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INSIDE:• Scholar seeks to preserve heritage of Chornobyl region — page 4. • Book pays tribute to artist Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn — page 13. • A look at Plast camps in East Chatham, N.Y. — centerfold.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXII HE KRAINIANNo. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine’sT economicU growth in 2004 24 candidatesW registered could reach 12.5 percent, says IMF for presidential election by Roman Woronowycz expected an inflation rate in 2004 of no by Vasyl Pawlowsky faction after he declared at a public meet- Kyiv Press Bureau more than 5.8 percent to 6.3 percent. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ing at the grave of Ukrainian Insurgent Mr. Azarov also said he could not Army (UPA) soldier Kylym Syvula in KYIV – Ukraine’s economic growth in agree with a central criticism made by KYIV – The Central Election mid-July, “They [the UPA] prepared 2004 could reach 12.5 percent, reported the IMF, which spent several days in Commission (CEC) on August 3 regis- themselves and fought the Muscovites, the the International Monetary Fund in a Ukraine analyzing Ukraine’s economic tered the last candidate for the post of Germans, the Jews and other filth, which statement released on August 3. indicators before curtailing its mission. president of Ukraine, filling the presiden- wanted to take our Ukrainian nation. We The IMF said it had revised its num- He said that he rejects the international tial ballot with 24 different candidates, have to return Ukraine to Ukrainians.” bers upwards from an April forecast of 6 financial institution’s assertion that the with different political backgrounds and There were also a series of events that percent growth. Last year Ukraine’s government is playing too loosely with with just as many different bases of sup- were clearly of a more consequential polit- economy surged ahead by 9.4 percent. fiscal policy. He underscored that the port (see listing on page 3). ical nature for the presidential elections. The IMF stated that “buoyant exports 2004 budget contains no deficit, contrary With this phase of the registration On July 18 the congress of the Reform and and a surge in investment will boost to what IMF officials claimed, and that process completed, it was evident also that Order Party, led by National Deputy Viktor Ukraine’s real GDP growth.” It noted the results depended on how one added incumbent President Leonid Kuchma, who Pynzenyk, declared that it was renaming that inflationary fears remain low, with up the numbers. had previously stated on a number of occa- the party Our Ukraine. This was to the current inflation projected at about 6 to 8 “The issue is the methods of calcula- sions that he would not run for re-election chagrin of some Yushchenko supporters percent for the year. tion. Our budget is fully covered by rev- even though he had been given the go- who felt the name change was only an Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government enues,” explained Mr. Azarov during a ahead by Ukraine’s Constitutional Court to attempt to usurp the image of Our Ukraine announced on August 2 that it had raised press conference on August 3 to respond run for a third term, had stuck to his word. before the parliamentary elections, which its own projections from 9.5 percent to to the IMF charges. Those who had taken the step that Mr. are less than 18 months away. In addition, 10.5 percent growth in 2004, a figure The IMF experts left Kyiv on July 30 Kuchma declined paid the 500,000 hrv some Reform and Order Party members slightly less optimistic than the one pre- after a 10-day stay, but before completing registration fee and submitted the corre- commented that they feel the party had lost sented by the IMF. their review of Ukraine’s economic per- sponding paperwork. By September 20 its focus on the immediate goal: the elec- “We are observing a qualitative break- formance as prescribed by a precaution- the candidates must demonstrate that they tion of Mr. Yushchenko as president. through. The economy is beginning to ary stand-by loan arrangement the inter- have popular support by obtaining a half Meanwhile, Oleksander Moroz, whose develop according to investment and national financial organization signed a million signatures from across Ukraine. Socialist Party is considered part of the innovation models,” explained First Vice with Kyiv in March. The loan is valued at Since the first candidates were registered opposition in the Verkhovna Rada along Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. 411 million euros. The IMF team, led by on July 6, a number of events have with the factions headed by Mr. He noted that the government had seen Emmanuel van der Mensbrugghe, decid- occurred that have marked the political Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, has foreign investment grow beyond expecta- ed to halt its audit after it determined that landscape and impacted the candidates who stayed away from supporting Our tions, with investments from abroad this slippages had occurred in fiscal policy. have been registered. While the registration Ukraine. He was registered as a presiden- year exceeding the $1 billion that foreign- While pointing out that Kyiv had made of most candidates was done in a low-key tial candidate from the Socialist Party ers put into the Ukrainian economy last progress in broadening the tax base, as manner, there were some who took a more early in the registration period. year. He also explained that the Ukrainian well as in reforming pensions, communal dramatic approach. A former leader of the While he was not ready to join forces, marketplace was developing far more services and the tax administration, and radical right quasi-military group UNA- as Mr. Yushchenko would like, Mr. Moroz dynamically than could have been fore- had succeeded in passing civil and com- UNSO, Dmytro Korchynsky, who now was able to come to an agreement with his seen. He noted that the strongest growth mercial codes, IMF officials noted that leads a similar organization that goes by the presidential rival on August 2, signing a would continue in the construction and the country still needs to rein in 2004 out- name Bratstvo, rented an armored person- statement with the Our Ukraine leader on machine-building sectors. lays, tighten 2005 budget goals and cur- nel carrier to deliver his candidacy papers coordinating efforts to ensure that the elec- Mr. Azarov rejected any notion that tail valued-added tax arrears. The IMF to the Central Election Commission. tions would be carried out freely and fairly. inflation could hamper economic devel- noted that a 1 percent budget deficit Our Ukraine in the past week expelled opment. He said that the government would be acceptable in 2005. National Deputy Oleh Tiahnybok from its (Continued on page 3)

Part of Mazepa’s archive, thought to have been destroyed, is discovered in St. Petersburg by Serhii Plokhii conference featured presentations by Dr. Yakovleva and her students will scholars from Canada, Ukraine, Russia, continue their search for new documents EDMONTON – A portion of Ivan Poland, Sweden and Austria. Three CIUS from Mazepa’s archive and will be on the Mazepa’s archive, which was thought to scholars, Drs. Zenon Kohut, Frank Sysyn lookout for the books from his library. have been lost during the destruction of and Serhii Plokhii, attended the confer- Dr. Yakovleva recently published a Baturyn by the armies of Peter I in 1708, ence and presented papers. ground-breaking article on Mazepa in has been found in St. Petersburg. The The discovery of the papers from one of Russia’s leading historical jour- report on this fascinating discovery was Mazepa’s archive was made earlier this nals, in which she urged her colleagues in made by Dr. Tatiana Yakovleva of St. year by Dr. Yakovleva during her research Russia to re-evaluate the historical Petersburg University at an international on Kozak-era documents in the archive of importance of Mazepa in Ukrainian and scholarly conference held in St. Petersburg. Aleksandr Menshikov – Peter I’s right- Russian history and abandon the stereo- The conference, “Ukraine and its hand man and the commander of the types imposed on the field by imperial Neighbors in the 17th Century,” was Russian troops that captured and burned and Soviet historiographies. She is now sponsored by the Peter Jacyk Center for Hetman Mazepa’s capital, Baturyn. writing a book on Mazepa commissioned Ukrainian Historical Research and the The discovery of unknown letters by by a leading Moscow publishing house Kowalsky Program for the Study of and to the Ukrainian hetman led Dr. for the popular series “The Life of Eastern Ukraine, both part of the Yakovleva to conclude that Mazepa’s Remarkable People.” Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies archive was not burned in Baturyn, but The St. Petersburg conference featured (CIUS). Other sponsors of the confer- was appropriated by Menshikov. She also 14 presentations, organized into five panels: ence, held on May 27-29, included St. Portrait of Hetman Ivan Mazepa (repro- believes that Menshikov, a notoriously historical sources for the study of Russian- duction from “Ukraine: Its History and Petersburg University and the Consulate greedy man, took not only Mazepa’s Its Arts” by Peter Kardash). General of Poland in St. Petersburg. The papers but also his valuable library. (Continued on page 10) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Oligarchic parties back Yanukovych Kyiv seeks to sell UkrTelekom stake bishops as archbishops: Anatolii by Jan Maksymiuk incumbent President Leonid Kuchma (Hladky) of Sarny and Polissia (northern RFE/RL Belarus and Ukraine Report will run for the post of president for a KYIV – State Property Fund Ukraine) and Bishop Ioann (Siopko) of third time, an option made possible for Chairman Mykhailo Chechetov and Vice Khust and Vynohradiv (southwestern Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych was him by a ruling of the Constitutional Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ukraine’s Transcarpathia region). proposed as a joint presidential candidate Court in December 2003. Mykola Azarov announced on August 3 Archbishop Anatolii was born in the of the pro-government majority in the Perhaps the most crucial of these that the government is planning to sell by Khmelnytskyi region of central Ukraine Verkhovna Rada in mid-April, shortly after forums was a congress of the Social September 30 a 42.86 percent stake in in 1957. He graduated from the this majority failed to pass a constitutional- Democratic Party – United (SDPU) in UkrTelekom, the largest national Leningrad Theological Seminary and the reform bill intended to limit the preroga- Kharkiv on July 10. The SDPU is led by telecommunications operator in Ukraine, Leningrad Theological Academy. In tives of the president and expand those of presidential-administration chief Viktor Interfax reported. “We could receive 1982 he was ordained deacon, and in the prime minister and the legislature. Medvedchuk, so the party’s decision on from $600 million to $800 million, judg- 1992, at the Kyiv Monastery of the At that time, the appointment of Mr. Mr. Yanukovych was expected as an ing by offers from those investors that Caves, he took his monastic vows and Yanukovych as the main challenger of important indicator of President Kuchma’s have announced their desire to bid,” Mr. was named a hegumen (father superior). Our Ukraine leader Mr. Yanukovych in real intentions in the 2004 presidential Chechetov told journalists, adding that His episcopal ordination took place on the October 31 election was primarily campaign. Mr. Medvedchuk told the con- the government has not yet finalized October 28, 1993. Archbishop Ioann was seen as a propaganda move on the part of gress that power in Ukraine should remain terms for the tender to sell the born in Rivne (northern Ukraine) in pro-government parties. Following the in the hands of “centrist forces” and UkrTelekom stake. Following the sale, 1964. He was ordained a priest in 1987, abortive vote on the constitutional-reform stressed that Mr. Yanukovych is the only the government will retain a 50 percent and from June 1991 to December 1993 bill, the pro-government majority was in candidate of these forces who can win the plus one share in the company. (RFE/RL served in the Ukrainian Autocephalous visible disarray and urgently needed to presidential election. Five hundred dele- Newsline) Orthodox Church. On December 29, reassure both itself and its electorate that gates to the congress unanimously Representatives of two patriarchates meet 1993, he was received into the UOC- it still possessed political initiative. endorsed Mr. Yanukovych’s candidacy. MP. He took his monastic vows on The moment of truth for Mr. Mr. Medvedchuk also told the dele- KYIV – Representatives of the December 31, 1993, and was ordained Yanukovych occurred when most parties gates that the most important political Ecumenical Patriarchate of bishop on December 13, 1996. constituting the pro-government coalition task in Ukraine is to implement constitu- Constantinople and the Russian (Religious Information Service of held their congresses in order to confirm tional reform in order to introduce a Orthodox Church met in Kyiv on July Ukraine) or reject his candidacy. Apart from the “parliamentary-presidential model” of 13-14. This was in accordance with a Ukraine to reduce its armed forces Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, government. He stressed that Prime previous agreement and permission from which proposed its leader Anatolii Minister Yanukovych is a staunch sup- the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox KYIV – Defense Minister Yevhen Kinakh, prime minister from March 2001 porter of such reform, which was initiat- Church – Moscow Patriarchate, Marchuk said on July 29 that Ukraine’s to November 2002, as a presidential ed by the SDPU in collaboration with the Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabodan. The armed forces will be reduced to 100,000 hopeful, all the other parties threw their Socialist Party and the Communist Party. representatives discussed possible ways troops by 2015, UNIAN reported. At a support behind Mr. Yanukovych. Curiously enough, Mr. Yanukovych’s to overcome Church schisms in Ukraine. press conference in Kyiv, Mr. Marchuk Simultaneously, these congresses sig- election manifesto published this week Constantinople was represented by presented the Strategic Defense Bulletin, nificantly reduced the probability that does not highlight the urgent need for Archbishop Vsevolod Majdanski of the constitutional reform but mentions it the document outlining threats to Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Ukraine’s national security and the duties almost casually, in the same line with U.S.A. and Hieromonk Filip Yahnysh. Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus and judicial, administrative and military of the state and the armed forces in coun- Ukraine specialist on the staff of RFE/RL The Russian Orthodox Church was rep- tering these threats. The bulletin also Newsline. (Continued on page 16) resented by Protopriest Nikolai Balashov, provides a two-stage process of reform secretary of Inter-Orthodox Relations of for the military. In the first stage, to be the Department of External Church completed by 2009, the Ukrainian army Relations, and Sergei Govorun, represen- would be reduced to 200,000 troops. The European Union shrugs off tative of the Department of External second step, to be completed by 2015, is Church Relations. The meeting partici- the reduction to 100,000 troops. The plan Kuchma’s strategic maneuverings pants were received by Metropolitan also foresees outfitting the army with the Volodymyr at the Kyiv Monastery of the most modern equipment. Defense spend- Caves. They discussed current religious ing, according to the bulletin, will by Ahto Lobjakas aim of “Euro-Atlantic integration” was issues in Ukraine. The consultative meet- increase from the current 5.6 billion hrv RFE/RL Belarus and Ukraine Report posted on the Ukrainian government’s ings in Kyiv were organized with the ($1.06 billion) to 17.2 billion hrv in website on July 26. The decree substi- support of the head of Ukraine’s National The European Union has reacted cool- 2015. Ukraine currently has some tutes a new goal of “deepening” Kyiv’s Committee on Religious Matters, Viktor ly to reports that Ukrainian President 350,000 troops in its military. (RFE/RL relations with the blocs for its earlier goal Bondarenko, who expressed the opinion Newsline) Leonid Kuchma has removed member- of “joining” them. of the Ukrainian government on this mat- ship in the European Union and NATO as Oleh Shamshur is Ukraine’s vice min- ter. The participants highly praised the Expert calls for GUUAM’s dissolution strategic aims in his country’s defense ister for foreign affairs. “This amendment joint efforts of both patriarchates to solve doctrine. [to Ukraine’s defense doctrine] was made current religious problems in Ukrainian MOSCOW – Kirill Frolov, head of the Ukraine has long pursued the idea of because neither NATO nor the EU at this society. (Religious Information Service Ukraine department of the Institute for membership in the bloc, but with no luck. moment are ready to give a clear signal of Ukraine) the CIS, has called on Moscow to try to President Kuchma recently declined to about the timeframe [for Ukraine’s entry secure the abolition of the GUUAM sign an “action plan” to map out Kyiv’s into NATO],” Mr. Shamshur said. Two UOC-MP archbishops ordained regional organization that comprises participation in the EU’s European But Mr. Shamshur stated that Kyiv has Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Neighborhood Policy, saying it offers KYIV – Metropolitan Volodymyr Azerbaijan and Moldova, strana.ru not radically changed course: “We do not Sabodan, head of the Ukrainian nothing new to his country. see any reasons for claims that Ukraine reported on July 28. In an interview with Mr. Kuchma’s apparent decision to Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate has changed its European and Euro- (UOC-MP), on July 28 ordained two (Continued on page 19) give up EU and NATO membership as Atlantic course, since the ultimate goal of strategic objectives is seen as another European integration has not changed, is reaction to cold-shouldering by Brussels. not changing, and I don’t think it will Commenting on relations with both change. The key word about European FOUNDED 1933 Ukraine and Russia, the chief spokesman integration is still there [in the defense for the European Commission, Reijo HE KRAINIAN EEKLY doctrine].” TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Kemppinen, said on July 27 that the EU Mr. Kuchma’s decree coincides with a seeks closer ties, but is not offering mem- a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. visit to Kyiv by Russian President Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. bership. Vladimir Putin. Mr. Putin used a speech “Insofar as our relationship with Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. on July 26 to warn foreign “agents” not (ISSN — 0273-9348) Ukraine and Russia is concerned, we to work against the integration of Russia have good and close relations with both and Ukraine. 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these signatures, and pointing out that civil 24 candidates... servants are being used to gather them. The (Continued from page 1) use of civil servants is one example of what Mr. Yushchenko commented that he is referred to as the “administrative ELECTION WATCH hopes cooperation with Mr. Moroz will resources” wielded by those in positions of Yushchenko wants TV debate election if the commission by August 6 eventually deepen. “I am convinced that authority. Mr. Tyhypko has claimed at press conferences that he will run a fair and trans- rejects a complaint by a contender who this first step on the agreement of cooper- parent campaign and will not utilize admin- KYIV – Our Ukraine head Viktor was refused registration on August 3. To ation of efforts of the democratic forces istrative resources. Yushchenko wants to hold a television be on the October 31 ballot, each regis- will not stop,” he stated. While Mr. Yanukovych may have over debate with Prime Minister Viktor tered candidate must submit 500,000 sig- Over the weekend of July 24-25 a num- 25 parties behind him, there are also can- Yanukovych, his main rival in the presi- natures in support of his or her candidacy ber of other political party congresses took didates who have stated outright that they dential election, Interfax reported on by September 20. (RFE/RL Newsline) place, including a general meeting of those have thrown their hat into the race specif- August 3, citing Oleksander Zinchenko, who support Mr. Yanukovych for president. ically to run against the prime minister. the chief of the Yushchenko election Lawmaker claims campaign violations A pact signed by 25 different parties that These include: Mykhailo Brodskyi, leader staff. Mr. Zinchenko specified that such a attended the gathering not only aimed to debate should be moderated by an “inde- KYIV – Mykola Tomenko, the head of of Yabluko, and Kyiv Mayor Oleksander the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee for support Mr. Yanukovych’s run for the presi- Omelchenko, who according to a report pendent” journalist and broadcast live. dency, but also outlined further cooperation Freedom of Speech and Information, sent on Public Radio aired prior to his registra- Poll shows Yushchenko in the lead a statement on July 28 to Prime Minister leading to the elections to the Verkhovna tion, has a great deal of support from the Rada in 2006, and the subsequent formation Viktor Yanukovych informing him of Association of Cities of Ukraine and KYIV – The Razumkov Center found in events during the election campaign that of a parliamentary majority. many of the country’s mayors. a poll conducted on July 22-28 that if a Mr. Yanukovych’s campaign manager, do not comply with official regulations of While it is clear that the two favored presidential election had been held “next the presidential election campaign and Serhii Tyhypko, who also heads the candidates in the presidential race – Sunday” (i.e. August 1), Mr. Yushchenko National Bank of Ukraine, claimed on violate freedom of speech, Interfax Messrs. Yanukovych and Yushchenko – would have been backed by 27.9 percent reported. Mr. Tomenko said that Viktor August 3 that close to 5 million signatures will be in the race until the end, the field of voters, Yanukovych by 21.1 percent, Yanukovych’s government and regional had been gathered in support of the current should narrow as some of the other hope- Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko authorities exert pressure on the media, prime minister’s presidential candidacy in a fuls fail to gather the 500,000 signatures by 9.8 percent, and Socialist Party leader which is trying to remain independent of month’s time. However, as reported by required to be registered with the Central Oleksander Moroz by 6.5 percent. In the government. He cited the example of Ukrainska Pravda, some are questioning the Election Commission by the third week regional terms, Mr. Yushchenko is support- the Donetsk-based Ostriv newspaper, methods being used for the collection of of September. ed by 50.9 percent of voters in central which 15 publishing houses have refused Ukraine, 65.6 percent in the country’s to print. According to Mr. Tomenko, in western regions, 19.9 percent in the south, the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions The 24 candidates and 15.3 percent in the east. Yanukovych is “there are negotiations” with cable opera- backed by 47.4 percent of voters in the tors to remove Channel 5 from cable net- east, 37.4 percent in the south, 17.2 percent works. Mr. Tomenko intends to conduct a Below is the list of registered candidates for president of Ukraine as of the in the center, and 12.2 percent in the west. session for members of the Central July 27 submission deadline (each candidate’s name is followed by the entity that (RFE/RL Newsline) Election Commission regarding the rules nominated him/her and the parties that support his/her candidacy). of media participation in the election Five new candidates are registered campaign. (RFE/RL Newsline) • Viktor Yushchenko, self-nominated KYIV – The Central Election supported by the Our Ukraine Bloc and Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc 5 percent rise noted in support for PM Commission officially registered Hryhorii • Viktor Yanukovych, Party of Regions of Ukraine Chernysh, the leader of the Party for the supported by the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (United), Trudova KYIV – The Kyiv International Rehabilitation of the Ukrainian Nation; Ukraina, National Democratic Party, National Agrarian Party, Women for the Institute of Sociology found in a poll con- Vladyslav Kryvobokiv, the leader of the Future Party, Liberal Party, Renaissance Party, All-Ukrainian Party of ducted on July 19-27 that if a presidential Popular Party of Depositors and Social Spirituality and Patriotism, All-Ukrainian Labor Party, Democratic Bloc, election had been held on August 1, 62.9 Protection; Mykhailo Brodskyi, the leader Women of Ukraine Party, Social Democratic Union, All-Ukrainian Union of the percent of voters would have participated Left, Justice Party, Party of Muslims of Ukraine, National-Economic of the Yabluko Party; Ihor Dushyn, leader in it, Interfax reported. Of those declaring Development Party of Ukraine, Russian Bloc Party, One Ukraine Party, Party of of the Liberal Democratic Party; and their intent to go to the polls, 29.9 percent Small and Medium Business of Ukraine, Slavic National-Democratic Union, independent candidate Andrii Chornovil, would have voted for Our Ukraine opposi- Women’s Solidarity of Ukraine, Peasants Party of Ukraine, Social-Economic an assistant professor at Lviv State tion-bloc leader Viktor Yushchenko, while Party, Chornobyl Ukraine Union, and the Ukrainian Party of Justice, composed Medical University, as candidates in the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych would of the Union of Veterans, Invalids, Chornobyl Survivors, Afghanistan Veterans, October 31 presidential election, Interfax have been backed by 25.2 percent of vot- Ukrainian Peasants Democratic Party and Christian-Democratic Party of reported. The number of registered candi- ers, Communist Party leader Symonenko Ukraine dates stands at 20. (RFE/RL Newsline) by 8.8 percent, Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz by 6 percent, and • Oleksander Moroz, Socialist Party of Ukraine Two more candidates join race supported by the Communist Party of Ukraine (Renewed) Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Party • Petro Symonenko, Communist Party of Ukraine KYIV – The Central Election leader Anatolii Kinakh by 2.1 percent. In • Anatolii Kinakh, Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Commission on July 29 officially regis- comparison with a similar poll held by the same pollster one month earlier, Mr. supported by the Peace and Unity Party, Party of Pensioners of Ukraine and tered Vitalii Kononov, the leader of the Yanukovych’s poll rating rose by 5 per- Liberal Party (Renewed) Green Party, and Volodymyr centage points, while Mr. Yushchenko’s • Oleksander Rzhavskyi, One Family Party Nechyporuk, the head of the newly creat- remained the same. (RFE/RL Newsline) • Leonid Chernovetskyi, self-nominated ed People’s Power Party, as candidates supported by the Christian Liberal Party for the presidential election, Interfax Yushchenko, Moroz sign fair election pact • Natalia Vitrenko, Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine reported. Mr. Nechyporuk was registered • Oleksander Bazyliuk, Slavic Party after correcting and resubmitting his doc- KYIV – Our Ukraine head Viktor • Roman Kozak, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine Party uments which had included provisions, Yushchenko and Socialist Party leader • Bohdan Boiko, National Movement of Ukraine as the Supreme Court noted, inconsistent Oleksander Moroz, two major presidential • Dmytro Korchynskyi, self-nominated with the Constitution of Ukraine. The candidates, on August 2 signed an agree- supported by the Bratstvo Organization number of registered candidates stands at ment for a “fair election,” Interfax and • Oleksander Yakovenko, Communist Party of Workers 22. (RFE/RL Newsline) UNIAN reported. The politicians pledged • Vasyl Volha, Civic Control Party to pool efforts in monitoring the vote and • Yurii Zbitnev, New Force Party Kyiv mayor becomes 23rd candidate exposing violations of the law during the • Vitalii Kononov, Green Party of Ukraine election campaign. Mr. Yushchenko said KYIV – The Central Election • Volodymyr Nechyporuk, People’s Power Party he hopes to sign a similar agreement with Commission on August 2 registered Kyiv • Andrii Chornovil, self-nominated another presidential candidate, Communist Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko as the supported by the Social Truth Party Party leader Petro Symonenko. 23rd candidate on the October 31 presi- • Mykhailo Brodskyi, Yabluko Party Commenting on President Leonid dential ballot, Ukrainian news agencies • Hryhorii Chernysh, Party for the Rehabilitation of the Ukrainian Nation Kuchma’s decision not to run for a third • Oleksander Omelchenko reported. Last week the Central Election term, Mr. Yushchenko said the option of supported by the Unity Party Commission ceased accepting applica- making President Kuchma the country’s • Ihor Dushyn, Liberal Democratic Party tions for the registration of new presiden- prime minister after the election has not • Vladyslav Kryvobokiv, Popular Party of Depositors and Social Protection tial candidates. The commission still has been ruled out. (RFE/RL Newsline) • Serhii Komisarenko, unknown to consider more than a dozen such appli- cations. (RFE/RL Newsline) 4 million back PM’s candidacy Sources: Central Election Commission Website, RFE/RL Newline Presidential race has 24 participants KYIV – Four million signatures have been collected to back the presidential KYIV – The Central Election candidacy of Prime Minister Viktor Commission registered National Academy Yanukovych, Interfax reported on July 31, of Sciences Secretary Serhii Komisarenko quoting Serhii Tyhypko, the chief of Mr. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY as the 24th presidential candidate on Yanukovych’s election staff. According to T U W August 3, Ukrainian news agencies report- Ukraine’s law on presidential elections, a Visit our archive on the Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/ ed. Mr. Komisarenko may close the list of presidential candidates for the October 31 (Continued on page 17) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32 Ukrainian American scholar launches project to preserve Chornobyl region’s cultural heritage

by Andrew Nynka ethnographers often use to document a region’s cultural heritage. Buildings, left unoccupied for nearly 20 years, PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A Ukrainian American scholar are deteriorating and falling apart, Mr. Stachiw added. has launched a long-term project to preserve the cultural “Ironically, because it was the least threatened of the heritage of “the cradle of Slavic culture,” a lowland various ethnographic subregions of Ukraine, ... it region of Ukraine sparsely studied by ethnographers and received the least systematic study by ethnographers, largely devastated by the nuclear catastrophe at the folklorists, and other scholars during the middle decades Chornobyl nuclear power plant. of the 20th century,” Mr. Stachiw wrote. “The impacts [of Chornobyl] on the historical and An area of northwestern Ukraine roughly the size of cultural heritage of the region have almost never been the state of Maine, Polissia is known for its old-growth discussed,” Myron Stachiw, director of the project to forests rich with mushrooms, berries and medicinal preserve Polissia’s unique cultural heritage, told The herbs. The people who once lived there were said to Ukrainian Weekly on July 23. have depended strongly on the forest and land, which, in In the aftermath of the 1986 nuclear accident, interna- tional aid organizations and Ukrainian officials dealt turn, “resulted in the very specific spiritual and material chiefly with health and ecological problems associated culture of the Ukrainian Polissia region,” Mr. Stachiw with the nuclear fallout, while relatively little has been said. The “inaccessible terrain protected the inhabitants done to preserve the cultural identity of the region, from invasion and isolated them from foreign influ- which has seen many of its citizens who once lived near ences,” according to the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, leav- Chornobyl scattered throughout Ukraine. ing the region with a distinct culture. An associate professor of historic preservation at Though efforts at preservation have been meager, the Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., Mr. Stachiw region’s historical importance has grown. “Recent histor- believes the region has been overlooked by ethnogra- ical studies of the Slavs (Barford 2001) have identified phers. And while data was collected there in the years the Polissia region as the cradle of Slavic culture, adding following the accident, he said little has been done to tremendous significance to the ethno-history of the study it or examine the methods used to collect it. region, and multiplying the tragic effects of the reloca- tion of a large portion of the region’s population from its A number of Ukrainian scholars who worked in Myron Stachiw Polissia from 1988 to 1998 collected and preserved a physical and psychological landscapes, effectively end- “vast archive of documentary and artifactual materials,” ing the continuation of centuries-old traditions, crafts, Research Fellowship to begin the first phase of his work Mr. Stachiw said. “Thousands of photographs, measured and agricultural practices, and rituals that were often inti- in Ukraine. The fellowship will send him to Kyiv and drawings of buildings and villages, hundreds of audio mately tied to place,” Mr. Stachiw said in his summary. Lviv from November 2004 to June 2005. and video tapes have been collected and have under- But the project is not rooted exclusively in preserving A historian, archaeologist and architectural historian, gone, in most cases, only superficial analysis,” Mr. the past. “It will happen again,” Mr. Stachiw said, refer- Mr. Stachiw has focused his professional career prima- Stachiw wrote in a summary of his project. ring to the possibility that nuclear fallout could occur in rily on early American history. However, since 1989, he Titled “Rescuing Cultural Heritage after Ecological the future. “Whether it’s a bomb or another reactor acci- has been involved in studies of Ukrainian museums, Disaster: Chornobyl and Cultural Heritage in Ukraine,” dent, it’s inevitable.” material culture and history. He has traveled extensively Mr. Stachiw’s project will “review these collections, gener- The effort to document Polissia’s cultural heritage in Ukraine, and participated in several scholarly ate inventories, assess the methods under which the collec- “represents one of the few, if not only, such systematic exchanges and tours. tion occurred, its preservation, and curation.” He is con- effort by a national government to preserve – rescue – Academics from the Lviv-based Ethnology Institute cerned that not everything in the region has been properly an important and significant part of its cultural heritage at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine will documented and said he would “explore the process by from extinction,” Mr. Stachiw explained in his project help Mr. Stachiw evaluate much of the data. Dr. which decisions were made” when data was first collected. summary, and said that that example could be used to Mykhailo Hlushko, senior ethnographer at the institute, prepare for a future nuclear situation. and Stepan Pavliuk, the institute’s director, were instru- Obstacles to preservation mental in the initial expeditions in Polissia from 1988 to Awarded Fulbright fellowship Additionally, he fears other factors have worked against 1998, and will continue to work with Mr. Stachiw. preservation. Looters have reportedly been active in the A member of Ukrainian National Association Branch Three-part project region, and their bounty stripped Polissia of the artifacts 59, Mr. Stachiw was most recently awarded a Fulbright Originally, Mr. Stachiw planned to unveil the find- ings from the first component of his three-part project – an exhibition – in Lviv in April 2006. Although it was scheduled to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: July reactor explosion, the exhibit is more likely to open a Amount Name City D. Cisyk Staten Island, N.Y. year or two later, he said. $100.00 Roxana Charkewycz Park Ridge, Ill. Marijka De-Blieu Stockton, N.J. A bilingual exhibition, it “will present a chronology of Walter Clebowicz New Britain, Conn. Stefan Glut Flanders, N.J. the accident at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and dis- Anna Piedilato Piscataway, N.J. Ksenia and Volodya Warren, Mich. cuss the known political, economic and health impacts of Oleh Sydor Glen Ellyn, Ill. Horobcenko the disaster and its aftermath on Ukraine and the Soviet Taras Szmagala Cleveland, Ohio Myroslaw Kulynych Jackson Heights, N.Y. $55.00 Roman Barniak Basking Ridge, N.J. Yurko Lonyszyn Somerset, N.J. Union,” and will include a special focus devoted to “the Bohdan and Olena Glendora, Calif. George Melnykovych Oro Valley, Ariz. almost never discussed issue of the impacts on the histori- Buchynsky C. Mociuk Palos Park, Ill. cal and cultural heritage of this region of Ukraine.” Maria Polanskyj Matawan, N.J. Edward Rokisky North Port, Fla. The second component of Mr. Stachiw’s Project will Luba Wyznyckyj San Francisco, Calif. Daria Samotulka Hillsborough, N.J. be a one-hour documentary film that will “explore the $50.00 Taras Kolomeychuk St. Paul, Minn. Nestor Scherbey Grand Rapids, Mich. nature and chronology of the power plant accident and ODUM-Tabir Malyat Livonia, Mich. Larysa Snihurowycz Bell River, Ontario the response of the Soviet authorities to the catastrophe, Paul Shott Plymouth, N.H. Ukrainian National Ambridge, Pa. John Worysz Wethersfield, Conn. Association including evacuation and relocation of large segments George Wyhinny S. Barrington, Ill. $5.00 William Adamshick Perth Amboy, N.J. of the impacted region’s population.” $45.00 Roman Klodnycky East Peoria, Ill. Tymish Hankewycz Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. “The results of the proposed research program will Daria Kushnir Westland, Mich. Michael Holowaty Venice, Fla. be disseminated through lectures, publications in schol- Roman Okpysh Dana Point, Calif. Michael Hrycak Cranford, N.J. arly and popular journals, papers presented at confer- Wasyl Wowchuk Naperville, Ill. Orest Hrycak Cranford, N.J. ences, and in the classroom. Ultimately, the information $40.00 W. Melnitchouk Hampton, Va. Merle and Bonnie Toledo, Ohio $30.00 Ihor Bemko Edinboro, Pa. Jurkiewicz and conclusions will be incorporated into the planned Mary Bodnar New York, N.Y. George Kaniwec Southington, Conn. exhibition and documentary film,” Mr. Stachiw said. He Roman Hiszcznskyj Topeka, Kan. Roman Kokolskyj Montclair, N.J. hopes to also provide video and audio recordings that Walter Kizel Dearborn, Mich. Liliana and Bohdan Kendall Park, N.J. would contain some of the “thousands of photographs, $25.00 Henry Bolosky Kingston, Pa. Kotys measure drawings, images of recovered objects, stories, Eugene Jarosewich Washington, D.C. Larysa Mykyta Raleigh, N.C. music, etc., of the cultural heritage of the impacted Peter Sztyk New York, N.Y. Katherine Panchesine Woodbine, N.J. $20.00 Myron Blahy Spring Valley, N.Y. Bohdan Paszkowskyj West Seneca, N.Y. (Continued on page 21) Gene Diduch Augusta, Ga. Millie Pochtar Pequannock, N.J. O. Makarushka-Kolodij Maplewood, N.J. Stephan Saldan Niles, Ill. Jerry Petrasz Chicago, Ill. George Schuter Johnson City, N.Y. Walter Pytlowany Port Richey, Fla. Michael Scyocurka Laguna Woods, Calif. Andrew Simock Las Vegas, Nev. Kornel Senyk Warren, Mich. Corrections $15.00 Demetrius Cap Newburyport, Mass. Anna Tiutiunnyk Henderson, Nev. A technical error in “Focus on Philately” (August 1) Bohdan Doboszczak Naugatuck, Conn. deleted the first part of footnote No. 1. The entire footnote Gloria Horbaty Wallingford, Conn. TOTAL: $1,880.00 Jaroslawa Komichak Upper St. Clair, Pa. should read: The overprint is misspelled; it should read Alexander Leskiw East Hanover, N.J. Sincere thanks to all contributors “hryven” – the genitive plural of the word “hryvnia.” Mykola Mychalczak Manlius, N.Y. to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. Valentina Poletz Minneapolis, Minn. In “Foreign policy advisor to Kerry meets with Olha Stasiuk Forest Hills, N.Y. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the Ukrainian Americans” (July 25), a transcription error Mitya Wood Livermore, Calif. incorrectly rendered a quotation from Richard Holbrooke. $10.00 Marion Bartoszyk Hyattsvillle, Md. sole fund dedicated exclusively to supporting John Bonchak El Segundo, Calif. the work of this publication. The quotation should refer to a “blank check,” not a “blind check for Vladimir Putin.” No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 5

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Branch 120 hosts annual golf outing On our 110th anniversary Spotlight on UNA branches Branch 112, Sisterhood of St. Organizations of Cleveland and the Mary’s Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Congress Committee of Cleveland America, and every four years sent delegates to the UNA convention to At the turn of the century, as more voice their opinions. Ukrainians were arriving in this country Over $400 was sent to Ridna and settling in the Cleveland area, an Shkola in Lviv, over $300 to other organization was needed to provide for Ukrainian causes. Shares were pur- financial, spiritual and social well- chased from the Ukrainian bank in being. The Ukrainian National Lviv. Shares were also purchased from Association fulfilled this need, offering the Ukrainian National Home in insurance as security and the opportuni- Cleveland. Donations to Ss. Peter and ty to socialize. Men already had their Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church and own UNA branch, so on May 2, 1910, its parochial school were over $1,100, nine women met and elected Mary $1,000 was given to various Ukrainian Herron as president, Katherine projects in America. A stained glass Wolansky as financial secretary and was pledged to St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Organizers of the Branch 120 golf outing (from left): Greg Spolarich, Ron Evushak, Pauline Wolansky as treasurer. They Catholic Church in Parma, Ohio. Tim Helm (trustee) and Mark Szedny (club secretary). called themselves the Sisterhood of St. The sisterhood gave generously Mary’s Immaculate Conception, or St. by Eli Matiash 16. The annual event was a huge success. toward an ambulance for the Red Cross Mary’s Lodge, Branch 112 of the UNA. The outing, which has become a during World War II. It actively partici- ALIQUIPPA, Pa. – The ninth annual Years passed and the membership branch tradition, was held at the Beaver pated in soliciting pledges for the erec- golf outing sponsored by UNA Branch grew slowly but steadily. The women tion of a monument to Lesia Ukrainka in 120 of Aliquippa, Pa., was held on Creek Meadows Country Club, followed sponsored picnics, dances, card parties the Cultural Gardens in Cleveland. Saturday, July 17, with 98 golfers, by a picnic that was enjoyed by all. and Mother’s Day communion break- Members participated in the funerals including eight golfers from Branch 161. The goal of the outing is to promote fasts to raise funds. They elected rep- Also participating were 11 volunteers, as fraternity among club members, UNA resentatives to the Ukrainian United (Continued on page 17) well as guests from UNA Branches 120 and branches and the Ukrainian community.

Highlights from the UNA’s 110-year history A special yearlong feature focusing on the history of the Ukrainian National Association.

The deliberations of the 27th UNA Convention on May 18-23, 1970, took place in Cleveland, with 432 delegates and 26 supreme officers par- ticipating. The convention was held under a banner bearing the UNA’s jubilee motto: “In tribute to pioneers, with eyes toward youth.” During the weeklong convention UNA members honored the frater- nal organization’s pioneering founder, the Rev. Hryhorii (Gregory) Hrushka, by dedicating a monument in his honor at Cleveland’s (Continued on page 17)

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NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Europe turns its back on Ukraine Ukrainian Free University This week we follow up on our previous editorial describing Ukraine “in Moscow’s takes another step forward embrace,” as Kyiv altered the country’s defense doctrine to reflect what it sees as the new reality in its foreign relations – a reality not entirely of Ukraine’s making. by Bohdan A. Futey over 500. These scholarly works are pub- For weeks or even months now, we have reported how the European Union and lished in English, Ukrainian, French and As the busy summer session draws to NATO have made it known that Ukraine is not in line to join either body. At its German. For instance, the UFU recently an end, the Ukrainian Free University is Istanbul summit, NATO refused to consider a Membership Action Plan for Ukraine, published a German version of Ivan making preparations for celebrating Kotliarevsky’s “Eneida” and is currently and Romano Prodi, the head of the European Commission (the EU’s executive another important milestone. The year body), stated outright that Ukraine would never become an EU member. Thus, it preparing a German translation of Vasyl 2005 will mark the 60th anniversary of Barka’s “The Yellow Prince.” seemed, Ukraine’s stated desire for Euro-Atlantic integration was but a pipe dream. the UFU’s existence in Munich. This dis- As we have seen, a “good neighborly” Moscow is only too eager to jump in and fill The UFU also collaborates with tinction renders the UFU the oldest pri- Ukrainian and German universities to the void – to assume the role of Ukraine’s chief international partner. vate university in Germany. On July 30, from Ukraine’s neighbor to the West, Poland, came expressions of arrange international congresses, confer- It was not, however, always located ences and symposia. Moreover, the UFU alarm over the latest developments, and appeals to Europe and the United States. within the borders of that country. The In an interview with Polish Radio 1 in Warsaw, President Aleksander organizes high-level delegation UFU, an idea of the Ukrainian intellectu- exchanges between prominent members Kwasniewski noted that Ukraine “is still searching for its place and is under al community in Lviv, was founded on strong Russian influence and pressure to integrate into this country.” Ukraine, he of German and Ukrainian communities. January 17, 1921, in Vienna. Its tenure in This undertaking provides a much-need- said, would like to integrate with Western Europe, “however, unfortunately, not Austria would be short-lived as it was the whole of Western Europe wants to help Ukraine on this issue.” ed informal forum for discussion transferred to Prague in the fall of the between the two countries, and the The Polish president expressed bitterness that the EU and the West “haven’t same year. The UFU would experience understood the significance of the Ukrainian issue,” and he pointed the finger resultant dialogue raises international productive years over the next two and a awareness and concomitantly proliferates specifically at “the three great leaders” – the prime ministers of France and Great half decades in Prague, but it would nev- Britain and the chancellor of Germany, noting that in Istanbul “there was a lack Ukraine’s acceptance and integration into ertheless move once again following the the European sphere. of understanding and determination, or perhaps there is a conviction that Ukraine conclusion of the second world war. The is in the sphere of Russian influence.” As a result of the tireless efforts put UFU would finally settle down in forth by the present leadership of the uni- That same day, 13 Polish political leaders and activists issued an appeal calling Munich in 1945, and shortly thereafter, for support of Ukraine’s aspirations for membership in European and Euro-Atlantic versity, the UFU has received a long in 1950, would receive accreditation by deserved recognition from the government structures. Their statement underscored: “A new iron curtain on the eastern border the Free State of Bavaria. of the EU would be harmful and dangerous for Europe. Ukraine today stands at a of Ukraine. On May 21, the Ukrainian Free For many years, the UFU’s primary University and the High Accreditation crossroads, and its European orientation seems to be threatened. This has happened function was that of preservation. It in great measure through the stance of those European governments and circles that Commission signed an agreement which sought to accomplish abroad what could provides that UFU academic degrees will are taking away Ukraine’s hope for future membership in the EU and NATO.” not be accomplished internally in an The appeal’s signatories – former government ministers, members of be recognized within Ukraine. The recogni- occupied Ukraine where the past was tion is significant not only from a symbolic Parliament, ambassadors and activists of the Polish-Ukrainian Forum – argued that being distorted and scholarly thought taking away this hope from Ukraine “deprives it of the motivation to undertake dif- perspective, but also because it permits the was being suppressed. Keeping with the UFU to more completely effectuate its stat- ficult reforms..., weakens the position of those Ukrainian politicians who declare times, today the UFU’s focus has shifted, the necessity of integration with Europe... [and] on the other hand strengthens the ed goals. The agreement is an endorsement and is aligned with Ukraine’s emerging of the quality of the UFU’s work, and it forces desiring a return to the situation before the disintegration of the USSR.” status in the international community. The statement addressed Western leaders in Europe and the United States with allows its influence to extend legitimately The focus is on building and on bridging and completely within the Ukrainian aca- the expectation that they “declare in a clear manner that, if Ukraine indeed the gap between independent Ukraine comes close to European standards in political, social and economic life, its demic community. and Germany, as well as the European Now that Ukraine’s government has membership in the EU and NATO will not only be possible, but desirable.” Union. The UFU’s successes in these This is wise counsel from “new Europe” – from a land that well understands validated the UFU’s academic degrees, it regards are impressive, especially in light is time for Ukraine to support the UFU in where Ukraine is at this stage in its development as an independent state, and of the tight monetary constraints under knows well the threats that emanate from the east. “Old Europe” and the United return for the years that the UFU sup- which it operates. ported Ukraine. Although several prom- States would be well advised to heed the experienced voice of Poland and to stop The UFU’s rigorous academic programs turning its back on Ukraine. ises have been made, actual financial underpin and complement the university’s assistance has yet to be provided. The commitment to research and diplomacy. UFU is one of the few remaining, if not The faculty consists of 56 instructors who the only, private university to receive a Aug. are responsible for educating the universi- subsidy from the Bavarian State (approx- Turning the pages back... ty’s 207 students. The student body com- imately 100,000 euros). The university prises highly talented individuals who con- also receives support from the UFU 8 verge on the university from all parts of Foundation in New York. The UFU, the world to take advantage of the unique however, is in need of additional finances learning environment the UFU provides. to support all of its operations – from 1999 Five years ago, on August 8, 1999, during Ukraine’s previ- The students may select from any of the ous presidential election campaign season, The Ukrainian instructional programs to building repair three schools that now form UFU: to financing its publication series. The Weekly reported that nine presidential candidates had received Ukrainian Studies, Philosophy, and the approval of Ukraine’s election authority to move on to the UFU makes the most of the finances that Government and Political Economy. are currently at its disposal and will cer- October elections. By August 1 the Central Election Commission had completed ana- Further, cognizant of its scholars’ lyzing and counting the petitions of the 15 presidential hopefuls who had submitted at tainly do so with any other monetary diverse backgrounds and consistent with support that becomes available. least 1 million signatures in support of their candidacies, as required by Ukraine’s elec- its international mission, the UFU offers tion law. Six of the candidates were rejected for not meeting that mark after the CEC It is imperative that the Ukrainian Free courses and lectures in English, University receive the necessary funding deemed hundreds of thousands of signatures they submitted to be fraudulent. Ukrainian, and German. As Vasyl Kremin, The candidates registered by the CEC in 1999 represented the leading Ukrainian to sustain its current undertakings as well Ukraine’s minister of education and sci- as the necessary funding to further political parties. The individuals whose names would appear on the October 31 presi- ence, has aptly summarized: “The class- dential election ballot were: President Leonid Kuchma, supported by the National expand. The university made great room atmosphere of the UFU, where the strides during Dr. Leonid Rudnytzky’s Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party (United); Petro Symonenko wisdom of the professors is passed on to (Communist Party); Natalia Vitrenko (Progressive Socialist Party); Oleksander tenure as rector, and it is poised to do the following generations, is informed by an same under the leadership of its new rec- Tkachenko (Peasant Party); Oleksander Moroz (Socialist Party); Hennadii Udovenko unwavering faith in the future of Ukraine (Rukh Party); Yurii Kostenko (Rukh II); and Volodymyr Oliinyk, president of the tor, Dr. Albert Kipa. Without the neces- and the unshakable conviction that the sary funding, it is conceivable that the Association of Ukrainian Cities and mayor of Cherkasy. work for a better world must continue.” Our Kyiv Press Bureau explained that only Mr. Oliinyk was not considered a major university will eventually cease to exist. In the confines of the UFU’s library, If such a possibility should indeed come political player and that his was the only surprise candidacy registered by the CEC. one can find the most comprehensive Mr. Oliinyk, who ran as an independent, barely made the minimum. The CEC accept- to fruition, it would be an indescribable collection of Ukrainian works in setback for Ukraine and the Ukrainian ed 1.02 million of the 1.86 million signatures submitted on his behalf. Germany. The UFU continues to add to CEC officials said they had found massive fraud and signature irregularities in peti- community in general. the field of literature through its series of As Dr. Hans-Juergen Doss, former tions submitted by all the candidates, but particularly among the six candidates it had publications, which now number well rejected. The inconsistencies included signatures of voters who were no longer among member of the German Bundestag the living and names of villages that do not exist. The CEC threw out hundreds of (Federal Parliament) and lecturer, recent- thousands of signatures in the case of almost every candidate. However, many of them Bohdan A. Futey is a professor at the ly explained: “If the UFU did not exist, it had collected almost double the minimum required. Ukrainian Free University, who has been would have to be invented.” Given the Other losers in the CEC registration process had even higher percentages cut. The teaching summer semester classes on current situation in Germany, however, CEC rejected more than 60 percent of Mykola Haber’s signatures. Oleksander Bazyliuk constitutional law, judicial systems and receiving accreditation and obtaining and Yurii Karmazin had about 50 percent of their signatures negated by the CEC, while election disputes, since 1988. He is also subsidies would be next to impossible. In Oleksander Rzhavskyi and Vasyl Onopenko suffered cuts of more than 40 percent. a judge on the U.S. Court of Federal other words, “once it’s gone, it’s gone.” Claims, having been appointed to the It is incumbent on Ukraine and the Source: “Nine candidates continue in race for president,” by Roman Woronowycz, bench by President Ronald Reagan and Ukrainian community to ensure that such The Ukrainian Weekly, August 8, 1999, Vol. LXVII, No. 32. confirmed by the Senate in 1987. an outcome is never realized. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places Lubomyr Luciuk about the efforts of aca- demic Luciuk. by Myron B. Kuropas Community must The Foreword reveals the mission of this collection. An academic from the pressure Lugar University of Cincinnati writes that “the Dear Editor: crusade to revoke Duranty’s Pulitzer was born in the fertile brain of a Canadian Americans for Human Rights in academic Lubomyr Luciuk.” In fact this Ukraine (AHRU) sent a series of letters Last of the great UNA fraternalists assertion was made to me privately by Bill Pastuszek and Helen Olek-Scott, Olek of Cleveland, and moved to that to all members of the United States two beloved fraternal members of the city where she helped establish the pri- Senate urging support of Senate Dr. Luciuk prior to publication and I, as president of the Ukrainian World Ukrainian National Association, died last mary school at Ss. Peter and Paul Resolution 202 which classifies the month, literally within weeks of each Ukrainian Catholic Church. She was Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933 as geno- Congress (UWC) of which the Ukrainian other. also active in developing Ukrainian cul- cide. AHRU letters to senators who were Congress Committee of America Bill passed away on July 14 at age 78. tural displays associated with the already sponsors of the Resolution were (UCCA) is an integral part, forwarded to To meet Bill Pastuszek was to immedi- Cleveland Cultural Gardens. When Nick asked to influence Foreign Relations him a chronology of the efforts showing ately like him. To know Bill Pastuszek was transferred to Chicago, she and her Committee Chairman Richard Lugar to that this action was initiated by the was to love him. A big man with a gentle husband became active in the establish- schedule S. Res. 202 for hearings. UCCA in February 2003 with a letter to heart, he was an outgoing, genial fellow ment of St. Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic In a reply to AHRU, Sen. Jon Corzine the Pulitzer Board to which the board’s who was always smiling, always ready Church on Chicago’s northwest side. (D-N.J.) included the following: “In 1932, administrator, Sig Gissler, replied several with an anecdote. Some of his jokes were Joseph Stalin ordered an increase in days later. The UCCLA joined the effort Nick and Helen were Republicans who funny, most were corny. It didn’t matter. Ukraine’s wheat procurement quota, cre- and spearheaded an effective postcard were instrumental in the creation of the Bill’s laughter at his own stories was so ating a man-made disaster that resulted in campaign several months later. Republican State Nationalities of Illinois. infectious you laughed with him. the deaths of millions of Ukrainian men, The entire campaign consisted of not A member of the Ukrainian National I remember Bill from past UNA con- women and children. The resulting famine only missives, but protest-demonstra- Association since childhood, Helen was ventions as a person handing out sou- annihilated an estimated 25 percent of the tions, reports, etc. carried out by many elected secretary of UNA Branch 22. As venir “Vote for Bill Pastuszek” pens and rural population of that country between organizations and individuals. secretary, Helen enrolled hundreds of trying to unite squabbling factions. 1932-1933. Such a travesty is incompre- In the course of our electronic discus- new UNA members, maintaining her American-bred and born, he never quite hensible and we should never forget this sions, Dr. Luciuk finally acknowledged place among the top sign-up champions understood the ideological infighting act of genocide. The bill is currently that the UCCA may have initiated this for many years. Always finding new fra- which the third wave of Ukrainian immi- pending in the Senate Committee on action but assured me that it did not get ternal activities for her members, Helen grants bagged and carried over the ocean Foreign Relations. I sit on this committee off the ground until he joined in. I had the most active UNA branch in the with them from Ukraine. “We’re all and will continue to promote this replied that that is not an issue of fact, Chicago area. She visited the sick and Ukrainians, we’re all brothers and sisters Resolution as it is debated by the Senate.” but a subjective evaluation. found ways to assist indigent members of in the same fraternal organization,” he During the era of the Soviet Union’s I write this letter not to disparage Dr. her branch. domination over its republics and satellites, Luciuk, but to set the record straight. would say, “Why are we fighting?” First elected an advisor to the UNA the interest and responsibilities of United His accomplishments in the Ukrainian Supreme Assembly in 1962, Helen Olek States legislators in the defense of human Askold S. Lozynskyj community are legendary. A member of served through 1970 and then in 1978- rights was not only more but the interest in New York the UNA General Assembly for over 20 1994, when she decided not to run. Eastern Europe was more significant. years, he enrolled hundreds of new mem- During her many years on the General Perhaps the administration of today is still bers, the life-blood of the UNA, and was Assembly (as the Supreme Assembly playing the game of “ostpolitik” with annually found among the top two or was later called), Helen was always one Russian President Vladimir Putin and also Hats off and thanks three UNA sign-up champions. While to push for greater understanding among placating Turkey in its refusal to admit that other members of the General Assembly assembly members, some of whom it committed genocide against Armenia. to Taras Hunczak argued, Bill signed up members. remained more loyal to their political This is the same argumentation that U.S. Dear Editor: After serving in the U.S. Army during ideologies than to the UNA. Helen never State Department representative Mark World War II, he sponsored some 200 quite understood this attitude. “Robbie” Palmer and President Ronald As usual, Dr. Myron Kuropas wrote displaced Ukrainians in the 1950s, led Helen’s son Steve Olek was an Air Reagan used against formation of the U.S. an excellent column in the July 18 issue the annual January 22 Ukrainian Force pilot during the Vietnam War. In Commission on the Ukraine Famine. At (“Ukraine under Nazi rule”). In his book Independence Day commemorations in 1965, while an air cadet of the 66-C that time we were presented in person in review of Prof. Berkhoff’s work, Chester, Pa., for 35 years, and served as a Wing Class at Webb Air Force Base in Sen. Lugar’s office with the following “Harvest of Despair: Life and Death in 57-year member and past director of the Texas, Steve convinced his class to adopt argument: “We were and are quite aware of Ukraine Under Nazi Rule,” he does not Ukrainian National Home in Chester. A the trident as their class emblem and to what happened in Ukraine in the 1930s. hesitate to point out who played a lead- distinguished member of two Ukrainian call themselves the “Flying Cossacks.” Why should we waste our effort, time and ing role in the crucifixion of our nation. Orthodox Church councils (Wilmington Nick Olek passed away in 1980. Helen money on something we already know?” Dr. Kuropas notes one flaw in the and Chester) he was a 20-year member later married Walter Scott, another active Sen. Lugar is still recalcitrant and book, a slur against the Organization of of the Metropolitan Council of the Ukrainian and a friend of the family. negatively disposed toward Ukrainians. Ukrainian Nationalists, especially the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and was During their long and productive lives, Therefore, our community should apply Banderites. This attack on OUN is based honored for his service by the late William Pastuszek and Helen Olek-Scott a stepped-up effort and put pressure on on a paper published in 1999 by Harvard Patriarch Mstyslav. lived up to the fraternal principles upon Sen. Lugar, chairman of the Foreign Ukrainian Studies (HUS). Hats off and a A phenomenally successful real estate which the Ukrainian National Relations Committee, to bring S. Res. deep bow to Dr. Taras Hunczak for developer and long-time member of the Association was founded. First articulat- 202 out of committee and onto the his 2001 rebuttal of the shameful article Rotary, Bill was awarded the ed by Svoboda in 1893, the mission of Senate floor for a vote by the full Senate. by concluding that the document upon Distinguished Business Achievement the UNA, then known as the Ruskyi We call upon Sen. Lugar for action which it was centered “was written in the Award for his contributions to the overall Narodny Soyuz, was: 1) to help ailing and encourage our communities to write offices of KGB functionaries.” vitality of Delaware County. members and to pay death benefits; 2) to numerous letters to: The Honorable Back in the 1960s, when the idea of Married to Theodozia, nee Kiziuk, for establish reading rooms and evening 56 years, Bill fathered two sons and a Richard L. Lugar, Chairman, Senate Harvard Ukrainian Studies was being schools for adults; 3) to promote enlight- daughter and was the proud grandfather Foreign Relations Committee, United floated in the Ukrainian community enment among our people; 4) to insist of six grandchildren. States Senate, Washington, DC 20510. (along with appeals for a multi-million- that Rusyns become American citizens; Our second fraternalist, Helen Olek, dollar campaign drive), there were a few 5) to organize political clubs and to take passed away on July 31 at age 91. She Walter Bodnar brave souls who dared to raise the issue an active part in elections; 6) to defend belonged to that pantheon of the now Newark, N.J. of Soviet propaganda infiltrating our people against crooks and corrupt deceased second generation of Ukrainian America’s center of liberalism. However, operators. American women which included Anne they were ignored in the rush to set up Bill and Helen are the last of the Wasylowsky, Mary Dushnyck and the studies. Now we see that in 1999, “greatest generation” of Ukrainian frater- long after the collapse of the “evil Pauline Riznyk who contributed their nalists who grew up during the Comments on book empire,” HUS brazenly propagated the time and talents to our community. Depression, experienced the second Soviet lies against the Ukrainian libera- Bright, beautiful, charming, gracious and world war, succeeded in their American tion movement that fought so heroically energetic, Helen was born in Chicago in “Not Worthy” careers, raised a family, and never, ever Dear Editor: for so long and sacrificed so much for 1913, the eldest of five children of the forgot their Ukrainian brethren. Second- the independence of Ukraine. Tymko Bahry family. Like many generation Ukrainian Americans, they The most recent publication of the It certainly was the highest degree of Depression-era children, she had to go to responded to the call of the UNA frater- Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties chutzpah for HUS to then turn to the work early in life, unable to complete an nal community and served as models of Association (UCCLA) titled “Not Ukrainian community for financial and academic high school. Instead, she spent Worthy” is inaccurate. It purports to moral support. And it is sad that most of years working as a secretary and, later, as emulation for those of us trying to follow recount the efforts of the Ukrainian dias- our intellectual elite and press either an administrative assistant. in their footsteps. Unique in their com- pora community to revoke the Pulitzer ignored or were unaware of such a scan- Helen began her Ukrainian activities mitment, bountiful in their contributions, Prize given to The New York Times dalous development. in Chicago as a delegate to the first 1933 Bill and Helen will be sorely missed. reporter Walter Duranty in 1932. Ukrainian Catholic Youth League (now Unfortunately, it is a compendium of Leo Iwaskiw the League of Ukrainian Catholics con- Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: articles, put together by academic Philadelphia vention). She met and married Nicholas [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32

NEWS AND VIEWS: Kuzio commentary causes kerfuffle in Canada by Oksana Zakydalsky with the U.S. For example, he wrote that the Canadian press rarely publishes feature material about Ukraine such TORONTO – Three months ago, an op-ed article by as Madeleine Albright’s article about Ukraine in The New Taras Kuzio in The Kyiv Post under the title “Myths about York Times. He neglected to mention that the former U.S. Canada’s Ukrainian Diaspora” caused somewhat of a kerfuf- Secretary of State now heads a consulting firm, a frequent fle, particularly in the Canadian academic community. The second career in the United States for star politicians. gist of the article was the contention that, although the world Such consulting firms are rare in Canada, whose politi- – from the Ukrainian World Congress to the presidential cians seldom achieve international celebrity standing administration in Ukraine – believes that the Ukrainian dias- (except when they hide Americans from raging revolu- pora in Canada is very influential, this is a myth. tionaries as happened in Tehran a number of years ago). “I wrote the article to puncture the myth which is very Dr. Marples commented on Dr. Kuzio’s lack of widely held. I was at a conference in November in understanding or appreciation of Canada’s federal and Sweden where even the Swedes think that the one place decentralized structure – both political and academic. where Ukrainians are powerful is Canada. This is a com- That the center of Ukrainian studies in Canada is monly held view in Ukraine and everywhere. After living Alberta does not mean that it is found in some backwa- here three years, I have seen that, although this may have ter, but reflects the fact that social programs and educa- been the case in the past, it is no longer true. That was tion, including higher education, are the primary respon- my idea of writing the op-ed,” Dr. Kuzio explained. sibility of the provinces rather than the federal govern- The article was reprinted in several publications and ment. Therefore, Ukrainian studies have acquired a elicited responses mostly from persons connected to western orientation because that is where Ukrainians institutions that Dr. Kuzio attacked for believing this can leverage more government funding whereas the “myth of the Ukrainian diaspora” or being a part of it. Ukrainian studies programs in place in Ontario – chairs The Kyiv Post published only one response; the ensuing of Ukrainian studies, the Jacyk Center or the newly discussion took place mostly on the Internet. established Danyliw program – have had to be funded For the past three years, Dr. Kuzio has been resident by the community. CIUS in Toronto exists only because fellow at the University of Toronto’s Center for Russian CIUS of Alberta does. and East European Studies (CREES) as well as profes- Canada has neither the centralized higher education sor in the department of political science. This summer structure of the U.K. nor the large number of private he takes up an appointment at the Elliot School of universities and tons of money of the United States, a International Affairs at George Washington University country 10 times the size of Canada. If in political sci- in Washington. ence studies related to Eastern Europe “the action is in British born, he is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Ottawa,” as Dr. Kuzio writes, it is partly Sussex. He received his M.A. at London University and due to the larger Jewish presence in Eastern Canada, a Dr. Taras Kuzio his Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham in 1998 where, community with an Eastern European heritage. for three years, he was also senior research fellow. Before In one of his responses to comments on his original arti- This decline of Ukrainian newspapers has shrunk the coming to Toronto, he was head of mission of the NATO cle Dr. Kuzio claimed that in Canada there is “non-accept- public sphere in the Ukrainian community. With such low Information and Documentation Office in Kyiv and did ance of non-Canadians” and that his criticisms of expectations about the importance of the press as a medi- post-doctoral research at Brown and Yale universities. Ukrainian studies in Canada were found not acceptable um of information and discussion, is it any wonder that Dr. Kuzio has published widely – he has five books, because he is an “outsider.” But the reality is that Canadian the cultivation of the Canadian press is not given due several monographs and countless articles in scholarly and institutions have always had an “open door” policy to aca- attention? Added to that, as Mr. Gayowsky noted, no help academic journals to his credit – but his name is most demics, especially to those from the U.S. and the U.K. comes from Ukraine, where the Ukrainian administration familiar to anyone interested in contemporary Ukraine Many of the academic positions and programs created in does not understand what foreign media can do for the through his analytical articles on Ukrainian politics that the 1970s through leverage by the Ukrainian community country. Perhaps the Ukrainian Canadian Congress appear in many Internet publications (and are regularly (e.g., CIUS in Alberta) or through funds collected in the should give consideration to the creation of a Ukrainian reprinted in The Ukrainian Weekly). Outside the United Ukrainian community (e.g., the Chair of Ukrainian Studies Reuters-type news service through the pooling of the Kingdom, most people probably heard about him for the at the University of Toronto) are held by Americans – Paul resources of existing publications or by tapping into some first time in 1989 when he was among the few people from Magocsi, Orest Subtelny, Frank Sysyn, Zenon Kohut, existing news service (perhaps even the Kyiv Press the West invited to the founding congress of Rukh in Kyiv. Maxim Tarnawsky are all from Harvard; Wsewolod Isajiw Bureau of The Ukrainian Weekly) and setting up contacts Dr. Kuzio’s presentations at numerous CREES semi- and Jean Paul Himka are also from the U.S., while both Dr. with the Canadian press. As things stand today, there is nars in Toronto and at Ukrainian venues throughout Marples and Myroslav Shkandrij are from the U.K. little appreciation of the fact that relations with the press Canada were popular and usually provocative. He became In his response, Dr. Denis Hlynka (University of are a process that needs to be maintained over time. somewhat of an “enfant terrible” – or, given his part- Manitoba) raised the question of the use of the term Secondly, Dr. Kuzio writes that “I don’t think that in Italian heritage, “birbante” – in the academic community. “diaspora” as a descriptor of Ukrainians in Canada. Canada there is any interest in encouraging the political But he has also been an admired teacher. At the Diaspora is made up of groups that feel displaced and science study of Ukraine.” Political science studies is a University of Toronto, his two political science courses that consider their main allegiance to be to some country new area for Ukraine – there is little understanding on – “NATO and EU Enlargement” and “Nationalism, other than Canada, in this case, Ukraine. By calling what it involves, on how it differs from history or even Myth and Identity” – last year attracted about 20 stu- Ukrainians in Canada “diaspora” and criticizing them journalism. Many people don’t understand what actual- dents, only five of whom, according to Dr. Kuzio, had for being involved with “Canadian issues” rather than ly constitutes political science. The study of contempo- any Ukrainian background. working on behalf of the interests of Ukraine, is another rary Ukrainian elites, power structures or parties bears The sole Canadian-Ukrainian in the course, fourth- misreading of the Canadian reality. In fact, Ukrainians little resemblance to romanticized ideas about Ukraine. year student Paul Terefenko, offered his opinion of Dr. in Canada are 95 percent Canadian-born (as shown first The various analytical concepts and frameworks used Kuzio: “I was a student in both of Dr. Kuzio’s courses. with the 1991 Census) – more Canadian-born than any for the study of post-Soviet societies – transition, nation- His vast knowledge and ability to convey ideas in a bril- ethnic group other than Native or French. hood, identity, etc. – have not been fully absorbed. But liantly informative manner deepened my interest in cur- Dr. Kuzio also leaves out an important factor influ- their understanding and application are important for the rent Ukrainian political issues. Dr. Kuzio’s approach encing Canada’s attitude to Ukraine – independent study of Ukraine, for political science is one of the vehi- was very direct, he never skirted any issue, tied together Ukraine itself. He urges the Ukrainian World Congress cles that brings Ukraine into mainstream academic study. theory and opinions in a coherent rational way while not to move to Washington because “that’s where the action Dr. Kuzio highlighted the current circular problem – no forgetting that politics can be very humorous. If I had is – IMF, World Bank, WTO” or to New York where the classes, no graduates, no scholars and no publications. the opportunity of taking another of his courses, I United Nations is headquartered.” But influencing atti- More forums for presentations – conferences, round wouldn’t hesitate to do so. Sadly, no one at the tudes toward Ukraine is not the province of the UWC tables or lectures, no matter how distinguished – are no University of Toronto will have that option next year.” but of the Ukrainian state. substitute for scholarly study. Dr. Kuzio’s emphasis on In his Kyiv Post article, Dr. Kuzio breaks down the Nestor Gayowsky (Canada’s consul general in Kyiv the importance of the support of graduate students in “diaspora myth” into three components – Ukrainians in during the first years of Ukraine’s independence) takes up political science study of Ukraine should be heeded. Canada have no influence on attracting the attention of the this point: “It is surely the responsibility of the Ukrainian Just before the end of the semester I asked Dr. Kuzio: Canadian media to Ukraine, or establishing business links government and Ukrainians to ensure their country “Your career so far has been multifaceted – in which posi- between Canada and Ukraine, while “academic inertia” receives the attention and respect it deserves.” Dr. Hlynka tion do you consider that you are making your most signif- permeates Ukrainian studies at Canadian universities. also notes that “Ukraine is at last an independent country. icant contribution – as scholar, teacher, policy advisor?” Among those who responded to Dr. Kuzio’s article Before 1991 we considered ourselves the guardians of a He answered: “That is a difficult question. Most aca- was Dr. David Marples of the Canadian Institute of culture under siege. Now it is time to give that culture demics especially in political science find it difficult to Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) who wrote that, “Taras Kuzio back.” give talks to policy-makers. I feel very comfortable in has said some very unkind things about the Ukrainian Two points raised by Dr. Kuzio should be discussed doing so and that is partly because I can write. If you can Canadian community.” He took Dr. Kuzio to task for the further. The first is the question of the use of the media. speak to different audiences, you can write to different lack of accuracy in his comments, his claim that there is The Ukrainian community does not appreciate the audiences. But one also needs time to do research. The general disinterest in Canada in contemporary Ukraine, importance of the media. One need only look at the ideal world for me would be to work half the time in a for his statment that there is “limited federal support” sorry state of most Ukrainian newspapers in Canada – think-tank, and half the time in academia. I think it’s fas- and pointed out that “there is a plethora of government Ukrainian language, English language or “half-na-piv” cinating to be in both worlds. Teaching is a separate thing and non-government programs related to Ukraine initi- language. News is culled from news services posted on completely – where the teaching is interesting is in trying ated by Ukrainian Canadians,” citing the numerous proj- the Internet, reprinted with no context, signed by people to build on what the students already know. I also think ects funded by the Canadian International Development noone knows anything about, pushing opinions coming that students benefit if you circulate in the real world. Agency (CIDA), such as the more than $1 million proj- from who-knows-where. Ukrainian newspapers have They can benefit from your experience, you can talk ect on legal reform in Ukraine. become vehicles mainly for publicizing events or report- Dr. Kuzio was also criticized for false analogies made ing on them to show something is happening. (Continued on page 23) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 9 Hunczak speaks on his research regarding Halychyna prior to World War I

by Dr. Orest Popovych Ruthenian) community was politically rad- icalized, especially after 1867, when NEW YORK – Few people come here Vienna largely relegated the administration voluntarily, quipped an officer at the of the Halychyna province to the Polish police station in Vienna where Dr. Taras aristocracy, which resulted in policies of Hunczak showed up to research the extreme discrimination against the majori- archives on Halychyna from the years ty Ukrainian population, said Dr. Hunczak. 1900-1914. Much of western Ukraine The reaction of the Ukrainian intelli- was ruled by Austria-Hungary during that gentsia was two-pronged. time period, so the police archives in The Ukrainophile populists, who Vienna represent a treasure trove of rele- believed that the Rusyns were part of the vant information, which Dr. Hunczak Ukrainian nation, channeled the popular proceeded to investigate. energy into the establishment of such Dr. Hunczak recently related his find- youth organizations as Sich and Sokil, ings to an audience at the Shevchenko the educational society Prosvita, the Scientific Society (NTSh) headquarters Shevchenko Scientific Society, as well as here, dedicating his talk to the memory political parties – the National of Dr. Edward Zarsky, his favorite Democratic Party, the Ukrainian Radical teacher at the secondary school in the Party and the Social Democratic Party. displaced persons camp in Landshut, Opposed to the Ukrainophiles were the Germany, and later one of the leaders of Russophiles (Moscophiles), who identified Ukrainian sports in the United States. with Russia and received considerable As director of the NTSh History and moral support as well as funding from the Vasyl Lopukh Philosophy Section, Dr. Hunczak, a pro- tsarist regime. In the second half of the 19th fessor of history and political science at century, the Russophiles were a dominant Dr. Taras Hunczak speaks at the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Rutgers University, needed no introduc- force among the Ukrainians in Halychyna. tion. It remained for Prof. Vasyl Makhno, On political matters, the Russophiles would entitled to a very different proportion of assuming leadership positions. The who chaired the program, to point out join forces with the Poles in order to combat the representation in the provincial par- Viennese police reports that Dr. Hunczak that the topic should be close to the Ukrainian causes. One example was the liament in Lviv, called the Galician Diet, studied noted with alarm that the speak- hearts of the audience, as the majority of agrarian strikes of 1902, which were sup- with outrageous preferences given to the ers at those mass rallies called for action those attending the April 3 presentation ported by the entire Ukrainian community, first three curiae. For example, in one not only against the major Polish land- trace their roots to Halychyna. except for the Russophiles. year 5,480 landlords were able to elect lords, but against the Polish nation in The Austro-Hungarian Empire was not Underlying the political confrontations 85 representatives, at a time when more general. The administration in so benign and tolerant towards the in Halychyna, said Dr. Hunczak, was the than 5 million of the general population Halychyna, which was in Polish hands, Ukrainians on Halychyna as is often election law, which was the antithesis of could elect only 72. Since ethnic Poles continued Dr. Hunczak, tried to stem the alleged, began Dr. Hunczak. From the the one-man-one-vote rule. Voters were predominated among the large landown- drive toward election reform by forbid- middle of the 19th century to the out- grouped into categories called curiae, ers, city dwellers and commercial voters, ding such meetings, sometimes canceling break of World War I in 1914, Ukrainians which were based on social class. The the Ukrainian majority, which was most- hundreds of them at a time, and by on Austro-Hungarian territories were per- five curiae comprised: 1) large landown- ly rural, was effectively disenfranchised. resorting to police violence. This admin- petually engaged in a struggle for social ers, 2) city dwellers, 3) chambers of com- By the years 1905-1906, the demands istrative abuse reached its peak in 1907 justice, equal voting rights, access to merce, 4) rural communities and 5) for universal suffrage based on complete when in one village the police killed higher education, political autonomy and everyone else (there were times when equality generated mass meetings and three men and one woman, while wound- their own national identity. categories 4 and 5 would be combined). demonstrations, attended by farmers, The Ukrainian (then called Rusyn or Each of these categories of voters was politicians and priests, the latter often (Continued on page 12) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32 COMMENTARY: Let us build a shrine to martyred Bishop Nicholas Charnetsky

by the Rev. Michael Woloshyn The shrine cannot accommodate all of every healing through the intercession of these pilgrims, and it is impossible to Bishop Charnetsky will be acknowledged “Here I will stay for ever, this is the change the infrastructure of the church as and recorded. Because of your willingness home I have chosen.” (Psalm 132, 14) it stands. The number of pilgrims who to cooperate with God, these, too, will be come to venerate the Bishop Charnetsky added to your list of good deeds. During the Divine Liturgy Pope John and come to pray for miracles is constant- Ukraine is in a difficult economic situa- Paul II celebrated in Lviv on June 27, 2001, ly growing, so we are faced with the chal- tion. Therefore, the only way we can realize he beatified 27 Ukrainian Catholics as mar- lenge of building a shrine that will become this dream of a shrine is through the volun- tyrs and confessors of the faith who died a permanent pilgrimage site and a place tary donations of our faithful. We humbly under the atheistic Soviet regime. Bishop for continuous missions under the guid- turn to you with a sincere request to contin- Nicholas Charnetsky, one of these martyrs, ance of the Redemptorist religious. ue your heartfelt support of this worthy proj- was always considered an outstanding fig- We were blessed to acquire a suitable ect through your fervent prayers and ure in our country and Church, and the site on which to build the future shrine. It through your generous donations. faithful have long venerated his relics – is situated on one of the prominent hills of We trust that you will support this wor- even before his beatification. Lviv at the intersection of Varshavska and thy dream. We sincerely invite you to visit On July 4, 2002, the relics of Bishop Vyacheslav Chornovil streets. Here we Ukraine to see the significance of this Nicholas Charnetsky were solemnly trans- wish to build a beautiful shrine where the holy project for yourself and to share our joy and hope in promoting the veneration of Bishop Charnetsky. May Bishop Nicholas Charnetsky be your guardian and intercessor. May he intercede for you that you may obtain The relics of the venerable Bishop God’s blessings upon all of your personal Nicholas Charnetsky, who was beati- plans and wishes. fied by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Checks may be made payable to: St. John’s – M. Charnetsky Fund, Account Redemptorist community, but also all of the 310530-000, and mailed to: Selfreliance UA faithful pilgrims who will come to this FCU, 734 Sanford Ave., Newark, NJ 07106. future shrine for prayer services and to ven- For further information readers may con- erate the sacred relics of this Ukrainian tact: Redemptorist Fathers, 719 Sanford martyr with the hope of being granted Ave., Newark, NJ 07106; phone, (973) 371- God’s grace. Every prayer that is granted, 1356; e-mail, [email protected].

Clergy pray over the coffin bearing the remains of Bishop Nicholas Charnetsky. ferred from the Lychakiv Cemetery to the relics of Bishop Charnetsky will be vener- Church of St. Josaphat. Since the deposition ated, a museum of the underground of the relics of Bishop Charnetsky, the church and other valuable exhibits. This Church of St. Josaphat has become a popu- will be the first pilgrimage site in our lar pilgrimage site for thousands of faithful Church dedicated to one of the most from all of Ukraine and for people from renowned saints of the last century. We have already commenced our collec- other countries, such as Austria, Bolivia, tion of funds both in Ukraine and in other Canada, Germany, Poland, the United countries. At this time we wish to extend States, Japan and others. our sincere gratitude to our benefactors and donors who have supported us with their The Rev. Michael Woloshyn, is provin- donations and prayers throughout these past cial of the Redemptorist Fathers in the years. With your generous contributions A view of the thousands of faithful in Lviv who participated in the transfer Lviv Oblast. you have greatly helped not only the of the bishop’s remains from the Lychakiv Cemetery to St. Josaphat Church.

conference was devoted to the discussion of the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Institute of The Kowalsky Program will co-sponsor Part of Mazepa’s archive... the issues related to terminology and the Ukrainian Archeography (National further efforts by Dr. Yakovleva and her (Continued from page 1) periodization of Ukrainian history. Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). The colleagues to search for and reconstruct Ukrainian relations; Church history; Dr. Kohut chaired the opening panel of Rev. Dr. Mytsyk will take up a CIUS John Mazepa’s archive and library. Those inter- Ukraine’s relations with the Polish- the conference and read his paper “From Kolasky Fellowship this fall, while ested in supporting this endeavor or other Japhet to Moscow: Narrating Biblical and Messrs. Brekhunenko and Viktor projects of the CIUS are encouraged to Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crimea; Ethnic Origins in Early Modern Polish, Horobets are CIUS grant recipients. contact the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian cultural identities; and the history of the Ukrainian and Russian Historiography.” Conference papers and discussion materi- Studies at the University of Alberta in Hetmanate. Each presentation was followed Frank Sysyn chaired the panel on als will be published in St. Petersburg Edmonton. by a discussion, while the final panel of the Ukraine’s relations with the Lithuanian with financial support from the CIUS. Commonwealth and Crimea, and served The St. Petersburg conference helped MAY WE HELP YOU? as a discussant on three other panels. to open a new page in Ukrainian studies Dr. Plokhii delivered a paper on in Russia, where leading scholars had To reach “Ukrainian Kozakdom and the been reluctant to meet with their Assignment of National Identity in the Ukrainian colleagues and engage in com- The Ukrainian Weekly First Third of the 17th Century” and also mon initiatives related to the study of served as a discussant at the panel on Ukrainian history. Nowhere is this new call (973) 292-9800, Church history. spirit of cooperation more apparent than and dial the Other participants in the conference at St. Petersburg University, the former included well-known scholars Dr. Boris academic home of Mykola Kostomarov, appropriate extension Floria of the Russian Academy of and the only university in Russia where Sciences, who spoke on “The Ukrainian during Soviet times Ukrainian history (as listed below). Question at the Vilnius Negotiations was taught as a separate subject. (1656),” and Dr. Andreas Kappeler of the That tradition was interrupted after Editorial – 3049, 3063, 3069 University of Vienna, who delivered a 1991, but Dr. Yakovleva has successfully paper on “The Cossacks [Kozaks] in revived it. She now teaches a course in Administration – 3041 Foreign Accounts up to 1648.” Ukrainian history in addition to organiz- Advertising – 3040 Ukraine was represented at the confer- ing research and conferences on Ukraine. ence by the Rev. Dr. Yurij Mytsyk of the Her efforts have been met with under- Subscriptions – 3042 National University of the Kyiv-Mohyla standing and support from scholars in Academy; Viktor Horobets of the Institute Ukraine and Canada. In 1991 she was a Production – 3052 of History (National Academy of Sciences visiting scholar at the CIUS and is a of Ukraine); and Viktor Brekhunenko of recent recipient of a CIUS research grant. Dr. Tatiana Yakovleva No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 11

BOOK REVIEW

Two novels for young adults mirror Ukrainian Canadian experience exchange year abroad in order to attend The Kalyna in the title is the Ukrainian “Lesia’s Dream” by Laura Langston. Toronto: HarperTrophy Canada, 2003, 209 her cousin Kalyna’s funeral. Within that translation of Colleen. It is also the name pp., paper, $15.99 frame, the story is fairly linear, with of a beloved childlike older relative who “Kalyna’s Song” by Lisa Grekul. Regina, Saskatchewan: Coteau Books, 2003, 400 Colleen reminiscing about poignant and is Colleen’s alter-ego. Colleen’s complex pp., paper, $19.95. humourous incidents from her teen years. relationship with Kalyna is a metaphor Like Lesia, Colleen straddles two for her confused idea of her own identity. worlds. Her grandparents and parents all “Kalyna’s Song” is filled with vivid speak Ukrainian, but Colleen and her sib- scenes and vignettes that are so fully lings don’t. She takes Ukrainian language fleshed out in character and setting that classes in school, and Ukrainian dance on they are almost stand-alone short stories. weekends, but these are things she keeps That Ms. Grekul can write such an secret from her English friends. Colleen absorbing first novel about small inci- finds that she doesn’t fit in with the dents of everyday life bodes well for her “super-Ukes” – the kids her age who are future endeavors. fluent in Ukrainian and who participate While “Lesia’s Dream” is a straight- fully in the Ukrainian Canadian commu- forward narrative depicting the pioneer- nity. She thinks they look down on her ing struggles of Lesia and her family, because of her fractured Ukrainian and “Kalyna’s Song” is a series of vignettes her ignorance about the culture. that are strung together in roughly linear However, in the larger English communi- fashion. They are absorbing to read, but ty, she doesn’t really belong either. She at 400 pages, there is much less story thinks these kids look down on her than in the mere 200 of “Lesia’s because of her ethnic last name. In reali- Dream’s.” While I enjoyed every word of ty, no one is thinking about Colleen near- “Kalyna’s Song,” I think it would have ly as much as she thinks they are. been even stronger if it had been more Colleen is not entirely likeable. She is tightly edited. Ironically, the only com- a gifted pianist and an outsider looking plaint I have about “Lesia’s Dream” is in. Colleen continually puts herself into that it ended all too soon. Both of these situations where she can prove to others novels are well worth reading, and I will that she’s better than they are, and she is be keeping my eyes open for new novels continually upstaged, which makes for by these two very talented writers. by Marsha Skrypuch European men, women and children were interesting and satisfying reading. When Marsha Skrypuch of Brantford, labeled “enemy aliens” and interned dur- Colleen finds that she cannot succeed in Ontario, is an award-winning children’s It was an interesting experience, read- ing World War I. About 5,000 of those a dramatic way at home, she goes to uni- author. Her sixth book, “Nobody’s Child” ing these two wonderful stories back to interned were Ukrainians who were mis- versity for a year in Swaziland. She finds (a young adult novel set during the back. Both novels are written from the labelled as “Austrian,” but Poles, Turks, that there is no geographical solution, Armenian genocide), was published in point of view of a teen girl, and both are Italians and Jews were also thrown into and the feeling of being an outsider is the fall of 2003. Her first book, “Silver about the Ukrainian experience in internment camps. In a nutshell, anyone even more intense. Threads” (a picture book set during the Canada. the government didn’t consider white Where “Lesia’s Dream” is very much internment of Ukrainians in World War “Lesia’s Dream” is Laura Langston’s enough was targeted. What is more a novel of external struggle and action, I), was be re-issued in a new paperback seventh children’s book and second remarkable is that Ms. Langston is not of “Kalyna’s Song” is one of introspection. edition during winter 2003-2004. novel. Set just before and during World Ukrainian heritage and, before embark- War I, it is a first person narrative about a ing on this novel, she knew no one per- teen who leaves the ethnic oppression sonally who had been interned. and hardship of Ukraine only to find Ms. Langston has researched her sub- more of the same in Canada. ject so thoroughly that the reader is Fifteen-year-old Lesia and her older plunged into compelling and realistic brother secretly save enough money to scenes set in Ukraine, the ship voyage transport their family to Canada and across the ocean, and life in the wilds of away from the perpetual poverty of farm- Manitoba. The reader feels the stings of ing rented land even though their particu- the summer mosquitoes and the bite of lar Polish landlord is kinder than most. the vicious winter winds. When the teens have saved enough, they The most vivid scenes of the novel convince their parents to emigrate, but take place during the winter in the wilds Lesia’s grandmother refuses to go with of Manitoba. While Lesia’s father and them, preferring the status quo. brother are interned, Lesia, her little sis- Canada is not the land of milk and ter and her pregnant mother must not honey that the advertisements promise, only survive, but they must beat the and Lesia’s family find themselves on clock and clear their land before the deed marginal scrub land with an abundance reverts back to the government. The core of mosquitoes. The family’s fortune goes of this novel is told from Lesia’s point of from bad to worse when World War I view as a young girl, but the story is breaks out, and Lesia’s brother and father framed with a narrative of Lesia in 2003: are interned as “enemy aliens.” an old woman, telling her great-grand- Ms. Langston is to be congratulated daughter about her experiences. for writing a compelling novel on a “Kalyna’s Song” is Lisa Grekul’s first shameful incident that our government novel, and like “Lesia’s Dream,” it is has shoved under the carpet. While written in first person narrative. The everyone knows about the internment of frame of this novel is a hastily booked Japanese Canadians in World War II, few flight home to Alberta from Swaziland. are aware of the fact that 8,000 Eastern Colleen must return home from her “George, stop worrying! 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equal access to classes – something often its students home; the Ukrainian National Ukrainian patriots in Halychyna had to con- Hunczak speaks... denied to them by the majority Polish stu- Committee called for a 14-day period of tend also with Ukrainian Russophiles, who (Continued from page 9) dents. For years, fights between Ukrainian mourning; and the Stryi newspaper opposed them at every turn, making com- ing nine. Eventually, universal (male) and Polish students at the university Pidhirska Rada printed a “special edi- mon cause with the Poles. At times, the con- suffrage was achieved in the Austro- occurred almost on a daily basis. In 1907 tion” dedicated to Adam Kotsko, which frontations between these two factions, trag- Hungarian Empire in 1907. during one incident after which Ukrainian was so virulently anti-Polish that the ically, led to violence, said Dr. Hunczak. Equally futile were the efforts by the students were beaten up by Polish students, entire edition was confiscated and Gradually, the Russophile movement Polish administration in Halychyna to stop the police arrested a large number of destroyed, save the one copy which was receded in the face of the more successful the activity of the Ukrainian youth organi- Ukrainian men. These arrests led to a num- preserved in the Viennese police archive. Ukrainophile orientation. According to Dr. Dr. Hunczak read an excerpt from that zations Sich and Sokil, which instead grew ber of protest meetings in which all major Hunczak, two factors contributed to the special edition. On July 4, Kotsko was into a significant political force by uniting personalities of the Ukrainian elite took final demise of the Russophiles. In 1911 interred in the presence of some 6,000 much of the rural youth. In 1914 these two part. The speakers not only defended the mourners, including 42 priests. His their party split into two fragments, one of societies staged a public manifestation in rights of the students, but also demanded funeral was transformed into a national which opposed any ties with Moscow. Lviv in honor of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of a Ukrainian university. manifestation, with many speeches, Once the war started in 1914, Hungarian Ukraine’s bard, Taras Shevchenko. A The tension at Lviv University reached notably by Kost Levytsky and Mykhailo troops that entered Halychyna reacted to police report dated June 29, 1914, stated its peak on July 1, 1910, when Polish stu- Hrushevsky, who viewed Kotsko’s sacri- the very name “Rus’” by dispatching its that 14,000 members of these societies, dents killed a Ukrainian student, Adam fice as a step forward toward the creation users to the Thalerhof concentration camp. “almost exclusively villagers,” marched in Kotsko, by shooting him in the head. True of a Ukrainian university in Lviv. Thus, ironically, it was the Hungarian army Lviv in that manifestation. to form, the Lviv police arrested 127 As was mentioned briefly, throughout that completed the Ukrainization process in Another area of perpetual confrontation Ukrainians in response. A very tense situa- their struggle against Polish oppression, Halychyna, concluded Dr. Hunczak. was the University of Lviv, where tion arose in Halychyna, according to the Ukrainians demanded instruction in their Viennese archives studied by Dr. Hunczak. own language and, at the very least, fair Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky treatment by the administration as well as closed the Theological Seminary, sending “Righteous” Ukrainians recognized in Crimea Religious Information Service of Ukraine Lviv and Zhytomyr regions during World War II, and I have found 400 people SYMFEROPOL – Twenty-two citi- already,” said Dmytro Omeliankiuk, a zens of Crimea received the “Righteous 70-year-old inhabitant of Symferopol, of the Nations” award on June 23 from who holds the “Righteous of the Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Naomi Ben-Ami, and the Ukrainian Jewish com- Nations” award himself and cooperates munity in recognition of their contribu- with the International Jewish Charitable tions to the rescue of Jews during World Center Chesed Shimon. War II. Another five citizens of Crimea “The nobility of soul and humanism of received the “Righteous of Ukraine” those whom we deservedly call award. ‘Righteous of the Nations’ and “This is the greatest honor for an ‘Righteous of Ukraine’ turned out to be Israeli diplomat,” said Mr. Ben-Ami. stronger than fear before the Nazi “This is the small way in which the state reprisal,” said Borys Deich, head of the of Israel can thank the people who during Crimean Parliament. “This is truly a horrible times saved innocent people, great example of humanism in a situation innocent Jews, while everyone else was where the choice between cowardice and even afraid to think of doing this,” conscience was the person’s life. What is stressed the ambassador. the most important in our lives is to “I am looking for Ukrainians who remain a human being under any circum- Some of the police documents studied by Dr. Taras Hunczak in Vienna. saved Jews in Crimea, the Volyn, Rivne, stances,” stressed Mr. Deich. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 13

BOOK REVIEW A fitting tribute to artist Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn and thoughtful. It guides the reader through Olenska- 1949 and lived in New York. After obtaining her high Petryshyn’s developments in painting and provides an school diploma, she studied art at Hunter College with analysis of the work in one of the mediums in which the such renowned American abstract expressionist artists artist excelled. The author has obviously studied the oil as Robert Motherwell and William Baziotes. She also paintings carefully and researched their context. took lessons from the Ukrainian artist Myroslav There are 100 full-page reproductions of paintings, Radysh. In 1955 she received her B.A. and in 1956 prints and drawings, including 92 paintings in full married Volodymyr Petryshyn, a professor of mathe- color in the album section. matics at Rutgers University. In the introductory essay Prof. Leshko writes that As an active member of the New York Group of “Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn’s life was consumed with Ukrainian writers and artists, she helped organize the art which defined and nurtured her. She brought to the Association of Young Ukrainian Artists and in 1957 process of the making of art passion, discipline and an exhibited her works for the first time at the group show immense intellectual curiosity.” His stated aim was to of the Association of Young Ukrainian Artists in New document the evolution of Olenska-Petryshyn’s career York. In 1963 Olenska-Petryshyn received an M.A. as a painter. As a result he does not deal with her draw- from Hunter College and exhibited her abstract expres- ings or her work as a printmaker. sionist paintings at the Bodley Gallery in New York. The author explores some of the defining moments When the Petryshyns moved to Chicago in 1964, the of Olenska-Petryshyn’s life in relation to developments artist took graduate level courses toward a Ph.D. in her oeuvre as seen in the context of broader devel- degree in art history. From 1967 until her death she opments of French 20th century painting and in partic- lived and worked in New Brunswick, N.J. She exhibit- ular American art of the New York School. The ed in the United States and internationally in Canada, approach is chronological and parallels the divisions of Belgium, China and Ukraine. In all she had 48 solo the album into “Early Works (1955-1961),” “Abstract- exhibits and took part in numerous group shows. Figurative Period (1962-1967),” “Figurative Period I had the opportunity to see her large canvases of (1967-1974),” “Flora – Foliage and Flowers (1974- exotic flora and cacti in 1983 in an unusual but appro- 1980),” and “Flora – Cacti (1980-1996).” It is stimulat- priate venue: the beautiful Garden Centre of Greater ing to read an insightful and art historically sound dis- Cleveland in a setting of equally fascinating tropical cussion of the artist’s paintings. plants and flowers. Prof. Leshko provides an analysis of individual works Starting in 1990 with an exhibit at the National Museum of art, which are reproduced in miniature within the text in Lviv, Olenska-Petryshyn had nine exhibitions at all the and appear as full-page images in the album section. “Arkadia Olenska-Petryshyn: Oil Paintings, Etchings, This is a welcome and refreshing departure from much writing on Ukrainian art and artists where specific Drawings,” Bohdan Boychuk, editor. Kyiv/New York: works do not get much attention. Style, formal elements National Art Museum of Ukraine and The Ukrainian and iconography of selected characteristic paintings Museum, 2003. pp. 171. $45 (hardcover). within each period are discussed. Prof. Leshko supports his claims with references to artists and styles which had by Dr. Daria Darewych an impact on Olenska-Petryshyn at specific times in her “To establish one’s own identifiable manner in the career. He discusses some of the images in detail and cacophony of 20th-century imagery is no small achieve- provides insights into the work. Occasionally Prof. ment.” Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn, a Ukrainian American Leshko only hints at underlying meanings by examining artist, succeeded in accomplishing this through her cre- the formal and symbolic elements and posing questions, ative endeavors, according to Jaroslaw Leshko, writing in but he stops short of providing answers as in discussing the foreword to the recently published book “Arkadia “Castle of Arianrhod,” the interesting and enigmatic Olenska-Petryshyn: Oil Paintings, Etchings, Drawings.” work that graces the front cover of the book. This book is a beautiful and fitting tribute to Olenska- His thesis that Olenska-Petryshyn rejected the Petryshyn – artist, art critic and editor – who died tragically in mimetic approach to art in favor of the expressive is 1996. Bilingual publications in Ukrainian and English on logically argued and documented with examples of her Ukrainian artists are few. Those dedicated to professional work throughout her 40 creative years. Quotations of artists trained and working in the diaspora are even fewer. statements about her art and art making made by the Professionally written, edited and designed art books are a rar- artist are used to further support the advancement of ity, and those written in good English and Ukrainian are rare his thesis. Page references are provided, but for some indeed. This publication, therefore, is an unexpected treat. reason the source is not indicated. This attractive hard cover book was published in the Over-all in the introductory essay Prof. Leshko cre- autumn of 2003. The introductory essay, “Paintings of ates a convincing picture of the artist’s development as a Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn” by Jaroslaw Leshko, professor painter from her formative years to maturity. Olenska- of art history at Smith College, Northampton, is informative Petryshyn’s unique and fascinating vision crystallized in “Thicket,” 1978, oil on canvas. the 1970s and prevailed in her work for over 20 years. Starting with the stylized foliage in combination with major museums in Ukraine, including two shows at the figures, Olenska-Petryshyn moved to highly controlled National Museum of Ukraine in Kyiv in 1991 and 1996. arrangements of flowers and plants, grounded in nature Olenska-Petryshyn was very much a part of the but transformed by her experience of them as line, color Ukrainian artistic and literary community in the United and texture. A trip to Arizona in 1980 resulted in the States, especially in New York. She was art editor of start of her most prolific cactus series which she pursued Suchasnist and wrote extensively about Ukrainian art passionately and with dedication until the end. It is this and artists in the diaspora and in Ukraine. Her writings, last series that distinguishes her work from other artists, including articles on art theory, particularly the devel- both in Ukraine and in the United States. opment of the expressive theory of art in the 20th cen- Also included in the monograph is a listing of indi- tury, were published in 1997 under the title “U vidual and group exhibitions, a list of paintings in pub- Vymirakh Formy i Ekspresii Statti.” by Svitovyd lic collections, a bibliography and a biographical chronology. The bibliography is chronological, but Publishers in Kyiv. Mr. Boychuk wrote the excellent unfortunately it is not in the accepted bibliographic for- introduction to the collection. For some reason this mat. The list of illustrations at the end provides meas- information has been omitted from the “Chronology.” urements and media, but does not include the location There are some minor inconsistencies in the publi- of the works. Only some of the dates are listed. cation, such as the spelling of the artist’s name on the The publication was compiled and edited by the cover as Arkadia and “Arcadia” throughout the text poet Bohdan Boychuk of the Ukrainian New York and all of her professional literature and signatures. Group who knew the artist personally, as she was a There are also a few typos missed by the proofreaders. younger member of the group. It contains two photo- On the whole however, the author, editor and graphs of the strikingly beautiful young Olenska- designers of the book are to be congratulated on a Petryshyn. Ihor and Severyn Barabakh were responsi- wonderful and serious publication that enriches our ble for the aesthetically pleasing design. It was a joint knowledge of Ukrainian artists and highlights the con- publication of the National Museum of Ukraine and tribution made by one of the artists of Ukrainian her- The Ukrainian Museum (New York). itage to American art. According to the information provided in the book, The book is available from The Ukrainian Museum Olenska-Petryshyn was born on June 19, 1934, in in New York, 212 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. Roznoshentsi near Zbarazh, Ukraine. She emigrated 10003; telephone, (212) 228-0110 at a cost of $45 plus “Saguaro III,” oil on canvas. with her parents to the United States of America in postage and handling. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32

Hundredsby Peter Steciuk of Plastweeks youths in tents and barracks travel at the wood- to Vovcha Tropa for summer camps ed site on Sayre Hill Road. EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – In July the The camp for novaky (boys age 6-10) Vovcha Tropa campground welcomed was called “Poshuk Sutnosti Halatuna” hundreds of children who made the trip (Quest for the Meaning of Halatun). The to idyllic East Chatham, N.Y., to partici- theme was the story of a boy in Ukraine pate in the Plast Ukrainian Scouting entrusted with the care of a powerful Organization’s annual camps. From July sword called Halatun after the destruc- 10 to 31, Vovcha Tropa was abuzz with tion of his village. He embarks on a quest activity, as six camps shared three busy to learn about the powers of the sword

Yunachky (from left): Adriana Rubycz, Kira Wolosczuk, Areta Bojko, Nina Lupan and Ivanka Farrell pose for a picture between activities. Canoeing on Saranac Lake: Natalia Gouzi (left) and Laryssa Lukiw.

Yunaky (from left): Stephan Kanarsky, Thomas Mandicz and Counselors for yunaky and yunachky get in the spirit of the Wild West. Nazar Nebeliuk. and comes into contact with groups like Ninjas and Vikings, from whom he learns a variety of lessons. Camp Director Justin Matijcio, 21, of Wilton, Conn., said the theme was intended to teach the children to respect something greater than themselves. The novaky also took a field trip to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville, N.Y., where they learned about the history and science of flight, and built their own hanggliders. The novachky (girls age 6-10) named their camp “Hrai Sopilko Hrai” (Play, Flute, Play), and the camp song was to that melody by popular Ukrainian singer Ruslana. Camp Director Christine Stawnychy of Milltown, N.J., and the rest of the staff introduced the girls to the culture, music, dance and traditions of the Hutsul region of Ukraine. The camp took a trip to the Verkhovyna resort in Glen Spey, N.Y., where the novachky experienced Hutsul crafts, food, dance performances and art exhibits. The camp for yunachky (girls age 11- 15) was called “Kamianoyu Syloyu Stanemo Bryliantamy” (With the Strength of Rocks, We’ll Become Diamonds). According to Camp Director Christina Baranetsky, 22, of Short Hills, Novaky in need of a shower after wrestling in the mud. N.J., the counselors taught the girls to No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 15

Ostap Nalysnyk and fellow campers during Sunday liturgy.

At the camp christening, Daniel Deychakiwsky and Laryssa Patti sit on the “brama” (entranceway) as Gregory Homick carries a torch. use their inner strength to become dia- 90 children. The camp for older yunaky monds, one of the strongest and most and yunachky had 26 campers, while the beautiful materials in the world. preparatory camp had 13. This year’s camp set itself apart by This year, the Vovcha Tropa campground demonstrating a talant for pioneering, welcomed four counselors from Ukraine as building a very impressive “brama,” or part of an initiative by the National Plast gate-like structure, by lashing together logs Command to bring Plast counselors from with rope – a classic scouting activity. Ukraine to the United States for various The yunaky (boys age 11-15) called camps. The counselors were: Olha Herus of their camp “Bez Zakhodu Nema Lviv, Yaroslav Lavriv of Dolyna, Ivano- Zakhodu” (Without the Endeavor, the Frankivsk Oblast, Zoreslava Bahniuk of Novachky (clockwise from top left): Olesia Bilash, Katria Tomko, Maria Weselyj, West Can’t Be Reached). Said Camp Lviv and Oleksander Svystun of Lviv. Lina Pavlovska, Christina Ivtchik, Katya Wild, Oksana Mykhaylyk at a campfire. Director Paul Farmiga, 22, of Clifton, N.J., “The journey from east to west is full of adventures, and as one unified body we can face the good, the bad and the ugly.” The yunaky and yunachky went on a joint hiking trip, with half of the campers heading to Mount Greylock State Reservation and the other half to Pittsfield State Forest, both in Massachusetts. The trip to Pittsfield State Forest also included a day of canoeing on Onota Lake, during which the campers became quite profi- cient at righting flipped canoes. There was also a co-ed camp for 15-to 16-year-old scouts that called itself “Khvyliu Trymai” (Keep the Wave). According to Camp Director Laryssa Hud, 22, of Philadelphia, the symbolic theme was meant to start “waves” of friendship, creativity and other qualities that the campers would hold on to for years to come. In addition to orienteer- ing, pioneering, scavenger hunts and other traditional scouting activities, the camp traveled to Saranac Lake, N.Y., for two days of canoeing, and to Albany, N.Y., for a day of rock climbing. In addition to these camps, there was a preparatory camp for children too young for the full three-week camps. This camp, under the supervision of Camp Director Christine Kozak of Canton, Mass., lasted one week. For the four largest camps, the number of children ranged from 78 for the novachky to 93 for the yunaky, with the novaky and yunachky at between 80 and Counselors of novachky dressed in Hutsul costumes in keeping with their camp theme. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32

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Sister Ño‚„ÓÎ¥ÚÌfl „ÓÎÓ‚‡ ¥ ˜ÎÂÌ ÛÔð‡‚Ë 49 ‚¥‰‰¥ÎÛ ëìÄ ‚ ŇÙÙ‡ÎÓ, „ÓÎÓ‚‡ ¥ ˜ÎÂÌ ÛÔð‡‚Ë the forthcoming elections, bishops of the è·ÒÚ-èðËflÚÛ, ˜ÎÂÌ ÛÔð‡‚Ë ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó áÓÎÓÚÓ„Ó ïðÂÒÚ‡ ¥ ˜ÎÂÌ ÛÔð‡‚Ë ìÄäꇉË. Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church strongly Taisia said the Orthodox faithful “should advised that UGCC priests refrain from by no means vote for Viktor Yushchenko èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚¥‰·Û‰ÛÚ¸Òfl ‚ ÒÛ·ÓÚÛ, 7 ÒÂðÔÌfl 2004 ð. Ó „Ó‰. 11-¥È ð‡ÌÍÛ taking part in the election campaign. This … This person is anathematized and this ‚ ˆÂðÍ‚¥ Ò‚. ß‚‡Ì‡ ïðÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl, 3275 Elmwood Ave., Kenmore, NY. anathema will fall upon ourselves if we was stated in a decree adopted by the 23rd Ç „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ Á‡Î˯ËÎËÒfl: Session of the Synod of Bishops of the support him.” According to the Portal- Kyiv and Halych Metropolitanate of the Credo news agency, she was probably ‰Ó̸ÍË – çÄÑü Á ÏÛÊÂÏ êÖ∏å ÅÖê¢Öçëíéäéå i ‰Ó̲ åÄêßäéû UGCC and released on June 17. According referring to Mr. Yushchenko’s support for – ïêàëíü Á ÏÛÊÂÏ óÄêãëéå äéãíéîîéå establishment of a single Orthodox ¥ ‰ÓÌflÏË äÄíêìëÖû ¥ åÄêíéû Á ÏÛÊÂÏ ÄçÑêß∏å to this decree, priests are forbidden to run ëéêÑéå for office in state administrative bodies or Church under the Kyiv Patriarchate. ÒÂÒÚð‡ – éäëÄçÄ ëÄãÑàí Á ÏÛÊÂÏ åàïÄâãéå institutions of local or provincial govern- Speaking about Mr. Kuchma, Sister Taisia Ú‡ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË ûêäéå, ßçÖû ¥ åàêéçéå Á ·ÎËÁÌflÚ͇ÏË ment, representing any political parties. As said that “this is a person who’s been in ÒÂÒÚð¥Ì͇ – ãßãü åìêÑì Á ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛. an exception, priests are allowed to run for power… We already know him and know bodies of local or provincial self-govern- what to expect from him,” she said. Ç¥˜Ì‡ ∫ª ԇϒflÚ¸! –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ment with permission from the local “Leonid Kuchma is the only person who exarch. In addition, the bishops approved can manage the country. Our task is to ÑÎfl ‚¯‡ÌÛ‚‡ÌÌfl ԇϒflÚ¥ èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓª, Á‡Ï¥ÒÚ¸ Í‚¥Ú¥‚ ̇ ÏÓ„ËÎÛ, ÏÓÊ̇ ÒÍ·‰‡ÚË ÔÓÊÂðÚ‚Ë Ì‡ ëìÄ Ú‡ ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍËÈ áÓÎÓÚËÈ ïðÂÒÚ. an outline for a statement on the election help him. Any other president will sup- campaign in Ukraine and “Instructions for press Christianity,” she added. (Religious Priests during the Pre-election Period.” Information Service of Ukraine) R.P. Drago Funeral Home, Inc. side of [EU] membership.” European Union... Speaking privately, one EU diplomat Louis G. Pillari – Funeral Director (Continued from page 2) noted the bloc sees significant shortfalls in should be read as the EU limiting its the use Ukraine has made of its current offer to Ukraine to joining the bloc’s Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 43-10 30th Avenue neighborhood policy. with the bloc. Therefore, Kyiv’s desire for Long Island City, NY 11103 Emma Udwin, an external relations closer ties – perhaps an association agree- (718) 278-0089 spokeswoman at the European ment, which is generally seen as a precursor Commission, said the offer could add a to membership – is seen as unwarranted. “great deal” to existing relations. She The European Neighborhood Policy ìÍð‡ªÌҸ͇ o·ÒÎÛ„‡ also made clear Ukraine is not seen as a offers EU neighbors a chance to integrate Owned by the Podpirka Family case deserving special treatment. their markets so that they can eventually “We are currently pursuing links with fully benefit from the bloc’s four core Ukraine through our neighborhood policy freedoms – the free movement of goods, – through the European Neighborhood capital, services and people. Only politi- Policy – which is a policy that closes no cal decision-making would remain a doors but which concentrates on the cur- closed-off area for the neighbors. SUMA (YONKERS) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION rent situation, which is that Ukraine is one Officials in Brussels attribute the EU’s of our neighbors – post-enlargement – and relative coolness toward Kyiv largely to Offers New Services which offers a great deal to any one of our the questionable democratic and human neighbors that wishes to take up the offer rights record of the Kuchma administra- • Drive through teller window and work with us,” Ms. Udwin said. tion. One source underscored that the • Mon-Thu: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Fri: 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Ms. Udwin stressed that “there are European Union is “more interested in plenty of things that can be offered out- what countries do than what they say.” • ATM – 24 Hour 7 Days • Expanded Office Hours • Now Open 6 days: Monday-Saturday of preserving cultural heritage. • Morning and Evening hours Highlights... 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Stokes, the first Main Office: Yonkers Branch: Peter Pucilo chosen supreme treasurer; 125 Corporate Boulevard 301 Palisade Avenue black American elected as mayor of a series of resolutions and recommendations Yonkers, NY 10701-6841 Yonkers, NY 10703 major U.S. city. A message from adopted; $15,325 voted for cultural, educa- Phone: (914) 220-4900 Phone: (914) 965-8560 President Richard M. Nixon was read by tional causes,” The Ukrainian Weekly, May Fax: (914) 220-4090 Fax: (914) 965-1936 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 28, 1970. The border used for this special Department Eugene T. Rossides, a Greek feature is reproduced from a UNA member- 1-888-644-SUMA American. Both spoke of the importance ship certificate dating to 1919. E-mail: [email protected] Stamford Branch: Spring Valley Branch: of World War II, they welcomed them with Ukrainian Research Center Ukrainian Hall Spotlight... shelter, clothes, food and funds. 39 Clovelly Road, Stamford, CT 06902 16 Twin Ave., Spring Valley, NY 10977 (Continued from page 5) A fourth generation of leaders is now Phone/Fax: (203) 969-0498 Phone: (845) 356-0087 continuing the work of this great organi- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: Tuesday, Friday: of deceased members, offering prayers at 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. the parastas, standing with their banners in zation. The 2004 officers of Branch 112 are church and in other functions. When fellow Board of Directors SUMA (Yonkers) Federal Credit Union Ukrainians arrived in America after the end Secretary Alice Olenchuk and President Nancy Fedak. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32 No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 19

are of a provocative character,” Mr. Kabanenko said, according to Interfax. NEWSBRIEFS The Carpathian Ski Club of New York (Continued from page 2) Some Ukrainian media have quoted a under the auspices of the that website, Mr. Frolov branded statement by the Ukrainian Sevastopol GUUAM a focus of anti-Russian Public Committee saying that Ukrainian Ukrainian Sports Federation of USA and Canada (USCAK) intrigues and predicted that a victory by President Leonid Kuchma and his Russian will hold opposition Our Ukraine candidate Viktor counterpart Vladimir Putin have reached Yushchenko in the October 31 Ukrainian agreement on the withdrawal of Ukrainian the annual Labor Day weekend presidential election would greatly naval ships from Sevastopol and their strengthen it. Commenting on recent transfer to the Donuzlav base in north- talks between President Vladimir Putin western Crimea. (RFE/RL Newsline) SWIMMING COMPETITION and Uzbekistan’s President Islam Marchuk confirms Euro-Atlantic course celebrating the 80th anniversary of KLK and Chornomorska Sitch Karimov on military-technical coopera- tion, Mr. Frolov said that as a condition KYIV – Defense Minister Yevhen at Soyuzivka for military aid to the Karimov regime, Marchuk said on July 28 that amend- SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2004 Moscow should demand from Tashkent a ments to Ukraine’s military doctrine do commitment to quit GUUAM. “I do not not change the country’s course toward understand why we do not do that. The Euro-Atlantic integration, Interfax Swim meet reptile should be crushed,” concluded reported. Mr. Marchuk said that military Saturday, September 4, 2004, 10:00 a.m. Mr. Frolov. (RFE/RL Newsline) doctrines determine policy, on average, for individual championships of USCAK for about 10 years. “Life has changed, so and Ukrainian National Association Trophies & Ribbons Russian oil flows into pipeline corrections and the new version of the Warm-up at 9:30 a.m. KYIV – UkrTransNafta, the operator of military doctrine have been made,” he Ukrainian oil pipelines, has started said, adding that there are strategic things TABLE of EVENTS pumping Russian crude through the like Euro-Atlantic integration and coop- Boys/Men INDIVIDUAL Girls/Women Odesa-Brody pipeline in the “reverse” eration with NATO, which were not altered. The defense minister also said 11 ...... 13/14 100m im 13/14 ...... 12 direction, from Brody to the oil terminal 13 .... 15 & over 100m im 15 & over .... 14 at the Yuzhnyi port in Odesa, Interfax the new doctrine will not influence the 15 .. 10 & under 125m free 10 & under .. 16 reported on August 2. The action follows reform of Ukraine’s armed forces. 17 ...... 11/12 125m free 11/12 ...... 18 the recent signing of a contract between (RFE/RL Newsline) 19 ...... 13/14 150m free 13/14 ...... 10 UkrTransNafta and the Russian oil com- Rescue worker dies in mine 11 .... 15 & over 150m free 15 & over .... 12 pany TNK-BP, which will ship 9 million 13 .. 10 & under 150m free 10 & under .. 14 tons of Russian oil annually for the next KYIV – An electrical outage cut the ven- three years. The West and Russia have tilation to a mine, killing one rescue 15 ...... 11/12 150m free 11/12 ...... 16 long been engaged in a political tug-of- worker and leaving another unconscious 17 ...... 13/14 150m back 13/14 ...... 18 war over the Odesa-Brody pipeline and as they helped uncover the bodies of 19 .... 15 & over 150m back 15 & over .... 20 the direction of the oil flow in it. three miners killed in a methane explo- 21 .. 10 & under 125m back 10 & under .. 22 (RFE/RL Newsline) sion the previous week, officials said on 23 ...... 11/12 125m back 11/12 ...... 24 July 28. Four searchers were carrying the 25 ...... 13/14 150m breast 13/14 ...... 26 Kontynent director receives asylum dead miners out of the Krasnolymanska 27 .... 15 & over 150m breast 15 & over .... 28 mine in eastern Ukraine when electricity 29 .. 10 & under 125m breast 10 & under .. 30 KYIV – Serhii Sholokh, the director of was suddenly cut, said a spokeswoman 31 ...... 11/12 125m breast 11/12 ...... 32 Radio Kontynent, has received political for Vice Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev, 33 ...... 13/14 100m free 13/14 ...... 34 asylum in the United States, reported TV who heads the government commission 35 .... 15 & over 100m free 15 & over .... 36 5 Kanal. Mr. Sholokh told the station: “I investigating the July 19 disaster. The 37 .. 10 & under 125m fly 10 & under .. 38 got asylum, it is not political asylum, it is ventilator that was cooling the tunnel 39 ...... 11/12 125m fly 11/12 ...... 40 refugee status, as far as I know, in the stopped and the temperature increased, 41 ...... 13/14 150m fly 13/14 ...... 42 U.S.A. Whether I am happy or not about killing one rescue worker, according to 43 ... 15 & over 150m fly 15 & over .... 44 this, it is hard to say. I am Ukrainian, a spokeswoman Anna Tymchenko. The citizen of Ukraine, and I will remain a other worker was rescued after losing RELAYS citizen of Ukraine for a long time.” He consciousness, and the last two emer- added: “I believe that I will return to 45 .. 10 & under 4 x 25m free 10 & under .. 46 gency officials escaped unharmed. The Ukraine, to a new Ukraine, with a new 47 ...... 11/12 4 x 25m free 11/12 ...... 48 cause of the outage was unclear. The president and a new government.” Mr. 49 ...... 13/14 4 x 50m free 13/14 ...... 50 three miners had been among five miss- Sholokh had complained of threats and 51 .... 15 & over 4 x 50m medley 15 & over .... 52 ing since the explosion; the official death fled Ukraine in March after the authori- toll now stands at 34; two miners remain Swimmers can compete in three (3) individual and one (1) relay events. Relay teams will ties had shut down Radio Kontynent, missing and are presumed dead. be established by team coaches or representatives. which rebroadcast programs of the BBC, August 23, 2004, (Associated Press) Entry deadline: Entry forms, provided below, must be submitted by Deutsche Welle and Radio Liberty. (BBC to Marika Bokalo, Swim Meet director. There will be no registration at poolside. Registration Monitoring) Churches request to share premises fee is $5.00 per swimmer. PM seeks to cut troops in Iraq IVANO-FRANKIVSK – Bishop Sofron Mudryi of the Ivano-Frankivsk Eparchy KYIV – Ukraine’s prime minister Viktor of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Name: (English) Yanukovych on August 2 called for Metropolitan Andrii of Halych of the reducing the country’s troop contingent Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Name: (Ukrainian) in Iraq. Ukraine’s 1,576 troops are the Church and Archbishop Yoasaf of the fourth-largest non-U.S. contingent in Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Iraq. On August 1, Defense Minister Address Patriarchate signed a joint request to Yevhen Marchuk had said that a new Mykhailo Vyshyvaniuk, head of the brigade to be rotated into Iraq beginning 4. Date of birth Ukrainian Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in September would consist of 1,722 – an Administration, Vasyl Brus, head of the increase of nearly 10 percent. President Oblast Council, and Zinovii Shkutiak, City Zip Leonid Kuchma, who has the final word mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, to give per- on the deployment, has not indicated mission for alternating religious services Telephone Age whether he would support Mr. in a former church that now serves as a Yanukovych’s call for a troop reduction. museum of art. “Relying on general pub- Seven Ukrainian soldiers have died in Male Female lic opinion, we are expressing our sincere Iraq – three of them in combat in April. desire and that of our faithful to see this About 20 have been wounded. Mr. Club/Youth Association ancient church as the common heritage Marchuk said last week that Ukraine had of the Church of Christ, which will serve begun talks with the United States and Event ______Entry time ______for the veneration of the laws of God and Poland on an eventual Ukrainian with- Christian traditions and rites for the sake drawal, but said that no time-frame had Event ______Entry time ______of educating future generations of God’s been determined. (Associated Press) children,” reads the statement issued by Event ______Entry time ______Reports of navy pullout denied the three hierarchs. “This church will be a good example of unity in Christ within SEVASTOPOL – The first deputy com- one national Ukrainian Church of Christ, Please send this entry form with $5 entry fee by August 20, 2003. mander of Ukraine’s naval forces, Ihor which was a dream of the great metropol- (checks made out to “Ukrainian Sports Federation”) to: Kabanenko, on August 2 denied media itans Petro Mohyla, Veniamin Rutskyi, Marika Bokalo reports alleging that the Ukrainian fleet Andrey Sheptytsky and Patriarchs 641 Evergreen Pkwy. deployed in Sevastopol will be relocated Mstyslav and Josyf, as well as other Union, NJ 07083 to Novoozerne near Yevpatoria. “These Church hierarchs.” (Religious (908) 851-0617 reports do not correspond with reality and Information Service of Ukraine) 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32

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Childhood friends team up to produce “Macbeth” in New York City by Roxolana Woloszyn chased in advance, and $18 at the door. of the show’s skits which can be seen in re- ested in owning her own production com- The Willful Company “is dedicated to runs. Ms. Hryckowian was recently pro- pany for theater, film or television. Ms. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Adriana bringing dynamic and provocative produc- moted to clip researcher, a position in Hryckowian also said, “My ultimate dream Iwashko and Tania Hryckowian, two life- tions of Shakespeare and classic authors to which she will handle most of the video would be to win an Emmy and someday long friends who once participated in the all audiences,” according to its website, “theater” less than enthusiastically are clips for the show and work with produc- teach my expertise at a top university.” www.willfulcompany.com. Ms. Iwashko ers, editors and writers. Ms. Hryckowian The Willful Company’s “Macbeth” is now executive producer and producer, hopes to establish a working ensemble the- hopes to acquire a position in upper man- directed by Sherry Saab and produced by respectively, of “Macbeth” for the ater residency with this company. Willful Company in New York City. The company’s production of “Hamlet” agement of some sort, in comedic televi- Ms. Iwashko, with Maha Saab’s set and According to Ms. Iwashko, “Trying to (August 2001) at Theatre 22 won it the sion production or development. costume designs – the same team that get out of SUM’s (Ukrainian American 2002 OOBR Award. The OOBR, or off- This ambitious 25-year-old is also inter- helped Hamlet win its award. Youth Association) annual Christmas off-broadway review, is the only one of its pageant was something Tania and I tried kind– a publication that exclusively to do year after year. It never worked, reviews off-off-broadway shows. Employment Opportunity and one year we shamefully had to write “Macbeth’s” executive producer, 24 the words on our hands because we had- year-old Ms. Iwashko, started producing The Harriman Institute seeks a staff associate to provide assistance with n’t memorized our verses. But back then, shows when she was 21. Currently, she is research relating to the Ukrainian Studies Program. He/she will review liter- standing on stage I never thought that 15 pursuing a master of arts in the history of ature in assigned areas and help develop academic conferences and other years into the future I would be enforcing decorative arts and design, via a program events related to Ukrainian studies. He/she will liaise with (international deadlines on our actors to memorize their offered jointly by the Parsons School of and local) Ukrainian studies scholars/centers and the Ukrainian émigré lines. Curious and almost funny how Design, Cooper-Hewitt and The National community in North America. He/she will help update the Program’s donor things end up ...” Design Museum with the Smithsonian databases and devise questionnaires to obtain client feedback. He/she will In director Sherry Saab’s rendition of Associates. Ms. Iwashko’s focus is con- help prepare reports and grant proposals. Some overnight, weekend and/or “Macbeth,” Scotland is a decaying insane temporary design (1920s-present) with a international travel will be required. asylum, with familiar characters playing special interest in components of mascu- altered roles. King Duncan acts as the para- line versus feminine design. With this Qualifications: Master’s degree in international affairs or Slavic studies; flu- noid and mad institution’s head administra- degree Ms. Iwashko hopes to work at an ent command of spoken and written Ukrainian and English; at least 2-3 tor, while Macbeth and Banquo torture auction house such as Christie’s, become years experience in a university research setting; familiarity with Ukrainian their fellow patients. The Weird Sisters are a professor once she gets her doctorate up to their usual mischief, as they use and be a freelance writer for decorative studies scholarship and intimate knowledge of North American Ukrainian Macbeth to destroy the fragile society in arts magazines. communities. Also necessary are the ability to work independently, demon- which all of these characters live. In terms of future goals in the theater, strate organizational skills, and have a good working knowledge of comput- “Macbeth” opens on Friday, August Ms. Iwashko hopes to produce a ers. Experience working in Ukraine is highly preferable. 13, and runs through August 29. The end Broadway show – perhaps an adaptation of the three-week show dovetails into the of Taras Bulba. This story does not stray Cover letter and resume should be sent to [email protected]. Republican National Convention, mixing far from Ms. Iwashko’s interest in For more information, contact Frank Bohan, personnel and budget officer, art and politics quite appropriately. Shakespeare because she believes, “It Harriman Institute, Columbia University, 420 W. 118th Street, NY, NY Shows can be seen on Tuesdays, also has a Shakespeare – like theme 10027; tel. (212) 854-6217. Applicants will be reviewed starting August 26. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 (which I love) with Taras’ son and the p.m., and on Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m at Polish noblewoman falling in love.” Columbia University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action employer. the Actor’s Theater Workshop, 145 W. Ms. Hryckowian graduated from Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. 28th St. Tickets can be purchased online Rutgers and currently works for “Late at www.theatermania.com or by calling Night with Conan O’Brian” as the audience (212) 352-3101. Tickets cost $15 if pur- coordinator. She was also featured in some Inspired by the Kyivan Pecherska Lavra, these 8 1/2” x 13 3/4” x 2 3/4” icons are hand-serigraphed in an Orthodox Monastery. This museum- ambassador of Ukraine to the United quality, numbered, limited edition of one hundred of the SAVIOUR and States, Canada, Israel and Mexico; Dr. the MOTHER OF GOD is authentically executed on a reinforced gesso Ukrainian American scholar... surface in traditional egg-tempera with a gold leafed background. The (Continued from page 4) David Marples, a member of the faculty icon panel is solid wood, reinforced by splines. The glass-fitted, deep Polissia region … to scholars and the at the University of Alberta and the wooden kihvot is gold filigreed. These icons exhibit the spiritual and artis- public worldwide.” Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies; tic values of ancient masterpieces but unworn and undamaged by time. The final component of the project Dr. Taras Kuzio, currently a visiting pro- fessor at the Elliot School of $500 donation post-paid will be “a web-based information portal (money order or check) to: … to allow the dissemination of informa- International Affairs at the George tion on the Ukrainian effort at cultural Washington University; Dr. Roman Monastery Icon Studio UW40701, rescue.” He said the website would allow Szporluk, director of the Ukrainian 3011 Roe Dr. people to see materials collected during a Research Institute at Harvard University Houston, TX 77087-2409 decade of fieldwork, including “hundreds and member of the faculty of the history God Bless you! 4-6 week delivery time. of hours of audio recordings with former department at Harvard; Dr. Alexander and returned residents about folk prac- Motyl, professor of political science and tices of celebration, healing and medical deputy director of the Center for Global practices, religious rituals, craft practices, Change and Governance at Rutgers traditional fishing, hunting and farming University; Dr. Jane Dawson, a member practices, folk tales, etc.” of the faculty at Connecticut College But getting funding for the approxi- who is currently working on a study with mately $580,000 project has only just implications on the achievement of begun, Mr. Stachiw said. To date he has domestic and international environmental received the financial support of several policy objectives. Ukrainian American organizations. Both The advisory board also includes the New England Federal Credit Union Alexander Kuzma, executive director of in Hartford, Conn., and the Selfreliance the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund; (N.Y.) Credit Union have already provid- Dr. Gerald Pocius, university research pro- ed their financial support. Additionally, fessor and director of the Center for he hopes to tap into a number of Material Culture Studies at St. John’s American sources, among them the Trust University; Dr. Myroslav Popovych, a for Mutual Understanding, the philosopher, political scholar and a leading MacArthur Foundation and the National Ukrainian intellectual, who is also director Endowment for the Humanities. of the National Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Advisory board tapped Lina Kostenko, a prominent and prolific Mr. Stachiw has assembled an adviso- Ukrainian poet, scientist, and author; Dr. ry board that will help develop, review Yuri Shapoval, who heads the Kyiv-based and evaluate the thematic content of the Center for Historical and Political Studies project. The ultimate evaluation will at the Institute of Political and occur in the public viewing of the exhibi- Ethnonational Studies, National Academy tion and documentary film in 2006. of Sciences of Ukraine; Stepan Pavliuk, The members of the advisory board, director of the Lviv-based Institute of considered by Mr. Stachiw to be among Ethnology, National Academy of Sciences the world’s leading scholars of Ukraine of Ukraine; and Mykhailo Hlushko, chief and the Chornobyl catastrophe, include ethnographer at the Institute of Ethnology, Yurii Shcherbak, a writer and the former National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32 No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 23

Toronto’s Ukrainian Festival scheduled for August 27-29 TORONTO – Last year the Bloor of over 1,000 participants begins at 11 West Village Ukrainian Festival attracted a.m. at High Park and travels along Bloor over 250,000 attendees who enjoyed the Street to Jane Street. fabulous food, music, dance and crafts, Sunday, August 29, offers a special treat as well as a parade of floats, marching – birds of prey – featuring owls, hawks and bands and colorful costumes. Eagles from Ukraine and other countries. Once again this year, the festival will Through the sponsorship of The showcase Ukrainian culture and demon- Ukrainian Credit Union Limited and strate how it has become part of the fab- Aerosvit Airlines, the festival will be ric that is Toronto – marking over 111 headed by one of Ukraine’s hottest rock years of contributions made by bands – Okean Elzy. Also from Ukraine Canadians of Ukrainian heritage to will be Anytchka. Other performers Toronto’s economic, social and cultural include Rusalka from Winnipeg; growth. Hromovytsia from Chicago; the Kyiv Duo Jurij Klufas, chair of the Bloor West of Violin and Electric Piano from Village Ukrainian Festival, emphasized: Windsor; rhythm and blues singer Suzie “We want to share our culture with the Vinnick; the Canadian Bandurist Cappella broader Canadian community and we ;and bandurist Michael Kostowskyj. Also look forward to welcoming everyone to on the bill: ever popular dance groups the eighth Annual Bloor West Village such as Toronto’s Desna, Ukraina and Ukrainian Festival.” Vesnianka, and the modern dance compa- The festival kicks off Friday, August 27, ny Silhouettes; Barvinok from Windsor; at 6 p.m. with the opening of the beverage and Dunai from Niagara Falls. and Ukrainian food gardens. The Festival Through the sponsorship of So-Use stage comes to life at 7 p.m. with entertain- Credit Union and TD Bank, a Youth ment from Ukraine, Canada and the Stage will be a new addition to this annu- United States. There will also be a dance al festival, offering not only non-stop under the stars at Bloor and Jane streets to children’s and youth entertainment but an the great music of the Dunai Band. evening street dance for the kids. On Saturday, August 28, the festival See the festival website www.ukraini- starts at 9 a.m. with a free breakfast for anfestival.org for more details, or call the the first 1,000 people. A colorful parade hotline at (416) 410-9965.

with the geopolitical and strategic impor- Kuzio commentary... tance of Ukraine to the U.S., some of the (Continued from page 8) attention and funding continues. Canada has about examples of theories you are prov- never played in this league. Perhaps Dr. ing or analyzing, and hence you can be a Kuzio will find a more receptive environ- better lecturer.” ment for the political science study of con- Perhaps Canada is too small, too globally temporary Ukraine in Washington, while unimportant for people with high ambitions. what he calls “the establishment” in Canada In the United States, Soviet studies always re-reads his article and all the responses – occupied an important place (bolstered by this time looking past the “grudge factor” to IREX, Fulbright grants and USAID) and dig out the valid criticism. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32

Featuring Ukraine’s hottest Star RUSLANA sponsored by No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 25 San Diego’s House of Ukraine to host festival over Labor Day weekend PHILADELPHIA CELEBRATES THE 13th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAN DIEGO – House of Ukraine Inc. This will take place at the Shiley Theatre located in Balboa Park, Calif. will spon- on the University of San Diego campus INDEPENDENCE OF UKRAINE!!! sor its annual Ukrainian Festival during located at 5998 Alcala Park. Labor Day weekend, Friday through On Sunday at noon, Ukrainian ethnic SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2004 - FESTIVAL Sunday, September 3-5. food and refreshments will be available for Ukrainian Sport Center “Tryzub” Festivities start on Friday with a wel- purchase at the House of Pacific Relations Lower State & County Line Roads, Horsham, PA (215) 343-5412 come get together in the sand in front of International Cottages’ Lawn Stage in Program Schedule: “The Giant Dipper Roller Coaster” in Balboa Park. At 2 p.m., a short program of 12:00 noon - Music by “Karpaty” Orchestra Mission Beach. This is a great opportunity Ukrainian dance will take place, featuring for festival guests to meet the dancers and the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m. - Folk Arts & Craft Bazaar to visit the modern-day beach attraction with the Holy Cross Zorianka Ukrainian 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Children’s Fun Area and centerpiece of the San Diego area. Dancers of Edmonton, under the artistic 2:00 p.m. - Main Stage Show The weekend continues on Saturday. direction of Volodya Makarov. “Barvinok” Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Due to the success of last year’s wine Festivities end on Sunday night with a “Obrij” Ukrainian Dance Ensemble country tour, it is being repeated this year dinner and zabava (dance) at 6 p.m. at “Voloshky” Ukrainian Dance Ensemble for festival attendees age 21 and over. Red Lion’s Hanalei Hotel in Hotel Circle, Singing Duo “Sisters Oros” Pick-up will be in front of the House of with Ukrainian dance music by Millenia “Voloshky” School of Dance Ukraine at 9:30 a.m. There will be stops from Edmonton. at three wineries: one will include a tour This year’s festival proceeds are going “Accolade” Chamber Choir of how champagne is made, another will toward a major interior renovation of the “Harmonia” Orchestra include a picnic lunch and the last will cottage, which is the only publicly sup- Ukrainian Baptist Male Choir include a private tour with a winery ported Ukrainian institution of its kind in 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Music & Dancing (“Harmonia” Orchestra) owner, with a return time of 5:30 p.m. the United States. Ingrid Kytasty is chair- 4:30 p.m. - Soccer Match This gives a bit of time for rest then there person of the project committee. FREE MOON WALK AND FUN SLIDE FOR CHILDREN, AUTHENTIC UKRAINIAN FOOD, is a show at 7:30 p.m. featuring For more information on House of COOL DRINKS & REFRESHMENTS! Cheremosh Ukrainian dance company Ukraine’s Ukrainian festival located in San Admission: $10.00 (Children under 13 - FREE) from Edmonton, Alberta, presently under Diego, call or fax House of Ukraine at (619) the artistic direction of Mykola Kanevets. 291-0661 or e-mail [email protected]. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2004 - CONCERT UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY COMMITTEE OF PHILADELPHIA Ukrainian Educational & Cultural Center Notice to publishers and authors 700 Cedar Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046 (215) 663-1166 It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly pub- 7:00 p.m. lished books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodi- Dr. Oleh Onyskiw - Keynote Speaker cals only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. “Prometheus” Ukrainian Male Chorus News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. “Voloshky” Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, etc.) “Accolade” Chamber Choir to: Editorial Staff, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ Bandurist Duo “Kalynonka” 07054. Admission: $10.00 per person ($5.00 for students, FREE for children to age 13) 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32 UKEUKELLODEONODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION Plast youths beautify Cultural Garden in Cleveland CLEVELAND – Recently a The children involved in the group of Plast yunatstvo (scounts clean-up included Adrian Lebid, age 11-18), along with a few par- Sasha Grossman, Michael ents and leaders volunteered to Fedynsky, Sophia Korovaichuk, clean up and beautify the Larysa Kopystynsky, Bohdana Ukrainian Cultural Garden at Komichak, Riley and Nora Rockefeller Park in Cleveland. Kelleher, Olenka and Adia They planted yellow marigolds Bodnaruk. and blue ageratums by the statues The leaders and parents included of Lesia Ukrainka and Ivan Franko. Mitsia Zachary, Marta Mudri, Luda The yellow and blue echoed the Grossman, Lucy Komichak, Andrew colors of the Ukrainian flag flying Fedynsky, Wasyl Kotelewec and in front of the garden. They weeded Lucya Lebid, the Ukrainian the flower beds and swept the Cultural Garden Federation repre- courtyards, preparing them for the sentative. International Children’s Games that The flowers and supplies were were hosted by Cleveland at the generously donated by the end of July. Children from around Kotelewec and Lebid families. the world, including Ukraine, com- It was a very hot and muggy pete in these games and they will afternoon, but that did not dampen hopefully have a chance to view the the enthusiasm the group had for gardens. helping a good cause.

The Plast clean-up crew at the foot of the Lesia Ukrainka monument.

Student’s letter appears in newspaper The letter below appeared in the do not know this happened, but “Student Forum” section of the there are people who lived through January 25 edition of The Star- it. Some are still alive, but don’t Ledger, New Jersey’s largest newspa- like to speak aloud of it. One sur- per. Its publication proves that kids, vivor said, “You could hear the too, have an opportunity to be heard. cries from the families’ homes at Ukraine genocide night, the mourning of the dead family members.” All history should be taught, the This Famine was a result of com- good and the bad, whether about munism. Another name for the America or not. Many people don’t genocide is “Holodomor,” or holo- know about the Famine and geno- caust. This is not taught in history cide in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933. class, and I think it should be, even Volunteers get ready to plant blue and yellow flowers. During these years, Ukrainians if the American government was were forced to work in their fields partly involved. It is history. and then were starved in their own OUR NEXT ISSUE: UKELODEON is published on the sec- homes. Seven million to 10 million – Michael Naumenko ond Sunday of every month. To make it into our next issue, dated men, women and children were Seventh Grade September 12, please send in your materials by September 3. killed by the wanton Soviet dictator Herbert Hoover Middle School We especially encourage kids and teens to submit articles and see their Joseph Stalin. Most non-Ukrainians Edison, N.J. names in print. And don’t forget to send a photo or two. Plus, photos of UKELODEON reporters – that means any of you young readers who sub- mit a story – are welcome. OUR NAME: UKELODEON: it rhymes with nickelodeon. Yes, Please drop us a line: that’s a kids’ network (spelled with a capital “N”), but the original word UKELODEON, referred to an early movie theater that charged a nickel for admission. The Ukrainian Weekly, According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, the root of the word, “odeon,” is from the Greek “oideion,” a small build- Parsippany, NJ 07054 ing used for public performances of music and poetry. Our UKELODEON fax, (973) 644-9510 is envisioned as a public space where our youth, from kindergartners to phone, (973) 292-9800 teens, can come to learn, to share information, to relate their experiences, e-mail, [email protected]. and to keep in touch with each other. Its contents will be shaped by the young readers of the next generation. (We ask all contributors to please include a daytime phone number.) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 27 ODUM’s youngest campers send greetings to The Weekly

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – It’s that time of year. Most of our readers are off at camp, and very busy with their camp activities. Some of them, however, took the time to drop us a greeting from camp. Seen above and on the bottom left are the young campers, age 3-6, of “Tabir Malyat” run by the Ukrainian Democratic Youth Organization, known as ODUM (that’s the group’s Ukrainian acronym) at the Ukraina grounds in London, Ontario. On the left is their “pryvit” to The Weekly and its readers. Plast camp in Ohio sends greetings

CHECK IT OUT: In the centerfold of this issue read about Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization’s summertime camps in East Chatham, N.Y., MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio – Youths at the Pysanyi Kamin campgrounds of at the campgrounds known as Vovcha Tropa (Wolf’s Trek). Perhaps you’ll even Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization sent greetings from their camps to recognize some of your friends in the photos that illustrate the story. The Weekly. Five camps sent greetings signed by the campers and their For older readers, we suggest turning to page 11 for a review of two novels counselors; two of them are seen above: “Mandrivka po Sviti,” the for young adults written from the perspective of teens growing up in Canada. preschoolers’ camp (left) and “Pidpillia,” the camp for novaky (right).

Mishanyna U K R A I N I A N S P A R T R To solve this month’s Mishanyna, find the words capitalized in the text R S A E R U U G I U I V E E U below in the Mishanyna grid. M T D D T G R A N N O O B R S This month we celebrate UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY – Ukraine’s 13th since 1991, when the country’s leaders in the Verkhovna A A A I U B C E D D R M O R R RADA (Parliament) proclaimed its independence. N B P S T A T E E X E R S I E It was on AUGUST 24, 1991, that the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic – then still part of the Union of Soviet Socialist O I T Y S V P M P C B U U T F Republics, or SOVIET UNION – adopted a resolution declaring “Ukraine as an INDEPENDENT, DEMOCRATIC STATE.” That same resolution L L A M A E O T E R O P R O E called for a nationwide REFERENDUM, or vote by the public, on A I L O N C D D N O R A P R R DECEMBER 1, 1991, to affirm the declaration of independence. The actual “ACT of the Declaration of the Independence of Ukraine” – W T A D R I G A D O N P R Y E which was passed by a VOTE of 321 to 2, with six abstentions – noted that S Y E A S O V I E T U N I O N “The territory of Ukraine is indivisible and inviolable” and that “from this day forward, on the TERRITORY of Ukraine, only the CONSTITUTION O N T D A R D A N O D I S O D and laws of Ukraine are valid.” To the 52 million people of Ukraine, the declaration came as a welcome T I L L N I T A C O M A E R U SURPRISE, following a heated debate in the Parliament after the failed C R U S S I A N E D A Y R O M COUP in Moscow on August 19-21. Ukraine was REBORN! And so, Ukraine reappeared on the MAP of Europe and August 24 is A U N O I T U T I T S N O C O now celebrated each year as Ukraine’s Independence Day. S E I L L A R S V O T E D I S 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2004 No. 32

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Monday, August 9 USCAK-West tournament on May 29-30 in Soyuzivka’s Datebook Detroit. U.S.O. Tryzub took first place at the CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard USCAK-East tournament held on August 6-8, 2004 September 3, 2004 Ukrainian Summer Institute will host a lec- Independence Day weekend at Verkhovyna 2nd Annual Sports Jamboree (see ad) Zabava - Luna - 10 pm ture given by Victor Malarek, acclaimed in Glen Spey, N.Y. At the conclusion of the author of “The Natashas: The New Global game, USCAK representatives will present Sex Trade” (U.S. release date: September the USCAK Cup to the winning team. August 8-21, 2004 September 4, 2004 10, Arcade Publishers). His lecture, “Stop Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky Zabava - Fata Morgana & Tempo the Traffic – The Global Sale of Women Friday, August 27 Ukrainian Folk Dance Camp and Girls for Rape,” will be held at 7:30- September 4-5, 2004 9:30 p.m. in the Thompson Room of WILDWOOD CREST, N.J.: The Plast fra- August 13, 2004 Lisi Jewelry Exhibit and more Barker Center, located at 12 Quincy St. on ternity Khmelnychenky will hold a dance Special Pub Night with Luna the Harvard University campus. For more titled “Return of the Xmeli” at the September 5, 2004 information, contact the institute at (617) Wildwood Crest Pier (Across the street from August 14, 2004 Zabava - Tempo & Vorony 495-4053 or visit the website at the Pan Am). Music will be provided by http://www.huri.harvard.edu/husi.html. Harmonia. Doors open 8 p.m. Admission: Miss Soyuzivka Weekend adults (23+) $10; students (12-22) $5; kids Zabava - Luna - 10 pm September 10-12, 2004 Saturday, August 14 (11 and under) free. Visit the website KLK Weekend - General Meeting www.xmel.org for more information. August 14-22, 2004 & 80th Anniversary Banquet JEWETT, N.Y.: Pianist Roman Rudnytsky Club Suzy-Q Week Bayreuth Gymnasium Reunion will appear in concert as part of the “Music Saturday, August 28 Plast Sorority Rada - at the Grazhda” summer concert series in a WILDWOOD, N.J.: August 20, 2004 “Ti Shcho Hrebli Rvut” program of works by Mendelssohn, The Plast sorority Spartanky are organizing a Mixed Triples Pub Night with Midnight Bigus Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Skoryk, Antin Rudnytsky, Debussy, Albéniz and Volleyball and Doubles Bocce Ball September 11-12 , 2004 Granados. The concert will be held at the Tournament. For further information visit August 21, 2004 Plast Sorority Rada - Grazhda, Route 23 A (five miles west of the website at www.geocities.com/spar- Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky “Lisovi Mavky” Hunter, N.Y.); performance time 8 p.m. For tanky/volleyball_bocce_english.doc or con- Dance Camp Recital with additional information call (518) 263-4335. tact Tania Dulyn at [email protected]. intermission performance by September 13-16, 2004 Olya Chodoba Fryz - 8 pm Regensburg Reunion Sunday, August 22 Thursday-Sunday, September 16-19 Zabava - Fata Morgana - 10 pm HORSHAM, Pa.: USO Tryzub DEDHAM, Mass.: The 57th annual September 18, 2004 (Philadelphia) will square off against Ukrainian American Veterans Convention August 22-29, 2004 Wedding - Michelle Wynarczuk and Ukraina S.C. (Toronto) at 4:30 p.m. for the will take place at the Holiday Inn in Discounted week, Stay 3 nights & Michael Ritz 2004 North American Ukrainian Soccer Dedham, Mass. Thursday night will be get 25% room discount League Championship, officially sanctioned hospitality night, beginning after the September 24-25, 2004 by the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the national executive board meeting around 8 August 28, 2004 Plast Sorority Rada - “Spartanky” U.S.A. and Canada (USCAK). The competi- p.m.; all are welcome. Convention meet- Halychansky Vechir, details to follow tion will take place at the Ukrainian ings will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday and American Sport Center Tryzub, Lower State Saturday. Saturday night the annual and County Line roads, during the folk festi- Commanders Banquet/Dance will start val commemorating the 13th anniversary of around 6 p.m., with music by Vechirka Ukraine’s Independence. The festivities are from New York. For further information e- scheduled to commence at noon. Ukraina mail [email protected] or visit the S.C. reached the finals competition at the website at www.uavets.org.

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