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INSIDE: • U.S.-Ukraine Foundation receives grant of nearly $7 million — page 3. • Church cornerstone blessed in Zarvanytsia — page 10. • Peremyshl’s Basilian complex undergoes renovation — page 11. HE KRAINI A N EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXV No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine Odesa editor is gunned dow n Kuchma continues Cabinet appointments by Khristina Lew investigators had evidence Mr. Kyiv Press Bureau Derevianko had been tailed by unidenti- with a view toward “reformist potential” fied persons for some time prior to his KYIV — The founding editor of death. In an interview with the newspa- by Khristina Lew Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko Odesa’s leading independent newspaper per Kyiv Post in April, Mr. Derevianko Kyiv Press Bureau told a press conference on August 13 that was gunned down one block from his admitted that he had been threatened on the government had been streamlined to office on August 11. Borys Derevianko, KYIV — A vacationing President focus on key spheres of interest: indus- numerous occasions, which he attributed Leonid Kuchma continued the process of editor-in-chief of Vechernaya Odesa, try, the agro-industrial complex, the to Vechernaya Odesa’s “commitment to appointing a new Cabinet of Ministers, died after being shot four times during financial-economic sphere, and social- constant opposition to all those in posi- and by August 14 all but three ministers his morning walk to work. Police had a humanitarian policies. tions of power in the city.” had been named to the new government. suspect in custody on August 12. The choice of ministers for the new Alla Koresiuk, a reporter for On August 8 the Ukrainian president Colleagues and co-workers maintain Vechernaya Odesa who also has received government was not “cosmetic surgery,” that Mr. Derevianko’s killing was politi- signed a decree appointing National death threats, said her mentor’s credo he said, but “people chosen for their cally motivated. He also held a seat on Deputy Anatolii Holubchenko as first was “always challenge authority, always reformist potential.” the Odesa City Council. vice prime minister. The 47-year-old Mr. seek the truth.” She told the Kyiv Post “This is not a coalition government, Mr. Derevianko founded Vechernaya Holubchenko hails from Mariupol and is that the killing of Mr. Derevianko “could but a government team that will focus on Odesa 23 years ago; on its pages he fre- a metallurgical engineer. In 1992-1995 only have been in the interest of the city stabilizing Ukraine’s economic situa- quently accused local officials of corrup- he served as minister of industry. authorities, who are worried about our On August 11 President Kuchma tion,” he underlined. tion. At the time of his death, the news- Mr. Pustovoitenko added that the gov- paper had over 75,000 subscribers. newspaper’s strong opposition to them in replaced retiring Vice Prime Minister the [March 1998] mayoral elections.” Ivan Kuras with Valerii Smolii. The 47- ernment’s top priority is to pay 370 million Acting Procurator General Oleh hrv. in back wages and pensions, which Lytvak said on August 12 that Mr. Mr. Derevianko’s killing is the latest year-old Dr. Smolii served as the director in a series of crimes against journalists in of the National Academy of Sciences will be financed from the proceeds of the Derevianko’s “critical statements in the first Eurodollar note sales managed by the paper about the situation in Odesa and Ukraine. In March a Kievskiye Institute of Ukrainian History. Mr. Japanese firm Nomura International. Odesa Oblast” may have prompted the Viedomosti correspondent was found Kuchma also appointed Valerii Cherepa The new Cabinet of Ministers will be killing. dead in Kyiv. Police ruled his death a as minister of transport. introduced to the Ukrainian public at a “The killing of Derevianko has shaken suicide, but colleagues said they believed The new Cabinet of Ministers is com- ceremony to be held at the Mariinskyi Ukrainian society, and we will do all we it was murder. The culture editor of the posed of 21 ministries and 23 state com- Palace on August 22. The ceremony is can to solve this case,” he said. There are newspaper Den (Day) died after suffering mittees. Ministers of justice, information, eight witnesses to Mr. Derevianko’s from burns he claimed were inflicted by and family and youth have yet to be scheduled to be broadcast on Ukrainian killing, and police have circulated assailants who poured gasoline on him appointed. Television’s Channel 1. sketches of two men who had inquired and set it afire. Police said he electrocut- about the editor’s personal habits several ed himself while walking along a rail- days before he was killed. way. Medical institutions in Ukraine try The 57-year-old Mr. Derevianko had Acting Procurator General Lytvak said been beaten twice since 1995. Ivan 42 crimes had been committed against Hryhorenko, chief of the Internal Affairs journalists in 1996 and the first half of to cope with rise in thyroid cancers Ministry for the Odesa Oblast, told a 1997. One-fourth of those crimes took press conference on August 12 that place in the Odesa Oblast. by Khristina Lew equipment,” explained Dr. Ihor Kyiv Press Bureau Komissarenko, chief of the institute’s surgical department, who with his late KYIV — The Ukrainian Academy father, Dr. Vasyl Komissarenko, creat- Bubka extends streak to six of Sciences’ Institute of ed the institute in 1965. Endocrinology is located on the north- Across town, in Kyiv’s eastern reach- ern outskirts of Kyiv. It is a forebod- es, is the Ukrainian Center of Endocrine at world meet in Athens ing building, its unlit hallways fre- Surgery and Transplantation. Created by quented by women with gauze dress- presidential decree in 1994, the center by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj said. “It’s amazing to see him win six titles ings wrapped around their necks. at the world championships.” rents space from the Kharkiv Raion JERSEY CITY, N.J. — To the roar of In the institute’s surgical division, Hospital, and is sponsored by Ukraine’s As the year began, Mr. Bubka’s freshly washed disposable rubber 60,000 spectators in Athens, Ukraine’s prospects of retaining the mantle of world Ministry of Public Health. Dr. Sergey Bubka vaulted over a bar set 6.01 gloves line the radiators beneath dusty Komissarenko serves as the center’s champion looked grim. In a warm-up to the windows. Surgeons perform opera- meters (19 feet, 8.5 inches, or over two sto- 1996 Olympic competition in Atlanta, he general director, and splits his time ries) above the ground at the International tions in the remnants of scrubs, their between the institute and the center. had cleared the highest height achieved that heads swaddled in gauze. Amateur Athletic Federation’s world year (6.02), but it cost him. He sustained a The 60-bed center takes up three championships on August 10, reaffirming The surgical division has 50 beds, floors of the Kharkiv Raion Hospital and severe injury to his right Achilles’ tendon and its four surgeons perform eight to his pre-eminence in a sport he has dominat- and had to withdraw (Frenchman Jean is equipped with modern technology. ed since his arrival on the scene in the early 10 thyroid-related operations a day, The Ministry of Health purchased $1 Galfione eventually took gold with a vault three days a week. In 1996 the insti- 1980s. His jump extended the greatest win- of 5.92). In December came surgery. million in equipment for angiograms for ning streak in the championships’ history. tute’s surgical staff performed 663 thy- the center, and it boasts a separate cytol- In January, the Luhansk native still roid operations; in 1980, 391. Since the By claiming the gold in his event, the had not recovered sufficiently to compete ogy laboratory, biochemical laboratory 1986 explosion at the Chornobyl 33-year-old Mr. Bubka continued his in an international pole vaulting competi- and diagnostics room. It also has a school nuclear power plant some 60 miles reign as the only athlete to take top hon- tion he organizes in Donetsk, where he for diabetics, where instruction is supple- north of the institute, each year 50 to 60 ors in all six world competitions since grew up. In fact, the Agence France mented by computers and videoplayers. of those patients have been children. their inception in 1983 (see sidebar on Presse quoted him on January 22 as com- Surgeons perform operations in brightly Most of the equipment in the oper- page 13). Germany’s world champion in plaining of chronic burning sensations in lit rooms, to strains of classical music. discus, Lars Riedel, 30, who won his his legs and voicing feelings that it might ating room was donated as humanitari- In 1996 the center performed 770 event for the fourth time in succession be time to retire. an aid by Italians and Germans. The thyroid-related surgeries. that same day, is the only other competi- It was not until April that doctors institute is currently awaiting the Despite the improved conditions at the tor to come close. allowed Mr. Bubka to resume training, arrival of a gamma camera donated by center, both the institute and the center Maksim Tarasov of Russia, who took the even advising him against walking. One the European Association of Thyroid are overwhelmed by an increasing num- silver medal by clearing 5.96 meters in the of the main draws for the “World’s Best” Gland Specialists. pole vault, was in awe. “That 6.01 was one “We have no money, no budget, no (Continued on page 3) of his best jumps that I have ever seen,” he (Continued on page 13) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 No. 33 Verkhovna Rada to reconvene Kyiv Press Bureau Parliament held its last plenary meeting on July 18, then continued to work in com- KYIV — Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada mittees and in districts. President Kuchma Foreign investment increases Crimea, killing one person. Militia res- will continue the work of its seventh ses- repeatedly said he does not plan to dis- cued 35 detainees from a flooded jail sion with a full plenary meeting on solve the current Verkhovna Rada, and on KYIV — Foreign investment in Ukraine house, UNIAN reported on August 12. August 15. Planes have been chartered to August 8 predicted that parliamentary totaled $335.5 million during the first half (RFE/RL Newsline) bring back vacationing national deputies elections would take place in March 1998. of 1997, a 46.1 percent increase over the to the Ukrainian capital from Crimea. Earlier, during his Constitution Day same period last year, Ukrainian Television State Property Fund on land... In early August national deputies address on June 27, the Ukrainian presi- reported on August 13, citing government began calling for the resumption of the statistics. The largest investors were the KYIV — On August 1, Volodymyr dent had called for the postponement of Lanovyi, acting director of Ukraine’s seventh session prior to August 18, at United States ($315 million), Germany the March elections. On August 8 he State Property Fund, announced that the which time President Leonid Kuchma ($165.9 million), the Netherlands ($160.2 reversed himself, claiming he had pro- SPF will discontinue small lot sales and could constitutionally dissolve the posed postponing elections because five million), Great Britain ($130.9 million), Cyprus ($116.4 million), Russia ($114.2 will concentrate on larger lots. Mr. Verkhovna Rada if it failed to resume its parliamentary factions had approached Lanovyi told the InfoBank news agency plenary work within 30 days. him with that request. million) and Liechtenstein ($103.1 mil- lion). Investments are mainly in the food that small lot sales are a breeding ground industry, machine building, metal process- for speculators whose only purpose is to ing, finance and insurance, construction make purchases at the lowest possible U.S. Embassy continues investigations into visa issue and construction materials production, and price and then seek foreign buyers. The former Cabinet member said such prac- Kyiv Press Bureau In December 1996 the ministry had the chemical and petrochemical industries. (RFE/RL Newsline) tices led to the demise of Ukraine’s announced that foreigners traveling to cement industry. However, Mr. Lanovyi KYIV — The U.S. Embassy to Ukraine Ukraine from countries that have Luhansk miners continue strike said a far greater problem is the continues to “very seriously look into the Ukrainian embassies and consulates must Parliament’s refusal to lift the 20 percent matter” of U.S. citizens being denied the purchase visas prior to their arrival. LUHANSK — The Luhansk Oblast Value Added Tax on foreign investment. ability to purchase Ukrainian visas at Visas were still readily purchased by administration on August 13 negotiated He said domestic companies that man- Boryspil International Airport, a spokesman Americans at Boryspil Airport until mid- with picketers and hunger-strikers from aged to attract investors suddenly face said on August 14. July, after which some 20 Americans with- the Krasnodon mine, UNIAN reported. massive charges from the government. Serhii Zaitsev, information assistant at the out visas were forced to return to the Of the 300 people who have been picket- He cited the example of a brewery in United States Information Service in Kyiv, Western European cities where their flights ing the administration since July 7, 170 Nizhen which received $1 million (U.S.) said the American side is “continuing inten- originated. are on a hunger strike. The miners are in equipment and was slapped with a sive discussions with Ukraine’s Ministry of As of August 7 Germans were still able demanding that the administration abide $200,000 tax assessment. (Eastern Foreign Affairs” about the issue. to purchase Ukrainian visas at Boryspil. by the Constitution by fulfilling labor Economist) contracts and paying wage arrears for the last nine months. (RFE/RL Newsline) ... and in space Dobriansky to be named to citizens’ panel Belarus and Ukraine sign agreement KYIV — Ukraine’s State Property Fund has joined the Pivdenne Design WASHINGTON – President Bill European and Soviet affairs at the KYIV — Officials from Ukraine and Bureau and Pivdenmash Plant from Clinton on August 1 announced his intent National Security Council. Dr. Belarus exchanged instruments of ratifica- Dnipropetrovsk (President Leonid to nominate Paula J. Dobriansky as a Dobriansky received a B.S.F.S., summa tion on an agreement that secures bilateral Kuchma’s old stomping grounds), as a member of the U.S. Advisory cum laude, in international politics from friendship and cooperation between the co-founder of the international space Commission on Public Diplomacy. Georgetown University School of two countries on August 6, quieting con- transport company KosmoTras, the Dr. Dobriansky is currently vice-presi- Foreign Service and an M.A. and Ph.D. cerns raised recently by Belarusian InfoBank agency reported on August 1. dent and director of the Washington in Soviet political/military affairs from President Alyaksandr Lukashenka that The SPF owns a 37.5 percent interest in Office of the Council on Foreign Harvard University. She is a Fulbright- border demarcation between the two the “authorized capital fund,” with 12.5 Relations. She is a former associate Hays Scholar, as well as a Ford and countries would be “reopened.” Ukrainian percent controlled by the Kharkiv-based director for policy and programs at the Rotary Foundation Fellow. Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Borys Khartron enterprise. The remaining 50 United States Information Agency The U.S. Advisory Commission on Hudyma and Belarusian Ambassador to percent of the company’s shares is held (USIA). In addition to her position at the Public Diplomacy is a presidentially Ukraine Vitalii Kurashyk participated in by Russian companies. The newly estab- USIA, Dr. Dobriansky previously served appointed citizens’ panel created by the official ceremony that brought the lished joint venture will be involved in as senior international affairs and trade Congress to provide bipartisan oversight Ukrainian-Belarusian Treaty of Friendship the design, marketing and operation of advisor at the law firm of Hunton and of U.S. government public diplomacy – and Cooperation into force. Mr. Hudyma rockets for launching spaceships into Williams. those activities intended to understand, said the treaty sealed “the fundamentals of orbit, as well as in related areas, for Dr. Dobriansky was also advisor to the inform and influence foreign publics. the existence of the two states, such as instance, in the conversion of former U.S. delegation to the 1985 United The commission forwards its recommen- inviolability of borders, respect for sover- space centers to satisfy the needs of the Nations Decade for Women Conference dations to the president, the secretary of eignty and territorial integrity, equality national economy. The value of the com- in Nairobi, Kenya, and director of state and the director of the USIA. and non-interference in each other’s inter- pany’s authorized capital fund was nal affairs.” The treaty had originally been announced as 180 million rubles. signed on July 17, 1995, ratified by the (Eastern Economist) Belarusian Parliament on April 25, 1996, Slava Stetsko visits Washington but not ratified by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Ukraine’s rescue team in Poland Rada until May 16, 1997. (Eastern by Myron Jarosewich from exerting its imperialistic tendencies Economist, Interfax) KYIV — A Ukrainian search and res- Ukrainian National Information Service on Ukraine, the need for Ukraine to fur- cue team active in Poland since July 14 ther its relationship with NATO, the Floods inundate Crimean town continues to work alongside the local relief WASHINGTON – Following her elec- importance of free and fair democratic effort in the Opole region in the aftermath tion to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in Parliamentary elections in 1998 and the ALUSHTA — Flood waters have of floods that devastated the area, the UT-1 March, Slava Stetsko, leader of the presidential election in 1999, and eco- inundated 13 homes, a kindergarten, a television network reported on August 4. Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists nomic reforms. sports school, city militia headquarters, (CUN), traveled in June to Washington In meetings with representatives of the and a car park in the town of Alushta in (Continued on page 18) to participate in an intensive two days of administration, Mrs. Stetsko stressed meetings. issues related to the U.S.-Ukraine strate- Beginning on June 23, Mrs. Stetsko gic partnership, the need to increase met with a variety of officials from the high-level visits between the two govern- TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY FOUNDED 1933 administration, Congress and non-gov- ments, and ways to better utilize the ernmental organizations, including NATO information service which recent- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Carlos Pascual, director for economic ly began operating in Kyiv. a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. policy for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia at During an extended meeting Rep. Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. the National Security Council; Bruce Levin emphasized the importance of Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. Connuck and Nicholas Greanias, Ukraine enacting economic reform as soon as (ISSN — 0273-9348) desk officers at the Department of State; possible. Rep. Levin urged Mrs. Stetsko Randa Fahmy, counselor for Sen. to work with other democratic, reform- Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). Spencer Abraham (R-Mich.); Rep. minded parties to pass tax legislation this Sander Levin (D-Mich.); Richard D. year, as well as to establish a favorable The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: DeBobes, counsel to the Senate business environment for increased for- (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201) 451-2200 Committee on Armed Services; represen- eign investment tatives from the International Republican Discussions with members of the IRI Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz Institute (IRI); and Herman Pirchner Jr., focused on next year’s elections. The changes to: Assistant editor: Khristina Lew (Kyiv) president of the American Foreign Policy institute will continue its work in educat- The Ukrainian Weekly Staff editors: Roman Woronowycz P.O. Box 346 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (To r o n t o ) Council. ing reform-minded political parties and Jersey City, NJ 07303 Mrs. Stetsko stressed several key candidates on how to operate and be points during her meetings, including the more effective during the election cam- need to strengthen U.S.-Ukrainian bilat- The Ukrainian Weekly, August 17, 1997, No. 33, Vol. LXV Copyright © 1997 The Ukrainian Weekly eral relations in order to prevent Russia (Continued on page 18) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 3 Medical institutions... (Continued from page 1) ber of thyroid cancer patients. “No other country has as many thyroid cancers as Ukraine,” said Dr. Komissarenko, who has traveled to Italy, France and the United States to observe how those countries treat thyroid tumors and can- cers. According to an April 19, 1996, article in Science magazine, 700 cases of pediatric thyroid cancer were reported in children living in areas surrounding Chornobyl. The article predicted that the number of thy- roid cancer cases in Ukraine and Belarus would range from 4,000 to 6,000 in the next 10 years. Despite earlier assertions to the contrary by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the study “Childhood Thyroid Cancer Following the Chornobyl Accident,” published by the Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America in March 1996, noted that “subsequent and persistent reports describing an increasing incidence of childhood thyroid cancer led to the realization that the Chornobyl accident was indeed the probable cause.” Dr. Komissarenko and his staff at both the institute and the center live those statistics, and they are desperate for technical assistance from the international community. “These cancers are very specific. They are fast-growing and produce earlier metastases. If caught on time there is a 90 percent cure rate, but we do not have the equipment and Khristina Lew are not prepared to deal with the quantities,” he said. Dr. Ihor Komissarenko (right) operates on a thyroid cancer patient at the Center of Endocrine Surgery and Dr. Komissarenko dreams of creating an independent Transplantation. clinic that does not rely on support from Ukraine’s Academy of Sciences or the Ministry of Public Health. tiative of Drs. Slupchynskyj and Stern, and Tamara In June he traveled to the United States to meet with Gallo, president of Gallo Consultants Inc., Dr. surgeons at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and dis- Slupchynskyj visited Kyiv’s Franco-Ukrainian Clinic in U.S.-Ukraine Foundation cuss possible collaborative efforts. His trip was orga- April 1996. He examined 22 children identified with nized by a Ukrainian American surgeon, Dr. Oleh airway complications due to thyroid cancer. Slupchynskyj, chief resident of head/neck and recon- He also delivered a $6,000 laryngoscope and $10,000 awarded funds to establish structive surgery at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. worth of equipment and supplies donated by Aztec Dr. Komissarenko traveled to New York with two Medical Corp. to the Kyiv Institute of Otolaryngology. teenage girls suffering from thyroid tumors. On June 17 In May 1996 he presented his findings to staff at community partnerships he observed Dr. Slupchynskyj and Dr. Jordan Stern, direc- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, and in August he tor of head and neck surgery at New York Eye and Ear returned to Kyiv to conduct another clinic. by Olenka Dobczanska Infirmary, perform the two-and-a-half-hour surgeries. Cooperation with the Kyiv Institute of WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine Dr. Slupchynskyj reported that 16-year-old Julia Otolaryngology resulted in the first physicians’ Foundation (USUF) has been awarded a coopera- Kaznacheva and 17-year-old Anna Sopryk, both for- exchange with New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in tive agreement by the U.S. Agency for merly from the Chornobyl area, suffered no complica- December 1996. At that time Drs. Dmytro Zabolotny, International Development (USAID) for a three- tions from their surgeries. They recuperated at the director of the institute, and Valerii Hayovii and Evhen year program called the U.S.-Ukraine Community Ronald McDonald House in Manhattan and each was Shubin traveled to New York to study American surgi- Partnerships for Training and Education. The goal awarded a $430 stipend by the Ukrainian Association of cal procedures. Dr. Slupchynskyj’s clinical work in of the program is to provide efficient, cost-effec- Glen Spey, N.Y., and Veterans of the 1st Division of the Kyiv and the exchange program at New York Eye and tive and sustainable technical assistance, training Ukrainian National Army. Ear Infirmary were sponsored by a grant from the and education to Ukrainian communities so that In addition to observing surgery in the United States, Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust. they may advance their role as constructive players Dr. Komissarenko had an opportunity to share his “Thyroid cancer is a devastating reality in Ukraine,” Dr. in a democratic society. expertise in pediatric thyroid cancer. He lectured at New Slupchynskyj observed. “Although Ukrainian physicians The total USAID program award will be nearly York Eye and Ear Infirmary on June 18 and St. are competent, they need technical assistance and supplies.” $6.9 million. Vincent’s Hospital on July 19. “Dr. Komissarenko’s While Dr. Komissarenko is optimistic about future The USAID administers the U.S. foreign assis- lectures presented grim clinical realities on pediatric collaboration with American surgeons, he is forthright tance program providing economic and humanitar- thyroid cancer never before observed in any part of the in his appraisal of Ukraine’s inability to tackle the prob- ian assistance in more than 80 countries world- lem on its own. “Chornobyl can happen in any country, world,” Dr. Slupchynskyj noted. wide. and only through international cooperative efforts will Dr. Slupchynskyj is also well-versed in Ukraine’s Since Ukraine’s proclamation of independence plight with Chornobyl-related cancer. On the joint ini- mankind learn how to deal with its aftereffects.” nearly six years ago, reform efforts and Western technical assistance have been focused primarily at the national level. Over the course of this period, as power has become less centralized, it has become increasingly apparent that the success of reform efforts will be determined to a large extent at the local level. Recognizing this, the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation has been moving much of its activity beyond Kyiv over the past several years through its Non- Governmental Organization Project and especially the Local Government Project. This new USAID project will greatly benefit from the experience and contacts of the foundation’s earlier efforts. Essentially, the U.S.-Ukraine Community Partnerships for Training and Education project, over the course of three years, will link 18 Ukrainian communities with populations between 50,000 and 150,000 with similar communities in the United States. The partnered cities will attempt to solve a particular problem identified by the Ukrainian partner with the help of technical assis- tance from the American partner. Selection of potential communities in Ukraine will be based on criteria, such as size and degree of internal cohe- sion; location; level of local, regional and national significance; current and projected impact of the project and reform orientation. Communities in the United States will be selected on the basis of size and location, as well as their areas of expertise and ability to deliver training. At the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Dr. Ihor Komissarenko (right), Dr. Oleh Slupchynskyj (second from (Continued on page 12) right) and Dr. Jordan Stern (left), are seen with patients (seated from left) Julia Kaznacheva and Anna Sopryk. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 No. 33

OBITUARIES Ireney Kowal, popular leader The Very Rev. Dr. Simon Hayuk, of Tempo Orchestra, 55 pastor and Church scholar, 87 JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Ireney Kowal, BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Very Rev. Dr. founder and leader of the ever popular Simon Hayuk, a Ukrainian Orthodox Tempo Orchestra, died suddenly on priest in the service of God for over 62 August 9 while on a trip to Ukraine, years, passed away on April 4 at the age of where he was leader for a tour group 87. A long-time contributor of articles to from the U.S. He was 55. Svoboda and many other Ukrainian news- Born on June 15, 1942, Mr. Kowal papers, the Rev. Hayuk was born on April began his music career with the 27, 1909, in Lutsk, Ukraine. Ukrainian Music Institute. When he was Though offered a chance to pursue the a high school student, he and several fel- study of tropical medicine in Brussels, he low members of the Plast unit in chose to follow in the footsteps of his Elizabeth, N.J., formed a band. That father, the Rev. Yakim Hayuk, to serve band debuted in 1959 at a ball sponsored God and his people. by the Elizabeth, N.J., branch of the In 1923 he graduated with distinction Ukrainian National Women’s League of from the Orthodox Theological Seminary America. in Kremianets, Ukraine, and in 1933 he Since then the orchestra, which came graduated with honors from the College of to be called Tempo, has played at count- Theology at Warsaw University in Poland, less Ukrainian dances, balls and other where he was awarded a master’s degree social gatherings, as well as scores of in theological studies. weddings. The band earned a special In 1933 he married Alexandra place within the Ukrainian community; it Roman Iwasiwka Zyglewycz, a school teacher. Suffering became a veritable institution that was Ireney Kowal persecution at the hands of Communist booked from year to year to perform at and Nazi authorities during World War annual community functions. Its leader Union County Board of Social Services. II, the Rev. Hayuk fled to the West. and members were more than entertain- Mr. Kowal had been a tour leader From 1945 to 1950 he served as The Very Rev. Dr. Simon Hayuk ers — they were dear friends to their since 1992. On this latest trip to Ukraine parish priest in the Schweinfurt and Wolodymyr Dmytrijuk, in Amherst, N.Y.; clients. Forty musicians were affiliated he was in charge of the “Hutsulka” tour Aschaffenburg refugee camps, where he his son, Col. (Ret.) Hlib Hayuk, and his with the orchestra, and the band enjoyed for Scope Travel Inc., on an itinerary he was also an active organizer of wife, Teresa Kaltenbacher, in Baltimore; as great popularity, playing at more than set up that took travelers from Uzhhorod Ukrainian gymnasiums teaching world well as seven grandchildren: Dr. Zina 1,500 events through the years. to Rakhiv, Khust and Yaremche in the history and religious studies. Hajduczok and her husband, Dr. George Most recently Tempo was composed scenic Carpathian Mountains. From 1950 until his retirement in Hajduczok in Buffalo, N.Y.; Natalie of five musicians, but only two of its He died on a tour bus en route from 1986 the Rev. Hayuk served in various Warren and her husband, Robert Warren, members — Mr. Kowal and his colleague Kosiv to Lviv, according to Marijka Ukrainian Orthodox parishes in in Orlando, Fla.; Dr. Ksenia Rud in Saddle George Hrab — were with the band since Helbig, president of Scope Travel. The Syracuse, Utica, New York City, Buffalo River, N.J.; Lt. Col. Marianna Carter and its founding. The band’s last performance Kosiv bazaar, which features beautiful and Hempstead, N.Y., and in Newark, her husband, Lt. Col. Daniel Carter, in under Mr. Kowal’s direction was at Hutsul handicrafts, was his favorite mar- N.J. Woodbridge, Va.; Dr. Andrew Dmytrijuk Soyuzivka, the Ukrainian National ketplace in Ukraine, located in his In 1968 he was awarded a Ph.D. in and his wife, Dr. Natalie Derzko, in Association resort, during the July 4 favorite area of Ukraine, she added. philosophy from the Ukrainian Free Washington; Yakim Hayuk in Amsterdam; weekend. Tempo was to have played at Mr. Kowal’s death has shaken University in Munich. He also served as and Maya Hayuk in San Francisco; five the resort during Labor Day weekend. Ukrainian Americans who knew him not a professor and later as dean at the great-grandchildren, as well as other rela- Mr. Kowal graduated from Rutgers only as a band leader, but also as an Ukrainian Orthodox Seminary in South tives and friends in the United States, University and then completed a mas- active member of the community. He Bound Brook, N.J. Germany and Ukraine. ter’s in social work at the same universi- was a former member of the Burlaky The Rev. Hayuk was the author of Funeral services, including panakhyda ty. He was employed as administrator of Plast fraternity and was one of the origi- more than half a dozen published mono- rites, were held at the Sliwinski Funeral the medically needy program of the nal members of the Karavana Quartet. graphs about Ukrainian Church history, Home in Cheektowaga, N.Y., on April 5- He was master of ceremonies at a num- numerous articles in the Ukrainian press, 6. Burial was at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian ber of Ukrainian Festivals held at the and many sermons, which were broad- Orthodox Cemetery in South Bound Need a back issue? Garden State Arts Center (now known as cast through the years over the Voice of Brook, N.J., on April 8. The burial rites If you’d like to obtain a back issue of the PNC Arts Center) in Holmdel, N.J. America to Soviet-occupied Ukraine. were officiated by Archbishop Antony The Ukrainian Weekly, send $2 per copy Surviving are Mr. Kowal’s wife, He was a member of Ukrainian and many priests. The family requested (first-class postage included) to: Aneta; and two children, Andrij and National Association Branch 204. that memorial donations be sent to the Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, Tania. Surviving are his wife, Alexandra, resid- Children of Chornobyl Fund at the 30 Montgomery St., Arrangements for funeral services in ing in Buffalo; his daughter, Kira, and her Consistory of St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Jersey City, NJ 07302. the United States were still being made husband, Zenon Iwasykiw, in Ocala, Fla.; Orthodox Center, P.O. Box 495, South at press time. his daughter, Myroslawa, and her husband, Bound Brook, NJ 08880. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Mid-year organizing results: UNA participates in Verkhovyna Festival Is your name on this list? We are pleased to provide the UNA Fedir Petryk, Branch 362; Katherine membership with this report on UNA Prowe, Branch 26; and John Teluk, organizers and their achievements during Branch 414; the first six months of 1997 — a pre-con- One member: Janet Bardell, Branch vention year. As of the end of June, 389 241; Natalie Cebrij, Branch 226; Helen new members were enrolled for insur- Chornomaz, Branch 490; UNA President ance coverage valued at $11 million. Ulana Diachuk; Mary Doliszny, Branch In all, 110 organizers participated in 427; Alexandra Dolnycky, Branch 434; the membership drive during the first Theodor Duda, Branch 163; Joseph half of the year, enrolling 277 members Farenech, Branch 462; Edward Guzylak, insured for $3,114,060. Professional Branch 38; Peter Hawryluk, Branch 360; insurance salespersons in the United Ihor Hayda, Branch 59; Bohdan States signed up 33 members insured for Hryshchshyn, Branch 264; Wasyl $1,005,225, plus nine annuities totalling Jewtushenko, Branch 422; Gregory $103,278. In Canada, the professional Klymenko, Branch 182; Stephanie Kochy, sales force enrolled 79 members for Branch 472; Stephan Kolodrub, Branch $6,496,478 of insurance coverage. 137; Jaroslaw Kryshtalowych, Branch Engene Oscislawski, secretary of 222; Genevieve Kufta, Branch 171; Iwan GLEN SPEY, N.Y. — Seen above at the Ukrainian Youth Festival held recently at Branch 234 and chairman of the Northern Kujdych, Branch 331; Michael Kuropas, the Verkhovyna resort of the Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Maria Szeparowycz, New Jersey District Committee, led the Branch 22; Wasyl Leschuk, Branch 303; advertising manager for UNA publications, displays The Ukrainian Weekly. Also way among branch organizers with 10 Sophie Lonyshyn, Branch 372; Michael available was information on UNA insurance and fraternal benefits. new members insured for $345,604. Luciw, Branch 339; Myron Luszczak, Following are the organizing achieve- Branch 379; Michajlo Martynenko, ments of other branch organizers: Branch 245; Dmytro Melnyk, Branch 307; Eight members each: Barbara Alexander Pryszlak, Branch 239; Mykola C h e m n e y ’s Center provides fun at Soy u z i v ka Bachynsky, secretary of Branch 184 and Pryszlak, Branch 430; Alex Redko, KERHONKSON, N.Y. – For the second a parade, made modelling clay varenyky chairperson of the New York District Branch 130; Maria Rejnarowych, Branch summer in a row, Soyuzivka held its day and created camp flags. Committee; Vira Banit, secretary of 158; Anne Remick, Branch 238; Basil camp for English-speaking Ukrainian At their bonfire on Friday afternoon, Branch 473; Nicholas Diakiwsky, secre- Romanyshyn, Branch 254; Maria American children between the ages of 4 campers performed such songs as tary of Branch 161, chairman of the Savchak, Branch 25; Michael Sawkiw, and 7. Chemney’s Fun Center, named in “Barabolia” and the “Azbuka Drill” for par- Pittsburgh District Committee and UNA Branch 57; Anna Segan, Branch 147; honor of Soyuzivka’s venerable mascot col- ents, grandparents and friends. Chemney’s advisor; Leon Hardink, secretary of Bohdan Semkiw, Branch 240; Martin lie dog Chemney, was again a success with “Summer Games” on Saturday completed Branch 206; and Walter Krywulych, sec- Sheska, Branch 44; Stephan Shilkevich, 17 boys and girls attending from July 27 to the week with relay races, medals and retary of Branch 266; Branch 116; David Stachiw, branch 204; August 2. This program had an increase of p r i z e s . Seven members: Joseph Chabon, sec- Myroslaw Trojan, Branch 67; Bohdan eight children over last year. Director/teacher Carol Oleksiuk, teacher retary of Branch 242; and Miron Pilipiak, Wowchyk, Branch 220; George Yurkiw, The day campers met for two hours in Nadia Hrynovets, counselors Nazar Branch 496; Branch 130; Wolodymyr Zacerkowny, the morning and again for two hours each Shcheglov and Jen Chomiak all had great Six members: Jurij Danyliw, Branch Branch 439; Zenobia Zarycky, Branch afternoon. They had lots of fun while learn- fun. Younger counselors-to-be Christina 153; Frank Kozemchak, Branch 113; and 327; Jaroslawa Zorych, Branch 432; and ing about Ukrainian traditions and customs, Oleksiuk and Nadia Byrnes were super Lon Staruch, Branch 172; Ostap Zynjuk, Branch 15. including the celebrations of Christmas and helpers. The staff hopes to see all the Five members: Mychajlo Danylyk, * * * Easter. Campers hiked to Huska Pond, had campers next year. Branch 28; William Drabyk, Branch 368; The UNA Executive Committee Dmytro Galonzka, Branch 307; Julian expresses sincere thanks to all organizers Kotliar, Branch 42; Myron Kuzio, for their fruitful labors during the first Branch 277; Alexandra Lawrin, Branch half of 1997 and urges all to continue 175; Paul Shewchuk, Branch 13; and their efforts to ensure further success. Taras Slevinsky, Branch 59; Esteemed branch secretaries and mem- Four members: Mary Bolosky, Branch bers: If you do not see your name on this 282; Michael Felenchak, Branch 271; list of organizers, we ask you to redouble Myron Groch, Branch 461; Joseph your efforts to enroll as many new mem- Hawryluk, Branch 360; Stephanie bers as possible before the end of the Hawryluk, secretary of Branch 88 and year. The number of members as of the UNA advisor; Eliash Matiash, Branch end of 1997 will determine the number 120; Tatiana Miskiv, Branch 407; of delegates to the UNA convention next William Pastuszek, Branch 231, UNA year. auditor; Michael Spontak, Branch 204; and Yaroslav Zaviysky, Branch 155; Three members: Julia Cresina, Branch 382; Ilko Cybriwsky, Branch 417; Organizing results Christine Gerbehy, Branch 269; Alex Skibickyj, Branch 285; and Michael Turko, Branch 63; for month of June Two members: Michael Bilyk, Branch 323; Wolodymyr Bilyk, Branch 170; During the month of June, UNA Nicholas Bobeczko, Branch 102; Barbara organizers enrolled 77 new mem- Boyd, Branch 381; Tymko Butrey, bers insured for a total of Branch 164; Mychajlo Choma, Branch $1,257,806, for an average face 290; Nadia Demczur, Branch 86; Dmytro value of $16,335 in life insurance. Fedorijczuk, Branch 162; Julia Guglik, In Canada, organizers enrolled 12 Branch 259; Stefan Hawrysz, secretary members insured for $269,000; of Branch 83, chairman of the while in the U.S. 65 members were Philadelphia District Committee and insured for $988,806. UNA auditor; Olga Hayetskyj, Branch The top organizers for the month 86; Marguerite Hentosh, Branch 305; of June were: Miron Pilipiak Mary Kapral, Branch 112; Halyna (Branch 496) and Andre Worobec Kolessa, Branch 489; Jaroslawa (Branch 76), five members each; Komichak, Branch 96; Stefko Kuropas, and Mychajlo Danylyk (Branch 28) secretary of Branch 176, chairman of the and Eugene Oscislawski (Branch Chicago District Committee and UNA 234), four members each. TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY advisor; Iouri Lazirko, Branch 134; Sincere thanks are due to all Jaroslaw Leskiw, Branch 133; Oksana organizers for their efforts, which Markus, Branch 217; Andrew Maryniuk, enriched the UNA and its branches Branch 388; Tekla Moroz, secretary of with new members during the Branch 465, chairperson of the Montreal month of June. District Committee and UNA advisor; 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 No. 33

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY fessional development seminar at the Mc Donald’s University of Delaware in Newark, Del., Forum: re a d y, or not? and think that the program was extreme- “comfort factor” ly fruitful and useful both for us and for In August 1992, the first World Forum of Ukrainians was held in the full flush of Dear Editor: our American colleagues. euphoria attending the celebrations of Ukraine’s first anniversary of independence. This program became possible That same euphoria led officials of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians (as the In her “Letter from Ukraine” (July 6) through the efforts of many people both Ukrainian World Congress, UWC, was then known) to join with a group of activists columnist Marta Kolomayets writes: in America and Ukraine, and we would from Ukraine, including leading Rukh activist Ivan Drach, to create an umbrella “There’s a certain comfort factor for me like to express our gratitude to them: body for all Ukrainian organizations, which they named the Ukrainian World in the fact that McDonald’s has finally Ambassador Richard Morningstar, U.S. Coordinating Council. Mr. Drach, also the head of Ukraina Society (Tovarystvo arrived in Ukraine.” She’s right to point Department of State; Bob Persiko, Ukraina) since November 1991, was chosen to head the new body. out that McDonald’s restaurants usually USIA; Dr. Dan Davidson, Kevin Five years later the dates for the UWCC’s convention (most recently sched- have good bathroom facilities and good Spenlsey, Kristen Freeman of uled for August 19, after being rescheduled four times) and the second W o r l d bathrooms are urgently needed in ACTR/ACCELS; Ivanna Reed, Natalia Forum of Ukrainians (August 22-25, postponed from last year) draw near. Ukraine. (Daily life would improve dra- Viatkina, and Marina Canales of It appears that inexactitude born of 1992’s euphoria has resulted in an organi- matically if flush toilets and running ACCELS Kyiv Office; Baerbel zational hangover in 1997, together with pounding headaches over by-laws, water were available in every dwelling Schumacher, Jeanette Miller, Marie membership and conflicts of interest. both in the city and in the countryside, Gleason of the University of Delaware. In the meantime, our community in the diaspora has many questions to pon- and it is difficult to understand why this We were provided with host families der, and much to be confused about. problem generates so little discussion – intelligent, kind and hospitable people Can the UWCC establish and abide by a single, generally agreed upon set of by- amongst reformers and commentators.) – whom we would like to thank for the laws, something the UWC’s officials have been complaining about since 1994? But I suspect that McDonald’s is not in opportunity to visit their homes and Can those from Ukraine involved in the UWCC realize that a non-governmental business to provide washroom facilities. spend weekends with them. organization is just that, non-governmental, and that concerns about conflicts of “The Golden Arches are a reassuring We would like to express our thanks interest, such as those expressed by UWC President Dmytro Cipywnyk, are serious? symbol,” continues the writer, “that also to the organization People to People. Can the UWCC rectify its poor record of defending the interests of Ukrainians things are all right in this world.” I wish Due to the efforts of Hanna Zhyruk from in the Eastern diaspora, in Russia in particular? For the past two years, UWC dele- that I could share in Ms. Kolomayets’ People to People, one of our group was gations that met with President Kuchma reported to meetings of their presidium enthusiasm. lucky enough to meet her cousins – that UWCC officials had blocked efforts of representatives of Russian-based Ronald McDonald (heir apparent to Yaroslava Gudziy and Michael Gudziy – Ukrainian organizations to participate in meetings with Ukraine’s chief executive. that other icon of “American culture,” for the first time in her life after 23 years The excuse? Considerations of “sensitive issues” in Ukraine’s foreign policy. Mickey Mouse) is the symbol of con- of searching. So, we would like to give Despite the dislike for the Ukraina Society expressed by several diaspora represen- sumer culture, as well as the conformity our personal thanks to: Kathleen M. tations (notably from the U.S. and the U.K.), the society’s headquarters were proposed it encourages. And the Big Mac is the Meyer and Floyd Ho, of People to as the venue for this year’s UWCC convention. Can Mr. Drach resist perpetuating the sacred object that the public relations People; Donald and Loretta Whiteley, confusion between the UWCC and the Ukraina Society, tainted as it is by its record of specialists of the McDonald’s corpora- Julia and Orysia Tresznewski, Hanna defaming the émigré community, and of past links with the Soviet KGB, and as many tion offer up as the Holy Grail. John Zhyruk, Yaroslava Gudziy, Linda and continue to suspect, of ongoing ties to Ukraine’s Security Service? Ralston Saul has appropriately pointed Don Krug, Ginnie Marzpuca, Marie As usual, not all the questions and confusion abide on that side of the Atlantic. out that “the Big Mac is not big” at all. It Turadian, Tia Mukergi, Nancy and Lyle For instance, in recent months (most recently in an interview published in the July is laced with salt and grease. The bun is Hartman, and Svyatoslav and Irina 22 issue of the Ukraina Society’s organ Visti z Ukrainy), Ukrainian Congress inedible unless it is warm. It’s a Billon. Committee of America President Askold Lozynskyj suggested that the UWC, a mediocre hamburger at best. Best regards from the teachers from diaspora-based umbrella organization, should merge with the UWCC, and that (Buckwheat, yogurt, cabbage, garlic and Ukraine. Ukrainians abroad should subordinate themselves to Kyiv. This after being among borsch, etc., as any dietitian will tell you, the leading critics of UWCC “chaos” and “irresponsibility” for years. are better for long-term health. The chal- Aleksandr Chebotaryov, Tatyana Also, at a special plenary meeting of the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council lenge of course, is to make sure that Bondar, Vladimir Kolomarov, on July 12, the UACC challenged the UWC’s status as the body representing all UWC fresh good food is available for everyone Volodymyr Ostapchuk, Irina Sverdlova, member-organizations within the UWCC, despite having repeatedly endorsed this in Ukraine. Alla Kornylo, Olena Franchuk, Irina very approach at meetings of the UWC presidium and plenum of its secretariat. With a new McDonald’s outlet open- Lobarchuk, Larisa Reshetnik, Igor The questions remain: should Ukrainians in the diaspora have a representative ing up somewhere in the world every Yakushev, Zoya Gulko, Olga Khaikina, umbrella body in order to coordinate relations with Ukraine-based NGOs, the day, it’s inevitable that McDonald’s Irina Miroshnichenko, Larisa UWCC and the Ukrainian government (for which UWC President Cipywnyk would finally come to Kyiv. Yes, young Shishkina, Valeria Yanina expressed a preference); should all Ukrainians consider themselves to be one Ukrainians are “looking to a future that Newark, Del. large ethnic family, based in Kyiv and directed from Kyiv (as Mr. Lozynskyj will provide them with the same kind of suggests); or should all Ukrainians be free to belong to as many international comforts we have in the West.” But I Ukrainian umbrella bodies as they choose (as the UACC appears to favor)? suspect many Ukrainians have already So far, none of these concerns have been addressed, all have merely been put off. seen why the McDonald’s corporation is Medical association The UWC shrugged off the UACC challenge, and the UWC’s remonstrations with the in Ukraine. It is there for profit, and this UWCC executive were treated as suggestions for the forum’s organizing committee. profit, alas, is built on selling illusions. cites contributions And all of the questions raised above are still up in the air. Fran Ponomarenko Dear Editor: Montreal The World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Associations (WFUMA) would like to acknowledge the American Aug. Ukraine’s teachers Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons TurningTurning the pagespages back...back... (AAOS) for its generous contribution to express gratitude medical education in Ukraine. The 21 AAOS donated books, videotapes and Dear Editor: slides, and offered its respected Journal 1992 Five years ago, the first World Forum of Ukrainians was We are 15 English language teachers of the American Academy of Orthopedic held in Kyiv amid celebrations of the first anniversary of from different cities of Ukraine, the nation- Surgeons to medical universities in Ukraine’s independence. As the second World Forum of al winners of the program “United States – Ukraine at a reduced subscription price. Ukrainians is due to begin in the next fews days, it is worthwhile to take a look back Ukraine Awards for Excellence in The AAOS is also including Ukraine in at the first such gathering. Following are excerpts from the report filed in 1992 by our Teaching.” its overseas medical program. Kyiv correspondent at the time, Marta Kolomayets. The program is administered by the The WFUMA is especially grateful for American Council for Collaboration in the friendly and understanding attitude of * * * the staff of the academy to present prob- “Today is significant,” Ivan Dzyuba emphasized to the thousands assembled at the Education and Language Study (ACCELS) in partnership with the lems in Ukraine. Donated publications and Ukraina Palace for the opening session of the World Forum of Ukrainians on Friday videotapes were exhibited at the Sixth morning, August 21. “It marks the end of an era in our history when Ukrainians were United States Embassy in Ukraine and the Ministry of Education of Ukraine. Congress of the World Federation of divided — not only by borders — but by mutual misunderstandings and suspicions Ukrainian Medical Associations in Odesa incited by enemies.” The program is sponsored by the United States Information Agency. and also at the annual meeting of “And it is the beginning of another era, a time when we can not only hold discus- Orthopedic Surgeons in Kyiv in September sions and get to know one another, but also together determine our political, social The goals of the program are to recog- nize and honor talented secondary school 1996. Ukrainian physicians expressed and cultural direction, and jointly work toward the formation of a new identity for great interest in the exhibited material. teachers of English and American stud- Ukraine,” he said. The World Federation of Ukrainian ies, to promote the development of inno- And so, for three full days, delegates from the Western and Eastern diaspora, repre- Medical Associations hereby thanks the vative teaching methodology in lan- senting more than 10 million Ukrainians scattered throughout the world, as well as American Academy of Orthopedic guages and area studies, and to promote delegates from Ukraine representing this fledgling nation of 52 million, exchanged Surgeons for its generous donations and the development of direct contacts ideas, trying to find mutual agreement on how to build an independent and democratic friendly cooperation. Ukrainian state. between teachers and schools in the United States and Ukraine. Dr. B. Zaricznyj (Continued on page 13) We are finishing our seven-week pro- Grosse Pointe, Mich. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 7

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He expressed objections to the con- Editorial accurately tents of the editorial and suggested that by Myron B. Kuropas an apology is in order to those who par- reflected meeting ticipated in the dinner. It is a known fact Dear Editor: that there is substantial support among the community for the editorial. The We offer some observations on the description of the event is factual and Returning to the source editorial “Purpose and humility” (July correct. 20). The wonderfully written editorial The dinner was planned collectively One corner of the world Lesia and I Endowment for the Humanities for the describes the meeting of representatives by the Ukrainian American Coordinating love to visit is the Immigration History first phase of a project to survey and pre- of the diaspora with Ukrainian President Council, the Ukrainian Congress Research Center (IHRC) in St. Paul, serve the records of ethnic fraternal asso- Leonid Kuchma as it actually happened. Committee of America and non-aligned Minn. ciations in the United States. Many eth- To write such an editorial required seri- organizations in order to meet with One of many research centers associ- nic mutual aid societies including all four ous thought, so that the community President Kuchma for the specific pur- ated with the University of Minnesota, Ukrainian fraternals, responded to the could know the truth and how not to pose of evaluating various problems fac- the IHRC was founded in 1965 by Dr. survey. According to Ms. Myroniuk, organize such meetings. The soul ing Ukraine and what our community in Rudolph J. Vecoli, a professor of history however, none of our fraternals have as becomes uneasy as one reads about the America can do to render more effective at the university, and others, including yet donated their records to the IHRC. chaos and lack of organization, lack of assistance in areas that need most atten- Dr. Alexander A. Granovsky (1887- This is most unfortunate, especially since preparation on the part of the public to tion. 1976). Prof. Granovsky was a world- there is talk of future mergers among our pose short, well-developed questions. It is appropriate at this point to review famous entomologist at the university fraternals. A consequence of such a situation is the mechanism and concept of this din- and for manyFaces years president and ofPlaces the Nevertheless, thanks to the efforts of that the authority of the president is ner. The original concept called for a Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine visionaries such as Dr. Granovsky and diminished and the organizer’s intended specific number of representatives from (ODVU). others, the Ukrainian collection at the goal is not met. This is not the first time the above-mentioned organizations. I spent many enjoyable days at the IHRC is one of the largest and perhaps there has been such disorder in receiving There was an agreement among them center engaged in research for my first the richest collection of its kind in the key leaders from Ukraine. A question that there would be 15 representatives book, “The Ukrainian Americans: Roots world. The papers of hundreds of arises: does our diaspora learn from its from the UACC, 15 from the UCCA, 10 and Aspirations, 1884-1954,” as well as Ukrainian Americans can be found at the mistakes? Or maybe our unhealthy from the non-aligned organizations and my latest book, “Ukrainian-American center, including such luminaries as ambition does not allow for criticism. about 20 from the delegation of Ukraine. Citadel: The First One Hundred Years of Vasyl Avramenko, Yaroslav Chyz, Next to the editorial is a photograph This adds up to 60 persons; however, 94 the Ukrainian National Association.” Stephan Golash, Alexander Granovsky, of President Kuchma. From his expres- persons were present at the dinner. When Lesia was doing research for Wasyl Halich, Jacques Hnizdovsky, sion, it is possible to easily read his This change in prior agreement was her master’s thesis (“Svoboda and the Michael Komichak, Stephan Kuropas, thoughts: “Where am I ?!” Just a short made in the last two days without con- Education of Rusyn-Ukrainians, 1893- Denys Kwitkowsky, Myron Leskiw, time before he had found himself among sultation with the UACC or the non- 1914: A Study of an Ethnic Newspaper”) Maria Malevich, Evhen Onatsky, John American government leaders, as well as aligned organizations, which, by the at Northern Illinois University, she also Panchuk, Youry Pundyk, Jaroslav in meetings with political leaders of way, kept their quotas of representatives spent many hours digging through the Rudnyckj, Myroslaw Sichynsky, Yar other countries, where constraint and unchanged. archives at the IHRC. Slavutych, Matthew Stachiw, Jurij respect prevail. Among us, poorly Therefore, Mr. Lozynskyj, as one of Both of us returned in July to present Teodorowycz, Philip and Anna thought-through, unimportant, primitive the primary organizers of President the fruits of our labors to the center. We Wasylowsky, and Al Yaremko. The lat- questions fly forth, as though released Kuchma’s dinner with the Ukrainian expressed our gratitude to Dr. Vecoli, est additions are the personal papers of from a sack. It appears as though these American community, should not be so Joel F. Wurl, curator, and especially Eugene Skotzko, a Ukrainian American individuals are showing off how they can critical of the facts printed in the editori- Halyna Myroniuk, assistant curator, who activist and director of the Ukrainian teach the president, while forgetting al. The editorial definitely was not writ- were so accommodating when Lesia and Press Bureau in Washington during the about propriety. ten in an arrogant manner, as stated by I were working at the IHRC. Also pre- 1930s and 1940s. Later, Mr. Skotzko It’s a shame to waste time on these Mr. Lozynskyj, but merely presented the sent for our presentation was John worked in the Department of Labor and frequent and pointless meetings that are true picture of the event. It should be Radzilowski who, as editor, worked so the Bureau of Labor Statistics. not useful for anybody, in fact, they are reiterated that the original concept of the diligently on my final text of “Ukrainian- Other important collections include just the opposite: harmful. They are meeting with President Kuchma was not American Citadel” to make it more read- the archives of organizations such as the becoming too proletarian, take time for honored by the UCCA and this con- able and credible. Ukrainian Academy of Arts and important matters away from the presi- Sciences, the United Ukrainian American tributed to the misunderstandings. It should be noted that for Lesia, an dent, and unnecessarily waste the energy In retrospect it could be stated that invaluable document at the center was Relief Committee, and various local of the public. Why not conduct so-called these uncoordinated changes by the “Svoboda: A Select Index,” a four-vol- branches of the Ukrainian Congress “quiet diplomacy” (which is used by Committee of America. UCCA were detrimental to the dinner’s ume publication of the IHRC which pro- many countries) in which a small group Over a hundred different newspaper noble intent and, as a result, the event’s vided a guide to articles published in of people participate? However, here too collections can be found at the IHRC, goal was not fully realized. Svoboda between 1893 and 1918. it is necessary to have knowledgeable Funded by the Ukrainian National everything from Ameryka to Za and informed people. Joseph Trush Association, the index was compiled by Povernennia na Batkivshchynu. We are grateful to the editors of The Union, N.J. Roman Stepchuk and edited by Walter Ukrainian Weekly for their courage to Anastazievsky. There are no plans to (Continued on page 12) speak out in the face of a taboo. The fund future volumes of the index. community wants to know the truth. Congratulations In 1976, the IHRC was awarded a Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: On a final note, we would like to para- grant of $75,000 from the National m b k u r o p a s @ c o m p u s e r v e . c o m phrase Cicero’s words to Catiline: (“Quo usque tandem abiture catallina patientia on editorial nostra?”): how long will our community Dear Editor: continue to sit on its compost heap in love with itself not taking a single step From the guests at the banquet and forward? meeting with president of Ukraine, Can it be that more than half a century Leonid Kuchma, at the Harvard Club on in this land has taught us nothing? A pity. June 23, I learned of the unsuccessful handling of this event. Discourse Club (Klub Besida): In relation to this I feel obligated to Oleksander Motyl, Ulana Lubowycz, congratulate you for an accurate and Juriy Kostiw, Lubomyr Humeniuk, truthful illumination of the banquet in Jaroslaw Pastuszenko, Roman your editorial (July 20). Rohoza; Iwan Sierant, Mykola Askold Lozynskyj’s version in his Hoszowskyj and Wolodymyr Rasiak reply to your report (August 3) requires New York condemnation of his total arrogance and very discourteous behavior. Dr. Roman Baranowsky Dinner’s purpose Kerhonkson, N.Y. was not realized The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes Dear Editor: letters to the editor. Letters should be typed (double-spaced) and In The Ukrainian Weekly of August 3, signed; they must be originals, not the president of the UCCA, Askold p h o t o c o p i e s . Lozynskyj, wrote a rebuttal to the editor- The daytime phone number and ial of July 20 that described the weak address of the letter-writer must be At the Immigration History Research Center (from left) are: Prof. Rudolph J. points of our community leaders’ dinner given for verification purposes. Vecoli, director; John Radzilowski; Lesia W. Kuropas; Myron B. Kuropas; with President Leonid Kuchma. Halyna Myroniuk, assistant curator; and Joel Wurl, curator and assistant director. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 No. 33 Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies holds annual meeting UFU begins CALGARY – The Canadian Foundation the CFUS also supports work on the Nova Neporany Post-Graduate Fellowship. The for Ukrainian Studies (CFUS), created to project, devoted to the preparation of mod- 1997-1998 fellow is Dr. Catherine academic year help establish the Canadian Institute of ern teaching aids for elementary-level Wanner of the department of anthropolo- Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) and subsequently teaching of Ukrainian. The CFUS has also gy, Pennsylvania State University. Dr. MUNICH — The Ukrainian Free raise money to promote the development of established the “Presidents’ Award” to Wanner will use the award to introduce a University (UFU) held opening cere- Ukrainian studies in Canada, held its annual encourage students to study Ukrainian at new course on cultural politics in post- monies of the 1997-1998 academic year general meeting in conjunction with the the university level, and presents the Soviet Ukraine and also complete a book here on July 13. biannual convention of the Ukrainian Bubniuk Award in Journalism to encour- titled “Burden of Dreams: History, Myth Guests included Bishop Michael Canadian Professional and Business age students to pursue a career in media. and the Making of National Identity in Hrynchyshyn, the Ukrainian Catholic Federation here on August 1-2. The CFUS gives publication subsidies to Post-Soviet Ukraine.” exarch for Europe; Vasyl Polishchuk, The foundation is primarily known for scholars publishing in Ukrainian studies. It At the CFUS annual general meeting the the Ukrainian consul in Munich; three its support of the Encyclopedia of gave the initial $50,000 subsidy for publi- following directors were elected to represent members of the Ukrainian Parliament; Ukraine. The CFUS not only paid for its cation of the first volume of the translation the foundation in all regions of Canada: British and many prominent German guests. In publication, but has devoted much effort of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s monumental Columbia – George Brandak, Yaromyr his opening remarks, Rector Miroslav to promote the sales of the encyclopedia. history of Ukraine-Rus’. Koropecky, Julia Stashuk; Alberta – Daria Labunka stressed that the Ukrainian It is less widely known, however, that The CFUS also recognizes Ukrainian Porochiwnyk, Michael Savaryn, Stephania Free University has remained faithful to scholars for their outstanding contribution Schmidt; Saskatchewan – Mary Chemeskey, the principles upon which it was found- to Ukrainian studies. Among past recipi- Jane Paluck, Bernie Trishuk; Manitoba – ed 76 years ago: the search for truth and ents are: Volodymyr Kubijovych, George Myroslav Shkandrij, Myron Spolsky, Michael knowledge. He spoke of the university Shevelov, Omeljan Pritsak, Manoly Lupul, Tarnawecky; Ontario (where the CFUS home as a cultural bridge between Ukraine and Canada announces Wolodymyr Janiw, Danylo Husar Struk office is located) – Olya Kalymon, Christine Western Europe. and Arkady Zhukovsky. Stodilka, Roman Tyckyj, Peter Zakarow, The university serves students and internships in Ukraine Now the CFUS has established a new Eugene Zaraska; Ottawa-Hull – Julia scholars from the West and Ukraine. award to honor non-academics for their Woychyshyn; Quebec – Walter Kowal; the More than 60 students from Ukraine by Stephen Bandera contributions to the development of Maritimes – Olya Williams. attended, and their studies were made Ukrainian studies. The first such award was The new executive of the CFUS con- possible by generous grants from the TORONTO – Young? Under- presented by the outgoing president, sists of: Christine Stodilka, president; Ukrainian Free University Foundation in employed? Willing to travel? The Myroslaw Diakowsky, at the banquet of Olya Kalymon, first vice-president; New York. The UFU receives support Canadian government recently the UCPBF convention in Calgary to Petro Eugene Zaraska, second vice-president; from the Bavarian State Government approved an international internship Savaryn, a long-time indefatigable support- Peter Zakarow, secretary; Roman Tyckyj, and the Federal Government of program that will send 10 Canadian er of Ukrainian studies in Canada. treasurer; and Mr. Diakowsky, past presi- Germany, the Ukrainian Catholic dent. The administrative assistant is Lesia youths to work in Ukraine by the end Henceforth this award will be known as the Church, and the Roman Catholic Church Winnicki. The current president of the of this year. “Petro Savaryn Award for Outstanding in Bavaria. UCPBF, the director of the CIUS, and The Canada Ukraine Internship Contribution to the Development of The inaugural address, titled “Heinrich the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Program is a partnership between Ukrainian Studies.” Heine and Ukraine,” was delivered by Ukraine are members ex-officio. Canada’s Department of Foreign Recently the CFUS has established the Prof. Leonid Rudnytzky, dean of the facul- The work of the foundation needs Affairs and International Trade, the Robert Franklin Clark (CFUS) Graduate ty of philosophy. It marked the 200th support. Those who wish to con- Canada-Ukraine Chamber of jubilee of the German poet whose works Fellowship in Ukrainian Language and tribute to the CFUS itself or to spe- Commerce and the Ukrainian Literature at the University of Toronto are widely known in the world and loved Canadian Students’ Union (SUSK). cific projects (please note which pro- and the Robert Franklin Clark (CFUS) gram you wish to support) should and translated in Ukraine. The program is currently at the Endowment Fund for the support of the Consul Polishchuk presented a medal recruiting stage, seeking applications send their donations to: CFUS, Canadian Ukrainian Studies Program at 2336A Bloor St. W., Toronto, from the Minister of Education of (Continued on page 16) the CIUS in Alberta. Ontario M6S 1P3. Ukraine to Rector Labunka for his distin- The CFUS also administers the guished service. Kyiv confe rence focuses on importance of translation, inte r p re tation by Iryna Kovalska translation studies, while Prof. Roksoliana Zorivchak compiling a great English-Ukrainian dictionary. The discussed the legacy of Hryhoriy Kochur as a translator new two-volume edition comprising about 120,000 KYIV – Literary translation has always played a and a translation studies researcher. Among other speak- words was published in Kyiv in 1996. It is an important very important role in the cultural life of Ukrainians. In ers, Dr. Orest Zemlianyi spoke about Ukrainian transla- contribution to Ukrainian lexicography. fact, it is a factor in nation-building. Almost all major tions of Irish literature. The first (rather small) English-Ukrainian dictionaries Ukrainian writers have also been translators, being well The researchers accentuated the role of translation as were published in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. The aware that cultural isolation has always been danger- a factor important to the development of intercultural first rather substantial English-Ukrainian dictionary ous. communication. Thus, Prof. Maryna Novykova under- (comprising 40,000 words) appeared in 1946. Its com- Thus, translators have been the enlighteners of their lined that translation is part of the spiritual legacy of a piler, Mykhailo Podvezko, continued his lexicographic downtrodden people and fighters for their better life, nation, a way of thinking that is developed in constant research in cooperation with Mr. Balla. In 1974 they having chosen literary translation as a weapon side by contact with other nations. produced a bigger English-Ukrainian dictionary (about side with their original creativity. After the second The majority of the speakers dealt with the theory of 65,000 words). world war – owing to the brilliant school of Ukrainian translation, suggesting various approaches to the transla- According to Mr. Balla, he started working on the literary translation – Ukrainian translated literature tion norm, methods of research, understanding the newest edition of the dictionary almost immediately developed as a kind of compensation for Ukrainian orig- nature of the literary translation, etc. after 1974. The 1996 edition can be characterized as inal literature whose development was being thwarted. It Prof. Efim Etkind – not only a brilliant researcher but a more convenient for users: proper names and geographi- has also become a treasure-trove as an effective medium fighter for human rights as well – shared his views con- cal names are not given in the appendices but along with for creating, collecting and preserving expressive means cerning the notion of “metatranslation.” According to the common words in alphabetical order; each derived word (lexical, prosodical, structural), which now may be researcher, the latter is an umbrella term for all texts pre- is supplied with a translation and listed as a separate widely used by Ukrainian authors. sented as translations but actually created as something item. Recently the importance of training translators and different (e.g., free rendering, transfusion, etc.). Thus, the The Kyiv conference contributed to the establishment interpreters became evident in Ukraine. The country word “translation” does not cover all the diverse types of of contacts among researchers in translation studies, needs highly qualified interpreters and translators for the contacts between language and literature. helping them exchange opinions and share their experi- United Nations, UNESCO, Council of Europe, One of Prof. Etkind’s studies is titled “Poeziya i ence. Conference participants passed a resolution on the need to organize a federation of translators and inter- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Perevod” (“Poetry and Translation”), but he considers preters in Ukraine. Development, for embassies and a host of other organi- that the German version “Dichtung and Nachdichtung” The experience of such federations in other countries zations in Ukraine and throughout the world. reflects the essence of this notion, better introducing the shows that such a body would be able to perform a num- Thus, discussing various problems of translation and element of secondary creativity, and the involvement of ber of significant functions: to arrange forums for dis- interpreting became an urgent need in Ukraine. On May a co-creator. Prof. Etkind analyzed different levels and 29-30, Taras Shevchenko State University in Kyiv host- cussions on controversial subjects and research; to pro- types of metatranslation, providing examples from tect the rights and privileges of translators and inter- ed the international conference “Translation on the German, Italian and English literatures as interpreted by Threshold of the XXI Century: History, Theory, preters; to represent them at international conferences Russian classical writers. and seminars; to gain recognition for the important role Methods” (organized by the Common European Project Methods of teaching interpreting and translating were TEMPUS – TACIS 85422-94: Ukraine – Spain – France translators play in modern Ukraine; to create more discussed by Ion Chobanu, Nelli Kalustova, Zenoviy appreciation for the field of translation; and to improve – Italy). The program included over 80 reports, which Partyko, Eduard Skorokhodko and many other covered various problems of modern translation studies. the quality of translations. researchers. In his report on “Information Technologies The resolution was passed unanimously. Thus, one Issues in the history of translation were highlighted in Translators’ Training,” Prof. Viacheslav Karaban by Prof. Oleksander Cherednychenko, who gave a gen- can expect that the All-Ukrainian Federation of stressed the necessity of updating the process of transla- Translators and Interpreters will soon become reality, eral overview of the development of literary translation tors’ training, helping them to develop computer skills, in Ukraine and defined the main directions of Ukrainian and that through the organization Ukraine’s profession- and teaching them how to use software and the Internet. als will join the International Federation of Translators, The participants of the conference had ample oppor- uniting national societies of translators into a single Iryna Kovalska is a post-graduate student at Ivan tunity to listen to the outstanding Ukrainian lexicogra- international body. Franko State University in Lviv. pher Mykhailo Balla, who spoke about his experience in No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 9 Ukrainian librarians meet in Urbana-Champaign by Jurij Dobczansky English as it pertains to Ukraine and as practiced abroad. The afternoon session featured Mykola Senchenko, Oleksandr Afonin, president of the Ukrainian Publishers’ director of the Book Chamber of Ukraine, and his assistant URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Over 100 partici- Association and general director of Abris Publishing Oleksii Vassiliev. They outlined a strategic plan of develop- pants, including a sizable delegation from Ukraine, gath- House (Kyiv), reported on the current problems of publi- ment to the year 2005 and discussed current information ered at the 16th annual Conference on Ukrainian cation and book distribution in Ukraine. Liudmyla products and databases produced by this vital national cen- Subjects at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Rozumna, Lviv Stefanyk Research Library, spoke of the ter of bibliographic control. Inna Rykun, Odesa Regional Champaign. This year’s themes were the Ukrainian lan- role of book conservation and preservation in maintaining Research Library (a repository library for literature on the guage in contemporary Ukraine and library cooperation a cultural heritage. Computerized systems of distributing exact sciences) presented various bibliographic guides to the between Ukraine and North America. donated books in Ukraine was the topic of Alexander marine biology of the Black Sea and bio-bibliographical While the language and literary experts convened on Diedyk of the Sabre-Svitlo Foundation. works about Odesa’s mathematicians and scientists. Vira Friday, about 50 librarians, book publishers and infor- Sunday morning’s session began with a presentation by Zahumenna, Kyiv State Institute of Culture, compared ret- mation science experts attended the ongoing Slavic John Sheridan, the American Library Association/United rospective and current bibliographic efforts and discussed Librarians’ Workshop that featured a special session States Information Agency 1997 Library Fellow in Ukraine the problems of defining the scope of national bibliography devoted to Ukrainian library issues. and head librarian of Colorado College. Joining him was when deciding on the inclusion of diaspora Ukrainica. Conference sponsors included the University’s Tetiana Bugasova, head of acquisitions at the Kyiv-Mohyla Monday evening’s roundtable was devoted to the Summer Research Laboratory, the Foundation for the Academy Library. They focused on the unique experience compilation and publication of the “Encyclopedia of the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies at the University, the of working in a developing new university library. Luba Ukrainian Diaspora.” Panelists included Daria Markus Shevchenko Scientific Society, the Ukrainian Library Pendzey, University of Toronto Library, reported on the of Chicago, Jaroslav Rozumnyj of the University of Association of America and First Security Federal cooperative activities between her library and academic Winnipeg, Miroslav Semchyshyn of Chicago, and Savings Bank (Chicago). libraries and archives in Ukraine from 1990 to 1994. Dmytro Shtohryn. Saturday’s library session opened with welcoming Stepan Horlach, Association of Canadian Friends of Tuesday morning’s session focused on library educa- remarks by Dr. Dmytro Shtohryn, the principal conference Ukraine, provided fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpses tion and professionalism. Vasyl Sheyko, Kharkiv State organizer. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. John of organizing help for the libraries of eastern and southern Institute of Culture, reported on international relations Van Oudenaren, chief of the European Division of the Ukraine. Oksana Piaseckyj, University of Ottawa, gave an and curriculum plans for library and information educa- Library of Congress. Dr. Van Oudenaren outlined three interesting overall assessment of Canadian efforts to aid tion in Ukraine. Yuri Afanasiev, Kyiv State Institute of areas in which the Library of Congress already cooperates Ukrainian libraries between 1990 and 1996. Culture, spoke of humanistic and cultural principles in with Ukraine: exchanges of books and especially hard-to- In the afternoon, Yaroslav Senyk, USIA Freedom the training of librarians and information personnel. find sources on microfilm; exchange of personnel; and Support Act Program Fellow, gave his own perspectives Valeriia Yurchenko, Transcarpathian Regional Medical electronic communications technology. of the manuscript division of the Stefanyk Scientific Research Library, drew upon her own experience as a There are currently 26 Ukrainian exchange partners in Library after a year of library studies at The Catholic medical librarian in presenting the problems of profes- Kyiv and in the major cities and regions, with an addition- University of America in Washington. Lev Goldenberg, sional preparation and training of staff for major al 16 regional research libraries and three university formerly of the Vernadsky Library in Kyiv now living in research libraries. libraries pending approval. Twenty additional libraries Milwaukee, spoke of the theory and practice of develop- That afternoon’s roundtable was devoted to surveys have been identified for future consideration. Exchanges ing a Ukrainian bibliographic repertory. Olena Bashun, of Ukrainian libraries and special collections in Canada of persons have included the U.S. Agency for Donetsk Regional Research Library, offered interesting and the United States. Participants included: Svitlana International Development-funded program of cooperation views on public relations and fundraising in Ukrainian Andrushkiw of the Shevchenko Scientific Society between the Library’s Congressional Research Service libraries. Olha Isaievych, director of the Lviv-based Library in New York, Tamara Bulat of the Ukrainian and the Ukrainian Parliament. Dr. Van Oudenaren also Sabre-Svitlo Foundation, discussed sources and prob- Academy of Arts and Sciences in New York, Luba mentioned the Soros Foundation’s Visiting Fellows lems of book donations and fundraising in Ukraine. Pendzey of the University of Toronto Library, Oksana Program and the Freedom Support Act Graduate That evening, a re-organizational meeting of the Piaseckyj of the University of Ottawa Library, Dmytro Fellowship Program. Together, these programs have Ukrainian Library Association of America was held. A Shtohryn of the University of Illinois at Urbana- allowed 14 outstanding individuals from Ukraine to study board of directors was elected consisting of the following: Champaign, Jaryna Turko-Bodrock of the Harvard library and information science in the United States. Mr. Dobczansky, president, Tania Keis, vice-president, University Library, Lubow Wolynetz of the Ukrainian Concluding his remarks, Dr. Van Oudenaven stated: Areta Halibey, secretary, Theodore Caryk, treasurer, and Catholic Diocesan Library of Stamford, Connecticut, “Library cooperation should be seen as just one Adriana Pilecky-Dekajlo, member of the board. The and Bohdan Yasinsky of the European Division of the aspect of a broader pattern of cooperation that exists at Auditing Committee includes Svitlana Andrushkiw, Library of Congress. the political and economic level. The development of Lubow Wolynetz, and Halyna Myroniuk. Although there Wednesday’s session focused on management of libraries and of a proper information infrastructure in are presently more than 75 Ukrainian librarians in North libraries. Tetiana Dolbenko, Kyiv Institute of Culture, Ukraine can assist with economic development, the pro- America and Ukraine linked by electronic “listserv,” a spoke on the role of school and youth libraries. Jaryna motion of investment, and with making democratic gov- special effort will be made to attract a wider membership Turko-Bodrock discussed management of a Slavic library. ernment more stable and effective. The Library of among librarians in the United States and Canada. Halyna Myroniuk, Immigration History Research Center Congress stands ready to expand its cooperation with Increased contact and communication will allow more of the University of Minnesota, presented the center’s Ukraine, and I can give you assurances that my division effective sharing of expertise and coordination of library Ukrainian-American collection. Anatoliy Brovkin, is open to new partnerships and forms of cooperation.” work. For further information or to subscribe to the list- Vernadsky National Library, discussed management of a Valentyna Pashkova, president of the Ukrainian Library serv, contact [email protected]). A ULAA home page is universal scientific library in Ukraine. Association and docent of the Kyiv State Institute of under preparation and will soon be launched. At the close of the conference a World Council of Culture, reported on the activities of the association and Monday morning’s panel opened with a presentation on Ukrainian Librarians was formed to coordinate library focused on the need for librarians in Ukraine to familiarize the teaching of Slavic bibliography at the University of and information activity at the international level. The themselves with the latest information technologies. Jurij Illinois by Robert Burger. Maria Valjo, Lviv Stefanyk council is headed by Mykola Senchenko of Kyiv (e- Dobczansky of the Library of Congress and president of Library, discussed problems of Slavic bibliography. mail: [email protected]). The following individu- the Ukrainian Library Association of America, reviewed Adriana Pilecky-Dekajlo, Center for Research Libraries, als were elected to the council : Olena Bashun the history of the association and called for a reorientation outlined the possibilities of cooperation in the context of (Donetsk), Anatoliy Brovkin (Kyiv), Mr. Dobczansky of its activity to meet the demands of the current and the Slavic and East European Microfilm Project. Ivan (Washington), Ms. Pashkova (Kyiv), Luba Pendzey future information environment. Herassym, USIA Freedom Support Act Program Fellow at (Toronto), Vasyl Sheyko (Kharkiv), and Maria Valjo Bohdan Wynar, president of Libraries Unlimited, Inc., The Catholic University of America, gave a demonstration (Lviv). Mykola Senchenko, editor of the monthly a publisher of library and information science texts and of an electronic multi-lingual dictionary of library and Visnyk Knyzhkovoyi Palaty, has agreed to edit and pub- selected Ukrainian studies, spoke of book publication in information science and related fields in computer science. lish the proceedings of the library conference.

Participants of the the 16th annual Conference on Ukrainian Subjects held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 No. 33

BOOK REVIEW: “Faith and Hope” in photos C h u r ch cornerstone by Irene Jarosewich JERSEY CITY, N.J. — As part of their effort to blessed in Zarv a n y t s i a commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest last year, the St. Sophia Religious Association of by the Rev. Roman Hankevych Ukrainian Catholics U.S.A this past spring published an ZARVANYTSIA, Ukraine – The cornerstone for excellent photo collection, “Faith and Hope: The the Cathedral of the Mother of God of Zarvanytsia was Kyivan Church in Communion with Rome 1596-1996.” blessed here on May 11, which also happened to be Andrzej Polec of Poland, a free-lance photographer, Mother’s Day. The village of Zarvanytsia is located in was in Ukraine 20 times within four years, traveling Berezhany county in the Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine. close to 40,000 kilometers and shot several hundred Bishop Mykhail Sabryha, together the pastor of rolls of film for this book. As part of his continuing Zarvanytsia, Mitred Archpriest Vasyl Semeniuk, series of photobooks on Churches in Eastern Europe, he Mitred Archpriest Vasyl Ivasiuk of Zboriv, the Mitred had chosen to document the revival of the Ukrainian Archpriest Mykola Matychak visiting from England, Greek-Catholic Church in Ukraine and began this pro- and numerous other clergy, officiated at the ceremony ject in 1993. Previously he published photo collections in the presence of government and district representa- titled “Kreuzwege in Polen” (Crossroads in Poland) and tives Bohdan Boyko and Ivan Boychuk and 15,000 pil- “Credo” (Creed). A chance encounter in August 1995 at g r i m s . the airport in Warsaw with Prof. Leonid Rudnytzky of It was 750 years ago that a pious monk, fleeing the La Salle University in Philadelphia led to the final col- Mongol invasion and the ruins of Kyiv, fell asleep by a laboration on this project between Mr. Polec and the St. little creek on the shores of the Strypa River in the vil- Sophia Religious Association. Prof. Rudnytsky and lage of Zarvanytsia. While soundly asleep, he had a Oleksiy Opanasiuk, a graduate student of Central and vision of the Virgin Mary holding a baby in her arms. Eastern European Studies at La Salle University, edited In the morning he found an icon of the Virgin Mary the text for this 143-page publication. holding a baby – the same as in his vision. Interspersed among the wonderful color photographs of News of the miraculous icon spread, and the first the active religious life of Greek-Catholics, as well as church was build by the renowned Ukrainian Prince images of secular life in Ukraine during the past few Vasylko Terebovelsky, brother of King Danylo. The years, are photos and document reproductions dating from shrine was closely tied to the fate of Ukraine and before the 1991 declaration of Ukraine’s independence. endured enemy attacks along with the rest of the coun- Among the selection are photos of Metropolitan Andrey try. During these times the church suffered, as did the Sheptytskyj; the activities of the Church of the Catacombs Ukraine and in the West are on file in the Church archives monastery, which became a refuge for local inhabi- (referred to as Underground Church in the book); nuns and in Lviv, as well as in a several personal collections. tants. The loyal children of the Mother of God would priests exiled to Siberia in 1946; the desolate remains of There are several dozen full-page color plates in this rebuild the ruined shrine, and She, in turn, protected church buildings after Akcja Wisla in Poland; the return to photobook. The paper stock, lithography, typesetting and them. the West from Siberia of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj; and demon- binding are of very high quality — essential for a book of Through the years metropolitans, bishops, priests strations of Catholic faithful in Moscow in the 1980s. color photographs to successfully convey the essence of its and the faithful streamed from every corner of Ukraine A regrettable exception to the historic photographs images. “Faith and Hope: The Kyivan Church in to Zarvanytsia with gratitude for the graces obtained included in this volume is the omission of any photos doc- Communion with Rome 1596-1996” can be purchased for and with prayers for help. Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, after umenting the return to Lviv of Cardinal Myroslav Ivan $39 (includes shipping and handling) by writing to: St. his release from Siberia and arrival in Rome, recreated Lubachivsky from exile in Rome during Easter 1991. A Sophia Religious Association of Ukrainian Catholics, 7911 the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of number of exceptional photographs of this dramatic Whitewood Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027; (215) 635- Zarvanytsia and sent copies of it to his faithful around moment for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in 1555. Please include a return address. the world for veneration. The people never forgot the miraculous icon nor the healing spring water of Zarvanytsia. The rebirth and construction of Zarvanytsia began in 1988. The first person to celebrate the divine liturgy in Zarvanytsia on the occasion of the millennium of the baptism of Rus’-Ukraine was Bishop Pavlo Vasylyk. Later, Metropolitan Volodymyr Sterniuk, Cardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky and hundreds of thou- sands of faithful visited Zarvanytsia. In response to the call of Cardinal Lubachivsky and the bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, a million faithful gathered in Zarvanytsia in 1995 to par- ticipate in the renewal of the “Consecration of the Ukrainian People to the Most Pure Virgin Mary,” which was first proclaimed by the great Kyivan Prince Yaroslav Mudryi. At the gathering, it became evident that Zarvanytsia needed a new church. The idea of building a grand church to the Mother of God of Zarvanytsia surfaced. Upon the initiative of the pastor of Zarvanytsia, the Rev. Semeniuk, and the proposal of Bishop Sabryha, the bishops participating in the sobor and Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Lviv turned to all people of good will with the entreaty to help with this grand project. This plea was directed largely to Ukrainians in the diaspora due to the fragile economic state in Ukraine. The recreation of the church is impos- sible without help from abroad. A contest for the best design for the church also has been announced. It has been endorsed by the Union of Prof. Leonid Rudnytzky (left) and Oleksiy Opanasiuk, editors of “Faith and Hope.” Architects and Artists of Ukraine, as well as the National Institute for the Rebirth of Ukraine. First place was awarded to Mychailo Nehrebniak from Ternopil. The church will be constructed on the side of the B O O K N O T E : Ethnographic study of Kholmschyna, Pidliashia mountain over the miraculous spring. According to tra- dition it will face east. The magnificent sobor will have JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The publication “Kholmschyna Relations and Political Studies and the Taras two sanctuaries. It will also contain crypts for the inter- and Pidliashia: An Historic and Ethnogrpahic Study” Shevchenko National University at Kyiv (Kyiv State ment of outstanding ecclesiastical and civil dignitaries. belongs to a particular genre more common in Ukraine University), the 18 contributing authors discuss the The upper church will accommodate 2,000 faithful. A than in the West, in parts a dense academic study, a refer- architecture of churches, homes, farm buildings and stairway will link the shrine and the miraculous spring. ence, and feature-like essays for general readers, it seeks community structures, embroidery, clothing styles and Even the smallest offering will be recognized by a to document remnants of a unique history and culture that embellishments, religious items, home decorations, personal certificate, and the names of bigger donors has been all but eradicated by political and economic wooden and ceramic utensils, the local slang, native will be inscribed on a commemorative plaque in the forces. proverbs of the region. s h r i n e . The text and photographs overview life in the regions Including many color plates, b/w photos, and pen-and- Please send donations to: Cathedral of the Mother of of Kholmschyna and Pidliashia through material arti- ink sketches, even a brief glance through the text and illus- God of Zarvanytsia Building Committee, 15 St. Olga facts from approximately the past 150 years, with some trations of this 383 page book reminds the reader that even St., Hamilton, Ontario L8L 6R3; make your checks artifacts dating back several hundred years. as little as 60 years ago, most regions of Ukraine had a rich payable to Sobor Zarvanytskoyi Materi Bozhoyi.” In this joint publication of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Institute of International (Continued on page 16) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 11 Peremyshl’s Basilian complex now undergoing restoration by the Rev. Volodymyr Jushchak WARSAW — After more than five decades of forced silence, the Basilian church and monastery in Peremyshl were returned to their original owners on October 25, 1996. The monastery had been converted to meet the stan- dards of an administrative bureau; the church, stripped of its crosses and crippled with three levels of concrete stairs and floors, was used as a warehouse for state archives. With the blessing of Bishop Josaphat Kotsylovsky in 1935, the church had served the needs of its faithful for only 10 years. Today, 50 years after the criminal “Akcja Wisla,” the Peremyshl church and monastery are reborn. In the church building the intrusive concrete floors have been removed; the monastery, which will serve the Basilian brothers-students, mainly from Ukraine, is being readied to accept, its first monks. This is expected to hap- pen in October of this year. It is hoped that the church will begin to function according to its original, intended purpose by the end of the year. As part of the Ukrainian Festival of Culture, held in Peremyshl this year, a concert of the Zhuravlii choir, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Akcja Wisla, was held in the Basilian church. We hope the second Ukrainian Greek-Catholic church in Peremyshl will help awaken and solidify the Christian spirit among our Ukrainians. Time has shown that, 50 years after Akcja Wisla, we have not disappeared, as was intended by those who organized that operation. Instead we live and with great effort continue to renew that which was destroyed. The Basilian church is an excellent example of such rebirth, especially now since the Ukrainian Greek- Catholic cathedral in Peremyshlwas disfigured with the spiteful removal by Polish authorities of the cupola above the cathedral. The Basilian church in Peremyshl, Poland. The Basilian complex is large, with an impressive cupola, a church building, and a three-story monastery Peremyshl to be their homeland and to those who are fond divine liturgy will be celebrated every year in the building in which up to 30 monks can live. The cost to of Peremyshl, we appeal to you to help us return life to the Peremyshl church on the feast day of St. Josaphat. renovate the entire complex is projected at $600,000. church and monastery in Peremyshl and to be included in Your contribution can be sent to: Klasztor Ojcow Approximately $100,000 has been invested in the reno- the protection of this unique Ukrainian monument. For Bazylianow, ul. Miodowa 16, 00-246 Warsaw, Poland; vation, and approximately $500,000 is still needed. those who donated money to originally build the church, Acct. No.: PKO BP X/O Warszawa Nr 102011101- To all people of sincere heart, to those who consider and for those who will donate to renovate the complex, a 711674-270-2161787 (USD).

The restoration process under way.

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sprinted up, rose on his flexing Austrian- Bubka extends... made rubber pole, inverted his body in (Continued from page 1) the Western roll technique once used by Bubka’s victories meet held on June 1 in Toronto, he with- high jumpers, and cleared the bar with drew, and did not appear at an interna- what seemed to be world-record amounts Six times on top of the world tional competition until June 18, at a of space to spare. He’d done it. After he landed, Mr. Bubka sat on the IAAF Grand Prix in Helsinki — the site by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj •1993, Stuttgart, Germany — After of his first world championship triumph edge of the safety map, beaming into the cameras and holding up six fingers. The a frustrating Barcelona Olympics in 1983. Finishing fifth with a height of JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Until this (because of Russia’s clout within the 5.60, Mr. Bubka was clearly just easing crowd was already going wild. weekend’s world athletics champi- International Olympic Committee, himself back into form. Mr. Starkey told The New York Times, onships, Ukraine’s Sergey Bubka, a Ukraine competed as part of the When Ukraine’s most successful ath- “He never ceases to amaze me. No one will 33-year-old native of Luhansk and “Unified Team” and Mr. Bubka had lete ever arrived in Athens, his rivals ever duplicate what he’s done.” holder of 35 outdoor and indoor world shocked the world with a no-height were waiting for him: 1992 Olympic As he had at the previous world cham- records, had been the only athlete to performance), and at the peak of his Champion Tarasov; 1996 Olympic pionships in Göteborg, Sweden, in 1995, win five consecutive world titles. He career at age 29, the vaulter was eager Champion Galfione. South African he decided to take one last crack at a still is. But now he is also the only to bring a gold medal home to Okkert Brits was also in the field. Mr. world record — the bar was set at 6.15, competitor to have won six titles in a Ukraine. On August 19, 1993, he set Brits, Mr. Bubka and Russia’s Igor one centimeter above his mark estab- row. two significant marks: he became the Trandenkov are the only three members lished in Sestriere, Italy, a magically The following is a chronology of only athlete to have won his event in of the exclusive 6.00-meter club — they even 20 feet 2 inches. Mr. Bubka’s victories at the world ath- all four world championships, and his are the only men in history to have Mr. Bubka started down the runway letics championships. vault of 6.00 meters was the first suc- cleared this height. Not surprisingly, Mr. but pulled up short, provoking a storm of •1983, Helsinki, Finland — The cessful attempt at that height in a Bubka is the charter member, having whistles from the crowd. “I was not dis- first IAAF world championships major championship. The medals went established the mark in 1991, then sur- appointed by the reaction of the public,” marked the beginning of a glorious to four men who were now wearing passing it a mind-boggling 40 times. Reuters quoted him telling the press con- reign. On August 14, 1983, after a day vests of newly independent nations. On August 8, the qualifying round ference later. “They wanted to see a of heavy rain and whipping winds began, and Mr. Brits succumbed to pres- world record. But they must understand wiped out the qualifying competition, Grigory Yegorov of Kazakstan took sure and the oppressive heat, and no- that I was just coming back from injury.” the 19-year old from Donbas took his the silver for a height of 5.90, while heighted. But another South African To put the achievement of six straight place among 27 men who were now two Russians Mr. Tarasov and Igor threat, Riaan Botha, along with Mr. world championships into perspective, slated to take part in a gruelling seven- Trandenkov were awarded bronze Galfione, Mr. Tarasov, and favorite Tim the Associated Press provided the fol- hour final. Then an unknown member medals for clearing 5.80. Lobinger of Germany, all passed to the lowing statistics on August 11: of the of the Soviet Union’s sports jugger- •1995, Göteborg (Gothenburg), final round with a strategic 5.70. Atlanta Olympic Games champions, 25 naut, he was the only one to clear 5.70 Sweden — Now competing only In the final, the physical strain was did not even make the final eight at this meters. The USSR’s Konstantin against himself, on August 9, 1995, beginning to show on Mr. Bubka. Although year’s competition in Athens. Volkov took the silver (5.60) and Mr. Bubka took the fifth title with a he projected confidence as he charged down Mr. Bubka had already set the mark Atanas Tarev of Bulgaria the bronze height of 5.92, but expressed annoy- the runway, he repeatedly screamed at him- for the oldest world pole vault champion (5.60). ance that failed to raise his world self as he stood preparing. Each time he in 1995. As is his wont (he is holder of •1987, Rome — Mr. Bubka had record from 6.14 (set in Sestriere, rose off the mat after an attempt, successful 17 outdoor and 18 indoor world records) improved the world record seven Italy, the previous year) to 6.15 in or not, he was wincing in pain. he simply nudged the limit further out. times, from 5.85 to 6.03 meters since three attempts. Mr. Tarasov was the He made 5.70 on his second attempt. Asked for the secret to his longevity, the previous world championships. silver medalist (5.86) and Frenchman Mr. Tarasov, Mr. Lobinger and a young Mr. Bubka replied: “My main secret is Very few doubted he would retain his Jean Galfione, the eventual Olympic Californian, Dean Starkey, took it on the that I love sport. I love the competition title. He did, almost effortlessly, in champion in Atlanta, took the bronze first try. Mr. Botha didn’t make a height. and the atmosphere.” He added, “and I Rome’s Olympic Stadium on (5.86). The bar went up to 5.80, and the top always want to be the best.” September 5, 1987. The Ukrainian •1997, Athens — An Achilles, four made it over. Then the strategy Asked by Agence France Presse what jumped only twice — first clearing tendon injury had forced him to pull began. At 5.91, Mr. Lobinger failed, the kept him going and what would come 5.70, his winning height in 1983, then out of the Olympics the previous American and the Russian flew over the next, Mr. Bubka said: “It was my brother 5.85, good enough for the title. year, and a December operation led bar, and Mr. Bubka seemed to struggle. [Vasiliy] who motivated me, and I agreed France’s Thierry Vigneron was first to him to muse publicly about possible Mr. Tarasov easily cleared 5.96, but the and thought, ‘No, the great Sergey Bubka height at 5.80 and so was given the sil- retirement in the ensuing months. Donbas-borm champion passed. Then is not going to leave the sport like this. I ver, and by equalling this mark Soviet Not able even to train until April, Mr. Starkey missed his attempts. am going to do another record, and then jumper Rodion Gataullin took home and managing only a 5.60 in his first With the bar raised to 6.01, Mr. Bubka there is Sydney. Sydney 2000.’ ” the bronze. competitive meet on June 18, •1991, Tokyo — Wearing the man- doubters of the Donetsk-based tle of Olympic champion, won in vaulter’s ability to extend his string Turning the pages... Seoul in 1988, Mr. Bubka returned to were legion. On August 10, he was Asia to claim a third world title as the wincing as he rose from the mat after (Continued from page 6) USSR teetered on the brink. He had each of his clearances. The reigning The forum, which was nine months and over 17 million kupony in the planning, already announced his intention to world champion passed on 5.91 that was opened by the chairman of the organizing committee, Mykola Zhulynsky, a mem- compete for Ukraine in the Barcelona rivals Mr. Tarasov and Dean Starkey ber of President Leonid Kravchuk’s State Duma (specializing in humanitarian affairs). Olympics in 1992. On August 29, of the U.S. achieved, then raised He noted that the forum was gathered to utilize the full potential of the Ukrainian 1991, five days after his country himself aloft and over the bar set at nation and to paint a picture for the rest of the world of independent Ukraine. declared its independence, he tri- 6.01, a height that only three men in President Kravchuk delivered opening remarks, during which he called for a coalition umphed after a thrilling battle with history have cleared, and retained government and unity among democratic forces for the purpose of building an independent Istvan Bagyula of Hungary. This was hold on the throne. “It’s not my best Ukraine. But, he also spoke harshly of opposition leaders such as Vyacheslav Chornovil, Mr. Bubka’s toughest competition to victory at the championships,” Mr. accusing him of splitting Rukh, the Popular Movement of Ukraine, and causing disunity. date and for several heart-stopping Bubka said, “but I can say it is The forum continued for two more days. It was highlighted by presentations of del- moments it appeared he might finish maybe the most difficult.” Mr. egates from both the diaspora and Ukraine, including the president of the World as low as seventh. His winning height: Tarasov, who later made a 5.96 vault Congress of Free Ukrainians, Yuri Shymko, as well as Ukraine’s political leaders. 5.95 meters. Mr. Bagyula took the sil- for the silver medal, disagreed: ver, at 5.90, while Russian Maksim “That 6.01 was one of his best jumps Source: “Ukraine celebrates first anniversary of independence; Worldwide forum Tarasov made his first appearance on I have ever seen. It’s amazing to see attracts delegates from East and West,” The Ukrainian Weekly, August 30, 1992 (Vol. the podium by clearing 5.85. him win.” LX, No. 35). 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 No. 33

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Dour as usual, Mr. answering telephone calls, handling customer inquries by providing general and fiberglass composites and return to Medvedev said the form that had taken information to callers, and/or routing calls to appropriate persons. the traditional wood in order to bring him to the 1994 semifinal had deserted Individual will greet visitors and customers, as well as, ascertain nature of busi- serving speed down. him, adding that “I’d rather play Muster ness. Ability to take dictation, compose and type routine correspondence, For obvious reasons, Mr. Rusedski because I know his game.” along with a general administrative duties required. Familiarity with PC-based was loudly opposed to this, and the It appeared that Mr. Medvedev was word processing software a must. Fluency in Ukrainian and English required. world’s forests and equipment companies facing a rabid Ukrainian patriot — Mr. The position will be located at our principal office in Clifton, NJ. are no doubt on his side. Kuerten’s blue-and-yellow clothes, even Mr. Medvedev has settled into his role yellow socks and blue shoes (not suede), Please send resume and salary history in confidence to: as top Ukrainian after flirting with a drew a reprimand from French Tennis switch to Russian colors for Olympic and Self Reliance (NJ) Federal Credit Union Federation President Christian Bimes. Davis Cup competition (paradoxically, 851 Allwood Road After winning the first set, 7-5, of their after resisting Moscow’s blandishments Clifton, NJ 07012-1922 afternoon match, the Kyivan seemed to for years). Although he hasn’t returned to falter, dropping the next two, 1-6, 2-6, Attention: Human Resources the top-10 form he reached in 1993, the before storming back 6-1 in the fourth. Compensation and benefits commensurate with experience graceful 23-year-old has overcome The fifth was deadlocked 2-2, when offi- injuries and a new coach’s tinkering with cials decided to suspend the match due to his service to stop his slide out of the darkness. elite. The following morning, the young As of August 11, Ukrainian men stood Brazilian’s nerves seemed to best with- as follows in the ATP singles rankings stand the delay, as he quickly went up 4- (with standing at the beginning of the 2, breaking the Kyivan’s serve. The season in brackets): Russian-Ukrainian often seems to need that kind of pressure. He broke back, 19 (36) Medvedev, Andrei held serve to even the set at 4-4, then had 25 (56) Rusedski, Greg his opponent down, 0-40, on the brink of another break point. Mr. Medvedev’s doubles partner, But the younger phenom fought back Andrij Rybalko, was ranked 346th on to deuce and then blasted a pair of aces to July 21 (334 at the season’s start), but hold serve. The tide turned and Mr. then disappeared from view a scant two Medvedev had to save a match point in weeks later. Similarly, Dmytro Poliakov the 10th game, but in the 12th found was 489th on July 21, 501st at the begin- himself at the wall again, down 15-40. ning of the season. After fighting back to deuce, the Kyivan Among those we listed at the beginning was hard pressed to return a well-aimed of the season who have completely fallen lob, and when the ball hit the net, it was below the official ATP ranking website’s 7-5 Mr. Kuerten, who became the first radar include Denys Yakymenko (former- Brazilian to reach the quarterfinals of the ly ranked 855th), Dmytro Muzyka (1038), French Open since 1960. He eventually Serhii Dovban (1093), Andrei Litvinov won the tournament, besting last year’s (1169), Volodymyr Lys (1302) and Serhii champion, Yegeniy Kafelnikov of Yaroshenko (1302). Russia, on the way. As mentioned in previous columns, At Wimbledon, Mr. Medvedev was Max Myrnyi is a man we’d dearly like to seeded (13th) but did not do as well. In the know more about, particularly now that second round he had trouble against hard- he’s risen to 368th in the world and has serving qualifier Sargis Sargsian of played in 13 tournaments this year. Is Armenia, committing nine double faults Ihor Kornienko (364th in the world) and a whopping 51 unforced errors on the Ukrainian? These are the mysteries we way to a 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 victory, and then ask our readers to help us solve. bowed out to Nicolas Kiefer of Germany, The fact that we have no further data on 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 4-6. all of the abovementioned gentlemen is in part due to fact that the glorious Stats Greg Rusedski Queen who maintained a superlative web- At the French Open the former site at http://www.jdland.com/tennis.html Canadian Ukrainian’s fortunes were simi- finally burned out after six long years of lar to Mr. Medvedev’s: he ran into a hot number-crunching. As a result, fans are forced to rely on the grossly inadequate (Continued on page 15) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 15

was the player’s position at the beginning 1996, the 18th woman to pass that mile- match, as Neiland/Sukova were pitted Sportsline of the season. stone. She is among a very select compa- against Olga Lugina and her German (Continued from page 14) ny of players who have beaten Martina partner Elena Wagner. The bigger (third young newcomer, Sweden’s Magnus 8 (2) Neiland, Larisa Navratilova in match play. seed) battalions won 6-3, 6-2. Norman, but his setback unfortunately 61 (46) Lugina, Olga On a more personal note, she married After dispatching 10th seeds Nathalie came much earlier, in the first round. Mr. 68 (60) Medvedeva, Natalia Alex Neiland of Latvia on December 21, Tauziat (France) and Linda Wild (U.S.) 6- Rusedski lost the first two sets 3-6, 2-6, 126 (192) Tatarkova, Elena 1989, and now plays out of that country. 4, 6-4, they won their quarterfinal contest then clawed his way back into the match 245 (177) Brioukhovets, Olena Her mother, Margarita, is a homemaker against Els Callens (Belgium) and Ginger 6-3, 6-4, before finally surrendering 9-7 275 (533) Zaporozhanova, Anna and her father is deceased. Ms. Neiland Nielsen (U.S.) 6-4, 6-4. In the semis, they in the fifth set after a long three hours and 416 (475) Nemchinova, Natalia speaks Ukrainian, Latvian, Russian and were bested by Manon Bollegraf (Holland) eight minutes. 421 (726) Bondarenko, Natalia English, and is writing her autobiography. and Nicole Arendt (U.S.), 2-6,6-3, 6-1. Back in England, Mr. Rusedski has 461 (500) Kovalchuk, Tetiana But now back to business. At this In mixed doubles, Ms. Neiland begun to learn that now that a died-in- 666 (929) Tchvanova, Nadia year’s French Open, in the singles draw enjoyed her best Grand Slam run of this the-wool born-in-Oxford WASP knight 693 (1033) Nossenko, Irena Ms. Neiland continued to show the weak- season. Her partner, Mr. Olhovsky, had has come to British tennis (Tim 730 (1022) Turpak, Daria ened form that reflects her slide down the been turfed from the singles draw in the Henman), he’s going to be hard-pressed 738 (1067) Semenets, Juliya rankings. qualifying rounds, and so both could con- to keep Albion’s attention. After Mr. 787 (NA) Teplynska, Olha After a first round victory over Anne centrate on making good on their status Henman lost and he won in the semis of 818 (1003) Kavoun, Kate Sidot of France (6-2, 7-5) she was ousted as third seeds. the Wimbledon tune-up Nottingham in the next by Ann Grossman of the U.S. After three rounds of relatively easy tournament, Mr. Rusedski said, “Maybe Singles Rankings as of August 4: (4-6, 4-6) two-set sailing, they dispatched Ruxandra I’ll get a headline if I win. It would be In doubles play, however, the 29-year- Dragomir of Romania and Leander Paes of nice if people said ‘Rusedski wins,’ 109 Neiland, Larisa old Lviv-born ace is still among the top India 6-3, 7-5 in the quarterfinals. In the rather than ‘Henman loses.’ ” 139 Tatarkova, Elena echelon. She was seeded fourth along semis, the unseeded but home-favored pair At the All-England Club Mr. 145 Medvedeva, Natalia with team-mate Czech star Helena of Nicholas Broad (U.K.) and Marie de Rusedski’s first round match was against 150 Lugina, Olga Sukova, and they played like it — blow- Swardt (South Africa) put up a hard fight. seventh seed Australian Mark 189 Brioukhovets, Olena ing past first and second round opponents The final score was 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-3 in Philliphousis, and a showcase of what 486 Kovalchuk, Tatiana by scores of 6-2, 6-3 and 6-4, 6-1. favor of Ms. Neiland’s side. purists consider to be wrong with tennis 513 Zaporozhanova, Anna They were even more impressive in In the final, she found herself across the — two men with serves topping 135 mph! 523 Nemchinova, Natalia the third round, overpowering Naoko net from her doubles partner, Ms. Sukova, Mr. Rusedski held the record for fastest 747 Teplynska, Olga Kijimata and Nana Miyagi 6-1, 6-2. who together with her brother Cyril Suk, serve at 139.8 mph until Mr. Phillipousis 786 Bondarenko, Natalia Unfortunately, it is often the case that was the defending Wimbledon mixed dou- broke it earlier this year. The Aussie has 824 Nossenko, Irena lack of a real challenge in the early bles champion. Despite taking the first set, since hit five serves recorded at over 140 897 Semenets, Juleya rounds can spell trouble when the opposi- firing more aces in the contest and manu- mph, including a 142.3 mph rocket he 908 Turpak, Daria tion stiffens nearer the championship. facturing 15 break-point opportunities, launched in May in Dusseldorf, Germany, 918 Tchvanova, Nadia So it was when Neiland and Sukova Nieland-Olhovsky bowed to the Czech which stands as the current record. 1018 Davidyuk, Juliya faced the U.S. tandem of Mary Joe pair by a score of 6-4, 3-6, 4-6. Their match must have reminded 1031 Kavoun, Kate Fernandez and Lisa Raymond, who dis- Despite the dip in the rankings shown spectators of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 over- 1064 Ikonnikova, Yulia patched them 6-2, 6-3. by Ukrainian women, a number of them ture. With his serve reaching 139 mph, 1073 Sholuh, Anna The former Miss Savchenko suffered a had strong performances at the All- the Ukrainian fireballer hammered 27 greater shock in mixed doubles competi- England Club. As mentioned above, Ms. aces at his equally peppery opponent, Over all, the WTA has a far superior tion. Paired with Andrei Olhovsky of Lugina made it through the qualifying and even managed to serve at a reason- website to the men’s site, but in recent Russia, they were second seeds, but were rounds with team-mate Ms. Wagner, and able percentage (55 percent), taking the months, the WTA has begun to list Olena knocked out by the unheralded Germans bested Silke Meier (Germany) and Lenka match 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 and send- Brioukhovets as a player from Russia (and Barbara Rittner and Klaus Braasch after Nemeckova (Czech Republic) in the first ing the English crowd into orbit. some stats doings so have appeared in getting a bye into the second round. round, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, before being Round two was another artillery bar- newspapers). Sportsline urges our readers At Wimbledon, Ms. Neiland was bounced by the higher flying pair of rage. This time the opponent was to remonstrate with its powers that be shown the singles exit door even earlier, Neiland-Sukova. Jonathan Stark of the U.S., another 130 (please see the website address above). as Ms. Kijimata avenged the pasting the Also enjoying a good run on Albion Lviv-born star administered across the green was the all-Ukrainian team of mph-er. Mr. Rusedski prevailed in a Larisa Savchenko Neiland marathon 4-6, 6-7 (9-11), 6-4, 6-3, 11-9, channel, winning 7-5, 6-2. Olena Brioukhovets and Olena as between them the two men fired 36 To provide some additional notes on As usual, the Latvian-based player did Tatarkova, who made it through the qual- aces. The American was undone by 23 the most successful women’s tennis play- much better in doubles. In the all- ifiers, but unfortunately ran out of gas double faults. er Ukraine has produced: Ms. Neiland women’s event, the second round fea- against Tami Jones (U.S.) and Maria In the third round, the ex-Canadian broke $3 million in career prize money in tured a Ukrainian-versus-Ukrainian Muric (Croatia), losing 3-6, 1-6. manhandled 233rd ranked Brit Andrew Richardson 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; and in the fourth, he turfed Richey Renenberg (U.S., 57th in the world), 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) with another scarifying total of aces: 32. As a result, this marked the first time that two players from the Green Isle had made it into the quarterfinals at Wimbledon since 1961, Mr. Henman also having made it to the round of eight. Both lost. Mr. Rusedski faced eventual finalist Cédric Pioline of France. He kept his ace total high (18), but the Frenchman was clearly a better returner than anyone he’d faced in the tournament, hitting eight returns for outright winners, and creating 11 break opportunities. The final score was 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 Pioline. Other notes: Mr. Medvedev’s Davis Cup doubles partner, Andrij Rybalko, played in the Wimbledon qualifier, but lost to Frenchman Francois Fontana, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6 in the first round. A certain O. Karpenko of Ukraine played in the boys’ singles draw, losing to M. Gregore of Slovenia 6-3, 0-6, 4-6. Women As we mentioned earlier in one of this year’s columns, Ukraine’s women have enjoyed better success in doubles than singles, so we’ll provide the more posi- tive rankings first. As listed on the Women’s Tennis Association website ( h t t p : / / w w w . c o r e l w t a t o u r . c o m / p l a y s t a t ) , Ukrainian women in the world doubles rankings system as of August 4 are pro- vided below. The rank shown in brackets 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 No. 33 Bandura enthusiasts gather for workshop in Winnipeg Ethnographic study. . . (Continued from page 10) and distinctive material culture that reflect- ed a life centered on God, the extended family and the tilling of the earth. Since independence, with the yoke of approved Communist Party interpretations of ethno- graphic history all but gone, there has been an almost spontaneous effort in various parts of Ukraine to document this bygone era before it completely disappears. This book is a laudable example of this effort. Published in Ukrainian in 1997 by Rodovid Publishers in Kyiv, the book can be purchased for $26.75, which includes shipping and handling. Send orders to: Mrs. S. Zmurkewycz, 288 Perry St., Elkins Park, PA 19027; make checks payable to: World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations (WFUWO). Canada announces... (Continued from page 8) from potential interns and prospective employers. It picks up the tab for travel, medical insurance, language training and a monthly allowance. Internships typically Participants of the workshop with Anatoli Murha (first row, kneeling on left). last between six and eight months, and involve a wide range of assignments with WINNIPEG — A bandura workshop The Manitoba School of Bandura on technique and ensemble playing. Over Canadian companies trying to crack the held in Winnipeg, on June 6-9, brought invited Anatoli Murha, member of the a three-day period, participants were emerging Ukrainian market. together over 20 bandura enthusiasts Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, to conduct divided by the levels of bandura proficien- The program allows Canadian youth and from all over the province of Manitoba. the workshop. This is the second time cy: beginner, intermediate and advanced. businesses to take advantage of the $600 It was organized by the Manitoba School Mr. Murha has conducted a bandura Participants of the workshop worked million in contracts signed during last of Bandura under the leadership of workshop in Winnipeg. He worked with enthusiastically to learn and share ideas year’s trade mission to Ukraine headed by Natalka Mayba and sponsored by the bandura enthusiasts of all ages. with each other on bandura playing. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural Center. The goal of the workshop was to work Organizations interested in hosting a Axworthy. Canada sends over 500 interns bandura workshop, should contact Mr. to work abroad every year through the Murha or Nick Schidowka. Both are Youth International Internship Program. administrators for the summer bandura The program’s mission statement, appli- camp Ukraina and Kobzarska Sich and cations for both interns and employers and have organized and taught at workshops in detailed information are available on the the past. Mr. Schidowka can be contacted SUSK website: www.internauts.ca/susk, or at [email protected], or (519) 652- contact the office via e-mail at 3043; and Mr. Murha can be contacted at [email protected]; phone, (416) 604-2840; [email protected], or (313) 953-0305. or fax, (416) 604-2094.

1997 Ukrainian Independence Day Picnic

The Washington Group in cooperation with the SELFRELIANCE Baltimore Federal Credit Union presents the 6th annual Ukrainian Independence Day Picnic on August 24th, 1997 at Centenial Park East, Pavilion H, Columbia, Maryland Routes 108 and US 29 noon-dusk

2:00 TOAST

Refreshments, walking and bicycling trails by the lake, tot lot, volleyball, and soccer bring a contribution of your favorite picnic dish! music by the UKE DJ “DARIA”

1st annual Washington Metro Area Volleyball Tournament PACKAGES TO UKRAINE all levels, enter yourself or a team! Contact Youri Nizhnikevich (703) 519-3623

as low as $ .59 per Lb 3rd annual Washington Metro Area Tennis Tournament singles and/or doubles, contact Orest Poliszczuk (410) 465-3698 DNIPRO CO For details contact Sophia Caryk (301) 854-2062; Michael Sidlak (410) 321-7728 NEWARK, NJ P H I L A D E L P H I A CLIFTON, NJ 698 Sanford Ave 1801 Cottman Ave 565 Clifton Ave rain or shine

Tel. 201-373-8783 Tel. 215-728-6040 Tel. 201-916-1543 admission: $1 per person *Pick up service available No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 17 U.S. Army medical pers o n n e l evaluate needs in Ukraine

SUMMER PROGRAMS 1 9 9 7 Saturday, August 23 UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – SOYUZIVKA DANCE WORKSHOP RECITAL Director: ROMA PRYMA BOHACHEVSKY LVIVYANY 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by BURYA

LABOR DAY WEEKEND Friday, August 29 10:00 p.m. DANCE – “ L U N A ”

Saturday, August 30 ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – VITER ukrainian dancers - Edmonton LVIVYANY vocal instrumental ensamble 10:00 p.m. DANCE – “TEMPO”, “FATA MORGANA”

Sunday, August 31 In Kyiv (from left) are Maj. Roman Golash, Col. Gen. Ivan Bizhan and Lt. Col. ~2:15 p.m. CONCERT – VITER Ukrainian Dancers - Edmonton Inia Yevich. 10:00 p.m. IRCHYK – vocalist – Lviv ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – BOHDAN STASHKIV, vocalist, distinguished artist of Ukraine by Roman G. Golash Col. Mikhail Boychak, head of the Main TEODOR KUKURUDZA, poet, songwriter Military Clinical Hospital was our host 10:00 p.m. DANCE – “TEMPO”, “FATA MORGANA” WASHINGTON – The United States and explained the organization and func- Army Medical Research and Material tioning of the hospital. Command sent six medical personnel to Mistress of Ceremonies – Olya Chodoba-Fryz Most of the week was spent at the hos- evaluate and discuss infectious diseases pital with an excursion to the town of in the Ukrainian military. The goal of the Irpin to view non-traditional treatments. Infectious Disease Assessment Team, in The hospital is a facility of contrasts: the Kyiv from June 14-21, was to ascertain Ukrainians have an MR yet use glass how and what type of future missions petri dishes in the laboratory. The theo- should be organized and implemented. retical knowledge is very high, yet they The Ukrainian military has shortages of vaccines, antibiotics and medical equip- do not have funds to vaccinate military ment and the U.S. military is interested medical workers against the Hepatitis B in assisting the Ukrainian military in virus. It is a system in transition. these areas. The American team also visited the The delegation to Ukraine included: Armored Officer Cadet School, where stu- Lt. Col. Inia I. Yevich, of Washington dents study tank warfare and receive an who is a specialist in dermatology, and engineering degree and a military com- also provided interpretation; Maj. mission at the end of a five-year program. Jefferey M. Gambel of Washington, a The group visited the school to see how preventive medicine physician who gath- they maintain a troop medical clinic. ered information on infectious diseases During the week Lt. Col. Yevich and Maj. and epidemiology; Lt. Col. Shirley Golash visited Col. Gen. Ivan Bizhan, Newcomb of Atlanta, Ga., a community First Deputy Minister of Defense. At the health nurse who evaluated health care end of the week, the team stopped by the educational programs within the U.S. Embassy and gave a briefing to Col. Ukrainian military; Capt. Deborah Ilona W. Kwiecien, Army attache and to Hastings of Maryland, the group environ- Maj. Lee Gabel, Partnership for Peace mental engineer; Dr. Alexander Sokhin coordinator officer. from the Borden Institute of Walter Reed Although there were logistical chal- Army Medical Center provided Russian lenges, the week was a success as far as interpretation; Maj. Roman G. Golash gathering of important medical data. This from Chicago provided Ukrainian inter- data will be used to send other groups pretation and served as a clinical micro- and teams to implement programs jointly biologist. Lt. Col. Yevich led the mis- agreed to by the U.S. and by the sion. Ukrainians. However, the issue of lan- In Kyiv, the opening session was guage was a major disappointment. chaired by Maj. Gen. Nikolai Volkadav, Russian is used more often now than in first deputy chief of the Main Military any of the previous three missions to Medical Directorate of the General Staff Ukraine. In previous missions, every- of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and thing was written in Ukrainian, now it’s deputy surgeon general of the Armed mostly in Russian. There was more Forces of Ukraine who gave the Ukrainian spoken on the streets of Kyiv American team an overview of the four years ago. Due to the efforts of the Ukrainian military health care system. team, we did manage to hold many of Many meetings took place at the Main our conferences in Ukrainian, but it was Military Hospital in the heart of Kyiv. always a struggle. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 No. 33

of Sciences, and 12 percent were medical Newsbriefs doctors and researchers. Favored destina- (Continued from page 2) tions included Russia, the U.S., Israel and About 70 Ukrainian workers are working Germany. (Eastern Economist) round-the-clock to repair dikes near the Amnesty lobbies for refugee legislation town of Opole, and Ukrainian rescuers and construction workers are preparing tap KYIV — The Ukrainian Association water tanks near the town of Glucholazy, of Amnesty International urged the using their own special filter station. The Cabinet of Ministers on August 1 to for- Ukrainian side has brought two excavators mulate an explicit policy on the protec- and seven dump trucks, and their Polish tion of refugees in accordance with inter- hosts supply the Ukrainian rescuers with national standards. Amnesty’s campaign food and fuel free of charge. (Eastern coordinator, S. Marintsova, and the head E c o n o m i s t ) of the refugee campaign’s working group, N. Dulnieva, met with officials Ukraine’s brains still drain from the State Committee for Problems KYIV — According to the latest fig- Regarding Nationalities and Migration before announcing their concerns that THE MICHAEL AND ORSON SKORR ORCHESTRAS ures released by Ukraine’s Statistics Ministry, 686 Ph.D.s in science quit their Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers was jobs with domestic scientific establish- reluctant to propose new legislation con- ments in 1996. Eighty-three emigrated cerning refugees. (Eastern Economist) from Ukraine outright, a 40 percent Jewish writer to be honored increase from 1995. Over half were former employees of the Education Ministry, KYIV — A historical marker recog- some 23 worked at the National Academy nizing noted Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem will be erected in Kyiv. According to the Encyclopedia of Slava Stetsko... Ukraine, Aleichem was born in the Poltava region, was a rabbi in Lubni, and (Continued from page 2) later moved to Kyiv and then Odesa, paign. Mrs. Stetsko expressed interest in where he devoted his time to writing. A cooperating and offered to provide a list proposal for the memorial was made by of members from the CUN who could be many organizations representing the cap- instrumental in the campaign ital city’s Jewish community and it has Concluding the series of meetings was received support from the Kyiv City a discussion with Mr. Pirchner which Administration. The marker will be covered issues ranging from the current financed by the Jewish Council of political situation to next year’s elec- Ukraine. It will be temporarily situated tions. Mr. Pirchner stressed the impor- near the building at 6 Krutyi Uzviz, but tance of immediate economic reforms eventually will be moved to the corner of and the need to further political ties Chervonoarmiiska and Baseina streets. between the two countries. (Respublika)

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Celebration of the 6th Anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine The Ukrainian Community of Jersey City invites all its members to participate in the celebration of the 6th Anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine.

Wednesday, August 20th, City Hall, 12 noon: Proclamation of Ukrainian Independence Day by the Mayor of Jersey City, the Honorable Brett Schundler, raising of the Ukrainian flag atop City Hall.

Sunday, August 24th, Ukrainian National Home, 2:00 p.m.: Keynote address – Illia Oliinyk, Consul of the Consulate General of Ukraine

Artistic program: Composer Bohdan Yanivskyj, National Artist of Ukraine, Artistic program: Laureate of the T. Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine; No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 19 Ukrainian Technological Society continues scholarship program by Irena Grimm events. Ms. Kryvoshey is planning to attend of Pittsburgh. ment/business education; the University of Paris to major in business. The following students received UTS Michael S. Sally of Pittsburgh, attending PITTSBURGH — Eight deserving stu- She is also a talented pianist and performed scholarships of $300: Indiana University of Pennsylvania major- dents were awarded scholarships in the several classic piano selections at the cere- Marie N. Persi of Baden, Pa., attending ing in biology. range of $300 to $1,000 on June 22, by the m o n y . Duquesne University majoring in speech/lan- UTS’s objective to aid Ukrainian- Ukrainian Technological Society (UTS) Adam Matthew Rice of Pittsburgh guage pathology; American students with scholarships is Four of the scholarships are permanently received the Ukrainian Selfreliance Gretchen Reinhart of Carnegie, Pa., based on a strong belief that the future of funded scholarships provided by families in Federal Credit Union Scholarship in the attending Carnegie-Mellon University, Ukraine and that of the local Ukrainian memory of their loved ones, and one is amount of $500. This award also goes to majoring in fine arts; community depends on an educated leader- funded by the Ukrainian Selfreliance a student of high academic achievement Adriene M. Roth of Wheeling, W.Va., ship. Later in the year the society hopes to Federal Credit Union of Western and community involvement. Mr. Rice is who is attending Robert Morris College help several students studying in Ukraine Pennsylvania. An additional four scholar- majoring in pharmacy at the University pursuing a double major in sports manage- with scholarship stipends. ships were provided by the UTS through the generosity of donors from the Ukrainian c o m m u n i t y . With the scholarships awarded that Pa r ma parish expands youth activities evening, the Ukrainian Technological Society has made 236 awards for a total of $87,450 over 25 years. This program has been possible only through the generosity of donors who believe in the higher educa- tion of our Ukrainian young people. The following were the recipients of this years awards: Adriana Novekosky of Sewickley, Pa. received the Gloria J. Kinal Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. This award is presented to a student under 25 years of age who has exhibited strength of character and firmness of purpose in pursuing excellence against extraordinary odds. Ms. Novekosky is attending Geneva College, majoring in elementary education with a minor in psychology. Leanne C. Powner of Ambridge, Pa., received the Patricia Lynn Papinchak Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $500. This award is presented to a female student with evidence of high academic achievement, community participation and a strong religious life. Ms. Powner is attending American University and major- ing in French and international studies. Kateryna Kryvoshey, currently of Zelienople, Pa., is a student from Ukraine PARMA, Ohio – St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral had an enrollment of over 70 students between the ages of 4 studying in the U.S. She received the is the center of Ukrainian youth activities in the community. and 12. Pictured above are the dance school children follow- Chester Manasterski Memorial Scholarship The School of Bandura, library, children’s choir, Ukrainian ing their closing recital, May 23. The 1997-1998 school year in the amount of $500. This award is given School and Sunday School use the facilities every week. will begin on Wednesday, October 1. For further information, to a student exhibiting academic excellence Also in existence for over 13 years is the Ukrainian Dance contact Lucy Komichak, school administrator, (216) 546- and participation in Ukrainian community School. Taught by David Wozniak, this past year the school 5494. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1997 No. 33

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Air Ukraine Friday, August 22 Committee of America is sponsoring “Ukrainian American Day,” featuring National Airlines MAPLEWOOD, N.J.: Mayor Ellen speakers Andrew Diakun and Ulana Davenport will read and sign a proclama- Moroz; the Yevshan Plast Dance Ensemble tion on the sixth anniversary of Ukraine’s of Rochester, N.Y.; the Halychanky trio Starting May 14, 1997 independence at Maplewood Town Hall, from Ukraine; as well as a dance with year-round Valley Street, at 9 a.m. Following the “Starlit Nights,” crafts, food, pastries, bev- commemoration, flag-raising ceremonies erages, raffles and games. The event will non-stop flights will be held outdoors with the singing of take place at 200 Como Park Blvd. (in case the Ukrainian and U.S. national anthems. of rain, at the Ukrainian Home “Dnipro”), The public is invited. For further informa- with a moleben at 1 p.m. and a Ukrainian tion call Andrew Keybida, (201) 762- Independence Day proclamation. For more NEW YORK - LVIV 2827. information call Ulana Moroz, (716) 686- every Wednesday Saturday, August 23 3 1 1 4 . with continuing service to Kyiv TROY, Ohio: The Troy Festival of Monday, August 25 Nations this year features Ukraine. The BINGHAMTON, N.Y.: The Ukrainian festivities will take place at 4-9 p.m. in community invites everyone to celebrate Air Ukraine is offering the most downtown Troy on the public square. An the sixth anniversary of the restoration competitive fares to Ukraine exhibit organized by Tanya Osadca and of Ukraine’s independence by participat- Aka Pereyma will feature folk costumes, ing in a flag-raising ceremony at objects of folk art, posters from Ukraine, Binghamton City Hall, preceded by the For information and reservations, please call: pysanky and original art objects. Activities issuance of a proclamation by Mayor will include demonstrations of pysanky Richard Bucci in honor of Ukrainian decorating techniques and a performance Independence Day. The ceremonies 1-800-UKRAINE by the Kashtan dancers of Cleveland. All begin at 10:30 a.m. activities are free and open to the public. (1-800-857-2463) Contact Ruth Jenkins, (937) 335-7843, or Friday-Sunday, August 29-31 Becky Pappas, (937) 339-9558, for further ELLENVILLE, N.Y.: The Labor Day information. Arrival and departure information: JFK - (718) 656-9896 weekend “Zdvyh” program at the resort of Arrival and departure information: JFK - (718) 632-6909 HUNTER, N.Y.: Vagram Saradjian, cello, the Ukrainian American Youth and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano, will Association (SUM-A) features: the appear in concert at the Grazhda in a program Ukraina Dance ensemble of Chicago, Air Ukraine of works by Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, de Baturyn Marching Band of Toronto, the 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 Falla, Ravel and Sonevytsky. Concert time: 8 Lvivski Muzyky Quartet of Lviv and the New York, NY 10176 p . m . SUM-A cultural arts and performance camp; dances to the music of Burlaky, Na Saturday, August 23 Zdorovya, Volya; and volleyball and soc- For cargo shipments call to: WILDWOOD, N.J.: The Plast sorority cer tournaments. Divine liturgy will be Spartanky is sponsoring a co-ed triples celebrated on Sunday to be followed by beach volleyball tournament in front of the annual “Zdvyh” manifestation. For Air Ukraine - Cargo the Pan-American Hotel. Team registra- more information or room reservations call (914) 647-7230. Tel. 718-376-1023, FAX 718-376-1073 tion at 8:30 a.m.; games begin at 9 a.m.; $15 per player. For further information, Sunday, August 31 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave.T), Brooklyn, NY 11223 please call Oresta Bilous, (773) 772-534 ( e v e n i n g s ) . LAS VEGAS: The Ukrainian American Social Club of Las Vegas will hold a Sunday, August 24 Labor Day celebration. Participants are asked to bring their favorite side dish COLUMBIA, Md.: The Washington (salad, dessert, beverages — alcoholic and Group, in cooperation with the Re: Mail delivery of The Weekly non-alcoholic); the club will furnish and Selfreliance Baltimore Federal Credit cook meat entrees. Cocktails are at 6 p.m., Union, will present the sixth annual It has come to our attention that The Ukrainian Weekly is often delivered late, or dinner at 7 p.m. Place: 1437 Daybreak Ukrainian Independence Day picnic. As in Road. Admission: $7. For reservations irregularly, or that our subscribers sometimes receive several issues at once. previous years, the picnic will be held at and/or more information call Mary, (702) Centennial Park, Pavilion H., in Columbia, 228-2312. We feel it is necessary to notify our subscribers that The Weekly is mailed out Maryland, Route 108 and U.S. 29. Food Friday mornings (before the Sunday date of issue) via second-class mail. and refreshments will be available and two ADVANCE NOTICE sports tournaments will be held. For the If you are not receiving regular delivery of The Weekly, we urge you to file a com- volleyball tournament, contact Youri YONKERS, N.Y.: Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 30 plaint at your local post office. This may be done by obtaining the U.S. Postal Service Nizhnikevich, (703) 519-3623; for the ten- nis tournament, contact Orest Poliszczuk, of Yonkers will be starting its Ukrainian Consumer Card and filling out the appropriate sections. (410) 465-3698. Enjoy walking or bicy- pre-school (Svitlychka) on Saturday, cling by the lake. Music to be provided by September 13, for children age 3-4. This Daria. General toast at 2 p.m. The event Svitlychka will meet on Saturdays from 10 will take place rain or shine. For details a.m. to noon at St. Michael’s Church on contact Sophia Caryk, (301) 854-2062, or Shonnard Place at North Broadway in SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) Michael Sidlak, (410) 321-7728. Yonkers. For additional information or to Federal Credit Union register call Nadia Cwiach, (914) 949- BUFFALO, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Congress 7010. 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 Tel (201) 373-7839 • http://www.selfreliance.org • Fax (201) 373-8812 BUSINESS HOURS: PLEASE NOTE: Individuals or organizations who have not taken into Tue & Fri - 12:00 noon to 7 PM • Wed & Thurs - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM • Sat - 9:00 to 12:00 noon • Mon. - Closed account the changes in Preview requirements announced on April 13 and have not submitted information in Preview format will find that their entries have not been published in this issue.

At Soyuzivka: August 22-24

KERHONKSON, N.Y. — Soyuzivka For those who arrive earlier, Friday will celebrate the sixth anniversary of the evening boasts the seafood buffet of Odesa proclamation of Ukraine’s independence Night, starting at 6 p.m. on the Veselka during the weekend of August 22-24, with a Patio. special concert spotlighting the students of On display throughout the weekend in the Soyuzivka Dance Workshop directed by Soyuzivka’s Main House will be the art of the renowned Roma Pryma Bohachevsky. Zenon Holubec. The concert begins at 8:30 p.m. in the Also available for the guests’ enjoyment Veselka auditorium. Also on the bill: as usual are Soyuzivka’s trails, swimming Lvivyany, Soyuzivka’s house band. pool, volleyball and tennis courts, and Aftwerwards, stay tuned for more danc- more. ing as Burya of Toronto provides the music For further information about Soyuzivka from 10 p.m. until the band, or the resort’s programs, or to make reservations, call the guests, wear out. resort at (914) 626-5641.