep up with the UACF appeals for funds share with others. demand, we added an American visa officer In the end came a well-deserved standing ovation for Mr. Petrenko, a man of and several Ukrainian positions, expanded few words and a heart of gold, whose deeds said it all. the range of visa applicants who were to purchase Verkhovyna The more than 3,200 people present on those two nights in the intimate arena exempted from interviews and moved time- On March 15, the Ukrainian American knew and felt they were part of something very special. They understood: “It’s consuming work-visa interviews to a sepa- Cultural Foundation signed a contract with about the kids” – the kids in Ukraine who deserve a better tomorrow. rate time. the UFA to purchase the Verhovyna resort While our visa system is still evolving, for the price of $1,078,000. The generous we now have the capacity to issue many contributions of many Ukrainian visas without interviews or on an expedited Americans enabled us to send a check for March basis. Travelers with previous U.S. visas of $107,800 to the UFA and thus to take Turning the pages back... any kind in their passports should feel free another step toward saving Verkhovyna for to leave their documents in our drop box. In the Ukrainian community. 26 most cases, they will get their visas without Not only does the resort serve as the site an interview within three business days. of dance and sports camps and the annual For those who must go through the Verkhovyna Youth Festival, but it also has Forty years ago, on March 26, 1961, the Ukrainian 1961 appointment process, the time period great historical significance. It contains the American community mourned the passing of a notable between requesting an appointment and the residence of the great Ukrainian writer and leader: Dmytro Halychyn, supreme president of the Ukrainian actual visa interview is approximately three poet Vasyl Barka. This is the place where National Association and president of the Ukrainian Congress weeks, and we hope to reduce this even fur- for 35 years this great artist lived and creat- Committee of America, ther. Still, we encourage anyone wishing to ed works such as “Zhovtyi Kniaz” (Yellow “The untimely death of Dmytro Halychyn ... is a great and grievous loss to the apply for a visa to request an appointment Prince) about the Great Famine-Genocide. entire Ukrainian American community. In him over 2 million Americans of Ukrainian as early as possible. Normally a person Even though Mr. Barka now resides in a descent have lost not only an acknowledged leader, but also an outstanding patriot and found eligible receives his or her visa on the nursing home, his residence is preserved citizen,” noted The Ukrainian Weekly’s editorial of April 1, 1961. day of the interview. Occasionally an appli- here exactly as he left it. The UACF plans The editorial went on to eulogize Mr. Halychyn by recounting his many accom- cant will be asked to wait or to return with to turn this residence into a historical muse- plishments. Following are excerpts of that article. new information, but we now have um and to make Verkhovyna a center for all Ukrainian-language handouts that better * * * the Ukrainian community to utilize. We are explain what the applicant needs to do. drawing up plans for an assisted-living cen- From the very first days when Dmytro Halychyn, then a 28-year-old veteran of the Some applicants do not plan three or ter, an amphitheatre for concerts, and a con- struggle for Ukrainian independence, set foot on American soil, he was marked to four weeks in advance. As a result, we con- ference center. play a leading role in the intricate, yet dynamic Ukrainian life. For the past 30 years tinue to receive many requests for expedit- We appeal to all individuals and organi- Dmytro Halychyn was closely bound to the steady development of Ukrainian ed visa interviews. To ensure fair treatment zations to help us successfully complete American organizational life. It was under the influence of his forceful and vigorous for everyone, we schedule expedited visa this transaction and to reduce the size of the leadership that the Ukrainian National Association has grown tremendously since interviews only rarely. But we also recog- mortgage with their generous contributions. 1933, the year he assumed the position of recording secretary in the association, and nize that there are circumstances in which Deducations are tax-deductible (IRS# 06- after 1950, when he became supreme president of the UNA. Under both his tenures jumping the queue is warranted: for 15593884) and may be mailed to: UACF, as secretary and president of the UNA, the association expanded to the extent that it instance, in cases of medical or humanitari- c/o Ukrainian Orthodox Federal Credit has today a total of 79,000 members in the U.S. and Canada, and $24 million in an emergency, or even to correct our own Union (Account No. 6653), 215 Second assets. mistakes when they do occur. Ave., New York, NY 10003; or UACF, P.O. What are some of the other improve- But the patriotic devotion and zeal of Dmytro Halychyn were not limited to the Box 418, Glen Spey, NY 12737. Ukrainian National Association exclusively. He was an intrepid political and civic Lauren Marcott is chief of the Consular Dr. Stephan Woroch, president (Continued on page 19) Section of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. Ukrainian American Cultural Foundation. No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 7

COMMENTARY PERSPECTIVES Wasyl Odynsky a victim BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY of modern-day witch-hunt by Lubomyr Luciuk any war crime, as even the government’s lawyers admitted, early on. But they To you he’s just an old man in Toronto. pressed on. I guess I was naïve. I should Destruction in ; turmoil in Ukraine Maybe you’ve heard he’s a Nazi. He’s know by now that these proceedings have Like many others, I’ve been preoccu- Today, thousands of people in Ukraine not. To me he’s actually a victim. Let me never been about justice. They are exer- pied by the political turmoil in Ukraine – a high proportion of them youth – are tell you why. cises in selective memory, in bias. sparked by the murder of journalist demonstrating against Leonid Kuchma. Just over three years ago federal inves- So let me tell you a few things about Heorhii Gongadze, but I’ve also been fol- President Kuchma, to be sure, is no Stalin tigators came, unexpectedly, to his home. Mr. Odynsky. He was born in a small vil- lowing another story: the Taliban’s or Khrushchev. He’s not even a Boris They questioned him about what he did in lage in western Ukraine. He finished destruction of two immense Buddha stat- Yeltsin or . He never the war. There was no interpreter present, Grade 5, then had to leave school to work ues carved into a cliff in Afghanistan. One ordered tanks to fire on his parliamentary and no counsel. He tried to be helpful. He on the family farm. When the war broke of them was 175 feet tall and believed to enemies like Boris Yeltsin did in 1994 and shouldn’t have. His own testimony was out, and the Nazis came, he was a teenag- be the tallest in the world. The other, at he hasn’t obliterated a provincial capital later twisted against him. Soon thereafter er and was forcibly conscripted. He never 120 feet, was almost as imposing. Carved like Vladimir Putin did in Chechnya. Still, he was served with papers alleging that he saw his parents again. After the judge more than 1,500 years ago, these two mon- people are in the streets. Why? misrepresented himself upon immigrating heard this, and much more, he pondered uments were considered among the For three generations the Soviet state to Canada. Then his nightmare began. his decision. And, on March 2, after 13 world’s greatest religious and cultural owned all the property and controlled Reporters came pounding on his door, nerve-wracking postponements, Justice treasures. The Taliban, though, viewed every aspect of society. It had the power frightening his wife, then scribbling head- Andrew MacKay of the Federal Court of them as “un-Islamic idols” and ordered to destroy whatever it wanted, even thou- lines with an inflammatory spin: “Did you Canada found what we had known all their demolition. People throughout the sand-year-old churches. Truth was what- know there is a Nazi war criminal living along. Mr. Odynsky was not a Nazi. Mr. world, including many Muslims, were out- ever the Communist Party said it was. in your neighborhood?” But how, you Odynsky was never involved in a war raged. “These are not idols,” one Muslim Anyone who thought otherwise was pun- wonder, can a man be labeled a war crimi- crime. Mr. Odynsky is not a war criminal. intellectual said, “but statues from the third ished, even killed. Not surprisingly, nal even before his trial is done? The And when Mr. Odynsky served in an aux- century.” Despite appeals from all corners many Ukrainians lost their moral com- answer can be summed up with three iliary guard unit it was under threat of of the world, the Taliban went ahead and pass and any sense of initiative. And, words: ignorance, prejudice, indifference. death. The learned judge even found that with dynamite, tanks, rockets and picks, having lost a good part of their past, they I’ve met Wasyl Odynsky only once. He is Mr. Odynsky has been nothing less than a smashed the two statues. lost the sense of where they were going certainly not able to answer reporters’ good citizen since immigrating in 1949. This isn’t the first time, of course, that as a nation. questions as cleverly as they are usually Good news, right? fanatics of one kind or another destroyed Nothing lasts forever, though, including asked. And, yes, he has an East European Nope. None of these findings count. an irreplaceable cultural monument. evil, and if they didn’t know where they accent, is elderly and is of limited means. What does is that Mr. Odynsky may have Spanish Conquistadors tore down Aztec were going in 1991, Ukrainians at least But, instead of evoking sympathy, his lied at Canada’s gates – a half-century and Mayan temples and used the stones to knew where they didn’t want to be – and condition made it even easier for a bray- ago. And, for that, he can today be denatu- build churches. Chinese Communist leader that was in the Soviet Union. Offered the ing media to stereotype him as evasive ralized and deported – a decision that rests Mao Tse-Tung sanctioned the destruction choice, more than 90 percent of and obviously, in their unlettered opin- with Cabinet. of more than 6,000 Tibetan monasteries Ukrainians voted for independence. The ions, guilty as charged. Tellingly, not one Even worse, if you read the headlines and, as recently as 1991, Serbian gunboats elite that assumed power, however, con- journalist made any serious effort to hear of major Canadian newspapers, like The shelled Dubrovnik, a lovely Croatian city sisted almost entirely of Communists who his side of the story. They couldn’t care Globe and Mail (Judge Won’t Bloc on the Adriatic known mainly for its had shed their party label but continued to less. All they wanted were scintillating Deportation of Ex-Nazi), or The Toronto libraries, monasteries and oceanside cafes. conduct business as if nothing much had headlines. After all, next to sex, what sells Star, (Ex-Nazi Lied to Live Here, Judge Learning of the destruction of the changed. Instead of taking the nation in a better than swastikas? Rules), you would have thought Mr. Buddhist statues, I couldn’t help but think new direction, they kept the old bureau- Before the trial began I thought the Odynsky was exactly what the judge of similar vandalism in Ukraine. An utterly cratic structures. Far too often, they solicit- state might drop its case. After all, there found him not to be, namely a Nazi. heartbreaking book, “The Lost Architecture ed privileges and bribes, and helped them- was not a shred of evidence that pointed Adding disinformation to defamation, the of Kiev” by Titus D. Hewryk, lists nearly selves to the country’s resources. Voices to Mr. Odynsky having been involved in only commentaries solicited about the rul- 50 churches, monasteries, fountains and demanding government reform, openness ing came from spokesmen for lobby cemeteries that were demolished during and honesty were routinely ignored. And, groups that long ago had prejudged Mr. Stalin’s rule in the 1930s. Tragically, this ultimately, those who exposed corruption Lubomyr Luciuk, Ph.D., is director of Odynsky, assuming his guilt not because was a common practice in Soviet Union. and wrongdoing were killed. At least that’s research for the Ukrainian Canadian of what he did, but because, simply, he Churches in nearly every community were what happened to Mr. Gongadze. Civil Liberties Association. His latest was Ukrainian. destroyed. So were libraries: in 1964 under His murder last year was the event that book, “Searching For Place: Ukrainian During what were three paralyzing Khrushchev, a Communist Party activist broke the dam. Now, 10 years after inde- Displaced Persons, Canada, and the years for the Odynsky family, I witnessed, burned down the Ukrainian Section of the pendence, anger is boiling over. President Migration of Memory” was published by State Library of the Academy of Sciences, Kuchma’s opponents have been playing the University of Toronto Press (2000). (Continued on page 11) including the archives of the Ukrainian audiotapes that appear to implicate him in Central Rada from 1918. the crime. Mr. Kuchma claims the tapes LETTER TO THE EDITOR The damage this kind of barbarism are phony, part of a conspiracy to destabi- causes is incalculable. A 1989 poster from lize the country. For many, though, that no Kyiv depicts a stone wall: each stone is longer matters. Mr. Kuchma was in MVS personnel and members of the inscribed with the image of one of charge, and, instead of seeing a leader who Leaders should clarify OUN(b)/KUN paramilitary organization Ukraine’s historic churches, but the wall lined up with those who long for progress Tryzub mingled with the demonstrators has several gaps. Each is labeled with the and change, they see someone who pro- relationship with Tryzub and began to throw eggs, rocks and at name of a church the Soviets destroyed. A tected special interests that look to main- Dear Editor: least one Molotov cocktail at the militia. caption reads, “Losing the Past, you lose tain the past. Members of Tryzub were dressed in civil- the Future.” Take away enough stones, the The destruction of the Buddha statues I would like to follow up my earlier ian clothes but admitted to reporters and poster implies, and the wall collapses. in Afghanistan is a reminder of where letter in The Ukrainian Weekly (February deputies who they were. The Soviets attacked Ukrainian histo- Ukraine was just a couple of generations 18) with more disturbing news from This involvement by Tryzub as agents ry and culture as “bourgeois nationalist.” ago. That era, when the government Ukraine. As many of us now know, provocateurs is indeed strange because Hence the wholesale destruction of visi- could destroy religious monuments and demonstrations against President Leonid Slava Stetsko, the head of both OUN(b) ble images that linked people with their people’s lives with impunity, left a trau- Kuchma on Friday, March 9, led to vio- and KUN, spoke against President past. Stalin was motivated by Taliban- ma that is taking Ukrainians decades to lence at the monument to Taras Kuchma at the monument to Shevchenko like fanaticism; his successors by the overcome. Its vestiges still poison Shevchenko, the Ministry of Internal at the same time as other leaders of the inertia of evil and the compulsion to stay Ukrainian society. Affairs (MVS) and the Presidential Ukraine Without Kuchma group. One in power. In many ways, the struggle of The present turmoil is distressing, but Administration Building. can only deduce from this that either the dissidents in the 1960s and 1970s ultimately it will turn out to be but a symp- This is the second time in independent OUN(b)/KUN are supporting both involved the right to maintain Memory, tom of a more profound historical process. Ukraine’s history (the first was in June President Kuchma and the opposition, or to speak the Truth – both capitalized. Government force will not resolve the 1995 at the funeral of Patriarch Vasyl Tryzub is no longer under the control of One of the principal rallying points for issues. Instead, far deeper forces than the Romaniuk) that violence has occurred. On OUN(b)/KUN and has been bought out the struggle was Oles Honchar’s 1968 power of vested things will be decisive. both occasions it would seem that the by the authorities. novel “The Cathedral,” where a student With the all the pain and effort we associ- authorities deliberately staged a provoca- It would be good if the leaders of in a gritty steel town leads a successful ate with birth, a new political mentality is tion to discredit the national democratic OUN(b)/KUN could clarify the situation. fight against Communist bureaucrats to emerging, one that holds a few things opposition. Taras Kuzio save an ancient church. The book was sacred: 1,000 year-old churches, a journal- Leaders of Ukraine Without Kuchma, Toronto banned and its author denounced, but the ist’s right to report the truth, the people’s such as Taras Chornovil and Oleksander message resounded. Honchar’s cathedral right to assemble, a politician’s oath of Moroz, have alleged that they had The letter-writer is affiliated with the symbolized something valuable that tran- office. planned to hold peaceful demonstrations Center for Strategic and International scended the arbitrary power of the party Weep for Afghanistan’s loss. Have faith on March 9. But, violence erupted when Studies at York University. and the state. in Ukraine’s recovery. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 No. 12 Philadelphia center recognizes philanthropist John Hynansky by Petrusia Sawchak delivered the invocation, Eugene Luciw, a trial attorney and Ukrainian community PHILADELPHIA – John Hynansky, activist, took over as master of cere- entrepreneur and philanthropist, monies. He introduced the special guests received the Recognition Award at the seated at the head table and representa- 22nd annual banquet of the Ukrainian tives of organizations. Educational and Cultural Center “A Celebration of Dance” was the (UECC) held on February 24. In addi- theme of the concert program. The tion to this featured presentation, guests Voloshky Dance Ensemble, whose artis- were treated to a “Celebration of tic director and lead dancer is Taras Dance” and an art exhibit. Lewyckyj, opened the program with the On view during the cocktail hour were “Welcoming Dance,” the traditional the paintings of Stefan Rozok, most of Ukrainian greeting of bread and salt. The them oils. Alexander Mychaluk, vice- troupe also performed the “Eve of Ivan president of the UECC, gave the opening Kupalo” and a smashing rendition of the remarks about the exhibit that was organ- “Hopak.” ized by Branch 67 of the Ukrainian The highlight of the evening was the National Women’s League of America presentation of the Recognition Award to for the benefit of The Ukrainian Museum Mr. Hynansky. On behalf of the UECC in New York City. Six other paintings by board of directors, Mrs. Sawchak lauded other artists were also displayed. Mr. Hynansky for his professional John Hynansky (right) with (from left) Orysia Hewka, Andrij Bihun and Pewtrusia Petrusia Sawchak, president of the accomplishments and contributions to Sawchak at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center. UECC, gave the welcoming address. She Ukrainian causes both in the United an affiliation of 20 companies all owned In 1993 Mr. Hynansky facilitated the spoke about the diverse programs at the States and Ukraine. by Mr. Hynansky. Additionally, his purchase of the Consulate building in center, thanked everyone for the phon- Mr. Hynansky was born in Germany Winner Group Management firm was New York City when the Ukrainian gov- athon and “koliada” contributions, and and immigrated to America with his par- created to provide service and support to ernment was not in a position to do so. gave an outline of new projects. Mrs. ents in 1949 after they fled Ukraine dur- the Winner companies. Today he owns His charitable contributions in Sawchak spoke about the upcoming chil- ing World War II. They settled in 24 companies, nine of which are automo- Ukraine are extensive. A partial list of dren’s operetta titled “The Brave Wilmington, Del., where Mr. Hynansky bile dealerships in Delaware, his endeavors includes: funding orphan- Rooster,” a new musical composed and was raised. After attending Villanova Pennsylvania and Maryland. He is also a ages and children’s hospitals, donating directed by Bohdan Yanivsky of Lviv. University, Mr. Hynansky entered the real estate investor and developer. an ambulance to the city of Lviv, provid- The entire cast, already in rehearsals, will automobile business. He married Deanna Despite his successes, Mr. Hynansky ing police cars in many regions, organiz- be composed of children from the (Pelensky), and they have three children, never forgot his Ukrainian roots or her- ing an environmental project and reset- Ukrainian American community in Leah, Alexandra and Michael. itage. After Ukraine proclaimed inde- tling 150 children at a summer camp to Philadelphia. A spring debut is planned. Many hard-working years later, in pendence, he was determined to help the prevent disease when the water in the After the Rev. Mitred Roman Mirchuk 1984, he established The Winner Group, economic growth of that country. He city of Kharkiv was polluted. partnered with the Ford Co. in 1992 to Joining Mr. and Mrs. Hynansky on become its exclusive importer and dis- stage for the award presentation were tributor in Ukraine, which created hun- members of the center’s executive com- dreds of high-paying jobs. Today there mittee, Mrs. Sawchak, Borys are seven Winner Ford dealerships in Zacharczuk, Alexander Mychaluk, that country. Just a few weeks ago Askold Rudakewych, Zwenyslava Winner inaugurated a partnership with Romaniw and Dr. Lew Kushnir, as well Appears May 6 in The Ukrainian Weekly Volvo and opened the first Volvo facility as the center’s executive director, Orysia in Kyiv. Hewka. A Ukrainian Summer By establishing companies in Ukraine, Mr. Hynansky thanked the center for Mr. Hynansky created a benchmark for the award and spoke about some of his Travel to Ukraine for the other Ukrainian businesses to aspire to projects in Ukraine. He underscored that for years to come. Most importantly, Mr. “The people of Ukraine are hard-work- 10th anniversary of independence... Hynansky taught his employees in ing, generous and intelligent.” Ukraine a new way of looking at life and The keynote speaker was Andrij Go to summer camp... work. Along with his program of incen- Bihun of the U.S. Department of tives, his workers felt a new vitality and Commerce, who is a member of The sense of hope that things could be better. Washington Group. He recently returned Learn about Ukrainian culture... Apart from his professional accom- from a four-year post as commercial plishments, Mr. Hynansky has given attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv and magnanimously to various Ukrainian developed the idea of creating a new How will you enjoy your Ukrainian summer? causes. First, Mr. and Mrs. Hynansky committee in TWG dedicated to business Read our special section for tips on where to go, have been very generous to the development issues – the Business Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Development Forum. Mr. Bihun provid- what to bring and whom to see! Center during a critical time in its incep- ed many personal vignettes about Mr. tion. He also supported other organiza- Hynansky and business in Ukraine in Look for information from travel experts tions at the center as well. general. on great destinations and nearby day trips! In addition, Mr. Hynansky, a tennis The International Ballet Theatre con- player himself, is a staunch supporter of tinued “The Celebration of Dance” under Ukrainian American sports. On his own the artistic direction and choreography of EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING DEADLINE: APRIL 19 initiative for the past 20 years, Mr. Volodymyr Shumakin. Natalia Bondar- Hynansky contributed approximately Shelest, prima ballerina, and premier UBMIT ARTICLES ON UPCOMING SUMMER CAMPS COURSES S , , $100,000 in stipends to the Ukrainian danseur Oleksiy Burakov beautifully WORKSHOPS AND OTHER EVENTS (NOT MORE THAN 250 WORDS, Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and executed “Carnival in Venice” set to TYPED AND DOUBLE-SPACED) PLUS PHOTOS. Canada (USCAK) national tennis cham- music by Puni. Child protégée, Christina pionships held at Soyuzivka. In 1988 Mr. Shevchenko, performed “Cherub” (varia- TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A FREE ONE-LINE LISTING IN OUR SUMMER Hynansky was one of the principal sup- tion) from Don Quixote and EVENTS CALENDAR (INDICATE DATE, TYPE OF EVENT AND PLACE). porters of the Ukrainian Olympiad and “Kozachok,” a musical adaptation of a Youth Rally held at Tryzubivka and Ukrainian folk melody by Mr. Yanivsky. funded the building of four tennis courts END EDITORIAL COPY TO Ms. Shelest and Oleksander Boitsov then S : there. performed a waltz titled “Nezabud,” also THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Besides sports, Mr. Hynansky is also a to the music of Mr. Yanivsky. A special 2200 ROUTE 10, P.O. BOX 280, patron of the arts. In 1988 he, along with finale dedicated to Mrs. Hynansky, an the Mazepa Foundation, funded the accomplished ballroom dancer, was a ARSIPPANY P , NJ 07054 “Religious Music of Ukraine” concert stunning tango, “La Comparsita,” by the OR E-MAIL IT TO: [email protected] commemorating 1,000 years of two merited performers from Kharkiv. Christianity in Ukraine. The event was Concluding the evening were two FOR ADVERTISING RATES & INFORMATION: held at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln unexpected donations: the 1st Security Center. Throughout the years he and his Federal Savings Bank forwarded a CALL 973-292-9800 (EXT. 3040) wife have also generously contributed to $5,000 check and the Ukrainian The Ukrainian Museum in New York City. Selfreliance Federal Credit Union He has also made regular donations to pledged $2,500 to the center. the Shevchenko Scientific Society to The Rev. Vasyl Sivinskij from St. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY fund the microfilm archiving of Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church T U W Ukrainian newspapers. gave the benediction. No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 9 Petrenko organizes “Viktory for Kids” ice show to benefit CCRF

by Alex Kuzma Connecticut’s CBS affiliate, provided extensive news coverage and promotional SIMSBURY, Conn. – Just eight weeks ads for CCRF. before the Chornobyl nuclear disaster’s Western Union Financial Services also 15th anniversary, Ukraine’s figureskating made a major contribution in honor of Mr. Olympic and world champion Viktor Petrenko, who serves as the spokesperson Petrenko invited his friends from the inter- for the company’s Eastern European cam- national skating community to help him paign. Western Union marketing director raise public awareness and funds to help Rennie Jackson presented CCRF with a some of the thousands of children still check for $9,400 for the purchase of an being affected by the world’s worst infant warmer for the Petrenko Neonatal nuclear disaster. Unit. On March 2 and 3 here at the Other local and national sponsors includ- International Skating Center of Connecticut ed the Connecticut Natural Gas Corp. Mr. Petrenko headlined an all-star cast that (CNG) and Virginia-based EuroTech, a included Olympic and world champion manufacturer of innovative technology to Brian Boitano of the United States, French encase and safeguard nuclear waste at the sensation Philippe Candeloro, an Olympic Chornobyl site. CCRF received net pro- and world medalist, as well as U.S. silver ceeds of $120,000 above expenses, and medalist Sasha Cohen in “Viktory for more donations are still coming in to the Kids,” a two-night benefit performance for fund’s New Haven office. Roma Hadzewycz the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund CCRF is an award-winning - (CCRF). based charity that has recently completed its Viktor Petrenko with Nadia and Zenon Matkiwsky of the Children of Chornobyl Proceeds from the sold-out event are ear- 27th airlift to Ukraine. All told, the fund has Relief Fund at the International Skating Center of Connecticut. marked for the creation of the Victor delivered over 1,300 tons of medical and Petrenko Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in The kids who eagerly await Western tech- sold out on both Friday and Saturday humanitarian aid valued at $46 million to nology and aid so that they may live a little evenings. In addition to ticket sales and cor- Mr. Petrenko’s hometown of Odesa. In an hospitals that specialize in the treatment of extensive interview with the Hartford longer and suffer a little less.” porate sponsorships, CCRF and the ISCC children affected by thyroid cancer, birth The solemnity of the opening cere- also raised funds through a celebrity auc- Courant and USA Today, Mr. Petrenko defects and other illness believed to be explained his motivation for organizing this monies was broken by a children’s choir tions, VIP reception and program booklet. linked to radiation exposure. from the Roaring Brook Elementary School The Cingular Wireless “Viktory for unique benefit performance for CCRF. “I CCRF has established six neonatal units received a lot from my city to get where I Chorus of Avon performing “One Song,” an Kids” will be broadcast on the evening of similar to the one planned for Odesa. These original composition written for the occa- Easter Sunday, April 15, on WFSB-Channel am today ... That’s where I grew up ... newborn intensive care units have had a That’s where I learned to skate ... Now this sion by choral director Carl Sauerbrunn. 3 immediately following “60 Minutes” major impact on infant mortality in CCRF’s The Jagged Ice children’s precision ice skat- through much of Southern New England. is my chance to pay them back.” Mr. partner hospitals in Lutsk, Poltava, ing team then performed a special on-ice For more information, or to support Petrenko described the many people he had Chernihiv, Rivne, Dnipropetrovsk and Lviv. rendition of ’s “Man in the CCRF and the Viktor Petrenko Neonatal seen in Odesa who had survived Chornobyl, The Ukrainian investigative journal Fakty Mirror” choreographed by the ISCC’s artis- Intensive Care Unit, readers may write or only to be stricken with cancer or to see has verified that technology and training tic director John Thomas. Only then did the make tax-deductible donations to CCRF, their children stricken with birth defects. provided by CCRF has reduced mortality in international array of stars emerge one by 272 Old Short Hills Road, Short Hills, NJ Mr. Petrenko turned to his close friend, the Poltava Maternity Center by newly 90 one to greet the audience. 07078, or call (973) 376-5140 or (203) 387- Mr. Boitano, who was the first to agree to percent. CCRF hopes to achieve similar The “Viktory for Kids” program was 0507. skate in this charity fund-raiser. Among the results in Odesa and other cities. other skaters who also donated their time To help familiarize the audience with and waived their performance fees were: the impact of Chornobyl and CCRF’s Swiss national champion , medical mission, each “Viktory for Kids” Ukrainian national champion Viacheslav program began with a short introduction New York state offers exam Zagorodniuk, Italian national champion and slide show. Schoolchildren from the Silvia Fontana, Ukrainian daredevil acro- local towns of Simsbury and Avon read bats Volodymyr Besedin and Alexei translations of a poem by Ukrainian prodi- for Ukrainian language credits Polishchuk, Israeli national champions gy Vika Ivchenko and the first-hand by Oksana Bakum high school authorities make the ulti- Darya Zuravicky and Michael Shmerkin, mate decision as to the student’s qualifi- account of a young Chornobyl survivor HIGHLAND, N.Y. – High school Olympic pairs champions Oksana cation for taking this language test. now living in Slavutych. A hush fell over students in the state of New York have Kazakova and ; as well as Therefore, the new procedure is as the audience as Grammy Award-winning the opportunity once again to earn three Russian ice dancing stars Roman follows: a student should obtain from jazz virtuoso Paul Winter performed varia- credits toward their Regents require- Kostomarov and Tatiana Navka, Maya his/her high school office two forms: the tions on a Bach Adagio as a giant screen ment in foreign languages by taking an Usova and Evgeny Platov, and Angelica application for Regents Credit for displayed images of Ukrainian children by accredited exam in Ukrainian. Krylova and Oleg Ovsannikov. Foreign Language Studied Outside of Connecticut-born photographer Joseph Since 1999, the procedure for apply- With the help of Mr. Petrenko’s all-star the Regular High School and the Sywenkyj, who visited orphanages and ing and taking the exam has undergone cast, the International Skating Center and Student Profile. These forms must be cancer wards in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, a marked change, as directed by the the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund Rivne and Kirovohrad. filled out by the Ukrainian studies State Education Department. This were able to secure sponsorships from sev- Olympic champion Ekaterina Gordieva school teacher and mailed to the high applies not only to Ukrainian, but to five eral major corporations, led by title sponsor electrified the crowd with her admonition: school which the student attends. other languages not usually taught in Cingular Wireless and Environmental “This show is not about you or me. It’s not All language exams are given in the high schools. Exams or high school Systems Products (ESP), which financed about Viktor or any of the other great first half of June, but formalities must credits in these languages are now widespread advertising campaigns on tele- skaters donating their efforts tonight. This is be completed well in advance. Should administered not at high schools as in vision and radio, and in the print media. The about kids. The kids in Ukraine who are still any forms be unavailable, a high school the past, but they must be given at com- Hartford Courant and WFSB-Channel 3, suffering as a result of this terrible accident. can order them from the Education munity schools, outside regular schools. Department. This involves the Ukrainian studies Applicants should have a level of schools and their upper-level language competency in Ukrainian that measures teachers. up to the state’s intermediate language Special teachers’ committees, which standard, Checkpoint B. In practical up to this change have worked under the terms, this means that students must aegis of the State Department of New have completed three years of York in devising such exams in six lan- Ukrainian studied on the upper level, guages, continue to function. Each year, and that their weekly sessions – which they produce these tests in full adher- may include classes in language, litera- ence to the Regents requirements, for ture, history and/or culture – should the benefit of students and teachers of total not less than three hours. Those the state’s various ethnic groups. In the who are now successfully completing case of Ukrainian, it is the Committee their Ukrainian studies should pass this for Preparation of the Sample exam. Comprehensive Examination in Teachers of Ukrainian studies are Ukrainian (CPSCEU). obliged to take care of some of the ini- Students must be aware of the fol- tial formalities to enable students to file lowing mandatory conditions: their high their applications. The above-mentioned school level cannot be lower than grade CPSCEU will continue to prepare the 11 or 12; their course requirements for exam, according to all the state require- their high school diploma must be met. ments and the Regents format. Upon In view of this, the Ukrainian language request from Ukrainian teachers, the exam cannot serve as a substitute for Viktor Petrenko is flanked by fellow skaters Brian Boitano (right) and Sasha Cohen any test in a required subject. Only the (Continued on page 16) during the benefit auction held in conjunction with the ice show. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 No. 12

Court says Toronto resident not involved in war crimes UCC officer protests Odynsky threatened with denaturalization/deportation due to “false representation” paper’s headlines TORONTO – Toronto resident Wasyl Odynsky was B Gregorovich, said: “The learned judge has made it found on March 2 not to have been involved in any clear that Mr. Odynsky was not a war criminal, was Following is the text of a letter sent to Richard Addis, war crimes during the second world war by Judge not a Nazi, and did not participate in any war crimes or editor of The Globe and Mail, by V. Walter Halchuk, presi- Andrew MacKay of the Federal Court of Canada, who atrocities. Under duress he had to serve in a guard unit dent of the Ontario Provincial Council of the Ukrainian noted “there was no evidence at trial that Mr. Odynsky during the war years. He is, in that respect, no different Canadian Congress. The letter is dated March 4. participated personally in any incident involving mis- from any Jewish kapo who, likewise, had no choice treatment of prisoners or of any other person during his but to work for his captors.” Dear Sir: service.” He further noted that “Mr. Justice MacKay found, Please note that your news editors continue to skew the Furthermore, Justice MacKay found that “there is on a balance of probabilities, that Mr. Odynsky may news with misleading headlines. You are certainly not living no doubt that Mr. Odynsky’s service was not volun- have obtained his citizenship by not telling Canadian up to your billing. “Well written” does not mean insulting tary.” The judge also urged Minister of Citizenship and immigration officials, a half-century ago, about his Canadians with simplistic and deceptive stereotypes. And Immigration Elinor Caplan to consider that Mr. wartime experiences is probably the only finding that “well read” is beginning to sound like “well red.” Odynsky has also been a good citizen since he arrived the judge could have come to, given the evidence pre- I refer to “Judge won’t block deportation of ex-Nazi,” in Canada, more than 50 years ago, as testified to by sented in the hearing room.” March 3. The assertion that Wasyl Odynsky was found to members of his church and community. Nonetheless, Mr. Gregorovich commented, “we have been a Nazi is false. The only finding made by the judge (whose ruling must now ask: wouldn’t it be a cruel and unusual pun- Furthermore the Honorable Justice MacKay found no came earlier this month) that went against Mr. ishment to denaturalize and deport a good citizen evidence that Mr. Odynsky participated in any wartime Odynsky was with respect to the matter of his screen- against whom, as the judge found, there is absolutely atrocities. Mr. MacKay found him to be an unwilling collab- ing by Canadian immigration and security officials no evidence whatsoever that he personally was orator from Nazi-occupied Ukraine who was forcibly con- prior to his emigration to Canada in 1949. involved in any wrongdoing?” scripted into an auxiliary guard unit. He did not find that Although acknowledging that it is possible that Mr. “We urge members of our community and other Mr. Odynsky was a Nazi. Odynsky’s “memory of his experience when he Canadians to write to the Minister of Citizenship and Obviously you are still continuing to experience some applied to Canada is an accurate depiction of what Immigration, the Honorable Elinor Caplan, and to your difficulty in meeting your stated goal: “The Globe and Mail happened,” the judge was not convinced that it was a own MP, recommending that no further action be taken aims to serve all Canadian readers in a manner free of bias.” full account, and so found that, “on the balance of against Mr. Odynsky,” he continued. I corresponded with your office and members of your probabilities,” it is “more probable than not that Mr. “That an innocent man should have been subjected staff in November of 2000 and with Mr. Kuntz on a similar Odynsky did not truthfully answer questions that were to the emotional and financial traumas that he and his matter back in February and March of 2000. Unfortunately, put to him concerning his wartime experience.” family have endured for some three years is proof negative stereotyping by some of your staff continues to be Because of that, the judge ruled that Mr. Odynsky enough of just how unfair the current policy is for deal- employed in your headlines, a practice which reflects bias “obtained citizenship in Canada by false representation ing with how alleged war criminals allegedly found in and tends to exacerbate intolerance towards Ukrainians and or by knowingly concealing material circumstances,” Canada should be brought to justice,” he wrote. Canadians of Ukrainian origin. which means Minister Caplan could recommend to the “We maintain that the government should bring May we be of some assistance in that matter – a small Cabinet that Mr. Odynsky be denaturalized and deport- these cases into Canadian criminal courts, where the media advisory group perhaps? ed. rules of evidence are far more vigorous. What we are Finally, by bringing this matter to your attention again, Mr. Odynsky has maintained his assertion that he instead seeing is how naturalized Canadian citizens we hope to start a dialogue with your standards people and was never asked questions about his involuntary serv- are, in fact, being treated as second-class citizens, for possibly help you achieve your stated goal on bias. Should ice as a member of an auxiliary guard unit in Nazi- no Canadian-born citizen would ever be forced to you chose to convey any regrets, please direct them to the occupied Ukraine. defend himself against such allegations without all of Ukrainian Canadian Congress head office in Winnipeg Commenting on this finding, the chairman of the the protections provided for in criminal court trials,” ([email protected]). Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, John the chairman concluded.

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DATELINE NEW YORK: The play’s the thing! by Helen Smindak

Lydia Krushelnytsky’s drama studio has formed plays as Volodymyr Vynnytsky’s Howard Studios in New York and is in Orlando, Fla., in 1993 with Verdi’s done it again! The troupe that keeps bring- “Chorna Pantera i Bilyi Vedmid” (Black presently attending acting classes at the “Requiem” and in New York in 1996 at ing us entertaining dramas in diverting Panther and White Bear) and Eugene Wynn Handman Studio. Will Hollywood Riverside Church as a guest soloist with the ways staged the premiere of Bohdan Scribe’s “Le Verre d’Eau.” A 1939 graduate knock at her door some day? Kyiv Symphonic Choir and Orchestra, both Boychuk’s new philosophical work “Piat of the Lviv Conservatory, she appeared in Television tidbits times under the direction of Roger Kartyn Dvotysiachnoho Roku” (Five several operas in Lviv and Stanyslaviv, and McMurrin. She has toured extensively in Scenes of the Year 2000) at Pace after the war performed with the Muza per- • Alex Trebek, host of the popular game Europe and has performed in numerous fes- Downtown Theater earlier this month. Play- forming arts group in Austria. She joined show “Jeopardy!” is among the nominees tivals. goers, and even those who did not have the the Theater-Studio of Joseph Hirniak and for the Daytime Emmy’s Game Show Host Two works by world-renowned artist pleasure of seeing the performance, present- Olympia Dobrovolska in New York in 1949 of 2000. The awards will be given out by Alexander Archipenko, one of the first 20th ed in Ukrainian, are still talking about the and appeared in many of its productions. the National Academy of Television Arts century sculptors to penetrate solid form intriguing piece. Ukrainian actress on HBO and Sciences on May 18 in a ceremony at with space, are included in the Guggenheim Silhouetted against five tall archways Radio City Music Hall televised by NBC. Museum’s current exhibition “The Global that formed the backdrop for five ongoing Guggenheim: Selections From the Oksana Babiy, who studied to be an • Making a special appearance on the scenes, the actors of the Ukrainian Stage Extended Collection,” which runs until economist in Ivano-Frankivsk in western CBS show “Becker,” famed football coach Ensemble moved with dignity and poise April 22. They are “Medrano II” (1913- Ukraine and came to New York at age 20, Mike Ditka told Becker off for beefing through the dramatic montage, interpreting 1914), in painted tin, wood, glass and paint- was associated with the Yara Arts Group, about a sports headline which said a multi- the different states of man’s being in poetic ed oilcloth, and “Carrousel Pierrot” (1913), managed an espresso bar, worked for the million-dollar contract was given to a foot- and philosophical terms. a painted plaster work. subscription department of Svoboda and ball player. Minimalistic choreography and stage The word is out: Oksana Baiul is not in The Ukrainian Weekly, then turned to print • Hollywood actor George Dzundza was design, a hallmark of Mrs. Krushelnytsky’s the John Hancock Champions on Ice tour and runway modeling. Beginning with recently seen as a schoolteacher in the ABC productions, emphasized the introspective this summer. Although Ms. Baiul is not modeling for small catalogues, she soon production “Dangerous Minds.” nature of the dialogue – the state of birth appearing (show sponsors have given no progressed to prints in “Paper” and “Bride” • The 1993 Jack Palance movie “Cyborg and early discovery of the world, the joys explanation), Viktor Petrenko is still with magazines and runway work for name 2: Glass Shadow,” in which a corporation and agonies of love, metaphysical intro- the show, as is the amazing Ukrainian acro- designers during Fashion Week in Bryant makes a walking bomb to destroy a com- spection, human relationships, the turning batic team of Vladimir Besedin and Alexei Park. Now, in her mid-20s, she’s appearing petitor, was shown March 11 on WOR-TV. to God, and finally, prayers and enlighten- Polishchuk. The tour is not scheduled to in the HBO hit “The Sopranos” as Tony Mr. Palance, who turned 81 on February 18, ment. The drama was heightened with stop at Madison Square Garden, so New Soprano’s Russian mistress, Irina. told Valley Press staff writer Lavender changing illumination and taped excerpts York area residents who wish to see Interviewed on HBO prior to the third- Kemble of Reading, Pa., last month that from Myroslav Skoryk’s compositions – the Ukrainian champion ice skaters in action season premiere of “The Sopranos” on journalism and writing, not acting, were his unforgettable score for “Shadows of will have to try for the April 7 show at the March 5, Ms. Babiy was asked if she was “initial pursuit.” He has three books coming Forgotten Ancestors” and “Carpathian Continental Airlines Arena in East Russian. “No, I am Ukrainian,” she told the out soon, including a novel, a work in diary Concerto.” Rutherford, N.J., or the April 12 perform- reporter, an answer which reached 11.3 mil- form and another similar to his first book of Volodymyr Kurylo and Nadia Dyba- ance at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, lion viewers, the largest audience that has blank verse musings, “The Forest of Love,” Podoliak were admirable narrators who car- N.Y. ever seen any HBO show. The show is published in 1996. ried the montage from one scene to the Around town The Robert De Niro-Edward Burns next. Other actors who stood out in the cast reported to have surpassed most series on thriller “15 Minutes,” which presents Vera of 20 white-clad thespians were Ivan the broadcast networks despite being avail- Farmiga in a starring role, has been soundly Bernatsky, a professional stage and screen able in only a third as many homes. Soprano Lidia Bychkova, leading soloist panned by film critics in print and on TV. actor from Ukraine, Stefa Nazarkewycz, a The svelte, sultry-eyed actress, whose of the Shevchenko National Opera of It’s been called “overwrought and hypocrit- Ukrainian American actress who has Slavic features undoubtedly helped in win- Ukraine, brought her expressive, powerful ical” by some and “morbid” by others. But appeared in Off-Broadway productions, ning her the “Sopranos” role, has made sev- voice to an audience at the Ukrainian reviewers appeared to agree that it is fleet- Olenka Lysetsky, Ivan Makar, Melasia eral appearances on the series since 1998. In Institute of America last month. With footed entertainment that “has crowd-stop- Sonevytsky and Liza Sonna. addition to “The Sopranos,” the drama that renowned pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky as ping impact.” One reviewer, who conceded The contemporary choreography, which carried off the Best Series Award in the her accompanist, Ms. Bychkova interpreted that the film succeeds as “a cop procedural at times had the actors seated or lying on the 2000 Golden Globe Awards, she has operatic works by Strauss, Handel, Puccini, riffing off the standard veteran/rookie floor and at others moving in fluid circle appeared on two NBC shows – “Deadline” Verdi and other composers. Her program dynamic,” said the movie finds interesting dances or walking together in step forma- and “Law and Order” – and a CBS produc- also included a number of art songs – ways to photograph New York. Grossing tion, was conceived by Katja Kolcio. Stage tion “Late Line,” and has earned credit for Richard Strauss’s “Zueignung” (Devotion), 10.5 million in its first weekend, “15 design and costumes were by Maria Shust, performances in two modest movies. Ihor Sonevytsky’s “Our Father,” Scarlatti’s Minutes” came in second to “The and lighting by Andrey Hankevych. Fluent in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish, “Arietta” – and such special favorites of Mexican,” released a few weeks earlier. Christina Karatnytska, Dzvinka she has portrayed characters of Slavic her- Ukrainian audiences as “Odarka’s Song” In “The Passion Acccording to G.H.,” Dobriansky, Oleh Hrabovsky and Lesyk itage in such Off-Broadway productions as and “Oksana’s Romance” from Hulak- playing at the Access Theatre at 380 Hewryk assisted with the production. Turgenev’s “Month in the Country,” Artemovsky’s “Kozak Beyond the Danube” Broadway until April 14, Tannis Working with young actors as an educa- Chekhov’s “Cherry Orchard” and Sidney and “Natalka’s Song” from Lysenko’s Kowalchuk of North American Cultural tor and play director since 1966, Mrs. Kingsley’s “Darkness At Noon.” “Natalka Poltavka.” The concert was spon- Laboratory portrays G.H., a woman whose Krushelnytsky has directed children’s plays, Before coming to New York, Ms. Babiy sored by the Ukainian Academy of Arts and normally uneventful life is turned upside dramatizations of poems by Lesia spent a year of study at the Ivan Karpenko Sciences as part of its 50th anniversary cele- down by the discovery of an enormous Ukrainka, Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko Institute for the Theatrical Arts in Kyiv. bration. Ms. Bychkova, who has a reper- cockroach in her home. Using humor, vig- and Lina Kostenko, and such rarely per- Since then she has studied at the Michael toire of over 25 roles, made her U.S. debut orous physicality and theatrical surprises, Ms. Kowalchuk sings, dances and carries the audience along on her delightful and mysterious mutation. A permanent exhibition of enchanting still lifes and landscapes by New York artist Olga Maryschuk can be viewed on the website www.paintingsdirect.com. Ms. Maryschuk, a BFA graduate of the Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture, also studied at Pratt Graphic Center, New York Studio School and the Kyiv State Art Institute. “Helix,” an academic solo work by American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Robert Hill set to music by Dmitry Polischuk, was performed during the recent “Millennium International Ballet Gala, Stars of the 21st Century,” presented at the New York State Theater. Mr. Polischuk, who came to the United States from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, in 1991, has collaborat- ed with Mr. Hill on other works, including ABT’s “Baroque Game” and “Post No Scriptum.” Lviv-born Marjana Sadovska, who has spent the last 10 summers traveling through Yaroslav Kulynych the Polissia, Poltava, Hutsul and Lemko regions of Ukraine collecting folk songs Lydia Krushelnytsky and her drama studio take a bow after the presentation of“Piat Kartyn Dvotysiachnoho Roku” (Five Scenes of the Year 2000) at Pace Downtown Theater. (Continued on page 23) No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 15 “The Undefeated,” story of Shukhevych, premieres in New York by Areta Komarnicky-Lloyd Special to The Ukrainian Weekly NEW YORK – The life of a hero – especially the underground insurgent type – is often shrouded in myth, but that of Roman Shukhevych is laid bare in all its gritty glory in Oles Yanchuk’s new film “The Undefeated,” itself a heroic effort by the Ukrainian filmmaker. Mr. Yanchuk tells the story of the intrepid general who led the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) from 1942 to 1950 through a series of flashbacks set within a chronology of the last weeks of Shukhevych’s life. Shukhevych is por- trayed as a fiercely nationalistic teenager, proving his loyalty by assassinating a repressive Polish leader; as the head of the Ukrainian legion in the German army, when he takes a bold stand for independence; as a shrewd and clever commander of a 200,000-strong under- ground army; and as a devoted husband and father, who suffers internally but Gregory Hlady, in a scene from the film “The Gregory Hlady as Roman Shukhevych and Svitlana Vatamaniuk as the retains an unwavering duty to his shack- Undefeated.” UPA leader’s wife, Natalia. led nation. “He was an exceptionally determined man,” said Gregory Hlady, the Ukrainian Canadian actor who played Shukhevych. “I would not be capable of doing what he did.” Mr. Hlady’s powerful onscreen pres- ence truly carried the film. The actor, who was born in Ukraine and has resided in Montreal for the last decade, admitted that he was simply overwhelmed by the sheer energy that guided Shukhevych and, in fact, was deeply moved by this particular page in Ukrainian history. “It touched me to tears,” said Mr. Hlady. This struggle, he said, “was unknown beyond the borders of Ukraine – so it was carried entirely on the shoul- ders of the Ukrainian nation.” Throughout the film, Mr. Yanchuk reveals little-known facts about the underground army and its role during World War II when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. He depicts the deeply religious nature of the insurgent troops, and further details that it was an entire generation of youth who fought desper- ately for freedom. The massacres perpetrated by the retreating Red Army (upon the German advance) are graphic and horrible scenes, but Mr. Yanchuk deserves kudos for NKVD forces move in to surround an UPA detachment in a scene from “The Undefeated.” showing the grisly truth. In fact, despite some saccharine allegorical scenes, the film stays away from romanticizing the times or life of this until-now mysterious national hero. Instead, Shukhevych is portrayed as a brave army general who who lived and fought during a treacher- ous time, but, in the end, is undone by circumstance and his own fallibility. The righting of a man’s wronged repu- tation – and that of the troops who fought with him – was the goal of this endeavor. Call it setting the record straight. At its American debut in New York this week, the film drew a full house at both showings. Judging from audience reaction, viewers felt duly vin- dicated. “Roman Shukhevych has been por- trayed as a bandit,” said Askold Lozynskyj, former president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) and current president of the Ukrainian World Congress. For a long time the label “Banderiste,” applied to UPA soldiers, was synonymous on the territory of the USSR with terrorist and traitor. “This film is important because it deals with the untold, or mistold, story,” Mr. Lozynskyj underscored. The UCCA has committed itself to (Continued on page 22) The film’s recreation of 1941 Lviv shows legion members walking down a city street. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 No. 12

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That examination, which was ordered Holovatyi nor the parliamentary commit- by the Ukrainian Procurator General’s tee had informed her separately of the Office, but only after much pressure from results and therefore she did not feel qual- lawmakers and the public, found a 99.6 ifed to comment on them. She said, how- percent probability that the remains of the ever, that she was bothered by a whole Tarascha corpse were that of the missing series of decisions and actions that have journalist. Government officials said the been carried out, which could cast doubt tissue sample used in the Moscow analy- on the legitimacy of the parliamentary sis, which was done by a noted expert on investigation. DNA identification, was from the “I said from the beginning that all the Tarascha body. However, Procurator things that are done must be done on the General Mykhailo Potebenko refused to basis of legitimate procedures. I am irri- “KARPATY” HANDYMAN certify the results because he believed that tated by the fact that everybody is seeking PAINTING • RENOVATION • REPAIRS level of probability was inconclusive. to make a name for themselves,” INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Insure and be sure. After further testing raised the likelihood explained Ms. Gongadze. to 99.9 percent, Mr. Potebenko recognized Quality work! Reasonable rates! Meanwhile, the press center of the Quick turnaround! Join the UNA! the results. Procurator General’s Office said on Free estimates. No job too small. The analysis commissioned by the ad March 20 that the German results had no hoc committee of the Verkhovna Rada Vasili Cholak legal force and could not be submitted as Tel. (718) 937-6821; Beeper (917) 491-6150 SEEKING TO RENT investigating the Gongadze affair, which evidence in a Ukrainian court of law. was done by a German firm, Geneida of On March 21 President Leonid Munich, compared a splotch of blood Kuchma said he had again requested that found on a medical card belonging to the the FBI send experts to do “a complex Apartment Needed! Family of two young Ukrainian professionals late journalist and blood taken from his analysis of the Tarascha body along with is seeking to rent a little place/apartment mother, Lesia Gongadze, with the tissue Russian and German experts.” He said the in Middlesex, Somerset county. samples submitted by Ms. Prytula. FBI had failed to perform an analysis the Month to month payment, no smoking, no kids, no pets, very clean. The results showed that the blood on last time its representatives were in Kyiv, (908) 996-5011, or (908) 797-4267 the medical card belongs to the offspring reported Interfax-Ukraine. of Mrs. Gongadze but that the tissue sam- ple from the corpse is not related to either. Iryna Lawrin contributed to this MISCELLANEOUS Ms. Prytula said she was shocked by report. ãéçÉàç ëíÄêìï the result and explained that she does not èðÓÙÂÒ¥ÈÌËÈ ÔðÓ‰‡‚ˆ¸ Á‡·ÂÁÔ˜ÂÌÌfl ìçë exclude the possibility that the tissue sam- ple, which had been in her refrigerator in LONGIN STARUCH St. Vladimir’s College Inc. New York state... Licensed Agent Grades 9-12 the weeks before it was turned over to Mr. (Continued from page 9) Ukrainian National Ass’n, Inc. Ukrainian Catholic Private Boarding School Holovatyi, could have been replaced by committee will mail the complete and cer- P.O. Box 789, Roblin, Manitoba R0L 1P0 someone who had secretly entered her tified exam, to be administered at their 312 Maple St., Tel.: (204) 937-2173 Fax: (204) 937-8265 apartment. Website: www.stvlads.net• schools in June. The review and certifica- Kerhonkson, NY 12446 “This whole time the fragments were tion thereof is provided by the Language Tel.: (914) 626-2058 • Fax: (914) 626-5831 kept in my apartment, where I am only Immersion Institute of the College at New early in the morning and late at night,” Paltz, N.Y. TRAVEL explained Ms. Prytula in an article pub- ÑêìäÄêçü Also according to the new Education lished in her Internet publication, Department directive, community schools COMPUTOPRINT CORP. Ukrainska Pravda. Established 1972 (Ukrainian studies schools) have two choic- A Ukrainian Adventure Mr. Holovatyi gave a second theory es: to use the exam structured yearly by the å Ä ê ß ü Ñ ì è ã ü ä – ‚·ÒÌËÍ for how differing results could have (May 24 – June 9, 2001) exam committee, or to construct it them- ÇËÍÓÌÛπÏÓ ‰ðÛ͇ðҸͥ ðÓ·ÓÚË occurred from ostensibly the same selves, observing all the standards, i.e., DISCOVER UKRAINE! corpse. He offered that it is possible to modeling it precisely on the Regents for- O ÍÌËÊÍË Tour Kyiv, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Odesa, mask DNA identification by contaminat- eign languages test. Their exam must then O ÊÛð̇ÎË Yalta, Crimea, Carpathians and ing the tissue sample with genetic mate- be evaluated by an independent, qualified O ·ðÓ¯ÛðË more. English-speaking tour guide. rial from a foreign source, such as blood language and education expert and the cer- O ÍÓ‚ÂðÚË, ͇̈ÂÎflð¥ÈÌ¥ ‰ðÛÍË Includes: air, lodging (1/2 board), ground from another person. He suggested that tification submitted to the students’ school O ‚¥ÁËÚ¥‚ÍË transportation and tour sight admissions. the Moscow test could have been con- office. Evaluation forms are available at O ‚Âҥθ̥ Á‡ÔðÓ¯ÂÌÌfl ̇ ð¥ÁÌËı ÏÓ‚‡ı BK TOURS & TRVL. taminated in that way. schools. (703) 250-3044 or 1-888-528-7735 In a grizzly warning, the Ukrainian The Education Department will mail 35 Harding Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011 www. bktravel.com. lawmaker, who has been a vocal critic of interested teachers the Ukrainian exam of tel.: 973 772-2166 • fax: 973 772-1963 the presidential administration for years, 1998 to be used as a model (parts 2, 3 and e-mail: [email protected] also said that a close relative of the mur- 4), Also, the Oral Test Topics of any past OPPORTUNITY dered journalist may be in imminent dan- year should be requested. Teachers should ger from those who may need more DNA write to: Office of Testing and Assessment, matter to continue to confuse medical R.760 EBA, State Education Department, EARN EXTRA INCOME! experts. Albany, NY 12234, and ask for the Sample National Deputy Oleksander Comprehensive Examination in Ukrainian The Ukrainian Weekly is looking Lavrynovych, the head of the parliamen- and for Oral Test Topics. for advertising sales agents. tary ad hoc committee, said that in all Requests for this year’s exam prepared For additional information contact likelihood his committee would accept the by the committee, with $5 enclosed for Maria Oscislawski, Advertising findings of the Munich analysis, but that printing and mailing, should be addressed Manager, The Ukrainian Weekly, he has serious doubts whether the tissue to the CPSCEU coordinator: Oksana (973) 292-9800, ext 3040. samples came from the Tarascha body. Bakum, 18 Orchard Lane, Highland, N.Y. 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VISA - MASTERCARD - AMEX ACCEPTED (RFE/RL Newsline) FAX ORDERS ACCEPTED (514) 630-9960 tion, which included lawmakers Taras BOX 325, BEACONSFIELD, QUEBEC Chornovil, Stanislav Mykolaienko and Ihor CANADA - H9W 5T8 Communists want Soviet comeback ATTORNEY Koliushko, the PAP news service reported. Presidential aide Marek Siwiec said Mr. KYIV – Some 3,000 Communists and Kwasniewski tried to persuade the hard-liners demonstrated at the Ukrainian JERRY Ukrainian opposition activists that “every- Parliament on March 15, demanding the one in this conflict should declare their will- ouster of President Leonid Kuchma and KUZEMCZAK ingness to hold talks.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko, and a return to the old Soviet ways, the accidents at work Gazprom says Ukraine continues gas theft • Associated Press reported. Mr. Yuschenko • automobile accidents MOSCOW – Gazprom head Rem earned particular ire from the protesters, • slip and fall Viakhirev on March 20 said Ukraine is still who stood patiently in the pouring rain, medical malpractice siphoning off Russian transit gas, the chanting “Kuchma and Yuschenko to jail!” • Eastern Economist Daily reported on March and lamented their lost Soviet-era savings, FIRST CONSULTATION IS FREE. FIRST QUALITY miserable pensions, low wages and other UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL-STYLE 21. Mr. Viakhirev noted that Ukraine has Fees collected only after social woes, the agency noted. Many not yet paid for supplied gas, adding that personal injury case is successful. Kyiv’s gas debt to Russia now totals $2 bil- Communists arrived from outlying regions MONUMENTS such as Donetsk, Luhansk, Odesa and SERVING NY/NJ/CT REGION CEMETERIES lion. (RFE/RL Newsline) ALSO: Kharkiv. 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ропозиція дійсна в більшості кодових зон 1-800-540-3598 No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 19 Turning the pages back... Rt. Rev. Mitred Archpriest (Continued from page 6) leader as well. In the ’30s Dmytro Halychyn occupied a leading role as an executive Andrew Mykyta, STD, SEOL officer of Obiednannia, the United Ukrainian American Organization, which was an overall representative organization of Americans of Ukrainian descent, and which Passed into eternity on Sunday, March 11, 2001, in Chicago, Ill. endeavored to bring moral and material assistance to the Ukrainian people in Ukraine He was born on September 9, 1916, in Pykulychi, a village neighboring in their struggle for freedom and liberation. He was one of the leaders who sponsored Peremyshl in Ukraine. He graduated from gymnasium in Peremyshl and and organized mass Ukrainian American protest rallies against foreign oppressors of entered the Theological Seminary. The war interrupted his studies and he the Ukrainian people. In 1940, prior to the United States entry into World War II, joined the Ukrainian Division. Toward the end of the war was held captive as a Dmytro Halychyn was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of POW in Rimini, Italy. Through the intercession of Archbishop Ivan Buchko he America, in which organization he occupied the most important executive posts, those was released and entered St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Seminary to com- of treasurer, vice-president, acting president and, since 1956, that of president. During plete his theological studies. On January 1, 1948, he was ordained a priest in World War II, when pro-Soviet forces in this country were attacking Americans of Rome by Archbishop Buchko. Ukrainian origin for their steadfast anti-Communist attitude, Dmytro Halychyn was one who led Ukrainian American organizations in their patriotic activities, such as the In 1950 he emigrated to the U.S. and served in parishes in Chicago, Ill., U.S. Bond drive, American Red Cross and USO activities, proving again and again Youngstown, Ohio, and the Cathedral parish in Philadelphia. In 1957 he under- that to him the United States was as dear and close as Ukraine, for which he had took the assignment to build a parish in San Francisco, Calif., where he toiled fought and suffered physical hardship as a young lad. among the faithful for over 25 years. Thereafter, he also served in parishes in After World War II, when Soviet American relations worsened and many Phoenix, Ariz., and San Diego, Calif., from which he retired. Americans saw for the first time Communist Russia for what she really was, the part played by Dmytro Halychyn in the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, and in Priestly Parastas was celebrated on Tuesday evening, March 13, 2001, and a the formation of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, was one of para- requiem Divine Liturgy on Wednesday morning, March 14, 2001, at St. Nicholas mount importance. He was among those Ukrainian American leaders who advocated Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral. Most Rev. Michael Wiwchar and Most Rev. the passage of the U.S. displaced persons law, whereby over 100,000 Ukrainian Innocent Lotocky concelebrated the liturgy assisted by priests of the eparchy. refugees and escapees succeeded in coming to this country for permanent resettle- ment. The earthly remains of Father Andrew were transferred to Philadelphia where, ... One of the great projects in which Dmytro Halychyn was actively engaged was on Friday morning, March 16, 2001, a requiem Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the Shevchenko Memorial Committee of America of which he was elected executive Most Rev. Walter Paska, rector of the Cathedral, assisted by Very Rev. David director, the most important and responsible post in that committee. F. Clooney, rector of St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Dmytro Halychyn has departed from us. But he has left a rich and exemplary her- Washington, Very Rev. Msgr. John Bura, pastor of Holy Ghost Ukrainian itage for our younger generation. That heritage comprises his selflessness, devotion to Catholic Church in Chester, Pa., and Rev. Deacon Michael P. Waak. freedom, not only of Ukrainians but of all other peoples, a dedicated sacrifice to noble causes, enlightened liberalism, prudence and statesmanship, and above all, unquali- Interment was in St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Fox Chase, where fied patriotism and good citizenship. ... his two brothers, Wasyl and Stephan, are buried. Source: “Dmytro Halychyn, Patriot and Citizen” (editorial), The Ukrainian Weekly, April 1, He is deeply mourned by his family: 1961. Nephew – Roman Z. Mykyta Ç „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ·Óβ ¥ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ ÔÓ‚¥‰ÓÏÎflπÏÓ, ˘Ó 14 ·ÂðÂÁÌfl 2001 ð. Niece – Halyna Morenko and her family ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ ‚¥‰ Ì‡Ò Ì‡¯‡ ̇ȉÓðÓʘ‡ åÄåÄ, ëÖëíêÄ ¥ ÅÄÅìçü Nephew – Lubomyr Mykyta and his family Nephew – Jaroslav Kaczmar and his family ·Î. Ô. Nieces and nephews in Ukraine ÑÄêßü üêàåéÇàó Á ‰ÓÏÛ òìïÖÇàó

èÄçÄïàÑà ·ÛÎË ‚¥‰Ôð‡‚ÎÂÌ¥ 16 ·ÂðÂÁÌfl ‚ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌÓÏÛ Á‡‚‰ÂÌÌ¥ èÂÚð‡ BLESSED MEMORY - EILEEN KLOPOUSHAK üðÂÏË ‚ 縲-âÓðÍÛ Ú‡ 17 ·ÂðÂÁÌfl Ó „Ó‰. 10 ð‡ÌÍÛ ‚ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌÓÏÛ Á‡‚‰ÂÌÌ¥ Aston On April 3, 2000, Eileen Klopoushak of Regina, Basagic ‚ ɇÌÚÂð¥, ç.â. Saskatchewan was called to God’s Heavenly Kingdom. èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚¥‰·ÛÎËÒfl ‚ ˆÂðÍ‚¥ Ò‚. ß‚‡Ì‡ ïðÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl ‚ ɇÌÚÂð¥, ç.â. On the first anniversary of her passing, husband Edward, son Gary (children Jillian and James), daugh- ÉÓðÂÏ ÔðË·ËÚ¥: ter Lori (Lyle) Saigeon (children Anna-Maria, Daniel ‰Ó˜Í‡ – ßêàçÄ åéêëà¢ãßé Á ‰Ó̸͇ÏË ÄçÑÜÖãéû and Michael) mourn her passing and pray that God will ¥ åßòÖã grant her eternal rest in His Dwelling where there is no – åÄêìëü ÇàçÑÖãë Á ÏÛÊÂÏ äÖÇàçéå Ú‡ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË pain, no sorrow, no suffering. äÖÇàçéå, åÄíÖ∏å Ú‡ äÄíêìëÖû ÒËÌ – ûêßâ Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ åÄêß∏û Ú‡ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË èÄÇãéå The year has been filled with many reminders of ¥ ïêàëíÖû Eileen’s warm smile and pleasant personality. She ÒÂÒÚð‡ – ãßÑßü ãÖçñàä Á ÏÛÊÂÏ ‰-ðÓÏ ÇÄëàãÖå has left us and this world behind, but memories of her will remain forever. ¥ ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛ A Panakhyda honoring her blessed memory will be served in Descent of the Ú‡ ·ÎËʘ‡ ¥ ‰‡Î¸¯‡ ðÓ‰Ë̇ ‚ ÄÏÂðˈ¥, ä‡Ì‡‰¥ ¥ ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥. Holy Spirit Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Regina on April 1, 2001, followed by a Ç¥˜Ì‡ ∫È Ô‡Ï'flÚ¸! Memorial Dinner in the Orthodox Auditorium.

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Chicago Plast branch organizes ski weekend CHICAGO – The Chicago Plast branch enjoyed its third annual Presidents’ Day Ski Weekend on February 16-19. Although primarily designed with “novatstvo” (children age 7-11) in mind, this trip attracted a large number of “yunatstvo” (youths age 11) and family friends, as well as some guests from Ohio. The weekend began in the sort of bitter Wisconsin Dells cold that only the old-timers in the group remem- bered, but the bright sun kept everyone going. Saturday evening brought the warmth of a group dinner with the much-appreciated amenity of separate children’s and adults’ dining rooms. Many “tall” stories were told about the day’s adventures. The next day was warmer and quickly grew hot with the tension of competition. The group had its own ski race in which 55 avid racers competed. After the race, the hot-dogging continued until the evening medal cere- monies. Top spots went to Nastar gold medal winners Matthew Derkach, Zoe Ripecky and Olenka Stasula Chicago Plast members and friends gathered for their third annual ski outing in Wisconsin Dells. (all novatstvo). Overall top honors went to yunachka badges. together and to enjoy each other’s company. Maya Ripecky who ran the fastest race of all 55 com- For those with the strength, there was plenty of time Many thanks were expressed to Areta and Yura petitors. Groups of both novatsvo and yunatsvo to continue the merriment at the pool or other hotel Kuritza for all their hard work in organizing and running showed off their basic skiing skills to earn merit amusements. Over 100 participants had a chance to get these extravaganzas. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 No. 12

open a page of history with each new “The Undefeated”... film,” he said. (Continued from page 15) Apparently the UPA kept photo and helping produce films that reveal the true other records of its activities (in the film history of Ukraine and its heroes – a pos- Shukhevych wants to send documents to itive act designed to counter decades of Russia for storage). Asked if such Soviet propaganda. Mr. Yanchuk stated archives were used for background, Mr. plainly that without the support of the Yanchuk said documentary materials UCCA, the film never would have been were referred to, but much was not avail- made. able to them. He then underscored that “The Undefeated” is the only film to the film is a drama, not a documentary. come from Ukraine in at least half a Small touches, such as the careful use decade; and it is only one of three films of languages – Ukrainian, German and this year, according to the filmmaker, that Russian – in the appropriate scenes lend has been produced by Ukrainians about authenticity. Particularly effective is Ukrainians. By comparison, about 70 Shukhevych’s insistence on speaking independent films were made in Russia. Ukrainian even in Odesa, where every- By all accounts, the nascent Ukrainian one else spoke Russian. The historic film industry is practically non-existent. cities of Lviv and Odesa were the back- There is little, if any, support from the drop for events that actually took place government and, what is more, national- there. And a good many others were shot istic subject matter has long been held as on location in the Carpathian Mountains GLORY TOURS taboo. throughout three seasons, with the pro- 1730 K St NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20006 “The previous government had stifled duction team editing the film in parts cultural production,” said Mr. Yanchuk. while waiting for the seasons to change. TEL.: 202-530-0020 • FAX: 202-530-581 “The Ministry of Culture gave a not- Throughout the four-year-long project, insignificant amount of money towards Mr. Yanchuk said his challenge lay in LOWEST ROUND TRIP FROM this production, but it was their approval maintaining consistency and staying true – specifically Viktor Yuschenko’s – that to the underlying tone. Striving for drama WAS/BWI/JFK/EWR really gave this film steam.” and intrigue in an effort to create an The idea for the film was born in New interesting biography, the challenge evi- LONDON $ 270.00 York City during a visit six years ago. dent on screen was the telling of the $ 390.00 Mr. Yanchuk collaborated closely with story. AMSTERDAM $ 360.00 Mr. Lozynskyj, who helped raise approx- As with all attempts at non-linear sto- GERMANY $ 292.00 imately $150,000. It was this money that rytelling, a clear-cut plot is sometimes lost and “The Undefeated” is no excep- BRUSSELS $ 320.00 comprised most of the initial budget. Not willing to disclose the final cost of “The tion. The fact that the drama spans a ROME $ 350.00 Undefeated,” the filmmaker conceded number of years and the complexity of ISTANBUL $ 450.00 only that his budget did not approach that facts intrinsic to the life of Shukhevych – PRAGUE $ 445.00 of a typical Hollywood movie. But it not to mention the sheer amount of infor- WARSAW $ 445.00 stands up well to any film made, by mation that the filmmaker wants to get ZURICH $ 450.00 American standards, on a shoestring across – jump out at the viewer without BUDAPEST $ 350.00 budget. retaining a natural cohesiveness. MOSCOW $ 485.00 With this, his third film, Mr. Yanchuk Packed with details, all squeezed into ST. PETERSBURG $ 485.00 has styled himself as a chronicler of 99 minutes, “The Undefeated” demands KYIV $ 490.00 modern Ukrainian history. “Why histori- a great deal from the viewer. Read your TEL AVIV $ 555.00 cal themes? I have a personal interest – I history before seeing it – but do see it. $ 598.00 ATHENS $ 435.00 OSLO $ 360.00 RIGA $ 520.00 SOFIA $ 430.00 MANILA $ 680.00 LISBON $ 390.00 VIENNA $ 320.00 MINSK $ 515.00 MOLDOVA $ 630.00 GLASGOW $ 316.00 We do visas to Russia. Fares subject to change without notice. Taxes not included. Restrictions/penalties apply. Weekend extra charges.

Director Oles Yanchuk (right) with crew and cast member during the filming.

Ukrainian Officers, Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, Organization of Ukrainian Naval(Continued officer from offers...page 3) Nationalists, in Ukraine as well as in the U.S. and Canada – greatly helped. Sevastopol, of course. I never realized that everything wouldn’t During that time the leadership of the Your Best Place to Save and Borrow fit into one book. Only when I began writ- Black Sea Fleet used all means at its dis- JOIN US ing did I come to understand I wouldn’t be posal to pressure [officers], to remove them writing simply about the dry facts but about from their posts and discredit them. It was HIGH INTEREST SAVINGS the leading heroes: the officers, the warrant terrible. LOW INTEREST LOANS/MORTGAGES officers, the sailors and the civilians; the The book begins in a very traditional patriots who maintained a determined posi- way, with the send-off of a vessel from SHARE DRAFT/FREE CHECKING tion on the need to deepen Ukrainian Donuzlav on July 21, 1992, and the first VISA CREDIT CARD national identity in the Crimea and entry into the ship’s log and ends with the Sevastopol; about the fight to create the arrival at Odesa and an entry that reads: CHECK CARD/ATM CARD Ukrainian navy, and so on. “We are maintaining a steady course.” CD’s and IRA’s So there will be another book. The first book encompasses the time period between * * * the first half of 1989 through to the first For information on how to obtain a copy half of 1992. This period includes the for- of the book please send an inquiry to: mation of patriotic organizations in Ukraine, Kyiv 01001, Budynok Ofitsera, Sevastopol such as the Prosvita Language vul. Hrushevskoho 30/1, 3-ii poverkh, Society, National Rukh of Ukraine, Spilka Ofitseriv Ukrainy, Voitovych Ukrainian Republican Party, Union of Yevhen Maksym. No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 23

Council’s European Folk Festival held in The play’s... Haft Auditorium of the Fashion Institute of (Continued from page 14) Technology on March 18. The Limbora and stories and documenting rituals, gave a Slovak Folk Ensemble, with live musicians, performance at Exit Art on March 2 that put on a great show; the Narts Dance won approval from The New York Times Ensemble, a Circassian troupe, was a tough writer Ben Ratliff. The reviewer felt the per- act to follow, and the Polish American Folk formance was “rushed and nearly reckless Dance Company wowed the audience with but oddly perfect.” He wrote: “The songs, colorful costumes and lively choreography. all about the rituals and psychology of a The Makendonka Macedonian Dance remote, rural life, had strong melodies, only Ensemble from Toronto was well received occasionally in minor keys; she used whip- by the audience. Nonetheless, the profes- ping trills in her voice.” Mr. Ratliff noted: sional and artistic performance given by the “Some moments in the performance Syzokryli ensemble really did Ukrainians recalled white gospel music from proud. The audience wold not stop applaud- Appalachia. At other times Ms. Sadovska’s ing after the show’s final number, the delivery was as wired, forthright and sexual “Hopak.” Andrij Cybyk, assistant to ensem- as a rock star’s – Polly Jean Harvey, per- ble director Roma Pryma Bohachevsky, haps. She could have been singing the same declared “this was the best European Folk material in front of a rock trio.” Festival I have been a part of in the last 12 As one of the stronger companies in the years!” Slavic Heritage Council of America, New York’s Syzokryli Ukrainian Dancers were Helen Smindak’s e-mail address is given the honor of opening and closing the [email protected].

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ited the president. While many in the press Kuchma denies reports... had explained that the official announce- (Continued from page 1) ment merely had been delayed until Mr. Kuchma held a meeting with his prime min- enough support to hold demonstrations ister, Mr. Yuschenko told reporters after- numbering in the thousands on the streets of wards that he could not confirm the dis- Kyiv in the last two months. The largest of missal of Mr. Kravchenko. He said that the protests, held on March 9 and number- while consultations were under way on the ing about 20,000 demonstrators, ended in possible appointment of a new internal violence. The opposition has demanded the affairs minister, no decision had been resignation of the president and his top law reached. enforcement officials. Mykhailo Pohrebynskyi, director of the Mr. Kravchenko, who has kept a low Center for Politics and Conflict Studies, profile since the tapes were revealed, has said he believes President Kuchma has not been seen since the first rumors of his made a decision to fire his minister of inter- imminent ouster appeared. Officials at the nal affairs, but has stalled on a decision on a Internal Affairs Ministry explained that Mr. replacement. “I believe that, inside, the Kravchenko is out of town at a relative’s president wants to remove him. Because he funeral and not available for comment. hasn’t yet, that means there are problems,” Initial reports on the resignation of the explained Mr. Pohrebynskyi. internal affairs minister by Interfax-Ukraine The political analyst said he believes Mr. and ITAR-TASS of Moscow, published on Kravchenko has submitted a letter of resig- March 17, cited unnamed individuals in the nation in preparation for the move. presidential administration as the source of National Deputy Volodymyr Filenko, a the information. They named Yurii leading figure of the anti-Kuchma Forum Smirnov, the current head of the Kyiv mili- for National Salvation, who expressed tia, as the new minister. Mr. Smirnov was wholehearted support for the move when it responsible for organizing the state militia was announced on March 17, explained that and the tactics they used during Taras this could be either another bone thrown to Shevchenko Day commemorations at the anti-Kuchma forces, as was the dis- Shevchenko Park on March 9. missal of the chief of the Security Service National Deputy Yurii Karmazyn, a lead- of Ukraine, Leonid Derkach, or merely a ing member of the anti-Kuchma forces as political tactic utilized by the president to well as chairman of the Verkhovna Rada gauge the opposition. Committee on Corruption and Organized Even if he is out, few here believe that Crime, confirmed the reports on March 18 Mr. Kravchenko, who has long been loyal and indicated that a “Bloody Saturday” of to the president and has the longest tenure sorts had occurred in the presidential of any high-ranking official either in the administration when he explained that Kuchma administration or the government, sources had told him the president’s chief of is through. The initial Interfax-Ukraine staff, Mr. Lytvyn, had also been replaced reports had Mr. Kravchenko moving from and Procurator General Potebenko would his ministerial post to a newly created direc- go soon. Both rumors were later denied by torate for law enforcement agencies, which President Kuchma. essentially would have been a promotion, as However, Mr. Kravchenko’s ouster it would give him control over all three law seemed a done deal, especially after enforcement bodies in the government. National Deputy Roman Bezsmertnyi told Mr. Pohrebynskyi said that Mr. reporters on March 19 that he could confirm Kravchenko’s dismissal, if it should eventu- that a presidential decree authorizing the ally happen, would indicate that the admin- dismissal of Mr. Kravchenko was being istration believes the crisis is subsiding. prepared, although he could not say who “It is a sign that the crisis is de-escalat- would succeed him. More indications sug- ing, if there is no further outside stimula- gesting the accuracy of the reports appeared tion, that is,” said Mr. Pohrebynskyi. “We that day, including rumors that Mr. Smirnov can expect internal rotations in the elite had flown to Crimea to meet with Mr. posts. I don’t know when that will happen, Kuchma. but everyone understands that the odious The story began to unravel that evening, figures will go. And there will be a political after Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko vis- fight for their chairs.”

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Tuesday, March 27 1.) The evening will take place at 7 p.m. at the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., WASHINGTON: The Washington Group fourth floor. There is a suggested donation presents Adrian Karatnycky, president of of $7. For more information call (212) Freedom House, who will discuss the cur- 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144; visit the rent political situation in Ukraine in the website http://www.brama.com/mayana/; aftermath of the “Gongadze Affair.” The or e-mail [email protected] presentation will be held at Freedom House, 1319 18th St., NW (between N Saturday, March 31 Street and Massachusetts Avenue) at 6 p.m. Admission is free. NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society cordially invites all to a conference Thursday, March 29 dedicated to Dr. Wasyl Wytwycky, the musician and composer. Participating in the CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of program will be: Tamara Bulat, Bohdan Modern Art cordially invites you to a liter- Vitvitsky, Larissa Onyshkevych, Liubomyr ary evening with Yuri Andrukhovych, a Lekhnyk (Kolomyia), Roman Sawycky and renowned Ukrainian writer, at 7 p.m. at Andrij Szul. The conference will be held at the institute, 2320 W. Chicago Ave. The 5 p.m. at the society’s building at 63 Fourth evening will be conducted in Ukrainian Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets). and English by Prof. Michael M. Naydan and actor Michael Bernosky. For more BUFFALO, N.Y.: The Buffalo Chapter of information call (773) 227-5522. the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund will hold an opening reception of a photo exhi- Friday, March 30 bition by Joseph Sywenkyj and a film screening of “Living under the Cloud” by NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Teresa Metcalf at Hallwalls Contemporary Literary Club presents “An Evening of Arts Center at 7-10 p.m. The film screen- Humor and Satire,” a literary program fea- ing will begin at 8 p.m. in Hallwalls turing readings of selected works by Cinema. Suggested donation $5-$10. The Ukrainian authors of the 18th to 21st cen- Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center is turies. Participants will include Stepan located at 2495 Main St., Suite 425. For Heryliv, Lyubov Dmytryshyn-Chasto, additional information contact Olenka Larysa Kukrytska, Volodymyr Lysniak Bodnarskyj-Gunn, (716) 886-5881. and Nadia Savchuk. The photo exhibit “Images of Ukraine: An Intimate Portrait BETHESDA, Md.: The Sisterhood of the of Ukraine’s People and Landscapes” by Ukrainian National Association Estate Yuri Lev will also be on view (until April (Continued on page 27) Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, New York 12446 Tel.: (845) 626-5641 • Fax: (845) 626-4638 www.soyuzivka.com • e-mail: [email protected] PLEASE NOTE REQUIREMENTS: Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($10 per submission) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. Payment must be received prior to publication. To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in English, written in Preview format, i.e., in a brief paragraph that includes the date, place, type of event, sponsor, admission, full names of persons and/or organizations involved, and a phone number to be published for readers who may require additional information. Items should be no more than 100 words long; all submissions are subject to editing. Items not written in Preview for- mat or submitted without all required information will not be published. Preview items must be received no later than one week before the desired date of publication. No information will be taken over the phone. Items will be published only once, unless otherwise indicated. Please include payment of $10 for each time the item is to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) in which the item is to be published. Also, please include the phone number of a person who may be contacted by The Weekly during daytime hours. Information should be sent to: Preview of Events, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

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