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Fund in support Ukraine's President Kravchuk prepares for U.S. visit by Marta Kolomayets are scheduled to be signed during Mr. the responsibility of being a part of the Kiev Press Bureau Kravchuk's visit. former Soviet Union. It is not Russia of Ukraine's These include, most imporantly, an that we have a commitment to; we share KIEV — "This visit will change the economic trade agreement, which will equal responsibility," noted President nature of relations between the United open the door for the United States to Kravchuk. missions created States and Ukraine," said Ukrainian grant most-favored-nation trade status He added that the 46 tactical nuclear President Leonid Kravchuk during a to Ukraine, as well as documents on the missiles that do not fall under the JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Co­ press conference for U.S. journalists on Peace Corps, ecological-environmental guidelines of the START agreement ordinating Committee to Aid U- the eve of his working visit to Wash­ aid; scientific, technical and economic would be handled by an additional kraine has created a separate founda­ ington - his first as the democratically cooperation; as well as humanitarian accord. That problem deals with fi­ tion whose sole purpose is the finan­ elected leader of Ukraine. aid. nances, and Mr. Kravchuk explained cial maintenance of Ukraine's Em­ "Until now, the United States viewed that Ukraine would look for assistance bassy and other diplomatic repre­ During the 90-minute press confer­ from the West to eliminate not only Ukraine through the prism of Ameri­ ence held on Tuesday morning, April sentations in the United States. can policy toward Russia. I understand, warheads, but also the carriers, which 28, Mr. Kravchuk said that he hoped are filled with dangerous fuels. Funds collected by the Founda­ via telephone conversations with Pre­ that prior to his departure for the sident (George) Bush and Secretary of "But there are also political problems tion in Support of Diplomatic Mis­ United States, a protocol agreement we must face; there is the problem of sions of Ukraine will be used for the State (James) Baker, that today, the between the free nuclear powers of the U.S. views Ukraine as a new, democra­ national security. As a nuclear-free rent, purchase and maintenance of former Soviet Union — Ukraine, Rus­ country, we would expect to lose some Ukrainian diplomatic buildings. tic state, an independent state," said the sia, Belarus and Kazakhstan—could be Ukrainian president, who sets off for of our security. The problem is espe­ signed, although he could not issue any cially acute in a situation if our neigh­ With the Russian .Federation Washington on May 5. guarantees. claiming all buildings, properties and bors make territorial claims," Mr. One act that will strengthen ties "In principal, we have solved our Kravchuk said. assets of the former Soviet Union, between Ukraine and the U.S. will differences on the ratification and the remaining republics face the "Therefore, we have to address the include the opening of the Ukrainian signing of the START treaty," said Mr. international community with a request daunting task of purchasing or rent­ Embassy in Washington. Temporarily Kravchuk. All four republics and the ing appropriate diplomatic offices to provide guarantees for the national housed in an office building in down­ United States will be signatories to a security of Ukraine," he said. and residences for their countries' town Washington, the embassy will protocol confirming the START treaty Mr. Kravchuk, who has been attack­ representatives worldwide. soon be staffed by 12 people. Ambassa­ negotiated between the U.S. and the ed over the past two months for his flip- dor Oleh Bilorus, 52, arrived in Wash­ USSR. The foundation's top priority is to flop policies on the removal and des­ ington on Tuesday, April 28. secure an office and residence in Until recently Russian Foreign Min­ truction of nuclear weapons, reported Washington for Ukraine's ambassa­ According to Dr. Bilorus, an econo­ ister Andrei Kozyrev had insisted that that Russian President Boris Yeltsin dor to the United States, Dr. Oleh mist by profession, who once chaired Russia sign for all four republics. and he did indeed sign an agreement to Bilorus, who arrived at John F. the International Management Institute "But the status of Ukraine is that of a resume the transport of nuclear weap­ Kennedy International Airport on in Kiev, five very important documents non-nuclear state. We must undertake ons from Ukraine to Russia for destruc­ April 28. The offices of the Ukrainian tion. Embassy are currently, albeit tempo­ "Our basic political objective was to rarily, housed in downtown Wash­ Ukraine's ambassador to U.S. arrives control the removal of weapons from ington, and larger accommodations our territory because the important are being sought. thing is not to control the weapons, but to annihilate them. Whether the weap­ The building which houses the St. ons are on our territory, or on another, Sophia Religious Association in their numbers do not decrease," he Washington is being considered for concluded. the official residence of the ambas­ "Yes, we insist on having control of sador, as the idea of exchanging a the non-use of nuclear weapons tem­ building in Washington for a build­ porarily stationed on Ukrainian'soil. If ing in Kiev has sunk into bureaucra­ we proceed from another concept, we tic mire. In New York, the executive would have to recognize that we have board of the Ukrainian Institute of occupation troops and strategic forces America is considering housing the located on Ukrainian territory, con­ Ukrainian Mission to the United trolled from another state. Nations in its building. "Who will bear the responsibility in The Foundation in Support of case of an accident?... We jointly Diplomatic Missions of Ukraine is created nuclear weapons, we should registered with the Justice Depart­ jointly bear the responsibility for their ment as an agent of a foreign go­ non-use. We are the co-creators of vernment and will be incorporated in nuclear weapons, so shouldn't we be the the state of New Jersey. Initial co-successors of the nuclear arsenals? executive board members of the "And thus, we must take on the foundation are Dr. Stepan Woroch, commitments of the former Soviet Roman Halibey, Damian Korduba, Union. I must be totally assured that Marta Shmigel and Bohdan Stus. a Kuzmowycz/Svoboda my .actions would block any activities Dr. Oleh Bilorus (left),Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, and his of any leader that would think other­ Contributions to the foundation wife, Larysa, are welcomed to the U.S. at Kennedy International Airport in wise," he concluded. are not tax deductible. Checks may New York by Viktor Batiuk, Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations. He expressed his annoyance with be made payable to the Foundation Upon his arrival on April 28, Ambassador Bilorus met with Ambassador Ostankino, the television channel, of the in Support of Diplomatic Missions Batiuk and Roman Lubkivsky, Ukraine's ambassador to Czecho-Slovakia Commonwealth of Independent States, of Ukraine and sent to Damian (who is now visiting the United States), at Ukraine's Permanent Mission to which had incorrectly reported that Korduba, 209 В Grand Ave., Ruther­ the United Nations. The next day, Ambassador and Mrs. Bilorus; flew to U.S. Secretary of State Baker had ford, NJ 07070. Washington. (Continued on page 15) 2^ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 No. 18 UNA grant supports rebirth Newsbriefs of Kiev-Mohyla Academy on Ukraine Executive Committee Auditing Committee was represented at the meeting by Stefan Hawrysz. reviews activity ^ KIEV — The Ukrainian minister ^ KIEV - The April 18 issue of Supreme treasurer's report for the Chornobyl clean-up, Georgy Pravda Ukrainy published new data JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Ukrai­ Gotovchits, said at an April 22 press from the Ukrainian Ministry of Statis­ nian National Association's Supreme As is customary, the first officer to conference that between 6,000 to 8,000 tics: 49.3 percent of Ukrainian school­ Executive Committee voted to support deliver his report was the supreme deaths had resulted from the Chornobyl children are being taught in Ukrainian, the rebirth of independent education in treasurer. accident, considerably more than offi­ and 5 percent are being taught in Ukraine by donating S 10,000 to the Mr. Blahitka noted that during 1991 cial figures at the time or Western Russian. In the Western oblasts, be­ University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, a UNA assets had grown to nearly S66 estimates. He appealed for more inter­ tween 91.8 and 97.6 percent of children private university seeking to revive the million — more precisely, 565,903,466 national aid to overcome the conse­ are taught in Ukrainian, while in the traditions of the famed Kiev-Mohyla — a gain of SI,263,796. The principal quences of Chornobyl. (RFE/ RL Daily Luhanske, Donetske and Crimean Academy of the 17th and 18th centuries. reason for this growth was an increase Report) oblasts between 93.3 and 99.96 are in sales of annuity certificates, which taught in Russian. In Kiev, 30.9 are The donation will be made from the brought in 5796,699. Meanwhile, in­ taught in Ukrainian. About 83 percent UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine come from dues decreased by 5152,436. e KIEV - Because of IMF demands of children in village schools are taught in accordance with a decision of that for fiscal stringency, the proposed state Income on investments also decreased in Ukrainian and about 66 percent of fraternal organization's executive offi­ by 5125,025. budget for Ukraine, unveiled on April those in cities are taught in Russian. cers at their regular Executive Commit­ 21 by Finance Minister Hryhoriy Piata- About 14,000 are taught in Moldovan, tee meeting on April 4 here at the UN A's Payments to members and their chenko, will reduce the deficit by 19,000 in Romanian, 18,000 in Hunga­ headquarters building. beneficiaries in 1991 amounted to spending less on social programs and rian, 550 in Polish and 142 in Crimean 53,525,604, a sum 5489,819 less than in enterprise subsidies and raising taxes. Tatar. (RFE/RL Daily Report) The Executive Committee also de­ the previous year. The goal is a deficit target of 2 percent of cided to award a grant of S5,000 for Disbursements of the Organizing the gross national product, which the publication of the 20th century history Department grew by 5143,678, due to April 22 Financial Times called "ambi­ 9 MOSCOW - Russian People's of Ukraine authored by Dr. Taras Deputy and historian Yuriy Afanasev the establishment of a professional tious" since Kiev had exceeded its 1991 Hunczak, that is to be published by the insurance sales department and the deficit limit by a factor of five. Subsi­ has backed up Ukraine's claims to the Kiev University Press. Black Sea Fleet, arguing that though payment of commissions on sales of dies to state enterprises will still be the annuity certificates. largest category in the budget (about 25 Ukraine had been a part of the Russian Also on the agenda for the meeting percent) and military expenditures empire, and after 1917 had not been was an overview of all operations of the During 1991, the UNA paid out come second (16 percent). The budget sovereign either, Ukraine and its people Ukrainian National Association, in­ 51,041,591 to support its publications. must be approved by the Ukrainian "if not largely, created the Black Sea cluding its upstate New York resort, The highest expenditures was for mail­ Parliament to become law, and the IMF Fleet." Radio Ukraine mentioned that Soyuzivka, as it prepares for the sum­ ing of these publications, as postage must give its imprimatur prior to his view goes against the grain in mer season. rates had increased by 26 percent from granting large-scale aid to Ukraine. Russia. (RFE/RL Daily Report) the previous year. (RFE/ RL Daily Report) (Continued on page 7) The meeting was convened by UNA Supreme President Ulana Diachuk. The UNA's subsidy to Soyuzivka was Present were: Supreme Vice-President 5432,000 during 1991, while in 1990 that Nestor Olesnycky, Supreme Director subsidy had totalled 5554,000. The fact Black Sea Fleet negotiations begin for Canada John Hewryk, Supreme that this subsidy had decreased, Mr. Secretary Walter Sochan and Supreme Blahitka commented, demonstrates Treasurer Alexander Blahitka. Gloria that renovations at Soyuzivka are cost Paschen, supreme vice-presidentess, effective as they result in higher income. was unable to attend. The Supreme The Karpaty villa had been renovated last year, and now the Kiev villa is undergoing renovations that will turn it into a modern and luxurious facility at a What's in a name? cost of 5300,000. Another 5300,000 was allocated for construction of a new pool JERSEY CITY, N.J. -Thanksto at the resort. the demise of the USSR, a "turf battle over nomenclature" has bro­ During 1991, the Ukrainian National ken out within the U.S. government Urban Renewal Corp. signed contracts bureaucracy. with new tenants, or renewed contracts with present tenants in the UNA build­ At the Agriculture Department, ing, thus renting a total of 49,000 square officials refer to the NIS — newly feet, or two and a half floors. independent states. At the Treasury Department it is FSU, for former In today's market, when 10 buildings Soviet Union. The State Depart­ are competing for the same tenants, Mr. ment prefers to use CIS, denoting the Blahitka stated, the UNA had to work Commonwealth of Independent hard to attract and keep these tenants. Kolomayets States. Nonetheless, as of the end of 1991, the (Continued on page 4) A special working group comprising representatives of Ukraine and Russia met in Kiev on Friday, April 17, to determine the logistics of talks concerning the Black Sea Fleet claimed by both states. Seen in the photos here are the Ukrainian delegation, headed by Antin Buteyko (second from right in the top photo), and the Russian delegation, headed by Yuri Dubynin (fourth FOUNDED 1933 from right, bottom photo). Negotiations on dividing the fleet were to be held Ukrainian Weelch in Odessa on April 28-30. An English-language Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ. 07302.

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The Ukrainian Weekly, May 3, 1992, No. 18, Vol. LX Copyright 1992 by The Ukrainian Weekly No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 -Л Morozov comments on U.S. visit by Marta Kolomayets Kiev Press Bureau KIEV - "The United States govern­ ment supports us," an invigorated Col. Gen. Konstantyn Morozov, Ukraine's defense minister, told journalists upon his return from an official weeklong visit to the U.S. Meeting with the press on Wednes­ day, April 22, in Kiev, the Ukrainian minister noted that Ukraine is accepted in Washington as an independent state and as a guarantor of stability in Eastern Europe. "We were very pleased with the work we accomplished in the United States and very grateful to Secretary of. De­ fense Richard Cheney, the Pentagon and other U.S. government officials for giving us such an opportunity," said the 47-year-old minister, who characterized his visit to the U.S. as a preparatory journey for that of Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk, who leaves for Washington on May 5. Col. Gen. Morozov also commented on the warm reception he received from the Ukrainian diaspora in the three cities he visited: Washington, Chicago and New York. "They are very suppor­ tive of the current processes under way in Ukraine today," he commented. The Ukrainian minister said that words of praise were offered about Ukraine, which was first to declare its intentions to become nuclear-free, but added that Ukraine needs support - financial and political — to help it realize its non-nuclear status. He also noted that back in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense and the Su­ preme Council have begun to examine Ukraine's military defense doctrine, which is scheduled to be discussed in Parliament in the next few weeks. "We have laid down the main points: Ukraine has no territorial claims on other states; Ukraine does not regard any nation as a potential enemy; U- kraine does not regard the citizens of any other country as its enemies; and Ukraine will not use force, or threats of force to resolve any conflicts," he concluded. Ukraine's minister off defense visits military bases in Colorado Springs by Yuriy Holowinsky in-chief, United States Space Com­ dinner at the Broadmoor Hotel — Awaiting to greet the minister in mand, and Dr. Christopher J. Szy- served as interpreter for Lt. Gen. front of the superintendent's build­ COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. manski, political advisor to the Hosmer. ing was a small group of people — The noise of incoming helicopters commander-in-chief, USSPACE- Ukrainian was the working lan­ which included Air Force Cadet broke the early morning silence on COM/NORAD (North American guage for all of the minister's meet- Roman Isajiw and Yaropolk Hla- April 16 at the base of the Rocky Aerospace Defense Command) ings with representatives of the dkyj, a local corporate attorney. Mountains. Ukraine's Minister of during the tour of the Cheyenne Colorado Springs military commu­ Following an exchange of pleasan­ Defense Konstantyn Morozov Mountain Complex and subsequent nities. tries, Gen. and Mrs. Hosmer escort­ and his official entourage, ac­ ed Gen. and Mrs. Morozov, Dmytro companied by members of a U.S. Pavlychko, chairman of the Parlia­ delegation led by Eric Edelman, mentary Committee on Foreign assistant undersecretary of defense Affairs, and Valentyn Lemish, acting for Russia and Eurasia, were paying chairman of the Parliamentary Com­ a visit to the United States Air Force mittee on Defense and State Secu­ Academy (USAFA). rity, up the elevator for a private Brig. Gen. Gregory Govan, USA, office visit with the superintendent of defense attache to Moscow and Kiev, the U.S. Air Force Academy. Col. Peter Denega, USAF, defense As the group looked out the win­ attache (designate) to Kiev, were dow onto the terrazzo below, Capt. also members of the group. Holowinsky interpreted Lt. Gen. Lt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer, Hosmer's words describing the ar­ USAF, superintendent of the aca­ chitectural layout and symbolism of demy welcomed Col. Gen. Morozov the academy buildings and cadet and personally drove him from the chapel improvised landing zone on the A few minutes later, they joined parade field to their scheduled the others in the conference room for meeting. Capt. Yurij Holowinsky, the formal USAFA mission briefing. USAF - who had already spent Delivered in Ukrainian, the briefing r the previous day interpreting stimulated a lively question and for Gen. Morozov and his hosts, Defense Minister Konstantyn Morozov during his visit to the United States answer session about military educa­ Vice-Admiral William A. Dough­ Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs with Capt. Yurij Holowinsky (left) tion and cadet life at the academy. erty, U.S. Navy, deputy commander- and Cadet Roman Isajiw (right). (Continued on page IS) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 No,18

total income of the UNURC was UNA had enrolled 1,601 new members sions from three recent visits to U- UNA grant... 52,772,782. for total insurance of 59,430,000, with kraine. Finally, he noted that he had (Continued from page 2) the average amount of insurance co­ enrolled three new members insured for The supreme treasurer also noted verage being 56,026. 5135,000. building was 34 percent vacant, as it was that the UNA has applications for at the beginning of that year. During the first quarter of 1992, mortgages totalling 5800,000. Also the secretaries and organizers have recruit­ Supreme president's report In 1992, he continued, the building UNA is preparing to send dividends to rented out 12,000 square feet,so that the ed 316 new members: 84 were enrolled members in May for a sum of 51.2 in January, 114 in February and 118 in Mrs. Diachuk was the last to report. vacancy is now 29 percent. Negotiations million. are continuing with potential tenants March, Mr. Sochan reported. The most She began by focusing on organizing for more than 20,000 square feet, which popular class of insurance in 1991 was activity, reiterating the 1991 enrollment Supreme secretary's report class P-20. It has been issued to 154 if rented would increase the amount of figures cited by the supreme secretary juvenile and 165 adult new members for and noting that the organizing quota for vacant space to 20 percent. During 1991 branch secretaries and the combined value of 51,945,000. that year had been filled by 67 percent. Rents increased in 1991 by 5250,000, organizers had enrolled 1,134 new Other popular classes were E-18 and E- The Тгоу–Albany (N.Y.) District, she while operating costs did not, Mr. members, for total insurance coverage 20 in the juvenile department, and class continued, had fulfilled its quota by 111 Blahitka noted. The UNURC paid of 59,662,000, the supreme secretary W in the adult department. Since percent, attaining first place in the SI,232,000 as interest to members noted. This new membership consists October 1990 until the time of this organizing campaign. Second was the holding promissory notes and to the of: 530 juvenile members, 637 adult meeting annuity certificates have been Shamokin (Pa.) District with 103 per­ UNA for its loan. Add to that 5894,000 members and 177 adult members with issued to 127 members, with a total cent; and third was the Montreal Dis­ for real estate taxes, and 5286,000 for ADD certificates. The average amount initial premium of 51,162,601, he said. trict with 88 percent. These districts are depreciation and the total expenses of of insurance on new certificates is followed by: New Haven, Conn., Phila­ the UNURC come to 52,413,797. The 57,251. During the previous year the In 1991 active membership had de­ creased by 2,051 members; losses in delphia, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Chicago over-all membership for the year were and Boston, all of which attained at Obituaries 1,861 members. These yearly losses least 77 percent of their annual quotas. were as expected. It should be noted In terms of sums of insurance co­ that with yearly losses of over 3,000 verage, the Philadelphia District was Stephen Chuma, longtime foreman members, the ranks of new members first, Mrs. Diachuk said. The best would have to increase by 3,250 to cover organizers were: Michael Kihiczak, 114 of Svoboda print shop, community activist these losses and note at least a minimal members; Joseph Chabon, 43; Stefan gain, the supreme secretary comment­ Hawrysz, 36; Jaroslaw Bylen, 26; Helen NEW YORK - Stephen Chuma, ed. Scott, 25; Christine Gerbehy, 24; Wil­ iongtime foreman of the Svoboda print The year 1991 ended for the UNA liam Pastuszek, 23. shop and community activist, died in his with a total of 66,764 members, of Other organizers were: Walter Kwas, sleep on April 28. He was 68 years old. whom 39,079 are dues-paying active 18 members; Peter Tarnawsky, 17; Born in Rozdilovychi, Rudky coun­ members, while 27,685 are members Stephania Hawryluk, Dr. Atanas Slu- ty, Ukraine, Mr. Chuma served in the with paid-up or extended insurance. As sarczuk and Michael Turko, 16 each. 1st Division of the Ukrainian National of December 31, 1991, the amount of Three organizers enrolled 15 members Army. He devoted 25 years of his life to UNA insurance in force was each; four had 14; two had three; three Ukrainian National Association 5164,625,462. had 12; four had 11, and six had 10. publications, including the Veselka A noticeable increase in membership (The March 18 issue of Svoboda children's magazine, and retired as in the juvenile department can be seen, acknowledged the contributions of all foreman of the Svoboda print shop at Mr. Sochan continued. This is a result of those who had enrolled five or more the end of last year. He continued to grandparents buying new insurance for members.) oversee the printing of Veselka and their grandchildren. Often they pay In 1992, during the first three months, UNA brochures and publications until total premiums in one lump sum to take 316 new members were enrolled, Mrs. his death. advantage of the discount. In contrast, Diachuk continued. Mr. Bylen of Chi­ A resident of New York City, Mr. there is a noticeable shortage of new cago is in first place among organizers, Chuma will be remembered for his members in the 25-50 age bracket. There­ having enlisted 13 new members; he is activism in the UNA, serving as the fore, in the UNA's membership cam­ followed by Vasyl Luchkiw, nine; financial secretary of Branch 36 (the paign, extra effort should be made to Tymko Butrey and Mr. Slusarchuk, Dnister Society). He was a former acquire members in this age range. eight members; and Joseph Hawryluk, organizing director and was recently These are the future branch and district seven. elected program director for the New leaders, as well as members of the The brochure that lists all classes of York UNA District, and was a member Supreme Assembly, Mr. Sochan said. UNA insurance has been updated and of the New York District's committee Among many other responsibilities, reprinted, and copies have been sent to for the celebration of the 100th anniver­ duties of the supreme secretary and the all UNA branches, the supreme presi­ sary of the UNA. Recording Department include assist­ dent reported. Mr. Chuma also served on the execu­ ing branch secretaries in insuring new She also noted that a UNA secreta­ tive board of the local chapter of the members, tending to branch secretaries' ries course is to be held at Soyuzivka for Ukrainian Congress Committee of Stephen Chuma requests and serving members' insu­ branch secretaries as well as assistant America and was a member of the law ICarol Oliva; cousins Natalka rance needs. This is accomplished secretaries and all those whom branch building committee of St. George Chuma, Rosalie Polche and her hus­ through constant contact with them via secretaries recommend as participants. Ukrainian Catholic Church in New band, George; and relatives in Ukraine. the mail and over the phone. The UNA's two new annuity certifi­ York. A funeral liturgy was offered at St. In February of this year, the supreme cates have already been approved by the He is survived by his wife, Evgenia; George Ukrainian Catholic Church in secretary said he had taken part in state insurance departments of Connec­ daughters Vera and Natalka Dobrian- New York on April 30; interment district meetings in Jersey City, New ticut, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey and sky and her husband, Roman; grand- followed at Holy Spirit Ukrainian York, Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, Indiana, Mrs. Diachuk noted, and the children Larysa, Roksolana and Catholic Cemetery in Hamptonburgh, Syracuse and Philadelphia. universal life policy is now being re­ Marko; brother Mykhailo; father-in- N.Y. The minutes of the 32nd Convention, viewed by the states. New term policies prepared by its secretary, Barbara are now in the hands of the UNA Bachynsky, are ready for printing in actuary who is having difficulty with the Anna Komichak, Pittsburgh activist book form. They will be mailed to all UNA's intentions of reducing dues. delegates and branch secretaries. At a New certificates have already been 41 years on the Ukrainian radio pro­ later date, these minutes will also printed, but the matter of dues has not gram heard weekly on WPIT. He is appear in Svoboda, Mr. Sochan con­ yet been determined. general manager of the station. cluded. The UNA now has four professional Mrs. Komichak was a fund-raiser for insurance salesmen, Mrs. Diachuk the Children of Chornobyl, the Ukrai­ Report of Canadian director continued. Together with the director of nian Nationality Room at the Univer­ insurance operations, Bob Cook, they sity of Pittsburgh and three Ukrainian Mr. Hewryk reported on his repre­ have made presentations before several studies chairs at Harvard University. sentational activity and involvement in community groups, including a parish various Ukrainian community organi­ in Spring Valley, N.Y.,' Ukrainian She was financial secretary of Branch physicians of New Jersey and New 1 of the Ukrainian National Aid Asso­ zations in Canada, including the World Congress of Free Ukrainians and the York, Ukrainian lawyers (at their ciation and she was a member of the annual conference) and senior citizens' Pittsburgh branch of the Ukrainian Ukrainian Canadian Committee. He also spoke of his organizing activity, as groups. The sales team will also be National Women's League of America present at various upcoming festivals to and St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox a result of which he had enrolled eight new members into the UNA. promote UNA products. Church in McKees Rocks. The UNA has two new brochures Anna Komichak She was also a member of Ukrainian Vice-president's report "What's in it for you?" which lists UNA PITTSBURGH - Anna Komichak, National Association Branch 53. insurance offerings, as well as one a leader in the Ukrainian community in In addition to her husband, surviving Mr. Olesnycky reported on progress issued by The Travelers that lists western Pennsylvania, died of cancer are three sons, Raymond of Upper St. in preparing new by-laws for the Ukrai­ services available to UNA members. Sunday, April ^in her Stowe home. Clair, Pa., Markian of Parma, Ohio, nian National Association and his The first quarterly newsletter pre­ Mrs. Komichak, 71, was associated and Michael J. of Arlington, Va.; and participation in UNA district commit­ pared by Mr. Cook was mailed to all with her husband, Michael, for the past three granddaughters. tee meetings. He also shared his impres­ (Continued on page 8) No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 5 )іпшімітттштіїїтміШ!ітіРіштпт шшннннмшннннішнінннйншшанннннш^іа Young UNA'ers UNA DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING victim to the recession which was New York reflected in the over-all UNA figure. The chairman reported that the by Mary Dushnyck committee had sent letters to President George Bush and to U.S. senators and NEW YORK - The annual meeting congressmen urging recognition of of the UNA New York District Com­ Ukraine and establishment of diplo­ mittee was held on February 27 at the matic relations. Dr. Luchkiw also spoke Self-Reliance hall here, with 38 secre­ of his six-week sojourn in Ukraine last taries and members from 29 branches summer. attending. Also present were Ulana Diachuk, Also reporting were John Choma, supreme president; Walter Sochan, committee treasurer, and Onufry Ger- supreme secretary; Dr. Wasyl Luchkiw, maniuk, for the auditing committee. supreme advisor and chairman of the Following a discussion, Mr. Germaniuk New York District Committee; and asked for a vote of confidence to the Mary Dushnyck, honorary member of outgoing officers. the UNA Supreme Assembly. The nominating committee announced Prof. Luchkiw welcomed the gather­ that the slate was elected unanimously, ing; whereupon a presidium was chosen as follows: Dr. Luchkiw, chairman; consisting of Michael Spontak, former Ivan Yaremchuk and Y. Kostiw, vice- district committee head, as chairman, chairmen; Mr. Juzeniw, secretary, and and Michael Juzeniw as secretary. A Mr. Choma, treasurer. Andrew, 2, son of Ihor and Kathleen nominating committee was elected Committee members elected were: Verbitsky, is a new member of UNA comprising Stepan Chuma, Yuriy press - Walter Lewenetz and Mrs. Branch 238 in Boston. He was enrolled Kostiw and John Choma. Dushnyck; program - Sam Liteplo Kevin, son of Anthony and Tamara by his great uncle William Stan. Following the reading of the minutes and Mr. Chuma; organizing — Ivan David, is a new member of Branch 238 Pryhoda and Marion Klymyshyn; тепь of Boston. He became a member of the of the 1991 meeting in fine detail by Mr. Juzeniw, Dr. Luchkiw reported that bers-at-large - Myron Zalipsky, UNA thanks to his grandmother Sophie Roman Forostyna and Harry Polche. David. the New York District Committee had realized its 1991 quota by 61 percent, The Auditing Committee comprises with 95 new members for a total of Mr. Spontak, Mr. Germaniuk and 5645,000 of insurance coverage. He Taras Schumylowytsch. stated that organizing efforts had fallen і (Continued on page 18) Obituaries William Popowych, longtime branch) secretary ROCHESTER, Щ;- William Popowych, secretary of Ukrainian National Association Branch 367 (Za- porozska Sich) for 42 years, died on April 3. Mr. Popowych was born on March 29, 1915, in Rochester. He attended the Eastman Music School and later direct­ ed a Young Ukrainian Nationalists orchestra. He was a member of the board at the Al Sigl Center, a member of the Or­ ganization for the Democratic Rebirth of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Ameri­ Alexandra, 1-year-old daughter of can Club, and sang in the church choir. Kermit and Sophia Wiggins, is a new Paul Alexander, 6-month-old son of member of UNA Branch 238 in Boston. He also represented Branch 367 at Andrew and Roma Hadzewycz, and She was enrolled by her great grand­ many UNA conventions. brother of 8-year-old Markian, is a new mother Sophie David. He is survived by his wife, Olga (nee member of UNA Branch 287. He was Brytan), two sons, Richard and Tho­ enrolled by his mother, a UNA supreme mas, three grandchildren and six great­ William Popowych advisor and editor-in-chief of The grandchildren, two sisters, Olga Knuto- A funeral liturgy was offered on April Ukrainian Weekly. wicz and Catherine Carbone, and nieces 6 at St. Josaphat Church; interment and nephews. followed at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Kathryn Hardest former branch secretary FRACKVILLE, Pa. - Kathryn 382 of the Ukrainian National Asso­ Harbest, former secretary of Branch ciation, died on April 9. Mrs. Harbest (nee Gulick) was bora in Mahanoy Plane and worked at the Charles Rabin Factory in Frackville. She was a member of St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Frack­ ville, the parish's Sacred Heart Society and the Amalgamated Ladies Garment Workers Union. Her husband, Panko Harvest, died in 1969, and she is survived by two sons, Emil and Peter; two daughters^ Ann Hoffman and Marie Stec; a brother, John Gulick; four sisters, Anna Malley, Eva Cuttic, Tessie Timko and Nancy Lauren Ferguson is the daughter of Katherine, 7, the daughter of Michael Gulick; six grandchildren and five Donna and Robert Ferguson. The 8- and Natalie Yuoska, is a new UNA'er. great-grandchildren. year-old was enrolled in Branch 238 of She was enrolled in Branch 238 of Boston by her grandmother Rose Boston by her grandparents Mr. and The funeral took place on April 13 at Kostecks. Mrs. Michael Lozynsky.' - ` л t; Kathryn Harbest St. Michael's Church and cemetery. - - б THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 No. 18

NEWS AND VIEWS Ukrainian Weekly Rotary International to charter Remember Chornobyl first Rotary Club in Ukraine

As the sixth anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident is upon us, by Lubomyr Hewko of Lviv to form a second club there. the legacy of the Chornobyl disaster becomes ever more grim. That There is a strong possibility that before catastrophe, whose consequences were most directly felt in Ukraine, Belarus The well-known Association of Ser­ long the Lviv Club also will be chart­ and Russia, rocked the world, arousing the consciousness of the public vice Clubs Rotary International has ered. However, before that can hap­ around the globe. The political implications behind this disaster hastened the announced that the provisional Rotary pen, additional Western sponsor-clubs collapse of the Soviet Union by awakening the people to the stark reality of Club in Kiev, which has existed there must be found. their lives: that their destinies were out of their control and in the hands of a for several months, will be awarded a charter, as the first official Rotary Club Rotary International was founded in callous superpower controlled by those whose only goal was to remain in in Ukraine. The charter award cere­ 1905 in Chicago. Today it is the most control. mony will take place on Saturday, May international of all world service club Though official Soviet estimates up to the demise of the USSR continued 9, in the Kiev Palace of Culture during a associations. Rotary is an organization to list only 31 or 32 deaths as resulting from the Chornobyl nuclear accident, gala banquet. of more than 1.1 million business and the truth is that the death toll is in the thousands. Estimates range between professional leaders united worldwide 5,000 and 9,000; the figures are imprecise due primarily to the fact that, on the In attendance will be the President of that provides humanitarian service, orders of Soviet authorities, Chornobyl-related deaths were not listed as such. Rotary International, Rajendra K. encourages high ethical standards in all Thus, these deaths became just another component of the huge cover-up Saboo, members of the Rotary hi­ vocations, and helps build good will and surrounding the Chornobyl accident and the Soviet nuclear industry as a erarchy, representatives of the six peace in the world. whole. western Rotary clubs which co-spon­ Rotary International is an associa­ The Chornobyl legacy also has left hundreds of towns contaminated; sored the Kiev Club, guests from va­ tion of more than 25,000 Rotary Clubs hundreds of thousands — some say a million — people are affected by rious Rotary Clubs in the U.S., Canada, worldwide. The organization is non- radiation, including some 230,000 clean-up workers. Europe, Australia and many local political, (non-governmental) and non- At the time of this sixth anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident, guests. sectarian. "Service Above Self" is a there have been several new revelations, or confirmations of previously The president of Ukraine, Leonid Rotary motto. Whatever Rotarians do known, or suspected, information. Kravchuk, was scheduled to partici­ through Rotary, they do as volunteers. Newly obtained documents published in Pravda Ukrainy, for example, pate, however, he will not be able to do indicate that tens of thousands of soldiers and workers sent to "eliminate the so because of his trip to the United Rotary Clubs meet weekly, so that consequences" of the Chornobyl accident had no protective gear against States. members may enjoy each other's fellow­ radiation as they performed their deadly jobs. The new information also ship and discuss the club's service goals. proves once again that the Soviet leadership was well aware of the danger at Preparatory work to organize a club Membership is by invitation and is on Chornobyl, yet publicly diminished its potential impact on the populace. in Kiev dates back to 1989. In that year, the basis of one representative of each A recent conference in Moscow highlighted information reported by a Rotary International reached an agree­ type of community leadership. Each Russian-American study. In addition to noting that the situation is much ment with the then-existing Soviet club determines its own service activi­ worse than reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the government to permit the opening of ties. Rotary International is encourag­ Soviet Health Ministry, the study said IAEA researchers were fed blatantly Rotary clubs in the USSR. Rotary ing clubs to focus on community activi­ false information by Soviet officials. "It is only with the collapse of the Soviet decided to first organize such clubs only ties, on the environment, promotion of Union that the true story is emerging, that physicians will speak freely," said in the capital cities, recognizing the fact literacy, medical assistance, concerns Dr. Vladimir Lupandin, a Russian physician who was one of the study's that ideas of community service were for the aged and student exchanges. leading investigators. The 13-month project's leaders said they support the not well-known in the Eastern Bloc There are Rotary Clubs in 179 coun­ forecasts of John W. Gotman, professor emeritus of medical physics at the countries. tries. This enables Rotarians to visit University of California at Berkeley, who has stated that the health of at least Soon thereafter, the Clarkston Ro­ other clubs and facilities personal 1 million people is threatened by low-level, prolonged exposure to radiation. tary Club initiated contacts with several contacts among Rotarians worldwide. All of this, of course, is becoming clearer and clearer at a time that newly groups in Kiev (Dr. Petro Talanchuk The presence of Rotary Clubs in emerging states face myriad crises. The Chornobyl disaster now has become and the staff of the Kiev Polytechnic Ukraine can be most beneficial to the just one of many pressing problems that must be dealt with by states Institute among them) that expressed a country, because this opens a path for desperately short of funds, technical expertise, etc. As the sixth anniversary of desire to proceed with the club plans. influx into the country of a variety of the Chornobyl nuclear accident is observed, then, we must call on the world to Following several letters, phone calls humanitarian interactions and aid. For remember Chornobyl and help its victims. and visits, the plans began to solidify. instance, Rotary Foundation, the finan­ Several additional Western clubs joined cial base of Rotary, recently appro­ in the effort and organized a "Rotary priated 225 million in order to eliminate Project Kiev." In addition to Clarkston, polio in North Africa. This project is the group included the Rotary Clubs of now nearing a successful completion. Linnwood, Wash.; Shrewsberry, Mass., Turning the pages back... Toronto, Vancouver and Edinburgh, In addition to the inaugural charter Scotland. banquet, the charter festivities in Kiev will include an evening of folk songs and Initial progress was slow, because dances, exhibits of arts and crafts, a Maksym Ivanovych Drach was a 22-year-old sixth-year Rotary and its goals were generally not boat excursion on Dnipro River, and medical student at the Kiev Medical Institute at the time of well known in Ukraine. However, the several press conferences. The various the Chornobyl nuclear accident (April 26,1986). His story is vigorous interaction between the club programs begin on Friday, May 8, in one of those relayed by Dr, Yuriy Shcherbak, a physician, writer and leader of the members and the Ukrainian would-be the afternoon and end on Sunday, May Green Party of Ukraine, in his 1989 book "Chornobyl: A Documentary Story" Rotarians, quickly changed this and 10. (Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies). today the Kiev Club has 70 active members. Persons visiting Kiev in May 1992 On May 4, 1986, Mr. Drach, who worked in the resuscitation bloc of the and wishing to participate in the Re tary cardioiogical center at October Revolution Hospital, and fellow students were sent The Kiev Club is also working with a Charter events there, should contac і the to work at the site of the disaster. Following are excepts from Mr. Drach's account. "provisional" Rotary group in the city Kiev club's president, Volod`myr Лс^^ Kulyk (tel. 290-46-86) or the club's vice- On 4 May, in the morning, during the first lecture, our vice-dean came and Lubomyr Hewko, member of the president, Alexander Chalyi (tel. 268- told the lads to get ready — we were leaving at і l o'clock. I went home, took a Rotary Club in Clarkston, Mich., was 24-62). In the West, for additional in­ jacket, sweater, trousers, sneakers, cap and something to eat... They put us in a one of the principal organizers of the formation, interested persons may call fancy bus, the Intourist type. The journey there was fine. ... Kiev Rotary Club. (313)625-9230. We assembled in the medical institute in front of the exit by the radiology department. There they measured us all. At first we did not know what our work was to involve. They talked about work in permanent and field hospitals — to the extent of loading earth and digging trenches. I took two operating suits and masks UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine just in case. We got into the bus, the mood was happy, we joked. ... The Home Office of the Ukrainian National We came to Borodianka, the area hospital. We were distr:!^;ca among villages and hospitals. One very distinguished medical chief from Moscow, a little tipsv, Association reports that as of April 30, the came up to us. He said what we would be doing, that today the evacuation ot a 30- fraternal organization's newly established kilometer zone was beginning. ... Fund for the Rebi-th of Ukraine has received They took us to the villages. From village to village, leaving us to reinforce the 11,121 checks from its members with donations medical personnel. I ended up in Klavdiyevo, I settled in the hospital, in a ward. totalling ^294,040.54. The contributions There were two of us, me and my friend Mykola Mykhalevych from Drohobych. include individual members' donations, as well We put our things down, it was already night, and set off. We stopped to check cars as returns of members' dividend checks and leaving the Chornobyl area. We had one fixed dosimeter, with a cable attached to interest payments on promissory notes. the car, and two DP-5s working on batteries. We stayed there till about 2 a.m., then Please make checks payable to UNA Fund the head doctor collected us and I slept till 6 a.m. But at six he said: "Lads, one of for the Rebirth of Ukraine. you come with me." At work I've got used to getting up suddenly, so I said: "I'll (Continued on page 8) No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 7

Nationalities expert says he resigned Centennial CELEBRATE | over Bush's "Chicken Kiev" speech sojourn by Maxim Kniazkov to leave the State Department by by Christopher Guly Special to The Ukrainian Weekly September 1, 1991. But the coup attempt in Moscow made him delay WASHINGTON - Many people the departure. "I stayed a bit longer Winnipeg's Ukrainian Catholic Au­ \ still believe that he, as The Washing- to help my colleagues in this complex | ton Post put it, just "left" the State situation," he explained. xiliary Bishop Myron Daciuk became Department in the end of the last the third Ukrainian Catholic eparch of He joined the Carnegie Endow­ Edmonton during enthronement cere­ | year to continue his career with the ment for International Peace on і Carnegie Endowment for Interna- January 1, 1992. monies earlier this year. I tional Peace. Now that he is no longer bound by Born in Mundare, Alberta, 72 years Well, he did. But what seems to internal government regulations, he ago, Bishop Daciuk joined the Ukrai­ \ have been so far carefully protected is free to speak out and does so nian Basilian Order of St. Josaphat : from public scrutiny is that this frequently. He lectures, writes and (Basilian Fathers) there at the age of 16. JI(TTH "switch of jobs" had strong political gives interviews, analyzing the ad­ Following seminary and theology stu­ dies in both Mundare and Grimsby, I 1 8 9 1 щ 1 9 9 1 I overtones. ministration polices toward what 1 18 9 2 19 9 2 In fact, Paul A. Goble, 43, the U.S. used to be the Soviet Union. He finds Ontario, he was ordained to the priest­ | government's top expert on Soviet the present White House policy, hood by the late Archbishop Basil | Ф j I nationalities, resigned in protest which gives a clear preference to Ladyka of Winnipeg. Bishop Daciuk's early career in­ | against the U.S. government policy Russia among all the other CIS, 100-ЛІТТЯ УКРАЇНЦІВ toward the new states emerging from countries, biased and devoid of cluded teaching and pastoral assign­ У КАНАДІ I the rubble of the former USSR and, realism. ments in Mundare, Grimsby and Mon­ ш | in particular, Ukraine. treal. In 1953, he was appointed master CENTENNIAL OF "Just reading the full name of the UKRAINIANS IN CANADA "I resigned over the notorious bill President Bush has recently sent of novices at the Basilian scholasticate in Mundare. Six years later, he became m ! speech by President George Bush in to Congress could give you a basic CENTENAIRE OES Kiev," Mr. Goble said in an inter­ idea about his approach," he points superior of the monastery there. UKRAINIENS AU CANADA view. "I left because I felt uncom- out. " 'Freedom for Russia and In 1964, the Basilian monk was | fortable with the policies of my elected Canadian provincial superior of Emerging Eurasian Democracies remained there until his death in 1986. j government. I do not think that our and Open Markets Support Act.' his order, with his headquarters in president should lecture other рео– Winnipeg. Following his six-year term, Bishop Greschuk, who served as Bishop What is that: 'emerging Eurasian Savaryn's auxiliary, succeeded him that ! pies and teach them to be subservient democracies'? We still fail to under­ the Rev. Daciuk remained in the city, ; to another nation." where he served as pastor of St. Nicho­ year until his own unexpected death in stand that we have gotten here 14 the summer of 1990. In this speech delivered before the different countries. We need to las Church and president of the senate Ukrainian Parliament in July of of priests for the Archeparchy of Winni­ Bishop Daciuk's appointment, an­ recognize that Kyrgyzstan and U- nounced November 11, 1991, by Papal 1991, Mr. Bush chastised "the hope- kraine are different that they have peg. ! less course of isolation" taken by In 1976, he assumed pastoral duties in Nuncio Carlo Curis, ended a 17-month different interests and pursue vacancy. Although the Rev. Bill Hu- j Ukrainian pro-independence lead- different goals and, therefore, should Edmonton and in Vancouver in 1979. l ers. Arguing that "freedom is not the Pope John Paul II named the Rev. palo, who served as eparchial (diocesan) be approached in a different way." administrator for that duration, said j same as independence," the U.S. Mr. Goble believes that the "Rus­ Daciuk a bishop in 1982, returning him \ president lobbied hard for the union to Winnipeg where he would serve as that some of the younger priests in the sia first" approach has sent the non- diocese were concerned about getting \ treaty proposed by then-Soviet Pre- Russian republics a wrong message auxiliary to Archbishop-Metropolitan | sident Mikhail Gorbachev, a docu­ Maxim Hermaniuk. an older man as leader, most are that could have dangerous conse- pleased. ment whose signing was subsequent- quences. "For obvious reasons, On October 14, 1982, Bishop Daciuk | ly prevented by the August Commu- was consecrated by Metropolitan Her­ "We weren't really consulted, but the Ukraine is one of the most anti- waiting has been more aggravating than | nist coup attempt and which became nuclear countries on earth," he says. maniuk, along with Bishops Jerome j obsolete thereafter. Chimy of New Westminster, British the lack of consultation," he explained, "And we could have helped Ukrai­ The Rev. Hupalo adds that he, like Mr. Goble says he was deeply nians fulfill their aspirations with­ Columbia, and Demetrius Greschuk of | shaken by this approach which he Edmonton. Bishop Daciuk was also others in the eparchy, had also expected out hurting their pride. But instead, a priest to be elevated to the position. | found both inappropriate and erro­ by orienting our policy toward Rus­ named vicar general of the Winnipeg neous. "The Kiev speech was a sia, we have sort of sent them the Archeparchy. An Albertan by birth, Bishop Daciuk horror. We are making serious mis- following message: nuclear weapons As Bishop Greschuk's successor, points to his monastic and pastoral \ takes," he complains. "In fact, I make you important." Bishop Daciuk became the third eparch assignments in Mundare and Edmon­ ton as part of his acquaintance with that, І believe the Kiev speech was a devia- It is partly because of this message (bishop) for Edmonton. The first, the J tion from what this country is all late Bishop Neil Savaryn, a fellow eparchy's dynamic. that Kiev, in Mr. Goble's view, has || But he admits that he isn't on top of If about. We started building the recently started having second jj Basilian, was installed in 1948 and II United States by breaking away from more current issues facing the estimated thoughts about its initial plan to get ч 40,000 Ukrainian Catholics living in f! an empire, and it is not our business rid of all nuclear armaments. 1| to help sustain other empires." Alberta. The Rev. Hupalo offered some Mr. Goble expressed the hope that advice. "We need work with the spiri­ Mr. Goble, who speaks or reads the visit of Ukrainian President |f most of the CIS countries' languages, tuality of our people," he explains. Leonid Kravchuk to Washington "Education of scripture, of the liturgy |f noted that he had presented his this month will help make U.S. f! resignation soon after President of our traditions are ail important to policy toward Ukraine more cohe­ us." ff Bush's trip to Kiev and was supposed rent. Ш r ` '" ' The administrator also hopes that Ukraine. These were part ot a I trillion Bishop Daciuk will implement some of Newsbriefs... lire (S800 million) credit line that Italy the projects, including a permanent commission for young people, which (Continued from page 2) had planned for the Soviet Union before it collapsed. Russia will receive were put on hold following Bishop a ROME - On April 15, Italian 750 billion lire (S600 million). Prime Greschuk's death. Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and Minister Fokin later had a 35-minute Bishop Daciuk concedes that he will Ukrainian Prime Minister Vitold meeting with Pope John Paul II, their miss Winnipeg. "I have been there for Fokin signed a joint economic declara­ first meeting since Ukraine and the my parishioners at St. Andrew's tion sealing Italy's pledge for,a 250 Vatican established diplomatic rela­ Church" (where he has served as its billion lire (S200 million) credit line to tions. (Reuters) pastor for as long). They, too, will miss him. Anne Matview, a member of St. Andrew's and secretary at his chancery office, ACTION ITEM suggested that Winnipeg's loss is Ed­ Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine (AHRU) is calling upon all concerned monton's gain. "He is a very approach­ people to contact Presidents George Bush (U.S.) and Leonid Kravchuk (Ukraine) able man. An honest and fair person who to urge them to personally attend the Earth Summit '92 in Brazil in June 1992. always sees both sides to every issue." Sponsored by the United Nations, this is the second time in the history of mankind Archbishop-Metropolitan Herma­ that nations are meeting in order to discuss ways of saving our planet. niuk told the Western Catholic Report­ Send your message to: er that Bishop Daciuk will be "an The President, The White House, Washington, DC 20500; tel. (202) 456-1111. excellent bishop" because he is people- President Leonid Kravchuk, c/o Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United oriented, educated, hard-working, ex­ Nations, 136 E. 67th St., New York, NY 10021; tel. (212) 535-3418; fax (212) 288- perienced and loyal. "Hell be a very big 5361. asset for Edmonton and a very big loss for Winnipeg." For additional information please contact: Americans for Human Rights in In Winnipeg he was active in various Ukraine, 43 Midland Place, Newark, NJ 07106; tel (201) 373-9729; fax (201)373- facets of community life, serving as 4755. Bishop Myron Daciuk of Edmonton (Continued on page 15) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 No. 18 Kiev's Fata Morgana performs at no-nukes Chornoby/commemoration in B.C. by Khristina Lew

WASHINGTON - Headlining at an anti-nuclear benefit concert marking the sixth anniversary of the Chornobyl accident, Ukraine's Fata Morgana rocked environmental activists at a small nightclub here on April 26. The four-member band from Kiev — Oleksa Kerekesha, vocals, Ihor Sha- blovskij, playing a home-made guitar, Serhiy Kolomiets, drums, and Andrij Solodenko, keyboards — having spent the winter months working on new material in Glen Spey, N.Y., came on stage full force, mesmerizing the dancing crowd for over an hour with their Ukrainian-language pop-rock adaptation of Taras Shevchenko poe­ try. The anti-nuclear concert, held at Club 15 Minutes, featured local area bands Tru Fax and the Insaniacs, Jonny Cohen's Love Machine, Graverobbers and Girl Train, and benefited the Nuclear Action and Information Lobby, the lobbying arm of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service Fata Morgana's Ihor Shablovskij, Serhiy Kolomiets (at drums), Oleksa Kerekesha and Andrij Solodenko. (NIRS). grassroots activists working on nuclear NIRS advocates clean, safe alterna­ the Safe Energy Communication Coun­ Pankratz of the Belarusian Charitable tive energy sources, and has embraced power, radioactive waste and radiation cil co-sponsored a nationwide Confe­ issues. Fund for the Children of Chornobyl, the accident at Chornobyl as one of its rence for a Nuclear-Free 1990s in world-renowned epidemiologist and causes. Since 1978, the organization has Marking last year's fifth anniversary Washington which featured keynote cancer researcher Dr. Alice Stewart and provided information and assistance to of Chornobyl, NIRS, Greenpeace and addresses by Dr. David Marples, Yourie Olympic gold-medalist Olga Korbut Fata Morgana arrived in the United States last summer to play back-up for Vika, political rock band from UkraJneitotouTuX another of Ukraine's premiere rock bands, Hrono. Together they toured the PHILADELPHIA - One of the The lead vocalist is Victoria Vradij year later Vika toured Toronto, Winni­ U.S., playing concerts at Ukrainian hottest rock groups in Ukraine today from Lviv who, along with her husband peg and other parts of Canada with the summer festivals. In the fall, with - the Vika Rock Group - will make its Volodymyr Bebeshko, writes the music Chervona Ruta Festival prize winners. Hrono back in Ukraine, Fata Morgana American debut in May. The group, and lyrics for many of the production In February of this year, Vika was played its own concerts, recorded a new which has been together for six years,' numbers. Vika, as Victoria is called, chosen "Miss Rock of Europe" at a album under the management of Pry- will tour the U.S. in May through July. studied music for five years before she festival in Kiev, outperforming 20 hoda Productions in Scranton, Pa., and began her musical career in the 70s and contestants from various countries is currently gearing up for the Verk- Entertaining and provocative, the 80s as a soloist with an ensemble called including the United States, England, hovyna RockFest on Memorial Day ensemble is unique because it is rock Arnika. Germany, Poland and Yugoslavia. Weekend. with a strong political message. Ukrai­ However, she is best known for her Although Vika may not be Madonna, nian folk motifs are used in many of the performances at the Chervona Ruta her "free spirit," spunky looks and songs, while the tone is satirical with Music Festival in Kiev in 1989 which dynamic voice make her an exciting UNA grant... was highly publicized and controversial stinging political messages about issues talent to watch and certainly rank above (Continued from page 4) such as the economy, ecology and because of its political overtures which, all the rest. As a result, a German current political situation. at the time, were frowned upon. One recording company has signed a can- readers of The Ukrainian Weekly; tract with her. another newsletter will be issued in Vika's voice is versatile, ranging from May. Turning the pages... lovely melodious sounds to hoarse, Mrs. Diachuk also noted that income (Continued from page 6) raspy sounds when she delivers her at Soyuzivka for 1991 was SI,139,786, harsh criticism of the political state, as an amount higher by 5150,529 than come." We went off somewhere far away, on the road. I can remember a field and in her powerful song "Shame." Some­ the previous year. Expenses totalled in the field there were disinfection chambers, a fire engine, a table, and glasses and times she sings familiar American songs 51,706,925 which includes more than bread on the table. And ambulances, from Poltava and Zhytomyr. translated into Ukrainian, which is 5281,000 spent on renovations. There we conducted a dosimeter check; we checked the background radiation in buses and on people's clothes. unusual for Ukrainian artists. To some, The director of the UNA Washington Vika's appearance may be shocking — I worked there from 7 a.m. on 5 May till 10 a.m. on 6 May. A little over 24 hours Office, Eugene Iwanciw traveled to short cropped hair, a stark, no make­ Kiev in January (at his own expense) At first there wasn't much movement. Big military helicopters, in camouflage up look, leather jacket and ripped flew over us; they flew very quickly. They flew low overhead; the noise filled my and while there had the opportunity to denim jeans - but her message is meet with activists of various demo­ ears. The traffic on the road somehow throbbed. It was a long while from 10 a.m. to simple: Ukraine is free, now let's rebuild 1 p.m. Kiev buses were on the road, particularly "Icaruses," 17 to 20 per convoy cratic groups as well as government it. officials. He is currently working with and there were buses from Obukhiv and Novoukrayinka; all the places were The other members of the group, all familiar, that's why I remembered them. Ukraine's charge d'affaires in Washing­ professional musicians, are: Volodymyr ton to help set up the Ukrainian Em­ There were people in the buses. Basically from the village of Zalissia. It was 20 Bebeshko, Vika's husband and artistic bassy. kilometers from Chornobyl. At that time not everyone left, because some of the director of the group, Leonid Bebeshko, people remained in the village, to load the cattle and domestic animals. ... Vyacheslav Wasylenko, Orest Lewyt- Finally, Mrs. Diachuk noted, the At first there were jams, then we adapted it so that the buses were let through in sky, Leonid Borisob, Rostyslav Shtyn, Supreme Auditing Committee had three rows, so there wasn't any disorder. One of us measured the bus itself and two conducted its review of UNA opera­ and the group's manager Ivan Shcher- tions on March 23-26. the people. The people got out of the bus, stood in a line and they came to me one at ba. a time. Up to a certain level we were still letting people through. Where the level was Sharing the bill with Vika during the Once the officers' reports were deli­ higher, we sent them to get washed, to shake the dust off their things. ... U.S. tour will be the popular Levko vered and accepted, the meeting partici­ Later, when the evacution was over, we did medical exaninations and compared Durko (Leonid Bebeshko) with his own pants discussed the establishment of the the data of blood analyses with other data. We took those who felt ill to the hospital very unique folk style. Tapes of his Ukrainian National Foundation. Mr. for observation. I transferred these people. original humorous, satirical songs, Olesnycky has agreed to prepare by­ On 6 May we were brought protective clothing: black suits, caps, boots, gas many picking up on traditional folk laws for the foundation modeled on masks. We were told that correspondents were on their way. melodies, spread through diaspora those of a similar Baltic foundation. But on 8 May we were sent to Kiev. A replacement came for us, men from the communities recently like wildfire. stomatological faculty. The Executive Committee then ap­ Poking fun at the former Soviet state, proved several grants from the UNA Well, on 10 May I went to lectures, as usual, and returned to work in the October the songs became instant hits. Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine: Hospital. In May there were a lot of my type of patients, heart cases: obviously the The Vika Rock Group and Levko 510,000 to the University of Kiev- stress was making things difficult, we had a lot of work in the block. Durko will be available for bookings. Mohyla Academy; 55,000 for a history Around 11-12 May I noticed that I was sleeping a great deal but not feeling Anyone interested in additional infor­ of 20th century Ukraine (as noted refreshed. I usually sleep five to six hours and feel fully refreshed. Now I was mation may contact the Ukrainian above); as well as 5500 to help the sleeping eight to 12, even 14hours,and not feeling rested. And I had become sort of Educational and Cultural Center in Tryzub Ukrainian Sports Center cover soft,' lazy. A blood analysis was done and I was put on the eighth floor in our Philadelphia, at (215) 663-1166, or by the costs of sponsoring a visit by a group department (where the students of the Kiev Medical Institute who had worked in writing to the center at 700 Cedar Road, of soccer players from the Kiev Insti­ the zone were treated). - Philadelphia, PA 19111. tute of Physical Education. No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 9

ІІІІІІІІІШІІІІШІІІІІІІІІІІІІІІІІІІІШІІІІІІІІІ Druzhba 78 hockey team from Kharkiv dazzles U.S. and Canada by Eugene M. Iwanciw WASHINGTON - They came from Kharkiv, and like Kozaky of old they defeated their opponents and brought glory to Ukraine. These modern "Kozaky" are 12- and 13-year-old boys who defeat their opponents on skates rather than on horses. They are the World Champion Team Druzhba 78 of Kharkiv. The event was the 33rd Annual International Реє-Wee Hockey Tournament, held in Quebec City. It is the world's most prestigious tournament for hockey players in this age group and has produced over 200 National Hockey League (NHL) players. This year's competition included the 105 best teams from around the world. Arriving in Montreal looking like a ragtag gang in mismatched uniforms and taped-up skates, the 18 youngsters from Kharkiv generated media atten­ tion not for their playing ability but for their appearance. Reacting to the media reports, the Montreal Ukrainian-Canadian community quickly outfitted Team Druzhba 78 with new uniforms and decent equipment prior to the tournament in Quebec City. з Cherniak-Mack Once the tournament started, the media conti­ The Kharkiv team, joined by some members of Washington's Little Capitals, plant a tree near the Taras nued to report on Team Druzhba 78 — not on their Shevchenko monument. appearance, but on their hockey ability. They dazzled both their opponents and the spectators with a style of hockey that is seldom seen, especially among such young players. In the final and title game of the tournament, the Ukrainian team won by a score of 4-0, outshooting its opponent, 33-2. Team Druzhba 78 was organized six years ago by Ivan Pravilov, a 29-year-old former soccer and hockey player. He scouted the 166 elementary schools in Kharkiv and selected the 18 six-year-old soccer players. The number " 78" in the team's name comes from the year in which its members were born. Mr. Pravilov organized the boys into a team and taught them the basics of hockey. For the past six years, the kids have been inseparable, attending school together and practicing hockey an hour to an hour and a half each day. The result: winning the young hockey championship of the Soviet Union in 1990 followed by the world championship in 1992. Impressed by their outstanding performance in Quebec City, the Richmond Hill-Vaughan Kings Hockey Association, a Canadian-Italian team, The Druzhba 78 hockey team from Kharkiv, Ukraine, that won the world championship in its age group. invited the Ukrainian players to visit and partici­ youths by attending the Taras Shevchenko School superstars won by a score of 12-0, outshooting their pate in a series of tournaments in Toronto. For of Ukrainian Studies. opponents 44-5. three weeks, the Ukrainians played three games a day handing each of their opponents a frustrating On April 4, the players of Team Druzhba 78 In an effort to provide the Kharkiv youth with loss. planted a tree at the Taras Shevchenko Monument stronger competition, the Washington Bantams, a as part of the Global ReLeaf Program, a worldwide team of 14- to 16-year-olds, challenged Team While in Quebec City, they also impressed John program for reforestation. 1 he American Forestry Druzhba. Though apprehensive about facing older, Osidach, the Ukrainian American coach of Wash­ Association, the American sponsor of this effort, larger and stronger players, the Ukrainian team ington's Little Capitals, and his assistant coach, has been working with the National Ecological kept its poise and its undefeated record in tack by Sean Bosack. Mr. Osidach invited the team to visit Center of Ukraine, the Ukrainian partner in Global winning 6-3. Washington and to play against his team. After ReLeaf. Attending the Ceremony were Ukrainian some tricky negotiations to acquire U.S. visas for For those who witnessed the game played by Charge d' Affaires Serhiy Kulyk, Ukrainian Team Druzhba 78, it was their style and grace that the Ukrainian youths, they traveled by bus to the Embassy First Secretary Ihor Dunaysky, repre­ U.S. capital. was the highlight of their visit. While on the ice, sentatives of the Washington Ukrainian American they truly played as a team with each member Hanja Cherniak-Mack mobilized the Washing­ community and many of the Little Caps. thinking of the good of the team rather than his own ton Ukrainian American community to warmly The members of Team Druzhba 78 also had the achievements. During play, it was the players who greet the Ukrainian superstars and planned an opportunity to view an NHL game between the rotated on and off the ice without any prompting exciting couple of days for the youngsters. For their Washington Capitals and the Montreal Canadians. from the coach. When asked to comment on this accommodations, Ms. Cherniak-Mack made sure The invitation from the Washington Capitals style, Coach Pravilov stated that he has trained the each of the 18 youths stayed with a family with players included seeing the game from the two sky players to remove themselves from the game when teenagers, providing each Kharkiv youth an suites owned by the team at the Capital Center. The they are no longer able to give 100 percent so as not opportunity to share the feelings and experiences of captain and star of the Capitals, Ron Langway, to put "undue strain on the other team members." teenagers growing up in two different countries. unable to play in that game due to injuries, watched While Ukrainian Americans housed some of the part of the game from the sky suite with the "It was an unforgettable experience for the players, parents of the Little Caps housed others. Ukrainian youths. Between periods, the 18 Kharkiv Baltimore-Washington area to host the ice hockey players along with their hosts, the Little Capitals, team Druzhba 78 from Kharkiv, Ukraine," The 18 players quickly won the hearts of the were escorted onto the ice. Team Druzhba 78 was commented Mr. Osidach, the Coach of the Wash­ people they encountered. Wherever they traveled, introduced to the crowd as the world champions. ington Little Capitals. "For their age group (13 they were welcomed into homes and showered with After the game, they were invited to visit the years), Team Druzhba 78 is considered to be the gifts; Washington was no different. Capitals' locker room and meet all the players. best ice hockey team in the world." To provide a respite from their intensive hockey Among the players they met were Peter Bondra "In my 15 years of coaching, I have never seen a program, Ms. Cherniak-Mack, Regina Dwyer, from Lviv and Dimitrij Khristich from Kiev. team which displayed such superior skating and Ellen Myerberg and a number of parents of the While in Washington, Team Druzhba 78 stick-handling skills. Their speed and teamwork is Little Capitals organized a number of excursions practiced at the Piney Orchard Ice Arena, the unmatched. Even while participating in practices, for the youngsters, including a trip to the U.S. practice arena for the Washington Capitals. They their dedication, discipline and work ethic was Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., a visit to the then faced-off against the Washington Little impressive. Those of us who had the privilege to see Air and Space Museum and a special tour of the Capitals. In their first meet, Team Druzhba won by Team Druzhba 78 play here may also have the White House. an impressive score of 10-2, outshooting the Caps privilege of seeing some of the boys play in the On Saturday morning, the Kharkiv youths 40-7. This victory, however, was surpassed in their future, on the Ukrainian Olympic hockey team or a followed the pattern of many Ukrainian American second game against the Caps when the Ukrainian National Hockey League team." WllllllIIIIIIllllllIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIlIIIIIltllilllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllBlllllllllllIllIllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllBM 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 No. 18 CHORNOBYL SIX YEARS AFTER: A new era of investigation by Dr. David R. Marples measurement was taken. There have also been cases of radioactive hotspots CONCLUSION transported great distances by the wind, The Ukrainian government commission or on the wheels of vehicles and the like. All the same, the results of the At the opposite end of the spectrum Ukrainian inquiry into the aftermath of to the IAEA can be placed the investiga­ the nuclear disaster have been signifi­ tion undertaken by the Chornobyl cant. They have signified, first of all, Commission of the Ukrainian Parlia­ that the boundaries of contaminated ment, established in 1990 under the land are much broader. Whereas initial leadership of People's Deputy V0I0- concern was focused on the oblasts of dymyr Yavorivsky, a prominent and vo­ Kiev, Chernihiv and Zhytomyr, because cal spokesperson on Chornobyl. The of the revised emergency levels of commission adheres to the viewpoint contamination, oblasts such as Volyn, that Chornobyl was a result of central Rivne, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivske and mismanagement and the imposition of even more distant areas had to be Moscow-controlled central planning on included in the official fallout zone. Ukrainian life. About 5 million hectares of land have The enormity of the tragedy has been affected to some degree, including evoked outpourings of anger directed at a wide forest belt, and lakes such as the the central authorities, from the Soviet Kiev Reservoir, which was not hitherto leaders on the spot to Ukrainian party thought to be contaminated. About 8 and government leaders, and extending percent of Ukraine's agricultural land all the way to Mikhail Gorbachev has been taken, more or less permanent­ himself, who had at that time been ly, out of circulation. Equally impor­ general secretary of the Central Com­ tant, the number of villages to be mittee of the Communist Party of the evacuated - and the number of those Soviet Union. with lower levels of radiation that were The first focus of Ukraine's Chor­ given the choice to be evacuated — was nobyl Commission was the notion, greatly augmented. propagated by scientists such as Leonid According to the Ukrainian health Ilyin, vice-president of the Russian authorities, the health situation in the (formerly Soviet) Academy of Medical regions affected by Chornobyl is catas­ Scientists, that residents of Ukraine trophic. Hospitals are reportedly full, could be subject to radiation, full body there has been a significant rise in the count in addition to the natural back­ incidence of thyroid tumors among ground, at 35 rems over a natural children, and the number of miscar­ lifespan, or 0.5 rems per year. It was, riages among pregnant women has also perhaps, an odd statement to have to manifested a sharp increase. defend in that many of the chief victims Biologist and Green World Deputy of the accident were already over the age Chairman Dmytro Hrodzynsky has of 70 and could thus be considered toT noted that the increased radiation have attained their lifetime dosagbV background may have reduced the Were they then outside the new regula­ ability of the human immune system to tions or were they subject to the new cope with diseases, i.e., there is a so- levels for their remaining years? called "Chornobyl AIDS."

Mr. Yavorivsky and many other Scientists in Kiev have prognosti­ Marta Kolomayets critics, including Green Party leader, cated that in the city itself, there could People's Deputy Volodymyr Yavorivsky, chairman of the Parliament's Chornobyl Dr. Yuriy Shcherbak, pointed out that be an additional 300 future cancer Committee, displays children's artwork on the theme of the Chornobyl nuclear the proposed toleration level did not deaths over the next five to 30 years as a accident. The works marked the fifth anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster (1991). take into account the amount of radia­ result of the radiation cloud passing over the capital on April 30-May 1, night of April 26-27, the former deputy In addition, there is an understand- tion already received by the population chairman of the Prypiat government, able tendency within the Ukrainian in the days and weeks after the disaster. precisely the time during which the May Day parade was taking place, at the Osavulov, had 26 badly burned opera­ Chornobyl Commission to both exag­ Others claimed that even very low rises tors flown from Kiev's Boryspil airport gerate the dangers of radiation and to in the radiation background could be behest of the Ukrainian party authori­ ties. to Moscow. On the following day, ignore scientific information. One can dangerous. another 120 fatally ill were removed. argue that it is best to err on the side of As a result, the Ukrainian commis­ Mr. Yavorivsky himself has remained Prypiat was evacuated, and the entire caution, but the net impact of reducing sion lowered the toleration levels for the an outspoken critic of the handling of world was talking about the tragedy. toleration levels per person from 35 to population over a natural lifetime from Chornobyl by the Ukrainian and Soviet Thus the only person who seemed not to seven rems over a lifetime may be to 35 to seven rems, or an additional 0.1 authorities. Recent evidence suggests know what had transpired was the cause panic without due cause. Today, rems per year on top of the natural that he and his commission are pre­ chairperson of the Ukrainian Supreme very small rises in radiation background radiation background. pared to undertake legal proceedings Soviet. can thus warrant an entire evacuation. The equivalent acceptable contami­ against those responsible, including This is not to say that there is no danger nation of the soil by radioactive iso­ against Mikhail Gorbachev, who had Criticisms of commission's perspective from such factors, but rather that there topes was also reduced. Formerly, a been CPSU general secretary when the are other more serious atmospheric and village or community could be eva­ Chornobyl disaster occurred. He has Although the Ukrainian government environmental problems that tend to be cuated if cesium contamination of the asserted that as a result of the secrecy in perspective appears to be on firmer neglected because of the all-pervasive soil exceeded 15 curies per square which the Moscow authorities kept the ground than that of the IAEA, it can be fear of radiation. kilometer. This level was now reduced tragedy, 120,000 people spent 36 hours argued that it manifests a tendency to "in the epicenter of a nuclear catas­ There is a clear need for a new to five curies. Similarly, both strontium ignore other factors important to the understanding between the Ukrainian and plutonium levels were also cut trophe." Mr. Yavorivsky has interview­ health situation in Ukraine. As we have ed many of the Ukrainian party and scientific elite and the population at back, in the latter case, the maximum pointed out, the lifestyle of people in the large. The rift between the two sides government leaders in office at the time affected zones can hardly be described permissible in the soil was reduced by a was, I would argue, brought about by factor of 10, from 0.1 curies per square (though the party leader, Volodymyr as healthy. Shcherbytsky, died in January 1990), the superficial arrogance of the former, kilometer to 0.01 curies. Robert Gale, the UCLA doctor who which was unwilling to have its views It is well known that plutonium, a and stenogram reports of these inter­ performed bone marrow transplants on views are now becoming available. questioned by what it regarded as an very dangerous isotope, has a half life of the first victims of the disaster, has uninformed majority. Figures such as 24,390 years. One should note that In one particularly bitter dialogue, commented that he considers the effects Leonid Ilyin, Anatoliy Romanenkoand measurement of contamination can Mr. Yavorivsky interrogates Valentyna of heavy smoking to be as harmful to I. Likhtaryov have not emerged from rarely be precise. Cases have been cited Shevchenko, the chairperson of the residents as radiation. There is also, in this period of economic difficulty, a lack Chornobyl with any credit. But there of radiation levels in the streets of Presidium of the Ukrainian Supreme are other scientists that should be heard. Narodychi (Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine) Soviet, asking her when she knew about ot nutritious food, especially in the rural the existence of the danger from radia­ areas. In addition, the significant rise in Little is known about the true effects, that varied by tens of millirems accord­ for example, of low-level radiation. The ing to which side of the road the tion. She replied that she was unaware of the number of illnesses of all types in the what had occurred until CC CPSU irradiated zone may also to some extent efforts to compare Chornobyl as an This paper was presented at the Politburo member Yegor Ligachev reflect the increased attention to health accident with the fate of victims of the University of Kansas on February 24 as made an announcement on May 2, in this region. In other words, the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima a public lecture sponsored by the Maria 1986, i.e. six days after the accident. Mr. population is much more likely than and Nagasaki seem futile, partly be­ Palij Endowment Fund. Dr. David Yavorivsky is incredulous at the re­ before to seek medical check-ups or x- cause of the drastically different nature Marples is professor of Russian and sponse. rays, which reveal ailments not known of the fallout, and partly because there Soviet history at the University of In the account of this interview hitherto to the patient. In such cases, the are as yet no widely accepted studies of Alberta and the author of two books on broadcast on Radio Kiev, the an­ rise in sickness may be less significant the effects of the earlier nuclear impact. the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. nouncer appends the remark that on the than originally thought. (Continued on page 16) No. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 11 REPORT FROM MINSK: Belarus, a forgotten nation? by Dr. David R. Marples Shushkevich, is far from popular in all sectors of society, most Belarusians MINSK - The center of Minsk, believe that there is as yet no viable ШЩШШШ^//^ capital of the Republic of Belarus, is alternative. dominated by a huge statue of Vladimir Lenin standing at a podium, a grim One charismatic, though rather abra­ expression on his face. Behind him, sive, oppositionist is the head of the almost apologetically, a red and white Belarusian Charitable Fund for the Belarus flag flutters from the Parlia­ Children of Chornobyl (BCFCC), Gen- ment building. In a nearby park, one nadii Grushevoi, a persistent critic of finds a statue of Feliks Dzerzhinsky, the current leadership, a bespectacled founder of the Russian secret police. professorial type in his late 40s. The Both statues symbolize the relatively BCFCC has earned the respect of the slow progress of Belarus toward demo­ population for its aid to the victims of cratization. The republic is also only Chornobyl, following a half-hearted beginning to deal with twin problems relief effort by the government. that have reduced it to the minor A survey conducted in the contami­ partner in the trio of Slavic nations nated zones by the Belarus agency (with Russia and Ukraine), namely: the Public Opinion, as published in Na­ economy and the lasting impact of the rodna Hazeta (April 14), indicated that 1986 nuclear disaster at Chornobyl. 64 percent of respondents consider that I arrived in Minsk on April 10 to the BCFCC has offered the most effec­ attend an International Chornobyl tive aid, compared to only 11 percent Congress, which had been organized by backing government aid, and 10.5 the Belarusian Charitable Fund for the percent the district councils. These Children of Chornobyl. It was my first results represent both a boost for the Gennadii Grushevoi, president of the Charitable Fund for the Children of visit to the republic, following several fund and a shocking indictment of the Chornobyl, and a parliamentary deputy from the Popular Front, opens "The visits to Ukraine, and the contrast government. World after Chornobyr conference on April 14, in Minsk, Belarus. between the two was immediately At the International Chornobyl tional campaign to send children out of Shushkevich was clearly incensed, and evident. Congress, speaker after speaker empha­ contaminated regions for recuperation later ordered Mr. Grushevoi to sit For one thing, the Russian language sized the colossal radiation fallout in the abroad. Charitable organizations in down, refusing to allow him to make the was so prevalent that a Веіагшіап– republic. The southern province of various countries are providing assis­ final statement of the meeting. What speaking Canadian eventually pleaded Gomel experienced a rise in radiation tance - particularly Germany. had begun in friendly fashion ended in for her native language to be used. Of background of some 130,000 times. But the campaign has run into three high tension. the three TV channels, two are in According to the head of the scientific major problems. First, there have been Mr. Shushkevich declared that while Russian and one Belarusian. There is a investigation into the effects of Chor­ obstructions at the local level, with he was grateful to the foreign repre­ bilingual newspaper, Narodna Hazeta, nobyl, E.F. Kanoplya, more than 400 some village authorities refusing per­ sentatives for their aid, they might do and I did discover a more radical settlements in Belarus are contami­ mission for the children to leave the better to seek cooperation with govern­ Belarusian newspaper, called Nasha nated with more than 15 curies per villages. Second, a sharp dispute has ment agencies rather than those of the Slovo. But the vast majority of news­ square kilometer of cesium (the usual occurred between the fund — and Mr. fund. Yourie Pankratz, the member of papers and journals are in Russian, and level at which an evacuation is war­ Grushevoi specifically — and the Bela­ the fund's committee responsible for indeed one rarely hears the native ranted), compared to 206 in Russia, and rusian government. And third, partici­ foreign guests, informed me that one of language spoken on the streets of 49 in Ukraine. Seventy settlements have pants at the congress from some of the the authorities in the Ministry of Minsk. registered alarming levels of more than smaller, but heavily contaminated Education had asked that his own Unlike Ukraine, the traveler still must 40 curies. regions of the Bragin district com­ children be placed on the fund's list, acquire a visa for Belarus with the In total, it was stated that more than plained that neither the fund's repre­ because they "wanted to travel abroad." former Soviet Embassy in Ottawa. In 70 percent of the total fallout from sentatives nor any other charitable Thus there is a feeling among fund the Parliament, about 85 percent of Chornobyl radiation landed in Belarus, organization had visited their areas. members that the efforts to assist deputies are former Communists, and covering about one-fifth of the republic, During an April 16 meeting with Chornobyl children are being stymied the Popular Front, under its leader, or some 2.2 million people out of a Chairman Shushkevich, 15 congress by old-style governmental corruption. Zenon Pozniak, has not yet made a population of 10 million. delegates, including this writer, were significant impact. Over the weekend, At the same time, the inquiry into the permitted to raise questions pertaining Energy crisis in Belarus the opposition was busy collecting health effects of the tragedy has been to this issue. Mr. Shushkevich, a stocky, signatures in favor of a referendum on a slow and inconclusive. E.P. Ivanov, balding physicist, was polite initially, While the BCFCC struggles to alle­ change of government, and evidently director of the Institute of Hematology but clearly irked by the presence of Mr. viate the problems resulting from about 400,000 signatures were gathered. (Belarus Academy of Sciences), main­ Grushevoi at the opposite end of the Chornobyl, the Shushkevich govern­ Yet there was little sign of impending tains that it is necessary to spend further table. ment is once again turning to the option political crisis. time to evaluate the situation adequate­ After repeated questions about bu­ of nuclear energy to try to solve a I was informed by Vladimir Туот– ly. He did maintain, however, that there reaucratic obstruction of the fund's continuing power crisis in Belarus. Mr. kin, a professor of French at the Insti­ has been a rise in the number of Іеике– efforts, he snapped that such matters Shushkevich noted that currently, the tute for Foreign Languages, that al­ mias in Mogilev region, and that the were petty affairs and that a well-run republic receives nuclear energy from though the current chairman of the most vulnerable group appears to be association would have no difficulty three stations, none of which can be Supreme Council of Belarus, Stanislav boys age 5-9. The anemia levels have resolving them, The Ministry of Educa­ considered safe: Ignalina (Lithuania), risen, but this type of anemia is not tion must register all children traveling Smolensk (Russia), and Rivne (U- Dr. David R. Marples represented considered dangerous, providing that abroad, he stated, especially since kraine). the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian the children can be given vitamins and during a visit to Cuba, several children The first two are graphite-moderated Studies at the International Chornobyl nutritious food, for example, by visits to from the Chornobyl regions died. plants like Chornobyl, while the Rivne Congress in Minsk, April 13-17. He is a foreign countries. Mr. Grushevoi pointed out that the station has been poorly constructed on professor of Russian and Soviet history Faced with a catastrophe of this level, Cuban relief mission was a govern­ permeable limestone and has expe­ at the University of Alberta. the BCFCC has organized an interna- ment-organized campaign and that the rienced a high rate of accidents. There­ fund has already sent thousands of fore, he remarked, we are exploring the children abroad without incident. Mr. (Continued on page 12)

Monument to Feliks Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Russian secret police, remains Miners on a hunger strike outside the Belarus Parliament. untouched in Minsk. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY No. 18

Fellowship Offered Belarus... (Continued from page 11) in Ukrainian studies possibilities of using foreign technology CHAMPAIGN, 111. - The Russian for a Belarusian nuclear industry. and East European Center at the Uni­ I asked Mr. Shushkevich whether his versity of Illinois is offering a post­ visit to Paris was related to nuclear doctoral fellowship in modern Ukrai­ technology exchange, wondering whe­ nian studies for the 1992-1993 academic ther a French Super Phoenix station year. might be constructed on Belarusian The stipend will be 525,000 for a nine- territory. Unfortunately, before he could month appointment beginning August respond in full, a Japanese delegate saw 21, and will include health insurance. fit to scream at him about the unrelia­ Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or an bility of Japanese nuclear plants. equivalent degree and be U.S. citizens Nevertheless, it is quite clear that Mr. or permanent residents with valid work Shushkevich is a firm supporter of permits. Women and minorities are nuclear power in the republic most particularly encouraged to apply. affected by Chornobyl. A previous The fellow must spend the grant attempt to build a nuclear reactor for period at the University of Illinois at heating purposes, near Minsk, was Champaign-Urbana and will be expect­ abandoned in 1988 as a result of public ed to contribute occasional guest lec­ protests. The half-finished building tures to both classes and public au­ stands in the woodland along the road diences. to the international airport. It seems (dependence Square in Minsk's city center, where a statue of Lenin still stands. Applications should include: a letter unlikely that the Belarus public, docile uble, and the average taxi fare from 25 the newspaper Femida that living of application, stating name, title of or not, will resign itself to a republican ;o 75 rubles. The current exchange rate standards are now insufficient to sustain research project, citizenship, current nuclear industry. (though it fluctuates wildly, almost a family. Cigarettes are restricted to two affiliation, and the names and addresses Yet Belarus seems somehow trapped from day to day) is 122 rubles to the packets per week, and even vodka is of three individuals who are writing in time. The population of Minsk lives ollar. strictly rationed. letters of recommendations; a 3-5 page in a bewildering array of apartment Under such circumstances, the pur- Streetcars that look like early post­ (double-spaced) research proposal complexes in various states of disrepair. ihasing power of the public has been war models creak down the streets; five outlining the research that will be done The local market stocks almost every dgnificantly decreased. This factor has faces crushed to the back window of a during the fellowship; and a current consumer item required, while indivi­ leant that the amount of goods in the passing bus stare forlornly at the curriculum vitae. dual sellers form two lines, holding out itores has risen, but simultaneously, the retreating road; while in the cavernous Three letters of recommendation merchandise and bartering over the stores are selling less. The incentive to underground passages of the city, old about the proposal and the applicant's price. Most of the goods on sale are produce more local consumer products peasant ladies arrange handfuls of qualifications should be mailed separa­ acquired from Poland, and include is thus minimal. rather battered flowers and then squat tely. Korean or Swiss watches, German The food is barely adequate. I neither on the ground beside them. All application materials must be in televisions, Italian shoes, sweaters from Yet the atmosphere is not completely English, and should be sent to: Prof. saw nor ate any fish, and the only meat various countries. There are even exotic readily available is chicken, but not the desolate. The Belarusians are gentle Diane P. Koenker, Ukrainian Studies parrots, kittens inside deep coat pockets, people, and their hospitality is excep­ Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Russian and sort of plump, succulent chicken that and vacuum cleaners without guaran­ one finds in the West. Potatoes are a tional. Most have retained a very dry East European Center, 104 Interna­ tees. Almost no one buys anything, and biting sense of humor, and Gorba­ tional Studies Building, University of staple, especially in the southern re­ though there are many inquiries as to gions of the republic. There, according chev jokes are prevalent. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 910 S. the price. The office of the Chornobyl Chari­ Fifth St., Champaign, IL 61820. tio reports, obesity is a cause for con­ Herein lies the problem. Vladimir cern, and because of irradiation, a table Fund is a small house in which not The deadline for receipt of all appli­ Tyomkin, as a professor of French, nutritious diet is precluded. Few people a moment goes by without some form of cation materials is May 11. The award earns about 2,000 rubles monthly (arise wish to be evacuated but the food is activity. The place is swarming with will be announced on approximately of some 10 times over the past few largely inedible. The distribution system people, the fax machine constantly June 15. years). Katya Stulova, a 19-year-old is no better than other parts of the churning out messages, with packages student at the Institute of Foreign former Soviet Union. In short, as Mr., arriving hourly. The people there are UKRAINIAN SINGLES Languages, survives on a stipend of 900 Pozniak and others have pointed out, a highly motivated, and here may lie a NEWSLETTER rubles. The average sweater on display market system does not yet exist in message for the Belarusian factory Serving Ukrainian singles of all ages cost 7,000 rubles; bananas were selling Belarus. managers. With the right incentive, throughout the United States and Canada. at 300 rubles per kilo; an umbrella sold The public is responding to this dire there is nothing inherently slothful For information send a self-addressed for 650 rubles; and a car — rapidly state of affairs with protests and strikes. about the local worker or farmer. stamped envelope to: becoming an unattainable item — costs In the Independence Square, a group of The younger generation, however, is Single Ukrainians - about 200,000 rubles. striking miners from Soligorsk had dissatisfied. "I am sorry that my apart­ P.O. Box 24733, Phila., Pa. 19111 While I was in Minsk, bus and tram begun a hunger strike and set up a tent. ment block is such a shambles," Luba, a fares went up from 40 kopeks to one Ironically, the former Communist 31-year-old single mother said to me, leader, Masherov, is being venerated as "but it is not my fault." Many would like someone who could have dealt with to emigrate, and Canada was frequently THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION such a crisis. A pensioner who used to mentioned as a desirable location. But work for the Minsk tractor factory — a Belarus rarely attracts world attention, S 100 year old fraternal life insuror seeks full time salespeople New York City ft State Stalinist style building- complained to despite the position of Minsk as the Я in Eastern ft Western, PA. Tired of being treated like just another number? 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Because of the shor­ professional award tage of time, expertise and equipment, PHILADELPHIA - Zenowie M. Dr. Kozicky was forced to select youn­ Holubec, senior project coordinator for ger patients who would be able to return the Lubrizol Corp. in Wickliffe, Ohio, to work. recently received ASTM's Award of "It was very sad — we had people Merit in Austin, Texas. coming up to us in the streets begging us The Award of Merit and the accom­ for operations," he says. "We had to panying honorary title of Fellow of the reject many people who would have Society were established in 1949 by the been perfectly viable candidates for board of directors of the American surgery in the U.S." Society for Testing and Materials to On August 19, Dr. Kozicky was in the Dr. Wolodymyr Petryshyn recognize distinguished service by operating room when he heard about individual members. the coup against then-President Mikhail Committee D-2 on Petroleum Pro­ NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Dr. Gorbachev. Wolodymyr V. Petryshyn, a professor ducts and Lubricants hosted ceremo­ Dr. Kozicky left Lviv on the Friday nies paying homage to Dr. Holubec at of mathematics at Rutgers University, after the coup and went by train to was elected to the Ukrainian Academy the Hyatt Regency Hotel in December Budapest. He was in a taxi on the way to 1991. He was commended for contribu­ of Arts and Sciences on March 20 "for the airport when he heard that Ukraine outstanding contribution to the growth had declared its independence — a tions to the development and standardi­ of non-linear functional analysis and in resolution later overwhelmingly affirm­ zation of viscosity measurement techni­ particular for the development of the ed in a nationwide referendum. ques used in ASTM test methods, under the jurisdiction of the committee. original theory of A-proper mappings "I started to cry," Dr. Kozicky says. and its application to the solvability of "For that to happen right then, on top Dr. Holubec has been involved with ordinary and partial differential equa­ of everything else, was just so incre­ Committee D-2 since 1981 as a mem­ tions." dible." ber, secretary, and subcommittee chair­ Dr. Petryshyn and Ihor V. Skrypnik, Aside from the many patients who man. He is also associated with the an academician from Donetske, were benefited from his expertise, Dr. Ko­ activities of the Society of Automotive awarded the 1992 "Krylov Award," the zicky left behind at least one surgeon, Engineers, as far as they relate to highest and most prestigious award that Dr. Pidlisecky, who is thoroughly ASTM test methods. the academy can bestow on Ukrainian trained in the latest arthroscopic tech­ Five-year-old Deanna Lauren КІІІ- Dr. Holubec, a resident of Parma mathematicians for their original con­ niques. mer of Union, N.J., won the Little Heights, Ohio, earned his A.B. from tribution to mathematics. Both men will "He is training others, and in time, Miss New Jersey State 1992 contest. Case Western Reserve University and be presented with their awards in May. the knowledge will spread," Dr. Ko­ Born on June 2, 1986, Ms. Killmer received an M.S. degree from John zicky says with satisfaction. attends the Franklin School in Carroll University, both in chemistry. Friends help Dr. Kozicky is a member of UNA Union, the Cherney Dance Studio He obtained his Ph.D. from the Univer­ Branch 8. and the Calderone School of Music. sity of Illinois in 1968. The Little Miss, Pre-Teen and Teen Chornobyl victims Pageants were held on March 29 at Securing employment with the Lubri­ Promoted to the Somerset Marriott Hotel. Ms. zol Corp in 1960, Dr. Holubec perform­ JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Eugenia Killmer's grandfather, William D. ed duties in various positions as an Salusbury (nee Mazurczak) and Peter traffic coordinator Humen, is a member of UNA Branch analytical chemist, research chemist, Kozicky teamed up to help Chornobyl 26. project manager, and department direc­ victims in the summer of 1991, reported tor. His career has focused on the the Bristol-Myers Squibb World. science of lubrication, farm tractor Dr. Kozicky, an orthopaedic surgeon Entrepreneur restores lubricant additives, and railroad diesel from Bethlehem, Pa., was traveling to Ukrainian hotel engine lubricants, to name a few. Ukraine to teach Ukrainian doctors the He holds membership in the Ameri­ craft of arthroscopy, which repairs can Chemical Society and the Society of NEW YORK - Martha Fedoriw Automotive Engineers. damaged joints through tiny punctures was featured on the front page of the in the skin. March 16 issue of The Wall Street Committee D-2 is one of 133 ASTM When his friend, Ms. Salusbury, Journal in recognition of her entre­ technical committees. Organized in found out that he needed a surgical preneurial efforts in Ukraine. 1898, the ASTM is one of the largest equipment donor, she contacted the John J. Fialka wrote that Ms. Fedo­ voluntary standards development senior management of Bristol-Myers riw is restoring the 62-room Grand systems in the world. Squibb, where she is a senior reserva­ Hotel in Lviv to the beauty that it had Dr. Holubec is a member of UNA tions agent at the corporate travel when it was first built to cater to Branch 358. department. The Linvatec division of Viennese nobles and merchants. Bristol-Myers Squibb provided an Intra- Ms. Fedoriw had complained two Vision arthroscopic system and a set of years ago to the mayor of Lviv about the Shutt arthroscopic forceps. The Zim- lousy accommodations for tourists. mer division donated bone cement, "We have some old hotels," he told her. surgical instruments and Hemovac "Why don't you take one and fix it up?" surgical drains. Natalka Panczak She signed a 15-year lease on the Grand Dr. Kozicky worked at the Chor­ PHILADELPHIA - Natalka Panc­ Hotel with an option to buy if private nobyl Hospital in Lviv, which used to be zak was recently promoted from sales property becomes legal. a Communist Party spa. He and a assistant to traffic coordinator at She has already put more than -chosen trainee - the hospital's chief of WTGI-TV 61, Philadelphia's interna­ 5480,000 into the restoration of the orthopaedic surgery, Dr. Theofil Pidli- tional channel. hotel, installing modern heating, 20th- secky — operated on more than 40 Ms. Panczak received her bachelor's century bathrooms, telephones, televi­ patients, working from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. degree in English and communications sion sets and baroque flourishes. "I'm daily. from Rutgers University and previously known here as the impatient one," she In many cases, patients had been worked at Quigley Communications. said, referring to the comparatively directly injured by the Chornobyl blast, WTGI-TV is the only multi-ethnic short time the hotel was renovated. their hip or knee joints burnt out by television broadcaster in the Philadel- "She plans to open it in late spring as radiation. Others had suffered joint рша region, ana carries loicign lan­ living commercial proof that Ukrainian injuries from falling debris or while guage programming by networks Теїе– construction workers and staff can working in the rescue efforts, noted the mundo (in Spanish) and RAIUSA (in build and run a first-class business that newsletter published by Bristol-Myers. Italian) as well as programs in Asian- also turns a profit," the article stated. The World's reporter, Nancy Ro­ Indian, Greek, Polish, Ukrainian and "The people who go in now have a berts, wrote: others. potential opportunity to realize a very "These were the first arthroscopic Ms. Panczak is a member of UNA handsome profit. Labor costs are low operations ever performed in Ukraine Branch 162. throughout the region," said Bonnie Dr. Zenowie Holubec 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992 No. 18

Parma "Poltavsky Vechir" benefit Manhattan cultural center features spotlights Canadian singer Ukrainian concert folk art exhibit by Vera C. Кар by Maria Lobay November was so well received that it was decided to organize another Ukrai­ PARMA, Ohio - The 17th annual NEW YORK - The Svitanok Ukrai­ nian concert some months later. "Poltavsky Vechir" took place recently nian American Youth Association After a brief reference to the histori­ at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Cathedral Choir from Yonkers, some members of cal events taking place in Ukraine, 13 Hall to benefit various charitable or­ the Echo of the Steppes bandurist young women of the Svitanok choir, ganizations. ensemble and of the Promin vocal directed by Daria Horbachevsky and The evening began with cocktails and ensemble from New York, as well as a accompanied by Jaroslaw Palylyk, a dinner featuring Poltavsky halushky; young Ukrainian American dancer opened their performance with the a concert and dance followed. from New Jersey performed on Sunday, moving song "Kieve Miy." This was The concert featured vocalist Luba March 8, at Alderton House, an inter­ followed by a beautiful folk ballad. Bilash from Edmonton. The audience national cultural center located in Later in the program the group inter­ was awed by her performance, not only Manhattan. preted songs with lyrics by Taras because of her tremendous talent, but Their rendition of a variety of beauti­ Shevchenko and a melody by Mykola because she is a fifth-generation Ukrai­ ful songs, the instrumental numbers and Lysenko. nian Canadian with an exceptional the lively folk dances delighted the Bohdanna Wolansky, the accom­ command of the Ukrainian language. audience, and their regional costumes plished director of the Promin vocal Her mezzo-soprano voice, so pleas­ added much color to the program. The ensemble, sang duets with the outstand­ ing to the ear, has a lyrical and drama­ event also included a folk art exhibit — ing soprano Oksana Charuk, who also tic timbre. Ms. Bilash accompanied ceramics, embroidery, woodwork and sang several solos. Ms. Horbachevsky herself on the guitar, singing several icons, set up by Oksana Kulynych, as joined them for some trios. traditional Ukrainian songs. Some of well as a display of pysanky by Lesia her numbers were sung in honor of the Kozicky. They also performed some numbers Centennial of Ukrainian immigration in Irene Dorgan, the director of Aider- together with Darka Leshchuk and Canada. The second half of the concert ton House, welcomed the attendants to Ivan and Wolodymyr Lechicky, mem­ included songs in the contemporary, Luba Bilash this educational center which since 1967 bers of the Echo of the Steppes, who cabaret style. has been offering cultural, professional enriched the program with their ban- garia, Yugoslavia and Canada. He also dura. During her concert, Ms. Bilash men­ has appeared with Dmytro Hnatiuk and and religious programs — the direction tioned her two-month summer concert Dva Kolory. of the latter being entrusted to Opus They featured a very wide variety of tour of Ukraine in 1991. She performed Mr. Subchak performed several well- Dei, a Personal Prelature of the Catho­ Ukrainian music of different epochs lic Church. She explained that Svita- and styles, from old unaccompanied in Kiev, Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankiv- known Ukrainian numbers and his solo A ske, Chernivtsi and other cities, con­ piece was "Meditation" by Massenet. nok's регЬгтоплА -t 1derton last (Continued on page 19) cluding the tour at the Chervona Ruta He was accompanied by Lydia Ostapo- Festival in Zaporizhzhia. She then vich of Parma. Mr. Subchak, a very returned to Kiev to complete a record­ talented virtuoso, charmed the audience ing of Ukrainian Canadian immigration with his violin. songs to be released in the spring. The committee members who worked Joining Ms. Bilash on stage was diligently for a successful evening were: violinist Bohdan Subchak from Kiev, Nick Klepach (chairman), Lydia Se- Ukraine. He had arrived just in time to reda, Luba Niksich, Val Jaremenko, perform at Poltavsky Vechir and con- Alex Nezdolij, George and Vera Ka- certize in the U.S. He studied at thlKiev pustiansky (Кар). Romen provided Conservatory of Music, played with music for everyone's dancing pleasure. many ensembles and performed with Proceeds from the February 15 event the Kiev Symphony Orchestra. He has will be divided among various needy performed throughout Ukraine, Bul- organizations. fssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesssssssssssss UKRAINIAN DANCE CAMP 8t WORKSHOP 1992 Roma Pryma Bohachevsky, Director at Verkhovyrta, Glen Spey, N.Y. July 26th - August 8th For intermediate and advanced dancers ages 8 and up.

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In desperation, the Ukrainian govern­ A new era of... ment has signed a deal with Iran to Get a Jump On Summer! (Continued from page 10) construct a pipeline for oil deliveries to Estimates of future cancer deaths that Ukraine in return for Ukrainian ma­ VERKHOVYNA RockFest tf1 will result from Chernobyl have varied chine tools and other products. from around 2,000 to around 500,000. In the short term, however, given the Memorial Day Weekend The main radioactive isotopes that have continuing crisis in the coal mines of the penetrated the soil and plant life as a Donbas, it seems inconceivable that May 23-24, 1992 result of the accident are cesium, Ukraine could dispense with its existing Glen Spey, N.Y. stontium and plutonium, while the key nuclear power stations. In fact, the danger in the first days lay with iodine- nuclear plants constitute something of a 131, which has a half life of only eight lifeline at the present time, despite the Currently Scheduled to Appear days. current phobia for nuclear power in VIKA As a result of the latter, many chil­ Ukraine. This may be considered one of dren contracted thyroid tumors. Both the paradoxes of this early period of RUSYA Ukraine and Belarus have begun pro­ Ukrainian independence. FATA MORGANA grams to deal with the effects of Chor­ Political control over the nuclear nobyl, but in both cases the key problem industry is passing, gradually, to the YURY TURCHYN'S NOW VOYAGER is lack of funds. Appeals have been Ukrainian government. On February made to the United Nations, the World 17, 1992, a State Committee of Ukraine Health Organization, and other agen­ was created for Nuclear and Radiation Dance, Sports, Camping, Kite-flying, Fishing, A More cies. 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tional-style pop songs such as "The about the lyrics, the music and the Ukrainian ancestry, there were people Manhattan cultural... Enchanted Violin" and "Restlessness." composers. An interesting explanation from Peru, Mexico, Hong Kong, Vene­ (Continued from page 14) Folk songs were also part of the perfor­ about the bandura was also provided. zuela, the Philippines, Ecuador, Spain meterless songs like "The Deep Well" mance. This was very helpful, especially for and Nigeria, now residing in the United (Zoloti Kluchi), to mellifluous eastern A talented teenager, Larysa Yur- those in the audience not familiar with States. melodies such as "The Kozak's La­ cheniuk, entertained the audience with the Ukrainian language and culture. The afternoon provided a great ment," rhythmic western Ukrainian two folk dances. A variety of people attended this opportunity to share the rich Ukrainian dance tunes like the instrumental "Bu- The musical numbers were intert­ event: in addition to the men and cultural heritage with people of other kovyna," and contemporary interna­ wined with commentaries in English women of this country and those of nationalities.

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April 29-May 19 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Admission is S8; S5 for seniors. For NEW YORK: "Raspad," the movie PREVIEW OF EVENTS further information call (312) 235-3774. about Chornobyl, is playing every day at May 6 the Eighth Street Playhouse, 52 W. TRENTON, N.J.: Ukrainian American Veterans of the New Jersey State Depart­ SILVER SPRING, Md.: There will be a Eighth St. (off Sixth Avenue) at 2,4,6,8, PHILADELPHIA: Ivan Drach, a found­ Ukrainian Spring Festival sponsored by and 10 p.m. The Los Angeles Weekly has ing member and a co-chairman of Rukh, ment will participate in a ceremony for Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day, to the Washington Ridna Shkola and said it is "extraordinary... not tjo be poet and Ukrainian people's deputy, will Association of Ukrainians of the Wash­ missed," while Vincent Canby of The speak at the Ukrainian Cultural and be held at the Mercer County Adminis­ tration Building, 640 South Broad St., at ington Area, held at the St. Andrew's New York Times said that it is "nearly Educational Center, 700 Cedar Road, at Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 15100 always riveting." For further informa­ 7:30 p.m., at the invitation of the Ukrai­ 11 a.m. The public is invited. Veterans are asked to attend in uniform. For more New Hampshire Ave. The picnic will be tion, the number of the Eighth Street nian Human Rights Committee - Rukh. at 1-6 p.m. and the dance will begin at 7 Playhouse is (212) 674-6515. For further information, call Ulana information, call N.J. State Comman­ der George Miziuk, (609) 394-4824. p.m. with the Vodohraj band. The dance Mazurkevich, (215) 572-8111. costs S15 for adults and S7 for students. May 3-June 14 May 7 May 8 May 17 HARTFORD, Conn.: Ivan Drach, a SASKATOON, Saskatchewan: The leader of Rukh, poet and Ukrainian WASHINGTON: There will be a discus­ YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio: Ohio Boychoir Ukrainian Museum of Canada, 910 people's deputy, will speak at the Ukrai­ sion by Roman Szporluk, the director of will hold a concert at the Orthodox Spadina Crescent E., will exhibit recent nian National Home, 961 Wethersfield the Harvard Ukrainian Research Insti­ Center Auditorium, 1025 North Belle works by Rajinder Dhand - batiks and Ave., at 7:30 p.m., sponsored by the watercolors of Ukrainian, Western and tute, on "The Ukrainian Identity Today: Vista Ave., at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are S3, S2 Greater Hartford Association for Aid to Ethnic or Political?" This event is co- for students and seniors. The repertoire Indian culture. For further information, Ukraine. For further information, call call (306) 244-3800. sponsored by the East European Studies includes two translations of Ukrainian (203) 956-1534. - Program of the Woodrow Wilson Cen­ songs. ter, Kennan Institute, and will take place at noon at the center, 370 L'Enfant TRENTON, N.J.: Ukrainian American Seminar on investment in Ukraine Promenade SW, Suite 704. For further Vets Post 25, Trenton, N.J., will hold its information, call (202) 287-3400. 3rd annual pig roast at the Ukrainian National Home, 477 Jeremiah Ave., at 1- to be held in Chicago on May 18-19 May 10 6 p.m.. Price: adults S15; students and CHICAGO - The America Ukraine ownership transformation and entre- senior citizens S10; under 13, free. All Business Council and the law firm of preneurship; PALATINE, 111.: The Ukrainian Ameri­ beverages and food are included. For can Youth Association (SUM-A) will tickets and information, call John Ty- Hinshaw and Culbertson present a ^ Mykola G. Khomenko, chief of hold its annual traditional Easter dinner mash, (609) 499-3339, or Gregory Po- conference on foreign investment and staff of the president; at 2 p.m. at the Ukrainian Center, 136 E. sewa, (609) 259-2763. trade in Ukraine, "A Road Map for 9 Ivan A. Tymchenko, legal advisor Illinois. For further information, call Western Business in the New Demo­ to the president; . (708) 358-3582. May 24 cracy." ^ Volodymyr I. Naumenko, econo­ ST. CATHARINES, Ontario: There will It is co-sponsored by the U.S. De­ mic advisor to the president; PHILADELPHIA: There will be a be a folk arts festival and open house partment of Commerce and Illinois 9 Volodymyr Z. Borysovsky, minis­ Basilian pilgrimage honoring the Mother concert at 1 p.m. with traditional meals, World Trade Center and will be held on ter of investments and construction; of God at the Sisters of St. Basil Mo­ craftsmen, musicians, actors, singers and May 18-19 at the Fairmont Hotel. ^ Boris V. Sobolev, deputy minister nastery, 710 Fox Chase Road, beginning dancers. For further information, call with a divine liturgy at 9 a.m. The of foreign economic relations and trade; Irene Sczuro, (416) 641-4462, the Ukrai­ The two-day conference was designed monastery is located about 15 miles in cooperation with the Ukrainian ^ George Yurchyshyn, deputy chair­ nian Black Sea Hall, (416) 682-6531, or north of Philadelphia; for directions and Andrew Kebalo, (416) 945-5032. government for U.S. corporate execu­ man of the National Bank of Ukraine. other information, call (215) 342-4222. tives responsible for business develop­ The cost, which covers all conference May 30 ment or requiring knowledge of the materials, two continental breakfasts, a May 15-17 trade and investment climate in Eastern lunch and cocktail reception, is S750 for PARMA, Ohio: Ohio Boychoir will hold Europe. the first attendee from a company, and NEW YORK: The St. George Ukrainian its spring concert at Cuyahoga Commu­ The conference begins on Monday, S650 for each additional attendee from Festival will be held on Seventh Street at nity College's Western Campus Theater, May 18, with an overview of the Ukrai­ the same company. The conference Taras Shevchenko Place (between Se­ on the corner of York and Pleasant cond and Third avenues). The official materials include a list of key contacts in Valley roads, at 8 p.m. Admission is S6, nian market, and then a two-hour opening will be at 6 p.m. on Friday, the session on Ukraine's new political, legal the Ukrainian government, trade and S4 for students and seniors. The reper­ Dumka chorus will sing on Sunday at 2 toire includes two translations of Ukrai­ and business climate. Other topics economic data on Ukraine, information p.m. Booths with Ukrainian food, arts nian songs. scheduled for Monday are forms of on U.S. government and trade invest­ and crafts will be open all weekend. foreign investment and regulatory ment assistance programs, printed text PLEASE NOTE: Preview items structure, tax issues and planning and of the speakers' remarks and important May 16 must be received one week before management issues. Ukrainian laws translated into English. desired date of publication. No The two sessions scheduled for Tues­ Reservations should be made directly CHICAGO: UNWLA Branch 85, in information will be taken over the day will look at legal issues, and case with the hotel, at a special rate of SI45 association with Zelen Klen Enterprises, phone. Preview items will be studies with a panel discussion on per night for attendees of the Ukrai­ presents "Ukraine: Third Journey to Independence," a dramatic new docu­ published only once (please indicate corporate experiences in Ukraine. nian Investment Seminar. The number mentary film about Ukraine's turbulent desired date of publication). All Many of the conference speakers will of the Fairmont Hotel is (312) 565-8000. struggle and recent achievement of items are published at the discretion be officials from Ukraine, including: To obtain a reservation form, call independence. The film will be shown at of the editorial staff and in ac­ a Volodymyr T. 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