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INSIDE:• Ukraine speaks out at U.N. against terrorism — page 3. • Babyn Yar massacre’s 60th anniversary observed in Kyiv — page 4. • The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Kazakstan — page 11.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIX HE KRAINIANNo. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine’s chief prosecutor clears RussianT plane downedU over Black Sea, W Kuchma of complicity in Gongadze case Kyiv denies early reports of errant missile by Andrew Nynka cast at 7:30 p.m. Kyiv time, Lt. Col. by Roman Woronowycz Mykola Melnychenko, a former bodyguard Kostiantyn Khivrenko, press spokesman Kyiv Press Bureau in Mr. Kuchma’s presidential service, and PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A Russian char- for the Defense Ministry, said: “Neither released a little over two months after Mr. ter plane flying from Israel to the direction nor the range (of the mis- KYIV – The Procurator General’s Office Gongadze, a radio journalist and founder of Novosibirsk apparently exploded in mid- siles) correspond to the practical or theo- of Ukraine has cleared President Leonid the Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, air with 77 passengers aboard before retical point at which the plane exploded. Kuchma of complicity in the disappearance disappeared on September 16, 2000. finally crashing into the Black Sea at of Heorhii Gongadze and rejected a request So the Ukrainian military has no involve- Law enforcement officials have main- 12:44 p.m. local time on October 4, by the mother of the slain journalist that it ment, either practical or theoretical, in tained that the digital recordings – allegedly according to U.S. and Ukrainian offi- launch a criminal investigation regarding this accident.” made with a piece of equipment hidden cials. the actions of the president and his top offi- The plane was believed to be carrying behind a couch in the president’s office – Serhiy Pohoreltzev, consul general for cials in the affair, reported Interfax-Ukraine 66 Israeli passengers and 11 Russian are, at the very least, creatively edited con- Ukraine in New York, and Hennadiy on September 28. crew members while en route to versations between Mr. Kuchma and his Nadolenko, press liaison at Ukraine’s Assistant Procurator General Olek- cohorts, and could even be utter fabrica- Embassy in Washington, confirmed that a Novosibirsk, about 1,750 miles east of sander Bahanets said in a letter he sent Moscow. Reuters reported that the Sibir tions. Both official and independent tests Russian-made Tupolev 154 had indeed Lesia Gongadze, the journalist’s mother, have not been able to authoritatively either crashed into the Black Sea 114 miles off Airlines flight was on its way from Tel that his office had looked into the actions of Aviv, but a Sibir Airlines official in verify or reject the authenticity of the the Russian coastal city of Adler, leaving the president and two of his top-ranking recordings. unanswered questions on the flight’s cho- Novosibirsk said the plane “appeared to officials, Chief of Staff Volodymyr Lytvyn have been off course.” Andrii Fedur, attorney for Mr. sen path and on what actually brought the and Minister of Internal Affairs Yurii Gongadze’s mother, said on October 3 that plane down. Mr. Nadolenko pointed out that “live Kravchenko, based on conversations on a fire” missiles were being used in the neither he nor Mrs. Gongadze had received According to the Associated Press, an tape recording in which voices allegedly any official correspondence from the coun- anonymous United States official specu- training exercises, explaining that “the belonging to them are heard to be planning missiles are intended to self-destruct try’s chief prosecutor in answer to their lated on the possibility of accidental the journalist’s abduction that Interfax- request for an investigation of the president. Ukrainian military involvement saying, upon missing their target drones.” Ukraine reported. In the letter Mr. Bahanets Because of the recent terrorist attacks He also stated that he expects a refusal, “This looks to be a military training exer- explained that his office had found all alle- adding that he has never heard of any inves- on the United States, initial speculation cise gone terribly awry,” a reference to gations against the three to be false. Mr. tigation undertaken by the Prosecutor about the crash focused on the possibility joint Ukrainian-Russian naval and air Bahanets did not respond to The Ukrainian General’s Office to determine the involve- of a terrorist act. Russian President force exercises under way in the Black Weekly’s request for comment. ment of the Ukrainian president or those Sea at the time of the crash. Vladimir Putin was quoted by Reuters as The tape recordings at the center of the Ukraine’s Defense Ministry immedi- telling a meeting of European justice Gongadze affair were made by Maj. (Continued on page 7) ately issued a statement categorically ministers: “A civilian aircraft crashed denying Ukrainian military involvement today and it is possible that it was the in the accident, although the BBC report- result of a terrorist act.” Reuters also President says he will veto ed that a military source on the scene had reported that a U.S. government official said it was a Ukrainian missile that hit in Washington stressed: “We want to get Ukrainian election law, again the plane. Speaking on the Ukrainian tel- away from this notion ... that this was an evision news program Studio 1+1, broad- act of terrorism.” by Roman Woronowycz problems [with the new election law], Kyiv Press Bureau which relate to the statute itself, give me the right to say that today the president may KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma indi- simply have no alternative but to veto it,” cated on October 3 that he will reject yet said Mr. Kuchma. Skala byfamily Andriy Bihun and friends offer prayers of hope another version of a new election law for The Ukrainian leader said two major CYMnet Ukraine’s parliamentary elections, a move issues with which he did not agree will that is expected to inject uncertainty and force him to return the bill to the NEW YORK – The September 11 confusion into the electoral process days terrorist attack on New York City has Parliament. First, he believes the length of before it is to start. the election process needs to be reduced to deeply affected not only Americans, Meanwhile, the much-respected but the public around the world. Those 90 days – from the current 170 days – Committee of Ukrainian Voters, a citizens’ which if heeded by the national deputies close to New York City stared at tele- group, said the same day that, although the vision screens in disbelief as events would push back the start of the campaign process remains in the air without a new from the currently scheduled date of unfurled before their eyes that day, but law, many parties and politicians have one young adult member of the October 12. Second, the president said, the already started the campaign season. requirements for party representatives to sit Ukrainian American Youth Association Speaking in the city of Uzhhorod in (SUM) was much closer to the scene on local and regional election councils must western Ukraine, President Kuchma said he be opened up, and should not be limited to than most. sees major problems in the newest version Ivan “Yash” Skala, a 31-year-old those parties that crossed the 4 percent of an election law that he has already vetoed threshold to receive seats in the 1998 elec- SUM member from Passaic, N.J., is a three times. Although national deputies tions to the Verkhovna Rada. paramedic as well as a Port Authority eventually caved in to his unyielding Mr. Kuchma also rejected assertions that Police officer, serving at Manhattan’s demand, made over the course of most of the veto is a political ploy to move the elec- Lincoln Tunnel. On the morning of the year, that any new law limit by-party tions back so that there would be less time September 11, Officer Skala reported representation to half the elected members for campaigning. to work at 7 a.m. Approximately two of the new Parliament scheduled to be cho- Ivan Skala “This is not a political game on the part hours later, he and fellow officers were sen on March 31, 2002 – Mr. Kuchma of the president,” said Mr. Kuchma. Record, a northern New Jersey news- among the very first who were notified vetoed three earlier bills that had given The president expressed optimism that paper, friend and fellow officer Robert about an emergency at the World political parties larger proportions of overall most of the changes he will propose would Greff said he was there when Mr. Trade Center immediately after a plane seats – the president found still other prob- be accepted by the national deputies after Skala volunteered to enter the build- struck the first building. lems in the way the current statute is con- they review them. According to an account by the The (Continued on page 20) structed. “I can state demonstratively that the (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40

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Two sentenced for Bilozir murder the release of 16 UNA-UNSO activists U.S. delivers statement on freedom who were to be tried for organizing mass LVIV – The Lviv Oblast Court on disorders during an opposition rally in front of expression at Warsaw meeting September 28 found Dmytro Voronov and of the presidential administration building The following statement on freedom of improved in recent years, and that in fact Yurii Kalinin guilty of the premeditated on March 9, STB television reported. The expression was delivered by the United some participating states have seen murder of popular Ukrainian composer police blocked the entrance to the court, States at the Human Dimension renewed attacks on free journalism with Ihor Bilozir and sentenced them to 15 and but eventually allowed journalists and rela- Implementation Meeting of the certain governments believing that inde- 12 years in prison, respectively, Interfax tives of the arrested to enter the courtroom, Organization for Security and pendent journalism poses a threat to reported. Mr. Bilozir died in a Lviv hospi- which turned out to be too small for such a Cooperation in Europe held in Warsaw, them. “Censorship by killing,” criminal tal on May 28, 2000, after being beaten crowd. The judge announced a break in the Poland. The statement was delivered on defamation laws and regulation of, and by Messrs. Voronov and Kalinin, who did hearing after failing to persuade the crowd September 24 by Orest Deychakiwsky of limited access to, the Internet were seen not like his speaking and singing in the to leave the room. The UNA-UNSO insists the U.S. delegation. as part of the problem. Ukrainian language while in a cafe. The that the arrested activists, who include Since we last met, freedom of expres- In March of this year the participating composer’s death provoked violent anti- UNA-UNSO leader Andriy Shkil, are polit- sion has been under severe strain, if not states met in Vienna at the Russian protests in Lviv and exacerbated ical prisoners. “I don’t believe that we were outright attack, in numerous participating Supplementary Human Dimension Ukrainian-Russian ethnic tensions in imprisoned just for two broken fingers,” states. The brutally shocking murders of Meeting on Freedom of Expression, western Ukraine. Messrs. Voronov and Mr. Shkil told STB from a courtroom cage journalists Heorhii Gongadze and Ihor where participants discussed legal Kalinin were also ordered to pay 50,000 in which the arrested were held. (RFE/RL Aleksandrov in Ukraine, José Luis Lopés restrictions on media, attacks on journal- hrv ($9,430) in compensation to Mr. Newsline) de la Calle in Spain, Milan Pantic in ists and possible restraints on the Bilozir’s family. (RFE/RL Newsline) Internet. While there was a consensus Nazarbaev meets with Kuchma Serbia and Georgy Sanaya in Georgia Pliusch takes action against 10 deputies and the “disappearance” of Russian ORT that the OSCE could play a more active role in promoting freedom of expression, ASTANA – President Nursultan cameraman Dmitry Zavadsky in Belarus KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman Nazarbaev met with his visiting Ukrainian is an indication of the need to put an end through both legislative and technical Ivan Pliusch has filed a lawsuit with the assistance to governments, and by pro- counterpart, Leonid Kuchma, in Astana on to this downward spiral of civic deterio- Kyiv City Court against 10 government September 26, ITAR-TASS reported. The ration now, or all of our freedoms will viding training and promoting better officials who have not given up their par- access to the Internet, it is clear that the two agreed to help with the counterterror- suffer the same fate. Not one of these liamentary mandates, Interfax reported on ism effort, but President Kuchma said that murders or “disappearances” has been basic responsibility for guaranteeing that October 1. Under Ukrainian law, a national this freedom goes unfettered lies with the “we will not move into Afghanistan for the solved. The United States calls upon deputy going to work in the government second time” – a reference to the Soviet states. They should protect it. each of the governments concerned to must resign his/her parliamentary seat. The invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Mr. Unfortunately, threats to freedom of find the killers – no matter who they are 10 include Prime Minister Anatolii Kuchma also said at the meeting that he the press continue to occur within OSCE – and punish them to the fullest extent of Kinakh, Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr sees a great economic and political future states. Oftentimes, journalists who pub- the law. Anything less is to encourage Seminozhenko, and Environment Minister for the Commonwealth of Independent lish information critical of local govern- further violence against our voices of Serhii Kurykin. (RFE/RL Newsline) States, Interfax-Ukraine reported. The two ments and influential businesses, and conscience. sides declared their readiness to participate, investigative journalists writing about Communists against opening airspace In this context, the United States sup- with Russia, in implementing a space pro- crime, corruption and other sensitive ports the efforts of the Representative on gram, and agreed on the creation of a joint issues, continue to be subjected to threats KYIV – Communist Party leader Petro Freedom of the Media Freimut Duve to venture with Russia to extract and process of physical violence, beatings and mur- Symonenko on October 2 demanded an assist in the creation of an independent uranium for use as nuclear fuel, ITAR- der. urgent discussion in the Verkhovna Rada of commission of inquiry into the disap- TASS and Vek reported. Also discussed The United States finds the acts of tar- the decree issued by the Ukrainian president pearance and death of journalist Heorhii was the possibility of increasing exports of geting opposition activists, and cracking on opening an air corridor for U.S. military Gongadze. Kazak oil to Ukraine for refining. Mr. down on freedom of the press particular- transport planes, UNIAN reported. Mr. I wish to stress that this is not a mere Kuchma ended his three-day visit to Astana ly disturbing. In particular, the United Symonenko said the opening of Ukraine’s political matter. The presence among us airspace to the United States “is an adven- on September 28. (RFE/RL Newsline) of several of the wives of the people States is deeply concerned about Belarusian authorities’ suppression of turous step in relation to the nation.” whom I have just mentioned makes it According to Mr. Symonenko, after the Yugoslavia’s PM visits Kyiv clear that this is a human and personal free media where hundreds of thousands approval of this decision Kyiv became KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister tragedy as well. of copies of independent newspapers responsible for a possible beginning of a Anatolii Kinakh met with his Yugoslav Our OSCE Representative on were confiscated and computer equip- ment seized in the run-up to the presiden- new world war and for possible significant counterpart, Dragisa Pesic, in Kyiv on Freedom of the Media Freimut Duve has human losses not only in Afghanistan, but October 1, Interfax and the Associated stated that freedom of expression has not (Continued on page 17) also in Ukraine. The Communist Party Press reported. The two politicians dis- leader suggested that this decision was cussed ways to combat terrorism as well as adopted “for a miserable sop” from the bilateral issues. They spoke about the International Monetary Fund. “The renewal of shipping on the Danube River, Committee to Protect Journalists seeks Communists are worried about Ukraine’s which Mr. Kinakh said is a “priority matter actual participation in the U.S. military in our bilateral relations.” Mr. Pesic said his campaign because the Communists believe government will issue a temporary permit international investigation into Gongadze case that the U.S. is a country of terrorists itself,” for limited shipping this week. He added NEW YORK – One year after the dis- caused a nationwide political crisis and Symonenko noted. (RFE/RL Newsline) appearance of Ukrainian journalist led to numerous protest demonstrations that the most pressing issue is to clear the Danube of debris resulting from the 1999 Heorhii Gongadze, the Committee to against the Kuchma government. UNA-UNSO disrupts court hearing NATO bombing raids, and to construct at Protect Journalists (CPJ) joins Mr. Governments concerned about KYIV – Some 200 supporters of the least one permanent bridge, with which Gongadze’s widow in calling for an Ukraine’s poor human rights record have Ukrainian National Assembly-Ukrainian Ukraine has promised to assist. The sides international investigation into the also increased their pressure on the National Self-Defense Organization picket- signed four documents, including a con- unsolved case. Kuchma administration in recent months. ed a Kyiv court on October 2, demanding sular convention. (RFE/RL Newsline) “President Leonid Kuchma and other U.S. National Security Adviser Cabinet officials have spent an entire Condoleezza Rice visited Mr. Kuchma in year obstructing this inquiry,” said CPJ late July to discuss U.S.-Ukrainian rela- Executive Director Ann Cooper. tions. FOUNDED 1933 “Journalists in Ukraine will not feel safe She told President Kuchma it was until the government’s role in Mr. “very important to the world’s confi- HE KRAINIAN EEKLY TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Gongadze’s disappearance is fully clari- dence” in Ukraine to conduct a thorough a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. fied, and those responsible for his abduc- investigation into Gongadze’s disappear- Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. tion and death are behind bars,” she ance, Agence France-Presse reported. 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REACTION TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE U.S. Terrorist attacks on U.S.: the international reaction Ukraine’s statement at the U.N. Below is the text of the statement on terrorism delivered by the Ukrainian Ambassador to Special from RFE/RL Newsline Putin: CIS must unite against terrorism the United Nations Valeriy Kuchinsky on October 1 before the U.N. General Assembly. Ukraine, U.S. finalize details of flights MOSCOW – Speaking to a meeting of The start of the new millennium has been marred by a tragedy of enormous proportions. the prime ministers of the member gov- The terrorist attacks of September 11, aimed primarily against civilians, became a direct KYIV – Kyiv and Washington on ernments of the Commonwealth of challenge not only to the people of the United States but to the entire civilized world. Those September 28 agreed on details regarding Independent States (CIS), President responsible have put themselves beyond the laws of human civilization and deserve just the use of Ukrainian airspace by Vladimir Putin on September 28 said punishment. Ukraine, together with other nations of the world, mourns the victims of the American military transport planes, that the CIS must unite to fight terrorism, attacks and expresses its full solidarity with the people of the United States. By joining the Interfax reported, quoting Mykola Russian and Western agencies reported. global anti-terrorist coalition, my country confirmed its readiness to do its utmost in the Palchuk from the Ukrainian armed forces’ For the first time in his presidency, Mr. global efforts to uproot this scourge. I would also like to use this opportunity to draw atten- General Staff. Mr. Palchuk said U.S. air- Putin called the CIS countries Russia’s tion to the proposal made by my delegation to declare the tragic day of September 11 as an craft may fly over Ukraine at an altitude “brothers,” noting that they share with International Day to Combat Terrorism. of no less than 9,100 meters and use three Russia a common heritage as “multicul- The brutality and proportion of the September 11 terrorist attacks have profoundly military air fields and several air corri- tural and multireligious” states, and that changed our perception of the global challenges facing mankind. Yet, despite all the imper- dors. “[The U.S. planes] may leave us in they all are committed to fighting terror- any direction and use the corridors for fections and built-in weaknesses of our increasingly globalized world, the international ism, not Islam. The prime ministers in return flights,” Mr. Palchuk said. community cannot afford to remain ill-prepared and ill-equipped in the face of new threats. attendance approved a resolution con- Fully realizing the magnitude and implications of the recent events, member-states and pol- Russian general speaks for CIS demning international terrorism and icy-makers must develop new definitions, new terms and new strategies to stand up to these pledging expanded cooperation. Mr. new realities. MOSCOW – General Anatolii Putin asked the CIS countries to make Last week, the U.N. Security Council adopted a historic resolution designed to enhance Kvashnin, the chief of the Russian the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center a reality an international response to threats of terrorism. It is a timely and necessary measure. The General Staff, said on October 2 that no and added that Moscow will pay 50 per- complex character of the tasks put forward by the Council compels the members of the special forces from the Commonwealth cent of the center’s budget, RTR televi- United Nations to constantly revisit the progress of their implementation. I am sure that the of Independent States countries will take sion reported the same day. views expressed during the current debate will provide valuable guidance to the Security part in any military actions on the territo- Moscow pleased by shift on Chechnya Council in its further work. It would also be worthwhile to consider convening a ministerial ry of Afghanistan, polit.ru noted. The meeting of the Council, specifically during the forthcoming debate in the General website pointed out that until recently, MOSCOW – Presidential aide Sergei Assembly, to discuss the next steps. Russian military officials spoke only Yastrzhembskii on September 27 said Today, terrorists use new and sophisticated means to commit their hateful acts. One can about what Russian forces will or will that Moscow is pleased by Washington’s imagine the consequences if tomorrow they get hold of weapons of mass destruction: not do. Now they openly talk about CIS shift in its comments on Chechnya, nuclear, chemical or biological. This can well be the next stage and it may bring about a forces as a unit. Russian agencies reported. Meanwhile, catastrophe of global proportions. Ukraine, therefore, considers that problems of non-prolif- other officials suggested that the United U.S., Kazak officials discuss measures eration of such weapons, their means of delivery and technologies acquire an additional sig- States now sees the Chechens as terror- nificance. ASTANA – U.S. Ambassador to ists and that the U.S. is prepared to pro- Ukraine has repeatedly condemned, in the strongest possible terms, international Kazakstan Larry Napper on September vide Russia with materials on Chechnya terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. We have consistently supported the con- 28 urged Zharmakhan Tuyaqbaev, speak- in exchange for information about certed efforts by the United Nations to eradicate this scourge. My country has ratified er of the Mazhilis, the lower chamber of Afghanistan, Interfax reported on most of the instruments of universal character in this field. Last year, Ukraine signed Kazakstan’s Parliament, to expedite rati- September 28. the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. The fication of international conventions of Ivanov: U.S. may play role in Chechnya Terrorist Bombing Convention is to be ratified in the near future. We consider adher- the fight against terrorism, RFE/RL’s ence and full implementation of the relevant international instruments by member- Kazak Service reported. The same day, BRUSSELS – Defense Minister Sergei states as an essential contribution to the maintenance of international peace and secu- Kazakstan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ivanov said in Brussels on September 26 rity. We also hope that negotiations on two new universal instruments in this field will Yerlan Idrisov met in Washington with that he is open to the possibility that the be concluded shortly. At the same time, we realize that legal instruments alone are not U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to United States and Russia may cooperate sufficient – there is a need for a strong commitment by states and genuine cooperation discuss Kazakstan’s contribution to the in the struggle against what he called between governments and their law enforcement agencies in fighting terrorism. international anti-terrorism coalition, “terrorists” in Chechnya, Interfax report- (Continued on page 7) ITAR-TASS reported. ed. He said that if the international com- munity did cooperate to deny the mili- tants funding, weapons and other sup- plies, the counterterrorism operation there Economists optimistic about Ukraine’s economy despite worldwide economic downturn would be over “in 15-40 days.”

by Roman Woronowycz dynamic in the Commonwealth of Turning to Ukraine’s financial markets, Russian mafia linked to bin Laden Kyiv Press Bureau Independent States and Europe. That Mr. Piontkivskyi said they had not and MOSCOW – The Russian Foreign expansion lately has been driven by a would not be affected by world events Affairs Ministry on September 27 issued KYIV – Ukraine should be able to avoid stronger than expected agricultural harvest because they were underdeveloped and iso- a statement criticizing a report in The the economic downturn that Europe, the lated from the larger international financial – now pegged to reach a 15-year-high of 40 Washington Times that said there have United States and Japan are beginning to community. million tons – but also by a rapidly expand- been links between Russian organized experience in the aftermath of the terrorist Government leaders said they too are ing industrial sector booming along at a crime and terrorist leader Osama bin attack on the United States, according to bullish on the Ukrainian economy, although nearly 20 percent annual rate of growth. Laden, and that these links were exploit- both government leaders and economists. also with some caution. Minister of the Even with the economy on fire, inflation ed in an apparently failed attempt by Mr. Even as production falls and unemploy- Economy Oleksander Shlepak said on has remained very low, at 3.3 percent for bin Laden to purchase Russian weapons ment rises in the leading economies of the September 25 that while he believes the the year. Most recently prices have even of mass destruction, RIA-Novosti world, economists here said they remain country will continue to see strong eco- fallen, with the country recording a 1.7 per- reported. The ministry said that such bullish on the Ukrainian economy, which nomic growth, he expects to see inflation cent decrease in July, 0.2 percent deflation reports are clearly intended to under- still is expected to meet optimistic govern- rise in the final quarter of the year. in August and no evidence of inflation mine Russia’s cooperation with the ment projections or even exceed them. However, he said possible price increases expected to be reported in September. international anti-terrorism coalition by Ruslan Piontkivskyi, a senior economist would be due to the worldwide economic Mr. Piontkivskyi said some slowdown casting aspersions on Russia. But at the at a non-governmental think-tank, the decline from around 4 percent last year to would invariably occur, induced also by 19 same time, the ministry said that “if International Center for Policy Studies, and about 2.1 percent, as currently predicted for anti-dumping cases in various countries these reports have any basis in fact, then editor of its publication, Quarterly this year – and not on an overheated along with export quotas with Russia that this information should be sent to Predictions, said he expects Ukraine’s Ukrainian economy. will limit trade at the end of the year, but he Russian security services via special economy to grow at an even stronger clip Mr. Shlepak noted that trade reduction than the 7.3 percent increase in gross explained that he sees no way in which channels.” negative growth will soon return. with Russia is a potential problem for next domestic product (GDP) predicted by the year, when Moscow introduces lower tax government, to at least 8 percent. “We are not looking at going from good Lithuania OKs use of airspace to bad, perhaps merely from excellent to rates that could make Ukrainian products He said the economy would be minimal- VILNIUS – Responding to a U.S. very good,” said Mr. Piontkivskyi. less competitive. ly affected by the tragic events of the last request, the Lithuanian government on While acknowledging that trade levels In an earlier interview in Interfax- weeks, which have shaken international Ukraine, Mr. Shlepak had warned that in September 26 agreed to allow the United with the United States and Europe would business and the world economy. case of a serious and prolonged war States overflight rights as part of the likely fall in commodities like textiles, met- “In the last four months all the Ukrainian between the West and terrorists located in campaign against terrorism, the BNS als and grains, the economist said it would economy needs to do is attain a 2 percent Islamic countries, one that reached “an news agency reported. Deputy Foreign be replaced with increased turnover with growth rate and we reach 8 percent for the immense scale,” all predictions were off as Minister Giedrius Cekuolis told reporters Russia and Central Asia, which had been year,” explained Mr. Piontkivskyi. He said to where the Ukrainian economy might after a meeting with U.S. defense attaché occurring even before the dramatic events the economy could do even better than that head. Lt. Col. Albert Zaccor that this action if no major upheavals occur. of September 11 set the world economy Meanwhile Anatolii Halchynskyi, demonstrates Lithuania’s political will as Ukraine is currently in the midst of a plummeting. He warned, however, that President Leonid Kuchma’s chief econo- a loyal ally of the United States and robust 10.8 percent economic expansion for increases in oil and gas prices could affect the January-August time period, the most the balance of trade with these countries. (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 12) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40 Ukraine marks solemn 60th anniversary of Babyn Yar massacre by Maryna Makhnonos sible not to repeat such a tragedy anywhere “Jewish life is thriving anew in Ukraine, between Ukraine, the United States, Russia, Special to The Ukrainian Weekly on the planet.” despite the brutality of the Nazi excesses, Germany and Israel with stories about The Babyn Yar massacre began in late and despite the repression of communism,” Babyn Yar survivors and Nazi atrocities. KYIV – Ukraine marked the 60th September 1941 when Nazi forces occupied said Gene Ribakoff, president of the “As a German citizen, I think that anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre on the Ukrainian capital and ordered its Jews to American Jewish Joint Distribution Germany and further generations showed September 29 with top officials and news gather with their clothes and all their valu- Committee that sponsors the Jewish com- that we are obliged to live with those terri- media reports drawing parallels between ables, creating the impression that the Jews munity in Ukraine. ble events in mind, that the policy of Nazi atrocities and today’s terrorist attacks were to be taken elsewhere. The Jews were “That such boundless hope can spring responsibility and morality is the only way against humanity. then marched to Babyn Yar and shot. from such infinite darkness is enormously ... [that we must] do everything for all this President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine More than 30,000 Jews were killed in uplifting, particularly now when the free not to be repeated,” said Germany’s ambas- said that modern terrorists follow Nazi just 36 hours. A total of 100,000 to 200,000 world confronts the dark tyranny of terror- sador to Ukraine, Dietmar Stuedemann, methods. He said mass killings of civilians people, including Ukrainians, Russians, ism,” Mr. Ribakoff said, according to the speaking on the TV program. are based on “boundless and ruthless terror- Poles and Roma, were killed at Babyn Yar. AJJDC’s statement. The station devoted half of the program ism,” which is the most severe crime According to a local television documen- The Babyn Yar anniversary in independ- to the September 11 terrorist attacks against against humanity. tary, Nazi statistics said that about 150,000 ent Ukraine was marked nationwide this the United States, discussing racial, ethnic, Mr. Kuchma pledged Ukraine’s support Jews lived in Kyiv at the start of the Nazi year – in sharp contrast to Soviet days. political and religious intolerance. Station for U.S. efforts to build a global anti-terror- occupation in 1941; 20 were left in 1942. Most newspapers devoted issues to the officials said in a statement: “All such tragic ist coalition. “We must confront it together, “The tragedy of Babyn Yar has become tragedy. events ... define the outlook of the future. ... in a coordinated way that would use every an eternal page in the black annals of geno- The nationwide 1 + 1 TV channel on The world will never be the same after the country’s potential,” he said in an appeal to cide – an this extreme form of terrorism September 29 broadcast a special TV link terrorist acts in New York.” Ukrainians carried by local media. brought to the level of state policy,” After unveiling a monument to children President Kuchma said. “The people and killed at Babyn Yar, Mr. Kuchma also urged forces who want to resurrect this terrible all nations to contribute to the peaceful ghost in our times cannot be justified or for- U.S. State Department on Babyn Yar anniversary development of mankind. “Every nation given,” he underscored. Following is the text of a statement deliv- Kiev [sic], then part of Soviet Ukraine. can bring its contribution to mankind’s Dozens of people, including elderly sur- ered on September 28 in Washington by Through the last year of World War II, the development,” the president said. “There vivors of the Babyn Yar massacre and rep- State Department Spokesman Richard ultimate toll of those murdered, including cannot be anybody superior or anybody resentatives of Jewish organizations from Boucher on the 60th anniversary of the Nazi Jews, Roma, homosexuals and others, is inferior.” abroad, attended the anniversary ceremony atrocities at Babyn Yar. The statement, as believed to have reached 100,000. The bronze monument includes three on September 30. printed below, was released by the State As a symbol of mass murder Babi Yar figures of broken and abandoned dolls that The president, government officials and Department’s Office of International will never be forgotten. Today, we welcome symbolize the fate of the estimated 40,000 foreign diplomats laid wreaths at the memo- Information Programs. and celebrate the resurgence of religious children killed at Babyn Yar during World rial to Nazi victims and unveiled a corner- freedom in Ukraine since the end of the War II at the time of the Nazi occupation of stone for a Jewish Heritage community cen- September 29 marks the 60th year since Soviet Union, including the rebirth and Kyiv. ter that will include the history of the Jewish the atrocities at Babi Yar, one of the most steady growth of a thriving Jewish commu- “We want this monument to be the evi- people and the Babyn Yar massacre. notorious events of the Holocaust. During a nity. The memory of the evil committed at dence of fascism’s evil,” said Kyiv Mayor “This museum will show that we are two-day period in 1941, Nazi soldiers killed Babi Yar serves today to strengthen our Oleksander Omelchenko. “We have no alive and that we will live,” said Ilia Levitas over 33,000 people, most of them Jews, resolve to defend the values of freedom, tol- right to forget anything and will do all pos- of the Ukrainian Jewish Council. from the region in and around occupied erance and human dignity.

campaign, then they force them to vote for receiving no more than 4 to 6 percent in Also in the Democratic Initiatives poll, President says... certain political parties,” explained Mr. either poll. 32 percent of the respondents stated that, of (Continued from page 1) Popov. When the political blocs that have all Ukrainian politicians, they most trust Mr. While the president’s detractors have Equally disturbing, Mr. Popov said, are formed in the run-up to the elections were Yuschenko. Far back in the number two insisted they believe Mr. Kuchma wants to increases in cultural and charitable events, included, the Communist Party still led the spot came Petro Symonenko, the leader of shorten the campaign season to give him the which are officially not campaign-related way in the Center for Social the Communist Party, with 19 percent trust. ability to better control where the votes will but too often are sponsored by candidates Monitoring/Ukrainian Institute for Social Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh fell in at the and national deputies or their associates. He fall, he has insisted that the shorter period is Research poll – even while going solo – number three position, with 13 percent sup- said that the gift-giving includes goods and in keeping with Ukraine’s desire to fall into with 17.2 percent of the respondents sup- port. services, and everything from food baskets line with European traditions. porting it. Closely following it was the Our Other well-known leaders, such as to automobiles. Oleksander Chernenko of the Committee Ukraine bloc, led by ex-Prime Minister Hennadii Udovenko, leader of the National Mr. Popov explained that the major of Ukrainian Voters said on October 3 that Viktor Yuschenko and consisting of the two Rukh of Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk, threat here is not the charitable work itself. he is suspicious of the president’s action, Rukh Parties, the Reform and Order Party leader of the Social Democratic Party The problem is that too often the money not the veto itself – he acknowledges that and the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, (United), Oleksander Moroz, leader of the comes from government administrative the law passed by the national deputies on with 16.5 percent of the respondents. Socialist Party, and Yulia Tymoshenko, resources or from corrupted wellsprings and Our Ukraine was followed by the bloc leader of the Batkivschyna Party, could September 27 is far from the best election leaves clean candidates with an uneven law possible – but the fact that the president known as TUNDRA, which comprises the muster merely 7 to 8 percent support from political playing field. Labor Party, Regional Party, National the respondents. held the bill for 15 days before vetoing it. A third illegal activity identified by the This occurred even though it was the fourth Democratic Party and the Agrarian Party – As for President Kuchma, 10 percent of committee is forced contributions from often referred to as the oligarchs – with 8 the 1,200 respondents in the Democratic time the president had seen a version of the organizations and corporations to political same draft law and well knew the legal and percent of the vote. Also making the cut Initiatives survey said they trust him, while parties, according to Mr. Popov. was a bloc of the Socialist Party and the 52 percent said they do not. The survey, political ramifications involved. Mr. Chernenko, the committee’s press “We find this highly suspect,” said Mr. Social-Democratic Party, with 4 percent conducted on September 6-11, has a margin secretary, also noted that increased party support by the respondents. of error of 3 percent. Chernenko. “It smacks of outright politics.” activity in the months before the campaign He added that the veto would complicate In the Democratic Initiatives poll, in Of the 2,204 surveyed in the Center for season opens has resulted in huge increases addition to the individual political parties, Social Monitoring/Ukrainian Institute for the electoral process for the country’s in party membership lists. He noted that one Central Election Committee, which has the Our Ukraine bloc made the 4 percent Social Research poll, 27 percent said they political party, which he alluded to as the cut, with 7 percent support from respon- trust the Ukrainian president. That survey established deadlines for organizing and Regional Party of Mykhailo Azarov, had carrying out the elections, as well as for dents who stated they would definitely vote was conducted during September and has a increased its party rolls from 5,000 to for it in the upcoming elections. margin of error of up to 2.1 percent. some political parties and candidates. Some 230,000 members in merely six months, others will not be affected, noted Mr. mostly in the Donetsk region. Chernenko, because they have already The first political surveys regarding the program with the country on September 20, begun their campaigns, albeit illegally. March 2002 parliamentary elections sug- Economists optimistic... when it agreed to extend a tranche of $377 He said that cultural programs and chari- gest that up to five parties and three politi- (Continued from page 3) million, also gave the Ukrainian economy a table activity on the part of politicians has cal blocs will surpass the 4 percent barrier mist, said the world economy might even positive assessment. increased dramatically in the last month, as to achieve seats in the next Verkhovna bounce back if and when a military Anne Krueger, first deputy managing have illegal campaign techniques. Rada. In two separate polls – one carried response occurs to the terrorist attacks on director of the IMF, said Ukraine’s “eco- Ihor Popov, chairman of the Committee out by Democratic Initiatives, the other by the United States. He said that “an unpre- nomic performance in 2001 has been of Ukrainian Voters, said that his organiza- the Center of Social Monitoring and the dicted outcome – up to a sort of economic impressive,” according to Interfax-Ukraine. tion, which has joined a pre-election, Ukrainian Institute for Social Research – revival” could occur in the United States She explained that monetary and fiscal pol- nationwide citizens’ initiative called Your the Communist Party, the Social and the European Union as a result of icy has been on target in the first half of Voice, has already identified three key vio- Democratic Party (United), the Green increased spending and production associ- 2001 and that the country’s external finan- lations of campaign law and democratic tra- Party and the National Rukh of Ukraine ated with the war on terrorism. cial position “has improved markedly.” ditions. achieved approval ratings of more than 4 Mr. Halchynskyi explained that the But the IMF also warned that to sustain First, he said, his group has identified percent. The Batkivschyna Party also Ukrainian economy would remain healthy growth and to stimulate foreign investment instances in which local and regional lead- made it past the mark in the Democratic for the short term, but added that “every- the country needed to accelerate and deep- ers, as well as factory managers, have Initiatives poll. thing depends on further developments” in en structural reforms, as well as to continue threatened or intimidated their employees to The Communists led the field by far, the U.S. response to the terrorist acts. budget austerity in the form of a 2002 join specific political parties. “First they with 19 percent, and 21 percent respective- The International Monetary Fund, which budget with a deficit of less than 1.7 per- force them to join, then they force them to ly, in the two polls, with the other parties finally resumed its extended fund facility cent of the GDP. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONA,L A

Northern and Central New Jersey districts UNA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

convene yearly meeting on organizing matters Executive Committee Andre Worobec 9 Bayard Place by Roma Hadzewycz applications by only 17.44 percent. President Newark, NJ 07106-3613 UNA Advisor She also reminded UNA'ers that a Ulana Diachuk minimum of 75 members is needed for a Eugene Oscislawski Ukrainian National Association PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The New Jersey branch to have a delegate to the UNA 25 Jason Court 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 district committees of the Ukrainian convention, adding that only active mem­ Matawan, NJ 07747-3510 National Association held their fall Parsippany, NJ 07054 bers (i.e., those still paying dues) count Barbara Bachynsky organizing meeting here at the UNA toward the membership total to deter­ Corporate Headquarters on Friday, First Vice-President 101 E. 16th St. mine the number of a branch's delegates. New York, NY 10003 September 21. She urged her audience to step up Stefko Ku ropas The joint meeting was conducted by organizing efforts during the last quarter 105 S. Salem Drive Andrij Skyba UNA Advisor Eugene Oscislawski and of 2001 in order to fulfill the organizing Schaumburg, IL 60193 4575 N. Nagle Ave. Michael Zacharko, chairmen, respective­ quota before the next convention, sched­ Harwood Heights, IL 60656 ly of the Northern New Jersey and Second Vice-President uled to take place in May 2002 in AI Kachkowski Central New Jersey district committees Chicago. In conclusion Ms. Lysko urged Anya Dydyk-Petrenko 126 Simon Fraser Crescent of the UNA. branches to "choose delegates who care 137 Crystal Spring Drive Saskatoon, SK S7H 3T1 Bringing the meeting to order at just about the future of the UNA, not those Ashton, MD 20861 Roma Hadzewycz after 2 p.m., Mr. Oscislawski welcomed who simply want a trip to Chicago." branch representatives, district officers Director for Canada 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Treasurer Kaczaraj reported that the Parsippany, NJ 07054 and members of the UNA General UNA's bottom line is improving and that Rev. Myron Stasiw Assembly: National Secretary Martha the deficit from its two official publica­ 18 Leeds St. Lysko, Treasurer Stefan Kaczaraj and tions, Svoboda and The Ukrainian Toronto, Ontario M6G 1N7 Honorary Members Advisor Roma Hadzewycz. Also present Weekly, is going down from the figures of the General Assembly was former UNA Advisor Andrew of last year and as of June 30 stands at National Secretary Keybida. President Ulana Diachuk was just over $54,000. Martha Lysko Stepan Kuropas unable to attend the meeting due to ill­ However, the situation at Soyuzivka is Ukrainian National Association 107 lIehamwood Drive ness, but Ms. Lysko noted that the UNA not improving, as the UNA resort is con­ 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 De Kalb, IL 60115 chief would mail her report to all those tinuing to have an annual deficit of Parsippany, NJ 07054 present at the meeting. Anna Chopek approximately $500,000 per year. 678 44th St. The organizing meeting began with a Treasurer As regards the Ukrainian National Los Alamos, NM 87544 moment of silence for recently deceased Urban Renewal Corp., its balance sheet Stefan Kaczaraj UNA members from New Jersey, includ­ will show marked improvement, accord­ Ukrainian National Association Mary Dushnyck ing longtime UNA Supreme Secretary and ing to the treasurer, now that the Social 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 2 Marine Ave. Honorary Member of the UNA General Security Administration is becoming a Parsippany, NJ 07054 Brooklyn, NY 11209 Assembly Walter Sochan, Branch 172 major tenant of the UNA Corporate Anna Haras Secretary Stepan Kosonocky and Branch Headquarters building. 490 Secretary Helena Chomomaz, as well Auditing Committee 1930 Greenleaf St. Over all, the UNA's net change in sur­ Bethlehem, PA 18017 as for the victims of the recent terrorist plus has shown an increase of more than William Pastuszek attacks on the United States. $1 million as of June 30 of this year 5 Park Ave., P.O. Box 240 Myron Kuropas National Secretary Lysko then pro­ 107 Ilehamwood Drive when compared with the figures as of Swarthmore, PA 19081 ceeded to deliver a report on organizing June 30,2000. DeKalb, IL 60115 results thus far for the year 2001. The Ms. Lysko then took up the next item Stefan Hawrysz Northern New Jersey District had ful­ 155 Erdenheim Road The Very Rev. Stephen Bilak on the agenda: proposed changes in UNA 1750 Jefferson St., Apt. 301 filled nearly 22 percent of its annual Erdenheim, PA 19038 By-Laws. She said the size of the UNA Hollywood, FL 33020 quota as of June 30, enrolling 36 new General Assembly must be cut down Alexander Serafyn members insured for $1.74 million, from its current 25 members. The ques­ ~'2565 Timberwyck Trail Joseph Lesawyer while the Central New Jersey District tion, she said, is: "How many assembly Troy, MI 48098 2643 Deer Path had met 13 percent of its mark, signing members do we need? How many advi­ Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 up six new members insured for Yaroslav Zaviysky sors, how many auditors?" Wasyl Didiuk $77,000. 11 Bradley Road She also said that Canada currently 30 Allenhurst Drive, Apt. 402 She also acknowledged that Julian Clark, NJ 07006 has four seats guaranteed on the 25­ Islington, Ontario M9A 4Y8 Kodar of Branch 42 had brought new member General Assembly: one execu­ Myron Groch applications of 10 members to the meeting. tive officer, two advisors and one auditor. 16 Kevin Drive Taras Szmagala Sr. As well, Ms. Lysko announced that She questioned whether those slots Founthill, Ontario LOS 1E4 10976 Tanager Trail three employees of the UNA Home should continue to be set aside for Brecksville, OH 44141 Office had earned insurance licenses: Canada if that country accounts for only Advisors Helen Olek Scott Christine Brodyn, Oksana Trytjak and 6 percent of UNA membership. Stephan Welhasch. 7644 W. Rosedale Ave. As discussion on the proposed changes Taras Szmagala Jr. Chicago, IL 60631 Turing to organizing results for the UNA ensued, the meeting was interrupted by a as a whole, the national secretary pointed 1722 Fulton Road surprise visit from National Deputy Cleveland, OH 44113 Anatole Doroshenko out that of the organization's 238 branches Hryhorii Omelchenko, chairman of the 39446 Edgewater Drive only 68 had enrolled members thus far this Alex Chudolij Northville, MI 48167 year, meeting the 2001 quota of 1,250 new (Continued on page 20) 281 Urma Ave. Clifton, NJ 07013 Editor-in-Chief, Tekla Moroz The Ukrainian Weekly 345 36th Ave. Lachine, Quebec H8T 2A5 Roma Hadzewycz The Ukrainian Weekly Halyna Kolessa 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 100 Montgomery St., Apt. 23-H Parsippany, NJ 07054 Jersey City, NJ 07302

Nick Diakiwsky Editor-in-Chief, 2065 Ridge Road Ext. Svoboda Ambridge, PA 15003 Irene Jarosewich Wasyl Szeremeta Svoboda 1510 Hilltop Terrace 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Parsippany, NJ 07054 Vasyl Luchkiv . 49 Windmill Lane Manager, Soyuzivka New City, NY 10956 John A. Flis Stephanie Hawryluk Soyuzivka P.O. Box 17453 Michael Road Foordmore Road Participants ofthe fall organizing meeting ofthe Northern and Central New Jersey Cottekill, NY 12419 Kerhonkson, NY 12446 districts ofthe UNA gathered in the atrium ofthe UNA Corporate Headquarters. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Babyn Yar and the “others” Orientale Lumen Conference: Last week Ukraine marked the 60th anniversary of the Nazi massacre at Babyn Yar [the name means grandmother’s ravine]. It was at that site, then located on ecumenical dialogue and beyond Kyiv’s outskirts, that the Nazis in 1941 perpetrated a most gruesome slaughter as by Roma Hayda tal’s charismatic Cardinal Theodore part of Hitler’s “Final Solution.” The anniversary of this genocidal act was marked McCarrick was a gracious host. The The Orientale Lumen Conference has apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Gabriel not only in Kyiv, where Ukrainian officials, Jewish leaders and foreign diplomats now become an annual event at the gathered, but also nationwide, with the news media offering special reports on this Montalvo, and last year’s host of the offi- Catholic University in Washington dur- cial ecumenical meeting in Baltimore, tragic chapter of history. ing which serious theologians and hierar- There was reaction also in Washington on the occasion of the 60th anniversary. Cardinal William Keeler also were at the chs of both Eastern and Western opening. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher issued a brief statement to the press Christian traditions present their thoughts in which he noted: “During a two-day period in 1941, Nazi soldiers killed over The search for a common vision of the on issues that divide them. Differing the- Petrine Ministry of each successor of St. 33,000 people, most of them Jews, from the region in and around occupied Kiev ological emphasis in their respective [sic], then part of Soviet Ukraine. Through the last year of World War II, the ulti- Peter requires going back to the scrip- spiritualities and separate historical tures. The Rev. Raymond Collins, scrip- mate toll of those murdered, including Jews, Roma, homosexuals and others, is developments are important considera- believed to have reached 100,000.” tural scholar showed St. Peter’s place tions, but the Gospel and tradition of the before and after the Pentecost. Whether “Others,” the statement said. “Others.” early Church speak of Christ’s intent and The story of Babyn Yar is all about “others” – the “others” whom the Nazis as a spokesperson among the 12 apostles show diverse Christian communities in or as the visible head of the fledgling wanted to exterminate, the “others” whom the Soviets wanted to scorn. Now the eucharistic union with one another. These “others” are the tens of thousands ignored, thanks to unfortunate statements like Church, the apostles came to Peter in are the source and reference for the con- our State Department’s. deference of his position. St. Peter kept ference’s discussion. Ten years ago, on September 29, 1991, newly independent Ukraine remembered the diverse Christian communities in In the process of an open ecumenical the horror of Babyn Yar with a weeklong series of commemorations that ended 50 Eucharistic union. dialogue, the Orientale Lumen years of official Soviet silence on the Nazis’ mass killings of Jews, Ukrainians and The acceptance of St. Peter and his Conference offers a great service in pro- various citizens of what was then the USSR. For decades, you see, official Soviet successors as the Church’s visible head moting better understanding of the nature propaganda and officially sanctioned anti-Semitism would not allow the truth to be was made especially clear by Bishop Mar of the Church in times of globalization to told. Even after a monument was erected at the site in 1976, the memorial plaque Bawai Soro of the Assyrian Orthodox an increasingly larger audience. noted only that residents of Kyiv and prisoners of war had been executed there by Church. Isolated for nearly two millen- This year’s theme “Primacy and fascists; the monument itself did not depict Jewish victims. nia, the absence of a eucharistic union Conciliarity: Finding a Common Vision,” A new phase in Ukrainian-Jewish relations began in 1991. Fifty years after the among Christians has not even been part focused on the matter of papal and patri- first day of mass shootings in the ravine, thousands gathered near a menorah erected of this Church’s consciousness. archal jurisdictions. Held on June 18-22, in memory of Babyn Yar’s Jewish victims – the primary victims of that Nazi mas- The retired Roman Catholic archbish- the gathering included the Ukrainian sacre. Among the mourners were official delegations from the U.S., Israel, Germany op of San Francisco, John Quinn, and the Catholic, Ukrainian Orthodox, Byzantine and Ukraine, as well as survivors and witnesses. As we noted in our editorial, renowned Orthodox theologian, Bishop Catholic, Romanian Catholic, Carpatho- “Babyn Yar: a shared tragedy,” the solemn events recalled all the massacre victims. Kallistos (Timothy Ware, Ecumenical Russian Orthodox, Orthodox Church of The editorial cited an official German report which noted that all the Jews of Patriarchate) spoke of the seat of papal America, Assyrian Orthodox, Coptic Kyiv were ordered to appear on Monday, September 29, 1941, on the outskirts of authority. The College of Bishops is the Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, and Roman the city. There, during a 36-hour period, Einsatzgruppe C, Sonderkommando 4A current authority for Rome’s primacy. Catholic communities. Attendance by murdered 33,771 Jews. These children, women and men were stripped naked, Admitting that the greatest obstacle to Eastern Christians is always large, but shot and pushed into a ravine. communion is the manner in which pri- generally speaking Eastern Catholics, During the next two years – until the German retreat from Kyiv – an addition- macy is exercised, Archbishop Quinn Orthodox and Roman Catholics each al 170,000 persons were massacred at the ravine. Ultimately, Babyn Yar became said he thinks it is important to study the continue to constitute about a third of the a mass grave for 100,000 Jews, 70,000 to 80,000 Ukrainians, plus another first millennium and differentiate the pri- total number of participants. 30,000 persons, among them Russians, Poles, Gypsies, prisoners of war, parti- macy of Peter from the pope’s responsi- In welcoming the fifth consecutive sans and civilians. Among the Ukrainian victims were Kyiv Mayor Oleksa bility as the patriarch of the West. conference at the Catholic University, the Bahaziy, poetess Olena Teliha and thousands who resisted the Nazi occupation. Bishop Kallistos posed the question: Rev. Stephen Happel, dean of the School Those were the “others” the State Department chose not to mention 60 years later. How much do our existing structures of of Religious Studies, stressed the impor- On this anniversary of the atrocities at Babyn Yar, we can only hope that a Church authority, whether Catholic or tance of continued dialogue and the uni- part of this horrific episode’s legacy will be to do away with the notion of “oth- Orthodox, correspond to Christ’s teach- versity’s genuine interest in creating an ers” – others “less human,” others “less worthy,” others “less significant”... ings? He reminded his audience that the Eastern Christian studies center. This is a primacy and collegiality of bishops also reflection of the fact that ecumenical dia- has to take into account “sensus fideli- logue cannot be achieved without expo- um” – the general conscience of the sure to diversity and without recognition October Church. Going back to the scriptures, that the Church in its various traditions – Turning the pages back... Bishop Kallistos gave the ultimate exam- Eastern and Western – is a work in ple of communion: Christ’s communion progress. 7 with the Father – not paternal or authori- The Kyivan Church Study Group was tarian, but flowing unimpeded in both perhaps first to bring ecumenical dia- directions. 1253 October 7, 1253, marks the day Danylo Romanovych, prince logue into the midst of the Eastern tradi- While much discussion concentrated of Volhynia and Galicia was crowned king of Rus’ by Pope tion of Catholic and Orthodox jurisdic- on the failings of Rome’s primacy as Innocent IV. Born in 1201 and living until 1264, Danylo uni- tions and effectively respond to the dam- practiced today, a contrasting view was fied Volhynia after a long struggle with neighboring princes aging gaps in the official dialogue. In presented on Christianity’s painful expe- and Galician boyars, and later went on to gain control of Halych and in 1239 took Kyiv. addition to Pope John Paul II’s inspira- rience in the absence of primacy. The text below is taken from the entry on Danylo in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine. tional apostolic letter on the wealth of Archbishop Vsevolod of Scopelos Eastern spirituality, “Orientale Lumen” * * * (Ukrainian Orthodox Church, (Light of the East), John Figel, the con- Ecumenical Patriarchate) argued for the The Tatar invasion of 1240-1241, during which Kyiv, Volodymyr and Halych were ference chair, credits the Kyivan Church critical need to balance primacy and con- destroyed, interfered with Danylo’s plans for the unification of Ukrainian territories. Study Group for the expansion of ecu- ciliarity. Notwithstanding the fault lines He was nevertheless able, on August 17, 1245, to defeat a coalition of the Chernihiv menical discussion. of Western primacy, such as centraliza- princes, disaffected boyars, and their Hungarian and Polish allies at Yaroslav and The Orientale Lumen conference has tion and aggrandizement of one at the finally to establish his control over Galicia. draw visiting bishops and distinguished expense of the other, Archbishop In order to save his state, Danylo was compelled to recognize the khan’s suzerainty, guests. Vsevolod said he finds similar extremes which he did in a visit to the khan’s court at Sarai in 1246. Yet he prepared to over- The newly appointed metropolitan for with the Orthodox. Extolling “sobor- throw his Tatar overlords. He sent raids against those who had become the Tatars’ vas- Ukrainian Catholics in the United States, nist‚” for example, has led to problems sals who lived along the Sluch and Horyn rivers, built fortifications, and sought Archbishop Stephen Soroka made a spe- of mistrust of the hierarchy, anti-clerical- alliances in the West, particularly with Pope Innocent IV. cial effort to be at the opening of the con- ism and jurisdictional conflicts. To get the support of the pope, Danylo agreed to acknowledge him as head of the ference even as he was on his way to The duration of separation has also Church in his principalities and accepted a crown from him in 1253. But these steps Ukraine for the pope’s pastoral visit to had an affect on Churches currently in did not bring the aid Danylo had hoped for. In 1254 Danylo repulsed a Tatar attack on the Ukrainian Catholic Church. The capi- Ponyzia and Volhynia. The Tatar voivode Burundai led a new campaign in 1260, forc- communion with the Holy See. Hegumen ing Danylo to dismantle his fortifications and abandon his plans for independence. Nicholas of the Studite Monastery Danylo was an exceptionally gifted ruler. For a time he unified the western territo- Roma M. Hayda is active in the lay (Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van ries of Ukraine. He built a number of new cities, including Kholm (his new capital) movement of the Ukrainian Catholic Nuys, Calif.), stressed that for meaning- and Lviv; reformed the military forces, creating a heavy infantry based on the peas- Church and is a member of Obnova, an ful ecumenism to exist Eastern Catholic antry; and gained control over the boyars. Under his reign Western European cultural organization of Catholic professionals Churches have to accept responsibility influences were strong in Ukraine, and Western European political and administrative and intellectuals which she helped renew for removing causes of estrangement. forms took hold, particularly in the towns. in Ukraine in 1992. She was the official Essentially of Orthodox spirituality, these delegate of the Stamford Eparchy to the communities abandoned their spiritual Source: “Danylo Romanovych,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Volume II. Toronto: Patriarchal Council sessions held in University of Toronto Press, 1988. 1996 and 1998 in Lviv. (Continued on page 27) No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The clergy that was missing in action Rep. Bob Schaffer extends What message is for the Ukrainians, that was just too busy for their own parishioners, that was dili- anniversary greetings to The Weekly gently looking after its own assets was The letter below was received at the editorial offices of The Ukrainian Weekly St. George’s sending? very willing and very much available to on October 3. Dear Editor: provide spiritual counseling to the faculty As I looked out my window in the East and students of Cooper Union. To my friends at The Ukrainian Weekly: The message is very clear isn’t it? Village on the morning of September 11 Congratulations on 68 years of first-rate journalism and service to the my perfect view of the World Trade Stefa Charczenko Ukrainian community. October 6 is a landmark anniversary and perhaps the Center was marred by the billowing New York clearest confirmation of your professionalism and devotion to excellence. Your smoke rising toward the sky. The reality growing readership reflects the confidence placed in you by Ukrainians world- finally settled in. It was true – the Twin wide. Towers were on fire and collapsing right As an American of Ukrainian descent, I know I speak for many in conveying before my eyes. Thanks from Ukraine my deepest appreciation for your success in enhancing the knowledge of our Was this a war? Were we being attacked Ukrainian cultural heritage. I am most proud of the leadership provided by The by an unknown enemy? Is this the to a reader in Ottawa Ukrainian Weekly, its publishers, contributors, and most of all, its dedicated Dear Editor: Armageddon that Nostradamus had pre- staff. Many of us in the U.S. Congress rely on your timely reporting and thought- dicted? Frightening thoughts raced I wrote an article for The Weekly some- ful opinions as we consider important domestic and foreign policy decisions. through my brain. Relatives in other states Please count me among your many friends and admirers in saying “Bravo!” were impossible to reach by the over- time ago (April 22) about a book-loving loner, Volodymyr Zhankovskyi, who lives Please keep up the good work, and may God’s richest blessings continue to be loaded telephone circuits, so I ran outside with you for many years to come. to seek some solace and comfort. in the deserted village of Novyi Myr, What I saw was shocking! Thousands which is located in the Chornobyl exclu- Very truly yours, of soot covered people wandering around sion zone. The story had a rather unintend- Bob Schaffer aimlessly, coughing, sobbing, covered ed but very pleasant consequence. Member of Congress from Colorado with debris – reminding me of the World Several days ago I returned from that vil- Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus War II refugee stories my parents told me lage in the Chornobyl zone, once again Washington about when I was growing up. having spent time with Mr. Zhankovskyi, All the churches in the neighborhood who has lived by himself in the village were open to the public. I myself was since he refused to relocate after the 1986 no boundaries and makes no distinction beckoned by a small Presbyterian church nuclear disaster. This time I had good news between children and military targets, diplo- on Second Avenue and East 7th Street by a for him. Ukraine’s statement... matic and humanitarian missions. Nor group of soft-spoken clergy and volunteers After my article appeared in The (Continued from page 3) should any state be left alone in its struggle who knew exactly what their spiritual role Weekly, one of the newspaper’s readers, Terrorist attacks constitute a clear viola- against terrorism. It is only through the con- was to their fellow men. Their gentle, Irene Bell of Ottawa, read of Mr. tion of the recognized norms of internation- certed efforts of the international communi- soothing manner calmed my shattered Zhankovskyi’s love of books and decided al law. Their main purpose is to undermine nerves. Feeling somewhat relieved, I knelt to present him with a small library of international stability and to provoke a ty as a whole that we can effectively with- down to pray for the safety of my friends Ukrainian-language books. vicious circle of violence in international or stand this challenge. in the financial district. She informed The Weekly’s editorial inter-ethnic relations. The world community The role of this organization will become As I walked through the neighborhood I office of her desire, which in turn informed should not, in any circumstances, give way even more crucial in setting a new frame- noticed that the local community centers me. Before long I was on my way into the to such provocations. All national and inter- work for international cooperation in this also were opened and were distributing Chornobyl zone to visit Mr. Zhankovskyi national means of combating and suppress- field. We welcome the recent adoption by water and refreshments, offering restroom once again – this time carrying a special ing the terrorism are necessary parts of the the Commission for Crime Prevention and facilities, refuge and consolation to the package from Ms. Bell. entire range of instruments that may be used Criminal Justice of a set of recommenda- walking wounded. I remember feeling such A deeply moved Mr. Zhankovskyi, who for this purpose. tions on specific national and international a great sense of pride for my community still refers to himself as the president’s rep- Of particular concern is the fact that ter- actions against terrorism. At the same time, and the camraderie everyone exhibited dur- resentative to the village, expressed his sin- rorist organizations are financed through my delegation is convinced that enhancing ing the most catastrophic day New Yorkers cere gratitude to Ms. Bell and wished her other criminal activities, including arms the potential of the United Nations in fight- and Americans have ever experienced. all the best. He also invited her to visit him smuggling, drugs production and traffick- ing international terrorism can still go On my way home I wondered what St. in Novyi Myr. ing, and money laundering. It is regrettable beyond the task of strengthening the George’s Church on East Seventh Street I am pleased to be the one to carry the that the treatment of these diseases is far Terrorism Prevention Branch of ODCCP. was doing for its parishioners. I thought of message of thanks to Ms. Bell, and I would behind the challenges they represent. It is We continue to maintain that there is a need my parents, contemporaries and how terri- also like to add my own appreciation for our deep conviction that an increased inter- for a proper institutional arrangement to fied they must be. I guess the parish was what she did: I sincerely thank you Ms. national effort towards their virtual elimina- coordinate the individual efforts of member- not as concerned as I was about their spiri- Bell, for your attention and sensitivity to a tion would also be instrumental in our fight states in combating international terrorism tual needs – for St. George’s was closed. person with such an extraordinary fate. against terrorism. and to ensure that the legal instruments we When I called the parish to find out why Mr. Zhankovskyi is 70 years old, but is What happened in New York, elaborated are implemented in the most effi- the church was not open for counseling still vigorous and does not complain about Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania last cient manner. We realize that more time is and guidance for the Ukrainian communi- his health. He lives on what Mother Earth month incontestably proves that no state – needed to consider this idea, and we hope ty, the very rude and curt response was provides – fish, mushrooms and wild big or small, rich or poor – can feel safe that the Assembly will come back to this shocking: “I don’t have time, I have to go berries – and lives in harmony with nature. against the threat of terrorism, which knows matter in due time. to the bank,” ... “If we leave the church This year he will not be able to depend opened people will steal the valuables.” much on his garden plot. The potatoes did Mrs. Gongadze’s attorney also said the Obviously, the parish’s finances and poorly and what few did grow were eaten Ukraine’s chief... situation regarding the controversial head- wordly possessions were more important by the wild boars, of which there are plenty (Continued from page 1) less corpse found in mid-November, 75 than tending to the spiritual needs of its in these parts. But he hasn’t lost his positive associated with his administration. miles outside of Kyiv near the town of flock. outlook and still sings often. He also repeated a previously cited com- Tarascha, remains unresolved. The nearly Where were the Ukrainian spiritual In the year since I last visited Mr. plaint that the Procurator General’s Office completely decomposed body continues to lie in a Kyiv mortuary because Mrs. leaders the week of September 11? Where Zhankovskyi not much has changed, there continues to deny his client access to the Gongadze has refused to officially claim it. were they on Friday, September 14, the is the same daily grind and the same trou- materials of the investigation. She maintains that she will continue to official day of mourning? Outside of their bles. He still takes pride in his two horses, “We have not been allowed to see the doubt that it belongs to her son until another regularly scheduled daily early morning Kalyna and Zoria. Such intelligent horses information, even though we should have independent analysis is made of the masses, there were no special masses or belong in a circus, he says. And they are so access because Mrs. Gongadze has been prayer vigils at St. George’s as there were healthy, happy and beautiful. Mr. remains. Mrs. Gongadze has said previous- designated as a victim,” explained Mr. ly that in her opinion law enforcement offi- in so many houses of worship in New Zhankovskyi believes that a horse is one of Fedur. York City. the most beautiful creatures on earth, and I cials have replaced the body to destroy evi- A criminal court gave Mr. Gongadze’s agree with him. dence in an elaborate cover-up. mother and his wife, Myroslava, special sta- If Ms. Bell ever travels to Ukraine and According to Mr. Fedur, the Procurator The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes tus earlier this year, which allows them to visits her new friend in the Chornobyl General’s Office has yet to make a decision letters to the editor and commen- closely follow the investigation, which region, he will be very pleased to hitch up on the matter of another test. includes access to documents and investiga- taries on a variety of topics of con- Kalyna and Zoria and take her for a ride “I do not understand why there has been cern to the Ukrainian American around the exclusion zone. It will be an tive meetings. The Procurator General’s no decision. They probably have their own and Ukrainian Canadian commu- excursion unlike anything she has ever Office has said the court order would allow reasons. We, however, do not know them,” nities. Opinions expressed by experienced. In the exclusion zone there are the two women to see the materials only said Mr. Fedur. “Even with appeals from columnists, commentators and let- only several hundred inhabitants in a few after the case is closed. human rights organizations, they have not ter-writers are their own and do dozen villages. Few are as isolated as Mr. Mr. Fedur said that once he receives the budged.” not necessarily reflect the opinions Zhankovskyi, however. From his village it official notification from the chief prosecu- The Council of Europe last week said it of either The Weekly editorial is 15 kilometers to the nearest person. tor on the denial to open an investigation would consider supporting an independent staff or its publisher, the against the president – which he expects to investigation into the disappearance of Mr. Ukrainian National Association. Danylo Kulyniak be in the form of an official decision – he Gongadze, as well as another analysis of the Kyiv will appeal it to a court of law. remains of the Tarascha body. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40

UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY: Celebrations throughout North America New Jersey by Walter Bodnar EAST HANOVER, N.J. – “We have reached the first 10-year milestone of independent Ukraine” was the theme at New Jersey’s statewide 10th anniversary celebration of Ukraine’s independence held at the Ramada Hotel in East Hanover, N.J., on Saturday, September 22. Although the atmosphere at the ban- quet, attended by more than 300 people, was somber and gray – colored by the heart-wrenching aura of the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States, the commemoration was carried off with solemnity and hope for a better future. The audience also received a preview of what to expect from Ukraine 10 years hence. Speakers address the banquet: (from left) Askold Lozynskyj, Hryhorii Omelchenko and Bret Schundler. After the singing of the American and Ukrainian national anthems, the invoca- should know that censorship and harass- another president will take his place. We sary while being cognizant of the diffi- tion was delivered by the Rev. Bohdan ment of journalists, and a denigration of must acknowledge that President cult period the United States is now Lukie, pastor of St. John the Baptist the Ukrainian language exists under the Kuchma has been very active in foreign going through due to the recent terrorist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark. present regime. However, once we take affairs – visiting heads of state and tak- onslaught. Banquet chairman John Burtyk intro- affairs into our own hands with a res- ing part in international parleys. In 1996 Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) duced the master of ceremonies, Nestor olute effort of heart, mind and body, and Ukraine adopted a new Constitution, said that we can “help to make this the Olesnycky, who called for a moment of form a coalition to oust the present cor- which is on par with other leading coun- greatest country on earth and to help silence for the victims of the September ruptors, Ukraine will rise and we will tries in the world. There have also been keep Ukraine free.” 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade regard our motherland with dignity, hope positive signs in the economic sphere.” New Jersey State Sen. Anthony Center and the Pentagon, as well as the and a feeling of accomplishment. The “There is only one Ukraine – we have Bucco, Republican assistant majority downed jet in Pennsylvania. present muddled situation will then no other,” the UWC leader underscored. leader, stated that, “with a unity of pur- The first speaker was Hryhorii become but a vanishing memory as we “We must always keep the Ukrainian pose, we can overcome our present diffi- Omelchenko, who heads the anti-corrup- ideal in the forefront and vow in the next culties. tion committee in Ukraine’s Parliament. celebrate the 20th year of Ukrainian independence.” 10 years to unite with the least of our Bret Schundler, the Republican candi- The national deputy asked whether we Ukrainian brethren. We in the diaspora date for governor of New Jersey, said are satisfied with what we now have in Askold Lozynskyj, keynote speaker and president of Ukrainian World must be a unit in this rebirth.” that in spite of the recent tragedy, we can Ukraine after 10 years. Commenting on religious affairs, Mr. Congress, who took an active part in the advance the cause of peace. “We must face ourselves and face the Lozynskyj noted that there are more than recent third World Forum of Ukrainians Speaking on behalf of the Democratic truth,” he said, “We yearned for a free 3,000 churches in Ukraine. The in Kyiv, observed that as newly inde- candidate for governor James E. Ukraine after many years under the yoke Ukrainian Catholic Church has been McGreevey, his mother, Bonnie of Moscow, which dealt us famine, elim- pendent Ukraine celebrated its 10th making progress and Pope John Paul II’s anniversary some unwise decisions or McGreevey offered a solemn prayer to inated our intellectuals and hammered at recent tour of Ukraine has uplifted the heal the wounds inflicted by destructive our spiritual values. Our hopes were high mistakes were bound to happen. “We Church – both the Byzantine and the must be patient,” he said, “for better days forces and conveyed the candidate’s best at the announcement of independence in Latin rites – in spite of the Russian wishes to the Ukrainian community. are coming.” 1991, but the lack of morals in culture, Orthodox Church’s visible opposition to A proclamation for Ukraine’s 10th He noted that, “although Leonid economics, human rights and national the papal visit. anniversary that was issued by Mr. Danylovych Kuchma understands his ideals has resulted in corruption at top Col. Victor Gvozd, military attaché at McGreevey in his role as mayor of levels.” mission more and more with each pass- Ukraine’s Permanent Mission to the Woodbridge Township was read by the Mr. Omelchenko continued: “You ing year, he will retire one day and United Nations, stated that “it is a fact candidate’s sister, Sharon, who also that Ukraine exists.” It is true that prob- noted the seriousness of the recent lems still persist, but they are steadily tragedy both for the United States and being solved, he explained, adding, the world. Chicago progress is being made and a bright Michael Sawkiw, Jr. president of future is in store for Ukraine in the next Ukrathe inian Congress Committee of 10 years. America (UCCA) came from Washington A similar note was struck by to offer his best wishes for Ukraine’s 10th Ukraine’s consul general in New York, anniversary. The master of ceremonies Serhiy Pohoreltzev, who said that given read messages from numerous organiza- more time everything will work out for tions and individuals, and acknowledg- the best. ments were given to the Ukrainian A number of special guests appeared National Assocation and the UCCA New on the dais to offer their best wishes on this occasion of Ukraine’s 10th anniver- (Continued on page 20)

CHICAGO – The Ukrainian American Community of Greater Chicago observed the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence with a multi-faceted commemora- tion. On August 23 Mayor Richard Daley held a reception for the Ukrainian com- munity at the Chicago Cultural Center. On August 24 a flag-raising ceremony took place in the city center at Daley Plaza. The next day there was a concert of music and dance at the North Shore Performing Arts Center. A march and rally on Sunday, September 26, culminated at the Ukrainian Cultural Center and at that time a memorial plaque marking the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence was unveiled. Seen above during the unveiling of the commemorative plaque are: (from left) Consul Ludmyla Protasova, Rep. Rod Blagoyovich (D-Ill.), John John Burtyk (at microphone) of the New Jersey UCCA Council and Michael Horodecky and Orest Baranyk. Koziupa, chairman of the statewide 10th Anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence – Orest Baranyk Committee. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 9

UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY: Celebrations throughout North America Illinois Thoughts on an independent Ukraine SPRINGFIELD, Ill.– Gov. George H. by Robert De Lossa get modern Ukraine. people that the Moscow authorities were Ryan proclaimed August 24 as Ukrainian None of the periods before 1954 and the willing to poison the children (by letting Independence Day in Illinois in recogni- Address delivered at Boston banquet Ukrainian SSR will give you the modern them march in the May Day celebrations) tion of Ukraine’s 10th anniversary of marking the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s territorial configuration of Ukraine. But the rather than admit their (Moscow’s) failings. independence. Robert De Lossa is president independence. Ukrainian SSR – in which the Ukrainian This critical event fostered the begin- of the American Association for Ukrainian In a proclamation issued back on July component in Ukraine’s own history was nings of a national movement that became Studies, editor of the Journal of Ukrainian 25, the governor noted Ukrainian viciously suppressed by the central the movement for reform in Ukraine, Rukh. Studies, director of publications at the Americans’ “significant role in the Communist authorities – will not give you a Within the crumbling Soviet Union, this Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, and progress of Illinois” and their “signifi- modern Ukraine in which Mazepa could movement began to reaffirm and renew a non-resident research fellow of the appear on a hryvnia note, Ukrainian soldiers cant contributions to the advancement of Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at Ukrainian culture, language and self-aware- could take part in maneuvers with American the arts, sciences, business, medicine and the University of Alberta. ness. It also began to influence the education to our state and its citizens.” soldiers, and Russian speaking Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada to the point where in July The idea of an independent Ukraine is a fans in Kyiv, during a soccer match between 1990 Ukraine could declare itself a sover- strange beast. And when people talk about the Ukrainian and Russian teams, would eign state within the Soviet Union. it, one is always reminded of the ancient chant “Bei, bei moskalei!” (“Pummel the There were freedom movements in other Ohio Moskals!”) COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. Bob Taft story of the blind men and the elephant: one Soviet republics, of course, and there were We must be comfortable with the fact of Ohio on August 24 signed a resolution man felt the trunk and thought it a snake, massacres in Tbilisi and Riga in early 1991. recognizing August 24 as Ukrainian another felt a leg and thought it a tree, and that Ukraine is a complex country with a The empire fought back. But the center Independence Commemoration Day in so forth. So it is with Ukraine today. Some complex history and many, many body overplayed its hand in August 1991, when a honor of the 10th anniversary of the people see only a part of modern Ukraine parts. We must not mistake any one of those group of reactionaries sought to turn back proclamation of independence approved and see the potential for religious civil war. body parts for the whole being. And we time, and initiated a putsch against Soviet by the Parliament of Ukraine in 1991. Others see another part and see reunification must not fall into the trap (which many his- President Mikhail Gorbachev. It is clear The resolution noted “the creation of with Russia. Still others see another part and torians espouse right now) that Ukraine has from the memoirs of Kostiantyn Morozov, an independent Ukrainian state” and see western Ukrainian secessionism and an an “abnormal” history. Most modern states Ukraine’s first defense minister, that the urged “all multicultural communities to insurmountable east-west divide. have similarly complex histories if you take coup plotters hoped for civil unrest and join Ohio’s Ukrainian community in cel- None of them see Ukraine as a whole; them in their totality. bloodshed in Ukraine and the imposition of ebration with appropriate activities and this intellectual blindness with regard to So what are we to make of modern, inde- martial law that would frighten the rest of observances.” Ukraine is usually due to an ignorance of its pendent Ukraine? It is worth quickly touch- the republics. But they hoped in vain. history and culture. Part of the reason for ing on the highlights that lead to modern In hindsight, Ukraine was somehow this is because people discount the richness independence. ready for the test that the putsch represent- and diversity of Ukrainian history and cul- The beginning, I think is Chornobyl in ed. For the first time in a very long time, New Jersey ture, and because they discount the robust- 1986. Reading through the literature and Ukraine had the right men and women at WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, N.J. – ness of the Ukrainian ideal. If one takes any talking with Ukrainians about it, it is impor- the right places at the right time: Kravchuk, James E. McGreevey, the Democratic single component of Ukrainian history: the tant in three critical ways. First, people Morozov, Drach, Pavlychko, Horyn, candidate for governor of New Jersey, princely era, the Kozak State (the understood from it that they could no longer Chornovil, Yavorivskyi, Dzyuba, issued a “Certificate of Honor” on the Hetmanate), the experience under Polish- trust a central authority that was not in Kyiv. Zhulynskyi, and scores of others. The occasion of the 10th anniversary of Lithuanian or Russian imperial domination, Second, it poisoned the land, and reaffirmed Churches already were re-establishing Ukraine’s independence proclamation. the period of the Ukrainian National the Ukrainian commitment not only to the themselves as an important, open compo- The document noted that Ukrainians Republic, or even the Ukrainian Soviet territory of Ukraine, but the land itself. nent of public life. The diaspora, nationally and Ukrainian Americans “dreamed and Socialist Republic (Ukrainian SSR) – if you Third, it poisoned the children. It poisoned conscious in ways impossible for Soviet cit- worked toward the realization of the age- take a single component and project it logi- the children irrespective of their language old dream of independence.” cally forward to the year 2001, you will not and ethnicity. And it became clear to the (Continued on page 21) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40

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Five Churchmen from Ukraine recognized ReligiousKazakstan Information Service home of Ukraine to 800,000Kazakstan and Ukrainians Central Asia, and Ukrainian priests have formed new during Pope John Paul II’s visit to Kazakstan LVIV – Pope John Paul II made a parishes since independence in 1991. Religious Information Service of Ukraine After his prison term he continued his pastoral visit to Kazakstan on ministry in Karaganda, Kazakstan, and Prof. Myroslav Marynovych, a for- LVIV – During his trip to Kazakstan September 22-25, where there is a siz- mer dissident and currently director of occasionally made illegal trips back to able community of Ukrainians who on September 22-25, Pope John Paul II Lviv’s Institute of Religion and his home eparchy, where he ordained arrived there as settlers and exiles. recognized five Catholics born in Society, was exiled to Kazakstan dur- priests and bishops. All the faithful According to Prof. Vasyl Markus, Ukraine as being among the victims of ing Soviet times. approached him simply as a priest editor of the Encyclopedia of the totalitarianism who suffered for their He recalled his trip there: “My because no one knew about his episcopal Ukrainian Diaspora, there are about faith. ordination. 800,000 Ukrainians in Kazakstan. mother told me there was a Ukrainian- One, Bishop Oleksander Khyra, was a Bishop Josef Werth SJ, the current Although groups from Ukraine have speaking village on the way to the Greek-Catholic from Mukachiv, located Roman Catholic apostolic administrator been there since the 19th century, the place of my exile. Some people stood in the far southwest corner of Ukraine. of Novosibirsk, received his sacraments most recent wave of immigration in a shop communicating in Ukrainian. The four others were Roman Catholic from the hands of exiled Bishop Khyra in occurred in the 1950s and 1960s under It was a true shock for my mother” priests from western and central the secrecy of the underground Church in Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, who that there was a Ukrainian-speaking Ukraine. Karaganda. wanted these settlers to cultivate the community in Central Asia. Bishop Khyra was born in 1897. After The young Father Werth did not even virgin lands. Most Ukrainians live in The life of one forced into exile, how- studies in Rome he was ordained in know the Latin mass until he was a the northern part of the republic. ever, often lacks the comfort of contact 1920. For almost 20 years he was profes- teenager, since the only priest serving the The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic with one’s countrymen. Prof. sor and then rector of the Greek-Catholic German exiles in that city was Bishop Church (UGCC), Prof. Markus said, Marynovych noted: “I spent three years seminary in Uzhorod. Khyra, who for several years celebrated has had a presence in Kazakstan at among an exclusively Kazak population. After Stalin’s liquidation of the Byzantine Rite services in parishioners’ least since the middle of the 20th cen- I was the only Slav (to say nothing of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the homes in the German suburb of tury. After World War II a UGCC bish- Ukrainians) in the village. The KGB was 1940s, Father Khyra was secretly conse- Maikutok. op sent into exile served Polish and afraid of placing me among Ukrainians.” crated as bishop by Blessed Teodor On June 29,1980, Bishop Khyra con- German Roman Catholic faithful there. Yet he did not regret this. “I seemed Romzha, who was beatified this June secrated a church in Karaganda; he died And a few exiled Ukrainian Greek- to benefit,” he observed. “Kazaks were during the papal visit to Ukraine. there on May 26, 1983. Catholic priests ministered in relative very close to nature – and very far In 1949 Bishop Khyra was arrested The four Roman Catholic clergymen secrecy to the country’s Ukrainians. from politics. It was easier to enter and sentenced to 25 years of servitude recognized by the pope were: Fathers The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic into normal human relations with the but was released from the camps in 1956 Tomas Gumberger, Josyp Kuczinski, Church currently has a bishop desig- Kazaks, who were not as intimidated with the condition that he was forbidden Bronislaw Dziepetski, Wladislaw nated as apostolic visitator for as the Ukrainians were.” to return to Ukraine. Bukowinski and Aloizy Kaszuba. The history of the Greek-Catholic Church in Kazakstan Religious Information Service of Ukraine Church of the Protection of the Mother of service in Kazakstan Father Babynets region, Astana and Pavlodar, and two in God in Karaganda. A few months later, at helped start two other congregations out- the Pavlodar region). It is possible to With the liquidation of the Ukrainian Bishop Medvit’s request Father Vidal side Pavlodar: in Shidertakh (180 kilo- start new congregations, though this is Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC) in Klymchuk OSBM arrived in Karaganda meters from Pavlodar) and Berezovka rather difficult right now due to the lack Ukraine in 1946, all its bishops and many from Brazil to stay for two years. (190 kilometers from Pavlodar), where priests were arrested and sent to concen- of clergy. The congregation in Karaganda has he regularly comes to serve. tration camps. After Stalin’s death many The UGCC also has three seminary gradually begun to expand. Of great In 1999 Bishop Medvit came to priests were freed. The majority decided students from Kazakstan, one of them importance is the fact that more middle- Astana, the new capital of Kazakstan, to work in the underground all across the studying in Ukraine and two in aged people as well as youngsters and where he visited the Ukrainian educa- Soviet Union, serving exiled Catholics Karaganda. Step by step the Ukrainian children began to attend the church. tional complex and met with the who had been forbidden to return to Greek-Catholic Church is growing Separate services are now held for youth. Ukrainian community. Since then Father Ukraine. This, in fact, was the beginning stronger in this Central Asian country. Since Karaganda is a large city, many Hovera has been coming from Karaganda of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church parishioners were confronted with the to Astana every month to hold a service in Kazakstan, where thousands of for the local congregation in the capital’s * * * Ukrainians from western Ukraine had problem of commuting to the church. Roman Catholic church. On May 27 of Readers interested in more specific been deported since 1939. Therefore, another church was opened in this year Bishop Medvit celebrated information on the Ukrainian Greek- In the late 1950s many priests minis- the district where Greek-Catholics reside. divine liturgy in Astana. Catholic Church in Kazakstan may con- tered on a regular basis, mostly in The German foundation Aid to the Throughout the last four years the tact: Father Basil Hovera, 3 Pischevaya Karaganda, which had the largest com- Church in Need donated money to pur- number of Greek-Catholic congregations St., 470042, Karaganda, Kazakstan; tele- munity of exiled Ukrainians. Among chase the facility. On June 3 of this year has increased from one to seven (two in phone/fax, 007 (3212) 482564; e-mail, those who served were Bishop Bishops Medvit and Lenga consecrated Karaganda, one each in the Karaganda [email protected]. Oleksander Khyra, Father Oleksei the new chapel. Zarytskyi, Father Nykolai Shaban and After his first visit to Kazakstan Father Stepan Pryshliak, to mention but a Bishop Medvit requested that nuns be few. sent to start a mission in the country. For At first they had to meet in huts or at two years three sisters have been coming In Remembrance parishioners’ homes. This did not, how- to Karaganda every month to teach cate- of all those who died in the ever, prevent the priests from serving chism. liturgy, hearing confessions, and per- In June 2000 Sisters Vinkentia destruction of the forming baptisms and weddings. Nazarkevych, Mariana Yakymets and In 1979 Catholics in Karaganda Mykhailyna Hornakevych arrived in World Trade Center received permission to build a church. Karaganda, where they opened the Holy Beginning that year Greek-Catholic Trinity House and started youth meetings priests had the opportunity to conduct and catechism classes. In heartfelt sympathy liturgies in the Roman Catholic church. Since Bishop Medvit was appointed to their families and friends In the early 1990s priests from visitator to Karaganda, he has visited Ukraine started to come to Karaganda. In Kazakstan every year, meeting with 1996 the German charitable foundation parishioners in Karaganda and other In sincere gratitude Renovabis erected a little wooden church cities. In April 1999 Father Irynei at the request of the Greek-Catholics. Babynets and Brother Anatolii to our police, firefighters and At the end of that same year the pope Holovchuk, both Basilians, came to countless volunteers appointed Bishop Basil Medvit of the Pavlodar from Ukraine. With the permis- Order of St. Basil the Great (OSBM) the sion of Bishop Lenga, services were held for their magnificent efforts on apostolic visitator for the Ukrainian on the premises of the cathedral. Greek-Catholic communities in In June 2000 with the help of the behalf of all of us and our City Kazakstan and Central Asia. On Ukrainian diaspora in the United States Christmas Day 1997 Bishop Medvit con- and Aid to the Church in Need, Father The Board of Trustees, ducted his first visitation of the Kazak Babynets purchased a large house in communities. Pavlodar, intending to make it into a the administration and staff of In April 1997 Father Basil Hovera church. This year on May 20 Bishop The Ukrainian Museum arrived in Karaganda for religious min- Medvit, Archbishop Oles and Bishop istry. Also that year, on Palm Sunday, Tomash Peta, the apostolic administrator Bishop Medvit, Archbishop Marian Oles of Astana, consecrated the Church of Ss. The Ukrainian Museum and Bishop Jan Pavel Lenga, the local Peter and Paul. 203 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003 Roman Catholic prelate, consecrated the During the last year of his religious 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40

SitchKERHONKSON, swimmers N.Y. – The Newark, continue to dominate annual meet at Soyuzivka N.J.-based Chornomorska Sitch team once again captured the team trophy at RESULTS OF 2001 SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS the annual swimming championships BBooyyss 1100 aanndd uunnddeerr 3. Roman Mozman, Sitch, 29.82 100 m freestyle held at the Ukrainian National 1. Olivia Perkowski, Sitch, 2:12.03 Association’s Soyuzivka resort over 25 m butterfly Labor Day weekend. 25 m freestyle 1. Michael Kibalo, SUM, 21.19 50 m backstroke Sitch swimmers came in first with 250 points – more than double the points 1. Basil Stolar, SUM, 22.14 4 x 25 m freestyle relay 1. Roxolana Wacyk, Sitch, 37.53 earned by the second-place finisher, 2. Alex Hryhorowych, Sitch, 22.66 2. Katya Chopivsky, Sitch, 38.69 1. SUM (D. Szpyhulsky, M. Kibalo, S. 3. Olivia Perkowski, Sitch, 53.47 Tryzub of Philadelphia, whose members 3. Andrew Duda, Tryzub, 24.38 Halkowycz, B. Stolar), 1:42.17. earned 124 points. 50 m breaststroke The Ukrainian American Youth 50 m freestyle GGiirrllss 1111--1122 1. Roxolana Wacyk, Sitch, 43.16 Association (SUM) and Plast Ukrainian 1. Paul Tershakovec, Tryzub, 45.0 Scouting Organization came in third and 50 m butterfly 2. Alex Hryhorowych, Sitch, 54.16 25 m freestyle fourth, respectively, with 51 and 11 3. Alex Kobryn, Sitch, 1:21.80 1. Katya Chopivsky, Sitch, 39.17 points. 1. Melanie Huryn, Sitch, 15.90 25 m backstroke BBooyyss 1155 aanndd oovveerr The meet was held under the auspices 2. Melasia Cybriwsky,, Tryzub, 17.66 of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the 3. Nadia Wyrsta, SUM, 19.64 U.S.A. and Canada (known by its 1. Basil Stolar, SUM, 26.01 Ukrainian acronym as USCAK). 2. Andrew Duda, Tryzub, 34.09 50 m freestyle 100 m individual medley At the conclusion of the 46th annual 3. Yuriy Sendzimir, Sitch, 35.22 1. Tania Hryhorowych, Sitch, 34.71 1. Andrew Midzak, Tryzub, 1:10.94 meet, the club trophy, as well as medals 25 m breaststroke and ribbons awarded to individual swim- 2. Marusia Chopivsky, Sitch, 34.89 50 m freestyle mers were presented to the winners by 1. Paul Tershakovec, Tryzub, 25.95 3. Melasia Cybriwsky, Tryzub, 40.82 UNA President Ulana Diachuk, UNA 2. Basil Stolar, SUM, 27.48 1. Anthony Tokarchyk, Tryzub, 26.30 25 m backstroke 2. Andrew Midzak, Tryzub, 26.56 National Secretary Martha Lysko, meet 3. Andrew Duda, Tryzub, 30.09 3. Mark Makar, Sitch, 26.94 director Marika Bokalo and committee 1. Tania Hryhorowych, Sitch, 19.17 25 m butterfly members Irenaeus Isajiw, Omelan 2. Nadia Wyrsta, SUM, 24.35 100 m freestyle Twardowsky, Oles Napora, Christine 1. Paul Tershakowec, Tryzub, 22.22 3. Melissa Perkowski, Sitch, 27.34 Prociuk, Taras Midzak and Olenka 1. Andrew Midzak, Tryzub, 59.97 Halkowych. All prizes were funded by 4 x 25 m freestyle relay 25 m breaststoke 2. Mark Makar, Sitch, 1:01.30 the UNA. 3. Robert Tokarchyk, Tryzub, 1:03.66 1. Sitch (A. Hryhorowych, E. Popov, A. 1. Marusia Chopivsky, Sitch, 20.82 The annual meet was conducted by a Kobryn, R. Kovbasniuk), 1:46.99. 2. Melanie Huryn, Sitch, 21.41 50 m backstroke committee consisting of the meet direc- 2. Tryzub (A. Duda, M. Tershakovec, M. 3. Melasia Cybriwsky, Tryzub, 23.64 tor and comprising John Makar and Ihor Duda, P. Tershakovec), 2:07.09. 1. Anthony Tokarchyk, Tryzub, 34.18 Wacyk, judges; Mr. Midzak, starter; and 25 m butterfly 2. Walter Bzdel, Sitch, 1:01.33 Mr. Isajiw, Mr. Napora, Ms. Halkowych GGii rrll ss 1100 aanndd uunnddeerr and Ms. Prociuk, scorers. 1. Melanie Huryn, Sitch, 16.46 50 m breaststroke The meet timers were: Peter Prociuk, 2. Tania Hryhorowych, Sitch, 18.21 25 m freestyle 3. Marusia Chopivsky, Sitch, 18.85 1. Tom Makar, Sitch, 34.97 Taras Kozak, Cathy Kozak, George 2. Paul Midzak, Tryzub, 39.28 Kobryn, Zenon Cybriwsky, Christina 1. Lida Chopivsky Benson, Sitch, 20.07 4 x 25 m freestyle relay 3. Robert Tokarchyk, Tryzub, 43.88 Tershakovec, Jeffrey Kibalo, Andrij 2. Natalia Hryhorowych, Sitch, 22.73 1. Sitch (M. Chopivsky, M. Huryn, T. Litosh, Yurij Duda and John Midzak. 3. Bohdanna Stolar, SUM, 23.21 50 m butterfly Nick Prociuk and Angelina Kozak served Hryhorowych, M. Perkowski), 1:14.08. as runners. 50 m freestyle 2. SUM (B. Stolar, K. Wyrsta, K. 1. Paul Midzak, Tryzub, 30.52 Fifty-three swimmers – competing in 2. Mark Makar, Sitch, 31.75 1. Saga Arnott, Sitch, 1:20.37 Midzak N. Wyrsta), 1:52.40. age groups from 10 and under to 15 and over – participated in the meet held on 25 m backstroke BBooyyss 1133--1144 4 x 50 m medley relay Saturday, September 1. 1. Tara Wasylak, Sitch, 25.28 1. Tryzub (R. Tokarchyk, A. Midzak, A. 2. Lesia Chopivsky, Sitch, 27.70 Tokarchyk, P. Midzak), 2:09.30. 2. Sitch (W. Makar, T. Makar, M. Makar, 3. Natalia Hryhorowych, Sitch, 27.92 100 m individual medley W. Bzdel), 2:26.70. Terrorist attacks... 25 m breaststroke 1. William Makar, Sitch, 1:14.49 (Continued from page 3) GGii rrll ss 1155 aanndd oovveerr NATO. Lithuania also granted the right 1. Lida Chopivsky Benson, Sitch, 28.86 50 m freestyle for American transport or military planes 2. Tara Wasylak, Sitch, 28.96 1. William Makar, Sitch, 29.22 to use Zokniai airport near the city of 3. Lesia Chopivsky, Sich, 32.50 100 m individual medley Siauliai, whose runways are sufficiently 2. Evan Litosh, Sitch, 45.47 long enough to be used by all planes. 25 m butterfly 3. Roman Mozman, Sitch, 54.54 1. Nina Celuch, Tryzub, 1:27.67 100 m freestyle 2. Inna Lonchyna, Plast, 1:36.16 Armenia permits U.S. overflights 1. Lida Chopivsky Benson, Sitch, 26.37 2. Natalia Hryhorowych, Sitch, 34.93 1. Dmytro Shmyr, Sitch, 2:00.75 50 m freestyle YEREVAN – A spokeswoman for 4 x 25 m freestyle relay President Robert Kocharian told RFE/RL’s 50 m backstroke 1. Sonia Tokarchyk, Tryzub, 31.57 2. Stephanie Duda, Tryzub, 36.22 Armenian Service on September 26 that 1. Sitch (L. Chopivsky, N. Hryhorowych, 1. Evan Litosh, Sitch, 54.96 3. Christine Galonzka, SUM, 40.27 the U.S. had asked for and has been grant- L. Chopivsky-Benson, S. Arnott), 2. Dmytro Shmyr, Sitch, 59.95 ed permission for its military aircraft to 1:54.45. 100 m freestyle 50 m breaststroke overfly Armenia’s territory. BBooyyss 1111--1122 1. Evan Litosh, Sitch, 49.77 1. Inna Lonchyna, Plast, 1:24.83 Georgia opens airspace to U.S. 2. Christine Galonzka, SUM, 1:42.00 50 m butterfly TBILISI – The Georgian government 25 m freestyle 50 m backstroke has acceded to a U.S. request for cargo 1. William Makar, Sitch, 31.94 1. Nicholas Kobryn, Sitch, 17.66 1. Nina Celuch, Tryzub, 39.73 planes to transit Georgian airspace with- 2. Dmytro Shmyr, Sitch, 1:01.02 2. Michael Kibalo, SUM, 18.16 2. Katherine Kosiv, Sitch, 46.62 in the parameters of the expected anti- 3. Roman Kovbasniuk, SUM, 21.22 4 x 50 m freestyle relay terrorist strikes against targets in 50 m breaststroke Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Irakli 50 m freestyle 1. Sitch (N. Kobryn, D. Shmyr, E. Menagharishvili told journalists on Litosh, O. Popov), 3:26.20. 1. Stephanie Duda, Tryzub, 44.01 1. Nicholas Kobryn, Sitch, 40.96 October 1, according to Caucasus Press. 2. Inna Lonchyna, Plast, 44.92 2. Evhen Popov, Sitch, 45.33 GGii rrll ss 1133--1144 3. Christine Galonzka, SUM, 59.98 Uzbekistan offers its airspace 3. Danylo Szpyhulsky, SUM, 57.57 50 m butterfly TASHKENT – Branding terrorism as 25 m backstroke 100 m individual medley 1. Nina Celuch, Tryzub, 36.64 “the plague of the 21st century, Uzbek 1. Evhen Popov, Sitch, 23.19 2. Sonya Tokarchyk, Tryzub, 37.26 President Islam Karimov told a meeting 2. Nicholas Kobryn, Sitch, 23.21 1. Roxolana Wacyk, Sitch, 1:21.74 4 x 50 m medley relay of senior Uzbek security officials on 3. Roman Mozman, Sitch, 30.50 2. Katya Chopivsky, Sitch, 1:30.87 October 1 that his country “is ready to 1. Tryzub (N. Celuch, S. Tokarchyk, S. make its airspace available” for partici- 25 m breaststroke 50 m freestyle Duda, M. Cybriwska), 2:42.77. pating military aircraft in the event of 1. Evhen Popov, Sitch, 19.49 1. Tara Wasylak, Sitch, 50.83 2. Sitch/SUM (K. Chopivsky, O. Perkow- strikes against terrorist bases in 2. Michael Kibalo, SUM, 22.04 2. Olivia Perkowski, Sitch, 58.64 ski, R. Wacyk, C. Galonzka), 3:12.43. Afghanistan, Reuters reported. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 13 Chicago celebrates with the schooner Batkivschyna

N.K. Pollock Alex Kuzma, executive director of CCRF (left), and Ukraine’s Chicago Vice- Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley (left) accepts traditional bread and salt from Consul Ludmilla Protasova (right) join children in singing the Ukrainian and Marko Guk (center), representing the Ukrainian community at the mayor’s recep- American national anthems. Children (from left) are: Anna Maria Bahan, tion, while city staffer John Horodecki looks on. Hanucia Dychij (back) Marianka Oharenko (front) and Martusia Sendun.

by Natalka Korsheniuk Pollock tional Ukrainian greeting of bread and latory remarks and hopeful views of the music of the Ukrainian chamber orches- salt. Speeches and singing added to the future for his homeland. tra had faded, the Hutsul dancers had left CHICAGO – On Saturday, August 24, festivities. Even a steadfast contingent Mayor Daley has honored the and the news media had dismantled their the streets of Chicago were beautified by from Connecticut, led by John Nesklada, Ukrainian-American community before – camera lights, excited conversations Ukrainians in colorful, embroidered was on hand to lend support and join in at receptions at the Cultural Center and could be overheard. shirts and dresses. Homes and businesses the celebrations. with awards for those Ukrainian On Friday, the day commemorating in the Ukrainian Village, the official The boat had wintered in Norwich Americans who have contributed in a Ukraine’s independence, another round name of a neighborhood a heartbeat away making many lasting friends there and in special way to their community and the of events was planned. Capt. from downtown, proudly displayed blue- Hartford last June, where it stopped to city as a whole. But this year the mayor’s Birioukovitch participated in the raising and-yellow flags, and even the mayor of thank its adopted home for taking them in reception had a special tone as of the Ukrainian flag at noon on Daley this great city celebrated the 10th after last year’s Op Sail 2000 in New Ukrainians were celebrating a special Plaza at City Hall, and was given an anniversary of Ukraine’s independence London. The Bat had attracted worldwide milestone in their history. The mayor opportunity to address the festive crowd with several events. attention for its heroic journey originat- clearly understood the significance of this of Ukrainian and American well-wishers. The schooner Batkivschyna had ing in Kyiv and striking land in New day. An honor guard of Ukrainian war vet- arrived at Chicago’s Navy Pier as sched- York City for the International Parade of “Chicago is a city built and maintained erans hoisted the flag on the center flag- uled, the previous Thursday, marking the Tall Ships. by immigrants” said Mayor Daley. pole between the flags of the United beginning of the weekend’s events. With States and the City of Chicago, while Captain Dmitrii Birioukovitch at the It was at Op Sail that the captain was “People from all over the world came introduced to Alex Kuzma, executive here to make a better life for themselves spectators sang the national anthems of helm, 89-foot, three-masted sailboat from both freedom-loving nations. Young Kyiv cut a romantic figure against the director of CCRF, and the two formed a and for their families. Over the years, mutually beneficial partnership. The Bat these immigrants have woven a tapestry dancers again entertained, and short impressive architecture of the Chicago speeches were delivered. At the end of skyline as the tall ship motored past mod- was on a mission to raise awareness of that makes Chicago one of the most cul- Ukraine as an independent country, and turally diverse cities in the world. We’re the program, the captain was barraged by ern-day pleasure boats, cruise liners and a autograph-seekers. newly renovated harborfront bustling CCRF wanted to emphasize the need for very fortunate to have a thriving more humanitarian efforts and funds to Ukrainian community that maintains Later that same day, alongside the with visitors and natives. This was to be Batkivschyna at the Navy Pier, a formal Batkivschyna’s last stop on its 17-city fulfill its mission of helping Ukrainian business, family and cultural ties to children suffering the devastating effects Ukraine. And it’s a community that con- welcoming ceremony, with the blessing tour, which had begun in Norwich, of the schooner by Ukrainian Catholic Conn., on May 30. of the nuclear disaster in Chornobyl. tinues to grow with new arrivals from Now, on the last stop of its summer Ukraine.” He continued: Bishop Innocent Lotocky and Ukrainian “The Bat,” as it has been nicknamed Orthodox Archbishop Vsevolod, was 2001 itinerary, the ship was invited to “We learn from each other – not only by the American press, had successfully conducted before a capacity crowd, play a very visible role in Chicago’s cele- through the active Ukrainian community reached the culmination of the American despite intermittent rainshowers and bration of Ukraine’s 10th anniversary of here in Chicago but through our sister Sail Training Association’s Great Lakes threatening thunder. independence, as Ukrainians all over the city relationship with Kyiv, the capital Challenge in time to celebrate with the Dr. Christina Petrykiw, president of country and perhaps the world were city in your homeland. I want to com- 50,000 Ukrainians of Chicago. The the Chicago chapter of the Children of observing this historical marker. mend Chicago’s entire Ukrainian com- graceful vessel sailed into the waiting Chornobyl Relief Fund, hosted the event, munity for your strong sense of family arms of the Children of Chornobyl Relief Shortly after his arrival at the Navy and the master of ceremonies, Tamara Fund – Chicago Chapter, and into the Pier, the captain stood on the dais with and your great commitment to our city.” Kuzyk Storrie, set the event into context: hearts of countless well-wishers. Ukraine’s Vice-Consul Ludmilla If the success of a party can be judged “Freedom is not merely a document with As the captain and his crew disem- Protasova; Mayor Richard M. Daley and by the fact that the partygoers are reluc- an official seal, ... it is a feeling in the barked on dry land, they were welcomed members of his staff; local legislators and tant to leave, then the mayor’s reception by costumed children offering the tradi- other dignitaries; joining in the congratu- was a resounding success. Long after the (Continued on page 25)

Alex Kuzma, executive director of CCRF (at microphone), with Dmitrii Bishop Innocent Lotocky blesses the Ukrainian schooner during welcoming cere- Birioukovitch, captain of the Batkivschyna (center) and Dr. Christina Petrykiw, monies at Chicago’s Navy Pier. president of CCRF’s Chicago chapter. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40 Grazhda summer concert series – 2001: an overview

by Kitty Montgomery “artist.” Mazurkevich’s strings sing, remains pro- what stands out in Mr. Kharenko’s play is Among a multitude of ambitious foundly human, translating note to con- the ecstatic. Tinged with a subliminal In this suspended time, following the career contenders, their appearance is versant emotion, rendering the infinite, soul cry, the spontaneity of his execu- attack on the World Trade Center, when rare. Rarer still was a convocati of such intimate. tions reflects his genuine gypsy heritage, man hangs on the edge of an abyss of musical titans – Ukrainians all – perform- In contrast, Mr. Krysa, who recently unquenchable, in classic servitude. dread at the prospect of a cycle of mili- ing at the Grazhda concert hall in Jewett assumed first chair in the Leontovych, is Performing two Hungarian dances by tary retaliation that may unloose a Center, N.Y., this past summer to cele- possessed of a laser-flash brilliance he Brahms and compositions by Granados Pandora’s box of sinister weaponry, brate the 19th season of a two-month fes- deploys to strike and light seemingly and Cassadó, Ms. Khoma’s volatile play material edifices seem vulnerable and tival series founded by composer Ihor impossible reaches of contemporary induced joy and beauteous grief. Her transient. Sonevytsky. repertoire. In concert with the bowmanship is effortless, her pedal tones What skyscraper, what library or Before the thaw known as glasnost Leontovych for the last performance of subsume the heart. museum can stand against ravages of and before the dissolution of the Soviet the series, co-sponsored by the Catskill The instrumental trio collaboration in war in the 21st century? The sole endur- Union, Maestro Sonevytsky featured out- Mountain Foundation, the kinetic energy Vynnytsky’s “Lost Tango and “Summer’s ing archive for human life is the human standing musicians of Ukraine and of his kozak’s cut, moderated to fuse with Samba,” sent up with the passion of a spirit, whose conservators and celebrants Americans of Ukrainian descent at this the quartet’s current ensemble, including tango band and the finesse of infinite are our poets and performing artists. intimate hall, hand-crafted for ethnic violinist Peter Krysa, violist Borys classic technique, evoked the dreams and With each communal sharing, they pass authenticity and acoustic resonance by Deviatov, and cellist Volodymyr lost hopes that haunt this dance of émi- on legacies of sorrow and joy, and illu- master builders of the local Ukrainian Panteleyev, served to vaporize lines of grés in exile, its sensuality and poignan- minate the potential transcendence of our community, who were drawn to this Valentin Silvestrov’s String Quartet cy. species. plateau in Greene County by its resem- (1974) to a hallucinogenic disturbance, Singers Stefan Szkafarowsky and Jungians refer to this enduring legacy blance to regions of the Carpathian conveying cries and whispers out of time. Stefania Dovhan shared separate as “the collective unconscious.” Mountains. In a house of Sunday afternoon patrons evenings with Grazhda audiences. Basso Differently tempered by every race and Some, like the Grazhda’s pianist and making their first pilgrimage to the Szkafarowsky performed with his accom- nation’s history, this psychic reservoir is composer-in-residence, Volodymyr Grazhda, their performance engendered panist Oksana Protenic, and soprano our collective soul, which music may Vynnytsky, a former winner of the Long- breathless awe. Dovhan was partnered by Mr. Vynnytsky. serve as the purest kinetic conduit. Thibaud International Piano Competition Another pair of string players, cellist Writing in the Hudson Valley’s Daily No musician first picks up an instru- in Paris, made his American debut at the Natalia Khoma, a top prize winner at the Freeman this critic ascribed the source of ment or sings with the conscious intent Grazhda before going on to perform in Tchaikovsky and Belgrade international American-born Mr. Szkafarowsky’s gift of tapping through to universals. The gift the country’s great halls and festivals. competitions, and Yuri Kharenko, long- to the vocal tradition of the Don is innate, the quest instinctual, recog- Others, like pianist Alexander time violinist with the Leontovych, who Cossacks [Kozaks] “who sang riding into nized and nurtured by those great teach- Slobodyanik and violinist Oleh Krysa, now pursues a solo career, joined Mr. battle, side-slipped on their horses, to ers, themselves possessed of the played Sonevytsky’s festival series after Vynnytsky for a “Jewett Jubilee” gala, avoid the Tatar’s arrows,” continuing...” Promethean capacity to pass light the Soviet ban on travel was lifted, and featuring solo performances and three the point being that his voice is between worlds. We call the children they were allowed to resume stellar Latin American trios, composed for the immutable. He could sing standing on his who bear the gift “prodigy” and honor careers, previously established in the occasion by Mr. Vynnytsky. head, and still, his awesome tones would those musicians who transcend the vani- United States. Elena Heimur, winner of the Puccini flow, unchanging, in resonant, envelop- ty of aesthetic exhibition and the indul- Mr. Slobodyanik’s concert at Grazhda, Foundation-Licia Albanese International ing waves. Topping a depth of tone with gence of personal catharsis with the title witnessed 12 summers ago, came as an Competition Award and the Tchaikovsky the easy reach of a basso-profundo, Mr. electrifying cultural shock, in context International Competition, toasted the Szkafarowsky has a spectacular brilliance Kitty Montgomery is a writer whose with aesthetic-oriented performances event with a champagne-festive selection in his upper register, with sustained tones commentary on classical musicians per- offered in many American chamber of songs from popular operettas, tossed all three of the famous “Three Tenors” forming in the Hudson Valley and New music forums. We survived the experi- off with infectious exuberance in a lus- would envy. York City has been reprinted in Chamber ence as an illuminating psychic seizure, trous soprano. Marianna Vynnytsky was Shortly after his Grazhda performance, Music America, Musical America, The and have returned to the hall every subse- an affecting interpreter of her husband’s Mr. Szkafarowsky, who has sung princi- New Yorker and The New York Times. quent season to suffer, in degree, the bleakly beautiful composition, “Healing pal roles with the New York City Opera Nominated for the Pew Charitable ecstatic, heart-stopping, hackle-raising Herb,” set to the poem “Podorozhnyk” and Canadian companies, was signed by Trust’s Distinguished Arts Journalism experience of that first exposure to the by Ivan Malkovych. Against an instru- the Washington Opera. He will perform Award, for “writers who will make a dif- phenomenon of the “Ukrainian soul.” mental trio fusing Ukrainian folk modes with the Metropolitan Opera in New ference in the direction of American crit- Whether these artists who play and Latin rhythms, the singing protago- York this season. icism,” the eclectic range of her music Sonevytsky’s festival have studied at the nist is a cast-off, roadside waif, offering Ms. Dovhan’s concert was the surprise reviews encompasses world beat artists great conservatories of Moscow or Kyiv, tormented flesh and soul to taunting event of the Grazhda’s 200l season. A Youssou N’Dour, Ladysmith Black or in America’s music schools, for each passers-by. last-minute replacement for Kyivan Anna Membaza and Santana, young jazz leg- of them the music begins when the infi- Mr. Kharenko, who is presently in Kovalko, who was unable to obtain a ends Eric Person and Jason Marsalis, nite sings in. Ukraine to premiere composer Myroslav U.S. visa, the 21-year-old soprano is a and rock groups performing in the If Dante’s hell has its circles, so proba- Skoryk’s new violin concerto, is a native Kyiv native who studied at the Kyiv Woodstock area, whose publicists employ bly does the “Ungrund” of the collective of Kyiv who studied with Abram Stern, State Conservatory, with subsequent the imagery and perception of her work soul have its corners and facets, uniquely one of an extraordinary dynasty of violin- coaching in Munich, Germany, and at the in their promotions. Excerpts of these struck and illuminated by individual ists to emerge from the famous Stoliarsky University of Maryland in Baltimore, pop pieces have been read on National artists. This season Yuri Mazurkevich and School in Odesa preceding the Russian where she is a student. Ms. Dovhan was Public Radio. Mr. Krysa, both longtime protégés of Revolution, including Heifetz, Isaac winner of the Rosa Ponselle Young Vincent Wagner, artistic director of David Oistrakh at the Moscow Stern, Nathan Milstein and the great Classical Singer Competition in 2000, Woodstock’s Maverick Concerts, featur- Conservatory, who qualify equally for the Oistrakh. and came to the mountaintop following a ing world-class string quartets over six accolade – “greatest violinist of his gen- After two decades of discipline in a series of concerts in Baltimore and decades, referred to Ms. Montgomery as eration” – performed separately and at quartet structure, what Mr. Kharenko Washington, commemorating the 20th “the only critic in the business, who the beginning and conclusion of the loosed at Grazhda, abetted by Mr. anniversary of Ponselle’s death. recreates the energy of a performance in Grazhda season. Vynnytsky at the keyboard, in a Brahms Speaking of Ms. Dovhan’s perform- a review.” Mr. Mazurkevich, who recently scherzo, a caprice by Kreisler and ances of the Mozart arias “Dove sono” Ms. Montgomery is a graduate of returned to a solo career after leading the Vieuxtemps’ brilliant satire “Souvenir (from “Le Nozze di Figaro”) and “Ch’io Sarah Lawrence College and former Leontovych String Quartet, played d’Amérique” (Yankee Doodle), were free mi scordi di te,” the Freeman wrote: she doctoral candidate in the department of Paganini, Brahms, Sarasate, Vitali- soaring lines of myriad timbres and emo- revealed a lyric instrument with a laser comparative religion at Columbia Charlier and Sonevytsky, partnered by tive facets. With intonation honed to focus, capable of cutting an orchestra in University. Her artistic background Mr. Vynnytsky. Even in the most virtu- immaculate, in parings with the any number of queenly, dramatic roles. ... includes study at Northwestern Drama osic, demanding reaches, easily encom- Leontovych’s former lead violinists, School and the Juilliard School. pased, of this repertoire, the song Mr. Semen Kobets and Mr. Mazurkevich, (Continued on page 23)

Mykola Suk Yuri Mazurkevich Volodymyr Vynnytsky Yuri Kharenko Stefania Dovhan No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 15

FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY by Ingert Kuzych

The last hetman I have always enjoyed examining (and Background sometimes translating) original historic The man who would be hetman has documents signed by famous people. been vilified as a traitor, a treasonous Recently I obtained a copy of the postal German puppet who usurped the legitimate card illustrated in Figure 1, which moti- Ukrainian government in the spring of vated me to do some research and com- 1918 only to be willing to hand the fledg- pose this article. While perhaps not all that ling state over to the Russians by the close distinguished historically, the card was of the year. On the other hand, he has been signed and mailed by an important per- apotheosized as a Ukrainian savior, one of sonage of the 20th century, the last Ukraine’s greatest statesman and patriots, monarch to rule Ukraine – Hetman Pavlo whose rule did more to set the country on Skoropadsky. its course to statehood in his seven and a The postal card was sent January 23, half months than the governments that pre- 1945, from Berlin, where the exiled hetman Figure 4: A seal issued in 1970 by the ceded or succeeded him. then resided, to a S. Starow in Freiburg. Figure 2: Pavlo Skoropadsky in Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus to honor So, which viewpoint is correct? As The message reads: Kozak regalia (reproduced from Skoropadsky on the 25th anniversary usual when passions are polarized about “Ukraine: A History”). of his death. Berlin. January 23, 1945 controversial figures, the truth lies some- Regiment. The following year he was government, which at that time was still Highly Esteemed Sir! where in between. named major general and commander of a contemplating federation with Russia. Enjoyed reading your letter. I am very Pavlo Skoropadsky was born May 15, cavalry regiment in the tsar’s House Guard. This attitude compelled the Rada to happy for you that you live well but even 1873, in Wiesbaden, Germany, into a dis- During World War I Skoropadsky com- finally proclaim an independent Ukrainian so I think that the constant anxiety would tinguished Ukrainian family. One of his manded several cavlary units, always dis- National Republic (UNR) on January 22, disturb your scientific work. ancestors, Ivan Skoropadsky, was hetman tinguishing himself. He was decorated with 1918. A few weeks later, on February 9, the Thank you for your delightful intentions from 1708 to 1722. Pavlo grew up on his the Order of St. George and promoted to Peace Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed for my son. May he work for the father’s estate, Trostianets, in the Poltava the rank of lieutenant general, commanding between Ukraine and the Central Powers. Fatherland, for his Family. region. After completing the Starodub the 34th Army Corps. Following the over- The terms called for German and Austrian (signed) Truly yours respectfully, Gymnasium, he graduated from the elite throw of the tsar in the February assistance in clearing Ukraine of Bolshevik Pavlo Skoropadsky Page Corps cadet school in St. Petersburg. In 1897, he married Oleksandra Durnovo; Revolution of 1917, Skoropadsky under- forces. In return, Ukraine would provide Three months and three days after dis- they would have six children, three sons took the Ukrainianization of the 34th foodstuffs to its new allies. patching this card the hetman would be and three daughters. Corps. Russian and other nationality troops The Central Powers kept their part of the dead, killed in a bombing raid. What was Young Skoropadsky chose to be a caval- and officers were replaced with counter- bargain and within weeks began to move the hetman doing in Germany at the close ry officer and soon began an impressive parts of Ukrainian background, and the unit on the Red Army. By the end of April, of World War II? Why did he have to rise in rank and commanded a company of was renamed the 1st Ukrainian Corps. In Ukrainian territories had been cleared of leave his homeland? And what did the the Chita Cossack Regiment in the Russo- October of 1917 he was named honorary the Communist menace. Unfortunately, the reference to his son mean? The answers Japanese War. By 1905 he was aide-de- otaman of the Free Cossacks, the Ukrainian Ukrainian government had difficulty meet- to these questions are best revealed in camp to Tsar Nicholas II; in 1906 he was volunteer militia that sprang up to maintain ing its requirement of grain deliveries. examining Pavlo Skoropadsky’s rather appointed a colonel and in 1910 received civil order in the confusion sown by the Frustrated, the German military decided to eventful, yet controversial, life. command of the 20th Finnish Dragoon Bolsheviks (Figure 2). take matters into its own hands and replace Shortly thereafter (October-November), the incompetent leadership in Kyiv with the disciplined 60,000 men of the First someone it felt could more effectively deal Corps and the Free Cossacks seized all of with the situation. The person singled out the railway lines leading to Kyiv. They was Ukraine’s highest-ranking military thereby halted the pro-Bolshevik military leader – Pavlo Skoropadsky. units advancing into the heart of Ukraine On April 29, 1918, at the Congress of from the southwestern and Romanian Landowners in Kyiv, many of the roughly fronts. These forces were disarmed, demo- 6,500 delegates from all over Ukraine bilized and sent on their way into Russia. voiced their dissatisfaction with the policies Not only Kyiv, but all of Dnipro Ukraine of the Central Rada. They heartily greeted was thus saved from plundering. Skoropadsky and conferred upon him the Prelude to power ancient title of hetman. The Rada, which had governed Ukraine for 14 months, was By the end of 1917 war-weary disbanded. Bolshevik Russia began peace negotiations with the Central Powers (Germany, Difficult partnerships Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria) in In theory, the new hetman was supposed Brest (present-day Belarus). The Central to be heading a provisional government, Rada, which governed Ukraine after the which would be replaced by an elected abdication of the tsar, also sent representa- Ukrainian parliament. In practice, the tives to these meetings. The Central opportunity for elections never really Powers, however, refused to negotiate with delegates of a non-independent Ukrainian (Continued on page 16) Figure 1: Postal card mailed by Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky three months before his death. Above is the obverse side; below is the reverse side.

Figure 3: Pavlo Skoropadsky shortly after assuming power. The German inscrip- tion reads: “The new hetman of Ukraine, Gen. Skoropadsky, with his officers.” 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40

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Rather, they supported a union of all anti- developed and guided exclusively for the 1945). He passed away 10 days later and The last... Bolshevik forces under the “White” well being of Ukraine, I relinquish my was buried in Wiesbaden, the city where he (Continued from page 16) Russians in a common struggle against the authority. was born (Figure 4). “Red” Communists. nasia begun in 1917 by the Rada was dra- Epilogue Faced with all of these competing pres- December 14, 1918, City of Kyiv matically expanded by the hetman’s gov- Pavlo Skoropadsky ernment, as were Ukrainian courses for sures, the hetman made a fateful decision A concise and balanced assessment of teachers and the publishing of Ukrainian and carried out an audacious declaration on Left behind in the treasury, untouched, Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky’s reign is pro- textbooks. In October new universities November 14. In an attempt to curry favor were 3.3 billion karbovantsi in precious vided in a paragraph by Oleh Gerus in “A were opened in Kyiv and Kamianets- with the Allies and obtain aid from the metals for the successor government. Survey of Ukrainian History.” It serves as a Podilskyi, and a college of history and “White” Russian forces, he proclaimed a fitting closing statement: Exile philology was opened in Poltava. Each of federative union with a future non- “Pavlo Skoropadsky was a good-inten- these institutions now had departments in Bolshevik Russia. For most of the interwar years, tioned but a weak-willed and irresolute Ukrainian subjects. Existing universities in This single act has remained a key source Skoropadsky lived in Wannsee, near man who could not divorce himself com- Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Katerynoslav of disagreement to the present day. Many Berlin, and indeed such an address appears pletely from his Russian training and envi- (present-day Dnipropetrovsk) received “republicans” consider Skoropadsky’s on the postal card in Figure 1. During his ronment. It was in exile that he became a chairs in Ukrainian history, law, language, action treasonous, a complete abandonment time in exile, he headed the hetmanite genuine Ukrainian patriot, actively promot- and literature. of the principle of Ukrainian statehood. His movement, consisting of various monar- ing the idea of Ukrainian independent state- In the summer and fall of 1918, Kyiv “hetmanite” supporters, however, see the chist émigré organizations. In 1926 he hood. While in power with the help of the became the seat of a Ukrainian Academy of declaration as a tactful move to save the founded the Ukrainian Scientific Institute German military, Skoropadsky was held Sciences, a National Gallery, a National Ukrainian state by making it the nucleus of in Berlin which, until its liquidation by responsible for the oppression of the peas- Museum, an Academy of Fine Arts, a an anti-Bolshevik coalition. Regardless of Soviet occupational forces in 1945, carried antry and for the revival of Russian influ- National Chorus and Symphony, a the motives or reasoning, the gamble failed out many valuable programs (lectures, ence, even though much of what happened Ukrainian State Theater, a National Library and the hetman’s fall was sealed. courses, publications and exhibitions) pub- – forcible grain requisitions and German and a State Dramatic School. Therefore, the On November 14-15, 1918, the UNU, licizing Ukraine and its struggle for free- punitive expeditions – were beyond his Hetmanate can, be credited, with laying now led by its own government called the dom. During these years Skoropadsky control. Ukraine had become a German the intellectual infrastructure for the new Directory (under the leadership of never relinquished his claim to Ukraine. satellite as the result of the Brest-Litovsk Ukrainian state. Volodymyr Vynnychenko and Symon In 1938 Danylo Skoropadsky, the het- agreements. The Central Rada voluntarily, Petliura) began its uprising against the het- though reluctantly, accepted German- The fall of the Hetmanate man’s son, was designated heir apparent. man. Within a week, the Directory’s forces That same year the scion moved to England Austrian protection with the inevitable By autumn of 1918 it was becoming evi- reached Kyiv, but were unable to take the to continue to work for the hetmanite move- impositions of definite restrictions on its dent that the Central Powers would lose the city defended by units loyal to the hetman ment in the country most amenable to a sovereignty. Skoropadsky inherited this war and that the Hetmanate would lose its and by German troops. A standoff followed monarchic system of government. dependency but, nonetheless, strove to military prop. Belatedly, negotiations were that was to last three weeks. During the second world war, Pavlo enhance the prerogatives of his office and undertaken with various opposition groups, Just prior to the hetman’s ill-fated deci- Skoropadsky lobbied the Nazi government the Ukrainian state. The hetman succeeded and in October a new, more representative sion, Germany signed an armistice with the for the release of Ukrainian nationalist in elevating the formal sovereignty of Cabinet was formed. Plans were even for- Allies ending World War I (November 11). leaders imprisoned in concentration camps. Ukraine, though not its real independence.” mulated to introduce land reforms and to German troops, eager to finally go home, Seeking to find a safe haven during the convene a Parliament. entered negotiations with the Directory and close of the conflict, he fled to Bavaria, but Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at P.O. Within a few weeks, however, relations were allowed safe passage to leave in was wounded during an Allied air raid on Box 3, Springfield, VA 22150 or at his e- between the government and the main oppo- return for neutrality. On December 14, as the Plattling railway station (April 16, mail address: [email protected]. sition Ukrainian National Union (UNU) had these troops left the city, the Hetman abdi- deteriorated to such an extent that the latter cated his office and fled to Germany by had decided to organize an uprising against way of Switzerland. His government then the hetman. Simultaneously, Ukrainian surrendered power to the Directory. Bolsheviks continued to agitate the already Skoropadsky’s note of abdication fol- discontented peasant population. lows: With the situation rapidly deteriorating, Skoropadsky deemed it essential to come I, Hetman of All Ukraine, over the to some understanding with the Allied course of seven and one half months, have Powers (France, the United Kingdom, Italy put forth all of my effort to extricate this and the United States). The leaders of the country from the difficult position in which it finds itself. God has not granted me the Allies, however, did not favor the fragmen- On September 11, 2001, thousands of innocent people were killed by a terrorist tation of the Russian Empire and did not strength to bring about this task, and today, attack on the World Trade Center. look with favor at Ukrainian independence. owing to the conditions that have now Among those missing is our beloved

– including taxation and registration of U.S. delivers... media outlets, and governmental control Oleh Wengerchuk (Continued from page 2) of printing facilities, newsprint produc- tion and distribution – which unfairly tar- Born on October 4, 1944, Oleh worked as an engineer for Washington Group tial elections. We hope these and other International, whose offices were on the 92nd floor of Tower 2. forms of censorship end. We call on get independent media outlets. Belarus to begin to adhere to its commit- Many media outlets are under the A liturgy and panakhyda will be held on Saturday, October 6, 2001, at 6:00 p.m. ments. direct or indirect control of powerful at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, 30 E. 7th Street, NewYork, NY 10003. Some states insist on keeping criminal political families, leaving independent Oleh leaves behind: defamation and insult laws on the books. and opposition media under constant Mother: Stefania Czorny-Dosinchuk The U.N. Special Rapporteur on pressure and at serious risk. Now many Wife: Oksana Wengerchuk Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the governments are mandating the re-regis- Daughter: Andrea Wengerchuk OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Brother: Ostap Wengerchuk tration of all media outlets, a step that in Sisters: Irene Andreadis, her husband Nicholas, Media, and the Organization of American the past has generally led to the banning and their children Larysa and Nicholas States Special Rapporteur on Freedom of of those inconvenient to that govern- Lydia Matiaszek and her husband Petro Expression issued a joint statement in ment. Additionally, some states limit the Sister-in-law: Mary Ann Sakalosh February 2000 which said, in part, retransmission of foreign programs; Relatives in the United States, Canada and Ukraine “Expression should not be criminalized some also subject Internet webpages to unless it poses a clear risk of serious the same controls as print media. In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated to either Plast in Ukraine (c/o harm. ... Examples of this are laws pro- Moreover, media outlets can be held Plast America) or the Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral Building Fund hibiting the publication of false news and responsible for news not obtained from (c/o St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, New York). sedition laws. . . These laws should be official sources. repealed – criminal defamation laws We urge all participating states to should be abolished.” uphold their commitments to the freedom For several years the United States has of expression and to end all forms of been deeply concerned about the tenden- DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS harassment of the independent media. cy of some countries to attempt to silence to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian opposition and independent media by We wish to thank the Office for or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. means of lawsuits alleging insults “to the Democratic Institutions and Human Rights for making it possible to broad- Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. honor and dignity” of officials. The (The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.) United States urges all governments to cast this meeting live on the Internet. We stop the intimidation of media outlets feel this is an important step towards Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. that have dared write about official cor- greater transparency by enabling NGOs Information should be addressed to the attention of the Advertising Department ruption or other issues that might be who were not able to travel to Warsaw to and sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 (NB: please embarrassing to those in power. follow the proceedings. We encourage all do not include post office box if sending via courier), Parsippany, N.J. 07054; The U.S., along with the OSCE repre- OSCE institutions, participating states fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; sentative on Freedom of the Media, has and NGOs to use the Internet whenever e-mail, [email protected]. also identified many cases of “structural possible to further dialogue on all human Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person. censorship” throughout the OSCE region dimension issues. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40 No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 19 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40

aid at summer camps and has assisted right to do business in that country. She Skala family... with security as well, whenever our chil- Northern and... mentioned one possible solution to this (Continued from page 1) dren travel to Zlet in Ellenville in the (Continued from page 5) problem: perhaps UNA members will be ings of the WTC. “I helped snap on his spring, and at the Ukrainian Center here had arrived in this country to address able to convert to American policies, for in Passaic.” Scott Air Pack and tighten the belt. The New Jersey’s statewide banquet marking which they will pay in U.S. dollars and Ms. Figol went on to say, “He is a last thing I did was I grabbed him by the the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s inde- then receive benefits in U.S. dollars. face and told him to be careful. I had all wonderful, wonderful friend to all. We all pendence. Mr. Omelchenko addressed pray that he’s safe.” Thus, they will remain members of UNA the intentions of seeing him afterwards,” meeting participants and answered sever- branches in Canada, but they will be con- Mr. Greff related. At St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic al questions from the audience before the sidered UNA members on the same basis Officer Skala entered the building in a Church in Passaic, friends and family UNA organizing meeting resumed its race to assist in the disaster unfolding on gathered in the days after the disaster to agenda following a short break for as members in the United States. Another the floors above. In the ensuing minutes, pray for Mr. Skala and others trapped refreshments. less attractive possibility is for the UNA as an inferno began to build in the floors beneath the World Trade Center. Other During the discussion regarding the to transfer its bloc of members in Canada around the plane crash and as the entire Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian number of members of the General to another fraternal insurance company, Orthodox communities around the building became unstable, he continued Assembly there were questions regarding and not necessarily a Ukrainian one. In to work assisting others within that build- United States also have held services and UNA advisors, the level of their insur- vigils. conclusion, she said that UNA executive ing. ance policies with the UNA, and their officers are still looking into this situa- SUMivtsi in Passaic and other branch- role within the UNA. Approximately one hour later, at 10:05 tion and explained that all foreign entities a.m., the south tower collapsed, plum- es nearby have gathered to pray and to be Ms. Lysko then continued the meeting doing business in Canada have the same meting into the streets below and level- together during such a difficult time. by once again focusing on the UNA in ing the building. As the day progressed, it SUMivtsi around the world are sharing Canada, where the organization has only dilemma. became clear that although many mem- prayers of hope for a fellow SUM mem- 3,000 members, yet pays high fees to The meeting was adjourned by Mr. bers of the Port Authority Police had ber Ivan, and are offering thanks to all Canadian insurance authorities for the Zacharko. made their way to safety before the col- who have volunteered to help in the lapse, Officer Skala was among the miss- search for those still missing. Mr. Koziupa also gave a special tribute ing. Mr. Skala’s immediate family and his Port Authority Police officers and entire SUM family have asked the com- New Jersey... to the oldest generation in the diaspora for other rescue workers were soon digging munity to please remember Ivan Skala in (Continued from page 8) taking the more difficult road of raising through the rubble, trying to locate those their prayers. Jersey Council for providing the initiative their children as Ukrainian Americans, who had been trapped in the fallen build- * * * in forming the statewide 10th Anniversary who remember their heritage, traditions ings. As the search continues, Mr. Skala’s of Ukraine’s Independence Committee. and language. These “hyphenated family, friends, fellow SUMivtsi and In related news, the family of Oleh A musical interlude followed, with selections Ukrainians” around the world are helping everyone who knows him continue to Wengerchuk, 56, a Ukrainian American from Ukrainian and other operatic arias sung Ukraine achieve a brighter future, he said. pray in the hope that he will be found engineer who worked for Washington by Olesh Chmyr, baritone, and Anna Mr. Koziupa also commended the Bachynska, soprano, accompanied by pianist safe and soon. Group International on the 92nd floor of Ramada Hotel’s general manager, Orest Olia Figol, past president of Passaic’s the World Trade Center’s Tower 2, Volodymyr Vynnytsky. Fedash, for his banquet arrangements and SUM branch, held back tears as she announced that he is among those miss- Concluding the program were remarks contributions to the cocktail hour which spoke about her friend since childhood. ing in the aftermath of the terrorist attack by the anniversary committee’s chair- “Yash is a very giving, generous person. on New York. man, Michael Koziupa, who thanked the preceded the main event. He works two jobs, always helps anyone A liturgy and panakhyda were sched- statewide committee and its sponsors, The Rev. Yuriy Sivko, representing the he can, in any way he can. He always uled for Saturday, October 6, at St. namely the UNA, UCCA New Jersey Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox volunteers to help SUM and the George Ukrainian Catholic Church in Council, Selfreliance Ukrainian Church of the U.S.A., offered the bene- Ukrainian community. He has taught first New York. American Federal Credit Union and diction. 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Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street New York City

“Music at the Institute” (MATI) OPENING

OCTOBER 27, 2001 8 p.m.

LEONTOVYCH STRING QUARTET UIA Quartet in Residence

Oscar Newman 30th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Elena Heimur Stefan Szkafarowsky Natalia Khoma OLEH KRYSA, PETER KRYSA (violins) BORYS DEVIATOV (viola) Connection” at the Windham Chamber VOLODYMYR PANTELEYEV (cello) Grazhda summer... Music Festival in Windham, N.Y.) What Guest Artist BELLA DAVIDOVlCH (piano) (Continued from page 14) he shares in chamber music performance is a facet of his genius. Her exquisitely tempered voice, able to Myroslav Skoryk Partita for String Quartet No. 6 bear any weight, or sustain pianissimo Mr. Slobodyanik has been compared (b. 1938) (dedicated to dle Leontovych String Quartet) phrases with fluency and loft, is most to the legendary Sviatoslav Richter, the amazing for its absolute fusion with a mentor who first sent him to the United Robert Schumann Piano Quintet op. 44 in E Flat Major sensibility of soul. There is a prodigy of States. Mykola Suk, the pianist who (1810-1856) opened the Grazhda season this year, spirit in this singer as well as a merely INTERMISSION marvelous musical gift, that makes her an playing Mozart, Chopin, Revutsky and artist of profound and intimate reach. Kolessa, is said to resemble Brendel. Johannes Brahms String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, op. 51 More than a singing, actress, she’s some (Unable to attend this first concert, but (1833-1897) elsewhere acquainted with Mr. Suk’s kind of St. Joan, unconsciously assum- Admission: $20 ing, suffering and celebrating the evoca- play, we amend this publicist’s claim to $10, seniors and students tive content of each aria and song.” resemblance by suggesting that if Touching on Mr. Vynnytsky’ s gift to Brendel, who is famed for his elf-bell every musician with whom he works it clarity of execution, ever made a was noted that “Vynnytsky’s play Faustian pact with the devil to connect enabled the singer’s ariel flights and his technical facility with all the forces YURI INTERNATIONAL underscored emotion with weightless, between heaven and hell, then he would 13 Royal Palm Dr., Cheektowaga, NY 14225 intuitively empathetic executions.” In resemble Suk.) Mr. Vynnytsky, however, TRADE, TRAVEL, PARCEL Manhattan’s studios and chamber music stands unique. Beyond a fluency that lifts forums, this wizard of volatility has per- lines off the keyboard, beyond thunder- Tel.: (716) 685-1505 Fax: (716) 685-0987 formed and recorded with Ms. Khoma, bolt power play, or discernible senti- played Carnegie Hall to a sold-out house ments rising from the archive of all souls, PARCELS, AIRLINE TICKETS, VISAS, MONEY TRANSFER, with cellist Vagram Saradjian, as co-win- his keyboard artistry is transcendant, FOOD PARCELS FROM AMERICA AND CANADA TO UKRAINE, ners of the Young Artists Distinguished from a sphere where dream knits up, RUSSIA, BELARUS, MOLDOVA, BALTIC COUNTRIES, POLAND, Artist Award, and has appeared at before form. Offered in a solo recital at CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS Connecticut’s Music Mountain as guest the Grazhda, between his obligations as artist with the Leontovych and St. accompanist, the rendition of a Mozart Parcels picked-up from home Petersburg string quartets, and this sum- sonata as played by Mr. Vynnytsky sev- mer with the Zapolski Royal String ered every earthly care and tie of the Invitation to America • Visas to Ukraine • Extension of U.S. visas • DV Lottery Quartet of Denmark and with jazz piano beholder’s heart, loosing it like a helium Airport pick-up and assistance in Lviv, Kyiv, Moscow, New York and Toronto virtuoso Adam Makowicz (“The Chopin balloon. Assistance with immigration papers for “Green Card” Video Transfers PAL/SECAM - NTSC Calls to Ukraine 19¢ per minute • Calls to Russia 19¢ per minute

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AN EXHIBIT OF WORKS BY ZENOWIJ ONYSHKEWYCH

Friday, October 12, 2001 at 7:30 pm

Exhibition continues through Sunday, October 14, 2001.

in the Gallery of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center

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Chamber music concert to benefit WTC relief The next issue of The Ukrainian Weekly’s RANDOLPH, N.J. — County College College of Morris campus, located at 214 of Morris will present a special benefit Center Grove Road in Randolph, N.J. concert for the World Trade Center Suggested donations are $10; senior citi- Relief Effort on Friday, October 12, fea- zens and students, $5. Proceeds from the turing CCM faculty pianist Laryssa concert will be forwarded to the WeddingWedding Krupa and clarinetist Michael Caputo, American Red Cross. with special guest artist, Alan Stepansky, associate principal cellist of the New AnnouncementsAnnouncements York Philharmonic for nine seasons and currently on the faculty of the Manhattan UCCA slates Internet chat will appear on October 21, 2001. School of Music and the Peabody NEW YORK – The next Internet chat Conservatory of Music. with UCCA President Michael Sawkiw For a wedding announcement to be included in that issue, The chamber music concert, pre- is scheduled for Wednesday, October 10, all information must be received in our offices by October 15. sented through the college’s Center for at 1 p.m. on the topic “Ukrainian Teaching Excellence, will present trios American Relief Effort in Response to Along with wedding announcements, we will include greetings from friends, for clarinet, cello and piano by the Terrorist Attacks on America.” family members, bridesmaids and ushers – from all those Beethoven, Brahms and Bruch. To participate, go to the UCCA’s web- who wish to share in the excitement of a new marriage. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. at site, http://www.ucca.org, and enter Dragonetti Auditorium on the County Room No. 1. We hope you will announce your wedding in The Ukrainian Weekly, or send a greeting to your favorite newlyweds. Bat, and watching the fireworks over the harbor, courtesy of the Navy Pier. Chicago celebrates... Rates for announcements and greetings: (Continued from page 13) Sunday was the final day of the obser- One-column wedding announcement: $100 hearts and minds of a people. Today we vance, and for the captain an opportunity stand here on the 10th anniversary of to address his newfound friends in Two-column wedding announcement: $200 Ukraine’s independence and we wel- Chicago one more time, and to regale Wedding greeting: $75 come the new century proudly as a free them with stories of the adventures that and independent nation.” brought him to their city. His talk was For further information or to request a brochure, accompanied by a video of the odyssey, “We are honored to welcome Capt. please call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 (Maria). Birioukovitch and his crew. After an beginning with the building of the Visit www.ukrweekly.com to view a wedding announcement sample page. amazing and arduous journey, we are priv- schooner and its departure from Kyiv ileged to welcome them to our windy but two years ago. very hospitable city, and we wish them a Dr. Petrykiw described the work of memorable stay in Chicago,” she stated. CCRF-Chicago over the past years, The captain responded with warm and which resulted in the raising of $12,000 Announcement heartfelt thanks, reflecting on the signifi- from the Chicago community toward the cance of this day for Ukraine and its people, purchase of a neonatal incubator for the The annual meeting of the Orphans Aid Society will be held on as well as for himself and his crew. He was new neonatal intensive care unit at the Saturday, October 20, 2001 at 12:30 p0.m. at the Annunciation of presented with a wooden replica of a “chai- Rivne Oblast Pediatric Hospital. ka,” a traditional sailing vessel in Ukraine, According to Dr. Petrykiw, “Similar the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Hall, 171-21 Underhill Ave., by Bohdan Kardashchuk, who made it by neonatal units have been established in Flushing, N.Y. Tel. 718-359-8946. hand. Mr. Kardashchuk represents the Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Lviv, Poltava, Odesa, Lutsk and Vinnytsia. They We ask sponsors and community members to take part in the meeting. Tovarystvo Novoprybulykh, an organiza- have documented a reduction in infant tion of the latest arrivals from Ukraine. mortality by as much as 50 to 80 percent.” Vice-Consul Protasova added greet- On behalf of the Ukrainian women of ings on behalf of the Ukrainian govern- Management Chicago, Mrs. Jarosewych presented the ment and praised the captain and his captain’s wife, Nina, with a bouquet of crew for their endeavors to promote sunflowers in recognition of her perse- international awareness of Ukraine. Dr. verance in sailing with her husband MYCHAIILO''S Danylo Hryhorczuk of the University of across the Atlantic. Illinois School of Public Health, and By the end of the evening, almost $3,000 UKRAIINIIAN DATIING SERVIICE Marta Farion, president of the Chicago- in donations was collected in support of the Kyiv Sister Cities Program, extended joint Batkivschyna-CCRF effort. greetings in solidarity with Ukraine. After its departure from Chicago, the 24 Belvia Road, Box 191, As the rain increased in intensity and Batkivschyna will travel from Lake umbrellas sprung up through the crowd, Toronto, Ont., Canada M8W 3R3 Michigan down the Calumet River on its Mr. Kuzma of CCRF, summed up the sig- way to the Mississippi River, of which the nificance of this event: “Today we wel- captain has dreamed ever since reading the come the tall ship Batkivschyna as a living Tel.: (416) 695-2458 works of Mark Twain. After stops in St. symbol of Ukraine’s newfound freedom. Louis and New Orleans, the crew expects We give thanks for the vision and the fierce to reach Tampa, Fla., in mid-October. determination of Capt. Birioukovitch and his crew. Their legendary voyage across the Atlantic and the Great Lakes Expedition have won the hearts of literally hundreds of thousands of American and Canadian citizens who have visited the ship and marveled at its exploits.” “Over the past 14 months, the Batkivschyna has arguably done more to publicize Ukrainian independence and to raise more awareness about the heroic spirit of Ukraine than countless “akademiyi” or traditional community functions,” Mr. Kuzma observed. “In crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Batkivschyna has reminded us that we Ukrainians are still capable of bold and daring ventures. We are capable of set- ting ambitious goals, of thinking big. We are capable of pursuing dreams that defy the odds, dreams that are not for the faint of heart.” The following day the festivities con- tinued throughout the Ukrainian commu- Upstate NY Long Island Queens nity. There was a concert at the Lake 6325 Rte 209 226 Uniondale Avenue 32-01 31st Avenue Shore Performing Arts Center in Skokie, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Uniondale, NY 11553 Astoria, NY 11106 followed by a dance party at the Tel.: 914 626-2938, Fax: 914 626-8636 Tel.: 516 565-2393, Fax: 516 565-2097 Tel.: 718 626-0506, Fax: 718 626-0458 Ukrainian Cultural Center. Later that evening, the captain and his crew were seen celebrating with friends aboard the 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40 No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 27

Today globalization is a force to be reck- PREVIEW OF EVENTS Orientale Lumen... oned with. Issues discussed at the confer- (Continued from page 6) ence, such as primacy, jurisdiction, the source of ecclesial authority and more, (Continued from page 28) heritage by conforming to Western prac- are very much relevant to our existence. tices to be “more Catholic” or in the on the Future.” Borys Tarasyuk, Ukraine’s and the genral public to the first annual It is not only a matter of removing the previous minister of foreign affairs, will “Fall Zabava in New York City,” with name of some perceived “tolerance.” causes of estrangement with our address the conference on October 20; the music by Luna. The event will be held at In addition to discussion, the Orientale Orthodox heritage, it is also finding Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, rector of the Lviv the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2. E. Lumen conference offers the invaluable meaning and coherence for today. Theological Academy, will make a presen- 79th St., starting at 8 p.m. Admission: experience of worship in different To accomplish this and to anchor tation on October 21, titled, “Heartening a members, $35 in advance, $40 at the door; Christian traditions. For example, the Nation: How Pope John Paul II Honored non-members, $45 in advance, $50 at the itself outside Ukraine, the Ukrainian Assyrian Orthodox Holy Qurama, or Catholic Church needs to locate its Ukraine’s Past and Encouraged its Future.” door. For additional information call (212) Liturgy of the Eucharist, is entirely con- Conference panels will discuss U.S.- 288-8660; e-mail [email protected] or Eastern Christian Studies within a visi- Ukraine relations as analyzed by representa- [email protected], or view the website at ducted in Aramaic, the language of Jesus’ ble center of theology. The Catholic tives from the State, Defense, and www.uesa.org times. Its celebration is centered in two University of America is open to such a Commerce departments and the FBI; distinct places: the main altar and a seat center. Tucked away in Ottawa, the WARREN, Mich.: Ukraine’s integration into NATO and the The Ukrainian National in midst of the congregation. It is very Sheptytsky Institute that spearheaded the EU, as seen by ambassadors to the United Women’s League of America, Detroit different from the Latin Mass or the litur- Regional Council, is staging an all-day work of the Kyivan Church Study Group States from Bulgaria, Slovakia, the Czech gy of St. John Chrysostom. is best qualified to be where the action is Republic and Ukraine; and the role of fund-raiser at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, The vespers of the Coptic Orthodox Ukraine’s women and non-governmental 26601 Ryan Road., to benefit needy school – to secure our Church’s presence in a children in Ukraine via the “Milk, Buns and Church of St. Mark in neighboring recognized world center for our Church organizations in building a civil society. For Fairfax, Va., with a young male choir of more information see the TGW conference Books” program. The theme is “Giving in North America and Ukraine. ad in this issue or call Ihor Kotlarchuk, Angels.” There will be a pre-Christmas deacons singing psalms to a subdued beat Accessibility, an academic and theologi- (703) 548-8534. bazaar, silent and live auctions, cocktails of percussion instruments and the abun- cal environment and supporting struc- and buffet dinner; entertainment will dant use of incense gave participants a tures seem to point that way. Sunday, October 21 include music, singers, dancers and surpris- taste of worship in the ancient Church of es. The featured performer is comedienne * * * NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of Alexandria. The sponsors of the conference are the America invites everyone to their Luba Goy, star of radio and TV’s “Royal There were many other services com- Canadian Air Farce.” General admission: Society of St. John Chrysostom, an Halloween Costume Party for children, plementing the conference and its loca- with emcee Marta Sawycky, director of $45; seniors, $35; bazaar only, $1. Tickets organization of Catholic and Orthodox and detailed information are available local- tion in the Washington area makes these theologians, Eastern Christian Music & Me. The party will be held at services accessible to a broad audience. UIA, 2 E. 79th St., at 2 p.m. There will be ly from Svitlana Korduba, (248) 615-7675. Publications (Fairfax, Va.) and the a costume parade, professional face paint- Sunday, October 28 * * * School of Religious Studies of the ing, and a magic show, as well as refresh- But where do we go from here? The Catholic University of America. ments for the children. Donation: $20 per WARREN, Mich.: The Ukrainian Arts talks were not only interesting, but had The ecumenical dialogue that comes Society presents a concert featuring bari- family. RSVP by October 15 by calling the direct implications for all Christian com- through the capably prepared Orientale UIA, (212) 288-8660. tone Oleh Chmyr and concert pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky in a program of munities. Having participated in the Lumen conference represents a real Wednesday, October 24 works by Schumann, Chopin, Orientale Lumen conference for the sec- effort to move toward the Eucharistic OTTAWA: The Chair of Ukrainian Studies at Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Lysenko and ond time as a Ukrainian Catholic layper- union the Church enjoyed in the first the University of Ottawa presents the second Liudkevych. The concert will be held at son, this writer’s thoughts turned to that millennium. In what is not a merger but in its “Ambassador’s Lecture” series, featuring 4:30 p.m. in St. Josaphat Hall, Ryan Road. Church. a communion, the Churches will have to Ambassador Danièle Smadja, head of delega- (just south of I-696). For more information To take the Ukrainian Catholic Church accept the vibrant differences between tion of the European Commission in Canada, call (248) 879-8167 or (248) 541-3886. into the new millennium, requires much their respective spiritualities while find- who will deliver a public lecture addressing greater discernment than ever before. At ing the See of St. Peter in service for the topic “The European Union and Ukraine.” CHICAGO: Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 29 invites the an earlier time, communion with Rome Church unity. That challenge equally The presentation will be held on campus in the led us to Latinization because we were faces the Churches of the West and the Senate Room (No. 083) Tabaret Hall, 75 community to a charity luncheon to establish Laurier St. E., at 7:30 p.m. For additional a Foster Parents’ Fund in Ukraine. The ill-prepared then to swim upstream. East. information contact Chair Coordinator Irena luncheon will be held at the Ukrainian Bell, (613) 562-5800 ext. 3692; e-mail Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave., at [email protected].; or see the website 1:30 p.m. Donation: $25. For reservation call "UKRAINE AND POLAND: http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/grad- Lina Kosyk, (847) 965-5396, no later than etudesup/ukr. October 20. We are asking for your support. THEIR CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY" Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Oscar Halecki ADVANCE NOTICE CHICAGO: Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 85 invites all to Sponsored by the Ukrainian Institute of America in cooperation with: Saturday, November 10 its annual fund-raiser for its Ukrainian Pre- School (Svitlychka) in a program titled “A East Central European Center of Columbia University NEW YORK: The New York City and Children’s Masquerade.” The masquerade Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America New Jersey chapters of the Ukrainian will take place in the church hall of St. Engineers’ Society of America (UESA), the Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, 5000 Shevchenko Scientific Society, USA Ukrainian Medical Association of North N. Cumberland, at 2-4 p.m. There will be The conference will be held on October 20, 2001, at the America (UMANA) and the Ukrainian music and a parade, as well as refreshments Institute of America invite their members for children. Admission: $5 per person. Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th St. New York, NY 10021 Tel. No. (212) 288-8660 Fax No. (212) 288-2918 Need a back issue? The conference will start at 11:00 a.m. If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, 11:00 Welcoming remarks by Walter Nazarewicz, send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, president of the Ukrainian Institute of America. 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 11:10 Introductory comments by the conference director, Prof. Taras Hunczak, Rutgers University. 11:20 "Oscar Halecki as a Historian" by Tadeusz Gromada, professor emeritus of European History at New Jersey City University and executive director of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences. 11:40 "Nervous Neighbors: Contemporary Polish-Ukrainian Relations" by Prof. John S. Micgiel, director of East Central European Center of Columbia University. 12:30 "The Geopolitics of Muddling Through: Ukraine and East Central Europe" by Prof. Sherman W. Garnett, dean of James Madison College of Michigan State University. CAPITAL DISTRICT BRANCH 1:30-3:00 LUNCH BREAK 3:00 "Business Relations: Outlook for Cooperation" by Andrew Bihun, US Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce and former commercial attache of the US Embassy in Ukraine. 4:00 "Why has Ukraine Returned to Economic Growth?" by Dr. Anders Aslund, senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2001 No. 40

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Saturday, October 13 Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario branch, invite the public to a lecture by NEW YORK: Dr. Susan Heumann, associ- Volodymyr Mezentsev, Ph.D., visiting pro- ate professor of history at Manhattanville fessor, Slavic department, University of College and author of “Kistiakovsky: The Toronto, who will speak on the topic Struggle for National and Constitutional “Baturyn, Capital of the Kozak Hetman Rights in the Last Years of Tsarism” (Harvard State: New Historical and Archaeological Series in Ukrainian Studies, 1998), will dis- Discoveries.” The lecture, accompanied by cuss the rule of Bohdan Kistiakovsky in the a slide presentation and delivered in struggle for human rights. The presentation English, will be held at the institute, 620 will be held at the Shevchenko Scientific Spadina Ave., at 6:30-8 p.m. For additional Society (NTSh) building, 63 Fourth Ave. information call (416) 923-3318. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information call the sponsor- Thursday, October 18 ing institution, NTSh, (212) 254-5130. NEW YORK: The Harrimann Institute of WATERVLIET, N.Y.: The local branch of Columbia University presents a lecture in the Ukrainian Congress Committee of the “Roundtable Series: Language Situation America will celebrate its 50th anniversary and Language Policy in Ukraine” by Lada at the Ukrainian Club. The celebration will Bilaniuk, assistant professor, department of start with a cocktail hour at 5 p.m., fol- anthropology at the University of lowed by an anniversary program at 6 p.m., Washington, and Shklar Fellow, Ukrainian featuring the Zorepad dance ensemble, Research Institute at Harvard, titled “The under the direction of Roma Pryma Social Life of Surzhyk: Conflicts Over Bohachevsky, and the Charivnyi Homin Mixed Ukrainian-Russian Language in vocal ensemble, under the direction of Ukraine.” The lecture will be held at Yaroslav Kushnir. Donation: $10 per per- Harriman Institute, 420 W. 188th St., Room son. Representatives of local and neighbor- 1219 1AB, at 12:15-1:45 p.m. For further ing communities have been invited to information contact (212) 854-4623. attend. For more information contact Friday-Sunday, October 19-21 Stanley Mochulsky, branch president, (518) 274-7038, or Taras Myshchuk, head of the WASHINGTON: The Washington Group anniversary committee, (518) 274-7958. will hold its annual Leadership Conference at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Va. Tuesday, October 16 The conference theme is “Ukraine: Focus TORONTO: St. Vladimir Institute and the (Continued on page 27)

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