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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE No.KRAINIAN 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Verkhovna Rada caucuses negotiate FormerT CanadianU Governor General W Ramon Hnatyshyn dead at age 68 compromise and adopt 2003 budget by Christopher Guly Canadian Congress. by Yarema A. Bachynsky Nine pro-presidential caucuses. That day Mr. Hnatyshyn, whose parents were Special to The Ukrainian Weekly saw the paper-thin majority of roughly OTTAWA – In death as in his life, of Ukrainian descent, made Ukrainian- 236 deputies oust now former Governor Ramon John Hnatyshyn gave Canada’s Canadian history on December 14, 1989, KYIV – Capping two weeks of sharp of the National Bank of Ukraine Ukrainian community a national profile when he was named Canada’s 24th gov- and at times violent confrontation in the Volodymyr Stelmakh; replace him with with a distinctly personal touch. ernor general, which made him Queen halls of Parliament, the Opposition Four now former MP and Labor Ukraine Party At his family’s request, the December Elizabeth II’s representative in Canada (Our Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, leader Serhii Tyhypko; re-allocate all 15 23 funeral service for the country’s for- and the country’s de facto head of state. Socialists and Communists) caucuses on committee chair assignments held by the mer governor general, held at Ottawa’s He was sworn into office on January 29, December 24 agreed to cease blocking Opposition Four to members of the Nine; Anglican cathedral, followed the rites of 1990. plenary sessions. and “revoke” Parliament’s prior the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – the Three decades earlier, his late father, Two hundred forty-six deputies voted approval, in second reading, of the 2003 first time such a ceremony has been held John – who had left Ukraine for Canada to partially revoke the results of voting budget. for a state funeral in Canada. as an infant in 1907 with his parents – the previous week that had left the The paper ballots were cast under The service, which lasted nearly two made history himself when the former Opposition Four bereft of the ability to mysterious circumstances in a variety of hours and was carried live on national Conservative prime minister, the late regulate parliamentary proceedings. This television, also featured participants of deputies’ offices and, as Our Ukraine MP John Diefenbaker, appointed him to the opened the door to the adoption by and Reforms and Order party leader various faith groups, including Ottawa’s Senate, making Sen. Hnatyshyn the first Parliament of several crucial changes to Roman Catholic archbishop and Viktor Pynzenyk alleged, lavatory-like and so far only Ukrainian-born member anti-money laundering legislation facilities. By some accounts, the vote Anglican bishop, as well as a rabbi and of Canada’s Upper Chamber. demanded of Ukraine by the Financial an imam. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien tallies were more fiction than fact. Fittingly, the Senate Chamber, in Action Task Force, which had recently Following the voting, the Opposition and two former prime ministers were which Mr. Hnatyshyn would have deliv- sanctioned Kyiv for adopting what it among the nearly 600 people in atten- Four filed a lawsuit alleging constitution- ered the throne speech opening a session called lax laws in this area. al and other violations. However, this suit dance at the cathedral. of Parliament during his term as gover- Also, 336 of 450 deputies in the A member of the Ukrainian Orthodox was thrown out by the Pechersky District nor general, was chosen as the site Verkhovna Rada voted to adopt the state Court of Kyiv on the grounds that voting Church of Canada, Mr. Hnatyshyn died where his Canadian flag-draped casket budget for 2003 on December 26, ending in Ottawa on December 18 of complica- procedures were an intra-parliamentary would lie for two days prior to the funer- speculation that the country would enter issue not subject to litigation in courts of tions from pancreatitis, according to an al. the new year without a financial action announcement released by the Ottawa general jurisdiction. Born in Saskatoon on March 16, plan. The compromise reached on law firm where he worked as a senior 1934, Mr. Hnatyshyn, like his father, The Opposition Four had effectively partner. He was 68. December 24 provided that the opposi- obtained a law degree from the shut down the legislature in protest of tion would retain all previously held Mr. Hnatyshyn described himself as University of Saskatchewan in what it called illegitimate balloting con- an “average Canadian” and was widely Saskatoon. ducted on December 17 by the Majority (Continued on page 15) known as “Ray” even when the honorif- He moved to Ottawa in 1958 to take a ic “Your Excellency” was attached to job as executive assistant to the govern- his name during his term as governor ment leader in the Senate, a position general. arranged for him by Mr. Diefenbaker. Antonov-140 crashes in Remembered as a man of great Two years later, Mr. Hnatyshyn warmth and humor, Mr. Hnatyshyn returned to Saskatoon to resume his law “exemplified the fact that by hard work, practice and marry Gerda Andreasen, a Iran killing all 48 aboard perseverance and dedication, every dietitian, with whom he would have two by Yarema Bachynsky in Iran, the plane was carrying a high- Canadian, regardless of ethnicity, could sons, John and Carl. reach the highest levels of civic and pro- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly level delegation of Ukrainian and In 1964, Mr. Hnatyshyn ran unsuc- Russian aircraft industry executives. fessional life,” said Eugene Czolij, pres- KYIV – All 48 persons aboard a cessfully for the Tories in the Among the dead were Boris Okulov, the ident of the Winnipeg-based Ukrainian Saskatchewan provincial election and Kharkiv-manufactured AN-140 plane general director of the St. Petersburg- spent the next decade teaching law at the perished when it went down near the based Rubin aviation enterprise; numer- University of Saskatoon until he won a Iranian city of Isfahan on December 23, ous department heads of the Kharkiv seat in the House of Commons as a Ukrainian and Iranian news agencies Aircraft Plant and the world-renowned Conservative representing a Saskatoon have reported. riding in the 1974 federal election – a A Ukrainian governmental commis- Antonov Design Bureau; as well as offi- victory he would later acknowledge sion has been formed and sent to Iran to cials of Aviakor, the Samara, Russia- served partly as a vindication of his investigate the tragedy with local offi- based aviation plant that provides 65 per- father’s three electoral defeats in the cials, including studying the craft’s black cent of all parts for the AN-140, which is 1930s. boxes, recovered by the Iranians. assembled in Kharkiv and Isfahan. First serving as an opposition member Preliminary reports immediately follow- The Antonov-140 is a medium-range of Parliament during the Liberal govern- ing the crash suggested that pilot error twin turbo-prop passenger and cargo ment under the late Pierre Trudeau, Mr. may have caused the high-tech plane to liner, planned as the replacement for a Hnatyshyn rose to the Cabinet within slam into a mountainside as it was com- range of older aircraft from Soviet times, five years when the Tories won a minor- ing in for a landing at Isfahan’s airport. including the workhorse AN-24 and AN- ity government and then-prime minister According to the news portal 26 turbo prop planes that are the main- Joe Clark assigned him to the energy Korrespondent.net, however, the pilot stay of Ukraine and Russia’s smaller portfolio where he embarked on a cam- and co-pilot had over 8,000 hours of domestic carriers, and the Yak-40, a paign to make Canada energy self-suffi- flight time between them, including hun- small jet. The passenger version of the cient by 1990. dreds of hours flying the AN-140 to and AN-140 seats 52 passengers. The aircraft In less than a year, however, Mr. from Isfahan, where the planes have been is certified by the Inter-State Aviation Clark’s government was defeated in an manufactured under license since 1999. Committee; the State Aviation election prompted by the Tories’ loss of a Administration of Ukraine; and is up to non-confidence motion in the Commons The terrain around this central Iranian over an energy tax, and Mr. Hnatyshyn, city is extremely rugged, according to Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.) Ukrainian news agencies. standards, according to manufacturer Ramon John Hnatyshyn (Continued on page 12) According to the Embassy of Ukraine information. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 No. 52

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Kuchma orchestrates oligarchic takeover Odesa journalists form new trade union Opposition proposes end to standoff by Taras Kuzio Medvedchuk was appointed head of the RFE/RL Newsline presidential administration. Mr. ODESA – Journalists from four newspa- KYIV – Our Ukraine leader Viktor Medvedchuk has orchestrated, on behalf pers in Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast – Yug, Yushchenko on December 19 proposed a At his ninth meeting with Russian of the executive, a drive against the Slovo, Morskie Viedomosti and Vikna – compromise to the pro-government majori- President Vladimir Putin, this time in opposition and a takeover of all key state established an independent trade union on ty in order to resolve the current stalemate Moscow on December 9, Ukrainian institutions by three main oligarchic December 21, the UNIAN news service in the Verkhovna Rada, UNIAN reported. President Leonid Kuchma lauded the fact clans (the SDPU-o [Kyiv], Labor reported. The organization promises to rep- Mr. Yushchenko said he was speaking on that he and Mr. Putin understand each Ukraine [Dnipropetrovsk], and Ukraine’s resent and protect “labor and the socioeco- behalf of all four opposition parliamentary other and speak the same language, both Regions [Donetsk]); five smaller satellite nomic rights and interests” of its members. groups: Our Ukraine, the Communist Party, figuratively and literally. “We do not clans (Democratic Initiatives, European The Odesa trade union is headed by Leonid the Socialist Party and the Yulia need to try to convince one another about Choice, Power of the People, People’s Zaslavskyi of Yug (South). The group Tymoshenko Bloc. According to Mr. many matters – while at the same time, Choice and the Agrarian Party); and the hopes to send a delegation to a constituent Yushchenko, the opposition is ready to con- in our conversations with our Western former “party of power,” the National congress of an umbrella group for inde- firm the replacement of National Bank of colleagues they often do not understand Democratic Party. All of these clans, with pendent journalists in Kyiv in January. Ukraine Chairman Volodymyr Stelmakh us,” Mr. Kuchma told Mr. Putin. This, the exception of the SDPU, ran within (RFE/RL Newsline) with Serhii Tyhypko but insists that the the Ukrainian president said, is because the For a United Ukraine (ZYU) bloc majority cancel its decision to reappoint Ukraine and Western Europe evolved “in Ukraine could face sanctions that won only 11 percent of the vote in parliamentary committee leaders. The third different conditions – we have different the March elections and fell apart imme- step to overcoming the blockade of parlia- problems, different mentalities.” KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor diately afterwards. mentary activities, Mr. Yushchenko added, This is certainly the case with regard Yanukovych on December 19 appealed to The former head of the presidential is setting up a working group to prepare a to the manner in which President the Verkhovna Rada to pass an anti-money- administration and leader of For a United number of “compromise” draft bills, includ- Kuchma’s domestic policies are com- laundering bill as required by the Financial Ukraine, Volodymyr Lytvyn, was ing on elections, the budget and taxation. pletely undermining his declared strate- Action Task Force (FATF) global watch- installed as chairman of the Verkhovna (RFE/RL Newsline) gic goal of Euro-Atlantic integration. It dog, Reuters reported. “Today is the last Rada in May. Mr. Lytvyn received 226 has taken only nine months for Mr. day to make a decision on FATF. If sanc- Another deputy abandons Our Ukraine votes, only one more than required, with Kuchma to reverse the outcome of the tions are introduced, the country will lose a the help of former Procurator-General March 31 parliamentary elections in lot in 2003,” Mr. Yanukovych pleaded. KYIV – Volodymyr Maistryshyn has Mykhaylo Potebenko. Mr. Potebenko which pro-presidential blocs won only 18 Under a threat of sanctions from the FATF, quit Viktor Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine par- was elected on the Communist Party list percent of the vote in the proportional the Parliament passed an anti-money-laun- liamentary caucus, thus reducing it to 102 but was expelled after voting for Mr. half compared to nearly 60 percent for dering bill last month that President Leonid deputies, UNIAN reported on December Lytvyn. In 2000-2002, he stalled the four opposition blocs. Mr. Kuchma has Kuchma has already signed; but the FATF 18. Mr. Maistryshyn told journalists that inquiry into the still-unresolved murder now ensured himself a trouble-free tran- has demanded amendments to toughen the Our Ukraine “is not planning its actions” of opposition journalist Heorhii sition to retirement after October 2004, monitoring of financial operations in the and is therefore losing ground in the when the next presidential elections are Gongadze that sparked the “Kuchma- country. The parliamentary opposition, Verkhovna Rada. He said he is not going to scheduled to be held. gate” crisis. In July, Mr. Kuchma’s candi- however, has obstructed parliamentary join the pro-government majority for the In May, Social Democratic Party- date Sviatoslav Piskun, was appointed to work for the past three days to protest a time being. “It is better not to join anybody United (SDPU) strongman Viktor replace Mr. Potebenko as procurator gen- controversial vote on replacing the chair- today, since one cannot figure out what will eral. man of the National Bank of Ukraine and be next,” he added. (RFE/RL Newsline) Although For a United Ukraine and parliamentary committee leaders. Dr. Taras Kuzio is a resident fellow at the SDPU elected only 54 deputies in the Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Ukrainian president visits Georgia the Center for Russian and East proportional half of the elections, this Lytvyn adjourned the session until next European Studies and adjunct staff in the TBILISI – Georgian President Eduard faction has grown in number to 234 week. (RFE/RL Newsline) department of political science, Shevardnadze welcomed Ukrainian University of Toronto. (Continued on page 13) U.S. labels Ukraine as “of concern” President Leonid Kuchma to Tbilisi on December 18, the Civil Georgia online KYIV – The U.S. government on news agency reported. In comments follow- The slow road to Church unity December 20 labeled Ukraine and the ing the one-day talks, Mr. Kuchma said he South Pacific’s independent republic of is prepared to “participate in settling the Nauru as of “concern” with respect to Abkhaz conflict” and offered to deploy by Vera Rich cephalous Orthodox Church, however, money laundering under the United States’ Ukrainian peacekeepers to the conflict area RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report maintain that Ukraine should have its Patriot Act of 2001, Reuters reported. “We “if the United Nations supports” such an own, Ukrainian-led Church, and have A group of Ukrainian members of the are telling the world clearly that these juris- operation. Both presidents also stated that already embarked on negotiations for dictions are bad for business and that their they hope a third wave of NATO expansion Verkhovna Rada have established a union with the ecumenical patriarch of Verkhovna Rada group called A Single financial controls cannot be trusted,” U.S. will include Georgia and Ukraine. (RFE/RL Constantinople, Bartholomew II, the Deputy Treasury Secretary Ken Dam said Newsline) Orthodox Church for Ukraine. More than “first among equals” of all Orthodox 200 members have joined so far, repre- in a statement. “We are serious about ensur- hierarchs, in effect brokering the deal. ing that the international financial system Part of Stalin archive declassified senting all parliamentary parties and fac- Politicians, and those concerned with tions. They advocate the union of the not be abused by money launderers, terror- Ukrainian-state building, perceive the MOSCOW – Speaking on December 21 three Orthodox Churches currently regis- ist financiers and other criminals.” Earlier union of Orthodox Ukrainian believers on the occasion of the anniversary of the tered in Ukraine into a single national the same day, the Paris-based Financial into a single Ukrainian Orthodox Church birth of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, Church and have expressed a hope that, Action Task Force (FATF) announced it is as an important step in establishing a Federal Archive Service head Vladimir since they, as politicians, have agreed on seeking “countermeasures” against Ukraine clear national identity. The pro-Russian Kozlov announced that President Vladimir Church unity, the clergy will follow suit. for not enacting tough laws against money agenda of the UOC-MP) however, would Putin has authorized the transfer of materi- Ukrainian politicians have, in fact, laundering. The FATF made a similar move appear to make such a union unlikely. als from Stalin’s personal archive to the been urging Church unity ever since part against Nauru in December 2001. (RFE/RL However, one Ukrainian member of of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine broke Newsline) (Continued on page 27) Parliament, Les Taniuk, maintains that with the Moscow Patriarchate in 1992 things are changing. Senior clerics of the and established its own Kyiv Moscow Patriarchate Church, he told the Patriarchate. However, the Ukrainian FOUNDED 1933 Orthodox Church of the Moscow media, are becoming “increasingly sup- Patriarchate (UOC-MP) considers the portive” of Ukrainian spirituality. 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Fourth Orthodox Church U.S. Court of Appeals rejects enforcement is established in Ukraine of $88 M claim against Ukraine and Naftohaz by Roman Woronowycz Dionysius its leader. NEW YORK – A three judge panel of tion to denying any factual basis for all of Kyiv Press Bureau Metropolitan Moisei, the young, thirty- the United States Court of Appeals for the the Russian claims, strenuously argued that something, charismatic leader of the Second Circuit in New York on November the U.S. courts were without subject matter KYIV – The field of Ukrainian UAOC-S, said he had been installed by 15 announced its ruling in favor of Nak or personal jurisdiction over the defendants. Orthodox Churches in Ukraine has become two direct descendants of that Church, Naftohaz of Ukraine and the State of In a reported decision, the trial court dis- more crowded after an apparent fourth Bishop Stefan Petrovych, metropolitan of Ukraine in the case of Monegasque De missed Mondo Re’s case on the grounds Church announced its intention to unite the North and South America, who resides in Reassurances S.A.M. (Monde Re) v. Nak that the U.S. court system was not an appro- other three into a single All-Ukrainian Toronto; and Archbishop Mykhail Naftohaz of Ukraine. Church. priate jurisdiction to hear the case (forum Champion, metropolitan of the United The dispute began with a contract non conveniens). This decision now has Metropolitan of Kyiv and Rus’-Ukraine States, who lives in Cleveland. entered into in 1998 between AO Gazprom Moisei said on November 27 that he had been upheld by the Court of Appeals. Metropolitan Moisei, formerly known of Russia and AO Ukragazprom, a assumed the leadership of the new Of great significance is that the U.S. as Oleh Kulyk, was once a priest in the Ukrainian company and NAK Naftohaz’s Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Appeals Court judges specifically rejected Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. predecessor, for the transportation of natural Church Sobornopravna, which is awaiting the argument that corruption in the judicial (UOC-USA), which is based in South gas by pipeline across Ukraine to various registration from the government. Its goal, system of Ukraine was so pervasive that a Bound Brook, N.J. He explained, however, destinations in Europe. as stated by the newest Ukrainian metro- fair hearing was impossible to obtain in that that he had left that Church after it came According to Gazprom, unauthorized politan, is to unite long-suffering Ukrainian country and concluded that, contrary to the under the jurisdiction of Ecumenical amounts of gas were withdrawn by the Orthodox into a single Church. assertions of Mono Re’s experts, the courts Patriarch Bartholomew. Metropolitan Ukrainian company, giving rise to breach of Metropolitan Moisei asserted that his of Ukraine would be a most appropriate Moisei said the Constantinople patriarch contract. Naftohaz vehemently denied the Church is canonical, inasmuch as he was forum for the matter. had banned concelebration of liturgy illegal withdrawal of gas from the pipeline elevated to his position by bishops who “This is a monumental case; it sets a between priests of the UOC-USA and cler- but Gazprom’s Russian insurance provider, formerly belonged to the Ukrainian standard for the enforcement of arbitral gy and hierarchy of the various splintered Sogaz Insurance Co., nevertheless reim- Orthodox Sobornopravna Church. The new awards,” said Martin Mendelsohn, a partner Ukrainian Orthodox Churches in Ukraine. bursed Gazprom for the gas. Sogaz in turn metropolitan explained that his canonical Metropolitan Moisei added that the in the Washington office of Schnader, authority comes from Ecumenical was reimbursed by Monde Re of Monaco, UOC-U.S.A. leaders, Metropolitan pursuant to a reinsurance agreement. Harrison, Segal & Lewis, LLP, and lead Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople, Constantine and Archbishop Antony, had counsel for NAK Naftohaz. “An opinion who declared in 1924 that Ukraine should Thereafter, Monde Re filed suit against not found a way to get around the ban set Naftohaz in the Moscow Arbitration Court, from the United States Court of Appeals for have a Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox down by Constantinople. He stressed that the Second Circuit in New York has wide- Church outside the jurisdiction of the which quickly entered a judgment against Patriarch Bartholomew, while recognizing the Ukrainian company. Naftohaz appealed ranging commercial implications for every- Russian Orthodox Church because, as the the UOC-U.S.A., would never allow for an one who deals in international trade and patriarch explained at that time, the ROC the initial decision for payment of the $88 independent Orthodox Church to develop million (U.S.) to Monde Re to the Russian commerce and has issues that have to be had taken Ukraine under its wing illegally. on Ukrainian territory because it would be resolved by arbitration,” he added. Patriarch Gregory II gave the Polissia, Supreme Court, but the ruling was pre- an affront to the Russian Orthodox Church It is not known if Monde Re will appeal Kholm and Volyn regions of Ukraine to the dictably upheld. with which Constantinople needs to main- the decision to the Supreme Court of the new UAOC and appointed Metropolitan Monde Re then attempted to enforce the tain relations. Russian court’s arbitration award in the U.S. United States. “When the UOC-U.S.A. came under District Court for the Southern District of In addition to Mr. Mendelsohn counsel Bartholomew, Archbishop Antony barred New York – not only against Naftohaz but for NAK Naftohaz were Myroslaw us from serving liturgy with the other also against the state of Ukraine, claiming Smorodsky of Rutherford, N.J., and Danylo Orthodox Churches of Ukraine,” explained that Naftohaz was a controlled commercial Kurdelchuk of Ukriniurkolegia, Kyiv. Metropolitan Moisei. He said it was at this entity of the Ukrainian government. Ukraine was represented by John Willems time that he approached the UOC-U.S.A. Counsel for Naftohaz and Ukraine, in addi- of White and Case, LLC, New York. leader to be relieved of his duties. While Metropolitan Moisei said he had parted peacefully with the UOC-U.S.A., Archbishop Antony of the UOC-U.S.A. told The Ukrainian Weekly quite unequiv- ocally that the person who now calls him- Ukraine’s GDP grows by 4.1 percent self Metropolitan Moisei was given an ulti- by Andrew Nynka million) in loans from the European Union matum to either change his ways or leave were suspended, due to the turbulent politi- the Church. Archbishop Antony that Father PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukraine’s gross cal situation in Ukraine, this means the Kulyk, while a UOC-U.S.A. priest, had domestic product grew by 4.1 percent in country will have to secure additional began to behave strangely during his time January-October of this year, as compared Eurobonds over the next several years to at a parish in Southfield, located outside of with the same period of the previous year, overcome many of its foreign debt pay- Detroit. Ukraine’s State Statistics Committee ments, said Serhiy Manokha, deputy state During his eight-year stay in the United announced in a report released on secretary in Ukraine’s Finance Ministry, States (1992-2000), during which he was November 21. according to Interfax-Ukraine. In 2000, Ukraine’s GDP grew by 5.8 per- In other economic news, the European Metropolitan Moisei (Continued on page 15) cent and marked the first time the country Bank for Reconstruction and Development registered economic growth since it gained said that it would remain a catalyst for independence in 1991. After a high of 9.1 investors – both foreign and domestic – in percent growth in 2001 and the ouster of a Ukraine, according to the EBRD’s latest U.S.-Ukraine sign agreement reform minded government that year, it country strategy, released on September 27. appears that the economy has begun to The EBRD, which to date has invested slow, although the current government has 1.4 billion euros through 57 projects, said on law enforcement assistance pledged to continue reforms to strengthen the organization will try to spur investment the economy. in Ukraine by continuing its support for pri- Embassy of the United States prevent trafficking in persons. On another positive note, the report also vate business, local and foreign-sponsored, The agreement governs such technical showed that foreign investments in Ukraine while pursuing “selective commercializa- KYIV – The U.S.-Ukraine details of assistance programs as financ- increased by 28.6 percent, up to $680.9 mil- tion of the public sector,” in accordance Memorandum of Understanding on Law ing, personnel qualifications, monitoring lion, over January-September, as compared with to the new strategy approved by the Enforcement Assistance was signed by to the same period last year. The news and evaluation, and title to property. EBRD board of directors. U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pascual and appears to be a pleasant surprise for Ukraine The agreement is a means of imple- Besides the financial and energy sectors, Deputy State Secretary Oleksander because weak tax and intellectual property menting the goals and objectives of the the new strategy envisages active involve- Motsyk of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign laws have traditionally hampered the coun- U.S.-Ukraine Law Enforcement Working ment in road, rail and air transportation Affairs. try’s efforts to attract foreign investment. projects, as well as increasing efforts to fur- Group’s Program of U.S.-Ukrainian The agreement establishes a legal Additionally, many foreign companies ther the process of privatization in Ukraine. Cooperation for Combating Corruption framework for implementing law saw business ventures into Ukraine as a The EBRD, one of the largest investors in and Organized Crime, signed in Kyiv on enforcement assistance programs major risk and, although the country is said Ukraine, will also continue to invest in the designed to enhance Ukraine’s law June 5, 2000. The entire program is to have great business potential, Ukraine municipal services sector. The document enforcement capacity in several areas, based on the U.S.-Ukraine Agreement experienced little to no foreign investment. also outlines the EBRD’s efforts to encour- especially in the areas of countering traf- Regarding Humanitarian and Technical However, the latest investment numbers age Ukrainian municipalities to introduce ficking in persons, combating money- Economic Cooperation of 1992. could signal that foreign capital is starting to administrative and tariff reforms with the laundering, protecting intellectual prop- Specific law enforcement assistance take a serious look at the possibility of ultimate goal of providing better services to erty rights and enhancing the security of projects will be agreed to by the parties investing in Ukrainian markets. their citizens. the state borders of Ukraine. and implemented as authorized, subject Also, the country’s export surplus grew The EBRD said it would also play an In addition to law enforcement proj- to available funding. The U.S. govern- over January-September by $280 million or active role in other Ukrainian sectors, par- ects under this agreement, the United ment currently has approximately $4.2 12 percent, up to $2.65 billion, from the ticularly agribusiness. The statement said it States will also support the related efforts million available to support law enforce- same period last year. intends to introduce seasonal financing for of non-governmental organizations, such ment projects with governmental and However, $250 million in loans from the farmers and grain traders through various as those working to establish centers to non-governmental entities. World Bank and 92 million euros ($91.7 credits. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 No. 52 Bishop Losten marks 25 years as Stamford eparch Sen. Andreychuk bishops; Cardinal Edward Egan of New York; Cardinal James Hickey (retired) of Washington, William Cardinal Keeler of Baltimore, Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, to introduce motion apostolic nuncio to the United States. Archbishop Daniel Cronin of Hartford preached the homily. on Famine-Genocide Also present at the liturgy were Archbishop Antony OTTAWA – Progressive Conservative Sen. Raynell of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. and Andreychuk will move a motion at the next sitting of the representatives of the Orthodox Church of America. In Senate, calling on the government of Canada to recognize his homily Archbishop Cronin observed that Bishop the Ukrainian Famine/Genocide of 1932-1933. Losten, an American-born Ukrainian, proud of his her- The motion calls on the government of Canada “to rec- itage, has worked untiringly for the growth of the ognize the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 and Ukrainian Church in the United States and in Ukraine. to condemn any attempt to deny or distort this historical In the homily he also reflected on the role of a bishop truth as being anything less than a genocide.” As well, it and how Bishop Losten strove to meet its demands and calls for the fourth Saturday in November to be designated live it out to the fullest. as a day of remembrance for those who perished during the Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocese Bishop William time of the Ukrainian Famine/Genocide. Lori said in the benediction he delivered at the after- Significantly, Sen. Andreychuk’s motion also calls on noon reception at the Italian Center, “In the midst of all Canadians, particularly historians, educators and parlia- extending yourself to us, and in the midst of serving mentarians, to include the true facts of the Ukrainian your diocese, you inspire us all.” Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in the records of Canada More than 300 guests heard remarks from Askold and in future educational material.” Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian World Congress, “The Senate has a real interest in adopting the motion,” Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a Sen. Andreychuk said. “Many survivors of this sad period longtime friend; Lubow Wolynetz, speaking on behalf in Ukrainian history emigrated to Canada, and made great of the laity; Father Philip Weiner, who extended greet- contributions to the development of our nation.” ings on behalf of the priests of the diocese; Provincial According to Sen. Andreychuk, Canada’s long tradition Superior Sister Michele Yakymovitch of the Sisters of condemning war crimes, crimes against humanity and Bishop Basil Losten Servants of Mary Immaculate who spoke on behalf of genocide, as well as in defending human rights make it the religious of the Stamford Eparchy. natural that the government would support such a motion. STAMFORD, Conn. – Marking an event that took Father Jonathan Morse of the diocese’s Family Life In 1932-1933, over 7 million people died during a cam- place 25 years ago on December 7, 32 hierarchs, clergy Bureau presented the bishop with a spiritual bouquet paign of terror orchestrated by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin from the faithful of the diocese. and hundreds of faithful and friends gathered in in an attempt to destroy all opposition to the Soviet In his acknowledgments, Bishop Losten said the Stamford, Conn., to fete Bishop Basil H. Losten on his Union’s imperialist policies,” noted a press release issued day’s activities touched him deeply. “I’m very edified silver anniversary as the third bishop of Stamford. on December 12 by Sen. Andreychuk’s office. that so many people came out today, especially on a Following months of preparations and celebrations in Saturday,” the bishop said. “They tell me that 25 years each of the deaneries of the Stamford Eparchy – is a milestone in itself, because rarely does a bishop Auburn, Buffalo, New York City, Syracuse, and AN OPEN INVITATION serve one diocese for 25 years.” Watervliet; Hartford and Boston – churchmen, faithful Would you like fellow Ukrainians know about Bishop Losten said he has had several opportunities and friends gathered on a sunny but cold Saturday events in your community? Would you like to to serve the Ukrainian Catholic Church elsewhere but morning to honor Bishop Losten and to offer sentiments become one of The Ukrainian Weekly’s correspon- has always respectfully asked to remain with his flock of love and gratitude for his service. dents? The Weekly welcomes submissions from in the Eparchy of Stamford. The day’s activities began with an 11 a.m. divine local community activists. “My heart has always been in Stamford,” he said. liturgy in St. Basil College Seminary Chapel on “This is the town in which I began my seminary educa- You may reach us by phone: (973) 292-9800; Glenbrook Road, and ended with a dinner and tribute at tion and the diocese in which I hope to conclude my fax: (973) 644-9510; the Italian Center on Newfield Avenue. service to the church.” e-mail: [email protected]; More than 300 people crowded the seminary chapel, or mail: 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, where Bishop Losten had been installed on this day in The article above is reprinted with permission from Parsippany, NJ 07054. 1977, to attend a pontifical liturgy of thanksgiving. The Sower, the newspaper of the Stamford Eparchy of Present at the liturgy were 32 concelebrating Catholic the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

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Ukrainian National Foundation board meets Hawrysz continues UNA tradition

KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Executives of the Ukrainian National Foundation met at KERHONKSON, N.Y. – In keeping with the longstanding tradition Soyuzivka on Saturday, November 23. Present were directors Alexander Serafyn, Stefan of the Ukrainian National Association, Advisor Stefan Hawrysz Kaczaraj, Martha Lysko, Christine E. Kozak and Roma Lisovich. The UNF is a 501 (c) (3) brought applications of new UNA members to the meeting of the corporation created by the Ukrainian National Association to promote humanitarian, cul- General Assembly. Above, Mr. Hawrysz presents the application tural and educational programs in the United States, Canada and Ukraine. (Donations to of his 14 new members to UNA National Secretary Christine E. the UNF are tax-deductible.) Seen above are the foundation’s directors during their Kozak. Two new membership applications were also presented meeting. by Advisor Myron Groch of Canada. Correction A typographical error in the December 15 issue of “The Ukrainian National Association Forum” rendered the first name of a grandparent of Julia Rose Malinoski Young UNA’ers (daughter of Gary and Krista Malinoski) incorrectly as Andrew. The name should have been listed as Andrea Chabon.

RECORDING DEPARTMENT MEMBERSHIP REPORT – NOVEMBER 2002 Christine E. Kozak, National Secretary

Juvenile Adult ADD Total Total Active Members – 10/2002 6,191 12,918 2,838 21,947 Total Inactive Members –10/2002 7,529 16,602 0 24,131 Total Members – 10/2002 13,720 29,520 2,838 46,078

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Gains in 11/2002 New members 13 10 0 23 New members UL 0 0 0 0 Reinstated 3 12 3 18 Total Gains: 16 22 3 41 Losses in 11/2002 Died 0 20 0 20 Cash surrender 5 13 0 18 Endowment matured 9 12 0 21 Fully paid-up 7 29 0 36 Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0 Extended Insurance 17 13 0 30 Certificates lapsed (active) 14 24 3 41 Certificate terminated 2 2 2 6 Total Losses 54 113 5 172 Total Active Members – 11/2002 6,153 12,827 2,836 21,816

INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Gains in 11/2002 Paid-up 7 29 0 36 Reduced paid up 0 0 0 0 Extended insurance 17 13 0 30 Total Gains 24 42 0 66 Losses in 11/2002 * Died 0 29 0 29 * Cash surrender 6 14 0 20 Pure endowment matured 3 2 0 5 Reinstated to active 3 12 0 15 Certificates lapsed (inactive) 0 6 0 6 Total Losses 12 63 0 75 Total Inactive Members – 11/2002 7,541 16,581 0 24,122 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 11/2002 13,694 29,408 2,836 45,938 (* Paid up and reduced paid up policies)

Cassandra Sophia Yacynowych, born August 26, to Larissa and Andrew Gabriel Michael Kane, son of Sean M. Yacynowych of Etobicoke, Ontario, is Kane and Ramona Pakula-Kane, is a a new member of UNA Branch 287. new member of UNA Branch 82 in THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY She was enrolled by her grandparents Detroit. He was enrolled by his grand- Visit our archive on the Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/ Daria and Myron Sochaniwsky. parents Benjamin J. and Lida Pakula. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 No. 52

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Celebrating Kyiv Looking beyond charges of complicity: Denigrated for alleged illegal arms sales to Iraq, for corruption, for the disappear- ance and murder of members of the mass media and simply stuck in the mire of what a campaign for a meaningful apology might be called post-Soviet syndrome, Ukraine has suffered more than its fair share of by Alexander Kuzma spirit of the eastern Ukrainian regions that international criticism lately. In fact it is in danger of developing a stereotype of a ban- resurfaced time and again. Beginning with After years of growing reconciliation the Zaporozhian era, it was viciously pun- dit-filled banana republic. and mutual understanding, it has suddenly But all of us who watch Ukraine as it lurches unevenly towards democracy know ished by a succession of Muscovite tyrants, become fashionable again, at least among from Peter I and Catherine, then reinforced that the headlines do not tell the entire story of Ukraine. The 50 million people who some diaspora pundits to drive a wedge live there have accomplished more in the last decade than simply having retained their by the ukaz (decree) of 1837 that prohibit- between eastern and western Ukrainian ed the Ukrainian language. It smoldered independence. émigrés. Once again we are hearing west- When the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA) decided to develop an exhibit to through a period of back-breaking serfdom, ern Ukrainians assuming an air of moral highlight the positive developments in Ukraine over the past decade the point was to reinvigorated by the defiance and impris- superiority and condemning eastern accent an accomplishment that was broad-based, well-recognizable and easily shown. onment of Taras Shevchenko. Rekindled Ukrainians for their failure to resist the For visitors to Ukraine, almost all who go through the capital city of Kyiv, the by the revolutionary movements of the Stalin purges and for their “silence” in the answer was as plain as the Monastery of the Caves that sits atop the city’s highest hill early 20th century, it survived the destruc- face of the Great Famine. overlooking the mighty Dnipro River. The answer was often on the lips of business- tion of the Central Rada government, the One of the more shameful examples of men who traveled to Kyiv for years, as well. They were always quick to point out that, civil war, the uprisings of Symon Petliura if the rest of the country was anything like the capital, then Ukraine was well on its this divisive new tendency has been the and Nestor Makhno. That spirit resurfaced way towards Europe. flurry of letters attacking Alla Heretz for during the spectacular cultural revival of While the surrounding regions of Ukraine have far to go to reach the level of Kyiv, her plea for some circumspection and com- the 1920s that was finally crushed in the assessments by visitors to Ukraine’s capital accurately have noted for some time now passion with regard to the families that sur- desolation of the purges and the Famine- that today it is a world-class city. We are pleased that New York’s UIA also saw that vived the Great Famine of 1932-1933. Genocide. value in recognizing Kyiv as an integral part of Ukraine’s renaissance and in awarding It is awfully easy for our well-fed patri- The oppression that Halychyna experi- its dynamic mayor, Oleksander Omelchenko, its 2002 Man of the Year Award during ots and suburban warriors to strike a pose enced under the Poles and the relatively ceremonies at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan on December 9. of moral superiority while reclining in their genteel colonialism of Franz Josef’s Since Mr. Omelchenko consolidated municipal power and became the representa- easy chairs, sipping cognac by the fire and Austro-Hungarian Empire was nowhere tive of the presidential administration to the city as well as its mayor, Kyiv has moved toasting their good fortune on near as excruciating as the punishment forward by leaps and bounds. Gone are the days when the ceiling of the post office Thanksgiving. It takes no courage (moral meted out by Stalin, and we know it. veranda collapsed, killing more than a dozen innocent residents. Gone are the packs of or physical) to look back and pass judg- We will probably never know the names wild dogs marauding in the city center, including along the Khreshchatyk. Also no ment on the terrorized and starving peas- of the thousands of stubborn farmers from longer evident are merchandise kiosks, eyesores carelessly scattered about main ants of small towns and villages across the Cherkasy to Sumy to the Kuban who spat streets. No less important, no longer is the central train station a boarding house for the frozen backwaters of the Donbas and the in the face of their Bolshevik expropriators homeless and a work center for pickpockets and thieves. Ukrainian heartland for their “complicity” before their land and their lives were taken This, of course, is due to the efforts of Mayor Omelchenko, a builder by trade. He in the disappearance of their neighbors and from them. Our ignorance of their heroism has a unique approach to renovating and building Kyiv by incorporating the close sup- family members. is no excuse for maligning their families port and financial assistance from the businessmen who invest in the city and make Unless they experienced first-hand the and neighbors simply because they chose brute force of Stalin’s collectivization and their money there. Mr. Omelchenko’s reasoning on the matter is quite simple and survival over suicidal defiance in the face resisted it, Dr. Myron Kuropas and Dr. direct: you make money in this city, so you should assist Kyiv financially to make it a of hunger and atrocities that remain beyond Jaroslaw Sawka are in no position to blame better city, after which you will be able to make even more money. The method, it our imagination. To blame these victims is the victims or condemn the survivors. seems, has worked. itself cruel, hypocritical, inhuman and None of us can know what choices we As Walter Nazarewicz, the president of the UIA, noted in presenting Mr. shameful. would make if a gun were put to our head, Omelchenko the award: “Since Ukraine gained independence, its capital city, Kyiv, We need to remember that in the period and none of us can honestly speculate on has been transformed from what was considered a backward provincial town into one of 1932-1933 all of eastern Ukraine resem- how we might have resisted the most of the most beautiful capitals in the entire world. And we have Oleksander bled a vast, virtual death camp, with sealed monolithic and terrifying police state the Omelchenko, the mayor of the city of Kyiv, to thank for this.” borders, a starving population and gangs of world might ever know. Just as the banquet honoring Mr. Omelchenko was far from perfect – with an heavily armed Bolshevik thugs extracting As the grandson of western Ukrainian unusually noisy and unappreciative crowd making the event more akin to a bazaar – every last scrap of food from the populace. émigrés, I can take pride in my family’s there are criticisms also of Mr. Omelchenko’s unorthodox ways in bringing the shine No intelligent or self-respecting Jew involvement in the Ukrainian Insurgent back to the city. He has been accused of being uncompromising, and even dictatorial would have the temerity to condemn a sur- in the way he runs his city. Some have compared him to the legendary Chicago Mayor Army (UPA) without belittling the sacri- vivor of Auschwitz for failure to do more Richard Daley. But others in Ukraine are just as apt to say, “Everybody in authority fices and the unique collective trauma that to resist the Holocaust, and survivors takes something for themselves. At least Mr. Omelchenko leaves most of it for the our eastern countrymen and their forefa- would certainly be accorded respect, even city.” In the last elections 71 percent of Kyivans supported his re-election. thers endured. My late uncle Bohdan if they did not join the Warsaw uprising or With its beautifully restored churches and cathedrals, renewed parks, newly built Kuzma took part in some of the early actively resist the Nazis. Unless they malls and commercial centers, as well as painstakingly refurbished Victorian and “pokhidni hrupy” (expeditionary teams) of actively collaborated with the NKVD, or Gothic architectural buildings, Kyiv truly belongs on a list of the most beautiful cities guerrilla fighters who infiltrated the eastern built their careers on the bones of their in Europe. There’s no denying that Mayor Omelchenko started the much-needed lands, looking for kindred spirits who neighbors, survivors of the Famine deserve process of renewal after the Soviet Union had ignored the Ukrainian capital for at least would be willing to fight the Soviets and no less respect. 20 years. And the UIA deserves thanks for its decision to highlight something positive the Nazis. Even after the ordeal of the Pointing the finger at one another and about Ukraine amidst the flurry of negative news that has been coming out of the Great Famine and all its attending horrors, playing the politics of division and one- country. Bohdan still found plenty of people willing upmanship has long been a losing proposi- to take part in the independence movement. tion for Ukraine and for the diaspora. More Years ago, while visiting Luhansk in the importantly, this tendency distracts us from easternmost reaches of Ukraine, I was the real enemy and the real task at hand. If shown a burial site where local UPA fight- Dr. Sawka honestly believes that he would Dec. ers had been massacred. I have never since have acted more honorably in the face of Turning the pages back... doubted that more eastern Ukrainians Stalinist terror, then let him at least show would have resisted Stalm if it had been the courage to challenge the powers that be humanly possible. 29 in the American media that are still actively We “zakhidniaky” forget that one of the engaged in covering up this genocide. reasons why Stalin singled out Ukraine for 1992 In the final days of 1992, a year after the United States recog- As an insightful editorial in The his most brutal repression – eventually nized Ukraine, the government of Ukraine concluded the pur- Ukrainian Weekly suggested recently, The indulging in an orgy of full-blown geno- chase of a historic building in Washington for use as its embassy New York Times remains a principal player cide – was exactly that fierce, indomitable in the United States. The building, known as Forrest-Marbury in the denial of what U.S. Sen. Charles Court, is located at 3350 M Street NW in the historic Georgetown district of Washington. Schumer has called “The Ukrainian Months of negotiation with both the seller of the building and the Department of State, Alexander Kuzma, a community Holocaust.” In the code of journalistic which had to approve the purchase agreement, culminated with the December 29, 1992, activist from Connecticut, is executive ethics, there is no crime greater than the signing ceremony at the current Embassy of Ukraine. director of the Children of Chornobyl The original portion of the building was constructed circa 1788. In 1986-1989 the build- Relief Fund. (Continued on page 13) ing was renovated and expanded. The 48,000-square-foot edifice was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 2, 1973. One of the earliest structures built in Washington, the exterior of the Forrest-Marbury House has been restored to reflect the NOTICE: Due to the holidays and shifting production schedules, Greek Revival period based upon a Civil War-era photograph; the interior incorporates ele- The Ukrainian Weekly will publish its annual year-in-review section ments of the Federalist and Greek Revival periods. in the January 12 issue, instead of (as has been customary for the The Forrest-Marbury House is the site of one of the most significant events in U.S. histo- ry: the establishment of the federal city of Washington, D.C. It was at this residence, during past two years) in the first issue of the year. Thus, “2002: The Year in a dinner hosted on March 29, 1791, by Gen. Uriah Forrest, a Revolutionary War hero, that Review” will be published on the eve of the new year according to the an agreement in principle was reached on securing land along the Potomac River for the Julian (old-style) calendar. (Continued on page 15) No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places Famine memorial More on complicity by Myron B. Kuropas must educate and terror’s victims Dear Editor: Dear Editor: Your editorial about the need for a On November 10 I wrote a letter to proper memorial to the Famine the editor of The Ukrainian Weekly To Russia, with love (December 8), in which you endorse the regarding the statement made by Dr. As Ukraine drifts closer and closer to the Independent Media Union, “but it certainly suggestion of Morgan Williams that any Myron B. Kuropas that “... practically ever-loving arms of the Russian bear, I am exists de facto.” Some 500 journalists have Ukrainian World Congress memorial every Ukrainian family had someone, reminded of a headline that appeared in signed a manifesto condemning govern- should include an educational and somewhere, somehow, who was com- Svoboda on June 16, 1917: “Russian ment interference in the media. Ukrainians Striving for Ukrainian Republic research center that would house a muse- plicit in the debasement of other Election results are blatantly ignored. By United with Russia on Federation Basis.” um and library is not only right on point Ukrainians” in the Soviet Ukraine. I December 18, President Kuchma and his Back then, Svoboda was dismayed by but extraordinarily important. wrote that such a statement is irresponsi- gang sacked the chairman of the National the lack of nationalist zeal exhibited by the The bizarre current state of affairs in ble and false and that Dr. Kuropas should Bank of Ukraine and 19 parliamentary Rada during the early days of Ukrainian which, some 70 years after the Famine apologize to the victims of terror. committees, leaving the Verkhovna Rada independence. On May 17, 1917, the UNA took place, most people don’t even know So far there has been no response almost completely under their control. The newspaper opined: “The national indiffer- it happened, while some scholars who do from Dr. Kuropas. However, in a March 31 parliamentary election, in which ence of Russian Ukrainians has reached the know about it take great pains to deny November 24 letter, Dr. Andrew M. pro-presidential blocs won only 18 percent point that at a time when all kinds of peo- that it was part of the Russo-Soviet geno- Senkowsky asked: “Why should Dr. of the vote in the proportional half, while ples are exercising their independence and cidal campaign against Ukraine, requires Kuropas apologize for telling the truth?” four opposition blocs garnered some 60 autonomy, Russian Ukrainians are still not a remedy. How do Dr. Kuropas or Dr. percent of the vote, has been totally coming out as Ukrainians but as Russian That remedy should be modeled upon Senkowsky know that that is the truth? reversed. Small wonder that, according to progressives ... For them the Ukrainian Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the Does Dr. Senkowsky have any statistics, recent poll, two out of three voters in national situation is in last place.” Holocaust Memorial Museum in any facts to prove it? If Dr. Senkowsky Ukraine now believe that their votes have Is history being repeated? It would seem researched the subject, then most likely little or no influence over political decisions Washington. so. Consider recent developments. he has statistics not only on the collabo- made by the government. A poll published in Zerkalo Bohdan Vitvitsky rators but also on the victims. How Corruption is still a way of life. Money- Nedeli/Dzerkalo Tyzhnia last August indi- Summit, N.J. many families lost their fathers, moth- laundering is rampant. Businessmen in the cated that Ukrainian Independence Day was Verkhovna Rada who do not toe the line ers, brothers through starvation, execu- an important holiday for only 17.1 percent tion, deportation to Siberia? How many with the Kuchma regime will have their of the population. For 35.2 percent it was an businesses shut down by masked men with victims died and how many returned ordinary official holiday, and for 35.1 per- home broken after interrogation by the machine guns. Legitimate debate cent it was merely a day off. Some 56 per- In an article that appeared in the Wilson Cheka, GPU and NKVD? Were there cent believe that, after 11 years of inde- more families in Ukraine who collabo- Quarterly last summer, Nancy Popson and our freedom pendence, Ukraine has not succeeded as an argued that “A Ukraine that embraced Dear Editor: rated with the Soviet regime or more independent state. Had a referendum on who lost family members because of Western standards of law, business and poli- independence been conducted this year, tics would be in position to enhance Dr. Myron B. Kuropas’ appreciation that regime? only 48 percent of the population would of Thanksgiving (December 1) and the If such statistics exist, I would like to European stability, either within a larger support it. Europe or as a strong, economically stable kinds of freedom in the United States add my family to the “Victims’ Column.” With the appointment and subsequent that allowed the flourishing of a My grandfather Ivan Lehky, 56, of neighboring state. Ukraine needs the sup- parliamentary approval of Viktor port of the international community if it is Ukrainian (and many, many others) com- Hadiach, Poltava Oblast, died of starva- Yanukovych as prime minister, Ukraine has munity here was an example of his writ- tion in 1933. In the same year my uncle to move in that direction.” the distinction of having its 10th prime min- Right. NATO refused to invite President ing at its best – warm, passionate and Hrycko Lehky, 17, together with other ister in 11 years of independence. A smash- grounded in historical perspective. teenagers found a dead horse in the field. Kuchma to its expanded summit meeting mouth Russian-speaking apparatchik from and then snubbed him when he crashed the Then came the final paragraphs, As they were eating the meat they were Donetsk, Mr. Yanukovych is a member of which to me contradicted some of the caught, arrested and jailed. They were party anyway. The international community Ukraine’s largest and strongest clan. Soon has blackballed Ukraine because Mr. values that we Americans are thankful accused of killing the horse, thus after taking office, Mr. Yanukovych called Kuchma disdains Western standards. for. destroying state property. My uncle for “more radical joint steps” in the Mr. Kuchma feels more comfortable Much as he may dislike it, there actu- starved to death in jail. Russian-Ukrainian integration process. with Mr. Putin than with representatives of ally is a legitimate debate about whether That is the truth I live with, not “the Leonid Grach, a Ukrainian deputy, the West. “We do not need to try to con- a military invasion of Iraq is the best truth” casually proclaimed by Dr. offered an amendment to the Constitution vince one another about many matters – course for this country to take. The Kuropas. of Ukraine that would read follows: while at the same time, in our conversations debate is not between respectful, loyal As far as the rest of Dr. Senkowsky’s “Citizens are entitled to use the Ukrainian with Western colleagues they often do not Americans and those “praising the likes letter is concerned, it covered wide areas language as the state language and the understand us,” Mr. Kuchma explained to of Saddam and Arafat.” which had little to do with the subject Russian language as an official language Mr. Putin, “...we have different mentalities.” Although acts and statements by some discussed. But I will take issue with two while administering state affairs in bodies Mr. Kuchma has succeeded in taking extremists in opposition to the Vietnam subjects discussed in that letter. of state government.” Mr. Grach issued a Ukraine from being the darling of the West War may have rightfully disgusted him, Dr. Senkowsky says that he agrees statement titled “Heritage of Bohdan to being the pariah of Europe, all in a few there came to be a legitimate debate with me that “... many of us suffered in Khmelnytsky” in which he emphasized the short years. Meanwhile, “Russian Ukraine,” about continuing the war. Many respect- silence, being deprived by Ukraine of importance of the Russian language to 12.5 where most of Mr. Kuchma and the oli- ed religious, political, community lead- properties nationalized ...” In my letter I million ethnic Russians. Russian became garchs are from, remains more Russian than ers and ordinary citizens embraced the never mentioned “properties.” My con- “the second mother tongue of millions of Ukrainian, just like it was 85 years ago. opposing view. These people were not cern is people, not property. Ukrainians long ago,” Mr. Grach explained. Some Ukrainian American Democrats “kneeling at the altars of Fidel Castro, The second statement of the letter: Russia Duma Chairman Gennadi are floating the notion that Mr. Kuchma is Ho Chi Minh and Mao Tse Tung.” “who put those tormentors in power, but Seleznev urged Ukraine to forget NATO looking toward Moscow because of cur- The pronouncement that there is one the majority of Ukrainian people, who and join the Eurasian Economic rent U.S. foreign policy. President George viewpoint grounded in reason, logic and still believe in the ideology of commu- Community now under Russia’s domina- W. Bush has abandoned Ukraine to the patriotism, and an opposing viewpoint nism ...” The answer to the first part of tion. In the mind of Mr. Seleznev, “NATO tender mercies of President Putin, they that could only be held by traitorous the question is given by Dr. Senkowsky is an anachronism.” argue. This is nonsense, of course. Mr. lovers of America’s enemies is a well- himself. He correctly stated that both The year 2003 has been officially desig- Bush and Congress have decreased U.S. established tactic. It was a tactic not gen- presidents of independent Ukraine “... nated as the “Year of Russia” in Ukraine by assistance to Ukraine because the govern- erally used by Ukrainians, but against were high-level Communist appa- the Russian and Ukrainian governments – ment is corrupt and refuses to abide by them. ratchiks.” These and the other appa- this on the heels of a “Year of Ukraine” in accepted, internationally recognized norms Of course, the thing we are thankful ratchiks were put in power not by Russia in 2002. of behavior. During the Clinton years, for is that here, in America, Dr. Kuropas Ukrainian people but by the Communist As Ukraine drifts towards Russia, Vice-President Al Gore developed a “spe- has the right to say what he pleases, and Party of the Soviet Union. They never President Leonid Kuchma is becoming cial relationship” with Mr. Kuchma, which I have the right to disagree. gave up that power even after the increasingly autocratic. The press for exam- ple, is suppressed. Western governments, provided a kind of write-your-own check, proclamation of Ukraine’s independ- no-strings-attached largesse in the belief Steve Lann ence. As to the ideology of communism the Council of Europe and various humans Kensington, Md. rights organizations that have investigated that Mr. Kuchma’s government would do – during the last national election the the right thing. It didn’t happen. Ukraine Communist Party of Ukraine received the matter agree. Ukrainian journalists walked out of a news conference at the became corrupt and dictatorial, an open The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters 20 percent of the votes. It is obvious that door for Russia. to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou- 80 percent of the voters in Ukraine do Procurator General’s Office early in December to protest the barring of reporters Let’s get it right. It’s Mr. Kuchma who ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi- not believe in the ideology of commu- abandoned Ukraine, not President Bush. nals, not photocopies. nism. from certain news agencies deemed unfa- The daytime phone number and address vorable to President Kuchma. “Maybe we of the letter-writer must be given for verifi- Alla Lehky Heretz don’t have censorship de jure,” said Andrii Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: cation purposes. Rutherford, N.J. Shevchenko, leader of the newly formed [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 No. 52 No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 9 Klitschkos pay a visit to students at St. George School in New York

by Andrew Nynka NEW YORK – After disappointing several hundred students and faculty with a no-show at St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic School on December 9, world champion heavyweight boxers Vitalii and Volodymyr Klitschko spent over an hour in the school auditorium signing auto- graphs two days later. The applause and commotion of nearly 260 students and staff assembled there seemed to say the brothers had been forgiven for their earli- er absence. But the patience and charm they showed also seemed to win many hearts that day. While Kyiv Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko met with students and facul- ty from the school on December 9, much of the auditorium that day seemed focused on the whereabouts of 6-foot-8- inch Vitalii and 6-foot-6-inch Volodymyr. It was later learned that on the after- noon of December 9 the Klitschko broth- ers made an appearance in Brighton Beach, N.Y., with New York Daily News columnist Bill Gallo at a luncheon to launch the 76th Annual Daily News Golden Gloves boxing tournament and thus were not able to make an appearance at the Ukrainian school. Andrew Nynka Yurij Dobriansky, 14, was at St. Volodymyr (left) and Vitalii Klitschko take a break from signing autographs to pose for a photo with school children at St. George’s on December 9 with oversized George’s Ukrainian Catholic School in New York City. red boxing gloves on both of his hands, ready to show his support for the English and Ukrainian, noted the impor- neously accepted the flowers, gave the getic reception. Klitschko brothers. He said he left that tance of education, culture and heritage in children a hug and spontaneously lifted In the end, the Klitschko brothers said day disappointed but believing there must a person’s life and, Vitalii said, judging the two youngsters into their arms. their experience at the school made them have been a good reason for the by what he saw from the students, “a While signing autographs, the brothers aware of a strong and vibrant Ukrainian Klitschkos’ absence. place like St. George’s works to instill – each surrounded like the center of a community in New York. Yurij When the Klitschko brothers fulfilled those qualities here.” solar system filled with children circling Dobriansky, on the other hand, did not their pledge and walked into the school When the brothers stepped down from and gravitating towards two large stars – come with his gloves the second time auditorium on December 11, the place the stage to greet their fans and sign auto- seemed genuinely happy that they came around but seemed pleased with the seemed to erupt into an excited frenzy. graphs, two young children presented to the school, although somewhat sur- event. “Yeah, I’d say the Klitschkos made The brothers, who addressed the crowd in them with flowers. The brothers simulta- prised to receive such a warm and ener- up for it,” he said.

While Volodymyr (left) holds a young child who presented him with flowers, brother Vitalii signs autographs. Volodymyr (right) signs autographs for a group of young fans.

Volodymyr Klitschko stops McCline in 10th round LAS VEGAS – The highly anticipat- of him, stopping McCline in the 10th ed fight between two of the biggest round with a combination that was sim- heavyweights in the world of boxing, ply too much for him. took place on December 7 in Las Vegas. I will not go into great details of the Volodymyr (40-1, 37 KOs), the younger fight, just would like to say that McCline of the Klitschko brothers, defended his looked nervous and scared, starting very WBO world championship belt against slowly and extremely cautiously. He American Jameel McCline (28-3-3, 16 made too many moves that were not KOs), who was the number one chal- needed, and his punches could be seen lenger. coming before he actually threw them. The fight was seen as the Ukrainian Volodymyr, on the other hand was very giant’s first big challenge in the United calm and fought smartly. States, since Volodymyr fought in By the fourth round Volodymyr’s Germany for most of his career. And Volodymyr delivered what was expected (Continued on page 13) Two youngsters wait in St. George’s auditorium to present the Klitschko brothers with flowers. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 No. 52 Specialists discuss state of teaching Ukrainian Free University Ukrainian as a foreign language inaugurates winter semester

by Miroslav J. Ficak focused on the last 12 years, during which Ukraine and Bavaria have had MUNICH – The Ukrainian Free many dealings in economics and culture. University (UFU) in Munich officially He provided a plethora of statistical data inaugurated its Winter Semester 2002- on trade between the two countries and 2003 on October 23. stressed the importance of the UFU in the The inauguration ceremonies began area of cultural relations between the two with brief welcoming remarks by the uni- states. Dr. Stepanov emphasized that over versity’s rector, Dr. Leonid Rudnytzky, 200 students from Ukraine currently who expressed his satisfaction about the study at the University of Munich, indi- good turnout. In spite of the inclement cating, however, that very few German fall weather, the auditorium maximum of students study in Ukraine. the university was filled to the brim with Dr. Stepanov acknowledged the gen- students, professors and guests from Munich and various parts of the world. erosity of the Free State of Bavaria Among the prominent personalities pres- regarding humanitarian aid to Ukraine, ent were Bishop Petro Kryk, exarch for while at the same time, pointing to the the Ukrainians in Germany and almost two to one unfavorable trade Scandinavia, Maestro Leo Mol from deficit that exists between the two part- Winnipeg, the Munich-based poetess ners. He also noted the rise of tourism Emma Andiyevska, representatives of the and cultural exchanges between German scholarly community and the Germany and Ukraine. He concluded his press. lecture in a spirit of optimism, prognosti- Dr. Anna Procyk (standing) introduces Dr. Oleksandra Palka (center) and Dr. The keynote address of the evening cating future growth and continued Oksana Ostapchuk at the Shevchenko Scientific Society. was delivered by Dr. Valeriy A. improvement in Ukrainian-German rela- Stepanov, consul general of Ukraine in tions, in which the UFU would continue by Dr. Orest Popovych According to Dr. Ostapchuk, the differ- Munich, who was introduced by Dr. to play a major role. ence arises from self-identification, as Rudnytzky. A question and answer session fol- NEW YORK – The state of instruction many Ukrainians in Russia simply do not lowed the consul general’s presentation, of Ukrainian as a foreign language was Dr. Stepanov, according to the rector, admit to their ethnicity and do not insist in which various problems besetting con- discussed by scholars from Moscow and belongs to the new breed of Ukrainian on their rights as adamantly as do other temporary Ukraine were raised. Lviv, from their different perspectives, at diplomats. He was born in Odesa, studied minorities or the Russians living in In his concluding remarks Dr. the Shevchenko Scientific Society in political science and economics in Ukraine. In all of Russia there are only Moscow, worked for various institutions Rudnytzky expressed “words of pro- New York on November 2. 20 schools in which classes are conduct- First to speak was Dr. Oksana in Ukraine, but did not begin his diplo- found gratitude” on behalf of the UFU to ed entirely in Ukrainian. Nevertheless, Ostapchuk, a philologist and linguist, matic career until Ukraine gained its the Free State of Bavaria for its contin- there has been a gradual increase in the who is a research fellow at the Center for independence in 1991. He was first sec- ued support of the university, voicing the teaching of Ukrainian in Russian schools, Ukrainian Studies at the Institute of retary of the Ukrainian embassy in Bonn, hope that the Ukrainian state will soon said Dr. Ostapchuk. Slavonic Studies of the Russian Academy Germany (1994-1998), and since March follow suit. He also thanked the Hanns In the city of Moscow the focus of of Sciences in Moscow. She is currently of this year he has been serving in his Seidel Foundation for awarding scholar- organized Ukrainian life is the Ukrainian in the United States as a fellow at the present capacity. ships to deserving Ukrainian students and Cultural Center, located in a beautiful Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. The title of Dr. Stepanov’s lecture was expressed warm words of appreciation to For the last five years Dr. Ostapchuk building in a fashionable area. The center “Ukrainian-Bavarian Relations.” Stating his Ukrainian and German colleagues for has been teaching Ukrainian language houses a library, a bookstore and a film that Ukrainian-Bavarian relations have a their dedication. The evening concluded and history at the Lomonosov Moscow and video club. Two Ukrainian-language 1,000-year-old history, about which with a wine and cheese reception and State University and at the Academy of newspapers are published in Moscow, and much has been written, Dr. Stepanov good fellowship. Slavonic Culture in Moscow. Support for they are available in the center’s library. such studies from the Russian Ministry The second speaker was Dr. of Education has been modest, severely Oleksandra Palka of Lviv, who is limitings enrollment. For example, at presently an IREX fellow in the depart- Moscow State University, each of the ment of Slavic languages and literatures Boyko Endowment Fund established foreign Slavic programs, including at the University of Virginia. She shared Ukrainian, admits only eight students at a with the audience the challenges time, who must complete their five-year involved in teaching Ukrainian to for- for Ukrainian studies at U. of Ottawa course of study towards a diploma before eigners in Lviv. OTTAWA – The Chair of Ukrainian positions, including the presidency of the a new batch of eight students is admitted. Although all the major institutions of Studies at the University of Ottawa local riding association. He served on a However, there are other institutions higher learning have had preparatory lan- announced the creation of the Joseph number of committees of the Toronto of higher learning in Moscow that teach guage departments for foreigners since Boyko Endowment Fund, with a gener- Real Estate Board, was a longtime mem- Ukrainian as a foreign language, includ- Soviet times, these were designed to ous donation of $10,000 from his daugh- ber of the Metropolitan Toronto Board of ing the Institute of Linguistics and a teach the Russian language and are ill- ters, Tania Melnyk and Dana Boyko. The Trade and the Empire Club, and a mem- school for diplomats. The students taking prepared to teach Ukrainian. fund is intended to assist the work of the ber of the Canadian Association of Ukrainian in Moscow are mostly ethnic Dr. Palka, who is a scholar at the chair, initially in the purchase of books Slavists. Russians who wish to learn the language Institute of Pedagogy and Educational and research materials for its library. In his early years in Canada, while he in preparation for traveling to Ukraine on Psychology of the Academy of Pedagogical Mr. Boyko was born in 1912 in west- was still establishing himself in the real business or pleasure. It is interesting that Sciences of Ukraine, has been developing a ern Ukraine, and completed law studies estate business, Mr. Boyko undertook modern Ukrainian literature is popular methodology for teaching Ukrainian to for- in Lviv and Innsbruck. Arriving in part-time studies at the University of among Russian students, who read it in eigners. To that end, in 1997 she published Canada in 1948 with his wife, Halyna, he Ottawa, where he completed course work translation. If more Russians were to a book titled “Ukrainian as a Foreign applied his legal training to a number of towards a Ph.D. in Slavic studies. learn the Ukrainian language, literature Language,” in which she tailors the instruc- business undertakings, most notably as a The announcement of the donation and history, it might result in better tions specifically for each major discipline, real estate broker, a business he worked toward the Joseph Boyko Endowment Ukrainian-Russian relations in general, e.g., literature, economics, etc. We do in until his death in 1982. was made in Toronto in October 2002 by concluded Dr. Ostapchuk. everything possible to provide foreigners In Canada, Mr. Boyko continued his his daughters Ms. Melnyk and Ms. Another topic developed by Dr. not only with the knowledge of the active participation in community life. Boyko at a small gathering of family and Ostapchuk at some length was the size Ukrainian language, but also of our culture, He played a key role in the Ukrainian friends to honor the memory of Joseph and character of the Ukrainian diaspora concluded Dr. Palka. Canadian Committee and the Ukrainian and Halyna Boyko. in Russia. According to official statistics, The roundtable was organized and Canadian Professional and Business Commenting on the establishment of the Ukrainian population in Russia is chaired by Dr. Anna Procyk, a vice-presi- Association. He was instrumental in the the Endowment Fund, Ms. Melnyk said: about 4.5 million; however, unofficial dent of the Shevchenko Scientific establishmrent of two Ukrainian weekly “My sister Dana and I wanted to do estimates run as high as 10 million. Society. newspapers, Nasha Meta and Vilne something that would reflect our father’s Slovo, and helped launch a number of dedication to his heritage, his apprecia- Ukrainian credit unions. He was active in tion of Canada and his interest in aca- MAY WE HELP YOU? organizing the Ukrainian Catholic demic pursuits. We feel that the estab- Eparchy in Toronto, and for a time head- lishment of an endowment fund at the To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, ed the Ontario branch of the Ukrainian University of Ottawa Chair of Ukrainian National Association. and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). Studies in his memory provides continu- Equally important was Mr. Boyko’s ity to his earlier affiliation with the uni- Editorial – 3049, 3063, 3069; Administration – 3041; commitment to, and genuine appreciation versity.” of, his adopted country, Canada. He was The Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the Advertising – 3040; Subscriptions – 3042; Production – 3052 an active member of the Liberal Party of Canada and held a number of executive (Continued on page 19) No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 11

BOOK NOTES Berkeley chorus conductor Kuzma Scholar provides definitive account accepts newly endowed chair of music of Dovzhenko’s life in Soviet film

“Alexander Dovzhenko: A Life in Soviet Film,” by George O. Liber. London: British Film Institute, 2002; (distributed in North America by the University of California Press). 320 pp., 41 b/w illus., ISBN 0-85170-927-3; $58 (cloth).

BERKELEY, Calif. – Alexander man’s relationship to the land. Dovzhenko, along with Sergei Eisenstein Based on archival research in Moscow and Vsevolod Pudovkin, became one of and Kyiv and interviews with the major pioneers of Soviet filmmaking. Dovzhenko’s colleagues and students, During his 30-year career, his films – George E. Liber provides the first defini- including “Zvenyhora,” “Arsenal” tive account in any language of this “Zemlia”(Earth), and “Ivan” – won inter- important director’s personal and profes- national acclaim and have become clas- sional life. Prof. Liber’s biography sics of the silent and early sound eras. explores the political context of Combining images from Ukrainian Dovzhenko’s filmmaking, investigates history and folklore, stark realism, visual the divisions between his public and pri- poetry, propaganda, and gentle humor, vate worlds, and analyzes his struggles Dovzhenko’s films celebrated nature and within and against the Stalinist system. Marika C. Kuzma and the Chamber Chorus of the University of California at “Alexander Dovzhenko: A Life in Berkeley. Soviet Film” may be purchased over the Internet from the following: BERKELEY, Ca. – Marika C. Kuzma, Mozart’s Mass in C minor, followed by http://www.bfi.ucpress.edu/; (outside of conductor of the Chamber Chorus of the Alfred Schnittke’s “Gospodi, Iisuse North America), http://www.bfi.com.uk/ University of California at Berkeley and of Khriste,” as well as Greek and Ukrainian (in North America). the University Chorus, an ensemble of 120 chant, American spirituals, settings of chil- George O. Liber is associate professor students and community members, accept- dren’s poems in Hebrew and Arabic, some of history at the University of Alabama ed the newly endowed Virginia Lew Chair Brahms and a recitation of the French at Birmingham and author of “Soviet of Music. resistance poem “Liberté,” and closed with Nationality Policy, Urban Growth and Ms. Kuzma, who is associate professor a Shaker tune and Copland’s setting of Identity Change in the Ukrainian SSR” of music and director of choral activities at “Simple Gifts.” (1992). He holds an M.A. in Soviet stud- the University of California at Berkeley, Among Ms. Kuzma’s other engagements ies from Harvard University and a Ph.D. organized a campus-wide concert – “Im with the Chamber Chorus was the perform- in history from Columbia University Memoriam: A Concert of Musical ance in November of Monteverdi’s (1986). Reflections on the Events of September 11, “Vespers.” As director of the University Prof. Liber took part as Dovzhenko 2001,” composed of sacred and secular Chorus, Ms. Kuzma led a performance of scholar and commentator in the film pro- music from various cultures. The concert Mozart’s “David Penitente” and the West gram titled “Earth – The Films of was attended by some 1,000 people, and Coast premiere of a piece by New York Alexander Dovzhenko” held October 3, those who could not be accommodated sat composer Moshe Cotel titled “My Shalom, 5 and 8 in Los Angeles, as a joint presen- outside listening to the concert over the My Peace” in Berkeley and at San tation by the UCLA Film and Television speakers that were set up outdoors. The Francisco’s Temple Emanuel. Archives and the Hollywood Trident chorus also sang at the student vigil held Among forthcoming appearances is a Foundation as well as at the launch of that night on Sproul Plaza, the site of the concert featuring the Chamber Chorus at the Dovzhenko series at the National 1960s protests. Gallery in Washington, on December 14. The concert opened with the Kyrie of (Continued on page 15)

Dovzhenko films in the spotlight at National Gallery of Art by Yaro Bihun George Liber, author of “Alexander Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Dovzhenko: A Life in Soviet Film,” and Serhii Trymbach, vice-president of the WASHINGTON – Some call him a Dovzhenko National Center in Kyiv. Later filmmaker poet. Others discount him as that evening there was a reception at the nothing more than a Soviet propagandist. Embassy of Ukraine. The preeminent Ukrainian cinematograph- The discussion focused on er Oleksander Dovzhenko continues to Dovzhenko’s role as an artist and his diffi- draw both adulation and criticism a half- cult relationship with Soviet censors and century after his death, as his films contin- Stalin himself. As Mr. Trymbach pointed ue to draw classic-film aficionados when- ever and wherever they are shown. out, although it was a film about the tri- Washington-area film buffs have been umph of collectivization, “Zemlia” was enjoying a rare treat this December – a not hailed by the Communist Party leader- series of some of Dovzhenko’s best films ship; it was criticized publicly, heavily spread over four weekends at the National edited and held back from release. Gallery of Art. The nine films span almost It was called “counterrevolutionary,” he the entire 20-some years of Dovzhenko’s noted, if only because of the positive way cinema career, from “Zvenyhora,” an it depicted the life of Ukrainian farmers avant-garde silent film made in 1927, to before collectivization. “It showed that Photofest there was no need for any revolution,” Mr. his last film and his first in color, A scene from Oleksander Dovzhenko’s “Arsenal.” “Michurin,” a pastoralized propaganda Trymbach said. Completed in 1930, it was biography of a prominent Russian horti- soon overcome by events, as the cata- crank out pro-Stalinist propaganda in his behind the false promises,” Mr. Kennicott culturist made in 1947. strophic results of forced collectivization later years,” Mr. Chapman wrote. wrote. The jewel of the retrospective is became evident in the 1932-1933 Great Acknowledging that Dovzhenko was a The reviewer said that “despite the glo- Dovzhenko’s “Zemlia” (Earth) and, even Famine, which took the lives of an esti- Bolshevik who worked within the tradi- rification of collective farming, mecha- though it was shown on the second week- mated 7 million Ukrainians. tions of early Soviet films, Mr. Kennicott nization and modernization,” the film end of the series on December 14, it That morning’s Washington Post car- noted, however, that he had “a very indi- “Zemlia” probably was counterrevolution- served as a kind of official launch of the ried a letter to the editor, in which the edi- vidual voice” and that his “love of the ary. “For all the stock Bolshevik imagery, series. National Gallery of Art Film torial director of the Cato Institute, Ukrainian land and people gave his films a Mother Earth gleams through the film with Programs Director Peggy Parson and Michael Chapman, took the paper’s critic softer edge and a deeper emotional reso- a calming sense that human affairs are Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Philip Kennicott to task for not stressing nance than his more urbane contempo- ephemeral. The standard travails of life, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko welcomed the Dovzhenko’s role as a propagandist in his raries,” among them Sergei Eisenstein. sickness and death take on a spiritual overflow theater audience at the outset. preview of the series. “He was an apolo- “When Dovzhenko films the landscape, power that overwhelms the political trap- After the showing there was an open dis- gist for the state – and a man who lived off or people’s faces, one forgets ideology, or pings.” cussion with two Dovzhenko experts: the favors of the state by continuing to at least one senses the humane aspiration (Continued on page 27) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 No. 52

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strategy was his failure to appoint the Boxing great George Foreman, HBO’s Kuchma orchestrates... head of the Labor Ukraine oligarchic Volodymyr Klitschko... color commentator for the fight, repeat- (Continued from page 2) clan, Serhii Tyhypko, as chairman of the (Continued from page 9) edly praised Klitschko, noting in particu- through the addition of deputies elected National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). The advantage was clear, as he completely lar the speed of his hands and feet. “He’s in districts that use the first-past-the-post National Bank will be crucial to ensure a dominated the fight. In the tenth round the got the whole package,” said Foreman. system, which favors “independent” pro- relaxation of financial discipline to sup- Ukrainian landed two left hooks, followed Present in the audience for the fight presidential centrists, as well as through port populist social measures by the new by a left cross and then a right jab that put was one of Klitschko’s top supporters, bribery and the intimidation of opposi- government and to have “administrative McCline on the canvas in his corner. Kyiv Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko. tion deputies. resources” available for the 2004 elec- McCline got up at the count of nine as the There seemed to be many Ukrainian fans The culmination of the executive’s tions. Mr. Tyhypko’s election to this post bell sounded to end the round, but his cor- also, as blue-and-yellow flags were seen would have effectively divided the plum takeover of Parliament is its redistribu- ner would not allow him to continue. waving in the crowd and chants of top-three positions between the three tion of the position of heads of its com- Klitschko won nine of 10 rounds on two “Klitsch-ko, Klitsch-ko” filled the air. main oligarchic clans – presidential mittees, many of which have been con- scorecards and eight on the third but was As “Volodymyr ‘The Hammer’ administration (Kyiv’s SDPU), govern- trolled by the opposition since the March fighting so cautiously that there were scat- Klitschko” was introduced before the ment (Donetsk’s Ukraine’s Regions), and elections. tered boos in the late rounds. start of the bout, a large Ukrainian the National Bank of Ukraine Because of the close corporatist links “The plan was to take my time and take national flag was in the ring. The flag (Dnipropetrovsk’s Labor Ukraine). between business and politics, business- minimum risks,” Klitschko said. “I used reappeared in the ring at the end of the Mr. Tyhypko obtained only 214 votes men within the opposition or those fund- my head in the ring because I want to use fight as Klitschko was declared the win- in the first attempt to place him in the ing the opposition are routinely intimi- my head again in the future.” ner. position of NBU chairman, but it is like- dated through raids by the State Tax Larry Merchant who is HBO’s boxing Now the spotlight will turn on Vitalii ly that the parliamentary majority will commentator, commented: “Klitschko met Klitschko, the mandatory challenger for Administration (STA) and court cases. eventually succeed in having him elect- This is probably the reason that Yurii a reluctant opponent. Volodymyr had to do Lennox Lewis. The fight is still in question ed. NBU Chairman Volodymyr Stelmakh all the fighting and it’s very difficult to look as Lewis is yet to make up his mind if he Kravchenko was appointed head of the is under severe pressure to resign, and an STA. good against another fighter who is more wants to box or retire. For Vitalii this will inconclusive vote on December 12 to interested in surviving than winning. be his biggest fight that will make their Mr. Kravchenko is the discredited for- replace him with Mr. Tyhypko ended in mer internal affairs minister whom Jameel was intimidated while Klitschko dream come true – of having two brothers scuffles between oligarchs and the oppo- closed the show dramatically.” to be world champions at the same time. Parliament forced to resign in February sition. 2001. He is heard bragging on the audio The final element of President recordings illicitly made in the presi- Kuchma’s strategy is to take over the require modest audacity, quiet pressure dent’s office by former security officer Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine Mykola Melnychenko about his “Eagles” behind the scenes and, finally, if necessary, which is headed by Oleksander Stoyan. Looking beyond...om page 6) special unit after President Kuchma (Continued fr noise. Mr. Stoyan was No. 2 on Viktor It is time to start meeting with editorial demanded that action be undertaken Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine bloc and crime of “Holocaust denial.” Yet The boards across the country and focusing an against Mr. Gongadze. The U.S. Federal defected on December 6 to the parlia- Times refuses to renounce the Pulitzer unremitting laser beam of public attention Bureau of Investigation is now undertak- mentary majority, which represents a Prize that Walter Duranty secured by lying ing an analysis of this fragment of the major blow to Mr. Yushchenko’s prestige about the mass starvation of millions of on this issue. As long as America’s most Melnychenko recording. and election chances in 2004. Mr. Stoyan Ukrainians. Now, here is a silence worth prestigious newspaper can get away with Mr. Kravchenko, who is highly loyal has been quoted as saying, “I should not breaking. Here is an adversary worth hold- the journalistic crime of the century, then to Mr. Kuchma and is not a member of be in opposition to this government – I ing accountable for a gross transgression no ethnic group in the world will ever be any clan, is of key importance to the should work with it.” that is real, not imagined. Here is an apolo- safe from the threat of genocide and eth- president’s efforts to ensure that no sin- Just prior to Mr. Stoyan’s defection the gy worth winning, once and for all. nic cleansing. A formal apology from The gle clan can dominate Ukraine and is annual congress of the Federation of The Ukrainian community needs to New York Times (preferably in bold print reportedly Mr. Kuchma’s favorite to suc- Trade Unions of Ukraine, Mr. muster its resources, its Ivy League schol- accompanied by a multi-page photo ceed him in 2004. Medvedchuk’s SDPU backed the first ars and its community activists to rise to spread and historical retrospective on the The appointment of Donetsk Oblast serious challenge to Mr. Stoyan’s this occasion. We cannot let the year 2003 Famine) would be a serious and historic Chairman Viktor Yanukovych as prime decadelong leadership by his first deputy, go by without a very public mea culpa achievement worth savoring. from the New York Times for killing the minister in November by a vote of 234 Valentyn Pozhydayev. Regional gover- If we can dream it, we can make it story of the greatest genocide of the 20th deputies heralded another step in taking nors attended the federation’s congress happen. control of state institutions. Nine pro- century. This ongoing cover-up is in itself a for the first time to pressure delegates As we prepare to mark the 70th presidential factions representing the very big newsworthy story, and if The New from their regions to vote for Mr. anniversary of the greatest tragedy in our “parliamentary majority” have signed an York Times stands by its Famine denial, Pozhydayev. Mr. Stoyan defected to the people’s history, it is time for Ukrainian agreement of cooperation with the new then it should be brought to shame by Kuchma camp in return for this pressure Americans to stop taking cheap shots at government after government positions being called off and was thus able to every lesser newspaper and media outlet in one another and to get down to more seri- were divided among the three main and retain his position as head of the federa- America. The costs of such a campaign six smaller clans. tion. would be far from exorbitant; the evidence ous business. Dr. Sawka can start by Mr. Kuchma’s candidate for the head The political system emerging in has been compiled and is irrefutable. Now organizing a heart-to-heart talk between of the Supreme Court, Vasyl Maliarenko, Ukraine sees no role for the opposition, it comes down to a matter of direct dia- the most articulate and respected mem- was elected in November. The Supreme and current trends would seem to herald logue with the those who pledge to provide bers of Detroit’s Ukrainian community Court will be important to head off any an entrenchment of oligarchic control. “all the news that’s fit to print.” The and the editorial board of the Detroit Free legal challenges to Mr. Kuchma’s immu- This politically authoritarian and eco- anniversary of the Great Famine will Press. nity deal and to regulate any potential nomically “liberal” model is more typical disputes over the 2004 election results. In of CIS states, including Russia, than of addition, Mr. Medvedchuk is also head post-Communist Central and Eastern of the Union of Ukrainian Lawyers. The Europe, or of Western Europe, to which only temporary setback for the Kuchma Ukraine ostensibly wishes to integrate.

protested that Metropolitan Moisei’s The slow road... church should not be accorded legal (Continued from page 2) recognition. went to the United States several years The head of Ukraine’s Greek-Catholic ago and was ordained there, has now Church, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, has returned under the title of Metropolitan made no overt reference to Metropolitan Moisei of Kyiv and All Rus’. Moisei’s arrival. However, in a statement He told a news conference in Kyiv issued on November 25 Cardinal Huzar that his Church is recognized by the ecu- expressed a willingness to meet with menical patriarch, who appointed him as Patriarch Aleksei II of Moscow during metropolitan, and that his, and his his forthcoming visit to Ukraine in order Church’s, mission is to unite all to improve Catholic-Orthodox relations Ukrainians, Orthodox and Greek- in Ukraine and, hopefully, to resolve dis- Catholics, in a single, truly national putes over the ownership of church Church (all existing Churches in buildings, and he also expressed his “sin- Ukraine, he said, are subject to foreign cere hope” that “the visit by the Moscow influences). Ironically, his arrival has, patriarch to Ukraine would serve to indeed, created a small degree of unity establish correct evangelical relations At Makar’s we carry a wide selection of Ukrainian emblems, as well as religious medals. among the clerics of the existing three between the three branches of Ukrainian You will also find a variety of fine jewelry, including domestic 14kt gold items and 18 kt gold Orthodox Churches: they have all Orthodoxy.” Three, be it noted, not four! imported from Europe. If you’re looking for something special, we have unique engagement rings and custom-made wedding bands. Our appraisals are done on the premises. Ukrainian Creations, 10201 Little Creek Rd., Charlotte, NC 28227 Insure and be sure. Join the UNA! íÂl.: (704) 573-9108 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 No. 52 Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America holds plenary session EAST HANOVER, N.J. – Members of • assistance to technical and scientific During 2002 the UESA executive board various media initiatives. Utilizing the the Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of researchers in Ukraine, through publishing has enacted various initiatives designed to strength of the Internet to allow for com- America (UESA) outlined several initia- and networking opportunities in the expand the society’s membership base and munication among people in distant loca- tives for assisting in technical and scientif- United States; and its ability to communicate with its mem- tions, the board has continued to develop ic education in the United States and • providing personal computers to stu- bership, the Ukrainian American commu- the society’s website (www.uesa.org) and Ukraine, at the organization’s national ple- dents in Ukraine through collaboration nity, and individuals in Ukraine. e-mail discussion lists, and has also com- nary meeting here on October 5. with the Kobzar Society, based in Regarding membership, attendees at the missioned the creation of a quarterly To be implemented in 2003, the pro- Lehighton, Pa. plenary meeting agreed with the establish- national newsletter. posed projects would coincide with the Members from the society’s chapters in ment of an official student membership UESA President Andrij Wowk also UESA’s 55th anniversary and include the Detroit, Washington, New Jersey, New level, which provides full membership noted that he represented the society on following: York and Philadelphia weighed in with rights to students, except for the holding current events issues on several Voice of • creation of a scholarship program their opinions during the meeting, which of elected offices. This move is being America radio broadcasts to Ukraine in and/or technical competition for students included reports from the UESA’s execu- taken to encourage greater student 2002. of Ukrainian descent; tive board officers and the individual involvement with the direct efforts of the For more information about the UESA’s • providing students with mentoring chapters. Headquartered at the Ukrainian society, and to account for the dispersed upcoming programs or to become a mem- and networking opportunities by the Institute of America in New York City, the nature of the current Ukrainian American ber, visit the UESA website at UESA’s professional members, and oppor- UESA includes some 600 student and pro- community. www.uesa.org, send e-mail to mail tunities for publication in the UESA Visti fessional members in the U.S. and other The issue of communication is being [email protected], or write to: UESA, 2 Inzheneriv (Ukrainian Engineering News); countries. addressed through the implementation of East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021. No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 15

Christian and refers to four saints with the appeared the Social Democrats United Fourth Orthodox... name Moisei whose remains are buried on Verkhovna Rada... (led by current Presidential Chief of Staff (Continued from page 3) the territory of the Pecherska Lavra. (Continued from page 1) and former First Deputy Parliament associated with the UOC-U.S.A. until While underscoring that he did not want committee chairmanships and first Chairman Viktor Medvedchuk) had been 1995, Father Kulyk served several parishes, to get into the dirty politics of Ukrainian deputy chairmanships. The budgetary too brazen in their previous attempts at including ones in Rochester, N.Y., and New religion, nonetheless, he told journalists process was also unblocked in that taking away parliamentary power from Haven, Conn. that the UAOC today is in a state of paraly- majority and opposition representatives the Opposition Four, in particular Our “He had the option of leaving or being sis and anarchy with its two leaders, and the government agreed not to funda- Ukraine, led by Medvedchuk nemesis removed, and he chose to leave,” said Archbishop Ihor Isichenko and mentally redraw the 2003 budget, but and former Prime Minister Viktor Archbishop Antony. “He was relieved Metropolitan Mefodii, not on speaking rather to make a modicum of changes, Yushchenko. As a result, other elements because of actions in the parish and his per- terms, while the UOC – Kyiv Patriarchate such as reducing projected budget in the Majority Nine had decided to meet has several bishops that have been ostra- sonal behavior – nothing immoral. He sim- income. the opposition halfway and distance cized by its leader, Patriarch Filaret. ply undertook his pastoral activities in a The opposition, however, effectively themselves somewhat from their Social Finally, he called the UOC – Moscow non-standard way.” conceded the post of National Bank gov- Democratic colleagues. Patriarchate, which is under the ROC, an Metropolitan Moisei, on the other hand, ernor to the majority by acquiescing to This view was echoed by former “anti-Ukrainian Church.” asserted that he had to leave because he the appointment of Serhii Tyhypko to the President and current SDPU(o) Caucus Patriarch Filaret responded to news of was denied the ability to concelebrate litur- position recently occupied by Volodymyr Floor Leader Leonid Kravchuk, who stat- the new Church by stating that its leaders gy with clergy of the other Orthodox Stelmakh. Mr. Stelmakh had initially ed on December 24 that the majority had are impostors, while the UAOC simply Churches of Ukraine – an order he said had stood fast against resigning during the been betrayed and that Social Democrat voiced surprise that another Orthodox come down from Ecumenical Patriarch parliamentary brouhaha in early MPs would not be expected to vote in Church was using its name and said it Bartholomew. December over his removal, but later, lock step with the majority because it would officially respond later. Archbishop Antony rejected any such under what opposition leaders had called was no longer clear that a majority con- Metropolitan Moisei said he is originally claims as absurd because, as he noted, even unacceptable pressure by majority MPs, tinued to exist. from Khmelnytskyi and was ordained a today the UOC-U.S.A. clergy are allowed including Oleksander Volkov, had ten- On a lighter note, First Vice Prime priest there in 1988 into the Russian to concelebrate liturgy with the clergy of dered a letter of resignation to President Minister and former Chief of the State Orthodox Church – the only officially rec- any Orthodox Church in Ukraine. The Kuchma. Tax Administration Mykola Azarov sur- ognized Orthodox Church in Ukraine at the UOC-U.S.A. leader noted, however, that Local reaction to the icebreaking vote prised many MPs by speaking Ukrainian time – after studying engineering and later prior to returning to union with of December 24 was mixed. Political for much of the time during his participa- theology. Constantinople in April 1994, the UOC- tion in budget debates. A number of In 1990 he joined Bishop Ioan analyst Vadym Karasev told Forum.Ua U.S.A. hierarchy had made a decision of its deputies commended Mr. Azarov from Bodnarchuk of the newly formed UAOC that the majority now understood that a own that only the leadership would not no holds barred frontal attack on the the Parliament floor for this switch from concelebrate religious services with any of under Metropolitan Mstyslav and served as eparchal administrator for Bishop Ioan in opposition was impracticable. His col- his previous habitual use of Russian the various Orthodox Churches of Ukraine. league Viktor Nebozhenko said that it while speaking on matters of state. “In order to be honest negotiators in try- 1990-1992. He maintained that he was ing to unite the Church, we decided we responsible for bringing thousands of faith- could not serve with one over another so as ful over to the UAOC. In response to his not to favor one side over the other,” successes, members of other faiths perse- UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERS!!! explained Archbishop Antony. cuted him and his family, burning down his Looking for a First Mortgage? Metropolitan Moisei did not deny that father’s house and beating his mother. Need to refinance? he has a long way to go to his goal and that For that reason he left Ukraine for the his faithful are few. He admitted to only United States in 1992. He stated that, under Looking for – several hundred followers in the United the good graces of Metropolitan Mstyslav, States, but indicated that already an interest he was given a parish in New Haven and was developing in Ukraine. later in Rochester. GreatGreat RatesRates In Uzhhorod, where the Church is cur- After leaving the UOC-U.S.A. he rently centered at the Trinity Church he has returned to Ukraine and joined the UOC- LowLow FeesFees established in the building of the local KP of Patriarch Filaret, where the internal Prosvita House, he draws hundreds regular- bickering and mudslinging disgusted him PromptPrompt ApprovalApproval ly to his weekly prayer services. as well, he explained. “What is significant is that 25 percent or “It was then, after discussion with some CALL (800) 253-9862 EXT. 3036 so of those who attend are Greek-Catholic, bishops, that I agreed to heed their advice about 35 percent are from the Orthodox and work in Ukraine for the rejuvenation Church and the rest are former atheists,” and the reunion of the Church,” said explained Metropolitan Moisei. Metropolitan Moisei. He said he intends to begin talks with Archbishop Antony said the new metro- leaders of the other Orthodox Churches as politan has a difficult road in reaching his Celebrate Ukraine’s soon as possible in order to finally end the expressed goal of creating a single hostilities and bickering, and develop a Ukrainian Orthodox Church and already strong and united Church. has placed obstacles before his own path. historic achievement: “I believe that a new leader, a new spiri- “If one is to have any influence and tual leader, can show a new way, give a credibility over the Orthodox hierarchy of the rebirth of its independence fresh perspective. The opportunity for uni- the world, he must come from amongst fication exists,” said Metropolitan Moisei, them, be chosen by them and be consecrat- who explained that his chosen name is ed by them,” stated Archbishop Antony.

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But that, Gretzky vows, will be the $2,000,000 extent of it. He said he’ll try to stay off the • Curtis Leschyshyn, Ottawa Senators – Ukrainian pro hockey update ice when the Coyotes open training camp $2,000,000 because he doesn’t want to start any more • Steve Konowalchuk, Washington by Ihor Stelmach comeback rumors. Capitals – $1,550,000 2002-2003 pucks and bucks • Drake Berehowsky, Phoenix Coyotes – $1,450,000 Babych wins injury suit “I’m excited.” Fedotenko said. “I feel The current year’s National Hockey • Vitaly Vishnevski, Anaheim Ducks – like I come here and try to prove I’m a good League Players Association’s listing of $1,072,500 Former National Hockey League player. I just do my job. I know I can play. I annual salaries reveals there’s much money • Denis Shvidki, Florida Panthers – defenseman Dave Babych was awarded know I can score 20 to 25 goals and I can to be made in pro ice hockey. There are at $1,025,000 $1.37 million by a jury that determined his help the team.” least 11 Ukrainian millionaires pursuing • Dave Andreychuk, Tampa Bay playing career was cut short when the Lightning general manager Jay Feaster their livelihoods on ice rinks throughout Lightning – $850,000 Philadelphia Flyers made him play with a took all kinds of media heat after the trade North America. The contingent is led by • Brad Lukowich, Tampa Bay Lightning broken foot. After only one day of delibera- with the Flyers, in which the Lightning also one of the league’s top power forwards, St. – $825,000 tions, the nine-person jury in Atlantic City, received two second-round draft picks (one Louis Blues left wing Keith Tkachuk, earn- • Tony Hrkac, Atlanta Thrashers – N.J., awarded the Ukrainian Babych $1.02 of which Feaster sent to the Dallas Stars for ing $11 million. Eighteenth and last on the $800,000 million in lost-earnings and $350,000 for Ukrainian defenseman Brad Lukowich). Uke list is Philadelphia’s “refrigerator” (his • Ivan Novoseltsev, Florida Panthers – pain and suffering. “People can criticize the move all they real nickname), Todd Fedoruk, at a mere $797,500 “I couldn’t prove permanent disability, want, but whomever we drafted at that spot $500,000 per annum. • Wade Belak, Toronto Maple Leafs – but my foot is not right,” Babych said. was not going to play for us and wouldn’t • Keith Tkachuk, St.Louis Blues – $770,000 “Injuries happen in hockey, and we have have made a difference if they did,” Feaster $11,000,000 • Ruslan Fedotenko, Tampa Bay doctors looking after us for that. You have said. • Peter Bondra, Washington Capitals – Lightning – $715,000 to trust them with decisions. But those deci- “We did our homework on Fedotenko $4,750,000 • Glen Metropolit, Washington Capitals – sions have to be made for you, the patient, and we knew exactly what we were getting. • Oleg Tverdovsky, New Jersey Devils – $500,000 not for anyone else.” We had no doubt in our mind he could be a $3,600,000 • Todd Fedoruk, Philadelphia Flyers – Babych, 41, broke a bone in his left foot 20- to 25-goal scorer.” • Alexei Zhitnik, Buffalo Sabres – $500,000 on April 8, 1998, and told the team he was BONUS COVERAGE: In terms of inter- $3,550,000 too hurt to play in a playoff series. He said national flavor and European impact, the • Richard Matvichuk, Dallas Stars – (Quotations in above courtesy of James the team pressured him to play and gave Tampa Bay Lightning started the 2002- $2,200,000 Madge, Damian Cristodero, Bob him injections to numb the pain. He played 2003 season with eight Europeans on its • Ken Daneyko, New Jersey Devils – McManaman and The Hockey News.) the series and one more year with the Flyers roster, the most important being Russian before finally retiring. goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin. Through the Babych claimed the treatment on his foot first several weeks, at least one European slowed him down and ended his career pre- was on every forward line, including maturely. He sued Comcast-Spectacor, Russian rookie center Alexander Svitov, owner of the Flyers, and former team doctor who earned a spot on the fourth line. The Arthur Bartolozzi for $2.3 million, plus defensive pairing of Stan Neckar and Pavel pain and suffering. Kubina is straight out of the Czech The jury found Bartolozzi deviated from Republic. Vinny Prospal, also a Czech, has accepted standards in treating the injury, but become one of the team’s important offen- cleared him of fraud. Only Bartolozzi is sive forces. The Ukrainian Fedotenko has liable for the award, since a judge dismissed added an offensive spark together with a Comcast-Spectacor as defendants, citing a strong defensive awareness which have lack of evidence. combined to kick-start Lecavalier. Lukowich recalls Mr. Hockey Not to be forgotten is the team’s venera- ble captain, Dave Andreychuk, still going You’re 20 years old and about to kick- strong after all of these years. And of start your professional hockey career in a course, four-year pro Lukowich offers scor- big city, far from your home. Now, who ing and stability on the blueline. would you like to come greet and collect Gretzky considered comeback you at the airport? What about, oh say, Gordie Howe? He is not – repeat, not – making a come- That’s exactly how Morris Lukowich back to the NHL, but Wayne Gretzky open- was welcomed to Houston back in 1976, ly says he wishes he could. where he played three seasons for the Aeros Gretzky admits he got the bug this past in the old World Hockey Association, prior summer while playing shinny with former to eight years in the NHL, with the teammate Marty McSorley and several Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins and Los Phoenix Coyotes prospects during a Angeles Kings. strength and conditioning camp in Arizona. Howe had a wealth of advice for That, and having occasionally skated with Lukowich, but none better than that offered the team during practices last season, during a round of golf at a local Texas prompted recent rumors and reports the course. “Gordie told me, ‘When you’re league’s all-time leading scorer was consid- HELP OUR CHURCH IN KOMANCHA, POLAND down here playing golf and you put a ball in ering playing for the franchise he co-owns. Slava Isusu Khrystu! the rough, always take a club in with you But it’s not going to happen, even though because you never know when you gotta the Coyotes could use a play-making center. We are turning to you, our dear brothers and sisters in the Diaspora. beat a snake over the head with it,” said “I wasn’t embarrassing myself out As it happened, fate dictated that our people were dispersed throughout the entire Lukowich, 45. there,” Gretzky said. “Then again, nobody world. Some of you know about our parish community and about our native Lukowich, who lives in Calgary, has was hitting and it was pretty wide open. church in Komancha. Many of you supported us in the 1980s when our church fond memories of his career, which saw When I looked up and saw the size of some was being built. him score 199 goals and 418 points in 582 of our guys like (6-foot-6) Dan Focht and Your financial support helped us build this church. Today, we are once again NHL games. This total includes his and the (6-foot-5) Martin Grenier, I knew why I Jets’ first NHL goal – although Peter Marsh turning to you, our dear brothers and sisters, if it is in the realm of your ability to retired. help us in our time of need. may argue otherwise. It was Marsh’s shot “(Playing again) crossed my mind, but that Lukowich tipped in October 10, 1979, I’m not coming back. People forget when As you know, our community is not large and the church needs conservation and he ribbed Lukowich for years about Mario (Lemieux) retired, he was only 31. work performed. We would like to paint the exterior and change 16 windows. whether he really touched it. “You can defi- He went through a lot with his back and the We also want to install a heating system. It is very cold in the winter and for this nitely see it on the tape,” said Lukowich cancer, but when he was 33 and said he reason the elderly as well as small children are not able to participate in the with a laugh. wanted to come back, he was still pretty Sunday Litugies. Fedotenko pays Lightning dividends young. Even (Michael) Jordan was only 39 We ask for your help. Every donation from you will be a great help to us. when he went back. The trade which brought Ukrainian “I’m 41 and going to be 42 (in January). With prayers and respect to all of you. Ruslan Fedotenko to the Tampa Bay I wish I could play, though.” Lightning from the Philadelphia Flyers for When he retired following the 1998-1999 Father Andrij Zhurav Volodymyr Pinchak the No. 4 selection in the 2002 entry draft season, Gretzky said he knew it was time. Pastor Head of Church Council was looking pretty good through the first “When I retired I mentally and physical- Please make checks payable to: quarter of this hockey season. ly wanted to get away from the skating and Cerkva v Komanchi – #409 The talented left-winger scored two playing,” he said. “Over the lasts five to six and send to: Ukrainian Washington Federal Credit Union, goals for Tampa Bay in a 5-1 victory over months, though, I’ve really started to feel P.O. Box 19228, Alexandria, VA 22320, USA Stanley Cup finalist Carolina early on this like I wanted to be out there and play a little We would like to thank the following contributors: season. The swift-skating Fedotenko bit and have some fun. “That’s why I OK’d $100.00 – Daria Romankow, Berkley Heights, N.J. meshed very well with center Vincent a fantasy camp here next February and why $ 50.00 – Eugenia Pecylak-Rishiy and Anotoli Rishiy, Trenton, N.J. Lecavalier on the Lightning’s top offen- I really did think of skating a little bit more $ 25.00 – Bohdan Hasiuk, West Chester, Pa. sive unit. with the players this year.” $ 20.00 – Alexander Kobasa, Williamstown, N.J. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 No. 52 No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 19

NOTES ON PEOPLE NOTES ON PEOPLE Always with personal care.. Boston-area activist Ukrainian-Speaking marks 90th birthday Dentist in Westchester County. by Zenon Mihovan, Eleanor Gemski, Dr. Ruslan Korobeinik, D.D.S. Mary Ann Grinchenko and Elizabeth Gemski

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