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Senate approves foreign aid bill Verkhovna Rada to extend session of the Socialist Party, said it would be with earmark, conditions for Ukraine Chairman expects remembered as “the session of the bud- get.” The Verkhovna Rada had deliberat- by Michael Sawkiw Jr. In related news, Sen. Gordon Smith (R- new election law ed the 1997 budget for seven months, Ore.) introduced an amendment to the FY Ukrainian National Information Service finally passing it on June 27. 1998 foreign aid bill which would restrict by September 20 WASHINGTON — Following nearly assistance to Russia if the Russian Duma According to the chairman, among the two days of deliberations, the U.S. Senate passes a law that forbids certain religious by Khristina Lew most important laws passed by the sev- passed the foreign aid bill on July 17. In a segments from practicing their religion Kyiv Press Bureau enth session are laws on the Constitutional show of support for the continuance of U.S. freely in Russia. [President Boris Yeltsin Court of Ukraine, city administrations, the foreign policy prerogatives, members of the KYIV — In an unusual move, State Property Fund and amnesty. has vetoed the bill.] International media Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada on July 18 Senate voted 91-8 to fund assistance to vital have reported that the law would deny legal He told a press conference on July 18 regions of the world — including $800 mil- decided to prolong the work of its sev- that prolonging the mandate of national registration of newly organized religious enth session until August 2, recess for lion to the new independent states (NIS). groups in Russia. It would not affect the deputies for one more year, a proposal As he introduced the bill on the Senate three weeks, and conclude its current put forth by President Leonid Kuchma on major religions already existing in Russia, convocation on August 28-29. The floor on July 16, Foreign Operations such as Orthodoxy, Judaism, Islam or June 27 during a Constitution Day policy Subcommittee Chairman Mitch McConnell eighth session is due to convene on address, is not on the agenda for August Buddhism, but would discriminate against September 2. (R-Ky.) stated: “We must use [foreign aid] Protestant Christian and Catholic commu- 28-29. He added, however, that if the sig- to promote American values as well as On July 18, scheduled to be the last natures of 150 deputies are submitted nities. Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) said the working day of the current session of American interests.” With that in mind, the U.S. needs to obtain the attention of Russia prior to the close of the session, the issue senators began their debate on the proposed Parliament, national deputies ratified the would be discussed. since what they are doing is “outlawing ... European Convention on Human Rights $13.2 billion foreign aid package, a slight basically most all Christian religions and Mr. Moroz reiterated that he is against reduction in President Bill Clinton’s budget and the State Border Agreement between prolonging the mandate of national organizations.” The amendment was over- Ukraine and Belarus, and passed a law on request of $13.3 billion. whelmingly passed by a vote of 95-4. deputies by postponing the parliamentary The Senate’s version of the foreign aid state support for the mass media. The law- elections scheduled for next March. He The U.S. House of Representatives is makers worked in committee the week of bill maintains a $225 million earmark for did say, however, that he supports expected to pass a similar version of the for- July 21 and are scheduled to work in their Ukraine, for Fiscal Year 1998. Included amending the Constitution to extend eign aid bill on July 23. Significantly lower electoral districts the week of July 28. The are several subearmarks for specific pro- national deputies’ terms from the current in the over-all foreign aid account, the closing days of the session will be devoted grams needed in Ukraine: Chornobyl- four years to five. House version provides for assistance to the to amending the Constitution and review- related safety assistance, commercial law The chairman admitted that delibera- NIS at $625 million for FY 1998, the same ing the election law. and legal reform, democratic initiatives, tions over a new election law had con- as last year’s allocation. No specific ear- During its seventh session, Ukraine’s and law enforcement procedures. founded the work of the seventh session. marks have been designated for any particu- Verkhovna Rada held 135 plenary ses- However, the bill contains language that National deputies have been debating lar NIS country. The bill contains language sions, passed 106 laws — 62 of which “holds” half of the earmarked funds until whether to adopt a majoritarian or a similar to the Senate’s measure regarding dealt with economic policy — and rati- the secretary of state certifies that economic mixed system of elections. A majoritari- the course of economic reform and the fight fied close to 30 international treaties and an system would elect national deputies progress is continuing in Ukraine, corrup- against corruption in Ukraine. agreements. It failed to pass a new law tion is being dealt with appropriately and Over all, the House bill is nearly $1 bil- on parliamentary elections, which by geographic district. A mixed system American investor-business problems are lion lower in funding than the Senate ver- according to the Constitution are sched- would elect one portion of deputies by resolved. Since the subearmarks pertain to sion. Following passage in the House, uled for the last Sunday of March 1998. district and the other by political party. many of the major economic and political which is most likely, a conference between Summarizing the legislative work of The party would then designate who reforms that are to be addressed by the sec- the House and Senate subcommittees will the Parliament’s seventh session, would sit in the Parliament. retary of state in her certification, they are be held to arrive at one final version of the Chairman Oleksander Moroz, a member Mr. Moroz maintained that the election exempt from the hold on FY 1998 funds. bill for the president’s signature. law would be passed by September 20. Church leaders sign memorandum on peaceful resolution of disputes by Khistina Lew rival leaders of Ukraine’s two largest Kyiv Press Bureau Orthodox Churches, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Moscow KYIV — In the presence of President Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Orthodox Leonid Kuchma, leaders of 15 Churches Church — Kyiv Patriarchate, the patri- and religious associations in Ukraine archs of Ukraine’s two Autocephalous signed a three-point memorandum on Orthodox Churches, bishops of the peacefully resolving interconfessional Ukrainian Greek-Catholic, Roman disputes. The ceremony took place at the Catholic and Armenian Apostolic Mariinskyi Palace on July 21. Churches, and leaders of Seventh Day The “Memorandum of Christian Adventist, Evangelical Baptist and Confessions in Ukraine on the Evangelical Lutheran denominations Unacceptability of Using Force in and associations. Interconfessional Relations” outlines the President Kuchma, who presided Church leaders’ commitment to: not over the signing ceremony held in the permit the use of force in resolving ornate hall where he signs treaties with interconfessional disputes, specifically foreign leaders, noted that Churches in over church property; resolve problems Ukraine are powerful, “uniting tens of only through negotiations and in accor- millions of citizens.” In signing the dance with Ukrainian law; and maintain memorandum, Churches “will not only a separation between Church and state. Khristina Lew The memorandum was signed by the (Continued on page 9) Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksander Moroz (left) and his press secretary, Vasyl Ivanyna, summarize the work of the Verkhovna Rada’s seventh session. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 No. 30

ANALYSIS Belarus: an economic miracle? Kuchma vows to stop constitutional coup tribute more to the government budget and by David R. Marples in the public the perspective that only in turn is putting the pinch on its customers. through the state can the economic KYIV — Ukraine’s President Leonid Gazprom had fallen behind on tax pay- Is Belarus performing better than predicament be resolved. Kuchma on July 19 vowed to thwart a bid ments earlier this year because it was owed Ukraine economically? That is the claim The economic figures cited constituted by his opponents to seize more power for vast amounts by customers at home and in being made by official government statis- a propaganda triumph for the government. the Parliament and weaken his position by neighboring countries. (Reuters) tics, and supported by the optimistic pub- Encircled by nations that have chosen to making changes in the Constitution, lic statements of President Alyaksandr embark on a risky and difficult transition Ukrainian Radio reported. Verkhovna ...as it agrees on new deal with Ukraine Lukashenka. Belarus, according to its to a market economy and privatization, the Rada Chairman Oleksander Moroz had president, has emerged from its econom- said the previous day that lawmakers will KYIV — Rem Vyakhirev, the head of Belarusian government has, in practice, the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, ic crisis and achieved a dramatic turn- rejected such a route. The government has meet in late August to push constitutional around. How accurate are these com- changes that would alter the balance of reached partial agreement with Ukraine on gradually removed all reformers from the payment of Kyiv’s outstanding debt, but ments, and how has Belarus managed to administration and kept up a constant bar- power between the president and the pull ahead of Ukraine despite its failure Parliament. Mr. Kuchma accused the some Ukrainian customers seem likely to rage against the “evils” of privatization, as remain cut off, ITAR-TASS reported. Mr. to implement economic reforms? exemplified by the pitfalls that occurred speaker, a Socialist, and his anti-reform allies of plotting a “constitutional coup.” Vyakhirev met with Ukrainian President Stagnation followed by decline during the administration of Stanislau Leonid Kuchma in Kyiv on July 23. The Shushkevich (1991 to January 1994), He said that i n his capacity as president he has “sufficient means” to block the pro- country’s overdue bills prompted Gazprom Since the late Gorbachev period, when the people suffered from high prices, to cut gas shipments to Ukraine the previ- Belarus, like other Soviet republics began hyper-inflation and erosion of real wages. posed amendments. Mr. Kuchma charged the Parliament with destructive self-inter- ous day. According to Gazprom in to experience a period of economic stag- In fact, official reports declare, under est, saying lawmakers “would do better to Moscow, President Kuchma and Mr. nation that shortly became one of unmiti- President Lukashenka the country had work on real problems and the creation of Vyakhirev agreed on an extension of a gated decline. In the early years of inde- experienced an “economic miracle.” Let us a legal base for concrete work.” (RFE/RL contract to fill Ukrainian reserves. But pendence, this process was accelerated. In first examine some of the official reports. Newsline) there was no agreement to resume regular 1995, for example, gross industrial output The Lukashenka government was anx- shipments. Gazprom says Ukraine’s out- fell compared to the same period in 1994 ious to assure the public that many sec- Gazprom cuts gas supply by a third... standing gas bill is between $100 million by almost 12 percent. Among the sectors tors of the economy had begun to per- and $150 million. (RFE/RL Newsline) of the industry with the most precipitous form well by 1996. The dramatic MOSCOW — Russia’s Gazprom natur- reductions in output were light industry (a declines in the GDP had reportedly al gas monopoly said on July 22 it had cut Human Rights Convention adopted drop of 34 percent over the year), industri- ended, and the best performances had gas supplies to Ukraine by one-third al construction materials (a decline of 21 because of debts for unpaid supplies. KYIV — Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada been recorded in the forestry industry, ratified the European Human Rights percent), and machine building (a 20 per- light industry and ferrous metallurgy, all “Supplies have been reduced by one-third cent fall). As the economy contracted, to 40 million cubic meters a day as of Convention, which is aimed at safeguard- sectors of deep decline in past years. ing human rights, on July 18. Legislators, unemployment began to increase, embrac- Although a reduced output had continued today,” said Gazprom spokesman Sergei ing approximately 4 percent of the popu- Smirnov. He said the move would not however, did not vote on a protocol that in electricity production and fuel produc- would abolish capital punishment, an issue lation by 1996 according to official fig- tion, these areas were the exception to affect supplies of Russian gas shipped ures. In reality it is almost double this fig- across Ukraine to Europe. Mr. Smirnov that is the subject of an ongoing debate in the general rule. Over 70 percent of fac- Ukraine. Kyiv pledged to abolish the death ure today, with over 450,000 working on a said on July 22 that Gazprom had cut deliv- tories had increased their output. The rise penalty when it joined the Council of part-time basis and often receiving wages eries to Belarus by half over Miensk’s had been higher in the small non-state Europe in November 1995, but according only after long intervals or not at all. $125.5 million in debts for supplies. He sector than in state enterprises, though to the Internal Affairs Ministry, the death Some economic repercussions of the even the latter had recorded a rise in out- had no figure for the amount owed by Kyiv. Gazprom, Russia’s largest corporate penalty was carried out some 170 times last transition to independence were surely put. Agricultural production had also taxpayer, has come under pressure to con- (Continued on page 9) inevitable. The economy of the republic risen by 2.4 percent . The latter was sig- was linked closely with that of its neigh- nificant because the Lukashenka govern- bors. Moreover, Belarus served as a mili- ment has claimed to be working particu- tary base for the Soviet army. As Russian larly in the interests of farmers. Court rejects appeal against Romania-Ukraine treaty soldiers left the territory, military indus- How accurate are these statements? tries had to be reprofiled or closed down. What are the real facts behind the govern- BUCHAREST — Romania’s was made after President Constantinescu By November 1996, Belarus had report- ment’s statistics. How can a regime that Constitutional Court on July 18 rejected had promulgated the law on the treaty edly transported all its nuclear weapons has failed consistently to embark on, or an appeal against a friendship treaty with previously ratified by the Romanian to Russia for dismantling. even offer, a systematic program for Ukraine submitted by half of the judges Parliament and that it fell in line with the Independence also left Belarus as an reform claim to have halted an economic of the Supreme Court. Romanian Constitution of 1991. The energy-hungry republic, dependent on downturn and begun to achieve positive The treaty confirms existing borders Supreme Court judges had argued that Russia in particular for the bulk of its results, so much so that the president has between the two neighboring countries the treaty violated the Constitution, energy supplies and responsible for the on several occasions addressed the nation and resolves long-standing disputes over which proclaims Romania as a “unitary provision of only 12 percent of its own as to their significance? Further research the borderlands of southern Bessarabia and indivisible state.” needs. Belarus also faced a constant bal- suggests that the “economic miracle” is as and northern Bukovyna, as well as own- Romania’s Chamber of Deputies, its ance of payments problem; exports were mythical as the statistics supplied annually ership of the Zmiynyi Island, which now lower house, ratified the treaty on June well below imports, and foreign invest- by the former Soviet government. belongs to Ukraine. It was signed by 26 by a vote of 165-92. The Senate fol- ment fell in 1995 to 20 percent of the Presidents Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine lowed on July 7 by a vote of 65-50. In levels of 1991. Suddenly, however, the Non-governmental assessments and Emil Constantinescu of Romania on both houses, Romania’s three opposition Lukashenka administration claims to The Belarusian revival is largely an June 2. parties voted against approval. have resolved the economic problems. The Constitutional Court rejected the Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada also has artifical creation. In 1996, for example, The “economic miracle” even the president acknowledged in an challenge by 17 Supreme Court judges approved the document, the same day the unguarded moment that warehouse stocks on the grounds that it was submitted after Romanian Supreme court judges were Recently, the president announced to accounted for over half the total output of President Constantinescu signed the trying to have it declared illegal, reported the nation that in the year 1996, gross goods, meaning that official statistics, as treaty into law. The court said the appeal Reuters. output of industry rose by 3.2 percent in the past, are hardly reliable. Few of the and the GDP by 2.6 percent. He has also almost overwhelming problems facing the expressed his hope that unemployment Belarusian economy have been resolved. 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(Continued on page 16) No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 3 Senate supports continuation Senate committee questions of nuclear safety program nominee for ambassador to NIS by Eugene M. Iwanciw Senate Appropriations Committee support- by Michael Sawkiw Jr. “misunderstood what I believe.” ed the actions of the subcommittee. On Ukrainian National Information Service The round of questions began with WASHINGTON — The U.S. July 11, the House Appropriations Sen. Smith asking Dr. Sestanovich Department of Energy program to con- Subcommittee marked up its version of the WASHINGTON — President Bill about his position on NATO expansion. duct a comprehensive, cooperative pro- Energy Appropriations bill, providing Clinton’s nominee for ambassador-at- The nominee said he was deeply com- gram to reduce risks at Soviet-designed funding for INSP at only $25 million. The large to the new independent states (NIS) mitted to fully integrating the Central nuclear power plants has received a issue may be revisited by the full House — a position created at the U.S. and East European states into the realm reprieve in the United States Senate. In Appropriations Committee when it consid- Department of State following the break- of the West. He also admitted that the two separate actions, the Senate and a ers the bill. up of the former Soviet Union — has “administration’s policy [toward NATO Senate Committee provided support for The International Nuclear Safety come under fire for his academic writ- expansion] was a true response to main- continuation of the program. Program (INSP) originated from U.S. ings about U.S. foreign policy decisions tain the interests [of those countries].” The administration had requested $50 commitments made at the G-7 conference vis-à-vis the former Soviet Union and When asked by Sen. Smith about the million for the program for fiscal year in 1992 when world leaders agreed to col- now the Russian Federation. Russia-NATO Founding Act and 1998. Last month, the House Committee laborate with host countries to reduce Stephen Sestanovich, vice-chairman of whether this doesn’t give Russia a “de on National Security authorized the pro- risks at certain Soviet-designed reactors. the Carnegie Endowment for International facto” veto, Dr. Sestanovich stated that gram at $25 million, while the Senate Since that time, the program’s scope has Peace, was questioned about his views these issues are “misplaced concerns. It Committee on Armed Services provided expanded to include safety-related activi- during a July 15 hearing before the doesn’t keep the alliance from acting no authorization in their respective ver- ties at 20 nuclear power plants with 64 Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee. independently.” sions of the Fiscal Year 1998 Defense operating reactors. The program has His nomination has raised concerns Sen. Smith continued his question- Authorization bill. On July 9 the Senate established partnerships with eight coun- not just within the Ukrainian American ing by focusing on Dr. Sestanovich’s accepted an amendment offered by Sens. tries — Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, community, but within all the Central writings about a Russian “sphere of Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Jeff Bingaman Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and East European communities in influence.” Dr. Sestanovich stated that (D-N.M.), Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and Lithuania and Slovakia — to improve the America. “Russia does not have a paramount Carl Levin (D-Mich.) to the Department of physical conditions of plants, train plant Dr. Sestanovich, who has worked for interest [in the area].” Yet, due to the Defense Authorization Bill, which restored operators, and establish modern safety the State Department and the National sheer proximity of the new independent authorization for a number of programs technologies and methods. The U.S. effort Security Council (NSC) under the states to Russia, Dr. Sestanovich said including Nunn-Lugar and the is conducted in close cooperation with Reagan administration, appeared before he feels that Russia will have some type International Nuclear Safety Program. similar programs initiated by Western the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of influence in the region “one way or Thus, the Senate authorized INSP at the European countries, Canada and Japan, as part of the confirmation process. the other,” though Russia “is obliged to request level of $50 million. The differ- with the U.S. taking the lead in the former The chairman of the Senate hearing, respect the rights of its neighbors.” ence between the provisions in the defense Soviet Union and the European taking the Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), began the Similar questions were also addressed authorization bills will be resolved by a lead in Central Europe. proceedings with a brief opening state- to Dr. Sestanovich by Sen. Paul Sarbanes House-Senate Conference Committee. The U.S. program focused much of its ment addressing many of the concerns (D-Md.). Referring to the discussion A day earlier, on July 8, the Senate attention on the nuclear reactors in expressed about Dr. Sestanovich’s writ- about NATO expansion, Sen. Sarbanes Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy Russia during the early years of the pro- ings. “The newly independent people [of pointed out the inconsistency betweem and Water Development marked up the gram. As the program is beginning to the NIS] are yearning for political pros- the nominee’s writings and the Clinton Fiscal Year 1998 Energy Appropriations wind down in Russia, the focus of the perity,” said Sen. Smith. administration’s view of the expanding Bill and provided the full $50 million for INSP program is now shifting to Ukraine In Sen. Smith’s view, many U.S. law- alliance. Dr. Sestanovich clarified that the INSP program. Two days later, the full and Armenia. makers and policy advisors were taken his writings on NATO expansion had aback by the independence of the former reflected the earlier policies of the Soviet republics and therefore, “have not administration which seemed to create been properly supporting the indepen- tensions with Russia and the other inde- OBITUARY: Prof. Oleksa Horbach, dence of the NIS.” He added, “much is pendent states. still viewed through the spectrum of Sen. Sarbanes then mentioned that Moscow.” Sen. Smith continued by the mere use of the term “sphere of Eastern European linguist, 79 mentioning his dislike for the term FSU influence” gives it a certain understand- (former Soviet Union) or NIS (new inde- by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj in the Waffen SS Division “Galizien,” ing that must be explained by the author. pendent states), but noting his regrets Again, Dr. Sestanovich said that “the Prof. Horbach chose the latter. that a proper and convenient term denot- TORONTO — Prof. Oleksa Horbach, Having seen action in Slovakia, kind of influence that Russia exerts on ing the independent states does not to an eminent Ukrainian linguist, died on Slovenia and Germany, he ended up in its neighbors is crucial on how U.S. poli- exist. Sen. Smith warned against May 23 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. the American zone in Bavaria in 1945, cy will establish its decisions.” an”extension of a [Russian] sphere of He was 79. and was released from a U.S. POW Furthermore, he stated that Russia’s influence” in the areas once comprising Born on February 5, 1918, in camp, but without right of settlement in a treatment of its neighbors has always the Soviet Union. Romaniv, Bibrka district in Halychyna, displaced persons camp or of emigration been based on the principles of interna- After being introduced by Sen. Daniel Dr. Horbach studied in Lviv from 1928, to North America. tional law. Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), Dr. first at the Lviv Gymnasium (graduated Prof. Horbach moved to Munich in Other comments and questions also Sestanovich delivered a brief opening 1936) and then at Lviv University (grad- 1946 and resumed his studies at the were posed to Dr. Sestanovich by Sen. statement. Speaking of Ukraine, he men- uated 1940) under “Prague school” Ukrainian Free University (UFU), Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) who noted, “the tioned the deep destabilization that Ukrainian linguist and philologist Vasyl defending doctoral dissertations in Slavic phrase ‘sphere of influence’ is a hot button occurred three to four years ago, but Simovych, and the German philologist Z. linguistics in 1948 and 1951. that has gotten people concerned.” Sen. acknowledged that the outlook is “vastly Steiber. In early 1939, he began his long In 1949, he began serving as the acad- Wellstone mentioned that his father was better.” Ukraine’s role in international association with the Shevchenko emic secretary to the NTSh, as revived born in Odesa, Ukraine, and he advised institutions has increased; thus, the U.S. Scientific Society (NTSh) by acting as by Prof. Volodymyr Kubijovic, assisting Dr. Sestanovich to clarify his answers to government must now “work with the secretary of its Commission on New in the organization of the NTSh in any questions regarding his use of the term Ukrainian government to keep up the Ukrainian Literature. Europe (becoming a full member in “sphere of influence.” Sen. Richard Lugar pace [of political and economic reform],” In March 1939, he participated in the 1962). Together with Prof. George (R-Ind.) also commented on the writings he said. Union of Ukrainian Student Organizations Shevelov, Dr. Horbach contributed sub- of Dr. Sestanovich, though he did not ask Regarding his previous writings, Dr. under Poland’s seventh congress, and was stantially to its major project, the 10-vol- arrested by Polish authorities, as were all ume Entsyklopedia Ukrainoznavstva Sestanovich averred that many have (Continued on page 16) of the congress’s delegates. He was (Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies) in imprisoned in Lviv’s Brygidky prison for the area of linguistics, authoring over six months. Upon his release, he worked as 100 entries, many of which appear in a research assistant and lecturer at the translation in the five-volume English- Kuchma dismisses Vorsinov University of Lviv’s Chair of Ukrainian language Encyclopedia of Ukraine. KYIV — Ukraine’s President Leonid reshuffle of the Office of the Procurator L a n g u a g e . In 1952, Dr. Horbach began lecturing Kuchma appointed the chief of the General. “The appointees of my prede- In October 1940, Prof. Horbach was on Polish and Ukrainian language and lin- National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), cessors will remain in office if they com- drafted into the Red Army. While sta- guistics at the University of Göttingen. tioned in eastern Ukraine a year later, he Oleh Lytvak, as acting procurator general petently discharge their duties,” he told Four years later, he secured his first full- of Ukraine on July 22 after dismissing the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. deserted, seeking to return to Lviv, but time position at the University of Marburg was captured by the Germans and impris- Hryhorii Vorsinov “due to his retire- Mr. Lytvak said he would analyze the in (1956-1958), also as a lecturer. In 1958, ment.” actions taken by his predecessors, which oned in Kharkiv after a failed escape Dr. Horbach was appointed lecturer of attempt from a POW camp. In December The 62-year-old Mr. Vorsinov had have repeatedly ended in conflict with Slavic philology at the University of served as procurator general of Ukraine Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, and 1941, Prof. Horbach was released and Frankfurt, and in 1966 was granted the since 1995. Mr. Vorsinov was perceived promised to take charge of investigations returned to Lviv, where until mid-1943 rank of professor (held until his retirement as an ally of former Prime Minister Pavlo into “the most notorious cases.” he held a lectureship in languages at the in 1979). In 1965, he became head of Lazarenko, who resigned earlier this In accordance with the Constitution, Ukrainian Catholic Seminary. Frankfurt University’s second chair in month, ostensibly for health reasons. Mr. Lytvak’s appointment must be As he recounted in a memoir, faced Slavic studies, and in 1972-1974 served as with deportation to Germany as an the dean of its department of Eastern A former presidential advisor on legal approved by the Verkhovna Rada, which “Ostarbeiter” and the choice of joining matters and chief of the NBI since April, will conclude its seventh session on the Ukrainian Insurgent Army or enlisting (Continued on page 19) Mr. Lytvak said he does not plan a major August 28-29. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 No. 30 INTERVIEW: Dmytro Cipywnyk on the viability of the Ukrainian World Congress Ukrainian World Congress President Dr. Dmytro I disagree. For over a year we’ve had considerable see how things play out on the ground in Kyiv. Cipywnyk was in Toronto recently for the plenary meetings debate on this issue and everyone who intends to go has What do you fear might happen? of its presidium and to celebrate the international umbrella been thoroughly sensitized. All of us agree that it’s time to body’s 30th anniversary. be much more assertive. I fear that the agenda we intend to hammer out with Dr. Cipywnyk was a member of the official Canadian In terms of dealing with the UWCC, we’ve agreed that UWCC leaders a week prior to the forum will be set aside delegation to Ukraine led by Minister of External Affairs we will say, “Look, here are the conditions you have to and the proceedings will degenerate into a series of speech- Barbara McDougall in 1991, and also travelled to Kyiv meet in order to secure our continued participation in the es by Drach and others and that nothing practical will get with Governor General Roman Hnatyshyn in 1992. organization. If you don’t what’s the point?” d o n e . Since his election as UWC president, Dr. Cipywnyk has One matter has irked me in particular: I’m sick and If it does happen, I’ll simply walk out. Our contingent marked each anniversary of Ukraine’s independence in tired of going through [UWCC President Ivan] Drach. will walk out. We’ve told them as much. There’s no point Kyiv, as an official representative of the diaspora, and has Although he is putatively the advisor to the Ukrainian in travelling to Ukraine to listen to speeches they could just met frequently with the leadership and representatives of president [Leonid Kuchma] on diaspora affairs, I have as easily have faxed over to us. the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council (UWCC). no idea what advice Mr. Kuchma has been given, I also don’t think the Eastern diaspora will be willing to Given the extensive travelling the UWC president has because Mr. Drach never consulted us in compiling his sit idly by and listen to speeches while their interests and done, and continues to do, it was perhaps fitting that the reports. I think it’s high time that we dealt with the concerns are ignored. president directly. interview, conducted on June 3 by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj, Would you say the UWCC has a poor record in deal- took place at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. Has the Kuchma government been trying to draw ing with the Eastern diaspora? the UWC into some form of direct partnership? C O N C L U S I O N Most definitely. Ironically, they see Ukrainians in Russia No. Some of the confusion in this area has arisen as a “gimme diaspora.” But that’s not entirely so. Just listen During the recent plenary meetings some people because in February, President Kuchma formally struck to this fellow [Union of Ukrainians of Russia representative objected that the UWC was going blindly to the Second an organizational committee to set the agenda for this Vasyl] Kolomatskyi. [At the UWC’s plenary meetings] he All-World Forum of Ukrainians, and that the UWC year’s forum, headed by [Vice Prime Minister] Vasyl said, “Don’t give us money, come visit and lend us support was not adequately prepared. Durdynets. by engaging a public debate on crucial issues such as The list includes all sorts of heavy hitters and Drach national minority identity and education.” claims it took 18 months to get people to agree to be on it. Mr. Kolomatskyi pointed out that by letting Russians Australian Ps and Bs Well, it seems that this effort sapped the energy of everyone know about the UWC and the way it works will secure the involved in the project, because I’m on this list, [Ukrainian position of Ukrainians in Russia. They will be presented Congress Committee of America President] Askold with Ukrainians who are Canadian citizens, or U.S. citizens, to map out strategy Lozynskyj’s on the list, [Ukrainian Canadian Congress who work for the benefit of the U.S. or Canada, and whose President] Oleh Romaniw is on the list, but we still haven’t concern for Ukraine is in no way in conflict with their pri- by Peter Shmigel been contacted. mary allegiance. ESSENDON, Australia – The Australian Federation of That committee was also a concern for UWC Vice- Could you comment on the role of the Ukraina Ukrainian Organizations (AFUO) will convene a special President Oleh Romanyshyn wasn’t it? Society on Ukraine’s relations with the diaspora? meeting of Ukrainian professional and businesspeople’s organizations on August 23 in Sydney to map out a strate- Yes it was, because there continues to be considerable As far as I know, it’s minimal. They also have an odd gy for their future role in the Ukrainian Australian com- confusion as to the UWCC’s status as a non-governmental practice of drawing up lists of supposed members that even m u n i t y . organization. How can it be an NGO if the government includes me in some capacity. Since Drach is head of both The decision to conduct the special meeting comes fol- funds its meetings and helps set its agenda? the Ukraina Society and the UWCC, the UWC has written lowing significant consultation across the country What do you hope will happen at the second forum? to him an a couple of occasions to get him to present a clear between AFUO President Stefan Romaniw and leaders of differentiation between the UWCC and the Ukraina various “professionals’ and businesspeople’s” groups: the I hope that it will be a step beyond the first one. Kyiv Society, but we haven’t yet gotten a reply. Australian Ukrainian Lawyers Association, the Society of was filled with a very interesting, charming and buoyant As far as I’m aware, the Ukraina Society is mainly in Ukrainian Engineers and the Ukrainian Medical atmosphere in August 1992. People were ready to do any- the business of conducting tours, but because of its histo- Association in Australia. thing, “lay down their souls and bodies,” as it goes in the ry, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it was still being used The special meeting will coincide with commemora- national anthem. as a front for intelligence-gathering operations. They’re tions of the sixth anniversary of Ukraine’s independence When the dust cleared everybody had to assess what part of the landscape, but it doesn’t mean that we have to and feature a social function that evening at a Sydney could be done with all that energy. Well, I’m not so sure deal with them. hotel. Under discussion also will be the creation of that it has been sustained. They’ve created this massive The tragedy of Drach is his inability to decide what he’s Ukrainian Australian Chamber of Commerce branches organizational committee, headed by a government minis- going to be involved in, and an unwillingness to realize that across the country. ter, but we have yet to see anything come out of it. his credibility is compromised along the way. For years, we “There are hundreds of highly qualified professionals My hope is that this forum will simply be established as at the UWC have been trying to make clear to him and the and businesspeople of Ukrainian Australian descent. an opportunity for Ukrainians to come from around the UWCC that there are matters of government we won’t get However, neither the AFUO constitution or the ‘Ps&Bs’ world every five years and mark the progress achieved in involved with. current organizational structure is necessarily suited to K y i v . For example, among the many projects the UWCC has giving them the opportunity to make a bigger contribution Do you hope that it will result in a clear statement drawn up is something called a Strategic Military Institute. to our community life,” Mr. Romaniw said. that the UWCC is an NGO, with a clear and approved [Mr. Drach’s] bunch at the UWCC don’t trust the govern- “Thus, we are holding the special meeting on August set of by-laws, to which the UWC belongs? ment’s official bodies in military affairs, so they want to 23 so that Ps&Bs leaders can talk about an improved set up an alternative think-tank of some sort. They dropped structure and better strategies for professionals and busi- No, because that’s not what the forum is about. It’s sup- it in together with all manner of social assistance and nesspeople to play a broader role in maintaining commu- posed to be an entirely separate event. Of course, people are humanitarian aid projects they know we are willing to sup- nity identity, as well as provision of assistance to Ukraine. not sure what the relationship between the UWCC and the port, and then try to make us accept it all as a block, and AFUO values this group of people and wants our struc- forum is. [UWC General Secretary Yaroslav] Sokolyk assume major responsibility for gathering funding. tures to be relevant to them – our future depends on it,” thinks he knows. For us, it’s a clear conflict of interest — why would Mr. Romaniw continued. I’m not sure what it is, because I’m not sure to what we become involved in the formation of another state’s Dr. Michael Warczek has agreed to take on responsibil- extent they are related, because we don’t get reports from military policy? For Drach, it’s just politics. I tell Drach ity for organizing a Chamber of Commerce branch in the UWCC on the subject. Drach and [UWCC General that this is entirely Ukraine’s internal concern and the New South Wales. “Michael’s experience and networks Secretary Mykhailo] Slaboshpytsky are our only contacts. diaspora simply cannot get mixed up in it, and he’ll reply: “Listen, my good man. You are Ukrainians, we make him perfectly suited to the task,” Mr. Romaniw said. Within the UWC, opposition to further contacts with are Ukrainians; Canada is free, Ukraine is free. Why Vlad Derevianka, a Woiongong-based lawyer and the UWCC and to attending the forum is based on this can’t you just agree to this?” community activist has agreed to take on responsibility for confusion — people say it’s deliberate, in order to sub- organizing the August 23 meeting. sume diaspora organizations and use them. We always seem to have to put things in the starkest “We call on all interested Ukrainian Australians to terms. As I once said to him: “Look, if Ukraine goes to war attend the get-togethers which promise to be not only That may well be so, and that’s what we will have to and they call me up, I’m not going. I’m a Canadian citi- informative but entertaining,” Mr. Romaniw said. find out this August. That’s exactly why we should go — to zen.” Sometimes you don’t even know if that’s enough. We Need Your Help... Over the past year, CCRF has airlifted over $3 million worth of priority medicines and medical technology to save the lives of young children in Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Luhansk, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv and other oblasts in Ukraine. Your donation is urgently needed to continue this life-saving mission. To get involved, mark your calendar for September 13-14. Plan to attend the CCRF National Convention 97at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Children of ChornobylCenter in Relief 272 Old Short Hills Road, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078 201-376-5140 No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 5 Ukrainian women attend ICW meeting Ukrainian wins, Ukrainian loses by Iryna Kurowyckyj from the UNWLA. They were the UNWLA president and member of the in Davis Cup tournament in Kyiv OTTAWA — The International Council NCW/US board of directors, Anna of Women’s 28th Triennial Meeting was Krawchuk; Maria Tomorug, member of the by Roman Woronowycz In Kyiv, the only trouble they faced held here from June 15-22. Over 250 dele- NCW/US executive committee and past Kyiv Press Bureau was Ukraine’s ace, Andrey Medvedev, gates from 35 national women’s councils vice-president of the UNWLA; and Iryna who has been ranked as high as fourth in around the world participated in this meet- KYIV — In a qualifying competition the world in his six years on the tennis Kurowyckyj, honorary president of of the 1997 Davis Cup tennis tournament ing. The opening ceremonies took place in NCW/US, a U.N. NGO representative for pro circuit. He beat Britain’s two stars to the Canadian Parliament Building. in Kyiv with Ukraine playing against a give Ukraine both its wins, first taking the ICW and vice president of the good British team, it came down to a In 1888 in Washington, women leaders U N W L A . Henmen, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, on Ukrainian versus a Ukrainian, and the from eight different countries gathered to Since the Canadian Council hosted his Friday and then Rusedski, 6-1, 6-1, 2-6, Ukrainian lost. establish the International Council of conference, there was a large participation 6-2, on Sunday. Women (ICW). Today the ICW has 79 from the affiliated organization: Jean Britain’s Greg Rusedski, who is a On Sunday, after four matches in the councils around the world, is one of the Mekiteek, NCW/Canada, convener of the transplanted Canadian of Ukrainian her- best-of-five tournament, it was all tied- oldest women’s international non-govern- Committee on Education; Helen Semenuk, itage, took the deciding fifth match of the up. Rusedski then turned the trick for mental organization in existence and has a past national convener on the Committee Britain vs. Ukraine competition from Britain, but not until he had lost the first strong presence in the United Nations. on Human Rights; Maria Tkachuk, Helen Ukraine’s Andriy Rybalko (6-3; 6-3; 7-5) set, which gave Rybalko a short-lived The National Council of Women of Melenyk-Marko and Laudie Ann Collis to propel Britain to a 3-2 win over chance to lead Ukraine to an upset over Ukraine became members of the ICW in from the Ukrainian Women’s Association Ukraine in Kyiv on July 13. one of the historic powers in world ten- Oslo, Norway in 1920. The next meeting of Canada and Olha Zaverucha. The British, who were back at full nis. But his game abandoned him, and was held in Washington in 1925, and it was The World Federation of the Ukrainian strength with the return of Rusedski and Rusedski won handily. a somber moment for the women from Women’s Organizations had two observers, Tim Henmen, had little problem with the Rybalko also went down to defeat on Ukraine since they were not issued a visa to Myroslava Zahribelny and Volodymyra Ukrainian team. Earlier this year, their Friday against Henmen, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6- attend this meeting. Instead the Ukrainian L u c z k i w . injury-induced absence against a non- 4, 4-6. In the doubles match, Medvedev women were represented by Ukrainian The 28th Triennial Meeting was a signif- descript Zimbabwe team had led to and Dmytro Poliakov lost to Henmen and Americans and Ukrainians from icant meeting in the history of Ukrainian defeat. Rusedski, 1-6, 4-6, 6-7 (5-7). Switzerland. women’s movement since three women It was at this meeting that the question from Kyiv attended this meeting as arose as to whether, in the absence of a observers, the first women from Ukraine to Ukrainian government in Ukraine, the attend an ICW meeting since 1920. National Council of Women in Ukraine Maria Drach, president of the Women’s (NCWU) could remain a member of the Society (Zhinocha Hromada) was the first ICW. After the Washington meeting, the to receive sponsorship to this meeting from NCWU was dropped from the member- the NCW/Canada Helen Hnatyshyn Fund. ship list of the ICW. As a result, Ukrainian This fund was established by Helen women living throughout the free world Hnatyshyn, the former president of realized their responsibility to their sisters NCW/Canada and the mother of Ray in Ukraine who could no longer speak for Hnatyshyn, governor general of Canada, t h e m s e l v e s . for the purpose of bringing women from Ukrainian women formed organizations Ukraine to ICW meetings when Ukraine such as the Ukrainian National Women’s became independent . League of America, founded in 1925; the Dr. Ludmila Porochniak, a medical doc- Ukrainian Women’s Association of tor, accompanied Mrs. Drach and translated Canada, founded in 1926; the Ukrainian for Mrs. Drach and Oksana Kuts, who was National Women’s League of Australia, sponsored by the UNWLA, is the editor-in- founded in 1946. They affiliated their orga- chief of “Through a Women’s Eyes” and is nizations with the National Council of the project coordinator of the U.N. Department ICW in their respective country and of Public Information in Kyiv. through these councils were able to attend The topic of Chornobyl was discussed at international meetings and speak of the the meeting, and a recommendation to hardships faced by women, family and chil- “Support the Child of Chornobyl” was fully Andrey Medvedev dren under the Soviet regime. supported by the plenary session. Dr. At this most recent meeting of the ICW, Porochniak read a statement in which she the U.S. delegation included three members stressed the need to help the children of Chornobyl and people of all ages who were harmed by the disaster. She also said that AIDs has become a major concern in D . C . Chornobyl Committee Ukraine and the need to educate people about this disease is very urgent. announces donations During the conference the group on “General Well-being” addressed the issues WASHINGTON — The Chornobyl of health, environment, habitat and nutri- Committee of Washington has donated tion. Mrs. Kurowyckyj coordinated this $2,500 to the Children of Ukraine group and supplied information on the Foundation in memory of the victims of needs of people in Chornobyl and Mrs. the world’s worst nuclear accident, com- Krawchuk, gave an informative presenta- mittee coordinator Danusia Wasylkywskyj tion on the Chornobyl disaster. announced in May. Additionally, the com- A new president was elected to lead the mittee made available $2,260 to the ICW into the next century, Pnina Herzog of National Marrow Donor Program to be Israel, and the Israeli Ambassador held a used by NMDP in bone marrow recruit- reception in her honor at his home. m e n t . Special receptions took place at Rideau In making the donation to the Children Hall, the home of Canada’s Governor of Ukraine Foundation, the committee General Romeo Leblanc and Mme. expressed its appreciation for the humani- Leblanc, who is the honorary president of tarian relief efforts of Children of Ukraine. National Council of Women of Canada, in The Chornobyl Committee of the Grand Hall of the Museum of Washington is an organization dedicated Civilization, where the first Ukrainian to disseminating information and fostering church in Canada was on display. A gala public awareness of the Chornobyl disas- dinner was held at the National Center to ter. It regularly holds seminars, concerts, end the meeting. art exhibits and bone marrow drives, and Later, on Embassy Night, members of last year participated in the Seeds of Hope the Ukrainian, Ukrainian Canadian and drive, contributing $4,500 toward the pro- Ukrainian American delegations were invit- motion of the Odesa Philharmonic ed to the Embassy of Ukraine in Ottawa. Commemorative Chornobyl Concert at the The next Triennial Conference of the Kennedy Center. ICW will be held in Finland in the year For more information about The 2000. Ukrainian women throughout the Children of Ukraine Foundation, write world hope that at this conference in to: The Rev. Michael Stelmach, c/o Finland, the NCW of Ukraine will once Ukrainian Credit Union, 301 Main St. again become a member of this interna- Serhij Supinski Greg Rusedski NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413. tional organization. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 No. 30 New program from U.S.-Ukraine Foundation TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY focuses on Constitutional Court in Kyiv The invisible minister by Olenka Dobczanska ry board and a Ukrainian constitutional advisory board. These boards will be com- So, just who is Valerii Pustovoitenko, the new prime minister of Ukraine? That WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine posed of distinguished professionals who is the question being asked by many in Ukraine, as well as abroad. In fact, very Foundation has been awarded a $50,000 are interested in advancing the discussion little is known about the man who was confirmed by Verkhovna Rada deputies by grant from the Bureau of Educational and of constitutional issues in Ukraine. Their the slimmest of margins to head the government of Ukraine. Cultural Affairs of the United States job will be to prioritize specific aspects of What is known is that Mr. Pustovoitenko — the seventh prime minister of Information Agency (USIA) for a new issues related to the Constitution and the Ukraine in its six years of independence, and the fourth to serve under the current one-year program titled “Integrating the Constitutional Court for analysis and poli- president — is a close and loyal ally of President Leonid Kuchma and a member of Constitutional Court into Ukraine’s Civil cy debate. The considerable resources, the “party of power,” the National Democratic Party of Ukraine. He is also yet Society.” The main goal of the program both print and electronic, of the Pylyp another insider of the Dnipropetrovsk clan. That, say opponents of President is to help spread awareness and under- Orlyk Institute for Democracy (POID) Kuchma, is not a good thing, as politicians from Dnipropetrovsk are too dominant. standing of the new Constitution among and U.S.-Ukraine Foundation will be at Up to now, Mr. Pustovoitenko was the minister of the Cabinet of Ministers (he all segments of the population in their disposal. held that same post briefly under the Kravchuk administration), a minister without Ukraine, particularly in regard to the Based on the work of the advisory portfolio who always remained in the background — so much so that observers newly created Constitutional Court. boards, seminars will be held in four were hard-pressed to describe his role in the government. His opinions also are not Democracy is a system of government Ukrainian cities. The U S U F and the known, as he has rarely commented on domestic or foreign policy issues. On the up that depends on an informed and involved POID have had considerable experience side, he is considered to be a pragmatic/managerial type; on the down side he is not electorate. This phrase is so often repeated in facilitating seminars both in Ukraine perceived as a leader or (heaven forbid!) an innovator. And, there are those who that we forget how basically true it is. and in the United States. Along with the question his low-profile role in the Cabinet and say that, in effect, that shadowy pro- Awareness and understanding of the new advisory boards, they will be responsible file contributed to blocking reforms. Constitution of Ukraine at all levels is not for the selection of a diverse group of The newspaper Den (Day) said the new prime minister has no clear political posi- merely desirable, but critical to the suc- participants for each seminar. Every tion or views. The Kyiv daily cited two incidents from his days as mayor of cess of rule of law there. Without it there attempt will be made to broadcast the Dnipropetrovsk to illustrate. At one time Mr. Pustovoitenko had ordered the blue-and- will be no change. sessions via television or radio and yellow flag taken down from the city’s central square when the opposition had raised The Constitutional Court is a key through the printed media, and public it; however, several months later, after the proclamation of Ukraine’s independence, institution for ensuring the success of attendance and participation will be he himself raised the blue-and-yellow flag over his office. Another time he ordered democratic and constitutional govern- encouraged through a question and that a monument to Taras Shevchenko be erected in Dnipropetrovsk, but simultane- ment in Ukraine. According to the new answer period. ously allocated funds for flowers to be placed daily at a monument to Vladimir Lenin. Constitution, the Constitutional Court is Finally, the project will publish a Nor is Mr. Pustovoitenko seen as someone with political ambitions of his own. the sole interpreter of the constitutionali- series of bulletins in Ukrainian about the Thus, President Kuchma is guaranteed the lead role in propelling reforms. At the same ty of all laws in Ukraine. It is charged prominent issues and discussions that time — and here’s another plus — this means there will be less struggle between the with the responsibility of adjudicating emerge from the seminars for distribution head of state and the head of government. “The appointment of Pustovoitenko disputes between the branches of govern- to national leaders, policy makers, law removes all problems in relations between the president and the Cabinet of Ministers,” ment. In discharging these duties, the educators and NGOs. In addition the explained Mr. Kuchma’s top political advisor, Vasyl Kremin. Plus, because of his Constitutional Court should serve as the POID will translate relevant Western close relationship with President Kuchma, perhaps the new prime minister will be able ultimate guarantor of the rule of law. sources and materials by Western experts to get into the apparat and actually root out corruption (not just talk about doing it). The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation’s into Ukrainian prior to each seminar. The But, there is the fact that he was approved by a simple majority (50 percent plus (USUF) new program “Integrating the POID will serve as a repository for all one) of the national deputies in Parliament and that 91 voted against approving him Constitutional Court into Ukraine’s Civil materials produced. These materials will as PM. This would seem to indicate that the battle between the executive and the Society” specifically deals with the above be available in printed as well as elec- legislative branches will continue. issues in several ways. The USUF will In his first few days in office, Prime Minister Pustovoitenko said his priorities are to create an American constitutional adviso- (Continued on page 18) stimulate private enterprise, reduce taxes, solve the problem of unpaid wages and decrease the size of the shadow economy. Most recently he said he would present his own program as his predecessor’s program does not meet current requirements. Given recent history in Ukraine, where a prime minister lasts in office for ACTION ITEM approximately a year, Mr. Pustovoitenko had better act quickly. Following several months of planning and organizing, the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives has been established. The official co-chairs of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus are Reps. Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.), Jon D. Fox (R-Pa.), Louise McIntosh-Slaughter (D-N.Y.), and Bob Schaffer (R-Colo.). July The primary purpose of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus has been identified as TurningTurning the pagespages back...back... follows: to organize an association of members of Congress who share a common concern for building stronger bilateral relations between Ukraine and the United 26 States. The Congressional Ukrainian Caucus will serve as a conduit to lend support for Ukraine in its continuing process of democratization and market-oriented reforms. 1675 Yosyf Tukalsky-Neliubovych was born in Pynske in the 17th A “Dear Colleague” letter has been issued by the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus century, but the exact date is uncertain. What is certain is that he to members of the House of Representatives to seek their membership in the caucus. was a churchman actively involved in the politics of his day (dur- Ukrainian American community members are encouraged to contact their representa- ing the period known as The Ruin) and whose orientation was uniquely Ukrainian. tives and request them to become members of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. A 1657 was a banner year. While serving as archimandrite of the Holy Ghost sample letter is provided for reference. Monastery in Vilnius, Tukalsky was nominated as a candidate for the Kyivan metro- Should you need further information, please contact the Ukrainian National politanate. As a protégé of Kostiantyn Vyhovsky (commander of the Turiv-Pynske Information Service at (202) 547-0018. Kozak regiment), he participated in the officer’s council (Rada Starshyny) in Korsun that elected Ivan Vyhovsky hetman in October. SAMPLE LETTER In 1661, Tukalsky was consecrated bishop of Orsha and Mstislau (and Belarus). Two The Honorable (Name) years later, a sobor of clergy, nobility and Kozak officers in Korsun elected him metro- U.S. House of Representatives politan of Kyiv, but the Polish king (pursuant to the Church Union of Brest of 1596) Washington, D.C. 20515 refused to ratify this appointment, preferring Bishop Antin Vynnytsky as a candidate. This resulted in an administrative schism in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with Dear Representative (Name): Tukalsky exercising authority over Right-Bank Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania, but not Galicia, Volhynia and Podilia. This also exacerbated Tukalsky’s previous hostility As a Ukrainian American, I was pleased to learn of the formation of a Congressional to the Polish government, and to the pro-Polish Hetman Pavlo Teteria. Ukrainian Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. Members of Congress are now In 1664, when the latter’s star was ascendant, Tukalsky was arrested and imprisoned afforded the opportunity to address issues of concern regarding the enhancement of bilat- in the Marienburg fortress and held there for two years. Hetman Petro Doroshenko eral relations between Ukraine and the United States. It is my understanding that the secured his release and restored him to his position as metropolitan. In 1668, the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus will welcome guidance from the Ukrainian American Patriarch of Constantinople confirmed Tukalsky’s status and named him exarch. community on how best to support Ukraine in its progress toward democratization, mar- Following his release from prison, Tukalsky took up residence near Hetman ket-oriented reforms and restructuring of Ukraine’s business environment. Doroshenko’s capital in Chyhyryn, and acted as his close advisor. He was particularly Your support of Ukrainian American relations in the past reflects your appreciation active in counseling the Kozak leader to steer clear of alliances with either Muscovy or of the geo-strategic importance of Ukraine as a free and independent state. sAt thi Poland, and to seek support from the Turks. time, therefore, I am requesting your support of and membership in the newly formed In Church affairs, Tukalsky rejected any rapprochement with the Moscow Patriarchate Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. The Ukrainian American community in your district and staunchly defended his metropoly’s independence. This occasioned harsh conflicts with appreciates your advocacy and looks forward to continued cooperation in the future Moscow’s representative in Kyiv, Bishop Maksym Fylymonovych. under the auspices of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. Metropolitan Tukalsky died in Chyhyryn on July 26, 1675. His remains were sub- sequently re-buried in the Mhar Transfiguration Monastery and his valuable archives Thank you for your consideration of this matter. moved to the Kyivan Cave Monastery. Sincerely, Source: “Tukalsky-Neliubovych, Yosyf,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 5 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993). — submitted by the Ukrainian National Information Service, Washington. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 7 Let us help orphans of Ukraine receive eyeglasses P E R S P E C T I V E S Appeal to the Ukrainian community of the U.S. from the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee. B Y AN D R E W FE D Y N S K Y At the present time, there is a great need for eyeglasses for orphans in Ukraine. There are 686 children’s institutions called “internats” in Ukraine today, with a total population of over 136,000 children, 16,000 of whom are Poets and their executioners orphans. One half of the 136,000 institutionalized children suffer from some form of physical or mental deficiency. The article was buried deep in a recent writers who regularly published. By 1938, There is a committee to assist Ukrainian orphans and needy children in Ukraine edition of the Washington Post. It said that only 36 of those were still around. With the on July 1 investigators discovered a mass exception of seven who died a natural headed by Dr. Ivan Kark, a retired colonel of the U.S. Army. This assistance program grave in a pine forest near St. Petersburg death, all the rest were murder victims, sui- consists of an eye examination and the provision of a pair of corrective glasses, if with more than 1,100 bodies. Each skull cides or inmates in far-away concentration needed. This program operates in close cooperation with, and under the umbrella of, had one of the NKVD’s signature bullet camps where they died of exhaustion, star- the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC) in Philadelphia. holes. Among those murdered, were 300 vation or an anonymous bullet. To date, two regions of Ukraine, Kharkiv and Kherson, have been covered. Fifty “Ukrainian nationalists and intellectuals,” The other arts were equally devastated. two (52) internats with 2,719 children have already received eyeglasses at a cost of victims of Stalin’s terror. The Russian composer, Dmitri $7,292. The next plan, which is already under way, is to assist ten additional Who were these Ukrainians, I wondered, Shostakovich, relates the story of the First regions: Chernihiv — 814 children ($4,070), Sumy — 953 children ($4,665), buried so far from home? The article didn’t All-Ukrainian Congress of Lirnyky and Zhytomyr — 798 children ($3,990), Vinnytsia — 1,163 children ($5,815), Volyn say, but the truth is it could have been any- Bandurysty, held in the mid-1930s. — 888 children ($4,440), Zakarpattia — 1,259 children ($6,295), Chernivtsi — one of thousands upon thousands who fit Hundreds, most of them blind, came from 675 children ($3,375), Kirovohrad — 919 children ($4,595), Zaporizhia — 1,413 the description: nationalists and intellectuals villages and towns all over Ukraine. children ($7,065), and Mykolaiv — 1,330 children ($6,650). murdered in the 1930s and ‘40s. Ostensibly, it was to discuss the future of A contract on behalf of the ten regions was signed on April 10, 1997, by the UUARC They were people like Mykola Zerov, a their profession. In fact, they came for their representative in Ukraine, Dr. Kark, with the eyeglass factory in Izium, Ukraine, for 10,000 poet and professor of literature at Kyiv own execution. Nearly all were shot. pairs of eyeglasses. The cost of one pair of eyeglasses is $5 and in accordance with the con- University, known for his neo-classical son- It’s impossible to define the depth of evil nets, literary criticism and translations. during that era, to measure the universe of tract, UUARC has to pay $50,000 to the Izium factory by August 1997. Zerov was arrested in 1935 and sent to a suffering, to assess the extent of what The executive board of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee is concentration camp in the Solovky Islands Ukraine lost and how devasting those years appealing to the Ukrainian community to support the above eyeglasses for orphans north of the Arctic Circle where he was were to Ukrainian culture and society. We project in Ukraine. An individual or an institution desiring to fund eyeglasses for murdered sometime in 1937-1938 — a bul- can lament the poetry that was never written children within one (or more) of the 27 regions of Ukraine should call the UUARC at let to the back of his head. because Vlyzko was killed at 26, but con- (215) 728–1630, or send a contribution to the following address: United Ukrainian Another victim was Mike Johannsen, a sider also how his death affected anyone American Relief Committee, Inc., 1206 Cotman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111. Swedish-Ukrainian from Kharkiv who else who thought about writing poetry. Who wrote wonderful lyric poetry about the would want to be a master of the Ukrainian For the Executive Board of the UUARC: Dr. Larissa Kyj, president; Dr. Bohdan T. Hnatiuk, changing of the seasons, trees, sunshine and language when Vlyzko and scores of others vice-president, treasurer; Stepan Hawrysz, executive director; Dr. Natalia Pazuniak, secretary. an occasional lullaby. He was arrested in were killed for that reason alone? Would 1937 and also shipped to a Siberian concen- you have picked up a bandura if you knew tration camp. There, it was said, he went that the finest masters of the instrument insane before being shot to death. were shot to death precisely because they NEWS AND VIEWS Another poet, Oleksa Vlyzko, was arrest- were so good? ed in 1934. Deaf from the age of 14, his Where would American culture be if all verse evoked the sounds of the ocean, a the poets and writers of the ‘20s — from symphony, the beating of his own heart. Robert Frost to Ernest Hemingway — had First Light Partners - Zorya The unfortunate man wasn’t able to hear the been killed because they could compose a charges leveled against him and 28 other good verse or structure an interesting novel? continues programs in Ukraine writers and intellectuals in a Kyiv court- Would country music be a multi-billion dol- room, and he didn’t hear the gunshot that lar industry today, if all the banjo players by Ted Hicks begin in late 1997 or possible early 1998, took his life the next day. Vlyzko was 26 and guitar pickers had been murdered dur- and will last approximately four months. years old. His body and those of the other ing the Roosevelt administration? It’s a EUGENE, Ore. – Throughout Ukraine, After a very successful first program, we 28 victims, in all likelihood, were dumped ridiculous question in the American con- nearly100 percent of the people who seek are again looking for a few well-qualified in the same kind of pit that was exhumed in text, but that’s what happened to Ukraine. relief from the ravages of alcoholism show people who can convey the essentials of St. Petersburg last month. There’s a sandpit near St. Petersburg with up at the doors of existing treatment cen- our well-designed, culturally applicable Similar pits have been discovered in the just a tiny fraction of the victims. ters. Sadly, archaic ideas and the lack of training and treatment model. They will Bykivnia Woods near Kyiv, in Vinnytsia, in Ukraine, however, was victimized not 12-step-based selfhelp treatment methods be instructing approximately 30 dedicat- Lviv ... Who knows how many others lie only by what was lost, but also by the way means that virtually none of the tens of ed and very well educated health care undiscovered, undisturbed. “The Terror” transformed society. If the thousands who seek treatment each year professionals whose lives are dedicated Soviet Ukraine in the 1920s was an state took food from successful farmers and can ever hope to recover. To be an alco- to treating the disease of alcoholism. exciting place to be. Kyiv and Kharkiv were left them to die, it was better to be a poor holic in Ukraine today is to die. Volunteers must have a passport; They vibrant cities where political leaders like farmer. If entrepreneurs were killed for However, professionals, and the coun- will receive airfare, visas, housing, and a Education Minister Mykola Skrypnyk “profiteering,” who in his right mind would try itself, stand at a turning point. The stipend for food and expenses. Volunteers encouraged writers, film-makers, musi- want to make a profit? Why speak motivation is there and the infrastructure need not speak Ukrainian or Russian. We cians, dramatists and every other kind of Ukrainian, when that only attracted atten- is in place, yet basic resources and infor- would prefer that volunteers be in recovery artist to aspire to world-class status using tion and kept you from getting a good job, mation that could change the situation personally for several reasons, not the least the Ukrainian language, Ukrainian idioms, maybe even arrested, perhaps killed? It’s forever are still missing. of which is that we must continuously make Ukrainian themes. The culture, it was felt, much safer to speak Russian. And so, In cooperation with the Ministry of an effort to humanize the disease and to had a lot of catching up to do. After all, everything positive, natural and productive Health of Ukraine, the Academy of provide “living” proof, as it were. from 1863 to 1907, it was forbidden by was punished: evil was rewarded. Sciences and others, First Light Partners Volunteers will receive one week of spe- tsarist ukase (decree) to use the Ukrainian Independent Ukraine is having a lot of – Zorya, a U.S. non-profit organization cific training about our model and Ukraine language for any literary purpose. While trouble moving from a command economy has designed a modern, relevant training since it is essential to understand the nature Russian culture produced giants like to free enterprise, from collective farms to program and accompanying treatment of the project, and the vital importance of Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Turgenev, independent homesteads. Ukrainian citizens model. We have implemented a series of consistency in our training approach and Ukrainian culture was stagnant. Without the with initiative, with entrepreneurial skills intensive hands-on training programs for model. Interested men and women should genius of Ivan Franko, Lesia Ukrainka and are as likely to emigrate to America or health care professionals working to con- contact: First Light Partners, Ted Hicks – others in western Ukraine, there would have Canada as they are to start a business in front the disease of alcoholism. The Executive Director, 2680 McMillan St., been nothing. Ukraine. Russification in Ukraine’s cities change is systemic, the project finite, the Eugene, OR 97405; telephone, (541) 341- And so Ukrainian artists in post-revolu- remains a jarring reality. Somehow inde- results permanent. We are looking for a 6447. Those responding should include a tionary Ukraine responded. Film-maker pendence is not working out quite as bril- few individuals who would like to be one- or two-page letter explaining why Oleksander Dovzenko showed the world liantly as many had imagined. involved in this vital project. they want to make this contribution, and a how to use the new art form. Writer Mykola It doesn’t excuse things, but perhaps the The second of these programs will short resume. Khvyliovy worked to raise the urban prole- reason for these problems is related to the tariat to a level of literacy and self-aware- horrible experience of the ‘30s when mil- ness capable of placing them in the main- lions of free farmers were starved to death stream of European culture. Short story and thousands upon thousands of Ukraine’s Notice to publishers and authors writer, Hryhoriy Kosynka aspired to do the leaders, artists and thinkers were cruelly and It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly published books, book- same with the rural peasantry. systematically killed, their bodies buried in When I read the poetry and stories of forgotten pits. lets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodicals, only after receipt by the editorial 1920s Ukraine, my imagination works in Remembering the past, commemorating offices of a copy of the material in question. color and it’s a bright, sun-shiny day. The the victims is one of the ways to begin to News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. 1930s are black and white and it’s usually cure what ails Ukraine. Those of us fluent Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, etc.) to: The Editor, nighttime. Virtually nothing relieves the in Ukrainian might begin by reading a few The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. bleakness of that era. As the decade began poems by Mike Johannsen or Oleksa in 1930 there were 259 Soviet Ukrainian Vlyzko. They’re delightful. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 No. 30 Edmonton school of Ukrainian studies honors graduates, revises curriculum EDMONTON — At the Ivan Franko School of the graduating classes in recognition of high academic The goal of the project, then, was to create a program Ukrainian Studies, the subjects of Ukrainian history, achievement. The recipients were Mr. Wozniak, Miss of studies that taught children, raised in North American geography, culture, literature and language arts are Martynkiw, Miss Kotovych and Mr. Bindas. As in pre- homes where Ukrainian may not always be the first lan- taught in Ukrainian, and classes run every Saturday vious years, the parents’ committee of the IFSUS dis- guage, about their heritage and ancestors in a way that morning from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during the regular tributed numerous cash awards based on academic they could more readily understand and absorb. The cur- school year. Subjects were taught over a five-year peri- standing. ricular materials have been adapted so that they reflect the od, however with the 1997-1998 school year, the pro- For the remainder of the school’s students the acade- diminished Ukrainian language skills of most second-and gram has been condensed into a four-year time frame. mic year ended on June 21. After a moleben at St. third-generation Ukrainian Canadian students. This year’s graduates of the Ivan Franko School of John’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, report cards were The first phase of rewriting the curriculum has been Ukrainian Studies (IFSUS) comprised an exceptionally distributed and awards were presented. The two recipi- completed, and work on the second phase is to continue talented group of students: Kharytia Bilash, Yarko ents of awards from the Ukrainian Professional and over the summer and fall. This is a major undertaking, Yopyk, Daria Kotovych, Michael Bindas, Christine Business Club of Edmonton for academic achievement and everyone on the various subcommittee has invested Kolomyjchuk, Christine Konowalec, Roman Korol, at the grade 9 level were Michael Bell and Anna a great amount of time and energy. The committee has Stefan Cybulsky, Yarko Boyarchuk, Andrew Wozniak, Magera. expressed its confidence, that beginning with the 1997- Orysia Huk, Myrosia Luciw, Zenia Martynkiw and IFSUS has undergone a major revamping this past 1998 school year, students will benefit far more from Vanessa Miskiw. year and further changes will be implemented in the the new curriculum. On Sunday, June 1, following the divine liturgy at St. coming school year. An education committee was IFSUS continues to be supported by the Alberta George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, the graduates formed in 1995 to look at ways to improve the school. Department of Education, and students receive high attended a brunch at the Chateau Louis Hotel. Parents, The committee’s recommendations included writing a school credits for Ukrainian courses. In addition, gradu- friends, guests and teachers were on hand to greet and new and more relevant program of studies in all subject ates of IFSUS gain in-depth knowledge in Ukrainian- congratulate students on the successful completion of areas, as well as preparing materials and gathering related topics that would be impossible to obtain in a reg- many years of study. Fifth-year graduates Miss resources. ular school setting due to time constraints. The school’s Martynkiw and Miss Huk gave the valedictory address The committee decided this project was of great students have a well-developed national and cultural con- on behalf of their classmates. All of the fourth year importance and long overdue, mainly because of sciousness and are often sought by Ukrainian organiza- graduating students then related interesting, funny and changes in the language abilities and interests of the stu- tions and firms that have business ties in Ukraine. pleasant highlights from the four years at IFSUS. After dent population. There was increasing concern that stu- Lessons are taught in the school at St. John’s many years of working together, these students have dents were not learning as much as they could simply Cathedral Auditorium in Edmonton at 10611 110th Ave. become close friends and their friendships no doubt will because they did not understand all that was being Registration for the new school year is on September 6 continue. taught; furthermore, if they did understand, many could at 9 a.m. For further information place contact the prin- The Ukrainian Professional and Business Club of not place the information being conveyed into any rele- cipal, Lesia Soltykewych, at (403) 434–6671 or e-mail Edmonton awarded several scholarships to students in vant context. [email protected]

Graduates of the Ivan Franko School of Ukrainian Studies in Edmonton: (beginning with top row, from left) Kharytia Bilash, Yarko Yopyk, Daria Kotovych, Michael Bindas, Christine Kolomyjchuk, Christine Konowalec, Roman Korol, Stefan Cybulsky, Yarko Boyarchuk, Andrew Wozniak, Orysia Huk, Myrosia Luciw, Zenia Martynkiw and Vanessa Miskiw.

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No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 9 Jacyk Center’s funds and campaigns Ukrainian Historical Association support Ukrainian history publications elects officers, expands editorial board EDMONTON — The Petro Jacyk provided the CIUS Press, publisher of by Dr. Alexander Sydorenko Cherkasy. Center for Ukrainian Historical Research at “History,” with funds to subsidize the Also, new members were added to the the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies printing of two volumes. KENT, Ohio — The Ukrainian editorial board of The Ukrainian (CIUS) of the University of Alberta annu- Furthermore, the Petro Jacyk Historical Association (UHA) has elected Historian. They include Prof. Mykhailo ally awards research grants and fellow- Educational Foundation has spearheaded a a new slate of officers. The election was Braichevskyi (University of Kyiv — conduced by mail and reflected the rec- ships, and has several ongoing projects. fund-raising drive to benefit the project. Mohyla Academy) and Prof. Volodymyr ommendations made by the Nomination The center’s series of Ukrainian-language Among the many donors to the Motyka of Australia. As agreed, the Committee, composed of Dr. Alexander translations makes the best works in Hrushevsky Translation Project, five bene- UHA’s activity in Canada will be super- Dombrowsky, chair; Dr. Oleh Gerus, Ukrainian history published in the West factors have chosen to sponsor a volume vised by the association’s vice-president. vice-chair (Winnipeg); and Dr. Yarema accessible to Ukrainian language readers. by contributing $100,000 or more: Petro The UHA maintains two categories of Rakowskyi, secretary. This series was initiated in 1995 with and Ivanna Stelmach, Hanna Mazyrenko, membership: full (research scholars) and the publication of the two volumes of Sofia Wojtyna, Mykhailo and Daria The results are: Prof. Lubomyr Wynar, president; Prof. Alexander Baran associate (non-professional historians). Ivan Lysiak-Rudnytsky’s “Historical Kowalsky, and an anonymous benefactor. Most subscribers of The Ukrainian Essays”; and in 1997, the translation of The most important history of Ukraine (Winnipeg), vice-president; Prof. Alexander Dombrowsky, secretary-trea- Historian belong to the second category. Zenon Kohut’s” Russian Centralism and written in modern times, Hrushevsky’s In Toronto there is even a branch of asso- Ukrainian Autonomy” was published. “History of Ukraine-Rus” was originally surer; Prof. Alexander Sydorenko (Arkansas State), secretary for interna- ciates, the Oleksander Ohloblyn Branch The Jacyk Center’s Monograph Series published in 10 volumes (11 books) of UHA Associates, headed by Prof. fosters the publication of new historical between 1898 and 1937. It remains tional relations; Prof. Mykhailo Braichevskyi (head of the UHA branch Fisher-Sluzh. research, history textbooks and transla- unsurpassed in examining the sources Current plans include further UHA tions of classic works of history. Its first and scholarly literature on Ukrainian his- in Kyiv), Prof. Arkadii Zhukovskyi (Paris), Dr. Bohdan Klid (Edmonton), expansion and provisions to support volume, “Ukraine between East and tory from ancient times to the mid-17th activities in Ukraine, where some 800 West,” contains the lectures of the emi- century. The text is essential to the study Prof. Mykola Kovalskyi (Ostroh, head of the UHA branch of Volyn), Prof. Stefan copies of The Ukrainian Historian and nent Harvard specialist of Byzantine and of Eastern European, Russian, Balkan other publications are regularly shipped. Slavic studies, Ihor Sevcenko. The center and Middle Eastern history. Kozak (Warsaw), Dr. Andrew Sorokowski (Harvard, Ukrainian The UHA also supports the establish- also supports an archival project that is The English-language edition is a full ment of the Hrushevskyi Museum in preparing a new volume of sources on the translation of the original, augmented with Research Institute), and Prof. Teodor Kyiv. Recently the UHA, along with the Ukrainian Kozaks and co-sponsors a num- introductions and updates by contemporary Tsiutsiura (Toronto) member at large. Ukrainian National Association played a ber of publications in Ukraine, including scholars. Newly compiled bibliographies The Control Commission includes: major role in emergency measures to the reprinting in Ukrainian of Mykhailo include all manuscripts, published sources, Prof. Vasyl Omelchenko, chair, Prof. safeguard the Vasyl Stefanyk Library in Hrushevsky’s “Istoriia Ukrainy-Rusy.” and secondary works used by Hrushevsky. Gerus and Prof. Rakovskyi, members, Lviv. However the Jacyk Center’s major In September book launches of and Prof. Jurii Oliinyk, alternate mem- The UHA also publishes such serials undertaking is the preparation of the Volume 1 of “History of Ukraine-Rus” ber. English-language translation of will take place in the following cities: During the past term, the Ukrainian as historical monographs, Hrushevskyi Hryshevsky’s “Istoriia Ukrainy-Rusy” September 18 in Edmonton, September Historical Association expanded its studies, memoirs, correspondence and (“History of Ukraine-Rus”). Six translators 26 in New York, and September 28-29 in activities in Ukraine, where there are sev- source materials. These are published in — Marta Skorupsky, Ian Press, Bohdan Toronto. This volume may be purchased eral UHA branches, such as the Ukrainian or English. As well, the UHA Struminski, Andrij Wynnyckyj, Leonid for $79.95 from CIUS, 352 Athabasca Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Kyiv Branch, continues to play a leading role in the Heretz and Marta Olynyk — have worked Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton along with those in Ostroh, Uzhorod, revival of national historiography in on the 11 books of the work. Uliana M. T6G 2E8; fax (403) 492-4967. Halychyna, and the newest one in Ukraine. Pasicznyk of Toronto serves as managing The complete set is being offered until editor, and its editorial staff includes December 31 at the special pre-publication Myroslav Yurkevich, Serhii Plokhy, subscription price of $500. Volumes will Dushan Bednarsky, Marko Stech and be sent as they are published. Further Andrij Hornjatkevyc. Numerous scholars information is available on the web home serve as specialist editors and consultants. page: http://www.utoronto.ca/cius The National Endowment for the The Hrushevsky project organizers have Humanities in Washington, awarded a appealed to the Ukrainian community to grant toward the translation of the support the work on subsequent volumes “History’s” three-volume subseries on the with generous donations. Checks payable history of the Ukrainian Kozaks, and the to “CIUS — Hrushevsky Project” can be Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies mailed to the CIUS address listed above.

Ukraine’s largest Orthodox Church, called Church leaders... the memorandum a “sign of good will,” (Continued from page 1) while Patriarch Filaret of the smaller halt interconfessional strife, but will also Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv lead society on a road to tolerance,” he Patriarchate called it a “first step to peace.” noted. He pointed out, however, that “the memo- The president said the Churches’ randum does not solve our problems. Only action will receive the “support of all the creation of a united Ukrainian forces in Ukrainian society” and con- Orthodox Church will guarantee peace firms the international community’s posi- between the Orthodox faithful. We have tion that “Ukraine is an important ele- no problems with other confessions.” ment of European and world security and Bishop Lubomyr Husar of the stability.” Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church empha- He asserted that the president and the sized that the signing of the memorandum government will treat each Church equal- should be considered historic, and asked ly and will not meddle in internal Church the Ukrainian president and people for affairs. “You will resolve your problems their forgiveness in “holding up the independently,” he said. process of building our native home Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan because of our interconfessional misunder- Volodymyr of the Moscow Patriarchate, standings and impatience.”

finance construction of an iron ore refinery Newsbriefs in eastern Ukraine. Viktor Suslov, head of (Continued from page 2) the parliamentary Budget and Finance TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY year. No convicts have been put to death so Committee, told the deputies the money for Ukraine’s largest investment project, the far in 1997. Local media report there are Kryvorizhsky Hirnycho-Zbahachevalny currently about 135 prisoners in Ukraine Zavod, would be raised through the treasury who have been sentenced to death. bill market. The deficit contained in the (RFE/RL Newsline) 1997 budget, which Parliament passed on Budget deficit increased June 27, had been set at 5.7 percent of gross domestic product. It will now rise to 5.8 KYIV — Just before breaking for sum- percent. Construction of the refinery began mer holidays on July 18, Ukraine’s in the 1980s, when the Soviet Union still To subscribe: Send $60 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Parliament voted 239-16 to increase existed, and the total cost has been estimat- Weekly, Subscription Department, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. Ukraine’s budget deficit by 0.1 percent to ed at $2.4 billion. (Reuters) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 No. 30 Detroit Regional Council of UNWLA holds weekend retreat by Natalia Tegler Ms. Stasiw holds a master in business administration from the University of BRIGHTON, Mich. – “There are only Illinois and is the director of marketing three types of people in the world: research at the Kellogg Co., a Fortune 50 Ukrainians, those married to Ukrainians company. This session, subtitled, Goal and Uke wannabes,” joked one conference Setting: The One-Hour Version,” encour- participant addressing Detroit area women aged participants to focus on the impor- from each of these categories who attend- tant, rather than the urgent. Ms. Stasiw ed the Ukrainian Woman’s Retreat at urged participants to develop personal Zelenyi Yar and the Dibrova Estates in mission statements and set goals as a tool Brighton, Mich., on June 20-22. The event for a successful life. was sponsored by Ukrainian National Other workshop selections during this Women’s League of America (UNWLA), session included “Menopause Life Passage” Detroit Regional Council. by Luba Petrusha, M.D. and “Separation Grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and Loss” by Linda Hryhorczuk, M.D., Dr. teachers, librarians, doctors, lawyers, Petrusha, an obstetrician/gynecologist, told writers, artists, photographers, accoun- attendees to view menopause as a natural tants, engineers, government officials process and discussed risks and benefits of and business executives spent three days hormone replacement therapy. Dr. building and strengthening friendships, Hryhorczuk discussed the feelings of loss developing skills and discussing topics that can occur and the need for grieving vital to Ukrainian women. when children leave home or when loved Participants began arriving Friday, June ones are lost through illness, death and 20. By the next morning, the Zelenyi Yar d i v o r c e . dining room was buzzing with excitement. During lunch, the success of the first Skies were gray, but the atmosphere was session was evident. Each table was upbeat. Maria Mykolenko registered new crowded and women huddled in groups, arrivals and distributed specially designed talking, gesturing and laughing. “This is bags containing conference goodies: name such a great idea” was quickly becoming Participants on their way to the opening session of the Ukrainian Woman’s Retreat. tags, a conference program, pens, raincoats the most often heard statement of the and seat cushions. weekend. between assimilating with and separating participants formed small groups and dis- By 9 a. m., 60 women aged 15 to 80- Maintaining a cultural identity from their new homeland’s culture. She cussed ideas for maintaining the Ukrainian something had gathered in the Dibrova also discussed the costs and benefits of cultural identity. Audience consensus was pavilion for the general opening session. The gray skies persisted – and so did the maintaining a cultural identity. that community members could maintain Kwitka Iwanyckyj, president of the enthusiasm. After lunch, all of the retreat Ms. Xenos discussed the disturbing their Ukrainian identity in America if each UNWLA’s Detroit Regional Council, and participants regrouped in the pavilion for a trend of diminishing participation in contributes to its development and organi- Anna Macielinski, chairwoman of the panel session on “Instilling and Ukrainian organizations in the diaspora zations modify their methods to keep up Conference Committee, welcomed confer- Maintaining Cultural Identity.” Like all and stressed the need for change in the with the times. Several women cited the ence participants and encouraged them to group sessions, this one was conducted organizations’ methodology and prac- need to provide a place for Ukrainians, take the weekend to do something for bilingually. The panel moderator, Oksana tices if cultural identity is to be main- particularly Ukrainian children, who do themselves and for the Ukrainian commu- Gudz, teaches English as a second lan- tained. not speak Ukrainian. nity through the UNWLA. guage. Panel participants included: Oksana Ms. Kozak, selected as a representa- Immediately following the opening Malanchuk who holds a Ph. D. in psychol- tive of a younger generation and the Addressing the needs of the aged session, participants proceeded to the ogy from the University of Michigan and mother of a three-month-old girl, quickly Immediately following the panel ses- first breakout session. Four options were conducted a survey of regional differences acknowledged that she could not speak sion, the women dispersed for the second available for each breakout session. in contemporary Ukrainian identities while for a whole generation because so many breakout session. Victoria Hruszkewycz Tents, necessary protection from the teaching at the Lviv State University; attitudes prevail. Though she has a strong held a workshop on “Addressing the Needs occasional rain, were set up as meeting Oksana Xenos, J. D., the district counsel Ukrainian identity and intends to instill of Aging Adults.” Ms. Hruszkewycz, a reg- sites for each workshop. for the IRS in Michigan, whose husband is one in her daughter, Ms. Kozak said she istered nurse and a microbiologist, helped A large group of women proceeded to Greek and who has brought up her son to is not certain of her daughter’s genera- workshop participants understand their Myrosia Stefaniuk’s presentation on be Ukrainian, Greek and American; Xenia tion’s Ukrainian identity due to many aging loved ones through discussion and “Doing a Family History”. Ms. Stefaniuk, Kozak, who is working towards a Ph. D. in factors, among them the movement of simulated aging exercises. All left with a a writer, translator and educator, teaches biomedical engineering at the University of Ukrainian Americans away from tradi- better understanding of living with women’s awareness classes and creative Michigan, is married to a fellow Ukrainian tional Ukrainian communities. decreased dexterity and mobility, and with writing workshops. In a room surrounded American and is currently rearing a third- Ms. Hayes, who listed her nationality as new skills for helping the elderly cope. by displays of family trees, photo histories generation Ukrainian American; and Ukrainian during her recent immigration Other options during this session and heirloom display cases, participants, Oksana Hayes, who was born in Ukraine to into the United States, admits that her included “Financial Planning for Your aided by a booklet prepared for the work- a Ukrainian mother and a Russian father brothers indicated that they were Russian Future” by Sophie Koshiw, a certified shop and Ms. Stefaniuk’s encouragement, and lived in Ukraine and Russia before on their passports. Ms. Hayes, like Ms. public accountant; “Child Development: began recording memoirs of their youth, marrying an American and moving to the Kozak and Ms. Xenos, intends to teach her The Formative Years form Birth to Age dreams and experiences. United States. future children to speak Ukrainian and to 5” by Dr. Natalie Nazark; and “Stress Other women selected Christine Dr. Malanchuk described how ethnic foster a Ukrainian identity. Stasiw’s presentation on career planning. groups evolve after immigration, choosing After the panelists’ presentation, retreat (Continued on page 19)

Sophia Hewryk urges women to recruit others to Myrosia Stefaniuk (seated) checks the conference’s Kwitka Iwanyckyj delivers closing remarks as Anna join the UNWLA. program details. Macielinski looks on. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 11

DATELINE NEW YORK: A landmark spruces up by Helen Smindak

For almost 100 years, the magnificent ing Kyiv’s leading drama, vocal, music limestone building at the southeast cor- and cultural ensembles. The institute ner of Fifth Avenue and 79th Street has also works with the Embassy of served admirably as the home of three Ukraine in Washington, Ukraine’s influential New York families and most Mission to the United Nations and the recently as the prestigious address of the Consulate General of Ukraine in New Ukrainian Institute of America. York in conducting special meetings Christopher Gray, who described the and exhibits. building’s history and architecture in The Looking back on the institute’s work New York Times last year, considers the and accomplishments, Mr. Baranetsky also mansion “astonishingly intact, even sees the institute as “a colossal, undevel- down to the woodwork in the servants’ oped potential resource” that needs further area.” He says this remnant of Fifth exploration. There are also much-needed Avenue’s chateau days evokes the “New restoration projects for which funds will York mansion of a time when such have to be raised: restoration of the elabo- buildings were just dinosaurs on their rate cresting on the roof, and replacement way to extinction.” of ventilation and plumbing systems and a In recent months, the building has been troublesome complex of internal drain- draped with scaffolding and netting as pipes from the roof. workmen tackled a roof repair project With the current roof repair almost expected to cost $250,000: removing and completed and scaffolding soon to be dis- replacing 25 percent of the slate, and repair- mantled, Mr. Baranetsky and the board of ing valleys and gutters around the dormers, directors, along with executive director where leaks have been developing. Stephanie Charczenko, have been finaliz- Built in 1898 for banker/broker Isaac ing plans for a simultaneous celebration of D. Fletcher, the mansion shows a French the building’s 100th anniversary and the Gothic style characteristic of the work of institute’s 50th birthday. C.P.H. Gilbert — a profusion of crockets, Beginning in October with an exhibit pinnacles, moldings and other details of Alexis Gritchenko’s art work, festivi- that, according to Mr. Gray, make ties will include a November harvest Gilbert’s elaborate Warburg House of tasting, a Christmas Around the World 1907 at Fifth Avenue and 91st Street program, and, in 1998, a crafts fair in (now the Jewish Museum) seem “rela- March, an exhibit of Jacques tively chaste.” Hnizdovsky’s work in April and an art Mr. Fletcher left the house in 1917 to auction in May. The MATI season is The Metropolitan Museum, which scheduled to open on October 25 with a retained his art collection but sold the Schubert program. building to Harry F. Sinclair, the self- To help finance these programs and to obtain contributions for restoration made oil prospector who founded the work, a gala fund-raising event will take Sinclair Oil Co. Following the Teapot place on May 3, 1998, as the official cel- Dome scandals of the Harding ebration of the institute’s anniversary Administration, which broke over him in s e a s o n . the 1920s and his subsequent acquittal, “We’re really looking forward to a Mr. Sinclair sold his home to Augustus great year, to adding new members to Van Horne Stuyvesant Jr., a descendant our family, raising more funds, perhaps of Gov. Peter Stuyvesant. Mr. even setting up a permanent gallery, and Stuyvesant, who died in 1953, is buried sharing our culture with more people,” in the family vault at St. Mark’s-in-the- Mr. Baranetsky declares. “As we accom- Bouwerie at Second Avenue and 10th plish all this, we will be making our Street, coincidentally, the present-day founder’s dreams come true.” The Ukrainian Institute of America in scaffolding as it undergoes renovation. center of New York’s Ukrainian section. The Ukrainian Institute of America, founded in 1948 by inventor William Dzus, who came to this country as a A u s t r a l i a ’s Ukrainians gear up for 2000 Olympics young boy from the village of Chernychivtsi, western Ukraine, bought by Peter Shmigel formally assert the role of the Ukrainian officials will we be able to the house in 1955 as a center for the Australian Friends committee as get ready for this massive undertaking.” preservation of the culture, history, art and ESSENDON, Australia – The responsible for the management of the Mr. Dechnicz also briefed the meet- music of Ukraine. The building received Ukrainian Australian community’s sup- Ukrainian community’s involvement in ing on progress to date in his role as port for the Sydney 2000 Olympic national landmark status in 1978 from the and support for the 2000 Games, as committee chairman, including: secur- Games was taken to a new stage at a spe- U.S. Department of the Interior and has well as the 2000 Parolympics. ing preliminary support from cially convened meeting of representa- been listed in the New York State Register The committee will undertake work Parramatta Council to actively support tives of the Australian Federation of of Historic Places since 1981. in the following areas: coordinating Ukraine’s team in 2000, including pos- Ukrainian Organizations (AFUO), the Though relatively unknown compared support for visiting sports delegations sible use of Parramattas Town Hall as to most of the institutions along Fifth Ukrainian Council of New South Wales, and the Sydney-based Australian Friends in preparation for 2000; fund-raising; a ‘Ukraine House’; holding discussions Avenue’s “Museum Mile,” the institute fostering voluntary help by community with institutions and companies in has played an important role in New of the National Olympic Committee of U k r a i n e . members for visiting athletes and offi- western Sydney who can possibly pro- York’s Ukrainian cultural life for almost cials before and during the Games; vide in-kind support and/or sponsor- 50 years. In its early years it served as The meeting – held on June 21 at the Ukrainian National Home in Lidcombe, identifying possible training and other ship and recruiting key Ukrainian rehearsal space for Walter Bacad’s facilities for the Ukrainian team, and Australian community members to Ukraine Dancers and as the home of the New South Wales, with some 30 com- munity representatives in attendance informing the community, particularly work in various “Australian Friends” fledgling Ukrainian Museum (now locat- young people, about involvement committee roles. ed downtown on Second Avenue and from across Australia – confirmed the official standing of the Australian opportunities. Mr. Dechnicz said: “I am very satis- soon to move into its own building on Friends committee under the chairman- Mr. Dechnicz, who is also president fied not only that the AFUO has pro- East Sixth Street). ship of Parramatta-based lawyer of the Ukrainian Australian Bar vided our committee a clear mandate, Today a 40-member organization, the Roman Dechnicz. Association and vice-president of the but that Australians with whom I have institute has developed a variety of pro- The AFUO, as the peak umbrella Ukrainian Council of New South thus far made contact are so supportive grams, including literary evenings, organization for the Ukrainian Wales, said, “Our mission is to prepare of Ukraine’s Olympic participation sociopolitical lectures, academic semi- Australian community, will be writing all that is necessary for the successful here in Sydney in 2000. The task ahead nars, press conferences, drama presenta- to both the Sydney Organizing participation of Ukraine in the Games. is daunting and we look forward to the tions and a regular season of first-rate Committee for the Olympic Games Only through real cooperation between assistance of all our community’s mem- musical soirees held under the banner of (SOCOG) and Ukrainian officials to members of our community and bers.” Music At The Institute (MATI). The Ukrainian Research and Documentation Center conducts its work there. Recently, the institute’s board of directors, headed since 1990 by Walter Share The Weekly with a colleague. Baranetsky, agreed with Ukraine’s Order a gift subscription by writing to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, Ministry of Culture to conduct a series 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. Cost: $60 (or $40 if your colleague is a UNA member). of cultural events in New York featur- 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 No. 30

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traded to Washington for fellow Ukrainian Curtis Leschyshyn last November 9. He had Ukrainian pro hockey update three shots and was +1. “Things are pretty good,” Nikolishin said. “I have a nice home and (Continued from page 12) the family is healthy. But I had a lot of friends in Hartford, and I miss it some times” ... 15) Real Fans Wear White, Game 3, Anaheim at Phoenix, April 20: Coyote fans Defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky said he thought he had the best seat in the house during the follow the lead of their predecessors in Winnipeg and turn America West Arena into a All-Star game, playing alongside veteran Detroit defenseman Slava Fetisov. “It was amaz- sea of white for their opening series against the Mighty Quacks, er, Ducks. Anaheim ing,” said the Ukrainian Tverdovsky.” He’s twice as old as me. I could have been his son. fans do the same for Games 5 and create the first series ever played in Arizona and When he played his first game with (the) Russian national team in 1975, I was one year California under white-out conditions. old. He is (the) best defenseman in (the) world. I had (a) great time out there with him” ... Left winger Steve Konowalchuk scored his second overtime goal of the regular season last Ukrainian goes sixth over-all in ‘97 entry draft February 14 against Tampa Bay, a 5-4 win. He shares the club record for most career overtime goals (four) with former Caps Mike Ridley and Mike Gartner ... Wayne Gretzky The Calgary Flames selected Barrie Colts’ (OHL) Ukrainian Daniel Tkaczuk with notched his 2,700th career point last April 4 on a goal against Boston. That put the Great their top pick, sixth overall, and were very thankful to get him. They desperately One 850 points ahead of the NHL field, with Gordie Howe next at 1,850 ... Philly’s Dale needed to add to their depth down the middle, but were afraid all four of the top-rated Hawerchuk was hampered throughout the season by injuries. He was talking retirement centers would be gone by sixth over-all. during the year, due to a hip injury, and the latest problems (rib muscle, groin) may have Even though he’s just eighteen, Tkaczuk may only be a year away from making the him thinking that way again ... Canucks’ defenseman Dave Babych, 35, slated to become team’s lineup. an unrestricted free agent, indicated he would like to re-sign (one more time) with “Any youngsters my age could use another year of development,” Tkaczuk said. Vancouver ... Captain Coyote Keith Tkachuk scored six goals in the first six playoff “For any 18-year-old to step into the NHL and play, it obviously takes an exceptional games against Anaheim — a league high at the time — to match his exploits during the player to do that. I won’t see it as a setback.” regular season, when he led the league with 52 goals ... More Tverdovsky: formerly with Daniel Tkaczuk, different spelling, is not related to Captain Coyote Keith Tkachuk, the Ducks, he regretted making critical comments on Anaheim’s talent level prior to the nor is he related to the old New York Rangers’ star, Walt Tkaczuk (same spelling). start of the playoff. “I’m taking everything back,” Tverdovsky said. “How can I say I Here is a profile of this year’s sixth overall first round selection: didn’t really want it to be in the paper? It’s not exactly what I think of (their) team.” Profile: Daniel Tkaczuk Turned out Tverdovsky was a non-factor in the series, possibly why the Coyotes were ‘96-97: Barrie nipped by those pesky Ducks in seven games ... Speaking of the Coyotes, a major priority Ht: 6-0 this off-season will be to find a right winger who can play with Tkachuk and still produce. Wt: 190 And, re-signing Tverdovsky is an absolute must. Pos: C ln the minor leagues, Albany River Rats’ goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz tied Ken Shoots: L Holland for second place on the AHL’s all-time victory list at 142 when he came in Born: June 10, 1979 relief for a 6-2 win over Syracuse last February 26. Sidorkiewicz was upgraded to the Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario Devils’ third goalie in the recently completed 1996-1997 Stanley Cup playoffs. There’s still hope ... Worcester Icecats’ goalie Mike Buzak had such an easy time in posting his By all accounts, Barrie Colts’ captain Daniel Tkaczuk is one cut below the trio of first career shutout (16 saves) that he wasn’t even one of the three stars in the 4-0 victo- top centers that head the class of 1997, but is a blue-chipper nonetheless, rated by The ry over St. John Flames last March 2 ... Phoenix Roadrunner coach Robbie Laird and Hockey News as the fifth best prospect in this year’s entry draft. Detroit Vipers’ Ukrainian coach Steve Ludzik got into a fist fight following a March 8 He was the first player chosen in the Ontario Hockey League’s junior entry draft game. Witnesses said as the coaches left the ice, Ludzik shoved Laird, who turned two years ago and this season was the youngest captain in the OHL. around and landed a punch. They proceeded to exchange blows before security broke “He has great leadership and character,” one NHL scout said. And, above average the fight up. Ludzik was apparently upset the Roadrunners were playing exceptionally offensive ability, too, witness his 45 goals and points in only 62 games. That was four physical hockey and was yelling at Laird throughout the game. Each coach was fined goals more in three more games than top prospect and fellow center Joe Thornton. $500 ... More with coach Ludzik: impressed with teenage left winger Sergei Barrie coach Bert Templeton, as demanding as they come, touts the young Ukrainian Samsonov, he talked about the young Russian’s poise under pressure: “I think he’s bet- as his best defensive forward and top penalty killer. All in all, he’s an all-around, two- ter in traffic, because he has the ability to turn on a dime and he can leave you five way threat who is as composed and confident off the ice as he is on. When teammate cents change,” Ludzik said ... Las Vegas Thunder assistant GM Clint Malarchuk was Alexander Volchkov tried to bolt to the IHL at the end of last season, Tkaczuk didn’t pressed into duty last March 14 against Long Beach when his team was left with one mince his words when criticizing the Russian for developing a bad attitude. goalie. Then, when Andre Racicot was hurt during a shootout, Malarchuk had to come in. Malarchuk, 35, stopped all four shooters he faced, and, Las Vegas, which trailed the Personal stats: Daniel Tkaczuk shootout 3-1 when Racic left, came back to win. Malarchuk played the entire 60 min- Year Team Lea. GP G A PTS PI utes the next night against the Cleveland Lumberjacks, making 27 stops in a 5-2 loss. 94-95 Mississauga Ben. 51 64 65 129 20 “I don’t know how I did, but l’m pretty sure I lead all assistant GMs in most goaltend- 95-96 Barrie OHL 61 29 39 68 38 ing categories,” he cracked. ln juniors news, Barrie Colts’ captain Daniel Tkaczuk was CHL player of the 96-97 Barrie OHL 62 45 48 93 49 month for last January with 11 goals and 27 points in 14 games ... Regina (WHL) named Perry Andrusiak assistant GM. Andrusiak, 26, replaces Graham Tucker, who 1996-1997 All-Star Voting (Ukrainians): resigned last November 4. Center: 2nd team — Wayne Gretzky, New York Rangers Have a great summer. I’ll be back. Back with off-season and training camp news in Left Wing: 3rd — Keith Tkachuk, Phoenix Coyotes early September... Right Wing: 5th — Peter Bondra, Washington Capitals Defense: 13th — Oleg Tverdovsky, Phoenix Coyotes (Quotes courtesy of Eric Duhatschek, Calgary Flames’ beat writer, and The Hockey News.) NHL Award Balloting (Ukrainians): Hart Trophy (MVP): 10th — Keith Tkachuk, Phoenix Norris Trophy (top defenseman): 10th — Oleg Tverdovsky, Phoenix Lady Bing (most gentlemanly): 5th — Wayne Gretzky, Rangers Ukrainians Winning Team Awards: Los Angeles: MVP — Dimitri Khristich New Jersey: Player’s player — Dave Andreychuk N.Y. Rangers: Good guy award — Wayne Gretzky Phoenix: MVP — Keith Tkachuk Best forward — Keith Tkachuk Ukrainian Transactions: Calgary — Todd Hlushko, LW, signed two-year contract. Daniel Tkaczuk, C, Barrie (OHL), selected in first round of entry draft, sixth over all. Carolina — Alexander Godynyuk, D, traded to St. Louis. Colorado — Graham Belak, D, Edmonton (WHL), selected in second round of entry draft, 53rd over all. N.Y. Islanders — Yevgeny Namestnikov, D, agreed to contract terms as free agent. Philadelphia — Todd Fedoruk, LW, Kelowna (WHL), selected in seventh round of entry draft, 164th over all. Tampa Bay — Kyle Kos, D, Red Deer (WHL), selected in second round of entry draft, 33rd overall. Vancouver — Denis Martynyuk, LW, CSKA Moscow, selected in eighth round a entry draft, 227th over all. Ukrainian NHL Free Agents: The following players were eligible to become free agents as of July 1. Restricted (subject to the right to match offer and draft pick compensation): D. Berehowsky, Pittsburgh; Y. Namestnikov, Vancouver; F. Bialowas, Philadelphia; A. Nikolishin, Washington; P. Elynuik, Dallas; D. Ratushny, Florida; B. Fedyk, Dallas; O. Tverdovsky, Phoenix; T. Hlushko, Calgary; A. Zhitnik, Buffalo. Unrestricted (no right to match or compensation): D. Babych, Vancouver; J. Kocur, Detroit; B. Bellows, Anaheim; P. Sidorkiewicz, New Jersey. FINAL ‘96-97 UKRAINIAN UTTERINGS (juicy little tidbits of insider hockey info- mation): Andrei Nikolishin had his first chance to play against his old teammates. He was (Continued on page 13) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 No. 30

SOCCER have only one game in hand, which makes them less of a threat. In its most recent match, Ukraine’s Nevertheless, the Kyiv-based side is World Cup team left its Group Nine now no longer in control of its fate. It has a qualifying chances in a holding pattern, home match against Albania (August 20) settling for a 0-0 tie with European and an away game against Armenia 1997 CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS AT SOYUZIVKA Champion Germany. (November 11). It obviously needs to win On June 7, the blue and yellows took both, and preferably by wide goal margins. UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCE WORKSHOP: SUNDAY AUGUST 10 - SATURDAY AUGUST 24, 1997 to the field at Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium If Ukraine fails to win, the early qualifying Traditional Ukrainian folk dancing for beginners, intermediate and advanced before 50,000 spectators, hoping to make Room and board: UNA MEMBERS $265.00/Non-Members $315.00 for full session successes will have gone for naught. Instructor’s fee: $190.00. Director: Roma Pryma Bohachevsky up for a damaging 1-1 tie with fifth-place Everything depends on Germany’s ** No one will be accepted for a shorter period than the full session, unless it is with the Armenia on May 7, but again failed to results in matches against Northern ** approval of the director ** capitalize on home advantage. Ireland (on August 20 in Northern Attendance limited to 60 students staying on premises and 10 students staying off The Germans could play it safe, since premises, off premises registration fee $75.00 in addition to the instructor’s fee. Ireland) and Portugal (September 6 in they have played two fewer games than Germany). If both can hold the powerful THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYONE BASED Ukraine and had comfortably won their Teutons to a tie, and both have already ON AGE, RACE, CREED, SEX OR COLOR. home meeting between the two teams (2-0, done so, this improves Ukraine’s chances in Bremen in April). And play it safe they Children must be pre-registered on a first-come-first-served basis with receipt of a $25.00 deposit for a first-place tie. Even so, the Germans per child/per camp. did, allowing the Ukrainians to control the thus far have a much better goal differen- center pitch, but stifling most attacks All necessary medical forms and permission slips must by completed and received tial (11-4, to Ukraine’s 7-6), so this by Soyuzivka together with full payment balance of instructors’ fees and camp pay- before they neared the penalty area. would likely work in the three-time ments 3 weeks prior to the start of the camp session. Otherwise the child will loose The Ukrainians gave their visitors a World Cup champions’ favor. his or her place in camp ...... no exceptions. heart-stopping moment (and their fans a Best strategy: root for a glorious Irish Payments for room and board can by made to Soyuzivka by cash, check, VISA, thrill) just before half-time, however. At upset on August 20. Mastercard, Amex or Discover cards. the 44th minute, Andrii Shevchenko Payments for instructor/counselor fees must be made by check. intercepted a Martin Basler relay and Group Nine standings, as of June 8 Please make payable to UNA Estate - Camp Fee. sprung striker Serhii Rebrov with a pass. GP W D L F A Pts For additional information please contact the management of Soyuzivka. Rebrov rang a 50-foot blast off the post. To their credit, the Ukrainians did Ukraine 8 4 1 2 7 6 14 hold the potent German offense in check, Germany 6 3 2 0 11 4 12 not giving ace Jurgen Klinsmann much Portugal 7 3 3 1 9 2 12 room to maneuver or opportunities to North. Ireland 7 1 4 2 5 5 7 UKRAINIAN SELFRELIANCE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION score. His only chance came early in the Armenia 6 0 5 1 4 8 5 1729 COTTMAN AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111 first half when he headed a ball wide of Albania 6 0 1 5 3 12 1 netminder Oleksander Shovkovskyi’s goal. TRACK AND FIELD is now accepting applications for the position of Possible reasons for Ukraine’s lack of Long-time world beating pole vaulter potency in offense? The side played with- GENERAL MANAGER Sergey Bubka recently reappeared in com- out captain Yurii Kalytvyntsev, who suf- petition after a 10-month fallow period. At fered extreme kidney pains on the eve of Requirements for the candidate: a Grand Prix event in Helsinki on June 18, the game; Dynamo Kyiv striker Vitalii the Donetsk-born world record holder fin- Kosovskyi, who underwent surgery on his 1. Must possess College Degree in Finance, Business Administration ished fifth with a height of 5.60 meters. leg the day before; Odessa Chornomorets or other related field. Riaan Botha of South Africa won the midfielder Timerlan Guseinov, out with a event with a mark of 5.90 meters, almost a 2. Must have at least ten years of sound managerial experience in a credit leg injury; and Hennadii Orbu, who was union, bank or other financial institution with assets of 50 million or more. full nine inches under the record of 6.14 kicked off the team by coach Joszef Sabo meters (20 feet, 1.75 inches) established 3. Must be a member of the Ukrainian Community. for dissent. 4. Must be fluent in English and Ukrainian languages. by Mr. Bubka in Italy in 1994. In other Group Nine news, also on Mr. Bubka had been slated to return to June 7, Portugal won a home match against Albania, 2-0. The Portuguese (Continued on page 15)

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U.S. superstar tandem of Gail Devers and Sportsline Marion Jones. In the Lausanne final that (Continued from page 14) featured this season’s top times, she fin- the field at the June 1 “World’s Best” ished 0.08 of a second behind Ms. Devers competition in Toronto (featuring the (10.89), who edged Ms. Jones by 0.01. showdown between Canada’s Donovan Shotput’s 1996 Olympic bronze Bailey and U.S. sprinter Michael medalist, Oleksander Bohach, took the Johnson), but the Ukrainian withdrew gold on June 5, at the Golden Gala com- due to injury. petition in Rome, with a throw of 20.91 The 33-year old, 33-time record setter meters that bested Kevin Toth of the has been plagued with serious ailments U.S., and Germany’s Sven Buder. of the Achilles’ tendon and back for Also at that meet, in the women’s shot about two years, and pulled out prior to put, Viktoria Pavlysh (fourth at the last year’s Olympic games in Atlanta due Atlanta Olympics) finished second, with to related problems. a heave covering 20.24 meters, behind Mr. Bubka maintained his perfor- Ms. Kumbernuss’s 20.34. Ms. Pavlysh mance a few weeks later, on June 25 at would probably prefer if the German the Gaz de France meet in Paris, where simply went away. The Ukrainian has been second to her counterpart three he finished fourth, also with a vault of times this season. FINANCIAL MANAGER 5.60 meters. Ms. Pavlysh took gold in her event at * * * the Znamensky Memorial meet in for the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation in Kyiv, Ukraine. Tetiana Tereshchuk won the 400- Moscow on June 8, with a distance of Financial/accounting training or experience req’d. meter hurdles at the Zipfer Grand Prix in 19.59 meters, because Ms. Kumbernuss Responsible for accounting system, budgets, financial Linz, Austria, on July 9, with a time of wasn’t there. However, Valentyna 54.83 seconds over Gudrun Asmadottir Fedyushina was, and she took bronze reporting. Effective communication of Iceland. This was not her season’s best with a toss of 18.20 meters. and Ukrainian language skills helpful. time however. That came when she fin- In the women’s triple jump, world ished third in a time of 54.41 behind the record holder Inessa Kravets has been Salary $27,000. Resumes with letter of interest, winner, Jamaica’s Deon Hemmings sighted just as rarely as Mr. Bubka. In salary history and requirements to: (53.18, the second fastest time posted only her second appearance this season this season) four days earlier, at the Ms. Kravets took fourth at the Gaz de U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway. France meet facing a relatively thin field. 1511 K Street NW, Suite 1100, On July 2 at the Atletissima competi- Olena Hovorova has been more visible. tion in Lausanne, Switzerland, Ms. She placed second in Lausanne (14.39 Washington, DC 20005. Tereshchuk clocked 54.54 in coming sec- meters) and was fourth in Linz. Fax: 202-347-4267; ond to Ms. Hemmings (53.77). In the “soldiering on” department, e-mail: [email protected]. Inga Babakova won the women’s high Vitalii Sidorov has seemingly established jump event in two meets in succession. a lock on ninth place in the world discus The first gold came at the June 25 Paris throw standings, as he’s ended up in that meet, where she cleared a height of 1.99 position for four meets running by con- meters (the third highest achieved so far sistently topping 58 meters (season best this year), withstanding a strong chal- 59.5). Hard to argue with top-10 consis- lenge from a group of Russian and tency. TO MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 25 Romanian competitors. In Lausanne, she Another honorable mention is Andrii The secretary of Branch 25, Mrs. Maria Savchak, is currently hospitalized, until further notice, overcame not only her competition, but Bulkovskyi who finished last (ninth) in erratic winds as well, taking the event the 800-meter final of the Znamensky please send all insurance premium payments directly to our Home Office: with a height of 1.92 meters. Ms. games, with a time of 1:47.83 (winner: Ukrainian National Association Babakova is currently second in the David Kiptoo of Kenya, 1:44.57), and world in the International Amateur 30 Montgomery St., P.O. Box 17A seventh in a field of 15 in Paris, with a Jersey City, NJ 07303 Athletics Federation’s season point time of 3:39.32 (winner: El Gueraj of Tel.: (201) 451-2200 standings for her event. Marrakesh, 3:31.87, in an upset of Zhanna Pintusevych has been on the Moroccan star Noureddine Moricelli). All questions regarding your insurance with the UNA will also be handled by the Home Office. podium twice thanks to her efforts in the 100-meter sprint, placing third behind the — compiled by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj

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population. Along with shortages, prices Belarus... have escalated. By early 1997, prices in (Continued from page 2) Belarus were higher than those in many sobering analysis of progress (or lack European countries and all former Soviet thereof) in agriculture has been offered in countries with the exception of Russia. a booklet issued by the Supreme Soviet The price for chicken, for example, was of the 13th session in February titled five times higher than in Poland, and for “The State and Progress of the Agro- pork more than double the amount. The industrial Complex in Pulling Out of the agreements between Russia and Ukraine Crisis”. applied customs duties on imported goods SUMMER PROGRAMS 1 9 9 7 According to figures supplied by the from those countries, particularly sugar. Parliament, consumption of basic products The portrait presented here by the Parliament was fundamentally different Saturday, August 2 in 1996 declined compared to 1995: con- ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Folk Ensemble LVIVSKI MUZYKY from the official version offered by the sumption of meat per head of population 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by BURLAKY Lukashenka government. Indeed it indicat- from 58 to 54 kilograms; milk and milk Saturday, August 9 ed an almost total collapse in agriculture, products correspondingly from 363 to 350, ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – CABARET – OLYA CHODOBA-FRYZ thanks to the confusion of customs agree- and potatoes from 185 to 180. The con- 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by LUNA ments, a reduction in the purchasing power sumption of grain products remained stat- Saturday, August 16 of farmers (many of whom could no ic. In terms of output, that of meat had fall- ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Vocalist OSTAP STACHIV longer afford to purchase tractors and other en in these same years from 323,600 tons 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by FATA MORGANA agricultural machinery), their inability to 11:45 p.m. Crowning of “MISS SOYUZIVKA 1998” to 278,900 tons; and grain and grain prod- apply mineral goods to the soil (1.5 million ucts from 1.01 million tons to 963,000 Sunday, August 17 “DEN SOYUZIANKY” tons were applied in 1990; 620,000 in tons. Only sugar consumption and produc- Program dedicated to Zoya Kohut 1996), and other factors. The Belarusian tion increased in the period 1995-1996. Saturday, August 23 UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION village, where one in three inhabitants is a A precipitous and disturbing decline has ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – SOYUZIVKA DANCE WORKSHOP RECITAL pensioner, has fallen into a decline that has occurred in the total heads of livestock of Director: ROMA PRYMA BOHACHEVSKY not only has failed to be alleviated by the LVIVYANY various categories. All types of livestock government, but has been exacerbated by 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by BURYA declined in numbers in 1995-1996, but if government measures. examined over the longer period 1991- The second analysis is that of Henadz LABOR DAY WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS 1996, the extent of the reduction can be Karpenka, chairperson of the National CONCERTS, DANCES, EXHIBITS, TENNIS TOURNAMENT, SWIMMING COMPETITION better comprehended. In 1991, for exam- (Details TBA) Economic Council and a corresponding ple, Belarus had the following livestock member of the Belarusian Academy of totals (given in thousands of head): large Sciences (he is also a leading member of horned, 6,200, — including 1,699 cows; the opposition). In an article published in The Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Research 3,545 pigs; 210 sheep; 291 (millions) the newspaper Narodnaya Volya (June 7 of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta poultry. In 1996, the totals were as fol- 1997) that accuses the government of out- lows: large horned, 4,035, including 1,309 right fabrications in its economic statistics, wishes to express its thanks to all the donors who have supported cows; 2,165 pigs; 19 sheep; and 197 (mil- the English translation of Mikhailo Hrushevsky’s History of Ukraine-Rus’ he points out that in world economics, lions) poultry. Not since the years of early there is a direct correlation between the on the occasion of the publication of volume I. collectivization and the wartime occupa- rise in output and the production and the tion had there been such a decline in heads usage of electricity. In Belarus, however, HRUSHEVSKY PROJECT DONORS of livestock, and never in what can be the volume of output of industrial goods termed a period of “peacetime.” SPONSORS has allegedly risen at a time when output The gross collection of all agricultural of electricity has declined. The govern- Petro and Ivanna Stelmach Mississauqa ON $100,000 products had declined, including grain ment has concealed the latter fact by mea- Anonymous Toronto ON $100,000 and grain-bean products from almost 7 suring output in millions of rubles for the Hanna Mazurenko Toronto ON $100,000 million tons in 1990 to 5.3 million by first quarters of 1996 and 1997 without 1996; potatoes from almost 4 million to taking into account the decline in the value Sofia Wojtyna Hamilton ON $100,000 1.7 million; and vegetables from 503,000 Michael and Daria Kowalsky Weston ON $100,000 of the ruble. In short, the figures, as mea- tons to 231,00 tons. The grain harvest, as sured in this fashion, are meaningless. measured Soviet-style, in centners per Actual output of electricity has declined DONORS hectare, had declined from 26.6 in 1990 from 7.1 billion kilowatt/hours in the first Maria Babiak and family Toronto ON $25,000 to 21.6 in 1996; thus, the land was less quarter of 1996 to 6.8 billion in the same productive. William and Doris Hrynkiw Yorkton SK $25,000 period of 1997. Other types of energy pro- One result of this phenomenon of duction have also seen reductions in out- M. Pawlyk Estate Saskatoon SK $20,000 wholesale agricultural decline has been the Katherine Labiuk Canora SK $10,000 scarcity of agricultural products among the (Continued on page 17) Alexandra Demianchuk Toronto ON $5,000 Stefanie Wychowanec Willowdale ON $5,000 Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian Jaroslaw and Julia Dmyterko Niagara Falls ON $2,000 Senate committee... Congress Committee of America Inc. John and Julia Bohun Rexdale ON $1,000 (Continued from page 3) (UCCA), a founding member-organiza- tion of the CEEC. Dr. William Darcovich Edmonton AB $1,000 specific questions pertaining to his policy “As vice president of the Carnegie Michael Machij Islington ON $1,000 beliefs. The Central and East European Endowment for Russian and Eurasian United Hutsuls in Western Diaspora Hamilton ON $1,000 Coalition (CEEC), a coalition comprising Affairs, he [Dr. Sestanovich] has built Rev. Myron and Martha Martynkiw Edmonton AB $500 19 ethnic American organizations, sent a one of our nation’s finest non-govern- North Winnipeg Credit Union Winnipeg MAN $500 letter on July 10 to Secretary of State mental programs of contact with and analysis of all 12 Newly Independent The Ukrainian Canadian Madeleine Albright highlighting its con- Cultural Society of Vancouver Island Victoria BC $500 cerns about Mr. Sestanovich’s writings. 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1,000 births). None of these factors can be Belarus... laid at the door of President Lukashenka. UK R A I N I A N (Continued from page 16) On the other hand, he has failed manifestly put: reprocessed oil by 21 percent; benzine to address them adequately. by 4 percent; diesel fuel by 16 percent; The future? NAT I O N A L mazut by 24 percent. In short, there was no possibility of averting domestic shortfalls. On the other hand, Belarus is not facing Belarus continued to be dependent upon economic collapse. Speculation that the AS S O C I AT I O N imports of energy supplies from Russia, Lukashenka government could eventually Turkmenistan and other countries. The fall because of the failure of the economy author points out that the Ministry of appears to be far-fetched. However, the FOR PURCHASE Foreign Affairs has failed to represent government has a limited vision — per- HOME Belarusian interests in its dealings with ceiving union with Russia as the solution OR REFINANCE Russia, being more concerned with the to its economic ailments instead of the sort LOAN repression of the alleged enemies of the of economic reforms conducted in neigh- government than ensuring that economic boring Poland (or, for that matter, in SPECIAL FEATURES: Russia itself) — and generally there have PROGRAM* agreements with neighboring countries • Available Nationwide actually benefit Belarus. The union treaty, been no indications that the economic Call now for immediate service for example, has brought thus far no mate- downturn that began in the late 1980s has • Single-Family Residence or Condominium rial benefits to the people of Belarus. ended under the Lukashenka regime. The and complete program details... • Conventional and Jumbo Loans A second contradiction is pointed out in problems can be put into perspective only • Fixed or Adjustable Rates with accurate information. agricultural statistics. According to official • Fast, Efficient Service figures, output of milk has risen by 3 per- Officially Belarus performed slightly cent in the first quarter of 1997, while the better than average among the newly inde- (800) 253-9862 • Free Pre-Qualification heads of cows have fallen by 4 percent. pendent states of the former Soviet Union Such figures cannot be explained rational- (according to official Belarusian statistics) ly. And there are many such paradoxes, in 1996, behind Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Mr. Karpenka points out. and Kyrgyzstan, but ahead of Kazakstan, However, the true indicator of living Ukraine, Azerbaijan and even Russia. standards remains the purchasing power of However, we have already noted the dis- the population. In the first quarter of 1997, crepancies in official statistics, especially the average wage fell from $80 per month when measured in terms of GDP over the to $63, or by 20 percent. Many people fell previous year. There is little correlation well below this figure. Pensioners were at between the figures and the increasingly the bottom of the scale, and saw their grim realities. Unofficially, Belarus has fall- stipend drop from $31 per month to $28. en to last place among the nations of the Prices for various goods rose sharply at the former Soviet Union if assessed according same time: for industrial and food products, to the purchasing power of the individual. residential and communal services, and Critical dilemmas remain, from the bal- public transport. In plain terms, the popula- ance of payments deficit to the continuing tion is worse off in 1997 than at any time in repercussions of the Chornobyl accident. the period of independence. Concerning this latter question, there has Belarus experienced the highest price been almost no reduction of the number of rises in the Commonwealth of Independent people living in contaminated regions, par- State in the first quarter of 1997 when the ticularly in areas affected with between 5 index rose by 141 percent. By comparison and 15 curies of cesium per square kilome- the rise in Azerbaidzhan was 118 percent, ter in the soil — the so-called region of sec- ondary evacuation. Shortly after that acci- in Armenia and Kazakstan 119 percent, dent, 1.9 million people were estimated to Russia 104 percent, and Ukraine 111.1 per- be living in zones of heavy radioactive fall- cent. Even in Tadzhikistan, suffering from out. Today the total is 1.6 million (of which civil war, the figure was lower: 132.6 per- 1.25 million reside in Homiel’ Oblast). The cent. The first quarter of 1997 continued a proportion of funds allocated to the trend established in 1995 and 1996 when Chornobyl problem in the state budget has Belarus led all CIS countries once again in declined from more than 20 percent in the prices rises. Inflation, according to the opti- early 1990s to a single digit figure today. mistic government picture, would fall to Moreover, the government has stressed its 26.8 percent over the 1997 year. However, intention to recultivate these lands. the figure for the first quarter alone was 25 Belarus has been widely regarded as a percent. To meet the assigned target, infla- difficult place to do business, partly because tion would have to disappear completely of the frequency with which laws are intro- for the remaining months of the year. duced and amended, but also because of the Living standards in Belarus, then, development of a repressive political cli- have fallen faster than in any other for- mate. Belarus has experienced many of the mer Soviet republic, and are continuing problems of the first years of capitalism, but to fall. There has been no “economic few of the benefits. The government has not miracle” in Belarus. On the contrary, to date provided a climate conducive to the government policies are causing an development of small businesses, foreign acceleration of the decline. companies, or even joint ventures. Its eco- The economy of a country can also be nomic correctives have been largely super- assessed through other factors that deter- ficial measures imposed centrally — such mine the quality of life: infant mortality, as a fixed ruble-dollar exchange rate in To subscribe: Send $60 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian life expectancy, the size of families and 1995, or the output of goods based on stor- Weekly, Subscription Department, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. population growth. Today the birth rate age from previous years. Its economy is in the republic is under 10 per 1,000 pop- directed almost exclusively toward the east, ulation (in 1990 the figure was almost despite some efforts by Poles, Germans, 14). The mortality rate in 1990 was 10.7 and Americans to rectify the situation. per 1,000 population; today it is over 13. Finally the economic difficulties have One consequence of this situation has exacerbated (if they did not initially create) been the decline in total population (i.e., the a demographic crisis: a population decline, population reduction is not being compen- high infant mortality rates and a reduction sated by an inflow of new immigants), a of the lifespan of the population, particular- factor that has led some observers to com- ly that of males. Chornobyl was not the ment pessimistically on the ultimate only reason for a general pessimism about “extinction of the Belarusian nation” at the future evident in many circles in the some point in the future. In 1993, the coun- 1990s. Government propaganda on the try’s population was 10.36 million; by economy is seeking to dispel such attitudes December 1996 it had dropped to 10.28 by creating the illusion that good times are and the decline had continued for each of about to return to Belarus. It is a dangerous the three years. On average, Belarus fallacy that could not only lead to skepti- “loses” about 30,000 people each year. The cism among the public toward official population is aging; lifespans are shorter reports, but also allow Belarus to fall further than in the past, particularly for men, and behind its neighbors — including its new infant mortality rates are almost exactly “partner” Russia — on the path to econom- double those of the United States (13.3 per ic reforms. THE MICHAEL AND ORSON SKORR ORCHESTRAS 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1997 No. 30

Ukrainian National Association Miami parish Monthly reports hosts visitation by holy woman RECORDING DEPARTMENT DISBURSEMENTS FOR MARCH 1997 Paid To Or For Members: by Msgr. John P. Stevensky MEMBERSHIP REPORT Annuity Benefits And Partial Withdrawals $ 151,894.97 Cash Surrenders 46,351.60 JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Death Benefits 75,491.50 MIAMI — The Assumption of the TOTAL AS OF FEBRUARY 1997 16,184 37,858 4,711 58,753 Dividend Accumulations 4,612.08 Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic GAINS IN MARCH 1997 Dues And Annuity Premiums From Members Returned 576.70 Church in Miami was blessed by the Total new members 20 26 0 46 Endowments Matured 48,660.17 June 23 visitation of Myrna Nazzour, the New members UL 1 3 0 4 Indigent Benefits Disbursed 750.00 Canadian NP 0 0 0 0 Interest On Death Benefits 155.77 holy woman of Damascus, Syria, and her Reinstated 0 7 1 8 Payor Death Benefits 45.73 spiritual director, the Rev. Elias Transfered in 25 61 17 103 Reinsurance Premiums Paid 1,770.70 Zahlaoui. Change class in 0 3 0 3 Scholarships 700.00 Transfered from Juvenile Dept. 0 0 0 0 Total $ 331,009.22 The church overflowed with people TOTAL GAINS: 46 100 18 164 Operating Expenses: and included many in wheelchairs as LOSSES IN MARCH 1997 Real Estate $ 78,519.86 well as 27 sisters of Mother Theresa’s Svoboda Operation 129,951.88 Suspended 3 6 5 14 Washington Office 284.34 Order. Many in the crowd had to remain Transfered out 25 61 17 103 Organizing Expenses: on the walkways and parking lot of the Change of class out 0 3 0 3 Advertising 5,138.88 church, as we all listened attentively to Transfered to adults 0 0 0 0 Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 3,001.51 Died 1 64 0 65 Field Conferences 3,437.60 Myrna’s words from Our Lady and Cash surrender 19 43 0 62 Medical Inspections 755.18 Jesus about love and unity within our Endowment matured 36 37 0 73 Refund of Branch Secretaries Expenses 84.39 churches. Fully paid-up 20 45 0 65 Reward To Organizers 18,708.19 Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0 Reward To Special Organizers 17,962.03 She spoke in English and the Rev. Certificate terminated 0 7 8 15 Medical Examiner's Fee 1,500.00 Omar Huesca of St. Robert Bellarmine Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers 1,524.71 TOTAL LOSSES 104 266 30 400 $ 52,112.49 Church translated into Spanish for the INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Total $ 260,868.57 many Latin Americans present. After GAINS IN MARCH 1997 Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: speaking, Myrna prayed before the Paid-up 20 45 0 65 Employee Benefit Plan $ 31,487.26 Extended insurance 0 2 0 2 Icon of Our Lady and suddenly oil Salaries Of Executive Officers 18,272.30 began to flow from her hands with TOTAL GAINS 20 47 0 67 Salaries Of Office Employees 80,694.71 which she anointed every person LOSSES IN MARCH 1997 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee Wages 96,043.45 Died 1 38 0 39 Total $ 226,497.72 a t t e n d i n g . Cash surrender 8 16 0 24 General Expenses: This blessed and holy event began Reinstated 0 7 0 7 Actuarial And Statistical Expenses $ 195.00 with a three-and-a-half-hour divine litur- Lapsed 0 0 0 0 Bank Charges 837.97 gy celebrated by the pastor of the church, TOTAL LOSSES 9 61 0 70 Bank Charges For Custodian Account 612.17 TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Books And Periodicals 1,540.00 Msgr. John P. Stevensky, along with AS OF MARCH 1997 16,137 37,678 4,699 58,514 Dues To Fraternal Congresses 275.00 Abbot Gregory F. G. Wendt and the Rev. General Office Maintenance 5,347.15 Damian of the Holy Cross Byzantine MARTHA LYSKO Insurance Department Fees 11,530.98 Monastery, the Rev. Huesca, the Rev. Secretary Legal Expenses-General 1,157.14 Postage 4,916.30 Jorge Perales of St. Barbara’s Church, Printing and Stationery 2,561.85 the Rev. Jose Lopes of St. Kevin’s Rental Of Equipment And Services 4,938.38 FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Telephone, Telegraph 5,514.85 Church, the Rev. Frank Eles of Boynton Traveling Expenses-General 1,378.85 Beach and the Rev. Basil Krayniak of INCOME FOR MARCH 1997 Total $ 40,805.64 the Byzantine Rite. Miscellaneous: Dues From Members $ 176,628.45 Approximately 600 faithful received Convention Expenses $ 640.00 Annuity Premiums From Members 115,711.75 Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 3,500.00 the Holy Eucharist in the Eastern Income From "Svoboda" Operation 104,045.01 Donations 250.00 Ukrainian Rite. Investment Income: Exchange Account-UNURC 514,090.23 Msgr. Stevensky expressed gratitude Banks $ 613.89 Fraternal Activities 956.68 Bonds 313,235.12 Investment Expense-Mortgages 2,500.00 to Bishop Robert M. Moskal for extend- Certificate Loans 2,942.38 Loss On Bonds 963.75 ing, on his behalf, the invitation that Mortgage Loans 43,572.22 Professional Fees 8,100.00 made this visit to Miami possible. Real Estate 17,849.70 Rent 4,347.56 Short Term Investments 5,783.66 Transfer Account 2,044,609.16 Stocks 10,629.25 Total $ 2,579,957.38 Urban Renewal Corporation 143,261.00 Investments: $ 537,887.22 New program... Bonds $ 1,799,350.80 Total $ 934,272.43 Certificate Loans 15,942.38 (Continued from page 6) Refunds: Short Term Investments 3,399,625.41 Employee Benefit Plan $ 1,285.68 Stock 687,618.47 tronic form and placed on the POID’s Investment Expense 375.00 Total $ 5,902,537.06 bulletin board. Postage 13.26 Disbursements For March, 1997 $ 9,341,675.59 “Prior to the adoption of the Constitution Rent 665.80 Reward To Special Organizer 3,162.70 in Ukraine, a 1996 nationwide survey con- Taxes Federal, State & City On Employee Wages 80,482.62 BALANCE ducted by the International Foundation for Telephone 51.91 ASSETS LIABILITIES Elections Systems (IFES) found that a siz- Total $ 86,036.97 Cash $ 3,400,910.73 Life Insurance $ 64,974,209.03 able majority of Ukrainians were acutely Miscellaneous: Short Term aware of the need for a new constitution. Donations To Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine $ 6,790.00 Investments 139,053.57 Exchange Account-UNURC 514,090.23 Bonds 42,427,793.59 The ratio of supporters of a new constitu- Profit On Bonds and Stocks Sold or Bonds Matured 28,693.17 Mortgage Loans 6,877,742.46 tion to advocates of the old one was an Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopaedia" 732.80 Certificate Loan 717,512.25 Real Estate 3,136,187.41 Accidental D.D. 2,236,458.53 overwhelming 9:1. Now that the Transfer Account 2,087,916.16 Printing Plant & E.D.P. Total $ 2,638,222.36 Constitution has been adopted, the most Equipment 471,623.07 Fraternal 0.00 pressing question becomes how to trans- Investments: Stocks 3,264,408.32 Orphans 438,427.72 Bonds Matured Or Sold $ 1,502,427.18 Loan to D.H.-U.N.A form this document so that it becomes part Mortgages Repaid 63,275.06 Housing Corp. 104,551.04 Old Age Home 0.00 of the country’s and people’s way of life,” Short Term Investments Sold 4,069,972.53 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 7,163,051.81 Emergency 53,738.97 said Victor Lychyk, USUF’s project man- Total $ 67,702,834.25 $ 67,702,834.25 Stock 182,903.48 ager in Washington. 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relayed the lack of food, clothing, medical Detroit Regional... supplies and toys, and the devastating (Continued from page 10) effect of these shortages on Ukraine’s Management” by Roman Kolodchin who c h i l d r e n . holds a doctorate in clinical psychology Svytlana Rohovyk, who received a form Wayne State University. degree in English at the Ivano-Frankivsk The third breakout session included more State Teaching Institute and immigrated crowd-pleasing options. Christine Kachan’s to the U.S. in 1993 with her husband and workshop on elder law drew a large crowd. children, read several accounts from Ms. Kachan holds a law degree from Ukraine: a mother who strangled her Wayne State University. She discussed liv- children, unable to cope with poverty and ing trusts, living wills, conservatorship, vol- destitution; an elderly couple, no longer untary and involuntary guardianship, and able to maintain their vegetable garden, durable power of attorney. Women fol- wondering if they would starve. Ms. lowed Ms. Kachan with urgent questions Rohovyk’s presentation on the wide- throughout the dinner hour. spread despair was sobering. But there Roxalana Karanec, who holds a master was good news, too. There are now sev- of science degree in nutrition and food eral Ukrainian women millionaires (in science and is the clinical nutrition man- dollars) in Ukraine, and organizations ager for a major area hospital, presented like the UNWLA and Help Us Help the Children are making a difference. a workshop focusing on the dietary needs After this panel session, the workshops of women to reduce the risk of osteo- were over for the day. Natalka Kuyan, the porosis, heart disease and certain cancers. retreat’s youngest participant, provided Christina Korduba Zachar, M. D., the entertainment by playing her bandura. chief resident in psychiatry at a major Later, the women sang Ukrainian songs Detroit area hospital, presented a work- and danced the Arkan and the Macarena. shop on differentiating between sadness On Sunday morning, retreat partici- and depression. pants regrouped for breakfast and a spiri- Ms. Stefaniuk, presented a workshop tual workshop. Sister Helena Paskevich called “The Write Way to Wisdom.” In SSMI, who holds a Doctor of Ministry this session, participants were led degree from St. Vladimir Seminary, is through writing exercises designed to tap principal of St. Nicholas School in into self-discovery, energy and creativity. Minersville, Pa., the author of two books When the session ended, several and a frequent retreat director. Sister exclaimed, “I don’t want to stop.” Helena lifted the spirits of the retreat par- After this third breakout session, all of ticipants during her workshop “Women – the women reconvened for dinner. A Call to Beauty.” With humor, anec- Participants urged UNWLA’s leadership dotes and reflection, she urged partici- to continue these workshops during the pants to “know who we are and who we year in the UNWLA clubhouse, but to are called to be.” make them longer because the one hour Sophia Hewryk, second vice-president and 15 minutes allotted for each session for membership on the UNWLA’s was not long enough to cover everything national board, made closing remarks that interested the women. and urged each member to recruit just Following dinner, a second panel session one new member to the UNWLA. “I use convened in the Dibrova pavilion. The the formula one plus one. If each of us topic: “How Children, Women and the brings in just one new member, our Elderly Fare in Present-Day Ukraine.” membership will double,” she noted. Though this was the 11th hour of an activi- In conclusion, Ms. Iwanyckyj and Ms. ty-packed day, participation remained Macielinski thanked the Conference strong. The session began with a video pre- Committee. Participants proceeded to a sentation by a Canadian organization called Need a back issue? Divine Liturgy on the premises of Help Us Help the Children, which was Zelenyi Yar and to the UNWLA picnic at If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, started in the United States by UNWLA the Dibrova Estates. send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: member Vera Petrusha. About 50,000 children live in * * * Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. Ukraine’s orphanages, some orphans, oth- Women interested in joining the ers abandoned due to birth defects or UNWLA may write to the organization at because their parents were unable to sup- 108 Second Ave., New York, NY, 10003, port them. Ms. Petrusha, who traveled to call the national office at (212) 533-4646, HERE’S ANEW, COST-EFFECTIVE WAY FOR YOU TO NETWORK Ukraine last summer to help the children, or e-mail [email protected] A Directory of Services Prof. Oleksa Horbach... which he published widely. However, most important were Prof. Ukrainian B usinesses (Continued from page 3) Horbach’s studies of Ukrainian, Church Slavonic and Polish texts of the 16th- There are thousands of Ukrainian-owned businesses in North America. European languages. Shouldn’t your company be featured in The Ukrainian Weekly? In 1963, he was also named professor 19th centuries. Among his invaluable of Slavic philology at the Ukrainian contributions were studies of the 17th Catholic University in Rome (until century “Correct Syntax of Slavonic DRUGS &MEDICAL 1982), and was full professor of the UFU Grammar” by Archbishop Meletii PU B L I C I T Y • AD V E R T I S I N G • M A R K E T I N G from 1965. 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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Air Ukraine Thursday, July 31 tion, call (617) 495-4053. National Airlines CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Saturday, August 9 Ukrainian Summer Institute will sponsor the Ukrainian Students’ Roundtable: MONROE, N.Y.: Arrow Park Resort and Starting May 14, 1997 Views on Contemporary Ukraine. The Sterling Forest Partnership will sponsor a roundtable will be held in Emerson Hall, one day Slavic festival. In addition to fes- year-round Room 108, at 7:30 p.m. Admission: free. tival activities that will include food, dis- For information, call (617) 495-4053. plays, cultural events, and crafts, guests non-stop flights can enjoy swimming, boating, fishing, vol- Thursday-Saturday, July 31-August 2 leyball and picnics on the resort property. The festival will be held at Arrow Park on CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Orange Turnpike at 1-6 p.m., including a NEW YORK - LVIV Ukrainian Research Institute will sponsor a Slavic poetry reading at 2-4 p.m. Tickets: conference “Ukraine Since Independence: A $6, adults; $3, children. For information, every Wednesday Symposium on Politics, Economics, Society call (914) 783-4302. and Culture.” Six sessions with approxi- with continuing service to Kyiv mately 15 speakers are planned. For fees, MONROE, N.Y.: Experts will demon- schedule and other information, contact Dr. strate and teach traditional Slavic dances Air Ukraine is offering the most Lubomyr Hajda, (617) 495-4053. and steps in an open workshop for the entire family. Workshop will be held at Monday, August 4 competitive fares to Ukraine Arrow Park on Orange Turnpike at 6:30- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard 9:30 p.m. Tickets: $5, adults; $2, children. For information and reservations, please call: Ukrainian Summer Institute will sponsor a For more information, call (914) 783- lecture, “The Man and the Music” by 4302. Virko Baley, composer, at Emerson Hall, Saturday-Sunday, August 9-10 1-800-UKRAINE Room 210, at 7:30 p.m. Admission: free. For information, call (617) 495-4053. SLOATSBURG, N.Y.: The Holy (1-800-857-2463) Dormition Pilgrimage of the Sisters Wednesday, August 6 Servants of Mary Immaculate will take Arrival and departure information: JFK - (718) 656-9896 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard place throughout the weekend, beginning Arrival and departure information: JFK - (718) 632-6909 Ukrainian Summer Institute will sponsor a with a 5 p.m. divine liturgy on Saturday roundtable discussion “The Media and and ending with a moleben at 3 p.m. on Ukraine, Ukraine and the Media” with Sunday. Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, Air Ukraine journalists Rostyslav Chomiak, Roman Bishop Basil Losten, Msgr. 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