INSIDE: • House committee holds hearing on aid to NIS — page 2. • Ethnic coalition supports ancestry question for 2000 Census — page 3. • Visa extension denied to family of child of Chornobyl —page 4. HE KRAINI A N EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXV No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1997 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine

Romania to review Humanitarian airlift is culmination of Chornobyl anniversary efforts previously agreed upon Dignitaries send off medical relief from U.S. Three oblasts in Ukraine to receive aid by Irene Jarosewich by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau treaty with Ukraine NEWARK, N.J. — The Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund’s 18th airlift of humanitarian aid to Ukraine left Newark KYIV — Culminating a year of fund-raising and charitable by Roman Woronowycz International Airport on Monday, March 10, carrying 42 tons of work dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the explosion at the Kyiv Press Bureau cargo valued at $1.7 million. Recognized as the largest Chornobyl nuclear power plant, the 18th airlift of the Children provider, public or private, of aid directed at the victims of the of Chornobyl Relief Fund (CCRF) landed in Ukraine on March KYIV — Less than two weeks disastrous 1986 explosion at Chornobyl, the CCRF has provid- 11 carrying $1.7 million in medicine and medical equipment for after Romania and Ukraine agreed ed $41 million worth of aid over the past seven years. hospitals in Lviv, Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk. in principle to a treaty on friendship On hand to send off the plane were supporters and dignitaries “Today there are children and pensioners whom no one is and cooperation, part of which including Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the United helping and for whom aid like this is desperately needed,” said entailed the settlement of a long- Nations Anatolii Zlenko, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Verkhovna Rada National Deputy Volodymyr Yavorivsky, who standing territorial dispute, Romania Yuri Shcherbak, New Jersey Sens. Frank Lautenberg and has long worked closely with the CCRF and was at Boryspil has backed down. Robert Torricelli, Frank Masci from Gov. Christine Todd Airport outside Kyiv to greet the plane. On March 11 Romania’s Whitman’s office, the Rev. William Diakiw and the Rev. This effort supports the Women’s and Children’s Health Ambassador to Ukraine Ion Bestreanu Bohdan Zelechivsky of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Initiative, a program active in the Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and officially informed Ukraine’s U.S.A., and Bishop Nicholas Dimarzio of the Roman Catholic Vinnytsia oblasts of Ukraine, which was organized through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that his Archdiocese of Newark. efforts of the CCRF and the St. Louis-based Monsanto Corp. government would like to review ele- On hand as well was Vova Malofienko, a 12-year-old child The program’s honorary chairman is Liudmyla Kuchma, the ments of the proposed treaty. of Chornobyl being treated in the U.S. for leukemia, whose wife of Ukraine’s president Leonid Kuchma. However, Mrs. In a press release issued on family faces deportation as a result of the new immigration law Kuchma did not attend the airport ceremonies due to a schedul- March 11, the Romanian Embassy that takes effect on April 1 (see story on page 4). ing conflict; she and the president had flown to Moldova on an stated that the agreement has only Key support for the airlift came from the Ukrainian official visit that morning. been agreed to by experts and that Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., which raised funds for equip- On hand to greet the IL-74 MD Ukrainian military cargo plane further discussions are required at the highest political levels of both (Continued on page 13) (Continued on page 4) foreign ministries to reach an “opti- mal level of agreement.” Ambassador Bestreanu, speaking with Interfax-Ukraine a day later, Udovenko-Albright meeting confirms continuity of U.S. policy said all that is needed is to “balance by Yaro Bihun faction “that today we received the sup- Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy the wording on some of the issues port of the United States on this issue.” and Hungarian Foreign Minister Laszlo discussed.” He explained: “We wish Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Minister Udovenko came to Washington Kovacs. Two days later, Russian Foreign to dot the ‘i’s and cross the ‘t’s of WASHINGTON – Foreign Affairs following talks on NATO and other issues Affairs Minister Yegenii Primakov dis- our four-year preparation of the Minister Hennadii Udovenko of Ukraine with Canadian officials in Ottawa; he will cussed NATO expansion with NATO agreement so as to lay the ground- paid a brief but important visit here on continue talks on the charter with the work for the development of good Secretary-General Solana in Moscow. March 7 to discuss NATO expansion and NATO Council and NATO Secretary- neighborly relations between While NATO’s negotiations with other issues on the U.S.-Ukraine agenda General Javier Solana on March 20 in Ukraine and Romania.” Ukraine appear to be on track, its talks with Secretary of State Madeleine K. Brussels. He said the proposed charter Mr. Bestreanu’s words were a with Russia thus far have left some key Albright. He came away expressing satis- includes “increased cooperation” between diplomatic flip-flop from what he issues unresolved. The Russian news faction with the results of his first minister- NATO and Ukraine and “political consul- had stated after the completion of agency TASS quoted a Russian Foreign ial meeting with President Clinton’s new tations in crisis situations.” the talks in late February. At that Affairs Ministry official as saying fol- secretary of state, and said it underscored Mr. Udovenko’s Washington visit came time he said the two provisions were lowing the March 9 Primakov-Solana the post-election continuity of the U.S. amid a flurry of other diplomatic meetings yet to be settled, but that would meeting that “divergence of opinion over “strategic partnership” with Ukraine. on the subject. Earlier in the week, occur “through diplomatic chan- As well, Minister Udovenko said the Secretary Albright had talks with Canadian (Continued on page 6) nels” without the need for another meeting expressed support for the NATO- meeting. Ukraine charter that is being formulated in Volodymyr Yatsenkivski, direc- conjunction with the Western alliance’s tor of the press office of Ukraine’s planned expansion into Eastern Europe. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Welcoming Minister Udovenko at the expressing his disappointment with State Department, Secretary Albright the two-steps-forward, one-step- stressed that the United States and Ukraine back approach that the Romanians “are strategic partners in building our were taking, said the two delega- shared vision: a Europe at peace, fully tions had resolved all the major integrated and fully free.” She said she points of disagreement and that only expects that the charter outlining NATO’s minor details were to be worked out relationship with Ukraine will be ready and the agreement written up. before NATO’s July summit in Madrid. Volodymyr Ohrysko, foreign pol- At that meeting, NATO is expected to icy advisor to President Leonid extend membership to the three Central Kuchma, speaking at a press brief- European countries formerly associated ing called the Romanian move “an with the Moscow-led Warsaw Pact: alarming and dangerous signal.” Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Expressing his frustration with At the same time, NATO plans to sign Romanian’s backtracking, he said, separate agreements establishing special for all that Romanian officials are Yaro Bihun saying, in essence their decision has relationships with Ukraine and Russia. While the NATO-Ukraine charter Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Hennadii Udovenko meets with U.S. (Continued on page 14) negotiating process is not yet finished, Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright on March 7. In the recent past, both Minister Udovenko expressed his satis- were representatives of their countries to the United Nations. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1997 No. 11 House committee hears testimony on aid to new independent states British secretary on Ukraine, NATO Oleksander Moroz on March 10 spoke out Special to The Ukrainian Weekly on to comment that the “Ukrainians say in defense of Mr. Lazarenko, saying there the right things,” but do not implement WASHINGTON — British Foreign WASHINGTON – The House are few real changes when prime ministers them. Affairs Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said in are replaced. (OMRI Daily Digest) International Relations Committee on The committee’s ranking minority Washington on March 11 that NATO March 11 heard testimony on the Clinton member, Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.), inquired should expand to Ukraine’s eastern borders, Yeltsin, Lukashenka sign joint declaration administration’s Fiscal Year 1998 NTV and Intelnews reported. He said the which countries are furthest along on MOSCOW — President Boris Yeltsin request for $900 million of assistance to reforms and which countries are disap- move would give the alliance the opportuni- the new independent states (NIS). The ty to prevent the development of ethnic con- and his Belarusian counterpart, Alyaksandr pointing in their efforts. Mr. Morningstar Lukashenka, signed a joint declaration request is an increase of 44 percent over said reforms are good in Georgia, flicts. This is the first time a high-ranking FY 1997 levels. The proposed level of official from a NATO member-country has “covering the entire sphere of bilateral rela- Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and tions,” ITAR-TASS reported on March. 7 spending for Ukraine is $225.5 million raised the possibility of Ukraine’s inclusion Russia, which is furthest along in eco- Opening the meeting, Mr. Yeltsin told Mr. (an increase of .2 percent), while spend- into the alliance, and there has been confu- nomic reforms, and disappointing in Lukashenka that Russia and Belarus have ing for Russia is proposed at $241.5 mil- sion over how the remark should be taken. Belarus. Mr. Dine said the most reforms the “closest relations,” adding that ties lion (an increase of 153.1 percent). British Ambassador to Ukraine Roy Reeve are in place in Estonia, the Czech should be further improved in order to In his opening statement, Chairman played down Mr. Rifkind’s statement, say- Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, “achieve a level of integration that exceeds Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.) said that ing only that Ukraine has the right to choose Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia. integration in Europe and other parts of the Russia has received over $4.5 billion of its form of cooperation with NATO struc- The second tier, according to Mr. world.” The two presidents also declared U.S. assistance over the past five years. tures. (OMRI Daily Digest) Dine, is Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, “unanimous” opposition to NATO enlarge- “The United States has been gener- Kyrgyzstan and Moldova. The problem ous,” he said, adding that there have been Russian Duma blasts NATO expansion ment, while denying that Russo-Belarusian nations are Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, integration is directed against the West. many loan guarantee programs and assis- Belarus and Serbia. Showing surprise, MOSCOW — By a vote of 300-1, the tance from European allies. Rep. Gilman Later, when he addressed the Russian- Rep. Hamilton asked where Ukraine is. Russian State Duma on March 12 passed a Belarusian parliamentary assembly in went on to say, “we have steered $650 “Below Russia,” Mr. Dine replied. resolution harshly criticizing NATO’s million in business to the Russian space Miensk, President Lukashenka urged that expansion plans, which it said would steps be taken to speed up integration program” as part of the international The issue of earmarks “detract” from efforts to “construct a new between the two countries, international space station project. According to the The issue of earmarks for Ukraine and global security system in Europe,” ITAR- agencies reported on March 11. While criti- chairman, last year the Paris Club orga- Armenia was raised by Rep. Tom TASS reported. The resolution backed the cizing Russia yet again for the little nized the largest restructuring of debt in Campbell (R-Calif.), who inquired government’s public negotiating stance in progress toward this goal, Mr. Lukashenka its 40-year history for Russia. whether they were helpful or not. Mr. talks on a proposed charter with NATO, proposed every citizen of Russia and “Russia’s foreign policy does not Dine responded that the “earmarks hurt saying any such agreement should “be of a Belarus have “community” citizenship as reflect gratitude to the West for this us in our strategic objective” since we restrictive nature and contain effective well as their national passport. He said the assistance,” said Rep. Gilman. He enu- “could not do as much in our star coun- security guarantees for Russia.” It also equal union of Russia and Belarus was the merated issues of concern, including try.” (The reference to a “star country” argued that the 1995 Russian federal law most acceptable form of integration, but weapons sales to China, nuclear sales to was not clarified.) on international treaties requires that any stressed there is no need for Belarus to syn- Iraq, failure to ratify START II, contin- In a more diplomatic response, Mr. proposed charter be subject to parliamen- chronize its economic reform with Russia’s. ued production of chemical and biologi- Morningstar, stated that he “has no prob- tary ratification. (OMRI Daily Digest) (OMRI Daily Digest) cal weapons, and exertion of pressure on lem with $225 million for Ukraine within other former Soviet states for the station- a $900 million budget, but not within a Rumors circulate about PM’s dismissal 100 arrested in Miensk demonstration ing of Russian troops on their borders. $625 million budget,” referring to the FY KYIV — Rumors that Pavlo MIENSK — Some 100 people, mostly After that introduction, Ambassador 1997 earmark. Neither one commented Richard Morningstar, coordinator of Lazarenko’s days as prime minister are youths, who took part in a Miensk demon- on the earmark for Armenia, however. numbered have increased as he entered his assistance to the NIS, began his testimo- stration against integration with Russia, While stating his opposition to “ear- eighth month in office, Ukrainian Radio have been detained by Belarusian security ny by outlining the three principles that marking for domestic political reasons,” reported on March 9. The rumors, which forces, Reuters reported on March 11. form the foundation of the administra- Rep. Doug Bereuter (R-Neb.) focused his began as soon as he assumed the office of They face fines and up to two weeks in tion’s proposal for the Partnership for attention on the use of the Export-Import prime minister, stem more from his prison. Despite President Alyaksandr Freedom program, a follow-up program (Ex-Im) Bank for the Partnership for involvement with various firms that have Lukashenka’s restrictions on demonstra- to the Freedom Support Act: (1) the Freedom program. He pointed out that profited under his leadership than from tions, the democratic and nationalist oppo- development and stability of the NIS is Ex-Im’s reauthorization is already facing shortcomings in economic reform. sition is planning additional rallies for the in U.S. national security interests; (2) the opposition from those who call it “corpo- Observers say President Leonid Kuchma’s spring. Vyacheslau Siuchyk, a leader of transition is complex and generational; rate welfare” and that this proposal com- postponement of his annual parliamentary the Belarusian Popular Front, said a rally and (3) the people in the NIS are facing plicates the issue. He criticized the address from March 14 to March 21 is will be held on March 15, the anniversary economic hardship. Clinton administration for not consulting intended to give him room to maneuver. of the adoption of the 1994 Constitution. He outlined a $160 million program of with the Banking Committee before Other signs that Mr. Kuchma is distancing (OMRI Daily Digest) trade and investment with an emphasis floating the idea of changing aspects of himself from the current government are the on small business loans. Part of the pro- the bank’s work. recent dismissals of the finance and agricul- PM promises progress on wage arrears posal entails business training and Another aspect of the Ex-Im credit tural ministers and the president’s decision KYIV — Prime Minister Pavlo exchange programs. Also included is $29 facility was raised by Rep. Cass to ask former Donetsk Oblast Chairman million for fighting corruption, an Lazarenko told the Verkhovna Rada on Ballenger (R-N.C.), who inquired why Volodymyr Scherban, rather than Prime March 11 that Ukraine owes 1.36 billion increase from the current $12 million for the U.S. is advancing credits to a firm Minister Lazarenko, to attend his meeting this effort. hryvni ($750 million U.S.) in wage arrears like Gazprom that does not pay the taxes with Gazprom head Rem Viakhirev. and 1.2 billion hrv (more than $700 million Positive trends noted it owes to the Russian government. Mr. Observers also point to Mr. Lazarenko cut- U.S.) in unpaid pensions, ITAR-TASS Morningstar responded that efforts are ting short his vacation by two weeks and his reported. He said the debts have accrued Thomas Dine, deputy administrator of under way to avoid such problems in recent public statements stressing that he because budget revenues were smaller than the U.S. Agency for International Ukraine. and President Kuchma are of one mind over Development (USAID), highlighted the Stating that he understood that the policy. Verkhovna Rada Chairman (Continued on page 11) positive trends in various NIS countries. Central Asian Enterprise Fund was effec- In Ukraine, Mr. Dine said, shares of 440 tive, Rep. Earl Hilliard (D-Ala.) companies a month are being auctioned. expressed concern about the Russian and Ukraine is the only NIS country to Western NIS enterprise funds (the latter H E K R A I N I A N E E K LY FOUNDED 1933 create an electricity market, which serving Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova). T U W includes a reorganization of fuel procure- He pointed out that the Western NIS An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., ment policies, tracking of customers in fund spent 52 percent of its resources on a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. arrears, and the creation of a National operating expenses rather than financing Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. Electrical Regulatory Commission. projects. Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. Mr. Dine reserved his most positive Mr. Morningstar agreed that the Central (ISSN — 0273-9348) comments for Georgia, where “democra- Asian fund was operating effectively, cy is flourishing” and whose “Parliament something he attributed to the experience Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper is most progressive, practitioners of and knowledge of the region by the presi- (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). Madisonian democracy.” dent of the fund. He acknowledged that the The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: During questioning, Rep. Gilman other two funds had slow starts. (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201) 451-2200 inquired about corruption in Ukraine and The House International Relations the prospects for an anti-corruption Committee plans to complete its hear- Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz effort. Ambassador Morningstar noted ing schedule this month and begin changes to: Assistant editor: Khristina Lew that corruption is a major issue in mark-up of the legislation on April 9. The Ukrainian Weekly Staff editors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) Ukraine and that the administration is Chairman Gilman announced that plans P.O. Box 346 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (To r o n t o ) pursuing a two-track system: support for to have a panel of public witnesses had Jersey City, NJ 07303 economic reforms and deregulation to to be postponed due to the visit of The Ukrainian Weekly, March 16, 1997, No. 11, Vol. LXV eliminate opportunities for corruption; Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Copyright © 1997 The Ukrainian Weekly and anti-corruption programs. He went the Congress. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1997 3 Udovenko named honorary fellow of international studies center by Roma Hadzewycz NEW YORK — Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Hennadii Udovenko was named an honorary fel- low of the New England Center for International and Regional Studies at the University of Bridgeport in a ceremony held at Ukraine’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations on Saturday, March 8. The nomination recognized both Ukraine’s contribu- tion to peace worldwide and Minister Udovenko’s inter- national reputation as an effective diplomat. The event was opened by Ukraine’s permanent represen- tative to the United Nations, Ambassador Anatolii Zlenko, who pointed to the cooperation between the University of Bridgeport, Ukraine and Arthur Andersen, one of the “Big Six” accounting firms, that made the day’s events possible. Dr. Stoyan Ganev, president of the New England Center for International and Regional Studies, explained that the center was founded in August 1996 with the support of Arthur Andersen worldwide “to internationalize business and social studies with a focus on emerging markets.” “It is very difficult to connect emerging markets with international business,” Dr. Ganev continued, “but we found something unique: people who can bring together Roma Hadzewycz these two worlds.” The New England Center also is a research center. It will Foreign Affairs Minister Hennadii Udovenko of Ukraine receives a plaque naming him an honorary fellow of soon begin publishing a journal to connect politicians, busi- the New England Center for International and Regional Studies from Richard Rubenstein, president of the nessmen and economists, and there are plans to create an University of Bridgeport (right). Looking on (from left): are Ambassador Anatolii Zlenko, Dr. Stoyan Ganev advisory center for emerging markets that would encom- and Dr. Vladimir Kvint (who also was named an honorary fellow). pass politicians, diplomats, the corporate world and repre- sentatives of emerging market countries, noted Dr. Ganev. trade, Oleg Davydov. and added, “some of our best students come from He underlined that “this synthesis is extremely Dr. Ganev cited Mr. Udovenko as “one of the most U k r a i n e . ” important” and that is why “we are proud to confer the experienced diplomats at the United Nations.” Also honored at the afternoon reception was Dr. Kvint, title of honorary fellow on Minister Hennadii Udovenko The honorary fellowship was conferred on Minister a professor of international business at Fordham University and Dr. Vladimir Kvint.” Udovenko by Richard Rubenstein, president of the and an adjunct professor at New York University, who is also a managing director at Arthur Andersen. Dr. Kvint The two join one previously named honorary fellow, University of Bridgeport, who noted that the university’s Russia’s vice prime minister and minister of foreign student body consists of students who speak 60 languages (Continued on page 15)

Ethnic coalition supports preservation OBITUARY of ancestry question on 2000 Census Anne Herman, former VP of UNA Special to The Ukrainian Weekly (D-La.), Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.), Robert BEREA, Ohio – Anne Herman’s mis- Katherine Szmagala, and recuperated from WASHINGTON — March 5 was des- Menendez (D-N.J.), Patsy Mink (D- sion was inspired by a place she never saw. a major stroke. She had two other children, ignated Ancestry Day on Capitol Hill by Hawaii), James Oberstar (D-Minn.), Nick The New York City native devoted her Anne-Marie Glut, who died in 1985, and the Working Group on Ancestry in the Rahall (D-W.Va.), Thomas Sawyer (D- life to Ukrainian activities. She spent Gregory Jr., who died in 1986. U.S. Census, a coalition of over 80 orga- Ohio), John Sununu (R-N.H.), Eliot eight years as supreme vice-presidentess In addition to her daughter Katherine nizations, including the Ukrainian Engel (D-N.Y.), and Ray LaHood (R- of the Ukrainian National Association. (with her husband Taras), Mrs. Herman is National Association. The project’s aim Ill.). But she was too frail to visit Ukraine survived by five grandchildren, Stefan Glut, is to support the preservation of ancestry A similar resolution will be introduced when it became independent. Gregory Raymond Herman, Taras data in the U.S. Census. Mrs. Herman died on March 8 at the Szmagala Jr., Lara Scott and Andrew in the Senate by Sen. Robert Torricelli The 1980 Census was the first U.S. Aristocrat Berea Rehabilitation and Herman; two great-grandchildren; and one (D-N.J.). Already co-sponsoring that res- census to ask a question about ancestry, Skilled Nursing Center from the effects sister, Elaine Ropke, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. olution are Sens. Spencer Abraham (R- thereby providing data about the ethnic of several strokes. She was 90. A nephew, the Rev. Dr. John Ropke, Mich.), Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), John origin of Americans. The long form, sent Although she never visited Ukraine, she pastor of St. Vladimir’s Church in Glenn (D-Ohio), Edward Kennedy (D- to one out of six households, asked the was proud that a grandson, Taras Kensington, Pa., offered the funeral liturgy Mass.), Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Joseph respondent to list (up to three) countries Szmagala Jr. of Cleveland, spent a year on March 11 at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian of origin. While the 1990 Census Lieberman (D-Conn.). and a half there as a lawyer for Squire, Catholic Cathedral in Parma. Burial was at retained the question, respondents were Ancestry Day, coordinated by the Arab Sanders & Dempsey. Calvary Cemetery on Long Island, N.Y. allowed only two responses. American Institute Foundation and the Mrs. Herman, nee Yurchak, was born in Funeral arrangements were handled by As part of the timeline for the 2000 National Italian American Foundation, Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1906, to Ukrainian the Kolodiy Lazuta Funeral Home in Census, the U.S. Census Bureau is involved visits to congressional offices, a immigrant parents who came to the United Parma, Ohio. required, by April 1, to submit to press conference with sponsors of the States in 1901. She was a secretary in Memorial donations may be made to: Congress the topics to be included on the Ancestry Resolution, and a luncheon for the Manhattan until her marriage to Gregory Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 E. survey for the year 2000. The bureau Working Group and members of Congress. Herman in 1927. He served in World War I 185th St., Cleveland, OH 44119. presently intends to include the ancestry On March 7, the National Italian and was a graduate of Lafayette College question as a required topic. While there American Foundation hosted a meeting of and Columbia University. is no organized opposition to the ancestry the Working Group with the director of the The couple lived for 25 years in Wilkes- question, there remains a concern in Bureau of the Census, Martha Riche. Barre, Pa., where he was a high school Congress about the cost of the long form. Ms. Riche stated the Census Bureau’s German teacher. During those years, they Estimates are that the long form costs commitment to the ancestry question and were partners in promoting the fraternal an additional $300 million due to the outlined the over-all procedure for final- activities of the Ukrainian National lower level of voluntary compliance than ization of the questions to be contained Association. They founded and coordinated with the short form. While some mem- in the forms. After providing Congress youth groups and athletic activities bers of Congress have even suggested with its proposals by April 1, the bureau throughout eastern Pennsylvania. eliminating the long form, others have will receive direction from the relevant Eventually their activities became recommended just reducing the number committees. A final determination will national when in 1950 Mr. Herman was of questions. then be made and must be provided to elected supreme secretary of the associa- In an effort to demonstrate congres- the Congress by April 1, 1998. tion. He died in 1957. sional support for the ancestry question, Ms. Riche also pointed out that ethnic Mrs. Herman was elected supreme vice- on March 5, Rep. Constance Morella (R- communities and organizations will be presidentess of the Ukrainian National Md.) introduced a resolution (H.Con.Res. vital in the outreach program planned for Association and held this position for two 38) urging the secretary of commerce to the millennial head count. Compliance terms, 1958-1962 and 1962-1966. retain the ancestry question in the 2000 with the census is critical for a successful Mrs. Herman was an avid reader and in Census. Co-sponsoring the resolution are count of the American population, her elderly years she pursued this hobby in Reps. John Baldacci (D-Maine), John required by the Constitution. She com- her Jersey City apartment which over- Conyers (D-Mich.), John Dingell (D- mitted to working closely with ethnic looked the Statue of Liberty and what she Mich.), Barney Frank (D-Mass.), organizations on a variety of issues lead- called “my Brooklyn.” In 1993 she came to Anne Herman in a photo from her days Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.), Chris John ing up to the census. the Cleveland area to be with a daughter, as a UNA officer. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1997 No. 11 Three oblasts... U.S. visa extension denied to family of child of Chornobyl (Continued from page 1) by Irene Jarosewich that transported the nearly 42 tons of pre- cious cargo were U.S. Ambassador to NEWARK, N.J. — Vova Malofienko, Ukraine William Green Miller, Ukraine’s a 12-year-old boy who has been in the Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr United States for several years receiving Khandogy and National Deputy treatment for leukemia, will have to return Yavorivsky, along with representatives to Chernihiv, Ukraine, on April 10 with from hospitals. his parents, unless the family is granted an Monsanto and the CCRF joined forces emergency extension of their visas. Sen. last April to form the initiative, which is Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, the state dedicated to improving prenatal care for where Vova now lives, is seeking an pregnant women and to dramatically extension of the departure date based on reduce the rate of infant mortality in three humanitarian grounds. of Ukraine’s most heavily industrialized The Malofienko family’s struggle and polluted areas. Monsanto’s grant of with the visa extension began last year. $650,000 helped purchase a full neonatal Though Tetley Tea Co. of Tenafly, N.J., intensive care unit for Dnipropetrovsk has agreed to sponsor Vova’s father for a Oblast Children’s Hospital No. 3. It work permit, both the Department of includes incubators, respirators, pulse Labor and the Immigration and oximeters, cardiac monitors, hyper-alimen- Naturalization Service have turned down tation solutions for the dispensation of the family’s requests and appeals for nutrients for infants. extensions. Also on the plane was a similar unit for According to information provided Chernihiv, as well as antibiotics and medi- by Vova’s teachers and classmates, cines. As Alex Kuzma, CCRF director of who are lobbying on his behalf, much development, put it, “Everything but the of the delay and the denials in the kitchen sink is on board.” process of requesting an extension are The Monsanto-CCRF initiative also the result of the passage last year of a will fund the training of Ukrainian obste- new immigration law that makes it dif- tricians and gynecologists. The first three ficult for non-citizens to remain in the doctors from Ukraine are scheduled to U.S. arrive in April for six weeks of training Vova arrived in the United States in with the St. Barnabas Medical System in 1990, with a group of children who suf- New Jersey. fered severe health consequences as a Monsanto produces fertilizers and other result of the radiation fallout from the agro-products, and recently become explosion at reactor No. 4 of the involved in the agriculture in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine. Chornobyl nuclear power station in April The portion of the $1.7 million cargo 1986. All were diagnosed with terminal destined for Chernihiv was made possible illnesses; Vova’s prognosis was modified largely through donations from parishes to include a chance of survival, providing of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the he remained in the United States and U.S.A., which began a yearlong fund- received treatment with more advanced raising campaign with a banquet to com- medication and procedures than were memorate the 10th anniversary of available in Ukraine. Irene Jarosewich Chornobyl on February 4, 1996, at the Through the efforts of numerous indi- Sen. Frank Lautenberg with Vova Malofienko on the tarmac of Newark Church’s cultural center in South Bound viduals and organizations, as well as in- International Airport during the departure on March 10 of an airlift of medical Brook, N.J. The combined contributions kind and private donations, Vova was aid to Ukraine. resulted in the donation of more than able to stay in the U.S. After four years $258,000 worth of medicine and equip- of painful and complicated treatment, he According to Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky, an almost certain death. ment, which included a neo-natal inten- beat the odds and went into remission. president of the Children of Chornobyl Vova is a very poised young man with sive care unit for the Chernihiv He remains in remission, but continues to Relief Fund (CCRF), children are most a child’s genuine smile. All those who Children’s Hospital, along with medicine be tested and monitored. vulnerable to the effects of a radioac- meet Vova love him. Sen. Lautenberg has and antibiotics for other hospitals. While undergoing treatment, Vova tive explosion such as the one at called him “extraordinary” and Sen. Mr. Kuzma of the CCRF said the air- began elementary school, learned Chornobyl because all the systems in Torricelli has called him “courageous.” lift had been delayed for several months. English, and now is an honors student their bodies are developing rapidly and Last year, more than 100 of Vova’s It had been scheduled originally for at Millburn Middle School in New abnormalities also appear sooner. schoolmates traveled to New Jersey’s November 1996, but problems first arose Jersey. Last year, at the invitation of In Ukraine and Belarus, hardest hit state capital, Trenton, to show their sup- in obtaining a plane and then in dealing First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, by Chornobyl’s fallout, boys and girls, port for the extension of Vova’s visa. with a Ukrainian tax on humanitarian aid Vova spoke at the White House cere- who like Vova were toddlers at the time Vova’s classmate from school has written (which has since been suspended). mony commemorating the 10th of the explosion, will soon be entering a an appeal in which he asks to be allowed In the past, the CCRF has used anniversary of the Chornobyl tragedy. period of tremendous growth and hor- “to know Vova, my best friend, for the Ukrainian and U.S. aircraft to transport its Vova Malofienko was a toddler in the monal changes: adolescence. Children rest of my life.” cargo, including the world’s largest cargo spring of 1986 when a reactor at the who are already diagnosed with Vova’s parents, school and community plane, the Ukrainian Mria. “[This time] the Chornobyl nuclear power station explod- leukemia and other cancers need careful continue to appeal. On March 13 at 11 plane was the real hitch,” said Mr. Kuzma. ed 35 miles away from his home in monitoring during this period. a.m. a bipartisan coalition led by New “For unknown reasons there was a delay. Chernihiv. The policy of the Soviet gov- “Vova may be in remission,” according to Jersey State Assemblymen Kevin We still don’t know why. Ambassador [to ernment at the time was to not warn the Alex Kuzma, director of development for O’Toole and Joel Weingarten held a press the United Nations] Anatolii Zlenko had public about the accident, or advise how CCRF, “but he is still a sick child. He is in conference in Trenton, where they called taken personal responsibility, as well as the citizens could best protect themselves remission from leukemia, a disease that upon federal officials to stop the impend- Foreign Affairs Ministry, and then finally against potential consequences. Late requires sophisticated monitoring, and in the ing deportation of Vova and his parents. President Kuchma got involved.” April that year was warm and Vova, event of recurrence, complicated treatment, Laura Mardyks, the vice-principal of The second problem was a decision by according to his mother, Olha, “was a which is not available in many countries in Millburn Middle School who has led a the Verkhovna Rada in December 1996 to very active child who did not want to the world. We may not be able to help all the non-stop effort to prevent the deporta- impose a tax on all humanitarian aid that remain indoors.” Vova’s parents, children in the world who need help, but if tion of Vova and his parents, asks that would enter Ukraine. The idea was to stop unaware of any danger, allowed him to we have the opportunity to save a life and letters supporting the extension of businesses from bringing in goods by play outdoors from dawn to dusk. then turn our back on this opportunity, then Vova’s visa be sent to: Doris Meissner, claiming them as tax-free humanitarian Vova’s home was located in what is this would be cowardice.” Commissioner, Immigration and aid. However, the Verkhovna Rada did not now designated as Zone 2, less than 20 For those who have been working with Naturalization Service, 425 I St. NW, foresee that this decision would provoke miles from the border of Zone 1 (the the Malofienko family for the past several Washington, DC 20536; Sen. Frank such a widespread cry of protest from “Dead Zone” — 18 miles in radius), an years, the entire process has evoked out- Lautenberg, U.S. Senate, Washington, legitimate humanitarian aid providers and area around the reactor that was com- rage and disbelief that the obstinacy of the DC 20510; fax, (202) 224-8567; and the tax was suspended last month. pletely evacuated due to high levels of U.S. government bureaucracy puts at Sen. Robert Torricelli, U.S. Senate, “The law did not change the way we did radiation. The Chernihiv area, along with grave risk the life of a child who has Washington, DC 20510; fax, (202) 224- things,” explained Mr. Kuzma. The CCRF other areas in Zone 2, have seen a shown remarkable courage and beat 9707; Secretary of State Madeleine K. received assurance s from the U.S. State marked increase in infant mortality, incredible odds. Medical experts from the Albright, 2201 C St. NW, Washington, Department office of Ambassador Richard immuno-deficiency disorders, as well as U.S. and Ukraine agree that at present DC 20520; and, via e-mail, to First Morningstar that it would be able to deliver endocrinological, hematological and Vova needs the type of close monitoring, Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at its medical aid. “We knew that we would oncological diseases among children, testing, and in the very real possibility of a [email protected]. Vova may eventually get the cargo in. We just wanted adolescents and young adults in the 10 relapse, treatment that would not be avail- be contacted via the homepage at to get it here as quickly as possible to give a years since the explosion. able to him in Ukraine. The alternative is http://schools.millburn.org/vova. moral uplift to the communities and the doctors,” said Mr. Kuzma. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1997 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Young UNA ers The UNA and you Considering getting a mortgage? by Stephan Welhasch It’s not every day that one considers getting a mortgage. Shopping for a mort- gage can be a very confusing and frustrating experience, but it doesn’t have to be. What should one watch out for? Which loan is better, a fixed- or an adjustable- rate mortgage? Is a short-term necessarily better than a long-term loan? These are just a few of the questions that smart shoppers are asking themselves. “I’ve seen newspaper ads for home mortgage loans that feature unbelievably low rates. Can it be true, or is there a catch somewhere?” one shopper queried. The answer, simply put, is that the advertisements he saw were probably for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). True, ARMs are at a very low level. The terms are for shorter periods of time. Six months, one year, two, three, five and even seven years. “Where will it end?” you may ask yourself. Each ARM is different; the rate can be adjusted different- ly after one year, with caps that vary, which means the monthly payment could go up or down, depending on how the market moves. Various ARMs may also charge points (1 percent of the mortgage loan = 1 point) at the time of closing. ARMs make your future payments uncertain. There are ARMs that put a ceiling on your payment increase or rate increase from one period to the next. Practically all have a ceiling on how high the interest rate can increase over the life of the loan. How do you know if an ARM loan is right for you? Well, it depends on your financial situation and the terms of the loan. Remember, ARMs are risky when Madeline M. Shewchuk, daughter of Nicholas Roman Szklar, son of Bohdan rates begin to rise. Myron and Denise Shewchuk, is a new and Susan Szklar, is a new member of How do you compare ARMs with fixed-rate mortgages? You need to consider member of UNA Branch 379 in UNA Branch 888 in Etobicoke, Ontario. the maximum amount your monthly payment could increase. You also need to Chicago. She was enrolled by her father, He was enrolled by his grandparents compare what might happen to your payments with your ability to pay. Myron Shewchuk. Claudia and Roman Szklar. If you’re planning on moving within two to three years, then an ARM loan is preferable, because your monthly payments are at their lowest. When you know that you’re planning to stay in your home for more than five years, a fixed-rate mortgage loan is probably the better choice. When interest rates are low, as is now the case, many more people opt for the low fixed-rate option. For more detailed information concerning fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mort- gage loans, call the Ukrainian National Association. The UNA is always ready to help its members determine what kind of mortgage loan best suits their needs. Members can enjoy peace of mind in knowing they’re getting the best possible mortgage loan value available. To find out more about the UNA’s First Mortgage Program, refinancing your home or becoming a member, call 1 (800) 253-9862.

Stephan Welhasch is investment manager at the UNA Home Office.

Financial corner What is an annuity? by Joe Binczak remainder of the income up to the full 10-year period. The life-certain option Annuities are contracts between a life will pay less per month (than the life insurance company and an annuitant ( t h e only option) to the annuitant while Jessica Lynn and Mark P. Winkelspecht, children of Paul and Linda Winkelspecht, persons who receives an annuity). he/she is alive versus since a “built-in” are new members of UNA Branch 137 in Easton, Pa. They were enrolled by their Annuities were first thought of as income- refund is guaranteed to the surviving grandparents Raymond and Rose Sokalsky. producing policies. People purchased an beneficiary. annuity with the “promise” that they would Other options such as “joint and sur- receive a monthly income at retirement. vivor,” “life with refund” and “structured Wow! UNA membership does have its bene- The monthly income would be determined payouts” also are available with most by the age of the annuitant, the income annuities. However, they are used only in option elected at time of payout and the unique circumstances best suited for a Please send me more information on: ❏ Vacations at Soyuzivka current interest rate being credited. specific design. The transaction of electing a payout Today’s annuities offer more than just ❏ ❏ Summer camps at Soyuzivka Life insurance plans option is known as annuitization. Once an income option at retirement. The ❏ Annuities/IRAs and pension plans ❏ Svoboda Bookstore the annuitants elect to “annuitize” their biggest advantage of annuities is their annuity, they essentially enter into a life- ❏ Mortgages ❏ Association of UNA Seniors tax-deferred growth, no-load features and time contract with the insurance compa- the security of fixed-rate interest, as well ❏ Svoboda ❏ Scholarship awards ny for receiving income from their annu- as the ability to withdraw funds before ❏ The Ukrainian Weekly ❏ Teachers of English for Ukraine ity. Since everyone has different finan- retirement if a emergency arises. cial needs, insurance companies offer Today’s annuities also can offer the various income options to choose from convenience of letting your money grow Please send information to: when considering annuitization. The first even after retirement and passing the option is a “life only” option. This will money on to a beneficiary without the Name: ______pay out the highest income per month for expense of probate. the life of the annuitant only. This option So, as you can see, a simple contract Address: ______is selected if the annuitant does not have between the UNA and you can provide any dependents who would require an more than a competitive interest rate and C i t y :______S t a t e : _ _ _ _ Z i p : ______income or has no family to whom to income for retirement, it can guarantee leave the estate. your family will receive money without Phone number: ______The second option is a “life-certain” expensive probate costs. option. Life-certain options apply to For further information, call the UNA Clip out and mail to: couples who are dependent on each Home Office: 1 (800) 253-9862. other’s income to live. This option will Ukrainian National Association pay monthly income for the lifetime of 30 Montgomery St. the annuitant. If the annuitant dies before Joe Binczak is manager of sales and Jersey City, NJ 0 7 3 0 2 . a specified time period, say within 10 marketing for the Ukrainian National years, the beneficiary would receive the Association. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1997 No. 11

FOR THE RECORD TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY Helsinki Commission letter cautions Stand firm, Mr. Pre s i d e n t Two weeks ago in this space, we warned that Russia is doing everything possible Clinton on summit with Ye l t s i n to halt, or at least stall, NATO enlargement — something that the rest of the world Following is the text of a March 12 let - dence, given decades of brutal domination already had considered inevitable. Now, one week before the Helsinki summit meet- ter to President Bill Clinton written by and suppression by Moscow. Such appre- ing between the presidents of the United States and Russia, things are heating up Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, chairman, and Rep. hension can only be heightened by the cur- regarding the issue of NATO expansion. It now seems that Russia sees it cannot Christopher Smith, co-chairman, of the rent leadership crisis in the Kremlin and delay the alliance’s expansion. So, it is focusing its efforts on getting as much out of Commission on Security and Cooperation neo-imperialist statements made by certain the deal as possible. That means setting certain limits to NATO’s growth. in Europe (Helsinki Commission). prominent Russian political figures. Writing in The Washington Post, Jim Hoagland notes that, according to Russian Foreign Minister Yevgenii Moscow, there are a series of “red lines” that must not be crossed. Among Dear Mr. President: Primakov, a key interlocutor on NATO them are these: After the first tier of members is admitted, there must be a issues, has been one of the chief propo- moratorium of 10 years before any other Central European state is considered In anticipation of your upcoming sum- mit meeting with Russian Federation nents of the re-establishment of a Russian for membership. No former Soviet republic or Baltic state must ever be consid- sphere of influence in the newly indepen- ered for NATO membership. Nuclear weapons or permanently based foreign President Boris Yeltsin, we urge you to consider several issues as you prepare for dent states of the former Soviet Union. forces cannot be stationed in new member-states. Mr. President, while we cannot ignore Because of Russia’s maneuvering, there is concern that President Bill Clinton these important discussions. Your travels to the Finnish capital are a reminder of legitimate Russian security concerns as may give away too much to his old friend Boris, President Yeltsin, that is. NATO proceeds with the admission of new (Foreign Affairs Minister Yevgenii Primakov is due in Washington on March the monumental changes that have occurred in Europe since the 1975 sign- states, neither can we allow Moscow to dic- 15-17 for preliminary talks, and then it’s on to Helsinki for the real thing on tate the terms of enlargement or which March 20-21.) That is why the Helsinki Commission’s chairman and co-chair- ing of the Helsinki Final Act as well as the continuing challenges in building a states might be admitted. While the United man, respectively, Sen. Alfonse D’Amato and Rep. Christopher Smith, on States should continue to encourage cooper- truly united and democratic Europe. March 12 penned a letter to the president — a letter whose contents we applaud. ation among countries in the Baltic region, While we strongly support the timely They write: “... we remain concerned that reason and realism be exercised in it is important to keep in mind that such enlargement of NATO as part of this efforts undertaken by the administration to forge ahead with some form of formal cooperation cannot preclude NATO mem- process, we remain concerned that reason partnership between Russia and NATO.” bership for Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania. and realism be exercised in efforts under- “... We cannot ignore the historical relationship between Russia and her Talks on a possible formal charter taken by the administration to forge ahead neighbors, many of whom have understandable concerns for their sovereignty between NATO and Russia should clearly with some form of formal partnership and independence, given decades of brutal domination and suppression by address the following points. First, the between Russia and NATO. The killing Moscow. Such apprehension can only be heightened by the current leadership Russian Federation must not be given a fields of Chechnya should serve as a stark crisis in the Kremlin and neo-imperialist statements made by certain prominent veto, or implied veto, over the timing or reminder of the limits on democracy and Russian political figures.” conditions for the admission of new mem- human rights in Russia. President Yeltsin is Acknowledging that “we cannot ignore legitimate Russian security concerns bers into the alliance. Second, such an ultimately responsible for the Russian mili- as NATO proceeds with the admission of new states,” they note, “neither can accord must firmly oppose any moves by we allow Moscow to dictate the terms of enlargement or which states might be tary operations that laid waste to Grozny, Moscow to establish “spheres of influence” admitted.” A charter between NATO and Russia, Sen. D’Amato and Rep. leveled scores of towns and villages, led to in East/Central Europe. Third, the charter Smith emphasize, must address the following: “First, the Russian Federation the displacement of hundreds of thousands must in no way impede the development of must not be given a veto, or implied veto, over the timing or conditions for the of Chechen and Russian civilians, and enhanced relations between NATO and admission of new members into the alliance. Second, such an accord must resulted in tens of thousands of deaths. non-members, such as Ukraine. firmly oppose any moves by Moscow to establish ‘spheres of influence’ in The single greatest contribution Russia With Ukraine in mind, we wish to East/Central Europe. Third, the charter must in no way impede the develop- can make to the construction of an inte- express our growing concern over a series ment of enhanced relations between NATO and non-members, such as grated and democratic Europe would be of disturbing Russian actions relating to the Ukraine.” (Significantly, the Helsinki Commission leaders also asked President to consolidate democracy, human rights Ukrainian port of Sevastopol. Challenges to Clinton to “underscore unwavering U.S. support or Ukraine’s sovereignty and and rule of law at home. Ukrainian sovereignty over Sevastopol con- territorial integrity within internationally recognized borders.”) We cannot ignore the historical relation- tinue despite the 1995 agreement signed by The Helsinki Commission’s position coincides with that of Ukraine, articu- ship between Russia and her neighbors, the presidents of Ukraine and Russia on the lated recently by Foreign Affairs Minister Hennadii Udovenko. He expressed many of whom have understandable con- concern about NATO developing ties with Russia at Ukraine’s expense, and cerns for their sovereignty and indepen- (Continued on page 10) worried aloud that a NATO-Russia agreement would lead to a new division into spheres of influence in Europe, with Russia being allowed to dominate its desig- nated sphere in exchange for its acceptance of new members into the alliance. U d o v e n k o - A l b r i g h t . . . expressed their satisfaction with the The message that we ask Bill Clinton to send to Moscow is simple: Russia progress made thus far. Mr. Segal pointed will not be given a virtual veto over NATO activity, and in today’s new world (Continued from page 1) out that Washington had accepted the order there is no room for division of Europe into spheres of influence. In a number of problems still persists.” responsibility in Brussels for advising and Helsinki, Mr. President, you must stand firm on these two principles. Ukraine is on record as not opposing assisting Ukraine in the NATO-Ukraine NATO expansion. Russia, on the other charter negotiating process. hand, strongly opposes its expansion and Mr. Udovenko said he underscored the has reportedly set a number of conditions if importance of raising the U.S. relationship it is to accept NATO’s eastward expansion, with Ukraine to that of a “strategic partner- M a rc h among them, a 10-year moratorium on ship” – a point made a number of times by expansion following the acceptance of its Secretary Albright during the 90-minute TurningTurning the pagespages back...back... first group of members, and the inadmissi- meeting. He added that the two sides 22 bility into NATO of any former Soviet “should now work out the specifics of this republic (e.g. Ukraine) or the Baltic states. strategic partnership.” (Mr. Udovenko made a similar observation in Washington 1777 This year marks the 220th anniversary of the tragic passing These issues will no doubt be discussed during Mr. Primakov’s visit to Washington last October, when he met with then- of a man who will remain among Ukraine’s pantheon of musi- Secretary of State Warren Christopher.) cians and composers. on March 15-17, and a few days later dur- ing the Clinton-Yeltsin summit meeting on To that end, Mr. Udovenko said, he and Born on October 16, 1745, in Hlukhiv (about 350 miles northeast of Kyiv), March 20 in Helsinki. Secretary Albright agreed that a group of Maksym Berezovsky studied at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and sang in the Russian Jack Segal, the director of the State U.S. government experts would visit imperial court choir in St. Petersburg, where he also studied composition. Department’s Office of Ukrainian, Ukraine before the end of March to work From 1759 to 1760 Berezovsky performed as a soloist with an Italian opera compa- Belarusian and Moldovan affairs, in an on these points. In addition to the Ukraine- ny in Oranienbaum near the capital. Five years later he was accepted for study under interview following the Udovenko-Albright NATO charter, Mr. Udovenko said he and Giovanni Martini in Bologna, Italy, and in 1771 gained the title of “maestro di musi- meeting stressed that the NATO-Ukraine the secretary of state had discussed a variety ca.” He also became a member of the Bologna Philharmonic Academy. process is not dependent or linked to of issues, including the work of the While in Italy, he composed the opera “Demofonte,” performed in Leghorn in progress on the NATO-Russia agreement. Kuchma-Gore Commission and the need 1773. Other works from that period included a sonata for violin and harpsichord, as The United States hopes that the Russia- for more high-level official contacts. He well as a series of sacred works (12 concertos and a full cycle of liturgical chants), of NATO talks will advance, he said, but its said he was satisfied with the meeting. which only a few have been preserved. advancement is not essential to the success “A number of issues were not resolved, However, he secured his immortality by way of his most outstanding works — liturgical of NATO’s relations with Ukraine. but we identified the problem areas that music for “Otche Nash” (The Lord’s Prayer), “Viruiu” (Credo), the concerto “Ne Otverzy The Clinton administration’s position is need our further attention,” he added. Mr. Mene Vo Vremia Starosty,” (Forsake Me Not in Old Age) and four communion hymns, that no non-NATO country has the right to Udovenko acknowledged that Ukraine is “Chashu Spasennia” (Chalice of Salvation), “V Pamiat Vichnuiu” (In Eternal Memory), veto Ukraine’s relationship with NATO, encountering problems in building its rela- “Tvoriai Anhely Svoia” (Let the Angels Create) and “Vo Vsiu Zemliu” (Over all the Mr. Segal said, adding that the administra- tionships with NATO and the West. “There Earth). All draw on Ukrainian folk songs and the tradition of Kyivan church singing. tion is not aware of any NATO member are problems on all issues,” he said. He is known as the first representative of the early classical style in Ukrainian music. that has any intention of doing so. The “Ukraine is trying to establish itself, but it Two years after his return to St. Petersburg in 1775, the illustrious composer was State Department official said the United has not been easy for Ukraine to establish enmeshed in court intrigues. He committed suicide on March 22, 1777. States supports the rapid development of itself as an independent nation.” Source: “Berezovsky, Maksym,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 1 (Toronto: University of Ukraine’s relationship with NATO and that “But we’re persevering,” he added, “and Toronto Press, 1984). both the United States and Ukraine have that’s why we conduct these negotiations.” No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1997 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

against former members of the Communist Nomenklatura Party of the Soviet Union to hold any lead- by Myron B. Kuropas ing positions. But this law will not pass and corruption through the Verkhovna Rada, the supreme Dear Editor: legislative power in Ukraine, for 99 per- cent of it consists of the nomenklatura. The During any discussion about the same can be said of the executive and judi- She lives in our hearts: a love story United States providing aid to the newly cial branches of power. independent states and, especially, to Future generations are the only hope When I was researching my history of award-winning daily radio program, “The Ukraine, the matter at hand is “Ukraine’s for Ukraine. But this will take time – a Ukrainian America, I learned many things Woman’s Page,” for 14 years. Over the growing level of corruption.” minimum of 20 years. about the people who built our community. years they interviewed celebrities such as Corruption in Ukraine and any other for- Some individuals were villains. Many George Burns, Dorothy Lamour, Maurice mer Soviet republic is a fact. But a “grow- Volodymyr Ivanenko more were heroes, people able to accom- Chevalier and Pat Nixon. ing level of corruption” – such a conclusion Silver Spring, Md. plish extraordinary tasks consistently and Tragedy struck the Lapicas when Helen courageously. contracted cancer and died on March 9, can only be made by people who cannot The writer is president of Volodymyr’s see the forest for the trees – or are unfamil- Among my heroes was the late Walter 1989, a few months shy of their 50th wed- Institute, a research, training and pro - Dushnyck. While still a young man, he ding anniversary. Ray was devastated. iar with the internal affairs of Ukraine or duction corporation specializing in any other former Soviet republic. became active in the Organization for the “When you lose a loved one who’s been Ukraine, Eastern Europe and the new Rebirth of Ukraine (ODWU), established your devoted companion and the most Corruption was the cement of Soviet independent states. society, and its roots go back to the tradi- at the request of Col. Yevhen important person in your life for half a cen- tional framework of state power in the Konovalets, head of the Organization of tury, the light goes out,” he recently wrote. Faces and PlacesUnable to ever forget his beloved Helen, Russian empire. Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). During Ray established the Helen Sherban Lapica Corruption in Ukraine cannot grow Column reflects the 1930s, ODWU was labeled a “fas- Education Fund. In 1994-1995, the fund any further. Where else can it grow if cist” organization by the Popular Front awarded $30,000 to Ukrainian students this phenomenon has already infiltrated Kyiv situation only and the United Ukrainian Toilers working for higher degrees. everything in society? Organization (both of which were con- Dear Editor: Recently, Ray Lapica published a tribute Corruption is now undergoing the trolled by Communists), the Ukrainian to Helen Lapica titled “She Lives in Our process of self-renovation. I have always enjoyed reading Marta Workingmen’s Association and the Anti- Hearts.” Written in both Ukrainian and Corruption in Ukraine is a product of Kolomayets’ “Journalist’s Notebook Defamation League of B’nai B’rith. Forced to respond to the unfounded English, the publication contains Helen’s another phenomenon, known as the from Ukraine.” I was happy to read that attacks once America went to war, the FBI biographical sketch, eulogies, poems, paint- nomenklatura. Corruption is just a tree, despite taking on a new job in Kyiv, she investigated ODWU and the UNA – which ings, letters and musings. For me, the most nomenklatura – the forest. Where the would still write occasionally for The at the time boasted a Supreme Assembly soul-stirring writing was from Ray himself. nomenklatura exists, there is uncon- Ukrainian Weekly. I loved her descrip- dominated by ODWU members. Both On December 13, 1995, Helen’s birthday, trolled corruption, too. The nomenklatu- tive writing; her graphic journalistic tal- organizations were exonerated in 1943, fol- he penned “A Letter to an Angel.” Among ra without corruption is impossible. ent always created a strong and clear lowing a long and thorough investigation. the many poignant comments in this Corruption without the nomenklatura, mental picture of any of the events, situ- While the defamation campaign was in lengthy letter were the following: “When however, can be controlled. ations and/or conditions that she had progress, many ODWU members, alarmed you passed away, we struggled to find the The nomenklatura was created by chosen to elaborate. She seemed to have by Communist and ADL demands that they words that captured your essence. Three Communists as a deep-rooted system of a knack for defining the heart, body, be deported to Soviet Ukraine, resigned in things came to mind over and over and over selection, education, reservation and mind and soul of anything she wrote. again. They were your love of music, the Having been to Ukraine and correspond- fear. Others, however, remained and began arrangement of personnel for every to fight back. Among them was Walter bonds of home and family, and your spirit sphere of the state’s life, from the very ed with many friends and family mem- of adventure ... Now, six years later, I still bers from many sectors of Ukraine, I Dushnyck, who edited both the Ukrainian- top executives to the lowest level of team language newspaper Ukraine, and The can’t comprehend it all, the meaning of found Ms. Kolomayets’ accounts to be leaders. This procedure of formation, this Trident, an English-language journal. At a your sweet life, how blessed I was to be right on target. system of seniority, in essence, initiated time when “Joe” Stalin was deified in the given you for half a century, how I so fre- organized criminality. Historically, this However, I would like to point out a United States as a great “democrat” – and quently abused you, not physically or even can be explained: the Bolsheviks, before small unsettling error in the February 9 one risked being called a traitor for criticiz- verbally, but by ignoring you in preference they came to power, for many years article “Holiday time in Ukraine.” The ing an American ally – Walter Dushnyck to my personal activities: the law, golf, ski- functioned in the underground and were headline should have read “Holiday time was writing scathing editorials and letters to ing, painting, the violin, reading, especially considered to be state criminals in the in Kyiv.” Ms. Kolomayets’ reference to various American newspapers, exposing writing ... How I would like to take those Russian empire. While in the criminal “Ukrainians” in her succinct overview Soviet intentions in Eastern Europe. moments back and spend them with you. underground, they developed a rigid would have been given more accurately Another of my nationalist heroes was How I miss you. How I want you back.” hierarchical structure that continued after as “Kyivans.” Granted, the situation in a young man named Roman Lapica. Mr. The letter ended with a quotation from the revolution; that is why later the state most Ukrainian large cities may be simi- Lapica headed up the Ukrainian Press “Forest Song,” a play by Lesia Ukrainka. power of the Soviet Union was always in lar to Kyiv, but to generalize Kyiv to all Bureau in New York City and was a fre- I live! coalescence with its criminal under- of Ukraine may not be wholly accurate – quent contributor to The Trident. When I shall always live, world. just as reporting about Ukrainians in the Dies Committee, a congressional For in my heart burns a flame The disintegration of the Soviet Rochester may not hold true of body established to investigate subver- That will never die! Union, the struggle for independence Ukrainians in New York City. sion, heard testimony alleging ODWU I never had the good fortune to meet from Russia, democratization processes, Personally, I know of the accuracy of and UNA involvement with the Nazis, Helen Lapica, nor Ray for that matter, but and the free market economy did not the “Ukrainian” mindset she describes Messrs. Lapica and Dushnyck penned a he will always remain a hero in my eyes. A change the nature of the nomenklatura and of the general holiday phenomenon 132-page affidavit rebutting all of the courageous Ukrainian nationalist in his that remained in power in the newly about which she writes, but to share the allegations and demanding an invitation youth, a successful professional in a tough independent states. There are no excep- article with non-Ukrainian friends here at to testify. No invitation came. Later, Mr. field of endeavor, a sportsman, an artist, tions – even in such countries as home paints a picture of all of Ukraine Lapica served as president of the Young writer and businessman. He is an American Lithuania or Estonia, because the that may not be a true one. Ukrainian Nationalists (MUN). Renaissance man who never turned his nomenklatura was the only professional- I often wondered what became of back on his Ukrainian roots. Even today, he ly trained force that governed “the vast Nancy H. Melnyk Roman Lapica after the war, and recently I visits Ukraine, lectures at Ukrainian univer- masses of the working people.” Rochester, N.Y. found out. In 1939, then a reporter for sities and helps Ukrainian students rise One part of the nomenklatura United Press, he married Helen Sherban, a above the despair that currently grips many remained faithful to its old ideas, another Ukrainian Canadian from Saskatchewan youth in Ukraine. Every student who sharply turned to new symbols. But the Thanks for series studying voice in New York City. In 1938 receives a scholarship from the Helen rest – the majority – just changed the Helen, an accomplished musical performer, Sherban Lapica Education Fund must sign a color of their flag and the contents of on military terms had co-starred in “Marusia,” the first pledge consisting of 10 points. The last two their slogans. Ukrainian-language film made in the points read: “I shall not lose hope, nor shall Adaptability is the main characteristic Dear Editor: United States. Roman and Helen lived for a I sink into despondency, for that would be my worst enemy; I believe in the strength of of the nomenklatura. This helps the You are to be commended for includ- time in New York, where their two chil- Ukraine, in its rebirth and its bright future.” nomenklatura change its outward appear- ing in The Ukrainian Weekly (February dren, Ronnie Joy and Larry, were born. ance, while retaining the immutability of In 1954 the Lapica family moved to Ray Lapica’s most significant accom- 16 and 22) the series by Col. Stephen D. plishment, however, is his success as a its essence. Olynyk, titled “The Status of Ukrainian California, where they established two radio That is why, even in the regions where stations, KACE-AM and FM, now KPRO- loving and devoted husband, father and Military Terminology.” family man. If he achieved nothing else free elections brought to power new The series is well-written and well- AM and KWDJ-FM. Roman, now Ray forces, the nature, character and methods Lapica, went off to law school, graduating in his productive life, that would stand as annotated. Obviously, Col. Olynyk knows a monument to his manhood. of governing remain invariable – as if of what he writes. His characterizations of from the University of Southern California still under the Soviets. Law School in 1966. Ray never stopped At a time when Ukrainian young men military events down through the centuries are looking for models to emulate, Ray The nomenklatura keeps a tight hold bring to life otherwise unknown aspects of writing, however. He has published poems on the Ukrainian nation, and in the near and recently completed “Underground,” a Lapica stands head and shoulders above Ukrainian military history. many, many others. future there is no reason to hope for Please continue this type of coverage. 1,135-page novel about the Ukrainian resis- improvement of the social environment. tance movement. Helen, meanwhile, man- The proper way to get out from under Paul J. Kritsky aged the radio stations with her sister Ollie Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: corruption should be the legal prohibition Vienna, Va. Sherban. The two of them broadcast an [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1997 No. 11 Inaugural issue of “magazine of Ukrainian things” hits North America by Marta Dyczok Olena Hankiwska’s article comments that, “We have songs which celebrate spousal and family abuse yet furi- TORONTO – Zdorov!, The Magazine of Ukrainian ously deny that the problem exists.” It goes on to suggest Things, has hit North America. Published in Toronto, that an 250,000 Ukrainian Canadian women are likely to the quarterly hopes to attract readers who consider have suffered some form of physical or sexual violence. themselves Ukrainian in some way, but are not reading One woman called to complain before the magazine the press that is already out there. even appeared in print. Mr. Diakunchak had distributed Targeting 24- to 50-year-olds, Zdorov! is introducing promotional brochures outside her church in Florida, a non-traditional approach to Ukrainian journalism. “We and a scant week later she woke up one of the editors will give you a novel, contemporary look at the Ukrainian community in North America,” write Yuriy early on a Saturday morning to say that Ukrainians were Diakunchak and Nestor Gula in their first editorial. not alcoholics and that an article on “samohon” (moon- Appropriately, one of the magazine’s launches in shine) had no place in a Ukrainian publication. When Toronto was organized by the local chapter of the asked to identify herself she suddenly remembered some Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Federation. very pressing matters and hung up. It was held on December 19, 1996, in a suburban loca- Ukrainian Canadian writer Myrna Kostash of Edmonton tion of the Ukrainian-owned Future Cafe. Catering to the introduces the back page opinion piece, “Final Phrases.” In technologically oriented readership, the editors have made an amusing description of the Ukrainian community’s com- Zdorov! subscriptions available on the Internet. ing of age in the perceptions of the “Anglo-American- These two young Canadians know about things Saxon-Celtic country club,” she describes a Canadian Ukrainian and journalism, and come to their new roles as Heritage Moment (part of a series of government-sponsored editors with impressive credentials. Both are graduates of micro-documentaries/ads) that depicts Ukrainian farmers the Toronto-based Ryerson Polytechnical Institute’s Faculty setting up community health care. Ms. Kostash writes, of Journalism. Mr. Gula was editor of the Canadian student “The message of this little film seemed to be that being poor newspaper Student in 1986-1991, and in 1995 attended the and pious and exotic in our sheepskin coats didn’t stop us highly regarded Banff Publishing Workshop. During his from contributing our fair share to Canadian enterprise.” 1992-1993 sojourn in Ukraine, Mr. Diakunchak worked for With its first issue, Zdorov! has certainly accomplished the Kyiv-based news agency Intelnews. its goal of getting attention. By covering a wide variety of Both have traveled extensively and sought out topics, it has something for everybody – from sports enthu- Cover page of inaugural North American issue of Ukrainian communities in many countries. It was as a siasts to banking types, bookworms, music lovers and travel Zdorov! result of their contact with young Ukrainians in Britain fanatics. It is a bit uneven, however, with some articles (the who had set up a magazine for the upwardly mobile second reviews) sounding like thinly disguised advertisements, oth- Something bothering you? In this issue or in general. generation, also named Zdorov! (first issue, summer 1995), ers containing ageism verging on insult and some down- Write a letter to Zdorov! It’s cheaper than therapy!” that the idea for a North American edition was conceived. right oddities, such as the quiz “How Uke Are You?” A year’s subscription costs $14.99 (Canadian, with Don’t be put off by the provocative cover shot of Watch for the useful tidbits such as Ukrainian web- U.S. dollar equivalent for U.S subscribers) and may be actor Tamara Gorska draped in an embroidered “rush- sites and notice that Kyiv-brewed Obolon Beer is now purchased from: Zdorov!, 12 Lorahill Road, Toronto, nyk.” The magazine tackles serious issues, such as the available in Ontario. Ontario M8Z 3M6; telephone, (416) 239-2280; fax, abuse of women and the silence that continues to sur- Editors Gula and Diakunchak are very responsive to (416) 763-3725. The magazine’s website can be found round this topic in the Ukrainian community. feedback. On page 5 they run their own ad: “Got a gripe? at: http://www.interlog.com/ ngmakhno/zdorov.html THE TORONTO MUSIC SCENE: a fund-raising first for orphans by Yuriy Diakunchak Holym Nebom), Cafe Kyiv/Spookie Ukie to help these projects. It’s a real heart- “There are some original songs which are and Roman Remeynes up on stage promot- warmer,” she said. worth listening to [on the CD.]” TORONTO – On a blustery night in ing a new CD titled “I Am Alive.” The This spring, HUHC will need $400,000 The Ukrainian evenings at The Bop mid-January, I found myself on the upper event, organized by Roman Chwyl, was the to $500,000 to carry out its charitable work, were born when Mr. Klufas realized there dance floor at the Big Bop in downtown official kickoff for the CD, proceeds from which includes a summer camp for 250 to was a need for a “casual watering hole” Toronto waiting for a bunch of local which will go to the Help Us Help the 300 children. At this point HUHC still has where Ukrainians could get together. He Ukrainian bands to come on stage. Children (HUHC). HUHC has been help- $155,000 on its accounts, but the money is approached Mr. Mihaluk, and they worked Standing at the bar, I couldn’t shake the ing children in Ukrainian orphanages since going quickly. Ms. Wrzesnewskyj just on the idea together. feeling that someone in management had 1993. Today the organization services 165 spent $47,000 on infant formula, which she So far, attendance has been lukewarm, lost their marbles, and that a hapless events homes with a total of 30,000 children in got at one-quarter of its retail price, and and only a few evenings since the programmer was about to be ferreted out of U k r a i n e . soon HUHC will be spending another December 26, 1996, inaugural date have his office and hung from the nearest lamp- “The evening was great,” said HUHC $65,000 on medications. generated a fair-sized crowd. The first post by the infuriated club owner. Project Director Ruslana Wrzesnewskyj. “I Am Alive” was put together by Mr. night, the night before “Malanka” (New But no, there they were: Side Two, “I’m just overwhelmed that 20-year-olds Chwyl, a 27-year-old Torontonian, and Mr. Year’s Eve according to the Julian calen- Nove Pokolinni, Solovey, Vapniaky (Pid and students are taking it upon themselves Remeynes, a British-born musician; the two dar) and the CD launch were the three recently founded the Znak Records label. b i g g i e s . Mr. Chwyl acted as the executive pro- “The weather has not been cooperating, ducer of the album, while Taras Blizniuk at so the crowds have been low,” said Mr. Studio Z did a lot of the engineering. Klufas. He said he is happy, however, that Mastering was done by George Graves at a mixed crowd of both recent immigrants the Lacquer Channel studio. Mr. Graves and Canadian-born Ukrainians have been worked on U2’s mega-hit “Joshua Tree.” showing up. The Kontakt executive pro- All but four of the CD’s 17 tracks were set ducer added that the Thursday nights will to tape in a frenetic recording operation that soon feature bands from Ukraine, comedy was effected in October-November 1996. nights and other attractions aimed at big- According to Mr. Chwyl, just over ger audiences. 3,000 CDs were pressed. Fifty were sent to On the night of the January 16 CD Ukraine, 100 were given out in promotions launch, about 150 people showed up – not and 100 or so went to band members. a bad turnout. From the sale of each CD $15 will be “The best thing about the evening was donated to the Children of Chornobyl hearing the songs that the bands donated Canadian Fund, which manages HUHC. to the CD being played live for the first The CD features mostly original music, time,” said Mr. Chwyl. “It was great to in English and Ukrainian, by 13 bands see people’s reactions to the new stuff. and one solo performer from Canada, the People were going ‘cool, let’s hear it.’ ” United Kingdom and the United States. Nove Pokolinnia of Toronto, the first Lucky for Mr. Chwyl, the Big Bop’s band to play, did some pretty standard entertainment manager, Yurko Mihaluk, Ukrainian dance material – although not is currently experimenting with without skill. The audience appeared Ukrainian-themed evenings on Thursday unable to shake off its uncertainty; only nights at the club, sponsored by the one couple ended up on the dance floor. It Kontakt Ukrainian television program. wasn’t the band’s fault. Though most of Yuriy Klufas, executive producer for the bands played well, the floor remained Kontakt, said they got involved because the mostly empty throughout the evening. CD fit in with the program’s youth seg- Things got strange when Toronto’s ment. Kontakt has been the media sponsor Vapniaky (Pid Holym Nebom) took the of HUHC since the group was started. stage. These guys are capable of some very “I think it’s very important that this Cover of the fund-raising CD for young victims of the Chornobyl nuclear accident. kind of CD is being made,” he said. (Continued on page 10) No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1997 9

DATELINE NEW YORK: The story of Oksana Baiul by Helen Smindak

Ukraine’s champion figure skater statement on television, made this Oksana Baiul, whom we have been admir- announcement: “It was a mistake; she ing and cheering for years as the epitome was nervous. She is Ukrainian.” of triumph over adversity and, in a sense, Mr. Korniychuk, speaking by phone a symbol of independent Ukraine, recently from the Consulate General, told me the asserted she was Russian. Baiul family was “definitely” Ukrainian The Olympic gold medal winner, who but Ms. Baiul “doesn’t consider herself represented Ukraine at the 1994 Winter Ukrainian yet.” Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, “She’s a Russian-speaking Ukrainian; made this startling declaration in two she grew up under the Communist public appearances, first on NBC-TV’s regime, and she’s just a kid,” he added in Oprah Winfrey show on February 6, then her defense. at the B. Dalton bookstore on Fifth The final word came from Bohdan Avenue, where she made a personal Yaremenko, the Ukrainian vice-consul in appearance on February 13 to sign copies charge of communications and public of her newly published autobiography relations in New York, who cleared up the “Oksana: My Own Story.” question firmly and decisively when I met In her first public appearance since her with him at the Consulate General a few drunk-driving accident in January (an days later. He told me that Ms. Baiul is a incident that received almost as much Ukrainian citizen of Russian nationality. media publicity as the Nancy Kerrigan- Ms. Baiul, then, was not entirely off Tonya Harding scandal), Ms. Baiul told base when she said she was Russian. But Ms. Winfrey that she had “four or five why come out with a Russian idenfica- Long Island Iced Teas” but was not tion at this point in her career? Perhaps drunk when she went off the road in her she has been influenced by Russian Mercedes-Benz. friends and colleagues (in a press release Shrugging her shoulders, she said “I’m issued at the time of the book signing, a Russian,” apparently alluding to the she said that “a whole group of Russians commonly held belief that Russians can live in the community where I live; we down large quantities of alcohol without have a little Russian village here”). Or adverse effects. (A Long Island Iced Tea perhaps this is part of the recent trend in is a concoction of vodka, gin and rum.) her life to make her own decisions. She told Ms. Winfrey she was “embar- Mr. Korniychuk pointed out that the rassed” by the automobile accident and Olympic gold medalist has been “work- thankful that she didn’t hurt anybody. “I ing under the Ukrainian flag” all along think somebody is over there watching and that her manager has said she will me,” she said, casting her eyes upward. continue to appear “for Ukraine.” He also She had two messages to offer young noted that Ms. Baiul attended a reception people: work hard, because that will for President Leonid Kravchuk in bring you everything you want, and don’t Manhattan in 1994 and “spoke a few drink and drive. words” at a reception last year celebrat- At the book signing at Dalton’s, Ms. ing the fifth anniversary of Ukraine’s Baiul told a fan who spoke to her in independence. Ukrainian that she is Russian; she said According to Mr. Korniychuk, Ms. Cover of Oksana Baiul’s newly released autobiography. she was born in Dnipropetrovsk, and Baiul has both family and business ties to Ukraine; she has a partnership in a beau- insisted she was Russian. (The factory moved to Simsbury, Conn., with her become an important part of her life from ty salon and a radio station in Kyiv. She town of Dnipropetrovsk is actually locat- coach Galina Zmievskaya (Halyna the age of 4, and she found solace at the takes time to go back to visit friends and ed in eastern Ukraine, but the region has Zmievska) and took up professional ice rink in practice sessions and competi- family in Ukraine. become quite Russified.) skating so she could have the freedom to tions, living for a time with her coach The vice-consul contended that the I was among the first to approach her skate diversified numbers rather than Stanislav Korytek and his family and skating star needed time to adjust to her with a copy of the new Random House two routines a year. then with her stepfather. At 14, fate real nationality. “Let Ukraine stand on its publication “Oksana: My Own Story,” Her story begins: “When I was a little smiled on her when she attended an own feet, and she will be happy to say but I did not manage to have a word with girl in Ukraine, Mama asked me if I annual meeting of the Ukrainian Skating she is Ukrainian.” her. As Ms. Baiul finished signing her would skate to the music from her Federation and met Valentine Nicolai, a Like Mr. Korniychuk, Ms. Baiul’s favorite ballet, ‘Swan Lake.’ ” Ms. Baiul name on an inside photo page in a bold friends, her agent and a number of jour- well-known skating coach, who advised decorative script (to which she added the goes on to tell a story “that proves how, her to move to Odesa to train with him nalists and commentators have pointed to with love and hard work, fairy tales real- number 97 and a whimsical “smile” teenage instability as a major problem in and Ms. Zmievska. face), I introduced myself as a reporter ly can come true ...” Living in Odesa in a crowded three- the skater’s life. Jere Longman, com- She never knew her father, since he from The Ukrainian Weekly. menting on Ms. Baiul’s life and career in room apartment with Ms. Zmievska, her Immediately, a Random House public left the family when she was 2 years old. husband, Nicolai, and their daughter a New York Times story, cited a series of She lost both grandparents by the time relations officer returned my book, hand- recent setbacks for the skater – knee and Galya [this is how their names are ed me a press kit and ushered me away she was 10, and her beloved mother died back injuries, a maturing adult body that of cancer when she was 13. Skating had (Continued on page 12) from the celebrity area, explaining, affects her jumping prowess, “dizzying “There’s no time for interviews now; we opportunities” in a new country, and “the have a very long line here.” willfulness and distractions of being a Sporting a short platinum-blonde hair- teenager – all without parental guid- cut, Ms. Baiul appeared poised and con- ance.” He said Ms. Baiul could command fident as she sat between two friends up to $2 million a year in earnings as a (possibly serving as bodyguards) at a top professional skater. large table in a sequestered area of the The New York Times article, head- busy bookstore. lined “From Rags to Riches, Then Although reporters were kept at bay, What?,” related the story of “Oksana press photographers and TV cameramen Baiul of Ukraine, who riveted the figure- were given an opportunity at the begin- skating world with a story of inspira- ning of the session to take close-up shots tional triumph over staggering odds” of the skating star as she signed copies of when she won a gold medal at the 1994 her book and posed for pictures with Winter Olympics. An orphan at 13, win- fans, many of whom brought flowers, ner of the world title at 15 and an greeting cards and stuffed animals. Olympic gold medalist at 16, she took up Attempting to unravel this Ukrainian- residence in the United States just as fig- Russian dilemma, I contacted the ure skating moved into the financial and Consulate General of Ukraine and the athletic stratosphere. Was it all too much William Morris Agency in New York, as too soon, the Times’ writer wondered? well as the International Skating Center Miss Baiul’s book, written before the in Simsbury, Conn., where the skating accident, recounts her life story as told star trains. Vice-Consul Eugene to writer Heather Alexander, a former Korniychuk and Ms. Baiul’s agent, competitive figure skater who has writ- Michael Carlisle, responded with the ten many books for children about skat- same answer: Oksana Baiul is Ukrainian. ing. “Oksana: My Own Story” describes Helen Smindak Oksana Baiul autographs copies of her new book. Mr. Carlisle, referring to his client’s Ms. Baiul’s life up to 1995, when she 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1997 No. 11

Mr. Kostecki also enjoyed hearing Mr. Planning a trip to A fund-raising... Remeynes’ (a.k.a. Roman Revkniv, for- FLOWE R S (Continued from page 8) merly of The Ukrainians) “Otche Nash” for good music. Their first and last self-titled the first time. The song, also on the CD, is UKRAINE? album, released in 1991, was a radical a hymn for the Chornobyl orphans. “The departure from traditional Ukrainian fare. priests will be spinning when they hear that Personalized Unfortunately, that night they seemed to one,” he said. Travel Service at Delivered in Ukraine be making a radical departure from music Despite the glitches, the evening was 1-800-832-1789 itself. To be fair to the band, the sound enjoyable, and kudos must be given to Mr. Reasonable Rates technician was partly to blame. The vocals Chwyl for pulling it all together. “I Am Landmark, Ltd. were inaudible in the first couple of songs, Alive” is the first time in this writer’s expe- while the keyboards and violin were both rience that someone has tried to produce a •VISAS•HOTELS•MEALS• cranked up way too loud. good cross-section of mostly original music •TRANSFERS•GUIDES• On the other hand, you could tell the done by Ukrainian bands in the diaspora. PAINTING • RENOVATION • REPAIRS “There has been a void as far as origi- •AIR TICKETS• INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Vapniaky — whose song “Kokhayu Quality work! Reasonable rates! Quick turnaround! Zhinok Na Pensiyi” (a Ukrainian take on nal music goes. The Ukrainian bands •CARS WITH DRIVERS• Free estimates. No job too small. Neil Young’s “Welfare Mothers Make haven’t been pushing their own stuff. Maryland, Northern Virginia,Washington, D.C. •INTERPRETERS• CALL NOW and get a head start on spring cleaning Better Lovers”) appears on the “I Am This CD is a chance to get the ball •SIGHTSEEING• (301) 329-5601 Alive” CD as “Nannygoatin” — haven’t rolling,” said Mr. Chwyl. been practicing much together lately. Copies of “I Am Alive” can be pur- “It was a good time. It was nice to hear chased at local Ukrainian book or music LANDMARK, LTD the bands,” said Andriy Kostecki from stores for $15.95 plus tax, or directly from GOV’T FORECLOSED homes from pennies the HUHC and its parent organization, the toll free (800) 832-1789 Etobicoke, who was at the event, “but the on $1. Delinquent Tax, Repo’s, REO’s. Vapniaky, what a bunch of freaks. Total Children of Chornobyl Canadian Fund, for DC/MD/VA (703) 941- Ukrainian angst. They were totally aggres- $15. They can be reached at 1557 Bloor St. 6180 Your Area. sive. My buddy wanted to throw a beer W., Toronto, Ontario M6P 1A5; telephone: Toll Free 1-800-218-9000 bottle at them.” (416) 532-2223; fax, (416) 588-2696.

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women with metal bars at an “empty Newsbriefs saucepans march” on the Kyiv City (Continued from page 2) Administration building, international predicted, unforeseen wage increases were agencies reported on March 6. Some 500 being financed from the budget and local retirees, mostly women, marched through budgets were higher than expected. Mr. Kyiv to protest low pensions in an action Lazarenko said he hoped that 35 percent of organized by an association of pro- all wage arrears would be paid by May and Communist organizations. Pensions in all pensions dating from December 1996 Ukraine, $30 on average, are often months by the end of March. (OMRI Daily Digest) overdue and shrunk by inflation. (OMRI Daily Digest) Moldova, Ukraine sign customs pact Moldova worried about NATO expansion CHISINAU — President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine paid a one-day visit to WASHINGTON — Moldova’s ambas- Moldova on March 11, Infotag reported. sador to the U.S., Nicolae Tau, says his He and Moldovan President Petru country has one major concern about NATO expansion: it does not want to end Lucinschi signed five agreements, the most up as a buffer zone with Russian troops on important of which deals with setting up a its territory, RFE/RL reported on March 4 customs union between the two countries. citing the Washington Times. The state- Customs legislation and tariffs are to be ment is ill-timed for Romania, which is unified, customs controls improved and pressing hard for NATO membership, but bureaucratic obstacles to trade removed. At MICHAEL TERECH SCHOLARSHIP may well serve Russian interests opposing a press conference in Chisinau, the two the expansion. Though it is a participant in IN JOURNALISM STUDIES presidents said the customs union will be the Partnership for Peace Program, totally different from that between Russia This award is open to undergraduate full-time students of journalism of Ukrainian Moldova is not applying for membership. and Belarus, because it will be based on heritage at a U.S. university starting their junior year in Fall 1997. (OMRI Daily Digest) full equality. (OMRI Daily Digest) Areas covered include reporting, editing, feature writing and mass media. Workers paid with old train cars A 3.0 grade point average is required. Russia blocks Ukrainian tank deal SEVASTOPOL — Railroad managers The number and amount of scholarships is not fixed with $5,000 available in 1997. MOSCOW — Russia reassured India in Crimea have come up with a way to that it would derail Ukraine’s $550 million clear a backlog in wages owed to railroad tank deal with Pakistan by refusing to Candidates should submit a brief autobiography as well as 500 word assay on a workers: pay them with old train cars. A contemporary Ukrainian topic; a transcript of all undergraduate work; two refer- deliver components necessary to complete senior official at Crimea’s railroad system ences and a letter of recommendation, preferably from a faculty member. the tanks, The Times of India reported on said in mid-February that dozens of March 6. Ukrainian stocks of Russian-sup- employees had spent the past two months Representative work by the candidate should also be included in the application. plied components are reportedly sufficient at train stations dismantling old passenger to build only 30-35 T-80 UD tanks. So far, cars so they could take the spare parts to For an application form contact by letter or FAX: Kyiv has delivered 15 out of the scheduled sell later. “It is very difficult to sell old Ukrainian Institute of America 320 tanks to Islamabad. Since the deliver- cars. We have decided to pay off the ies began last month, the Russian press has salaries this way. We have no money to Attn.: Michael Terech Scholarship been denouncing the deal and Ukraine’s pay them anyway,’’ said the official, who 2 E. 79th Street decision to develop its tank industry with- asked not to be named. Windows, doors, New York, NY 10021 out Russia. (OMRI Daily Digest) shelving and locks from the cars have been FAX: (212) 288-2918 sold at markets in the Crimean capital of Women stage “empty saucepans” march Deadline: May 31, 1997 Symferopol and in the cities of Sevastopol, KYIV — Police beat several elderly Dzhankoi and Kerch. (Reuters)

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injury and severe pain, she managed to The story. . . skate an almost-flawless long program (Continued from page 9) and finished a fraction of a point above spelled in the book], the young skater Ms. Kerrigan to win the gold medal. followed a grueling schedule as she She relates in the book, “The Ukrainian trained with “the best coach in Ukraine” national anthem was played for the first and with fellow Ukrainian Viktor time ever at the awards ceremony. I was Petrenko, who had just married Ms. so proud to have won for my country.” Further on, referring to her new life in Zmievska’s daughter Nina. Simsbury, she says she loves the rolling Under Ms. Zmievska’s guidance, the green countryside of Connecticut because skater learned how to use her whole body “it reminds me of Ukraine.” to tell a story and to show emotion, and “Oksana: My Own Story,” published mastered a special spin that became her simultaneously by Random House trademark – the spin that has her grabbing Children’s Publishing in New York and hold of her left skate behind her head, and Random House of Canada in Toronto, is curving her upper body into a circle. She a 48-page volume with an attractive won the Ukrainian National Competition, glossy black cover showing Ms. Baiul in and took a silver medal at the European a dramatic skating pose. Featuring never- Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Two before seen photos, it is priced at $16.99 months later, in Prague, Czech Republic, in the U.S. and $22 in Canada. she won the 1993 World Championships – The story, told simply, reveals both the at 15, she was the youngest world champi- gifted skater and the warm, fun-loving on since Sonja Henie in 1927. teenager; it appeals to readers of all ages, After performing with the Tom and to non-skaters as well as skaters. For Collins Tour of World Figure Skating Ukrainians, the chronicle can be a window Champions in the United States in 1993, looking into the life of a young Ukrainian she returned to Europe to take the silver woman who persevered under difficult cir- medal in the 1994 European cumstances and made her dream come true Championships. Then came the 1994 – she skated to music from her mother’s Winter Olympics at Lillehammer and an favorite ballet, “Swan Lake,” when she accidental collision with another skater won the Olympic gold medal. in a practice session that resulted in a Add to the book a postscript of her deep gash in her lower leg. Despite the most recent accomplishments, and one is left awestruck by her achievements. She has participated in two televised skating specials and a second Tom Collins Tour of World Figure Skating Champions, has been a two-time guest at the White House, was the subject of a CBS-TV movie “A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story,” and was one of the featured personalities in a Barbara Walters’ special, “The 10 Most Fascinating Personalities of 1994.” She made the cover of People magazine, posed for an Esquire magazine photo, and has a sportswear clothing line. In almost every instance, she has been presented as “the Ukrainian skating star” or “Oksana Baiul of Ukraine.” One can only hope that this young and talented woman will search her soul, stop drifting and find the strength and courage to return to the structured, disciplined life of skating, to captivate us again with her ethereal, exquisite skating style and to continue to bring honor and glory to the country of her birth, just as she did at the Olympics.

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Although Ukraine and Romania cite Romania to review... historic claims as their right to those (Continued from page 1) areas, the real claim is to the oil that “brought the negotiating process between many experts believe lies in the sea floor Romania and Ukraine back to its starting below. point.” He also questioned Romania’s This is the second time in nine meet- sincerity in seeking a comprehensive ings that Romania has failed to follow treaty with Ukraine. through after both sides had seemingly At the February 25-28 meetings in agreed in principle, with only the word- Kyiv, the two sides, led by Ukraine’s ing left to be decided. In July 1995 Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Romania and Ukraine also were ready to Anton Buteiko and State Secretary of sign a treaty when it was repudiated by Romania’s Foreign Ministry Dumitru Romania at what would have been the Ceausu, seemed finally to have resolved final round of talks in Bucharest. differences over territorial boundaries However, Romania’s backsliding, that had been the major obstacle to a although it may show bad faith, does not treaty. The sticking point has been break with any established international Romanian claims on a portion of norms of conduct or law. Ukraine’s southwestern lands, which But there are those in Ukraine, as is Bucharest claims as historically part of the case with Mr. Ohrysko, who are Romania. Ukraine has refused to nego- questioning the sincerity of Romania’s tiate the ownership, stating that intentions: does it want to finally resolve Ukraine’s boundaries are international- the territorial disputes that have over- ly recognized and that negotiations shadowed relations between Romania would set a bad precedent. and Ukraine, or is Romania merely going After Romania’s President Emil through the motions to fulfill a prerequi- Constantinescu stated that his country site for joining NATO, which states that holds no claims on Ukrainian territory a country must have no territorial claims and is ready to honor the present-day on another? borders, Romania agreed to the border as Ambassador Bestreanu denies that currently demarcated at the latest talks in Romania is playing up to NATO. “It return for Ukraine’s acknowledgment of would be wrong to believe that the rights of the Romanian minority on Romania’s preparedness for early signing the disputed lands of the agreement is motivated by other But there are other territorial disputes external factors, specifically by its wish that were not discussed at the negotia- to join NATO.” tions that also have caused friction That may well be true, but the fact between the two sides. President remains that the announcement by Constantinescu was not ready to give President Constantinescu that Ukraine those away. He said that ownership of has the right to the disputed land came as Serpent Island off the coast of Romania Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, a and the continental shelf that runs off the supporter of Romania’s entry into common border of the two countries NATO, left Bucharest after an official should be decided by “either our experts visit and then traveled to Kyiv for discus- or with the participation of international sions with Ukrainian government offi- organizations specializing in the applica- cials regarding NATO and Ukrainian- tion of international law.” Italian relations. FATA MORGANA Complete your collection today IS THIS HOW YOU FEEL and enjoy the music of one of AFTER REVIEWING YOUR the most popular bands today. FINANCIAL PLAN? To order by mail send $15 for CDs and $10 for cassettes plus $2.50 for shipp ing and handlin g ( U.S. funds only) to: DON’T BE CONFUSED!! FATA MORGANA 185 Beacon Ave #5 CALL UNA TODAY Jersey City, NJ 07306

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Regional Studies has decided to focus its Udovenko named... attention on emerging markets, because (Continued from page 3) “200 years ago New England was the THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIAT I O N was introduced to the audience as “a highly emerging market for the old world.” The event was attended by 11 U.N. recognized expert in emerging markets.” a n n o u n c e s ambassadors representing countries of the Accepting a plaque denoting his new Eastern European regional group and the title, Mr. Udovenko said “The conferment Commonwealth of Independent States, SCHOLARSHIP AWA R D S of the title of honorary fellow of the Center including Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, for International and Regional Studies ... on Hungary, Kazakstan, Lithuania, FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1997/98 me, as a representative of Ukraine, I associ- Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia and ate, first of all, with the unquestionable Turkmenistan, and the charges d’affaires According to the June 1988 eligibility requirements growth of the role and influence of our of Armenia, the Czech Republic and young independent state in international a) The scholarships will be awarded to FULL-TIME UNDERG R A D U - Slovakia. a) ATE STUDENTS (studying towards their first bachelor’s degree) relations and its weighty contribution to the Also present were U.N. Assistant multi-faceted process of forming a new a) attending accredited colleges or universities, and to HIGH SCHOOL Secretary-General Samir Sanbar and Vadim a) GRADUATES who will be attending such institutions of higher architecture of international security on the Perfiliev, director of the Department of regional and international levels.” a) learning in the filing calendar year. Graduate students are ineligible General Assembly Matters. a) to apply. He continued, “I also interpret this fact In closing remarks Ambassador Zlenko as a recognition of Ukraine’s outstanding focused the audience’s attention on the b) The candidate must have been an ACTIVE DUES-PAYING contribution to the process of practical paintings on historical themes on view in b) UNA MEMBER for at least TWO YEARS by the end of March nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation the reception room. These, he said, are b) of the filing year. which, I am very hopeful, will give new among the 200 paintings brought to this impetus to movement by the international country by Ukrainian artist Andrii Applicants will be judged on the basis of: community towards the complete liquida- Klymenko, whose work “chronicles the 1. financial need tion of weapons of mass destruction.” history of our civilization.” 2. course of study Referring to his meetings with At the conclusion of the ceremony, 3. scholastic record (minimum GPA 2.0) Canadian and U.S. government officials Minister Udovenko took some time out to 4. involvement in Ukrainian community and student life on March 4-7, Minister Udovenko said briefly answer reporters’ questions. these “demonstrate that Ukraine is taken Speaking of his meeting in Washington DUE DATES for applications and documents: into consideration.” He added that his with Secretary of State Madeleine K. 4. Your completed, signed and dated application is due by new title as honorary fellow also is a Albright, he said that the session was 4. March 31, 1997. reflection of that fact, as well as “a Ukraine’s first contact with the new sec- 4. All required documents listed on the application form and recognition of Ukraine’s decision to give retary of state who “confirmed the conti- 4. photograph are due by May 1, 1997. up its nuclear arms.” He explained that nuity of U.S. policy toward Ukraine and “63 warheads were delivered last May to the recognition of Ukraine as an impor- The 1997/98 scholarship APPLICATION FORM can be obtained by writing to: Russia for elimination. So, as of June 1, tant factor of stability in Eastern Europe.” 1996, Ukraine became nuclear free.” He noted his gratitude that Secretary UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Inc. At the conclusion of his brief remarks. Albright had rearranged her schedule to Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister noted meet with him during the few hours he Attn: Scholarship Committee that “it is symbolic for me to meet with Dr. was in the capital. 30 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Ganev here today because I am in the run- In Canada, where he met with his coun- ning for president of the 52nd session of terpart, Lloyd Axworthy, Mr. Udovenko the U.N. 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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Sunday, March 16 JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Plast Ukrainian youth organization is holding an Easter bazaar NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Academy of at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Arts and Sciences in the U.S. (UVAN) Center, 700 Cedar Road, at 10 a.m.-3 p.m. invites the public to a conference being held There will pysanky, Easter breads, baked on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of goods and traditional fare as well as flowers the birth of the poet Evhen Malaniuk (1897- for sale. 1968). Taking part will be Prof. Bohdan Rubchak, University of Illinois, WOONSOCKET, R.I.: The Ladies’ Champaign/Urbana, “The Poetry of Evhen Sodality of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Malaniuk”; Dr. Tetiana Bednarzowa, Charles Church, 394 Blackstone St., will hold a sale University, Prague, “Evhen Malaniuk and of Easter breads, baked goods and food at 10 Yosef Makhar”; and Dr. Marko Antonoyvch, a.m.-3 p.m. There will be a pysanka-writing president, UVAN, “Reflections on Time demonstration by Hala Bilyj-Bradshaw, at 11 Past”; with Ksenia Piasetska, poetry recita- a.m.-1 p.m. For more information call Frances tion. The conference will be held at the acad- Melnyk, (401) 769-1898. emy, 206 W. 100 St., at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 23 Monday, March 17 TORONTO: The Community Folk Art CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Council of Metropolitan Toronto invites the Ukrainian Research Institute is holding a public to an “Easter Around the World” cele- lecture by Yaroslav Hrytsak, Institute for bration to be held in Metro Hall, 55 John St., Historical Research, Lviv University, who at noon-5 p.m. A concert of sacred music will will speak on the topic “Breaking Through feature, among others, the Polyphonia Choir, the Wall: Attempts to Establish Contacts to perform at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. (approxi- Between Ukrainian Intellectuals in the mately); the Levada Choir will present West and the Ukrainian SSR, 1966-1972.” hayivky — ritual songs associated with The lecture will be held at the institute, spring, at 2 p.m. Also there will be displays 1538 Massachussetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. of Easter traditions and foods, pysanky and Friday, March 21 pysanka-writing demonstrations and an Easter bread contest. For more information NEW YORK: The Taras Shevchenko pro- call (416) 368-8743. gram at the Literary and Art Club, which was to have been held on March 7, has been SILVER SPRING, Md.: The Ukrainian resheduled to take place on March 21. The Association of Washington is sponsoring a program will be held at 7 p.m., 136 Second Taras Shevchenko concert to be held at St. A v e . Andrew’s Orthodox Cathedral, 15100 New Hampshire Ave., at 3:30 p.m. Among the Saturday, March 22 featured performers will be the Ukrainian NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of National Choir. Admission: $10; school America is holding an exhibition and children, free. demonstration of the art of the Ukrainian Tuesday, March 25 Easter egg (pysanka) by Sofia Zielyk. The exhibition will take place at the institute, 2 NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific To The Weekly Contributors: E. 79th St., at noon-4 p.m. Society is holding a lecture by Kyiv-based poet Volodymyr Tsybulko, socio-cultural We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clip- MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.: The Lesia activist and co-editor of various journals in pings, letters to the editor, and the like – we receive from our readers. Ukrainka Ridna Shkola of Morris County Ukraine, who will speak on the topic “Literary In order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guide- invites the public to a Taras Shevchenko Resistance and The Socio-Political Movement lines listed below be followed. program, with poetry recitation and songs in Ukraine.” The talk will be held at the soci- • News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a by the students. 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