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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIX HE No.KRAINIAN 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine KuchmaT and Putin U W meet in Dnipropetrovsk Anti-Kuchma protests continue in Ukrainian capital

by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin broadened and deepened his country’s cooperation with Ukraine on February 13 during a two-day visit to the country’s industrial heartland. President Putin and the large Russian delegation he brought with him signed 16 assorted bilateral agreements on developing economic and business relations with their Ukrainian hosts, the most important of which was in the joint development of aero- space technology. The two sides also agreed to reconnect Ukraine to Russia’s energy grid – a move that would allow Russia to better track Ukraine’s electricity needs, while also giving it access to the Moldovan market, which is experiencing severe energy shortages and has requested Russian aid. “It is a colossal step forward,” said Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma at the conclusion of the talks, according to the Kyiv newspaper Den. In Vienna, where Mr. Putin traveled before arriving in the south-central Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk the Efrem Lukatsky evening of February 12, the Russian presi- A column of protesters from around Ukraine marches to the center of Kyiv on February 11. dent told journalists that closer relations with Ukraine are at the top of Moscow’s by Roman Woronowycz gathered in the city center on February 11. dubbed Kuchma Without Ukraine. agenda. Kyiv Press Bureau They lined downtown streets, forming a Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz “Relations in the post-Soviet territory are human chain that stretched nearly a mile – the symbolic head of the anti-Kuchma KYIV – For the second time in less than a priority to us, especially with Ukraine, our along the city’s main thoroughfare, the movement who in November initiated the a week thousands of Ukrainians descended largest partner,” said Mr. Putin. Khreschatyk, and passed the site of a tent scandal when he announced the discovery on the central square of Kyiv to protest the In Dnipropetrovsk, the Russian president city alongside Independence Square before of audiotapes that allegedly contain the visited the Pivdenmash rocket factory, the alleged involvement of President Leonid finishing at the Presidential Administration voices of the president and his top subordi- largest in the world and the place where Kuchma and several top law enforcement Building. nates variously planning criminal actions President Kuchma had spent years as its officials in the disappearance of a missing The protesters, who first paraded down and conspiracies – called for the downfall general director before embarking on a Ukrainian journalist. the Khreschatyk, carried a huge, 60-foot of the “criminal gang” that controls the political career in Kyiv that would take him Shouting “Kuchma Out” and carrying blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag and dozens country. to the highest office in the land. the now famous placard bearing a carica- of flags and placards identifying the more Cherkasy Mayor Volodymyr Oliynyk ture of Mr. Kuchma inscribed “Kuchma than 20 political parties and organizations told the mass rally that Ukraine is ashamed (Continued on page 3) Kaput,” more than 5,000 demonstrators that have joined the anti-Kuchma action of its president. “Kuchma has no moral right to be the head of state,” said Mr. Oliinyk. The protesters lit candles as dusk descended upon the city and called for the UNA helps rural youths in Ukraine attend Kyiv Mohyla university resignation of President Kuchma for his by Roman Woronowycz the country was magnified, depriving cation at one of Ukraine’s most presti- alleged role in the disappearance of Heorhii Kyiv Press Bureau students of teachers and textbooks. gious academic institutions. After dis- Gongadze, an outspoken journalist who dis- Today there is consensus that the cussions with the National University of appeared without a trace in September KYIV – Although the right to an government needs to begin sinking Kyiv Mohyla Academy, the UNA, 2000. While a body that was discovered in education is guaranteed in the more money into local village educa- through its Ukrainian National a shallow grave in a wooded area outside Constitution of Ukraine, nothing there tional systems, but that does not help Foundation, agreed to pay the $1,000 Kyiv in November is believed to belong to speaks to the quality of that education, students who in the last decade were tuition for five boys and five girls from Mr. Gongadze, who in his Internet newspa- nor does it set out how that system is to deprived of a “normal” education – villages in central and eastern Ukraine to per had unabashedly accused the Kuchma be maintained. Guaranteed learning or many of them talented kids who grew take part in college preparatory courses administration and the president’s cronies not, as Ukraine’s economy plummeted up in the wrong place at an unfortunate at the university – rated for the last sev- for massive corruption, Procurator General through the 1990s, its educational sys- time. These same kids, who have most eral years as one of the top two centers Mykhailo Potebenko has refused to certify tem floundered, leaving many of the skills needed to begin university of academic study in Ukraine. The pro- the corpse’s identity. Mr. Potebenko has Ukrainian students effectively unable studies, also lack the finances that gram becomes the third source of such said that the 99.6 percent probability that to receive a basic education that would seem more abundantly available to funding in the United States for the the corpse is the missing journalist’s still qualify them for entry into institutions their city cousins. NUKMA preparatory program. leaves room for doubt. of higher learning. To help even the playing field for at Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, president The candlelight vigil, which occurred That dive was felt most acutely in least a few of Ukraine’s deprived rural of the NUKMA, said he was very without violent incidents, followed another villages and towns far from major popu- youths, the Ukrainian National pleased with the UNA’s decision. He anti-Kuchma rally in the city center five lation points, where the lack of salaries Association decided to give 10 such days earlier, during which 10,000 demon- and resources experienced throughout young adults a chance at a college edu- (Continued on page 10) (Continued on page 21) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Ukraine: “returning” to Europe? Leaders seek to quell ‘destructive forces’ finally clarified. The Gongadze case must by Dr. Roman Solchanyk be seen as a test of the democratic develop- Czech capital, as “those Russkies.” KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma, The problem, one suspects, is ment in Ukraine,” the Associated Press Anyone following developments on the Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko and reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) Huntingtonian in nature, somewhat analo- Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ivan Pliusch European continent cannot but have gous to Turkey’s problems with Europe. It noticed the evolving debate about what on February 13 issued a joint statement MD asks for asylum in Great Britain was one thing for Turkey to become a pledging their determination to use “all constitutes “European-ness” under present member of NATO, which it did in 1952, conditions. Increasingly, academic confer- legitimate means” to quell the current KYIV – Surgeon Valerii Ivasiuk has and thereby secure Europe’s southern political unrest and “destructive forces” asked for asylum in Great Britain, Interfax ences are being organized devoted to this flank, but it was not until almost 50 years subject, and articles and books are being in the country, Interfax and ITAR-TASS reported on February 13, quoting the later that the EU decided that it could begin London newspaper Independent. Dr. written that address one or another aspect reported. According to the three leaders, accession talks with Ankara. In a similar Ivasiuk was involved as an expert in the of the central question of where Europe Ukraine is witnessing “an unprecedented vein, the EU opened accession talks with identification of the decapitated body that begins and ends. political campaign with all the signs of a Romania in 1999, whose economic “suc- is believed to be that of missing journalist The stimulus for this discussion can be psychological war.” They also say the cesses” are more or less comparable with Heorhii Gongadze. Dr. Ivasiuk repeatedly traced directly to the dismantling of the recently created Forum for National those of Ukraine, but it has consistently contradicted in public the statements of Berlin Wall in 1989, the subsequent col- Salvation is not seeking salvation for the rebuffed Ukraine’s pleas for greater inte- Procurator General Mykhailo Potebenko lapse of the “people’s democracies” in nation but “for themselves from political gration. that the body cannot be unambiguously what has long been known as “Eastern bankruptcy and oblivion ... [and] criminal The problems with Ukraine’s “European identified as Mr. Gongadze’s. The physi- Europe,” and the disintegration of the responsibility.” The statement warns that choice,” however, are not entirely one- cian told the British newspaper that fol- Soviet Union. In the aftermath, Europe “the attempts to stir up passions and use sided. It would seem that most Ukrainians lowing his public pronouncements, offi- embarked on the process of reconfiguring methods of provocation to deepen the do not want to be “European.” An October cers of the Security Service of Ukraine and redefining itself through the integration split in society and prompt the use of 2000 poll conducted by the Kyiv threatened to arrest him and suggested that of “Eastern Europe,” a concept that was force by the authorities constitute a real International Institute of Sociology for the his life is in danger. Dr. Ivasiuk, who pre- largely artificial in nature – that is, the threat to national security.” (RFE/RL U. S. Department of State’s Office of viously was a national deputy representing product of the post-war division of Europe Newsline) Research revealed the following: Rukh, left for Great Britain last month, into spheres of influence that grouped • 52 percent of those polled regard leaving his wife and two children in together such geographically and culturally Kuchma speaks with Financial Times Russia as the key guarantor of Ukraine’s Ukraine. (RFE/RL Newsline) disparate countries as the German security; KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma told Democratic Republic and Bulgaria. • only 14 percent want close ties with London’s Financial Times on February 10 Forum wants to annul accords with Putin The emergence of the new Europe, as it the United States and NATO; and that he had no role in the death of inde- KYIV – The Forum for National were, is being driven primarily by the • 61 percent favor joining a confedera- pendent journalist Heorhii Gongadze. “I Salvation will seek legislative invalidation enlargement of two institutions: NATO and tion with Russia and Belarus, while 32 per- can swear on the Bible or on the of the agreements adopted during the European Union (EU). Three of cent are opposed. Constitution that I never made such an President Leonid Kuchma’s meeting with Ukraine’s neighbors, Poland, Hungary and The “good news” is that while 40 per- order to destroy a human being. This is Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Czech Republic, are well on their way cent want Ukraine and Russia to merge simply absurd,” he noted. President Dnipropetrovsk, Interfax reported on to returning to Europe as the newest mem- into one state, 49 percent are opposed to Kuchma said the tapes provided by his February 13, quoting National Deputy bers of NATO; in two or three years’ time such a merger. former bodyguard, Mykola Taras Stetskiv. According to Mr. Stetskiv, they will join the EU. Other former Three in four (75 percent) have a favor- Melnychenko, are a montage of different the Kuchma-Putin talks signaled Ukraine’s “Eastern Europeans” will follow as will the conversations recorded “probably” in his able opinion of Russia, and nearly as many “unambiguous reorientation toward Baltic states – certainly insofar as the EU is office. “Maybe the name Gongadze came (69 percent) have a positive opinion of the Russia.” He added, “A serious step was concerned and perhaps NATO as well. up in conversations, I don’t remember. Russian president. A small minority of 12 made toward [Ukraine’s] capitulation to For Ukraine, these developments are But I give you my honest word, I did not percent name Russia as the principal threat the Russian partner, primarily in the eco- more than just of passing interest. For some even know this journalist,” Mr. Kuchma to Ukraine’s security. nomic sector.” Legislator Oleksander time now, the leadership in Kyiv – its said. He said the tape scandal was staged A majority of Ukrainians have – 55 per- Hudyma said the Kuchma-Putin accord to “multivector” foreign policy notwithstand- by a “well-organized force” with “a great cent – confidence in the Commonwealth of couple both countries’ electricity grids ing – has been declaring that it seeks to deal of money and capabilities,” adding Independent States (CIS), but fewer than threatens Ukraine’s “national energy secu- integrate Ukraine into European and trans- that “I completely reject the idea that this half have confidence in the EU (37 per- rity system.” And Deputy Yurii Kostenko Atlantic political, security and economic was done on the level of states, that it was cent), the Council of Europe (33 percent), noted that President Putin’s visit to institutions. Full-fledged membership in the Americans or the Russians.” (RFE/RL the Organization for Security and Dnipropetrovsk intended to pull Ukraine the EU is a stated goal of the Ukrainian Newsline) Cooperation in Europe (33 percent), and into a “military-political union” with government. The president of Ukraine, NATO (31 percent). among other prominent officials, has EU envoys raise media, Gongadze case Russia. Foreign Affairs Minister Anatolii Another poll, conducted by the SOCIS Zlenko commented later the same day that argued that Ukraine must “return” to Center for Social and Marketing Research Europe; that integration into European KYIV – A delegation from the European political issues were not discussed in in December 2000, showed that 42 percent Union led by Swedish Foreign Minister Dnipropetrovsk. (RFE/RL Newsline) structures is a “strategic choice.” Indeed, in preferred relations with Russia and the CIS the fall of 1999 former Minister of Foreign Anna Lindh discussed the media situation as a priority while only 8 percent opted for in Ukraine and the investigation of the Putin says ties have improved Affairs Borys Tarasyuk insisted that the Western countries. Another 33 percent “European idea has become Ukraine’s Gongadze case with President Leonid KYIV – In an interview with Ukrainian claimed to support a “balanced” foreign Kuchma on February 13, Interfax reported. national idea and a consolidating factor for policy. A solid majority (61 percent) would television in advance of his meeting with its society.” Foreign Affairs Minister Anatolii Zlenko President Leonid Kuchma on 12 February, support a president who favors a “Slavic said the interlocutors agreed that it is neces- Let’s forget for the moment the rather union.” This, by the way, was more or less Russian President Putin said that the two problematic question of returning to sary to “conclude the investigation in the of them “managed to do the main thing what the incumbent Ukrainian president Gongadze case ... and focus on the search Europe, which, after all, implies having was promising in his 1994 election cam- last year – we changed the quality of rela- been there at some point and the even more for the guilty.” Ms. Lindh said: “It is very tions.” He continued, “I think this was one paign. It may be recalled that in his first important that conditions for the media in problematic question of the European idea inaugural speech there was the almost of the main achievements of Russian having become Ukraine’s national idea. Ukraine are improved and that the fate of casual assertion about Ukraine quite natu- journalist and regime critic Gongadze is (Continued on page 25) On a practical level, the sad fact remains rally belonging to the “Eurasian space.” that hardly anyone in places like London, Still another survey, commissioned by Paris, Berlin or Brussels is waiting for the Academy for Humanities and Social Ukraine to “return.” Indeed, it seems that Studies in Moscow, also conducted last FOUNDED 1933 more or less the same sentiment prevails December, found that 53 percent of among some of Ukraine’s “Eastern HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Ukrainians favored the unification of TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., European” neighbors. 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No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 3 Yulia Tymoshenko arrested Supporters say move is political action Kuchma fires intelligence chief and presidential security official by Roman Woronowycz were working to halt her efforts and by Roman Woronowycz at the Security Service helm he was first Kyiv Press Bureau remove her from her post. Kyiv Press Bureau assistant to Mr. Marchuk when he led On the evening of her arrest, the agency in the early 1990s. KYIV – Ukraine’s procurator general Oleksander Turchynov, a political col- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma Mr. Kuchma also dismissed arrested Yulia Tymoshenko on February league and leader of the parliamentary fired his top intelligence and surveillance Volodymyr Shepel, who had directed the 13 on charges that she offered Pavlo faction of the Batkivschyna Party that official and the head of the presidential president’s personal security team. He Lazarenko bribes totaling nearly $80 mil- Ms. Tymoshenko founded, said her arrest security team on February 10 after meet- was replaced with Valerii Strohov, who lion while he was the prime minister of is strictly a political action. ing with the country’s National Security had headed the Lviv Oblast office of the Ukraine. “The Batkivschyna Party and parlia- and Defense Council (NSDC). Ministry of Internal Affairs. Ms. Tymoshenko, 40, who achieved mentary faction believe that the actions Mr. Kuchma announced that he had Mr. Derkach’s firing comes on the substantial success in energy reforms in of the dying criminal regime are a severe relieved Leonid Derkach as head of the heels of a burgeoning movement in Kyiv the last year as vice prime minister in and cynical provocation against the lead- Security Service of Ukraine and calling for the dismissal of top charge of the energy sector in the reform- ers of the opposition, with the aim of replaced him with Volodymyr Ukrainian law enforcement officials minded government of Viktor frightening Ukraine,” said Mr. Radchenko, Mr. Derkach’s predecessor. who many here believe have either Yuschenko, was recently dismissed by Turchynov. Mr. Radchenko is a long-time protégé grossly bumbled or badly covered up an President Leonid Kuchma, after an inves- In recent months Ms. Tymoshenko had and associate of NSDC Secretary tigation was opened against her by the investigation into the disappearance of become closely associated with the cam- Yevhen Marchuk. Until his latest journalist Heorhii Gongadze. The scan- Procurator General’s Office in conjunc- paign to remove Mr. Kuchma from office appointment he was the deputy secretary tion with her past business activities. in conjunction with his alleged involve- of the NSDC. Prior to his own first stint (Continued on page 6) Ms. Tymoshenko was arrested after ment in the Gongadze affair and officers of the Procurator General’s “Tapegate.” On February 9 she was one Office traveled to her estate outside Kyiv of the founding members of the Forum Forum for National Salvation is established and escorted her back to the city for fur- for National Salvation, a group of politi- ther interrogation into charges that she cal organizations that is pressing for the by Jan Maksymiuk The forum declared in its manifesto took part in illegal smuggling operations, resignation of the president. RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report “to put an end to the criminal regime, forgery and bribery. She was charged Mr. Turchynov said the president and assert the truth and the law, and bring with large-scale bribery, specifically for the business oligarchs in the energy sec- PRAGUE – A group of Ukrainian Ukraine back onto the path of European depositing a total of more that $79.8 mil- tor that Ms. Tymoshenko had threatened politicians and lawmakers on February development.” lion in 1996-1997 in foreign accounts have fabricated charges against her and 9 set up a movement called the Forum The forum’s coordinating council is held by Mr. Lazarenko. her husband because she had refused to for National Salvation, Interfax report- made up of 15 people, including Ms. Tymoshenko was a primary antag- keep silent and had spoken the truth ed. The main goal of the Forum for Socialist Party leader Oleksander onist of the Kuchma administration dur- about the situation in Ukraine. National Salvation is to depose Moroz, National Deputy Serhii ing her 13 months as vice prime minister. “Ms. Tymoshenko absolutely rejects President Leonid Kuchma and trans- Holovatyi, Sobor Party leader Anatolii She worked feverishly to reform the the charges,” stated Mr. Turchynov, “She form Ukraine into a parliamentary-pres- energy sector she oversaw, while persist- idential or parliamentary republic. (Continued on page 8) ently charging that Mr. Kuchma’s cronies (Continued on page 6)

Ammunition Agency and the State Committee of express political support for Mr. Kuchma and that he was Kuchma and Putin... Industrial Policy of Ukraine, is designed to develop a pro- not about to get tangled up in the Gongadze affair or the (Continued from page 1) gram of mutual cooperation and sharing between defense associated tape scandal. After the two presidents signed documents on coopera- enterprises. “You know that we cannot, we should not and we will tion in aviation and space technology development, which In a related agreement, Moscow and Kyiv agreed to sup- not either support, hinder or harm,” explained Mr. Putin in Vienna before leaving for Dnipropetrovsk. The visit to removes duties between the countries on all commodities port each other in the modernization and upgrade of heavy Dnipropetrovsk was arranged in St. Petersburg, where the and services associated with their rocket-building indus- machinery factories, many of which are directly connected two presidents met in December. tries, Mr. Putin said the agreement would improve coopera- to the military-industrial sector of the individual countries. Russia and Ukraine also announced they would draw He added a bit later, “Leonid Kuchma is the legally tion in the aerospace sector, including the development of closer in electricity sharing by reuniting their energy grids. elected president of Ukraine. We will cooperate with him. joint international contracts. He said that by joining forces Ukraine had partially disconnected itself from Russia’s We are not going to suspend our cooperation, as Russia has the two countries could generate as much as $6 billion in electricity system in the first part of the 1990s; the final sep- the right to count on a certain stability in relations with its foreign revenues. aration occurred about two years ago, with the exception of partners. We have large-scale common plans and tasks with “It is very important to develop bilateral cooperation three northeastern oblasts that were severed during 2000. Ukraine, including those which must be considered now.” with regard to foreign markets,” said Mr. Putin. Anatolii Chubais, the billionaire chairman of Russia’s The day Mr. Putin left Ukraine, the leadership troika of Ukraine and Russia, along with the United States and quasi-public Integrated Energy Systems, who oversaw the European Union and a representative of the U.S. gov- Norway, are partners in an international commercial project the merger of the two systems, said a single energy grid ernment met with Ukrainian government officials in Kyiv. called Sea Launch, which lifts commercial satellites into will allow Russia to buy fuel for energy development at Christopher Patten, the EU’s external affairs commis- orbit from an ocean launch pad using the Ukrainian-made cheaper costs and will give Ukraine, which he called a sioner, said that in talks between the EU hierarchy and Zenit booster rocket. “natural energy market,” higher quality electricity sup- Ukrainian officials, including President Kuchma, there was The document signed by the two presidents states that plies. The reintegration of Ukraine into Russia’s electrici- no discussion whatsoever on the agreements signed Ukraine will contribute technologies in support of Russia’s ty grid will allow Russia to extend its high-quality elec- between Russia and Ukraine the previous day. contributions to the International Space Station, while both tricity to Moldova, which has suffered extensive black- Meanwhile, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense countries jointly coordinate the development of the Zenit, outs this winter. Jeffrey Starr met briefly with Yevhen Marchuk, secretary of Cyclone and Dnipro booster rockets for future commercial The agreement did not come without criticism, however. Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council. Mr. Starr use. They also signed a memorandum of intent to cooperate Oleksander Hudyma, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada’s did not comment directly on the development of cozy in the destruction of outdated RS-22 and RSM-52 solid-fuel Committee on Fuel and Energy, said Ukraine’s reintegra- defense relations between Kyiv and Moscow. In his public rockets. tion into Russia’s energy grid “threatens Ukraine’s energy comments he only affirmed that cooperation in the military Moscow and Kyiv agreed to jointly develop standardiza- safety,” according to Interfax-Ukraine. He said the new field would remain an important element of the strategic tion and certification of rockets and spacecraft between the arrangement would lead to more energy debt owed to partnership between the United States and Ukraine. Russian Aerospace Agency and the National Space Agency Russia, to the tune of $45 million annually. He also said he of Ukraine, and to develop common legal documents and believes Russia eventually will use that debt load and its procedures. newly acquired access to Ukraine’s power grid to force The two sides acknowledged their continued commit- Kyiv to extend Russia the right to send its electricity ment to the development of the AN-70 cargo aircraft as the through Ukraine to Europe, where it is attempting to estab- best military vehicle of that type. lish a market. They also affirmed their intention to uphold international “Chubais’ goal is evident. He wants Ukraine to give the obligations between the two states, particularly in space Western energy island as repayment of the debt of Russian exploration for peaceful purposes and the non-proliferation electric energy,” said Mr. Hudyma. of rocket technologies and missiles for military use. The two sides also touched the sorest spot in their eco- Alleviating concerns voiced by Western leaders in the nomic relations: Ukraine’s absolute dependence on Russian press in the days before the Dnipropetrovsk meeting, in natural gas. While the two sides agreed last December on a Vienna Mr. Putin declared that he would not attempt to schedule for repayment of Ukraine’s $1.4 million debt and make Ukraine a partner in nuclear weapons production. put that issue aside, for the present at least, Mr. Putin said “Ukraine is a nuclear-free state and we respect its status. Russia was not planning to change its course in a decision There is no need for us to encroach on the current situation, to bypass a Ukrainian natural gas pipeline that runs to simply no need,” underscored Mr. Putin, according to Western Europe and build a parallel one through Belarus Interfax-Ukraine. and Poland. He said that Russian studies have shown the AP/Ivan Sekretarev However, Moscow and Kyiv did not shy away from Ukrainian pipeline will not be able to meet future demands Russian President Vladimir Putin answers a ques- increasing military-industrial cooperation in research and for Russian gas to Europe. tion during a news conference as President Leonid development, an area in which they signed three agree- Finally, Mr. Putin said that his meeting with the political- Kuchma of Ukraine looks on during their visit to ments. One specific agreement, between the Russian ly embattled Ukrainian president was not an effort to Pivdenmash plant in Dnipropetrovsk. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7 Stephan Chemych, 72, president BIOGRAPHY: New primate of Ukrainian Studies Fund, dies of Ukrainian Catholic Church After a short stay in Salzburg, Austria, he emigrated to the United States, where he studied at St. Basil’s Ukrainian Catholic College Seminary in Stamford, Conn., (1950-1954), at the Catholic University of America in Washington, (1954-1958) where he received a license of sacred theology; at Fordham University in New York City (1962-1967), where he received a master’s degree in philosophy; and at the Urbanianum Pontifical University in Rome, where he received a doctor- ate in sacred theology. While still in his youth, he joined the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and in 1954 became a member of its Chervona Kalyna fraternity. He remains a member of both. Ordained a priest by Bishop Ambrose Senyshyn in Stamford on Stephan Chemych (second from left) in an undated file photo during one of his March 30, 1958, he was a pastor in countless meetings with community organizations in support of Ukrainian stud- Kerhonkson, N.Y., (1965-1969) and ies. He is seen above with officers of the Ukrainian National Association: (from prefect of St. Basil’s Ukrainian left) Supreme Secretary Walter Sochan, Supreme President Joseph Lesawyer Catholic College Seminary in and Supreme Treasurer Ulana Diachuk. Stamford, (1958-1969). He went to Rome in 1972 where he CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Stephan gress of the Federation of Ukrainian Student became a hieromonk of the Studite Chemych, a civil servant and administrator, Organizations of America (SUSTA) in Order in 1972. He was elected archi- and a fund-raiser and community activist 1959, and chairman of the SUSTA mandrite (abbot) of the Order and on who was best known for his decades of Adjudication Committee (1961-1962). Archbishop Major Lubomyr Husar, activity as president of the Ukrainian April 2, 1977 was consecrated bishop He was also the founder of the Ukrainian leader of the Ukrainian Greek- Studies Fund, died suddenly at his home in Studies Fund (USF) and was its president by His Beatitude Cardinal Josyf Catholic Church. New York on February 8. He was 72. after its incorporation in 1957 as a non-prof- Slipyj, for the Church in Ukraine. His Mr. Chemych was born September 27, it educational organization. Following is the biography of consecration was announced publicly Archbishop Major Lubomyr Husar 1928, in Drohobych, Ukraine, to Illia and In addition he was vice-president of the on April 2, 1996. Olena (née Maksymovych). He had three based on information released by the Ukrainian Students’ Society in New York He resided at the Studion Monastery brothers, Mykhailo (born 1926), Theophil (1957-1958). It was in that society that he Press Office of the Ukrainian Greek- in Grottaferrata, Rome, until 1992, (born 1932) and Taras (born 1942). He met Maria Kuzyk, whom he married in Catholic Church in Lviv. His when he returned to live in Ukraine. He completed elementary school in 1959 and whom he considered to be a vital Beatitude was enthroned as archbish- was appointed exarch of Kyiv- Drohobych. and equal partner in his work in Ukrainian op major of the UGCC on January 28. Vyshhorod by His Beatitude Myroslav As a war refugee, he finished high school studies. The Chemyches had two children: That same day it was announced that Ivan Lubachivsky in April 1996. On at the gymnasium at Schleisheim, near Roxane and Askold. the primate of the UGCC had been October 17, 1996 he was appointed aux- Munich. As a functionary of the 159th Mr. Chemych felt that the crowning named a cardinal by Pope John Paul iliary bishop to Cardinal Lubachivsky Station of the United Nations Relief and achievement in his work in the promotion II and would be elevated to that posi- with delegated faculties of the major Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in of Ukrainian studies was the creation in tion along with other nominees to the archbishop. Traunstein, Bavaria, he helped Ukrainian 1968 of a permanent Ukrainian studies pro- College of Cardinals on February 21. After Cardinal Lubachivsky’s death refugees from the central Dnipro region gram at Harvard University. As president of on December 14, 2000, Bishop Husar (which had been part of the USSR before the Ukrainian Studies Fund for over four His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar was was appointed apostolic administrator the war) avoid forced repatriation to the decades, he presided over many campaigns born in Lviv on February 26, 1933. of the Archeparchy of Lviv. Soviet Union. that established a stable financial base for During 1950 and 1951 Mr. Chemych Harvard’s Ukrainian studies program. worked in the administration of the Funk Robert De Lossa, president of the Kaserne Emigration and Repatriation Camp American Association for Ukrainian near Munich. In 1952 he arrived in the Studies, wrote in a letter of condolence to Metropolitan Constantine and clergy United States and began his studies at the Chemych family that Mr. Chemych’s Oregon State College in Corvallis, Oregon. “organizational work in the field [of He continued his studies at the University Ukrainian studies] – fiercely driven and yet officiate at Theophany services of Oregon in Eugene, where he received his magnificently insightful and well informed B.A. in 1956, having been elected to Phi – has yielded bounteously. Every student Beta Kappa upon graduation. In 1957 he who learns about Ukraine at Harvard carries became an American citizen. on his legacy. The same is true of every From 1958 to 1961 he was a lecturer of scholar who visits Harvard for its Ukrainian Ukrainian language at Columbia University studies, every book that is published by in New York, where, as a recipient of a Ford HURI, every person who visits the Seminar Foundation scholarship, he continued his in Ukrainian Studies. And now – almost 35 studies in political science and sociology. years after the founding of the Standing He received an M.A. from Columbia in Committee on Ukrainian Studies at Harvard 1963. – Mr. Chemych’s legacy emanates from During this time he also worked for the programs and institutions all over the federal government as a researcher studying world.” the administrative-juridical aspects of the Condolences/memorial tributes were reorganization of the Ministry of placed in the Ukrainian-language weekly Agriculture of the USSR. This project was newspaper Svoboda by the Shevchenko undertaken in collaboration with the well- Scientific Society, of which Mr. Chemych known economist Vsevolod Holobnychy, was a member, as well as the Ukrainian who worked on the economic aspects of the Studies Fund and the Ukrainian Research reorganization. Institute at Harvard University. From 1963 to 1993 Mr. Chemych A panakhyda was offered at the Peter worked as a director in the Emergency Jarema Funeral Home in New York on Services Section of the Human Resources February 11. The funeral liturgy was offered Administration of New York City. He also that next day at St. George Ukrainian worked part-time in retail banking with Catholic Church in New York; interment institutions located in the Ukrainian section followed at Holy Spirit Cemetery in PARMA, Ohio – Metropolitan Constantine and clergy bless the ice cross elected in of New York City (1976-1989). Hamptonburg, N.Y. front of St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. The cross is annually built by He took an important and leading role in The family has requested that memorial members of the parish for the Feast of Theophany, which was celebrated on Ukrainian student life in the United States: donations be made to the Ukrainian Studies Friday, January 19. On that day, Metropolitan Constantine, presiding bishop of the he was the president of the Ukrainian Fund, Harvard University, 1583 Parma Cathedral, also celebrated the divine liturgy and officiated at the Great Student Association of Columbia University Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Blessing of Water. (1957-1958); president of the fourth con- 02138. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 5

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. adopts two orphanages in Ukraine Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund to implement programs by Joseph Sywenkyj of the lives they have touched and made and Olena Welhasch better. We will pray fervently for a life of quality and nurturing for these children SHORT HILLS, N.J. – The quaint we now consider ours.” rural setting of a former Polish landown- The two orphanages were selected to er’s mansion in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast is receive aid based on extensive fact-find- home to 127 orphans between the ages of ing missions and preliminary aid ship- 4 and 16. Classified as Group 4 invalids, ments organized by CCRF. Following its the inhabitants of the Zaluchia Budynok- initial inquiry, the New Jersey-based Internat (orphanage) suffer from the most fund began to expose the living condi- severe mental and physical disabilities in tions at Zaluchia, and local health offi- Ukraine. cials were prodded to implement basic These children are plagued by myriad reforms. CCRF has found that the admin- of problems: from Cerebral Palsy to istrations at both institutions have begun Down Syndrome and other forms of to make positive and progressive mental illness. Many of the residents suf- changes. fer from multiple birth defects that have This past summer, Joseph Sywenkyj, a been linked to radiation exposure or student at the School of Visual Arts in other environmental toxins. Due to the New York City, worked as an investiga- Archbishop Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. presents a economic crisis in Ukraine, as well as the tive intern with CCRF to document the check for $40,000 to representatives of the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. societal stigma assigned to disabled peo- aftereffects of Chornobyl through photo- From left are: Emil Skocypec, CCRF co-founder Nadia Matkiwsky, Archbishop ple, insult is added to injury by the graphs at both centers. Antony, CCRF Finance Director Tanya Fesenko Vena and CCRF Executive deplorable conditions in which they live. “I traveled to the Zaluchia and Director Alexander Kuzma. Thanks to the generosity of several Znamianka Budynok Internat, as well benefactors in the Ukrainian American hospitals and homes in other cities and community, the Zaluchia Internat and villages in Ukraine, in order to give a another center in Znamianka, where chil- voice to the dispossessed through photo- dren have been living in similar condi- graphs. My hope is that the photographs tions, will soon receive the essential aid will raise awareness and when people they have been desperately seeking. The view the images they will be inspired to Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the take action,” Mr. Sywenkyj said. U.S.A. has adopted the two orphanages The Zaluchia orphanage was first and has presented the Children of brought to the attention of CCRF when a Chornobyl Relief Fund with a generous grim article titled “Chornobylska grant of $40,000 to be the facilitator of Umeralnia” (Chornobyl death ward) was the adopted orphanage project. published in a Polish Catholic journal. At the presentation of the grant, The journalist’s harrowing description Archbishop Antony stated, “We are more urged CCRF to further investigate the sit- than thrilled that God has given us the uation there. opportunity to contribute to the support “I witnessed the reality of the article,” of those orphans who suffer under such said Mr. Sywenkyj, “Children were tied incredible conditions. The consequences to the walls by their legs and others, half- of the Chornobyl disaster and decades of naked in tattered clothes were lying on total disdain for the sanctity of human the urine-soaked wooden floor. Their life on the part of secular officials have legs and bodies were contorted in every Following its 27th airlift in December, CCRF In-Country Director Olena obviously created these conditions. We angle but straight. In the playrooms, a Maslyukivska (left) and Procurement Director Olenka Welhasch (right) distrib- will assist the ‘little ones who come unto few children sat on steel pots, which are ute Christmas toys to handicapped children at the Zaluchia Children’s our Lord’ from our missionary fund. This used as toilets because the orphanage Orphanage. The airlift also provided medication, quilts, clothing, cleaning fluids, particular act of Christian charity is made does not have indoor plumbing. I remem- and other essential supplies. possible in large part by the loving care ber feeling that if all children are angels, of two parishioners from our parish of St. then these children have had their wings what better conditions,” continued Mr. recovery for any of them. It is true that Volodymyr in Los Angeles – two sisters, clipped and were thrown into a living Sywenkyj “However, my experience many of their disabilities cannot be ame- Orycia Federwicz and Natalie Dedeluk – hell.” there was also sad. On two hot August liorated and that many await the sad des- who contributed the lion’s share of this “At the Znamianka Budynok-Internat, days I photographed the children. In the tiny of dying before they reach adult- gift precisely to care for Ukrainian they had received previous aid from evening, a worker told me that that very hood. If they survive to the age of 16, orphans. May God bless them and each CCRF and the children lived in some- day a child had died. A bit shocked at her they will be moved to their next home, an casual attitude regarding the child’s adult building for invalids in Sniatyn, death, I asked her how this made her feel. where conditions are even more miser- She went on to say that the first few able. However, respect for human dignity times she saw one of the children die she demands that the quality of their daily was very sad. She then said that after life improve.” several deaths ‘you get used to it’ and it The detailed reportage of the Polish does not have such a negative impact on American journalist is partially responsi- your emotions. It is simply a cycle of ble for the improvements witnessed at life. Unfortunately, the day I visited the Zaluchia since last summer, but it seems Zaluchia Budynok-Internat a child died as though the new director, who has there as well. I photographed the burial worked there since July 2000, can also be dressing for the body of the child. credited with bolstering the standard of Sharing in the presence of two dead chil- care. Hryhorii Orobetz is the former direc- dren in one week, I could not help but tor of a collective farm. Although he is not feel like the grim reaper.” medically trained, he seems to be compas- Olena Maslyukivska, CCRF in-coun- sionate to the children’s needs and strict in try director, and Olena Welhasch, CCRF fulfilling his administrative duties. Mr. director of procurement, visited Zaluchia Orobets told Ms. Welhasch that in a few in December 2000, following the human- years, he hopes that the only aid he will itarian aid that arrived on CCRF’s 27th have to request will be a tractor and a airlift. plow to be able to grow their own food at Ms. Welhasch noted: the orphanage. His staff of 120 workers, who are divided into four shifts, includes a “The airlift provided the orphanage nurse, a doctor, a psychiatrist and a with multi-vitamins, cleaning supplies, masseuse. The children who suffer only quilts, diapers and children’s clothing. from physical deformities are not yet The smell of sickness and death hung offered proper physical therapy or psycho- heavy in the air, and we were consoled logical evaluations. As part of the program by the thought that three tons of cleaning to be implemented under the UOC-USA supplies had been donated to the orphan- grant, CCRF plans to recruit physical ther- age on this airlift. The children were apists and child psychologists to ensure grouped together according to the level that no orphans are deprived of meaning- Joseph Sywenkyj of their disability and the hospital direc- Children at the Zaluchia Budynok-Internat. tor told us that there was no hope of (Continued on page 27) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7

under a doctor’s care, his client had every FOR THE RECORD Yulia Tymoshenko... right to refuse to submit to questioning. (Continued from page 3) “Against her will, Ms. Tymoshenko categorically rejects the charges that she was taken by investigators of the bribed Lazarenko and considers this Procurator General’s Office to their head- political repression.” quarters, where she was taken into cus- StateFollowing Department are excerpts from thecomments daily Union alsoon had Gongadze something to say case on this The charges that resulted in the arrest tody,” explained Mr. Shvets. press briefing at the U.S. Department of and, like them, we have stressed with the of Ms. Tymoshenko, who became known Before entering politics, Ms. State on February 12 with spokesman Ukrainian government that a prompt, thor- Tymoshenko was the president of United Richard Boucher. as the “Iron Lady” during her time in the ough and transparent investigation must be Yuschenko government, were in addition Energy Systems, a gas and oil trading carried out and that the Ukrainian public Question: to other investigations previously begun firm that grew to be one of the largest Moving to another subject, must be kept fully informed about the President Leonid Kuchma seems to be by the Procurator General’s Office, businesses in Ukraine under the protec- progress of the case. under more pressure than ever. President including allegations of bribing a Russian tion of Mr. Lazarenko. In 1997, after Mr. Frankly, we are troubled by the lack of [Vladimir] Putin has gone to visit him in an military official, and an alleged attempt Kuchma dismissed Mr. Lazarenko, progress to date in the investigation. We apparent attempt to give him some support. to smuggle $25 million to Russia three whom he suspected of widespread cor- Does the United States have any message think that independent media such as those years ago. ruption, Ms. Tymoshenko became a of support for him at this difficult time, and that Mr. Gongadze represented are one of Ms. Tymoshenko’s husband, member of the Hromada Party founded do you have any ongoing comments about the essential elements of any democratic Oleksander, has sat in a Kyiv prison for by the ex-prime minister and a leading the ongoing political crisis there? society, and journalists must be able to do the last five months on similar bribery opponent of Mr. Kuchma. Mr. Lazarenko Mr. Boucher: I think we have always their job without fear of harassment, intimi- charges. A Kyiv court twice has denied has been living in a United States deten- expressed our concern about the case dation or retribution. him bail on the grounds that since he has tion facility since being arrested while involving Mr. Gongadze, his disappearance. Question: Has Mr. Kuchma been con- a business, United Energy Systems, that attempting to enter the country illegally He was the journalist who disappeared last tacted or has any senior person in this build- is registered in Great Britain he could about two years ago. He is suspected of September. We have always urged an open ing had any contact with the Ukrainians leave the country and not return. money-laundering in the United States investigation of the circumstances and since he came into office? Assistant Procurator General and in Switzerland. urged the government to deal seriously with Mr. Boucher: I’m not aware that the Mykhailo Obikhod, who is the acting The Forum for National Salvation, the this case. We have expressed our interest at secretary has. No, not Secretary [Colin] director of the law enforcement body anti-Kuchma organization that Ms. the highest levels of the Ukrainian govern- Powell. But certainly our Embassy is out while its director, Mykhailo Potebenko, Tymoshenko helped establish four days ment repeatedly. I think the European there, ably representing us. remains on a leave of absence, said Ms. prior to her arrest, issued a statement on Tymoshenko was arrested because of February 14 criticizing the move by the new evidence that led to the additional Procurator General’s Office and demand- OSCE expresses concern about media freedom in Ukraine charge. He explained that the order to ing her release from custody. arrest her was made after taking into con- The organization, which includes such VIENNA – OSCE Representative on tered is that the investigation into the dis- sideration the seriousness of the latest leading opponents of the Kuchma admin- Freedom of Media Freimut Duve report- appearance of Mr. Gongadze has been discoveries along with the fact that she istration as Socialist Party leader ed on February 8 to the OSCE Permanent “extremely unprofessional,” and that had refused to come in for questioning. Oleksander Moroz, Cherkasy Mayor Council on the disappearance of there has been a lack of transparency Ms. Tymoshenko’s arrest took those Volodymyr Oliinyk, former chairman of Ukrainian journalist Heorhii Gongadze regarding the identification of the head- close to her by surprise, first, because, the National Democratic Party Anatolii last September. less body found on November 2, 2000, in she had already agreed to an order not to Matvienko, Viktor Shyshkyn, Ukraine’s After having raised the Gongadze case Tarascha. leave Kyiv and, second, because she was first procurator general, and Serhii on behalf of the Organization for In his report to the OSCE Permanent suffering from the flu and under a doc- Holovatii, once a minister of justice in Security and Cooperation in Europe on Council, the representative made a series tor’s care. In Ukraine arrests on non-vio- the Kuchma administration, called the several occasions with Ukrainian govern- of recommendations to the government lent charges are made after a person arrest an effort to remove a political ment officials, Mr. Duve sent an adviser of Ukraine: to invite international experts returns to health. opponent. to Kyiv from January 31 to February 2 in a new effort to investigate the Ms. Tymoshenko’s lawyer, Viktor “We can understand the authorities – for an assessment visit, during which he Gongadze case; to cease all acts of Shvets, said on February 14 that he would they are afraid of Tymoshenko, afraid met with government officials, lawyers, harassment against the media; to hold an file a claim in Ukraine’s Supreme Court even now, when an outright oppositionist parliamentarians and journalists. open hearing on the state of media free- against the warrant issued. He said that remains behind bars on a falsified case,” The overall opinion Mr. Duve encoun- dom in Ukraine. because she was ill with the flu and was reads the document.

asserted during his testimony in the Kuchma fires... Parliament that his agency does not bug (Continued from page 3) the offices of Ukrainian officials – a dal seems to lead to the highest echelons statement that drew guffaws from nation- of government power and the president al deputies. himself. But the final nail in Mr. Derkach’s Mr. Derkach’s bureau holds responsi- political coffin, other than the fact that bility for the personal security detach- President Kuchma needed a scapegoat to ment that guards the president and his throw to a hungry opposition movement offices. It is from here that a former that is demanding major changes in the member of that detachment, Maj. Presidential Administration, was an order Mykhailo Melnychenko, claims to secret- the country’s top secret agent gave to bar ly have recorded conversations between a German national who has considerable President Kuchma and his closest offi- holdings in one of Ukraine’s major cials allegedly while they planned crimi- national television stations from entering nal actions and conspiracies. the country. Mr. Derkach also has received exten- The ban, which caused outrage within sived criticism from lawmakers for the the broadcast company, also brought blatant lies he told while addressing much unneeded publicity Mr. Derkach’s Ukraine’s Parliament during a hearing way, along with more accusations that his into the Melnychenko tapes. agency was the major force muffling At the time, Mr. Derkach told lawmak- freedom of speech in Ukraine. Studio ers his agency had not ordered or taken 1+1 executives explained that the part in a search of three lawmakers as Security Service action came after the they returned from abroad with a video- station had refused to succumb to pres- tape of Mr. Melnychenko explaining how sure to subdue its news coverage of the he tape-recorded the president. He also anti-Kuchma movement.

CANCELATION NOTICE Due to unforeseen complications, the Northern New Jersey District Committee of the Ukrainian National Association has canceled the informative meeting with Attorney Tatiana B. Durbak, a specialist in immigration law, that was planned for Efrem Lukatsky Leonid Derkach addresses the Verkhovna Rada on December 12, 2000, to explain Sunday, February 25, in Parsippany, N.J. the involvement of the Security Service of Ukraine in the harassment at Boryspil airport of three national deputies who were carrying the deposition of Maj. – Eugene Oscislawski, District Chairman Mykhailo Melnykovych, a former presidential bodyguard. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 7 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

UNA Branch 241 arranges children’s program Seniors announce conference by Anna Chopek LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – The 27th annual Conference of UNA Seniors will take place at Soyuzivka on June 10- 15. Since this is a well-attended event, seniors are urged to send in requests for room reservations early. (Call 1- 815-626-5641 or write to: Ukrainian National Association Estate, P.O. Box 529, Kerhonkson, NY 12446.) The program includes: a liturgy and panakhyda for deceased UNA members, an auction of Ukrainian arti- facts, a bingo night, a welcoming wine and canapé party, a Ukrainian sing-aong, a game night (poker, bridge, etc.), discussion of current events in Ukraine, a talk on legal matters of interest to the elderly, an Odesa Night dinner, Ukrainian videos, a cocktail party and banquet, a dance, and free time for those who would like to have an after- noon of golf or shopping.

Home Office mails ballots PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian National Association’s Home Office is currently mailing a voting Woonsocket children during the annual visit of St. Nicholas. package to all delegates to the last UNA Convention, by Ivanna Hanushevsky and the origin of St. Nicholas celebrations. held in May 1998 in Toronto, and to current members of The program consisted of poems recited by Ola the UNA General Assembly. WOONSOCKET, R.I. – St. Nicholas visited local chil- Shevchenko, Marko Tkach, Michael and Stefko Ruzycky, The package contains proposed changes to the UNA dren gathered at the parish hall of St. Michael’s Ukrainian Camila Bobiak and Andrijko Klufas. By-Laws and a ballot that is to be returned via the mail. Catholic Church on December 3, 2000. Janet Bardell, Mr. Tkach played a Christmas carol and the audience Delegates and General Assembly members are being UNA Branch 241 representative, was in charge of arrang- sang “O khto, khto Mykolaia liubyt.” St. Nicholas was asked to vote by May 1 on whether they approve the ing refreshments and gifts for children, while Dr. Michael assisted by three angels, Misses Shevchenko and Bobiak, proposed changes to the by-laws (the text of which was Klufas served as liaison with St. Nicholas. and Heather Nikolyshyn. published on previous occasions in the UNA’s two offi- Msgr. Roman Golemba and Ms. Bardell greeted the A group photograph of the participants and organizers cial newspapers, Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly). participants. John Tkach played Christmas music and was taken, gifts were distributed and refreshments were In the event that a delegate or a General Assembly entertained the audience. Orysia Komarynskyj and Ivanna served. The program ended with the singing of Christmas member does not receive the packet, he/she is urged to Hanushevsky in a bilingual presentation told the story carols. phone the Home Office, (973) 292-9800.

Branch 171 “Lesia Ukrainka” in Jersey City, NJ, Young UNA’ers will hold the Annual Branch Meeting for the election of branch officers. The meeting will be held on Friday, February 23, 2001, at 12:00 noon at the UNA Home Office, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054. All members are asked to attend. Refreshments will be served. Genevieve Kufta, Branch Secretary

ALLENTOWN, PA, DISTRICT COMMITTEE of the UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION announces that its ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING Nicholas William Bashta, son of Dr. Helena Elizabeth Cybriwsky, daughter will be held on Christina and Bohdan Bashta, is a new of Catherine and Wolodymyr member of UNA Branch 39 in Cybriwsky, is a new member of UNA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2001, at 2:00 p.m. Syracuse, N.Y. he was enrolled by his Branch 417 in Jeffersonville, Ind. She grandmother Dr. Halyna Klufas. was enrolled by her parents. at the St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church 1826 Kenmore, Bethlehem, PA 18018 Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are District Committee Officers, Convention Delegates and two delegates from the following Branches:

44, 47, 48, 137, 147, 288, 318, 369, 438 All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. ANNOUNCEMENT MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: Minutes and Reports of the 34th Convention of the Ukrainian National Alex Chudolij, UNA Advisor Association held in Toronto in 1998 have been published and are Anna Haras, Honorary Member of the UNA General Assembly now being sent to all General Assembly members, District Chairpersons, UNA Branch Secretaries and Delegates of the 34th Convention. DISTRICT COMMITTEE Anna Haras, District Chairman Any UNA member may receive a copy of this publication upon request. Katherine Sargent, Secretary The Home Office can be contacted at (973) 292-9800. Maria Kolodrub, Treasurer Please leave a message with the receptionist. Stephan Kolodrub, Dmitry Mushasty, Honorary District Chairmen 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7

The Weekly’s 2000 articles THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY One hundred seven now available on its website PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The full texts of all Year-in-review issues of The Weekly “Just as the fish needs water, as the bird must have wings, as the thirsty need to 53 issues of The Ukrainian Weekly pub- published since 1976 when that feature drink and the hungry need bread, just as every one of us needs air, so do we, all lished during the year 2000 are now avail- was inaugurated (and the “Decade in Ukrainians scattered across this land, need a national organization, namely such a able online at www.ukrweekly.com, the Review” published at the end of 1979), as brotherhood, such a national union that would embrace each and every Ukrainian no newspaper’s official website. well as issues reporting on the Chornobyl matter where he lives. One man cannot lift a heavy stone, but when three or four men Included are 1,740 stories (that’s not accident (1986), Ukraine’s declaration of put their strength to it, the stone will soon be lifted. ...” counting items in Newsbriefs) published sovereignty (1990), its proclamation of during the course of the entire year. In com- independence and national referendum on With those lofty words, Svoboda in its editorial of November 1, 1893, called for the parison, in 1999 The Weekly published independence (both 1991) also are found formation of a national organization. That organization was born just over three 1,728 articles. on the archive site. months later, on February 22, 1894, in Shamokin, Pa., as a fraternal society dedicated The Ukrainian Weekly Archive opened The archive now contains full texts of all to the welfare and progress of all Ukrainians. its official website on August 20, 1998. issues published in 1996 through 2000, as Today, 107 years later, the Ukrainian National Association continues its benevolent The paper’s first appearance on the well as excerpts of the top news stories pub- activity here in North America and throughout the world, wherever Ukrainians have Internet, however, came much earlier as in lished each week during the current year. settled. As UNA President Ulana Diachuk notes, although this fraternal organization July 1995 excerpts of each week’s top sto- All sections of the site are searchable. As of traces its roots to a time long passed, “We are moving with the spirit of the times and ries began to be featured on the Tryzub the end of November 2000, The Ukrainian adjusting to the needs of today’s Ukrainians and the Ukrainian community.” website. Weekly registered a milestone in hits: The association’s new insurance programs reflect members’ new needs: the policies The Weekly’s official website, which 100,000. are now issued for higher sums and at lower prices; in addition, there are new offer- now contains nearly 10,000 full-text arti- The Ukrainian Weekly provides this ings like annuities that provide for members’ retirement needs. The UNA is attempting cles, is constantly being expanded. website of archival materials as a communi- a restructuring of its governing bodies via by-laws changes aimed at taking this organ- The 2000 issues include 39 Ukrainian ty service. The site is maintained by the ization born in the 19th century and developed in the 20th century into the 21st. National Association Forum pages, 115 let- newspaper’s production and editorial staffs. Moving beyond insurance, through its fraternal activity the UNA has served in ters to the editor and 86 articles in the Donations to support the work of this site many roles: enlightener of the people, champion of Ukrainian causes, community UKELODEON section. and other projects of The Ukrainian Weekly leader, patron of the arts, charitable organization, promoter of sports, publisher of The website is dedicated to archival are gladly accepted; they will be acknowl- newspapers, community leader, ally of youth. Such great national causes as the United materials published in the newspaper since edged on the website as well as on the Ukrainian American Relief Committee, the Shevchenko monument in Washington, its founding in 1933, among them The pages of The Weekly. Contributions may be the Ukrainian Studies Fund and the Ukrainian World Congress are among the many Ukrainian Weekly’s inaugural issue dated sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route achievements in which the UNA was a major player. October 6, 1933. The Weekly’s website also 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Since its founding the UNA had worked toward attaining independence for contains the largest collection of materials Ukraine. In 1988, as Ukraine was reawakening, the UNA re-focused its attention on the Internet dedicated to the Great * * * there. Our Kyiv Press Bureau – whose reports appear in this paper each and every Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. The sec- PS: Just for the record, we used the word week – is perhaps the most visible result of that focus. The 1990 Convention of the tion was unveiled in 1998 on the occasion “Ukrainians” only 927 times during 2000, UNA voted to establish a news bureau in the Ukrainian capital, and in January 1991 of the 65th anniversary of the Famine- but the words “Ukrainian” appeared 7,490 the idea became reality. Today the UNA is working toward buttressing the independ- Genocide. times and “Ukraine” 6,834 times. ence achieved in August 1991. There are many programs, ranging from teaching the English language in Ukraine – essential in this era of globalization – to assisting stu- dents from rural areas of Ukraine in securing a higher education (see story on this President Kuchma said the tapes pro- week’s front page) that are contributing to the future of our ancestral homeland. Forum for National Salvation... vided by his former bodyguard, Mykola Of course, membership is the key to continuing such good works. Today the UNA (Continued from page 3) Melnychenko, are a montage of different is reaching out to potential members among the younger generations and new immi- Matvienko, Cherkasy Mayor Volodymyr conversations recorded “probably” in his grants. Its goal is unchanged: to help all Ukrainians by reinvesting the earnings from Oliinyk, Fatherland Party leaders Yulia office. “Maybe the name Gongadze came its insurance business into our community. Tymoshenko and Oleksander Turchynov, up in conversations, I don’t remember. Why has the UNA existed for 107 years when many other organizations have come National Deputy Taras Chornovil, But I give you my honest word, I did not and gone during that same period? The answer is simple: because the Ukrainian Volodymyr Chemerys, a leader of the even know this journalist,” Mr. Kuchma National Association’s mission is noble and its history proud. Ukraine Without Kuchma protest actions, said. and National Deputy Stepan Khmara. He noted that the tape scandal was Mr. Matvienko said Ukraine is current- staged by a “well-organized force” with “a ly facing two dangers: “the agony of the great deal of money and capabilities,” but Feb. mendacious presidential authority” and added “I completely reject the idea that Turning the pages back... the reflux of “the wave of awakening” as a this was done on the level of states, that it result of developments surrounding the was the Americans or the Russians.” 22 disappearance of independent journalist A day earlier, President Kuchma noted Heorhii Gongadze. that the current anti-presidential actions by Ms. Tymoshenko noted that the forum’s the opposition threaten the national securi- In writing this week’s editorial, we wondered: What was The 1951 primary goal is “to give people hope for ty and independence of Ukraine. “If Weekly writing 50 years ago, when the Ukrainian National changes for the better and to build a dem- strategic investors and serious foreign Association marked its 57th anniversary? After a quick trip to the ocratic state.” companies do not come to Ukraine to take room where we keep bound copies of our newspapers, we had the National Deputy Oleksii Shekhovtsov part in privatization – the results will be answer. It was in an article headlined “Youth and UNA; UNA 57 years old” by a writer announced that the forum will soon begin [obvious],” Interfax quoted Mr. Kuchma identified only as T.L. Following are excerpts from that article, which, readers will note, consultations with other lawmakers to ini- as saying. was written with a view toward informing not only the younger generations, but also the tiate the impeachment of President According to the president, some newly arrived immigrants. Kuchma in the Verkhovna Rada. opposition leaders remind him of * * * Meanwhile, Mr. Kuchma told the “Lenins” who take “not people, but a herd On George Washington’s Birthday, February 22, the Ukrainian National Association was Financial Times on February 10 that he of cattle” to the streets. He also compared exactly 57 years old. had no role in the death of independent the anti-presidential rally in Kyiv on During the 57 years of its existence, the UNA, its thousands of members, its hundreds of journalist Mr. Gongadze. “I can swear on February 6 to the coup attempt of Hitler branches and its official organ, Svoboda, have consistently demonstrated, by word and the Bible or on the Constitution that I and his associates in Munich in deed, that the organization as a whole is 100 percent American. 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Source: “Youth and UNA; UNA 57 years old” by T.L., The Ukrainian Weekly, February 26, 1951. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 9 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places Ukraine (DSU) party; and the ‘S.Bandera Sports-Patriotic Association Tryzub, linked by Myron B. Kuropas Ukrainian language to the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists and statehood (KUN), the overt political party of Dear Editor: OUN(B). Both UNSO-UNA and Varta-DSU have I read with great interest Taras Kuzio’s supported the anti-Kuchma movement article on language poll results in Ukraine since the explosion of Kuchmagate in late So what went wrong? (January 28). The poll concludes that there November of last year. In contrast, KUN “You can’t be a real country unless you believes, the Ukrainian right is divided into is no organized Russophone effort in (together with its allies in its election bloc - have a beer and an airline,” rock musician three groups: the mainstream national dem- Ukraine, and that although 53 percent of Reforms and Order and Rukh-Udovenko) Frank Zappa once quipped. “It helps if you ocratic camp, which includes remnants of Kyivites use Russian, half of these also has adopted a low profile and has neither have some kind of football team, or some Rukh and support a kind of civic national- believe “that the Ukrainian language is an joined the anti-Kuchma forces or the new nuclear weapons, but at the very least, you ism; a revived OUN now called the attribute of Ukrainian statehood.” Only 43 Pravytsia, a center-right anti-Kuchma bloc. need a beer.” Congress of Ukrainian Nationalist which percent of Russophones in Kyiv agree The refusal by Rukh-Udovenko to oppose Today, Ukraine has all but one of these, still flirts with Donsovite ideals but can only with elevating Russian as second state lan- President Kuchma, even though he has writes Andrew Wilson in a recently pub- muster 2-3 percent of the popular vote; and guage. been accused of being behind the alleged lished book. Obolon is the beer; Air the Ukrainian National Assembly (UNA), My perspective comes from dealing assassination of its former leader, Ukraine International is the airline; Kyiv with its paramilitary Ukrainian Self- with the military, which I think is a close Vyacheslav Chornovil, led to the resigna- Dynamo reached the semi-finals of the Defense Force (UNSO), which has rejected cross-section of the general population. tion this week of Taras Chornovil from the European Champions League in soccer the “parliamentary cretinism” of the nation- From 1993 to 1997 there was an active Rukh faction in the Verkhovna Rada. (known as football) in 1999. If the recent al democrats and the outdated ideals of effort to use Ukrainian in all areas of the The paramilitary group in Kyiv claims Dnipropetrovsk meeting between Vladimir OUN. Fortunately, Ukraine’s more power- Ukrainian military. Gen. Kostiantyn to be Tryzub, i.e., affiliated with KUN- Putin and Leonid Kuchma to discuss the ful left is divided as well. Morozov initiated these efforts. Beginning OUN(B) and has distributed leaflets in sup- joint production of intercontinental missiles The picture is not much better in in 1997 we could see a reversal in the use port of Mr. Kuchma, accusing the anti- comes to fruition, Ukraine may eventually Ukraine’s religious arena. The Church is of Ukrainian. At a recent medical confer- Kuchma protesters of being linked to the have the fourth element. Based on the now divided three ways with the Moscow ence the program was written in Ukrainian, “anti-state left.” Their accusation that the above criteria, Ukraine’s identity ought to Patriarchate claiming the largest number of the presentations were primarily in Communists are behind the anti-Kuchma be firmly established. parishes (8,168) in 1999. Parishes do not Russian. Exceptions included several movement are unfounded; in reality, they “Ought to be” is one thing. “Is” is some- always translate into parishioners, however, researchers from Lviv and our American have sat on the fence and voted against the thing else. By almost any yardstick one since most of Moscow’s churches are in contingent. The use of Russian was Rada vote of no confidence in the procura- chooses – political, religious, economic – eastern Ukraine where only 28 percent of excused as just being easier. Right! During tor general on January 10. Oleksander Ukraine is still muddling through. So what the polled population in a recent survey another mission, the same general who Moroz, who is one of the leaders of anti- went wrong? Some of the answers can be belonged to a particular church. Although greeted us the previous year opened the Kuchma movement, is more of a found in Andrew Wilson’s succinct, schol- the Kyiv Patriarchate has only 2,270 parish- visit in Russian. Why? Well, you know, “derzhavnyk” and democrat than Mr. arly and detached overview of the es, an impressive 43 percent of those polled “we were trained in Russian and there is Kuchma, and is certainly not corrupt. Ukrainian experience, from Japheth’s need supported the UOC-KP. Only 4 percent not much written in Ukrainian.” Coming from the United Kingdom, an to Kuchma’s deep pockets. His “The supported the Autocephalous Church. From the poll, one would think that the OUN(B), but, by no means pro-Kuchma, Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation” (Yale The Ukrainian Catholic Church, which Russophones or the Russophiles are stronghold, I am sure I am not the only one University Press) is a must read for serious claims 3,315 parishes, accounted for 14.3 ambivalent about whether they use Russian who would be very interested to hear from students of modern Ukraine. percent of the respondents, concentrated or Ukrainian. Participating in eight mis- diaspora organizations linked to OUN(B) The early history of Ukraine can be overwhelmingly in Halychyna and sions, I could see the shift to Russian. the answers to three important questions. found in the first four chapters, which Zakarpattia. But there are complications These Russophiles, or even Russian chau- Firstly, are these paramilitaries in Kyiv review the many theories and myths regard- here as well. Bishop Ivan Semedii of vinists, were very concerned that Russian from their Tryzub formation? If not, have ing the origins of the Ukrainian people. Mukachevo seems to be leaning towards dominate in every sphere. One physician they protested through KUN at the provo- Chapters 5 and 6 are devoted to Ukraine the recently revived Rusyn movement in told us “Ukrainian is a domestic language cation of others masquerading as members under Russian and Austrian rule, respective- Zakarpattia. And then there is the Latin-rite not worthy to be used in international cir- of Tryzub? Secondly, if they are members ly, while Chapter 7 examines the emergence Church in Ukraine. Two bishops were recently elevated to the rank of cardinal in cles.” of Tryzub, why is KUN (and therefore of Ukrainian national consciousness. Lviv – one a Ukrainian Catholic, the other For Peace Shield missions in 1995 and OUN(B) in league with President Kuchma, Ukraine’s last 40 years, from the Roman Catholic. To my knowledge, no 1996 there appeared to be little participa- somebody who has been accused of “Shestydesiatnyky” to “crony capitalism” other city in the world has two cardinals- tion of Russians in the Ukrainian/American involvement in the murder of a journalist and “creole nationalism,” are the focus of archbishops. organized training events. The journalists (Heorhii Gongadze) and Rukh leader the remaining six chapters. Mr. Wilson reviews two models of from Russia attending the training exercis- Chornovil and under whom Russification Politically, Ukraine has reached a stale- Church unity in Ukraine. The first was es were near hysteria after learning how is continuing in Ukraine and the country is mate. Ukraine’s right-wing (nationalist) vot- offered by Catholic Archbishop Andrey closely the Ukrainians and Americans have being returned under Russia’s sphere of ers, found primarily in Halychyna and in Sheptytsky, who “sought unity between been working. influence? Finally, why are KUN and its part of central Ukraine, are the best organ- Ukraine’s Churches in the context of broad- This is not to say that Ukrainian is not ized and most patriotic political group, but two political allies unwilling to join the er Christian reconciliation and on basis of used at all. On the contrary, recent visits by represent no more than 25 percent of the Pravytsia anti-Kuchma center-right bloc? common Christian values of love, brother- U.S. military have indicated that Ukrainian electorate. Parties of the left, whose political hood and the sublimation of egoism.” A is used and may even be on the upswing. Dr. Taras Kuzio base is in the larger Sovietized cities of the second route was proposed by Orthodox Only time will tell. Toronto east and south, command 40 percent of the Metropolitan Ilarion, who argued in favor In the final analysis, I conclude that the electorate. The remaining voters, theoreti- The writer is affiliated with the Center of the restoration of original Ukrainian more Russia loses control of Ukraine the for International and Security Studies at cally “non-party,” are dominated by local barons and corporate lobbies. Church traditions through a total more Ukrainian is incorporated into all York University. Ukrainianization of the Church with aspects of life. Russia also can feel Ukraine Today, the Communists, banned until 1994, represent the “destructive opposi- Ukrainian priests “dedicated to the evangel- slipping away every time the U.S. military ical principle that ‘to serve one’s people is visits Ukraine and keeps reminding tion.” Once the Communists were allowed Thanks for article to return to the political arena, the right, pri- to serve God.’ ” These ideas have been Ukrainians about freedom, independence ignored in modern Ukraine. and democracy. marily Rukh, was faced with a Hobson’s about Lithuania choice: work with those national commu- Economically, Ukraine is a black hole. Roman G. Golash Dear Editor: nists, who firmly supported independence “Whole sectors of production in areas most Palatine, Ill. and thereby preserve Ukrainian sovereignty, subject to quality competition (light indus- I am writing in response to the article or eschew the former apparatchiks and risk try, consumer goods like TVs or fridges) titled “Ten years ago in Lithuania: shots pushing them into the united Russia camp. have basically disappeared. Investment has heard around the world” by Paul Goble Since the mid-1990s, writes Mr. Wilson, not so much declined as stopped.” Foreign Some explanations of RFE/RL Newsline (January 21). I Rukh has been grouping towards a “Grand reserves, never more than $2 billion or $3 would like to thank you for recognizing Bargain” with the Communists. Ignored billion, dropped to $482 million in needed from KUN an important and memorable day in was Vyacheslav Chornovil’s argument that February, 1999; foreign debt was $11.4 bil- Dear Editor: Lithuanian history in your Ukrainian only a “ ‘thorough de-Communization of lion by the end of 1998 ... Whole sectors of newspaper. The article explained the sig- the economy relapsed into barter, an esti- As a keen follower of Ukrainian mili- Ukrainian society’ to remove ‘repainted nificance of this day very accurately, and party nomenklatura which has entrenched mated 40 percent of all activity. While tary affairs I have written extensively on the article was very well written. itself in all levels of the organs of power’ Ukraine’s nomenklatura was constructing paramilitaries in Ukraine. Therefore, I was could create a Ukraine that was both inde- obscenely huge dachas in the countryside, surprised to read of the arrival in the last Karolina Lieponis Orland Park, Ill. pendent and democratic.” As Lev poverty was spreading. Ukraine has one of week of paramilitaries in Kyiv claiming to Lukianenko predicted in 1992, the former the world’s most corrupt business climates. be members of the “Sports-Patriotic Group Communists privatized state property into Ukraine may have a beer, an airline, a The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters Tryzub.” There are three Ukrainian (in their own pockets. soccer team and the potential of a nuclear contrast to Russian or Soviet) paramilitary to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou- arsenal, but its future as a thriving civic ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi- Unity with Rukh began to unravel at its formations in Ukraine: Ukrainian National nals, not photocopies. 1992 congress, when the organization split society is still in doubt. Self-Defense Forces (UNSO), linked to the The daytime phone number and address into two factions: the larger Chornovil con- Ukrainian National Assembly; Varta, of the letter-writer must be given for verifi- tingent, and the Mykhailo Horyn/Ivan Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: linked to the State Independence of cation purposes. Drach minority. Today, Mr. Wilson [email protected] 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7

UNA helps rural youths... (Continued from page 1) explained that the NUKMA has been working to raise its percentage of students from villages for several years. “It troubles us because, demographically, we still do not represent Ukrainian society as a whole,” explained Prof. Briukhovetsky. “We also are keenly aware that the village environment develops kids with high capabili- ties.” In the last few years, the NUKMA has worked to raise its non-Kyiv student population from 45 percent to about two-thirds of the total student body. In that time the percentage of students from villages has risen from about a half percent to some 6 percent. “We understand that this is still not enough,” explained Prof. Briukhovetsky, “We understand that vil- lage kids need to be further encouraged.” To provide an open door to students who for various reasons have marginal high school academic records but remain intent on a college education, three years ago the NUKMA developed a semester-long college preparato- ry course, which puts prospective students on the uni- versity’s campus and in its dormitories as they take part in a pre-college level curriculum that touches all the required subjects, in the physical sciences as well as the Students at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy who benefited from a special program aimed at humanities, and is aimed at helping them pass the assisting rural youths. school’s entrance examination. the 100 or so students who annually take part in the developed a satellite in Mykolaiv. Another one in the Only students who have applied to the school and classes come from rural Ukraine. city of Ostrih has now become an independent universi- have been turned down are offered a chance to take the The UNA became involved in the program after its ty. preparatory curriculum, and then only those who come president, Ulana Diachuk, contacted Prof. The NUKMA also has developed a collegium system closest to passing what is considered a very difficult Briukhovetsky in early 1999 about supporting such a throughout the country, which is the renewal of a system entry test. The top 20 percent of the students who com- project. The dialogue that ensued led to the development that thrived in Ukraine during the 16th and 17th cen- plete the course are automatically enrolled in the of the UNA program and its requirements. First, the turies. The system consists of a network of college NUKMA. The rest must retake the entry exam but, as NUKMA nominated 26 potential students who had preparatory schools that work closely with the NUKMA Prof. Briukhovetsky explained, having become accus- applied to the school, but failed the exam. Using UNA to assure they meet requirements set down by the tomed to the school, its teaching method and its require- criteria that the eventual winners of the scholarships NUKMA accreditation board. A computer network links ments, the students have a much easier time passing the must have had competitive scores on their entrance the schools, located in all regions of Ukraine, including exam the second time around. examinations; have come from underprivileged families the cities of Cherkasy, Kherson, Donetske, Rohatyn, Prof. Briukhovetsky noted that about 25 percent of living in a village; and have identified themselves as Ternopil, Kremen and Rivne. They also benefit from Ukrainian, the university’s administrators then reviewed seminars and instruction provided by the NUKMA. academic records and held personal interviews before The university is developing foreign contacts as well. settling on the 10 students. It already has developed a common program with the The five girls and five boys who are the recipients of Lublin University Collegium in that Polish city. It is Three students receive the UNA grants come from villages in the eastern-cen- currently working with a prominent Ukrainian in tral oblasts of Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Vienna, to develop a Mohyla Institute in that Austrian Terech Scholarship Kharkiv and Zhytomyr. All are between 17 and 18 years city. Prof. Briukhovetsky explained that, while he has NEW YORK – In September 2000 the Michael of age, with the exception of one, who is 23. Five of the held discussions with the vice-rector of Vienna Terech Scholarship was awarded to three under- 10 students said they already had decided on their fields University, a contract is yet to be signed. On the other graduate students: Roman Stanchak, a senior at of study should they receive entry to NUKMA: two said side of Austria, in Salzburg, the NUKMA has agreed in Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, in the they would choose political science, while three men- general with Salzburg University to hold seminar cours- amount of $2,000; Galina Alexeenko, senior at tioned computer science. es, but certain legal aspects of the agreement need to be Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., in the No one can say that having passed the preparatory worked out between the schools. amount of $2,000; and Yelena Bobyar, a junior at curriculum these students will succeed, but Prof. The NUKMA, which for the most part has concen- the Haas Business School at the University of Briukhovetsky says that rural students have a higher trated on developing its teaching institutions, has also California at Berkley, in the amount of $1,000. passing rate after finishing the courses than do students made some inroads into research. After eight years of Mr. Stachak of Randolph, Va., is majoring in in general. preparation, it will soon release an Encyclopedia of computer science and has already constructed The college preparatory courses are only a small part Kyiv Mohyla Academy, which the university president two websites. He is a Presidential Scholar from of an ever-expanding, all-encompassing academic pro- emphasized was financed more with money from the state of Vermont. His current project is to gram at NUKMA, the oldest institution of higher learn- Ukraine than the diaspora. automate the detection of celestial bodies by ing in Ukraine, which continues unprecedented growth “This showed me that there is beginning to be a feel- computer. He is a two-time Terech Scholarship since its revival in 1992 after laying dormant for 175 ing of responsibility among our rich that they must sup- recipient. years during Russian and then Soviet rule. port educational and cultural programs” underlined Prof. In the last several years, the university, which was Briukhovetsky, adding that the encyclopedia would be Ms. Alexeenko of Krasnoarmisk, Ukraine, is founded in 1615 by Metropolitan Petro Mohyla, has available to the general public in the first half of 2001. majoring in economics. She arrived in the United States in 1996 as a recipient of the Freedom Support Act academic scholarship. She plans to return to Ukraine upon completion of her studies. She also is two-time Terech Scholarship recipi- ent. Ms. Bobyar of Cherkasy, Ukraine, is majoring in finance/accounting. She was a recipient of Freedom Support Act academic scholarship and attended high school in Santa Rosa, Calif. All the applicants were required to submit work samples if applicable, transcripts of all undergraduate work, autobiographies as well as 500-word essays on a contemporary Ukrainian topic of their choice. Reuters founded the Michael Terech Scholarship, administered by the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City, in November 1995 as a tribute to their employee and his work with the UIA. The scholarship is for undergraduate-level, U.S.-based journalism, com- puter science or business administration students of Ukrainian heritage. Reuters will donate $5,000 annually to maintain this fund. Information requests about the scholarship may be faxed to the Ukrainian Institute of America at (212) 288-2918 or retrieved from its website at www.brama.com/uia/terech.html A class at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 11

BOOK NOTES A comprehensive compilation Updated edition of Subtelny’s about an “unexpected nation” acclaimed “Ukraine: A History”

“The Ukrainians:Unexpected Nation,” by Andrew Wilson. New Haven: Yale “Ukraine: A History,” Third Edition, by Orest Subtelny. Toronto: University of University Press, 2000, 366 pages, $29.95 (cloth). Toronto Press Inc., 2000, 736 pages, $100 (cloth)/$40 (paperback).

British journalist Anna Reid called The third edition of Orest Subtelny’s Andrew Wilson’s latest book a “lively, “Ukraine: A History” contains a new and detailed and eminently sensible explo- lengthy chapter on the first 10 years of ration of who the Ukrainians are and why Ukrainian independence and an updated they are important.” Edited by Yale bibliography. University Press, the book “The In his preface, Prof. Subtelny writes, Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation” pro- “When the Soviet Union collapsed in vides a comprehensive guide to modern 1991, hopes for a rapid transformation of Ukraine and to the versions of its past the former republics into democratic propagated by both Russians and societies with market-based economies Ukrainians. were high. But, as time passed, it has Why the “unexpected nation?” In the become clear that these expectations had preface, Mr. Wilson states that “the emer- been far too optimistic. Reforming post- gence of an independent Ukrainian state Soviet societies proved to be an extraor- in 1991 came as a great surprise in the dinarily difficult and frustrating process. chancelleries, universities and board- Soviet structures and values had much rooms of the West – a surprise that many deeper roots than many realized and, by are still adjusting to.” the same token, the basis for economic The book concentrates on the complex institutions and market-oriented reforms relationship between Ukraine and Russia, was much weaker than expected.” beginning with the myth of common ori- “...Unfortunately, it was a painful and gin in the early medieval era, then look- all-encompassing process that set the ing closely at the Ukrainian experience tone for Ukraine’s first decade as an independent state,” Prof. Subtelny under the tsars and Soviets, and the path explains. “Nonetheless, as the new mil- the next generation.” to independence in 1991. It also consid- for anyone with a serious interest in lennium began, it was as clear that the Orders for this book can be sent to: ers the history of Ukraine since 1991 and Eastern Europe.” process of transition from the Soviet sys- University of Toronto Press, 5201 continuing disputes over identity, culture Mr. Wilson is a lecturer in Ukrainian tem had reached the point of no return Dufferin St., North York, Ontario M3H and religion, as well as explores the con- studies at the School of Slavonic and East and that the benefits of change would 5T8; Tel; (800)565-9523/(416) 667-7791; flicts in Ukrainian society between its European Studies, University College come, if not in the next decade, then in Fax; (800) 221-9985 / (416) 667-7832. “Eastern” roots and Western aspirations. London. He is the author of “Ukrainian Ms. Reid, the author of “Borderland: A Nationalism in the 1990s” (1997), Journey Through the History of “Ukraine: Perestroika to Independence” Brzezinski’s “Grand Chessboard” Ukraine,” says that Mr. Wilson’s new (1994) and “Nation-Building in the Post- book “should become required reading Soviet Borderlands” (1998). recognizes Ukraine’s role

“Undermining the Kremlin”: “The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives” by Zbigniew Brzezinski. New York: Basic Books, 1997 and 1998, 223 pages, $26 U.S. strategy in 1947-1956 (cloth)/$15 (paperback). “The Grand Chessboard: American librium, with the United States as the “Undermining the Kremlin,” by Gregory Mitrovich. Ithaca: Cornell University Primacy and Its Geostrategic political arbiter. Eurasia is thus the chess- Press, 2000, 256 pages, $32.50, cloth. Imperatives” by Zbigniew Brzezinski board on which the struggle for global pri- was first released in hard cover in macy continues to be played, and that Following the Allied victory in World October 1997 by Basic Books and a year struggle involves geostrategy.” War II, the United States turned its later was released in paperback. Though The book received mixed reviews, efforts to preventing the spread of the book is not about Ukraine, Ukraine many positive, though several negative Communism beyond Eastern Europe. figures prominently in several chapters, from those that felt that it was not neces- However, in his book “Undermining the including the proposal that a France- sarily a good thing for the United States Kremlin: America’s Strategy to Subvert Germany-Poland-Ukraine alliance is crit- to continue to strive for a dominant glob- the Soviet Bloc, 1947-1956”, Gregory ical to European stability and that such al position, as well as criticism that criti- Mitrovich argues that the policy of con- an alliance could be formed by 2015. cal areas, such as the Middle East, were tainment was only the first step in a clan- Though published more than two years under-emphasized. Others felt the book destine campaign to destroy Soviet ago, Dr. Brzezinski’s analysis of depicted Russia too harshly. power. Ukraine’s role and its relationship with According to Samuel P. Huntington of Drawing on recently declassified U.S. Russia is still instructive and prescient. Harvard University and author of “The documents, Mr. Mitrovich reveals a In the book, Dr. Brzezinski, former Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking range of previously unknown covert national security advisor (1977-1981), of World Order”: “ ‘The Grand actions launched during the Truman and offers a global vision for preserving and Chessboard’ is the book we have been Eisenhower administrations. Through extending American preeminence into the waiting for: a clear-eyed, tough-minded, the aggressive use of psychological war- 21st century, formulating a U.S. geostrate- definitive exposition of America’s strate- fare, officials sought to provoke political gy for the four critical regions of Eurasia: gic interests in the post-Cold War world. crisis among key Soviet leaders, to incite Europe, Russia, Central Asia and East “A masterful synthesis of historical, nationalist tensions within the USSR, Asia. Dr. Brzezinski, notes “American for- geographical, and political analysis, it is and to foment unrest across Eastern eign policy must remain concerned with geostrategic thinking in the grand tradition Europe. Mr. Mitrovich demonstrates that the geopolitical dimension and must of Bismarck.” The book may be ordered inspiration for these efforts did not origi- employ its influence in Eurasia in a man- from Basic Books on the publisher’s web- nate within the intelligence community, ner that creates a stable continental equi- site: www.basicbooks.com. but with individuals at the highest levels “ ‘Undermining the Kremlin’ is a of policymaking in the U.S. government. stimulating and eye-opening account of National security advisors, Mr. American grand strategy– especially Mitrovich asserts, were adamant that the ‘psychological warfare’– during the Notice to publishers and authors Soviet threat must be eliminated so that Truman and early Eisenhower years,” It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly pub- United States could create a stable, pros- according to Marc Tachtenberg of the lished books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodi- perous international system. Only the University of Pennsylvania. cals, only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. shifting balance of power caused by the Mr. Mitrovich received a Ph.D. in development of Soviet nuclear weapons international relations from the University News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. forced U.S. leaders to abandon their goal of Southern California. His book was Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, of subverting the Soviet system and to published by Cornell University Press etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, accept a world order with two rival (http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu). NJ 07054. superpowers. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7

UFU confers honorary Ph.D. on Thomas Bird of CUNY UFU begins celebrations of its 80th jubilee year Special to The Ukrainian Weekly MUNICH – On January 17 the Ukrainian Free University (UFU) officially inaugurated its 80th jubilee cel- ebrations, which are scheduled to last the entire year. The ceremonies included a commemorative liturgy in the inten- tion of founders and deceased UFU faculty members, and a convocation with a concert. Over 200 people attended. Among the distinguished guests were: the Rev. Isidor Patrylo OSBM, a UFU graduate from its Prague period; Consul General of Ukraine Georgii Kosykh; Consul of Poland Dr. Jerzy Glowa; German and Bavarian parliamen- tarians Dr. h. c. Hans-Juergen Doss, Dr. Ludwig Spaenle, Christian Knauer; City Representative Dr. Theodor Babor; Bavarian Minister Councillor Dr. Walter Roesner-Krauss; Prof. Oleksander Romanowsky, rector of the Ukrainian- American Liberal Arts Institute Wisconsin International University (USA), Ukraine and its pro-rector, Olena Nadtochij; Prof. Ulrich Schweier of the Ludwig Maximilian University; as well as representatives from the Hungarian, Czech and American communities in Munich. Honoree Dr. Thomas E. Bird is at the podium; seated (from left) are Drs. Ulrich Schweier, Leonid Rudnytzky Among the special guests were Prof. Thomas E. Bird of and Reinhart Heydenreuter. the City University of New York, an honorary doctor of the MUNICH – The Ukrainian Free University (UFU) on of “Hryhorij Savych Skovoroda: An Anthology of Critical UFU, and his spouse, Mary-Lynn. January 17 conferred an honorary doctor of philosophy Articles” and of “Archiepiscopal and Patriarchal The ceremonies featured an opening address by Rector degree on Thomas E. Bird, deputy chair of the department Autonomy.” He is a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Leonid Rudnytzky, and addresses by the university deans, of European Literatures at Queens College, City University Society and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Roland Pietsch, who spoke on the significance of Ukrainian of New York, and honorary professor at St. Clement Pope He authored the entry on “Oles Honchar” for the prestigious studies, and Reinhart Heydenreuter, who spoke on the early Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome. reference work, Encyclopedia of World Literature in the history of the UFU. Prof. Wolodymyr Kosyk presented Dr. The ceremony, held on the eve of the university’s 80th 20th Century. He contributed the entry on “The Ukrainian Oleksandra Kysilevska-Tkach, who was awarded a medal anniversary, Founder’s Day celebrations was presided over Metropolia (U.S.A.)” to the Encyclopedic Dictionary of for outstanding service to the university. by the Rector of the UFU, Dr. Leonid Rudnytzky, and the Religion and has written and reviewed Ucrainica for The Consul General of Ukraine in Munich, Mr. Kosykh, dean of its faculty of law and economics, Dr. Reinhard Bohoslovia, Eastern Churches Review, Germano-Slavica, read a number of official greetings, among them from the Heydenreuter. In his presentation of the candidate (known Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Slavic and East European president of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers and the in European University tradition as laudatio), Prof. Ulrich Journal, and the magazine Za Patriarkhat. Verkhovna Rada. On this auspicious occasion the UFU was Schweier of the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Visibly moved, Dr. Bird greeted the assembled in the awarded a certificate of merit from the Cabinet of Ministers stressed Dr. Bird’s lifetime commitment to teaching and audience, among whom were his wife Mary-Lynn; Georgi of Ukraine signed by Prime Minister Victor Yuschenko. scholarship, focusing on his contribution to Ukrainian stud- Kosykh, the consul general of Ukraine in Munich; Dr. Lively entertainment was provided by the Ukrainian ies and his ecumenical work. Olexander Romanovskiy, rector, and Olena Nadtochiy, vice- bass-baritone Taras Kononchenko with piano accompani- Dr. Bird organized and edited a series of lectures at the ment by Taras Yaschenko. The evening ended with the tra- college titled “Modern Ukrainian Writers.” He is co-editor (Continued on page 13) ditional academic hymn “Gaudeamus igitur.” No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 13 Woskob family endows chair FOR THE RECORD: University’s at Penn State University recognition of Woskobs’ support UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Real estate estate projects in Center County, including Following is the text of an address deliv- Thanks in large part to the generosity of developers Helen and Alex Woskob of State campus housing for thousands of Penn State ered at a recognition luncheon on Alex and Helen, our College of College, Pa., have endowed the Woskob students. December 15, 2000, at Penn State Agricultural Sciences has a longstanding, Family Chair in International Agriculture The Woskobs have a long history of University, State College, Pa., by special relationship with Ukraine. with a gift of $1.5 million to Penn State’s support for higher education. In 1992 University President Graham Spanier. Pennsylvania and Ukraine share many sim- College of Agricultural Sciences. they established the Ukrainian ilarities. Like Pennsylvania, Ukraine excels The distinguished faculty member who Agricultural Exchange Program, Alex and Helen Woskob are natives of in the production of cereals, milk and meat, will be appointed to the Woskob Chair will enabling collaboration between the Ukraine, a nation of more than 50 million and has a significant food-processing focus on creating partnerships in Ukraine College of Agricultural Sciences and the people and the second largest country in industry. for student and faculty exchanges, and for Ukrainian Agricultural Academy. They Europe. Ukraine has often been called the Through their wonderful donations, the collaborative research on improving the have been involved in the university’s breadbasket of Eastern Europe, and it is Woskobs have made it possible for Penn production and marketing of agricultural Ukrainian studies program and have blessed with some of the world’s richest State to once again extend its reach beyond commodities. served on the advisory board of the soil – a deep black mixture that at one time the region, beyond the state and beyond the “Helen and Alex Woskob generously Center for Ukrainian Agriculture. produced 20 percent of the food for the nation to find solutions to some of the most have invested their time, expertise and The holder of the Woskob Chair in entire Soviet Union on less than 3 percent pressing problems facing our world. Penn resources to benefit Penn State and the State International Agriculture will be appointed of its land. Over half the country is covered State has provided valuable research to College community,” said Robert D. Steele, by the university’s executive vice-president in fields of wheat, barley, rye, oats and farmers in Ukraine, who have been strug- dean of the College of Agricultural and provost on the recommendation of the sugar beets. For 300 years Ukraine fought gling to overcome the hardships that Sciences. “This endowed chair will enhance dean of the College of Agricultural for its cultural and political survival against accompany building a new government, a the education of countless students here and Sciences. Soviet domination, and in this month in new agricultural system – in essence, a new abroad, create knowledge to help Ukraine By providing additional support for 1991 the country and its people finally nation. and other countries to better feed their peo- instruction, research and public service, fac- gained their independence. Our agricultural activities in Ukraine ple, and foster international goodwill and ulty endowments help Penn State to recruit But along with that independence has date back to 1992, when a bilateral agree- understanding.” and retain world-class scholars. The come struggle – something the Woskobs ment was signed between our College of Natives of Ukraine, the Woskobs are Woskob’s latest endowment was announced are familiar with as well, having left their Agricultural Sciences and the National founders and co-owners of State College- in late November 2000 and the family was homeland on foot after being expelled by Agricultural University in Kyiv. Since then based A.W. and Sons Enterprises. Since honored at a recognition luncheon on the Russians. the college has developed relationships 1963 they have developed numerous real December 15, 2000. Alex and Helen came to this country with six other agricultural universities in five decades ago, and have worked hard to Ukraine. Much of the activity has focused earn the American dream. The story of their on faculty exchanges, with faculty from success is one of diligence, perseverance Ukraine visiting Penn State in the areas of and industriousness. By all measures, they economic and rural development and have achieved great success in this country, extension. but they have not forgotten their roots. The most recent gift of $1.5 million Over the years this couple has generous- from the Woskobs, which creates the ly donated funds to Penn State and other Woskob Family Chair in International institutions for programs and causes all Agriculture, will generate more opportuni- designed to help their native land and its ties to help this proud and distinct nation people. Whether it has been through the through collaborative research to improve rebuilding of Ukrainian studies programs the production and marketing of agricultur- here at Penn State or through the revitaliza- al commodities. tion of the teaching of Slavic languages, the I’d like to thank Alex and Helen and Woskobs have worked relentlessly to pre- their family for their thoughtful and gener- serve the culture and traditions of Ukraine. ous gifts over the years that have allowed Alex and Helen have not only given Penn State to play such an important role in money, but also much time and energy in helping another nation and in promoting an an effort to foster goodwill and understand- understanding of Ukrainian culture. ing between two nations they love. I’d also like to express my admiration Over the years Penn State has forged a for the Woskobs, who have shown a number of links with Ukraine, in agricul- tremendous commitment to humanity and a ture as well as technology fields. Since genuine desire to make the world a better 1990 and the collapse of communism, Penn place. State has had a unique commitment to Thank you, Alex, Helen, George and Penn State University President Graham Spanier (left) with Helen and Alex Woskob. Central and Eastern Europe. Nina.

institution has been their preservation of the Prairie Center embarks on campaign UFU confers... idea of independent Ukrainian scholarship (Continued from page 12) and the transmission of those achievements rector, of the Ukrainian-American Liberal to the wider world of learning. They have to endow diverse academic programs Arts Institute Wisconsin International worked, in a paraphrase of Katherine Mansfield, ‘not to make us clever for anoth- University (USA), Ukraine; and other SASKATOON – The Prairie Center noted the importance of having funds in Ukrainian and German dignitaries. er time, but to make us wise for all time.’ “The task presently facing Ukrainian for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage at St. place to ensure that the center is able to Dr. Bird stated that he was “humbled and Thomas More College has embarked on fulfill its mission. “Programs cost money. honored” to be recognized by the UFU, not scholarship is a daunting one, viz., to partic- ipate in the re-establishment of valid schol- a five-year fund-raising campaign to If we are to ensure that Ukrainian studies only because I was sensible of the privilege endow various academic programs and at the University of Saskatchewan and in inherent in this degree, but in addition, arship across the broad spectrum of Ukrainian studies and assist in the confec- community-based initiatives. the province are maintained, we will keenly aware of the company of eminent Commenting on the initial response need generous financial support of the scholars, statemen, and ecclesiastics whose tion of a new conceptual base for Ukrainian of the community to the campaign, Don whole community,” Dr. Kordan stated. ranks I was being invited to join. It is a grat- nationhood, navigating between the legacy Gorsalitz, head of development at STM, Some of the PCUH’s current programs ifying recognition of an academic career of dogmatic collectivism and the hazards of said, “I am impressed by the high level are an oral history project, archives proj- much focused on the literature, culture and Western individualism. The identification of religious life of the Ukrainian nation. The a usable past poses stunning challenges. of support and commitment from vari- ect, artist/writer-in-residence program discovery by my mentor, Hryhory And to return to the author of ‘The Garden ous individuals in the community. If and various upcoming conferences and Skovoroda, of Sacred Scripture has been of Divine Songs,’ Skovoroda’s emphasis on this continues, we can well expect to exhibitions. described as ‘a spiritual debt abroad.’ The divine reality, the eternity of the spirit, and a meet and exceed our target of $1.25 The Prairie Center for the Study of discovery and study of what Henri Bergson morality that pursued the creation of a har- million.” Ukrainian Heritage, an academic unit of called ‘l’évolution creatrice,’ creative evolu- monious society has much to say to today’s To date the PCUH campaign has St. Thomas More College, builds on the tion, in the soul of the Ukrainian people has citizens of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv. attracted financial commitments of over 50-year history of Ukrainian studies at been for me ‘a spiritual debt abroad.’ ” “The future of the Ukrainian nation is $850,000. Major supporters include the the University of Saskatchewan by bring- Dr. Bird also paid tribute to the UFU: directly related to the degree of national former lieutenant governor of ing together partner institutions, agen- “As we observe scholars from many self-awareness found among her people. Saskatchewan Dr. Stephen Worobetz and cies and individuals who are committed nations writing dissertations and mono- National self-consciousness is the surest Michelene Worobetz, University of to preserving, documenting and celebrat- graphs that include references and quota- barrier against absorption of the country’s Saskatchewan Professor Emeritus Dr. ing the legacy of Ukrainian Canadians as tions to the scripa of the UFU’s faculty and sovereignty by another state. As the world Victor Buyniak, the Millennium Bureau nation-builders. graduates, we find prima facie sanction for monitors the evolution of civil society activ- of Canada, Mary Yacyshyn and the For more information call Dr. Kordan the reputation the university rightly enjoys. ities in Ukraine, the role of the Ukrainian Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras at (306) 963-8900, e-mail “Arguably the most significant contribu- Free University will be increasingly recog- Shevchenko. [email protected], or visit the web- tion of the scholars associated with this nized as a signal factor in that process.” PCUH Director Dr. Bohdan Kordan site at www.usask.ca/stm/pch. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7 MUSIC NOTES: Clemens Andrijenko, Ukraine’s Caruso by Adrian Bryttan Renato Virgilio was Caruso’s accompanist fame? A look at his biography yields some as well as Andrijenko’s, and he expressed answers. “The new Caruso ... exceptionally beau- the highest praise for the Ukrainian singer. Clemens Andrijenko was born in the tiful, sparkling tone quality ... lyrical ten- Judging from this cassette, I would rather town of Kopychyntsi in the Ternopil Oblast derness ... master of the high C ... a golden say his singing was more in the direction of in 1885. He worked at first as a high school throat!” Beniamino Gigli and, in our time, Carlo teacher and married the daughter of Kyrylo Who earned such superb accolades from Bergonzi. In his high range, Andrijenko Trylovsky, founder of the Sich Society critics in Berlin, Paris and numerous other creates a “mix,” with elements of falsetto (1900), the paramilitary Ukrainian Sich cities in Europe: Corelli? Del Monaco? and some lighter overtones. This is a very Riflemen (1913) and the Ukrainian Radical Bjoerling? Pavarotti? The singer in the stylish manner of “singing on the breath,” Party. From 1922 to 1926 he sang leading above reviews was Ukrainian tenor Clemens Andrijenko (1885-1967) and in contrast to the full-voiced power of roles in the Lviv Opera Theater and was on thankfully there now exists a small cassette Caruso. the voice faculty at the Lysenko Musical dedicated to his wonderful artistry. The In any case, what is appealing is the hon- Institute. The recordings from this time recording comprises arias and songs esty of the singing. Temperament and pas- reveal a tighter voice with a narrow vibrato. recorded in 1927, 1936 and in 1956, when sion are all there, but never disturb the In 1926 he emigrated to Berlin, where Andrijenko was 72; it also includes an vocal production and even line. There are he progressively attained the full maturity interview for Radio Kyiv with his daughter, no “cheap” effects or clumsy vocalizations of his singing. He started concertizing in Kalyna Cziczka-Andrijenko, who lives in during dramatic moments. Pitch, diction, Western Europe, gathering superlative Munich, Germany. dynamic colors are beautifully controlled; reviews. His wide repertoire ranged from From the very first notes it is clear that the technique is always at the service of the lyric to dramatic arias of Mozart, Bizet, this is singing of the very highest control tasteful and expressive musicianship. How Mascagni, Verdi, Puccini and Wagner, Ukrainian tenor Clemens Andrijenko, and musicianship. The voice was at its many tenors can we say that about today? Neapolitan songs and German art songs. Vienna, 1918. greatest strength and beauty in the four Andrijenko’s daughter, Kalyna, told me Ukrainian composers and folk song Krushelnytska was a shining star on the selections from 1936 recorded in Berlin for how her father also played the violin, arrangements were always included on his greatest operatic stages of the world and Telefunken: Turiddu’s serenade and aria (in studying his arias in this way. He was a programs. sang with the best artists of her time. (It is German) and two Neapolitan songs – “O, successful teacher as well, with an inquisi- Unfortunately, the political climate of criminal that the latest Pearl CD still refers Mari” and “Torna a Surriento” (in Italian). tive mind, who investigated overtones and the 1930s in Germany was turning away to her as Polish!) And Modest Menzinsky, The color of the voice was exceptionally vocal techniques, and extended his studies from non-Aryan “ausländers” and he was her colleague who sang for many years at beautiful, with rich overtones like a fine to include children and even dogs. What is forced to abandon the stage. He started a the Stockholm Royal Opera, had perhaps cello. His breath control makes it seem like amazing is the vocal technique and power vocal instruction studio in Berlin and after the most beautiful voice of all Wagnerian there is power to spare, even in the most in the recordings of “Tosca,” “Pagliacci” the war continued teaching in Rotenburg tenors. dramatic passages. Above all, there is an and Ukrainian songs when he was 72 years until his death in 1967. He was never able So it is a pleasure to recommend a cas- attractive elegance to all the performances. old! to return to his homeland. sette where one can learn about and hear Some contemporary accounts stated that No doubt he would be in high demand More and more recordings of Ukrainian Clemens Andrijenko, an artist who is on it was a large voice, like Enrico Caruso’s. today. So why did he not achieve a greater singers are being reissued. Salomea that same international level.

Newly founded UNWLA branch presents “Dyvo-Koliada” concert by Lydia Matiaszek Special to The Ukrainian Weekly NEW YORK – Ukrainians in the New York metro- politan area on January 21 were given a rare treat: an honest-to-goodness, traditional “Dyvo-Koliada” con- cert, which was presented by Branch 125 of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA), headed by Ludmila Hrabovska, with the participation of the Promin Vocal Ensemble directed by Bohdanna Wolansky, members of the New York Bandura Ensemble and the children’s studio of Branch 125. The concert, which took place at the Ukrainian National Home, was masterminded by director/produc- er/scriptwriter/ actor/singer/musician Alla Kutsevych, a member of Branch 125, who is well-known as a ban- dura soloist and instructor, and a member of the Promin Vocal Ensemble. Although the concert was a lengthy three hours, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone in the audience with a single complaint – those who braved the after- math of the snowstorm of the night before were richly rewarded for their efforts. Stepan Slutsky Act I included the traditional Vertep, where carolers, A scene from the “Dyvo-Koliada” concert presented in New York City. dressed as the principal characters, go from house to house presenting the story of the birth of Christ, inter- weaving carols into the story line. There are: the Angel, who announces the birth of Jesus Christ to the shep- herds; the Three Kings from the East, who follow the Christmas star to pay homage to the Child; King Herod, who learns of this, orders the slaying of all newborn children in the realm, and is then taken to hell by Death and the Devil. Although the Christmas story is reverently portrayed, there were some light, humorous vignettes included, as local customs and interpretations were interspersed as the carolers would enter the home and greet the host and hostess. Promin, members of UNWLA Branch 125 and the bandurists, under the direction of Ms. Wolansky, per- formed beautiful arrangements of various Christmas carols, combining old, beloved favorites with some per- haps less-known, but equally moving carols. These groups tapped into the rich store of Ukrainian traditions, many of which have been so streamlined in the diaspora that some families are at a loss after singing two or three favorite carols, or recounting a couple of family traditions that have been handed down through the gen- erations. This prompted many people during intermis- sion to reminisce about traditions they remembered The Promin ensemble performs traditional Ukrainian carols. (Continued on page 16) No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 15

DATELINE NEW YORK: Carnival time brings Malanka fervor by Helen Smindak

The ancient Ukrainian folk feast known as Malanka, cel- ebrating the Julian-calendar New Year, presented a tempt- ing idea that theatrical producer Virlana Tkacz ingeniously utilized to create another weekend festival of music, song, poetry and art, the 11th major event staged at the Institute by Ms. Tkacz and her Yara Arts Group. Traditionally, Malanka festivities revolved around a group of costumed characters and musicians who went from house to house in the village making music and pre- senting skits. Malanka, played by a bachelor dressed in women’s clothing and accompanied by persons costumed as a goat, an old man, an old woman and a gypsy, played pranks on the villagers. Ms. Tkacz and the Yara ensemble invited a host of con- temporary artists, writers and performers to present their “reaction to the pagans” at a Malanka weekend on January 26-28 at the Ukrainian Institute of America. The result: an exhilarating three days of art work, winter songs and poetry, as well as something very new – a unique presentation of traditional holiday foods. Performance highlights came on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon with appearances by Canadian singer and culture maker Alexis Kochan; singers from Ukraine Maryana Sadovska, Yaryna Turianska and Natalka Polovynka, who find their inspiration from songs they col- lect in the villages; harpist Odarka Polanskyj of New Jersey: and such popular New York area artists as bandurist Julian Kytasty, bandleader/comedian Eugene Hutz and folk fiddler John Rublowsky. Saturday’s performance opened with a set of haunting Ukrainian carols and folk songs as Ms. Kochan and Mr. Kytasty artfully blended voices in mellow, soulful offer- Borys Antonovych ings; there were also poetic solos by Ms. Kochan whose Youlia Tkatchouk (left) and Zoriana Sokhatska at the Malanka weekend at the Ukrainian Institute of America mystical effect was matched by Mr. Kytasty’s expressive bandura and flute accompaniment. Much of the music into a jam, was spread on mini buckwheat pancakes, while spontaneous canvas which represented the work of Lviv- came from their newly released CD “Paris to Kyiv: Prairie nalysnyky were served sliced on the bias. The delicious born Alexandra Isaievych, co-curator of the exhibit with Nights and Peacock Feathers,” which takes its name from foods were set around a huge museum-size jar filled with Isabelle Dupuis. (Ms. Isaievych’s paintings, by the way, are the Ukrainian folk song that tells the story of a young ruby-red borshch and its components – beets, vegetables, on view this month at the Interchurch Center at Riverside woman who fashions a head wreath from a peacock’s dill and onions – and capped by a wreath of wheat stalks. Drive and 120th Street.) dropped feathers before stepping out to dance. Sunday’s program (not attended by this reporter) was Other impressive works included a collage by Olga A spirited duet and two spring songs by Ms. Kochan and reportedly as delightful as Saturday’s, spotlighting the tal- Maryschuk, a painting by mural artist Youlia Tkatchouk Mr. Kytasty generated a melodious, bouyant air to the ents of several singers and musicians – Ms. Turianska, and a mixed media work by Carmen Pujols, Yara’s resident evening, effecting a natural segue for the animated entrance Laura Biagi, Tristra Newyear, Ilya Temkin, Ms. Polanskyj, graphic designer. Also shown were interesting sculptures by of Ms. Turianska, Mr. Rublowsky and bass player Oleh the Experimental Bandura Trio (Ms. Kytasty, Michael Ihor Bereza, Anya Farion, Annette S. Friedman, Maria Ivanyschuk, who comes from Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Andrec and Jurij Fedynsky) and David DiPietro. Lupo and Tristan Wolski, as well as photographs by Petro Ms. Turianska’s strident yet pleasant-sounding Carpathian Interspersed among the musical offerings were poetry read- Hrycyk, Margaret Morton and Algis Norvila, and “Song village songs were matched by the exuberant fiddling of ings by author/essayist Kristina Lucenko of Brooklyn, a Tree” slides by research scientist Peter Ihnat. Mr. Rublowsky, who spun off a few dance tunes on his non-fiction editor of the literary magazine Post Road, and Guests viewed an inventive installation by film-maker own, including the rousing Carpathian dance poet/scholar/translator Vasyl Makhno, author of several Joel Schlemowitz called “Lada Sleeps” (Lada is the god- “Verkhovyno.” Ms. Polovynka, a member of Lviv’s Les books of poetry who compiled the anthology “Poets of the dess of spring) featuring hand-painted film projected onto a Kurbas Theater and a soloist with the Revutsky Men’s Nineties” and published a monograph on the work of nest of white eggs; a video of archival footage of winter rit- Choir, beautifully demonstrated the village-style “white Bohdan Ihor Antonych. Ms. Tkacz read poems by Christine uals from the Carpathians and footage from Yara’s recent voice” singing that she picked up in the villages of Ukraine. Turczyn, winner of last year’s Allen Ginsberg poetry award. “Song Tree” production, created by award-winning film- A rollicking, boisterous presentation of songs by Mr. The art exhibit, which opened Friday evening, included maker Andrea Odezynska, and a film installation based on Hutz, Alexander Kozachkov and the gypsy singer Piroshka the work of Kateryna Nemyra of Parma Heights, Ohio, winter songs by Jason Eksuzian. electrified listeners with its frenzy of hooting and hollering. whose two-goat sculpture of metal and wood was an imagi- Portraying 10 years of Yara Arts Group’s theater produc- Then the stage was given over to the enchanting singing of native play on the goat figure typical of Malanka revelries. tions, photos by Watoku Ueno, Victor Maruschenko and Ms. Sadovska, a Lviv-born actress who until recently was Zoriana Sokhatska, a native of Ukraine who has been a Dorian Yurchuk, and posters by Ms. Pujols and Tom Lee the musical director of the Gardzienice Experimental Philadelphia resident since 1995, contributed three vibrant were displayed on the grand stairway leading from the Theater in Poland. batik and tapestry panels inspired by Ukrainian Easter eggs. Following the tradition of costumed Malanka figures, Translucent figures were superimposed on the colorful, (Continued on page 23) Ms. Sadovska entered the auditorium in a baggy, floor- length outfit, her brunette locks tucked under a baseball cap and an accordion strapped around her waist and shoulders. The costume was soon stripped off to reveal a figure-flatter- ing red dress and the accordion was exchanged for a har- monium. Ms. Sadovska was joined by Korean American Jina Oh and Japanese American Akiko Hiroshima in bewitching winter songs from various regions of Ukraine. With Ms.Turianska and Mr. Hutz participating, the ensem- ble prompted the audience to join in singing the chorus of the traditional carol “Shchedryi Vechir, Dobryi Vechir” (Generous Eve, Good Eve). After the music and the merriment, there was a gastro- nomic surprise in the candle-lit dining room – traditional holiday foods offered in an innovative, untraditional man- ner. Arranged in trays on buffet tables were finger foods that tastefully and elegantly represented borsch, kutia, pyrizhky, mlyntsi (buckwheat pancakes), nalysnyky (blintzes) and uzvar (compote). Prepared by Olesia Lew of Brooklyn, a former nutrition and food writer who studied cooking and pastry making at Baltimore International Culinary, the refreshments were artfully presented by Ms. Lew and Stefa Charczenko, manager of the events planning department for Merchants Restaurant Group. Taking the place of borsch were toasted kolach pieces topped with finely grated beets, carrots, onions and mush- rooms; instead of kutia, cooked wheatberries, poppy seed and honey were served in pastry nests. Tiny half-moon pas- tries filled with a mixture of soured cabbage, mushrooms Michael Courtney/CBS and onions interpreted pyrizhky. Compote, cooked down Tamara Gorski (left) with Natasha Richardson in “Haven.” 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7

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CHICAGO – Chicago kicks off the year administrators. of Ukraine’s 10th anniversary of independ- Activities include the establishment of ence after the breakup of the Soviet Union, direct communication through a pen pal with a celebration of 10 years of the program by mail or e-mail, preparation of Chicago-Kyiv sister cities relationship at a curriculum about each other’s city and luncheon fund-raiser for its sister schools in country to be taught at the primary and sec- Kyiv. The event will take place on Sunday, ondary levels, presentation of programs fea- February 25, 2 p.m. at the Union League turing the sister schools, organization of Club, located at 65 W. Jackson Blvd, field study trips to ethnic communities, and Chicago. coordination and exchange of students, The fund-raising event is being promoted teachers and administrators between the under the motto “Your Support has the partnered schools. A major component of Power of Change.” Those interested in such communications is the ability to link making an in-kind or cash donation, or in up, communicate and study through the attending the event, may contact Katrina Internet. Fink or Marta Farion at (312) 744-1379. With such a goal in mind, the Chicago Tickets to the February 25 event are $50 per Kyiv Committee earmarked its 10th person. anniversary event as a benefit for its sister Special guests and dignitaries from Kyiv schools project. The goal is to raise funds and Chicago will attend. The program will for computers and basic electronic equip- include a luncheon in the beautiful main ment for Chicago’s sister schools in Kyiv. dining room of the Union League Club and The committee has already received cash the performance of spectacular Ukrainian and in-kind donations from several corpora- dances by the Hromovytsia ensemble. tions for this goal. Western Union has All contributions are tax-deductible as become a major sponsor; Arthur Anderson, permitted by law. The Chicago Sister Cities Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Altheimer & International Program is a charitable organi- Gray, Rotary Club, LOT Polish Airlines, zation. Those interested in sending in a Selfreliance Ukrainian Federal Credit donation, send checks to: Chicago Sister Union, 1st Security Federal Bank, Cities International Program – Kyiv Project, Hartshafner & Marx, Mila Design, and 78 E. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL many individuals are among the donors. 60602. Media sponsors include The Eastern The sister schools fund-raiser committee Economist and Panorama Magazine, the is co-chaired by Patricia Mackiw of Morgan newspaper Chas i Podiyi, as well as the Stanley and Marsha Pender of the Union Ukrainian-language radio programs in League Club, who along with Dr. Ivanna Chicago. Richardson, chairman of the Education The schools that have been paired are Subcommittee, Ms. Fink, program coordi- Mather High School, Columbus Elementary nator, and the extensive expertise of com- School, LaSalle Language Academy and mittee member Natalie Jaresko are working Latin School in Chicago and School No. 84 toward raising the necessary funds to make in the Pecherskyi Raion, School No. 186 in the event a success. The Chicago-Kyiv the Moskovskyi Raion, School No. 262 in Committee is chaired by Ms. Farion; its the Podilskyi Raion and School No. 92 in members are Vice-Chairman Lubomyr the Starokyivskyi Raion. The chairman and Krushelnycky, Secretary Vera Eliashevsky, members of the Chicago committee visited former Chairman Julian Kulas, Chairman of Kyiv last year and selected each school per- the Sports Subcommittee Dr. Paul sonally, after deliberating on the various Nadzikewycz, Chairman of the Health needs and potential of each school. Subcommittee Lida Truchly, Chairman of Kyiv Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko the Education Subcommittee Dr. personally assured his enthusiastic support Richardson, Bohdan Watral, Jaroslava Z. for the project. Lidia Nesterenko, a highly Johnson, John Meinert, Dr. Michael qualified professional, has been appointed Radnor, Ms. Pender, Ms. Jaresko, Lidia by the Kyiv mayor’s administration to act Shandor and Ms. Mackiw. as coordinator of the program. Kyiv became Chicago’s sister city in With the leadership of Mayor Richard 1991 – the same year that Ukraine declared M. Daley and Commissioner Lois Weisberg its independence from the Soviet Union. both fully committed to the program, the The Chicago Sister Cities International Kyiv Committee initiated and managed Program was created by Chicago Mayor myriad exchanges, among them concerts of Richard M. Daley to promote economic the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra in Chicago; development and exchanges in the spheres Ukrainian-themed programs as part of of culture, education, medicine, technology, Chicago’s World in a Weekend series; the environment and social service for the bene- Chicago Children’s Choir’s appearance in fit of the sister cities abroad, the City of Kyiv, the Chicago Jazz and Blues Festival Chicago, its residents and its businesses. in Kyiv; an exhibit of Chicago Architecture Chicago currently has 22 sister cities at the Natonal University of Kyiv-Mohyla throughout the world. The program is man- Academy; visits of officials from the Kyiv aged through a full staff of employees under city administration, including Mayor the auspices of the Department of Cultural Omelchenko to Chicago; performances of Affairs. Chairmen are appointed to the com- the ensemble of the Kyiv Children’s Ballet mittees by the mayor; each chairman selects School; the sponsorship of concerts of the committee members who are approved by winners of the Vladimir Horowitz Piano the mayor, based on their ability to con- Competition; participation in the Chicago tribute their talents, know-how or contacts Marathon; repeated exchanges for training that will benefit each committee’s work. of Kyiv city administrators in the area of Along with volunteers, these individuals city management, emergency services, pro- dedicate their time, talent, expertise and tocol, park design, police and safety work, resources to develop international zoning, city parking and vehicle traffic exchanges that drive the program. management, public health care, education, A major emphasis of the program’s cur- sports, and others. rent activity is in the area of multi-cultural The committee also hosted and managed education. In the current global business the visits of many high-level officials and and communication climate, the Sister representatives of organizations from Cities Schools Abroad Project was created Ukraine. One of the committee’s major in collaboration with the Chicago Public accomplishments is the access that has been Schools Office of Language and Cultural developed to the major business, govern- Education. The goal of the program is to ment and civic organizations in Chicago promote and broaden cultural and educa- and elsewhere in the United States, and the tional interaction, and eventually focus of Ukrainian-related relationships at exchanges, between students, faculty and the proper protocol level. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7

UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Ukrainian pro hockey update ANNUITY RATES bbyy IIhhoorr SStteellmmaacchh EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 2001 2000 minor league statistical recap surname: the three Shmyr brothers, Dean, Jason and Ryan. This tough threesome Single & Flexible Premium Annuities Some 132 pucksters of Ukrainian ori- totalled some 905 minutes in penalties. First year rate (new money) gin toiled away in professional hockey’s Top minor league Ukrainian goal-scor- seven minor league circuits last season. ers were Mike Maneluk (47), Peter (rate locked in for one year) 7.00% Eight of them also saw action with their Ambroziak (44) and Christian Skoryna parent NHL clubs, either as a promotions (40). Assist leaders included Brent for jobs well done or to replace a vacant Gretzky (91), Keith Osborne (55) and Single & Flexible Premium Annuities roster slot, usually due to injury. Skoryna (52). The top three point scorers (EXISTING) Breaking down the Ukes by position, were Gretzky (127), Skoryna (92), and there were 13 goaltenders, 41 defense- Maneluk and Ambroziak (87). Ryan $100,000.00 and over 6.00% men and 78 forwards. There were more Shmyr was the most penalized Uke (437 left- and right-wingers than centermen. minutes), followed by Marty Melnychuk The most popular name for Ukrainians (375) and Garry Gulash (358). $50,000.00 - $99,999.99 in the minors was Mike – there were From Maine to Alaska, the roster of (EXISTING) seven of those. Five Jeffs and four Alexes Ukrainians spans the full alphabet: from 5.75% rounded out the top three name selections. A (Alex Alexeev) to Z (Darius Zabawa). Oh, and three guys actually had the same Take a look at the chart below. $100.00 - $49,999.99 UKRAINIANS IN MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY (EXISTING) 5.50% Position Player Team League GP G A PTS PIM

D Alex Alexeev Tacoma WCL 68 11 40 51 87 Flexible 10 Annuity LW Peter Ambroziak New Mexico WPL 57 44 43 87 86 (Year 2) LW Vitali Andreev Macon CL 63 19 17 36 20 6.00% D Alex Andreyev Mississippi ECL 21 1 2 3 43 D Greg Andrusak Chicago IHL 43 1 19 20 40 Stop playing with your retirement. C Jeff Antonovich Fayetteville CL 70 32 33 65 63 C Yuri Babenko Hershey AHL 75 20 25 45 53 The stock market may go up and down, RW Shannon Basaraba Wheeling ECL 55 11 20 31 11 LW Frank Bialowas Hershey AHL 40 4 3 7 65 but your retirement should be secure RW Mike Bodnarchuk Birmingham ECL 13 7 4 11 17 D Aaron Boh Peo-Tol-Ark ECL 45 8 32 40 233 from such fluctuations. A UNA annuity offers safety D Ihor Boiko Greensboro ECL 57 1 15 16 103 and guarantees constant growth. RW Rob Boyko Abilene WPL 9 1 1 2 6 D Steve Cheradaryk Lowell AHL 11 1 3 4 11 For information on UNA Annuities call toll free: New Orleans ECL 56 8 17 25 192 LW Dave Chyzowski Kansas City IHL 81 37 33 70 138 D David Craievich Mobile ECL 27 1 14 15 20 1-800-253-9862 ext. 3013 D Sergei Deschevy Topeka CL 43 0 2 2 161 C Andy Doktorchik Huntsville CL 65 12 16 28 105 D Mike Dombkiewicz Pee Dee ECL 9 0 2 2 4 C Steve Dowhy Fresno WCL 53 21 37 58 39 LW Jason Duda Wichita CL 55 27 41 68 60 RW Brad Federenko Jacksonville ECL 70 25 41 66 22 RW Todd Fedoruk Philadelphia AHL 19 1 2 3 40 Trenton ECL 18 2 5 7 118 F Ruslan Fedotenko Philadelphia AHL 67 16 34 50 42 Trenton ECL 8 5 3 8 9 D Jayme Filipowicz Milwaukee IHL 76 9 23 32 118 C Brent Gretzky Chicago IHL 2 0 0 0 0 Asheville UL 74 36 91 127 68 LW Stanislav Gron Albany AHL 65 19 10 29 17 D Garry Gulash Quad City UL 64 9 37 46 358 D Dwayne Gylywoychuk Waco WPL 2 0 0 0 4 Wichita CL 30 1 3 4 48 UKRAINIAN SELFRELIANCE RW Kelly Hrycun Asheville UL 2 0 1 1 0 LW Phil Husak Ohio UL 54 8 9 17 36 FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, C Ryan Huska Springfield AHL 61 12 9 21 77 RW Alex Kholomeyev C. Christi WPL 61 25 21 46 163 PHILADELPHIA, PA. F Dmitri Kluchko Knoxville UL 5 0 0 0 2 D Zenith Komarniski Syracuse AHL 42 4 12 16 130 D Kyle Kos Utah IHL 56 1 3 4 101 Serving and Supporting the Ukrainian Community Since 1952 C Jeff Kostuch Muskegon UL 19 2 2 4 16 C Mark Kotary M. Valley UL 72 22 25 47 23 RW Rick Kowalsky Hamp. Roads ECL 67 23 47 70 109 WE WANT TO GIVE YOU D Jeff Kozakowski Mobile ECL 59 0 30 30 90 D Evgeny Krivomaz Rockford UL 69 5 19 24 100 D Stu Kulak Austin WPL 42 4 10 14 16 A D Corey Laniuk San Diego WCL 49 1 2 3 162 LW Andrew Luciuk Muskegon UL 70 34 38 72 40 SECONDIf youCHANCE! purchased a new car LW David Lylyk San Angelo WPL 27 2 2 4 4 Phoenix WCL 30 8 2 10 26 within the last 12 months, San Antonio CL 3 0 0 0 0 you can re-finance with us at our C John Maksymiuk South Carolina ECL 3 1 0 1 0 D Don Malko Fresno WCL 67 4 9 13 172 LOW New Car Rates: LW Mike Maneluk Philadelphia AHL 73 47 40 87 158 New Car (0% down, 3 yr. term) 7.350% D Roman Marakhovski Huntsville CL 45 4 4 8 41 RW Jay Mazur Alexandria WPL 47 21 34 55 27 New Car (0% down, up to 5 yr. term) 7.450% RW Brad Mehalko Kansas City IHL 11 1 3 4 2 New Car (0% down, up to 6 yr. term) 7.650% D Marty Melnychuk Arkansas WPL 50 5 12 17 375 C Glen Metropolit Portland AHL 46 18 40 58 71 LW Chad Michalchuk Central Texas WPL 52 12 34 46 175 LW Yuri Moscevsky San Diego WCL 9 0 1 1 59 All savings insured by the National Credit Union Administration, a federal agency. Topeka CL 4 10 1 7 F Roman Mucha Mohawk Valley UL 28 6 12 18 14 MAIN OFFICE: 24th Street Branch: Ukrainian Center Branch: D Jeremy Mylymok Houston IHL 4 0 0 0 4 1729 Cottman Ave. 2307 Brown St. 910 Henrietta Ave. Jackson ECL 43 1 15 16 79 Philadelphia, PA 19111 Philadelphia, PA 19130 Huntingdon VL, PA 19006 D Yevseny Namestnikov Hartford AHL 33 1 9 10 14 Tel.: (215) 725-4430 Tel.: (215) 232-3993 Tel.: (215) 379-0400 Milwaukee IHL 12 2 3 5 17 Fax: (215) 725-0831 Fax: (215) 379-2757 D Nick Naumenko Kansas City IHL 54 9 27 36 79 RW David Nemirovsky St. John’s AHL 57 18 25 43 69 LW Mikhail Nemirovsky Adirondack UL 69 30 33 63 90 D Mike Nikolishen Orlando IHL 60 0 0 8 Toll free: 1-888-POLTAVA South Carolina ECL 61 11 24 35 79 (Continued on page 19) No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 19

UKRAINIANS IN MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY (Continued from page 18) Position Player Team League GP G A PTS PIM UKRAINIANUKRAINIAN TVTV NETWORKNETWORK F Stewart Nowosad Memphis CL 58 4 11 15 47 D Jaroslav Obsut Worcester AHL 7 0 2 2 4 LW Chad Onufrechuk Mobile ECL 46 16 17 33 30 Watch KONTAKT on the WEB: www.infoukes.com RW Keith Osborne Ohio UL 70 15 55 70 71 RW Greg Pankiewicz Houston IHL 62 22 19 41 134 D Jeff Pawluk Shreveport WPL 60 8 10 18 54 KYIV, LVIV LW Ryan Pawluk Mississippi-Arkansas ECL 60 17 21 38 38 LW Doug Pirnak Fayetteville CL 58 1 9 10 158 Philadelphia, Chicago, Sacramento RW Ryan Pisiak Austin WPL 28 10 8 18 250 San Antonio CL 2 0 0 0 29 F Bobby Pochyly Fort Worth WPL 65 14 15 29 42 Toronto, Montreal, Alberta, Manitoba D Mark Polak New Orleans ECL 70 26 30 56 66 RW Mike Prokopec Manitoba IHL 68 23 21 44 100 RW Tyler Prosofsky Toledo-Birmingham ECL 59 11 23 34 245 RW Boris Protsenko Wilkes-Barre AHL 64 15 21 36 41 D Jay Pylypuik Missouri UL 16 0 2 2 20 Memphis CL 34 0 4 4 26 D Sergei Radchenko Knoxville UL 56 2 8 10 145 D Alex Radzinsky Arkansas-Toledo ECL 76 3 7 10 48 D Peter Ratchuk Louisville AHL 76 9 17 26 64 LW Matt Ruchty Binghamton UL 64 23 20 43 321 RW Bogdan Rudenko Idaho WCL 56 14 18 32 133 LW Curtis Sheptak St. John AHL 21 2 8 10 27 RW Dean Shmyr Greensboro ECL 50 2 5 7 298 LW Jason Shmyr Portland AHL 53 3 4 7 170 LW Ryan Shmyr Lubbock WPL 65 0 3 3 437 C Gary Shuchuk Orlando IHL 71 16 33 49 94 RW Christian Skoryna Long Beach IHL 1 0 0 0 0 Fresno WCL 71 40 52 92 70 RW Vadim Slivchenko Wheeling ECL 9 2 7 9 6 F Tom Slukynsky El Paso WPL 21 5 8 13 6 RW Denis Smakovsky Birmingham ECL 70 27 26 53 82 D Jamie Sokolsky Huntington ECL 70 19 39 58 87 D Lee Sorochan St. John AHL 59 4 37 41 122 D Andrei Srubko Utah-Grand Rapids IHL 33 1 2 3 141 Port Huron UL 2 0 0 0 7 D Pat Stachniak Binghamton UL 4 0 0 0 0 RW Wayne Strachan Rockford UL 41 18 27 45 32 C Mark Strohack Wichita CL 70 14 29 43 78 F Matt Suchodolski Lake Charles WPL 2 0 000 C Steve Suk Macon CL 64 17 48 65 69 send us your community announcements and videos! F Chris Szysky Grand Rapids IHL 26 4 3 7 40 D Joey Tetarenko Louisville AHL 57 3 11 14 136 2118A Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ont. M6S 1M8 LW Oleg Timchenko Greensboro ECL 56 20 21 41 51 C Daniel Tkaczuk St. John AHL 80 25 41 66 56 tel: 1 800 KONTAKT - fax: 416 762-4880 RW Stanislav Tkatch Memphis CL 20 5 6 11 8 LW Trevor Tokarczyk Knoxville UL 12 1 0 1 19 e-mail: [email protected] Memphis CL 2 0 0 0 0 D Evgeny Tsybouk Michigan IHL 50 0 2 2 82 Ft. Wayne UL 2 0 0 0 0 F Josh Tymchak Asheville UL 44 5 6 11 185 D Vitaly Vishnevski Cincinnati AHL 30 1 1 2 41 C Joe Wassilyn Phoenix WCL 12 0 0 0 44 LW Trevor Wasyluk Worcester AHL 47 6 7 13 14 Peoria ECL 7 8 5136 F Casey Wolak Baton Rouge ECL 40 4 8 12 120 C Shawn Yakimishyn Adirondack UL 65 18 25 43 156 D Dimitri Yakushin St. John’s AHL 64 1 13 14 106 C Brendan Yarema Kansas City IHL 61 13 19 32 139 DTroy Yarosh Oklahoma City CL 4 0 0 0 4 RW Darius Zabawa Detroit IHL 1 0 0 0 0 Flint UL 54 12 13 25 18 F Aaron Zarowny Lake Charles WPL 70 14 32 46 95 F Steve Zoryk Arkansas ECL 49 15 14 29 66 RW Jarret Zukiwsky Anchorage WCL 16 6 1 7 72 San Antonio CL 28 7 12 19 112

UKRAINIAN GOALTENDERS IN MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY Player Team League GP MINS W L T GAA PCT Mike Buzak Albany AHL 14 775 3 9 2 3.17 .900 Utah-Milwaukee IHL 12 592 2 6 1 3.13 .893 Augusta ECL 3 149 2 0 0 4.40 .853 Rob Galatiuk Corpus Christi WPL 2 107 1 1 0 3.36 .918 Oklahoma City CL 30 1,529 14 6 4 3.22 .883 Dieter Kochan Springfield AHL 2 120 1 1 0 2.50 .921 Grand Rapids IHL 2 93 1 0 1 0.64 .970 Binghamton UL 43 2,543 29 11 3 2.59 .922 Taras Lendzyk Charlotte ECL 12 636 4 4 1 3.58 .900 Peoria ECL 19 1136 11 8 0 2.32 .927 Gregg Naumenko Cincinnati AHL 50 2,876 17 25 7 2.98 .906 Randy Petruk Cincinnati IHL 26 1,435 13 9 3 3.51 .897 Florida ECL 6 3,38 5 0 1 3.36 .890 Oleg Romashko Greensboro ECL 2 29 0 0 0 2.02 .923 Cody Rudkowsky Worcester AHL 28 1,405 9 7 6 3.20 .895 Peoria ECL 10 599 6 4 0 3.20 .875 Jeff Salajko Manitoba IHL 3 138 1 1 0 2.16 .932 Arkansas ECL 48 2,678 14 30 1 4.17 .891 Konstantin Simchuk Knoxville UL 64 3,580 24 35 3 3.90 .877 Eddy Skazyk Corpus Christi WPL 42 2,206 19 14 5 3.86 .902 Vitali Svatchenko Tacoma WCL 3 74 0 1 0 6.41 .784 Sergei Tkachenko Arkansas ECL 2 119 0 0 2 3.51 .901 Greenville ECL 13 707 6 3 2 3.51 .901 Asheville UL 12 601 6 6 0 4.09 .897

GP = Games Played; MINS = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GAA = Goals Against Average; PCT = Save Percentage.

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proclaimed “Prison for Bandits!” and statement was co-signed by Prime Minister “We understand that this address was Anti-Kuchma protests... demanded the resignation of the country’s Viktor Yuschenko and Chairman of the signed by Kuchma, and we can guess why (Continued from page 1) leading security officials, Minister of Verkhovna Rada Ivan Pliusch. The mes- Pliusch also has signed it. But the logic of strators heard various lawmakers call for Internal Affairs Yurii Kravchenko, sage states that an “unprecedented political your actions is unclear to us,” the politicians Mr. Kuchma to step down and throw him- Procurator General Mykhailo Potebenko campaign bearing all the features of psy- of the forum stated in their letter to Mr. self at the mercy of the Ukrainian people. and Secretary of the National Security and chological war,” has been foisted upon the Yuschenko. Scuffles between various groups including Defense Council Yevhen Marchuk. nation. It notes that agitators are using At another point the letter declares: “If the protesters, Communist agitators and Mr. Pynzenyk said that, instead of the provocative methods to push civil distur- you care for Ukraine, you cannot keep local militia marked that demonstration, but campaign for “Ukraine Without Kuchma,” bance aimed at causing a violent response silent. If you are not driven by personal ended in no arrests by law enforcement offi- which the tent city inhabitants were from the state. ambitions, as you have said in public in the cials. expounding, his supporters would lead a The statement specifically named the past, then all the more you have no reason There was also an attempt by a hereto- movement of “Ukraine for the Truth.” Mr. recently organized Forum for National to sell your soul, to sin by maintaining a fore-unknown group called the Anarchist Udovenko said the three parties and their Salvation, a loosely structured amalgama- lie.” Syndicate, which ran through the area and supporters could not join the tent city tion of political organizations formed on Mr. Yuschenko responded to the state- demonstrators (although other right and attempted to level the tent city, known as February 9 and led by lawmakers opposed ment by the anti-Kuchma forum by explain- center-right political organizations have) the “Kuchma-free zone,” before being to President Kuchma, as a group that has ing that he believes the rule of law and civil because the political left was leading that repelled by paramilitary groups that guard- decided to cause civil disturbances to save procedures are the only way out of the cur- movement. ed the protesters. After the attack some their professional careers from “political rent crisis. “Until the left political forces are sepa- members of the tent city said they had iden- bankruptcy and oblivion.” “These are the basic principles from rate, we will only be holding parallel tified many of the “anarchists” as students The forum responded on February 14 by which I am proceeding in this situation, actions,” said Mr. Udovenko. of the local militia academy. On February addressing a letter to Prime Minister from a moral and prime ministerial point of There were new developments surround- 13 several anarchist organizations released a Yuschenko, who has remained above the view,” said Mr. Yuschenko, who added that ing the recordings of President Kuchma’s statement in which they asserted that they political mire of Tapegate, criticizing his an open dialogue among the various politi- office conversations that are at the center of had never heard of the Anarchist Syndicate decision to sign the message to the nation. cal opponents must take place in a calm and the movements to remove the Ukrainian In the letter, the forum members question civilized manner. and that none of those who were pho- president. The tapes, secretly recorded by tographed as they took part in the attack on Mr. Yuschenko’s silence in the Tapegate “Without this dialogue we are doomed to Maj. Mykhailo Melnychenko while he was matter and the Gongadze affair. the worst option,” he said. the tent city were recognized anarchists. one of of the president’s personal body- The day after the candlelight vigil a local guards, are now in Vienna at the offices of city court issued an order banning the tent the International Press Institute. city, saying it violates an archaic law that The IPI, in conjunction with NEWLY REVISED does not allow the construction of unap- Washington-based Freedom House, has proved structures in designated historic agreed to conduct voice analyses of nine zones, which includes the Khreschatyk. It excerpts totaling approximately 25 minutes Official Tours Sponsored by also said the camp violated another city of audio recordings, allegedly of Mr. ordinance because it blocked pedestrians’ Kuchma, Chief of Staff Volodymyr Lytvyn the Stamford Eparchy free access to a subway entrance located and Minister of Internal Affairs on the occasion of the several meters away. Kravchenko, during which they appear to The local Kyiv court on February 12 plan the disappearance of Mr. Gongadze. ordered that Valentyna Semeniuk, the leader National Deputy Serhii Holovatii, who visit of Pope John Paul II to Ukraine of the Kyiv city Socialist Party, and the tent is spearheading the effort to conduct the PLEASE JOIN THE CELEBRATION AND A ONCE IN A LIFETIME camp’s commander, Yevhen Filindash, also audiotape analysis, as well as a DNA OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II IN UKRAINE of the Socialist Party, take responsibility for analysis on a specimen from the corpse Tour 1: Basic Tour – Kyiv, Lviv and Warsaw. June 21-30, 2001. having the tents removed before noon the found outside Kyiv, revealed more tape Package includes airfare on Czech Airlines from New York, 9 nights in first class hotels: 2 nights in following day. recordings from the president’s offices on Kyiv, 3 nights in Lviv, and 2 nights in Warsaw. 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States and then by train to an army base out- Also on their route was a visit to the Fourth side Oswego, N.Y., focusing on terrifying Street address where her husband, moments in the lives of several refugees. Myroslaw, used to live and St. George’s As Manya Brueur, a beautiful escapee Ukrainian Catholic Church, where he sang from five concentration camps, a dreamer in the choir. I tagged along with them for and dancer in her youth, Ms. Gorski effec- part of the route and got acquainted with a tively portrays a wan, disconsolate refugee fellow columnist who also loves to travel, who goes berserk outside the abandoned especially to Ukraine. Born in Germany and military barracks when the refugees are reared in New Jersey, the effervescent Ms. greeted by searchlights, fences and soldiers Tracz has been to Ukraine multiple times, pointing guns. the last five trips as tour guide. This year’s The second episode, by far the more tour is scheduled for July 30 to August 14. gripping, brings a fine performance from “We’ll cover Ukraine from Kyiv to the Ms. Gorski as Manya, who falls in love Carpathians, with visits to ancestral villages with fellow refugee Ernst (Henry Czerny) and towns by arrangement,” she told me. and tells the delighted Ruth they want to Ms. Tracz said she was looking forward marry. When the U.S. government won’t with great enthusiasm to this summer’s allow it, Manya is reported missing during a round of museums, walking tours, lectures, snowstorm and the whole camp, as well as craftspeople, bazaars, traditional foods and compassionate townspeople, form a search what she calls “serendipity.” (For tour infor- party to find her. mation, contact Orysia Tracz at Through Ruth’s efforts, the refugees are [email protected].) allowed to go to work and school in town. American Ballet Theatre principal At war’s end, Ruth learns from the War dancers Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Refugee Board that Congress voted to send Belotserkovsky are pictured on the cover of the refugees back to Europe, just as the late the February issue of “Dance Magazine.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt had intend- The husband-wife team will be paired in YURI INTERNATIONAL ed. Urged by her mother to talk to President “Cinderella,” “Giselle” “The Merry 13 Royal Palm Dr., Cheektowaga, NY 14225 Harry S. Truman, Ruth meets with the pres- Widow” and “Don Quixote” during the ident and Truman ultimately announces he ABT season at the Metropolitian Opera TRADE, TRAVEL, PARCEL will not make the Oswego refugees return House beginning on April 30, and will be to Europe. 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In a member of a collection of outcasts, Ms. February 8 interivew on the PBS show Jovovich plays the lovely Eloise, an intro- Parcels pick-up from home “Charlie Rose,” the trim and attractively verted rosebud who wanders the hotel’s dressed Ms. Gruber, now 89, told Mr. Rose halls clutching books like “One Hundred Invitation to America • Visas to Ukraine • Extension of U.S. visas • DV Lottery that “the Jews were thrown into this camp Years of Solitude” when she’s not hidden Airport pick-up and assistance in Lviv, Kyiv, Moscow, New York and Toronto in the Rumanian Ukraine,” though she did away in a room that looks like a second- Assistance with immigration papers for “Green Card” not explain who put them there. hand paperback store. 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that of the Ukrainian language in Russia Newsbriefs for a year, OSCE High Commissioner For (Continued from page 2) Ethnic Minority Issues Max van der Stoel diplomacy last year,” ITAR-TASS report- said he cannot understand what is the ed. (RFE/RL Newsline) essence of the mass media reports on the oppression of the Russian language in Zhirinovsky urges defense of Kuchma Ukraine. Some facts from the thus far con- fidential report have been reported by MOSCOW – The vice-chairman of the Radio Liberty. Mr. Van der Stoel said that Russian Duma, Liberal Democratic Party two-thirds of TV and radio programs in COME,COME, JOINJOIN USUS of Russia leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Ukraine are broadcast in Russian. The told Interfax on February 12 that Russia numbers of Russian language magazines HIGH INTEREST RATES ON CDs should do everything possible to support and newspapers have increased by 20 and the victory in Ukraine of “pro-Russian 25 titles, respectively. There is no reason FREE CHECKING forces” and help Ukrainian President to speak about the reduction of Russian- GREAT RATES FOR LOANS, MORTGAGES Leonid Kuchma beat back opposition language programs at secondary schools. groups supported by “Western special The number of Russian schools has SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES AVAILABLE services and political centers.” (RFE/RL indeed decreased, but this does not apply UKRAINIAN/ENGLISH SPOKEN Newsline) to the regions, where Russian is the main Kuchma orders removal of Soviet symbols language spoken. Half of the Ukrainians FRIENDLY PERSONNEL name Russian as their language of com- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma’s munication, and one-third of schoolchild- WESTERN UNION office announced that the Soviet symbols ren are being taught in this language. which still appear on many buildings in Hence, Europe cannot understand Russia’s WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL YOUR FINANCIAL NEEDS Ukraine will gradually be removed, in hints about mythical oppression of the accordance with a new presidential decree. Russian language in Ukraine. (BBC The decree said the symbols will be Monitoring) removed during reconstruction of the UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX buildings. (Associated Press) GUUAM summit is postponed FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Patriarchate opposes papal visit KYIV – The summit of GUUAM mem- ber-states (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, MOSCOW – A spokesman for the Azerbaijan and Moldova) scheduled to take MAIN OFFICE Russian Orthodox hierarchy told Interfax place in Kyiv on March 6-7 has been post- 215 Second Ave. (between 13th and 14th St.), New York, NY 10003 on February 14 that the Church remains poned at the request of Moldovan President Tel.: (212) 533-2980 • Fax: (212) 995-5204 opposed to a visit by Pope John Paul II to Petru Lucinschi, Interfax reported on Russia or Ukraine. The spokesman said February 8. That decision was reached dur- BRANCHES that Roman Catholic missionary activity ing telephone conversations between Mr. since the fall of communism and disputes Lucinschi, Ukrainian President Leonid 35 Main St., So. Bound Brook, NJ 08880 over church property in western Ukraine Kuchma and Azerbaijani President Heidar Tel.: (732) 469-9085 • Fax: (732) 469-9165 must be discussed and solutions found Aliev, the agency added. Meanwhile the before a visit would be acceptable. GUUAM member-states will hold a confer- 691 Roosevelt Ave., Carteret, NJ 07008 (RFE/RL Newsline) ence on small and medium-size businesses Tel.: (732) 802-0480 • Fax: (732) 802-0484 OSCE studies language issues on February 27 in Brussels in an attempt to encourage foreign investment, Caucasus e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.uofcu.org KYIV – Having studied the problems Press reported on February 9. (RFE/RL of the Russian language in Ukraine and Newsline) 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7

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(Continued from page 28) Tuesday, February 27 Proceeds designated to procure instruments for the Lviv Music Conservatory. All dona- OTTAWA: The Chair of Ukrainian tions are tax-deductible. For reservations Studies at the University of Ottawa pres- and information call (703) 241-1817. ents the first in its new “Ambassador’s Lecture” series. Derek Fraser, ambassador ADVANCE NOTICE of Canada in Ukraine, will speak on “Canada-Ukraine Relations.” The presen- Wednesday, March 7 - Wednesday, March 28 tation will be held in the Senate Room (083), Tabaret Hall, 75 Laurier St. E., on CHICAGO: The International Visitors’ University of Ottawa campus, at 7:20 p.m. Center of Chicago (IVCC) will implement For more information call Chair a professional development training pro- Coordinator Irena Bell, (613) 562-5800, gram in Chicago for 10 journalists from ext. 3692. E-mail, [email protected]; Crimea on March 7-28. Under the U.S. website: http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/ Department of State-sponsored grad-etudesup/ukr. “Community Connections Program,” quali- Friday, March 2 fying Ukrainian mixed-media professionals will participate in an educational exchange TORONTO: The Canadian Institute of program focusing on freedom of the press Ukrainian Studies at the University of and first amendment rights issues. The Toronto presents a lecture by Leonard IVCC is also seeking homestay hosts for Friesen, Wilfrid Laurier University, titled this program. For additional information, “A Fitting Conclusion? The Revolution of contact Dan Stephenson, (312) 915-6383, 1905 in Southern Ukraine.” The lecture will or e-mail [email protected]. be held at University College, 15 King’s College Circle, Room 256, at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 10 Monday, March 5 WINDHAM, N.Y.: KLK Ukrainian Ski Club is sponsoring its annual ski races at ARLINGTON, Va.: The Washington Ski Windham. Registration and bib assign- Group Cultural Fund is holding a benefit ments will take place at 8:30-9:30 a.m. on concert featuring Anna Bachynska, sopra- the third floor of the Ski Windham lodge. no, Roman Tsymbala, tenor, Volodymyr Race begins at 10:30 a.m. sharp. The ban- Vynnytsky, piano, and the “Lisova Pisnia” quet and awards ceremony will be held at bandura duo in a musical tribute to Taras Hunter Mountain, with cocktails at 6:30 Shevchenko. The concert will be held at p.m., followed by a dinner at 7:30 p.m. For Rosslyn Spectrum Theater at 7 p.m. (Free more information contact Peter Kurylas, garage parking). Suggested donation: $15. (973) 386-5622.

ment. A portion of these funds will also Ukrainian Orthodox Church... be used to develop a strategic plan that (Continued from page 5) can sustain these improvements beyond ful educational or therapeutic opportuni- the early phases of emergency relief. ties. CCRF has also secured aid from the In 1996 the Ukrainian Orthodox FRANKLIN COLLISION INC. Church of U.S.A. had sponsored a neona- Ukrainian American veterans of the AUTO BODY SHOP Galicia Division, New Jersey branch, who tal intensive care unit at the Chernihiv provided clean linens and funds for new Regional Children’s Hospital with a grant reopened its doors laundry equipment. of $120,000 to CCRF. CCRF has now 994-998 STUYVESANT AVE., IRVINGTON, NJ On the day CCRF representatives last established six such model intensive care units and has achieved dramatic reduc- PREPARING AUTO FOR visited the orphanage, local schoolchild- ATTENTION RETURN FROM “LEASE” tions in infant mortality in several of its ren from a nearby village performed a St. NEW CLIENTS! We will save you Nicholas holiday pageant for the orphans. partner hospitals. hundreds of dollars Anyone interested in viewing the con- WE HANDLE ALL AREAS The children who could walk or had DID YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT? wheelchairs donned their best hand-me- ditions at either orphanage should contact OF AUTO BODY WORK: • We will handle all insurance downs, and enjoyed the beautiful expres- CCRF’s national office at (973) 376- • Auto painting paperwork 5140 for information about an exhibit of sion of community support. In flawless • Body work • We work with all insurance Ukrainian, the Zaluchia village children Mr. Sywenkyj’s photographs at the companies United Nations scheduled for April. The • Replacement of damaged recited prayers to St. Nicholas to hold the parts • We will provide you with a car exhibit will coincide with a U.N. confer- children in his heart and to bless them this • Computer generation while your car is worked on WITH US IT WILL BE year. Sooner than expected, some of these ence co-sponsored by CCRF and World of paint color • We assure you of complete prayers have been answered. Information Transfer (WIT) commemo- MORE CONVENIENT FOR YOU satisfaction The $40,000 grant provided by the rating the 15th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Choronobyl disaster. (973) 371-2500 U.S.A. will be used to develop appropri- For more information on the (Ihor, Lenny) ate educational and physical therapy pro- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A grams for the disabled children and to orphanage project, please contact improve nutritional and medical care. It CCRF’s national office or Deacon Ihor will upgrade the physical appearance and Mahlay, Director of the Office of sanitary conditions so that the orphans Christian Missions and Charity of the can be treated in a more humane environ- UOC-U.S.A. at (440) 582-1051. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2001 No. 7

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Friday, February 23 composer Myroslav Skoryk – classical works, jazz and transcriptions, will be held NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and at Humbercrest United Church, 16 Literary Club presents “Unforgettable Babypoint Road, at 3 p.m. Featured per- Shtokalko,” an evening dedicated to the formers will be Maestro Skoryk and memory of reknowned bandurist Zenoviy Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano, and Marianna Shtokalko. The program will feature a Vynnytsky, soprano. The concert is spon- series of rare sound recordings from the sored by the Consulate General of Ukraine collection of Levko Maystrenko, that and the Canadian-Ukrainian Philharmonic include original compositions for the ban- Association, Yuriy and Nelli Krechkovsky, dura, epic “dumy,” Ukrainian folk songs, founders. Tickets: $12. For additional infor- and interviews. Mr. Maystrenko will speak mation call Mr. Krechkovsky, (416) 769- on the musical legacy of Mr. Shtokalko, as 7402, or the Consulate, (416) 763-3114. well as on their collaboration in the making of these recordings during the 1950s-1960s. CHICAGO: The Kyiv Committee of the Donation: $7. The evening will be held at Chicago Sister Cities International Program the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., will host a buffet reception at the Union fourth floor, at 7 p.m. For more information League Club, 65 W. Jackson, at 2-5 p.m. call (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144. Guests will enjoy fine Ukrainian cuisine, Website: http://www.brama.com/mayana. delight in the performance of spectacular E-mail: [email protected]. Ukrainian dance, and have occasion to meet Saturday, February 24 key members of the mayors’ administrations in both Chicago and Kyiv. Proceeds will NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific benefit the Sister Schools Abroad Program Society will hold a book presentation of between Chicago and Kyiv. Tickets: $50. Volodymyr Starosolskyj’s “Teorija Natsii” For information contact Patricia Mackiw, (Nation Theory) which first appeared in (773) 975-5917, or the Chicago Sister Cities Vienna in 1922, and has been recently International Program, (312) 742-5320. republished in Ukraine. Oleksander Zaitsev will discuss the significance of this impor- Monday, February 26 tant scholarly monograph, while the author’s daughter, Uliana Starosolska, will CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard talk about her father and circumstances in Ukrainian Research Institute will present a The Ukrainian Weekly which the new edition appeared. The pres- lecture by Kathryn Brown, University of entation will be held at the society’s build- Washington and Harvard University, titled ing, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and “Ethnic Purification and the Making of 10th streets), at 5 p.m. For more informa- Ukrainian Nation-Space.” The lecture will tion call (212) 254-5130. take place in the HURI Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4 p.m. For WeddingWedding Sunday, February 25 further information contact the institute, (617) 495-4053. TORONTO: An All-Skoryk concert, fea- AnnouncementsAnnouncements turing the music of contemporary Ukrainian (Continued on page 27) will appear in March 2001. PLEASE NOTE REQUIREMENTS: For a wedding announcement to be included in the March issue, all information must be received in our offices by February 23. Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the public. 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