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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVII HE KRAINIANNo. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine Air Ukraine,T Uzbekistan AirwaysU New group to begin work Won Ukraine’s budget by Roman Woronowycz Parliament’s Budget Committee, Valerii members from the leftist factions; the Kyiv Press Bureau Khoroshkovskyi, a member of the faction holds a simple voting majority in agree to begin joint service National Democratic Party of Ukraine. Parliament, which gives them influence by Irene Jarosewich KYIV – In an effort to avoid the politi- “This committee is not formally asso- over the legislative process and as such cal squabbles and the inaccurate projec- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Air Ukraine and ciated with the Verkhovna Rada Budget the budget. However, Mr. tions that have been a hallmark of the Committee. It is an initiative committee,” Khoroshkovskyi said his group will make Uzbekistan Airways have signed an agreement country’s budget process in the last sever- to share air routes, including Air Ukraine’s tra- said Mr. Mitiukov. “We hope that it helps every effort to draw the Communists and al years, Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance the budget committee in its work to help Socialists into the effort. ditional New York to Kyiv route. Kyiv-bound and several members of Parliament flights now continue to Uzbekistan’s capital reach a consensus among the various Mr. Khoroshkovskyi said one of the announced on June 9 that they have political powers in the Verkhovna Rada group’s main objectives is finally to Tashkent. The two airlines will provide joint formed a joint working group to pre- service for the entire route. so that the budget process proceeds nor- develop a balanced budget for Ukraine. empt foreseeable political problems and mally.” That is a goal put forth also by the For several weeks in late March and early roadblocks in the formation of the 2000 April service to Ukraine was curtailed as the Mr. Khoroshkovskyi underscored, on International Monetary Fund, whose budget. the other hand, that the group is far from loans to Ukraine are used to cover budget transition to a joint service was made, however, The committee will attempt to the regular Tuesday, Friday schedule to Kyiv agreement on the details of the budget shortfalls. improve cooperation and communication package, and that the intent is not to gath- The biggest obstacle the budget has been fully resumed and additional flights between the Cabinet of Ministers and the on Sunday begin this month. er like-minded individuals for political process has faced in the last years is the various Parliament factions in the budget- According to Mykola Kravets, general man- strength. determination by the leftist majority to ary process, which often broke down ager for Air Ukraine USA, the agreement “Just because we are behind the same maintain an extensive system of subsi- over failures to meet preparation dead- table does not mean that we agree on signed on April 2 is very beneficial financially dies to nearly all segments of society dur- lines and over ideological differences in everything,” said Mr. Khoroshkovskyi. to the Ukrainian air carrier. Air Ukraine has air ing a time of very limited resources. The budget priorities. “It means that we want to reach an agree- rights to fly to JFK International Airport in leftists have shown little regard for Formed by a Cabinet of Ministers res- ment so that the process does not break New York, but does not have the appropriate Western-based ideas of balanced budgets olution of May 27, the working group is down again.” planes to fly into New York from Kyiv. In turn, and fiscal responsibility. headed by Minister of Finance Ihor The working group faces a major ini- Uzbekistan Airways owns aircraft, but does not Mitiukov and the secretary of the tial hurdle due to the fact that it has no (Continued on page 20) have air rights for flights into JFK. With the joint service agreement Air Ukraine now leases space on Uzbekistan Airway’s Boeing 767-300, while Uzbekistan Airways pays royalties to fly into New York. Visit to Lukianivska Prison reveals reforms in penal system Air Ukraine, which until recently had been by Roman Woronowycz tury, Volodymyr Vynnychenko and torture chamber and starvation flying older Soviet-made Iliushyn jets to New Kyiv Press Bureau Mykhailo Hrushevsky, who led the machine. York, decided to pull them from its New York short-lived Ukrainian National Today nearly 3,500 individuals are KYIV — The notorious Lukianivska route. According to Mr. Kravets, the planes are Republic, were held here. So were held at the Lukianivska Prison, now Prison, like Ukraine’s penal system as a technically solid and still very good, and will many of the academics and literary fig- known as the Kyiv Investigative whole, is slowly losing the vestiges of continue to be used on other Air Ukraine ures destroyed by the Stalinist purges of Confinement Facility. They are men, routes. However, the older Iliushyn planes con- its Soviet and Russian colonial legacy. the 1930s. In the 1970s, the Soviets women and teenagers awaiting criminal sume much more fuel than newer aircraft, Human rights abuses are, for the imprisoned the Ukrainian political dis- court proceedings on charges ranging therefore their use is not advantageous, envi- most part, a thing of the past, as are sident Mykola Horbal here. In the from petty larceny and racketeering to ronmentally and economically, for long-dis- political prisoners, who were incarcer- 1980s it was the undesired domicile of murder, or convicts who are serving out tance commercial flights. ated at Lukianivska Prison regularly Serhiy Naboka, one of the very last sentences. Mr. Kravets noted that Air Ukraine plans to and in large numbers almost from the political dissidents to be imprisoned. Although conditions are much obtain its own aircraft, also Boeing, by next time the prison was constructed in The current Lukianivska is far differ- improved and torture is no longer offi- spring, at which point, he says, the number of 1863. ent from what it was said to be under cially sanctioned as Ukraine begins to direct flights each week to Kyiv will increase. Two of Ukraine’s pre-eminent inde- Soviet and Russian rule, when it was Joint service between air carriers is common pendence leaders of the early 20th cen- widely known as a dark, dank and dirty (Continued on page 3) in the airline industry; several U.S. and European carriers have such agreements. However, the switch to joint service to New York is only part of the agreement between Air Ukraine and Uzbekistan Airways. While Uzbekistan Airways gains access to New York through Air Ukraine, Mr. Kravets notes that the real advantage for Air Ukraine is the foothold into the Central Asian and Far Eastern market that this agreement will give the airline. “This agreement is a long-term, strategic move for us,” he explained, “since Air Ukraine wants to fly to the Far East. We plan to eventu- ally service such destinations as Korea, Bangkok, Singapore and even Australia, which can be done through Tashkent. It is less expen- sive to do this jointly.” Ticket reservations for New York-Kyiv can be made through Air Ukraine or Uzbekistan Airways; ticket prices are the same and the two airlines split the number of seats each flight. Each airline sells tickets directly from its block of seats or through authorized travel agencies. To order tickets directly from Air Serhiy Naboka Ukraine, call (718) 632-6909 or (212) 599- Teen-age inmates of the Kyiv Investigative Confinement Facility in their prison cell. 0395, or fax requests to (718) 995-0270. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 No. 24

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Tkachenko’s announcement Kuchma decries no-confidence discussion reported on June 3. (RFE/RL Newsline) SYMFEROPOL – President Leonid TV station complains of harassment leaves leftists more divided Kuchma said in Symferopol on June 4 that the Parliament’s decision to discuss on June K YIV – The STB television company, a by Jan Maksymiuk vote and facilitate Mr. Kuchma’s re-elec- popular private network set up in Ukraine RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report tion. 16 a no-confidence vote in the government is a “political provocation,” Interfax report- in 1997, has complained of political pres- Before Mr. Tkachenko announced his sure that, it says, is part of a growing battle With Verkhovna Rada Chairman presidential bid, President Kuchma’s ed. “It suits some political forces to escalate Oleksander Tkachenko’s May 29 for control over the media during the presi- biggest challenge had appeared to be the situation in Ukraine yet again, five announcement of his intention to run in dential campaign. The Associated Press and preventing Mr. Moroz from reaching the months before presidential elections,” Mr. the October presidential elections, the Kuchma remarked. The debate was pro- Reuters reported that STB acting chairman second round of voting. Mr. Kuchma Dmytro Prykordonnyi told journalists on political climate in Ukraine has heated posed by Communist Party leader Petro seems to have succeed in reaching that June 8 that the government had ordered the up considerably. Some analysts believe Symonenko. On June 3 Mr. Symonenko goal, since Mr. Moroz has been unable to channel to stop broadcasting outside Kyiv that Mr. Tkachenko may be the most had demanded that the Verkhovna Rada reach an understanding with Ms. by means of satellite. According to Mr. serious challenge to President Leonid sack Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko Vitrenko and Mr. Symonenko to set up a Prykordonnyi, if implemented the order Kuchma’s re-election bid. and National Bank of Ukraine Chairman leftist election coalition. Moreover, would deprive STB of access to half its Despite widespread speculation in the Viktor Yuschenko because of their efforts to enmity between Ukraine’s Communists viewers. He also said tax inspectors are Ukrainian media to the contrary, Mr. privatize Sberbank, a state savings bank. and Socialists has recently intensified, almost constantly at STB’s offices, looking Tkachenko had been assuring everyone Mr. Symonenko accused both of violating and neither side seems disposed to back for tax violations. In March STB had until the very last moment that he would the law in privatizing Sberbank, arguing the other in a possible runoff against the appealed to the president and the Parliament not run. His about-face, he says, was that the bank should first compensate chairman for protection against assaults and prompted by President Kuchma’s recent incumbent. Ukrainians for all the savings that have anti-Parliament rhetoric about “dissolv- The emergence of Mr. Tkachenko has intimidation of its journalists. (RFE/RL been lost due to inflation since 1991. The Newsline) ing the Verkhovna Rada” the day after changed the electoral prospects of leftist prime minister said the next day that the candidates. Presumably, it has also led his re-election. “As parliamentary chair- Communist motion is a “political reprisal.” Nazi-era laborers sue German companies man, I must take appropriate decisions President Kuchma to reconsider who his He stressed that the government is doing its [in such circumstances],” Mr. main rival will be in the presidential best to improve the financial situation in the MUNICH – Nazi-era forced laborers Tkachenko emphasized. campaign. country, including paying wage and pension from Ukraine sued the Siemens electronics Mr. Tkachenko’s candidacy was for- On the one hand, it appears that Mr. arrears. (RFE/RL Newsline) company and the automaker BMW in the mally proposed by the Peasant Party of Tkachenko’s bid has weakened the Munich Labor Court. The plaintiffs, 134 Slovakia to restrict entry of Ukrainians citizens of Ukraine, are demanding between $13,000 and $21,000 each as back wages BRATISLAVA – Slovakia’s Internal and and compensation. The court said it must “The countryside is the cradle of Ukraine.” the Foreign Affairs ministries will issue first rule on whether it has jurisdiction to – Oleksander Tkachenko’s campaign slogan. instructions “in the next days” on restricting hear the case. However, that process could the entry of, and the granting of residency take months. () permits to, Ukrainian nationals, the CTK news agency reported on June 4, citing Ukraine’s foreign debt totals $12.4 B Radio Twist. Vladimir Palko, chairman of Ukraine (PPU) at its congress on May potential of the leftist anti-Kuchma elec- KYIV – The Kyiv newspaper Biznes 29. “We shall win. Truth is with us. torate by splitting the left-wing votes still the Parliament’s Defense and Security Committee, said the main reason for impos- reported on June 7 that Ukraine’s foreign Millions of people back us,” PPU further. Mr. Tkachenko, a 60-year-old debt totaled $12.4 billion as of May 1. The Chairman Serhii Dovhan told the enthu- career Communist with links to the agri- ing the restrictions is that the “Ukrainian mafia has become a problem in Slovakia.” country owes $2.79 billion to the siastic delegates. cultural sector, can count on votes in the International Monetary Fund (24.3 percent Mr. Palko said that Ukrainians were Some right-leaning newspapers have countryside in both eastern and western of the total debt), $1.89 billion to Russia involved in the murder of former Economy ironically commented that not long Ukraine. However, those votes will not (16.5 percent), $1.77 billion in fiduciary Minster Jan Ducky earlier this year and before the congress Mr. Dovhan had be enough to secure him a play-off with loans (15.4 percent) and $1.21 billion to the may be responsible for other murders as been promoting Petro Symonenko, presi- President Kuchma, let alone victory. World Bank (13.8 percent). (RFE/RL well. In related news, on May 31 the Czech dential candidate of the Communist Therefore, he will need votes from the Newsline) government had said it will examine impos- Party. Those same newspapers recalled traditional Communist/Socialist elec- ing visa requirements on Ukrainian nation- that Mr. Dovhan’s party had entered into torate. Turkmenistan presses Ukraine on debt an alliance with the Socialist Party in last als. (RFE/RL Newsline) On the other hand, if Mr. Tkachenko ASHGABAT – Turkmenistan is year’s parliamentary elections. Now the were to beat Mr. Moroz, Mr. Symonenko Ukraine criticizes Czech move on visas demanding that Ukraine either pay its debt PPU candidate will compete against and Ms. Vitrenko in the first round, he for gas supplies in 1998, totaling $120 mil- Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Deputy would be the most dangerous rival for lion, or restructure the sum into a “sover- in the presidential polls. President Kuchma in the runoff. It is Chairman Viktor Medvedchuk has said eign debt,” the Eastern Economic Daily The fourth major leftist hopeful is the almost certain that the defeated leftist the Czech Republic’s plans to introduce reported on June 8. Turkmen sources esti- sharp-tongued populist Nataliia Vitrenko, candidates would ask their voters to cast visa requirements for Ukrainians are not mate that Ukraine’s debt for gas supplies in chairwoman of the Progressive Socialist ballots for Mr. Tkachenko. Despite polit- in line with the Czech leadership’s 1999 so far exceeds $300 million, while the Party of Ukraine. So far, Ukrainian polls ical and personal animosities that prevent declared intention to support Ukraine’s total debt for Turkmen gas received by the show she is leading the presidential race, them from supporting one another, Mr. bid for membership in the European end of 1998 stands at $450 million. with a backing of 17 to 20 percent. Some Symonenko, Mr. Moroz and Ms.Vitrenko Union. According to Mr. Medvedchuk, Turkmenistan halted gas supplies to observers believe that Ms. Vitrenko’s bid strongly dislike the incumbent, and that such actions contribute to strengthening Ukraine last month. (RFE/RL Newsline) is strongly supported by the presidential the influence of leftist forces in Ukraine administration in order to split the leftist (Continued on page 19) and other CIS states, Ukrainian Radio (Continued on page 20)

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Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language weekly newspaper Mr. Moroz said the Central Election October 31 presidential elections must (annual subscription fee: $50; $40 for UNA members). Committee (CEC) is refusing to give him use such forms to collect at least 1 million signatures by July 13 in support of their The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: forms to collect the required signatures Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 supporting his candidacy. “We are facing candidacies. a deliberate and planned campaign aimed Electoral officials said they will fulfill Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz at preventing my participation in the elec- the court decision, although, according to changes to: Editors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) tions,” the agency quoted Mr. Moroz as the Associated Press, one of them, Viktor The Ukrainian Weekly Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) saying. Alsufiev, commented that the court 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Irene Jarosewich The same day the Supreme Court “allowed itself to be dragged into political Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova began considering Mr. Moroz’s complaint games.” Mr. Alsufiev noted that the court that he has received only 110,000 forms, earlier had refused to give more registra- The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com tion forms to President Leonid Kuchma instead of the necessary 260,000. “I know The Ukrainian Weekly, June 13, 1999, No. 24, Vol. LXVII that the strategy of [President Leonid] and Hennadii Udovenko, the candidate Copyright © 1999 The Ukrainian Weekly Kuchma’s present team is to prevent me from Rukh. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 3 Ontarians re-elect Tory government and two Ukrainians in provincial balloting by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj percent) since the 1960s. cutbacks envisaged in his party’s 1995 poli- Centre-Rosedale seat to Liberal Michael Toronto Press Bureau Mr. Kennedy’s star is likely to continue cy statement known as “The Common Bryant, but Ms. Mushinski won in its rise in his party after a disappointing Sense Revolution” were over and that he Toronto’s Scarborough-Centre riding. TORONTO – Gerard Kennedy, a former effort from current leader Dalton McGuinty. would work to reconcile some of the social food bank activist of Ukrainian background, Backbencher back Many observers felt the Tory (PC) govern- antagonisms created in his government’s captured the High Park-Parkdale riding in ment was vulnerable because of dissatisfac- first term in office. Elsewhere in the province, an influential Toronto for the Liberal Party in the Ontario tion over a decision to finance a tax cut by On June 4, Volodymyr Halchuk, presi- provincial elections on June 3; for the first Tory backbencher of Ukrainian background borrowing money and raft of cutbacks to dent of the UCC Sudbury branch and the time in over 15 years the winner in that rid- made it back as an MPP. In the Cambridge health and welfare services and education. chair of the UCC Provincial Council’s ing did not reflect the party that formed the riding (about 60 miles west of Toronto), Nominating Committee, sent the PC leader government. Ministers ousted Gerry Martiniuk was re-elected by a The Progressive Conservatives (PCs), led a congratulatory letter, in which he wrote: 14,000-vote margin over the Liberals’ Jerry by Mike Harris, returned to office with a In fact, Tory Education Minister Dave “We are pleased that you, our premier, were Boyle. majority of 59 seats. The Liberals won 35 Johnson lost his seat in Toronto’s Don gracious in victory and that you look for- Appointed as a parliamentary assistant to and the New Democratic Party (NDP) fin- Valley East riding to another former school ward to working together with all Ontarians Attorney General Charles Harnick in ished with nine. trustee, David Caplan, after being targeted toward a better future.” November, 1997, Mr. Martiniuk also head- Mr. Kennedy was re-elected as a member by a coalition of community groups and the Mr. Halchuk also wrote to Mr. Caplan, ed the Ontario Crime Control Commission. of the provincial Parliament (MPP) by a provincial public school teachers’ unions. asserting that “we are certain your term in Prior to that, he was chairman of the landslide count of 23,020 votes to 12,699 On May 21 Mr. Johnson had met with office will be far more beneficial to the peo- Standing Committee on the Administration over Annamarie Castrilli of the PCs, who representatives of the International ple of Ontario than that of your predecessor. of Justice. had “crossed the floor” from the Liberals Languages Division of the Metropolitan Hopefully the next Minister of Citizenship, Other Ukrainian political campaigns for after losing a bitter nomination fight in a Toronto Separate (Catholic) School Board Culture and Recreation (CCR) will be more office included Liberal Lorne Boyko’s los- different riding. and told members of the Ukrainian aware of the multicultural reality in Ontario ing effort against probable Tory ministerial Irene Atkinson of the New Democratic Canadian Congress’s (UCC) Provincial and remove the stain of indifference.” appointee Tim Hudak in Erie Lincoln (just Party, a former school trustee, finished a dis- Education Council they would have to During the tenure of Marylin Mushinski west of Niagara Falls), PC Roy Kostuch’s tant third with 4,855 votes, part of the ham- embark on a fund-raising effort if they as CCR minister, the multiculturalism direc- unsuccessful challenge to Liberal incum- mering her party took as it failed to secure wished Ukrainian language instruction to torate was abolished because of alleged bent Richard Patten in Ottawa Center, Linda official status in the legislature (it is granted continue. “overlap” with the federal secretariat. Isabel Antonichuk’s 202 votes as a Natural Law to parties with at least 12), and, seven years After the results were announced, Mr. Bassett, Ms. Mushinski’s successor in the Party candidate in Oakville and independent after its surprise win in the 1992 elections, Harris repeated a theme voiced during the portfolio who was unsuccessfully lobbied to Megan Hnatiw’s 112 votes in Ottawa West- sunk to its lowest level of popular vote (12.5 election campaign, saying that most of the restore the directorate, lost her Toronto Nepean.

Among them was Maya, who is serving a three-and-a-half- Visit to Lukianivska Prison... year sentence for racketeering. She is one of 10,300 female Ukraine has 183 detention centers, (Continued from page 1) convicts imprisoned in Ukraine nationwide and one of the meet modern-day standards for prisoner treatment, 240 at Lukianivska Prison. including 139 penal colonies. The Lukianivska Prison is not without its problems. Even as the 52-year old inmate protested to reporters prison population comprises Mostly it suffers from overcrowding and a shortage of gathered around her cell during a tour of the prison that she corrections officers – a result of the huge increase in crime was unjustly convicted, she admitted that the living condi- 223,900 inmates, of whom more and criminals after the strong arm of the Soviet police state tions at Lukianivska were ever better than at the district withered away and a Ukrainian economy that has failed to prison where she was held earlier. than 180,000 are convicts. provide adequate jobs and living standards for its citizens. “In the Leninhradskyi district we were held 12 to a cell Even after several expansion projects, the Lukianivska and had to take turns sleeping on six beds,” said the inmate. tions of the Cabinet of Ministers. The reforms are aimed at Prison is still meant to hold only 2,850 inmates. To make “Compared to there, this is absolutely heaven.” reorganizing the penal system with emphasis on four areas: room for everyone, the incarcerated must live six in a cell Thirty of Lukianivska’s inmates sit on death row, but no developing a high quality legal and normative base utilizing that averages approximately 4 meters by 7 meters (12 feet one believes that they, or Ukraine’s 380 other death row precedents established in other countries; developing the by 21 feet). inmates, will soon face execution. President Leonid material-technical base for the penal institutions, including There are merely 444 prison guards to control the prison Kuchma issued a moratorium on capital punishment in the formation of adequate facilities and conditions for the population, which is far below the European standard for March 1997 and, although dozens have been sentenced to incarcerated; implementing new types and methods of cor- inmate to guard ratio of 2:1. The same problem exists in death since then, no one has faced execution by firing rectional techniques; and providing access for the inmates to most of Ukraine’s 183 detention centers, a figure that squad, the state’s preferred method. highly trained professionals. includes 139 penal colonies and 32 facilities such as The Ukrainian government issued the general stay of Much of the effort is being coordinated with the Legal Lukianivska. Surprisingly, there have been relatively few execution after much pressure was brought to bear by the Committee of the Council of Europe, as well as with most violent incidents and escape attempts among the 223,900 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in which of the law enforcement bodies of Ukraine. inmates who comprise Ukraine’s prison population, of Ukraine holds membership. The assembly threatened to ban There already have been several noteworthy achieve- whom more than 180,000 are convicts. Ukraine from its proceedings and even to revoke its mem- ments. Twelve additional prison colonies, which can hold In 1998-1999 officials reported only two deaths from bership if it did not begin to uphold pledges it had made 10,200 prisoners, opened throughout Ukraine between 1994 violent encounters among prisoners, one severe beating and upon entering the international body, including one that and1998 to give inmates more breathing room in the deten- 89 escape attempts. rejects “state murder.” tion facilities. The overcrowding has brought with it another more The “Europeanization” of Ukraine’s penal system has To give the inmates better access to training and educa- deadly problem: a plague of tuberculosis. The disease runs quietly moved forward, even as its refusal to abolish the tion, prison administrators have developed a staff of profes- rampant among the prison population today and the fatality death penalty, which a majority of Ukrainians support, has sionals in 30 diverse fields who work in most of the penal rate is high. Of the 1,901 prison deaths registered in the sys- made it somewhat of a pariah in the Council of Europe. institutions. tem in 1998, 45 to 50 percent were from the disease. Since declaring independence in 1991, Ukraine has To meet inmate psychological needs and to help socialize The concrete buildings of the Lukianivska Prison, with signed onto several European concords in which it has deviant behavior, a corps of psychologists has been added. their thick, white-washed walls, are still cold and damp, but promised to bring its penal system and human rights stan- In addition to providing counseling while in prison, the psy- the prison cells are clean, the corridors well lit. Although no dards to Europe’s levels. chologists work with the inmates to help them adapt to life officials hide the fact that there is little money forthcoming In March it began the process of separating the penal sys- on the outside as well. from government coffers, the inmates look reasonably tem administration from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, The State Penal Corrections Department has identified, healthy and well fed. Ukraine’s state police, and forming an independent State not only rehabilitation, but inmate adaptation after his The prisoners get fresh bread daily along with their three Department of Penal Corrections. release as a major goal. It is developing a network of adap- meals. They have their own showers and enclosed toilets, Ivan Shtanko, director of the new department, noted to tation centers throughout Ukraine that will provide counsel- access to a library, a chapel and a television room and are what extent the mission of the penal system has changed. ing and ex-convict services for those who have re-entered given recreation time. They work daily in the prison’s He explained that today the department’s responsibility is society. Thus such centers already exist in Zhytomyr, Lviv, kitchens and production facilities helping to prepare their not only to punish but to rehabilitate. “The job of the penal Kharkiv, Kyiv Oblast and the Crimea. own meals and manufacture their own linens, pillows and system is also to return the incarcerated to society and to his With all the energy that Ukraine seems to be expending garments. Those with clean prison records are allowed to family in a healthy state,” said Mr. Shtanko. He added, to make life for the incarcerated bearable, perhaps one event work on crews maintaining the prison grounds. “Today we have to ensure that their basic needs and human provided the best and quickest improvement in the lives of The prison also has a 120-bed hospital, but, like every- rights are met.” many prisoners. In July 1998, on the anniversary of the where in Ukraine, there is a shortage of medical supplies. The director acknowledged that the corrections system Constitution, the Verkhovna Rada and the government Like hospital patients throughout Ukraine, inmates find they also holds responsibility for training its inmates and prepar- agreed to grant a general amnesty to 38,500 inmates con- are mostly responsible for obtaining needed medicines ing them for re-entry into society at large. victed of lesser crimes. Although some penal experts through their families. He said the basis for the human rights procedures being believed the release would be followed by a crime wave, Upon arrival at the facility, each inmate is tested for developed by the penal corrections department are only 201 of those granted amnesty have been re-arrested in tuberculosis and venereal diseases. During his incarceration Ukraine’s Constitution and European standards. the last year, which has led Mr. Shtanko to push for a simi- he is allowed to write letters and correspondences freely and “There is an ongoing review of our operations so that lar general amnesty this year. as often as he chooses, and can see visitors once a month for they stay in line with the Constitution and with European For those held at the Lukianivska Prison and at similar four hours. norms” said Mr. Shtanko. facilities throughout Ukraine who did not and will not quali- The conditions at Lukianivska are much better than they Since 1992 Ukraine has issued a series of changes to its fy for the amnesty, improvement in their living conditions is are at local prisons scattered around Kyiv and in the regions, penal laws and procedures, including 16 statutes passed by all they can hope for. As Mr. Shtanko said, “No matter what, prison administrators and several of the inmates agreed. the Verkhovna Rada, 11 presidential decrees and 15 resolu- the world of the prison is a truly sad world in all countries.” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 No. 24

New Jersey retiree founds package service to fulfill his mission of mercy by Camilla Huk are now found in some of the Catholic churches of Ukraine that previously had RUTHERFORD N.J. – Those who none. believe that being Ukrainian is synony- Mr. Horvath has also helped orphan- mous with goodness, caring and generos- ages, such as the ones run by the Basilian ity can cite Michael Horvath as an exam- Sisters in Mukachiv and Lviv. He said he ple. Quiet, soft-spoken, he is not the sort was deeply moved when he visited these of person you would focus on in a orphanages and heard the youngsters sing crowd. Yet he is the one who focuses on the “Otche Nash” (Our Father), as they fell the needs of others. on their knees in thanksgiving for the We first met more than 10 years ago clothing and toys he’d brought. Mr. when we worked together at Hoffmann La Horvath recalled that he thought of his own Roche. He was the one you called when three daughters, all now grown and pursu- you needed technical help with your com- ing professional careers, and how much puter; he was also the one who managed they had in their lives compared to these to find one of the first Ukrainian software youngsters. programs for me. I remember reading Mr. Horvath didn’t stop at providing some of the letters from Mr. Horvath’s rel- toys. He has supplied Ukrainian dentists atives in Ukraine, all of which began with, with equipment donated by retired dentists “Slava Isusu Khrystu” and “Slava in the . Four years ago, in an Ukraini.” These letters led Mr. Horvath, a attempt to combat the deadly Colorado first-generation American, to travel to beetle, which had attacked the potato crop Uzhorod and Mukachiv seven years ago to in Ukraine (the Colorado beetle had first visit his relatives. contaminated potato production in 1936, When he saw the deplorable living con- when it was imported to Europe via the ditions in the Zakarpattia region, Mr. Berlin Olympics), Mr. Horvath sent a Horvath returned with a mission: a mission of mercy. Utilizing his relatives in (Continued on page 16) Bishop Andrew Pataki with Michael Horvath. Ukraine, and inspired by his wife, Henrietta, who urged him to “do some- thing” since she knew that, even as a retiree, Mr. Horvath had more energy than most, he sprang into action. Mr. Horvath decided to help raise the standards of living of his relatives and others in Ukraine with a humanitarian aid, package and freight consolidation service founded in 1992 that came to be known as Ukraine-Pac. With the support of his parish, St. Michael’s Cathedral in Passaic, N.J., the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic, and its former eparch, Bishop Michael J. Dudick, and the continued support of Bishop Andrew Pataki, the current eparch, Mr. Horvath managed to ship liturgical items, including complete vestments, chal- ices and icons – all donated by such groups as the Sister Theresa Roman Catholic Church, Medjugorje Prayer Group in Massachusetts – to Catholic bishops in the Carpathian regions of Ukraine and Slovakia. Thanks to his and others’ efforts, the Bishop Theodore Romzha Seminary was dedicated in Uzhorod, and liturgical items Visiting priests gather for the blessing on April 21, 1996, of the new seminary in Uzhorod.

CCRF’s Rochester chapter bolsters sister cities initiative ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Rochester Chapter of the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund (CCRF) has launched a major campaign to provide medical tech- nology and training to combat infant mortality in the city of Poltava in eastern Ukraine. The new campaign is designed to bolster the Irondequoit-Poltava Sister Cities Initiative, which has been working to promote economic development and citizen’s contacts between the two cities since 1991. The Rochester Chapter donated a check for $15,000 toward the effort, and the National Office of CCRF used these funds to secure more than $96,000 worth of intensive care respirators, a radiant warmer, two incu- bators and pulse oximeter for the Poltava City Clinical Maternity Center. Although Poltava was not directly affected by the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, it harbors 30,000 evacuees from the Chornobyl region. The city suffers from a very high infant mortality rate, and earlier fact-finding visits to the city’s pediatric and maternity hospitals verified that local health providers were in desperate need of new technology to protect the health of moth- ers and their newborns. The CCRF was encouraged to find a qualified neonatal specialist, Dr. Stepan Vernyhora, who had received extensive training in Vienna and had substan- tial experience in the use of such equipment. In April, Myron Babiuk, (left) president of the Rochester chapter of the CCRF, presents a check for $15,000 to the CCRF held a major training conference in Kyiv for Tamara Denysenko (fourth from left), the coordinator of the Irondequoit-Poltava Sister Cities Project. Also neonatal specialists from eight oblasts to further in the photo (from left) are: Gabe Geiger and Sue Masters of the Irondequoit Rotary District No. 7120, Dave Schantz, town supervisor for the borough of Irondequoit; the Rev. Richard Kinsky of the Basilian Fathers; (Continued on page 18) and Alex Kuzma representing the CCRF national office. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Statement and appeal of UNA Auditing Committee During the period of April 26-28, the of the space in the new UNA building is 40, while the number of Weekly sub- 5. Organizing Department Auditing Committee, in accordance with rented. It is planned that the remainder of scribers decreased by 29. the By-Laws of the UNA, conducted a the space will be rented during the course The editorial staffs of both newspapers During the report period, which was a review of the business operations of the of 1999. In addition, according to the are putting into effect a plan to improve convention year, branch secretaries and Ukrainian National Association for 1998 budget for 1999, the space occupied by the contents of the papers and to attract professional organizers in the United and the first quarter of 1999. The previ- the Home Office will be decreased by new subscribers. The deficit for 1998 was States and Canada enrolled 823 new ous audit took place on November 4-6, 10,000 square feet, and that space, too, $578,000, and in 1999 will be approxi- members insured for $11,822,430; dues 1998. will be rented during the current year. mately $100,000. collected amounted to $2,415,894. In The Auditing Committee’s plan of From the time of the sale of the UNA It is foreseen that during the next two 1997, 944 new members were enrolled action consisted of reviewing the imple- building in Jersey City, a sum of to three years the budget of both publica- for $26,652,930 of insurance coverage; mentation of the decisions of the 34th $400,000 has been kept in an escrow tions will be transformed from deficit- dues collected totaled $2.704,400. Convention of the UNA, operations of fund; it remains untapped. The reason for producing to profit-making. During the first quarter of 1999, 143 new the financial and recording departments, the delay was that the buyer of the build- members were enrolled for approximate- and the management of the UNA’s vaca- ing required that it be determined 4. Soyuzivka ly $1 million of insurance coverage. tion resort, Soyuzivka. whether the UNA print shop had polluted Taking into account the extended life Following the review, the Auditing the environment. The required detailed Income of Soyuzivka for 1998 totaled expectancy of citizens in the U.S. and Committee has issued the following analysis of the land beneath and around $1,385,000, which is $57,000 more than Canada, the Executive Committee decid- reports. the building was conducted. The results in 1997. ed to begin selling life insurance up to of the analysis are in keeping with the Expenses of Soyuzivka during 1998 the age of 85 and, for those who choose 1. Implementation of resolutions standards set by the Department of were $1,757,000, which is $117,000 less single-premium life insurance, up to age of the 34th UNA Convention Environmental Protection of the State of than in 1997. The deficit for 1998 was 90. These changes allow all persons of New Jersey. As a result, the money in the only $372,000, which is $175,000 less older age to become members of the Delegates to the 34th Convention escrow fund should be returned to the than in 1997. UNA and, consequently, receive dis- adopted a series of resolutions that were UNA in the first half of 1999. The uncertainty that existed at the counts on subscriptions to Svoboda and conveyed for implementation to the beginning of the previous year concern- The Ukrainian Weekly, as well as for General Assembly and Executive 3. Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly ing the future of Soyuzivka had a nega- accommodations at Soyuzivka. Committee of the UNA. A list and sum- tive effect on reservations for wedding As of December 31, 1998, the UNA mary of the resolutions that were imple- As of the end of March 1999, the num- and banquets in 1998. Reservations this mented was published in the previous Executive dismissed the UNA’s director ber of Svoboda subscribers was 7,569, year have improved markedly. of insurance operations in Canada, report of the Auditing Committee while the number of subscribers to The It also should be noted that the pro- (November 1998). Robert Cook, and eliminated the UNA’s Ukrainian Weekly was 7,169. In compar- gram of regular advertisements in for- Canadian sales office. As of March 31, 1999, the following ison with the end of 1997, the number of eign-language publications has brought resolutions remained to be implemented: subscribers to Svoboda has decreased by positive results. (Continued on page 15) • A referendum about amendments to the Charter and By-Laws of the UNA with the aim of creating a new manage- ment structure for the UNA is to be con- Chicago UNA presents: Barabolya ducted. The proposed new administration CHICAGO – Barabolya means pota- days of the week – all sung for young- Parents also loved Barabolya, and of the UNA would be composed of 11 to! The Ukrainian National Association sters learning the rudiments of the “wow” was the common reaction to the members of the board of directors elect- means fun! That was the message on Ukrainian language. Two more albums – kid-friendly songs. “The UNA really ed by the UNA convention to conduct Friday, April 30, when some 250 kids, “Tsyboola” (Onion) and “Booryak” scored big with this one,” one grand- business matters for a four-year term (the parents, grandparents and the curious (Beet) have since been released, and a parent was heard commenting. “Let’s period between conventions). The referendum is planned for 1999. attended a UNA-sponsored concert by fourth album, “B.O.R.S.C.H.T, is com- bring these guys back every year.” • A meeting with district chairpersons Barabolya, best described as a ing out in the fall. Barabolya was on a musical tour that is to be held every four years, beginning Ukrainian “kiddie fest,” at the Barabolya stopped in Chicago as a took them from Windsor, Ontario, two years after the convention, with the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Chicago. result of the efforts of the local UNA through Warren, Mich., Chicago, aim of exchanging ideas regarding All had come to see the wildly popu- District Committee, especially Stefko Minneapolis, Winnipeg and on to seven organizing activity. lar Ron Cahute and Ihor Baczynskyj, two Kuropas, UNA vice-president, and other cities in Canada, as well as the The first meeting will take place in the exceptionally talented musicians from Andrij Skyba, UNA advisor, both of Vesna Festival in Saskatoon. year 2000. Canada who created music by which to whom are fathers of pre-schoolers. Asked if the UNA plans to bring the • The possibility of using donations learn Ukrainian. Their first album, Barabolya has a natural appeal to popular group back next spring, and other methods of fund-raising to pro- “Barabolya” was released in 1996 and American-born youngsters. A highlight Messrs. Kuropas and Skyba replied in vide financial support for the UNA’s fra- featured the Ukrainian alphabet, the sea- of the evening was a conga line in unison, “You bet. We’ve got big plans ternal activities, especially Soyuzivka, is sons, counting to 10, months of the year, which some 100 youths participated. for the UNA in this city.” to be examined in detail. These new methods are to be aggressively imple- mented to increase the annual income and improve the financial state of the UNA. • A monument to His Holiness Patriarch Mstyslav I is to be erected at Soyuzivka. The monument will be built only when the necessary funds, totaling $15,000, are raised. • The merger of the UNA with the Ukrainian National Aid Association remains unapproved by the insurance authorities of the State of New Jersey.

2. Financial Department of the UNA

In comparison with 1997, the financial deficit of the UNA for 1998 had decreased by $712,000 and totaled $1,240,000. This significant reduction of the deficit testifies to the fact that the UNA Executive Committee is positively applying necessary methods to attain a balanced budget. In accordance with the financial projections of the UNA treasur- er, Stefan Kaczaraj, the UNA budget will be balanced in the year 2001, if the rec- ommended methods are implemented and budget forecasts are reflected by reality. Live: it’s Barabolya (Ron Cahute and Ihor Baczynskyj) performing for kids of the Chicago area. The Executive has reported that most 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 No. 24 TRIBUTE: Dr. Sofia Parfanovych, THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY physician, activist and writer, 1898-1968 Saluting our seniors by Dr. Pavlo Pundy Twenty-five years ago, an association of seniors affiliated with the Ukrainian CHICAGO – On June 7, 101 years National Association was founded. This year the organization, called the Ukrainian passed since the birth of Dr. Sofia National Association Seniors, is celebrating its silver jubilee during the 25th Seniors Parfanovych – prominent Ukrainian physi- Conference to be held at Soyuzivka on June 13-18. The anniversary of this significant cian, writer, community activist and organization is a fitting time to reflect on its activity. Ukrainian patriot. She lived only 70 years, The Ukrainian National Association Seniors assembled in 1974 in order to promote but accomplished enough to fill three life- seniors’ issues – most notably the construction of a home for senior citizens who are times. UNA’ers – and to serve as a sort of support group and social/community organization. Her life can be divided into two periods. The seniors first convened in November of 1975 and 52 seniors participated thanks to Prior to the second world war, she complet- the organizational efforts of Stephen Kuropas, then supreme vice-president of the ed her medical studies and specialization in UNA. Since then, many other seniors have played leading roles in the organizations gynecology. She actively participated in and the attractiveness of its seniors conference, now an annual gathering, has grown activities of the Ukrainian Medical tremendously. This year Soyuzivka is filled to capacity for “Seniors Week.” Association and in the Ukrainian Women’s At the 16th Seniors Conference on June 21, 1990, members unanimously adopted League. She was involved in public health by-laws for the organization that delineate the purpose of the UNA Seniors as follows: activities, including anti-alcohol and anti- to support the Ukrainian National Association in its endeavors to preserve and culti- smoking campaigns in her native vate the Ukrainian heritage, to promote unity, to develop social activities and to main- Halychyna (western Ukraine). tain Ukrainian community life in America. The second period, or post-World War II, The seniors have kept these purposes in mind at each of their conferences. And they encompasses Dr. Parfanovych’s her medical have seen to it that their activity is inclusive: all proceedings are bilingual, conducted and educational activities in Germany and in both the English and Ukrainian languages. later her medical, social and writing activi- Their conferences have focused on Ukrainian folk and fine arts via exhibits, discus- ties in the U.S. Dr. Sofia Parfanovych sions, lectures and other presentations; their donations have supported such cultural She was born in Ukraine into the promi- Since 1926 she was also a member of the mainstays as The Ukrainian Museum based in . nent Parfanovych (Parkhomenko) family, Ukrainian Medical Association. She gave The group has certainly done well in terms of promoting unity and social activities: many of whom were clergy and army offi- lectures at the association’s meetings and members arrive for annual conferences from all corners of the United States and they cers. conferences, and published papers in its participate in diverse activities ranging from sing-alongs of Ukrainian folk songs and Her father, Mykola, a railway operator, journal, Likarskyi Visnyk (Physician’s field trips to hosting prominent guests speakers. They play bingo, shares slides and was a socialist and organizer of Ukrainian Newsletter). videos, organize bonfires and even learn square dancing. And there are more serious laborers. A talented writer, he published Dr. Parfanovych established a private pursuits as well, including presentations offering legal advice on wills, trusts, etc. several works. practice as a gynecologist in Lviv and vol- The seniors also devote much time to discussion and reflection on topics such as There were five children in her immedi- unteered her services to the Narodna the work of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University and current devel- ate family, all of whom received university Lichnytsia Public Hospital clinic. She was opments in Ukraine and within the Ukrainian diaspora. degrees: Constantine, Sofia and Theodore one of founders of the Ukrainian Hygienic The seniors always remember to support Ukrainian causes, whether that’s the became physicians; Julia and Olga – teach- Society in Lviv and in 1929 was head of the Babusia Fund for aid to needy elder women that functions under the aegis of the ers. Sofia graduated from the girls’ high society’s anti-alcohol section. Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, or the Children of Chornobyl Relief school in Lviv in 1916 with honors. During In 1929 she joined the anti-alcohol and Fund. And they keep in the mind the needs of all generations via their support of World War I her family moved to Vienna. anti-nicotine Vidrodzhennia (Rebirth) Soyuzivka, which plays host to myriad activities for young and old. Last year, for In 1917 Sofia began her medical studies Society and became editor of its journal in example, realizing the financial assistance required by Soyuzivka, the UNA Seniors at the University of Lviv. During her second 1930. donated $1,000 earmarked for the resort to the Ukrainian National Foundation. year, as a result of the war between Poland In 1934 Dr. Parafanovych married Our Ukrainian National Association Seniors have demonstrated through the years and Ukraine, she was forced to emigrate to banker Pylyp Volchuk. The couple was that they are active on all fronts. As we greet them at their 25th annual gathering we Prague, where she continued her studies in bound by their common interest in social say: Long live the Ukrainian National Association Seniors – may your organization 1923-1925. In 1925 she moved back to services and in the anti-alcohol campaign. have many more productive years! Lviv, where she graduated in 1926 as a doc- During their marriage Dr. Parfanovych tor of medicine. Dr. Parfanovych was active authored many articles and books on med- as a student in medical organizations in ical and anti-alcohol topics for the Lviv, and in the Ukrainian Academic Group Ukrainian press. June and in the Women Students’ Association in Her faithful friend and loving husband, Turning the pages back... Prague. who published many of her works, died in In 1926 Dr. Parfanovych became a mem- Augsburg, Germany, in 1946. 18 ber of the Ukrainian Women’s League During the first Soviet occupation of (Soyuz Ukrainok), with whom she contin- 1905 Levko Medved was a pioneer in the field of occupational ued to work for the remainder of her life. (Continued on page 19) hygiene — the science of identifying and preventing hazards in the workplace. He was also one of the few who actually benefitted from living in the hellish conditions of Stalin’s Soviet Union, and yet can be considered a positive figure. Medved stands as one of An activist in anti-alcohol campaigns the paradoxes that allows for dramatic medical advances in times of crisis. After examining the archives of Dr. Bars and taverns were closed and alcohol Medved was born on June 18, 1905, into a poor peasant’s family in the village of Sofia Parfanovych, one is impressed by production declined. This angered the Chorna Hreblia in Olhopil county in Podilia, about 100 miles south of Vinnytsia. In how much energy she devoted to the Polish nobility, which occupied his youth he worked in a sugar refining factory, but also studied and was accepted to anti-alcoholism and anti-nicotine cam- Halychyna at that time and made money the Vinnytsia Pharmaceutical Institute, graduating in 1927. paign in pre-World War II Halychyna. from alcohol production and consump- Doubtless his path to Kyiv was speeded thanks to Ukrainization and the massive Alcoholism was already a significant tion. The anti-alcohol campaign was movement of people from the countryside to the cities. He graduated from the Kyiv public health issue during the late 19th closely aligned with the movements for Medical Institute (KMI) in 1939. The regime had an obvious bias in favor of a person century in western Ukraine, after the end Ukrainian rebirth, which also angered of Medved’s specialization and interests. Furthermore, massive purges swept through of serfdom in 1848, which brought with Polish nobles. They appealed to state the USSR’s medical profession. This confluence of circumstances resulted in his it tremendous social and economic authorities, who then transferred Cardinal appointment as director of the KMI two years later. upheaval. Sembratovych to Rome. As the Nazi-Soviet war raged, in 1944 Medved founded the department of occupa- The Ukrainian Catholic Church was The fight against nicotine paralleled tional hygiene at the KMI and served as its director until 1951. A leading figure in the first to address this social ailment. the anti-alcohol campaign. The detrimen- helping Soviet Ukraine recover from the conflict, he was appointed deputy minister of Bishop Mykhailo Levytsky of Peremyshl health in 1947 and minister shortly thereafter, serving until 1952 tal health effects of nicotine such as lung (1774-1858) published newsletters for all cancer and heart disease, were empha- In 1952, he left the ministry to found and assume the directorship of the Kyiv Catholic parish priests describing the Scientific Research Institute of Occupational Hygiene and Disease, a post he held sized. widespread problem of alcohol abuse Toward the end of the 19th century until 1964. That year he was appointed director of the All-Union Scientific Research and encouraged the establishment of Institute of the Hygiene and Toxicology of Pesticides, Polymers and Plastics. Ukraine was trying to establish its own “sobriety groups” (brotherhoods) at identity. The “narodovtsi” assumed lead- Medved organized a wide range of research through his students and colleagues at church parishes. The movement gained the institutes he directed, helped set occupational health standards in the USSR’s agri- ership of political, cultural and educa- further momentum under Cardinal Josyf tional programs. They believed that cultural sector and in industry, and established scientific grounding for legislation reg- Sembratovych. Enthusiastic priests ulating occupational hygiene in agriculture. Ukraine had the power to reorganize organized missions and brotherhoods of itself from within among its own people. Medved was an internationally acknowledged expert on the health effects of pesti- sobriety. cides, and introduced a hygienic system of classification of pesticides that was accept- The first congress of Vidrodzhennia, Many articles on alcohol abuse issues the anti-alcohol and anti-nicotine society, ed in the USSR and abroad. He wrote over 250 works on agricultural and industrial were published in reputable journals and hygiene, and pesticide toxicology, as well as a history of Soviet health care. was held in Lviv in February 1909. In newspapers of the times. Cardinal Josyf 1910 Vidrodzhennia had already opened Levko Medved died in Kyiv on Feburary 22, 1982. Sembratovych’s social programs began Source: “Medved, Levko,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 3 (Toronto: University of Toronto to make an impact on Ukrainian citizens. (Continued on page 18) Press, 1993). No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places Research Institute at Harvard University (HURI) had some special role in the pro- by Myron B. Kuropas Do nothing, duction or content of this volume. That absolutely is not the case. HURI had no for- get nothing mal or informal role with the book. The Dear Editor: Harvard faculty listed in the book were It was ironic and amusing to see R.L. consulted many years ago at an early stage Chomiak’s letter next to Myron Kuropas’s of the project. They had no control over the Ukraine-bashing continues column in the May 16 issue. Dr. Kurpopas book’s content or final product, and are not No matter how things change for Jews in sources outside of Ukraine, notably the was right on the mark with his “Been there, listed as contributors. Anyone familiar with Ukraine, there will always be someone National Council of Soviet Jewry (NCSJ), done that!” warning re: “pan-Slavism” their specialized work on the early history ready to believe the worst. the United Council of Soviet Jewry (UCSJ) being a slippery slope to the Russian of Rus’ knows that their views do not corre- The latest example of this kind of and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Empire’s resurrection. spond at all to the Russocentric presentation Ukraine-bashing is an article that appeared (HIAS), other investigations, such as the Let’s not repeat history. Along comes of the book. in June 7 issue of The Weekly Standard, an “Anti-Semitism World Report 1997” pub- R.L. Chomiak with his “do nothing The appearance of a book like “The increasingly influential, neo-conservative lished by the Institute for Jewish Policy approach”: everything will be all right Russian Chronicles” reminds us that the journal edited by Irving Kristol. Titled Research and the American Jewish because those who insult us will know that battle over a balanced and truthful presenta- “Ukraine: Back to the Future” (ironically Committee, conclude that since independ- we know they owe us something for their tion of East Slavic history is not over. The the title of one of my own recent pieces), it ence “Ukraine has been a democratic state insults. Ukrainian American community has done a was written by Arnold Beichman, a in which the rights of the Jewish minority Let me remind Mr. Chomiak that we’ve remarkable job supporting the publications research fellow at the prestigious Hoover have been fully respected.” It should be relied too much on the “do nothing” program at HURI, and we are grateful for Institution, stomping ground of such pointed out that UCSJ Director Micah approach; we’ve truly “Been there, done that support. HURI books, along with those renowned academics as . Naftalin, reported on a June 24, 1998, inter- that!” Had we done that in the case of “60 from the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Despite his impressive credentials, Dr. view with two Jews, one in Lviv, the other Minutes” hate-mongering, does he really Studies (CIUS), have made a significant Beichman’s commentary is a superficial, in Kyiv (hardly a representative sample) in believe CBS moguls would have respected impact on world scholarship, as evidenced fact-deficient, hearsay-laden bit of which they described an intense anti- us and felt the they owed us something? by new work in the field that cites our Ukrainophobic miasma. Semitic climate in western Ukraine. One Would the legal bills be paid for another books and the hundreds of positive reviews A Jew whose father emigrated from can only speculate, moreover, why, almost “almost apology?” One can go on and on. from American, Canadian and international Kolky, a shtetl located three hours’ drive 10 years after the collapse of the Soviet Allow me to let Mr. Chomiak in on a lit- periodicals that we have received. from Zhytomyr, Dr. Beichman decided to Union, Jewish organizations still work on tle secret: You get nothing for nothing! However, the support of the Ukrainian- pay a visit to his father’s village. “Before behalf of “Soviet Jewry.” American community is still extremely making travel arrangements,” he writes, “I Finally, at a 1998 conference in Kyiv Jaroslaw Sawka important since its purchase of HURI and inquired whether there might be a local organized by the European Center on Sterling Heights, Mich. CIUS books helps our programs to grow rabbi to shepherd me around Kolky. I got Actions Against Anti-Semitism and and meet challenges like this. my answer: No. Kolky was ‘Judenrein,’ the Racism, it was concluded that Ukraine’s I would like to suggest to all those who Nazi word for a town or city free of Jews.” record, though not perfect, was hardly that Column’s rationale are incensed by “The Russian Chronicles” He doesn’t say who gave him that answer, described by Dr. Beichman and certain that a constructive response might be the but it certainly couldn’t have been a local Jewish American organizations. was questionable purchase of a book from the Ukrainian Ukrainian who remembers the Nazi terror. Are Jews suffering in Ukraine? Yes, Dear Editor: Research Institute or CIUS for themselves, After mentioning this incident by way of along with millions of other Ukrainians their families or their local libraries. This is introduction – there is no other reference to who can barely afford to make ends meet Although one may often disagree with one important way that we can make a his- Ukraine – Dr. Beichman proceeds to ana- because of the disastrous economic situa- Dr. Myron Kuropas’s opinions on Ukraine tory like “The Russian Chronicles” a thing lyze growing anti-Semitism in Russia and tion. But the Jewish community receives and its North American diaspora, the of the past. concludes incredibly, that “The story is substantial financial assistance from Israel rationale for their appearance in a newspa- much the same throughout the former and Jews throughout the world. According Robert De Lossa per devoted to Ukrainian life here and in Soviet Union ... self-exile seems to be the to a recent AUJC report, some $25 million Ukraine is obvious. However, what is one Cambridge, Mass. only course left to Russian and Ukrainian is received by the AUJC annually from to make of a piece such as “Gideon’s The writer is director of publications, Jews. Their bags, I’m sure, are already such sponsors as Chabad, Yad Israel, spies,” which, on the surface, has absolute- Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard packed.” Sukhnut and the L. Pinkus Fund. ly nothing to do with things Ukrainian? University. The truth, of course, is quite different. Thousands of Jews are successful business- As far as I can judge, the only rationale With an estimated population of some men; and some have become millionaires. for its appearance in The Ukrainian 600,000, Jews today are the second largest Does anti-Semitism exist in Ukraine? Weekly is to signal to the Ukrainian reader of 130 minority groups in Ukraine, sur- Unfortunately, yes. But it is largely con- the possibility that his/her Jewish neigh- Commendations passed only by the Russians. Although fined to such fringe extremist groups as the bors may be “sayanim,” volunteers in the many Jews left Ukraine in the early years of Ukrainian National Assembly, the State service of the Israeli Mossad, capable not for May 30 issue independence, most left for economic rea- Independence of Ukraine Party, the only of penetrating the White House, but Dear Editor: sons, a fact confirmed by Yaakov D. Bleich, Ukrainian Social National Party, and the even powerful enough to compel the pope chief rabbi of Kyiv, during a meeting with Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party I wish to commend the effort that to visit a Jewish synagogue in Rome – to Ukrainian American leaders on March 17. (a most unfortunate name). To date, they went into the May 30 issue of The say nothing, therefore, of their potential A recent poll summarized in a publica- have elected no deputies to the Verkhovna Ukrainian Weekly, specifically the edito- threat to the Ukrainian community. tion of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress Rada. Ukraine may have many problems, rial “On Memorial Day” and the com- Precisely: to say nothing, to insinuate, to (AUJC), one of four Jewish umbrella but rampant anti-Semitism is not one of mentary in Faces and Places, “An suggest, to play on and thus subtly (or groups in Ukraine, reported that 62 percent them. opportunity to lead,” by Myron Kuropas. rather, crudely) arouse the anti-Semitic of the Jews surveyed had no intention of I can appreciate why the NCSJ, the It seems there is something unusual sentiments of many members of that com- leaving Ukraine. A rather unexpected devel- UCSJ and HIAS behave as they do. Their about Ukrainian Americans who specifi- munity. opment, moreover, is the fact that some livelihood depends on perpetuating the cally remember the significance of If someone can provide me with a more 5,600 Jews (with their families) have re- notion that Jews are threatened. No threat, observing Memorial Day each year here cogent rationale for the writing of this emigrated to Ukraine. no organization, no jobs. But what moti- in the U.S.A. It seems that our Ukrainian commentary, please do. It would be An extensive report titled “Ukraine: vates someone like Dr. Beichman? I have American forefathers have instilled into instructive indeed. Situation of the Jews,” prepared by the always believed that research fellows at their offspring values that appear to be Research Directorate of the Canadian prestigious institutions do serious research. Roman Koropeckyj missing in American culture. Keep up Immigration and Refugee Board notes that This does not appear to be the case with Dr. Los Angeles your good work. Jews in Ukraine are experiencing a religio- Beichman, who still confuses Ukraine with The writer is assistant professor of Also you do a good job in publishing cultural renaissance unthinkable during Russia and labors under the delusion that Slavic languages and literatures at UCLA. the commentary by Dr. Kuropas. Soviet times. The report reads: “This former Soviet republics have remained Ukrainian Americans have something to revival has been characterized, among other essentially the same. offer to preserve in this country of their things, by the opening of 14 full-time I believe Dr. Beichman’s uninformed “Skewed history” heritage. We may be small in number but schools, including International Solomon commentary is an enormous disservice to our parents taught us to excel and to con- University in Kyiv and the establishment of the , The Weekly tribute. I am looking forward to a report Hebrew studies departments at the universi- Standard, and Jewish neo-conservatives like and Harvard on the outcome of the June 23-25 Joint Dear Editor: ties of Kyiv and Odesa. There are currently Mr. Kristol and who have Conferences of Ukrainian American 70 Sunday schools, 11 daycare centers, labored to make The Weekly Standard a Dr. Ivan Kochan’s critical assessment of Organizations. I agree with Dr. Kuropas eight yeshivas and 70 ulpans (Judaic study journal of high integrity. the popularizing trade book “The Russian that sessions including the UCCA and centers) in Ukraine, where around 20,000 It is the irony of ironies that Jews and Chronicles: A Thousand Years that UACC and perhaps even the UNA and children and adults receive instruction and Ukrainians in Ukraine, a land just emerging Changed the World” (“ ‘Russian UFA would have been valuable. more than 300 teachers are employed, as from the shadow of class hatred and ethnic Chronicles’ and Skewed History,” May 30) There is hope and optimism for the well as 40 Jewish religious societies and 24 animosity, appear to be getting along, as a whole is accurate: it is a quasi-text- future of Ukrainian Americans with the synagogues operating in Ukraine, including whereas in the United States, a land that book, sloppy from a scholarly perspective work of your editorship and a commen- Zhytomyr. In Kyiv alone there are two syn- prides itself on its “multicultural sensitivity,” and meant to be a popularizing, tator such as Dr. Kuropas. agogues, three Jewish newspapers and two Jews and Ukrainians remain at loggerheads. Russocentric history of the East Slavs. God bless you all! professional theater companies. Of special concern is the implication in Joseph Jackson Although there are reports of “escalating Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: Dr. Kochan’s letter that the Ukrainian New Providence, N.J. anti-Semitism” in Ukraine from Jewish [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 No. 24

cover their admission. Simple. As a lad – pudgier longer than Dad was But it was also a tough time. The period as a teen before sprouting into a lean, 175-lb CCAANNADAADA CCOOURIERURIER when my father played ball on five teams six-footer – I remember my father playing spanned the Depression and World War II. ball with me in the lane behind our home. I by Christopher Guly Baseball was an irresistible respite for him certainly didn’t possess his pitching and the other men – claiming Ukrainian and strength. His face sometimes showed his other ethnic backgrounds – who dignified heart break. But he never said a word. their world with athleticism and a pure love That was part of the graciousness he for the game. acquired from the game and his years with Perhaps Guly could have been a Ruth. the Tigers, East Kildonan Rangers, Army – The boys of summer But scouts back then didn’t frequent senior Navy Vets, Elmwood Giants and the 1999 This Father’s Day, my dad is the sports ing and Walt did the catching. amateur games and nurture up-and-coming Hall of Fame CUAC Blues. hero he probably never thought he would “We’d be in the back and he’d hold the players. My uncle went beyond the CUAC Now that he’s in the big leagues as a star be. glove up there and I’d have to hit it smack and played semi-pro ball in Calgary, where athlete, Fireman Guly can reflect on how On June 5, he and the other “Boys of center,” my dad recalled. he eventually began a contracting business. good a ball player he truly was. Summer” from the Canadian Ukrainian Walt, who played first base for the Though his brother asked him to head “The best thing I can remember about all Athletic Club (CUAC) in North End CUAC Blues, became known as “Wham,” west, my father remained in Winnipeg my playing days was when I faced Stan Winnipeg were inducted into the Manitoba a nickname he earned from the sound pro- where he followed his father’s footsteps and Shaley and I struck him out,” my dad said worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as referring to the time when, as a Giants play- Baseball Hall of Fame at a banquet in duced when he would bat an oncoming ball, a carman looking after freight equipment. er, he faced his old CUAC teammate a Morden, a town southwest of Winnipeg and hitting homers “like crazy.” Dad, meantime, Dad continued to play baseball until he decade his senior. “Oh, I’m telling you, I 12 miles north of the Canada-U.S. border. became known as “Fireman” Frank Guly, started dating my mother, Ollie, in the early felt as if I had the world by the short hairs. This year’s event marks the third time the thanks to a sports writer with the Winnipeg 1950s. He came up to bat and I struck him out with province’s star athletes from days past were Free Press who so dubbed him after watch- “She didn’t like me being away all the the stuff that he taught me how to throw. so honored. The evening was highlighted ing my father putt out fires when he would time,” he said. “I’d be playing three times a Boy, I’m telling you, that was a great thing. also by the opening of a museum dedicated pinch-hit as the team’s pitcher. week.” While my dad fell head over heels And he patted me on the back.” to hall of fame inductees. The CUAC Blues A CUAC history recounts one game in for my mom’s charm, a piece of his heart And now, I pat my hall-of-famer dad on – Greater Winnipeg Senior Baseball League 1945, when the team “used young Guly to was broken when he hung up his mitt. his back. champions from 1941 to 1944 – are among do the pitching chore for the club,” noting the three teams and 20 individuals this year that “although getting himself in hot water who will join the ranks of the elite. several times, he came through with some Frank Guly joined the team in 1944. By fine hurling.” then, he had been playing competitive ball Actually, Dad began his baseball career for nearly a decade, first with the Exhibition as a catcher. One day, when there was a Tigers midget team and then with the East shortage of pitchers, he was called upon Kildonan Rangers. because he had a good arm. “I could throw Inspired by Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and fast,” he explained. “My main strength was New York Yankees catcher Bill Dickey, my in control. That is, I could put the ball any father was mainly motivated by instinct. He place I wanted to.” Believe it. had the game in him, as did his fellow “I remember pitching one game 12 CUAC Blues teammates – the likes of Peter innings against a semi-pro team on CUAC Ezinicki, Nick Melnyk, Wally Romanow, grounds. I pitched the whole bloody game. I Joe Popiel and the Shaley brothers (coach must have thrown 200 pitches. The next day Nick and Stan, who served as player and I could hardly lift my arm,” he continued. manager). Today, the game is different. During the dog days of summer, they’d “Right now, baseball is very scientific. practice batting balls and catching them. They don’t look at how many innings [a Only rain would prevent them from play- pitcher] has pitched, but how many pitches ing. Their field of dreams was the Old he’s thrown. When he reaches a hundred, Gladwyn Scott Exhibition Grounds – a stone’s throw from they take him out of there.” Throwing the Members of the CUAC Blues (1941-1944) were inducted as a special team into the where my dad grew up. ball has also become more sophisticated, Manitoba Baseball Hall of Famine and Museum. Seated (from left) Rose Shaley Dad was one of the lucky ones. He my father continued, “When I was pitching, (accepting the honor for Stan Shaley), Marianne Wilson (Steve Shaley), Mary and his older brother by five years, all I threw was a fast ball and a curve ball, Antoniak (Bill Antoniak), Pat Marshall (Nick Shaley), Jean England (Gordie Walter, honed their baseball skills togeth- and maybe try a knuckle ball.” England), Carol Phillips (Bill Ceretti); standing Frank Guly, Paul Maybe (Joe er. They’d go behind their home on Sounds simple, but so was life. Fans Popiel), Tommy Kitchur, Glen Antoniak (Bill Antoniak), Terry Hind, Dave Arlington Street: Frank practiced pitch- would throw nickels and dimes into a hat to McConachy, Harry Barchuk and Frank Smith.

Medvedev fails in final against Agassi, but moves up in tennis rankings by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj game without allowing Mr. Agassi a single point on serve. nothing left.” The match became a true battle of wills, after Mr. He paid tribute to his opponent: “I cannot say that losing TORONTO — has roared back into Medvedev had evened the score at 4-4. The Ukrainian pres- to [Mr. Agassi] is an honor, but it’s an honor to stand here the top-50 on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) sured the American into a break point at 30-40, and was one with him because he made history ... I lost to a great player rankings, thanks to an appearance in the final of the French point away from serving for the championship. However, today.” Open against winner Andre Agassi of the U.S. played on Mr. Agassi fought back, held serve to go up 5-4, then broke Mr. Agassi had become only the fifth male player to have June 6 on the “terre battue” clay courts of the Roland Mr. Medvedev in the next game, winning the set with a won all four Grand Slams (the Australian, French and U.S. Garros tennis complex in Paris. Ukraine’s tennis ace vaulted gambit that has become the Russian Ukrainian’s trademark: Opens and Wimbledon) in a career. from 100th in the world prior to the second of a perfectly timed dropshot. The Kyivan also echoed this year’s women’s champion the season to 30th as of June 7. This appeared to demoralize Mr. Medvedev, and the Steffi Graf of Germany in thanking the tournament’s staff Along the way, the outspoken Kyiv-born player was the and organizers, and stood in pointed contrast to the petu- beneficiary of some Ukrainian solidarity, as pole-vaulting momentum now shifted completely to the Las Vegan. The Ukrainian repeatedly sent shots into the net as he dropped lance of the loser in the other final, Martina Hingis of world-beater Sergey Bubka phoned him after every victory Switzerland, who was recently fined $1,500 for her on-court to offer encouragement. Mr. Bubka said he would come to the next set 6-3. In the fifth and deciding set Mr. Medvedev regained antics and who had marched off into the locker room and Paris to watch the final if Medvedev was playing, but at had to be retrieved by her mother after a three-set defeat. press time it could not be confirmed if the track and field focus until Mr. Agassi went up a break at 3-2, as the U.S. star had made the trip to Paris. player’s screaming backhanders down the line found their The road to the final mark time after time. “Sergey has been a great supporter of mine,” Mr. Mr. Medvedev played the role as one of the tournament’s Medvedev told the Associated Press on June 4. “If he comes In the eighth game, Mr. Medvedev found himself staring at three match points for his adversary, down 15-40 with the giant killers, as he was unfazed by the swirling and gusting it would be fantastic, because to me he is the greatest athlete winds that bedevilled many. The Russian Ukrainian’s con- that I’ve ever met.” score 5-3 for Mr. Agassi. He responded by serving his 23rd ace of the match, then blasted a backhand winner of his own sistent, heavy and deep groundstrokes taken off short Mr. Medvedev was overpowering in the French Open swings, a purposeful serve and excellently timed drop-shots final’s early going, breaking Mr. Agassi’s serve three times to arrive at deuce. He finally clinched the point by conclud- ing a rally with a roaring cross court shot after Mr. Agassi brought him his best performance at a Grand Slam event in to take the first set 6-1 in a mere 19 minutes. his career, and the best performance by a player of such a After Mr. Agassi took a 1-0 lead on serve in the second had fought back three times from a Medvedev advantage. Mr. Agassi would not be denied. He began serving low rank ever at the French Open. set, rain forced a delay that should have allowed Mr. Agassi Ranked as high as fourth on the ATP tour five years ago, intensely himself. At 40-15, a kicker wide to the Kyivan’s a chance to recover his composure. He did play more the Kyiv-born star ran into a string of injuries and, accord- forehand was too much to handle, the return sailed long — strongly, but the Kyivan had answers for every shot attempt- ing to a June 5 article by Tom Tebbutt of the Toronto-based Mr. Agassi dropped his racket, turned to his friends in the ed by the American and took it 6-2. Globe and Mail, “got caught up in the big money of his stands with arms upraised, then buried his face in his hands, It was in the third set that the U.S. star, himself a early success and had problems being conscientious about Cinderella story at the French Open (seeded 13th, a position overcome with emotion after having secured a gruelling 1- his tennis.” from which nobody had won before), finally awoke. Mr. 6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 win. Despite his height and heft (he weighs about 200 Agassi’s trademark, the best serve-return in the game, The Kyivan showed dignity and class in defeat. He came pounds), Mr. Medvedev has often been sidelined by physi- asserted itself, breaking Mr. Medvedev to take a 4-2 lead in over to embrace the new champion, and in the post-game the third. The tall Kyivan broke back, then took another ceremony said: “I left my heart and soul on the court. I had (Continued on page 20) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 9

Philadelphia Tryzub wins Ukrainian American soccer’s Great Lakes Cup by Levko Holubec CLEVELAND – The Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals Tryzub soccer team defeated Newark Chornomorska Sitch Sports Club 3-1 in the Great Lakes Cup Open Division final last on Sunday, May 30, at Pokrova Parish Field in Parma, Ohio. Tryzub became the first team out- side of the Great Lakes region to take the tournament trophy. The fourth annual Ukrainian soccer tournament was hosted by Cleveland UASC Lviv, kicking off a yearlong 50th anniversary celebration of Ukrainian sports in greater Cleveland. Chicago UYA Kryla took home the “old boys (over age 30) trophy with a 2-0 win over Chicago Ukraina SC. The Ukrainian soccer tournament for the Great Lakes Cup was born of a discus- sion between Detroit USC Chernyk’s Vlodko Hnatiuk and Toronto SC Ukraina’s Bohdan Lypka at a tournament in 1995. Subsequently, Mr. Hnatiuk pulled Lev Holubec into the tournament planning loop, while the latter was on a job assign- ment in Detroit, and joined the Chernyk club for its indoor soccer season. The first two tournaments were hosted Lev Holubec by the Detroit club at the Dibrova Resort The Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals Tryzub soccer team, champions of the Great Lakes Cup 1999 open division. in Brighton, Mich. Toronto Ukraina and Cleveland Lviv brought home the cup in The Cleveland branch of the Ukrainian 1996 and 1997, respectively. In 1998, the American Youth Association (SUM) co- now traditional Memorial Day tournament hosted a soccer get-together on Saturday was hosted by Toronto, which regained evening after the qualification matches. control of the cup trophy with a 1-0 victo- Players exchanged thoughts about the day, ry over Cleveland Lviv in the final. watched Ukrainian soccer games courtesy Although New York’s USC made the of Ukrainian Broadcasting Network trip to the 1997 tournament and (UBN) and relived the trip to France, Montreal’s SC Ukraina participated in many attended the Ukraine vs. France soc- 1998, the 1999 tournament was the first to cer match in March. host seven clubs simultaneously in two On Sunday, after the tournament finals, divisions: open and old boys. Defending fans and players proceeded to Pokrova cup holder Toronto SC Ukraina and host Parish hall for a good Ukrainian home- Cleveland UASC Lviv were joined by cooked meal and a dance, co-hosted by the Detroit USC Chernyk, Chicago Ukraina parish and the sports club. TBS Inc., the SC, Chicago UYA Kryla, Newark local provider of UBN in Cleveland and Chornomorska Sitch SC, and Philadelphia sponsor of the tournament, provided a Tryzub for the two-day event. satellite feed of the Ukraine Cup between Tryzub made its way to the final on a 3- Karpaty Lviv and Dynamo Kyiv. Bohdan 0 qualification round record and a 4-0 Burdiak, Cleveland Lviv club president, semi-final defeat of the Cleveland Lviv awarded trophies and champion shirts to Reserve. Chornomorska Sitch had a more the winning teams, while fans danced difficult path to the final, securing third away into the night to the sounds of Ostap place after the qualification round, with a Stakhiv. 2-1 record. Sitch’s 1-0 loss in the qualifi- The Chicago UYA Kryla soccer team with its most important fans – their children cation round was to Cleveland Lviv First (Continued on page 19) – after their old boys final game victory over Chicago Ukraina. Division, whom they proceeded to upset in the semi-final, 1-0 on penalty kicks. After a hard-fought match, during which the home club had more good chances, the 0-0 final score led to penalties to break the tie. To the dismay of the 300-plus guests on the Pokrova Parish Field sideline, the home team lost the penalties 3-4 to Sitch. The open final started with a bang, as both teams scored picture-perfect soccer goals in the first five minutes. The next 30 minutes were relatively quiet, when play settled in the midfield. However, after the first 10 minutes of the second half, Tryzub exploded with two quick goals, taking advantage of Sitch’s apparent fatigue – probably a result of the squad’s difficult trek to the final. Chicago Kryla coasted through the finals of the old boys division, as goalie Taras Popowycz did not allow a single goal throughout the tournament. Kryla handily defeated old boys from Chicago Ukraina, Detroit Chernyk and Cleveland Lviv, while Chicago Ukraina defeated Cleveland and Detroit, and lost to Kryla. The highlights of the final game included a long-range goal by Jaro Dachniwsky, a former U.S. Olympic Handball Team player. Both Philadelphia Tryzub and Chicago Kryla vowed to return to the tournament in Ihor Oleksiw 2000, to return their respective trophies Young bandurists Tetiana Burdiak and Orysia Gudz play the Ukrainian national anthem during the opening ceremonies. and defend their champions’ status in the Looking on (from left) are representatives from Cleveland Lviv, Newark Chornomorska Sitch, Philadelphia Tryzub, open and old boys divisions. Toronto Ukraina and Detroit Chernyk. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 No. 24

Role of Ukraine in 20th century discussed at Yale conference NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Ukraine in the 20th century was the topic of a conference sponsored on April 23-24 by the Yale Center for International and Area Studies and the Yale-Ukraine Initiative at Yale University. The confer- ence, “Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine: A Century in Perspective,” brought together more than 20 speakers, includeding scholars, businessmen, journalists and politi- cal leaders from Ukraine, Europe, Canada and the United States. There were five panels and a roundtable at the two-day conference and opening remarks were offered by Gustav Ranis, director of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, and Harvey Goldblatt, chair, Yale-Ukraine Initiative. The keynote address, “Ukraine in the 20th cen- tury: A Search for Perspective,” was given on April 23 by Prof. George G. Grabowicz of Harvard University and the speaker at the banquet was National Deputy Serhii Holovatyi, also a former minister of justice of Ukraine, who spoke about “Ukraine at the Millennium: Indecision and Uncertainty at the Crossroads.” The conference was supported by the Chopivsky Family Foundation and the Edward J. and Dorothy Kempf Fund at Yale University, with assistance from the Council on Russian and East European Studies at Yale University and Pierson College. Prof. Paul Bushkovitch of Yale University chaired the Yuri Shevchuk first panel on April 23, “The Historical Legacy,” at which presentations were given by Yaroslav Hrytsak, director of At Yale University (from left) are: Halyna Hryn, associate, and Harvey Goldblatt, chair, Yale-Ukraine Initiative with the Institute for Historical Research at Lviv State George Chopivsky, president, The Chopivsky Family Foundation. University, on the topic “Ukrainian Revolution, 1914/17- 1923: New Perspectives and Interpretations” and by Georgii Kasianov, senior research fellow at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NANU) on the topic “The Ukrainian Intelligentsia: A ‘Phenomenon’ and the ‘Stratum.’ ” Also speaking was Yuri Shapoval, director of the Center of Ethno-national and Political Studies at NANU, whose presentation evaluated the significance for the political history of Ukraine of the recently discovered GPU-NKVD (secret police) documents about the 1937 Solovky prison camp executions. A research fellow at the NANU, Volodymyr Kulyk, gave his presentation on the topic “The Legacy of Brotherhood: The Impact of the Experience of Post-Soviet Nation-Building in Ukraine” as a participant in the second panel on April 23. The panel on the topic of political and economic history was chaired by Frank Sysyn, director of the Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Research at the University of Alberta. Also participating in the panel were Iwan S. Koropeckyj of Temple University on the topic “Economic Relations between an Empire and an Ethnic Region” and Volodimir Bandera, also of Temple University, who spoke about international aspects of Ukraine’s economic development in the 20th century. “Contemporary Politics” was the theme of the third panel on April 23, which was chaired by Prof. Peter Rutland of Weslyan University. Hryhoriy Nemyria, a sen- ior research fellow at Kyiv’s Taras Shevchenko National University spoke on the topic “Current Political Dynamics in Ukraine: Identities and Interests.” Other panel partici- Serhii Holovatyi Charles Clover (Continued on page 11)

Bohdan Rubchak Yaroslav Hrytsak Hryhoriy Nemyria No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 11 Ukraine at the crossroads: perspectives on independence, democracy and reform Serhii Holovatyi is a national deputy in ests and in building a prosperous, democrat- real reform. The economy has shrunk every state power, its decisions immune from pub- Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada and a former ic nation for the benefit of present and year since independence. Most of the pri- lic scrutiny. With control by the Communist minister of justice. He delivered this paper future generations. Lacking direction and vate sector has fled to the shadow economy, Party over its activities now only a faint at the Trilateral Commission’s annual meet- poverty-stricken, Ukraine is sinking into a hounded to the periphery of legal entrepre- memory, its actions are practically account- ing in Washington in March and at the Yale morass of creeping despotism. neurial activity by state over-regulation, able to no one. As a result, the nomenklatura University conference “Soviet and Post- unfair tax collection measures, and the cor- is now unfettered arbiter over the distribu- Soviet Ukraine: A Century in Perspective” The euphoria ruption of officials. Millions of pensioners, tion and use of state property. in April. This presentation was published in It did not have to be this way. With the teachers, doctors and other state employees This phenomenon has bred rampant cor- the English-language edition of the Kyiv euphoria of independence, Ukraine anxious- await payments that are more than a year ruption in every branch of the civil service, newspaper Den on April 20. ly sought ways to secure its new freedom overdue. Privatization and other reforms degraded the development of democratic against Russian hegemony. Accordingly, it have stalled, foreign financial aid is in con- institutions, retarded the constitutional Ukraine is at a critical crossroads in its embarked on a European-oriented nation- stant jeopardy of being suspended, and imperative of devolving authority to the development as an independent state. It is building exercise. Ukraine successfully laid democracy is weaker than at any other time regions and stymied economic reform. confronted with choices that will determine out the framework for the development of since independence. The government inter- Over the past five years it has also fos- the future of democracy in Ukraine and vital democratic institutions – a balance of feres with local and parliamentary election tered the emergence of another post-Soviet impact upon the security and stability of power between Parliament, the president results and harasses the media with impuni- phenomenon: the oligarchs. As in Russia, Europe: whether to pursue a course like and an independent judiciary, the provision ty. Ukraine is on the verge of being sus- the current structure of government is [that of] Poland, of further integration into for local self-government, and constitutional pended from the Council of Europe for vio- propped up by so-called clans of financiers the European family of nations, or to follow guarantees of human rights and freedoms, lations of human rights, electoral fraud, and industrialists who enter into cozy and Belarus into a murky pan-Slavic union led property rights and the like. Ukraine repression of the media and interference lucrative relationships with the nomenklatu- by an economically crippled, increasingly achieved membership in the Council of with the independence of the judiciary. ra to divide up the wealth and power of the chaotic Russia. Europe (ahead of Russia); it solemnly Ukraine’s nation-building efforts have state. They specialize in rigging privatiza- Two events in March have painted these promised to enact reforms to transform not resulted in Polish-style economic vitali- tion programs in order to cheaply acquire options in stark relief. The first was the post-Soviet Ukrainian society in accordance ty, but in stagnation and economic collapse. state assets. As respected economist Anders symbolic vote on March 3 by the with the democratic values, norms and stan- As the 21st century approaches, Ukraine is Aslund has noted, Ukraine has effectively Verkhovna Rada to join the CIS dards of human rights required of member- confronted by the specter of unrelenting become a closed joint stock company Parliamentary Assembly. The second was states. Only three years ago, the passage of misery for its people, debt default, currency caught in the grip of its oligarchs. the admission of Poland, the Czech the Constitution of Ukraine was heralded by collapse, the imperial embrace of Russia The oligarchs were initially content to Republic and Hungary to NATO. Ukraine’s the Council of Europe as the embodiment of and resurgence of the Communist-led left. merely become obscenely rich. However, the allure of power proved too strong. With choices are clear. However, the route it will European constitutional progress. Popular attitudes toward democracy, reform the parliamentary elections held last year, ultimately choose is more ambiguous. On the economic front, Ukraine defeated and the national ideal are characterized by the oligarchs emerged from the shadows to At its root, the debate over Ukraine’s hyperinflation, achieved a respectable cynicism, skepticism and fatigue rather than run for seats in Parliament. They invested future course belies a profound struggle degree of macroeconomic stabilization, suc- by hope, faith and contentment. heavily in their campaigns, attracted by the within the Ukrainian nation to identify its cessfully introduced a new currency, priva- Where did Ukraine go wrong? What are immunity from prosecution [granted to par- place in the world; a world which it only tized most small and medium businesses its future prospects? liamentarians] their commercial activities feebly comprehends and that poorly under- and established a legislative framework for The response to these questions goes to would enjoy, the veneer of respectability stands Ukraine. Ukraine’s history of foreign market development. the heart of the Soviet legacy in Ukraine. A they would gain and, above all, the direct domination, colonial servitude and divided To facilitate this process, the Verkhovna defining characteristic of post-Soviet socie- power and influence they would wield not rule has left deep scars on the national psy- Rada not only passed laws on privatization ty is the continued depth and breadth of just over the distribution of state property, che. It has left the new state woefully unpre- and foreign investment, since 1993 it has power exercised by the state over every delegated to the government and the presi- but the direction of the economy as well. pared to define its national ideals and objec- aspect of a citizen’s life. The Soviet nomen- The result has been the effective crimi- tives in a brave new world. dent extraordinary powers to regulate the klatura was able to retain power in Ukraine economy by decree. nalization of the Verkhovna Rada. From an The country’s leaders, Ukraine’s legacy after independence in 1991. During the institution of democracy, the Ukrainian from the Soviet Union, are more interested Disappointment Soviet period, it wielded tremendous Parliament is being transformed into a shel- in pursuing and preserving selfish commer- administrative control over the people’s ter for the criminally inclined. cial/financial interests than they are in defin- The tragedy of these efforts is that, with lives and activity. Today the nomenklatura ing and securing Ukraine’s strategic inter- few exceptions, Ukraine has only imitated continues to exercise a virtual monopoly on (Continued on page 14)

Yale University’s Economic Growth Center, Robert of the journal Krytyka, gave presentations at the final Role of Ukraine... Evenson. Explaining the complexities of Ukraine’s shad- panel, “Literature and Culture,” which was chaired by (Continued from page 10) ow economy was the Financial Times’ corespondent in Prof. Grabowicz of Harvard. Dr. Rubchak’s topic was pants included Taras Kuzio, an honorary research fellow at Ukraine, Charles Clover. European Bank for “Ukraina and Amerika: Constructing Hyper-realities”; the Ukraine Center, University of North London, whose Reconstruction and Development Senior Counselor Joel Ms. Pavlychko’s, “Commemorating Kotliarevskyi and presentation was titled “The National Factor in Ukraine’s Hellman’s presentation was titled “The Political Economy the Birth of Ukrainian Literature in 1898 and 1899: An Quadruple Transition” and Dominique Arel, assistant pro- of Partial Reform in Ukraine,” and the Managing Director Examination of Cultural Discourses” and Mr. Ryabchuk fessor of political science at Brown University, who of Bank Creditanstalt-Ukraine Oleksander Savchenko “A Queen without a Court: The Current State of addressed the issue of the Ukrainian state and identity for- spoke about Ukraine in transition. Ukrainian Literature.” mation. Bohdan Rubchak of the University of Illinois, The conference concluded with a roundtable led by On April 24 the morning session was devoted to eco- Solomea Pavlychko of the National University of Kyiv- Prof. Goldblatt and Bohdan Nahaylo, senior policy advi- nomics and society, and was chaired by the director of Mohyla Academy and Mykola Ryabchuk, deputy editor sor, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Solomea Pavlychko Georgii Kasianov Oleksander Savchenko 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 No. 24 UNA Seniors celebrate 25th year by Mary Bobeczko and Anna Chopek KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The Ukrainian National Association Seniors first met here at the UNA estate, Soyuzivka, during the week of November 1, 1975, but the organization was actually founded in 1974, making year its 25th anniversary. Stephen Kuropas, supreme vice-presi- dent of the Ukrainian National Association, was instrumental in getting 52 Ukrainian seniors together for their first meeting. Mr. Kuropas presided as chairman of the three-day conference, assisted by Maria Demydchuk Chuchman, co-chairman, and Jaroslaw Padoch, secretary. Chairman Kuropas asked Marion Burbella to assume the duties of secretary and treasurer for the coming year, to con- tribute a column called “The Senior Citizens’ Corner” to The Ukrainian Weekly, and to make plans for the upcom- ing conference and banquet. The Ukrainian National Association Seniors at their June 1998 conference at Soyuzivka. The main project was to convince the Ukrainian National Association Executive and minutes are taken in both languages. • Treasurers – Ms. Burbella, paintings at Soyuzivka, while Dr. Committee that there was a need for a Seniors must be active UNA members, at Volodymyr Renner, Mykola Avramchuk, Baranowska read excerpts from his home for the Ukrainian seniors. least 60 years of age, and members of the Maria Gerus, Helen Chornomaz, Regina humorous writing. After many years of discussion, the UNA Seniors. Members attending pay V. Dziubaniuk and Olga Paproskis; For several years, Dr. Baranowskyj and seniors home Halych was built and dedi- nominal dues and a registration fee. They • executive vice-presidents – Mr. Dr. Roman Procyk, an activist of the cated in 1986. Unfortunately it is not come from various states, as far west as Slobodian and Ms. Orlan; and Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, fully occupied by senior citizens, but it New Mexico, as far south as Florida and • vice-presidents – John Laba and Sam have kept the members up to date on cur- has been put to good use during the sum- as far north as New Hampshire, as well as Liteplo. rent events in Ukraine. mer months in providing extra rooms for many other states in between. Over the past 25 years, members have Dr. Chopek has given numerous talks vacationers. The construction of homes The success of the UNA Seniors has shared their knowledge and expertise in on probate, wills, trusts and other legal for seniors on the land owned by the been due to the leadership, dedication and preparing and presenting programs for the matters of interest to the seniors. Ukrainian National Association adjacent devotion of its officers: UNA Seniors conferences. They have Mr. Woloshyn and Eugene Moroz have to Soyuzivka was also discussed. • Presidents – Dr. Volodymyr Sawchak, donated their time in organizing displays conducted auctions of Ukrainian-style In the 1970s the association had a col- Mykola Avramchuk, Dr. Roman of folk arts, slides, photos and fine art, and items, and Marie Prucknicki and Cornelia umn in The Ukrainian Weekly about the Borkowsky, Dr. Oleh Wolansky, Dr. screenings of the UNA-sponsored film Yavarow conducted raffles. seniors’ activities written by Ms. Baranowskyj, Mr. Kuropas, Mr. Woloshyn “Helm of Destiny” and various Ukrainian As a result of their efforts, and the Burbella and Mr. Kuropas. Since then, and Dr. Chopek; videos. generosity of the UNA Seniors, a total of many articles have been submitted to the • conference chairpersons and co-chair- In 1992 the first anniversary of $6,980 was raised during the years 1992- Svoboda and to The Ukrainian Weekly persons – Mr. Kuropas, Mary Dushnyck, Ukraine’s independence was celebrated. 1998. A sum of $1,000 of that amount by Eugene Woloshyn, Mary Bobeczko, Paula Riznyk, Dr. Borkowsky, Dr. UNA Supreme Advisor Anne Remick was donated to the Ukrainian National Dr. Roman Baranowskyj and Attorney Baranowskyj, Irene Russnak, John Laba, headed the committee of Boston members Foundation to be used for Soyuzivka Anna Chopek. Estelle Woloshyn, Mrs. Bobeczko and Dr. preparing the program. Desktop Ukrainian projects. One-half of the remainder was The by-laws unanimously adopted at Chopek; flags were given as souvenirs. donated to the Children of Chornobyl the 16th Conference on June 21, 1990, • Ukrainian secretaries and conference In 1996 Joseph Lesawyer, former Relief Fund, while the other half went to state that the purpose of the UNA Seniors secretaries – Dr. Padoch, Dr. Helen supreme president of the Ukrainian the Babusia Fund of the Ukrainian is to support the UNA in its endeavors to Hirniak, Dr. Iryna Kramarchuk, Sylvester National Association, spoke about the National Women’s League of America. preserve and cultivate the Ukrainian her- Martiuk, Dr. Mykola Cenko, Dr. Oleh inauguration of the Chornobyl Memorial In previous years, donations were made itage, to promote unity, develop social Wolansky, Dr. Stefania Baranowska, Forest and his participation in planting of to many Ukrainian organizations, includ- activities and to maintain Ukrainian com- Volodymtr Pryjmak, Helen Trenkler and its first tree. Members donated $595, ing The Ukrainian Museum in New York munity life in America. Jurij Swyschuk; which was sent to American Forests for City. $2,000 has been donated to the The five-day conferences are started • English-language secretaries and con- trees to be planted in Ocklawaha Prairie Foundation in Support of Diplomatic with members attending a divine liturgy at ference secretaries – Ms. Burbella, Anne in Florida, as well as in the Kyiv, Poltava Missions of Ukraine, and a total of the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Dubas, Daniel Slobodian, John Laba, and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine. $12,340 has been donated to the Children Church in Kerhonkson. The conferences Joseph Irka, Olga Liteplo, Eva Uzych, In 1998 Mrs. Russnak gave a presenta- are conducted in Ukrainian and English, Mrs. Bobeczko and Alice Orlan; tion on the meanings of Edward Kozak’s (Continued on page 13)

St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church Choir performs at the 1998 seniors Seen during the UNA Seniors banquet in 1984 are “UNA King” Nicholas Bobeczko conference. (On the left is Anne Remick, former UNA advisor.) with (from left) his wife, Mary, Dr. Mykola Cenko and Mary Bednarczuk. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 13

UNA Seniors... (Continued from page 12) of Chornobyl Relief Fund. Year after year, bingo games have been organized by Nicholas and Mary Bobeczko, John and Helen Laba, and Mr. Liteplo. Ukrainian sing-alongs have been conducted by Mrs. Liteplo and Mr. Moroz at bonfires, on the Veselka deck and at parties. Emilian Jurchynsky photographed all events. Arrangements for square dancing and line dancing were made by Ms. Orlan. A ballroom dancing class was conducted by Michael and Stefania Babiak. Registration was taken care of by Helen Chornomaz, Myroslawa Powch, Mrs. Bobeczko, Olga Paproski and Dr. Baranowska. Local residents of Kerhonkson, Mr. Slobodian, Ms. Orlan and Dr. Baranowska, were always avail- able to make the local contacts necessary to carry out the scheduled programs. UNA Presidents Dr. Lesawyer, John Flis and Ulana Diachuk, as well as UNA Secretary Martha Lysko have spent many hours meeting with the UNA Seniors to discuss problems facing the UNA – in particular, the need to enroll new mem- bers and present information about new UNA insurance policies. Many trips have been taken over the A view of the cocktail hour on the Veselka patio held before the “embroidery ball” in 1990. years, most of which were arranged by Dr. Baranowska. Trips were taken to churches, director of the Children of Chornobyl such as the Ukrainian Catholic Church at Relief Fund; Irene Kurowckyj, president the Ukrainian Homestead in Lehighton, of the National Council of Women, UNA Pa., the Ukrainian Catholic Church in President Diachuk, UNA Secretary Lysko, Hunter, N.Y., and to the Ukrainian Catholic George Sawicki, architect of The Cemetery in Hamptonburg, N.Y. Trips to Ukrainian Museum’s new building in the Vanderbilt Mansion, the Roosevelt New York City, and Oksana Trytjak, coor- Home, Hyde Park, N.Y., West Point, dinator of the UNA-sponsored English Albany, N.Y., the Statue of Liberty and Teachers for Ukraine program. Ellis Island, and a cruise on the Hudson The vigil for the victims of Chornobyl River also were arranged. Verkhovyna, the during the 1996 banquet was a memo- Ukrainian Fraternal Association’s resort in rable event. Women wearing Ukrainian Glen Spey, N.Y., the Ukrainian National embroidered dresses and blouses and Association Home Offices in Jersey City carrying candles formed a living wreath. and Parsippany, N.J., The Ukrainian Honorary guest and former president Mr. Museum in New York and The Woloshyn lighted the first candle and, as Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York the lights dimmed, the candles were lit City – for the “Glory of Byzantium” exhib- one by one, while Dr. Baranowska recit- it – also were memorable stops. ed a poem about Chornobyl. A prayer The highlight of each conference is the was recited by the Rev. Wolodymyr elegant banquet and the cocktail party that Zaiats, followed by a moment of silence. preceeds it. In the early days, there was The choir of St. Andrew’s Ukrainian much pageantry in presenting the UNA Orthodox Church in Boston, directed by king and queen of the ball. On the 10th Mr. Moroz, gave a beautiful rendition of anniversary, Dr. Nicholas Bobeczko and “Otche Nash” (Our Father). Maria Cybak were crowned at the ban- For the past 25 years, UNA members quet. In subsequent years, a formal grand from all over the United States have march of members wearing Ukrainian enjoyed attending the seniors confer- embroidered dresses, blouses and shirts ences at Soyuzivka. Not only have they became a regular part of the banquets. developed lasting friendships, but they Many notable guests were invited to have also maintained their ties with their speak at the banquets. Among them were: Ukrainian heritage as well. It is hoped Viktor Batiuk and Anatolii Zlenko, the Ukrainian National Association Ukraine’s ambassadors to the United Seniors will flourish in the years to Ambassador Anatolii Zlenko delivers the keynote address at the 1996 conference Nations; Nadia Matkiwsky, executive come. banquet. On the left is Anna Chopek, UNA Seniors president.

Seniors about to board their bus for a trip to Hunter, N.Y., during the 1984 conference. UNA Seniors enjoy a sing-along during a bonfire at the 1987 conference. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 No. 24

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Thus, it does not follow that a victory in the states of Ohio, Illinois and Michigan. Ukraine at the crossroads... October 1999 for President Kuchma consti- Statement and appeal... The Auditing Committee appeals, not (Continued from page 14) tutes a victory for the democratic process (Continued from page 5) only to members of the UNA, but to the toward the Polish option. Promoting demo- over the Communist hordes he would like It should be noted that the Executive is entire patriotic Ukrainian community to the West to see in Parliament. In fact, it is cratic values in countries like Ukraine and making all efforts to improve organizing become readers of the weekly Svoboda. best for the development of democracy in facilitating the construction of institutions of activity aimed at enrolling new members. The Auditing Committee also appeals to Ukraine that President Kuchma not be re- civil society remain in the long term inter- the younger generation, to young couples elected. Another term will only perpetuate Evidence of this is seen in the fact that a ests of peace and security in Europe. By and professionals to become subscribers further social and economic stagnation course for all secretaries is planned for helping empower non-governmental organi- to The Ukrainian Weekly, which is con- along with instability. Based on the results Soyuzivka. This will enable them to zations, civic associations, along with pro- sidered to be the best English-language of the president’s policies to date, in a new become better acquainted with the new fessional and business groups to demand ethnic newspaper. term we can expect further expansion of the classes of insurance offered by the UNA. greater accountability and services from The Auditing Committee calls on offi- state’s monopoly of power, further suppres- It also should be mentioned that in their government, conditions will be set for cers of districts and branches of the UNA sion of dissent, further criminalization of order to improve organizing activity the an improvement in governance, especially to fulfill the quotas assigned them. the Ukrainian economy through the influx UNA signed an agreement in January of at the local level. The infusion of Western of Russian capital, a continued poor invest- this year with the fraternal organization liberal values will, over time, break the gov- For the Auditing Committee: ment climate for Western capital, the con- Western Catholic Union that will help us ernment’s stranglehold on power, and facili- tinued spread of corruption, and the contin- develop organizing activity. The profes- William Pastuszek, chairman tate democratic and market reforms. ued degradation of the rule of law and dem- sional director of insurance sales of Stefan Hawrysz, vice-chairman Further, the NATO Partnership for Peace ocratic development. If he loses, like former Western Catholic Union will help the Dr. Alexander Serafyn, secretary Program serves to promote Ukrainian self- President Kravchuk, he will go into opposi- UNA hire trained insurance salespersons. Myron Groch, member confidence in withstanding Russian territo- tion to a new president. A fresh team would This trial campaign is planned to begin in Yaroslav Zaviysky, member rial aspirations (especially vis-à-vis Crimea) come to power, breaking the grip of the to foster among Ukrainians a sense of existing oligarchs over the country. belonging to the European democratic polit- Having cloaked himself in the garb of ical community and to blunt the attraction reform and democracy, President Kuchma of a Slavic union. It also reinforces a mes- will continue to profane both concepts in sage the West should consistently repeat to the eyes of the people. Inept and corrupt Russia: that Russian bullying of any of its government policies inevitably give credi- neighbors will not be tolerated. bility and credence to communists and oth- Ukrainian decision-makers, on their part, ers who crave a reconstituted Soviet Union. find engagement with NATO at this level Just as President Kuchma needs the com- convenient. The relationship poses little risk Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ·Óβ˜Ó˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛, ˘Ó Û ˜ÂÚ‚Âð, 3 ˜Âð‚Ìfl 1999 ð. ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ munists to oppose him to have any chance ‚¥‰ Ì‡Ò Ì‡¯‡ ‰ÓðÓ„‡ ¥ ÌÂÁ‡·ÛÚÌfl åÄåÄ and allows Ukraine to keep its options open. for a second term, so too the Communists The leadership fully realizes that NATO is need a Kuchma victory to drive the econo- not prepared to offer Ukraine partnership in my further into the ground, further discredit ·Î. Ô. the Atlantic alliance any time soon. the concepts of reform and democracy, and On the other hand, there are two ways in assure them a future majority in Parliament. åÄêßü ëéÑéåéêÄ ÅÄóàçëúäÄ which the West is actually making the cur- In short, President Kuchma’s re-election rent situation worse. First, it is foolish to will ensure the ultimate victory of the very ̇ð. 29 Ò¥˜Ìfl 1911 ð. 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Western donors and inter- strong president and a weak parliament. The – ìãüçÄ national financial institutions have allowed result in Russia and Belarus has been a slide themselves to be cynically manipulated by toward autocracy. Ukraine went a different èÓÊÂðÚ‚Ë ‚ ԇϒflÚ¸ ÔÓÍ¥ÈÌÓª ÔðÓÒËÏÓ ÒÍ·‰‡ÚË Ì‡ Ukrainian officials and have nothing to route, building into its Constitution a rea- ãúÇßÇëúäì ÅéÉéëãéÇëúäì ÄäÄÑÖåßû show for their efforts but frustration. The sonable balance and separation of authority c/o Ukrainian Catholic Education Fund, Chicago, IL 60622. current leadership leverages Ukraine’s between the executive, legislative and judi- geopolitical importance to the West, safe in cial branches of power based on democratic Ç¥˜Ì‡ ªÈ ԇϒflÚ¸! the knowledge that, despite flouted condi- principles. tions, Ukraine will get most of what it has The Verkhovna Rada, like all of been promised. These are classic Soviet tac- Ukraine’s embryonic democratic institu- tics, executed by skilled practitioners. tions, is imperfect. It is not generally This raises a second issue. The West is viewed as a catalyst for reform in Ukraine, On the fifth anniversary of the death (June 21, 1994) now faced with a dilemma of its own mak- yet all Ukraine’s achievements in the twin of our beloved ing. Initially, donors believed President processes of reform and democratic devel- Kuchma’s rhetoric that Ukraine was pursu- opment are associated with the Parliament. ing pro-Western policies and that the This supposedly leftist institution laid the OLEH SLUZAR, MD Ukrainian leadership was genuinely inter- constitutional foundation for democracy in ested in economic reform. The West, partic- Ukraine. It initially proclaimed sovereignty, ularly America, having made out President then independence for Ukraine. It initiated liturgies for the repose of his soul will be celebrated Kuchma to be a reformer, is now not sure the interim Constitutional Accord to diffuse at the following places of worship what to do about him. Although it has seen tensions with the executive, then passed a through the rhetoric, the West feels it has no very democratic Constitution, one which choice but to continue to back the existing the president opposed. New York, June 20, 12 noon, St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church regime, however reluctantly, in the face of Parliament, therefore, is a key institution Philadelphia (Melrose Park), June 20, 9 a.m., Annunciation BVM the so-called Red revanche. in Ukraine’s democratic development. Ternopil (Ukraine) June 21, Redemptorist Monastery This position is as dangerous as it is Under present circumstances, is a vital bul- wrong. Things are seldom what they seem wark to Ukrainian national security against in the former Soviet Union, and playing any unconstitutional expansion of executive The Salij, Shmigel, Sluzar and Zmurkewycz families politics by betting on one politician is a power. fool’s game. Politics in Ukraine is not a There is a need for a leadership change zero-sum game. Palatable alternatives from in Ukraine for Ukraine to reach its demo- the right and left exist for Ukraine from cratic potential and become a fully integrat- among the current potential candidates for ed member of the European family of president and need to be objectively nations. The West must maintain its engage- DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS assessed by Western policy analysts. ment with and pressure on Ukraine over the short to medium term. 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THE JOINT CONFERENCES OF Librarians schedule D.C. session by Jurij Dobczansky activities; forming special- interest groups; UKRAINIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS establishing communication standards; W ASHINGTON – “Reassessment and developing human resources – member- Renewal” is the theme for this year’s annu- ship; and working with the library profes- Cordially Invite the Community & Friends al meeting of the Ukrainian Library sion in Ukraine. Association of America (ULAA) to be held In addition, the following subject areas Friday, June 25, at the Hyatt Regency will be explored: academic research, Ridna JUNE 26, 1999 Crystal City in Arlington, Va. The meeting Shkola (Ukrainian studies schools), com- ~ is one of several concurrent gatherings of munity and church libraries, Ukrainian major Ukrainian American professional resources on the web, museums and special organizations across the Potomac from the collections. AA GALAGALA DINNERDINNER DANCEDANCE nation’s capital. The ULAA, a tax-exempt, non-profit ~ On-site registration opens at 8 a.m. and organization founded in 1961, is committed the meeting convenes at 8:45 a.m. featuring Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel to promoting Ukrainian libraries and librar- opening remarks by Jurij Dobczansky, ianship. Following nearly a decade of inac- Arlington, Virginia ULAA president. tivity, the ULAA’s activity was revived in Presentations will be made by: 1997 during the 16th annual Conference on • Aletta Waterhouse, Congressional Ukrainian Subjects at the University of Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel Cocktails: 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Research Service, “The program of Library Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. A board of 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway Dinner: 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. and Information Assistance to the directors was elected and a Ukrainian Arlington, Virginia 22202 Dance 10:00 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 1993-1996”; library electronic listserv was expanded to Tel. 800-233-1234 Exhibitors/Vendors 6:00.-12:00 a.m. • Lynn E. Brooks, Information include new members. An open house for Technology Services, Library of Congress, Ukrainian librarians was held at the Library “Digital Scanning of Library Collections” ~ Black Tie Preferred ~ of Congress during the 1998 annual con- and a report from the recent (June 5-13) vention of the American Library Students Welcome at Discounted Rates! Crimea ‘99 Library Conference; Association in Washington. • The Rev. Dr. Andrew T. Onuferko, For Hotel Rooms, Contact: Advance registration until June 20 and Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute additional information pertaining to all of Eastern Christian Studies, Ottawa, Courtyard Crystal City by Marriott Tel. (800) 847-4775 events of the joint conferences is available “Ukrainian Theological Libraries in North 2899 Jefferson Davis Highway $89 single/double occupancy at: conference hotline: 1-888-798-6262; America”; and Arlington, VA. 22202 Refer to “Ukrainian Events Week” http://www.brama.com/conference99. To • Areta Halibey, Ukrainian National contact the Ukrainian Library Association Museum, Chicago, “Library and Archives of America by email [email protected] or FOR REGISTRATION & additional information, please call UMANA U.S. at the Ukrainian National Museum in subscribe to the Ukrainian library listserv: toll-free at (888) 798-6262, or access information on the Internet at Chicago.” http://www.brama.com/lists/biblioteka. http://www.brama.com/conference99. Themes of the ULAA’s afternoon busi- The ULAA webpage (currently under ness meeting are: reassessing the associa- construction) is located at PLEASE NOTE, attendance at any Conference reception or event is subject to tion’s goals; renewing the association’s http://www.brama.com/ulaa/. space availability on a first-registered, first-served basis. Individuals who either: (i) have not registered & are not included on a reception list (for the Embassy, Congressional & State Department Receptions), or (ii) have not reg- Another recent shipment to Ukraine istered & have not obtained tickets for any ticketed event (the Dinner Dance New Jersey retiree... included 50 cartons of medical supplies & any of the luncheons), will not be admitted to the event. Since many of the (Continued from page 4) and over a ton of macaroni in addition to evening receptions are close to full capacity at this time, you must call hybrid potato, known as the “hairy potato,” seeds, farming equipment and clothing. UMANA in advance as to the current availability of a particular event. developed from a Peruvian potato for If readers have extra toys at home, reli- planting in Ukraine. gious articles and/or clothing, Mr. Horvath Unfortunately, the heavy rainfall last says he will find good use for it all and is summer destroyed the project’s crops willing to come pick up such donations. NEW NON-STOP JOINT SERVICE entirely after three years of propagation. He recognizes that this work follows the Thus, even today, potato beetles must be Gospel of Jesus Christ, who said: “I was picked off by hand, as they are capable of hungry and you fed me; naked and you NEW YORK - KYIV - TASHKENT destroying an entire crop within three days. clothed me.” This is due to the fact that pesticides are not To get in touch with Mr. Horvath, call widely available in Ukraine. Ukraine-PAC, (973) 831-5899. 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UABA to meet during Joint Conferences by Donna T. Pochoday entation on U.S. immigration law, includ- ing laws on inadmissibility and eligibility. WASHINGTON – The Ukrainian In making his presentation, Mr. Michniak American Bar Association (UABA) will draw on Pavlo Lazarenko’s recent (Asotsiyatsia Ukraiinskykh Pravnykiv petition for U.S. asylum and the harass- Ameryky) is one of the six main sponsor- ment of former members of Galicia ing organizations of the Joint Conferencse Division as case studies. of Ukrainian American Organizations that Attendees interested in legal and judi- will take place at the Hyatt Regency cial reform in Ukraine will benefit by SUMMER PROGRAMS 1999 Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Va., on attending a UABA session on that topic June 23-27. featuring such notable speakers as The other main sponsors of these con- Friday, July 2 Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. Anton 10:00 p.m. MIDNIGHT BIGUS – Trembita Lounge ferences include: The Washington Group Buteiko, Judge Bohdan Futey and Stephen (TWG), the Ukrainian Medical Nix, all of whom have direct experience Association of North America (UMANA), and knowledge of the legal reform Saturday, July 3 the Ukrainian National Credit Union ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Ukrainian Dancers of Miami processes in Ukraine. 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by ZOLOTA BULAVA and BURYA Association (UNCUA), the Ukrainian The UABA is also participating in a Engineers of America (UEA) and the joint panel titled “U.S.-Ukraine Business Ukrainian Librarians of America (ULA). Cooperation” with The Washington Group Sunday, July 4 Other organizations are sponsoring various during its Saturday, June 26, program. 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by BURYA receptions and/or participating in the con- Markian Silecky, along with Ukraine’s EXHIBIT – Ukrainian Items - all weekend ferences, while marketing support is being trade representative, Dr. Yaroslav Voitko, provided by The Ukrainian Weekly, Brama Nick Deychakiwsky (Eurasia Saturday, July 10 and Kontakt. 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The attor- president, Ms. Pochoday, on “Building a neys involved at various stages of these Successful Law Practice for 2000,” while Saturday, August 7 administrative and legal proceedings, lawyers from Drobenko & Piddoubny will ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Ensemble UKRAINIAN FAMILY Arthur Belendiuk (counsel for Serafyn address the legal area of “Civil Forfeitures 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by LUNA and UCCA), Donna T. Pochoday (counsel and Seizures.” A new slate of UABA offi- EXHIBIT – works of the K OZAK FAMILY for Nikolyszyn and president of the cers and board of governors will be elect- UABA), Askold Lozynskyj (UCCA) and ed during this meeting. Friday, August 13 William Crispin (legal adviser) will pres- Lawyers, law students and members of MIDNIGHT BIGUS – Trembita Lounge ent their respective analysis of the case the general public are invited to attend the and the settlement discussions. Attendees UABA program. 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the Irondequoit Rotary District, Kiwanis abstinence campaign and resisted Polish CCRF’s Rochester... Club, Rochester Ukrainian Federal An activist... efforts. These included the Plast Ukrainian (Continued from page 4) Credit Union, Ukrainian youth groups, (Continued from page 6) Youth Organization, the Ukrainian enhance their qualifications in the use of Knights of Columbus and the Basilian a cooperative store, an alcohol-free tea- Women’s League and Ridna Shkola. intensive care technology. Fathers to leverage more private and house and dairyhouse in Lviv, and present- The publishing activity of Vidrodzhennia continued to increase dur- Over the coming year, the CCRF corporate funding for the Poltava cam- ed numerous lectures outlining anti-alco- ing the 1930s under the leadership of Dr. hopes to expand its training program and paign. lrondequoit Town Supervisor holism principles. The first world war inter- Parfanovych. The journal came out to procure additional supplies for the Dave Schantz and former Supervisor rupted the society’s activities; after the war monthly; numerous newsletters, articles Poltava Maternity Unit once more fund- Sue Masters have pledged their support. Vidrodzhennia reorganized and began and books were circulated throughout the ing becomes available. The CCRF’s contribution to the expanding. communities – 86,000 pieces of literature The Rochester Chapter of the CCRF is Poltava effort received extensive cover- The society published a monthly journal in 1931 alone. Dr. Parfanovych authored planning several fund-raisers to promote age in the lrondequoit Press and the “My Molodi” (We Are Young) and anti- Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. The and published numerous books during the Poltava Initiative, including a major alcohol handbooks. By 1929 Halychyna this period. CCRF had delivered the first installment golf tournament at the Deerfield Country had enacted 400 anti-alcohol referendums, In 1934 the Polish government confiscat- of medical equipment to Poltava by the Club on September 18. The golf tourney of which the Polish government approved ed the Vidrodzhennia journal and began ter- end of April. The fund’s involvement in is being organized by a committee of only 198, that gave communities the power rorizing and arresting members. That same young businesspersons led by Roman the Poltava project is helping to lift spir- to close bars and alcohol retail stores. year marked the 25th anniversary of Lesiv, Bohdan Skrobach and Lesia its in the historic city, which will be cele- In February 1929 Vidrodzhennia held its Vidrodzhennia and commemorative events Telega. brating its 1,100th anniversary in second congress and elected a new board of were organized in Lviv over the objections The CCRF is working actively with September. governors. Soon afterwards, Dr. Ivan of the Poles. Rakovsky, chairman of the society, resigned Exhaustion, then apathy, began to set in his post, and Dr. Parfanovych, then vice- among the communities after the intense chair, took over. fervor of the preceding 25 years. In 1936 The financial director of Vidrodzhennia the anti-alcohol movement stopped in was Pylyp Volchuk, who later married Dr. Hutsulshchyna and Lemkivshchyna, the Parfanovych. Under the energetic director- mountain regions of western Ukraine. This ship of Dr. Parfanovych, Vidrodzhennia was especially troubling since people there worked diligently to promote the idea of produced alcohol in homemade stills, and abstinence. this “samohonka” was often poisonous, With its headquarters once again in Lviv, causing severe illness or even death. membership grew to 3,000. The publication Nonetheless, Vidrodzhennia continued of brochures, newsletters, books and the to work slowly but surely. As a result of journal Vidrodzhennia gained momentum. unsubstantiated criticism by community Contacts and exchanges were established organizations. Dr. Parfanovych resigned with international abstinence groups. In as director in 1937, as did her husband February 1930 marches and boycotts were and other members. The activity of organized throughout Lviv; a regional con- Vidrodzhennia continued until 1939, when ference was held in Transcarpathia. the invading Soviets disbanded In 1931 the Polish government began to Vidrodzhennia and all Ukrainian national terrorize and oppress supporters of organizations. Ukrainian nationalism. Poland worked Unfortunately 60 years later, in the inde- against Vidrodzhennia and its efforts, pendent Ukraine of the 1990s, alcohol and because a society that is addicted to alcohol drug abuse is flourishing. Vidrodzhennia and other substances is easy to control. should be reinstated and should continue the At the Poltava City Maternity Hospital, doctors gather around a neonate who recent- During this oppression the fervor of the fight against this national catastrophe of ly recovered from complications. From left are: Dr. Liudmyla Lapshyna, Dr. Stepan rebirth movement grew stronger. Other substance abuse. Vernyhora (neonatal specialist) and Chief Doctor Natalia Udovytska. Ukrainian organizations also joined the – Dr. Pavlo Pundy No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 19

her long journey to the West: first to Dr. Sofia Parfanovych... Austria, where she worked as a physician in Dr. Sofia Parfanovych’s literary legacy (Continued from page 6) Kufstein, later at a factory in Tyrol, where Dr. Sofia Parfanovych actively con- (Faithful Friend), the story of a faithful western Ukraine (1939-1941), all Ukrainian she supervised young girls who had been tributed to Ukrainian literature. She inherit- house cat, Bytsia, who, together with people organizations were ordered to disolve, and transported as forced laborers into Germany ed writing talent from her father and entered experiences peaceful times, then war and consequently ceased to function. from Eastern Europe, especially from the literary field with a collection of short emigration. In the end, the cat is left alone, Dr. Parfanovych closed her private prac- Ukraine. stories and novellas titled “Tsina Zhyttia” to die in Lemkivschyna. All of this is tice and worked as an assistant physician in After the American occupation of (The Price of Life), devoted to medical described with love and gentleness, and the department of gynecology at the Lviv Germany she moved with her husband to themes. This collection, edited by her hus- contrasted with dynamic war time events. Medical Institute. In 1941 she completed Augsburg, where she worked as a gynecol- band was published in Lviv in 1937. A longer novel “Na Skhreschynykh her doctoral thesis, “Metastasis of ogist in the international displaced persons As a physician, utilizing her experience Dorohakh” (At the Crossroads), published Malignant Primary Tumors of the Ovaries hospital from 1946 to 1949. and powers of psychological observation, in 1963 in Chicago, is filled with the empa- In 1949 Dr. Parfanovych emigrated to she illuminated the life of a sick person. As thy of a Ukrainian woman physician for to the Central Nervous System.” This work secured her the position of a docent at the the U.S.; at first she lived in Ohio, where an artist, she peered into the soul of a person unfortunate Ukrainian girls called “ostar- she worked in a hospital. Later she settled in doomed to die, or of person who is about to beiter.” She tries to take care of them, not Lviv Medical Institute. At the same time she devoted even more Detroit, where she passed the national board lose someone dear. This collection became just as a physician, but as a human being. exams in 1956 and became a licensed a master work and a revelation for the aver- energy to her position as the director of the Dr. Parfanovych’s novel for young peo- physician. She opened a private practice, age reader, as well as for literary specialists. medical technology school (medical nurses ple “Takyi Vin Buv” (He Was This Way, but was forced to close in 1959, due to a Dr. Parfanovych’s second collection of aide program). 1964) is the story of an ordinary dog named detached retina in her left eye and unsuc- short stories and vignettes, “Inshi Dni” Fik, who is faithful to his masters in good In 1940 she was sent to Kyiv to observe cessful surgery. (Other Days), was published in Augsburg, times and in bad. When his first masters are a school for nurses and midwives. There Dr. Between 1959 and 1962 she worked at a Germany, in 1948. The theme of the book is deported to Siberia, he suffers a real Parafanovych encoutnered Soviet reality, state psychiatric hospital in Lapeer, Mich. war events and the sense of mission on the tragedy. Fortunately Fik finds a new family which dampened her enthusiasm for social- In 1962, ended her medical career and part of a Ukrainian emigrés outside their with whom he shares his life and their ism. Her account of her experiences in Kyiv homeland, as well as the problems of a refugee life in Germany: bombings, forced was published in Augsburg, Germany, in devoted herself to writing. nation fighting for its freedom. labor on German farms or in factories, DP 1950. Dr. Sofia Parfanovych died during the Her third book, also printed in Augsburg camps, the process of repatriation. The book During the German occupation of west- night of December 27, 1968. A Ukrainian in 1948, consisted of short stories about the won first prize from the Women’s Literary ern Ukraine (1941-1944), Dr. Parfanovych physician, writer and community activist, Boyko regions, titled “Zahorila Polonyna” Contest Foundation of Mary Beck in reopened her private gynecological practice the 100th anniversary of her birth was cele- (The Polonyna is Burning). The author Detroit in the category of novels for youth. and worked as chief gynecologist at the brated at Chicago’s Ukrainian National described the lives of these mountain people In 1967 Dr. Parfanovych published Narodnia Lichnytsia clinic. Simultaneously Museum and in Lviv, where a monograph under Polish domination between the two “Karus i My” (Karus and We), an autobiog- she wrote articles to the Ukrainian press and about her life and work was published by world wars, the great storms and floods of raphy and biography of her car, Karus. She worked on her literary works, which were Shevchenko Scientific Society and a schol- 1941 that devasted the forests in describes, not so much the car itself, as the later published in Augsburg (1948). arly conference in her memory was organ- Boykivschyna, the capture and deportation people and things she sees and observes Near the end of World War II she began ized by the Ukrainian Medical Society. of young people to Germany for forced while traveling in the car. Over and over labor, and about the Boykos, who resisted again her thoughts drift to her beloved three occupying forces. The dialogues are Ukraine, and she dreams how she would written in pure Boyko dialect. travel all over her homeland in her Karus. UKRAINIAN ENGINEERS’ SOCIETY OF AMERICA In her last book to be published in Two of her books were published Washington, D.C. Germany, in 1950, was “V Kyevi v 1940 posthumously. One of these “Liudy i Rotsi” (In Kyiv in 1940), the author writes Tvaryny” (People and Animals) is a collec- June 25-26, 1999 about a trip to Kyiv, where she encountered tion of short stories and vignettes released communist reality with its lies, deception in 1970. As in the previous books, animals and systematic Russification of cultural life. occupy a prominent place, as the author was SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE In 1949, Dr. Parfanovych emigrated to very close to animals, she trusted them and SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE the U.S. where, besides professional arti- loved them very much. FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1999 cles, she continued published two works in Her last book “Popid Kycheramy ta Nad 1954: “Pages of an Unread Novel,” in Potokom” (Under the Peaks at the Stream), 4 memory of Natalia Rudnytsky-Chaplenko, was published in 1974 by Prof. Vasyl Lev. 9:00 a.m. OPENING REMARKS and “At the Forest Reserve,” on one of her A chronicle of Dr. Parfanovych’s family life – Dr. Lev Dobriansky, President of the UESA favorite themes: nature. and that of her father, Mykola, the “staryi 4 In 1959 Dr. Parfanovych published a pan” (old man) in the region of Rozluchcha 9:15 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS new book “Liubliu Dibrovu” (I Love near Old Sambir, where he built himself a – Dr. Anton D. Buteiko, Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA Dibrova), about the holiday resort near summer home and kept his animals. Detroit, followed in 1964 by “Charivna As a physician and humanist Dr. 4 Dibrova.” The theme of both novels is peo- Parfanovych devoted her life to the improv- 10:00 a.m. SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ple and wildlife on a small plot of land near ing the standard of health of her nation. She – Dr. V. Garber, President, Garber International Associates a small lake. She also describes the life of used her medical knowledge for the good of – Prof. Roald Sagdeev, Director, East-West Space Science Center Plast members, their traditions and their her nation, and served her people by work- – Academician Yaroslav Yatskiv, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine devotion to the Ukrainian heritage. ing in women’s and humanitarian organiza- – Dr. Michael Yarymovych, Moderator, President, International Academy of Astronautics In 1961 publisher Mykola Denesiuk tions, and via the power of her pen. released Dr. Parfanovych’s novel about the 4 life of a domestic cat “Virnyi Pryiatel” – Dr. Pavlo Pundy 2:00 p.m. RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE – Dr. Marta Cehelsky, National Science Foundation bent than the communists again.” – Dr. George Gamota, Science & Technology Management Associates – Mr. Walter Stottman, The World Bank Programs in Ukraine The irony of Ukraine’s 1999 presiden- Tkachenko’s... – Dr. Victor Los, Ukrainian Land and Resource Management Center tial polls is that it was President Kuchma (Continued from page 2) – Mr. Serhiy Kulik, Moderator, World Bank dislike is shared by their electorate. and his aides who helped Mr. Tkachenko To face Mr. Tkachenko in the second gain the post of Parliament chairman in round of voting would be the worst-case 1998 and thus become a major political SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1999 figure. Their aim was to remove former scenario for Mr. Kuchma. The best would 4 be to compete with Mr. Symonenko and to Rada Chairman Mr. Moroz from the spot- 10:00 a.m. UKRAINE’S ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL SPACE PROGRAMS deal with him the way Russian President light of Ukrainian politics and thus to neu- Boris Yeltsin handled Communist Party tralize, as was widely believed, Mr. – Mr. John D. Schumacher, National Aeronautics and Space Administration leader Gennadii Zyuganov in the 1996 Kuchma’s biggest presidential rival. – Dr. Michael Yarymovych, President, International Academy of Astronautics presidential elections in Russia: namely, by Now it looks as though fate has played – Academician Yaroslav Yatskiv, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine referring to the “red threat” and mobilizing a nasty trick on President Kuchma, pitting votes under the slogan, “Better the incum- him against yet another Rada chairman. The conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel, course of its celebration, with additional 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. Philadelphia Tryzub... competitions, various events during the (Continued from page 9) year, and with a display of memorabilia and All engineers, especially members of the Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America awards at the Ukrainian Museum Archives are invited to attend With the tournament Cleveland Lviv early next year. kicked off its 50th anniversary celebra- Responsibility for the next Ukrainian tion, which will extend through the sum- soccer tournament for the Great Lakes mer of 2000. The club, originally known Cup was passed from the Cleveland Lviv as Orlyk, was created by a group of sports tournament director, Mr. Holubec, to enthusiasts late in 1949 and played its first Vlodko Hnatiuk of Detroit Chernyk. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY official soccer season in 1950. Detroit will play host on May 27 and 28, Visit our archive on the Internet at: The club will share its successes with the 2000, and Toronto will take responsibili- http://www.ukrweekly.com/ greater Cleveland community over the ty for the 2001 tournament. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 No. 24

“the big Ukrainian,” related that one of Mr. Medvedev fails... Medvedev’s greatest supporters in his eye- (Continued from page 8) opening run to the French Open champi- cal mishaps. According to an Associated onship game was his opponent in the final, Press report of June 2, the Kyivan’s career Mr. Agassi. has been “a series of shuttles between ten- But the factor that got the Kyivan the nis courts, hospitals and physical therapy. most press was a resurgence in his romance During the past six years, he’s had knee sur- with German tennis player Anke Huber. gery, a fractured wrist, back injuries, shoul- After his victory over Mr. Kuerten, der problems and more.” Steve Wilstein of AP wrote: “Love To reach the championship’s deciding means nothing in tennis, and yet for match, Mr. Medvedev, who was unseeded Andrei Medvedev it means everything. at the outset, defeated perennial world No In this most romantic of cities, where 1. of the U.S. 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, lovers kiss under every lamppost, 6-3 in the second round, and 1997 French Medvedev is fairly glowing as he finds Open Champion of himself in the French Open semifinals 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinal. and back in the arms of [Ms. Huber].” Mr. Medvedev was modest about the “He’s changed coaches and he’s changed shocking ease of his dispatching of Mr. girlfriends, but the one he keeps coming Sampras, saying the American was at his back to is Huber,” Mr. Wilstein wrote. weakest on clay. (Despite his over- “When they decided to get together again a whelming success elsewhere, Mr. couple of months ago after a long separa- Sampras once again failed to achieve tion, Medvedev knew the relationship was what his compatriot finally managed this unique. I don’t want to offend anybody that year.) I’ve ever been with before, but there is However, a week later after the match, something special about Anke,’ Medvedev Mr. Medvedev admitted that he was said. ‘Otherwise, we wouldn’t be coming inspired by his triumph that day. “Beating back to each other all the time.’ ” Pete, it doesn’t matter if it’s on clay or mud The Kyivan told reporters at a June 2 or water,” he said. “You beat him in press conference: “At the moment ... I’m backgammon, you feel good.” very happy because my private life is set- The other victories included 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 tled. We’re not getting married, at least this over Romania’s in the first year. We’ll leave it at that.” round, 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 over Byron Black of the U.S. in the third, and 7-6, 7-6, 6-1 over Arnaud Di Pasquale of France in the fourth. Newsbriefs Prior to his hard-fought semifinal win, (Continued from page 2) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6), over Brazil’s Kuchma takes credit for national stability Fernando Meligeni, he couldn’t sleep and during the match itself had to be assisted by KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma told his trainer to overcome cramps, dizziness journalists on June 3 that the creation of a and nausea. stable society is one of the main achieve- Help from friends and love ments of his presidency, Interfax reported. He admitted, however, that Ukraine has According to NBC and USA Network failed to make the economic progress “we Ukrainian Sitch Sports School commentator John McEnroe, two months had the right to expect.” On June 2, the 1969 -1999 An Unforgettable Learning Experience ago Mr. Medvedev wondered whether he group collecting signatures for President should quit the game altogether after a dis- Kuchma announced that it has gathered 1.3 LEARN SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, SWIMMING, TENNIS FROM AN OUTSTANDING STAFF mal performance at a tournament in Monte million. A presidential candidate needs to THAT HAS BEEN HAND-PICKED TO WORK WITH ALL AGES AND ABILITY GROUPS. Carlo, but then was put back on track by his have 1 million signatures by July 13 in Place: “Verkhovyna” Resort, Glen Spey, N.Y. friends. Mr. McEnroe, who affectionately order to run in the election. 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UKEUKEFOR THELL NEXTODEONODEONGENERATION How my “matura” paid off! Parma students win essay contest PARMA, Ohio – Four students of the basis for an essay on the topic by Stephen Vitvitsky St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic “Why I Am Proud to Be an When someone mentions Saturday morning, three things come to School were chosen as winners in an American.” mind: enjoying a bowl of Lucky Charms while sitting in front of the essay contest sponsored by the Students were videotaped at the the- TV watching cartoons; sleeping in until lunch time; and, of course, nationally known Carousel Dinner ater delivering their essays, and the Ukrainian school, which is the last thing a kid wants to do on Theater in Akron, Ohio. Thirty stu- film will be presented during the Saturday morning. Waking up early to your mother telling you, “get dents in all were chosen from a 10- course of the original production up or you will be late!” – well, it’s not exactly the ideal way to start your weekend. county area. “American Jubilee,” a patriotic flash- Most children wonder what good “Uke school” will do for them, SJS winners are Orysia Gudz, Alex back to run for three months this sum- and why they have to attend. The obvious reasons are: Mom and Moysaenko, Christopher Oseredczuk mer at the theater. The students and Dad say you have to go, it makes your grandparents happy, and it’s and Markian Zyga. Each SJS student their parents are to be guests of the an opportunity to hang out with your Ukrainian friends whom you used his or her Ukrainian heritage as theater for a performance. might not see on a regular basis (possibly the only reason that kids might buy). I remember thinking to myself: Why do I have to do this? Ridna Shkola pupils send greetings Couldn’t I just learn all this from my Baba? I probably could have, but finishing Ukrainian school and passing the “matura” (the com- prehinsive final exam) turned out to be much more beneficial. Two months ago, I found out that I could take a small examina- tion in the Slavic department at my university in order to test my proficiency in Ukrainian. Big deal you say? I was also told that I could get course credits for knowing Ukrainian because I attended a school and took Ukrainian classes. In other words, I would not have been able to get credits if I had learned Ukrainian only from my grandmother. Unfortunately, my university does not offer Ukrainian as a lan- guage, so my exam consisted of a half-hour-long conversation with a teaching assistant of Russian who also spoke Ukrainian. It was not a difficult test – almost any Ukrainian American could pass it with flying colors. Regarding knowledge of the language, the difference between those who do and those who do not attend Ukrainian school may or may not be significant, depending on how one uses the Ukrainian language. For example, there is an obvious difference between only speaking Ukrainian in one’s home and using Ukrainian to discuss literary topics, read and write. The latter requires a larger vocabu- lary and better command of the language. Most of us learn to speak Ukrainian primarily at home, so that is something we all have in common; but what sets the Ukrainian school graduates apart from the rest of the crowd is that they can offer a transcript from academ- ic courses in Ukrainian. JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The By displaying my fluency, I was able to fulfill any language youngest schoolchildren of requirements that I had remaining and I received 16 credits (this the Ridna Shkola (School of translates into about a full semester’s worth of credits). Plus, those Ukrainian Studies) in this credits were only for knowing the language; I may yet be able to city, located just across the take a literary examination, which would give me even more cred- Hudson River from New its. Keep in mind that not all schools are the same, which means that York, were among those some might not allow this sort of testing. Nevertheless, most uni- who colored pysanky and versities that do not already offer Ukrainian will be able to offer sent them to The Ukrainian something if you talk to the right people. For instance, it took me almost Weekly. Afterwards they two years of running around in circles before I came across an obscure sent us photos of their class- Foreign Language Test Conversion Department. es and asked us to convey Just by sacrificing your Saturday mornings during your four years in greetings to fellow readers high school, you not only have the chance to take more electives in col- of Ukelodeon. Seen in the lege that you might not otherwise have been able to take, you will have photo on the left are pupils more leeway and time in deciding on a major. There’s also the possibility that your parents could save thousands of of the pre-school: (from left) dollars, which I am sure would make them glad. Jessica Demianycz, Andrijko Malynovsky and (straining Stephen Vitvitsky completed the “matura” and graduated from to reach the top of the black- the Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies in Morris County, board) Stepan Woch. Above N.J., in 1997. He is currently attending the University of Wisconsin are kindergartners and first – Madison, where he is majoring in economics and art. graders: (from left) Markian Blazejowski, David Demianycz, Bohdon Woch, UKELODEON is published on the second Sunday of every month. To Marusia Hrynchynska and make it into our next issue, dated July 11, please send in materials by July 2. Christine Sulyk. As the And, don’t forget, your input and ideas are welcome. So, drop us a line: school year comes to an end, UKELODEON, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800; Ukelodeon wishes these stu- e-mail, [email protected]. dents and all other readers a fun summer. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 No. 24

UKELODEON: FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

“We are science past, you are science future” by Lev Horodyskyj toric tour of Philadelphia, and visits to Ellis lsland, the Statue of Liberty and the Audubon PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania Mansion. Student mixers were the place to Convention Center in Philadelphia teemed with exchange ideas (and pins) and make new friends. 1,200 of the best and brightest science students Being of Ukrainian heritage, one of the high- from across the United States and 47 countries lights for me personally was meeting two fellow during the week of May 2-8. This year the student scientists from Kyiv, Ukraine. Their proj- International Science and Engineering Fair cele- ect on reducing carbon monoxide emissions from brated its 50th anniversary in the city of its birth. vehicles using a new catalyst was awarded a third As one of the grand award winners at this year’s place in team projects. They worked very hard Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair, and overcame many obstacles to take part in this I was among the participants in these “Science competition. What a surprise it must have been Olympics.” for them to meet a fellow student who spoke their Presiding at the opening ceremonies was none language! other than Benjamin Franklin himself. He brought As the event wound down, it was a real thrill along a few friends: Copernicus, Galileo, for me to present my scientific research to local Newton, Darwin and Einstein. As his powerful elemetary and high school students. It was excit- words rang out in the Mann Theater for the ing to see so much interest in science among stu- Performing Arts, an expectant stillness came over dents of my own generation. Their inquisitiveness the audience. Franklin said: “We are science past, really intrigued me. My project also seemed to you are science future.” These words made us catch the eye of many foreign journalists, includ- realize that the world is in our care. We are ing those from Japan, the Philippines, Brazil and responsible for making new medical break- Thailand. throughs, preserving the Earth and discovering All too soon the inevitable end approached. new astronomical phenomena. It is an awesome Four long years of my research on earthquake Bohdan Tokovenko (right), Andriy Tovchenko (cen- responsibility. resistance would soon culminate in the grand ter) and Lev Horodyskyj in front of Lev’s project at Though most of the week was spent assem- awards ceremony. Student projects were divided bling projects, presenting them to the scientific the International Science and Engineering Fair. into 15 categories, starting with behavioral sci- review board and undergoing a full day of rigor- ences and ending with zoology. I sat nervously, ous judging, there was some time for fun and save lives all over the world. relaxation. During the welcoming party at Penn’s recalling all the time I had spent perfecting my The week at the science fair challenged us to Landing on the Delaware River, students from project, all the sacrifices I had made, all the sleep- stretch our minds beyond their accustomed limits. around the globe had a chance to meet others with less nights. Would it be worth it in the end? It was both exhilarating and terrifying at the same the same interests. Other activities included a his- Would it all pay off? Then, I heard my name: Lev time. Each one of us walked away with a feeling Horodyskyj, third place in engineering. of pride and accomplishment, ready to face other As I made my way up onto the stage, knees challenges as we continue our pursuit of knowl- CHECK IT OUT! wobbling with excitement, I felt very honored. I edge. also received a third place award from the Society On page 5 of this issue, in the “Ukrainian of Exploration Geophysicists and a first place Lev Horodyskyj, 16, was class valedictorian of National Association Forum” section, read about from the U.S. Department of Commerce Patent his graduating class of 248 students at Padua a hot new kids’ production called “Barabolya.” and Trademark Office. However, the greatest Franciscan High School in Parma, Ohio. In the It’s an audio recording – and it’s a live show that reward for me was having my work recognized fall he will enter Johns Hopkins University in has been touring cities in Canada and the United by a group of distinguished scientists and profes- Baltimore, where he will study astrophysics/plan- States. Perhaps Barabolya will come to your town. sors. Who knows, maybe one day my research etary and space sciences and international rela- into earthquake-resistant construction will help tions. Plast “novachky” learn about “Respecting Our Earth” WHIPPANY, N.J. – In cele- bration of Earth Day/Arbor Day, girls (“novachky”) of the Newark, N.J., Plast branch planted more than 35 seedlings. The girls then took the seedlings home to be cared for as part of the spring theme “Respecting Our Earth.” The children also learned facts about recycling and conservation, and found out how they can contribute to protecting the environment. In the photos on the left and the right, the novachky plant seedlings with their counselors during a meeting outside the church hall of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Whippany, N.J., where they hold their Plast meet- ings. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 23

UKELODEON: FOR THE NEXT GENERATION Harrisburg dancers perform at festival Mishanyna

V L D R A W A P H O N O R O N H A B A H Z R O B U E D A T S Y F C R O O T H S O E R O P K L U C A M R C E M S R A A L O A N O I T A U D A R G C M S O R O L L E I T A X I E T O N B E O L B Y T O N E O D R L W E M K O O P R E N E I T O P O R M A A M R E U S S T U P I G O U D A L A J U M T O M E D I M S C H O O L I S O U T R O D O HARRISBURG, Pa. – The art of Ukrainian dance is like a language that O N O M O R E P E N C I L S N expresses the colorful and emotional Ukrainian heritage. St. Mary’s Traditional Ukrainian Dancers, associated with St. Mary’s Ukrainian Solve our end-of-the-school-year/beginning-of-summer Mishanyna (hodgepodge) by finding the words below. Good luck! Orthodox Church in Allentown, Pa., and directed by Walter Milinichick, includes children age 4-16. This Ukrainian dance group has performed award exam lake summer at many church, cultural and ethnic events. Most recently the troupe per- beach fun no more pencils sun formed at the International Heritage Festival held at Harrisburg Area camp gowns no more books test Community College in the capital of Pennsylvania on April 24. caps graduation prom vacation degree honor report card diploma June school is out Parma school celebrates language arts by Katherine C. Kenney (Grade 8); second place – Lesia Zyga (Grade 5) and Eddie Trela Myshka’s mystery PARMA, Ohio – St. Josaphat (Grade 7). This month, a mystery that could be solved by Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral • Poetry: first place – Hannah Kus many children who go to summer camp, where School held its annual Language (Grade 6) and Christina Paschyn they participate in festivities marking a special Arts Festival in April. Students in (Grade 8); second place – Matthew day when a mysterious flower blooms at night. Grades 5-8 delivered selections in Toddy (Grade 5) and Alex What is this day? four categories: prose, poetry, origi- Moysaenko (Grade 7). nal and non-original. • Non-original: first place – The correct answer to last month’s mystery was Competition was strong. Students Andrew Hanycz (Grade 5) and submitted by 13-year-old Kathryn (Katrusia) were first chosen by their peers in Larissa Paschyn (Grade 8); second Miecyjak of Buffalo, N.Y. (Hooray for the Empire their classrooms. Next, they pre- place – Teresa Smolilo (Grade 6) State – finally a mystery solver from New York sented their selections before a fac- and Christopher Oseredczuk (Grade State!) ulty committee, which recommend- 7); third place – Nicholas Bushak Katrusia correctly guessed that the answer is ed them for final selection by an (Grade 5). Kyiv, or ä˪‚‚ in Ukrainian, named in honor of Kyi, Kathryn Miecyjak impartial panel of judges composed • Original: first place – Chrissy eldest brother of Schek and Khoryv. The three of a college professor and two Wankewycz (Grade 6) and Deanna leaders of the Polianian tribe are considered the founders of Kyiv. The capi- teachers not on staff at SJS. The Cox (Grade 8); second place – Peter tal city of Ukraine has Gates of Gold (Zoloti Vorota), built in 1037 by results of the Language Arts Demjanczuk (Grade 5) and Danylo Prince Yaroslav the Wise, and celebrated its 1,500th birthday in 1982. Competition follow. Diaczun (Grade 7). Katrusia is a student at St. John the Baptist School and the Ridna Shkola • Prose: first place – Diana Laluk Winners were awarded trophies (School of Ukrainian Studies) of Buffalo, and is a member of the Plast (Grade 6) and Alya Holowatyj funded by the Parent Teacher Unit. Ukrainian Youth Organization.

Mykola Myshka wants to wish all his faithful UKELODEON readers a super summer. I am off to camp. Are you? Let me know what you are up to. Are you going to bandura camp? Dance camp? Plast, SUM or ODUM camp? Myshka and your fellow UKELODEON readers want to know. Students who participated in the Language Arts Festival at St. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1999 No. 24

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday, June 13 Ukrainian Heritage Festival, celebrating the 100th anniversary of St. Michael FALLS VILLAGE, Conn.: Oleh Krysa, Ukrainian Catholic Church Parish, will violin, and members of the Leontovych be held on the church grounds, North String Quartet – Yuri Kharenko, violin; Broadway and Shonnard Place. The fes- Boris Deviatov, viola and Volodymyr tival will feature vocal groups and Panteleyev, cello – with pianist Vladimir dancers; arts and crafts; Ukrainian food; Feltsman – will open the summer music and rides and games. Free admission. festival at Music Mountain in a program Festival hours: June 18, 6-10 p.m.; June of works by Mozart, String Quartet in B- 19, 1-10 p.m.; and June 20, 1-7 p.m. For flat Major; Beethoven, String Quartet in more information, visit website at: D-flat Major, Op. 74; and Schnittke, http://www.brama.com/yonkersukrainianfest Quintet for Piano and Strings. The concert begins at 3 p.m. Tickets may be purchased Saturday, June 19 at the box office or by calling (860) 824- 7126 (credit card only). BUFFALO, N.Y.: Tenor Anatolii Solovyanenko will be the featured guest at CONYERS, Ga.: Josyp Terelya, former the Yuri Darmograi Ukrainian Radio Ukrainian political prisoner, religious activist Program’s benefit banquet to be held at St. and co-author with Michael Brown of the John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic popular book “Witness,” will give the last in Church Hall, 3275 Elmwood Ave., a series of three talks at the Mother of God Kenmore, N.Y., at 6 p.m. Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Inc. Catholic Church of the Byzantine-Ukrainian Rite at 2 p.m. The church is located at 2880 Friday, June 25, 1999 Sunday, June 20 Highway 138, NE, approximately 4.7 miles north of Interstate 20, Exit 42. For more ROCHESTER, N.Y.: Tenor Anatolii information call (770) 760-1111. 9:00 a.m. Executive Committee meeting Solovyanenko, accompanied by pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky, will appear in con- Barbara Bachynsky, Moderator Tuesday, June 15 cert in a program of selections from Italian PARSIPPANY, N.J.: The Chubb Institute and Ukrainian opera as well as Ukrainian 10:00 a.m. All the things you wanted to know about the UNWLA songs at St. Josaphat Auditorium, 940 Panelists: Oxana Farion, Sophia Hewryk, Anna Krawczuk, will host a no-cost, no-obligation seminar, “How to Get Started in a Computer Career,” Ridge Road E., at 5 p.m. Hanna Krill and Iryna Kurowyckyj to be held at 8 Sylvan Way at 7 p.m. Reservations are strongly recommended. For Saturday, June 26 1:00 p.m. Women’s health during their lifetime in the USA and Ukraine more information, call 1-800-248-2237. Speakers: Sorosh Roshan, M.D., M.P.H. JERSEY CITY, N.J.: The Ukrainian and Zoreslawa Shkiryak-Nyzhnyk Friday-Sunday, June 18-20 National Home, 90-96 Fleet St., is holding a dance, with music by the Lvivyany, YONKERS, N.Y.: The 14th annual starting at 9 p.m. Admission: $10. 2:00 p.m. Can U.S. labor laws be changed to help women in Ukraine Speakers: Alexandra Isaievych-Mason and a representative from the U.S. Labor Department PLEASE NOTE PREVIEW REQUIREMENTS: • Preview items must be received one week before desired date of publica- 3:00 p.m. Genetic engineering: blessing or hindrance Speakers: Tamra E. Raven, Martha Pelenskyj, Federal Drug tion. No information will be taken over the phone. Listings are published Administration representative and representative from Monsanto only once (please indicate desired date of publication) and appear at the dis- cretion of the editorial staff and in accordance with available space. Information should be sent to: Preview of Events, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax (973) 644-9510.

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