INSIDE: • Kuchma prepares for the elections — page 2. • Vova and family get visa extension — page 3. • Interview with National Bank of Ukraine chairman — page 8. HE KRAINI A N EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXV No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine

Religious strife in Ukraine continues 85,000 demonstrate in Ukraine among competing Orthodox Churches for back pay and pensions by Roman Woronowycz was to have been turned into a seminary (at by Roman Woronowycz Demonstrations of no more than 7,000 Kyiv Press Bureau that time the UAOC and the UOC-KP were Kyiv Press Bureau people each were held in Kharkiv, still one Church). Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Symferopol. In KYIV — The Ukrainian Autocephalous Bishop Ihor of Kharkiv told The KYIV — Approximately 85,000 peo- Kyiv the “Red” march attracted less than Orthodox Church (UAOC) continues to Weekly on March 17 that he had long sus- ple, according to the Ministry of Internal 3,000 individuals. Simultaneously, 1,000 disintegrate amid another flare-up of inter- pected Archbishop Mykhail was involved Affairs of Ukraine, gathered on March followers of Rukh gathered for a daylong Church strife in Ukraine. The latest scandal in financial improprieties, and that it seems 18 in cities throughout Ukraine to protest counter-protest for back wages and the involves the desertion of a leading bishop the archbishop is a culprit in the sordid the non-payment of back wages and pen- removal of the Communist and Socialist and the takeover of the UAOC offices by affairs of the Church. “When we entered sions, and the continuing economic leadership of the Verkhovna Rada. the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv the chancery back in November after the malaise. Yevhen Kushnariov, President Leonid Patriarchate (UOC-KP). renegade bishops had taken the chancery What had been touted as a nationwide Kuchma’s chief of staff, said the strikes At the beginning of March, Bishop from the patriarch, we found documents general strike that could lead to the down- were part of a strategy by Communists to Ioan (Boichuk), who had assumed the that were forged by Mykhail and papers to fall of the current government and the cause upheaval in Ukraine. He blamed day-to-day administration of the UAOC which he fraudulently applied the seal of return of the Communists to power fell far National Deputy Petro Symonenko, head after a synod of bishops dismissed the patriarch,” said Bishop Ihor. The arch- short of leftist expectations, however. of the Communist Party of Ukraine, for Patriarch Dymytrii amid charges of fraud bishop, ironically, was the person who The demonstrations and marches were inciting the population. He also accused the and embezzlement on November 19, convened the Synod of Bishops at which organized by the All-Ukrainian Union of Russian Communist Party of direct 1996, quietly aligned himself with the Patriarch Dymytrii and Bishop Ihor were Workers, an organization that is thought involvement. “Zyuganov has made it clear UOC-KP. Along with him went the doc- dismissed. Archbishop Mykhail is under to be supported by the Communist Party by his comments in Miensk that this was a uments of the UAOC, its property and investigation by the Procurator General’s of Russia. They had boasted that 2 mil- centrally coordinated plan, which demands the Church chancery located on the Office of Ukraine, as are Patriarch lion people would demonstrate in a response from Ukraine because of its grounds of St. Mykhailo Sobor. Dymytrii and Bishop Ihor. Ukraine for a return to communism. anti-Ukrainian character,” said Mr. On March 9 seminarians of the Kyiv However, Bishop Ihor said that neither The Ukrainian economy’s continued K u s h n a r i o v . Spiritual Seminary of the UOC-KP he nor the patriarch would take responsi- stagnation has left the government Gennadii Zyuganov, head of the entered the chancery of the UAOC and bility for the commercial use of the offices unable to pay more than 2.7 billion Communist Party of Russia, in remarks forcibly removed the six people inside, because Bishop Ioan had controlled what hryvni (about $1.5 billion) that it owes made in Miensk at the Third Congress of including Patriarch Dymytrii, Bishop went on inside the chancery for the last workers in back pay. the Nations of the USSR during the week Makarii and four others. The evicted four months. No charges have been lev- The Federation of Trade Workers, the of March 10, said his party was coordinat- group tried to re-enter the building amid eled at any of the clergy involved. largest union in Ukraine, refused to join the ing plans for demonstrations in Kyiv on a scuffle, were momentarily successful, At least one UAOC adherent, who strikers. Oleksander Stoian, the president of March 18 and in Moscow on March 27. but were thrown out again. attended at a press conference in the the union who is also a deputy in the Mr. Kushnariov did not deny that the As the six awaited reinforcements in chancery yard on March 13, during which Verkhovna Rada and is allied with Ukrainian people had every reason to the form of UAOC faithful, the militia, Patriarch Dymytrii spoke to the press as Chairman Oleksander Moroz, said his orga- demonstrate. “People either do not have armed with automatic weapons, arrived nization cannot by law take part in political and restored calm. They refused to allow (Continued on page 12) actions, which is what he called the protests. (Continued on page 17) the patriarch to enter the building, claim- ing that they were there to restore order and not to right wrongs, according to Oleh Kalynychenko, an assistant to Patriarch Kievskiye Viedomosti reporter found dead on outskirts of Kyiv D y m y t r i i . JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A regional Associated Press that Mr. Shevchenko have been gathered on violence against Bishop Ioan is said to have moved to reporter on Ukraine’s mass-circulation complained that, after the stories were journalists, but independent surveys the UOC-KP under the jurisdiction of newspaper Kievskiye Viedomosti was published, security service agents pur- quote 15 percent of Ukrainian journal- Patriarch Filaret – because of his disen- found dead in suspicious circumstances, sued him. A spokesman for the SBU ists as saying they have feared for their chantment with the various financial fias- one of the daily paper’s editors said on said the agency had nothing to do with lives after publishing political stories. coes that have plagued the Church. He has March 14. “Our reporter Petro Mr. Shevchenko’s death. They also say about 80 percent of jour- refused public comment. Bishop Ioan was nalists in Ukraine feel there is political named bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk on Shevchenko was found hanged in a Deputy Editor Rakhmanin said there March 7 by Patriarch Filaret. remote part of Kyiv last night,” Serhii was no clear sign of violence against censorship in Ukraine. On December 4, 1996, Bishop Ioan Rakhmanin, Viedomosti’s deputy editor, the reporter but added, “Nothing is The executive director of the had told The Weekly that the UAOC told Reuters. clear at the moment. ... We will insist Committee to Protect Journalists, bishops who had been dismissed, includ- The Associated Press reported that that the investigation should take into William Orme Jr., wrote to President ing Patriarch Dymytrii and Bishop Ihor police said Mr. Shevchenko, 43, was account the possibility of a political Kuchma that “Unless a death like this is (Isichenko) of the Kharkiv-Poltava found hanging in a boiler house on the explanation for the incident.” carefully investigated and the findings Eparchy, had established organizations outskirts of Kyiv. Mr. Shevchenko had “We will also demand a criminal made public, a climate of intimidation to launder money through the Church. been reporting from the eastern industrial case be opened and that a suicide sce- can persist for reporters.” Recently he accused Archbishop city of Luhansk on the Russian border nario is not just assumed,” he said. The full text of the letter sent on Mykhail (Dutkevych) of Bila Tserkva, and last month published several pieces Respublika reported that Mr. March 14 by the New York-based who had remained with Bishop Ioan and on a conflict between the local mayor and Shevchenko’s colleague Serhii Kiseliov Committee to Protect Journalists – Metropolitan Vasilii (appointed locum the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). said at a March 14 press conference in which lists on its board prominent jour- tenens by the synod after the patriarch’s An American human rights group, Kyiv that, from his telephone conversa- nalists from CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, expulsion), of running a series of com- Committee to Protect Journalists, said it tions with Mr. Shevchenko, he under- The New York Times, The Washington mercial enterprises at the UAOC offices. was joining with Ukrainian journalists stood that the reporter had very important Post, The Los Angeles Times, Time One of the seminarians now ensconced to demand that President Leonid information which he had intended to magazine and other news media outlets in the chancery building said that, of the 26 Kuchma investigate the death. bring to the newspaper’s editorial offices – to President Kuchma follows. rooms in the chancery, only four looked as Although police ruled the death a sui- in Kyiv. Mr. Kiseliov said he believes * * * if they were used for Church business when cide, colleagues said they believed Mr. that is why Mr. Shevchenko is now dead. The Committee to Protect Journalists the seminarians took control of the building Shevchenko had been murdered. He added, “All who oppose the special (CPJ) is writing to express profound on March 12. He said the seminarians had a Kievskiye Viedomosti Editor-in- services should fear for their lives.” legal right to the building by a government Chief Yevhen Yakunov told the Reuters reported that no official data (Continued on page 17) document from 1991 by which the building 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 No. 12

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Kuchma prepares for the elections Yeltsin speaks on eve of summit concluded that “we are still far from sign- by Taras Kuzio is not linked to the so-called ing” a Russia-NATO agreement. Mr. MOSCOW – In a March 17 press con- “Dnipropetrovsk mafia” that dominates Primakov had arrived in Washington on ference broadcast on Russian TV, Recent government reshuffles in the government. Therefore, he can bring March 15 for talks with Secretary of State President Boris Yeltsin said his March 20- Ukraine are not part of a usual clear-out, in the eastern Ukrainian vote without Madeleine K. Albright, U.S. Secretary of 21 summit meeting with U.S. President but reflect President Leonid Kuchma’s being accused of being one of Prime Defense William Cohen and President Bill Clinton will have a “fundamentally three-pronged strategy to prepare for the Minister Lazarenko’s Donetsk political Clinton. The talks focused on preparations special character,” because it will deter- upcoming 1998 parliamentary and 1999 clan. Mr. Kushnariov is also head of New for the rescheduled March 20-21 U.S.- mine the nature of the Russian- American presidential elections. Ukraine, a social democratic and liberal Russian summit in Helsinki, which was “partnership.” Mr. Yeltsin said he would Between now and these elections, the leaning political bloc and a leading mem- postponed one day to allow Mr. Clinton to ask Mr. Clinton why Russian-American main preoccupation of President Kuchma ber of the People’s Democratic Party, recover from a minor knee surgery. relations are “one-sided”; he complained will remain twofold: first, to prevent a vic- one of the main political groups in New (OMRI Daily Digest) about American trade restrictions, the tory by the left; second, to ensure his own Ukraine. Mr. Kushnariov was also the holding of NATO exercises in the Black Kuchma reacts to Russia’s NATO position election to a second term in the presiden- former head of the Association of Sea “against Russia’s wishes,” and the tial elections. In September 1996 President Ukrainian Cities, the body that unites “exclusion” of Russia from international KYIV – In an interview on the Kuchma announced that he would run for largely pro-reform, therefore pro- organizations “because of opposition from Ukrainian TV talk show “Pislia Mova,” a second term. Many observers saw that as Kuchma, mayors. the United States.” Arguing that “NATO is President Leonid Kuchma said Russia’s a warning to Prime Minister Pavlo At the annual congress of New an American organization,” he reiterated aggressive policy toward Ukraine was Lazarenko not to use his office to also Ukraine held in February, Mr. Moscow’s opposition to the alliance’s pushing Kyiv into seeking NATO mem- campaign for presidential office. Kushnariov defined the bloc’s role as expansion, and “ruled out” suggestions bership, NTV and Agence France Presse The first prong of President Kuchma’s organizing public support for the acceler- that Russia might join the alliance, unless reported on March 17. Mr. Kuchma said pre-election strategy was clearly outlined ation of reform against leftist opposition it transforms itself into a purely political the alliance could be salvation for Ukraine in late 1996. A new Ministry of by backing President Kuchma. The presi- organization. He also warned that START from Moscow if Russia continues to pur- Information was created, headed by dent clearly intends to use New Ukraine III talks could not begin until the Moscow sue its current policies. However, he said Kuchma loyalist Zynovii Kulyk, replac- as his vehicle to unite pro-reformists into and Washington resolve their differences Ukraine’s current neutral status is in ing the Ministry for Press and a bloc to counter the left in the 1998 par- over the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty. everyone’s interests, including NATO, Information. The newly named minister liamentary elections and to pursue his bid In an interview on March 14, President Russia, Europe and the CIS. President said that one of the most important tasks for re-election in the 1999 presidential Yeltsin cautioned that his upcoming meet- Kuchma also said Ukraine could not exist of the new ministry would be to coordi- elections. New Ukraine will create a ing with President Clinton might not within the CIS system, as it has its own nate the work of the state mass media as “broad political coalition – from social resolve the dispute over NATO enlarge- individual characteristics and its own des- well as the state’s official position on democrats to republicans” in support of ment, saying the session would be “the tiny. (OMRI Daily Digest) domestic and foreign policy issues. The President Kuchma’s reform program to hardest in the history of Russian-American ministry, therefore, will reflect the offi- counter what he perceives as his greatest Latvia criticizes Yeltsin’s position relations,” Reuters reported. Mr. Yeltsin cial position of the executive authority. threat from the left. insisted that a “categorical condition” of RIGA – Officials at Latvia’s Foreign The presidential decree, dated November Mr. Kuchma hopes that New Ukraine any Russia-NATO agreement was that the Affairs Ministry on March 15 condemned 13, 1996, also talked of “making more will win him the election in eastern and alliance not offer membership to former as “unacceptable” Russian President Boris effective use of the state mass media.” southern Ukraine, while his overtures to Soviet republics. He expressed “alarm” at Yeltsin’s strong opposition to the Baltic The question is: for whom? Rukh aim to win him the election in NATO efforts to build ties with those states’ membership in NATO. Mr. Yeltsin This move by President Kuchma had western and central Ukraine (including states, including NATO Secretary-General said in a statement on March 14 that many motives — both domestic and the city of Kyiv). On February 21, this Javier Solana’s recent Central Asian tour. Russia is against any of the ex-Soviet external. One of these was to ensure that pre-election coalition-building went one (OMRI Daily Digest) republic joining NATO in any form. The the executive controlled the state mass step further when a presidential decree media during the parliamentary and pres- ministry’s statement said President established a Political Council attached Primakov in D.C. to discuss summit Yeltsin’s statement is inconsistent with the idential election campaigns. This particu- to the presidency. The decree stated that larly referred to the State Committee for WASHINGTON – After his March 17 principles of the United Nations and the the council aims to take the views of Organization for Security and Cooperation Television and Radio, which Mr. Kulyk Ukraine’s political forces into account meeting with President Clinton, Russian previously headed. The newly estab- Foreign Affairs Minister Yevgenii in Europe (OSCE), which recognize the when state policy is being decided. sovereign rights of all countries to choose lished State Information Agency Oleksander Yemets, a leading member of Primakov told journalists that during his (DINAU) is to be subordinated to the three-day visit to the U.S., Russian and their means of security, including member- the People’s Democratic Party and New ship in defense organizations and alliances. new ministry and ensure the wide circu- Ukraine, was appointed secretary of the American diplomats had made a progress lation within the mass media of the exec- (OMRI Daily Digest) Political Council. at narrowing the gap between Russian and utive’s point of view. Despite the provisions within the pres- Western visions of a NATO-Russia char- NATO: no additional permanent forces The second reason would be to, in idential decree, the council invited only ter, ITAR-TASS reported. He asserted Minister Kulyk’s words, prevent centrist, pro-reformist political parties to that Washington “understands our argu- BRUSSELS – In another step to allay “Russia’s expansion into Ukraine’s infor- join it. These included political parties ments” in favor of the charter taking the Russian concerns about NATO expansion, mation space.” President Kuchma clearly ranging from the center-left (Social form of a legally binding international NATO Secretary General Javier Solana recalls that during the 1994 presidential Democrats, the Greens, the Agrarians agreement, a position NATO leaders have announced on March 14 that “in the current elections the Russian mass media backed and the Labor Party) to centrists consistently rejected in the past. Mr. and foreseeable security environment,” the him against the allegedly “nationalist” (People’s Democratic Party) and liberals Primakov insisted that Russia “will not alliance does not plan “additional perma- incumbent Leonid Kravchuk. In the 1999 (the Inter-Regional Bloc of Reforms, the change its position on the NATO enlarge- nent stationing of substantial combat presidential elections, the Russian mass Democratic and Liberal Parties). Rukh ment issue,” but said Moscow wants “nor- forces” in Europe. Moscow has previously media are highly unlikely to back mal” relations with the alliance. U.S. State dismissed such assurances as insufficient, President Kuchma whom they already was invited to join as well, but so far has snubbed this presidential offer of open Department spokesman Nicholas Burns instead demanding that any NATO-Russia accuse of blocking the full normalization said the minister’s visit was “productive,” charter impose legally binding limits on of Russian-Ukrainian relations. collaboration with President Kuchma. Thus, the Political Council brings but added that the U.S. position on NATO deployments in new East European The second prong of pre-election strat- enlargement remains “unchanged,” and members. (OMRI Daily Digest) egy concerns political issues. In together social, liberal and national December of last year, Dmytro democrats -– three ideological tendencies Tabachnyk, a long-time close ally who that the secretary of the National Security was publicly unpopular, was removed as and Defense Council, Volodymyr FOUNDED 1933 head of the presidential administration and Horbulin, believes are all simultaneously TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY evident in President Kuchma’s policies. replaced by Kharkiv Mayor Yevhen An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Kushnariov. The promotion of Mr. The third prong of Mr. Kuchma’s poli- cies has been forced upon him by outside a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. Kushnariov signalled that President Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. Kuchma had ditched his 1994 allies in the and domestic pressure. 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(Continued on page 11) No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 3 Golden Gates greet Golden Arches: Chornobyl child granted one-year visa by Irene Jarosewich On Wednesday, March 19, parents Big Mac and McNuggets arrive in Kyiv from the school conducted a phone call JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Vova blitz to several state and federal agencies by Roman Woronowycz In all, 30 restaurants are scheduled to Malofienko, a 12-year-old boy from to speed along the documentation that Kyiv Press Bureau be constructed in Kyiv, with seven to be Ukraine who is in the United States for confirms the verbal promise of an exten- opened by the end of 1997. McDonald’s- medical treatment and who’s family faced sion so that the application process can KYIV — The golden arches of Ukraine plans 85 fast food restaurants in imminent deportation as a result of the new move forward. McDonald’s will soon beckon Kyiv’s Ukraine by the year 2000 – an invest- immigration law due to take effect April 1, Vova and his mother Olha have been restaurant-goers as they do in almost ment of $120 million that will create received a final hour extension of his visa here for seven years, his father, Alexander, every major city around the globe. 5,000 new jobs. on humanitarian grounds. for four. Their visas allow for temporary The world-famous leader in the num- But will it be the same as biting into a On Thursday, March 13, the employment; both Malofienkos have held ber of hamburger and french fries sold – Big Mac at home, with a handful of golden Immigration and Naturalization Service numerous temporary jobs while in the with a claim of “billions and billions (INS) informed the office of New Jersey United States, and Vova’s medical treat- served” – will open its first Kyiv restau- fries, all gulped down with a cola? Ms. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who has been ments were covered through private dona- rant before the end of May, said the Chernova said the experience will be iden- working on behalf of the Malofienko tions. Mrs. Malofienko is taking courses at firm’s Ukraine marketing supervisor, tical. “We will recreate the same image in family, that Vova and his parents would a community college to complete an Julia Chernova, on March 6. “We are tar- Ukraine,” she said. “We will use the same be allowed to stay one more year. accounting degree; Mr. Malofienko is a geting our opening for the Kyiv Days at designs and the same menu.” The Malofienkos, originally from mechanical engineer by training who the end of May,” she said. She also said that, at first, many of the Chernihiv, Ukraine, an area heavily affect- worked as a maintenance technician at The firm has not decided which store products will be imported but that the ed by radiation fallout from the explosion Tetley Tea Co. in Tenafly, N.J. will open first. At the moment, two restau- goal is to eventually produce everything at Chornobyl, have been attempting to The company originally sponsored rants are in the process of being prepared: in Ukraine. Right now the company has obtain legal resident status in the U.S. for Mr. Malofienko for a work permit, but one below the Khreshchatyk in the under- contracts for lettuce, which will come several years. According to medical due to a procedural technicality, the ground metro station and one near the just from Crimea, and beef, which will be experts, Vova, in remission from Department of Labor and INS refused the completed Lukianivsky metro station, delivered from Luhansk. leukemia, should remain in the U.S. where application. So the application process where the ground-breaking for the restau- With the Big Mac, QuarterPounder and he can continue to obtain treatment and must begin again from scratch. rant took place on February 14. McNuggets on the way, and knowing increase his chances that he remain in According to Dr. Levin Mardyks, Mr. Two more restaurants are scheduled to McDonald’s past attempts to put local fare remission permanently. Malofienko gets very high ratings from follow: one on Sevastopolsky Square, on its menu in other foreign countries, can However, under the new immigration managers at Tetley. However, the com- which will be a drive-through, and one in McVarenyk be far behind? Or how about laws Vova and his family faced deporta- pany cannot re-hire him because the the Podil section of Kyiv at Poshtova McSalo (nugget size, of course)? tion on April 10. plant in Tenafly has closed down. Ploshcha. The possibilities boggle the mind. According to Dr. Laura Levin Mardyks, According to a spokesperson in Sen. vice-principal of Millburn Middle School Lautenberg’s office, the publicity that where Vova is an honors student, the one- has been generated around the case of C a n a d a ’s ethnic communities discuss year extension of the visa is only a “tem- Vova’s visa has been encouraging. Many porary victory. We need to keep mobi- people have been calling, writing and e- l i z e d . ” mailing the senator’s office, including cultural diversity at Winnipeg roundtable For the past year, Dr. Levin Mardyks, job offers for Mr. Malofienko. The sena- and teachers at the school have been orga- tor’s staff is sorting through the informa- by Christopher Sikorsky to be Jewish, a Montrealer, a Quebecker nizing parents and students, as well as the tion and will be working with the INS Special to The Ukrainian Weekly fluent in both French and English, and a local Millburn community, to lobby for and the Malofienko family during the Canadian, and would steadfastly oppose Vova’s permanent status. The town council next year to come up with a permanent WINNIPEG – Canada’s President of the anyone who forced him to choose any Privy Council and Minister of accepted a resolution at its meeting on solution. one of these identities and exclude the Tuesday, March 18, supporting the effort Those interested in helping Vova and his Intergovernmental Affairs Stephane Dion others. “They are all too valuable to be was the keynote speaker at a roundtable of the community to obtain permanent resi- family in their effort, can do the following: abandoned,” he said. dent status for the Malofienkos. • To support a special medical or human- hosted by Winnipeg’s College Universitaire The UCC’s Dr. Kordan was the next de Saint-Boniface on March 13. The event The goals of the continuing grassroots itarian dispensation, contact: Saadia Sarkis, speaker. The Saskatchewan-based politi- effort are to get a job and work permit for Immigration and Naturalization Service, was co-sponsored by the Canadian Jewish cal science professor stressed that in Congress and the Ukrainian Canadian Vova’s father and “green cards” (permanent 425 I St. NW, Washington DC 20536; order to develop national unity and a legal resident alien status) for the family. (202) 647-6545; Madeleine Albright, Congress. common purpose among all Canadians, “Cultural Diversity and the Challenge However, since the process of obtaining a Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State the meaning of Canadian citizenship job and work permit under the new immi- 2201 C St. NW, Washington, DC, 20520; of Canadian Unity” was the topic of dis- must be better articulated to include the cussion. The event was modeled after an gration law could take from 18 months to (202) 647-5291; Sen. Frank Lautenberg, psychological, social and political two years, a second track is also being pur- U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, 20510; fax initiative launched by the Jewish, Italian aspects of belonging to the nation. and Greek communities of Montreal and sued: to obtain a permanent special dispen- (202) 224-8567; First Lady Hillary Rodham “National renewal will depend on cul- sation from INS for the Malofienkos. Clinton via e-mail at first.lady@white- Toronto to emphasize the significant role tivating, not only a sense of pride in Canada’s various cultural communities “The efforts of the Millburn Middle house.gov. Canada, but recognizing the rights and School and the local community,” said • To contact Vova, see his homepage have in achieving national unity. obligations of citizens of Canada,” argued Five representatives of various Dr. Levin Mardyks, “is to take to heart at: http://schools.millburn.org/vova. Dr. Kordan. First Lady Hillary Clinton’s theme ‘it • To contact Dr. Laura Levin Canadian ethnic communities joined He also advised Canada’s cultural Minister Dion in expressing their views takes a village to raise a child.’ This vil- Mardyks, call (201) 379-2600 or fax communities to fully participate in the lage is hoping to raise this child.” (201) 912-0939. on the subject. The panel included David life of the country as a basis of their citi- Chartrand of the Manitoba Métis zenship. “Full and meaningful participa- Federation (MMF), Jack Jedwab of the tion in a renewed Canada means Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), acknowledging the mistakes of the past, Victoria Cross recipients to be honored Bohdan Kordan of the Ukrainian respecting differences and understanding Canadian Congress (UCC), Rénald that diversity does not mean disunity.” NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada, Remillard of the Société Franco- Mr. Wilson recognized the signifi- Two recipients of the British Empire’s Justice John Sopinka and Maj. Gen. N. Manitobaine, and Vice-Chief Royce cance of acknowledging Quebec’s spe- highest military decoration, the Bruce Jeffries, CD, commander, Land Wilson of the Assembly of First Nations, cial status, but said official recognition of Victoria Cross — Cpl. Filip Konowal Forces Western Area. Manitoba Region. Goldie Hershon, presi- the rights of Canadian aboriginal people and Maj. Jack K. Mahony — will be The commemorative event, which is dent of the CJC, acted as moderator. should take priority. Mr. Chartrand honored in a special ceremony at The open to the public, has been organized by Mr. Jedwab, the CJC’s executive agreed, adding that Canada is a very Armory of The Royal Westminster the VC Plaque Committee of The Royal director for the Quebec region, led off young country and, thus, “there is a lot of Regiment, 530 Queen’s Ave., on Westminster Regiment Association in the roundtable by outlining the three work to do.” Saturday, April 5, at 11 a.m. cooperation with the Ukrainian Canadian “R’s” necessary for national unity: recon- In his keynote address, Minister Dion Cpl. Konowal received the Victoria Civil Liberties Association, the Ukrain- ciliation, recognition and renewal. He pointed out the positive aspects of Cross for valor during the Battle for Hill ian community of British Columbia and noted that, according to a recent poll, 81 Canada and how important it is to pre- 70, near Lens, France, in 1917. Maj. The Royal Westminster Regiment. percent of Quebeckers would like to rec- serve them in a united country. He said Mahony was honored for his heroism J. B. Gregorovich, president of Branch oncile with other Canadians and put the Canada is unique in that many countries during the Battle of the Liri Valley, in 360 of The Royal Canadian Legion, unity issue to rest. would find it impossible to even organize Italy, in 1944. They were both members observed: “By honoring Filip Konowal, Mr. Jedwab emphasized the need to a roundtable among ethnic groups. of the 47th Battalion, now known as The in Ottawa, Toronto and, finally, in New overcome the polarization of Canada’s Mr. Dion added, “There is perhaps no Royal Westminster Regiment. Westminster, we have remembered the Anglophones and Francophones and to other country in the world where a Cpl. Konowal has also been recog- valor of a Ukrainian immigrant who create new solidarities among Canadians human being has a better chance to be nized with trilingual plaques installed in proved his people’s loyalty to Canada. of various cultural backgrounds. He stat- respected simply because he or she is a the Cartier Square Drill Hall, regimental By recounting the heroism of Jack ed that recognition of the contributions of human being, regardless of race, religion home of the Governor General’s Foot Mahony on the same trilingual plaque we French Canadians to Canada’s historical or culture.” Guards, and at The Royal Canadian remind all Canadians that these men reality can be readily given, as Canadians Canada’s ethnic communities have an Legion, Branch 360, in Toronto. were brothers in arms, that each of them, have a deep attachment to the values of especially important role in promoting Honored guests at the ceremony as a Canadian, fought to ensure the free- pluralism. will include Volodymyr Furkalo, dom that we all enjoy today.” The CJC activist also said he is proud (Continued on page 13) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 No. 12

Walter Chyzowych inducted Victor Malarek wins Gemini Award into NSCAA Hall of Fame for best over-all broadcast journalist PHILADELPHIA – Walter Chyzowych, by Marta Dyczok cast during the 1996-1997 season that had one of America’s most prominent soccer attracted their attention. One in which a coaches and a collegiate soccer coach leg- TORONTO — Victor Malarek was not doctor who was torturing patients in end, was inducted in January into the Hall expecting to win. On the evening of McMaster University’s Brain Injury Clinic of Fame of the National Soccer Coaches March 1, when the Academy of Canadian in Hamilton, Ontario, was driven out of Association of America, a branch at the Cinema and Television presented its 11th the country. Another exposed financial National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, Annual Gemini Awards, the veteran inves- wrongdoing at the Crown Life Insurance N.Y., founded in 1991. tigative reporter was, as he later told The Co. The third, showing a lighter side of He was honored as “a pioneer for Ukrainian Weekly, on assignment in Mr. Malarek, was about Québec-Haitian American collegiate coaches” and for his “sunny, freezing, snow-filled, frigid Sault basketball player Pascal Fleury. role in founding, organizing and promot- Sainte Marie” in northern Ontario. The Gemini Awards, essentially a ing the first nationwide soccer coaching The next morning, he discovered that Canadian version of U.S. television’s education program. he had won the Gordon Sinclair Award, Emmy Awards, were introduced in 1986 In 1975, he accepted a new position Canada’s most prestigious prize in his to recognize excellence in Canada’s tele- with the United States Soccer medium, best over-all broadcast journal- vision industry. Federation (USSF) as its director of ist, for reports compiled as co-host of Each recipient of a Gemini is given a coaching. In this position he served as “The Fifth Estate” weekly news- sculpture, created by designer Scott head coach of the United States World magazine program. Thornly, which depicts a golden profile of Cup, Olympic, Pan American and “It was quite an exhilarating feeling,” a face. According to a press release issued National Youth teams. Mr. Chyzowych Mr. Malarek told The Weekly. “You by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and also designed and conducted licensed know that you’ve come up against Television, it is meant to reflect “the talent courses across the country to train and Canada’s finest, and you were picked.” behind and in front of the cameras, illusion educate aspiring coaches. As well, he His competition included Peter and reality, and the dual nature of the served as the technical director for the Mansbridge, noted anchor for CBC’s Canadian TV industry — English and USSF, a position but included not only “The National” nightly news show; fel- French programming.” The French overseeing the national teams but acting low “Fifth Estate” co-host Francine Gemini counterpart is the Prix Gémeaux, as a consultant for 1994 World Cup Peltier; Eric Malling of CTV’s news- awarded in a separate ceremony. p r e p a r a t i o n . Walter Chyzowych magazine “W5”; and CBC “National David Studer, executive producer of “Look at the successful college coach- Magazine” reporter Brian Stewart. “The Fifth Estate,” accepted the award es today,” said Rutgers Head Coach Bob League in the 1960s and played for other When asked what the award meant to Reasso. “He taught a lot of us the game.” Ukrainian clubs, including Toronto him, Mr. Malarek answered, “It means a (Continued on page 13) Former U.S. National Team captain Ukraina, Newark Sitch, New York USC lot to me, in particular because I came Rick Davis went one step further. “He has and Chicago Lions. He died in 1994 at from a print background. My life was not to be singled out as one of the establishing the age of 57. in broadcast[ing], it had nothing to do with fathers of U.S. soccer,” said Mr. Davis. The NSCAA Hall of Fame award was it. I had ink in my veins, and I had a very, “Remember, he was doing a job that is accepted by Mr. Chyzowych’s brothers, Ihor very difficult time making that transition.” now done by more than one person.” and Eugene, and nephew, Ihor Jr., at the ban- Currently in his seventh season at The list of accolades bestowed on Mr. quet held during the NSCAA Convention on “The Fifth Estate,” Mr. Malarek said he felt particularly honored since he is a rel- Chyzowych is long. He was honored as January 17 in Nashville, Tenn. ative newcomer to television. He made the NSCAA Coach of the Year in 1975. The Walt Chyzowych Memorial Fund his reputation as a hard-hitting reporter Six years later, in 1981, he was the recip- (WCMF) has now been organized to sup- ient of the ISAA Bill Jeffrey Award for at Canada’s Toronto-based national daily port programs and persons aspiring to the his work in the development and direc- newspaper, The Globe and Mail. principles of life and sport as espoused tion of the USSF National Coaching The Montreal-born Ukrainian has had a and exemplified by Mr. Chyzowych. Schools. He was inducted into the number of difficult transitions in his life. Temple University and Philadelphia In furtherance of this purpose, the Having survived a difficult family situation Textile College halls of fame. WCMF will provide financial assistance, and an abusive child care system in his (More biographical information on grants and scholarships to deserving play- native city, he escaped the streets and Mr. Chyzowych appeared in the ers and coaches in the areas of academic became a journalist, a profession in which “Sportsline” column on February 9.) and soccer education and will perform any he developed a reputation for an uncompro- Mr. Chyzowych was born in Ukraine other activities or services necessary or mising style and dogged pursuit of abusers and moved to Philadelphia with his fami- convenient to carry out this purpose. of children as well as the public trust. ly when he was 12. He starred for the Contributions to the foundation are His no-holds-barred style carried over Philadelphia Tryzub Ukrainian Nationals welcome. They may be sent to: WCMF, to television. In the award citation, Gemini powerhouse in the American Soccer 1421 Dorel Road, Rydel, PA 19046. presenters mentioned three reports broad- Victor Malarek Peter Kytasty honored by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 40 years of ser - LIVONIA, Mich. – Many American trol programs and to strengthen the Army’s workers spend their lives searching in vain infrastructure of dams and levees in the for a job they can love. Peter Kytasty is Great Lakes Region. In 1977 the Corps of one of those lucky Americans who loved Engineers honored Mr. Kytasty as its first his job so much that he might have post- “Engineer/Scientist of the Year” for his out- poned his retirement indefinitely. standing project designs. Mr. Kytasty intro- On January 9 at an elegant luncheon duced several new technologies to the hosted at the Detroit Club, the U.S. Army Corps, including the “earth anchor” method Corps of Engineers officially bid farewell to to stabilize large structures. Mr. Kytasty, who served the Corps for over In addition to his exceptional skill as a 40 years. Beginning his career in June of civil engineer, Mr. Kytasty also is an 1956, Mr. Kytasty eventually became the accomplished musician who has devoted senior geotechnical engineer at the Corps’ much of his life to perpetuating the Detroit Office. At the January 9 luncheon, sacred and secular choral traditions of his Mr. Kytasty was praised by many of his Ukrainian homeland. Mr. Kytasty hails colleagues as an inspirational mentor and from a long line of “kobzari” – epic folk gifted public servant. musicians who accompany their songs on Born in the Poltava region of Ukraine in the Ukrainian national instrument, the 1928, Mr. Kytasty fled his war-torn country bandura or kobza. in 1944 as a teenager and settled in the Mr. Kytasty’s uncle, Hryhoriy Detroit area with other members of the Trokhymovych Kytasty, was the musical world-renowned Ukrainian Bandurist director of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. He joined the U.S. Army in 1951. Chorus for many years, and Mr. Kytasty An early experience that attracted Mr. was a leading member of the cappella, Kytasty to the Army Corps of Engineers participating in over 1,200 concerts in the was an assignment fighting floods on the United States, Canada, Australia and Missouri River while he was stationed at Western Europe. Fort Riley, Kansas. Shortly after Ukraine attained indepen- Maj. Chris Fagan presents Peter Kytasty with a plaque in recognition of 40 years During his long and distinguished career, of outstanding service to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Kytasty worked to improve flood con- (Continued on page 18) No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

UNA DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING The UNA and you Secretary John Laba, the existing slate of Woonsocket officers was unanimously elected for anoth- Owning a home er term. The district committee executive by Alex Chudolij by Stephan Welhasch remains as follows: Mr. Hardink, chairman; WOONSOCKET, R.I. – The annual Alex Chudolij, vice-chairman (honorary Over 66 million Americans now own their own homes. That’s a greater per- meeting of the UNA’s Woonsocket chairman); Mr. Klowan, secretary centage of the population than anywhere else in the world. That includes an District Committee was held on March 8 (English); Mr. Kalita, secretary (Ukrainian); over-all investment of more than $5.6 trillion. This is $500 billion more than at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Ms. Bardell, treasurer; Eileen Furman, what investors hold in stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Church Hall. Helen Trenkler and Mr. Laba, auditors. Home ownership builds pride, commitment and community stability. In addi- The meeting was called to order at 1 Mr. Chudolij then reviewed the 1996 tion, home ownership is the primary source of wealth of most American families. p.m. by District Chairman Leon Hardink, organizing results for the Woonsocket Owning a home is not just having shelter or even a large investment. It’s the who asked Archimandrite Jacob Piruta to District, as well as the UNA as a whole. place where we bring our dreams to life: in flower gardens and family rooms, lead the gathering of 20 members in an He reminded the officers of their respec- with backyard barbecues and home-cooked Sunday dinners. It’s a place where opening prayer. Minutes of the last meet- tive branches that it is important for them we raise and protect our children. For many of us, it’s becoming our place of ing were read by the English- and to submit their list of officers to the business, too. Ukrainian-language secretaries, Teodor Home Office. Mr. Hardink polled the Financing your home, in fact, is probably the biggest and most important deci- Klowan and Yuriy Kalita, respectively. various branch secretaries and deter- sion you will ever make. Paying off that debt typically takes 25 to 30 years, and Janet Bardell’s treasurer’s report followed. mined that all branches have already in the early years it will eat up close to one-third of your family’s income. A letter from the Ukrainian Olympic complied and submitted their officers’ The most popular mortgages available to home buyers today can be divided Committee thanking the Woonsocket lists. into two general categories: those that offer fixed interest rates and monthly pay- District for its generous monetary contribu- Mr. Chudolij mentioned the require- ments, and those where one or both of those factors are adjustable. tion was read. The fraternal activities coor- ments for inclusion in each branch’s count The traditional fixed rate/fixed payment remains the most popular home- dinator, Dmytro Sarachmon, reviewed the of members to determine their delegate financing method today, currently accounting for about two-thirds of all residen- district’s 1996 fraternal activities, which count for next year’s UNA’s convention. It tial mortgages. Its advantages are well-known: you always know what your included bus trips to Soyuzivka for was stressed that only active and dues-pay- monthly principal and interest payment will be, so your basic housing cost will Fathers’ Day/UNA Day celebrations, as ing members are included in the count. remain unaffected by interest rate changes until the mortgage is paid off. well as a trip to the PNC Arts Center Other topics reviewed included a Mortgages that entail flexible rates and/or payments are primarily more popu- Ukrainian Festival in Holmdel, N.J. reminder of the end-of-the-month dead- lar during periods of high interest rates and/or rapidly rising home prices. Mr. Sarachmon noted that it is becom- line for UNA scholarship applications Initially, lower-than-market interest rates may allow buyers a measure of afford- ing increasingly difficult to organize such along with a review of the Scholarship ability unavailable in fixed-rate loans. The trade-off may be higher interest rates trips. During a discussion of these topics, Committee’s criteria for determining and higher monthly payments later on. several members noted that it is a very award allocation, as well as the second Of course the type of mortgage loan one should get depends on one’s ability long trip from Rhode Island to Soyuzivka annual Soyuzivka Photo Contest. to qualify, how much one can afford and how long one plans to live in that par- and that they are primarily taking the trip There was also some discussion about ticular home. Your monthly mortgage generally shouldn’t amount to more than to see the afternoon concert. It was felt that the eventual sale of the UNA building 28 percent of your monthly take-home pay. future concerts need more diversity and and about UNA publications. If you are looking for a first mortgage loan or you need to refinance your high-quality entertainment in order to Mr. Hardink adjourned the meeting at existing mortgage loan, just call the Ukrainian National Association and our rep- encourage the members to make the trip. 2:30 p.m., inviting everyone to partake of resentative will help you decide which financing program best suits your needs. The election of district committee offi- refreshments and foods prepared by To find out more about the UNA’s First Mortgage Loan Program or about cers followed. On a motion by Branch 177 Eugenia Hardink and Irene Sarachmon. becoming a member and sharing the many benefits the UNA has to offer, please call 1 (800) 253-9862.

by a nominating committee composed of Stephan Welhasch is investment manager at the UNA Home Office. Northern New Jersey Mr. Kotlar, Omelan Twardowsky and by Roma Hadzewycz Halyna Bilyk. Opening the meeting, UNA President JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Three UNA Ulana Diachuk noted that the three dis- Financial corner districts voted on March 1 at a joint tricts were being united because, due to meeting to unite into one Northern New their close proximity they can work bet- Jersey District of the Ukrainian National ter united. She added that the three dis- Prepare for your retirement Association. District officers and repre- tricts had worked together successfully in sentatives of 16 branches from the Jersey the past on various special events, such with a UNA annuity plan City, Passaic and Newark districts also as celebrations of the UNA centennial. elected a new executive board headed by The UNA Executive Committee’s sug- by Joe Binczak and a taxable investment like a CD. Both Eugene Oscislawski (Branch 234). gestion that the Jersey City, Passaic and accounts are earning 6.00 percent. If you It’s never too soon to begin planning Also elected were: Julian Kotlar Newark districts be united was later for- are in the lowest tax bracket of 15 per- for the “golden years” of retirement. (Branch 42) and Halyna Bilyk (Branch mulated into a formal motion and cent, at the end of five years your money approved by the overwhelming majority Purchasing a UNA annuity is a great way would be worth: 170), vice-chairpersons; Lon Staruch to start. An annuity is an interest-bearing (Branch 172), treasurer; and Marcanthony of UNA’ers in attendance. Represented • $13,382 if you invested in a UNA at the meeting were the following certificate primarily designed to help you annuity; or Datzkiwsky (Branch 76), secretary. The accumulate money over a period of years. auditing committee includes Dana Jasinski branches: 25, 37, 42, 76, 134, 170, 172, • $12,823 if you invested in a CD (or 182, 214, 234, 281, 287 and 371. Unlike many other investments, like other taxable investment). (Branch 287), Myroslava Siryj (Branch certificates of deposits (CDs) or savings 281) and Joseph Trush (Branch 214). In her opening remarks Mrs. Diachuk As you can see, even at the lowest tax accounts, your interest in an annuity bracket and a minimum number of five In recognition of their many years of also noted the passing of two longtime grows without being subject to current years, your savings can erode by almost hard work as chairmen of the Jersey City branch secretaries, Stella Ryan of Branch 171, who also was an employee of the income taxes. Other important features of $600. Can you imagine a higher tax and Passaic UNA districts, respectively, UNA Home Office for many years our annuity programs are no sales bracket and a longer length of time for Wolodymyr Bilyk and John Chomko before retiring in 1986, and Myron Siryj charges on your deposit, competitive growth? were elected honorary chairmen of the of Branch 281. interest rates and the ability to choose Don’t waste thousands of dollars newly created “super-district.” between different income options that are needlessly on taxes. Purchase a UNA The new executive board was proposed (Continued on page 16) guaranteed. annuity plan today and start really saving You will be able to earn the most money money for retirement. at retirement without worrying about your For more information call 1 (800) 253- investment. Think about it – not many 9862. investments can boast the same advantages that a UNA annuity can provide. The outline below illustrates the dif- Joe Binczak is manager of sales and ference in value of a $10,000 single marketing for the Ukrainian National investment into a UNA annuity program Association.

SEND THE WEEKLY TO UKRAINE To order an air mail subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly for addressees in Ukraine, send $160 for subscription fee and postage costs to: Subscription Department, Eugene Oscislawski, chairman, and Wolodymyr Bilyk and John Chomko, honorary The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 0 7 3 0 2 . chairmen. of the Northern New Jersey District Committee. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 No. 12

TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY Washington Notebook by Volodymyr Chornodolsky Countdown to the count Ukrainian National Information Service Preparations are now being made for the U.S. Census of the year 2000. As the long form of the Census, sent to one out of every six households, costs an addi- tional $300 million, there is some concern that it could be eliminated due to bud- Sen. Roth comments on trip to Ukraine getary concerns. It is the long form that includes ancestry questions — the only A delegation of U.S. officials visited that are not accepted in the first wave of source of accurate information about the ethnic make-up of this country. Sevastopol, the Ukrainian port and NATO expansion should realize that this is As noted by supporters of the ancestry questions, the information collected Crimean military base for the Black Sea an open process and that they will continue is used by myriad government bodies and organizations, among them munici- Fleet, on February 20. The delegation to have the opportunity to join NATO. pal, county and state agencies, providers of educational and other services, fed- included Sen. William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.), Commenting on Ukraine’s potential eral programs, politicians and political leaders, ethnic communities, chairman of the Atlantic Assembly, the researchers and the business world. In conjunction with other Census ques- membership in NATO, Sen. Roth said he parliamentary arm of NATO; Rep. Jerry tions, the ancestry questions provide useful information, not only on ethnic believes that Ukraine’s inclusion in the Solomon (R-N.Y.), vice-chairman of the composition, but on patterns of assimilation, mobility and achievement. alliance depends on “the desire of the peo- assembly; and Rep. Porter Gloss (R-Fla.). By April 1 the U.S. Census Bureau must submit to Congress the subject matters ple, adherence to regulations and compli- This was the highest ranking delegation to it intends to include on the 2000 Census. At this point, the Census Bureau says it ance with criteria for membership.” Before ever visit Sevastopol, which has been a intends to retain the questions regarding ancestry on the long form, but between now this becomes a reality, he noted, Ukraine point of contention between Ukraine and and April 1998, when the Census 2000 questions are finalized, there can be changes. should establish a special charter that Russia ever since Ukraine declared inde- Some members of Congress have suggested eliminating the long form of the defines its relationship with NATO. “The pendence in 1991. Census, while others have suggested reducing the number of questions it contains. security of Central and Eastern Europe is The delegation visited Ukraine for An organization called the Working Group on Ancestry in the U.S. Census vital and should be addressed at the — an ad hoc coalition of more than 80 ethnic leaders — is focusing its efforts three days to further understand upcoming meeting in Madrid,” he stated. on preserving the ancestry questions. Their efforts are supported by Rep. Ukrainian security issues in the context On concerns about Russia, Sen. Roth Constance Morella and Sen. Robert Torricelli, who have introduced a concur- of NATO. While in Ukraine, the delega- assured UNIS that Russia would not have rent resolution in both houses of Congress. tion met with high ranking Ukrainian a “veto” as to which countries NATO Rep. Morella commented: “The ancestry question provides important insights officials including President Leonid admits. He also stated, “We are trying to into who we are as a people, how we build our communities and neighborhoods, Kuchma, Prime Minister Pavlo eliminate spheres of influence and create and how we change demographically. This kind of information will help us Lazarenko, Verkhovna Rada Chairman peace and stability in the Central and move toward a society that is more inclusive and that best serves the diverse Olekander Moroz, Foreign Affairs Eastern European countries. Finally, in no needs of our American family.” Sen. Torricelli added: “It seems to me tragically Minister Hennadii Udovenko and way should the charter between NATO shortsighted to deny our government and citizens, here in this nation of immi- Defense Minister Oleksander Kuzmuk. and Russia impede developing a close grants, basic information regarding the ethnic make-up of the United States.” After his return from Ukraine, Sen. working relationship with Ukraine.” Their concurrent resolution states: “... the Secretary of Commerce should ensure Roth met with UNIS to discuss some of When asked about U.S. foreign assis- that the information requested in the 2000 decennial census of the population with his key findings from the trip. He empha- tance to Ukraine and if he saw its benefits respect to ancestry shall at least be as comprehensive as was requested in the 1990 sized that “Ukrainian security is of vital while in Ukraine, the senator provided a decennial census.” The 1990 Census, it should be recalled, contained two questions importance to the alliance” and that “a sta- two-part answer: “Yes and no. In talking dealing with ancestry. The first asked: “In what U.S. state or foreign country was ble and independent Ukraine is in to some businesspeople, they are finding this person born?”; the second: “What is this person’s ancestry or ethnic origin?” NATO’s interest.” He followed up on this business opportunities, while others have That Census told us there were 742,000 Ukrainians in the U.S. point by stating, “It is important to recog- expressed concern about the lack of rule of [For background, we hasten to add that the 1980 Census — the first to cover the nize that Ukraine is a European nation, law, which is hampering contract enforce- specific issue of ancestry — had three questions related to that topic: birthplace, lan- and not part of Eurasia, and that the door ment and leaving investments vulnerable.” guage other than English spoken at home and the respondent’s ancestry. It was that to NATO should be left open.” Census which told us for the first time with any accuracy that there were at least The senator reaffirmed that the countries (Continued on page 12) 730,000 persons in the U.S. who had identified themselves as Ukrainians. Prior to that, as a result of a question on the 1970 census — “What language, other than English, was spoken in this person’s home when he was a child?” — we had known only that 249,000 persons had listed Ukrainian as their mother tongue. If Ukrainian was not spoken in the home, these persons were not identified as Ukrainians.] With each decennial Census we have learned valuable data about our coun- try and its residents. The 2000 Census, which marks the beginning of a new millennium, should continue that trend and provide the information needed to take the United States into the future.

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1917 Mykhailo Hrushevsky, who eventually became Ukraine’s first president, was among the co-founders of the National Democratic Party (established in 1899), but his involvement in Vice Minister of Defense Ivan Bizhan, Rep. Gerry Solomon, Sen. William Roth and his country’s political life was galvanized following the Russian Revolution of 1905. Sevastopol Mayor Viktor Semenov on board a ship in Sevastopol harbor. As restrictions on Ukrainian life were eased and mass Ukrainian organizations and polit- ical parties burgeoned, Hrushevsky moved to the imperial capital, St. Petersburg, where he co-founded the official newspaper of the Ukrainian club in the State Duma (1906). Two years later, he was in Kyiv, right at the center of the ferment that led to the cre- ation of the Society of Ukrainian Progressives (TUP) — formed to protect the national ACTION ITEM movement from the rising wave of Russian chauvinism following the dissolution of the Second State Duma. Thanks to his seemingly inexhaustible efforts as a publicist and orga- After five years of Ukraine’s independence, there are still a number of important nizer, he emerged as the universally acknowledged leader of the Ukrainian movement, institutions that are not properly presenting Ukraine’s early history of the Kyivan Rus’ from a field that included the magnate Yevhen Chykalenko, Symon Petliura and period. Two important organizations, one commercial, Microsoft, and the other educa- Volodymyr Vynnychenko. tional, the National Geographic Society, have attributed the history of Kyivan Rus’ to After the first world war broke out, the Russian authorities clamped down on Russia in their most recent publications. The February issue of National Geographic Ukrainian activities once again, and Hrushevsky was arrested in the fall of 1914. First magazine, in an article by Mike Edwards titled “Sons of Ghengis the Great Khan,” imprisoned in Kyiv, he was then exiled to Simbirsk, then Kazan, and finally to consistently refers to Rus’ as Russia and to the people of Rus’ as Russians. In the Moscow, where he remained under police surveillance. And yet, the indefatigable Microsoft Encarta 97 encyclopedia, the biographies of Ukraine’s early leaders of the scholar continued his work, even helping to edit the journal Ukrainskaya Zhizn and Kyivan Rus’ period are placed under the topic of the history of Russia rather than the Ukrainian-language weekly Promin. under the history topic for Ukraine. This continues to perpetuate the myth that the his- The February Revolution of 1917 that toppled the Romanovs loosed his fetters. On tory of Kyiv and Rus’ belongs to Russia rather than to Kyiv and Ukraine. March 17 TUP established the Central Rada in Kyiv as the body that united all of Write to both organizations requesting that in future editions of their publications Ukraine’s political, community, cultural and professional organizations, and elected they properly attribute Kyiv’s history and the history of Kyivan Rus’ to Ukraine, Hrushevsky president in absentia. Ten days later, 80 years ago, Mykhailo Hrushevsky where it belongs, and not to Russia. Letters can be sent to: National Geographic arrived in Kyiv to assume the presidency of the Central Rada, which, a month later, Magazine, Box 37448, Washington, DC 20013-7448 (or e-mail to: ngsforum@nation- became the revolutionary parliament of Ukraine. algeographic.com) and Microsoft Corp., Encarta Program Manager, Consumer Division, 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399. Sources: “Central Rada,” “Hrushevsky, Mykhailo,” “Society of Ukrainian Progressives,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vols. 1, 2, 4 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984, 1988, 1993). Submitted by the Tidewater Ukrainian Cultural Association in Urbanna, Va. No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

in the reform of Ukraine’s commercial Reform efforts courts are the International Foundation for by Christopher Guly Electoral Systems, which with the assis- are under way tance of Judge Bohdan Futey of the U.S. Dear Editor: Court of Federal Claims and Attorney Steven Nix provides counsel to the Roman Woronowycz’s February 16 Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Legal Canada’s rising 21st century star article on Ukraine’s arbitration courts told Reform; and the Ukrainian Congress Ihor Krut is a Ukrainian Canadian to video sketch of our stars. only half of the story. By profiling only Committee of America, whose Commercial watch in the 21st century. The 34-year- As an up-and-coming bright light, Mr. the existing arbitration court [court of Law Project for Ukraine includes commer- old videographer is developing a televi- Krut is the right man to do the job. specialization], it ignored reform efforts cial dispute resolution reforms. sion series he hopes will be broadcast in Before he came to Canada in the summer now under way that will transform Legal experts involved in Ukraine in Canada and Ukraine. of 1989, Mr. Krut amassed an impressive Ukraine’s legal environment and provide these very significant reforms include: It’s modeled after one produced by career in the arts. a modern and internationally respected Dr. Viktor Shyshkyn, national deputy Toronto’s hip CITY-TV called “The In 1986 he received an undergraduate commercial dispute resolution system. and chair of the Subcommittee on Court Originals,” which profiles outstanding degree in music and art history, as well Since independence, it has been general- Reform of the Verkhovna Rada; Judge Canadians. Mr. Krut, who is also based in as a diploma in choir conducting, from ly recognized in Ukraine that the arbitration Vitalii Boyko, chairman of the Supreme Toronto, hopes to do something similar. the Kyiv Institute of Culture. Following courts – vestiges of the Soviet past – are ill- Court of Ukraine; and Judge Dmytro His series is called “Ten Video his graduation, Mr. Krut spent three suited to a modern commercial setting. That Prytyka, chairman of the High Court of Portraits” and, like “The Originals,” would years with the Lviv State Opera and is why, under the Ukrainian Constitution, Arbitration of Ukraine. feature a subject discussing his or her life in Ballet Theater performing as both an the High Court of Arbitration will perform U.S. experts who have worked without monologue style. In other words, no inter- actor and chorus member. its functions only until the courts of general compensation to reform commercial courts viewer would be on screen. “Ten Video Itching to expand his creative land- jurisdiction are established, but in no event include: Prof. Thomas Stipanowich, Portraits” would fit into a 30-minute TV scape, Mr. Krut, who spoke not a word of longer than five years. At that time, the arbi- University of Kentucky Law School; Prof. time slot and would highlight the life and English, decided to visit a distant relative tration courts will be replaced by special- David Clarke, University of Oklahoma Law career of outstanding Canadians and in Canada. He never left – but working as ized commercial courts and a High School; Prof. Winston Nagan, University of Americans of Ukrainian descent. a restaurant busboy and telemarketer Commercial Court of Ukraine. Florida Law School; Prof. Peter Winship, Mr. Krut, who hails from Chervonohrad wasn’t exactly how Mr. Krut envisioned These provisions, together with legisla- Southern Methodist University Law in the Lviv Oblast, has already taped one his life to be in Canada. tion currently in the drafting stage, will School; and Prof. Ernest Friesen, California program with award-winning Canadian Getting a job as library manager at the assure that the future commercial courts of Western School of Law. journalist Victor Malarek. Other names on St. Vladimir Institute in Toronto was a bit Ukraine, like those of Germany, France, his wish list include Oscar-winning actor more suited for a man who speaks Ukrain- Great Britain and other developed nations, Patience T. Huntwork Jack Palance, Saskatchewan Premier Roy ian, Russian, Polish, and now English, flu- will respond to the needs of sophisticated Phoenix, Ariz. Romanow, Canadian Supreme Court ently. Mr. Krut stayed there until 1993. litigants, individual and corporate, and will The writer is technical assistance Justice John Sopinka, Canadian literary Now, he says his career is in “transition.” be conducive to a vibrant business climate. coordinator of the Commercial Law icon Janice Kulyk-Keefer, Slavic studies Perhaps, evolution is a better word. Among the U.S. organizations involved Project for Ukraine. scholar George Luckyj and New York- Despite a personal setback last year, based jazz pianist John Stetch. when his six-month marriage to a designated a priority by the Verkhovna Ukraine’s independently run ICTV has Ukrainian-born woman ended, Mr. Krut Ukraine in midst Rada’s Committee on Law Policy and expressed interest in broadcasting the has a lot going for him. He’s gifted with Legal and Judicial Reform, whose mem- series, which would have to be dubbed in a lot of talent, filled with enormous cre- of court changes bers are currently working on a draft law. Ukrainian when the subject cannot speak ativity, bubbling with almost boyish Dear Editor: While it is true that the lower level the language. Although the series will be enthusiasm and equipped with handsome courts of arbitration currently “answer” taped primarily in English, finding a telegenic looks that lend themselves to I applaud The Ukrainian Weekly’s to the High Court of Arbitration, under Canadian broadcaster to carry it won’t be work in front of the camera. Mr. Krut is efforts to report on the judicial branch of the new system of courts envisioned pur- easy. poised for success. With moral and finan- Ukraine. However, in the interests of clari- suant to the Constitution, decisions of Undoubtedly, Toronto’s CMFT cial community support, his dream for an ty and accuracy, I wish to correct several that Court will be appealable to the International is the best fit. But it already international audience to see “Ten Video inaccuracies contained in the article on Supreme Court, thus vesting the Supreme carries the Ukrainian-language series Portraits” will become reality. Ukraine’s judiciary published in the Court with appellate review over the “Svitohliad,” with which Mr. Krut was In fact, Mr. Krut, who became a February 16 edition of your newspaper, decisions of these lower courts. once involved as a reporter. He may also Canadian citizen two years ago, is already titled “Ukraine’s Court System: the Court It is also true that the jurisdiction of the butt heads with Jurij Klufas, who produces looking beyond that project. This summer, of Contracts.” courts of arbitration is limited to economic the weekly series “Kontakt,” seen in sever- he hopes to use his photographic skills to First, it is not true, as reported in the arti- or commercial disputes between “legal per- al Canadian and U.S. cities – and with begin work on a book that would capture cle, that Ukraine’s court system has experi- sons,” including individuals registered with which Mr. Krut is involved as a segment images of contemporary Ukraine through enced little change since 1991. With the the Ministry of Justice. However, individu- producer, reporter and camera operator. black-and-white stills. adoption of its new Constitution, Ukraine als, for example sole proprietors, may seek Mr. Klufas, whose programming is more “When I returned to Ukraine two years has established an independent judiciary and relief in the courts of general jurisdiction. news-oriented, supported Mr. Krut’s appli- ago, after being away for five years, I fell created a new system of justice. Shortly after Consequently, the courts of arbitration do cation for funding from the Ukrainian in love with the country again,” he adoption of the Constitution, the Law on the not maintain exclusive jurisdiction over Canadian Taras Shevchenko Foundation. explains. “It was so exotic.” Constitutional Court of Ukraine was enact- economic disputes involving individuals, as Mr. Krut’s request landed him about 10 per- Apart from getting some dollars to back ed, thus creating a Constitutional Court fully implied in the article. cent of the series’ $40,000 ($29,000 U.S.) his ideas, Mr. Krut has to decide on a name empowered to interpret the Constitution and Through the efforts of individuals budget, or enough to produce one episode. for his company. He’s leaning toward call- laws of Ukraine. such as National Deputies Volodomyr Now, if he approaches CMFT, Mr. ing it “Andromedia,” a play on the name of A second premise of the article is the Stretovych and Viktor Shyshkyn, as well Krut worries about ill will. “Klufas will the Greek mythological figure Andromeda. proposition that Ukraine’s judiciary con- as Supreme Court Chairman Vitalii say that I’m using his connections,” says Jealous of her beauty, Poseidon, the sists of “three separate courts.” While it Boyko and Volodymyr Stefaniuk, Mr. Krut. He need not fret. god of the sea, sent a monster to destroy is true that the courts of arbitration cur- Minister of Justice Serhii Holovatyi and Mr. Krut’s proposed focus on Andromeda. However, she was rescued rently maintain specialized jurisdiction the late Prof. Leonid Uzkov, as well as Ukrainian North American achievement by Perseus, son of Zeus, who slew the over certain matters, the Constitution of the cooperative efforts of the is exactly what the community needs. So beast and married Andromeda. Ukraine clearly contemplates a partially International Foundation for Electoral far, no one has compiled a composite And everyone lived happily ever after. unified court system consisting of only Systems, the American Bar Association two entities: the “Constitutional Court and the Commercial Law Project of the and courts of general jurisdiction” with UCCA and many others, Ukraine is in the the Supreme Court as the “highest judi- midst of a united and determined effort to cial body in the system of courts of gen- create a new judicial system that will eral jurisdiction.” uphold all of the rights set forth in the The transitory provisions of the Constitution, and will do so pursuant to Constitution state that the High Court of internationally recognized standards and Arbitration will continue to function in its the principles of the rule of law. current form only until the adoption of a Stephen B. Nix law on Ukraine’s system of courts of gen- eral jurisdiction, at which time the court is Washington anticipated to become part of the courts of The writer is legal counsel to the general jurisdiction, which will exercise International Foundation for Electoral justice, pursuant to Article 12 of the S y s t e m s and counsel to the Committee on Constitution, based upon “territoriality and Law Policy and Legal and Judicial specialization.” This legislation has been Reform.

Editor’s note: Roman Woronowycz’s series on Ukraine’s court system is ongoing. Subsequent articles in this series will reflect the changes that will occur once the pro - visions of the new Constitution of Ukraine are implemented. Ihor Krut 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 No. 12 INTERVIEW: Viktor Yuschenko, chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko, 43, was reappointed chairman of they’re owed, it needs to have a reasonable taxation pol- the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in February, hav - icy. If people aren’t paying taxes, or they hide in the ing served at this post since February 1993. Mr. black market that obviously generates no tax revenue, Yuschenko has been instrumental in formulating his you have to change the climate. country’s monetary policies and developing its banking Reform, and a rational taxation policy, are not instru- and financial system. ments for the confiscation of assets. You have to draw the A member of the Cabinet of Ministers, he also serves as producers of the nation’s wealth to the table and deal with Ukraine’s representative to the International Monetary how the country’s economy can best be primed to work. Fund, deputy representative to the European Bank for Entrepreneurs should pay what they can. If you try to Reconstruction and Development and co-chairman of the force more out of them, they will simply go directly under- Ukrainian-German Cooperative Council on Banking. ground into the black market, or operate in a gray area, and Prior to heading the NBU the region native was first the country’s wealth will never properly circulate. deputy chairman of the Ukraina Bank, a joint stock insti - The government needs to determine what level of tution created out of the Ukrainian SSR’s Agro-Industrial taxation is socially sustainable, that is, acceptable. Bank, which he joined in 1987 as department director. Strides have been made in this direction. In October Mr. Yuschenko arrived in Canada on March 13 for an 1996, President [Leonid] Kuchma issued a directive in unofficial visit, mainly to lend support to the Toronto- which he set a 30 percent maximum on levies for social based charitable organization Help Us Help the Children, services such as unemployment insurance and the like. a division of the Children of Chornobyl Canadian Fund. You need to establish an atmosphere of trust, to mini- The National Bank of Ukraine chairman also met mize the perception that the government is grabbing for with leaders of Canada’s banking industry in Toronto tax monies, and this in turn will provide a foundation for and Ottawa, but declined to speak on the record about entrepreneurial honesty. these meetings, and his assistants did not wish to share his itinerary. During his recent visit here, Mr. Udovenko once However, Mr. Yuschenko did agree to the following again blamed Ukraine’s poor economic performance on interview, conducted by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj on problems inherited from the Soviet system. When will March 16 in Toronto. the Ukrainian government stop leaning on that crutch? In order to establish a foundation for a healthy econo- During his recent visit to Canada, Foreign Affairs my, you need to have the appropriate laws. Now, if we Minister Hennadii Udovenko said, “Now that Ukraine were to scan the legislation that has been passed over has its own currency, it can pursue alliances with the past five years, that’s where we’d find the problems. Viktor Yuschenko other European countries.” Is that what it takes? These laws had to be passed in consensus with the did much, but he also faced an incredible number of frus- In the hryvnia we now have a healthy currency used for Verkhovna Rada. You have people there forcing t r a t i o n s . all financial transactions, and this obviously makes integra- through populist legislation, politicians giving people When he was confronted by circumstances that clear- tion with all international institutions go more smoothly. what they think they want and need. ly showed his reforms would go nowhere, he went into In fact, of all our trading partners in the near abroad, we Ukraine’s laws on taxation are a prime example — politics, fought it out in his Parliament, gained a majori- are one of the first to achieve true stability in our currency. they are the instruments that push many entrepreneurs ty and pushed them through. This also makes us very attractive as an economic zone. into the shadow economy and make a full transition to a Ukraine has had no shortage of individuals who have In the past few months, we have also managed to make healthy economy very difficult. a similar mindset and no less ability than Mr. Klaus. significant gains in our hard currency reserves. As a result, So Mr. Udovenko was speaking in code, suggest- Many times such individuals tried to bring about the it has been easier to maintain general price controls, and ing that Soviet-style thinking is being kept alive by necessary changes. But you can hardly compare our the inflation rate has been kept to 1.2 percent a month. For the Verkhovna Rada? political climate to that of the Czech Republic, and there a transitional economy, this is very important. is only so much that any individual can do. A stable currency, a low inflation rate — both are a Let me answer the question this way: in order to You need political support, dedicated backing from foundation for the general stabilization of Ukraine’s reform an economy and a society, you need to attract people in the executive branch, solid work from an hon- economy. Now, gradually, people’s lives can return to a groups of active, like-minded people who can have an est bureaucracy. No transition in the post-Soviet period more even keel. impact on the country’s well-being, then convince them has been easy. to act together to gradually build a social consensus. What would you say to those who suggest that the Take the case of [former Polish Finance Minister Then you can establish a strong majority opinion to stabilization of the hryvnia was financed, and the Leszek] Balcerowicz, he faced major problems. [Lithuanian move the country in a positive direction. You won’t be inflation rate curbed, by non-payment of salaries? President Algirdas] Brazauskas needed the full support of able to simply “defeat” an opposite tendency — the results 60 percent of his Parliament to get anything done at all. First of all, I can state outright that our reserves were of such an approach never produce lasting change. To be sure, Ukraine needs a Klaus to carry out reforms, not shored up by non-payment of salaries. All monies Is it possible for a figure akin to Czech Prime but, in the end, it’s not a matter of complex economics. apportioned in the 1996 budget, and also those appor- Minister Vaclav Klaus to emerge in Ukraine? Four years ago, Klaus wrote an open letter of sorts to tioned in early 1997, were duly handed over to the the leaders of governments who wished to reform their Ministry of Finance. This has nothing to do with the When people look at the Czech miracle and the unde- economies. In it, he listed the 10 commandments of National Bank’s control of the money supply. niably admirable Mr. Klaus, they often don’t pay suffi- economic reform — the usual liberalization of prices, This is entirely a matter of governmental financial cient attention to the details. privatization, an open currency corridor, control of bud- policy and its taxation regime. If the government wants Look at the man’s experience. Ten years in banking, get deficits, what have you. money in its treasuries in order to pay people what two years as minister of finance — throughout that time he Then he topped it off by writing something like, “all the above are worthless if you don’t follow the last commandment.” And that was to maintain a solid team BOOK NOTE: ‘Ukraine between East and We s t ’ of like-minded officials and establish social consensus. Would you comment on the bankruptcy of the EDMONTON – The volume “Ukraine between East and bank entrusted with German reparations to West” presents 12 essays by the distinguished Byzantinist Ukrainian victims of the Nazi occupation? Ihor Sevcenko that explore the development of Ukrainian cultural identity under the disparate influences of the In 1993 the Ukrainian government entered into an Byzantine Empire and Western Europe (mediated through agreement on mutual understanding and resolution of Poland). conflicts with Germany, under which a special fund was For Kyivan Rus’, Byzantium was the source of the established in order to offer restitution to former Christian religion, as well as of a highly developed literary Ostarbeiter [Nazi term describing slave laborers brought and artistic culture that stimulated Kyiv’s own achievements from the East to work in German factories and farms]. in these fields. The author shows how the prestige of Our government put out a call to a number of com- Byzantine civilization was reinforced by the activities of mercial banks to help administer the fund. One of these Greek metropolitans of Kyiv, Byzantine emperors, religious banks, Gradobank, lost an unrelated case before the missionaries and teachers of Greek, dominating the outlook Arbitration Court, was forced into bankruptcy, and in of the Slavic elite during the Middle Ages. This civilization mid-1996 stopped payments to people owed money influenced Kyivan culture not only during Byzantium’s under the restitution fund. period of greatness, but even after the fall of Constantinople In October 1996 we at the National Bank of Ukraine, to the Turks. even though it is not our liability, and not, strictly Moving on to the early modern period, Prof. Sevcenko speaking, our jurisdiction, drew up a project to ensure analyzes the impact of the Renaissance, Reformation and these payments would resume. Counter-Reformation in Ukraine. The scholarship and new Under this plan, the Ukraina Bank and others would instructional methods of the Polish Jesuits and the assimila- take part in an arrangement seeing to it that all outstand- tive pressure of the Polish Church and state compelled the ing debts are paid and other payments are resumed. Ukrainian elite not only to rise in defense of its ancestral I can tell you that a few weeks ago the Cabinet of faith, but also to reshape its traditional culture with the aid Ministers ratified an agreement on this matter, and that of Western innovations. it is now operational. According to our information, all claims should be settled within the next four months. (Continued on page 12) Otherwise, the matter has been handed over to the Ministry of Finance. No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 9 R E V I E W: Anatole Fourmanchouk stages Albee’s “Counting the Ways” in New Yo r k by Bohdan Boychuk NEW YORK — So far the 1996-1997 theater season has not proven to be very interesting, with the exception of two extraordinary theatrical events. The first was the revival of Romanian director Andrei Serban’s production of “Trojan Women” in December 1996 at La Mama on the occasion of the theater’s thirty- fifth anniversary. Twenty-two years ago, the then still young director staged three Greek tragedies — “Medea,” “Electra” and “Trojan Women” — in the original classical Greek at La Mama. These three performances elevated Mr. Serban to the level of the finest stage directors of his time. The staging was so original, so dynamic and power- ful, that I count seeing them among the most profound of all of my theater experiences. The three productions have forever inscribed themselves in my memory along- side those of Jerzy Grotowski and Peter Brooke. This time, again, “Trojan Women” had the same powerful effect on me as the original. The second surprise of the season was brought to New York by the Ukrainian director Anatole Fourmanchouk. He staged two vaudevilles — “The Proposal” by Anton Chekhov and “Counting the Ways” by Edward Albee at Michael Howard Studios/New York Art Theater this January and February. Since Chekhov’s world is foreign to me and the issues touched upon in “The Proposal” anachronistic, I will not comment on this play. Mr. Fourmanchouk is a stage director well known in “The Proposal” by Chekhov, as staged by Anatole Fourmanchouk, with actors Danny Etinger and Alexis Ukraine as well as abroad. He staged a very original Brentani, in a production at the New York Arts Theater. production Eugene Ionesco’s “The Picture” and Samuel Beckett’s “All That Fall” at Kyiv’s Theater of The She kept asking Him if He still loved her. He avoid- Her. When she doesn’t pay enough attention to His Young spectator; an all-male, Russian cast, “Romeo and ed a direct answer. They spoke of everyday things, need, He paraphrases W.H. Auden and tries to convince Juliet,” which was highly acclaimed in London; and “La made mundane gestures, and she quite normally her of the importance of his need: thousands of people Publica” by Federico Garcia Lorca in Madrid. His other revealed to him that they slept in separate beds. This live without love but no one lives without a shirt! The productions include “Antigone,” “Hamlet” and pained him, he got angry, protested, but the normal audience responded to this with an explosion of laugh- “Salome.” turn of events in life cannot be undone. Yet, having ter, delighting in the sharp humor and thought, not only The staging of “Counting the Ways” is the most origi- gone through all the routine complexities of life, they of Albee but also of the poet Auden. again sat in their little chairs and she again was asking nal of all the plays I saw this season. Mr. Fourmanchouk (Continued on page 12) the director (he also was the stage designer), called it a him if he still loved her. “Of course, I love you,” he vaudeville and presented it in an appropriate style. In the answered. This scene brought an element of tenderness middle of the stage stood a large painted box made out of into their relationship and very simply also a deeper carton, with one of its sides open to the public. In the meaning into their lives – in other words, even an President of Met sides of the box were cut out the outlines of doors and unstable, temporary life, cut out of carton, has its own windows. Inside the box, as if in a room, stood a minia- beauty and one should rejoice over it. ture silver table and two little golden chairs. This design In the production, Mr. Fourmanchouk represented meets with Kuchma had a twofold effect: it was the setting for a vaudeville life in a stylized manner, as a puppet theater, where the and a box for children’s toys. serious and the trivial, the real and the artificial, the KYIV — William H. Luers, president of The The stagehand brought out onto the stage two dolls, human and the doll-like are joined into an organic Metropolitan Museum of Art and Peter Herwe, Him (Stass (Stanyslav) Klassen) and Her (Alexis whole. Or, as he said, “We live among stage props and chief executive director of ICTV, a Western- Brentani), sat them in the chairs, and they came alive. spend our lives trying to fill out the emptiness between owned media organization, met with President The costumes of the two characters (work of Nadia them.” Leonid Kuchma in Kyiv on March 13. Fadeeva) were most original and carefully thought out: Mr. Fourmanchouk’s treatment of language was also The meeting took place two days after the open- up front, He and She had painted paper clothes; in the very interesting, balanced between the normal and the ing of the “Glory of Byzantium” exhibition at The back, they were naked, exactly like a pair of dolls. artificial, creating a rhythm and phrasing such that they Metropolitan on March 11. He and She sat in their golden chairs and their dolls’ life brought out the humor and the philosophy of the author. Greeting the president in Ukrainian, Mr. Luers began, which, paradoxically, was very similar to that of In one scene, for instance, the character He stands expressed acknowledgment and appreciation for people, but in a somewhat distorted, artificial perspective. immobile and most insistently demands a shirt from Ukraine’s participation in the exhibition, noting that the treasures of Kyivan Rus’ form the core of the rich cultural heritage of Ukraine and the basis for its continued development today. He went on to say that cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine in the cultural sphere permits both sides to become better acquainted and con- tributes to the cultural enrichment of both. President Kuchma was presented with the exhi- bition catalogue on this occasion. He expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to exhibit medieval treasures of Ukraine at The Metropolitan Museum in New York. Also discussed at the meeting were issues relat- ed to mutual cooperation and investment opportu- nities in Ukraine. Messrs. Luers and Herwe briefed the president on ICTV’s investment plans and expressed their desire to set up expert teams for facilitating investment processes in Ukraine. Mr. Luers is a member of the boards of directors of several major companies, including a company that is a co-founder of ICTV. Mr. Luers, as member of the board of directors of the East-West Institute, also extended an invita- tion to President Kuchma to attend an upcoming conference in New York devoted to the develop- ment of democracy and reforms in Eastern Europe, which is to open simultaneously with the General Assembly at the United Nations. The president gratefully accepted the invitation. Also present at the meeting was William Green Stass Klassen, in the role of He and Alexis Brentani, She, in Anatole Fourmanchouk’s production of Edward Miller, U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Albee’s “Counting the Ways,” staged at the New York Art Theater in January and February of this year. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 No. 12 Ukrainian contingent competes at Special Olympics in To ro n t o by Yuriy Diakunchak TORONTO — A blaze of fireworks and a crash of rock music signaled the end of the Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Toronto and Collingwood, Ontario. On February 9 the amphitheater at Ontario Place on Toronto’s lakefront was packed with hundreds of smiling, light-stick wielding Special Olympians cheering their very own week to a close. The Special Olympics were estab- lished in 1967 and officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1988. Founder and honorary chair Eunice Kennedy Shriver intended that the Special Olympics be a time for ath- letes with disabilities to strive for per- sonal achievement and have fun doing it. Though some of the participants were clearly more focused on the competitive nature of sport than others, everyone seemed to take some of the spirit of these games home with them. At the opening ceremonies in Toronto’s Skydome, Mrs. Shriver was joined by international sports headliners such as Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci and Canadian figure skater Brian Orser in an Ukraine’s contingent of athletes and officials at a community meeting at the Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation. Seated effort to give Special Olympics (from left) are: Valerii Kozakov, Viktoria Shelkovnikova, Ukraine’s Consul General in Toronto Serhiy Borovyk, Anatolii International an unprecedented high pro- Domashenko and Stan Haba. file. As the founder pointed out, Toronto’s Special Winter Olympics were the largest although they followed in the footsteps of Ukraine, to make new friends, to smile.” of Ukraine’s State Committee on Physical single international sporting meet of 1997. the 12 athletes who competed at the Special According to official statistics released Culture and Sport, and Coach Mykhailo In his address to the gathering at the Summer Olympics in New Haven, Conn., by the SOU, 4,600 disabled athletes have Starko also were members of the visiting closing ceremonies, Special Olympics in 1995, and the one athlete who appeared a chance to participate in sports programs d e l e g a t i o n . Board Chairman Sargent Shriver said, “Go at the summer games in Minneapolis in in Ukraine, assisted by 36 coaches and A few competitors with Ukrainian home and tell people the stories of this 1 9 9 1 . 30 volunteers. backgrounds from Canada also made their place ... where everyone can make a differ- The first Special Summer Olympics Comparisons with the programs of mark on the Games. “I’m very proud of ence ... tell everyone you have seen the were held in Chicago in 1968; the first other countries highlight the difficulties winning one of each kind of medal,” power of the human spirit here in Canada.” winter games were set in 1977 in Kyiv has in providing for its handicapped beamed Kris Shewchuk of Kamloops, Mr. Shriver told the athletes they have Steamboat Springs, Colo. competitors. Russia’s 20,000 athletes are British Columbia. He won his gold, silver a message to carry around the globe: “you At this year’s competitions, the supported by 1,300 coaches and 2,300 and bronze in down hillskiing. can make a difference in the world.” Ukrainian team’s eight cross-country skiers volunteers; in the Czech Republic, there His teammate Debbie Lebedynski Despite the chilly wind blowing off won a combined 23 medals and placed are 2,220 athletes, 417 coaches and 450 from Edmonton placed third in one Lake Ontario, at the closing ceremonies, ninth in a field of 74 countries. volunteers; while this year’s host coun- downhill event. the Ukrainian team of four women and This came in a competition which fea- try, Canada, has 20,000 athletes helped As the Ukrainian team prepared to leave four men was all smiles. This was a far cry tured a celebrated incident that puts all by 712 coaches and 220 volunteers. Toronto, they had one final meeting with from the long faces they sported when they Olympics into perspective. Overcome with Mr. Haba said two figure skaters slat- the Ukrainian community here on February first arrived in Toronto in mid-January, joy on the podium, a gold medalist traded ed to attend could not make the trip to 16 at the Ukrainian Canadian Art according to Stan Haba, who coordinated his prize for that of the number two man. Canada because of financial constraints. Foundation, with Ukrainian Canadian the team’s stay in Canada and headed a Mr. Haba said the fact that the team Ukraine does not have competitors in the Congress Toronto Branch President Maria three-man delegation of volunteers (that showed up in Canada two weeks ahead of Special Winter Olympics’ other events: Szkambara and UCC Provincial Education included Slavko Tysiak and Volodymyr the February 1 opening day gave them alpine skiing, floor hockey, speed skat- Council Chair Luba Zaraska providing key Sybydlo) which assisted Ukrainian partici- plenty of time to acclimatize and practice. ing, snowshoeing and eisstocksport (a assistance. According to Mr. Haba, a spe- pants around the official venues. “This trip is the fulfillment of something combination of bocce and curling). cial fund-raising banquet held on January “They didn’t just win medals, but also the kids have never even dreamed of,” said Despite economic adversities, Ukraine’s 25 raised about $5,000 to defray costs of got a morale boost,” said Mr. Haba. Viktoria Shelkovnikova, President of effort includes sport programs for aquatics, transportation, lodging and training trips athletics, basketball, cross-country skiing, The athletes hail from Kharkiv, Ternopil Special Olympics Ukraine (SOU). for the athletes. soccer, figure skating, gymnastics, table and Zhytomyr oblasts. All but one are “Only two years ago, the furthest they The only blemish on the closing cere- tennis and volleyball. o r p h a n s . could hope to go from their orphanage monies and the Games themselves was the Ms. Shelkovnikova hopes the stories This was the first time Ukraine fielded a would be a summer camp,” she said. overprotective attitude of the organizers this year’s athletes bring home will contingent at the Special Winter Olympics, “Now they have a chance to travel around towards the competitors. During the closing encourage more people to participate in ceremonies, this reporter had to sneak into the Special Olympics movement. the athletes’ section of the amphitheater and “We want to thank Mr. Haba, who took once there was constantly harassed by the us in like his own children,” said Andrii staff who tried to prevent interviews and Khomenko, 17, of Liubar, Zhytomyr photos. Much the same thing happened on Oblast, a cross-country skier who won three the ski hills of Collingwood. golds and one bronze. “The trails were Perhaps Ms. Shelkovnikova’s optimism excellent, we had time to get used to them.” will be justified when her charges come “Super,” laughed Olha Kravchuk, 18, home and spread the word about their also of Liubar, when asked what she experiences — others will get involved, thought of the Games. Ms. Kravchuk, also and will get to experience a sense of a cross-country skier, won two golds, one accomplishment and self-esteem. silver and one bronze. “I didn’t think I But one is left with the feeling that it would win, but it was great.” will be years before disabled and disad- “I am very pleased,” said Valerii vantaged children and adults will get the Kazakov of Kharkiv, the team’s cross- attention they need. After all, out of eight country head coach. “They showed what children who came, seven were aban- they can accomplish and grabbed a doned by their parents. These eight have bunch of medals.” Mr. Kazakov has been had an experience of their lives, but thou- coaching Special Olympians for the last sands more face a world that fears and two years. loathes their disabilities. “They need good will, they need atten- For more information contact: Viktoria tion. I see the results of my work here. Shelkovnikova, National Director, Special I’m very pleased,” he said. Olympics Ukraine, 32 Lepse St., Kyiv, Ukraine’s other athletes included Nadia Ukraine 252126; telephone, 380-44-435- Kovinko, 14, Viktor Puzikov, 16, and 7808; fax, 380-44-483-3594 or 380-44- Olena Matvienko, 16, of Kharkiv; and 2 2 0 - 1 2 9 4 . Olena Prokofieva, 17, Yurii Shvets, 14, and Stan Haba, volunteer coordinator, is presented a team jacket by Viktoria Yaroslav Skrypchuk, 16, of Ternopil Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj contributed Shelkovnikova and Anatolii Domashenko. oblast. Anatolii Domashenko, first deputy to this article. No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 11 Volunteers clean up Ukraine’s rivers as part of ‘Living Water’ campaign by Roman Kokodyniak gram that called attention to the plight of the nation’s rivers and streams. Academic BORSCHIVKA, Ukraine – First the experts, government leaders and NGO rep- priest led the congregation in prayer at resentatives also participated in a national- the banks of the Horyn River. Then the ly broadcast roundtable discussion that work began. focused on watershed conservation and Over 300 village residents, joined by protection efforts. collective farm managers and the owners Yurii Kostenko, Ukraine’s minister of of small enterprises, worked for two days environmental protection and nuclear safe- last fall in a community effort to clean up ty, appeared in the televised public service the long-neglected Horyn River. Local announcements and spoke about the organizers Tamara Korsun and Larysa importance of protecting the water quality Fytsun said the event far exceeded their expectations as just a month earlier they in small streams. “Everyone lives down- had decided to take action close to home. stream of these vital resources,” he said. The Borschivka villagers planted willow “It’s a national problem. Without resolv- trees and picked up debris along the ing the problems affecting our streams, we stream’s shoreline. The Horyn, which forms can not begin to address the other problems the headwaters of the Prypiat River, was the in the environment. It begins with the small lifeblood of this community, providing streams,” Minister Kostenko said. “If we clean water for irrigation and fish for food. can’t solve the pollution of water, we can’t But, over the last 50 years, the stream was solve the pollution of the food sources and neglected as a dam blocked its flow and products we eat.” pollution degraded its water. The clean-up Water pollution is a persistent and per- effort launched in September 1996 was the vasive problem in Ukraine, a country first step toward its restoration. whose national identity and history is “I have lived and worked in this vil- closely tied with the beloved Dnipro River, lage all my life, know practically every- the third largest waterway in Europe. Some Residents of Vasilkiv plant saplings along the Stuhna River. one, and never have I seen so much con- 20 billion cubic meters of untreated efflu- cern for our little river,”expressed 70- ent are dumped into the Dnipro each year, tive director of the EcoCenter. “People in tests of local streams, planted trees and year-old resident Lida Bik as she gazed one-third of the stream’s annual flow of 52 general do want to do something – to feel picked up garbage along river banks. at much younger neighbors raking debris. billion cubic meters. Nearly 3 billion cubic involved. Success begins with one citizen • Around the country, nearly 500 local Similar efforts focused on small streams meters of this effluent is toxic, according to and one village deciding to make a differ- springs and water sources were restored took place all across Ukraine last fall, as a 1994 Canadian study. ence,” he said. to “healthy” status. over 8,000 citizens in approximately 75 Ukraine’s Dnipro River Basin “They will make an effort. There’s • Volunteers removed and secured communities and regions volunteered their Commission found that for the six years some pessimism; there’s always some pes- many “illegal” dump sites along numer- time as part of a national “Living Water” ending in 1993 many pollutants flowing simism. But for every small stream – and ous streams in the Zakarpattia, Ivano- campaign. The work – which involved test- into the Dnipro and its tributaries have there are 10,000 – you can find people who Frankivsk and Kharkiv oblasts. ing water quality, cleaning trash, planting exceeded allowable limits. For example, are enthusiasts, who want to be part of the • Along the Samara River, over 200 res- trees and public education efforts – was levels of organo-chloride pesticides were campaign. We have a ways to go before idents worked to restore nearly 20 hectares organized by the environmental group two to 72 times the “maximum admissible we find a group of enthusiasts for every of very fragile forest land that serves as a National EcoCenter of Ukraine, with assis- concentration,” nitrates were 76 times high- small stream who will adopt a stream to major wild edibles foraging area. tance from the Institute for Sustainable er, while concentrations of heavy metals improve its health.” • About 100 residents living near the Communities, a Vermont-based organiza- ranged from five to 134 times the allowed Efforts launched during the Living Teteriv River worked to restore nearly tion working throughout Central and maximum. Water campaign ranged from secondary 2.5 kilometers of river bank by creating a Eastern Europe on environmental, democ- While treating sewage effluent and school students testing water quality for forest-belt corridor that they “adopted” racy building and sustainable development curbing chemical pollution takes substan- contamination to elderly citizens and local as a community conservation area. initiatives. Funding was provided by the tial capital investment, there is much that government officials planting trees to stabi- • Enforcement personnel from the United States Agency for International individual citizens can do to improve lize river banks. Here are some examples: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Development and the U.S Environmental water quality, particularly in small • Nearly 3,000 residents of the Kaniv Nuclear Safety from Khmelnytskyi, Protection Agency. streams, according to organizers of the district in Cherkasy Oblast, including Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Ternopil, The Living Water campaign was the Living Water campaign. local deputies of the Verkhovna Rada, Kryviy Rih, Rivne, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, first national voluntary environmental citi- “The campaign last fall struck a recep- mobilized a vast river bank clean-up and Cherkasy and other regions joined local zen action campaign in the history of inde- tive chord with the public, even during tree-planting project. Over 2,500 trees NGO leaders in community forums to pendent Ukraine, organizers said. The these difficult economic times. People were planted along the Stuhna River. educate local citizens, students, business campaign was preceded by nationally tele- responded with tremendous energy with • Two hundred school children and leaders and workers about the impact of vised public service announcements devel- volunteer efforts to cleanup the nation’s their parents in the village of Holovyne local industrial pollution on their water oped by the Ukrainian “ECO” TV pro- waters,” said Vasyl Kostiushin, the execu- in Chernivtsi Oblast conducted water resources, particularly small streams. Kuchma prepares... (Continued from page 2) for Ukraine’s program of economic trans- formation and with social discontent mounting over wage arrears and underem- ployment, President Kuchma had no choice but to purge the government in an attempt to find scapegoats. All of these factors, after all, would affect his chances for re-election and give public support to the left, which was having success in pre- venting the Verkhovna Rada from approv- ing this year’s budget and tax reforms. Only time will tell if Prime Minister Lazarenko will become another scape- goat. President Kuchma may calculate that it is better to keep him in his current position, where he can take the blame for Ukraine’s economic crisis, than force him to resign, which would allow him to openly campaign as a presidential candi- date. President Kuchma’s two other potential challengers come from the left (Oleksander Moroz, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and leader of the Socialist Party) and from his own politi- cal constituency (former Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk). But, so far, of these four, only Mr. Kuchma has declared his “Living Water” campaign organizers from the National EcoCenter of Ukraine appraise a clean-up site along the Stuhna candidacy in the 1999 presidential elec- River in Vasilkiv. tions. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 No. 12

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Ukrainian pro hockey update by Ihor Stelmach

Oh, baby! Olczyk proud to be a King against the New York Islanders. This time he did it all in the space of a Attempting to add some scoring few hours. His wife, Diana, gave birth to punch and bolster to their power play, their fourth child, Nicholas, at 5:20 p.m., the Los Angeles Kings made their first at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. foray into last summer’s free-agent mar- He left the hospital at 5:47 p.m., then ket, signing veteran forward Ed Olczyk made his way through Friday night rush to a two-year deal for slightly more than hour traffic in Los Angeles – no small $2 million. undertaking – and entered the dressing Olczyk, who turns 30 in August, room at 6:10 p.m. played last season with the Winnipeg The gift for the Kings and his new son Jets. Despite a knee injury and limited was no run-of-the-mill goal. It was a sec- THINKING ABOUT RETIREMENT? playing time early in the season, he ond-period power-play goal, which had 27 goals and 49 points in 51 turned out to be the game winner in a 1-0 IF NOT, YOU SHOULD BE. games and picked up 65 minutes in victory. An emotional Olczyk, who revived his With all the talk in Washington about Social Security and pension penalties. Sixteen of his goals came with the man advantage, and in one career in Winnipeg last season, stood in reform, there is one place you can turn to where you can begin saving 13-game stretch before Christmas he the dressing room afterward still wearing immediately for retirement and know your dollars will still be there tallied 13 goals. his hospital bracelet. when you reach your “golden years.” “He can play all three forward posi- “I wasn’t that stressed out,” Olczyk tions,” said Kings’ GM Sam McMaster. said. “I was pretty pumped up. This puts Open an IRA account with “He’s an exceptional face-off man and everything in perspective. The last cou- UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX FEDERAL CREDIT UNION exceptional on the power play as well as ple of years have been tough. And with- a team leader.” out the support of my wife and family And begin seeing immediate dividends on your retirement dollars. Olczyk, who had 294 goals and 688 and friends, I wouldn’t be where I am Set aside up to $2,000.00 tax deferred dollars in an Individual points in 802 NHL games prior to the today.” Retirement Account by April 15, 1997, and watch your retirement dollars start of this 1996-1997 season, has His youngest son also has a souvenir of the goal, as another new King, goal- grow. Remember, under new IRS rules your non-working spouse always been known for his enthusiasm and was clearly excited at the chance tender Stephane Fiset, made sure he can contribute $2,000.00 to IRA too. That makes a total of claimed the game puck and gave it to $4,000.00 in tax-defered dollars that you can set aside today. O u r he’s gotten with the Kings. “I didn’t think twice about it,” the Olczyk, telling him it was for Nicholas. institution pays higher rates than most banks and other financial institu- Ukrainian said. “I said, ‘Hey, let’s go.’ I Gretzky great for Ranger marketing tions. Stop by at one of our offices or give us a call for more details. Our was real excited and thankful I got this Member Service Representatives will be happy to assist you. opportunity.” Hockey players shoot for hat tricks, One reason for the 6-foot-1, 205- baseball players for grand slams and UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX FEDERAL CREDIT UNION pound Chicago native to be thankful for golfers for holes-in-one. But what of the the move is the increase in pay he people who market and sell the game and the things that make it popular? Main Office received. He made $550,000 last season, If you’re a retail consultant, like Ray 215 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003 and was reportedly offered a one-year Bartow for the NHL’s New York Tel.: (212) 533-2980; Fax: (212) 995-5204 deal worth $650,000 by the Coyotes. Rangers, NBA’s Knicks and Madison Olczyk’s most productive season was Branch Office Square Garden, it’s an opportunity to 1988-1989, when he garnered 90 points market products related to a legend. 35 Main St. South Bound Brook, NJ 08880 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Bartow’s job is to take a company Tel.: (908) 469-9085; Fax: (908) 469-9165 Olczyk has his own unique way of cele- logo and convert it to a profit-maker. Or E-mail us at [email protected] brating the birth of his children: by scoring And that’s exactly what Bartow has been a goal. He has done it before, and it hap- visit us at our WebSite – http://www.undp.org/missions/ukraine/credit doing since superstar Wayne Gretzky pened again on the very night he made his joined the Rangers last summer as an debut with the Kings, last October 4 unrestricted free agent. Gretzky may be in the twilight of his phenomenal career, but he’s still a huge name in the biggest media market in the world. That was obvious the opening week of the season when Gretzky and his old pal Mark Messier were featured guests on “Late Night with David Letterman.” Thousands of Rangers’ team jerseys with No. 99 and Gretzky’s name on the back, similar practice jerseys and photos of Gretzky decked out in the Rangers’ familiar red, white and blue have been sold. “You dream about something like this coming along,” Bartow said. “It’s an extraordinary opportunity. I can’t remember anything like this.” The Rangers won’t reveal exactly how much Gretzky merchandise has been sold, but they do say they have been forced to re-order more to keep up with the huge demand. Sweaters sell for about $125 retail and practice jerseys for about $50. There are plans for more Gretzky-related merchan- dise to be made available for sale, but the Rangers will reveal neither exactly what is coming next nor when. Bartow said there are two stores at the sixth-floor level of MSG where the Rangers play and there are four more at the lower mall level of the building, each carrying a substantial number of Gretzky-related items. He also said there is a trickle-down effect on the sale of other Rangers’ paraphernalia. When (Continued on page 15) No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 15

in here.” Pro hockey... This is a new life for Kocur, 32, who The Ukrainian National Association (Continued from page 14) started the hockey season playing in a fans enter a store to purchase Gretzky- 30-and-over league in the Detroit area. sponsors related items, they often pick up other From there he progressed to the Red s o u v e n i r s . Wings Alumni team, and finally ended 2nd Annual Soyuzivka Photo Contest “Having Wayne with the Rangers up with the San Antonio Dragons of the stimulates sales of all Rangers’ merchan- International League for a week before 1996-1997 dise,” Bartow said. signing with Detroit. Did the vast demand for Gretzky-relat- “I was working out six days a week, ed merchandise catch the Rangers off and it wasn’t so I’d look good in the guard? summer,” the Ukrainian said. “When you “Well, yes and no,” Bartow said. “We see that possibly the end is near, you start thought we had postured ourselves well to respect the job you have or the job you enough to handle the demand. But to be could have.” honest, we really didn’t expect it to be Kocur’s contract pays him $250,000 this good.” for the remainder of the season. In this time he must prove he deserves another Gretzky has been one of the leading contract, a situation that does not at all spokesmen for the NHL and hockey disturb him. since he entered the league as a teenager. “When you’re a player like me, you’re Fans pay close attention to the products always auditioning,” said Kocur, who he uses and endorses. had 2,270 penalty minutes in 684 NHL That’s what Easton is banking on. games. Gretzky is using Easton’s new “Silver Tip” stick. It will be made available to UKRAINIAN UTTERINGS: T h e the public in the spring of this year. It is Capitals, at one point this season, were worth noting that when Gretzky switched 0-3-1 when right winger Peter Bondra to using Easton sticks, so did 25 percent Judges at the UNA-Soyuzivka ‘96 Photo Contest (from left): Ulana Diachuk, UNA President; was out of the line-up, 13-9-3 when he Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky, choreographer; Roman Iwasivka, professional photographer and of players in the NHL. scored and 9-15-2 when he was shut George Kozak, painter (not present). Meanwhile, the Gretzky Upper Deck down. Bondra had 24 goals in a 25- Authenticated Line will add to its collec- game span ... Kings’ coach Larry Due to the positive response our first contest received, we will hold our second contest during tion, now that Gretzky has changed Robinson would not discuss a fight that the 1997 season. We encourage all amateur photographers who are visiting Soyuzivka teams. It consists of Gretzky game-worn erupted between forwards Dimitri to participate, and send entries for the contest to the UNA’s Home Office. jerseys from Los Angeles, St. Louis and Khristich and Barry Potomski during a now New York, commemorative 802 team practice on February 7. Potomski Rules and regulations: hats, autographed photos of Gretzky and hit Khristich in the eye with his stick 1. Only non-professional photo buffs can participate. Gordie Howe, as well as autographed and Khristich – the Kings’ leading scor- pucks, sticks and cards. er underwent laser eye surgery three 2. Photos must be taken at Soyuzivka in 1995, 1996 and 1997. 3. Entries must have a people theme and provide the following information Kocur proves you can days later. He was out some 10 days, 3. printed on the reverse of photo: go back home again while Potomski was demoted to Phoenix (IHL) for disciplinary reasons ... The – each photo must be dated; Joey Kocur was chomping at the bit to Devils’ Dave Andreychuk collected a – people on the photo must be identified and model release signature must be included; come back to the NHL, and even more so pair of assists in a 4-0 win over Hartford – name, address and telephone number of the entrant must be typed on a label. to play for his original team, the Detroit on February 13 to move ahead of Henri 3. There is no limit on the number of entries. Red Wings. And although only a couple Richard into sole possession of 39th 4. Selected photos will be published in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. of players remain from his first tour of place on the all-time NHL scoring list 5. Photos will not be returned and will become the property of the UNA. duty in Detroit, which ended in 1991, it with 1,047 points ... St. Louis Blues’ 6. Prints only (no slides); black/white or color; at least 4 x 6 up to 11x14 only took him a week to get used to fans booed center Wayne Gretzky every things once again. time he got the puck in his return to the 7. All photo entries will be exhibited at Soyuzivka in 1997. “I care about this team,” Kocur said. Kiel Center as a member of the Rangers 8. Entries will be judged solely on their merit; decisions of the judges will be final. “You know, you have to love the team on February 13 ... 9. Entries must be postmarked no later than April 30, 1997, and mailed to: you’re playing for. Sometimes when UNA – Soyuzivka Photo Contest ‘96-97 you’re traded it’s slow to come. But (Quotes courtesy of Lisa Dillman, beat 30 Montgomery St. here, it feels like I never left, like I writer for the L.A. Kings, Cynthia Lambert, Jersey City, NJ 07303 would do anything for any of the guys who covers the Red Wings and the Hockey Att’n.: Oksana Trytjak Tel. (201) 451-2200

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again that all branches annually send in Northern New Jersey lists of their officers to the Home Office. (Continued from page 5) Branches that do not do so prior to A final report for the Jersey City UNA March 31 will not receive their rewards District was delivered by Mr. Bilyk, who for the first quarter, she added. stated that he has worked for 16 years as The secretary also reported that the chairman of that district and has many Executive Committee had decided that no pleasant memories from those years. He dividends would be paid out this year to especially expressed thanks to his fellow members because of the costs associated district chairmen in New Jersey with whom with the UNA’s merger with one or two he had worked on numerous occasions. other Ukrainian fraternal associations. The outgoing chairman of the Passaic She added that the Home Office is now District, Mr. Chomko, stated that because implementing a new computer system and this will be happening at the time div- he had gotten a notification about the idends are normally paid out. Mrs. Lysko meeting, not as a district officer, but as a further explained that members age 79 branch representative, he had not prepared and over whose dividends pay their 12- a formal report. month UNA membership dues will There was no report for the Newark receive funds that will cover that sum. District, as its chairman had resigned several The secretary ended her remarks by months earlier. However, Andre Worobec, reviewing the new rules that apply to the district’s treasurer, did provide a basic scholarship applicants: students must have financial report, noting that there was some a minimum 2.0 grade point average; $400 to $500 in the treasury. scholarship applicants who hold matured Financial reports for the Jersey City Endowment at Age 18 certificates will and Passaic districts indicated respective have one year to purchase a new UNA balances of approximately $1,300 and policy, otherwise they will not qualify for $730. The first meeting of the new board further scholarships; also, beginning in the was to decide on the disposition of the year 2000, students who have Term to three districts’ combined funds. Age 23 certificates will no longer be eligi- In her report on the general state of the ble for scholarships due to the extremely UNA, Mrs. Diachuk reported on the 1996 low cost of these policies. Here Mrs. organizing campaign. She said that each Lysko cautioned that branch secretaries year the UNA loses 3,000 members (due to should make their members aware of this deaths, cash surrenders, matured endow- limitation well in advance of the year it ments or paid-up policies). She noted that goes into effect. only 859 new members were enrolled last Finally, the secretary informed all pre- year, but added that, if the number of mem- sent that the UNA Scholarship bers who took advantage of the Additional Committee had decided that students will BUFFALO, N.Y., DISTRICT COMMITTEE Insurance Program offered by the UNA is be recognized for academic achievement added to that figure, then there were 2,290 via memorial scholarships that will be of the new members, which means that the 1996 given in higher amounts (up to $5,000). organizing quota was met by 120 percent. A special topic of discussion was merg- UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION The UNA president also reported on ers of the Ukrainian National Aid announces that its the three districts’ organizing results. Association of America and the Ukrainian The Jersey City District enrolled 24 Fraternal Association with the UNA. Mrs. ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING new members during 1996, attaining 32 Diachuk emphasized that “there is strength percent of its annual quota. The average will be held on in size” and that administrative costs face value of UNA policies sold in 1996 decrease with mergers. “This is the SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1997 at 2:00 PM was $10,463, for a total of $251,126. The demand of the day,” she said of mergers. top organizers were: Dana Jasinski, five She added that she will travel soon to at St. Nicholas U. C. Church Hall members; and Joseph Binczak and John Winnipeg to speak with two fraternal orga- Danilack, four each. 308 Fillmore Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. nizations there that might be interested in The Passaic District had nine new mem- merging with the UNA. Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting mem bers are District Committee Officers, bers in 1996, fulfilling 90 percent of its Regarding the merger with the UFA, organizing quota. The average face value Convention Delegates and two delegates fro m the following Branches: Alexander Blahitka, UNA treasurer, said of certificates sold was $15,222, for a total the New Jersey Department of Banking of $137,000 of insurance. The top organiz- 40, 127, 304, 360 and Insurance does not admit the book er was Mr. Kotlar with seven members. value of the UFA’s resort, Verkhovyna, All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. In the Newark District, 81 new members and this puts the organization in a deficit enrolled and thus the district met 95 per- position. The insurance authorities, there- MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: cent of its quota for 1996. The total amount fore, are demanding that the resort either Martha Lysko, UNA Secretary of insurance sold was $4,456,532, for an be sold or changed to another type of average face value of $55,020 per policy. investment. He emphasized that it is not DISTRICT COMMITTEE The best organizers were: Messrs. the UNA that is demanding that the UFA Zenon Bodnarskyj, Chairman Oscislawski and Staruch with 25 members sell Verkhovyna, but insurance authorities. each; Mr. Worobec with 18; and Mr. Wasyl Sywenky, Secretary Maria Bodnarsky, Treasurer As regards the UNA’s headquarters Danilack with six. Roman Konotopskyj, Honorary Chairman building in Jersey City, Mr. Blahitka Mrs. Diachuk underlined that this year explained that here, too, it is the insurance in particular is critical because the num- authorities who are forcing the UNA’s ber of convention delegates to which a hand. They do not recognize the loan the branch is entitled is based on the UNA has given as an admitted asset; so the UK R A I N I A N branch’s yearend membership figures. UNA has to sell the building to get this off The next UNA convention is slated for its books as a deficit. The treasurer noted May 1998 in Toronto. that the UNA has had several offers on the NAT I O N A L She concluded her remarks by noting building, and that it is expected the build- that, as long as the UNA has members, it ing will be sold by the end of the year. will continue to publish its Ukrainian- In its place, Mr. Blahitka said, the AS S O C I AT I O N language daily newspaper, Svoboda, The UNA will purchase a smaller home Ukrainian Weekly and the annual UNA office. The UNA is planning to relocate Almanac; it will continue to support to Morris County. Soyuzivka and scholarships for college In response to a question about the HOME FOR PURCHASE students; as well as to provide grants to “psychological effect” of selling its 15- Ukrainian community organizations. story office building, Mr. Blahitka said OR REFINANCE Next to speak was UNA Secretary “The building always was only an invest- LOAN Martha Lysko, who focused her remarks ment, and there is a time to sell an invest- on finding new branch secretaries and SPECIAL FEATURES: ment. It is not a monument.” He added, PROGRAM* urged that all branches have assistant sec- “It is not our moral duty to have this • Available Nationwide retaries, who could be trained to take over building. We need only a home office.” Call now for immediate service • Single-Family Residence or Condominium as successors to secretaries. She also point- The building now requires substantial ed out that special courses for UNA secre- and complete program details... • Conventional and Jumbo Loans funds to bring it up to standards — some taries will be held over the course of four $2 million is needed, but we cannot • Fixed or Adjustable Rates to five days in mid-May at Soyuzivka. afford this, Mr. Blahitka explained. “The • Fast, Efficient Service Mrs. Lysko spoke also about the problem remains that the building does newsletter that she prepares for all (800) 253-9862 • Free Pre-Qualification branch secretaries and requested once (Continued on page 17) No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 17

reporters also said that the prosecutor’s As the marchers passed the Verkhovna Kievskiye Vi e d o m o s t i . . . office, which has opened an investigation 85,000 demon- Rada building where the Rukh demonstra- (Continued from page 1) of the hanging, claimed to have found a (Continued from page 1) tors held camp, things heated up. The concern about the death of Pyotr [sic] suicide note from Shevchenko allegedly jobs, or if they do they do not get paid, and “Rukhivtsi” answered catcalls from leftist Shevchenko, correspondent for the daily containing a farewell to his family and an if they do work they do not earn enough to marchers by blowing blue-yellow whistles that had been distributed to the crowd. A newspaper Kievskiye Viedomosti, whose indication that he was under pressure live — we understand their problems,” militia force of well over 1,000 kept the body was found hanged yesterday at from the SBU. However, Shevchenko’s said Mr. Kushnariov. two sides separated by barricades and a approximately 7 p.m. in an abandoned colleagues have not been able to see the He reiterated what is becoming a well- note and cannot confirm its existence or human wall five persons deep. After being building in Kyiv. Shevchenko, Kievskiye worn call to reform by the Ukrainian gov- its contents. turned away from European Square, where Viedomosti reporter for the Luhansk ernment. “We must convince the people Editors at Kievskiye Viedomosti, a they wanted to rally, the marchers moved region, had co-authored a series of arti- that the way out of the crisis is to speed up popular tabloid frequently featuring to the Arch of Friendship. cles published in recent weeks about dis- reforms and make Ukraine a country with crime and political scandals, believe that In Symferopol, Interfax Ukraine report- putes between the mayor of Luhansk and a European face.” they objectively covered recent disputes ed that more than 3,000 demonstrated the local branch of the Security Service Vyacheslav Chornovil, leader of between Luhansk Mayor Aleksei before the Verkhovna Rada building of the of Ukraine (SBU), the KGB’s successors. Rukh, said he was satisfied that his sup- Danilov, a young, reform-minded former Autonomous Republic of Crimea. When According to colleagues, Shevchenko porters had helped diffuse what could businessman, and the local department of told by the leaders of the demonstration called the editorial offices of Kievskiye have been a serious situation in Ukraine. the SBU. One editor said the paper had that representatives of the central govern- At an afternoon press conference he said, Viedomosti in early March to express his also reported incidents of harassment of ment in Kyiv were in the building, the pro- “Kyiv will not be ‘Red’ today.” fear of reprisal from the SBU in Danilov alleged to have been perpetrated testers tried to enter forcefully but were He explained that Rukh had initiated its Luhansk, a town of thriving privatization by the SBU. met by militia carrying truncheons and own actions throughout Ukraine on March ventures near the Russian border about As an organization devoted to the shields. The crowd was pushed back to the 13-15, in which 1.5 million leaflets were 700 kilometers from the capital of Kyiv. defense of its colleagues around the square across from the building, where distributed to Ukraine’s citizenry calling In late February, local SBU officers had world, CPJ is highly alarmed at the they continued their protest. for the removal of Communists and a ban held a press conference in Luhansk to deaths of journalists involved in contro- In the Donetsk region, rallies were on the Communist Party, an action that it denounce the journalists’ series of expos- versial reporting in Ukraine. CPJ has held in 15 cities. In the city of Donetsk had extended to March 18 to counter leftist es as “biased.” written to you on several occasions in the approximately 6,000 residents urged demonstrations. An editor of Kievskiye Viedomosti past on unsolved murders in 1995 and Kyiv to change “the course of domestic Mr. Chornovil also downplayed com- told CPJ that Shevchenko arrived in Kyiv 1996, such as the case of Ihor Hrushetsky and foreign policy,” Interfax-Ukraine ments from leaders of the Congress of by train on March 12 at 9 a.m. and was of Cherkasy. To date CPJ has not reported. They voted to demand that the Ukrainian Nationalists who had said that met by the newspaper’s messenger. He received any response. government immediately pay back Rukh’s participation in the day’s demon- did not pass anything on to the courier At this time CPJ is unable to confirm wages, pensions and student stipends, strations was tantamount to collaboration and said he planned to be in the editorial that Shevchenko’s death was not a sui- and restructure the coal industry sector. with leftist forces. offices later that day. Although cide, or that his death was related to his In Kharkiv, almost 7,000 people “Ours was an anti-strike. Today any Shevchenko was supposed to be staying professional activities as an investigative marched, led by the head of the Communist type of major strike could lead to disas- with friends in Kyiv, as far as is known, journalist. Nevertheless, we join our col- Party of Ukraine, Mr. Symonenko. ter.” He said the 1,000 or so people gath- he did not make any phone calls to them leagues in Kyiv in urging you to under- Internal Affairs Minister Yurii ered at the Verkhovna Rada were pen- or to colleagues at the paper and as yet take personally a thorough investigation Kravchenko said late on March 18 that sioners or the unemployed. there is no trace of his movements. His of Shevchenko’s death as well as the more than 50,000 militia were utilized to body was found on the evening of March unexplained murders of other Ukrainian In Kyiv the 3,000 pro-Communists who “ensure public order” and maintain control 13 by children playing near an empty journalists. Unless a death like this is marched down Hrushevsky Street carrying over the 85,000 demonstrators country- boiler room in an abandoned building. carefully investigated and the findings banners were led by two members of the wide. He also said the militia was notified Police said the death had occurred the made public, a climate of intimidation Progressive Socialist Party, National of several bomb threats during the course morning of March 13. There were no can persist for reporters, particularly in Deputies Natalia Vitrenko and Valerii of the day, including one in the Cabinet of apparent signs of struggle, and cash and Shevchenko’s case, where his stories Marchenko, along with Communist Party Ministers building and another in the valuables were found on the body. involved the SBU. member Volodymyr Moisienko, who kept procurator general’s offices. Both threats The editorial board of Kievskiye Whether Shevchenko was driven to calling on the militia to join them. were unfounded. Viedomosti as well as other Ukrainian commit suicide by harassment over his journalists and a local press freedom articles, or whether he is the victim of group fear that Shevchenko’s death may foul play by forces not necessarily relat- not have been a suicide and may have ed to the Ukrainian government, his story involved foul play. At a press conference is indicative of a chronic pattern of intol- in Kyiv today, journalists called upon erance of the media’s scrutiny of public President Kuchma to investigate person- officials which must become a top con- ally the death of Shevchenko as well as cern for the Ukrainian leadership. CPJ other unexplained deaths of journalists in urges you to give these matters your Ukraine in recent years. The Ukrainian prompt attention.

donations. Thus, expenses were covered. Northern New Jersey Mrs. Diachuk also spoke briefly about (Continued from page 16) ongoing UNA projects like the English not produce enough income to cover our Teachers for Ukraine program, the newslet- expenses; to ensure a better future for the ter for members called The UNA in Focus, UNA, we have to sell the building.” Soyuzivka and UNA publications. By selling the building, he argued, the In conclusion, she thanked all for UNA will be able to use its funds to contin- attending — including UNA A d v i s o r ue supporting such fraternal benefits as the Roma Hadzewycz and Honorary UNA’s press, Soyuzivka and scholarships. Member of the General Assembly Walter Mrs. Diachuk then continued her Sochan — and offered best wishes to the report by noting that sales of UNA newly elected officers of the Northern Christmas cards had netted a profit of New Jersey District Committee. $19,000 for the Ukrainian National As the chairman of the newly created dis- Foundation. The foundation has taken on trict, Mr. Oscislawski thanked all present for its first project: the funding of a chil- electing him and pledged to do everything pos- dren’s book, “Ivasyk Telesyk” by noted sible for the good of the district and the UNA. author Ivan Malkovych of Kyiv. He thanked Messrs. Bilyk and Chomko for The 1997 UNA Almanac was sent to their many years of hard work for the UNA 8,000 readers, 3,000 of whom responded with and the Ukrainian community. REGIS TRATION FORM FOR CHEMNY’S FUN CENTER J ULY 28 - AUGUST 2, 1997

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Important Information 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 No. 12 Peter Kytasty. . . Ukrainian National Association (Continued from page 4) dence in 1991, Mr. Kytasty was honored Monthly reports by the Ukrainian government as a “Distinguished Artist of Ukraine” for his pioneering work in the promotion of RECORDING DEPARTMENT DISBURSEMENTS FOR DECEMBER 1996 Ukrainian traditional music in the United MEMBERSHIP REPORT Paid To Or For Members: States. The Ukrainian Cabinet of Annuity Benefits And Partial Withdrawals $ 67,428.91 JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Ministers especially cited Mr. Kytasty for Cash Surrenders 58,135.08 TOTAL AS OF NOVEMBER 1996 16,293 38,423 4,765 59,481 Death Benefits 69,863.45 his successful efforts in developing a GAINS IN DECEMBER 1996 Dividend Accumulations 2,535.50 strong contingent of young Americans Total new members 30 56 0 86 Dues And Annuity Premiums From Members Returned 2,523.82 who have learned the once-forgotten art New members UL 0 5 0 5 Endowments Matured 95,854.28 Reinstated 15 75 0 90 form of bandura playing. Transfered in 116 334 41 491 Indigent Benefits Disbursed 950.00 Mr. Kytasty and his son Julian have Change class in 5 3 0 8 Interest On Death Benefits 91.42 Transfered from Juvenile Dept. 0 0 0 0 Reinsurance Premiums Paid 72,939.18 organized numerous bandura workshops TOTAL GAINS: 166 473 41 680 Scholarships 300.00 and became the co-founders of a two- LOSSES IN DECEMBER 1996 Total $ 370,621.64 week intensive music program at the All- Suspended 5 21 10 36 Operating Expenses: Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Camp in Transfered out 116 334 41 491 Real Estate $ 63,839.51 Emlenton, Pa. The aim of the camp is to Change of class out 5 3 0 8 Svoboda Operation 271,528.81 Transfered to adults 0 0 0 0 preserve and promote the best of Died 2 84 0 86 Organizing Expenses: Ukrainian musical culture. The camp has Cash surrender 17 34 0 51 Advertising $ 6,475.56 attracted youngsters from across the Endowment matured 33 89 0 122 Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 4,704.17 Fully paid-up 21 74 0 95 Field Conferences 746.77 Midwest and from as far away as South Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0 Lodge Supplies Purchased 19.19 Carolina, Florida, California and British Certificate terminated 0 0 16 16 Medical Inspections 176.15 Columbia. Last summer, the bandura TOTAL LOSSES 199 639 67 905 Refund of Branch Secretaries Expenses 59.48 program celebrated its 13th anniversary. INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Reward To Organizers 7,453.34 GAINS IN DECEMBER 1996 Reward To Special Organizers 17,069.06 Mr. Kytasty also serves as the choir- Paid-up 21 74 0 95 Supreme Medical Examiner's Fee 1,500.00 master and cantor at St. Mary the Extended insurance 2 11 0 13 Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers 924.29 Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church TOTAL GAINS 23 85 0 108 $ 39,128.01 in Southfield, Mich., where his family LOSSES IN DECEMBER 1996 Total $ 374,496.33 has been active in Ukrainian community Died 2 51 0 53 Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: life since the 1950s. Cash surrender 10 14 0 24 Employee Benefit Plan $ 23,949.88 Mr. Kytasty is married to Lydia Korol Reinstated 2 1 0 3 Insurance-General 3,866.25 AIP 9 12 0 21 Salaries Of Executive Officers 17,740.09 Kytasty, a distinguished scholar and TOTAL LOSSES 23 78 0 101 Salaries Of Office Employees 95,538.70 teacher’s assistant in art history at the TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Tax On Canadian Investments and Business 76.39 University of Michigan, Dearborn. AS OF DECEMBER 1996 16,260 38,264 4,739 59,263 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee Wages 94,735.82 He has four children: Julian, 38, is a MARTHA LYSKO Total $ 235,907.13 music teacher at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Secretary General Expenses: Orthodox Seminary in Winnipeg; Alex, Actuarial And Statistical Expenses $ 18,119.40 34, is a systems analyst and recording FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Bank Charges 1,375.38 Bank Charges For Custodian Account 2,103.87 engineer in New York City; Irene, 30, INCOME FOR DECEMBER 1996 Books And Periodicals 408.35 lives in Hamden, Conn., where she and Dues From Members $ 195,820.50 Dues To Fraternal Congresses 75.00 her husband, Alex Kuzma, are active in Annuity Premiums From Members 18,500.92 General Office Maintenance 7,081.94 the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund; Reinsurance Allowance-Canada 75,081.51 Insurance Department Fees 1,330.58 Income From "Svoboda" Operation 116,258.91 Legal Expenses-General 3,817.39 John, 29, has taken after his father and has Investment Income: Operating Expense of Canadian Office 312.85 become a civil engineer. A graduate of the Banks $ 513.32 Postage 823.37 Lawrence Technical University, John is Bonds 250,695.49 Printing and Stationery 1,584.97 the former president of the Engineering Certificate Loans 3,159.06 Rental Of Equipment And Services 23,953.87 Society and currently works for the uni- Mortgage Loans 32,819.55 Telephone, Telegraph 10,399.09 Real Estate 61,212.59 Total $ 71,386.06 versity’s engineering laboratory. Short Term Investments 11,154.67 Miscellaneous: Following in their father’s footsteps, Stocks 11,954.59 Amortization Premiums On Bonds $ 35,553.20 all the Kytasty children have been active Urban Renewal Corporation 1,021,978.00 Depreciation Of E.D.P. Equipment 180,327.61 in Ukrainian music. Julian is widely con- $ 1,393,487.27 Depreciation Of Printing Plant 16,902.54 Total $ 1,799,149.11 sidered to be among the finest bandura Depreciation Of Real Estate 83,747.01 virtuosos in the United States. He recent- Refunds: Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 3,941.67 Cash Surrender $ 328.00 Donation to Fraternal Fund Returned 7,020.29 ly released a CD titled “Paris to Kyiv – Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 1,387.77 Exchange Account-UNURC 417,424.36 Variances” with the renowned Ukrainian Death Benefits 500.00 Expenses Of Annual Sessions 2,611.93 Canadian singer Alexis Kochan. The Donations 1,000.00 Investment Expense 2,750.00 album has been very well received by Employee Benefit Plan 81,148.70 Paid-In-Fund-UNURC 7,357,487.98 Canadian music critics and is gaining General Office Maintenance 200.00 Professional Fees 5,840.00 Insurance-General 46,338.04 Profit On Bonds Returned 21.41 popularity in the United States. Insurance Workmens Compensation 6,853.00 Rent 4,354.69 Now that he is retiring, Mr. Kytasty is Official Publication "Svoboda" 45,000.00 Reserve For Unpresented Checks 57,527.70 planning to spend more time on his Payor Death Benefits 247.45 Transfer Account 4,218,939.00 music, providing encouragement and Postage 4.00 Total $ 12,394,449.39 Rent 1,536.80 guidance to young musicians in the Rental Of Equipment And Services 47,672.21 Investments: Ukrainian community and introducing Bonds $ 46,949.28 Reward To Organizers 43.85 the bandura to folk music lovers in the Reward To Branch Presidents And Treasurers 5.00 Certificate Loans 7,763.06 Refund of Secretary's Expenses 3,664.37 E.D.P. Equipment 64,806.59 Metropolitan Detroit area and beyond. Reward To Special Organizer 5,392.80 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 1,745,810.90 He hopes to participate in the Ukrainian Scholarship 200.00 Mortgages 80,295.00 Bandurist Chorus concert tour of the Taxes Federal, State & City On Employee Wages 147,500.71 Real Estate 7,122.88 East Coast scheduled for next October. Telephone 41.51 Short Term Investments 3,129,286.83 Total $ 389,064.21 Stock 312,321.56 At his January 9 retirement luncheon, Miscellaneous: Total $ 5,394,356.10 Mr. Kytasty performed several selections Accrual Of Discount On Bonds $ 46,903.13 Disbursements For December, 1996 $ 18,841,216.65 on the bandura and delighted the audience Annuity Surrender Fees 1,959.94 with traditional Ukrainian songs and car- Donations To Fraternal Fund 66,364.90 ols, which he sang accompanied by mem- Donations To Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 27,897.55 BALANCE Deposit Payable 5,000.00 bers of his family. Among these was an ASSETS LIABILITIES Exchange Account-UNURC 417,424.36 original composition by Hryhoriy Kytasty Reisurance Recovered 3,895.35 Cash $ 1,349,831.88 Life Insurance $ 65,045,552.48 titled “Mavka.” This was presented as a Reserve For Unpresented Checks 80,938.64 Short Term bittersweet ballad especially appropriate Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopaedia" 910.00 Investments 2,847,945.69 Transfer Account 4,219,380.64 Bonds 43,100,522.33 for retirement, as it describes a fateful Transactions Within UNA 310.00 Mortgage Loans 7,053,162.95 encounter between an aging dreamer and Total $ 4,870,984.51 Certificate Loan 697,842.47 a wood nymph who promises to turn the Investments: Real Estate 3,128,727.68 Accidental D.D. 2,226,948.91 autumn of his years back into spring. Bonds Matured Or Sold $ 113,896.45 Printing Plant & E.D.P. At the conclusion of the program, Certificate Loans Repaid 9,874.25 Equipment 465,335.23 Fraternal 0.00 Mr. Kytasty’s colleagues from the U.S. Electronic Data Processing Equipment 181,827.61 Stocks 1,857,369.58 Orphans 442,100.30 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 7,357,487.98 Loan to D.H.-U.N.A Army Corps of Engineers presented him Mortgages Repaid 26,735.84 Housing Corp. 104,551.04 Old Age Home 0.00 with plaques acknowledging the enthu- Printing Plant 16,902.54 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 7,163,051.81 Emergency 53,738.97 siasm and light-hearted spirit he always Real Estate 90,583.40 Total $ 67,768,340.66 $ 67,768,340.66 brought to his work. The retirement was Short Term Investments Sold 4,070,203.09 Total $ 11,867,511.16 reported in an extensive article in the ALEXANDER BLAHITKA Income For December, 1996 $ 18,926,708.99 Treasurer Livonia Observer and the Corps of Engineers’ newsletter, Soundings. No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 19

The Glory

Through July 6 he Deacon Stephen mosaic, a priceless T fragment from one of Kyiv’s most lavishly decorated churches, is just one of more than 350 rarely seen trea- sures from around the world now on view at the Metropolitan. In an exhibition of unprecedented scope and dazzling beauty, the rich heritage of Byzantium’s golden age — and the cultural currents it shared with Kyivan Rus’— are gloriously illustrated. From sacred icons adorned with gold to

The Deacon Stephen (detail) from the Cathedral of the Mykhailivs’kyi Zolotoverkhyi Monastery in Kyiv, Kyivan Rus’, ca. 1108–13, National Architectural Conservation Area “Saint Sophia of Kyiv,” Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: Bruce White THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUMOF ART Open Friday and Saturday evenings until 9 p.m. Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York

The exhibition is made possible by ALPHA BANKING GROUP. Sponsorship is provided by

Additional assistance has been received from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the FOUNDATION FOR HELLENIC CULTURE, MARINOPOULOS GROUP, HALYVOURGIKI INC., Constantine Angelopoulos and Mrs. Yeli Papayannopoulou, and anonymous donors. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 No. 12

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Sunday, March 23 Tuesday, April 8 NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Academy of PORTLAND, Ore.: The Leontovych Arts and Sciences in the U.S. is holding a String Quartet will appear in concert at the lecture by Dr. Tetiana Bednarzowa, Charles University of Portland, Buckley Center at University, Prague, who will speak on “The 8 p.m. in a program of works by Ukrainian Intellectual Elite in Prague in the Shostakovich, Svoboda and Brahms. 1920s-1930s.” The lecture will be held at the Thursday, April 10 academy, 206 W. 100 St., at 2 p.m. SEATTLE, Wash.: The Leontovych Tuesday, March 25 String Quartet will appear in concert in a THOMASTON, Conn.: U k r a i n i a n program of works by Shostakovich, Heritage Interantional is holding a three-part Svoboda and Brahms at the University of Ukrainian Lenten program to be presented Washington, Meany Hall, at 8 p.m. at the Thomaston High School, at 1- 3 p.m. Friday, April 11 The program, initiated by UHI founder and CEO Michael M. Moskaluk, includes: pre- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard sentation by Mr. Moskaluk on the introduc- Ukrainian Research Institute is holding its tion of Christianity to Ukraine and and the annual Maria and Vasyl Petryshyn traditional preparations and celebrations of Memorial Lecture in Ukrainian Studies. the Feast of the Resurrection worldwide as Prof. John-Paul Himka, department of his- practiced by various rites and denomina- tory and classics, University of Alberta tions; a talk and demonstration of the art of will speak on “History, Christendom and making pysanky by Addi; and a presenta- East European Culture: Reformulating tion by Barbara Moskaluk-Hunter of her Some Questions.” The lecture will be held pysanka collection. A selection of Ukrainian in the auditorium of Boylston Hall, located artifacts will also be on display courtesy of next to Widener Library, at 4 p.m. The Bohdan Bereza. The program will be lecture will conclude with an open recep- recorded on video and cassettes available tion in the Reading Room of the Faculty for purchase. For more information call Club. For additional information call (617) (860) 567-1623. 495-4053. Saturday, March 29 Saturday, April 12 NEW YORK: An Easter bazaar and demon- CHICAGO: Branch 29 of the Ukrainian strations in the making of pysanky will be National Women’s League of America held at The Ukrainian Museum, at 11 a.m.-5 invites the public to an evening of humor p.m. Featured at the bazaar will be pysanky, and entertainment, featuring an amateur supplies for decorating the eggs, exhibition theater group organized by UNWLA catalogues, children’s books and homemade Branch 45 of Warren, Mich. A dinner will baked goods. Experienced artisans will be served courtesy of UNWLA Branch 29 demonstrate the art of making traditional members. The event will be held in the Ukrainian pysanky at 2-5 p.m. The celebrat- hall of Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Church, ed film “Pysanka” by director Slavko Oakley and Superior, at 7 p.m. Nowytski will be shown every half hour. To The Weekly Contributors: Sunday, April 13 Monday, March 31 TORONTO: The Ukrainian Canadian We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clip- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Research and Documentation Center, in con- pings, letters to the editor, and the like – we receive from our readers. Ukrainian Research Institute is holding a junction with the Peter Jacyk Center for In order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guide- lecture by Eleonora Solovey, Institute of Ukrainian Historical Research at the lines listed below be followed. Literature, National Academy of Sciences Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, St. • News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a of Ukraine, who will speak on the topic Vladimir Institute and the Zoryan Institute given event. “Conceptualizing Ukrainian Literature in for Contemporary Armenian Research and • Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the Light of Territorial Fragmentation and Documentation, present a symposium titled date of The Weekly edition in which the information is to be published. Ethnic Dispersal.” The lecture will be held “Genocide Remembered: Armenians 1915- • All materials must be typed and double-spaced. at the institute, 1538 Massachusetts Ave., 1923 — Ukrainians 1932-1933.” A showing • Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the at 4-6 p.m. of the films “An Armenian Jourrney” and “Harvest of Despair” will be followed by a publication and the date of the edition. Saturday, April 5 discussion session with Dr. Lorne Shirinian, • Photographs submitted for publication must be black and white (or color with JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Embassy of who will speak on “Voices of the Survivors good contrast). Captions must be provided. Photos will be returned only when so Ukraine, in conjunction with the National of Genocide,” and Dr. Frank Sysyn, “Making requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. Agricultural Library of the United States the Famine a Public Issue: The Role of the • Full names and their correct English spellings must be provided. Department of Agriculture and the Ukrainian Diaspora in the 1980s.” The sym- • Persons who submit any materials must provide a phone number where they Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, posium will be held at St. Vladimir Institute, may be reached during the work day if any additional information is required. invite the public to the opening of the exhibi- 620 Spadina Ave., at 2-5 p.m. tion “The Contribution of Ukrainian GENERAL NOTICE Americans to the Agriculture of the United States of America.” Opening remarks will be JENKINTOWN, Pa.: Manor Junior by Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, Ukraine’s ambas- College’s Professsional Development SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) sador to the U.S. The exhibition opening will Office has scheduled the following com- be held at the center, 700 Cedar Road, at 5 puter training courses: Microsoft Word— Federal Credit Union p.m. Refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P. Wednesdays, April 2-April 23, at 6:30- 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 by calling the center at (215) 663-1166. 9:30 p.m; Word Perfect 6.1 for Tel (201) 373-7839 • http://www.selfreliance.org • Fax (201) 373-8812 Windows— Mondays, April 7-April 28, at EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The Ukrainian BUSINESS HOURS: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. The course “Intermediate American Professionals and Businesspersons Tue & Fri - 12:00 noon to 7 PM • Wed & Thurs - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM • Sat - 9:00 to 12:00 noon • Mon. - Closed Word for Windows,” started Saturday, Association presents Alexander Pivovarsky, March 22, and will be held Saturdays project manager, Harvard Institute for through April 19, 9 a.m.-noon. For more International Developments, who will speak information, or to enroll, contact the on “Ukraine Macroeconomic Policy Project.” office, (215) 884-2218. Mr. Pivovarsky is one of the first recipients of UAPBA’s Education Fund scholarship to ADVANCE NOTICE Harvard’s summer school. The presentation Sunday, May 11 will be held at Ramada Inn, Route 10, at 8 p.m., preceded by cocktails at 7:15 p.m. FOX CHASE MANOR, Pa.: T h e Members: $8; non-members, $10; students, Sisters of St. Basil the Great will host the f r e e . 66th annual Mother’s Day Pilgrimage on the grounds of the Motherhouse at 710 Monday, April 7 Fox Chase Road. The event will begin at EUGENE, Ore.: The Leontovych String 9 a.m. with a liturgy and will feature Quartet — Yuri Mazurkevich, first violin; scheduled family activities throughout Yuri Kharenko, second violin; Borys the day. The theme of this year’s pil- Deviatov, viola; and Volodymyr grimage is “To Jesus through Mary.” As Panteleyev, cello — will appear in concert an added feature, there will be a special at the University of Oregon, Beall Concert one-hour children’s program with the Hall, in a program of works by theme “Faith and Cultural Experience in Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky and Portland, the United States.” As in other years, the Oregon composer Tomas Svoboda (String pilgrimage will have the traditional pro- Quaartet No. 2 Opus 151). The concert, cession to the grotto with a devotion ser- which will be preceded by a lecture, vice honoring the Mother of God. For begins at 8 p.m. For additional information more information contact Sister call (541) 346-5678. Elizabeth, (215) 379-0628.