The Ukrainian Weekly 1995, No.30

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INSIDE: • The public perception of economic reform in Ukraine — page 2. • Urbana conference spotlights minorities and diaspora — page 10. • Ukrainian stars on Broadway — page 1 1. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIII No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995 $1.25/$2in Ukraine UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH V0L0DYMYR DIES OBITUARY: Former political prisonerRio t police and mourners clash by Khristina Lew Citing sources close to the Cabinet of was elected UOC patriarch in 1993 Kyyiv Press Bureau ministers, Respublika reported on July 19 that President Leonid Kuchma, who was in JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Patriarch KYYIV - Riot police and participants Belarus at the time of the patriarchal funer­ Volodymyr (Vasyl Romaniuk), a politi­ of the funeral procession bearing the al, was contacted there regarding permis­ cal prisoner persecuted for his religious body of the late Patriarch Volodymyr sion for burial of the primate's earthly Romaniuk, head of the Ukrainian beliefs during decades of Soviet repres­ remains at St. Sophia Cathedral. Orthodox Church - Kyyiv Patriarchate, sion who later went on to be elected pri­ Respublika reported that the president did violently clashed twice on July 18. mate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church not grant permission. One member of the Ukrainian National —Kyyiv Patriarchate, died in Kyyiv on Metropolitan Filaret told a press con­ Assembly - Ukrainian National Self- Friday, July 14. He was 69 years old. ference on July 19 that neither Baikiv Defense Organization, a paramilitary The patriarch's secretary, the Rev. Cemetery nor St Volodymyr Cathedral, group, was killed during a confrontation Borys, told Reuters that the cause of death the seat of the UOC - KP, are appropri­ with Berkut forces, a special detachment of was a heart attack, his third in recent years. ate places to bury the patriarch. government police, in front of the main gate Patriarch Volodymyr, (the name he "Religious are never buried at Baikiv to St. Sophia Cathedral. Five members of chose for himself when he was conse­ Cemetery, and St. Volodymyr Cathedral is the UNA-UNSO requiring medical atten­ crated a hierarch of the Church in 1990), situated above communication cables and tion remain detained by authorities. was a Ukrainian Orthodox priest and underground sidewalks. We asked for per­ Over 3,000 mourners in the peaceful member of the Ukrainian Helsinki mission to bury the patriarch at St. Sophia, funeral procession of Patriarch Group. He emigrated to Canada in 1988 and we were denied. I said that this is unac­ Volodymyr clashed with riot police, first and returned to Ukraine in 1990 to serve ceptable to our Church. By not allowing us at the intersection of Shevchenko the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox to bury Patriarch Volodymyr at St. Sophia, Boulevard and Volodymyr Street, and Church headed by the late Patriarch the government has indicated that it does later at St. Sophia Square. Mstyslav. He was consecrated bishop of not recognize the role of the Ukrainian At issue was the clergy and faithful's Uzhhorod and Vynohradiv. Orthodox Church - Kyyiv Patriarchate or wish to bury the remains of their patriarch In 1992, when the Ukrainian the role of the patriarch," Metropolitan at St. Sophia Cathedral, despite the deci­ Autocephalous Orthodox Church merged Filaret said. with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church sion by the Presidium of the Cabinet of headed by Metropolitan Filaret, he was Ministers that Patriarch Volodymyr be (Continued on page 4) consecrated archbishop of Lviv and interred at either Baikiv Cemetery, near the Sokal, and later became metropolitan of grave of the first president of Ukraine, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, or on the grounds Chernihiv and Sumy, and a member of of St. Volodymyr Cathedral. A makeshift Renowned writer the Church's Holy Sobor (Council). grave was dug in the sidewalk next to the Following the death in June 1993 of main gates of St. Sophia, and the patri­ Patriarch Mstyslav, Volodymyr was elect­ arch's body, despite the violence, was safe­ Honchar dead at 77 ed in October of that year as the first patri­ ly interred there at 10:30 p.m. by Khristina Lew arch of the newly created Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyyiv Patriarchate. On the morning of the funeral, the Kyyiv Press Bureau synod of the UOC - KP and a governmen­ "Patriarch Volodymyr's main goal was KYYIV - Renowned Ukrainian writer to free the Ukrainian Church from tal committee on burial, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shpek, were still Oles Honchar died in Kyyiv on July 14 after a long illness. He was 77. Funeral (Continued on page 3) Patriarch Volodymyr negotiating on a site for interment. services took place in the Ukrainian cap­ ital on July 17. Thousands of mourners attended the Ukrainian peacekeepers in Zepa used as human shieldswak e held in the auditorium of the Cabinet of Ministers building, where Ukraine's by Khristina Lew emphasized. "As of 7 a.m. on July 18, all keepers. Two Ukrainian peacekeepers were leadership - President Leonid Kuchma, Kyyiv Press Bureau communications with our contingent in taken hostage and the commander reported- Parliament Chairman Oleksander Moroz Zepa were severed." He confirmed that ly beaten. In addition to the Ukrainian and Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk - KYYIV - Ukrainian peacekeepers in for all practical purposes Zepa had fallen troops, the peacekeeping force in Gorazde stood behind the flower-strewn casket. the U.N.-designated "safe area" of Zepa that morning, but that Ukraine has no includes 320 British soldiers. are being used as a human shield by both Mr. Honchar's casket was escorted to plans to withdraw its troops from the for­ A meeting of the "Contact Group" - the Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian govern­ Kyyiv's Baikiv Cemetery by the mer Yugoslavia. the United States, France, Britain, ment troops, a Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ukrainian Honor Guard. The funeral The 79 Ukrainian peacekeepers in Germany and Russia - and representa­ Ministry official said on July 18. procession was met at the gravesite by Zepa abandoned seven of the nine obser­ tives of the United Nations and NATO Prime Minister Marchuk, Metropolitan In Goradze, the second of the two vation posts, Lt. Col. Gary Coward, a command is scheduled for July 21 in Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox remaining enclaves in eastern Bosnia, the United Nations spokesman, reported on London. On the agenda is the future of Church - Kyyiv Patriarchate, Kyyiv Ukrainian commander of 80 troops was July 18. One observation post remains the U.N. peacekeeping force in the for­ Mayor Leonid Kosakivsky, people's taken hostage by Bosnian government ringed by Bosnian Serb mines, leaving mer Yugoslavia and possible actions in deputies, writers and over 500 mourners. troops on July 17. Bosnian government only one in the hands of the Ukrainian the event that Bosnian Serbs capture For many, Oles Honchar was a sym­ forces threatened to kill the commander troops. According to Mr. Yelchenko, Gorazde. The foreign and defense minis­ bol of Ukrainian consciousness. His best if the peacekeepers did not hand over the some of the weapons had been captured ters of Ukraine, Canada, Italy, Spain and known work, the novel "Sobor" (The government's cache of weapons, said by the Bosnian Serbs. the Netherlands have been invited to par­ Cathedral, 1968), was officially censured Volodymyr Yelchenko, head of the min- ticipate. The New York Times reported on July and subsequently removed from circula­ istry's International Organizations 18 that Bosnian government troops in Ukraine has had peacekeeping troops tion. Department. Gorazde, fearing an attack, allegedly seized in the former Yugoslavia since July He was among the first in Ukrainian The situation in Zepa and Goradze at gunpoint all weapons, food, money and 1992. Twelve Ukrainians have been remains extremely tense, Mr. Yelchenko personal effects from the Ukrainian peace­ killed and more than 50 wounded. (Continued on page 3) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995 No. 30 ANALYSIS: The public perception of economic reform in Ukraine Kozyrev: "CIS is no worse than NATO" undertaking an excavation at the site of by Volodymyr Zviglyanich ments in a purely industrial enterprise that the now destroyed Cathedral of the functions according to technological ratio­ MOSCOW — In a series of public PART I Assumption. Fifty faithful along with the nality. speeches, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei monastery's archimandrite confronted It is common knowledge that during The privatization schemes recently Kozyrev emphasized the importance of the the diggers and asked them to halt their its first three years of independence proposed in Russia made no effort to CIS in Russian foreign policy, Segodnya work. When the archaeologists refused, Ukraine did not initiate real economic reduce hidden unemployment. On paper, reported on July 7. Speaking before a an argument ensued, which quickly dis­ reforms. Russia's policies were used as a they simply transformed state property meeting of Russian ambassadors to the integrated into fisticuffs. Militia halted basis for comparison, and there was into the property of "workers' collec­ CIS states, Mr. Kozyrev criticized both the fight, but not before several archaeol­ unanimous agreement that Moscow had tives." In reality, this property was given Western countries and Russian opposition ogists were injured. (Respublika) moved much further. to the administration of each enterprise, politicians for underestimating the poten­ For Ukraine, this situation had its and to the administrations controlling tial of the CIS. He called for an end to Deputies from Moscow and Ukraine battle advantages and disadvantages. On the resources and distribution. "discrimination" against the CIS by inter­ MOSCOW — Using their feet instead down side, there was a perpetuation of Real market reform in Russia would national organizations, asking why the of wagging their tongues, parliamentari­ Ukraine's dependence on Russia's out­ entail bankruptcies and massive layoffs, United Nations finances peacekeeping ans from Ukraine and Russia battled in a moded manufacturing sector and energy but since the "company town" paradigm operatons in Haiti but not similar opera­ soccer match held in Moscow, with the supplies. On the other hand, Ukraine's persists, true reform is unlikely. tions in the CIS. He said the CIS has Russians winning 2-1, reported the measured approach meant there was more Another principal reason for the fail­ accomplished more in its three years of Financial Times on July 11. The annual time to learn from mistakes others had ure of reform is the preservation of the existence than such long-standing regional match is held supposedly to improve made in their headlong rush back to the old nomenklatura. Virtually all leading organizations as the Organization of relations between the two countries, market. positions in economy, science and politi­ American States and the Organization of which have bickered repeatedly since the This report will focus on some of the cal institutions have remained in the African Unity. He also commented that the demise of the Soviet Union, mostly over stumbling blocks faced by economic same hands. The terms "nomenklatura CIS is "no worse than NATO," implying the division of the Black Sea Fleet in the reforms in Russia which Ukraine must privatization" or "nomenklatura democ­ that it deserves equal treatment in the inter­ Crimea. Moscow won last year's match avoid. It will also offer an analysis of the ratization," suggest the true nature of national arena. (OMRI Daily Digest) 3-1. (Financial Times) level of public support given to what is going on in Russia today. Kuchma assesses first year Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma's Real economic reform presupposes the Cholera epidemic continues economic program and the chances of the removal of the old ruling stratum and a KYYIV — President Leonid Kuchma MYKOLAYIV — The incidence of program's success. deployment of social and legal mecha­ admitted on July 8 in assessing his first cholera in southern Ukraine continues to nisms that would protect society from a year in office that little had been done to Reasons for Russia's economic failures grow. As of July 19 Mykolayiv officials neo-nomenklatura that could prove even fix the faltering economy. He did assert, reported 256 cases, 22 of which are From the times of Peter the Great to more harmful than the one it replaced. however, that his administration had deemed serious. Three people have died Piotr Stolypin, from the Leninist New Nobody wants to repeat the "Red Terror" overseen major political changes. Mr. in the latest outbreak and 206 have fully Economic Policy (NEP) to Brezhnevite of the Bolsheviks, or Stalin's purges of Kuchma said his major achievements recovered. In Kherson five people have Alexei Kosygin's reforms, from Mikhail 1937, and perhaps the nomenklatura will have been the signing of an accord to end been hospitalized. (Respublika) Gorbachev's perestroika to Yegor Gaidar's run Russia indefinitely. Favoritism, nepo­ wrangling between his government and "shock therapy," economic reforms in tism and corruption will be perpetuated. the Parliament, securing Western credits Ukraine, Belarus sign friendship pact Russia had a number of things in common. The system that is now evolving and defusing pro-Moscow sentiment in First, they were carried out from the leaves no room for market-based deci­ the Crimea. He also noted Ukraine's KYYIV — President Leonid Kuchma top down. Second, they always met sions. It can only simulate some elements accession to Nuclear Non-Proliferation of Ukraine returned on July 19 from a two- strong public resistance or indifference. of market economies, such as middle­ Treaty and his agreement to close the day official visit to Belarus where he met Third, all of these reforms could ulti­ men, auctions, vouchers/shares, etc. Chornobyl nuclear station by the year with President Alyaksander Lukashenka in mately be considered failures - none of Some Western economists, such as 2000. (Financial Times) Miensk. The bilateral talks were capped by the reformers could claim to have Anders Aslund of Sweden and Jeffrey the signing of an agreement on friendship, achieved even one of the goals they had Sachs of the U.S., have suggested that these Deputies move to expel Zviahilsky cooperation and good neighborly relations. proclaimed. are features of a full-fledged market econo­ (Respublika) KYYIV — The Parliament Ethics The most dramatic failure was the col­ my. They have failed to see that Russian Committee released a resolution on July 14 lapse of the economic program adopted conservatism, with its patriarchal traditions calling for the expulsion of Deputy by the USSR's Politburo in 1961. The and principles of "obshchina" (collective Yukhym Zviahilsky from the legislative program set out to build communism by ownership) for centuries have successfully Beer lovers body. Mr. Zviahilsky has been accused of 1980, working on the Marxist-Leninist withstood any attempts at Westernization or defrauding the government of $25 million premise that a socialist society could beat modernization based on rationality and in oil trade. The Procurator General's expand base its capitalist counterpart with higher per legal guarantees of individual freedoms. Office issued a warrant for the deputy's capita labor productivity. The Russian right - ultra nationalists JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The All- arrest on November 1994. Mr. Zviahilsky This case highlights another feature and hard-line communists - grasped this Ukrainian Party of Beer Lovers, left for Israel two days later, under pretense common to all attempts to reform Russia's much more quickly than the disunited with nary a burp, keeps working to of needing medical care. He has lived there economy: they all began as ideological democratic forces, winning the 1993 expand its base. The party has since and has, in fact, obtained Israeli citi­ campaigns that completely ignored what elections as a result. announced it will publish a newspa­ zenship. The Parliament thus far has not the public's reaction might be. Simulated market reforms brought to per to be called Beer Hall, the first voted on the resolution. (Respublika) The Gorbachev-Ryzhkov effort to build the fore dormant political forces that are such publication in Ukraine and the a market economy in 500 days was essen­ hostile to Westernization, modernization Archaeologists/demonstrators rumble Commonwealth of Independent tially the same as the intention to build market economics and democracy. States. A Ukrainian News (Detroit) communism in 19 years, only in a shorter KYYIV — A melee broke out on the release of July 16 explained that the time. Lessons for Ukraine grounds of the Kyyiv Monastery of the price of a six-month subscription The collapse of the official doctrine of Ukraine can expect similar results if it Caves (Pecherska Lavra) on July 13 after will be equal to 10 bottles of beer. communism in the Soviet Union and does not learn from the Russian example. demonstrators confronted archeologists Eastern Europe fostered the illusion that The country is now at the stage Russia the establishment of a market system, was soon after price liberalizations was and a democracy in Russia, was simply a introduced on January 5, 1992. matter of a few years of economic and Ukraine has stepped onto the path of THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 political transition, and some symbolic economic radicalism in much worse eco­ assistance from the West. nomic shape than Russia. Suffice it to An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Of course, this approach failed to take say that, according to official statistics on a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. into account several deep-seated factors economic performance, the country's Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. that have undermined all attempts to industrial output in 1994 was equal to Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. reform the Russian economy. production levels achieved in 1975 (at (ISSN - 0273-9348) One reason is that the socialist econo­ comparable prices).1 Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper my hid its unemployment. Another is Real national income dropped by 56 (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). that it worked according to the principle percent over the past four years - 24.5 of the "company town." percent in 1994 alone. Net industrial out­ The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: Under the "company town system," put in 1994 fell 28 percent; it dropped 25 (201)434-0237,-0807,-3036 (201)451-2200 workers are allegedly given all the social percent in 1993 and 15 percent in 1992. Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz benefits they need (ideally speaking), Nobody knows what happened to changes to: Associate editor: Marta Kolomayets such as housing, recreation, child care, 1994's 'balanced" budget. Nobody has medical care, food supplies, welfare ben­ The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor: Khristina Lew (Kyyiv) adequately explained the economic mira­ P.O. Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz efits, etc., from the enterprise that gives cle that allowed the government to claim the employment. 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Council. During his lifetime he was named Statue to recognize interned 'enemy aliens' Renowned writer... Socialist Work Hero, granted the Taras (Continued from page 1) Shevchenko Annual State Award for KINGSTON, Ontario - After a 10-year They were forced to work under Literature and given an honorary doctorate intellectual circles to renounce his mem­ campaign to secure redress from the gov­ appalling conditions, as described in a by the University of Alberta. bership in the Communist Party of ernment of Canada for the unjust intern­ letter written by prisoner No. 98, Nick At Baikiv Cemetery, where the late Ukraine, and in the fall of 1990 was fre­ ment of Ukrainian Canadians as "enemy Olinyk, to his wife, in 1915: "...the con­ writer was laid to rest in heavy rain, quently seen amid the hunger striking stu­ aliens" during Canada's first national ditions are very poor...we cannot go on Prime Minister Marchuk called him the dents at Kyyiv's Independence Square, internment operations of 1914-1920, a much longer...we are not getting enough "consciousness of the nation." bringing tea to his granddaughter, Lesia. major step forward will be taken on to eat. We are as hungry as dogs." "In his works, Oles Honchar raised the August 12 when the Ukrainian Canadian The statue, and an accompanying trilin­ In December 1991 Mr. Honchar was most important of human ideals and prin­ Civil Liberties Association, working in gual historical plaque, will be placed near invited to address the nation at the inau­ ciples, enriched our native language, cul­ cooperation with Parks Canada and the the site of the Castle Mountain camp. On guration of independent Ukraine's first ture and literature. At the same time, Oles Ukrainian communities of Banff and the same date, Parks Canada will also be president, Leonid Kravchuk. Honchar is a world-class figure. With his Calgary, will unveil the first statue recall­ unveiling three trilingual - English, French A veteran of World War II, Mr. 'Praporonostsi,' Tronka' and 'Sobor,' our ing this chapter in Canadian history. and Ukrainian - historical panels at the Honchar gained prominence with the publi­ Ukrainian literature made a significant Produced by Kingston-area sculptor Cave and Basin internment camp site as cation of the novel-trilogy "Praporonostsi" entry on the pages of the world's antholo­ John Boxtel, the statue, titled "Why?" well as including historical information (The Standard Bearers, 1947-1948). His gy of culture," said Mr. Marchuk. depicts a Ukrainian Canadian inmate of about these Ukrainian Canadian prisoners large body of literary work included the Writer and People's Deputy Ivan Drach the Castle Mountain concentration camp, in other interpretive exhibits in Banff novellas "Zemlya Hude" (The Earth referred to him as the "wings that protect­ located ir Banff National Park. Over 600 National Park. Drones, 1947) and "Bryhantyna" (The ed others" from the totalitarian regime. Ukrainian Canadians were imprisoned John B. Gregorovich, the UCCLA's Brigantine, 1973); the novels "Liudyna і "He was always a conscious Ukrainian. there and at the nearby Cave and Basin chairman, observed, "Finally, Canadians Zbroya" (Man and Arms, 1960) and Those who were perhaps more conscious internment camp from July 1915 to July will be able to learn about this relatively "Tronka" (The Sheep's Bell, 1963); short than he bowed to him. The Bolshevik 1917. unknown episode in Canadian history." story collections and three collections of lit­ regime had its hands full with Oles erary articles (1972, 1978 and 1980). His Honchar. Many unpleasant situations in works have been translated into over 40 Canterbury (1982), to mention but a few. difficult times did not occur, strictly languages. Former political... In 1977 he also wrote to Metropolitan because the regime did not want to antago­ Born on April 3, 1918, in Sukha, nize Honchar," Mr. Drach stated. (Continued from page 1) Mstyslav, stating: Poltava Oblast, Mr. Honchar left Kharkiv The Ukrainian government will honor Moscow's influence...Moscow wants to "Your Grace: First of all, I assure you of my devotion and humility. I declare that I University in 1941 to fight in the war, the late writer by erecting a monument control Ukrainians not by body, but by soul. later completing his studies in literature over his grave and placing a memorial He was an opponent of the spiritual slavery consider and have always considered myself a member of the Ukrainian at Dnipropetrovske University. plaque on the building where he lived in of Ukrainians," said the Rev. Borys. In 1959-1971 he headed the Writers' Kyyiv, 68 Khmelnytsky St. One of A promoter of unity between the Ortho­ Autocephalous Orthodox Church despite the fact that the Ukrainian Church, Union of Ukraine, and for 10 years served Kyyiv's streets will be renamed Oles dox Churches in Ukraine, including the as the head of the Ukrainian Peace Honchar Street. Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Moscow Orthodox as well as Catholic, is outlawed in Patriarchate headed by Metropolitan Ukraine.:" Volodymyr Sabodan and the Ukrainian Because of the Rev. Romaniuk's outspo­ Auto-cephalous Orthodox Church headed kenness on behalf of others, his case was by Pa-triarch Demetriy, in the last months taken up not only by Ukrainians, but by of his life, Patriarch Volodymyr had appeal­ other dissidents, such as the late Andrei ed to the former to break with Moscow. Sakharov, Yuri Orlov, Ludmilla Alexeyeva However, his calls fell on deaf ears. and Larissa Bogoraz. As the leader of 15 million.faithful In 1976, shortly before he was to go into Patriarch Volodymyr enjoyed the support of exile, the Rev. Romaniuk renounced his the Ukrainian government, especially dur­ Soviet citizenship and declared his desire to ing the presidency of Leonid Kravchuk, emigrate to the West, where he said he despite the fact that the Orthodox Churches could worship freely. While in exile, he of the world refused to recognize the continued to appeal to Western organiza­ Ukrainian Onhodox Church —Kyyiv tions as a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Patriarchate. (The Ukrainian Orthodox Group, which he joined in 1979. Church — Moscow Patriarchate is still the Together with a founding member of the digest Orthodox Church in Ukraine.) group, Oleksiy Tykhy, he wrote a docu­ ment titled "The Positions of Ukrainian The son of Ukrainian peasants, Vasyl Political Prisoners," which declared: Romaniuk was born on December 9, "Ukraine should become independent, 1925, in western Ukraine. For more than democratic, spiritually rich, materially 44 years of his life, he was persecuted secure with a high level of education, sci­ and harassed by Soviet authorities for his ence and culture, national in essence, con­ religious and national convictions. tent and form." Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk (at microphones) is flanked by Kyyiv Mayor He was first arrested in 1944 at the age After his release from exile, the Rev. Leonid Kosakivsky (right) and Yuriy Mushketyk of the Ukrainian Writers Union. of 19 for "nationalist and religious activi­ Romaniuk continued to be persecuted by ties," and was subsequently exiled to Soviet authorities. In April 1983 the Siberia for 10 years, along with his fami­ newspaper Visti z Ukrainy, intended for ly. His father died there and his brother Ukrainians abroad, published a recanta­ was shot while trying to escape. tion in which the Rev. Romaniuk appar­ In 1946 he was convicted of "anti-Soviet ently pledged to renounce his former agitation and propaganda" on testimony "hostile activity against the Soviet state." coerced from other prisoners. After his In an October 1987 statement, the release, Mr. Romaniuk began his theologi­ cleric explained: "Only on the basis of a cal training. He was ordained a deacon in statement that was forced out of me, in 1959 and five years later became a priest. which I had to deny that I wanted to As a priest, the Rev. Romaniuk fought leave the country in order to do pastoral against church corruption and state suppres­ work, was I allowed back among the sion of religion. As a result of his activities, ranks of Orthodox priests.." he was moved from parish to parish. While However, the recantation did not alle­ serving ir. a parish in Kosmach, his home viate the tribulations in the priest's life as was searched and books were confiscated. he and his family continued to be He also received several death threats. harassed. As a result of constant persecu­ After writing a letter in defense of politi­ tion, the Rev. Romaniuk's wife, Maria cal prisoner Valentyn Moroz in 1972, the Antoniuk, died in 1985. Rev. Romaniuk was once again arrested. His son, Taras, was expelled from the During his time in labor camp, the medical institute in Lviv and denied the Rev. Romaniuk, a Ukrainian nationalist opportunity to obtain a higher education. He and a devout Orthodox Christian, had successfully taken exams to enter addressed numerous appeals to Western Orthodox seminaries in Leningrad and organizations on behalf of other impris­ Moscow, but because of the Rev. Ukrainian honor guard carries the coffin during the funeral procession. oned believers —both Christian and Romaniuk's past, was not accepted. Jewish — and human rights activists. He In August of 1988, the Rev. Romaniuk frequently went on hunger strikes and and his son emigrated to Canada, settling Need a back issue? was punished for his recalcitrance. briefly in Winnipeg. The Rev. Romaniuk His appeals were addressed to the World returned to Ukraine in 1990, after Ukraine If you'd like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, Council of Churches (1975), Pope Paul VI declared sovereignty. send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: (1975, 1977), President Jimmy Carter Patriarch Volodymyr is survived by Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. 07302. (1978) and Robert Runcie, archbishop of his son, Taras. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995 No. 30 COMMUNITY PROFILE: L.A. stories, Ukrainian-style by Christopher Guly Rev. Hallick, whose church, built in 1989, is a neighbor of Ukrainian Americans live in Los Angeles County. Dodger Stadium. "People are just too afraid to travel at In L.A. that's a bit more than the Finnish community of LOS ANGELES - In early December 1994 American night in downtown L.A." some 1,000, but less than the Portuguese community of film producer Bohdan Soluk is found murdered in Los Instead, the Ukrainian Orthodox priest will opt for a 10 over 21,000. Angeles. a.m. liturgy. Still, if he's lucky, he might get 100 people in a More than half of Ukrainian American community The same month, Andrea Odezynska, a graduate of the church that can hold 250. members in Los Angeles earn more than the $36,000 American Film Institute, is out trying to sell a feature-length "People are scattered as far as 50 miles away," said the national average, yet their visibility is minimal script to Hollywood. The 32-year-old New York City-born Rev. Hallick, who has four grown children, "Few The Cyrillic signs that adorn many downtown Los filmmaker gets $500 from fellow Ukrainian and host of Ukrainians live in the downtown area any more." Angeles businesses and government offices, for instance, TV's "Jeopardy," Alex Trebek, but comes out dry with Anne Kokawa, a 43-year-old Japanese American are clearly intended for the 200,000-member Russian Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance. married to a Ukrainian American, sits on the executive community. Ms. Odezynska's story: "Amazonia Nervosa," a roman­ of the five-year-old pro-democracy group, the California Ukrainian emigrants to Los Angeles, said the Rev. tic love triangle involving a Ukrainian American female Association to Aid Ukraine Inc. (CAAU). She suggests Hallick, normally avoid interaction with their Ukrainian painter-turned-funeral parlor director, a male physician and that when Ukrainian events occur, they become "more American counterparts. "They seem to keep to them­ a male rock star from Ukraine. like car rallies - everyone has to drive considerable dis­ selves, I'm not sure why." Call them L.A. stories; Angelino nervosa, Ukrainian- tances to get anywhere in L.A." But not every Ukrainian American living in "la-la land" style. While Ukrainian Americans living in such tradi­ Most Ukrainian Americans live outside the city: in agrees that the culture is on the downswing. Bohdan Mala- tional urban centers as Chicago or Philadelphia enjoy a the San Fernando Valley, North Hollywood, Burbank, niak, 64, who recently retired as vice-president of academic sense of community, those who have chosen the New Santa Monica and the beaches, and as far away as affairs at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital, said that one group, the Age metropolis of Los Angeles as their home constantly Orange County and Riverside County. Yet the hub of Ukrainian National Choir Kobzar, keeps the tradition alive. defy the odds to preserve some sense of Ukrainian eth­ things Ukrainian is in the core of Los Angeles. The 40- The ensemble, which has been around Los Angeles in nicity. Drive-by shootings, break-ins and high unem­ year-old Ukrainian Culture Center, located on Melrose different incarnations since the mid-1940s, maintains an ployment are among the obstacles they face. Avenue, remains the focal point for the community's active profile in the area. For example, every Christmas the The demographics, too, are staggering: L.A.'s five-coun­ cultural life. During open houses the center will attract group presents a concert at the famous Dorothy Chandler try area encompasses 34,149 square miles, 88 cities and over 1,000 people. But those are special occasions. Pavilion, home to the annual Academy Awards presenta­ 14.5 million residents. "There's a lot less of an involvement," said Anne tions. Maria Oharenko, 43, who runs the Ukrainian communi­ Shalauta, 57, editor of the CAAU Chronicle, the group's Ms. Oharenko added that the Ukrainian Angelino com­ ty's information line, said that to preserve Ukrainian cul­ quarterly publication. "People normally choose to give munity offers visitors a taste of L.A.'s famous laid-back ture, one is almost forced to lead a double life in L.A. "You money rather than to attend events." manner. "When [former Ukrainian ambassador to the have to force yourself to be both Ukrainian and American." Zenon Zachariasewiecz, 62, president of the CAAU's United States] Oleh Bilorus visited L.A., we held a barbe­ In Los Angeles, things move fast. For instance, a car is a executive committee and a microwave engineer by profes­ cue for him and took him to Disneyland." necessity, not a luxury. sion, said that about one-third of his 200-member organiza­ Msgr. Peter Leskiw, 74, pastor of the Nativity of the "I see our community almost like a ghetto on wheels," tion are active. He added, "[The community] used to have a Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in jokes Ms. Oharenko, who moved to Los Angeles from credit union. That closed two years ago." Hollywood, said his parish roster of 250 is the product of an Chicago 13 years ago. "Everything is so spread out that L.A.'s famous year-round sunny weather historically increase, not a decrease in population over the past 13 years you have to create your own environment." has attracted Ukrainians. Although the first Ukrainian he has lived in L.A. "We have been able to raise $1 million Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but for L.A.'s Californian settlement was established near San to renovate the exterior of the church, build a new rectory Ukrainian community, which boasts 12 organizations, dis­ Francisco - it was called "Ukraina" by a Ukrainian and parish center, and expand our parking facilities." That's tances have made the will grow stronger for some, more Orthodox priest, the Rev. Ahapiy Honcharenko in 1876 not to mention the 14 adjacent rental units the church owns. apathetic for others. - most Ukrainians chose L.A. as their home. Although Msgr. Leskiw admitted that the church has The Rev. Stephen Hallick, 75, pastor of St. Andrew's They first settled there in 1900. By 1938, there were 100 had to install security fencing and elaborate alarm sys­ Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Church in downtown Ukrainian families. Numbers increased over the decades - tems, he, for one, would not leave southern California. Los Angeles, remembers looking forward to celebrating largely the result of job opportunities in the aerospace and The Rev. Hallick, however, would. "It's a terrible sit­ midnight Christmas liturgy according to the Julian calendar. other high-tech industries. But the population never swelled. uation here. Robberies, violence, jobs are scarce... it's That was in 1973, when he arrived in the second largest In the 1990 census, 56,211 Ukrainians called California not just in Los Angeles, but everywhere in the area. I American city from the Pittsburgh area. home. It is considered the fourth-largest Ukrainian can't wait to move out of here." But 1995 is different. "I could still celebrate mass, but American community in the United States behind And yet, Ukrainian life in L.A. continues against all maybe one or two people might show up," explained the Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Close to 17,000 odds.

The Berkut began beating members of the procession Chaos erupted. Tear gas was sprayed on the mourners, Riot police and mourners... and the lid of the patriarch's casket, which was carried sep­ who fell over each other in an attempt to escape the (Continued from page 1) arately from the coffin, with their clubs. Members of the Berkut's clubs. Rocks began flying. The Berkut forces beat Government statistics cite 27 percent of all Ukrainian UNA-UNSO lifted a barricade and threw it at the police back women and children from the grave of the patriarch. Orthodox faithful as belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox detachment. The police returned fire with tear gas. The Bishop Paisiy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Church - Kyyiv Patriarchate. The UOC - KP cites slightly Berkut beat back the procession three times before allow­ U.S.A was injured, as were other members of the clergy. higher figures: 30 percent. ing it to pass through. Deputies Chornovil, Vitovych and Porovsky were beaten. Metropolitan Filaret said he finally agreed to the tempo­ The procession continued peacefully up Volodymyr The Berkut destroyed journalists' camera equipment, rary burial of Patriarch Volodymyr at Baikiv Cemetery Street, arriving at the locked gates of St. Sophia Cathedral shredded church banners, kicked apart floral wreaths. A until the Cabinet of Ministers reaches a decision about final at 3 p.m. People's Deputy Ihor Yukhnovsky left the pro­ Berkut officer continued to beat one man who fell uncon­ interment at a more suitable location. cession to negotiate with Deputy Prime Minister Shpek for scious on the sidewalk. Another man managed to escape, Metropolitan Filaret claims, however, that when he permission to intern Patriarch Volodymyr in St. Sophia. dragging a Ukrainian flag, spattered with blood, behind announced to the faithful during the funeral service at St. The procession, which included People's Deputies him. The confrontation lasted 15 minutes. Volodymyr Cathedral that the patriarch would be buried at Vyacheslav Chornovil, Stepan Khmara, Volodymyr The most seriously injured were members of the UNA- Baikiv Cemetery, the faithful insisted on taking the remains Muliava and Mykola Porovsky, as well as Ivan Drach of the UNSO. Thirty of them were arrested by the militia, who of the patriarch to St. Sophia. At that time the entire synod Ukraina Society, waited before the gates of the cathedral for moved them via bus to inside the St. Sophia compound. signed a letter to the Cabinet of Ministers requesting per­ word from the Cabinet of Ministers. Berkut forces hidden The Berkut forced the mourners to the far edges of the mission to bury Patriarch Volodymyr at St. Sophia. St. behind the gate periodically released tear gas into the crowd. square and blocked off all access to the patriarch's grave. Sophia Cathedral is a historic landmark and falls under the At 4:30 p.m. People's Deputy Oleh Vitovych and UNA- Mourners and people's deputies waited for a response from jurisdiction of the government of Ukraine. UNSO leader Dmytro Korchynsky brought shovels and the Cabinet of Ministers. Many deputies denounced the vio­ Deputy Prime Minister Shpek told a press conference on began digging a grave in the sidewalk to the right of the St. lence as a provocation by the government. July 19 that he received a letter from the synod at 2:15 p.m. Sophia complex's main gates. People's Deputies "Marchuk and Tabachnyk pledge their allegiance to the on July 18 stating their intention to bury the patriarch on Volodymyr Yavorivsky, Pavlo Movchan, Yevhen Lupakov Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate," said the territory of St. Sophia Cathedral. He said that, had the and Volodymyr Kulynych took turns digging. Oles Shevchenko, a former people's deputy and head of Church informed the police of their intention, the police People's Deputy Leonid Kravchuk, who took part in the the Ukrainian Orthodox Brotherhood. would not have confronted the procession, but rather funeral procession, did not take a turn in digging the grave, Several people's deputies and clergy were allowed to escorted them. despite calls from the procession for him to participate. finish covering the grave, which they did, using pieces When the funeral procession bearing the open casket of During the excavation, People's Deputies Serhiy of a chair and their bare hands. Patriarch Volodymyr, which was escorted by the UNA- Holovaty and Levko Lukianenko took off for the Cabinet At 10 p.m. Deputy Prime Minister Shpek and Deputy UNSO, descended Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in a light of Ministers to further negotiate. Prime Minister Ivan Kuras appeared at St. Sophia Square. drizzle at 2 p.m., they were met at the intersection of the By 6:15 p.m. a six-foot-deep grave had been dug. The At 10:30 p.m. People's Deputy Vasyl Chervoniy road leading to St. Sophia Cathedral by riot police. crowd began murmuring that the patriarch would be buried announced that the mourners would be allowed to pay Volodymyr Street was completely blocked off by at 7 p.m. Metropolitan Filaret said he wanted to wait for their respects to Patriarch Volodymyr and participate in a Berkut forces and barricades. The bishops at the head of word from the Cabinet of Ministers, but that by Orthodox funeral service. The Berkut retreated. tradition the body of the patriarch must be buried by sunset. the funeral procession asked for permission to move the Interior Ministry explanation barricades. They were ignored. The bishops then pro­ At 6:55 p.m. two long colonnades of police began ceeded to move the barricades themselves. approaching the main gates of the cathedral from the far The day after the funeral Maj. Gen. Valeriy The Berkut forces, carrying shields and wearing hel­ end of St. Sophia Square. At 7 p.m. the body of Patriarch Budnikov, deputy chief of the Kyyiv Administration of mets, pushed the clergy back with their shields. Members Volodymyr was interred in the makeshift grave in the pres­ the Interior Ministry, said it was he who gave the com­ of the UNA-UNSO, who were walking beside the casket ence of 1,000 mourners. Clergy had begun covering the mand to "press back" the mourners. of the patriarch in the middle of the procession, caught up grave when the main gates of the cathedral burst open and Lt. Gen. Mykola Piddubny, chief of the ministry's Kyyiv to the clergy, and full-scale violence erupted. Berkut troops, in riot gear, began attacking the mourners. 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Bureau ofahe Ukrainian National Association. Ms. Lew arrived in the Ukrainian capital on July 6. She has been assigned to Kyyiv for three months to replace Marta Kolomayets, The Weekly's asso­ ciate editor, who has just completed her fourth tour of duty in Ukraine. Ms. Kolomayets returned to The Weekly's editorial offices in Jersey City on July 17. She had been sta­ tioned in Kyyiv since mid-June 1994. Ms. Lew joined The Weekly's edi­ torial staff in November of 1990 and has been an assistant editor at the newspaper since February 1991. She served as The Weekly's Kyyiv corre­ spondent in the fall of 1992/ Participants of seminar for UNA secretaries held at Soyuzivka. Prior to that she had participated in by Martha Lysko basic segments and was taught by UNA the "Aktyv Voli" campaign in UNA Secretary President Ulana Diachuk, Secretary Ukraine's eastern oblasts, which was Martha Lysko and Treasurer Alexander Khristina Lew aimed at promoting support for KERHONKSON, N.Y. - On June 7-11 Blahitka. Each segment of the course Ukraine's independence referendum of the Ukrainian National Association offered a was designed to acquaint the group with JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Khristina December 1, 1991. three-day seminar to its new secretaries. The one aspect of this fraternal organization. Lew, assistant editor of The Ukrainian The Ukrainian National Association's 16 participants arrived at Soyuzivka from as Mrs. Diachuk concentrated on the Weekly, has begun her second stint as Kyyiv Press Bureau has been function­ far as Saskatchewan, Montreal and Chicago, UNA's organizational structure, its by­ correspondent at the Kyyiv Press ing since January of 1990. others from as close as Connecticut. laws, fraternal activities, and the need for The program was divided into three a professional sales force. The basics of insurance, understanding the UNA rate book and premium structures, selling and prospecting were some of the Young UNA'ers topics covered in depth by Ms. Lysko. Mr. Blahitka presented an overview of the financial position of the UNA, dis­ cussed billing and monthly assessment, insurance and savings, and payments made to beneficiaries, members and secretaries. During the sessions every opportunity was given to new secretaries to ask ques­ tions and to explore all aspects of their new duties, from balancing the monthly assessment lists and bills to completing an insurance application or learning the basic sales approach to selling UNA products. The new secretaries sold each other policies, acted as sales agents, practiced completing applications and preparing assessment lists. They also had an oppor­ tunity to watch training videos. For three days they were completely involved in Natalie A. Carthy, daughter of Mark the world of UNA sales and service. and Vera Trojan-Carthy, is a new At the end of the course most agreed member of UNA Branch 67 in Ansonia, that, although three days is not enough, Conn. She was insured by her grand­ Jennifer Michelle Scuderi, daughter of Alex Czujko, son of Roman and Nancy they were ready to begin their demanding parents Myroslaw and Nadia Trojan, Debbie and Frank Scuderi, is a new Czujko, is a new member of UNA new duties. The Executive Committee whose four children and four grandchil­ member of UNA Branch 13 in Branch 170 in Jersey City, N.J. Alex plans to continue further training of these dren are members of Branch 67. Mr. Watervliet, N.Y. She was insured by her was insured by his grandfather secretaries, perhaps at the district organiz­ Trojan is branch president. grandparents Anna and Peter Kobasa. Stephen Czujko. ing meetings to be held in the fall. Since January nine ne^v secretaries have joined the UNA's ranks. Each year dedi­ cated UNA secretaries retire or die, and thus the UNA is constantly faced with finding replacements. The UNA is looking for men and women who need part-time jobs. The position of a UNA secretary offers extra income, community contacts and a flexibility not available in most other part-time positions. The role of the secretary has changed since the early years of the UNA. Over the years, the insurance industry has become more complex and demanding. Today it is imperative that the UNA branch secretary be not only a dedicated community activist but also a knowledgeable insurance agent. The UNA encourages all new secre­ taries to obtain professional sales licens­ es. The Home Office will send all infor­ mation for licensing requirements and Alexis Marie Mychajliw, daughter of Dr. will pay all fees for any secretary who Emilia Ben, daughter of Christine and Jessika Bojko, daughter of Wasyl Peter and Belinda Mychajliw, is a new receives an insurance sales license. Walter Ben, is a new member of UNA Bojko, is a new member of UNA member of UNA Branch 184 in New Persons interested in further information Branch 125 in Chicago. Emilia was Branch 349 in Manville, N J. She was York. Alexis was insured by her grand­ about becoming a UNA branch secretary insured ^hy heivparents. insured by her father. parents Olha and Bohdan Mychajliw. may contact the UNA at (201) 451 -2200. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995 No. 30 COMMENTARY: We need THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY a full-time lobby in D.C. Patriarch Volodymyr's passing by Alexander B. Kuzma and confusion about the role and purpose of the emigre community. If anything, the The passing of Patriarch Volodymyr, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox The pending closure of the UNA's diaspora seems to resent its new, subsidiary Church —Kyyiv Patriarchate, a Ukrainian patriot and devout Orthodox office in Washington betrays a funda­ role as torchbearer of Ukrainian interests. Christian, is truly a sorrowful occasion, for the Ukrainian state and the mental lack of appreciation for one of the During the long years when the Soviets Ukrainian Orthodox Church have lost one of their most loyal sons. Ukrainian community's most vital assets kept their stranglehold on Ukraine, our and one of its most pressing needs. Vasyl Romaniuk, as he was known before becoming a hierarch of the community in exile often portrayed itself as By now, it should be obvious that an Church, served close to two decades in the infamous Soviet gulag. He was the the "Last of the Mohicans," and there was effective, full-time lobby in Washington lone voice of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, among hundreds of dissidents something gallant about its desperate has to be the cornerstone of any strategy persecuted for their advocacy of human, national and religious rights during attempts to keep a dying culture alive. in defense of Ukraine's best interests. the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. Ukraine's return from the ashes has both There should be no retreat on this issue. Close to 20 years ago, the Rev. Romaniuk wrote to the leader of the diminished our sense of self-importance Even after 50 years of Israeli statehood, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the free world, Metropolitan and intensified our collective responsibility. no self-respecting leader of the Jewish- Mstyslav, pledging his devotion and humility to that Church, despite the fact It has placed new demands on the diaspora American community would recommend that it was outlawed in Ukraine. to go beyond nostalgia and to devote itself that its most effective lobby (AIPAC) be As early as 1978, as member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, he crystal­ to something which is more (and less) than scaled down, much less dismantled. lized his vision of Ukraine in a programmatic document, declaring that what was once our impossible dream. Yet strangely enough, a majority of the "Ukraine should become independent, democratic, spiritually rich, materially Ukraine does not conform to the sugar- UNA's leadership came to the conclusion secure, with a high level of education, science and culture — national in coated images we were spoon-fed in our that after three shaky years of indepen­ essence, content and form." "chytanky" (primary readers) and too many After 44 years of Soviet persecution, during which he saw his family dence, Ukraine is strong enough to repre­ of us are still feeling sorry for ourselves destroyed (his wife died as a result of harassment, his son was expelled from sent its own interests without the assis­ and shying away from a historical process school), the Rev. Romaniuk decided to emigrate to the West in 1988. As soon tance of a key domestic lobbying team. that is somewhat beyond our control and as the political climate began changing, he returned to Ukraine in 1990, to help The timing of the UNA's announcement often clashes with our most cherished manage the untended, spiritually starving flocks of Ukrainian Orthodox faithful. could not have been worse or more ironic. It memories or preconceived notions. Yes, During the repressive times of the Communist regime, the Rev. Romaniuk came on the heels of our community's lobbying requires mental toughness and — soft-spoken and introspective — was regarded as a prickly thorn in the side greatest political victories: President Bill political maturity, and our community has of Soviet authorities, because he embodied Ukrainian national aspirations com­ Clinton's high-profile visit to Ukraine, the shown too little of both. bined with religious ones. G-7's adoption of Chornobyl as a top inter­ For years, our community invested enor­ Despite the fact that he had been ordained by the Russian Orthodox Church national concern, and Ukraine's new stature mous resources in building monuments to hierarchy, the Rev. Romaniuk propagated the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's as the fourth largest recipient of U.S. for­ the past - in preserving Ukraine as our par­ right to exist, a remarkable testimony to the fact that almost 50 years after the eign aid. Whether we choose to ignore them ents and grandparents remembered it. Dur­ destruction of the UAOC in the 1920s, loyalty to Ukrainian Orthodoxy or not, these were all huge breakthroughs. ing the era of Khrushchev and Brezhnev, remained alive. Instead of reveling in these successes, any advantages to be gained from political Once elected Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church —Kyyiv Patriarchate, and building on them, many leaders in the action were hopelessly limited, and lobbing Volodymyr called for the unification of the three Ukrainian Orthodox Churches Ukrainian community are wallowing in in Washington may have seemed like a which are registered on Ukrainian territory: the UOC — KP, the Ukrainian despair, promoting isolationism and a pointless exercise. As long as politics re­ Orthodox Church — Moscow Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous sense of impotence in the face of historic mained frustrating and divisive, our most Orthodox Church. His appeals fell on deaf ears. challenges. There is even a fear that constructive efforts were devoted to the And, unfortunately, even during his funeral, the steadfast primate could not increases in U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine maintenance of archives and museums and rest in peace as Ukrainian militia attacked the procession of faithful, disrupting will stigmatize our homeland as a "welfare rituals. We became comfortable (too com­ the patriarchal ceremonies. state." The stigma attached to welfare at fortable) in our role as a historic preserva­ Metropolitan Filaret called the incident "an attack on Ukrainian statehood." home does not apply to overseas assis­ tion society. He said: " The authorities do not want Ukraine to have its own Church." tance. The prestige of Israel and Egypt It was much easier to dabble in the gen­ Although details remain murky and a government investigation is under have certainly not diminished in the last 30 way, one thing is clear: religious intolerance in Ukraine is still a major stum­ years. If anything, their stature has grown teel business of cultural preservation than bling block on the path to creating a truly democratic, freedom-loving society. proportionately to American largesse. to engage in the tough, often heart-break­ And, President Leonid Kuchma, who has pledged to consolidate Ukrainian We Ukrainians have a terrible way of ing business of building a new nation. society, still has a major task ahead of him, as he faces a tangled web of com­ underestimating and undercutting our The sudden emergence of an indepen­ plex issues, most of which are political and legal. successes while magnifying our defeats. dent Ukraine, no matter how fragile or The UOC — KP, strongly supported by Ukraine's first president, Leonid So it is worth putting recent events and besieged, is a precious, living miracle, and it Kravchuk, was positioned to become the "National Church" of Ukraine, but the UNA's posture into clearer focus. has thrown our old habits, our convenient since President Kuchma has been at the helm of the Ukrainian state, less atten­ In two very short years, Ukraine has ways of thinking into disarray. This miracle tion has been focused on religious problems in Ukraine and the emotionally experienced a dramatic reversal of fortune may have deprived the diaspora of its feeble charged issue of the separation of Church and State. in the international arena. Just recently, excuses for inaction and self-pity. It may After the events of the last week, the Ukrainian government must explain Ukraine was on the verge of becoming a have robbed us of our favorite - and cheap­ how and why such barbaric events occurred. The incident underscores the truly nuclear pariah. Today, it is being hailed as est - form of consolation. (Defeatism is destitiute state of spirituality and the dismal conditions of religious life in one of the most progressive nations to very compatible with impossible dreams.) Ukraine today. emerge from the former Soviet Union. The But it did not, as Dr. Kuropas suggests, And, regrettably, it seems that it will take quite some time before Patriarch UNA's Washington Office played no small deprive the diaspora of its raison d'etre. Volodymyr will truly be able to rest in peace. part in changing policy and perceptions Ukraine's survival and its sovereignty have toward Ukraine on Capitol Hill. always been our community's raison d'etre, Today, Secretary of State Warren and today it requires our zealous, inex­ Christopher is calling Ukraine "the strate­ haustible defense. gic lynchpin of Eastern Europe." This kind By closing its Washington Office, the of rhetoric is usually reserved for the very UNA sends all the wrong signals to closest allies of the United States. It opens Ukraine's friends and enemies. It shows Turning the pages back... the door for the Ukrainian community to that the diaspora is more interested in sal­ insist that the U.S. show at least as much vaging the past than fighting for the future - devotion to Ukraine's security as it has even as the future begins to brighten. Quite shown towards Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, When Ukrainian Maecenas Petro Jacyk was granted an hon­ clearly, our community needs to undergo a Egypt and Israel, which for decades have orary doctorate by the University of Alberta, the book donated dramatic change in its orientation. If the old received a lavish outpouring of U.S. assis­ to commemorate the event by the institution's Senate was the Ukrainian saying is true - that there's never tance to strengthen their position as "Leksykon Slavenorussyi albo imen tolkovayie," (A Slavonic-Ruthenian Lexicon and been a wrong from which a right cannot "strategic lynchpins" in the Middle East. Explanation of Proper Names). emerge, then perhaps the shake-up at the We should be making the most of these UNA will provide the jolt we've needed to This book grew out of the work of Pamva Berynda, a Bukovinian Baroque poet developments, and expanding our presence redefine our priorities. and proofreader at the Kyyivan Cave Monastery's printing press. Born in the 1570s, in Washington. Instead, the UNA's deci­ It seems only fair that the diaspora he was invited to the Ukrainian capital from Lviv in 1616. sion threatens to snatch defeat from the His dictionary contains just under 7,000 Church Slavonic words and foreign terms should demand more of itself. After all, jaws of victory. Just as the U.S. is finally we've been expecting our brethren in used in Church texts, for which Berynda provided equivalent terms from the literary beginning to awaken to the political reali­ Ukrainian of the time. Ukraine to undergo incredibly painful eco­ ties and historic opportunities in Eastern nomic reforms, even "shock therapy" with­ Scholars have determined that his intention in compiling the dictionary was to Europe, the Ukrainian American commu­ counteract the influence of Polish Roman Catholicism and Polish culture that was out complaint. Under the Kuchma regime, nity, represented by its most venerable fra­ Ukraine has shown some of the discipline beginning to dominate the country. The first edition was published in 1627. The copy ternal organization, is threatening to nod now in the Bruce Peel Library in Edmonton was the second edition, printed at the and maturity it needs to find its way out of off into political hibernation. the Communist wasteland. The least we can Kuteinsky Monastery in Belarus, in 1653. Financial difficulties alone cannot justify Pamva Berynda died in Kyyiv on July 23, 1632. ask of ourselves is a willingness to adapt the UNA's decision. Myron Kuropas may our strategies and our priorities to the Sources: "Berynda, Pamva, " Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 1 (Toronto: University of have been right when he suggested that the Toronto Press, 1984). decision was influenced more by fatigue (Continued on page 17) N0.30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR faces and Places Closing D.C. office: Ukrainian history from various perspec­ tives, and have come to a conclusion that by Myron B. Kuropas I want to share with your readership. shortsighted decision While the disintegration of the USSR four years ago was long overdue and Dear Editor: welcomed, and has resulted in some free­ I have worked in Washington for the dom and independence for Ukraine and NKVD tracked diaspora past 12 years and have come to know the other nations, the confusion of this after­ Washington UNA Office from their vari­ math has also brought a lot of problems. It will no doubt come as a shock to of the Ukrainian Daily News, a Communist ous advocacy activities on behalf of the By far, the biggest problem is the pres­ many Western "Sovietologists" and vari­ newspaper published in the United States, Ukrainian community. As you well ence of ethnic Russians on Ukraine's ous press mavens to learn that the NKVD and Volodymyr Rybak, secretary of the know your Washington Office is held in soil. As long as they are permitted to and later the KGB kept close track of Ukrainian section of the International high esteem amongst our elected offi­ remain in Ukraine, Russian presence will Ukrainians in the free world throughout Workers' Order (ORDEN) in America, pre­ cials as well as Washington's day-to-day always be a source of problems. No mat­ the existence of the USSR. pared an extensive political overview of the bureaucrats of which I'm one. ter what the world thinks, Ukraine must It is no surprise to the Ukrainian dias­ entire Ukrainian community in America. I thought at first that the threat to take care of its own people first. Why pora. Many of us suspected that we were Listed among organizations in the close the Washington Office was simply should any nation be forced to be "multi­ being tracked all along, but we couldn't nationalist camp was the Ukrainian a scare tactic to get everyone pulling in cultural" and have to go through the prove it. Whenever we brought it up, we National Association. Its politics was de­ one direction, but now I learn that it is perennial problems with which the were dismissed as "rabid, misguided scribed as follows: 'The entire leadership of for real. I can't imagine a more short­ United States has been burdened? nationalists" by various Soviet apologists the UNA is nationalistic. The majority...are sighted decision, and recall my long- The July article, "Poll shows language in academe and the press. members of ODWU [Organization for the departed father's ominous observation of question is regional, not nationality Now that the Soviet archives have been Rebirth of Ukraine], a group superbly orga­ Ukrainians: the biggest threat to the issue," which reports the results of polls opened, however, there is incontrovertible nized and managed by agents from Berlin. advancement of the Ukrainian communi­ conducted recently at various Ukrainian proof. Three Ukrainian historians from ODWU is a segment of the Berlin conspira­ ty is the Ukrainian community. I suspect cities, is a perfect illustration of the ubiq­ Kyyiv have been digging through once cy which has infiltrated the Ukrainian com­ you all have heard this many times uitous ethnic Russian problem. If 37 per­ secret documents and discovering some munity..." As I pointed out in my book, this before, haven't you? cent of ethnic Ukrainians and 72 percent interesting information. They are Prof. Ivan was the standard line echoed by American of ethnic Russians feel that the Russian Bilas, a professor of law, a nephew of the Communists and their fellow travelers Barrett Glen Malko language should be given official status Ukrainian nationalist martyr Vasyl Bilas, throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Silver Spring, Md. in Ukraine, the problem is much more and a member of the Ukrainian Parliament; Listed among the "fascist conspira­ serious than imagined. Dr. Jurij Shapoval of the Institute of tors" were such UNA luminaries of the There are many Ukrainians who are International Relations and Political 1940s as Mykola Murashko, Dmytro Ukrainians must Russian sympathizers, and they will Sciences of the National Academy of Halychyn, Gregory Herman, Volodymyr cause enough problems on their own, Sciences of Ukraine; and Prof. Volodymyr Galan, Roman Smook, Stephen Kuropas, reclaim their country without help from ethnic Russians. With Serhiychuk of Kyyiv State University. Nicholas Davyskyba, Ambrose Kibzey, the Russians safely in their own country, All three gentlemen attended the 14th Luka Myshuha and Stephen Shumeyko. Dear Editor: Ukraine must go through a process of annual conference of the Ukrainian "Among the leaders of the Ukrainian I have been associating with self-education, of handling its own eco­ Research Program at the University of Workingmen's Association," Prof. Ukrainian Americans for decades. nomic and social problems without inter­ Illinois from June 26 through July 1. The Serhiychuk pointed out, "all are presented ference from outsiders. Although I am not of Slavic heritage (my conference had two themes: "Ethnic in a positive light except Theodore Mynyk, By "outsiders," I mean those who are background is Anglo-Saxon), I have Minorities in Ukraine and Their Role in who [the report read] 'supports the views of not Ukrainian by birth, rearing or orien­ the Building of the State" and "Ukrainian learned a lot about Ukrainian history and Ukrainian nationalists regarding Soviet tation. Ukrainian-born emigres living Diaspora: Its Development and Its Ukraine.'" customs. I have done extensive reading abroad should never, ever be considered Relations with Ukraine." In 1950, Mykola Bahmet prepared a on my own on historical and contempo­ I had the pleasure of presenting a paper 150-page secret report titled "The Ukrainian rary political topics, which includes (Continued on page 17) titled "Attempts to Defame Ukrainians in Immigration and the Activities of the the United States, 1932 to the Present". Ukrainian Nationalists of the World." This Prof. Serhiychuk presented a paper, "New encyclopedic treatise covered 26 separate Shutdown of office has long-term effect Documents from the Secret Archives About countries, including New Zealand, the The letter below was sent by Ints 2) Ethnic Americans can significantly the Ukrainian Diaspora (in Russia, Europe, Philippines and China. Rupners, president of the American help our countries' diplomatic corps in their and America") on the same panel. Later Soviet files contained reports on Latvian Association to UNA President struggle to secure a friendly relationship In his remarks Prof. Serhiychuk pointed the activities of the Ukrainian Congress Ulana Diachuk. with the United States. As demonstrated by out that the Soviets began disinforming the Committee, the World Congress of Free I wanted to write to you to ask about the the example of Israel, a domestic base of world about Ukraine as early as 1922. Ukrainians and such leaders as Lev rationale behind the Ukrainian National supporters in the U.S. is critical to pressur­ Ukrainian Bolsheviks had allocated a sub­ Dobriansky, Msgr. Vasyl Kuchnir, Ivan Association board's recent decision to ing both the administration and Congress to sidy of 150 gold rubles a month for the Vovchuk, Peter Savaryn, Stephania close its Washington Office. I am sure that maintain any sort of relationship with our newspaper Our Truth, a Ukrainian Commu­ Sawchuk, Vasyl Kiriliuk, Osyp Zinkewych, your decision was considered and not an homelands. Americans of Central and East nist gazette published in Vienna. All this at Michael Sosnowsky, Ignatius Bilinsky, easy one, however, it has long-term impli­ European heritage matter to the government a time when Ukraine was suffering the rav­ Dmytro Shtohryn and others. cations on the effectiveness of Ukrainian of the United States, especially when we ages of its first Soviet-engineered famine. Ukrainian protest marches, especially American representation in our nation's make our wishes known and act in concert. In his book "The Famine in Soviet those dealing with the visits of Soviet dig­ capital, and on Ukraine's future relation­ A Washington office makes the expression Russia, 1919-1923", H.H. Fisher, chief of nitaries such as Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid ship with the United States. of these wishes much easier and more the Historical Department of the American Brezhnev and the Ukrainian famine of As you may know, the American effective. In addition, as Americans of Relief Administration, writes: "The policy 1932-1933, were also carefully monitored Latvian Association maintains a Central and East European heritage, we are of the Communist Party with respect to the by the KGB. Washington office as well. Despite the fact able to act in ways inappropriate or illegal Ukraine famine represents many curious The accreditation of Andriy Semotiuk as that we also are enduring various chal­ for foreign diplomats: we can appeal direct­ aspects. Not only did the Moscow Govern­ a correspondent at the United Nations was lenges tied to the renewal of freedom in ly to our elected representatives in ment fail to bring the Ukrainian situation to another source of concern to the Soviets as Latvia and our own financial problems, we Washington, whereas diplomats must act the knowledge of the A.R.A., as it did other were the exposes of John Kolasky and the have committed to maintaining an advoca­ according to protocol. regions much more remote, but it actively report of Ukrainian Canadian Communists cy presence in this office. There are a 3) Our own effort to help our homelands discouraged...anything likely to bring the who, after a visit to Ukraine in 1967, com- number of reasons for this decision: is aided by our presence in Washington. By Americans in contact with the [sic] Ukraine. plained that Ukrainians were being 1) For the first time in 50 years, having a Washington presence, we can The explanation that the situation along the Russified. Americans of Central and East European work to make sure that Americans of Black Sea was unknown to the officials of In his conclusion, Prof. Serhiychuk heritage actually have a real opportunity to Central and East European heritage have a the Central Government is not worth seri­ emphasized that there are many files in secure tangible assistance for our home­ better chance to secure development assis­ ous consideration...Up to the time the the Kyyiv archives that relate to the dias­ land. If, prior to independence, our tance grants and contracts with public and A.R.A. began its activities (January 1922), pora. They need to be objectively ana­ requests for assistance were restricted to private agencies. Such contracts and grants neither the Central Government in Moscow lyzed and assessed. the issuance of declarations and "sense of may, eventually, prove to be a significant nor the Ukrainian at Kharkov (sic) had According to Profs. Bilas and Shapoval, Congress" resolutions, today whole new source of funding for our own programs in made any serious move to relieve the however, the most significant archives, fields have opened up for securing aid for our homelands. famine in the south. In fact, the only relief those related, for example, to the individu­ our long-suffering countries. In order for Based on these and many other reasons, activity which went on in the Ukraine, from als directly involved in the Ukrainian that aid to be secured, our homelands need the ALA will maintain its presence in the summer of 1921 to the spring of 1922, famine of 1932-1933 and the agents of the support of their co-ethnics living in the Washington. I sincerely hope that the UNA was the collection, for shipment to the dis­ influence in our community who worked United States. With the creation of an board, having the opportunity to reconsider tant Volga, of foodstuffs, for lack of which towards keeping us divided, are probably all effective Central and East European its decision, will join us in maintaining its people along the Black Sea were dying." in Moscow. Coalition to represent our mutual interests Washington Office, thereby enabling our Prof. Serhiychuk also pointed out that Someday, Moscow's archives on - in which the UNA Washington Office organizations to do everything possible, Ukrainian Bolsheviks in the United States Ukrainians in the free world will be acces­ has played no small role - our work in both individually and jointly, to secure a worked very closely with their counterparts sible to all. Only then will historians be in a Washington, rather than disappearing with better future for our respective homelands in the USSR. In a secret Soviet document position to write the definitive history of independence, has only just begun. and our communities here in the U.S. dated July 28, 1945, Michael Tkach, editor America's and Canada's Ukrainians. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995 No. 30 Matiaszek named executive director Lviv kids cut vacation short of Parliament's Council of Advisors to study English language KYYIV - Petro Matiaszek has been by Christopher Guly mer curriculum unique is that she is rely­ appointed executive director of the ing on Canadian classroom methodolo­ Council of Advisors to the Parliament of HULL, Quebec - Sixty Ukrainian kids gies and models to show Ukrainian Ukraine effective August 1 . in Lviv are going to have their summer teachers how to increase English reten­ Dr. Matiaszek, who completed his legal vacation cut short this year by three tion abilities in young Ukrainians. studies at New York Law School and was weeks, thanks to a University of To begin, the three-week course will Ukraine's first intern at the United Nations Manitoba history professor. involve group work, rather than the tradi­ Department of Political Affairs - Europe Dr. Stella Hryniuk, who teaches tional row-by-row desk placement set­ Division, has served as legal counsel with Ukrainian history at the Winnipeg-based ting. This will encourage pupils to inter­ the Council of Advisors since August 1994. campus, is leading four female and two act with one another. The council, chaired by Dr. Bohdan male Ukrainian Manitoba primary school Although they will be given prepared Hawrylyshyn of Switzerland, was created teachers to Ukraine in July to teach English written classroom materials, much of the by an act of the Presidium of the Supreme to students of grades 5 to 11 at the two- teaching strategy will be based on using Council of the Ukrainian SSR in March year-old Lviv Gymnasium No. 1. Actually, the familiar to teach the largely unfamil­ 1991. Its prominent international advisory six of their teachers will be learning how to iar. "We will rely on themes, such as the board consists of such individuals as teach English at the same time. seasons, and think of all the words used Zbigniew Brzezinski, George Soros, "Ukrainians may have studied in association with them," explained Dr. Geoffrey Howe and Shirley Williams. A English, but most of them have never Hryniuk. "Or, we might have the stu­ full-time secretariat in Kyyiv groups sever­ traveled to an English-speaking country dents cut out articles or photographs al Western and local consultants with a or read English-language books to prac­ from magazines, and then find the sizable support staff of local employees. tice their skills," explained Dr. Hryniuk English words to describe or talk about The Council of Advisors works closely over the telephone from her Winnipeg them." with parliamentary committees and MPs, as home, prior to her departure for Ukraine. It is not quite summer camp, but the Petro Matiaszek well as with government ministries and "For a long time, it was forbidden to summertime medley of nouns, adjectives agencies, and with the foreign diplomatic Youth Association (SUM) and the speak it, and it became perfunctory." and verbs is an important recipe for these corps in Kyyiv, providing access to exper­ Shevchenko Scientific Society. During his She suggests if the emphasis was on Lviv adolescents, said Dr. Hryniuk, who tise and advice in pertinent areas. years as a student, he was a leading mem­ teaching any international coda, it lay makes her 10th visit to Ukraine since Current project topics include privati­ ber of the Ukrainian Students' Association more in numbers than words. "They need 1978 with this program. In 17 years, she, zation, legal reform, international affairs, of Mykola Mikhnovsky (TUSM). to train more people in the humanities for one, has not noticed a marked and refugee and migration issues. Dr. Matiaszek is married to the former and the liberal arts rather than more tech­ increase in the level of English-language Before his relocation to Ukraine in Lydia Czorny of New York, who now nicians, engineers and nuclear physi­ conversational skills among average 1994, Dr. Petro Matiaszek was secretary of serves as senior program officer for cists." Ukrainians. the national executive board of the Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova with the Dr. Hryniuk's ESL (English as a "Most people are limited to simple Ukrainian Congress Committee of International Research and Exchanges Second Language) enhancement program phrases," she says. "They can say, 'How America. He is a member of the Ukrainian Board (IREX) in Kyyiv. - a $15,000 project of the Canadian are you?' 'What do you do?' T am,' but Bureau for International Education that's about it. With people who have (CBIE) funded through the Canada- gone to university, there is more ability, Ukraine Partners Program - is in but it's not always there either." Canadian MP participates response to a request made by the Dr. Hjyniuk hopes that her group's school's headmaster, Volodymyr July ESL workshop will serve as the in UCC internship program Starchevsky, to Dr. Hryniuk during her springboard for. similar projects in the visit to Lviv last June. future. For instance, 210 students who OTTAWA - Garry Breitkreuz, member Ms. Romas accompanied Mr. It is not the first time Canadian ESL attend Lviv Gymnasium No. 1 will not of Parliament for Yorkton-Melville, is par­ Breitkreuz during his work on the Hill, teachers have ventured to Ukraine. Two be included in this summer's pilot pro­ ticipating in the Ukrainian Canadian including House of Commons debates, years ago, two Japanese Canadian sisters, ject. Their turn may come. Congress (UC) Parliamentary Internship question period and Justice Committee who run the YAN International But perhaps the more important aspect Program this summer in Ottawa. This pro­ hearings on Bill C-68, the government's Language Co. near Montreal, spent the of the program will be to inculcate a gram provides Ukrainian Canadian gun-control bill. This provides the oppor­ summer leading English-language pro­ teaching style for the school's faculty. University students with an opportunity to tunity to gain first-hand knowledge of grams for 143 Ukrainians - ranging in "Our teachers will observe and correct expand their awareness of Canada's federal the direct roles played by various politi­ age from 17 to 58. [the Ukrainian teachers] while they lead political process and institutions. cal, social, bureaucratic and economic That program was run in conjunction the class," says Dr. Hryniuk. "In a sense, Tamara Romas, who has completed institutions within the nation's capital. with the University of Ivano-Frankivske. they will become para-professionals her first year at McGill University, has A new dimension has recently been Nobuko and Yuriko Nadeau, who enlist­ while our Canadian teachers are there." been placed with Mr. Breitkreuz. "Given added to the experiences of these young ed 10 Canadian ESL teachers, also The Canadian contingent left for that 17 percent of my constituency is of Canadian interns. Since 1991, the Chair of received support from the CBIE. Ukraine on July 4 and will return 22 days Ukrainian descent," said Mr. Breitkreuz, Ukrainian Studies Foundation (Toronto) But what makes Dr. Hryniuk's sum- later. "I was very enthusiastic to have Tamara has been sponsoring a similar program for interning in my office." university students from Ukraine. This This year there were three students summer 143 students are visiting Canada selected to work with MPs during the in this parallel program, and Ms. Romas is Legal specialists from Ukraine months of May through August. Natalie one of two Canadian students coordinating Nowiski (Ottawa) and Lome Filevich their stay in Ottawa. (Edmonton) are the two others who were arrive in Columbus for training selected. "It has been both interesting and enjoy­ able working here on Parliament Hill," COLUMBUS, Ohio - Three legal spe­ their 18-day U.S. stay in Columbus The Ukrainian Canadian Congress first cialists from Ukraine arrived in observing proceedings in various state established the Parliamentary Internship said Ms. Romas, looking forward to the Columbus on July 14 to take part in an courts and visiting law schools at the Ohio Program in 1988, and has been running the remainder of her summer in Ottawa and intensive five-day course at the Judicial State University and Capital University. program successfully since then. perhaps Mr. Breitkreuz's constituency. "It College of the Supreme Court of Ohio. The current visit by the Ukrainian judges Applicants, whose numbers increase year­ would be a wonderful opportunity to and ministry official, which will be limited ly, are selected not only on the basis of aca­ observe Mr. Breitkreuz at work in his Dmitrij Filatov of the Supreme Court of to Columbus, was made possible by a grant demics, but also on their interest in homeriding." Given the positive start to Ukraine, Volodymyr Drahan of the Higher from ARD Checchi in Washington. Canada's legislative process. One of the this year's program, it is certain that the Arbitration Court and Aleksandr Pinchuk The Ukrainian Cultural Association of requirements for the program is a research UCC's initiative to foster the development from the Ministry of Justice will learn how Ohio Inc. hosted a reception for the three project relevant to the intern's studies, the of a knowledgeable future political base of to set up a similar judicial college in visiting officials on Sunday, July 17. Ukrainian community and their MP, as expertise within the Ukrainian Canadian Ukraine for newly appointed judges. Members of the association were to serve much as these topics can be integrated. community is well under way. Columbus has been host to several groups of judges from Ukraine on the ini­ as interpreters for the Ukrainian visitors tiative of Thomas Moyers, chief justice of at various social functions in the course of the week. the Supreme Court of Ohio. Several years Sister city project wins award ago, Justice Moyers developed an interest CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati- Struggle to Get It Right," the exhibit in Ukraine and its judicial system and in Kharkiv Sister City Project has won an shows daily life in Kharkiv and explains the spring of 1992, he invited a delegation Correction award from the Cincinnati chapter of the the difficult transition from communism of justices from the fledgling Supreme In The Weekly's story (July 16) about International Association of Business to free enterprise. Court of Ukraine to Columbus to observe the participation of the National Ballet of Communicators (IABC) in its annual The exhibit is funded by an arts grant the Ohio judicial system and to confer with Ukraine in the annual Spoleto Festival in communications competition. from the City of Cincinnati. It has been legal scholars about constitutional matters. Charleston, S.C., the photograph printed The award recognizes the Cincinnati- on display at a number of sites, such as Subsequently Justice Moyers visited to accompany the interview with the bal­ Kharkiv Project's captioned photo exhib­ the Main Public Library, Christ Church Ukraine. let's general director, Anatolij Mokrenko, it, featuring photos by Jan Sherbin. Titled and the Commerce Center. It is available In December 1994, 20 judges from the was actually that of the balletmaster, "From Communism to the Future: The for further display in the Cincinnati area. Arbitration Court of Ukraine spent half of Anatolij Chikero. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995 Encyclopedia of Ukraine: an ongoing project that needs continued support by Oleksa Bilaniuk sible to locate these citations in a few U.S. would come through again, consid­ minutes. ering the obviously utmost importance of Two and a half years have passed While work on the name index is far a name index and of an update. One since the full five-volume Encyclopedia from routine, it is greatly helped by the would be hard-pressed to name a of Ukraine was published by the search capabilities of computers. On the Ukrainian cause where the benefit to University of Toronto Press. It couldn't other hand, the second need - that of sup­ Ukraine per dollar donated would be have appeared at a more opportune time: plementing and updating the information higher. newly independent Ukraine was just in the encyclopedia - is an incomparably Donations will be gratefully received beginning to make its presence felt on harder task. The scholars who served as and acknowledged by the Canadian the world stage, and there was a keen subject editors for the five volumes of the Foundation of Ukrainian Studies, 2336A need for comprehensive, in-depth infor­ encyclopedia are being asked once again Bloor St. W., Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario mation on this newcomer to the interna­ to volunteer their expertise for this M6S 1P3, and by the Foundation of tional arena. endeavor, and it is gratifying to see that Friends of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, This need was realized early on by most of them are getting on board. c/o W.I. Baranetsky, 71 Collingwood Prof. Volodymyr Kubijovyc, the origina­ Several top experts from Ukraine have Road, Maplewood, NJ 07040. (In the tor and editor-in-chief of the 11 -volume also agreed to join the effort to prepare a memo line on your check please mark Ukrainian-language Entsyklopediya supplementary volume. clearly: "For the Encyclopedia of Ukrayinoznavstva. He initiated the work The current four members of the edito­ Ukraine Project." All donations are tax- Logo of Encyclopedia of Ukraine on an updated English version of his rial board of the ongoing Encyclopedia of deductible.) encyclopedia long before the Ukraine project are in constant contact to There is another way members of the to rise. The nearly 200 members of the Entsyklopediya Ukrayinoznavstva was plan and coordinate this undertaking. The Ukrainian diaspora could substantially Ukrainian Association of University finished. After his death in 1985, Prof. prime mover is Editor-in-Chief Danylo help without actually giving money: by Professors should be in an even better Danylo Husar Struk took over the monu­ H. Struk, whose relentless energy keeps bringing the existence of the encyclope­ position to prevail upon their librarians to mental task of readying the remaining the project on track (and whose insistent dia to the attention of librarians in public, order the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, if three volumes of the Encyclopedia of demands to toe the line of efficiency and high school, college, university and other they have not done so yet. Ukraine for publication. honor deadlines has put him at odds with libraries, and persuading those librarians An additional way to assist the ongo­ Thanks to generous donations of the some colleagues). When more extensive to acquire the Encyclopedia of Ukraine ing Encyclopedia of Ukraine project is to Ukrainian diaspora to the Canadian consultations are required and long-range for their libraries. While about 3,000 write to the editorial office to suggest Foundation of Ukrainian Studies, which decisions have to be made, the editorial complete five-volume sets of the corrections and additions to the existing sponsored the encyclopedia, and with board holds special meetings. Taking Encyclopedia have been sold to date - five volumes of the encyclopedia. The financial assistance from the Canadian advantage of the presence in Europe of which according to the publisher, The editors will be greatly helped if such cor­ Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the board members Prof. Struk and this University of Toronto Press, makes it a respondence includes exact references University of Alberta, which covered the writer, the last such meeting was held in scholarly best-seller - only about 200 and, if possible, photocopies of pertinent salaries of five full-time members of the February at the European headquarters of sets have been purchased by libraries. In materials. The address of the editorial editorial staff, as well as the selfless ded­ the Shevchenko Scientific Society in view of the fact that there are over 2,000 office is: Encyclopedia of Ukraine, icated help of some 50 scholars (their Sarcelles, France, the workplace of Prof. college and university libraries in North Slavic Department, University of annual honoraria were merely symbolic), Arkadij Zhukovskyj. The fourth board America, and many more public libraries, Toronto, 21 Sussex Ave., Toronto, the Encyclopedia of Ukraine has seen member, Prof. Zenon Kohut, director of one would expect that a concerted effort Ontario M5S 1A1. Let us all pitch in to print in its entirety in the fall of 1993. the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian by Ukrainian diaspora activists should make the name index and the supplemen­ Very positive reviews of the encyclo­ Studies at the University of Alberta, succeed in convincing the acquisition tary volume of our encyclopedia a truly pedia in such journals as The Slavic faxed his proxy for the meeting. staff of a few hundred additional libraries all-diaspora achievement. If the impor­ Review, Nationalities Papers and others, One of the main discussion topics con­ to order the Encyclopedia of Ukraine for tance for Ukraine of this project is widely confirm that a highly authoritative, com­ cerned ways to assure the availability of their reference sections. Librarians more understood, it may even become possible prehensive and rigorously objective ref­ finances for the ongoing project. often than not respond positively to the for the Encyclopedia of Ukraine to whiz erence treatise on Ukraine has finally Members of the editorial board expressed needs of their constituencies. into the 21 st century on the computer become available in English Letters hope that the enlightened segment of the Here is a challenge to which members information superhighway as an optical from the U.S. Department of State, from Ukrainian diaspora in Canada and in the of Ukrainian student clubs should be able compact disc. the government of Ukraine, and from a number of other agencies and academic institutions attest to the fact that Encyclopedia of Ukraine is considered a University of Alberta honors patron of education most valuable reference work by its by Andrij Wynnyckyj university (a position once filled by He also noted that, in honor of Mr. users. Toronto Press Bureau Ukrainian Canadian activist Peter Jacyk, the University of Alberta's Senate No less important are the countless Savaryn), conferred the degree upon the donated a rare 17th century Slavonic- reports by students and their parents TORONTO - As the academic year honoree, commending him as "an out­ Ukrainian lexicon to the Bruce Peel about the tremendous usefulness of the comes to an end, convocations of gradu­ standing patron of higher education." Special Collections Library. Encyclopedia of Ukraine for writing ates often involve more than the tossing of In his acceptance speech, Mr. Jacyk papers on Ukrainian culture and history. Information center in Toronto mortarboards. It also gives universities and offered an example of his laconic philos­ Writers of letters to the editor, who colleges a chance to honor distinguished ophy: "A small thing done is better than a Earlier in the year the opening of a counter frequent misinformation on members of the academic and broader big one only talked about." After an Central and East European Resource Ukraine in newspapers and magazines, community for their contributions to schol­ account of the experiences that shaped Center at the University of Toronto's aiso find the encyclopedia a priceless arship and society in general. his rugged individualist's personality, the Robarts Library occasioned the donation reference tool. At its spring convocation on June 7, patron ended on a surprisingly collec- of a book with a higher profile among And yet, soon after the appearance of the University of Alberta conferred an tivist note. Ukrainians. the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, two major honorary doctorate of laws on one of "As you work with others, you also On March 30, in gratitude for Mr. shortcomings of the encyclopedia came Ukrainian academia's most generous succeed with others. So the results of Jacyk's donation of $250,000 mat enabled to the fore: (1) the absence of a name patrons, Peter Jacyk. your success should be shared," he said, the establishment of the center, la first edi­ index, (2) the outdated information in the The ceremony was held in the univer­ adding, "I have chosen to share by sup­ tion of Taras Shevchenko's first collection first two volumes, which appeared in sity's Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton, porting education." of poetry, "Kobzar," published in St. 1984 and 1988, respectively, before the in conjunction with the graduation of Mr. Jacyk expressed his gratification Petersburg in 1840, was acquired for the renewed independence of Ukraine. The hundreds of students from the Faculty of that Alberta, a province that Ukrainians Thomas Fisher Rare Book Collection. editor has been aware of both inadequa­ Education. did much to build and cultivate, has The resource center will be operated cies all along, but only after the comple­ Dr. Frank Sysyn, head of the Center acknowledged this contribution by estab­ jointly by Robarts Library and the Center tion of the main task were he and his col­ for Ukrainian Historical Research, named lishing bilingual (Ukrainian-English) for Russian and East European Studies. laborators able to address them. after its founding benefactor, made the schools and the Canadian Institute of The center features a collection of 1,000 Although the funding of the formal introduction to the chancellor. Dr. Ukrainian Studies. reference works, current Central and Encyclopedia of Ukraine project by the Sysyn recommended Mr. Jacyk as a man He called the CIUS, where the Petro Eastern European periodicals, and satel­ University of Alberta has been drastical­ whose "immersion in the business world Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical lite reception of the Moscow-based ly cut because of new budget constraints, has been combined with deep respect for Research is based, "the best single educa­ "Gorizont" television news program, the one staff person who is still funded education." tional and academic unit dealing with with a video archive. has already made considerable progress Dr. Sysyn added that Mr. Jacyk had Ukrainian studies in the world." The opening ceremonies were attend­ in preparing ih^, 'rdcx. When this index donated millions to Harvard University, In appreciation of Mr. Jacyk's contri­ ed by University of Toronto President is ready, it will facilitate easy access to a Columbia University, the University of butions, Dr. Roderick Fraser, president of Robert Pritchard, CREES Director wealth of additional information that for London, the University of Toronto and the university, lauded him for having Robert Johnson, Robarts Chief Librarian now remains "hidden" within various the University of Alberta. "Long before "levered the $7 in your pocket when you Carol Moore, Consul General of Ukraine entries. For example, the work of a the rebirth of an independent Ukraine came to Canada into the many successful in Toronto Oleksander Sobotovych, and prominent Ukrainian jurisprudence awakened the academic community, gov­ contributions made to our world." Justice John Sopinka of the Canadian scholar is meritioned in four different ernment and the media to the importance Dr. Fraser also made a commitment Supreme Court. places in the encyclopedia, but to locate of Ukrainian studies," Dr. Sysyn said, that the CIUS's contribution to the under­ Justice Sopinka said Mr. Jacyk has a these citations one would have to scan "Mr. Jacyk laid the foundation for under­ standing of the world, Ukraine and quality "on which our multicultural soci­ quite a number of the encyclopedia's standing his native land." Ukrainians would be maintained and ety is built - a love of Canada and a entries. With a name index it will be pos­ Louis D. Hyndman, chancellor of the enhanced. fierce attachment to his heritage." 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995 No. 30 Rutgers students Urbana conference spotlights ethnic minorities, diaspora by Olenka Dobczanska Minutes" program "The Ugly Face of Freedom," a liter­ travel to Ukraine ary analysis of Askold Melnychuk's novel "What is URBANA, 111. - The 14th annual Conference of the Told," a preliminary report about recently opened by Marta Kolomayets Ukrainian Research Program "took place from June 26 to Soviet archives dealing with the diaspora, and analyses Kyyiv Press Burea July 1 at the University of Illinois at Urbana- of the linguistic differences between the diaspora and Champaign. This year's program was divided into two KYYIV - A group of students from the Rutgers contemporary Ukraine. parts: "Ethnic Minorities in Ukraine and Their Role in Dr. Oleh Wolowyna, Research Triangle Institute in University Graduate School of Education is currently the Building of the State" and "Ukrainian Diaspora: Its traveling around Ukraine on a study program under the North Carolina, cited statistics comparing the 1980 and Development and Its Relations with Ukraine." 1990 census data, which revealed some tentative trends auspices of the school's International Program. The second workshop on translating contemporary The study group, organized by two professors at the which may or may not be confirmed by the census of literary critical thought also took place concurrently university, Iwan Holowinsky and Dr. David Mushinske, 2000. In general, the number of people who identify with the conference. arrived in Ukraine on June 27. Led by Dr. Olha Hrycak, themselves as Ukrainian is increasing, however, the per­ The main organizer of the conference was Dr. also of Rutgers, the group will attend lectures at univer­ centage who speak Ukrainian is decreasing (from 18 Dmytro M. Shtohryn, chairperson of the Ukrainian sities and visit cultural and historic sites in the capital percent in 1980 to 13.85 percent in 1990). Ukrainians in Research Program at the University of Illinois. The city and the Ivano-Frankivske and Lviv regions of west­ the U.S. are, on average, older, better educated, and sponsors of the program were the following: the ern Ukraine through July 14. Prof. Holowinsky will earn higher salaries than the general population. Summer Research Laboratory at the University of accompany the group. This may not protect them from sensational media Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Foundation for the The nine students, who are taking part in the program over-generalizations, such as the ones aired on "60 Advancement of Ukrainian Studies at the University of for three graduate credits, will be able to familiarize Minutes," but it does help account for the strong barrage Illinois, the National Rights Commission of the themselves with the status of education and educational of responses. The entire CBS segment was shown by Dr. Ukrainian World Congress and the Ukrainian Free development in Ukraine since the country proclaimed Myron Kuropas as part of his talk about attempts to University Foundation. its independence in 1991. In preparation for the tour, the defame Ukrainians in the U.S. from 1933 to the present. Participants met on Sunday evening at a pre-confer- students were given various reading materials, including The secret archives of the KGB in Ukraine, which ence reception at the Lavis Faculty Center, which was "Teacher Education in Industrialized Nations." are now being opened for study, revealed surprisingly also the site of all the sessions for the entire week. Dr. The International Program at Rutgers University detailed documents about the diaspora, reported Shtohryn opened the conference on Monday morning Graduate School of Education has sponsored trips to the Volodymyr Serhiychuk, Taras Shevchenko State People's Republic of China, Manchester, England, and along with several representatives of the university, and University in Kyyiv. Apparently Soviet authorities real­ Osala, Japan. This is the program's first venture into welcomed the conferees. Dr. Robert H. Burger, head of ly did take the activities of the diaspora seriously. Even Ukraine. the Slavic and East European Library, invited everyone the mild-mannered Dr. Shtohryn was referred to as an to visit this facility and benefit from its outstanding col­ "emigre bison." lection of materials related to Ukrainian studies. The emigre experience, satirized in "What is Told" Dr. Jaroslav Rozumnyj, University of Manitoba, was was explained by Christine Sochocky, La Roche East European program the coordinator of the seven sessions on ethnic minori­ College, as a very personal book whose primary audi­ ties in Ukraine. These ranged from general overviews ence is the American literary world. It was noted that, graduates first two students and historical analyses to contemporary statistical as a literary work, it has been very well received by its analysis. One session focused on Russians, another on intended audience, although many Ukrainians find it PHILADELPHIA - The Central and Eastern Jews and Crimean Tatars. Ukraine was described as difficult to understand. European Studies master's program at La Salle being "in first place" in its treatment of ethnic minori­ Language again emerged as an issue - on the one University, which was established in the fall of 1993, ties by one speaker, while another maintained that the hand, being viewed by some as of minor importance in has graduated its first two students - both Ukrainians. main victims of discrimination in Ukraine are the diaspora and on the other, as the fundamental way in Oles Opanasiuk, an exchange student from Kyyiv, Ukrainians. which one defines oneself as a Ukrainian person. Irina has been awarded an M.A. degree magna cum laude and Many interesting topics were discussed. For example, Koropenko, University of Toronto, traced the different will continue his studies at the Ukrainian Free writer Mykola Riabchuk, a Fulbright scholar at Penn historical paths taken by diaspora Ukrainians and Soviet University in Munich. Stephen Patrylak, a Philadelphia- State University, made the point that the statistics for Ukrainians, expressing the need for one agreed-upon based businessman, graduated maxima cum laude. He national minorities, in which 72 percent of the popula­ grammar. Natalia Pazuniak, University of Pennsylvania, will also pursue a doctoral program at the UFU. tion is ethnically Ukrainian, 22 percent Russian and the delineated the changes in Soviet Ukrainian, which were In the fall semester of 1995, the CEES program will rest members of 132 other national or ethnic minorities, deliberately imposed onto the language for political rea­ offer two courses both featuring Ukrainian subjects: do not reflect the reality that 75 percent of the popula­ sons to make it more like the Russian language. She Modern History of Eastern Europe (CES 650) and Church tion speaks Russian. warned that most Ukrainians in Ukraine are unaware of and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe (CES 670). However, Elenie Skoczylas of the U.S. Information these influences, and when these are pointed out, they Master's theses and seminar papers required in the Agency said that on the basis of opinion polls, a majori­ dismiss them as "water under the bridge." program may be written in Ukrainian, Polish, Russian ty of Ukrainian citizens, regardless of Ukrainian or It was generally agreed that Ukrainians in Ukraine or German. Some financial aid is available to qualified Russian ethnicity, and except for several key questions, know very little about Ukrainians in the West. Soviet students. Candidates are urged to apply now. agree on a wide range of issues. propaganda had painted a very unflattering picture of Additional information is available from: L.D. Mr. Riabchuk reported that over half of all Russian them. Only today are the contributions of the diaspora in Rudnytzky, Director, Central and Eastern European respondents, except those in the Crimea, would not be literature, music, philology, politics, the military and var­ Studies, La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Ave., opposed to having their children attend Ukrainian-lan­ ious other fields being recognized in Ukraine. According Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199; telephone, (215) 951- guage schools and an even greater percentage wanted to some speakers, the converse also is true. Immediately 1200; fax, (215) 951-1488. them to be fluent in Ukrainian. after independence, the diaspora, knowing very little Elusive "national idea" about the realities of present-day Ukraine, tended to give monetary assistance uncritically, and now appears to be "Building Bridges" is There was a lot of talk about the psychic make-up of disillusioned with what is being done with it. Ukrainians about which no one could agree. A common A final roundtable titled "Today and Tomorrow of the "national idea" that could provide Ukraine with a pur­ Ukrainian Diaspora" attempted to give closure to the theme of conference pose also proved elusive. While the 19th century wide range of papers and topics discussed. If Ukrainians, Romantic concept of nationalism seems inadequate on WINNIPEG - When Canadian Jews, Mennonites and who had independence thrust into their hands, are con­ the eve of the 21st century, a purely economic concept Ukrainians get together, they have at least one thing in fused about what to do with it, so is the diaspora, which of "a great, rich nation" could not be satisfactory if it common: persecution in Russia and the Soviet Union. must now redefine its role. A "blue-ribbon committee" were not also culturally Ukrainian. Members of all three groups in that country face vari­ which could help define goals for the diaspora was pro­ Khrystyna Vasylkevych, Ivan Franko State ous severe pressures and many decided to emigrate in posed by Osyp Moroz, State University of New York at University in Lviv, proposed "one national Church" for the 1870s, 1920s and 1930s. Many of the survivors Purchase. Without goals, organizations and institutions Ukraine as a way of providing direction to its confused ended up in Canada, where they started new lives. cannot exist. Instead of saying they can't promote ideas citizens. Others believed that a mass media campaign Given that shared experience of suffering, you would without money, Ukrainians should take the American focused on youth was the answer. Some believed that think that the three groups would relate well. However, approach: find a good idea and it will attract those with media, which today is heavily influenced by Russia, while Jews, Mennonites and Ukrainians have individu­ money to support it. should be strictly controlled so as not to further divide ally had an important influence on life in Canada, very Some speakers expressed the idea that there really is people, while others advocated greater access and little interaction exists between them. nothing substantive that the diaspora can do for itself or decentralization of the mass media. The reasons the groups have not related more is one for Ukraine, and that, like all diasporas, historically its At midweek, a roundtable session engendered a free­ of the themes to be explored at an August 28-30 confer­ fate is assimilation. Others said the diaspora has a moral wheeling discussion of the future of ethnic minorities ence in Winnipeg called "Building Bridges: Jews, obligation not to fade away, because Ukraine is not and the Ukrainian state, based on the many ideas gener­ Mennonites and Ukrainians in Canada." really free or sovereign, and remains in a precarious and ated by the papers presented earlier in the week. The conference, to be held at St. Paul's College, dependent position. The second part of the conference, coordinated by University of Manitoba, is sponsored by the Jewish There were those from both sides of the Atlantic who Dr. Bohdan Rubchak, University of Illinois at Chicago, Historical Society of Western Canada, the Manitoba said the diaspora should stop sending money to consisted of nine sessions on the Ukrainian diaspora, Mennonite Historical Society and the East European Ukraine, especially to the government, whose main goal West and East. Some speakers focused on the develop­ Heritage Society (Ukrainian Section). seems to be amassing power and wealth for itself. ment of the diaspora in various areas, such as literature, The cost of the conference is $85. To register, or for Instead it should concentrate on building up its own music, education, politics and historiography. Others more information, contact: Jewish, Mennonite, Ukrainian financially strapped institutions for the sake of its chil­ looked at relations between Ukraine and its diaspora Conference Committee, St. Andrew's College, 475 Dysart dren. Still others said the type of government Ukraine from various perspectives. Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2M7 before August 11. has is the type it elected and that we must work with it Topics included a statistical analysis of the diaspora The phone number is (204) 474-8895 or (204) 669-6575; based on U.S. census data, the politics of the CBS "60 fax is (204) 275-0803 or (204) 654-1865. 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Dateline New York: Broadway Stars by Helen Smindak

Over the years, Broadway has intro­ opera engagements to her credit, includ­ duced a good many Ukrainian luminaries ing the Empire State Opera's "Cosi Fan to the theater-going public. Among them Tutte," the Brooklyn Club's "Cavalleria have been George Dzundza, Ed Evanko, Rusticana" and the Brandenburg Opera's John Hodiak, Jack Palance, Holly "Le Nozze di Figaro." Palance, George de la Pena, Karen She has also performed with the Prunczik, William Shust and Olga Talyn. College Light Opera Company of Cape Off-В roadway and Off-Off Broadway, Cod, the New York Gilbert and Sullivan the scores of small companies and theater Players and in the music series at the clubs that make up the performing arts Ukrainian Institute of America. A gradu­ scene in Manhattan, were the starting ate of Columbia University in art history, point for some of these stars. They are she holds a master's degree in voice from also the locale for performers like the Manhattan School of Music. Her Stephanie Godino and Olya Shuhan, and long-range goal: the New York City companies like the Yara Arts Group, Opera or an opera house of equal stature which often stages inventive work at the and renown. La Mama experimental theater in lower Manhattan. Tryzub Ukrainian Dancers Perhaps at no time have so many Though Town Hall may not be consid­ Ukrainian performers appeared on ered by everyone as "Broadway" (techni­ Broadway and Off-Broadway as in the cally, it's known as a music hall), in my past three months. book it's part of Broadway. It's located There were - count them - 38 in all. right in the heart of the theater district, on Mezzo-soprano Karen Ann Cholhan of West 43rd Street, just a half-block from Manhattan had a leading role in the the Great White Way. Castillo Theater's six-week production of However they defined their concert a new musical, "Carmen's Community." locale, the dancers of the Tryzub The 34-member Tryzub Ukrainian Dance Ukrainian Dance Company gave it every­ Ensemble from Calgary took over the thing they had on July 5 in a production Town Hall stage for a one-night stand titled "Reflections of the Soul." They and made a great impression on New performed some of the best special York Times' critic Jack Anderson. Darka choreographic effects I've seen done by a and Slavko, a pop duo that blends Ukrainian dance group. There were Ukrainian folk melodies with pop, were human pyramids, sequences in which on the Town Hall bill, too. And George groups whirled like human carousels, de la Pena returned to Broadway for 10 tumbling, acrobatic flip-flops and kicking weeks as one of the stars in the critically and stamping. acclaimed musical "Chronicle of a Death The presentation was not only spectac­ Foretold," an adaptation of Gabriel ular and colorfully costumed, it was Garcia Marquez's Nobel Prize-winning unique in offering more than suites of A duo of Tryzub dancers strut their stuff. novel of the same name. unrelated dance numbers. "Reflections of Darka and Slavko as a "melding of traditional Ukrainian Karen Ann Cholhan a Soul" was a full-length, two-act story music with a nice jazzy, bluesy sound." told through Ukrainian folk dances, lyri­ Darka Konopada of Detroit and Slavko The couple's story, told by freelance The story of two Carmens, one per­ cal balletic sequences, a rehearsal session Halatyn of New York met at a Ukrainian writer Janet Grady Sullivan, appeared as forming on stage at the Metropolitan and a Western-style hoe-down. students' meeting 10 years ago. Both were the cover story of the Arts & Entertainment Opera House, the other living in a hous­ The story in brief: Members of a singers, so they started improvising togeth­ section in New York Newsday on July 3. ing project behind Lincoln Center, Canadian folk dance company travel to er. Their harmonizing was so smooth that Titled "The Ballad of Darka and Slavko," formed the focus of "Carmen's Ukraine to study with a comparable orga­ they began performing together at ethnic the three-page article included photos of Community," which starred Karen Ann nization. There are rivalries as well as a fairs and concerts. Soon they were per­ the two singers as well as an interior view Cholhan as the title character of the opera troubled romance between a Canadian forming and recording their songs as a of Surma's shop and its owners, Myron and and Connie Embesi as Carmencita. woman (played by Christine Hoshowsky) duo, known as Darka and Slavko. They Magda Surmach. Alternating scenes between the two and a Ukrainian man (Paul Kravec). All became Mr. and Mrs. in 1990. Noting that Darka and Slavko records women by means of a revolving stage, problems are eventually resolved, and the Making their first major New York may be purchased in Ukrainian shops in the play followed one night in the lives lovers are reunited. The happy ending is appearance at Town Hall at the Tryzub the East Village, Ms. Sullivan described of the two women, delving into the love, celebrated with a whirlwind dance finale. dancers' concert, the handsome couple Surma and St. George's Church, two of the jealousy and fate that linked their very Mr. Anderson especially liked the sang songs from their new recording, best-known institutions in the city's different lives until an extraordinary dancers' youthful energy and crisp foot­ "Darka & Slavko: Believe." Ukrainian neighborhood. She also touched event brought them together. The plot work. He also gave credit to the troupe's Darka, who has a dusky voice, and on the postwar life of Ukrainian emigres, was spun out at the Castillo Theater in director, George Chrunik, for knowing Slavko, backing the two of them on his like Darka's and Slavko's parents, who West Soho through song and dance, with how to combine vitality and precision. guitar, gave out with several selections. found refuge in the United States. the addition of excerpts from Bizet's Although he felt that the story was Two of the songs were in English, some­ Though Slavko is legally blind follow­ opera "Carmen." "not compellingly told," he applauded thing the couple incorporated in their lat­ ing a bout with retinitis pigmentosa, he is Ms. Cholhan, a tall elegant woman Mr. Chrunik's efforts to unify the pro­ est recording. (They did the same in studying for a music degree at Five with porcelain white complexion and a gram thematically. Warren, Mich., last weekend, where they Towns College in Dix Hills, Long Island. lovely singing voice, succeeded in effect­ Mr. Anderson might have been even appeared on the same bill with the Tryzub Darka has a 9-to-5 job at The Economist ing a complete contrast to the dark, more impressed if he had known that the dancers at the Fitzgerald Auditorium.) in Manhattan. But when Darka and gypsy-like Carmencita. show employed 3,200 costume pieces, Their music is described by The At 26, Ms. Cholhan has quite a list of with dancers often required to make 30- Weekly's music reviewer Oles Kuzyszyn (Continued on page 14) second costume changes as they per­ formed folk dances from the Poltava, Hutsulshchyna, Transcarpathia, Bukovyna and Volyn regions of Ukraine. This very ambitious Canadian venture, currently touring eastern Canada and the U.S., is the combined work of director/choreographer George Chrunik and composer/arranger Ron Cahute. Producer/promoter Roman Brytan and Noella Brytan of Provid Entertainment Productions assembled a handsome press kit (an important PR tool often over­ looked by the Ukrainian community), complete with glossy photos, bios and storyline. I'd venture to say that with spoken narration to keep the audience on track with the story, better spotlighting and fewer moments of melodrama, "Reflections of a Soul" could even make Karen Ann Cholhan it as a Broadway musical. George de la Pena (left) and Julio Monge. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995 No. 30

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"I'm happy being ahead 2-0, but I'm Pro hockey... taking nothing for granted. You need four games to win a series. The main (Continued from par ^ 12) . СОЮЗІВКА • SOYUZiW. 'They deserve all the credit and so focus is trying toAvin Game 3 at home." (prior to Game 3 vs. Detroit)... much more respect," said Lemieux, who Ukrainian National Association . scored a playoff-leading 13 goals. On a key s|ve by goalie Martin Brodeur in the finals: "That was huge. Foordmore Road Kerhonksoa NewNou , "They've been jabbed and put down, and That might have been a turning point of 914-626-5641 FAX914HS26-4638 all the comments about the trap can be the whole game. If they get up one goal, put in the garbage. obviously we're back on our heels. We "If you don't like our style, too bad. got up two after one (period) and kept SOTOZIVKA SUMMER PROGRAMS 1995 You can go watch another show." At the coming at them." Saturday, July 29, 8:30 p.m. Concert end of this 1995 National Hockey • Bad bit of luck for the Flyers' Brent "Dumka Choir" from New York League season, it turned out the Devils Fedyk, who went headfirst into the mid­ 10 p.m. Dance - "Vidlunnia" were the best show in town. section of New York's Jay Wells in UKRAINIAN UTTE,RINGS: Heard Philadelphia's series-clinching victory. Saturday, August 5, 8:30 p.m. Concert from Ukrainian defenseman Kenny He was shoved from behind and actually Ensemble "Kobzari" Daneyko during the Devils' remarkable chipped off a piece of his first vertebrae. Bandurists from Detroit playoff run: "We were a litue rusty, and The injury did not require surgery and 10 p.m. Dance - "Vodohraj' we had a million shots v/e missed. We'll should heal in 12 weeks. He was told a Sunday, August 6 - UNWLA Day be better next time. This was a game we slightly more severe jarring could have handed them on a silver pl°Uer." (after left him paralyzed. He's without a con­ Saturday, August 12, 8:30 p.m. Concert Game 1 vs. Pittsburgh)... tract for next year and figures the injury "An Evening of Contemporary Ukrainian Songs" "We were frothing a little after Game could make negotiating a little sticky. "I Lidia Hawryluk, Oksana Borbycz-Korduba, Oles Kuzyszyn, 1, and we were hungry for this one, but have kind of worried about what it holds Bohdan Kuzyszyn, Yurij Turchyn. the momentum swing could have been for me," he said. "I'm sure when you 10 p.m. Dance - "Luna" devastating. We knew that (Jagr's goal) break your neck it doesn't help your was nothing but a lucky bourse. I said on cause any." Saturday, August 19, 8:30 p.m. Concert the bench, 'We won't be denied, if we go • Keith Gretzky, once a Buffalo Sabres Soyuzivka Dance Camp Recital. Instructor: out there with a drive and intensity.'" draft pick, now runs "Gretzky's Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky; Olya Chodoba-Fryz. (after Game 2 with Pittsburgh)... Backyard", a roller hockey business in 10 p.m. Dance - "Burlaky" "It's obvious we knew they were going Phoenix, Arizona. 11:45 p.m. crowning of Miss Soyuzivka 1996 to come out flying. We would have been • Muskegon Fury (CHL) announced happy to come out (of the first period) the resignation of coach Steve Ludzik to Sunday, August 20, 2:15 p.m. Concert down 1-0, and we were very fortunate it become associate coach of Detroit Vipers Maria Krushelnycka - piano was 1-1. We gave up 13 goals in 10 (IHL). Lidia Shutko - violin games, but that's how our team has to • Washington Capitals signed RW play that way. We can't make a lot of Greg Pankiewicz to a three-year deal. Saturday August 26, 8:30 p.m. Concert mistakes." (after eliminating Pittsburgh)... • Montreal traded LW Brian Bellows Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble "Vidlunnia" "We've got to pretend we're playing to Tampa Bay. 10 p.m. Dance - "Vidlunnia" here (in Philadelphia). There's been no • Free agent centerman Dale home-ice advantage. I'm hoping we can Hawerchuk signed a three-year contract LABOR DAY WEEKEND steal one in our barn." (after Game 5 vs. with the St. Louis Blues. "Ducky" signed Flyers)... for a reported $2.5 million per. Friday, September 1,10 p.m. Dance - "Lvivjany" Saturday, September 2, 8:30 p.m. Concert Ukrainian Playoff Scoring Ukrainian Youth Ensembles from Toronto Male Choir "Orion" ! Player Team GP G A PTS PIM ] Female Choir "Levada" P. Bondra Washington 7 5 3 8 10 Concert-Marching Band "Vanguard" S. Konowalchuk Washington 7 2 5 7 12 Musical Director and Conductor - Wasyl Kardash I D. Andreychuk Toronto 7 3 2 5 25 10 p.m. Dance "Tempo"; "Fata Morgana" D. Khristlch Washington 7 1 4 5 0 B. Fedyk Philadelphia 9 2 2 4 8 , Sunday, September 3, 2:15 p.m. Concert D. Babych Vancouver 11 2 2 4 14 Ukrainian Youth Ensembles from Toronto R. Matvichuk Dallas 5 0 2 2 4 8:30 p.m. Concert - Vocai-lnstrumental Ensemble "Lviviany" C. Leschyshyn Quebec 3 0 1 1 4 10 p.m. Dance "Tempo"; "Fata Morgana" A. 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mist Friedrich Hayek's term, someone in The public... the mold of Chilean Augusto Pinochet. (Continued from page 2) Economic radicalism has never been that the deficit, which stood at 20 percent applied in the West. After the devastation of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in mid- of the second world war, most West November 1994 dropped to 8.5 percent by European countries introduced convert­ ible currencies (in the mid-1960s), fol­ ADVERTISING RATES FOR SVOBODA the end of December. (Published daily except Sundays, Mondays and holidays) Despite proclamations of a radical lowing an intensive program of industrial strategy of financial stabilization, in late rehabilitation funded by the U.S. under March 1995 still no state budget had the Marshall Plan. been adopted and the government Radicalism is alien to the Western para­ seemed to have no means to pursue its digm of economic gradualism that has internationally acclaimed strategy. always favored step-by-step reforms. The privatization program and land However, despite the best intentions reform - both key elements of a market of its supporters in Ukraine and in the system - have stalled. West, "shock therapy" is powerless to Without financial stabilisation, privati­ effect the essential tasks of dismantling zation and land reform, the introduction top-down management, "company- of a viable monetary unit, the hryvnia, is town" principles, removing the corrupt impossible. An accurate and reliable and stagnant nomenklaturas (old and evaluation of property in Ukraine, in new), and establishing legal institutions terms of hard currency, has also been of civic society. held up. It is particularly ill-suited to dealing Thus, Ukraine faces the prospect of with the psychological resistance to financial stabilization without a monetary reforms prevalent in institutions and unit and privatization without propri­ among the broader public. etors. Such are the lessons Ukraine should At the moment, economic radicalism learn from the failure of economic could only stimulate economic reforms, reforms in Russia. and widen the social gap between the "new Ukrainians" and the pauperized Dr. Volodymyr Zviglyanich is adjunct masses. This could bring an "economic professor of East European area studies dictator" to power, to use German econo­ at George Washington University. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995 No. 30 Give the world to your loved ones in Ukraine. Send ||щ GEOGRAPHIC magazine! No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1995 19 Preschoolers St John's School holds graduation ceremonies appear in opera CRANFORD, N.J. - Children of Pre­ school Music, a music appreciation pro­ gram founded in 1972 and directed by pianist and educator Marta Sawycky in Irvington, N.J., concluded their 1994- 1995 school year with a notable public performance. One of the most successful ventures of Pre-School Music was the appearance of its 27 students and graduates as village children and dancers in the State Repertory Opera's (SRO) production of 'The Bartered Bride" by Bedrich Smetana. The English-language version of the Czech comic opera was staged April 22 to a full house at the Bergen County Technical School Theater in Hackensack, N.J. This was the fourth SRO production in which Ms. Sawycky's students were featured. The opera, with Dita Del man as artistic director, was conducted by James Sadewhite. Commented Ms. Sawycky after the performance: "As usual, the children had great fun, and it was truly an enriching experience for all of them." Ms. Sawycky herself played the roles of the village woman and circus clown. A number of other Ukrainians also contributed to the production: Mychail Newmerzyckyj sang the role of the 40p4.098St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, N.J., feted its graduating eighth graders and kindergarteners landowner, Tobias Micha; Katia Kucyna, during commencement ceremonies held, respectively, on June 8 and June 2. Seen above in a group photograph are the two Olha Lesko, Chrystyna Terlecky and graduating classes with their teachers and clergy. Back row (from left): Halyna Gural (math teacher), the Very Rev. Yaroslaw Daria Ziolyk appeared in the chorus; Dybka, Redemptorist provincial, Myroslaw Bytz, Daniel Koziupa, Bernard Wojtas, Andrew Szukis, Mark Brenycz, the Rev. Frank Greg Hywel designed the costumes. Szadiak (pastor). Middle row: Luba Batka (religion and science teacher), Tatiana Martynetz, Anna Vlasyuk, Stephanie Borai, "The Bartered Bride" garnered a Katria Misilo, Michael Haniszewski, Lydia Smyk (kindergarten teacher). Front row: Sister Maria Rozmarynowycz (principal), Maria glowing review from The Star-Ledger's Robak (Ukrainian teacher), Christina Haniak, Michael Wasyliszyn, Andrew Puzyk, Roxanne Smyk, Alexander Syroriak, Larissa Paul Somers (April 24), who called it a Smyk, Danusia Lukiw, Halyna Milanytch (eighth grade teacher). Missing from the photo is kindergarten graduate Kristina Rakoczy. "delight," praised the principals and added that the "SRO's performance gained much of its charm from the cho­ Notice to publishers and authors rus and dancers." Mr. Somers also noted the following: It is The Ukrainian Weekly's policy to run news items and/or reviews of News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. "While children on stage always boost the newly published books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and pre­ Send new releases and information (where publication may be pur­ 'cute' factor, in this case the masses of miere issues of periodicals, only after receipt by the editorial offices of a chased, cost, etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 kids, including preschoolers, were quite copy of the material in question. Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. professional with no childish mishaps."

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