INSIDE: • Deputy chairman of Ukraine's Parliament under investigation — page 3. • Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak comments on political crisis in Ukraine — page 6. • Interview with Valeriy Borzov, Ukraine's minister of youth and sports — page 9. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIII No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1995 75 cents/$2 in Ukraine UCC now seeks Kuchma and Parliament resolve deadlock over law on powers by Marta Kolomayets "We should understand that this agree­ in the Parliament. Kyyiv Press Bureau ment will become a most important polit­ "A national referendum would not restitution for ical-legal act that, in a non-traditional lead to the consolidation of our state," KYYIV - Ukrainian President Leonid manner, will strengthen the relations said Mr. Moroz. Though he is a leader of WWI internment Kuchma and the Parliament resolved between the president and the Supreme the Socialist Party, he, nevertheless, their deadlock on division of powers and Council, and will create a new founda­ encouraged fellow deputies to vote in by Christopher Guly decided to sign a constitutional agree­ tion for the organization of state power in favor of a constitutional agreement in ment, promising to work together to end the country," said President Kuchma. order to move out of a paralyzing politi­ OTTAWA - The Ukrainian Canadian a months-long power struggle between cal situation. He told his colleagues that Congress (UCC) is changing terminology the two branches of power. To underscore its significance, President and lowering the ante in its bid to resolve Kuchma offered to hold a signing ceremo­ he would sign the agreement and encour­ The Parliament on June 7 voted 240- aged them to do the same. the decade-long redress claim involving 81 to accept the compromise, negotiated ny at the prestigious Mariyinsky Palace on between 5,000 and 6,000 Ukrainian by a group of deputies and the Ukrainian June 8, inviting not only Parliament "Personally, I will sign the agreement Canadians interned by the Canadian gov­ president, which cancels President Chairman Oleksander Moroz, but the 240 and vote for it. And let every deputy's ernment during World War I. Kuchma's plan to hold a nationwide deputies who voted by name to sign the conscience be his guide, [let him] under­ Oleh Romaniw, president of the UCC, plebiscite on confidence in the president constitutional agreement. stand of the importance of his choice," said recently in Ottawa that the UCC is and the Parliament. "Finally, this document will lead us out said Mr. Moroz. seeking "restitution," not compensation, The unprecedented agreement, which of our current political crisis, stop our "People today are worried about other for money seized from internees totaling implements the "Law on State Power and increasingly confrontational relations, and matters: the complex preparations for the between $10 million and $15 million in Local Government" adopted by the Parlia­ will rid our society of its state of anxiety harvest, the anxiety about drought in the 1995 dollars. That appears to include ment on May 18 but not put into force over insecurity in the future," he added. south, flooding in the Volyn region, the only the $10 million community fund for because of contradictory articles in the Mr. Moroz took the podium after Mr. closing of state-run factories and unem­ compensation of monies confiscated existing Ukrainian Constitution, will serve Kuchma's remarks were favorably ployment," said Mr. Moroz. from internees between 1914 and 1920. as a "petit constitution" until a new constitu- received by many of the deputies. The UCC's original package also "Signing this constitutional agreement tion is drawn up and accepted by the While not backing down from any of allows us to implement the law on power included between $33 million and $50 Parliament. President Kuchma and key his previous positions, Chairman Moroz million (in 1991 dollars) in lost wages, without the constitutional majority we deputies in the Parliament have said this chronologically outlined the situation that need but can't get in the current homes and savings, and for "unjust and process could take up to a year. wrongful imprisonment" as estimated by had developed between the two branches Parliament," he noted. "We should com­ a 1992 Price Waterhouse report commis­ The Ukrainian president addressed the of power. He noted: "We have collided, promise if only for the sole purpose of sioned by the congress. Parliament in a 12-minute speech on June and the president hoped that he could giving our people hope and the opportu­ However, Mr. Romaniw, who took over 7, telling the deputies there was little choice maneuver out of this collision by calling nity of change for the better," he the chairmanship of the UCC's redress given today's political situation. "Either we a referendum. This course was not con­ explained during the parliamentary ses­ committee from Ihor Bardyn earlier this work together and sign this agreement, or I stitutional. We made the right decision sion, which was broadcast live on year, said it was still up to the Canadian turn to the people in a national referen­ and began working on a new constitu­ government to decide on the final amount. dum," said Mr. Kuchma. tion," he said, addressing his colleagues (Continued on page 3) 'This money is not based on loss of edu­ cation or loss of opportunity," explained Mr. Romaniw. "It is money taken away Ukraine and U.S. hold joint peacekeeping exercises from members of the community and will be used not only for the Ukrainian commu­ by Marta Kolomayets nity, but for an outside trust," he explained. Kyyiv Press Bureau The UCC plans to establish a fund that will assist with educational and public aware­ YAVORIV, Ukraine - Calling Ukraine "an important ness campaigns. force in the world for peace," U.S. Defense Secretary Although it has not been ruled out, the William Perry hailed U.S.-Ukrainian bilateral military exer­ UCC president said there are no plans to cises, which took place at this base in western Ukraine from channel funds received to survivors or heirs May 19 through June 1. of internees. "I know of only two survivors, The American leader met with his Ukrainian counterpart, but have yet to meet with either of them." Defense Minister Valeriy Shmarov, during a five-hour Progressive Conservative Sen, Raynell stopover at the Lviv Polyhon base on May 26 to review the Andreychuk of Saskatchewan - appointed 700 soldiers - members of Ukraine's distinguished 24th to Canada's parliamentary upper house by Motorized Rifle Division and the U.S.'s legendary Third former Tory Prime Minister Brian Infantry Division - who were participating in peacekeeping Mulroney in 1993 - said Prime Minister exercises, called "Peace-Shield '95." Jean Chretien's government "should con­ These were the first such exercises in Ukraine since the firm that [Ottawa] confiscated property dissolution of the Soviet Union. Aimed at establishing strong from Canadians." However, it was her links between two former adversaries, the exercises were party, under Mr. Mulroney's government, designed to promote a shared interest in peacekeeping and that had sat on its hands in resolving the provide an opportunity for both militaries to demonstrate Ukrainian Canadian redress issue. their commitment to world peace, and to lay a foundation of Thus far only the Japanese Canadian experience to build upon. community has received a settlement for Ukrainian and American troops swept mine fields togeth­ its claim, based on World War II intern­ er, learned to shoot from each other's weapons and took part ment. It received $360 million in 1988. in joint operations at checkpoints. On December 14, 1994, Mr. Chretien's "Perhaps most important is the human quality of these secretary of state for multiculturalism, exercises. Soldiers have learned to like and trust each other," | AP/Efrem Lukatsky Sheila Finestone, denied the Ukrainian said Secretary Perry, who joined Minister Shmarov to do Canadian request - along with those from some target practice with a Makarov pistol at the base's fir­ U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry (left) and five other groups in a letter to each organi­ ing range. Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Shmarov (right) zation regarding their respective claims. "It's been a lot of fun and a real interesting experience", inspect a target used during the first U.S.-Ukraine joint Instead, she established a $24 million military exercises, called "Peace-Shield '95," in Yavoriv, (Continued on page 3) west of Lviv. (Continued on page 3) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1995 No. 24 Parliament Deputy Chairman Tkachenko takes leave as investigation continues New currency for Ukraine organized crime on May 31. A single data­ by Marta Kolomayets ed coming up rotten. base is to be set up in Moscow and proto­ Kyyiv Press Bureau The U.S. company involved with the KYYIV — Ukraine will introduce its cols were signed on issues such as terror­ Land and People Association did send bad new hryvnia currency sometime in the fall, KYYIV - Oleksander Tkachenko, ism, nuclear smuggling, illegal armed for­ seeds, but even though the Americans later perhaps September, said President Leonid first deputy chairman of the Ukrainian mations and drug trafficking. (OMRI Daily corrected their mistake and sent better Kuchma on June 5. He added that Ukraine Parliament, voluntarily took a leave from Digest) quality seeds, the damage had been done. is creating a stabilization fund of $1.5 bil­ his duties on June 6 for a two-week peri­ According to Mr. Taniuk, Mr. lion to back the currency. The karbovanets, od while an ad-hoc fact-finding team Russia paying for Black Sea Fleet? Tkachenko has contended that his associ­ which was introduced in 1992, has gone investigates charges filed against him by ation had been operating in the interests from 90 percent inflation to 5.8 percent this MOSCOW — Alexander Zhukov, the Ukraine's Procurator General Vladislav of the state, but after February 2, when April under a reform plan agreed on with Black Sea Fleet's chief of finance, said Datsiuk. the Supreme Council ordered an investi­ the International Monetary Fund. (Reuters) on June 1 that Russia has been providing But the move comes at the same time gation of Mr. Tkachenko's involvement all the money for the fleet for the second as the Ukrainian Parliament's 224-33 in the association, Mr. Tkachenko's tac­ NATO wants "special relationship" year in a row. He said that only help vote to remove Mr. Datsiuk from office tics began to change. from Russia was insuring the social wel­ for a two-week period (until June 20) BRUSSELS — After Russia agreed to According to a recent article in the adhere to the Partnership for Peace and an fare of the fleet's sailors. He also said 40 until an investigative team reviews percent of the Russian money went to whether the Procurator General's Office Eastern Economist, an English-language additional program with NATO, Secretary- business magazine that is published in General of NATO Willy Claes said that Ukraine as taxes or payments of some has any legal grounds to start criminal kind. (OMRI Daily Digest) proceedings against Mr. Tkachenko. Kyyiv, once there were noises about a Ukraine was being offered a relationship criminal investigation, Mr. Tkachenko similar to the one promised to Russia. "We Some parliamentary deputies have Russian TV channel booted from Lviv accused Mr Datsiuk of breaking the law warned the deputy procurator general to are ready to develop a special relationship while investigating Mr. Tkachenko's case, suspend the investigation, threatening her with Ukraine," he said on June 1, adding LVIV— Russia's Ostankino channel using such methods as wire-tapping. with dismissal. that Ukraine "would play a specific role in has been halted in western Ukraine because However, Deputy Les Taniuk, who Mr. Datsiuk said Mr. Tkachenko's developing a new European security archi­ the station has run up a $3 million debt in has been on Mr. Tkachenko's tail for action constitutes interference in the tecture." President Kuchma said he wanted paying for air time, said authorities. more than a year, issuing an entire book activity of the procuracy and is punish­ to see the alliance continue its change from Socialists, however, said the decision was of documents and evidence against the able with a three-year prison term. being a simple military bloc devoted to the politically motivated, and that many peo­ deputy chairman, expressed concern that Deputy Hryhoriy Omelchenko, who defense of the West to a military and politi­ ple, including 120,000 Russians, depend on Mr. Tkachenko may be back at his post heads the Parliament's Committee on cal organization whose aim is to enhance Ostankino for high-quality programs and by the end of the month. Fighting Organized Crime and stability across the continent. "There is films. Nationalists have accused Ostankino "Tkachenko has not been stripped of Corruption, alleged that Mr. Tkachenko nothing more sacred in our lives than of giving their broadcasts about Ukraine a his deputy's immunity," said Mr. Taniuk, has violated several articles, which could peace," he said. (Reuters) negative slant. "Ostankino can buy a lead to a prison term of 15 years on such adding that, in fact, the move by Mr. CIS to fight organized crime license like other countries and broadcast. Tkachenko to step down voluntarily may charges as abuse of his position, over­ But Russia cannot be an exception," said be a ploy, a "kind of umbrella or cover, " stepping authority, negligence and offi­ GUDAURI, Georgia — CIS security Volodymyr Kmetyk, director of Lviv he added, explaining that in order to take cial falsification. "Today, several facts chiefs signed an agreement on fighting regional television. (Reuters) Mr. Tkachenko to court, the Parliament point to grand theft of state property," he would have to vote to relieve him of his told the Eastern Economist. immunity. Mr. Omelchenko said he would push for A criminal case was initiated on May 30 the Parliament to vote to strip Mr. Radio operators benefit from grant by Procurator General Datsiuk against Mr. Tkachenko of his immunity. In November WASHINGTON - Ukrainian amateur quantities of information and data via the Tkachenko, who is accused of stealing 1994 the Supreme Council revoked acting radio operators will benefit from a APLINK network from their stations to Ukrainian funds and sending them to pri­ Prime Minister Yukhym Zviahilsky's $24,987 grant from the U.S. Agency for others along the network, thus providing vate bank accounts in the West on behalf immunity. Although it is unclear where Mr. International Development, reported the an instantaneous, direct and relatively of the organization he headed before Zviahilsky is today, Ukrainian press reports June issue of QST Magazine, the month­ inexpensive method of communicating becoming Parliament deputy chairman. say he has been seen in Israel. ly journal of the American Radio Relay across long distances within Ukraine as The organization, Land and People "I don't believe that in this situation League. The grant, from USAID through well as to other countries on the network. (Zemlya у Liudy), explained Mr. Taniuk, parliamentary deputies will defend party the Eurasia Foundation, was obtained by An Internet gateway is also planned as had signed a contract with a U.S. compa­ or corporate interests. Moreover, when a a proposal made by the Foundation for well as an additional APLINK station in ny, ICI Seeds, to supply Ukraine with an request to file charges and even arrest Amateur International Radio Service western Ukraine. Delivery of equipment improved variety of corn seed to adapt to Mr. Tkachenko is adopted, I will demand (FAIRS), a non-profit public foundation is scheduled for early this summer. local climatic conditions. The association that we vote by name, so the public founded in May 1991. FAIRS has charter received a $70 million credit to purchase knows the who and how of the voting," The FAIRS grant proposal was written groups in Ukraine, Guyana, Bangladesh the seeds, but after that everything start­ he told the Eastern Economist. by its Executive Director David Larsen and and Russia. European Director Victor Goncharsky. The grant will fund electronics hard­ Recently, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and ware to extend APLINK coverage to State University awarded Mr. Larsen, who Wind power to replace nukes Kyyiv from western Ukraine, with nodes is an instructor in the chemistry department, also going to Hungary, the Czech one of its first University Public Service Republic and Poland. APLINK is the Excellence Awards for being the "universi­ with assistance of U.S. company name of the communications network ty's premier advocate for the transfer of SAN FRANCISCO — As the California. On the week of May 21, four with which 35 Ukrainian amateur radio information technology to developing Chornobyl plant prepares for shutdown in experts from Ukraine were finishing up operators currently interface. nations." Virginia Tech awarded Mr. the next five years, a new type of power their training in turbine assembly, repair With their packet data capability, Larsen $ 1,000, which he also donated to the plant is to be built near Donuslav in the and quality control at Kenetech's turbine these operators are able to transmit large Ukraine project. Crimea — an electric plant that can never factory in Livermore, Calif. have the repercussions of Chornobyl. Financed mainly by the Ukrainian A wind-powered electric plant near Ministry of Energy, the project is especially Donuslav in the Crimea, built by Kenetech popular in Ukraine because it will provide THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 Corp., is being built to provide one-eighth thousands of jobs. The project's manager, of the region's power consumption, report­ Ukrainian-born Leo Zeltser, said, "We An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., ed the San Francisco Chronicle on May 23. employ a lot of former navy officers there, a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. It is a test case that, if successful, could Russian and Ukrainian. They couldn't sur­ Yearly subscription rate: $30; for UNA members — $20. help wean Ukraine off its dependence on vive on a military pension. They are strong Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, N J 07302. dangerous nuclear plants or expensive guys, 40 to 45 years old, organized, well- (ISSN - 0273-9348) Russian oil. trained, smart, everything. So we have an Kenetech Corp., based in San Francisco, unbelievable crew." Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper (annual sub­ designs, manufactures and operates electric Once the 5,000 turbines for the scription fee: $55; $30 for UNA members), and Veselka, a Ukrainian-language children's plants powered by wind and natural gas. Ukrainian wind farm are completed, the magazine (annual subscription fee: $10; $8 for UNA members). The company will build the turbines in the joint venture hopes to export the The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: huge Yuzhmash factory in Dnipropetrov- machines to the other newly independent (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201)451-2200 ske, which used to be the largest interconti­ states such as Russia and Kazakhstan. nental ballistic missile maker in the Soviet "We are helping the country develop Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz Union. (The plant was directed by Leonid an industrial base and getting a strong changes to: Associate editor: Marta Kolomayets (Kyyiv) Kuchma before he became Ukraine's sec­ foothold in the former Soviet Union. We The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor: Khristina Lew ond president.) Kenetech is providing the feel it is a market that will have a strong P.O. Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz Jersey City, NJ 07303 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) technology and training to build the tur­ opportunity for wind power, but you bines and operate the wind farm. Ukraine's need a long-term view," said Michael The Ukrainian Weekly, June 11,1995, No. 24, Vol. LXIII part of the bargain is to provide spare parts Haas, overseer of Kenetech's European Copyright © 1995 The Ukrainian Weekly for the 4,000 turbines Kenetech runs in operations. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11,1995

Journalists had an opportunity to U.S. and Ukraine... watch the mission in action - as heli­ Ukraine not invited to G-7 summit (Continued from page 1) copters flew overhead, soldiers hid in bushes near checkpoints, and artillery JERSEY CITY, N. J. — Ukraine will May 11 that urged the prime minister to said Capt. Dan Olexio, a native of fire loomed overhead. It was difficult at not be invited to attend the G-7 econom­ use his chairmanship of the G-7 gather­ Dayton, Ohio, who was the company times to remember that these were only ic summit of the world's major industri­ ing to invite President Kuchma. "This commander for the engineers' task force exercises. alized nations. Prime Minister of Canada would send a strong message of support (82nd Engineer Battalion based in Jean Chretien informed the Ukrainian for Ukraine's democratic development Germany) during the training exercises. "This is a first for Ukraine," said Col. General Petro Shuliak, commander of the Canadian Congress on May 30 that and transition to a market-based econo­ "I've been having a great time," he Ukrainian unit. "They are being conduct­ "President Leonid Kuchma's attendance my," wrote Mr. Romaniw. added, explaining that he was surprised ed as part of the Partnership for Peace at the summit will not be sought." The Ukrainian Congress Committee of to learn that the actual mines the program, which is aimed at closer mili­ Canada is hosting the 21st such sum­ America lobbied U.S. President Bill Americans and the Ukrainians made tary cooperation between the young, mit which is scheduled for Halifax, Nova Clinton for a Ukrainian representation at were almost identical and that the way independent nations in our region and Scotia on June 15-17. Mr. Chretien the meeting to no avail. The letter from they were used by both sides was similar nations of the West," he added. wrote: "I share the view that the Halifax UCCA President Askold Lozynskyj stat­ as well. He told reporters that the exercises Summit should welcome Ukraine's ed, "It would be entirely fitting for the "Now, times have changed, and I can't were observed by defense ministers from efforts on economic reform, and Canada U.S. to lead the way in opening up new imagine that any of our men think of the the U.S., Ukraine and Hungary, joint will be working with its G-7 allies for a avenues of opportunity for a strategically Americans as our enemy," said Lt. Col. chiefs of staff from Slovakia, Poland, strong statement of support on Ukraine." important ally. I urge you to do so as a Dmytro Shkurko, who works at Ukraine's Romania and Hungary, as well as numer­ UCC President Oleh Romaniw initiat­ means of safeguarding G-7 interests in Ministry of Defense press office. "We ous other government officials from ed the correspondence with a letter dated the region." have to look forward, and not to the past, neighboring states. and now we are all working as partners," he said, explaining that this "Peace-Shield But, although Ukraine has been hailed 81 deputies who voted against the agree­ 95" is a very useful program. as a premier member of the Partnership Kuchma and Parliament... ment, 64 were Communists (three for Peace program, there was little talk of "And, I think that often it is easier for (Continued from page 1) Communists voted for the accord), eight more than this relationship with NATO were Socialists, three were non-aligned, two soldiers to find a common language than Ukrainian State Radio. for Ukraine"at this point in time. were members of the Statehood faction, one it is for politicians," he added. "This shows political maturity on the "No one waits for us in NATO," said each was from the Agrarian, Reforms and "And thanks to the help of enlisted part of the Ukrainian president," said Defense Minister Shmarov during a press Independent factions. Ukrainian Americans - our linguists - Oleksander Lavrynovych, a reform-minded conference in the field, as a light drizzle we could really talk to each other," said deputy in the Parliament and a member of Communist leader Petro Symonenko came down and sounds of gunfire inter­ Capt. Olexio, who shared not only mili­ the Rukh faction. He acknowledged that said that if the constitutional accord was rupted his words. tary expertise with his partners, teaching democratic factions meeting with the presi­ to be constitutional, it had to be approved "And Ukraine is not racing to join at them to disarm mines, but discussed dent had indeed encouraged him to stay by two-thirds of the Parliament. "The this time," he said, adding, however, that daily life experiences with Ukrainian sol­ away from the plebiscite and reach a com­ vote on the accord proves that power- such exercises as he had witnessed at the diers. promise instead. seekers have no respect for either the Polyhon can draw Ukraine closer to During the two-week training exercis­ "It's a good thing that the president heed­ Constitution or the law," he added. "The NATO. es, a mission was set up for the Third ed the voice of the Parliament, attended the psychological pressure on the Parliament "But the most important aspect of Infantry Division and the 24th Motorized session and officially stated that he favored and public opinion does no credit to the these exercises is the fact that the Rifle Division: to plan and execute a lim­ a constitutional accord," said Deputy president who has spoken about the Ukrainian and American soldiers are ited scale and doctrinal combined train­ Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine's first president. Supreme Council's inefficiency." going home having made many new ing exercise using a peacekeeping sce­ "This is not the last step in the struggle During his address, President Kuchma friends, and they will go home and con­ nario. among branches of power; the struggle promised closer cooperation with the tinue to develop the friendly relations The war games were designed to will go on," said Rukh leader Vyacheslav Parliament, a "Government Day" when between our two countries," said Mr. develop soldier and small unit skills Chornovil. deputies will have sessions with ministers Shmarov. related to operations other than war; to However, the Communist faction in as well as regular meetings between the Gen. Nicholas Krawciw, a retired U.S. assess and enhance the divisions interop­ Parliament, which has slowly been losing president and the Parliament's Presidium. officer who serves as an adviser to erability with non-NATO countries and its base since the Agrarians split and In the constitutional agreement Mr. Secretary Perry, said the exercises "were to provide a forum for promoting post- formed a new Agrarian-Reform faction Kuchma pledged he would hold off on any just amazing." Cold War military-to-military coopera­ numbering more than 25 deputies, called national referendums until a new constitu­ "1 was born in Lviv. My parents left tion with Ukraine's armed forces. the move a "constitutional overthrow." tion is adopted, and would only hold such a when 1 was 4 years old. I rose through The scenario unveiled for the war The Reforms faction reported that of the poll if it regarded the Constitution itself. the ranks to have the privilege to com­ games was an ethnic conflict within the mand the U.S. Third Infantry and now, "Gornoye" region of "Exlandia," where the Third Infantry is exercising not far has submitted its own ideas on redress reso­ peacekeepers were sent in to deal with from where I was born with a Ukrainian UCC now seeks... lution. "I am prepared to meet with ethnic "Norans" (the majority in the division. (Continued from page 1) Lubomyr Luciuk [of the UCCLA] to dis­ oblast, supported by "Norania") and eth­ "I'm very happy that this is the state of cuss how we can work together." nic "Exlandians" (the minority in the Canadian Race Relations Foundation in affairs now. I think it is good for That could be difficult, however, given oblast, majority in Exlandia). U.N. Toronto, an idea originally put forward by Ukraine. I think it is good for the United the differences in approaches between the peacekeeping forces were requested by the Mulroney government, which proposed States. I think it is good for the whole two groups. For instance, the UCCLA Exlandia to monitor the border between the construction of a "Nation Builders Hall world," he concluded. wants an acknowledgment, not an apology. Gornoye Oblast in Exlandia and Norania. of Record" in Ottawa. And they don't want any money, apart "I think this shows how the federal gov­ from funding to erect historic markers, ernment is not taking the Ukrainian monuments and an information center to Canadian redress seriously," said Sen. detail the country's first internment opera­ Andreychuk. "Finestone's letter to the tions of its citizens. communities is insufficient." Beyond the Ukrainian Canadians But Artur Wilczynsky, a spokesperson interned, 80,000 were branded "enemy for Ms. Finestone, said the secretary of aliens" by Ottawa and forced to carry iden­ state's letter to the UCC is "as far as [she] tification cards. They also were stripped of is prepared to go." He added that there may their right to vote. be "some commemorative way" to further So far, the only movement on redress in acknowledge the six-year internment oper­ the House of Commons has come from the ations of Ukrainian Canadians. nine-member caucus of the New Mr. Romaniw, however, refuses to Democratic Party. In March, two western accept the federal government's solution. "I Canadian members of Parliament, Svend want the prime minister to look me in the Robinson and John Solomon, tabled private eye and tell me to my face that he absolute­ members' motions calling for an acknowl­ ly will not consider our request," explained edgment (on Mr. Robinson's part) and an the UCC president, who hopes to meet with apology (on Mr. Solomon's) from the Mr. Chretien before this October's triennial Chretien government over the internment of meeting of the congress in Winnipeg. Ukrainian Canadians. The Liberal govern­ Mr. Romaniw also wants the prime min­ ment has yet to respond to either. ister to rise in the House of Commons and This spring, the UCCLA also announced offer a formal apology to the Ukrainian that three historical panels would be con­ Canadians on behalf of the Canada's gov­ structed at the Cave and Basin internment ernment. The Mulroney government had camp site in Alberta. Six hundred men, offered to apologize, but never did. mostly of Ukrainian descent, worked at the But a spokesperson for Mr. Chretien camp's rock quarries during the winters said there had been no contact between from 1915 to 1917. the UCC and the prime minister's office This month the UCCLA will erect a on the redress issue. trilingual historical marker also at the Mr. Romaniw also said he is willing to Kapuskasing internment camp site in north­ I Marta Kolomayets work with the breakaway Ukrainian ern Ontario; another is set for the Spirit Defense chiefs of the U.S. and Ukraine at a press conference in Yavoriv. Canadian Civil Liberties Association which Lake site in northern Quebec later this year. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1995 No. 24 Saskatchewan Provincial Council UCC Saskatchewan honors activists by Danylo Puderak Doroha, author of numerous articles and holds triennial general meeting and Mary Cherneskey speaker who has given many presentations around the world, particularly in South SASKATOON - The Ukrainian of dedication on the part of President SASKATOON - In 1991, the Ukrainian America on women's and children's issues. Canadian Congress-Saskatchewan Kravchuk to proceed with the fundamental Canadian Congress-Saskatchewan Provin­ • Brother Methodius Koziak: educator at Provincial Council hosted delegates from changes required. When Mr. Kuchma was cial Council established a special advisory St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic College in across Saskatchewan at the 1995 spring named prime minister in 1993 and attempt­ recognition committee to prepare a list of Yorkton, Saskatchewan initiator of conference and triennial general meeting ed to bring in change, Mr. Kravchuk and individuals who had, through their long and Ukrainian programs in the Saskatchewan on May 5-7. the communist-dominated Parliament dedicated service, shown themselves to be Department of Education curriculum, a The proceedings were held at the derailed the initiatives. vigorous supporters of and energetic volun­ community activist well-known for his ora­ Saskatoon Sheraton Cavalier Hotel with 85 teers within Saskatchewan's Ukrainian With the surprise election in July 1994 of torical skills. participants taking an active role in the Mr. Kuchma, the eastern Russian-leaning community. • Dr. Thomas K. Pavlychenko: first weekend's deliberations. Danylo Puderak red "director," it appeared as if Ukraine The UCC-SPC hosted its first annual Ukrainian professor at a Canadian univer­ served as the chief conference organizer. would be left divided and returned to the UCC-SPC Community Appreciation sity, internationally renowned in the areas Serious deliberations began on Saturday. beckoning arms of mother Russia, Mr. Celebration Awards Banquet on May 6, at of cereal crop production and chemical Participants focused on three issues current­ Onyschuk related. To the relief of the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Saskatoon. use for weed control, activist for the ly very important to Saskatchewan Ukrainians worldwide, President Kuchma The banquet began at 6 p.m. with cocktails, establishment of the first department of Ukrainians: the future of Ukrainian-lan­ suiprised everyone by becoming the chief then as guests enjoyed their meals of Slavic studies at a Canadian university, guage education in Saskatchewan, doing reformer and supporter of Ukraine's inde­ Chicken Kiev, they were treated to the instrumental in establishment of the business in Ukraine, and community coor­ pendence. President Kuchma's team of delightful piano sounds of talented Kyyiv Ukrainian National Federation along with dination and cooperation in aid-to-Ukraine Young Turks, led by Viktor Pynzenyk, musician Volodymyr Fitzko. the precursor committee to the Ukrainian programs. Based on the recommendations Roman Shpek, Dmytro Tabachnyk and Upon completion of supper, Ostap Canadian Congress. and depth of the discussions, the UCC-SPC Viktor Yushchenko, has launched Ukraine Skrypnyk, UCC-SPC executive director • Dr. Stephania Potoski: medical practi­ general meeting is optimistic about the on a path to respectability, economic reform and the evening's master of ceremonies, tioner, holder of several chief administra­ commitment and future of Saskatchewan's and political stability. invited Mary Cherneskey to introduce each tive posts at Yorkton Union Hospital, exec­ Ukrainian community and its ability to of the honorees. Mrs. Cherneskey was part In short, Ukraine is on the move and the utive leader of the Ukrainian Catholic work together to achieve many of the goals of the UCC-SPC Recognition Committee number of business opportunities opening Women's League (two terms as president), and ideas put forward. that selected the award recipients. Other up are limitless. Mr. Onyschuk completed first woman alderperson in Yorkton, politi­ During the Saturday luncheon, members were Vera Labach, Dr. Tony his presentation by saying, "the winds of cal activist, appointee to boards of the CBC Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow Harras and the late Judge Andrew Kindred. change are upon us" and reversing an old and the Multicultural Council of Canada. officially announced a government of adage to now say "Go East, young man, go UCC-SPC President Adrian Boyko made • Julian Stechishin, Q.C.: author of a Saskatchewan plan of action for expanding East!" the award presentations as each of the hon­ orees were introduced. Ukrainian grammar book still widely used Saskatchewan-Ukraine relations. The pre­ UCC Saskatchewan hosted its first annu­ After all was said and done, a very to this day, author of many books on the mier stated "our plan focuses on al Community Appreciation Celebration important and worthwhile tradition had Ukrainian presence in Canada, lawyer, Saskatchewan's unique technologies and Banquet on Saturday evening, to recognize begun. Ten individuals who had dedicat­ teacher and director of Mohyla Institute in expertise in sectors which address the members of Saskatchewan's Ukrainian ed a large part of themselves to the good Saskatoon, charismatic community activist, immediate and pressing needs of Ukraine." community for longstanding service to that of Saskatchewan's Ukrainian community especially with the Ukrainian Orthodox Included were the key energy, agricultural community. The 1995 honorees were: Dr. were given, however humbly, the recog­ Church and the Ukrainian Canadian and health care sectors as well as educa­ Constantine Andrusyshen, Dr. Stephen nition they deserved. Committee. tion, culture and public administration. Worobetz, Dr. George Dragan, Dr. The 1995 honorees were: • Dr. Savella Stechishin, CM.: first Premier Romanow emphasized the net Stephania Potoski, Helen Hnatyshyn, Julian • Dr. Constantine H. Andrusyshen: Ukrainian woman graduate of the benefits to the province that would result Stechishin, Anna Maria Kowcz-Baran, Dr. author, best known for his Ukrainian- University of Saskatchewan, initiator and from closer relations with Ukraine. Savella Stechishin, Brother Methodius English Dictionary, translator, professor, activist in the Ukrainian Women's The momentum continued with a Koziak and Dr. Thomas Pavlychenko. (See scholar, head of the department of Slavic Association, proponent of establishing a speech by Canada-Ukraine Chamber of sidebar). studies at the University of Saskatchewan Ukrainian museum, journalist, member Commerce President Bohdan Onyschuk, Pianist Volodymyr Fitzko, a recently who praised the changes being carried for 30 years. of the Order of Canada, author of the arrived musician from Ukraine, provided • Dr. George Dragan: first Ukrainian well-known "Traditional Ukrainian out by the reformist team of Ukrainian dinner music. In commemoration of the President Leonid Kuchma. Canadian medical doctor, first Ukrainian Cookery" (now in its 18th printing), anniversary of the death of Ukrainian com­ holder of an honorary doctorate from St. Mr. Onyschuk began by putting into per­ elected to Saskatchewan legislature, collec­ poser Volodymyr Ivasiuk, Mr. Fitzko tor of documents related to the Ukrainian Andrew's College in Winnipeg. spective the depth of stagnation and the dif­ included an original interpretive piece titled ficulties greeting the newly independent presence in Saskatchewan, ardent propo­ • Dr. Stephen Worobetz, O.C., M.C.: "Fantasia on the Theme of Volodymyr nent for maintaining one's cultural back­ physician and surgeon, medical officer state in 1991 as well as the high degree of Ivasiuk's song 'Ya Tvoye krylo' ". hope on the part of Ukrainian citizens. This ground in relation to the Canadian milieu. with captain's rank in World War II, was soon to wane with the inability or lack (Continued on page 5) • Helen Hnatyshyn: teacher, community recipient of the Military Cross for service activist, especially for the women's move­ in Italy, first Ukrainian Lieutenant- ment and human rights, active member of Governor of Saskatchewan, 1970-1976, Ukrainian Women's Association and the trustee on Saskatoon Separate School Province accepts community initiative Council of Women, in particular on the Board, executive activist in Ukrainian international level. Catholic organizations, first President of by Danylo Puderak other organizations in Saskatchewan." • Anna Maria Kowcz-Baran: author, the Ukrainian Catholic Council of Emphasis was placed on the following executive leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Saskatchewan, initiator of philanthropic SASKATOON - During the noontime sectors: energy, agriculture, health care, Women's League, first editor of Nasha projects through a family foundation. luncheon of the Ukrainian Canadian education, culture and public administra­ Congress-Saskatchewan Provincial tion. Although details were not released, Council spring conference on Saturday, Premier Romanow stated that the May 6, Saskatchewan Premier Roy Saskatchewan government would encour­ Romanow announced his government's age Saskatchewan crown corporations and approval of a plan of action aimed at bol­ government bodies to seek opportunities for stering Saskatehewan-Ukraine relations. cooperation with their Ukrainian counter­ The plan of-action, which has yet to be parts or pursue contracts for Ukraine-based finalized with the government of Ukraine, projects. Also mentioned were the govern­ will greatly expand economic, cultural and ment's intentions to pursue an agricultural educational relations with Ukraine. management exchange program to be con­ Premier Romanow explained that, "This tracted through the UCC Saskatchewan plan has been developed by our communi­ Provincial Council. ty-based Saskatchewan-Ukraine Advisory Those present at the luncheon warmly Committee, which was established 18 greeted Premier Romanow's comments, months ago with the advice of the UCC- while UCC-SPC President Adrian Boyko SPC, to recommend practical initiatives to offered sincere thanks for the premier's assist in the process of democratic and eco­ continuing support for Saskatchewan- nomic reform in Ukraine." The Advisory Ukraine relations and the UCC-SPC. Mr. Committee was chaired by Dr. Peter Boyko continued by saying he looks for-, Woroby of Regina. ward to future cooperation between the "This plan of action gives us the basis on UCC-SPC and the government of which we can offer the Ukrainian govern­ Saskatchewan in the implementation of ment help in building the economic, social the announced initiatives. and political infrastructures inherent in a Premier Romanow concluded his Seated (from left) Adrian Boyko, UCC-SPC President; Dr. Stephen Worobetz; Dr. free and democratic nation," said the pre­ speech with the comment that through Savella Stechishin; Anna Maria Kowcz-Baran; (standing) Vera Labach, UCC-SPC mier. He then elaborated, "At the same this pian of action "we will communicate Recognition Committee; Bill Dragan, son of Dr. George Dragan; June Dutka, niece of time, the commercial cooperation as laid our strong support for, as well as our pro­ Dr. Constantine H. Andrusyshen; David Hnatyshyn, son of Helen Hnatyshyn; Nina out in the plan of action opens opportunities found belief in, an independent, democ­ Koroliuk, granddaughter of Dr. Thomas K. Pavlychenko; Dr. Myron Stechishin, son to businesses, educational institutions and ratic and prosperous Ukraine." of Julian Stechishin; Mary Cherneskey, UCC-SPC Recognition Committee, No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1995 Bar association elects new leadership Fourteen students from Ukraine PHILADELPHIA - The Ukrainian of the Ukrainian community continuing to American Bar Association (UABA) held a put pressure on CBS to redress the news serve as parliamentary interns meeting during the weekend of May 5-7 at distortions and historical inaccuracies por­ TORONTO - Fourteen students from my colleagues in the past." MP Anna the Omni Hotel in Philadelphia. The agen­ trayed on this news segment. Ukraine arrived on April 21 to participate in Terrana wrote, "I feel that an internship da included the election of a new slate of the fifth Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary in my office would be an invaluable officers for a two-year term ending in 1997. Legal systems for Ukraine Program. They represent universities in learning experience. As the member of The UABA's new officers are: Orest Andrij Szul, an attorney and law profes­ Odessa, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Kyyiv, Ternopil, Parliament for Vancouver East, I have Jejna, president; Bohdanna Pochoday, vice- sor, spoke about initiatives of the Ukrainian Kharkiv and Symferopil. Seven students are taken a great interest in numerous areas, president; Olha Rybakov, treasurer; and Congress Committee of America to bring a studying law, the rest are in the faculties of including social and economic policy. I Peter Piddoubny, secretary. commercial code to Ukraine. Mr. Szul is medicine, economics and international rela­ support the initiatives of the parliamen­ Among the topics discussed at the involved in a program that has resulted in tions. An unprecedented 28 members of the tary program and am offering the oppor­ UABA's meeting was an inoculation pro­ an eight-volume set of proposed model Canadian Parliament registered with CUPP tunity to a student to perform legislative gram relying on a database of children in commercial codes for Ukraine. to accept students. and communications work, in addition to need that could save the lives of thousands A spirited discussion followed the sug­ performing research assignments." of children in Ukraine at risk for contagious gestion that Ukraine should adopt a com­ Program Director Ihor Bardyn initiated An MP new to the CUPP program, diseases such as cholera. mon law system, much like the U.S., the CUPP in 1990, and has seen the num­ Wayne Easter of Prince Edward Island, Peter Oleschuk, president of Inter­ Canada and Britain. Several participants, ber of participants increase steadily. wrote, "I have been active in contributing national Market Technologies, spoke about including several guests from Ukraine, stat­ Commenting on the response of Canadian my views to various national issues such the "Silver Bullets Program'" to provide ed a clear preference for a civil law system MP's he said, "the Class of '94 CUPP as the GATT, NAFTA, gun control and inoculation for children in Ukraine. He stat­ like that practiced in Europe. The speakers interns made a lasting impression in the social security reform. My riding of ed that approximately 14,000 children died pointed out that such a system is historical­ Canadian Parliament and in the con­ Malpeque on Prince Edward Island is last year in Ukraine as the result of a failure ly closer to the norm in Ukraine. stituencies throughout Canada which they to provide basic inoculation from diseases visited. I believe Ukraine's best and mainly rural and relies on the agriculture, such as cholera. The Silver Bullets Program Scholarship recipient brightest students can do as much for fishing and tourism industries. The par­ Ukraine's image, working as they do with liamentary intern would be assigned to hopes to establish a database for each of the The most recent recipient of a UABA- MPs and their staff and living among various tasks including research, writing 14 million children in Ukraine with a view sponsored scholarship at Southern Canadians, as some of the more expensive statements for the House, press releases* towards tracking and eventually inoculating Methodist University in Dallas, Andri programs funded by the community. We administrative duties, attending commit­ each of these children. Pidhirsky, discussed his experiences in pur­ hope that CUPP is a training ground for tee meetings and correspondence." suing his LL.M (master of law). The Lviv Foreign aid to Ukraine Ukraine's future leaders." native, who is a Lviv State University law In the fall of this year, through the efforts In spite of much publicity to the effect graduate, talked about his growing interest Member of Parliament for Red Deer, of the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary that Ukraine is now the fourth largest recip­ in the area of corporate mergers and acqui­ Alberta, Bob Mills wrote, "I would like Program, the first France-Ukraine ient of U.S. foreign aid, Ukraine is ranked sitions. Following his studies, he hopes to to begin by congratulating your organiza­ Parliamentary Program will begin on a one- far down on a list of the former Soviet be able to temporarily work in an American tion for the continued good work it is year trial basis in the Parliament of France. republics when those dollar amounts of aid legal firm before returning to Ukraine, doing. I am well aware that you have The Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation are translated into a per capita (per person) where he hopes to share his newly acquired provided some of the finest and brightest of Toronto supports both the Canadian and basis. Eugene Iwanciw, director of the legal knowledge. students in this program to a number of French programs. Ukrainian National Association's Wash­ The SMU program, which was most ington Office, spoke about these and other recently funded by the Popper Foundation problems in securing aid for Ukraine. and SMU, allows one Ukrainian law stu­ From State Department hostility and dent per year to pursue LL.M studies at Notecards support reforestation indifference, to fundamental ignorance SMU with a view to using the acquired WASHINGTON — American Forests/ Ukrainian Youth Organization. about Ukraine by some of the very groups legal skills to serve Ukraine. Not only are Global Releaf International is working to The organization is now selling sets of who receive U.S. funds to carry out U.S. the acquired legal skills important to the make the former residents of Polissia, evac­ 12 notecards featuring the art of the late policy in Ukraine, the Ukrainian communi­ future of Ukraine, so are the international uated after the Chornobyl accident, feel a Jacques Hnizdovsky. Each set funds one ty has an ongoing battle. Mr. Iwanciw, contacts made through SMU's international little more at home by planting trees. tree in an area where Chornobyl victims however, pointed out that the atmosphere program. Polissia has beautiful forests, and the area now reside and one tree in the United has become somewhat more hospitable Because SMU is a magnet for interna­ where most of its former residents were States. The fund-raiser will also enable the since last November's elections. tional students from all over the alumni net­ moved to is more barren. To "restore their National Ecological Center of Ukraine, a The members also discussed the possi­ work, the result of this network is ongoing lost green habitat," Global Releaf plants Global Releaf partner since 199 і, to publish bility of UABA participation in grant pro­ contact between the Ukrainian graduates trees in the places where these "Chornobyl an "Album of Memories" based on pho­ grams available under the U.S. Agency for and other SMU international alumni, refugees" are now living. tographs, documents and narrations of the International Development or as a subcon­ including visits to Ukraine from SMU To date, the organization has planted survivors. Based on the response, an area of tractor for organizations that are recipients alumni from Japan and Western Europe. over 20,000 trees in Bukovyna. Also, mine a U.S. forest may be dedicated to the vic­ of such grants. The UABA meeting concluded with din­ lands in Kryvyi Rih have been reforested, tims of Chornobyl — 8,000 trees in memo­ ner and social activities at Ulana's Club in the banks of the Irpin and Trubish rivers ry of the estimated 8,000 who have died. Remarks by consul general Philadelphia. have been repaired and a memorial grove To order the notecards, send $10 to: Without help from the diaspora, the The UABA may be contacted via the of over 3,000 trees has been planted in the American Forests/Global Releaf Interna­ work of the Ukrainian Consulate would president, Orest Jejna, at (602) 245-3872 or Caipathian mountains in honor of Dr. Yuri tional, 1516 P St. NW, Washington, DC effectively cease. The Consul General of fax, (602) 254-1918. Starosolsky, a leading activist of Plast 20005. Ukraine in New York, Victor Kryzhaniv- шшттттттштштшттшшшшшттштшж sky, made it a point to apologize to many of reports were delivered and the new UCC- How to reach the attorneys present for repeatedly request­ SPC Executive for 1995-1998 was elected. ing their assistance in many of the matters Saskatchewan... that the Consulate is called upon to handle. (Continued from page 4) Mr. Boyko was elected to a second THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY There is no viable alternative, he said, to the "Evolution or Extinction of the UCC" term as president. Also elected to the help the Consulate receives from Ukrainian was the theme of the luncheon speech executive were Laurianne Gabruch, vice- MAIN OFFICE (editorial, subscriptions American attorneys and others. delivered by UCC National President president; Nadia Prokopchuk, secretary; and advertising departments): Oleh Romaniw. Mr. Romaniw explained and John Lyzaniwski, treasurer. Elected The Ukrainian Weekly "The Ugly Face of Freedom" the need for change to meet the new real­ to the Auditing Committee were Eugene 30 Montgomery Street The issue of news distortions and the ities of Canada's Ukrainian population Krenosky, Michael Zaleschuk, Dr. Jersey City, NJ 07302 apparent defamation of the Ukrainian com­ and delineated the difficulties being Bohdan Kordan, Yars Lozowchuk and Phone:(201)434-0237 munity, as well as the resultant negative experienced with certain Ukrainian orga­ Dr. Ed Klopoushak. fax:(201)451-5486 perception of Ukrainians arising out of a nizations that are not willing to adapt or All UCC local presidents are mem- segment broadcast on the CBS news pro­ give up the limiting control they have. bers-at-large. For the next term these are KYYIV PRESS BUREAU: gram "60 Minutes" cannot be allowed to go The theme of UCC reform carried over Jennie Porochnavy, Corina Dubasov, The Ukrainian Weekly away without adequate redress, stated attor­ into the subsequent session on the future of Wilf Savitsky, Clarence Derow, Michael 11 Karl Marx Street-Apt. 33 neys Donna Pochoday and Arthur the UCC on the national, provincial and Baran and Morris Cherneskey. Kyyiv, Ukraine 252001 Belendiuk. local levels. Saskatchewan president Adrian Over all, participants noted that they Ukraine Both were recently involved in drafting Boyko and Mr. Romaniw were joined by were impressed by the quality of the pre­ phone/fax: (44) 229-1906 petitions to the Federal Communications Stefan Franko, national president of the senters plus the degree of commitment that Commission to block acquisitions of local Ukrainian Self-Reliance League and a these people had to their various areas, pro­ TORONTO PRESS BUREAU: radio stations by CBS in Michigan and member of the UCC's national executive. viding a great deal of hope and creating a Ukrainian National Association Rhode Island. Listeners were also reminded Many interesting insights and ideas lot of enthusiasm for goals that can be ac­ The Ukrainian Weekly Press Bureau of the importance of contacting CBS affili­ were provided, leaving the delegates complished over the next three years. UCC 1 Eva Road -Suite 402 ates and CBS advertisers to remind them of much to consider in preparation for the initiatives in the areas of Ukrainian lan­ Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 4Z5 UCC national congress slated to be held guage education, assisting Saskatchewan the fundamental unfairness of "The Ugly Canada Face of Freedom," and to confront those in Winnipeg in October. businesses with business relations with Phone:(416)626-1999 entities about their future intentions toward The UCC-SPC's triennial general meet­ Ukraine and coordination of aid to Ukraine fax: (416) 626-3841 CBS. ing brought the weekend to its successful projects will be front and center in these Both attorneys stressed the importance culmination. As per accepted convention, plans. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1995 No. 24 NEWS AND VIEWS: Shcherbak THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY comments on political crisis Our subscription fees by Peter Voitsekhovsky law on powers is very important for UNA Washington Office Ukraine - "a must in order to start deal­ As reported on our pages three weeks ago, the price of subscriptions to The ing effectively with all reforms." He also Ukrainian Weekly will be raised, effective July 1, to $40 for members of the WASHINGTON - The standoff pointed out that the legitimacy of the pre­ Ukrainian National Association and $60 for non-members. between President Leonid Kuchma and sent Constitution of Ukraine has long To be sure, our readers were expecting a price increase come July 1, as the the Supreme Council of Ukraine regard­ been questioned by many legal experts in 1994 convention of the UNA had approved a three-step increase to take effect ing the plebiscite of confidence in the the roundtable discussions that he had annually over the next three years. Though the fee was to be raised in 1995 to presidency and the Parliament is a funda­ attended. In the view of many lawyers, $30 for members and $40 ^r non-members, reality dictated otherwise and the mental political crisis, said Ukraine's because this Constitution was not adopt­ recently concluded annual meeting of the UNA General Assembly was com­ ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Yuri ed through a real democratic procedure, pelled to raise prices further. This increase is due primarily to the rapidly rising Shcherbak, at a press briefing on June 2. it cannot be considered the law of the costs of second-class postage (nearly 20 percent) and newsprint (an expected He pointed out, however, that this crisis land. 30 percent increase that already has forced other newspapers to raise their is likely to be peacefully resolved soon prices and, in fact, has eve.n forced some smaller ones to close up shop). through a constitutional agreement Optimistic outlook for agreement Weekly subscription fee increases were among the tough decisions that had to between the president and the Parliament. A constitutional agreement between be made by the General Assembly as the Ukrainian National Association took a the president and the Parliament is like­ [The non-binding plebiscite, or a step back and reviewed how much it was spending for fraternal activities each year. ly to be worked out soon, said nationwide poll, was ordered by As UNA officers noted, these decisions were necessitated by many years of over­ Ambassador Shcherbak. It would have President Kuchma on May 31 after the spending on fraternal activities; we say "overspending" because the Ukrainian to include two major points: the cancel­ Parliament failed to adopt the constitu­ National Association spends so much more, percentage-wise, on this facet of its ing of the plebiscite by the president, tional amendments necessary for a full activity than other fraternals. And, it is the UNA's publications that were and are its and approval and full implementation of implementation of the law on powers, foremost fraternal activity. the law on powers by parliament with­ which had been drafted by the president President Ulana Diachuk noted that the UNA simply could not afford to subsi­ out the complicated process of constitu­ and approved by the Parliament two dize its publishing operations to the tune of more than $1 million per year (as it did tional amendments. The amendment weeks earlier. The Parliament immedi­ in 1994). That is why readers of Svoboda are now being given a choice: to pay $75 process is not workable for the situation ately vetoed the poll and banned spend­ (UNA members' fee) and $100 (non-members' fee) for a newspaper published five because it would require nearly 70 new ing money on it.] times per week; or to transform that paper into a weekly at a cost of $40 and $60. amendments to the Constitution, with The price of The Weekly, too, had to be raised, But, even at our new higher Forced but consistent step each amendment requiring passage by a price, we would argue that The Weekly is a bargain. At 80 per issue for mem­ two-third majority of votes in bers and $1.15 for non-members, our paper is delivered by mail to subscribers' President Kuchma's decree ordering Parliament. homes every week. The cost of postage alone is 18 to 20 cents per copy; for the poll on a vote of confidence is a It has taken the Parliament five Canada it ranges between 36 and 46 cents. forced, but consistent step, said months of discussions to pass the law For their money, readers receive news about the Ukrainian community through­ Oleksander Kochetkov, first deputy on powers by a "simple majority" of 50 out the United States and Canada, as well as reports on far-flung communities spokesman for the president of Ukraine, percent plus one vote. If the same around the world (e.g., this week there is a report on Ukrainians in Brazil). For their who also took part in the briefing. It con­ majority validates the implementation money, readers get between 16 and 24 pages of news and features every week (the sistently follows the president's reform of the new law "in a package," it will average is 20 pages), as since 1993 we have been publishing larger issues. policy and was. forced by the essentially become a provisional consti­ Parliament's resistance to implementing Since 1991 we have been reporting news directly from Ukraine via our own tution until the new Constitution of the reform. If the poll shows that the peo­ Kyyiv Press Bureau; thus, subscribers receive the latest news from Ukraine in Ukraine is completed by its preparatory ple support the president's policy, the detailed reports that, quite simply put, are not available anywhere else. And, since committee and legally adopted. Such an president would be able to implement the May of this year, our Canada coverage has been beefed up with the addition of outcome would be the best under the new law by executive order. This would our Toronto Press Bureau. Our main office and our two full-time press bureaus, present circumstances, stressed Ambas­ be a legitimate way out of the legislative plus an expanded corps of correspondents, work hard to provide readers with the sador Shcherbak. news and features they need and want. deadlock. In addition to subsidizing members' subscriptions (as a benefit of UNA The ambassador was optimistic about Ambassador Shcherbak stressed the the chances for such an agreement to be membership) and providing a community service, the UNA funds subscriptions historical context of the present conflict, for all members of Congress and selected members of the Canadian Parliament, reached. He said eight parliamentary describing it as a "drama of the birth of sections numbering 213 deputies (out of as well as leading government officials in the U.S. and Canada. This is part of new statehood." This drama has been the UNA's tradition of keeping the world informed about events in Ukraine. 405) were already supportive of this experienced in one form or another by agreement pattern. Answering questions Dear Readers: We hope you will understand why it was necessary to raise each new independent state of the former about the possible scenarios that may the price of The Weekly — especially as we have continued to provide more USSR. Its bottom line is that the consti­ develop, Mr. Kochetkov pointed out and better service to subscribers. We pledge to continue to do our utmost to tutions written in Soviet times are totally that this was an ongoing "political serve you and our community, and we hope to be able to maintain and improve inadequate for the new independent process" with many possible variants. A The Ukrainian Weekly with your continued support. states, but do not provide a clear and probable scenario, he said, would be strictly legitimate way to change them. that more and more deputies would Likewise, the December 1991 agree­ wish to sign the agreement as soon as ments that led to the demise of the Soviet they see others doing it and as they feel June Union were not made in full accord with that the people support the president. 1 the Constitution of the USSR, according Ambassador Shcherbak added that, Turning the pages back... to the ambassador. according to reliable recent surveys, 61 The problem for Ukraine, said the percent of the nation supports the presi­ 4 ambassador, is to make the needed dent while only 10 percent supports the changes in its government system, but Parliament. 1775 This year is the 220th anniversary of an event that lives in avoid unlawfulness and bloodshed. The Ukrainian history's infamy - the destruction of the Zaporozhian country has tried to proceed with Violence will be excluded Jl Sich. reforms for the last four years while still In his televised address to the nation This event symbolizes both Russian imperialism and Ukrainian unruliness, which maintaining its Soviet system of gov­ on May 31, President Kuchma pledged has proved to be both Ukraine's greatest strength and most fatal weakness. ernment. Since it proclaimed indepen­ to prevent any use of force in the reso­ Under Catherine II, the Russian empire was expanding southward. The Black Sea dence, Ukraine has had five different lution of the present crisis. This idea coast offered access to the Mediterranean and world trade, and as long as Ukraine's Cabinets, two presidents and two was repeatedly stressed by Ambassador Kozaks were useful in this drive, the Hetmanate was allowed to exist. Parliaments, but life would not change Shcherbak and Mr. Kochetkov. The After a long struggle against the Ottoman empire, a treaty was signed in 1774 that for the better. president expects cooperation from the ceded sovereignty over the Crimean Khanate to Russia and began the Tatars' odyssey A major obstacle to change, said Parliament, said Mr. Kochetkov, and of disenfranchisement and exile. It also doomed Ukrainian autonomy. Ambassador Shcherbak, is the existing he has no plans for disbanding the As Prof. Subtelny notes in his "Ukraine: A History," at the Zaporozhian Sich, sharp system of local councils, which by Parliament. At present, many deputies class divisions and a wide disparity in economic well-being developed in the increas­ "Lenin's devilish design" combine exec­ are willing to cooperate with the presi­ ingly wealthy "starshyna" (officer class) and the propertyless "holota" (rank and file utive and legislative power on each level dent. His hope is to convince the Kozaks). Conflicts broke out between the rich and the poor, and during a particularly and falsely declare it "the power of the majority of the Parliament to follow violent clash in 1768, Russian imperial troops were called in to restore order, and people." Dr. Shcherbak pointed out that, suit. were stationed nearby afterward. in contrast to the present system, the new The goals of the reforms is to build a On June 4, 1775, with the bulk of the Kozak force still at the Turkish front, a law on powers endorsed by President civilized and democratic state in Russian army led by General Tekeli seized the Sich and razed it. The last Zaporozhian Kuchma provides a clear and precise Ukraine, for which a Parliament is a nec­ leader, Petro Kalnyshevsky, who, ironically, had followed a pro-Russian line, was division between legislative and execu­ essary democratic institution. The arrested and exiled to Siberia with his officer corps. tive power, without which Ukraine can­ remarkable caution and patience of the Catherine II followed the Roman imperialist tradition and salted the ground lest it not build a real democracy. Ukrainian nation have so far been saving bear rebellious fruit again. She also tried to obliterate the Zaporozhians from popular Judge Bohdan Futey of the U.S. Court it from political violence, and there are memory. Announcing the destruction of the Sich, she added, "the use of the word of Federal Claims, who has been an advi­ reasons to hope that violence will be 'Zaporozhian Kozak' shall be considered by us as an insult to our imperial majesty." sor in the preparation of new Ukrainian avoided in this conflict as well, conclud­ Source: О rest Subtelny, "Ukraine: A History, " (Toronto: University, of Toronto Press, 1988). laws, jConfirMed at the briefing that the ed Ambassador Shcherbak. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1995

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ON THE "INFOBAHN": Debut most obdurate nomenklatura members who of Ukraine: FAQ Plus project Re: the return will not relinquish power under any cir­ cumstances. by Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj and again and again. These questions would vary, depending on the nature of of properties In terms of helping Ukraine, many Recently, an important milestone was former emigres have become very suc­ the topic, but essentially had been dis­ Dear Editor: reached on the Internet, that "infobahn cussed in one form or another. This cessful in various fields and have the thing" being hyped continuously these I wish to address the property return would clutter up the bulletin board and means of offering economic aid. Having days. I'll jump into the techno-lingo and issue that is gaining attention since the become quite repetitious. A simple anal­ lived in democratic countries, the emigre just say it: involvement of eight top Senate and claimants can influence the growth and ogy would be watching TV and being "Earlier this year, the volume of House members came to light. As we maintenance of democracy. forced to look at re-runs in addition to HTTP traffic surpassed that of e-mail." now know, a letter dated April 10 and seeing some new programs. My last and most important point is one Let's take a look at this. E-mail, or signed by Speaker of the House Newt With the advent of HTTP on Internet that is contained in the Christopher letter. It electronic mail, is a letter one writes to Gingrich, Sen. Robert Dole and others, and the capability of using HTML is stated that, "Although the particulars vary someone else using a computer and then was sent to Secretary of State Warren (Hyper Text Mark-up Language - this is in every country, governments have enact­ sending it to another who also has access Christopher asking him to bring the what tells the computer how to interpret ed restitution legislation with cutoff dates to a computer. This letter is transmitted return of expropriated properties to the the document), new versions of the FAQ that have the effect - whether intended or electronically a number of ways, depend­ attention of the leaders of the newly became possible. Ukraine: FAQ Plus, not - of restricting the rights of Jewish ing on how this computer is connected. independent states, including Ukraine. under the aegis of the Sabre Foundation communities and others [my emphasis] The journey may take place through The potential claimants were identified and funded partially by U.S. AID with legitimate claims to reclaim their prop­ phone lines, cable, optical fiber or as Jews and others. erty. Moreover, laws are being passed that through the Eurasia Foundation, is the microwave transmission - or even satel­ latest entry on the Internet dealing with First, I wish to cite "U.S. pushes prevent foreign citizens and those not domi­ lite. Israeli agenda in Eastern Europe" (The ciled locally from making claims." This matters Ukrainian (there are others that I "HTTP" is an acronym that stands for will discuss in a future article) and quite Weekly, April 30), where Dr. Myron brings me to the "Law on Rehabilitation of "Hypertext Teleprocessing Protocol." Kuropas discusses the Jewish angle of Political Repression Victims in Ukraine," possibly the foremost in its use of Hypertext is a term used to denote a doc­ HTML. this issue in great depth. However, he which was enacted for the purpose of reha­ ument that contains special information says very little about non-Jewish bilitating people convicted for political rea­ The project has a good quality of for the computer to act upon (that's why material available online, of which I shall claimants. Dr. Kuropas also states that sons by court of repressed by non-judicial the word "protocol" is used here - the while he has no problem with formerly bodies on the territory of Ukraine. This law present a small part (in no particular "teleprocessing" portion refers to the fact order). appropriated properties being returned to was on the books from April 17, 1991, that this can or does take place on several their rightful owners, he feels that this through April 17,1994. The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian computers). This feature is very powerful Studies (CIUS) has items such as step is premature because the newly The problem with this law was that its and is in wide use now. independent states have not gotten them­ existence was denied by the legal staff at "Highlights of Activities and Program" selves up on their economic feet. the Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S. back For example, imagine reading an article and "CIUS Supports Publication of the on your computer about Ukrainian litera­ While demands for immediate return of in September of 1992. As a matter of Late Vasyl Stus's Works." From the ture and coming across the word "dumy." properties may pose a problem, postpone­ fact, the staff had no qualms lying out­ Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Using the computer (with a program called ment of claims pretty much guarantees that right about this law. Now that's democ­ (HURI) comes information on topics a "browser") one may just direct the com­ these properties may never be returned. I racy! If memory serves, didn't President such as the 1995 Harvard Ukrainian puter to look up (if the document has been base this on personal observation on how Leonid Kravchuk distinguish himself by Summer Institute. Both organizations properly prepared beforehand by the Ukraine is going about privatizing agricul­ conveniently labeling native-born have contributed their publication cata­ author) the word "dumy." The computer tural land and formerly state-held business­ Ukrainians fortunate enough to escape logues with abstracts which are easily can then fetch another document (which es. Anticipating property claims from the workers' paradise with their lives as available via the Internet. may even reside on another computer else­ Ukrainians abroad, powerful former state- "foreigners?" I rest my case. Materials from Ukraine are available where - sometimes halfway across the enterprise bosses are already taking what­ from the University of the Kyyiv-Mohyla Volodymyr Sylchak planet) and present it to the user. This docu­ ever land they wish and forming joint ven­ Academy (KMA) and the Institute of Miami Beach, Fla. ment can even contain multimedia samples tures with American agribusinesses at Ukrainian Studies of Lviv. The to enhance the user's understanding of this neck-breaking speed. These American Encyclopedia of Ukraine, under the edi­ term. business partners are not of Ukrainian torship of Prof. Danylo Husar Struk, has descent, and their goal is strictly profit. It Let's not allow I'm sure some of you, perhaps sitting graciously allowed us to include several will be exceedingly difficult, if not impos­ at your kitchen table in the morning, entries from their prestigious endeavor. sible, to reclaim anything from these iron- cultural confusion drinking a good cup of espresso and From the U.S. Trade Mission in fisted "ex-Communist" state enterprise Dear Editor: devoting your morning to reading The Kyyiv, the project has the most extensive bosses after they are firmly entrenched, Ukrainian Weekly, have wondered what online information on U.S. businesses in and I am certain that their American part­ In your May 14 issue there was an arti­ the word "multimedia" means. If you Ukraine, in addition to commercial ser­ ners will do whatever is in their power to cle titled "Chamber Chorus to feature were at a computer now and The vices available there, such as information keep the claimants at bay. 'Icons of Slavic Music' " This piece gave Ukrainian Weekly were on your screen, on hotels and restaurants, or even jour­ In my second point, I want to refer to the a very good review of a fine chorus. you would just need to direct the com­ nalists working there. April 20 letter from the Central and East However, in Washington, fliers were dis­ puter for a definition. In this case, if you Future documents (with permission tributed that billed the concert being toured European Coalition to Sen. Dole. Among had the chance to look up multimedia from the copyright holders, of course) as featuring "17th to 20th century sacred other things, it states that with enormous (and again, there is a lot of work which are the Ukrainian National Association's music from Ukraine and Russia including social, legal, political and economic prob­ the author has to do in order to prepare catalogue of Ukrainian periodicals, selections from Rachmaninov's Vespers." the document), you would have been lems facing the newly independent states in "Chronology of Major Events, 1914- It seems to be a more frequent phenome­ treated to a graphical and audio presenta­ their quest for democracy, the additional 1945" from Yury Boshyk's "Ukraine non in the D.C. area to feature concerts of tion. This would amply demonstrate the pressure of having to deal with claims During World War II: History and its Russian and Ukrainian music, which then word "multimedia." Just imagine, again, might push them over the edge, to a point Aftermath" (CIUS, 1986), and "Ukraine serve to reinforce the American public's the previous example I gave on "dumy." that might lead to the failure of democracy in Foreign Comments and Descriptions: confused perception as Russian and Instead of just reading a two- or three- From the VIth to XXth Gentury" by itself. I disagree with this concept because I Ukrainian being one and the same. line definition of the word, one could Volodymyr Sichynsky (UCGA, 1953). feel that the only way these countries have Such concerts are counterproductive, have an excerpt of Paul Plishka singing a any chance of becoming and staying demo­ Not to be outdone in the cultural especially at a time when Ukraine tries to "duma" - all on your computer. This is cratic is with the strong participation of arena, there is a small section on the poet argue its credibility as a separate nation in now possible with current technology. those who were driven from their countries Vasyl Stus, a preview of a forthcoming the court of American public opinion. In by members of the Soviet regime. The groundwork being laid, I'd like book on Ukrainian composers by Dr. the January-March 1995 issue of Vira The coalition letter concludes with the now to discuss a particular project on Ihor Sonevytsky and Natalka Palidwor- (United Ukrainian Orthodox Sisterhoods Sonevytsky, and even a forthcoming statement that "rather than threaten these which I have been working on the publication) we read of Ukrainian exhibition of art by a contemporary countries en masse, a far more constructive Internet. Called "Ukraine: FAQ Plus," it Orthodox churches in Ukraine trying to Ukrainian artist. policy for the United States to pursue is particularly oriented to the idea of bring the Ukrainian language into church Incidentally, the Ukraine: FAQ Plus would be to provide each of these countries hypertext. FAQ is an acronym denoting a services. In Kyyiv there is only one project was featured on the "Kontakt" with the political, legal and economic document titled "Frequently Asked Ukrainian Orthodox Church using the television program on June 3. assistance needed to establish the where­ Questions." This document arose in Ukrainian language in its church services. An initial group of scholarly advisors withal and mechanism to ensure the rule of response to people frequenting computer It is a cruel irony when here in the has been assembled. Its members are: law and the administration of justice for all newsgroups (or bulletin boards) continu­ West we allow such cultural confusion, Prof. Olia Andriewska, Trent University, without discrimination toward any." I was ously asking the same questions, again, when in Ukraine the process of Ontario; Dr. Borys Gudziak, director, under the impression that the U.S. has Ukrainianization is still slow, painful and Institute of Church History, Lviv; Prof. already sent over a number of "advisors" to resisted by Ukrainian citizens of Russian Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj is a com­ Jaroslaw Isaievych, director, Institute for assist Ukraine's two presidents, their advi­ ancestry. Let's use our common sense puter consultant in the financial services Ukrainian Studies, Lviv; Prof. Zenon sors, and Parliament members to help them and refuse all connection to Russian cul­ industry in New York City. His current Kohut, director, Canadian Institute of establish these mechanisms to ensure the ture as do the Baits and other self- project is supporting one of the largest Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta; rule of law and administration of justice for respecting nations, who have been occu­ Internet sites currently extant. He can be Dr. Roman Procyk, director, Ukrainian all. Either these "advisors" have failed mis­ pied by Russia through the centuries. reached via electronic mail at Studies Fund; and Prof. Frank Sysyn, erably to help Ukraine and others put laws [email protected] or at (212) 475- director, Petro Jacyk Historical Research on the books that would reflect this justice Linda Steyden 6097. The Sabre Foundation may be and rule of law; or they are up against the Bethesda, Md. reached at (617) 868-3510. (Continued on page 13) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1995 No. 24 Panelists discuss Researchers study Ukrainians in Brazil by Jeff Picknicki Morski the experiences of his father who came to Brazil in 1896. "When the immigrants arrived," he said, "it was very dif­ Ukraine's perspectives A group of researchers from Winnipeg, Canada, visited ficult. Brazil was completely foreign to them, they did not Brazil on April 5-17 in the first stage of their proposed speak the language, they knew nothing of what was wait­ by Andrij Wynnyekyj comparative study of the Ukrainian settlements in Canada ing for them in the jungles of Parana. The settlers were Toronto Press Bureau and the Brazilian South. not given the free land which they were promised. In Funded jointly by the University of Winnipeg and the TORONTO - During a panel discussion held on order to get a shakra [from the Portuguese chacara, a University of Manitoba, the research team consisted of May 21, it seemed the usual arrangement of crisis Brazilian land measure] they had to pay about 50 John Lehr, 51, a professor of geography at the University in Ukraine and well-being in the diaspora was cruzeiros. Hundreds of people died in the temporary bar­ of Winnipeg; Stella Hryniuk, 56, an associate professor reversed. The panel was hosted by the Ukrainian racks as they waited for their land. Parana was not ready of history at the University of Manitoba, and this writer, a National Federation as part of the proceedings of for the great numbers of people that came..." 28-year-old Ph.D. candidate in Slavic studies. its 31st annual convention. Conducting research and fieldwork in southern Friday, April 14: Today we're in the colony of The convention had lost some of its profile Brazil, specifically the cities of Curitiba Prudentopolis, Iracema in the neighboring state of Santa Catarina. It's because Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow, Parana and their environs, the team enjoyed the support Good Friday and with most of the people in and around scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the pre­ and cooperation of numerous members of the Brazilian- the church for the services, we've been able to speak with vious night's gala banquet, canceled in order to Ukrainian community and has pronounced its work an and interview many of the old-timers. In the afternoon, on prepare for an election call. unqualified success. our way back to Prudentopolis, we stopped in the colony Mykola Plawiuk, former head of the Ukrainian My first introduction to the Ukrainians in Brazil came in of Costa Carvalho at the monument to the Ukrainian set­ government-in-exile and former president of the 1985 when I began searching for the descendants of my tlers who were killed by the Brazilian Indians in 1900. World Congress of Free Ukrainians, delivered the grandfather's brother who emigrated from Ukraine and Such attacks were frequent during the early years of optimistic notes in an address on "Ukraine and settled in Parana. I have researched and written extensive­ settlement by the Indians who resented the newcomers Perspectives on its Future." Mr. Plawiuk spoke of ly about the history of Ukrainian settlement in Brazil on their land. In this particular incident, the settlers were an increasing acceptance of Ukraine's geopolitical before the beginning of this project. My cousin Nadia clearing some forest for a field and had just stopped to significance in countries of both the East and Morski, a third-generation Ukrainian Brazilian and secre­ take a break when a group of Indians, yelling and bran­ West, and its continuing relative social and politi­ tary of culture in Prudentopolis, and I are presently collab­ dishing bows and poison arrows, ran out of the forest cal stability. orating on a commemorative publication for the celebra­ and pounced on the unsuspecting Ukrainians. By the Mr. Plawiuk pointed to the success of U.S. tion of the city's 100 years of Ukrainian settlement to be time it was over, 12 people, among them three young President Bill Clinton's visit to Kyyiv and the held later this year. What follows are excerpts from the children, were dead. The bodies were buried in three International Monetary Fund's decision to provide daily journal I kept during the trip. Portions which have graves at the place where the memorial cross and plaque a financial basis for Ukraine's program of reforms been added appear in the text in square brackets. presently stands. Another grave, from the time of a sec­ as indications that Ukraine would not be ond attack, stands in the field adjacent. "Belarusized" (stripped of all practical autonomy Thursday, April 6: After a busy morning in the city, Leaving Costa Carvalho, our next stop was in Xavier and drawn into the Russian sphere). we left Curitiba for the Ukrainian colony of Marcelino. I da Silva, about a mile east of Iracema, the site of the He sounded notes of caution about the enduring rode with the Rev. Daniel Kozlinski, a Ukrainian Catholic first Ukrainian Catholic church in Brazil built in 1895. presence of the black market and organized crime, priest in the city's Batel district, who accompanied us on The first settlers here were Mykhailo Teodorovych and which he likened to a "fifth estate" in Ukraine that our visit. Faced with a possible delay at a police check Semko Bobkiv and their families of Peremyshliany could threaten the country's economic well-being. stop along the way (Brazilian police regularly patrol the County in Galicia. At its largest, the colony grew to Dr. Dmytro Сіруwnyk, president of the Ukrainian highways for bandits and smugglers), the Rev. Kozlinski nearly 100 families but is now all but abandoned. Most World Congress (as the WCFU is now known) and smiled and unbuttoned his coat to reveal his collar. The of the people have moved to Iracema or other neighbor­ the Canadian Ethnocultural Council, was the next officers saw that a priest was driving and waved us ing colonies. speaker, addressing the topic of "The Tasks of the through. This, no doubt, is what the Brazilians mean when Ukrainian Diaspora." Dr. Cipywnyk said that, as a they talk about jeito, the celebrated knack they seem to Saturday, April 15: Today I'm surrounded by whole, the community outside the home country has have for getting themselves out of a potential jam. Morskis. Literally. As I write this I'm sitting in the liv­ acted without a program in recent years because "we Marcelino is one of Curitiba's oldest Ukrainian ing room of (my cousin) Nadia's house in have been taken by surprise by the success of colonies. It was founded in 1896 by immigrants from Prudentopolis, meeting and speaking with about 30 of Ukrainian independence." Galicia who first settled the surrounding upland areas my Brazilian relatives [the descendants of my grandfa­ The UWC president said the main tasks remain (called Castelhan) and later relocated to the place where ther's brother Danylo Morski, who emigrated to Brazil the same: preserving identity and providing aid for the colony is presently situated. Miguel Nogas, one of in 1909.] The family resemblances are uncanny. Even Ukraine. He pointed to the article by Prof. Roman the residents, spoke about how difficult the first years the annoying habit of leaving shoes all over the place. Serbyn of Montreal, published in the Toronto were for the people. Castelhan was heavily forested, and Grandfather would be proud. weekly Novyi Shliakh, discussing the difference the settlers were unable to clear even the smallest piece In the afternoon a group of us drove to the colony of between an "immigrant community" and a "dias­ of land for a garden. Many died from typhus, and by Consul Pool, about five miles from Prudentopolis, pora" that could provide clear frames of reference. 1900, those who survived had moved to Marcelino. where the family first settled in Brazil. We visited the The former, Dr. Cipywnyk said, was concerned original homestead, walked through the field (now Friday, April 7: Today we're traveling to Paranagua, planted with hierba matte and manioc), ran from a rat­ with integration, the latter, with preservation of a coastal town about 60 miles from Curitiba and the port identity. He said it was time for Ukrainians to shift tlesnake, visited the cemetery and said prayers at the of entry for the majority of the Ukrainian immigrants to grave of my immigrant ancestor. All the while I kept fully toward the latter. "Now that we have contact Brazil. Our hosts from the Sociedade dos Amigos da with Ukraine, this will be far easier," he said, thinking to myself how different this must have been for Cultura Ucraniana [Society of the Friends of Ukrainian them from the village in the Old Country. Soil as red as adding that "absence of contact quickened assimi­ Culture] have made all the arrangements and are travel­ lation." a tomato, palm trees, pinheiro pines, parrots, celebrating ing with us. Before arriving at the port we stop along the Christmas in the middle of summer... Dr. Cipywnyk claimed that one of the best ways way to walk part of the original immigrant trial, a nar­ to shore up Ukrainian identity is to assist those Consul Pool was one of the earliest areas of settle­ row path of slippery cobblestones cut right through the ment in the municipality of Prudentopolis. The first who wish to immigrate to Canada and the United middle of a dense rain forest, and for about a mile we Ukrainians began arriving here in 1896, including 10 States. He said concerns about a "brain drain" are trace the footsteps of the first Ukrainians as they made families from Skalat county who arrived at Rio de misplaced. "Many of the most talented are leaving their way inland. Janeiro and then traveled to Prudentopolis where they to look for opportunities in Poland and in Russia Later at the port, seeing the place where the ships anyway, so we might as well entice them over here waited for several weeks until surveyors finished mea­ actually docked and the immigrants disembarked, we suring out the land into chacaras (farmsteads). and benefit from their expertise," he said. were told that it was about a year from the time they Dr. Cipywnyk added that this migration could first set foot on Brazilian soil until they arrived at their Sunday, April 16 - Easter: After a traditional Easter act as a social safety valve, as there is sure to be a ultimate destination on the farmsteads located further in breakfast at Sao Josafat's Monastery (the Mass of the dramatic rise in unemployment in Ukraine as the interior. Resurrection was celebrated the night before), we spent enterprises there are reorganized. a leisurely day in the city. Instead of our usual schedule On the North American front, he said the cata­ Sunday, April 9: Today is our first day in of interviews, photographing Ukrainian houses and strophic decline in Ukrainian speakers needs to be Prudentopolis, the oldest Ukrainian settlement in Brazil. work in the archives, today we ate chaurrasoo (Brazilian Originally called Sao Joao de Capanema, it was renamed addressed through a revived network of Ukrainian barbecue), tasted caipirinhas (the most famous Brazilian Prudentopolis in honor of Brazilian president Dr. Prudente schools and a strengthening of community bonds. cocktail) and later watched hayivky being performed on de Moraes in 1896. The first transport of Ukrainian set­ Dr. Cipywnyk said Ukraine could prove helpful in the church yard and again in the colony of Nova Galicia. the long run, through institutions similar to tlers, the majority from the villages of Luchyntsi, Germany's Goethe Institute. Dolyniany and Vyniatkiv in Chortkiv and Rohatyn coun­ Monday, April 17: Our last day in Prudentopolis. Over the past 12 days we have traveled some 1,000 Oleh Romaniw, president of the Ukrainian ties in Galicia, arrived in Prudentopolis on April 29, 1895. miles through the Parana countryside of "Brazilian Canadian Congress, took Dr. Cipywnyk's notes of Local folklore tells that when they arrived the city was no Ukraine," as it is called, visiting colonies, meeting peo­ warning one step further, sounding the alarm over more than a few huts (located where the bus terminal is ple, conducting interviews and taking photographs. the growing alienation of institutions from the now) and a small chapel made of wooden planks, all sur­ We've shared chaimarrao (hierba matte tea) and cafez- . Ukrainian Canadian community at large. rounded by thick forest. inho (Brazilian coffee) with our many hosts, eaten Mr. Romaniw said all organizations have to be After the blessing of the palms at the church (today is chuchu, caqui and charutos (the last one is the Brazilian- rejuvenated, because otherwise they will simply Palm Sunday), visiting the statue of Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian word for holubtsi) and experienced first-hand die out. He said a special effort has to be made to and an interview on the Ukrainian radio program that Ukrainian hospitality is alive and well in Brazil. keep youth organizations active, noting the marked "Zeleni Verkhy" about our project, we travel to the decline in the activities of the Ukrainian Canadian Ukrainian colony of Esperanca, located about five miles A quick check to see that everything is in the suitcases - from Prudentopolis. about 30 rolls of film between us, the taped interviews, (Continued on page 13) During one of the interviews outside the church after pages of notes, books, even ajar of beets and horseradish - the service, 85-year-old Joao Mychalovski told me about and we're off. Our next stop, back to Curitiba... No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1995 INTERVIEW: Minister of Youth and Sport Valeriy Borzov by Oksana Zakydalsky national conference on youth issues was than one before I give my opinion about held in Kyyiv and representatives from what kind of support the ministry will KYYIV - Valeriy Borzov, former 34 European and other countries took provide. Olympic sprinter and winner of two gold part. The Kyyiv paper "Ukrainska The situation that exists today, where medals at the J 972 Munich Olympics, for Gazeta" (February) criticized you for Plast and other scouting groups have not the last four years, has been Ukraine's not taking the opportunity, at the con­ been able to create one national scouting minister of youth and sport Although the ference, to discuss the real fundamental organization, troubles me. I have met sever­ Cabinet has been formally dismissed as the problems confronting Ukraine's youth al times with delegations from Plast and the president and Parliament debate the Law in the post-colonial era and suggested other scout groups, but so far they have not on State Power and Local Self-Government that your ministry was failing to address come to an agreement on how to create one (the so-called "powers bill"), former min­ these problems adequately. Would you national organization. The ministry is not isters are continuing with their duties, act­ care to comment? allowed, by the laws of this country, to ing under the direction of the Parliament interfere in the internal affairs of a non-gov­ The press prints a lot of stories - some until a new Cabinet is appointed. This ernmental organization; we can only dis­ of them far from the truth. The ministry interview was held in Minister Borzov \s cuss, propose and advise, and I have tried to was one of the organizers of the confer­ office in Kyyiv on April 27. do this and encourage them to unite. ence, which received the support of the Do you anticipate any changes in the European Community. The conference Is the problem a question of lan­ organization of the Ministry of Youth dealt with East-West cooperation in rela­ guage, that Plast is Ukrainian-speak­ and Sport? tion to youth issues, and its aim was to ing and the other scout groups are The powers bill will determine the bring together people involved with Russian-speaking? division of powers between the legisla­ youth policy on the level of ministers, No, that is not the main problem. The ture and the executive, the structure of deputy ministers and European Council main problem is the oath which includes government and the number of ministries representatives. My function at the con­ a pledge of allegiance to Ukraine. For and ministers. We do not have any infor­ ference was not to give an analysis of example, what about the scouting organi­ mation on whether this ministry will be youth policy but to outline possible East- zation in the Crimea? The Crimea is an split up or whether other responsibilities, West cooperation on that level. The fact autonomous republic and the Crimean for example, tourism, will be added. In that this conference took place in Kyyiv scouts want to pledge allegiance not only the new structure, there will probably be was in itself an achievement and evi­ to Ukraine but to their republic. The a smaller number of ministries, and the dence that Ukraine is respected in problem concerns such issues. Valeriy Borzov way they are funded could change. Those Western Europe. The person who wrote But, as far as I know, the Crimea is ministries that have money-making enter­ the critical article had no understanding the economic and social well-being of our part of Ukraine. prises under their jurisdiction may of the political context of the event. country. For our part, we are trying to help the youth of Ukraine integrate into receive some of their funding from them. Your ministry has encouraged the We all know that - but I cannot European society. They need to integrate on establishment of youth organizations change them. That is their position. I Your ministry has two jurisdictions the psychological, informational, cultural in Ukraine and has also supported ini­ can't change any side's position; I can - youth and sports. Do you think that and educational levels. We have to give our tiatives in the establishment of contacts only bring them together, and they have these responsibilities are too broad, or to decide for themselves. young people the opportunity to see how do they complement each other? among youth on the international level. One of the first youth organizations to I am troubled by the fact that young others live, to make them understand what Our ministry has actually three respon­ emerge in independent Ukraine was people can't achieve a consensus among kind of ethics govern people's lives, what sibilities: youth, sport and recreation, and the scouting organization Plast. The themselves. We would like to see, at least kind of political culture people function in separate administrative divisions for each 18th World Jamboree is being held in for the time being, some sort of compro­ and what cultural values they treasure. of them. Each division looks after its own the Netherlands on August 1-11, and mise on the issues raised by the Plast With 700 to 800 exchange delegations a legislative, budgetary and organizational some 40 members of Plast and other statutes and oath. Plast has a great history year, our ministry is helping young people issues. Since independence, we have had scouting-type groups, which have behind it and, of course, finds it difficult establish contacts with the youth of other to lay the policy foundations for all three sprung up in Ukraine in the last three to compromise in some aspects of its tra­ countries. Sport is a very important compo­ areas; as our ministry staff is only 128 years, have been invited to the dition. I understand that some things are nent and a very effective vehicle for this. sacred, but there is also the necessity of people, we have had to work very hard. Jamboree. What is the role of your How do you decide on the allocation We are also helping to establish an infra­ ministry in aiding the participation of having one national scouting organiza­ of your ministry's funds? structure across Ukraine for each of our this delegation from Ukraine? tion, and a key must be found to consoli­ areas of responsibility at the oblast, city date the scouting movement in Ukraine. The ministry allocates its funds accord­ I am still waiting for an answer from and local levels, and we are decentraliz­ What kind of future do you see for ing to the priorities that are important for the Scout Bureau about whether they will ing some of our functions. the youth of Ukraine? Ukraine today - one of which is helping accept only one scouting delegation from At the beginning of this year an inter­ Ukraine or whether they will accept more The future of our young people is tied to (Continued on page 14) Scouting movement returns to Ukraine via two routes by Oksana Zakydalsky

DNIPROPETROVSKE, Ukraine - In recent years, the scouting movement has come back to Ukraine by two routes. The first led to Western Ukraine, where Plast was revived in its historical birthplace, jump- started by the assistance of existing Plast organizations in the diaspora. The second route, to eastern and southern Ukraine, was through contact with European scouting organizations and the World Scout Bureau. In those parts of Ukraine, regional scout groups were founded, such as the Skif Scout Brotherhood (Dnipropetrovske), Berkut of Kryvyi Rih and the Scout Federation of the Crimea. Today, as a result, the scouting movement in Ukraine is fragmented, a situation that is hindering the entry of Ukraine into the World Organization of the Scouting Movements (WOSM) and worrying the min­ ister of youth and sport (see interview with Valeriy Borzov). To be recommended for membership in WOSM, a national scouting organization must meet certain con­ ditions spelled out by the world body. Dr. Jacques Moreillon, secretary-general of WOSM, on one of his periodic visits to Ukraine, spoke out in favor of having one national scouting organization in Ukraine rather than a federation made up of the various scout groups. "In our opinion and that of the Ukrainian govern­ ment, the temptation of creating a federation should be avoided. In a country like Ukraine, which is in great

(Continued on page 12) Plast-Scouts seminar participants gathered outside the Skif headquarters in Dnipropetrovske. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1995 No. 24

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Different countries organize sport dif­ Minister of Youth... ferently. Some countries have a govern­ (Continued from page 9) ment structure for sports, others do not, СОЮЗІЄКА • SOYUZIVKA and in some there are independent young people deal with the social disloca­ Olympic committees whose function is tions caused by the economic transition. Ukrainian National Association Estate to organize sports at the Olympic level. Frankly, in this area we have not done as Kerhonksoa New York 12446 The Olympic Committee in Ukraine has Foordmore Road much as we would have liked to do, but 914-626-5641 FAX 914-626-4638 been in existence for only four years. Its we are doing the best we can within the function is to represent Ukraine at the limits of the funds available to us. Olympic Games, support the develop­ SOYUZIVKA SUMMER PROGRAMS 1995 What are the priorities where sport is ment of athletes able to compete on the Friday, June 30,10 p.m. Dance "Lvivjany" concerned? First of all, sport is important international level and use the image of Saturday, July 1, 8:30 p.m. Concert in the shaping of Ukraine's image on the the Olympics to encourage the participa­ Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble "Lvivjany" international level. Who can best secure a tion of people of all ages in sports. Olya Chodoba-Fryz - vocalist good image for Ukraine in sport? In Ukraine the whole sports education Andrij Staciw - pianist Obviously, the strongest athletes in the establishment - the training of athletes at 10 p.m. dance 'Tempo"; "Fata Morgana" most developed branches of sport. We the higher and secondary school level, Sunday, July 2,8:30 p.m. "Fata Morgana in Concert" have designated 22 such branches, and the preparation of training personnel - is 10 p.m. dance "Fata Morgana"; "Tempo" 70 percent of our sports budget goes to funded through the state budget. If we support them. As there are 104 sports take away government funding, there Saturday, July 8, 8:30 p.m. Concert federations in Ukraine, you can under­ "Promin" - Vocal Ensemble will be no sport in Ukraine today. "Homin Stepiv" - Bandura Ensemble stand that a lot of people are unhappy The Olympic Committee has no inde­ 10 p.m. Dance - "Vidlunnia" with this policy. We could have done it pendent source of money and cannot pro­ differently, given everyone a little bit, Saturday, July 15,8:30 p.m. Concert-Cabaret vide the funds for anything. Our current but even that would not have been laws do not encourage investment or "Ukrainian Souvenir" enough to support all aspects of sport. 10 p.m. Dance - "Ukrainian Souvenir" sponsorships from commercial or finan­ This decision to support the elite cial enterprises. Whereas in the U.S., for Saturday, July 22, 8:30 p.m. Concert example, investors can receive tax breaks Ensemble "Veseliy Halychany" from Ternopil branches of sport is not a popular one, 10 p.m. Dance - "Luna" but it will help to form Ukraine's image, for aiding the Olympic movement, in sustain our most promising sports, sup­ Ukraine no incentive for such investment Saturday, July 29, 8:30 p.m. Concert port the best athletes and help train is provided. In our circumstances today, "Dumka Choir" from New York reserves for the future. When a person the Olympic Committee cannot be inde­ 10 p.m. Dance can't save everything, he saves what is pendent of the state. Saturday, August 5, 8:30 p.m. Concert most valuable. That is the situation in In the U.S. or other countries, where Ensemble "Kobzari" which we find ourselves today. We have Olympic committees have existed for close Banduristy from Ditroit to choose what we will save. to 100 years, they have their own sources of 10 p.m. Dance - "Vodohraj" funding and can be independent. In our situ­ You are both the minister of sport Saturday, August 6 - UNWLA Day ation, if the minister is not supportive of the and the president of the National Saturday, August 12, 8:30 p.m. Concert Olympic committee, there is nowhere else Olympic Committee of Ukraine. As that the committee can turn to for help. "An Evening of Contemporary Ukrainian Songs" minister you set policy with respect to Lidia Hawryluk, Oksana Borbycz-Korduba, Oles Kuzyszyn, The Ukrainian Olympic Committee sport, and as the Olympic Committee Bohdan Kuzyszyn, Yurij Turchyn. today needs a person with an internation­ president you are one of the beneficia­ 10 p.m. Dance - "Luna" al reputation. Although I am not the only ries of this policy. Is there not a con­ one who has such a reputation, there are Saturday, August 19, Concert flict of interest involved in your hold­ Soyuzivka Dance Camp Recital. Instructor: ing both positions? (Continued on page 15) Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky; "Lvivjany." 10 p.m. Dance - "Burlaky" 11:45 p.m. crowning of Miss Soyuzivka 1996 Sunday, August 20, 2:15 p.m. Concert HAMALIA TfcAVEL CONSULTANTS Maria Krushelnycka - piano ^ Lidia Shutko - violin r UKRAINE... GENERAL EXCURSIONS Saturday August 26, 8:30 p.m. Concert EXCURSION "M" > KYYIV (2 days) Kamyanets-Podilsky >* IV FRANKIVSK (1 day) Podvirne Vocal-instrumental Ensemble "Vidlunnia" BUKOVYNA > CHERNIVTSI (8 days) Lyzhany Khotyn Kitsmann 10 p.m. Dance - "Vidlunnia" Storozhynets • IV FRANKIVSK (1 day) Vyzhnytsya • KYYIV (2 days)

EXCURSION "R" > KYYIV (2 days) •UZHOROD (4 days) ШВСЖ DAY WEEKEND > IV FRANKIVSK (1 day) Uzhocky Pass ZAKARPATTYA >MUKACHEVE(4days) Vynohradiv/Berehove Friday, September 1,10 p.m. Dance - "Lvivjany" Mizhiria/Synevyr •IV FRANKIVSK (4 days) Svalyava Saturday, September 2, 8:30 p.m. Concert •KYYIV (2 days) Ukrainian Youth Ensembles from Toronto EXCURSION "S" > KYYIV (2 days) Olesko Khmelnytsky • TRUSKA VETS (1 day) Male Choir "Orion" WESTERN UKRAINE > TERNOPIL (3 days) • IV FRANKIVSK (3 days) Berezhany Jaremche/Dovbush's Cliff $1599 Female Choir "Levada" Pochaiv/Kremenetz Kosiv/Kolomyia 27 JUNE-11 JULY Concert-Marching Band "Vanguard" > LVIV (3 days) KYYIV (2 days) 11JULY-25JULY Musical Director and Conductor - Wasyl Kardash EXCURSION "T" > KYYIV (2 days) Ochakiv 10 p.m. Dance "Tempo"; "Fata Morgana" >KIROVOHRAD(lday) > ODESSA (3 days) SOUTHERN UKRAINE > KHERSON (3 days) Olexandrivka Black Sea Preserve > ISM AIL (1 day) Sunday, September 3, 2:15 p.m. Concert Hola Pristan > ODESSA (1 day) Nova Askania Ukrainian Youth Ensembles from Toronto > MYKOLAY1V (2 days) > KYYIV (2 days) 8:30 p.m. Concert - Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble "Lvivjany" M EXCURSION "U • KYYIV/CHERNIHIV (3 days) Svyatohirsky Monastery 10 p.m. Dance "Tempo"; "Fata Morgana" DONETSK (1 day) EASTERN UKRAINE Baturyn 3 • ZAPORIZHA (3 days) Mistress of Ceremonies - Olya Chodoba-Fryz • POLTAVA (3 days) Khortysia Dance every Friday night to the tunes of "Lvivjany" Opishnya Melitopil Reshytylivka ) • DNIPROPETROVSK (2 d.) • KHARKIV (2 days) Petrykivka ( Slovyanohirsk > KYYIV (3 days)

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Is there something you would like to Minister of Youth... add? Mr. and Mrs. Michael Muc Jr. (Continued from page 14) would like to thank manager John Flis and his com­ I would like to thank all those people petent Soyuzlvka staff for their efforts in making our not that many, maybe two or three such who are, let me put it this way, "fanat­ children's wedding a success. people. I have had professional training ics" of their cause. Today sport in Clarette Diane Muc and Taras Lozowy were married in sports and a lot of experience in the Ukraine exists thanks to such "fanatics" international sphere. That is why I have who work without remuneration. These at Holy Trinity Church, Kerhonkson, N.Y. on May 6 been asked to become a member of the are the people I would like to thank first with the reception following at Soyuzivka. International Olympic Committee - an of all. They are not only in Ukraine, but Father John Kaszczak of St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Catholic honor for Ukraine. I could probably play in Ukrainian communities around the Church, Hempstead, N.Y. officiated at the ceremony. a more effective role if it were not for world. We are grateful for their commit­ Mr. Leonid Garder, former director of the Youth Choir in The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin our difficult economic situation. People ted support. such as Serhiy Bubka and Oksana Baiul Mary, Fresh Meadows, N.Y., led the choir composed of both family and friends. When I was traveling through Canada can do a let for Ukraine. Taras was "supported" by his best man, Tymish Hankewycz. The ushers were Ivan Lozowy, Dr. and the U.S. and met with the communi­ Michael Karol (brother of the bride), and Dr. My kola Alyskewycz. You mention Oksana Baiul - what ties, it became obvious that the issue of Clarette was attended by her sister, the maid of honor, Georgine Muc. The bridesmaids were is her status now? Will she compete sport in Ukraine had attracted a new type for Ukraine in the next Olympics? of person to the community: young, Joanne Karol, Lesia Lozowy, Daria Jadlickyj, and Mariela Marien. fourth-generation Ukrainians. Sport is a She did not register her amateur status and will not be returning to take part in the good way of involving young people, and involving young people is crucial for next Olympics. I have analyzed the situa­ To subscribe: tion, as a sportsman. What guarantee is Ukrainian communities - it is a matter of Send $30 ($20 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian there that she will even make the next survival. Pressure is not necessary - peo­ Olympics? It is indeed rare for someone to ple come themselves. I am pleased that I Weekly, Subscription Department take the top honors in more than one have been able to play a role in this 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N J 07302. Olympics - that was the situation with me. revival. After my two golds in 1972, I received only a bronze medal in 1976. It was a medal, but it wasn't the same. There is no guarantee that she will duplicate her suc­ THIS SUMMER cess, and if she doesn't, it would only lower her rating. She has done her part for her country. FINNAIR HAS 6 LOW-COST OFFERS Secondly, she wants economic securi­ ty and she deserves it. My position is that TO HELP YOU EXPLORE FINLAND if a sportsman has won a medal at the Olympics, he has settled his account with AND HER NEIGHBORS. the state. Will Ukraine be taking part in the ONE IS JUST RIGHT FOR YOU. Spartakiad in St. Petersburg in May? Some people see the event as the con­ tinuation of a Soviet tradition. 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The UCCA MoRRis Соиму NJ BRANCH, PREVIEW OF EVENTS JNViTES yOU TO A Friday-Sunday, June 16-18 Saturday, June 17 YONKERS, N.Y.: The 10th Annual CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.: The Ukrainian Heritage Festival, sponsored by the Congress Committee of America, UkRAiNiAN Ukrainian American Youth Association of Whippany-Morris County Chapter, will Yonkers, will be held on the grounds of St. sponsor a Ukrainian Festival at Malapardis Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church. The Park on Malapardis Road from 1 I a.m. to FESTJVAI festival will feature Ukrainian cultural 6 p.m. The festival will feature Ukrainian exhibits, arts and crafts, food and children's food, artwork, music, folk dancing, chil­ carnival rides. Exhibitions of pysanka mak­ dren's rides and a petting zoo. Admission TO bE HEH AT THE MAUpARCliS PARk ing, embroidery, gerdany stringing and to the park is free though donations are woodcarving will take place throughout the accepted. At 9 p.m., the Tempo and ON MAUpARdis RoAd, CedAR Kisiolls, NJ weekend. Entertainment, by the Chaika Cheres bands will play at the Ramada Ukrainian Dancers, Kalyna Yonkers Hotel, Rte. 10 W., East Hanover, N.J. For SATURcky, JUNE 17, 1995, Dancers, Chorny Ochi Band, Darka and further information call (201) 887-2095 or Slavko, and Voloshky Dance Ensemble, (201)989-4034. fROM 11:00 A.M. TO 6:00 p.M. will start at 7 p.m. on Friday, 3:30 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, and Sunday at 3 p.m. St. SILVER SPRING, Md: St. Andrew's Michael's Church is located on North Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 15100 Broadway and Shonnard Place. For further information call (914) 376-2175. (Continued on page 13) Soyuzivka to celebrate Father's Day JERSEY CITY, NJ. - The Ukrainian performed by the vocal group Lviviany, National Association will hold its 11th which, as the name implies, is from Lviv, annual Father's Day celebration at Ukraine. The four man group, represented Soyuzivka on Sunday, June 18. by Anastasia (Stasie) Syby, has already Guests will be treated to an afternoon performed at Soyuzivka last year and at nu­ DANCE program of song and dance featuring merous dances, banquets and other events Zorepad, a Ukrainian folk dance ensemble in the U.S. This summer Lvivany will be from the Albany, N.Y., area, directed by Soyuzivka's house band for its dances and AT ТЙЕ RAMACIA HOTEL EAST HANOVER, NJ the renowned Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky. concerts. As in previous years, UNA mem­ fROM 9:X) p.M. TO ???? The dance group has already earned a bers and non-members alike are welcome solid reputation due to its numerous perfor­ to enjoy Father's Day at Soyuzivka. FOR MORE-dETAilEd iNfoRMATiON CAII (201) 887-2095 mances at Ukrainian and international festi­ Guests are encouraged to travel to the vals in the Albany Capital District, such as UNA resort. UNA districts and branches the Hudson River Festival, the Victorian are urged to organize bus trips to take Stroll (the city of Troy's Christmas festival) advantage of the off-season rates at To subscribe: Send $30 ($20 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian and other festivals. The young dancers are Soyuzivka. For further information and Weekly, Subscription Department, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. eager to appear at Soyuzivka. reservations call Soyuzivka, (914) 626- The song part of the program will be 5641.

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