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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXI HE KRAINIANNo. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Controversy arises over whether battalion, TDemographer advisesU Ukrainian groups W to take a close look at U.S. Census stats and Ukraine, are part of U.S.-led coalition by Roman Woronowycz it could enter the area of conflict. by Andrew Nynka mated that only 116,000 speak Ukrainian Kyiv Press Bureau Petro Symonenko, the head of the at home. Communist Party, said that President KERHONKSON, N.Y. – A closer KYIV – The Communist parliamentary Bush’s enumeration of Ukraine as part of “We’re missing out,” Dr. Wolowyna faction introduced a draft bill in the look at U.S. Census data shows that said, referring to those organizations that the coalition is evidence that Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on April 2 ordering the many Ukrainian organizations could be require their members to speak Ukrainian authorities had deceived the nation and had recall of the Ukainian army’s special con- ignoring hundreds of thousands of self- or look down on members who don’t use more on their mind than simply a peace- tamination clean-up battalion currently declared Ukrainians living in the United that language. Some 777,000 self- keeping effort. States, a specialist in the field of demo- declared Ukrainians, or roughly 87 per- being deployed to Kuwait. The faction “The speech by the American president graphics told a summit of Ukrainian cent of the total, threaten to be pushed introduced the resolution in response to a only brought to light what we have been organizations on March 29. away from participating in organizations speech by U.S. President George W. Bush saying all along: that Ukrainian state leaders “We are creating a recipe for failure,” which could badly use their help. on March 26 in which he named Ukraine as had every intention of being in partnership said Dr. Oleh Wolowyna, president of Speaking after the conference, which part of the anti-Iraq coalition. with the U.S. in Iraq,” stated Mr. Informed Decisions Inc., during a sum- was held at the Ukrainian National Ukraine’s Parliament had ratified a rec- Symonenko. mit devoted to looking at demographics Association’s Soyuzivka resort, many of ommendation from the National Security During parliamentary debate on the reso- and communication in the Ukrainian the participants related a sense of aston- and Defense Council to send the army’s lution to send the 19th Battalion to Kuwait, American diaspora. ishment regarding Dr. Wolowyna’s pres- 19th Battalion, which specializes in nuclear, National Deputy Symonenko had stated that “Unfortunately many of our commu- entation. Several said they were com- biological and chemical (NBC) clean-up to Ukraine’s soldiers would become war casu- nity leaders do not understand much of pletely unaware of the trend and said that Kuwait on the day the Iraq war started after alties should they be forced to go to the the data on our community,” Dr. they doubted Ukrainian organizations Kuwaiti officials extended a request for that Persian Gulf. Wolowyna, a demographer who has been were addressing the situation. specific type of humanitarian support. The controversy came as accusations analyzing census data from 1970 through The U.S. Census is regarded by Amid much concern by the public and from a U.S. publication threatened again to 2000, said during the 2003 Summit of experts as the most reliable source of politicians, Ukrainian government officials darken U.S.-Ukraine relations over illegal Ukrainian American Organizations. data on the Ukrainian community have emphasized repeatedly that the battal- arms shipments to Iraq. This one arose after According to U.S. Census data col- because of its ability to take a large, rep- ion’s mission is exclusively and inviolately Newsweek published an article in which it lected in the year 2000, 893,000 people resentative sample of the population in humanitarian and precludes any possibility mentioned “Ukrainian arms dealers” as the self-identified themselves, at least to the United States. Dr. Wolowyna said that it could take part in combat or even that (Continued on page 21) some degree, as Ukrainians. Of that number, Dr. Wolowyna said that it is esti- (Continued on page 21) New York credit union donates $250,000 to Ukrainian studies at Columbia University by Illya Labunka University and the Ukrainian Studies Fund. NEW YORK – The Self Reliance (New For more than 50 years Self Reliance York) Federal Credit Union has donated New York has been actively addressing the $250,000 to the Ukrainian Studies Fund’s needs of the Ukrainian community. The Columbia University Project. The major Self Reliance New York credit union offers donation sets the cornerstone for the estab- numerous financial services and supports a lishment of a new $1 million endowed broad range of important Ukrainian cultur- fund projected to support Columbia al and national endeavors. University’s new Center for Ukrainian The Columbia University Project envi- Studies. sions a multi-phase expansion of The fund is the first of several to be Ukrainian studies at one of the most presti- established at Columbia and, once gious and influential American universi- endowed, it will support the teaching of ties. It will financially strengthen the primarily new courses in Ukrainian history Center of Ukrainian Studies, thus enabling and other traditional disciplines of it to engage a variety of lecturers and spe- Ukrainian Studies. These courses will be cialists to teach a rich curriculum focusing offered as part of the center’s new inter- on Ukraine. disciplinary curriculum. The Ukrainian Studies Fund’s project Self Reliance’s monumental gift is the also hopes to establish funds supporting largest, single donation received by the additional key activities at Columbia: Ukrainian Studies Fund for this goal to scholarships for undergraduates and gradu- date. ates, acquisition and processing funds for “We hope that the center of Ukrainian the university library’s Ucrainica collec- Studies at Columbia will provide many tion, and organization of colloquia and opportunities for our youth, enabling them seminars on Ukraine. access to the study of Ukraine’s history Significant ground has been covered in and related socio-political disciplines at the reaching the project’s objective. Two dis- highest academic level. This center will tinguished Ukrainian organizations – the become a beacon of knowledge about New York-based Shevchenko Scientific Ukraine in America,” said Dr. Bohdan Society and the Ukrainian Studies Fund – Roma Hadzewycz Kekish, president and CEO of the Self have pooled their resources to jointly facil- Dr. Oleh Wolowyna delivers the keynote address at the 2003 Summit of Reliance (New York) Federal Credit itate the introduction of the new curricu- Ukrainian American Organizations held at Soyuzivka. Seated is one of the Union, during a gift conveyance ceremony lum on Ukrainian history at Columbia. summit’s organizers, Andrij Wowk. attended by representatives of Columbia (Continued on page 27) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Ukrainian president revitalizes CIS, NEWSBRIEFS Kyiv denies selling Iraq anti-tank missiles pontiff to address the Ukrainian and Polish peoples on the occasion of the 60th anniver- gets Russia’s backing for 2004 elections KYIV – Foreign Affairs Ministry sary of a bloody interethnic conflict in spokesman Markian Lubkivskyi on April 1 Volyn, now in northwestern Ukraine. In by Taras Kuzio both in the West and in the East. Nobody denied that Ukraine has supplied anti-tank 1943-1944, Poles and Ukrainians in Volyn RFE/RL Newsline understands a country that demonstrates an Kornet missiles to Iraq, UNIAN reported. killed each other in a bloody interethnic absence of any kind of [foreign-policy] “Newsweek” reported on March 31 that conflict, with an estimated 75,000 Poles and When the presidents of Ukraine, vector.” Iraq has purchased 1,000 laser-guided 35,000 Ukrainians dying. On February 13 Belarus and Kazakstan arrived in Moscow Ukraine’s deeper integration into the Kornet missiles. The magazine cited Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and on February 22-23 the talks with their CIS, Ukrainian critics have pointed out, unidentified Pentagon generals as saying Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, will become a negative influence on the that Ukrainian dealers sold about 500 announced in a joint statement that Poland focused on the planned creation of a free- country’s democratization process. Kornets to Iraq in January. According to Mr. and Ukraine have agreed to honor the mem- trade zone. At the informal CIS summit in Democratization throughout the CIS since Lubkivskyi, the report is “yet another ory of all the victims of the conflict. “I Kyiv in late January, Ukrainian President the late 1990s has been in reverse. Prof. attempt” to undermine Ukraine’s interna- asked the Pope to express his thoughts, in Leonid Kuchma said the best way to revi- Oleksander Derchachov of the National tional standing. (RFE/RL Newsline) order to bring about deeper mutual under- talize the Commonwealth of Independent University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy standing and reconciliation between Poland States (CIS), which he had long criticized Kyiv reacts to mention in Bush speech wondered in Ukrainska Pravda on and Ukraine,” said Mr. Lytvyn. as moribund, was to shift from a political February 24: Given that most CIS states “Remembering our past, drawing conclu- focus to an economic one. He added that KYIV – Foreign Affairs Ministry are super-presidential regimes, won’t sions, we should make a step into the expediting the creation of a CIS free-trade spokesman Markian Lubkivskyi told jour- deeper integration in the CIS negatively future, and I asked His Holiness to address zone – which has been discussed since nalists on April 1 that the ministry has never the Ukrainian and Polish peoples on the 1994 – is crucial in that respect. affect Kuchma’s program of political asked the United States to consider Ukraine At their talks in Moscow, the presidents reform that is aimed at transforming a member of the “anti-Iraqi coalition,” occasion of these events.” (Religious of the four “core” CIS states defined as Ukraine into a parliamentary-presidential according to UNIAN. He was apparently Information Service of Ukraine) republic? referring to a statement made on March 29 their ultimate objective a single economic Rada seeks explanation of arrest space within the CIS, which the other eight But Ukrainian officials continue to by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos CIS states were invited to join. They also insist that a CIS free-trade zone will not Pascual, who said Kyiv consented to the KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on April 2 agreed to establish an Organization for contradict Ukraine’s “European Choice.” U.S. request that Ukraine be mentioned requested that the procurator general inform Regional Integration, to be based in Kyiv Serhii Pyrozhkov, vice-chairman of the during a speech U.S. President George W. lawmakers about the recent arrest of former and headed by a Kazak, that would over- National Security and Defense Council, Bush gave last week in Tampa, Fla., as a Vice Prime Minister Leonid Kozachenko, believes that if the free-trade zone helped see the creation of that single economic supporter of the U.S.-led military action UNIAN reported. Three agrarian groups – Ukraine and Russia join GATT this would space, in stages, through the establishment against Iraq. (RFE/RL Newsline) the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, the also, in turn, assist their integration into the of free-trade zones. Association of Farmers and Private EU. Russia, however, unlike Ukraine, has Kuchma pledges humanitarian aid to Iraq Such free-trade zones call for deeper Landowners, and the Ukrainian Grain never expressed an interest in joining the integration than that envisaged within KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma told Association – have asked the Parliament to either the CIS Customs Union or its suc- EU (or NATO). look into the case against Mr. Kozachenko, Mr. Gref, moreover, has admitted what journalists in Kyiv on March 26 that cessor, the Eurasian Economic Ukraine, “within the limits of its capabili- who was responsible for agricultural Community (EEC), which President Russian and Ukrainian officials, including reforms, and hold a debate on the situation Mr. Kuchma, denied – namely that, “If ties,” will provide humanitarian assistance Kuchma had always ruled out Ukraine to Iraq, UNIAN reported. Mr. Kuchma also on the Ukrainian grain market. According joining. Russia’s minister for economic these moves are synchronized in the econ- to the appeal, the abuse of office and tax- omy, this could encourage needed political said Kyiv wants to participate in the post- development and trade, German Gref, said war reconstruction of Iraq, but added that evasion charges against Mr. Kozachenko the free-trade zone would require synchro- changes.” Suspicions within Ukraine have were brought by incompetent people who, been aroused as to the real aims of he does not know whether Ukraine will be nization in the customs, currency, legisla- “allowed” to do so. (RFE/RL Newsline) the document adds, might have been tive and budgetary spheres. Russia’s concessions in allowing Mr. inspired either by “politicians who are When Mr. Kuchma was elected chair- Kuchma to head the CIS and create a CIS Our Ukraine to become party? ready to surrender state interests for pursu- man of the CIS Council of Heads of State free-trade zone. ing their strictly personal interests,” or by at its Kyiv summit last month, he stressed Volodymyr Malynkovych, a liberal KYIV – Our Ukraine held a forum of “foreign-influenced centers that are not that this would not result in any changes in Russophone critic of both the national democratic forces in Kyiv on March 29, interested in Ukraine’s being a flourishing Ukraine’s policy of pursuing integration democrats and President Kuchma, called Interfax and UNIAN reported. Our Ukraine grain producer.” (RFE/RL Newsline) into Euro-Atlantic structures. On January the new steps “political speculation.” This leader Viktor Yushchenko proposed that the 31 the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry was because Ukraine would never benefit bloc be transformed this fall into a broader Kyiv lifts ban on U.S. poultry imports said in a statement that integration with economically from such a zone, which social and political organization that would Russia and within the CIS “is an important would, on the contrary, condemn it to be a lay foundations “for a new, powerful, KYIV – Ukraine has lifted a ban on U.S. guarantee of the successful implementa- second- or third-rate country dependent on European-fashioned political party,” poultry imports just three months after it tion of Ukraine’s policy of European and Russia. Mr. Malynkovych believes that Interfax reported. Mr. Yushchenko also told came into effect, Interfax reported on April Europe-Atlantic integration.” political integration would inevitably fol- the forum that there are no “strategic differ- 1, quoting the chief of the State Veterinary- This “To Europe with Russia” foreign- low closer economic integration within the ences” between Our Ukraine and the Yulia Medicine Department, Petro Verbytskyi. policy ideology has been assiduously pro- CIS. Similar opposition from the Tymoshenko Bloc, adding that the two The import ban entered into force on moted since 2000 both by President Ukrainian liberal spectrum came from a organizations could unite their efforts dur- January 1. Under an agreement reached in Kuchma’s oligarchic allies and by Russia statement by the Yabluko Party headed by ing the upcoming presidential-election cam- Washington last week, U.S. exporters must itself. Viacheslav Igrunov, deputy head of Mykhailo Brodskyi. paign. (RFE/RL Newsline) provide new certificates attesting that the the State Duma Committee on the The “political speculation” to which Mr. poultry was treated with neither growth Commonwealth of Independent States, said Malynkovych referred is an anticipated Lytvyn seeks pontiff’s intercession stimulants nor agents to ward off infection. after last weekend’s summit, “We [Ukraine attempt by Presidents Kuchma and Putin According to ITAR-TASS, the poultry ban ROME – In a meeting with Pope John and Russia] need to integrate the post- to influence the outcome of the October proved an obstacle to a U.S.-Ukrainian pro- Paul II on March 28, Verkhovna Rada Soviet space so that we can both integrate 2004 Ukrainian presidential elections, Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn asked the (Continued on page 16) together to Europe. Integrating to the East, using the same tactics as Mr. Kuchma used we are [simultaneously] integrating to the in 1994 and Boris Yeltsin used in the 1996 West.” This assertion was paraphrased by Russian election. In 1994, Mr. Kuchma the Ukrainska Pravda Internet publication appealed to the more numerous East FOUNDED 1933 as “To Europe through Vladivostok.” Ukrainian vote to back his calls for tighter Opposition Ukrainian politicians, how- HE KRAINIAN EEKLY economic integration with Russia. Both TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., ever, take issue with both the Ukrainian Messrs. Kuchma (1994) and Yeltsin a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Foreign Affairs Ministry’s and Mr. (1996) sought to take the pro-CIS integra- Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. Igrunov’s reasoning. Our Ukraine National tion card away from the Communists. 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by Roman Woronowycz Some changes are already evident as a uncle were physicians. In 1909, Dobra, Kyiv Press Bureau result of the presidential edict and as part then 43 years old, rented a three-room of preparations for the commemoration of storefront on Prorizna Street, just off the KYIV – The Kyiv Main Children’s the library’s 95th anniversary next year. Khreschatyk. She stocked her new library Library sits near the left bank of the Reconstruction work began on the interior with books from her private collection and Dnipro River in an area of the capital that walls of the library in mid-March, after added to it children’s publications from the is beginning to take on a contemporary oblast officials finally released long-prom- collection owned by her family. feel. Unfortunately, the renovation that ised funding for capital restoration of its Ms. Dobra belonged to the Kyiv much of Kyiv is undergoing has barely decaying structure, which will include a Frebelivske Society, a charitable organiza- begun to reach the library. new roof and façade for the exterior and tion of teachers, which organized nursery In a row of recently refurbished store- new floors, walls and ceilings on the schools, children’s playgrounds and activi- fronts, it is the one façade that still retains inside. ties for pre-schoolers in general. Through a Soviet look. Asbestos tiles line the roof But, the library’s essential value – its her ties to the society and with help from and wild ivy vines carelessly hang over the rare books and periodicals – continue to be benefactors, she filled her library with disheveled façade, which is painted a stored on wooden shelving in the basement books and periodicals from the publishing muddy shade of azure blue, a color only of the building, and while there is some houses of Kyiv and Moscow, as well as the now defunct Soviet system was capa- temperature and humidity control, it can be Berlin and Paris. Today the collection ble of producing. Three rusted, pock- considered only crude and makeshift at owns books containing original etchings marked automobiles, old even by best. by famous German and French artists such Ukrainian standards, sit on the broad walk- And there are other ongoing problems. as Dürer and Doret, according to Director way just outside the heavy iron, double- The library’s vast store of publications has Znischenko, who has run the library for Roman Woronowycz door main entranceway. yet to be catalogued on computerized discs the last 15 years. Across the front doors hangs a sign, because the largest children’s library in Ms. Dobra lost personal control over Mykola Znischenko, director of the “zachyneno” (closed) – because the library Ukraine does not own a single working the library in 1921 after Communist rule Kyiv Main Children’s Library. has been closed to the public since computer. The 15,000 children who annu- was asserted, but remained part of the November, when leaky ceilings made the ally visit the library also do not have the workers’ collective until her death. Soviet entombed them in the basement of the rooms uninhabitable for visitors. ability to log on to a computer – the main Ukrainian authorities recognized the value building behind a wall of brick and debris. The 95-year-old library looks as if it has learning tool of the 21st century – and that of the collection and re-named the library Having survived Soviet and Nazi occu- spent all its years at this site, but in fact it means no Internet access either. the First Children’s Library of the pation – and the ideological and political has been located on Rusanivka, a man- The shortcomings do not end there. The Ukrainian SSR after taking control of it. pressures associated with them – today the made island on the left bank of Kyiv sur- library has 400 rare LP recordings, but In the mid 1920s the library lost a good library is experiencing the no less burden- rounded on three sides by canals, only does not own the required high technology portion of its Ukrainian-language litera- some weight of economic instability. Yet since 1979. What is important, however, is sound system on which they could safely ture, which was moved to the Museum of Ms. Solianyk and Mr. Znischenko remain not the building that houses the library or be played; it contains a children’s cinema Print and Publications, located in the undaunted by what the future holds. Ms. the site on which it sits, but the 265,000 room, but the video player, the slide pro- Monastery of the Caves complex, where it Solianyk explained that even with the children’s books, periodicals and publica- jector and other projection equipment look is found today. financial problems the library is currently tions of every sort found within – 26,000 to be from about the same period as the The library was saved from destruction experiencing, the overall work atmosphere of which are considered rare and valuable. books found in the underground storage. after the Nazi occupation in 1941 by the is better. The library, founded in 1909 in a building Nonetheless, every effort is being made heroic efforts of Tatiana Hiba, the library’s “We no longer feel the pressure to pro- in the center of Kyiv, holds the single to find the required finances to modernize director at the time. She immediately mote the ideals of the Pioneers or the largest collection of children’s publications the place, because the library’s collection requested official registration and recogni- Communist Youth League [Komsomol],” in Ukraine and one of the oldest in Europe. and especially the children’s periodicals tion for the library by the occupation explained Mrs. Solianyk. “Now we can While the Nazis shipped much chil- from the 19th century are considered force, which allowed it to continue to work on the basis of a wider humanitarian dren’s literature out of Ukraine and the among the most rare and most complete in function. To ensure that the historic spectrum, on the children’s moral and Soviet Union during World War II, the the Slavic world. Assistant director archives were not removed to Germany, intellectual needs and on teaching them valuable archives of the Kyiv Main Liudmyla Solianyk, said the magazine col- and before they could be discovered, she about the Earth and its environment.” Children’s Library were saved thanks to lection, in particular, is priceless. sly maneuverings and secret storage. “This I believe is the most unique Within the current collection are period- aspect of our archive. There are no fuller icals dating from 1819 and a copy of an collections of children’s periodicals from UNA and community activist encyclopedia for women and teenagers the 19th century,” explained Ms. Solianyk. published in Moscow in 1764 titled, The treasure trove found in the base- “Everything Required for Women and ment stores consists of 10,000 copies of Anna Haras dead at 82 Children.” various magazines, including one dated PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Anna Haras, National Association’s Supreme The director of the Kyiv Oblast from 1819 titled Children’s Readings for former supreme advisor of the Assembly (today called the General Department of Culture, Viktor Shlapak, the Heart and Minds. The periodicals col- Ukrainian National Association and an Assembly), a distinction given to UNA acknowledged the past contribution and the lection contains 103 different titles, includ- honorary member of the UNA General leaders in recognition of many years of current work of the library. Mr. Shlapak ing rare mid-century and turn-of-the-centu- Assembly, died on Monday, March 31. service to the organization. said that it remains at the forefront of chil- ry editions of Rodnik and Ohoniuk. She was 82. Her community activity extended dren’s education in Ukraine in developing Dora Dobra, an obscure historical fig- Mrs. Haras was a UNA advisor from beyond the UNA, to the Ukrainian new educational methodologies. He com- ure, is credited with establishing the chil- 1970 through 1986, serving four terms Congress Committee of America, mended its sociological study “Books in dren’s library – the first of its kind in in that office. She was also secretary of which she served as head of the the Family,” and noted that the library is Ukraine – and with developing the vast UNA Branch 47 in Lehigh Valley, Pa., Lehigh Valley branch; the Women’s poised to become the regional information collection that it contains today. Little since 1968, and headed the Allentown Association for the Defense of Four center for child development in Ukraine. was known about her until 1997, when UNA District Committee. Freedoms for Ukraine, in which she “The library is truly a distinguished and the library’s current director, Mykola Since 1986 she has been an hon- held key posts both on the regional prominent institution,” underscored Mr. Znischenko, published an academic thesis orary member of the Ukrainian and national levels; and the Ukrainian Shlapak. on her charitable work as a matron of National Women’s League of America, President Leonid Kuchma has pro- children’s literature. in which she was a founder and long- claimed 2003 as the Year of Culture, which Dobra, was a pedagogue and librarian time member of the organization’s leaves some hope that this year will see by education, as well as a single mother branch in Bethlehem, Pa. improvements not only in Ukrainian pub- whose family standing in life allowed her Surviving are her son, Roman lishing, which has been ignored for at least to take an interest in developing a unique Haras, with his wife, Kateryna, and a decade, but also in the conditions of the children’s library. Her father was a banker daughter, Mariyka; her daughter, libraries that hold the books. and businessman while her mother and Oksana Koziak, with her husband, Mathew; and siblings and other family members in the United States and her native Zakarpattia region of Ukraine. Quotable notes The family has requested memorial We’re also taking every action we can to prevent the Iraqi regime from using donations to: Anna Haras Scholarship its hidden weapons of mass destruction. We’re attacking the command structure Fund, c/o Self Reliance National that could order the use of those weapons. Coalition troops have taken control of Federal Credit Union, 35 Main St., hundreds of square miles of territory to prevent the launch of missiles and chem- South Bound Brook, N.J. 08880. ical or biological weapons. ... A memorial service was held on All the nations in our coalition are contributing to our steady progress. ... April 4, and funeral services followed Czech, Slovak, Polish and Romanian forces, soon to be joined by Ukrainian the next day with the funeral liturgy and Bulgarian forces, are forward-deployed in the region, prepared to respond in offered at St. Josaphat Ukrainian the event of an attack of weapons of mass destruction anywhere in the region. ... Catholic Church in Bethlehem, and burial at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian – President George W. Bush, speaking at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida Anna Haras, in a photo from her Orthodox Cemetery in South Bound on March 26. days as a UNA supreme advisor. Brook, N.J. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14

U.S.HOWELL, Shevchenko N.J. – At the March 12 ence Society that Ukrainians who president emigrated to Ukrainian addresses language in all areas of life Verkhovna in of efforts on behalf of Radathe Ukrainian parliamentary hearings devoted to “The North America did so in order to preserve Ukraine – particularly in the news language for some time. functioning of the Ukrainian language their identify – indeed often to save their media and in publications. For the last nine years the in Ukraine,” which took place in Kyiv lives – but have remained part of the “Only when a country and its lan- Shevchenko Scientific Society has been at the Verkhovna Rada, one of the invit- Ukrainian people. There they established guage present the same face, will that organizing sessions on this subject at ed speakers was the president of the Saturday schools in which their children country be strong and respected,” con- American and international scholarly Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) and grandchildren could study the cluded Dr. Onyshkevych. conferences. In Kyiv it initiated two in America, Dr. Larissa Zaleska Ukrainian language and culture. The hearings were opened with an scholarly conferences on Ukrainian Onyshkevych. Ukrainian scholarly institutions in North address by Volodymyr Lytvyn, the orthography; in the United States, it Addressing an audience of the parlia- America, such as the Shevchenko chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. Other organized seminars on Ukrainian mentarians, as well as guests from all Scientific Society and the Ukrainian major speeches were delivered by orthography for editors of Ukrainian corners of Ukraine, Dr. Onyshkevych Academy of Arts and Sciences (UVAN), scholar Ivan Dzyuba and by Les Taniuk, American newspapers. pointed out that in 1933, as the Soviet conduct their activity in Ukrainian, she chairman of the committee that organ- In addition, NTSh compiled and pub- regime perpetrated the Famine- explained. ized the hearing. There were short pre- lished a collection of scholarly articles on Genocide of the Ukrainian people, it The Ukrainian language, said Dr. sentations by 20 other national deputies Ukrainian language. Both in Ukraine and simultaneously launched a program of Onyshkevych, represents that invisible and scholars. in America, the society has been publish- Russification of the Ukrainian language, thread binding Ukraine with the diaspo- Dr. Onyshkevych was invited to ing and sponsoring scholarly works as designed to lead to its eventual elimina- ra, and it must not be broken. She urged speak at these hearings on the state of well as providing scholarships and grants tion, or linguicide. the lawmakers to create the best possi- the Ukrainian language in Ukraine in the area of the Ukrainian language and Dr. Onyshkevych informed her audi- ble conditions for the functioning of the because NTSh has been in the forefront Ukrainian studies in general.

The August 28, 1943, meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Mykola Bilokopytov Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine at which the basis for the 1946 language rules Dr. Larissa Zaleska Onyshkevych as she concluded her address in the Rada. (“pravopys”) was adopted for the Ukrainian language. Viacheslav and Larysa Briukhovetsky speak at Shevchenko Society UCU’s vice-rector by Dr. Orest Popovych departments of humanities, sciences, as general information on the world of social sciences, law, economics and motion pictures and theater. Its editors speaks on Patriarchate NEW YORK – Higher education and information science. organize roundtable discussions on sub- Religious Information Service of Ukraine cinematography in Ukraine may seem Today some 2,500 students attend the jects of interest, such as cruelty and vio- like unrelated subjects, but they blended KMA, vying for a range of degrees, from lence on the screen, attend conferences LVIV – “The desire of Greek Catholics seamlessly when presented jointly by the to bring the status of their Church up to the bachelor’s to doctor degrees. There is and publish books. Prof. Biukhovetska husband and wife duo of Dr. Viacheslav also a department designed to prepare presented to the NTSh library one of patriarchal level is a testimony to the nor- and Prof. Larysa Briukhovetska to a mal development of an Eastern Church,” potential applicants for admission to the these books, “Poetic Cinema – the capacity audience at the Shevchenko university. Similar preparatory programs Forbidden School,” which was compiled said Prof. Myroslav Marynovych, vice-rec- Scientific Society (NTSh) on March 1. tor of external affairs and director of the exist at 13 collegiums established by her and published in Kyiv by Kino- Dr. Briukhovetsky, the president of the Institute of Religion and Society at Lviv’s throughout Ukraine. The KMA has also Teatr jointly with Art-Ek. National University of Kyiv Mohyla Ukrainian Catholic University. established three daughter institutions – The highlight of the program was the Academy (KMA), traced the remarkable Prof. Marynovych spoke about this and the Academies at Ostroh and Mykolaiv premiere of an informative artistic film history of that august institution, with the other issues in an interview on March 22, and the University of Humanities. about the KMA, shown here ahead of its aid of a film in which KMA students given to respond to certain claims made by An educational system of such magni- first showing scheduled for Kyiv. played the main part. Prof. Briukhovetska Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksei II, who tude exacts inordinate demands on one’s Produced by Svitlana Zinovyeva and related how the new Ukrainian magazine commented on the Ukrainian Greek- time, said Dr. Briukhovetsky, acknowl- heavily staffed with KMA students, the Kino-Teatr was spawned by the students Catholic Church (UGCC) in an interview edging that 90 percent of his accomplish- film opens with a scene where the students in her cinematography classes at the for the weekly newspaper Kyiv Telegraph. ments he owed to his wife, herself a tire- are washing the statue of Hryhorii KMA. In his interview of March 14, Patriarch less worker in the field of Ukrainian cul- Skovoroda, the 18th century Ukrainian In introducing the program, Dr. Aleksei asserted the canonicity of the ture. No wonder, noted Dr. philosopher, in an act symbolizing the Larissa Onyshkevych, the president of cleansing of today’s Ukraine. Then view- Moscow-orchestrated Lviv Sobor of 1946, Briukhovetsky cheerfully, that a new NTSh in America, hailed both speakers ers are guided through a dream-like by which the UGCC united with the encyclopedia has referred to him as “the as examples of how much one dedicated sequence in which the history of the KMA Russian Orthodox Church. Patriarch husband of Larissa Briukhovetska.” person can accomplish in his or her cho- is traced from its inception as the Kyiv Aleksei also disapproved of the UGCC’s After this introduction, Prof. sen field – Dr. Briukhovetsky as the Epiphany Brotherhood School in 1615, plan to move its administrative center to Briukhovetska stepped up to the podium founder of the reborn KMA and Prof. which was elevated to the Kyiv Mohyla Ukraine’s capital, which, he claimed, might and acquainted the audience with the sta- Briukhovetska as the founder of the only Academy in 1632 by Metropolitan Petro bring additional tension to the interreligious tus of Ukrainian cinema in general and Ukrainian magazine devoted to cinema Mohyla. situation in Ukraine. the magazine Kino-Teatr in particular. and theater. Then the proceedings were The magazine, of which she is the chief In the film, students move about on According to Prof. Marynovych, the stilts through library stacks, campus unwillingness of Patriarch Aleksei II to taken over by Prof. Vasyl Makhno, who editor, was launched in 1994 on the ini- introduced the speakers and ran the rest tiative of students in her cinematography grounds and past the portraits of KMA admit that the Lviv Sobor in 1946 was founders, benefactors and famous alum- forced upon Greek-Catholic hierarchs of the program. class at the KMA, who received for it a In his talk “Kyiv Mohyla Academy – a grant from the Renaissance Foundation. ni. They are guided by a mysterious “always creates the impression of a lost Kozak figure, who asks probing ques- chance for mutual understanding” between Fortress of Ukrainian Spirit,” Dr. Its first few issues were written by the Briukhovetsky recalled how the declara- students, who were gradually supplanted tions about books and learning, exhorting the UGCC and the Moscow Patriarchate. the students to make use of both. The “Patriarch Aleksei II, in fact, repeated the tion of Ukraine’s independence in 1991 by more authoritative authors. led to the rebirth of the KMA, which had Today, Kino-Teatr, an attractive illus- Kozak introduces an array of names and standpoint of the Moscow Patriarchate, faces of famous people who were associ- which was expressed long ago, adding only been closed by the Russians in 1817. By trated magazine, publishes six issues a 1994, the KMA had acquired the status of year, featuring interviews with actors, ated with the KMA, such as teachers, (Continued on page 20) a national university, comprising the authors, producers and directors, as well (Continued on page 20) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 5 Ukrainians participate in session of U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women

by Nadia Shmigel tions and NGO representatives. which by its geometric design in cross- Hanya Krill, (webmaster for the This year the Commission on the UNITED NATIONS – The 47th stitch resembled Ukrainian embroidery. WFUWO.org website and certified Status of Women focused on two themat- Among the participants were many United Nations journalist), Nadia Session of the Commission on the Status ic issues: participation and access of of Women (CSW) took place on March women with doctorates, professors, jour- Shmigel, Daria Dykyj, Olha Stawnychy, women to the media, and information Marta Kichurowska-Kebalo, Slava Rubel 3-14 at the United Nations headquarters nalists and community leaders. and communications technologies and president of the World Plast Command, in New York. The struggle to achieve equal rights their impact on and use as an instrument Plaar Ukrainian Scouting Organization), The Commission on the Status of for women in the world, and thus elimi- for the advancement and empowerment and Ulana Kekish-Solodenko. Women was established as a functional nate violence against women, has a long of women; and women’s human rights history. Its beginnings date to the estab- The women also participated in an commission of the Economic and Social and elimination of all forms of violence lishment of the Commission on Status of evening reception arranged by the Council by Council Resolution 11(II) of against women and girls as defined in the Women in 1946; and its roots go back to UNWLA New York Regional Council June 21, 1946, to prepare recommenda- Beijing Platform for Action and the out- the U.N. Declaration Against Violence and the Women’s Association for the tions and reports to the council on pro- come document of the Special Session of Against Women (1993) and the Beijing Defense of the Four Freedoms for moting women’s rights in political, eco- the General Assembly titled “Women: Platform for Action (1995). Ukraine, New York. Nadia Sawchuk, nomic, civil, social and educational Gender Equality, Development and Peace The following statement is found on president of the UNWLA, New York fields. The commission’s 47th session for the 21st Century.” the Internet page of the Division for the Region, was master of ceremonies for the was preceded by two days of NGO meet- There were over 100 NGO side Advancement of Women. “In 2000, a evening. ings, panels and discussion at Barnard events, which reflected the two thematic comprehensive review and appraisal of The WFUWO was joined by Olha College at Columbia University. issues of the commission. For example, progress made in the implementation of Kobets, president of the Olena Teliha Every year the World Federation of “A Mental Health Perspective: Violence the Platform for Action was undertaken Society in Kyiv and vice-president of the Ukrainian Women’s Organizations against Women and Human Rights, and by the 23rd Special Session of the National League of Women of Ukraine. (WFUWO), a non-governmental organi- the Role of the Media – a Panel General Assembly (Beijing + 5) titled Ms. Kobets came to the CSW session on zation in special consultative status with Discussion with Audience Participation,” “Women 2000: Gender Equality, the recommendation of WFUWO and the the Economic and Social Council since sponsored by the NGO Committee on Development and Peace for the 21st invitation of the U.N. Division for the 1993, participates in the sessions of CSW Mental Health, New York; and “Women Century.” The assembly adopted a Advancement of Women. One of her as an observer. It takes an active part in and Human Rights – Trafficking and Political Declaration and Further Actions tasks on returning to Kyiv is to publicize all NGO activities, the program for NGOs Prostitution – Panel Discussion” present- and Initiatives to Implement the Beijing the work of CSW and the struggle to prior to the beginning of the CSW session ed by the European Women’s Lobby Declaration and Platform for Action (the attain equality for women. She is plan- ning to use her journal Women’s World and NGO side events. The WFUWO pre- were among the many panels and presen- Outcome Document).” and her radio program, as well as a press pared a statement on violence against tations. Participating in select parts of the conference with the Kyiv news media, to women, which was translated into all offi- The presenters in all side events CSW and NGO side events were Maria heighten awareness of the issues dis- cial languages of the United Nations and reflected the international participation of Szkambara, president of the WFUWO, cussed during the session. The NGO rep- was available, as a U.N. document, women in the CSW, as they came from Luba Silecky, president of the Women’s resentatives of WFUWO held a working (E/CN.6/2003/NGO/8) to state delega- many countries and continents. In the Association for the Defense of Four session at Mrs. Rubel’s home on March 4 corridors of the U.N. you could meet Freedoms for Ukraine, and the following in order to exchange views and to plan Nadia Shmigel, is NGO representative women in exotic dresses from Africa, WFUWO representatives: Iryna our work for the future. of the World Federation of Ukrainian among them a woman from Palestine in Kurowycky, (president of the Ukrainian Women’s Organizations. an unusually beautiful embroidered scarf, National Women’s League of America), (Continued on page 17) Foundation established in memory of 9/11 victim Oleh Wengerchuk helps Ukraine’s orphans pursue education

by Lydia Matiaszek Children (HUHTC), a non-governmental tion. He was very active in school activities, organization in Ukraine headed by Maryna such as concerts. He has participated in the KYIV – On September 11, 2001, nearly Krysa that has been working with orphans summer camp program for a several years, About Oleh Wengerchuk 3,000 innocent people were killed in terror- since 1996, and U-CARE, the American sis- and has exhibited strength of character and ist attacks against the United States that Oleh Wengerchuk was born on ter-organization of HUHTC headed by Vera resolve, as exemplified when he managed October 3, 1944, in Vienna. His occurred in New York City, Washington and Petrusha. Fifty-six students are currently the difficult hike to the peaks of the Pennsylvania. This tragedy affected mil- mother, Stefania Czorny, recalls his enrolled in the scholarship program – 10 of Carpathian mountains. Mr. Bezverkhyi is premature birth while bombs fell lions – from the friends and family of those whom are being funded by the Oleh D. studying accounting at the economics tech- who were lost, to an entire country that real- around the hospital and most of the Wengerchuk Memorial Foundation. nical school in Kamianets-Podilskyi, medical personnel had taken refuge ized its vulnerability despite its strength, as This writer, who has been based in Kyiv Khmelnytskyi Oblast. well as people around the world who in the basement shelter. Besides for nine years, works closely with HUHTC • Ivan Bodnarchuk was born April 20, being born two and a half months reached out to support those affected. in the selection and monitoring of scholar- 1982, in the village of Koropets, Some people gave in to deep sorrow and early and below acceptable birth ship recipients. The scholarship covers: Monastyrsky region, Ternopil Oblast. He weight, he had pneumonia and was despair; others pledged vengeance; but books and school supplies; a monthly was a very good student who finished Dennis Cannelis, a computer software com- not expected to survive. However, stipend; clothing; tutors, when necessary; school with high marks and distinction. His pany CEO from Texas, chose a different his mother’s strong love for her child medical and dental expenses; and travel to teachers describe him as a persistent and way to deal with the loss of his friend, Oleh and faith in God saw them through. Kyiv for quarterly reviews with HUHTC strong-willed individual who is very affable Wengerchuk. In July 2002 he founded the Eventually, Oleh and his older staff, including a staff psychologist who is and has many friends. He chose the Pre- Oleh D. Wengerchuk Memorial Foundation brother, Ostap, moved to the United available for counseling and evaluation. University Preparatory program at the pres- (ODWMF) and invested $10,000 to create a States with their mother from a dis- The students come from across Ukraine tigious National University of Kyiv Mohyla living legacy to his friend: a scholarship placed person’s camp in Hannover, and have diverse interests and personalities. Academy, and has now been admitted to the program for orphaned, underprivileged or Germany. They faced many obsta- However all have overcome tremendous sciences program where he is a chemistry handicapped children in Ukraine. cles in starting their new life, but hardships in life in order to pursue their major. Mr. Bodnarchuk participated in a The foundation is based on the belief that managed to persevere and gain an dreams. They could have given in to the number of HUHTC summer camps, and each of us, through our education, kindness education. despair of their particular situations, but eventually worked his way up from partici- Oleh at first majored in biology in and courage, can make a positive impact on pant to camp counselor. those around us. Mr. Cannelis recalls how instead they emerged stronger, more com- college, but after serving in the U.S. mitted to success, more sympathetic to oth- • Maryna Dzhulai was born May 15, Army during the Vietnam War, Oleh touched those around him through his 1984, in the city of Poltava. She was a keen hard work, his love for the fine arts and ers and more grateful for the opportunities returned to pursue a degree in fine they have been given. In addition to pursing student, very attentive and well-organized. Ukrainian culture, his love for social inter- Her teacher commented that she has strong (Continued on page 25) action, and his kindness in helping others to their education, they participate in the HUHTC’s summer camp program for skills in reading comprehension and mathe- feel special about themselves. Simply put, matical skills, an excellent memory, an abil- he spread good will to others. orphans which takes place every year in the Carpathian Mountains (there were over 500 ity to apply herself and work hard and per- The foundation created in Mr. sistence in achieving her goals. During her Wengerchuk’s memory is confident that, participants from across Ukraine just this past year). The older students are counselors free time she enjoys horseback-riding and although the world and Ukraine in particu- soccer. In 2002 Ms. Dzhulai enrolled in the lar are facing many challenges, the scholar- and mentors for younger orphans at the camp. They also participate in other pro- economics and management department of ship recipients through their studies and the Poltava State Agrarian Academy, and is continued hard work in helping other grams such as the humanitarian assistance delivered to orphanages throughout the year. specializing in organizational management. orphans, will make an important contribu- • Vitalii Kalchenko was born July 3, tion towards changing this situation. This year’s ODWMF scholarships were awarded to the following students. 1982, in Zaporizhia. He studied at the The scholarship program is implemented Molochansk school for orphans, where he in cooperation with Help Us Help the • Valerii Bezverkhyi was born August 30, 1982, Kyiv, with Pierre-Marie Disease, and also learned to paint and plaster. In 2000- moved to the Tsuripinsk internat for physi- 2002 he studied choreography at the Ludia Matiaszek, who lives in Kyiv, is cally challenged children. His teachers said Molochansk Music School. He actively par- a board member of the foundation estab- he was a very good student, responsible, ticipates in various artistic endeavors, lished in memory of her brother, Oleh hard-working and well-behaved, always enjoys comedy and singing Ukrainian Oleh Wengerchuk Wengerchuk. striving to better himself and earn an educa- (Continued on page 23) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14

UACC meeting discusses diaspora activity Projects in Ukraine, World Congress of Ukrainians and relations between the U.S. and Ukraine highlight discussion at UCCA executive meeting by Oksana Bakum interview on the topic “The Diaspora and by Tamara Gallo Congress of Ukrainians; and the 70th U.S.-Ukraine Relations.” Ukrainian Congress Committee of America anniversary of the Famine-Genocide in NEW YORK – The executive of the After the presentation of reports by Ukraine. Ukrainian American Coordinating officers, the executive turned its attention NEW YORK – The UCCA executive The focus of the UCCA’s activity in Council held an extended meeting here mainly to three issues: the work and board met on Saturday, March 15, for a Ukraine this year and next year remains on January 25. UACC President Ihor immediate plans of the Ukrainian World regularly scheduled meeting at its nation- the upcoming presidential elections slat- Gawdiak reported on his participation in Coordinating Council (UWCC), the al headquarters in lower Manhattan. A ed for October 2004. Having actively meetings with U.S. Ambassador to eighth conclave of the Ukrainian World moment of silence was offered in memo- participated in all of Ukraine’s elections, Ukraine Carlos Pascual and Congress (UWC) and the UACC conven- ry of Mykhajlo Spontak, the UCCA’s most recently the March 2002 parliamen- Undersecretary of State Steven Pifer. tion. treasurer and devoted community activist tary elections with the fourth largest These meetings were attended by repre- With regard to the UWCC, it was who passed away on February 14, as elections observer group, the UCCA sentatives of Ukrainian civic organiza- decided to postpone the approval of its well as for Slava Stetsko, a member of executive board offered recommenda- tions, and the two officials briefed them by-laws, pending their complete review. Ukraine’s Parliament and leader of the tions for continuing its civic education on the state of U.S.-Ukraine relations. The UACC president asked R.L. Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, who programs. Mr. Gawdiak also was among the Chomiak to serve as his proxy at the dedicated her life to the fulfillment of Roksolana Lozynskyj, speaking on behalf of the UCCA’s Civic Education Ukrainian leaders invited to the Embassy February 11-18 UWCC meeting in Kyiv. Ukrainian independence and its nation- Commission, emphasized the need to of Ukraine for the purpose of considering As regards the project of the museum- building. the present unsatisfactory and strained Following the reading of the minutes provide the Ukrainian people with as memorial dedicated to the 1932-1933 much information as possible regarding relationship between Ukraine and the Great Famine, the UWCC will create a of the previous Executive Board meet- United States. ing, a discussion ensued about the the elections, their procedures and the committee in Kyiv responsible for carry- candidates. The UCCA will research var- In addition, the UACC chief extended ing out the project. This action has been UCCA’s projects in Ukraine; prepara- his holiday wishes to the people of tions for the 19th Congress of Ukrainians ious grant opportunities from public and Ukraine via Radio Liberty and gave an (Continued on page 17) in America; the upcoming eighth World private foundations, and will issue an appeal to the Ukrainian American com- munity for support. The UCCA’s Council on Aid to Ukrainians (CAU) presented a unique The Ukrainian National Association announces: opportunity to produce and distribute “History of Ukraine,” in CD format to all of Ukraine’s schools, universities and public libraries. The manufacturer of the CD has agreed to update the “History of Ukraine” with a section dedicated to the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States. The CAU’s efforts in previous proj- ects, such as the distribution of audiocas- settes of Ukrainian folktales and Christmas carols to Ukrainian grammar schools and libraries, was a success, judging by the articles in Ukraine’s newspapers and the notes of thanks from countless schools and libraries in Ukraine. Furthermore, as Ukraine prepares for the upcoming presidential elections in 2004, the Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, under the patronage of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, is sponsoring the “Not To Be Forgotten” exhibit in the United States. This exhibit is dedicated to the years of repressive Soviet policies towards the Ukrainian people, highlight- ing the 1932-1933 Ukrainian Famine- Genocide. The funds raised during the tour will be used to display this exhibit in various cities throughout Ukraine as a pre-electoral campaign to inform the Ukrainian public about the atrocities of the past and develop a framework for Ukraine’s nation-building process. In commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Ukrainian immigration to the United States, the UCCA will spon- sor an exhibit of Ukrainian American artists in Ukraine’s major museums. This exhibit has received support from the Ministry of Culture in Ukraine, as well as the United States Embassy in Kyiv. Additional projects will focus on the UCCA’s campaign to revoke the Pulitzer Prize awarded to New York Times corre- spondent Walter Duranty, a denier of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932- 1933, as well as efforts to counter attempts to give the Russian language legal status within Ukraine. Preparations were discussed for the 19th Congress of Ukrainians in America, the quadrennial convention of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. The greater Philadelphia area was chosen as the next site of the Congress of Ukrainians in America and will have as its theme “Unite, Brothers of Mine” – a reference to unity within the Ukrainian community and in com- memoration of the 190th anniversary of (Continued on page 17) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 7 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

INSURANCE MATTERS Northern New Jersey District holds annual meeting Why today’s women need life insurance protection

by Christine E. Kozak UNA National Secretary Women need life insurance protection for the same reasons men do: to provide for their loved ones. Why, then, is it that women in our society are underinsured, or worse yet, uninsured? According to the Life Insurance Marketing Association, women who have their own life insurance coverage usually own half as much as men. Furthermore, 60 percent of women don’t own individ- ual life insurance protection (they may be covered under group insurance plans), and 36 percent don’t have any life insurance coverage at all. Let’s look at some of the reasons that women should purchase life insurance policies, or upgrade the ones they have. In today’s world, it takes two incomes to support a family. Just as the family needs two incomes, the fami- ly needs two substantial life insurance policies – one for each breadwinner. After all, what life insurance Roma Hadzewycz does is replace the income lost to a family when a Northern New Jersey District Chairman Eugene breadwinner dies. The benefit paid by a life insurance Oscislawski presents the district’s $200 donation for UNA National Secretary Christine E. Kozak (left) policy can be crucial in paying an outstanding mort- Soyuzivka Project Renaissance to UNA Treasurer presents an award to the Northern New Jersey gage loan, funding a college education for a child, or Roma Lisovich. District’s top organizer, Christine Brodyn. paying off credit card or other debts. Now, just because a spouse does not work outside by Roma Hadzewycz $249,000 during the past year. the home does not mean the spouse does not work. A The Nominations Committee then returned to deliver its stay-at-home wife or mother is in charge of many PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Northern New Jersey District report, recommending the following slate of district officers important functions in the family. If she should die, her Committee of the Ukrainian National Association, which for 2003-2004: Mr. Oscislawski, chairman; Mr. Kotlar, husband must then pay for someone else to take care of encompasses 19 branches, held its annual meeting here at vice-chairman; Nina Bilchuk, secretary; Walter Honcharyk, the children, transport them to school and various the UNA Corporate Headquarters on Friday, March 7. treasurer; Ms. Hadzewycz (The Ukrainian Weekly editor- activities, and take charge of the household. A life The meeting was brought to order by UNA Advisor in-chief), English-language press liaison; Irene Jarosewich insurance policy can help cover such previously Eugene Oscislawski, the district chairman, who welcomed (Svoboda editor-in-chief), Ukrainian-language press liaison; unforeseen expenses for a family. branch representatives, district officers and members of the Christine Woch, organizing director; Maria Oscislawski, Single women, too, need life insurance. In many UNA General Assembly: President Stefan Kaczaraj, coordinator; Daria Semegen, Mr. Staruch and Maria cases a single woman is the sole breadwinner for a National Secretary Christine E. Kozak and Treasurer Roma Haluszczak, members-at-large; Ms. Brodyn, Mr. Welhasch family. What, then, happens if she should die? Who Lisovich. and Lydia Ciapka, auditing committee. Wolodymyr Bilyk will take care of her family’s financial needs? Mr. Oscislawski opened the meeting and called for a and John Chomko remain as honorary district chairmen. Even single women without families should consider moment of silence in honor of leading UNA and Northern The slate was elected unanimously. the benefits of a life insurance policy. They need life New Jersey District activists who had passed away during A discussion ensued about how organizing quotas are insurance to pay for the costs of any debts or funeral the past year. Andre Worobec was elected to chair the meet- determined, with local UNA’ers arguing that these quotas expenses, which otherwise would burden their rela- ing, while Lon Staruch was elected to record the minutes. should be lowered in order to be both more realistic and tives. Sophia Derzko read the minutes of the last annual meeting, achievable. The Northern New Jersey District agreed that Women’s needs also go beyond life insurance. which were adopted with minor changes. its quota for 2003 should be set at 100 new members. Today’s women need to look at the options available to A three-member nominations committee was the elected; The UNA president spoke briefly about the UNA’s finan- ensure a secure retirement; no longer should they its members were Daria Semegen, Roma Hadzewycz and cial status, noting that the association has fewer members depend solely on Social Security benefits or the pen- Julian Kotlar. and, therefore, less income. Mr. Kaczaraj noted that losses sion plans of their spouses. Remember, too, that just as The district chairman delivered a report on the district’s continue at Soyuzivka, that investment income is down due there is a gender gap in salaries, there is a gender gap overall activity during the last year, highlighting such events to market trends, and that the deficits of the UNA’s two in Social Security benefits as these are based on the at the Father’s Day trip to Soyuzivka and New Jersey’s cel- newspapers increased in 2002, though their expenses went salary earned by a person when he or she was working. ebration of Ukrainian Independence Day, which was held at down. The best news came from the Ukrainian National In addition, statistics show that women receive only the invitation of Gov. James McGreevey at the governor’s Urban Renewal Corp., i.e., the UNA’s Corporate 54 percent of the pension income that men do. That is residence, Drumthwacket. Headquarters building, which saw an increase in income because women are, on average, part of the workforce He also noted the district’s organizing achievements in from rentals during 2002. for 11 years less than men because it is women who 2002: 85 new members enrolled for insurance coverage of UNA Treasurer Lisovich picked up on the topic of tend to take time off from their careers and jobs to care $2,593,997, for an average policy face value of $30,517. In Soyuzivka, noting that a new management team has been for children or aging parents. The result: they have fact, he said, though the district came in second in the 2002 put in place at the resort and that during the springtime saved less for their own retirement. Now add to that the organizing campaign, in terms of meeting its quota for new rooms will be refurbished and the dining room in the Main fact that women live longer than men – an average of members, in terms of both the number of members enrolled House will be renovated. As well, she noted that a group of seven years more – therefore, they need to plan for a and the total value of insurance written the district was in Plast members has taken the lead in organizing the effort to longer period of retirement. first place. mark hiking trails at Soyuzivka. She underscored that it is The UNA offers annuity plans that can give its mem- The auditing committee report was delivered by Stefan most important to market Soyuzivka as a venue for all sorts bers peace of mind. A UNA annuity provides a source Welhasch, speaking for himself and colleague Christine of events and groups: conferences, weddings, family of guaranteed income for a woman’s retirement years. Brodyn, who proposed a vote of confidence for the outing reunions, etc. She added that there is great potential also in And, these annuities can be used in the same way as an board of district officers. the non-Ukrainian market. IRA – an individual retirement account. The UNA’s national secretary then took advantage of the At the conclusion of the meeting, the district’s plan of The Ukrainian National Association’s professional meeting to present a check for $170 as the district’s organiz- activity for 2003 was discussed. Thus far it encompasses a advisers can help members tailor an annuity to their ing reward for 2002. She also presented an award to the dis- “Yalynka” Christmas program for children, a bus trip to needs today, and their needs for the future. An addition- trict’s top organizer, and the UNA’s No. 2 organizer overall, Soyuzivka, participation in local festivals to promote the al fact to consider is that the UNA does not charge a Ms. Brodyn, who enrolled 17 new members insured for UNA, as well as several fund-raising events. front-end load fee, or annual administration fees, so all your money is working for you. Annuity owners receive an annual report on the status of their plan, and Mission Statement they can withdraw a portion of all of their investment The Ukrainian National Association exists: at any time after the first year. (Depending on the annu- I ity, surrender charges may apply.) I to promote the principles of fraternalism; In addition, the UNA now offers one-, two- and I to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and three-year short-term annuities to answer the needs of to provide quality financial services and products to its members. members who wish to invest their funds for a short As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian community. (Continued on page 17) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14

COMMENTARY THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Pulitzer by fraud Was the Great Famine part of a genocidal campaign? The Washington Times on March 29 carried a story by Natalia Feduschak reporting Are Russians, Ukrainians equally culpable for Soviet crimes? that Ukrainian Americans have begun a campaign to revoke the Pulitzer Prize award- ed to Walter Duranty, the infamous denier of the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. by Dr. Bohdan Vitvitsky the evidence, and he would instruct them The action apparently was begun by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of that circumstantial evidence is just as valid America, which issued a call to action in its Bulletin. From there, the UCCA exhorta- Dr. Bohdan Vitvitsky’s remarks below are as direct evidence. The judge would also tion to begin a letter-writing campaign directed at the Pulitzer committee (Sig Gissler, a slightly revised version of remarks first instruct the jury that to convict, they must Administrator, The Pulitzer Prizes, Columbia University, 709 Journalism Building, appearing in Ukraine List 196 that were find guilt not beyond all possible doubt, but 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027) was picked up by Internet users. prompted by Mikhail Molchanov’s com- beyond all reasonable doubt. In all likeli- Concurrently, others have urged the Ukrainian community to send letters to the pub- ments, directed to Prof. Rutland and hood, the jury would convict, except, of lisher of The New York Times (Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., Publisher, The New York appearing in Ukraine List 193, about the course, if one of the jurors were someone Times, 229 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10036) to pressure the paper to voluntarily Famine and related issues, and by one like Mr. Molchanov. give up the 1932 Pulitzer Prize obtained by fraud by its Moscow correspondent. remark by Peter Rutland, directed to Dr. Were Stalin and the Soviet Communists Duranty got the Pulitzer “for his series of dispatches on Russia, especially the Molchanov in Ukraine List 194, in which he mass murderers? Did the Russians have a working out of the Five-Year Plan.” In fact, it was that Five-Year Plan for the Soviet refers to “Ukrainian nationalists.” longstanding pathological hatred and fear of economy that led to the genocidal famine that killed 7 million to 10 million in The Molchanov-Rutland exchange arose any manifestation of national normalcy by Ukraine. Duranty’s reports were filled with glowing reports about the success of col- in connection with Prof. Rutland’s review of Ukrainians? Did they not in 1708 massacre lectivization and the great Soviet “experiment.” Later, Duranty denied there was a Dr. Molchanov’s book “Political Culture some 15,000 women, children and any and famine – although he told British diplomats that 10 million had died due to famine. and National Identity in Russian-Ukrainian all other living beings at Baturyn merely But that is not all. In 1987 Dr. James Mace, speaking at a conference on Relations.” In his response to the review, because Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s headquar- “Recognition and Denial of Genocide and Mass Killing in the 20th Century” cited a Dr. Molchanov made some of the following ters had been at Baturyn? Did they not in declassified State Department document: a memorandum written by a U.S. Embassy types of statements: “Regarding genocidal the 19th century send Taras Shevchenko staffer in Berlin based on a conversation with Duranty that noted: “in agreement with myth, I have yet to see the proof of the claim beyond the Urals for his highly threatening The New York Times and the Soviet authorities,” Duranty’s dispatches always that the Famine 1933 was driven specifical- act of writing patriotic Ukrainian verse? “reflect(ed) the official opinion of the Soviet regime and not his own.” Thus, his ly by the party’s desire to eliminate ethnic reporting was not his own; moreover, it was Soviet propaganda. After receiving a Did they not in that century proclaim that Ukrainians. That is what I characterize as the Ukrainian language had never existed, copy of the document, Times Executive Editor Max Frankel responded: the revelation myth, not the fact that millions died as a “doesn’t seem to qualify as news. It’s really history, and belongs in history books.” did not then exist and never would exist? result of collectivization policies.” “People And, did they not ban the use of the A major turnaround came on June 24, 1990, when Karl A. Meyer of The Times, were dying in ethnic Russian heartland as writing in “The Editorial Notebook,” acknowledged that what Duranty wrote from his Ukrainian language in publications and well, en masse. Ukrainian nationalist myth other contexts? Moscow post constituted “some of the worst reporting to appear in this newspaper” does not mention these ‘details.’ It sees and noted that Duranty’s misdeeds were detailed in “Stalin’s Apologist” (1990). In Of course, by the time the Bolsheviks Ukrainian suffering at the Russian hands, were taking over power, the level of that highly acclaimed book Dr. S. J. Taylor reports that, in his acceptance speech at the not Russian suffering from the hands of Pulitzer ceremony in May 1932, Duranty said the Bolsheviks “are doing the best for Russian affection for Ukrainians was surg- Russian (and Ukrainian) compatriots. The ing! That’s why during the period 1917- the Russian masses,” adding that he had learned “to respect the Soviet leaders, espe- nationalist myth also glosses over the fact cially Stalin, whom I consider to have grown into a really great statesman.” 1919, Volodymyr Zatonskyi reported that that ‘genocidal’ policies were executed by hatred of anything Ukrainian on the part of Still, The Times had yet to tell the whole truth. In a 2001 special supplement dedi- the local cadres, i.e., primarily by the cated to the paper’s 150th anniversary, Executive Editor Howell Raines explained to the Russian Communists and Russian pro- Ukrainian party activists, on Moscow’s letariat in Ukraine was so great that he was readers that, though its slogan is “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” “... important command, of course.” news slips by because our coverage reflects blind spots that we recognize only in ret- almost shot by Bolshevik soldiers merely because he had had a Ukrainian-language rospect ... We know we make mistakes, and we hate them, but we do not fear them to Regarding the Famine and the question publication in his pocket – even though the the point of timidity, as long as they are made in the course of intellectually honest of evidence of it being a genocidal act, let publication was a Communist one. One work and are promptly corrected.” Nonetheless, you guessed it, the Famine was not me ask you to contemplate the following: A could go on and on, but I trust that is unnec- one of the mistakes acknowledged in that supplement. man is missing. He is missing because he essary. Even more recently, the book “Written into History” (hardcover, 2001; paperback, lies bleeding of wounds in the home of a Was the Famine part of a genocidal cam- 2002), which contains Pulitzer Prize reporting of the 20th century from The Times, man known to be a sociopathic hit man for paign against Ukrainians? To answer that lists Duranty among the paper’s Pulitzer winners, but with the parenthetical notation the mob and someone who has more than a question, you need to look at a number of “Other writers in The Times and elsewhere have discredited this coverage.” dozen murders to his credit. A woman in the different types of factors and issues. An editor’s note and an asterisk, however, are not enough. yard next door hears what seems to sound They include: First, what are the facts Questioned by The Washington Times writer cited at the top of this editorial, like cries and moans for help; she knocks relating to what happened? E.g., did people Catherine Mathis, vice-president of corporate communications for The New York on the hit man’s door. He tells her she mis- die? Did they die of famine? How many? Times Co., said: “The Pulitzer Board has reviewed the Duranty prize several times interpreted his cat’s cries and sends her Was food taken from them? Were they pre- over the years, and the board has never seen fit to revoke it.” She added, “In that situa- away. The body is buried in the backyard, vented from leaving their villages to search tion, The Times has not seen merit in trying to undo history.” and for years the hit man disclaims any for food by a system of internal passports Perhaps The New York Times cannot undo history, but it can set the record straight. knowledge as to the fate of the missing And part of setting the record straight would be to return Duranty’s ill-gotten Pulitzer. that had been imposed at about the same man. Then, finally, the body is discovered To bring just a tiny measure of justice – albeit 70 years late – for the millions of vic- time as the Famine? Did the Soviets sell and the police also find out that the hit man tims of Stalin, there can be no Pulitzer Prize associated with Walter Duranty’s name. grain at the same time people were dying had a bitter and longstanding animosity of Famine? Were offers of assistance made towards the missing man. by those outside the Soviet Union and The hit man’s “dream team” lawyers rejected? Did the Soviets lie about the will argue that there’s no direct evidence of April Famine? Turning the pages back... any homicide. No one saw the stabbing. Second, what was the vertical context in The knife was never found. There is no which the Famine occurred? That is, what 11 evidence that the hit man ever told anyone was the previous historical context of rela- he was going to kill the missing man. Then tions and attitudes between the Russians, they will argue that, even if the missing and to some extent the Jews, on the one 1999 Four years ago, Ukraine mourned Vyacheslav Chornovil, man was killed on the premises, it could who was killed in an auto accident in the late night hours of hand and the Ukrainians on the other hand have been by someone else. Then, even if during the decades and centuries preceding March 25, on the road near Boryspil International Airport locat- the hit man had plunged the knife into the ed outside of Kyiv. the event? And what happened during the missing man, it was accidental – he was decades after the event? In the criminal law, Tens of thousands came to bid a final farewell to the human and national rights waving it around in a state of agitation and activist, former Soviet political prisoner, leader of Rukh and former presidential candi- the analogous concepts are “prior” and accidentally caused the stabbing. And last- “subsequent bad acts.” date. Indeed, Roman Woronowycz of our Kyiv Press Bureau reported that 50,000 lined ly, even if it was not accidental, it was in the streets to witness the funeral procession and that 20,000 gathered for the final viewing Third, what was the horizontal context of self-defense because the missing man was the Famine? That is, what were the political at the Teacher’s Building, the base of the independent Ukrainian government of 1918. threatening the hit man in the latter’s own Marta Kolomayets, who worked at The Weekly in 1982-1984 and 1988-1996, includ- and economic climates, and what were the home. “nationalities” policies and practices in the ing several stints in the Kyiv Press Bureau, wrote a reminiscence of the national leader. Want to know what would happen? On “... He had one ideal, one principle, and he lived for it. Even in these last few months, Soviet Union during the years immediately the above facts, the hit man would be when Rukh was splintered, he believed that in the end all would unite for a principle that preceding and succeeding the event? charged and tried. At trial, the prosecution was greater than that of clashing personalities: a united, democratic Ukraine. And fourth, what are the appropriate would put together the jigsaw puzzle of cir- “Few people see their dreams come true. Vyacheslav Chornovil, the political prisoner, conceptual categorizations applicable to the cumstantial evidence as outlined above the human rights activist, the journalist, the politician, the statesman, the presidential can- event at issue? regarding who the hit man was, his animos- didate, the beacon of the democratic movement, the spirit of Ukrainian nationalism, the Regarding the facts: millions of Ukrainian patriot saw his dream become reality. He acknowledged that it was not yet the ity towards the missing man, where the Ukrainian peasants died over many months perfect Ukraine, not the kind of Ukraine he wanted to see, but it was a start ...” missing man was found, the neighboring in 1932-1933 because their foodstuffs were woman’s offer of help, etc. forcibly taken from them by the Source: “Ukraine mourns Chornovil,” by Roman Woronowycz, The Ukrainian Then the judge would give the jury the Communists. They were prevented from Weekly, April 4, 1999, Vol. LXVII, No. 14, and “In memoriam: Vyacheslav Chornovil, standard instructions about how they are searching for food elsewhere by an internal champion of independent Ukraine,” by Marta Kolomayets, The Ukrainian Weekly, instructed to use their common sense and to April 11, 1999, Vol. LXVII, No. 15. apply their life experiences in interpreting (Continued on page 18) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 9 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places dom while they face danger. UAVets at rally God protect our troops and God Bless by Myron B. Kuropas America. in support of troops Jerry Zinycz Dear Editor: Venice, Fla. On Saturday, March 22, members of The letter-writer is a member of UAV Ukrainian American Veterans Post 40 Post 40. Slava was one of a kind were proud to participate in a rally to The recent death of Slava Stetsko marks came to be associated with the Ford admin- “Support Our Troops” at Veterans the end of an era, a time during which istration. Memorial Park in North Port, Fla. Ukrainian nationalism came of age. I met Mrs. Stetsko a second time in The rally was sponsored by the VFW For more info read I was born into a Ukrainian nationalist 1987 when, thanks to my late friend, Post of North Port. There were about 300 family. My father was a member of the Walter Chopiwskyj, I was appointed a del- people in attendance, mainly veterans Ukrainian Veterans Organization (UVO) in egate to the international conference of the and their families. The rally was opened “Stalin’s Apologist” the United States. In 1931, at the request of World Anti-Communist League (WACL). Dear Editor: Convened in Taipei, Taiwan, the gathering by young naval cadets with the presenta- Col. Yevhen Konovalets, head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists was an eye-opener for me. Mrs. Stetsko tion of colors, the singing of the national Taras Hunczak’s article on Walter (OUN), Tato helped establish the was there representing the Anti-Bolshevik anthem and the “Pledge of Allegiance.” Duranty just scratches the surface of this Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine Bloc of Nations (ABN). The largest session The speakers emphasized that we fascinating, malevolent and deranged (known by its Ukrainian acronym as during the conference was held in a high should pray for the safety of our troops personality. Anyone interested in learn- ODVU). He remained loyal to OUN and school gymnasium, with some 4,000 peo- and their speedy return home to their ing more, including about his experi- ODVU throughout his life, even during the ple, delegates as well as local citizens, in families. ments with Satanism (no kidding!) might early 1940s when the FBI, responding to attendance. The featured speaker in English To some of us it seemed that it was take a look at the fascinating biography growing pressure from America’s powerful was Mrs. Stetsko. just a while ago that we were young and by S.J. Taylor called “Stalin’s Communist-inspired Popular Front, inves- Later, I requested a one-on-one break- being sent overseas to fight for our new Apologist.” tigated the organization. The Communists fast meeting with Slava and she graciously country. And now it is happening again. claimed that ODVU was part of a Nazi agreed. For the first time I had an opportu- We are grateful to the new generation Askold Melnyczuk fifth column bent on sabotaging the nity to speak with her at length. I reviewed of heroes who protect us and our free- Boston, Mass. American war effort. ODVU’s history and shared my feelings For months, my father and other ODVU regarding how unnecessary and harmful members had their bank accounts frozen the split within OUN was in the United The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a and were forbidden by the FBI to leave States. She listened politely and sympathet- variety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian town without permission. ODVU’s mem- ically. She agreed that it was all unfortunate Canadian communities. Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators bership dropped precipitously. Tato stayed and ended by saying: “I know your father and letter-writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the course. and respect him.” Before we parted, she either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National ODVU was exonerated in 1943 and, suggested I visit her if I was ever in Association. when the war ended, FBI agents visited our Munich. home again, this time to inquire about In 1989, as it happened, Lesia and I had Letters should be typed (double-spaced) and signed; they must be originals, Ukrainian Communists in America. accumulated enough frequent-flyer miles not photocopies. The daytime phone number and address of the letter-writer Tato was always proud of his national- to fly to Europe. We rented a car in Munich must be given for verification purposes. ism. As a young boy I remember a huge and drove to Budapest and back, staying in portrait of Konovalets hanging in our living Munich for two weekends, back to back. room. I also recall a visit to our home by Both times, our host was Mrs. Stetsko. Col. Roman Sushko, a member of the She brought us to the cemetery where OUN Provid (Leadership). After the war, her husband, Jaroslav, is buried, not far Tato took me to LaSalle Street Station to from Dmytro Andrievsky and Osyp ACTION ITEM greet displaced persons who had been Boidunyk, two OUN(M) luminaries I had members of OUN. “Today,” my father told known during my tenure as president of Famine Monument in Washington me, “you will meet real Ukrainian heroes.” MUN. Commenting on the differences that existed between her husband and the two Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), co-chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, Not long after, my father and other Melnykites, Slava commented: “they are introduced a bill (H.R. 591) to erect a monument to the victims of the Ukrainian ODVU members learned that OUN had together now.” Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. This bill proposes to allocate a plot of land in experienced an unfortunate and deeply bit- I met Slava one last time in Toronto a Washington, to honor the memory of the millions of victims of the Ukrainian Famine- ter split between the followers of Andrii few years later. We greeted each other Genocide. The monument will be unveiled during commemorations of the 75th Melnyk and Stepan Bandera. Forced to warmly. anniversary of Ukrainian Famine-Genocide in the year 2008. make a choice between the two factions, As I reflect back on this woman’s out- Currently, more than 30 additional members of Congress have co-sponsored the ODVU’s leadership reasoned that the last standing life and my brief moments with Ukrainian Famine-Genocide Memorial Bill. The Ukrainian National Information international OUN conference was in 1939, her, a number of thoughts come to mind. Service (UNIS) is requesting that members of the Ukrainian American community and Col. Melnyk was elected head. From Mrs. Stetsko’s visit to the White House contact their representatives and urge them to co-sponsor this bill. Below is a sample that moment on, ODVU came to be associ- during my tenure there and her talking letter. For further information readers may contact UNIS via phone, (202) 547-0018, ated with the “Melynykivtsi.” The bitter- about the inevitable collapse of the Soviet or e-mail, [email protected]. ness between OUN(B) and OUN(M) was quickly transplanted to the United States as Union, was an act of irrevocable faith in SAMPLE LETTER each side condemned the other for being the Ukrainian cause. Who at that time seri- “traitors” to the nationalist movement. ously believed that Ukraine would ever be The Honorable (Name) Many years later, I was elected national independent in our lifetime? U.S. House of Representatives president of the Young Ukrainian Also worth meeting is the fact that my Washington, D.C. 20515 Nationalists (MUN), an ODVU affiliate ideological affiliation aside, Slava still founded in 1933. Although I was never a believed it important to come to the White Dear Representative (Name): “sworn” member of OUN(M), I, too, came House to meet with me. In contrast to other so-called “national- As a member of the Ukrainian American community, I was pleased to learn of H.R. to be associated with the Melnykivtsi. ist” leaders in our American diaspora, it is 591, introduced by Rep. Sander Levin, which would allocate a plot of land in Slava Stetsko, of course, was a leading clear that Mrs. Stetsko was interested in Washington. for the Ukrainian American community to erect a monument to the vic- member of the “Banderivtsi.” I met her for the first time when I was a special going beyond the confines of our narrow tims of Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. nationalist ghetto. She championed the This artificial famine was created by the Soviet regime, which in those years of assistant to President Gerald R. Ford. She visited my office in the Old Executive Ukrainian cause throughout the world and plenty established unrealistically high quotas for foodstuffs and confiscated Ukraine’s lived to witness Ukraine’s resurrection. abundant harvest. Having flooded Ukraine with Red Army troops, who guarded the Office Building in 1976, requesting my help in her efforts to meet with Secretary Testimony to the respect she commanded food storage facilities and Ukrainian borders, the Stalinist government methodically in Ukraine is the fact that she was twice starved to death over 7 million Ukrainians – a quarter of Ukraine’s rural population. of State Henry Kissinger. She wanted Dr. Kissinger to understand that the Soviet elected to the Verkhovna Rada. Through physical elimination, the Soviet regime intended to suppress the Ukrainian Slava Stetsko was one of a kind, a nation and its desire for freedom and independence. However, the Ukrainian people Union would inevitably collapse and that it would be in America’s interest to be woman of strong faith, vision and determi- continued to resist Communist oppression and after, 70 years of struggle, regained nation. She was busy all of her life, and yet their freedom in 1991. more familiar with Ukraine’s nationalist aspirations. she spent two full days with Lesia and me It is important that the memory of the innocent victims does not vanish. Knowledge while we were in Munich. Politically, she of the horrors suffered by the Ukrainian nation will serve as a constant reminder that Dr. Kissinger was not interested. He had already decided that Europe should be had nothing to gain and yet she was warm, the world cannot rest as long as there exist oppressive regimes. It is our duty to pre- gracious and sympathetic. We will always vent similar genocides from ever again happening. A monument to the victims of the divided into two permanent spheres of influence, one Soviet and the other remember her as a very classy lady. Ukrainian Famine-Genocide in the capital of the United States will demonstrate that “Slava Ukraini. Heroyam Slava.” our great nation will always fight, for the oppressed. American, a concept later floated by I respectfully urge you to join the co-sponsors of this bill and support its passage. Helmut Sonnenfeldt, a State Department bureaucrat. To my deep dismay and cha- Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: Sincerely, grin, the so-called “Sonnenfeldt Doctrine” [email protected]. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14 UMANA addresses the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Ukraine by Maria Hrycelak, M.D. National Institutes of Health) was detailed, tations and manuscripts in English and in grams. In addition, it is noteworthy that sev- as were unique clinical issues often encoun- Ukrainian, as well as moderated chat-room eral practical steps to further goals were CHICAGO – In the spirit of U.S.- tered in HIV-infected patients in the areas of sessions and bulletin board discussions for identified during the program. Ukraine programs for information exchange neuro-psychiatry (George Jaskiw, M.D.*), each topic. Real-time English-Ukrainian Efforts to help curb the HIV/AIDS epi- and to foster professional interaction on the kidney disease (Zenia Chernyk, D.O.*), translation was available for transparent demic continue. These include the produc- ongoing challenges of HIV/AIDS, a series lung infections (Truvor Kuzmovych, communication. Statistics showed a several- tion of a multi-media CD of all HIV/AIDS of presentations was recently prepared on M.D.*) and skin changes (George W. fold higher-than-average registration rate per Symposium presentations narrated in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Turiansky, M.D.*). week, as well as above-average rates of con- English and in Ukrainian for free distribu- HIV/AIDS. This public health effort was Global molecular epidemiology and HIV ference-users logins into the program and tion to web-symposium participants, undertaken by authors-presenters from vari- vaccine design (Vladimir Novitsky, M.D., participation in activities, as compared to the ous private and public institutions in the Ph.D., Harvard AIDS Institute), as well as average in Ukraine for similar types of pro- (Continued on page 23) United States, including many members of experience in program development to the Ukrainian Medical Association of North improve access to care in Africa (Richard America. (UMANA members are indicated Marlink, M.D., Harvard AIDS Institute) below with an asterisk following their provided an international perspective on the HIV/AIDS in Ukraine: names.) challenges of HIV infection. The purpose of the program was to share In August 2002, several of these presen- information on specific patient-related clini- tations were published in an issue dedicated the sobering facts cal issues, as well as public health efforts as to HIV/AIDS (No. 149) of the Journal of known to the authors, and to increase the Ukrainian Medical Association In the United States, Human tries: almost 50 percent of there are awareness of these experiences. The intent (JUMANA). This issue was prepared and Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) was women, and about 50 percent are was to provide an opportunity for others to delivered for distribution at the IXth identified in 1984 as the infectious cause between the ages of 15 and 24. increase their knowledge base and more Congress of the World Federation of of AIDS, the Acquired Immuno- Despite abundant information on its effectively tailor efforts against HIV/AIDS Ukrainian Medical Associations (WFUMA) Deficiency Syndrome. In Ukraine, pattern of transmission and advances in their own communities. Presentations held in Luhansk, Ukraine, on August 19-23, HIV/AIDS was first identified in 1994. in diagnosis and treatment of were prepared in English and translated into 2002. UMANA and the UMANA However, over the last several years, HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS reports that Ukrainian by translators in Lviv. Foundation provided funds to support the reported cases of HIV infection in many persons do not know they carry The program included an overview of translation of manuscripts and slide presen- Ukraine have increased 200 percent. the virus and many millions more HIV/AIDS by symposium coordinator tations. In 2002 up to 400,000 persons were know too little about the virus to pro- Roxolana Horbowyj, M.D.*; afterwards, To broadly share such information, in estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in tect themselves against it. the topics of prevention, diagnosis and treat- December 2002, the Ukrainian Distance Ukraine, according to the publication AIDS continues to be a serious dis- ment of HIV-infected patients were Learning (UDL) Network (www.udl.org.ua) “Join the Fight Against AIDS,” released ease that has an insidious onset, is diffi- addressed from various aspects. launched the U.S.-Ukraine HIV/AIDS in June 2002 by the United Nations cult to treat and is ultimately fatal. AIDS Presentations described the U.S. public Symposium as a web-symposium in Program on HIV/AIDS (known as is estimated to develop in over 90 percent health response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic English and Ukrainian. UDL is a non-gov- UNAIDS). of HIV infected persons who do not (Richard Klein, U.S. Food and Drug ernmental organization whose mission is to Regional HIV/AIDS statistics and fea- receive anti-HIV treatment. However, Administration), methods to reduce risks of develop and strengthen the Distance tures reported by UNAIDS at the end of both HIV infection and AIDS are pre- viral transmission through blood transfusion Learning System in Ukraine. 2001 indicated that the economic and ventable. in the U.S. (Askold Mosijczuk, M.D.*), and Web-symposium registration was free to political impact of AIDS affects all coun- In June 2001, President Leonid recent recommendations to minimize HIV all at the courtesy of UDL. The Ukrainian tries, and disproportionately, many devel- Kuchma declared 2002 as “The year of transmission from mothers to newborns Federation of America provided further oping countries. More than 95 percent of the fight against AIDS.” (Maria Hrycelak, M.D.*). funding. The active web-cast of the program the new HIV infections in 2001 were Current pharmacological management of was held during the period of December 12- estimated to occur in developing coun- – Maria Hrycelak, M.D. HIV-infected patients (Alice Pau, Pharm.D., 20, 2002, and included access to all presen- No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 11

UPDATE:by Myron Martynetz Committee$250,000 for be raisedthe by AprilDevelopment 15 to guarantee Ukrainian language.of St. After John’s several years, theSchoolby webmaster looks Corey Goldstein. ahead The web- that there would be funds available for the distinction is lost on the children, as they site contains the school calendar, enrollment The prospect of closing the vibrant and school to continue into the future. The com- socialize and grow up together. information and photographs of school nurturing St. John the Baptist Ukrainian mittee’s primary goal, therefore, was to The school’s culture is one of each child activities. An interactive alumni list allows Catholic School in Newark, N.J., after 63 raise these funds and increase enrollment. helping others, with eighth graders often alumni to contact the school and website to years of academic excellence has brought working with the kindergarten and first provide current e-mail addresses. Attempts together a team of concerned parents, Recruitment and enrollment grade teachers. There is healthy competition are being made to form an alumni associa- friends and alumni who formed the St. John’s School cannot continue with- in each class, with the overall goal of having tion to help in recruitment and also provide Committee for the Development of St. alumni with organized activities, group dis- John’s School. The committee is examining out a constant flow of students year to year. each student achieve his or her potential. In recent years, recruitment efforts have Some of our strongest supporters are counts to cultural events and further interac- both the commitment and desires of the tion regarding common concerns. Ukrainian American community in north- waned. Now the committee has set up a non-Ukrainian spouses who seem to appre- ern New Jersey, and the financial and recruitment subcommittee headed by ciate the benefits of a Ukrainian Catholic Fund-raising activity enrollment needs of the school to determine Volodymyr Stashchyshyn. St. John’s stu- education more than those steeped in our Given the short time in which it needed a viable plan for the school’s continued dents have presented concerts in Elizabeth, ethnic heritage. The uniforms, discipline to raise $250,000, the committee has creat- development. Jersey City and Whippany to showcase the and traditional education are highly ed the St. John’s School Fund administered When formed in late January, the com- school. Open houses have been held. admired. The supplemental instruction in by Walter Kovbasniuk. Requests for dona- mittee did not anticipate the scope of the Twenty new students have been recruited Ukrainian dancing, playing of traditional tions have been sent out to all alumni inquiry needed to answer the fundamental for next year, which will help replace the 13 musical instruments and instruction in folk (although many addresses are no longer cur- question of what it will take to have the graduating eighth graders. More students arts such as pysanka-drawing and embroi- rent), all members of the Selfreliance school flourish in the future. The question are needed to ease the financial burden. dery are praised. The teachers are even con- Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union requires an analysis of the educational St. John’s School is blessed with a talent- sidering a cooking club next year. Recent in Newark (many thanks to the credit union needs, shifting demographics and financial ed student body almost equally divided immigrant parents are learning the for allowing the committee to enclose strength of the community, and its future between American-born and Ukrainian- American concepts of volunteerism, and the pledge letters with their monthly state- spiritual, cultural, as well as geographic born children. The blend is beneficial to work and responsibility that come with hav- ments), and to 6,000 individuals who identi- make-up. both groups, as the American-born children ing a private school. fied themselves as Ukrainian in the 2000 help the new immigrants assimilate, and the A St. John’s website (StJohn2000.org) Financial condition new arrivals facilitate improved use of the has been updated and is currently managed (Continued on page 25) The committee’s inquiry into the present financial condition of the school revealed that for many years the finances of the St. John Parish were intertwined with that of St. John’s students appeal to alumni for help the school. When broken out for the In an effort to save their school, stu- *** schools. Also, students set a foundation of January 1, 2002-January 1, 2003, fiscal dents of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian friendship. It would be a sad event if our year (which does not coincide with the aca- Catholic School in Newark, N.J., have Our pastor, Father Bohdan, recently school closed down, because this school demic year), the total parish expenses were written open letters to alumni, announced in the church bulletin that teaches us about our religion and language. $681,600 and the total income was Following is a selection of those letters. there is a chance of St. John’s School clos- I am hoping that you are convinced by my $660,300, for a deficit of $21,300 – due pri- ing down in June. This is dreadful news to letter and donate to our school. marily to a $65,000 shortfall in the school’s Recently we received the sad news students, parents, teachers and parish- Sincerely yours, budget of $364,000. (Income for the that St. John’s will be closing at the end ioners. Andrew Puzyk Church portion of the parish budget actual- of this school year. Unless we get some Our school is special because it gives ly revealed a surplus.) help, my class will be the last to gradu- us a Ukrainian cultural education. We *** Interestingly, out of a total of $280,900 ate from St. John’s. This school has the learn how to sing Ukrainian songs and in envelope collections, $253,200 was most devoted teachers I know of. St. play on the sopilka. The teachers of our I am writing to you because of the trag- donated to the church and only $27,700 to John’s is a big part of our family and school contribute a great education for ic news that our school might be closing the school. This discrepancy can be shaped us to be the responsible and pro- only one-third the pay of what teachers down. Unless we get some serious help, accounted for due to the limited number of ductive people we are today. get in other schools. we have no hope for the school that we all envelopes asking for donations to the Our school does many great things; We are asking you to give a donation or love so much. It would be awful if chil- school. The school’s income is primarily for example, we have food drives to to send your child/children to our school. dren like us no longer have the opportuni- dependent on the number of students pay- help the poor and needy, we go caroling ty to be taught the way we are taught here ing full tuition (all students were required to to elderly people for the Christmas sea- Sincerely yours, at St. John’s. Larissa Smyk pay at least half.) son, and we are educated with great We all enjoy coming in to school every Traditionally, tuition income was supple- knowledge, which will help us in later *** day because of the friendly atmosphere mented by donations. The school’s financial years. around us. Please, make a donation so that situation also underscores the need for con- It would be sad if this was the last It has been brought to my attention that in the future other children get the chance stant fund-raising and for the support of not year for our wonderful school to be it is possible that St. John’s School may to go through what we went through at St. only St. John’s Parish, but the larger open. We ask you to please make a close its doors by June. This is a sad time John’s. If you have children of your own, Ukrainian American community in north- donation or help us in any way that in St. John’s history. I am asking you, the consider sending them to our school, it ern New Jersey. you can. You have attended this alumni, to help out the school by donating will help us tremendously. With the prospect of further deficits, St. school, so you know how amazing St. money. This school has served the Please help the school in any way you John’s Parish Council recommended that John’s is! Ukrainian community for over 50 years. can, – you can make a difference! This is a rough time for students and Myron Martynetz is chairman of the Sincerely, parents because, if the school closes down, Sincerely, Committee for the Development of St. Kristina Rakoczy parents will have to find their children new Mariana Turkot John’s School.

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A Ukrainian patriot, philatelist and numismatist by George V. Kedrowsky Volodymyr and his two younger brothers and Ingert J. Kuzych were educated at home, where they learned Greek, German and various Slavic lan- Few people could hope to achieve half of guages. Their father passed away from Figure 3. Cachet used by Volodymyr what Volodymyr Kedrowsky accomplished pneumonia at the age of 32, so he and his Kedrowsky when ambassador to Latvia; during his busy 80-year life-span, yet it’s two brothers left the Kedrowsky family the inscription reads: “Ukrainian difficult to put a label as to what exactly he estate and lived with their mother and her Diplomatic Mission in Latvia.” considered himself. Was he a diplomat? A father (Mikola Onufry Lipsky) on his estate. military officer? A statistician? A journalist? It was as a youth that Volodymyr tion. Since his teenage years, Volodymyr A film producer? Or a farmer? In reality, he Kedrowsky developed his interest in philat- Figure 2. Ambassador Volodymyr had belonged to the Central Committee of was all of the above and more, but even ely. Initially he collected the stamps of Kedrowsky at the Ukrainian Diplomatic the Ukrainian Party of Socialist while he wore numerous hats and juggled imperial Russia. Mission in Riga. Revolutionaries as well as being a member many professions, he consistently remained Since Kherson is located on the Black of Hromadas (clandestine student organiza- a collector: both of stamps and of ban- Sea, it is not surprising that Kedrowsky Channel. Because of this event, it was tions) that promoted Ukrainian culture. knotes. grew up with an interest in pursuing a naval unlikely that he would ever obtain a cap- From 1911 to July 19, 1914, he worked Kedrowsky was born into a family of career. He attended and graduated from the tain’s license or his own command. at the Kherson Zemstvo (district office), His chances of obtaining a position in Ukrainian landholders in the Kherson Real Gymnasium in Kherson, specializing serving as statistician and then as head of region on August 13, 1890. The Kedrowsky in naval architecture. He then attended the the ship building industry were also in jeop- family lands were located on the Inhul Odesa Imperial University from 1907 to ardy because of his revolutionary reputa- (Continued on page 13) River, across from today’s community of 1911, graduating with a degree in statistics Pisky. The lands of his mother’s family (the and economics. Lipskys) were located on the Inhulets River, During the summer months, when he north of Vysunske and west of was not attending class, he served as the Kedrowsky as collector Bereznehuvate (roughly 75 kilometers or 45 first mate on a passenger ship. It was on a While serving in various Ukrainian miles north of Kherson). return voyage from the United States on one governmental positions, Volodymyr The Kedrowsky clan originally came of these summer excursions that a world- Kedrowsky began to collect Ukrainian from Prussia; in the ninth century the family wide mariner strike occurred and an order stamps and banknotes. During the time was granted the arms of Ostoja. During the went out to disable all ships at sea. that he lived in Austria, he was able to Polish-Lithuanian domination of Ukraine Kedrowsky happened to be at the helm of organize his collection. He provided the Kedrowsky family received vast land the ship when the message was received. In information for the stamp catalogue of grants. These areas were farmed, primarily order not to endanger any of the passengers Hugo Michel, Germany’s leading phila- for wheat. The noble lineage of the family or antagonize the seamen, he deliberately telic reference. Printed in 1923 or 1924, was subsequently recognized by the tsar. ran the ship aground in the English the catalogue was the most complete and accurate reference of Ukrainian stamps at that time. Kedrowsky also disposed of a large portion of his collection. The well-known German collector, dealer and auctioneer Heinrich Kohler of Berlin acquired many of his items. Kohler was purported to have amassed a most extensive collection of Ukrainian philatelic issues – over 32,000 stamps. How this collection was eventually disposed of is unknown. Kohler exhibited portions of his Ukraine collection in October 1926 at the International Philatelic Exhibition in New York City. Shortly after coming to the United States, Kedrowsky donated part of his collection to the Library of Congress. Another portion (mostly duplicates) was in the permanent collection in the old Gimbel’s Department Store in New York. The fate of these stamps is also unknown. In the late 1920s Kedrowsky con- tributed to and wrote articles for the Scott Figure 1. Ukrainian-language documents presenting Volodymyr Kedrowsky as Stamp and Coin Co. of New York City. military attaché to Turkey. Throughout the late 1920s and 1930s he

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Figure 6. Blocks of four of Ukrainian 50-shahy money tokens (used in lieu of coins because of a metal shortage) showing curious Figure 5. An unusual stamp remain- varieties: A. double perforation and ing from the Kedrowsky collection: misperforation, B. a shift in the a 3.5-ruble value with an inverted reverse inscription, and C. a color Kharkiv III trident. variation and misperforation. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 13

Documents dated January 21, 1919, identify A Ukrainian patriot... him with this title (Figure 1). Thereafter, (Continued from page 12) from May to December of 1919, he was the Bureau of School Statistics. In this posi- chief inspector of the Ukrainian Army. tion he gained experience in the administra- In 1920 he was sent to Riga as the tive field that he later was able to draw upon Ukrainian National Republic’s minister- during the creation of the newborn extraordinary (ambassador) to the Baltic Ukrainian Republic. After graduating from states with a staff of eight people (Latvia the university, Kedrowsky married Martha and Lithuania, 1919-1920, Estonia, 1920- Palka Odarik, whose family was from the 1921, and Finland, 1921; see Figure 2). He Kherson area also. also served as vice-president of the On July 19, 1914, he was mobilized Ukrainian delegation to the conference in (conscripted for a year’s service) into the Beldiringshoff, in which Finland, Estonia, Russian Imperial Army as an infantry Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine took machine gunner. From August 1914 to part. He served as a member of the January 1915 he served in battle against the Ambassadors Council for these six German army in East Prussia. In January republics in Riga, Latvia (Figure 3). 1915, after being promoted to master ser- In 1921, after the complete takeover of geant, he was assigned to a Machine Gun Ukraine by the Bolsheviks and recognizing Company of the 253rd Infantry Regiment. that he was now a wanted person, There he was awarded the Order of St. Kedrowsky and his spouse did not return to George for valor in battle and, after recover- Ukraine. Instead, they chose to go to Austria ing from wounds, he received orders trans- and moved to Baden, some 20 kilometers ferring him to the 44th Training Regiment (12 miles) south of Vienna. There, as a candidate for military school. Kedrowsky served as president of the From July 1 to November 1, 1915, he Ukrainian League of Nations Association. was a cadet at the Odesa Military Academy, He also served on the Congress of the Figure 4. Volodymyr Kedrowsky’s identity card, showing him as a member of the graduating as a second lieutenant with hon- Parliament of Ukraine. In addition, he was Association of Ukrainian Journalists. ors. (He was No. 1 in his graduation class.) an active member, serving as vice-president, When asked what assignment he wished, of the Association of Ukrainian Journalists Kedrowsky had donated portions of his when she learned how horribly her family his reply was: “Whatever you wish me to in Europe, also referred to as the Ukraine library to the Library of Congress and to had perished in Ukraine. In October of have.” He was assigned to the staff of the Society of Journalists and Writers, (see various universities. 1932, Kedrowsky married Katherine academy, where he was appointed a Figure 4). Volodymyr Kedrowsky’s first employ- Schutock (sometimes spelled Shattuck), a machine gun instructor. On May 1, 1916, he At about this time he did sneak back to ment upon arriving in the United States was graduate of City College, N.Y., and the was promoted to first lieutenant and trans- his family home, where he found the main in the building construction industry. He owner of the Echo Stamps Co. store in New ferred to the Odesa Machine Gun Training building burned to the ground and all of the quickly became active in Ukrainian York City. Katherine was involved in many Regiment in command of the Sergeant’s family possessions destroyed or pilfered. American organizations and from 1926 to Ukrainian organizations and was a charter School. The only item he was able to salvage was 1933 was co-editor of the Ukrainian daily member and first treasurer of the Ukrainian One year later, on November 1, 1916, he the key to the library door, which is present- newspaper Svoboda. This position involved National Women’s League of America. was promoted to major (shtabs-captain) and ly in the possession of his son George (co- many extra duties in Ukrainian American Their son George was born in 1936. transferred to the Caucasian Native Cavalry author of this article). Fortunately, most of political and cultural organizations. Economic conditions forced the closing Division that fought on the Turkish and his extensive library was saved, since por- In subsequent years, he owned a farm in of the philatelic business in the mid-1930s. Austrian fronts. From December 1, 1916, to tions were moved to Riga when he was New Jersey, was a motion picture producer, Portions of the holdings were sold through- June 15, 1917, he was in command of the appointed ambassador and other sections a U.S. representative for the Ukrainian out the rest of the decade and up to World Machine Gun Company of Ossetian had been transferred to his residence in the Canadian Motion Picture Co., and a live- War II. From 1941 to 1955, Kedrowsky Brigade in the Caucasian Cavalry Division, Kherson region. performance stage director, all the while worked for the General Cable Corp. in which saw action on the Galician and During the period while he served as continuing as a freelance correspondent. Perth Amboy, N.J. Romanian fronts against Austrian, German ambassador to the Baltic States and while The economic depression eventually ended Kedrowsky served as secretary in the and Turkish armies. living in Austria, Kedrowsky’s four sons the film enterprises. Ukraine Colonization Board in America and When the Russian Revolution broke out lived with his in-laws in the Kherson In March of 1932, Kedrowsky’s wife, the United Ukrainian Organizations of in 1917, Volodymyr Kedrowsky immedi- region. In 1923 he was notified of their star- Martha, passed away, never having fully ately became involved in the vation at the hands of the Soviets. recovered from the trauma of earlier years (Continued on page 20) Ukrainianization of military units of the It was while he was in Austria that army. At the second all Ukrainian Military Kedrowsky prepared his memoirs, covering Congress in Kyiv during June of 1917, he the period from 1917 through 1920. In was elected a member of the Ukrainian December of 1923, he and Martha immi- Additional information on Kedrowsky Military General Committee, whose presi- grated to the United States. Their sponsor dent was Symon Petliura (Petliura had also was Volodymyr’s uncle, Bishop John An interesting historical footnote tions, and sadistic torture. What mis- been an officer in the tsar’s army). Kedrovsky, who had lived in America since is brought out in Volodymyr ery might have been spared the Kedrowsky was the vice-president of this 1902. Bishop John became Metropolitan Kedrowsky’s memoirs of 1917. Ukrainian people will never be known. committee. Archbishop John of the Russian Orthodox While mustering Ukrainians and Kedrowsky continued to second guess He was also a member of the Ukrainian Church in 1924. Russians who were untainted by himself about this action for the rest of Central Rada (from June of 1917). On Kedrowsky’s memoirs were published communism to a fight against the his life. September 1, 1917, he was appointed in installments in the Ukrainian newspapers Germans and Austrians at the Kedrowsky’s first wife had been under -secretary of war in the newly Svoboda, Ukrainskyi Holos, Narodna Ukrainian border, and being en route threatened with execution in 1919 formed government and promoted to lieu- Volia, Narodne Slovo and others. In his from Kyiv to a meeting of the Army when Soviet authorities learned of her tenant colonel of the Ukrainian National book “Obrysy Mynuloho” (Essays on Council, he recognized Leon Trotsky identity. The ordeal of standing with Republic Army (Petliura was minister of Bygone Days, 1966), he wrote about mem- and Feliks Dzerzhinsky (first organ- her face to the wall until peasants war). He was also minister of war for a bers of the Old Hromada (community) in izer of the Soviet Cheka, forerunner eventually overpowered the guards short period and a member of the General Kherson and other prominent figures of the to the OGPU, NKVD and KGB) as and released her, and then subsequent- Staff in 1918. On March 13, 1918, in Ukrainian movement. In 1969, his book prisoners of the Ukrainian troops. ly learning of the starvation of her four protest against the German occupation of “1917-yi Rik,” (The Year 1917, Volume 1) As he recalled, the soldiers had sons shattered her nerves. She died in Ukraine, he resigned from active service. was published; it covered the period from these two men in their power and were New York in 1932 without ever fully From April 1, 1918 to October 15, 1918, February to September 1917. His memoirs going to shoot them. He said to them regaining her health. he was in charge of the Statistical Bureau give many details of the events in which he “no, soldiers, do not do this, we have Kedrowsky’s two younger brothers of Education and Libraries for the Kherson participated or witnessed. Of great interest enough army to fight them.” Three were executed for anti-Communist provincial government. are the numerous documents he cites. weeks later, Trotsky became Soviet work. His mother died of shock after On October 17, 1918, he was appointed Many authors dealing with Ukraine and the minister of war and later secretary of the death of the youngest. After being to the position of second quartermaster of revolutionary years have relied on these war. Had Kedrowsky not interfered, in the United States for several years, General Headquarters (in charge of the writings. what would have been the history of an immigrant who knew the family entire army’s supplies and mobilization), Kedrowsky donated valuable materials the Russian Revolution? informed Kedrowsky of his other and promoted to colonel in the Army. This to the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Trotsky sent a corps into Ukraine brother’s execution. Although he had army went into battle against the German Science archives in New York City, includ- that burned down 17 villages. This been living under an assumed name, occupation of Ukraine and then later against ing Petliura’s original unpublished letters action was taken after the people of someone had identified him as a in the newly formed Russian Communist that the academy released in book form as Ukraine refused to become Kedrowsky. (Red) Army. He is noted in history as the “Symon Petliura: Statti, Lysty, Dokumenty” Communist. Yet, Trotsky was born in The blue and gold flag flown at the man who sent the first army into battle (Symon Petliura: Articles, Letters and the same Kherson district as Second All-Ukrainian Military against the Communists. Under his com- Documents) in 1956. His extensive and Kedrowsky and they had attended the Committee Congress, held in Kyiv on mand, the Communists in the Kyiv district unique library was purchased by his son same school. June 18-23, 1917, was flown by were disarmed. George, who has donated many further The Red Terror introduced by Ambassador Kedrowsky at the Sometime during this period he was books and documents pertaining to Dzerzhinsky and the Cheka in Ukraine Embassy in Riga in 1919, 1920 and given the title of otaman and in 1919 he was Ukrainian history and culture to the in the years 1918-1922 was notorious 1921. He left this flag in the care of his appointed military attaché of the Ukrainian Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s library in for its mass killings, hostage execu- only surviving son, George. National Republic to the Ottoman Empire. South Bound Brook, N.J. Earlier, 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14 CONCERT NOTES: Leontovych Quartet and Tchekina in Old Alexandria

by Larissa Diachok-Wild marking the anniversary of the birth of Beethoven was living.) The elegant execu- Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two Violins, Op. Ukraine’s foremost poet Taras tion of this piece, under the masterful 56, played by Oleh Krysa and Jassen OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA, Va. – It Shevchenko, the program opened with a direction of first violinist Oleh Krysa, dis- Todorov, was composed in 1932 for the was a distinct musical pleasure to experi- thoughtful and eloquent presentation of played virtuostic playing in all four strings. Triton Group in Paris, which promoted ence the expert musicianship of the presti- Beethoven’s String Quartet in E-Flat The group was able to move with restraint new chamber music. This piece consists of gious Leontovych String Quartet, together Major, Op. 74 (“The Harp”). This work, and grace through many intricate and diffi- four short movements (fast-slow-fast- with Tatiana Tchekina at the piano, at the so-called because of the plucked, rising cult passages with a collective, intuitive slow), and is harmonically quite straight- third concert of the Music Series here at arpeggios in the opening movement, collaboration. To be commended was new- forward. Mr. Krysa led a sensitive the Lyceum. This event, held on March 9, belongs to Beethoven’s Middle Period, a comer, Bulgarian second violinist Jassen exchange with Mr. Todorov. was sponsored by The Washington Group time for him of tremendous creativity. Todorov, who integrated well into all the Completing the program was the Cultural Fund, under the patronage of the Op. 74 is a wonderfully varied work, works presented. Quintet for Piano and String Quartet (Op. Embassy of Ukraine. marked by a quiet lyricism and heroism. (It Especially moving were the sublime 29), written in 1962 by the brilliant Following a brief word from Ukraine’s was written in 1809, the year that Adagio with its melancholy harmonies, Argentine composer Ginastera. This pas- Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Napoleon occupied Vienna, where and the stirring Presto, in which talented sionate work was written in seven move- cellist Vladimir Panteleyev played with ments: four central movements, inter- passion and precision. spersed with cadenzas for each instrument. A special treat was Myroslav Skoryk’s The Quintet employs polytonality and a Partita No. 6 for String Quartet, a piece wide palette of color. Sharp contrasts com- dedicated to the Leontovych Quartet, prise an essential component of which received its premiere in 1996 in the Ginastera’s compositional technique. United States. The haunting Prelude, with Other elements include sudden accents, its mesmerizing opening, exploits the syncopation and strong Latin rhythms. viola’s plaintive possibilities, played Pianist Tchekina brought great vibrant admirably by Borys Deviatov. energy and mastery to the demanding Maestro Skoryk’s music held the audi- score, as did, indeed, each member of the ence with the characteristic tension he cre- quartet. ates between tonality and atonality. One of Europe’s leading string quartets, Traditional harmonic and rhythmic struc- the Leontovych Quartet has been in exis- tures are replaced with tonal clusters and tence since its founding in Kyiv in 1971. It shifting blocks of dissonance, punctuated has won numerous international prizes, as by intense, erratic pulsations. And yet, have each of the players in their own right. evocative sonorities can be heard through- Since taking up residence in the U.S. in out the Partita, with wistful allusions to l99l, the quartet performs regularly in most Slavic motifs and Ukrainian folk instru- major U.S. cities, as well as in Europe. The ments. Quartet also participates yearly at The remaining two pieces on the pro- Connecticut’s Music Mountain Festival gram were intentionally selected by the and the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Yaro Bihun Leontovych Quartet in honor of the 50th Center. It has recorded for Melodiya, During the Leontovych String Quartet’s performance with pianist Tatiana anniversary of the death of Prokofiev, and Musical Heritage Society, Yevshan, Koch Tchekina (from left) are: Borys Deviatov, Vladimir Panteleyev, Jassen Todorov, the 20th anniversary of the death of International Classics and Greystone Ms. Tchekina and Oleh Krysa. Alberto Ginastera. Records.

Ukrainian Canadian Archives/Museum Music library on Internet dedicated acquires a new home in Edmonton to anniversary of Hryhory Kytasty EDMONTON – The Ukrainian Project. Both the Lodge Hotel and the POWAY, Calif. – The year 2002 Additional goals of the Foundation are Canadian Archives and Museum of Brighton Block have been designated by marked the 95th anniversary of the birth to further the accomplishments begun by Alberta (UCAMA) announced that on the City of Edmonton as Municipal of the most renowned composer, conduc- the late Prof. Victor Kytasty (1943- March 5, the acquisition of the Lodge Historic Resources. Both are also under tor and bandurist of the Ukrainian dias- 2000), who also held an honorary doctor- Hotel and the Brighton Block on Jasper consideration for designation as pora of the 20th century, Hryhory ate from the National University of Kyiv- Avenue was finalized as a new home for Provincial Historic Resources by the Kytasty. His genius not only added musi- Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. Since 2001 the museum. Province. cal gems of secular and sacred music to EERC (www.eerc.kiev.ua) has honored The Lodge Hotel, formerly the Khrystyna Kohut, president of the the treasury of Ukrainian music, but was the graduating student with the highest Pendennis Hotel, was first opened in UCAMA board of directors, exclaimed, the driving force behind the famous marks on his or her thesis with the 1904. The Lodge Hotel’s sister, the “I couldn’t be more pleased with the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus (www.ban- “Kytasty Award.” The reward is named Brighton Block, began construction prominent location of these buildings for dura.org) at the time of World War II and after Prof. Victor Kytasty, a former senior seven years later in 1911-1912, and is our new home. I very much look forward the displaced persons camps, and through advisor to the EERC program, and one of Edmonton’s most illustrious pre- to contributing to the revitalization of the the long, trying years of the Russification acknowledges the personal and profes- World War I commercial buildings. Jasper East Block.” of Ukraine. sional excellence that he exemplified. Although neglected for many years, in Founded by Hryhory and Stefania As conductor of this group, Maestro The foundation has established an annual 2001 these venerable structures had their Yopyk, the UCAMA first opened its Kytasty presented to the world – in the fellowship that is given in conjunction facades restored thanks in part to the doors to the public in 1974 in a former largest concert halls of America, Canada, with this award. financial support of the city of Edmonton Europe, and Australia, the beauty of In 2003 the Kytasty Foundation will Ukrainian song and the talents of its peo- and the Jasper East Village Main Street (Continued on page 27) release a new CD recording of Hryhory ple. As a bandurist and teacher, he Kytasty’s Holy Liturgy, which was com- inspired and touched virtually every per- posed in 1956. This will be the first time forming bandurist of the diaspora, and it is performed in its entirety. Other near- left a legacy as a kobzar and mentor unmatched to this day. term projects include the recording and To continue the work and honor the release of a CD of his epic compositions memory of this great man, his family for soloists, choir and symphony orches- established The Kytasty Foundation tra: “Duma About Kempten” (the forced (www.kytastyfoundation.org), a repatriation of refugees after World War California non-profit corporation whose II), and “Battle at Konotop” (the victory mission is to provide an educational of the Kozaks over invading Russians in resource of Ukrainian culture by creating 1658). and maintaining a free library on the To help revive the traditional bandura Internet of literature, music and history. arts, which were suppressed in Ukraine A special section features the entire during Soviet rule, the foundation is collection of works by Maestro Kytasty assisting masters, students and organiza- that includes all of his original sheet tions with equipment donations, honorar- music, books about him, and complete iums and exposure in its electronic audio recordings of him conducting the library. UBC, as well as his solo performances. More information about upcoming Andrij Kytasty, Hryhory’s son, is the activities will be announced in the press, foundation’s founder and current chief and can be found on the website The future home of the Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta. executive officer. www.kytastyfoundation.org. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 15 Washington’s Shevchenko and his neighbors: if only they could converse

by Yaro Bihun Mestrovic (1883-1962), whom Auguste Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Rodin called “the greatest phenomenon among the sculptors” of his time. WASHINGTON – Taras Shevchenko Sculpted in 1954, it was placed in front got a rare birthday gift this year – a wel- the newly opened Embassy of Croatia fol- come neighbor in the form of Tomas lowing the break-up of Yugoslavia. Garrigue Masaryk. The last statue before Masaryk’s to be A 12-foot bronze statue of erected in this area was that of Mahatma Czechoslovakia’s founding father and first Gandhi, whose name has become synony- president was unveiled March 8 on a mous with non-violence and civil disobe- small triangle of land on the corner of dience, a philosophy not found in the Massachusetts Avenue and 22nd Street, “Testament” (Zapovit) by his less forgiv- N.W., a block away from Shevchenko’s ing Ukrainian neighbor two blocks away. monument on 22nd and P Streets. It was a Its dedication in September of 2000 in gift to the nation’s capital from the Czech a small triangular park on 21st Street and Republic and the American Friends of the Massachusetts Avenue was unique in its Czech Republic. brevity and simplicity, according to a As is noted on the monument, Tomas report in The Washington Post. There Masaryk (1850-1937) is honored as a were no microphones, speeches or music “professor, creator of a democracy and during the 10-minute ceremony, in which champion of liberty.” Ukrainians – espe- President Bill Clinton and the prime min- cially a couple of generations of Yaro Bihun ister of India threw rose petals at the san- Ukrainian scholars and professionals – dled feet of the lean, robe-clad figure of remember him also for the helping hand Taras Shevchenko in Washington ... Gandhi striding on a low, rough-hewn he extended to them as the president of granite pedestal. Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935, when try, Churchill stands with one foot on Washington. If statues could talk to one another – his government not only facilitated but embassy grounds and the other on U.S. In 1996 Lebanese Americans dedicated and some people with imagination think helped finance the Ukrainian Free territory, his right hand raised in a signa- the Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) Memorial they do late at night when, unlike New University in Prague and the Ukrainian ture two-finger victory salute. Garden, directly across Massachusetts York, Washington sleeps – one can pre- Academy of Technology and Technical The statue of the Irish patriot Emmet, Avenue from the Winston Churchill stat- sume that Shevchenko would welcome Husbandry Institute in Podebrady. whose life was cut short by an English ue, to honor their Lebanese American poet his new and interesting neighbors and rel- Unlike the Shevchenko statue, which executioner in 1803 when he was 25, was and philosopher for “the powerful sim- ish the opportunity to discuss the things Leo Mol (Molodozhanyn) created specifi- presented to the United States when plicity of his words, which continue to that matter to people of their stature. cally for the Washington site, Masaryk’s Ireland became independent in 1916, but inspire those who long for peace, search Considering Shevchenko’s bad experi- statue has a long history to it. Czech had to wait a half century for its unveiling for love and strive for justice.” ence with involuntary military service, he sculptor Vincenc Makovsky created it on Embassy Row. As Ukrainians have By far the most puzzling statue a tourist probably would not go out of his way to soon after Masaryk’s death in 1937, but raised much of Shevchenko’s poetry to the will encounter in Shevchenko’s neighbor- engage Gen. Sheridan in a conversation, because of the Nazi and then Soviet level of anthem, so the Irish hold in spe- hood stands – or, more precisely, sits – in and one could presume that there would occupation that followed it was not cast in cial reverence Emmet’s final statement to front of the embassy of Croatia. It’s that of be some arguments with a few of the bronze until the “Prague Spring” in 1968, the English court on the eve of his execu- St. Jerome (340-420), described on its other honorees – civilized, of course, as only to be put back into storage when the tion. In his last act of defiance in the face pedestal as the “Greatest Doctor of the befits gentlemen. (Isn’t it a shame that not Soviets quashed that political experiment. of death, the Irish patriot, among other Church.” It is a larger-than-life nude fig- a single woman has been honored in this There it remained until its unveiling in entreaties, expressed his hope for a future ure of the saint sitting in a semi-lotus posi- neighborhood.) Washington. Ireland with a phrase that most Ukrainians tion, studying a large book cradled on his But if Shevchenko was allowed to The statue depicts Masaryk in his later would recognize: “I wished to procure for feet. invite only one guest next door for an all- years, his head ever so slightly bowed and my country the guarantee which One suspects that it is not St. Jerome night session over beer at the Brickskeller, with a downward gaze. An overcoat Washington procured for America,” who is being honored here, even though which boasts of serving a thousand world draped over his shoulders, he holds in Emmet told his oppressors many years he is the patron saint of the Franciscan brands of beer and helped quench the front of him a rolled-up Constitution of thirst of at least some of the 100,000 peo- Czechoslovakia in one hand and his hat in before Shevchenko penned a similar Fathers in Croatia, but the statue’s creator, the other. With his balding head and full appeal now inscribed on his monument in Croatia’s most famous sculptor Ivan (Continued on page 20) mustache, Mr. Makovsky’s Masaryk is reminiscent of most of the statues of Shevchenko in Ukraine and elsewhere, in sharp contrast to Leo Mol’s young, vibrant and defiant Shevchenko standing ramrod straight a block away. Kindred spirits in many ways, the Ukrainian poet and the Czech president, unfortunately, are positioned facing away from each other. Both monuments stand on triangular plots of park land. Shevchenko’s is many times larger, with space enough for a lawn, trees, shrubs, benches and a foun- tain. Masaryk’s park, although less than one-fifth the size, stands right at the entrance to “Embassy Row,” a mile-long stretch of Massachusetts Avenue lined with foreign embassies and diplomatic residences. When the Shevchenko monument was unveiled in 1964, this fashionable area of the capital was a lonely place for statuary. The only other statues along or near Embassy Row at that time were that of Civil War Gen. George P. Sheridan of the Union army on his horse in the middle of a traffic circle bearing his name and the four bronze bison standing guard at the ends of a nearby bridge. Within two years, however, some prominent and interesting new neighbors began to appear along Massachusetts Avenue. The first two – of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and of the 18th Century Irish revolutionary Robert Emmet – were unveiled in 1966. Appropriately, they are separated by at least a half mile and stand on opposite sides of the street. Signifying his Anglo-American ances- ... and his neighbors, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk of Czechoslovakia (left) and Irishman Robert Emmet. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14

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standing by his underlings caused by the exhibits little inclination to advance or pro- somehow make the German Nazis less cul- Was the Great Famine... exigencies of war. tect the indigenous language and cultural pable? (Continued from page 8) On the odd chance that any of this heritage. Or why, in contrast to what our What about the horizontal context? passport system imposed at about the same regarding Hitler’s personal intent were true, Russian or Polish friends know about their Given that at about the same time the time. Offers of help from outside the Soviet would it make any difference at all as respective histories, Ukrainians know little Famine was taking place, the Soviets had Union were rejected and the occurrence of regards our understanding of what the Nazis of their history, and much of what they just destroyed or were in the process of the Famine was denied. The cities, which did to the Jews? That is, would we think know is grotesquely distorted? destroying anyone or anything with were principally Russian and Jewish, did that the Nazis’ actions against the Jew dur- What is the evidence of the genocidal Ukrainian content or who sought to defend not suffer famine. The countryside, which ing the Holocaust were not a genocidal campaign, in addition, of course, to the mil- Ukrainian political, cultural or linguistic was predominantly Ukrainian, did. action? Of course not. Why not? Because lions of bodies? That’s where the vertical interests or rights, the answer is pretty obvi- Dr. Molchanov seems to think that the convergence of the fact of the millions and horizontal contexts come into play. ous. The Ukrainian Autocephalous because others besides Ukrainians died dur- of victims with the context in which those Regarding the vertical, I’ve already men- Orthodox Church was destroyed. The politi- ing the Famine, it wasn’t a genocidal act, who killed them did so provides over- tioned some of the historical context above. cal, scientific and cultural elites were all and that, purportedly, “people were dying in whelming circumstantial evidence of geno- Further examples can fill a book: the Russo- destroyed. Galician Ukrainian patriots who [the] Russian heartland as well.” Really? cidal action. As it does with regard to the Sovs destroyed any and all vestiges of gen- had come east to help build a Soviet Where? But more importantly, that’s like Famine, even if there is no known direct uinely Ukrainian civil society and Ukraine, including my aunt, were saying that since not only Jews were the order from Stalin, and even if there really Ukrainian leadership, whether Communist destroyed. objects of Nazi German racist and murder- were unplanned grain shortages. or not. They destroyed Ukraine’s culture- And, in the 1930s, Stalin ordered that ous actions and policies – given that It is naive to think of genocidal actions as makers as well as its repositories of histori- toady of every regime in Moscow, the Gypsies, Slavs, German Communists, polit- though they were like political assassina- cal memory. Stalin gathered together, pur- Russian Orthodox Church, to resume the ical opponents and the mentally retarded tions or mob hits. The Wansee Conference portedly for a convention, and then mur- anathematizing of Ivan Mazepa during were incarcerated and/or killed – the war aside, given how late in the day it was, dered all of the blind Ukrainian kobzari church services (that anathematizing had against the Jews wasn’t really based on anti- genocidal actions do not involve people sit- who had assembled. ceased in 1918). It was yet another recita- Semitism. ting around a table discussing in advance And what happened after the Famine? tion of the mantra that Ukrainians didn’t Also, some, perhaps not Dr. Molchanov the political and tactical pros and cons, fol- The continuation of the same policies, exist, don’t exist (except as “sharavariy- explicitly, seem to think that to show that lowed by design of a plan and finally by the except perhaps somewhat expanded in wearing, vodka-drinking and hopak-danc- the Famine was part of a genocidal cam- execution of the plan. Genocidal actions reach. Ukrainian political leaders of even ing caricatures to be trotted out, a la the paign one would have to show that the occur when opportunity meets predisposi- Galician Ukrainian organizations were Theresienstadt orchestra during the Nazis, Famine was planned in advance and thus tion and attitudes. assassinated, and then even when such were to amuse the keepers and impress occasion- staged. That’s like saying that since there’s So again, did the Nazis plan World War living in Western Europe (Yevhen al foreigners) and wouldn’t exist. no evidence that the Nazis started World II in order to have cover to eliminate the Konovalets, Rotterdam, 1938). When the Fourth, as to the applicable conceptual War II in order to be able to go after the Jews? Did the Soviets plan a grain shortage Soviets took control of Galicia in the scheme: genocide is defined as the partial or Jews, the fact that the war allowed them, for in order to strike at the Ukrainians? Does it 1940’s, they killed or sent to Siberia anyone total destruction of a nation. That the example to force Jews into various central- matter? No. Each seized the opportunities suspected of being a nationally conscious Famine was part, albeit the most physically ized locations such as ghettos and then the presented by war or grain shortages to fur- Ukrainian, no matter how non-political he devastating part, of the long genocidal cam- camps, or that it allowed the Germans to ther their respective political/ideological or she may have been. My father’s former paign against the Ukrainians is, on all of the send Einsatzgruppen into the Soviet Union goals and to act on certain deep-seated ani- colleagues at the Lviv Conservatory, even a available evidence, a no brainer. might simply demonstrate perceived or mis- mosities and fears. Again, where in criminal 70-year old composer who had never had a Dr. Molchanov also speaks about what perceived dangers on the part of the matters knowledge and intent are the issues, political though in his head, were all sent to he refers to as one or another opinion con- Germans. they are determined in the overwhelming Siberia. stituting Ukrainian “nationalist myth.” Further, note that, as a matter of fact, majority of cases on the basis of circum- Even after Stalin died, nothing changed Regarding the allegation of “myth,” and as there is no evidence that the Nazis had stantial, not direct, evidence. as regards policies. Petro Shelest, Ukraine’s a general proposition that is a rather comical planned or intended at all times to kill the If the Famine was part of a genocidal First Secretary of the Communist Party comment in light of the Russians’ centuries- Jews of Europe. The Nazis certainly made it campaign, what was the object of the cam- from 1963, was deposed by Moscow in long proclivity not merely for one big lie, plain that they wanted to eliminate the Jews paign? The physical elimination of all per- 1972 because the foolish Shelest had the but several. But specifically as regards Dr. from Europe, but there was a time when, for sons of Ukrainian ancestry? No. The object gall to think it was possible to defend Molchanov, if he thinks some specific view instance they were looking into the possibil- was the prevention/elimination of Ukrainian Ukrainian interests vis-à-vis Moscow and or claim advanced by someone to be mis- ity of mass resettlement of Jews out of nationhood. The object was the simultane- try to be something resembling a “national taken, he is certainly entitled so to state and Europe to, for example Madagascar. ous beheading and castration of the Communist.” As late as 1979 popular to buttress that statement with fact or argu- There’s also no evidence that Hitler him- Ukrainian nation so as to turn its remnants Ukrainian folk singers who dared to write ment. But it would befit Dr. Molchanov, a self ever explicitly directed his people to into a kind of identity-less lumpen that and sing songs that were patriotic even in a Russian or Russopile, out of a sense of exterminate the Jews, much less that he ever could then be molded to serve the empire’s veiled way were simply murdered decency to avoid such nonsense for the visited, knew or spoke about the camps. needs and interests, and so that it would not (Volodymyr Ivasiuk). The same thing hap- same reasons that Germans do so with Someone could, hypothetically, argue that have any idea that it might have an identity pened to patriotic Ukrainian poets as late as regard to the Jews. since there is no direct evidence in terms of or needs and interests different from those 1986 (Vasyl Stus). Both Prof. Rutland and Dr. Molchanov an order or a even suggestion by Hitler of the empire. A sampling of the policies and practices refer to “Ukrainian nationalist” this or that. regarding what should be done with or to Think I’m kidding? Go to Ukraine and that pre-dated and post-dated the Famine What does that imposed moniker mean? I the Jews, and although he certainly wasn’t tell me why, alone among all other nations include: mass population transfers of don’t think that Prof. Rutland or Dr. fond of them (as expressed in Mein in the area, Ukraine’s “leadership” has no Russians into Ukraine and Ukrainians out Molchanov are referring to the views of Kampf), he didn’t really intend that all the concept of Ukrainian national interests. And of Ukraine; and the Orwellian manipula- members of the Organization of Ukrainian Jews of Europe be killed and that, perhaps, tell me why, again alone among all of the tions of history – so as to extol the Russians Nationalists in the 1930s or 1940s. So what the camps were a huge and tragic misunder- nations in the area, Ukraine’s “leadership” and denigrate the Ukrainians and make are they referring to? (As an aside, pray tell, Ukrainians wholly ignorant of their own why is it that someone who seeks to defend history, culture and language, to the point of the rights of Ukrainians to the same national changing the Ukrainian alphabet so that it prerogatives that the Russians, Poles, would be the same as the Russian. French or Americans assume is their Let me add a personal note. My cousin’s birthright is a “Ukrainian nationalist”? Is it wife’s father was a popular principal and because some people assume that the teacher of Ukrainian literature and history in national rights of Ukrainians are inferior to a village high school in central Ukraine. He those of all others?) Let’s just stick to facts, also started a literary club at the school. In reasonable inferences and arguments, and October of 1929 he was arrested. In let’s leave impliedly deprecating monikers February of 1930 he was executed in at the side of the road. Kharkiv. The students in his Ukrainian liter- Lastly, Dr. Molchanov suggests a kind of 1 2 3 4 ary club were all sent to Siberia. moral equivalence between Russians and Incidentally, the large majority of the Ukrainians, and that, purportedly, the “investigators,” “prosecutors” and “judges” Russians suffered “from the hands of were Jewish. But more importantly, I’ve Russian (and Ukrainian) compatriots” too. never heard of any teacher of Russian litera- Ah, one of the big lies surfaces yet again. ture being killed merely for doing his job Did Kyiv impose communism upon 5 6 7 8 too well. Moscow, or was it the reverse? Did Dr. Molchanov makes the point that Trotsky’s Red Army invade and conquer “’genocidal’ policies were executed by the Moscow from and for Kyiv, or was it the local cadres, i.e., by the Ukrainian party reverse? Was it the Ukrainians who activists, [albeit] on Moscow’s command.” destroyed the Russian Orthodox Church in First, it is my understanding that up through the 1930s, or was it the reverse? Was it the At Makar’s we carry a wide selection of Ukrainian emblems, as well as religious medals. You will also find a variety of fine jewelry, including domestic 14kt gold items World War II, most of the genocidal policies Russian Orthodox Church that was and 18 kt gold imported from Europe. If you’re looking for something special, we have against the Ukrainians were executed by destroyed by the Ukrainian Catholic Church unique engagement rings and custom-made wedding bands. Our appraisals are done Russians, Jews and others. But the existence in 1947, or was it the reverse? Was it on the premises. of Ukrainian cooperators proves what? nationally conscious Russian historians, Ukrainian Creations, 10201 Little Creek Rd., Charlotte, NC 28227 There were Judenrate (Jewish councils) in poets, singers and high school teachers that the Jewish ghettos that cooperated/collabo- were killed by Ukrainians, or was it the íÂl.: (704) 573-9108 rated with the Nazis, and there were Jewish reverse? kapos in the concentration camps. Does that Have some decency man. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 19 Western Ukrainian town is home to Ukraine’s first Waldorf School

HORODENKA, Ukraine – After Ms. Nykorak-Hayda and Ms. Muir seven years of intense work, through undertook sending items from the United international efforts, a Waldorf school States to furnish a complete kindergarten opened its doors on June 12, 2002, in the room, including carpeting, rocking city of Horodenka, western Ukraine, chairs, child size furniture, fabric, uten- starting with a kindergarten program, sils, dishes, toys, books, art supplies, appropriately named Stork’s Nest teaching supplies, etc., as well as a fax (“Buzkove Hnizdo”), with the intent of machine and copier. This established a expanding progressively into the grades visual example for future Waldorf as the school develops. Marianna schools in Ukraine. Terletska, who has worked tirelessly for The school is flourishing due to the past seven years, a graduate of the Waldorf pedagogy that honors each child Waldorf Teacher Training in Odesa, is for who he or she is. It was Rudolf the pioneering teacher in Horodenka. Steiner, an Austrian philosopher, who In 1995 Dzvinka Nykorak-Hayda, a founded the first Waldorf school in certified Waldorf teacher presently teach- Stuttgart in September of 1919. The ing at the Detroit Waldorf School and school movement has grown to over director of early childhood training with 1,000 schools worldwide. Waldorf peda- the Waldorf Teacher Development gogy is based on Steiner’s conclusions. Association in Detroit, was invited to Rahima Baldwin, writing in “You Are train teachers in Waldorf pedagogy in Your Child’s First Teacher,” explained Odesa by the German contingent of the Waldorf approach as follows: Waldorf education. While in Odesa, she “In the elementary school (grades 1- was approached by members of the 8), all subjects are presented in a lively Kameniar Pedagogical Society and asked and pictorial way, because the elemen- to help establish a Waldorf teacher train- tary school child learns best when infor- ing seminar in western Ukraine. mation is artistically and imaginatively The main building of Horodenka’s new Waldorf school. After visiting Horodenka in 1996, and presented. affirming that this was a serious propos- “The same teacher stays with the same al, Ms. Nykorak-Hayda rallied experi- children from the first through the eighth enced Waldorf teachers from the United grade, teaching the ‘main lesson’ sub- States to return with her to Horodenka jects, which include language arts, math- and train students teachers in a two-track ematics, history, geography and all the seminar: one for the elementary grades sciences: zoology, botany, physics, and the other for early childhood. astronomy, chemistry and physiology. Waldorf early childhood teachers This ‘main lesson’ is taught during the Sally Muir of Birmingham, Mich., and first two hours of the morning in blocks Ms. Nykorak-Hayda of Warren, Waldorf of three to six weeks per subject. elementary teacher John Trevillian of Students create their own ‘lesson books’ Detroit and Waldorf elementary and as artistic records of their learning, rather eurythmy teacher Ihor Radysh, and than using textbooks or worksheets. Waldorf elementary teacher Giannina “During the rest of the day, special sub- Zlater both of New York, traveled to ject teachers fill out the curriculum with Mykhalche on the Dnister River, for two foreign languages for all eight years, three consecutive summers. They taught orchestra, choral singing, dance, arts, Waldorf pedagogy to 50 student teachers, crafts, practical work such as gardening, 25 in the elementary studies, and twenty farming, sewing, crocheting, knitting, five in early childhood. woodworking, house building, etc., The student teachers came from all eurythmy (a form of movement to music, parts of Ukraine, such as Odesa, Kyiv, verse, rhythm) and physical education.” Kharkiv, Sumy, Ternopil, Lviv, All students play in the school sym- Kolomyia, and Dolyna. The benefit of phony and, therefore, are exposed to the this seminar was that it was taught in finest music in the world – Bach, Mozart, Pupils of a kindergarten class participate in a baking project. Ukrainian. For the English speaking Beethoven, etc. Every year the children teachers, translations were done into perform in a drama, starting with simple Ukrainian. Ms. Nykorak-Hayda wrote plays in the early grades and culminating from beyond Ukraine’s borders, it could this important endeavor. Gratitude is and translated two handbooks in with a full-length Shakespearean produc- be purchased for a youth center, where extended to those around the world who Ukrainian for pedagogical use by teach- tion by the eighth grade. young people at risk can gather for mean- have donated their time, effort and funds ers. In Horodenka, the work continues. ingful purposes such as community out- for the Horodenka project. Presently After completion of the three-year Two of the three school buildings are in reach, drama, music, art, care of the eld- there is an initiative to establish Waldorf seminar, next came the need to acquire the process of renovation. Ihor Terletsky erly, a food kitchen for the poor, library, schools in Lviv and Crimea. property to establish a school. of Horodenka, initiator and visionary is computer learning center, etc. The found- For more information or to help these Spearheaded by Ms. Muir, Ms. Nykorak- tirelessly carrying on with the endeavor. ing American teachers keep close contact emerging schools, readers may contact: Hayda and Mr. Radysh, fund-raising was The property across the street from the and mentor the developing school. Dzvinka Nykorak-Hayda, 2555 Burns, done in the United States, Germany, newly acquired school is available, and The children are the future of Ukraine Detroit, MI 48214; e-mail: dzvinbell@ Scotland and the Hague. the hope is that, again with aid coming and the world, and that is the focus of Juno.com. Two properties were identified, but due to bureaucratic red tape they fell through (but that is another story for another time). A former kindergarten complex of three buildings and beautiful grounds became available and was pur- chased with international funds in the heart of the city of Horodenka. The good will of contributors was instrumental in the acquisition of this property. Volodymyr Radysh, a Camphill archi- tect based in Scotland and a graduate of the New York Waldorf Elementary and High Schools, traveled to Horodenka on two occasions to draw up plans for reno- vation; he also donated time and funds for this project. The members of the Kameniar Pedagogical Tovarystvo, headed by Ihor Terlytsky, have worked diligently, rolling up their sleeves to bring one of the school buildings up to western standards. Many supplies were donated by well- wishers in Austria. During summer vaca- tions, German Waldorf students traveled to Ukraine to help with the renovations. Student teachers at the Waldorf Pedagogical Training Seminar held with American teachers in Mykhalche. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14

rency by Borys Martos (a close friend) and Kedrowsky... Yakiv Zozulia, the authors of the fine refer- (Continued from page 12) ence work “Hroshi Ukrainskoi Derzhavy, sold off segments of his collections of other 1917-1920” (Money of the Ukrainian State, European nations. 1917-1920), published in 1972. The co- Kedrowsky also had a vast collection of authors made it a point to recognize Ukrainian paper money (banknotes). Kedrowsky’s contribution in their work. Portions of his holdings were disposed of Figures 5 and 6 show some of the note- through the years. He was recognized for worthy items remaining from Kedrowsky’s his expertise regarding Ukrainian paper cur- collection.

no man who knows my motives dare now Washington’s Shevchenko... vindicate them, let not prejudice or igno- (Continued from page 15) rance asperse them. Let them and me ple who witnessed his unveiling on that repose in obscurity and peace, and my hot summer day almost 40 years ago, it tomb remain uninscribed, until other most likely would be Emmet. times, and other men, can do justice to my There is much in what that young character; when my country takes her Irishman told the English court that place among the nations of the earth, then, Shevchenko would like and he would rec- and not till then, let my epitaph be written. ognize the similarities in his own, later I have done.” writings – as in Emmet’s concluding And so the epitaphs of a handful of entreaty: brave and creative men have been written “Let no man write my epitaph; for as – along Embassy Row, in Washington.

State Department and was chief of the A Ukrainian patriot... Ukrainian Service of the Voice of America, (Continued from page 13) United States Information Agency. He U.S.A. (Obiednania). He was also president retired in 1963 and continued to write and of the Board of Alliance of the Association contribute to many publications. Some of of Ukrainian National Councils, president the pen names he used throughout the years of the Pan Ukrainian Society, and a member were: Mykola Shram, Khersonets, Petro of the synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Chevliy, Did Buchar and Batuninets (after Church of the U.S.A. He established the the nearby village of his home). Volodymyr Ukrainian School in New York City, and Kedrowsky passed away after a short illness was involved in the establishment of the on March 13, 1970. Ukrainian Orthodox Church in New York City and St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at P.O. Church in South Bound Brook, N.J. Box 3, Springfield, VA 22150 or at his e- From 1955 to 1963 he worked in the mail address: [email protected].

to KMA are shown taking the entrance Viacheslav and Larysa... exam, which is an objective, multiple- (Continued from page 4) choice test (actually called “test” in Celebrate Ukraine’s scholars and students, including a long Ukrainian), that is machine-graded. list of hetmans who were either KMA Those lucky ones who are admitted take historic achievement: benefactors, or alumni, or both. In the the traditional KMA oath. Eventually comes the graduation, where at the com- 17th-18th centuries, the KMA was the mencement exercises we spot among the leading institution of higher learning in the rebirth of its independence crowd of graduates the face of our famil- Ukraine, so that the list of people associ- iar Kozak, wearing his cap and gown. In ated with it reads like a who is who the final act, the KMA building is seen among the Ukrainian elite of that period. growing and growing in leaps, until it Once the plot arrives at the contempo- reaches the sky. rary period, the surrealism gives way to Today, the Kyiv Mohyla Academy is reality and, in a role reversal, the modern being referred to as the “Ukrainian students begin to mentor the Kozak. Now Harvard,” but we look forward to the day Dr. Briukhovetsky appears time and when a Frenchman will refer to the again, addressing the students as their Sorbonne as the “French Kyiv-Mohyla mentor and father figure. The applicants Academy,” concluded Dr. Briukhovetsky.

sobor’s forcible nature, which has already UCU’s vice-rector... been admitted by non-Russian (for instance, (Continued from page 4) Constantinople) hierarchs.” some slight changes that are worth notic- In addition, Prof. Marynovych expressed ing,” Prof. Marynovych added. his sorrow over Patriarch Aleksei’s II’s neg- According to Prof. Marynovych, “It was ative attitude towards the patriarchal status “Ukraine Lives!” probably the first time ever that the of the UGCC and the planned move of the the new 288-page book [Russian Orthodox] patriarch admitted what Church’s administrative center to Kyiv. “This testifies to the inflexible ecclesias- published by The Ukrainian Weekly officials of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church have repeatedly stated, namely, the tical concepts of the Moscow Patriarchate,” transports you back to the time of perebudova absence of clashes between the Orthodox he explained. and the independence regained in 1991, and Uniates [Eastern-rite Catholics]. Not so “First of all, the desire of Greek- and gives you an overview of the first decade long ago, the situation in western Ukraine Catholics to bring the status of their church of life in newly independent Ukraine. was customarily described in Moscow as a up to the patriarchal level is a testimony to religious war. The acknowledgement of the the normal development of an Eastern real state of things is an important step for- Church, which the UGCC is. Secondly, the Price of $15 includes shipping and handling. ward. It seems, however, that there has need to move the [Church’s] administrative only been one such step. The patriarch’s center to Kyiv comes not only from its To order now call 973-292-9800, ext. 3042, adamant desire to justify the results of the ecclesiology, but also from the desire of Lviv pseudo-sobor in 1946 despite ‘the Church hierarchs to be present in the capital or send mail orders to: undoubtedly tragic circumstances’ under of the country, which is the center of social The Ukrainian Weekly, Subscription Department, which it was convened cannot but draw and political life. The UGCC should not be 2200 Route 10, P. O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. attention. In other words, today’s patriar- deprived of something that no other Church chal Moscow cannot possibly accept even in Ukraine is deprived of, more so, by a the slightest recognition of the pseudo- hierarch from another country.” No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 21

lowed by a roundtable format discussion on Demographer advises... the role of the Ukrainian American media. (Continued from page 1) The session was meant to discuss challenges that, although the census has its limitations, for the media and its future in a “brainstorm- ignoring the data collected could mean ing” format – a loose discussion organizers ignoring important trends that have been said was intended to “challenge assumptions developing among Ukrainian Americans. and find new solutions.” However, much of Data from the 1990 Census showed that the session was spent on describing the dif- the population of Ukrainians who do not ferent media organizations present. speak the language tend to be well-educat- Members of various Ukrainian news ed, young, successful and in powerful and media, as well as representatives of a com- influential positions in their communities. munity/cultural publication and the “People who speak Ukrainian [in the Ukrainian Internet portal, Brama, described their organizations. The Ukrainian Weekly, United States] are dying out – if we don’t Svoboda, the television program “Kontakt” recognize that fact we have to admit we are and the Ukrainian-language magazine Nash fighting a losing battle,” Dr. Wolowyna told Holos also participated in the discussions. the 30 people who gathered for the summit. In contrast to last year’s inaugural sum- Another significant trend, Dr. Wolowyna mit, this year’s summit drew minimal repre- said, is that much of the most recent immi- sentation from Ukrainian organizations and, gration – composed of roughly 150,000 more significantly, many leaders of commu- Ukrainians – is settling in non-traditional nity organizations were not present. areas in states like Washington and Oregon, The summit, organized by members of were Ukrainian communities are not as the Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of active or organized. “We must be conscious America and the Ukrainian Medical of this fact – the dispersion phenomenon,” Association of North America, opened said Dr. Wolowyna, who himself lives in unofficially on Friday night, March 28, with North Carolina. a welcome reception and cocktails. UESA “The censuses provide a unique opportu- President Andrij Wowk officially convened nity for analyzing, in an objective and quan- the summit the next morning with opening titative manner, the size, characteristics and remarks, a summary of the past year’s inau- future of any ethnic group in America. This gural summit and an overview of the 2003 allows us not only to study Ukrainians in summit program. detail, and special topics like language According to Mr. Wowk, Sunday’s ses- assimilation, but also to measure trends sion focused on if, when and how to hold a between 1980, 1990 and 2000, and extrapo- summit in 2004. He said it was agreed that late from them into the future,” Dr. the next summit should be done by a work- Wolowyna said. ing group of volunteers and organizations. Organizers of the summit, which sought He also said that discussion focused on how to bring various members of Ukrainian to continue communication among organi- organizations together for an informal dis- zations even before the 2004 summit. cussion on “Demographics and Mr. Wowk added that the suggestion for Communication in the Ukrainian American next year’s summit – the diaspora on the Community,” said Dr. Wolowyna’s presen- internet, as part of the broader question of tation revealed some eye-opening trends “What should be the role of the Ukrainian and said Ukrainian organizations would do media in the diaspora?” – is being consid- well to take a good look at the data. ered, since this year’s discussions hardly Dr. Wolowyna’s presentation was fol- touched the question.

pared to be cited by President Bush as part Controversy arises... of the coalition,” explained Mr. Pifer. (Continued from page 1) Ukraine has not denied that it is part of source of some 500 Russian-made Kornet the anti-Iraqi coalition, but has taken great anti-tank weapons purchased by Iraq and pains to distance itself from any mention as presents used to disable two U.S. M1A1 Abrams a U.S. partner. Mr. Lubkivskyi of the the tanks in the desert south of Baghdad. Foreign Affairs Ministry, initially had a dif- Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson ficult time describing how Ukraine fits into Chamber Music Concert Markian Lubkivskyi categorically denied the coalition during a press briefing on April any official Ukrainian involvement in a 1. Pressured by journalists to state whether transfer of the Kornet missiles to Iraq. Ukraine was indeed part of the “U.S. coali- tion,” the spokesperson emphasized that the “Natalia Khoma and Friends” “I look at the Newsweek article as noth- Program: Ivan Karabyts : Sonata No.1 for cello and piano ing more than another attempt to undermine only mission Ukraine had assumed was “to Sergei Rachmaninoff: Trio Élégiaque No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9 the authority of our country, taking advan- give humanitarian aid.” Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60 tage of the increased tensions and worsen- “We responded in support of a request ing situation in Iraq and the Persian Gulf from Kuwait to provide humanitarian aid,” Performers: Natalia Khoma (cello), Yuri Kharenko (violin), region,” said Mr. Lubkivskyi, who then said Mr. Lubkivskyi. “In this way and only Jerome Rose (piano), Daniel Panner (viola), added, “Ukraine has done nothing to violate in this way are we part of the coalition.” Mr. Volodymyr Vynnytsky (piano) U.N. sanctions and it did not sell military Lubkivskyi also denied that the battalion hardware to Iraq.” could take part in combat operations, an Saturday, April 12, 2003 at 8 pm The United States distanced itself from assertion that Ambassador Pifer supported the article and the allegations during a tele- from Washington. Ukrainian Institute of America conference broadcast from Washington for Mr. Pifer explained that by agreeing to 2 East 79th Street Kyiv journalists. Assistant Secretary of perform NBC decontamination operations New York City in Kuwait should such a need arise, State for European and Eurasian Affairs tel. : (212) 288-8660 Steven Pifer, formerly an ambassador to Ukraine, along with Poland and the Czech Ukraine, said that the United States had not Republic, which have similar units in the confronted Ukraine on the sale of the area, freed U.S. NBC clean-up units to con- Kornets. He said the subject had been centrate on Iraq. broached only with Russia. Mr. Pifer Both U.S. and Ukrainian officials have explained that the U.S. would appreciate if recognized that, in addition to reinvigorated countries with access to Kornet missiles relations between Washington and Kyiv, A friendly reminder would review their control and verification Ukraine’s economy may also benefit from If you have not yet sent in your remittance for The Ukrainian Weekly’s procedures regarding the possible sale of its position as part of the anti-Iraq coalition. military stocks to Iraq. Mr. Pascual, the current U.S. ambassador special volume titled “Ukraine Lives,” please do so as soon as possible. Mr. Pifer also referred to the controversy to Ukraine, said on March 28 that those The book’s price is $15. Please send checks for that amount countries that take part in the coalition that has cropped up in regard to Ukraine’s (plus any additional sum you may designate as a donation participation in the anti-Iraq coalition. He would have priority in obtaining contracts said that mention of the country in the U.S. for the reconstruction projects in Iraq that to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund) to: president’s speech at MacDill Air Force will be developed after the war ends. Base in Tampa had been approved in Volodymyr Horbulin, a national security The Ukrainian Weekly advance with Ukrainian authorities. aide to President Kuchma, said that Ukraine 2200 Route 10. P.O, Box 280 “On March 25 the presidential adminis- has the technology and know-how to help Parsippany, NJ 07054. tration [of Ukraine] told Ambassador in the restoration of plants, transport infra- [Carlos] Pascual that indeed they were pre- structure and oil wells. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14 No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 23

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As the direc- Academy and volunteers with HUHTC. tor of the school noted, he was the school She is the local coordinator for the craftsman with “golden hands,” who was Scholarship Program, and visits orphans handy in repairing clocks, the school’s elec- who are being treated in the city hospital. tronic equipment, and whatever else was * * * National University of necessary. Therefore, Valentyn enrolled in The Oleh D. Wengerchuk Memorial the Zhytomyr Technical Lyceum-Boarding Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY School, where he is studying to be a spe- organization. For more information or to in conjunction with cialist in mechanical and electrical repair of send a donation in support of the scholar- appliances. He wrote to the HUHTC: “An ship program, please write to: 915A orphan’s fate and the physical health chal- Emerald Blvd., South Lake, TX 76092. lenges I face could easily have turned my Information is available also on the website life into a long, difficult thread of problem www.wengerchukfoundation.com. after problem, but the attentiveness and selfless, caring assistance you provide have Student information in this article was helped me believe in a positive future for provided by Alla Kravchenko-Halych, THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. myself.” HUHTC scholarship program coordinator. are organizing a 6-week academic program on Ukrainian language, literature and culture in Kyiv. Program includes academic course, Conference will be held in Chicago. The room and board in Kyiv, exursions and cultural programs UMANA addresses... conference theme is infectious diseases and transportation services in Ukraine including to/from airport (Continued from page 10) includes sessions on HIV/AIDS and com- ACADEMIC COURSES: May 19 to June 27, 2003 UMANA members and various non-profit monly concurrent infections. HIV infection and its ultimately fatal end ACADEMIC PROGRAM: Ukrainian language, contemporary history and litera- organizations. ture, on different levels. All courses taught by professionals from the Kyiv- In May of this year the members of the stage, AIDS, are a global challenge that Mohyla Academy staff symposium group will participate in a two- directly and/or indirectly affects all people. day community event being organized and Vectors for transmission are known. Prevention is foremost to curbing spread INTRODUCTION: To the current cultural and political life in Ukraine. sponsored by the Ukrainian Educational EXCURSIONS: Visit historical monuments – churches, palaces, museums and and Cultural Center (UECC) in and is possible through various simple, as theaters in Kyiv; “Celebration of Kyiv Day;” Ivana Kupala, etc., Philadelphia. This UECC event aims to well as sophisticated ways. In Ukraine, it is raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, to pro- estimated that over three-quarters of those 6 WEEKS – $1,700.00 infected with HIV are teens and young mote prevention and to provide communi- Not including flights to/from Ukraine ty support to children in Ukraine with HIV adults age 15-27. infection. The UMANA is encouraging everyone For further information and applications please call the UNA: The program will include lectures and to integrate efforts to address HIV/AIDS Oksana Trytjak – Special Projects Coordinator discussions, exhibits and a fund-raising within their scope. Such shared experi- Tel.: (973) 292-9800 ext. 3071; e-mail [email protected] ences and multi-venue efforts will promote black-tie evening, as well as a press confer- at UNA, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 ence. Special guests will include Miss awareness of known and evolving options, Universe, Justine Pasek, whose work strives outcomes and events, and empower com- Deadline for applications: April 30, 2003 to help to remove the stigma associated with munities to optimize efforts within their $100.00 application fee non-refundable, payable to UNA HIV/AIDS and to help educate individuals sphere. Decreased vulnerability to infec- and governments about what has been called tion through prevention and support of ADDITIONAL EXCURSION AVAILABLE AFTER COURSES: the largest epidemic in human history. those already afflicted will help overcome 1 WEEK IN CRIMEA, ROOM/BOARD AND EXCURSION, $225.00 EXTRA. Next, in June the biennial UMANA this pandemic soon. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14 No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 25

ciary board help run the school and take Committee for... some of the administrative and financial (Continued from page 11) pressures off the pastor’s hands. The board U.S. Census. will help in distributing the scholarship Requests for donations and sponsorships funds, looking for donations and grants in were recently sent to various Ukrainian new places, and enhancing the overall quali- American organizations, corporations and ty of the school. The Mother’s Club and Father’s Club will continue with day-to-day community groups. Advertisements have fund-raising activities such as dances, con- been placed in the Ukrainian American certs, Christmas wrapping paper sales, raf- press. E-mail messages and the Church bul- fles and other traditional fund-raising efforts. letin have also been utilized. With less than Another issue that will have to be a month to go, donations, pledges and in- addressed in the near future is whether the kind contributions total close to $150,000. school can survive long-term in its present We still have $100,000 to go and request location. Many parents refuse to send their that those concerned readers who have not children to an urban area for education and contributed do so now. prefer a suburban setting. Contemporaneous In addition to the direct contributions, with our school fund drive, St. John’s Parish several families and organizations have in Whippany, N.J., is laying plans to build a expressed an interest in providing scholar- church and cultural center to provide for its ships to those children who cannot afford a growing congregation. Many of the new St. John’s education. Our aim is to keep parishioners in Whippany are transplants tuition at a reasonable price (in the $3,000 from the Newark Parish. The committee has range) and seek scholarships and donations met with representatives of the Whippany from those in a position to help financially Church’s Building Committee to discuss the strapped newcomers. This type of activity possibility of moving St. John’s School to will truly create a more united St. John’s Whippany if and when a cultural center is community. built. The cultural center would be able to A telethon has been started, headed by accommodate a grammar school. Ross Milanytch, with alumni captains Whether a Ukrainian Catholic school seeking financial support from their class- will be viable in either Whippany or mates. Hopefully, this will also increase Newark in the coming decades will have to class spirit and rekindle grammar school be addressed in the next several years. A acquaintances. The media has been kept comprehensive demographic study is under advised of our efforts by Kristina Rak- way and a survey will be conducted. We Brown, and has shown support through have enlisted the data-mining skills of articles and editorials. Ethnic Technologies Inc. to obtain prelimi- Long-term goals nary demographic information, which will be supplemented by lists from other organi- In anticipation of raising the necessary zations. The committee is working with the funds, the committee has submitted a pro- Whippany parish to conduct a meaningful posed business plan to the pastor, the Rev. survey and analyze its results. Bohdan Lukie for his consideration. Also, a Although answers are not yet available, it strategic plan has been developed for the is clear that St. John’s School must survive growth and continued improvement of the over the next several years in order for the school. Dr. Ross Robak, professor of psy- question of relocation to even be relevant. If chology at Pace University, has been work- St. John’s School does not survive, it is ing with the teachers to enhance their teach- doubtful that an everyday school will be ing awareness and implement new teaching created in Whippany from scratch. If St. ideas and curriculum. John’s School is allowed to close, it will be The teachers are dedicated and excited difficult, if not impossible, for it to re-open. about future prospects. One longtime Teachers and students will be scattered in teacher, Luba Batka, has donated her teach- various directions to the detriment of all. An ing services for the upcoming year in order anchor of the Ukrainian American commu- to help St. John’s through its financial crisis. nity will be lost. The teachers are foregoing various opportu- Please help support the school with a nities in order to teach at this Ukrainian donation to St. John’s School Fund, c/o Catholic school with its entrenched cultural Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal traditions and positive learning environ- Credit Union, 734 Sanford Ave., Newark, ment. The camaraderie among teachers is NJ 07106. Potential donors may call Mr. truly outstanding. Kovbasniuk for further information at (973) The Rev. Lukie has agreed to have a fidu- 373-7839.

would enjoy long walks, good wine and About Oleh... music, as well as the simpler pleasures of (Continued from page 5) just sharing the events of the day with arts, which allowed him to express his each other. “I feel blessed. I was lucky we artistic talents and sensitivity. had a lot in common,” Oksana said. In an He became quite an athlete – he interview with The New York Times, enjoyed skiing, had a natural talent for Oksana recalled how on the weekend fencing and was a powerful swimmer, before September 11, 2001, the couple having been on diving and swimming had friends over for dinner. At the end, as teams in school. His love of the water, they sat in the twilight, Mr. Wengerchuk, especially sailing, continued throughout 56, took his wife’s hand and kissed it, as his adult life. he often did after these nights of wine and Oleh worked as a designer for the good conversation. “He told me, ‘I just Properties and Facilities Division of want you to know how much I appreciate American Airlines, then at Gibbs and Hill, everything you do for me. If one of us has and finally as a transportation designer for to go first, I hope it’s me because I can’t The Washington Group, whose offices imagine life without you.’” were located on the 91st floor of the South Oleh Wengerchuk’s name appears near Tower of the World Trade Center. the end of the long list of victims, and He fell in love with his childhood each time I scroll down that list, there is sweetheart (and his mother’s goddaugh- still a part of me that expects not to see his ter), Oksana Sakalosh, and they were mar- name there – it is still so unfathomable. ried in 1969. Their daughter, Andrea, was And yet, the reality is that Oleh – born in 1978. Oleh and Oksana shared a beloved son, husband, father, brother, love and understanding of each other that uncle and friend – is no longer with us was unique, for they were true soul mates physically, even though his kind, open, who truly respected one another, shared generous and loving spirit lives on within interests, views, hobbies and a passion for all of our hearts. life that was contagious to anyone who spent time with them. Together, the couple – Lydia Matiaszek 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14 No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 27

Ukrainian Canadian... (Continued from page 14) bakery at 9543-110 Avenue. Since then its museum, along with its archival and library holdings have far out- stripped the capacity of its original home. For the past two years UCAMA has been undergoing a major plan- ning exercise to locate a new home of sufficient size to not only properly house its existing collections but to allow for future growth. The UCAMA is actively seeking partners in the development of the new museum. Discussions have been under way for nearly two years with the Alberta Eparchial Museum of the Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Canada; the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Alberta Branch; and the Ukrainian Folklore Center at the University of Alberta. Jointly, the Ukrainian museums and archives in Edmonton have excellent and valuable collections, with tremendous potential for developing a higher profile not only in the Ukrainian community but for all Albertans. Support is also being sought from municipal, provincial and federal levels of government. A major fund-raising campaign will be launched During the presentation of a check for $250,000 in support of Ukrainian studies at Columbia University (from left) shortly for the renovation of the buildings to properly are: Myroslaw Shmigel (chairman of the board of directors, Self Reliance), Dr. Bohdan Kudryk (president, support the requirements of a museum. Ukrainian Studies Fund), Dr. Bohdan Kekish (president and CEO, Self Reliance), Dr. Mark Von Hagen, (professor of history, Columbia University), Alex Labunka (asset liabilities manager and investment officer, Self Reliance), Andrei Harasymiak (executive board member, USF), Evhenia Kuzmowycz-Blahy (chief operations officer, Self MAY WE HELP YOU? Reliance), and Bohdan Kurchak (chief finance officer and executive board member, Self Reliance). Self Reliance (New York) Federal Credit Union has a To reach The Ukrainian Weekly New York credit union... distinguished history supporting Ukrainian scholarship. (Continued from page 1) The credit union was among the first Ukrainian financial call (973) 292-9800, and dial Columbia University, on its part, is eager to incorporate institutions that supported the Ukrainian Studies Fund’s campaign for the Ukrainian chairs at Harvard University. the appropriate extension (as listed below). Ukrainian studies as an integral component of its academ- ic infrastructure. This is especially a goal of the current Over the years, Self Reliance New York has also extended Editorial – 3049, 3063, 3069 president of the International Association of Ukrainian its philanthropy for such key projects as, research on the Studies, Dr. Mark Von Hagen, who is professor of history Great Famine of 1932-1933, publications commemorating Administration – 3041 at Columbia. the Millennium of Ukraine’s Christianity, the Ukrainian Moreover, the university’s administration has demon- Summer School at Harvard, and, more recently, Internet Advertising – 3040 strated its willingness to appoint a lecturer in Ukrainian publishing projects on Ukrainian culture and current history already for the 2003-2004 academic year, provided affairs in Ukraine. Subscriptions – 3042 that the Ukrainian Studies Fund will raise $1 million for Myroslaw Shmigel, chairman of the credit union board Production – 3052 the new endowment fund. This Self Reliance New York of directors, and Dr. Kekish, continue this tradition of gift brings the campaign substantially closer to that goal. responsible stewardship of community assets. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 No. 14

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Thursday, April 10 announce that this year’s Vasyl and Maria Petryshyn Memorial Lecture will be given by NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Alexander J. Motyl, associate professor, Appears May 4 in The Ukrainian Weekly Literary Club and the New York Bandura department of political science, and deputy A Ukrainian Summer Ensemble present “Meet the Writer,” an director, Center for Global Change and Visit the new Soyuzivka, under new management and evening featuring author Irene Zabytko pre- Governance, Rutgers University-Newark. senting her new book “When Luba Leaves Prof. Motyl’s lecture, titled “Making full of new ideas... Home,” a reflection of the experience of Ukraine, and Remaking It,” will take place at coming of age in Ukrainian Chicago in the 1960s. Bandurists Julian Kytasty and 4-6 p.m. in the Thompson Room of Barker Travel to Kyiv and enjoy many ethnic restaurants, Michael Andrec of the Experimental Center, 12 Quincy St. Directions may be Bandura Trio will perform musical interludes found on the website, www.huri.harvard.edu. from Thai to Argentinian... drawn from their recent work. Donation: $7; For more information contact the institute, students, $5. The Mayana Gallery presents (617) 495-4053. Focus on Ukrainian studies, and earn college credit... “Shevchenko in Kazakstan,” an exhibit of graphics by Taras Shevchenko (reproduc- Monday, April 21 tions) as well as woodcuts by Vitaliy Lytvyn Or just relax at a popular weekend destination... illustrating Shevchenko’s poetry. The STANFORD, Calif.: Laada Bilaniuk, assis- evening will be held at the Mayana Gallery, tant professor of anthropology, University of How will you enjoy your Ukrainian summer? 136 Second Ave., fourth floor, at 7:30 p.m. Washington, will give a lecture titled “The For more information, call (212) 260-4490. Politics of Language in Ukrainian Popular Read our special section for information from those in the Website: http://www.brama.com/mayana; Culture,” as part of seven distinguised lec- know on great destinations and unique activities! email: [email protected]. Bandura per- tures in the series titled “Ukraine: Emerging formances are partially funded by the New Nation,” sponsored by the Center for York State Council on the Arts. Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING DEADLINE: APRIL 18 at Stanford University. The lecture will take SUBMIT ARTICLES ON UPCOMING SUMMER CAMPS, COURSES, Saturday, April 12 place at the Hartley Conference Center, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER EVENTS NOT MORE THAN WORDS beginning at 4:15 p.m. For additional infor- ( 250 , GLEN SPEY, N.Y.: The Ukrainian mation access http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ TYPED AND DOUBLE-SPACED) PLUS PHOTOS. American Cultural Foundation will hold its TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A FREE ONE-LINE LISTING IN OUR SUMMER annual meeting at the Verkhovyna Resort at 2 CREEES/UkrainianStudies.html, or call the center, (650) 723-3562. EVENTS CALENDAR (INDICATE DATE, TYPE OF EVENT AND PLACE). p.m. For the agenda or additional information contact Dr. Oleh Kolodiy, (973) 763-1797. Sunday, April 27 SEND EDITORIAL COPY TO: Sunday, April 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY HILLSIDE, N.J: Children will have an opportunity to learn basic “hahilky,” ritual 2200 ROUTE 10, P.O. BOX 280, MILWAUKEE: Nastasia Zhmendak, an artist specializing in weaving and embroi- songs associated with spring and Easter – ARSIPPANY P , NJ 07054 dery, will have an exhibition of her work at under the direction of Odarka Polanskyj- OR E-MAIL IT TO: [email protected] the St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church Stockert. An Easter egg hunt will also be Hall, 123I W Scott St. Ms. Zhmendak, a held. All activities will be held at FOR ADVERTISING RATES & INFORMATION: recent émigré who has exhitied widely in Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic CALL 973-292-9800 (EXT. 3040) Ukraine, creates original and compelling Church (Liberty Avenue and Bloy Street) works that synthesize ancient Ukrainian tra- immediately following the 9 a.m. Sunday ditions with contemporary art. Ms. divine liturgy. All are invited. For further Zhmendak’s forthcoming exhibit will be at information contact Mike Szpyhulsky, (908) the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in 289-0127, or Joe Shatynski, (973) 599- THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Chicago this August. 9381. In the event of inclement weather, Monday, April 14 activities will be held in the parish hall. Directions to the parish may be found on the CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard parish website at www.byzantines.net/ Ukrainian Research Institute is pleased to immaculateconception.

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NATURE TRAIL CLEARING WEEKEND APRIL 12-13, 2003 If you're a nature buff or want to lend a helping hand, join us in clearing miles of trails on Soyuzivka property for future hiking, biking and cross-country skiing! We're clearing a hiking trail to the waterfalls and a mountain biking/ hiking/ cross-country ski trail up the mountain towards Minnewaska State Park. We'll start between 8-9 am and then reward all your efforts with a complimentary BBQ feast. Rooms FREE for all volunteers staying in Sich, Uzhorod and Odesa, and there's a special 'FAMILY VOLUNTEER' rate of $40 for all other rooms (includes taxes and breakfast). Please call for reservations. Bring your hiking boots, gloves, rakes, etc., and come help us improve Soyuzivka! Cinco de Mayo Weekend May 2-4, 2003 First annual, bring your sombrero and join us for a weekend of fun. UKRAINIANS Keep the date open – more details to come! love SOYUZIVKA! Call (845) 626-5641 for more information