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INSIDE: • Ukraine expands ties with South America — page 2. • Leonid Kravchuk to visit U.S. - page 3. • Interview with director of Kyyiv Theater on Podol — page 9. *3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association

Vol. LXII1 No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 75 cents Kravchuk launches civic organization Detroit resident seeks to block to promote consolidation in Ukraine CBS ownership of local station by Marta Kolomayets mer ideology chief of the Communist by Roman Woronowycz over-all quality of CBS programming, it Kyyiv Press Bureau Party of Ukraine. is based specifically on the "60 Minutes" He joins an initiative group of 54 peo­ JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A Ukrainian program. "You can't just make stuff up KYYIV - A new civic organization, ple from the Ukrainian Parliament, and American has petitioned the Federal out of whole cloth, broadcast it and then, Poroziiminnia (Mutual Understanding), civic and political leaders, including Communications Commission to disal­ when people point that out to you, say, was launched on Wednesday, January 11, Petro Sheyko, Pavlo Movchan, Mykola low CBS a broadcasting license in the well, we don't care; we're going to stand by former Ukrainian President Leonid Zhulynsky, Volodymyr Muliava, Mykola Detroit viewing area, the second action by our story; we're not going to take that Kravchuk with the aim of consolidating Horbal, Volodymyr Chervoniy, filed against the network by Ukrainians. back and, by the way, get ready for the forces in Ukraine that advocate a strong Mykhailo Horyn, Yuriy Badzio, who Alexander Serafyn, a resident of Troy, rerun season. When you do that, I think independent state, democratic transfor­ hope to create the All-Ukrainian Mich., a suburb of Detroit, is asking the you're playing fast and loose with your mations and economic reforms. Association Porozuminnia. Its' main FCC not to approve CBS ownership of a right to be a licensee." "Ukraine is in danger," declared Mr. goals are: television station in the Detroit area based Mr. Belendiuk also noted that a retrac­ Kravchuk during a 90-minute press con­ • to aid in the realization of well- on the airing of a piece titled "The Ugly tion by CBS at this point may not undo the ference at the Writers' Union building in thought out economic and political Face of Freedom," which was shown on its damage done, although such an effort Kyyiv, expressing concern that some seg­ reforms that will serve the interests of the longtime hit news program "60 Minutes" would be welcomed. "Mr. Serafyn was ments of society in Ukraine today are call­ individual and society as a whole; on October 23, 1994. The Ukrainian smeared by that report — he and every ing for the renewal of the Soviet Union, • to stand in opposition to political Congress Committee of America previous­ other Ukrainian. CBS, by taking that smear while others are pushing for a federative forces whose activities are aimed at the ly filed a personal attack complaint with back, I don't know that it's going to com­ state, with some regions clamoring for destruction of the Ukrainian state; the FCC for presenting the same piece. pletely compensate the Ukrainian commu­ closer ties with Russia. "Our domestic sit­ • to oppose any attempts to transform the That complaint is currently pending. nity," explained Mr. Belendiuk. "At least it uation is very complicated both economi­ CIS into a state structure and to ensure that The broadcast has stirred up a hornet's would be a step in the right direction, a cally and politically," he said. Ukraine does not stray off a course that nest of anger and protest within the recognition on the part of CBS that we "We have made no steps toward con­ guarantees sovereignty and independence; Ukrainian community and has resulted in can't go around picking on the Ukrainian solidation. Ї would even say that we've • to promote mutual understanding numerous public demonstrations and thou­ community because they are there, they are taken a step back in the process," contin­ between the various branches of power sands of angry letters to CBS and its adver­ an easy target and they won't do anything." ued the man who served as Ukraine's and insist on a clear division of powers; tisers. So far the network giant has refused The broadcasting company is awaiting president from December 1991 through • to help strengthen Ukraine's security to retract or apologize for its story. FCC approval to buy WGPR, a local July 1994 and who now serves as a system by strengthening its armed forces Mr. Serafyn, a retired Ford Motor Co. television station recently acquired by deputy in the Supreme Council repre­ and to effectively utilize its military- executive, states in his petition that the CBS. The purchase of a local television senting the Ternopil region. defense complex and its nuclear energy. news program "distorted facts, quoted station by a network is of itself unusual; "Today we have to unite the democ­ Consolidating the Ukrainian people speakers out of context and unfairly trans­ most networks use local affiliates to rats and the patriots in order to build a lated words from Ukrainian into English, broadcast their programming. CBS's old strong state," said Mr. Kravchuk, 61, for­ (Continued on page 5) all in an effort to support the program's affiliate,WJBK, was purchased last year false conclusion." The conclusion, which by the aggressive Fox Broadcasting has most inflamed Ukrainian American Network, one of many such moves by Chechen council seeks mediation sentiment, suggests that Ukrainians are owner Rupert Murdoch that shook the "genetically anti-Semitic." His petition broadcasting world in 1994. states that the granting of a license to CBS The move left the network in the awk­ by Kravchuk, Carter, Kazakh leader for these reasons would not be in " 'the ward position of not having a local broad­ public interest, convenience and necessi­ cast outlet in a top-10 market. The pro­ by Marta Kolomayets sionist aspirations." ty' and should be denied." posed purchase of WGPR, an ultra-high Kyyiv Press Bureau He called the conflict in Chechnya a "I've always been active in my com­ frequency (UHF) station owned by defeat for the Russian leadership and its munity and felt it was my responsibility KYYIV - Former President Leonid policies. African Americans, did not relieve its to defend my good name and the good problems. A group of African Americans Kravchuk told journalists on Wednesday, Parliamentary deputy Mykhailo January 11, that he has been invited by the name of the Ukrainian people against the has also petitioned the FCC not to allow Ratushny, a member of the Congress of inaccurate and biased CBS report, "The Chechen national coordinating council, Ukrainian Nationalists, who last week the CBS license until the network can Maslaat, to help settle the armed conflict in Ugly Face of Freedom," Mr. Serafyn told ensure the African American community returned from Shali, on the outskirts of The Weekly through his attorney. that region of the Russian Federation. Grozny, told journalists at a press confer­ that it will have access for black-oriented Mr. Kravchuk was invited to intervene Mr. Serafyn's petition states that CBS programming. The petition by Mr. Serafyn ence on Monday, January 9, that "the failed to meet its public interest obliga­ along with former U.S. President Jimmy Russians are eliminating the Chechens as just throws another log into the fire. Carter and prominent Kazakh author tion by standing behind a story that so The broadcasting company, which a nation." He also told the press that his obviously distorted the truth about current Olzhas Suleimenov; both Messrs. delegation visited the regions of refused to comment on the petition or the Kravchuk and Suleimenov have given Jewish-Ukrainian relations in Ukraine. "60 Minutes" story, has asked the FCC for Petropavliovsk, where ethnic Ukrainians "When they said, no, we think it (the their consent to serve as mediators. It is have lived for two centuries. "It is the an extension until January 17 to respond to piece) is fine. I think from that point on our not known if Mr. Carter has accepted, but civilian population that suffers first at the Mr. Serafyn's petition. CBS's attorney, complaint springs," said Mr. Serafyn's Mr. Kravchuk said that he hoped to talk hands of the Russians," he added. Howard Jaekel, said the petition is without attorney, Arthur Belendiuk. "We are saying to the U.S. leader, who has been effective He and his delegation, which brought merit, but would not expound further. in mediating talks in North Korea, Haiti it is not fine,an d we told you it is not fine, Mr. Belendiuk said Mr. Serafyn would humanitarian aid to civilians in the and we showed you why it is not fine.An d and Bosnia over the past several months, breakaway region that declared its inde­ consider a settlement, where CBS agrees you're saying, hey, we don't care, we're during his visit to the U.S. this month. pendence from Russia in 1991, saw "the not to rebroadcast "The Ugly Face of going to stand by that programming." "We must do everything possible for bodies of hundreds of Russian soldiers Freedom" and withdraw the original air­ the world to know the real tragedy of the on the streets." Mr. Ratushny said the One of the implications of CBS broad­ ing, the manner of which could be nego­ Chechen people. Innocent people, civil­ Russians refused even to call a truce for casting "The Ugly Face of Freedom" tiated. If not, then the former Ford execu­ ians, are dying every day," he noted. the Chechens to bury the dead. stated in the petition is that the network tive is committed to the battle, which The Ukrainian leader said he thinks "The events in Chechnya will lead to was more concerned with sensationalism would include an appeal to the U.S. the events in Chechnya "are not acciden­ Russia's collapse," he said, adding that and ratings than with an accurate portray­ Court of Appeals should the FCC render tal." He added, "This is real implementa­ Russia has proven that it wants to remain al of the subject matter. a decision unsatisfactory to him. tion of the new Russian policy, the an imperialist state. Mr. Belendiuk, a communications "What Mr. Serafyn hopes for," said restoration of a united and indivisible expert who once worked at the FCC, said his attorney, "is what every Ukrainian Russia, one that is resuming its expan­ (Continued on page 5) that, although the petition questions the wants — their self-respect back." THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 No.3 Ukraine expands diplomatic ties with South American countries Support for independence still strong response to the demands of the citizenry, by Marta Kolomayets providing over $6 billion (U.S.) and hop­ creative cooperatives, student organiza­ Kyyiv Press Bureau ing to venture into Europe. KYYIV — In an annual survey taken Economic and trade agreements are tions and the collective of the institute KYYIV - Ukraine began 1995 by by the International Sociological that order be brought to the Ministry of already being prepared by the Chilean Institute, 64 percent of Ukrainians polled expanding its foreign contacts, as a gov­ and Ukrainian governments, and a dele­ Culture." (Respublika) ernment delegation, chaired by First said they continue to favor their coun­ gation of Chilean experts on economic try's independence, Ukrainian Television Moscow hired Kharkivites for Chechnya Deputy Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk, reform and investment is scheduled to established ties on the South American News reported on January 9. This repre­ visit Ukraine in the near future to offer sents an 8 percent increase over the pre­ KYYIV — Prior to the beginning of continent, visiting Brazil, Argentina and advice on how to revitalize a bankrupt the military conflict in Chechnya, the Chile on January 1-7. vious December but is much lower than economy. Chilean government officials the more than 90 percent who voted for Russian Counterintelligence Service Mr. Tarasiuk served as President underscored the close relationship its an independent Ukrainian state in a refer­ (FSK) recruited mercenaries on Leonid Kuchma's special envoy at inau­ Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations endum on December 1, 1991, the insti­ Ukrainian territory to support the gural ceremonies for Brazilian President has developed with the Economics tute's director, Volodymyr Khmelko, "Chechen opposition," reported the Fernando Cardoso on January 1, and took Ministry and its investment agency in said. Extreme left political groups, led by Ukrainian National Assembly press cen­ this opportunity to meet with Argentinean order to encourage private and public the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU), ter on January 9. In Kharkiv Oblast President Carlos Menem in Brasilia. sector ventures. are collecting signatures for a petition, alone, some 100 to 150 citizens of Mr. Tarasiuk extended official letters of In Buenos Aires, Mr. Tarasiuk met with mostly in the more Russified eastern Ukraine, primarily former military per­ invitation to the foreign ministers of all representatives of Argentina's National regions of the country, to hold a referen­ sonnel, were recruited by the FSK. One three countries, who are expected to visit Congress, who expressed an interest in par­ dum on the re-establishment of the for­ of the primary recruiting centers was the Ukraine during the first half of 1995. liamentary exchanges and invited Boris mer Soviet Union. (OMRI Daily Digest) city of Kupianske. According to uncon­ Official invitations were also extended for Oliynyk, the head of the Parliament's firmed reports, a large number of these President Kuchma to visit Argentina and Foreign Relations Committee, to visit Masol supports further farm credits mercenaries' bodies have been returned Brazil in the latter part of 1995. Argentina. to Ukraine. (Respublika) "The experiences of these South In the course of the visit, the KYYIV — During a tour of collective American countries - in both economic Ukrainian deputy foreign minister also farms in the Chernihiv Oblast, Prime New deputy prime minister for agriculture and political reforms - are similar to signed an agreement on partnership and Minister Vitaliy Masol told farm workers those under way in Ukraine," Mr. he believes the cash-strapped Ukrainian KYYIV — President Leonid Kuchma cooperation, which will allow for greater appointed Petro Sabluk, head of the Tarasiuk told journalists at a weekly contacts and more cooperation between government should continue to subsidize briefing at the Ministry of Foreign the still mostly state-owned agricultural Ukrainian Institute for Agrarian Ukraine and Argentina in various inter­ Economics, as first deputy prime minis­ Affairs on Tuesday, January 10. "We national organizations. sector, as well as private farmers, and bail should study them closely," he said, out any potential bankruptcies, Ukrainian ter in charge of agriculture, reported Meeting with Argentina's Economics Reuters on January 10. Ukraine has two adding that today their gross domestic Minister V. Cavallo, who orchestrated his Television News reported on January 9. product is over $700 billion (U.S.). His statements contradict President other deputy prime ministers, one for country's reforms for economic stabiliza­ economic reform and the other for Significant interest in Ukraine was tion, Mr. Tarasiuk was told that Ukraine is Leonid Kuchma's plans to radically over­ expressed by the three countries' govern­ haul the beleaguered state financing sys­ national security. The Kuchma adminis­ a prospective European partner for trade tration has repeatedly claimed that mar­ ments and private sectors, added the and investment for South American coun­ tem for the farm sector and push ahead Ukrainian diplomat, who met on January with privatization of farms and related ket-oriented reforms in the agricultural tries. Plans were made for businessmen to sector will be a priority in its 1995 eco­ 5-6 not only with Chilean President visit Ukraine in the near future. industry. (OMRI Daily Digest) Eduardo Frei Ruiz Tagle, but also with nomic reform plan. (OMRI Daily Digest) A most interesting discussion ensued President Kuchma visits Georgia investors in Santiago who are looking for when Mr. Tarasiuk met with Argentina's Aslund says reform on right track opportunities in Europe. National Commission on Space Research KYYIV — President Leonid Kuchma Today, Chile is one of the biggest arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia on an official KYYIV — Anders Aslund, a promi­ investors in the South American region, (Continued on page 5) visit, reported Ukrainian Radio on nent Swedish economist who is advising January 9. Mr. Kuchma met with the Ukrainian government on policy mat­ Georgian Parliament Chairman Eduard ters, told an RFE/RL special correspon­ Shevardnadze and signed a series of doc­ dent on January 11, that the current gov­ President attempts to revamp uments on socioeconomic relations, trade ernment is "on the right track" with eco­ and coordination of activities in interna­ nomic reforms and its prospects for suc­ administration and security council tional affairs. Presidential Chief of Staff cess are "very promising." Mr. Aslund Dmytro Tabachnyk said the meeting sig­ told a gathering at the Center for by Taras Kuzio Duma created by President Leonid naled a new strategic partnership Strategic and International Studies in Kravchuk in early 1992. President Washington that in the last 18 months, LONDON — The second president of between Georgia and Ukraine. (OMRI Kuchma, unlike his predecessor, is report­ Daily Digest) Ukraine has undergone "an extraordinary Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, has revamped edly more willing to listen to and accept transformation from the worst-case situa­ both the presidential administration and the advice of his staff and advisers. Student leader criticizes government tion to the leader" among most former the National Security Council (NSC). The NSC has an expanded membership Soviet republics in the area of reform. He They plus the Parliament constitute the and a new official status under the presi­ KYYIV — Yuriy Zubko, head of the said breakthroughs can be expected in three most important ruling organs of dent. The importance attached by Ukrainian Student Union, called the the next few months, as Ukraine stands Ukraine. President Kuchma to national security recent firing of Mykhailo Poplavsky on the threshold of real change. While The role of the presidential administra­ questions can be gauged from the appoint­ from his post as rector of the Kyyiv State Ukraine succeeded in cutting its 1994 tion and the NSC are likely to take over ment of Yevhen Marchuk, former chair­ Institute of Culture unlawful. Mr. Zubko budget deficit to 8 percent of its GDP, it the most important functions of running man of the Security Service of Ukraine said on January 9 that he is surprised at will need aid from the international com­ Ukraine if President Kuchma has his way. and reportedly one of Ukraine's brightest the "total inactivity of the president of munity to meet its 1995 target deficit of 4 During the first week of December 1994, strategists, to the post of first deputy prime Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers, the president submitted a draft law on minister with responsibility for security who have done absolutely nothing in (Continued on page 5) powers to Parliament that would effec­ affairs. Mr. Marchuk has since headed tively confine the Parliament to purely negotiations over the Black Sea Fleet and, legislative functions, while the president in his additional capacity as the president's would run Ukraine through his adminis­ representative in the Crimea, dealt with the THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 tration and the NSC, which would have a problems of that peninsula as well. direct executive chain of command to Previously the NSC existed in legal An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., localities via the Council of the Regions. semi-limbo, having been created by the a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. 07302. The law 'On Power' would ensure a divi­ decree of former President Kravchuk. 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The NSC's The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: administration has a greater number of inter-departmental committees are still in (201)434-0237,-0807,-3036 (201)451-2200 directorates (or departments) as well as a the process of formation. more coherent and better functioning sys­ All in all, these reforms by President Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz tem of aides and consultants. Presidential Kuchma are likely to make Ukraine more changes to: Associate editor: Marta Kolomayets (Kyyiv) counselors, respectable members of acad- governable, and create better discipline The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor: Khristina Lew emia and the business community play a and order among the government's P.O. Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz role similar to that of the Presidential branches of powers. This, in turn, will Jersey City, N.J. 07303 AndrijKudlaWynnyckyj ensure the implementation of economic The Ukrainian Weekly, January 15,1995, No. 3, Vol. LXIII Taras Kuzio is editor of Ukraine reform, which is indispensable for Copyright © 1995 The Ukrainian Weekly Business Review based in London. Ukraine's survival. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 Leonid Kravchuk to visit U.S. Smith to chair Helsinki Commission; NEW YORK - Former President Yale University in New Haven, Conn., the Leonid Kravchuk will visit the U.S. and Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affair pledges hearing on Chechnya crisis Canada during January and February. He in Minneapolish, Minn. The former presi­ WASHINGTON - Speaker of the will do a series of lectures to benefit the dent will then move on to Canada. Events House Newt Gingrich on January 9 Harriman Institute's Ukrainian Studies are scheduled in Montreal, Toronto and named Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R- Program and the Foundation for an Ottawa. N.J.) chairman of the U.S. Commission Independent and Democratic Ukraine. For more information, please contact: on Security and Cooperation in Europe The visit is sponsored by Columbia Prof. Yuriy Tarnawsky, the Harriman (CSCE), commonly referred to as the University's Harriman Institute and co- Institute, for the New York City visit (212- Helsinki Commission. sponsored by the Ukrainian American 854-4623/666-3481 fax); Lydia Chopivsky "The critical work of the Helsinki Professionals and Businesspersons Benson, Federation of Ukrainian American Commission in the areas of human rights Association of New York and New Jersey. Business and Professionals Association, for and military security has become even The lecture series will commence with date confirmation and details for other cities more important, as we witness the con­ President Kravchuk's appearance at (202-955-3990/955-3996 fax); or Zenon tinuing instability in Eastern Europe and Columbia's Low Library Rotunda on Babiuk, for President Kravchuk's plans the countries of the former Soviet Tuesday, January 17, at 7 p.m., where he (212-484-7700/484-7130 fax). Union," Rep. Smith commented. "As a will be introduced by Columbia's presi­ Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Congress senior Republican on the House dent, George Rupp. Committee of America, the Ukrainian International Relations committee, I have After that, President Kravchuk will trav­ American Coordinating Council and the a longterm record with these issues, and I el to Washington, where he will appear Coordinating Committee to Aid Ukraine look forward to providing continued before the public on Friday, January 20. noted in a statement released January 4 that leadership on these matters as the chair­ Subsequent stops will be in Philadelphia, they had "attempted to co-sponsor former man of the Helsinki Commission." on Saturday, January 21; Pittsburgh on President Kravchuk's visit. However, his Rep. Christopher H. Smith Rep. Smith has served as a member of Sunday, January 22; Detroit, Mich., on itinerary had been determined earlier. The the Helsinki Commission since his current human rights conditions in many Monday, January 23; Chicago on Friday, UCC, UACC and the CCAU urge the appointment in 1983, and is now the of the OSCE member-states, said the January 27; Rochester on Saturday, Ukrainian American community to actively most senior member on the panel from commission's first task will be to address January 26; and in Buffalo on Monday, participate in all community meetings/ either party in the U.S. House of the bloody conflict in Chechnya, where January 30. He is also scheduled to visit events with the former president." Representatives. The commission the Russian military continues its efforts includes nine members from the House, to crush an independence movement. nine from the Senate, and one representa­ "We will convene a Congressional Civil liberties group announces tive each from the Departments of State, hearing early next week to take a close Commerce and Defense. look at this abominable situation," Rep. Created by Congress in 1976, the com­ Smith said. "Whatever one thinks about campaign for historical markers mission is responsible for monitoring and self-determination and its possible conse­ encouraging compliance with the Final quences, the massive killing of non-com­ TORONTO - The Ukrainian Canadian even if this must be done using limited Act of the Conference on Security and batants and innocent civilians being car­ Civil Liberties Association, a non-partisan, community resources. Cooperation in Europe, now known as ried out by the Russian military in the independent and non-profit organization Accordingly, the UCCLA has initiated the Organization on Security and self-proclaimed Chechen Republic is a whose aim is to negotiate an acknowledg­ a Historical Plaque Campaign. Each pro­ Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a docu­ gross violation of human rights and the ment and redress agreement with the fessionally prepared, bronze, trilingual, ment signed in Helsinki, Finland, on Helsinki principles." Government of Canada for the unjust and free-standing historical marker will cost August 1, 1975, by the leaders of 33 Rep. Smith appealed to President Boris unwarranted internment of Ukrainian approximately $2,000 to produce. The European countries, the U.S. and Canada. Yeltsin to end the conflict. "Thousands of Canadians as "enemy aliens" during association aims to first erect markers at Each of the former Soviet republics has innocent civilians, including many chil­ World War I, has begun a new campaign the Kapuskasing internment camp site in subsequently joined OSCE, bringing the dren, have lost their lives in the indiscrimi­ to place historical markers at many of Ontario and at the Spirit Lake internment number of participating states to 53. The nate shelling and bombing. I urge the these Canadian internment camp sites. camp site, in Quebec. Later, depending Helsinki Accords and subsequent docu­ Russian government to stop this killing." Efforts to commemorate the intern­ on the generosity of the community, ments signed by member-states set the In addition to the crisis in Chechnya, ment operations began on August 4, plaques will be placed in other provinces. standard for human rights, rule of law and Rep. Smith stated that the Helsinki 1994, when the association unveiled the All funds collected for this campaign military security of the participating Commission will move quickly to address first such marker at the site of Canada's will be used only for the purpose of plac­ states, and established a framework for other critical issues, including the conflicts first permanent internment camp, Fort ing these historical markers, and all member-states to engage in dialogue on in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Nagorno- Henry, near Kingston, Ontario. donations will be acknowledged in writ­ these issues. Karabakh, as well as religious liberty issues Negotiations are now under way with ing. Periodic reports will be circulated to Rep. Smith, an outspoken critic of the throughout the OSCE member-states. Parks Canada to develop similar histori­ the Ukrainian press to keep supporters cal panels at the Cave and Basin site in informed of the campaign's results. Banff National Park. Checks or money orders made payable The association's executive has also to the UCCLA-Historical Marker Plast being revitalized in Poland decided that, regardless of Ottawa's posi­ Campaign should be mailed directly to: by Nestor Gula According to Mr. Tyma, Plast in Poland tion on the restitution of the internee's Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties is very different than in North America. TORONTO - The Ukrainian scouting confiscated wealth, historical markers Association, Suite 96A, 2140 Bloor St. "Ukrainians are fairly scattered throughout organization, Plast, is slowly re-estab­ should be placed at some selected sites, W., Toronto, Ontario, M68 1M8. Poland, and we lack [the] stability that sev­ lishing a foothold in Poland. eral large centers of Ukraine population Plast was active in Poland between the would give to us," he said. The number of two world wars when western Ukraine members of Plast in Poland fluctuates UCCA appeal regarding Chechnya was under Polish control. greatly. "The highest was 240 people, Petro Tyma, 28, is the head of the Plast The latest events in Chechnya evoke much anxiety and alarm. Under the pre­ while now there are roughly 150," said Mr. National Executive in Poland. Recently, text of defending its territorial integrity, Russia grossly violates the human rights Tyma. "The number changes because we he was in North America, attending the of the Chechen population. International agreements prescribe that neither side do not have stable large centers such as World Conference of Ukrainian Plast involved in a police action or war may cause intentional physical harm to civilian Toronto, Philadelphia or something similar. Organizations, which was held in East populations. In Chechnya, however, innocent civilians have suffered physical A small Plast group in Komancza (in the Hanover, N.J. He came to Toronto, to harm and even death, not as a result of cross-fire, but directly victimized by southeastern, Lemko, region of Poland) establish contacts with Plast in Canada Russian aggression. Even orphanages have become targets of Russian bombs. disappeared when the person in charge left and to visit some old friends who emigrat­ The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America refrains from commenting on the village to go study in Lublin. This situa­ ed from Poland to Canada. In Poland he the issue of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, in light of bilateral tion has been repeated many times." works as the executive assistant to and trilateral agreements signed by Russia with both Ukraine and the United Another problem faced by Plast in States. Nevertheless we are cognizant of the fact that the Chechens are a distinct Miroslaw Czech, currently the only Poland has been the lack of properly nation, which finds itself within the borders of the Russian Federation as a result Ukrainian member of the Polish trained leaders. Mr. Tyma said that since of enslavement by Russian imperialism. While not addressing the issue of Parliament, the Sejm. its inception several members of Polish Chechen independence, as human beings, we dare not remain silent while Mr. Tyma is one of the main forces Plast have gone to training camps in the Russian troops murder innocents, including women and children. behind the reformation of Plast in Poland. United States, Canada and Ukraine and the Therefore, we appeal to our government to act in concert with the Organization The official founding meetings of Plast in situation has improved greatly, adding that on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the United Nations in demanding that Poland took place in Gdansk in May these instructors will be organizing a train­ Russia allow international monitoring of the conflict in Chechnya. The U.S. gov­ 1990, and the first Plast camps in Poland ing camp in Poland in the near future. ernment should make abundantly clear to President Boris Yeltsin and other took place in July of that year. On the relations between Plast and the Russian leaders that U.S. and worldwide economic support is contingent upon In an interview with this reporter dur­ Polish scouting organization, the Harcerze, respect for human rights on the territory of the Russian Federation. ing his recent stay in Toronto, Mr. Tyma Mr. Tyma said that nothing could be better. With profound concern, we request that President Bill Clinton and the House said two forces were responsible for recre­ "When Plast first started, the Harcerze and Senate leadership demonstrate to Russia our total commitment to the defense ating Plast in Poland. "Ukrainians students helped us out. They let us use their camps, of human rights, wherever they may be violated. in Gdansk, where I was studying, joined helped us get organized." Mr. Tyma said January 10 with Father Marko from Wegoszwo (in Plast members were invited by the Harcerze Ukrainian Congress Committee of America the Mazury region of Poland) to form to attend the International Scouting Plast." Jamboree together. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 No.3 Defense Department recognizesDetroi t Graduates honor artist Ukrainian language specialty as 1994 Ukrainian of the Year JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The growing United States Army: importance of Ukraine and its language All enlisted / noncommissioned offi­ were much in evidence when, on cers in Special Forces Career November 9, 1994, the Department of Management; Field 18, all special forces Defense authorized the addition of warrant officers 180A; all soldiers with Ukrainian to the list of languages eligi­ Primary Military Occupational Skill ble for special incentive pay to service- (PMOS) 96F, 97В, 97Е, 98G or 98Z; members of the United States Armed warrant officer MOS 350A, 351 A, 351C, Forces. All four branches of the ser­ 35IE, 352C and 352G; all commissioned vices (Army, Navy, Air Force and officers with branch code 18 or function­ Marine Corps) have included Ukrainian al area 48 and assigned to or performing on their lists of languages for Foreign in that position; all soldiers assigned to Language Proficiency Pay (FLPP), and performing military duties in a posi­ although the Navy will activate its ver­ tion requiring the requisite language. sion of the Ukrainian FLPP only in Servicemembers must have a qualifying October and the Marine Corps will DLPT proficiency rating. See your mili­ implement a limited version. Where pre­ tary personnel / finance office. viously FLPP for Ukrainian language ability was granted only on a case-by- United States Air Force: case basis to those assigned duties directly involving Ukraine, now it is All airmen in the active Air Force or available on a regular, everyday basis. Air Force Reserve who qualify for FLPP and who maintain required proficiency At present, there is no armed services level are eligible for FLPP. They must data base of servicemembers' Ukrainian be career airmen unless assigned to a language skills and the policy heretofore language designated position (LDP). Maestro Mychajlo Dmytrenko is flanked by the Very Rev. Maxim Kobasuk, had been to select personnel for assign­ Servicemembers must have qualifying OSBM (left) and Ukrainian Graduates' president, Dr. Rosalie Kapustij (right). ment to projects involving the use of and current DLPT proficiency rating. Ukrainian on the basis of a Russian lan­ See your military / finance office. by Rosalie Waskul Kapustij Detroit and Windsor; and the Very Rev. guage qualification database. Therefore, Maxim Kobasuk, pastor of Immaculate wide participation by Ukrainian United States Navy: WARREN, Mich. - Mykhailo American servicemembers in the Dmytrenko, 86, famed Ukrainian artist and Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church All personnel designated as Ukrainian FLPP program could effec­ iconographer, best known for his painting in Hamtramck, Mich., who delivered the Cryptologic Technician with Interpretive tively result in the creation of a new of the interiors of many Catholic and invocation and benediction. (CTI) rating, possessing a foreign lan­ data base of servicemembers with Orthodox Churches, was feted as the 1994 Other distinguished guests at the ban­ guage Navy Enlisted Classification Ukrainian language skills. Ukrainian of the Year at the 55th gala quet included Orest Dmytrenko, son of the (NEC) code; personnel other than those anniversary celebration of the Ukrainian honoree; Mary V. Beck, former president The benefits of FLPP in the CTI rating serving in billets identi­ Graduates of Detroit and Windsor. This of the Detroit City Council and a very dear fied as having foreign language require­ event, which is held annually to award FLPP is a monthly incentive paid to friend of the artist; Volodomyr Mayorchak, ments such as : 161X, 744X, 163X, NEC scholarships to outstanding students as eligible and qualified servicemembers iconographer and artist from Lviv, current­ 9520, Special Warfare personnel and well as to honor a Ukrainian of the Year, possessing foreign language proficiency others. Servicemembers must have quali­ ly a protege of Mr. Dmytrenko; Lydia to encourage the acquisition, mainte­ took place on Sunday, November 27, fying and current DLPT proficiency rat­ 1994, at the Ukrainian Cultural Center. Kolodchyn, the Detroit regional president nance and improvement of foreign lan­ ing (effective 1 Oct. 95). See your mili­ More than 120 people came, especially, guage skills vital to national defense. tary / finance office. (Continued on page 14) Servicemembers may receive up to to pay tribute to Mr. Dmytrenko; to honor $100 a month for Ukrainian language United States Marine Corps: him for his contributions to Ukrainian life as well as to the world of art. It was a par­ capability. The amount of additional FLPP is authorized only to marines pay is determined by the level of profi­ ticularly jubilant evening as it closely Kuropas speaks performing military duties in a posi­ coincided with Mr. Dmytrenko's birthday ciency as determined by the Defense tion requiring Ukrainian language and Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) in (November 9, 1908), which was also cele­ only for the duration of that duty. brated at the banquet. on immigration Ukrainian. This test must be taken Servicemembers must have qualifying annually to maintain qualification and and current DLPT proficiency rating. The evening's festivities were opened eligibility for FLPP. See your military personnel / finance by host Oleh Cieply, a member of the to United States Although all four service branches executive board of the Ukrainian office. by Roman G. Golash have or will shortly institute Ukrainian Graduates and also the treasurer of the FLPP, the eligibility criteria for this Servicemembers should apply organization. In his remarks Mr. Cieply CHICAGO - On December 11, noted that while we often honor program vary from service to service. In a letter dated September 8, 1994, 1994,over 80 people listened to Dr. Myron Following is a summary of each ser­ Ukrainian government officials, politi­ Kuropas discuss the various waves of vice's FLPP eligibility requirements: (Continued on page 13) cians, popular entertainers, and commu­ Ukrainian immigration to the United States nity activists, it is seldom that we fete emphasizing the newest, fourth wave. someone from the arts. "But when we do Dr. Kuropas gave a historical perspec­ honor an artist," he remarked, "we select tive as well as an excellent comparison of OBITUARY. Theodore Вагап, the very best. Mr. Dmytrenko, as it hap­ these successive migrations. He noted that pens, is one of the greatest Ukrainian each new wave added vigor and vitality to painters living today." the community, but in some instances the 83, Canadian iconographer Mr. Cieply, who also served as master members of the earlier group would resent by Christopher Guly Nova Scotia, to Richmond, British of ceremonies for the banquet, went on the new arrivals, based on perceptions of Columbia, including his own parish, St. to introduce the guests seated on the dais who is a better Ukrainian. OTTAWA - Theodore Baran, a George's Cathedral in Saskatoon. with the honoree. These were: the Rev. Today, since Ukraine is free, some peo­ Ukrainian Canadian church artist and Two of his works, icons of the Virgin Bernard Panczuk, pastor of St. Josaphat ple want the newly arrived Ukrainians to iconographer who filled 70 churches in Mary and Jesus Christ, are part of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Warren, go home and build a "free" Ukraine. six Canadian provinces with his work, Canadian Museum of Civilization in Mich.; Dr. Myron Kapustij, chairman of However, Dr. Kuropas emphasized that died in Saskatoon of cancer of the colon Ottawa permanent collection. the Ukrainian of the Year Committee; both Ukraine and the communities in the on January 3. He was 83. An active member of the Ukrainian the Most Rev. Alexander Bykowetz, a United States benefit. The exchange is Born in Yanchyn, Ukraine, on May 13, Canadian community, Mr. Baran served bishop of the Ukrainian Autocephalous positive, as new members of the commu­ 1911, Mr. Baran studied law at Kazimierz as president of the Ukrainian Catholic Orthodox Church in the United States; nity bring new ideas and approaches. University in Lviv, before switching to Council of Canada, and greeted Pope the Very Rev. Eugene Halytsky, pastor Also, contact with Ukraine continues and ecclesiastical art studies at the Studite John Paul II when the Pontiff visited of Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian expands through the newly arrived. Monastery in Univ. Winnipeg in the fall of 1984. Catholic Church in Windsor, Ontario, The session was sponsored by the He taught art at Polish and Hebrew His son, Emil, 54, said that Mr. Baran whose son, Myron, was one of the Ukrainian Assistance Committee (UAC) schools in Bibrka, Ukraine during World was in the process of completing a histo­ evening's scholarship recipients; , of Chicago, a group comprising newly War II. From 1946 to 1949, he, his wife ry of the Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood Stephen M. Wichar, Sr., Ukrainian com­ arrived emigres and Ukrainian Americans Anna Maria (Kowcz), and their three in Saskatoon, in which he remained munity activist and 1965 Ukrainian of dedicated to helping people adjust to a life children (they had two more), lived in a active throughout his life, before he fell the year; the Rev. Sebastian Sabol, asso­ in the United States. refugee camp in Germany until they ill six months ago. ciate pastor of St. Josaphat parish, whose Dr. Ihor Maliniak, president, asked the moved to Saskatoon. Among the family Mr. Baran leaves former church, St. Pope Eugene in community for support since the influx of There Mr. Baran began to paint and spe­ behind is his wife of 55 years. Bedford, Ohio had its interior painted by Ukrainians will no doubt continue. For cialize in church icons, which ended up in The funeral took place in Saskatoon Mr. Dmytrenko; Dr. Rosalie Kapustij, more information on the UAC, call Ukrainian Catholic churches from Sydney, on January 5. president of the Ukrainian Graduates' of Roman G. Golash, (708) 885-0208. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995

meeting with the Ukrainian diaspora of Ukraine expands... Brazil, which exceeds 500,000. For this Corporate sponsors express (Continued from page 2) reason, he noted, President Kuchma was and Technology, as the Argentineans especially pleased that the Federative concern over CBS broadcast expressed an interest in establishing con­ Republic of Brazil has announced it will tacts with the Ukrainian Space Agency open an embassy in Kyyiv. Mr. Tarasiuk Ukrainian National Information Service sized that...in the future, we cannot noted that Ukraine would take reciprocal afford to be associated with news pro­ and developing a bilateral high-tech rela­ WASHINGTON - Five major corpo­ action in the near future. gramming that is any less than totally tionship. rate advertisers have contacted CBS to accurate, unbiased and fair..." In the Argentinean capital of Buenos "Despite the vast distances between express concerns about sponsoring a seg­ Allstate Insurance Co. wrote: "we cer­ Aires, Mr. Tarasiuk and his delegation Ukraine and these South American coun­ ment of CBS's "60 Minutes" that tainly regret the circumstances which were also hosted by the Ukrainian tries, I see great potential for partnership impugned Ukrainians as "genetically have prompted you to contact Embassy, where they were able to meet and the desire for more cooperation that anti-Semitic." The October 23 segment Allstate...Allstate does not promote or with the Ukrainian diaspora of this South will serve the interests of our countries," on anti-Semitism in Ukraine was titled support racist hate broadcasting and American country, which numbers over wrote President Kuchma in letters deliv­ "The Ugly Face of Freedom." regrets any perceived association." 300,000. ered by Minister Tarasiuk to the presi­ Since the broadcast, the chief rabbi of No less gracious was Mr. Tarasiuk's dents of Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Ukraine has joined with Ukrainian A sixth sponsor of the show, General American groups and the Ukrainian gov­ Motors Corp., told Mr. Lozynskyj: "we ernment in assailing the program as share your disgust at the characterization will welcome this initiative," added Mr. unfair, defamatory and not representative on the program." Kravchuk launches... Kravchuk. of positive developments for Jews and Another sponsor, Merill Lynch, wrote (Continued from page 1) When asked why he did not form a new other ethnic minorities in Ukraine. that, in light of the criticism of the show, party as a political base, as some observers and reaching a mutual understanding The corporate sponsors of the show "we will review the fairness and accura­ speculate that Mr. Kravchuk will run for among the patriotic forces of society in that have expressed their concerns to cy of [the networks'] coverage when president again in 1998, Mr. Kravchuk the struggle against separatism, federal­ CBS are: Allstate Insurance Co., United evaluating our 1995 advertising." said he was not yet ready for such a step. ism, as well as linguistic and cultural Parcel Service, the Goodyear Tire & The UCCA plans to continue provid­ He did not, however, rule out the possibili­ divisiveness in Ukraine will lead to the Rubber Co., Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. ing information about the show to corpo­ ty that this may happen in the future. strengthening of Ukraine's sovereignty and Wal-Mart Stores. rate sponsors of "60 Minutes." He also told journalists that it was and territorial integrity, states the civic Their action was prompted by corre­ Following the broadcast, Yaakov Dov organization's platform. high time to start doing something for Ukraine's rebirth, instead of pointing fin­ spondence from Askold S. Lozynskyj, Bleich, chief rabbi of Ukraine, one of the Although attempts to consolidate gers at who is at fault for its economic president of the New York-based program's central characters, protested to Ukraine's national democratic forces collapse and political crises. Ukrainian Congress Committee of CBS that he was quoted out of context have been made in the past, via the for­ It was unclear what form Porozumin­ America (UCCA), which described the and that the show "did not convey the mation of such organizations as the nia's activity would take and where its "60 Minutes" segment as "blatantly true state of affairs in Ukraine." He Congress of National Democratic Forces funding would come from, but organizers defamatory, attainting] new levels of praised Ukraine for having the best (1992) and the Democratic Coalition of the newly formed group said these ques­ journalistic irresponsibility and...mali­ record of all former Soviet republics for Ukraina (1994), Mr. Kravchuk told jour­ tions were to be addressed at later meetings. ciously racist." Mr. Lozynskyj urged the treatment of Jews and other minorities. nalists that so many political parties with sponsors to contact CBS with their con­ Another rabbi, David Lincoln of the Park "Everybody finds money for organiza­ similar ideas had sprung up in the past cerns about sponsoring "racist hate Avenue Synagogue in New York, wrote tions they start. We will also," said Mr. few years that people were disoriented as broadcasting." CBS that, contrary to the broadcast, Kravchuk confidently. to where they should belong. Ukraine is a haven for Jews and that "no The organizers did note that one of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. respond­ Mr. Badzio added, that "This caused good can come from distortions such as their priorities would be the creation of a ed: "extremely straightforward discus­ many to be politically inactive... Today those portrayed in your program." press center, so that they could get the sions have now been held with key per­ we'd like to reach out to those people word out about their organization to the sonnel at the highest levels of CBS and A formal complaint by the UCCA who don't belong anywhere, but who do Ukrainian people. with our advertising agency." Goodyear about the show is pending before the care about Ukraine's fate," he said. "We also need to tell our people what added that "we...have strongly empha­ FCC. "Today, our enemies are those who is happening in Ukraine today; what the infringe on the independence of Ukraine, Ukrainian-Russian agreement consists those who take advantage of Ukraine's of, what the Autonomous Republic of the current economic situation," said Mr. Crimea wants," said Mr. Sheyko, who is Ottawa symposium focuses Kravchuk. not aligned with any party and who When asked what President Leonid serves as a deputy in the Ukrainian Kuchma's reaction might be to the forma­ Parliament and belongs to the Center on Metropolitan Sheptytsky tion of such an association, Mr. Kravchuk faction. "We live in an information vacu­ OTTAWA - Prof. Jaroslav Pelikan, "The Liturgical Activity of Metropolitan said he didn't think Porozuminnia would um," Mr. Sheyko added. the world-renowned scholar and author, Andrey"; the Rev. Dr. Andriy Chirovsky, come as any surprise to Mr. Kuchma. Membership in the civic association is Sterling Professor of History at Yale Kule Professor, "Metropolitan Andrey on "There is no greater concern for him right open to all who fit the following criteria: University and President of the Prayer and the Wisdom of God"; Dr. now than to protect the state. At this point, citizens of Ukraine, or Ukrainians who live American Academy of Arts and Andrii Krawchuk, "Metropolitan Andrey our objectives are the same. I am sure he beyond its borders, who are over 16 years Sciences, was the keynote speaker at a and Social-Ethical Questions During the of age, and who have submitted a letter of symposium marking the 50th anniver­ German Occupation." All these papers intent to join to the organizing committee sary of the passing into eternal life of were delivered in English. The session Newsbriefs or branch offices of Porozuminnia. The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. The was held in the university amphitheater. committee is located on the Khreshchatyk, symposium was sponsored by the After a dinner break, at 7 p.m. a memo­ (Continued from page 2) Building 48-B, Apt. 6; its phone numbers Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian rial panakhyda service for Metropolitan to 5 percent. Mr. Aslund said he believes are (044) 220-93-43, or 228-07-72. Studies at the Faculty of Theology of St. Sheptytsky was celebrated in the universi­ Ukraine can reach agreement with IMF Mr. Kravchuk is to depart for the Paul University, Ottawa. ty seminary chapel. The responses were officials by late January for a stand-by United States this weekend. "This was The first session of the symposium sung beautifully by the choir of St. John loan of around $1.3 billion. But he noted something planned a while back," said Mr. was held on Thursday afternoon, the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic National more funds will have to come from the Kravchuk. "I want to tell people in November 17, 1994. Three junior Shrine, under the direction of Slava United States, the European Union, America about the situation in our country Sheptytsky specialists offered their Shewciv. Japan and most importantly, from from my point of view," he explained. papers: the Rev. Prof. Peter Galadza, Dr. Pelikan delivered the keynote Russia, Ukraine's chief creditor. (OMRI address at 7:30 p.m. in the main universi­ Daily Digest) ty amphitheater. His theme was Earlier, the Ukrainian Parliament had "Sheptytsky, Soloviev and Strossmayer: Chechen council... reacted to the events in Chechnya by send­ Editor's note — OMRI stands for the Three Slavic Apostles of Christian ing a protest, signed by 105 lawmakers, to Open Media Research Institute, the suc­ (Continued from page 1) Unity." Many professors and students the Russian Duma. The Parliament also cessor to the Radio Free Europe/ Radio filled the hall along with members of the Although he noted that the Chechen appealed to the United Nations General Liberty Research Institute. OMRI is based Ukrainian community and others from leadership has not called on the representa­ Assembly to review the situation. in Prague, and has as its mission the pro­ tives of other nationalities to take part in beyond the university. Two weeks earlier vision of information about Eastern and the armed conflict, he did report that vol­ But Mr. Kravchuk said he doubted the Sheptytsky Institute had co-sponsored Central Europe through a broad publica­ unteers, including Ukrainians, are fighting that Ukraine, or any other CIS state, similar learned conferences at universi­ tion program, the maintenance and on the side of the Chechen people. would raise the issue of Chechnya at the ties in the Ukrainian cities of Kyyiv and presentation of the RFE / RL archives, He emphasized that these people - he United Nations. "There are a lot of prob­ Lviv. previously stored at that organization's did not specify how many there are, but lems that would prevent the Ukrainian All of the lectures of the Ottawa sym­ headquarters in Munich, and the training would only say that there were not many president from doing this," he added. posium will be published in a special of analysts and journalists from within - are volunteers and not mercenaries. In Mr. Kravchuk's view, there is issue of Logos, the scholarly journal of the region. The OMRI Daily Digest, pub­ Although Russia's Radio Mayak potential for separatism in many coun­ the Sheptytsky Institute. The three papers lished Monday through Friday except hol­ reported on January 11 that Ukrainian tries, including Ukraine. Therefore, he from the afternoon session are already idays., continues the role played by the ultra-nationalists were fighting on the added, with the Crimea in our backyard, available for purchase in either audio or RFE/RL Daily Report. It provides cover­ side of President Dzhokhar Dudayev, we must be very careful in our declara­ videotape format. For further information age of Eastern and Central European Ukraine's Foreign Ministry Press Center tions as a state. He stated that if he were please contact: The Sheptytsky Institute, event? in a manner similar to its forerun­ demanded that the station retract the president today, he would be careful not St. Paul University, 223 Main St., Ottawa, ner. Among OMRI staff is former Weekly report immediately, saying that they did to make public declarations about the Ontario K1S 1C4; (613) 236-1393 x2332; assistant editor Chrystyna Lapychak. not have such official information. Chechen situation. fax, (613) 782-3026 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 No.3

IN THE PRESS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Ringing some wrong alarm bells Brutality in Chechnya As Russia continued to pound Chechnya, leaders and opinion makers around regarding Jewish life in Ukraine the globe spoke out against human rights violations, the killing of civilians and the bombing of population centers in the breakaway region that declared its by Martin J. Plax Wiesenthal, who doesn't live in Ukraine, independence from Russia way back in autumn of 1991. The Chechen crisis saying, "They have not changed." There is a common maxim, often Rabbi Bleich, who does live in Ukraine, has now awakened the world, prompting questions about Russia's motives and expressed but not always true, that generals the "democratic" leadership of President Boris Yeltsin. didn't agree with either Safer or are always fighting the last war. It warns Wiesenthal. On seeing a videotape of the Yegor Gaidar, former prime minister of Russia, wrote in The Washington that those who interpret the present as Times on January 9: "The bloody debacle unfolding in Chechnya is not a surprise. show, he wrote to CBS reminding it that merely a repeat of the past will almost cer­ while he acknowledged the hostile group, It is the inevitable result of the general switch of Russian policy, evident from the tainly inaccurately respond to the present beginning of 1994, back toward an imperial mentality." he had spent most of the interview describ­ situation and create conditions for repeat­ ing how Jewish life in Ukraine was reviv­ Yelena Bonner, the well-known human rights activist and wife of the late ing the past they'd hoped to escape. Andrei Sakharov, wrote in that same paper on January 7: "All the democratic ing and how the Ukrainian government This mistake accounts for the outbreak ideals Russian President Boris Yeltsin has proclaimed in the past have been was actively supporting that revival. of the many civil wars in the post-Cold betrayed by his military assault on Chechnya. With this act, Mr. Yeltsin has (This was exactly what he had said to War world. Economic and political stabi­ crossed a Rubicon that will turn Russia back into a police state." both Cleveland's Ukrainian and Jewish lity rest on people interpreting the world Sergei Kovalyov, a former Soviet dissident who now heads the Russian communities when he was here as my in economic terms. But people who see commission on human rights — one of many democrats who feel betrayed by guest last November.) the world in terms of an unreconciled their president — last week called on Mr. Yeltsin to break ties with his hawk­ In an interview published in The conflict between present and past are like­ ish colleagues and "put an end to this insane massacre and blood-stained lies." Ukrainian Weekly, (a national Ukrainian ly to believe that economic calculations American newspaper) Rabbi Bleich said Zbigniew Brzezinski, writing in The Washington Post on January 8, severe­ are secondary, if not entirely beside the ly criticized U.S. reaction, or rather non-reaction, to the brutal treatment of the Ukraine was a society in transition toward point. That's why the American govern­ democracy and that he was optimistic the Chechen people: "...when helpless Chechens are being blasted to smithereens ment, in addition to aiding in the develop­ because they dared to reach out for independence, America is not only indiffer­ government would respond to the anti­ ment of viable economies in many new democratic element more forcefully as it ent but its official spokesmen have joined the oppressors in actually vilifying countries, is also joining in efforts by the victims and justifying the oppression." became more stable and economically leaders in those countries to reconcile viable. After weeks of hedging and statements affirming that Chechnya is Russia's their present with their past. internal affair, then offering criticism of President Yeltsin's bombing of civilian "60 Minutes" also "revealed" that cer­ For example, several years ago, targets, the Clinton administration took a somewhat stronger stand on January 11. tain streets in Lviv were being renamed President George Bush sent representa­ The U.S. now says that Moscow is violating international agreements by failing to after Ukrainian nationalist heroes, men tion (including Cleveland's Taras notify other countries about its large-scale troop movements into Chechnya. who inspired resistance to the rule of out­ Szmagala) to the Ukrainian government's siders: to Polish kings, and to both Soviet Reaction from some in Congress was much stronger. Rep. Christopher commemoration of the massacre of Smith, the new chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in and Nazi regimes. Ukrainian Jews and Christians at Babyn But one group's heroes are sometimes Europe (Helsinki Commission), so aptly noted: "the eradication of a people Yar. More recently, President Bill Clinton and its territory is not an internal matter." Sen. Jesse Helms, chairman of the another group's villains. In each case, the publicly acknowledged the monumental men in question are associated in the Foreign Relations Committee, suggested if President Yeltsin "can't control his peo­ suffering of millions of people in Eastern ple in terms of killing women and children and other innocent people," the U.S. minds of many Jews with periods of and Central Europe during World War II chaos and civil war, when large numbers would be right to hold up aid to Russia. and noted that the Allied victory depend­ The ramifications of the Chechnya conflict go well beyond the borders of Russia, of Ukrainian Jews were murdered. "60 ed strongly on the Soviet army. Such re­ Minutes" interpreted the change in street however. The former defense minister of Ukraine, Kostiantyn Morozov, argued in a conciliations are important politically. New York Times op-ed piece on January 5 that "Russia's ambitions are based on its names as a further sign of danger to But not every American is sensitive to politicians' modest desire to assume the powers of the former Soviet Union." Jews. Again Rabbi Bleich didn't agree. what reconciliation between past and pre­ Furthermore, President Yeltsin's policy on using force to "bring order to the coun­ "This is not really a concern the way they sent actually requires. In some instances, try" is based on "a long tradition in Russia and the Soviet Union," Mr. Morozov made it out to be," he said. they not only fail to deal honestly with noted. That is why, he said, "As long as the West concedes to Moscow's paramount The rabbi's positive and calm com­ the present by selectively remembering authority in its part of the world, Russia will have a mandate to seek restoration of ments stand in sharp contrast to Safer's the past, but they spread a false alarm its empire. This threatens to undermine Ukraine's future as a democracy." provocative, not to say, prejudicial, refer­ and encourage responses that contribute ence to the allegation of genetic anti- Thus, it is imperative that the West, including Russia's partner in this new world to decreasing chances of reconciliation. order, take a clear stand on the developments in Chechnya. The Clinton administra­ Semitism among Ukrainians. We in For example, on a segment of the tion's latest statement on Russian violation of international accords via its military Cleveland were particularly struck by the October 23 edition of "60 Minutes" actions in Chechnya is not enough. It's time to tell it like it is. President Yeltsin contrast between this report and the bal­ called "The Ugly Face of Democracy," cannot be allowed to think he has the green light to do whatever it takes to keep the anced and sensitive treatment of the reporter Morley Safer claimed that there Russian Federation whole — or worse, to do as he pleases in the Russian sphere of Demjanjuk case written by Plain Dealer is a serious threat to Jews living in west­ influence. The Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (formerly reporters Michele Lesie and Bill Sloat. ern Ukraine. The report suggested that known as the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe) must be allowed Fortunately, Ukrainians and Jews have American Jews should mobilize efforts to to send observers into Chechnya. And, Russia must be pressed to accept outside protested this abusive use of language evacuate them immediately. But the most mediators, if that's what it takes, to put an end to this bloody conflict that has long and have joined in an effort to correct the prominent Ukrainian Jew to appear in the ago overstepped the bounds of what may be called an "internal matter." errors in the program. As Americans we report denied the validity of the claim. all recognize that the United States has a The report opened with film of a small major stake in the stability of democrati­ group of xenophobic (and openly anti- cally inclined governments, and that we Semitic) ultranationalists in the city of must do all we can to overcome the Lviv (the Ukrainian spelling), with the chaotic effects of this false alarm. response by the chief rabbi of Ukraine, Others struggling to reconcile some of Turning the pages back... Rabbi Yaakov Bleich, saying "They want our issues might keep in mind that: the Jews out." But as the program contin­ • While there is increasing availability ued, it wasn't at all clear that the rabbi's of information through the mass media, remark was limited to that group and not that information may not be a completely Vasyl Podolynsky, an activist priest of the Greek-Catholic the entire Ukrainian nation. unifying force. Church in Galicia, was born in Bilych, near Sambir, on January But the program did more. With footage • There are people in every society 15, 1815. As a student at the Theological Seminary in Lviv, he of a church service, men praying and who hate pluralism, or what is now joined the underground (anti-imperial) Polish Union of Sons of the Homeland. unspecified marchers passing on the screen, called diversity. But even though diversi­ After his ordination in 1843 he served as a parish priest in the Przemysl Safer's voice stated: "The church and the ty isn't universally valued, it is universal­ (Peremyshl) area. During the uprising of 1848, Podolynsky published a brochure government have tried to ease people's ly a fact. titled "Slowo Przestrogi" (A Word of Warning), in which he analyzed the political fears, suggesting that things are not as seri­ • Pluralism, or diversity, anywhere sentiments of Galicia's Ukrainians, focusing on the reasons for the population's vary­ ous as they might appear; that Ukrainians, including Cleveland, can be held as a ing pro-Austrian, pro-Polish and pro-Russian orientations. despite the allegations, are not generically value only when everyone acknowledges In this brochure, Podolynsky championed the use of Ukrainian as a separate language, [sic - the actual word used was genetically that for any specific past event, there and gave a thorough grounding for the idea of an independent, united Ukrainian state. - ed.] anti-Semitic. But to a Jew living here, may be at least two true and accurate The publication proved hugely influential, in that it helped the founders of the Supreme or to one who only remembers the place accounts of the way those events were Ruthenian Council (Holovna Ruska Rada) to crystallize its ideals as a body seeking to with horror, such statements are little com­ experienced. fort among the flickering torches of Lvov" represent Ukrainian Galicians who sought autonomy or independence. • Those who deny memories of others (the non-Ukrainian name). Podolynsky was arrested later in 1848 by the Austro-Hungarian authorities as he will never be able to fully reconcile their was traveling to join a revolutionary group in Hungary. After the revolution he was The report concluded with Simon own past with the present. persecuted by the Catholic hierarchy. In 1852, he was sent to serve as a pastor in • Those who distort the present by Maniv (in eastern Poland, about 30 miles west of Sambir), where he established an Martin J. Plax is Cleveland area direc­ assuming that nothing has changed from elementary school. He died in 1876 in his home in Bilych. tor of the American Jewish Committee. the past will increase the possibility that Source: "Podolynsky, Vasyl," Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 3 (Toronto: University of This article was published in the Cleveland they might relive the past from which Toronto, 1993). Plain Dealer in December 10,1994. they had hoped to escape. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995

LETTER TO THE EDITOR facts and Places Concerned about The writer, a member of the House of Representative for the 10th District of by Myron B. Kuropas Michigan, sent the letter below to depiction by CBS Laurence Tisch, president, chairman and CEO of CBS, Inc. Dear Editor: As a Ukrainian American, I am deeply Dear Mr. Tisch: What is happening to Patrick Buchanan? concerned about the portrayal of Ukraine I am writing to express my deep con­ on the October 23 episode of "60 Minutes." cern about a recent "60 Minutes" story First he writes that "Yeltsin and Russian not begin with Lenin. As Nicholas During the show, Ukrainians were por­ purporting to explore anti-Semitism in Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev are Berdyaev has pointed out so eloquently in trayed as "genetically anti-Semitic" and Ukraine that aired on October 23, 1994. among the best friends the U.S. has ever "The Origins of Russian Communism," "uneducated peasants, deeply supersti­ Morley Safer portrayed Ukrainians as had in Moscow." Don't expand NATO, he Soviet imperialism was merely a latter tious." These terrible stereotypes were pre­ "genetically anti-Semitic" and "unedu­ warns. "What vital U.S. interest is there in day extension of the Russian messianic sented as fact by "60 Minutes" reporter cated peasants, deeply superstitious." Eastern Europe?... Some of our active duty idea of Moscow the Third Rome. Morley Safer. Interviews since the story Interviews since the story aired have Cold Warriors want to go even further and And the Third Rome ideal lives on. In a was aired have uncovered that a number of revealed that a number of the statements bring the Baltic republics and Ukraine into superb article by Yo'av Karny titled "The statements were severely taken out of con­ used in the show were severely taken out NATO," complains Mr. Buchanan. 300 Years War: For Chechnya, Russian text. I am outraged by the use of such flim­ of context. I am appalled that CBS and "This would put 10 million Russians Imperialism is Never in the Past," we learn sy journalism to defame the Ukrainian peo­ "60 Minutes" would use such flimsy (now Ukrainian citizens) inside NATO," that the Chechens have suffered Russian ple in such an irresponsible manner. journalism to defame an entire nation and he continues, "move NATO as far east of scourging for centuries. "Few people on the Not only was the story damaging to its people. Moscow as Hitler's Panzers got, and Russian land mass," writes Mr. Karny, Ukrainians, it comes at a time when U.S. Such gross stereotyping does not leave Russian Kaliningrad... isolated and "have been victimized more often... The - Ukrainian relations are improving. I belong on a show with such a fine tradi­ surrounded behind NATO lines. This is a Chechens have badly erred in not suffi­ was honored to attend the state dinner tion as "60 Minutes." Unfortunately, prescription for a NATO-Russia clash, as ciently presenting their case to the West, held at the White House during the visit anti-Semitism does exist in Ukraine, as it soon as the nationalists come to power." for the plight of Chechnya is no more of President Kuchma. There have been exists in the United States and in many Concludes Mr. Buchanan: "Only one Russia's 'internal affair' than Kuwait was only a few such formal dinners hosted by parts of the world. However, the nation today has the power to destroy us, Saddam's. Chechnya is a colony, fully President Clinton, and it is encouraging Ukrainian government is taking steps to Russia. But with the Soviet Empire dis­ deserving decolonization." that Ukraine was given one of them. fight it. None of these efforts were even solved, and Leninism a dead creed, Whom do we cheer, asks Mr. Buchanan. There is no doubt that in just a short mentioned in the story. Russia and America have no direct con­ Whom support? Can there be any doubt? time, our two nations have become much At this time it is imperative that we flict of vital interests. None. Unless we We cheer and support those people closer. It is my deep hope that this help the force of tolerance and openness contrive to make her so, Russia is not Americans have always supported, the important relationship will continue to in Ukraine. Such an inflammatory story America's enemy... If there is one nation underdogs, the Chechens who, even after improve despite the "60 Minutes" story. will only serve to increase tension. on Earth, and one people, with whom we 300 years of Russian savageness, are still To express my concern, I placed the Perhaps Martin Plax from the American have a vital interest in maintaining peace up for the struggle. What is to be our post- enclosed statement in the Congressional Jewish Committee in Cleveland best and cordiality, it is the Russian people..." Soviet yardstick? What it should always Record. I have also sent a letter to CBS characterized the story: "Those who dis­ "America calls the Russia-Chechnya have been. Justice! outlining these concerns and demanding tort the present by assuring nothing has conflict an internal affair," Mr. Buchanan Another FDRism that has apparently an apology. Television is a powerful medi­ changed from the past will increase the writes on another day. "What do we say overtaken Mr. Buchanan's good sense is um, and it must be used judiciously. "60 possibility that they might relive the past if the Crimea, historically Russian, the belief that the United States and Russia Minutes" has done a disservice to both the from which they had hoped to escape." secedes from Ukraine, and the 10 million can become allies in policing the world. Ukrainian and Jewish communities, and "60 Minutes" has done a disservice to Russian-speaking Slavs in eastern As Prof. John Lamberton Harper points should retract such a shabby presentation. both the Jewish and Ukrainian communi­ Ukraine demand to go home to Mother out in "American Visions of Europe," David E. Bonior ties. At the very least, an apology and Russia? U.S. foreign policy is paralyzed (1994) FDR, a superficial dilettante, had a Washington retraction are in order. because we are confounded. With the old similar vision. He was perfectly willing to iron Cold War yardstick gone, we have leave the policing of Europe in the hands no hard, sure measure by which to judge. of a weakened Great Britain and an expan­ Who is right here, and whom should we sionist Russia. In his book "FDR and ACTION ITEM cheer? Whom support?" Stalin: A Not So Grand Alliance" (1993), "Look homeward, America!" concludes Prof. Amos Perlmutter emphasizes that the On Friday, January 6, The New York Times published a story headlined "Out of Mr. Buchanan. "With the multinational world suffered massively as a result of Ukraine's Torment, a Jewish Flowering," for which correspondent Jane Perlez inter­ empires torn apart, are the multinational FDR's monstrous ignorance. viewed the chief rabbi of Ukraine, Yaakov Bleich. nations next? Will Russia, India, South Mr. Buchanan writes that the only The article noted: "By any measure, there has been a lively revival of Judaism since Africa and America follow Yugoslavia?" nation that can destroy us is Russia, Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The Jewish day school in U.S. foreign policy may be confounded, Nonsense. If a far more powerful Russia Kiev has grown from 40 students three years ago to 600, and the rabbi says this makes it but so is Mr. Buchanan. He suffers from a didn't destroy the United States in the the largest Jewish school in eastern Europe. There are 11 other Jewish schools across the bad case of "FDRism," the delusion, first past, a gutted Russia won't do it now. country. Fifty synagogues are open, compared with 12 in 1990." It goes on to describe articulated by President Franklin Delano Mr. Buchanan believes that the the official attitude toward religion in Ukraine, noting that "the government has gone out Roosevelt, that Russia and the Russians Crimea is "historically Russian." Wrong of its way to emphasize reconciliation with Jews." are similar to America and the Americans. again. Settled by the ancient Greeks and The article gives Ukrainians an excellent opportunity to continue the campaign for The truth is that America and Russia Romans, overrun by the Tatars, con­ a retraction by CBS of its defamatory segment titled "The Ugly Face of Freedom." are as different as night and day. Russia quered by the Turks, the Crimea was not Ukrainian community members should: is still a multinational empire. We are annexed by Russia until 1783. Claiming 1. Send "60 Minutes" sponsors copies of The New York Times story, contrasting it not. Russia has never had a democratic their collaboration with the Nazis, Stalin with the allegations in the CBS program. government. We have a democratic tradi­ deported the local Tatar population in 2. Send The New York Times letters praising its objective reporting and contrasting tion that is over 200 years old. 1945. In 1954, the Crimea was "present­ the newspaper's treatment of the Jewish life in Ukraine with that of CBS. Historically, Russia was, is, and will con­ ed" to Ukraine in commemoration of the 3. Send CBS letters with copies of the New York Times article, asking whether the tinue to be an expansionist state that Treaty of Pereyaslav. Today the Crimea network still stands by its story when this newspaper of record paints a starkly differ­ knows no borders. The United States is no more Russian than it is Ukrainian. ent picture of Ukraine. stopped expanding almost a century ago. The Crimea belongs to the Tatars who — Submitted by the Ukrainian Heritage Defense Committee. Following the second world war, Russia have lived there the longest. extended its frontiers by force of arms. And if the 10 million Russians in In November, New Jersey State Sen. Peter In verso (Republican, 14th District) intro­ The United States divested itself of its Ukraine want to return to Mother Russia, duced Bill S-1590, and State Assemblyman Joseph Yuhas (Democrat, 15th District) intro­ overseas territories. Russia, as I say "God speed." They all began as duced Bill A-2290. Passage of these two bills and signature by Gov. Christine Todd "Generalissimo" Boris Yeltsin is proving uninvited guests anyway. Whitman would grant members of the Ukrainian American Veterans (UAV) organization even as I write, has a tradition of brutal­ In his book "Russian Frontiers: From the privilege of obtaining courtesy license plates for their autos from the N.J. Division of izing the nations it has conquered. With Muscovy to Khrushchev" (1963), Motor Vehicles. the possible exception of our Native Congressman William G. Bray (R-Ind.) The courtesy plate would depict the UAV emblem along with the identification Americans, whose land we stole, and the wrote: "When can we begin to negotiate "Ukrainian American Veteran" across the bottom of the plate. Passage of this legisla­ Afro-Americans, who were brought to with Russia as we do with responsible tion would pave the way for other Ukrainian organizations to secure their own cour­ America involuntarily, every "nation" nations? The answer is clear. When tesy plates for members. within our borders wants to be here. And Russia becomes a responsible nation New Jersey residents are urged to write to their state representatives to seek their sup­ they're still coming. The political treating her word and treaties as sacred, port and also ask them to sign on as "co-sponsors" of Senate Bill S-1590 and Assembly rhetoric of Jesse Jackson notwithstand­ when she becomes a nation that does not Bill A-2290. You may find the names of your district's representatives by calling the ing, the world knows we treat our consider a weaker nation fair prey... That N.J. State Office of Legislative Services, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., at (800) 792-8630. minorities fairly. time...will not arrive until the people Please send copies of any letters sent to: Ukrainian American Veterans, P.O. Box Mr. Buchanan is fearful that Russian within the Russian empire establish a 13, Windsor, NJ 08561. nationalists may soon be in power. Who government that departs from Russia's For more information, you may call the UAV at (609) 394-4824 (George Miziuk), does he think is in power now? centuries-old goal of conquest." or (201) 762-2827 (Andrew Keybida). Leninism may be dead but we should Thirty years later, that's still very -Submitted by George A. Miziuk, NJ. state commander, UAV. never forget that Russian imperialism did good advice. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 No.3 COMMENTARY: On poet /critic Bilotserkivets' bold claims for Ukrainian culture by Andrij Wynnyckyj faced by the country. Another factor the critic pointed herself unable to add to the Ukrainian canon because out was the chaos brought on by total freedom — an she writes in English, Ms. Bilotserkivets conceded that NEW YORK — Natalia Bilotserkivets' literary criti­ urge by artists to explore (or rather, revisit) everything individuals carve out their identity as they see fit. But cism and social commentary are generally more robust that had been done for decades in Italy, France and she countered that what Ms. Kostash writes is informed and artful than her poetry, and happily, the audience that North America. by her background, and we should not be afraid to came to an evening with the Sumy region's woman of let­ However, she reserved the strongest opprobrium for claim it for Ukrainian culture. She also urged her listen­ ters at the Shevchenko Scientific Society in mid- the country's timid self-image, a knuckling under to the ers to "reach wider" and said that Ukraine was finally December got liberal doses of both." identification of artists and writers as "Russians." A in a position to benefit from its location, culturally and Ms. Bilotserkivets was one of the youngest writers (at prime candidate for revised identity is Kazimir otherwise, "na mezhakh" (on the borderline). 22) to be accepted into the Writers' Union of Ukraine. Malevych, she said, but then cast her net wider to draw The evening proceeded along in counterpoint, as Ms. Her works include the collections "Balada pro in Ukrainian Jews such as Marc Chagall. The critic Bilotserkivets switched her hats from those of a critic to Neskorenykh" (Ballad of the Unvanquished, 1976), claimed that Ukraine is a rich cultural space that needs poet, with readings from her long-published and more "Pidzemnyi Vohon" (Underground Fire, 1984) and to be recognized around the world for what it is and for recent work. "Lystopad" (November, 1989). Her critical essays have what its natives have contributed (no matter what their Ms. Bilotserkivets has long been an urbane battler of appeared in the country's prestigious literary periodicals ethnic background). provincialism, and her poem "Ne Pomremo v Paryzhi" such as Literaturna Ukraina, Vsesvit and Suchasnist. Ms. Bilotserkivets enjoined the diaspora, well-placed (We won't die in Paris), which she read, poignantly Thanks to the efforts of Virlana Tkacz and Wanda at the doorstep of influential museums and publishing gives voice to the distress felt in a cultural milieu cut off Phipps, her works appeared in English translation in the houses, to advertise the achievements of Ukrainians. She from the City of Lights, the world's cultural Mecca and Boston-based journal AGNI. also stressed that the traditional Ukrainian artistic taxon­ the main beacon of Europe. Her efforts in this regard She was invited to speak about contemporary poetry omy was also in need of revision. For example, the critic echo those of the Western-oriented Neoclassicists from in Ukraine, as she is seen as a member of the latest wave asserted, painters such as Bilokur and Prymachenko are the 1910s-1920s, but her lyricism is, in the opinion of of versifiers the country seems to continually unleash, not "folk artists," but "masters of the modern naive." By this writer, wan. for good or ill. Very graciously, if accurately, she way of appropriate signifiers shalt thou enter the king­ In her exploration of motifs such as wife beating, excused herself from the company of innovators and dom of global cultural recognition, it appears. Picasso's youth, and the trauma of Chornobyl, she is groundbreakers, such as the increasingly celebrated Bu- This line of thought propelled Ms. Bilotserkivets to nevertheless decidedly modern and current. It is the lat­ Ba-Bu group of poets. her most challenging assertion, that language is not the ter topic that reveals the poet at her most engaged. Ms. She also had a few unkind words for fellow word- primary determinant for the expression of a Tkacz and Phipps of the La Mama-ETC-based Yara smiths (both poets turned parliamentarians) Ivan Drach territory/country's culture. The critic made her argument group chose a cycle of poems devoted to the catastrophe and Dmytro Pavlychko who, she said, have been writing boldly, pointing to the example of Nikolai Gogol, whose to translate into English, and the evening benefited con­ poorly recently. Then again, as any student of Ivan cultural voice was distinctly Ukrainian, and yet, since he siderably from having Ms. Tkacz on hand. The Franko's verse will attest, involvement in politics seems wrote in Russian, also served as that literature's most Ukrainian text, somewhat lacking in directness and to blunt the Muse if not sour her completely. enduring influence. She then struck out for truly interna­ vigor, was given a wrenching power by the terse transla­ Ms. Bilotserkivets had more serious matters in mind. tional ground, citing the experience of Franz Kafka, a tion and emotional rendering by the New York-based She addressed the sense of malaise and misdirection in Jew living in the Czech capital of Prague and writing in writer-director. Ukrainian culture, which seemed to revive and flourish German. As Samuel Beckett said to an insistent admirer of his as the Soviet Union disintegrated, but has now begun to When challenged with the example of Myrna plays in English [he composed them in French], "You're sputter because of the crushing economic adversity Kostash, a Ukrainian Canadian writer who considers right, they lose something in the original." Osinchuk continues activity in Alaska The cultural scene in Lviv: JERSEY CITY, N.J.: Pianist Juliana has premiered new works, including Osinchuk, who relocated to Anchorage works by Anchorage composer Alan from New York City in 1992, has joined Schmits, Russian modernist Edison hotbed of cultural creativity the musical group Augustine's Artists as Denisov and American Lukas Foss, by Mark Andryczyk revival is a series of concerts that took co-director. Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov, place in Lviv between October 1993 and Throughoui Ukrainian history, the city May 1994, grouped under the title Since its founding in 1988 by flutist and Ukrainian American Jack Delano. of Lviv has been a hotbed of cultural cre­ "Reberytatsiya." Loosely inspired by the Terry Kallenberg, the group has earned a Cellist Natalia Khoma will be ativity and a center of new ideas in art, historic reburial of the remains of Patriarch reputation for its innovative chamber Augustine's Artists' guest for three per­ music and writing. In the years since Josyf Slipyj from Rome to Lviv, the word concert series, exciting guest artists, as formances and master classes in January. Ukraine achieved independence, Lviv "reberytatsia" is a neologism created by well as educational programs and inter­ Dr. Osinchuk's close collaboration has experienced a cultural rebirth. Bu-Ba-Bu that refers to the reburial and national exchanges. with Ms. Kallenberg, apart from conceit Newfound freedoms have given artists consequent spiritual awakening of some­ As co-director of the group, Dr. performances, encompasses teaching and the opportunity to bring out ideas that one or something. Osinchuk is credited with having generat­ travel. Both musicians are interested in remained dormant for a long time. The ed the impetus to resume the group's sea­ expanding the group's guest exchange chaotic and ever-changing conditions of Bu-Ba-Bu's Mr. Neborak and concert son of concerts in Anchorage and Homer. programs, which since 1991, at the initia­ post-Communist Eastern Europe undoubt­ promoter Oleksander Bohutsky wished In concert recitals at the Wilda Marston tive of Ms. Kallenberg, have been under­ edly fuel the creativity of these artists and to address the symbolism of this event Theater in Anchorage, Dr. Osinchuk pre­ taken with Russia. provide them with the energy to act upon it. and relate it to contemporary Lviv cul­ miered the performance of works by 20th In their reviews, music critics for What is unique about the contemporary ture. The idea was to unearth and take century Ukrainian composers Borys 1993-1994 season have commended the avant-garde cultural community in Lviv is into their own hands the scattered music Liatoshynsky (Ballade, Op. 24), and Ivan initiative of Augustine's Artists and the its unity. Artists, musicians, poets and scene in Lviv and present it to the public Karabyts' (Six Preludes, 1976). energized teamwork of Ms. Kallenberg interested parties hop from smoky cafe to before reburying it, this time in their own Apart from mainstream classical and Dr. Osinchuk in bringing wonderful smokier cafe to discuss new ideas and Lviv underground. music, which has a prominent spot in the and unfamiliar repertoire to the music organize cultural events. The results of all The first concert took place at the group's repertoire, the concert program audience at large. this coffee drinking are original, ambi­ Lviv Philharmonic in October 1993, and tious events that interweave the various featured all six bands that were to take creative branches: Lviv musicians use part in the Reberytatsiya. Posters adver­ poems by local poets as texts for their tising the event dotted the city and, "Anna Yaroslavna" in Kyyiv songs, poets use Lviv artists to illustrate despite the usual bureaucratic hassles their books, and artists often have local that one encounters in organizing any­ JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Preparations Appearing in lead roles will be: V. bands playing at their openings. thing in Ukraine, the show was a success. for the staging and production of Antin Pyvovarov, Prince Yaroslav Mudryi, grand The cohesiveness of the Lviv cultural The six bands - Mertviy Piven, G-G, Rudnytsky's opera "Anna Yaroslavna" prince of Rus'-Ukraine; L. Zabiliasta, community can largely be attributed to Nebo Rock, Plach Yeremiyi, Pamiatka are currendy under way in Ukraine, with Princess Anna Yaroslavna; O. Vostriakov, the creative genius of Bu-Ba-Bu, a trio of Arkhitektury and the Neborak Rock Band - the premiere slated for the beginning of Boyaryn Ihor; I. Ponomarenko, Henry I, poets formed in 1985, consisting of played to a packed house with many more this year, according to Maria Sokil- King of France; L. Yurchenko, Countess Yuriy Andrukhovych, Viktor Neborak fans standing outside listening on the street. Rudnytsky who received offcial notifica­ Louise Montmorancy; I. Cherney, the car­ and Oleksander Irvanets. The group rep­ A highlight of the show was the ener­ tion from Anatoliy Mokrenko, director of dinal of Paris; and M. Khorunhyi, servant. resents a post-modern Ukrainian poetic getic set of Plach Yeremiyi, which com­ the Taras Shevchenko National Academic Mr. Volkovytsky's collaboration in the movement that offers carnivalized inter­ manded the crowd's attention throughout Opera Theater and Ballet in Kyyiv. production is particularly valued since, pretations of everyday life. They have its set despite blowing three amplifiers The three-act opera by Mr. Rudnytsky, after its premiere in Ukraine, he has been responsible for stimulating and on stage. The show also featured the with libretto by Leonid Poltava, pre­ expressed the desire to stage "Anna bringing to fruition projects that were debut of Nebo Rock, an avant-garde, miered in New York at Carnegie Hall on Yaroslavna" in France. Mr. Volkovytsky, once far-fetched ideas. The combination experimental/jazz ensemble featuring May 24, 1969, on the ocassion of the a Frenchman of Ukrainian origin residing of creative, talented people interacting in members from all six groups and fronted 75th jubilee anniversary of the Ukrainian in France, has offered his services in the a dynamic environment has give rise to by Mr. Neborak. National Association. production without remuneration. happenings that are unique and daring, During the winter months of 1994- The Kyyiv production entails the collab­ The U.S. production in 1969 featured while reinforcing Lviv's reputation as a 1994, the Reberytatsiya continued with oration of the following: Ivan Hamkalo, Antin Rudnytsky, director and conductor leader in cutting-edge Ukrainian culture. the six bands performing solo concerts at director and conductor; Michel and leading cast members: baritone Leo A recent example of modern cultural various, often bizarre, locations in Lviv. Volkovytsky, stage/artistic director; Levko Reynarovych, mezzo-soprano Alicia Among these shows was a concert held Kolodub, musical score; and O. Barvinsky, Andreadis, bass baritone Andriy Mark Andryczyk of Norristown, Pa., conductor. Dobriansky, and soprano Marta Kokolska. spent much of the last year in Lviv. (Continued on page 13) No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 INTERVIEW: Director Vitally Malakhov of the Theater on Podol by Irena Kowal KYY1V — In late August I picked up the Financial Times (perhaps the most influential newspaper in the world) and read theater critic Alastair Macauley's review of a performance at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival: "On the fringe, from 10:15 till 12:30 a.m., the Ukrainian Theatre on Podol is giving its Tago' (Othello retold) at the Infirmary Street Swim Center. Desdemona does a length of breaststroke to elope with Othello, lago is forever chucking people and props into the water, Othello and other characters go for a swim at regular inter­ vals...The action is completely fluent. I always wanted to know what would hap­ pen next, and/or how it would happen. Othello (white, without make-up) is digni­ fied and yet always outshadowed by the towering, inscrutable, plausible lago. Desdemona is innocent, spontaneous, unintelligent, a natural victim. At the end, both lago and Othello are placed under arrest, on the jetty that projects out into the pool, for their crimes; lago reveals all and handcuffs himself to Othello; and Othello, having learnt how he has been duped, calmly stabs himself. His body falls back into the pool, pulling in lago after it. The lights fall on lago trying desperately to keep the dead Othello afloat." Out of over 1,200 acting troupes and 1,600 performances at this summer's Kyyiv's Theater on Podol performs "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the 1994 Edinburgh Theater Festival. Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Theatre on Podol's productions, "lago" and "A straight year at the festival. How do bol of life. Some of the critics compared nal interpretation of Shakespeare so Midsummer Night's Dream," were singled you coordinate the complex financial Desdemona and Othello to two dolphins in admired in Edinburgh might stem out as two of the most striking and original and technical aspects of your trip for their natural habitat. The only character from not being part of that tired estab­ events in some 60 critical reviews. your 22-member group? who doesn't touch the water throughout lishment? the play is lago. He is simply a man who Consider critic Nicola Barker's review We had some vital experience touring prefers not to get his feet wet. Only when Someone once said that one cannot be in The Observer: "In the Ukrainian produc­ Britain prior to coming to the festival. We lago is manacled to Othello, who stabs original deliberately. It just doesn't work. If tion of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' the are indebted to Ukraine's Ministry of himself and throws himself into the water, in our theater we have discovered another bard has never sounded so sweet and Culture, Kyyiv's City Administration and is he pulled in after him. dimension of Shakespeare, it wasn't downright sensual. Dressed in pale silver to private companies like Ukraine through any effort to be outlandish. I look to The old Victorian pool with its mas­ duvets with cod-pieces and plastic body- International Airlines and British Rail for Shakespeare as I would to a contemporary sive columns where we performed parts, the cast bounced and flounced, joked sponsoring us. As for individual sponsors, playwright. In our theater we work first and and romanced, writhed and wrestled until they are too numerous to mention here. became a fantastic venue for our ideas. With the appropriate lighting design the foremost to satisfy ourselves. If we see that they'd yanked this play into an almost What is significant is that people in our "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is suc­ unrecognizable shape. It was like looking Ukraine want to open Ukraine to the world. viewer was sitting not at a pool but in the theater. cessful in Odessa and Dnipropetrovske and into a bottomless sea and catching, unex­ Whereas previously, Moscow made the it pleases the public in Edinburgh, then the pectedly, a glimpse of the ocean bed." decisions regarding who would represent One critic commented that Othello Scots are very similar to Ukrainians. What was appreciated most was the the former Soviet Union, now Ukraine is was characterized not as a good man What was your reaction to the other Ukrainian theater's boldness, its freshness making its own decisions. I was proud of but as a weak one. This vulnerable theaters taking part in the festival? of interpretation, "absolutely unencumbered the fact that at the festival there was one man gives in to the shrewd and clever with Western reservations about machismo group from Russia performing a seven- lago who destroys him. Was that your We didn't have much time to see much and its implications," as one critic put it. hour version of "Oresteia" and three the­ interpretation? since we only had three days off. I was for­ Here was Anatoly Khostikoev as lago, aters from Ukraine: the religious theater tunate to have seen Venedikt Erofeyev's I think that the best theatrical production "radiating ruthless animal energy like a fur­ Voskresenia from Lviv, Liudmila Limar play "Moscow Stations" which was, with­ is one that has multiple interpretations. nace." Instead of yielding to the convention from the Drama and Comedy Theater in out parallel, a shattering psychological One story I read in a Kyyiv newspaper of a pat happy ending in "A Midsummer Kyyiv performing Shevchenko's "The experience. I also had the chance to see the influenced my reading of the play. A lieu­ Night's Dream," the company picked up on Witch" (Vidma) and Theatre on Podol. wonderful ballet from Miami. the streak of ambivalent cruelty, capricious tenant returned home to Kyyiv from desire, and a world out of joint. "It was so You took a big risk going to Bosnia and shot his wife, children, then Are you planning to go back to full of wit, flair, wickedness and the true Edinburgh with two Shakespeare threw himself out of a window. How does Edinburgh next year? spirit of the thing, that Shakespeare himself plays. What influenced your decision? one define a strong or weak Othello? We have been invited back by the city's Othello is a military leader, he is used to could only have been delighted by it," was Last year at the festival, critic Michael mayor to stage "Macbeth." However, it will giving orders. Yet, he is also able to delude how Scotland on Sunday applauded it. Billikton from The Guardian reviewed us. be difficult. This year people came to see a himself. His last act, nevertheless, demon­ This writer interviewed Theatre on He recommended that we choose a play "provincial" troupe and were surprised. strates his immeasurable nobility. Podol's director Vitaliy Malakhov in from the English repertoire which the pub­ Next year they will expect another standard Kyyiv. lic knew. So we looked at out own reper­ Your theater has been staging "A altogether. This year we have entered anoth­ *** toire and decided on "Midsummer," which Midsummer Night's Dream" for 15 er category of theater, thanks to the review­ we had already played to Ukrainian audi­ years. How has your interpretation of ers. We will have to decide whether to go What is your reaction to your the­ ences in Donetske, Poltava, Odessa and the play evolved? for it or perhaps take a year off. However, ater's remarkable success at the other cities. once you've been to Edinburgh, it's difficult Edinburgh Theatre Festival and the In Edinburgh we presented our fifth to stay away. critic's ovations? How did you prepare for a public version of the play. We changed the that doesn't understand the language? music, the costumes, so that the produc­ One more question. What do you "I'm very grateful to all the newspa­ tion stayed fresh and contemporary. For think is the role of theater in Ukraine pers and critics who paid attention to us The question was posed to me many times in Edinburgh. From last year's expe­ us the play is foremost about art and love today? in Edinburgh. Not to downplay my role which is always very close to art. Love or the role of the actors in this success, rience we knew that the viewer needed a Theater is part of a healthy society. strong incentive to come and see a particu­ and art are part of the same erotic energy, However, we need not ЬеДп a hurry to but to a large degree, the credit must go both unexplainable, explosive, analogous to Kyyiv's Karpenko Karyi Theatre lar performance. The idea to stage "lago" define Ukrainian theater. It was a great in a pool came to me and Volodymyr to dreaming and awakening. In this pro­ tragedy when the Stanislavski method was Institute, where most of the actors duction, we wanted the various aspects of trained. What was important for me was Karashevskiy, the play's artistic director, pronounced the only true socialist-realist from the very setting of Othello. The first love, including the buffoonery, the absur­ system. Today a lot of new directors are that the Ukrainian theater was raised to dity, to play themselves out on stage. the level of European theater. The idea act takes place in Venice, the second in coming up through the ranks creating new that Ukrainians came in sharavary and Cyprus, where Othello, the admiral is lead­ One observation is that Shakespeare forms which are beneficial to theater in were exotic was deflated. For Ukrainians ing his fleet to battle with the Turks. We in the West has become overly sophis­ Ukraine. In the theater we have the experi­ it's not a great honor to be exotic. were inspired to make use of water as a ticated, that the essential savagery and ence of living someone else's life, of liv­ Mediterranean setting, as a metaphor of despair of Shakespeare's world has ing many lives. We heighten our aware­ This is your theater's second sensuality, vulnerability. Water is the sym­ been lost. Do you think that your origi­ ness of what it means to be alive. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 No.3

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imports (players from U.S. colleges and Saskatchewan: five NFL rejects). This obviously would Acquired: Selected in second Round mean more football jobs for Americans (ninth over all) in 1990 CFL College Draft in the CFL at the expense of probably a 1993 Season: Career year...dressed for few Ukrainian Canadians. 18 games...started 15 at fullback...gained AND: We sadly announce the resigna­ 72 yards rushing on 20 carries...career tion of Ukrainian John Michaluk from best 10 carries for 24 yards against Lions BC Lions capture Grey Cup Western Division Semifinal the dual posts of president and CEO of on September 25...caught 30 passes for British Columbia 24, Edmonton 23 the Hamilton Tiger Cats. Since assuming 299 yards and two TD's...grabbed career Les Browne's football fantasy came Calgary 36, Saskatchewan 3 these duties in late August of 1992, high five receptions at B.C. September true in the 82nd Grey Cup. Browne will Eastern Division Final Michaluk's Ti-Cats posted 11-7, 6-12 25 and October 31 at Toronto...scored retire with three Grey Cup rings as CFL Baltimore 14, Winnipeg 12 and 4-14 records. The resignation was first CFL receiving TD. October 1 vs. champion, along with the league record made public midway through the recent­ Western Division Final Lions...was also longest reception of for pass interceptions. ly completed regular season. It was wide­ British Columbia 37, Calgary 36 career 28 yards... recorded 13 special The cornerback for British Columbia ly speculated Michaluk's resignation was team tackles, fourth best on the earned another ring when his Lions Grey Cup Championship not voluntary, but requested by the club's squad...had team high five special team responded to the challenge of stopping the British Columbia 26, Baltimore 23 board of directors as the first step of a tackles at B.C. on July 9...also had fum­ potent Baltimore trio of quarterback Tracy major overhaul. ble return for 54 yards...returned two Ham, running back Mike Pringle and slot- WHAT'S NEWS: Business sense is kickoffs for 1 yard... back Chris Armstrong to win 26-23. It the CFL's specialty. Teams operate under Terminology of the CFL a salary cap of $2.5 million. One star play­ 1992: Played in 17 games...finished kept Baltimore from becoming the first Import - a player who played foofball er on each team, such as Calgary quarter­ third in the CFL with 27 special team U.S. entry to win the CFL championship. outside of Canada (usually college) and back Doug Flutie, is exempt. The rest of tackles...has one reception for 19 Pringle and Armstrong, who com­ who did not play football in Canada prior the 37-man active roster, plus two inactive bined for 34 touchdowns in league play, to his 17th birthday. yards..'.also one fumble recovery and 2 players and the practice squad of five to were kept out of the end zone. Ham got Non-import - a player who has spent a kickoff returns- 10, must fit under the cap. The NFL, with in once, but he also fumbled at the B.C. total of five of his first 15 years in Career: Led Riders and tied for third 1-yard line in the fourth quarter, with a 53-man roster and five-man practice Canada, or who has never played football in CFL with 27 special team tackles in Tony Collier recovering for the Lions. squad, has a cap of $34.2 million. outside of Canada. '91...played in all 18 games...started at B.C. won on a last-play field goal by So, a CFL team can make a go of it Game roster - consists of 14 imports, slotback for injured Ray Elgaard on Lui Passaglia from 38 yards after with 12,000 to 15,000 season ticket hold­ 20 non-imports, three quarterbacks and October 6, 1991 vs. Ottawa...finished Browne and the B.C. defense held ers, especially with corporate sponsor­ two reserves season with five catches for 44 yards...in Baltimore inside its own 10-yard line in ship and a favorable stadium lease. Some Reserve list - players not dressed for a rookie season recorded 18 catches for the final minute. Canadian teams are given money gener­ game (limit of two players) 259 yards while playing in all 8 Collier will replace Browne at the left ated from government-run sports betting. Specialty teams player - if dressing 14 games...started at slotback in four corner in the B.C. secondary next sea­ (In 1993, the Province of Alberta subsi­ imports, one must be designated a spe­ games...made first CFL start in Ottawa son, as Browne ends an 11-year CFL dized the Calgary Stampeders with cialty teams player who is used on a September 9, 1990...recorded 23 tackles career with a record 87 interceptions in $950,000 in lottery funds.) restricted basis on Rider special teams...blocked first league play. ALSO: The CFL and its players asso­ Injured list - an injured player may be Rider punt in 1990 against Winnipeg on "After Lui missed that one field goal, ciation are discussing a proposal to cut placed on injured players list for a mini­ September 2... we knew we could stop Baltimore and the number of Canadians on Canadian- mum of 30 days. College: Three-year starter at Western get the ball back, just like the Edmonton based teams from 20 to 10 by 1997, CFL profiles Michigan...one of WMU's best game," Browne said. "It's so sweet. We according to a published report. The receivers...four-year letterman...career came through one more time." 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"it is truly an extraordinary man who would Thunderous applause greeted Mr. unfortunate because according to Mr. Detroit Graduates... use his great gift for the glory of God." Dr. Dmytrenko as Dr. Myron Kapustij present­ Dmytrenko, he owed everything to the (Continued from page 4) Kapustij concluded her address by thanking ed him with the Ukrainian of the Year trust that the monsignor first placed in him. of the Ukrainian National Women's Mr. Dmytrenko for making her world - plaque. At that poignant moment, Dr. At the conclusion of the honoree's through his art - a more beautiful place. League of America; and Jurij Brezden, Kapustij recalled that when he first acceptance speech, Christina Kapustij and Before presenting the 1994 Ukrainian informed the artist [that he had been select­ prominent Detroit area artist. Christine Cieply surprised the maestro with of the Year plaque, the chairman of the ed as the 1994 honoree], Mr. Dmytrenko a birthday torte and a bouquet of beautiful The opening address was given by Dr. Ukrainian of the Year Committee, Dr. asked, "Do you really think I deserve this yellow roses. Mr. Dmytrenko was at first Kapustij, who spoke about Mr. Myron Kapustij, called upon the Very award?" In his acceptance speech, Mr. stunned and then thrilled by it all! Dmytrenko's monumental and magnificent Rev. Bernard Panczuk, OSBM, to intro­ Dmytrenko profusely thanked the Besides honoring Mr. Dmytrenko as accomplishments in the realm of art. She duce the honoree. Ukrainian Graduates for the award and the their 40th Ukrainian of the Year, the stated that aside from the religious aspect The Rev. Panczuk, in his address, tributes paid to him that evening. Ukrainian Graduates also feted eight out­ of his work, which includes murals, mosa­ spoke glowingly about Mr. Dmytrenko, He spoke of the beginnings of his standing students from the Detroit and ic, icons, stained glass windows, and paint­ focusing on the artist from the humanistic "religious period" upon which he Windsor areas. Ralph Blacklock, chairman ings, Mr. Dmytrenko's work also embod­ viewpoint. The Rev. Panczuk recalled a embarked when, after World War II, he of the Scholarship Committee, presented ies, as well, Ukrainian scenes, still-life time when he walked into church and, emigrated to Canada and then the United scholarships to Myron Halitsky, Christian paintings, and, most especially, portraits. looking up, saw that the dome was crum­ States. Specifically, he expressed his Iwasko, Anna Marzotto, Natalia Raffo, (To-date he has completed over 500 por­ bling. When Mr. Dmytrenko was con­ unending gratitude to mitered archpriest, Derek Renaud, Peter Maziak, Sonia traits.) The artist's creativity, she observed, tacted he said, "I knew that that was the Very Rev. Monsignor Stephen V. Regenbogen, and Bohdan Sawka. seems to be boundless. going to occur sometime." After the Knapp. In 1960, Monsignor Knapp gave Ms. Iwasko, son of Harry and Joan Dr. Kapustij continued by saying that she dome was repaired, Mr. Dmytrenko easi­ Mr. Dmytrenko his first significant com­ Iwasko, longtime members the Ukrainian had marveled at Mr. Dmytrenko's paintings ly repaired the damaged paintings. mission, that of painting Immaculate Graduates, received the first Michael and icons at Immaculate Conception Following Rev. Panczuk's address, a Conception's interior, and designing and Wichorek Memorial Scholarship. Before Church since she was a child. Later, living very moving tribute to Mr. Dmytrenko was crafting its iconostasis. From that time, receiving his award, Ms. Iwasko gave a on the East Coast and attending St. George given by Bishop Alexander Bykowetz. The Mr. Dmytrenko continued, his career short speech about Mr. Wichorek and his Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manhattan, bishop, speaking in Ukrainian, described escalated rapidly. And when Monsignor work in the Ukrainian community. He she was again enveloped by Mr. the artist not only as a great painter and Knapp became pastor of Ss. Constantine remarked how proud he was to be receiv­ Dmytrenko's beautiful paintings and icons. iconographer, but also as an honorable, and Helena in Minneapolis, he once ing this scholarship. And it was there, of course, that she would humane and humble human being. "He again commissioned Mr. Dmytrenko to Bohdan Sawka, son of Bohdan and gaze wondrously at his sublime iconostas is. belongs in the circle of truly great adorn his church with his artistry . Sophia Sawka, also members of the Dr. Kapustij described Mr. Dmytrenko Ukrainians, that is, with the likes of Taras Due to illness, Monsignor Knapp was Ukrainian Graduates, was the recipient as a truly gifted artist and commented that Schevchenko," exclaimed the bishop. unable to attend the banquet. This was most of the Elizabeth Lyshak Memorial Scholarship. Anna Marzotto, daughter of members Tito and Serafina Marzotto, read an abbreviated text of her award winning essay. After the program everyone danced to the music of the New Generation Band. And Mr. Dmytrenko autographed his book of paintings, a good number of which he kindly donated to the Ukrainian Graduates' Scholarship Fund. "What a party!" one of the guests exclaimed about the Ukrainian Graduates' 55th anniversary celebration.

Canadian Football... (Continued from page 11) Banquet Honoring Broncos...as a junior, was named Honorable Mention All-MAC for his 44 receptions, 483 yds. and four TD's... Bruce's Bio: Majored in physical educa­ First President of Ukraine tion at WMU...in 1985 voted MVP at Westmount High...three-year team cap­ tain... 1984 Westmount's Athlete of the Year...traveled province as part of the Riders' Team Health program in 1992, Leonid K^avcKuk 1993 and 1994...Nickname is "Bronco"... makes Regina his off-season home... presently enrolled in the University of Regina's Education Program... Guest of Honor Dwayne Dmytryshyn Slotback - Calgary Stampeders Non-import - University of Saskatchewan - #28 Tuesday, January 31, 1995 6'1", 210 lbs. - Born July, 11, 1971, Saskatoon, Sask. Years in CFL: two; years with at St. John The Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall Calgary: two Acquired: Selected in third Round 3275 Elmwood Avenue, Kenmore, NY (21st over all) in 1993 Canadian College Cocktails: 6:30 pm $25.00 in Advance Draft 1993 Season: Played in only one Dinner: 7:00 pm $35.00 at Door game...was activated for October 18 game in Toronto due to injury to Greg Frers...played as a backup to free safety Greg Knox...spent the rest of the season Tickets Available at Franlsjins on practice roster... selected by Stamps in third round of '93 CFL college draft...pick the following locations: obtained by sending former first- round гнвОмгр Urban Bivd DiptwN.Y. 140*3 selection Duane Fords to Winnipeg... Phont (718) 685-6240 F«x# (716) 6*5-6242 College: Led the Canada West Conference in receptions with 39 in Zlfyninian tfomt tDnipro 1992...was named a Canada West All- Star and a CIAU Second Team All JtdtraiCridit Union Canadian...played four years with the 562 Garwsaa Street. Buffalo. NY 14204 Kenmore Prescription Center, Inc. USask. Huskies and totalled 25 games, its Mon. 10 a.m. -4 p.m. KENMORE. HEW YORK 14217 scoring 19 touchdowns, rushing for 932 Tue».. Wod -10 a.m. - 3 p.m. interp©rt travel service, inc. Thurs., Fri. -11 a.m. - В p.m. yards, and catching 68 passes for 1176 yards...also had 791 kickoff return BUFFALO, N.Y. 14212 Toitphone (716) 647-6655 227 LOMBARD ST. yards...a member of the 1990 Vanier Cup winning Huskies...switched from tail­ back to slotback for the 1992 season... No.3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 13

ing and often hilarious. The cultural scene... Attending a cultural event in Lviv (Continued from page 8) organized by the "bohema" (as the art community calls itself), one cannot help at the Lviv Circus by Mertviy Piven. but come away impressed and inspired This concert coincided with the release by the time and creativity involved in of the group's new album, "Underground putting on such an event. The relatively Zoo," and also featured readings by poet small size of Lviv allows this community Yuriy Andrukhovych. Mertviy Piven to pull off ideas that would not have often takes Mr. Andrukhovych's poems been possible in a larger city. as texts for its songs, and "Underground Zoo" is a theme album based on a series Two examples of this are the Vy Vykh of his poems. I and VyVykh II festivals held in 1990 and 1992, respectively. During both of The final show of the Reberytatsiya these three-day art-and-music festivals, was held on May 9, 1994. This date was the bohema had the whole city, including also the 100th anniversary of the Bu-Ba- the Lviv Opera Theater and the city trol­ Bu (when added together, the ages of the ley, at its disposal. They took advantage poets equal 100). A two-day affair, the of this opportunity and put on two now- anniversary celebration consisted of a legendary festivals. concert with bands performing songs The youth of Lviv are increasingly based on Bu-Ba-Bu poems on the first more supportive of the local culture, as night, and an evening of poetry reading new bands with diverse sounds seem to on the second. pop up every day. They realize that they The concert portion featured all six are witnessing something truly special bands of the Reberytatsiya as well as and are appreciative of it. These are performances by musicians such as exciting, uncertain times in Ukraine, and Viktor Morozov, who was among the it is refreshing to see young Ukrainians first musicians to use Bu-Ba-Bu writings tapping into this energy and creating an in his songs. This ambitious four-hour atmosphere that is at once a by-product concert offered many first-time collabo­ of their environment and serves to rations among the bands that, when suc­ define it. cessful, were truly memorable. The evening of poetry, held in the Zankovetska Lviv Drama Theater, was hosted by Mr. Morozov and featured the Defense Department... TO ALL UNA MEMBERS: three members of Bu-Ba-Bu reciting (Continued from page 4) their poems, sometimes accompanied by President Bill Clinton suggested to the This is to remind all members that in accordance with UNA By-Laws all Branches music. Afterwards, Mr. Morozov, in sar­ Ukrainian American Coordinating Council have to hold an Annual Meeting in the months of January through March at which the castic, game-show-host mode, presented (UACC) that Ukrainian American service- the poets with questions from the audi­ members can play an increasingly impor­ officers render their reports for the prior year and new officers are elected. ence. The results were insightful, inspir- tant role in both United States projects in We urge al members to attend :hat important meeting. For dates, time and place of Ukraine and in the enhancement of democ­ the Annual Meeting kindly follow SVOBODA or THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, or wait for a racy in Ukraine. As U.S.-Ukrainian mili­ Correction tary cooperation and contacts increase, so notice from your B'anch Secretary. In the article "National minorities in does the need for U.S. personnel with Ukraine: an emerging success story" Ukrainian language abilities. Participation HOME OFFICE OF UNA. (January 1) by Orest Deychakiwsky, a in the FLPP is one way, immediately avail­ production error resulted in publication able, for servicemembers of Ukrainian her­ of an incomplete paragraph. The com­ itage to contribute towards the positive plete text of that paragraph is as follows: development of U.S.-Ukrainian military Romanians in Ukraine, residing most­ cooperation. TO ALL UNA MEMBERS: ly in Chernivtsi Oblast, are making sig­ The first step for Ukrainian American nificant progress in their cultural and servicemembers to participate in current Kindly be remirded that your dues (premiums) for insurance coverage are payable political development, although there and future U.S. projects in Ukraine is to have been allegations about restrictions, certify their knowledge through the on the first day of the month, and not at :he end, as some assume. forcefully denied by Ukrainian authori­ Ukrainian DLPT and to ensure that their By paying promptly to your Branch Secretary, you will help him/her remit the monthly ties. At the same time, calls from politi­ language proficiency rating is accurately collection to the Home Office in a timely fashion. cal figures in Romania for the restitution recorded in both service personnel to Romania of territories lost under the records and service data bases. HOME OFFICE OF UNA. Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact generate For further information call Sgt. Maj. understandable nervousness in Ukraine. Daniel Zahody at (408) 644-0618.

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• For applications and/or further information please call: Gift for: (Fili out the aoove form in the person's name) UNA From: (Name) Daria Semegen or Oksana Trytjak 201 451-2200 or 800 253-9862 Address Phone No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 15 Works by Liuboslav Hutsaliuk on exhibit in New York gailery Something to crow about! NEW YORK - Liuboslav Hutsaliuk, Works on exhibition will range from the Paris-and New York-based Ukrainian those created in the late 1960s through Mr. A new self-study course artist, will be giving an exhibit of his oils, Hutsaliuk's most recent works, and will watercolors, drawings and lithographs at include oil landscapes and still-lifes, pen- the Ukrainian Artists Association Gallery, and-ink drawings, lithographs and prints, Everyday Ukrainian 132 Second Ave., in New York City. most based on his travel and work in The show is sponsored by the New York France. These will include a series of two- For the beginner — and those who want to brush up—this comprehensive audio- City chapter of the Brotherhood of Veterans color woodcuts of Paris, which are in the cassette/book course features practical Ukrainian useful for the business person or traveler. of the 1st Division of the Ukrainian collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Developed by Dr. Zirka Derlycia, a teacher of Ukrainian for eighteen years, National Army, of which the artist is a the French national gallery, in Paris. most recently at Hunter College, New York, the course emphasizes the spoken member. This will be his first one-man The exhibit will open on Sunday, language and is the equivalent of two semesters of a college course. Ail New York City show since his critically January 22, at 1 p.m., and will run recordings are by native speakers. acclaimed exhibit at the Toyamaya Gallery through Sunday, January 29 (closed (West 57th Street) in 1990. Mondays). • Everyday Ukrainian: 10 cassettes (10 hr.) and 342-page text, $195. Also available: П Ukraine: The Land and Its People: 1 VHS video cassette, $29.95. • Bandura—Ukrainian Instrumental Music: 1 audio cassette, $10.95. YOU MAY ORDER BY PHONE, FAX OR MAIL. Major credit cards accepted. Full three-week money-back guarantee. Our 60-page Whole World Language Catalog offers courses in 91 languages. Call, fax, or write for your free copy. Our 23rd year. Audio-Forum, Room El51, 96 Broad St., auDia-rawrtf Guilford, CT 06437 (203)453-9794 THE LANGUAGE SOURCE 1-800-243-1234 • Fax (203) 453-9774

TO ALL MEMBERS OF BRANCH 334 in Cleveland, Ohio Due to the death of Branch Secretary Stefania Bohanek, we ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence regarding membership and insurance, as well as their membership premiums, to the Home Office of the UNA until further notice. Ukrainian National Association 30 Montgomery Street P.O. Box17A Jersey City, NJ 07303

A Paris street scene by Liuboslav Hutsaliuk (pen and ink, 1970). Detroit area center awards scholarships by Waladomyr Marfey Since its inception in 1987, the Ukrainian American Center Foundation has HAZEL PARK, Mich. — The Ukrainian provided scholarships to Michigan students American Center Inc. held its 79th anniver­ of Ukrainian descent and stipends to organi­ Ukraine sary awards banquet at the Stephenson zations that promote cultural and education­ Haus Banquet facilities on October 2, 1994, al activities in the Ukrainian community. with over 170 persons attending. In 1994 the foundation wanted to reach Master of ceremonies Dr. Mark T. & Ukrainians out to distant Ukrainians to inform them of Murphy, a student of the Ukrainian lan­ the scholarship program and give talented guage and its culture, had the audience's students an opportunity in their quest for full attention as he compared the United higher education. The foundation received States of America to a rainbow. He said Throughout 100 requests for scholarship applications "When you gaze upon the rainbow we call from all over the state. Requests came from the United States of America, you do not as for north as Mackinaw and as far west as see its beauty in the fact that the colors have Grand Rapids. Thirty-nine applicants the World run together as one. In fact you marvel at returned their applications, with 25 com­ the beauty of each color in the rainbow, for pleting all the requirements. The applicants A Demographic and Sociological Guide it is the individuality of the colors, not their were required to write essays on ability to blend as one that we celebrate." "Ukrainian Nuclear Arms Negotiations." to the Homeland and Its Diaspora Entertainment at the banquet was pro­ Financial grants were received by: edited by Ann Lencyk Pawliczko vided by musician Ihor Wachnowski Wayne State University, School of from Ukraine. Business Administration, and the The ultimate reference, but certainly not the last word on the The Very Rev. Bernard Panczuk, pas­ Ukrainian MBA Students Program, the tor of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Lviv Institute of Management at Ivan world's 58 million Ukrainians. This book is at once a demo­ Church in Warren, gave the invocation. Franko Lviv State University. graphic handbook that provides up-to-date statistical data and an ethnographic study of a people struggling to preserve Annual Comparative Literature their identity despite decades of denationalization policies in Zyla celebrates... Symposium at Texas Tech University. (Continued from page 12) During his 10 years as its director, he the homeland and the forces of assimilation abroad. The only prisoner of war. He met Irene Bagan in brought many renowned scholars, such work of its kind on the Ukrainian diaspora. June 1945, and they married on as Cleanth Brooks, Norman Sherry, $35.00 paper / $75.00 cloth November 21, 1945. Anna Balakian and others to the campus. Mr. Zyla, his wife, and Swiatoslawa, The facts about Dr. Zyla's life do not their daughter, left Europe for Brazil. reveal what is most important about him. They moved to Canada (where their son, Neither all of the books that he has writ­ Lubomyr, was born) and then to the ten, nor all of the students whom he has University United States (where Romanna was taught, nor all of his efforts on behalf of born). Mr. Zyla earned both a master of Ukraine reveal his quiet dignity, his inner arts and a Ph.D. in Slavic philology from strength, his perseverance in the face of of Toronto the Ukrainian Free University in adversity, or his love of his countries, his family, and his fellow man. 340 Nagel Drive Munich. Cheektowaga, NY 14225 Dr. Zyla's force as a teacher and Dr. Wolodymyr T. Zyla is a member scholar enabled him to develop the of UNA Branch 25. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1995 No. 3 OVER 200 SERVICES & GOODS PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, January 21 public is welcome. Interested persons should call Daniel Harkins, (908) 247-3509. Л !V NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The Ukrainian О ЛІй "fі O МІСТ ,._ MEEST youth of St. Josaphat's Ukrainain Catholic Tuesday, January 31 Church and St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox KENMORE, N.Y.: A banquet honoring Church is holding a New Year's malanka at the first president of Ukraine, Leonid flu the Ukrainian American Citizens Club on Kravchuk, hosted by the Buffalo Group — Oak Street. There will be a buffet dinner at Ukrainian American Business and 6 p.m., followed by dancing to the music of HEAD OFFICE Professional Association, will be held at St. CARS, TRACTORS, COURIER SERVICE Exprompt of Harford, Conn., starting at 8 John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church 97 Six Point Road, tel.: 1-416-236-2032 p.m. Tickets (price includes dinner): $25, iTV's, appliances... to Ukraine ft bade Hall, 3275 Elmwood Ave. Cocktails are at Toronto, Ont. M8Z 2X3 fax: 1-416-236-2110 adults; $20, students; dance only: $15, 6:30 p.m.; dinner — 7 p.m. Tickets: $25 in adults; $10, students. For tickets or infor­ advance; $35 at the door. Tickets are avail­ FREIGHT FORWARDING mation call Stephen, (203) 666-4800, or, able at the following: Franklin's Printing, TO UKRAINE Overseas Air WE PICK UP Chris, (203) 667-0316. 2118 George Urban Blvd., Depew, N.Y.; & Ocean Shipments of CONTAINERS Interport Travel Service, 227 Lombard St., Commercial & Industrial FROM ANY PORT IN CHICAGO: The Friends of the Consulate Buffalo, N.Y.; Ukrainian Home Dnipro Goods, Humanitarian Aid, EUROPE cV DELIVER General of Ukraine in Chicago — Club 500 Federal Credit Union, 562 Genesee St., 1 -4 weeks 4-8 weeks Personal Effects & Autos TO ANY ADDRESS invites the community to a banquet honoring Buffalo, N.Y.; and Kenmore Prescription ІНШЕ • RUSSIA - BELARUS - MOLDOVA а IN UKRAINE, RUSSIA Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, AND BELARUS Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, to be held at the Center, 2890 Elmwood Ave., Kenmore, DOOR TO POOR SERVICE Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago N.Y. President Kravchuk will also give a Ave., at 6:30 pjn. Tickets: $40. For reserva­ luncheon presentation centered on academic tions call (312) 342-2029 or (312) 489-1339. exchanges at the University Inn and or contact one of our agents in your area Conference Center, 2401 N. Forest Road, Sunday, January 22 MEEST STAMFORD BONNIE M Amherst, N.Y., at noon. Donation: $25; 99 PROSPECT ST. 41, STAMFORD, CT 06901 INTERPORT TRAVEL SERVICE INC /D.,WIRETON, PA 15001 TEL: (203) 9673901 $20, students. The event is hosted by the 227 LOMBARD ST., BUFFALO, NY 14212 TEL: (412) 457-2307 PHOENIX, Ariz.: A reception and ban­ TEL: (716) 892-8002 SOUTH BOUND BROOK quet commemorating the January 22, 1918, Council for International Visitors. For reser­ YURI INTERNATIONAL ENT. VATRA INTERNATIONAL ОНЮ EXPORT CO. 1-800-884-1730 declaration of independence of the vations call (716) 823-2578. 13 ROYAL PALM DR., CHEEKTOWAGA, N 76 MAIN ST.. SOUTH BOUND BROOK, NJ 6026 STATE RD., CLEVELAND, OH 44134 Ukrainian National Republic will be held at 14225, TEL: (716) 685-1505 08880. TEL: (908) 805-9664 TEL: (216) 884-1738 Wednesday, February 1 the Ukrainian Community Center, 730 W. NORTH NEW JERSEY STATE BAZAR GIFT PARCEL INC. 5689 STATE RD., CLEVELAND, OH 44134 Elm St., at 1 p.m. The event is sponsored BUFALLO: The Buffalo Group — UKRAINIAN CERAMICS PARCEL & TRAVEL ОКСАНА VARIETY STORE 77 ONTARIOVIEW ST., ROCHESTER, NY TEL: (216) 845-6078 by the Pheonix branch of the Ukrainian Ukrainian American Business and 14617, TEL (716) 275-7474 TEL: (201) 763-8778 DNISTER CO. INC. Congress Committee of America. Tickets: Professional Association will host a PREFERRED INSURENCE SERVICES 4408 BRUENING DR.. PARMA, OH 44134 TEL: (216) 842-4961 284 RIDGE RD. E.. ROCHESTER, NY 14621 $10; $5, students. Keynote speakers are farewell breakfast for former President KARPATY TRAVEL TEL: (716) 467-1960 703 S. BROAD ST.. Daria Horodetchkyj, of Rohatyn, Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk at the Dnipro Ukrainian TEL: (609) 393-9455 KARPATY PARCELS and Patience Hunt work of Phoenix. For Home, 562 Genesee St., at 8 a.m. By 2020 WEST CHICAGO AVE., CHICAGO, II additional information contact Michael reservation only; call (716) 856-4476. 60622, TEL: (312) 278-7353 TRANS EUROPA INC, Dydyk, (602) 948-2683. 8102 ROOSEVELT BLVD., PHILADELPHIA, PA DELTA IMPORT CO Thursday, February 2 19152, TEL: pi5) 331-9060 2241 WEST CHICAGO AVE., CHICAGO, IL NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Academy of 60622. TEL: (312) 235-7788 TORONTO: The Chair of Ukrainian FILL'S TRAVEL AGENCY HANUSEY MUSIC & GIFT Arts and Sciences in the U.S. invites the 1828 THIRD AVE., WATERVLIET, NY 12189 244 WEST GIRARD AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA ATA TRAVEL AGENCY Studies at the University of Toronto is hold­ TEL: (518) 274-5242 19123 TEL: P15) 627-3093 2222 W. CHICAGO AVE.. CHICAGO. IL 60622 public to a lecture by Dr. Iaroslav ing a lecture, as part of its seminar series, by TEL: (312) 235-9322 Isaievych, president, International WESTCHESTER COUNTY, YONKERS MEEST - OLEGDERZHKO Dr. Stella Hryniuk, departments of history 6315 RISING SUN AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA POST NET Association of Ukrainian Studies, who 19111, TEL: (215) 742-5888 and Slavic studies, University of Manitoba, 1858 PLEASANTVILLE RD., BRIARCUFF MANOR, CHEREMSHYNA will speak on "Ukrainian-Polish Relations NY 10510, TEL: (914) 762-6514 44 YALE RD., NEEDHAM. MA 02194 titled "A World Lost Forever: Eastern . TEL: (617) 449-5323 in Contemporary Historiography." The NEW YORK Galicia in 19th Century Photographs." The lecture will be held at the academy, 206 COSMOS PARCELS lecture will be held in the Board Room, 122 FIRST AVE., NEW YORK, NY 10009 UKRAINIAN GIFT SHOP W. 100th St., at 2 p.m. For information TEL: (212) 533-2906 2422 CENTRAL AVE. N. E., MINNEAPOLIS, MN Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 43 WETCOINC call (212) 222-1866. 55418 TEL (612) 788-2545 Queen's Park Crescent E., 4-6 p.m. DELTO EUROPA CORP. TEL: (301) 2164)142 318 EAST 9TH ST., NEW YORK, NY 10003 Thurdsay, January 26 TEL: (212) 228-2266 STEPHAN SLOTA Saturday, February 4 5003 LAGUNA RD., COLLEGE PARK, MD VARSOVIA TRAVEL & SHIPPING INC. PHOENIX: Ukrainian film director Oles 20740 TEL: (301) 474-2897 NEW YORK: The Slavic Heritage Council 74 EAST 7TH ST., NEW YORK, NY 10003 Yanchuk will preview his film in progress, TEL: (212) 529-3256 (4745) of America presents "The European Folk SEMINOLE, FL "Attentat" (Assassination), about the HOWERLA PARCELS, TIBOR KOPRIVA Festival," at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln ST., PITTSBURG, PA 15203 Ukrainian Insurgent Army and the assassina­ FLAMENGO LTD. 11698 78 TERR. NORTH, SEMINOLE, FL 34642 Center, 65th Street and Broadway, at 7:30 TEL: (412) 481-2750 303 EDDX GLOVER BLVD., NEW BRITAIN, CT TEL: (813) 319-0064 tion of Stepan Bandera, at the Ukrainian 06053, TEL: (203) 225-7340 p.m. The program will feature the Busilek Community Center, 730 W. Elm St., at 7 Bulgarian Folk Dance Company, New p.m. The event is sponsored by the local World Sword Team, Norwegian Folk Dance branch of me Ukrainian Congress Committee Society of New York City, Baryn-Ya GIVE A GIFT THAT WILL BE RECEIVED YEAR ROUND of America. Tickets: $10. For information Russian Dance Ensemble, Polish American contact Patience Huntwork, (602) 253-3623. Folk Dance Company, Limbora Slovak - Need a special gift for Christmas? Saturday, January 28 Folk Ensemble, Dukati Serbian Folklore - Hate to face the crowds? Ensemble and the Promin Ukrainian Vocal NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of • No time left for shopping? Ensemble. Tickets: $20; $15, senior citizens America series "Music at the Institute" and children under 12. Tickets are available - Give a gift that will be received all year. presents a concert of works by Borys at the box office, Arka and Surma. - It's as close as your checkbook. Liatoshynsky in honor of the centenary of the composer's tirth. Taking part in the WASHINGTON: The Ukrainian - Give a subscription to: concert program are Juliana Osinchuk, Association of Washington is sponsoring a piano; Oksana Kxovytska, soprano; Oleh Winter Festival Dance '95, at the Crowne Krysa, violin; Tatiana Tchekina, piano; Plaza Holiday Inn, 1750 Rockville Pike, The Ukrainian Weekly, Mykola Suk, paino; and Natalia Khoma, Rockville, Md., 9 p.m.-l a.m. Dancing will be to music by the Ukrainian Souvenir. Svoboda and/or Veselka cello. The concert will be held at the insti­ tute, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. Donation: $20. Tickets, in advance by January 27, are $30 per person; after January 27 and at the door, Sunday, January 29 $40 per person. Tickets may be purchased - With any "two Christmas Gift" CLIFTON, N.J.: St. Mary Protectress by writing to: Ukrainian Association of subscription orders, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 73 Washington Washington, P.O. Box 14084, Washington, get The Ukrainian Weekly t-shirt FREE Ave., will celebrate the 40th anniversary of DC 20044-4084. For additional information priesthood and 15 years of service to the call Stephen Rapawy, (301) 770-6911, or parish of the Very Rev. Michael John A. Kun, (703) 941-4958. GIFT SUBSCRIPTION Zemlachenko. The liturgy will be celebrated ADVANCE NOTICE by the Rev. Zemlachenko and Archbishop (Please type or print) Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church February 6-May 8 ADDRESS: of the U.S.A., at 9:30 a.m. A banquet will NEW YORK: The foreign language depart­ follow at The Excelsior, Route 46, Saddle ment of the School of Continuing Education Brook, N.J., at 1 p.m. Donations: $30. For at New York University has announced the tickets or information call Dr. Silvia following courses in Ukrainian for spring Bilobron, (201) 472-7654, or Mr. Pasicznyk, 1995: Elementary Ukrainian I, X25.9451,12 UNA MEMBER - BRANCH NUMBER _ (201) 595-7531, by January 22, sessions: February 6-May 8; Mondays, 6:10- • THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY: Member - $20, Non-member, $30. EAST HANOVER, N.J.: Ukrainian 8:05 p.m.; fee: $360. Intensive Elementary • СВОБОДА Member - $30, Non-member, $55. 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