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Vol. LXIII No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995 75 cents/$2 in Ukraine No additional funds promised Foreign assistance programs threatened by budget cuts UNA Washington Office chaired by Rep. Benjamin Gilman (R- Russia's behavior in Chechnya and its G-7 summit snubs, N.Y.), reported a bill with substantial proposed nuclear sale to Iran merit such a WASHINGTON - Two bills that reductions in assistance to the new inde­ cut in assistance. Little attention was then praises, Ukraine make significant cuts in U.S. foreign pendent states (NIS) once part of the focused on the needs of the other 1 1 assistance have been making their way Soviet Union, which fall under the states, including Ukraine, that are receiv­ through the House of Representatives. by Andrij Wynnyckyj Freedom Support Act (FSA). Funding for ing assistance under the FSA program. The first bill, H.R. 1561, the American Toronto Press Bureau fiscal year 1995 was at $850 million. The On June 8, the Foreign Operations Overseas Interests Act, consolidates three Clinton administration requested $788 mil­ TORONTO - Although President government agencies involved in foreign Subcommittee of the House Appropriations lion for fiscal year 1996. The Committee Committee considered the Foreign Leonid Kuchma didn't rate an invitation policy into the Department of State. It authorized appropriations for $643 million to the 21 st annual summit of leaders of also authorizes appropriations for foreign Assistance Appropriations Bill for fiscal - a 25 percent reduction from 1995 levels. year 1996. The subcommittee appropriated the world's wealthiest industrial nations, assistance. The second measure, the In addition to these reductions, the held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 15-17, Foreign Assistance Appropriations Bill, only $595 million for the FSA program, or committee cut authorizations for agencies $48 million below the authorized level. Ukraine was on the agenda. sets a budget for fiscal year 1996. involved in international relations, such The joint communique issued by the All actions of the Congress regarding This results in a 30 percent decrease of as the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) funding from 1995 levels. heads of state and government and the foreign assistance must fall within the and Voice of America (VOA). The com­ Prior to consideration of the bill, rep- president of the European Commission limits of the budget resolution previously mittee also came close to eliminating on the last day of the conference, adopted by the House. (The Senate funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio (Continued on page 3) referred to Ukraine specifically under the adopted its own budget resolution, and Liberty (RFE/RL), despite pleas from rubrics "Economies in Transition" and the two Houses are currently working on Presidents Lech Walesa of Poland and "Nuclear Safety." resolving the differences between their Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic to The Halifax summit document appears respective legislation.) The budget reso­ continue the radios. GOP accused to stop well short of acceptance of Kyyiv's lution provides for a substantial reduction "Over all, the actions of the committee conditions for closing down the crippled in the account for international relations, and the House of Representatives sym­ of betrayal Chornobyl nuclear power station, but which includes funding for all interna­ bolize a U.S. retreat from the world and a treats President Kuchma's tentative offer tional relations, including the budget of betrayal of U.S. commitments to promot­ UNA Washington Office to do so as a foregone conclusion. the State Department and related agen­ ing democracy in and independence for WASHINGTON - In a letter to Item 48 reads, "We congratulate cies; contributions to international orga­ the nations of Central and East Europe, President Kuchma of Ukraine on his nizations such as the United Nations and Speaker of the House of Representa­ which took the greatest hits in the reduc­ tives Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), the decision to close the Chornobyl nuclear World Bank; and unilateral and multilat­ tions," said UNA Washington Office power plant by the year 2000." eral foreign assistance. The reduction in Central and East European Coalition Director Eugene Iwanciw. accused the Republican Congress of At a June 14 press conference prior to the account is even more pronounced for In considering reductions in the the summit, Presidential Adviser the years following fiscal year 1996. the "betrayal of the very principles Freedom Support Act (FSA) account, which the Republican Party has artic­ Volodymyr Horbulin warned that The International Relations Committee, members of Congress argued that Ukraine would reconsider its decision to ulated since 1952," and requested a close the station early if no additional meeting with the speaker. funds were forthcoming from the major The letter, signed by the UNA's industrial nations' group. Parliament ousts procurator generalWashingto n Office Director Eugene Statements by Viktor Batyuk, Iwanciw on behalf of the coalition, by Marta Kolomayets could not comment on what further steps noted the coalition's opposition to Ukraine's ambassador to Canada, Kyyiv Press Bureau the chief executive would take. seemed to confirm that any move to shut H.R. 1561, the American Overseas Even after the vote in Parliament, leg­ Interests Act, which would, if enact­ down Chornobyl at the turn of the centu­ KYYIV - The Ukrainian Parliament islators debated the constitutional legiti­ ry was contingent on a substantial influx voted on June 21 to dismiss the country's ed, result in a "virtual withdrav/al of macy of sacking Mr. Datsiuk. United States influence from Central of foreign funds. procurator general, charging him with abus­ "Under the constitutional accord signed However, the only specific mention of ing his government position and impeding a and Eastern Europe." by the president and the Parliament on June The coalition was contacted by a G-7 co-contribution in the June 17 number of criminal investigations. 8, the president of Ukraine alone is Gardner Peckham of the Speaker's communique was a reaffirmation of a Legislators voted 227-61 to oust empowered to name or dismiss the procu­ pledge made at last year's summit in Viadislav Datsiuk, after reviewing the find­ rator general," said Alexander Karpov, a Office. While defending the actions Naples, Italy, to provide $200 million in ings of a special parliamentary committee legislator, who suggested that President of the House, Mr. Peckham did assistance. established on June 6 to investigate Mr. Kuchma might veto the June 21 vote. admit that there is a strong "isolation­ According to Item 49 of the G-7 lead­ Datsiuk's record since being named to the Vyaeheslav Chornovil, leader of the ism" among the new Republican ers' release, in order to assist in the sta­ office of procurator general over a year ago. Rukh faction, also addressed his col­ members of Congress. While he stat­ tion's early closure, they will "continue "Even before the ink has dried on the leagues, saying that the dismissal of the ed that a meeting was not possible [their] efforts to mobilize international constitutional agreement signed (June 8) procurator general was a matter for the before the final consideration of H.R. support for appropriate energy produc­ between the president and the Parliament, Ukrainian president to review. 1561, he did commit to assisting in tion, energy efficiency and nuclear safety the Supreme Council has managed to vio­ However, Yevhen Marmazov, a mem­ organizing such a meeting. projects." late this accord," said Dmytro Tabachnyk, ber of the communist faction in The full text of the letter follows. However, no monetary values were chief of the presidential administration at a Parliament, said he doubted the president placed oh the assistance that is allegedy press briefing on June 22. He explained would veto this parliamentary decision. The member-organizations of the part and parcel of "commitments of sup­ that the Supreme Council does not have the "The Parliament has sufficient proof that Central and East European Coalition, port" for the decommissioning of the constitutional right to make decisions the procurator general is an unscrupulous representing the over 21 million plant in Chornobyl. regarding the procurator general. person, and if the president chooses to stand Americans who trace their heritage to The G-7 leaders agreed to say that the "And I must add that President [Leonid] up in his defense, he will take the prosecu- that part of the world, are alarmed by the World Bank and the European Bank for Kuchma finds it inadmissible that the con­ tor's sins upon himself," said Mr. actions of the House regarding H.R. Reconstruction and Development stitutional agreement be violated, because Marmazov. 1561, the American Overseas Interests "should increase their financial contribu­ this pact should become the cornerstone of "Under the current conditions, it is Act. As currently formulated, the bill tion in support of appropriate energy sec­ normal relations between the legislative and hard to find a blameless person, but there will result in a virtual withdrawal of tor reform and energy-conservation mea­ executive powers, and yesterday's action in are no grounds to charge me with failure United States influence from Central sures, and mobilize private-sector sup­ the Supreme Council is not a positive step," to comply with my official duties," said and Eastern Europe - creating a political port for energy investments." said Mr. Tabachnyk. Mr. Datsiuk, defending himself in the vacuum, undercutting efforts to estab- Officials at Ukraine's embassies in Mr. Tabachnyk added that the president Parliament. had not yet received official word on the (Continued on page 3) (Continued on p^ge 17) Parliament's action of June 21, and thus he (Continued on page 3) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995 No. 26 ANALYSIS: A nuclear catastrophe in the making in former USSR? New electoral law proposed failing enterprises. Mr. Kuchma also by David R. Marples plant have indicated that Soviet plans stip­ explained that he has ordered the review of ulated the employment of almost 1,000 KYYIV — A draft bill revamping A recent survey from Lithuania noted contracts made by directors of state-owned personnel per reactor, which provides an Ukraine's electoral law has come out of that a number of employees at the enterprises, and has decreed the creation of indication of the relative emphasis on con­ the Parliament's Legal Policy and Judicial Ignalina nuclear power station were suf­ a committee to oversee the stock market for struction and that on safety). Workers at Reform Committee, reported Interfax- fering from "psychological disturbances" privatized businesses. (OMRI Daily Digest) nuclear power stations have seen their real Ukraine on June 14. The bill provides for and alcoholism. wages dwindle over the past few years in half of the 450 deputies to be elected Ukraine, Russia to hold monthly talks The station, which is of the same basic terms of purchasing power. directly by constituencies and the other half design as the Chornobyl nuclear power A key issue is the need for energy. by party lists. It drops the requirement of a MOSCOW — Ukraine and Russia have station in Ukraine, but with a reactor 50 Ukraine's only major debts today are in minimum voter turnout of 50 percent plus agreed at the Sochi summit to hold monthly percent larger in capacity, is located on the energy sphere, in which it owes over one to validate an election. It also abolishes talks on both the presidential and prime the border of Lithuania, Latvia and $5 billion to Russia and Turkmenistan the requirement that a winning candidate ministerial levels, reported Ostankino. The Belarus. It was once described by a for imports of oil and gas. Lithuania's receive at least 25 percent of constituents' first meetings between Prime Ministers British scientist as "an accident waiting situation is similar. Neighboring Belarus votes.(OMRI Daily Digest) Yevhen Marchuk and Viktor Chernomyrdin to happen." It also provides 80 percent of is planning to build two nuclear power will take place the week of June 25. Lithuania's electricity. stations based on Western technology to Zatulin denounces Ukraine, Yeltsin Ukrainian officials said on June 16 that Mr. The author of this article pondered alleviate its own energy deficit, while Yeltsin is expected to visit Kyyiv in early MOSCOW — Konstantin Zatulin, whether such people would be employed war-torn Armenia is trying to restart the July. (Monitor/ Jamestown Foundation) chairman of the Russian State Duma's at a Western nuclear power plant and Metsamor station closed in 1989 and Committee on CIS Affairs, has denounced Ukraine goes for gold concluded in the negative. located in a highly seismic zone. Ukraine for "undermining the CIS from Problems at former Soviet reactors are Even the energy-rich Russians have within, becoming an auxiliary of the West" KYYIV — President Leonid Kuchma once again attracting international atten­ announced a new program to expand and "selling out to NATO testing ranges announced on June 19 while visiting the tion. Ukraine's nuclear authorities have nuclear power, and have retained in opera­ built by the Soviet Army," reported Pravda city of Kirovohrad that Ukraine will devel­ attempted, despite pressure from the tion Chornobyl-type stations at St. on June 15. Mr. Zatulin also criticized op its gold deposits, which could yield 15 International Atomic Energy Agency Petersburg, Kursk and Smolensk, despite President Boris Yeltsin for "recognizing metric tons annually, reported Nova Mova (IAEA) and other groups, to keep the fact that such plants are almost univer­ Ukrainian independence within borders Television. Mr. Kuchma said, "This is a Chornobyl in operation. sally regarded as unsafe, and in the case of Ukraine had never possessed and dropping branch of industry which can ease Recently Ukraine announced that the former two, as old as Chornobyl. Ukraine's difficult times." Ukraine has demands for dual citizenship for ethnic Chornobyl will be shut down by the year As in the 1980s, nuclear power is per­ already started developing two of 10 gold Russians living there." He added that 2000, if $5 billion (U.S.) can be raised to ceived as a cheap form of energy that can deposits near Kirovohrad, said Mykola Moscow had made its final concessions to dismantle the reactor, construct an alterna­ be guaranteed without dependence upon the Havrylenko, head of the state geology com­ Ukraine. (Monitor/Jamestown Foundation) tive energy installation that would also supply of oil, gas or coal. Paradoxically, the mittee. Gold ore has been located in 238 employ the population of the city of environmental organizations that were one Shmarov asks for more UN. peacekeepers sites throughout Ukraine, he said. The two Slavutych (Chernihiv Oblast), and replace of the motivating forces behind movements Kirovohrad lodes are said to contain one the roof over the destroyed fourth reactor, for sovereignty and independence from KYYIV — Ukraine's Defense Minister gram of gold per ton of ore. (Reuters) which has been slowly collapsing over the Moscow are today relatively ineffectual. In Valeriy Shmarov has asked the Parliament past few years, and in the event of an the May 1995 parliamentary elections in to approve the dispatch of additional British company plans oil venture earthquake or other natural disaster could Belarus, for example, after two rounds, the Ukrainian peacekeepers to the former LONDON — JKX, an independent, contaminate an area of at least 100 square Green Party had managed to elect only one Yugoslavia, Reuters reported on June 13. kilometers with radioactive dust. British oil company, is hoping to raise $70 candidate. In Ukraine's case, the leader of The United Nations has requested 600 addi­ million for joint ventures in three former Unless the international community Green World, Yuri Shcherbak, was tional troops from Ukraine as it increases its Soviet republics, most of which would go can provide such funds, the closure of appointed the Ukrainian ambassador first to presence there. Mr. Shmarov said the sup­ to Ukraine, reported the Financial Times on Chornobyl in the near future appears Israel, then to the United States. However, port would pay political dividends because June 15. David Robinson, JKX chief unlikely. Moreover, the figure of $5 bil­ even in the heyday of the Ukrainian Greens, it would show the world that Ukraine is executive, said the company has develop­ lion would cover only the initial stages of the nuclear power industry continued to concerned about peace in Europe. He added ment and exploration rights in the Poltava such an immense operation as a defini­ expand: since the Chornobyl accident, six that it was also good training for Ukraine's onshore field and holds large exploration tive burial and future monitoring of the new reactors have been added to the troops. In all, 1,200 Ukrainian peacekeepers acreage in the Black Sea off the Crimean destroyed reactor. Ukrainian grid, and nuclear power today are now in Bosnia-Herzogovina and coast. (Financial Times) International bodies, such as the produces between 42 and 45 percent of Croatia. Twelve have died and 39 have European Union, and funding agencies, Ukraine's electricity. been injured since Ukraine's participation Romania and Ukraine discuss borders such as the World Bank and the Ukraine has five nuclear stations with began in 1992. (OMRI Daily Digest) BUCHAREST — Romania said some International Monetary Fund, have insisted 14 operational reactors. Of the 14, five headway had been made between it and on a commitment from Ukraine to close reactors are at the giant Zaporizhzhia plant Kuchma on industrial sector overhaul Ukraine in a treaty which would settle bor­ Chornobyl as part of the agreement by (VVER1000/V-320s), of which three KYYIV — President Leonid Kuchma, in der problems that have existed since the which the country will receive large-scale came on line after the Chornobyl accident. a series of visits to industrial centers in 1939 Nazi-Soviet pact. At the time, the credits. Hence, a Catch-22 situation has The remainder are divided up between Ukraine, enumerated several moves needed Bukovyna region and the southern part of been created for Ukrainian authorities. The Rivne (three reactors), Khmelnytsky (one to overhaul the industrial sector, reported Bessarabia were annexed by the Soviet station cannot be decommissioned without reactor), South Ukraine (three reactors) Interfax-Ukraine on June 16. First the presi­ Union, and now belong to Ukraine. major funding; in turn, that funding will and Chornobyl (with reactors one and dent announced the establishment of 40 so- Romania insists it has no claims on the ter­ not be forthcoming unless Ukraine takes three in service). Six reactors are still called financial-industrial groups to concen­ ritories but would like Ukraine to condemn action to begin such a shutdown. under construction, three of which are at trate on interactions within sectors to make the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact as part the Khmelnytsky site, one at Rivne, one at Several newly independent states, enterprises more viable, which he said of any treaty signed. "Ethnic minorities are Zaporizhzhia (the closest to completion), nonetheless, have discovered that nuclear would be implemented within a month. His not an issue between Romania and and one at South Ukraine. energy has become the lifeline through administration already has set up a bank­ Ukraine," said Romania's Foreign Ministry which industries can continue to be Although the Zaporizhzhia plant has a ruptcy agency to identify and close down spokesperson Mircea Geoana. (Reuters) maintained and supplied with electricity, modern series of reactors, it was also the particularly heavy consumers such as scene of most accidents last year, with a metallurgy and machine-building. Such a monthly average of 12 violations per reac­ policy has not made the world a safer tor unit in the first 10 months of the year. FOUNDED 1933 place in which to live. Ironically, by comparison, the graphite- THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY moderated (RBMK) reactors at Chornobyl A major problem for countries like An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., had a much better safety record. 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Stasiuk Program on Contemporary The Chornobyl disaster has not been The Ukrainian Weekly, June 25,1995, No. 26, Vol. LXIII Ukraine at the Canadian Institute of Copyright © 1995 The Ukrainian Weekly Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. (Continued on page 19) N0.26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995

World Congress, National Federation of Foreign assistance... American Hungarians, Estonian World Cholera outbreak reported in Ukraine Council, Joint Baltic American National (Continued from page 1) Romania, reported Reuters. Committee, Bulgarian Institute for by Marta Kolomayets resentatives of the UNA and UCCA Research and Analysis and the Congress Kyyiv Press Bureau Washington offices met with the staff of Diphtheria also reported of Romanian Americans. virtual-у all the subcommittee members. KYYIV - The number of cholera In the report accompanying the bill, Nearly all 98 members of the Crimean Seeking an earmark (mandated spend­ cases in Ukraine passed the 100 mark on the subcommittee devoted a number of Parliament have been inoculated against ing) fcr Ukraine, the two offices argued June 22, as 103 patients were reported paragraphs to assistance for Russia. diphtheria in the last week, according to that it was even more urgent this year stricken with the disease in the While noting concern about "tensions in a health official in Symferopil. than in previous years because of the Mykolayiv region of Ukraine. our relations with Russia," the subcom­ "We're taking precautions so the disease reduction in total funding. Most of the cases have been diagnosed mittee stated that it "believes that no does not reach epidemic proportions," said "The reductions in FSA program in the city of Mykolayiv, situated north relationship is more important to the Dr. Olena Morhunenko, deputy chief of funding authorizations were clearly of the Crimean peninsula on the Southern long-term security of the United States staff at Polyclinic No. 8 in Symferopil. aimed at Russia and, unless there are ear- Buh River, but the disease has spread than the strategic relationship with Alarm bells went off here when marks for Ukraine, Armenia, and into the district centers of Mykolayiv, Russia." Despite verbal assurances, no deposed Crimean President Yuri Georgia, the administration will take the including Voznesenske and Zhovtneve. mention was made about increased assis­ Meshkov was taken to the hospital last reductions from their accounts," argued One death has been reported and 10 tance to Ukraine or Armenia. week, and preliminarily diagnosed with Mr. Iwanciw. Despite this plea, the sub­ patients remain in critical condition. diphtheria, an infectious bacterial disease In reaction to the report language, the committee refused to earmark funding According to municipal health offi­ that causes fever, malaise and sore throat. UNA Washington Office quickly con­ for any country, including Ukraine and cials, people caught the waterborne "We are still running tests and keeping Armenia. tacted the members of the full infection by eating sardines caught in the Appropriations Committee, which met him in the hospital for another 10 days In addition to Ukrainian American river, or bathing in the basin. The on June 15 to review the legislation. Rep. for observation," said Dr. Luidmilla organizations and individuals, the mem­ regional Health Ministry has reported Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) agreed to submit Pykheyeva, of Polyclinic No. 7, which bers of the Foreign Operations that 866 people were in contact with the additional report language highlighting admitted Mr. Meshkov on June 9. "His Subcommittee received letters from sources of the infection. the importance of Ukraine and the other life is not in danger," she added. It other ethnic groups requesting an ear­ The first case of cholera was diag­ non-Russian states. remains unclear how Mr. Meshkov, who mark of $300 million for Ukraine. nosed on June 5. Since that time, posts had not left his office in the Parliament The full committee accepted language Among the organizations contacting and patrols have been set up to prevent building since his powers as president which reads: "At the same time, the Chairman Sonny Callahan were the bathing and fishing in the area's rivers. were suspended in mid-March by the committee believes that the other nations American Latvian Association, Slovak More than 3,000 people have been exam­ Ukrainian Parliament, came down with of the NIS, specifically Ukraine, ined, and 400 have been diagnosed as the disease, a rarity in the Western world. Armenia and Georgia, are important to having acute intestinal problems. The Crimean press reported rumors on United States security interests in the The city uses water from a reservoir and June 15 that Mr. Meshkov was infected region. Over the past three years, despite AT&T announces # the Dnipro River, but like many places in intentionally by an opposition deputy, adverse circumstances, Ukraine and southern Ukraine, Mykolayiv suffers from but Dr. Serhiy Havrylenko quickly put an Armenia have taken major steps in polit­ a poor supply of drinking water. end to such speculation. redial service ical and economic reform. The continued According to Ukraine's Health development of democratic and free- "Infectious diseases such as diphtheria NEW YORK - AT&T announced on Ministry, no cholera cases have been reg- market institutions in Ukraine, Armenia, spread by air contact, and it seems that June 6 that is international redial service, istered in other regions of Ukraine. and other NIS nations could not but help among the 52 people that had access to which is currently available to four cities However, the government on June 19 encourage similar developments in Mr. Meshkov, one was a carrier of the in Russia, will be offered to all of Russia ordered measures to clean up water sup­ Russia. The United States must make a bacteria," said Dr. Havrylenko, deputy and an additional 46 countries, including plies and upgrade sewage systems to greater effort to develop more effective chief of the Crimean Health Ministry. Ukraine, Israel, Armenia, Azerbaijan, curb the cholera outbreak in southern assistance programs for Ukraine, "The Crimean Parliament is a nest of Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine. A senior ministry official said Armenia, and other NIS countries that infectious diseases," said the health offi­ Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, cholera also had been discovered in the promote political and economic reform cial, adding that Mr. Meshkov's office Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Prut River to the west near the border of and that are specific to the needs of each has been decontaminated. in early August. With this expansion, the individual country." service, offered exclusively by AT&T, will be available to 66 countries in a Mr. Iwanciw noted, "The actions of unable to support this legislation in its pre­ choice of 32 different languages. the House Appropriations Committee GOP accused... sent form, we may reconsider our position serve to reinforce the Clinton administra­ (Continued from page 1) if the bill is properly amended. I may be Current customers and those who sub­ tion's Russo-centric policy. The failure scribe to the service by December 31 lish democracy and free market economies, contacted at (202) 347-8629 to arrange such to earmark assistance for Ukraine and a meeting. will have the $3 monthly fee waived for other non-Russian states and the pro- and possibly dooming the prospects of peace as long as they remain AT&T sub­ Russian report language undercuts the and security in that part of the world. The Central and East European Coalition scribers to the service. The fee waiver actions of the House on the authorization It is ironic that one of the first acts of the consists of the following 16 organizations: will become effective by July 21 pending bill in which the FSA cuts were clearly Republican Congress is the betrayal of the American Latvian Association, Armenian tariff approval. aimed at Russia and not the non-Russian very principles which the Republican Party Assembly of America, Belarusian Congress When an international call cannot be nations. The committee's actions are a has articulated since 1952. Americans of Committee of America, Bulgarian Institute completed because of a busy signal or betrayal of those countries and Central and East European descent cannot for Research and Analysis, Congress of no answer, a consumer who subscribes Americans who trace their heritage to help but feel deserted by the Republican Romanian Americans, Czecho-Slovak to AT&T International Redial doesn't that part of the world. What is surprising members of Congress they helped elect in Council of America, Estonian World need to keep redialing. The consumer is that the subcommittee chairman, 1994. It should be remembered that Council Inc., Hungarian American simply pushes the star button followed Sonny Callahan (R-Ala.), and committee President Bush's betrayal of similar princi­ Coalition, Joint Baltic American National by the numbers 2, 3 and 4 to initiate the chairman, Bob Livingston (R-La.), who ples resulted in the loss of significant sup­ Committee, Lithuanian-American Commu­ service. The AT&T network then auto­ both supported earmarks for Ukraine last port among ethnic Americans in 1992. nity Inc., National Federation of American matically tries the number up to 10 year, supported these actions. In addi­ We request an opportunity to meet with Hungarians, Polish American Congress, times during the next half hour. When tion, for the past two years Mr. Callahan you as soon as possible to discuss our spe­ Slovak World Congress, Ukrainian the phone is answered, an announcement has proposed amendments to cut assis­ cific concerns with H.R. 1561 prior to its Congress Committee of America Inc., asks the person answering to remain on tance to Russia." further consideration by the House of Ukrainian National Association Inc., and the line to be connected to the caller in Mr. Iwanciw continued: "The battle is Representatives. While the coalition is U.S.-Baltic Foundation. the U.S. The AT&T network will then not yet over. We plan to fight the com­ ring the U.S. consumer's phone to com­ mittee's actions when the bill reaches the Some political observers contend that plete the call. floor of the House of Representatives. In Parliament ousts... Mr. Datsiuk is being targeted by the Consumers can select the language addition, the Senate must still act. Sen. both for the instruction they will hear Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), chairman of (Continued from page 1) Parliament because he had begun criminal and for the announcement that will be the Foreign Operations Subcommittee in The Parliament's investigative group has proceedings against the legislative body's played when the call is answered in the Senate, has assured us that, as in the accused Mr. Datsiuk of owning a number of deputy chairman, Oleksander Tkachenko, the other country. To accommodate past two years, he will propose an ear­ apartments in various Ukrainian cities, but on May 30, accusing him of stealing the language preferences of callers to mark for Ukraine. We feel confident that Mr. Datsiuk has denied these charges. Ukrainian state funds and sending them to the additional 46 countries and exist­ the Senate will pass legislation with the Viktor Kocherha, chairman of the spe­ private bank accounts in the West. ing customer requests, 18 languages earmark in place. That will result in a cial committee, told legislators that on a On June 6, Mr. Tkachenko voluntarily have been added to the 14 offered ini­ repeat of the scenario of the past two number of occasions the procurator gen­ took a leave from his duties as deputy tially. years in which the issue was ultimately eral had violated standard procedures of chairman for a two-week period while an Calls completed with AT&T resolved during the House-Senate con­ conducting investigations. In 149 cases, ad-hoc fact-finding team investigated International Redial are billed to the U.S. ference. This year, however, we are in a he said, suspected criminals were held charges filed against him by Mr. Datsiuk. caller at direct-dial AT&T rates. These stronger position." without sufficient evidence. 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While voting to dismiss to AT&T International Redial should call outcry from constituents who support of "deliberately delaying" the investiga­ Mr. Datsiuk, the Parliament also suggested 1-800-732-9675 to speak to a customer increased assistance to Ukraine," he tion against Pavlo Kudiukin, president of that President Kuchma name a new candi­ service representative. emphasized. BLASCO, the Black Sea Shipping Co. date for procurator general by September 1. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995 No. 26

Toronto professionals elect Ciupka OBITUARIES by Andrij Wynnyckyj was in the late 30s) attended the meeting, Toronto Press Bureau held at the Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation in the Bloor West Village. The Rt. Rev. Semen Izyk, Winnipeg editor TORONTO - The Toronto chapter of Outgoing Toronto chief Roman by Christopher Guly the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Dubczak inadvertently alluded to the Business Association held a general community's relatively unchanging lead­ OTTAWA - The Rt. Rev. Semen meeting on June 6, at which it elected an ership as he reviewed his tenure, saying Izyk, a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen executive for the next two years, headed "[the community] doesn't often allow camp during the second world war who by Gregory Ciupka as president. someone with as little experience as went on to edit a Ukrainian-English In his acceptance speech, Mr. Ciupka, myself to run an organization as impor­ weekly newspaper and host popular tele­ formerly the association's treasurer, tant as ours." Amid general laughter, he vision and radio programs in Winnipeg, pledged to increase the UCPBA's mem­ added, "I didn't mean that as a shot died in Winnipeg on June 9. He was 82. bership rolls from just under 400 to against the community, but take it as you Recently profiled in "Canada Courier" 1,000 by the end of his term. The presi­ will." in the May 7 issue of The Weekly, the dent-elect said the organization no longer Mr. Dubczak said his two-year presi­ Ukrainian Catholic priest was diagnosed needed to prove its relevance, that it had dency was "very rewarding." He was with cancer of the colon in March. His arrived in the mainstream of Ukrainian particularly pleased with the UCPBA's illness prevented him from attending a community life in Toronto and that it move into the business field. "This is a May 31 testimonial dinner in his honor, was ready to make its presence felt on new role, opened up by various opportu­ hosted by the Osvita Foundation and the the Canadian scene. nities in Ukraine, and it's a role we Manitoba Parents for Ukrainian The latter is certainly true in terms of should focus on in the coming years," he Education organization. the national UCPBA. At its convention said. The Rt. Rev. Izyk was born in the village in Montreal, to be held June 29-July 2, The outgoing president said his of Vysotsko-Nyzhne, Turka county, in the the past president of the Toronto "coach's picks" or highlights of the year Ukrainian region of Boykivshchyna on UCPBA, Raya Shadursky, will be run­ included the President's Award, which March 17, 1913. His parents, Ivan and ning for the position of national presi­ went to Gerald Fedchuk of ITT Canada Kateryna, were ardent Ukrainian national­ dent. ists and were sent to Siberia by the Soviets, The Rt. Rev. Semen Izyk About 50 people (whose average age (Continued on page 20) where they later died. The Rt. Rev. Izyk Izyk emigrated to Canada on October 19, almost experienced a similar destiny. 1947, settling in Manitoba; he became a After completing studies of theology Canadian citizen in 1956. Ukrainian victims recalled at Ehenzee at the seminary in Peremyshl, he was Small in stature and bespectacled, the ordained to the priesthood in 1940 in # cleric divided his career between the Yaroslav by Bishop Hryhoriy Lakota. He media and parish work. He amassed long was arrested by the Nazis in 1942 and service in both fields. spent three years in German concentra­ He devoted much time to youth, orga­ tion camps during World War II, includ­ nizing Ukrainian studies courses, dance ing the infamous Buchenwald and groups and choral ensembles, and pub­ Bergen-Belsen. lishing a children's magazine, Miy Fifty years ago this past April 15, the Pryiatel (My Friend). Rt. Rev. Izyk was among the 40,000 From 1950 to 1993, the Rt. Rev. Izyk prisoners liberated by British soldiers served five parishes in the Archeparchy when they arrived at Bergen-Belsen. of Winnipeg. At one of them, Blessed He spent a couple of years in a Virgin Mary the Protectress in Rossdale German displaced persons' camp, where (20 miles north of Winnipeg), he helped he ministered to the faithful in Hannover, part of the British zone. The Rt. Rev. (Continued on page 16) Bohdan Hordinsky, North Dakota physician DRAKE, N.D. - Dr. Bohdan Z. Hordinsky, a physician specializing in internal medicine and dermatology, died on April 20. He was 84. The son of Jaroslav and Helen (Birczak) Hordinsky, he was born February 19, 1911, in Kolomyia, western Ukraine. He grew up in Lviv, where he graduated from medical school in 1935. He also studied in Berlin and Vienna, where he specialized in internal medicine and dermatology. On June 16, 1938, he married Irene Tysowsky in Lviv. During World War II the Hordinsky family left their home in Lviv and fled to Vienna. They later moved to the small city of Weyer an der Enns, in the Austrian Alps. When the war ended they moved to Salzburg, Austria, where Dr. Hordinsky headed a United Nations hos­ pital until October 1947. On Christmas Day, 1947, he and his family arrived in New York through a Dr. Bohdan Z. Hordinsky United States program to admit displaced persons. He practiced at St. James Physicians and the American Academy Hospital in Newark, N.J. In 1949 they of Dermatology. He shared his medical moved to North Dakota, where he served knowledge by lecturing in many coun­ a one-year internship at Bottineau. tries and publishing in several medical The family then moved to Drake, journals. He gained a reputation as a N.D., where Dr. Hordinsky practiced compassionate doctor with a remarkable internal medicine and dermatology. Until ability to diagnose ailments. recently retiring, Dr. Hordinsky had seen He is survived by his wife, Irene; one patients from throughout North Dakota, daughter, Dr. Maria Hordinsky- as well as many other states and Canada. Kramarczuk of St. Paul, Minn.; two sons, A monument to commemorate those Ukrainians who died in the Nazi concentra­ Dr. Hordinsky was committed to Walter Hordinsky of Drake and Dr. Jerry tion camp at Ebenzee in northern Austria during World War II was unveiled on maintaining his medical knowledge at Hordinsky of Oklahoma City; seven May 6 during ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary since the war's end. the highest level. He attended advanced grandchildren; and one sister, Daria Among the participants in the commemorations were official Ukrainian and medical courses and was a member of the Karanowycz of Newark, N.J. Austrian delegations. Ukraine's Ambassador to Austria Mykola Makarevych deliv­ North Dakota Medical Association and The family has requested memorial ered the keynote address and also read a greeting from President Leonid the Ukrainian Medical Association of donations to the Ukrainian Cultural Kuchma. The monument was built in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine through the North America and was a lifetime mem­ Institute, Dickinson State University, efforts of the World League of Ukrainian Political Prisoners. ber of the American Academy of Family Box 6, Dickinson, ND 58601. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995 T№ UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Soyuzivka ready to open its 42nd summer season JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The Ukrainian National highlights all of its diverse amenities and activities. If you Association's upstate New York resort, Soyuzivka, will prefer, you may read all about it (Soyuzivka, that is) in the officially open its 42nd summer season during the first resort's newsletter; just write to Suzy-Q News, P.O. Box SU2Y-Q АШ weekend in July, just before the Independence Day holiday. 529, Kerhonkson, N.Y. 12446. For the record, the publica­ gSpring 1995 Soyuzivka Quarterly VolumeT As is the case each season, there is something new this tion made its debut in May, just prior to the unofficial start fcUZY-Q's NEW RATES BOOST ECONOMY! year at the UNA estate. For starters, there are the new of the season, Memorial Day weekend. Video and newslet­ room rates that allow considerable discounts for families ter both are the brainchildren of the Soyuzivka manager SUZY-Q WATER PURER THAN DEER PARK vacationing at Soyuzivka. (Children under age 17 stay for and Roman Iwasiwka of Atomic Photography based in free when accompanied by parents.) Then there is a new nearby Accord, N.Y. chef, the new Q-Cafe set to premiere on July 22, a new The summer fun gets going at Soyuzivka during the house band, supervised children's activities (offered weekend of July 1-2. (For those who can't wait, there is a Monday through Friday), a newsletter called Suzy-Q dance on Friday, June 30, to the music of Lviviany.) The News, and a Soyuzivka vacation video that is available to Saturday evening program features the Lviviany musical- all interested guests and potential guests. vocal ensemble and singer Ms. Chodoba-Fryz, with accom­ Prices for meals have been separated from those for paniment by pianist Andrij Stasiw, in concert. On Sunday accommodations. But, not to worry, a Modified evening, it is Fata Morgana's turn to perform in concert. On American Plan — breakfast and dinner — is available both nights, the concerts will be followed by a dance for a minimal price of $19 daily ($130 weekly) per upstairs and downstairs (outside and inside) at the Veselka adult. At an additional cost, guests may choose to pur­ pavilion to the music of Tempo and Fata Morgana. " Soyuzivka, chase lunch at the resort. USe it ОГ lOSe it. " r-r-, •..„, A highlight of this first official summer weekend is the John FliS GM А ««гепну"waking in the sudia uonn гнь, v.m. \Г\\ soyuzivka kitchen wM be cfefewl For children, the savings are even more substantial, as families a tremendous value as graduating from the es- \ scatops, lobster or even Раева. Break- second annual Soyuzivka/Koolzak Grafika Triples Volley­ compared to other resorts Were- teemed CuSnary Institute of America on fasts mayinclude omelettes. Eggs Bene- kids age 7 and under get free meals when an adult has pur­ minfll you that our staff is workino . June2,1995. He will report for duty with diet or fruit French toast. The kids at ball Tournament. (For information call 201-945-7430.) hard to prepare Soyuzivka for chased the MAP; children 8-12 pay 50 percent of the adult ; : And there is more in store during subsequent summer graduation party ends. Chef Sonevytsky rate; and teens age 13-16 pay 75 percent of the adult fee. weekends at the resort, including the annual Miss As Soyuzivka Manager John A. Flis points out: "The Soyuzivka pageant and the Labor Day weekend end-of- new rate schedule makes Soyuzivka even more afford­ SOYUZIVKA / KOOLZAK GRAFIKA summer celebrations featuring sports, music, dancing 2nd Annual Triples Volleyball Tournament JULY 1-2,19! able. The fact is that, dollar for dollar, Soyuzivka offers for information call 201-945-7430 and art. families, and singles, a tremendous value." UNA members enjoy an additional savings as they For information on Soyuzivka accommodations and The front page of the new Soyuzivka newsletter. are entitled to a 10 percent discount on both rooms and programs, call the resort at (914) 626-5641. meals. Senior UNAers get an additional 5 percent dis­ count. Plus, Soyuzivka management advises, there are special discounts for the weeks of July 15-22, and August 19-26; and midweek savings packages for two-, three-, four- or five-night stays. The news in the Soyuzivka kitchen is a new chef, Andrij Sonevytsky, a fresh graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, who promises some new cuisine, including more international selections, at the estate. A new menu is what's in store for what used to be known, somewhat generically, as The Snack Bar. Well, no more. Come July 22, if not sooner, says Mr. Flis with his fingers crossed, there will a Q-Cafe — com­ pletely remodeled with innovative taste treats. On the Soyuzivka stage, there is a new house band: Lviviany from, well, Lviv. Olya Chodoba-Fryz returns as the resort's mistress of ceremonies and social director. As usual, the resort will host diverse camps and workshops during the summer: the tennis camp, June 18-29; Preschoolers' Camp (Tabir Ptashat, run by the Plast Ukrainian Youth Organization), two weeklong sessions, July 2-15; boys' and girls' camps, July 1-15; and the Ukrainian Folk Dance Workshop, August 6-20. There is another camp of sorts — this one geared more to adults (though families are welcome). The 12th annual Club Suzy-Q week is slated for August 12-19. If you're still not sure about whether to visit Soyuzivka and want more information, you can call the resort and ask to receive a copy of the Soyuzivka vacation video which

Olya Chodoba-Fryz, mistress of ceremonies. The Veselka pavilion will soon be bustling with vacationers. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995 No. 26

Journalist's notebook THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY in Ukraine by Marta Kolomayets Isolationism and betrayal Kyyiv Press Bureau Isolationism is in the air in the United States — particularly in the Republican-controlled Congress. The Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives recently Letterman does it all the time, so can I approved a $11.3 billion foreign aid budget, proposing significant — and we believe foolhardy — cuts to foreign assistance programs, including those to the Having lived here for almost five years and after my husband was incubated in the so-called new independent states. The House seeks to make substantive reduc­ now, I have observed the country go from house for 45 hours. The refrigerator got a tions in funding for all programs involving international relations, from the an unemployment rate of 0 percent to an new motor and worked until June 2, when it budgets of various agencies to unilateral and multilateral foreign aid. unofficial, or hidden, rate of close to 40 broke down again. By this time our refriger­ Consider, too, the American Overseas Interests Act. As it now stands, if the percent. ator repairman had received $65 and had House passes the bill, it will, in effect, turn its back on the states that emerged I must explain that the official rate for disappeared from Kyyiv. (I think it was a in the wake of the collapse of communism. The 16-member Central and East last month still remains absurdly low. In drinking spree.) European Coalition has charged that the measure would result in a "virtual May, it was 0.32 регсел^ that is less than We found a new team of refrigerator withdrawal of United States influence from Central and Eastern Europe — cre­ one-third of one percent - a statistic that repairmen, who put in a new supply of ating a political vacuum, undercutting efforts to establish democracy and free- if true would be the envy of President freon. But, while putting it in, they punc­ market economics, and possibly dooming the prospects of peace and security Bill Clinton and other world leaders. tured a hose and the freon leaked out by in that part of the world." In a letter to Speaker Newt Gingrich, the CEEC The figures of 40 percent unemploy­ June 6. The team came back to repair the accused the Republican Congress of "betrayal" of the party's principles. ment should not alarm any of our readers. icebox on June 10, but by June 17, the Then there is the International Relations Committee, which, as the UNA Most of the people who are in this category refrigerator broke down again. Turns out Washington Office reports, has proposed a bill that makes a major cut — 25 actually live better than the rest of the pop­ the new motor was a refurbished old percent — in assistance to the NIS and curtails spending for the United States ulation. They work for foreign firms, or run motor, so on June 20 the repairmen came Information Agency and the Voice of America. (The bill nearly eliminated their own businesses, and some are what back to put in a new, new motor. I'm funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.) we call members of the "shadow econo­ $185 poorer, but it's June 22 and my These actions "symbolize a retreat from the world and a betrayal of U.S. my." Many of them do not have "trudovi refrigerator is still humming. commitments to promoting democracy in and independence for the nations of knyzhky," which means they are not regis­ 8. Next on my list is the DAI - Central and Eastern Europe," observed Eugene Iwanciw, director of the UNA's tered with any state agency or state-run fac­ Derzhavna Avtomobilna Inspektsiya, or Washington Office. tory, so they are basically not accounted for the traffic cop. He is always armed with a Meanwhile, the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House in this system. baton to direct traffic and a screwdriver - Appropriations Committee, in considering the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Despite the breakdown of the state the latter to unscrew your license plates Bill, proposed a 30 percent decrease in funding for Freedom Support Act pro­ employment system, there are still quite and to send you into a web of bureaucra­ grams. Furthermore, the subcommittee refused to earmark funding for any coun­ a few jobs that qualify for the ax. The list cy, from which few emerge unscathed. try. This is particularly crucial as reductions in FSA funding were aimed at Russia is long, but below I offer my top 10 He stands at almost every corner, due to its behavior in Chechnya and its nuclear dealings with Iran. However, the favorite jobs, beginning from the bottom: waiting eagerly for his next victim. He UNA and other representatives of Americans of Central and East European 10. The first listing is not just one job - especially likes the goldenrod license descent argue, unless there are earmarks for Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia, the it as a whole sector, called the "service plates that designate foreign-owned cars. result will be that the administration will make reductions not just from Russia's It seems to give him greater pleasure to "account" but from the accounts of all these new independent states. industry," non-existent in the Soviet vocabulary and yet to make an appearance harass foreigners than Ukrainian natives. Turning to the full Appropriations Committee, the UNA Washington Office in independent Ukraine. I offer one of The DAI have a great job because they asked that the bill include language that notes the importance of Ukraine and many personal experiences: After traveling can stop cars at a whim, for no particular other non-Russian states. This the committee did, on the initiative of Rep. to Sevastopil recently (it took 15 hours to violation, just, let's say, for the fun of it. Richard Durbin, and, as a result, the language states in part: "The United States Sometimes they will stop you just to annoy must make a greater effort to develop more effective assistance programs for get there because the plane was late, the you, and according to Murphy's law, it's Ukraine, Armenia and other NIS countries that promote political and economic driver got lost, and the closed city when you're on your way to a presidential reform and that are specific to the needs of each individual country." wouldn't let us in), a colleague and I final­ ly made it to a hotel where we had reserva­ press conference, and sometimes to see if But, notes Mr. Iwanciw, the battle is far from over, as these foreign aid bills they can get any money out of you, i.e. a have to be battled out on the House floor. And then there is the Senate side to tions at about 10:30 p.m. Exhausted, all we were looking for­ bribe. (Interfax recently reported that the consider.- (The good news there, however, is that Sen. Mitch McConnell will largest percentage of corrupt officials in again propose an earmark for Ukraine, as he has done in the past two years.) ward to was a cold shower and a warm bed, but when we got to the check-in Ukraine are in the ranks of the DAI.) There is hope that the dangerous trend toward U.S. isolationism may yet be But, my favorite episode with the DAI reversed. We must speak out, as Mr. Iwanciw has suggested, and contact our desk, the women ordered, yes, ordered, us to wait in the lobby while they fin­ concerns a colleague of mine who drives members of Congress to emphasize the importance of continuing support for a red Lada, with foreign plates. She had a the NIS and their movement toward democracy and free markets. ished their dinner. Then, before our very really bad week recently, having been Republicans would do well to heed the words of their former president, eyes, they proceeded to pull out their sil­ stopped by the DAI at least twice a day. George Bush, who less than three weeks ago was recognized by the Institute verware, china and finally their mouth­ Last Friday, she was in a hurry to get to for EastWest Studies for "actions which laid the groundwork for a new and watering salads, sandwiches and pastries, work when the DAI flagged her down with free Europe while preserving the strength and vitality of the Euro-Atlantic rela­ while describing to each other their his almighty baton. She was about to get tionship." Speaking on that occasion, he underlined: "America must continue favorite recipes. angry, and opened her mouth to complain, to lead. We must not fail to lead, to stay involved, to stay engaged." My colleague and I, outraged, tired and starving, were at a loss for words. We went when he greeted her with a wan smile. "I out to find an all-night kiosk, where we just stopped you to say hi and have a nice bought Snickers bars and some red wine, day," he told her, explaining that he had and obediently sat down in the corner of stopped her five times that week. the lobby and waited for 45 minutes while 7. Porters at the train station. This is basi­ the ladies finished their dinner. cally a new job description for the railway Turning the pages back.. 9. The second job on my list also is workers who have always been around with their carts and buggies. But, now they have more than a job. It is a way of life. This discovered that in a capitalist market you particular employment opportunity can make real money at this kind of job. involves workers at repair shops. On more Mykola Strazhesko, the founder of a school of Ukrainian spe­ The porters have yet to discover that they than one occasion, I have gone to repair cialists in internal medicine, was a man who provided a solid would be more appealing if they wore clean shops to get my watch fixed. These booths, foundation in research and texts for many practicing physicians. uniforms; nonetheless, they are able to which can be found on almost every street, Born in Odessa in December 1876, he graduated from Kyyiv University in 1899, attract customers, because when you have all go by the same name, "Remont then worked at its department of special pathology and internal medicine. five suitcases to give to your family in Lviv, Chasov" in Russian and "Remont and only two hands at the train station in After continuing his studies in clinics in Paris, Berlin and Munich, he did research Hodynnykiv" in Ukrainian. You'd think Kyyiv, you will flag down just about any­ under the renowned Russian discoverer of the conditioned response, Ivan Pavlov, at you were in Switzerland by the abundance body, save for the resident drunks who live the Military Medical Academy in St. Petersburg in 1902-1904. He returned to of these shops throughout Ukraine. in the waiting room, to help you. Ukraine in 1905 to his alma mater's clinics. In 1919, he was appointed head of There are practically as many repair But with capitalism emerging in this Odessa University's department of internal medicine, moving to the Kyyiv Medical shops as there are currency exchange country, the porters have become greedy. Institute to take a similar position in 1922. In 1936, he founded the Ukrainian points in Kyyiv, but few of them can They have their own little network, and Scientific Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, which in 1952 was reorganized to actually repair a watch - especially if it is are quickly growing to be millionaires. focus on an area in which he was particularly strong, cardiology. a Western watch. (We don't have this On a recent trip to Lviv, one porter Together with another researcher, Strazhesko gave the first clear clinical descrip­ type of battery, or, we have to send out eagerly assisted me. Before I realized tion of coronary thrombosis (1909), which has since enabled doctors to diagnose heart for parts - come back in two months.) what was going on, he was escorting me attacks, and in the 1930s worked on a classification system for heart disorders. In But I really learned my lesson when our 1924, he prepared a classic manual on the diagnosis of abdominal diseases, and to my car, to my seat on the train. Only refrigerator broke down on May 27, one of after I was settled, and ready to give him throughout his career prepared a large number of descriptions of pathology in diges­ the hottest days of the year. We called tive and circulatory organs. Mykola Strazhesko died in Kyyiv on June 27, 1952. a tip, did he declare, "that's 1 million, "Remont Kholodylnykiv" - the emergency please" (about $7.50). There was nothing Source: "Strazhesko, Mykola, "Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 5 (Toronto: University of number no less. The repairman came two Toronto Press, 1993). days later, after all of our food had spoiled (Continued on page 18) No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ukrainian National Women's League of faces andPCaces Let's give them America, the first magnetic resonance by Myron B. Kuropas imaging system shipped from the United a fighting chance States. Our supporters can be proud of this track record. The CCRF takes great Dear Editor: care to ensure that Ukrainian doctors In February of this year, for the first and technicians are properly trained, that Freedom of expression time in my life, I met a living victim of the equipment bought with the help of the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster. Just your donations will remain in good The First Amendment is considered to Northern Illinois University. four weeks after beginning my employ­ working order, and will be utilized to be the single most important guarantor of One of the more interesting plenary ment with the Children of Chornobyl help the greatest number of patients pos­ the rights of all Americans. The amend­ sessions was ikied "Civic Journalism, Relief Fund, I arrived at the Lviv sible. ment protects several rights: freedom of West and East." Panelists included Ed religious practice, freedom from govern­ Fouhy of the Pew Center for Civic Regional Specialized Pediatric Center to Our work cannot stop. With thousands ment-imposed religion, freedom of Journalism, moderator; Jaroslav Veis, monitor a shipment of 10 tons of critical­ of children dying each year, this cam­ speech and press, the right to assemble Center for Independent Journalism, ly needed medicines, including a large paign needs to build and intensify until peacefully and the right to petition the Prague; Piotr Pacewicz, deputy editor, quantity of leukemic drugs. I had been to the blood cell separator is put in place. government for redress. These funda­ Gazeta Wyborcza in Warsaw; Julie Hall, Ukraine before, but only as a tourist. I It is not often that we are offered the mental American prerogatives, especially Channel 4, London; John Rowe, Wichita was not prepared for the sights I encoun­ greatest opportunity in the world: the freedom of the press, were the result of a Eagle; and Susan Yoacham, San tered in this hospital. chance to save a child's life. According long evolutionary process. Francisco Chronicle. As I walked through the hematology to the old Talmudic saying, "to save ward, I met with scores of children with even one life, is to save humanity." By In England, the law of press libel was What made the panel especially inter­ a variety of illnesses. There were bald purchasing the blood cell separator, we far-reaching and unequivocal, especially esting to me was the contrast that children who had undergone chemother­ can ensure a long and healthy life for when one questioned the behavior of a emerged between reporters from the East apy. There were children with deep, dark many innocent children. Please. Let's government official. Government author­ and those from the West. circles under their eyes, haunting glances give them the fighting chance they ities could do no wrong and if one even Newspapers from the East were far and frail bodies ravaged by the intensity deserve. suggested that they were in error, regard­ more incisive in their comments reviewing of treatments they were exposed to. less of the validity of the charge, one the many obstacles they had to overcome Tania Sawa There were parents, too - some exhaust­ could be convicted of libel. in order to achieve the kind of freedom Short Hills, N.J. ed and some tireless, who remained at The libel trial of Peter Zenger in 1734 they now enjoy. Throughout their discus­ their children's bedsides day and night. made the first significant American colo­ sion, they made it clear that given their The writer is a CCRF administrative This, to me, was an unnerving and fright­ nial change in this rule. Mr. Zenger was struggles in the past, they believed that assistant. ening experience. accused of seditious libel when he print­ their first responsibility was to the truth. To donate to the blood cell separator Yet I was struck by an oddity - nearly ed criticisms of the king's governor. Mr. Representatives of the Western press drive, make checks payable to: The every child had a smile on his or her Zenger admitted printing the charges but took a different tack. Superficial in their Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, 272 face. Confronted with disease and hope­ appealed to a jury of his peers to deter­ analysis, supercilious in their presenta­ Old Short Hills Road, Short Hills, NJ lessness, these children maintained a mine if they were true; if they were true, tion, they argued that the main responsi­ 07078. On the memo line, write "Separator lighthearted and fair demeanor about he claimed, he was not guilty of libel. bility of reporters was to be skeptical of Drive. " All donations to CCRF are fully them. The sadness of their circumstances Mr. Zenger won, and for the first time everything, especially their own govern­ tax-deductible. was not reflected in that ward. Ironically, the truth of press statements could be ment. Like many (but not all) American many of them knew they had very little entered as a defense against libel in the presenters at the conference, they seemed time left to live. Still, they refused to Concerned about American colonies. to be saying "just do as we Americans give in to despair. The notion of seditious libel, however, have done and all will be well." It is impossible to return from such an remained part of American law even For the Eastern reporters, the truth was experience unchanged. I came back to loss of D.C. office after the ratification of the Bill of Rights. paramount; for Westerners, skepticism the United States with a renev/ed sense The letter below was sent to Ukrainian This view came into play during World itself seemed more important than the truth. of purpose and dedication to the work National Association President Ulana War I when the Sedition Act was passed When it came time for questions and being carried out by the Children of Diachuk by the associate director of the to limit criticism of the government. This comments, I was the second to go the Chornobyl Relief Fund. I realized how Project on Economic Reform in Ukraine; federal law led to the arrest of various microphone. "I understand your need to much remains to be done to even begin John F. Kennedy School of Government, socialists, Communists, pacifists and oth­ be skeptical of our government in the to make a difference in the lives of these Harvard University. ers with radical views. Included were United States," I began. "But it would children. Bolshevik Ukrainians who had their have been nice if, during the cold war, One of the most urgent requests we Dear Ms. Diachuk: newspaper shut down. The number of some of your colleagues had been just as have received from the Lviv pediatric indictments ran into the thousands, and skeptical of the Communist governments I am writing to express my concern wards has been a fervent plea for a blood convictions were high - some 877 out of in Eastern Europe. Many American about the UNA General Assembly's cell separator. This critical piece of 1,956 cases prosecuted. The law was newspapers always seemed prepared to recent decision to close its Washington equipment can dramatically improve the challenged and upheld by the Supreme justify Soviet behavior and to criticize office. chances of survival for hundreds of chil­ Court (Schenck vs. United States) in those who, like President Reagan, called dren who undergo treatment for Having spent the last several years liv­ 1919. Freedom of speech, the court the USSR an evil empire. Given the egre­ leukemia or other blood disorders at the ing in Kyyiv, I can attest to the important declared, was not unlimited. "The ques­ gious inability of the American press to Lviv Center. role the UNA Washington Office has tion in every case," wrote Justice Oliver report on the truth in the past, how can Thanks to the initiative of Prof. played in the fundamental re-thinking of Wendell Holmes, "is whether the words anyone take you seriously now?" Volodymyr and Oksana Bakum and U.S. government foreign policy and for­ are used in such circumstances and are of The way they responded one would members of the CCRF chapter in eign assistance toward Ukraine. No longer such nature as to create a clear and pre­ have thought I had tossed a hand grenade Kerhonkson, N.Y., the Children of does the U.S. government view Ukraine as sent danger that they will bring about the in their midst. Their behavior proved Chornobyl Relief Fund began a vigorous a mere appendage to Russia. President Bill substantive evils that Congress has a once again that while the American press campaign in March to raise the funds Clinton's recent summit with President right to prevent. It is a question of prox­ is ready to criticize any and all, reporters needed to secure the cell separator. Leonid Kuchma and Ukraine's position as imity and degree." are very thin-skinned when k comes to Without this technology, contaminated the fourth largest U.S. aid recipient in the The Sedition Act was challenged criticism of their own people. •' blood cells (leukocytes) cannot be world indicate how far U.S.-Ukraine rela­ again that same year (Abrams vs. United I have a lot of admiration for reporters, removed from a patient's bloodstream tions have developed in the last few years. States) and upheld once again. This time, columnists, TV commentators and others and in many cases, efforts to the save the With its professional advocacy work, the however, Justice Holmes, joined by seeking the truth in Eastern Europe. The child are futile. UNA Washington Office can proudly Justice Louis D. Brandeis, dissented. recent assassination of a famous Russian Many Ukrainian Americans already claim partial responsibility for bringing Other Supreme Court cases - Whitney TV personality who exposed corruption have responded generously to this cam­ about this historic sea change because of vs. California (1927), Near vs. Minnesota and "mafia" ties in Moscow demon­ paign. Since our initial appeal was pub­ its constant presence in foreign policy (1931), The New York Times vs. United strates that seeking the truth in that part lished in April, we have collected debate. States (1971) and others eventually led to of the world is still a very hazardous $13,000 for this purpose. However, the Given tightening foreign assistance the present notion that the public has a business. cost of the separator stands at $60,000. budgets and competing pressures from "right to know" what the government There was a time when writing what It is essential that this campaign contin­ isolationists and other interest groups, was doing, except, of course, in those one believes was a risky business in the ue until all the necessary funds are the UNA Washington Office's work is rare cases where it can be shown that the United States as well, especially during secured. If every reader would send in still considerable. At this historic security of the United States is at stake. the 1930s when our own Mafia didn't just $25 the CCRF would be able to pur­ moment of nation-state building, the The debate in the United States over how appreciate an overzealous press. chase the separator and include it on its U.S. can play a pivotal role in aiding and much freedom the press really should As bad as things were once in the next airlift scheduled for late July. encouraging the development of democ­ have, however, continues. United States, however, they are better Larger gifts will help reach our goal that racy and a free market in Ukraine. So I was reminded of all of this in Prague today. Ukraine also is enjoying greater much faster. that this important issue is not ignored in recently during a four-day international freedom of speech and expression with a The CCRF already has installed a the policy noise of Washington, it is conference sponsored by CIVITAS titled press that is increasingly independent. great deal of life-saving equipment in important that the UNA's voice is not "Strengthening Citizenship and Civic And who knows...maybe someday the hospitals across Ukraine: neonatal incu­ silenced. Education, East and West." I was one of Ukrainian American community will bators, diagnostic analyzers, ultra­ David Snelbecker the delegates from the United States enjoy and appreciate free expression sounds, and last year, together with the Cambridge, Mass. along with two other professors from through a free press as well. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995 No. 26

THE ART SCENE IN TORONTO Works by Krekhovetsky at Del Bello Artist Mirka Betlej moves into field of film-making by Andrij Wynnyckyj rendering of the feelings Ms. Betlej Toronto Press Bureau experienced after returning to Poland in the summer of 1992, for the first TORONTO - This spring, time since she emigrated in 1987. Ukrainian Canadian artist Mirka "What you see is an attempt to piece Betlej went public with her burgeon­ together something that had been ing film career. The V is for Video shattered, a symbol of a group of festival at the Metropolitan Cinema, friends and family, and then to try to and the annual Ontario College of use it," explained the artist. Art student productions screening at "It looks like everything has been Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of spliced together, but then it fails at Ontario, both included a showing of the first true test," she added. her 1994 experimental short, Apparently, Ms. Betlej chose to "Antiphon." explore the new medium because of The 5:20 minute work, for which spiritual and everyday economy. "I she received an OCA scholarship, don't have to give as much, expose comes as a departure from Ms. as much of myself as I would in the­ Betlej's main efforts in theater and ater or in a performance piece," she puppetry, with forays into painting said. "It's a good distancing medium, and photography. a good buffer for very strong emo­ Based on a performance piece she tions." created in the fall of 1992, "Video is also so inexpensive and "Winter Garden" (Aliston, Ontario) oil on canvas, 1995, by Yakiv-Jacob Krekhovetsky. "Antiphon" derives its name from an approachable that it would be a mis­ element in the Eastern Christian litur­ take not to take advantage of it," Ms. by Yuriy Hanas God's presence among us. gy. The viewer sees an interplay of Betlej added. "It's a good idea to use For instance, "Winter Garden," profiled TORONTO — It was a perfect Sunday images - of family snapshots and a a medium that's popular. That's not a in the invitation, captures both the mood of afternoon to visit an art exhibit. As a result, broken wineglass being taped togeth­ capitulation, because I intend to con­ the season and its rhythms that link it to our the premises of the Del Bello Gallery in er - that is given an eerie drama by tinue working in theater; it's simply lives. Its colors are soft and luminous, its Toronto were crowded on May 7 by the curi­ the musical background, a rendition adopting a means of transmitting mood is one of restful expectancy. Another ous and the critical, who came to view the of Sergei Rakhmaninoff's choral your ideas effectively," she said. painting, "Form in Winter," evokes a mood one-day exhibition of recent works by "Antiphon." Ms. Betlej's next project will be of solitude and serenity. Even in the small Yakiv-Jacob Krekhovetsky. They came to As the music swells to a climax, another film drawing on ideas gem called "House of Glass," the greenery engage in friendly commentary, to support a wine is poured into the glass, which expressed in "Mysterium," a puppet- of the garden overwhelms its architecture fellow artist and friend, and, above all, to fails to hold the blood-red liquid, and multimedia exploration of the object. Similarly, harbor sketches and retrace the travels of Yakiv Krekhovetsky dramatically spills into a perfect Creation myth and the gradual numb­ seascapes display a softness of color and a and his palette. crimson circle on a white tablecloth. ing of the spirit in industrial routine, lyricism of feeling. Clearly, nature is the The film is a startlingly effective staged in Toronto in 1989. The scope of these travels was rather exten­ principal actor on this artist's creative sive. Twenty-six oil canvasses on display rep­ stage. resented the 14th individual showing by the There is another dimension to the travels artist. Interestingly enough, it was precisely of Mr. Krekhovetsky that involves an inner the Del Bello Gallery - although at another journey, a continuous process of self-discov­ location - that had hosted Mr. Krekhovetsky's ery. This journey began in Dolyna, Ukraine, first exhibit in 1982. In the intervening years, in 1940, where the artist was born, and pro­ his canvasses have catalogued travels from the gressed through Italy and Austria in the beaches in Toronto to the Caribbean Islands, 1960s where he discovered his talent in this from the farmland of Ontario and New York medium. state to Shevchenkovyi Hai in Lviv. Each is enveloped by nature and is a reflection of (Continued on page 17) Art Foundation spotlights Stecko by Nestor Gula About 150 people came for the exhibit on Sunday, May 14, at the gallery of the TORONTO - By combining surrealism Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation. and metaphysics, Ukrainian artist Dmytro Mr. Stecko was born in 1943 in the town Stecko creates paintings that he describes as of Polonna, in the Lemko region now located a meditation of color. in southern Poland. In 1946 he was repatriat­ Mr. Stecko was in Toronto displaying 46 ed to Ukraine. His family settled in Ternopil, works he has painted in the last 25 years. where he still lives and works. He graduated from the Lviv School of Applied Arts in 1971, where he majored in sculpture, decora­ tive arts and painting. Mr. Stecko has had shows all over Ukraine and the former Soviet Union. His works have also been displayed at solo shows in Denmark, Germany, Holland and Canada. This summer his paintings will be on display at the Kyyiv State Museum. Although his paintings at first glance appear to be monochromatic, they in fact comprise many layers of contrasting and complementary colors. His early works focused their themes on his native land, his mother and early childhood memories. He noted that "the early paintings were more focused on form and subject." His most recent paintings explore the multi-dimensionality of space, the relation­ ships of time and the state of the human psy­ chological condition. His themes are varied, from examinations of historical events and persona to the helplessness of living in a post-Chornobyl world. The exhibit of Mr. Stecko's works contin­ | Adrian Zabrowamy Dmytro Stecko ued until June 6. Mirka Betlej No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995

NEW RELEASES In focus: Anizia Karmazyn's world of color and tradition by Ksenia Rychtycka Literary journal readies CLEVELAND — As a child, Anizia Karmazyn watched her grandmother transform ordinary dishes such as salads, relishes and pastries into eye-catching culinary treats. By special issue on Ukraine molding mushrooms out of ground nuts or carving radishes SOMERVILLE, Mass. — A forthcoming issue of into geometric floral forms, her grandmother taught Anizia the journal Glas: New Russian Writing will be dedi­ early on that creativity could take various forms. cated to Ukrainian literature in translation. The spe­ It was a lesson Anizia took to readily enough, whether cial issue, titled "New Writing from Ukraine," fea­ eyeing her grandmother's varied display of Ukrainian- tures an anthology of contemporary fiction and poet­ embroidered needlework or browsing through the ry. It is to be published in March 1996. Cleveland Museum of Art on Sunday afternoons, a week­ The Ukrainian issue is being edited by Ed Hogan of ly ritual that her mother faithfully upheld. Zephyr Press. Guest editors for the issue are Mykola So perhaps it's no surprise that these days Anizia is an Riabchouk, writer, critic and editor of Suchasnist, accomplished artist whose recent work is displayed in a one- Kyy.v; Askold Melnyczuk, writer and editor of Agni person exhibit titled "Work on Paper" (woodcut prints and Review; and Prof. Michael Nay dan, department of oil stick) at the Ukrainian Museum Archives in Cleveland. Slavic and East European languages, Pennsylvania The works, using a combination of woodcut and paint­ State University. The introduction is by Solomia ing/drawing techniques, are striking. The colors are rich Pavlychko, critic and editor at Osnova publishers, and varied, the subject matter haunting at times with its Kyyiv. depiction of bold, white crosses overgrown by fields of deep pink peonies or wind-blown, forest-green tufts of The volume features the work of the following writ­ grass. A sense of desolation marks these images, but it's a ers: Evhen Pashkovsky's "Five Loaves and Two Fish," desolation offset by hope, by vivid color in the form of a tale of an old woman whose readings of the Old blooming flowers or the bright outline of a setting sun Testament prophets transport her back to the early glimpsed within the framework of two church spires. lS30s and Stalin's "terror famine" that caused the Other works showcase Ukrainian wooden churches, the deaths of millions of Ukrainian peasants; Yury settings inspired by the artist's 1993 trip to Ukraine where Andrukhovych's fictional account of the way the she visited churches in Rohatyn and Subcarpathia. Afghan war scarred a veteran, rendering him a The woodcut borders around each painting, based on bystander to life; Volodymyr Dibrova's "I Saw Her motifs found in medieval manuscript borders, also serve to Standing There," a look at the impact of the Beatles lighten the dramatic intensity of the subject matter. As in generation in Kyyiv; Evhenia Kononenko's "Three medieval times, when these manuscripts documented the Worlds," a work that conveys the musings of a boy culture of the day, Ms. Karmazyn's woodcut borders lend who, apart from doing his lessons, awakens to life's the appearance of journal entries and link the works serially. pleasures; Valery Shevchuk's "The Moon's Cuckoo Carefully executed by the precise process of hand carving from the Swallow's Nest," a long excerpt from the "St. Nicholas the Miracleworker" (woodcut, oil paint and hand transferring, these borders may differ in color but writer's novella about a poor peasant woman who sells stick on Japanese rice paper, 1994) by Anizia Karmazyn. the swirling pattern of bird, leaf and flower-like motifs herself in order to keep up her small house, all the emphasize a dainty, scroll-like harmony that once again while longing for more meaningful relationships; as the people who came, some call or called themselves harkens back to the borders of medieval manuscripts whose well as stories by Oleksander Irvanets, Kostiatyn Carpatho-Rusyn, Carpatho-Russian, Ukrainian, Ruthenian drolleries softened the somber effect of serious prayer let­ Moskalets, Halyna Pahutiak, Yuriy Vynnychuk, or Russian. They all have a common religious core, but tered in the center of each page. Oksana Zabuzhko and Bohdan Zholdak. unique folklore practices from the specific villages from So while the woodcut borders link the works in a modern which they came make them proud of a unique heritage The volume also includes translations of poets "medieval book of days" effect, her subjects serve as enig­ they claim as their own," she adds. This work experience Natalka Bilotserkivets, Vasyl Holoborodko and Ms. matic metaphors for her experiences or thoughts. The artist's has given her the opportunity to view many different Zabuzhko. Selections of the poet's works are pre­ style is decorative and graphic in nature, a result of her print- churches that these immigrants have built. sented in both English and Ukrainian. making skills. In painting, she utilizes the oil paint stick, with She's also studied the degree to which these groups have Glas's editor is Moscow-based Natasha Petrova. The its ability to permeate the handmade rice paper. The result is preserved cultural traditions, whether their children are inter­ journal's North American distributor is Zephyr Press. a work of vibrant color and rich texture. ested in the culture and what traditions, if any, the more Copies of Glas No. II: "New Writing from Ms. Karmazyn, who has a B.F.A. from the School of recent immigrants of post-World War II and post-communist Ukraine," may be ordered for $12.50 postpaid ($22 for the Art Institute of Chicago and an M.A. from the Europe have in common with the earlier immigrants. two copies, and $8 each for three or more), from Zephyr University of Chicago, was influenced by examining the Ms. Karmazyn's curatorial work has caused her to Press, 13 Robinson St., Somerville, MA 02145; (617) works of various artists. While studying at the School of reflect on her own background as a product of a very 628-9726; fax, (617) 776-8246. Payment may be made the Art Institute, she was exposed to a wide array of mate­ modern age in a city with some very old world beliefs by check, MasterCard or Visa. Subscription rates for rials, techniques and processes. For hours she would brought by these early immigrants. With these issues in institutions, special introductory offers for individuals examine solitary works of art, follow brushstrokes across mind, she became interested in old religious architectural as well as back issues are available. a canvas, ponder what type of brush would create a par­ structures and cemeteries in the Carpathians near ticular effect. She scrutinized the use of colors, the uti­ Halychyna and in abandoned church buildings of the lization of different materials alone or mixed together in a Peremyshl diocese, particularly in the village of work of art. Khotynets, where her great-grandfather was a priest. A "how to" publication "I'd look at sculpture and think about the finishes, While she was in Rohatyn, she saw a wooden church and whether they were smooth or textured. In this way, a large an old cemetery overgrown with luscious deep pink body of art influenced me, from medieval to modern peonies. on Ukrainian weddings works," she says. "It was so still, yet so alive," the artist recalls, "A sign The school's philosophy of encouraging new tech­ LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - A 50-page publication as if posted on a museum, read that a famous Ukrainian niques and ideas, and her study of medieval, American on "How to Hold a Traditional Ukrainian Wedding in leader stopped at this church in the late 1600s! Was this a realist and abstract expressionist art in particular, led Ms. the New World" has just been published by the museum or was this a church? In Pittsburgh, I ask the Karmazyn into bold experimentation with color, a facet Ukrainian Plast sorority "Pershi Stezhi." Written by reverse, is this a church or is it a museum?" clearly evident in her current exhibit. Larissa Onyshkevych, the text is bilingual. "Works on Paper" is Ms. Karmazyn's second one-per­ The English-language part contains a 10-page Ms. Karmazyn's Ukrainian background was another son exhibition. She has taken part in 11 group exhibitions summary of what constitutes the primary elements major influence. Through her grandmother's and moth­ in cities such as Washington, Chicago, Wilmington, Del., and traditions of a Ukrainian wedding, including er's efforts, she became interested in Ukrainian art, in and Milwaukee. Her work rests in the private collections symbols, "divych vechir," how to make a "hiltse" or particular the expressions of folk culture. She became of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, MBNA America "korovai," equality of the sexes (no giving away of enamored of the intricate designs and expressions of the and The Edgewater Salina Co. She has also been affiliat­ the bride), the blessing ceremony, the wedding pysanka, embroidery, folk dress, dance and graphics. The ed with the Susan Isaacs, Rena Haveson and 808 Penn reception and "popravyny." A succinct two-page symbolism that pervades Ukrainian folk art is at the core Modern galleries. summary also is provided. It may be copied (and of Ms. Karmazyn's fascination and identification with In the future, Ms. Karmazyn says she would like to con­ possibly laminated) to be placed on tables during the this art form. tinue her work with a serial approach by investigating more wedding reception for people who are not acquaint­ "I mean symbolism in terms of the motifs on a pysanka historical models and designing another border. She's also ed with Ukrainian traditions. or in terms of the geometric form that's really a flower," thinking about smaller series that would be more rooted in The Ukrainian-language text includes a detailed she elaborated. "And then, I'm also attracted to another folklore - such as stories, practices and beliefs. These, she description of all traditions (including visits by parents layer of symbolism, the over-all symbolism of Ukrainian thinks, would take on a more comical flavor. of the prospective groom to the parents of the bride), a culture and my personal role in it." "Basically," Ms. Karmazyn notes, "in art, as in life, word-by-word dialogue for all participants in all the cer­ During the last couple of years, Anizia has worked as a I've been thinking about the issue of real versus symbolic. emonies (e.g. during the blessing ceremony), and sever­ curator at the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Is this a product of the real world or an artifact relegated al examples of texts for invitations and thank-you notes. in Pittsburgh, where she collects material culture and con­ to a sterile museum case? So my most recent works aren't The illustrations are by Moki Kokoris and Luba Maziar; ducts oral history interviews about the experiences of var­ so much about Carpathian folklore, but the ideas behind the cover features a design by Mykhailo Dmytrenko. ious immigrant groups who have settled in Pennsylvania. , preserving or not preserving culture, and how it is pre­ The bookjet may be obtained from Pershi Stezhi "Western Pennsylvania is home to thousands of immi­ served - whether through images or things, or through Plast members for $7 or by mail (add $3 for grants and their descendants who came from Central and action." postage/handling) from: Maria Hankewych, 2327 Eastern Europe from around the Carpathian mountain For more information about "Works on Paper," call the W. Rice St., Chicago, IL 60622. area at the turn of the century," Ms. Karmazyn says. "Of Ukrainian Museum-Archives, (216) 781-4329. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995 No. 26 Harriman Institute reports busy spring semester NEW YORK - The spring semester at the Federation of Ukrainian American Prof. Tarnawsky also supervised indi­ The New York Group Archive Columbia University's Harriman Business and Professional Organizations, vidual research in Ukrainian literature. The newly created archive of the New Institute opened on January 17, with a which included the cities of Philadelphia, York Group of Ukrainian avant-garde lecture by Ukraine's former President Washington, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Conferences and talks poets and writers was officially opened Leonid Kravchuk, held during a festive Buffalo and Rochester, New York. During the fifth annual Symposium on at the Rare Book and Manuscript meeting at the Low Library rotunda. Soviet and Post-Soviet Cultural Studies, Academic program Library, Columbia University, with an President Kravchuk was welcomed by co-sponsored on April 7 by the anthropolo­ exhibition of items from the archive and Dr. Richard Ericson, director of the Four Ukrainian courses were given gy department, the Harriman Institute, and a poetry reading on April 12. Harriman Institute, and introduced by Dr. under the auspices of the Harriman the President's and Provosts' Fund of During the well-attended event, the George Rupp, Columbia University's Institute during the spring semester: two Columbia University, Valentina Pavlenko, audience heard a sampling of the original president, who underlined President language courses, Elementary Ukrainian of Kharkiv University, spoke on "The poems and the English translations of all Kravchuk's accomplishments as the first and Intermediate Ukrainian, taught, Study of the Notion of Ukraine and its the 12 members of the group. Three president of the newly independent respectively, by Prof. Myroslav Influence on International Relations," and poets read their works in person: Bohdan Ukraine and as a patron of the arts and Znayenko and Valeria Sobol, a Ph.D. Cathy Wanner of Columbia University on Boychuk, Maria Rewakowicz and Prof. education. candidate in the department of Slavic "An Accident of History: Chornobyl and Tarnawsky. President Kravchuk spoke at length languages and literatures; "Cultural the New National Histories in Post-Soviet The exhibition consists of over 50 about the current political and economic Currents and Their Political Context in Ukraine." items - books, manuscripts and artwork situation in Ukraine and then answered 20th Century Ukraine," taught by Prof. During the conference "In Search of - illustrating the work of all the mem­ questions from the audience of over 200. Yuriy Tarnawsky; and 'The History of New Regions," held on April 28 and co- bers. It will last until July 14. After the lecture, President Rupp gave Ukraine in the 20th Century," taught by sponsored by the Harriman Institute and the a brief interview to "Kontakt," the Prof. Leonid Heretz, who visited Association for the Study of Nationalities, Visiting scholars Ukrainian TV program, in which he stat­ Columbia University under the Neporany the topic of Ukraine received wide coverage ed his support for the build-up of the Fellowship awarded by the Canadian in panels on "The Baltic-Black Sea Region" Three scholars did research on Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia. Foundation of Ukrainian Studies. and "Black Sea-Caspian Region." Ukrainian topics at the institute during The lecture was organized as a fund- Prof. Tarnawsky's course covered the Three scholars delivered talks dealing the spring semester: raising event to benefit the Harriman areas of literature, theater, film, classical with Ukrainian subjects in the course of • Dr. Dominique Arel, McGill Institute's Ukrainian Studies Program and and popular music and art. Two well- the semesters: Dominique Arel, Harriman University, Montreal, worked on the the Foundation for an Independent and known experts in their fields gave lec­ Institute post-doctoral fellow, "Ukraine: topic of "Language and Politics of Democratic Ukraine, and was co-sponsored tures as part of the course: the Ukrainian The Temptation of the Nationalizing Ethnicity: the Case of Ukraine," which is by the Ukrainian American Professionals avant-garde composer Leonid Hrabovsky State"; Andriy Rybalka, Ukrainian Center a continuation of the research he has and Businesspersons Association of New gave three lectures on classical music, of Human Rights, Kharkiv, "Human been conducting on the linguistic situa­ York and New Jersey. and the artist and art historian Arcadia Rights and International Relations of tion in Ukraine. The lecture he delivered President Kravchuk came to New Olenska-Petryshyn two lectures on art. Ukraine"; and Yohanan Petrovsky, the was part of this work. York as a guest of the Harriman Institute, Students viewed videos of numerous International Solomon University, Kyyiv, • Dr. Olexiy Haran, the University of the and then went on a lecture circuit, spon­ films, theater and popular music perfor­ "Paradoxes of Co-existence: The Jewish Kyyiv-Mohyla Academy, worked on the sored by the member-organizations of mances as part of the course. Heritage in Ukraine." topic "The Influence of the United States on the Process of Democratization in Ukraine." He analyzed American govern­ ment sources, academic literature and mass INTERVIEW: Culture/ethnography chair's mandatemedi a on Ukrainian politics and American- Ukrainian relations. In addition, he partici­ by Andrij Wynnyckyj would be healthier if I was in a general only to remark on how things developed. pated in various conferences in the U.S. and Toronto Press Bureau folklore program as a Ukrainian special­ Then again, now that Ukraine has a delivered lectures at the Rand Institute, ist, rather than a folklore specialist in a state, it is thrust against the question of PART II University of California at Berkeley, Ukrainian department. how to define Ukrainianness. It could Carnegie Endowment for International Prof. Andrij Nahachevsky is the head either become only ethnic-based, in How do you compensate for that? Peace, Harvard University, and others. of the Huculak Chair of Ukrainian which case a third of the population • Dr. Halyna Syvachenko, Institute of Culture and Ethnography, at the I work hard at maintaining contact would be composed of foreigners, or the Literature, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, University of Alberta, a post he has held with other departments, organizations country will be redefined as a multiethnic Kyyiv, conducted research in the since 1990. He is also the director of the and scholars in the field. There's an geographic entity. That seems to be the Volodymyr Vynnychenko Archive at the Dunay dance group in Edmonton. umbrella group, the Folklore Studies path Ukraine is following. Association of Canada, and then the Bakhmetieff Archive, Rare Book and What is the mandate of the Huculak largest department in Canada is at So it is following the Canadian model? Manuscript Library, on the unpublished late Chair? novels of the writer. She delivered talks at Memorial University in St. John's, Sure. This is going to be a difficult the Shevchenko Scientific Society and the Essentially, we have three mandates. Newfoundland. There are others at the transition, given that the last 200 to 300 Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences The first is to study the Ukrainian University of Laval in Quebec City, the years involved something very different. in the U.S. in the course of the semester. Canadian experience, as part of Canadian University of Montreal and a small one It doesn't look like they're going to adopt culture. in Sudbury. The latter three are an ethnic-based identity as the direction Ukrainian student society Another is to act as a bridge between Francophone programs. for state policy, and they better not, North America, scholars working in our Memorial used to be specifically because if they don't recognize the reali­ The once active and recently dormant field looking to do research on Eastern Maritime, but it has grown quite cos­ ty of the Russian and Polish, Jewish, Ukrainian Student Society at Columbia Europe. In North America we have some mopolitan and has very good connections Bulgarian and other presence, there, University was revived in the course of clearly worked out ideas about human internationally, particularly with the U.S. they're going to be in big trouble. the 1994-1995 academic year. In addi­ behavior, cultural processes and cultural Quebec folklore studies are very inter­ tion to attending social gatherings, mem­ Does this extend to the academic contact, but Ukraine was largely a blank esting because they are similar to the bers and their guests viewed Ukrainian community? films and listened to guest speakers. space for everyone, and we are well Ukrainian field. For us, looking into folk­ placed to provide everyone with fascinat­ lore has often been seen as a function of There is still a great conceptual gap in One of the highlights of this semester ing case studies. Ukrainian nationalism; [folklore] validates Ukrainian ethnographic studies, because was the lecture delivered on April 4 by Prof. Jack Matlock, former U.S. ambas­ When we act as a bridge, we will also [Ukrainians] in comparison with every­ even their Soviet variant was very much sador to the Soviet Union, on the topic of acquaint Ukrainian scholars with various body else in the world. Quebeckers are at a caught up with the romantic nationalist U.S.-Ukrainian relations. North American and Western concepts very similar stage right now, and this gives model (when it wasn't being banned or and approaches to the study of folklore. me a natural connection to them. suppressed). Everyone has always been This means that we have to work hard at Then again, in terms of Ukrainian identified as belonging to a particular translating various materials from folklore, I don't see my function at the group, Ukrainian, Jew, Russian, Pole and AAUS awards Ukrainian into English and vice versa. University of Alberta as someone who so on. Not enough work was done in Third, we aim to educate our students builds Ukrainian patriotism. I'm a folk- terms of talking to people on the street about the concept and experience of lorist who studies human behavior, with and seeing how they've reacted to cultur­ cite publications "Ukrainianness" around the world: a particular emphasis on Ukrainians. al phenomena. PHILADELPHIA — The American whether in Ukraine, Canada, Bosnia, What are they saying in graffiti in the Association for Ukrainian Studies awarded But ethnicity and folkloric research Slovakia, Brazil, what have you. subway? That kind of thing seems not to its first-ever prizes for best book and best was basic to many populist political have interested them yet. article. How safe is your position in the cur­ movements in the 19th century. Here, a folklorist would say, "Here's a The winner of the best book award was rent atmosphere of massive budget In Europe that was certainly true, and human being, this is this human being's "Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine after cuts in Alberta? in Eastern Europe that was very true. As behavior, the being's values and perspec­ Totalitarianism" by Dr. Alexander Motyl of Fairly safe. My tenure review was pos­ long as Ukraine didn't have a political tives. I will observe this and derive some Columbia University's Harriman Institute. itive, so I will be tenured as of July 1. unit to define itself, it stuck very hard to conclusions from it." The prize for best article was given to The only Way they could get rid of the ethnic or, in our case, peasant folklore. In Ukraine, they [folklorists] say Marian J. Rubchak of Valparaiso Univer­ position is through having the field In our case, our identity was excep­ Ukraine is a unique and fantastic thing, sity for "Dancing with the Bones: A declared redundant, but that wouldn't tionally tied to the folk culture of the and I am now going to see what things I Comparative Study of Two Ukrainian Exile save them any money, since the donors Ukrainian peasantry. Compared to the can select out of a collection of behaviors Societies." specifically earmarked their funds for the Germans, the Poles, the English and so that I have observed among various Because this was the first time the award purpose it is now being used for. on, the importance of folklore has been humans living here in order to construct a was given, the eligible years were 1992 and In many ways, I think my position hugely inflated. This isn't to put it down, folk identity. 1993. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995 Kyyiv embraces world experimental theatre by Catherine E. Zadoretzky NEW YORK - The Yara Arts Group, directed by Virlana Tkacz, recently returned to New York from the 4th Art Berezillia in Kyyiv. The group was one of 46 experimental ensembles participating in what has become an annual world class theater festival in Ukraine. Some 1,500 theater professionals representing England, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Russia, Switzerland and the United States, as well as most major Ukrainian cities, performed before approximately 18,000 audience members at 16 performance venues and three outdoor events on March 27 through April 27. Although minimally advertised, tickets for all festival events sold out in advance. Yara performed "Waterfall/Reflections" at the Youth Theatre in Kyyiv to a standing-room-only multinational audience. This year's artistic exchange was dedicated to the playwright and the creative process of text develop­ ment. Yara's members said they were stunned by the dra­ matic power of the Eimuntas Nekrosius Theatre Group from Lithuania, which performed a deconstruction of Chekhov's "Three Sisters" and Pushkin's "Mozart and Salieri," "Don Juan" and "The Plague." The Kyyiv Experimental Theatre Group, directed by Valery Bilchenko, presented "The Eastern March," an original piece which was, in Ms. Tkacz's opinion, "definitive of experimental theater... It truly captured the moment." The cast sings "Kupala na Ivana" in the Yara production called "Waterfall/Reflections.' "The Eastern March" is based on the diary of a Danish actor in the Kyyivan group, who wrote about the the Theatre of the Absurd, all formerly illegal, now and that the oldest stories they knew were their grand­ troupe's hapless attempts to recreate an award-winning command the attention of the post-Soviet audience. mothers' stories. They talked about the Ukrainian mid­ Chekhov production it had performed the year before. Ms. Tkacz said she believes that the production of summer festival, Kupalo, a water ritual which became Seventy pounds of apples were hung over the stage to "Waterfall" in Ukraine was stronger than its New York the framework of their piece. replicate the set of the irredeemable Chekhov. At the premiere. There was more movement and wildness in The result of their musings was a sensitive, conceptu­ end of the piece, a few of the apples were dropped onto the Kyyiv production. Three Ukrainians joined the cast. al and lyrical work. A woman (played by Ms. Bishop) the stage. Two of them, Laryssa Nedin and Natalka Shevchenko, looks into a mirror and, in a moment, experiences ancient and unknown aspects of her self. She splashes Other works attended by Yara members included had participated in a workshop of the show. The third, water from a basin onto her face. As water splashes Dula Molnar's "Piccoli Suicidi," performed by Claudia Olya Radchuk, had played with Yara in an earlier piece, down her face, far-off sounds of running water and De Lorenzo from Milan, Italy. Ms. De Lorenzo present­ "Blind Sight". Members of the original cast who incantations can be heard. A revelry of ritual, songs, ed the work sitting before a table at which she manipu­ appeared were the Americans Karen-Angela Bishop and dance and poetry from many cultures follows. lated small objects such as matches, coffee beans and Cecilia Arana, and the Ukrainian folk singer Nina Everything that happens in the piece happens in that candy. The table top became the stage. Matvienko. The text was in Ukrainian and English, and moment. When the woman washes her face a second The Societas Rafaello Sanzio from Cezena, Italy, most of the text was sung. time, the show moves toward conclusion on a more performed "Amleto," an original retelling of "Hamlet." Ms. Tkacz described the group process through realistic level. The actors gather for a dinner scene and Kyyiv's Teatr Na Podoli presented "Iago," based on which the text of "Waterfall" was developed. "We tell true stories about their own grandmothers. Shakespeare's "Othello." Staged in a swimming pool, it began by asking ourselves 'What is really old? What is Natalka's story was about discovering the grand­ was the hit of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year. the oldest thing that we can think of? What is the oldest mother she never knew. Her grandmother, Maria, had Annibal Roccello's "Ferdinando" was staged by thing in our homes?'" The troupe members found died when Natalka was 3 years old. When old enough, Ukrainian Roman Viktiuk with Teatr Na Fontantsi from themselves talking about water; about how water is the Natalka visited Maria's village on her own. One villager St. Petersburg. Mr. Viktiuk was, by far, the preferred oldest thing that they know of that has not changed; she met there asked who she was, and when she director among the local theater-goers. His works mirror how water in their bodies is the same that has run described her grandmother, the person responded famil­ experimental theater of earlier years. Explorative "pos­ through other things in nature. They found that the old­ iarly, "O, that witch." Maria was well-known because turing" and homoerotic works and. western classics of est gesture they knew of was that of washing one's face, none of her children had died during the war. People believed that a pear tree in her garden had kept her chil­ dren alive. When Maria died, the new owner of her house cut the tree down. He tired of cropping its many new shoots and tried to uproot the tree, but couldn't, because its roots were too deep. Finally, he poured gasoline on the remains of its stump and set fire to it. He died one year later. The villagers said that his chil­ dren had poisoned him, and that it had been his fate. "So you see," said Natalka, "my story is 'Crime and Punishment' in the Zhytomyr region." Olya's grandmother had been a pharmacist whose dissertation was about her research on lavender. Olya told how the dissertation was lost at the beginning of the war, before her grandmother could submit it for her degree, and that her grandmother was not able to write it a second time. The scent of lavender remained, how­ ever in every closet and drawer of the house in which Olya grew up. The war had not destroyed everything. After the performance of the show in Kyyiv, a group of women from the audience gathered on stage: the poets Oksana Zabuzhko, Sophia Maidaynska and Ludmilla Taran (whose poem was in the show) the crit­ ic, Solomia Pavlychko and others. They told their own stories, and talked about women, women's history and about how "Waterfall" was the first true, personal, female theater piece they had ever seen. Prof. George Grabowicz of Harvard University was quoted in Svoboda after attending a workshop perfor­ mance of "Waterfall" in Kyyiv: "The fragmentary nature of this production reveals to us, in a unique way, the oldest elements of Ukrainian culture. As she examined prehistorical moments, Virlana Tkacz, consciously or unconsciously, must have In a scene from "Waterfall/Reflections" are: (from left) Oksana Babiy, Cecilia Arana, Nina Matvienko and Shigeko Suga, and (in front) Karen-Angela Bishop. (Continued on page 16) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1995 No. 26

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ents are active in the Ukrainian-American Two graduate Cultural Club of Houston. Constantine Y. Voyevidka of Reno, from West Point Nev., also received a bachelor of science Apple Computer in Ukraine degree. His field of study was Russian, is looking for a few adventurers! WEST POINT, N.Y. - On June 3, the with a mechanical engineering minor. A graduating class of the United States If you've thought about working in Ukraine, Apple would like to member of Company C4, he graduated talk with you about a position at our Ukranian Headquarters in Kiev! Military Academy included two cadets of with the rank of cadet captain, brigade Ukrainian descent among its 988 members. color captain, becoming the first cadet to Finance Manager Taras Filenko and Constantine Voyevidka receive the above rank at West Point. not only received their bachelor's degrees, Responsible for financial management and reporting, and maintenance of Mr. Voyevidka was team captain of operating controls. Need: Accounting degree, good communication skills. but also were commissioned as second lieu­ the USMA Alpine Ski Team, and a four- tenants in the United States Army. year letter winner in the sport, receiving Software Development Manager Mr. Filenko of Houston graduated with a the William F. Little II Award at gradua­ bachelor of science degree. His field of tion. He led his team to Eastern and Responsible for directing workflow, recruiting, training and maintainance of study was law, with an engineering National Championships of the U.S. schedule and quality control for Ukrainian programming team. sequence in computer science. His senior- Collegiate Ski Association, and competed year rank was cadet captain, executive offi­ twice internationally in World Military For these or other positions please drop us a note and current resume! cer for the First Battalion, Second Regi­ Ski Championships (CISM) as the top ment. He was a member of Company C2. Apple in Ukraine, Ю Box 470, Brockton, MA 02403-0470 competitor on the U.S. Alpine Ski Team. e-mail: Mr. Filenko was a two-year letter win­ Over the last three years, due to his ner for the West Point soccer team and fluency in Ukrainian, Mr. Voyevidka recipient of the DPE Star for being in the often escorted high-ranking officers and top 5 percent of his class physically. In dignitaries visiting West Point from the summer of 1994, he served as an Ukraine - most notably, in 1994, Vitaliy To all members of UNA Branch 204 intern in Congress, working for Rep. Radetskyy, minister of defense. in Astoria, NY Craig Washington. Upon graduation, Mr. Voyevidka will As of June 15,1995 the secretary's duties of Branch 204 in Astoria were assumed by After graduation, Mr. Filenko is to attend Ukrainian Studies courses at begin infantry training in Fort Benning, Harvard University. His Officer Basic Mr. Mychailo Spontak. Ga. His first job as a second lieutenant in Course will be at Fort Knox, Ky., fol­ We ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence regarding the Army will be as rifle platoon leader. lowed by his first assignment at Fort membership and insurance, as well as their membership premiums His first post for the next three years will Riley, Kan., in the First Armor Division. to the address listed below: be in Hawaii, where he will serve in the He is the son of Dr. Ihor and Martha Mr. Mychailo Spontak 25th Infantry Division. (Hirniak) Voyevidka of Reno. Both par­ 32-72 46th St. He is the son of Alexander Filenko, for­ ents are active in Ukrainian societies and Astoria, NY 11103 merly of Chicago, and Helen Larysa causes, often lobbying Nevada legisla­ (718)545-6671 (Danylyk) Filenko of Houston. Both par­ tors on their behalf.

To all members of UNA Branch 70 in Jersey City, NJ As of July 1,1995 the secretary's duties of Branch 70 in Jersey City will be assumed by Mrs. Mary Kryczkowski. We ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence regarding membership and insurance, as well as their membership premiums to the address listed below: Mrs. Mary Kryczkowski 100 Montgomery St., Apt. 14F Jersey City. NJ 07303 Work (201) 332-1175 Home (201) 434-5720

To all members of UNA Branch 444 Saskatoon, SK S7H 3T1 As of July 1,1995 the secretary's duties of Branch 444 Cdt. Capt. Constantine Voyevidka 2nd Lt. Taras Filenko in Saskatoon, SK will be assumed by Mr. Al Kachkowski. We ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence regarding mem­ bership and insurance, as well as their membership premiums to the address list­ The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and ed below: The Society of Ukrainian Bandurists Mr. Al Kachkowski announce the 126 Simon Fraser Crescent Saskatoon, SK S7H 3T1 Res. Tel: (306) 374-7675 12th Emlenton Bandura Camp Off. Tel.: (306) 373-6228 August 6th-20th, 1995 Fax# (306) 373-6228 at the All Saints UOC Camp in Emlenton, PA

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mental works of the Berezillia. Kyyiv embraces... Sergei Proskurnia, director of the (Continued from page 11) Budmo Theatre of Kyyiv, initiated the festival in the spirit of the Berezil Arts felt that the most universal elements of Association, founded by Les Kurbas in Ukrainian culture are song, ritual and the 1920s. Through diligence and tenaci­ women. I want to stress the importance ty, Mr. Proskurnia developed the net­ of the female aspect of the show. If femi­ work of financial support that made it all nism has a deeper meaning, beyond its possible. polemical nature, then it lies in that it is The festival was produced in coopera­ humanity's source of life. And this rings tion with the Center of Contemporary very deeply in this show...I have no Experimental Drama, under the direction doubt that this piece will be organically of Anatole Diachenko. The official spon­ understood by all audience members who sors of the festival were the Ukrainian speak only English, or only Ukrainian." Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Youth and As for the future of experimental theater Sports, Union of Theatre Workers and the in the east, Ms. Tkacz has seen an artistic Kyyivan Department of Culture. explosion in Ukraine. State-funded theaters Additional support was provided by the presenting tried and true plays complain of Lithuanian Embassy, the British Council, a lack of audiences, whereas, in spite of the America House of Kyyiv and the Third economic hardship, Ukrainians demon­ Millennium Independent Association of strated keen interest in the excellent experi­ Culture and Art.

Congress, the Ukrainian Catholic Council Rt. Rev. Semen Izyk... of Manitoba, the Canadian Federation of (Continued from page 4) Ethnic Press and the Knights of Columbus. He also served as secretary general of the build the church in 1960. Two years ago, World League of Ukrainian Political the Rt. Rev. Izyk was transferred to Christ the King Church in Winnipeg. Prisoners. He was also a member of Plast But his passion lay in communica­ and served as spiritual advisor to that youth tions. In 1959, he established the weekly organization as well as to the Ukrainian Ukrainian-English newspaper Progress, Youth Association (SUM). and served as its editor-in-chief until this He was recognized for his community past March - a tenure of 36 years. The work by both former Governor General Rt. Rev. Izyk also hosted a local weekly Edward Schreyer and former Winnipeg religious radio program, Holos Ukrainy, Mayor Stephen Juba, and the UCC honored and a weekly Ukrainian community tele­ him with the Shevchenko medal. Patriarch vision program for the past two decades. Josyf Slipyj elevated him to protopresbyter- Last year, he released the English-lan­ ial mitrat, or archpriest, in 1977. guage version of his 1990 Ukrainian-lan­ Funeral services were held in Rossdale guage book, "Smiling Through Tears," in and in Winnipeg on June 15 and 16. which he expresses gratitude for a diffi­ Canada's current and former archbishop- cult, yet satisfying life. metropolitans, respectively, Michael "He never got angry and had a lot of Bzdel and Maxim Hermaniuk, were the patience with people," recalled Martha main celebrants. Gawick, office manager of Progress The Rt. Rev. Izyk leaves behind a sis­ Printing, who helped translate the Rev. ter, Anastasia Kostecki, who lives in Izyk's book into English. "He inspired Germany, and several cousins in the people to do things." United States and Canada. The Rt. Rev. Izyk was active also in Prior to his death, he established two Ukrainian community organizations, hold­ funds: one for the training of future priests, ing positions with the World Congress of the other to go toward a new computer Free Ukrainians, the Ukrainian Canadian system for Progress.

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thing only: to bring hot tea to whoever is Letterman does it... holding a press conference. (Continued from page 6) During the middle of a press conference given by say, President Leonid Kuchma, or СОЮЗІЄКА • SOYUZIVKA I could do, except sigh. My train ticket Parliament Chairman Oleksander Moroz, or had cost only $10. Ukrainian National Association Estate any other top-ranking government official, 6. Another one of my favorite jobs, and I Kerhonksoa New York 12446 one of these girls - they are all very coordi­ Foordmore Road don't think this job has a proper title, is the 914-626-5641 FAX 914-626-4638 nated and graceful, and know how to smile woman mopper at the metro station. You enchantingly - will come out of a secret are lucky, or should I say unlucky, enough doorway, carrying a tray with a saucer and a to see her only if you ride the train late at hot glass (not cup, but clear glass), covered somraiKASDMMBE MOGBAMS i»s night. She doesn't usually come out until Friday, June 30,10 p.m. Dance "Lviviany" by a linen napkin. She will place the glass after 11 p.m. Saturday, July 1, 8:30 p.m. Concert and saucer next to the official, remove the You can't miss her because she is Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble "Lviviany" napkin and discreetly disappear. armed with a long wooden broomstick, but Olya Chodoba-Fryz - vocalist In all the time I have been here, I have no broom at the end of it. Instead, she has Andrij Stasiw - pianist never, ever seen any one of these girls spill 10 p.m. dance "Tempo"; "Fata Morgana" a perpendicular wooden stick at the end of the broomstick, and around that perpendic­ a drop of the tea. Although I did once hear Sunday, July 2, 8:30 p.m. "Fata Morgana in Concert" ular stick she has wrapped an old rag. rumors that one of the girls back in 10 p.m. dance "Fata Morgana"; "Tempo" Now, this old rag, and I mean old, perhaps Communist times tripped and spilled some Saturday, July 8, 8:30 p.m. Concert dating back to the second world war, tea on one of the ornery old ministers. She "Promin" - Vocal Ensemble cleans the subway system of Kyyiv. was shot the next day. "Homin Stepiv" - Bandura Ensemble I think there must be a special set of rules 2. We're nearing the top of my top 10 10 p.m. Dance - "Lviviany" to go along with the job description, which list, and I must admit that the last two were Saturday, July 15, 8:30 p.m. Concert-Cabaret gives strict instructions not to wash that rag a toss-up, but coming in at number two is a "Ukrainian Souvenir" more than once a year. I think the women job that both men and women hold in this 10 p.m. Dance - "Ukrainian Souvenir" who do this job have also taken an oath not country: the breathy television announcer. If Saturday, July 22, 8:30 p.m. Concert to change the water in their buckets more you are a man, you must resemble Lyle Ensemble "Veseli Halychany" from Ternopil than once a month. No one has been able to Waggoner; if you are a woman, you must 10 p.m. Dance - "Luna" confirm my suspicions, however. look like Dolly Parton and sound like Elizabeth Taylor or Bette Davis. Your Saturday, July 29, 8:30 p.m. Concert 5. Another one of my favorite jobs also "Dumka Choir" from New York involves the Kyyiv metro system, but this wardrobe must consist of sequined sweaters 10 p.m. Dance - "Vidlunnia" job is much more visible. At some train sta­ and leather skirts if you are a woman; if you tions travelers can spot women dressed in are a man, you must own outlandish ties, Saturday, August 5, 8:30 p.m. Concert lime green suits and orange silk shirts. Ensemble "Kobzari" blue uniforms and felt maroon hats, all year But the most important quality you must Bandurists from Detroit round. These women, and mind you, I have 10 p.m. Dance - "Vodohraj" never seen men performing this job, are have is a breathy voice, as you welcome always armed with a Ping-Pong paddle. your viewers to an evening of family-enter­ Sunday, August 6 - UNWLA Day I assume their job is to clear the path, tainment talk shows. The women have mas­ Saturday, August 12, 8:30 p.m. Concert signaling with the paddle for the train to tered the art of sighing seductively, and the "An Evening of Contemporary Ukrainian Songs" enter the station. They make sure the pas­ men have managed to achieve the same Lidia Hawryluk, Oksana Borbycz-Korduba, Oies Kuzyszyn, sengers get in, and :Tag off the train. alluring quality, offering eye contact as they Bohdan Kuzyszyn, Yurij Turchyn. They are the Ukrainian version of the try to tempt you to watch an evening with 10 p.m. Dance - "Luna" Japanese metro patrol that pushes passen­ Parliament Chairman Moroz, or a special Saturday, August 19, 8:30 p.m. Concert gers into overcrowded cars. report on oil refineries in Ukraine. Soyuzivka Dance Camp Recital. Instructor: I am always tempted, however, to 1. Now, for my favorite, my very Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky; "Lviviany." bring along a few Ping-Pong balls and favorite job in Ukraine - drum roll please - 10 p.m. Dance - "Burlaky" see if they will oblige with a game. the escalator woman at the TSUM 11:45 p.m. crowning of Miss Soyuzivka 1996 4. Next on my list are the museum (Tsentralnyi Universalniy Mahazyn) or, as I Sunday, August 20, 2:15 p.m. Concert watchers. The job description includes an like to refer to it, the Macy's of Ukraine. Maria Krushelnycka - piano age requirement. You must be a woman, at The six-floor store of once empty shelves, Lidia Shutko - violin least 102 years of age, have perfect vision now progressively fuller with expensive, Saturday August 26, 8:30 p.m. Concert and own a pair of flannel slippers. These unaffordable Western goods, has elevators Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble "Vidlunnia" women sit in rooms of various museums (which fit no more than three people at a 10 p.m. Dance - "Vidlunnia" and watch that visitors do not touch the dis­ time), stairs and escalators. For some plays. They have such vision that strange reason, for as long as I can remem­ LABOE DAY WEEKEND Superman would be proud. And even when ber, the up escalators have always worked, Friday, September 1,10 p.m. Dance - "Lvivjany" you think they are not watching, they man­ while the down escalators have always been age to catch your every move. cordoned off. I think that makes it quite Saturday, September 2, 8:30 p.m. Concert I had a friend who tried to outsmart the clear that the down escalator does not work. Ukrainian Youth Ensembles from Toronto old ladies; he had a game going with them. However, there is always, and I mean Male Choir "Orion" Female Choir "Levada" He has now been banned from that particu­ always, even during lunch breaks, a woman Concert-Marching Band "Vanguard" lar museum for life. (And, I'm willing to dressed in a housecoat sitting on the first Musical Director and Conductor - Wasyl Kardash bet my bottom karbovanets that those rung of that escalator. There is one on every 10 p.m. Dance "Tempo"; "Fata Morgana" women will outlive my 30-year-old friend.) floor to make sure no one gets on. Sunday, September 3, 2:15 p.m. Concert 3. The girls who work at official min­ The escalator lady is my barometer on Ukrainian Youth Ensembles from Toronto istries, and government and parliamen­ how things have changed in Ukraine. And 8:30 p.m. Concert - Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble "Lviviany" tary offices also are near the top of my as long as she is still employed and brings 10 p.m. Dance "Tempo"; "Fata Morgana" list of favorite jobs. These girls, who home her 3 million karbovantsi a month Mistress of Ceremonies - Olya Chodoba-Fryz always wear white blouses and short, (that's about $24), I know that Ukraine has Dance every Friday night to the tunes of "Lvivjany" short skirts, have been trained for one not yet arrived in the capitalistic world. EXHIBITS - SUMMER 19Й5 July 1-2 Eugenia Worobkewycz - Gerdans and Embroidery Thinking about buying a home? Chryzanta Hentisz - Various works of art from Ukraine and the diaspora. Sofijka Zielyk - Ceramics and Pysanky. 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