1NS1DE: ^ St. Andrews Brotherhood helps Ukraine's needy - page 3. ^ Crimean Tatars: between the Crimea and Ukraine - page 9. - The voters and the vote - centerfold. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal non-profit association vol. LXII No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL З, 1994 50 cents voters support Crimean republic's Over 75 percent of electorate further moves toward autonomy turns out to vote for Parliament by Roman Woronowycz electoral districts did not have the 50 per– Kyyiv Press Bureau cent voter turnout needed for valid elec– 49 deputies elected; tion and must hold elections again. S YMFEROP1L - The Crimean popula– in voting for the Ukrainian Parliament, 401 seats in runoffs tion seems to have fallen in step with the only one of the Crimea's 23 seats was desires of its recently elected president. by Marta Kolomayets filled. More than 62 percent of those eligi– Kyyiv Press Bureau The voters cast a dark shadow over the ble to vote registered for a ballot. future of this autonomous republic, which However, only 55.2 percent voted for a KYYiv - Defying predictions of voter for now remains part of Ukraine, by over– candidate. apathy, over 75 percent of Ukraine's whelmingly voting "yes" on a public Mr. Meshkov attempted to dissuade electorate went to the polls on Sunday, opinion survey on March 27 concerning the Crimean populace from voting in the March 27, to cast their ballots for a new the right of Crimeans to obtain Russian election of deputies to Ukraine's Parliament in the first democratic elec– citizenship in addition to Ukrainian. The Parliament when he said on Crimean tions in independent Ukraine. electorate also agreed that the Crimean television on March 25, "Take this ballot Although Ukraine's registered voters executive branch should have the ability (pulls out Ukrainian Parliament ballot), succeeded in electing only 49 deputies to to develop treaties and laws with Ukraine, stick it in your pocket and take it home a 450-member Supreme Council, the which in the eyes of the president will put with you. Do not put it in the box." high turnout reflects their anger with the the two countries on equal footing. Based on the number that voted, his state of affairs in Ukraine under the lead– The Ukrainian government has effort was only partially successful. ership of President Leonid Kravchuk, a declared both moves unconstitutional On Sunday, minutes after Mr. former Communist Party ideologist who and did not allow the questions to be put Meshkov had voted, he was asked has talked of market reforms, but done on the official election ballot. whether he had followed his own advice. little to initiate change. Some 90 percent of those who voted, He replied, "Next question please." in eastern Ukraine - in the regions of according to Crimean Presidential Whether the Crimean leader placed Luhanske and Donetske, and in the Advisor Sergei Nikulin, supported the his own tally sheet for the Ukrainian autonomous republic of the Crimea - two questions plus a third that asked Parliament in the ballot box or in his voters approved plebiscites on closer ties whether the Crimean leader should have pocket was impossible to determine due with Russia, posing the threat of sepa– the ability to make law via edict in areas to the mob that surrounded him at his ratism for this country of 52 million. where the regional parliament has not polling station in the Crimean Although these regional opinion polls already set policy. Ukrainian polling Hydrotechnical institute. He voted there had been banned by President Kravchuk, І! Marta Kolomayets officials put the figure at somewhere at 10 a.m. Moscow time with his spouse nearly 75 percent of the Crimea's voters, between 70 percent and 90 percent. A voter in the Kyyiv city center deposits Mr. Nikulin did not say how many eli– (Continued on page 9) (Continued on page 8) her ballot on March 27. gible voters filled out the survey, although unofficial results say more than 50 percent took part. Running on a platform of closer ties Observers say elections generally democratic with Russia, Mr. Meshkov was elected the two ways. Some concentrated on the pro– show up with two or three passports and peninsula's president on January 30 by by Roman Woronowycz cedures for actual voting on the day of the almost 75 percent of the populace, 70 per– Kyyiv Press Bureau vote on behalf of other people. This is a elections. Others were more comprehen– cent of whom are of Russian origin and remnant of the old Soviet voting system." KYYiv - Most election observers sive, taking into account the electoral law many on pensions. He decreed on March The Ukrainian Weekly, while reporting who descended upon this city for inde– and the way in which the candidates cam– 10 that a referendum would take place to from the Crimea, saw one person filling pendent Ukraine's first parliamentary paigned in the weeks prior to March 27. decide the Crimea's place within Ukraine. out what looked like more than a dozen elections on March 27 said generally that All observer organizations made an effort voting ballots. When asked, "Why so Five days later Ukraine's President the elections were open and democratic. to speak with members of Ukraine's many?" He said, "My friends and family Leonid Kravchuk annulled the plebiscite, However, many cited flaws in the elec– Central Electoral Commission and the did not feel like showing up to wait in saying it violated the country's constitu– tion process and infractions of common candidates, and to visit various polling lines, so 1 took their passports and did tion. Western voting practices via procedures precincts the day of the elections. them a favor." The individual, who would Undeterred, Mr. Meshkov renamed considered customary in this country. Both the Council of Europe, not identify himself, then pulled a handful the referendum an opinion poll and More than 500 observers from 53 Parliamentary Assembly of Europe, and of passports out of his pocket to verify his threw it into a separate ballot. He said countries dispersed throughout Ukraine the U.N. said they witnessed no major vot– story. to monitor the Sunday elections that the Crimean president's office would ing violations during the voting process. Lord Finsberg of the United Kingdom resulted in 49 candidates winning seats to maintain responsibility for tabulating the The elections were "free and fair" as a and leader of the Council of Europe dele– the new Parliament but leaving 401 open survey ballots. Council of Europe statement suggested. gation said at a March 29 press confer– until a runoff vote, which by law must it is less clear how much support The Council of Europe went on to say ence that Ukraine needs a "one passport- occur within two weeks. Crimean President Meshkov will have in that some inaccuracies were observed in one ballot, and one person per voting the regional parliament because only 12 of The list of observers ranged from rep– the counting of ballots at individual booth law." He added, "We will mention the 66 seats were rilled in the Sunday vote. resentatives of NATO, the United polling stations and that some infringe– this problem in our report." However, nine of the elected are members Nations, and the Commission on Security ments of regulations were evident. Lord Finsberg said that he and his col- of the Russia Bloc, the political alliance and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), to Passing passports to one individual who leagues had observed another custom not that Mr. Meshkov heads, in 49 electoral the National Democratic institute (ND1), then voted for the passport holders was practiced in democratic countries: districts no candidate received the 50 per– the Ukrainian American Coordinating considered the main infringement on cus– Several members of individual families cent necessary for election. Runoffs are to Council and the Non-Partisan Committee tomary Western voting procedures. Sarah entered voting booths together. He said, occur there within two weeks, in accor– of Ukrainian voters. Farnsworth of ND1 agreed. She said, dance with the electoral law. Five other Observers looked at the elections in "Polling commissions allowed people to (Continued on page 10) ^s^s^^^s^^^^^ CHRIST IS RISEN - ХРИСТОС BOCKPEC 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3,1994 No. 14 Environmental groups get a boost from U.S. technical assistance Kyyiv blasts Meshkov, Russian meddling responsible for delays in delivering nuclear by Rebecca A. Morrison since mid-1993, in Ukraine, iSAR's fuel to Ukraine. Mr. Petrov said the U.S. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly main activities include the development KYYiv - After Crimean President has failed to provide a S60 million advance of a regional environmental NGO data- Yuriy Meshkov issued an order that local payment for the fuel rods that would be KYYiv - Environmental groups in base and an international clearinghouse conscripts serve only on the peninsula and Ukraine form a significant political and shipped westward. Ukraine has criticized on the environment, and the expansion of that the Ukrainian armed forces provide an Russia for not living up to its end of the social force. Encouraged by the relative an electronic mail network among exact account of the location of their units, freedoms afforded in the Gorbachev era, weapons-for-fuel swap agreed to under the indigenous groups. Just this month 1SAR Gen. ivan Bizhan, Ukraine's deputy terms of the tripartite U.S.-Russian- green movements sprang up throughout has begun administering a small grants defense minister, held a press conference the then-Soviet Union to express varying Ukrainian pact signed in January. Kyyiv program. on March 25 to make his government's has also threatened to suspend shipments degrees of discontent with the Soviet sys– Jonathan Spaulding, director of 1SAR position clear. Gen. Bizhan asserted: "At tem's blatant disregard for the environ– of warheads if the promised fuel does not in Kyyiv, works first-hand with no time and by no person will such orders arrive. (RFE7RL Daily Reports) ment. Ukrainian environment groups to train be followed, and we will obviously not be Nowhere were these groups more dis– them in using electronic mail. E-mail is providing any such information." He also Zhirinovsky on Ukraine's elections, etc. gusted, strident and relevant than in an independent, cost-effective, environ- told reporters that he had met with the gen– Ukraine. The 1986 accident at Chornobyl mentally sound and time-sensitive means eral staff of the Russian Navy to file strong MOSCOW - in a March 29 interview provided a catalyst to jell this and other of communication, informational and protests about Russian violations of inter- conducted as part of Radio Mayak's news wide-ranging discontent into a combined technical assistance is also given to local national law and bilateral treaties, includ– program, Russia's ultra-nationalist parlia– and successful drive for independence. environmental publications, most recent– ing the participation of Russian military mentarian viadimir Zhirinovsky said the Yet, in independent Ukraine the envi– ly to the Zelenyi Svit (Green World) personnel in the Crimean presidential elec– results of the first round of Ukraine's par– ronmental situation has not improved newspaper, the mass media arm of the tions, the formation of exclusively Russian liamentary elections (in which just over a despite its new political status. And the Ukrainian Greens and the only all- marine infantry units, and the use of tenth of the seats were filled) are proof that work of environmental groups is signifi– Ukrainian environmental newspaper. Russian insignia and flags on the Black eastern Ukraine wants to reunite with cantly hampered in the wake of 1SAR in Ukraine is involved in other Sea Fleet's ships, materiel and installa– Russia. He also went on to criticize the Ukraine's economic ruin. Financial con– projects to similarly provide maximum tions. Gen. Bizhan added that no Crimean hardliners of the October 1993 anti– Yeltsin cerns in this extended period of crisis outreach and educational materials on official has the right to make decisions on rebellion for not personally thanking him conditions have affected all. Dire eco– environmental issues. drafts or deployment of Ukraine's armed for their release. Mr. Zhirinovsky also met nomic straits have driven environmental– Motria Poshyvanyk is deputy director forces. The statements followed an official with a representative of the African ists into isolation and to distraction, and of iSAR's Kyyiv Regional Office. Defense Ministry directive issued on National Congress who was visiting the threaten the groups' effectiveness. Together with Mr. Spaulding, Ms. March 24, declaring the Crimean presi– Russian capital, and told him that his coun– in efforts to slow down the waning Poshyvanyk implements 1SAR Kyyiv's dent's move illegal. (RFE7RL Daily try would welcome white South Africans influence of grass-roots environmental program initiatives, including the small Report) fleeing from black majority government. movements and to lead them out of isola– grants program. (RFEfllL Daily Report) tion, the U.S. organization 1SAR is pro– Energy debt management deal struck Success is immediately apparent. Russian, U.S. positions on the Crimea viding a boost. Founded in 1983 as the iSAR's first list of small grants recipients institute for Soviet-American Relations, KYYiv — Details concerning an ener– stretches across Ukraine from Lviv to gy-debt-settling deal made with SEvASTOPlL — Commission on 1SAR is a non-profit organization initiat– Dnipropetrovske and from Chernivtsi to Security and Cooperation in Europe repre– ed to form and maintain contacts Turkmenistan by Ukraine's Deputy Prime Symferopil. in iSAR's small grants pro- Minister for international Economic sentative John Finerty traveled to the between unofficial persons in both the grams, environmental groups are given Crimea with U.S. consular officials. At a United States and the Soviet Union. Affairs valentyn Landyk have emerged, assistance to realize individual projects thanks to a source close to Ukraine's meeting with the autonomous republic's Since the late Gorbachev era, 1SAR and7or alleviate the operating costs of parliamentary chairman, Mykola Bagrov, has been working to support non-govern– Cabinet, in late March, Mr. Landyk ongoing projects. allegedly transferred responsibility for set– held on March 28, Mr. Finerty declared mental environmental groups in the 1SAR also aims to expand and main- that Ukraine was entitled to defend its bor– region. 1SAR receives financing from tling the debt to the recently established tain Western presence at Ukrainian envi– Respublika corporation, a private concern. ders and that the U.S. would never recog– several private foundations, including the ronmental conferences and meetings. nize the Crimea as anything other than an National Endowment for Democracy, as Under the arrangement, Respublika under– iSAR's work complements the larger takes to provide payments of S500 million autonomous republic within the state of well as from the United States Agency portfolio of USA1D environmental tech– Ukraine. Also present at the meeting were for international Development (US A1D). (U.S.) during 1994, 35 percent in cash and nical assistance to Ukraine. Reaching the rest in Ukrainian goods. However, in officials of the Russian Federation, With representations throughout the beyond the NGO, U.S. technical assis– the event of non-performance, responsibil– Presidential Advisor Sergei Stankevich former Soviet Union, 1SAR has boasted a tance provides for resource development ity reverts to the Ukrainian government. and the head of the Russian parliament's regional office in independent Ukraine and management, safety techniques and Respublika stands to earn 3 to 8 percent of Committee on the Commonwealth of myriad training and other opportunities the value of the debt (S35 million to S94 independent States (OS), Konstantin Rebecca Morrison is a consultant on designed to help ensure a more stable and million U.S.) and could establish a Zalutin. Messrs. Zalutin and Stankevich technical assistance and Ukrainian clean environment for independent monopoly over 10 to 15 percent of underscored Russian President Boris affairs. Ukraine. Ukraine's export trade. The landmark Yeltsin's support for his Crimean counter- quota and export licensing deal has been part, Yuriy Meshkov. Mr. Zalutin added deemed "extremely dangerous" by some that the agreement under which Russia experts, who note that it is rare for state provided for the relocation costs of Tatars Consultant to Parliament nixes debts to be handled by private companies. seeking to return to their homeland was (Respublika) signed personally by President Yeltsin. quick-fix approach to economy (Respublika) Russian blames U.S. for nuke fuel delays Shumeiko calls for tightening C1S union by Tony Leliw disordered command-dependent econo– MOSCOW - The interfax news my, camouflaged by pseudo-liberal par– MOSCOW - After meeting here with agency quoted viadislav Petrov, an offi– LONDON - After two years of inde– tial reforms. Being effective as short- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, cial of the Russian Atomic Energy pendence, Ukraine is in an economic term measures, these policies ruined the Ministry, as saying that the U.S. was (Continued on page 3) mess. Hyperinflation, a fall in production Ukrainian economy in the long and and a sharp decline in living standards short-run." have brought it to near collapse, it is partly a legacy inherited by Ukraine from Some economists have since seen the its days as a former Soviet republic and solution of Ukraine's economic ills THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED Ю at the same time a result of the ineffec– through big bang, shock therapy. But tive policies of the present Ukrainian Prof. Sikora, a member of the Ukrainian An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., government institute of international Relations at a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ. 07302. Kyyiv University, disagrees. "The social The command structure of the central– Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, N.J. 07302. tensions caused by such actions would (1SSN - 0273-9348) ly planned economy was in Moscow. have slowed down the economic transi– Soviet economic goals had nothing in tion to the market economy," he said. common with Ukraine's aspirations, the Yearly subscription rate: S20; for UNA members - S10. Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper. transfer of resources from Ukraine instead, Prof. Sikora, one of the caused the slowdown of its economic founders of Rukh, said he sees the future The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: growth, and Chornobyl was a signal that of economic reform lying somewhere (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201) 451 -2200 the economy was on the brink of disaster. between the command economy and the big bang shock therapy approach. His Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz When the country proclaimed inde– reform program has already been adopted pendence, the Ukrainian government changes to: Associate editor: Maria Kolomayets (Kyyiv) by the Ukrainian parliament as a "foun– The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor: Khristina Lew vacillated over economic reforms. As dation for national consolidation" repre– venjamin D. Sikora, a professor and P.O. Box 346 Staff writers7editors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyyiv) senting the wide range of political forces Jersey City, N.J. 07303 Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Ph.D. in economics and consultant to the from the majority of national democrats Ukrainian Parliament put it: "it preferred to the Socialist Party. The Ukrainian Weekly, April 3,1994, No. 14, vol. LXll the policies of soft financial constraints Copyright (g) 1994 The Ukrainian Weekly and financial laxity in the structure of a (Continued on page 15) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL З, 1994 з St Andrew's Brotherhood: helping Ukraine's needy in tough times

by Roman Woronowycz sioner, the St. Andrew's Brotherhood, Kyyiv Press Bureau associated with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyyiv Patriarchate, has been KYYiv - When economic times are running free lunch programs for pension– tough, pensioners seem to feel the burden ers and the indigent. The meals are more than those still gainfully employed. offered in cafeterias at six locations Their income is static and their advanced around Kyyiv and one each in the cities age leaves them less able to supplement it. of Ternopil, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, in Ukraine, where the economic Pereyaslav and Khmelnytsky. The effort downslide has turned into a freefall, the in large part is sponsored by the United exacting impact has been tragic for the States-based Ukrainian Orthodox Society elderly. of St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle. Try living on 120,00 kbv (a Kolhosp Yaryna Tymoshenko of Kyyiv, who worker's wage) to 400,000 kbv (a profes– runs the program and is the Ukraine- sionaPs salary) or so a month when rent based representative for St. Andrew's can be 240,000 kbv, a liter of milk 9,000 Society, said the money is gathered in kbv and a kilogram of meat anywhere Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian from 40,000 kbv to 70,000 kbv. Most pen– Greek-Catholic parishes in the United sioners cannot, especially those who have States. "They have responded because retired hoping their government-assured they know it is a worthy cause." financial security payments would be suf– The food is prepared and served at ficient to maintain them in their old age. government-run cafeterias, in factories They end up on the streets begging for and offices. Ms. Tymoshenko has signed Liubov Franko (center), 66, granddaughter of noted Ukrainian writer ivan money as they cross themselves and bow agreements to utilize the facilities and Franko, is among those who frequent the cafeteria where St. Andrew's their heads when a passer-by kicks out a food preparers there. After the employees Brotherhood serves free lunches. On the right is Yaryna Tymoshenko, the repre– measly 100 kbv; others sell wilting roses are fed, the older people are granted an sentative in Ukraine of the U.S.-based Ukrainian Orthodox Society of St. Andrew. in the underpasses at 5,000 kbv. The hour or two to eat. extra income cannot sustain them, A director of one of the programs Kyyiv, 94-year-old Yelena Tsvita timidly at a table sipping a broth mixed because inflation keeps zooming sky- explained that they try to give the retirees explained that she lives on 100,000 kbv a with potatoes, barley and carrots. She ward at a rate of 70 percent per month. and the indigent social diversion as well month. "How can 1 live on that?" she blamed her financial situation on the To help relieve the plight of the pen– as a hot meal. "We have turned this into a asked. She said she walks 15 minutes economy. "Because of this never-ending social club," said Hanna Havrylenko. every day to have lunch at the cafeteria. inflation 1 have been reduced to this," she "We bring in literary figures who read On weekends Ms. Tsvita is left to nourish murmured. "1 have a nice apartment not their works. During holidays, we bring in herself with hot tea and bread. far from here. But today 1 spend 270,000 priests to recite prayers with us." People like Ms. Tsvita cannot just kbv of my 400,000 kbv monthly pension The cost to run the program still walk in off the street. They must be reg– on rent." Ms. Franko was a philologist. remains reasonable, although it has istered with the society. Ms. She said she had been eating at the cafe– sharply increased. "Prices have gone way Tymoshenko explained that churches or teria regularly for two years. up. in November 1991 we paid 4 kbv for individuals usually call St. Andrew's iryna Koshets, the niece of noted a meal, now it is more than 4,000 kbv," Brotherhood and suggest people who are Ukrainian conductor Oleksander said Ms. Tymoshenko. The organiza– in dire financial constraints. Those peo– Koshetz, also frequents the cafeteria. She tion's monthly budget is 15 million to 16 ple are then assigned to a free lunch cen– explained that often she does not receive million kbv (approximately S400 U.S.) ter closest to them. Other people are her pension money and must rely on the She also said that at one time 10 free scooped from the street or wander into free meal program. She haughtily added, meal programs existed, but that some of one of the churches associated with the "1 come here more for the food than for the establishments that originally agreed brotherhood, where they are directed to a the company," as she sat alone at a table to participate eventually backed out program once their need is established. near a wall. because of the inconvenience associated Among those whose plight has pressed For most of those who dine together, with preparing lunch for the elderly or them to look for handouts are relatives of however, the hour or two spent in each because the businesses were privatized. some of Ukraine's most heralded person- other's company is special. "They get Twenty individuals on average gather ages. At a free lunch center at the dressed up. They are excited to meet new five days a week for a hot lunch that con– Ukrainian Railroad Administration build– people," said Ms. Tymoshenko. "These sists of soup, a second dish and a veg– ing, a group of former musicians, actors people live for this." etable. "We try to serve the people meat and artists have formed their own group it also allows them to survive. twice a week," said Ms. Tymoshenko, which the St. Andrew's Society feeds. "but we cannot afford it too often." They dress as if for afternoon tea and x x x On weekends, however, the elderly are crumpets, although the clothes they wear To support the work of St. Andrew's left to fend for themselves. are somewhat frayed and a bit worn. Brotherhood, donations may be sent to: Hanna Havrylenko, a director of one of At one cafeteria located in a depot for Among them, ivan Franko's grand- St. Andrew's Society, 1023 Yorkshire the lunch programs offered in Kyyiv. subway cars in the Obolon district of daughter, 66-year-old Liubov Franko, sat Drive, Los Altos, CA 94024.

general staff of the Black Sea Fleet Newsbriefs... revealed that the command has sent an Prosvita marks Shevchenko anniversary (Continued from page 2) energy and construction bill to Ukraine's Minister of Defense vitaliy Radetsky. The viadimir Shumeiko, the chairman of the telegram, sent March 29, claims that OS interparliamentary Assembly, told Ukrainian military units owe the fleet 4 TASS on March 29 that additional "supra- national bodies" should be established in billion kbv for hydroelectric power and an effort to transform the OS into "a sort over 16 billion kbv for building materials of union." Mr. Shumeiko deflected sugges– and labor. The message also said construc– tions that this would be a restoration of the tion halted and energy supplies would be defunct USSR, saying that "the freedom cut off it the debts were not settled by and sovereignty of all member-states April 10 (Respublika) should be preserved." OS headquarters is located in Minsk, Belarus. (Respublika) Tripartite border guard conference held

Ukraine, ltaly hold economic talks vASAROSNAMENY, Hungary - Border security officials from Ukraine, ROME - On March 28-29, a delega– Hungary and Romania met here on March tion of Ukrainian government officials 23 to coordinate efforts to fight interna– led by Deputy Foreign Minister Borys tional crime and stem migration, the МТІ Tarasiuk met with italian counterparts to agency reported. At a press conference, discuss economic cooperation and setting Hungarian Brig. Gen. Balazs Novaky said up a possible line of credit for the East a tripartite committee would be set up to European country. The Ukrainian ambas– deal with the mounting difficulties faced sador to ltaly, Anatoliy Orel, also took by border guards. Waves of migrants con– The Prosvita Society of Taras Shevchenko, headed by poet and People's Deputy part in deliberations along with members tinue to stream across Ukraine's western Pavlo Movchan, at a gala reception on March 3 celebrated the 180th anniversary of the mission. (Respublika) border and their movements, often of the poet's birth and released a new, illustrated edition of the bard's "Kobzar." deemed illegal, have brought smuggling, Fleet bills Ukraine's defense chief Five years in development, the latest edition contains 130 illustrations and was drug traffic and weapons trade into the published by the firm Dnipro. it is geared to young people and families, according SEvASTOPlL - Sources close to the mix. (RFE7RL Daily Report) to its illustrator, vasyl Lopatin. Above, a children's choir performs at the reception. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3,1994 No. 14 Research^Training Canada's foreign minister travels to Kyyiv by Christopher Guly in 1993, Canadian exports to Ukraine, internships with such Canadian compa– for Reform fellows which include goods for agriculture and nies as Northern Telecom, Dofasco and OTTAWA - Canada's Foreign Affairs food processing, energy, metals, telecom– Ontario Hyrdo. Minister Andre Ouellet visited Kyyiv on munications and electronics, construction, e Six engineering professors from arrive in Edmonton March 31 and April 1, in the first official and medical and pharmaceutical products major Ukrainian polytechnic institutes are visit by a senior member of Prime by Bohdan Klid and services, totalled S28.6 million. also training at three Canadian universi– Minister Jean Chretien's government. Ukrainian imports to Canada were ties, including the University of Toronto. EDMONTON - The first group of He met with President Leonid Si5.7 million. The year before, Canada ф A Si-million Renaissance Eastern Ukrainian recipients of "Research and Kravchuk, his counterpart, Anatoliy and Ukraine signed a Joint Declaration of Europe project to develop Canadian busi– Training for Reform" fellowships arrived Zlenko, and Economy Minster Roman Economic Cooperation offering Ukrainian ness opportunities in Ukraine. Thirty pro– in Edmonton on February 19. Under the Shpek. products general preferential tariff treat– jects in the agricultural and industrial terms of this program, scholars and pro– Mr. Ouellet's Ukrainian visit followed ment; an agreement on trade and com– sectors have already been approved. fessionals from Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, a two-day stop in Warsaw, where he met merce between the two also exists. 9 A S900,000 Canadian support pack- Lithuania and Russia have the opportuni– with Polish President Lech Walesa and Through Foreign Affairs' technical age, in collaboration with the World ty to come to Canada for short-term Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak. assistance program for Central and Bank, to develop a national health sector research and internship placements. in addition to promoting Canadian Eastern Europe, more than 60 projects reform strategy in Ukraine. Canadian The "Research and Training for trade with and investment in Ukraine, the valued at over S27 million are now under experts are also working in the areas of Reform" program is a component of Canadian foreign minister met with way or completed in Ukraine. women's and children's health care, the Canada's policy of technical assistance Canada's team of electoral observers They include: prevention of communicable disease and to countries of the former Soviet Union. who monitored the first round of inde– 9 A three-year, S4.5 million project to introduction of a modern health manage– Administered by the Association of pendent Ukraine's first multi-party leg– develop the Ukrainian institute of Public ment system. Universities and Colleges of Canada islative elections on March 27. Administration and Local Government, - A two-year S335,000 Health Canada (AUCC), its broad aims are to support Led by Mr. Ouellet's parliamentary headed by Edmontonian Bohdan project to develop a national Ukrainian the process of economic and democratic secretary, Jesse Flis, member of Krawchenko. Managed by the Canadian regulatory agency responsible for vaccine reform in the region. Parliament for Parkdale-High Park, Bureau for international Education, the testing; 14 to 20 Ukrainian medical per– For the academic year 1993-1994, 18 Ontario, the 13-member Canadian team program is helping with faculty training, sonnel and scientists have completed Ukrainians received grants in the follow– included independent Sen. Marcel curriculum design and administration. Canadian-based training programs. ing four areas: legal and judicial reform; Prud'homme, Ukrainian Canadian e in March, Canadian Finance depart– 9 A S4 million humanitarian assistance democratic principles; environmental Congress (UCC) President Oleh issues; and conflict resolution. ment officials introduced a new course in program, delivered by the Canadian Red Romaniw and UCC information Bureau finance; last December, 20 Ukrainian Cross and the United National Two of the award recipients were Director Andrij Hluchowecky. They sponsored by the Canadian institute of deputy and assistant deputy ministers international Children's Emergency arrived six days before the vote. attended an executive development pro- Fund, to aid pregnant women, children Ukrainian Studies (C1US), University of As runoffs will be necessary in most Alberta, and eight of the 18 award recipi– gram at the Canadian Centre for and seniors. of Ukraine's electoral districts, the next Management Development. Twenty more 9 A S630,000 dairy industry manage– ents chose to come to the University of round of elections is set for April 10. Alberta for at least part of their stay. They Ukrainian government officials will ment project, launched last March, to Ottawa committed S42.5 million come to Canada this fall. improve the quality of milk processing are: Bohdan Budzan, Tetiana ivanenko, (Canadian) in electoral assistance to 9 Dr. Petro Martynenko, Mykhailo A two-year, Si.4 million project, led and pasteurization. Ault Foods Ltd. of Ukraine - the largest contribution from by the Canadian Cooperative Association, Etobicoke, Ontario, and the Ontario Milk Molchanov, volodymyr Piotrovsky, Dr. any country. Serhii Plokhy, Halyna Polozova and Yurii to assist Ukraine in developing a national Marketing Board are working with three The package consisted of supplying credit union network. Twelve "model" Ukrainian model dairy enterprises to Yevdokimov. All occupy senior positions the Ukrainian government with 445 met– within institutions, companies or organi– credit unions will join a recently estab– upgrade their operations through technolo– ric tones of specialized fraud-proof ballot lished Kyyiv office, internships at gy transfers and on-site management train– zations in Ukraine. paper, assisting with voter education and Mr. Budzan is executive director of Canadian credit unions for Ukrainian ing. The western Ukrainian Borshchiv media training, and sending an Elections the international Renaissance Foundation managers, twinning relationships between Cheese Factory has already begun export– Canada advisor for three months to offer (1RF) in Kyyiv. The 1RF was established credit unions in both countries, and the ing cheese to Mexico. advice to the Ukrainian Central Electoral by George Soros, an internationally drafting of Ukrainian credit union legisla– ^ A two-year, S690,000 agricultural Commission. renowned financier, as part of his philan– tion are other features of the project. curriculum development project, led by thropic activities in Eastern Europe in Elections Canada also assisted the ' A S600,000 Canadian universities Edmonton's Grant MacEwan Community support of democratic and economic Ukrainian Legal Foundation with the project, led by the University of Toronto, College, to develop agricultural econom– reforms. Since its establishment in April printing and distribution of the new is providing engineering and business ics and business courses for six Ukrainian 1990, the 1RF has developed a well- Elections Law, a Citizens Guide to the management training to 40 Ukrainian agricultural institutes. As a result, the deserved reputation as a leading propo– Law and a Citizens Guide to the Law. engineers in the areas of environmental Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture had nent of building a civil society in The prime reason for Mr. Ouellet's and electrical engineering, metallurgy developed and tested pilot curricula for Ukraine. visit was to underline Canada's support and electronics. So far, 32 engineers have farm management, and fruit and veg– Ms. Polozova and Ms. ivanenko are for Ukraine's economic reform. completed academic-work experience etable production and marketing. director and co-director, respectively, of the Law Library Program in Kyyiv, which is sponsored by the Kyyiv-based Ukrainian Legal Foundation, also funded UCC brief advises change in policy toward Ukraine by Mr. Soros. Dr. Martynenko is director W1NN1PEG - Canadian foreign policy and cultural understanding in making Rome and the NATO conference in of the Chair of Comparative Law and towards the former Soviet Union and Canada the choice partner in the region. Brussels in defending Ukraine's position, professor at the institute of international Eastern Europe requires radical change to The 21-page brief was presented to urged the government to develop an inte– Relations, Kyyiv State University. He is catch up to the new world environment, Foreign Affairs Minister Andre Ouellet grated, all-encompassing foreign policy also a member of the Commission "For including the development of a closer on March 15 by UCC President on Ukraine. Democracy Through Law" of the relationship with Ukraine, a Ukrainian Romaniw. Other UCC representatives in Among the UCC recommendations: Council of Europe based in Strasbourg, Canadian Congress delegation has told attendance were John Petryshyn, chair- ж Canada should clearly and unequivo– France, and senior academic consultant the Canadian government. person of the UCC Canada-Ukraine to the Ukrainian Parliament on constitu– cally recognize Ukraine's borders and Without significant changes, such as Relations Committee; Dr. Roman should continue to state that any attempt tional affairs. an immediate increase in economic assis– Petryshyn, president of the Ukrainian Mr. Molchanov, a sociologist, is coor– to alter these borders would be consid– tance to the newly independent state and Canadian Foundation of Taras Shev– ered a destabilizing move and a threat to dinator and chair of the Department of a strong statement on the security and chenko; UCC member organization dele- Public Administration and Management the security of all of Europe. inviolability of Ukraine's existing bor– gates Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, Jaroslaw m Ukraine must receive binding securi– at the institute of Public Administration ders, Canada will lose its special relation- Bilak and Oksana Kaluzny, and Andrij and Local Government (1PALG), ty guarantees from the West in return for ship with Ukraine developed through the Hluchowecky, director of the UCC becoming a non-nuclear state. Canada Cabinet of Ministers. The 1PALG is years by the world's largest community information Bureau in Ottawa. headed by Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko, should continue to call upon the United of people of Ukrainian origin residing The UCC delegation outlined the com– States and other NATO countries to guar– until recently C1US director. outside their ancestral country, argued munity's position on Canada-Ukraine Established in 1992, the iPALG's antee Ukraine's security. UCC officials. relations and proposed a partnership 9 Ukraine should receive its fair share mandate is to play a prominent role in "The present government should be between the community and the educating the new Ukrainian state's civil of Western economic assistance. highly praised for showing a great inter– Canadian government in assisting ф During the past few years, the service. The 1PALG is the recipient of a est in developing a special relationship Ukraine in its move towards democracy substantial amount of financial aid from Canadian government has built an with Ukraine," stated Oleh Romaniw, and a free-market economy through the External Affairs and international Trade impressive technical assistance program president of the Ukrainian Canadian proposed Canada-Ukraine Foundation Canada, as well as from countries of the for Ukraine. Canada should continue and Congress, "and Canada has already and its agencies: the Ukrainian Canadian European Community. expand its efforts in Ukraine and create a announced specific measures towards Liaison and information Office (UCLlO) Mr. Piotrovsky, an environmental legal infrastructure to promote and and Programs for Ukraine - Development engineer, is a senior research scientist at that goal." enhance the democratic process. Agency (PUDA). 9 Kharkiv's Enerhostal Research and Canada, therefore, has an immense The special relationship that exists Design institute. He is also a Kharkiv advantage with its more than 1 million Speaking on behalf of the UCC, Mr. between the Ukrainian Canadian commu– City Council member and chair of Canadians of Ukrainian ancestry who can Romaniw, while praising the Canadian nity and the people of Ukraine should be contribute not only their professional Foreign Affairs minister for his positive (Continued on page 13) skills, but also their linguistic capabilities remarks made at the CSCE meetings in (Continued on page 19) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL З, 1994 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM шшшшшшшшшшшшшш^т ^шшшшш^шшшшшшшш—Ш^ш^ш—шшш

Pittsburgh committee plans The UNA and you 33rd Convention of UNA Selling your home? by Stephan Welhasch With our economy improving, lately many homeowners are beginning to sell, interest rates were at their lowest point in over 20 years, and now are beginning to rise very rapidly. Abundant financing and a large inventory of homes have all created an ideal buyer's market. What about the seller? An ideal buyer's market can also benefit the seller, if they know how to prop– erly respond to the competition of buyers. Almost all sellers will be happy to learn that, with careful planning and a little bit of work, they can be in as good a position as the buyer is. in order to attract serious home buyers, pricing the house appropriately is most important, as is selecting a good real estate company. Overpricing your house can discourage buyers from even looking at your house. Walter Wasiczko of 2,3,4 Family Realtors in Maplewood, N.J., said he feels that, "some sellers are asking a price for their property that has nothing to do with the real market," and this in turn only hurts the seller's chances of attracting serious home buyers. 'The longer the property is on the market, the more diffi– cult it is to sell for a good price", says Mr. Wasiczko. Your real estate representative can better help you determine what is a fair market price for your home. These professionals can show you listings of corn- The UNA Convention Committee in Pittsburgh: (seated from left) Jaroslawa parable houses in your area that have been sold recently. This, in turn, will help Komichak, Halya Polatajko, Ulana Diachuk, Michael Komichak (chairman), Joe you define a price range from which you can determine an initial asking price. Rodio, (standing) Osyp Polatajko, Anna Konecky, Luba Hlutkowsky, Nick Once the listing price is selected, you must make your house as attractive as Diakiwsky, Raymond Komichak, Michael Korchynsky, Bohdan Hodiak. possible to the potential home buyer. You must make a special effort to keep your house clean and tidy at all times. Basic cosmetic touch-ups, such as paint– ing, can go a long way towards attracting buyers. Cleaning out your closets, attic, by Bohdan Hodiak to the UNA and its projects will be hon– basement and garage, along with fixing up all those little things you've been ored. "We'll be planning for the future and P1TTSBURGH - Ulana Diachuk, meaning to, will also help attract potential buyers. commemorating the past," Mrs. Diachuk supreme president of the Ukrainian Finally, you must remember to counter all offers, no matter how unreasonably said. National Association, met here with local low you may feel the offer was. Remember, any offer means that someone would The convention of the largest UNA members to work on arrangements like to live in this house, and that's half the battle. So negotiate, see what nap- Ukrainian fraternal organization will be for the UNA's 100th anniversary conven– pens, and good luck. held in the Hilton Hotel in downtown tiononMay 6-Ю. if you're looking for financing, the Ukrainian National Association offers its Pittsburgh, by Point State Park, where More than 300 delegates from across members financing for owner-occupied one–, two– and three-family homes two rivers join to form the Ohio River. the country will attend to hear reports, throughout the United States and Canada. The UNA Mortgage Loan Program is Pittsburgh's 200th anniversary will be elect officers and discuss plans for the next designed to meet the individual financing needs of its members and offers an four years. Persons who have contributed (Continued on page 14) attractive interest rate that is competitive with prevailing rates in your area. UNA first mortgage loans are provided to help members become homeowners and to strengthen our communities. The UNA is ready to help you determine what kind of financing best fits your Chicago plans centennial celebration needs. UNA also provides a Jumbo Mortgage Loan Program to Ukrainian groups and organizations. Our members can enjoy peace of mind in knowing they're CH1CAGO - The Chicago-based Soroka, travel consultant; George getting the best possible mortgage loan value available, along with first class ser– Centennial Celebration Committee is Kosachewitz, printing consultant; Leona vice. "Good Service" is our motto. planning a concert to commemorate the Dumich, ticket sales; Paul Oleksiuk, dis– ^ж 100th birthday of the Ukrainian National trict chairman; and Helen Olek-Scott, Association. The committee has been supreme advisor. To find out more about the UNA's First Mortgage Loan Program, refinancing working since September of 1993 in April 17 was the date chosen for the your home, or about becoming a member, please call 1 (800) 253-9862. preparation for the event. gala affair, it will be held at Centre East Members of the committee reflect the Auditorium in Skokie, ill., at 2 p.m. diversity of the branches making up the Performers include Metropolitan Opera UNA District Committees of Chicago. bass Paul Plishka, soprano Melanie UNA district committees meet The committee consists of Gloria Pankow, violinist Helen Horodyska and Paschen, chairperson; Ulana Baransky– pianist Oleh Kyshka. Also on the program Lehigh valley Passaic Bendixon, co-chairperson and event are the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of BETHLEHEM, Pa. - On Saturday, PASSA1C, N.J. - The Passaic UNA advisor; Roman Andrushko, artistic Detroit and the Surma Choir of Chicago. February 26, the Lehigh valley - District Committee held its annual meet– director; Stephan Golash, Ukrainian sec– Tickets are already available from Allentown UNA District Committee held ing on Sunday, March 6, at the Ukrainian retary; Olga Kozak, English secretary; branch secretaries, at all local Ukrainian its annual meeting here at the Ukrainian National Home, in attendance were 14 George Rychtytzky, treasurer; Levka churches, as well as Selfreliance Federal Catholic church hall, in attendance were members representing each of the dis– Pankow, public relations; Jaroslaw Credit Union, Security Bank and their 15 members representing half of the trict's three branches. Chlypniacz, sales coordinator; Michael branches throughout the region. dozen branches in the district. District Chairman John Chomko wel– District Chairperson Anna Haras wel– comed the membership and opened the comed the membership and opened the meeting by calling for a moment of meeting by calling for a moment of silence to honor the memory of deceased silence to honor the memory of district members. Following the election of a UNA members who had passed away in presidium, the minutes of the previous the past year, including Stefan iwaseczko, meeting were read by the secretary, former secretary of Branch 48 and auditor Wasyl Marusczak. of the Allentown District. Highlights of the district officer's Following the election of a presidium, reports included mention of the district's the minutes of the previous meeting were achieving an improved 68 percent of its read by the outgoing secretary, Stefan quota for 1993, its Si00 donation to the Mucha. Highlights of the district offi– Ukrainian Embassy, and its bus trip to cers' reports included vice-Chairperson the UNA Centennial Concert at Carnegie Anna Segan's review of some of the fra– Hall. ternal activities undertaken by the dis– The district is also planning a com– trict, including bus trips and preparations memoration of this year's UNA centen– for the UNA centennial. Mrs. Segan nial, as well as next year's 80th anniver– noted the difficulty involved in trying to sary of UNA Branch 42. coordinate and sponsor a centennial Election of district officers followed, function in the area that would draw a with the membership passing a motion to Chicagoland Centennial Committee: (seated, from left) are: Stephan Golash, reasonable audience, it was suggested re-elect the past year's officers to yet Gloria Paschen, Ulana Baransky-Bendixon, Roman Andrushko, (standing): that maybe more than one district could another term in office. The committee George Kosachewitz, Olga Kozak, Jaroslaw Chlypniacz, Levka Pankow and Michael Soroka. (Continued on page 16) (Continued on page 16) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL З, 1994 No. 14 EASTER PASTORAL LETTERS^^^^ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The redemption of humanity Elections, part ll To the Reverend Clergy, Religious mystery of eternal and blessed life. This Despite dire predictions of a low voter turnout due to public apathy, and our God-loving Faithful: is why during the Easter Season we sing: Ukraine's electorate came out to vote for a new Parliament in hopes of a better Peace in the Lord and our Archiepis– "He conquered death by death." tomorrow, however they perceived that future. Seventy-five percent of regis– copal Blessing. Christ is Risen! Thus His Resurrection tered voters — 28 million persons — came to the polls on March 27 to cast Christ is Risen! We greet you with this has a central and basic meaning for our their ballots; and in each and every district the turnout was above the 50 per– joyful salutation on this glorious day of faith, it is the miracle of all miracles, the cent required to validate the elections. The turnout was as high as 88 percent in the Resurrection from the dead of Christ miracle that surpasses all miracles that ivano-Frankivske Oblast, and lowest in Sevastopil, 50.47 percent. Even in the our Lord and Savior. This Easter greeting ever took place throughout the entire Crimea, where the recently elected president of this autonomous republic, expresses the essence of our faith, the world, it is greater and more glorious Yuriy Meshko, had actually advised the populace to boycott the nationwide strength and assurance of our hope, and even then all those numerous and awe- elections, 55.2 percent actually voted for members of Parliament. the Easter joy of our love, for the some miracles that Christ Himself per– The result is that 49 of 450 people's deputies have been elected to the Resurrection of Christ is " 'victory over formed. The Resurrection of Christ is Parliament. Of that number, 25 are affiliated with a party; 24 say they are inde– death, the destruction of Hades, and the truly so profound a miracle in the work pendents. But, 12 are Communists, two are Socialists, two are Agrarian Party beginning of another, the eternal life" of our salvation, that the Apostle Paul members. Rukh gained four seats, the Ukrainian Republican Party and the (Easter Matins, Ode 7). was constrained to say: "if Christ has not Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists wron two each, and the Ukrainian Christ is Risen! He is then, indeed, the been raised, your faith is vain; you are Conservative Republican Party managed to elect one deputy. The rest will be Redeemer of the world, Who was await– still in your sins" (1 Cor. 15.17). elected in run-offs now scheduled to take place on April 3 (in 48 districts) and ed over many ages by the just ones; Who But "Christ has been raised from the on April 10 (in the remaining 353). Again, candidates must get 50 percent of was seen in faith by the patriarchs of the dead, the first fruits of those who have the vote to be elected. Again, voter turnout is crucial. Old Testament; Whose coming was fore- fallen asleep... For just as in Adam all Some observers have said that the high voter turnout en March 27 could be told by the prophets, and Who was glori– die, so too in Christ shall all be brought read as an expression of anger directed at President Leonid Kravchuk, under fied and foretold in the Psalms by King to life, but each one in proper order: whose leadership Ukraine's economy has fallen from bad to worse. And, it was David. Christ the first fruits; then, at His com– President Kravchuk, readers will recall, who was among those who expected Christ is Risen! This then affirms that ing, those who belong to Christ" (1 Cor. the worst in voter turnout, predicting that due to voter apathy a new Parliament God the Father accepted the grievous 15,20-23). would not be elected and a "vacuum of power" would be created, compelling suffering, the passion and death on the Christ is Risen! and He has left us a him to remain in power as the only legitimately elected authority and postpon– cross of Jesus Christ as a redeeming sac– confirmation of this holy truth in the testi– ing presidential elections for the time being. rifice and as atonement for the sins of all mony of those who saw Him in His Observers pointed to several prominent winners in the first round who are humanity. Resurrection, who were in His company, seen as the opposition to President Kravchuk: former Prime Minister Leonid Christ is Risen! This means that the who ate and spoke with Him after His Kuchma, widely seen as the most prominent contender for the office of presi– redemption of humanity has been accom– Resurrection. "Those who were eyewit– dent, who won more than 90 percent of the vote in the Novhorod-Siversky dis– plished. People were freed from the nesses from the beginning" (Luke 1, 2) trict of the Chernihiv Oblast; Rukh Chairman vyacheslav Chornovil, elected in bondage of sin, and death, the conse– recorded in the gospels and epistles their the Podilsky district of the Ternopil Oblast, who was a presidential candidate quence of sin, was destroyed. "God... meetings with the Risen Lord Jesus. When in 1991 and may run this year as well; ivan Pliushch, chairman of the even when we were dead in our trans– the Apostle Thomas placed his hand in the Parliament, elected in the Chernihiv region's Borzniansky district; and two gressions, brought us to life with Christ, pierced side of the risen Savior, he then reform-minded economists dismissed from the Cabinet of Ministers by ... raised us up with Him" (Eph. 2, 4-6), believed and exclaimed: "My Lord and my President Kravchuk, viktor Pynzenyk, winner in the Pivcenny district of Lviv, writes St. Paul, in virtue of His God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you come and volodymyr Lanovy, winner in the Rusanivsky district of Kyyiv (city). Resurrection, our Savior, Jesus Christ, The run-offs are filled with potential trouble. Of the 802 candidates running in conquered death and revealed to us the (Continued on page 9) 401 districts, 300 are representatives of the Communist, Socialist and Agrarian parties. Add to that 140 from the so-called "Party of Power," i.e. the types who actually are in control in Ukraine, and the 40 or so from the interregional Bloc for Reforms and you have 480 candidates against 182 democratic-minded types. The unique joy of each family To be sure there are an additional 140 others who are classified either as inde– pendents or are politically undifferentiated types, in a word, trouble. To the clergy, religious, deacons and larly is destructive of conversation and And, there's even more trouble in terms of the voting on regional plebiscites faithful of the Eparchy of Stamford: frequently deprives the family of com– regarding ties with Russia and the C1S, dual citizenship and autonomy, with most Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! munity prayer time, in many households, observers pointing to a growing polarization between Ukraine's east and west. As we sing out the joy of Easter in our television has even replaced family Thus, as Ukraine goes to round two of its parliamentary elections, it is far churches and in our homes, we think of meals. No family can be healthy under from clear where its future lies. Will it be a new beginning with democratic and the unique joy of each Christian family those conditions. Television should be reform-minded individuals leading the way? Or will its future be a return to the in this celebration. What family does not selectively monitored. past marked by nomenklatura control and domination by Russia? The voters have its own particular traditions; what More positively, the family is the most will decide. Let us hope their anger over the sad state of affairs in Ukraine today family does not have treasured memories fertile seed-bed of vocations to the holy is not misplaced to the detriment of democracy and independence. of Easter in years gone by, perhaps in priesthood, the sacred diaconate and the Ukraine? What family does not remem– monastic life. Surveys of clergy and ber those who have gone before us into monastics show the importance of their the Eternal Pascha, where "they shall see parents in encouraging and developing His Face, and His Name shall be on their vocations. These parents shall have their foreheads. There shall be no night there. reward as they rejoice to see how their They need not lamp nor light of the sun, gift of love is multiplied in the consecrat– Turning the pages back. for the Lord God gives them light. And ed labor of their children whom they they shall reign forever and ever" have given God in this special way. (Apocalypse 22,4-5). І wish you all the triumphant gladness in Christian marriage, the family When the Habsburg empire absorbed Galicia following the of this Feast of Feasts! May the victory of becomes what St. Chrysostom calls a Jesus Christ over sin and death reign in first partition of Poland in 1772, the West as we now know it domestic church. Called to faith and to fully returned to Ukraine. When Empress Maria Theresa died your hearts, and stay with you through the eternal life together, the family members whole year! May your family always be in 1780, her Austrian son, Joseph П, was free to experiment :n his very own sociolog– are nourished by the Word of God and ical laboratory. A prototypical "enlightened absolutist" of a positivist bent, he wanted united around the Risen Savior, and may the Holy Eucharist, the Body of the you abound in the special joy of children to restructure society in order to make it less wasteful and more productive. Risen Lord, and become "partakers of the serving the Lord among the ordained cler– in Galicia, Joseph 11 was afforded the opportunity to apply the theories and princi– divine nature" (И Peter 1,4). The exam- gy and the consecrated monks and nuns. ples fostered by the European Enlightenment. Galicia, whose rural population was pie and prayer of husband and wife can about 85 percent Ukrainian, stood to gain the most from a reform-minded ruler, On behalf of all our clergy and faith– bring them together to reach heights of ful, 1 send Paschal greetings and love to because this region of the newly expanded empire was ripe for improvement. holiness which neither might, perhaps, A believer in bureaucracy, the emperor sought to dismantle the old system, domi– our Holy Father, Pope John Paul H, to have reached alone. our Church, both in Ukraine and the dias– nated as it was by a tyrannical aristocracy, and replace it with a centralized govern– The prayer and example of mother and ment manned by bourgeois officials. He also wanted to improve the socio-economic pora, and to our Orthodox brothers and father encourage the hearts of children, sisters, praying that the infinite power of conditions of those outside the nobility. and lead children to listen to the voice of Among the earliest measures regulating the temperature within this human hot- the Risen Lord will overcome all our tri– God, calling each person to their appoint– als and remove all our divisions, so that house was the emperor's edict, issued on April 5, 1782, limiting (although it claimed ed vocation in life. The decisive step for to abolish it) the institution of personal indebtedness of peasants to their landlords. with one voice we may glorify our victo– each family is to acknowledge the Lord rious Savior. The lords could demand only 30 percent of a serf's income and production, whereas Jesus as the center and pattern of life, in Christ is Truly Risen ! before the take was limited only by what could be humanly eked from the land. our Ukrainian households, we symbolize Although Joseph H's successors revoked the edict, this was the first step toward the this by the icon set in the place of honor, Most Rev. Basil H. Losten complete abolition of serfdom in western Ukraine about 100 years later. so that all who enter may greet the Bishop of Stamford Sources: О rest Subtelny, "Ukraine: A History'' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Master of the house. (New York and New England) 1988); "Joseph 11," "Serfdom," Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vols. 2, 4 (Toronto: University of in every age, the devil attacks the fam– Feast of the Annunciation Toronto Press, 1993). ily. in our own time, television particu– March 25, 1994 No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL З, 1994 7

LETTERS TO THE ED1TOR

assistance from the former colonial Jaas andQlacis Colonial powers' Western powers. The Ukrainian struggle by Myron B. Kuropas for independence goes on today, as it did sympathy for USSR for the last 500 years against all empires, it will continue with help from Dear Editor: Ukrainians from within and abroad, and in "Analysis: Britain's 'spoiler repub– from other supporters of freedom and A PBS hatchet job lic,' (March 6), Bohdan Smondulak writes self-determination. These efforts will about the cavalier talk of British officials restore Ukraine from the status of a Any Ukrainian who watched the PBS or from opening their own schools. The regarding the viability of Ukraine's sover– Russian colony to that of a fully indepen– program "Blood and Belonging" on official language of Ukraine, however, eignty, and the diminishing sympathy for dent state. Sunday, March 27, had to be outraged. the Ukrainian president explains quite Ukraine's national aspirations. This atti– Natalia B. Lysyj The focus was on modern-day Ukraine patiently to a frowning Mr. ignatieff, is tude is not limited to Great Britain, a Canoga Park, Calif. from the perspective, not of a Ukrainian, and must be Ukrainian. defunct European colonial power, but also but of Michael ignatieff, a Canadian- Asked how he could succeed as a can be detected in attitudes of other born of Russian parentage. Ukrainian nationalist when he was once defunct colonial powers who feel more in The program, based on ignatieff s such a rabid Communist, Mr. Kravchuk common with the last European defunct Ukraine's message book "Blood and Belonging," was the explains that it is precisely because he colonial power, the Soviet Union, which is slickest piece of disinformation i've seen knew how the Communist apparat oper– economically and politically undermining is being distorted in a long time. ated and how the major Russian leaders its former colonies, including Ukraine. Returning to Ukraine, the land of his thought that he was able to successfully There unmistakably is a negative bias Dear Editor: ancestral roots, Mr. ignatieff lets the direct Ukraine during the past three years in the Western press reporting on Ukraine, Several items have appeared in the U.S. audience know early on that he has "trou– without bloodshed. as well as in pronouncements by the press which should be called to the atten– ble understanding that this is not Russia." While in Kyyiv we meet viadimir of Western political establishment, in their tion of the Ukrainian government. Groups He demonstrates his ignorance again Donetske again. This time he is described self-congratulatory posture Western lead– and individuals coming to the West repre– when he admits that he also has "trouble as the head of the Donetske "autonomy ers gloat over their Cold War "victory" senting Ukraine have included Russian understanding that the Ukrainian lan– group" demonstrating in front of the over the Soviet Union, conveniently for– language speakers. This sends a distorted guage is not a Russian dialect." Ukrainian Parliament on behalf of "jus– getting that it was not their policies but message to our fellow Americans, in the Multicultural sensitivity training is tice" for Russians. Ukrainian voters who on a cold winter day Washington Post (March 2) Robert Seely obviously not a requirement for PBS We also see scenes of the late in December of 1991 put to rest the last reports that Ukrainian President Leonid commentators. Patriarch Mstyslav kissing the Ukrainian European "evil empire," the Soviet Union. Kravchuk, in reference to Russia stated, To really get the "feel" of the impact flag during a ceremony in Kyyiv. This is However, nostalgia for the good old colo– 'They could not renounce their 1,000-year of "Ukrainian nationalism" on the new too much for Mr. ignatieff. "A flag is a nial days when "evil empires" ruled the history." This undermines the entire Ukraine, Mr. ignatieff takes the viewers piece of cloth," he pontificates, "but here world, prevails not only in Russia but as Ukrainian Millennial concept and allows to that "hotbed" of Ukrainianism, it is being invested with sacred power." well in England and in other "has-been" Russia to unapologetically continue co- Donetske. We hear from viadimir, a Also attending the ceremony is colonial countries. opting KievanRus'. Russian coal-miner, that Ukrainian President Kravchuk in an embroidered Sadly, there seems to be little scholar– in the same paper (March 6) in an arti– nationalism is making life difficult for shirt. Mr. ignatieff dismisses the shirt as ly knowledge of Ukrainian history, in cle by R. Jeffrey Smith, Mr. Kravchuk, him by making distinctions among peo– that of "a peasant." most Western histories Ukraine is char– in reference to parliamentary elections ples. "We were never conscious of By the time we get to Lviv (Lvov in acterized as an offshoot of Russian stated, "1 am absolutely convinced the national differences before," the disillu– the documentary) the stage has been set. (Muscovite) culture, postdating rather nationalist forces will never gain an sioned miner exclaims. We were a family Mr. ignatieff mentions that while than predating it. As a result such think– upper hand." This is a most unfortunate of many nationalities living in peace. Ukrainians and Russians in eastern ing is spilled over into political percep– statement for it is the very spirit of love Now it's different. Just think, the Russian Ukraine fought side by side to rid their tions that Ukraine cannot and should not for Ukraine, i.e. nationalism, that has complains to a very sympathetic Mr. homeland of the Nazis, western Ukraine function independently. aided Mr. Kravchuk and his supporters, ignatieff, "My children have to learn welcomed the Nazis and some even col– it is a belief of many Ukrainians both in the West and Ukraine. Ukrainian in the schools." Mr. ignatieff laborated with them. "This is where abroad that Ukraine should not expect if you find such events and statements feels their pain. Ukrainian nationalism is the strongest," much political support or economic troubling, please write to Ambassador Having demonstrated the hardships Mr. ignatieff intones. Oleh Bilorus at the Embassy of Ukraine, foisted upon the poor Russian population Next we see masses of people escorting The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters 3350 M. St. NW, Washington, DC in Donetske by Ukrainian insistence that the remains of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj to St. to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou– 22306. it is time for the government of people who live in their country speak George's Cathedral. The saintly Ukrainian ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi– Ukraine to act as an independent entity their language - a new-fashioned and religious leader is described as one who nals, not photocopies. and not a vassal of Russia. obviously repressive concept if we are to was "exiled" from his native land, while The daytime phone number and believe Mr. ignatieff s body language the Ukrainian Catholic Church is depicted address of the letter-writer must be given Larissa Fontana during the interview - we find ourselves as an amalgam of "Roman Catholicism for verification purposes. Bethesda, Md. in another "hotbed" of Ukrainianism, and Russian Orthodoxy." Odessa. More Russians moaning and Mr. ignatieff perceives the honor whining about such horrors as changing guard accompanying the cardinal's coffin Russian street names into Ukrainian, as "sinister." No reason is given for this Open letter from Demjcmjuk defense changing names of institutions, etc. Once view, nor is there is any mention of again Mr. ignatieff s body language Following is an open letter from the Responding to the government's Cardinal Slipyj's years of forced labor in betrays his feelings about the "tyranny" John Demjanjuk Defense Fund. motion, Mr. Demjanjuk's attorneys Siberia. The viewer is left with the of it all. impression that the "exile" was somehow Dear Friends: have asked the judge to dismiss the motion for numerous reasons - among Next we go to the Crimea, still another related to pro-fascist leanings. Developments in the case of John them being the 6th Circuit Court's find– "center" of Ukrainianism. Here we are Not everything about the PBS produc– Demjanjuk are continuing in a positive ing of fraud, which should be reason treated to an interview with a returned tion is negative. The famine is men– manner. On February 24, the 6th Circuit enough to restore John Demjanjuk's Tatar who, when asked why he came tioned, which is a long way from the Court of Appeals unanimously refused U.S. citizenship. A decision is expected back to his ancestral homeland, points to days when PBS stations refused to show the request of the United States Justice in the near future. Meanwhile, the the landscape and explains that he wants "Harvest of Despair" because it was "too Department to reconsider its earlier rul– Justice Department has stated that it will his children and grandchildren to grow one-sided," ing - that the government committed not attempt to deport Demjanjuk until up in their native land speaking their interviews with І?ула Kalynets and fraud by withholding vital information the pending legal matters have been native language. This is "nationalism at Mykola HorbaFwere also quite good. But from John Demjanjuk's defense. This resolved. its best," comments a suddenly receptive even here Mr. ignatieff can't resist giving Mr. ignatieff. his own spin. Young Ukrainian army unanimous support by all 15 judges of The appointment of a federal public in Sevastopil, a group of sailors is recruits are seen in training, and Mr. the Court of Appeals leaves the Justice defender was necessary because of John interviewed regarding who should own Horbal is heard saying that he never Department with 90 days to make a Demjanjuk's obvious indigence: the the Black Sea Fleet. Out of some eight thought he would live to see the day third and final appeal to the U.S. mountains of yet unpaid bills relating to Supreme Court. his legal defense and our inability to interviewed, seven believe it should Ukraine had its own army. "WholmJ is in December 1993 the Justice retain counsel from any major law firm belong to Ukraine. An incredulous Mr. the army being trained to fight?," Mr. Department requested federal Judge in the U.S. who would agree to work ignatieff asks, "Why?" They explain that ignatieff asks the viewer, "Russians or Frank Battisti to reaffirm or repeat his pro bono, that is, free of charge. they are Ukrainian and that Sevastopil is the enemies of nationalism?" 1981 ruling which stripped Mr. a Ukrainian city. The one holdout is a Duh. How about the enemies of As always, your continued generos– Demjanjuk of his U.S. citizenship. The Russian sailor who believes the fleet Ukraine, you twit! ity is very much needed and deeply Justice Department is still attempting would go to Russia because splitting the By presenting such a one-sided, bigot– appreciated. Donations may be sent to: to find ways to deport Mr. Demjanjuk. fleet would weaken it, and both Ukraine ed ТУ commentary, PBS has once again John Demjanjuk Defense Fund, P.O. and Russia would suffer. Mr. ignatieff served the cause of Russian imperialism, The Federal Public Defender's Office Box 44449, Brooklyn, OH 44144- nods knowingly. genocide and mendacity. in Cleveland, which has represented 0449 John Demjanjuk before the appellate Eventually, Mr. ignatieff makes it to And who foots the bill for such con– court, was recently appointed to repre– Edward W. Nishnic Kyyiv to interview President Leonid temptible twaddle? You and 1 and other sent him before Judge Battisti. John Demjanjuk Jr. Kravchuk, who explains that Russians American taxpayers. What suckers we are not forbidden from speaking Russian are! THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL З, 1994 No. 14

For example, Mykhailo Horyn lost in Over 75 percent... his native district of Lviv to Mr. Khmara in (Continued from page 1) the first round, yet many political analysts feel that the only difference between him the majority of whom are Russian, and Mr. Khmara was that Mr. Khmara responded to the plebiscite, which has no always stood in opposition to President legal binding, stating that they wanted Kravchuk, while Mr. Horyn supported the more autonomy from Ukraine and dual president as he saw necessary. citizenship. "One lesson we learned in these elec– Nearly 90 percent of the voters in tions is that the democratic forces must Luhanske and Donetske voted in favor of stand in opposition to the party in power. dual Ukrainian-Russian citizenship, mak– Otherwise we are not the opposition," ing Russian a state language alongside commented Mr. Lukianenko. Ukrainian and closer ties with the "All the democratic forces are guilty Commonwealth of independent States. of becoming too close to the party in But even with only one–tenth of the par– power. And this, no doubt put a brake on liamentary slots filled on March 27 and the process of economic reform in our runoffs scheduled for April 3 in 48 districts country," he said. and April 10 in 353 districts, the results Others who did not win seats in after the first round show a growing divi– sion between eastern and western Ukraine. Parliament were Dmytro Pavlychko, head of the parliamentary Committee on Foreign "What we see is a polarization of Relations, and valeriy ivasiuk, a young forces," commented Serhiy Holovaty, democrat and Rukh candidate from Kyyiv. who was elected to a second term as a The Communists also suffered defeat, deputy from Kyyiv, winning over 50 per– as Oleksander Kotsiuba, a Communist– cent in the first round of voting. "The highest voter turnout was at the two turned-Rukh-candidate in 1990, who extremes - Luhanske and Halychyna," he turned Communist in 1992, lost in his said, (in the Ternopil, ivano-Frankivske region. Serhiy Dorohontsov of Odessa and Lviv regions, 85-90 percent of the and Oleksander Charodeyev of Donetske also did not make it into the runoffs. electorate came out to vote; in Donetske, 1N KYYiv: President Leonid Kravchuk and his wife, Antonina, vote in electoral Luhanske and Dnipropetrovske, 70-75 district No. 22 in the city center. Races to watch percent hit the polls.) in the Ternopil, ivano-Frankivske and Lviv regions 19 Forty-nine elected Parliament Presidium), Yaroslav Perhaps one of the most interesting races deputies were elected in the first round, Kendzior, volodymyr Pylypchuk (mem– to watch in the next two weeks is the runoff Among the 49 deputies elected, while in Donetske, Luhanske and ber of the Parliament Presidium) and in the Kyyiv Oblast between two incum– according to the Central Electoral Dnipropetrovske, 14 were elected. volodymyr Marchenko (co-chair of the bents: Oleksander Moroz, the head of the Commission, there are 25 deputies Socialist Party of Ukraine). Socialist Party, and Oles Shevchenko, a "The citizens of Ukraine understand aligned with political parties; 24 classify it is interesting to note that all four of leader of the Ukrainian Republican Party very well that these are no ordinary elec– themselves as independents. tions in Ukraine. They are not just elec– Ukraine's leading economic reformers, and a former dissident. Unlike some of his tions, but they are a vote for a new state, Of the 25 who are affiliated with par- i.e. Messrs. Kuchma, Pynzenyk, democratic colleagues, Mr. Shevchenko a new Constitution, a new path for ties, 12 belong to the Communist Party of Pylypchuk and volodymyr Lanovy, were did not take off to western Ukraine in order reforms. This is a vote for future social Ukraine; four belong to the Popular elected in the first round of voting. ' to be guaranteed a seat in Parliament, but peace," said viktor Pohorilko, deputy Movement of Ukraine (Rukh); the "1 hope that we can work at combining decided to face off against a real ideologi– chairman of the Central Electoral Ukrainian Republican Party, the our programs to make them work. І am cal enemy, the leader of the Socialist Party. Commission, on Sunday afternoon, as Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, the willing to look for paths to work togeth– "Why run in a region where 1 can voter turnout surpassed all expectations Agrarian Party and the Socialist Party er, for one common goal: practical and depose another democrat? it's the enemy of government officials. claim two deputies each. The Ukrainian far-reaching economic reforms for the one has to challenge," Mr. Shevchenko Conservative Republican Party also won "1 am confident that for the runoffs we good of the people of Ukraine," said Mr. said earlier this year of his decision to one seat, as its chairman, Stepan Khmara, will have a similar voter turnout," said Lanovy at a press conference on take on Mr. Moroz. emerged victorious in Lviv. ivan Yemets, on Tuesday afternoon, Thursday afternoon, when asked if the Another race to watch is in Kyyiv, March 29, at a news conference announc– Of the 24 so-called independent candi– reformers, who all see different ways out where former Minister of Defense ing Sunday's results. dates, 15 can be labeled members of the of the economic crisis, will be able to Kostiantyn Morozov faces off against the He urged that the news media use its Ukraina Democratic Coalition, according work together in one Parliament. head of the Union of Lawyers, viktor influence to get Ukraine's citizens back to that organization's co-chairman, it is worth noting that Mr. Kuchma Medvedchuk. it is predicted that Mr. to the polls for the runoffs, which accord– Levko Lukianenko. This means that 24 received over 91 percent in the Chernihiv Morozov will win easily. ing to the law on elections must take of the elected 49 deputies are democrati– region, once again underscoring his pop– Also in Kyyiv, Minister of the place no later than two weeks after the cally oriented. ularity in Ukraine. His resounding victo– Environment Yuriy Kostenko, a Rukh can– first round, that is April 10. However, Of the 49 elected, 14 are incumbents, ry frightened some national democrats, didate, is facing off against 33-year-old each district has the right to schedule the among them, ivan Pliushch (chairman of who are worried about his interregional Semen Yuffa, considered to be one of the runoff as it chooses. the old Parliament), Leonid Kuchma (for– Bloc for Reforms (formed in alliance 20 richest men in Ukraine today. Mr. Yuffa "We have real possibilities of electing mer prime minister), vyacheslav with volodymyr Hryniov), which is a is former waiter who owns Mercur, one of a full Parliament," said Mr. Yemets, who Chornovil (chairman of Rukh), Mr. proponent of closer ties with Russia. the most successful trading businesses in Khmara, Pavlo Movchan (head of Ukraine, which includes a chain of kiosks. reported that every one of Ukraine's 450 Upsets legislative districts held valid elections, Prosvita), viktor Pynzenyk (former in 44 districts, Communists are facing i.e. that at least 50 percent of the regis– deputy prime minister), ihor Yukhnovsky, Some deputies will not be back for a off against other like-minded candidates tered voters came to the polls. (former prime minister), Les Taniuk (head second term in Parliament, and this (Socialists, Agrarians), in 18 districts, democrats are running against democrats, To Ukraine's leadership with President of Memorial and member of the comes as a surprise. in all other districts either Communists or Kravchuk at the helm, the high turnout democrats are running against indepen– comes as a surprise. The Ukrainian leader dents. has suggested on a number of occasions various ministers are also in the during the last month that he be given runoffs, among them Deputy Premiers extra powers, because if no Parliament is elected, Ukraine will be faced with a vasyl Yevtukhov and Mykola Zhulynsky, power vacuum. as well as acting Prime Minister Yukhym Zviahilsky. "1 would like the new Parliament to be responsible, reformist, professional, so Presidential elections that it can lead the country toward democracy, friendship and cooperation Already there are rumblings among with all countries of the world... reform, some political leaders to postpone the market economy, to the market. There is presidential elections currently scheduled no alternative," said the 60-year-old pres– for Sunday, June 26, but many democrats ident, after he cast his ballot in the city agree that they will not have a clear pic– center of Kyyiv on Sunday morning, ture of what to do until a new Parliament is elected. "lsaid that if there are 300 deputies "Let's wait it out 10 more days, until elected, then Parliament will be able to after the second round, to see what our work, but it won't be a full-fledged numbers in the new Parliament are," said Parliament because 150 deputies, that's Mr. Holovaty at a news conference on one-third; 12 million citizens won't be Thursday afternoon, March 31. He did represented in Parliament. So, there can't say he is optimistic about the election of a be a Parliament that makes decisions in reform-oriented legislative body. which all of Ukraine is not represented," "Mr. Kravchuk suffered a loss; he pre– he said as he strolled over to presidential 1N NEW YORK: voters examine the list of candidates posted at the Consulate dicted a vacuum of power, but the headquarters, half a block away from this General of Ukraine, where Ukrainian citizens cast their ballots for people's polling district on Luteranska Street. deputy from the Artemivsky district of Kyyiv. (Continued on page 11) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL З, 1994 9

Mejlis (parliament), said in an interview voters support... with The Weekly, "Currently we feel our (Continued from page 1) intents still parallel those of Ukraine's. Crimean Tatars: lodged between and son present. But in this political environment it could Afterwards, he said he saw no reason change. Who knows what may happen." the politics of Crimea and Ukraine to confer with President Kravchuk He said Ukraine has expressed its willing– regarding the Crimean situation, "if he ness to help the Tatars, but that currently by Roman Woronowycz wants to discuss matters, he can call me," the country is more concerned with estab– Kyyiv Press Bureau said Mr. Meshkov. lishing Tatar allegiance to Ukraine. How Mr. Meshkov feels about the SEvASTOPlL - The leader of the in fact, however, the Crimean leader Crimean Tatars said on March 30 that quickly made contact with President Crimea's status within Ukraine seems more clear. He decreed that on the eve of although the Tatars find themselves in Kravchuk. Two days after the elections, a precarious position lodged between he sent his newly appointed vice-pre– elections, as Ukrainians moved their clocks one hour forward into European the politics of the Crimea and Ukraine, mier, Yevgeny Saburov, himself a con– the large turnout for the March 27 troversial figure because he was plucked daylight savings time, Crimeans were to move an additional hour up to be in sync elections shows they are ready for the from Moscow and holds no Ukrainian political battle. citizenship, to meet with Mr. Kravchuk. with Moscow time. Although symbolic, his timing underlined his seriousness in The Crimean Tatars have been con– After talks in Kyyiv, Mr. Saburov was cerned that, with the election of Yuriy quoted by interfax as saying that if moving towards Russia. The Crimean president has also Meshkov on January 30, and now the Ukraine would agree to work out treaties strong support voiced for a larger with the Crimea, the threat of secession decreed that the Crimean flag is the only one that should fly above government degree of Crimean sovereignty from would be greatly reduced. Crimeans Ukraine, their needs would move yet filled out four separate ballots at each buildings. The banner, identical to the Russian one but for a larger white band further down the political agenda. polling station: the survey question; the However, the election results may vote for representatives to Ukraine's between the blue-and-red ones, flew above the Crimean Parliament building have helped to ease their plight. Parliament; another ballot for the Almost 78 percent of the Tatars Crimea's regional legislature; and a on March 27. Not a single Ukrainian blue-and-yellow standard was evident in turned out for the elections to the choice on whether to vote for a political provincial Crimean Parliament and to party in the Crimean Parliament instead the Crimean capital. Mustafa Jemilev, leader of the Ukraine's Supreme Council, exceed– of an individual candidate. indications are that the overwhelming Crimean Tatar Mejlis. ing the over-all Crimean turnout of 60 in party voting, Mr. Meshkov's Russia support by Crimeans for a move away the largest Tatar political party, won all percent. They have been guaranteed at Bloc took 66.9 percent. The Communist from Ukraine is tied to the poor econom– the Tatar-designated seats and took 88 least 14 of the 98 Crimean Parliament Party followed far behind with 11.1 per– ic conditions and a nostalgia this region, percent of the Tatar vote. seats and their strong, organized cent. which has a large proportion of pension– Although some have suggested the turnout could make them a force to be To complicate matters, in electoral dis– ers, feels for the days of Khrushchev and Crimean Tatars should form a coalition considered in the future. tricts where it was determined that large Brezhnev. with Ukrainians in the Crimea, who Mustafa Jemilev (previously ethnic minorities exist, voters were given Lubov Suvora is a retired factory make up about 25 percent of the popu– transliterated as Dzhemilev), who is the right to vote for different political worker who lives on 345,000 kbv a lation, Mr. Jemilev dismissed such a president of the Crimean Tatar groups representing specific ethnic minori– month. She said that more than an inde– proposal. "The Ukrainians who are Parliament, the Mejlis, and leader of ties, which were allotted seats in the struc– pendent Crimea, she wants a return to proposing this are Russified. So a bloc 242,000 Crimean Tatars, voiced some ture of the new regional parliament. The socialism. "1 am used to living that way. between them and us is not workable. optimism but mostly varying degrees Tatars were given 14 seats; the Bulgarians, it was easier then," she said. They are not the western Ukrainians, of wariness regarding the results of the Armenians and Greeks one each. Another 65-year-old Russian who like Rukh, with whom we could work," elections. The Tatars, who number about 10 would not give her name but lives less said the Tatar leader. He added that he "The situation here is very serious," percent of the population, have voiced than a block from the Tatar Mejlis said, feels Tatars are "more Ukrainian than said Mr. Jemilev. "(Mr. MeshkovJ has strong disapproval to Mr. Meshkov's "if the Crimea was independent, it would Ukrainians" in the Crimea. said he will not recognize the Mejlis as actions. However, they are just as uncer– be much easier. І have no specific reason, The Tatars feel that currently their a Parliament. He will only acknowl– tain about whether they can count on І just feel this way. And if it becomes best chance for fair political representa– edge that it is a political organization Ukraine's support. worse after... but 1 do not believe it can. tion lies with Kyyiv. However, the situ– within Crimea." Mustafa Jemilev, head of the Tatar Everything will be great." ation could change as the political cli– in an interview with The Weekly at rnate changes. Mr. Jemilev noted that the Mejlis building the day before the contact between himself and President elections, Mr. Jemilev also said that Leonid Kravchuk has intensified. He will be!" is our liturgical greeting. Mr. Meshkov has told him he will The redemption... Our risen Savior gloriously assures us: restrict the rights of the Tatars. "He On March 28, he said he spoke with (Continued from page 6) "And behold, 1 am with you always, until does not want us to retain our individ– Mr. Kravchuk, who agreed that a Tatar to believe because you have seen me? the end of the age: (Math 28, 20). The ual ethnic identity," said the Tatar representation was needed in the Blessed are those who have not seen and risen Savior even though unseen, still leader. Ukrainian Parliament but that current– have believed" (John 20,28-29). remains near us and speaks: "Behold, І However, after the Tatars threat– ly the issue was irrelevant because the Christ is Risen! This our Easter greeting stand at the door and knock, if anyone ened to boycott the parliamentary elec– president did not believe the elections publicly affirms our faith in the risen Lord hears my voice and opens the door, tions, the Ukrainian Parliament voted would be legitimate in the end. Mr. Jesus. Yet in our circumstances, and espe– (then) 1 will enter his house and dine earlier this year to ensure the Tatars Jemilev said the problem with Ukraine cially in those of our brothers and sisters in with him, and he with me" (Rev. 3, 20). hold 14 seats. The guaranteed seats, is that Kyyiv is currently more con– our native land, it is necessary to acknowl– Beloved in the Risen Christ! in this plus the possible election of six Tatars cerned with the loyalty of the Tatars edge our faith not only in words, but to blessed Easter season, marking the tri– running as independents in the second than with offering them concrete aid. confirm it also by virtuous and godly life in umph of life over death, we bid you most round of elections, could make them Some in Moscow also have made this materialistic and semi-pagan world. sincerely: open wide your hearts to the the largest opposition party in the overtures to the Tatars. "Russian vice- The holy apostle James writes: "A person risen Christ, Our Lord! invite Him to Crimea, it would hardly be a formida– Premier Sergei Shakhray has asked us is justified by works and not by faith alone" come to you and remain with you ble force - what with Crimean to talk with them. But we have told (James 2, 24). St. John the Evangelist always. He is the one true way of life, the President Meshkov's Russia Bloc him that if he and his officials are repeats this same lesson: "Children, let us one we must follow to avoid the pitfalls receiving more than 66 percent of the interested, they are invited to come love not in word or speech but in deed and of life. He is the one, eternal, unchanging vote for parties, which looks like it down and see us," said Mr. Jemilev. truth" (1 John 3, 18). By our deeds we wit– and sublime truth which must guide our will translate into 55 to 60 seats in the The Tatars were scattered through- ness much more convincingly than by lives, lest we fall into the mist of false- Crimean Parliament - but it will give out the former Soviet Union in 1944 words that we indeed believe in the hood and the snares of error. He is our the Tatars a voice. by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as ret– Resurrection of Christ. Our deeds are most Creator, who gave us life, and who sus– Mr. Jemilev said, "We feel that elec– ribution for what he perceived as effective in witnessing to the truth about tains us (cf. John 14,6). Without Him we tions have benefitted us. We think we German-Tatar collaboration. Many the risen Savior. "Your light must shine are nothing. He is all things to us. have formed a strong bloc which may ended up in Uzbekistan. They started before others, that they may see your good Therefore "grow in grace and in the stabilize the Russia Bloc." He said the returning to the Crimea around 1990 deeds and glorify your heavenly Father" knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus original goal was to win 33 percent of after Ukraine instituted a policy of (Math 5, 16). When others observe your Christ. 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Kyyiv Press Bureau "1 believe the organization of the first free elections of Ukraine went well," added Lord Agrarians; viTA POSHTOVA, Ukraine - Anatoliy Martyniuk scratched his Finsberg, "but 1 do believe that the election law head, contemplating the list of 26 candidates on his ballot as he pre– is flawed and that we will be making recommen– 40 candidates of the pared to vote in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, March 27. dations to the authorities." He explained that this The 70-year-old pensioner had always come to vote in this "klub," a is the first time Ukraine is holding democratic interregional Bloc; two-story brick building, it had served as a clubhouse for workers of the parliamentary elections and that it has to be area's state collective farm during Soviet days, but was now an admin– understood this is a learning process. 140 representatives of the istrative center for vita Poshtova, a village just 25 kilometers (19 miles) The election law will be at the center of any south of Kyyiv. He carefully consulted a bulletin board in the hallway controversy surrounding the legitimacy of "Party of Power"; that displayed campaign leaflets of every one of the 26 hopefuls, before Ukraine's parliamentary elections. The making his way to the voting booth, where he would have to cross out international Republican institute (1R1) has 140 independents and7or all but one name on the ballot, the proper way to cast a vote. identified several problems with the law. "it's very hard to pick. Before there was just one candidate on the in a statement released here on March 28, politically undifferentiated ballot, now there are 26," observed volodymyr Kubytsky, the polling the 1R1 listed several problems with the law officer at vita Poshtova, just one of the 33,600 polling stations that passed by Ukraine's Parliament in November candidates. was open for business from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 27. 1993. Rather than requiring a mix of single- "A simple guy can't choose," he added, showing the ballot, which member representation and proportional party had the names of all the candidates listed in alphabetical order. The representation, the law encourages the former, candidates whose names began with "T", "KH" and "Y" were listed which resulted in the reduced importance of Lord Finberg of the Council of Europe expe– on the reverse side of the ballot. political parties and their platforms. The 1R1 rienced two other infringements he said would "The elections took place with great enthusiasm," commented Sir statement also said the electoral law makes it be brought to the attention of authorities. At a Peter Emery, head of the European Parliament of the Conference on difficult for political parties to nominate candi– military installation he did not name, observers Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), whose delegation mem– dates by allowing parties to present nominees were not allowed on the premises to inspect bers were among the 488 who came to Ukraine as international only at local organizing meetings and not at voting procedures. "This will be brought up observers. district, regional or national nominating con– with Mr. Yemets," said Mr. Finberg. "The election law did not make it easy for these people to make a ventions. A third problem is a decision that The issue of absentee ballot voting also choice," he noted, explaining that the large number of candidates in requires that 50 percent of registered voters caused him some consternation because no every district and the complex procedure for voting hindered the must turn out in each electoral district; a observers were present when absentee voting democratic process. The average number of candidates in a district requirement that ignores the right of a citizen occurred. "All we could see were the sealed was 13; one district in Kyyiv had 31 candidates for voters to choose not to vote, noted the 1R1. ballot boxes." from. And instead of placing a check mark next to a candidate of The 1R1 release also expressed reservations Judge Bohdan Futey, an observer from the choice, a voter was obligated to cross out all other candidates, leav– regarding a requirement that a majority of international Foundation for Electoral Systems, ing one name unmarked. those actually voting must cast ballots for a questioned the high number of absentee ballots indeed, in the villages around Kyyiv there was an air of festivity, candidate to win a seat in Parliament, but with in areas where people rarely travel about. He as people in Boyarka walked the unpaved, muddy dirt road greeting a stipulation that at least 25 percent of all eligi– said, "There were a high number of absentee each other "Z Praznykom" (happy holiday). ble voters support the winner. Finally, they ballots used in collective farms. You wonder Just a few kilometers down the road from vita Poshtova, the cited a "negative voting methodology" that why such a large amount of people would be polling station at Boyarka offered a buffet serving vodka, cham– requires that voters must cross out all those away from their homes on election day, espe– pagne, sandwiches, sausages, candies and cakes. candidates they do not care for; a cumbersome cially in these areas." An old Soviet method of attracting voters to come to the polls, this and mistake-prone process when up to 31 Several of the organizations stated that until appealing buffet seemed to work, as a number of customers gathered names were on some ballots. the second go-around is done a final analysis at tables to buy goodies after they cast their votes in an adjoining Another problem addressed by the 1R1 was cannot be completed. Yet many of them left room. the financial limitations that the Parliament put three days after the initial voting. "1 voted for a good guy," said a 75-year-old retired schoolteacher, on candidates, individual candidates were who refused to be identified. "He'll bring lower prices back to our David Nummy, Ukraine director of the allowed to spend merely 6 million kbv international Republican institute said, "it is village and 1 won't have to travel to Fastiv (10 kilometers down the (approximately Si50) in their political cam– road) for bread," she said. She eyed the buffet table, adding: "Fd important to remember that the elections are paigns, which limited the extent to which they not over, it is unfair to think them free and fair love to buy my invalid husband a bottle of vodka, but on my pension could inform voters of their positions and І can't afford it." Her pension of 480,000 kbv a month (about S12) is until the second round is completed and the develop voter identification. results tarej in." barely enough to buy food for the month, as inflation has seen meat This also robbed the candidates of media prices escalate to 100,000-200,000 a kilogram (S2.50-S5), and a loaf exposure and the chance to buy promotional air of bread to over 3,000 kbv. time on commercial television and radio out- VOTER TURNOUT BY OBLAST Another man at the polling station dropped three ballots into a lets. They were left to rely on Ukrainian gov– sealed urn draped with the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag. As provided by the international Foundation ernment-owned television and radio, which for Electoral Systems based in Kyyiv. "You dropped three ballots into the box," this reporter noticed. "So provided them opportunity to debate with other what?" he responded. "My wife is at work and my son, he wants to sleep candidates only in scheduled government pro- this morning," he said gruffly and quickly exited the polling station. grams. The 1R1 said their observers "heard Cherkasy 79.12 Elections officials looked the other way when such irregularities consistent accounts that coverage was uneven, Chernihiv 82.3 took place. "We've always done it this way," observed a voter wait– with the 'party of power' candidates receiving Chernivtsi 81 ing around for a variety show to start. much greater coverage." The local youth ensemble, called varenychky, was rehearsing Crimea 60.8 Ms. Farnsworth of ND1 said that problems Dnipropetrovske 71.1 Ukrainian folk songs and dances in the auditorium. Dressed in brightly also existed in the transport of mobile ballot Donetske 72.1 colored Ukrainian national costumes, they offered entertainment for the boxes, which were supposed to be utilized to lvano-Frankivske 88.17 weary population which has seen its economy decline, unemployment allow invalids and the elderly to vote. She said increase and the standard of liv– that boxes were not being accounted for as Kirovohrad 77.5 ing plummet to all-time lows. they entered and left the polling station. Kharkiv 71 "Do you know when 1 voted "How can you assure the security of a Kherson 72 for Ukraine's independence on mobile box when just as one comes in another Khmelnytske 85.47 December 1, 1991, Ukraine was one goes out? We could not ascertain whether Kyyiv City 56 the best off economically of all they were properly sealed or whether the bal– Kyyiv Oblast 75.59 the Soviet republics. We were in lots were properly accounted for," she noted. first place, and now we are in Luhanske 74.83 last," said Mr. Martyniuk. She also expressed reservations about a Lviv 85.5 process whereby the Central Electoral Mykolayiv 72.21 All day Sunday people made Commission of Ukraine granted individuals their way to the polls - 75 per– Odessa 64 born before 1930 the right to vote at home by Poltava 84.03 cent came out to cast their vote means of a mobile box. By law the pensioners Rivne for a better economic future, in were supposed to call and register. But at one 84.56 the city of Kyyiv, voter turnout polling location the commissioners were phon– Sevastopil 50.47 was lower than in the country- ing them and asking if they would agree to a Sumy 68.4 side, with only 57 percent of the mobile box being brought to them. Ternopil 90.3 capital's citizens voting. The vinnytsia 82 polls were open all day, and "if you are going to provide mobile box ser– families took outings to their vice," added Ms. Farnsworth, "it should be volyn 84.2 polling stations. The ill and bed– offered to everybody." Her implication was that Zakarpattia 71.96 volodymyr Kubytsky, a voter in older individuals tended to vote for candidates Zaporizhzhia 68.47 vita Poshtova. (Continued on page 15) whose policies represented the old Soviet system і Zhytomyr 82.94 with which pensioners are more comfortable. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL З, 1994 11

elections, and now we must act on it," he Over 75 percent... said appearing on television after he won (Continued from page 8) his seat in Parliament. Ukrainian people ruined this political However, Mr. Chornovil, another scenario for Mr. Kravchuk... They went first-round winner who ran in the to the polls," he said. Ternopil district, was more cautious "Now, he would like to see presiden– about holding elections, justifying his tial elections postponed," observed Mr. reasoning by the fact that no Constitution Lanovy, who also was elected to the has been passed that clearly defines the Parliament from a Kyyiv city district in duties and role of the president. the first round. "1 would like to know what kind of Parliament Chairman Pliushch, who president we are electing before we go was elected to Parliament in the first out and elect him," noted Mr. Chornovil. round of voting from his native "Will he be just a head of state, or the Chernihiv region, said he sees no reason head of the executive branch?" to postpone presidential elections. Although registration for presidential "1 am very pleased that parliamentary candidates was to begin on March 26, elections took place in every district, and three months before the scheduled elec– І call upon the Ukrainian people to come tions, as The Weekly was going to press, to the polls for the runoffs. І also feel that only one of the expected presidential con- there is too much talk about whether or tenders, Mr. Kuchma, had announced his not presidential elections will take place. candidacy. Messrs. Kravchuk, Pliushch We've passed the law on presidential and Chornovil made no declarations. The polling station at Boyarka, a village outside of Kyyiv,

CANDIDATES ELECTED IN FIRST ROUND OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS FOR THE RECORD: Oblast Candidate PartySAffiliation District Sen. Lautenberg Chernihiv lvan Pliushch Speaker of Parliament Я445 on Ukraine's election Leonid Kuchma interregional Bloc for Reforms Я448 Chernivtsi Heorhiy Fylypchuk Ukraina Democratic Coalition Я437 Following is the text of a statement on Ukraine's parliamentary elections by Crimean Republic valeriy Horbatov tf37 Sen, Frank R. Lautenberg that was entered into the Congressional Record Dnipropetrovske Yevhen Chulakov Agrarian Party of Ukraine Я99 on March 25. Donetske volodymyr Cherepkov Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) Я117 Mr. President: Recently, Ukrainian Heorhiy vyshnevetsky Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) Я120 President Leonid Kravchuk visited our Kostiantyn Okhrymenko CPU Я123 country. This was an important visit, Oleksiy Shekhovtsov Я128 because the U.S. relationship with Anatoliy Hunov Я130 Ukraine is of enormous strategic impor– Yevhen Scherban Я148 tance to our country. Petro Symonenko CPU (First Secretary) Я150 in a recent article in Foreign Affairs, Zbigniew Brzezinski argues that the lvano-Frankivske volodymyr Pylypchuk Ukraina Democratic Coalition Я196 future stability and independence of volodymyr Muliava Democratic Party of Ukraine (DPU) ff197 Ukraine is of paramount importance to Pavlo Movchan Ukraina Democratic Coalition Я198 America's foreign policy interests. Many Stepan volkovetsky DPU Я199 other analysts, both within and outside Roman Krutsyk Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists Я202 the Clinton administration, agree with (CUN) this assessment. The key question is, what will best insure Ukraine's stability Yevhen Proniuk Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) Я205 and independence? Kyyiv City volodymyr Lanovy Я17 Many are concerned about the eco– Serhiy Holovatyy Rukh nomic conditions in Ukraine, inflation stands at an annual rate of 6,500 percent, Kyyiv volodymyr Kravchuk Я215 and an energy crisis has led to sharp Anatoliy Danileyko Я221 reductions in industrial output, tempo– Luhanske valentyn Yeshkov CPU Я241 rary layoffs of hundreds of thousands of workers, and the closing of the universi– Anatoliy Levchenko CPU Я243 ties for most of the winter. Oleksiy Dmytrenko ft244 in spite of these problems, the United viktor Tsybenko CPU Я249 States government should uphold the inde– Oleksander Cherenkov CPU Я253 pendence of Ukraine and demonstrate its Dmytro Petrenko CPU Я255 support of the inviolability of its borders. Yuriy Donchenko CPU Я259 Mr. President, in the midst of these ten– Lviv Stepan Khmara Ukrainian Conservative Republican Я261 sions, Ukraine will hold an election on Party (UCRP) Sunday, March 27. Ukrainian citizens will lhor Yukhnovsky Я263 go to the polls to elect a new Parliament. viktor Pynzenyk NovaKhvylia(NK) Я264 The current Parliament was elected back in 1990, before Ukraine was an independent Les Taniuk Rukh tf267 state and before it had substantial experi– Evhen Zherebetsky Rukh Я270 ence in running a free and fair election. lhor Kolyushko NK Я272 This upcoming election will go a long lvan Bilas CUN Я278 way toward determining what kind of a Mykhailo Kosiv Rukh Я279 future Ukraine will have. For one thing, it Yaroslav Kendzior Rukh Я280 may start the process of breaking the polit– Odessa Mykhailo Miaskovsky CPU Я310 ical logjam that has made it difficult for the Ukrainian government to more effec– Poltava Hryhoriy Omelchenko Ukrainian Officers Union (UOU) Я322 tively address the country's desperate eco– nomic situation, in addition, if the elec– Sumy volodymyr Marchenko SPU Я348 tions are perceived by the people of Ukraine as being free and fair, they will Ternopil vyacheslav Chornovil Rukh tf357 hopefully begin a process of strengthening Mykhailo Ratushny CUN Я359 the Ukrainian people's trust in their gov– Yuriy Tima UNA-UNSO Я365 і ernment and belief in the reform process, Transcarpathia Orest Klympush Я172 which has been badly shattered by the events of the past several years. Clearly, a volyn Oleksander Skypalsky UOU Я66 strong relationship between the people of Ukraine and the government they elect to Zaporizhzhia viacheslav Bielsky Я189 represent them will bode well for the Zhytomyr Yuriy Spizhenko Я195 future of democracy in Ukraine.... 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL З, 1994 No. 14

ratings as he's matured in the league, it has been the success of the team, howev– Щскву update er, that has mattered the most to this 29- year-old Windsor, Ontario, native. New by lhor Stelmach Jersey's second pick in the first round of the 1982 entry draft (18th over all) explains why. Ken Daneyko: a better plus-minus rating than Daneyko, "The reason we're winning is we're while serving as a steady force in front of giving up a lot fewer goals," he said. (At substance over style his goalies, Chris Terreri and Martin press time, the Devils and Buffalo were Kenny Daneyko, Ukrainian defense- Brodeur. first in the NHL in goals against.) "The man with the hot New Jersey Devils, is "Over all, 1 definitely think this is my guys are feeling confident right now after never going to win any praise for style best season, i'm really happy with the several up-and-down years. We've start– points. On a team loaded with European way things are going right now," said ed to pull together and play as a team, finesse players, including Russian center Daneyko as the Devils prepared to meet which has taken some time. We've had Alexander Semak, wingers Bobby Holik the New York islanders in a recent so many different styles, it's been tough (Czech) and Уаіегі Zelepukin (Russian), Atlantic Division tussle. to mesh. The team is really coming plus slick, Soviet stickhandling defender "1 think i've played probably the most together at the right time of the season. viacheslav Fetisov, Daneyko sometimes consistent hockey of my career. І don't "it's a combination of a lot of things. seems out of place. feel i've gone through real bad stretches You can't really pinpoint one thing. No The Devils are now tied in terms of this year, which i've done in the past, question Jacques Lemaire (new head Ken Daneyko points (101) with the New York Rangers, i've been able to chip in a little offen– coach) and Larry Robinson (new assis– to play, he might top 200 once again. who hold first place in the Atlantic sively once in a while (73-1-8-9-170 tant coach) have helped. They're both Reminiscing a bit, Daneyko called Division and the Eastern Conference — РІМ). Of course, you're only pleased great leaders. The guys respect them a 1991-1992 his toughest season with New indeed in the entire NHL. However, the with yourself at the end of a season if the lot. They're from great winning traditions Jersey. That particular year he lost some Rangers have the edge over the Devils by team does well. That's the key." with tons of experience." sleep, a lot of money and perhaps some virtue of their 47-23-7 record. The The Devils, are on target to establish Creating havoc has always been one of respect from opposing forwards who Devils are 45-21-11. all sorts of new franchise records for Daneyko's specialties. He has led the took advantage of the veteran defense- With the Devils passing the 100-point points, wins and other goodies. They are Devils too many years in penalty minutes, man's personal struggle. Off-the-ice legal mark for the first time in franchise histo– being touted as a strong Stanley Cup con- accumulating 239-283-216-249-170-236 and financial troubles with former agent ry and recently setting a franchise-record tender in a year of divisional and confer– in only the past six campaigns. He's Harvey Lakind affected Kenny's on-ice nine-game unbeaten streak, Daneyko's ence realignment, which thus far shows topped the 200-minute mark five of his performance and placed his name in a performance has begun to speak for no true favorite. Although Daneyko has first 10 seasons thus far. in 1993-1994, itself. Few of the Devils' blueliners have dramatically improved his plus-minus with 170 minutes and still 10 plus games (Continued on page 13)

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As a youngster, he was Competition held in Washington. immersed in Ukrainian culture: he The John Stetch Quartet will appear in Gallery of the Ukrainian Artists Assn. danced in Cheremshyna, sang in SUMK the following cites: Thunder Bay, April 136 Second Avenue Choir and played with the Dumka 14; Regina, April 15; Saskatoon, April New York, NY 10003 Orchestra and the Raging Hutsuls. For 16; Ottawa, April 19; Montreal, April 20- five years he attended the cultural 21; Winnipeg, April 22; Edmonton, April k 4th Floor immersion camps of the Mohyla institute 23; Yellowknife, April 29; vancouver, ffi?^– and "Selo." in 1990, he performed at the April 30; victoria, May 1; Toronto, May Chervona Ruta Festival of Modern 3-8. Ukrainian Music in Chernivtsi. For more information, contact your АРІШ. 26 - MAY 10 Mr. Stetch completed his music degree local jazz society or Zenia Stechishin at 15 DAYS at McGill University and has since relo– (416)923-3405. 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FRANKIVSK Kharkiv's Ecological Fund. beneficial character of the visit, Dr. Piper wwssie said that although the guests would bene– Dr. Plokhy, a historian, is head of the KYYIV - HOTEL RUS JLVIV - GRAND HOTEL Department of interconfessional issues at fit from their stay at the university, "we the institute of Ukrainian Archeography, tend to think that we are going to learn AIR ONLY - APRIL 1-30- TUESDAY DEPARTURES Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. more from you than you are going to Mr. Yevdokimov, an environmental learn from us." in his remarks, Dr. Kohut noted that 1.00 and natural resource economist, is a TAX INCLUDED senior researcher at the Gas Research one of the QUS's primary roles was to Si Ukraine "ЯГ 600 institute, Ukrainian Academy of promote Ukrainian studies, whereas most Sciences, Kyyiv. of the guests are specialists in fields out- mNJ (201 ) 731-1132 1-800-487-5327 An outline of a program of research side of Ukrainian studies. However, Dr. and7or training has been developed for Kohut continued, the ClUS's own work -ЕІШ Dl ASPORAS^– involves constant contact with Ukraine, each guest, based on his7her particular -Z^Z Eivn-ERRRtSES. lNC.rr^ ^,, ^,, specialty and interests. 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He stressed that the Табір відбудеться на СОЮЗІВЦІ у двох групах: ing field trips to Alberta energy compa– members of the group felt honored to be від 4-го до 10-го липня, 1994 р. ^ від 10-го до 16-го липня, 1994 р. nies' work sites and visiting main offices. the first to be chosen by the Canadian ОПЛАТА ЗА ПОБУТ НА СОЮЗІВЦІ: за батька, або матір і за одну дитину S75.00 денно. В ціну є вже включені податки й обслуга. За кожну додаткову дитину On February 22, the guests from government for this program and noted оплата S7.00 денно. Члени УНСоюзу одержують 1007о знижки. Ukraine were officially greeted on behalf that they chose to come to the University Замовлення кімнат із $50.00 завдатку висилати на адресу: of the University of Alberta by Dr. of Alberta because it has a very good Martha Piper, vice-president (research), reputation in Ukraine, primarily because ТАБІР ПТАШАТ and by Dr. Zenon Kohut, C1US acting of the work of the C1US. 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the past eight-plus campaigns, Ken Planning a trip to Pro hockey Daneyko has definitely earned the (Continued from page 12) respect of, first and foremost, his team- mates. And, second to none, the undoubt– series of trade rumors. ed respect of the rest of the players in the "At times 1 heard rumors, and it UKRAINE? National Hockey League. always plays on your mind a little," Personalized Daneyko readily admitted. "1 want to Yet to this day he does not hesitate to drop his gloves, if necessary, to prove a Travel Service at play here. This is my home, my team. Г11 probably end up living here after my point, defend a teammate, gain revenge, Reasonable Rates YEVSHAN career is over. І love it here. Fve been a stir things up or gain some turf. 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Friday, April 8 University of Saskatchewan, who will PREVIEW OF EVENTS address the topic "University of NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Artists Saskatchewan initiatives in Ukraine," to be Association and the Literary7Art Club are Association, 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. Research institute, Ministry of Economy, held at the Sheraton Cavalier, 612 Spadina holding an authors' evening featuring The gallery will open at 1 p.m. for viewing. Ukraine, and Humphrey Fellow, Boston Crescent E., during a noontime buffet lun– Bohdan Boychuk and Maria Rewakowycz, Among the art featured will be works by University, who will speak on "Macro- cheon. Attendance at the luncheon should be to be held at the association's gallery, 136 Moroz, Hnizdovsky and Hryshchenko; there Economic Regulation of the Ukrainian confirmed three days in advance of date. Second Ave., fourth floor, at 7 p.m. The will also be antiques for sale. Economy in Transition: Problems and Luncheon: S107person. For further informa– exhibit of graphics on the theme of Prospects," to be held at the HUR1 seminar tion, call (306) 374-2105, (306) 242-5003. Shevchenko's poetry will be on view until YONKERS, N.Y.: The Ukrainian National room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., 4-6 p.m. April 8. Gallery hours: Friday, 6-8 p.m.; Women's League of America, Branch 119, Thursday, April 21 Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. presents a screening of "The Helm of Friday, April 15 Destiny," to be held at St. Michael's TORONTO: The Canadian Society for Saturday, April 9 Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, 21 NEW YORK: World information Transfer, Ukrainian Architecture is presenting a lec– ture with slides presentation by Nestor MAPLEWOOD, N.J.: A Goods and Shonnard Place, at 4 p.m. The film is narrat– a United Nations affiliated NGO that pro- Mykytyn, lecturer on avant-garde and mod– Services Auction, to benefit St. John the ed in English by Academy Award-winning motes environmental literacy, is convening ern art, who will speak on "The Forgotten Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School, will be actor of Ukrainian descent Jack Palance. the third international conference on "Health Avant-Garde: vasyl Yermilov and Soviet held at the Women's Club of Maplewood, The film was produced and directed by and the Environment: Global Partners for Ukraine in the 1920s," to be held in Room 60 Woodland Road., 7-11 p.m. Admission: Slavko Nowytski and sponsored by the Global Solutions," to be held at the United 103, School of Architecture and Landscape S7, at the door; S5, in advance. Free refresh– Ukrainian National Association. The docu– Nations. The conference is co-sponsored by ments, cash bar. For further information, call mentary depicts the chronological stages of the Government of Malaysia. The confer– Architecture, 230 College St., University of Daria Knarvik, (201) 762-1305. the Ukrainian immigration to the United ence theme is "Nutrition, Contamination and Toronto. The lecture is being held in com– States, it portrays the hardship endured by Health." Among the guest speakers will be memoration of the 100th anniversary of the HARTFORD, Conn.: The Hartford chapter early immigrants and describes the great Dr. A. Kirichenko of Kyyiv, who will give a birth of Yermilov, one of Ukraine's most of the Ukrainian Patriarchal Society invites contributions made by Ukrainians in the presentation on Chornobyl. The all-day pro- innovative artists, prominent in the early the public of Greater Hartford to a lecture by military, the arts and sciences, and sports. gram runs from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., with a Soviet avant-garde. Please direct any ques– Dr. Borys Gudziak, director, institute of Tickets: adults, S4; children, S2. break for lunch. Although the conference is tions to (416) 537-8650. Church History, Lviv, who will speak on Refreshments will be served. free of charge, registration is necessary in "Youth and Renewal of the Lviv Academy of order to secure passes to the U.N. Luncheon ONGOING Theology," to be held at St. Michael's Monday, April 11 (optional), S75. To register, call W1T, (212) NEW YORK: The display and sale of Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 125 TORONTO: The Hungarian cultural society 696-2037; fax: (212) 532-1775. pysanky by Sophia Zielyk and Stefa Wethersfield Ave., at 6:30 p.m. For additional itt Ott at the University of Toronto is holding Charczenko is taking place at the Cathedral information, call Alexander Pryshlak, (203) a lecture by Prof. Paul Robert Magocsi, chair Saturday, April 16 of St. John the Divine, 113th Street and 563-2717. of Ukrainian Studies, on the "Hungarians in CRANFORD, N.J.: The 19th annual her– Amsterdam Avenue. Gift shop hours: daily, BALT1MORE, Md.: The Ukrainian Ukraine (Transcarpathia)," to be held at itage festival ball will be held at the 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Medical Association of North America University College, Room 140, at 7 p.m. Coachman inn; Exit 136, Garden State March 22-April 22 (UMANA), Washington-Maryland-virginia Tuesday, April 12 Parkway. Share an enjoyable evening with branch, will be hosting a video presentation people of different ethnic backgrounds. Join NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.: The exhibit on 'The American Military Medical Mission NEW YORK: Poet and Harriman institute in the "Parade of Dress" by wearing your "Spring Delights: watercolors by Myroslawa to Ukraine," to be held in St. Michael's associate Yuriy Tarnawsky will give a talk, national dress. Cocktails, dinner, open bar; Stojko," is being held at Elizabeth Ann Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, 2401 Eastern "Tradition vs. innovation: Ukrainian Poetry folk entertainment and dancing to the Chet Seton Memorial Gallery, St. Peter High Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Participants include Col. in the 1990s," at the Harriman institute, Kayer Orchestra. Tickets: S45. For informa– School, 175 Somerset St. The exhibit Askold Mosijczuk, Lt. Col. Yaromyr Columbia University, Room 1512, tion, contact Chris Banasewycz Miele, (908) includes primarily large format works fea– Oryshkevych, and Maj. inia Yevich. For fur– international Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th 699-9144. turing flower imagery, still life and spring ther information, contact Roman Stelmach, St., at noon. landscapes. The artist's work has recently (410)997-0853. Sunday, April 17 returned from an exhibit with Asia's Thursday, April 14 international Watercolor League in Korea Sunday, April 10 ROCHESTER, N.Y.: The Ukrainian CAMBR1DGE, Mass.: The Harvard National Women's League of America, where it took honors. A member of the NEW YORK: An art auction of the estate Ukrainian Research institute is holding a Upstate New York Regional Council- Raritan valley Art Association, Ms. Stojko of Wasyl Weresh will take place at 2 p.m. at lecture by vasiliy Litvinov, chief of sector Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse branches-is also holds advanced degrees in science and the gallery of the Ukrainian Artists for Macro-Economic Regulation, Scientific holding its annual conference and elections, teaches biology at St. Peter High School. which will be held at St. Josaphat School For additional information, contact Linda hall, Stanton Lane, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., to be vonderschmidt-La Stella, gallery director, followed by a banquet at 1:30 p.m. cele– (908) 846-8046 8 a.m.-3 p.m. brating the 50th anniversary of the UNWLA publication Our Life. Guest ADVANCE NOTICE speaker at the banquet will be UNWLA July 1-August 15 President Anna Krawczuk. KYYiv: The international School of SHAMOK1N, Pa.: An informational Ukrainian Studies is holding its 8th summer seminar on the new products and services session. Among the courses offered are of the Ukrainian National Association Air Ukraine intensive Ukrainian, with 35 hours of will be held at the Holy Transfiguration instruction daily, at beginner, intermediate of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church, and advanced levels. All 1SUS instructors 303 N. Shamokin St., at 12:30 p.m. To reserve a place, call the local UNA sales have Ph.Ds. in philology and vast experi– office in Allentown, (610) 821-5800. ence teaching Ukrainian as a second lan– Reservations should be made by April 4. guage. Extensive use is made of audio and video material as well as a special computer Non-Stop Service PARMA, Ohio: An informational semi– program (Kyyivan frescos). Also offered are nar about the new products and services of Ukrainian history, culture and civilization, the Ukrainian National Association pre– literature and art. A cultural program is sented by Robert M. Cook, director of designed to orient students with contempo– New York to Kyyiv UNA insurance operations, will be held at rary Ukraine. There will be an excursion to St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church Lviv; the final week of the session will be hall, 5720 State Road, at 12:30 p.m. To held in the Crimea. Application deadline Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays reserve a place, call the local UNA sales was April 1; (given that the notice was not office at (216) 888-4919. Reservations sent out in advance, we assume that "late" should be made by April 4. applications will be considered.! Total pro- Wednesday, April 20 gram cost including room and board, Si, 150 (US); airfare not included. 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