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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXI HE KRAINIANNo. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 EEKLY$1/$2 in StoryT of Duranty’sU Pulitzer continues worrWy about grain shortage to receive international exposure despite government promise of stability

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – From North actually much different: “I remember a by Maryna Makhnonos 15 percent deflation and that the actual America to , from India to Argentina, boiled egg – just one. It was at Christmas.” Special to The Ukrainian Weekly increase could be estimated as 3 percent. in newspapers and magazines, on radio and The article then went on to tell more about “Most of the population who bought television, and online in various publications the life of Mr. Kolomayets and his relatives – “No, we have no flour,” said flour in reserves grew up during Soviet and discussion groups, the case of Walter at the time of the famine. a middle-aged grey-haired woman who era,” Mr. Lenh told the news conference. Duranty continues to be in the headlines. Mr. Leroux also focused on other corre- sells grains in Kyiv’s central market. “The inherited behavior played a role in The Tribune of June 25, pub- spondents who, unlike Duranty, did report “The same goes for buckwheat,” she most of the cases.” lished a story by Senior Correspondent what was happening in Ukraine. “Reporters added to another customer. The bakers told the news conference that Charles Leroux, who reported that “In other than Duranty – principally Welsh Following reports of this year’s poor the 2002 grain harvest was not estimated 1932, the Pulitzer Prize went to a foreign journalist Gareth Jones and The Guardian’s grain crop and of slight price increase, correctly and was actually less than the correspondent who concealed a famine [Malcolm] Muggeridge – described scenes Ukrainians rushed into the markets dur- declared 38.8 million metric tons [a metric and the deaths of millions. Ukrainians of great suffering. One such report told of ing the past two weeks to stock up on ton is 2,204.62 pounds, while a short ton is want that prize revoked.” grain stores (the Soviets exported grain to flour, prompting anxiety despite offi- 2,000 pounds]. To make matters worse, the Headlined “Bearing witness,” the story the West during the famine) guarded by cials’ promises to stabilize the situation. cold spring followed by a drought made it focuses on one survivor of the Great armed Russian troops while Ukrainians Representatives of the Ukrainian Bakers’ obvious in June that 2003 grain and spring Famine, Anatole Kolomayets of Chicago, died of starvation nearby.” Association called an urgent news con- crop harvest would not be plentiful. and his reaction to the Duranty debacle. “He The reporter also brought up the issue of ference in Kyiv on July 1, to explain the “This (harvest estimation) was the last does not belong with the honest men. It Duranty’s libel of other journalists: “... in an causes of the shortage and to calm their drop of negative expectations ... that pro- [awarding the prize to Duranty] was shame- August 1933 New York Times story [he] customers. voked this situation,” Mr. Lenh said. ful,” Mr. Kolomayets told the Tribune. called Muggeridge’s and Jones’ work ‘an “The stir originated in little towns across The bakers, whose association Mr. Leroux wrote that “Duranty had exaggeration of malignant propaganda.’ At the country due to the post-Soviet psy- includes the country’s top 400 baking made a deal with what turned out to be the that time, Duranty reportedly had told a chology,” said Yevhen Lenh, deputy head plants and an other 600 minor bakeries, devil. In 1929, an exclusive interview with British Foreign Office acquaintance that at of the UkrZernoProm grain company and said market dealers used people’s expec- Stalin secured him tremendous influence in least 10 million people had died.” a member of the Bakers’Association. tations as the basis for speculation, which his profession. ... In exchange for continued As well, Mr. Leroux focused on the Grain prices increased about 2.5 times is a normal market trend in such cases. precious access to the Kremlin, he agreed to Ukrainian community’s campaign to revoke from 410 hrv per ton (about $82 per ton) Meanwhile, the government attacked report favorably on Stalin’s plan to raise Duranty’s Pulitzer. “Ukrainians contend that last August to 1,050 hrv (some $210 per the dealers immediately with checks on industrial and agricultural productivity and the long-lingering damage of Duranty’s sins ton) in June, according to a press release their bookkeeping and threats of punitive the standard of living for citizens of the outweighs the Pulitzer board’s contention by the state grain company, Khlib measures in cases of speculation. As a USSR.” that the award is for specific work of the Ukrainy (Bread of Ukraine). result, many businessmen preferred to During the worst of the famine, he noted, prior year (Duranty won not for non-cover- Prices for a kilogram of bread rose about take flour off their counters to avoid “Duranty reported that ‘village markets age of the famine, but for his coverage of 10 to 15 percent across the country, which problems with the authorities concerning [were] flowing with eggs, fruit, poultry, the forming of the Five-Year Plan). They resulted in higher costs to the public of price issues. However, inspectors could vegetables, milk and butter. ... A child can have read the after-the-fact New York between .10 and .15 hrv (several cents). fine them for holding back foodstuffs. see this is not famine but abundance.’ ” Times repudiations of their reporter’s work, The highest price increase by 18 percent Former Prime Minister Anatolii Mr. Kolomayets, whose family lived in including a piece on the editorial page in was registered in Crimea, but local bakers Kinakh, who heads the Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Union, criticized the eastern Ukraine, told the Tribune that it was (Continued on page 15) said the increase came after last October’s moves saying that “instead of modern market mechanisms and creation of con- ditions to make supply bigger than demand, the fiscal and administrative Rower from Ukraine seeks to cross Atlantic, twice measures are being applied.” by Peter Steciuk According to the Interfax news agency, NEW YORK – Ukrainian Teodor Mr. Kinakh said the country has a sufficient Rezvoy is making a daring bid to become amount of grain. His comment followed just the third person in the world to row similar remarks by President Leonid solo across the Atlantic Ocean and back. Kuchma aired on local TV news last week. Should he succeed, Ukraine would The president assured the public that the sit- become the third country, after Great uation will improve. Mr. Kuchma reminded Britain and , to have one of its viewers that Ukraine had survived an even countrymen achieve the feat. Ukraine’s more difficult situation without panic in Consulate General in New York hosted a 2000, when farmers had an even poorer press conference on June 20 at which Mr. grain harvest of 24.8 million tons (27.28 million metric short tons). Rezvoy discussed his upcoming journey. To solve the shortage, the president Mr. Rezvoy, 35, of Odesa, Ukraine, has ordered the State Grain Reserve to sell already completed the first leg of the jour- some 2 million tons of grain in the next two ney, having rowed from to the months until the same amount of grain Barbados in just over 67 days, according imports arrive. However, bakers claimed to information compiled by the Ocean the reserve’s officials are stalling on fulfill- Rowing Society. That journey, which took ing the order, which strengthens rumors that place from October to December 2001 the country doesn’t have sufficient grain and covered a distance of 2,934 miles, reserves despite the positive statistics cited. made him the first man from the former “Of the promised 6,800 tons (7,480 short to row across an ocean. tons) we received only 1,000 tons (1,100 The second leg will take Mr. Rezvoy short tons) from the State Reserve,” said Peter Steciuk from New York to Brest, France, along Volodymyr Slabovskyi, director of a bakery Ocean rower Teodore Rezvoy is flanked by Kenneth Crutchlow (right), director what is referred to as the “Gulf Stream enterprise and a representative of the of the Ocean Rowing Society, and Serhii Pohoreltzev, Ukraine’s consul gen- Route.” This was the same route traveled Bakers Association’s Crimean branch. eral in New York, who hosted the press conference. (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 No. 27

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Will Kuchma outwit the opposition Authorities decry food price hikes Ukrainian prime minister’s presence does not indicate that the Visegrad Four intend via his version of constitutional reform? KYIV – The Ministry of Agriculture to transform Ukraine into an associate said it believes that recent hikes in food member of the group, but that it was by Jan Maksymiuk tion that President Kuchma is seeking to prices, including bread and other grain aimed at signaling that Ukraine “is not RFE/RL , and Ukraine Report outwit the opposition and prolong his products, are “absolutely groundless” in only a neighbor of , Poland, and term in power beyond 2004. light of the state’s sufficient grain President Leonid Kuchma submitted a Slovakia, but also of the EU. We wish While constitutional amendments resources, Interfax reported on June 26, modified version of his constitutional- Ukraine success, but it is only Ukrainians require 300 votes for passage, the quoting ministry official Serhii Melnyk. reform bill to the Verkhovna Rada on who will decide whether the country will approval of a bill setting the date for the Mr. Melnyk said the rises are the result June 20, as he pledged in a televised meet conditions to set out on the road to next presidential elections (as well as of a rush for flour, cereals and pasta address to the nation the previous day. Mr. the EU,” Mr. Dzurinda said. Messrs. parliamentary and local ones) would products observed in a number of Kuchma told the nation that, guided by Dzurinda and Yanukovych agreed to set require just 226 votes – well within the the public discussion of the reform draft Ukrainian regions. In particular, bread up a joint team of experts to minimize the reach of the pro-Kuchma parliamentary and his will to find a compromise with prices rose by 25 percent in political and economic impact on Ukraine majority. And this date, the president’s Ukrainian political forces, he had decided Dnipropetrovsk and by 30 percent in of Slovakia’s expected EU membership. to scrap some of his earlier proposals. opponents argue, might be set for 2005, Crimea this week. Mr. Melnyk also said (RFE/RL Newsline) 2006 or even 2007. this year’s grain harvest, because of Opposition activists claim, however, that Lviv marks anniversary of papal visit in pursuing this constitutional reform, The Socialist Party has launched a drive unfavorable weather conditions, is to collect signatures among lawmakers on President Kuchma is still seeking to pro- expected to total 28.8 million to 30.8 LVIV – A moleben (prayer service) in a petition requesting the Constitutional long his term in power beyond 2004. million tons, compared with 38.8 million thanksgiving to the Mother of God was Court to rule whether Mr. Kuchma may Mr. Kuchma withdrew his earlier sug- tons in 2002. (RFE/RL Newsline) celebrated on June 27 at the Hippodrome run for a third presidential term. gestions to introduce a bicameral legisla- in Lviv, where John Paul II had cele- On the other hand, Viktor Yushchenko’s Kyiv tries to keep food prices in check ture, reduce the number of national brated a Byzantine-rite divine liturgy Our Ukraine called on lawmakers to intro- deputies, and apply the results of nation- KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor exactly two years before. Bishop Ihor duce a moratorium on making constitu- al referendums directly without seeking Yanukovych threatened on June 27 that the Vozniak (Ukrainian Greek-Catholic tional amendments until 2006, when a reg- approval from any other branch of gov- government will punish retail traders who Church) and Bishop Marian Buczek ular parliamentary election is to take place. ernment. “It is these three contentious unjustifiably overcharge for bread, flour, (Roman ), both auxiliary It seems that Our Ukraine has finally points that have spurred the most heated cereals and pasta products, Ukrainian news bishops of Lviv, led the service. According decided that it is not going to take part in discussion between the president and his agencies reported. Mr. Yanukovych was to Bishop Vozniak, these two years are a reforming the constitutional system as opponents,” he said on television. “But referring to recent hikes in food prices and test to see how Ukrainians have realized long as President Kuchma is in power. we have no right to continue to engage in the ongoing consumer rush on grain prod- the words of the holy father. Bishop Without Our Ukraine’s participation in the a tug of war to mark time, which is why I ucts in Ukraine that were reportedly fueled Buczek noted that several memorials of process, it is rather unlikely that the pro- have removed these barriers.” by bad prospects for this year’s harvest. the papal visit have been established: a Kuchma forces in the Parliament will be As earlier, Mr. Kuchma suggests that President Leonid Kuchma ordered the cross in the Hippodrome, a sculpture of the able to muster 300 votes necessary for the the prime minister be appointed by the government to sell grain from the state pope in Lviv’s Sykhiv neighborhood, passage of the Kuchma-submitted bill, Parliament after his candidacy has been reserves in order to stabilize the food mar- where a papal youth rally was held, and a especially as the Socialist Party and the proposed by a “permanently functioning ket. (RFE/RL Newsline) memorial tablet on the walls of the Roman Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc are sponsoring a parliamentary majority” and submitted to Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption in different constitutional-reform bill. the Parliament by the president. He also Hepatitis outbreak is reported Lviv, unveiled two days before. (Religious The weekly Zerkalo Nedeli in its June proposed that the Verkhovna Rada Information Service of Ukraine) 21-27 issue commented sarcastically on SUKHODILSK, Ukraine – The num- appoint all ministers except for the minis- Mr. Kuchma’s recent constitutional re- ber of hospitalized people with symp- ters of foreign affairs, defense and interi- Belarusian Orthodox look to Kyiv form proposal by saying that the number toms of hepatitis A in the city of or affairs, who are to be appointed by the of scenarios allowing him to remain in Sukhodilsk, Luhansk Oblast, has grown LVIV – Parishes of the Belarusian president. Under Mr. Kuchma’s constitu- power longer than two terms is constant- to 479, including 139 children, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (BAOC) tional reform bill, the president also has ly increasing. The weekly cited four such news agencies reported on June 28. The intend to go under the jurisdiction of the the right to appoint the heads of the scenarios. outbreak of the disease was reportedly Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Security Service, the State Customs • Scenario 1: The Constitutional Court caused by a virus in drinking water that Patriarchate (UOC-KP) in Russia. Committee, the State Tax Administration, rules that President Kuchma may run for was contaminated following a break- Archbishop Petro (Hushcha) of the BAOC and the State Border Committee. a third term since he was elected in 1994 down of the city’s water-supply system. has begun preliminary correspondence on The new bill stipulates that the presi- and 1999 under different Constitutions (RFE/RL Newsline) the subject. Similar movements of dent has the right to disband Parliament (Ukraine promulgated its current Orthodox seeking alternative jurisdictional if it fails to create a permanent majority Yanukovych meets with Visegrad Four Constitution in 1996, when Mr. Kuchma ties, separating from the Russian Orthodox within one month; if a new Cabinet com- Church, are also happening in Russia. The was serving his first term). Thus, under TALE, Slovakia – Leaders of the position has not been approved 60 days information agency Ohliadach (Observer) the 1996 Constitution, Mr. Kuchma is Visegrad Four – the Czech Republic, after the resignation of the preceding reported this information on June 26, cit- formally serving his first term. Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – met here government; and if Parliament fails to ing the Moscow Eparchy of the UOC-KP • Scenario 2: The Verkhovna Rada in central Slovakia on June 25, TASR and approve Ukraine’s budget for the next as a source. Ohliadach mentions represen- passes the constitutional reform bill pro- CTK reported. Czech Prime Minister year by December 1. posed by Mr. Kuchma and the pro-presi- tatives of the Russian Orthodox Church The new bill also retains President Vladimir Spidla, Hungarian Foreign Outside of Russia (ROC-OR) who are dential majority subsequently schedules Minister Laszlo Kovacs, Polish Prime Kuchma’s previous proposal that the the next presidential election well now in a crisis that divides supporters of president, national deputies and local Minister Leszek Miller and Slovak the Moscow Patriarchate and its oppo- beyond 2004. Premier Mikulas Dzurinda agreed to con- deputies be elected for five-year terms in • Scenario 3: The Verkhovna Rada passes nents, representatives of which have elections held during the same calendar tinue cooperation after their countries join renewed contacts with the UOC-KP. the constitutional reform bill proposed by the European Union. The meeting was year. Kuchma, a new president is elected in 2004 Archbishop Varnava (Prokofiev) of Kany “Ukraine needs a stable electoral also attended by Ukrainian Prime Minister for a transition period until 2006 or 2007, Viktor Yanukovych. Mr. Dzurinda said the (Continued on page 16) cycle, because one cannot regard as nor- when the country is to enter the five-year mal the practice where society only pass- electoral cycle. Mr. Kuchma does not partic- es from one electoral campaign to anoth- ipate in the 2004 election but chooses to run er, while politicians literally never leave again in 2006 or 2007. The Ukrainian FOUNDED 1933 the electoral barricades,” Mr. Kuchma Constitution prohibits one person from serv- said. “I believe that elections should be HE KRAINIAN EEKLY ing more than two consecutive presidential TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., held once in five years. This is quite terms, but it does not restrict the number of enough. ... 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A good question, indeed. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 3 U.S. report on human rights says Ukraine’s record remains poor PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The U.S. State the number of suspects detained indefi- had acid thrown in her face. She said the Kuchma and Kwasniewski Department earlier this year released its nitely pending trial. More were released attacks might have been linked to reports annual Country Reports on Human Rights from custody while awaiting trial than in on illegal metal exports through Berdiansk discuss peacekeepers, Practices for the 2002 year and presented previous years. ports, corruption, judicial misconduct and the findings to Congress. Of Ukraine, the politicians. Trials and the courts report notes: “The government’s human visa regime, other issues Freedom of association by Maryna Makhnonos rights record remained poor and in some The accused do not always receive a fair Special to the Ukrainian Weekly cases worsened; however, there were also trial, with President Leonid Kuchma and Police generally did not directly inter- some improvements in some areas.” his administration often influencing court fere with legal demonstrations. However, KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma of The following is a rundown of some of decisions. Also, by the end of the year, during the September 2002 anti-Kuchma Ukraine and his Polish counterpart, the report’s main points. only 50 percent of court decisions had been demonstrations in Kyiv, authorities inten- Aleksander Kwasniewski, meeting on Violations of physical integrity enforced. tionally made it difficult for the demonstra- June 23-24 discussed their troops’ activi- The procurator general often uses his tion to take place. Opposition leaders were ties in the U.S.-led post-war stabilization The report could not confirm political power to selectively prosecute opponents detained, buses traveling to Kyiv were process in Iraq, the introduction of a visa murders. However, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of the ruling party but not members of it. turned back, train access was decreased regime and bilateral cooperation after Vice-Chairman Mykola Shkribliak was The procurator general, who is appointed and there were television blackouts. Poland’s accession next year to the killed two days before the Parliamentary by the president and confirmed by European Union. The two met in Odesa Freedom of religion elections, when he was slated to run on the Parliament, oversees the work of the during the sixth economic forum of ticket of the Social Democratic Party of regional prosecutors. Although a 2001 bill Freedom of religion was at a good Ukrainian and Polish business circles. Ukraine (United). limited the power of prosecutors, they level, although some groups reported dif- The presidents discussed the operations Four journalists, including Mykhailo retain a large degree of discretion for inves- ficulty registering with the State and safety of 1,800 Ukrainian and 2,000 Kolomiyets, died under suspicious circum- tigating serious crimes, e.g. murder, cor- Committee on Religious Affairs. Acts of Polish peacekeepers destined for central stances. Also, the case of the murder of ruption and major economic offenses. anti-Semitism were rare, although there and southern Iraq, where they are expect- Heorhii Gongadze remains unsolved, as Court officials are also subject to intimi- was an unpremediated attack on the ed to arrive in August. does the murder of Ihor Aleksandrov, who dation and violence. Judge Ihor Tkachuk of Great Synagogue in Kyiv. “Ukraine-Poland cooperation is a com- had criticised Donetsk politicians in his the Donetsk Oblast Commercial Court was mitment to the program of stabilization in role as director of a television station. hanged, possibly because of a case with Elections Iraq and its further revival,” said Mr. Little headway had been made in the which he had been involved. The same The report writes, “Officials did not take Kwasniewski, according to the Interfax investigation of Oleksander Olynyk, an happened to Judge Natalia Achynovych of steps to curb the widespread and open news agency. He added that the program election monitor who disappeared after the the Nikopol Municipal Court, who had abuse of authority, including the use of will be beneficial both for Iraq and the Parliamentary elections. been involved in a decision to invalidate government positions and facilities, to the countries involved in its post-war stabi- Torture of suspects by the police is parliamentary election results in the unfair advantage of certain parties.” There lization. widespread. The methods of torture are Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. was a large disparity between the results of Last week an advance group of quite severe, and the suspect is often tor- Ukrainian soldiers left for Iraq to pave the Freedom of the press and media the party-list vote and the single mandate tured until he waives his right to an attor- vote. The single mandate vote is more sub- way for deployment of their units. The ney. Before the September protests against ject to manipulation. troops will join a Polish-led contingent Violent hazing of new recruits in the President Kuchma the news media were Oles Donii, of the Yulia Tymoshenko and will be responsible for maintaining armed forces also remained widespread. told by the administration to focus their Bloc, alleges that police raided his election order and helping set up new civilian Prisons are beset by killings, suicides reporting on the crash in Lviv at the air office and required 20 of his supporters to authorities in a zone between the British- and diseases that result from unsanitary show that had occurred earlier, probably to be questioned. He accuses the authorities run area in southern Iraq and the U.S.- conditions, including tuberculosis and distract attention from the protests. of harassment. controlled sector in the north. dysentery. Inmates are often tortured by Media groups distasteful to the adminis- There seems to have been election fraud During their meeting in the Black Sea guards. It is also believed that military tration have had difficulty obtaining and in Oleksander Zhyr’s attempt for re-elec- port city, the two presidents also discussed groups called Berkut (“Golden Eagles”) renewing licensing for their programming. tion to Parliament. A videotape shows the a new visa regime agreement, which offi- beat inmates as part of their training. Half of the members of the National deputy governor of the Dnipropetrovsk cials plan to sign in mid-July. To enter the Arbitrary detentions against dark- Council for Television and Radio Oblast and the leaders of the relevant elec- EU, Poland committed to establish visa skinned people and potential political dissi- Broadcasting, which grants licenses, were tion commissions deciding who should win regimes with non-EU countries along its dents were prevalent. appointed by the president and half by the the election. borders. One area of improvement in Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada. Licenses were not Political opponents often faced charges “The European dimension of our part- human rights record was a decrease in renewed for Voice of America and Radio of libel or tax evasion, which were politi- nership with Poland is filled with specific Kontynent, which rebroadcasts the British cally motivated. Ms. Tymoshenko, for content,” Mr. Kuchma said, as quoted by Broadcasting Corp. (BBC). example, was still being pursued on crimi- Interfax. “In particular, we managed to Freedom of the press is hampered by the nal charges at the time of publication. find an optimal, in our opinion, visa for- pressure placed on journalists by means of mula for the Ukrainian-Polish border.” Women and ethnic minorities Herbst confirmed libel suits. When a libel charge is levelled According to the draft document, at a media entity, its funds can be frozen The report writes, “Violence against Ukrainian citizens would be granted as envoy to Ukraine pending an outcome in the case, often women reportedly was pervasive.” Past sur- Polish entry visas free of charge, while WASHINGTON – John E. Herbst was bankrupting it. veys have estimated that 10 to 15 percent of Poles would enter Ukraine without visas. confirmed on June 27 by the Senate as Although opposition candidates had women have been raped, and a quarter of The state secretary of Ukraine’s Foreign next U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. increased access to the media, the reporting women have been physically abused. Affairs Ministry, Oleksander Chalyi, said Mr. Herbst, 51, a career member of was still “highly biased,” acording to the Unemployment disproportionately on June 23 that the agreement is also the Senior Foreign Service, is U.S. Organization for Security and Cooperation affects women, with 65 to 70 percent of the expected to establish the same customs ambassador to and previous- in Europe (OSCE). unemployed being women. Also, the aver- and border control procedures on the ly served as the U.S. consul general in Police confiscated 100,000 copies of the age salary for women was 27 percent Ukrainian-Polish frontier as those now Jerusalem. In addition, he was the princi- anti-presidential newspaper Svoboda from lower than for men. Yet, Ukraine is the used on the Polish-German border. He pal deputy to the ambassador-at-large for a van, throwing the issues into the river. only country in which women make up the added that other EU candidates – the newly independent states and as Police similarly disposed of 100,000 more majority of the workforce. Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia – director of the Office of Independent copies of Svoboda later in the day, after a Trafficking of women continues to be a expressed interest in the planned Polish- States and Commonwealth Affairs. search of the publishing house in Cherkasy. problem. Women are often lured to other Ukrainian visa regime. News of his nomination by President In addition to Mr. Kolomiyets, who was countries with offers of employment, ulti- “After Poland enters the European Union, its cooperation with Ukraine George W. Bush to serve as the next hanged, possibly in connection with his mately finding themselves under the con- should be activated, and borders should envoy to Ukraine was reported in The reporting, and the three other mysterious trol of traffickers. not put obstacles in the way of economic Weekly on May 4. A transcript of his journalist deaths, there were many inci- Discrimination against ethnic minorities and trade ties,” President Kwasniewski remarks at his confirmation hearing dents of assault on journalists. The editor is still commonplace. Increasingly, people observed. appeared in The Weekly last week. of Berdiansk Dielovoi, Tatiana Goriacheva, of African and Asian descent are being Touching on economic cooperation, harassed. Also, ethnic Ukrainians and President Kuchma urged both countries’ Crimean Tatars complain of discrimination business institutions to implement “joint by ethnic Russians in Crimea. economic and energy, transport and scien- Quotable notes Economic issues tific projects on a large scale.” “President [Leonid] Kuchma wants to obtain support from foreign partners Speaking at a gathering of the business The minimum wage was raised to and he has a ‘way’ with each of them. In dealing with the United States, he pre- elite, both presidents promised to person- approximately $35 per month this year, tends that he wants Ukraine to join NATO. In dealing with Russia, he pretends ally support their activities. Mr. Kuchma with the Rada setting the level of subsis- that he wants Ukraine to fully integrate with this country. And in dealing with also called for the development of bilater- tence at $64 per month. June 2002 marked Poland, he pretends that he desires full reconciliation. ... It will be very bad if al economic ties taking into account the first time the average salary was higher Ukraine’s current leadership, which has tiny social support, chooses to close the Poland’s forthcoming membership in the than the subsistence level, and this average problem of the tragedy in such a light-hearted way.” EU, as well as Ukraine’s increased later reached $73 per month. Since the engagement in trans-European processes. – Yulia Tymoshenko in an interview with the newspaper Rzeczpospolita on unreported “shadow economy” accounts The presidents also discussed some June 24, commenting on the planned Ukrainian-Polish commemoration of the for half of Ukraine’s economic activity, the sensitive issues between their nations, 60th anniversary of the Volhyn massacres. amounts earned per family are higher than many statistics suggest. (Continued on page 22) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 No. 27

THE NEWS FROM HERE

EDITOR’S NOTE: Readers of The Ukrainian Weekly ment in 1975. In this type of work, Mr. Safchuck was lect clothing and toiletries. Annually, Ms. Petrusha takes might recall an editorial headlined “The news from exposed to asbestos and was diagnosed with asbestosis these supplies to Ukraine and distributes them among here” that appeared in our March 9 issue. The refer- more than 20 years ago. the most needy orphanages. UCARE also pays for med- ence was to a reader who called to complain that our His contraction of asbestosis prompted Mr. Safchuck ical procedures and provides college scholarships for newspaper did not carry any “news from here,” but to join the Dundalk, Pa., chapter of the White Lung the orphans. declined to say just exactly where “here” was. Her Association in 1982. That same year he became the chap- Approximately 100,000 children live in orphanages point was well-taken, however. It is clear to us that one ter’s president, and then the national treasurer in 1983. in Ukraine. Various factors contribute to this high number of the things we lack is news from our local communi- Mr. Safchuck went on to become the national president in of orphans in the country, one of them being the prema- ties. We explained in that editorial how we, a staff of 1984 and remained in that position until his death. Upon ture death of parents in a country where health is not well 2.5, do not have our own reporters all over North becoming a member of the White Lung Association, Mr. maintained. In addition, rough economic times and sub- America, and that we rely to a great extent on local Safchuck appealed to the state and federal governments stance abuse lead to child abandonment. Lastly, many activists to share the news from their communities. for asbestos control and elimination legislation. children occupying the orphanages suffer from birth Two weeks later we printed a letter from a reader A part of this crusade required Mr. Safchuck to testify defects due to the Chornobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. titled “The Weekly needs ‘news from here.’ ” The letter before the House and Senate committees in Washington. EAST , N.J.: Supporter of veterans writer suggested that we establish a special section for He also rallied to remove asbestos from educational such news and that we encourage readers to send in institutions by supporting the Asbestos Hazard information to a coordinator on our staff who would Emergency Response Act. Like Mr. Safchuck’s and Ms. Petrusha’s stories of an then be responsible for compiling it into something a la Mr. Safchuck’s work concerning asbestos did not go individual making a difference in many people’s lives, “Newsbriefs.” unnoticed, beginning in 1969 when he received the gov- this is a story of individual goodwill in this competitive And thus, with thanks to our readers – and in antici- ernor’s citation for his work with sick children. In the corporate world. When Costco, Home Depot and Target pation of our readers’ continued input to this column – 1980s he won the Governor’s Annual Volunteer Service stores in northern New Jersey would not allow veterans we publish our first issue of “The News from Here,” as Award for victims of asbestos-related diseases. Then in to distribute poppies for donations during their tradi- compiled by Roxolana Woloszyn, a summer intern on 1986 Mr. Safchuck was given the Citizens tional Memorial Day drive, Orest Fedash did. our editorial staff. Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste certificate for his Mr. Fedash is the executive general manager of the work to close the Norris Landfill in Baltimore County. Ramada Inn and Conference Center in East Hanover, * * * At the age of 90, Paul Logan Safchuck died at N.J., where he gave veterans permission to set up fund- Franklin Square Hospital Center. However, his dedica- raising tables. The veterans positioned themselves in the It warms the heart to read about people who perform tion to the White Lung Association will be remembered hotel lobby where many people pass during busy nights. good deeds. Those with a sense of duty inspire people to for years to come. His support of the veterans drew the attention of The donate their time and effort to a cause they deem impor- TROY, MICH.: Advocate for Ukrainian orphans New York Times and an article spotlighting his assis- tant. These citizens have contributed to causes not with tance appeared in the New Jersey section of the newspa- themselves in mind, but strictly to help others in need. per’s Sunday, May 25, issue. The initiative that those like Paul Logan Safchuck, Vera In Troy, Mich., Vera Petrusha also works for a cause Under the heading of “Communities,” The Times ran a Petrusha and Orest Fedash take, inspires us all to do a in which she has wholeheartedly involved herself. Ms. story by George James headlined “Patriotism, Shopping little extra, to accomplish more in our lives. Petrusha’s parents were born in Ukraine, and in 1996, and Poppies; Veterans’ Memorial Day Drive is Barred at BALTIMORE: Pioneer in White Lung efforts Ms. Petrusha visited her parents’ birthplace. What she Big Chain Stores.” The article was accompanied by a saw there shocked her: overcrowded and dilapidated photo of a commander of a local post of the Veterans of orphanages lacking necessities. Foreign Wars pinning a poppy on a Ramada guest. Paul Logan Safchuck, who dedicated his life to White These images altered Ms. Petrusha’s life, so she Mr. Fedash said he knows the importance of soldiers Lung health and safety, died in May of complications decided to help alleviate the situation by founding the as a result of living under the Communist regime. A from asbestosis. According to an obituary written by Ukrainian Children’s Aid and Relief Effort (UCARE), Ukrainian who fled Communist-dominated Poland and Jacques Kelly of The Baltimore Sun (headline: “Paul as reported late last year by Kurt Kuban of the Troy came to the United States in 1972, Mr. Fedash said he Logan Safchuck, 90, advocate for worker safety, Beth Eccentric. She and other parishioners from the church to believes that during World War II men like these helped Steel riveter”), Mr. Safchuck was a steel riveter and which she belongs, St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox preserve the freedom that we have today. “Without shipfitter in Bethlehem, Pa., from 1935 until his retire- Church in Southfield, Mich., help raise money, and col- them,” he said, “We’d have no freedom.”

The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: May 2003 Rower from Ukraine... (Continued from page 1) Amount Name City Adrian Klufas Bridgeport, Conn. $225.00 Serge Polishchuk Jersey City, N.J. Stephanie Lopuszanski Philadelphia, Pa. by George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen in 1896, when they $100.00 Chrystyna and Mykola Olga Luck Takoma Park, Md. became the first men to row across the Atlantic Ocean, Baranetsky Livingston, N.J. William Maruszczak Wayne, Pa. using a vessel called the Fox. Mr. Rezvoy will be the first Roxana Charkewycz Park Ridge, Ill. George Nawrocky Queens Village, N.Y. solo rower to depart from New York since the voyage in John Nowadly Fairfax, Va. Luba Sochockyj Richfield, Ohio Jaroslaw and Maria Roman Tresniowsky Ann Arbor, Mich. 1896. Mr. Rezvoy embarked on this leg of the journey on Tomorug Cranford, N.J. Orest and Chris Walchuk Pittstown, N.J. July 2, $55.00 John Husiak New York, N.Y. Ostap Zyniuk Silver Spring, Md. The boat that will carry Mr. Rezvoy on his dangerous Jaroslava Mulyk Morristown, N.J. $5.00 Irene Adamchuk Milwaukee, Wisc. journey is called Ukraine. It has a length of 23 feet, a width Andrew Zura Broadview Heights, Ohio D. Maksymowich- of 6 feet, and a weight of 2,000 pounds when loaded with $50.00 Eugene and Helena Waskiewicz Cooper City, Fla. provisions. Melnitchenko Owings, Md. Stefan Golub Minneapolis, Minn. Taras and Lubow Merele and Bonnie As Kenneth Crutchlow, director of the Ocean Rowing Shegedyn South Orange, N.J. Jurkiewicz Toledo, Ohio Society and Mr. Rezvoy’s stepfather, explained at the press $45.00 George Jaskiw S. Euclid, Ohio Stephen Kolodrub Easton, Pa. conference, ocean rowing technology has come a long way Roman Klodnycky East Peoria, Ill. O. Kowerko Chicago, Ill. since the days of Harbo and Samuelsen. Whereas the Fox $40.00 Roman Cap Mississauga, Paul Makowesky Shoreview, Minn. was an open vessel, Ukraine is covered. Also, Ukraine is $35.00 Inia Yevich-Tunstall Annandale, Va. George Malachowsky Rochester, N.Y. self-righting, weighted in such a way that it rights itself $30.00 Victor Fedorowich Yorkton, Sask. Walter Milinichik Whitehall, Pa. Wolodymyr Wolowdiuk Chatham Township, N.J. Iwan Mokriwskyj Rego Park, N.Y. immediately after flipping. According to Mr. Rezvoy, the $28.00 S. Wusowych-Lule Glen Ellyn, Ill. Nick Mykolenko Warren, Mich. boat likely will flip at some point in the journey. $25.00 Stefania Katamay Philadelphia, Pa. Carol Novosel Sharon, Pa. Additionally, the boat holds an impressive array of techno- Michael Komichak McKees Rocks, Pa. Eugene Nykyforiak Warren, Mich. logical equipment, including tracking devices and satellite Roman Nestorowicz Warren, Mich. Renata Ockerby Arlington, Mass. phones. Donna and Roman Bohdan and Anna Pokora Glastonbury, Conn. The ocean row of the type that Mr. Rezvoy is undertak- Stelmach Morristown, N.J. W. Rybak Dixon, Ill. ing can be quite arduous. Mr. Rezvoy’s boat will not be Orest and Judy Tataryn San Jose, Calif. Michael Scyocurka Laguna Woods, Calif. $20.00 Ann Goot Union, N.J. Wolodymyr Slyz Woodside, N.Y. accompanied by other boats during the journey, which he Mary Horbay Oakville, Ontario Stephanie Sywyj Parma, Ohio expects to last approximately 80 days. At the press confer- Joseph and Catherine Marian Tymchyshyn Loudonville, N.Y. ence, Mr. Rezvoy explained that he is not able to sleep for Levitzky Hamden, Conn. Zenon Wasylkevych Warren, Mich. long stretches of time on such journeys, but rather must Mary Sowchuk New York, N.Y. Sophia Zaczko North Haven, Conn. content himself with naps. There are several reasons for Olga Zazula Rego Park, N.Y. Nicholas Stupak Milwaukee, Wisc. this. First of all, the rocking of the boat makes it difficult to Orest and Judy Tataryn San Jose, Calif. Natalie Trojan New York, N.Y. TOTAL: $1,698.00 relax. Second, even during the night, Mr. Rezvoy must $15.00 Bohdan Birakowsky College Points, N.Y. wake up every two to three hours to check the horizon and Gene Loboyko Broadview, Ill. Sincere thanks to all contributors his course. Third, it is helpful to row at night. Plus, at night, Sydir Michael Tymiak Pittsburgh, Pa. to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. other boats cannot easily see Mr. Rezvoy’s boat, so his $10.00 Robert John Chomiak New Haven, Conn. being awake helps him avoid disaster. Alice Gural Lakehurst, N.J. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the Mr. Rezvoy noted that he cannot even go swimming to Vera Iwanycky Chicago, Ill. Walter Kalapuziak Chicago, Ill. only fund dedicated exclusively to supporting refresh himself on his trip. If he tried to go for a swim in the the work of this publication. water, the boat would become too difficult to control, he (Continued on page 5) No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 5

UNA Gift-Giving Project to benefit Kyiv Mohyla Foundation by Roma Hadzewycz intensive courses in and lectures on various aspects of the rich PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian Ukrainian culture, with special excur- National Association has announced a new sions that support this learning through joint program with the National University exposure to the Ukrainian capital city’s of Kyiv Mohyla Academy in Ukraine, cultural, historical and political life. whereby purchasers of UNA insurance The university has applied for interna- policies can support perhaps the most tional accreditation of its summer pro- unique educational institution in independ- gram, which has been functioning since ent Ukraine, which also happens to be the 1995, through the International Education oldest university in all of Eastern Europe. Committee. Dr. Briukhovetsky added “It’s a natural fit,” exclaimed Ihor proudly, “We are the first college in Wyslotsky, president of the Kyiv Mohyla Ukraine to apply for this type of accredi- Foundation of America. “The Kyiv tation.” It is hoped that by next year all Mohyla Foundation was seeking a broad- students from abroad who attend er appeal to the Ukrainian community and NUKMA in the summer will be able to to raise awareness of the NUKMA and its earn college credits that will be applicable mission beyond the borders of Ukraine, at their own colleges and universities. while the UNA,” he continued, “more “Since the UNA is the oldest and most than any other Ukrainian organization in influential Ukrainian organization in the North America, is engaged in Ukraine.” diaspora,” Dr. Briukhovetsky, “I antici- That engagement takes the form of pate more collaborative efforts between everything from the UNA’s support for the university and the UNA.” various institutions in Ukraine to programs Mr. Wyslotsky added in concluding his for teaching the English language, and, interview with The Weekly that those lest we forget, the Kyiv Press Bureau of Lev Khmelkovsky who opt to participate in this joint UNA- The Ukrainian Weekly – the only full-time During a meeting between officials of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla NUKMA program are actually participat- Western press bureau in Ukraine. ing in the development of a civil society Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, president Academy and the Ukrainian National Association are: (seated, from left) Roma Lisovich, UNA treasurer; Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, president of the National in Ukraine as that is a fundamental mis- of the National University of Kyiv sion of the National University of Kyiv- Mohyla Academy, welcomed the new University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy; Christine Kozak, UNA national secretary; (standing) Stefan Kaczaraj, UNA president; Oksana Trytjak, the UNA’s fraternal Mohyla Academy. “Those who buy these program – dubbed the UNA Gift-Giving activities coordinator; and Ihor Wyslotsky, president of the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation. policies will be part of the process of cre- Project – and the potential it represents ating the new Ukraine,” he emphasized. for his growing university. when visiting Kyiv can take advantage of with the best offerings of modern In short then, the UNA Gift-Giving But why should the program be attrac- the opportunity to get a complete tour of Western education; it offers bachelor’s Project is a win-win-win situation. The tive to members? For someone interested in the university campus and thus become and master’s degree programs. insured gets to deduct the cost of his or providing significant support to an extraor- familiar with the depth of its traditions It should be noted that the Ukrainian her life insurance premium as a charita- dinary institution – in leaving a legacy – the and the breadth of its academic offerings. National Association’s involvement with ble donation since the beneficiary of the costs are low, but there is a substantial ben- Plus, those who enroll in the UNA the NUKMA did not begin with this gift- policy is the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation, a efit to that institution in the long-term. through this program get all the member- ing program. Dr. Briukhovetsky under- tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) corporation; the Via a gifting program, an individual ship benefits for which the UNA is known, scored that the UNA has supported his UNA gets additional members into its purchases a UNA life insurance policy such as substantial discounts at the associ- institution with scholarships for a special ranks; and the National University of (whole-life or 20-payment life are the ation’s Soyuzivka resort and on the UNA’s college-preparatory program designed for Kyiv Mohyla Academy gets financial two plans that may be used for this pur- newspapers, Svoboda and The Ukrainian talented students from rural regions of support for its expanding programs. pose) and “gifts” that policy to the Kyiv Weekly, and student scholarships. Ukraine who wish to enter the university. For further information, readers may Mohyla Foundation by designating the Dating back to 1615, the Kyiv Mohyla In addition, he said that beginning this contact Oksana Trytjak, the UNA’s frater- foundation as the policy’s beneficiary. Academy was re-established after a 175- year the UNA is helping to promote a nal activities coordinator, at (973) 292- Mr. Wyslotsky explained that holders year hiatus soon after the proclamation NUKMA summer program for college 9800, ext. 3071. Ms. Trytjak also advises of policies purchased under this program of Ukraine’s independence. In 1994, two students from the West who want to fur- readers to be on the lookout for more will be given special treatment by the years after its rebirth, KMA was granted ther their knowledge of Ukrainian stud- information about an upcoming benefit for NUKMA. Each will get a symbolic key to the status of “national university.” Today ies. The 2003 summer program, which the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation to be held in the historic Kyiv Mohyla Academy and it combines age-old teaching traditions runs from June 23 to August 1, offers the autumn of this year in .

To keep bread prices stable, the govern- The government expects farmers to har- off plans to bake pyrizhky (a Ukrainian Ukrainians worry... ment ordered bakeries to temporarily vest some 28.8 million to 30.8 million pastry). The woman seller in Kyiv’s cen- (Continued from page 1) reduce their profitability. In some cases, metric tons (31.68 million to 33.88 mil- tral market whispered that their boss doesn’t allow them to sell flour from “They do not provide us with the rest on the factories began to produce with little lion short tons) of grain this year. their surplus storage. However, she then various pretexts.” or no profitability, the Ukrainian Bakers’ Ukraine’s annual need in grain is estimat- asked if I could afford 2 kilos of flour for In another measure, the government Association said. ed at 6.5 million to 7 million metric tons 6.5 hrv (about $1.2) – the price was initiated consultations with the National At the same time Khlib Ukrainy was (7.15 million to 7.7 million short tons). almost twice as high as a month earlier. Bank of Ukraine to provide grain dealers ordered to buy 1 million tons (1.1 million “I ask you, compatriots: do not buy Anxiously the seller went to the storage with favorable credits to overcome the short tons) of grain from the 2003 harvest flour, everything will be all right,” Mr. area nearby to settle the deal with a stock shortage without losses. of feed and provisions. Lenh appealed via TV cameras at the end clerk. She walked along the counter and “It’s a great mistake today to think that Serhii Melnyk, state secretary of of the news conference. back to me, took money and voice lowered: our economy, our business and agricul- Ukraine’s Agrarian Policy Ministry, However, the more the media cover ture won’t be able to provide us with asserted that this year’s low harvest issues related to grain, the harder it seems “Go to the storage area and take the pack foodstuffs,” said central banker Serhii would not affect food supply in the 2003- to fight the public’s negative perceptions. that he put on the refrigerator.” I followed the route and saw my pack of Tyhypko, according to Interfax. 2004 marketing year. Last weekend, this writer nearly put flour in its place, no soul was around, I took it silently and went away as a spy who just made a trick. During the Soviet-era times of a storm at sea, Mr. Rezvoy commented that Odesa Film Studio. Before he decided to chronic deficits, people referred to such Rower from Ukraine... all a rower can do is get inside the boat, bat- embark on the trans-Atlantic journey, Mr. transactions as “selling under the counter.” (Continued from page 4) ten down the hatches and pray. Rezvoy was the webmaster for the Ocean And here it was happening again in 2003. would be open to attack by jellyfish and For much of his life, Mr. Rezvoy has Rowing Society. As I was leaving the market, I could other dangerous creatures of the sea, and it exhibited an affinity for physically At the press conference, Mr. hear many a villager expressing concern would be difficult to wash the salt off his demanding activities. He was born in Crutchlow commented on an encounter about their inability to buy grains and skin after the swim. Odesa in 1968 and took up both horseback during which he asked Mr. Rezvoy why feed poultry and animals. riding and rowing at the age of 3. He used he wanted to row across the Atlantic. Mr. On the journey, Mr. Rezvoy said he will “Many of our citizens know perfectly to accompany his father on geological Rezvoy had replied, “I want my son to be subsist mostly on dried and vacuum-sealed the events of 1933 (the Great expeditions to the Pamir Mountains in the proud of me,” referring to 6-year-old food products. He also catches fish, and Famine/Genocide), and many of them Himalayas. He also took up mountaineer- Dimitriy. He also said he hoped that personally overcame 1947 (post-war noted that fish often jump directly into the ing, skiing, martial arts, archery, tennis Ukraine would garner some publicity famine),” Kyiv Mayor Oleksander boat. However, one needs to be careful with and volleyball, and holds a diploma in from his trip. Omelchenko said on June 27 after large fish, since they can pull the fisher advanced sailing courses. He also served Mr. Rezvoy also signaled his intention announcing plans to supply the capital from the boat or break whatever they are in the Soviet air force for two years. to dedicate his voyage to the firemen with enough grain. tethered to. Mr. Rezvoy managed to bring Mr. Rezvoy worked as an actor at the age who lost their lives in the September 11, “Today people are not sure. They are beer, salami and whiskey on board with him of 7 at the Odesa Film Studio. He later 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade not convinced and are not directed offi- for the trip from Spain to Barbados. He also attended the Education Institute of Fine Arts Center in New York. The journey is fund- cially by the state – they themselves cre- uses a water de-salinizer. in Odesa. Afterwards, he designed sets and ed by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers as ate the shortages,” Mr. Omelchenko said, When asked what he would do in case of did commercial computer design at the well as private donors. according to Interfax. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 No. 27

THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Remembering Patriarch Mstyslav I DoubleDoubleby Khristina ExposurExposur Lew ee June 11 marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Patriarch Mstyslav I, a truly extraordinary man who embodied the best qualities of a Churchman and national leader, a hierarch who led the Church during some of its most turbulent and its most It’s all in the name joyous times. As bishop, archbishop and metropolitan – and later as patriarch – he worked tirelessly toward unifying Ukrainian Orthodox faithful around the globe. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. marked the anniversary of the patri- If you grew up like I did, you were Something a little different. We had the arch’s repose with special services at the crypt where he is buried beneath St. Andrew deprived of Saturday morning cartoons added distraction of my husband’s last Memorial Church on the grounds of the Ukrainian Orthodox Center (see last week’s because you had to go to Ukrainian School. name, which was constantly mispronounced issue). As noted by a longtime co-worker of Patriarch Mstyslav, Mykola Francuzenko, When you were older, you couldn’t go out in English: Gawdiak. (Change a few letters who spoke at the 10th anniversary memorial dinner held in tribute to the Church on Friday nights because you had to do around, and you can imagine what telemar- leader, the hierarch was no doubt destined for the role he was to play. Born as Stefan homework for Ukie school. Thursday keters come up with.) Were he a Johnson or Ivanovych Skrypnyk on April 10, 1898, in Poltava, he came into a family of noted nights were Plast (Ukrainian scouting) a Smith, we could have gotten away with religious and political leaders. nights, and Tuesdays were devoted to the naming the child something unique, like His own life’s path was remarkable as well, encompassing the military, political bandura, the many-stringed Ukrainian Dzvineslava, but with a name like Gawdiak, activity and the religious life. His world view was shaped by both the Soviet and Nazi instrument played on the knee. (Thank all bets on proper pronunciation were off. occupations of Ukraine, and his work for his Church and his nation spanned Ukraine, goodness the trembita, the Hutsul mountain Choosing a girl’s name turned out to be western Europe, , the United States and then, once again, Ukraine. horn, was not readily available in North easy, and we never second-guessed our Here in the United States, Metropolitan Mstyslav was perhaps best known for his America, or we would have lost our decision. A boy’s name was tough. decades of work to establish the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s worldwide center in Wednesday nights too.) Most expectant parents who try to main- South Bound Brook, N.J. It was at the Church’s center that Metropolitan Mstyslav had My sisters and I groused about the many tain a link to their Ukrainian heritage when built St. Andrew Memorial Church, which is dedicated to the memory of the victims Ukrainian activities, but we entered adult- naming their child go through exactly what of the 1932-1933 Great Famine in Ukraine. (This magnificent Church served as the hood with a strong sense of our heritage. we did. What sounds great in one language focal point of the entire Ukrainian American community’s solemn observances of the Then we went off to college and, like many sounds horrible in the other. We liked the 50th anniversary of the Great Famine in 1983.) of our friends, we explored things, um, non- name Maksym, or Max, but it, like A most tangible recognition of his strength of character and his leadership came Ukrainian. Christina in the late 60s, was the current during the synod on June 5-6, 1990, of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox In our 20s, we started our careers, trav- name du jour for Ukrainians in America. Church when Metropolitan Mstyslav of the UOC-U.S.A. was elected as the first patri- eled the world, fell in love. In the 1990s We started sifting through family names. arch of the reborn Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Less than five months when the Iron Curtain came down, it was Wasyl and Ihor, after the future grandfa- later, on October 20, 1990, Patriarch Mstyslav returned triumphantly to Ukraine – at hip to be Ukrainian. Some of us stayed in thers – tough in English. In the previous the age of 92 and after an absence of 46 years – in preparation for his enthronement. touch with our childhood friends from the generation we had a Robert – solid, but not His first destination on that fateful day in 1990 was St. Sophia Sobor, where the patri- Ukrainian School-Plast-bandura days. very Ukrainian; an Omeljan and another arch fell to his knees and kissed the ground thrice. Inside the cathedral he celebrated a Some continued to go to Wildwood and Wasyl, and an Alexander – not bad. moleben of thanksgiving. The next day he officiated at an archpastoral divine liturgy Soyuzivka on the East Coast, or Baraboo I pulled out the family tree. We had a lot at St. Andrew Cathedral, where he had been consecrated as bishop back in May of and Wisconsin Dells in the Midwest. But of Wasyls in my family, but way back, my 1942. Finally, on November 18 he was enthroned as patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine. with each generation the numbers got great-great-grandfather, a priest on the out- Alas, his tenure as patriarch was short-lived. Patriarch Mstyslav I died at the age of smaller. skirts of Yavoriv, was a Hryhoriy. Hryhoriy 95 on June 11, 1993. Patriarchal funeral rites were offered in South Bound Brook over Now, as a 30-something, I’ve had a Lew. Gregory. Gregory Gawdiak. the course of three days on June 21-23, with some 3,000 hierarchs, and laity – chance to kick around what it means to be I turned it over in my mind. It was strong faithful of the Orthodox and other Churches – from around the globe coming to pay Ukrainian in an American world. I had in both languages. We knew only one their last respects. It was vivid testimony to Patriarch Mstyslav’s far-reaching influ- worked as a “professional Ukrainian” for Hryhoriy growing up, and he was pretty ence and the esteem in which he was held. many years before joining a mainstream cool, so we didn’t have any weird associa- Patriarch Mstyslav’s testament, read at the memorial tryzna after the religious rites U.S. organization. I kept in touch with my tions with the name. It was easy in English. were concluded, was an exhortation to unity “for the sake of God, the martyrs of the Ukrainian friends and attended the occa- And it was a family name. Church and the people” to achieve the goal of a sovereign Church dependent on no sional Ukrainian function. When our son was born, we named him one. It is a testament worth recalling and a noble goal still worth striving for today, 10 Being Ukrainian, however, took on a Gregory Lew Gawdiak. And after all the years after the patriarch’s passing. whole new meaning with the birth of my thought that went into choosing his name, son last year. Suddenly, the double life to we call him Hryts – in both languages. which I had grown accustomed was July dragged out from under the bed, to be re- Turning the pages back... examined all over again. How Ukrainian did I want my son to be? Would he speak 7 Ukrainian? Join Plast or SUM? Play the trembita? I don’t pretend to have the answers to 1945 On July 7, 1945, The Ukrainian Weekly reported that these questions. My husband – who is half Carpatho-Ukraine had been annexed by the Soviet Union, giving Ukrainian, half Irish – and I do want our the Soviet Union control over the entire territory of Ukraine, with son to speak Ukrainian. We want him to the exception of the Lemkivschyna and Kholmschyna regions. have the opportunities we did growing up Carpatho-Ukraine had declared independence on March 15, 1939, but was re-taken hyphenated Americans, because for us there by Hungary shortly thereafter, despite fierce opposition from Carpatho-Ukraine’s were many. Sitch Guard. The annexation by the Soviet Union occurred by means of an agreement We met each other at Ukrainian School. signed in Moscow by the Soviet Foreign Commisar Vyacheslaff M. Molotov, with Some of our closest friends are people we Joseph Stalin in attendance, and Czechoslovakia’s Prime Minister Zdenek Fierlinger. met at Plast summer camps. Speaking a Czechoslovakia had ruled Carpatho-Ukraine before its break-up in 1939. second language and living in a bicultural The agreement provided for an exchange of populations between the Soviet Union home broadened our horizons, made us and Czechoslovakia, and the creation of commissions to set boundaries between the more open to new ideas and people. Being countries and to liquidate property in Carpatho-Ukraine. Ukrainian launched my career and took me Khristina Lew According to The Weekly, the agreement stipulated that Carpatho-Ukraine would be to Ukraine at one of the most interesting “reunited with her ancient motherland.” It was to become a part of the Ukrainian Our new columnist, Khristina Lew, periods in its history. Soviet Socialist Republic. who will write monthly on issues So we agreed to try to raise a Ukrainian The pact also stated that the transferal of Carpatho-Ukraine was “in accordance faced by young Ukrainian Americans child in an American world. Determined, with the desire shown by the population of Carpatho-Ukraine.” However, as The and families, is familiar to readers of Weekly noted, there was no vote to determine this so-called desire. we embarked on our first major decision: The Ukrainian Weekly. She reported The Soviet Union’s acquisition of Carpatho-Ukraine was thought to be aimed at what to name him or her. for this newspaper and served three ending any chance of a nationalist uprising. By bringing the area under Soviet control, Naming a child is handing it a legacy tours of duty at our Kyiv Press Carpatho-Ukraine could not enjoy the freedom to foment rebellion in other Ukrainian that it will carry its whole life. We realized Bureau in the 1990s. Ms. Lew grew territories already incorporated into the Soviet Union. fairly quickly that A) we both had strong up in the Washington, D.C., area. She In the same issue, The Weekly re-published an article by The New York Times cor- opinions about names, and B) we did not attended high school in Ridgewood, respondent Anne O’Hare McCormick about the acquisition of Carpatho-Ukraine by share these opinions. N.J., and graduated from the College the Soviet Union. In her conclusion, Ms. McCormick wrote, “The relationship of all My husband, whose name is Adrian, of the Holy Cross in Worcester, these countries are changed. Before even the preliminary peace conference, the grew up hating his name. He said that as a Mass., in 1989. She worked on public Versailles map of Eastern Europe is already altered beyond recognition, and already kid he got teased for having a girl’s name, education campaigns during in a new way, for such transfers as that of the Carpatho-Ukraine mean incorporation and under no circumstances would he allow Ukraine’s parliamentary and presi- not only into another country but another system of life. This is why they are signifi- his child to suffer the same humiliation – dential elections in 1998-1999, cant, and why it is important to give people some voice in their destiny.” real or imagined. He wanted something served as public relations manager solid, unequivocal. I guess that ruled out the for the YWCA of the U.S.A., and cur- Source: “Soviet Annexation of Carpatho-Ukraine,” The Ukrainian Weekly, July 7, name Ruslan for a boy. rently is freelancing. Ms. Lew and 1945. “Now the Great Ukraine Is All in the Soviet Union,” The Ukrainian Weekly, We both wanted something mellifluous her family reside in Metuchen, N.J. July 7, 1945 in Ukrainian and strong in English. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 7 NEWS AND VIEWS Faces and Places

Ukrainian professionals announce by Myron B. Kuropas “Walter Duranty Foolitzer Prize” by Dr. Jaroslaw Sawka during the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. Nominations are for the year The Ukrainian American-Canadian prior. The meeting in January 2004 will Did Pavlychko really say that? Professional Association, a.k.a. the Yes he did. And more! Catholic Church in Ukraine and the pick the winner of a journalistic work pro- Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit/Windsor, Dmytro Pavlychko, former Ukrainian Diaspora” (the Rev. Roman O. Mirchuk) duced in 2003. has announced that it will be instituting an Ambassador to Slovakia and Poland, and “The Ukrainian Orthodox Church in None of this is intended to make any- annual journalistic award called the opened the 22nd annual Conference on Emigration and in Ukraine. Problems of one rich. The $100 nomination award is “Walter Duranty Foolitzer Prize” to the Ukrainian Subjects at the University of Dialogue” (Oksana Khomchuk), were pre- merely intended to stimulate readers or author of the most biased, disinforming, Illinois on June 16 with a riveting con- sented and followed by a heated discussion. viewers to forward materials they may misinforming or the most anti-Ukrainian demnation of Ukraine’s present adminis- Ms. Khomchuk later formally presented her encounter that would warrant recognition hatemongering work of journalism. tration. new book, “Tserkva poza Tserkovnoiu via a Duranty prize. This is intended to Unfortunately, even in these times of a His most shocking claim involved Ohorozheiu.” encourage the competitive effect of hav- free and independent Ukrainian nation Ukraine’s former nuclear arsenal with Like other conferences sponsored by ing our community scour the media there is no abatement to the outpouring of which Mr. Pavlychko was once intimate- the Ukrainian Research Program at the actively looking for anti-Ukrainian bias or journalistic-type garbage concerning ly involved. Strobe Talbott of the Clinton University of Illinois – this year’s theme disinformation. The winner will be deter- Ukraine and Ukrainians. It didn’t stop White House demanded that Ukraine was “Ukraine: Yesterday, Today and mined by earliest postmarked letter until with the settlement in CBS’s infamous turn over its warheads to Russia. When Tomorrow” – the conclave was not only the award committee can devise a com- “60 Minutes” segment “The Ugly Face of Mr. Pavlychko suggested they be turned informative but exciting as well, espe- puterized system that would be fair. To Freedom.” Some of this year’s contenders over to the United States instead, Mr. cially when scholars from Ukraine and recap and clarify: there will actually be for the prize will be: Robert D. Kaplan for Talbott told him that if Russia did not get the United States went head to head on two winners each year. The Nomination his article, “Euphorias of Hatred,” May them, he could expect Russian troops topics such as “Higher Education in Award ($100) for the person nominating 2003, The Atlantic Monthly, (see the forcibly expropriating them while the Ukraine” and “Relations between the winner of the Duranty prize and the review by Dr. Myron Kuropas in The United States looked the other way. Mr. Ukraine and the Diaspora.” journalist/author who actually wins the Ukrainian Weekly of April 20) and Sol Pavlychko traveled to the U.S. to appeal The Illinois conferences were initiated Duranty prize (2 cents). Littman for his book, “Pure Soldiers or to Sen. Richard Lugar (R.-Ind.) of the in 1982 by Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn. Since The journalist receiving the Walter Bloodthirsty Murderers: The Ukrainian Senate Foreign Relations Committee for then, there have been 23 (22 annual) Duranty Foolitzer Prize will be notified 14th Waffen-SS Division.” There are assistance, all to no avail. Russia needed conferences on Ukrainian subjects at the that he/she is considered to be in a catego- plenty of other worthy contenders and the to be accommodated. University of Illinois in ry worthy of Walter Duranty. That should year 2003 still has enough time left to I approached Mr. Pavlychko after his Champaign/Urbana, attended by 2,230 be punishment enough. The 2 cents is make for an interesting contest. presentation to be certain I heard him participants, involving 1,190 speakers intended to make this a “monetary” award The sponsoring group’s concern is not correctly. He assured me I had. and principal discussants from 24 coun- and not just a certificate worthy of the confined to mere commercial journalism. Mr. Pavlychko had more to say. Thanks tries, including Australia, , winner’s talents. Of even more importance is the content of to the Kuchma regime, he insisted, 5 mil- Canada, China (PRC), the Czech Copies of published materials must be what is being propagated in academia. A lion Ukrainians have left Ukraine to find Republic, Denmark, England, France, sent in with the nomination; broadcast case in point is the book “Political Culture work on practically every continent on the , Hungary, India, Israel, may be considered for the prize if accom- and National Identity in Russian- face of the earth. President Kuchma does- Kazakstan, the , Poland, panied or corroborated by an authentic Ukrainian Relations” by Prof. Mikhail n’t care because Ukraine’s new immi- , Russia, Slovakia, , transcript. Molchanov published by the Texas A & M grants send money home, a fact that helps Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the The idea for the presentation of this University Press at taxpayer expense and bolster the economy. United States, and Yugoslavia. Over the award has been prompted by the recent subsidy. Mr. Kuchma and his cronies are out of years Ukraine has had speakers who activity by many who feel that the Pulitzer Dr. Bohdan Vitvitsky is correct in tak- touch with the Ukrainian people, Mr. hailed from Donetsk in the east to Prize awarded to Duranty should be with- ing Prof. Molchanov to task for his misin- Pavlychko contends. Thanks to the colo- Uzhorod in the west. A total of 1,186 drawn because it was based on propagan- formation (April 6 The Ukrainian nial mind-set of the president, his papers have been delivered thus far – da and outright lies, and that it resulted in Weekly). Although the book was pub- Cabinet, and many members of 317 in English, 867 in Ukrainian, and incalculable damage to the Ukrainian peo- lished in 2002, Prof. Molchanov is eligi- Parliament, the is two in Russian. ple and their struggle for dignity and free- ble for the Duranty prize because the regaining its former popularity. The principal organizer and chairman dom. debate he has generated is still raging in The Russian press in Ukraine contin- of all of the conferences is the indefati- It is not known whether the members print well into this year. In his “scholarly” ues to offend Ukrainian sensibilities, and gable Dr. Shtohryn, professor emeritus at of the Pulitzer Prize committee have work he relies on outright Communist the administration does not react. Eighty the University of Illinois. He has been propaganda (see his bibliography) to dis- enough honor or pride to ensure the percent of the books published in ably assisted by Raisa Bratkiw, president credit Ukrainian freedom fighters. integrity of their award. The tarnish on Ukraine are in Russian despite the fact of the Foundation for the Advancement Unlike Mr. Duranty, Prof. Molchanov their prize is their problem. (If they don’t that 70 percent of the population claims of Ukrainian Studies at the University of admits there was a famine but denies it want to clean it, so be it.) However, the Ukrainian as their native language. Illinois. was genocidal. For this he relies on the Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit/Windsor The recent census was a blatant A volume of selected papers edited by book, “Is the Holocaust Unique?” by Alan know what they have to do. They have attempt to incease by falsification the Drs. Taras Hunczak and Shtohryn, will Rosenbaum, Westview Press, 1996, where carefully picked the name “Foolitzer” so official number of ethnic Russians living come on the market in September to be we find such gems as this on pp. 30-31: as to avoid confusion with the currently in Ukraine in order to apply more pres- followed by a second volume of papers, “demographic data indicate that fewer disgraced “Pulitzer.” Theirs will be an sure for the formal recognition of edited by Dr. Jaroslav Rozumnyj, sched- than 760,000 children died, largely from untarnished, honorable, pure and noble Russian as Ukraine’s second formal lan- uled for publication early in 2004. starvation, between 1932-1934 ... 66.5 award which should unintentionally cause guage. percent of Ukrainian children at a mini- shame, envy, gnashing of teeth, wringing As Russian firms gobble up Ukrainian Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: mum survived ... This historical outcome of hands and awe to the disgraced mem- companies and form new financial enter- [email protected]. regarding the children is not trivial. What bers of the Pulitzer Prize committee. prises, the aim is economic domi- makes the Ukrainian case non-genocidal, The award committee still hasn’t decid- nation followed by Russian polit- and what makes it different form the ed (intense internal debate) whether to ical control. Mr. Pavlychko pre- Holocaust, is the fact that the majority of throw in a Stalin Apologist Literary Prize dicted that by 2005, 70 percent of Ukrainian children survived and, still and/or a Lenin Literary Prize (an intense Ukraine’s economy will be more, they were permitted to survive.” internal debate is onoing). These would dependent on Russia. Amazingly, The nominated work must be in the carry no monetary value (not even a Ukraine can get oil at a lower English language as an article, or book or penny) and would be strictly “symbolic.” price from Arab countries. an audio-video endeavor that has reached Community support is requested in the Opposition to the Kuchma a wide non-Ukrainian audience. Everyone form of sending in nominations; donations Klan is weak because of person- is invited to send nominations. The person also would be appreciated. The associa- al ambitions. Rukh remains submitting the winning nomination will tion’s address is: Ukrainian Graduates of split. Yulia Tymoshenko is aloof receive a $100 honorarium. The “win- Detroit-Windsor, P.O. Box 92415, Warren, and refuses to support Our ning” author will receive a certificate and MI 48092. (The group also publishes a Ukraine which, under Viktor a monetary award of 2 pennies. The win- Ukrainian Graduates newsletter, available Yushchenko, appears to be ners will be selected and announced by a for $10 per year; the newsletter is free to increasingly weak. special committee that will meet each year members.) An excellent panel at the con- ference this year was chaired by Dr. Myroslav Labunka of Ukrainian Catholic University. Papers titled “Pariarchate of the Conference presenter Natalia Lominska of the THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church: National University of Ostroh Academy, pre- Visit our archive on the Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/ Actuality of the Question” senting a copy of a history of Ostroh Academy (Labunka), “The Ukrainian to Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 No. 27 FOR THE RECORD: Reaction to Los Angeles Times commentary

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – On June 14 the Los Angeles Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Two of my grandfa- prejudice, greed or simply to survive, but fewer collabo- Times ran a commentary by Tim Rutten titled “The ther’s brothers – Oleksa and Vasyl – were killed by the rated in Ukraine than in many other parts of Europe. Blair affair fuels a 70-year-old scandal,” which has Nazis in Auschwitz. Arguably, however, Ukraine lost more of its population caused a stir in the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Recall that like Jews, Slavs were considered unter- than any other country in Nazi occupied Europe. Those Canadian communities. The article begins by describing menschen [racially inferior persons], and thousands of “20 million Soviet war dead” were, in the majority, the campaign to revoke The New York Times correspon- Ukrainian nationalists were incarcerated alongside the Ukrainians, not Russians. dent Walter Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize and ends by accus- victims of the Holocaust in places like Dachau, As for calling for the prosecution of war criminals, it ing the members of the Galicia Division and followers Mauthausen and Buchenwald. must be stated that the Ukrainian Canadian community’s of Stepan Bandera in the Organization of Ukrainian Also, it may surprise those unacquainted with Eastern position has always been that any and all war criminals Nationalists (OUN) of anti-Semitism and atrocities European history to learn that there were Jewish found in Canada, regardless of ethnic, religious or racial against Jews during World War II. Ukrainians who participated in the national liberation heritage, or the period or place where crimes against The first half of the article affirms the validity of struggle from 1939 to 1953, including within military humanity or war crimes were committed, should be many of the accusations against Mr. Duranty. Mr. Rutten formations created by the OUN during its two-front brought to justice in a Canadian criminal court of law. writes, “As the Times’ Moscow correspondent in the struggle against both Hitler’s Nazis and Stalin’s Soviets. Only someone aping Duranty’s style of journalism 1920s and ‘30s, [Mr. Duranty] was an active agent of I would be glad to introduce Mr. Rutten to Mr. Alex would suggest otherwise. Soviet propaganda and disinformation – probably paid, Epstein, a Jewish Canadian lawyer who helped our fam- Our organizations have in no way ignored the possi- certainly blackmailed, altogether willing. For years, ily present the case for grandfather Bandera in front of bility that there may be a few World War II era war Duranty lied, distorted and suppressed information to the Deschenes War Crimes Commission in Canada in criminals in Canada. But we have not seen any evi- please Josef Stalin.” the mid-1980s, in response to similar claims by the dence, to date, proving that there are any Ukrainians Mr. Rutten also writes, “In 1933, Stalin’s savage cam- Simon Wiesenthal Center. We won our case in front of here who collaborated with the Nazi occupation in per- paign to collectivize agriculture in the Ukraine created a an impartial judge. petrating war crimes. man-made famine in which somewhere between 6 mil- In addition, I would be glad to put Mr. Rutten in touch We do know, however, there are people in Canada lion and 11 million people died. Duranty’s reports did with Mr. Herbert Romerstein, who for the last 15 years who worked for the Soviet NKVD/KGB/SMERSH and not simply ignore the famine. They denied its exis- has been engaged in research of the dual Soviet active that they are not being investigated. Unfortunately, the tence.” measures campaign of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s media shows no interest in why that is. We conclude, The article then goes on to detail the history of the against “Ukrainian bourgeois nationalists” and with regret, that Canada, the U.S.A. and other coun- campaign to revoke Mr. Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize. Mr. “Zionists.” In his well-considered opinion, the cam- tries, including Israel, have knowingly allowed them- Rutten presents the viewpoint of the North American paign’s intention was to keep the Ukrainian dissidents and selves to become havens for alleged Communist war Ukrainian communities and the responses of the Pulitzer Jewish refusenik movement from coalescing into a united criminals. Prize Board and The New York Times, and then explains front against the repressive apparat of the Soviet Union Perhaps future articles about the Duranty campaign how the Jayson Blair scandal has focused attention on during the said period. Mr. Romerstein, a former (which, by the way, was initiated by the Ukrainian Mr. Duranty. Professional Staff Member of the House Permanent Canadian Civil Liberties Association and not by any Then, abruptly and inexplicably, the subject of the arti- Select Committee on Intelligence, is best known for his Ukrainian American group) will do your readers the cle changes to alleged Ukrainian complicity in the work with Eric Breindel, “The Venona Secrets, Exposing service of not diverting them from that contemporary Holocaust. The shift is marked by the sentence: “Curiously, Soviet Espionage and America’s Traitors.” Mr. story to another one (which is not even remotely related, the same organizations and commentators who are pressing Romerstein’s latest article is titled “Divide and Conquer: unless you see the killings of the second world war as the issue of Duranty’s prize have been resolutely silent The KGB Disinformation Campaign against Ukrainians some kind of revenge for the atrocities perpetrated by the about one of the Holocaust’s darkest chapters – the collabo- and Jews.” Soviets in the 1920s-1940s, a rather contentious view). ration by tens of thousands of Ukrainians with the Nazi I fear that Mr. Rutten has not been diligent in his As for special interest groups like the Wiesenthal murderers of Eastern European Jewry.” background work. He may in fact be unduly influenced Center, apparently interested in recalling only their The article continues: “The Waffen SS raised an by Soviet apologist materials of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. people’s sufferings, we have no comment on such par- entire brigade from among the Galician Ukrainians. tiality other than pointing out that we have always Ukrainian POWs volunteered to serve as guards in the Stephen Bandera taken a more inclusive approach, hallowing the memo- German death camps. Followers of the Ukrainian New York, NY ry of all victims of the Nazi and Soviet dictatorships nationalist Stepan Bandera enthusiastically joined the and calling for all perpetrators of such crimes to be Nazis in carrying out massacres of Jews throughout the PS: I would be glad to forward a copy of Mr. brought to justice. Ukraine and adjoining regions.” Romerstein’s latest article, printed in The Ukrainian Instead of regurgitating unfounded allegations about Mr. Rutten’s article does not explain the relevance of Quarterly. who did what to whom during the second world war, his accusations to the issue of Walter Duranty and the your reporter might have done better to explore why Famine-Genocide. Relevance aside, many Ukrainian PPS: If the editorial board so deems, this material can some folks at the Pulitzer Prize Committee and at The Americans and Ukrainian Canadians immediately be published as an op-ed. New York Times still seem intent on protecting as odi- responded to the article by contesting the accuracy of ous a character as Walter Duranty, the man who covered Mr. Rutten’s accusations with letters to the editor of that up an unparalleled atrocity that cost many millions of newspaper. Ukrainians their lives during the politically engineered The Ukrainian Weekly has elected to reprint for its Galicia Division was cleared Great Famine of 1932-1933. readers three letters sent by members of the North Dear Editor: American Ukrainian community to the editor of the Los Lubomyr Luciuk, Ph.D. Re: “The Blair affair fuels a 70-year-old scandal...,” Kingston, Ontario Angeles Times in response to Mr. Rutten’s article. Thus The Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2003, by Tim Rutten. far, none of these letters has been published in the In 1986 the Ukrainian Division Galicia was cleared, Times. The writer is director of research of the Ukrainian as a unit, of any allegations of war criminality by an Canadian Civil Liberties Association, which is based in official Canadian Commission of Inquiry on War . Criminals, headed by the late Justice Jules Deschenes. Bandera’s grandson reacts After 1991 the division’s record was again reviewed by the government of Canada, and our minister of justice, Dear Editor: the Honorable Anne McLellan, then confirmed that What’s the relevance? I would like to take personal issue with Mr. Tim there is no evidence of war criminality on the part of Dear Editor: Rutten’s article of Saturday, June 14: “The Blair affair this Waffen SS formation. Jewish Canadian organiza- Tim Rutten’s “The Blair Affair Fuels a 70-Year-Old fuels a 70-year-old scandal.” In that article, Mr. Rutten tions and other interveners were always given an oppor- Scandal” (Regarding Media, June 14) is an excellent writes: tunity to provide information to the contrary but, other analysis of the scandalous exploits of The New York than making “grossly exaggerated” claims (the phrase “This week, the Los Angeles Times asked officials of Times’ Walter Duranty. It is the last quarter of his article Justice Deschenes used), they have never come forward the leading U.S. and Canadian Ukrainian émigré organi- that unfortunately misses the mark by a rather wide mar- with evidence of the sort necessary to secure criminal zations whether they ever had censured or condemned gin for reasons of relevance and historical accuracy. conviction. the Galician Brigade or Bandera’s followers for their What is the conceivable relevance of what happened In North America everyone is entitled to be consid- participation in genocide.” during the Holodomor – the murderous 1932-1933 ered innocent until proven guilty, not the other way “Followers of the Ukrainian nationalist Stepan famine engineered by Stalin in which many millions of around. As for allegations about entire ethnic or racial Bandera enthusiastically joined the Nazis.” Ukrainians and others died in eastern Ukraine and else- minorities being guilty of one crime or another, such “Curiously, the same organizations and commentators where – to what 10 years later may or may not have remarks smack of prejudice and must be dismissed as who are pressing the issue of Duranty’s prize have been happened in during World War II and such. resolutely silent about one of the Holocaust’s darkest the Nazi Holocaust? Stepan Bandera, as leader of one faction of the chapters – the collaboration by tens of thousands of There is none. And that there is none becomes clearer Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, spent most of Ukrainians with the Nazi murderers of Eastern from the following example. One of the two founding the second world war in Sachsenhausen, and both of his European Jewry.” fathers of the criminal Soviet regime, Leon Trotsky, was First, Ukrainians have not been silent. We have been brothers were murdered in Auschwitz. He was himself Jewish. Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalin’s two closest working for decades to set the record straight on the later assassinated by a Soviet agent in . Many associates during the bloodiest decade of Soviet rule, the alleged collaboration between Ukrainians and Nazis. members of the OUN were interned at Auschwitz, and 1930s, was Jewish. If you read the second volume of The Nazis arrested my grandfather, Stepan Bandera, were murdered there and in other Nazi concentration Solzhenitsyn’s “Gulag Archipelago,” you will learn that in July 1941, after the Organization of Ukrainian camps. A Holocaust survivor, Stefan Petelycky, tattoo many of those who ran the Soviet concentration camps Nationalists (OUN) proclaimed Ukrainian independence No. 154922, wrote about this in his memoir “Into were Jewish. Yet would it ever occur to anyone to as Stalin’s troops retreated in front of Hitler’s advancing Auschwitz, For Ukraine.” demand from someone who writes or speaks about the divisions. There can, of course, be no denying that some He spent the remainder of the war in the Ukrainians did collaborate with the Nazis, out of fear, (Continued on page 22) No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 9

Lviv to be site of shrine dedicated to Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky “Here I will stay forever this is the home I have chosen.” – Psalm 132:14 by the Rev. Mykhaylo Voloshyn LVIV – During the divine liturgy that Pope John Paul II celebrated in Lviv on June 27, 2001, 27 Ukrainian Catholics – referred to as “Blessed Venerable Martyr Nicholas Charnetsky and his Companions” were beatified as martyrs and confessors of the faith. Such heroes of the faith, who bore witness of their loyalty to the ideals of the Gospel with their very lives, are treasured by all nations and all Churches. They are not only our pride and the proof of the vitali- ty of our Church but also our holy inter- cessors before God. Through them we receive God’s abundant graces and, at times, miraculous healings and reprieve from hopeless situations. Nicholas Charnetsky was born on December 14, 1884, to a poor peasant family in the village of Semakivtsi. Having successfully completed his semi- nary studies, he was ordained a priest in 1909 by Bishop Hryhorii Khomyshyn. In 1919, Father Nicholas entered the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the ), and in 1934 he was consecrated as bishop and designated as the apostolic visitator to A scene of some of the crowd of thousands in Lviv who participated in the procession of the relics of Blessed Nicholas Ukrainians in the Volyn and Polissia Charnetsky, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2001 and is venerated as a saint. regions. On April 11, 1945, Bishop Charnetsky over 600 hours of interrogation and tor- proclamation of his beatification or even saint and his grave at the Lychakiv was arrested by agents of the KGB and ture. In 1956, fully exhausted and physi- his canonization; however, in the case of Cemetery in Lviv became a renowned thus began his veritable “Way of the cally destroyed, he was released from the Blessed Venerable Martyr Nicholas pilgrimage site. A saint’s prayers have Cross” through 30 Soviet prisons and prison and was allowed to return to Lviv, Charnetsky, this began much sooner. great power before God, and the Lord slave-labor camps, where he survived where, on April 2, 1959, he went to his Ukrainian faithful, spontaneously and Jesus confirms this in supernatural ways. eternal reward. intuitively experienced his holiness. The archives contain hundreds of docu- The Rev. Mykhaylo Voloshyn is The veneration of a potential saint nor- Almost immediately after his death, this mented instances of the Blessed provincial of Lviv Redemptorists. mally commences only after the official confessor of the faith was venerated as a (Continued on page 22)

Hierarchs and clergy officiate at a service before the transfer of the relics of the Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky.

The relics of the martyr Bishop Nicholas Charnetsky are taken from Lychakiv Faithful carry a portrait of Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky in the procession. Cemetery for transfer to the Church of St. Josaphat, where a reliquary was set up. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 No. 27 Plast’s Vovcha Tropa campground to celebrate 50th anniversary by Zirka Klufas merit badges, working on joint projects The camps were originally held in greeted dignitaries from the Ukrainian and putting into practice much of what four-week sessions in July and August, Catholic and Orthodox Churches at Vovcha EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – In a small they learned at weekly Plast troop meet- one for boys and girls. They are now held Tropa, including Patriarchs and corner of a picturesque mountain setting lies Vovcha Tropa, the campground of ings during the course of the year. during a single three-week session in July, Mstyslav Skrypnyk, Cardinals and Major Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. During the 50 years of its existence, with the boys’ and girls camps being held Archbishops Myroslav Lubachivsky and Located here in East Chatham, N.Y., Vovcha Tropa has hosted 200 camps simultaneously. The Plast homestead also Lubomyr Husar, Archbishop Paladii Vovcha Tropa gives young people a attended by more than 10,000 novaky holds specialized camps and counselor Wvdvbida-Rudenko, Metropolitan Stephen chance to escape city life, both physically and novachky (boys and girls age 6-10) training sessions, as well as Sviato Vesny Sulyk, Bishop Basil Losten and and spiritually, amid fresh air, rustling and yunaky and yunachky (age 11-17). (an annual Memorial Day jamboree) and Metropolitan Joseph M. Schmondiuk. forests and green meadows, at least for a On July 18-20 Vovcha Tropa will mark meetings of Plast fraternities and sorori- Vovcha Tropa has always helped fulfill one few weeks each year. its golden anniversary with a three-day cel- ties. Vovcha Tropa has even hosted inter- of the three main duties of a Plast scout: Thanks to the efforts of visionaries ebration during the traditional “Den national Plast jamborees, when the mead- “To be faithful to God and Ukraine.” like Orest Klufas, Bohdan Sobolta, Plastuna” weekend, including an evening ow found at the heart of Vovcha Tropa, Vovcha Tropa – where so many chil- Jaroslaw Boydunnyk and Wolodymyr of song and a dance on Friday, followed by encircled by a forest of trees, comes to dren have played and learned in a stun- Sushkiw, generations since 1953 have special camp performances on Saturday life. Then the vitality and beauty of the ning mountain setting – begins its second had the opportunity to spend their sum- afternoon and a bonfire that night. The campground works its magic on the peo- half century on July 18-29, fondly look- mers there, maintaining old friendships Sunday program will include divine liturgy ple who gather from all across the planet. ing back on 50 successful years and look- and developing new ones while earning and official closing ceremonies. Over the years members of Plast have ing forward to 50 more. Congratulations,Congratulations, Graduates!Graduates!

Congratulations, Luba!

Your family and friends are very proud of your accomplishments and achievements that you have worked so hard for at the University of Pennsylvania.

To be an Ivy League alumna is something you will cherish the rest of your life. Good luck at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Love, Mom, Dad, Monica

Luba Ann Voinov received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology on May 18, 2003, graduating Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in Biology. She was on the Dean’s List, is a member of the Ernest M. Brown College Alumni Society, and was a recipient of an Undergraduate Research Grant at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Congratulations to our dear son and Natalia Sophia Payne brother, Petro Andrij Steciuk, on your was awarded a B.A. degree graduation on June 5, 2003, from Harvard in theater studies on May 26, 2003, University with a B.A. in Government from Yale University in New Haven, CT. Magna Cum Laude and a Citation in Ukrainian. We are also very proud of your election to Phi Beta Kappa and your She graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Fulbright Fellowship to Ukraine. Good Beta Kappa with distinction in her major. luck at Harvard Law School upon your return from Ukraine. We are also very Congratulations Natalka! You’ve made proud of your continuous involvement in us very proud. Plast and the Ukrainian community.

Love, Katia and Yurko Steciuk, and Mark and family Baba Tanya and Dido Bohdan Osadca

Stephan Oleksander Hruszkewycz, Peter J. Borayko R.Ph. has completed his son of Jaroslav and Marta (Kuczer) Doctor of Pharmacy studies and has Hruszkewycz, graduated Magna Cum received his Doctorate of Pharmacy degree Laude from The Ohio State University from the University of Florida. He attend- with a B.S. Degree in Materials Science ed graduation ceremonies that were held and Engineering. May 3, 2003, at the Pharmacy – Health Sciences Building at the University of Florida Gainesville Campus. Peter had Stephan will begin a Ph.D. fellowship received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy in MSE at Johns Hopkins University in from the University of Connecticut. September. Peter is a clinical pharmacist at Bristol Hospital in Bristol, Conn. He Congratulations! has been appointed to the rank of Adjunctive Faculty as an Instructor in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Connecticut With love, School of Pharmacy. Mama, Tato, Adrian and Damian No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 11

DATELINE NEW YORK: Ukrainian headline-makers at the Met by Helen Smindak

The American Ballet Theater’s 2003 spring season at sing title or principal roles in the operas “Semyon Ukrainians performing on the Met stage during this run, the renowned Metropolitan Opera House was graced by Kotko,” “Khovanshchina,” “The Legend of the since the Kirov roster includes quite a few Ukrainian the performances of four dancers born in Ukraine: Irina Invisible City of Kitezh” and “Macbeth.” names (Moroz, Petrenko, Semenchuk and Steblianko). Dvorovenko, her husband Maxim Belotserkovsky, and The season opens on July 8 with Prokofiev’s The Met press office, however, was unable to provide her mother Olga Dvorovenko, all of whom hail from “Semyon Kotko” in a new production which trans- additional information, and Kirov’s publicity rep has Kyiv, and Vladimir Malakhov, a native of Kryvyi Rih in ports the characters from the opera’s original setting of not responded to “Dateline’s” e-mail query. eastern Ukraine. the Ukrainian steppe to a charred, pitted scrap yard. Two cultural institutions Their performances through May and June drew criti- The Met’s official press release offers this synopsis: cal acclaim from many quarters, including the esteemed The revolutionary Bolshevik government in Moscow Two new Ukrainian cultural organizations – dance critics Anna Kisselgoff, Jennifer Dunning and has made peace with Germany, but much of Ukraine is Hollywood Trident Network-New York and Zorya Inc. Jack Anderson of The New York Times. still under German occupation. The Red Army, sup- – have surfaced in the New York metropolitan area, a Partnered by Ethan Steifel, Irina Dvorovenko, a ported by scattered revolutionary partisan units, is phenomenon that will undoubtedly expand our cultural dynamic and excellently schooled dancer who can whip advancing, opposed by the Germans and Haidamak- borders in the Big City and beyond. off perfect fouettes, opened ABT’s ballet gala on May 5 members of a cavalry detachment loyal to a reac- The California-based Hollywood Trident Network, in the role of Gamzatti, a rajah’s daughter. She and Mr. tionary Ukrainian nationalist. seeking to widen the scope of its central organization, Steifel danced the betrothal scene from Natalia Mr. Lutsiuk, who also appears in “Khovanshchina” the Hollywood Trident Foundation, has formed a New Makarova’s 1980 staging of Marius Petipa’s 19th centu- and “Eugene Onegin,” sings the role of Semyon, York chapter that will be known as Hollywood Trident ry spectacle, “La Bayadere.” returning to his Ukrainian village in 1918 after four Network-New York (HTN-NY). In a review by Ms. Dunning of Antony Tudor’s years as a gunner in the Russian army. Bringing together entertainment and media industry “Offenbach in the Underworld,” Ms. Dvorovenko was In the final act of the very long opera (curtain time professionals, HTN-NY expects to support fellow mem- described as “delicious perfection” in the lead role of the is 7:30 p.m.), a blind bandura player laments the trou- bers in their career pursuits in New York and interna- Operetta Star – “ with every flick of the shoulders, wrists bles of Ukraine. tionally and facilitate contact among professionals in and come-hither legs signaling hard-boiled insouciance.” Mr. Grishko takes on the role of Semyon the fol- the entertainment industry who are interested in Olga Dvorovenko, in the role of Offenbach’s lowing night. He and Mr. Kit tackle the roles of Andrei Ukrainian affairs. Madame la Patronne, “made the cafe proprietor into a Khovansky and Dosifei in “Khovanshchina” on July The inaugural meeting, held in May at the Ukrainian gracious woman who had obviously lived and loved,” 11, and Mr. Gerello sings the title role in “Macbeth” Institute of America, was chaired by Peter Borisow, presi- wrote Ms. Dunning. The dancer is a ballet instructor on the evening of July 12. who interprets character roles in ABT productions. It’s very likely that there will be more than four (Continued on page 14) Mr. Belotserkovsky, termed by Ms. Dunning “a ter- rific dancer” in Stanton Welch’s “Clear” – a ballet she described as “a feast of understated bravura dancing for men” – found an even greater admirer in Ms. Kisselgoff. Complimenting him for his performance in “La Fille Mal Gardee,” Ms. Kisselgoff pointed out that he and his partner (Nina Ananiashvili), as the lovers, gave a most animated performance that was “sometimes free form but full of theatrical detail.” Ms. Dunning singled out Irina Dvorovenko for praise in “Don Quixote,” noting that she was “all flashing limbs in her jumps, with a rare, strange beauty to her delicate fan play in the fouettes.” On June 17, Ms. Dvorovenko and Mr. Belotserkovsky, who are among Ballet Theater’s most popular principals, were seen for the first time as the star-crossed lovers in “Romeo and Juliet.” Ms. Kisselgoff’s review said that Ms. Dvorovenko’s portrayal of Juliet ranged from viva- cious to dazed, and Mr. Belotserkovsky’s short-tempered Romeo was also tender. Mr. Anderson devoted most of his June 22 review of the season’s first “Swan Lake” to the couple – Ms. Dvorovenko in the dual role of Odette, the Swan Queen, and Odile, the sorcerer’s daughter who disguises herself as Odette, and Mr. Belotserkovsky as Prince Siegfried, who loves Odette but is deceived by Odile. Wrote Mr. Anderson: “Mr. Belotserkovsky quickly established that his Siegfried was eager and high-spirited. Yet his noble line in the slow solo at the end of the first act indicated that Siegfried was sensitive and gregarious.” He praised Ms. Dvorovenko, saying she “offered a mimed solo in the second act that was clear, sincere sto- rytelling.” In the adagio act, she and Mr. Belotserkovsky “let one limpid movement flow into another until their dancing was like a long sigh of love.” Mr. Malakhov, a multi-award winning dancer known for his soaring leaps and skimming traveling brises, made only a few appearances this season. He was laud- ed by Ms. Kisselgoff for his “gentle Romeo – a poetic dreamer who nevertheless snarles as he goes after Tybalt.” Ms. Kisselgoff said his noble line and fabled airy leaps were visible in the male trio of Act I and during his solo in the balcony scene. Mr. Malakhov, who joined ABT in 1995, is a product of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, where he began stud- ies at the age of 10. Mr. Belotserkovsky, with ABT since 1994, and Ms. Dvorovenko, who joined the com- pany in 1996, studied at the Kyiv Ballet. The Kyiv Ballet was also the training ground for Romanian-born Alina Cojocaru, a 21-year-old guest artist from the Royal Ballet in Britain who made her debut with Ballet Theater in June as Nikiya in “La Bayadere.” Kirov’s Ukrainians

Four Ukrainian singers who are principals in the Kirov Opera of St. Petersburg will appear in leading roles when the Kirov comes to the Met this week for a three-week run. Marty Sohl Baritone Vassily Gerello, tenors Vladimir Grishko and Viktor Lutsiuk, and bass-baritone Mikhail Kit will Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Belotserkovsky in American Ballet Theater’s production of “Don Quixote.” 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 No. 27

Ukrainian American journeys to North Pole, and yes, even there ... itself, are operated by Russians. Conveniently, the Ukrainian language is close enough to theirs that communica- tion with the crew was rather effortless. To the amusement of many in my group, including myself, I became expedition interpreter by default. This accidental fact also purchased me open access to the cockpit. Security? What security? It is not necessary here. It is highly unlike- ly that there would be any terrorist threats or hijackings during flights to the polar ice cap. After testing the integrity of the ice by literally tapping the surface in a few places with our helicopter’s landing gear, a safe location was finally found, and we expeditioners, collectively, could safely utter, “The Eagle has landed.” Everyone off! Once we all stepped out onto the ice, the expedition leaders began to set up the flags they had brought along – one representing each expedition member’s country. But their set did not include a Ukrainian flag, which is when I quickly unrolled the one I had brought with me. After everyone else was finished with their “Kodak moments,” I stepped into the half-circle of flapping flags, and unfurled mine for my own moment in the midnight sun, while from inside the cockpit the four helicopter pilots looked One for the photo album: Moki Kokoris and friend (read on...) hold Ukrainian flag at the North Pole. on disinterestedly, but only until they recognized my flag. Suddenly, three of by Moki Kokoris the very apex of our own planet, the virtu- Prior to leaving home for the Arctic them were standing in front of me, al pin-point around which it spins. Your world yet unknown, I had researched pushing the fourth man forward. He Imagine the following scenario: You address is degree 90 North. The time is whether I could perhaps somehow get introduced himself as Yurii Kuzmenko – are dressed in bright yellow and black April 18, AD, 2003, 13:50 Moscow time. my name on the list of North Pole firsts. from the town of Kremenchuk in clothing, thicker and puffier than any- The description above is what this According to my sources, it was deter- Ukraine. thing else you have ever worn. author was fortunate enough to witness mined that there had never been a Imagine now that you are standing at Underneath it, you bear a resemblance to not too long ago. It had been a childhood woman to “claim” the North Pole by degree 90 North, on a shifting crust of an onion with its many layers. The only dream, a secret wish which I never truly planting the Ukrainian flag. I could be frozen ocean only 2 meters thick, in front exposed surfaces of your skin are experi- believed could be realized. But with per- the first. However, (“Houston, we have a of a row of international flags, holding encing what has to be the coldest temper- severance, determination and even more problem”). I did not have access to a up one corner of a Ukrainian flag, the ature you have ever felt. Aside from what conviction, I have come to understand Ukrainian flag. Emergency measures had opposite one of which is supported by, you have learned by reading about this that much more can happen, and that to be put into place. A dear friend from yes, a fellow Ukrainian. We are every- place, you find yourself surrounded by a many more dreams can come true as long our very small local Ukrainian commu- where! Yes, even here, at the North Pole. vast expanse of a world thus far com- as one is willing to give them wings. nity, Uljana Slabicka, came to the rescue What are the odds of that? pletely unfamiliar; a thousand shades of Stranger things have happened, as you by actually sewing one at the last No real reasons for this question are blinding white, just as many hues of shall soon discover. minute. (“Thank you, Uljana!”) So, pre- necessary, but I would like to know why turquoise blue, a seemingly endless flat The personal experience of a polar nir- cious cargo packed, and off northward I the colors of our flag seemed to glow a horizon along the perimeter of which the vana aside, what amazed me just as much went. hint more brilliantly in that place, on midnight sun relentlessly revolves with- as the infinity of the ice cap, was the fact The last leg of my expedition was via that eventful day. My speculation: pride out setting. Were it not for the absence of that, as large as planet Earth really is, as helicopter, from Borneo Ice Base Camp of heritage. And whoever begs to differ stars and a black velvet sky, you might as minuscule and trivial as one can feel to a “safe” landing spot nearest the pole. with my theory will be forced to come to well be on the moon. while standing in the midst of it all, it can As has been the case since 1968, all of the pole with me next spring, and prove However, you are in fact standing upon still be a small world. the aircrafts, as well as the base camp me wrong. Kuchma presents Order of Princess Olha to Western NIS Enterprise Fund’s president/CEO

KYIV – President of Ukraine Leonid social, scientific, educational, cultural, involved in the country’s private sector Kuchma on June 11 presented the Order charitable and other spheres of life in development by joining Western NIS of Princess Olha, III level, to Western Ukraine. Enterprise Fund (WNISEF). NIS Enterprise Fund President and Chief Under Ms. Jaresko’s leadership and WNISEF was established by the U.S. Executive Officer Natalie A. Jaresko in guidance, WNISEF has become the government in 1994 to support small- recognition of her distinguished contribu- region’s leading private equity fund. It and medium-sized private businesses of tion toward the development of Ukraine’s has built a nearly $80 million investment Ukraine and Moldova by providing them investment climate. portfolio that includes 24 companies in with capital and the necessary manage- The order was bestowed upon Ms. Ukraine and Moldova. The majority of ment tools to evolve from entrepreneurial Jaresko on June 11 in Kyiv at the All- these companies lead the market in con- ventures into professionally managed Ukrainian Meeting on Improvement of sistently providing high-quality, innova- companies. Investment Climate in Ukraine. President tive products and services as a result of Ms. Jaresko received a master’s degree Kuchma presided over the meeting, their enduring commitment to excellence in public policy from the Harvard which was attended by the prime minis- in all business areas. WNISEF’s portfolio University Kennedy School of ter, all oblast chairman, many mayors, companies set standards for other busi- Government in 1989 and a Bachelor of key members of the Verkhovna Rada and nesses in the region and serve as strong science in accounting from DePaul the Cabinet of Ministers, select foreign examples of success that attract further University in Chicago in 1987. She is a investors, members of President potential investment into economies. registered CPA and serves on the boards Kuchma’s Foreign Investment Advisory Ms. Jaresko has spent over 11 years of the International Management Institute Council, as well as representatives of actively working to attract and promote in Kyiv, the East-West Institute in Kyiv, many diplomatic missions and interna- foreign investment in Ukraine. After and the DePaul University Commerce tional financial institutions operating in serving three years as the first chief of Exchange. The Order of Princess Olha, III level, Ukraine. Economic Section of the U.S. Embassy A Chicago native, Ms. Jaresko was awarded to Natalie A. Jaresko, president Established in 1997, the Princess Olha to Ukraine, where she focused attention named by Mayor Richard Daley to the and CEO of the Western NIS Enterprise Order is one the most prestigious national on encouraging private businesses to Kyiv-Chicago Sister City Committee. Fund, for her distinguished contributions awards recognizing women who have invest their capital in Ukraine’s fast- She is married and has a young daughter toward the development of Ukraine’s made remarkable achievements and con- growing emerging market, she has and is also a member of Ukrainian investment climate. tributions to the national, industrial, embarked on an effort to get directly National Association Branch 114. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 13

FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY by Ingert Kuzych

Commemorating the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk This year marks the 85th anniversary Oleksander Sevriuk, Mykola Liubynsky, of Ukraine entering into one of the most Mykola Levytsky and Serhii Ostapenko. important agreements in its history: the The Soviet Russian delegation was head- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. By terms of this ed by Leon Trotsky, who at a session of treaty, Ukraine was able to withdraw the conference on January 10, 1918, rec- from World War I in the spring of 1918 ognized the independence of the UNR and enjoy a period of relative peace that and agreed to have its delegation partici- extended for most of the remainder of the pate in the proceedings. Subsequently, year. This time was crucial for the nas- when he tried to discredit the Ukrainian cent state in establishing all manner of delegation, he was ignored by the Central new Ukrainian institutions, many of Powers. which would help it survive the turbu- The position of Minister of Foreign lence of the next few years before finally Affairs Count Ottokar Czernin, who led FIGURE 1. Austrian postcard of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty negotiations. The succumbing to Bolshevik forces. the Austrian delegation, was especially German inscription reads: “The peace with Ukraine. The concluding night ses- Most importantly, however, the treaty important during the discussions. He sion of February 9-10 during which the peace protocol was signed.” The also granted Ukraine international recog- needed a treaty at any cost in order to Ukrainian delegation sits on the left facing its Austrian counterparts. nition by the four Central Powers: secure grain to alleviate a catastrophic Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and food shortage in . (Food riots, Turkey. Eventually, about a dozen coun- strikes and mutinies had sprung up in tries would extend diplomatic recogni- various parts of the Austro-Hungarian tion to Ukraine. Empire in January of 1918.) Knowing of Brest-Litovsk is located in the south- conditions in Austria, the Ukrainian dele- west corner of today’s Belarus, about 25 gation acted firmly and calmly, at first kilometers (15 miles) from the border of even attempting to obtain the union of the Volyn Oblast in Ukraine. The town Ukrainian-inhabited regions within the became the focus of the peace talks since Austro-Hungarian Empire – the Kholm it was then the seat of the German army’s region, Eastern Galicia and Bukovyna – headquarters on the Eastern Front. By with greater Ukraine. December of 1917, the Soviet govern- Count Czernin firmly opposed these ment – which had seized power in the opening demands but, in the end, the Revolution just the month before and Kholm lands did (temporarily) transfer to which wished to end Russia’s participa- Ukraine and a supplemental secret tion in the war – signed a three-month amendment was agreed to in which the armistice (December 16, 1917) with western Ukrainian lands of the empire Germany. would be separated into a special crown- land (but still within Austria-Hungary). Hungering for peace The UNR’s most important demand, its It was in the interest of both sides to recognition by the Central Powers, was conclude a peace when they met at Brest- obtained during a plenary session of the Peace Conference with the grudging Litovsk in late 1917. Russia had suffered approval of the Soviet Russian delega- FIGURE 2. Another Austrian postcard carries the same inscription as the first. crushing defeats earlier in the year and tion. The peace agreement was signed on The Ukrainian delegates signing the treaty are (from left): Mykola Levytsky, many returning disillusioned Russian sol- February 9, 1918 (see Figures 1 and 2). Oleksander Sevriuk and Mykola Liubynsky. diers were creating instability in the countryside. The Soviets desperately Treaty provisions needed peace to consolidate their hold on the country. The Central Powers, on the The treaty provided for the establish- other hand, did not wish to move any fur- ment of frontiers between Ukraine and ther east and occupy more Russian terri- Austria-Hungary to run along the prewar tories. They were interested in eliminat- boundaries between Russia and Austria- Hungary. The territory of the Ukrainian ing their Eastern Front so that they could state recognized by the treaty included concentrate their forces against France not only the nine former Russian imperi- and Italy in the west. al provinces claimed by the UNR’s There was still another powerful factor Central Rada but also the above-men- that drove the Central Powers to the bar- tioned province of Kholm, and the south- gaining table: hunger. Both Germany and ern third of the and Grodno Austria-Hungary were in dire need of provinces, including Brest-Litovsk itself, foodstuffs and raw materials, both of all of which had sizable Ukrainian popu- which they hoped to obtain from lations (see Figure 3). Ukraine. As regards the secret protocol for So, it was for these reasons that the Ukrainian-inhabited territories of Central Powers welcomed delegates from Austria-Hungary (Galicia and Bukovyna) the Ukrainian National Republic or UNR to become a separate crownland, the (as well as representatives from Finland, agreement was that a bill introducing the Poland and the Baltic states, each of FIGURE 4. Ukrainian scouts participating in the Peace and Ukrainian territorial redesignation would occur in Independence Celebration held in Lviv on March 3, 1918. which had declared or was about to the Austrian legislature by July 31, 1918. declare its independence from Russia). The delegates from Ukraine were (Continued on page 23)

FIGURE 6. Commemorative labels proclaim the Peace of Brest-Litovsk and prominently show a map of Ukraine. Label colors are black on cream brick red FIGURE 5. A commemorative medal minted for the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty. on cream, and black on gray. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 No. 27

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the award given to Duranty. It noted that Sig Story of Duranty’s... Gissler, administrator of The Pulitzer Prizes, (Continued from page 1) said that Duranty was honored in 1932 for 1990 calling it, ‘some of the worst reporting stories published the previous year, which to appear in this newspaper.’ That piece were unrelated to the Famine. appeared the same day as a review of a It further quoted Mr. Gissler, a former biography of Duranty titled ‘Stalin’s editor of The Milwaukee Journal and pro- Apologist.’ But they ask why the paper fessor at the Columbia School of never has offered to return the prize,” wrote Journalism, as explaining that “There are no Mr. Leroux. written procedures regarding prize revoca- The Los Angeles Times on June 14 print- tion. There are no standards or precedents ed a story headlined “The Blair affair fuels a for revoking the prize. We look at what 70-year-old scandal.” Written by Tim would be reasonable and analyze the factors Rutten and published on the front page of that would have to be considered.” the newspaper’s “Calendar” (arts, entertain- Fox News Channel aired a longer seg- ment, style and culture) section under the ment on the campaign to strip Duranty of rubric “Regarding Media,” the article his Pulitzer on its Sunday evening news- referred to “the 13-year-old campaign to cast on June 15. The story, reported by strip The New York Times’ Walter Duranty Rick Leventhal, contained interviews of the Pulitzer Prize he won in 1932.” with Askold Lozynskyj, president of the Mr. Rutten wrote: “American journalism Ukrainian World Congress, and Roma has thrown up more than its share of vile Hadzewycz, editor-in-chief of The characters; Duranty certainly was among Ukrainian Weekly. the worst. As the Times’ Moscow corre- Among other broadcast media that spondent in the 1920s and ‘30s, he was an reported on the campaign were New York active agent of Soviet propaganda and dis- area radio stations WNYC and WNBC, and information – probably paid, certainly the websites of CBS and ABC news. blackmailed, altogether willing. For years, The Weekly Standard, a U.S.-based mag- Duranty lied, distorted and suppressed azine of news and opinion, on June 12 car- information to please Joseph Stalin.” ried a piece titled “Pulitzer-winning lies.” “Duranty’s reports did not simply ignore Arnold Beichman, a research fellow at the famine. They denied its existence,” the the Hoover Institution and a columnist for article pointed out. When Duranty was The Washington Times, wrote: “At long awarded the Pulitzer, Mr. Rutten continued, last a Pulitzer Prize committee is looking in his acceptance speech he spoke of his into the possibility that the Pulitzer award- “respect [for] the Soviet leaders, especially ed to Walter Duranty, The New York Stalin,” whom he called “a really great Times Moscow correspondent whose dis- statesman.” patches covered up Stalin’s infamies, Mr. Rutten’s article, which also appeared might be revoked.” online, then went on to excoriate those He went on to quote some of the lies pressing the Duranty case, including contained in the correspondent’s dis- “Ukrainian émigré organizations”: patches and pointed out that “What is so “Curiously, the same organizations and awful about Duranty is that Times top commentators who are pressing the issue of brass suspected that Duranty was writing Duranty’s prize have been resolutely silent Stalinist propaganda but did nothing,” about one of the Holocaust’s darkest chap- citing S.J. Taylor’s biography of Duranty, ters – the collaboration by tens of thousands “Stalin’s Apologist” as the source of of Ukrainians with the Nazi murderers of information about editors’ misgivings Eastern European Jewry.” (For a full report about their star correspondent’s work, on this aspect of the story, see page 8.) including a recommendation that he be Newspapers across the country picked replaced that was never acted on. up the Associated Press story previously He concludes his commentary thus: reported in The Weekly’s round-up of “Let’s all give a great encouraging cheer media coverage of the Duranty issue to the Pulitzer committee for undertaking (June 15). Among them were: The Star- a task 70 years late.” Ledger, New Jersey’s largest newspaper; A major report on the Duranty case, in the Abilene Reporter of Texas, The Daily the form of an on-air discussion about who Gazette of Schenectady, N.Y., and the Duranty was and the decision facing the Palo Alto Daily News and the San Jose Pulitzer Prize committee was aired on June Mercury News, both in California. 11 by National Public Radio (a transcript of In Russia, The Moscow Times of June the segment may be purchased online). 16 published a story by Matt Bivens, “One “Talk of the Nation” Host Neal Conan Pulitzer that should shake the world.” Mr. spoke with Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Bivens noted that Duranty won his prize in Project for Excellence in Journalism, and 1932, “for ‘excellence in reporting’ out of William Taubman, a professor of political the Soviet Union. That same year, the Stalin science at Amherst College and author of regime sealed the borders of Ukraine, several books about the USSR, including ordered the confiscation of grain, and engi- the most recent and highly acclaimed neered a mass famine – one so neatly politi- “Khrushchev: The Man and His Era.” cal that it stopped precisely at the The NPR discussants noted that Duranty Ukrainian-Russian internal border.” had won his award for 1931 coverage of the Juxtaposing the Blair case, which led to USSR, but agreed that the Pulitzer commit- the publication of an exposé that began on tee would now have to determine whether the front page of The New York Times and Duranty lied in his Pulitzer-award winning took up four additional pages inside, with stories as he did later when he concealed the that of Duranty, in which an asterisk follows Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. the discredited reporter’s name in listing of In order to make that determination, Mr. the newspaper’s Pulitzer winners, Mr. Rosenstiel said the committee would have Bivens wrote the following: to have evidence that Duranty knew his “So, a cub reporter publishes a string of coverage contained falsehoods. articles that plagiarize or embellish upon In India, the country’s largest English- some pretty minor realities – and this pro- language business daily, The Economic vokes a monster mea culpa on the front Times, on June 6 carried a story headlined page detailing the paper’s sins, followed by “Pulitzer to review award for Duranty.” CO. the resignations of its editors. Meanwhile, The story began as follows: “As the U.S. DNIPRO CO. another reporter is known to have been a media still digests the shock and lessons of Parcels, money transfers and airline tickets to different countries. Visas to serial liar, someone who actively worked the Jayson Blair affair at The New York Ukraine, video Transfer PAL/SECAM-NTSC, Calls to Ukraine 8 cents per over many years to cover up the equivalent Times, a far older and far worse journalist minute. Large selection of CD’s, video’s, kerchiefs and Ukrainian souvenirs. of the Holocaust – and The New York wrong may soon be posthumously righted, reports UPI.” It also cited The Ukrainian Times admits as much, yet feels OK hold- NEWARK, N.J. CLIFTON, NJ PHILADELPHIA ing on to his Pulitzer. Doesn’t that tarnish Weekly’s May 25 news story by Andrew the other 88?” Nynka that first reported the Pulitzer Prize 688 Sanford Ave. 565 Clifton Ave. 1801 Cottman Ave. The PBS network’s “Online NewsHour” Board’s review of the Duranty case. (973) 373-8783 (973) 916-1543 (215) 728-6040 The Economic Times went on to call reported on June 11 that the Pulitzer Prize (888) 336-4776 Board had announced it would reconsider (Continued on page 22) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 No. 27 Boryslav to get computer learning center

LEHIGHTON – The Rotary Club of children with strong intellects and a new Lehighton, Pa., with support from Rotary hope for a better future and an opportuni- International Foundation and with coop- ty for a productive life. eration from the Kobzar Society is coor- The Kobzar Society Ltd., a humanitar- dinating and co-sponsoring the establish- ian aid corporation based in Lehighton, ment of a computer learning center on Pa., will supply the computers for the the premises of the Special School- project. As part of a long-term ongoing Internat for Disadvan-taged and Crippled program, the society is currently shipping Children in the town of Boryslav, Lviv 61 additional computers to educational oblast. institutions throughout Ukraine. Among The Rotary Club Ratusha-Lviv will the computers in the latest shipment there provide assistance locally in Boryslaw. are the 10 computers that are designated Ten computers will be installed in one of for delivery to the Special School- the classrooms at the special school so Internat in Boryslav. that the children who live and study there Organizations or individuals who may will have ready and easy access to the wish to organize, sponsor or join similar computer technology. Additional assis- humanitarian projects for schools, hospi- tance and funds will be provided to tals, clinics, museums, libraries or other ensure successful launching of this very educational institutions in Ukraine important facility. should contact the Kobzar Society via It is hoped that this computer learning phone at (610) 377-3383 or via e-mail at center will provide the disadvantaged [email protected].

and the old calendar TOC of . NEWSBRIEFS (Religious Information Service of (Continued from page 2) Ukraine) and Europe, head of the ROC-OR, is lead- Greek-Catholic bishops meet ing this movement away from the Moscow Patriarchate. Archbishop Varnava in 1992 LVIV – The 19th session of the Synod appealed in the name of the ROC-OR to of Bishops of the Kyiv and Halych the late Patriarch Volodymyr Romaniuk Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Greek- and his assistant, now Patriarch Filaret Catholic Church (UGCC) was held on June 12-13 in Lviv. Catechesis, Polish- (Denysenko) of the UOC-KP, proposing Ukrainian relations and the construction the establishment of brotherly relations of the UGCC Cathedral in Kyiv were between the two Churches. There are now among the topics discussed. Commemo- three eparchies of the UOC-KP in Russia rations of the 70th anniversary of the which might in the future be separated into Famine-Genocide in Ukraine in 1932- a separated Russian autonomous jurisdic- 1933 also were discussed. The bishops tion of the Kyivan Patriarchate. The UOC- decided to mark the anniversary in Kyiv KP also has contacts with various branches with other Churches, and agreed to facili- of the True Orthodox Church (TOC) of tate the production of a documentary To subscribe: Send $55 ($45 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, Russia, and it has entered into liturgical about the Famine. (Religious Information Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 union with the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Service of Ukraine) No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 17 Sylvia Blake’s legacy: projects to help children’s hospitals in Ukraine by Larissa Kyj Oblast; Dytiacha Oblasna Likarnia – Sumy, Sumy Oblast; Volodarska Raionna PHILADELPHIA – A shining example Likarnia – Kyiv Oblast; Skvyrska of generosity and humanitarian effort is Tsentralna Likarnia – Skvyra, Kyiv that of Sylvia Blake, a woman who loved Oblast’; Lutskyi Polohovyi Budynok – her fellow man and never forgot her roots. Lutsk Volyn Oblast; Iziumskia Tsentralna She died on September 25, 2002, in Raionna Likarnia – Izium, Kharkiv Oblast; Michigan, but her memory lives on as she and Seredno-Budska Tsentralna Raionna left a considerable portion of her assets, Likarnia – Sumy Oblast. approximately $600,000 specifically ear- The hospitals reacted with gratitude and marked for a special project to aid chil- disbelief at their good fortune. The local dren’s hospitals in Ukraine. press wrote many articles spotlighting Ms. Ms. Blake had visited Ukraine in 1971, had seen the abysmal conditions in the Blake, the UUARC and her humanitarian hospitals and was determined to make a gesture, and several hospitals have even difference. She made a specific bequest put up plaques and photographs in memo- allowing the United Ukrainian American ry of Ms. Blake. The hospital director of Relief Committee, an organization that she the Sumy Hospital, Dr. Arkadi Lushpa, remembered had helped Ukrainian immi- said that since independence the oblast has grants resettle in the U.S. in the 1940s, to gotten less than $40,000 in total foreign Larissa Kyj of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee presents the keys administer the program. humanitarian aid, and, therefore, they were to a new ambulance to Dr. P. I. Storozhenko of the Volodarska Raionna Likarnia. The executor of the estate asked the thrilled to be included in this project. UUARC to submit a detailed proposal for The Blake Project Proposal included, in informed that the repairs and rehabilitation the greatest number of patients would be a specific program that would benefit ill addition to the ambulances, necessary for the facilities are nearing completion by by providing the regional clinics and children in Ukraine. With the help of the equipment for pediatric care – from the Ministry of Health. smaller village medical centers with stan- two UUARC directors in Lviv and Kyiv, portable incubators to pediatric respirators In much of Ukraine, the child illness dardized medical equipment packets. 15 hospitals were targeted for this project and small-scale surgical and support and mortality rate is very high, with chil- Thus, the UUARC has been working on and a grant application was submitted. equipment. Each of the 14 selected hospi- dren suffering from chronic respiratory finalizing deals with the manufacturers of Needs were ascertained, bids were tals will receive the necessary upgrades to disease, high rates of cancer and, currently, the equipment for the medical packets, obtained and evaluated, hospital directors serve its patients. The ordering of the med- an outbreak of tuberculosis, not to mention which mark the third phase of the project. were consulted and an in-depth investiga- ical equipment for the individual hospitals HIV-AIDS. The most cost-effective The assembly of the packets is expected to tion began into the procedures that would will commence as the UUARC is method of improving the medical care of be finalized this fall. be required to turn Ms. Blake’s dream into reality. Information from all sources led to the decision that the ambulances would be the most immediately useful and the most crucially needed items. The head of the Department of Children’s Medical Facilities of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Raissa Mojsejenko, was consulted and suggested that the UUARC consider assisting the more rural and less-equipped areas of Ukraine. The question arose whether some of the more rural areas would require a more powerful vehicle to better handle the dis- mal road conditions. The directors of the hospitals were polled regarding the interior outfitting of these ambulances, as there were two options: more complex technol- ogy built-in and simpler interiors with portable diagnostic and support technolo- gy. All of the doctors opted for the second interior option, and all but two required the heavier-terrain vehicle. Vera Prinko, the director of UUARC’s Kyiv office, next began researching poten- tial sources for the ambulances. The general consensus was that Ukraine would maximally benefit from Ms. Blake’s legacy if the UUARC pur- chased Ukrainian-assembled vehicles, thereby also supporting the economy. Thus, the two in-country dealers of ambu- lances were approached. Final compar- isons and negotiations led to contracts for 15 ambulances, 13 UAZ heavy-duty and two HAZ regular vehicles, with the local dealers that offered the best prices, most beneficial discounts and best extended service plan. The vehicles were delivered by regional distributors for ease of deliv- ery and servicing. The ambulances were delivered in February to the following recipients: Dolynska Likarnia – Dolyna, Ivano- Frankivsk Oblast; Nadvirianska Dytiacha Likarnia – Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast; Drohobytskyi Polohovyi Budynok – Drohobych, Lviv Oblast; Lysetska Likarnia – Lysets, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast; Krasnodonska Dytiacha Likarnia – Krasnodon, Luhansk Oblast; Novo-Odeska Likarnia – Nova Odesa, Mykolaiv Oblast; Tyvrivska Raionna Likarnia – Tyvriv, Vinnytsia Oblast; Artemivska Raionna Likarnia – Artemivsk, Donetsk Oblast; Turiiska Raionna Likarnia – Turiisk, Volyn

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four U.S. presidents (Ronald Reagan, Needless to say he never was traded Ukrainian pro hockey update George Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. and his incredible threshold for pain Bush) while being able to call some 220 always kept him in the line-up when bbyy IIhhoorr SStteellmmaacchh fellow Devils his teammates. He has most other players would have begged played for all 11 of New Jersey’s head out due to serious bumps and bruises. In coaches. today’s times of pampered egos, high Resilient Devils outlast ducks “It has been very special to me,” salaries and opinionated agents, pro Hartford Civic Center. The injury halted Daneyko said. “Sometimes I sit at home skaters of the old-time hockey work ethic his inaugural campaign and left some and think how it has gone by so quickly and value system are few and far in The unknown hockey name Michael hockey folks wondering how long the that I can’t believe it. I’ve given my heart Rupp was added to the Hall of Fame dis- between. young defenseman could withstand the and soul to this team and I think they tinguished list of Wayne Gretzky, Bobby “I work under the old Tom McVie physicality of the NHL. appreciate it, which is why I’m still Orr, Jean Beliveau and Gordie Howe. (long-time NHL and minor league head “I don’t think anybody could have here.” Mike Rupp was a 23-year-old rookie and assistant coach) adage: ‘If it ain’t predicted I’d still be here and still be Daneyko, who turned 39 last April 17, centerman with only 26 games of broken, you’re playing,’” said Daneyko, playing for the Devils,” Daneyko said. “I freely admits his career was almost per- National Hockey League experience referring to the two-time New Jersey just wanted to get a few years in. You manently derailed by partying too hard entering the 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs. coach. “A lot of nights I probably should- take it in steps. To still be here after all off the ice. He battled a drinking problem In a somewhat desperate move, the n’t have played, but I didn’t want to these years since the franchise started is for many years in the first part of his New Jersey Devils activated and dressed come out of the lineup for too long. I hard for me to put into perspective.” career, until finally owning up to it in the rookie halfway into the finals series knew I might not get back in. I rarely An analysis of the hockey archives November of 1997. At that time he made against Anaheim. Seems those pesky reported injuries.” reveals the amazing fact that only three the decision to enter the league’s sub- Mighty Ducks were very mighty, indeed, He had no choice on the night of players in NHL history have played more stance-abuse program. controlling most key face-offs. Rupp was March 8 in 1995, when he tore the anteri- games all with one team than Daneyko, “I made a helluva lot of mistakes,” he thrown in as a stopgap attempt to try and or cruciate ligament in his right knee at who was over 1,280 and counting. Alex said. win more draws. Madison Square Garden. Delvecchio is the all-time leader with Many hockey experts believe it was A role player/spare forward, he cer- “The Rangers doctor told me I was 1,549 games, all as a Detroit Red Wing. his close relationship with former Devils tainly never dreamed he would go on to done for sure. He said I should be ready He is followed by Stan Mikita (1,394 owner Dr. John McMullen that nixed any tally a Stanley Cup-winning goal. by next September,” Daneyko recalled. with the Chicago Blackhawks) and Steve notions of him being traded any number “Tough to believe,” he said about the “But our doctors judged the person. They Yzerman (1,375+ with Detroit). of times over the past decade. Daneyko Devils’ 3-0 victory in Game 7 that forev- said I had a 30 percent chance of playing Going back to the time Daneyko first does not disagree. er earned him a spot on the above elite in the playoffs without an operation, so I wore a Devils Jersey for his debut on “I think it probably played a factor, goal scoring list. didn’t have one. It was the same injury October 5, 1983, he has played longer but I’m proud of that,” he said. “He liked “Those are great names, but the most John MacLean had and he needed an than four NHL cities existed in the what I gave when I went onto the ice. I important names I’ll be linked with are operation (and missed an entire season).” league. Hockey in Hartford, Quebec, don’t think he liked me just because I the New Jersey Devils on the 2003 “A month into rehab I didn’t think I Winnipeg and Minnesota (North Stars) was a nice guy because, God knows, I Stanley Cup”, spoken by a young man would make it. About the fifth week I felt came and went during Daneyko’s NHL was at the other end of the spectrum as who truly knows his place on a perennial career. He has played during the terms of far as reasons to be traded.” (Continued on page 21) championship team. Probably the most obscure player on one of the most obscure Stanley Cup winning teams in recent league history, he skated into the high slot, where he managed to maintain position early in the second period. Rupp’s deflection of a Scott Niedermayer shot from the point was a typical power forward’s move – fight for a precious spot not too far from the net, stand your ground and pray a (Continued on page ) slapper from a shooting defenseman bounces off your stick or body for a score. The 6’5” 230-pound Rupp raised his arms in celebrated shock when the deflected shot trickled its way through the pads of Ducks’ netminder Jean- Sebastien Giguere. Of course, this was Rupp’s first ever playoff goal, the first goal of this seventh playoff game and the only one Devils’ goaltender Martin Brodeur would need. The shutout was Brodeur’s record sev- enth in the playoffs and third in the finals. Such masterful goaltending was not enough to claim the Conn Smythe Trophy as post-season MVP, which was won by his counterpart in net, Giguere. As the New Jersey crowd booed the Conn Smythe announcement, the Devils players politely applauded when Giguere accepted the award. The Devils could readily afford to be magnanimous, as they had just won their third Cup in nine years. Though far from being the most imposing of the franchise’s winners, the 2002-2003 edition may just have been the grittiest. The Devils played a near-perfect Game 7, stifling the Anaheim attack with their zone trap and getting two goals from former Duck Jeff Friesen. Coming off shaky performances in Games 5 and 6, Brodeur was in total control. He stopped 24 shots on goal and handled the puck with control and care. During the post-game celebrations, he did an excel- lent job handling the Stanley Cup. Of course, he’s had plenty of practice in the past nine years. No new jerseys for Daneyko

Kenny Daneyko’s NHL career did not get off to a very rousing start. In only his 11th game with the New Jersey Devils, on the night of November 2, 1983, Daneyko suffered a broken leg at the 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 No. 27

SSPPOORTSRTSLLIINENE Soccer behind France's Christine Arron, whose time of 11.09 was good enough for the Ukraine's national team tied Spain 2-2 gold medal. America's Chryste Gaines after Oleksander Horshkov hit a dramatic took third place with a time of 11.23. volley 25 meters outside of the Spanish Ukraine's Olena Pastushenko came in goal to tie the March 29 Euro 2004 quali- sixth place with a time of 11.46. fying contest with only seconds remain- Ukraine's Yulia Krevsun came in sixth ing in regulation play. Ukraine opened place in the women's 800-meters, finish- the scoring in the 11th minute on a goal ing with a time of 2 minutes and 1.48 by Andrii Voronin. Spain equalized on a seconds. Slovakia's Jolanda Ceplak took goal in the 84th minute and then took the first place with a time of 1:57.79, while lead in the 87th minute. Russia's Larisa Chzhao took second Ukraine then droped a crucial Group 6 place with a time of 1:59.52. Morocco's match to Greece on June 11 by a score of Mina Ait Hammou took third place with 1-0. Ukraine's next match will be on 1:59.62. September 6 against Northern Ireland. Tatiana Tereschuk Antipova of Ukraine currently sits in third place with Ukraine came in fifth place in the nine points, while Greece holds first women's 400-meter hurdles, finishing in place with 12 points and Spain is in sec- 56.44 seconds. Sandra Glover of the ond place with 11 points. The top two United States took first place with a time teams in each group qualify for next of 54.79, while South Africa's Surita summer's Euro 2004 tournament in Febbraio took second place with a time Portugal. Group 6 also includes fourth of 55.15. Androula Sialou of Cyprus took place Armenia and Northern Ireland, cur- third place with 55.93. rently in last place. Olena Hovorova of Ukraine came in Dynamo Kyiv edged Ukrainian pre- fifth place in the women's triple jump mier division arch-rivals Shakhtar with a mark of 14.48 meters. Teammate Donetsk 3-2 to win the inaugural Valerii Inessa Kravets came in eighth place with Lobanovsky memorial tournament on a jump of 14.19 meters. Cuba's Yamila May 14. Aldama took first place with a jump of Dynamo striker Maksym Shatskikh 15.00 meters, while Russia's Tatyana scored the golden goal in the fifth minute Lebedeva took second place with a jump of overtime to break a 2-2 deadlock fol- of 15.00 meters. Italy's Magdelana Martz lowing the 90-minute regulation period. took third with a jump of 14.68 meters. The three-day tournament, held in In the women's discus Ukraine's Olena Kyiv, honored the late Dynamo Kyiv Antonova came in fourth place with a trainer who guided the club team to two throw of 63.01 meters. Germany's Franka European Cup Winner's Cups, one in Dietzsch took first place with a throw of 1975 and the other in 1986. 65.47 meters, while Vera Pospisilova of Lobanovsky died on May 13, 2002, at the Czech Republic took second place the age of 63, two days after undergoing with a throw of 63.38 meters. Great brain surgery after suffering a stroke dur- Britain's Ekaterini Voggoli took third ing a Ukrainian premier division match place with a throw of 63.35 meters. at FC Metalurg Zaporizhia. He was Gymnastics posthumously awarded the country's highest honor, the Hero of Ukraine Russia beat Ukraine in the final at the award, last year. 2003 European Team Championships in On May 12 Hryhorii Surkis, president Moscow on May 4. Russia took the gold of the Ukrainian Football Federation, and medal with a score of 140.574 points, Michel Platini, member of both the while Ukraine took second place with a Federation Internationale de Football score of 138.324. Belarus took third Association (FIFA) and Union of place, finishing with 71.399 points. European Football Associations (UEFA) Ukrainian Oleksander Beresh won executive committees, unveiled a bronze second place in the men's horizontal bar statue to commemorate the late coach. event with a score of 9.675 at an Mr. Platini also presented International Gymnastics Federation Lobanovsky's daughter, Svetlana, with (FIG) world cup event in Thessaloniki, the Ruby Order of Merit on behalf of Greece, on March 30. Aljaz Pegan of UEFA President Lennart Johnson. "The Slovenia won the event with a score of UEFA Order of Merit, introduced in 9.675, and Greece's Vlasios Maras took 1998, thanks and rewards individuals third place with a score of 9.65. who have devoted a large part of their Ukraine's Roman Zozulia took third life to football, and who have contributed place in the men's event, finishing to the game's development and history," with a score of 9.55. Bulgaria's Iordan UEFA's website explains. Track and field Iovtchev took first place with a score of 9.725, while Latvia's Evgeny Sapronenko took second place with a score of 9.575. Ukraine's Ivan Heshko took third Zozulia took fifth place in the men's place in the men's 1,500-meter event at UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA rings event finishing with a score of 9.6. the International Association of Athletics Greece's Dimosthenis Tampakos took LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS Federations (IAAF) Super Grand Prix in first place with a score of 9.75. Bulgaria's Tsiklitiria, Greece, on June 24. He fin- IF YOU ARE A PHYSICIAN, DENTIST, OR OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONAL Iordan Iovtchev took second place with a ished the race in 3 minutes and 32.73 EITHER PRACTICING OR TRAINING, HERE’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN score of 9.725 and Italy's Matteo seconds, while Kenya's Cornelius YOUR COLLEAGUES IN NORTH AMERICA’S PREMIER ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 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ADDRESS: ______Louis took second place with a jump of On the women's side of competition in CITY: ______8.34 meters and America's Savante Greece, Ukraine's Olena Kvasha came in Stringfellow took third place with a jump STATE: ______ZIP: ______second place in the women's vault with a of 8.28 meters. score of 9.362. She finished behind DAYTIME PHONE: ______In the women's 100-meters Ukraine's Russia's Natalia Ziganshina, who fin- Zhanna Block took second place with a time of 11.13 seconds. She finished (Continued on page 21) No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 21

score of 9.325. Italy's Ilaria Colombo place in the women's individual event international medals, 29 Canadian titles Sportsline... took second place with a score of 9.25, with a score of 39.50. Germany's Anna and a gold medal at the Commonwealth (Continued from page 20) and China's Nan Zhang came in third Dogonadze took first place with a score and Pan Am Games. ished with a score of 9.45. Oxana place with a score of 9.225. of 40.60, while China's Shanshan Huang Malar announced her retirement on Chusovitina of Uzbekistan took third Ukraine's Kvasha came in fourth place took second place with a score of 39.90. January 25, 2001. She still holds three place with a score of 9.337. Ukraine's in the women's floor event, finishing with Canada's Karen Cockburn took third national records. Malar took part in the Alina Kozich came in fifth place with a a score of 9.05. Her teammate, Kozich, place with a score of 39.80 and Ukraine's 1992, 1996 and 2000 , although she has yet to win an Olympic score of 9.137. came in eighth place with a score of 7.75. Yulia Domchevska took the 10th spot but medal. Her closest finish came in 1996 In the women's Kozich Romania's Florica Leonida won the event failed to qualify for the finals. in where she took fourth place in took second place with a score of 9.45. with a score of 9.5. Russia's Svetlana The Ukrainian pair of Movchan and Domchevska took second place in the the 200-meter individual medley. She finished behind Russia's took second place with a score women's synchronized event, finishing Diaspora sports Khorkina, who had a score of 9.7. of 9.25, and Romania's Oana Ban took third place with a score of 9.225. with a score of 48.30. They were beaten 's Aagjia Van Walleghem took Ukraine's Oleksander Chornohos took by Great Britain's Kirsten Lawton and The Ukrainian Nationals won their third place with a score of 9.35, and eighth place in the men's individual tram- Claire Wright, who won with a score of last two regular season matches to earn Ukrainian Iryna Krasnianska came in poline at a world cup trampoline and 49.90. Germany's Jessica Simon and their second straight Inter County Soccer fourth place with a score of 9.3. tumbling competition in Levallois, took third place with a League title. The Ukrainian club soccer Kozich came in eighth place in the France, on June 11-14. Chornohos fin- score of 48.30. team beat UGH 3-2 on May 29 and com- women's with a score of ished with a score of 13.30, while Ukraine's Olena Chabanenko took sec- pleted their season on June 1 with a 10-1 8.675. She finished behind Romania's Russia's Alexandre Moskalenko took first ond place in the women's tumbling event, win against Black Sheep, giving them a Oana Ban, who took first place with a place with a score of 40.80. Japan's finishing with a score of 72.10. Russia's final regular season record of 10 wins, Takayuki Kawanishi took second place Anna Korobeinikova took first place with three ties and one loss. with a score of 40.80 and Dmitri a score of 72.20, and Great Britain's – compiled by Andrew Nynka Pro hockey... Pliarouch of Belarus took third place Kathryn Peberdy took third place with a (Continued from page 19) with a score of 40.70. score of 71.40. Swimming I had a shot. I would have missed my The Ukrainian pair of Yurii Nikitin SENDTo order THE an WEEKLY air mail subscription TO UKRAINE to first Stanley Cup,” he continued. and Chornohos won the men's synchro- nized event with a score of 51.60. The The Ukrainian Weekly for addressees Daneyko wound up playing in all 20 Joanne Malar of Hamilton, Ontario, in Ukraine, send $160 for subscription fee post-season games and was the only French team of Mickael Jala and has announced her intention to return to and postage costs to: Devil to appear in all of the franchise’s Sebastian Laifa took second place with a competition with the hope of competing Subscription Department, playoff games prior to the recently com- score of 51.50, and Canada's Michel in the 2004 Olympic Games in . The Ukrainian Weekly, pleted Stanley Cup run. (Daneyko’s con- Greene and Mathieu Turgeon took third The 27-year-old Malar, a Canadian of 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, secutive playoff games streak ended in place with a score of 50.20. Ukrainian descent, was a national team Parsippany, NJ 07054. 2003 when coach Pat Burns opted to Ukraine's Olena Movchan took fourth member from 1990 to 2000. She won 71 rotate seven defensemen, usually dress- ing either fellow Uke Oleg Tverdovsky or Daneyko.) “I don’t think you’ll see what he has done very much anymore because of the movement and free agency in today’s game,” said streak-busting Coach Burns. Daneyko has been a fixture with the franchise for so long he has broken down his favorite teammates into three cate- gories. When he was young, his favorites were Chico Resch, Dave Lewis and Mel Bridgman. “Those guys believed in me,” Daneyko said. “I’ll never forget, I was being sent down and Chico said, ‘Tell them you don’t want to go.’And I did.” During the middle of his career there was Kirk Muller, Brendan Shanahan, Dave Maley, Joe Cirella and MacLean. “They were all my buddies,” he said. “We were brash, and this team rose to the point where we were no longer doormats.” And now there are the three Stanley Cup-winning editions, with Scott Stevens, Martin Brodeur and Scott Niedermayer. General Manager Lou Lamoriello has not yet addressed next season, but said the situation will take care of itself. “I’ve had my ups and downs and in- betweens,” said Daneyko. “I’ve had bat- tles with coaches. But it has all worked out because all I’ve wanted to do is win. My will to win has been my motivation. I know I can play one more year. I think that’s realistic. Then, who knows? Certainly, before I leave here, I’d like to win one more cup.” The Daneyko file

Position: defense Shoots left Height: 6-1 Weight: 215 Born: April 17, 1964, Windsor, Ontario Drafted: 1982 – 18th overall, New Jersey

DANEYKO DISH: An NHL scout says: “He’s at his best and most valuable in front of his own net and killing penal- ties.” Daneyko has failed to score a goal in six of his 20 seasons in New Jersey, but remains a vital part of the team’s defense. Played in 12 playoff games in 2003 with two penalty minutes and no points. Dressed and on the ice when time ran out and the Devils beat the Mighty Ducks in Game 7 in New Jersey. (Thanks to Devils beat writer Rich Chere for Daneyko quotes.) 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 No. 27

to reconsider how the Times, in light of We sincerely entreat all people of Story of Duranty’s... Duranty, became the newspaper of record, Lviv to be site... good will to join in this spiritual endeav- (Continued from page 15) and whether such a concept is even valid.” (Continued from page 9) or and to generously contribute to the the Ukrainian Famine “the largest single WorldNetDaily, an Internet newspaper, Nicholas’ intercession. creation of the Shrine of Blessed updated its report on the Duranty issue on act of genocide in European history,” and On July 4, 2002, the relics of the mar- Nicholas Charnetsky in Lviv. June 10 with a story headlined: “All the lies explained that “Stalin was determined to tyr Nicholas Charnetsky were solemnly Funds may be transferred to or checks fit to print: N.Y. Times 1932 Pulitzer could crush the slightest glimmer of Ukrainian transferred from the Lychakiv Cemetery may be payable to: St. John’s Church – be revoked; Award to reporter who ignored national identity.” to the Church of St. Josaphat, which is Charnetsky Fund (Account No. 310530- Stalin’s atrocities under review.” In Argentina, an article titled “The under the pastoral care of the 000), Ukrainian American Federal Credit The article pointed out that “For years, Republic of Ukraine” that drew attention to Redemptorist Fathers of the Lviv Pro- Union, 734 Sandford Ave., Newark, NJ the media watchdog group Accuracy in the Duranty affair appeared on June 12 in vince. A procession of many thousands 07106. Media has sought to set the record straight Points of contact: the newspaper Diario La Nueva Provincia of faithful passed through the streets of regarding Duranty, his reporting and his • USA: Redemptorist Fathers, St. S.R.L. The article made reference to the the ancient royal city. Pulitzer – the most coveted and honored John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, 719 harsh fate of Ukraine under the Soviet During the first week that the holy award in journalism. AIM approached both Sandford Ave., Newark, NJ 07106; regime, the massive political repressions, relics were on display at the Church of The Times and the Pulitzer Prize adminis- phone: (973) 371-1356. the Great Famine and the methods used by St. Josaphat, nearly 150,000 faithful trator about the issue. In a 1999 letter, Reed • UKRAINE: Provincial of Lviv the Soviets to hide the truth about what was arrived from all parts of Ukraine to offer Irvine, chairman of AIM, pointed out that Redemptorists, phone, (011) 38-0322-59- happening from the outside world, includ- their personal prayers at the reliquary of Duranty received special favors from 05-48; fax, (011) 38-0322-52-02-82; e- ing the collaboration of sympathetic or the Blessed Nicholas, our own “St. Stalin’s government, including a car and a mail, [email protected] servile foreign journalists. mistress, designed to ensure the correspon- Nicholas the Miracle Worker.” It cited in particular the work of dent’s cooperation.” Since the deposition of the relics of Duranty, quoting from one of his articles in Several days later, on June 14, Blessed Venerable Martyr Nicholas The New York Times, in which he wrote: WorldNetDaily carried a column by Les Charnetsky, the Church of St. Josaphat Kuchma, Kwasniewski... “The author just completed a 200-mile trip Kinsolving, a radio talk show host on has become a popular pilgrimage site for (Continued from page 3) by car through Ukraine’s heartland and can WCBM in Baltimore whose commentaries thousands of faithful from all of Ukraine. including the matter of the Polish sol- positively say that the crop is splendid and are syndicated nationally, as well as White From morning to late evening, people diers’ burial ground at the historic that everything being said or written about a House correspondent for Talk Radio come, bearing their pain and grief, their famine is simply ridiculous” (a more specif- Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, whose open- Network and WorldNetDaily. Mr. worries and their problems, to pray at the ing was postponed after a row of nega- ic reference to the article was not given). Kinsolving, who as a New York Times reliquary of the Blessed Nicholas in the Canada’s CBS Radio carried a commen- tive remarks by both Ukrainian politi- shareholder had brought up the Duranty hope of recovering their spiritual cians and Polish diplomats. tary by Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, who teaches strength and physical health. issue in the past, tells of his encounters with Another issue concerned preparations political geography at the Royal Military Religious celebrations, involving the then Times publisher Arthur (“Punch”) for the 60th anniversary of Ukrainian- College in Kingston, Ontario, and is anointing of the faithful with oil that has Sulzberger, as well as with the current pub- Polish clashes in the Volyn region. Some research director of the Ukrainian Canadian touched the relics of the confessor bish- lisher Arthur (“Pinch”) Sulzberger Jr. 20,000 Ukrainians and up to 100,000 Civil Liberties Association – the group that op, are conducted on a monthly basis. He went on to write: “That the New York Poles were killed during the conflict, initiated the postcard campaign seeking rev- Times has refused to repudiate Duranty’s People throng to this site, absolutely con- according to estimates by both countries’ ocation of Duranty’s Pulitzer. Pulitzer – as The Washington Post sent back vinced that whoever sincerely prays to historians. In the piece, which was broadcast on their lying reporter Janet Cooke’s Pulitzer – God through the intercession of saintly May 1, Dr. Luciuk said of Duranty: “What is a continuing American journalistic out- martyr Nicholas, will assuredly be heard “We will leave this (issue) to histori- he was really was Stalin’s apologist, a liber- rage. If New York Times publisher ‘Pinch’ by Our Lord. ans, and we will work for our common tine prepared to prostitute accuracy for decides not to repudiate Duranty’s Pulitzer On July 11, 2002, a memorial cross future,” Mr. Kuchma said. access. ... He betrayed the most fundamen- and stop the annual bragging with Duranty was consecrated on one of the scenic His words came against the backdrop tal principle of journalism, the obligation to as one of the Pulitzer recipients, young hills in the city of Lviv, marking the of a small protest outside Odesa’s report truthfully on what is observed.” Sulzberger should be forced to resign, just future site of the Shrine of Blessed regional administration building by “Those whose principled labors have as he (finally) forced the resignation of edi- Venerable Martyr Nicholas Charnetsky. Ukrainian nationalists, who held posters earned them the honor of a Pulitzer should tors Howell Raines and Gerald Boyd.” This site wwill become a true center for that read: “No excuses for defending our be revolted at knowing that Duranty is Several Internet sites also devoted atten- pilgrimage of our Ukrainian people, a land.” included amongst them,” he emphasized. tion to the Duranty controversy. Articles church where future generations, in an Meanwhile, both countries’ Parlia- National Review Online, which has pre- appeared on www.duckseason.com atmosphere of prayer and devotion, may ments are working on preparing a joint viously reported on Duranty’s and The (“Pulitzer lies” by Lance Morrow, professor partake of the ageless faith of our holy statement aimed at mutual reconciliation Times’ denial of the Famine, on May 15 car- of journalism at Boston University and for- forefathers and also invoke their inter- between the two nations. ried a “guest comment” by Kenneth Lloyd mer longtime essayist for Time magazine, cession for God’s blessings and graces to Before departing Presidents Billingsley titled “Times and again: Bogus June 9) and on NewsMax.com (“Times still live good Christian lives. Kwasniewski and Kuchma met with offi- journalism did not start with Jayson Blair.” backs ‘greatest liar’ reporter” by Phil cials of the Odesa regional administra- The writer, editorial director of the San At this holy shrine we all may freely Brennan, May 19). The online discussion tion, visited the Ukrainian-Polish Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute, glorify Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ group www.freerepublic.com cited The Cooperation Center, and attended the wrote: “Fraudulent reporting by Jayson Blair in heartfelt thanksgiving for divine pro- Weekly’s report on the Pulitzer review of tection of our long-suffering and perse- opening of Poland’s General Consulate – should dislodge The New York Times as the Duranty’s prize and elicited comments on paper of record. Such a downsizing should cuted Ukrainian people, especially for its fifth in Ukraine. Mr. Kuchma said the the topic, while www.worldnetdaily.com the gift of liberation from the totalitarian next year will be dedicated to Ukraine- have happened long ago because of a writer asked in its daily poll of June 11 “Should whose lapses were worse.” Soviet regime and the return of freedom Poland links within the framework of the The N.Y. Times’ 1932 Pulitzer Prize be to our Ukrainian Catholic Church. “Year of Poland in Ukraine” project. After telling the story of Duranty’s decep- revoked because the reporter turned out to tion, the writer stated: “The Blair affair is a be an apologist for Stalin?” good time to renew the call for revocation Germans captured “volunteered” to serve [of Duranty’s Pulitzer]. It is also a good time – compiled by Roma Hadzewycz Reaction... as guards in Nazi concentration camps. (Continued from page 8) The notion that a Soviet POW, of whom victimization of the Jews during the there were about 5 million, half of whom Holocaust that such writer or speaker perished in German custody, “volun- Celebrate Ukraine’s historic achievement: express censure or condemnation of the teered” to do anything betrays a profound criminal activities of Jews in the Soviet ignorance of what was happening in that the rebirth of its independence Union? No, and for good reason: what part of the world during World War II. Trotsky or Kaganovich or the Jews who Lastly, Rutten writes that followers of were involved in running the Soviet con- the Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera centration camps did has no relevance to allegedly enthusiastically joined the the victimization of the Jews during the Nazis in massacring Jews. Really? Then how do we explain why Bandera himself Holocaust. spent most of World War II in German Why then is Rutten asking Ukrainian prisons and concentration camps? Or organizations who are speaking out about why Bandera’s two brothers died as Duranty and The New York Times’ scan- inmates in Auschwitz? dalous 70 years of stonewalling to con- Rutten cites Rabbi Cooper of the demn what did or did not happen a Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles decade after the Famine in a different as the authority for his historical claims. part of Ukraine? That’s like asking a Palestinian cleric for As for historical accuracy, Rutten background information on the historical implicates the Ukrainian Waffen SS Israeli-Palestinian interface. There actual- Division in genocidal activities. Over a ly do exist some scholars at universities decade ago, the Deschenes Commission such as Harvard, Toronto and Alberta that in Canada devoted several years and “UkrainePrice of $15 includes shipping Lives!” and handling. could provide you with accurate informa- spent several million dollars researching tion about Ukraine during World War II, just that question, and found that allega- To order now call 973-292-9800, ext. 3042, and I would commend them to Mr. tions against this division were ground- or send mail orders to: Rutten’s attention for future purposes. The Ukrainian Weekly, Subscription Department, less. 2200 Route 10, P. O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Rutten also alleges that Ukrainians Bohdan Vitvitsky among the Soviet POWs whom the Summit, N.J. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2003 23

Commemorating... (Continued from page 13) The understanding, however, was a con- ditional one and depended on Ukraine’s ability to fulfill its treaty obligations, including supplying 1 million tons of grain to the Central Powers by the same date. Additional treaty passages renounced the payment of the costs of the war and of reparations for war damages. Regulations for the mutual exchange of agricultural and industrial surpluses were set up, and principles set forth for the establishment of customs, legal, diplo- matic and consular relations. The release of prisoners of war and the exchange of war prisoners and interned civilians also were agreed to. The day the treaty was signed was also the day Kyiv fell to Bolshevik troops. It was, therefore, necessary for Ukraine to request military assistance of its new allies. Initially, the Ukrainian government only asked for (western) Ukrainian units in the Austrian Army or special volunteer units formed in Germany from Ukrainian POWs, but complications arose and the plan was abandoned. Instead, it was mostly regu- lar German and Austrian units that cleared Ukraine of Bolsheviks. FIGURE 3. Map showing the extent of Ukraine after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. (Reproduced from “Ukraine: A Historical Atlas” by Paul Robert Magocsi.) Reactions In Austria the treaty was hailed as the that the post-conflict map of Europe eagle clutch at a sheaf of wheat. and Borys Zayachivsky for their assis- “bread peace.” This half of the Dual would be changing dramatically. Several commemorative seals (labels) tance in the preparation of this article. in different colors were also prepared Monarchy was in a winter food crisis and Saluting the treaty References the treaty was greeted with hysterical (Figure 6). All carry the same design of delight. No longer would the Austrians Several commemorations of the new celebratory balloons labeled with the 1. Brook-Shepherd, Gordon. “The have to go begging for grain from their peace with Ukraine were soon forthcom- names of the treaty countries: Germany, Austrians.” New York: Carroll and Graf reluctant German allies or their tightfist- ing after the signing. In Lemberg (pres- Ukraine and Austria-Hungary. In the Publ., 1996. ed Hungarian partners. When informed ent-day Lviv), the capital of Galicia, a background is a map of Ukraine with its 2. Kann, Robert A. “A History of the of the news in Vienna, the Emperor special Peace and Ukrainian extended post-treaty borders. Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918.” Berkeley: Franz Josef declared it to be the happiest Independence Celebration was held on Surprisingly, Austrian western Ukraine is University of California Press, 1974. day of his life. March 3, 1918. Various Ukrainian organ- also shown (in only a slightly darker 3. Kubijovich, Volodymyr, ed. On March 3, 1918, another peace izations took part in the parade that shading) adjacent to Ukrainian lands. The Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia, Vol. 1. treaty was signed at Brest-Litovsk, this marched through the city on that day word “Friede” (Peace) appears in large Toronto: University of Toronto Press, time between Russia and the Central (Figure 4 shows one of the participating letters at the bottom of the seals over the 1963. Powers. By its terms, Russia acknowl- groups – Ukrainian scouts). treaty locale and date. 4. Magocsi, Paul Robert. “Ukraine: A edged the independence of Ukraine, A commemorative peace medal graphi- Although all the various treaty com- Historical Atlas.” Toronto: University of Poland and Finland, and was bound to cally portrays just how desperate the memorative items illustrated in this arti- Toronto Press, 1985. 5. Magocsi, Paul Robert. “A History of quickly make peace with these countries. Austrians had become for foodstuffs cle were made in Austria, they under- Ukraine.” Toronto: University of Toronto On July 12, 1918, Russia signed an offi- (Figure 5). The obverse side depicts a ris- standably have a special appeal to Press, 1996. cial armistice recognizing Ukraine, but a ing sun behind a fruitladen tree. The Ukrainian collectors. formal peace treaty was never signed. “Friede Mit Der Ukraine” (Peace With * * * Germany ratified the Treaty of Brest- Ukraine) inscription is supplemented with Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at P.O. Litovsk with Ukraine on July 24, 1918, the word “Brot” (Bread). On the reverse, I wish to extend my sincerest apprecia- Box 3, Springfield, VA 22150 or at his e- but Austria-Hungary postponed its treaty under the treaty date, an adult and young tion to Peter Cybaniak, Roman Dubyniak mail address: [email protected]. ratification because of the secret clause calling for the creation of the separate (Ukrainian-dominated) crownland. Ukraine, for its part, was able to deliv- er only a portion of the amount of grain it had promised by the end of July. This abrogated the secret clause, but made lit- tle difference anyway since by then it was becoming obvious that the Central Powers were going to lose the war and

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Designed by vey “Freedom and the World” The lecture Zabavas with MONTAGE, held at Soyuzivka Watoku Ueno, video by Andrea will take place at Harvard University in Odezhynska, performed in English by TEMPO and Philadelphia Funk William James Hall, Room 105, 33 Kirkland Authority (10-piece funk dance August 10-16 Andrew Colteaux and Soomi Kim. 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