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INSIDE:• Polish cemetery in Lviv at center of bilateral relations — page 3. • Kuchma announces austerity program — page 4. • Team Ukraine roster for Nagano Winter Olympics — page 5.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVITHE UNo.KRAINIAN 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARYW 1, 1998 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine UCC to challenge Team Ukraine leaves for Winter Olympics in Nagano government on war crimes issue by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Toronto Press Bureau TORONTO — The Ukrainian Canadian Congress has served notice that it will challenge Canada’s Justice Department in court over its decision to denatural- ize and deport citizens suspected of war crimes, without trying them in a criminal proceeding. According to a press release issued on January 22, the Ukrainian umbrella body decided upon this course of action “after many years of arguing its position before the Canadian public through the media.” The UCC release denounced the Canadian government’s decision to “follow the U.S. example” in pursu- ing war crimes cases via civil rather than criminal authorities. Justice Minister Allan Rock (since reap- pointed as minister of health) Efrem Lukatsky announced in January 1995 that his Members of Ukraine’s team for the Winter Olympics at a send-off celebration at the Ukraina Palace of Culture on January 28. department would open 12 such pro- ceedings. by Roman Woronowycz represent Ukraine in Nagano, along with 47 trainers. They will On December 12, 1997, a gov- Kyiv Press Bureau compete in 10 of the 14 Olympic winter events. ernment press release revealing that The head of the delegation, the president of the National the former director of the U.S. KYIV — Don’t look for a repeat of the Summer Olympic Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Valeriy Borzov, told The Office of Special Investigations, effort by Ukraine at the Nagano Winter Olympics. Ukraine sim- Neal Sher, had been hired as an ply does not have the natural environment to produce athletes Weekly that the team will be happy with a couple of medals. “advisor” also named the object of who can compete with northern countries that do consistently “Ukraine’s potential and traditions in the Summer and its 14th case: Toronto resident well in the winter sports. Winter Olympics are different. The winter climate in Ukraine is Wasyl Odynsky. That doesn’t mean that Ukraine does not have medal poten- such that it does not allow athletes to realize their full potential “We’ve sought clarification of tial. The country’s sports system, although lacking finances in in those types of sports,” said Mr. Borzov. “For instance, we the government’s position and a an economy that continues to sink, still has the ability to pro- don’t always have ice or snow. And the potential of the Karpaty meeting with the minister of jus- duce world-class athletes, even for the Winter Games. [Carpathian Mountains] where we get good winters, is not yet tice,” UCC National Executive Ukraine’s Winter Olympic squad left for Nagano, Japan, on realized.” Director Lydia Shawarsky told The January 29 to make final preparations for the XVIII Winter Weekly on January 28. Olympics that begin on February 7. A team of 56 athletes will (Continued on page 5) “We have sent two letters to Justice Minister Anne McLellan concerning the appointment of Mr. Ukraine, IMF to begin talks on long-term credit agreement Sher and the government’s moves in pursuit of denaturalization and by Yaro Bihun National Agency for Reconstruction and Since signing the stand-by agreement deportation, and we have received Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Development Chairman Roman Shpek, with the IMF in August 1997, Ukraine no reply to date. Not even acknowl- also met with officials of the World Bank has not been receiving the monthly edgment,” the UCC official added. WASHINGTON – Ukraine expects to and the Clinton administration. tranches regularly. As Finance Minister To spearhead the legal confronta- sign a multi-billion-dollar, long-term The long-term IMF credits would be in Mitiukov explained, in December 1997 tion, and, according to the press credit agreement with the International the form a three-year Extended Fund Ukraine received the tranches for the pre- release, “in order to combat what Monetary Fund to support Ukraine’s eco- Facility (EFF) of close to $3 billion. If [the UCC] regards to be a grossly vious two months, and it missed the nomic reform program. approved, it would be distributed to December disbursement. unjust course of action by the gov- Vice Prime Minister Serhii Tyhypko, Ukraine on a month-to-month basis, pro- ernment against its own citizens,” a With the January 28 release, an IMF who headed a high-level Ukrainian eco- vided the government adheres to the IMF’s spokesperson said, Ukraine is up to date special committee to deal with the nomic delegation that conferred with the reform guidelines. Currently the IMF’s issue was struck on January 8 at a on stand-by disbursements. IMF here on January 22, said the two credit assistance of $542 million is in the UCC executive meeting held at its Mr. Tyhypko said his optimism about sides agreed to begin preparatory talks on form of a “stand-by” agreement, which is headquarters Winnipeg. receiving the next stand-by credits and the subject in early February. also disbursed on a monthly basis. The Justice Committee on reaching agreement on the EFF long- “We would like to see the program In talks with the IMF, the Ukrainian del- Deportation and Denaturalization term credits is based on a number of prepared in two months and signed in (JCDD) is chaired by John Petryshyn, egation also made a case for releasing the recent actions taken by the Ukrainian April,” he said at the conclusion of his an immigration lawyer based in next tranche of stand-by credits for Ukraine. government with respect to its fiscal poli- two-day visit on January 23. Indeed, a few days later, on January 28, the cy and structural reforms, among them: (Continued on page 5) His delegation, which included IMF board of directors voted to disburse the Finance Minister Ihor Mitiukov and tranche, amounting to $49 million. (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 No. 5

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Through the political periscope: Crimean leader praises Kuchma on veto form by observers in the work of electoral committees or the voting process. (Embassy SYMFEROPOL — Crimean of Ukraine) a look at the pre-election scene Parliament Chairman Anatolii Hrytsenko has praised President Leonid Kuchma for Miners demonstrate for back wages by Markian Bilynskyj his mission (at the prompting of the vetoing a Crimean election law as uncon- administration, according to some com- KYIV — Some 200 construction work- Asked last fall to characterize the stitutional, ITAR-TASS reported on mentators) to review or re-open cases January 24. President Kuchma said a pro- ers from coal mines in eastern Ukraine forthcoming parliamentary election cam- against high-level officials, past and pre- demonstrated in Kyiv for the payment of paign, former president Leonid Kravchuk vision in the legislation would permit only sent, that had been pigeon-holed by his Ukrainian citizens living in Crimea to be back wages, Agence France Press reported replied that it would be a “viina kompro- predecessor; and acting chairman of the on January 26. Some of the workers have misiv” (“war of compromises”). At the elected to the autonomous republic’s State Property Fund, Volodymyr Parliament, which is a violation of the not been paid for more than a year. beginning of December, the usually Lanovyi, a key player in the impending Government wage arrears at the end of restrained Mr. Kravchuk – who heads up Ukrainian Constitution. He also said it is privatization of Ukraine’s strategic enter- too early to switch to a proportional elec- 1997 totaled some 5 billion hrv ($2.6 billion the election ticket of the Social prises. On December 16, 1997, the U.S.). The protests continued the following Democratic Party (Unified) – reiterated tion system, as stipulated in the bill. Such Verhkovna Rada again refused to confirm a move could inflame political infighting day. (RFE/RL Newsline) his view rather more graphically. Mr. Lytvak – even though the committees Commenting on a newspaper piece on the on the peninsula, Mr. Kuchma added. Mr. Wage arrears protests increase responsible for reviewing his suitability Hrytsenko called President Kuchma a potential of the Ukrainian security service for the post found nothing negative in and police for discrediting various candi- “constitutional guarantor.” Verkhovna KYIV — More than 1,500 people either his record or character. Rada Chairman Oleksander Moroz, how- demonstrated for their unpaid wages out- dates or parties, he stated that people The Verkhovna Rada versus the should be afraid not of the security forces ever, has sharply criticized the veto. side a government building in Symferopol, Cabinet of Ministers and the (RFE/RL Newsline) capital of Crimea, during a special meeting but of the “hivnometiv” (literally “dung Administration; Chairman Moroz versus throwers”). of Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, Reuters President Kuchma: These are familiar, Moroz sums up session reported on January 27. Prime Minister At the end of November, the chairman long-established vectors of confrontation of the Bank of Ukraine, Viktor KYIV — Verkhovna Rada Chairman Valerii Pustovoitenko told the crowd that characterized by accusations and counter- the autonomous republic’s disastrous econ- Yuschenko, had implied something simi- accusations, usually channeled through Oleksander Moroz on January 19 lar – albeit without Mr. Kravchuk’s vivid summed up the results of the eighth con- omy is due to the “independent policy” it those elements of the media (particularly has pursued. (RFE/RL Newsline) imagery – when he revealed in a TV the press) supportive of or – increasingly, vocation of Ukraine’s national legislature interview that he would not run for the and alarmingly – under the control of the by citing the following statistics: 89 ses- Ten factions in Verkhovna Rada Verkhovna Rada. It was widely thought respective antagonists. More often than sions were held; 376 matters were exam- that he would appear on the People’s not, however, a kind of collective com- ined; 127 laws were passed; and 103 res- KYIV — As of January 16, there were Democratic Party (PDP) ticket behind mon sense eventually prevails and a sem- olutions were adopted. The chairman 10 groups or factions in the Verkhovna Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko. blance of equilibrium is restored. (Indeed, characterized the convocation as “one of Rada. Out of a total of 412 national Mr. Yuschenko explained simply that on December 30, 1997, for the first time the most stressful and most fruitful” and deputies, 366 belonged to factions, while 46 contemporary Ukrainian politics were too since independence, the Verhkovna Rada said it “demonstrated the growing poten- were not members of any grouping. The dirty. According to many polls, Mr. worked closely with the government to tial of the Parliament and the parliamen- factions are listed below in order of size: Yuschenko is one of the most popular approve a budget on time. Whether or not tary system as a whole.” He added, “This Communists of Ukraine, 79 national political figures in Ukraine, paradoxically the budget is realistic is, of course, anoth- is precisely what our state needs.” The deputies; Constitutional Center, 52; because of his very reluctance to get er matter. Moreover, the Verhkovna most important achievement of the Socialist/Peasants’ Parties, 37; Regional involved in politics. Rada’s principal concern may have been eighth convocation was the approval of a Rebirth of Ukraine Party, 35; Yednist The continuing lack of consensus the fact that no budget would likely have budget — adopted for the first time in a (Unity), 33; Vpered Ukraino (Forward, among the Ukrainian leadership elite meant no elections.) timely fashion. In general, Mr. Moroz Ukraine), 30; Agrarian Party, 26; Rukh for over Ukraine’s future continues to pro- Thus, during a December 22, 1997, noted, the basic tasks presented to the the Nation, for Ukraine, 25; Social-Market duce a highly politicized and ideologized press conference, Chairman Moroz said Verkhovna Rada were realized. Looking Choice, 25; Nezalezhni (Independents), 24. policy process that invites confrontation. he supported the move by 249 deputies to forward to the ninth convocation, the (Respublika) That this tendency would intensify dur- chairman said that its principal goal will invite President Kuchma to Parliament Rada appeals to Russian legislature ing the pre-election period was not unex- for a closed clear-the-air session. “This is be to bring about the realization of parlia- pected. Thus, on December 9, 1997, for needed now,” he explained, “so that with mentary, administrative, municipal and WASHINGTON – The Verkhovna example, the Verkhovna Rada, under the the elections approaching ... we will not court reform. (Respublika) Rada of Ukraine on January 14 adopted prompting of Chairman Oleksander continue to hurl abuse at each other Rules approved for foreign observers an appeal to the Russian Federal Moroz, a Socialist, instructed the appro- through the media. We have to sit down Assembly urging it to promptly ratify the priate committees to prepare a motion of and figure out what we should do in order WASHINGTON – The Verkhovna Rada Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership no confidence in the government on the to raise the level of stability within soci- on January 13 approved regulations on Treaty between Ukraine and Russia. The pretext that it had misused the reserve ety because people have grown weary of observers from foreign countries, interna- appeal also urged the Assembly to influ- fund of the Cabinet of Ministers. the endless accusations, insinuations and tional organizations, as well as Ukraine’s ence the process of solving certain prob- The following day, Yevhen so on.” public organizations, who will attend the lems in Ukrainian-Russian relations, such Kushnariov, chief of the Presidential As a further conciliatory gesture, the parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The as the delineation and demarcation of bor- Administration, dismissed this move as a Verhkovna Rada chairman also regulations determine procedures for ders, and the issue of the former USSR’s blatant exercise in campaign posturing explained that he personally was against observers’ accreditation and authority. The foreign assets and liabilities. The message and stated that the president was com- the dismissal of the government at this chairman of the Central Election also urged Russia to create conducive pletely supportive of the government. time because such a move would further Commission will decide foreign observer conditions for the Ukrainian community Appearing on December 12 at the All- destabilize the general situation. (He did accreditation. The document also states that in Russia, similar to those Ukraine has Ukrainian Journalists’ Economic Forum, not mention the obvious. With the an official observer’s term of appointment created for ethnic Russians living in President Leonid Kuchma reiterated this Verhkovna Rada certain to be completely expires no later than seven days after the Ukraine. (Embassy of Ukraine) thesis, adding that he expected the preoccupied with the elections after the election campaign is completed. The regu- Verhkovna Rada to begin impeaching holiday season, dismissing the govern- lations do not permit interference in any (Continued on page 11) him early in 1998 (something that groups ment would simply strengthen the presi- within the Parliament had tried to do at different times throughout last year), dent’s hand significantly. In fact, on again for populist campaign reasons. December 29, 1997, the no-confidence FOUNDED 1933 The same day Mr. Kushnariov con- motion fizzled out principally because HE KRAINIAN EEKLY demned the Verhkovna Rada’s move the Verhkovna Rada could not decide T U W whether the current or previous govern- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., against the government, the Rada passed a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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Most interesting in this respect General Oleh Lytvak, who had made it Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz is the one between Prime Minister changes to: Staff editors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) Pustovoitenko, Chief of Staff Kushnariov The Ukrainian Weekly Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) Markian Bilynskyj is director of the and President Kuchma on the one hand, Pylyp Orlyk Institute, an independent 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Irene Jarosewich and Mr. Pustovoitenko’s predecessor, Parsippany, NJ 07054 public policy, research and information Pavlo Lazarenko, on the other. center located in Kyiv that is supported There is a compelling body of evi- The Ukrainian Weekly, February 1, 1998, No. 5, Vol. LXVI by the Washington-based U.S.-Ukraine Copyright © 1998 The Ukrainian Weekly Foundation. (Continued on page 14) No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 3

Polish cemetery in Lviv U.S. first lady meets with Shcherbak at center of bilateral relations by Yevhen Hlibovytsky calls from Kuchma’s administration to followby Yaro Bihunup on recentexpand, visitespecially toin the Lviv area of chil- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly were made to Lviv’s mayor insisting on Special to The Ukrainian Weekly dren’s hospitals, the Embassy official a compromise with the Poles,” said Mr. said. LVIV — Although the most recent Sereda. WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s Ambassador Shcherbak also talked meeting between the presidents of Ukraine The Polish Military Burial Society, a Ambassador to the U.S. Yuri Shcherbak about the possibility of forming a and Poland, held in western Ukraine on cultural/historical organization in Poland, met with First Lady Hillary Rodham Ukrainian-American center to train January 3 and dedicated to the opening of a insists the grounds should be renovated Clinton on January 23 to follow up a Ukraine’s future managers and of new border pass between the two countries, number of issues that came up during her according to the architectural plan devel- expanding people-to-people exchanges. showed that relations between them are recent visit to Lviv. oped in the 1920s, which was to include a The latter suggestion, Ms. Zarudna said, sound, one issue still could change the They discussed Ukraine’s proposal to variety of Polish military symbols. Due to led to a discussion of the problems mutually shared good feelings. hold an international conference to com- lack of funds, the cemetery was never fully encountered by many Ukrainians seek- After the official opening of the border bat the trafficking in women, increased completed. ing visas to visit the United States. In crossing, Presidents Leonid Kuchma of According to Mr. Sereda, among the hospital-to-hospital cooperation, the Ukraine and Alexander Kwasniewski of the last few years, visas were denied to plans to which the Ukrainian side is establishment of a joint university pro- Poland traveled to Lviv, where their agenda an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 opposed, is inscription of grave markers gram for managers, and the problem of included a vist to the historic Lychakiv Ukrainians seeking them for private vis- with patriotic Polish slogans and symbols, visa denials to Ukrainians by the U.S. Cemetery, the resting place of many its, business travel and even exchange which many Ukrainians consider offensive Embassy in Kyiv, according to the renowned Ukrainians, including the writer programs. (the Poles see their fallen soldiers as inno- Embassy’s press counselor, Natalia Ivan Franko. The cemetery also includes The process has become commonly cent victims of a Ukrainian rebellion). Zarudna. burial sites of Polish war dead. known as “$20 and 20 seconds,” where- The compromise into which President During her visit to Lviv in November The restoration of the Cmentarz Orlat, by an applicant pays a $20 visa fee and Kuchma is pressuring Lviv municipal offi- 1997, Mrs. Clinton spoke about the the burial grounds of Polish soldiers who 20 or so seconds later is informed that cials has caused friction of its own. The need to combat the international traf- died in the Ukraine-Polish war of 1918- ficking in women, which had become a the application is denied, Ms. Zarudna director of the cemetery, Ihor 1919 (the war of independence for the growing problem, especially with said. Havryshkevych, insisted that the matter Western Ukrainian National Republic), has respect to women from the countries of These refusals may be in violation of should remain a local affair. “There is no become a point of controversy between the former Soviet Union, including the charter on U.S.-Ukrainian relations point for the president to be bothered by a Poles and Ukrainians. Ukraine. Ambassador Shcherbak sug- and will be addressed during the next local issue,” he said. Destroyed by the Soviet Union in 1971, gested that the United States help orga- meeting of the foreign policy committee Lviv city residents feel that Kyiv cannot the Cmentarz Orlat has significant historical nize an international conference to of the Kuchma-Gore Commission in fully understand the depth of the emotions and cultural value to the Poles. After address the problem, which is not cov- February, she said. involved in the issue because the Ukrainian Ukraine renewed its independence, plans to ered by international law. The Ukrainian ambassador asked that capital did not feel the oppression of Polish rebuild the burial grounds were overshad- Ms. Zarudna noted that, according to the White House consider becoming a rule over western Ukrainian lands between owed by other Polish-Ukrainian religious Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Ministry, over patron of the annual Horowitz 1920 and 1939. They believe history could and cultural problems. the past 10 years some 400,000 International Competition for Young be betrayed in the process of normalizing But the issue, of whether the site Ukrainian women under age 30 traveled Pianists held in Kyiv and inquired about Ukrainian-Polish relations and the settling should be rebuilt according to the original to work in Poland, Germany, Turkey and the possibility of having the finalists per- of outstanding issues. plans laid in the 1920s when Poland other neighboring countries, and the fate form at the White House. At least one Lviv resident also noted that occupied western Ukraine obtained presi- of many is unknown. There have been Also discussed was a planned large- the sides should discuss a parallel issue: the dential-level visibility when it became press reports about many of these women scale U.S. exhibit of Scythian gold renovation of gravestones of members of part of the Polish-Ukraine presidential being forced into prostitution. objects. Mrs. Clinton, who saw the talks. the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) who [This problem was the subject of a famous Scythian gold pectoral during the As a result of the talks, according to died in Poland during and after World War news story filed by Roman Woronowycz first family’s state visit to Kyiv in 1995, Volodymyr Sereda, the director of II. “It should be part of the bargain — one of the Kyiv Press Bureau and published said she would like to see the collection Nadsiannia, a non-governmental cultur- (grave marker) for you, one for me,” said a in The Ukrainian Weekly on August in the United States. The exhibit is being al/historic organization in Lviv, the Ukrainian pensioner living in Lviv who 3,1997. More recently, The New York organized for 1999-2000 by two Texas Kuchma administration is putting pres- preferred to remain unnamed. Times carried a lengthy article on the museums. The collection was last seen sure on the Lviv City Administration to According to Andrzej Czubar, press sec- topic in its January 11 issue.] here as a Soviet exhibit in the 1970s. resolve the matter. “Numerous phone retary of the Polish Embassy in Ukraine, The hospital-to-hospital cooperation Ambassador Shcherbak gave Mrs. there is no outstanding issue concerning program between American and Clinton a letter from Ukraine’s first lady, grave markers for UPA soldiers buried in Ukrainian hospitals, which has been Liudmyla Kuchma, as well as a few pre- Poland. “The gravestones read ‘warrior for going on since 1992, was highlighted sents: a scarf, a lacquered box and a can- Britain and Ukraine a free Ukraine,’ ” he said, “and that is the during the first lady’s last trip to Ukraine dlestick. result of a Polish-Ukrainian compromise on with a visit to a Lviv hospital. Both sides Mrs. Clinton gave the ambassador a this touchy issue of our history.” would like to see this cooperation letter for Mrs. Kuchma. to jointly fight crime The Polish side said the problem over the grave markers for Polish soldiers in by Tony Leliw Cmentarz Orlat also is settled. “It seems Ukraine’s ambassador to U.S. LONDON – Britain has signed a bilat- that the question of the inscriptions is basi- eral agreement with Ukraine to combat cally resolved in favor of the Ukrainian side serious crime. Senior representatives [Polish patriotic inscriptions will not be meets with new president of OPIC from four law enforcement agencies used], but a lot of other questions remain,” from Britain signed the deal with their said Eugenius Jablonski, consul-general of Embassy of Ukraine counterparts in Kyiv on January 16. Poland in Kyiv. the International Monetary Fund These included representatives from He added that the cemetery is a plus for Agreement, which makes the hryvnia, the Association of Chief Police Officers, Lviv because it will attract Polish tourists WASHINGTON – Ambassador Yuri Ukraine’s national monetary unit, a con- the Crown Prosecution Service, the and bring funds to the local economy. Shcherbak met in Washington with vertible currency. In view of this infor- National Criminal Intelligence Service In Lviv the issue remains alive. Lately George Munos, the new president of the mation, Mr. Munos expressed his will- and Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise roundtables have been held by interested Overseas Private Investment Corp. ingness to dispatch a team of OPIC Service. Ukrainian cultural/historic organizations to (OPIC), who informed the Ukrainian experts to Kyiv in the second quarter of The Memorandum of Understanding discuss a solution. The Polish Military envoy that American investors are closely 1998 to design proposals for revising (MOU) between the two countries is the Burial Society visited the Polish gravesites observing election campaign develop- OPIC’s terms for insuring American pri- first such multi-agency agreement with a in Lviv. And negotiations continue between ments in Ukraine and are pinning their vate capital investments in Ukraine former Warsaw Pact region country. The the Polish Consulate and Ukraine’s regional hopes on a new Ukrainian Parliament’s against likely political risks. MOU will establish a framework for administration over other aspects of the ability to improve Ukraine’s investment During the meeting, Mr. Munos and cooperation in the fields of prevention, cemetery restoration, among them what to climate. Ambassador Shcherbak discussed detection, investigation and prosecution do with two large lion sculptures that were The new OPIC president also expressed prospects for setting up a joint team of of serious crime. originally at the entrance to the cemetery his intention to continue collaborating experts from OPIC and Ukraine’s This framework will provide for but now are the gateway to Lviv on a road with Ukraine in drafting and implement- National Agency for Reconstruction and obtaining admissible evidence, state- at the Lviv city limits. ing joint projects and insuring U.S. private Development to monitor Ukraine’s ments and exhibits; providing documents Government officials in Kyiv and capital investment in Ukraine. investment environment. Ukraine’s and records; locating and identifying per- Warsaw and city officials in Lviv are all In turn, Ambassador Shcherbak ambassador raised the issue of OPIC’s sons; and exchanging information and closely following the issue as it is resolved. encouraged OPIC to continue and likely involvement in the Kuchma-Gore criminal intelligence. No one wants the Cmentarz Orlat issue to increase efforts to support investment Commission’s activities through partici- Although Ukraine plans to ratify the become another headache in Ukrainian- processes in Ukraine. He also informed pation in sessions of its committee on 1959 European Convention on Mutual Polish relations as did events in Peremyshl the OPIC president about the most recent trade and investments. Assistance in Criminal Matters, until over the dismantling of the the dome of a developments in Ukraine’s socio-politi- The two officials also discussed other now there has been no bilateral agree- Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, the dis- cal and economic situation and the elec- aspects of interaction between OPIC and ment between the United Kingdom and mantling of Polish World War II monu- toral campaign. the Ukrainian Embassy, particularly their Ukraine to coordinate the fight against ments in Volyn and the prohibition of a Dr. Shcherbak informed Mr. Munos joint efforts to promote several major pro- serious crime. Ukrainian festival in Peremyshl. about Ukraine’s accession to Article 8 of jects involving leading U.S. companies. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 No. 5 Kuchma announces Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly seats Ukraine’s delegation austerity program by Roman Woronowycz Assembly the future of the 200 individuals who still Kyiv Press Bureau remain on death row in Ukraine would be bleak. The comment was supposed to have been made while by Roman Woronowycz KYIV — The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council Mr. Lytvak spoke before a plenary session of Ukraine’s Kyiv Press Bureau of Europe (PACE) on January 27 rescinded its threat to Verkhovna Rada. (In an unrelated development, Mr. bar the seating of the Ukrainian delegation – for now. Lytvak resigned his post on January 23.) KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma announced on The Parliamentary Assembly has repeatedly criticized January 21 that Ukraine is introducing an economic aus- After a two-hour break during which the Ukrainian Ukraine for failing to fulfill a promise given when the delegation to the PACE, led by National Deputy Borys terity program to fend off tremors from the economic col- country accepted membership in the Council of Europe to lapse of Southeast Asia that have hit the country. The Oliinyk, obtained documents from Kyiv proving that no establish a moratorium on the death penalty and to eventu- shock waves have caused international investors to quit such comment was ever rendered, the procedural com- ally ban it. All the countries of Europe have either banned the Ukrainian treasury bond market and have escalated an mittee of the PACE met to decide on whether to recom- capital punishment or have instituted moratoriums. already severe financial crisis in the country. mend the seating of the Ukrainian delegation. During several visits to Ukraine, the PACE delegation Without the infusion of foreign capital, obtained Near midnight the procedural committee, led by has found that death sentences continue to be carried out chiefly through the international bond market, Ukraine PACE President Leni Fischer, voted to approve the man- even as Ukraine has denied that capital punishment con- will be hard pressed to service its borrowing debt, unless dates. it finds the money elsewhere. tinues. Ukraine had been warned several times that if it In order for Ukraine to fall into line with PACE “The financial situation of the state is close to critical,” does not come into compliance with Council of Europe requirements, Ukraine must overcome a general feeling said Anatolii Halchynskyi, the president’s senior eco- membership requirements it would be banned or even among its citizens that the death penalty in Ukraine is nomic advisor. He explained that the major concern thrown out of that body. needed at a time when crime has drastically increased before the administration is “how to service the deficit Although the last PACE delegation, which visited and the economic situation has made it more difficult to and the national debt, which were earlier serviced Ukraine in November 1997, acknowledged that maintain prisons and prison populations. through the credit market.” President Leonid Kuchma had de facto implemented a Verkhovna Rada National Deputy Volodymyr The next day President Kuchma signed a presidential moratorium since March 1997 by giving clemency to Yavorivskyi, a member of Ukraine’s PACE delegation, decree ordering the government to cut costs to reduce the each individual whose time was up, it still maintained explained to the assembly on the second day of the ses- projected 1998 budget deficit from the current 3.7 percent pressure on Ukraine to issue a formal decree either by sion that the period before elections to Ukraine’s of the gross domestic product down to 2.2 percent. the president or the Verkhovna Rada. Neither the execu- Parliament is not the right time to pressure Ukraine’s He also ordered his administration and the Cabinet of tive nor the legislative side is willing to do so at a time democrats to move forcefully to rescind the death penal- Ministers to reduce manpower by 20 percent and pro- that more than 60 percent of Ukrainians favor capital ty. He said such a move by democratic forces would posed that the Verkhovna Rada and local administrations punishment push more of Ukraine’s citizens’ into the Communist do the same. At the opening of the January session of the PACE on camp, and in the end Ukraine’s face would again be Speaking on national television that evening, the presi- January 26 it looked as if the Council of Europe finally turned away from Europe. dent explained that Ukraine must live within its means would act on its threats to ban Ukraine. Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the and that an unrealistic budget is not helping Ukraine A proposal from the floor called for rejection of the Council of Europe seemed to understand and voted to overcome the international financial crisis. “I decided to mandates of the Ukrainian delegation, which included seat the Ukrainian parliamentarians. But the respite is a sign the decree due to the imperfect and imbalanced Ukraine’s Minister of Justice Suzanna Stanik, according temporary one. By the next session of the PACE, sched- nature of the budget, something that a portion of the to Holos Ukrainy. Among other items, the proposal iden- uled for April, the deliberative body expects the new Verkhovna Rada deputies recognize, and in conjunction tified an alleged threat from acting Procurator General Verkhovna Rada that will be seated after the March 29 with the aggravated situation in international financial Oleh Lytvak that if Ukraine were not allowed to partici- elections to approve a moratorium on state executions. markets,” said President Kuchma. “This has hurt even the pate in the current session of the Parliamentary Otherwise, Ukraine would again face exclusion. developed countries and naturally could not but affect the financial situation in our country.” results of this visit,” Mr. Tyhypko said, adding that However, Mr. Kuchma sought to reassure Ukrainians within a few days a large American delegation will that the country is not at the brink of disaster. “The situa- Ukraine, IMF to begin talks... (Continued from page 1) arrive in Kyiv for the next round of discussions of the tion in the country is under control,” stated the president. trade and investment committee of the U.S.-Ukraine Mr. Halchynskyi said Ukraine would continue to repay • presidential decrees on budget deficit reductions and privatization; Binational Commission, known as the Kuchma-Gore wage and pension arrears, which stand at $2.5 million Commission. (U.S.) and that the austerity program would “not lead to • timely passage by the Verkhovna Rada and signing Asked whether corruption and foreign investment the worsening of people’s lives.” by the president of the nation’s budget (for the first time problems, which seemed to dominate previous bilateral The government hopes that by aggressively pursuing since independence it was ready on time, and with the economic talks between Ukraine and the United States, privatization and tax collection, and cutting departmental lowest-ever projected deficit); and were again among the subjects discussed with U.S. offi- staffs and extraneous travel, it will collect sufficient • establishment of the 1998 currency exchange corri- money to make its debt payments. dor for the hryvnia at between 1.85 and 2.25 hrv to the cials, Mr. Tyhypko replied that the issue was not dis- It is relying on the privatization process, which this U.S. dollar. cussed this time. year will move into its most expansive phase, to supply a At the World Bank Mr. Tyhypko and his delegation “Over the last half year we have done much to good portion of the funds. Ukraine hopes to raise 1 bil- focused on three World Bank-financed projects in resolve these issues,” he said, noting that the govern- lion hrv (just over $500 million) from the privatization of Ukraine. He said it was agreed that much progress was ment stopped purchasing grain, made the natural gas large, state-owned enterprises scheduled for this year, made in two projects that deal with the development of distribution market more competitive and transparent, explained Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko at a agriculture and support of entrepreneurship. The third and reformed its privatization program. January 21 press conference on Ukraine’s financial pic- project discussed is in the energy sector. “As a result of these steps, in my opinion, the level of ture for 1998, that was attended also by National Bank of The Ukrainian delegation also had talks with senior corruption has declined in Ukraine,” Mr. Tyhypko said. Ukraine Chairman Viktor Yuschenko. officials at the National Security Council, and the “But we are far from calling our work complete,” he Ukraine will not revert to the policy of printing money departments of the Treasury, Commerce and State. added. “About a month ago, together with the World to cover debts simply because timid international curren- “In general, we can say that we are satisfied with the Bank, we held a major seminar on corruption. And we cy markets are leary of purchasing Ukrainian treasury bonds, explained Mr. Yuschenko. “Printing more money to cover debts is out of the question,” he explained. He also announced a new currency corridor for the hryvnia against the dollar, which had been anticipated for several weeks. Because of world financial instability, the Ukrainian state bank chairman said the trading corridor for the hryv- nia against the dollar for the first half of 1998 would be raised from 1.75 to1.95 hrv per U.S. dollar to 1.8 to 2.25 hrv. The NBU raised the corridor because it felt that maintaining an unrealistic value for the hryvnia could lead to further flight from the Ukrainian bond market. Mr. Yuschenko forecast that inflation in Ukraine for 1998 would not exceed 18 percent, up from the 10 per- cent experienced last year. The International Monetary Fund, which Ukraine is hoping will furnish a large portion of the money needed to service the national debt, issued a statement on January 21 supporting the institution of a new currency corridor and President Kuchma’s austerity program. “The IMF supports the decision of the NBU and the government of Ukraine to widen the exchange rate band and the hryvnia in the context of a strong stabilization package ... and also welcomes the decision of the president and the govern- ment to reduce the fiscal deficit and accelerate structural Yaro Bihun reforms. This decision, accompanied by the continuation Vice Prime Minister Serhii Tyhypko (center) fields journalists’ questions about his talks in Washington with IMF, of prudent monetary and interest rate policies, will reduce World Bank and U.S. officials. Also participating in the talks and the press briefing were Finance Minister Ihor pressures on the hryvnia,” read the statement. Mitiukov (left) and National Agency for Reconstruction and Development Chairman Roman Shpek (right). No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 5

Dmytro Dmytrenko also has competed has participated, diaspora contributions Team Ukraine leaves... with the best in Europe and the world. were significant as well – although to a (Continued from page 1) The women figure skaters also have much lesser degree than in Atlanta at the Nagano bound Mr. Borzov also cited the economic two strong contenders for medal posi- 1996 Summer Games. tions. Yuliia Lavrenchuk, like Mr. At a January 28 send-off gala for the Following is the list of Ukraine’s Olympic hardships that continue to plague team for the XVIII Winter Games to be Ukraine as one reason that better facili- Zahorodniuk, took a bronze in Paris in Winter Olympians, Prime Minister held in Nagano, Japan, on February 7-22. ties have not yet been constructed in the 1997, and Olena Liashenko was Valerii Pustovoitenko thanked the The names are transliterated into English Carpathians Mountains. European bronze medalist in 1995. Ukrainian diaspora, particularly based on the Ukrainian-language listing Mr. Borzov, a former Summer Olympics In ice dancing, the pair from Ukraine Canadians, for their financial support for provided by the National Olympic multiple gold medalist, said Ukraine to watch is Iryna Romanova and Ihor the 1998 Nagano Olympic effort. Committee of Ukraine. nonetheless has medal potential in several Yaroshenko, European bronze medalists Ukrainian Canadians contributed BIATHLON events. Look for Ukrainians to make a in 1996. $53,000 (Canadian) towards the pur- Historically Ukraine has been strong in show in figure skating, free-style acrobatic chase of athletic equipment for the Valentyna Tserbe-Nesina skiing, the luge and Nordic combination the Nordic combination, or the biathlon. Olympians and booking of hotel rooms Iryna Merkushyna (biathlon). This year that remains true again – espe- outside Nagano for the biathlon athletes, Nina Lemesh Mr. Borzov refrained from naming cially for the women. In addition to 1994 who, otherwise, would have had to make Olena Zubrilova individuals he believes have the best Olympic bronze medalist Valentyna a several-hour-long daily trek to the site Tetiana Vodopianova potential to medal. “Every athlete who Tserbe-Nesina, look for Olena Zubrilova, of their event for the practices and com- Olena Petrova Olena Petrova and Tetiana Vodopianova petitions. Viacheslav Derkach goes to the Olympics believes he or she Ruslan Lysenko can win the gold. It is not for me to to make their mark. The contributions also covered the In the men’s biathlon the hopefuls are purchase of skis and figure skates, as Mykola Krupnyk somehow discourage that hope. In the Andrii Deryzemlia end it is the individual’s determination Andrii Deryzemlia, Ruslan Lusenko and well as walkie-talkies for the biathlon Viacheslav Derkach. team. Alternate that matters,” said the NOC-Ukraine Mykhailo Syzon president. Freestyle acrobatic skiing was going Stan Haba, Canadian representative of to be Ukraine’s strong suit at the Nagano the National Olympic Committee of Although there are no Oksana Baiuls FIGURE SKATING on the Ukrainian contingent this year, as Games until a lack of snow in the Ukraine, said Ukraine still needs the Mr. Borzov himself admitted, there are Karpaty severely curtailed the team’s financial support of the diaspora. “It had Ruslan Honcharov several hopefuls and other dark horses. training efforts. At least one member, to be done. They still need our help,” Viacheslav Zahorodniuk Dmytro Dmytrenko Ukraine’s biggest hope lies in figure Serhii But, still is considered to be a said Mr. Haba, who headed the fund- medal hopeful, but he has much catching raising drive. Ihor Yaroshenko skating and ice dancing. At least four Olena Hrushyna individuals and one pair have the ability up to do in his final training in Nagano. He explained that even the Canadian The freestyle skiers left for Japan early, Olympic team looks for financing out- Iryna Romanova to grab a medal for Ukraine. Viacheslav Olena Liashenko Zahorodniuk has consistently placed on January 23, to get in a few extra side of its government. “In Canada we Yuliia Lavrenchuk high in the European and world men’s jumps and revive their chances for have an Olympic lottery. The Canadian Ihor Marchenko figure skating championships. He was medals. government only partially supports the Yevheniia Filonenko European champion in 1996 and took the Besides the climate, financial con- team. They need to find other sources of bronze medal at the 1997 European straints most inhibit Ukraine’s chances financing, as does Ukraine.” FREESTYLE SKIING Championships in Paris. His teammate for medals in Nagano. Mr. Haba thanked his fellow country- The NOC-Ukraine has found sponsors men for their support for Ukraine’s Stanislav Kravchuk Serhii But to absorb the cost of the big-ticket items: Olympic team initiative, but said that Yurii Stetsko Adidas will again supply Ukraine’s official more fund-raising needs to be done Olena Yunchyk uniforms and warm-up suits. Air Ukraine because a portion of the money spent has Alla Tsuper Kyiv celebrates International and Lufthansa have signed on not yet been raised. Yuliia Kliukova to transport the athletes, ASCO Insurance And Mr. Haba explained that whether Tetiana Kozachenko has medically insured the athletes, and Ukraine wins medals or not, the fund- January anniversary Coca-Cola Ukraine made a financial con- raising is well worth it. “If the athletes LUGE Embassy of Ukraine tribution to the NOC-Ukraine. win, that’s great. If they don’t, well, Liliia Ludan This year, as in the two previous Ukraine was still present as an indepen- Nataliia Yakushenko WASHINGTON – A solemn Olympics in which independent Ukraine dent country. That is important. The Oleh Avdieiev gathering commemorating the Andrii Mukhin 80th anniversary of the Ukrainian high-priced aces Alan Borovoy and J.J. Ihor Urbanskyi National Republic was held at the Danylo Panchenko National Opera House in Kyiv on UCC to challenge... Robinette. January 21. (Continued from page 1) “We have a good inventory of people CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING The gathering was attended by Manitoba’s provincial capital. who can react effectively and rationally to the issues at hand,” Mr. Petryshyn said. Olena Haiasova President Leonid Kuchma, Prime Mr. Petryshyn, speaking from his Iryna Terelia Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko, office at the firm of Glowacki & Labitka, The first meeting of the full committee is scheduled to take place in Winnipeg on Valentyna Shevchenko national deputies, and representa- said that because the Canadian govern- Maryna Pestriakova tives of public organizations, labor ment has abandoned its own legislation February 4. Ms. Shawarsky said “mem- Anna Slipenko collectives and diplomatic missions and decided to disregard the recommen- bers of the legal and academic communi- Mykola Popovych accredited to Kyiv. dations of the Deschenes Commission of ty from across the country are being invit- Oleksandr Ushkalenko In his opening speech, Kyiv Inquiry on War Criminals, the committee ed to participate.” Mykhailo Artiukhov Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko will pursue everything from intervention The January 22 announcement Oleksandr Zarovnyi stressed the great historic signifi- in individual cases based on technical affirmed that the UCC “has consistently Hennadii Nikon cance of the declaration of the matters through the immigration process, argued that all war criminals should be Alternate Ukrainian National Republic’s to challenging the constitutionality of the brought to justice. It also fully supported Pavlo Zabolotny government’s “civil not criminal” the recommendation of the Deschenes independence on January 22, 1918. SHORT-TRACK SPEED SKATING Yet another epoch-making event approach. Commission [of Inquiry on War happened on January 22, 1919, “We’re taking the example of the Criminals] that legal proceedings against Yevhen Yakovlev when two sovereign Ukrainian [abortion rights crusader Dr. Henry] accused war criminals take place in Nataliia Svierchkova states, the Ukrainian National Morgentaler cases, in which women’s Canada using Canadian rules of evi- Alternate Republic and the Western and church groups were given standing in dence.” Volodymyr Cherneha Ukrainian National Republic, unit- court to provide both legal and technical Ms. Shawarsky said an Educational ed into one independent state. assistance to the proceedings,” Mr. Research Fund on Deportation and ALPINE SKIING Vice Prime Minister Valerii Petryshyn said. Denaturalization will be established. She said the fund will be administered by the Yuliia Kharkivska Smolii noted the 1918 indepen- “Technically speaking, there are many Mykola Skriabin dence declaration’s great influence questions surrounding the issue of what UCC in a fashion similar to that which on the Ukrainian people’s future, as documents exist to prove the alleged backed the civil liberties commission set SKI JUMPING it uplifted the national spirit and deception committed in gaining entry to up during the Deschenes Commission’s created “a genuine outburst of liber- Canada, whether the officials who inter- mandate. A figure of $250,000 was men- Ivan Kozlov ation energy.” The Ukrainian revo- viewed these people are still around to be tioned in the January 22 press release. Liubym Kohan lution of 1918, as a social phenome- cross-examined, and whether the alleged The UCC’s executive director said a Alternate non, was determined by the laws of misrepresentations people committed lobbying effort targeting Justice Minister Volodymyr Hlyvka were material — that is, whether the mis- McLellan, Immigration Minister historical progress; it justly ranks SPEED SKATING high among liberation processes of representation could materially have pre- Lucienne Robillard and other federal the peoples of Europe and the vented an inquiry into the person’s past,” members of Parliament has also be set in Lesia Bilozub whole world, he said. the attorney explained. motion. Justice Minister McLellan repre- Oleh Kostromitin The gathering was addressed also “In many instances allegations of mis- sents the riding of Edmonton-Northwest, Svitlana Konstantinova by Justice Minister Suzanna Stanik; representation are highly speculative,” in a city with a significant Ukrainian Alternate the director of the Taras Shevchenko Mr. Petryshyn asserted. Canadian population. Serhii Pryz Literature Institute of the National In terms of pursuing the constitutional “It’s easy to forget what’s at stake Academy of Sciences, Mykola challenge, the JCDD chair said “it would here,” Ms. Shawarsky said. “We are a BOBSLED Zhulynsky; and Academician Ivan not be Uncle Harry’s lawyer who’d be nation of immigrants, and yet anyone Yurii Panchuk Dzyuba. hired. We would hire of someone of who came to Canada after the war is a Oleh Polyvach stature,” such as widely respected and potential target.” 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 No. 5 Prima ballerina Valentina Pereyaslavec dies at age 90 by Ika Koznarska Casanova Born February 10, 1907, in Yalta, she rettes (to which she aptly referred to as was accepted at the age of 9 at the Imperial “something à la Carmen”). WOODSIDE, N.Y. — Valentina School of Ballet in Moscow. Upon com- In 1949 she moved to New York where Pereyaslavec, prima ballerina of major the- pleting her training and education in 1926, she obtained a teaching position at Tatyana aters of opera and ballet in Ukraine, choreo- she was engaged by the Kharkiv Ballet and Semyonova’s Studio 819 at Carnegie Hall. grapher, faculty member at the American embarked on a 22-year career as prima bal- In 1951 she was invited to teach at the Ballet Theatre School in New York, and lerina in Kharkiv, Kyiv and Odesa. newly opened American Ballet Theater coach and teacher to world renowned As prima ballerina she went to School, under the direction of Lucia Chase. dancers, died on January 4 at the age of 90. Leningrad with the Sverdlovsk opera-ballet Mme. Pereyaslavec taught at the ABT Mme. Pereyaslavec dedicated her whole theater and remained there for three years to for over 30 years, imparting her experience life to the ballet. As a teacher, she was study under Agrippina Vaganova. and knowledge to several generations of known for her demanding and exacting In 1939 she was invited to the Lviv dancers. teaching method and relentless discipline. Opera and Ballet Theater as prima ballerina. Apart from her classes at the ABT, She was wont to say that “There is no secret With the outbreak of the war, Mme. Mme. Pereyaslavec also taught, as she method ... only work, work, work. And pas- Pereyaslavec was sent to work by the referred to them, “my Ukrainian children,” sion ... inner passion.” Germans in a factory in Leipzig. At war’s in downtown New York. Some of the world’s foremost dancers, end, she was in a camp for Ukrainian dis- At all classes, be it at the ABT or at from leading companies in the U.S. and placed persons in Ingolstadt, where she Ukrainian community venues in downtown abroad, came to her famous 11:30 a.m. taught children, free of charge, forming a Manhattan, Mme. Pereyaslavec was per- class at ABT School, among them, Rudolf small yet select and well-trained dance ceived as a teacher with high expectations, Nureyev, Alicia Alonso, Erik Bruhn, Anton group. The group gave numerous perfor- a strict disciplinarian, and as a source of Dolin, Margot Fonteyn and Carla Fracci. mances under the auspices of the United inspiration. Mme. Pereyaslavec also served as con- Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency In an interview with Mme. Pereyaslavec, sultant at the Royal Ballet in London and at (UNRRA). which appeared in Dance Magazine Valentina Pereyaslavec seminars and festivals in Copenhagen, Upon coming to the United States in (November 1960), Mme. Pereyaslavec, in Cologne and Cannes. In Vienna, she 1949, with $11 to her name, she found response to a question regarding the differ- The Ukrainian community honored worked with Nureyev and Dame Fonteyn in work in factories in Philadelphia, first ence between the Ukrainian and American Mme. Pereyaslavec on her diamond the film production of “Swan Lake.” cleaning peaches and then packing ciga- students, noted: “Americans have good jubilee at an event organized by her for- bodies, but are less passionate. However, mer students and emceed by ballet dancer Ukrainian dancers raised in the U.S. suffer and teacher Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky, the same lack. It must be the comfortable which was held at the Ukrainian Institute Basilian Sisters present award life.” of America in New York in February In 1976, on the occasion of the 25th 1983. anniversary of her teaching career at the Funeral services for Mme. Pereyaslavec to Melanne Verveer in Washington ABT School, Dance News (December were held January 7 at St. Mary’s Christian issue) carried an article by Mme. Church in Woodside, N.Y. Internment was Pereyaslavec as well as tributes from the at St. Michael Catholic Cemetery in world’s leading ballet dancers (see sidebar). Jackson Heights, N.Y.

Tributes to a remarkable teacher Among the tributes paid in 1976 to Valentina Pereyaslavec from company directors and leading ballet dancers on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her teaching career at the American Ballet Theatre School in New York were the following:

“She is undoubtedly one of the greatest teachers today.” — Lucia Chase, former director, American Ballet Theatre School, New York

“...one of the most wonderful teachers in the western world...” — Brian Shaw

“The power Mme. Pereyaslavec exercises over the students: an intense, stoic discipline, rewarded by exploding into a vibrant sense of rhythm, creating an almost heroic exaltation. In other words putting you through extremes of repressing and expressing Sister Dorothy Ann Busowski (right), provincial superior of the Sisters of St. maximum effort (in the form of rhythm), giving you already a taste of the great Basil, with Melanne Verveer in the office of the first lady. stage dancing, in its utmost power and intensity. A remarkable woman, totally possessed by her love and devotion to dance.” WASHINGTON – The Sisters of St. distinguished careers have been influen- — Violette Verdy Basil the Great based in Fox Chase tial and instrumental in bringing hope to Manor, Pa., presented Melanne the future life of the Church, family and “Valentina Pereyaslavec is a great teacher. I was lucky to fall into her hands Starinshak Verveer, assistant to the presi- society. when I came from Russia where things were slightly disorganized. The disci- dent and chief of staff to the first lady, Ms. Verveer accompanied First Lady pline in her class helps to focus on one’s work. Her classes give fantastic the Basilian Humanitarian Award at a Hillary Rodham Clinton on her recent strength. My work with her helps me to maintain myself so well. private reception in December 1997 in visit to Ukraine, as well as on good will I brought Margot (Fonteyn) to her class. She was apprehensive. Nevertheless, the Office of the First Lady. missions around the world, including since the first lesson, she never misses the opportunity to take her class. Often, Ms. Verveer, who is the highest rank- Southeast Asia, Latin America, Central Margot makes a special stopover in New York on her way to Australia or ing Ukrainian American in the Clinton Europe, Bosnia and Africa. She also Panama in order to take Mme. Pereyaslavec’s class. Margot says that if you sur- Administration, was presented the award accompanied President Bill Clinton on vive Madame’s barre, you can survive anything. for her distinguished service in politics. his state visit to Ukraine in 1995. Although she is stern and demanding, after class she turns into the softest per- The Sisters of St. Basil established the From January 1993 to January 1997, son, like a mother. In class she is possessed by the muse, a priestess of dance. award to honor people in politics, busi- Ms. Verveer held the position of deputy Congratulations on your 25th anniversary and many more to come.” ness, religion, media, sports, education assistant to the president and deputy — Rudolf Nureyev and volunteer service who through their (Continued on page 13) No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 7 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Toronto committee Colleagues bid farewell to Khristina Lew plans concert, banquet PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Colleagues “Focus: Ukraine” project will be head- October 1992, July through September bid farewell on Friday, January 23, to quartered, on January 27. 1995 and mid-July through August Khristina Lew, assistant editor of The Ms. Lew, who holds a B.A. in 1997. for 34th UNA Convention Ukrainian Weekly, on her last day with English from the College of the Holy A farewell reception for Ms. Lew in PARSIPPANY, N.J. — For the first the UNA’s English-language publica- Cross in Worcester, Mass., and previ- The Ukrainian Weekly’s conference time in its 104-year history, the Ukrainian tion. Ms. Lew has resigned from The ously was employed by NKM room was attended by fellow staffers, National Association will hold its conven- Weekly’s editorial staff to take on the Associates as a public relations associ- as well as editors of the Svoboda tion in Canada. The 34th Regular position of director of public relations ate, joined The Weekly staff on Ukrainian-language daily newspaper Convention of the UNA will take place for “Focus: Ukraine,” a get-the-vote- November 26, 1990. Three months later and employees of the newspapers’ print May 15-19 in Toronto. out effort led by the Ukrainian she was named an assistant editor at the shop and administration. The local Convention Committee, which Congress Committee of America. paper. Ms. Lew was presented with framed is chaired by the Rev. Myron Stasiw, an The UCCA project is funded by the In the November of 1991, while on a copies of the first and last issues of The advisor of the UNA, met in Toronto on U.S. Agency for International three-week leave from The Weekly, Weekly that she had worked on during Sunday, December 28, 1997, to make fur- Development through the Eurasia Ms. Lew participated in the “Aktyv her seven years with the newspaper, as ther plans for the quadrennial convention. Foundation. The civic education pro- Voli” campaign in Ukraine’s eastern well as with a framed reproduction of Committee members examined the task gram will target Ukrainian youth oblasts, which was aimed at promoting the news story that first announced her before them and adopted a plan of action. through town-hall-style meetings with support for Ukrainian independence in appointment to The Weekly staff. Present at the meeting were chairpersons candidates, a weekly television pro- preparation for the December 1, 1991, Words of farewell were offered by of the Convention Committee’s subcom- gram, an interactive website, and public referendum. Roma Hadzewycz, editor-in-chief, and mittees: Wasyl Didiuk, press; Yaroslava service announcements to be broadcast Ms. Lew served three tours of duty Irene Jarosewich, a fellow staffer. A Zorych, concert; Anna Burij, banquet; and on radio and TV. at the Ukrainian National Association’s hearty (but very off-key) “Mnohaya Stephan Czolij, information. The minutes Ms. Lew left for Kyiv, where the Kyiv Press Bureau: August through Lita” was sung by all present. were recorded by Secretary Ivan Shlapak, and Treasurer Roman Benesh reported on financial matters. Wasyl Sharwan, longtime secretary of UNA Branch 407 and a former district chairman, was co-opted as a mem- ber of the Convention Committee. Also present at the meeting was UNA President Ulana M. Diachuk. The committee reviewed a proposal by the Vesnivka Choir, which will appear in a special concert organized as part of the con- vention program. The concert will take place on Sunday, May 17, at St. Patrick’s Church, located on Dundas and McCall streets in Toronto. The program will be highlighted by the first Toronto appearance of singer Alexis Kochan of Winnipeg. Tickets to the concert will be sold for $20 for adults and $10 for children up to age 12. The church’s capacity is 1,000 persons. Also discussed was attendance by UNA convention delegates at Sunday divine litur- gies in local Ukrainian churches. The Convention Committee is charged with soliciting advertisements for the con- vention book; this effort is being directed by Mr. Benesh. Also touched upon was the UNA con- vention banquet, scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 16, at the Toronto Hilton, where the convention deliberations will be taking place. Convention Committee members said they believe Ukrainian community mem- Volodymyr Kaploun bers will attend the convention banquet, as well as the special concert featuring Khristina Lew (center, holding flowers) with her colleagues at The Weekly (from left) Serhiy Polishchuk, Awilda Rolon, Vesnivka and Ms. Kochan. Irene Jarosewich and Roma Hadzewycz.

Organizing results for December During the month of December in 1997, branch secretaries and professional orga- Mission Statement nizers were very active, which yielded good organizing results. The UNA Home Office received 158 new membership applications for a total insurance coverage of The Ukrainian National Association exists: $2,544,200. I The top organizers among branch officers were: Michael Turko, Branch 63, nine I to promote the principles of fraternalism; members; Stefan Hawrysz, a UNA auditor and secretary of Branch 83, eight mem- to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and bers; and Vira Krywyj, Branch 174, and Miron Pilipiak, Branch 496, seven members I each. Even secretaries who had not exhibited any organizing activity throughout the I Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and year became active in December. to provide quality financial services and products The UNA’s professional organizers, who had worked constantly throughout the I year, enrolled 29 new members insured for $1,584,200 during the month of to its members. December. Sincere thanks go out to all organizers for their contributions to the growth of the As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National UNA. We believe that the December push to enroll new members will not die down, but will carry on into the new year. Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian community. UNA Home Office

The 34th Regular Convention of the Ukrainian National Association May 15-19, 1998, Toronto Hilton 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 No. 5

STUDENT REFLECTIONS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY I am 32 nationalities, and then some

Prosecuting war crimes: déjà vu by Kendra Mikula rid of. My Ukrainian heritage sometimes For many of us in the United States, recent events in Canada seem like a very bad goes beyond having a commonly mispro- case of déjà vu. When I think of multiculturalism, I nounced last name. It goes even deeper We are speaking, of course, about the Canadian government’s decision to pursue think of my sixth-grade teacher forcing us into who I am – it is a part of what I eat! prosecution of Nazi war crimes suspects via civil — rather than criminal — proceed- to make really tacky collages. Mine usual- Of course, who I am goes beyond that. ings. The rationale: The previous “made in Canada” approach of prosecuting suspects ly took the shape of a mangled maple leaf To enter into the world of cliches, I con- in such cases was not succeeding. So, to increase its “success rate” in the face of accu- with various pasted-on color pictures of sider myself to be a part of everything sations that it is “soft” on war criminals, Canada opted to change the rules — no matter Elvis Stojko, Corey Hart, David Suzuki and everyone I have ever met. I have that the cause of justice is not served. and Ray Hnatyshyn. I did, however, have friends of every nationality, creed, race, Does this remind anyone of the Office of Special Investigations, the Nazi-hunting fun with the glue stick and the manila tag sex, color, intellectual level and taste arm of the U.S. Justice Department? That agency was guilty of such zeal in its activity paper. Just the thought of manila tag (well, maybe not taste). My friends are that the cause of justice was subverted on more than one occasion. The most notorious paper perked me up and made me get my important to me, and I think this is partly example, of course, was the case of John Demjanjuk, in which the Justice Department pencil, glue and tiny squares of tissue because of the diverse cultural aspects was so set on getting a big-time war criminal that it ignored evidence which pointed to paper, ready to make little dots of these they expose me to, the diverse cultural another man as being “Ivan the Terrible” of Treblinka, and then purposely withheld tissue papers form a new-age, objet d’art. aspects that make them who they are. that information and other exculpatory evidence from the defense. Ultimately, Mr. My sixth-grade teacher also reinforced the These are the friends who can come to Demjanjuk was found not guilty by Israel’s Supreme Court and was allowed to return fact that these masterpieces had to be rep- a pot-luck dinner party at my house and to the United States, where a federal appeals court later ruled that OSI prosecutors had resentative of the multicultural society dig into every dish, from coleslaw and “acted with reckless disregard for the truth” and committed “fraud on the court.” that, as we were always told around this ravioli to cabbage rolls and samosas, To add to our sick feeling of “here we go again,” there is the fact that, not only time of the year, we are part of. without ever squishing up their faces at has the Canadian government chosen to follow the U.S. example in pursuing sus- I am a “multiculturalist” through and the thought of tasting something new. pected war criminals via civil cases, but it has hired a former director of the OSI, through, from this land to those tiny lands These are also the same friends who Neal Sher, as a special consultant to the Ministry of Justice. The appointment was my heritage and perogies are derived share the same post-grade-school experi- defended by Justice Minister Ann McLellan who said the new appointee is “one of from. Oddly enough, I am not sure what a ence of realizing at 2 a.m. that we do not the world’s leading experts in dealing with war criminals.” Oh sure, and given his multiculturalist is, looks like, or sounds know when in the national anthem the experience with the discredited OSI, he brings with him a wealth of knowledge on like. In fact, I am not even sure “multicul- lyric “true and painted love” appears. I how to use the justice system to win a case, i.e., how to lower the legal standards to turalist” is a word, but anyway... used to swear it was there. obtain the end result: denaturalization and deportation of war crimes suspects. We My life is relatively mundane and ritu- These are friends who can tell stories emphasize “suspects” because under the “American model” they are never proven to alistic. I could lie and say that my life as about unique dinner combinations at be war criminals — just liars, persons who misrepresented information on their a twenty-something-white-suburban- their great-grandmother’s house. Going applications for entry into the country. postmodernist-feminist-realist- to dinner there to enjoy little cabbage The Ukrainian Canadian Congress has announced that it will challenge the Aristotelian-female is tough. I mean, just Canadian government in court over its decision to denaturalize and deport suspects buns and borsch, only to find that their the thought of my daily schedule, at first rather than try them on war crimes charges. The UCC has called this decision “a gross- Icelandic neighbor has dropped by with glance, seems gruelling. ly unjust course of action by the government against its own citizens,” while reiterating Vienatarta for dessert. Every day, I wake up and find myself in its position that all war criminals should be brought to justice and tried in criminal pro- Ultimately, I believe multiculturalism a queen-size, posturepedic mattress, which ceedings using Canadian rules of evidence. is sharing the same experiences, and new can make life damn hard to want to enter On the other side of the issue are groups like the Canadian Jewish Congress. Two experiences under the guise of being cul- into on those mornings when Mom is run- of the organization’s leaders noted in a recent letter to the editor of The Globe and Mail turally distinct from one another. ning late. When Mom is running late, that the new approach is “the only way Canada might bring some justice for survivors Furthermore, I don’t think we need to be there are harsh consequences. Lunch will of the Nazi Holocaust.” told we reside in a multiculturalist soci- not be made for me. Granted, getting to They were responding to the newspaper’s January 14 editorial, which said the fol- ety. For me, it is an inherent part of every school and opening your nutritiously bal- lowing about Canada’s new tack on war criminals: “It’s an easy solution with an aspect of my life. I don’t think there is a anced lunch with the little “I love you” uneasy feel to it. Singling out certain individuals for a retrospective look at their immi- time, place, week, month, day, year, or notes placed with care in your enviro- gration documents, based on information that cannot prevail in a criminal court, has the grade when we should celebrate multicul- friendly lunchbag can be enjoyable at whiff of selective enforcement of our laws.” turalism. By simply going through our Such an approach — no matter how good its intentions — cannot be tolerated. times. These notes can also be an impedi- daily rituals we celebrate it each and ment when you are engaged in a every day. So today, let’s everyone stand lunchtime conversation with your col- up in your first-year psych class, second- leagues as to how ready you are to leave year honors English seminar, or third- Feb. the cozy nest that thwarts your ability to year biology of seed plants lab, and yell TurningTurning the pagespages back... back... live a struggling artist’s life. out: “I am a multiculturlist and damn There’s also the problem of deciding proud of it! Now pass the perogies!” 5 what vintage clothing I will wear to school so as not to look too middle-class, 1809 while also trying to avoid being lumped Hryhorii Hynylevych was born on February 5, 1809, in in with those who want everyone to UNA Insurance Sales Offices Yavoriv, Galicia. A clergyman in the consistory of the Greek- know they can afford those cute, three- Ukrainian National Association Catholic Church, he was in charge of schools in the Peremyshl to-four-letter-label jeans and shirts. Inc. After putting in a long day at school, Eparchy and was rector of the Peremyshl Greek-Catholic Theological Seminary. 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 In 1848 he was among the many priests led by Bishop Hryhorii Yakhymovych who attending the courses that will supposedly Parsippany, NJ 07054 signed the petition to the Austrian emperor requesting the introduction of the Ukrainian ensure me a job to perpetuate the lavish language in the schools and administration of Eastern Galicia, access to government posi- lifestyle that I am told by Mom and Dad I phone: (973) 292-9800 tions for Ukrainians, and genuine equality of the Greek and Roman Catholic clergy. have become accustomed to, I arrive at fax: (973) 292-0900 Hynylevych participated in the Supreme Ruthenian Council, the first modern Ukrainian home. Ahhh ... home. Yes, the place political organization, established in May 1848, and in early June led the Ukrainian dele- where I take off my shoes, pet the dog and Ukrainian National Association gation to the Slavic Congress in Prague. rush downstairs to catch the afternoon Inc. While it had been organized by the Czechs to promote Slavic solidarity, ironically it episode of “Laverne and Shirley,” waiting 1 Eva Road, Suite 402 there to be summoned to dinner. proved to be the forum for Polish-Ukrainian antagonisms to come out into the open. Since Etobicoke, Ontario, the spring revolts that had weakened Austrian authority that year, the Poles had been At about six o’clock, Mom calls down Canada M9C 4Z5 pressing for social liberalization and greater autonomy for themselves, all the while ignor- to me that dinner is ready. I arrive at the phone: (416) 626-1999 ing the issue of Ukrainian nationality. dinner table only to realize that my plate At the Slavic Congress, Hynylevych’s Ukrainian delegation put the issue of Ukrainian is filled with meager, white-suburban fax: (416) 626-3841 distinctiveness from Poles and Russians front and center, and almost succeeded in wrest- offerings. Or rather, my plate is filled with ing concessions from the former. perogies, a dollop of sour cream and Ukrainian National Association While the Prague congress was still in session (just before the Austrians decided to dis- kovbasa for my protein supplement. I Inc. rupt it by bombarding the Czech city), elections to the Galician Diet, a lower house in the have been raised in Winnipeg as a white, Benson Manor newly founded imperial Parliament, were conducted. middle-class, suburban kid, and this defi- 101 Washington Lane, Suite 126A Hynylevych was one of 25 Ukrainians who won seats in that campaign, one marred by nitely constitutes a big part of who I am. Jenkintown, PA 19046-4232 Polish rumor-mongering and threats designed to keep the Ukrainian peasantry away from Yet there is this “Ukrainian” in me that I phone: (215) 887-8823 the polls. can’t get rid of, and wouldn’t want to get fax: (215) 887-8825 Once elected, he championed the cause of dividing Galicia into two parts – Polish and Ukrainian – and secured the first government subsidy for a Ukrainian cultural institution, Kendra Mikula is on the editorial Ukrainian National Association the Ruska Besida Theater. board of The Manitoban, a student Inc. In 1852, the graduates of the Peremyshl seminary dedicated their first almanac to newspaper. Both great-grandmothers Hynylevych. He died in Peremyshl on November 30, 1871. arrived in Manitoba from Ukraine. This 5691 State Road, Parma, OH 44134 phone: (216) 888-4919 Sources: “Hynylevych, Hryhorii,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 2 (Toronto: University of article appeared in a recent issue of Toronto Press, 1988); Orest Subtelny, “Ukraine: A History” (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, The Manitoban in a section on multicul- fax: (216) 888-3450 1988). turalism. No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 9 NEWS AND VIEWS Faces and Places Self Reliance (Newark) reacts by Myron B. Kuropas to current needs of community by Joseph Trush emphasize the positive aspects of Ukrainian life in America and underscored the unique NEWARK, N.J. – The board of directors and important role played by Self Reliance Just in time: a volume about Galicia Division of the Self Reliance (Newark, N.J.) Federal With Sol Littman poised to pounce on (Newark, N.J.) Federal Credit Union in some “2,000 Galicia Division war crimi- Credit Union, in the spirit of the credit helping Ukrainians in America achieve nals,” as he has consistently told anyone union ideal of “people helping people” and “The American Dream.” who would listen, the publication of a histo- from the perspective of many years of expe- The intention of the credit union was to ry of the Division is just in time, a welcome rience, will continue to provide the inform younger generations of Ukrainians antidote to the Soviet-era lies being perpe- Ukrainian community with excellent finan- and new Ukrainian immigrants, who may trated by the Canadian director of the cial service. not be involved in Ukrainian community Simon Wiesenthal Center. The financial marketplace is constantly and professional organizations or are not Written by Michael O. Logush, “Galicia evolving: therefore, it is extremely com- aware of their existence, that the financial Division: The Waffen-SS 14th Grenadier petitive. Demographic data show that our services of the credit union may be equal to Division, 1943-1945,” is literally a 558- members are increasingly moving out of or better than the ones they may be using at page encyclopedia of the Division, from the traditional ethnic Ukrainian neighbor- other financial institutions. Most important- moment it was proposed to its transforma- hoods to suburban areas to improve their ly, we wished to emphasize the fact that the tion into the Ukrainian National Army. The quality of life. Consequently, we are faced resources of the credit union benefit not 120 pages of reference notes alone are with the question of how to meet the pre- only its members, but the Ukrainian com- worth the price of the book. sent and future financial needs of our munity as a whole. The book is not jut a collection of dry members and what we must do to contin- We would also like to take this opportu- facts. Mr. Logush weaves a fascinating ue to serve them effectively. These reali- nity to announce that Self Reliance story by including many human interest ties call for new approaches to meet our (Newark, N.J.) Federal Credit Union narratives of triumph and tragedy, love and stated goal. intends to open a branch office in the hate, in what is one of the more controver- The leadership of the Ukrainian With these realities in mind, the board of Ukrainian National Association’s corporate sial moments in Ukrainian history. Insurgent Army (UPA) also was initially directors of the Self Reliance (Newark, headquarters building in Parsippany, N.J., The Division was established in 1943, at skeptical of the Division, but then realized N.J.) Federal Credit Union took advantage in the spring in order to better serve current a time when it was apparent to most that the Division could be useful. The plan of the opportunity offered by CBS to pro- members who reside in Morris County. The Ukrainians that Germany would lose the was to have Ukrainian youth enlist, receive vide a national forum for presenting infor- credit union’s main office will remain at its war. At the time, Ukrainian leaders were first-rate military training, and then desert mation about the credit union’s role in the present location in Newark to continue to hopeful that a protracted struggle between into the ranks of the UPA. life of the Ukrainian community. The pro- serve those members who loyally and con- the USSR and Germany would weaken And the training was both first-rate and gram “Building America: Eye On sistently helped make Self Reliance both. Given their familiarity with Soviet extensive. There is no truth to the charge Business” was prepared by CBS and aired (Newark, N.J.) Federal Credit Union the perfidy, they believed that once the war that the Division was defeated at Brody at noon on Sunday, December 14, 1997, viable, sound financial institution to serve ended, the Western allies would sever their because it was ill-prepared, writes Mr. and featured the many financial and other all their and their families’ immediate and relations with Moscow, creating a power Logush. The Division was “exceptionally services provided by the credit union to its future financial needs. vacuum in Ukraine. Reflecting on the well-trained and armed, and equipped with members. events of 1918-1920 when Poland’s superi- the most modern arms, equipment and Unlike a previous CBS broadcast on Joseph Trush is chairman of the board of or military forces invaded and captured all material of that era.” At Brody they encoun- Ukrainians that painted a negative picture, the Self Reliance (Newark, N.J.) Federal of Galicia, they concluded that if Ukraine tered a far stronger Soviet front that “was this program allowed the credit union to Credit Union. was to assert itself in the future, it would not only superior in numerical strength but need a skilled and efficient military force. also massively reinforced with armor, The plan was to have Germany provide artillery, aircraft and a massive supply sys- both the training and the equipment for just tem.” such a force. An agreement was reached Allegations by Polish Communists that Hand in Hand Together helps with Germany that the Division would be the Division assisted the Germans in the employed exclusively to fight Communism, annihilation of the Warsaw uprising in people of Shchors, Ukraine would have its own chaplains and would August 1944, also are proven false by Mr. by Kay Netz tals and doctors are in desperate need of not be subjected to Nazi ideological indoc- Logush. medical supplies as they struggle to treat trination. The Germans refused to permit Were Ukrainians the only non-Germans MAPLE GROVE, Minn. – Ukraine is their patients. The cost for food and other the Division to call itself “Ukrainian,” how- who enlisted in the Waffen SS to fight struggling to build an independent nation basic items is about the same as in the ever. “Galicia” was the compromise. Bolshevism? In his book “The Waffen SS, and Hand in Hand Together was formed United States. However, compared to Soviet-era writers and their apostles in 1939-1945,” George H. Stein lists a number in response to the countless needs, both incomes, these prices are impossible to North America have consistently main- of units comprising Belgians, Dutch, material and spiritual, that were observed afford. Therefore, the food, clothing, tained that the Galicia Division was, as French, Danes, Norwegians, Finns, Swedes, on a visit to Ukraine in 1994. seeds and medical supplies are especially Valery Styrkul wrote in the Soviet Swiss, Latvians, Bosnians, Estonians, We look back and celebrate all the needed and welcomed. In fact, for many Ukrainian publication “SS Werewolves,” Croats, Serbs, Albanians, Hungarians, needs that were met for the Ukrainian Ukrainians, this aid is their lifeline to established to fight “Jews and Bolsheviks.” Romanians and Bulgarians. The element people in the past three years. However, survival in difficult circumstances. Is there any truth to this canard? “With that united all of them was their hatred of in the future, continuing to send the A committee of people in Shchors has regard to war crimes,” writes Mr. Logush, the Soviets. much-needed humanitarian aid will be a been organized by Nina Lazurenko. They “I want to make it absolutely clear that had I During my interview with Mr. Logush, struggle. do an enormous amount of work. When uncovered any crimes, or what may be per- he informed me that he has been a military Hand in Hand Together was able to the containers arrive, they work many ceived as such, I assure my readers that I history buff since childhood. He spent six send aid through a program of the U.S. hours a day to unpack and sort the con- would have inserted it without a moment’s and half years in the U.S. Army and is now government called “Operation Support tents of hundreds of boxes. Then they hesitation.” a major in the Reserves. It took him 10 Freedom” (OSF). Private volunteer orga- have the large task of distributing the aid It is significant that at the Nuremberg tri- years, on and off, to complete what is thus nizations like Hand in Hand Together to schools, hospitals, orphanages and als Soviet representatives could not produce far the definitive work on the Galicia gathered, packed and loaded all the needy residents. They visit people in credible evidence regarding alleged war Division. His book sells for $35 and is donated aid consisting primarily of food, Shchors and in many surrounding vil- crimes by the Galicia Division. available at Barnes and Noble book stores. clothing and medical supplies. OSF then lages. Families with many children are Mr. Logush writes that he plans to “pro- Is he currently writing the promised book paid for the shipping of the donated given assistance. Old people, widows, duce a work which will examine not only on “war crimes” allegations against the goods. However, OSF was canceled at orphans and invalids also are given spe- the allegations made against the Division, Division? Unfortunately, no. He has the end of 1996. cial attention. but what really lies behind the accusations; switched gears totally. He’s completing a It costs about $6,000 to send a 40-foot Whether a single box is sent to a how certain nations benefited (or continue book titled “Blood on the Tomahawk: The steel container that holds 20 tons of aid needy family or to a widow or to an to benefit) from ‘war crimes.’” Our com- Revolutionary War in New York’s with an approximate value of $100,000. orphanage, or whether an entire 20-ton munity needs to fervently encourage Mr. Wilderness, 1777.” Just before OSF closed, two containers container of aid is sent, we are extremely Logush in that endeavor. Although I’m sure his present project is a of aid were sent at the very end of 1996 grateful to all the people and groups who Mr. Logush makes clear that, contrary to worthy one, I am disappointed that he has by Hand in Hand Together. These con- have supported this worthwhile effort Soviet-era disinformation so enthusiastical- postponed his promise to write more about tainers arrived in Ukraine in March of and made it all possible. ly embraced by Mr. Littman, the the Division. In speaking with him, I sensed 1997. A total of nine containers of aid Therefore, the challenge before us is Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ini- that he needs encouragement to return to a have been sent over three years. to continue to keep the candle of hope tially was opposed to the establishment of task that is of critical significance to our This aid was a significant help to the and encouragement burning for the needy the Galicia Division. The OUN(B), was community. The sooner Mr. Logush com- people of Shchors, Ukraine. Many peo- people of Ukraine. Americans are especially vehement in that regard. With the pletes his monograph, the better. Our ene- ple are unemployed. Those who are blessed with great privilege and bounty. exception of Oleh Olzhych, who was later mies are still out there working day and working as teachers, doctors and nurses Hand in Hand Together is completely executed by the Nazis, most of the do not receive their salaries for months at dependent upon what God leads people OUN(M) leadership, however, supported a time. Pensioners receive their small the endeavor. In the end the OUN(B) adopt- Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: pensions many months late. The hospi- (Continued on page 13) ed a posture of neutrality. [email protected] 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 No. 5

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

that our Church would lead a fund-raising Autocephalous Church in Ukraine. Each of drive to purchase bells for the bell tower of these speakers was interrupted by applause Orthodox leaders St. Michael’s Monastery, which is presently and standing ovations. IMF bailout’s need our support being rebuilt in Kyiv. We strongly support This in itself is cause for great concern in effects on Ukraine Dear Editor: the move to have this monastery given to the Russian Orthodox Church. Moscow Dear Editor: the Kyiv Patriarchate. would want us back on the street, where we During the times of the former USSR, I On the local level, my parish in Parma had no voice. This is truly sad, but even The proposed IMF rescue package in remember hearing a sad (but true) joke that has donated over $15,000 for the remodel- sadder is the fact that some of our own response to Asia’s current corrective went like this: “What is the budget of the ing of a building recently turned over by the Ukrainian people are assisting this attempt. recession appears to benefit basically KGB for infiltrating and dividing the Kyiv City Administration to the seminary Support for the hierarchs and clergy, secure economies at cost to the truly Ukrainian community in the diaspora?” and academy of the Kyiv Patriarchate, as especially at this time, is very important for needy, like Ukraine. “Zero!” “Why?” “Because the Ukrainians well as $10,000 to provide scholarships and the stability of the Church, both in the Last summer, when the struggling don’t need outside help to destroy them- utility expenses for seminarians in Kyiv, U.S.A. and Ukraine. Let us not continue to new republic of Ukraine hastily passed selves.” Lutsk and Lviv. divide ourselves, but to give them our full an austere and politically unpopular bud- If this is not a true example, why do we Do these appear to be the actions of a support. get after pleas by its president to meet have two national bodies representing the Church whose hierarchs and clergy are Let us also remember that, in spite of all IMF conditions, the International Ukrainian community? Remember the 13th abandoning Ukraine? Of hierarchs and cler- our earthly concerns about the Church, Monetary Fund and the U.S. Congress Congress of the UCCA? Now our commu- gy who are working for a non-ethnic, non- Christ is the head of the Church. Only when continued to withhold funding. The nity faces similar problems, only this time it nationalistic Church? we put Him first and pray to Him for guid- rationale was that the austerity program involves the Church. Finally, let us again remember that the ance will the Church truly find peace and was insincere and that further measures Readers’ letters in The Weekly over the acceptance of the Ukrainian Orthodox unity. and additional budgetary changes needed past few weeks have expressed various per- Church of the U.S.A. under the spiritual to be made to prove the country’s com- The Rev. John R. Nakonachny sonal opinions on issues regarding the protection of the patriarch of mitment. Needed aid was delayed since Parma, Ohio Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. Constantinople was and continues to be a the nation’s economic and political value and its relationship to Kyiv and major defeat for Moscow. was reduced with the fall of the Soviet The writer is pastor of St. Vladimir’s Constantinople. In a recent letter to the edi- Just last month, an interview with Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. Union. tor Victor Babanskyj writes: “There is a Moscow’s Patriarch Aleksei II was printed Congress and the IMF will most likely definite movement by a large number of in the Word, the official publication of the go forward with an Asian bail-out, even clergy within the Ukrainian Orthodox Antiochian Orthodox Church of North though microeconomic adjustments Church of the U.S.A. to remove America (December 1997 issue). The fol- Kudos for content through domestic initiatives may be what ‘Ukrainian’ from the Ukrainian Orthodox lowing was reported: “The patriarch then is necessary for correction. Church.” He also writes that “there is a def- went on to explain the situations in the [sic] of January 4 issue American funding of IMF was origi- inite movement to create a non-ethnic and Ukraine and in Estonia saying, ‘Why did nally intended to help needy nations to non-nationalistic pan-American Orthodox Dear Editor: Constantinople accept the Ukrainian stabilize. Now it is being directed Church.” Autocephalous Church in the United States Every issue of The Weekly is informa- towards maintaining viable economies. This is absolutely absurd! I would not be without even consulting us? Now, we can- tive and interesting. However, my hat is off This in itself would not be bad. wasting my time answering such a ridicu- not enter into communion with the to the editorial staff for the January 4 issue. However, when new republics like lous comment were it not for concerned Ukrainians in the United States and there- The content was superb, and I hope it will Ukraine still need outside help to main- parishioners who have approached me fore we are not in communion with part of generate letters to the editor from our read- tain the struggle for democracy, the $20 about Mr. Babanskyj’s letter, prompting me the See of Constantinople.’ ” ers. The stories in this issue will impact to believe that there may be others who million request to Congress should be When will a few vocal individuals begin how our communities will evolve into the more logically prioritized. have such concerns and require a reply. to realize that the recognition of the 21st century – a topic that is worth dis- For almost 20 years I have been on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. cussing. Paul Thomas Rabchenuk Church’s highest administrative body – the by Constantinople was a tremendous blow Jerry Dutkewych has done a great job Marblehead, Mass. Metropolitan Council; I have been a mem- to Moscow? The writing is on the wall for with the Peace Corps in Ukraine. The front- ber of the Consistory and spiritual advisor Moscow, and they are afraid that this will page article points out the initial frustra- of the national executive board of the be the end of their domination in Ukraine. tions, but also the successes. This is crucial Ukrainian Orthodox League. Never ever Stop focusing Moscow’s fear is justified. At Archbishop grass-roots type work that will have an has there been any discussion about chang- Antony’s 25th anniversary celebration in eventual major impact in Ukraine. Having ing the name of our Church. This has not been to Ukraine with the military, I can on Oksana Baiul even been mentioned in private discussion. South Bound Brook on January 17, Dear Editor: Metropolitan Maximos of the Greek appreciate the challenges. At the same time, Undoubtedly, there may be a few clergy we have to keep in context historical facts. I especially enjoyed the “1997: Year who, privately, think differently, but this is Orthodox Church, Pittsburgh Diocese, pub- licly expressed his support for an It is not correct that “Ukraine was a former In Review” issue of The Weekly. most certainly not a “definite movement by U.S. enemy”; Russia and the USSR were However, I wish that The Weekly and all a large number of clergy.” Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine. the enemy. We are still not sure about Ukrainians would stop providing support By making such a statement Mr. Russia. Ukraine, having been an occupied and press coverage for Oksana Baiul. Babanskyj attempts to use scare tactics to The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has country, had no say in the matter. She repeatedly refers to herself as being frighten the faithful – especially the elderly finally found friends and supporters who The Ukrainian American Bar Russian. She does this on national televi- – who have concerns about our Church’s recognize and speak openly for acceptance Association has done a great deal for the sion and in the print media. relationship with Constantinople. of the canonical right of Ukrainians to have community. The organization has grown, I say to all Ukrainian media outlets: I challenge Mr. Babanskyj to provide their own Church with no ties or obliga- and the article by Bohdanna Pochoday do not give her the time of day! We have names of those clergy who want to remove tions to Moscow – people with whom we showed how our legal eagles are confronted plenty of good role models who are the name “Ukrainian” from the Church. Let are able to sit around the table and discuss with changes both in Ukraine and in the proud of their heritage. Let’s give them him back up his statement! If, as he states, our Church’s future. This certainly is a far U.S. One key point made was the fact that the coverage they deserve. Even the there are a “large number of clergy,” pro- cry from the 1960s and 1970s, when we “... Ukrainians in the diaspora no longer world class Russian skater Oksana viding these names should not be difficult stood around outside as spectators while have anti-communism to cement their ties.” Grishuk recently changed her first name for him. others discussed and decided our fate. Au contraire, communism is alive and well to “Pasha” so as not to be mistakenly For anyone who is truly concerned about I remember a visit by hierarchs of the in Ukraine. This is obvious from the mili- identified as Ms. Baiul. I wonder why? our Church being Ukrainian, it is an Russian Orthodox Church of the former tary side and, in my opinion, opposing Let’s stop trying to convince Ms. absolute fact that our Consistory in South USSR to Passaic, N.J., and New York City. The Ukrainian Orthodox clergy were not forces are now fighting for the soul of Baiul what is right. We should act as if Bound Brook, N.J., gives 100 percent sup- Ukraine – all based on the use of the allowed to participate in any of the Church she doesn’t exist. If she is so proud to be port for an Autocephalous Ukrainian Ukrainian language. The Communists are discussions on Ukraine. We stood outside, a Russian, then she should relocate to Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Last year currently using covert methods, but they held protest signs, carried a symbolic casket Russia and enjoy the quality of life there. alone, thousands of dollars were donated to may change tactics in the future. and served a memorial service for the vic- seminaries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Finally, you have to give Dr. Myron B. Chrystyna Wynnyk-Wilson tims of the Great Famine. Church – Kyiv Patriarchate in Kyiv, Lviv, Kuropas credit for not being intimidated by Austin, Texas In contrast, today the Ukrainian Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk. Our Church the comments made in the recent past. His Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. is an active recently covered the $10,000 cost of print- story about Canada’s poor decision to hire participant in all aspects of Orthodox ing the Book of Epistle Readings in Neal Sher to “hunt” Nazi war criminals is Church life. Our concerns are heard and Note from the editor: Ukrainian; 3,000 books will be distributed an excellent exposé. The OSI has been dis- noted. The best example of this occurred The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes to parishes of the Kyiv Patriarchate and the credited in the U.S., but its efforts continue. when Patriarch Bartholomew met with letters to the editor and commentaries Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox How interesting that no one is concerned Patriarch Aleksei last September in Odesa, on a variety of topics of concern to the Church. Patriarch Filaret’s blessing appears about crimes committed by Communists, Ukraine. Archbishop Antony and I flew to in the beginning of this book. especially during the Ukrainian holocaust – Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Constantinople and held a lengthy meeting At the meeting of the Metropolitan the Great Famine of 1932-1933. Perhaps Canadian communities. Opinions Council held in South Bound Brook on with Patriarch Bartholomew, during which some day people will learn to practice his- expressed by columnists, commenta- January 16, it was resolved that our Church we expressed our displeasure with his trip torical inclusion and will cease to practice tors and letter-writers are their own and supports the unification of the Ukrainian to Ukraine. Three weeks later Patriarch historical revisionism. We must remember do not necessarily reflect the opinions Orthodox Churches in Ukraine into one Bartholomew was making history by visit- the past for the sake of the children of either The Weekly editorial staff or Autocephalous Church, under the leader- ing our center in South Bound Brook, its publisher, the Ukrainian National Roman G. Golash ship of a patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine. where he listened to speaker after speaker Association. At that same meeting it was also decided call for a canonically recognized Schaumburg, Ill. No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 11 COMMENTARY: About remembering victims of the Holocaust by Steve Petylycky hell on earth. I was betrayed by a Pole. I dren. “grossly exaggerated.” The Galicia say Jews help the Nazis kill their own I fear what will happen because just Division was specifically cleared, as a I know all I need to know about the people. I witnessed bestial things, tens of about all that I ever hear about when it unit, of any complicity in war crimes. Do Holocaust. thousands turned into ash. I saw many comes to Ukraine and the second world not take my word for it. Read the I know that millions of Jews and oth- sinners but few, very few, saints. war are allegations made by groups like Deschenes Commission’s public report. ers were exterminated by the Nazis. We must include all of the survivors in the Canadian Jewish Congress, who flail Nevertheless, a War Crimes Unit was set I believe in bringing war criminals to our memory of the Holocaust, whether Ottawa for allegedly allowing Nazi war up by the Ministry of Justice. justice. I don’t know anyone who they were Ukrainians by birth, Jews by criminals into this country. Whom are For all their effort and expenditures doesn’t. faith, Poles by citizenship, or German they talking about? over 10 years, Ottawa’s men have not Philosophers and priests can deliberate resisters. When I lay near death in a pile Usually not about the many Germans been able to successfully prosecute a sin- whether it is better to forget, forgive, do of corpses before a crematorium’s door I gle alleged Nazi war criminal in a both, or neither. What they decide proba- who supported Hitler, or the Italian fas- did not care whether the body besides me Canadian criminal court. The evidence is bly doesn’t matter. Canadians will never cists, or Vichy French collaborators. The not there. forget. We are not allowed to. Scarcely a was that of a Romanian or a Russian. I organized German, Italian and French Could this mean that there actually are week goes by in which I can not read, or did not ask the nationality or faith or citi- constituencies of Canada are too influen- no Nazi war criminals in Canada? hear, or see references to the Holocaust zenship of my savior. I doubt he knew tial. Groups that aren’t influential include Perhaps, but such a finding would be in the newspapers I buy, on my radio, or who I was. We were in hell together. And those made up Canadians of Eastern inconvenient, even embarrassing. How, on TV. so he saved me from the flames. Later I European heritage – Latvians, Poles, then, to explain away the system’s “fail- I don’t object. I am a Holocaust sur- learned he was a Pole. I wish I could Lithuanians, Hungarians, Belarusians and ures”? Concoct a novel accusation. That vivor. My Auschwitz number is 154922. thank him. The only way I can is by others. was done. Even if I wanted to forget, the tattoo the insisting that we must remember that They came here after the war as dis- Senior members of Canada’s War Nazis engraved on my arm won’t let me. there were many victims of the Nazis, placed persons. Many had fought against Crimes Unit were allegedly “anti-Semitic,” That inked-in scar also empowers me. from all of the countries of occupied both the Nazis and the Soviets. They lost. which explains the lack of convictions. Those who were not in the Nazi death Europe. No European nation was without They were left with no one to defend Piled onto that canard were, predictably, camps do not have the same right to its Judases, no people without its blessed them or explain what they had suffered. all the usual allegations from the past, sup- speak about the Holocaust that I do. I martyrs. A powerful Soviet Union and its puppet posedly buttressed with “new evidence” (it welcome the scholars who try to memori- Today this is not being remembered. regimes throughout Eastern Europe wasn’t), followed by a postured outpouring alize what happened. Reliable accounts Ukraine suffered more losses than any mobilized enormous resources to defame of outrage, sometimes by persons styling of the mechanics of this great murder other European nation during World War these anti-Communist refugees – to say themselves as “second-generation have been written. But those who were II. Never forget, I’m told. Yet, rather nothing about the bevy of fellow trav- Holocaust survivors.” As a real survivor I not there can never understand the conveniently, this fact is being forgotten. ellers in the West for whom a nationalist find that self-description pitiful, conceited, essence of the Holocaust. Worse, to my Will what happened to me and to was the equivalent of a Nazi, for whom even a bit obscene. Yet, for reasons I can’t grief, I find that there are may posturers Ukraine under the Nazi jackboot be criticisms of communism constituted a fathom, all of these oft-repeated yet never at work who batten themselves on the remembered in the new Holocaust politically incorrect crime. proven allegations were somehow deemed carcasses of the dead millions, selectively gallery of the Canadian War Museum? I And so, just after the war’s end, the newsworthy. Contrary viewpoints, to say remembering what will be good for them, hope so, but I doubt it. I suspect Canadian Jewish Congress and its allies nothing of the facts, have been ignored. discarding the rest. That is why I have Ukrainians will be portrayed as victimiz- alleged that Nazi SS men, war criminals I’ve had enough. I was tortured by the taken up my pen today. ers, not victims. That is unfair and all (they specifically meant the Ukrainian Nazis when most of those who today I fought for Ukraine’s independence. I untrue. I know. I was there. A public Division “Galicia”) were sneaking into feign fits about alleged Nazi war crimi- was, and am, a Ukrainian nationalist. exhibit in the nation’s capital may well Canada. Official investigations dismissed nals in Canada were in diapers or in their That is why the Nazis threw me into a end up forgetting the other genocides of these unsubstantiated claims. Undeterred, this century, those millions of other vic- Jewish Canadian groups repeated essen- dads’ dreams. If the Canadian Jewish tims in China, Cambodia, Rwanda and tially these same charges in the mid- Congress or any other Jewish organiza- Steve Petylycky, a Holocaust survivor, Bosnia, as well a the many millions of 1980s. A Commission of Inquiry on War tion has evidence to prove that there are lives in British Columbia, where he is victims of the Holocaust who were not Criminals, headed by Mr. Justice Jules Nazi war criminals in Canada let them writing his memoirs, “Into Auschwitz Jews. I don’t want that. This exhibit Deschenes, was set up. produce it now, publicly, conclusively. For Ukraine.” The article above was should be inclusive, not exclusive, for the What the good judge found that the Let’s have the hard evidence instead of published also by The Toronto Star on sake of the victims – more importantly, supposed problem of alleged Nazi war the usual hot air. Is that too much for a December 29, 1997. for my children and my children’s chil- criminals hiding in Canada had been Holocaust survivor to ask?

Palchyk explained, the magazine is not Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs. Ambassador Administration, Yevhen Kushnariov, dis- Newsbriefs government-financed. He added, “We are Pifer said, “I had no hands-on experience of closed at a news briefing on January 14. He (Continued from page 2) proud that in such a short time we were the economic and commercial side, but I am further disclosed that the president had East-Central European presidents meet able to re-enlist nearly all of our foreign willing and able to learn, and have strong approved only three death sentences in subscribers and to raise the magazine to instructions from President Clinton” to pro- 1996. According to him, the sharp increase LEVOCA, Slovakia — The presidents of the necessary level.” (Respublika) mote American business in Ukraine. in the number of pardons is connected with 11 East-Central European Countries met (Eastern Economist) the moratorium that Ukraine has imposed here in eastern Slovakia on January 23-24 USAID supports public transport on the implementation of death sentences in Turkey protests boat’s sinking to discuss strengthening civil society in their KYIV — Representatives of the U.S. accordance with demands by the Council of countries. President Leonid Kuchma of Agency for International Development KYIV — Turkey on January 16 Europe. (Embassy of Ukraine) Ukraine told journalists after the summit and the mayors of Kirovohrad, Sumy, lodged an official protest with the Pustovoitenko visits Uzbekistan that his country hopes first to join the Zhytomyr and Mariupol signed agree- Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ukraine after European Union and then integrate into ments on January 19 on improving the a Turkish fishing boat sank and two sea- TASHKENT — Prime Minister Valerii other European structures. The presidents running of public transport services. men drowned during an incident the pre- Pustovoitenko of Ukraine was in the Uzbek declined to comment on developments in USAID invested $100,000 in the project vious day that involved a Ukrainian coast capital of Tashkent on January 16 to attend Slovakia, but many said they will pay close for each city with funds destined to be guard ship, DPA reported. Ukrainian bor- the second meeting of the Ukrainian-Uzbek attention to the country’s upcoming presi- spent on vital spare parts for trolleybuses. der guards said 17 Turkish boats were cooperation commission, Tashkent Radio dential elections. Poland’s Aleksander These cities will also contribute the same fishing in waters that Ukraine claims as reported. The commission signed five Kwasniewski said Warsaw supports sum. The project was begun in Ternopil, its territory. They say that one of those agreements on cooperation in science and Bratislava’s efforts to gain access to NATO and is now being implemented in Lviv, boats capsized only after it tried to ram a technology and improving communications and the EU, but added that Slovakia’s poli- Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi, Ukrainian coast guard vessel. Alp between the two governments. Mr. cies need to be “clear and predictable.” where repaired trolleybuses are already Karaosmanoglu, the Turkish ambassador Pustovoitenko also met with Uzbek Prime (RFE/RL Newsline) in use. (Eastern Economist) in Kyiv, said Turkey has the right to Minister Utkur Sultanov and reached a claim damages. (RFE/RL Newsline) “preliminary agreement” on Uzbek ship- Ukraina magazine marks 200th issue Pifer meets with Chamber of Commerce ments of up to 6 billion cubic meters of gas 20,000 become Ukrainian citizens KYIV — The magazine Ukraina pre- KYIV —The American Chamber of to Ukraine this year. They also discussed sented its 200th issue, dedicated to the Commerce held a meeting with the new WASHINGTON – Twenty thousand joint projects in passenger and cargo air- activity of the Verkhovna Rada, at a spe- U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Steven Pifer, people received Ukrainian citizenship and plane construction, and Ukrainian assistance cial celebratory evening held on January on January 21. Mr. Pifer arrived from more than 19,000 people applied to the in building new rail tracks in Uzbekistan. 22 in the Ukrainian capital. Editor-in- Washington on January 8. During the meet- president of Ukraine for Ukrainian citizen- (RFE/RL Newsline) Chief Yakym Palchyk said the magazine, ship in 1997, according to Yevhen ing Ambassador Pifer explained his views Kyiv denounces new ‘union treaty’ which is aimed at foreign readers, will on the current political and financial situa- Kushnariov, chief of the Presidential now be published in seven languages: tion in Ukraine. In turn, the ambassador Administration. Only 330 Ukrainians KYIV — Presidential administration English, German, French, Italian, received advice from businessmen on how reported adopting foreign citizenship in chief Yevgenii Kushnariov has described Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian. Ukraina to do business in Ukraine. Mr. Pifer had 1997. (Embassy of Ukraine) plans by Communist groups from former magazine was founded in 1970 and its served as a political officer for the U.S. Kuchma commuted 25 death sentences Soviet republics to sign a new union treaty circulation was 20,000. Beginning in Embassy in Moscow and as a deputy politi- in Kyiv on February 7 as a publicity stunt, 1990 it was published by the Druzhba cal counselor at the American Embassy in WASHINGTON – President Leonid Interfax reported on January 8. He noted (Friendship) and Ukraina societies. In the London. At the end of 1994, Mr. Pifer was Kuchma signed decrees last year commut- that no one can speak on behalf of countries years 1992-1996 the magazine temporari- detailed to the U.S. National Security ing 25 death sentences to 20-year prison except their duly constituted authorities. ly ceased publication. Today, Mr. Council staff as director for Russian, terms, the chief of the Presidential (RFE/RL Newsline) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 No. 5

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UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERS !!! and Ukraine’s, image abroad. In short, Through the political... from Mr. Kuchma’s perspective, Mr. (Continued from page 2) Lazarenko betrayed the trust he was Looking for a First Mortgage? dence supporting the thesis that shown – something that by all accounts internecine conflicts tend to be more President Kuchma does not easily for- give. Furthermore, Mr. Kuchma’s post Need to refinance? vicious than conflicts between so-called out-groups. And this confrontation tends facto displeasure with Mr. Lazarenko to corroborate such a belief. Three of the might perhaps be in equal measure attrib- Looking for - four protagonists hail from utable to a sense of anger with himself Dnipropetrovsk: President Kuchma, for having shared the former prime min- Prime Minister Pustovoitenko (a former ister’s optimism and not having been suf- mayor) and Mr. Lazarenko – who ficiently resolute to dismiss him sooner. Great Rates remains a Verkhovna Rada national Soon after his dismissal Mr. deputy, where he heads the Yednist fac- Lazarenko became head of the Yednist tion. He also has a powerful regional base faction and the force behind, and later the Low Fees as chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast leader of, the Hromada Party. Judging by Council. current performance, this party resurrect- Prompt Approval Long-standing personal differences ed last summer by the former head of between these erstwhile members of the United Energy Systems (UES), Yulia Dnipropetrovsk clan (always more a use- Tymoshenko, a protege of the former CALL 1 (800) 253-9862 ful analytical term than a description of prime minister’s, stands a good chance of reality) were exacerbated when Mr. making a considerable impression in the Lazarenko was head of government and parliamentary elections. Hromada’s pop- ulist platform, based on unambiguous Volodymyr Tsimura, Mr. Pustovoitenko, a man politically and personally devoted to President Kuchma, opposition towards the current govern- tenor, Laureate of Ukraine, was the minister of the Cabinet of ment – and by extension the PDP – is acclaimed in all national festivals Ministers, or chief government adminis- clearly aimed at the potentially decisive trator. Mr. Lazarenko’s predilection for a left-of-center, non-Communist electorate. and competitions, well known hypercentralized, micro-management To emphasize its opposition, Hromada in North America, and the ensemble approach to governing effectively froze created a shadow Cabinet led by Ms. “Lvivyany” are returning out the government bureaucracy and did Tymoshenko. The composition of the little for his relations with either Mr. shadow government, however, suggests with a new repertoire to the U.S. Pustovoitenko or the extremely ambitious that it should be regarded essentially as and Canada. Anyone interested and openly anti-Lazarenko PDP. Messrs. an innovative (for Ukrainian politics) and Pustovoitenko and Kushnariov are lead- hence potentially effective publicity stunt in having this excellent ensemble ing members of the PDP, which draws devoid of any genuine substance. One of perform at festivals, concerts, many of its members from the bureaucra- the shadow Cabinet’s better known mem- dances, weddings, etc., cy – hence its nickname, sometimes used bers, for example, is the Foreign Minister ironically, as the “Party of Power.” The Oleh Bilorus, Ukraine’s former ambas- please contact us at: PDP, the most obviously pro-presidential sador to Washington. tel.: (201) 798-0132 party, was absolutely central in prompt- Returning to Mr. Kravchuk’s imagery, ing a vacillating president to remove Mr. or by fax at (201) 798-9654. it is, not surprising, therefore that given Lazarenko from office last July, thus the intricate interaction of personality and making Mr. Pustovoitenko’s appointment party politics and the stakes involved, as head of government something of a some of the heaviest scatological projec- formality. tiles have been hurled, and will continue President Kuchma has displayed to fly along this sector of the campaign EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR increasing bitterness towards Mr. front until March and possibly right up to Lazarenko; for example, last month he the presidential elections in late 1999. UKRAINE said he regretted dismissing Mr. Shortly after assuming the premiership Lazarenko simply for health reasons last July, Mr. Pustovoitenko declared that The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF) is the largest foundation rather than for abuses of office. The pres- under his predecessor he came to realize ident gave Mr. Lazarenko an extremely operating in Ukraine. An autonomous member of the Soros Foundations that the Cabinet of Ministers had become broad latitude for discretion in the hope a coordinating center for trading in gas Network, founded and financed by George Soros, IRF provides over U.S. that he would turn the economy around. and other commodities. (One of the new $10 million annually in grants and operating funds for the promotion of open That confidence seemed well-founded at prime minister’s first moves was to society in Ukraine. Major areas of support include: educational reform, pub- the time. When appointing him, President restructure the gas market, thus removing Kuchma had, after all, praised Mr. lishing, economic development, culture, public affairs and civil society devel- UES from its monopoly position. Its Lazarenko’s administrative skills – skills opment. Other program areas are being explored. activities were extensively investigated tested and proven, moreover, on the pres- by numerous government agencies. ident’s home turf. Mr. Lazarenko in Hence Ms. Tymoshenko’s antipathy.) As Executive Director you will lead a large team of talented program staff every sense was “President Kuchma’s Almost simultaneously, Chief of Staff branch directors and administrative personnel. You will operate from the man” with an appropriately broad man- Kushnariov dismissed Hromada as a date to act more or less as he saw fit. head office in Kyiv and supervise the activities of six regional offices across party no decent politician would join. Mr. Lazarenko’s failure to deliver, This led to a threatened but so far unreal- Ukraine. You will report to the IRF Executive Board and work closely with however, damaged President Kuchma’s ized lawsuit from Mr. Lazarenko. Then, staff at the Open Society Institute (OSI) New York and Budapest. credibility at home, while his alleged on September 30, 1997, Prime Minister intrigues and extracurricular business Pustovoitenko claimed, without produc- activities detracted from the president’s Your qualifications will include: ing any evidence, that while in office his • dedication to the principles of open society and the goals of the IRF predecessor had kept a notebook, con- How to reach taining two columns, one for official and • proven managerial experience the other for personal things to do – with • fluency in Ukrainian and English only the latter fully taken care of. This • willingness to travel extensively accusation elicited another threat of a THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY lawsuit. MAIN OFFICE Salary and benefits will be highly competitive, based on qualifications and On October 3, 1997, Ukraina Moloda, (editorial, subscriptions a heavily pro-presidential newspaper run employment history. A two-page cover letter, outlining your interest in the and advertising departments): by President Kuchma’s former press sec- work of promoting open society and your qualifications to be Executive The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, retary, published a detailed exposé of the Director of this foundation, should accompany your CV. Applications should P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 business dealings of UES under Ms. be sent by post, fax or e-mail (MS Word readable) in Ukrainian or English phone: (973) 292-9800; fax: (973) 644-9510 Tymoshenko and alleged improprieties in the privatization process in (preferably both) by Monday, February 16 to the following address. All Dnipropetrovsk while Mr. Lazarenko was applications will be treated in strict confidence. KYIV PRESS BUREAU: prime minister. Mr. Lazarenko filed a The Ukrainian Weekly, 11 Horodetsky Street lawsuit against the newspaper which has IRF Search Committee — Apt. 33, Kyiv, Ukraine 252001, Ukraine so far been noteworthy only for its con- c/o McCormick phone/fax: (44) 229-1906 tinual postponement. Matters escalated somewhat in late Open Society Institute November and early December 1997. Octóber 6 u. 12, TORONTO PRESS BUREAU: President Kuchma stated that just before Budapest, 1051 HUNGARY Ukrainian National Association, The Ukrainian the March elections he would reveal the Fax: (36) (1) 327-3121 Weekly Press Bureau, 1 Eva Road — Suite 402, names of people who had illegally Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 4Z5, Canada deposited money abroad. The insinuation e-mail: [email protected] phone: (416) 626-1999; fax: (416) 626-3841 (Continued on page 15) No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 15

would at least be consistent with his Through the political... claim made late last year that after (Continued from page 14) January 14 the citizens of Ukraine will was clear enough. At about the same time find out a lot of interesting things.) the PDP called for charges to be filed At the press conference, he again against Mr. Lazarenko. refused to be drawn on whether he lists On December 6, 1997, acting President Kuchma among his opponents. Procurator General Lytvak appealed, But one of his Hromada colleagues, unsuccessfully, to the Verhkovna Rada to National Deputy Viktor Omelych, was strip Ms. Tymoshenko of her national less restrained, revealing that Hromada is deputy’s immunity for a currency-related prepared to initiate very soon, likely offense in 1995 – a rather incongruous through the Yednist faction, impeachment charge given the thoroughness of the gov- proceedings against President Kuchma. ernment’s investigations of UES. And on Moreover, not only has Hromada been December 23, 1997, the vice-chairman of calling for early presidential elections, but the Parliament’s Committee on Mr. Lazarenko reiterated that if Hromada Organized Crime and Corruption, does well in March, he would run for the Anatolii Yermak, announced that the presidency in 1999. Procurator General’s Office was about to To be sure, it is quite possible that bring criminal charges against Mr. instead of continuing along what has to Lazarenko. The following day, Deputy date been a path of uncontrolled escala- Procurator General Olha Kolinko tion, this antagonism, too, will find its announced that the Verhkovna Rada had own level of moderation. Indeed, it would been asked to strip Mr. Lazarenko of his be in the interests of both sides to try to immunity on the grounds that he had mis- extricate themselves from what could appropriated state funds to repair a gov- develop into something of a Prisoner’s ernment dacha at his disposal, and that Dilemma conundrum with the credibility several properties had been illegally pur- of all the parties involved increasingly at chased abroad by Cabinet officials during stake. his time in office. The alternative is that ever more seri- The final twist of the old year came at ous charges against Mr. Lazarenko might its very end when the secretary of the lead to questions concerning how such National Security and Defense Council, egregious violations of public trust had Volodymyr Horbulin, condemned a gone unnoticed at the time by both the report in a Russian newspaper alleging administration and numerous relevant that he had put together a strategy to dis- authorities and agencies (and the corol- credit both Hromada and Mr. Lazarenko. lary: whether the abuses would have In turn, Mr. Lazarenko has gone out of come to light at all had Mr. Lazarenko his way, not always convincingly so, to proven more successful in office.) As for criticize President Kuchma without actu- Mr. Lazarenko and Hromada, the threat to ally naming him. But by going after the trump the president, government and the PDP, the government and the administra- PDP by revealing whatever he might tion in a manner that makes Captain know can at best be of deterrent value Ahab’s monomaniacal pursuit of Moby only. Dick seem like a model search for com- To indulge in further escalation is to promise, the link to the president – and risk priming and ultimately disenchanting hence the real message – is clear. Thus, the public’s eagerness for such revela- for example, speaking at a January 10 tions – an outcome that neither Mr. Re: Mail delivery of The Weekly press conference, Mr. Lazarenko Lazarenko himself nor his ambitious It has come to our attention that The Ukrainian Weekly is often delivered late, or irregularly, promised to publish substantiated details campaign of pious populism can afford. or that our subscribers sometimes receive several issues at once. concerning the construction of a palatial But the omens are not good. At the end of We feel it is necessary to notify our subscribers that The Weekly is mailed out Friday mornings home 3,200 square meters in area and last week’s press conference, for exam- (before the Sunday date of issue) via second-class mail. worth $28 million (U.S.). Mr. Lazarenko ple, the maximalist Mr. Lazarenko If you are not receiving regular delivery of The Weekly, we urge you to file a complaint at your ventured that only one person could declared that Hromada is now going on local post office. This may be done by obtaining the U.S. Postal Service Consumer Card and fill- afford such a project. (If Mr. Lazarenko the offensive; everything prior to this was ing out the appropriate sections. proceeds with the publication, the step merely preparations.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF UNA BRANCH 238 will be held right after parastas for deceased members, at St. Andrew Orthodox Church hall at about 12:30 p.m. Please remind family and friends to come for a VERY IMPORTANT meeting. Election of the 1998 34th UNA Convention will be held. Larissa Dijak - President Juliana Lozynsky - Secretary

TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 222 As of February 1, 1998, the secretary’s duties of Branch 222 will be assumed by Mrs. Luba Mudri. We ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence regarding membership and insurance, as well as their membership premiums to the address listed below:

Mrs. Luba Mudri 2920 George Ave. Parma, OH 44134 (440) 885-4960

SENDTo order THE an WEEKLY air mail subscription TO UKRAINE to The Ukrainian Weekly for addressees in Ukraine, send $160 for subscription fee and postage costs to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 No. 5

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Metropolitan celebrates liturgy in Parma

PARMA, Ohio – On January 7, the clergy and over 600 faithful of St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral here observed Christmas with divine liturgy cele- brated by Metropolitan Constantine. This was the metropolitan’s first Christmas at his recently designated cathedral of the Central Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Assisting Metropolitan Constantine were five priests, one deacon and 20 altar boys. Responses were sung by both the Ukrainian and English choirs. Also in attendance at the service were five nuns from Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Elwood City, Pa. The two-hour liturgy was broadcast on radio throughout the Greater Cleveland area. Seen above is Metropolitan Constantine with clergy, nuns and altar servers.

St. Nicholas visits Hillside, N.J.

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION announces SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1998/99 According to the June 1988 eligibility requirements a) The scholarships will be awarded to FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS a) (studying towards their first bachelor’s degree) attending accredited colleges or a) universities, and to HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES who will be attending such a) institutions of higher learning in the filing calendar year. Graduate students are a) ineligible to apply. HlLLSIDE, N.J. – St. Nicholas visited Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic b) The candidate must have been an ACTIVE DUES-PAYING UNA MEMBER for at parish here on December 7, 1997. The children and parishioners presented a pro- b) least TWO YEARS by the end of March of the filing year. gram in honor of St. Nicholas. The bilingual program consisted of poems (Danylo Applicants will be judged on the basis of: and Mike Szpyhulsky, and Gregory Shatynski) and musical performances (Ted and 1. financial need Katie Shatynski, Robin and Donna Brumbaugh). The parish choir, led by Eugene 2. course of study Bratach, also performed. Michael and Olya Stashchyshyn dazzled the group by 3. scholastic record (minimum GPA 2.0) singing Ukrainian Christmas carols to the accompaniment of a bandura and a 4. involvement in Ukrainian community and student life kobza. The Altar Rosary Society sponsored a raffle. Roman Wernyj served as liai- DUE DATES for applications and documents: son with St. Nicholas. The Rev. John Stuchlak and the Rev. Leonid Malkov led the 4. Your completed, signed and dated application is due by group in prayer and extended warm Christmas greetings to all and their families. 4. March 31, 1998. 4. All required documents listed on the application form and 4. photograph are due by May 1, 1998. Dr. Eugene Sliwowski Retires

UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Dr. Eugene Sliwowski retired from medical practice at the end of SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE November 1997. Medical records for his patients were transferred to 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Cabrini East Village Family Medical Practice located at 97 East Parsippany, NJ 07054 Fourth Street, just two blocks from Dr. Sliwoski’s office. Please send me a scholarship application for the 1998/99 school year. Cabrini East Village has doctors who speak several Slavic lan- guages, including Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. They would be Name ______pleased to provide you the same personal attention and medical care you received from Dr. Sliwoski. Cabrini East Village is not a Address ______clinic. You will have one regular doctor who will see you by appoint- ment. The practice is open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to City ______State _____ Zip Code ______8:00 p.m. and Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please stop by or call to make an appointment. The phone number is (212) 979-3200. I am a member of Branch No. ______No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 17

Branch No. of Name and Address of Secretary Branch No. of Name and Address of Secretary No. Members No. Members 44 22 SHESKA, MARTIN 156 30 NOWAK, MICHAEL ANNOUNCEMENT 1857 TROXELL STREET 726 CAMBRIDGE ROAD ALLENTOWN, PA 18103 BROOKHAVEN, PA 19015-1720 regarding election of delegates 215-868-8483 610-872-2956 45 65 PRYSZLAK, NICHOLAS 157 18 MATYCZAK, WOLODYMYR in UNA Branches having less 202 CHURCH ROAD 11406 KLUTH DR. JANKINTOWN, PA 19046 MOKENA, IL 60448 than 75 voting members 215-379-2230 708-479-4768 718-782-0655 In accordance with the By-Laws of the UNA a 48 40 CAP, EUGENIA 548 SCHOOL LANE 158 69 REJNAROWYCH, MARIA Branch having less than 75 voting members, that SOUDERTON, PA 18964 155 NEWTON STREET 215-453-7220 BROOKLYN, NY 11222 is, members whose dues to that Branch include 718-782-0655 contributions to the Fraternal Fund of the UNA, 56 56 KOHUT JR., PETE S. 162 24 FEDORIJCZUK, DMYTRO 115 GLENN AVE. may unite with another Branch also having less 7614 FRONTENAC STREET ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OH 43950 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111 than 75 voting members, for the purpose of elect- 614-695-1812 215-725-0429 ing a mutual representative at the Convention. If, 57 70 SAWKIW, MICHAEL 165 39 PELEGHATY, MARY K. when combined, the aggregate of the two 18 BERKLEY AVE. 3318 STICKNEY AVE. Branches shall be no less than 75 voting members, COHOES, NY 12047 TOLEDO, OH 43608 518-237-4700 they shall have the right to elect one delegate. 419-726-4712 Branches wishing to unite for the purpose of 58 21 KOWALEWSKY, WALTER 166 7 MELNYK, OKSANA A. 1778 BIG ED'S RD. 10086 SONYA LANE electing a delegate and an alternate, should each BOONVILLE, NY 13309 CINCINNATI, OH 45241 adopt a formal resolution at their meeting and 315-942-5794 513-779-3788

after mutual agreement, should conduct an elec- 62 27 WASYLIW, BASIL 168 66 BABYN, JOHN tion. Unless otherwise agreed by the mutual con- 7638 ELMWOOD AVE. 350 LEON AVE. PHILADELPHIA, PA 19153 PERTH AMBOY, NJ 08861 sent of both Branches, the Branch having the 215-365-2854 908-442-4674 greater number of members shall be entitled to 66 37 LESHCHYSHYN, PETER 169 47 STEFURYN, GISELA elect the delegate and the Branch having the less- 3601 CULVER RD. 211 CARVERTON RD. er number of members, the alternate. ROCHESTER, NY 14622-1826 TRUCKSVILLE, PA 18708 716-342-3874 717-696-1572 Both Branches, which have agreed to unite for the purpose of election a delegate and an alternate, 67 48 STUBAN, FRANK F. 176 41 KUROPAS, STEFKO 8 COLONY ST. EXT 126 WILLIAMS DR. should immediately notify in writing, the Recording SEYMOUR, CT 06483 SCHAUMBURG, IL 60193 Department of the UNA Home Office, which will 203-888-9935 708-294-7858 send the proper credentials to each Branch. 92 2 HORBULYK, NICK 177 24 LABA, JOHN 174 N.E. 47TH AVE.,APT A 24 CAVALCADE BLVD. In order to facilitate mutual agreements PORTLAND,OR 97213-2010 WARWICK, RI 02889-1605 between Branches which have less than 75 voting 503-284-1526 401-737-2915

members, we have listed these Branches below, 98 6 DUDISH, OLGA 178 12 LAZOR, SARAH B. showing the totals of voting members and the 435 W. CENTRE STREET 2 PARTRIDGE LANE SHENANDOAH, PA 17976 E. KINGSTON, NH 03827 names and addresses of the Branch Secretaries, as 717-462-3956 603-642-5865 well as telephone numbers if available. 103 27 GLUBISZ, ANDREW 182 62 KLYMENKO, GREGORY 3125 S. 49TH STREET 9 CHESTNUT ST. MILWAUKEE, WI 53219 CLIFTON, NJ 07011 Branch No. of Name and Address of Secretary 414-784-5825 973-478-0831 No. Members 212-533-0919 106 46 PELYCH, MARIA 1 40 POLLYNIAK, GEORGE 6230 W. BYRON ST 184 53 BACHYNSKY, BARBARA 1001 N. SHAMOKIN ST CHICAGO, IL 60634 101 E. 16TH STREET SHAMOKIN, PA 17872 773-205-2174 NEW YORK, NY 10003 717-648-2657 212-533-0919 107 11 ROBINSON, LARYSA 6 38 CHALANYCH, MICHAEL 133 S. MODAFF RD, B-4 192 25 SENYSZYN, YAROSLAW 2 RANDOLPH ROAD NAPERVILLE, IL 60565 314 GRAY STREET WHITE PLAINS, NY 10607 708-717-1961 HERKIMER, NY 13350 914-949-0163 315-866-4402 116 69 SHILKEVICH, STEPHAN 9 43 SALAK, WALTER 109 GENESEE STREET 205 23 WYNNYK, OSTAP 860 DAVIS AVE. TRENTON, NJ 08611 28 RICHIE DR. POTTSVILLE, PA 17901 609-695-8867 YONKERS, NY 10705-2542 717-622-7132 914-423-1895 121 52 FATIUK, ESTHER 12 15 LUCHKAN, WOLODYMYR 7218 COLEMAN MILLS RD 209 26 PENDER, IRENE 54 FRITZ ROAD ROME, NY 13440 47 LAUREL ST. N. COLEBROOK, CT 06021 315-337-3647 CARTERET, NJ 07008 203-379-3718 908-541-1341 126 13 SHELIGA, JOHN T. 16 65 LUCHKIW, VASYL RD. 1, BOX 353 226 26 CEBRIJ, NATALYA 49 WINDMILL LANE EXPORT, PA 15632 8901 W. IDA PL. NEW CITY, NY 10956 412-468-5003 LITTLETON, CO 80123 914-634-9353 610-586-1379 303-904-9484 17 41 BYLEN, PETER 128 21 HORBOWYJ, WALTER 233 65 SILECKY, MYROSLAW WESTCHESTER PLACE 617 SOUTH AVE. 2215 WEST ERIE AVE. 1103 WESTMINSTER DRIVE HOLMES, PA 19043-1023 LORAIN, OH 44052 WESTCHESTER, IL 60154-5601 610-586-1379 216-244-4201 708-409-0994 235 27 MELNYK, JOHN 131 41 BODNAR, LEW 19 28 HOLIAT, ROMAN S. 175 W. ANDRUS RD. 1120 S. CANFIELD RD. 5604 FIELDSTON ROAD NORTHWOOD, OH 43619 PARK RIDGE, IL 60068 RIVERDALE, NY 104725071 419-666-4115 718-548-6434 847-825-4649 236 29 SECK, SUSAN K. 21 29 BARANYK, JOHN 133 64 LESKIW, JAROSLAW RD.#1 BOX 178 176 ZOA AVE. 1293 STATE RT.12 RIVERSIDE DRIVE JOHNSON CITY,NY 13790 FRENCHTOWN, NJ 08825 SAYRE, PA 18840 607-729-0361 908-996-3772 717-888-2634

26 19 PROWE, KATHERINE 134 33 LAZIRKO, IOURI 239 48 PRYSZLAK, ALEX 10 MARGARITA ST. 223 DAYTON AVE, APT 4 5127 N. 15TH ST. TOMS RIVER, NJ 08757 CLIFTON, NJ 07011 PHILADEPHIA, PA 19141 908-349-1673 973-546-8783 215-329-8988

28 9 DUB, OHLA 139 38 PYTEL, PETRO 241 18 BARDELL, JANET 7925 AIRLINE DR. PO BOX 535 544 WINTER ST. HOUSTON, TX 77037 TWIN LAKES, WI 53181 WOONSOCKET, RI 02895-1176 281-820-6132 414-877-3539 401-769-2775 717-429-0117 302-652-8104 142 17 GODFREY, RODNEY S. 31 24 STOCK, MICHAEL 247 36 SZEREMETA, LUBOMIRA 218 LOOMIS STREET 349 CHESTNUT ST. 120 CHERRY LANE ELIZABETH, NJ 07206 ST. CLAIR, PA 17970 NEW CASTLE, DE 19720 908-353-0737 717-429-0117 302-652-8104

32 61 JACIW, WOLODYMYR 143 12 MOSNER, LUBA 248 9 PASHESNIK, IRENE 911 N.FRANKLIN STREET, APT 414 320 LIBERTY BLVD. 76 GAP ROAD PHILADELPHIA, PA 19123 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 08865-3854 COATESVILLE, PA 19320 215-627-0862 908-859-1991 215-384-7285

38 34 GUZYLAK, EDWARD M. 154 11 YAREMKO, ANNA 253 38 HAWRYLCIW, PETER 177 WASHINGTON STREET 1035 66TH AVE. 23 KAREN DRIVE AUBURN, NY 13021 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19126 LUDLOW, MA 01056 315-252-4385 215-549-8529 413-589-0056 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 No. 5

Branch No. of Name and Address of Secretary Branch No. of Name and Address of Secretary Branch No. of Name and Address of Secretary No. Members No. Members No. Members 254 58 ROMANYSHYN, BASIL 343 45 SWERYDA, MARY 437 59 CHOMIAK, LIDIA 117 FAIWAY DRIVE 90 KARLAN DRIVE 32 WILLITE DR. NEW BRITAIN, CT 06053 ROCHESTER, NY 14617 ROCHESTER, NY 14621 203-229-7843 716-342-2089 716-342-5716

256 26 BEZKOROWAJNY, CYRIL M. 345 64 KARKOC, MICHAEL 438 23 SARGENT, KATHERINE 389 R.SWEEZY AVE. 1919 PIERCE ST. 2330 PARK AVE RIVERHEAD, NY 11901 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55418 EASTON, PA 18045-2811 516-727-3325 612-789-3756 215-252-3289 609-825-4784 261 49 DYKAN, JAREMA 440 42 KUCYJ, SOPHIA 2408 GARWOOD RD. 347 63 NAYDA, DOCIA 151 LA ROSE AVENUE, APT 901 ERIAL, NJ 08081-4902 572 HOGBIN RD. WESTON ONT 609-784-4612 MILLVILLE, NJ 08332 CANADA M9P1B-3 609-825-4784 416-763-4594 264 42 HRYSHCHYSHYN, BOHDAN 701 TRALEE DR. 350 29 BAKAJ, STEPHEN 456 22 LAWRYNIW, BOHDAN BETHEL PARK, PA 15102-1333 133 KNICKERBOCKER AVE. 705 BIRCH STREET S 412-833-2551 STAMFORD, CT 06907 TIMMINS, ON 203-359-1834 CANADA P4N 2B8 267 70 TOLOPKA, GLORIA 708-264-7487 293 W. 5TH STREET 352 48 NAZAREWYCZ, IRENA 2 CEDAR STREET DEER PARK, NY 11729 460 16 HRYCKIW, DARIA MARCUS HOOK, PA 19061 516-667-6483 213 BURLINGTON STREET 215-485-5233 LONDON, ON 268 34 SNYDER, JOHN P. CANADA N5Z 2W3 354 16 WIJTEK, MYRON 2267 KENNEDY ST. 519-686-6918 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19137 4423 S. 46TH STREET 215-533-3981 OMAHA, NE 68117-1507 402-731-7740 461 66 GROCH, MYRON 16 KEVIN DR. 274 26 SENEDIAK, HELEN 355 21 HASIAK, SEMEN FONTHILL, ONT 3137 KINGSTON LANE 530 KENTUCKY CANADA LOS-1E4 YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44511 ST. JOSEPH, MO 64504-1408 905-892-4336 216-792-5157 816-238-5237 716-671-8544 462 18 FARENECH, JOSEPH R. 356 33 PRODYWUS, OLEKSA 77 GRAHAM AVENUE SO. 285 66 SKIBICKYJ, ALEX 908 AVERY ROAD HAMILTON, ONT 619 HARD ROAD BELLEVUE, NE 68123-4001 CANADA L8K-2M2 WEBSTER, NY 14580 402-292-2551 416-544-3060 716-671-8544 362 35 PETRYK, FEDIR 466 29 KRUTYHOLOWA, PETER 286 38 BALUTIANSKI, PAULINE 1800 GRIEB AVENUE 21 ALICE STREET 11 MAC ARTHUR AVE. LEVITTOWN, PA 19055 BRANTFORD, ONT CRANFORD, NJ 07016 215-946-3962 CANADA N3R-1Y1 908-276-2477 519-756-5825 368 70 BERGMAN, MARY 288 42 HOYSAN, WALTER 5831 NE 6 CT 467 19 LALKA, TEODOR 1906 PANNSYLVANIA AVE MIAMI, FL 33137 118 SEMINOLE STREET BETHLEHEM, PA 18018 305-757-5900 JOHNSTOWN, PA 15904 610-866-1767 814-266-7666 369 26 KREPICZ, PAUL 290 16 CHOMA, MYCHAJLO 8618 REXTOWN RD. 471 32 DUBAS, BOHDANA 1420 ELMTREE STREET SLATINGTON, PA 18080 5145 PAISLEY STREET BALTIMORE, MD 21226 610-767-8681 ST. LEONARD 410-355-3968 CANADA HIS 1V1 372 67 LONYSZYN, SOPHIE 514-727-9456 291 52 NAPORA, VERA 66 CEDAR GROVE LANE, APT 45 3926 BROOKLIN AVE. SOMERSET, NJ 08873 474 8 MANYLO, ARIADNA DARIA CLEVELAND, OH 44109 908-356-2045 1A RICHVIEW RD.,APT 1202 216-749-7851 ETOBICIKE, ONT 374 43 HETMANSKY, WOLODYMYR CANADA M9A-4M5 293 65 FOROSTYNA, ROMAN 5037 TINGSLEY RD. 416-614-8364 4404 SIXTH AVENUE, APT 2A NORTH PORT, FL 34287 BROOKLIN, NY 11220 N/A 479 13 HRECHKA, JAROSLAW R. 718-438-1326 331 W GIRARD AVE 376 3 GWIAZDA, WANETA PHILADELPHIA, PA 19123 296 25 LOBUR, PETER 19991 COUNTY X LOT #11 215-763-5010 2601 CHESTNUT STREET CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI 54729 NEW KENSINGTON, PA 15068 715-723-9292 481 27 HONCHAR, ANGELA 412-337-8184 377 48 GAWALUCH, JOHN 36 SIGRID DR. CARNEGIE, PA 15106 303 41 LESCHUK, WASYL 2261 SWEDISH DR., APT #25 412-429-1536 5290 APPLEWOOD CLEARWATER, FL 34623-2609 315-724-3584 FLUSHING, MI 48433 813-791-4040 810-659-9407 378 13 PANCHESINE, KATHERINE 484 72 CHOLAWKA, PETRO 309 15 GOSKO, THEODOR P. 812 WASHINGTON AVE, BOX 445 709 JAMES STREET 17765 W. ITHACA ROAD WOODBINE, NJ 08270 UTICA, NY 13501 315-724-3584 BRANT, MI 48614 609-861-2239 313-585-3369 380 15 FICYK, WALTER 486 38 KIS, MYKOLA 312 8 SHERBY, NETTIE 327 EVERGREEN CT 476 MAPLE AVE 1446 FRANCES LANE APOPKA, FL 32712-3601 SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 PLAINFIELD, NJ 07062-2125 407-889-2567 415-588-3133 908-757-6157 610-262-9408 381 41 BOYD, BARBARA O. 487 25 DENYSIUK, MYKOLA 12922 S.W. DOUG DRIVE 87 W.WINFRED STREET 318 18 SAYUK, STEPHEN LAKE SUZY, FL 34266 ST.PAUL, MN 55107-1138 161 W 16TH STREET 941-627-1082 612-224-9896 NORTHAMPTON, PA 18067 610-262-9408 382 36 CRESINA, JULIA H. 488 33 SZWEZ, VICTOR 312 N. NICE ST. 5818 W.CIELO GRANDE DR. 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CANADA EDMONTON, ALTA BERWICK, PA 18603 905-547-4843 CANADA T5E-4G2 717-752-6882 417 27 CYBRIWSKY, ILKO 498 27 HEWRYK, LIDA 339 27 LUCIW, MICHAEL 3313 ELLIS WAY 11440-37A AVENUE 1009 MELROSE AVE LOUISVILLE, KY 40220 EDMONTON, AB T6J 0J5 MELROSE, PA 19027 502-458-6168 403-435-1533 215-635-5109 421 51 WEIMER, LINDA M. 500 13 PAWLUK, JOHN 340 36 MAKAR, EUGENE 907 HOPKINS CRESCENT 920 CANNEL RD., S.W. 1098 SUNNY SLOPE DR. REGINA, SASK CALGARY, ALTA MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 CANADA S4X 2N2 CANADA T2W-1T4 908-654-9568 306-545-0118 403-281-0280 No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1998 19 London conference to examine foreign investment in Ukraine

LONDON – A conference on invest- Tenders in Ukraine”; Edward Coviello, ing in Ukraine, “A Look into the Future” Price Waterhouse, Kyiv, “The Developing will be held on February 9-10 at the Current Tax Structure and Legislation: How Langham Hilton Hotel, 1 Portland Place Does it Affect a Foreign Investor?”; (at Regent Street) at 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Yaroslav Kinakh, the EBRD, Kyiv, “The The conference will open with an Strategy Behind the EBRD’s Activities in address by Ukraine’s Vice Prime Ukraine”; Dan Stratan, Merrill Lynch, Minister for Economic Reform Serhii London, “The Role of Investment Banks in Tyhypko speaking on the topic “The Channeling Funds into Productive New Scale of the Privatization Process Investments”; Peter Szopo, Austria- and Government Initiatives to Attract Creditanstalt, Austria, “An Overview of Foreign Investments,” and Ukraine’s Capital Markets in Ukraine: Opportunities Minister of Finance Ihor Mitukov on for Portfolio Investors and Investment in the “Achieving a Stable Economy by Regions”; and others. Restraining Inflation Growth.” The conference is organized by British Other speakers are: Anatoly IBC UK Conferences Ltd. and Bobrovitsky, Bank Ukraina, “Implementing Ukraine’s first independent English-lan- a Strong Monetary System in Order to guage news agency, IntelNews. For fur- Serve Economic Reform”; Dr. Alfred ther information call 44 (0) 171-453- Gooding, Britanica JV, Luhansk, “Investing 5491 in London, (410) 433-4941 in in Industrial Manufacturing”; Dr. Roland Baltimore, Md., and (380) 44-229-6485 Spitz, MC-BBL, Kyiv, “How Foreign in Kyiv. E-mail: [email protected] Investors Can Participate in Privatization or [email protected]

U.S. trade agency conference to focus on Black Sea region WASHINGTON – Secretary of these countries at the conference. Commerce William M. Daley announced “Competition from European and in an address to the Turkish Foreign Asian companies in the Caspian and Economic Relations Board (DEIK) that Blacks seas is fierce. By creating oppor- the U.S. Trade and Development tunities for U.S. companies to discuss Agency’s (TDA) “Crossroads of the prospective projects while they are still World” conference has been slated for in the development stages enables busi- May 27-29 in Istanbul, Turkey. ness leaders to evaluate what their oppor- The conference, sponsored by TDA in tunities in the region mean to the success cooperation with the U.S. departments of of their company,” said TDA Director J. Commerce, Energy and Transportation, Joseph Grandmaison. “Our most success- will provide opportunities for U.S. busi- ful U.S. corporate leaders understand that nesses to increase their participation in successful development projects in these developmental initiative in the region. markets translate into not only an Mr. Daley will speak to the important increase of U.S. exports and jobs, but contribution that can be made by also the mutual rewards of a successful American businesses as partners in the global economy.” region’s emerging economies, particular- TDA also will facilitate “one-on-one” ly in the oil and gas, mining and miner- meetings at the conference between key als, electric power and transportation sec- regional project sponsors and American tors, which will be the primary focus of business representatives. These presched- this upcoming conference. uled meetings allow American compa- Workshops at the three-day confer- nies to introduce their services and prod- ence will highlight more than 65 specif- ucts to key procurement officials, paving ic projects worth more than $60 billion the way for future exports. in long-term investments that are being The U.S. Trade and Development developed in 13 countries in the Black Agency, based in Rosslyn, Va., provides Sea, Central Asian and Caucasus American firms with market entry, expo- region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, sure and information through the funding Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, of feasibility studies, technical assistance Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and reverse trade missions. Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. For more information on the confer- Participants will be provided a com- ence, contact Dan Lamey at Management

plete report profiling opportunities in for Meetings, (202) 347-2725.

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Sunday, February 1 mentary hot and cold buffet, and a cash bar. Donations: $25 per couple; $15, sin- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian National gle; $10, students. For further information Museum, 721 N. Oakley Blvd., presents call (410) 276-1908. the exhibit “Ukrainian Contribution to American Life,” which will run from BALTIMORE: A romantic Valentine’s February 1 through February 28. For fur- Dance to benefit new Slavic immigrants – ther information contact Olha Mrochko Ukrainian, Slovak, Czech, Polish and oth- Kalymon, museum director, at (312) 421- ers – will be held at the Stodola, 1732 E. 8020. Lombard St., at 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Music will be by the Mandry orchestra from Lviv. Sunday, February 7 Everyone is welcome. Donation: $8. For NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific more information call (410) 342-7200. Society is holding a lecture by Dr. Hanna Sunday, February 15 Chumachenko, professor, Kherson Pedagogical University, who will speak on LAKE WORTH, Fla.: Holy Apostles the topic “Kherson Today.” The lecture Catholic Church, 4868 Hypoluxo Road, is will be held at the society’s building, 63 holding its annual picnic at 1-6 p.m. Apart Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. from ethnic food there will be perfor- mances by the Ukrainian Dancers of Sunday, February 8 Miami at 2 p.m. and at 3:30 p.m. Music CHICAGO: The Chicago District will be provided by Roman’s Continental Committee of the Ukrainian National Music. Admission: $4. For more informa- Association, the Ukrainian American tion call (561) 968-8500 or 686-5735. Justice Committee and the Encyclopedia Tuesday, February 17 of the Ukrainian Diaspora are sponsoring an afternoon with Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, WASHINGTON: The Kennan Institute author of “Ukrainian American Citadel: for Advanced Russian Studies is holding a The First Hundred Years of the discussion on “Elections in Ukraine: Will Self Reliance (NJ) Federal Credit Union Ukrainian National Association,” who They Make a Difference?” with Jack D. will speak on the topic “The Future of Segal, director of western Slavic affairs, The Ukrainian Community.” The event U.S. Department of State. The discussion Clifton - Passaic - Whippany - Elizabeth, NJ will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the will be held in the library (third floor) of Ukrainian Cultural Center, corner of the Woodrow Wilson Center, 1000 Chicago Avenue and Oakley Boulevard. Jefferson Drive SW, at noon. will be holding an Light snacks, wine and cheese will be served. Admission: $5. Monday, February 23 Saturday, February 14 EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of BALTIMORE: The Ukrainian American Alberta is holding a talk by Darusia ANNUAL MEETING of MEMBERS Youth Association (SUM-A) will hold its Antoniuk, University of Alberta, on traditional “Zapusty”/Valentine’s Dance at “Writing on Afghanistan: The War Stories its headquarters at 2301 Eastern Ave. The of Iurii Andrukhovych and Oleg on Sunday, February 22, 1998, 3:00 dance will begin at 8:30 p.m. and go on Ermakhov.” The presentation will be held until 12:30 a.m. Music will be by the at the CIUS Library, Athabasca Hall, at at the Ukrainian Center Mandry orchestra. There will be a compli- 3:30 p.m. 240 Hope Avenue, Passaic, NJ

Consider this program as a GRADUATION GIFT for your children or grandchildren. Travel with them and this will be an experience all of you will treasure forever. “Selfreliance” Association Annual Meeting will commence

immediately after credit union meeting. THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV-MOHYLA ACADEMY Board of Directors in conjunction with THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and SMOLOSKYP SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) Federal Credit Union has organized a six-week “total immersion” program in Kyiv, 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 which includes Ukrainian language, literature and culture. Tel. (973) 373-7839 • http://www.selfreliance.org • Fax (973) 373-8812 BUSINESS HOURS: Tue & Fri - 12:00 noon to 7:00 PM • Wed & Thurs - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM • Sat - 9:00 to 12:00 noon • Mon. - Closed Program participants will be divided into two age groups: 18-45, 46 and older.

PROGRAM INCLUDES: ACADEMIC COURSES in Ukrainian language, contemporary history and literature. All courses will be taught by instructors from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. AN INTRODUCTION to current cultural and political life in Ukraine. EXCURSIONS TO historical monuments, churches, palaces, museums and theaters. Celebrate the seventh anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. ACCOMMODATIONS INCLUDE room and board in Kyiv. Transportation services for all excursions in Ukraine. Transfers to/from airport in Kyiv.

$2,075.00 Air fare not included Courses from July 11 to August 25, 1998

Number of participants limited to 30. We urge you to apply early. Application deadline: May 1, 1998.

For further information or for applications, please contact: Oksana Trytjak, Special Projects Coordinator, UNA, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054; tel.: (973) 292-9800.