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INSIDE: • Freedom of the press still under threat in Ukraine — page 2. • Ukrainians in Poland: reflections of a checkered history — page 3. • Radio Canada International saved — page 5. HE KRAINI A N EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXV No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine Visa Lottery deadline Second Wo rld Forum convenes in Ky i v moved to October NEW YORK – Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani announced on Monday, August 25, that the Federal DV- 99 Immigration Visa Lottery has moved up its applica- tion period to October 24 through November 24 of this year, almost four months earlier than its originally scheduled date of February 1998. The mayor urged prospective visa lottery applicants to obtain information from the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) on how to apply. (Applicants that live outside the New York City area can contact INS at (800) 375-5283 for the address of their regional applica- tion center). From October 24 to November 24, the U.S. State Department will conduct its fourth annual Diversity Visa Lottery and will award 55,000 permanent resident visas, nationwide, to immigrants from traditionally lower-immigration areas. The lottery program was established by the Immigration Act of 1990 to expand the number of countries from which new immigrants to the United States originate. Being randomly selected in the visa lottery does not guarantee a permanent resident visa, but it does make the prospective green card candi- date eligible to apply for a permanent resident visa i m m e d i a t e l y . Mayor Giuliani also announced that the Department of Consumer Affairs will conduct an educational out- reach campaign to steer prospective lottery participants away from unscrupulous immigration service practition- ers. Khristina Lew “We can’t do anything to actually increase prospec- Ivan Drach, head of the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council (center, standing) opens second World tive immigrants’ chance in the lottery, [but] we can Forum of Ukrainians on August 21, at the Ukraina Palace of Culture in Kyiv. President Leonid Kuchma (seated left make sure that they get accurate, up-to-date information of Mr. Drach), as well as Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksander Moroz (seated right of Mr. Drach) and Ukrainian and have everything they need to make the process go World Congress President Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk (second from right) addressed the opening day of the Forum. Also smoothly,” said the mayor. seated at the head table are Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko, Minster of Foreign Affairs Hennadii Udovenko, for- DCA Commissioner Jose Maldonado added, mer President Leonid Kravchuk, Minister of Defense Gen. Oleksander Kuzmuk. (See story on page 8). “Unfortunately, some fraudulent immigrant service providers see the lottery as a chance to prey on prospec- tive immigrants. With our outreach campaign, we hope to get the message across that this lottery is free and easy Ukraine celebrates independence to enter, that we have information available in nine lan- guages to help future Americans take advantage of this by Khristina Lew Oblast performed. opportunity – without being taken advantage of by con Kyiv Press Bureau Across town at the Ukraina Stadium, low-flying air- a r t i s t s . ” planes dropped parachutists waving blue-and-yellow Michael Bloom, director of the Federal Trade LVIV — The heart of western Ukraine greeted the Ukrainian flags onto the field where Lviv’s youth began Commissions New York regional office, said “consumers sixth anniversary of Ukraine’s independence with patriot- gathering for an Independence Day rock concert spon- should be on the alert for unscrupulous businesses and ic aplomb, as thousands of Lviviany gathered on Prospekt sored by Rukh and the People’s Democratic Party attorneys who claim that, for a fee, they can increase your Svobody on August 24 to discuss politics, sing songs of (Narodna Demokratychna Partia). chances of winning the U.S. State Department’s annual visa the Sich Riflemen and partake in general merrymaking. As evening settled on Lviv, thousands of young people lottery. Selection is purely random and there are no special All day long, a steady stream of old and young laid blocked the streets leading to the Ukraina Stadium, where techniques or loopholes available to increase an individ- flowers at the statue of Taras Shevchenko that overlooks for 5 hrv ($2.75) they could listen to Ukraine’s most pop- ual’s chance of winning.” the city’s main avenue, formerly Prospekt Lenina, the site ular pop and rock bands — VV, Skriabin, Pikardiiska of Ukraine’s political awakening in the late 1980s. City Tertsia, Mertvyi Piven, Komu Vnyz, Ruslana and Plach Visa Lottery rules leaders honored the soldiers who fought for Ukraine’s Yeremii — perform. The concert, which filled the Visa Lottery applicants must now furnish a 1 1/2” x 1 independence by placing flowers on their graves at the 15,000-seat stadium, was simulcast in Kyiv, Lviv and 1/2” photograph no more than six months old, with their Lychakivskyi and Yanivskyi cemeteries. Kharkiv. name printed on the back and taped to their lottery At 10 a.m. Lviv Mayor Vasyl Kuybida greeted the 400 applications. The following lottery rules and restrictions participants of the “Halychyna” marathon, which began Official Independence Day celebrations also govern the lottery: at Prospekt Svobody, wound through the villages sur- Ukraine officially began celebrating Independence • Applicants must have a high school education (or its rounding Lviv, and finished in the city center. Day on August 22 with a presentation of the new Cabinet equivalent – not a GED) or two years of experience in an In the afternoon, veterans of the Organization of of Ministers at Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv. The presenta- occupation requiring two years of training, with such Ukrainian Nationalists-Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN- tion ceremony, attended by Ukrainian President Leonid experience being attained within the past five years. UPA) gathered at the Shevchenko monument in dress Kuchma, was broadcast live on Ukrainian television. • Each applicant can only submit one application. A uniform to sing songs of Ukraine’s turbulent past, while In a separate ceremony at the Presidential person submitting more than one application will auto- folklore ensembles in national costumes performed at Administration Building, President Kuchma presented matically be disqualified. various sites throughout the city. awards to more than 60 people “who have made weighty • Applications must be submitted by mail only from At the Shevchenkivskyi Hai open-air museum, contributions to building and strengthening the state.” October 24, 1997 to November 24, 1997. Any applica- artists and craftsmen displayed their works along the Among those honored were citizens of the United States, tions received before October 24, 1997 or after winding paths leading to an open-air stage, where folk ensembles and musicians from throughout the Lviv (Continued on page 10) (Continued on page 12) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 No. 35

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Freedom of press and information “Sea Breeze 97” begins in Ukraine agreements reached by Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Boris Yeltsin during their still under threat in Ukraine The “Sea Breeze 97” maneuvers began May meeting in Kyiv, Russian media on August 23 at the Black Sea port of reported. The two ministers also signed a Donuzlav. Warships from the U.S. and statement stipulating the legal aspects of by Serhiy Naboka ment of a new information ministry. “The Turkey, along with ships from Bulgaria, Cabinet of Ministers ... has monopolistic the border issue and Mr. Primakov stated PART I Georgia, and Romania, are participating in that the demarcation of the Russian- powers ... 1996 can be called the year that the week-long exercises. The Russian KYIV — Lately, there has been an the Ukrainian press came exclusively under Ukrainian border is “not an issue for government has expressed opposition to today.” Mr. Udovenko also met with increasing degradation of freedom of the the control of the Cabinet of Ministers,” the NATO-backed maneuvers and refused press and information, and an increased states the report. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and an invitation to participate. On August 25, announced that President Kuchma will influence over the media on the part of Another problem [with the status of the anti-NATO group in the Russian State government structures, especially over the press freedom] is that the wording in leg- visit Moscow in January or February Duma issued a statement describing the 1998. (RFE/RL Newsline) editorial policies and the content of materi- islative acts is vague and undefined. For exercises as an “action openly hostile to als in the mass media. example, few restrictions or explanations Russia,” Interfax reported. The anti- Closer ties sought with Japan In the last year the level of freedom of exist as to the meaning of the broad term NATO group consists of 254 deputies of speech has fallen, ironically, even as a legal “state secrets.” There are also no explana- the 450 in the Duma.(RFE/RL Newsline) Ukrainian Prime Minister Valerii basis has developed ensuring wider free- tions of the limitations of such terms as Pustovoitenko told a visiting Japanese doms of the press. “security” and “damage to Ukraine’s IMF approves stand-by loan for Ukraine parliamentary delegation on August 27 Many experts and journalists believe national interest,” “social mandate,” or that Kyiv hopes to have closer ties with that today freedom of the press remains even the definition of the term “technical The IMF on 25 August approved a Japan, Agence France Presse reported. weak, and that even some political censor- control of program quality,” which is used $542 million stand-by loan to Ukraine to Mr. Pustovoitenko said Ukraine is partic- ship is beginning to appear. It is not an in legislation regarding broadcast media. provide approximately $49 million imme- ularly eager to encourage the creation of obvious, formal type of censorship with Legislative acts also include such diately and to release the remainder in joint enterprises between the two coun- formal functioning organs whose job it is to ambiguous concepts and terms as “disgrac- installments over the next year, provided tries in electronics, construction, and oil censor in advance of publication; it is a ing the honor and worth of the individual,” Kyiv carries out promised economic exploitation. Juro Saito, the speaker of soft, yet persistent, form of ideological con- “news that infringes on the rights and legal reforms. A larger $2.5-3 billion loan was Japanese House of Councilors, headed the trol over editorial direction, pressure exert- interests of the citizen and abuses their put on hold earlier this year because the delegation of seven Japanese MPs and ed by the executive branch and its adminis- honor and dignity,” “unsubstantiated con- IMF stated that Kyiv’s economic reforms stated that Tokyo intends to help Ukraine trative bodies. First and foremost it comes jecture that damages another,” “intentional were not moving forward fast enough. The with its economic and political reforms. from the president’s administration and abuse of dignity”; “disrespectful form,” one-year stand-by loan will support the He added that Japan would like to set up those structures that are tied to it (officially “false accusation;” “insult” and other government’s 1997-1998 economic pro- a joint Ukrainian-Japanese research cen- or unofficially). t e r m s . gram, which aims to consolidate the ter to study the effects of the explosion at These vague notions, which have been progress already made and to reduce infla- the Chornobyl nuclear power station. Legal safeguards for the press encoded in law and are punishable by law, tion from 40 percent in 1996 to 15 percent (RFE/RL Newsline) There exists a relatively solid legal foun- have allowed for a series of judicial deci- in 1997 and 12 percent in 1998. To Relations with Israel enter a new phase dation from which to safeguard press and sions in favor of government leaders, achieve these objectives, the budget deficit information freedoms, most notably politicians and national deputies, stifling will be limited to 4.6 percent of GDP in 1997 and 4.5 percent in 1998, according to The main goal of the Israeli Interior Ukraine’s Constitution, which was passed the work of the mass media, journalists in Minister’s visit to Ukraine on August 26 in June 1996. p a r t i c u l a r . IMF statements. (RFE/RL Newsline; Eastern Economist) was to lay the foundation for cooperation From 1992 to 1997 the Verkhovna Lately, an average of 10 such cases have between the two ministries in fighting Rada passed a series of laws on the infor- been heard monthly. The vagueness of the Russia’s defense minister in Ukraine organized crime and renewing lost per- mation and press freedom. Yet it is becom- terminology, in addition to the bias and sonal contacts, said visiting Israeli ing more clear that many of these laws are lack of independence in the judiciary, has Igor Sergeev was in Ukraine on August Interior Minister Avigdor Kakhalani. He too vague and were not properly thought led to verdicts against the mass media. 26 for talks on military cooperation and said there although there had been no through. The Verkhovna Rada on April 10, The financial sums awarded for stories implementing the Black Sea Fleet agree- contacts between Israel and Soviet 1997, discussed this issue at a special hear- that are shown to have “intentionally ment between the two countries. Ukraine, it is now possible to “mention ing titled, “Freedom of the press in abused the dignity” of politicians have Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksander the development of cooperation between Ukraine, its status, problems, perspectives.” reached astronomical figures, financial bur- Kuzmuk and Mr. Sergeev signed a mili- our two ministries.” Mr. Kakhalani said The conclusion reached by the participants dens that can ruin any media business. tary intelligence accord pledging the that there are “several criminals who was that “the legal foundation for guaran- Plaintiffs demand from several thousand to countries’ military forces will not spy on committed crimes in Ukraine and are now teeing and realizing the rights of citizens to several million dollars (U.S.) in awards. each other. They also discussed the fate of hiding in Israel.” He noted the importance their freedom of thought, ideas and princi- Recently the Union of Journalists, the 42 Soviet strategic bombers that remain of effective cooperation between the ples remains vague and contradictory. This Ukrainian Editors’ Guild and the chief edi- on Ukrainian territory. Russia initially respective security services. A representa- includes the rights of the mass media and tors of Ukraine’s 20 largest newspapers wanted to buy them, but has since tive of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry will be j o u r n a l i s t s . ” submitted an open letter to the Ukrainian changed its position. The two ministers posted to Israel shortly. In turn Interior The Ukrainian Independent Center for Supreme Court to suspend the practice of agreed that experts from both countries Minister Yurii Kravchenko confirmed the Political Study (UICPS) has found that indiscriminate lawsuits and enumerate the will discuss for which purposes the existence of agreements between the min- “Ukrainian legislation with regard to the legal norms for such actions. bombers will be used. (RFE/RL istries on exchange of information. Mr. mass media resembles a labyrinth with Not only members of the press, but also N e w s l i n e ) Kravchenko confirmed that new propos- many mine fields.” For example, in both politicians are increasingly complaining Ukrainian foreign minister in Moscow als are being developed and that “thanks parliamentary legislation and decrees of the about the possibility of “judicial persecu- to this exchange of information, it will president with the power of law, it is stated tion.” It has led the president to release a Meeting in Moscow on August 27, soon be possible to find specific people that gathering information on a private decree (July 21, 1997) that identifies “the Hennadii Udovenko and his Russian who are wanted by the security services individual without prior approval by that necessity for developing a special judicial counterpart, Yevgenii Primakov, of our countries.” (UNIAN; Eastern person is banned (Law on Information, organ to investigate questions (regarding reviewed progress in implementing E c o n o m i s t ) Statute 23) and that one cannot disseminate the judiciary) in the matter of media activi- information about the life of a private indi- t i e s . ” vidual without their approval. 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However, the most changes to: Assistant editor: Khristina Lew (Kyiv) financial budget outlays and the establish- obvious form of pressure on the press The Ukrainian Weekly Staff editors: Roman Woronowycz began during Mr. Kuchma’s tenure (from P.O. Box 346 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (To r o n t o ) July 1994). Jersey City, NJ 07303 Serhiy Naboka is first vice president of Since November 13, 1996, by a decree the Ukrainian Media Club as well as chief of President Kuchma, there has existed a The Ukrainian Weekly, August 31, 1997, No. 35, Vol. LXV editor of the Ukrainian News and Copyright © 1997 The Ukrainian Weekly Information Agency Respublika— UNIAR. (Continued on page 12) No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 3 Ukrainians in Poland: reflections of a checkered history by Khristina Lew Kyiv Press Bureau WARSAW, Poland — In the 1990s, Ukrainians in Warsaw number a mere 1,000, but the Polish capital’s checkered history of Ukrainian settlement is reflected in contemporary community life and activ- ity. Much of the Ukrainian community’s activities are centered around the Association of Ukrainians in Poland, whose building on the right bank of the river Wisla in Warsaw houses numerous Ukrainian organizations, and Warsaw’s one Ukrainian Catholic and two Polish Autocephalous Orthodox churches. The Basilian Church and Monastery on Miodowa Street are located near Warsaw’s Old City. Construction of the church began in 1781, and by 1810 the church had 710 Ukrainian parishioners. In 1876 the church was given to Orthodox faithful, but after the start of World War I it was returned to Catholics. It was destroyed during the Warsaw insurrection and rebuilt after the second world war. Miroslaw Czech, a member of the Polish Sejm (Parliament), recalled that dur- ing the Soviet era, the Basilians were forced to celebrate divine liturgy in the Khristina Lew Roman Catholic rite, in Polish. After 1956, Tombstones of soldiers of the army of the Ukrainian National Republic. with the Krushchev thaw, divine liturgy was celebrated in the Ukrainian rite, Romania and the Czech Republic. After Belarusians, Poles and Russians are includ- inscribed in the Ukrainian and Polish lan- although the homily continued to be deliv- divine liturgy on Sundays, 30 children are ed in their ranks. In 1948 the Patriarch of guages, and in its far reaches lie soldiers of ered in the Polish language. Only in the provided Ukrainian language instruction Moscow brought the Polish Autocephalous the army of the Ukrainian National 1960s was the Ukrainian language used there. Orthodox Church under his jurisdiction, Republic, who battled for Ukraine’s inde- throughout the entire service. Across town is the Mary Magdalene and today St. John’s church almanac is pendence in 1917-1920 and later escaped Today the monastery on Miodowa Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church, published in the Ukrainian, Polish and to Warsaw. The government in exile of the Street is the largest such Basilian and on the outskirts of Warsaw is St. John Belarusian languages. Ukrainian National Republic was located in monastery in the world. It currently has 40 Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Behind St. John Church is a vast ceme- Warsaw until 1923. seminarians, studying Eastern-rite The majority of parishioners at both tery that dates back to tsarist times. The Catholicism, from Ukraine, Slovakia, churches are Ukrainians, nonetheless cemetery is dotted with gravestones (Continued on page 18)

The Basilian Church and Monastery on Miodowa Street. St. John Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 No. 35 A letter to friends on the occasion of the second World Forum of Ukrainians by James E. Mace being “exploited,” and this has led to the assumption, still Spent on their upkeep (food, clothing, etc.) are 1.58 hryvni virtually unchallenged in ruling circles, that the state has to (87 cents) a day. A series in the popular Russian-language C O N C L U S I O N retain control over practically everything. This suits (but rather patriotic) daily Kievskie Viedomosti quoted one When Ukraine became independent, most people mere- employees of the so-called sector ministries (the Ministry anonymous young officer to the effect that, should such an ly assumed that, with Moscow gone, everything would of Machine Building, Ministry of the Coal Industry, etc.) army have to fight somebody, most soldiers would imme- sooner or later sort itself out and the country would become just fine. Meanwhile, those who “privatized” basically diately ask where to surrender. The usual official response, more or less normal. What was not understood was the uncompetitive assets, which might well become worthless “Yes, we’re poor but combat ready,” fails to assuage dead weight of its inherited Soviet structures, which were if foreign investors were allowed to build something new, doubts that the state is really capable of fulfilling the func- then too weak to manage a Soviet-style command econo- join state and shadow structures in what Oleksander tion of national defense. my, redundant in a real market economy, and which fight Turchynov calls administrative economic groups, dedicat- The tax system is such that not long ago economist Oleh like hell, so far successfully, to survive and expand. ed to the proposition that competitors must be pushed out. Soskin estimated that the total tax liability to make one For example, if in 1991 Ukraine had 291,000 ministerial The energy industry, the most serious money for politi- hryvnia in the private sector would come to around 1.30 employees, by 1996 it had over 500,000 and current esti- cians in both Ukraine and Russia, has been completely hryvni. Obviously, nobody pays it. Traditional managers mates put the figure at around 800,000. There are roughly remonopolized; Motorola has been pushed out of the have inherited from the Soviet era the custom of “doing 70 ministries and state committees, which are quasi-min- mobile satellite telephone market; and similar horror stories chemistry” (“khemichyty” – to cook the books), and virtu- istries, supposedly coordinated by seven deputy prime min- abound. Coca-Cola, which has won about 80 percent of the ally every firm operates with a bookkeeper, who deals with isters (President Kuchma is currently trying to streamline Ukrainian soft drink market with a plant in Lviv and is taxable revenues, and a safe, where the off-the-books and this apparatus). In such a bloated bureaucratic maze it often building a huge plant near Kyiv that will create thousands untaxed funds necessary to keep any Ukrainian company in becomes impossible to speak of a state policy. Instead we of new jobs, still has endless difficulties with the quasi- business are kept. Officials have also spoken about a huge have what economist Volodymyr Sidenko once called the ministerial State Committee on the Food Industry, center of problem of “revenues lost due to underestimates by tax micro-policies of different bureaucratic bailiwicks defend- an economic-administrative group including breweries that inspectors,” which is a code word for the fact that it’s often ing their own interests against all comers. also make soda pop, macaroni factories (which they call cheaper to bribe the tax inspector than pay absolutely out- For example, when former Vice Prime Minister Viktor vermicelli) and a tobacco plant in Kharkiv that makes fake rageous taxes. Pynzenyk’s reformism ran up against the ingrained L&M cigarettes, which means it also creates permanent This won’t come without thorough tax reform, but low- bureaucratic interests of the sector ministries he supposed- headaches for Kraft and Philip Morris. ering the tax burden to the point where it’s easier to pay ly oversaw, he was largely pushed out of the loop on Administrative economic groups can be based on sec- taxes than evade them cannot be done without either radi- everything except the job of trying to convince Western tors, but they also can be regional like in Uzhhorod, where cally downsizing government or returning to hyperinfla- official donors that something called “reform” was indeed one Serhii Ratushniak, after making his money in Russian tion, even with the now fashionable fiscal expedient of run- significant enough to justify more aid. Minister of Justice metals trading, got himself elected mayor and basically pri- ning up huge wage and pension arrears in the state sector. Serhii Holovatyi, who was put in charge of the “clean vatized the whole city in the name of the RIO Syndicate Another problem is that independent Ukraine inherited hands” anti-corruption campaign recently called a press that he controls. Since RIO also makes something called all the social obligations of the old Soviet system. One is conference and stated that he can’t do anything because Rata Cola, Uzhhorod is practically the only place in the system of privileges (pilhy), a case for each of which the corruption goes too high, to the ministerial level, and Ukraine where things don’t go better with Coke: the “real can be made, but which in their aggregate constitute a he simply can’t touch it. Significantly, the head of one the thing” has been effectively banned. crushing burden on the economy. main villains that Mr. Holovatyi mentioned as frustrating It might seem logical to abolish such sector committees For example, 25 million people, half the population, his anti-corruption efforts, the Cabinet of Ministers (com- and analogous ministries, and leave the old badly run have the right to free public transportation. No one would prising about 800 staffers who serve the Cabinet of industrial dinosaurs they control to their fate vis-à-vis those really quarrel that pensioners ride the bus free to turn in the Ministers as a whole), has just been promoted to the office who can do it better, pay their workers more, and thus cre- bottles they collect at 2 to 4 cents apiece, that invalids get of prime minister. ate demand for more goods and services, and thereby free trips to the clinic, or that barely paid rank-and-file mili- Much attention has been paid to corruption, which in revive the economy. However, the opposite is being done tary personnel cannot pay to get where they’re ordered to Ukraine really does go all the way up and all the way and that – not the much-vaunted “severed economic ties” go. But why should a general, a prosecutor and the secre- down. But with all due respect to Mr. Holovatyi and the with the old “unified economic complex” – is the real rea- taries who type their paperwork enjoy such a privilege? Western organizations that forced the current official steps son that most people in Ukraine are so poor. Moreover, the new Constitution of Ukraine guarantees against corruption, the good justice minister’s efforts were Governments, like people, who try to do more than all citizens the rights to free health care, education and doomed from the start. they can, cannot complete anything. The result in Ukraine “higher education on a competitive basis” at a time when The simple fact is that when those in a position to mis- is that the government cannot effectively control even the nation’s hospitals, clinics, schools and universities lack appropriate funds or demand bribes cannot live and support such basic functions of government as law enforcement, the funds to pay either their staff or their utility bills on their families in what they consider a decent fashion on national defense and taxation. The state practically fails to time. And you don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure their official incomes, they will indulge in corruption. pay the militia, which means that the Ukrainian equiva- out that those who are not paid by the state for their ser- Under such circumstances, even imposing the death penal- lent to the cop on the beat de facto works for those who vices often either demand payment from those they serve ty on corruption just won’t work. Virtually everybody will pay him, i.e., representatives of those who collect unoffi- or perform those services in such a perfunctory manner that do it, and nobody with his hand in the till with look very cial “taxes” for protection and provide their own version the client would have been better off staying at home. closely at where someone else is supplementing his of order. I will never forget the night I saw someone try to Pensions, guaranteed by the state, are well below the sub- income. When the state cannot support its own structures, rob a kiosk, and the girl without great concern replied, sistence level. those in such structures will form a covert culture of cor- “You can’t rob me. I already paid, and they’ll find you When I raised this problem with one national deputy, he ruption, based on the principle that those not participating where you live.” The implication to the would-be robber replied that all governments promise things they can’t are just plain stupid. And this has happened in Ukraine. was clear: either go home or wind up in a leg cast. He deliver. Politicians certainly do, especially in Ukraine – a Moreover, Ukraine has inherited the Soviet mind-set went home. The mafia, not the state, keeps order on the country lacking the organizations of civil society that can that only the government can protect “the people” from streets of Kyiv. compel politicians to keep their word to the group such an The military is no less a scandal than the militia. organization represents. James E. Mace is professor of political science at the Common soldiers in the Ukrainian armed forces are paid University of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. all of 17 hryvni, less than $10 dollars (U.S.), a month. (Continued on page 18) No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 5 A x w o r t h y, Copps rescue U.S. representative to U.N. in Kyiv Radio Canada International by Christopher Guly Ottawa also has a stake in RCI’s future. According to Mr. Axworthy, the OTTAWA – Canada’s financially Canadian foreign radio service will troubled foreign radio service may finally become an “integral element” of Canada’s have a future. International Information Strategy, which On August 18, Foreign Affairs Minister is designed to use the latest communica- Lloyd Axworthy and Canadian Heritage tions technologies, such as the Internet and Minister Sheila Copps announced that other broadcast media, to promote their government would provide Radio Canada’s foreign policy, trade and interna- Canada International with ongoing annual tional development agenda. funding starting next year. Certainly, the federal government has Late last year, Ms. Copps rescued RCI an audience for its objectives, judging by from extinction when she organized the bagfuls of mail the Canadian funding from four federal departments Embassy in Kyiv receives from listeners and agencies (Canadian Heritage, of RCI’s Ukrainian programs. Foreign Affairs, National Defense and the Canadian International Development Andrii Marchenko, newly appointed Agency) to support the radio network’s assistant to Ambassador Volodymyr $16 million (about $12 million U.S.) Furkalo in Ottawa, said RCI was useful annual budget. However, the relief effort to him when he worked at the Canadian was only to last until March 31, 1998. desk at the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs RCI broadcasts programming in five Ministry prior to his Canadian posting. “I foreign languages – Ukrainian, Russian, learned things about Canada that I’m Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic – through- beginning to see now that I’m here,” he Khristina Lew out Europe, the Middle East, Latin said. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson (left) meets with Ukraine’s America, Asia, the Caribbean and the Mr. Marchenko said the fact that RCI Foreign Affairs Minister Hennadii Udovenko in Kyiv on August 20 to discuss the United States. The international network is broadcasts programming in Ukrainian reorganization of the United Nations and U.S.-Ukraine bilateral relations. managed by the Canadian Broadcasting helps connect Ukrainians with Canada. Ambassador Richardson congratulated Minister Udovenko on his “upcoming elec- Corp. Foreign listeners pick up programs “Ukrainians are exposed to different for- tion to the United Nations,” noting that it is a “great honor for Ukraine and the min- eign radio services, which often report a through short-wave radio, satellite or ister, who as a figure on the stage in Ukraine will now be a figure on the world lot about what’s going on in the United through their local broadcasters, who have stage.” Minister Udovenko is scheduled to be elected president of the 52nd ses- States, but very little about Canada. partnership agreements with RCI. sion of the U.N. General Assembly in September. Ambassador Richardson had [RCI] tells them about Canada in their In addition to sending two hours of been traveling through the Far East, Central Asia and Europe explaining U.S. sup- daily broadcasts live by short-wave, RCI own language, such as coverage of the 1995 referendum in Quebec,” he said. port for the reform efforts of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan when he paid his also has forged a cable partnership with first visit to Ukraine on August 20. After meeting with the U.S. ambassador, Ukrainian state radio to transmit But under this most recent rescue plan, Minister Udovenko said the United States supports expanding the U.N. Security Canadian programming, and downlinks RCI’s future will only be safeguarded as Council, “which is in the interest of the Eastern European group to which Ukraine programs to several local stations in such long as Ottawa continues to show an metropolitan centers as Lviv and interest in the service. belongs.” During his one day visit to Kyiv, Ambassador Richardson also met with Kharkiv. “The minister has made it clear that RCI Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko. Mr. Axworthy said that in coming to funding is part of the government’s exist- RCI’s aid, the federal Liberal govern- ing fiscal framework that was provided for ment has undertaken an “ongoing com- in the February federal budget,” said Janet mitment to the important role that RCI Bax, director of communications for Ms. William Courtney appointed to NSC plays in increasing awareness and under- Copps. “There’s no way she or anyone WASHINGTON — William Harrison sions established by the Threshold Test standing of Canada and its citizens else can say this formula will apply Courtney, once designated to be the U.S. Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions throughout the world.” beyond the life of this government.” envoy to Ukraine, has been named special T r e a t i e s . assistant to the president and senior director Earlier, he served in the Nuclear and for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs, Space Talks in Geneva and at the effective August 25. The announcement American Embassies in Moscow and Prof. Petryshyn legally insane, was made on July 25 by National Security Brasilia. He was an international affairs Advisor Samuel Berger. Ambassador fellow at the Council of Foreign not guilty of wife’s murder Courtney will succeed Steve Pifer. Relations and since 1972 has been a Mr. Courtney has been ambassador to career foreign service officer. by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj the significance of the error. Georgia since 1995. Prior to that he was A native of West Virginia, Ambassador Mr. Albin said Prof. Petryshyn began ambassador to Kazakstan, co-chair of the Courtney is a graduate of West Virginia JERSEY CITY, N.J. — More than a having delusions that his wife was con- U.S. delegation on Safety, Security and University and received a Ph.D. in eco- year after noted painter and critic Arcadia spiring to have him committed to a hos- Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons, and nomics from Brown University. He and Olenska-Petryshyn was found dead in her pital, and that “he felt certain that was head of the U.S. delegation, with rank of his wife, Paula Feeney, have two young bedroom, her husband, former Rutgers going to be the end of his freedom.” ambassador, to the implementing commis- children. University mathematics professor Walter In the Star-Ledger item the attorney is Petryshyn, was found not guilty of her quoted as saying that “it’s really a tragic murder by reason of insanity. case of the raging effects of mental ill- The decision was handed down on ness.” Judge Hoffman added that it was Calgary judge receives promotion August 11 by Superior Court Judge “a very sad day.” Barnett Hoffman in a New Brunswick, by Nestor Gula encompasses the Banff and Jasper national N.J., courtroom. Defense attorney Barry The Star-Ledger reported that parks. As an MP in the government of Albin had contended Prof. Petryshyn suf- Middlesex County Prosecutor Thomas TORONTO — Justice Allen B. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, he served as fered from “severe psychotic depres- Kapsak agreed with Mr. Albin’s con- Sulatycky of Calgary was appointed a judge parliamentary secretary to Energy, Mines, sion,” which had begun several months tention, saying that four psychiatrists had of the Court of Appeal of Alberta in and Resources Minister Joe Green and later before the fatal assault. examined Prof. Petryshyn and all of them Calgary on July 7. He replaces Justice R.P. to Indian Affairs and Northern On May 6, 1996, local police found had found him to be mentally ill. Kerans, who resigned recently. Prior to this Development Minister Jean Chrétien, who Ms. Olenska-Petryshyn in the couple’s Reached by The Weekly on August 20, new appointment, Justice Sulatycky sat on is Canada’s current prime minister. home in North Brunswick, N.J., dead of Prosecutor Kapsak said the disturbed acade- the Court of the Queen’s Bench of Alberta He lost his seat in the election of October injuries to her head, caused by a hammer, mic has been held at the Middlesex Adult (the province’s court of second instance). 30, 1972, to Progressive Conservative Joe and arrested Prof. Petryshyn. County Correction Center since his arrest Born in Hafford, Saskatchewan, Justice Clark, who later became leader of his party In a report carried by The Weekly last on the day of the tragic incident, except for Sulatycky completed law school at the and briefly served as prime minister of the year following the incident, it was noted a brief trip to a county psychologist’s office. University of Saskatchewan in 1962 and country in 1979. that Prof. Petryshyn had become increas- Prosecutor Kapsak said Prof. Petryshyn was called to the Bar of Alberta in 1963. Judge Sulatycky was appointed to the ingly despondent and remote after dis- has been handed over for examination in a Speaking with The Weekly in a recent Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta in 1982. covering an error in a math textbook he state psychiatric hospital, where “it will be interview, Judge Sulatycky said, “I moved Prior to his apointment he practiced law had published in 1995. determined if he is a danger to himself and to Alberta primarily because there were with the firm Parlee, Irving, Henning, On August 12, the New Jersey Star- others, and what should be done with him more opportunities there at the time, and I Mustard and Rodney in Calgary. Ledger’s court reporter quoted Mr. from now on.” A hearing will be held in had a cousin who practiced law there and While in Edmonton and Calgary, Judge Albin, a Woodbridge, N.J.-based attor- about 30 to 60 days at which the formal another cousin, by marriage, who was a Sulatycky was involved with the local chap- ney with the firm of Wilentz, Goldman decision on where Prof. Petryshyn is to be judge in Edmonton.” ters of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and Spitzer, telling Judge Hoffman that hospitalized will be made. From 1968 to 1973, he served as a mem- and the Ukrainian Professional and the academic had become convinced he Mr. Kapsak said the case is now being ber of Parliament for the Liberal Party rep- Business Association, but has curtailed his would be “a laughingstock in the mathe- treated as a civil, not a criminal matter. Mr. resenting the Rocky Mountain riding, community activism since being appointed matics community,” grossly exaggerating Albin did not return calls to his office. which is on the western edge of Alberta and to the Bench. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 No. 35

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY Yes, The Weekly did publish a photo UACC head remarks of me seated next to the president. But A Shackled Media The Weekly’s reporter was simply doing her job, photographing the president as Much has been written in the press about Ukraine’s economy, or lack of it, alleged on reception he was seated at dinner; I and several government corruption, alignment with NATO. However, rarely is the state of the Dear Editor: other leaders of organizations happened medium that gives us information about Ukraine examined. Today the rights of the In regard to the Ukrainian American to be seated next to him during the whole mass media in Ukraine balance precariously between independence guaranteed by community’s recent dinner with dinner. Certainly that is not the same as Ukraine’s Constitution and the governement’s desire to control it. President Leonid Kuchma, which was the Serhiy Naboka, first vice-president of the Ukrainian Media Club based in Kyiv, interrupting the president and asking him subject of an editorial on July 20 and the writes in this issue that even with a Constitution that encodes freedom of speech and to pose for a photo, or worse yet, stand- focus of several letters to the editor writ- information in Ukraine, in the last year “there has been an increasing degradation of ing behind the president as he was seated ten in response, I, too, would like to take freedom of the press and information, and an increased influence over it on the part of at his table and, in effect using him as a a stand. government structures.” prop for a photo opportunity. In addition, First, it should be noted that the dinner He is correct when he states that it is not overt censorship that stifles freedom of it should be pointed out that it is the was sponsored jointly by Ukrainian speech in the press in Ukraine, but “a soft, yet persistent form of ideological control news media’s assignment to document an Congress Committee of America and the over editorial direction.” Simply put, it is the art of intimidation that the government is event, which is not the same as having Ukrainian American Coordinating today practicing in Ukraine: write what you want, but be prepared to suffer the conse- each and every person with a camera take Council. As originally envisioned the q u e n c e s . pictures. guest list was to include 15 representa- Mr. Naboka writes of editors being dressed down for criticizing the government, of In conclusion, I would like to state that tives each from the UCCA and UACC, government subsidies granted to “favored” publications, of legislation that has been it is good The Ukrainian Weekly’s edito- 10 from the non-aligned organizations, used to stifle the press. rial pointed out our failure, and it is good plus the president and his delegation. It we have had this exchange of letters At a seminar at Harvard University on the press and Ukraine, held in August, the was to be an intimate gathering, meant renowned Canadian broadcast journalist, Viktor Malarek, said he sees the develop- prompted by that editorial. Perhaps our for a frank exchange of ideas and opin- community has learned something in the ment of privately owned television stations in Ukraine as a plus that can only help ions between Ukrainian American com- develop and ensure a free press in Ukraine. Essentially that is true, but Mr. Malarek process and the next time we host munity leaders and the president of President Kuchma, we will do better. may have conditioned his remarks had he read Mr. Naboka’s insightful article. Ukraine. Although privately-held television stations exist in Ukraine, they are, for the most However, due to last-minute pressures, part, owned by people in government or those close to it. In a shrewd move, govern- Ulana M. Diachuk the size of the group more than doubled. Rutherford, N.J. ment officials or their proxies are buying up media outlets in order to be able to dictate The original intent of the dinner was for- editorial content; to control the press, and hence, control news and information that cit- gotten. UACC stood steadfast and did The letter writer is president of the izens receive, and we all know what that harks back to. not enlarge its delegation. There is also the matter of deaths. Ukrainian American Coordinating Council Most recently the editor-in-chief of Vecherniaya Odessa, Boris Derevianenko, was gunned down on his way to work in what is widely acknowledged as a contract mur- taries from Ukraine, but find ways of der. Unfortunately, gangland style hits are becoming common in Ukraine. Who does it Fiascos will reduce including them in such events. A meeting and why is material for a another entire editorial. What is important to mention here is with the press is one thing and a meeting that the Odesa Mayor’s Office is the target of the investigation now being carried out influence of diaspora with the demos is another. The visit of President Kuchma to Little Ukraine in by police officials. Dear Editor: Then there is the death of Petro Shevchenko, a Luhansk correspondent for the pop- New York on his first official visit to the ular tabloid Kievskie Viedomosti, who traveled to Kyiv in the spring of this year to While I essentially still believe that the United States several years ago was dig- collect his pay and was found hanging in an abandoned building near the central train diaspora is quickly becoming irrelevant, I nified and touching. station. The Security Service of Ukraine says Mr. Shevchenko committed suicide. His also believe that some of the points I use many simple analogies to explain family and friends say he exhibited no telltale signs for such action. Coincidentally, (or raised by letter writers in reaction to the the differences between Russians and not) he was investigating corruption in the Secret Service ranks of Luhansk at the time July 20 editorial to the editor are well Ukrainians. I tell Americans that of his death. taken. Ukrainians are Breughelesque, that is, There are other cases of death, beatings, physical intimidation, phoned threats. Here First, President Leonid Kuchma is not exuberant and hearty and joyful about the point is not that the government is to blame for every one of these acts, or none of running for public office in the United life. The Russians are van Dyckian, that them. It is that President Leonid Kuchma’s government must make a priority of identi- States. He is not looking for votes here. is formal, staid, pompous and somewhat fying and bringing to justice those who are perpetrating crimes that are leaving jour- If he has to press hands and kiss babies dogmatic. Now that we have a nation we nalists feeling exposed and vulnerable. That would be a good first step towards a show in the worst backwaters of Ukraine that is must learn to be formal and proper in the of support for freedom of the press. one thing. To submit him to that here at proper venue. Some of us will never The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed its the Harvard Club is quite another. The learn, unfortunately, because we never grave concern about the murder of the Vecherniaya Odessa editor Derevianenko in a event was held in full view not only of had the opportunity. Meetings with the letter addressed to President Kuchma, Minister of Intenal Affairs Yurii Kravchenko the local Ukrainian community but also president are not the place to learn. Nor and other government figures. The organization’s executive editor, William A. Orme at a major venue in the so-called world must all meetings be open to all comers. Jr., states that “the CPJ has become increasingly disturbed at the number of threats, capital and it could have led to a truly Dignified meetings with dignitaries beatings and killings of journalists in Ukraine, most of which have not been thorough- major embarrassment. from Ukraine will serve the local diaspo- ly investigated. It is the responsibility of the local and national governments of At the same time we must acknowl- ra and Ukraine well. Fiascos will only Ukraine to guarantee that journalists are able to work without retaliation. Such appar- edge that there are many older people reduce the influence of the diaspora at a ent intimidation indicated by the attacks on Vechernaya Odessa and other Ukrainain here in the diaspora who dedicated their time when Ukraine may need its help newspapers only serves to stifle press freedom, in blatant disregard for Ukraine’s inter- whole life to working for, and dreaming more than its government officials realize national obligations regarding free and safe practice of journalism.” about, a free and prosperous Ukraine. We or are willing to admit. We wholeheartedly agree. should not only not exclude them from meeting with the most important digni- Bohdan Oryshkevich New York

ics the thinking of many totalitarian lead- Sept. Editorial reflects ers who never tolerated criticism in any TurningTurning the pagespages back...back... form (instead punishing their critics in majority opinion places like the gulag). 4 Dear Editor: The Weekly’s editorial did correctly reflect the unpleasant reality of the situa- 1920 Oleksander Marynych served as the Ukrainian SSR’s minis- Regarding Askold Lozynskyj’s tion surrounding the reception of President ter of education for most of the 1970s (1971-1979), surviving response to The Ukrainian Weekly’s July Kuchma. Democracy is built on the foun- the ouster of Soviet Ukraine’s controversial premier, Petro 20 editorial, I would like to note that the dation of public opinion, freedom of the editorial reflected the opinion of the Shelest, in 1972, continuing to work for Mr. Shelest’s successor, Volodymyr press and freedom of speech (including majority of Ukrainian Americans in the Shcherbytsky. Mr. Marynych is a geographer and geomorphologist and a member of open criticism). New York area, particularly its intelli- Ukraine’s Academy of Science since 1969. Therefore, I find Mr. Lozynskyj’s gentsia and scholars. Yes, Mr. Lozynskyj uncultured reaction to be quite strange. He graduated from Kazan (Russia) University in 1942, and after World War II, he well understands the opinions of the hro- taught at Kyiv University, serving as dean of the geography faculty (1956-1868) and mada; unfortunately he believes in “posi- Eugene Stakhiv head of the department of physical geography. In 1964 he was elected president of the tive criticism” only. In essence he mim- Waldwick, N.J. Geographical Society of the Ukrainian SSR. Mr. Marynych specializes in physical geography and geomorphology of Ukraine and the rational use of the environment. He has written two books on the physical geography of Polissia (1982) and co- Note from the editor: authored books on the physical geography of Ukraine (1985) and environmental pro- tection of the Middle Dnipro region (1986). He is the editor-in-chief of the three-vol- The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a vari- ume “Heohrafichna Ensyklopedia Ukrainy” (Geographic Encyclopedia of Ukraine), ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian commu- which began to appear in 1989 in Kyiv. nities. Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff or Source: “Marynych, Oleksander,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 3 (Toronto: University of its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association. Toronto Press, 1993). No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 7 NEWS AND VIEWS: UNICEF reports on childhood and motherhood in Ukraine by Myron B. Kuropas by Olga Stawnychy and economic shocks of transition in a post-communist society. CONCLUSION In the last 50 years there have been Ukraine’s children are its future, and many changes in approaches to substitute how they develop physically, mentally care for children in Western societies. Will NGOs save Ukraine? and emotionally will impact the well- There was a shift from large-scale insti- being of the entire nation and the world. tutional upbringing to smaller scale resi- In the minds of many U.S. government advance their role as constructive players in The planners of economic reform in dential care and an emphasis on offering, officials, the future of Central and Eastern a democratic society.” I’m not sure I under- Ukraine have overlooked the welfare whenever possible, the chance to be Europe (CEE) depends on the ability of the stand what that means, but it sure sounds needs of millions of vulnerable children placed in foster homes. There are also people to organize themselves into non- w o n d e r f r u l . during this transition period. programs to strengthen the natural family governmental organizations or NGOs. There is no doubt that NGOs are a viable The greatest gap between economic to prevent its breakdown and in this way NGOs are private associations, federa- part of a country like the United States progress and social improverishment is reduce the need for substitute care. tions, unions, societies, and groups not where the government is constituted to pro- seen in the deteriorating position of the New methods of raising children have founded or funded by the government. tect our rights under the law. How effective children in public care. These are the chil- been developed in Ukraine with the When it comes to servicing the poor, pro- can NGOs be, however, in a nation where dren whose parent, in effect, is the state. establishment of family homes where viding low cost services, building grass- there exists, as one commentator has In launching the report, “Children at orphans are raised within families. In roots organizations, and adapting or creat- described it, “an incoherent state tenuously Risk in Central and Eastern Europe: Peril 1996, 572 orphans were placed in 74 ing innovative programs to meet local connected to a demoralized society?” How and Promises,” John Donohue, director of “family children’s houses.” According to needs, it isFaces clear that in andmany instances, Placescan NGOs be expected to function when the the UNICEF regional office for Central Suzanna Stanik, former minister of NGOs can often accomplish more than gov- government is fragmented, barely solvent, and Eastern Europe, the CIS and the Baltic Youth and Family in Ukraine (who has ernment agencies. and apparently unaccountable to the citizen- states, stated that many difficulties have just been named minister of justice), this Old-line NGOs in our community are the r y ? stood in the way of major improvement in alternative is working well and is better Ukrainian National Association and the Another question: Can there be a strong institutional care and more humane options for the children. Unfortunately this Selfreliance Federal Credit Unions. civil society in a nation that has no middle- for children without parental care. Over 1 arrangement is available only to a very Voluntarism is as American as apple pie. class, where the rich have no sense of million children in the region are being small number of children, while there are It is a unique American way of getting noblesse oblige (focusing only on them- abandoned to state care. 90,000 in state care. things done, an integral part of our civil selves), the poor are too tired, disillusioned Many families have had to cope with a Children living in institutional care are society. Alexis de Tocqueville noticed this and powerless to act, and where the civiliza- devastating deterioration in their material the most vulnerable of all those separated as early as 1832 and wrote about it in tion is endangered because Ukrainians have conditions. It might have been expected from their families. In the past these chil- Democracy in America, his classic critique not “acquired the habit of forming associa- that families would pull together in times dren constituted a forgotten underclass of life in the United States. “Americans of tions in ordinary life?” of crisis. Instead, the tremendous pres- whose voice to the outside world was not all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions, Even if a civil society is created, it is not sures of the transition appear to be split- heard. Many of these institutions house constantly form associations,” he wrote. necessarily a guarantee of a strong democ- ting them apart and eroding parental 150 to 600 children, who, as a result, “They have not only commercial and manu- ratic government. In an article titled “Civil responsibility. The divorce rate has often lose all contact with family, friends facturing companies, in which all take part, Society and the Collapse of the Weimar increased, and fewer divorced fathers and the community. Institutional care but associations of a thousand other kinds – Republic,” (cited in the Wilson Quarterly, provide regular support to their families. stunts the capacity of children to bond religious, moral, serious, futile, general or Summer, 1997), Sheri Berman argues that Skills, social values and coping strategies and form deep and lasting relationships. restricted, enormous or diminutive. The civil society flourished in 19th century developed in earlier decades have proved It does not prepare children to take their Americans make associations to give enter- Germany and grew even stronger during the vastly inadequate. Poverty and social dis- place in the outside world and often pro- tainments, to found seminaries, to build 1920s under the democratic Weimar location have put enormous burdens on duces serious delays in cognitive devel- inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books Republic. “As middle-class Germans families who often have limited capacity opment. to send missionaries to the antipodes; they became frustrated with the failures of the or experience in taking responsibility for Orphans often display particular emo- found in this manner hospitals, prisons, or national government ... they threw them- their children’s welfare, traditionally the tional traits: they develop an inferiority schools. If it be proposed to inculcate some selves into their clubs, voluntary associa- task of state authorities. Child monitoring complex, a weak ego, impulsive behavior truth, or to foster some feeling by the tions, and professional organizations,” she mechanisms, including those normally and lack the ability to appraise adults, encouragement of a great example, they writes. This “not only deflected the citizen’s expected in school and health systems, their peers and the world. These children form a society.” energies from the politics and government, have been eroded and are in need of have specific developmental needs that The aristocratic de Tocqueville was further weakening the republic’s democratic reform. must to be addressed in special education aware of the difficulties individuals living institutions, but also provided the Nazis Children in especially difficult circum- establishments. in a democracy faced in attaining power. with a golden opportunity.” stances must be the focus of special Over 160,000 children live in 830 All citizens are independent and feeble, The Nazis infiltrated various voluntary attention from the state, according to the boarding schools in Ukraine. Of these he wrote. “They all, therefore, become organizations and used the talents of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 51,000 are orphaned. There is a continual powerless, if they do not learn voluntarily people there as channels for spreading their message. Ms. Berman concludes that with- The children belonging to this group are: increase in the number of families unable to help each other...If men living in out strong and responsive political institu- orphaned and abandoned children, chil- to support their children and no concomi- democratic countries had no right and no tions, a vigorous civil society of the type dren whose parents are unemployed, tant increase in the number of boarding inclination to associate for political pur- championed by latter-day Tocquevilleans, children who must work, children who schools to care for them. Many of the poses, their independence would be in can actually undermine liberal democracy. have suffered from ecological disasters, existing buildings are in need of renova- great jeopardy; but they might long pre- Since Ukraine has no large middle-class runaways, and drug and alcohol abusers. tion; 100 schools have no sewage or run- serve their wealth and cultivation: where- as yet, and few viable, self-sustaining, and In Ukraine, according to the national ning water, and every fourth one needs as, if they never acquired the habit of independent NGOs, there is little danger of report, “Childhood and Motherhood,” complete renovation. forming associations in ordinary life, civi- a takeover by anybody. But what happens there are 90,000 orphaned children and Boarding schools also are experienc- lization itself would be endangered.” down the line when powerful NGOs do children deprived of parental care. Of this ing difficulties in terms of rehabilitation, Believing that civic development is an appear? What’s to prevent the Communists number, only 7 percent are true orphans; recreation and medical services, especial- essential element in economic stability and the rest have parents who have abandoned the preservation of democratic institutions, from infiltrating them? They’ve done it ly for disabled children. Children with before. Since most of the NGOs depend on them or who have been removed from disabilities are of particular concern the U.S. government, various research and them by the court due to their inability to think tanks, and numerous foundations have terminal grants, what happens once grant because the attitude of the public towards money runs out? Will NGOs be able to provide care, imprisonment or long-term disabilities remains one of ignorance, poured billions of dollars into the creation medical care. About 1 percent of these are maintain an independent existence? contempt, prejudice and fear. These chil- of NGOs in CEE, all since 1989. To keep abandoned by the mother hours after birth The basic premise underlying NGOs is dren are often isolated, and their families track of all this funding there is even a because they lack the means to support a sound one. They provide a significant receive little assistance medically, eco- newsletter titled NGO News which strives the child, or are imprisoned, or due to the first step towards the creation of a civil nomically or socially. to keep everyone informed of what is going newborn’s illness. society. “Civil associations ... facilitate There has been a steady increase in o n . The institutions currently in existence political association,” wrote de children’s disabilities in the 90s. This is One organization involved in the devel- in Ukraine are based on the 19th century opment of NGOs in Ukraine is the Tocqueville, “but on the other hand, politi- model of socialism and were set up as a due to the increase in hereditary diseases cal association singularly strengthens and and problem pregnancies and births. Counterpart Service Center (CSC), head- child-rescue institutions for destitute and quartered in Washington, and funded by the improves associations for civil purposes.” neglected children. Large-scale collec- Hereditary diseases are difficult to treat In other words, there can be no meaningful after birth. Between 1992 and 1995, the United States Agency for International tivist rather than individualized care and Development (USAID). civil society without political involvement a belief that the state could readily incidence of birth defects doubled. by the citizenry. Disorders of the nervous system are the More familiar to Ukrainian Americans is replace the family were its distinguishing the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation which was Today Ukraine’s citizenry remains politi- features. This approach is totally unsuit- most common form of disability (43 per- cally lethargic. They need a jump-start to cent) followed by psychiatric mental dis- recently awarded a grant of 6.9 million dol- ed to meet the child protection needs of lars for a three year program titled “U.S.- get them off their bottoms. Let’s hope the the 20th century, incapable of safeguard- orders (24 percent) and those resulting people associated with U.S.-Ukraine from congenital diseases (14 percent). Ukraine Community Partnerships for ing children and families from the social Training and Education.” The goal of the Foundation can provide it. The emergence Efforts need to be made for early rehabil- of a civil society in Ukraine depends on it. itation (from the moment of birth) of program, according to Infolink, “is to pro- Ms. Stawnychy is the WFUWO’s NGO children with disabilities and in high-risk vide efficient, cost-effective and sustainable representative to the United Nations and technical assistance, training and education Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: UNICEF. (Continued on page 14) to Ukrainian communities so that they may m b k u r o p a s @ c o m p u s e r v e . c o m 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 No. 35 Ukrainians from 46 countries re p resented at World Forum by Khristina Lew worldwide. nize the forum, which could only afford to spheres of life; both the Eastern and Kyiv Press Bureau The work of the forum was disorga- pay 20 people to organize the event. Western diaspora’s assistance in creating a nized. Delegates arriving at their Left “Many people feel that we live not in a positive image of Ukraine; and assistance KYIV — Despite calls from leaders of Bank hotels on August 20 waited three democracy, but in an untransformed rem- to Ukrainians in the Eastern diaspora. Ukrainian organizations worldwide to hours to officially register for the event; nant of the former Soviet Union. The A majority of delegates voted to work in a coordinated fashion for the good activities were canceled and venues Ukrainian state will not be built by the approve the resolution with applause. After of Ukraine, the second World Forum of changed with no further information; president, or the Verkhovna Rada, or the the approval of the resolution, National Ukrainians held in Kyiv on August 21-24 tickets for the Independence Day gather- government. We alone can build the Deputy Slava Stetsko proposed that gov- ended in conflict to the strains of ing, concerts and banquets were hard to Ukrainian state,” he said. ernment recognition of OUN-UPA should Ukraine’s national anthem “Shche Ne come by; voting procedures at the ple- The forum was then addressed by lead- be included in the general resolution. Mr. Vmerla Ukraina.” nary session were ambiguous. ers of the larger umbrella organizations, Horyn reminded her that the forum had The four-day forum, titled “In The second World Forum of among them: Dr. Dmytro Cipiwnyk, presi- approved a measure to treat all recommen- Cooperation and Unity We Enter the 21st Ukrainians was officially opened on dent, World Congress of Ukrainians; dations and resolutions of sections and Century,” brought together Ukrainians August 21, and Ukrainian President Oksana Bryzhun-Sokolyk, president, roundtables as official documents of the from 46 countries to review the work of Leonid Kuchma gave a 40-minute state- World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s forum, not resolutions from the floor. the Ukrainian World Coordinating of-the-state address. Mr. Kuchma out- Organizations; Jurij Rejt, chairman, Mr. Lozynskyj then proposed that Council (UWCC), the umbrella body for lined Ukraine’s achievements and short- European Congress of Ukrainians; Askold recognition of OUN-UPA be included in Ukrainian organizations worldwide creat- comings, urged all Orthodox Churches in Lozynskyj, president, Ukrainian Congress the general resolution. His proposal was ed at the first World Forum of Ukrainians, Ukraine to unite into one Church, called Committee of America; Dr. Bohdan approved. which was held in Kyiv as well, in August upon Ukrainians in the West to facilitate Shebunchak, chairman of the National From that point on, streams of delegates 1992, and to chart a course of organiza- economic cooperation between Ukraine Council of the Ukrainian American approached the podium to put forth addi- tional activity into the 21st century. and their respective countries, and Coordinating Council; and Oleksander tional resolutions. On several occasions The event was jointly organized by the encouraged the Western diaspora to work Rudenko-Desniak, head of the Association Mykola Zhulynskyi, head of the UWCC, a government committee created more closely with the Eastern diaspora in of Ukrainians in Russia. Nominating Committee, attempted to to organize the event and the Ukraina creating schools and assisting in the pro- Notable was the address of Mr. approach the podium to put forth a list of Society, an organization that maintains motion of the Ukrainian language. Rudenko-Desniak who chastised forum candidates for the new leadership of the ties with Ukrainians in the diaspora. The Ukrainian President reminded the participants for not following through on Ukrainian World Coordinating Council. In The 650 delegates, 200 from the Eastern audience that “since 1991, Ukrainians commitments made to the Eastern diaspora an attempt to assist Mr. Zhulynksyi, Mr. diaspora, 200 from the Western diaspora abroad stopped becoming a diaspora at the first World Forum of Ukrainians. Lozynskyj blocked other people from hav- and 250 from Ukraine, and over 1,000 without a nation” and applauded the The remainder of the day and the fol- ing access to the microphone in order to let invited guests met in plenary sessions at the efforts of Ukrainians in the West who lowing day were devoted to work in sec- Mr. Zhulynskyi address the forum. Ukraina Palace of Culture, worked in sec- maintained their Ukrainian identity. tions and roundtables. Mr. Zhulynskyi proposed a list of 14 tions and roundtables at Kyiv State Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksander The forum convened its concluding candidates each from Ukraine, the University, attended concerts, viewed films Moroz acknowledged forum delegates, plenary session on August 23, during Eastern diaspora and the Western diaspo- and participated in an ecumenical prayer “some of whom represent organizations which time each section and roundtable ra as one slate. Delegates objected, insist- service to mark the sixth anniversary of such as the Ukrainian National Association, put forth its recommendations and reso- ing that they wanted to vote for each Ukraine’s independence. which is 100 years old,” as the “message- lutions. Almost every section and round- group of candidates separately. Most of the activity centered around two bearers to the world about Ukraine’s poten- table recommended that the Ukrainian When the vote was called, it was not days of work in sections and roundtables tial.” The delegate who represented the government recognize the Organization clear whether those who raised their that focused on issues of concern to the Ukrainian National Association was of Ukrainian Nationalists-Ukrainian hands in support of the single slate of Ukrainian diaspora and community leaders Wolodymyr Sochan, also a member of the Insurgent Army (OUN-UPA) as a war- candidates were delegates or simply in Ukraine: the protection of ethnic identi- forum’s Nominating Committee. ring side against the Soviets and guests. A little more than half of the ty; the role of the diaspora in facilitating Ivan Drach, head of both the Ukrainian Germans in the second world war. auditorium voted to approve the candi- economic ties between Ukraine and other World Coordinating Council and the Mykhailo Horyn, representing the res- dates. When objections began to be countries; cooperation between the diaspo- Ukraina Society, gave a rousing speech in olutions committee, then proposed that raised about the voting procedure, the ra and Ukraine in the sphere of science; the which he criticized Ukraine’s former prime every recommendation and resolution Ukrainian national anthem was played on Ukrainian women’s movement and prob- ministers, “who have aspirations of becom- proposed by the sections and roundtables the public announcement system, and the lems encountered in Ukrainian families; ing the next Ukrainian president,” and criti- be accepted as official documents of the plenary session was officially closed. ecology, health and Ukrainian medicine; cized the Ukrainian contingent of the forum, and his proposal was approved. Delegates then attended a concert and the spiritual unification of Ukraine’s UWCC (the council has 14 representatives Mr. Horyn read the 11-page resolution closing banquet attended by Vice Prime Churches; Ukraine’s national security; from Ukraine, and 14 representatives each of the second World Forum of Ukrainians, Minister Valerii Smolii and Yevhen youth; the Ukrainian language; and legal from the Eastern and Western diaspora) and which called for, among other things: the Kushniarov, head of the President’s and political issues that affect Ukrainians the government committee created to orga- use of the Ukrainian language in all administration. Ukrainian Museum offers progress report on building project Concertmaster Gratovich by Roman Hawrylak it involved dealing with the special requirements of the museum, as well as with the space and budget limita- NEW YORK – In order to provide its public with hosts Van Cliburn in Te x a s tions of the project. information concerning the building of a new museum From June 1996 to this day, the committee held facility on East Sixth Street in New York City, the twelve marathon sessions with the architect, during Board of Trustees of The Ukrainian Museum utilizes which the above mentioned topics and problems were broad means of communication including the media, dealt with diligently and with careful attention to count- The following is a summary of what has already been less details. On March 8, 1997, the final architectural accomplished and what is scheduled for the next few design plans were approved by the board. months. Currently, the architect, working with structural, The building committee of the board works closely electrical, mechanical and HVAC (heating, ventilation with George Sawicki (Greenfleld, Sawicki, Tarella, and air conditioning) engineers, is working to design Architects, PC), the architect developing the new muse- the final construction plans and documents according um project following several years of preparatory work to which the new museum facility will be built. This and raising funds. Efforts are now proceeding at an accel- phase of the project is expected to be completed by the erated pace in order to bring the project to its realization. end of August 1997, at which time the plans will be Although the old building on Sixth Street still remains in presented to New York City officials for review and its original state, with only a prominent sign announcing approval. A list of contractors who will be asked to the site as the new home of the Museum, much progress submit their bids for the job of building the new muse- on the project has already been made. um facility is being prepared, from which one will be Until now only the interior of the existing structure selected. was demolished in order to ascertain the conditions of It is expected that the contract with the winning bid- the foundation and interior framework of the building. der will be signed in September and construction of the This occured in the fall of 1996 and was one of the first building will begin in the fall. The construction phase is tasks in the project following the signing of the contract expected to last about ten months and optimistically, at with the architect on June 22, 1996. the end of 1998, The Ukrainian Museum in New York Subsequently the building committee began to work City will have a new home. AUSTIN, Texas – Ukrainian concert violinist Eugene with the architect on various detailed aspects of the pro- Intensive work was being done on the building pro- Gratovich (right) chats with pianist Van Cliburn after a ject, which included considerations of the museum’s ject for a very long time although at the actual site there concert here. Dr. Gratovich is associate concertmaster of special needs, determining the layout to specifications was little evidence of such. However this work, carried the Austin Symphony Orchestra, which featured Maestro of the interior, and completing the specifics of the out behind the scenes, so to speak, was very necessary Cliburn as soloist. In February, Dr. Gratovich will perform design of the facade. This was a lengthy process, since because the requirements of a museum building are very with his wife, pianist Sylvia Golmon, on a tour of northern complex. It was necessary to take the time to do the job Italy, Slovenia, and Austria. Both have recorded Ukrainian Mr. Hawrylak is the chairman of the building com - thoroughly, because changes implemented after the folk music and romantic classical music for Yevshan mittee of The Ukrainian Museum. approval of architectural plans are extremely costly. R e c o r d s . No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 9

C E L E B R ATIONS AND COMMEMORATIONS OF UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak hosts celebrations in Wa s h i n g t o n by Yaro Bihun WASHINGTON — The Ukrainian Embassy marked the sixth anniversary of Ukraine’s independence with a ceremony at the Taras Shevchenko Monument in the nation’s capital and a reception at the embassy. On August 22, Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak led a large delegation of Ukrainian diplomats to the Ukrainian poet’s monument erected here in 1964 by the Ukrainian American community. Assisted by the Embassy’s press and cultural attaché Natalia Zarudna, he placed a basket of flowers at the foot of the monu- ment and spoke about the importance of the anniversary to the gathered diplomats and a small group of Ukrainian Americans that came to be part the event. “We came to remind ourselves of that which is lasting and undying, to attest to our determination to build a free and independent Ukraine,” Ambassador Shcherbak said. “Six years is but a brief moment in the history of mankind,” he said, “but it is a part of a long, never-end- ing journey toward Ukrainian independence. For hun- dreds of years the Ukrainian people yearned for inde- pendence. Millions of people died for an independent Ukraine, and only six years ago were we able to renew our nationhood,” he said. Ambassador Shcherbak pointed out that he had just returned from a meeting in Kyiv of Ukraine’s ambas- sadors and consul generals. Together with the foreign Yaro Bihun minister, he said, they visited Taras Shevchenko’s grave The statue of a beloved poet stands above the guests of the embassy who gathered to commemorate independence. in Kaniv, to reunite with Ukraine’s “mighty spiritual roots” that grew into the Cherkassian soil. remained Ukrainian are diminishing,” he said. “We are well as material support it has constantly given Ukraine, Another demonstration of Ukrainians coming togeth- proud to now be a part of one, undivided people.” and he invited those present to join in the anniversary er was taking place in Kyiv at the Second World Forum “Standing as we are in front of the statue of the reception, which was held that evening at the Embassy. of Ukrainians, he said, where representatives of young poet, the young revolutionary, a man who suf- On Independence Day, August 24th, the Washington Ukrainians living in 46 countries were affirming the fered much and became the sacred shrine of all that is Ukrainian American community marked the anniversary reunification of a people, artificially divided and scat- Ukrainian, let us pledge to do all that we can to ensure with a special program at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox tered around the world throughout Ukraine’s long histo- that Ukraine will forever remain an independent Cathedral hall, at which Mr. Shcherbak spoke, and at an ry. nation,” Ambassador Shcherbak said. annual picnic, sponsored jointly by The Washington Group, “The differences between Ukrainians who grew up in The ambassador expressed his country’s gratitude to the an association of Ukrainian-American professionals, and Ukraine and those who were raised on foreign soil but Ukrainian American community for the moral, spiritual as the Self-Reliance Baltimore Federal Credit Union.

Toronto’s Ukrainians celebrate with festival, parade in Bloor West Village by Nestor Gula Village.” Mr. Blysniuk added that, “this is going to give where we can close down Bloor Street between the Ukrainian community and the Ukrainian Canadian Runnymede and Jane.” TORONTO — Ukrainians in Toronto have a new festi- Congress a good chance to form ties with other ethno-cul- For next year, Mr. Klufas plans to get more sponsors and val to mark Ukraine’s independence. tural groups.” organizations involved in the festival. He said the Bloor The first annual Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival The chairman of the festival’s organizing committee, West Village Ukrainian Festival would not have succeeded was held on August 23 under skies that continuously threatened rain. For the most part, the rain held off and the Jurij Klufas, said the idea to hold the festival cropped up if it were not for the volunteers. “There were tons of them. thousands of people who regularly shop in the Bloor West about three years ago and the actual planning started in The most important volunteers were from the Ukrainian Village, and the many more who came down especially for November 1996. Canadian Congress, which was 100 percent behind the idea. the festival, were treated to a unique festival. The area has “We are treating this as the first step,” says Mr. Klufas, Mary Lopata [executive director of the UCC’s Toronto a large population of Ukrainians and many Ukrainian- who is also the executive producer of the Ukrainian televi- branch] did an extraordinary job. Mrs. Olia Grod and Mrs. owned stores. sion show Kontakt, “we eventually want to get to the point Luba Zaraska also helped out considerably.” The festival began with a parade down Bloor Street, a major artery in Toronto. The street was partially shut down to accommodate the parade. Leading the parade were the Governor General’s Horse Guard, some of whom were dressed in Kozak garb, and bringing up the rear, the Ramses Shriners. In between were marching bands, Baturyn, Avantgarde and the multi-ethnic York Lions Steel Band; the Vesnianka, Barvinok, Hurtovyna and Desna Dance companies; a model train (sponsored by the Ukrainian Canadian School Board-Toronto Branch) filled with children dressed in various costumes; a host of local politicians (municipal elections loom in Toronto this fall) and a host of other floats representing various local Ukrainian Canadian organizations. The festival proper was held in a parking lot next to the medical center at the corner of Jane and Bloor streets, where a stage was built. The lot featured a beer garden, with suds provided by the Ukrainian-owned Hogtown Brewing Co., a varenyky stand run by activists of Ukrainian Canadian Social Services, and other concession stands. About 3,000 people crammed into the parking lot to see the show, ably hosted by Michael Luchka of the Kontakt television program and Renata Duma-Jaciw of the Svitohliad television program. The stage show, which ran every hour-and-a-half featured the dance groups Vesnianka, Desna and Barvinok, the Ukrainian folk band Hopak, Happy the Clown and comedian Ihor Baczynskyj. Greg Blysniuk, who came to see the festival from Mississauga, said that he met his wife at the Ukrainian Day festival, formerly held at Ontario Place on Toronto’s Lakeshore. He said, “This weekend is very special for us. I Nestor Gula think it’s a great idea to hold the festival in the Bloor West The Vesnianka Dance ensemble’s “Mnohaya Lita” performance for Ukraine at the festival. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 No. 35

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“Our goal is become the true regional leader Ukraine celebrates... in Central and Eastern Europe,” he empha- (Continued from page 1) sized. Images of Independence: France and Poland, including Ulana The focus of the new Cabinet of Diachuk, president of the Ukrainian Ministers, he said, will be to increase radi- Ukraine begins its seventh year American Coordinating Council, Askold cal economic reform, accelerate the privati- zation process, eliminate government Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian Western Ukraine has doggedly and persistently fought for Ukraine’s inde- Congress Committee of America, Julian wastefulness, streamline administrative Kulas, president, First Security F.S.B. in structures, strengthen the social safety net, pendence from various foreign regimes. The sixth anniversary dawned Chicago, and Bohdan Watral, president, and reform the tax system, the agro-indus- bright and sunny, as those in western Ukraine solemnly and joyfully marked Selfreliance F.C.U. in Chicago. trial complex and the technological sector. their holiday of independence. Throughout the summer, the Presidential Mr. Pustovoitenko pointed out that Administration Building had been swathed Ukraine’s gravest problem is its indebted- n In Lviv’s center, at the memorial dedicated to poet Taras Shevchenko, in blue-and-yellow tarps, as craftsmen ness to its workers and pensioners, and people came forward all day to place flowers at the base of the bard’s statue removed the hammer and sickle emblem announced that in August, 1.2 billion hrv, (upper left). adorning its facade. Replacing the symbol have been allocated to pay back wages and of the Soviet Union will be the Great State pensions. Ukraine’s pensioners, veterans n The Ukrainian flag of gold and blue flew throughout the city in various Emblem of Ukraine, whose status has yet to and government-supported Chornobyl vic- sizes - from the tiny ribbons pinned to the dresses and shirts of children, to be confirmed by a two-thirds constitutional tims number four million people. flowing banners three times the size of the bearers (above). majority of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada. The prime minister said the govern- On the afternoon of August 22, Prime ment has “no illusions of returning to n Komu Vnyz (upper right) has become one of the favorite rock bands of Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko addressed Soviet times,” and that Ukraine will fol- young Ukrainians. On a balmy summer evening they performed to an low its own formula of transforming into a an official Independence Day gathering enthusiastic concert audience of 15,000 at Lviv’s Ukraina Stadium. of Cabinet ministers, national deputies market economy. “These tasks that we and delegates to the second World Forum have set for ourselves are complicated and n At the starting line-up, the first several dozen runners all jointly held the far reaching. If we want to live in a demo- of Ukrainians at the Ukraina Palace of edges of a huge Ukrainian flag above their heads. But after the starting gun, cratic, legal state, we must build it. No Culture. it was a matter of each runner for himself (and an occaisonal herself) as the In the 30-minute address, his first public one will do this for us,” he stated. policy speech since being appointed prime Mr. Pustovoitenko’s address was fol- 400 participants of the annual “Halychyna” independence day marathon minister, Mr. Pustovoitenko highlighted lowed by a celebratory concert. (center right) took off from the center of the city for a run through outlying Ukraine’s achievements in the past six In recognition of Ukraine’s sixth villages, to return back to the city center to the cheers of friends and family. years and outlined its goals for the future. anniversary of independence, President “Democratic Ukraine has taken its rightful Kuchma received telegrams of congratula- n Ukrainian artisans displayed and sold their wares at the Shevchenkivskyi place in the world. We didn’t emerge in tions from U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.N. Hai open-air museum (lower right), a favorite gathering place for families Europe in 1991, we have always been Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Austrian on the outskirts of Lviv, as grandparents and parents and children wan- here,” he said. President Thomas Klestil, Italian President dered through the several hundred acres of meadows that are dotted with The prime minister said Ukraine must Luigi Scalfaro, German President Roman cottages representing Ukrainian village life in the 18th, 19th and early 20th Herzog, Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis, expand into the world marketplace by centuries. strengthening economic relations with its Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosian CIS neighbors, the Group of Seven industri- and other presidents of countries within the Photos by Khristina Lew al states, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Commonwealth of Independent States. No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 11

C E L E B R ATIONS AND COMMEMORATIONS OF UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE Torontonians greet former President Leonid Kravchuk by Nestor Gula TORONTO — Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk was the keynote speaker as the Ukrainian community celebrated the sixth anniver- sary of the independence of Ukraine at the St. Volodymyr Cultural Center in Oakville, Ontario, about 30 miles from Toronto. Under sunny skies over 3,000 people gathered to attend an ecumenical service and to see a con- cert that featured an address by Ukraine’s first democratically elected president. Mr. Kravchuk said he was happy to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Ukraine’s independence in Canada because of all the help this community has given Ukraine. He said that while Ukraine is current- ly experiencing deep fiscal, social and political diffi- culties, “I’m convinced that these problems will be erased from our memories as time advances and all that will remembered is the great step forward the Ukrainian nation took on August 24, 1991.” The former president then recounted the events that led to the declaration of Ukrainian independence on that day. He said the key was the July 16, 1990, declaration of Ukrainian sovereignty by Parliament, “of which 90 percent of the members were commu- nists.” Mr. Kravchuk added that most of the deputies assumed that sovereignty meant sovereignty within the USSR, and said it was amazing that within a year so much had changed that Ukraine was able to achieve its independence. Mr. Kravchuk also stressed the importance of the referendum held on December 1, 1991. “Many people were not convinced that the people in Ukraine would vote ‘yes’ to Ukrainian indepen- dence. I knew that Ukraine could only guarantee its independence through a ‘yes’ vote in a referendum. An act of parliament can always be canceled by another act, but a referendum decision can only be changed by another referendum.” The former president also made references to former American President George Bush’s “Chicken Kyiv” speech in Kyiv, in which he warned the Ukrainian government about the perils of “suicidal nationalism.” Mr. Kravchuk said December 1, 1991, was the happiest day of his life, not because he was elected president, but because both he and then-president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, were wrong in predicting the outcome of the referendum. “Mikhail said we would not even get 50 per-cent, while I said the yes side would poll about 75 percent. In the night of December 1, I phoned him and told him we were both wrong. The result was over 90 percent supporting independence,” said Mr. Kravchuk. He noted that there was no area, town or village in Ukraine, even in Crimea, where the vote for independence was below 50 percent. Mr. Kravchuk said that after achieving indepen- dence Ukraine quickly started the process of estab- lishing new democratic and economic institutions and methods. “We are trying to achieve, in the course of a few short years, what other nations and states achieved over the course of decades of devel- opment.” He concluded that although there are great difficulties facing Ukraine, all these problems will be summarily dealt with, and Ukraine will never waver from the path of complete independence. After Mr. Kravchuk’s speech, Ukraine’s Consul General in Toronto Serhiy Borovyk bestowed the President’s Medal on Toronto pysanka artist Odarka Onyschuk. Mr. Borovyk said, “while we in Ukraine were unable to keep our culture alive, people like Mrs. Onyschuk kept the tradition of pysanka making alive and popularized it throughout the world.” The diplomat noted that even the world famous tenor Luciano Pavarotti has several of Mrs. Onyschuk’s pysanky in his collection, “and he knows a thing or two about art.” A concert followed the speeches, featuring the Baturyn marching band, soloists from the dance ensemble of Pavlo Virsky, the Prolisok youth choir, the Desna dance ensemble, the Troisty Muzyky, the Prometheus Men’s choir and the Dibrova women’s choir. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 No. 35

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Miss Soyuzivka 1998, Stefania Chaban (left) with runners-up Oksana Kozyra and Laryssa Chomiak

by Serhiy Myroniuk faces of the three. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly “Fata Morgana” played again, and Ms. Chaban shared her first dance with the KERHONKSON, N.Y. — An 18- estate’s manager, John Flis. They were year-old vocalist from Ukraine was then joined by the runners-up and judges crowned Miss Soyuzivka 1998 in the tra- with their partners. ditional 42nd annual contest at the “I think my whole life is an interesting Ukrainian National Association estate on event,” Ms. Chaban exclaimed next day. August 16. “I am quite young, but I have seen so Stefania Chaban, a voice major at the many interesting people, visited so Baltimore School of Arts, smiled as a many interesting places. I’ve been To subscribe: Send $60 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian wreath of wild flowers was laid on her everywhere and I am very grateful to Weekly, Subscription Department, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. head 10 minutes before midnight. People my family for making this possible,” at the south wing of the Veselka Terrace said Ms. Chaban, adding that both her cheered the new queen chosen from parents are artists. among the five young women who took Born in Ukraine, she traveled to many part in the competition. European countries such as Denmark, That night two other contestants wore Germany, Great Britain, France and wreaths, though less colorful – first run- Austria. For the last three years she has ner-up Oksanna Kozyra, 20, of Cedar been living in the U.S. where she works Knolls, N.J. and second runner-up on her career as an opera singer. “I would Laryssa Chomiak, 18, of Naples, Fla. like to visit Ukraine again. I miss it so The next day Ms. Chaban, an opera much,” she said. singer, said it was one of the happiest In part because of frequent travel Ms. moments in her life. She added, however, Chaban has mastered six different lan- that she wished that more women had guages. In addition to Ukrainian, English participated in the contest. The event had and Russian she speaks German, French been announced in The Ukrainian and Italian. Weekly and Svoboda, as well as at Her life revolves around classical Soyuzivka. music and especially operatic singing. A three member jury interviewed the “When I was a child we had many contestants. After an evening perfor- albums in our family,” she said. “I saw a mance by singer Ostap Stakhiv, portrait of Bach on one of them. For me Soyuzivka’s office manager Sonya it was something absolutely phenomenal. Semanyszyn, UNA Advisor Aleks I always asked my parents to play this Chudolij, and director of the Dumka record.” The portrait of the famous com- Chorus Vasyl Hrechynsky evaluated poser, she said, prompted her to pursue a the participant’s fluency in the musical career. Ukrainian language, their involvement Ms. Chaban had sung in the chorus of in the Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian Kyiv State Conservatory and played c o m m u n i t y . piano for 11 years. A member of the UNA members answered questions National Honor Society, she received an about the UNA and revealed their knowl- award of the National Association of edge of current events in Ukraine. UNA Teachers of Singing. She is also a recipi- Advisor Stephanie Hawryluk introduced ent of a Maryland Distinguished each of the contestants to the jury. Scholarship. In addition to music, Ms. Meanwhile, the band “Fata Morgana” Chaban loves poetry, acting, and fine entertained guests who gathered outside arts. at the Veselka Terrace. Before midnight Miss Soyuzivka 1998 will receive the music stopped and people formed a $500 in prize money and a free week at semi-circle anxiously waiting for the the UNA’s estate. “I would send some appearance of the new Miss Soyuzivka. money to Ukraine,” said Ms. Chaban, As Lida Hawryluk, the estate’s mis- adding she had a sick friend there. First tress of ceremonies for 1997, runner-up Oksanna Kozyra, who attends announced the selections, Tania Kosc, Seton Hall University, will also enjoy the outgoing Miss Soyuzivka 1997, laid one free week at Soyuzivka while second wreaths of wild flowers on the winners’ runner-up Laryssa Chomiak, a Fordham heads. The crowd cheered and applaud- University student, will spend a free ed. Camera flashes lit up the happy weekend there. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 No. 35

Plant Disaster” was a topic addressed UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERS !!! UNICEF reports... separately in this report. As of 1996 there (Continued from page 7) were 2,218 settlements located in the Looking for a First Mortgage? groups and in prevention of births of areas contaminated by the accident. serious congenital disorders. About 2.4 million people are living in the contaminated areas, including 535,200 Need to refinance? The socialist-communist system did not provide for a healthy moral development children under age 15. In 1994, 731,000 of society, and the current economic and Ukrainian children and adolescents were Looking for - social crisis worsens the marginal moral registered as being affected by environment for the care and education of Chornobyl’s fallout; by January 1995 the children and youth. They are living under number was 1,177,000; and in January Great Rates extremely unfavorable conditions: a diffi- 1996 the number was 965,000 (the recent cult financial situation within families decline is due to the statistical increase in leading to worsening intra-familial rela- children age 15 and over). Low Fees tions, deficiencies in the organization of It has been found that children living school education and reduction in extra- in contaminated areas have greater sus- curricular school establishments. ceptibility to radiation than adults, and Prompt Approval There is an increase in the number of trends indicate that the health of these adolescents who neither work nor study. children is worsening from year to year. CALL 1 (800) 253-9862 Deprived of society-level protection According to data of the Academy of mechanisms, children and adolescents in Medical Sciences Radiation Research particular are falling prey to drug abuse, Institute, in 1987-1988, 53 percent of alcohol and tobacco addiction, violence, Ukrainian children were deemed healthy child prostitution, STDs, including (no chronic disorders) while in 1990- HlV/AIDS, and crime. In the past five 1994 only 31 percent to 41 percent tested years, the number of teens who have healthy. For children in contaminated repeatedly committed crimes has risen areas, 27 percent tested healthy. more than 19 percent. Drug addiction and Clinical observations show that health heavy drinking contribute to this growth. disorders of children affected by the cata- The number of drug addicts who are strophe are caused mainly by immune minors is estimated to be between 17,000 system, metabolic and hormonal disor- and 20,000. 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stripped of a gold medal at a world heard the recall and did not realize she championship. Canada’s Ben Johnson was the only one running until she was 50 was stripped of his 1987 world 100- meters down the track. Her concentration meter title and world record, but that shattered, much of her energy spent, she by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj decision was taken retroactively after he dragged herself back to the start, Reuters tested positive at the 1988 Olympics in reported, walking so slowly that two 100- World Track and Field Championships Triumphing in the women’s 200- Seoul and admitted he had been taking meter races could have been run by the meters on August 9, Ms. Pintusevych, a steroids throughout. time she reached her blocks. At the International Amateur Athletic Nizhyn-born sprinter capable of explo- The shot put gold medal was handed to When the gun went off again, Ms. Federation’s world track and field cham- Jones surged into the lead, but in typical sive power in the last few meters, also John Godina of the U.S., who had received pionships held on August 1-10 in Athens, fashion, the Nizhynian sprinter’s after- left her mark. a wild card entry as defending champion. Ukraine maintained its high profile in burners kicked in, and as they crossed Claiming a gold in the 200 and silver athletics, thanks to the headline-making The Pintusevych saga — 100-meters the finish line Ms. Pintusevych, along in the 100, she came just a vest’s width heroics of Sergey Bubka and Zhanna with most of the stadium, was convinced away from repeating at the world cham- The North American media have long Pintusevych, and less favorably, due to exhibited a Western Hemispheric slant to she had edged her rival. pionships what current Ukrainian sports the ignominy of Oleksander Bohach’s their reportage of the sprints, and She started out on a victory lap, sur- minister Valeriy Borzov achieved at the failure of a drug test. nowhere was this more in evidence than rounded by photographers as the stunned Munich Olympics in 1972 — double On the final day of competition, Mr. in their constant “surprise” at Ms. American stood by the side of the track, gold, in the 100-meter and 200-meter Bubka confounded critics who suggested Pintusevych’s strong performance at staring at the giant television screen, sprints. he was avoiding competition and milking these championships. They shouldn’t waiting for a replay. Ms. Pintusevych his reputation for sponsorships, rebounded Mr. Bohach reigned briefly as the have been surprised. sank to her knees on the far side of the from surgery on his Achilles tendon last world champion in the shot put, but Born on July 6, 1972, barely a month track, weeping with joy, when the screen December, and took gold in the pole vault became one of two medalists at this com- before Mr. Borzov’s double Olympic tri- suddenly confirmed Ms. Jones as the for the sixth straight year in a row with a petition to be stripped of their prizes after umph, she won the silver in the 200- new world champion who’d clocked championship record height of 6.01 meters. IAAF officials determined that “pseudo- meters at the European Championships 10.83 seconds, a personal best, and that The Associated Press agency’s pick ephedrine,” a banned substance, was in Helsinki in 1994. Before that, her the Ukrainian had come in second in for “Quote of the Day” on August 10 was detected in a post-competition test. major claim to fame was that she briefly 10.85. Sevatheda Fynes of the Bahamas a word from the Luhansk native: “After The championships produced five pos- held the world indoor 50-meters record was third in 11.03. Atlanta, many said, ‘he’s finished, he’s itive drug tests, including Mr. Bohach of of 6.09 seconds in 1993. She is married A tearful Ms. Pintusevych told dead.’ Maybe for that reason, I tried to Ukraine and women’s 10-kilometer walk to hurdler Ihor Pintusevych, a bronze reporters: “I thought I was first and I was find motivation and come back.” silver medalist Olimpiada Ivanova of medalist at the world junior athletics very happy. Now I am very sad.” (For further details, please see the front Russia. championships in the 110-meters hurdles The Pintusevych saga — 200-meters page report in The Weekly’s August 17 Despite maintaining his innocence, in 1992. i s s u e . ) Mr. Bohach became the first athlete to be In the 100-meters event, the 25-year- On August 6, it all began again, this old served notice on August 2, the sec- time, in the 200-meters event. Ms. ond day of competition, by scorching her Pintusevych won her heat with a time of INTERNATIONAL AGRIBUSINESS: International Agribusiness first heat opponents. (Time: 11.01 sec- 22.85 the fourth fastest time posted in onds.) In the second round, the Nizhyn the day’s seven heats, and also conserved organization seeks talented, experienced business development native turned the heat up further, posting her energy in the second round. manager for operations in Ukraine. Should be experienced in: a 10.90, the best that day, and got the The day of reckoning, August 9, developing agribusiness partnerships; project management and attention of Agence France-Presse arrived and the pressure was back at peak. (AFP). Ms Ottey, the pre-race favorite, was in the monitoring; financial management; small farm management and Before the final of the race that confers field attempting to take her third succes- financing; food production, processing and distribution; feed pro- the title “world’s fastest woman,” sive 200-meter title. Before the final the cessing and/or farm supply operations including trade, marketing Merlene Ottey of Jamaica, at 37 the oldest Jamaican, who trains with former athlete at the championships, and Marion Olympic champion Linford Christie said and financing thereof. International experience in countries of the Jones of the U.S., an athlete returning to it was a miracle she could still compete at former Soviet Union, especially Ukraine, and associated lan- track and field after quitting the sport in this level at her age, and would carry on guages preferred. Proficiency in English required. Competitive favor of basketball while still a teenager, as long as the miracle continued. got most of the media attention. But Ms. Pintusevych’s determination salary and full benefit package offered. Send cover letter, resume On August 3, as it always is before was palpable, and in trademark fashion, and salary history to: SCM Executive Search, Ltd., PO Box 33333 sprint events, the tension was high among she surged forward in the last few paces Washington, D.C. 20033 Ref. AA. EOE the runners. A first try: the starter’s pistol and blew Ms. Ottey’s doors off. The went off, and then officials immediately defending champion was also overtaken called a false start, but Ms. Ottey hadn’t by 20-year-old Susanthika Jayasinghe of Sri Lanka. The times: the streak in blue- and-yellow, 22.32 seconds; Ms. Jayasinghe 22.39; Ms. Ottey 22.40. The AFP called it sweet revenge. The 25-year-old had “wiped away the heartache of her 100-meter defeat by winning the 200-meter title.” The 100- meters was clearly a burning issue for her. “After the 100-meters I felt exhaust- ed, but I said to myself ‘I must, I must go on’,” the Ukrainian sprinter told the post- race press conference. “I really did not believe I could win, but I just don’t know what happened to Merlene,” Ms. Pintusevych said. “After what happened on Sunday [August 3], when I thought I won, today is proof of my talent,” she added. Shot putter’s roller coaster ride Oleksander Bohach’s odyssey held equally golden potential, but the ending was far more disappointing. He was born on November 21, 1966, in Matusiv (a town southwest of Cherkasy in central Ukraine). While competing under the Soviet flag in 1989, Mr. Bohach was banned for two years for excessive testosterone levels after he finished third in the European Cup in Gateshead, England. Ironically, given the outcome of this year’s events, the shot-putter was pro- moted to a bronze medal at the 1993 world championships in Stuttgart, Germany, after a U.S. competitor, Mike Stulce, tested positive for drugs. In 1994, he became the first athlete (Continued on page 17) No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 17

“Following the recent decision by the heat (time: 11.75). Ihor Strakh, pulled up Sportsline IAAF congress, these athletes will be lame in the 10th heat of qualifying in the (Continued from page 16) issued a public warning and disqualified men’s 100-meters and could not finish. U k r a i n e ’s representing Ukraine in shot put to win a from the competition,” read a Reuters- Ukraine’s 4x100-meters men’s relay European indoor title. In May of this quoted IAAF statement. “The results team qualified (39.92 seconds) for the world medals year, he improved his personal best to they achieved at these world champi- semi-finals (better than the vaunted U.S. 21.47 meters. onships have been canceled.” team, which blew their baton pass in the first round), but then false started twice Ukraine’s position in the top 10 On August 2, from the early going in Other athlete notes: “the heavies” and were disqualified. of the final medals table for the the qualifying round, it was clear that the World Outdoor Track and Field Of course, Ukraine’s performance was In the men’s 200-meters, Serhiy contest was between Mr. Godina and Mr. Championships held in Athens, not just about the headliners. Other men Osovych was fourth in his very fast heat, Bohach, with the American leading the August 1-10. pack by a comfortable margin (over a and women toiled mightily to secure with a time of 20.56, lifting him to the foot). Olympic champion and world their country’s position in the elite top-10 second round. There, he came in third Country G S B Total record holder Randy Barnes failed to category of athletic nations, a delegation and lopped 0.02 seconds off his time, but United States 7 3 8 18 make the final after finishing 14th in the that took home the aforementioned two it was not good enough to go further. Germany 5 1 4 10 morning’s eliminations. gold medals, four silver and one bronze. In the women’s 800-meters, Olena Russia 1 4 3 8 In the medal round, Mr. Godina was In a shot-put-positive note, one can Buzhenko was third in her heat (time, 2 Kenya 3 2 2 7 ahead in a tight battle with a mark of take heart that Ukraine has considerable minutes, 2.0 seconds), and Iryna Ukraine 2 4 1 7 21.44 meters when the 30-year-old depth in this event. Vita Pavlysh took sil- Nedelenko fifth (2:03.56) in hers, but as Jamaica 0 3 4 7 Ukrainian surprised everyone (even him- ver in the women’s competition, and vet- the qualifying time was 2 minutes even, Cuba 4 1 1 6 self) by recording a 21.47-meter throw eran powerhouse Valentyna Fediushina neither advanced to the final. Britain 0 5 1 6 with his third attempt (matching May’s is still on the scene, although in this meet In the women’s 1,500-meters, Natalia Spain 1 3 1 5 personal best), sufficient to earn Mr. she didn’t advance past the qualifying Ivanova was ninth in her second-round Morocco 2 1 1 4 Bohach the gold and his first shot put round. On the men’s side, Yuriy Bilonih heat (4:10.39, improving on her first * * * world title. Mr. Godina had to be content came in fifth and Roman Vyrastiuk was round time of 4:10.79), while Tetiana Ukraine’s medal winners at the with silver, while Oliver-Sven Buder of seventh in the final. Bilovil came in tenth in her first round World Championships Germany took the bronze with a 21.24- Also in the “heavy metal” category, heat (time: 4:12.17). meter effort. Andriy Shkvaruk took the silver in the Other members of the contingent Gold In the post-competition press confer- hammer throw, whipping the wire-and- included Irena Lenska, 400-meter hurdles Men’s pole vault ence, as the athletes waited for the weight projectile 81.46 meters, with (time: 56.05), Olena Antonova, women’s Sergey Bubka mandatory drug test results, Mr. Bohach Oleksa Krykun checking in for eighth discus (distance, 59.62 meters), Valentyna joked with journalists. “I’ve passed five place with a 77.14-meter throw. Vadym Savchuk, 10 km walk; Roman Galkin, Women’s 200-meters dope tests this year so the sixth doesn’t Kolesnyk had also been in the field, but 400-meters (time: 46.82 seconds); Oleksa Zhanna Pintusevych worry me. I’m just looking forward to he failed to qualify for the final. Lukasevych, ninth in his qualifying group the free beer,” he said, unaware of the In the discus final, Vitalii Sidorov was in men’s long jump, just failed to qualify Men’s shot put Oleksander Bohach (disqualified)* cruel irony in store. significantly behind the field (at 60.32, a by three centimeters. full six meters behind Lithuanian silver *Mr. Bohach was stripped of his medal It took five days for the results to Final phrases come back. On August 7, IAAF officials medalist Virgilijus Alekna’s 66.70), but after testing positive for drugs. called a news conference to announce did just make it into the top-10. Mr. These were the first world champi- Silver that the Matusiv-born world-beater Sidorov had done better in the qualifying onships at which no country won at least would have his medal and $60,000 in round, coming in second in Group A 10 gold medals, as top honors were Women’s 100-meters prize money taken away. with a toss of 63.08. spread among 25 countries. For the first Zhanna Pintusevych Mr. Bohach pleaded his innocence. “Light athletics” success time in the 14-year history of the cham- Women’s high jump “Basically I used this supplement which is pionships, athletes from each of the six Inga Babakova made of natural substances and does not Ukraine demonstrated that it also con- world areas — Africa, Asia, Europe, mention that it has ephedrine in it,” the 30- tinues to belong in the elite of “light” North America, Oceania and South Women’s shot put year-old Ukrainian told Reuters Television. field events, sprinting and middle-dis- America — won medals. Vita Pavlysh “It is so absurd,” Mr. Bohach said. “It is tance running. Inga Babakova tied There were no world records in Men’s hammer nonsense. I cannot believe it. ... Now the Russian Olga Kaliturina for a height of Athens but Mr. Bubka’s performance in Andriy Shkvaruk commission finds ‘pseudo-ephedrine.’ ” 1.96 meters in the high jump (behind winning six world gold medals over a “I obtained the product in Kyiv from Norway’s Hanne Haugland who cleared 14-year period was as good as any world Bronze the official representative of the manu- 1.99), and both took home silver medals. mark. Women’s triple jump facturing company who assured me there In the triple jump, there was mixed The next world championships will be Yelena Govorova was nothing forbidden in the ingredients. news. Yelena Govorova took bronze with held in Seville, Spain, in 1999. I first used it at the world [shot put] an effort of 14.67 meters, behind the Czech championships in Paris and when I tested Republic’s Sarka Kasparkova (15.20) and I was negative,” he added. Rodica Mateescu (15.16) of Romania, but His coach, Mykola Kolodiyiv, was things could have been better still. even more forceful. “This is a misunder- Defending champion Inessa Kravets standing, and I can call it a barbarous did not turn up for the qualifying rounds case,” Mr. Kolodiyiv told The of the women’s triple jump on the open- Associated Press. “Bohach is really ing day of the world championships on upset. He is in despair because he does August 2. Ms. Kravets is also the not understand and does not know how Olympic champion and current world an innocent sportsman can prove his record holder. Also in the women’s triple innocence to the whole world. jump, Olena Khlusovych managed sev- “Before he (Bohach) was tested for enth in her qualifying group before drop- drugs, he filled in a declaration form enu- ping out. merating all types of medicine he was In the men’s triple jump, valiant taking recently, including the ill-fated efforts from Volodymyr Kravchenko medicine produced by an American phar- (16.24) and Yuriy Osypenko (16.13) did * maceutical company which had shown not pass the qualifying cut of 17.00 UNA “YOUTH” PLAN positive results for the drug,” the coach meters. continued. Other top-10 Ukrainian finishers at the Valerii Alexandrov, vice-president of Athens’ worlds included Tetiana 10 years old the Ukrainian Athletic Federation, criti- Tereshchuk, whose fourth-place 53.81- cized athletics officials in Ukraine for not second run in the 400-meter hurdles was informing the team that the supplement just half a second off the podium pace. In 10,000 Life policy Mr. Bohach had used contained banned the long jump final Viktoria Vershinina drugs. came in seventh, with a leap of 6.71 “The mistake of this athlete is that he meters, with Russia’s Liudmila Galkina 10 dollars per month used this substance without knowing that completely outclassing the field at 7.05 this pseudo-ephedrine was in it,” Reuters (silver medalist Niki Xanthou of Greece for 10 years quoted Mr. Alexandrov as saying, “No managed 6.94) competent authorities informed us of this Running behind her silver-medal-win- and there are no adequate laboratories in ning compatriot Pintusevych, Anzhela up to 10,000 cash at age 65 Ukraine to do a check on this product.” Kravchenko was fourth in her heat of the Mr. Bohach was lucky in one respect. women’s 100-meters, qualifying for the Since the IAAF relaxed their doping semifinal with a time of 11.46, and even rules just two days before the champi- though she improved to 11.43 in the next, onships, he will receive a public warning, this was only good for seventh in that CALL TODAY (800) 253-9862 but will be free to continue competing in elimination round. Iryna Pukha was also lucrative grand prix meetings after the in the running for the women’s 100- * NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA championships. meters, but came in fifth in her first round 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 No. 35 A letter to friends... Ukrainian National Association (Continued from page 4) But when the law, especially the Monthly reports Constitution, promises very concrete Paid To Or For Members: things and people don’t get it, the law Annuity Benefits And Partial Withdrawals $ 75,437.89 and government itself begin to lose legit- RECORDING DEPARTMENT Cash Surrenders 59,001.01 imacy. If the state can’t deliver what its Death Benefits 119,080.00 fundamental law tells people they have a MEMBERSHIP REPORT Unversal Life Withdrawals 372.51 Dividend Accumulations 933.06 right to, the people simply stop believing JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Dues And Annuity Premiums From Members Returned 274.47 in that particular state’s right to govern TOTAL AS OF MARCH 1997 16,137 37,678 4,699 58,514 Endowments Matured 103,678.34 them. And this is already beginning to GAINS IN APRIL 1997 Indigent Benefits Disbursed 550.00 Interest On Death Benefits 592.79 happen in Ukraine. Total new members 20 42 0 62 Payor Death Benefits 96.24 Logic would dictate that, if govern- New members UL 2 7 0 9 Reinsurance Premiums Paid 11,502.77 Canadian NP 1 20 0 21 ment cannot support its own structures Total $ 371,519.08 Reinstated 2 0 0 2 even in the sense of paying their workers Transfered in 34 141 15 190 Operating Expenses: on time, the question must be raised of Change class in 3 1 0 4 Real Estate $ 65,048.18 Transfered from Juvenile Dept. 0 3 0 3 Svoboda Operation 121,781.19 how to reduce those structures and cer- tainly not, as in the case with Ukraine, TOTAL GAINS: 62 214 15 291 Washington Office 136.02 LOSSES IN APRIL 1997 Organizing Expenses: expand the number of people working in Advertising 5,426.76 them. If the state assumes so many func- Suspended 3 31 17 51 Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 1,382.59 Transfered out 34 141 15 190 Field Conferences 4,468.77 tions that it cannot effectively carry out Change of class out 3 1 0 4 Medical Inspections 836.75 even such basic functions as national Transfered to adults 3 0 0 3 Refund of Branch Secretaries Expenses 62,916.56 defense, law enforcement and taxation, it Died 1 109 1 111 Reward To Organizers 265.31 Cash surrender 23 50 0 73 simply must reduce the number of its Reward To Special Organizers 13,263.84 Endowment matured 14 18 0 32 Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers 3,665.10 functions. If a state cannot meet the Fully paid-up 12 33 0 45 Reduced paid-up 0 2 0 2 $ 92,225.68 obligations it has assumed before its peo- Certificate terminated 0 4 2 6 Total $ 279,191.07 ple, it must be frank in telling the people TOTAL LOSSES 93 389 35 517 Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: that the community must decide what it INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Employee Benefit Plan $ 46,267.69 can live without, so that it can guarantee GAINS IN APRIL 1997 Insurance-General 2,731.72 such basic needs as education and care Paid-up 12 33 0 45 Salaries Of Executive Officers 18,272.30 for the elderly. Extended insurance 0 16 0 16 Salaries Of Office Employees 84,145.12 Various studies of voter behavior in TOTAL GAINS 12 49 0 61 Tax On Canadian Investments and Business 1,786.59 LOSSES IN APRIL 1997 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee Wages 95,869.00 various countries indicate that the most Total $ 249,072.42 important indicator of popular political Died 1 63 0 64 Cash surrender 9 23 0 32 General Expenses: behavior is not people’s material circum- Reinstated 2 0 0 2 Actuarial And Statistical Expenses $ 37,860.31 stances but their future expectations con- Lapsed 0 0 0 0 Bank Charges 3,391.89 cerning their material circumstances. In TOTAL LOSSES 12 86 0 98 Bank Charges For Custodian Account 2,821.05 other words, if people still have faith in a TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Books And Periodicals 393.08 AS OF APRIL 1997 16,106 37,466 4,679 58,251 Dues To Fraternal Congresses 500.00 better future, they will put up with Furniture & Equipment 11,666.73 today’s hardships. Ukraine’s political MARTHA LYSKO General Office Maintenance 2,097.68 elite is rapidly squandering that reservoir Secretary Insurance Department Fees 3,043.24 Legal Expenses-General 434.14 of faith. Once it is gone, restoring it will Operating Expense of Canadian Office 350.00 be next to impossible. FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Postage 4,418.54 The Ukrainian diaspora can and Printing and Stationery 8,738.86 INCOME FOR APRIL 1997 Rental Of Equipment And Services 18,427.82 should hold itself up as a mirror before the Ukrainian people. Earlier in this cen- Dues From Members $ 174,369.51 Telephone, Telegraph 9,206.74 Annuity Premiums From Members 38,943.14 Traveling Expenses-General 225.50 tury members of an identical population Reinsurance Allowance-Canada 13,788.36 Total $ 103,575.58 went their different ways. Emigrants Income From "Svoboda" Operation 96,205.83 Miscellaneous: came to the New World with nothing but Investment Income: Convention Expenses $ 2,632.33 their knowledge and their willingness to Banks $ 594.33 Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 720.00 Bonds 239,764.17 Donations 300.00 work. Those they left behind had, and Certificate Loans 2,469.99 Exchange Account-UNURC 322,112.44 retain, the same knowledge and abilities. Mortgage Loans 32,220.51 Investment Expense-Mortgages 275.00 But the emigrants came to a system Real Estate 20,818.15 Loss On Bonds 65,172.41 Short Term Investments 2,067.11 Professional Fees 11,304.08 where the state limits itself to doing a Stocks 11,833.55 Rent 4,942.19 few things well and lets citizens know $ 309,767.81 Transfer Account 874,570.33 Total $ 633,074.65 that their labors can earn real rewards for Total $ 1,282,028.78 themselves and their descendants. Refunds: Investments: Ukraine has inherited structures that ren- Bank Charges $ 24.60 Certificate Loans $ 10,544.99 Dues Refunded Returned 110.35 Real Estate 8,445.00 der this virtually impossible. Should Employee Benefit Plan 1,285.34 Short Term Investments 720,960.64 those structures be supplanted by more Insurance Workmens Compensation 7,704.12 modest, Western-style ones providing Investment Expense 100.00 Stock 193,845.09 Rent 1,248.80 Total $ 933,795.72 individual and economic opportunity, Reward To Special Organizer 751.52 Disbursements For April, 1997 $ 3,219,182.65 there is no reason not to expect that in a Taxes Federal, State & City On Employee Wages 85,650.27 couple of generations Ukraine would be Telephone 7.28 Total $ 96,882.28 in a position to offer humanitarian aid to the United States. Miscellaneous: BALANCE Donations To Fraternal Fund $ 525.00 Donations To Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 4,825.00 Exchange Account-UNURC 322,112.44 ASSETS LIABILITIES Profit On Bonds and Stocks Sold or Bonds Matured 16,355.53 Cash $ 4,009,343.41 Life Insurance $ 64,602,410.26 Ukrainians in Poland... Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopaedia" 390.00 Short Term Transfer Account 840,329.20 Investments 411,275.58 (Continued from page 3) Bonds 41,893,190.93 Total $ 1,184,537.17 Mortgage Loans 6,844,302.96 Since 1990, Warsaw’s Ukrainians have Investments: Certificate Loan 720,259.85 come to this spot of the cemetery to com- Bonds Matured Or Sold $ 534,602.66 Real Estate 3,144,632.41 Accidental D.D. 2,237,364.47 Certificate Loans Repaid 7,797.39 memorate the declaration of independence Printing Plant & E.D.P. Mortgages Repaid 33,439.50 of the Ukrainian National Republic on Equipment 471,623.07 Fraternal 0.00 Short Term Investments Sold 448,738.63 Stocks 2,569,710.36 Orphans 438,427.72 January 22, 1918. Mr. Czech says that Stock 888,543.05 Loan to D.H.-U.N.A since 1992, representatives of Ukraine’s Total $ 1,913,121.23 Housing Corp. 104,551.04 Old Age Home 0.00 Embassy to Poland have participated in Income For April, 1997 $ 3,827,615.33 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 7,163,051.81 Emergency 53,738.97 those commemorations. Total $ 67,331,941.42 $ 67,331,941.42 Warsaw has attracted Ukrainians since DISBURSEMENTS FOR APRIL 1997 the early 19th century. In the 1920s and Paid To Or For Members: ALEXANDER BLAHITKA 1930s Warsaw become one of the centers Annuity Benefits And Partial Withdrawals $ 75,437.89 Treasurer of the Ukrainian political emigration with Cash Surrenders 59,001.01 Death Benefits 119,080.00 the fall of the Ukrainian National Republic. Unversal Life Withdrawals 372.51 Mykhailo Hrushevsky, president of the Dividend Accumulations 933.06 Need a back issue? UNR, stayed in Warsaw briefly in 1919, Dues And Annuity Premiums From Members Returned 274.47 EndowmentsSend Matured The Weekly to103,678.34 Ukraine If you’d like to obtain a back issue of and the UNR’s supreme otaman, Symon Indigent Benefits Disbursed 550.00 Petliura, lived there in 1920-1923. ToInterest order Onan Deathair mail Benefits subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly 592.79for addressees in Ukraine, The Ukrainian Weekly, send $2 per copy During the second world war the Payor Death Benefitssend $160 for subscription fee and postage 96.24costs to: (first-class postage included) to: Reinsurance Premiums Paid 11,502.77 Ukrainian community grew rapidly in Total Subscription Department, The Ukrainian$ 371,519.08 Weekly, Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, Warsaw as Ukrainians escaped there from the advancing Soviet Army. After the war, Operating Expenses: 30 Montgomery St., Je r s ey City, NJ 0 73 0 2 . 30 Montgomery St., Real Estate $ 65,048.18 Jersey City, NJ 07302. the Ukrainian population dropped with Svoboda Operation 121,781.19 mass emigration to the West. Washington Office 136.02 Organizing Expenses: Advertising 5,426.76 Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 1,382.59 Field Conferences 4,468.77 Medical Inspections 836.75 Refund of Branch Secretaries Expenses 62,916.56 Reward To Organizers 265.31 Reward To Special Organizers 13,263.84 Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers 3,665.10 $ 92,225.68 Total $ 279,191.07 Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: Employee Benefit Plan $ 46,267.69 Insurance-General 2,731.72 Salaries Of Executive Officers 18,272.30 Salaries Of Office Employees 84,145.12 Tax On Canadian Investments and Business 1,786.59 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee Wages 95,869.00 Total $ 249,072.42 General Expenses: Actuarial And Statistical Expenses $ 37,860.31 Bank Charges 3,391.89 Bank Charges For Custodian Account 2,821.05 Books And Periodicals 393.08 Dues To Fraternal Congresses 500.00 Furniture & Equipment 11,666.73 General Office Maintenance 2,097.68 Insurance Department Fees 3,043.24 Legal Expenses-General 434.14 Operating Expense of Canadian Office 350.00 Postage 4,418.54 Printing and Stationery 8,738.86 Rental Of Equipment And Services 18,427.82 Telephone, Telegraph 9,206.74 Traveling Expenses-General 225.50 Total $ 103,575.58 Miscellaneous: Convention Expenses $ 2,632.33 Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 720.00 Donations 300.00 Exchange Account-UNURC 322,112.44 Investment Expense-Mortgages 275.00 Loss On Bonds 65,172.41 Professional Fees 11,304.08 Rent 4,942.19 Transfer Account 874,570.33 Total $ 1,282,028.78 Investments: Certificate Loans $ 10,544.99 Real Estate 8,445.00 Short Term Investments 720,960.64 Stock 193,845.09 Total $ 933,795.72 Disbursements For April, 1997 $ 3,219,182.65 No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 19 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1997 No. 35

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Air Ukraine Sunday, September 7 Congressmen and representatives of Ukraine. The cost of the Congressional Reception is SOMERSET, N.J.: An afternoon of National Airlines $25. Pleases RSVP by September 11 and music with Michael Lev will take place at make checks payable to the Ukrainian the Ukrainian Cultural Center, Davidson Congress Committee of America. Send to: Avenue, Somerset, N.J. at 4 p.m. Featured non-stop flights Ukrainian National Information Service, 214 performers singing selections by Mr. Lev Massachusetts Ave, NE, Suite 225, will be: “Lastivka” women’s vocal ensem- Washington D.C. 20002. For further infor- ble; “Lvivsky Muzyky” folk group; mation contact Michael Sawkiw Jr. at (202) NEW YORK - KYIV Natalia Honcharenko, soprano. Mr. Lev is 547-0018 or Ihor Gawdiak (301) 680-0415. Fridays and Sundays a composer, orchestrator and musical director of the “Lastivka” ensemble. Thursday, September 18 Tickets are $10 at the door. For additional EDMONTON, Alberta: The Canadian information please call (718) 948-2076. NEW YORK - LVIV - KYIV Institute of Ukrainian Studies cordially Wednesdays September 11- October 31 invites you to celebrate the publication of volume 1 of the English-language edition WASHINGTON: The Dimock Gallery at of Mychailo Hrushevsky’s “History of The George Washington University is spon- For information and reservations, please call: Ukraine-Rus’ ” at 3:30 p.m. at the Timms soring “Mixed Mediums: Cycles of the Centre, University of Alberta (corner of Spiritual,” sculptural and wall pieces in 112 Street and 87 Avenue). RSVP by mixed medium by three women artists. It will 1-800-UKRAINE September 12 to (403) 492-2972. feature the works of Lydia Bodnar- (1-800-857-2463) Balahutrak and Sharon Kopriva, both from Friday, September 19. Houston, and Breon Gilleran of Baltimore, BUFFALO: The Ukrainian Women’s or our corporate offices: all of whom combine themes of religious or League of America, Branch 97, and the spiritual journeys with an engaging use of New York - (212) 557-3077 University of Buffalo Center for the Arts are mixed media. An opening reception will take presenting a Ukrainian Night of Opera and New York - (212) 599-0555 place on Wednesday, September 10, 5 p.m. Music, featuring Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Chicago - (312) 640-0222 to 7 p.m. For more information contact Lenore Miller at the Dimock Gallery, (202) pianist; Maria Stefiuk, soprano; Oleh Chmyr, baritone. The concert will be held at 9 9 4 - 1 5 2 5 . Arrival and departure information: JFK - (718) 656-9896 the Center for the Arts, SUNYAB North Arrival and departure information: JFK - (718) 632-6909 Saturday, September 13 Campus, at 7:30 p.m. Admission: adults MONTCLAIR, N.J.: An artist’s reception $15; students (with i.d.) $10. Tickets may be for “Remembering Myth,” an exhibition of purchased at the door the day of the concert, Air Ukraine paintings by Christina Saj will take place at or at area TicketMaster outlets in advance. 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 the Midland Gallery from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. They may also be reserved be calling (716) 852-5000. For more information call Maria New York, NY 10176 Ms. Saj’s contemporary interpretations of ancient mythological themes include char- at (716) 835-6288. acters from Greek and Roman mythology CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of For cargo shipments call to: as well as personages from historic and lit- Modern Art is pleased to present “Digital erary fables. The exhibit will be on view Perspectives,” an exhibition of computer gen- from September 6 through October 3. The erated art by nationally recognized artists in Air Ukraine - Cargo Midland Gallery is located at 13 Midland the field of digital art. Digital Perspectives Tel. 718-376-1023, FAX 718-376-1073 Ave. For more information please call the will feature the work of such acknowledged gallery director Jose Camacho at (973) 746- pioneers in the field of electronically-generat- 4 8 8 4 . ed art as Joan Truckenbrod, Diane Fenster, 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave.T), Brooklyn, NY 11223 Sunday, September 14 Ken Musgrave and Roman Verostko. Viewers will be encouraged to interact with a CHICAGO: Ukrainians from the number of the pieces on view, becoming par- Chicagoland area will assemble to remember ticipants in the creative process. The UIMA PACKAGES TO UKRAINE the more than 7 million men, women and is proud to be one of the satellite sites of the children who perished in the Soviet man- International Symposium on Electronic Art, made famine of 1932-33. Religious services hosted by the School of the Art Institute of as low as $ .59 per Lb will be held at the Great Famine Memorial at Chicago from September 22-27. The St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is located DNIPRO CO 300 E. Army Trail Road, Bloomingdale, in the hear of Chicago’s Ukrainian Village at Illinois at 1 p.m. Participating will be leaders 2320 W. Chicago Ave. For more information NEWARK, NJ P H I L A D E L P H I A CLIFTON, NJ of the Ukrainian Orthodox, Ukrainian contact Oleh Kowerko at (773) 227-5522 Catholic and Ukrainian Protestant Churches, during the day or Natalie Domchenko at 698 Sanford Ave 1801 Cottman Ave 565 Clifton Ave as well as the Consul General of Ukraine, (773) 283-7868 in the evening. youth organizations and the general public. Tel. 201-373-8783 Tel. 215-728-6040 Tel. 201-916-1543 Forty five survivors of the tragedy will be EDMONTON, Alberta: “Glass Making in *Pick up service available present. A program will follow afterward in Kyivan Rus’,” a seminar featuring Prof. the church’s parish center, where survivors Thomas Noonan of the University of of the Great Famine will give personal testi- Minnesota will take place at 3:30 p.m. at the monies, which will be followed by an University of Alberta, 352 Athabasca Hall, appearance by the Surma Male Chorus and CIUS Library. For further information con- SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) the Bandura Ensemble. tact the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 352 Athabasca Hall, University of Federal Credit Union PARMA, Ohio: The 23rd annual Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E8. 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 Homecoming, sponsored by St. Andrew Tel (201) 373-7839 • http://www.selfreliance.org • Fax (201) 373-8812 Ukrainian Catholic parish in Parma, Ohio, Sunday, September 21 BUSINESS HOURS: will be held at the picnic grove, 7700 Hoertz MONTCLAIR, N.J.: Christina Saj will Tue & Fri - 12:00 noon to 7 PM • Wed & Thurs - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM • Sat - 9:00 to 12:00 noon • Mon. - Closed Road. The yearly Homecoming gives talk about here views on art and the vari- Ukrainians and friends throughout Greater ous techniques she employs in the works Cleveland and the surrounding area the in her latest exhibition “Remembering opportunity to get together and renew friend- Myth” at 4 p.m. at the Midland Gallery, 13 ships as well as spend some time in a pleas- Midland Ave. For more information please ant atmosphere. This year’s program: 1 p.m. call gallery director Jose Camacho at (973) — tasty Ukrainian foods will be served; 3 746-4884. p.m. — prayer service for the Ukrainian nation; 5 p.m. — performance by 30 children Monday, September 29 of the Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Kashtan. TORONTO: The Peter Jacyk Center for Wednesday, September 17 Ukrainian Historical Research, the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, CIUS Press MONTCLAIR, N.J.: “Artists and the and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Internet,” a presentation by Orest Saj, Studies cordially invite you to attend the Internet publishing expert on art marketing University of Toronto book launch for the and online publishing, will take place at 7:15 English-language edition of Volume 1 of p.m. at the Midland Gallery, 13 Midland Mychailo Hrushevsky’s “History of Ukraine- Ave. For more information please call gallery Rus’,” which will be held at 4 p.m. in the director Jose Camacho at (973) 746-4884. Common Room of the Pontifical Institute of WASHINGTON: In observance of the sixth Mediaeval Studies, 59 Queen’s Park anniversary of Ukrainian independence, a Crescent. The main speaker will be Prof. Ihor special Congressional Reception will be held Sevcenko, specialist in Byzantine studies at on Capitol Hill from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Harvard University. Other participants: Rayburn House Office Building, rm. B354. Marta Skorupska, translator of Volume 1; Dr. Sponsored by the Congressional Ukrainian Frank Sysyn, editor-in-chief; and Dr. Zenon Caucus, it will feature remarks by Kohut, CIUS Director.