INSIDE:• Lviv Theological Academy seeks Kyiv’s accreditation — page 3. • Ukraine may face constitutional crisis — page 6. • Hockey great Terry Sawchuk honored on philatelic releases — page 9.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIX HE KRAINIANNo. 23 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine HelsinkiT CommissionU chair ties U.S. aid U.S. defenseW secretary visits Kyiv to countries’ efforts to clean up corruption by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau by Ben Anderson “Instead of jumping on the bandwagon KYIV – U.S. Secretary of Defense to pump millions of additional American Donald Rumsfeld promised on June 5 WASHINGTON – United States tax dollars into countries which are hos- Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. that the Bush administration would tile to U.S. businesses and investors, we include Ukraine in all international nego- Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) has should be working to root out the kinds introduced legislation tying U.S. finan- tiations on a U.S. missile defense system. of bribery and corruption that have an “I can’t speak for Russia, but I can cial assistance to corruption-fighting overall chilling effect on much-needed efforts in countries around the world. assure you that the U.S. intends to con- foreign investment,” Sen. Campbell said. sult fully with Ukraine as we proceed,” The International Anti-Corruption Act “Left unchecked, such corruption will of 2001 addresses the growing problem said Mr. Rumsfeld, who has spent a good continue to undermine fledgling democ- portion of his first months on the job of official and unofficial corruption racies worldwide and further impede abroad. assuaging foreign governments – and moves toward a genuine free market especially Russia – that the U.S. missile “The time has come to stop providing economy,” he added. aid as usual to those countries which line defense system is not a threat and is not a The legislation provides an exception reason to abandon earlier anti-ballistic up to receive our assistance, only to turn for continued support in cases where dis- missile treaties with the U.S. around and fleece U.S. businesses con- continued U.S. assistance would jeopard- The U.S. defense secretary was on an ducting legitimate operations in these ize humanitarian assistance or the nation- overnight stay in Kyiv before flying to countries,” Chairman Campbell said. al interests of the United States. Greece and then on to a NATO meeting “Ironically, in some of the biggest recipi- In 1999, Sen. Campbell launched an in Brussels. ents of U.S. foreign assistance – coun- anti-corruption initiative to raise the visi- The United States and Ukraine signed tries like Russia and Ukraine – the cli- bility of this growing problem in the no significant agreements during the mate is harmful and outright hostile to region covered by the 55-state defense secretary’s short stay in the American business.” Organization for Security and Ukrainian capital, but the meeting was The International Anti-Corruption Act Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Efrem Lukatsky significant in that it was the first personal of 2001 would require the State OSCE has since committed to step up U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald contact between a high-level official in Department to submit a report and the efforts to combat corruption and promote Rumsfeld during a meeting with his the new administration of U.S. President president to certify by March 1 of each the rule of law. Chairman Campbell counterpart in Kyiv. year that countries receiving U.S. foreign recently urged Secretary of State Colin George W. Bush and Ukraine’s President aid are, in fact, conducive to the well-being Powell to build upon these efforts within Leonid Kuchma. of American businesses and investors. the framework of the OSCE. Ukraine’s Minister of Defense If a country is found to be hostile to The Helsinki Commission, created by Oleksander Kuzmuk said during a press American businesses, aid from the Congress in 1976, consists of nine mem- conference with Mr. Rumsfeld that Kuchma decree adds United States would be cut off. The certi- bers from the United States Senate, nine Ukraine has no firm stance on the missile fication would be specifically based on members from the U.S. House of deployment, except that it must be done state secretaries whether a country is making progress in, Representatives, and one member each in full cooperation with the Russian and is committed to, economic reform from the Departments of State, Defense Federation. He added that he also aimed at eliminating corruption. and Commerce. expects Ukraine to be included in talks at to Cabinet structure all levels. by Roman Woronowycz “Ukraine, as a country that is a suc- Kyiv Press Bureau cessor state to the Soviet Union and a Demjanjuk goes on trial once again country that willingly gave up nuclear KYIV – On the day the Ukrainian arms, must be invited to all further dis- Parliament confirmed Anatolii Kinakh as cussions on the subject,” explained Gen. the new head of government, President Defense attorney calls it “trial by archives” Kuzmuk. Leonid Kuchma quietly issued a presi- Mr. Rumsfeld emphasized that the dential decree that changes the structure PARSIPPANY, N.J. – John alleges that Mr. Demjanjuk was trained U.S. is not yet locked into a specific plan of the Cabinet of Ministers the prime Demjanjuk, the former Cleveland for that service at the Trawniki camp. and is willing to listen to proposals from minister will lead – a move that has autoworker once thought to be “Ivan the At the time the new charges were filed all friendly parties. caused more friction between the execu- Terrible” of the Treblinka death camp, is two years ago, Mr. Demjanjuk’s attorney, “The administration is looking at the tive and legislative branches of govern- on trial once again in the United States as Michael E. Tigar, told The New York subject in the broadest way,” stated Mr. ment. the Justice Department seeks to prove Times: “Twenty-two years ago they Rumsfeld and later added, “Our intention In what the presidential administration that he was a guard at several other Nazi sued,” he said. “After 21 years of litiga- is to develop discussions with countries is calling administrative reform, Mr. camps. tion it was determined not only that they such as Russia as well as with Ukraine.” Kuchma ordered on May 29 that the The U.S. Justice Department com- had the wrong guy but that they had He said the Bush administration’s prime minister and all Cabinet ministries plaint, filed on May 19, 1999, seeks to defrauded the courts. We hope it doesn’t plans would include a reduction in the now will have state secretaries assigned once again revoke Mr. Demjanjuk’s U.S. take that long to demonstrate once again U.S. nuclear arsenal. to them at a position one notch below the citizenship on the grounds that he illegal- that the Justice Department is wrong.” While the missile defense plan was a ministerial level. The secretaries will ly gained entry into the United States and “This is a trial by archives,” The New key component of discussion between have subordinates answerable only to illegally gained U.S. citizenship because York Times quoted Mr. Tigar as saying at Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Kuchma, the two them, chiefly a first deputy and two he had concealed his service as a camp the start of the new trial. The defense also discussed the state of Ukraine’s deputies. The new positions will be pres- guard. attorney noted that there are no living democratic and free market reforms. He idential appointments not subject to The trial got under way on May 29 in eyewitnesses left in the government’s 24- said one of his central purposes as the changes in ministerial portfolios for a Cleveland before Judge Paul R. Matia of year-long investigation of Mr. first representative of the Bush adminis- five-year term to coincide with that of the Federal District Court. Demjanjuk. tration to visit Kyiv was to express its the president. Federal prosecutors allege that Mr. “We will show the court a scenario interest and support for the development The state secretaries will exercise Demjanjuk served as a guard at the that explains how it is that the govern- of democratic and economic institutions administrative responsibility, including Sobibor extermination camp and the ment once again has got it wrong,” Mr. and a free press. The secretary of defense the daily bureaucratic and financial func- Majdanek concentration camp, both in Tigar argued before the court. also expressed satisfaction with what he tions of the Cabinet of Ministers and its Poland, and at the Flossenberg concentra- tion camp in Germany. The lawsuit also (Continued on page 25) (Continued on page 21) (Continued on page 21) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 No. 23

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Ukrainian president reasserts control Kuchma assigns more ministers 30 presented his credentials to President by Jan Maksymiuk about-face change in Ukraine’s economic Leonid Kuchma, Interfax reported. Mr. RFE/RL Newsline or political course, as postulated in the KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma on Chernomyrdin told journalists after the Communist Party’s program. June 5 reappointed Education and Culture ceremony that he is not going to force the The appointments made by Ukrainian President Kuchma has managed to Minister Vasyl Kremen and Fuel and payment of Ukraine’s gas debt to Russia, President Leonid Kuchma to the new tighten his grip on the government follow- Energy Minister Stanyslav Stashevskyi to adding that he prefers to resolve the prob- Cabinet of Prime Minister Anatoliy ing the “tape scandal” and Mr. serve in the Cabinet of Prime Minister lem in “a civilized way.” He noted that Kinakh seemed to fully confirm the opin- Yuschenko’s dismissal. Last week the Anatolii Kinakh, Interfax reported. Mr. Russia is going to cooperate with CIS ions of those observers of the Ukrainian president issued a decree introducing the Kuchma also restored the ministry of countries as sovereign states. “[There political scene who have asserted that the posts of state secretaries and deputy state industrial policy, which was abolished in have recently been opinions expressed] ouster of Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko secretaries for the Cabinet of Ministers and the previous Cabinet of Viktor Yuschenko, that someone wants to devour someone was orchestrated by Mr. Kuchma solely to individual ministries. The state secretaries and appointed Vasyl Hureiev to head it. else. This will not happen,” Mr. defuse his own political problems. are to be appointed for five-year terms. Mr. Hureiev was industrial policy minister Chernomyrdin said. The new envoy also President Kuchma made Mr. Kinakh’s President Kuchma’s spokesman, from July 1997 to February 2000. The criticized Pope John Paul II’s plans to visit Cabinet almost a copy of his predecessor’s Volodymyr Lytvyn, explained that the president is expected to make four more Ukraine next month. “The pope’s visit is by reappointing 11 Cabinet members who decree was necessitated by frequent appointments to fill the remaining posts of Ukraine’s affair, but maybe it’s not very served under Mr. Yuschenko. “Only the Cabinet reshuffles which, he argued, two vice prime ministers, transportation good and not very right. We are Slav prime minister was changed, while the threaten to “disorganize the executive minister, and environment minister. Out of government remained [the same],” Mr. Orthodox [people]. I don’t think there branch” in the country’s “period of tran- the 17 Cabinet members named thus far, should be cracks in our spirituality,” AP Kuchma commented on the recent govern- sition and political restructuring.” The 14 served under Prime Minister ment reshuffle in Ukraine, speaking to quoted Mr. Chernomyrdin as saying. Mr. state secretaries, not subordinated to the Yuschenko. Notwithstanding so many Chernomyrdin promised to learn journalists at last week’s CIS summit in reappointments, First Vice-Chairman of prime minister, are to deal with the day- Ukrainian during his mission in Kyiv. Miensk. the Verkhovna Rada Viktor Medvedchuk to-day running of the government and (RFE/RL Newsline) The issue of Mr. Yuschenko’s ouster provide continuity between consecutive commented that the Kinakh Cabinet is “a emerged some two months ago when the Cabinets. coalition government up to 40-50 per- President sets tax reform goals Ukrainian opposition – most notably the Many opposition politicians have cent.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Forum for National Salvation and the voiced fears that President Kuchma’s KYIV – In a message to the Parliament PM: new Cabinet is ‘optimal compromise’ group For the Truth – were staging regular move indicates a further assault on democ- released on June 5, President Leonid and vigorous demonstrations in Kyiv, Kuchma wrote that Ukraine’s GDP should racy on his part. Ms. Tymoshenko said the KYIV – Prime Minister Anatolii demanding the ouster of President grow 6 percent next year, including a 7 introduction of state secretaries is “the log- Kinakh told journalists in Miensk on May Kuchma and top state officials over their percent rise in industrial output and a 3.8 ical transformation of the authoritarian 31 that the appointments made thus far to alleged role in the murder of independent [power] system into dictatorship.” percent increase in agricultural produc- journalist Heorhii Gongadze. Those alle- his Cabinet are “the result of an optimal Reforms and Order Party leader Viktor compromise” among President Leonid tion. According to the president, the budg- gations seemed to be confirmed by secret Pynzenyk said the decree is politically tan- et should provide for more social benefits audio recordings made by former presi- Kuchma, the parliamentary groups that tamount to “the liquidation of the institu- voted for Mr. Kinakh’s approval, and Mr. and a 5.5 percent growth in salaries. The dential bodyguard Mykola Melnychenko tion of the Cabinet of Ministers, which is average hryvnia exchange rate in 2002 in Mr. Kuchma’s office and subsequently Kinakh himself, Interfax reported. now becoming a window-dressing [body] Meanwhile, President Kuchma said in should not fall below 5.75 to $1 (the cur- made public in Ukraine by Socialist Party since the entire power has been focused on rent rate is 5.41 to $1), while exports leader Oleksander Moroz. Miensk the same day that “only the prime the president.” minister was changed, while the govern- should increase by 5 percent. Mr. Kuchma Even though not impressively large, And Kyiv-based political scientist also urged the Verkhovna Rada to adopt a those anti-Kuchma protests brought ment remained [the same]” in Ukraine. Mykola Tomenko commented that many (RFE/RL Newsline) Tax Code in order to radically ease tax Ukraine’s “tape scandal” into the spotlight ministers from the previous Cabinet of Mr. pressure and simplify tax procedures. Mr. of Ukrainian and world public opinion and Yuschenko retained their posts in that of Kinakh Cabinet a copy of Yuschenko’s? Kuchma wants to reduce the overall num- did much damage to Kuchma’s political Mr. Kinakh, but have “significantly lost ber of taxes from 39 to 23, decrease the stature. their powers” to state secretaries. “Kinakh KYIV – Interfax reported on May 31 value-added tax from 20 percent to 17 Those who suspect President Kuchma is becoming a sort of presidential represen- that President Leonid Kuchma has already percent, lower the profit tax for businesses and his administration of political plots tative or adviser to deal only with manag- appointed 13 members of Anatolii Kinakh’s from 30 percent to 25 percent, and intro- assert that Mr. Kuchma ordered the arrest ing the regional system of power, some Cabinet. In addition to the five members of duce a new income tax system with the of former Vice Prime Minister Yulia economic branches, and individual enter- the previous Cabinet who were renamed to top rate not exceeding 25 percent. Tymoshenko and orchestrated the dis- prises,” Mr. Tomenko added. their positions earlier, Mr. Kuchma reap- (RFE/RL Newsline) missal of Prime Minister Yuschenko in an With summer vacations close at hand, pointed Economy Minister Vasyl Rohovyi, attempt to gradually change the direction the Ukrainian opposition may face addi- Finance Minister Ihor Mitiukov, Justice Slavic legislators seek union of opposition protest actions. And indeed, tional difficulties in mobilizing its adher- Minister Suzanna Stanyk, Health Minister HRODNA, Belarus – The Parliamentary following Mr. Tymoshenko’s arrest in mid- ents for anti-Kuchma protests on the scale Vitalii Moskalenko, Agrarian Policy Assembly of the Russia-Belarus Union on February and the inauguration of Mr. they did in February and March. And, Minister Ivan Kyrylenko, and Labor and June 4 gathered for a two-day session in Yuschenko’s dismissal process in the when a new period of political activity Social Policy Minister Ivan Sakhan. The Hrodna, western Belarus. The session was Parliament, opposition groups became starts in September, most politicians and Cabinet’s newcomers are Vice Prime attended also by Ukrainian lawmakers. involved in organizing actions in defense parties will probably be much more inter- Minister Volodymyr Semynozhenko and Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian law- of these two politicians. ested in ensuring their own political Culture Minister Yurii Bohutskyi. The for- The opposition’s drive to oust Kuchma, future in next year’s legislative elections mer Cabinet of Viktor Yuschenko had 20 makers set up an interparliamentary though not dropped altogether, had already than in trying to threaten that of the presi- posts – those of prime minister, first vice deputies’ association called For the Union become less energetic before April 26, dent. Thus, even if morally damaged, prime minister, three vice prime ministers of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia (ZUBR). when Mr. Yuschenko was voted out of his President Kuchma seems to be politically and 15 ministers. (RFE/RL Newsline) ZUBR’s declared goals include “the post. That drive subsided almost complete- secure at least until a new legislature is restoration of the unity of the Russian, Chernomyrdin begins mission in Kyiv ly in May, when different opposition fac- formed. Belarusian and Ukrainian people” and the tions engaged in disputes over the expedi- Perhaps the most bitter pill for the consolidation of efforts toward the creation ency of holding an anti-Kuchma referen- KYIV – The new Russian ambassador Forum for National Salvation in its anti- to Ukraine, Viktor Chernomyrdin, on May (Continued on page 17) dum. 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Lviv Theological Academy seeks licensing and accreditation from Ukrainian government by Roman Woronowycz recognize the LTA’s degrees. Furthermore, representatives Perhaps the biggest irony in this battle is that Ukraine’s Kyiv Press Bureau of the Vatican’s Pontifical Oriental Institute recently visited northern neighbors, Belarus and Russia, recognized the dis- the LTA for an official review of the school’s operations and cipline several years ago. KYIV – Seven years after it reopened it doors, the Lviv are apprised of the situation. In addition, Pope John Paul II “Here we are not only behind the West, but also behind Theological Academy (LTA) has received recognition built his unsurpassed international reputation defending reli- the ‘vanguard’ Belarusian leader [Alyaksandr] throughout Europe and in the United States as a respected gious and human rights. Many of those attacks were direct- Lukashenka,” the Rev. Gudziak noted wryly. institution of higher learning. At home in Ukraine, however, ed specifically at the policies of what was then the Soviet The battle the LTA is waging is to obtain recognition it is still battling the state for licensing and accreditation. Union. from the state that its educational curriculum is on the uni- The academy has lobbied government officials exten- “The question is why can’t theology have a civil status, a versity level. It is a three-step process, which first requires sively, to no avail, to acknowledge it as a legitimate educa- place in society in Ukraine as it does in most other soci- the government to acknowledge theology as an academic tional institution and recognize the degree the academy eties?” queried the Rev. Gudziak. field of study. confers on those students who complete its rigorous cur- The central problem for the LTA and all other theological The LTA has joined forces with the Ukrainian Orthodox riculum. academies in Ukraine – none of which have been either Church – Kyiv Patriarchate to overcome this most difficult Without such recognition, students who graduate are not licensed or accredited – is that the country does not official- initial obstacle. Cooperation began after a conference in the considered to have a higher education; while in school they ly recognize theology as an academic discipline. The Rev. do not have the rights that other university students have, winter of 1997 attended by all the major Christian confes- Gudziak said that omission is not merely an unfortunate sions in Ukraine. Today the UGCC and the UOC-KP have including free access to public transportation and medical oversight, but a remnant of Ukraine’s Soviet past. It remains treatment. organizations working to put theology on the list of state- thanks to the apparatchiks still entrenched in the corridors of recognized academic disciplines. A by-product of this coop- “Our degree is recognized in the United States, but not in government power. Ukraine, even while not all Ukrainian academic degrees are eration may be expanded inter-confessional cooperation. Before anything can move forward, theology must be The LTA has prepared a 2,000-page document outlining recognized in the U.S,” explained the Rev. Borys Gudziak, put on the Cabinet of Ministers’ list of recognized areas the LTA’s rector, who has led the fight to put the academy state standards and criteria for the study of theology, right of study, explained the Rev. Gudziak, who hails from down to course outlines. Once recognition is achieved, the on a par with other Ukrainian institutions of higher learn- the United States. The problem is that former Soviet ing. LTA will move to the second step, licensing by the govern- specialists in the various government institutes of scien- ment to acknowledge the academy’s coursework as being With the upcoming visit by Pope John Paul II to Ukraine tific atheism, who today have renamed themselves reli- later this month, the issue could prove embarrassing to the on the university level, to be followed by the final step, gious studies experts, are particularly vociferously accreditation, which officially would recognize the degrees government. However, the Rev. Gudziak said he hopes that opposed to recognizing theology as a discipline of aca- something will break before the pontiff’s arrival. He the school extends to those of its students who complete demic study. The specialists have gone so far as to peti- requirements for graduation. explained that during a visit to the academy earlier this year tion the Ministry of Education to bar theology from Vice Prime Minister Mykola Zhulynskyi had promised he being recognized, stated the Rev. Gudziak. (Continued on page 20) would push the matter of the LTA’s recognition. The Rev. Gudziak said that during his visit the pope might just comment on Ukraine’s failure to acknowledge theology as an officially recognized field of study – the core reason that the LTA has not been licensed or accredited. The head of the Catholic Church is scheduled to pay par- ticular attention to the theological needs of the UGCC while in Ukraine. He will bless the cornerstone of the future Lviv Archepiscopal Seminary and the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv during his five-day stay in the country, which will give him ample opportunity to comment on the problem. The Vatican is one of the several European states that Ukraine’s steel industry may face U.S. restrictions

WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush on June 5 announced his intent to pursue restric- tions on foreign steel imports into the United States, the New York Times reported. Although no substantive action has been taken as yet, the move could prove a blow to Russian and Ukrainian steel exporters, among others, who are often able to sell products more cheaply than their American coun- The Rev. Borys Gudziak lectures before a group of students at the Lviv Theological Academy. terparts. The Bush administration plans to submit a request to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for a Section 201 probe as out- lined in the 1974 Trade Act. For President Bush to Kuchma seeks free trade zone in CIS impose the desired restrictions, the ITC would by Roman Woronowycz line with the majority of other CIS members who had need to concur that foreign imports have indeed Kyiv Press Bureau indicated their support for the special economic zone, been detrimental to the American steel industry. In the country would demand the exclusion of so many that case, Reuters explained, he would be allowed KYIV – Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma said on commodities that the purpose of the zone would be to enact restrictions lasting up to four years. June 1 in Miensk that without closer economic coordi- defeated. Severe foreign economic troubles came to a nation and, most importantly, the creation of a free trade While Ukraine and the other 13 states signed nine head in 1998, resulting in a glut of inexpensive zone, the prospects for the Commonwealth of international agreements at the conclusion of the CIS steel on the market. Since late 1997, 18 American Independent States are dim. President Kuchma said the summit on June 1, not one of them can be considered an steel manufacturers have declared bankruptcy. CIS would never became a serious influence, either important document and most were of the most banal According to President Bush, the problem stems within the region or internationally, until it finds a pur- sort, such as an address on the occasion of the 60th from “foreign government intervention in the mar- pose. anniversary of the second world war. ket and direct financial support of their steel indus- “If there are no economic interests in the CIS, politi- Mr. Kuchma spent much of his time in Miensk meet- tries.” cal prospects for it are an illusion,” said Mr. Kuchma, ing one-on-one with the various leaders, including Pursuant to the 1974 Trade Act, the Bush who added, “Everything is based on the economy.” Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Eduard administration is not required to demonstrate to the The Ukrainian president called the organization “a Shevardnadze of Georgia, Alyaksandr Lukashenka of ITC that illegal or improper foreign action has large consultative council,” but did acknowledge that it Belarus and Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan. contributed to American troubles. gave state leaders a chance to solve problems in face-to- Amid the various remarks made by President Even in the event that the ITC sides with Mr. face meetings during the summits. Kuchma during the CIS summit after consultations with Bush, the nature and extent of possible American Mr. Kuchma made his remarks during the biennial other leaders was a reaffirmation that Ukraine does not protectionism remain uncertain. The administra- meeting of presidents of the countries that make up the intend to join the Belarus-Russia union. tion has not yet worked out the specifics of a pos- CIS, a loosely knit organization that has yet to decide on “Ukraine has made its choice, we are also for union, sible proposal. its purpose, which today is bound informally by the sta- but the European one, although it will take much more Furthermore, American import restrictions will tus of its member-states as ex-Soviet republics. time for us to get there,” said Mr. Kuchma. likely face opposition at the World Trade Ukraine’s president said that while he will continue to He said that he saw no other prospect for economic Organization. European Union Trade Commissioner pursue the idea of a free trade zone for the region, he development except for the European model. Pascal Lamy complained, “The cost of restructuring currently did not see any possibility that it would suc- The president also said he believed that relations with the U.S. steel sector should not be shifted onto the ceed. He named Russia as the prime opponent to such a Belarus and President Lukashenka would improve with rest of the world.” move, a position he said was Moscow’s right to hold. the appointment of Anatolii Kinakh as Ukraine’s new Mr. Kuchma said that, even if Moscow would fall in prime minister. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 No. 23 Former slave laborers can expect CCRF sends 28th airlift to Ukraine NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund in two sold-out per- to begin receiving compensation soon Chornobyl Relief Fund’s 28th medical air- formances at the International Skating lift departed for Ukraine on May 22. The Center of Connecticut. The proceeds from by Roman Woronowycz Red Cross; or to the local German cities shipment delivered more than seven tons of this event have been designated for the cre- Kyiv Press Bureau and villages where the slave laborers medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and ation of the Viktor Petrenko Neonatal worked, some of which have retained hospital supplies valued at $1.25 million to Intensive Care Unit in Odesa, the champi- KYIV – Up to 1 million former slave hospitals and orphanages in eight Ukrainian on’s hometown. lists of wartime workers. laborers of Nazi Germany should begin Mr. Yansen said that obtaining docu- cities. “We hope to complete the first phase of receiving compensation from the German Among the most valuable aid to be deliv- this neonatal unit by the end of the sum- mented proof would be the biggest prob- government as soon as next month after lem facing the victims. He said that offi- ered is state-of-the-art neonatal intensive mer,” said Alexander Kuzma, CCRF exec- the country’s Parliament approved the care equipment for Rivne, Odesa and utive director. The fund has already cials in Berlin must approve each case disbursement of $4.6 billion in awards on before ordering the disbursement of the Yavoriv, and surgical supplies for the secured intensive care respirators, pulse May 30. funds to an individual. Amosov Institute in Kyiv, where the majori- oxymeters, infant warmers and other spe- The legislature’s approval comes sev- Currently German officials are deter- ty of infant cardiac surgeries in Ukraine are cialized supplies with the help of funds eral weeks after a U.S. court dismissed mining which regional and local banks to performed. raised at the “Viktory for Kids” gala. “Our lawsuits that had held up the completion utilize in Ukraine for the cash transfers. A large volume of medications and hos- goal is to sharply reduce infant mortality of the process that will grant the “ostar- The National Bank of Ukraine will retain pital supplies was provided by the Catholic at this hospital, and to give these new- beiters” – the majority of whom who live responsibility over the money. Medical Mission Board, MAP International, borns a fighting chance against a wide in Eastern and Central Europe – an aver- Each individual will receive money in and Interchurch Medical Assistance. The range of life-threatening complications,” age of $6,700 each. airlift also included wheelchairs and essen- said Mr. Kuzma. Michael Yansen, chairman of the two tranches – an issue that has been the tial supplies for several orphanages adopted This will be the seventh model neonatal German Foundation for Remembrance, point of most controversy between the by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under a center established by CCRF. In several part- Responsibility and the Future, said in Ukrainian and German organizations. special grant administered by CCRF. ner hospitals equipped by the fund, local Kyiv on May 23 that the U.S. court Ukraine is pushing for a large initial out- “This airlift commemorates the 15th doctors have been able to improve survival action was the last legal blockade to lay of 65 percent, simply because the anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear rates by 50 to 80 percent thanks to technolo- Bundestag approval of the money for dis- ostarbeiters are well advanced in their disaster – the explosion at the Chornobyl gy and training provided by American doc- bursement. He said he expected the first years and quickly dying off. German nuclear reactor in 1986,” said Dr. Zenon tors and manufacturers. payments could be sent as early as July 2. officials would like to limit the first pay- Matkiwsky, president and co-founder of On May 23-25 in Kyiv, CCRF co-spon- Some 480,000 Ukrainians have out to between 35 and 60 percent. CCRF. “Our aim is to improve Ukraine’s sored a national medical conference on thy- applied for compensation for their forced Mr. Yansen also said that while the medical system, specifically with programs roid cancer that was hosted by the National labor to support the Nazi German money will be disbursed in that will lower infant mortality, treat chil- Institute of Endocrinology and financed in wartime production. It is estimated that Deutschmarks at first, after the introduc- dren with cancer, and aid disabled children part by a grant from Knoll Pharmaceuticals, about 610,000 of the 2 million tion of the euro in January 2002 pay- who were born with various conditions a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. Ukrainians who were forced to leave ments will be made only in the all- attributed to radiation exposure.” Thyroid cancer rates in Ukraine and Belarus their homes to work in German concen- European currency. CCRF, which has offices in Short Hills, have skyrocketed in the wake of the tration camps and ghettos or in factories Ukrainian ostarbeiters will share in a N.J., and New Haven, Conn., has delivered Chornobyl disaster. Knoll is providing over and on farms during World War II are pool of $862 million, a figure that was over 1,300 tons of aid valued at $47 million $600,000 worth of hormone replacement still alive. agreed upon on March 28, 2000, after to hospitals and children’s health centers in medication (Synthroid-thyroxin) for chil- Ihor Lushnykov, chairman of the completion of extensive negotiations Eastern Europe. dren whose thyroid glands have been Ukrainian National Fund on Mutual lasting nearly a year among representa- The May airlift coincided with a separate removed following cancer surgery. Understanding and Reconciliation said tives of the countries whose citizens were shipment of over $100,000 worth of inten- To make a tax-deductible contribution to Ukrainian victims have until August 11 affected. Only Poland and the Jewish sive care equipment that will be installed in CCRF, write to: Children of Chornobyl to file claims. After that date they will Claims Conference have been allotted the Odesa Regional Children’s Hospital as Relief Fund, 272 Old Short Hills Road, lose their right to compensation. larger sums of $906 million each. part of the “Viktory For Kids” initiative Short Hills, NJ 07078. For further informa- Mr. Lushnykov said that, initially, an According to Myroslaw Smorodsky, organized by Olympic skating champion tion, readers are urged to contact the nation- individual merely needs to send a simple an attorney who has been involved with Viktor Petrenko. In March, Mr. Petrenko al office at (973) 376-5140 or to visit the letter to his organization with the name the forced/slave labor issue, former ostar- and an international all-star cast helped raise CCRF website at www.childrenof- and address of the victim along with the beiters who live in the United States and over $100,000 for the Children of chornobyl.org. time and place of his forced labor in Canada (and other countries beyond Germany. Before victims can qualify for Ukraine) should contact the International compensation they must submit addition- Organization for Migration. The IOM’s The Ukrainian Weekly announces a special section al information documenting their status. Regional Office for North America and Those who do not have the required the Caribbean, based in Washington, may Congratulations, Graduates! documents should turn to Ukraine’s be contacted at: (202) 862-1826; e-mail, Congratulations, Graduates! Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has [email protected]. Further infor- Every year tens of thousands of students throughout North America extensive lists of those who returned to mation is available on the website at receive undergraduate and graduate degrees at colleges Ukraine after the war; to the International www.iom.int. and universities, cresting a pinnacle of personal achievement. And then there are those who graduate high school or complete the “matura” in our schools of Ukrainian studies. New York judge approves request In The Ukrainian Weekly’s special section – Congratulations, Graduates! – readers of The Ukrainian Weekly can place a note congratulating fam- for relief filed by CEE countries ily members and dear friends on their recent achievements. This annual by Myroslaw Smorodsky including forced laborers. However, a con- section will be published on July 1, 2001. dition of the settlement was that “legal NEW YORK – On May 9, which peace” be achieved and all of the cases marked the 56th anniversary of the end of To place an ad congratulating a recent graduate, pending in U.S. courts against German orld War II in Europe, Ukraine together please send us the following by June 25: W Industry were to be dismissed before pay- with Belarus, the Russian Federation, ments could begin. A group of these bank- • your note of congratulations, in Ukrainian or English, Poland and the Czech Republic (collective- related cases were before Judge Kram in the which should be no more than 50 words, including names; ly referred to as CEE, for Central and Southern District of New York. Eastern Europe) requested an emergency • in English, the full name of the graduate, the degree completed or diplo- Previously, Judge Kram had declined to hearing before Judge Shirley Wohl Kram ma received, along with the date it was presented, a list of awards and dismiss these cases on the grounds that cer- which was heard on May 10 in New York. honors given the graduate, and the name and location of the school; tain World War II victims could not receive The motion was filed by the CEE attor- • a photo of the graduate (optional); compensation under the German Settlement neys when it became evident that ongoing Agreement. The plan proposed by the CEE • payment for the ad; legal wrangling by other parties could • your daytime phone number. suggested an imaginative methodology that indefinitely delay compensation payments provided an opportunity for victims to to former forced laborers used by the Nazi obtain compensation without any need for The ad sizes for the greeting are a 1/8 page horizontal for $100 regime. renegotiation of the Settlement Agreement. or a 1/4 page for $180. Although the CEE did not have any That plan was ruled satisfactory by the pending cases before Judge Kram, the CEE court. Please make checks payable to The Ukrainian Weekly and their lawyers developed a unique plan Since the motion of the CEE was suc- and mail along with above information to: that could satisfy the legal requirements of cessful and Judge Kram dismissed the The Ukrainian Weekly – Congratulations Graduates! Judge Kram and break the existing road- remaining pending cases, full legal closure 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 block. This roadblock had prevented the has now been achieved and the German Parsippany, NJ 07054 implementation of compensation payments Parliament could initiate the payment pro- to surviving forced laborers of World War gram to victims as early as July of this year. For further information, please call II. At the conclusion of the hearing, the (973) 292-9800 ext. 3040 (Maria) On July 17, 2000, Germany and German Central and East European delegations pre- industry had agreed to pay 10 billion DM as compensation to various classes of victims, (Continued on page 20) No. 23 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 5 Chornomorska Sitch sports club Sports federation officers honored elects new governing board for contributions to Ukrainian sports by Dr. Orest Popovych to sports in Ukraine, which began in by Dr. Orest Popovych Under the leadership of Marika 1991 with the establishment of the Fund Bokalo, Sitch swimmers have consistent- NEWARK, N.J. – Several officers of for the Rebirth of Sports in Ukraine,” fol- NEWARK, N.J. – At the general meet- ly excelled at the national championships the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the lowed by related specialized funds. ing of the Ukrainian American sports and of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada (USCAK) have been Thanks to contributions from the educational association Chornomorska U.S.A. and Canada. As a club, they won honored with certificates and medals for Ukrainian community, USCAK has been Sitch on April 28 at the Sitch home in second place in 1998 and 1999, and their contributions to Ukrainian sports in able to provide over $350,000 in finan- Newark, N.J., members voted in a new became the champions in 2000. Ukraine and in the diaspora. cial assistance to Ukraine’s sports federa- slate of officers. The most important The tennis section has been dormant, Myron Stebelsky, the president of tions, Olympic teams and individual change came at the top, where the vice- with the one bright spot being the gold USCAK, received a certificate from stars. president and press officer Omelan medal earned at the Ukrainian Diaspora Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma, Some of the major expenditures paid Twardowsky replaced Myron Stebelsky, Olympiad 2000 by Iryna Matviychuk. As the Sitch president for the preceding 30 expressing thanks for his “significant for by USCAK were the international a visitor from Ukraine, however, she was years. personal contribution to the development membership fees of Ukraine’s 38 sports only an accidental representative of Mr. Stebelsky had resigned earlier due and strengthening of the Ukrainian federations, as well as significant con- Sitch. to health problems and was not a candi- state.” Messrs. Stebelsky, Omelan tributions towards the financing of In 1999 Sitch celebrated its 75th date for the presidency. However, he was Twardowsky (press officer) and Dr. Orest Ukraine’s teams at the 1994 Winter anniversary by publishing a bilingual elected honorary president as well as a Popovych (chess director) were honored Olympiad in Lillehammer, Norway, book on its history authored by Messrs. member-at-large of the new governing as “builders of Ukraine” with medals and the 1996 Summer Olympiad in Twardowsky (Ukrainian text) and board, which has the following members: from the Prosvita Society. Atlanta. Popovych (English). This hard-covered Alexander Napora, first vice-president Messrs. Stebelsky, Twardowsky and Over the years, sponsorship has been tome of 413 pages presents in great detail and treasurer; Volodymyr Rudakewych, Popovych were joined by Alexander provided for individual skaters, gym- the facts and figures that trace the activi- second vice-president and volleyball Napora (financial secretary) and Roman nasts, swimmers and young chess stars, ties of Sitch from its inception in 1924 to Pyndus (secretary) in receiving certifi- manager; Joseph Trush, secretary; Bill 1999, illustrated by historical photo- among other representatives of Ukraine. Vincent, financial secretary; Andre J. cates from the Lviv State Institute of USCAK co-sponsored two international graphs. The book has received favorable Physical Culture, which recognized them Worobec, English-language press officer; reviews in Kyiv and Symferopol, as have chess tournaments in Lviv, dedicated to Roman Pyndus, public relations; Dmytro for “many years of fruitful work towards the memory of Stepan Popel. issues of Sitch’s magazine. the development of the Ukrainian sports Khlibkevych, manager of the Sitch Finally, Mr. Twardowsky spoke about Last year, USCAK established a home; Vasyl Ciurpita, member-at-large; and educational movement beyond the $10,000 scholarship fund at the Lviv the significant contribution of Sitch borders of Ukraine.” Yaroslav Twardowsky, soccer coach; and members to the success of the Ukrainian State Institute of Physical Culture. Greg Serheev, assistant soccer coach. These expressions of recognition and Aside from financial assistance, also Diaspora Olympiad. Messrs. Stebelsky, gratitude coincide with the 10th anniver- Elected as managers were: Volodymyr Twardowsky, Popovych, Rudakewych sary of USCAK’s program of assistance (Continued on page 16) Rudakewych, women’s volleyball; Dr. and Pyndus, as well as Ms. Bokalo, par- Orest Popovych, chess; Marika Bokalo, ticipated in organizing and running the swimming; and Lubomyr Olesnycky, ten- Olympiad. Sitch representatives brought nis. The Auditing Committee comprises: home 12 Olympic medals, finishing in Osyp Stashkiw, chair; and Luba second place among the 12 competing Lapychak-Lesko and Yevhen Brenych, clubs. Newark Sitch is the only members. Ukrainian American sports club to have The meeting was opened by Mr. participated in all three Ukrainian Twardowsky, who called for a moment of Olympiads in the Philadelphia area in the silence in honor of recently departed years 1936, 1988 and 2000. members Dmytro Bobelak, Ivan Dr. Popovych reported on the activi- Hamulak, Kost Hrechak and Yaroslav ties of Sitch chess players. Both in the Turiansky. Then a presidium consisting 1999 and the 2000 USCAK champi- of Mr. Worobec, chairman, and Dr. onships, first and second places, respec- Popovych, secretary, took over the meet- tively, were captured by Sitch chess mas- ing. A nominating committee composed ters Peter Radomskyj and Steve Stoyko. of Mr. Napora, chair, and Messrs. As the 2000 championship was part of Rudakewych and Twardowsky was elect- the Olympiad, they won, respectively, the ed unanimously. The minutes of the pre- gold and silver medals. Dr. Popovych vious general meeting were read by its directed the USCAK tournaments in secretary, Mr. Rudakewych. After the 1998, 1999 and 2000 (the Olympic minutes were accepted, there followed event). reports by the outgoing officers on their In 1999 Dr. Popovych represented the activities in the past three years. Ukrainian diaspora at the international Mr. Twardowsky presented the high- chess tournament in Lviv dedicated to lights of the Sitch sports activity, point- the memory of Stepan Popel. Sitch mas- ing out that for more detail one could ters have also been successful in main- USCAK President Myron Stebelsky holds the certificate awarded him by President consult the 1999, 2000 and 2001 issues stream American events. Mr. Radomskyj Leonid Kuchma, which was presented by representatives of the National Olympic of Sitch’s annual magazine Our Sport. won a number of local tournaments and Committee of Ukraine, Volodymyr Brynzak (right) and Yuriy Kolb. In the 1997-1998 and the 1998-1999 club championships in New Jersey. In seasons, the men’s soccer team competed 1998 Mr. Stoyko won the New Jersey in the Garden State Soccer League with crown in fast chess. In 2000 Dr. rather poor results. However, it did win Popovych set an all-time record by win- an indoor tournament as well as the ning the New Jersey state title in chess Batkivschyna gets ready to sail again anniversary tournament of the Ukrainian for the fourth time in his career. He was KYIV – The Ukrainian gaff schooner as well as the Friendship Festival on July Sports Club of New York. The 1999- honored by having his picture published Batkivschyna is participating in Toronto 4 in Buffalo, N.Y. 2000 season saw some improvement, due on the cover of the magazine “Atlantic Harbor’s “Parade of Lights” from June The ship’s captain has entered into a in part to the influx of new players, Chess News,” with his invited article 28 through July 2. The Batkivschyna is formal agreement with Children of recently arrived from Ukraine. The team inside. scheduled to arrive and dock behind the Chornobyl Relief Fund to help raise was coached by Dusan Sokolak and man- Mr. Trush reported on his work as sec- Harbour Castle Hilton next to the funds for their humanitarian missions in aged by Yaroslav Twardowsky. At the retary, noting that 73 meetings of the Toronto Island Ferry docks on Thursday Ukraine. Ukrainian Diaspora Olympiad 2000 the executive board had taken place since afternoon, July 28. Toronto’s Parade of Lights is a boating Sitch team won a bronze medal. The April 1998. The financial statement for The public is invited to come out and festival in which all the boats are decorat- women’s soccer team was more success- the year 2000, read by Mr. Vincent, welcome the captain and the crew to ed with lights, with prize money going to ful, but it was disbanded after the 1998- financial secretary, assured those present Toronto. The ship received wide acclaim winners in various classes. (For addition- 1999 season. that Sitch is indeed well entrenched in last year during the Operation Sail 2000 al information visit the website at In volleyball, both a men’s team, with the black. tall ship festival on the Eastern Seaboard www.paradeoflights.com.) manager-coach Michael Zawadisky, and Concluding remarks were delivered by of the United States. Currently the Batkivschyna has a women’s team, run by Mr. Mr. Stebelsky, the outgoing president. He This summer the Batkivshchyna and Christmas lights to illuminate the Rudakewych, were active in official noted that the report period Sitch partici- its crew have been invited to participate bowsprit to the top of the masts and USVBA tournaments, finishing in third pated in such unique occasions as the 75th in the Tall Ships Challenge 2001, a series down to the stern, as well as strings of and fourth places in 1997-1999. In the anniversary of Sitch and the Ukrainian of tall ships festivals organized by the lights that go from the top of the masts to 1998-1999 season, the men’s team, run Diaspora Olympiad. Another success story American Sail Training Association, with the deck. The crew has asked for dona- by manager-coach Hena Shevchenko, has been the Sitch Sports School at public visits scheduled for Cleveland, tions of additional tiny Christmas lights. was runner-up in one official tournament. Verkhovyna, even though in the summer Detroit, Chicago and other cities. For further details or to arrange group The women’s team became inactive, but of 2000 it had to be cut short due to prob- The ship has also been invited to take sails in Toronto Harbor contact has been revived in the 1999-2000 sea- lems beyond the organizers’ control. part in various other tall ships festivals, [email protected]. son thanks to coach Eugene Chyzowych and manager Mr. Rudakewych. (Continued on page 16) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 No. 23

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY “The Ukrainian Weekly 2000” Judicial independence or constitutional crisis? by Bohdan A. Futey Constitution of Ukraine guarantees the right When we released the first volume of “The Ukrainian Weekly 2000” just over a of citizens to obtain information about year ago, we referred to our newspaper as a chronicler of the times, a mirror of our Since 1996, with the adoption of a new themselves and to prevent unlawful reten- society, a purveyor of information and a leader of public opinion. Indeed, those roles Constitution, democracy and the rule of law tion and dissemination of that information. were reflected in the selection of articles that appear in that book, covering events have made strong strides in Ukraine. Now, In that year the court also upheld the consti- from 1933 through the 1960s. Now we are happy to report that the much-awaited the Verkhovna Rada, the Parliament of tutional prohibition on dual mandates, stat- Volume II, which spans the 1970s through the 1990s, will soon be mailed to the Ukraine, must pass a law instituting a con- ing that national deputies could not hold homes of our subscribers. stitutional system for the courts of general two government positions at once. Together the two volumes of “The Ukrainian Weekly 2000” are meant to convey to jurisdiction under one Supreme Court by In a lawsuit brought by residents of the readers a sense of the major events that affected the Ukrainian community and June 28, or the courts of general jurisdiction city of Zhovti Vody over the devaluation of Ukraine from the 1930s through the 1990s, as the articles chosen for the two books – of the country will not have a legal basis for accounts in banks in 1998, the court held each nearly 300 pages in length – provide a sampling of the major events covered by their continuing operation. that courts of general jurisdiction could not The Ukrainian Weekly since its founding in 1933. (To be sure, not all the major events No matter what divides them or what refuse to hear cases that involve guaranteed of that period appear in this book – that would take much more than a pair of vol- reservations on the law they retain, the rights of citizens, essentially issuing a juris- umes.) Together the two volumes are certain to become a resource for researchers, as members of the Ukrainian Parliament must dictional mandate. In 1999 it examined the well as a keepsake for readers. enact the Law on the Judiciary in order to question of the death penalty and declared it Each decade of selections is preceded by introductions written by former and cur- avert a serious constitutional crisis. unconstitutional. rent staffers of The Ukrainian Weekly. Titled “The 1970s: Soviet repressions and Recent problems in Ukraine response,” “The 1980s: Of divisions, struggle and remembrance” and “The 1990s: The Law on the Judiciary The dream, and the reality,” they are meant to help set the stage for the news reports To read the news in recent months, it These positive developments demon- and commentaries that follow by placing them in a broader context that allows readers would seem scandal and corruption are the strate the existence of a nascent independ- to better understand the events and concerns of each period. The articles reprinted in norm in Ukraine. There is no doubt the ent judiciary that can effectively uphold the this second book reflect the work of The Weekly’s editors, reporters, correspondents country has suffered many unfortunate rule of law, and they represent a significant and columnists. episodes. The freedom of the press, so high- next step in the process begun by the The three decades covered in Volume II are full of historic events and noteworthy ly valued in the new Constitution, has been Constitution of Ukraine, adopted June 28, developments; they are distinguished by both the illustrious and the infamous. called into question, a problem embodied 1996. The adoption of the Constitution was Thus, in one volume we have articles about the introduction of the Canadian policy most obviously in the disappearance and praised by the European Commission on of multiculturalism and the arrests of human and national rights activists Vyacheslav death of journalist Heorhii Gongadze, and Democracy through Law (Venice Chornovil, Ivan Svitlychny and Ivan Dzyuba; the release of Valentyn Moroz and the the emergence of secretly taped conversa- Commission) as a document capable of hostage ordeal of Michael Metrinko in Iran. There are stories about protest actions at tions allegedly showing President Leonid bringing true democracy to Ukraine. the Olympics in the 1980s and about independent Ukraine’s debut at the Olympic Kuchma’s involvement. The very popular The new Constitution contains transi- Games in the 1990s. The disparate cases of John Demjanjuk, Walter Polovchak and Prime Minister Victor Yuschenko was tional provisions mandating the creation of Myroslav Medvid all figure on the pages of this volume, as do events commemorating sacked recently, despite signs of solid eco- various institutions of government accord- the 50th anniversary of the Great Famine of 1932-1933 and the Millennium of nomic improvement and growth in the ing to the principles set forth in the Christianity in Rus’-Ukraine. Not forgotten are such significant developments as the country. Constitution itself. These provisions man- founding of the Rukh movement in Ukraine and President George Bush’s 1991 visit Vice Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko date the creation of the Constitutional to Ukraine, which was followed in short order by Ukraine’s independence and the suffered arrest and attempted rearrest on Court, which was achieved in 1996. They overwhelming affirmation of that independence by a nationwide referendum. The vol- charges of corruption, tax evasion and doc- also require the creation of a new system ume also explains the reason for the changing spelling of Kiev-Kyyiv-Kyiv, and the ument forgery. And Russia’s strong diplo- for the courts of general jurisdiction within disappearance of the “the” before “Ukraine.” Quite appropriately, the last entry for the matic overtures to Ukraine have caused five years of the adoption of the 20th century is an article called “Millennium reflections.” concern in the United States. The U.S. stake Constitution. Therefore, the deadline for the It is our sincere hope that, in some small way, the publication of both volumes of in a free, democratic, economically viable, Ukrainian Parliament to pass such a law is “The Ukrainian Weekly 2000” serves as both a tribute and a thank-you to all our and westward-leaning Ukraine is enormous, June 28. Various drafts of Ukraine’s Law on devoted editors and contributors, each of whom enriched our paper and whose team both for the preservation of European sta- the Judiciary have been written to meet this effort made the paper what it is today. In addition, we see “The Ukrainian Weekly bility and the prevention of the formation of constitutional mandate. 2000” as a tangible thank-you to all who supported our work during the 20th century. a new Russian empire. The Parliament has failed to enact the We sincerely hope that you, Dear Readers, will welcome “The Ukrainian Weekly Independence in the judiciary Law on the Judiciary, however, despite the 2000” Volume II into your homes, and that you enjoy reading it as much as we submission of these drafts of the law to the enjoyed working on it. Given the history of unease and instabili- Parliament. On May 24 the latest draft ty in the former Soviet republics, it is not failed to pass after its third reading before surprising, perhaps, that when it comes to the Parliament, due to various perceived Ukraine the focus remains on the negative. problems and deficiencies. With mere days June There is a sense of seeming permanence to before the elapsing of the five-year period Turning the pages back... the country’s difficulties. But there are posi- for enactment, therefore, Ukraine faces a tives to report, especially in the all-impor- constitutional crisis that easily overshadows 10 tant area of judicial independence. the scandals and controversy presently In the case of the aforementioned Ms. hampering its progress as a developing 1976 Twenty-five years ago, on June 10, Roman Kupchynsky, a ver- Tymoshenko, the Supreme Court of democracy. Because the new court system itable troubadour of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, a poet and a Ukraine, which is the highest court of gen- must be in place within five years of adop- writer, a man who symbolized one of the most glorious periods in eral jurisdiction in the country, ruled on tion of the Constitution by its own terms, Ukraine’s modern history, died after a prolonged illness that May 15 of this year that prosecutors had after June 28 the courts would not have plagued him in the waning years of his life. illegally imprisoned the vice prime minister authority to render decisions without new Born on September 24, 1894, in Rozhadiv in western Ukraine, in a priestly family, Mr. before her trial, and prohibited attempts to legislation. If this occurs, it would rupture Kupchynsky acquired his secondary education in the Peremyshl Gymnasium. After gradu- arrest her a second time. not only the implementation of the judicia- ating in 1913 he enrolled at the Lviv Theological Seminary but attended it for only one In 1999 the court ordered the official reg- ry’s role in Ukraine’s fledgling constitution- year. Talented in sports, young Kupchynsky won the discus throw and the shot put at the istration of all seven candidates in the presi- al democracy, but also the fundamental all-Galician track and field competition in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I. dential election, despite the government’s structure of the system of government in Immediately joining the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, Kupchynsky fought with the unit in opposition. In 1998 it validated the election Ukraine. It is the sole responsibility of the war of Ukrainian liberation. He achieved the rank of lieutenant. After a stint in a Polish of Serhii Holovatyi as a national deputy in Parliament to rectify this potential constitu- POW camp, he returned to Lviv and attended for two years the Ukrainian Secret University Parliament, despite severe political pressure tional catastrophe by adopting the Law on while writing poetry, satire, feuilletons and short stories for various Ukrainian publications. against such a decision. Not only do these the Judiciary. His first poem was published in 1915 in the Herald of the Association for the Liberation of decisions demonstrate healthy judicial inde- The Parliament cannot allow itself to rely Ukraine. pendence, they also indicate a strong on the fact that problems exist in the present It was his ubiquitous talent that made him the logical choice to head the Society of endorsement of the rule of law. draft of the law as the basis for refusing to Writers and Journalists in Lviv. His penname “Halaktion Chipka” became famous in subse- The Constitutional Court of Ukraine, vote the draft into law. The Law on the quent years, which saw him and his family go through the wanderings of World War II and which is a separately created court under Judiciary must be passed despite its prob- eventual settlement in the United States. Kupchynsky continued to write, contributing to Ukrainian law and the jurisdiction of which lems. At this point the Parliament does not many publications, including the Svoboda daily. His book “Hunting Stories” appeared in is solely over questions of constitutional face a vote on the structure of the judiciary 1964, and a year later he published a satirical poem, titled “Skoropad,” again on the Sich matters, has in its decisions reinforced the so much as a vote on the preservation of the Riflemen theme. importance of the rule of law. In the 1997 new Constitution. Obviously, passage of the One of the founders of Chervona Kalyna Publishers in Lviv, Kupchynsky was among Ustymenko case the court held that the most progressive Law on the Judiciary will the first to renew the prolific activity of this Ukrainian publishing house in the United States be of great benefit to all. But, no longer can petty disagreements and political wrangling in 1952. He was among the co-founders of the Ukrainian Journalists Association of Bohdan A. Futey is a judge of the U.S. America and headed this organization in 1958, but failing health compelled him to limit his be allowed to impose themselves in the Court of Federal Claims. He is actively decision-making process. The deficiencies activity in Ukrainian community life. In 1966 the Journalists Association bestowed the dis- involved with democratization and rule tinction of honorary president upon Mr. Kupchynsky. of the present draft may be addressed by of law programs in Ukraine and Russia, subsequent amendments to the law. The Source: “Roman Kupchynsky, Poet, Writer, Journalist, Dies,” The Ukrainian Weekly, June 19, and is an advisor to the International 1976. Foundation for Election Systems. (Continued on page 23) No. 23 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places Re: the mausoleum Architect comments by Myron B. Kuropas in Bound Brook on Kyiv cathedral Dear Editor: Dear Editor: Re: “Orthodox Church dedicates memo- The “Mussolini Modern” design for rial mausoleum/museum,” it is true that the the Catholic cathedral in Kyiv probably Polish pope, Russian patriarch space beneath St. Andrew’s Memorial accurately reflects the level of present- Sitting in the Stockholm airport recently, 1997 putting limits on all so-called “non- Church in South Bound Brook, N.J., was day culture in Ukraine and the sophisti- Lesia and I struck up a conversation with an indigenous” faith expressions. The law inhospitable to the multitude of priceless cation of the Catholic hierarchy there. English-speaking Russian Orthodox priest required all faiths other than the Russian museum pieces exhibited there for some 35 But it will be a source of embarrassment waiting for an Aeroflot flight to Moscow. Orthodox to re-register with the govern- years. And it is also true that then for many many years to come. The Russian impressed us as intelligent ment by December 31, 2000. According to Archbishop Mstyslav intended the space and quite spiritual in his approach to world Bishop Yulian Gbur, the Ukrainian Catholic Zenon Mazurkevich beneath the altar of St. Andrew’s to be uti- affairs. After a while I questioned him about Church was refused recognition in Russia, Philadelphia lized as a mausoleum. the attitude of Patriarch Aleksei II regarding forcing it to go underground along with the But what is not stated in the article is that The letter writer is an architect. Pope John Paul II’s visit to Ukraine. “Why Roman Catholic Church. then Archbishop Mstyslav envisioned the opposition to the papal visit?” All of these contrivances are supported crypts beneath the altar of St. Andrew’s “There are many problems,” the priest by President Vladimir Putin, who is busily where the hierarchs of our Church (metro- responded. “The biggest one is the Greek- constructing his version of “Moscow as the politans, bishops, archbishops), deserving Letter encourages Catholic issue. Until that is resolved there Third Rome,” a centuries-old ideal that clergy, prominent Ukrainian patriots and can be no common language.” Before I claims the Russian state can best survive if individuals worthy of such an honor were us to become united could question him further, the priest was it remains loyal to three essential constructs: to be buried in this place of honor. That was Dear Editor: asked to board his plane. autocracy (as exemplified by a tsar, a direc- his original plan and intent. It was pub- His response, of course, was no surprise. tor in Soviet times, or a potentate as presi- I am writing in response to the letter by The Russian Orthodox Church has always dent); orthodoxy (as exemplified by the lished in the Ukrainian Orthodox Word and Matthew T. Connelly (May 13) praising Dr. can be verified by anyone over the age of opposed the Ukrainian Catholic Church, in Russian Orthodox Church or, in Soviet Lubomyr Luciuk’s commentary (March tsarist times as well as during the Bolshevik times, the Bolshevik creed); and “narod- 60 who was an active member of the 25). Ukrainian Orthodox Church at that time. era. There are many reasons, but the most nichestvo” (as exemplified by a mystic Mr. Connelly, you have spoken the truth, significant one is the role of the Ukrainian Russian ethno-national synthesis which However, newly published articles do and the truth should encourage all not mention this important distinction. All Catholic Church in the preservation of the includes the Slavic-Rus’ trinity of Russia, Ukrainians to stand up as one united people Ukrainian identity in modern times, particu- Belarus, and, most certainly, Ukraine). that was stated is that the Church is building and fight for justice against our common what was originally intended. And as The larly after the annihilation of the Ukrainian The Russian Orthodox Church remains enemies, wherever they may be. Thank Orthodox Church by Moscow. the centerpiece of President Putin’s political Ukrainian Weekly article reported, the you, sir, very much. Church is willing to sell crypts to anyone Russification is more difficult when there strategy. He and Patriarch Aleksei II share a In unity there is strength for us exists a religio-cultural institution as strong common KGB background, and the interested in contacting the UOC-USA Ukrainians. May God grant us that unity. A Consistory. It is rumored that some crypts as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, especial- Patriarch continues to thrive as a result of divided house cannot stand up against the ly when it enjoys the support of the Vatican. largesse from the Kremlin. In his book have already been sold for $10,000 each. winds and storms of hatred, lies and discord With some 223 crypts, that is a valuable During his visit to Ukraine later this “Dispatches from the Former Evil Empire,” that we, Ukrainians, struggle with and are month, Pope John Paul II will beatify 27 Moscow correspondent Richard Threlkeld piece of real estate beneath the altar of St. being confronted with constantly. We must Andrew’s. Ukrainian martyrs for the faith who died at reports that the Yeltsin government “granted unite to fight. the hands of the Bolsheviks and Nazis. the Patriarchate the right to import 50,000 Unfortunately, Archbishop Mstyslav’s We must be alert to those impostor vision could not be fulfilled. Included are Bishop Mykola Charnetsky, tons of tobacco duty-free and to pocket the Ukrainians who cause dissension by carry- Bishop Vasyl Velychkovsky, Bishop profits.” Mr. Yeltsin also allowed the Incidentally, the reason for the very ing on subversive activities that undermine humid, inhospitable environment in the Mykyta Budka, Sister Josaphata Russian Orthodox Church to import 100 our relations with one another. These Hordashevska, Father Oleksiy Zarytsky, million bottles of wine from Germany tax- basement of St. Andrew’s is the high water impostor Ukrainians give high priority to table. When the foundation was excavated, and Father Klementii Sheptytsky, free. In addition, the Patriarch “holds a 20 their cause, and we must not let them suc- percent stake in something called the the entire basement area was flooded and Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky’s brother. ceed. With God’s help they won’t. International Economic Partnership which, the plans for the basement crypts were As archimandrite of the Studite order of In conclusion, let me state that we, through most of the ‘90s, exported more abandoned. Tons of concrete were poured monks, Father Klementii hid hundreds of Ukrainians of all faiths, Catholic, Orthodox than $2 billion worth of oil and oil prod- in order to lay a foundation for the structure Jews during the Nazi occupation of and other, must not forget that we are one ucts.” Finally, the Church owns all or part and to prevent continuous flooding of the Ukraine. He died in a Soviet labor camp. little flock, under one heavenly father, of three banks. Small wonder that the patri- basement. In “Witness to Hope,” a biography of the whose pleasure it is to grant us religious arch tools around Russia in a Mercedes- No one will disagree that churches and pope, George Weigel writes: “The Christian freedom and an independent Ukraine. Benz limousine followed by a Ford cathedrals of any faith in any part of the ideal for John Paul II is the martyr, the wit- So please, for now, put away all your Explorer filled with bodyguards. world are indeed used for burials. But these ness whose life completely coincides with prejudices, biases and animosities, if you the truth by being completely given to that Given the sleazy background of places of honor are reserved for prominent have any, and let us unite as one with a loud Patriarch Aleksei II, why does the Roman individuals such as kings, national heroes truth in self-sacrificing love.” and powerful voice to overcome those who During the first 20 years of his pontifi- Curia continue to romance this religious and Church leaders, such as bishops, arch- have sinister motives to achieve their evil dissembler? Has the Roman Curia learned bishops, cardinals, etc. They are not used cate the pope canonized 205 saints; 805 intentions. men and women were declared “blessed.” nothing from Pope Paul VI’s disastrous pol- for burying anyone who is wealthy enough Glory to God, glory to the patriotic icy of Ostpolitik? The only way the “Greek- to pay for such a privilege. Where else but These unprecedented numbers were made Ukrainians and glory to a free and inde- possible by a new apostolic provision titled Catholic issue” can be resolved to Russian in St. Andrew’s Memorial Church can one pendent Ukraine. “Divinus Perfectionis Magister” (The (and some Ukrainian) satisfaction is if the pay $10,000 and, as advertised in the offi- Master of Divine Perfection) which John Ukrainian Catholic Church disappears. This cial Holy Resurrection Mausoleum bulletin, Joseph Cieply Paul initiated. Issued on January 25, 1983, ain’t gonna happen; deal with it. “rest in a serene setting,” next to Patriarch Monessen, Pa. the document radically revised the process Some Ukrainians argue that given the Mstyslav, the first patriarch of Kyiv and All by which the Church recognizes saints. The Pope’s Polish-Catholic background, his Rus’-Ukraine. The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters legal process of old was replaced by an aca- presence in Ukraine is an insult to an What it really comes down to, unfortu- to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou- demic-historical procedure; “the Devil’s Orthodox nation. Nonsense, Ukraine is no nately, is money and the unabashed way in ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi- Advocate was jettisoned along with the longer an Orthodox nation. Taken as a which it is being pursued. nals, not photocopies. The daytime phone number and address adversarial joust between the Promoter of whole, Ukraine today is a nation of non- Victor Babanskyj of the letter-writer must be given for verifi- the Faith and the candidate’s defense attor- believers. In my mind, the Pope’s visit will Watchung, N.J. cation purposes. neys,” explains Mr. Weigel. “The new pro- have an incredibly salutary effect at a time cedures were aimed at making the process when morale in Ukraine has reached its swifter, less expensive, more scholarly, lowest ebb since independence, and when more collegial (local bishops now had the support of the Western world is plummet- entire responsibility for assembling all the ing. Even Ukrainian Orthodox Patriarch A letter to The Cooper Union relevant data on a candidate) and better Filaret, declared “non-canonical” by Following is the text of a letter sent on tuition-free basis. To that end, I have con- geared to producing results...The new pro- Aleksei II, has risen to the historical occa- June 4 by George Rakowsky of Wading tributed regularly to the Alumni Fund cedures also took far more seriously Vatican sion and agreed to meet with the pope. This River, N.Y., to Dr. George Campbell Jr., (although perhaps not as much as I II’s vision of the plurality of forms of sanc- is an encouraging development. president of The Cooper Union, concern- should have). And I have always taken tity in the Church.” Poles and Russians have been Ukraine’s ing the proposed demapping of Taras pride in the fact that my alma mater is a If there is one thing that the present pope traditional enemies for centuries because Shevchenko Place. good neighbor and an integral part of the has stressed throughout his priestly life, Mr. neither was willing to recognize Ukraine as East Village community. a nation-state. Today a Polish pope is ele- Dear Dr. Campbell: Weigel argues, it is freedom of religion. I also happen to have a bond with This is another reason the Russian patriarch vating Ukraine’s nationhood while a As a Cooper alumnus (engineering CU’s East Village neighborhood span- is so opposed to the pope’s mission. Russian patriarch plots Ukraine’s demise. class of 1960), I have always supported ning half a century. I attended sixth grade Religious freedom is a threat to Russian To whom do we turn? Cooper Union’s unique mission – pro- Orthodox hegemony. Under pressure from viding an excellent education, on a (Continued on page 13) Aleksei II and his cohorts, President Boris Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: Yeltsin signed a governmental decree in [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 No. 23 Plast youths participate in annual springtime camporee

Plast youths participate in a first aid relay race. “Yunaky” during the “Sviato Vesny” opening ceremonies. by Deanna T. Yurchuk The main objective of the weekend was to have Plast youth age 11-17 (yunatstvo) MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio – Over 350 come together, have them meet others Plast members gathered at the “Pysanyi from around the country and show them Kamin” campsite in Middlefield, Ohio, that Plast doesn’t end after “yunatstvo,” over the Memorial Day weekend for the but that you can continue working in it as annual spring get-together “Sviato Vesny.” a leader throughout your life, according to The participants and organizers of this Mr. Brozyna. spring event traveled long distances from The three-day event was full of chal- various parts of the country in spite of a lenging activities that required teamwork, rainy forecast in order to meet with friends cooperation and critical thought. It was, and continue the celebration of Plast however, also a social venue, where the Ukrainian Souting Organization’s 50th adolescent participants had a chance to jubilee in the United States. meet new friends and reconnect with old This year’s Sviato Vesny was organized by Alex Brozyna, of Wood Ridge, N.J., ones. and other members of the Chornomortsi “The program was very well organized, fraternity. Mr. Brozyna, along with a com- but yet it still allowed time for some relax- mittee of his Plast peers from various fra- ation and chit-chat with friends from dif- ternities and sororities including Chervona ferent cities,” said Natalia Hud, a partici- Kalyna, Chortopolokhy and Lisovi pant from Philadelphia. Mavky, began planning this event back in According to Mr. Brozyna, the greatest November. Since the participants hailed logistical challenge for the organizing from nine cities in the United States – committee was how to keep 262 teens Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Washington, occupied and interested for their full three- Newark, N.J., Philadelphia, New York, day stay at Pysanyi Kamin. Instead of hav- Passaic, N.J., and Buffalo, N.Y. – the com- ing the participants compete in the groups mittee decided to hold this grand affair at in which they arrived, the planning com- Pysanyi Kamin, the most centrally located mittee divided them into 20 co-ed and age- During one of the challenges, campers try to light a bonfire as quickly as possible. Plast campground in the country. mixed groups. As a result, the younger plastuny learned from older ones and were guaranteed to go home with at least 10 new acquaintances from outside of their city. “We tried to come up with a program that would hold the attention of both younger and older yunatstvo,” Mr. Brozyna said, “The activities we chose were conducive to learning, taught Plast ideals and stressed teamwork.” Activities included various sports games, survival exercises, singing sessions, a cooking con- test, a dance competition, a bonfire and more. Another important figure at Sviato Vesny this year was the bunchuzhnyi, Danylo Kuzmycz of Boston. According to him, “the weekend was a perfect example of how the collaboration of a group of older plastuny and friends can take the skills and lessons learned over time about camping and create a successful program.” In Mr. Kuzmycz’s view, the attitude of the leaders attributed most to the success of the event. “Call me superstitious,” he said, “but I think our smiles moved the clouds away.” Similarly, Ms. Hud added, “Attitudes are very contagious, and the great attitude, energy and enthusiasm of the leaders seemed to directly influence the yunats- vo.” The best aspect of the weekend for Andrew Nynka Mr. Kuzmycz was the lack of division The leaders of “Sviato Vesny” 2001 held at the Pysanyi Kamin campsite outside of Cleveland. (Continued on page 13) No. 23 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 9

FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY by Ingert Kuzych

Honoring an all-time great (again) What sportsman of Ukrainian back- hockey cards. Like last year, six different ground has now appeared twice in the items were produced, one for each of the past nine years on a stamp of Canada (the players on the souvenir sheet. A clear first player to be so distinguished?) protective unit containing the actual Hint: He was an ice hockey player. postage stamp-portrait label combination And, no, it’s not Wayne Gretzky. Give along with a complimentary border up? design is affixed to each card (measuring The individual so honored is perhaps 4 3/4 x 3 inches). The reverse of each card the greatest hockey goalie of all time, presents an image of the featured player Terry Sawchuk. along with his career All-Star statistics Sawchuk appeared on a special six- (Figure 2). stamp souvenir sheet that was released About Terry Sawchuk by Canada Post on January 18, in antici- pation of this year’s National Hockey Terrence (Taras) Gordon Sawchuk League (NHL) All-Star Game held (1929-1970) did not have an easy life. In February 4 in Denver (see Figure 1). This more than two decades of professional was the second year in a row that such a hockey he overcame the following sheet had been prepared for the All-Star injuries and ailments to earn his place as event, and it is proving to be a popular one of the greatest of hockey’s goalies: a item for Canada Post. Last year’s issue broken right arm that didn’t heal properly featured Wayne Gretzky, also of and wound up inches shorter than his Ukrainian extraction. left, severed tendons in his hand, a frac- This year’s stamps are slightly smaller tured instep, infectious mononucleosis, than last year’s, as is the entire sheet. The punctured lungs, ruptured discs, bone stamps still combine a circular, full-color, chips in his elbows that required three action painting of each of the players operations, a ruptured appendix, and with a non-denominated label showing a innumerable cuts on his face and body, photo of the player and his name. The one of which almost cost him the sight in three still-living players: Jean Beliveau, his right eye. Dennis Potvin and Bobby Hull appear on Sawchuk experienced his first pains of FIGURE 1. Canada Post’s latest souvenir sheet honoring hockey All-Stars. Terry the labels in color, while the three anguish when he was 10 years old in his Sawchuk appears on the stamp and label in the upper right. deceased stars: Terry Sawchuk, Eddie native Winnipeg. His older brother, Omaha of the United States Hockey Wings, the team with which he spent Shore and Syl Apps are shown in the Mike, a goalie, developed a heart mur- League. two-thirds of his career (14 of 21 sea- original black and white photos of their mur and died. Terry, who had worshipped He won the league’s rookie award that sons). Ironically, this doughty figure who time. his brother, inherited Mike’s goalie pads; season, spent the next two years with the survived so many injuries on the ice died In addition to the sheet format, the seven years later (1947) he broke into American Hockey League’s Indianapolis as a result of an off-the-ice roughhousing stamps will also be available in unique professional hockey’s minor leagues with club (copping top rookie honors in incident in May of 1970. 1948), and then joined the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings full time in 1950. He prompt- A previous philatelic commemoration ly went on to win the NHL’s Rookie of Sawchuk’s contributions to hockey the Year award, thus becoming the first were first recognized philatelically in person ever to win outstanding first year 1992, when he appeared on one of three honors in three different leagues! stamps issued to mark the NHL’s 75th Sawchuk’s unorthodox and daring anniversary. Each stamp represented a gorilla-like crouch immediately captured 25-year period of the league, and the sec- the imagination of Detroit fans; it also ond commemorated the “Six-Team Era” helped him capture many additional of 1942-1967. The stamp displayed the awards. He won the Vezina Trophy, crests of the six franchises that played at awarded to the NHL’s most proficient that time and the vignette portrayed goalkeeper, three times and shared a Sawchuk, wearing a mask and in the uni- fourth. He was selected to seven league- form of the Toronto Maple Leafs, keep- wide All-Star teams. His goals against ing the puck away from an opposition average was less than two per game in forward (see Figure 3). each of his first five seasons with Detroit. There is a good chance that Canada The Red Wings traded Sawchuk to the Post will continue its All-Star souvenir Boston Bruins in 1955, reacquired him sheet series. If so, don’t be surprised if two years later, and then lost him to other Ukrainian Canadians appear on Toronto in the draft in 1964. He was future releases. picked up by Los Angeles in the 1967 expansion draft and a year later returned to Detroit. He then went to New York for the 1969-1970 season, his last. Sawchuk played more seasons (21), appeared in more games (971), and had more shutouts than any netminder in NHL history. He finished his career with 103 shutouts – the only goalie ever to reach the 100 mark. His record for most wins in a career (435) stood until last year. Sawchuk credited most of his suc- cess to his crouching style. “When I’m crouching low, I can keep better track of the puck through the players’ legs on FIGURE 3. The three-stamp NHL screen shots,” he’d explain. anniversary issue of 1992 featured Appropriately enough, the stamp Terry Sawchuk on its middle panel image depicts Mr. Sawchuk defending (seen above) wearing a mask and play- the net in the uniform of the Detroit Red ing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Need a back issue? If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, FIGURE 2. The Terry Sawchuk stamp-card collectible. The front features a send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, photo of the great goalie, while the back shows him in action playing for the 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Detroit Red Wings. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 No. 23

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Ukrainian National Association Estate Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, New York 12446 Ania Savage returns to Ukraine Tel.: (845) 626-5641 • Fax: (845) 626-4638 “Return to Ukraine” by Ania Savage. Texas A & M University, 259 pp, $29.95 (hardcover). www.soyuzivka.com • e-mail: [email protected]

by Eugene and Helena Melnitchenko She writes: “[My mother] brought me 2001 camps and workshops at Soyuzivka up to be the dispossessed – ‘the other’ – “We are looking, you and I, at a ridge but her life also showed me that even the of mountains that resemble the Blue dispossessed survive. What I did not BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CAMP SATURDAY, JUNE 23 – SATURDAY, JULY 7 Ridge...” begins Ania Savage’s multi- know and what I learned by going back Recreational camp for boys and girls ages 7-12 faceted “Return to Ukraine,” the 12th was that the state of being ‘the other’ as featuring hiking, swimming, games, Ukrainian songs and folklore, supervised 24 hr. book in the series of Eastern European well as a survivor are not only related Room and board: UNA members $330.00 per week/non-members $380.00 per week studies edited by Stepan G. Mestrovic, Counselor fee: $30.00 per child per week. Limited to 45 campers per week but carry hidden benefits ... I could be Insurance $15.00 per child per week instantly drawing the reader into the nar- the Polish traveler, the German ethnic, rative. the brusque American, and whatever CHEMNEY FUN CENTER SUNDAY, JULY 8 – SATURDAY, JULY 14 A scholarly work, a memoir, a travel Geared to exposing Ukrainian heritage to the English-speaking pre-schoolers, ages 4-6, other ploy was called for by the circum- book, it is unusually well-written and stances in which I found myself. I was and school age children 7-10, to their Ukrainian heritage researched, objective in its depiction of a 2 sessions per day 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. not rootless, but many-rooted.” Registration/counselor fee: $90.00 if parents staying at Soyuzivka nation, both new and ancient, in its first In her conclusion on the progress of a Registration/counselor fee: $140.00 if parents staying off premises year of independence. A journalist by fledgling country that almost lost its Insurance $10.00 per child profession, an American by naturaliza- Parents staying on premises pay room and board rates accordingly (not due prior to arrival) identity and the very serious problems it tion, Ms. Savage sees the country of her needs to address, Ms. Savage gives only TENNIS CAMP SUNDAY, JULY 8 – FRIDAY, JULY 20 birth, which she left as a small child, a glancing blow to the serious issue of Intensive tennis instruction for boys and girls, ages 12-18. unsentimentally with its imperfections as corruption that plagues the country. She Instructors’ fees $75.00 per child it struggles to become a democracy after points out that running a new country of Room and board: UNA members $485.00/non-members $535.00 for full session 70 years of Communism in eastern and Insurance $30.00 per child. Limited to 45 students 50 million people unskilled in self-gov- 50 years in western Ukraine. ernment by writers and poets and even DATE CHANGE In his preface, Senior Editor the Communist apparatchiks suddenly UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCE WORKSHOP, SUNDAY, JULY 22 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 Mestrovic points out that little has been turned democrats is difficult – not only Traditional Ukrainian folk dancing for advanced students ages 15 and over written about life under Communism in for Ukraine, but for other former Soviet Room and board: UNA members $580.00/non-member $630.00 for full session contrast to the many books about life bloc countries. Democracy does not Instructor’s fee $140.00 per person, insurance $30.00 per student under the Nazis. Writing about the atroc- Instructors and assistants: Borys Bohachevsky, Andrij Cybyk, Krissi Izak, Orlando Pagan come easily. She writes about the ities committed by the Communists in destruction of the work ethic under col- WORKSHOP the small Carpathian town of Slavske lectivization, but does not tie it to the fall UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCE CAMP II – SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 and those by the Nazis in Babyn Yar, and of Communism. Traditional Ukrainian folk dancing for beginners, intermediate and advanced the artificial famines of 1932-1933 and Although the media played a role, Room and board: UNA members $580.00/non-member $630.00 for full session 1946-1947 engineered by Stalin (7 mil- there were many complex reasons for the Insurance $30.00 per child lion died in the first and a million in the fall of Communism, paramount among Instructor’s fee $225.00; director: Roma Pryma Bohachevsky second), Ms. Savage does not mince **THE DIRECTOR MUST APPROVE ACCEPTANCE INTO PROGRAM, AND NO ONE WILL them the economy and the destruction of BE ACCEPTED FOR LESS THAN THE FULL SESSION, UNLESS IT IS WITH THE words. the environment. Ten years later, Ukraine APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR** Communism and the horrific legacy continues to struggle with both. Attendance limited to 60 students staying at resort and 10 students staying off premises. of the second world war cast a long In other matters, Ms. Savage is right shadow as she describes the xenophobia on target, and the bibliography attests to UKRAINIAN SITCH SPORTS SCHOOL and paranoia of the bureaucracy and the the extensive research she has done for CAMP I Sunday, July 22 - Saturday, July 28 population itself, as well as her own this book. (An exception, a minor error, CAMP II Sunday, July 29 - Saturday, August 4 paranoia. As a child of that war whose CAMP III Sunday, August 5 - Saturday, August 11 creeps in toward the end of the book. In CAMP IV Sunday, August 12 - Saturday, August 18 (this session depending on enrollment) parents fled Ukraine, she cannot escape describing a cruise on the Black Sea on Sitch Sports School – swimming, soccer, tennis, volleyball for youngsters ages 6-18. it either. During her extended stay in the “Feodor Challapin,’’ she refers to the Room and board: UNA members $265.00/non-member $315.00 for full session Ukraine, first as a journalism lecturer at famous singer for whom the ship was Instructor’s fee $100.00; sessions limited to 45 students Kyiv State University and later as a named as a world-class tenor. He was, in Insurance $30.00 per child per week teacher of English in the Crimea, she fact, a bass.) PRE-REGISTRATION IS ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS UPON RECEIPT OF A $75.00 thinks she is being watched. Such nit-picking aside, we need to DEPOSIT PER CHILD/PER CAMP. A REGISTRATION/COUNSELOR FEE OF $75.00 (EXCEPT FOR Undoubtedly, she was. emphasize that “Return to Ukraine” is an CHEMNEY CAMP) PER CHILD/PER CAMP WILL APPLY TO ALL CHILDREN STAYING OFF Ms. Savage paints the Ukrainian important book, dealing with the advent SOYUZIVKA GROUNDS. THE DEPOSIT WILL BE APPLIED AGAINST THIS FEE. landscape, offering an excellent tour of of democracy in a totalitarian society. It BY ORDER OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ALL NECESSARY MEDICAL FORMS AND PER- this country of old cities, mountains, is also an entertaining book by a talented MISSION SLIPS MUST BE COMPLETED AND RECEIVED BY SOYUZIVKA TOGETHER WITH steppes and the Black Sea. Maintaining writer who opens a window into a coun- THE FULL PAYMENT OF INSTRUCTORS’ FEES AND CAMP PAYMENTS NO LATER a journalist’s objectivity, she does not try facing great challenges. THAN 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CAMP SESSION. see the country of her birth, romanti- OTHERWISE THE CHILD WILL LOOSE HIS OR HER PLACE IN CAMP. NO EXCEPTIONS. From Ms. Savage’s book it appears cized by her mother as expatriates often that, despite the difficulties, the progno- PAYMENTS FOR ROOM AND BOARD CAN BE MADE TO SOYUZIVKA BY CASH, CHECK, VISA, do, through rose-colored glasses, but sis for Ukraine is good. 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Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 resonates with us, as it no doubt does I hereby order Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopaedia with many of the book’s readers.) K K K Even her mother and aunt with whom Volume I — $75.00 Volume II — $75.00 Volume I & II — $130.00 she begins her travels, find themselves NJ residents: add 6% sales tax strangers in their native land, though less Enclosed is (a check/M.O.) for the amount $ ______so. Poignantly, Ms. Savage writes of her Please send the book (s) to the following address: mother’s Alzheimer’s disease as she struggles to remember a country she left Name as a young woman. As Ms. Savage

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Kobylianska text in translation “On Sunday Morning She Gathered Herbs,” translated by Mary Skrypnyk. Toronto: ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ-ÄÏÂðË͇ÌҸ͇ äÛθÚÛð̇ îÛ̉‡ˆ¥fl Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2001, 180pp., $17.95, (paper). P.O. Box 418, Glen Spey, NY 12737 Tel.: (845) 858-2524 The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian www.uacf.net e-mail: [email protected] Studies Press has published an English translation of Olha Kobylianska’s “On Sunday Morning She Gathered Herbs” this UACF has contracted to purchase Verkhovyna February. Translated by Mary Skrypnyk, it is a Now it needs the funds to pay for it! very readable translation of Kobylianska’s Remember ... Verkhovyna: complete text, including the folk song, “Oi ... is the home of the Ukrainian Youth Festival ne Khody, Hrytsiu,” on which it is based, ... is the home of the Roma Pryma Dance School as well as an introductory essay by Prof. ... is the home of the Sitch Sports School Maxim Tarnawsky of the University of ... is the home of the future site of Vasyl Barka Museum Toronto. ... is the future home of senior citizen complex Written in 1909, “On Sunday Morning ... is planned to become a year-round Cultural Center She Gathered Herbs” expresses Ms. Please help us preserve this 143 acre site for ourselves and our children. Kobylianska’s interest in modernist and feminist issues, particularly in the role of Help us by making a tax-deductible contribution (IRS#: 06-15593884). women in society. The novel focuses on Send checks to the above address or to: the interaction of three beautiful, proud and Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union, Acct.# 6653, 215 2nd Ave., NYC 10003 stubborn women with a society based on or Self Reliance (NY) Federal Credit Union, social conformity. The book is a fitting Acct.# 3 29026-00; 108 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003 example of the influence of new social, political and aesthetic ideas in Ukrainian literature during the first decades of the 20th century. UACF thanks the latest contributors Ms. Skrypnyk is a prominent translator Ass’n of Ukrainian Americans, Glen Spey $2,000 Nakoneczny Peter $200 of Ukrainian literature into English, who “On Sunday Morning She Gathered Batiuk John and Maria $500 Odulak Alexander $150 Bidiak Roman and Anna $150 Pawelko Eugene $100 ($400 total) for many years was the editor of Ukrainian Herbs” is available from CIUS Press, 352 Brodyn Dr. Roman $1,000 Rengeli Madonna $500 Canadian. Her best known works include Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Bugryn Frank $100 Salak Irene $500 translations of Vasyl Stefanyk’s “Maple Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E8, Canada. The Dobrotij Fedir $500 Salak Larisa $100 Leaves,” Ivan Franko’s “Zakhar Berkut,” CIUS may be reached by telephone, (780) Hladun Zenovia and Nina $500 Scanlon Bridget and Dennis $250 “When the Animals Could Talk” and 492-2972; fax, (780) 492-4967; or email, Horczakiwsky Volodymyr $300 Senozik Vera $100 Hrycak Peter and Rea $1,000 Shablovsky Christina and Ihor $1,000 “Written in the Book of Life: Works by [email protected]. The CIUS Press website Jaworiw Nadia $100 Sikorsky Lesia $50 20th century Ukrainian writers.” is at http://www.utoronto.ca/cius/. Juskiw T. $50 Skuybida Wolodymyr and Nadia $200 Kaminskyj George $125 Sosnowkski Jerzy and Helen $100 Kekish Dr. Bohdan and Daria $1,000 Strom Charles $100 ($1,000 total) Kuzyk Daria $100 Tatunchak Boris and Maryka $1,000 Leush Stephen and Anna $100 UNWLA Br. 62, Glen Spey $500 Franko’s “Lys Mykyta” in English Michalewicz Nancy and Peter $100 “Fox Mykyta,” by Bohdan Melnyk. Toronto: The Basilian Press, 2000, 238 pp., (paper).

An English translation of the adven- tures of the fox, the wolf, the bear, the rabbit, the cat, the goat and other animals Attention, Students! of Ivan Franko’s famous children’s poem Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activi- “Lys Mykyta” is available from The ties. The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian Basilian Press in Toronto. community know about upcoming events. Translated by Bohdan Melnyk and The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will illustrated by Edvard Kozak, the book is also be glad to print timely news stories about events that have already recommended for ages 10 and up in “The taken place. Photos also will be accepted. Best of the Best” for children’s literature MAKE YOURSELF HEARD. from 110 countries by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany. 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Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 5.50% 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 No. 23 No. 23 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 13 Statue in Kingston to recall internment of Ukrainians KINGSTON, Ontario – During Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, director of research Canada’s first national internment opera- for UCCLA, said: “This statue represents tions of 1914-1920, thousands of a powerful reminder of the tragedy that Ukrainians and other Europeans were befell these innocent women and children COME,COME, JOINJOIN USUS needlessly imprisoned as “enemy aliens” and their menfolk, interned not because in 24 concentration camps and forced to of anything they did but only because of do heavy labor, suffering the confiscation where they came from. John Boxtel’s HIGH INTEREST RATES ON CDs of their wealth, disenfranchisement and statue portrays a young mother who is FREE CHECKING other state-sanctioned censures. caring for and protecting her children as Since 1994 the Ukrainian Canadian best she can in the circumstances. Yet GREAT RATES FOR LOANS, MORTGAGES Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA) has while she is defiant she is also troubled at SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES AVAILABLE placed 18 trilingual plaques and two stat- what is being done to her family.” ues across Canada recalling this unhappy He continued: “By placing this statue UKRAINIAN/ENGLISH SPOKEN episode in Canadian history. here, to complement the plaque the On Saturday, June 16, a third statue, UCCLA unveiled on August 4, 1999, we FRIENDLY PERSONNEL by Kingston sculptor John Boxtel, titled have completed our work here. We now WESTERN UNION “Interned Madonna,” will be unveiled at anticipate that the Spirit Lake Camp the site of the Spirit Lake internment Committee, a local group intent on devel- camp, near Amos, Quebec. The statue oping a Spirit Lake internment camp WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL YOUR FINANCIAL NEEDS depicts a Ukrainian woman internee with interpretive center, will ensure that the two of her children, a swaddled infant historical experience of all of the people boy and a young girl clinging to her brought here against their will is recalled. UKRAINIAN NATIONAL mother’s dress. Spirit Lake and the camp And we hope that Mr. Inky Mark’s pro- in Vernon, British Columbia, were the posed legislation, Bill C 331, The two places where women and children Ukrainian Canadian Restitution Act, will FEDERAL CREDIT UNION were confined along with their menfolk. be given further impetus in the House of Two of the last known survivors, both Commons by our ongoing efforts to MAIN OFFICE supporters of the UCCLA’s campaign to remind all Canadians of an episode in our secure an acknowledgment of this injus- nation’s history that some have tried to 215 Second Ave. (between 13th and 14th St.), New York, NY 10003 tice and a restitution of the internees’ bury.” Tel.: (212) 533-2980 • Fax: (212) 995-5204 confiscated wealth, both Canadian-born Funding for this statue was provided women, were just children when they by the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of BRANCHES were transported with their parents into Taras Shevchenko, the Canadian Race 35 Main St., So. Bound Brook, NJ 08880 the Quebec wilderness and interned at Relations Foundation, the UCCLA and Tel.: (732) 469-9085 • Fax: (732) 469-9165 Spirit Lake. the Ukrainian Canadian community of Commenting on the statue’s unveiling, Quebec. 691 Roosevelt Ave., Carteret, NJ 07008 Tel.: (732) 802-0480 • Fax: (732) 802-0484 launching an insidious attack on “my” A letter... neighborhood and on a community that has e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.uofcu.org (Continued from page 7) been a stable anchor for more than half a at St. George’s parochial school in 1949- century. This stability has been of material 1950. Although I commuted to Cooper benefit to Cooper Union, both in terms of Union from New Jersey, the Ukrainian real estate value as well as in quality of life community in the immediate vicinity was for its students, faculty and staff. my home away from home. I was active in I feel the plan to demap Taras Ukrainian scouts, joined the Dumka Shevchenko Place is a slap in the face of the Ukrainian Chorus, and participated in the community that has served you so well. social life of the community. Even now, liv- Named after Ukraine’s great poet, prophet ing on eastern Long Island, my wife and I and champion of freedom, Taras are often drawn to the rich cultural life of Shevchenko Place is more than a few park- the East Village’s Ukrainian community, to ing spaces, some “free” real estate to be St. George’s Church, to the annual Seventh grabbed and developed. This little street Street Fair, to the various restaurants serv- may seem insignificant on a city map, but ing Ukrainian “soul food,” etc. the name is a symbol of a community’s That’s why I was shocked and dismayed identity, its place in the fabric of a great city. to learn that my beloved alma mater was I urge you to reconsider this action.

Mr. Kuzmycz also is passionate about Plast youths... working with younger plastuny. “I do this (Continued from page 8) because I owe it to Plast. I was one of the between the participants and their lead- kids that was more difficult to bear. Kids ers. “We were all in it together, we all got these days need camps and who will pro- rained on together and we all worked vide them but us?” he said. well together.” He also noted that the The motto of Sviato Vesny this year, presence of older Plast members and par- “Shanuyemo Mynule, Tvorymo ents from the various cities was extreme- Maybutne” – “Honoring the past, creating ly important. “These senior plastuny the future,” was intended to urge the Plast helped tremendously behind-the-scenes youths to think on a higher level. “We Oleh Slupchynskyj, M.D. to help everything run smoothly,” he wanted to inspire them to learn from past said. experiences and to strive to make the The 65 “starshi plastuny,” or leaders, future better,” Mr. Brozyna added. who came to Sviato Vesny this year were “Fifty years is a very long time, espe- all dedicated members of Plast who vol- cially for a foreign-language-oriented Facial Cosmetic unteered their free time to work with organization to last that long in the diaspo- yunatstvo. “The kids in Plast are impor- ra,” Ms. Hud stated, “We have to celebrate & Reconstructive Surgery tant to me,” said Taras Lisowsky, a mem- this jubilee because it teaches us about our ber of the Chervona Kalyna fraternity past, our Ukrainian heroes, and why we from Detroit. “I want to help mold them have to cherish the language that our into productive members of the grandparents and great-grandparents tried 171 East 74th Street Ukrainian society.” so hard to preserve.” New York, NY 10021 212-628-6731

HE KRAINIAN EEKLY www.facechange.org Visit our archive Ton theU Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/W 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 No. 23 Baritone Pyatnychko debuts with San Francisco Opera SAN FRANCISCO – Ukrainian baritone Stephan Konzerthaus in Vienna. He returned to the Bregenz Pyatnychko made his debut with the San Francisco Festival in 1998 in Montemezzi’s “L’Amore dei Tre Opera as Amonasro in “Aida” in a nine-performance run Re,” and yet again in “Un Ballo in Maschera” in the that opened June 7 and runs through July 1. summer of 2000. Since his appearance on the international operatic In an interview conducted recently in Lviv, Mr. scene six years ago, Mr. Pyatnychko continues to make Pyatnychko spoke of a project he would very much important debuts and appear in new productions. His like to see realized: the Solomea Krushelnytska State most recent appearance was in a new production of Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet (formerly, the “Don Carlo” opposite José Cura at the Zurich Opera in Ivan Franko National Theater of Opera and Ballet) of January and February, which was preceded by his debut Lviv performing Yuliy Meytus’, “Ukradene there in November 2000 as Manfredo in Montemezzi’s Schastia,” (“Stolen Happiness,” based on Ivan “L’Amore dei Tre Re” opposite Samuel Ramey, once Franko’s drama), on the famed floating stage at the again in a new production. Bregenz Festival. Mr. Pyatnychko was born in 1963 in the village of In New York the baritone made his debut at Carnegie Hnylovody in the Ternopil region of Ukraine. He began Hall in November of 1999 in Donizetti’s previously his vocal studies at the Lysenko Conservatory in Lviv, unknown “Adelia” opposite Mariella Devia and Paul and upon graduation in 1987 became the house baritone Plishka with the Opera Orchestra of New York under for the Ivan Franko Opera Theater in his native Lviv for Eve Queller. several years. On September 7, Mr. Pyatnychko returns to San His first offers in the West came as covers for Paris Francisco where he will open the season at the San Bastille in “Simone Boccanegra” and “Lucia di Francisco Opera in the title role of “Rigoletto.” Lammermoor” in 1991, a year that brought him to the A frequent visitor to his homeland, the baritone will United States in a special gala concert for the Baltimore appear with the National Orchestra of Folk Instruments, Opera. under the direction of Y. Hutsalo, at the National His European debut took place in 1996 in the title Philharmonic in Kyiv in November. role of “Rigoletto” for the Geneva Opera, followed by A CD recording of the performance of Montemezzi’s his American operatic debut as Count di Luna in “Il “L’Amore dei Tre Re” at the Bregenz Festival in 1998 Trovatore” for the Baltimore Opera later that season. has come out on the Koch Schwann label. During the summer of 1997 Mr. Pyatnychko made his Mr. Pyatnychko is represented by George M. debut at the Bregenz Festival, Austria, in Rubenstein’s Martynuk, Public Relations & Artists Management, of “The Demon,” in the title role that he reprised at the New York. Baritone Stephen Pyatnychko

Young soprano appears in series of performances University establishes center by Yaro Bihun Introducing the young soloist to the Competition Gold Medalist, Kenneithia Special to The Ukrainian Weekly audience, the president of the Rosa Mitchell. Ponselle Foundation, Elayne Duke, noted * * * for culture and ethnography WASHINGTON – Soprano Stefania that Ms. Dovhan is richly blessed not EDMONTON – The University Dovhan launched a series of four per- only with talent, but with perseverance as A review of Ms. Dovhan’s recital at the of Alberta celebrated the establish- formances in May honoring the memory well. She won the gold medal at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith ment of the Canadian Center for of the legendary American soprano Rosa Young Singers competition on her third Performing Arts Center in College Park Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography Ponselle. attempt. on May 20, appeared in the May 22 issue (CCUCE) with a reception in the In a demanding recital program on Among those present at the May 12 of The Baltimore Sun. The paper’s music Timms Center for the Arts on May 12, Ms. Dovhan showed the talent recital were Ms. Dovhan’s grandparents, critic Tim Smith, in a piece titled “U of M Friday, May 11. Many guests repre- that last year won her the gold medal at who traveled from Kyiv to see her per- student exhibits her vocal prowess,” senting the Ukrainian and academic the Rosa Ponselle Young Classical formances, and the former U.S. ambassa- offered a detailed critical review of each communities were on hand to take Singers competition. The 21-year-old dor to Ukraine, William Green Miller, of the young soprano’s selections. part in the celebration. Ukrainian-born soloist performed a and his wife, Suzanne Miller. While noting that Ms. Dovhan’s pro- Dean of Arts Dr. Kenneth Norrie selection of operatic arias, art songs and As part of the series of performances gram “was perhaps too wide-ranging for addressed the guests, outlining the folk songs, covering three centuries of in memory of Rosa Ponselle, over the her own good,” the critic characterized Ms. importance of Ukrainian studies at musical tradition – from George next two weeks Ms. Dovhan gave recitals Dovhan as having “a bright, flexible voice, the University of Alberta, and the Frederick Handel, to Francis Poulenc at the Baltimore School for the Arts at capable of considerable power,” adding leading role the new Center will and Vasyl Barvinsky. the University of Maryland. The series that “she can communicate a text with play. Dr. Donald Bruce, chair of the The recital, at the historic Dumbarton concludes May 27 with a special clarity and feeling.” The overall effect of department of modern languages Church in the capital’s Georgetown dis- Memorial High Mass at the Basilica of her performance was deemed to be one of and cultural studies, stated that the trict, was sponsored by the Rosa Ponselle the Assumption, where she will be joined “engaging results,” attesting to Ms. center’s work is at the forefront of Foundation and the Cultural Fund of The by another former Rosa Ponselle Dovhan’s “vocal and dramatic potential.” his department’s program which Washington Group, an association of aims to prepare students for cultural Ukrainian American professionals, under literacy. Dr. Andriy Nahachewsky, the patronage of the Embassy of director of the new center, outlined Ukraine. its organization and goals. With Pin-Huey Wang accompanying The center is an umbrella struc- on the piano, Ms. Dovhan began the ture uniting the several existing recital program with arias from two entities for Ukrainian folklore and Handel operas – Cleopatra’s aria from ethnography in the department of “Giulio Cesare” and “Oh, had I Jubal’s modern languages and cultural lyre” from “Joshua.” They were followed studies, including the Huculak by three songs by Franz Schubert and a Chair of Ukrainian Culture and scene and rondo from “Idamante” by Ethnography, the Ukrainian Mozart. Folklore Archives and the Kuryliw The second half of the program Family Scholarship Fund. The den- included selections from Bellini and ter will consolidate administration, Rossini, two art songs by Glinka and increase visibility, and facilitate Poulenc, and Barvinsky’s “U mene buv research and publication in this kokhanyi, ridnyi krai.” Ms. Dovhan field. also performed two Ukrainian folk The CCUCE will include empha- songs – “Dyvlius ya na nebo” and sis on the study of Ukrainian cul- “Handzia” – and concluded with ture in Canada and on those proj- “Stridono Lassu” from “I Pagliacci” by ects that help bridge contemporary Leoncavallo. North American social sciences Ms. Dovhan was born in Kyiv, with the established disciplines of where she entered the world of music folklore and ethnology in Ukraine. with the help of her artistic family. Her In addition to projects focusing family emigrated to the United States on teaching and research, the cen- in 1995 and settled in the Baltimore ter is involved in many related area, where she attended the Baltimore activities: Ukrainian- and English- School for the Arts and now is a schol- arship student at the University of (Continued on page 16) Maryland School of Music at College Soprano Stefania Dovhan (right) and her accompanist Pin-Huey Wang accept Park. the appreciation of the audience. No. 23 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 15

DATELINE NEW YORK: West Wing star confirms Ukrainian connection by Helen Smindak

Actor John Spencer, the president’s it “never less than compelling,” and chief of staff, Leo McGarry, in NBC’s another noted that “the actor has every- award-winning drama “The West Wing,” thing in his arsenal to create a memo- has confirmed what Daily News feature rable stage character.” writer Patricia O’Haire told her readers Mr. Spencer’s first big break came in on May 22: Spencer is “of Irish- 1963 with a recurring role on television Ukrainian mix.” Currently appearing in in “The Patty Duke Show.” Extensive the Broadway play “Glimmer, Glimmer stage work in the ’70s and ’80s earned and Shine,” Mr. Spencer was snagged by him an Obie Award for his role in “A this reporter at the City Center entrance Still Life,” a Drama League Honor for on West 55th Street following last his role as Dan White in “Execution of Sunday’s matinee performance and Justice” and a Drama Desk nomination enthusiastically declared “Yes, I’m half for his role in “The Day Room.” Ukrainian.” Exposure in film work – “Presumed Visibly tired from the demanding por- Innocent,” “Sea of Love,” “Forget Paris,” trayal of hard-talking, recovering junkie “War Games” and “Green Card” – led to trumpet player Martin Glimmer, the his being cast as Tommy Mullaney on handsome sandy-haired actor neverthe- “L.A. Law” in 1990, for which he less took a few minutes to talk to me. He became a household name. His work in told me he was Ukrainian on his moth- “The West Wing” won him a nomination er’s side. “My mother’s maiden name in the 2001 Emmy Awards. was Bincarowski – I have no idea where He has performed extensively in films in the family came from in Ukraine – and the past decade (“The Rock,” “Copland,” my father’s Irish. I think there may have “The Negotiator,” “Twilight” and been some Czech (ancestry) in my “Ravenous”). His recent stage work father’s family – on his father’s side – includes “Frankie & Johnny in the Claire de but I only found that out in the last six- Lune,” “Good as New” and “Pera Palas.” seven years.” Mr. Spencer, who attended the Another autograph, another compli- Professional Children’s School in New Joan Marcus ment from a bystander, who said “You York City, Fairleigh Dickinson were absolutely fantastic today,” and he University in New Jersey and New York John Spencer (foreground) with (from left) Brian Kerwin, Seana Kofoed and said goodbye as he turned and walked University, is the only child of Mildred Scott Cohen, who appear in “Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine.” briskly toward Seventh Avenue, heading and John Speshock of Totowa, N.J. The for dinner and some rest in the two hours name Speshock sounds more Slavic than hails from Priashiv, regaled the lunch- “Dralion” has netted him meetings with remaining before the evening perform- Gaelic; perhaps Mr. Spencer has more hour crowd with Lemko lyrics, accompa- scads of celebrities, among them Kim ance. Eastern European blood than he is aware nied by viola player Ihor Makar, tsym- Bassinger, Nicolas Cage, Steve Martin, Mr. Spencer, 54, has received dozens of. (I may have to corner the actor again baly player Alexander Fedoriouk and Harrison Ford, Charlton Heston and of complimentary reviews for his per- for more details on his ethnic back- bassist Oleh Ivanyschuk, and two new Martin Sheen. As a guest artist with formance in “Glimmer, Glimmer and ground.) musicians who recently joined the group “Dralion,” he is permitted to take on Shine” since the play opened on May 23. Broadway beckons – violinist George Ceremus and accor- other jobs, as he did last New Year’s Eve, Here are a few samples: “John Spencer ... dionist Victor Cebotari. performing with Barbra Streisand before gives us a rumpled, hilarious and acerbic MaryEllen Baker, who recently Always ready to provide authentic an audience of 15,000 in the Millennium – but not malicious – Martin.” (New appeared in a cabaret at the midtown café folk music for private and corporate par- Show at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las York Post) “This sinfully watchable – Don’t Tell Mama, made a grand appear- ties, Cheres recently joined forces with Vegas. He has an apartment in Jersey and enormously talented – actor has used ance in April at the New 42nd Street the Syzokryli Ukrainian Dancers to give City, where his mom recently stayed dur- a Hollywood hiatus to transform himself Theater in “Grand Central Stories,” an a lively performance at the Russian Tea ing a stopover between Florida and into an almost unrecognizable character original musical revue starring performers Room. The two groups also appeared at a Ukraine (she likes to spend winters at her in Warren Leight’s newest jazz and fami- from 25 New York area corporations to Ukrainian-Italian wedding that was son’s Florida home). If you did not man- ly play.” (Newsday) “The new play pro- benefit the Children’s Aid Society. Belting shown live on TV’s Food Network. age to catch the mesmerizing Mr. Kee in vides John Spencer ... with a crusty out well-loved oldies that illustrated the Beginning June 27, Cheres will give “Dralion” (the local engagement ends comic role that he clearly relishes.” hustle and bustle of historic Grand Central 10 performances over a five-day period today), take a look at Viktor and his (Variety) Station, the effervescent soprano partici- at the Smithsonian Institution in $2,000 skin-tight futuristic costume on The New York Times theater critic pated in more than half of the show’s Washington (the Smithsonian’s newly his website viktorkee.com. Ben Brantley wrote that “Mr. Spencer music and dance acts, among them released Folkways Label recording “New “Communications with a Cockroach: had the most to work with ... and he Leonard Bernstein’s “New York, New York City: Global Beat of the Boroughs” Archy and the Underside” is the titillat- brings beautiful pace and variety to the York,” Cole Porter’s “Too Darn Hot,” includes the Cheres trademark song ing title of a puppetry production with long retrospective monologues.” The Irving Berlin’s “There’s No Business Like “Haida-haida,” a rousing Bukovynian music that The New York Times theater Daily News review said: “Spencer, his Show Business” and George and Ira refrain). The Cheres musicians and critic Anita Gates called “original, laugh- eyes often lit with a loony fire, his grav- Gershwin’s “Fascinating Rhythm.” singers, performing the music of provoking and charming to a fault.” elly voice a surprisingly elegant instru- Ms. Baker was a standout in numbers Carpathian Ukraine and neighboring Starring George Drance, Tom Marion, ment for his many caustic lines, makes that featured tongue-tripping lyrics or the countries on a wide array of instruments, Margi Sharp and Sam Zuckerman, the us believe Martin is a man too strong for sprightly, hip-hop style of Gilbert & will be heard on WNYC Radio in late production of the Mettawee River life to break.” Sullivan operettas, which she performed July. Mr. Milavsky, who was recently Theater Company and the Shakespeare The story involves twin brothers during a two-year stint with The New interviewed on WFMU, New Jersey’s Project ran for a week in May at the Here Daniel and Martin Glimmer, who in the York Gilbert & Sullivan Players. world music station, plans to perform Arts Center in Greenwich Village. early 1950s made up two-thirds of the She has appeared in dinner theaters with the Balkan brass band Zlatne Uste The play will be presented in New glow-in-the-dark trumpet section of a and outdoor dramas in Tennessee, North at Lincoln Center on August 9. York City parks from June 14 to July 1 major jazz band. While Martin continues Carolina and Virginia, as well as in a Across the Hudson River at New and August 4 to September 16, will tour his life of music, drugs and poverty in variety of television commercials. The Jersey’s Liberty State Park, fiery-haired upstate New York and New England dur- Manhattan, Daniel gives up jazz and daughter of Stella and John Baker of juggler extraordinaire Viktor Kee (whom ing July, and will be performed at the junk, marries, becomes a fabric designer Warwick, N.Y., Ms. Baker is an adminis- I wrote about in The Ukrainian Weekly Cathedral of St. John the Divine from and moves to Connecticut. After a 30- trative assistant at William M. Mercer of April 22) has continued to fascinate September 6 to 9 and 13 to 16. Park per- year estrangement, the two brothers are corporation by day and lives a second “Dralion” audiences with his futuristic formances are free and open to the public finally reconciled when Daniel’s daugh- life off-hours as a singer/actress. outfit, his dance show and unique jug- Off Broadway (for specific dates and localities, call the ter meets and falls in love with Martin’s gling since early April. Interviewed by Archy Hotline at 212-479-7710 or check young trombonist friend, Jordan Shine. phone, Mr. Kee told me he was born these websites: shakespeareproject.org or Mr. Spencer originated the part of Several Ukrainian musical aggrega- Viktor Kiktev in Pryluky near Kyiv in mettawee.org). Martin Glimmer at the premiere of tions, a spectacular juggler and a talented 1970, the progeny of a Ukrainian mother Based on witty sketches in a daily col- “Glimmer” (then called “The Glimmer actor are keeping countless numbers of (maiden name Tsybulka) and a Russian umn written by journalist/playwright Brothers”) at the Williamstown Theatre spectators amused and happy this spring father. Don Marquis in The New York Evening Festival in 1999 and has also played it at and summer. Emulating his older brother, he began Sun, which introduced a poet whose soul workshops in upstate New York and New Andriy Milavsky’s boisterous Cheres training at age 6 at a circus school in his is reincarnated in the body of Archy the Haven, Conn. During a Los Angeles run folk ensemble has been going strong on home town and enrolled in a professional cockroach, the play centers around at the Mark Taper Forum from January several fronts, most recently at the Winter circus school in Kyiv at 14. Before join- Archy, who lived in the newspaper office 25 to March 4, he juggled “West Wing” Garden in the World Financial Center in ing Cirque du Soleil two years ago, he and at night would climb onto Marquis’s rehearsals and work on the “Wing” set lower Manhattan, where the group gave a worked in Europe full-time as a juggler typewriter and tell his story in poetry by with “Glimmer” performances, playing noon-hour concert of music from in shows like the famous Moulin Rouge jumping from key to key – all in lower- two disparate roles at one time. Los Moldova, Romania and Presov/Priesov, a in Paris, always inspired by the famous case because he couldn’t operate the shift Angeles reviewers praised his perform- Rusyn/Ukrainian region of eastern German juggler Francis Brunn. ance in “Glimmer;” one reviewer called Slovakia. Singer Maria Lazurova, who Mr. Kee’s cross-country tour with (Continued on page 19) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 No. 23

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Leonid Kuchma and Kwasniewski Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛ Á ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛, ÔðËflÚÂÎflÏË Ú‡ opened a Ukrainian-Polish center intend- Newsbriefs ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ˛ „ðÓχ‰Ó˛, ˘Ó 10 Úð‡‚Ìfl 2001 ð. ÛÔÓÍӪ·Òfl ‚ (Continued from page 2) ed to promote the development of busi- ÅÓÁ¥ ̇ȉÓðÓʘ‡ åÄåÄ, ÅÄÅñü Ú‡ èêÄÅÄÅñü of a union of the three Slavic nations, nesses and investments between the two Belapan reported. Meanwhile, Russian countries. Presidents Kuchma and ·Î. Ô. State Duma Speaker Gennadii Seleznev Kwasniewski also met on June 3 at the told journalists in Hrodna that plans to forum. Lithuanian President Valdas merge Russia and Belarus into a single Adamkus, who was also scheduled to ßêÖçÄ Éêéçú state face strong resistance from some participate, canceled his trip because of health reasons. (RFE/RL Newsline) ̇ð. 19 „ðÛ‰Ìfl 1920 ð. ‚ Ñðӄӷ˘¥. “executive and political structures” and will take a long time to implement. Several Kuchma promotes CIS free-trade zone èÄêÄëíÄë ·Û‚ ‚¥‰ÒÎÛÊÂÌËÈ 11 Úð‡‚Ìfl 2001 ð. ‚ ç˛ Åð‡ÌÁ‚ËÍ, ç.ÑÊ. dozen young people in Hrodna protested the Belarusian-Russian integration, shout- MIENSK – The Ukrainian president èÄçÄïàÑÄ, ëãìÜÅÄ ÅéÜÄ ¥ óàç èéïéêéçì ·ÛÎË ‚¥‰Ôð‡‚ÎÂÌ¥ 12 Úð‡‚Ìfl ing “Shame” and “Independence” at said in Miensk on May 31 that if the CIS 2001 ð. ‚ ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸Í¥È ˆÂðÍ‚¥ èÓÍðÓ‚Ë èð˜ËÒÚÓª Ñ¥‚Ë å‡ð¥ª. deputies leaving the session hall. (RFE/RL does not create a free-trade zone for its í¥ÎÓ èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓª ÔÂð‚ÂÁÂÌÓ Ì‡ ‚¥˜ÌËÈ ÒÔÓ˜ËÌÓÍ Ì‡ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡ð Ò‚. Ä̉ð¥fl Newsline) members, as it agreed to do in April 1994, èÂð‚ÓÁ‚‡ÌÓ„Ó ‚ ë. Ň‚̉ ÅðÛÍÛ, ç.ÑÊ. its political prospects will be “illusory,” Slavic congress calls for union Interfax reported, quoting Leonid á‡Î˯ÂÌ¥ Û „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ: Kuchma’s interview with Belarusian MOSCOW – More than 800 delegates Television. “As of today, the CIS is, from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and other ÒËÌË – ßÉéê Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ éãÖû unfortunately, a large consultative coun- – êéåÄç countries assembled in Moscow at a cil,” Mr. Kuchma said, noting that the ‚ÌÛÍË – êÖçÄíÄ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ Öåßãßé Congress of Slavic Peoples, RIA-Novosti “economy moves everything.” (RFE/RL reported on June 1. The meeting called Newsline) – äÄíêßçÄ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ Ñßçéå for reaffirming national values and for – íÄ∫ëÄ closer integration of the three large Orthodox protest pope’s visit – íÄçü Slavic countries. The delegates voted to Ôð‡‚ÌÛÍË – êÖâóÖã Ú‡ çàäéãÄ form a Slavic Assembly led by a collec- KYIV – Some 1,000 believers of the ·ÎËʘ‡ ¥ ‰‡Î¸¯‡ ðÓ‰Ë̇ ‚ ÄÏÂðˈ¥ Ú‡ ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥. tive leadership including Duma Speaker Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) staged a protest on May 31 Gennadii Seleznev, Belarusian Deputy Ç¥˜Ì‡ ∫È Ô‡Ï'flÚ¸! Prime Minister Leonid Kozik, and in Kyiv against the planned visit of Pope Ukrainian writer Borys Oliinyk. John Paul II to Ukraine on June 23-27, (RFE/RL Newsline) Interfax reported. Valentyn Lukiannyk, one of the leaders of the protest, told the Kuchma reaffirms pro-European course agency that the pope’s visit is “inoppor- tune.” And he added: “So far, [Ukrainian] KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma told Catholic and Orthodox believers have not ìÍð‡ªÌҸ͇ ëÔÓðÚÓ‚‡ ñÂÌÚð‡Îfl ÄÏÂðËÍË ¥ ä‡Ì‡‰Ë journalists in Dnipropetrovsk on June 4 resolved many problems; in particular, that Ukraine’s course of integration with there is continuing suppression of á ‚ÂÎËÍËÏ ÒÏÛÚÍÓÏ ÔÓ‚¥‰ÓÏÎflπ ˜ÎÂÌ¥‚ ¥ ÔðËıËθÌËÍ¥‚ ìëñÄä Europe remains unchanged, Interfax Orthodox Christians in western Ukraine.” Ú‡ ‚Ò ìÍð‡ªÌҸ͠„ðÓχ‰flÌÒÚ‚Ó, ˘Ó Á ‚ÓÎ¥ ÇÒ‚˯̸ӄÓ, reported. Mr. Kuchma was commenting (RFE/RL Newsline) on media reports alleging that Ukraine is ‰Ìfl 23 Úð‡‚Ìfl 2001 ðÓÍÛ, ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ Û Ç¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ to change its political course following the Kinakh reported to have ties to Putin ̇ 78-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl, ÍÓÎË¯Ì¥È ‚ËÁ̇˜ÌËÈ ÙÛÚ·ÓÎ¥ÒÚ, dismissal of Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko. “According to the MOSCOW – Moscow newspapers ð‰‡ÍÚÓð “ëÔÓðÚÓ‚Ëı Ç¥ÒÚÂÈ – ë‚ӷӉ˔, Constitution, the government is a tool and have pointed out that Anatolii Kinakh, the ÇÂÎËÍËÈ ÔðËıËθÌËÍ ìëñÄä ¥ ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó new prime minister in Ukraine, spent his a mechanism [for implementing] the pres- Óð„‡Ì¥ÁÓ‚‡ÌÓ„Ó ÒÔÓðÚÛ ‚ ÄÏÂðˈ¥ ident’s program with which he won the formative years in Leningrad as “a mem- elections,” Mr. Kuchma noted. The presi- ber of [Vladimir] Putin’s team,” reported dent also said the attitude of the European Izvestiya on May 30. Mr. Kinakh graduat- ·Î. Ô. Union to Ukraine has recently become ed from a Leningrad shipbuilding institute “warmer.” He also offered his opinion that and worked in the city. (RFE/RL Pope John Paul II’s visit to Ukraine this Newsline) ÇÓÎÓ‰ËÏËð ëÓı‡Ì month will add to the country’s stability. Moscow seeks common educational space (RFE/RL Newsline) Ç¥˜Ì‡ âÓÏÛ è‡Ï’flÚ¸! MOSCOW – The Russian government ... pledges to bring Caspian oil to Europe on May 30 approved an agreement on è‡Ì‡ıË‰Ë Á‡ ÛÔÓÍ¥È ‰Û¯¥ èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓ„Ó ‚¥‰·ÛÎËÒfl KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma cooperation with member-countries of the announced that this year Ukraine will Commonwealth of Independent States to ‚ ‰Ìflı 24 ¥ 25 Úð‡‚Ìfl ˆ.ð. ‚ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌÓÏÛ Á‡‚‰ÂÌÌ¥ create a common educational space complete the construction of the Odesa- åÍ¢ÎflÍÎ¥Ì ‚ ÑÊÂðÁ¥ ëËÚ¥, ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌ¥ ‚¥‰Ôð‡‚Ë 26 Úð‡‚Ìfl, Brody oil pipeline and an oil terminal among them, Interfax reported. (RFE/RL near Odesa. The president made the state- Newsline) Ú‡Ï Ê ¥ Ô¥ÁÌ¥¯Â ̇ ˆ‚ËÌڇ𥠂 çÓð‰ ÄðΥ̣ÚÓÌ. ment while visiting the Pivdenmash plant Amnesty International scores Russia along with his Polish counterpart éÔ˜‡ÎÂÌ¥È Ç¯. ‰ðÛÊËÌ¥ çÂÓ̥Υ, ‰ÓÌ¥ êÓÏ¥ ɇ‰Á‚˘ Aleksander Kwasniewski. “Today we MOSCOW – In its annual report Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ Ä̉ð¥πÏ, ÓÌÛÍ‡Ï å‡Í¥‡ÌÓ‚¥ ¥ 臂ÎÛÒ‚¥, should join our efforts in seeking the pos- released on May 30, the international sibility of filling [this pipeline] for human rights group Amnesty ÒËÌÓ‚¥ í‡ð‡ÒÓ‚¥ ûð¥π‚¥ Ú‡ ·ð‡Ú‡Ï é΄ӂ¥ ¥ ß„ÓðÓ‚¥ Á ðÓ‰Ë̇ÏË, Caspian oil to reach both Poland and, first International said that “the Russian feder- ÒÍ·‰‡πÏÓ ‚ËÒÎÓ‚Ë Ì‡¯Ó„Ó ˘ËðÓ„Ó ÒÔ¥‚˜ÛÚÚfl. and foremost, Europe. These tasks – more al authorities are responsible for major political than economic in nature – are violations of human rights in the ìÔð‡‚‡ ìëñÄä facing the Polish and Ukrainian presi- Chechen Republic” and have done “very dents,” Ukrainian New Channel little” to investigate abuses there. Television quoted Mr. Kuchma as saying. Amnesty’s report also criticized condi- The 667-kilometer pipeline linking the tions in Russian prisons and in the army, Black Sea port of Odesa with Brody in and said that Moscow does not treat dis- placed persons according to international the Lviv Oblast is 80 percent completed, DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS Interfax reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) standards. (RFE/RL Newsline) Kwasniewski: no final decision on pipeline Peace Corps ends mission in Poland to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. DNIPROPETROVSK – Polish WARSAW – The U.S. Peace Corps President Aleksander Kwasniewski said has wound up its mission in Poland after Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. in Dnipropetrovsk on June 4 that Warsaw 11 years of activities, the PAP news serv- (The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.) has not yet agreed to the construction of ice reported on June 3. More than 950 a pipeline to take Russian gas to Europe U.S. volunteers were involved in Poland Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. while bypassing Ukraine. Mr. in teaching English as well as in environ- Kwasniewski said the Polish government ment and business programs. The U.S. Information should be addressed to the attention of the Advertising Department will explore the issue of the bypass Embassy in Warsaw said the volunteers and sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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The Gogol Bordello band is included as West Wing star confirms... Ukraine’s representative in the July 7 festi- (Continued from page 15) val of dance, opera, spoken word and music key. The whimsical, one-act production from around the globe that make up the cleverly utilizes four actors, a dozen or Central Park Summerstage’s 16th season. so puppets and an off-kilter set to inter- Fronted by Eugene Hutz, Gogol Bordello is pret the tricky source material. Ms. Gates the four-man band that’s famous for the punk cabaret style it initiated. considers Mr. Drance “a standout, espe- The Soho scene cially as a tarantula and as a cricket who drives Archy insane by constantly repeat- ing ‘Cheer up, cheer up.’ ” Petro Hrycyk, whose haunting black- Mr. Drance, a faculty member of and-white photographs were shown during Fordham University’s Theatre Department April at the Westwood Gallery in SLAVE OR FORCED LABOURER and a member of the Wisconsin Province Manhattan’s Soho district, graduated from of Jesuits, has performed and directed in the Lviv Institute of Decorative Arts in UNDER THE NAZI REGIME? over 15 countries on five continents. Last 1968 and began his artistic career as a OTHER VICTIM OF NAZI INJUSTICE? year he directed a spirited translation of painter. He returned to his initial fascina- HEIR OF THE VICTIM? Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s 17th century tion with photography and the mystique of work “Life is a Dream” at the Cathedral of the camera as his foremost concern after St. John the Divine. A regular performer moving to New York. Mr. Hrycyk’s show with ImprovBoston and the U.S. Improv of abstract, surrealist work, titled Theatre League, he was one of seven actors “Reflections of Reality,” distills his remi- YOU MAY BE ENTITLED who represented the United States in the niscences of his early life – fleeting images World Cup of Improv in Montreal in 1992. of childhood such as trees, birds and As the Mayana Gallery on Second mountains – as he looks for himself in TO COMPENSATION Avenue concludes an exhibition of origi- everything he does. He builds images of nal artwork and reproductions that reflect loved people from details – their hands, FROM A NEW GERMAN FUND themes from the Ukrainian rites of relevant objects or shadows, and uses an spring, other groups are readying accummulation of fragments as clues to decipher a microcosm governed by a Ukrainian spring/summer folk songs and unique system of rules. music for the public. Bohdanna The works on display included photo- Wolansky’s Promin Vocal Ensemble and graphs of mannequin heads and wooden Please visit our web site for the office nearest you: the Homin Stepiv Bandura Ensemble will hands, reflections in an antique mirror, represent Ukraine in the International http://www.compensation-for-forced-labour.org/ dead leaves floating in a puddle of water, Cultures Expo-Fest that’s taking place the silhouette of a cross created by a along Madison Avenue (in the upper 40s) chair back and a wooden doll enveloped on June 17. The Ukrainian groups expect in sprays of white flowers. to perform around 2 p.m. This annual Commenting on his art, Mr. Hrycyk said: mini-World’s Fair entices New Yorkers “My photography is permanently striving with international pavilions, music, art, for self-affirmation, for the acquirement of crafts, foods and beverages. spiritual freedom, a combination of cogni- IOM claim forms must be Ancient songs for Kupalo’s Eve, the tive experience and subjective associative German submitted by August 11, 2001 pagan midsummer-night ritual, will be experience. Sometimes the relationship I Forced Labour emphasized in Mariana Sadovska’s work- IOM will handle have to the subject is more important than Conpensation Programme shops on midsummer-night songs, con- the subject itself.” He avoids the use of your claim free of charge ducted at the La Mama rehearsal hall on color, preferring black and white because “it June 16-17. The workshops are just one is much more flexible for me.” With a num- feature of the Yara Arts Group’s plans for ber of solo and group exhibitions in New summer festivities; director Virlana Tkacz York, Mr. Hrycyk has established himself as says there will be a concert at La Mama a very accomplished photographer. on June 23 and a Kupalo fest by candle- light in the community garden on Sixth Helen Smindak’s e-mail address is Street at Avenue B on July 6. [email protected].

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receive degrees in theology in the more than Lviv Theological Academy... 1,000-year history of Ukrainian (Continued from page 3) Christianity. Today, even without either formal licens- In the last two years about 35-40 of the ing or accreditation, the LTA is graduating academy’s 90 graduates have been women. highly educated students who are pursuing They have gone on to become teachers, advanced degrees abroad at the great social workers, school administrators and, Western universities in countries like the of course, nuns. United States, Canada, Italy, Poland and Today the LTA’s student composition Australia. also contains a good mix of non-Catholic The academy also has a well-established faithful. While the school does not ask for and highly regarded English-language pro- confessional background, it believes that gram, which includes a very popular sum- approximately 10 percent to 15 percent of mer course taught in a relaxed atmosphere the student body is Orthodox. at various tourist resorts in the Carpathian The faculty also is diverse, including Mountains. All students of the LTA must Greek-Catholic, Roman Catholic, Orthodox gain proficiency in English. and Orthodox Jewish instructors and profes- Already recognized by the Vatican as a sors. school of theology, today the academy is One of the LTA’s central responsibilities very close to achieving university status. is to educate future priests. Because the pro- The recent visit by the vice-rector of the gram for clerics takes six and a half years, Pontifical Oriental Institute should result in members of the first class, which consisted a recommendation to do just that. of 38 students, only recently received their European standards require that an insti- degrees. The Rev. Gudziak noted that the tution of higher learning with university sta- first graduate to become a priest, one of tus have at least three faculties. Currently three thus far, celebrated his first liturgy the LTA has a single philosophy-theology since being ordained on May 6. faculty, but a school of history-philology “Now there is going to be a stream of will open in September, to be followed in a year by a school of social sciences, which them,” he added. will include courses in sociology, psycholo- The Lviv Theological Academy began gy and political science. The academy offering courses in September 1994 after a hopes eventually to develop a forced hiatus of 49 years. In 1945 Soviet pedagogical/catechetical faculty, and a authorities closed the school, which was school of social work as well. founded in 1929, after the Communist gov- One of the more unique aspects of the ernment reasserted control over western LTA is the high percentage of women stu- Ukraine at the close of World War II. The dents. Although theology has historically school was dealt a similar blow in 1939 been a male domain, about 45 percent of when the Soviet Union took control over LTA’s student population of 1,200 is female. western Ukraine after the signing of the As the Rev. Gudziak explained, the women Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, but was who belonged to the LTA’s first graduating reopened and allowed to offer limited class in 1998 were the first females to courses during the German occupation.

modality to give even the unrepresented The Ukrainian National Association New York judge... victims their fair chance at receiving com- (Continued from page 4) pensation. sented a statement to the court expressing It was understandable that this court Congratulates all their gratitude for the court’s decision. The needed to find a balance between just com- full text of the statement presented to the pensation for as many survivors as possible Fathers, Grandfathers and court by Myroslaw Smorodsky, follows. and achieving this in a timely fashion – Great-grandfathers, while the victims it sought to compensate * * * were still alive. Achieving this goal was no and wishes each and every one Yesterday marked the 56th anniversary easy task, as is evidenced by the record in of the end of one of the greatest cataclysms the cases before this honorable court. MNOHAYA LITA known to mankind: World War II came to As such, we are pleased that the Central an end on the European continent. During and East European Delegations and their this savage conflagration, millions of people attorneys were able to suggest to this court Come with your family and celebrate UNA’s Traditional Father’s Day were eradicated in the Holocaust, millions a fair and equitable resolution to the died on the battlefields and millions of oth- court’s dilemma. We are equally grateful on Sunday, June 17, 2001 ers were forcibly deported to slave and that this court found our proposals satisfac- forced labor camps to fuel the Nazi war tory in achieving the goals of this court at machine. and justice for all those who suffered dur- SOYUZIVKA Today, nearly six decades after “physi- ing World War II. cal” peace was achieved, we are seeking to We regret that rhetoric by others may 10:00 AM find “legal” peace. Towards this end, this not have accurately reflected the true aims court has now removed one of the last hur- of this court. However, after today’s deci- Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church dles in the process of obtaining some mod- sion, we believe that Germany can swiftly and icum of compensation for those survivors proceed to fund the foundations’ compen- St. Volodymyr’s Ukrainian Orthodox Chapel at Soyuzivka who lost not only their assets, but also their sation programs for the many victims that freedom; compensation for those who were never received any payments in the past. deported from their homelands to be slaves We now look to the German Bundestag to 12:00 noon for an inhuman war machine. recognize that after 56 years “legal peace” Special Father’s Day Luncheon The Central and East European has now been achieved and to expeditious- Delegations (Belarus, the Czech Republic, ly initiate compensation payments – espe- 2:30 PM Poland, the Russian Federation, and cially since hundreds of survivors are FREE ARTISTIC PROGRAM for ALL Ukraine) appreciate and recognize this dying daily. court’s continued concern for all the victims On behalf of over 1.5 million Central and of World War II. We also appreciate and East European survivors, we respectfully Ukrainian Dance Ensemble “SYZOKRYLI” recognize this court’s efforts to help find a thank the court for today’s decision. Roma Pryma Bohachevsky – Director Choreographer “CHERESHENKY DUET” MARK T. OLESNICKY, M.D. For reservations to the luncheon please call SOYUZIVKA Internal Medicine Tel: 845 626-5641 135 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 203 Florham Park, NJ 07932

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ministerial authority to fire subordinates. Kuchma decree adds... The Communist Party, which has The Ukrainian Weekly (Continued from page 1) joined national democratic elements on various ministries, while the ministers the political right criticizing the move, will concentrate on political work. called it “another step on the road to the President Kuchma said it was a need- establishment of an authoritarian dicta- ed structural change within the executive torship.” Wedding Speaking from the Verkhovna Rada Wedding branch to give some administrative sta- bility to the government. rostrum on June 5, Communist Party “Governments will come and go, but leader Petro Symonenko said the direc- tive “will turn ministerial portfolios into AnnouncementsAnnouncements stability will remain,” explained Mr. will appear in July 2001. Kuchma while in Miensk for the CIS a sham,” and will make the president the summit, according to the Kyiv weekly, de facto head of government. Viktor Pynzenyk, leader of the For a wedding announcement to be included in the July issue, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. all information must be received in our offices by July 6. President Kuchma explained that too Reforms and Order Party, said he was holding consultations on testing the often in the past prime ministers and min- Along with wedding announcements, we will include greetings from friends, isters had undertaken extensive cadre legality of the presidential order before family members, bridesmaids and ushers – from all those changes, appointing political partners and the Constitutional Court. not professionals. He said the creation of Political expert Mykola Tomenko, who wish to share in the excitement of a new marriage. the state secretaries now would assure whose Institute of Politics is closely continuity and professionalism at the ranks associated with Mr. Pynzenyk’s party, We hope you will announce your wedding in immediately below the ministerial level. said the presidential decree contradicts The Ukrainian Weekly, or send a greeting to your favorite newlyweds. Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh said the the Constitution “to a significant extent.” day after his appointment that he supports He explained that the law on the Cabinet Rates for announcements and greetings: the new structure. “It is necessary that we of Ministers, which the Parliament has One-column wedding announcement: $100 are clear on this matter, that in Ukraine we passed but has yet to be signed by the Two-column wedding announcement: $200 president, should regulate the work of have had a problem with the quality and Wedding greeting: $75 professionalism at the professional level of the government. Mr. Tomenko said the the government,” he explained. president’s decree “violated the constitu- For further information or to request a brochure, tional status of the Cabinet.” The creation of the new posts, howev- please call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 (Maria). Mr. Tomenko also questioned the role er, has brought widespread criticism Visit www.ukrweekly.com to view a wedding announcement sample page. from the Verkhovna Rada in the days a prime minister will have when authori- since the decree was introduced. Most ty might now travel directly from the severely criticized is the decision to president to his state secretary. make the state secretaries independent of “Kinakh will become a sort of presiden- the government’s mandate and outside tial representative or advisor to deal only with managing the regional system of power, some economic branches and indi- vidual enterprises,” explained Mr. U.S. defense secretary... Tomenko, according to RFE/RL Newsline. (Continued from page 1) Mr. Kuchma expressed surprise at had been told by the Ukrainian president. remarks made by Mr. Pynzenyk and oth- “We recognize that there has been no ers on the right when he told Interfax- book written that describes how a coun- Ukraine in Miensk that the new structure try moves from communism to democra- he had created is very similar to govern- cy and free markets,” noted Mr. ment structures in Europe. Rumsfeld. “It can be a difficult path, we “I am amazed that the opposition understand. But it has been a steady path members make their remarks so offhand- [for Ukraine], and we have been edly,” President Kuchma commented. “I impressed with the solid commitment by want to emphasize that these assertions the president and his ministers to pursue are being made by reformists who are that path.” oriented on Western models. They can’t When asked whether the case of the be so uninformed as to not realize that missing and presumed dead Ukrainian this is an element of the Western model.” journalist Heorhii Gongadze was dis- Meanwhile, Viktor Medvedchuk, the cussed, Mr. Rumsfeld responded with a influential first vice-chairman of the curt statement explaining that the “neces- Verkhovna Rada and leader of the pro- sity of a thorough and transparent inves- presidential Social Democratic Party tigation,” was discussed with Mr. (United), said he agrees, for the most Kuchma. part, with the presidential decree. The two sides also reaffirmed their “In any ministry there must be a sin- commitment to the NATO-Ukraine part- gle political center, while departmental nership as spelled out in the charter on a policy must be sustained by specific distinctive partnership that the two sides mechanisms, one of which will be the signed in Lisbon three years ago, as well offices of the state secretaries, the first as to their cooperation in the KFOR assistants and their assistants,” explained force in Kosovo. Mr. Medvedchuk. Gen. Kuzmuk said Ukraine would Mr. Medvedchuk questioned whether continue to broaden relations with NATO the Constitutional Court would consider as outlined in its State Program on an appeal from national deputies to NATO-Ukraine Relations, which is review the merits of the presidential effective until 2004, and that Ukraine decree. 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Criminal Code has been enacted, without Judicial independence... the Law on the Judiciary, passage of any of (Continued from page 6) the remaining new codes will be made more UKRAINIAN AMERICAN SPORTS CENTER TRYZUB larger constitutional crisis that looms in the difficult. immediate future must be solved first – for To build a nation based on the ideas of ìäêÄ∫çëúäàâ ëèéêíéÇàâ éëÖêÖÑéä “íêàáìÅ” the sake of democratic Ukraine and its peo- democracy and the rule of law requires ple. principled action and political courage. Failure to adopt the Law on the Judiciary Although each of the three branches of gov- would represent a double loss to the people ernment in Ukraine has displayed at times Celebrate the Summer with the following events of Ukraine, and a compounding of the prob- great commitment to a new system of con- Father’s Day Picnic and Zabava lems in government that have already beset stitutional government, no one branch the country. First, if the deadline passes, the should ever take it upon itself to shoulder Sunday, June 17, 2001, at 1:00 p.m. courts would not be able to operate legally. the burden of this undertaking to the exclu- Stage Show featuring: The vacuum of power most assuredly sion of another. This is not the designed Folk Dancing by the Voloshky School of Dance would be filled by other sectors of govern- intent of the Constitution of Ukraine, and it The Sribly Struny Bandura Ensemble places too much power in one branch. ment, or by other more uncertain forces, Zabava – Music by Dnipriany The judiciary has shown itself a capable and the current momentum for trust in the Region I Cup Soccer Final Games judiciary would be halted. Second, because defender of the Constitution and of the Admission $5.00 the courts are the last bastion for protection democratic ideals that the people of Ukraine of the Ukrainian system of government and have embraced. The political parties and the people’s rights, abuses of power by the factions in Parliament must now set aside Ukrainian Independence Day Celebration legislature and executive branch would go their immediate interests and eschew the Sunday, August 26, 2001, at 12:00 noon unchecked and may begin to be accepted temptation to hold this legislation hostage. Stage Show featuring: again as business as usual. Tendencies They must consider the passage of the Law Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble toward the law of command, or “telephonic on the Judiciary as an enactment of consti- Obrij Ukrainian Dance Ensemble tutional scope and importance, above poli- justice,” utilized in the Soviet era, may And More...... resurface. An emasculated judiciary in tics and above even the normal functioning A Surprise Guest Band for the Zabava Ukraine would bring hardship and lack of of government. It is imperative that freedom to the people. 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Parliament Foreign investment, so important to a coun- must pass the Law on the Judiciary before try in transition to a market economy, would the absolutely fundamental independence Upcoming Events be expected to diminish greatly in a Ukraine and efficacy of the judiciary is irreparably September 9, 2001 – Picnic to open the Soccer Season where business could not rely on the courts damaged . September 22, 2001 – Ukrainian Nationals Picnic to protect its rights. 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Carnegie parish holds Vacation Bible School CARNEGIE, Pa. – Holy Trinity liturgy, which will be followed by a fami- Ukrainian Catholic Church will sponsor ly picnic. its ninth annual Vacation Bible School This year’s program will include the (VBS) on June 25-29. This year’s theme beginnings of a regional children’s choir. is “Singing Praises to God.” Pre-registra- After the lessons and choir practice, chil- tion is $15 for the week ($20 registration dren will be bused to Trinity Acres for at the door). crafts and playtime. Wednesday they will During the five-day program chil- get immersed in the waters of Baptism on dren will raise their voices in song, “Water Day.” learning the parts of the liturgy. The Registration is at Holy Trinity Church, focus of the week’s lesson will be the 730 Washington Ave. in Carnegie; tele- Creed in the liturgy. Through the phone, (412) 279-4652. themes of creation, the Nativity, Pascha The schedule of the day, which begins and Pentecost the children will cele- at 9:30 a.m. with prayer in church and brate God’s love. ends at 1:30 p.m., includes choir practice, On Friday, the feast of Ss. Peter and class lesson, lunch, crafts, playtime and Paul, the children will sing the divine snacks.

and the photo on it are originals, and that Demjanjuk... the information on the card, such as (Continued from page 1) birthdate, hometown and father’s name, That indirect reference was to the U.S. is the same as that of Mr. Demjanjuk. He government’s previous accusations that also pointed to a reference on the card to Mr. Demjanjuk was the notorious “Ivan” a scar on the card holder’s back, noting of Treblinka – a charge that did not hold that federal prosecutors say Mr. up as Israel’s Supreme Court in 1993 Demjanjuk suffered such an injury, and overturned his conviction by a lower said the ink on the card is similar to that court. used on other documents issued by the Mr. Demjanjuk, who had lost his U.S. Nazis. citizenship in 1981, regained it in Mr. Tigar questioned just what the February 1998 thanks to a ruling by the Trawniki card proves, noting that though same federal judge who is hearing the it indicates a man named Demjanjuk new case. may have been at the training camp, it In his 1998 ruling Judge Matia cited does not prove that man was his client. fraud on the part of U.S. government On the fifth day of the trial the defense attorney said a man named Ivan prosecutors and wrote that attorneys of Andreievych Demjanjuk, a cousin of his the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of client, had served at Trawniki, and that Special Investigations (OSI) “acted the description on the Trawniki ID with reckless disregard for their duty to matches one given by a fellow guard, the court and their discovery obliga- VARSOVIA TRAVEL & SHIPPING Vasilii Litvinenko, of this heretofore tions” in failing to disclose potentially unknown Demjanjuk. 74 E. 7th St., Manhattan (between 1-2 Avenue) exculpatory evidence to the Demjanjuk Tel.: (212) 529-3256 • Fax: (212) 477-1553 defense. Case dates back to 1977 INTERNET – www.varsovia.com Seven documents are key The Demjanjuk case dates back to 1977, when the Ohio resident was first çÄâäêÄôß ñßçà Various news sources reported that accused of being “Ivan the Terrible.” A LOí the U.S. government’s new case against naturalized U.S. citizen, he lost that sta- Polish Airlines çÄ äÇàíäà Ç ìäêÄ∫çì Mr. Demjanjuk is based on seven tus in 1981, when a court stripped him of wartime documents that show his pres- his citizenship. He was ordered deported ãúÇßÇ ‚¥‰ $ 849 + ÔÓ‰‡ÚÓÍ ‚ Ó‰ÌÛ ÒÚÓðÓÌÛ $ 500 + ÔÓ‰‡ÚÓÍ ence at Trawniki, Sobibor, Majdanek and in 1986 was extradited to Israel, and Flossenberg. Mr. Demjanjuk contin- where a war crimes trial began the next Kà∫Ç ‚¥‰ $ 810 + ÔÓ‰‡ÚÓÍ ‚ Ó‰ÌÛ ÒÚÓðÓÌÛ $ 472 + ÔÓ‰‡ÚÓÍ ues to deny that he ever served the year. He was sentenced to death in 1988, Nazis, but admits that he gave false but that conviction was overturned on ä‚ËÚÍË ‰Ó çúû-âéêäì ‚ ӷˉ‚¥ ÒÚÓðÓÌË ‚¥‰ $ 895 + ÔÓ‰‡ÚÓÍ statements when immigrating to the appeal in 1993, and Mr. Demjanjuk United States in order to escape repatria- returned home to Seven Hills, Ohio. Ñé èéãúôß á èéãúôß tion to the Soviet Union, where he Ç¥‰ 16 ˜Âð‚Ìfl ‰Ó 30 ÒÂðÔÌfl 2001 ð. Ç¥‰ 1 ÎËÔÌfl ‰Ó 30 ÒÂðÔÌfl 2001 ð. feared persecution. *** Mr. Tigar said his client is once again $ 681 ‚ Ó·¥ ÒÚÓðÓÌË $ 599 ‚ Ó·¥ ÒÚÓðÓÌË the victim of mistaken identity. The Plain The Ukrainian Weekly did not suc- Dealer of Cleveland reported that Mr. ceed in making contact with Edward á‡ÔðÓ¯ÂÌÌfl ‰Ó ëòÄ • Ç¥ÁË ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌÛ • ÉðÓ¯Ó‚¥ ÔÂðÂ͇ÁË Nishnic, spokesman for the Demjanjuk Tigar said in his opening statement: 臘ÍË ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌÛ – ÍÓð‡·ÎÂÏ – $ 0.59; Î¥Ú‡ÍÓÏ – $1.80 “This odyssey is about to come to an family, as his father-in-law’s trial is end. ... He [Mr. Demjanjuk] has told a ongoing. consistent version. At the end of the day, he asks this court to listen.” On the first day of the trial, the defense challenged the first witness, Gideon Epstein, a forensic document specialist. Mr. Tigar cross-examined him about every detail of the photo identity card that the OSI says was issued to Mr. Demjanjuk, as well as duty rosters. Mr. Epstein said under cross-examination that he could not completely determine whether it is Mr. Demjanjuk’s signature on the Trawniki ID. On May 31, a U.S. government wit- ness, historian Charles W. Sydnor, admit- ted that he was wrong when he had stat- ed in the 1980s that Mr. Demjanjuk was “Ivan the Terrible.” The Plain Dealer reported that Mr. Sydnor said: “I was wrong at the time. But I now believe the Israeli Supreme Court [which said Mr. Demjanjuk may have been a guard somewhere else] got it right, based on the massive amount of documents that have come out since then.” Another prosecution witness, Larry Stewart, a lab director for the Secret Service, testified that the Trawniki card 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 No. 23 UKEUKELLODEONODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Plast children celebrate spring in Stokes State Forest BRANCHVILLE, N.J. – On May fire, wind and earth. The children 20 the youngest members of Plast learned about their planet by Ukrainian Scouting Organization in exploring these four important New Jersey (“novatstvo”) gathered forces of nature through various at the Lyndley G. Cook 4-H Youth exercises and challenges. Center for Outdoor Education, The daylong program included a located on the 108-acre camp- picnic, sports games, story-telling, ground in Stokes State Forest, for singing and just appreciating the their annual Sviato Vesny. surrounding nature. Both the par- The oldest members of novatstvo ents and their children had a good (the “orliata”) had the opportunity time enjoying the fresh forest air to arrive a day early, take a hike to and beautiful setting on the lake. Tillman’s Ravine and sleep in cab- Although it looked as if it would ins. This was a special privilege for rain all day, the weather held out these plastuny age 9-11. and the novaky and novachky (Plast On Sunday a throng of younger boys and girls) were able to enjoy Plast members arrived to join the an intimate bonfire in the evening, orliata and partake in the day’s even though by that time most were activities. The theme of this year’s already exhausted from the long, event was the four elements – water, fun day. Counselor Ania Hnateyko with “novatstvo” at Plast’s annual springtime gathering. D.C. girl greets Bushes Student to present performance with purpose Washington. NEWARK, N.J. – St. John’s dent throughout her years at St. The new president and Ukrainian Catholic School in John’s. This year she scored in the first lady warmly and lov- Newark, N.J., prides itself on its out- 99th percentile in all categories of the ingly accepted flowers standing graduates. Lida Doll, of the Catholic High School COOP entrance from Lida. The president Class of 2001, is a fine addition to exam. Lida will be attending the asked her to talk about her this distinguished group, with her selective Villa Walsh Academy in interests, and the first academic and extracurricular accom- Morristown, N.J., in the fall. lady, in a true expression plishments. As part of St. John’s extracurricular of caring, gave her a huge Lida has been a high honors stu- program, Lida studies bandura with hug, as opposed to just a Olia Stashchyshyn and Ukrainian formal “thank you.” folk dance with Roma Pryma As she made her pres- Bohachevsky. She is an active mem- entation to the Bushes, ber of Plast. Lida expressed to them Since she was 7, Lida has studied her hopes: “May God be piano, first with the late Prof. Daria with you on this new jour- Karanowych and now with Prof. ney.” Taissa Bohdanska. Lida has been an Lida is a third grader at invited performer at the Grazhda Beauvoir, the National Children’s Concerts in Hunter, N.Y., Cathedral Elementary for the past three summers. School in Washington. She Lida will conclude the school year is a fourth-generation and her educational career at St. Ukrainian American and John’s with a recital of Ukrainian and speaks fluent Ukrainian. Lida Chopivsky Benson presents flowers to classical compositions on Sunday, She is a member of the First Lady Laura Bush as President George June 17, at 11 a.m., in St. John’s Ukrainian National W. Bush looks on. Church, in memory of her beloved Association, an active teacher, Prof. Karanowych. The pub- WASHINGTON – Lida Chopivsky member of Plast, St. Andrew’s Benson, 8, had the honor of present- Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and Lida Doll of the class of 2001 at St. lic is invited to hear this young ing flowers to newly inaugurated the Girl Scouts, and is a student at John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic artist’s concert, all proceeds of which President George W. Bush and First the Taras Shevchenko School of School. will be donated to St. John’s School. Lady Laura Bush. The presentation Ukrainian Studies. Lida is an avid took place at the Inaugural Prayer reader, plays competitive soccer, is on OUR NEXT ISSUE: Service at the National Cathedral in the swim team and is a tap dancer. UKELODEON is published on the second Sunday of every month. To make it into our next issue, dated July 8, please send in your materials by June 29. UKELODEON is prepared by the editorial staff of The Ukrainian Weekly (Please include a daytime phone number.) working in conjunction with Lydia Smyk, an elementary school teacher at St. John Send in your articles, letters, photos, etc. to: The Ukrainian Weekly, the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, N.J., and mother of three. Ms. UKELODEON, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; telephone, Smyk, who is originally from Ottawa, resides with her family in Orange, N.J. (973) 292-9800; fax, (973) 644-9510; e-mail, [email protected]. No. 23 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 27

Hillside kids perform “hahilky” Mishanyna

S I D I S P L A C E D I S O N H I S T O R Y J E L B E N U J Y L I K N O V C D W V N E P S T O Y O E V U M I T C I V A P I A L M T I H N X S U M M E R L R I N S V K A R O B A L E U A T M M I R D E C R O F F P A U A A E L U O C V Y N R A E L Q D F M O S S R E T R O P E R G R A N D P A R E N T S L R O A M E R I C A L O A D A N A C E N O R U E T A M A J O X M N Odarka Polanskyj Stockert leads the children in performing “hahilky.” D R O C E R V I D E O T A P E To solve this month’s Mishanyna, find the words that appear capitalized in the HILLSIDE, N.J. – After a recent ing on a fir tree branch. During the text below. Sunday divine liturgy at Immaculate dance the children form two rows Conception Ukrainian Catholic and create a bridge with their hands Recently we (UKELODEON, that is) had the privilege of sitting in on an Church in Hillside, N.J., many chil- and arms. The smallest of the chil- interview with a VICTIM of the Nazis’ FORCED labor policy. In the same dren eagerly gathered to participate dren (Ariadna Stockert and room sat a SURVIVOR of the Great FAMINE of 1932-1933. We were there in “hahilky” (spring ritual dances Rhiannon Murphy) walked over the with grandchildren who listened to HISTORY as related by people they love – and songs). Odarka Polanskyj “branch” and then returned via the their GRANDPARENTS. That is why, in this JUNE issue of Mishanyna we Stockert gracefully taught the chil- tunnel that the other dancers had thought we’d focus on FAMILY history. dren five different hahilky. created. Many children are unaware of what trials and tribulations their grandpar- The audience and participants Following the hahilky, the chil- ents and others lived through, and the sacrifices they made. And, since our seemed to especially enjoy the dren participated in an Easter egg lives today are so busy, they may not find it easy to create an opportunity to “Zhuchok” (beetle) hahilka. The hunt. To view additional photo- hear about these things first-hand. song and dance describe a beetle graphs of the event, visit the parish Consequently, looking ahead to the lazy, hazy days of SUMMER that soon who comes alive in the spring and website at http://www.byzantines.net/ will be here, we want to encourage our young readers to spend some QUALI- celebrates his festive attire by walk- immaculateconception. TY time with their grandparents this summer. Ask them if anyone in the family remembers the famine-genocide that killed millions of Ukrainians? Were they ever in the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) or the OUN (Organization of Connecticut student cited for math skills Ukrainian Nationalists)? What were these groups? Were they victims of forced LABOR during World War II? Were they DISPLACED persons? How did they DARIEN, Conn. – Alex Puzyk, son of Bohdana end up in AMERICA or CANADA? and Bohdan Puzyk and grandson of Nadia and Make the TIME. Be AMATEUR REPORTERS. VIDEOTAPE or RECORD Bohdan Wojtowycz of Baltimore, Md., was cited their answers. Let your grandparents tell you about their unique lives. They by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth for distinction in mathematics. will be telling you your own family’s history, which is infinitely more interest- The CTY is an international program inviting ing than watching re-runs on television. LISTEN and LEARN! all students in grades 5-8 who have scored at the 97th percentile or higher on standardized tests to take additional exams including SATs. Myshka visits his grandparents Those seventh and eighth graders who score in the top 22 percent of the college SATs were hon- ored with a Certificate of Excellence award at a ceremony at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., on June 9. A seventh grader, Alex also participates in his middle school orchestra, is lead trumpet in his school’s jazz band and is a goalie for the soccer Alex Puzyk team. Letter to Mykola Myshka Mykola Myshka received the following answer to the question he posed in the May issue of UKELODEON. Dear Ukrainian Weekly: The oblast with the tallest mountain is the Zakarpattia Oblast.

Your friend, Danylko Maczaj Suffern, N.Y. Mykola Myshka is visiting with his Baba and Dido (his grand- Danylko was the first reader to give the correct answer to Myshka’s latest mystery. parents) to learn about his family’s history. Do you know We are sending him a special philatelic prize, courtesy of The Ukrainian Weekly’s philatelic columnist, Dr. Ingert Kuzych. about your family tree and your family members’ past? 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2001 No. 23

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, June 15 eled through villages in Ukraine collecting songs and documenting rituals. Discover the NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and folk voice in you. Learn ancient songs for Literary Club and the Mayana Gallery Kupalo, the pagan Midsummer Night Ritual. invite the public to “Rusalia: Fertility You do not have to be able to read Ukrainian Rites of Spring,” an exhibit of photo or music to participate. The workshops are reproductions featuring the ancient ritual on Saturday and Sunday, 2-5 p.m. Fee: $20 celebrations as depicted on Ukrainian per session (you must pre-register). To partic- bracelet jewelery from the Kyivan-Rus’ ipate in our Kupalo events call (212) 475- period (12th-13th centuries). Opening is 6474 or e-mail [email protected]. For at 7 p.m.; exhibit tour and explanations by more information and updates visit Slava Gerulak. The exhibit will be on http://www.brama.com/yara/kupalo.html. view through July 8. Donation: $7. Gallery hours: Friday, 6-8 p.m.; Saturday- ADVANCE NOTICE Sunday, 1-5 p.m. The Mayana Gallery is located at 136 Second Ave., fourth floor. Saturday, June 23 For more information call (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144; Visit the website NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group presents http://www.brama.com/mayana; or email “New Traditions for Midsummer Night,” [email protected]. an indoor concert celebrating Kupalo, with Mariana Sadovska and Yara artists, the Friday-Sunday, June 15-17 Experimental Bandura Trio, the Budmo Musical Group and Eugene Hutz’s Gogol YONKERS, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Heritage Bordello at 8 p.m. at La MaMa, 74 E. Festival will take place on June 15, 6-10 Fourth St. Tickets: $5. For information p.m.; June 16, 1-10 p.m.; and June 17, 1- 7 call (212) 475-7710. Or visit p.m. It will be held on the grounds of St. http://www.brama.com/yara/. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, located at North Broadway and Shonnard Friday, July 6 Place. The free-admission event features outdoor entertainment, demonstrations of NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group presents Ukrainian arts and crafts, food, carnival “Kupalo Freakout— Midsummer Night THE NORTHERN NEW JERSEY DISTRICT COMMITTEE rides, amusements and exhibits. On Rituals, Songs and Anarchy.” Featured artists include Mariana Sadovska, Yara OF BRANCHES OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Saturday at 1-4 p.m. there will be discount- ed ride tickets at only $1 per ride. As it con- artists, the Experimental Bandura Trio, the Budmo Musical Group and Eugene Hutz’s invites the Ukrainian community to participate in celebrating tinues to grow from year to year, the festi- val now draws over 10,000 people from the Gogol Bordello, who will be joined by local area as well as neighboring states. For singer Alexis Kochan from Winnipeg, further information, visit the website at singer Alla Kutsevych, food artist Olesia http//:www.brama.com/yonkersukrainianfest, Lew, Yara’s Jina Oh and many others. The or call (914) 375-4418. events take place at 8:30 p.m. in the FFAATTHHEERR’’SS DDAAYY Community Garden at East Sixth Street Saturday, June 16 and Avenue B; admission is free. For updates see http://www.brama.com/yara/. at SOYUZIVKA NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific at SOYUZIVKA Society presents a lecture by Serhii Sunday, July 29 Kuzmenko of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, who is cur- PITTSBURGH: A dinner-dance, on June 17, 2001 rently with the Harriman Institute, “Vyshyvani Vechornytsi,” commemorating Columbia University, on the topic the 75th anniversary of the establishment of For this occasion the District Committee is sponsoring a bus trip “Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on the Territory the Pittsburgh branch of the Ukrainian Fare: $15.00 per person of Ukraine: History Decisions, and the National Women’s League of America Current Situation.” The lecture will be (UNWLA), will be held at the Holiday Inn held at the Society’s building, 63 Fourth in Greentree. The social hour will begin at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m., followed by For further information call: Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For further information call (212) dancing to the orchestra Lvivyany. We 254-5130. encourage everyone to wear his or her Michael Iwanciw, Elizabeth, NJ – (973) 635-6647 embroidered ethnic costume during this Marijka Haluszczak, Jersey City, NJ – (973) 292-9800 ext. 3073 • (201) 653-5497 eves. Saturday-Sunday, June 16-17 evening. After dinner, branch members will Andre Worobec, Newark, NJ – (973) 292-9800 ext. 3055 • (973) 373-8357 eves. have delicious multi-layered tortes for sale. NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group presents For more information or to obtain tickets, Julian Kotlar, Clifton, NJ – (973) 772-5265 “Midsummer Night Songs” workshops in call Branch President Anne Z. 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