INSIDE:• Third U.S. ambassador to is sworn in — page 2. • Golf in ? Yes, if a developer has his way — page 3. • Tale of a newly discovered sonata— page 9.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVI HE No.KRAINIAN 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine seeks T U Verkhovna RadaW ratifies treaty with , to control value of national currency setting the stage for a new relationship by Pavlo Politiuk Mr. Hetman added that announcing a by Pavlo Politiuk port of Sevastopol, which became part of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly new corridor is not admitting defeat of the Special to The Ukrainian Weekly independent Ukraine. currency policy Ukraine has pursued during “The treaty means the affirmation of KYIV – The National Bank of Ukraine the past several years. He said the hryvnia KYIV – Ukraine’s lawmakers gave the territorial integrity and inviolability and the government soon will announce a remains strong and the NBU has more themselves a lengthy standing ovation on of borders of Ukraine and Russia, and in new yearly currency corridor, which should reserves than at the beginning of 1997. January 14 after voting 317 to 27 to rati- this way all questions about territorial guarantee foreign investors predictable con- “The NBU spent about $800 million for fy the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation ownership of Sevastopol and Crimea are ditions in 1998. supporting the hryvnia in the last two and Partnership with the Russian removed,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Ukraine’s authorities declared that the months of 1997, but I hope that in 1998 Federation, which forms new conditions Valerii Pustovoitenko told lawmakers future one-year projected delineation of the Ukraine will not be touched by the heavy for a relationship with Ukraine’s largest before the vote. value of the Ukrainian hryvnia against for- consequences of the world’s financial cri- economic partner. The signing of several Black Sea Fleet eign currencies marks a continuation of sis,” he said. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister agreements days before Presidents government efforts to support the hryvnia On the other hand, a leader of the Hennadii Udovenko presented the docu- Yeltsin and Kuchma signed the big treaty as the base for long-awaited economic and Reforms faction in the Verkhovna Rada, ment to lawmakers for their approval and had set the stage for the final document, structural reforms. Serhii Teriokhin, thinks that Ukraine has urged them to ratify the treaty, saying it but some Ukrainian lawmakers charged “All our measures, including the corridor perspectives for 1998 and that inflation may will build a legal base for economic President Kuchma and his government for 1998, are aimed at stabilizing and jump soon, because the large state deficit cooperation with Russia, which accounts with making a lot of concessions during strengthening the Ukrainian currency,” said and heavy wage debt again are seriously for 47 percent of Ukraine’s exports. National Bank advisor Viktor Lysytskyi. talks with Russia, including allowing undermining the country’s economy. Olexsander Razumkov, vice-chairman Russian forces to remain on Ukrainian The bank had previously announced a “We can return to the time of hyper- of Ukraine’s Security and Defense trading range for only the first half of 1998 land in Crimea. inflation,” Mr. Teriokhin said. His opinion Council, said “The treaty is very impor- National-patriotic factions tried to have – a range that most believed the bank is supported by Oleksandra Kuzhel, vice- tant for us. We have very strong econom- couldn’t defend. It was widely expected the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation chairperson of the Parliament’s Economic ic interaction with Russia, and economic and Partnership and the Black Sea Fleet that a broader range for the currency would Committee, who said the new corridor can cooperation without a political base is be announced, along with pledges to defend agreement discussed jointly. They hoped mean only that the government cannot sup- impossible.” that by linking the big treaty with the that range until the end of the year. port the hryvnia in the future. The political treaty was signed by The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) more controversial BSF pact, both would The bank already has shown that it can Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and sink. was unable to support the hryvnia within its protect the national currency, however. The Russian President Boris Yeltsin on May declared corridor in November 1997, when “We demand a criminal investigation hryvnia strengthened and rebounded within 31, 1997, after more than five years of against persons who took part directly in panic selling in emerging markets world- the corridor in December 1997, after the discussion between the neighboring wide sparked a flight from the Ukrainian the process of preparing this Black Sea bank announced a package of measures to nations’ politicians. Fleet agreement,” said National Deputy currency. In interbank trading, the hryvnia defend the currency, including higher inter- Ever since Ukraine became indepen- fell as low as 2.0 hrv to $1 (U.S.), well Yurii Orobets, a member of the Reforms est rates and reserve requirements on banks. dent in 1991, its leaders had worked with faction in the Verkhovna Rada. below the lower limit of the bank’s corri- But investors remain skeptical that the Russia to sign an agreement on friend- dor, at 1.90 hrv. But the effort to unite the treaties for bank can hold the hryvnia within its earlier ship, but Russian President Boris Yeltsin ratification was not supported by a par- Before the New Year, NBU Chairman announced currency corridor for the first had postponed his visit six times, citing Viktor Yuschenko said the Ukrainian trea- liamentary majority. half of 1998. At the end of 1997 the bank the unresolved dispute over the former Representatives from centrist factions sury market, after an autumn collapse, promised to hold the currency at between Soviet Black Sea Fleet and particularly needs a stable currency for 1998 and that 1.75 and 1.95 hrv to $1. the status of its main base, the Crimean (Continued on page 16) the full-year corridor can guarantee this sta- bility. Mr. Yuschenko said the bank has already had some success stemming the exodus of investors, money from the trea- sury bill market, a key source of budget EPCOT gives green light to Ukrainian pavilion project financing whose troubles influenced the by Natalia Warren virtually every other ethnic group. We have beautiful folk art hryvnia scare. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly and a distinctive cuisine. Our homeland and our culture He said domestic buyers were returning, would be interesting to people everywhere, and this is a if not the foreign investors frightened off LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Taras (Jason) Harper, wonderful opportunity for the Ukrainian people to put on a first by decreasing yields and then by fears president of the Ukrainian Project Fund and an employee of display for the entire world,” he added. of a hryvnia collapse. Walt Disney World, has been given the green light by An estimated 400 to 500 million people will be exposed According to Mr. Yuschenko, a single EPCOT Vice-President George Kalogridis to spearhead the to the pavilion structures. Michael Eisner, chairman of the corridor throughout 1998 will show that the EPCOT Millennium Celebration – Ukraine Initiative. board and CEO of the Walt Disney Co., has mandated that NBU can protect the hryvnia and return for- However, Mr. Harper may be running out of time as a all branches of the Walt Disney Co. be focused on EPCOT eign investors’ faith in Ukraine’s future February 1 Disney-imposed deadline approaches. for the entire 15 months of the Millennium Celebration. economic prospectives. From October 1999 until January 2001, the EPCOT These branches include ABC Television, the Arts and “We are not rejecting our policy of sup- theme park, part of the 44-square-mile Walt Disney World Entertainment Network, the Discovery Channel and ESPN, porting the Ukrainian national currency,” complex, will host an enormous Millennium Celebration among others. said Mr. Lysytskyi. with the educational entertainment (“edu-tainment”) theme According to Mr. Harper, the Walt Disney Co. and Mr. But experts said the new corridor will of “Hope for a Better World.” Joining the current display of Kalogridis would very much like to see Ukraine represented mean softer conditions for the bank and the countries in EPCOT will be dozens of new pavilions that at this Millennium Celebration. In a letter sent to potential government in their support of the hryvnia. will showcase the many different aspects of each nation in corporate sponsors, Mr. Harper noted that, “of all the Slavic They expect that it will be between 1.75 support of the overall theme. nations, there is perhaps no greater example of explosive and 2.2 hrv to $1. The pavilions, which will average approximately 3,000 growth potential and intellectual excellence than Ukraine. “The National Bank needs a new corri- square feet and will include food, entertainment, artisans, And as Disney turns its focus on the counties that will pro- dor, a wider corridor, whose upper limit and audio-visual , architectural and interactive displays, are vide hope for a better world, Ukraine would be an ideal may be about 2.2 hrv to $1 because it pro- estimated to cost between $800,000 and $2 million each. choice,” he added. vides room for maneuvering and protection “Ukraine is the only former Soviet bloc country that has But time may be running out. The Disney Co. has set a against pressure from Parliament and min- been approached to participate in EPCOT’s millennium cel- isters,” said National Deputy Vadim ebration,” noted Mr. Harper. “Our dancing surpasses that of (Continued on page 14) Hetman, former chairman of the NBU. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 No. 3

Steven Pifer is sworn in NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Kuchma appeals for Church unity Development, Ukraine’s economic perfor- by Michael Sawkiw Jr. by thanking his family and everyone mance in 1997 put that country in 23rd Ukrainian National Information Service involved with his nomination, and under- KYIV — In his Christmas message place among the 25 former Communist lining that there is “no higher honor” that read on Ukrainian state television on countries monitored by the EBRD. Only WASHINGTON — Steven Pifer was he could receive. Almost 20 years ago to January 6, President Leonid Kuchma sworn in as the third U.S. ambassador to Turkmenistan and Albania performed the day, Mr. Pifer had been sworn-in as a urged the country’s Orthodox Churches to worse. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukraine on January 5, in a simple yet ele- foreign service officer (FSO) of the U.S. try to cooperate with one another. Mr. gant ceremony at the U.S. Department of Department of State. He asked, “Who Kuchma suggested that “unity in U.S. to back NATO membership for Balts State. then would have imagined the reality of Orthodoxy is a reliable guarantee of the His predecessors were Ambassadors spiritual unity of the nation.” Ukraine cur- NEW YORK — an independent Ukraine or a relationship on January 12 reported that Washington Roman Popadiuk (a Ukrainian between Ukraine and the United States rently has three Orthodox jurisdictions: American) and William Green Miller, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv will formally pledge to support NATO that would be characterized as a strategic membership for the Baltic states but has who left his post in Kyiv on January 7. partnership?” Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Autocephalous With his wife by his side and relatives told those countries they cannot expect to Flanked by his wife, Marilyn, a molec- Orthodox Church, which itself is divided close by, Mr. Pifer stood on a dais in the be admitted to the alliance any time soon. ular biologist, and acknowledging his 6- into two subgroups, and the Ukrainian Benjamin Franklin Room and repeated The Baltic-U.S. charter, scheduled to be year-old daughter, Christine (who wants Orthodox Church — the ambassadorial oath, administered by signed on Janaury 15, declares a political to invite her friends to Ukraine for the Patriarchate. The three frequently find Chief of Protocol Mary Mel French. The commitment to maintaining the Baltic weekend), Ambassador Pifer said he is themselves in conflict over property, doc- popping of a champagne cork added to states’ sovereignty and national borders proud to represent a country that he trine and ecclesiastical subordination. the celebration of the moment. without pledging U.S. military power in called “Ukraine’s partner.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Following the oath, Deputy Secretary defense of those principles. The newspa- of State Strobe Talbott offered his Then, addressing Ukraine’s ambas- Minister, mothers visit Bosnia contingent per quotes an unidentified senior U.S. sador to the United States, Dr. Yuri official as saying the charter seeks to give remarks about the post entrusted to the WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s minister new ambassador. Speaking as a longtime Shcherbak, Ambassador Pifer asked the the three countries a sense that they can envoy to inform the Ukrainian govern- of defense, Oleksander Kuzmuk, and rep- become part of the European Union and colleague, Deputy Secretary Talbott resentatives of the Union of Soldiers’ mentioned the crucial period that ment about his intended arrival in Kyiv NATO. (RFE/RL Newsline) on January 8. Mothers visited Ukrainian peacekeepers Ambassador Pifer will be witnessing as Moscow patriarch emphasizes unity The new ambassador spoke about his serving with the United Nations SFOR’s he assumes his responsibilities in 240th battalion in Bosnia on January 7, goals while in Ukraine and noted that he MOSCOW — In his Christmas mes- Ukraine. Christmas according to the Julian calen- wishes “to see Ukraine succeed and real- sage, Patriarch Aleksei of Moscow and Deputy Secretary Talbott accentuated dar. The defense minister delivered the many positive attributes associated ize its full potential as a democratic, mar- All Russia said unity within the Orthodox ket economy – which is in the interests of President Leonid Kuchma’s Christmas Church is “the most important concern” with enhanced U.S.-Ukrainian bilateral and New Year message to the Ukrainian relations. Progress within the sphere of Ukraine and of the United States and and called for increasing the Church’s Europe.” soldiers. The visit by representatives of social, educational and missionary activi- “science, technology and the environ- the Union of Soldiers’ Mothers is In his former capacity at the National ties, ITAR-TASS reported. The Russian ment,” as part of the U.S.-Ukraine unprecedented in the history of peace- Security Council, Ambassador Pifer was Orthodox Church has come into conflict Binational Commission (the Gore- keeping operations. Also during the visit, well acquainted with areas of bilateral with other Orthodox Churches in Russia, Kuchma Commission) was fairly signifi- the soldiers were entertained by the relations; he said he now sees his greatest Ukraine and Estonia. Patriarch Aleksei cant in the past year, Mr. Talbott noted. Ukrainian Armed Forces dance ensemble challenge as “ensuring that Washington strongly supported a religion law adopted The deputy secretary also indicated and Kyiv-based artists. (Embassy of has a full understanding of the complexi- in September 1997, which enacted restric- that “the U.S. will do everything it can to Ukraine) help Ukraine during this period ahead” in ties Ukraine faces.” tions on religious groups that cannot prove its transition from a command economy With a round of applause from the January summit of CIS canceled they have existed in Russia for at least 15 to a free market, via international finan- assembled audience, foreign diplomats years. Critics of that law say it discrimi- MOSCOW — The Commonwealth of nates against denominations and faiths cial organizations (the World Bank, the and guests began to line up to congratu- Independent States summit scheduled for International Monetary Fund, etc.), as late the newly sworn-in ambassador and banned or repressed during the Soviet January 23 has been canceled, Interfax period. In a Christmas message to the well as U.S. assistance programs. wish him success in his endeavors in reported on January 6, citing a source with- Ambassador Pifer began his remarks Ukraine. patriarch, Russian President Boris Yeltsin in the CIS Executive Secretariat. The next praised the historical role of the Russian summit, planned to take place on March Orthodox Church and expressed hope that 16, will go ahead as scheduled, according the Church will help promote morality, to the same source. Interfax reported that civic peace and accord in Russian society. Kuchma administration cites foreign policy success President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine had (RFE/RL Newsline) Embassy of Ukraine the next two to five years. proposed postponing the January summit in Mr. Ogryzko said President Kuchma’s a letter to his Russian counterpart, Boris Polish prisoners of gulag seek redress WASHINGTON – The intensity and emphasis on economic matters pertaining Yeltsin. (RFE/RL Newsline) results of President Leonid Kuchma’s WARSAW — An organization repre- to Ukraine’s foreign policy began yielding Ukraine’s economic performance lags senting some 90,000 Polish veterans of 1997 foreign policy were unprecedented, its first results in 1997. This was reflected said Volodymyr Ogryzko, head of the the Soviet gulag has called on the Polish not only in the number of new agreements KYIV — Prime Minister Valerii government to demand compensation Presidential Administration’s Foreign signed, but in the implementation of pre- Pustovoitenko said on January 9 that Policy Department, at a news briefing from Russia for the slave labor they per- viously signed agreements, particularly Ukraine’s gross domestic product had fall- formed while imprisoned, RFE/RL report- here on January 9. those on mutual protection of investments, en by approximately 4 percent in 1997, an In Mr. Ogryzko’s words, 1997 was the ed on January 12. Ryszard Reiff, the head avoidance of double taxation, etc. improvement from the 10 percent decline of the Polish Association of Siberians, year in which Ukraine received recogni- Mr. Ogryzko also disclosed that in 1996 but one that still leaves Ukraine said the group seeks “remembrance of tion as an influential Central-Eastern President Kuchma plans to shift the near the bottom of post-Communist coun- those who died and reconciliation of those European nation with an open, pragmatic emphasis in his foreign policy activities tries in terms of economic growth, who survived.” Mr. Reiff claimed that and predictable foreign policy. Among in 1998. In contrast to 1997, when the Interfax reported. According to the Ukraine’s achievements in this context, president actively participated in interna- European Bank for Reconstruction and (Continued on page 10) Mr. Ogryzko named the improvement of tional forums and embarked on several relations with the country’s neighbors, state and official visits to other countries, namely Romania, and Russia. he is expected to host several heads of FOUNDED 1933 He added that the main issues of con- government this year. tention with Russia were resolved, while He disclosed that the dignitaries HE KRAINIAN EEKLY documents were signed and negotiations expected to visit Ukraine in the first half TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., were held creating the conditions neces- of this year include the presidents of a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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by Roman Woronowycz looking for another partner, that is not return for needed clearances and licenses. “I am here for the long run. I see Kyiv Press Bureau the reason he has not been able to move “It seems that every government offi- things changing,” said Mr. Prochorenko. into the construction phase of the project. cial has a private company parallel to “It took me more than two years to get KYIV — Golfers, the serious-minded He blames groundbreaking delays, of what they are doing in government. In accustomed to how to do business here. and duffers alike, soon may tee off on an which there have been several, largely on the West this is unthinkable; here it is Now that I have gotten accustomed, I island on the Dnipro River on the out- impediments and intrusions by govern- fairly common,” said Mr. Prochorenko. know what it takes. But you have to be skirts of Kyiv and shoot 18 holes before ment structures and what he calls “quasi- After two years in Ukraine and more committed, or don’t bother,” he added. retiring to a cozy clubhouse for a beer or governmental” bodies. than a year and a half on this particular Mr. Prochorenko advises those think- a martini. Afterwards they could return to “The amount of approvals and regula- project, Mr. Prochorenko said he has ing about investing in Ukraine to be their hotel room or rented corporate villa tions we need to go through seems to be learned that it is better to let his patient and persistent, to stick to general for a shower and a nap before lunch at a increasing every day,” explained Mr. Ukrainian counterparts be the frontmen business rules and to adhere to the laws. luxurious country club restaurant. In the Prochorenko. “Quasi-governmental orga- because they have a better understanding “I would advise them not to circumspect afternoon they could relax on a beach on nizations that want to give input into the of the bureaucratic systems and what is the law and not to work on the basis of the Dnipro River, go yachting, play ten- project are coming out of the woodwork.” needed to get the job done. “They are in bribery. Nothing comes of it,” he said. nis or make plans for a business meeting What he is describing is a post-Soviet a better position to resolve the issues. “If you can’t do it without bribery, don’t in a conference center near the links. phenomenon in the newly independent And they seem able to do so, but not as do it at all.” He said he believes that If real estate developer Walter countries in which directors of city agen- far as we would like,” he explained. eventually laws in Ukraine will change to Prochorenko, president of Pro-W cies set up private consulting firms that Mr. Prochorenko decided to invest in make the country investor-friendly. Ukraine, realizes his vision, that is what parallel the work of their agencies and Ukraine after completing a golf resort in Another bit of advice he gives is to businesspeople and visitors to Kyiv soon become required go-betweens between Vietnam, a country that is just beginning find local business partners who know will have available to them on a plot of the investor and the city. For a fee, of to come out from under the Communist business practices and can handle the land, which includes a 154-hectare island course. cloud and where private investment has details. He has pointers for diaspora on the Dnipro, located less than an hour’s “These are people who originally exploded. “I decided that Ukraine would as well – too many of whom drive south from the center of Kyiv. The worked within government organiza- be the perfect place to do a golf course have seen their business investments fail country club and golf resort he envisions tions, but since then the city has made for a variety of reasons,” said Mr. in Ukraine. “A diaspora person cannot be for Ukraine, dubbed Twelve Oaks at them independent,” Mr. Prochorenko Prochorenko. Among them: the climate, committed if he does not live here. The Koncha Zaspa, would be a gathering went on. “They supposedly do studies, the potential for growth of the sports and fact that he has money, speaks Ukrainian place for international businesspeople as they supposedly get approvals, and they recreation industry, and Ukraine’s central and is willing to invest here means well as a vacation resort for affluent supposedly make things go smoothly location in Europe. absolutely nothing,” explained the Ukrainians and tourists. between the government organization Despite the many problems Mr. Ukrainian American. “If he thinks he can Mr. Prochorenko, who has previously and the investor. Unfortunately this is not Prochorenko sees in doing business in invest and manage from a distance even completed successful golf resorts in the case.” Ukraine – among them “a total lack of 50 percent of the time, it’s not going to Thailand and Vietnam, has spent the bet- Mr. Prochorenko named two such understanding between business and gov- work.” ter part of two years laying plans for the firms, Kyivske Investatsiyne Ahenstvo ernment, laws written in such a way that Mr. Prochorenko, firm in his commit- realization of his latest project – the first and Pleso. The latter is an intermediary they are unenforceable, accounting rules ment and living in Ukraine since 1995, of its kind in Ukraine. for the Department of Environmental that are only meant for the propagation of believes that the first phase of his golf In Ukraine, he said, he has overcome Protection and the Department of Water paperwork and for making mistakes, and resort will be completed in the spring of more obstacles than in either Thailand or Resources. “It has been two months, and that change so often that no one can keep 1998 when condominiums, a clubhouse Vietnam, or any of the other 45 countries I still can’t get a hold of the guy who up with them” – he said he will stick it and a driving range are scheduled to in which he has worked in real estate promised to start some action on the pro- out in Ukraine. open. development, including the building of ject,” said Mr. Prochorenko. condominiums in Okinawa, Japan, and The real estate developer believes the Guam. “This is one of the most anti-busi- lack of action can be blamed on a con- Ukrainian asylum seekers ness environments I have ever seen. It is flict of interest on the consultant’s part. really a unique country when it comes to Apparently, two other companies are try- doing business,” said the real estate ing to start up a golf course in Ukraine find tough going in Britain developer. and must also deal with Pleso. “This pre- Mr. Prochorenko, a 54-year-old sents an ethical problem for them by Tony Leliw The sharp fall can be explained in Ukrainian American who is the manag- because they can’t have arm’s length part by the government’s severe cap on ing partner of Pro-W Ukraine, has invest- transactions if dealing with two competi- LONDON – Most people would welfare provisions in the United ed $1.7 million into the country club tors on a single project,” said Mr. cynically dismiss Ukrainians who seek Kingdom for refugees. Since last year resort project in Ukraine. He has an Prochorenko. They can hang one up and political asylum in Britain simply as asylum seekers cannot seek any bene- agreement for the lease of 200 hectares push through the other one if they so opportunists abusing a system to find a fits once they have lost their case to outside of the town of Koncha Zaspa, desire.” better life in the West. stay. They can appeal, which can take with the collective farm that owns it. The Weekly could not reach Pleso for However, scratch beneath the surface up to six months, but they have to sur- Even though the collective farm recently comment. and there are some genuine cases, argues vive by their own means. was bought out by Hermes Investment Mr. Prochorenko also accused govern- Chris Daly, head of case work at the The situation is made more difficult Holdings, a large Ukrainian gas compa- ment officials of getting in the way rather London-based Refugee Legal Center. since people who lose their case are ny, the firm has agreed to honor the lease than clearing the way for business invest- Last year this organization represent- usually turned down by the Home and to come on board as a partner in the ment to proceed. “They are not hands-on ed six Ukrainians desperate to escape Office if they apply for a work permit, project. It will invest $7 million into with their projects, and when they are, deportation. “The grounds on which and under the Asylum and Immigration infrastructure development, luxury hous- they become problematically involved. Ukrainians are claiming political asylum Act of 1996, employers can be fined up ing, tennis courts, a yacht club and club- They will push their own private compa- vary,” says Mr. Daly. “These include to 5,000 pounds for employing an ille- house facilities. Mr. Prochorenko also nies into a project,” explained Mr. people receiving cruel and degrading gal worker. has a third partner, Fond Reserve, for the Prochorenko. He said that, in the past, treatment because they are HIV positive, Destitute families who would have project that he foresees costing $34 mil- government officials have forced real Crimean Tatars and Russians facing eth- received welfare provision from the lion. estate developers to hire specific construc- nic tensions, and cases of anti-semitism. central government have now fallen to And although Mr. Prochorenko is tion companies or architectural firms in “We have also seen two cases of per- the mercy of local councils. Some secution by mafia-type agencies where councils, such as labor-controlled the state was unwilling or incapable of Heringrey in North London, are more protecting them. Some accounts have sympathetic to refugees than others. Ukrainian carolers break the ice in aftermath of storm shown persecution in prisons,” he However, they have now had to warn by Christopher Guly in the traditional Ukrainian embroidered added. constituents that money not recouped wardrobe — belted out eight songs during Mr. Daly, however, believes that the OTTAWA — Though the Ottawa from the central government could a 30-minute concert on January 10. situation in Ukraine is improving and force them to raise local council taxes, branch of the Ukrainian Canadian The performance so charmed that the number of Ukrainians claiming Congress isn’t planning any organized and immigration is a hot and sensitive Winnipeg-born Ukrainian Canadian Mae political asylum will decrease substan- election issue. relief effort to help out victims of the Negrich, 85, that she joined in the koliady. tially in the future. Nobody knows how many recent ice storm that devastated the area, No doubt encouraged by the heart- Jessica Yudilevich of the Refugee Ukrainians are working or living here the local Ukrainian Social Services (USS) warming reception, the USS volunteers Council says that of the 84 Ukrainians illegally, having been refused political decided that when the power is out, music continued their Julian Christmas caroling who claimed political asylum last year, asylum. The types of employment ille- has a way of warming things up. the following day. But while the holiday only 40 to date have been processed. gal immigrants get include working in A group of USS-types recently made cheer may warm the cockles of those None have been allowed to stay here. restaurant kitchens, cleaning jobs (hotel their way to serenade about 50 residents hearts touched by the carols, it’s still not Political asylum in Britain is granted rooms, cars, etc.), working on farms of the Abbotsford Senior Center in the enough to heat the homes in nearby rural predominantly to applicants from coun- picking produce and even prostitution. upscale Ottawa neighborhood, the Glebe. areas, which can be without power for tries such as Iran, Iraq and the former At the Ukrainian Association Club While the Ottawa-Carleton area remained weeks. Yugoslavia. in London, a message appeared on the in a state of emergency to assist the thou- That point isn’t lost on former UCC- “Last year were received 27,885 bulletin board recently from a worried sands of residents without electricity and Ottawa President Julia Woychyshyn. “It’s applications for political asylum from mother concerned about her missing heat following a punishing storm that rav- nice that there’s a group out there singing all countries” said Ms. Yudilevich. son. He had come to Britain on holiday aged the region from January 5 to 9, the carols, but it would be even better to help “The year before that it was 43,965.” and had not returned. band of 11 troubadours — some bedecked out with some relief effort.” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 No. 3 Hartford TV station focuses on CCRF’s work in Ukraine HARTFORD, Conn. – The award-winning Connecticut news station, Fox-61, based in Hartford, Conn., recently broadcast a four-part series on the con- tinuing aftermath of the explosion at the Chornobyl power station. Veteran news reporter Shelly Sindland and cameraman Paul Quimby spent a week in Ukraine visiting children’s hospitals, orphanages and abandoned villages in northern Kyiv Oblast to document the impact of the 1986 disaster on the lives of families and children in the affected region. The series featured the humanitarian relief efforts of the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund (CCRF), whose chapters in Hartford and New Haven, along with active support groups in other communities across Connecticut, have played a key role in the CCRF’s relief mission. Fox-61 is the winner of eight Associated Press awards for television journalism, including the coveted Mark Twain Award for overall excellence in news reporting. The Chornobyl series was broadcast in late November and again on Christmas Day in a half-hour format during the station’s regular 10 p.m. news pro- gram. In its first episode, the Fox team focused on the plight of Halya Koroliuk, an 8-year-old victim of thyroid cancer who received assistance from CCRF supporters in Wethersfield, Conn. Miss. Koroliuk is recovering from surgery she received at the Kyiv Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism. She must undergo follow-up surgery to restore the use of her vocal cords and to remove the cancer that has now metastasized into her lungs. Cameraman Paul Quimby (right) is surrounded by children at the Bucha Orphanage 25 miles outside of Kyiv. The news team traveled to Halya’s home village of The children were greatly impressed with Quimby’s tripod and Betacam. Yablunka in the Polissia region approximately 12 miles on the outskirts of the Chornobyl “dead zone.” Due to during the height of the Chornobyl disaster. However, severe economic circumstances, her family, as well oth- another segment of the program focused on other forms ers in the village, continue to farm and cultivate vegeta- of cancer that have not yet been analyzed for possible bles despite the fact that many surrounding villages have links to Chornobyl’s radiation. been evacuated due to severe radioactive contamination. The Fox team interviewed Dr. Andrei Gryazov, a In 1995, a conference of international authorities technician who supervises the Magnetic Resonance meeting in Geneva concluded that the sharp increase of Imaging (MRI) unit installed by the CCRF and the thyroid cancer among children in Ukraine and Belarus Ukrainian National Women’s League of America is clearly linked to their exposure to radioactive iodine (UNWLA). The MRI unit has already tested over 6,000 patients since 1994, and has located more than 600 malignant tumors. Kulchytsky named Dr. Gryazov expressed his concern that numerous tumors were discovered in very small children, and that several were unusual mutations that the staff had not to Historical Society been able to identify even after searching international oncology literature. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. George V. Voinovich Perhaps the most moving segment was the final recently announced the appointment of George P. episode, in which the Fox team documented conditions Kulchytsky, a Republican from Parma, to the Ohio at the Vorzel resort area in north-central Ukraine, near Historical Society board of trustees for a term ending in the village of Bucha. Two hundred and fifty orphans September 2000. and abandoned children, most of whom suffer from The Ohio Historical Society board of trustees estab- birth defects and mental retardation, are housed there. lished and maintains the state museum. It collects histor- Ms. Sindland cited a Japanese study completed in ical documents and other objects deemed to be of histor- 1994 which found that since Chornobyl, birth defects ical significance for preservation and public display. had doubled among children and stillborn fetuses in Dr. Kulchytsky currently serves as a professor of Belarus and some of the same types of birth defects Fox-61 News correspondent Shelly Sindland embraces Soviet and East European history at Youngstown State have been reported in northern Ukraine, including miss- 8-year-old Halya Koroliuk, a thyroid cancer victim, University. He is a member of the Ohio Academy of ing or dwarfed limbs, unusually severe cleft palates and during a visit to the Institute of Endocrinology and History, the Ukrainian Historical Association, the extra digits. (One child shown in the broadcast had Metabolism in Kyiv. Association of Ukrainian American Professors and the eight toes on one foot. Another child was born without American Association for the Advancement of Slavic an eye and nose, and with an inverted foot). In another segment, Ms. Christensen asked for a clar- Studies. Some of these same conditions were documented by ification of the new spelling of Chornobyl used by the He is a well-known activist in various nationality and award-winning photographer Jim Lerager and CCRF. Ms. Sindland explained: “Ukraine is going fraternal organizations, including the American Washington Post reporter James Rupert. Yet few if any through a period of transition in which the people want Nationalities Movement and the United Ukrainian of the Chornobyl health studies funded by the U.S. or to reclaim their culture. ‘Chernobyl’ was the old, Organizations of Greater Cleveland, which he has served Ukrainian governments have focused on the genetic Russian spelling. The proper Ukrainian spelling is now as vice-president. impact of the nuclear disaster. recommended by the U.S. Library of Congress.” “Dr. Kulchytsky brings a wealth of valuable profes- In an exchange of comments between Ms. Sindland Besides Kyiv province, the Fox team also toured the sional experience, personal expertise and knowledge of and news anchors Pat Sheehan and Susan Christensen, the Regional Specialized Children’s Hospital, which Ohio diversity to his appointed position. Our nationality broadcast raised the issue as to why Western researchers has received over $5 million worth of aid from the community is proud that Gov. Voinovich appointed him. have failed to analyze many of the long-term health CCRF for the treatment of children with leukemia, can- He is a role model for future generations,” said August effects that seem to have increased since Chornobyl, and cer and non-Hodgkins lymphoma, as well as assistance B. Pust, special assistant to the governor for multicultur- Ms. Sindland mentioned in her report that Ukrainian doc- al affairs and international relations. tors seek further research assistance from the West. (Continued on page 11) No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Woonsocket hosts St. Nicholas visit by Ivanna Hanushevsky WOONSOCKET, R.I. – St. Nicholas visited children in Woonsocket, R.I., in the parish hall of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church on December 7, 1997. Janet Bardell, the UNA Branch 241 representative, was in charge of the refreshments and gifts for children. Msgr. Roman Golemba greeted the participants from a decorated stage with the story of the bishop of Myra and the origin of St. Nicholas Feast Day gift- giving. St. Nicholas arrived dressed in the traditional robes of the bishop of Myra, accompanied by two angels. Dr. Michael Klufas served as liaison with the special guest. Ivan Tkach entertained the audience by playing Christmas music, and Marko Tkach read a poem. The chil- dren sang Christmas carols and received gifts. St. Nicholas visits the children of Woonsocket, R.I.

Carolers greeted at UNA headquarters Announcement regarding convention delegates The announcement of the 34th Regular Convention of the UNA was pub- lished in the January 6 issue of Svoboda and the January 11 issue of The Ukrainian Weekly. The secretary of the Ukrainian National Association, Martha Lysko, hereby notifies all branches and branch officers that, in accordance with UNA By-laws, the election of delegates and alternate delegates must be held within 60 days of the date of the publication of the announcement of the convention, i.e. March 6. In January 1998 branch secretaries will receive credentials for delegates and alternates, that is two copies for each delegate and alternate. The proper number of credentials will be mailed according to the number of voting members in good standing of the branch as of December 31,1997, which entitles the branch to dele- gates. A list of the names and addresses of secretaries of the branches with less than 75 voting members in good standing will be published in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. This list also will be sent to secretaries of these branches to give them the opportunity to agree with other branches about uniting to elect a common delegate. No more than two branches can unite to elect one common delegate and one alternate. Branches that agree to unite should immediately notify Martha Lysko at the Home Office. After such notices of agreement to unite are received from both unit- Students, teachers and supporters of the Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian ing branches, they will receive the credentials for one delegate and one alternate. Studies in Morris County, N.J., which holds classes at a local public school in Completed and signed credentials of delegates and alternates must be sent to the Parsippany, N.J., paid a holiday visit to their new neighbors at the corporate head- Recording Department no later than 10 days after the election. One copy of each of quarters of the Ukrainian National Association on December 31, 1997, bringing the credentials should be sent to the Home Office, and the second copy should be glad tidings of Christmas and the New Year. Seen above are the carolers as they performed before an assembly of UNA, Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly given to the delegates to be brought to the convention. When an alternate will employees. Proceeds from the “koliada” went to the Dollar Fund for Ukraine, attend the convention in place of the delegate, he should be given alternate creden- which supports social services in that country. tials to present to the Credentials Committee at the convention. All credentials of delegates and alternates received on time will be verified and approved by the Executive Committee. The list of delegates and alternates will be published together with the program of the convention in Svoboda and The Mission Statement Ukrainian Weekly no later than 30 days before the start of the convention. In prepa- ration for the convention it is important that all members of the General Assembly The Ukrainian National Association exists: send their reports to the UNA secretary no later than March 20. The 34th Convention of the UNA will be held beginning on May 15 at the n to promote the principles of fraternalism; Toronto Hilton in Toronto, Canada. The Executive Committee urges all UNA branch n to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and secretaries, branch officers and the UNA membership to increase organizing efforts and to take an active role in the election of delegates to our convention. n Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and Every four years our organization meets at its regular convention to examine n to provide quality financial services and products our past and to set goals for the future. It is important to elect delegates who will be n to its members. unafraid to make difficult and sometimes unpopular choices. If we are to meet the challenges of the 21st century and continue to be a viable fraternal society serving As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National our Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian community, we must be willing to adapt and keep pace with the ever-changing industry and times. Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian community. – Martha Lysko, Secretary 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 No. 3

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY such a structure in order to meet its obliga- NOC representative tions, striving for corporate sponsorship, The third ambassador government financing (from the local to national levels), marketing, endowment, The swearing in of Steven Pifer as the third U.S. ambassador to Ukraine gives us sets record straight Dear Editor: individual contributions and diaspora sup- reason to pause and reflect somewhat upon the course of this bilateral relationship port. since the U.S. recognized Ukraine’s independence on Christmas Day 1991, and the On behalf of the National Olympic In Atlanta, the athletes of Ukraine were U.S. and Ukraine formally established diplomatic relations on January 23, 1992. Committee of Ukraine (NOC-Ukraine) I envied by those of other teams for the sup- The first U.S. ambassador to newly independent Ukraine was Roman Popadiuk, a wish to refute and protest the statements port provided by an expatriate community “favorite son” in some respects, a career foreign service officer named to the post by made about the NOC-Ukraine published in unified behind their team. If the leadership President George Bush. After arriving in Ukraine on June 8, 1992, he served amid the The Ukrainian Weekly (December 7, 1997) of diaspora organizations attempts to difficult circumstances of political crises in Ukraine and, above all, international pres- in the article by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj destroy this kind of support, it is abrogating sure on Ukraine to “denuclearize.” Nonetheless, this hard-working diplomat laid a headlined “Ukrainian World Congress pre- its responsibility to the community it repre- solid foundation for those who would follow him. sidium meets.” All justification for with- sents and creating an additional obstacle to The second U.S. ambassador, William Green Miller, who assumed the top job in holding support from the NOC-Ukraine, Ukraine’s athletes. Kyiv on October 20, 1993, was cut of a different cloth, as he was not a career diplomat which the article attributes to the Ukrainian Our athletes are a precious resource. but a political appointee of President Bill Clinton. Observers say he deserves high World Congress Sports Commissioner They bring pride and recognition to marks for furthering U.S.-Ukraine relations and for being truly understanding of Vsevolod Sokolyk, is misleading and there- Ukraine and delight every one of us with Ukraine’s many real problems. Bilateral relations advanced during his tenure from a fore damaging to Ukraine’s athletes. their achievements. They deserve unquali- state of misunderstanding, as a result of which Ukraine was seen through the prism of I wish to emphasize that sports at the fied support. On behalf of the NOC- Moscow, to that of a strategic partnership. international competition level is the most Ukraine, I respectively request that you Now comes Steven Pifer, a career foreign service officer for 20 years — more than consistently successful aspect of life in con- print a correction and in the future request half of that, as he himself emphasizes, spent working on the and the temporary Ukraine. Ukraine’s national and verification of information. The NOC- newly independent states. He previously served as special assistant to the president Olympic athletes excel because of individ- Ukraine will always provide it. and senior director of the National Security Council staff for Russia, Ukraine and ual talent and determination, and because of Eurasian affairs. His testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the dedication of knowledgeable teachers, Laryssa Temple his confirmation hearing on October 29, 1997, was reassuring: “Ukraine’s develop- coaches and specialists, despite shortages of Atlanta ment as an independent, democratic, market-oriented and prosperous state is of critical funding, facilities and equipment, severe importance to the United States. Such a Ukraine will be a key partner as we tackle organizational difficulties, and incompetent today’s international challenges, expand trade and investment, and shape a more stable and suffocating bureaucrats. Yearender ommited and secure Europe.” The article states that the final make-up Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott said in a speech during the new envoy’s of the Ukrainian delegation to the Winter swearing-in ceremony on January 5 that Mr. Pifer “has impressive credentials as a radio/TV network Olympic Games in Nagano has been estab- Dear Editor: master-builder of the U.S.-Ukraine relationship” and “has been, quite literally, present lished; however, in fact, the final make-up at the creation of the U.S.’s relationship with the new, independent Ukraine” — will not be confirmed until January 15, Retrospective, yearend editions of news- including influencing Ukraine to rid itself of nuclear weapons and helping to launch which is after the completion of all trial papers offer their readers a thoughful, con- the Kuchma-Gore Commission. Mr. Talbott underlined: “If I had to sum up Steve’s events. As of December 20, 1997, there cise, useful and pleasant stroll down recent abilities in one phrase, it would be ‘problem solver.’ ” Those abilities, coupled with his were only 56 athletes tentatively confirmed memory lane. The December 28, 1997, edi- résumé, give us reason to expect that this ambassador may be the right choice at this (of 90 who have qualified). tion of The Ukrainian Weekly did just that: point in the U.S.-Ukraine partnership. The size of the official Olympic Village it reminded Ukrainian Americans and The problems in Ukraine are many, including those listed by the new ambassador delegation (coaches, medical personnel, Canadians about important events in himself: implementing market reform, promoting foreign investment and fighting equipment mechanics) for each team is Ukraine, the United States, Canada and the organized crime. He explained the U.S. role as follows: “As Americans we will offer governed by strict quotas set by the Ukrainian diaspora in the four corners of our advice as Ukraine chooses its path to build a modern state; and some of our advice International Olympic Committee (IOC) the world. may suggest difficult solutions.” But, he added, “this is the advice of a friend and part- and must be in direct proportion to the However, in all humility, I would like to ner who wishes to see Ukraine succeed and realize its full potential as a democratic, number of athletes; therefore, it is impossi- point out an omission in your review. I market economy — which is in the interests of Ukraine, and of the United States and ble for Ukraine to manipulate the number believe that the launching of the first all- Europe.” (To be sure, much is up to Ukraine itself, as it must take concrete action.) of non-athletes who will comprise the final day, everyday Ukrainian radio and televi- Ukraine’s partner has dispatched Steven Pifer to Kyiv. We wish him well in his delegation. It is unconscionable that the sion network that unites Ukrainians of all new assignment to Ukraine, where he has said “much potential remains for further leadership of diaspora community organi- immigrations and generations in the United growth.” And we look forward to his “candid counsel” aimed at enhancing the U.S.- zations would attempt to discredit the States, Canada and Ukraine is a historic Ukraine relationship and securing Ukraine’s place in today’s world. NOC-Ukraine through misrepresentation of event, worthy of being included in your Olympic delegation numbers and character- yearend review. ization of all essential support personnel as Beginning in mid-1997 we advertised in Jan. bureaucrats. Ukrainian community newspapers, includ- As a rule, each athlete has a personal ing The Weekly, the impending formation TTurningurning the pagespages back... back... coach. Because IOC quotas do not permit of the Ukrainian American Broadcasting most coaches to be members of the Co. and its satellite Ukrainian Radio 22 Olympic Village delegation, they attend the Service and Ukrainian Television Service 1918 Olympic Games as extra-officials and are from Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora. On January 22, 1918, the Central Rada issued the Fourth accredited only for pre-event training and An endeavor such as this was never under- Universal and, for the first time in Ukraine’s history, proclaimed for their specific sporting competitions. The taken in the community. We have lived up that “from now on the Ukrainian National Republic becomes the extra-official delegation also includes mem- to our promise to deliver Ukrainian radio bers of academic, medical and research independent, free and sovereign state of the Ukrainian people.” The official establish- programs from Ukraine and North America sport-institutes, and heads of major sports in real time 24 hours a day. Today our lis- ment of Ukraine’s independence was an action that was necessary in organizing the clubs and organizations. country’s defense against the Bolsheviks. The Fourth Universal also replaced the regular teners can regularly hear live broadcasts of In Nagano, there will be four NOC- sessions of the Verkhovna Rada, hourly army with a militia; ordered the holding of elections to the people’s councils in volosts, Ukraine officials who are accredited as counties and states; established state control of domestic and foreign trade; and took con- news reports, news analyses, religious, Olympic Family, including the president of youth, sports and other programs. trol of banks and large industrial enterprises. A land law that was intended to carry out the NOC-Ukraine, Valeriy Borzov, who, the promises of the Third Universal to nationalize and establish rules for its use by the We are currently finalizing our satellite significantly, also serves as one of the 111 Ukrainian television service from Ukraine peasants and a law establishing an eight-hour work day were also passed. accredited members of the IOC. After the disintegration of Austria-Hungary, the Halychyna and Bukovyna regions and the diaspora, and we will be listed as a Additionally, there will be 20 to 25 accred- premium channel with an American digital united on November 1, 1918, to form the Western Ukrainian National Republic (ZUNR) ited members of the press corps with a bud- in a concerted attempt to defend themselves from an impending Polish invasion. satellite television broadcaster. UABC is get separate from the Olympic delegation. paying for the exclusive right to broadcast Then on January 22, 1919, in Kyiv’s St. Sophia Square, the Ukrainian National Rada Any government officials attending will proclaimed the Act of Union between the Western Ukrainian National Republic and the radio and television programs to Ukrainian also travel on a separate budget. North Americans and thus is a source of Ukrainian National Republic. The declaration was confirmed by the Ukrainian parliament The NOC-Ukraine is primarily responsi- — the Labor Congress. The Western Ukraine National Republic officially became known funds for state radio and television compa- ble for funding the preparation and interna- nies of Ukraine. as the Western Province (Oblast) of the Ukrainian National Republic (ZOUNR). tional competition schedule of its compo- Consequently, a common general staff for both armies was created, a common currency Then we advertised that we will launch nent teams. The UWC sports commissioner “This Morning with Us,” a five-day-a-week was introduced, and a joint diplomatic delegation was sent to the Paris Peace Conference. illogically concludes that the NOC-Ukraine As a result of the two events that took place on January 22 one year apart, and as a reaf- hourly morning radio program on WNJR does not merit financial support due to an 1430 AM. We have been broadcasting firmation of the Ukrainian people’s right to a life free of Russo-Communist domination, the individual’s decision to spend $1 million diaspora began to celebrate January 22 with the same reverence that Americans celebrate throughout December as listeners from cen- buying and distributing tickets. To follow tral New Jersey to Brighton Beach, N.Y., the Fourth of July. In 1973, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, N.J., this reasoning, one could expect fabulously became the first school to ever observe this day as a national holiday and at city halls and in will attest. successful athletes in the United States and The Ukrainian American Broadcasting state capitols across the nation, the Ukrainian flag was raised in commemoration as Canada to single-handedly fund their coun- Ukrainian communities filled auditoriums and church halls for their own celebrations. Co., a division of the Ethnic-American tries’ Olympic committee budgets. In reali- Broadcasting Co., appreciates its unique Sources: “The Renascence of Ukraine: The Ukrainian State, 1917-20,” Encyclopedia of ty, successful Olympic committees are role in the Ukrainian North American com- Ukraine, Vol. 1 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963); Paul Robert Magocsi, “A financed through broad-based financial History of Ukraine” (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996). structures. The NOC-Ukraine is creating (Continued on page 7) No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 7 NEWS AND VIEWS Faces and Places My father deserves a fair trial by Myron B. Kuropas On December 16, 1997, the Canadian any other nation in occupied Europe. news media reported that the federal gov- My father lived in a refugee camp until ernment was moving to deport two suspect- he arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1949. ed Nazi war criminals for not telling immi- No one questioned him about what he did gration authorities about their past when in the war. The immigration officers, he they entered the country. One of them is recalls, were more interested in his health. Reflections on Ukraine’s civil society Do Ukraine’s people believe they live in “By their practice Americans show that Wasyl Odynsky of Toronto. Since he was a fit, young man, they let him a democracy? According to a survey con- they feel the urgent necessity to instill in to work on a farm near Markham, ducted by the Center for Strategic and morality into democracy by means of reli- by Olya Odynsky Ontario, where he paid off the cost of his International Studies (CSIS), only 20 per- gion,” wrote Alexis De Tocqueville in his passage. My mother, Maria, came five I did not have a Merry Christmas. I cent believe they do. classic study “Democracy in America.” months later. Without complaint, she also doubt this will be a Happy New Year. I More sobering CSIS statistics, as printed “Thus, while the law allows the American did a year’s farm work. That’s the kind of blame Ottawa. in the latest issue of Infolink, a publication people to do everything, there are things refugee immigrants this country got then – On August 24 I marched joyfully of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation: 96 percent which religion prevents them from imagin- people who went where the country needed through Toronto’s Bloor West Village, cel- of the people interviewed are dissatisfied ing and forbids them to dare.” them, who reimbursed Canada for the costs ebrating Ukrainian Independence Day. So with the current political situation; only 12 De Tocqueville elaborated on this point involved. did Mayor-elect Mel Lastman and thou- percent believe the economy will improve; in his “The Old Regime and the French Debts paid, my mother and my father sands of others, my father, Wasyl, among only 3 percent believe land ownership Revolution”: “I have sometimes asked moved to Toronto. He took a night job as a them. A few days later our family’s night- should be unlimited in the amount a person Americans whom I chanced to meet in their truck loader. She worked in a factory and mare began. can purchase. own country or in Europe whether in their kept our happy home. They had three chil- Two investigators arrived at my parents’ The survey also found that the most opinion religion contributes to the stability dren. I was their first. We went to high door. They wanted to know what my father informed people in Ukraine are those of the state and the maintenance of law and school in Scarborough, Ontario. My father had done during the war. He’s a law-abid- between the ages of 18 and 35, paradoxical- order. They always answered, without a was an active member of the Brotherhood ing man, a patriot. He has nothing to hide. ly, the one group that is least likely to vote. moment’s hesitation, that a civilized com- of Ukrainian Catholics. Our family grew, So he spoke to them – without legal counsel Despite the fact that during the last five munity, especially one that enjoys the bene- just like yours. My parents became grand- present. I now know that he shouldn’t have. years the American government, various fit of freedom, cannot exist without reli- parents. They raised us to be proud of our His interrogators didn’t bring an interpreter. foundations and numerous individuals have gion.” Ukrainian heritage, and we are, but they His English is fine for daily life, but it is not poured millions of dollars into projects Can Ukraine achieve a moral consensus also taught us to be even prouder of being good enough for a hostile interview. So I designed to establish a society “where without some kind of religious grounding? Canadian. say Canada failed my father that day. democratic values are in people’s hearts,” “There is no significant example in history, I was. But now I wonder why Ottawa is Why? Think about how this country’s the results are disappointing. Rather than before our time, of a society successfully trying to strip away the citizenship of a man Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) progress toward this laudatory goal, we maintaining moral life without the aid of who proved to be a good father and grand- treats refugee claimants. Compare that to appear to have regression. religion,” wrote Will and Ariel Durant in what the Royal Canadian Police father, whose boss knew him to be a hard Why the poor showing? One reason is worker, an honest citizen who contributed their 1968 publication “Lessons of (RCMP) did to my father, a citizen and tax- that a civil society is hardly possible with- History.” The Soviets tried but failed miser- payer of 50 years. When an individual sus- to Canada for longer then I have been alive? out two elements: a moral consensus and a Canada has become my father’s country. ably. pected of being the kind of criminal whom collective self-consciousness. Today, It is significant to note that first immigra- the Canadian government might wish to There is nothing for my parents in Ukraine. Ukraine appears to have neither. To attempt Yet the government wants to turn them out tion Rusyns became Ukrainians in the exclude from our country comes before the to create a civil society before these two United States largely as a result of the work IRB, a lawyer and interpreter are present, of their home, without giving him a fair ingredients are present is to put the cart trial. Does this mean that there are, in reali- of nationally self-conscious priests. free of charge, and friends and family mem- before the horse. Given the devastation wrought by bers can attend in support. However, in the ty, two categories of Canadian citizens – But that is exactly what many American those born here and those who come here – decades of Soviet domination combined case of my 73-year-old father, the RCMP and international organizations – both gov- with the last five years of oligarchic rule by arrived unexpectedly, confusing him, scar- and that the latter’s citizenship can never ernmental and private – are attempting to really be certain? Not exactly a prescription the same old nomenklatura, it will take time ing my mother. The Mounties will say they do: create a civil society before nationhood before nationhood predicated on a broad were just doing their jobs, on “orders from for nation-building, is it? has been achieved. In the words of the If Minister Robillard’s bureaucrats have moral consensus and collective self-con- above.” Odd how they don’t accept excuses renowned sociologist Edward Shils: sciousness can blossom. As I’ve written on like that from others. serious evidence to prove that my father is a “National collective self-consciousness is war criminal, our family wants that docu- these pages before, however, there is a On September 24, 1997, my father got a the shared image of the nation and the glimmer of hope. A new generation of lead- letter from Canadian Minister of mentation disclosed in a Canadian criminal mutual awareness of its members who par- court. My father says he stands ready to be ers is being educated at institutions like the Citizenship and Immigration Lucienne ticipate in that image ... Civil society is a National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Robillard. She wants to denaturalize and punished if Ottawa can prove he committed feature of modern national states ... Civil an atrocity. He has the courage of an honest Academy and the Ostroh Academy in deport him. Is it because he’s a war crimi- society is guided and oriented by nation- Volyn. nal? No. The government of Canada does man wrongly accused of crimes he did not hood. Civil society is one of the institutional commit. But I don’t think the government Here at Northern Illinois University, not have any evidence that would conclu- manifestations of the nation.” In short, no three professors from the Ostroh Academy sively prove in a criminal court that my will have the fortitude to take up our fami- national self-consciousness, no nationhood. ly’s challenge. I predict Ottawa will instead are currently writing theses on three very father is guilty of any wrongdoing during No nationhood, no civil society. important topics. Vasyl Zhukovsky is inves- the second world war. Do you think a per- cater to those who orchestrated the hysteria Part of the problem, of course, is about alleged Nazi war criminals in our tigating moral education in the United son is innocent until proven guilty? Ottawa American hubris, a kind of one-size-fits-all States and Ukraine during the past 20 years. doesn’t. midst, advocates of denaturalization and mentality that believes that if something deportation who prefer rhetoric to evidence. Natalya Lominska is reviewing language Again, I object. Every week dozens of works in America it can surely work any- education in Ukraine, from Rus’ to Rukh. people from around the world claim refugee I don’t. I can’t. My father’s life is on the where. There seems to be little appreciation Oleksander Izmentinov is analyzing multi- status here. Madame Robillard’s appointees line. He is not going anywhere without a for the fact that every country is different, cultural education in the U.S. to see what, if let many of them in, often after only the fight. And if he is not allowed a fair trial in with its own unique culture, traditions and anything, is applicable to the Ukrainian most perfunctory of hearings set up in their Canada, then this is one fight that won’t end history. It’s difficult to transplant social experience. The result will be three studies favor. The Lord only knows whom they with him. It will continue for generations. institutions without realizing this simple that address three vital issues related to have already let in. But, reportedly, there Ottawa can count on that. fact of life. Ukraine’s nationhood and three Ukrainian are real war criminals among these What many modern-day American polit- professors who will have a keener under- “refugees,” from many of the Third ical reformers fail to appreciate, it seems, is standing of the role their institution needs to World’s festering conflicts. I’m sure some that the United States enjoys both a moral play in Ukraine’s resurrection. good people are getting in, too, a few of consensus and a collective consciousness Yearender... On June 7, the Ostroh Academy will host whom may really need our country’s pro- (Continued from page 6) (although both are presently being under- a conference titled “The Bible in Ukraine.” tection. I am all for Canada being a safe munity, without which we couldn’t exist, mined by militant multiculturalists), which Ostroh is the perfect site for such a confer- haven. But I wonder why the refugees of and therefore offers legitimate Ukrainian began with the Magna Carta and took cen- ence because the first Slavic Bible was pub- today get the benefit of the doubt in their turies to develop. “A nation is never an civic organizations free announcements of lished there in 1581. All faith expressions hearings when my dad doesn’t? affair of a single generation,” wrote Mr. community events and other incentives are encouraged to participate in this very His story is simple. He was 19 when the Shils. meant to preserve the community’s infra- significant conclave. For more information Nazis arrested him and forcefully led him Two influences that helped the United structure and activity now. contact: Vasyl Zhukovsky, 403 South First, and others away from his village. Those The Ukrainian American Broadcasting States establish its sense of nationhood were who resisted were shot. He is not a murder- religion and national unity, two elements No. 14, DeKalb, IL 60115. Co. is fulfilling its promise to the Ukrainian Thus far the Ukrainian community has er, nor was he ever a Nazi. He was, and North American community. avoided by today’s post-Soviet reformers. remains, a victim of Nazi Germany’s occu- Their commitment to the principle of sepa- been very generous in supporting the A sentence’s worth of recognition in Ostroh Academy. Donations are always pation of Ukraine. Most choose to forget your review issue would have made read- ration of Church and state has blinded them what he knows from experience, namely to the potential of religion as a vehicle of welcome and can be sent to the UNA ing your impressive edition a sweeter expe- Foundation/Ostroh Fund, 107 Ilehamwood that Ukraine lost more of its people than rience. moral renewal. Their fear of “nationalism” in every form has led them to believe that Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115. All donations are Ihor Dlaboha Olya Odynsky is a resident of efforts to construct a national identity will tax-deductible, so please give what you can. Etobicoke, Ontario, who says she has Fort Lee, N.J. somehow destroy intercultural understand- become a second-generation victim of The writer is director of the Ukrainian ing within the state. Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: the Nazi occupation of Ukraine. American Broadcasting Co. But that is not how America came to be. [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 No. 3 ‘Bay Area 1997’ conference focuses on challenges facing Ukrainian Americans by Maria Lewytzkyj SAN FRANCISCO – “Bay Area 1997,” a conference and ball organized by the Ukrainian Professionals of Northern California (UPNC) with the support of the Ukrainian Medical Association, took place at the Holiday Inn Union Square during the weekend of November 7, 1997. The two-day event hosted several out- standing guest speakers. All local and visiting attendees and speakers were warmly welcomed at a Friday evening cocktail gathering at the home of the Makarewycz family. The home, with its beautiful collection of woodworks, provided the setting for Ukrainians of various backgrounds to make new acquaintances and see old friends. To begin the conference on Saturday morning, Dr. Andrew Iwach, one of the leading organizers of the UPNC and an assistant clinical professor of ophthalmol- ogy at the University of California in San Francisco, underlined the group’s mis- sion: “to help develop a pro-active dia- logue on the issues facing modern Ukraine.” The UPNC, organized in 1993, is an organization of individuals who are interested in networking professionally and culturally to build a supporting “Kontakt” producer Jurij Klufas addresses the “Bay Area 1997” conference in San Francisco. Ukrainian community that looks at cur- committee of Ukrainian studies works vaguely east Slavic literature,” Dr. The San Francisco community was next rent challenges in Ukraine and among with the HURI, the HURI is not a teach- Sorokowski explained, “Few people have treated to a demo tape of various feature Ukrainian Americans. ing facility, Dr. Sorokowski clarified. recognized this literature as having any- segments – arts and entertainment, youth Dr. Leonid Kamenetsky, a member of Regarding visiting scholars, Dr. thing to do with Ukrainian.” Through this and children’s segments – from past broad- the Northern California Chapter of the Sorokowski remarked that they are “a publication series, scholars and others casts. The viewers were impressed by the Ukrainian Medical Association of North recent feature at Harvard, which has taken have this rediscovered literature available professional quality of the production and America (UMANA), then described his off since Ukraine’s independence, but the to them. the obvious attempt to deconstruct some ongoing commitment to the restructuring HURI couldn’t possibly fund them.” Another publication, the Harvard stereotypes of Ukrainian activities by of medical education in Ukraine. Visiting scholars find their own funding, Ukrainian Studies, of which Dr. introducing a modern group of hosts while The UMANA and the University of and each year scholars from Italy, Sorokowski is managing editor, “looks to still catering to tradition-seekers in Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine are Germany, Ukraine and other countries foster comparative as well as synthetic Ukrainian communities everywhere. part of a project headed by Dr. choose Harvard because of the HURI. studies.” Anyone can subscribe to this Host Ola Szczuryk’s interviews and Volodymyr Kryzhanivsky of the UVA Staff, students and scholars, through the journal to read such interesting articles as host spots were done in perfect Ukrainian School of Medicine that involves delivery efforts of the HURI, enjoy weekly lectures one recently published that documented a and she succeeded in steering the show of Ukrainian-language educational mate- on a variety of topics, such as a recent lec- conversation between Stalin and a delega- well. The other show host, Michael rials every six months to 101 medical ture by architect Radoslav Zuk who spoke tion of Ukrainian writers in the February Luchka, “Center Stage” host Michael schools and centers in Ukraine. Dr. about “Indigenous Constants and Stylistic of 1929, only months before the govern- Curry and “Youth Segment” host Adrian Kamenetsky confirmed that materials cur- Variants in Ukrainian Architecture.” ment cracked down on the Ukrainian Tanchak also received a positive response rently being used in Ukraine are written in The Ukrainian Summer School’s intelligentsia. from those assembled. Russian. As follow-up to the delivery of eight-week program has been organized The largest Ukrainian collection of the Ukrainian-language texts, the project by the HURI since 1971. Dr. books outside of Eastern Europe is housed A “3-H Project” has set up a faculty exchange program Sorokowski expressed admiration for the at Harvard, mostly in the Widener and The final speaker, Dr. John Elloway, between the University of Virginia and program and noted that next summer’s Houghton libraries. Many rare books can many of these medical centers. focused on his work in uniting the Rotary classes can be found on the Internet at be found among the collection. Clubs in the Bay Area, all the Rotary Fund-raising efforts in the past two http://www.sabre.org/huri. “It was not so long ago,” Dr. years have raised $10,500 from donors Clubs in Ukraine, the Centers for Disease Dr. Sorokowski added that the summer Sorokowski concluded, “that the very con- Control and Prevention based in Atlanta, like UVA, General Electric, Merck, months also bring many Ukrainian profes- cept of Ukrainian studies was something Medtronic, Merrell-Dow and others. Dr. Ukraine’s Ministry of Health and the U.S. sionals to the institute’s three-day sympo- that was not generally accepted either in Agency for International Development in Kamenetsky asked the community to sup- siums on “Ukraine Since Independence.” the academic world, the press or the world port this project with personal donations. a “3-H Project” – Health, Hunger, Discussions on politics, demography, cul- in general. To speak of Ukrainian history, Humanity – to improve the infrastructure Ukrainian presence at Harvard ture and economics have attracted atten- literature or language was considered a bit of medical care in Ukraine. dees from the International Monetary Fund, extreme, a reactionary political state- Working with the Rotary Club’s Polio Bay Area native Dr. Andrew the World Bank and the U.S. government. ment.” Plus project, the stated goal of which is to Sorokowski, managing editor of the jour- Key to the ongoing work of the HURI eradicate polio worldwide by the year nal Harvard Ukrainian Studies and edi- Keynote speaker from “Kontakt” are its publishing activities and the library 2000, Dr. Elloway offered his services at tor/research associate at the Harvard and information resources. According to The keynote speaker, Jurij Klufas, Immunization Days in Ukraine. In Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) Dr. Sorokowski, the HURI publishes shared the purpose of his Toronto-based September and October of 1996, 2.4 mil- spoke next. An advocate of raising books as part of its Harvard Series in Ukrainian weekly television program lion children were immunized through the Ukrainian scholarship to world standards, Ukrainian Studies. Dr. Sorokowski told “Kontakt”: “to connect various North efforts of Dr. Elloway’s Rotary District. and of introducing Ukrainian works in lit- the assembly of the recent publication of American Ukrainian communities that The 3-H Project was born during that erature, history and other genres to “Above and Beyond: From Soviet General currently act as islands with not enough visit, after a visiting Turkish Rotarian, Western scholars, he informed the audi- to Ukrainian Statebuilder” written by synergy between them and to provide a Unal Ural, told Dr. Elloway that it was his ence about courses in Ukrainian studies at General Kostiantyn P. Morozov, indepen- window into Ukraine.” Mr. Klufas res- duty to do a 3-H Project in Ukraine. Since Harvard and the groundbreaking efforts of dent Ukraine’s first minister of defense. olutely stated that mainstream media do then it has been through the personal the Ukrainian Research Institute. The memoirs shed light on the actions not cover Ukraine’s news. efforts of Dr. Elloway and the project’s Dr. Sorokowski thoroughly explained taken by Gen. Morozov in his campaign Mr. Klufas explained that in order for supporters that the project has expanded to the cooperative relationship between the for a solely Ukrainian army. “A Prayer for “Kontakt” to reach a community, three its current size and has a budget of more separate Harvard entities, the Ukrainian the Government” is an upcoming publica- important steps of development must be than $5 million. studies program at Harvard and the tion by Henry Abramson that adds new implemented. First, the local community The impetus for the 3-H Project can be Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. information regarding ethnic violence and needs to establish an acceptable air time, found in a statement made by Ukraine’s for- The three chairs of Ukrainian studies, relationships between Jews and which includes decisions on the program’s mer minister of health, Dr. Yurii Spizhenko, Roman Szporluk (Mykhailo S. Ukrainians during the revolutionary times reach and time slot, as well as the cost who said that infectious diseases are the No. Hrushevskyi Professor of Ukrainian of 1917-1920. involved in providing this air time. The 1 health problem in Ukraine. That message History), Michael S. Flier (Oleksandr Dr. Sorokowski noted that the Harvard second and third stages are concerned with was underlined at a seminar organized by Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Library of Early Ukrainian Literature, ini- how the local community can contribute to the Ministry of Health where Dr. Elloway Philology) and George G. Grabowicz tiated in the 1980s, serves to set the record the main show and production, and how heard that there were 3,000 cases of rubella (Dmytro Cyzevskyi Professor of straight regarding early east Slavic litera- local coverage will be organized. Mr. in Ukraine. When he asked how many of Ukrainian Literature), teach regular cours- ture. “Much of the medieval or 17th cen- Klufas explained that, for example, New those cases were pregnant women, the vice es in Ukrainian studies, as well as other tury literature written in Ukraine was con- York air time for one hour runs between subjects. However, though the standing sidered either Russian literature or some $3,000 to $6,000 on a weekly basis. (Continued on page 12) No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 9

acteristic of the early 20th century. the Ukrainian Institute of America – with There are those who may speculate Mr. Grill at the piano. whether this abstract and difficult sonata Lost letter arrives was dismissed due to its lack of tangible or “national” elements. While such a the- Thus, after many decades the sonata is ory could be entertained, we must not finally in general circulation. It history forget that Barvinsky’s cycle of Preludes may be compared to a long journey by a for Piano, Op. 1 (1908-1909) were like- letter, written over 80 years ago, mailed, wise conceived without direct folkloric then misplaced and not delivered until input, and remained exceedingly popular now to the addressee – the general public. with Ukrainian listeners, not to mention This rather special letter is signed by a audiences in the West. kind and gentle composer with a striking Back to Ukraine visage. His features are distinctive, just On a discovery and its many aftermaths like his signature. Early in 1996 a new cassette (a Dolby study of the core and another source – Once the music was copied, it could be digital recording) was released simultane- Barvinsky’s worklist for piano solo, returned to Ukraine. The city of Lviv * * * ously in Germany and the United Sates: which was compiled in 1964 by his became the logical choice as the repository The RCA Studio recordings by the sound of the Steinway concert grand widow, Natalie. Close to the top of this for both the works of Barvinsky and those Michael Grill were produced by the writer piano faithfully conveyed the talent and list there was the entry – Sonata in C- of his colleague, Nyzhankivsky. A copy of two years ago in a limited, privately dedication of composer Vasyl Barvinsky Sharp Minor in four parts (Prague, 1909- Barvinsky’s sonata was sent to composer issued cassette. The initial run using a (spelled Wassyl Barwinskyj in Europe) 1911). The score I held coincided with and conductor Mykola Kolessa. Its first German text has been sold out, but plans and his present-day champion, the German the entry in every respect. printing was by the Kyiv publishing house are under way to re-issue the recording, organist and pianist, Michael Grill. The We now had the Piano Sonata, safe Muzychna Ukraina in 1990. The work this time with English titles, possibly fea- cassette featured the world premiere stereo and complete as written at the time received high ratings and critical praise turing the Piano Sonata and “Ukrainian recordings of two piano works by was still recording his from the late Mykola Hordiychuk, Kyiv’s Suite” with other Barvinsky pieces, as Barvinsky – the “Ukrainian Suite” and the own arrangements. Together with the top music scholar. performed by Mr. Grill. Inquiries may be newly discovered Piano Sonata. Piano Concerto in F Minor (which was Three years later the Piano Sonata was sent to: Roman Sawycky, P.O. Box 375, rediscovered in 1993), there was almost given its Lviv premiere in a memorable An early and ambitious work Cranford, NJ 07016. an hour of additional Barvinsky music performance by Oleh Kryshtalsky, a for- The Piano Sonata, composed when that had not been heard for the greater mer student of Barvinsky. Postscript Barvinsky was 21, is probably unique part of this century. The sonata’s world premiere was held The reader may be puzzled as to the among similar works of 20th century at the Ukrainian Institute of America in Wytwycky expounds late Lubka Kolessa became the recipient Ukrainian music. The work was written in New York on February 20, 1988, on the of the original scores of Barvinsky and Prague during Barvinsky’s studies there I next approached Dr. Wasyl very day of the 100th anniversary of with V. Novak and J. Holfeld (1909-1911). Wytwycky, dean of diaspora musicologists Barvinsky’s birth, under the auspices of (Continued on page 10) The demanding score (about 33 minutes and an authority on Barvinsky, for a full long), was completed upon Barvinsky’s evaluation of the newly assembled scores. graduation from the Prague State Work on this project was carried out in Conservatory. 1981-1983. Dr. Wytwycky’s delight and Strange as it may seem, the finished enthusiasm were accompanied by the real- score was apparently shelved and there is ization that the sonata was really no evidence that it was ever performed in Barvinsky’s first attempt at such a form. (In public, not even by the composer himself. this respect Barvinsky and Levko Revutsky For some unknown reason Barvinsky in Kyiv pioneered the piano sonata form in seems to have disowned his own creation. 20th century Ukrainian music.) For decades Barvinsky never men- In Dr. Wytwycky’s estimation, tioned his Piano Sonata in print and oth- Barvinsky’s initial attempt was “ambi- ers, writing about his music, followed tious” and occasionally even “overdone,” suit for lack of information. In 1948 the unlike the fully balanced and mature composer was arrested and exiled, and “Ukrainian Suite,” which was not com- many of his unpublished manuscripts pleted until 1922. were destroyed by Communist Party Still, in Dr. Wytwycky’s opinion, bureaucrats. Barvinsky died in 1963, tak- Barvinsky had no real reason to suppress ing with him the mystery surrounding his his early sonata. At the same time, Dr. unknown Piano Sonata. Wytwycky noted that the score never cir- New developments culated and, therefore, never received any mention let alone analysis or publici- Circa 1973 the Ukrainian Canadian ty. Dr. Wytwycky went on to add that pianist Luba Zuk, while in Toronto visiting Barvinsky made no attempt whatever to the late pianist Lubka Kolessa, came across “nationalize” his sonata by using unfamiliar manuscripts in the music collec- Ukrainian folk motifs, but rather chose The beginning of Barvinsky’s Piano Sonata. A reproduction of the composer’s tion of her former teacher. With Prof. the medium of abstract expression char- manuscript (1909) formerly in Lubka Kolessa’s archive. Kolessa’s permission, Prof. Zuk borrowed almost 20 works for piano by Nestor Nyzhankivsky and Vasyl Barvinsky, had a 35mm microfilm made of the lot and returned the holographs to Prof. Kolessa. When Prof. Zuk telephoned this writer about her find, she pointed out that the film contained unfamiliar music, works once presented to Prof. Kolessa but never performed by her. Prof. Zuk concluded that I would find the film interesting and should try to identify its contents. Indeed, the enlargements of the film frames revealed interesting and little- known music in the characteristic hand- writing of Messrs. Nyzhankivsky and Barvinsky. Both were highly gifted com- posers as well as convincing pianists – qualities that imparted an extra dimen- sion to their music. Among Barvinsky’s pieces I immedi- ately recognized the “Ukrainian Suite,” complete with titles of folk songs used for each movement, but the finale or last part was missing. Barvinsky’s other works were also titled and dated. Under the magnifying glass One large composition in several movements however, was without a title, although the work was signed and dated – “W. Barwinskyj, 1909-1911.” Its posi- Halyna Kolessa (center) presents the archives of Lubka Kolessa to Halyna Tykhobaieva, director of the Solomiya Krushelnytska tive identification came only after careful Memorial Museum in Lviv. Looking on is Prof. Mykola Kolessa. The paintings on the left also are part of the archives. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 No. 3

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Prof. Kolessa’s performances and trek transporting the archive first back to recordings of Nyzhankivsky’s works in the United States, and only then to its YEVSHANDistributor of fine Ukrainian products - Cassettes, Compact Europe were followed by New York pre- final destination – Ukraine. discs - Videos - Language tapes & Dictionaries - Computer fonts for PC & MAC - Imported Icons - Ukrainian Stationery - Cookbooks - Food parcels to Ukraine new passports had been passed last Newsbriefs August by the Cabinet of Ministers. Call for a free catalog (Continued from page 2) (Respublika) 1-800-265-9858 some 1.6 million Poles were deported to Kyiv halts Russian flight to Transdniester VISA - MASTERCARD - AMEX ACCEPTED labor camps during World War II and that FAX ORDERS ACCEPTED (514) 630-9960 KYIV — Ukrainian authorities on BOX 325, BEACONSFIELD, QUEBEC approximately half of them perished. CANADA - H9W 5T8 (RFE/RL Newsline) January 8 prohibited a military transport plane from flying over Ukrainian territory Posthumous recognition for Stus between the Russian Federation and Tiraspol, Moldova, because Moscow has KYIV — The late poet and Soviet not paid for the use of the air corridor, the political prisoner Vasyl Stus was posthu- Russian command in Moldova’s mously awarded the Order of Yaroslav the Transdniester region told ITAR-TASS. Wise (fifth degree) “for achievements rec- Russian military flights have been using ognized by the Ukrainian state in the this route on a daily basis for some time, development of national culture and for but Russian authorities have indicated civic courage in defending the ideals of they would use regular commercial flights humanism and the independence of in the future. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukraine.” The medal was awarded in accordance with a presidential decree. Inflation rate down in Ukraine Stus, a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group died at the age of 47, under myste- KYIV — Inflation in Ukraine fell to rious circumstances on September 4, 10.1 percent in 1997 — the lowest level 1985, at the notorious Perm Camp No. 36, since that country became independent, where he was serving a sentence of 10 the State Statistical Committee told ITAR- TASS on January 8. That represents a years’ imprisonment and five years’ exile steep decline from an inflation rate in for “anti-Soviet agitation and propagan- 1993 of more than 10,000 percent. The da.” (Respublika) government predicts that the economy New passports go into service will begin to grow by 0.5 percent this year, marking the first growth since inde- KYIV — As of January 1, Soviet pass- pendence. In other economic news, ports are no longer valid in Ukraine for Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers said it will travel abroad. Nearly 1 million citizens of abolish the value-added tax on Russian Ukraine have traded in their old USSR goods as of February 1 if the Russian gov- passports for new ones issued by Ukraine. ernment does the same for Ukrainian A measure providing for the issuance of goods. (RFE/RL Newsline) No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 11

Wayne State U. program focuses on Eastern European business DETROIT – The School of Business dence with nations that have been rela- Administration at Wayne State University tively neglected. EASTERN ECONOMIST was awarded a U.S. Department of The second requirement is to focus on THE SOURCE FOR WORKING AND INVESTING IN UKRAINE Education grant in the spring of 1997 for Eastern European cultures and languages, the development of the Interdisciplinary given the key strategic role that Eastern Program in Eastern European Business. Europe will play in the political stability The grant proposal was a collaborative and economic progress of the post-Cold UKRAINE’S FIRST BUSINESS effort between the School of Business War world. 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Hosted by the Western The X Generation (the Baby Boomers Pennsylvania Council and chaired by 1946-1962 and the Xers 1965-1982), The Great Rates LUC Treasurer Nicholas Kotow, the Spiritual Life of Metropolitan Andrey event was held at the Sheraton Hotel Sheptytsky, The Archdiocesan Catechists Station Square. The national board of Program, The New Basilian Spirituality Low Fees directors was elected at the general busi- Center and The Church’s View on Living ness meeting. Wills. Hilary A. Kinal takes the helm as The keynote speaker at the banquet Prompt Approval president. Issues on his agenda include was the Rev. John Ciurpita on “Our the following: a communications initia- Celebration of Hope for the Next CALL 1 (800) 253-9862 tive to develop a LUC Web site; a spiri- Millennium.” tuality initiative to promote the beatifi- On October 12 the newly elected cation of Metropolitan Andrey board of directors was installed prior to Sheptytsky; a membership activity ini- the divine liturgy, which was celebrated tiative, a “Year of the Family” event by Bishop Robert Moskal of St. THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION that will focus on families, singles and Josaphat’s Diocese in Parma and Bishop youth; and selection of a delegate to Basil Losten of Stamford. announces attend the Church sobor to be held in The League of Ukrainian Catholics Lviv on August 20-31. was organized by the late Metropolitan LUC board of directors includes Ambrose Senyshyn as an extension of SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Theodore Stenko, vice-president; Mary the Church to lend lay assistance to a FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1998/99 Ann Grimm, recording secretary; Mr. growing Ukrainian Catholic community. 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of American nuclear plants, which Applicants will be judged on the basis of: Hartford TV... include numerous safety features never 1. financial need (Continued from page 4) installed in the graphite-based RBMK 2. course of study technology utilized in Soviet reactors. 3. scholastic record (minimum GPA 2.0) from the UNWLA, the SUM-A Medical 4. involvement in Ukrainian community and student life Aid Project and other Western medical Nevertheless, the news report reflected aid providers. The team also toured the on Chornobyl as the worst-case scenario DUE DATES for applications and documents: Volyn Regional Children’s Hospital in that could result from gross negligence 4. Your completed, signed and dated application is due by Lutsk, one of the latest hospitals to and defiance of safety procedures at 4. March 31, 1998. nuclear facilities. 4. All required documents listed on the application form and receive substantial aid from the CCRF. 4. photograph are due by May 1, 1998. Ms. Sindland interviewed several rep- The Fox broadcast received favorable resentatives of the CCRF for the Fox commentary in the Hartford Courant, the broadcast, including Executive Director New Haven Register, the Connecticut Journal Courier and other print media. It UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Nadia Matkiwsky, Ukraine’s In-Country SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Director Nathan Hodge, Director of also stimulated schoolchildren and teachers in at least two Connecticut communities to 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Development Alex Kuzma and Assistant Parsippany, NJ 07054 to the Executive Director Ksenia Kyzyk, initiate holiday gift drives for the CCRF. as well as Ukrainian medical experts. Ukrainian communities that wish to Please send me a scholarship application for the 1998/99 school year. The CCRF team was in Lviv monitoring have the four-part series broadcast in the distribution of aid from its 19th air- their area should contact the program lift, which was coordinated with and director or general manager of their local Name ______greeted by First Lady Hillary Rodham Fox-TV affiliate and request that the affiliate contact Fox-61 to obtain the Clinton during her visit to Ukraine. Address ______Nuclear safety issues have attracted series. April 26 is the 12th anniversary of growing interest in Connecticut as the the explosion. state’s nuclear plants owned by Northeast For further information contact Fox-61 City ______State _____ Zip Code ______Utilities have been cited for serious safe- News, 1-800-788-0852; or the Connecticut ty violations. The Fox-61 broadcast took office of the Children of Chornobyl Relief I am a member of Branch No. ______pains to distinguish between the design Fund, (203) 407-0261. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 No. 3

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The suite simply assumed the folk themes employed NOTE: was never published or recorded; this per- in the set were Russian. (The count’s roots 1. A 50% deposit is to accompany the text of the advertisement. formance makes use of the original manu- were not well publicized, and he was the 2. All advertising correspondence should be directed to Mrs. Maria Szeparowycz, Advertising Manager. scripts. ambassador of Russia.) The late Yakov 3. Kindly make checks payable to Svoboda or The Ukrainian Weekly, as appropriate. Franz Liszt’s (1811-1866) grandiose Soroker documents in his definitive volume canvases were sometimes followed by deli- “Ukrainian Musical Elements in ” (Toronto: CIUS Press, 1995) that such “obligatory” analyses have been erro- neous. Soroker supports the view that Listen to Beethoven preferred Ukrainian folk songs to the Russian, due to the closeness of Ukrainian melodies to the European music ‘This Morning with Us’ system. the Ukrainian Voice of New York-New Jersey ‘Bay Area 1997’... Monday through Friday, 8-9 a.m. on (Continued from page 8) minister of health could only say that infor- mation was not available. WNJR – 1430-AM After further research, Dr. Elloway said * Newsbriefs * Music * Vignettes * Community Calendar * Listener Participation * he was appalled by the lack of standards in data gathering and at the lack of data. 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St. John’s School presents Christmas concert

NEWARK, N.J. – St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School, presented its annual concert of Christmas carols, “Let Us All Rejoice Together on This Day,” on December 21, 1997. Choirs of the lower grades and the upper grades, as well as a girls’ ensemble comprising students from grade 5-8, a bandurist group and a sopilka orchestra, presented a program that included international carols sung in Ukrainian, English, French, Spanish and German. Seen above is the upper grades choir; below is the lower grades choir. Opening remarks were delivered by Sister Chrysostom, principal; while closing comments were offered by the pastor, the Rev. Frank Szadiak. Donations collected at the concert held in St. John’s Church went toward supporting the elementary school.

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CHICAGO – A representative of Gov. Jim Edgar presented a letter of congratula- tions to the School of Ukrainian Studies at its annual St. Nicholas Day celebration Air Ukraine - Cargo on December 20, 1997. Seen are: (front row, from left) Nadija Z. Chojnacki, Pat 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave. T), Brooklyn, NY 11223 Michalski, assistant to the governor for ethnic affairs, and Adriana Saldon; (back tel.: 718-376-1023, fax: 718-376-1073 row) Christina Keryczynaskyj, Zenia Forowycz and Ivasyk Kavchak. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 No. 3

Ukrainian pro hockey update by Ihor Stelmach

Daneyko benefits from NHL’S new policy all the way up to and through step 4, which calls for suspension without pay for at least The home phone, disconnected two one year while still holding out the possibil- weeks before Kenny Daneyko disap- ity of reinstatement. peared, left no forwarding message to Holmgren, who was coaching the hell. Things had to be worse than bad for Hartford Whalers when he got sick and a guy who played 388 straight games tired of being sick and tired, had to depend only to submit to substance-abuse treat- on the kindnesses of his bosses, with ment in mid-season. absolutely no guarantees. Only a break, a tear, a crane or tear gas “I didn’t know what was going to hap- has gotten Daneyko out of the New Jersey pen, but Brian Burke and Gary Bettman Devils’ line-up over 13 completely depend- were beneficial,” Holmgren said. “They put able years. One of the very best guys in the me where I needed to be. (Owner) Richard NHL is also one of the toughest. Daneyko Gordon was tremendous. Now, a player would rather cut off his left arm and keep will know for sure that the league and team playing with the right one than make excus- will do that if they need help.” es. He must have hit a bottom most of us We don’t know how many others still can’t even fathom. do. Dr. Brian Shaw and Dr. David Lewis, Take it from Paul Holmgren, someone who direct and oversee the NHL-NHLPA who has been there. It took as much joint program, will not, according to the courage as it took honesty and pain for league, speak even generically on substance Daneyko to voluntarily join a rehab pro- abuse, let alone comment on the extent of gram. the problem. There is a belief throughout “The embarrassment has something to the sport, shared by Holmgren, that alco- do with not wanting to (come forward),” holism is on the decline, but they don’t take said Holmgren, the Philadelphia Flyers’ polls in the closet. director of player personnel, who has been “Awareness of players is much better dry for three years. “You feel so hopeless, now,” Holmgren says. “Players drink less alone, like there’s no way out. At that point today because players are in better shape, you need to be able to reach out to someone but the odd guy is going to get taken in and away from what’s going on.” swallowed up, just like the odd CEO of a The National Hockey League provides major corporation.” that now. Daneyko knew, no matter what Holmgren has had several persons he shame or pain he would have to confront in played or worked with come to him. coming forward, there would be no cutoff “Basically, I tell them that they’re not from his livelihood. alone, that there are lots of people in the The most important group helped by the same boat, and there are ways to get help 1995 collective bargaining agreement was and get better,” he said. “To the best of my those previously too frightened to seek knowledge, a good share of them are doing treatment. Imagine the pressure on a mil- well.” lionaire knowing how much money he “Something like job stress might speed Re: Mail delivery of The Weekly might sacrifice in 28 days at a treatment It has come to our attention that The Ukrainian Weekly is often delivered late, or irregularly, up the process, but there comes a point center. Worse, imagine the dilemma of the or that our subscribers sometimes receive several issues at once. where the most important thing in your life minimum-salary player drowning in booze, is drinking, and it doesn’t have anything to We feel it is necessary to notify our subscribers that The Weekly is mailed out Friday mornings wondering how he could pay his bills in the (before the Sunday date of issue) via second-class mail. do with anything else. So, if Kenny did this short term or even keep his job in the long in the summer or in mid-season, it doesn’t If you are not receiving regular delivery of The Weekly, we urge you to file a complaint at your run if he came forward. local post office. This may be done by obtaining the U.S. Postal Service Consumer Card and fill- matter. That excuse is gone now. There is no “When he comes back, he has to find ing out the appropriate sections. penalty in step 1, the one that Daneyko took, and there are measures of compassion (Continued on page 15)

EPCOT gives... (Continued from page 1) February 1 deadline for a letter of intent and a security deposit from all corpora- tions that will be sponsoring pavilions. The early deadline will enable Disney’s producers, engineers and architects to partner with the various sponsors in designing the pavilions. “We have sent letters to companies that already have corporate alliances with the Disney Co., as well as to American compa- nies that have divisions in Ukraine,” noted Mr. Harper. “To date none of these organi- zations has come forth as a potential spon- sor of a Ukrainian pavilion,” he added. Consequently, as the February 1 dead- line approaches, Mr. Harper has noted that he will follow any potential lead and speak with any potential sponsor. “It would have been great to have had the support of a Coca-Cola or a McDonald’s, but there is no reason why we can’t go with a private company or an individual who understands the value of this type of pavilion.” Mr. Harper may be reached at (407) 427-4982 or via e-mail at home, [email protected], or at the office, [email protected] Insure and be sure. Join the UNA! No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 15

trade,” said Tverdovsky, who played in all Pro hockey... 82 games the past two seasons. He scored SEND THE WEEKLY (Continued from page 14) 10 goals and 55 points last year. 1998 new friends, new things to do with his free Tverdovsky had an assist and an TO UKRAINE time. The easiest thing will be going to empty-net goal in his AHL debut in a 5-1 Hamilton win over the Cincinnati Mighty UKRAINE To order an air mail subscription practice and playing the games.” • 62 Escorted Tours The hardest part, Daneyko has proba- Ducks. In his first six games (through to The Ukrainian Weekly bly already accomplished. He has admit- late December 1997), Tverdovsky has • Dnipro Cruises ted the problem. The NHL has, too, after tallied five goals and added three helpers for addressees in Ukraine, for a total of eight points. • Dnister River Rafting a long painful, denial that, in its own Berehowsky gets chance send $160 for subscription fee way, was almost as sick as Doug Harvey, • Trekking Carpathians Derek Sanderson and Howie Young • AIR ONLY to Ukraine and postage costs to: became. Now, as long as Kenny The Edmonton Oilers didn’t spend much Subscription Department, Daneyko is on the road to recovery, so is on defenseman Drake Berehowsky. It just • Visa Processing the entire National Hockey League. cost them a plane ticket to Edmonton and The Ukrainian Weekly, some training camp per diem – but their scope travel inc A Daneyko update: Devils’ owner John 1605 Springfield Ave Maplewood NJ 07040 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, McMullen said he was informed that the interest quickly paid off in his mind. 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He played just 129 NHL games prior to Tverdovsky, 21, is a Group II free agent this season. Injuries and inconsistency Borys Lotocki de Veligost and has been unable to reach agreement on have dogged his career, and he has spent January 27, 1904 January 14, 1998 St. Peterburg Denver, Colorado a new contract with the Coyotes. But the his past two seasons in the minors wait- fourth-year defenseman said he wants to get ing for what very well could be one last back on the ice and, since he lives in shot at the big time. • Son of Dora and Alexander Lotocki (Lototsky), husband to Brigitte, father to Marina Toronto, decided Hamilton would be a per- Coming into training camp he was on • and Alexander, father-in-law to Susan and grandfather to Isabelle. fect fit. the comeback trail. He agreed to come to • Doctor of Political Science, graduate of Institute d’Etudes Politiques, former President “It has been a long time since I played Oilers’ camp as a free agent – along with • of St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Church of New York and faithful son of Ukraine. my last game so it’s time to play some 75 other players on the list – and the 6- hockey,” said Tverdovsky, the second over- • Funeral to be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, 17th of January, 1998, foot-2, 217-pounder brought a most posi- • at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Andrew, S. Bound Brook, NJ. all pick in the 1994 entry draft by the tive attitude. He had no fear that past Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. knee injuries would hinder his chances of While it is not unusual for NHL free passing the Oiler physical or competing agents to play for independent teams in the in the camp. 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PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Addendum will be held at the St. Nicholas Cathedral, corner of Metropolitan Sheptytsky and NEW YORK: The notice about the Bishop Gabro streets (Oakley Blvd. and Rice Saturday, January 24, Chamber Music St.) at 1:30 p.m. Nine choirs and ensembles Society of the Ukrainian Institute of belonging to various Ukrainian churches and America concert titled “Ukrainian Themes institutions will take part in the concert. in Western Music” (which appeared in the Proceeds to benefit cultural and social needs January 11 issue) inadvertently omitted vio- in Ukraine. linist Alex Kirilov as one of the concert performers, as well as the exhibit of bas- Monday, February 2 reliefs by Zenon Holubec. The concert pro- gram will feature works by: Charles EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Loeffler, “Ukrainian Evenings” after Gogol Ukrainian Studies is holding a lecture by (world premiere; unpublished version for Colin Neufeldt on the topic “The Mennonite violin and piano); Franz Liszt, “Ballade Experience During the Collectivization d’Ukraine”; Sergei Rachmaninoff, Three Period in Ukraine and Crimea.” The lecture Romances: Poems by Taras Shevchenko in will be held in the CIUS Library, Athabasca Russian translation; Johann Nepomuk Hall, at 3:30 p.m. Hummel, Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano, Saturday, February 7 Op. 78; Bernard Rands, Lullaby for Soprano and String Quartet (world premiere); and NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of , Quartet in C Major, America and the New York Group are spon- Op. 59, No. 3 (“Razumovsky”). The concert soring an evening of music and theater to will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of benefit Svito-Vyd, the magazine of contem- America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. Tickets: porary literature and the arts. The program $20; UIA members, $15; senior citizens, will feature the internationally acclaimed $10; and students, $5. artist Wanda Glowacka, cello; Gregory Hlady, director and actor of stage and Monday, January 26 screen; Alexandra Hrabova, soprano, the EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of New York Art Theater under the direction Ukrainian Studies is holding a lecture by Dr. of Anatole Fourmanchouk, and Mykola David Marples, University of Alberta, on the Suk, piano. A reception, accompanied by topic “Ukraine and Belarus: A Comparison music, will follow. Donation: $50 per per- of Two Emergent Nations in the Post-Soviet son; students and seniors, $30. The event Era.” The lecture will be held at the CIUS will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Library, Athabasca Hall, at 3:30 p.m. Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St. For reser- vations and additional information call Friday, January 30 (718) 601-5197.

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Sunday, February 8 Ukrainian Studies is holding a short program to commemorate the life and many accom- CHICAGO: Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, author plishments of John Kolasky (1915-1997), a of “Ukrainian-American Citadel: The First writer, educator and friend of the Canadian Hundred Years of the Ukrainian National Institute of Ukrainian Studies. The program Association,” will speak on the topic “The will be held in the Heritage Lounge, Future of the Ukrainian American Athabasca Hall at 7:30 p.m. For further Community.” The presentation will be held information call (403) 492-2972. at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, corner of Chicago Avenue and Oakley Boulevard, at Sunday, February 1 1:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Chicago District Committee of the Ukrainian CHICAGO: The annual Christmas concert National Association, the Ukrainian PACKAGES TO UKRAINE – “Koliaduiemo Ukraini,” sponsored by the American Justice Committee and the Rukh Movement to Aid Independent Ukraine Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian Diaspora.

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tional trump card used by communists. SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) Verkhovna Rada ratifies... “We can now say that the problem of (Continued from page 1) relations between Ukraine and Russia Federal Credit Union lies within Russia, which has not yet rati- 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 and a majority of leftists decided to dis- Tel. (973) 373-7839 • http://www.selfreliance.org • Fax (973) 373-8812 cuss only the big treaty. “It is unfavor- fied the treaty,” said Mr. Stetskiv. BUSINESS HOURS: able for us,” said Taras Stetsiv, lawmaker However, the Black Sea Fleet’s divi- Tue & Fri - 12:00 noon to 7:00 PM • Wed & Thurs - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM • Sat - 9:00 to 12:00 noon • Mon. - Closed and head of the Lviv regional organiza- sion is not the only problem Ukrainian tion of the National Democratic Party. lawmakers have over the relationship “It is better for us to vote separately, with Russia. They have also organized because the Verkhovna Rada would reject over the controversial “zero option” the combined packet that’s clear,” Mr. regarding the partition of the former Stetskiv said. “Ratification of the treaty Soviet Union assets and liabilities . shows the whole world that we want nor- Ukraine’s government has already mal relations with Russia. This is a unique signed a document in which Ukraine chance to make the Russian-speaking pop- ceded its portion of the Soviet debt and ulation of Ukraine loyal to the authorities.” assets to Russia, but the Verkhovna Rada Prior to parliamentary elections in has refused to ratify it several times as March, the Verkhovna Rada and the unprofitable for Ukraine. president are seeking ways to win the The ratification of the Treaty on votes of the Russian-speaking popula- Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership tion, which comprises about 50 percent with Russia is only the first step in normal- of Ukraine’s voters. izing relations between the two most pow- “Today to be a Ukrainian patriot erful republics of the former Soviet Union. means to work for cooperation with Volodymyr Horbulin, secretary of the Russia,” said Ivan Chyzh, a Socialist fac- National Security and Defense Council, tion leader Parliament. said he expects more problems in the The pro-Russian orientation of Ukrainian future. He noted that the ratification is a leftists never was a surprise, but the March huge diplomatic step forward, but other elections have forced national democrats to points in Ukrainian-Russian cooperation look for supporters in eastern Ukraine, will demand similar efforts from all of where relations with Russia were a tradi- Ukraine’s branches of power.