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INSIDE:• President and Rada disagree over site of inauguration — page 3. • Addressses at Great Famine memorial service — page 7. • Arkan dance troupe performs in China — page 13.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVII HE No.KRAINIAN 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine Ukrainians recall Famine-genocide at memorial events in New York ReportsT note low risk U W of Y2K disruptions throughout Ukraine by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – Countering claims in the inter- national press offered by many a computer specialist that Ukraine could suffer from major power disruptions and face huge problems at its nuclear facilities after January 1, a recently issued U.S. govern- ment-funded study has found that Ukraine’s energy sector is at low risk of experiencing any major Y2K disruptions following the New Year. The risk assessment report, prepared by computer and energy Y2K experts from Southern California Edison, the huge power-generating conglomerate, along with the Bonneville Power Administration and the CANUS corporation, states that “the Ukrainian power grid will not collapse and heating steam will not be lost” when the new millennium dawns. Roma Hadzewycz After analyzing information gathered from Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy, the Commemorating the Great Famine of 1932-1933 engineered by Stalin in Ukraine, marchers walk in a solemn procession. Nuclear Power Plant-Operations Support by Roma Hadzewycz orderly with officers of the New York City to passers-by and drivers. Many were Institute and a host of private and govern- Police Department clearing the path for dressed in embroidered Ukrainian shirts or NEW YORK – Vowing they would ment technology centers, as well as the the procession, closing off traffic lanes blouses or other elements of traditional United States Agency for International never forget the millions starved to death and intersections as the marchers passed. Ukrainian attire (female members of Plast Development (USAID), which has a sub- by the Stalin regime in 1932-1933 in The column of marchers was led by Ukrainian Scouting Organization were stantial presence in Ukraine and funded the Ukraine, approximately 1,500 Ukrainian distinguished by their Hutsul “kyptari”), report, the project members visited 15 facil- Americans walked in a solemn procession church banners and Ukrainian national flags draped with black ribbons of mourn- while others wore black for the mournful ities associated with power generation and from St. George Ukrainian Catholic occasion. Church on East Seventh Street in Lower ing. Clergy, among them Archbishop distribution around the cities of Kyiv, Lviv The mourners hailed from all parts of Manhattan to St. Patrick’s Cathedral Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Zaporizhia. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, uptown on Fifth Avenue and between 50th of the U.S.A., were at the head of the pro- The report, released in early November, and cities beyond. Many arrived by the and 51st streets, where a requiem service cession. states that where problems may emerge busload: from Hartford and New Haven, was offered in memory of the genocide’s Participants carried placards pointing to failure could result in limited service to Conn., from Passaic/Clifton, Bound people – what it calls “degraded system victims. the Soviet regime’s atrocities in Ukraine, performance” – but that many of the prob- The procession up Third Avenue was and informative leaflets were distributed (Continued on page 6) lems should be resolved by manual opera- tion. The report emphasizes that, as in other countries, the seriousness of a situation that could have been catastrophic if not reme- Discover Ukraine expedition changes course, but not goal died in time, was determined to be manage- by Roman Woronowycz way to a sailing regatta in El Ferrol, The 60-something captain, a retired able simply because there are far fewer Kyiv Press Bureau Spain, in May. engineer and lifelong sailing enthusiast computers affected by the date rollover to Next year they are off to the United who helped invent the light weight, con- the year 2000 than previously thought. KYIV – Columbus didn’t do it like States to participate in OpSail 2000, an crete bottom design that characterizes “It was found that in Ukraine less than 1 this, and neither did del Fuego, but they international display of tall ships and his two 27-meter sailing vessels – percent were found to be date sensitive, had benefactors. Thus far the Discover sailing vessels that was last held in 1992. schooner, Batkivschyna and a brigantine, with about the same percentage having Ukraine sailing expedition does not. It will tour the Eastern Seaboard of the Pochaina – has spent the last two years Y2K issues – an unexpected but beneficial Like the two renowned explorers, how- United States in early summer and enter pursuing a dream to sail the globe and let finding,” according to the report. ever, who long searched for the financial New York Harbor at the beginning of the world know about Ukraine. He has The report also noted that where poten- backer who would express faith in their July for a lavish Fourth of July millenni- said that while governments may know tial problems exist, Y2K counter-programs dreams, Captain Dymytrii Birioukovitch um celebration. about Ukraine, average people still do have been effective and that the training of and his crew of believers continue their Captain Birioukovitch said that sever- Y2K personnel “was found to be very not have a clue about one of the largest quest to sail around the world on a al people had expressed interest in sup- countries in Europe. His mission: to get good.” cement-bottom boat. porting the around-the-world voyage, However, there still are holes in contin- the word out about Ukraine’s geopoliti- In a concession to realities – their including the mayor of Kyiv, but when it cal and economic potential, and its grand gency planning, although sufficient time around-the-world voyage has been came time to cough up the money, the exists to implement them as well, it was history. stalled for lack of financing – the backers fell away. reported. In the first leg of his journey, which Discover Ukraine project has decided to “We decided that we weren’t going to One particular concern, which the took him across the European continent conquer the seven seas in stages. be denied,” explained Mr. Birioukovitch. assessment emphasizes, is Ukraine’s lack of to its western edge, he finally found the Thus far the expedition has traveled “We found a few dollars here, a few a comprehensive country-wide plan for chance to let at least Europe know, three of them, the Black Sea, the there, and departed.” These limited resource reallocation, communications and about Ukraine. Mediterranean and a portion of the funds, however, allowed them to plan emergency response should a worst-case Atlantic Ocean, which they did on their only a trans-European trip. (Continued on page 10) (Continued on page 23) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 No. 48

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Ukrainian electorate’s vote of weariness Kuchma to nominate Pustovoitenko Interfax. (RFE/RL Newsline) by Jan Maksymiuk in determining the final election outcome. ISTANBUL – President Leonid Kuchma proposes Black Sea trade zone RFER/RL Newsline Despite these violations, no international Kuchma on November 19 told journalists body will question President Kuchma’s re- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma of PRAGUE – Leonid Kuchma won a in Istanbul, where he was attending a election. The OSCE – whose opinion on summit of the Organization for Security Ukraine on November 17 addressed an seemingly easy victory in the November 14 elections in post-Communist Europe seems informal summit of the Black Sea presidential runoff, gaining more than 56 and Cooperation in Europe, that he will to play a leading role in determining their propose that Prime Minister Valerii Economic Cooperation Organization percent of the vote, while his Communist legitimacy – reported that October 31 first (BSECO), which took place shortly rival, Petro Symonenko, received some 38 Pustovoitenko head the new Cabinet, round of voting was fair. With regard to the Interfax reported. Mr. Kuchma added before the OSCE summit in Istanbul, percent backing. second round, the OSCE reported many that he made that decision on the basis of Interfax reported. Mr. Kuchma suggested Mr. Kuchma commented the following irregularities but did not suggest they had a “this year’s economic results.” that the creation of a free-trade zone in day that nobody in Ukraine expected the decisive effect on the outcome. Serious vio- According to the Constitution of the region could give a “powerful impe- incumbent to win by such a wide margin lations – including the executive’s stifling Ukraine, the old Cabinet of Ministers tus” to regional cooperation. He also and suggested that his re-election means the media and public officials’ campaigning must resign immediately after the presi- noted that increased cooperation with the Ukrainians have chosen a “democratic way for Mr. Kuchma – were noted during the dent-elect’s inauguration. The president European Union and membership in that to build their country based on a market election campaign, but, again, the European appoints a new prime minister, who must organization is an “objective necessity economy.” election watchdog indicated no immediate be approved by at least 226 parliamen- for most members” of the BSECO. “We Few observers of the Ukrainian political link between them and the final result. tary deputies. The National Democratic should synchronize to the maximum scene are likely to agree in full with Still, the scent of foul play remains in the extent our actions with the EU, primarily Party on November 17 proposed that its President Kuchma’s interpretation of the air. “The runoff result is not [the in the economic sphere, and pool our leader, the current prime minister, be ballot. Communists’] defeat but the defeat of efforts in order to prevent the appearance tapped to head the new cabinet. (RFE/RL One reason for objecting to such an democracy in Ukraine,” Mr. Symonenko of new dividing lines on the continent,” Newsline) interpretation is that during his five years in commented. That opinion is clearly exag- he said. (RFE/RL Newsline) office, Mr. Kuchma has shown himself to gerated, but it nevertheless underscores the President rejects bill on elections be neither a truly democratic head of state fact that Mr. Kuchma did not give the PM proposes parliamentary coalition KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma nor a true advocate of a market economy. Communists in Ukraine a fair chance. KYIV – Prime Minister Valerii said he will not sign the bill on parlia- Both at home and abroad he has been Instead, the president’s election team Pustovoitenko on November 17 said a mentary elections that lawmakers adopt- described as a half-hearted democrat and a modeled his duel with Mr. Symonenko on parliamentary pro-government majority Russia’s 1996 runoff between Boris Yeltsin ed in its first reading on November 19. half-hearted reformer. can be set up with the participation of the and Gennadii Zyuganov, scaring the elec- President Kuchma noted that he could Another reason is the large number of Green Party, the Social Democratic Party torate with the prospect of a Communist sign the bill only if a bicameral legisla- violations of voting and campaign proce- (United), the two factions of the Rukh, comeback and “red revenge.” Between the ture were introduced in Ukraine. He dures that were pointed out not only by the the National Democratic Party, the first and second rounds, Ukraine’s televi- added that the bill does not conform incumbent’s rivals in the race or his political Rebirth of Regions group, the Labor sion fed voters documentaries and films “with the interests of a majority of peo- foes, but also by international observers. Ukraine group, the Reform-Congress about Soviet-era repression and terror. The ple,” saying that political parties in The executive’s almost total control over group, the Independents group and non- issue of building the country “based on a Ukraine reflect “only the interests of the electronic media and its involvement in aligned deputies. (RFE/RL Newsline) the incumbent’s re-election campaign market economy” was present, if at all, only their leaders, not the people.” The appear to have been the most instrumental in the deepest background of the media chances of those parties improve under a Tkachenko predicts center-left majority campaign. proportional election system, which is Under these circumstances, Ukrainians proposed in the Verkhovna Rada’s bill. KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus, voted on November 14 for what appeared (RFE/RL Newsline) Oleksander Tkachenko said on Ukraine and Poland specialist on the November 16 that the creation of a cen- staff of RFE/RL Newsline. (Continued on page 16) Rada, Kuchma bicker over inauguration ter-left parliamentary majority is more likely than that of a center- right one, KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on Interfax reported. Such a majority, he November 19 passed a resolution stating argued, could be formed by deputies of that President Leonid Kuchma’s inaugu- the Communist Party, the Socialist The Velvet Revolution: a chronology ration for a second term in office will by Jolyon Naegele Jaruzelski declared martial law in Poland Party, the Peasant Party and the take place on November 30 in the parlia- Progressive Socialist Party. Mr. RFE/RL Newsline rather than risk a Soviet invasion. That ment, Interfax reported. Mr. Kuchma said came as a relief to Czecho-Slovakia’s Tkachenko added that this alignment the same day that he had discussed his PRAGUE – Eight months after Communist rulers and as a disappointment could also be joined by the Hromada inauguration with Verkhovna Rada Alexander Dubcek took office in Czecho- to those who hoped that the flames of Party. Mr. Tkachenko noted that the Chairman Oleksander Tkachenko and Slovakia as first secretary of the Solidarity would spread southward. rightist parliamentary parties are unable agreed with him that the ceremony will Communist Party and launched the “Prague The Radio Moscow announcement of to form a majority that “could positively take place in the Ukraina concert hall. Spring” reforms in 1968, the five armies of the death of Soviet Communist Party leader influence the [country’s] economic “Should I take my oath in front of the the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact occupied Leonid Brezhnev came amid economic, development.” According to Mr. Parliament? I should take it in front of Czecho-Slovakia. That move strangled political and social stagnation throughout Tkachenko’s deputy, Viktor reform not only in Czecho-Slovakia but the Soviet bloc. The brief rule of the Ukrainian people,” President Medvedchuk of the Social Democratic throughout the Soviet bloc for years to Brezhnev’s two ailing successors, Yuri Kuchma said. Meanwhile, National Party (United), parliamentary deputies come. Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko, Deputy Oleksander Yeliashkevych said may form a majority “in the next few The post-1968 ferment in Czecho- ensured that even the word “reform” con- that if Mr. Kuchma’s inauguration does days,” spurred on by the prospect of Slovakia’s socialist neighbors started with tinued to be defined by the Czecho-Slovak not take place in the Parliament this will forming a coalition Cabinet. President the brutally suppressed Gdansk riots in Communist Party as a “temporary, tactical mean “the beginning of the end of parlia- Poland in 1970 that toppled Communist step backward – favored by right-wing revi- mentarism” in Ukraine, according to (Continued on page 22) leader Wladyslaw Gomulka. 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by Roman Woronowycz located in the center of the capital. Quotable notes Kyiv Press Bureau After a week of public debate and disagreement, “I think it shows the common sense of the President Kuchma said on November 22 that he would go Ukrainian people, to choose someone who they trust KYIV – Continuing the intransigence that has marked against a parliamentary resolution and would issue a presi- will be able to keep the country together during this their stormy relations, a brouhaha has emerged between dential decree the next day to assign the ceremony to the very difficult period and who, in his second term, President Leonid Kuchma and Verkhovna Rada leaders Ukraina Palace. has a chance to send the country on the right eco- over where the president should be inaugurated. “I am not taking the oath before the Verkhovna Rada, I nomic course. This time the spat involves the Verkhovna Rada’s refusal am taking it before the Ukrainian people,” said a defiant “The Ukrainan people are very patient. But they to agree to plans proposed by Mr. Kuchma to move the site Mr. Kuchma on Ukrainian television on November 22. The have every reason to expect that President Kuchma, of the presidential inauguration from the Parliament president underscored that the Constitution of Ukraine does with his experience, will take advantage of the Session Hall, where it has been held since Ukraine became not require the head of state to swear his oath to the parlia- opportunities that will be available to him to push independent in 1991. mentarians. Ukraine further towards prosperity and greater dem- President Kuchma, who decisively beat his opponent, The president’s assertion is backed up by the words of ocratic freedoms.” Petro Symonenko, leader of the Communist faction in the basic law of Ukraine, which states only that “the newly the Ukrainian Parliament, in a November 14 election elected president of Ukraine shall assume his post not later – Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William run-off, has insisted that his inauguration, now sched- than 30 days after the official announcement of the elec- Green Miller in an interview with the BBC. uled for November 30, should be held at the Ukraina tions, from the moment he swears an oath to the people dur- Palace of Culture, a luxurious and spacious concert hall ing a solemn meeting of the Verkhovna Rada.” * * * The fractiousness that has characterized relations While the West breathed a sigh of relief over between the two branches of government for years began Kuchma’s victory, or, more accurately, the defeat of The official figures anew when the Verkhovna Rada leadership, led by the Communists, frustration with Ukraine remains Chairman Oleksander Tkachenko, voted on November 16 high – even among many of its staunchest support- against a formal request from the executive branch to KYIV – The Central Election Committee on ers. The conduct of the pre-election campaign – change the site of the inauguration. Mr. Tkachenko, who November 18 accepted the protocol of election especially inappropriate pressure on the media and supported Mr. Kuchma’s opponent in the elections, said tra- returns and released the following official figures public officials’ campaigning for the incumbent – regarding voting in the November 14 presidential dition dictates that the president-elect take the oath of office in the Parliament chamber. can only heighten this frustration. President runoff. (The information was reported by Interfax- Kuchma, who claims a mandate for reform, now has Ukraine.) But a day later President Kuchma seemed to have con- vinced the Verkhovna Rada leadership that its building does a golden opportunity to resolutely move forward • 15,870,722 voters, or 56.21 percent, supported not have the facilities to accommodate the 3,000 or so inter- with democratic and economic reforms and truly President Leonid Kuchma. national diplomats and guests that have been invited, and combat the corruption which has become so corro- that there is no specific requirement in the Constitution that sive and has grossly undermined the rule of law so • 10,665,420 voters, or 37.77 percent, supported the swearing-in take place in the Parliament chamber. On essential to the development of genuine democracy Petro Symonenko. November 17 the president’s press service announced that and a normal market economy. Continuing stagna- • 980,181, voters did not support either candidate. the two sides had agreed to move the date of the ceremony tion won’t just hurt Ukraine’s relations with the from November 26, a day when the national deputies are West, more importantly, it will have negative long- • 28,231,774 persons received ballots (74.9 per- scheduled to work in their constituencies, to November 30, term consequences for the Ukrainian people. Mr. cent of the electorate), and 28,212,484 cast their and to hold it at the president’s chosen venue. Kuchma needs to stop using the intransigence of the ballots into ballot boxes. But two days after that, the full parliamentary body Verkhovna Rada as an excuse and show the neces- • 706,161 ballots (2.5 percent) were ruled invalid. rejected the president’s proposal by a vote of 285 to 8. sary political will to push through reforms to the Viktor Medvedchuk, second vice-chairman of the extent possible using democratic means. • The total number of electors in Ukraine is Verkhovna Rada, said that for the most part, the national 37,680,581 out of a population of 50.1 million deputies again had split along ideological lines, with the – Orest Deychakiwsky, staffer of the U.S. that includes 34 million residing in urban areas Communist, Socialist and Peasants’ party factions voting Commission on Security and Cooperation in and 16.1 million in rural areas. Europe, in an interview with The Ukrainian Weekly. (Continued on page 23) Helsinki Commission leaders comment on results of OSCE summit in Istanbul

by Chadwick R. Gore given priority. Chairman Smith called on standard for the removal of criminal the OSCE make it ideally suited to play a Russia to “cease immediately and with- defamation from the law books of OSCE leading role in combating corruption in a WASHINGTON – Rep. Christopher H. out precondition its use of massive and states. Such an effort was seen as unac- region of vital interest to the United Smith (R-N.J.), chairman of the indiscriminate force against civilians. ceptable by several countries. But we will States.” Commission on Security and Cooperation The use of such force has led to an enor- not retreat.” Sen. Campbell served as vice-chairman in Europe (the Helsinki Commission), mous humanitarian tragedy, one that Members of the Helsinki Commission of the U.S. delegation to the Parliamentary stated on November 19 that he is “partic- every day looks more comparable in have been particularly active in supporting Assembly in St. Petersburg and spearhead- ularly pleased that the Istanbul Charter humanitarian destruction to the terror that concrete steps to combat trafficking of ed calls for the OSCE to play an active role and Declaration approved by the 54 par- Serbian leader Milosevic unleashed on human beings, the subject of a June 28 in combating corruption and organized ticipating states of the Organization for the civilians of Kosovo. Those in hearing. The U.S. Delegation to the OSCE crime. A commission hearing in July on Security and Cooperation in Europe Chechnya responsible for the scores who Parliamentary Assembly in St. Petersburg “Corruption and Bribery in the OSCE (OSCE) includes a number of specific ini- have been kidnapped or unaccounted for in July introduced an anti-trafficking initia- Region” highlighted the multidimensional tiatives advanced by the commission,” should immediately release the victims tive that was unanimously approved by the aspects of the problem. among them, trafficking in human beings, and provide an accounting for all who are Assembly. The introduction of this issue In many OSCE participating states, particularly women and children; corrup- missing.” into the Istanbul Charter and Declaration safeguards – such as due process of law tion; eradication of torture; and protection “Although Russia made promises in also has been received with broad and independent judicial oversight of of the Roma (Gypsies). Istanbul about seeking a political solution approval, which will help spur serious police and security forces – to prevent tor- “Members of the commission had been to the conflict in Chechnya and allowing efforts in the OSCE member-states to stop ture and prosecute and punish those fighting for advancements on these press- the OSCE to play a role in this,” Rep. this modern form of slavery. responsible are weak or non-existent. ing issues for several years,” said the chair- Smith continued. “Early post-summit Commission Co-Chairman Sen. Ben Abuses of prisoners and detainees occur man of the Helsinki Commission. A 17- reports from Moscow suggest the sinceri- Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) especially with alarming frequency throughout the member U.S. delegation to the OSCE ty of these pledges is already in doubt. welcomed the high-level recognition of the NIS; arrest of those responsible is rare. Parliamentary Assembly in July in St. According to press reports, senior figures problems posed by corruption in the OSCE Last year, Russia’s human rights ombuds- Petersburg, Russia, paved the way for in Moscow refer to President Boris region: “Corruption has implications well man reported that torture was widespread. these advances by building a wider and Yeltsin’s ‘rigid’ position in Istanbul and beyond the economic dimension, under- In Uzbekistan, political activists and reli- stronger consensus for them. say ‘no new orders’ have been given. mining the core OSCE values of democra- gious believers have been tortured while The Istanbul Declaration adopted at Russia should make a good-faith effort to cy, human rights and the rule of law. in custody to extract confessions. In the OSCE summit suggests some find a political solution, with assistance Rampant corruption in many of the Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, opposition- progress on Chechnya, another issue to from the OSCE. Not to do so and to con- economies in transition pose a great threat ists have been targets for similar abuse. In which the Helsinki Commission has tinue Moscow’s brutal attacks would con- to their ability to develop as democracies Central Europe and the former demn many thousands more innocent and create prosperous private market Yugoslavia, there have been many inci- people to tragic consequences,” he economies. These problems likewise afflict dents of police brutality against the underlined. the United States and other advanced Roma. Torture is widespread in Turkey, Correction “I was disappointed that the documents countries.” but Ankara’s recently stated policy of zero In the chart listing presidential elec- do not build on OSCE commitments in the He added that “This issue is ripe for a tolerance and its plans for additional legal tions results by oblast/regional district field of religious liberty at a time when much higher level of international atten- reforms and human rights education are (November 21) that was provided by there is increasing intolerance toward tion. I would add that corruption has cost welcomed. Interfax-Ukraine, the figure for the per- minority faith communities in much of the U.S. business firms billions of dollars in According to the Helsinki Commission, centage of votes for President Leonid OSCE region, including Western Europe,” lost contracts abroad with direct implica- some 400,000 victims of torture worldwide Kuchma in Dnipropetrovsk should have Rep. Smith continued. “Similarly, I am dis- tions for our economy here at home. The been given as 56.35 percent. heartened at the failure of efforts to set a comprehensive nature and membership of (Continued on page 17) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 No. 48

UCCLA activists American partners of Ukrainian communities attend conference in Washington meet at retreat CANMORE, Alberta – Ukrainian Canadian community activists from across the country converged on Canmore, Alberta (just outside Banff National Park) on November 13-14 to participate in the second annual retreat of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Organized by Borys Sydoruk, UCCLA’s director of special projects, the meeting brought together UCCLA mem- bers and representatives of three of the provincial councils of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress for discussions rang- ing from the continuing campaign to secure restitution for the imprisonment of Ukrainians and other Europeans as “enemy aliens” during Canada’s first national internment operations to a discus- sion of how the community must continue to protest Ottawa’s policy of denaturaliz- ing and deporting Canadians against whom there is no credible evidence of war crimes. Participants also discussed the need for the development of a permanent, federally funded and inclusive Genocide Museum in Ottawa and expressed serious dismay over the failure of MP Sarkis Ambassador Anton Buteiko addresses conference of Community Partnerships Program. Seated (from left) are: John Tedstrom, Assadourian’s bill (C-224) to be deemed Rep. Marcy Kaptur and Nadia Komarnycky McConnell. votable by members of the House of Commons. by Olenka Dobczanska the Rayburn House Office Building. Rep. leaders are literally rudderless.” Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), John Tedstrom, A roundtable on “Seeds of Reform The UCCLA also unveiled its annual WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine Christmas card, featuring photographs of director of Russian, Ukrainian and Taking Root through U.S.-Ukraine Foundation held a conference in Eurasian affairs at the National Security Community Partnerships” led by Rep. Ukrainian Canadian internees coupled Washington on September 23-24, for rep- with seasonal greetings. Thousands of Council, and Dr. Anton Buteiko. ambas- Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), George resentatives of the 18 American partner sador of Ukraine to the United States) Ingram, deputy assistant administrator at these cards, aimed at all MPs and senators, communities in its Community are also widely mailed out to other inter- spoke about the impact programs such as USAID, and Karen Hasara, mayor of Partnerships Program (CPP). CPP are having on furthering U.S. for- Springfield, Ill., a CPP partner communi- ested persons and supporters across This program, the goal of which is to Canada. eign policy and strengthening the strate- ty followed the opening session. foster local government reform in gic partnership between the U.S. and The day ended with a wine and cheese A wreath-laying ceremony was organ- Ukraine, is funded by the U.S. Agency ized at the site of the Castle Mountain Ukraine. reception on Capitol Hill, where Rep. for International Development The speakers underscored the impor- Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.), Vic Snyder internment camp, near the internee statue (USAID). The event marked the first and plaque unveiled by the UCCLA that tance of reform at the grassroots level. “I (D-Ark.) and William Taylor, special time all the representatives of American has since become a place of pilgrimage for really think if societies that are struggling advisor to the president and secretary of partner communities met each other many members of the community and vis- to move themselves forward can learn state on assistance to the NIS, met and face-to-face. The conference brought itors to the national park. anything from us, it is to gain an appreci- spoke with project participants. together both established partners, who The UCCLA’s plans in the coming year ation of how you unleash local ability in The conference continued on include the installation of additional have been working with the project every sector,” said Rep. Kaptur. September 24 at the Ronald Reagan plaques at several sites, possibly including since the beginning, and the newest Mr. Tedstrom echoed this theme: “We, Building. Participants met with Donald Niagara Falls, Montreal, Halifax and additions, whose partnerships were Ukraine, the United States and our Pressley, USAID assistant administrator, Petawawa; a national memorial plaquing finalized this summer. European partners, need to increase our and Mr. Ingram to discuss USAID strate- effort at Ukrainian churches across the The conference opened with a session attention to the grassroots. Simply put, gies and goals in Ukraine. Danielle titled “Partnerships and Local we need to create informed demand for Arigoni of the USAID Global Mission, (Continued on page 5) Government Reform in Ukraine” held in change in Ukraine. Without it, political shared some lessons learned from a pre- vious USAID partnership project. Ann Schodde, executive director of the Iowa Council for International Businessman from Ukraine offers perspective on privatization Understanding in Des Moines, and by Janet Hunkel optimism was irrepressible. “Every day ready for all of the needed market Walter Nunn, director of the Arkansas in Ukraine I feel and see changes,” he reforms than are the workers and man- International Center in Little Rock, led CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The 10th commented. This optimism is anchored agers. The state still needs to address a discussion about the experiences of anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in the new generation: they accept dem- unresolved social issues and subsidies, CPP partner communities. CPP Deputy – an optimistic time throughout the ocratic and free market ideas; communi- and develop a comprehensive approach. Project Director Olivia Kew presented a world – marked an appropriate time to cate; utilize the Internet; and make deci- The service culture still needs to pro- report on the accomplishments of CPP reflect on Ukraine’s progress in becom- sions. vide service. People need to learn how to date. ing a free market economy and entering He observed that privatization has to obtain information and present them- In the afternoon, participants moved the global marketplace. That occasion made some progress, although not selves. Managers need training. More to the Crystal City Marriott for working came at Harvard’s Ukrainian Research enough, in developing infrastructure legal and institutional reform is essen- sessions that continued on September 25. Institute where Dr. Olexandr Savruk, and changing ownership. The decrease tial. Major changes to energy efficiency Each partner community had the oppor- director and CEO of the Ukrainian of state influence has moved numerous must reabsorb the 15 to 25 percent loss- tunity to share thoughts and insights Center for Post-Privatization Support social issues to the municipal govern- es currently experienced from past neg- about its partnership. (UCPPS), provided “A Ukrainian ment level. New laws facilitate bank- lect and inefficiencies. Relations with Judy Hansen, USAID municipal Businessman’s Perspective on ruptcy, along with other sorts of mecha- Russia, relative to raw materials, need development advisor and USAID’s proj- Privatization.” The November 10 semi- nisms that allow businesses to function to be altered. ect manager for CPP in Kyiv, also spoke nar was sponsored by the Harvard and stimulate competition. As a result, Participants at the seminar added to with participants about USAID objec- Ukrainian Business Initiative. 50 percent of the GDP is in the private this list of changes. One investor effec- tives and answered questions. “This The Ukrainian Center for Post- sector and there are 50,000 legal private tively argued in favor of stock options truly is an excellent program and the Privatization Support (UCPPS) is a pri- entities. This has developed a market and other incentives for managers. Dr. principles of the program in terms of vate, for-profit Ukrainian management mentality in Ukraine, created an envi- Savruk commented that managers still partnerships and training and education consulting firm. The UCPPS has ronment for start-up businesses and operate in their old manner, and such are really key to what Ukraine needs at restructured companies and organiza- allowed sectors such as confectionery, changes will need to come from active this time, and indeed it is working,” she tions, trained Ukrainian managers to re- brewing and telecommunications to stockholders. Participants also discussed said. engineer critical business processes and prosper. “ ‘Private’ is fixed as the way,” the need for courts to become effective For more information, or to con- offered strategic initiatives to support Dr. Savruk said. in enforcing the laws. Another key issue tribute, contact: U.S.-Ukraine the entrepreneurial environment. This progress aside, the younger gen- raised was the $700 million Eurobond Foundation, 733 15th Street NW, Suite While Dr. Savruk listed numerous eration faces multiple tasks to imple- issue due this coming spring, which 1026, Washington, DC 20005; telephone, problems facing Ukraine’s transition to ment change. According to Dr. Savruk, may result in the sell-off of the tele- (202) 347-4264; fax, (202) 347-4267; e- a free market economy, nonetheless his the business infrastructure is no more phone company. mail: [email protected]; homepage, http://www.usukraine.org. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 5 Volyn hospital reports decrease in infant mortality UCCLA releases listing LUTSK, Ukraine – The Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund has received a of interned ‘enemy aliens’ highly encouraging report from its part- CALGARY, Alberta – Canada’s ner hospital in Volyn indicating a notable Ukrainian community on November 11 decrease in infant mortality over the past released a document, titled “Roll Call,” four years. which provides the names of some 4,000 In a report issued in September, the Ukrainians and other Europeans unjustly Volyn Regional (Oblast) Children’s imprisoned as “enemy aliens” during Medical Center compared the mortality Canada’s first national internment opera- rate for children undergoing treatment tions of 1914-1920. for birth defects, premature births and Twenty-four concentration camps set up other complications between 1995 and across Canada were used to house the 1999. internees, whose labor was exploited by According to Dr. Mykola Hnativ, one government and big business, and some of of the leading specialists in neonatal whom had their property and valuables resuscitation at the Volyn center, the confiscated – a portion of which remains in number of children undergoing treatment Ottawa’s coffers to this day. in the center’s intensive care unit has Other indignities experienced by the increased slightly from 188 patients in Ukrainian Canadian community’s members 1995 to 198 in 1998, and is expected to included restrictions on their freedom of rise to over 200 at the current pace for assembly, movement and speech, and dis- 1999. enfranchisement in 1917. However, mortality has fallen off Since 1986 the Ukrainian Canadian community has spearheaded a campaign sharply from 51 deaths in 1995 to only Dr. Oksana Chopko examines a newborn infant undergoing treatment at the intended to secure an official acknowledg- 11 in the first six months of this year. Volyn Regional Pediatric Center’s intensive care unit. ment of this injustice and a reconciliation “This represents a more than 50 percent through the restitution of the internees’ decrease in the number of infant deaths wealth to be used for educational purposes. in our facility, from 27 percent four years Based on the work of two researchers ago to under 12 percent this year,” said who reviewed the remaining archives of the Dr. Hnativ. “These are very encouraging Office of Internment Operations (National indicators.” Archives of Canada), and complemented Dr. Hnativ and his colleagues at the by additional names taken from surviving center have attributed much of this archives in the U.S. Department of State, improvement to new technology and British Foreign Office records and other training provided by the Children of published materials, “Roll Call” represents Chornobyl Relief Fund that has delivered the first attempt to identify these internees. more than $500,000 worth of intensive While it is incomplete, given the destruc- care equipment to the facility, beginning tion of many of the relevant documents, Dr. in November 1997. Among the items Lubomyr Luciuk, director of research for delivered by the CCRF, perhaps the most the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties valuable were a fully equipped ambu- Association, observed: “Until today we lance complete with transport incubator were unable to answer questions from and respirator and critical care monitor – Canadians of many different ethnic, reli- all of which enabled the doctors in Lutsk gious and racial heritages who came to us to reach newborns in some of the most wondering if members of their families, rel- remote villages in this rural province and atives or friends had been among those who to transport them safely to Volyn’s cen- were interned. Finally, we have a partial tral critical care facility. “In one year, we have doubled the list, which confirms that many ethnocultur- CCRF monitors Lesia Yavorivska and Olya Datsenko and a local driver review number of children we are bringing from al communities were exposed to these the ambulance donated by the Rotary Club of Fishkill, N.Y., and delivered to remote maternity clinics,” Dr. Hnativ needless and harsh internal security meas- Lutsk by the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. ures, whose crippling legacy continues to explained. “Many of these were suffering affect our community to this day.” from very serious, life-threatening condi- infant warmers and pulse oximeters that The CCRF’s experience in Lutsk fol- He added, “We intend to make ‘Roll tions and would not have survived with- can assist doctors and nurses in moni- lows similar successes it has achieved at Call’ available to all Canadians by placing out emergency surgery and the other toring and stabilizing infants’ condi- its partner hospitals in Dnipropetrovsk it on the website of the Ukrainian Canadian resources we now have available.” tions. Prior to these installments, doc- and Lviv with the help of grants from Civil Liberties Association and through Thanks to the initiative of Prof. tors in Lutsk were often forced into the Monsanto and the John Deere Co. The complimentary distribution to selected Volodymyr and Oksana Bakum of heartbreaking predicament of choosing success of the Volyn neonatal team con- libraries, MPs and research institutes. This Highland, N.Y., and a very generous gift which one of four or five critically ill vinced CCRF medical advisers to stage a relatively unknown episode in Canadian from the Matushevsky/Bakum families, newborns could receive treatment using national training conference at the center history is slowly being recovered and the CCRF was able to leverage and the only incubator or respirator avail- in Lutsk on October 18-20. Co-hosted by returned to the collective memory of install five complete neonatal stations at able, and which had the best chance of the CCRF, Ukraine’s Ministry of Health Canada, which these internees, many of the Volyn pediatric center. The new surviving with makeshift resuscitation and the Volyn Pediatric Center, the con- them Ukrainians but many representing work stations are also equipped with techniques. ference featured presentations by other cultures and faiths, helped build.” Ukrainian specialists, technical advisers “By releasing this document on from medical manufacturers Siemens Remembrance Day, when all Canadians Ukrainian Orthodox League completes and Fisher & Paykel, and two neonatal should hallow the memory of those who experts from the Beth Israel Medical gave their lives so that we can enjoy our Center and the St. Barnabas Medical freedoms,” Dr. Luciuk said, “we are paying mission of sending eyeglasses to Ukraine a tribute to those who fell in defense of lib- System in New Jersey. erty while recalling those who fell victim to “It is our hope that the success in by Elizabeth Mitchell vide better vision to the poor of the Lutsk can he replicated in other pedi- this injustice, 85 years ago.” world. Almost a half-million pairs of CARNEGIE, Pa. – The Christian Care atric centers and maternity hospitals glasses are distributed annually through- across Ukraine,” said Alex Kuzma, Giving and Missions Commission of the out the world by the organization. Ukrainian Orthodox League of the director of development for the U.S.- Dr. Victoria Malick, UOL mission based relief fund. The CCRF is expand- UCCLA activists... U.S.A. completed its 1999 mission proj- chair, will head the 1999-2000 project of (Continued from page 4) ect of collecting used eyeglasses for the ing its efforts to include needy pediatric collecting needed items and equipment centers in Poltava, Chernihiv and Ivano- country, dissemination of “Roll Call,” a needy in Ukraine. for the diocesan All Saints Camp located Frankivsk. In addition to its medical comprehensive listing of over 4,000 Through the efforts of Pat Dorning of in Emlenton, Pa. internees’ names; further development of Carnegie, Pa., and Nikolay Shapoval of relief program, the CCRF has also pub- the UCCLA website; and legal initiatives Lincoln, Neb., over 2,500 pairs of glass- lished a groundbreaking handbook on aimed at securing a resolution of the es were collected from 20 UOL chap- the “Fundamentals of Neonatology,” the acknowledgment and restitution cam- ters, Ukrainian Orthodox parishes and Addendum first book of its kind published in the paign. individuals throughout the United In the November 7 news story headlined Ukrainian language. Each participant at The UCCLA will also be releasing a States. “Ukrainian organizations benefit from the October conference received a com- revised and updated version of the book- The project was coordinated through CBS funds,” it was reported that attorney plimentary copy of the volume. let, “A Time for Atonement,” which pro- the efforts of the New Eyes for the Needy Bohdanna Pochoday had donated $18,500 To support the CCRF’s Infant Survival vides basic information about the intern- organization of Short Hills, N.J., which to various Ukrainian organizations. In fact, Initiative, supporters are urged to send ment operations for use in public aware- will send the glasses to Ukraine for dis- Ms. Pochoday donated a total of $23,500 their tax-deductible contributions to: ness efforts involving schools, the media tribution. New Eyes is a non-profit, vol- to various organizations in amounts vary- CCRF, 272 Old Short Hills Road, Short and politicians. unteer organization with a goal to pro- ing from $1,000 to $5,000. Hills, NJ 07078 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 No. 48

author of a book of memoirs, “One Ukrainians recall... Woman, Five Lives, Five Countries,” (Continued from page 1) which she dedicated to her parents who Brook, Jersey City/Bayonne and Newark, had perished at the hands of the Soviets in N.J., and from Bethpage, Long Island, Siberia, Mrs. Dallas indicated how impor- N.Y. Others came by public transportation tant it is “to expose the truth about this or in private cars from various cities genocide.” She explained that she prefers throughout the tri-state area. not to use the word “famine,” because it Queried by The Weekly about why was not a true famine, but an artificially they had chosen to march, community created one, engineered deliberately to activists both young and old, all had the break the Ukrainian nation. Volodymyr Rabitsky of Lviv, who is same response: to mourn the victims of visiting his daughter, a student in this what is known in Ukrainian as “Velykyi country, said he came to speak out as a Holod” – the Great Famine; to let the fel- Lemko, having seen another atrocity of low Americans know that Ukrainians will this century: the Communist Polish gov- always remember the 7 million to 10 mil- ernment’s Akcja Wisla that resettled lion deliberately killed during the Famine- Ukrainians from their native genocide of 1932-1933; to increase public Lemkivschyna region, and the period awareness of this little known genocide. when Ukrainian activists were persecuted Along the route, Ukrainian Americans and killed, and Ukrainian villages could be seen speaking with passers-by destroyed in Poland. curious to know why this column of peo- Ihor Lemischka, a professor of molecu- ple of all ages was quietly proceeding lar biology at Princeton University, said down Third Avenue. he came to march and mourn because the One marcher, Eugenia Dallas, traveled Great Famine is “an underappreciated from Hollywood, Calif., to New York horrific act of this century, on par with specifically to participate in the day’s other genocides.” He added, “It needs to commemoration of the Great Famine. The be remembered, in particular now that we are entering a new era with an independ- ent Ukraine.” As several community activists of the First Lady older generation passed by, one remarked to The Weekly correspondent: “Write this: even old grandmothers are marching.” A sends message young Plast member commented that she Message received from First Lady and her friends were participating to pay Hillary Rodham Clinton. (The text their respects to the victims of the Famine below was not read at the memorial and to demonstrate that “we remember.” gathering at St. Patrick’s Cathedral As the marchers poured into the land- due to time constraints.) mark cathedral, they we rejoined by hun- I regret that I am unable to be with dreds of others who had chosen to arrive you today for the solemn commemo- directly at St. Patrick’s. First to enter were ration of one of the great human those who carried crosses, church banners Roma Hadzewycz and national flags. At the altar, a lone tragedies of this century. Previous The gathering point near St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church before the march. commitments prevent my attendance. wreath of kalyna (guelder rose), a You are, however, very much in my Ukrainian national symbol, with blue, yel- Stalin – was not to destroy a physical peo- price for its independence and freedom. thoughts. low and black ribbons was placed by the ple, but to destroy Ukraine as a culture, We shall never forget it, and we shall do The Ukrainian Famine imposed Women’s Association of the Organization society and political entity in order to our best to prevent similar tragedies else- by Joseph Stalin upon millions of for the Defense of Four Freedoms for allow the Communist regime to recreate where.” innocent men, women and children Ukraine. According to organizers, more Ukraine in its own image.” Roksolana Lozynskyj, speaking on caused truly “harvests of sorrow.” than 3,000 attended the service. Ambassador Buteiko observed: behalf of the Ukrainian Congress Today we remember those innocent Inside the cathedral there were words “Monuments were erected to commemorate Committee of America, stated: “...it takes victims and in their honor recommit of remembrance and reconciliation. the victims, secret archives made public, great courage to place yourself, into a ourselves to expand the circle of Bishop Basil Losten of the Stamford tens of books, memoirs and studies pub- place of such unimaginable horror even human dignity and recognize that we Eparchy of the Ukrainian Catholic Church lished. Nevertheless, the Communist Party after all this time. 66 years have passed.... are all God’s children. We must work noted: of the Soviet Union, directed by the bloody we are mute with sorrow. There can be no to protect human rights and ensure “We gather to remember all those inno- deeds of Lenin and Stalin, is yet to bear the words to describe the anguish.” She that the basic human needs of all the cent victims, who perhaps were not even judgement of the nations of the world, the underlined that each of the Famine’s vic- world’s people are met. If this vio- aware of their purpose as a political judgement of history. We have yet to tell the tims had a name, but today those names lent, war-filled century teaches us instrument. We pray that the evil done by truth about the artificial famine to preach are not known, “there were far too many anything, it is that whenever the dig- men to them has been converted into good its lessons to humankind.” of them.” nity of one of us is threatened, the by our Almighty Creator who, in his time, Ambassador Yelchenko added: The day’s events were organized by dignity of all of us is threatened as has allowed their story to be publicly “According to the most modest estimates, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of well. acknowledged through the dissolution of it took some 7 million innocent lives. In America, and the Civic Committee to Today Ukraine is on the road to atheistic communism ... some areas the total population was Remember the Victims of the Famine in democracy, but the journey is far “We pray also for the souls of those decreased by one-third; and in many cases Ukraine, formed under the aegis of major from over. As Ukraine undergoes its responsible for such a hideous policy. Our entire towns and villages were depopulat- organizations of the New York metropoli- historic transition, Ukraine is strug- Christian vocation is one of healing and ed. ... Our people paid an extremely high tan area. gling to overcome the terrible legacy reconciliation. In recalling their calculated of the Stalin era and its Communist cunning and their blind adherence to an successors. Many of Ukraine’s chil- evil and deceitful policy, we pray that dren and their families are still suf- they also have discovered that greater fering from the effects of the wisdom from on high, which calls to ‘for- Chornobyl disaster. In the face of give those who know not what they do.’ ” great hardship, they and many others Officiating at the service were struggle to make a better life. Archbishop Antony, Bishop Losten and So that democracy and freedom numerous clergy of the Ukrainian may thrive and economic prosperity Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic church- may flourish, we must help Ukraine es. The Dumka Chorus of New York, to build a civil society where demo- under the direction of Vasyl Hrechynsky, cratic values live in the hearts and sang the responses. minds of her citizens. Together we Afterwards, remarks were delivered by must walk with the Ukrainian people, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, as well as into the next century and millennium Ukraine’s ambassador to the United – remembering the past, keeping the States, Anton Buteiko, and its ambassador memory of the famine and its victims to the United Nations, Volodymyr alive, honoring the survivors and Yelchenko. Also present was Ukraine’s striving every day that such atrocities Consul General in New York Yuriy will never be repeated. As President Bohaievsky. John F. Kennedy said, “on earth, Referring to the Great Famine as “what God’s work must truly be our own.” can accurately be called the Ukrainian Vichnaia Pamiat! holocaust,” Sen. Schumer pointed out that “The goal of the Famine – perpetrated by Mourners at the requiem service inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 7 FOR THE RECORD: Addresses at Great Famine memorial service Bishop Basil Losten

Remarks by Bishop Basil Losten of the Stamford Eparchy of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

We have gathered in this magnificent cathedral set- ting this afternoon to commemorate the anniversary of what one historian has called the grand “Harvest of Despair” perpetrated against our Ukrainian people and against humanity. The horrific genocide of the 1933 Great Famine in Ukraine is so inhumane because it could have been avoided altogether, had compassion and truth been heralded. The tragedy of the deaths of some 10 million victims of this orchestrated cruelty is even greater when one considers that truckloads of relief aid, gathered under many appeals by our saintly metropolitan, the Servant of God Andrey Sheptytsky, and others, were barred from crossing the river Zbruch into the famine-beset territory of Ukraine. The Stalin regime preferred the propaganda of the Great Lie rather than revealing its true intentions. Yes, we gather to remember all those innocent vic- tims who perhaps were not even aware of their purpose as a political instrument. We pray that the evil done by men to them has been converted into good by our Roma Hadzewycz Almighty Creator who, in his time, has allowed their Bishop Basil Losten delivers opening remarks during the memorial service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. story to be publicly acknowledged through the dissolu- tion of atheistic communism and the access to its secret insisted that the Famine was an internal affair of the archives. They clearly proclaim the grim truth of their Ambassador Anton Buteiko Soviet Union. Thus, indifference got the upper hand, sacrifice for the world to acknowledge and accept and the crimes remained unpunished. another case of man’s inhumanity against his brothers Address by the ambassador of Ukraine to the United Only under the influence of the Ukrainian communi- and sisters. States, Anton Buteiko. ty in the U.S. such members like Lev Dobriansky, We pray also for the souls of those responsible for Bohdan Fedorak, Myron Kuropas, Ulana Mazurkevich, such a hideous policy. Our Chistian vocation is one of In the history of every nation there are tragic events. and others, in 1984-1988 the United States Congress healing and reconciliation. In recalling their calculated For Ukraine, one such event that stands out most promi- created a special commission headed by Rep. Daniel cunning and their blind adherence to an evil and deceit- nently in the memory of our people is the artificial Mica. A Senate committee headed by Sen. Jesse Helmes ful policy, we pray that they also have discovered that Famine of 1932-1933. It will forever be remembered as also took up investigation of this matter. James Mace greater wisdom from on high, which calls to “forgive one of the most horrific crimes of the 20th century, on par headed a scholarly research group. those who know not what they do.” with the genocide of the Armenian and Jewish nations. The establishment of an independent Ukrainian state To all those united forever through the infamy of the The Famine claimed the lives of 7 to 9 million of is the best guarantee that the tragedy of 1933 will never Great Famine, we offer our prayers that their souls have Ukraine’s citizens, hard-working farmers, children, recur. The existence of an independent Ukraine testifies discovered that place of refreshment, of green verdure women and people of all ages. Judging by European stan- to the immortality of the Ukrainian nation, and its love dards, an entire nation, an entire country was lost. This and of light, where there is no pain, sorrow or mourn- of freedom that stood the test of Stalin’s terror and was, in fact, a war that the Stalinist Communist regime ing, but only the radiant countenance of a loving and Hitler’s occupation. waged against its own people. While during a war at least forgiving God. Today, we bow our heads in memory of our fathers Ç¥˜Ì‡ ∫Ï some international conventions protect the civilian popu- and grandfathers who perished in 1932-1933, in memo- è‡Ï’flÚ¸!May their memory last forever among us! lation, in 1932-1933 in Ukraine – occupied by the crimi- nal Communist regime – no such laws applied. ry of millions of our compatriots. The regime consciously sought to uproot the genetic Sen. Charles E. Schumer source of the Ukrainian nation, to avenge resistance to Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko collectivization and the Ukrainian farmers’ aspirations for freedom in 1932-1933. The consequences of the Address by Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) artificial Famine are still felt today – for today there is Address by Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko, perma- nent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. “Shtuchnyi Holod,” the man-made Famine, claimed still fear of the state, fear of famine, reluctance to own an estimated 5 to 7 million victims. land for fear of its eventual forced confiscation. It is a great honor to be here today for a solemn yet sad The Soviet Union’s government covered up and offi- Thousands of facts testify to this unheard-of holo- occasion commemorating one of the most tragic chapters in cially denied the Famine. The goal of the Famine – per- caust of the Ukrainian people. There are stories that tell the history of Ukraine: the anniversary of the man-made petrated by Stalin – was not to destroy a physical peo- of family cannibalism; numerous documents that depict Famine of 1932-1933. ple, but to destroy Ukraine as a culture, society and the events of that terrible time. Placed in the middle of Europe and effectively divided political entity in order to allow the Communist regime Monuments were erected to commemorate the vic- between major empires, Ukraine – the land so generously to recreate Ukraine in its own image. tims, secret archives made public, tens of books, mem- endowed by the nature and the cradle of the Christian dem- oirs and studies published. Nevertheless, the Millions of Ukrainians died, not by natural causes ocratic Kozak republic – was trampled for centuries by var- Communist Party of the Soviet Union, directed by the such as pestilence, drought, floods or poor harvest, but ious oppressors who tried to eradicate the very spirit of its bloody deeds of Lenin and Stalin, is yet to bear the by policies designed to punish Ukraine for its aversion people. Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Ukrainians were judgement of the nations of the world, the judgement of and opposition to the government of the former Soviet deported to Siberia and other uninhabited parts of the history. We have yet to tell the truth about the artificial Russian Empire, while other peoples were resettled to the Union’s oppression and imperialism, including the Famine, to preach its lessons to humankind. forced collectivization of agriculture. Ukrainian territories. It was a deliberate policy of Russian The dark lesson of the artificial Famine is that in emperors and Soviet dictators to suppress any expression of When Ukraine was famine-stricken, the government 1932-1933 the world turned a blind eye to the tragedy of the former Soviet Union sent 1.7 tons of grain to the the Ukrainian political and cultural identity. This policy was of the Ukrainian nation and remained indifferent to the continued through a wave of a forced collectivization of the West, while offers from international relief organiza- suffering of millions of people, while ships carrying tions to assist the starving population were rejected on early ’30s aimed at eliminating Ukrainian farmers who cheap Ukrainian bread sailed from Odesa to destina- were the bearers of the nature and practice of economic the grounds that there was no famine in Ukraine and no tions in Europe and the United States. need for the assistance. freedom, a concept unacceptable for the totalitarian state. Entreaties to the U.S. government on behalf of To this end, the political elite of the former Soviet Union In his book “The Harvest of Sorrow,” British histori- Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky were disregarded, and an Robert Conquest explains, “A quarter of the rural elaborated and implemented the most terrible and the most a dishonest journalist named Walter Duranty convinced cruel misanthropic action in the history of the contemporary population, men, women and children, lay dead or the American public that there was no famine in dying, the rest in various states of debilitation with no Europe: the artificial hunger. According to the most modest Ukraine. estimates, it took some 7 million innocent lives. In some strength to bury their families or neighbors.” It is not only our duty to remember the horrors of the areas the total population was decreased by one-third; and Ukrainians see the Famine as part of the long tale of artificial Famine, but also to honor those who spoke out in many cases entire towns and villages were depopulated. oppression which was Russian rule over their country on behalf of the victims. It is hard to imagine that all of this happened in a country since the 1654 Treaty of Pereyaslav. Courageous are the deeds of a well-known Ukrainian called “the breadbasket of Europe.” Such a horrible harvest Even today there are those, like Douglas Tottle, Galician, Milena Rudnytska, the head of the Union of of people’s deaths. author of “Fraud, Famine and Fascism,” who use revi- Ukrainian Women, and a member of the Polish Sejm in Some experts say that if not for this Famine, as well as sionist history to deny what can accurately be called the the ’30s. Ukraine’s losses in the second world war, the population of Ukrainian holocaust. She brought up the issue of the artificial Famine at a contemporary Ukraine would be close to 100 million peo- It is crucial that we educate future generations and forum of the League of Nations, and was supported by ple, this is, twice bigger. pass on the memories of such terrible events so they do representatives from Norway, Ireland, Spain and not happen again. Germany. However, representatives of other nations (Continued on page 23) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 No. 48

House of Representatives expresses THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Bearing witness to genocide ‘grave concern’ over Chechnya conflict by Chadwick Gore “appoint a person with strong negotiating Stop the silence and end the lies. That was the principal message carried forth by skills to go to Moscow and help bring those who participated in the Famine-genocide memorial procession and service in WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of resolution to this conflict, to bring pres- New York City on Saturday, November 20. Representatives on November 16 sure on the Russians to stop the killing.” Ukrainians of all ages, members of various organizations, faithful of different approved by a near unanimous vote The resolution was sponsored by Rep. Churches congregated to bear witness to the man-made Famine that decimated the House Concurrent Resolution 206 Smith and co-sponsored by Reps. Hoyer Ukrainian nation in 1932-1933 during Stalin’s reign of terror. They came to remember “expressing grave concern regarding and Wolf, and fellow members of the the greatest tragedy that has ever befallen Ukraine and to mourn its innocent victims, armed conflict in the North Caucasus Helsinki Commission. Reps. Benjamin L. to pledge that they will never forget and will tell the world about one of this century’s region of the Russian Federation, which Cardin (D-Md.) and Michael P. Forbes (D- darkest periods. That was evident from the placards they carried and from the observa- has resulted in civilian casualties and N.Y.), as well as Reps. Eliot L. Engel (D- tions they shared when questioned by a reporter. internally displaced persons, and urging N.Y.) and Fortney Pete Stark (D-Calif). But mostly the marchers and mourners came out of the strong conviction that this all sides to pursue dialogue for peaceful The concurrent resolution: can never happen again, that others must know the truth – for it is the truth that can resolution of the conflict.” (1) urges the government of the prevent such atrocities. (“To ignore one genocide is to invite another,” said one poster.) “The Russian government is justified Russian Federation and all parties to They pledged by their presence to continue to speak out about the Great Famine, for in rebuffing armed aggression against its cease the indiscriminate use of force they know that silence was one of the principal reasons this murderous act of Stalin territorial integrity. Moreover, one can against the civilian population in and his collaborators in crimes against humanity was so successful. certainly sympathize with Russia’s frus- Chechnya, in accordance with commit- Ambassador Anton Buteiko pointed out in his address that, even during the artifi- tration when unsolved bombings kill ments of the Organization for Security cial Famine, the issue been raised “at a forum of the League of Nations and was sup- almost 300 persons in Russia. But this and Cooperation in Europe; ported by representatives from Norway, Ireland, Spain and Germany. However, repre- does not justify reactivating a war against (2) urges all parties, including the sentatives of other nations insisted that the famine was an internal affair of the Soviet the civilian population of Chechnya,” Russian Federation, to enter into negotia- Union. Thus, indifference got the upper hand, and the crimes remained unpunished.” said Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.), tions on the North Caucasus conflict with Sound familiar? Even today there are “internal affairs” to which the West reacts chairman of the Commission on Security legitimate political representatives of the with but a slap on the wrist; and silence is maintained. Former National Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki region, including President Aslan Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski minced no words recently when he called what is hap- Commission). Maskhadov and his government, and to pening in Chechnya a genocide. “A nation is being destroyed,” he told CNN. “Do you Ranking Member Rep. Steny H. avail itself of the conflict prevention and destroy an entire people to protect yourself from terrorism?” Hoyer (D-Md.) noted, “The Russians crisis management capabilities of the Some marchers carried placards reminding the public of the horrific events in claim the situation in Chechnya is simply Organization for Security and Chechnya, where Russian troops are mercilessly pounding the general population – in an effort to address a terrorism problem. Cooperation in Europe, which helped the name of fighting terrorism within the Russian Federation. (“Purges, famine, They claim to be targeting ‘bandits’ not broker an end to the 1994-1996 war; Chechnya. Genocide is habit-forming,” read one poster. “Yeltsin, stop murdering innocents. They say they are using ‘smart defenseless Chechens,” said another.) (3) urges the Chechen authorities to bombs.’ Well, the bombs aren’t so smart, use every appropriate means to deny The mourners converging on New York City also knew that another reason the and the policy is not only murderous, but Great Famine was successful was the “Great Lie,” as Bishop Basil Losten called it, via extremist forces located in its territory a incredibly short-sighted. However, it may base of operations for the mounting of which the Stalin regime and its supporters – including some notable Western journal- have been planned, the war in Chechnya ists and intellectuals – denied that famine was raging in Ukraine. armed incursions that threaten peace and has not only become an attack on inno- stability in the North Caucasus region; Even today, after “Monuments were erected to commemorate the victims, secret cent non-combatants, but it will strain the archives made public, tens of books, memoirs and studies published,” as Ambassador (4) urges the Chechen authorities to fabric of Russia’s democratic develop- create a rule of law environment with Buteiko noted, “the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, directed by the bloody ment, to say nothing of the financial deeds of Lenin and Stalin, is yet to bear the judgement of the nations of the world, the legal norms based upon internationally resources that could be used to build up a accepted standards; judgement of history. We have yet to tell the truth about artificial famine, to preach its society, rather than destroy it.” lessons to humankind.” (5) cautions that forcible resettlement During debate on the floor, commis- of internally displaced persons would Though they did not get to hear the first lady’s message in St. Patrick’s Cathedral sion member Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) (the text appears on page 6 of this issue), the Ukrainian Americans gathered for the last urged the Clinton administration to (Continued on page 17) time this century to commemorate the Great Famine are no doubt buoyed and embold- ened by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s words to the memorial gathering: “Together we must walk ... into the next century and millennium – remembering the past, keeping BOOK NOTES the memory of the famine and its victims alive, honoring the survivors and striving every day that such atrocities will never be repeated.” Study of state-building in Ukraine

Nov. NEW YORK – “State and Institution Turning the pages back... Building in Ukraine,” edited by Taras Kuzio, Robert S. Kravchuk and Paul D’Anieri. (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 28 1999; ISBN 0-312-21457, $49.95) repre- sents the first in-depth and comprehen- 1998 Last year on November 28, Ukraine officially commemorated sive study of state-building in Ukraine. the 65th anniversary of the Great Famine of 1932-1933 two days As opposed to previous books that have after President Leonid Kuchma issued a presidential decree pro- focused on the political and economic claiming the fourth Saturday of each November as a National transformation of the successor states to Day of Remembrance of Famine Victims. the USSR, this volume argues that a mar- The Ukrainian Weekly’s Kyiv correspondent, Roman Woronowycz, reported on the ket economy and democracy cannot exist commemorations in Ukraine’s capital that honored the memory of the millions who per- in the absence of effective state and gov- ished as a result of the artificial famine imposed by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. erning institutions. Following are excerpts of the story filed by our Kyiv-based editor. Ukraine was only a quasi-state within * * * the former USSR when it declared inde- pendence in August 1991. Thus, it inherit- A program at the Kyiv National Philharmonic Hall featured a musical program by ed only the rudiments of what is normally Ukraine’s National Symphony, preceded by an address by Vice Prime Minister Valerii Smolii. “That the famine was artificially induced is a historical fact,” said Mr. Smolii. He considered a “modern state.” The devel- called the holocaust part of the “deliberate criminal policies of the Communist regime.” ... opment of a viable and capable state with He stated that officially the Soviet Union hushed up the genocide and portrayed any refer- effective institutions was prioritized by ences to it as anti-Soviet propaganda “worthy of incarceration in a concentration camp.” the executive and legislative branches, World governments ignored rumors and the world knew little about the forced starvation which understood that a democracy, civil and genocide of millions of Ukrainians engineered by Soviet leaders to force the peasantry society, rule of law and a market economy in Kyiv, and senior research fellow in the onto collective farms and under Soviet servitude, even as reporters such as Malcolm could not be created in the absence of a Center for Russian and East European Muggeridge of the Manchester Guardian attempted to focus attention on the man-made genuine, functioning state. Studies at the University of Birmingham. tragedy. This study is the first to survey institu- Robert S. Kravchuk is associate pro- However, as Mr. Smolii explained, others did not forget what happened, especially the tion and state-building in Ukraine by fessor in the School of Public and Ukrainian diaspora, whom he thanked for keeping the memory alive. “Ukrainians abroad placing it within a comparative and theo- Environmental Affairs at Indiana consistently rang the bell,” said Mr. Smolii. “Even those who traveled across the ocean retical perspective, challenging many of University. from the territories of western Ukraine, which were under Polish rule and did not experi- the current misconceptions about Paul D’Anieri is associate professor of ence the Famine, felt it a matter of honor and national dignity to let the world community Ukraine and other post-Soviet countries political science at the University of know the truth about the unparalleled Stalinist crime. They put together titanic efforts so at the throes of transformation. Kansas. that all would realize: the Ukrainian Famine of 1933 stands on the level of the Armenian Editor Taras Kuzio is an honorary To obtain a copy of the book, published Genocide of 1915 and the Jewish Holocaust.” research fellow in the Ukraine Center, by the Scholarly and Reference Division of ... Although not present for the concert, President Leonid Kuchma did show for another University of North London. He was the St. Martin’s Press, contact Meredith Howard head of mission of the NATO at: telephone, (212) 982-3900, ext. 267; (Continued on page 23) Information and Documentation Center e-mail, [email protected]. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 9 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places The review reads as a detailed listing Re: The Weekly’s role of the book’s table of contents, and as by Myron B. Kuropas such provides an arguably accurate rep- and its importance resentation of the book. Following this is Dear Editor: the reviewer’s assessment that the book’s value is diminished somehow by the The recent editorial about the financial absence of dates and credits for the pho- problems of The Ukrainian Weekly (“The tographs, and by the technical faults of Leonid Kuchma: patriot or parasite? Complex Answer,” October 10) is very dis- the photographs themselves. “Gimme, gimme, gimme” has become such as the Brezhnev years, more corrupt turbing news and has elicited positive These photographs were gathered the silent mantra of Ukrainian politicians, than others. Scandals were usually kept responses from our community. I hope from a large number of people and their “biznismeny” and the mafia eager to get a under wraps, however. there will be more. compilation was not an easy process, nor piece of Ukraine’s resources, i.e., “the big Today, the situation is quite different, In addition to being an advertisement for was it a realistic task to authenticate the pyrih” (or “varenyk,” if you prefer). according to Dr. Zyla. Although there is the Ukrainian National Association, The captions and dates, or to verify the geo- What passes for “commerce” in post- “no accurate measure by which to deter- Ukrainian Weekly is also the single best graphic locales portrayed in these photo- Soviet Ukraine is really little more than a mine if there has been any real increase in nationwide vehicle for informing Ukrainian graphs. scramble to “get mine at any cost.” Lying, corrupt activity since 1991,” he writes, it Americans about significant events in the The Institute of Ethnology in Lviv dissembling and stealing continue to be a doesn’t matter. The perception by the diaspora community and in Ukraine. described the publication of this book as way of life in Ukraine. man in the Ukrainian street is that there It is a unique source that provides all a “pre-eminent event in Ukrainian Leonid Kuchma’s 56 percent plus mar- is. And the perception has become the generations of Ukrainians with the informa- ethnography” and a “definitive work,” gin of victory is a miraculous mandate reality. tion they need to work for business and pro- and underscored the significance of the from an electorate that apparently still Three developments account for the fessional reasons. Additionally, The Weekly book “for current and future researchers believes in the future of Ukraine. As perception Dr. Zyla believes: 1) the effectively preserves and fosters among the of this colorful region.” tainted as his campaign was, Mr. Kuchma increased media coverage of government younger generation of the American dias- Criticism of this publication by the did promise changes in his second term. operations; 2) the plodding modification pora a sense of their ethnic heritage, which review in The Weekly is painful for This may be his and Ukraine’s last chance of the criminal code combined with a lax helps them identify with the rest of our lovers of the Hutsuls and their region to turn things around. This time Mr. enforcement of those laws that do exist; community. who devoted so much time and effort in Kuchma can demonstrate that he is truly a 3) the free-for-all, lawless market econo- The Ukrainian Weekly plays an extreme- preparing the materials that enabled the Ukrainian patriot, not the parasite the my that has produced a brand of “savage ly important role in providing information publication of this important book. man on the Ukrainian street believes him capitalism” that rewards those who lie, about current developments in Ukraine to to be. Let’s face it, Mr. Kuchma won cheat, steal, even murder to make the that segment of the U.S. population that has Ulana Starosolska because he was perceived the lesser of quick buck. the greatest effect on formulating policy New York two evils. The greatest threat corruption poses to toward Ukraine. Often The Weekly is the Ukraine, more a basket case than the a free society is that it renders the govern- only source that prints certain news items The writer is editor of “Hutsulchyna: breadbasket it once was, is experiencing a ment irrelevant to the people, who then concerning Ukraine that American or Perlyna Ukrainskyh Karpat.” depression that is both economic and psy- begin to seek alternative avenues of eco- Canadian papers overlook or will not print chological. Agriculture has fallen from 22 nomic survival. Increasingly frustrated by for whatever reason. percent of the economy to 14 percent. a bureaucracy on-the-take, legitimate The Weekly outlines issues in a responsi- Ukraine doesn’t need The Gross Domestic Product has declined businesspeople simply give up on trying ble way and thus demonstrates for the U.S. an average of 11 percent per year since to legally obtain the required permits, government those concerns the Ukrainian 1988. Foreign debt has increased expo- licenses and registrations the Ukrainian hetmanate or monarchy government demands of them. The end American diaspora considers to be most Dear Editor: nentially. Unemployment figures are high critical and policies and actions it expects and would be higher if more Ukrainians result is a kind of “disconnect” between its representatives to pursue. On numerous One is compelled to agree with Dr. would quit jobs where payless paydays the citizenry and the government fol- occasions I have heard members of the U.S. Myron Kuropas on his assessment of the are the norm rather than the exception. lowed by withdrawal from the official Congress or their staff remark that they presidential elections and presidential Just prior to the election, the Wall economy. Today the shadow economy in learned about this or that development in authority in Ukraine (“Where is our het- Street Journal wrote; “If voters don’t Ukraine is reliably valued at somewhere Ukraine by reading The Ukrainian Weekly. man, now that we need him?” October return the Communists to power, Ukraine between 40 and 60 percent, claims Dr. U.S. State Department employees dealing 31). However, the situation does not faces a golden opportunity to reverse its Zyla. with Ukrainian affairs also make use of this merit the romantic notion of re-establish- decline,” economists believe. “Most large Corruption also drives away foreign valuable source of information. ing a hetmanate or monarchy in Ukraine. enterprises are still idling away in state investors. According to the Wall Street Scholars and graduate students doing Left-Bank and Right-Bank Ukraine hands, giving Ukraine the chance to sell Journal, Hungary last year received research on Ukrainian issues at the Library under hetmanate administrative rule them in fair and open privatization auc- $1,750 per capita in foreign investment, of Congress often avail themselves of this experienced a lack of cohesiveness due tions to competent managers. At least $1 Bulgaria received $140. Ukraine? A pid- excellent paper, which is displayed along to internal squabbling and disloyalty (let billion per year could be raised from the dly $40 per capita! How sad. With its with other major newspapers on the public alone foreign intervention), based on sales, giving the state more funds to educated work force and proximity to racks of the European Division’s Reading personal ambitions and opportunism. improve its social services and meet for- European markets Ukraine could reach an Room. The brilliant statesman Hetman Ivan eign debt payments of $3 billion next annual growth of 10 percent believes Therefore, it is of utmost importance Mazepa, Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky and year.” David Snelbecker, an American econo- that The Ukrainian Weekly be given every others witnessed first-hand these tragic The Communists lost and Mr. Kuchma mist. chance, not only to continue its work, but to setbacks that more than hindered their now has his golden opportunity. He’s Before this can happen, however, the expand. And, its staff should be congratulat- military campaigns. done the right thing before. He started off vicious circle of corruption leading to ed for all their hard work. I’m not sure the British imperial with a bang soon after his 1994 election decreased trust in the government, pro- example is opportune either. The prince- by liberalizing prices and corralling infla- ducing a shadow economy, resulting in Ihor Gawdiak ly members of the House of Windsor are less tax money for government coffers, Washington tion with a tight monetary policy. Then he hardly models of exemplary rulers. sputtered, stumbled and went limp. yielding to more corruption, has to be cut. The writer is president of the Ukrainian Moreover, monarchies have been Mr. Kuchma’s first order of business “During the period of transition from American Coordinating Council. plagued for centuries by disgruntled tax- during his second term has to be corrup- socialism to a market-driven democracy,” payers. The average Ukrainian citizen tion among government bureaucrats and concludes Dr. Zyla, “good government has difficulty paying taxes under the cur- the political elite, former members of the and a working market economy can be rent political system in Ukraine. Why nomenklatura who are now “biznisme- created only if there is strong public sup- Reaction to review would a Ukrainian be content in attempt- ny.” It is intolerable that Yukhym port of the institutions and workings of ing to fulfill his civic duty by paying Zviahilskyi, who is accused of stealing the state.” of Hutsulschyna book taxes in support of a monarchy? enormous sums of money in a raw mate- The only man who can break the Dear Editor: And besides, Ukraine has had its rials scam, Pavlo Lazarenko, who build a vicious circle is Leonid Kuchma. Is he up share of governance under monarchial, for it? The time for plodding, deal-mak- The Ukrainian Weekly is a respected vast fortune from oil and gas, and Vitold imperial colonial rule. Monarchies breed Fokin who was dismissed because of a ing and media manipulation is over. If he source of information about problems unrest. Irishman Bobby Sands starved wishes to erase his parasitic image, Mr. and events in the world, in Ukraine and scandal involving petty bribery were once himself to death in protest against the prime ministers! Corruption is a virus. Kuchma needs to take advantage of his in the Ukrainian diaspora. For this reason English crown’s colonial rule in Ireland. mandate, appoint a qualified patriot as the publishers of the book Even some patriots/dissidents are not Did I mention Basque separatism? above reproach. prime minister, and vigorously push for “Hutsulschyna: Perlyna Ukrainskykh legal reform and economic privatization. Illya Matthew Labunka Has corruption increased in Ukraine Karpat” felt it important that The Weekly Continued foot-dragging will have dan- note its publication. Lviv since Soviet times? According to a chap- ter titled “Corruption in Ukraine: gerous consequences. A worsening econ- Between Perceptions and Realities,” by omy may lead to massive, nationwide protests, and the return of the The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a Roman P. Zyla, which appears in the Communists, redder than ever. variety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian recently published book “State and Institution Building in Ukraine” (edited Patriot or parasite, Mr. President, the Canadian communities. Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and by Taras Kuzio, Robert S. Kravchuk and choice is yours. letter-writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of either Paul D’Anieri), the answer is simply, “not The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association. necessarily.” Corruption was always a Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: part of Soviet life with select periods, [email protected] 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 No. 48

Discover Ukraine... (Continued from page 1) Invited to the Spanish port city of El Ferrol for the annual celebration of Santiago (St. James), the patron saint of Spain, Mr. Birioukovitch and his crew of 20 took with them an exhibition of the his- tory, resources and culture of Ukraine, including 23 gravures from 1918 of Ukrainian navy vessels flying the blue- yellow national ensign. The exhibition, which consisted of 16 display boards and Ukrainian folk music blaring from the ship’s deck, brought much attention from the thousands of visitors to the seven-day Santiago festival. “We felt a warm welcome and lot of respect shown to us,” said Mr. Birioukovitch. “When the Ukrainian flag was raised next to the other European flags, it was a moving moment.” Seven tall ships and 14 military vessels from several European countries, includ- ing Germany, Italy, Holland and Belgium, traveled to take part in the celebrations, but the voyage by the Ukrainians was the longest. The Batkivshchyna traveled 3,600 nau- tical miles across the Black Sea, through the Straight of Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara and into the Mediterranean Captain Dmytro Birioukovitch and his wife with members of the organizing committee of the Santiago celebration in Spain. before entering the Atlantic Ocean on its way to El Ferrol. The journey took a sights on the Americas, where both del August reception in Washington marking day-to-day beating the ship took, our yacht month, and it was far from smooth sailing, Fuego and Columbus made their contribu- Ukraine’s Independence Day, hosted by looked rather ragged,” explained Captain said Captain Birioukovitch. tion to history. The captain has individual Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Birioukovitch. In the Atlantic off the coast of Portugal, invitations from six of the cities that are States Anton Buteiko. Their Norfolk In the United States another expense, the crew experienced storms and heavily hosting the OpSail procession up the organizing committee head, Timothy this one unavoidable, will be maritime pitching seas that tossed the ship about for Atlantic Seaboard of the United States. Jones, who spoke with Ambassador insurance, which is required to dock at three days. The yacht and the crew held up Mr. Birioukovitch hopes that his two Buteiko at the embassy, contacted Roy most U.S. ports. admirably, however. sailing vessels will join the tall ships expe- Kellogg, a Canadian who lives in Kyiv While the captain continues to search In El Ferrol, they were accorded special dition in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in late and is a founding member of the Discover for benefactors in Ukraine, he is hoping attention as the only expedition team from May, and sail with the fleet to Miami, Ukraine team, to extend an invitation to also to attract some financial support in the Eastern Europe. At the Admiral’s Banquet, Norfolk, Va., Baltimore, New York and take part. United States from among the Ukrainian given by the director of the Spanish Naval New London, Conn. Ambassador Buteiko had learned of the American community. The OpSail 2000 Academy in El Ferrol, Mr. Birioukovitch Operation Sail is a non-profit organiza- Discover Ukraine project while still in organization has developed an Adopt-A- was seated in a place of honor across from tion that has organized four historic tall Kyiv as first assistant minister of foreign Ship program, via which locals can sup- the admiral himself. ship events: in 1964 in honor of the New affairs. The Discover Ukraine people have port individual ships that are taking part in As the Batkivshcyna entered El Ferrol York World’s Fair, in 1976 for the U.S. worked closely with the ministry during the regatta. In this way individuals, civic Harbor during the parade of ships, the Bicentennial Celebrations; in 1986 for the last two years while developing their groups and businesses can take a personal master of ceremonies proclaimed over the Liberty Weekend, commemorating the trans-global sailing project, according to interest in a ship and its crew while provid- microphone “Viva Ukraina.” And during 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty Mr. Kellogg. ing some financial support. the formal ceremony honoring St. James, and, most recently, the 1992 Columbus Mr. Buteiko is not the only official in Although OpSail 2000 committee held in the neighboring town of Santiago Quincentennial celebration. The organiza- the Ukrainian government to have taken an organizers have promised the Discover de Compostela, the Spanish bishop who tion was founded in 1961 by President interest in Discover Ukraine. On Ukraine team that they will put them in presided read a greeting in Ukrainian. John F. Kennedy to foster good will September 17, the admiral of Ukraine’s touch with local Ukrainian American com- During the return to Ukraine, a much among nations. naval forces, Mykhailo Yezhel, informed munities in Norfolk, Baltimore, New York more leisurely voyage that took two With five months until the event, 17 the expedition team that he had agreed to and New London, Mr. Kellogg said he has months, the Discover Ukraine expedition ships from across the globe are already act as the honorary head of the Ukrainian yet to receive any information. made 16 ports of call to five European confirmed for OpSail 2000, including sail- OpSail expedition. Mr. Birioukovitch In an individual fund-raising project, the nations. At each stop they put up their ing vessels from Venezuela, Ecuador, hopes that eventually the Ukrainian gov- Discover Ukraine team is planning to ernment will sanction the two boats as offi- exhibition and played their music to posi- Indonesia, Germany, Canada, Russia and allow guests to sail aboard the cial OpSail representatives of Ukraine. tive raves from the locals. Poland. Batkivschyna and the Pochaina during Captain Birioukovitch explained that he Having conquered Europe, the OpSail officials were first told about official ceremonies in each of the host sees participation by Discover Ukraine in Discover Ukraine team now has set its the Discover Ukraine project during an cities. Special emphasis is being put on OpSail as a wonderful opportunity to fur- participation in the grand Parade of Ships ther his mission to get the word out about his beloved country. In each U.S. port the program in New York on Independence crew will put out the exhibition it has Day. developed and be on hand to answer ques- Capt. Birioukovitch said he would be tions and provide information to visitors as pleased to have Ukrainian American guests they did in El Ferrol, Spain. They also on board as he takes part in local celebra- hope to set up a project for school kids in tions in each of the host cities, and espe- Ukraine to track the expedition’s journey cially when he sails in the tall ship parade via the Internet, cell phone and radio com- in New York Harbor on the Fourth of July. munications. It will take much persistence, good luck, In another evolving project, one of a bit of obstinacy, a measure of courage Kyiv’s major television channels has and a heap of optimism for the expressed interest in putting together Batkivschyna and the Pochaina to get to daily updates on the vessels’ progress the United States. Yet these words aptly across the Atlantic during its news describe Mr. Birioukovitch and the way he show’s weather forecasts, which may is pursuing his dream. They would proba- help generate the one thing that Discover bly apply to Columbus and del Fuego as Ukraine sorely lacks: financial supporters well. and advertising. * * * Captain Birioukovitch said that for the voyage to the United States his crew For information on the Discover Ukraine chiefly will need money for fuel and provi- expedition, or to find out how to contribute sions. But in Puerto Rico after the crossing funds or become a part of this project, con- of the Atlantic, he also hopes to be able to tact: telephone, 38-044-419-5998 or 38- slap a new coat of paint on his two sailing 044-229-4121; fax, 38-044-228-6663; vessels and attach new sails, which e-mail, [email protected]; Captain and Mrs. Dmytro Birioukovitch exchange gifts in El Ferrol with members requires more money. or [email protected]; or of the organizing committee of the annual Santiago celebration. “In El Ferrol, after the storms and the [email protected]. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 11 Pianists Luba and Ireneus Zuk awarded title of “Merited Artists of Ukraine”

MONTREAL – The Ukrainian Canadian piano duo of Luba and Ireneus Zuk were recently awarded the title “Merited Artists of Ukraine” for “signifi- cant personal contribution to the popular- ization of Ukrainian culture in the world and notable creative achievements.” The title, which is bestowed by presi- dential decree, was conferred on October 19 prior to the duo’s performance at the State Opera House in Kyiv. The awards ceremony was held as part of the final concert of the Festival of the Arts of Ukrainian Ethnographic Lands and the Diaspora. On October 20, following the award ceremony and the festival concert, Luba and Ireneus Zuk were invited to meet with the Canadian ambassador to Ukraine, Derek R.T. Fraser, at the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv. Mr. Fraser, who attended the concert and the award ceremony the previous night, congratulated the artists on this unique distinction, and discussed with interest past and present performances and academic activities in Ukraine of the Zuks. Mr. Fraser also expressed his per- sonal interest in future concert appear- ances in Ukraine by the Zuk duo. Ireneus and Luba Zuk, piano duo, on the stage of the State Opera House in Kyiv during their performance at the Festival News of the award was carried in the of the Arts of Ukrainian Ethnographic Lands and the Diaspora. Kyiv newspaper Den (October 26 issue) and was written up by the Kyiv Council and Ontario Arts Council, and of Alberta Banff School of Fine Arts. College of Music in London and the Conservatory. their recordings have been included in An associate professor in the faculty Juilliard School in New York, and earned the Radio Canada International of music at McGill University, Luba a doctor of musical Arts degree at the * * * Anthology of Canadian Music. Zuk has performed on CBC and Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins Luba Zuk and her brother, Ireneus, The distinguished musicians first vis- Austrian national radios, and her recital University in Baltimore. A professor and who perform both as soloists and as a ited Ukraine in 1991. At the invitation of tours have taken her to major cities in the director of the School of Music at piano duo, and have appeared in concerts the Composers’ Union of Ukraine, the Canada and the U.S. She has a special Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, to critical acclaim in North America, duo performed at the second and third interest in music by Ukrainian com- he has performed on CBC Radio and Europe and the Far East, are known for International Ukrainian Music Festivals posers and has given North American Television, as well as in numerous their commitment to the introduction of in Kyiv, and in the last few years they premieres of many of their solo and recitals throughout in North America, contemporary music by Ukrainian and performed at the Virtuosi and Organum chamber works. Europe and the Far East, and as a soloist Canadian composers to international international music festivals in Lviv and Ireneus Zuk studied also at the Royal with several orchestras. audiences. Sumy, respectively, as well as toured They have presented many world pre- major cities in Ukraine. mieres, many of which were written They returned to Ukraine in 1995 to especially for them. Among contempo- perform in Odesa and Kherson, and at rary Ukrainian composers are works by Kyiv Music Fest ’95. In their 1996-1997 Ihor Bilohrud, George Fiala, Marian concerts they premiered several works Kuzan, Hennadiy Liashenko, Halyna written for them by Canadian and Ovcharenko, Lesia Dychko, Myroslav Ukrainian composers. Last year, they Skoryk and others. performed in Cyprus and during the first They have advocated the work of var- part of 1999 in the U.S. and Canada. ious Canadian composers including John The Zuks also frequently adjudicate in Burge, FRC Clarke, Graham George and Canadian and international music festi- David Keane, and they have commis- vals. sioned works from composers such as Born in western Ukraine, Luba and Bengt Hambraeus, Ann Southam, Gary Ireneus Zuk are graduates of McGill Kulesha and Clifford Crawley, among University and the Conservatoire de others. Musique du Quebec in Montreal. Both Some of the works were commis- also studied at the Mozarteum in sioned under awards from the Canada Salzburg, Austria, and at the University

On the stage of the State Opera House in Kyiv, after the awards ceremony and festival concert are (from left): Ivan Hamkalo, conductor of the Ukrainian State SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY. Opera; pianist Luba Zuk; Borys Sharvarko, artistic director of the Festival of Send contributions to: The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund, the Arts of Ukrainian Ethnographic Lands and the Diaspora; Yurii Bohutski, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Minister of Culture and the Arts; and pianist Ireneus Zuk. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 No. 48

DATELINE NEW YORK: Music hath charms – and so hath dance by Helen Smindak

The exceptional talents of Ukrainian up, and there is more than one bang on composers, bandurists, opera stars and the piano.” folk singers brought a wealth of great Mr. Polischuk’s music, which music to the Big Apple in recent weeks. embraces a dance energy and a sophisti- Add to that the thrilling sight of beauti- cated approach to historical dance forms, fully trained and taut bodies moving is held in high regard by Mr. Hill, yet the gracefully in dance – what more could young composer likes to emphasize that one wish for in the way of cultural “Robert’s taste, integrity and musicality delight? and Mr. Barker’s “great job with the The talents belonged to composers orchestra” are what made the ballet such Dmitry Polischuk and ballet soloist a success. Composer and choreographer Maxim Belotserkovsky and Irina have already collaborated on another Dvorovenko, bandurists Roman Hrynkiv, new ballet, tentatively called “Broadway Julian Kytasty, Michael Andrec and Jurij Bound,” which will receive its premiere Fedynsky and folk singers Alexis in February by the Minnesota Dance Kochan and Maryana Sadovska. Theater in Minneapolis. Mr. Polischuk and the two ballet Mr. Belotserkovsky, lean and hand- dancers showed their mettle in the some, was the most impressive of the American Ballet Theater’s two-week fall four male dancers in “Baroque Game,’’ season at the City Center last month, in leaping and spinning with great virtuosi- particular during the October 28 program ty. In “Pas des Déesses,” he partnered that saw the world premiere of Robert ballerinas Ashley Tuttle, Oksana Hill’s new ballet “Baroque Game.” Mr. Konobeyeva and Ms. Dvorovenko Belotserkovsky was one of the featured through frolicsome nocturnes, rondos soloists in “Baroque Game,” for which and waltzes as the female soloists com- Mr. Polischuk composed the score, and peted for his attention. His performance he and Ms. Dvorovenko appeared as received great applause, as did his sensu- Composer Dmitry Polischuk (right) with choreographer Robert Hill after the soloists in Robert Joffrey’s period piece ous duet with Ms. Dvorovenko (in real premiere performance of the ballet “Baroque Game.” “Pas des Déesses.” life, the two are husband and wife; they Though Mr. Polischuk has collaborat- were soloists of the Kyiv Opera Ballet workshop in Ukrainian folk singing led United States. Mr. Kytasty provided flute ed with Mr. Hill on two previous ballets before joining ABT ranks a few years by Canadian singer and culture-maker and bandura accompaniment as they – ”Post No Scriptum” and “Pulsar” – ago). Alexis Kochan, that attracted 35 partici- sang. For their encore, workshop partici- both for the ABT Studio Company, During the ABT regular season last pants, many of whom described it as “a pants seated in the audience chimed in, “Baroque Game” was the first work spring, Mr. Belotserkovsky and Ms. fantastic experience.” That evening, Ms. providing a moving rendition of the old commissioned for ABT itself. It was a Dvorovenko received excellent notices Kochan, whose recordings “Czarivna,” Ukrainian folk song “Oy, Hilia.” tremendous hit with the audience and for their performances in “Giselle.” “Paris to Kiev” and “Paris to Kyiv: The Kochan-Kytasty combo was pre- critics, in particular The New York “Études,” “The Merry Widow,” Variances” have brought together musi- ceded by a song presentation from Times’ reviewer Anna Kisselgoff, who “Sleeping Beauty” and “Sinfonietta,” and cians from different worlds to explore Maryana Sadovska, actor and musical described the music as “a sly score ... made their debuts in the leading roles of the deepest layers of Ukrainian musical director of the Gardzienice Experimental music and dance come blissfully togeth- “Don Quixote.” tradition, joined third-generation profes- Theater in Poland. The Lviv native, who er with wit and sophistication ... The From American Ballet Theater, take a sional bandurist Julian Kytasty in a senti- has been organizing expeditions to col- game in “Baroque Game” is embodied giant leap to the Ukrainian Institute of mental reprise of many of the songs they lect Ukrainian folk songs since 1991, in Mr. Polischuk’s playfulness. At one America where a weekendlong “Harvest: have performed as a duet and with their brought out songs, stories and rituals point the orchestra, conducted by Ukrainian Folk Song Today” (November ensemble for festival programs and con- documented during travel last summer Charles Barker, appears to be warming 13-14) included a Saturday afternoon cert series in Germany, Canada and the throughout Polissa and the Poltava, Hutsul and Lemko regions. Her bright voice and outstanding dramatic ability REVIEW: Plishka and Pyatnychko perform in ‘Adelia’ added remarkable verve to her presenta- tion. One of Ukraine’s leading contempo- by Bohdanna Wolanska But this night was special, as those who ful behavior. Once again he has shown his rary bandura performers took the stage frequent conductor Eve Queler’s three or amazing versatility: he has sung buffo on Sunday evening, fingers deftly pluck- NEW YORK – It was not just another four annual performances know. More roles such as Dr. Dulcamara, basso can- ing the strings of his gloriously mellow Thursday night in New York. On than a conductor, she has a talent for spot- tante roles such as King Philip, colortura and resonant bandura. Roman Hrynkiv, a November 11 two outstanding Ukrainian ting talent, and people come to hear out- bass in Handel’s Samson, leading dramat- laureate of Ukrainian and international singers performed together in Carnegie standing, but as yet undiscovered, voices ic roles such as Boris Godunov, to bass- competitions who has been awarded the Hall. The occasion was the sole perform- she is presenting to her discriminating baritone staples such as Falstaff, with title of Merited Artist of Ukraine, drew ance of the little-known opera “Adelia” by equal ease and success. from his bandura the sounds of a spinet Gaetano Donizetti, presented in concert New York audience. Mr. Plishka, a favorite who has sung at Mr. Plishka is a known quantity, as is as he played his “Fantasy in Baroque by the Opera Orchestra of New York Ms. Devia, so the novelties were Messrs. Style” and a four-part “Suite” that com- (OONY). OONY more often than any other singer, sang with his customary care, emotional Mok and Pyatnychko. Mr. Mok, after a bined high notes, heavy chords and liq- Newcomer Stephan Pyatnychko, in his somewhat pinched and tight start, warm- uid-like glissandos that melted into one professional New York debut, sang the commitment and booming black bass sound. He movingly rendered the portrait ed up to an emotionally charged clos- another in quick succession. role of Carlo, the opportunistic and hypo- From “Kolomyika,” centered around a critical Duke of Burgundy, and Paul of a loving father betrayed by what he mistakenly thinks is his daughter’s shame- (Continued on page 14) Hutsul dance melody, came the sound of Plishka, famous around the world and the drymba (jew’s harp). “Virtuosic especially at the Metropolitan Opera, per- Piece,” a meditative piece with Oriental formed as the Duke’s trusted archer, overtones, had Mr. Hrynkiv using his Arnoldo. The title soprano role of fingers like a guitar pick, then splaying Arnoldo’s daughter was handily dis- out the fingers of both hands to produce patched by veteran diva Mariella Devia cascades of music in ascending and of Italy, still youthful and fresh of voice descending chords. with scintillating high E flats, while her The Experimental Bandura Trio lovely Count Oliviero, was ardently and (EBT), combining the artistry of Mr. mellifluousy rendered by the young tenor Kytasty and two of his former students – Warren Mok. Michael Andrec of New Jersey and Jurij The sophisticated audience was liberal- Fedynsky of North Carolina, revealed its ly sprinkled with savvy Ukrainian opera- ideas of extending bandura music into goers – the same people one encounters at new territory. Mr. Kytasty’s adaptation of Maria Gulegina’s, Volodymyr Hryshko’s Ostap Veresai’s “Duma/Dance” and his and Oksana Krovytska’s performances. imitation of new bandura sounds pro- duced by the late Dr. Zynoviy Shtokalko Bohdanna Wolanska, founder and (this piece was quixotially named “Dr. director of the Promin Vocal Ensemble, is Shtok Makes House Calls”) opened and a certified teacher who holds degrees in closed the EBT session; in between came education, music, and computer applica- Mr. Andrec’s “Canticle,” Mr. Fedynsky’s tions and information science, as well as “A Night in Emlenton,” which seemed to an M.B.A. She is a teacher with the emulate the sound of the wind sweeping Ukrainian Music Institute and personal through a stand of pines, and a take-off manager for several operatic singers. Bass Paul Plishka Baritone Stephan Pyatnychko on a traditional Macedonian melody called “Osogovsko Oro.” No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 13 Arkan Dance Company brings Ukrainian culture to China

by Olenka Genyk TORONTO – Members of the Arkan Dance Company, with its directors, Danovia Stechishin-Stefura and Scott Stefura, met on July 21 at the Pearson International Airport in Toronto in eager anticipation of their long-awaited concert tour of China as part of what was called, ’99 China International Year of Traditional Song and Dance and the World Expo of Culture. Many countries were invited by China to dance in numerous cities to initiate friendly cultural relations during the festi- val held May through September. The tour invitation was courtesy of Folklore Canada, and the tour was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the govern- ment of China. After long months of rehearsals and fund-raising, and lots of planning, our dream had finally come true. We said good-bye to friends and family, and boarded the plane for our journey. First stop: Beijing Our first concert at the Beijing Theater was a resounding success, and the per- formance was televised on national Chinese television. We noticed an inter- esting cultural difference: the audiences were very conservative and they reserved Arkan’s dancers at the Great Wall of China. their applause until the end of the concert. tures decorated with multicolored flow- and traveled to Ningbo where we stayed at At the end of this long day, the very The audiences in China were not famil- ers, and exotic flora and fauna were the Ningbo Wenyi Hotel. Our perform- tired but exhilarated Arkan Dance iar with the Ukrainian style of dance – breathtaking. We were thrilled to see a ance was at the Ningbo Yifu Theater. The Company boarded the plane for the long this was a new experience for them given Canadian display. next day, we set out for Fenghua, where flight home to Toronto. the Cold War between China and the That evening we were hosted for the we stayed at the Fenghua Huayi Hotel and Although our tour of China was com- Soviet Union. second time by Chinese officials at a ban- performed the final concert of our Chinese pleted, the memories will last a lifetime. Officials from both the consulates of quet held in our honor at the hotel. Again tour at the Fenghua Theater. We experienced a completely different Ukraine and Canada greeted us backstage. we were treated to such exotic Chinese The following morning we were taken culture, and this will have a profound Later the dance company was feted at a dishes as snails, snake, shark and others. on a sightseeing excursion of an ancient effect on our lives. We brought our banquet hosted by the Chinese The following day we visited an ancient mansion museum and its extensive beauti- unique Ukrainian Canadian culture to Government, the Ministry of Culture, and Chinese village. We were especially ful gardens. A banquet was held for us that the Chinese, who have never seen our the China National Arts and Culture astounded by the beauty of the Tibetan evening, and we thoroughly enjoyed our- folklore. Corporation. The dancers were treated to Buddhist Temple with its colorful indoor selves at a karaoke night. Later on, we Many thanks to our organizers in Chinese delicacies, some of which we frescoes. boarded a bus for the five-hour drive to China, the China National Art and Culture were tasting for the first time. The Arkan Dance Company had two Shanghai, where we then boarded a plane Corporation, the local sponsors and pre- After a well-deserved good night’s performances in the Yunnan Art Theater in for Seoul, South Korea. senters in each Chinese city, the Ministry sleep at the Baolingcheng Hotel, we were Kunming. Our audiences were impressed Since we had a nine-hour layover in of Culture, the Government of China and taken on a sightseeing excursion to the by our numerous, varied and brightly col- Seoul, we took advantage of this opportu- Folklore Canada; our sponsors, Contract Great Wall of China. How exciting to find ored Ukrainian costumes, which they were nity and toured the beautiful city. We visit- Supply Corp., Holsag Canada, Ramatol ourselves at such a world famous histori- seeing for the first time. Each concert ed the major landmark in Seoul, a commu- Corp., Natalia Morlaccetti, the Ukrainian cal sight! Wearing our Ukrainian cos- seemed to be better than the previous one, nications tower that we climbed to its sum- Credit Union, Trypillia Arts and tumes, we took official pictures with the as we were becoming more accustomed to mit. From there we had panoramic views Prombank Investments; our fund-raising beautiful scene as our backdrop. the time change and the differences in lan- of the whole city and took many photo- director, Nina Allinson; our parents; and Chinese tourists who were visiting the guage, food and culture. graphs. We then visited the old palace with our directors. Without them this tour Great Wall that day were enthralled by On Sunday, August 1, we left Kunming its unique Korean architecture. would not have been possible. our costumes and wanted to take pictures with us. After leaving the Great Wall we were driven to Tiananmen Square and contin- ued our sightseeing excursion. We saw the changing of the guard and the Forbidden City. Then we were taken to the station where we boarded a train that took us to Wuhan, our next concert destination. After getting off the train, we were driven to our hotel, the Wuhan Asia Grand Hotel. We were truly amazed by the hos- pitality bestowed upon us. This five-star hotel had a swimming pool, large lobby, revolving restaurant and spacious rooms. During our stay in Wuhan, we had two two-hour concerts. Wearing our colorful costumes representing diverse regions of Ukraine, we were a big hit with the Chinese audiences. We also had an opportunity to visit a museum filled with ancient Chinese arti- facts. While at the museum, a chime con- cert was performed – the music was extremely beautiful to hear. After our stay in Wuhan, we flew to the next city on our tour, Kunming. In Kunming we stayed at the lovely Yunnan Jingmato Hotel. Most of our shopping was done in this city. During our stay there we visited the beautiful international horticultural exhibit, named World Expo ’99. The fabulous displays of water fountains, architectural struc- The Arkan Dance Company at the Wuhan Theater, one of the venues where the troupe performed. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 No. 48

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JENKINTOWN, Pa. – Manor College shooting the project once tested and fix- recently received a $3,000 grant from the ing any coding errors. Ukrainian Heritage Foundation of North Manor’s Ukrainian library collection America for retrospective conversion and totals over 6,000 volumes and is one of cataloguing of an on-line Ukrainian lan- the nation’s largest Ukrainian language guage book collection that will be avail- book collections. Including language, able on the Internet. historical, cultural, economic, religious, “We’re very excited to be moving for- cultural and political topics, the compre- ward with this project,” said Brian T. hensive collection contains books, maga- Johnstone, library and information litera- zines, newsletters, newspapers and multi- cy specialist at Manor. “This grant pro- media selections. vides us with the resources we need to Manor College is a private, two-year, complete a very important project. The co-ed, Catholic college founded in 1947 ß̉˂¥‰Û‡Î¸ÌËÈ Ô¥‰·¥ð college’s Ukrainian identity will now be by the Ukrainian Sisters of St. Basil the available to researchers at large through Great. Manor’s objective to foster an ̇Ȃ˄¥‰Ì¥¯Óª ÔðÓ„ð‡ÏË the bibliographic information about the awareness and appreciation of the collection.” Ukrainian heritage and culture is accom- ÍÓÊÌÓÏÛ ÍÎ¥πÌÚÓ‚¥ In 1997 Manor College received a plished through its on-campus Ukrainian competitive grant to begin offering its Heritage Studies Center (UHSC) that was technical holdings on-line for public use. established in 1977. The grant funded some equipment to bar The Ukrainian Heritage Foundation êÓÁˆ¥ÌÍË ‰¥ÈÒÌ¥ 24 „Ó‰ËÌË Ì‡ ‰Ó·Û ÔÓ ‚Ò¥È ÚÂðËÚÓ𥪠ëòÄ code the collection and software to com- was founded in 1983 and is based in 3 puterize the holdings, build the on-line Poland, Ohio. The foundation makes database and maintain the website. grants to organizations for projects that 3 ÇËÍÓðËÒÚÓ‚Û˛˜Ë calling card, Manor College, through institutional advance its mission to preserve 3 ÇË Ï‡πÚ ÁÏÓ„Û ÚÂÎÂÙÓÌÛ‚‡ÚË Á ·Û‰¸-flÍÓ„Ó Ï¥Òˆfl ëòÄ funds, has funded the remainder of the Ukrainian culture in North America. project’s hardware and software. The Grants are made in the areas of the per- grant given by the Ukrainian Heritage forming arts and humanities, and are 3 èðflÏËÈ Ì‡·¥ð ·ÂÁ ‰Ó‰‡ÚÍÓ‚Ëı ÍÓ‰¥‚ Foundation will fund the actual bar cod- given to non-profit organizations in the ing of each collection holding, trouble- United States or Canada. 3 êÓÁˆ¥ÌÍË ÔÓ ëòÄ - 6.9 ˆ/ı‚.

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Kð‡ªÌ‡ èðflÏËÈ Ì‡·¥ð íÂÎÂÙÓÌ̇ ͇ðÚ͇ ìÍð‡ªÌ‡ 0.269 0.29 åÓÒÍ‚‡ 0.15 êÓÒ¥fl 0.29 0.32 ÄÁÂð·‡È‰Ê‡Ì 0.43 0.52 Å¥ÎÓðÛÒ¸ 0.35 0.38 Ç¥ðÏÂÌ¥fl 0.41 0.52 ÉðÛÁ¥fl 0.41 0.52 ÖÒÚÓÌ¥fl 0.29 0.32 ã‡Ú‚¥fl 0.32 0.35 ãËÚ‚‡ 0.35 0.35 åÓΉӂ‡ 0.45 0.39 ä‡Á‡ıÒÚ‡Ì 0.29 0.49 ìÁ·ÂÍ¥ÒÚ‡Ì 0.29 0.59 äËð„ËÁÒÚ‡Ì 0.39 èÓθ˘‡ 0.25 0.25 ÅÓ΄‡ð¥fl 0.31 0.34 JENKINTOWN, Pa. – Ukrainian heritage was well-represented at Manor College’s annual Scholarship Reception, as Ukrainian students received numerous scholar- ä‡Ì‡‰‡ 0.10 0.15 ship awards. Iryna Bogun (back row, far left) received three scholarships: the ßڇΥfl 0.13 0.15 Wasyl and Jozefa Soroka Scholarship, the International Scholarship, awarded to ç¥Ï˜˜Ë̇ 0.11 0.15 foreign students who exhibit academic excellence, and the Basilian Scholarship, awarded to returning students who maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average Ä‚ÒÚð‡Î¥fl 0.11 0.15 or greater. Oksana Shtuka (back row, second from left) received three scholar- ships for academic excellence: Wasyl and Jozefa Soroka Scholarship, International Scholarship and Basilian Scholarship. Andrey Mykich (back row, sec- ond from right) received two scholarships: the International and Basilian åË ðÓÁÏÓ‚ÎflπÏÓ ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ˛ ÏÓ‚Ó˛ Scholarships. Anna Siniakevitch (back row, far right), Ivanna Pelekh (front row, left), Anna Kaczynska (front row, center) and Lesya Koval (front row, right) all received the International Scholarship. Park Blvd, Seminole, FL 33777 phone: 1-877-569-3876 DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS fax: 1-800-391-3608 to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian www.EurodirectINC.com or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail.

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and Kuchma) to follow a “Western path.” NEW NON-STOP JOINT SERVICE Ukrainian electorate’s... As expected, the presidential elections (Continued from page 2) showed once again that Ukraine remains the more secure option – namely, for the somewhat politically split into a western, country’s fragile socio-economic status quo “nationalist” part and an Eastern, “socialist” NEW YORK - KYIV - TASHKENT one. This time, Mr. Kuchma received over- under President Kuchma – and against any whelming support in western Ukraine. The radical changes in the country’s course that dividing lines between east and west in were linked with Mr. Symonenko (or with Ukraine are blurred, however, by Mr. his media image). Kuchma’s fairly strong showing in such In 1991 Leonid Kravchuk’s installation eastern regions as Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, as the head of state took place on a nation- Sumy or Kharkiv (where he beat Mr. wide wave of enthusiasm for an independ- Symonenko). ent Ukraine. The 1994 election of Mr. Nonetheless, the overall “two-nations-in- Kuchma was an equally emotional event, one” pattern has not changed. It seems that marking a considerable ebb in national only a definite improvement in Ukraine’s enthusiasm. Independent Ukraine’s third economy can heal the political, social and – presidential election – though bustling and as Samuel Huntington put it – “civilization- enthusiastically fought by the presidential al” cleft between these two parts of one hopefuls – was a vote of weariness on the country. part of the electorate. However, even if the full message of the Rather than an enthusiasm for President Ukrainian presidential ballot is not easily UZBEKISTAN Kuchma’s reformist effort, voters displayed identifiable, there is nonetheless strong Air Ukraine airways skepticism about the ability of politicians to ground for optimism, at least among improve the economic situation by systemic democrats. The re-election of Mr. Kuchma change. – a proponent of Ukraine’s rapprochement By the same token, Mr. Symonenko’s with the West – is a good omen for all those BOEING 767-300 not unimpressive electoral showing should in the post-Soviet area (notably in Russia not be interpreted as a sign that 10 million and Belarus) who oppose the Communist- politically active Ukrainians want the return sponsored idea of restoring some kind of on and of communism. By casting their votes for USSR in the form of a “Slavic union.” FRIDAYS SUNDAYS the leader of the Communist Party many Without Ukraine, such a union makes no Ukrainians were in fact protesting their sense, either politically or economically. from JFK International Airport country’s current economic plight, which is And it appears that President Kuchma is widely associated with Ukraine’s failed bent on continuing to strongly oppose that INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS attempts (under both Presidents Kravchuk restoration effort.

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NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE UNA’ers celebrate 35th wedding anniversary DE KALB, Ill. – Myron and Lesia Kuropas celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on October 24. The happily married couple spent their anniversary weekend away on a marriage retreat. Mr. and Mrs. Kuropas met at Soyuzivka in 1960, when both were workers at the Ukrainian National Association’s resort. They also got married at Soyuzivka on October 24, 1964. Mrs. Kuropas was Miss Soyuzivka in 1957. Dr. Kuropas served as UNA vice-president from 1978 to 1990 and is well- known for his “Faces and Places” column in The Ukrainian Weekly. The couple have two married children (Stefko and Michael) and four grandchildren. The Kuropases are members of UNA Branch 423. Myron and Lesia Kuropas

Named outstanding senior at Morristown High MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Ruslan E. Ruslan’s involvement with the Morris Denysyk, a student at Morristown High Minute Men began early in his junior School in Morris County, was named year. Soon after joining at the age of 16, “Outstanding Senior” and featured in he dedicated himself to taking the EMT the October 1999 issue of the school course and after going to class every newspaper, Broadcaster. He was cited Saturday and alternating Sundays for for winning the Rotary Youth three months, and he passed the state Leadership Award, being a certification exam. He has led numerous Congressional intern in Washington this life-saving rescues and has received a past summer and his involvement in the commendation from the Morris School local first aid squad, The Morris Minute District for his role in helping evacuate Men, as a certified emergency medical students trom a school bus that was hit technician (EMT). by an automobile. Notice to publishers and authors Ruslan won the Rotary Youth Ruslan is interested in a career in It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly pub- Leadership Award (RYLA) in June 1999. medicine. He is a member of Plast lished books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodi- The award is given annually at the end of (Newark branch) and UNA Branch 88. cals, only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. the junior year of high school (11th His parents are Dr. Oleh and Anna grade) to two students (male and female) Denysyk, and he has two sisters, Dara News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. who have shown exemplary community and Lana, all of Morris Plains, N.J Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, involvement. The panel of educators and etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, businesspeople who selected Ruslan NJ 07054. cited his dedication to the Morris Minute Men, his Eagle Scout project in Plast and his leadership as captain of the varsity soccer team. As part of the award, Ruslan, as well as other award-winners trom New Jersey, attended a RYLA weekend in early June held on the grounds of Drew University. The students listened to motivational speeches from the CEO of AT&T and other business and community leaders, performed team-oriented outdoor activi- ties and discussed ways to encourage other students to become positive role models. This award helped Ruslan secure a Congressional summer internship in Washington. He worked in the office of Rep. Bob Ehrlich (R-Md.) and was involved in projects with the Commerce Department and the Senate Finance Committee. Ruslan E. Denysyk

Grandfather and grandkids win art prizes HAINES FALLS, N.Y. – The 52nd Tannersville, N.Y.,” and graphic, “St. Annual Art Exhibition held by the Paraskevia Church in Ukraine.” As can Twilight Park Artists was quite a success be guessed, he resides in Tannersville, for a grandfather and his three grandchil- N.Y. dren. Entering the exposition together, Xenia, Justin and Larissa Taras, Xenia, Justin and Larissa Schumylowych were each presented Schumlowych each won awards for their Emerging Young Artists Awards for their works of art. own tempera entries in the exhibition, Taras, the proud grandfather of the which was held August 14-15 at the others, earned third place for his tem- Twilight Park Clubhouse. pera paintings, “My House in The Schumylowyches are members of Tannersville, N.Y.” and “Post Office in UNA Branch 86. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 19

Plast Chicago golf outing raises funds to support youth organization’s activities by Oleh Skubiak The Pobratymy Foundation is limited to making contributions to Plast and other ROUND LAKE, Ill. – On a beautiful 501(c) (3) organizations that support the and perfectly comfortable early fall day, stated purposes of the fraternity: to renew Plast Chicago hosted its first annual golf and strengthen Plast; to encourage excel- outing here at the Renwood Golf Club. lence and self-improvement; to encourage The event took place on Saturday, identification and cooperation among September 11, and included 63 partici- Ukrainian youth; and to inform others pants from Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, about Ukraine. Los Angeles and Miami. Plans are under way for the second Using a scramble format, participants annual golf outing to take place next fall enjoyed 18 holes of golf and engaged in in Chicago. relaxing fun and friendly competition. At the 1999 outing the following prizes Afterwards the golfers joined their fami- were awarded: lies and friends at the Selfreliance Resort • Best team score (15 under par): at Round Lake Beach for post-tournament Wasyl Mirutenko, Long Grove, Ill.; Taras awards, steaks, refreshments, music and Konowal, South Elgin, Ill.; Alex The winning team at Plast Chicago’s golf outing: (from left) Walter Kosogof, excellent camraderie, lasting late into the Petrusha, South Elgin, Ill.; and Walter Taras Konowal, Alex Petrusha and Wasyl Mirutenko. evening. Kosogof, Crystal Lake, Ill. The event was organized by the • Longest drive – Mr. Petrusha, South Pobratymy fraternity of Plast under the Elgin, Ill. leadership of Ihor Hrynewycz, George • Closest to the pin – Irene Mykytyn, Kuritza, Andy Wyshnytzky and Oleh Los Angeles. Skubiak. The event generated nearly Plast Chicago and the Pobratymy $5,000 in profit for the Pobratymy Foundation expressed thanks to all prize Foundation, which designated the full donors, as well as the following individu- amount to the ongoing activities of Plast’s als and corporate sponsors for their gener- Chicago chapter. ous contributions to the first annual Plast The Pobratymy Foundation, a 501(c) open: Olha and Nestor Popowych; (3) tax-exempt corporation, was estab- Cars.com; Intersol Industries; Charysh lished in 1992 by members of the Plast and Schroeder, Ltd.; Vision MRI/ Oak Pobratymy fraternity for the purpose of Brook; Affiliated Health Care; Anesthesia supporting the developmental activities of Associates of Crystal Valley; Cafe Salsa; Plast, particularly in the area of counselor D and D Insurance; DeVry Inc.; State training. The foundation has made several Sen. Walter Dudycz; Domino, Gritis and contributions to the Chicago chapter of Co.; Marianne Diachenko, D.D.S.; First Plast and has provided scholarships for Security Federal Savings Bank; Fox Lake the past several years to candidates for Animal Hospital; Mycyk and Ciesco, “Lisova Shkola” (a rigorous counselor D.D.S.; North Avenue Animal Hospital; training camp) from both North America Procon General Services and Selfreliance and Ukraine. Federal Credit Union. Golfers and guests line up for steaks and refreshments after a day on the links.

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Ukrainian pro hockey update by Ihor Stelmach

Dallas still loaded after purging vets DETROIT RED WINGS: The Wings cured Nicklas Lidstrom’s homesickness by It’s shaping up as another 3-D season in giving him a three-year, $21.75 million con- the Western Conference of the National tract. Do the aging Wings have enough tal- Hockey League. Dallas, Detroit and Denver ent to give coach Scotty Bowman one more (a.k.a. Colorado) are once again the teams Stanley Cup? (Old horse Joey Kocur out to beat. Here, in alphabetical order, is a brief several months on injury list.) look at each of the 13 Western teams, including off-season developments and the EDMONTON OILERS: Coach Ron key issue they face during the 1999-2000 Low refused Edmonton’s conspicuously season. Players of Ukrainian descent low contract offer and was replaced by appearing on training camp rosters are Kevin Lowe. Always bursting with youthful noted in parentheses. promise, how come the Oilers are always so mediocre? MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM: A refreshingly quiet summer for the Ducks. LOS ANGELES KINGS: The Kings With tight-fisted Disney looking to sell the upgraded their skill and got a player they team can the Ducks finally make a movie hope will fill their new arena in proven with more than one good line? scorer Ziggy Plffy from the Islanders. Can a (Defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky returns to new coach, a new star and a new attitude To The Weekly Contributors: the team that drafted him; young goalie make the Kings contenders in the West again? We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- Gregg Naumenko signed.) ters to the editor, and the like – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate prepa- CALGARY FLAMES: Goalie Grant NASHVILLE PREDATORS: Made no ration of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. Fuhr, at one time a hated Edmonton Oiler, off-season moves. These guys are Predators in name only, as they didn’t even try to ® joined the Flames to solidify their goaltend- News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a given ing. If Calgary fails to make the playoffs for make a bid for any unrestricted free agents. event. Will a moderately successful year be fol- ® the fourth straight year, will GM Al Coates All materials must be typed (or legibly hand-printed) and double-spaced. lowed by an upward climb or will a team ® and coach Brian Sutter keep their jobs? Photographs (originals only, no photocopies oir computer printouts) submitted for pub- (Defenseman/winger Wade Belak is whose key players are Cliff Ronning, Greg lication must be accompanied by captions. Photos will be returned only when so enforcer of the Flames; netminder Igor Johnson and Sergei Krivokrasov crash and requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. burn? 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Was ® out of the picture. (Captain Keith Tkachuk Unsolicited materials submitted for publication will be returned only when so request- Chicago’s 8-2-1 rush to finish last season returns, this time contractually content. ed and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. the beginning of a run for the playoffs or an Youngsters Alexander Andreyev and out-of-body experience? (Veteran Eddie Radoslav Suchy await down on the farm. Olczyk was unsigned during training camp, Center Ryan Huska is a journeyman.) but did return to the fold.) ST. LOUIS BLUES: The Blues traded COLORADO AVALANCHE: The Avs for goalie Roman Turek and pinned their got a new owner Donald Sturm, but suf- present and future hopes on him when they fered heavy free agent losses. They are also dealt Grant Fuhr to Calgary. Is Pavol without superstar Peter Forsberg, who is Demitra a legitimate star or hockey’s equiv- injured until December. Can the Avs’ moth- alent to Dexy’s Midnight Runners? (Minor erlode of talent deliver more than one league ranks boast three future Ukrainian Stanley Cup? (LW Jordan Krestanovich a Blues: netminder Cory Rudkowsky, left recent draftee.) wing Trevor Wasyluk and backliner DALLAS STARS: The Stars moved out Jaroslav Obsut.) some of their older players to make room SAN JOSE SHARKS: Vincent for younger talent they hope will keep them Damphousse was re-signed, and Gary Suter hungry. Will the Stars’ decision to surrender looks to be healthy after missing most of so much experience come back to haunt last season with torn triceps. Can the them? (Brad Lukowich should join Richard impressive Sharks take the next step and Matvichuk on the Dallas blueline this year. become a legitimate playoff contender? Evgeny Tsybuk plies his trade in the minors.) (Continued on page 21) No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 21

We know they’ll be great during the regular Pro hockey... season, but will the Devils show up when (Continued from page 20) things really matter? (Loyal defender Ken UKRAINIANUKRAINIAN TVTV NETWORKNETWORK VANCOUVER CANUCKS: GM Brian Daneyko to play in his 1,000th game early Burke did some fancy stickhandling when this season; goalie Mike Buzak and for- Watch KONTAKT on the WEB: www.infoukes.com he got the Sedin twins at the amateur draft, ward Stanislav Gron await in the wings.) but the move will do nothing to improve NEW YORK ISLANDERS: Team KYIV, LVIV the Canucks’ present woes. Is there any Turmoil changed coaches and continued to reason to expect the Canucks to make the dump salaries the way Boris Yeltsin dumps Philadelphia, Chicago, Sacramento playoffs this season after missing them the prime ministers. Will ex-coach Bill Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Alberta, Manitoba previous three? (Defenseman Zenith Stewart, now running the Barrie Colts of Komarniski came out of nowhere to almost the Ontario League, have a better team this make the Canucks in training camp.) season than he did last season? (Centerman Intrigue surrounds Eastern stars Tony Hrkac got a two-year contract as a free agent, but was most recently traded to Going? Going? Gone. That’s one way to Anaheim.) sum up the NHL’s Eastern Conference. NEW YORK RANGERS: While every Can Dominik Hasek really be going home other team was preaching austerity, the after this season? Is Alexei Yashin going to Rangers bought everyone in sight. Have hold out the entire 1999-2000 campaign? the Rangers purchased themselves a con- And gone are the famous long locks of tender or will they prove they’ve just league MVP Jaromir Jagr. Here is a brief thrown bad money at their problems? look at each of the 15 Eastern teams. (Veteran minor leaguer Yevgeny ATLANTA THRASHERS: GM Don Namestnikov signed to provide their AHL Waddell was involved in a flurry of draft- club added savvy. Alexei Vasiliev joins day deals that left him with the first pick, Namestnikov.) which he used to take NHL-ready, but con- OTTAWA SENATORS: Alexei Yashin cussion-prone Patrik Stefan. The first time has a valid contract paying him $3.6 million around,1972-1973, Atlanta’s NHL entry (U.S.). He wants $10 million, but who does- finished with a respectable 65 points. Can n’t? So, he withdraws his services. Will the the Thrashers equal that? (Defenseman Senators give in to Yashin? Will various 50th anniversary of SUM in Chicago - Dauphin Festival Mike Muzechka and left wing David levels of government give in to the Senators This week: Kaczowka drafted by Thrashers.) by granting them tax relief to keep them Manor College Festivities in Philadelphia BOSTON BRUINS: The Bruins became from moving? 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powers of the union bodies as stated in Newsbriefs the draft. (RFE/RL Newsline) (Continued from page 2) Terra Abstract, Inc. Ukraine will not join Slavic union ...abstracting the world for you Leonid Kuchma has threatened to seek the dissolution of the parliament unless KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs that body creates a pro-government Ministry spokesman Ihor Hrushko said Suite 410, The Pavilion, Jenkintown, PA 19046 majority. (RFE/RL Newsline) on November 16 that Ukraine is interest- Tel.: 1-215-572-7750 Fax: 1-215-572-0539 ed in deepening cooperation with neigh- Belarus to be independent in union boring countries, but does not intend to MIENSK – Belarusian President join the union of Belarus and Russia, Consider us for all of your title needs in Pennsylvania, Alyaksandr Lukashenka on November 16 Interfax reported. Commenting on the whether you are: said Belarus sovereignty and independ- planned signing of a treaty establishing ence will remain “inflexible and unshak- the union state of Belarus and Russia, ~ Purchasing residential or commercial real estate able” in the planned union state with Mr. Hrushko noted that “the creation of ~ Refinancing an existing mortgage Russia, Belarusian Television reported. any Slavic unions would amount to giv- “There will be no question of our joining ing preference to some ethnic groups at Owned and operated by attorneys Russia as six [separate] oblasts or any the expense of others.” (RFE/RL other state as the whole republic,” Mr. Newsline) ÉÓ‚ÓðËÏÓ ÔÓ ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍË Lukashenka said. He noted that Belarus Kravchuk cited among century’s notables will accept only “equal conditions” and a Please contact Olena W. Stercho at (215) 572-7750 “civilized method” of integration with KYIV – The International Russia, adding that there is no alternative Biographical Center and the U.S. to the process of integration. (RFE/RL Biographical Institute have awarded ex- Newsline) president Leonid Kravchuk the Outstanding Person of the 20th Century Belarus-Russia union treaty amended medal, which was introduced for the year MIENSK – Belarusian presidential 2000, for his major contribution to the chief of staff Mikhail Myasnikovich told creation of an independent Ukraine. Interfax on November 16 that Belarus Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, and Russia have found an “optimal vari- Vaclav Havel, Henry Kissinger and oth- ant” of the union state treaty that is to be ers were also distinguished. (Eastern signed in Moscow on November 26. Economist) However, Mr. Myasnikovich noted that Ukraine’s armed forces underarmed the treaty calls for “setting up a union state” and does not envisage the integra- S EVASTOPOL – The Ukrainian army tion of Belarus and Russia into a single and navy are supplied only 37 percent of state. Mr. Myasnikovich added that dur- their requirements, according to Defense ing the public debate of the draft treaty Minister Oleksander Kuzmuk. more than 1,300 proposals were made on Nevertheless, the armed forces received how to improve the draft; as a result, 16 new kinds of weapons and machinery some 500 amendments were introduced in 1999, he added. Currently 430,000 into the document. Meanwhile, President persons serve in Ukraine’s military; the Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s aide Mikhail country’s military forces possesses Sazonau said 99 percent of all amend- 231,000 units of machinery, 4,050 tanks, ments are “purely technical” and do not 150 vessels and 53 military plants. change the nature of the functions or (Eastern Economist) No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999 23

included representatives from the energy, More and more people in the world learn Reports note low risk... finance, transportation and communications Ambassador... the truth about the calamity experienced by (Continued from page 1) ministries, all reported that they had (Continued from page 7) the Ukrainian people. Last year, for the first achieved or were well on their way to Y2K time in the history of the United Nations, I scenario develop. It suggests that Ukraine In spite of all this, our nation did not melt compliance, and those that were not would shared information about this genocide should construct a comprehensive emer- away or dissolve in the ocean of other peo- be by the new year. Ukraine’s civil defense against the Ukrainian nation in 1932-1933 gency plan, if only because it is tightly tied ples, as had often been the case in the histo- to Russia’s electrical network, and Moscow authorities said they had contingency plans with the representatives of more than 180 in place in case computer failures caused ry of mankind. Ukrainians survived, saving has said that it could shut down energy countries at a session on the occasion of the extensive problems around the country. their dignity and faith, saving their culture, going to Ukraine if it determines the coun- 50th anniversary of the Convention on the With its own reports concluding that the customs and traditions, saving their own Prevention of Genocide held in the U.N. try is not Y2K ready. Y2K problem will minimally impact country. Today, using our historic chance, General Assembly. The bottom line, according to the study, Ukraine, the U.S. government has decided, we created a new democratic independent Ukrainians in New York and in other is that at worst Ukraine could experience nonetheless, that it is better to be safe than state in the center of Europe, where there cities of the United States commemorate some regional electric outages until nuclear sorry, and has authorized the departure from should be no place for intolerance, discrimi- these tragic events every year. And, every power plants restart, two to three days after Ukraine of its government employees, nation, injustice, violations of human rights. year, more and more Americans join us to the New Year. No problems with heat and including Embassy personnel and their fam- Our people paid an extremely high price for learn and understand better Ukrainian histo- gas availability are foreseen. ilies, on a voluntary basis. Of the more than its independence and freedom. We shall ry, the Ukrainian spirit, the hopes and aspi- The year 2000 computer problem, 100 countries in which the United States never forget it, and we shall do our best to rations of the Ukrainian people. It makes us known simply as Y2K or the millennium has a diplomatic presence, Ukraine is one of prevent similar tragedies elsewhere. stronger. bug, is a programming deficiency found only four where the U.S. government will particularly in older computer software pro- cover transportation costs for employees grammed to read years by the last two dig- wishing to leave the country during the hol- 16-ËÈ äÛð¥Ì¸ ìèë ◊ÅìêãÄäà“ its. Most computer experts believe that iday season. The other countries are Russia, Óð„‡Ì¥ÁÛπ when the year 2000 arrives those computers Belarus and Moldova. not properly adjusted will read it as 1900, The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine declined which may cause them to simply shutdown to comment on the decision, and State ãÖôÄíÄêëúäß or react in other unexpected ways. Department officials did not return The Many specialists derided Ukraine for Weekly’s inquiry. íÄÅéêà being slow to respond to international pleas The psychological impact of the many to review the computer systems that run its negative scenarios described by U.S. gov- ‚¥‰ ̉¥Î¥, 26-„Ó ‰Ó Ô’flÚÌˈ¥, 31-„Ó „ðÛ‰Ìfl 1999 ð. nuclear and hydroelectric power-generating ernment officials and experts in the last èð˪Á‰ Û˜‡ÒÌËÍ¥‚ Û ÒÛ·ÓÚÛ 25-„Ó „ðÛ‰Ìfl stations, even as the Ukrainian government months – most of them now deemed unlike- had given assurances that it would under- ly – may be one reason that U.S. officials 1. íÄÅßê Ñãü ûçÄäßÇ ß ûçÄóéä take the requested testing and meet interna- have decided to allow their workers to 2. íÄÅßê Ñãü ëíÄêòéÉé ûçÄñíÇÄ Ú‡ åéãéÑòéÉé tional standards. Ukraine has been generally leave. 2. ëíÄêòéÉé èãÄëíìçëíÇÄ grouped with Russia, China and Indonesia As late as October 13, Lawrence as places where the millennium bug will hit Gershwin, the CIA’s national intelligence ̇ ΢‡Ú‡ðÒ¸ÍËı ÚÂðÂ̇ı hardest. officer for science and technology, told a Gore Mountain North Creek, N.Y. Whereas most countries had been attack- Senate Y2K panel that Ukraine was one of 퇷ÓðÓ‚‡ ÓÔ·ڇ 465.00 ‰ÓÎ. ¥ 15.00 ‰ÓÎ. ‚ÔËÒÓ‚Â ing the computer problems for about two several countries that still were vulnerable years, the Ukrainian government Y2K task to serious millennium bug disruptions, R 퇷ÓðÓ‚‡ ÓÔ·ڇ ÔÓÍðË‚‡π: ÔðËÏ¥˘ÂÌÌfl, ÔðÓı‡ð˜Û‚‡ÌÌfl (ÒÌ¥‰‡ÌÓÍ ¥ ‚˜Âðfl), Úð‡ÌÒÔÓðÚ force organized by Prime Minister Valerii according to an Associated Press report. R ‰Ó ΢‡Ú‡ðÒ¸ÍËı ÚÂðÂÌ¥‚, ‚ËÚfl„Ë, ¥ÌÒÚðÛ͈¥ª ΢‡Ú‡ðÒÚ‚‡. Pustovoitenko and currently headed by First Explaining that longer-term problems could R éÔ·ڇ Ì ÔÓÍðË‚‡π: ‰ ÓªÁ‰Û ‰Ó Ú‡·ÓðÛ. Vice Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh, was develop after the onset of the new year, Mr. R ÇÔËÒÓ‚Â (ÌÂÁ‚ÓðÓÚÌÂ), ÔÓÍðË‚‡π: Ú‡·ÓðÓ‚Û ‚¥‰Á̇˜ÍÛ È ‡‰Ï¥Ì¥ÒÚð‡ˆ¥ÈÌ¥ ‚ˉ‡ÚÍË. formed only on February 16. Its secretary, Gershwin said that European markets could Volodymyr Furashev, admitted on be affected by severe gas shortages in ä‡ðÚË Á„ÓÎÓ¯ÂÌÌfl ÏÓÊ̇ ‰¥ÒÚ‡ÚË ‚ è·ÒÚÓ‚Ëı ëÚ‡Ìˈflı. óËÒÎÓ Ú‡·ÓðÓ‚ËÍ¥‚ π Ó·ÏÂÊÂÌÂ. November 19 at a roundtable on the subject Russia or Ukraine. á„ÓÎÓ¯ÂÌÌfl ·Û‰ÛÚ¸ ÔðËÈχÚËÒfl ‚ Ú‡Í¥È ˜Âð„Ó‚ÓÒÚ¥, flÍ ·Û‰ÛÚ¸ ÔðËıÓ‰ËÚË. that Ukraine had been late getting started, Neither the official U.S. government ä‡ðÚË Á„ÓÎÓ¯ÂÌÌfl Á ÔÓ‚ÌÓ˛ ÓÔ·ÚÓ˛ Úð·‡ ‚ËÒË·ÚË but added that now the problems had been report not the Ukrainian government Y2K resolved “in a substantial way.” commission mentioned any such threats in ‰Ó ‰Ìfl 6-„Ó „ðÛ‰Ìfl 1999 ðÓÍÛ, ̇ ‡‰ðÂÒÛ: The members of the roundtable, which their findings. Mr J. Danyliw P.O. Box 507 Southampton, PA 18966 óÂÍË ‚ËÔÓ‚ÌflÚË Ì‡:◊PLAST, INC. – BURLAKY“ two combating branches of power would –––––––––––––– Kuchma and Rada... increase. However, he has also reasserted ä‡Ì‰Ë‰‡Ú¥‚ ‰Ó ·Û·‚ Ú‡·Ó𥂠ÔðÓÒËÏÓ „ÓÎÓÒËÚËÒfl ‰Ó ÔÎ. ÒÂÌ. (Continued from page 3) that he would not preclude dismissing the û. ÑÄçàãßÇÄ Ú‡ ÔÓ‰‡ÚË Ò‚Ó˛ ‡‰ðÂÒÛ ¥ ˜ËÒÎÓ ÚÂÎÂÙÓÌÛ. against the president’s choice, along with Parliament if it continues to block his bills –––––––––––––– unexpected support from the center-right and paralyze government. êéÑàóß ß Ééëíß He has also proposed a national refer- ÏÓÊÛÚ¸ Á‡ÏÓ‚ÎflÚË Í¥Ï̇ÚË ‚ Rukh faction led by National Deputy Yurii The Queensbury Hotel Kostenko. Mr. Medvedchuk said he person- endum to change the Constitution to allow for a bicameral national legislature, 88 Ridge Street ally disagreed with the vote. Glens Falls, New York, 12801 a move that many national deputies con- “There is no objective basis for the Tel.: (518) 792-1121 sider an attempt to develop a separate Verkhovna Rada to intrude in the process,” $60 Á‡ Í¥Ï̇ÚÛ explained Mr. Medvedchuk. parliamentary chamber controlled by the é·Ó‚’flÁÍÓ‚Ó ÔÓÍÎË͇ÚËÒfl ̇ ◊Ukrainian Parents“ Mykhailo Syrota, a leading national president. They argue such a move deputy who heads the Labor-Ukraine fac- usurps their authority. tion, which supported the move to the Kyiv The current body, a conglomeration of concert hall, said that a ceremony in the 15 political groupings – the largest of which Parliament chamber could pose the risk of is the Communist faction and none of motions from the floor and demonstrations which holds a majority of votes – has been ADVERTISING RATES FOR THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY by the national deputies aligned against the characterized by bickering and paralysis (Published in English on Sundays) re-elected president aimed to disrupt the since it was elected in March 1998. ALL ADVERTISEMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED proceedings. The president has proposed that if fac- ONE WEEK PRIOR TO PUBLICATION: FRIDAY NOON. The political hubbub comes after Mr. tions of the center and center-right organize

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Saturday-Sunday, December 4-5 Little Elephant” and Trio for Flute, Violoncello and Piano. Performing will be WASHINGTON: A Christmas Bazaar, Janice Weber, piano; Kyung Sun Lee, vio- sponsored by the Ukrainian Catholic lin; Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello; Andrea National Shrine of the Holy Famine, 4250 Axelrod, soprano and narrator; and Sheryl Harewood Road NE, will be held Henze, flute. The concert, sponsored by an December 4 at 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and anonymous benefactor, will be held at the December 5 at 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th bazaar will feature Ukrainian foods, ethnic St., at 8 p.m. Tickets: $20; UIA members, and holiday crafts, religious articles, $15; senior citizens and students, $10. For books, treasures from the attic, bake sale more information call the institute, (212) goodies, raffles and more. For further 288-8660. information, call (202) 526-3737, (703) 360-9310 or (301) 779-1882. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.: The Tidewater Ukrainian Cultural Association (TUCA) HARTFORD, Conn.: The Ukrainian will hold its quarterly meeting and National Women’s League of America, Christmas Party in Virginia Beach at 7 Hartford branches, will hold a Holiday p.m. We extend an invitation to everyone Food Fair and Bazaar on December 4 at of Ukrainian ancestry in the Virginia 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and on December 5 at 9:30 Tidewater area (Virginia Beach, Norfolk, a.m. -1 p.m. in the school hall behind St. Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, 125 Newport News, York County, Wethersfield Ave. Delicious ethnic food Williamsburg and surrounding area) to and baked goodies will be available, as come and join us. Ukrainian American well as crafts and painting, and art work. service personnel assigned to armed forces Ample parking, free admission. installations in this area (Norfolk, Little S unday, December 5 Creek, Oceana, Dam Neck, Fort Monroe, Fort Eustis, Fort Story, Langley AFB, PASSAIC, N.J.: For your last chance Yorktown NWS, Yorktown USCG RTC, before Christmas to purchase Ukrainian etc.) are especially welcome. For direc- gifts for all those special people in your life, tions and further information contact Andy stop by The Ukrainian Mall bazaar, in the Grynewytsch, (757) 874-3155. Ukrainian Center, 240 Hope Ave. Ukrainian vendors will be selling art work, prints, Sunday, December 12 ceramics, embroidery, wood carvings, floral HILLSIDE, N.J.: St. Nicholas invites designs, music and much more. Relax and you, your family and friends to celebrate enjoy lunch or just coffee and sweets at the the holiday season at the Immaculate Kozak Café. The Ukrainian Mall will be Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church open 9:30-a.m.-5:30 p.m.; admission is free. Hall, Liberty Avenue and Bloy Street, For more information and/or directions con- starting at 2 p.m. An informal holiday tact Christina, (973) 546-6133 after 6 p.m. entertainment program will be presented or e-mail [email protected]. by the parish children (and some adults) Saturday, December 11 and refreshments will be served. Admission is free. Call Mike Szpyhulsky, NEW YORK: “Music at the Institute” (908) 289-0127, or Joe Shatynski, (973) presents a concert program titled 599-9381, by December 4 to indicate the “Anniversaries,” featuring works by number of people attending, as well as to Chopin, Poulenc and Martinu, respective- receive information on how you can ly, Trio for Piano, Violin and Violincello in arrange for St. Nicholas to provide your G Minor, Op. 8; “The Story of Babar, the child with a gift.

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