INSIDE:• Tarasyuk speaks on challenges facing Rukh and Ukraine — page 3. • Battle of Bound Brook is re-enacted at Orthodox center — page 8. • Vasyl Krychevsky returns to Ukraine via his artwork — page 11.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXI HE KRAINIANNo. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine’s vice PM calls on Rada to seek U.S.T will not seekU deposition W U.N. recognition of Famine as genocide from Kuchma in Lazarenko case by Roman Woronowycz edge that pumping Iraqi crude oil by Roman Woronowycz have been immortalized by the world,” Kyiv Press Bureau through the pipeline into Central Europe Kyiv Press Bureau declared Mr. Tabachnyk. was a realistic possibility. He noted, Scores of empty rows – not just seats – KYIV – The United States Attorney however, that a major obstacle remains KYIV – Vice Prime Minister Dmytro marked the parliamentary session hall General’s Office will not seek a deposi- in Turkey’s determination to restrict Tabachnyk called on Ukraine’s Parliament while Mr. Tabachnyk spoke, with at least tion from President Leonid Kuchma access to shipping on the overused on May 14 to turn to the United Nations to half of the legislative body playing hooky, when a U.S. prosecutorial delegation Dardanelles strait that it controls, an have the Great Famine of 1932-1933 rec- including the full complement of the par- comes to Kyiv next week to do inter- impediment to moving the crude oil effi- ognized internationally as genocide. liamentary faction of the Communist views in the case of ex-Prime Minister ciently that would have to be overcome. Speaking during a special session of the Party. Pavlo Lazarenko, announced former U.S. Verkhovna Rada held in conjunction with While the Great Famine is now widely Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer on Armed forces’ specific capabilities the 70th anniversary of the Soviet-perpe- recognized as an attempt at ethnic exter- May 14. trated Famine in which from 7 million to “President Kuchma will not be on the The former ambassador to Ukraine mination to bring the recalcitrant acknowledged that discussions took 10 million Ukrainians were starved, Mr. Ukrainian farmers under Communist con- government’s deposition list,” stated Mr. Tabachnyk said that there is no doubt that Pifer during a press conference after a place about a possible deployment of trol and collectivization, Ukrainian Ukrainian troops to take part in an Iraq the Great Famine was a crime against Communists, for the most part, still cling two-day visit to Kyiv, which included humanity, but that a special effort needs to talks with President Kuchma and stabilization force, which both to the old Soviet party line. Washington and Warsaw supported. be made to have the United Nations rec- National Deputy Adam Martyniuk, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr ognize it as genocide, just as the United Lytvyn on an array of topics. “We believe that the Ukrainian armed vice-chairman of the Communist Party, forces have specific capabilities that they States did in 1988. said prior to the session that his party Mr. Pifer, who is currently U.S. He said that by obtaining international deputy assistant secretary of state for could contribute, based on what we have would not take part because it felt that the seen in U.S.-Ukraine joint military exer- recognition that those who were savagely issue had been addressed previously and European and Eurasian affairs, traveled starved to death by the deliberate actions to Kyiv for a gathering of the U.S.- cises and in the work of the Ukrainian- had become redundant. of Stalin’s henchmen were victims of Ukraine Foreign Policy Council and a Polish Battalion in Kosovo,” explained However, his colleague, National genocide, Ukraine would do much to trilateral meeting on U.S.-Polish-Ukraine the U.S. official. Deputy Ivan Herasymov gave more of an make sure that such a tragedy is not strategic relations. Ukraine is expected to take part in explanation: “In 1932-1933 there was a repeated. During Mr. Pifer’s visit, the London- another round of meetings to be held on hunger [‘holod’] caused by natural cir- “We are quite simply forced by the based Financial Times reported that the May 22 in Warsaw to determine the cumstances, but it was not death by forced Ukrainian president would be asked to responsibilities of the 10 countries that memory of these innocent victims to raise starvation [‘holodomor’].” answer questions on his relations with the level of their commemoration to the Mr. Lazarenko, his ex-prime minister (Continued on page 3) level at which victims of the Holocaust (Continued on page 4) and former political crony, who has spent the last three years in a San Francisco detention center after illegally entering the U.S. and then requesting political Breast cancer awareness program aims to help Ukraine asylum. U.S. authorities have charged by Marta Kolomayets was diagnosed with breast cancer tics are Ukrainian women’s limited Mr. Lazarenko with illegally laundering months after her husband assumed the access to information about breast can- tens of millions of dollars. He faces trial KYIV – When Ira Zholnova, 44, office of president of the United States, cer and the lack of equipment for early on the charges in August. appeared on a popular Ukrainian talk in 1974. “Maybe if I, as first lady, could detection. Mr. Pifer said he had not seen the U.S. show, “Bez Tabu” (Without Taboos), in talk about it candidly and without “We are not a culture of preventive prosecutor’s list and did not want to October 2001 and told of her battle embarrassment, many others would be medicine,” added Dr. Maistruk. “People comment further, but that the U.S. court with breast cancer, it was the first time able to do so as well,” she explained believe that breast cancer equals death, handling the matter would make it public that a Ukrainian woman had so pub- during an interview after her ordeal. so there is no reason to start any kind of at some point. The Financial Times licly spoken out about this disease, treatment,” she added. “We don’t have reported on May 14 that the list included which annually kills 3,000 women in Mrs. Ford, Happy Rockefeller and Betty Rollin, author of the book, “First, a screening program in Ukraine and we the names of Ukraine’s secretary of the Ukraine. use diagnostic equipment only for those National Security and Defense Council, She brought tears to the eyes of the You Cry,” brought the topic of breast cancer out of the closet in the United women who already have breast can- Yevhen Marchuk, and National Deputy studio audience when she disclosed cer,” she noted. Valerii Pustovoitenko. how after her mastectomy she came States in the 1970s. In the 1990s the breast cancer storyline in the popular Slowly, however, attitudes are Messrs. Marchuk and Pustovoitenko, home and told her husband that he was changing; women’s support groups help respectively, preceded and followed Mr. free to go, because she was no longer a sitcom “Murphy Brown,” resulted in a percent increase in the number of breast cancer survivors and their fami- Lazarenko in the post of prime minister. woman. He swept her into his arms and lies; NGOs are beginning public aware- The Financial Times said the political said, “I married you and I will stay with women who went for mammograms. And now, in Ukraine, a group of ness campaigns throughout Ukraine to leaders on the list would be asked how you.” Although her husband did not inspire women to fight the battle. Ukraine’s energy sector was divided leave her after her surgery, he refused non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is taking the lead in raising Although over the past two years, among business clans during the mid- to to appear on the show to discuss this women’s magazines in Ukraine have awareness about this disease among the late 1990s. emotional situation. started writing about such issues. population. Statistics are grim in “Ukrainian society is just not ready Yedynstvenaya, (Only One) a Russian- Pipeline more and more viable Ukraine: more than 15,000 women for such openness,” said Dr. Halyna language monthly women’s magazine annually are diagnosed with breast can- The U.S. senior diplomat said that, in Maistruk, a gynecologist and leading began the dialogue in 2001, dedicating cer. The mortality rate for this disease is discussions with Polish and Ukrainian breast cancer expert in Kyiv, who a series of five articles to this topic. officials during a two-day review of tri- founded a breast cancer support group one of the highest in Europe; 20 percent Together with Avon-Ukraine and Dr. partite relations, the sides had deter- called Women’s Health and Family of them die within a year because the Maistruk, the magazine not only high- mined that the Odesa-Brody pipeline had Planning Charitable Fund. cancer was not detected early. (Close to lighted the importance of self-exams, become increasingly viable, especially in A quarter century ago, the topic of 40 percent of patients are diagnosed but talked to women who are breast the post-war atmosphere, and the con- breast cancer was also absent from pub- with stages 3 and 4, compared to 5-7 cancer survivors, bringing such topics sensus was that Poland needed to com- lic discussions in the United States. percent in the United States in the same into an open forum for discussion. plete the line to the town of Plotsk, locat- First Lady Betty Ford did much to raise stage of the disease.) ed on the Baltic Sea. awareness about this topic when she Some of the reasons for these statis- (Continued on page 5) Mr. Pifer went so far as to acknowl- 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 No. 20

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Declassified KGB documents: authorities NEWSBRIEFS ‘Internal consolidation’ before NATO ambassador to Ukraine, reportedly said the United States wants to help Ukraine apply were aware of Chornobyl’s fatal flaws KYIV – Yevhen Marchuk, secretary of for subcontracting work for domestic firms Ukraine’s National Security and Defense in the reconstruction of Iraq. Mr. Pifer met by Askold Krushelnycky fore, much of the published work that Council, told television interviewers on in Kyiv with Verkhovna Rada Chairman and Yulia Zhmakina aimed at analyzing the causes of the catas- May 12 that his country must travel “a Volodymyr Lytvyn, with whom he also dis- RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report trophe or to shed light on government rather complicated path to internal consoli- cussed Ukraine’s possible participation in actions [at the time] are based essentially on dation” before entering NATO, Interfax the stabilization effort in Iraq. “At the The Ukrainian intelligence service, the the memoirs and observations of the partici- reported. “This must not be only a presiden- moment, Ukraine needs time for internal Security Service of Ukraine (known by its pants. Because of that, many are tenden- tial or a government decision; it must be Ukrainian acronym as SBU), has released a consideration of this issue,” UNIAN quoted tious and obstruct an objective examination one backed by Parliament and, most impor- Mr. Pifer as saying. (RFE/RL Newsline) large number of previously secret docu- of the reasons and circumstances for the tant, it must be backed by at least half of the ments that reveal the Chornobyl nuclear accident, especially in analyzing its conse- Ukrainian population,” Mr. Marchuk said, Aviation in a ‘catastrophic state’ power plant suffered from serious design quences and the effectiveness of govern- suggesting that NATO currently perceives and building flaws. ment bodies,” Maryna Ostapenko, a Ukraine as an “unpredictable partner” KYIV – A Ukrainian airline-industry The documents show that the authorities spokeswoman for the SBU, told RFE/RL. because of weak support for NATO mem- publication reported recently that the indus- ignored KGB warnings that the materials The bulk of the documents cover the bership among Ukrainians. Mr. Marchuk try is in “a catastrophic state,” plagued by a used in the plant’s construction were sub- 1986 accident and the clean-up efforts run- also reiterated that Ukraine should deploy shortage of new pilots, and utterly distrust- standard and that the technicians operating ning through 1988. Ms. Ostapenko said the stabilization forces to Iraq. (RFE/RL ed internationally, Reuters reported on May the plant often did not comply with safety files also show that the plant, built in the Newsline) 12. “After a long string of accidents, any regulations. 1970s, suffered 29 accidents between 1977 trust in Ukrainian aviation is almost The SBU is the successor to the Soviet- and 1981 and that the Ukrainian KGB had Former central banker sentenced destroyed,” Transpress commented. “It is era KGB of the Ukrainian SSR. Around no secret that Ukrainian civil and military warned of the dangers posed by its continu- KYIV – A district court in Kyiv on May 120 files composed of information sent at ing operation. aviation is in a catastrophic state,” the publi- the time to Moscow KGB headquarters by 13 sentenced former National Bank of cation added. “For the last two years not a One KGB report, written in January Ukraine Vice-Chairman Volodymyr Bondar its Ukrainian branch have been published 1979, said: “According to operational data, single military pilot has graduated. The best by the SBU on the Internet to five years in prison for abuse of authority schools training pilots and aviation engi- there were deviations from design and vio- and embezzlement, Interfax and UNIAN (http://www.sbu.gov.ua). lations of technology procedures during neers have been destroyed.” According to The documents reveal there had been reported. “When an election campaign unidentified analysts cited by the agency, building and assembling works. It may lead starts in Ukraine, the authorities again resort previous accidents at Chornobyl that to accidents.” the previous week’s air disaster in Congo released radioactive pollution into the to far-fetched criminal cases,” Our Ukraine only added to growing international distrust “This release [of KGB files] contains leader Viktor Yushchenko commented on atmosphere and that the KGB had warned only documents,” Ms. Ostapenko said, “and in Ukrainian aviation. On May 8 the doors the plant should be shut down only months the Bondar case. “Opponents of Our of a Ukrainian-owned Ilyushin IL-76 cargo it speaks in the language of documents – Ukraine use all kinds of dirty tricks in the before one of its reactors exploded on April plane with a Ukrainian crew opened in mid- that is to say, a person who has these before struggle against political rivals, since they 26, 1986. That explosion resulted in the air, leading to the deaths of an unconfirmed him sees what actions were taken by the have not gotten used to civilized methods of world’s worst civilian nuclear accident and number of passengers. Initial reports Ukrainian secret services to warn the coun- struggle.” Mr. Bondar served as vice-chair- spewed radiation across vast sections of claimed that as many as 120 people were try’s ruling circles about the dangers of an man of the NBU in 1995-1999, when Mr. Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, and Western sucked out of the aircraft and killed, while accident and what actions were taken by the Yushchenko headed the institution. Mr. Europe. Congolese Information Minister Kikaya bin security services after the accident. These Bondar’s trial is seen by some analysts as But now the agency wants to set the Karubi said the death toll would probably [documents] reveal a true picture of events an attempt to discredit Mr. Yushchenko record straight. “For a long time, a section rise above 14. In December, a Ukrainian at the time.” ahead of the upcoming presidential election of the documents concerning Chornobyl AN-140 aircraft crashed in Iran, killing all In September 1982, an accident at campaign. (RFE/RL Newsline) was inaccessible to historians and, there- Chornobyl released what are described in 46 Ukrainian aviation engineers and experts the files as “significant quantities of radia- Case against Tymoshenko halted on board. In July 2002, 83 people were Askold Krushelnycky and Yulia killed in Lviv in the world’s worst air-show Zhmakina are RFE/RL correspondents. (Continued on page 16) KYIV – The Kyiv Appeals Court on disaster, when an SU-27 fighter jet crashed May 13 ordered the closure of all criminal into the crowd. (RFE/RL Newsline) cases launched by the Procurator General’s Office against opposition leader Yulia Marchuk on involvement in Iraq Tymoshenko and four former executives of Four Christian parties unite Unified Energy Systems (EES), which Ms. KYIV – Yevhen Marchuk, secretary of Tymoshenko headed in 1995-1997, Interfax the National Security and Defense Council, into Christian Democratic Union reported. Prosecutors accused Ms. told UNIAN on May 9 that Ukrainian Religious Information Service of Ukraine emphasized that no Church will be given Tymoshenko, her husband, father-in-law, peacekeepers should take part in the stabi- any special treatment. They also insisted and two other EES colleagues of misappro- lization of postwar Iraq. “I personally think KYIV – The Ukrainian Christian on the constitutional provision for the priating state funds. The Procurator that we should get involved – this is not a Democratic Party, the Christian separation of Church and state. General’s Office said in a statement that it war, this is something else,” Mr. Marchuk Democratic Party of Ukraine, the All- According to Mr. Stretovych, state will appeal the ruling. (RFE/RL Newsline) said. Asked whether Ukraine may take part Ukrainian Union of Christians and the authorities are losing their influence in in the stabilization forces in Iraq without Christian People’s Union united into the society because they are trying to get Kyiv invited to conference on Iraq approval from the United Nations Security Christian Democratic Union (CDU). This control over the Church through various Council, he said such authorization would KYIV – U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary happened at the sixth extraordinary administrative bodies. That is also the be “desirable.” (RFE/RL Newsline) of State Steven Pifer said in Kyiv on May assembly of the Christian People’s Union reason, he continued, that he spoke 13 that Ukraine has been invited to a con- Troops mark V-Day in Sevastopol ... held in Ukraine’s capital on April 12. against the proposed new religious leg- ference on the reconstruction of Iraq that According to Volodymyr Stretovych, islative bill, worked out by the National will take place in London later this month, SEVASTOPOL – Some 1,000 Ukrainian head of the Christian People’s Union, Committee on Religious Matters. UNIAN reported. Mr. Pifer, a former U.S. (Continued on page 12) Christian democracy is the most suitable In support of Mr. Stretovych’s posi- ideology for Ukraine, taking into account tion, Mr. Yushchenko stressed that people the traditional, historical and Christian shouldn’t be divided because they belong development of social relations. to different jurisdictions. “Does it make a FOUNDED 1933 Christian democracy, Mr. Stretovych difference what Church you go to?” he said, revived Europe after the destruction HE KRAINIAN EEKLY asked. TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., of World War II, therefore, this experi- In addition, the CDU assembly passed ence is particularly relevant for Ukraine, a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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They have expressed their dissatisfaction are currently working on this. with the leadership line and would like to join National Borys Tarasyuk, foreign affairs minister in the govern- Could you say that Rukh is united today as rarely in Rukh of Ukraine. You know, of course, that Bohdan the past? Even during the first days of Rukh there was ment of ex-Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko and current- Horyn (former national deputy from Lviv) has rejoined ly a lawmaker in the Verkhovna Rada, was elected chair- disagreement and infighting. Is the situation improved Rukh. We are in discussions with other leading figures over how it was in the past? man of the National Rukh of Ukraine Party during its that were prominent in the creation of Rukh. 13th congress, which was held in Kyiv on May 3-4. He We have critical questions before us today regarding Rukh, unfortunately, has lived through difficult times in succeeded Hennadii Udovenko, who had chaired the NRU the national political agenda that require mobilization of its history. It was pushed from the outside to division. Party since 1999, after the death of Vyacheslav Chornovil, the party’s potential in the ranks, as well as in the central There were internal participants in the split. one of Rukh’s central founders and most charismatic fig- organization, specifically on the issue of political reform Today we can say that Rukh has survived and become ures. as proposed by the president. The party needs to develop a stronger entity. This does not mean that today within Mr. Tarasyuk has long been associated with the demo- an operational response. Rukh there are no differing ideas. There must be various cratic-patriotic forces in the country. He has been a driv- We would like to improve the informational resources viewpoints, and before the convention we tried to stimu- ing force for Ukraine’s pro-European development and a of the party in the near term, between party members and late them to feel the pulse of the party. prime proponent of its entry into NATO. As the convention showed, the party is one of like- He gave the following, exclusive interview to The minded individuals, with few exceptions. Only one pres- Weekly in the Verkhovna Rada Building on May 13. entation, only one person suggested that Rukh should not As the newly elected chairman of the National Rukh The biggest problem before work closely with the Our Ukraine Bloc. The rest support- of Ukraine Party, what are your plans for the near Ukraine is a ruling force ed the resolutions of the convention in regard the develop- term? What needs changing? ment of a quality Rukh organization as well as the partici- that does not work in sup- pation of Rukh in the Our Ukraine Bloc, with the central As the head of the National Rukh of Ukraine, my first aim at this point being the election of our candidate, responsibility is to ensure that decisions made at the Rukh port of the nation. And this Viktor Yushchenko, as the president of Ukraine. congress are carried out. The congress made several deci- This convention was the first political power within sions, of which the party’s structures must now be means that the biggest Our Ukraine to urge Viktor Yushchenko to agree to informed so that they can be disseminated at all member- challenge is victory in the become a candidate for the post of president. ship levels for organizational implementation. presidential elections and Does the possibility exist that Rukh could rename Second, in a matter of days, there will be meetings of itself at some point and become the Our Ukraine Party the leadership organ of Rukh: the Political Council and a change in the system of or that it could evolve into a part of such a political the Central Leadership. At these meetings I will put for- party if it were formed in the future? ward a set of proposals for approval to maximize the power to make it more party’s organizational potential. I support the idea that only the consolidation and union I will propose to divide functional responsibility among accountable to the people. of democratic-patriotic powers into a single party will all the members of the Political Council and Central strengthen the democratic forces and lead to no small ben- Leadership, not only among the assistants as the statutes efit. Last year’s elections showed the weakness that exists delineate. In this way I want each member of the Political society-at-large, as well as our internal communications Council and Central Leadership to carry responsibility for when separate parties retain power over the bloc. There between the central organization and the oblast and raion were even instances where candidates from differing specific tasks, so that each one understands that member- organizations. ship in leadership organs is not simply a position of honor, political parties within the bloc defeated one another in I have personally heard that there are internal commu- areas [politically] controlled by Our Ukraine. This was but one that carries daily responsibilities. We will also nication problems. When we gathered local leaders prior implement reporting mechanisms so that members of the one of the central reasons why the bloc did not take more to the convention many of them complained to me that votes. Local “little hetmans” decided to do battle with Central Leadership report on their spheres of responsibili- they do not receive decisions made by the Central ty during regular meetings. their partners within the Our Ukraine coalition. This was Leadership. How can we work like that? Can we consider the reason for our problems in the last elections, and we We have much to do to release the full, existing organi- ourselves a party when decisions of the central leadership zational potential of our party in order to realize the must do everything possible to avoid a repeat of these sit- bodies do not reach the raion organizations? uations in the presidential elections. party’s program, as well as that of the political bloc Our We have concrete plans to strengthen our work within Ukraine. Today, we have specific issues before us, such as The dedication and the unity of the members will to a the population to raise the standing of the party among the large extent decide the final outcome. If we continue to expanding the party’s membership. We have ample reason people. I am not ready to give details, but we have a few to believe we can expect serious growth in membership in proceed as we have in earlier elections, there will be seri- ideas that will be discussed today at the Political Council ous misgivings about the end results of our efforts. the National Rukh of Ukraine. Just recently meetings took meeting and soon after within the Central Leadership. Within this context I believe the name is of secondary place of the organizations of another party in which they importance, even though I understand and fully respect expressed a desire to join Rukh, specifically from the Lviv Among these several new efforts, which one is most the feelings of thousands of Rukh members regarding Oblast, as well as other oblasts. needed for the evolution and expansion of Rukh? their name, which is doubtlessly legendary and deserves Can you name the party? First, we need effective cooperation between the lead- respect. Historically, Rukh will not lose its position. It is ership organs and the local party organizations. The lead- I do not know whether it has been made public, but it is an integral part of our history, the history of the reborn ership organs must consolidate into a single team, and the Ukrainian state. Batkivschyna. The information should be released any same must happen at the local level. Only by creating a Would you insist that the Rukh name be retained in time now, if it hasn’t been already. It should have been single team within the party can we reach our goals. a new party configuration, if it ever came to that? printed in Lviv’s newspapers today. [Editor’s note: It was We must pay special attention to returning those promi- officially made public on May 13.] nent figures to Rukh that helped to create it, as well as to I would have no choice but to insist on that. But the So this would be the Lviv Oblast party organization drawing our youth, people involved in small and medium- matter of unity is more important in relation to the name. of the Batkivschyna Party? sized businesses and schoolteachers. We need to develop If we want victory, we need to unite, that is most impor- tant, [although] we cannot forget our symbols, even in a coalition, they also count for something. “I think we have had good results. Both sides have With what specific organizations are negotiations U.S. will not seek deposition... worked on practical matters.” taking place for unification of the democratic-patriotic (Continued from page 1) Mr. Pifer listed the resolution of several outstanding forces? You’ve already mentioned that a part of the were invited to become part of the peacekeeping and issues as key to the warming of relations, including Batkivschyna Party has moved over. banking procedure changes Ukraine made to have anti- stabilization force. money laundering sanctions removed; agreement on Let me add something regarding the name. On the eve Mr. Pifer said that Ukraine would be part of the import standards for U.S. poultry, which he said could of elections in 2001, meetings and consultations took rebuilding effort in Iraq also. He explained that while have delayed further Ukraine’s entry into the World place among the leaders of the main parties of the Our the awarding of contracts would occur on a competitive Trade Organization; progress on changes in Ukraine’s Ukraine Bloc. During those meetings a discussion took basis, the U.S. would offer information to certain coun- export control regime; and Ukraine’s willingness to place on a name for a unified party. Even in 2001 there tries, including Ukraine, to make the bidding process deploy a special battalion on the neutralization of was talk of a single party; this is not something that easier for those firms that might want to attempt to get weapons of mass destruction to Kuwait at the start of Tarasyuk has initiated. Leaders were discussing it in 2001. such contracts. the Iraq war. There were several proposals, and in most of them the Relations on the mend name Rukh was included. The Kolchuha issue Given Rukh’s accomplishments, society should thank it Mr. Pifer also noted that he was pleased with the Asked whether any Kolchuhas have been found in for organizing the people for the rebirth of our independ- progress that Washington and Kyiv had made over the Iraq since the end of the war, Mr. Pifer did not give a ence – in leading the fight against the Communist system last four months in mending their frayed relations, direct reply. He only reminded reporters that while the – by retaining the name. This would be a righteous act by which cooled considerably after the U.S. announced last U.S. had expressed “concern,” it had never outrightly society and the other political powers, and not towards September that it had reason to suspect that Ukraine had accused Ukraine of wrongdoing, and had consistently Rukh, the political party, but towards Rukh, the platform transferred Kolchuha anti-aircraft systems to Iraq. The noted that it had “no evidence of such a transfer.” upon which national independence was attained. State Department official acknowledged that “2002 was He also made it clear that both sides believe the issue There are other thoughts, that Rukh is not popular in a difficult year” and that both sides had worked over the to be dead. the eastern regions, while we need to develop a nation- last four months to “improve the relationship.” “I actually think that [during this trip] this is the first wide party. But I think we can find a balance between our “At the top of the [U.S.-Ukraine] agenda was how time I have heard the word Kolchuha,” explained Mr. goal and our objectives, and this should be the fight to could we recreate the partnership,” explained Mr. Pifer. Pifer. (Continued on page 4) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 No. 20 John Kark’s mission: to help less fortunate children in Ukraine

by Taras Hunczak CHATHAM, N.J. – He came to the United States as an orphan at the age of 18. Having experienced by him- self the misfortunes of World War II, John Kark did not want to be adopted. Instead, he was willing to face the challenges of the new world all by himself and decided that his path to the future was with the Armed Forces of the United States. He was right. While serving in Korea and Vietnam he rose through the military ranks as commander of military units, and back in the United States Col. Kark was entrusted with various important positions. Holding a Ph.D. in modern European history, Col. Kark taught and directed aca- demic programs at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the Naval Postgraduate School in California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington and other institutions. When he retired, Col. Kark could proudly say that he served his country with dedication and distinction. After he retired, Col. Kark, who lives in San Diego, dedicated himself to helping orphans in Ukraine. Toward that end he organized the Committee to Assist Ukrainian Orphans and Children Without Parents. With Col. John Kark (left) visiting with a group of students in Ukraine during one of his humanitarian missions. the support of the members of this committee, among whom are Eugenia Dallas from California, Irena glasses. Ultimately he purchased 20,387 pairs of eye- Col. Kark has identified those students and has already Syrotiuk-Ochrymovych from New Jersey, George glasses which he distributed to the needy children. One awarded thousands of scholarships to them. Zaluzney from Virginia and Yurii Aroniv from Ontario, can almost see the happy faces of these thousands of One should note that Col. Kark travels throughout Col. Kark raised sufficient funds to launch his first proj- children who for the first time could see clearly. Ukraine and, as in the case of the eyeglasses, personally ect, “Eyeglasses for Orphans of Ukraine.” Having completed the eyeglass project, Col. Kark, distributes the scholarships. Even now he is in Ukraine Having identified 783 orphanages, which cared for with the support of the executive committee, initiated doing exactly that – bringing happiness to less fortunate 158,781 children, Col. Kark began a program providing his next project: “Scholarships for Students – Orphans children. for eye examinations for children. Upon completion of in Ukraine.” These scholarships are for children who One can only applaud the dedication and vision of that stage of the project, he signed a contract with a fac- grew up in orphanages and now are students at institu- Col. Kark and wish him continued success in his noble tory in Izyum, near Kharkiv, which manufactures eye- tions of higher learning. With his typical dedication, undertakings.

Borys Tarasyuk... am simply turning your attention to the and the deliberate focus by the perpetra- consultations that have occurred between Ukraine’s vice PM... tors on the Ukrainian farmer, the back- (Continued from page 3) the two Rukhs, with NRU, ROP and CUN, (Continued from page 1) bone of the Ukrainian nation. “This was a deliberate effort at geno- obtain power, and our symbols. with NRU and RCP, with NRU and the What was more distressing, according cide of the Ukrainian nation, which has Democratic Party. These processes have to the Kyiv leader of a civic organization Can you name the parties with which existed, but now the question is how to left its merciless imprint on all of our his- dedicated to maintaining the memory of you are in negotiation regarding unifi- continue them after the convention, to tory and our national self-identity,” all those who died at the hands of the cation or reunification? move them along without undue pomp explained Mr. Tabachnyk. Soviet regime, was that the legislative and bring them to a pragmatic conclusion. He noted that some 200,000 pieces of Don’t forget that back yet when body did not vote on a resolution to have There have been many discussions, docu- archival material, including 10,000 origi- Vyacheslav Chornovil was in charge an the United Nations recognize the Great ments have been signed, but there have nal documents already had been gathered agreement was made regarding unification Famine as genocide. been no concrete actions. I have been, still from 17 oblasts of Ukraine, which consti- with the Reform and Order Party. It was Roman Krutsyk, the head of the Kyiv signed in 1998 with [ROP leader Viktor] am and will continue to be a strong sup- tute a relatively complete and thorough branch of the Memorial Society, said that data bank. He said that archivists and his- Pynzenyk. porter of the need to unite all democratic- he was disheartened that during parlia- torians now are working to gather addi- Later, after Vyacheslav Chornovil’s patriotic forces. Only in this way can we have a realistic chance to gain power. Not mentary discussion lawmakers debated tional information in Russia and the death, an agreement was signed between by working to fulfill the personal ambi- whether or not the legislative body was United States. He also pointed out that Hennadii Udovenko of NRU, Pynzenyk of tions of little hetmans. entitled to propose such an action and the incompleteness of an extensive oral ROP and Slava Stetsko’s CUN (Congress whether it had merit. history archive is a glaring omission in And finally, what is the biggest prob- of Ukrainian Nationalists). Not long ago a “Shamefully, when the Congress of the the historical record that must be correct- lem facing Ukraine today? similar agreement was signed with the United States, the Parliament of Canada ed soon. Republican Christian Party (RCP) and rat- The biggest problem before Ukraine is even Denmark have recognized the fact of The vice prime minister, who carries ified during the convention. a ruling force that does not work in sup- genocide in Ukraine, our Parliament con- the humanitarian affairs portfolio in the We maintain close contact with all the port of the nation. And this means that tinues to speak in half-truths,” explained Cabinet, noted the abundance of informa- parties that are part of Viktor the biggest challenge is victory in the Mr. Krutsyk after the special parliamen- tion on the Great Famine on the Internet, Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine Bloc. I think, presidential elections and a change in the tary session. but said he would like to see a single, all- however, that there is every reason to system of power to make it more The few lawmakers who cared enough encompassing and comprehensive website believe we can find partners outside the accountable to the people. This would be to attend the session listened to as well. He said the Ukrainian State bloc as well. These would be partners that in contrast to a system that deceives the Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Archival Committee is developing such a reflect the principles and goals of Our nation. Lytvyn, National Deputy Hennadii project. Ukraine. This is our main assignment and we are Udovenko and Vice Prime Minister Mr. Tabachnyk also informed the law- But are these simply declarations, or fighting to achieve it. We are building a Tabachnyk explain why so many inno- makers that a television documentary on are they concrete efforts? new Ukraine, the type of Ukraine of which cents had suffered such a brutal death, the Great Famine is nearing completion many generations of Ukrainian fighters for remember the victims and outline plans to and would soon be broadcast. The convention has only just ended, but independence and freedom dreamed. We commemorate them, and recognize the In addition, plans for an extensive already I have turned to all the democratic- are building a Ukraine in which each citi- past injustice and the failure by the Soviet memorial complex to include a central patriotic forces to respond to our call for zen would feel worthy to be a citizen of Union to acknowledge the horror of the archival depository to house the informa- unification. This call will gather substance his country and would not dream of a bet- Stalin regime. tion on the Great Famine are under devel- through concrete actions. ter life abroad, one in which each citizen – Mr. Tabachnyk – who underscored that opment, announced Mr. Tabachnyk. He I am not telling you anything new, but wherever he was, either at home or abroad last year President Leonid Kuchma had said a museum to honor the victims of the – could proudly state that he was a citizen declared via executive edict the objectives Great Famine victims – as well as the vic- of Ukraine. that need to be fulfilled in commemorat- tims of forced deportation and political We understand that this is a difficult ing the 70th anniversary of the Great repression – would be built in Kyiv on the Correction assignment, but it is not a fantasy. The Famine – gave a thorough accounting of banks of the Dnipro River in what is now In the two-part series titled “On the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko during a the efforts under way to better establish Navodnytskyi Park. It would include the current literary and cultural situation in period of 12 months [as prime minister] the facts behind the man-made famine and historical museum, a conference center, a Ukraine: discussion between Volodymyr fundamentally changed the situation for better bring them to light. He said U.N. scientific-research center, and an elaborate Tsybulko and Yuriy Tarnawsky,” which the better. An administration led by the recognition is the key to international memorial. appeared in the April 13 and April 20 democratic-patriotic forces with Viktor acknowledgment of the genocidal act. In his presentation, Mr. Tabachnyk issues of The Weekly, an incorrect web- Yushchenko at the helm is capable of Mr. Tabachnyk said the Ukrainian gov- noted that Ukraine lost from 10 percent to site for the New York Group was sup- changing the situation in the whole coun- ernment is continuing to develop an exten- 25 percent of its population during 1932- plied. The correct website for the group try. This is not within the sphere of dreams sive collection of historical documents, 1933, losing on average 25,000 persons is: http://users.belgacom.net/babowal/ – it was proven by our work while in the publications and archival records as testi- per day, which came to about 1,000 an indexnyg.htm. government. mony to the artificial nature of the famine hour or 17 a minute. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 5

United States and Canada, they, too, sup- Breast cancer awareness... ported this idea of promoting breast can- (Continued from page 1) cer awareness through fashion. Thus, the In April 2002 a coalition of civic fashion show became a road show travel- organizations, including the Center for ing to Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Reform Education (CURE), the Washington, and New York. Ukrainian Women’s Fund, the National All of the coordinators in the five Council of Women, Women’s Health and cities agree that this will be a landmark Family Planning Charitable Fund, and cooperative effort between NGOs in Winrock International, which is funded Ukraine, the United States and Canada. by the U.S. government and runs It is perhaps the first time that an women’s programs throughout Ukraine, endeavor of such magnitude is being decided to start a fund-raising initiative organized by women’s groups on both to buy a mobile mammography machine. sides of the Atlantic. (Since that time the NGOs have been “This is a very tangible way to help advised against a mobile machine due to Ukraine – a mammography machine is the horrendous state of roads in Ukraine such a real way to help Ukrainian and are now concentrating on buying one women. Health concerns are immediate,” or two stationary machines, depending said Marta Zielyk, who is on The on the success of their fund-raising Washington Group’s organizing commit- efforts). tee. “We began with our contacts in the art “And it is gratifying to see that Ambassadors at the Kyiv fashion show held to benefit breast cancer awareness world. We asked women artists to allow women in Ukraine are trying to help programs (from left): Monique Frank of the Netherlands, Carlos Pascual of the us to use their art work to print up note themselves. It’s good to see them taking United States and Jolanda Brunetti Goetz of Italy. cards explaining our cause,” said Natalia their own health matters seriously and I Karbowska, the chair of the Ukrainian think that should be applauded and sup- Women’s Fund. “Then we approached ported,” she added. musicians and designers to see if they Although there are close to 300 mam- could contribute their time and effort for mography machines in Ukraine today, such a cause.” less than 100 are in good condition, The response was good and on according to Dr. Maistruk. “Most of this November 17, 2002, a charity event was equipment is over 15 years old, and the held in the Ukrainian House featuring average lifespan of a mammography the singing talents of Oleksander machine is three to four years,” she Vasylenko and Pikkardiyska Tertsia, as added. well as five talented designers, Victoria There is not one digital machine in Gres, Anna Babenko, Oksana Ukraine’s public hospitals, she added. Karavanska, Larysa Kononko and Tanya And such oblasts as Poltava, Zaporizhia, Abramova of the Rito House of Style. Vinnytsia, Sumy and Ivano-Frankivsk do The fashion show attracted a number not have any mammography machines at of ambassadors based in Ukraine, as well all in their oblast hospitals. as Ukrainian parliamentarians, cultural To date, through the efforts of the and community leaders, doctors and NGO coalition, more than $11,000 has journalists. been raised to buy at least one machine “These kinds of acts of public aware- for the neediest region. But this is hardly ness can go a long way to educate enough. A good mammogram that women about breast cancer,” said Iryna includes a film-developing machine can Movchan, the president of CURE, which run anywhere from $75,000 and up. U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Marie Yovanovitch (second from left) has taken the lead in distributing infor- Once that money is collected, the with members of the Breast Cancer Awareness Committee in Kyiv (from left): mation brochures throughout the regions women’s groups will assemble a tender Dr. Halyna Maistruk, Marta Kolomayets and Grace Kennan Warnecke on such topics as self-examinations and committee, composed of doctors, leaders early detection. “Ukrainians were so of NGOs and representatives from the impressed that foreign dignitaries would Ministry of Health to announce a compe- Maistruk, doctors now see women with Washington Metropolitan Area, the take time out of their busy schedules to tition for the regions. Then, they will cancer in the 35-45 age group, as venue seeks to attract diplomats from address this issue,” she added. announce an open and transparent com- opposed to women in the West, where the other countries, as well as U.S. congress- U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission, Marie petition to award a hospital a “Life is most vulnerable age group is over 65. men. The fashion show will be held at Yovanovitch addressed the capacity Beautiful” mammography machine, As Marta Farion, the chair of the the Embassy of Ukraine, located in the crowd of 400 telling the women of complete with a plaque honoring those Chicago-Kyiv Sister Cities Committee prestigious Georgetown section of the Ukraine about the various initiatives in committees that have made the purchase explained, the problem of breast cancer is District of Columbia, the nation’s capital. In New York, guests will be treated to the United States, which today has over of a mammography machine possible. all-embracing. “It affects both men and a fashion show by Ukrainian designers, two million breast cancer survivors. She “I understand the Ukrainian women’s women because the impact is universal. featuring models formerly of Ukraine on underscored that when cancer is detected daily difficulties and appreciate their There is not one person that does not the catwalk. Among those who will be early in the U.S., the five-year survival sometimes harsh circumstances. Many have either a family member or a friend wearing the haute couture will be Miss rate is 96 percent. “It is time to break the more hurdles are present for a Ukrainian that has been a victim of breast cancer. Ukraine 1996, Natalia Shvachko. silence about breast cancer,” she stated, woman and conquered in daily life, as These are not just Ukrainian problems. Interestingly, some of the New York adding that the NGO community can compared to an American woman. To The reason why we have so many volun- City committee members, who are volun- play an important role in this effort. have life further complicated with an ill- teers and enthusiasm for the event in teering at the Ukrainian Institute of Using designers to promote a public ness such as breast cancer in a country Chicago is because everyone has been America to organize this event, are first- awareness campaign is not a new idea. where minimal proper medical care and affected by breast cancer and people feel generation Ukrainian women who are Since 1994, a group called Fashion support is available, I am only hoping universal solidarity on this issue.” now working in the Big Apple at invest- Target Breast Cancer (FTBC), launched our small effort in New York can help She added, “Our goal at the Chicago ment banks, design houses and consult- by a group of fashion designers in the make at least one woman’s life in Sister Cities Program is to bring Ukraine ing firms. United States, has taken this movement Ukraine a little easier,” said Melaniya and its issues to the attention of the world “I think it is very important that our overseas, raising more than $25 million. Hrybowych-Temnycky, the coordinator at large and to be able to go beyond the team is a combination of Ukrainian dias- Tony Staffieri, the FTBC’s worldwide of the event in New York City. local Ukrainian community for support.” pora women from New York and New executive producer, said recently in For Anya Szepetyk of the World Chicago has been able to do just that: Jersey. I believe that it will promote clos- Federation of Ukrainian Women’s the honorary chairwoman of the event is Japan – the 10th country where FTBC er ties between the diaspora and Organizations in Toronto, raising money Maggie Daley, herself a breast cancer has launched its campaign to battle Ukrainians from Ukraine, and it will for Ukraine is a regular activity. “Our survivor and the wife of Chicago Mayor breast cancer – that the campaign is “tar- attract a wide audience to this charity member-organizations have been active- Richard Daley. geting not just breast cancer but aware- event,” said Natalia Bruslanova, original- ly involved in raising funds for medical In Toronto, the honored guest will be ness, education, fear, shame, embarrass- ly from Kyiv. “We have such a talented Sen. Raynell Andreychuk, a Ukrainian ment, ignorance, prejudice and apathy.” supplies and technology to assist people multi-dimensional team.” Canadian who has served in the But, in Ukraine, this was a novel who have been affected by the “I am very proud to be working on this Canadian Senate since 1993. One of her approach. “As a country in transition, we Chornobyl tragedy. This is just another committee with young professional top priorities is focusing on the health are still learning this culture of volun- way of helping out,” she said. women from Ukraine who are now living concerns of Canadians. Now she wants to teerism,” explained Ms. Karbowska. According to Dr. Maistruk, “The inci- in New York City. I feel that our coopera- familiarize herself with the health issues “Our mission is twofold: we want NGOs dence of breast cancer in women is 2.2 tion together is somehow our little piece to unite to show that there is strength in times higher than it was 17 years ago, of Ukrainian women. of history in the making. By working numbers and we want to introduce the before Chornobyl.” Indeed, studies have In the U.S. capital, according to The together perhaps we can begin to under- notion of philanthropy in Ukraine.” proven that besides genetics, environ- Washington Group, which is organizing stand each other a little better and look “It is also important to show grass- mental pollution also can contribute to the event together with the Ukraine-U.S. deeper into each other’s lives to see our roots initiatives,” added Ms. Movchan. the incidence of breast cancer. Business Council, the Ukrainian National similarities and differences. These types When this writer, who is project coordi- And, the women who are affected in Women’s League of America Branch 79 nator, began talking to her friends in the Ukraine are younger; according to Dr. and the Ukrainian Association of the (Continued on page 14) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 No. 20

FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Re: Jayson Blair and Walter Duranty Ukraine’sFollowing is the text“troubled of a statement in mediaSome of these environment” have been passed to the “Times Editor Details Steps to Prevent a Recurrence of Fraud” was the headline on the U.S. Senate delivered on April 29 by U.S. Department of Justice as part of a a news story in the May 13 issue of The New York Times concerning the case of a Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, co-chair- larger set of recordings of Kuchma’s con- promising young reporter, Jayson Blair, who turned out to be better at writing fiction man, Commission on Security and versations implicating him and his cronies than fact and who thought nothing of using someone else’s work to further his own Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki in numerous scandals. Together with career. He was, in short, a fraud. Tina Kelley reported in the story that Executive Commission). The topic: “The Troubled Commission Co-Chairman Rep. Chris Editor Howell Raines “announced that a committee would be formed to address what Media Environment in Ukraine.” Smith, I recently wrote to the Department of Justice requesting technical assistance went wrong” and that top editors would consider what “repairs” must be made to the Mr. President, later this week individu- paper’s modus operandi. The story also quoted an e-mail message to staffers of the to determine whether the recordings in als around the world will mark World which the Gongadze matter is discussed paper from Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Mr. Raines and Managing Editor Gerald Press Freedom Day [May 3]. The func- M. Boyd: “We are resolved to do all that we can to learn from this tragedy and prevent are genuine. A credible and transparent tioning of free and independent media is investigation of this case by Ukrainian any similar instances of journalistic fraud in the future.” tied closely to the exercise of many other That piece followed a May 11 front-page story that jumped to pages 24 through 27, authorities is long overdue and the perpe- fundamental freedoms as well as to the trators – no matter who they may be – which recounted the “chain of falsifications and plagiarism” that appeared in at least future of any democratic society. The 37 articles by Mr. Blair. The story called the Blair case “a low point in the 152-year need to be brought to justice. Commission on Security and Cooperation The case of Ihor Aleksandrov, a direc- history of the newspaper,” and Mr. Sulzberger referred to it as “a huge black eye” and in Europe, which I co-chair, is responsible tor of a regional television station, who “an abrogation of the trust between a newspaper and its readers.” That same issue con- for monitoring press freedom in the 55 was beaten in July 2001 and subsequently tained an Editor’s Note on page 3 which explained that The Times had organized a participating States of the Organization died also remains unsolved. Serious ques- weeklong investigation into the episode “in the belief that the appropriate corrective for Security and Cooperation in Europe tions remain about the way in which that for flawed journalism is better journalism – accurate journalism.” The note also asked (OSCE). Recently, I reported to the Senate case was handled by the authorities. readers and news sources who know of “defects” in other articles to send e-mail to on the deplorable conditions for independ- A Human Rights Watch report, The Times at [email protected]. The item ended with an apology to readers, sub- ent media in the Republic of Belarus. “Negotiating the News: Informal State jects of news stories, those “whose work was purloined” and “to all conscientious Today, I will address the situation of jour- Censorship of Ukrainian Television,” journalists whose professional trust has been betrayed by this episode.” nalists and media outlets in Ukraine. issued in March, details the use of explicit We cite all of the foregoing for the benefit of our readers beyond the reach of The Several discouraging reports have directives, or “temnyky” (lists of topics), New York Times and in order to bring up a “disconnect” in the Times’ deportment. come out recently concerning the media which have been sent to editors from Despite the Times’ profuse apologies, its pronouncements about having nothing to environment in Ukraine. These reports Kuchma’s presidential administration on hide, as well as its fine words about preventing such fraud from recurring in the future merit attention, especially within the con- and conducting a complete inquiry to regain the trust of its readers, we have even text of critical presidential elections what subjects to cover and in what man- more questions about the standards at The New York Times. scheduled to take place in Ukraine next ner. The report correctly notes that these What about the proven fraud committed in the past? What about the much more year. The State Department’s Country temnyky have eroded freedom of expres- serious “systematic fraud” (to use a phrase from The Times’ news story about Mr. Reports on Human Rights Practices in sion in Ukraine, as “editors and journalists Blair) committed by one of the stars of The Times, Pulitzer Prize winner Walter Ukraine for 2002 summarizes media free- feel obligated to comply with temnyky Duranty? The low point represented by the actions of Jayson Blair, and the inaction of doms as follows: “Authorities interfered instructions due to economic and political his editors, pales in comparison to that perpetrated by Duranty, and the Times’ refusal with the news media by intimidating jour- pressures and fear repercussions for non- to voluntarily relinquish his ill-gotten prize for correspondence. nalists, issuing written and oral instruc- cooperation.” To their credit, the inde- Duranty, after all, concealed an artificially created famine that killed millions. tions about events to cover and not to pendent media are struggling to counter What’s more, he lied in print while in private telling others that millions were dying cover and pressuring them into applying attempts by the central authorities to con- due to Stalin’s famine. And, he slandered fellow journalists, those who did tell the self-censorship. Nevertheless a wide trol their reporting and coverage of issues truth about what really was happening in the USSR. He had no journalistic integrity, range of opinion was available in newspa- and events. no ethical concerns whatsoever. He, like Jayson Blair, was a careerist. Duranty’s lies pers, periodicals and Internet news Another troubling feature of the media about Stalin’s USSR and his role as an apologist for that regime guaranteed him sources.” environment has been the control exerted access to the powerful and, as a result, fame. Current negative trends and restrictive by various oligarchs with close links to The New York Times should apply the mechanisms used in the Blair case to come practices with respect to media freedom the government who own major media clean about Walter Duranty, admit that it was complicit in covering up a major geno- in Ukraine are a source of concern, espe- outlets. There is growing evidence that cide of the 20th century, renounce its Moscow correspondent’s reporting at the time of cially given that country’s leadership backers of the current prime minister and the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 – and return Duranty’s defiled Pulitzer. Then, and claims concerning integration into the other political figures have been buying only then, could we begin to once again trust this newspaper of record whose slogan Euro-Atlantic community. Lack of com- out previously independent news sources, remains: “All the news that’s fit to print.” pliance with international human rights including websites, and either firing standards, including OSCE commitments reporters or telling them to cease criticism on freedom of expression, undermines of the government or find new jobs. May that process. Moreover, an independent Last December, Ukraine’s Parliament media free from governmental pressure is held hearings on “Society, Mass Media, Turning the pages back... an essential factor in ensuring a level Authority: Freedom of Speech and playing field in the upcoming 2004 presi- Censorship in Ukraine.” Journalists’ testi- 24 dential elections in Ukraine. mony confirmed the existence of censor- In her April 18, 2003, annual report to ship, including temnyky, as well as vari- 1978 Twenty-five years ago, a monument to Ukrainian poet-laure- the Ukrainian Parliament, Ombudsman ous instruments of harassment and intimi- ate Taras Shevchenko, erected through the efforts of the Soviet Nina Karpachova asserted that journalism dation. Tax inspections, various legal Embassy in Paris, was unveiled on May 24, 1978, despite strong remains among the most dangerous pro- actions or license withdrawals have all protests by the Ukrainian community in Paris. fessions in Ukraine, with 36 media been used as mechanisms by the authori- The bronze bust of Shevchenko, the work of Kyiv sculptor Petro Lysenko, was execut- employees having been killed over the ties to pressure media outlets that have not ed in the official, Soviet-sanctioned socialist realism style and erected almost directly past 10 years, while beatings, intimidation towed the line or have supported opposi- against the wall of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of St. Volodymyr the Great in a square of media employees, freezing of bank tion parties. the Ukrainian community succeeded in 1969 in renaming Taras Shevchenko Square. accounts of media outlets, and confisca- As a result of these hearings, the parlia- After authorities had permitted the name change, Ukrainians began a drive to erect a tion of entire print runs of newspapers and ment, on April 3, voted 252-1 to approve a Shevchenko monument by world-renowned sculptor Alexander Archipenko. That peti- other publications have become common- law defining and banning state censorship tion, however, was never approved. place in Ukraine. in the Ukrainian media. This is a welcome About 150 protesters led by former Soviet political prisoner Leonid Plyushch demon- The murder of prominent journalist step. However, given the power of the strated their opposition to the erection of the monument by the Soviets; they were pre- Heorhii Gongadze – who disappeared in presidential administration, the law’s vented by the police from entering the square where the unveiling ceremonies were held. September 2000 – remains unsolved. implementation remains an open question Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac was to have attended the Soviet unveiling ceremonies but Ukrainian President [Leonid] Kuchma at best, particularly in the lead up to the was unable to attend. Deputy Mayor Edouard F. Dupont, a staunch anti-Communist, and a number of high-ranking officials 2004 elections in Ukraine. spoke about the greatness of Ukraine and Shevchenko without mentioning the Soviets. have been implicated in his disappearance Mr. President, I urge our Ukrainian par- He further angered the Soviets by refusing to use the informational materials given him and the circumstances leading to his mur- liamentary colleagues to continue to by Soviet Embassy officials. der. The Ukrainian authorities’ handling, actively press their government to comply The Ukrainian community of Paris first learned of the Soviet monument in mid-May or more accurately mishandling of this with Ukraine’s commitments to funda- 1978. Immediate steps were taken by the Central Ukrainian Committee and the case, has been characterized by obfusca- mental freedoms freely agreed to as a sig- Shevchenko Committee. Twice representatives of the Ukrainian community visited city tion and stonewalling. Not surprisingly, natory to the Helsinki Final Act. I also authorities to protest the planned monument, and the authorities’ inaction on the commu- lack of transparency illustrated by the urge the Ukrainian authorities, including nity’s previous request to erect a monument to Shevchenko. On May 19 the Soviet monu- Gongadze case has fueled the debilitating the constitutional guarantor, to end their ment first appeared on the square, and policemen were assigned to guard it. problem of widespread corruption reach- campaign to stifle independent reporting Mr. Plyushch was invited by the Paris-based daily newspaper Le Monde to write a let- ing the highest levels of the government and viewpoints in the media. Good news ter to the editor in order to explain the Ukrainian community’s position. Published in the of Ukraine. from Ukraine will come not from the spin May 24 edition, it stated in part: Audio recordings exist that contain doctors of the presidential administration, “Ukrainian organizations were outraged and naturally began protest actions. Why? conversations between Kuchma and other but when independent media and journal- Does one need to be reminded of Soviet repressions against the spiritual sons of senior government officials discussing the ists can pursue their responsibilities free (Continued on page 13) desirability of Gongadze’s elimination. of harassment, intimidation and fear. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places It wasn’t that long ago that the 1932- 1933 catastrophe that befell Ukraine by Myron B. Kuropas UUARC receives went by Fake-Famine, False Famine, Made in Moscow Famine, Man-Made plea for assistance Famine, Ordered-By-Stalin-Famine, and Dear Editor: so on. The office of the United Ukrainian Now we have progressed to Terror- American Relief Committee (UUARC) has Famine, Famine-Genocide, Famine- French delusions, French reality received a very desperate and moving plea. Holocaust, and so forth. Is it any wonder When you think of the French, what cheap hopes that such self-pity encour- Its text follows. so little is known about the Famine? comes to mind? Wine? Food? Philosophy? aged.” Ennui was invented by the French. *** After 70 years we still don’t know what Romance? Nôtre Dame? Or laziness, arro- Many Frenchmen welcomed the Vichy This appeal to you is from the parents of to call it. gance, duplicity, wimpiness. It’s not easy to government as a means of national renewal. Ihor Chovhan (born 1981), who currently The word “Holocaust” is derived from maintain an appreciation of the French For intellectuals such as André Guide, survives on an artificial kidney in the city of ancient Greek. “Genocide” is a word character. Still, any nation that produced Hitler was the man of the hour. “If German Ivano-Frankivsk. His condition is critical invented after World War II. Both words Renoir, Manet, Monet and Gauguin can’t be domination would secure us affluence,” he and he requires an immediate kidney trans- aptly apply to the catastrophe that befell all bad. wrote, “nine out of 10 Frenchmen would plant. European Jews during World War II. We I’ve tried to like the French. I really accept it, three or four of them most cheer- We reside in the village of Ryhivka, in should not be piggybacking off the Jews: have. Lesia and I have visited Quebec City fully ... to seek agreement with the enemy is the Halych region of the Ivano-Frankivsk it diminishes us both. and Paris. We had a French teacher live not cowardice but wisdom ... What would territory in western Ukraine. I, Mykhailo, The Ukrainian Weekly has numerous with us for a month. I had a class of French be the point of battering ourselves against the father, work as a driver on the collective articles using the term “Great Famine.” It children study in my elementary school for the bars of our cage?” farm; my wife, Kateryna, also performs is, in my viewpoint, an appropriate, three weeks. While none of this makes me Existentialist philosopher Jean Paul various job there. descriptive term. an expert, what I experienced left an Sartre turned his back on the French resist- impression. Not a very good one, I’m ance, continued to publish books and plays, An examination at the Kyiv Institute of George A. Nestor Surgery and Transplants of the Academy of afraid. and, like so many Frenchmen, did not join Nanty Glo, Pa. Medical Sciences of Ukraine revealed that France, of course, played a significant the resistance until it was clear that the mother may be a donor. role in America’s War of Independence. A Germany would lose the war. The French had no problem in rounding The cost of a kidney transplant is 60,200 French fleet under the Comte de Grasse up Jews for Nazi extermination camps. The hrv ($12,000). Pyrrhic victories blockaded the Atlantic Seaboard, prevent- Vichy “lent a hand by turning in foreign At this time, our family and we are seek- ing the British from bringing in supplies or Jews, denaturalizing some French Jews and ing sponsors to carry out the operation, from retreating following defeat. The in Afghanistan, Iraq arresting Jews with French nationality,” since our financial situation does not permit Dear Editor: Marquis de Lafayette and the Comte de writes Monsieur Burrin. Jewish property us to pay for this operation. Rochambeau fought in Washington’s army. was the reward. “At least 10,000 Dear Benefactors! It is difficult for us to Our Pyrrhic victories in Afghanistan The French had their own revolution in Frenchmen worked during the occupation appeal for assistance, but life forces us to (where no one is in control outside 1789. Under the bloody Jacobins, however, as temporary managers of despoiled Jewish take this step. We are requesting that you Kabul) and Iraq are costing the U.S. their uprising became a precursor of the businesses.” help us in our misfortune. May God bless treasury $2 billion and $5 billion a week, Bolshevik coup d’état of 1917 and led to Germany dangled exploitation of con- you. respectively. The name of the unfolding the rise of Napoleon who, like the quered territories and France jumped at the *** main act in Iraq is the Sisyphean stone Bolsheviks, put much of Europe to the bait. In 1943, explains Monsieur Burrin, The UUARC Executive Board is appeal- rolling up the mountain. sword. Napoleon bit off more than he could Monsieur Laval was eager to participate in ing to our generous community to help save These conquests (pardon the expres- chew, and when his delusions of a French sion) are draining the economy of the empire in America was destroyed by a the Nazi rape of Ukraine. A French eco- the life of this young man. Please send your nomic delegation was sent to Ukraine to tax-deducible contributions to: UUARC – United States at an unsustainable rate of French defeat in Haiti, the United States near nearly 360 billion a year. Add benefitted. The result was the Louisiana determine how France could best exploit Ihor Chovhan Fund, 1206 Cottman Ave., Ukraine’s riches. Unfortunately for the Philadelphia, PA 19111 President George W. Bush’s tax cut “for Purchase. working families” – mainly with 6-figure French decline after 1789 was swift and French, Germany planned to retain Ukraine Stefan Hawrysz incomes and up – and we get a federal painful. Five separate republics rose and as a “private preserve.” Philadelphia deficit of over half a trillion dollars per fell. The Germans defeated France in 1815, “For at least three years,” concludes Mr. year. The paucity of public awareness of 1870 and 1939. Germany lost to France in Burrin, “the Germans managed both to this pathetic reversal and fiscal disaster World War I, but only as a result of maintain their domination and to keep the of historic proportions is illustrated by a America’s intervention. By demanding con- yoke in place, despite cutting to the mini- Another notable survey quoted in London’s Financial fiscatory surrender terms from the mum the number of troops assigned to Times, showing that 19 percent of Germans, however, France helped lay the maintaining order, and thereby making it restaurant in Kyiv Americans believe that they are in the groundwork for Hitler’s rise to power. possible to reinforce other fronts and to Dear Editor: top 1 percent income bracket. During Ukraine’s war of independence, exploit the economic resources of France in a most effective way ... over 4 million Congratulations to Roman Woronowycz The dollar fell 15 percent relative to the French ignored Ukraine’s liberation cru- the euro (“the declining power,” if you sade and pushed for a re-united, democratic French people were working for the on an excellent article about the restaurants Germans in 1944 (2,600,000 in France and in Kyiv. I definitely agree that Kyiv has can believe Secretary of Defense Donald Russia. Soon after French troops landed in Rumsfeld) in the last several months. Odesa for example, French General Borius 1,314,000 in Germany), that is to say 37 undergone a tremendous change in terms percent of the male population between the of quantity and quality of restaurants, and Americans are enduring job layoffs and appointed Russian Gen. Alexei N. Grishin- corporate pension fraud by singing “The Almazov as Odesa’s military governor, ages of 16 and 60. And that is not counting can now compete with other European all the labor further up the pipeline of the capitals. I was surprised that when com- Star Spangled Banner.” undercutting Otaman Symon Petliura’s But there are hopeful signs that the forces, which had recently captured the city. French economy that was contributing indi- menting about the lack of affordable rectly to the German war effort ... restaurants, Ukrainska Kukhnia was not GOP will find it increasingly more diffi- French soldiers then accompanied the cult to milk patriotism. As predicted by Russians as they drove Petliura’s army out Objectively, this massive assistant ... far mentioned. outweighs the courageous actions of mem- This is a cafeteria-style restaurant near skeptics, no weapons of mass destruction of Odesa. or terrorist connections – the pretexts Later, when the Poles invaded Eastern bers of the resistance ...” Kontraktova Ploshcza in the Podil region, When the war ended, French General drummed up by President Bush as casus Galicia, they did so with the support of the a few blocks from The National Charles DeGaulle demanded that France be belli – were found, despite several fum- French. Responding to French and University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy (I an equal partner with Great Britain, the bled attempts to designate some rusted American pressure, the Allies awarded heard that they may be opening other United States and the USSR in ruling a con- shells as evidence of “imminent threat Eastern Galicia to Poland in 1923. branches in the city). quered Germany despite the fact that the from Iraq to the security of our people” During World War II, a decadent and The restaurant has an extensive menu French played a relatively paltry role in the in the president’s speech library. But demoralized France surrendered quickly to of Ukrainian dishes, desserts and drinks. Nazi defeat. Anglo-American benevolence there was and still is the mass detraction the Germans, betraying the British, their The food is good and cheap. It is practi- also allowed France, along with the British, from neo-con propaganda mills. allies at the time. As Phillips Burrin points cally mobbed at lunch time, and is an the United States and Russia, to gain an Stonewalled by the U.S. media until out in “France Under the Germans: excellent example of a good, affordable unearned permanent seat on the U.N. March 16, and officially acknowledged Collaboration and Compromise”: “The restaurant in Kyiv. I highly recommend it. Security Council. by the Iraqi government the day before French were curling up as if in a shell. A Oleh Wolowyna refusal to accept defeat and a determination The treachery of the French government was the well-known (in Europe) allega- during the Anglo-American war to liberate Chapel Hill, N.C. tion that the biological germ cultures that to fight on would have been made possible by common values, a willingness for sacri- Iraq only serves to confirm what some Iraq did have at one time – during the believe may well have become a national Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s – had been fice to preserve them and a sense of nation- al fraternity. These though were conditional trait. supplied to Iraq by a Virginia-based America needs to come to France’s assis- Famine terminology company. All along this has been just as upon people harboring no illusions regard- ing the enemy, placing their hopes and faith tance once again. The best thing we can do transparent as the reason for the present is to stop pretending that France is still a is problematic American invasion, the oil grab. in their ally, and maintaining solidarity with Dear Editor: the other peoples of Europe who were player on the international circuit. Why not Come to think of it, are we better off ignore them until they grow up? today than four years ago? threatened by Nazi hegemony. What was In his March 23 column Myron needed was a tragic imagination capable of Kuropas bemoans the fact that the Boris Danik envisaging the future rather than an obses- Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: Ukrainian Famine is largely unknown. North Caldwell, N.J. sion with pain, self-pity along with all the [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 No. 20 Historic Battle of Bound Brook re-enacted at Ukrainian Orthodox center by Hieromonk Daniel Zelinsky grounds of the Ukrainian Church Center to watch the march of the “American” SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – and “British” soldiers, dressed in uni- Those who live in South Bound Brook, forms of that period. The sound of cannon N.J., a small town founded in 1678, and and rifle shots, the commands of the gen- its vicinity, and travel daily on its Main erals and the quickly moving soldiers Street, have to pass the Memorial Church who carried out those orders reminded of St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle, both the participants of the re-enactment the centerpiece of the spiritual nucleus of and the onlookers of the events of the the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the American past. U.S.A. It is noteworthy that this was not the Oftentimes passers-by will stop and only time when the Ukrainian Orthodox approach the church for a glimpse of this center actively participated in the life of priceless treasure of Ukrainian spirituali- the local American community. Each year ty. Perhaps it’s the memorial church itself, around Christmastime the Fisher house, or maybe the statue of St. Olha, or maybe tastefully decorated by Shirley and Emil even the statue of Metropolitan Vasyl Skocypec, holds an open house for the Lypkivsky that enrich these human souls benefit of local historical organizations with the feeling of something indescrib- and numerous schools, which bring to the able, but harmonious. grounds of the UOC-USA hundreds of Looking around, the visitors’ eyes are students and local residents. drawn into these uncommon surround- The original owner of the estate, Henry ings. Thousands of Ukrainian Christians Fisher, played a significant historical role have found the place of their final repose in the state of New Jersey. It was he who in the center’s cemetery – a cemetery that represented this state at the signing of the reflects the sad and the glorious moments Declaration of Independence of the of Ukraine’s history. Here Ukrainian United States of America and then Americans have managed to preserve the brought back a copy for the local resi- customs and traditions of their forefathers dents to read. while living side by side with fellow Aside from the Fisher house, the Home Americans of diverse ethnic backgrounds. of Ukrainian Culture – Ukrainian Cultural On April 12-13 a re-enactment of the Center – serves not only as the center for 1777 Battle of Bound Brook took place Ukrainian community affairs, but also is a on the grounds of the historic Fisher teaching and ethnic center for numerous estate, which is now the property of the educational and cultural events in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. vicinity. Not to be forgotten is the American history textbooks tell about Museum of the UOC-USA which holds the battle in the vicinity of Bound Brook, numerous rare and priceless artifacts. which took place on April 13, 1777, when Each of these institutions plays an impor- American soldiers under Gen. Benjamin tant role in the formation of American- Lincoln’s command were attacked by the Ukrainian relationships. British, who planned to go on and occupy The re-enactment of the Battle of Philadelphia. However, later that spring Bound Brook, which lasted almost an an army of nearly 5,000 American sol- hour, ended with applause by the specta- diers prevented these strategic plans from tors, most of whom had probably visited A view of some of the “troops” during a re-enactment of the Battle of Bound becoming reality. the Ukrainian Orthodox Center for the Brook, against the backdrop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial Church of St. Over 500 persons gathered on the first time. Andrew the First-Called Apostle.

The Northern New Jersey District Committee Visit Soyuzivka’s newly of Branches redesigned website: of The Ukrainian National Association 216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 invites the Ukrainian community Kerhonkson, NY 12446 www.soyuzivka.com (845) 626-5641 to participate in celebrating

NEW YORK DISTRICT COMMITTEE of UNA BRANCHES FFAATHER’STHER’S DADAYY cordially invites on Sunday, June 15, 2003 UNA members, their families and friends to

at SOYUZIVKASOYUZIVKA CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY AT SOYUZIVKA For this occasion the District Committee is organizing a bus trip. Cost per person – $20.00 SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2003

Pickup sites will depend on a number of participants from that area. Bus departure from 98 Second Avenue, New York City at 7:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. at Concert – 3 p.m. Return depature from Soyuzivka at 6 p.m.

Additional information will be published in the upcoming issues of The At Soyuzivka – 10 a.m. Holy Liturgy Ukrainian Weekly and Svoboda. 3 p.m. Concert

Bus reservations and checks, written out to Northern New Jersey District Round Trip Bus Transporations – $20.00 per person Committee, should be mailed to: FOR RESERVATIONS please call: U.N.A.-NNJ District Committee Oksana Lopatynsky, Selfreliance Assoc., (212) 777-1336 Attn: Walter Honcharyk Seats will be guaranteed upon full pre-payment. Make check or money order 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 payable to: Parsippany, NJ 07054 Tel.: (973) 292-9800 ext. 3041 NY UNA DISTRICT COMMITTEE Eugene Oscislawski - District Chairman Mail payment to Selfreliance Assoc., Attn: Mr. John Choma, 98 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003 No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 9 Ukrainian edition of Shevelov’s “A Historical Phonology of the Ukrainian Language” is published

EDMONTON – Thanks to support from Ukrainian regime. the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Once circumstances changed in Ukraine, (CIUS) and its affiliate at Kharkiv National the CIUS undertook to have this work pub- University, the Kowalsky Eastern lished there in Ukrainian so as to make it Ukrainian Institute (KEUI), the first accessible to Ukrainian scholars and Ukrainian-language edition of George Y. researchers. “Historical Phonology” was Shevelov’s fundamental monograph “A translated into Ukrainian by the Kharkiv Historical Phonology of the Ukrainian linguists Andrii Danylenko, who now Language” was published in late 2002 in resides in New York, and Serhii Vakulenko, Kharkiv. from Kharkiv. The Ukrainian edition was Support for the project was also received edited by Prof. Ushkalov of Kharkiv. In the from the International Renaissance final stages of the project, work was coordi- Foundation (IRF, Kyiv), the Ukrainian nated and organized by the KEUI Academy of Arts and Sciences (U.S.), the (Volodymyr Kravchenko, director). Shevchenko Scientific Society (U.S.), and The publication of the translated edition the Kharkiv Historical and Philological in the city of Kharkiv is symbolic. In con- Society. The book was published by the trast to present conditions, Kharkiv was Kharkiv-based publisher Akta under the once a leading center of Ukrainian culture title “Istorychna Fonolohiia Ukrainskoyi and study of the Ukrainian language. It was Seen at the book launch are (from left) Dr. Volodymyr Kravchenko (director, Movy.” here in the 19th century that the eminent Kowalsky Eastern Ukrainian Institute, Kharkiv National University), The inaugural book launch of the Ukrainian linguist Oleksander Potebnia ini- Academician Vasyl Nimchuk (director, Institute of Linguistics, National Ukrainian translation of Shevelov’s “histor- Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) and Dr. Zenon Kohut (director, Canadian ical Phonology,” organized by the KEUI (Continued on page 16) Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta). and Akta Publishers, was held at Kharkiv National University on February 7, herald- ing its arrival on the Ukrainian scholarly and cultural scene. The Kyiv launch of the monograph took place on February 11 at the offices of the IRF, with guest speakers including Dr. Zenon Kohut, director of the CIUS; Academician Mykola Zhulynsky, director of the Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU); Academician Vasyl Nimchuk, director of the NASU Institute of Linguistics; and other special- ists. Also attending were the Kharkiv schol- ars Leonid Ushkalov and Volodymyr Kravchenko, as well as Halyna Fedorets, the director of Akta Publishers. Dr. Shevelov (1908-2002) was a promi- nent Ukrainian linguist, whose monumental work, “A Historical Phonology of the Ukrainian Language,” was published in 1979 with the support of the CIUS. Its appearance prompted the scholarly world to revisit not only the historical phonetics of the Ukrainian language but also the history of the language itself. In his study, Shevelov opposed views hitherto dominant in the academic world–namely, that the Ukrainian language had developed in the period following the destruction of the Kyivan Rus’ state by the Mongols from a supposedly common Old Rus’ language, which was the forerunner of Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian. In the preface to the Ukrainian transla- tion, the Polish Slavist Janusz Rieger sum- marizes Shevelov’s thesis as follows: “The East Slavic world was already so differenti- ated at the beginning of the period follow- ing the adoption of writing that the exis- tence of a ‘common Rus’ or ‘ ‘proto-Rus’ ’ language is precluded – at least in the form usually imagined until now.” While it is unlikely that all Slavists will adopt Shevelov’s views, they will have to be taken into account and considered. The same may be said with respect to historians – particularly specialists in Eastern European history – and the significance of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s views on the histo- ry of the Eastern Slavs. Just as Hrushevsky’s seminal “Istoriia Ukrainy- Rusy” (History of Ukraine-Rus’) demon- strates the independent historical develop- ment of the Ukrainian people, so Shevelov’s work reveals a completely dif- ferent understanding of the history of the East Slavic languages in general, and the Ukrainian language in particular. It is worth noting that his work remains the only fun- damental study of the historical phonology of any Slavic language. Given the circumstances in which the publication of the original “Historical Phonology” was published (i.e., in English, in the diaspora), the few linguists in Ukraine who knew about it had no real opportunity to make use of it, especially as the author was proscribed by the Soviet 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 No. 20

CONCERTby Claudette Berthiaume-Zavada REVIEW: Vocal duo of Wolanska and Kulish performstyles. in Montreal These qualities were revealed especially MONTREAL – The Montreal public in Ibert’s difficult “Chansons de Don had the pleasure to hear a recital of Quichotte” and Ponchielli’s aria “Ombre di melodies, arias and duets of classical as Mia Prosapia” from “La Gioconda.” The well as operatic Ukrainian repertoire in an natural and spontaneous interpretations of exceptional performance held on April 19 the duet “La ci darem la mano” from at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” as well as of the Concordia University. Ukrainian repertoire in excerpts from In a program titled “Love and Death,” Lysenko’s “Taras Bulba” and Hulak- Halyna Wolanska and Taras Kulish — the Artemovsky’s “Zaporozhets za Dunayem,” two Montreal-born Ukrainian singers – demonstrated his professionalism on stage. presented a selection of famous opera arias Ms. Wolanska conquered the public and duets, as well as German lieder and with her unique quality of voice. The French melody, which comprised the first warmth, flexibility and particular tonal half of the concert program, followed in color of her voice was the instrument of a the second half by an all-Ukrainian pro- very sensible, emotional and convincing gram. Such a combined menu offered the interpretation of “Sempre Libera” from public an opportunity to appreciate the rich Verdi’s “La Traviata,” which found particu- potential of the performing artists. The lar resonance with the audience. Even unique quality of their voices and remark- Lyric soprano Halyna Wolanska Bass-baritone Taras Kulish though there were beautiful moments in able, warm and dynamic interpretations Strauss’ lieder “Ständchen” and “Morgen,” received an enthusiastic response from the her music studies at the McGill Saskatchewan. Ms. Wolanska manifested obvious qualities audience. Conservatory of Music, with subsequent Mr. Kulish completed his music studies and affinity for operatic repertoire. Much at The idea of a mixed program, one suit- studies in Milan and Vienna. She made her at McGill University in Montreal and at ease with Ukrainian repertoire, she showed able not solely for a Ukrainian public, European operatic debut in Mozart’s “Die University of Toronto and received profes- the richness of her potential in a most served two purposes: the integration of Zauberflöte” at the Varna International sional training at l’Opéra de Montréal and refined interpretation of Mayboroda’s great arias from Ukrainian composers like Music Festival. Her lieder debut was in Vancouver Opera. A finalist at the presti- “Ridna Maty Mojya” and one of her Lysenko and Hulak-Artemovsky, alongside 1996 in Montreal and her North American gious Belvedere International Opera father’s compositions, Bohdan Wolansky’s the works of Mozart, Verdi, Ponchielli, operatic debut was in 1998 in the role of Competition in Vienna, Mr. Kulish also “Tozh Prosty. “ Richard Strauss, Jacques Ibert and Handel Mimi in “La Bohème” under the direction performed in American festivals including Esther Gonthier, one of the most active promoted Ukrainian music by offering the of Monique Martin. Recent performances the Aspen Music Festival and Tanglewood and renowned pianists on the Quebec public an occasion to discover a repertoire include roles such as Rosalinda in “Die where he sang in the anniversary produc- music scene, offered musical support to the not generally known – one that should take Fledermaus” and Cio-Cio-San in “Madama tion of “Peter Grimes” under Seiji Ozawa. artists, mastering the art of accompaniment its deserved place among the vocal reper- Butterfly.” Upcoming events include a debut with the with a remarkable musical complicity. toire as a whole. At the same time, it gave Mr. Kulish, a bass-baritone who is Montreal Symphony Orchestra in a concert The concert ended with a marvelous the Ukrainian audience an opportunity to already involved in a successful career in version of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene duet interpretation of Lysenko’s “Koly discover the very rich potential of two many opera houses in North America, Onegin.” Rozluchayutsia Dvoye.” young Ukrainian singers already engaged made his European debut touring France From the outset of the concert program, The artists should be commended for in a promising career. and Belgium in the title role of “Don which opened with excerpts from Handel’s reinstating a concert formula that was for- Ms. Wolanska, a lyric soprano who is of Giovanni.” He has appeared to critical “Serse” and “Berenice,” Mr. Kulish pre- gotten for a while in Ukrainian cultural and Ukrainian and Greek descent, completed acclaim singing the title role in “Le Nozze sented himself with authority and a fine musical events and which is most worthy di Figaro,” as well as in the roles of Colline and communicative musical stage pres- of a revival. The high quality of the pro- Claudette Berthiaume-Zavada, Ph.D., in “La Bohème,” The King in “Aida” with ence. Mr. Kulish has a remarkable com- duction contributed to enhancing the is a pianist and musicologist at Vancouver Opera, and Basilio in “Il mand of articulation and pronunciation no Ukrainian vocal repertoire and giving it the l’Université de Montréal. Barbiere di Siviglia” at Opera matter in what language he sings – be it place it merits among the music-loving English, Italian, French or Ukrainian. public at large. It should also be noted that His constant control of his rich bass- the translation of the concert program into baritone voice and vocal technique, the both French and English was a much- Kuchar named music director precision of pitch and a good sense of tim- appreciated idea. ing and rhythmic precision gave way to This high quality linkage with musical neat and honest interpretations throughout heritage happened to be a very rewarding of Reno Chamber Orchestra the entire concert showing his good musi- musical experience, and was greeted by the cal taste, deep comprehension of musical public with enthusiasm. It was, indeed, a RENO, Nev. – Theodore Kuchar, con- ments have taken him to Orchestra Hall at emotions and his ability to adapt various recital to remember. ductor, chamber musician and string player, Symphony Center in Chicago, the Sydney has been named music director of the Reno Opera House, the Hong Kong Cultural Chamber Orchestra this spring, as reported Center, and the Auditorio Nacional in in the April 28 issue of The Fresno Bee in Madrid, among many others. Soloists with Russian clownmaster from Ukraine California. whom Mr. Kuchar has collaborated in past Mr. Kuchar who succeeds Vahe seasons include James Galway, Jessye Khochayan, who founded the orchestra in Norman, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman, Yo- to debut with La MaMa Theater 1974, holds other positions as music direc- Yo Ma, Sarah Chang and Mstislav tor with the Boulder Philharmonic of Rostropovich. In May 2000, at the invita- NEW YORK – Inspired by a novel by ence is that Mr. Braude’s play makes use Colorado, conductor laureate of the tion of Mr. Ma, Mr. Kuchar conducted the the German writer Heinrich Böll and the of words and has a text. National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, world premiere of the Capriccio for Cello work of Slava Polunin, the international- Mr. Braude has retained the “post-war in Kyiv, and as artistic director of the and Orchestra by American composer ly acclaimed Russian clown master, Oleg feeling” inherent in Böll’s “The Clown,” Australian Festival of Chamber Music, an Lukas Foss, with Mr. Ma as soloist. Braude is making his La MaMa debut because, as he notes, he relates to it and annual event regarded as the country’s lead- At age 20, Mr. Kuchar was awarded the May 22 to June 8 with the clown theater feels that “we are all ‘post-war,’ whether ing music festival. Paul Fromm Fellowship from the Boston play “God’s Comic,” on the theme of we like it or not.” Böll’s famous short Mr. Kuchar, one of the most prolifically Symphony Orchestra to undertake advance life, love, abandonment and religion. novel draws a revealing portrait of recorded American conductors of the past study and performance at Tanglewood, Conceived and directed by Mr. Braude, German society under Hitler and in the decade, was appointed artistic director and where he worked with Leonard Bernstein, the play has a cast of eight. post-war years through the eyes of an principal conductor of the National Colin Davis, Seiji Ozawa and Andre Previn, Mr. Braude, 42, began his career in artist. The sensitive but cynical novel is Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (NSO) in and in Cleveland where he worked under Kyiv at the age of 14, performing in the one of Böll’s best about the moral dramas 1994. Under his direction, the NSO Ukraine the guidance of Lorin Maazel. Soon after Theater for Young Audiences. By 18, he of common people in a changing society. has recorded more than 50 compact discs his Australian debut in 1987, Mr. Kuchar was working regularly in Kyiv’s State “God’s Comic,” which is set in post- for the Naxos and Marco Polo labels, was appointed music director of the Musical Theater. He started his own stu- World War II Germany, captures the feel- including the complete symphonies of Queeensland Philharmonic Orchestra in dio with his own actors as a young man, ing of being down and out and rootless as Martinü and Prokofiev, as well as major Brisbane, while serving as music director of but left Ukraine for the United States in the protagonist deals with the sense of works of Dvorak, Glazunov, Mozart, the West Australian Ballet in Perth until 1989. He now lives in the Park Slope sec- loss, alienation and religious doubt. Shchedrin, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. 1993. tion of Brooklyn, and designs shows reg- The main character is played by David The first of these recordings, devoted to Trained as a violinist and later a violist, ularly at La MaMa Experimental Theater Tyson, an actor and professional clown, Liatoshynsky’s Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3, Mr. Kuchar graduated from the Cleveland Club in New York’s Lower East Side. who teaches clownery in a college. was awarded the ABC’s “Best International Institute of Music and served as principal “God’s Comic,” while employing dif- Design for the play is by Vladimir Recording of the Year” in 1994. The NSO violist of the Helsinki Orchestra in Finland. ferent forms of clownery and pantomime, Davidenko. recording of the complete works for violin He has appeared as soloist and chamber draws on ideas from the clown theater of La MaMa is located at 74A E. Fourth and orchestra by Walter Piston for the musician in Australia, Europe, the United Polunin – characterized by the unbridled St. Performances are held Thursday- Naxos label was hailed by Grammophone Kingdom, the United States and the former silliness of slapstick, the poetic poignan- Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (January 2000) as a “Record of the Year” USSR as well as at major festivals, includ- cy of traditional clowning and a visual and 8 p.m. For tickets call the Box Office for 1999. ing Blossom, Edinburgh, Khumo and extravagance and beauty – but not the at (212) 475-7710. Online ticketing Mr. Kuchar’s guest conducting engage- Tanglewood. latter’s visual style. Another major differ- available at www.lamama.org. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 11 Vasyl Krychevsky returns to Ukraine, via a collection of his works

by Yaro Bihun Welcoming them and the other guests Special to The Ukrainian Weekly at the Embassy, Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko underscored the importance WASHINGTON – When Vasyl of having Vasyl Krychevsky’s works Hryhorovych Krychevsky (1873-1952) return to Ukraine, where “they will be left his native Ukraine at the end of cherished as our heritage and something World War II, he was one of its most that is very dear to every Ukrainian and renowned artists. He never returned, important to our history.” dying less than 10 years later in Caracas, The ambassador expressed his coun- Venezuela. try’s gratitude to the artist’s daughter, Halyna Krychevska Linde, and granddau- ther, Ms. Ochoa as well as to the Bleyzers for making the return possible. He noted that Mr. Bleyzer, who was born in Kharkiv and made his business career in the United States, is now playing an important role not only in the economic revival of Ukraine but also in helping return Ukrainian art to its homeland. Ms. Bleyzer said a few words about the artist, the “tremendous diversity” of Yaro Bihun his creativity, which included such archi- Oksana Linde Ochoa (center), granddaughter of Vasyl H. Krychevsky, standing tectural treasures as the Zemstvo building with exhibit sponsors Michael and Natalia Bleyzer. in Poltava, for which he became known as “the father of Ukrainian architecture,” and the Shevchenko Memorial Museum in Kaniv; set designs for Mykola Sadovsky’s theater in Kyiv, artistic direc- tion for Dovzhenko’s “Zvenyhora” and other movies; innovative book cover Vasyl Krychevsky’s 1918 design of designs, textiles, kylyms, as well as Ukraine’s small national emblem, the Ukraine’s first national trident emblems trident. in 1918 and the two-hryvnia note. The guests also heard from Ms. Ochoa, This month, a half century later, he is who traced her grandfather’s life history returning home, in a way – in the form of from Vorozhba, near Kharkiv, where he a large collection of his works – thanks to was born in 1873, to Caracas, where he his descendants in Caracas, who thought died in 1952. She thanked all those it was time for new generations of his involved in the current project, especially countrymen to get to know him better; an the people of Ukraine for wanting to American investor and his wife, who know more about her grandfather. thought it was a good idea and agreed to Upon the Krychevsky collection’s help make it happen; and a journalist, return to Ukraine, it will be exhibited who, as fate would have it, was able to briefly in Kyiv, Poltava and Kharkiv, Oksana Linde Ochoa presents Ukrainian Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko bring the parties together. after which it will be divided up for per- with a monograph about the life and work of her artist grandfather, Vasyl H. The result was on display April 30 at manent display at the National Gallery of Krychevsky. Standing behind them are Shavkat Khamrakulov, ambassador from the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, Art and the Lavra Book and Cinema Uzbekistan, and Ukrainian Cultural Attaché Nataliia Holub. which along with the SigmaBleyzer museums in Kyiv, the Shevchenko investment company mounted what could Memorial Museum in Kaniv, the have been called a “Western Hemisphere Zemstvo building in Poltava and the farewell exhibit” of selected works from Kharkiv Museum of Art. the Vasyl Krychevsky collection on the Four years ago, the Ukrainian Embassy eve of its departure home to Ukraine. hosted a similar farewell exhibit of oil On hand were the artist’s granddaugh- paintings and watercolors by Vasyl ter, Oksana Linde Ochoa of Caracas and Krychevsky’s artist son, Mykola the sponsors of this artistic homecoming, Krychevsky. It was part of a 112-work Natalia and Michael Bleyzer of Houston. collection donated to five museums in Adorning the walls of the main reception Ukraine by Kateryna Krychevsky- room of the Embassy were a cross-sec- Rosandich of Mountain View, Calif. tion of the more than 300 oil paintings, Mykola Krychevsky settled in Paris in watercolors, architectural sketches, book 1928 and spent most of his creative years cover designs and theatrical and movie in France. Prior to Mrs. Krychevsky- set designs that within a few weeks will Rosandich’s donation, very few of his find a new home in five museums and works had found their way back to cultural institutions in Ukraine. Ukraine. While the family of Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky has retained some of his works, and many pieces are held by museums and private collections, a significant collection of his works – Architectural sketch of the interior of Vasyl Krychevsky’s Shevchenko Memorial some 300 pieces – are at The Ukrainian Museum in Kaniv. Museum in New York City, a gift from the son of the artist’s first wife, Vadim Pavlovsky. As recalled by E. Morgan Williams, edi- tor of the ArtUkraine Information Service (ARTUIS), the story of the move of Vasyl Krychevsky’s works from Caracas to Ukraine began three years ago when Oksana Linde Ochoa mentioned to him the family’s interest in donating the collection to museums in Ukraine. Her earlier attempts at direct contacts with institutions in Ukraine and elsewhere where unsuc- cessful. He brought it to the attention of Natalia and Michael Bleyzer, whose investment company, SigmaBleyzer, became the sponsor of the project, financ- ing its organization and transportation from Vasyl Krychevsky’s book cover design Caracas, through Washington, to Ukraine, for Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s collection and the mounting of the four exhibits, in of short stories, “The Necklace,” 1929. Washington and in Ukraine. Still Life by Vasyl H. Krychevsky, 1949. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 No. 20

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release previewing the center’s third annual NEWSBRIEFS Status Report on the Worldwide Turning the pages back... (Continued from page 12) Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi War (Continued from page 6) CDs, and its production is being carefully Criminals, ranked Estonia as a country that Shevchenko, that evenings dedicated to the poet are forbidden to be held, that yearly mani- monitored by the authorities. Mr. has made “insufficient and/or unsuccessful festations on May 22 by the monument of the poet end with the arrests of the participants? Lytvynenko said the fact that U.S.-based efforts to prosecute perpetrators of the “Shevchenko himself was subjected to repressions! He was censored by the tsar and software giant Microsoft more than tripled Holocaust,” BNS reported on April 28. In a by Stalin. The Brezhnev government continues to censor him. Eight of his poems which its sales in Ukraine over the past year is a ranking of grades ranging from A (highest) denounce enslavement by the regime and Moscow’s imperialism were rejected from the sign of success in the battle against media to F (lowest), Estonia received a D along latest edition of the ‘Kobzar.’ piracy in the country. U.S. Trade with Argentina, Australia, Austria, Great “The hypocrisy and cynicism of the Soviet Embassy oversteps all bounds: the Representative Robert Zoellick released a Britain, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Embassy will honor a poet who is censored in the USSR, and will erect a monument near report in early May listing Ukraine as a Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Spain. a church that is forbidden to exist in Ukraine! 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I can use my talent to turn attention to tiative, educating Ukrainian women Luidmilla Kuchma addressed the issue of Breast cancer awareness... breast cancer, to tell women that they about breast cancer and helping them by breast cancer during a women’s health (Continued from page 5) need to pay attention to their health.” raising funds for mammography forum in Zagreb. She joined a group of of experiences always broaden partici- “For me, as a woman, it is very machines.” eight wives of Central and Eastern pants, knowledge of the world, other cul- important to support women’s organiza- “I reached out to the women in the European presidents – the first ladies of tures and themselves,” said Ms. tions. My designs are feminine, very 19th metro Detroit area who held key posi- Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hrybowych-Temnycky. century, and I like to think that my partic- tions in Ukrainian organizations as well Hungary, Macedonia, Slovakia and It will also broaden the experiences of ipation in these fashion shows will not as supporters of UCARE [Ukrainian Slovenia – in signing a declaration pledg- ing to fight breast cancer by promoting the three designers, who will be bringing only allow women to share beauty, but to Children’s Aid and Relief Effort]. The free breast screening programs in their over 20 signature designs, as well as also share important information, which interest and enthusiasm was immediate, and the work began with a great deal of countries. accessories, such as necklaces, belts and in turn will make their lives more harmo- excitement,” Ms. Petrusha continued. The women also stressed the impor- handbags, to the fashion road shows. For nious and healthy,” said Ms. Gres. “Eileen Jewell, a well-known local interi- tance of the role of media in the breast all three, it will be their first showings in Vera Petrusha, a member of the Metro or designer and a sponsor of orphans in cancer awareness campaign, reported the West. Detroit fund-raising committee, said, Ukraine, graciously offered her new stu- AFP, stating that the next such forum will “We were intrigued by the idea of “When Marta Kolomayets contacted me dio in the trendy city of Royal Oak, as a be held in Albania within the next 18 combining fashion and charity,” said Ms. regarding the ‘Because Life is Beautiful’ location for our event. Dr. Renata months. Karavanska from Lviv. “This is one way project, I thought, what a wonderful ini- Juzych-Kucyj, the president of UMANA When she talks about the efforts of the [Ukrainian Medical Association of North NGO community in Ukraine today, Dr. America, Detroit Chapter] contacted Maistruk likes to quote breast cancer sur- Clear Magazine, an international fashion vivor Stella Kyriakides: “Life with breast magazine and they in turn became spon- cancer will never be the same again – we sors of our event and have supplied the have a voice and that voice is now being contacts for all of our models.” heard.” “I really like the slogan for this cam- *** paign: “Because Life is Beautiful.” It has a positive spin,” added Ms. Zielyk. And That voice will be speaking at each even the symbol of the pink ribbon is and every fashion show in North now seen on women’s suit lapels and America between May 30 and June 7. dress collars in Ukraine. Avon has been The “Life is Beautiful” breast cancer instrumental in this campaign, also rais- awareness road show debuts in Chicago ing money for mammography machines and then travels to four other major through the sale of pink ribbons and cities, as follows. breast cancer awareness pens in silver • Chicago – Friday, May 30, 6:30 p.m., and gold tones, complete with pink rib- at Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago bon ornaments. It has become a symbol Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. not only of breast cancer awareness Tickets are $75 per person, of which $60 throughout the world, but also of a united is tax-deductible. For information and to sisterhood. order tickets, call (312) 742-5320 or e- Women around the globe continue to mail [email protected]. encourage screenings for early detection • Detroit – Saturday, May 31 at 7:30 of breast cancer, which women world- p.m. at the Studio Jewell, 501 S. wide continue to fear more than any Washington Ave., Royal Oak, MI. other disease. Yet, this cancer is 90 per- Tickets are $60 per person. For informa- cent curable when caught early. Although tion, please call (248) 414-6114 or e-mail some doctors have questioned the effec- [email protected]. tiveness of mammograms an internation- • Toronto – Sunday afternoon, June 1, al study released in late April shows that at 4 p.m., at the Ukrainian Culture mammograms reduce deaths from breast Center, 83 Christie St., Toronto. Tickets cancer by about 28 percent in women are $35 per person. For information, call between the ages of 40 and 69. the World Federation of Ukrainian “Screening works,” said Prof. Stephen Women’s Organizations, (416) 762-2066, W. Duffy, a researcher from the British or e-mail [email protected]. charity Cancer Research. “It reduces • Washington, Thursday evening, June deaths from breast cancer. This is not an 5, 7 p.m. at the Embassy of Ukraine, artifact of some bias, but a real effect of 3350 M St. NW, Washington. Tickets are screening,” he told Reuters after the $50 per person. For more information, release of a report on the benefits of call Laryssa Courtney at (202) 363-3964. mammograms, which tracked 210,000 • New York Saturday, June 7, 5 p.m., Swedish women and is the largest study at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 of its kind. “It suggests very strongly that E. 79th St. Tickets are $100 per person, the reservations expressed in the last cou- $250 for sponsors, $500 for benefactors ple of years about mammography are and $1,000 for patrons. For more infor- essentially unfounded,” he said. mation, please call (973) 471-1701 or e- Just last week, Ukraine’s First Lady, mail [email protected].

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UKRAINIAN DANCE CAMP & WORKSHOP NYC chapter of Engineers’ Society Mountainview Resort-Verkhovyna, Glen Spey, NY elects board of directors for 2003-2005 Roma Pryma Bohachevsky NEW YORK – Nine individuals were Wolodymyr Magun to the Supervisory Director elected to the new board of directors of Committee and Ivan Mokriwskyj, P.E., the New York City chapter of the and Leonid Pachaluk to the Judiciary Workshop June 29 - July 13, 2003 Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America Committee. For advanced dancers ages 16 and older (UESA) for the 2003-2005 term during The New York chapter’s expanded the chapter’s meeting on April 14. The event schedule will cover both social and Dance Camp July 27 - August 9, 2003 new board affirmed a plan of action that technical events. The chapter hopes to Ages 8 to 16, beginners and intermediate includes an expanded event schedule, the hold monthly lectures on various topics continued improvement of organizational of current interest to members and poten- For information and registration write or call: communication and a membership drive. tial new members. The social calendar Ukrainian Dance Camp and Workshop The elected board members represent will include the annual fall zabava in c/o Roma Pryma Bohachevsky a wide range of technical professions, New York City and the traditional 1942 Route 313 experience and involvement with com- Christmas “Yalynka” celebration. Perkasie, PA 18944 munity service. In alphabetical order, The chapter also re-affirmed its com- (215) 258-2936 they are as follows.: mitment to communicate with UESA • Adrian Berezowsky is in his final members and the community on the year of studies at The Cooper Union national and local levels. The local School of Architecture, and has begun his newsletter will continue to be issued on a graduate studies at the Benjamin Cardozo bimonthly basis, and the chapter will School of Law. contribute information to the national • Ivan Durbak is currently the chief newsletter and society’s website. information officer for the State In addition, the chapter hopes to University of New York (SUNY) encourage other young professionals and Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, students to join the ranks of UESA. It is N.Y. He has a bachelor’s degree in encouraging chapter members to recruit physics (1971), a master’s degree in civil colleagues and friends interested in engineering (1974) and a master’s degree UESA’s mission, and plans to take in management science (1976) from the advantage of New York City being home University of Miami. to several large schools, such as The • Tymish Hankewycz is a senior engi- Cooper Union, Columbia University and neering consultant at Desktop New York University, by reaching out to Engineering International Inc. of New Ukrainian students’ clubs in these Jersey and has both a bachelor’s (1988) schools. and a master’s degree (1989) in engineer- Also to increase membership, the ing from The Cooper Union School of chapter will focus on improving its pro- Engineering. fessional networking system, seen as an • Wasyl Kinach works for the New important membership benefit by both York City Office of the Comptroller as an students and young professionals. administrative engineer. He has a bache- Student members can gain valuable real- lor’s degree in mechanical engineering world experience from internship oppor- from the Polytechnic Institute of New tunities, and both students and working York. Mr. Kinach is a licensed profes- professionals can benefit from business sional engineer (P.E.) in the state of New opportunities offered by fellow members. York. UESA is an organization of technical • Marco Shmerykowsky has been professionals, with more than 500 mem- elected as president of the chapter. He is bers throughout the U.S. Its mission is to a principal of Shmerykowsky Consulting aid in the spread of engineering and other Engineers in New York City. He has a technical studies and professions, to fos- bachelor’s degree (1992) and a master’s ter interest in technical and economic degree (1993) in engineering from The issues in Ukraine, and to provide a social Cooper Union School of Engineering. environment for networking among its Mr. Shmerykowsky is a licensed profes- members. To learn more about the socie- sional engineer in the state of New York. ty, write to UESA, 2 E. 79th St., New The chapter’s members also elected York, N.Y. 10021 or visit the website at Wolodymyr Hnatkowsky and www.uesa.org. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 No. 20

and Round About) in two volumes, pub- The next issue of The Ukrainian Weekly’s Ukrainian edition... lished by M.P. Kots and Berezil magazine (Continued from page 9) (2001). Until his final days, Shevelov was tiated Ukrainian scholarly linguistics. deeply involved in the publication of his Shevelov spent the inter-war years of his “Historical Phonology” in Ukrainian trans- lation, although he did not live to see the childhood and youth in Kharkiv, and final result. Wedding acknowledged the significance in his life of Wedding Slavists the world over, particularly in this city, which played such an important Ukraine, will appreciate the appearance of role in the formation of modern Ukrainian this epochal work in Ukrainian translation, AnnouncementsAnnouncements culture and national consciousness during which will afford Ukrainian scholars the will appear on June 22, 2003. the 19th and 20th centuries. opportunity to consider anew and rethink In fact, Shevelov’s last publications were For a wedding announcement to be included in that issue, the origins and history of their language. issued in Kharkiv while he was still alive – all information must be received in our offices by June 10, 2003. The KEUI is to receive a number of copies the three-volume collection of selected of Shevelov’s “Istorychna Fonolohiia Along with wedding announcements, we will include greetings from friends, works “Porohy i Zaporizhia (The Rapids Ukrainskoyi Movy” that it intends to dis- family members, bridesmaids and ushers – from all those and Beyond the Rapids), published by Folio seminate at no charge to scholarly and edu- who wish to share in the excitement of a new marriage. (1998), and the memoirs “Ia – Mene – cational institutions and organizations Also welcome are anniversary and engagement Meni... i Dovkruhy (I – Myself – To Me... throughout Ukraine. announcements and greetings Rates for announcements and greetings: One-column wedding announcement: $100 offices throughout the Soviet Union. Two-column wedding announcement: $200 Declassified KGB... “When this accident happened in 1986, Wedding greeting: $75 (Continued from page 2) the Ukrainian KGB was part of a big tion” into the atmosphere. Most accidents machine. Ukraine was one of 15 Soviet For further information or to request a brochure, occurred through equipment failures. republics. Therefore, the reaction of the please call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 (Maria). Chornobyl technicians warned about the USSR leadership was not very attentive. Visit www.ukrweekly.com to view a wedding announcement sample page. high risk of accidents at the power station. The very way that documents were trans- One document deals with an inspection of mitted, the lapse of time and the conviction the plant in early 1986 by engineers who that such [an accident] could never happen urged that it be shut down. played a big role,” she explained. 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HORSHAM, Pa. – Ivan Durbak, from three-set match, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Ramsey, N.J., a five-time men’s champion of Sosiak won the feed-in bracket and thus the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the received third place in the tournament. In U.S.A. and Canada (USCAK), added anoth- the final round of this division Sosiak eked er victory to his already impressive list of out a victory, over Rehulyk, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5. In tennis accomplishments by winning Tryzub’s the semifinals Sosiak defeated Buhaj 10-6, 16th annual Spring Tennis Tournament. Held and Rehulyk, defeated Tymkiw 10-2. Other at Tryzubivka in Horsham, Pa., during the noted matches in this bracket were Boris weekend of May 3-4, the tournament was Tatunchak’s victory over Krawtschuk and contested in men’s singles competition only Walter Dziwak’s win over Alex Olynec, with a feed-in division. both by the score of 10-8. To win the tournament, Durbak had to At the conclusion of the tournament, tro- defeat three former Tryzubivka champions. phies were presented to the winner, finalist In the quarterfinals he beat Jerry Tymkiw 6- and feed-in finalists. 4, 6-2; in the semifinals, Steven Sosiak, 6-1, The next Ukrainian tennis tournament 6-3; and in the finals, another USCAK will be held at Soyuzivka, the Ukrainian champion, George Sawchak, 6-2, 6-2. National Association estate in Kerhonkson, Sawchak reached the final round with a N.Y., during the Fourth of July weekend. 6-3, 6-2 semifinal win over last year’s Known as the USCAK-East Tournament, champion, Pavlo Rehulyk, and a 6-2, 6-1 the competition will be in singles, doubles quarterfinal win over Bohdan Krawtschuk. and mixed doubles groups. Advance regis- Rehulyk, in the quarterfinal round eliminat- tration is required. For more information ed the ever-dangerous Ihor Buhaj in a long contact Mr. Sawchak at (215) 576-7989.

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Saturday, May 24 6:30 p.m., followed by the fashion show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $75. For more information PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian Human contact: Dominique Hines, Marta Farion or Rights Committee will be hosting Viacheslav Vera Eliashevska at (312) 742-5320, or e- Briukhovetsky, rector of the National mail [email protected] University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road ADVANCE NOTICE at 1 p.m. Dr. Briukhovetsky will speak about the vital role that Kyiv Mohyla plays in the Thursday, June 5 future of Ukraine and its importance in today’s Ukraine. For additional information MANALAPAN, N.J.: Ukrainian National call (215) 663-1166. Women’s League of America Branch 98 of Holmdel/Middletown, N.J., and the Sunday, May 25 Monmouth County Library Headquarters are co-sponsoring an Author’s Night with Irene FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.: The Ukrainian Zabytko, author of “The Sky Unwashed” and Dancers of Miami present a whirlwind after- newly released novel “When Luba Leaves noon of dance and song in their 11th annual Home.” The event be held at 6-8:45 p.m. at “A Ukrainian Montage” concert, featuring Monmouth County Library, 125 Symmes the Ukrainian Dancers of Miami and the Road (off Route 9 South), Manalapan, N.J. Maksymowich Trio. The concert begins at 2 For additional information and directions call p.m. in the Broward Center for the (732) 441-9377 or (732) 888-0494. Performing Arts, Amatro Theater, 201 SW Fifth Ave. Admission: $15. For tickets call Saturday, June 7 The AutoNation Box Office, (954) 462-0222 or visit www.browardcenter.org. NEW YORK: In a landmark cooperative effort, the Ukrainian Women’s Fund (Kyiv), Friday, May 30 with co-sponsorship from the Ukrainian Institute of America and the Ukrainian CHICAGO: The Chicago-Kyiv Sister Cities Medical Association of North America, are Committee is pleased to invite the public to a holding a charity fashion show at the Benefit Fashion Show featuring leading Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th designers from Ukraine – Anna Babenko, St., at 5 p.m. Three top fashion designers Oksana Karavanska, Victoria Gres and from Ukraine – Anna Babenko (Kyiv), Ukrainian designers living in Chicago Oksana Karavanska (Lviv) and Victoria Tatyana Chelekhova and Natalia Nazarova. Gres (Kyiv) – will display their beautiful Proceeds will go toward the purchase of designs. Proceeds from the event are desig- mammography equipment for early detection nated for the purchase of mammography and preventive care of breast cancer in equipment in Ukraine. As seating is limited, Ukraine. The event’s honorary chair is tickets should be purchased in advance. Chicago’s First Lady, Maggie Daley. All Tickets: $100; included in the price are a donations are tax deductible. The event will reception and silent auction. For more infor- take place at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 mation call (973) 471-1701 or e-mail E. Washington St. The reception begins at [email protected].

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