INSIDE:• Prime minister lays blame for Ukraine’s rising grain prices — page 3. • Chicago-based Heritage Foundation announces major grants — page 4. • Ukrainian singers on stage at Lincoln Center — page 11.

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by Andrew Nynka mentality – they were not written as news by Roman Woronowycz The ambassador stressed that, for all stories, but rather as analysis. Kyiv Press Bureau the changes still needed to meet require- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Walter Duranty “Stalin had a clearer perception of ments for joining the European Union was one of a handful of Western journal- KYIV – A couple of weeks before his Russia’s possibilities and the reserves of and NATO, the quality of Ukrainian ists working in Moscow in the late 1920s departure from Ukraine, United States untapped energy in her people, hardly less democracy and adherence to the rule of and early 1930s. His dispatches from the Ambassador Carlos Pascual addressed ‘virgin’ than her soil. He saw, too, that the law would be decisive in whether Soviet Union held significant sway, and in graduates of U.S. government exchange Soviet Union was not ‘one country’ in the Ukraine succeeded. 1932 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize programs in which he summed up his sense in which Marx wrote, but a vast “These are two fundamental issues on for correspondence. The award was given three years of work in Ukraine. Speaking self-sufficing continent far more which Ukraine’s future lies,” explained for a series of reports, written in 1931, to several hundred former students, Mr. admirably fitted by its natural configura- Mr. Pascual. that, according to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Pascual emphasized the progress the tion and resources and by the character The U.S. diplomat extended congratu- showed “scholarship, profundity, impar- country had made in a short period of and ways of its population for a commu- lations to President Leonid Kuchma on tiality, sound judgment and clarity.” time. He noted that, “much had changed” nist experiment than what Marx prognos- the decision he recently voiced not to run The dispatches, written with a strong and said he looked at future U.S.-Ukraine ticated in a compact industrial state like for re-election and expressed U.S. pleas- editorial tone, were published by The relations with “optimism and caution.” England,” he wrote. (It is important to ure with the Verkhovna Rada on its com- New York Times and carried a simple “Who would have thought when I got note here that while a distinction exists promise in resolving how constitutional introduction. The articles would be “on here that in May 2002 the secretary of between Russia and the Soviet Union, Mr. reform should proceed. present conditions in Russia,” the newspa- Ukraine’s [National] Security and Duranty – like many writers of his day – Mr. Pascual also noted that per wrote, while Mr. Duranty, The New Defense Council would state its intention used the terms synonymously.) Washington had no intention of support- York Times Moscow correspondent, was to make Ukraine part of NATO,” said the “Stalin is giving the Russian people – ing a particular presidential candidate in “out of Russia on a holiday in Western U.S. career diplomat, while citing figures the Russian masses, not Westernized land- the 2004 Ukrainian elections, while Europe.” The paper later noted that Mr. that showed that today at least 30 percent lords, industrialists, bankers and intellec- asserting that the United States sees its Duranty was in Paris. of Ukrainians support alliance with the tuals, but Russia’s 150 million peasants primary objective “to maintain a level Mr. Duranty’s submission to the former archenemy of the Soviet Union and workers – what they really want, playing field” for all the candidates. He Pulitzer Board included a total of 13 arti- and another 15 to 20 percent could go namely joint effort, communal effort. And said that free and fair elections would do cles, 11 of which were published in The either way on the question, numbers far communal life is as acceptable to them as much to further Ukraine’s claim to New York Times and the remaining two higher than the 5 to 10 percent in favor it is repugnant to a Westerner,” Mr. European membership. in The New York Times Magazine. only some five years ago. Duranty wrote in his first article, “Red He warned, however, that Ukrainian The articles were published in 1931 on Mr. Pascual is preparing to leave Kyiv Russia of Today Ruled by Stalinism, Not leaders must begin to “put their stake on June 14, 16, 18-20 and 22-27, while the the week of August 5 after a three-year Communism.” the rule of law” and set aside rule by articles that appeared in The New York stay in Ukraine, which began in Stalin abolished Lenin’s New power. Citing similar U.S. experiences at Times Magazine were published on September 2000. His replacement is Economic Policy (NEP), Mr. Duranty the end of the 19th century during the March 29 and December 20, 1931. John Herbst, the former ambassador to reported – which meant a degree of era of the “robber barons,” he reminded Mr. Duranty’s articles examined the Uzbekistan, who should arrive in mid- his audience that people such as Soviet Union and Stalinism – which he Western individualism, a spirit of personal September. initiative and a return to limited capitalism Carnegie, Mellon and Stanford helped to made a point of differentiating from Ambassador Pascual identified develop civil society and adherence to a Marxism, Leninism and Communism – – “not because Stalin is so powerful or Ukraine as a country of complexities and cruel and full of hate for the capitalist sys- stable rule of law after they had acquired from an internal perspective. His articles contradictions that, nonetheless, is suc- their riches. covered the broader context of Soviet (Continued on page 19) cessfully struggling to move towards European norms and values. (Continued on page 3)

The Ukrainian Museum board reports progress in new building’s construction by Marta Baczynsky interest and discussion during the muse- um’s annual meetings, since the project is NEW YORK – “This is the last time supported mostly with funds from the we will have an annual meeting in these greater Ukrainian community. The proj- premises,” said Olha Hnateyko, president ect had a long and arduous journey in its of the board of trustees of The Ukrainian progress toward completion. In Museum, speaking before an audience of December 2002 the “topping out” cere- members and friends of the institution, mony at the site boosted public confi- gathered for the museum’s 26th annual dence in the project’s ability to attain set meeting. milestones. The meeting was held on June 1, at the During this annual meeting Nicolas museum’s current location on Second Andreadis, chair of the Building Avenue in New York City. The implica- Committee, seconded and defined Mrs. tion of Mrs. Hnateyko’s statement was Hnateyko’s statement. Mr. Andreadis not lost on the listeners, who responded said that the project is going according to with applause and cheers. plan and according to the “reality check” Mrs. Hnateyko was referring to the it is expected to be completed in the fall construction of the new museum facility of 2003. on East Sixth Street. Without being He described the various stages in the explicit she let those present know that construction process that had occurred construction will be completed soon, and during the past years. He cited problems that in 2004, the annual meeting will be in the beginning of the construction held in the new museum building. process, which delayed the timetable by For the past several years the building project has been the predominant issue of (Continued on page 4) The exterior of The Ukrainian Museum’s new building in New York City. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 No. 30

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS U.S. voices concern over criminal ties Ukrainian NGOs to receive USAID grants markets,” Mr. Kasyanov said of the deal. The men also discussed the planned cre- in Russian, Ukrainian energy sectors KYIV – Thirteen Ukrainian non-gov- ation of a Ukrainian-Russian gas consor- ernmental organizations (NGOs) carry- tium and the joint construction of the by Roman Kupchinsky TransGas with organized-crime figure ing out projects to further civil society AN-70 cargo plane. Contrary to expecta- RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch [Semen] Mogilevich, who was recently within the framework of the Ukrainian tions expressed in some Ukrainian indicted in the United States. Community Action Network (UCAN) media, the prime minister did not sign a U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos “The Gazprom deal to purchase all of will receive grants from the U.S. Agency prepared 15-year agreement on the tran- Pascual expressed concern in late May over Turkmenistan’s natural gas production for International Development (USAID), sit of Russian oil through Ukraine. the influence that Russian organized crime capacity and more starting in 2007 would Interfax reported on July 17. The grants Russia is ready to sign the agreement was having on a gas-supply deal signed on once again make Ukraine fully dependant range from $10,000 to $50,000. The only after Ukraine agrees to allow December 5, 2002, between the Russian on Gazprom for its natural gas imports. If same day, grant agreements were signed Russian oil producers to use the Odesa- gas monopoly Gazprom and the Hungarian Ukraine wants to strengthen its competitive between NGOs and UCAN in Kyiv, Brody pipeline, Interfax reported, citing shell company Eural TransGas. A similar position on gas transit, it should consider marking the end of the first year of the contract was reportedly signed by Mr. Kasyanov. (RFE/RL Newsline) several steps: UCAN grant program. Some 250 Ukrainian state gas company Naftohaz Ukrainian NGOs competed for grants in Yushchenko greets reform bill’s withdrawal Ukraine with Eural TransGas on December “1) Approach Gazprom to renegotiate the Eural TransGas transit arrangements late January under that program. USAID 4, 2002. awarded grants to projects aimed at agri- KYIV – Our Ukraine leader Viktor Speaking at the sixth international given recent revelations about the nature of Yushchenko on July 19 welcomed this company. Both Gazprom and NAK cultural reform, the defense of women’s “Energy Security in Europe” conference in and children’s rights, transparency in the President Leonid Kuchma’s suggestion Kyiv on May 28, Ambassador Pascual said, Naftohaz should find it in their interests to that he might withdraw the constitution- revisit. work of Parliament, the improvement of according to the Embassy’s website regional economic policy, and housing al-reform bill he submitted to the (http://www.usinfo.usemb.kiev.ua): “2) Explore whether Ukraine can offer Verkhovna Rada last month, Interfax Turkmenistan a more compelling alterna- and utilities reform. USAID intends to “By the end of 2000, Ukraine had taken provide 60 Ukrainian NGOs with grants reported. But Mr. Yushchenko also concrete steps to advance its gas security. tive than a deal that would seal expressed concern over Mr. Kuchma’s Turkmenistan’s dependence on Russia. totaling $1 million. (RFE/RL Media An agreement with Turkmenistan covered Matters) possible intention to defer the presiden- over 38 percent of Ukraine’s gas needs up Turkmenistan does not have the technical tial election in 2004 in a proposal to elect until 2006, reducing Ukraine’s dependence capacity to achieve the Turkmen-Russia Kuchma issues FATF-approved decree Parliament, local councils and the presi- on one single supplier from Russia. Itera deal without major investment. If Ukraine dent in the same year for five-year terms. was the transporter, supplier and operator, can offer Turkmenistan a long-term reliable KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma Mr. Yushchenko said that provision is not providing Naftohaz with relative security market, Turkmenistan would also be better signed a decree intended to counteract of primary importance for constitutional that supplies would reach the Ukrainian off having more than one customer. money laundering and the funding of ter- reform in the country. He stressed that a border. NAK Naftohaz also agreed with Ukrainian consumers would benefit from a rorism from the proceeds of criminal proportional general election is a priority Gazprom on the precise gas debt, $1.4 bil- competitive market involving multiple sup- activity, Interfax reported on July 23. The because the so-called first-past-the-post lion. In 2001 Gazprom accepted that the pliers.” decree obliges the Cabinet of Ministers system “has proven undemocratic.” debt would not be sovereign guaranteed. In The Ukrainian media avoided any men- and the National Bank of Ukraine to (RFE/RL Newsline) December 2001 Ukraine signed a deal with tion of this portion of Ambassador ensure the introduction of 40 recommen- Russia that also decreased barter-based Pascual’s speech. When RFE/RL’s dations of the Financial Action Task Force Journalist killed in car crash ... transactions. Ukrainian Service interviewed a on Money Laundering (FATF) that were “Some of these successes are now at spokesman for NAK Naftohaz Ukraine on approved by FATF last month. The KYIV – On July 16 the Paris-based risk. In December 2002, just a few months June 3, he told the station that the U.S. Cabinet is to create an integrated informa- Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called ago, Ukraine signed several agreements ambassador “should not teach Ukraine how tion system for the prevention of money on the Ukrainian government to thor- that increase Gazprom’s control over NAK to go about doing business.” Replying to laundering and the funding of terrorism by oughly investigate the cause of a July 14 Naftohaz and its activities. Itera, seen by the question of whether there was in fact a unifying the existing information road accident that resulted in the death of many as a Gazprom competitor, was contract between Naftohaz Ukraine and resources and databases of ministries, Vladimir Efremov, newspaper and TV pushed out of the Ukrainian market and Eural TransGas, the spokesman refused to government agencies and state commit- editor. Mr. Efremov’s car collided with a substituted for a new Gazprom intermedi- divulge any information and stated that this tees by January 1. (RFE/RL Newsline) truck near the eastern town of ary, Eural TransGas. According to press was “confidential company information.” Verkhniodniprovsk. The Internal Affairs accounts, Eural TransGas was registered in Mr. Mogilevich, presently living in Grain import duty temporarily abolished Ministry’s local representative has been Hungary the day before the contract was named to head the investigation. Mr. Russia, has been placed on the FBI’s “most KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma signed with just $12,000 in charter capital. Efremov, a correspondent for the press wanted” list for alleged securities fraud, signed into law a recently approved bill In addition, media reports link Eural wire fraud, mail fraud and money launder- freedom organization Institute of Mass eliminating the duty on grain imports Information in Dnipropetrovsk, was edi- ing. He is characterized as “armed and dan- until the end of this year, Interfax report- Roman Kupchinsky is the author of gerous and an escape risk.” tor of the newspapers Sobor and ed on July 22. Ukraine’s grain shortfall is Dnipropetrovsk and founder of the RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism The United States and Russia have no reportedly expected to reach 2.8 million Watch. mutual extradition treaty. regional television station TV 11, which tons in 2003-04. (RFE/RL Newsline) supports former Prime Minister Pavlo Military export agreement is signed Lazarenko, an opponent of President Leonid Kuchma. Mr. Efremov had Exposing the Putin myth YALTA, Ukraine – Ukraine’s Prime agreed to testify at Mr. Lazarenko’s Minister Viktor Yanukovych and his August 18 trial in the United States. by Taras Kuzio record in Russia is contrasted with a nega- Russian counterpart, Mikhail Kasyanov, (RFE/RL Newsline) RFE/RL Newsline tive one in Ukraine, when in reality the signed an agreement in Yalta on July 18 opposite is true. Contrast the mythical ...had been threatened, pressured The new myth being created surrounding on cooperation in military exports to Western favorable impression of President Russian President Vladimir Putin continues third countries, Interfax and ITAR-TASS KYIV – Vladimir Efremov, in the offi- Putin with that of the highly negative view a long tradition of mythologizing earlier reported. “Russia and Ukraine will not of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma. Soviet and Russian leaders. The Putin myth hamper one another in third countries’ (Continued on page 14) Freedom House’s 2003 “Nations in Transit” has highlighted two distinct trends. study gives Ukraine a better score than First, there are sharp differences in the Russia on democratization. Ukraine also way U.S. and Western European countries FOUNDED 1933 receives a better score than Russia in the view Russia and myths surrounding Soviet and Russian leaders. 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Prime minister lays the blame Ukraine’s economy continues to exhibit for rise in Ukraine’s grain prices strong growth in first half of 2003 by Roman Woronowycz inadequately tracking the situation in the by Roman Woronowycz During a farewell speech on July 21 Kyiv Press Bureau grain market as it developed and failing Kyiv Press Bureau (see story on page 1), U.S. Ambassador to find an appropriate remedy before it Carlos Pascual applauded the strong KYIV – Ukraine’s Prime Minister reached crisis proportions. He warned KYIV – Mid-year economic figures in growth of the Ukrainian economy over Viktor Yanukovych laid responsibility Vice Prime Minister for Agricultural Ukraine continued to show strong and the last three and a half years. for the recent steep rise in grain prices Affairs Ivan Kyrylenko and Minister of expanding growth for the country with “If I had told anybody in Washington that in the domestic market on several gov- Agricultural Policy Serhii Ryzhuk that the gross domestic product (GDP) devel- ernment ministries and asked for the Ukraine would have three consecutive years their jobs now hang by a thread. He gave oping at a robust 7.5 percent for the first of growth, they would have said that I was resignation of three oblast chairman dur- them three months to alleviate existing six months of the year. ing a special Cabinet of Ministers ses- crazy,” said an unusually glib Mr. Pascual. problems with respect to inflated grain Numbers released by the State The U.S. envoy said the continued sion on July 23. prices and grain shortages. Statistics Committee on July 17 showed Meanwhile the Procurator General’s strong performance in the previously “If we see that they are not able to ful- an 8.2 percent expansion in the dormant economy was due to strong Office announced the same day that it fill their responsibilities, we will make Ukrainian economy for June following had opened some 270 criminal investiga- grassroots economic initiative; macro- our decision even before October. But let an 8.3 percent growth in May. The con- economic stability over the last several tions against various grain traders. us allow them to correct the situation,” struction sector led the continued surge Speaking at the start of a session years; an end to an extensive system of said the prime minister. in economic growth by expanding at a barter that had previously ruled the econ- called to address the ongoing agricultural rate of 21.8 percent, followed by light crisis in the country, Mr. Yanukovych Threat of more dismissals omy; timely payment of utility bills by industry at 13.3 percent, utilities at 10.5 corporations as well as wages and called the grain price increases “artifi- Mr. Yanukovych explained that in percent, transport at 9.2 percent and cially stimulated” and said that proper salaries; and stirring in the agricultural addition to Dnipropetrovsk, Chernivtsi wholesale and retail trade at 8.3 percent. sector after the reform initiative of 1999. diligence by government officials could and Poltava, the oblasts of Sumy, Ivano- This is the fourth consecutive year that have averted the situation. “People are spending money and busi- Frankivsk and Zaporizhia, and the the Ukrainian GDP has shown economic nesses are providing services ... the mar- Grain traders blamed Autonomous Republic of Crimea had growth, and it is nearly double the 4.4 ket place is beginning to work,” either allowed for the artificial inflation percent figure recorded last year. explained Ambassador Pascual. The prime minister laid specific blame of grain prices or falsified harvest figures Salaries also grew, up by 15 percent on grain traders as well, who he said had He noted, however, that in addition to and misled government authorities. He since the beginning of the year, while the still unfinished tax reform effort, the thought they could silently “take some warned the chairmen of these regions inflation remained under control at an cream off the top,” with the onset of a most glaring weakness in the economy was that they, too, could be dismissed if mat- annual average of 6 to 7 percent. For the the continued lack of substantial foreign grain shortage, but didn’t foresee that the ters did not improve. first six months of 2003 Ukraine record- matter would become politicized. investment, which he said had reached Assistant Procurator General Tetiana ed a restrained 4.6 percent inflation, with merely $5.3 billion in 12 years, with U.S. “The commercial structures became Korniakova said during a press confer- a minuscule 0.1 rise in June. Meanwhile, instruments in the hands of forces investors leading the way at $900 million. ence the same day that the Procurator the National Bank of Ukraine reported Ambassador Pascual blamed the opposed to the government openly or in a General’s office is pursuing 270 criminal that hard currency levels had exceeded hidden way,” explained Mr. Yanukovych cases associated with the grain crisis. She $6 billion – a new record for the country. (Continued on page 12) in a statement that tried to portray oppo- said the cases involve matters of illegal sitionist political groups as at least partly privatization in the agro-industrial com- responsible for the grain debacle. plex, unlawful use of state funds and “I state today: let those who wish to do abuse of authority. She said violations of so – the political opponents that are con- grain storage laws and procedures for use OSCE concerned about Ukraine’s adoption tent with what they helped to create – of state grain reserves also are under express glee with the current situation. I investigation. The Ukrainian prime min- admit that we lost this time. We should of restrictive legislation against journalists ister said he would pursue all criminal Organization for Security The law also provides for the Ukrainian not have allowed it to come to this. But I cases to conclusion. believe that we need to overcome this and Cooperation in Europe security service to arrest journalists who “None of the cases will be dropped,” have been investigating issues related to crisis together,” Mr. Yanukovych added. Mr. Yanukovych understored, “especial- VIENNA – OSCE Representative on Ukraine has experienced a sharp rise state secrets and who intend to publish this ly since law enforcement officials have Freedom of the Media Freimut Duve on information. in prices for wheat and other primary uncovered that such operations took July 15 expressed dismay over the deci- grain commodities after prolonged spring “It is ominous that your country, where place with the knowledge of certain local sion by the Ukrainian Parliament to outlaw the media situation has been steadily dete- frosts and a bad winter harvest brought to government leaders, regional leaders and, the protection of journalists’ sources. On light that the country had insufficient riorating for the past five years, should unfortunately, involved some central July 9 the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law decide at this point to approve a highly stocks for domestic consumption. The government officials, as well. By their that also allows for the detention of jour- situation was aggravated by the lack of restrictive law that would have a chilling actions they artificially triggered the nalists suspected of revealing state secrets. effect on the work of journalists, especially rain in May and June, which has made panic purchasing of foodstuffs among the “This law, which changes certain the outlook for the fall harvest equally those investigating corruption,” wrote the population.” aspects of existing Ukrainian law, will, I pessimistic. media representative of the Organization believe, give excessive power to the In addition, many stores have kept oat- Government steps in for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Ukrainian security service, including the meal, buckwheat and other grain prod- Mr. Duve said he supports proposals by In the last weeks the government and right to obtain information regarding jour- ucts off shelves, creating consumer short- the International Federation of Journalists the state have taken several steps to nalists’ sources,” Mr. Duve said in a letter to take up this matter with the Council of ages for staple products while anticipat- improve the situation in the grain market, ing higher prices. to Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Europe, the OSCE and the General Affairs which has resulted in prices falling some- Anatolii Zlenko. Council of the European Union. Harvest figures overstated what and grain products beginning to reappear on store shelves. During an initial investigation ordered On July 9 the Verkhovna Rada passed Ukraine’s court systems to garner trust by President Leonid Kuchma in a law, signed by President Kuchma on February, it was determined that some and draw foreign business. July 22, which freed imported grain com- Ambassador Pascual... However, he applauded the develop- oblast governors had overstated their har- modities from import duties through the (Continued from page 1) ment of civil society, especially the vests from the previous fall by as much end of 2003. Then on July 17 Vice Prime He also called on the leading business establishment of independent non-gov- as 50 percent. That harvest, officially Minister Kyrylenko announced that clans to “reach out to world markets” and ernmental think-tanks, various aid organ- thought to have been around 40 million Ukraine would import about 600,000 not remain dependent on a Russian mar- izations and independent media organiza- tons of grain, at the time was considered tons of grain to tide the country over ket and Russian partners who have many the best in 12 years of independence and until the fall harvest is collected. He said more resources than Ukraine can offer tions. a sign that the agricultural sector was the import amounts would remain limited and could only limit the country’s eco- Mr. Pascual called on Ukrainians to be finally back on its feet. because mid-summer deluges had saved nomic potential. patient, to wait out a transition period During a meeting that lasted more than the summer wheat crop. Ambassador Pascual noted the strong that could take a generation, but to note five hours, Prime Minister Yanukovych Market experts disagreed, however. growth of the Ukrainian economy over that substantial progress is being made. received support from the Cabinet to call Interfax-Ukraine reported that most the last three years and credited it to the “I have said that it would be easier to for the dismissal of the Chairmen of maintain that Ukraine will need to import phenomenal development of small and predict where Ukraine will be in 25 years Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Chernivtsi at least 2.5 million tons and more likely medium-size enterprises; the country’s than in three years,” said Ambassador Oblasts, subject to the approval of 2.8 million tons before the end of the macroeconomic stability; its move out of Pascual. President Kuchma. In addition, he fired year. Ukraine’s domestic demand stands a barter economy; and the government’s He explained that if reforms are com- the director of the State Department of at 6 million to 6.5 million tons, while the payment of back wages and salaries pleted properly, Ukraine harbors too Procurement, the director of the Ministry of Agricultural Policy has fore- while demanding payment of outstanding much potential not to become an eco- Department of Pricing in the Cabinet of cast domestic availability from this utility debts. nomic success. He cited its “formidable Ministers and several oblast vice-chair- year’s harvest at 4.5 million to 4.7 mil- Mr. Pascual was less congratulatory work force,” “some of the best missile men. lion tons. about success in obtaining direct foreign and rocket technology,” strategic location Mr. Yanukovych blamed the State Last year Ukraine was the world’s investment, which he said had barely and fertile land as examples. Anti-Monopoly Committee, the Ministry sixth largest wheat exporter. This year’s exceeded $5 billion after 12 years of “As I have said before, I remain an of Agriculture, and the Ministry of the harvest forecast has been reduced to independence and free markets, and optimist,” concluded Ambassador Economy and European Integration for about 25 million tons. called for more predictability in Pascual. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 No. 30 Chicago-based Heritage Foundation announces $30,000 in grants by Maria Kulczycky and Marta Farion Under federal law, the foundation must distribute 5 percent of these funds annual- CHICAGO – The Chicago-based ly. Over the past six years, this has result- Heritage Foundation of First Security ed in some $1.4 million in donations to Federal Savings Bank recently the community. In 2003 the Heritage announced several important grants to Foundation will donate $420,000 to Ukrainian organizations that will have a organizations that meet its giving criteria. significant impact on the wider Ukrainian “Our mission is to preserve our community. Ukrainian ethnic identity, spiritual values It made a grant of $10,000 to the and community viability,” explained Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Julian Kulas, president of the bank and of Chicago for the construction of a storage the foundation. “Our donations have facility for its highly regarded permanent focused on religious, educational, youth, collection of modern art. cultural and community institutions.” It also gave $10,000 to the Kyiv The largest share of donations has gone Mohyla Foundation, which supports, to Ukrainian schools, universities, and develops and sustains the work of the educational organizations. But Ukrainian National University of Kyiv Mohyla churches, seminaries, museums, cultural Academy and other Ukrainian institu- organizations, and youth and sports tions of higher learning that promote organizations have also benefited. excellence in education and the establish- “Because we are organized as a 501 (c) ment of an open society based on demo- (3) organization, the Heritage Foundation cratic principles. reports on its activities to the federal and Another $10,000 grant went to the state governments, and has to manage Chicago-Kyiv Sister Cities Program for a grant making according to guidelines they Heritage Foundation President Julian Kulas (right) and Oleh Kowerko, presi- fund-raiser held in May to increase set,” explained Paul Nadzikewycz, chair- dent of the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, which received a grant of $10,000 awareness in Ukraine about breast cancer man of the bank. The organizations to from the foundation. detection and treatment and provide which the foundation makes grants also much-needed mammography equipment. need non-profit status, he explained. Ukrainian nation is key to maintaining stood but important community activi- The Heritage Foundation is quietly “The grant to the Ukrainian Institute the country’s independence. The Heritage ties, such as academic research, sponsor- becoming a philanthropic force in the of Modern Art could not have come at a Foundation has contributed toward that ship of conferences and the publication Ukrainian community in America. Created better time. As our permanent collection process through its donation and support. of books. The recent Conference on as a private grant-making foundation with grows, we need climatically controlled Such advocacy of reforms through edu- Ukrainian Subjects at the University of an initial cash and stock infusion by First storage space for pieces that are not on cation is a contribution toward the long- Illinois in Champaign received signifi- Security Federal Savings Bank, a $475 display. This contribution provides the term stability of Ukraine. The donation cant support from the Heritage million Chicago-based financial institu- seed money for the construction of an from Heritage Foundation is needed and Foundation. tion, Heritage Foundation currently has appropriate facility for this historically it is appreciated,” said Ihor Wyslotsky, “We chose the foundation route to $8.7 million in assets. The donation that important collection,” said Oleh president of the Kyiv Mohyla community donations because it ensures created the foundation in 1997 consisted Kowerko, president of the institute. Foundation. a level of sustainability for the future,” of $5 million in cash and First Security “The University of Kyiv Mohyla While the donations to numerous com- said Mr. Nadzikewycz. “Our donations Federal stock. The stock has since more Academy’s role in building a new civil munity organizations are significant, an are not dependent on the financial per- than doubled, which accounts for the asset society with leaders in government and important role played by the Heritage formance of our bank, and they are rela- growth of the foundation. business that reflect the interests of the Foundation is its support of little under- tively assured for years to come.”

Kurowyckyj, said that the UNWLA – the of the Maksym Rylskyi Institute of Art, ters of learning and activities for the whole The Ukrainian Museum... founder of the museum – will continue its Folklore and Enthology, and Prof. Natalia family. Technology plays an important part (Continued from page 1) uninterrupted endorsement of the institu- Kononenko from the University of in effective marketing of museum agenda. four months, but said that these were tion and its projects. Virginia in Charlotesville. Thus, the Ukrainian museum’s web pages resolved within budget. He complemented During 2002, while the new museum There was a suggestion from the audience to on the Internet have been instrumental in architect George Sawicki of Sawicki facility was being built, the work of the further enrich the museum’s fine arts collection presenting the Museum’s image through- Tarella+Design PC for designing a very institution at its present location on so that it will support the institution’s important out the world, inviting visitors, providing efficient museum building under every Second Avenue continued in every aspect mission of developing collections that reflect information and generating revenue from aspect. Mr. Andreadis’ evaluation is based of its operations, reported Director Maria the cultural achievements of the Ukrainian gift shop sales and other promotions. on his experience of many years with Shust. In the spring the museum relin- immigration. It is most important to include in According to Hanya Krill of Brama, the Turner Construction, a giant in the indus- quished the use of its fourth floor gallery the fine arts collection the works of artists of webmaster of the museum’s pages, the try. He is currently the CEO of his own to the UNWLA, limiting only the physi- Ukrainian descent who have in the past and are institution has enjoyed a steady escalation company, Triton Construction Co., which cal parameters of its activities. today creating and popularizing their artistic in hits since it first joined the Internet in handles multi-million-dollar construction Paralleling the concise and precise infor- identities in various parts of the world. 1997, raising from a monthly average of jobs, specializing in the education market. mation provided in the 76-page annual It was noted that museum supporters 1,113 for that year to over 14,000 in 2003. A very important issue pertaining to report that was available to participants and art enthusiasts can be instrumental in The annual meeting was chaired by the building project, as discussed by the during the meeting, Ms. Shust gave a helping to develop this initiative through Myroslaw Shmigel; recording the min- board president, was funding. Mrs. well-rounded description of how the the identification of collectors, their culti- utes was Daria Drozdowsky. Hnateyko emphasized that although the museum functioned during the year. A vation, donation of art works to the For information about the museum and construction will be finished this fall, the copy of the annual report, which also museum, donation of funds to cover pur- how to support its building project: call task of raising funds to equip and furnish contains the institution’s financial state- chases of important art works, or includ- (212) 228-0110; e-mail: info@ukrainian- the building, and to pay for the organiza- ments, as presented by Oleh Sawkiw at ing provisions to the effect in last will museum.org; or check the Museum’s web tion and presentation of the inaugural the meeting, will be sent to each museum and testaments. page at http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org. exhibitions and related programs, as well member in the early part of this summer. Museum members voted to increase The following is the new roster of The as the publication of exhibition cata- Of special interest was Ms. Shust’s membership dues in the following cate- Ukrainian Museum’s board of trustees for logues must be accomplished. She said description of the inaugural exhibitions gories: senior – from $10 to $15; individ- 2003-2004. the museum is intent on intensive fund- that are scheduled to open the new muse- ual – from $30 to $40; and family – from • Executive board: Olha Hnateyko, raising in the latter half of this year to um building. Work is in progress on these $60 to $75. The categories of student and president; Iryna Kurowyckyj, vice-presi- reach a goal of one million dollars to exhibits that involve scholars, art histori- sustaining member remain unchanged at dent; Tatiana Tershakovec, vice-presi- cover these anticipated expenses. ans, folklorists and ethnographers from $10 and $100, respectively. The higher dent; Maria Tomorug, vice-president; Yar She thanked members, friends and the United States and Ukraine. dues were adopted in anticipation of par- Mociuk, treasurer; Katria Czerwoniak, benefactors of the museum for their Prof. Yaroslaw Leshko will curate the tially covering the cost of operations in secretary; and Orysia Z. Woloszyn, secre- exceptional generosity and community Alexander Archipenko art exhibition, and the new building and will come into tary. spirit in helping the institution reach set Prof. Orest Subtelny has agreed to curate effect when the museum begins opera- • Members-at-large: Orest Glut, Nicolas goals. In particular, Mrs. Hnateyko spoke an exhibition exploring the cultural life tions in the new facility in 2004. Andreadis and Irenaeus Yurchuk. about individual examples of great gen- of the Ukrainian immigration in the Museum members also voted on the • Members: Anna Alyskewycz, Mykola erosity and support, which have made the United States. He will utilize materials executive board of the board of trustees, Haliv, Andrey Hankevych, Sophia Hewryk, construction phase of the building project from the museum’s archival collection. with Mrs. Hnateyko as president. Several Ulana Kobzar, Lidia Krushelnytsky, possible, exemplifying Museum benefac- The folk art exhibit, organized on the members whose terms were expiring this Andrew Lencyk, Zenon Masnyj, Rostislav tors Eugene and Daymel Shklar, as well as basis of three symbolic elements – the year were re-elected to the Board; Anna Milanytch, Maria Pazuniak, Maria Self Reliance N.Y. Federal Credit Union. tree of life, the sun and the goddess, Rak was the only new incoming member. Polanskyj, Anna Rak, Roma Shuhan, Olga She also cited the financial and moral which are found in various expressions of Marketing a museum is a vital part of its Stawnychy, Oksana Trytjak. support received over many years from Ukrainian folk art is being organized by agenda. Once secluded, contemplative • Audit Committee: Wasyl Sosiak, members of the Ukrainian National curator Lubow Wolynetz, with the help places, contemporary museums have in the (chair), Nadia Cwiach, Donna Women’s League of America (UNWLA). of consultants, Dr. Liudmyla Bulgakova, last several decades created a renaissance Czechowycz, Ihor Hayda, Wolodymyr The organization’s president, Iryna curator of embroidery at the Lviv branch of their own by evolving into vibrant cen- Magun. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

“Tabir Ptashat” at Soyuzivka offers UNA executives meet, a hopeful glimpse of community’s future review first quarter results by Oksana Trytjak Mitchell, he noticed the young crowd of by Christine E. Kozak $258,000 in fraternal benefits. UNA Special Projects parents with their teeny ones. There were UNA National Secretary First Vice-President Lysko organized and Fraternal Activities Coordinator also grandparents maneuvering carriages five new members for UNA. In addition, PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian with sleeping babies as they came to join she has requested that all of her earned National Association’s Executive Com- KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Some say the the dinner crowd. Mr. Mitchell commented per diem for 2003 be donated to the mittee met on Friday, June 27, here at the Ukrainian community is assimilating what a nice family atmosphere Soyuzivka Ukrainian National Foundation to be ear- UNA Home Office. Attending the meet- and, therefore, there is no need for has and that he was impressed that these marked for the Soyuzivka Renaissance ing were Stefan Kaczaraj, president; Ukrainian organizations, that ultimately young parents all spoke Ukrainian to their Fund. Martha Lysko, first vice-president; we will lose all our Ukrainian institu- children. Ms. Kozak felt compelled to National Secretary Kozak reported Christine E. Kozak, national secretary; tions. There could be some truth to that, assure him that they also speak English. that the UNA gained 85 policies in the and Roma Lisovich, treasurer. Al but I see a glimmer of hope. These tots – some didn’t even reach their first quarter. The total includes two poli- Kachkowski, director for Canada, could I want to tell you what I witnessed at fathers’ knees – were chattering in cies sold in Canada for a total of $10,000 Soyuzivka during “Tabir Ptashat,” which is “T‡ÚÛ ‰Ë‚ËÒ¸ not attend due to a prior engagement. in insurance, 60 life policies sold in the ÏUkrainian,Ûð‡¯Í‡ –perfect ‚ÂÎË͇ Ukrainian: ÏÛð‡¯Í‡!” Eugene Iwanciw, second vice-president, in its 15th season, with two tours of camp (Daddy, U.S. for a total of $1,318,999 and 23 held between June 22 and July 6. This camp was absent for medical reasons. annuities sold for a total of $296,615 in look an ant – a big ant.) This particular The meeting was called to order at 10 was initiated by Neonila Sochan, one of the father was a young man, tall and thin with a premiums. founding members of the Pershi Stezhi Plast a.m. by Mr. Kaczaraj, with the approval Once again, Lubov Streletsky, secre- baby knapsack strapped to his body with a of the agenda and the reading of the min- sorority. The camp (“tabir”) is specifically tiny little one sleeping peacefully at his tary of Branch 10 in Philadelphia, took geared for pre-schoolers with their parents. utes of the previous Executive Commit- top honors for the first quarter. Ms. breast. His little son was holding on to his tee meeting; it proceeded with the reports During the day some parents act as coun- finger, noticing the creatures on the ground. Streletsky sold eight policies for selors while others assist during the many of each Executive Committee member $247,000 in insurance and $8,627.22 in I looked around and thought of how these for the first quarter of 2003. activities. At mealtimes and in the evenings young parents, professional people, picked annualized premium. In second place parents and children spend time together. President Kaczaraj reported on the was Myron Pylypiak, secretary of Branch up their humongous bags of balls, hoops, financial strength of UNA, which had an As always, the theme for the camps was floats and other toys – and so much more – 496, who also sold eight policies for the bird world, and the tabir was divided increase in surplus, by $501,000 for the $104,000 in insurance amount, with and packed for a vacation. They folded their first quarter of 2003. The increase in sur- into various bird groups, like seagulls, colorful beach towels and decided it was $3,747.87 in annualized premiums. nightingales, flamingos and others. The plus is due to several positive economic Gloria Horbaty, secretary of Branch 414, time to head out, not to Florida, not to factors: the improved strength of the counselors, usually mothers and fathers, Cancun or some other exotic beach, but to sold four policies totaling $200,000 in wore the wildest bird hats imaginable and Canadian dollar, an increase in new pre- face amount, with $1,153.75 in annual- Soyuzivka. The warm sun and cool breeze miums collected, mostly from the sale of led their flocks. (That certainly was a fash- of the mountains at Soyuzivka beckoned. ized premium. ion statement!) What a sight: an adult in UNA annuities, a slight upturn in the The top producer for annuities was Many parents drove from the New stock market, and a slight profit shown the craziest hat imaginable, followed by York region and some from hundreds of Steven Woch, a Home Office employee these little “ducklings” marching off to a by the Ukrainian National Urban and a licensed agent, who sold 10 annu- miles away to bring their families – and Renewal Corp. (UNURC) of $31,000. specific activity. Pershi Stezhi organized most importantly their little ones – to a ities totaling $78,660 in the first quarter. and ran the tabir with the usual efficiency On the down side, Soyuzivka reported Stephan Welhasch, another Home Office tabir that is shared with other children in a net loss of $199,000 from operations. of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. a setting conducive to their family values. employee and a licensed agent sold three UNA National Secretary Christine Both UNA publications, Svoboda and annuities for $82,626 in annuity premi- I was told by one of the mothers that The Ukrainian Weekly, lost subscribers Kozak and I visited Soyuzivka during the you must call in February just to make sure ums, and Joseph Chabon, secretary of second week of “Tabir Ptashat.” Ms. and operated at a loss of $30,822.36 for you get on the list of “Tabir Ptashat”: par- the first quarter. The UNA paid out (Continued on page 12) Kozak wanted to greet all the participants ticipants. It is a plum to get a good room on behalf of the UNA’s executives and to during this camp. She said, “I not only introduce one of UNA’s insurance con- called on time, in February, but sent a fax RECORDING DEPARTMENT sultants, Bob Mitchell, to the guests. The and backed that up with an e-mail. And, weather was perfect and we arrived yes, we have a great room with a balcony.” MEMBERSHIP REPORT – APRIL 2003 Tuesday evening just in time for dinner. I guess it’s been a long time since I’ve Christine E. Kozak, National Secretary Well, as you may know, Soyuzivka is noticed little ones clutching to a parent’s undergoing somewhat of a face lift (after Juvenile Adult ADD Total leg insisting on going swimming“í and‡ÚÛ 50 years everyone could do with a little bringing all 110 toys with them: Total Active Members – 3/2003 6,124 12,560 2,787 21,471 lift). As the dining room was completely ˘Â ¥ ˆÂÈ ·‡ÎÓÌ!” Total Inactive Members –3/2003 7,612 16,284 0 23,896 (Daddy, this ball, too.) Total Members – 3/2003 13,736 28,844 2,787 45,367 gutted, we wondered where and how din- But let me tell you it was wonderful to ner would be served. To our delight, the see so many parents interested in their ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Veselka hall was fully prepared for the din- Ukrainian culture and sharing it with Gains in 4/2002 ner crowd and there were over 200 guests their tots, bringing their little ones to New members 10 15 0 25 settling in. The tables were set, salad was Soyuzivka, where they know the setting served and two long banquet tables filled New members UL 1 1 0 2 is safe, beautiful and steeped in Reinstated 9 9 4 22 with various entrees were manned by smil- Ukrainian tradition. What Soyuzivka has ing young waiters and waitresses. Most Total Gains: 20 25 4 49 cannot be purchased in Cancun. These Losses in 4/2002 servers were bilingual, but best of all they toddlers no doubt will remember their were friendly, efficient and eager to help. Died 0 23 0 23 first tabir with “tato,” “mama,” “babtsia” Cash surrender 3 5 0 8 As for the dinner, other than complaints or “dido” here at Soyuzivka. Endowment matured 11 8 0 19 that there was too much served (it was Later, when the children get older, they Fully paid-up 8 19 0 27 self-service, mind you), it was just perfect. Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0 As we sat down with our guest, Mr. (Continued on page 17) Extended Insurance 15 29 0 44 Certificates lapsed (active) 16 7 24 47 Certificate terminated 2 4 8 14 Total Losses 55 95 32 182 Total Active Members – 4/2003 6,089 12,490 2,759 21,338

INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Gains in 4/2003 Paid-up 8 19 0 27 Reduced paid up 0 0 0 0 Extended insurance 15 29 0 44 Total Gains 23 48 0 71 Losses in 4/2003 * Died 7 34 0 41 * Cash surrender 6 14 0 20 Pure endowment matured 4 3 0 7 Reinstated to active 9 9 0 18 Certificates lapsed (inactive) 1 5 0 6 Total Losses 27 65 0 92 Total Inactive Members – 4/2003 7,608 16,267 0 23,875 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – 4/2003 13,697 28,757 2,759 45,213 (* Paid up and reduced paid up policies) A group of “Tabir Ptashat” campers with their counselor. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 No. 30

FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY “Memory, sorrow, unity” Statement on the 70th anniversary During the last two weeks this newspaper has reported on moves toward rec- onciliation between two neighboring countries, Ukraine and Poland, on the occa- of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide sion of the 60th anniversary of what has been referred to as the Volyn tragedy – Tragedy has afflicted the Ukrainian nation numerous times throughout the course of the killings of more than 100,000 people of both nations at the time of Nazi and its over 1,000-year history. No one period, however, can compare to the horrific conse- Soviet invasions and occupations during World War II. quences of the 1932-1933 Famine-Genocide, forced upon the Ukrainian people. The First came the adoption by the Parliaments of Ukraine and Poland of a joint death by starvation of 7 million to 10 million peasants in Ukraine’s black-earth soil was resolution on the bloody events of 1943-1944, condemning the “terror, violence caused not by nature, but by deliberate grain requisition policies of the Soviet Union, and cruelty” of both sides during that period. Tens of thousands of innocent introduced with an eye towards destroying resistance to collectivization as well as Ukrainians and Poles were killed in fighting by armed groups, including the Ukrainian national aspirations. Polish Armija Krajowa (AK) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). “Let the The widespread starvation was unquestionably a deliberate genocide carried out ability to forgive become the foundation of our future good-neighborly relations against the Ukrainian populace by the Soviet regime. The borders of Ukraine were and Ukrainian-Polish friendship,” the resolution stated. sealed, both to international relief efforts and to Ukrainians fleeing the countryside in “The tragedy of the Poles, who were killed and forced from their homes by armed search of food. Additionally, in the context of other events of that time, such as the Ukrainian formations, was accompanied by similar suffering by the peaceful Ukrainian destruction of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and the liquidation of the population, who were victims of actions by armed Poles,” the resolution explained. Ukrainian intellectual elite, one can see that the Famine-Genocide was the horrific culmi- Then came a solemn ceremony held in the village of Pavlivka, in the Volyn nation of the genocidal policy of the Soviet Union against the Ukrainian nation. region of Ukraine, where Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Aleksander Kwasniewski Because Soviet authorities could not have done this had the world been watching dili- called for mutual forgiveness and reconciliation between the two proud nations – gently, they set about hiding it from the international community. Soviet denials of the neighbors who have a shared history that has both high and low points. They attend- Famine-Genocide managed to convince many people that there was no famine. They ed memorial services and presided at the unveiling of a monument to the victims of were not alone in their efforts, however. The Western press assisted the Soviet Union in the World War II-era fighting inscribed with the words “Memory, sorrow, unity.” covering up this awful episode in history. The most infamous example of this is Pulitzer “We cannot change this history, nor can we question it. We cannot silence it, Prize-winning New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty, who denied reports of nor excuse it. Instead we need to find the courage to accept the truth, to call a famine in Ukraine as “malignant propaganda” while privately confiding that as many as crime a crime inasmuch as only with respect for the truth can we build the 10 million had starved to death. future,” the two presidents said in their joint statement issued on the occasion. Since regaining its independence in 1991, Ukraine has begun to freely discuss the For, as noted in the earlier joint resolution adopted by the Sejm and the Famine-Genocide, and on May 15, 2003, the Parliament of Ukraine declared the events Verkhovna Rada, “Painful experience should serve for us as a source of reflec- of 1932-1933 to be “a genocide against the Ukrainian nation.” This statement corre- tion on the fact that hatred and conflicts between us were exploited by our oppo- sponds to the findings of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine, which in 1988 nents, with the result that we always were the losers.” concluded: “Joseph Stalin and those around him committed genocide against Ukrainians Today – free of outside interference and subjugation by foreign forces – the in 1932-1933.” We applaud these declarations and consider them vital to bringing this two freedom-loving nations can live in “peace and harmony” as encouraged by tragic event into the world’s collective memory. That one of the most barbarous crimes of Pope John Paul II in his July 7 message to the Ukrainian and Polish people, and the 20th century took place on the European continent while very few took notice defies proceed to “build a future founded on mutual respect, brotherly cooperation and imagination. Should freedoms, such as those accorded in the United States, have been genuine solidarity” as underscored by Presidents Kuchma and Kwasniewski. present in Ukraine during the Famine-Genocide, the terror committed upon the Ukrainian The reconciliation taking place 60 years after the Volyn tragedy, we believe, is a nation would not have transpired. historic step that surely will pave the way for Ukraine and Poland to move forward as While this tragedy may be well-known to Ukrainians in their native land and abroad, it is honorable partners in the international arena and as valued actors in global affairs. still not widely recognized worldwide. We call upon the Ukrainian American community to advocate Congress for the construction of a Famine-Genocide memorial in Washington, while appealing to the United Nations General Assembly to recognize this tragedy as a genocide and to once and for all put an end to the famine deniers and historical distortion July that has plagued the previous century’s discourse on the subject. The global community Turning the pages back... must be aware of what happened in Ukraine during those years so that it is never allowed to happen again. This chapter of Ukrainian and world history must not be forgotten. God has blessed us in the fulfillment of our greatest dream – the independence of our 31 native land. In His grace, we are bound to a sacred responsibility, in the name of all those who perished, to make it a certainty that their memory will serve to enhance Ukraine’s 1983 Twenty years ago, to mark the 50th anniversary of the continued progress along a democratic path. Together, ecclesiastical and community Soviet-made Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933, The Ukrainian organizations must be the moral conscience of the nation – even in the most difficult of Weekly ran a column titled “The Great Famine.” Relying on circumstances. news from Svoboda and, later, The Ukrainian Weekly (which May God eternally embrace the victims of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide, and may began publication in October 1933), the column’s goal was to remind and inform God bless the United States of America and Ukraine. Americans and Canadians of this terrible crime against humanity. The entry titled “August 1-15, 1933,” which appeared in this paper’s on July 31, † His Beatitude Constantine 1983, reported that on August 3, 1933, the news on the front page of Svoboda was Metropolitan that the Communists in the Soviet Union were struggling with the bureaucracy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA collective farm system. According to Moscow reports, there were plenty of Communist Party members who “directed offices” and did not work in the fields as † His Grace Stefan they were supposed to, and some farms had more office workers than field workers. Metropolitan Therefore, the Communist Party had begun purging these “workers.” Ukrainian Catholic Church in the USA The New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty reported that one collective farm had decreased its worker staff by one-third. He interviewed a peasant who stated Michael Sawkiw Jr. that the bureaucracy was running the workers to the ground; he said he was glad to President see Moscow cracking down on these “office workers.” Duranty commented that the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America number of these Communist Party “parasites” kept increasing. On August 4, a letter, written by a Kiev resident, who was originally from western Ukraine, appeared in Svoboda. It had been sent to the man’s relatives in Lviv, who forwarded it to the Dilo newspaper, which shared it with Svoboda. Following are a To The Weekly Contributors: few excerpts. We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- “Currently, my wife, my children and I are going absolutely hungry. We had some ters to the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate preparation of potatoes a while back, and things were bearable then, but now we eat potato skins The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. with no sauce. I work, I have a job, but it brings me nothing. To live like the middle class, one has to bring home at least 1,500 karbovantsi a month; I get 200. ® “... They don’t allow you to go back home and they don’t allow you to survive News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a given event. here. It looks like we’ll have to die a death of starvation like those around us. I beg ® All materials must be typed (or legibly hand-printed) and double-spaced. you, call the family together and send us a package – anything, even some lard, for I ® have forgotten the look and the taste of it.” Photographs (originals only, no photocopies or computer printouts) submitted for The author of the letter described himself as “naked, barefoot and hungry.” He publication must be accompanied by captions. Photos will be returned only when so noted that lice were everywhere, people were dying of typhoid, and swollen and hun- requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. ® gry people were in the streets of the city. Full names (i.e., no initials) and their correct English spellings must be provided. ® On August 8, Svoboda printed news from Lviv about Metropolitan Andrey Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the publi- Sheptytsky’s issuance of a statement calling on all Ukrainians in western Ukraine to help cation and the date of the edition. ® their brothers and sisters in need in eastern Ukraine. He said the population in eastern Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the date of Ukraine was dying of hunger – a hunger imposed on the people by the Soviet regime. The Weekly edition in which the information is to be published. ® The regime, he said, was based on “injustice, deception, godlessness and laziness.” Persons who submit any materials must provide a daytime phone number where “The cannibalistic system of state capitalism has turned this recently rich land into they may be reached if any additional information is required. a ruined state, and led its people to a death by starvation,” he said. ® Unsolicited materials submitted for publication will be returned only when so request- Source: “The Great Famine; Part XXIV, August 1-15, 1933,” The Ukrainian ed and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. Weekly, July 31, 1983, Vol. LI, No. 31. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PERSPECTIVES Our community Re: TV’s portrayal BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY must have unity of Ukrainians Dear Editor: Dear Editor: As I recall, sometime in the early My recent viewing of popular televi- spring The Ukrainian Weekly printed an sion and movies suggests that a new Magicians, muggles and good summer reading article written by Tamara Gallo describ- trend may be afoot – the transitioning of It was 85 degrees with blue skies and a she-wolf who raised them as her own. ing the resolutions made at a meeting of the negative video stereotype of the sun at its brightest. A perfect afternoon In the Old Testament, Moses’ mother the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Ukrainians from vicious Nazis to partic- for jumping into the pool to cool off and places him in a papyrus basket and sends America executive board. At that meet- ularly brutal post-Soviet mafiosi. indeed, a group of “novaky,” (Plast cub him floating down the Nile to save him ing a statement was made that the execu- In an episode of NBC’s “Law and scouts) at the Pysanyi Kamin (Painted from a blanket death sentence on all tive of the UCCA was concerned about Order” titled “Absentia,” which aired in Rock) Camp near Cleveland was doing Hebrew males. The pharaoh’s daughter the need for unity within the Ukrainian the Philadelphia area on June 25, a just that – with the notable exception, that rescues him, brings him up as her child American community. For that reason a frightened bit character manages to is, of a half-dozen or so who were sitting until Moses grows up to lead his people special committee was created to negoti- defame both Georgians and Ukrainians in the shade of a nearby grove reading, out of captivity and into the promised ate with the Ukrainian American in the same breath when, in describing a oblivious to the shouts and splashes just a land. Coordinating Council in order to secure murderous perpetrator, he tells the police few steps away. That was three years ago And then there’s Taras Shevchenko. the positive result of unification of these detective, “Those Georgians are worse and one of the boys with his nose in a His life story is at the center of Ukraine’s two organizations in one body that would than Ukes.” book was my son, Mykhas, almost 10 national ethos: the orphan whose talent represent us and speak in one voice. In the new hit Paramount movie “The years old then. leads to a miraculous emancipation. Once Dialogue on this matter is essential Italian Job,” a sumo-wrestler type char- Since when do pre-adolescent boys free, he composes verse that is so com- and has to continue to rebuild one acter who supplies materiel to criminals prefer the company of a book to the pleas- pelling, it inspires a nation of serfs toward Ukrainian American representation, of various types tells our hero “One thing ures of a cold pool on a hot summer day? liberation and redemption. regardless of the personal ambitions and I never do is mess with Ukrainians.” He Since Harry Potter. Two days earlier, on a Regardless of its underlying appeal – Saturday morning we were leaving for ultimate name of that body. This is in the is referring to Mashkov, a Russian- magic, identification with an orphan camp, Mykhas insisted that we first stop interest of all of us. speaking (of course) mob-type who runs underdog, or something else – the Harry at the bookstore to make sure he got his Potter series, now all of six years old, is a Svoboda printed my two short articles a suspicious garbage disposal operation copy of the long-anticipated fourth book worldwide sensation. Teachers and par- on that subject on April 11 and June 13. and who confronted the supplier-charac- in the series, “Harry Potter and the Goblet ents rejoice because their children turn off To date our community does not know if ter with a hatchet in an attempt to extract of Fire,” which was being released to the television set and read, not only in such negotiations are taking place and, if information. Although Mashkov turns much hoopla and long lines at 7 a.m. English, the language of the author, but so, what progress has been made. out to be a relatively good guy, coming And so, even though the counselors at also in 50-plus languages: in addition to There is no doubt that both organiza- to the rescue of our “heroes” from the Pysanyi Kamin were supposed to enforce German, French, Italian, Spanish and tions are marching in the same direction real evil-doer in the movie, this evidently a Ukrainian-only rule for reading material, Portuguese, there’s also Urdu, Zulu, and, therefore, they should unite to work couldn’t be accomplished without the what could they do? This was Harry Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hebrew, effectively, to gain respect and to repre- gratuitous slander. Potter, and for this particular group of die- Arabic, Latin and Ancient Greek. sent us with one strong voice. Is anybody else out there watching? Are hard fans, there was no waiting – hot And yes, Harry Potter is available in I’m sure that there is no ideal solution. these isolated incidents or a new pattern? weather, a nearby pool and a mandatory Ukrainian. Early in 2002, Ivan Malkovich, You will not be able to satisfy every- devotion to the Ukrainian language founder and president of A-Ba-Ba-Ha-La- body, but I can assure you that most of us Olena W. Stercho Wayne, Pa. notwithstanding. Ma-Ha, the premier Ukrainian children’s will commend these organizations for Just in case you’ve been in Antarctica publishing house, purchased the such a historic and patriotic accomplish- The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters or the dark side of the moon for the last Ukrainian-language rights to the Harry ment. Let us follow the motto: “United to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou- five years, let me briefly outline the prem- Potter series. Viktor Morozov translated we stand.” ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi- ise of the Harry Potter series. In its bare the first four books and is working on the We, the silent majority, are concerned nals, not photocopies. bones, the story is simple: a lonely orphan latest. and will be more than happy to be repre- The daytime phone number and address with abusive stepparents discovers he has Although I’ve never met either Mr. sented by one respectful organization. of the letter-writer must be given for verifi- magical powers that mystify his oppres- Malkovych or Mr. Morozov, I consider cation purposes. sors and open the door for him to an Bohdan Kandiuk Opinions expressed in letters and com- both of them to be old friends. For the Glen Spey, N.Y mentaries are solely those of their authors. exclusive school where he hones his skills past 10 years, my children have been while battling evil. Now into its fifth enjoying Mr. Malkovych’s children’s book, the series by J.K. Rowling has been books with their delightful illustrations. NEWS AND VIEWS tracking Harry as he grows up. In the lat- As for Mr. Morozov, I first met him est, “Harry Potter and the Order of the through videos of the Lviv theater Ne Phoenix,” he’s an adolescent with all the Zhurys! (Don’t Worry!), which staged a challenges of that age. series of historic cabaret productions in We believe in miracles With huge numbers of books sold – 5 the late 1980s and early ‘90s, mocking the by Wasyl Lysecky ed by the misfortune of his being born in million copies on the first day for “The Soviet regime and reviving long-forbid- Soviet-occupied Ukraine, where less than Order of the Phoenix” – Harry Potter is den themes and songs. Now these two, Slavko Semchyshyn was born in 1990 perfect children were not welcome – they not only a literary phenomenon, but a cul- along with many others, have collaborated with a genetic birth defect that causes the were seen as potential burdens on the sys- tural one, as well. Besides the books, there to bring Harry Potter to Ukrainian readers. corneas to be covered over by extension of have been two movies, various residuals, tem. Slavko was taken away from his moth- Like all good literature, Harry Potter is the whites (sclera) of the eye. In Slavko’s Halloween costumes and a plethora of about a lot of things. It’s a whodunit, a er immediately after delivery and placed in a case, this defect occurred in both eyes. For articles analyzing Harry Potter’s appeal, coming-of-age story and, with its three- nursery, where he received only water. The all intents and purposes, Slavko was blind. starting with the focus on magic. headed dogs, phoenixes and gorgons, a The tragedy of his defect was compound- (Continued on page 17) People, of course, have always been modern application of classical mytholo- interested in the supernatural and the gy. Above all, it’s a page-turner. And now, occult. The Harry Potter series with its thanks to Messrs. Malkovych and wizards and witches, muggles and mon- Morozov, Harry Potter is motivating my sters clearly taps into that age-old fascina- children to read Ukrainian. tion. But there’s more. Personally, I’m The translated version of “Harry Potter struck by the theme of the virtuous orphan and the Philosopher’s Stone” is sitting on magically elevated to the status of hero. my son’s nightstand, next to the English This story is far more familiar than we version, which he knows backwards and perhaps realize. Children first encounter it forwards. Don’t quite understand the Ukie with Cinderella and Dorothy from “The text? Find its equivalent in English and then Wizard of Oz.” Then there are the comic read on. And it’s working. Mykhas is read- book heroes, Superman, Batman and ing Harry Potter in Ukrainian. In the mean- Spiderman, also orphans who apply time, our 8-year-old Olesia has also discov- extraordinary powers in the fight against ered Harry Potter, so far in the English ver- evil. Frodo Baggins in “The Lord of the sion. She recommends it highly. (Just for Rings” is an orphan and so is Luke the record, Mykhas finished the 870-page Skywalker from the “Star Wars” trilogy. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” At the intersection of history and myth, 35 hours after we bought it. “Harri Potter i we find Romulus and Remus, co-founders Filosofskyi Kamin” is taking a good bit of Rome. As infant twins, they were aban- longer. But that’s okay. He’s reading.) doned and left to die, only to be saved by To order your own copy of Harry Potter in Ukrainian, go to the online Thirteen-year-old Slavko Semchyshyn, with his mother, Helena, Dr. David Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is: stores http://www.yevshan.com or Schanzlin (second from left) and Dr. William Selezinka (left). [email protected]. http://www.oleksa.co.uk. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 No. 30

ties in any generation. Her chief intent was to express the inner meaning of the works she performed. And she has done this with consummate artistry and technical control. These recordings are a must for all serious musicians and music lovers.” – Seymour Bernstein, pianist and educator (New York). • “Everyone who has listened to Daria H. Karanowycz’s performance of this rare collection of Ukrainian piano music will agree that she is a wonderful pianist, with masterful technical command and a sensi- A recorded tribute to Daria Hordynska-Karanowycz tive and refined style. “She keeps a beautiful singing melodic A new compact disc titled “Daria The newly released CD contains per- line with poetic expressiveness in all the Hordynska-Karanowycz, pianist: A Tribute formances both from the aforementioned pieces she played, ranging from Vasyl to an Artist” came out last year on the tapes and the LP, as well as a recording of a Barvinsky’s miniature arrangements of “Despite the fact that these recordings Ukrainian Masters (UM-4) label, music by Radio Lviv interview and performance. Ukrainian Folk Songs to his romantic early were made before the innovations of Ukrainian composers. The disc, produced The disc has garnered the following works – Scherzo and the Preludes. Daria’s today’s technology, this CD is a beautiful by Ukrainian Music Institute of America, notices in America and Ukraine: brilliant and powerful technique is dis- and vivid remembrance of our dear friend Inc., includes a 12-page bilingual booklet • “In the recent release of the late Daria played in her rendition of the lively and Daria – a great pianist and musician.” – F. on the pianist’s place in the history of piano Karanowycz’s recordings, ... we hear what humorous Ukrainian Folk Tunes, V. Ming Chang, professor emeritus, Seton performance. an extraordinary artist she was. To her, tech- Groudine’s Étude, and as well as in the Hall University; and Dr. Julius Zsako pro- According to the biography of Ms. nique was merely a means to an end – the more modern Lov Revutsky’s grand fessor emeritus, Seton Hall University. Karanowycz by Prof. Natalia end being performances of high emotional Preludes, where the music erupts into pas- Kashkadamova of the Lysenko Music content and poetic emanations, rare quali- sionate big chords with massive sounds. (Continued on page 16) Academy that appears in the liner notes, this noted pianist (1908-1999) was born in Kolomyia, Ukraine. She studied with the eminent composer and pianist Vasyl Barvinsky at the Lysenko Advance Music BOOK NOTE: Ewanchuk’s Institute in Lviv and later at the Vienna Music Academy. latest on Ukrainian Canadians Her first concerts were in the late 1920s, “Vertical Development: New Generation of Ukrainian Canadians,” by Michael but it was in the 1930s that Ms. Ewanchuk. Winnipeg: M. Ewanchuk Publishing, 2003. $19.95. Karanowycz’s concert activities blossomed, as she toured Austria, Germany, Poland and “Vertical Development: New men and women selected for the sample. Czechoslovakia. Beside performing solo Generation of Ukrainian Canadians,” Dr. Ewanchuk’s new publication for concerts, she played with chamber ensem- Volume 3 is the 14th book and third in 2003 is a semi-fictional volume titled, bles, among them the Vienna Philharmonic the series authored by Manitoba writer “Growing Up on a Bush Homestead.” It String Quartet. Dr. Michael Ewanchuk. will appear by mid-2003. The book is Upon arriving in the United States, Ms. It deals with young people of Ukrainian designed for the teenage population. Karanowycz became involved in pedagogy, heritage – many with humble beginnings “Vertical Development: New Gene- teaching piano to countless numbers of stu- – who through education and hard work ration of Ukrainian Canadians,” Volume 3 dents. She also recorded numerous piano attained success in life. Volume 3 is dedi- retails at $19.95 plus postage, and is performances on reel-to-reel tape, however, cated to the late Governor General of available in larger book stores and from these were never released. She released Canada, Ramon John Hnatyshyn. It car- the author: Michael Ewanchuk, 828 only one LP (Imperial Record Corp. 1985). ries illustrations and biographies of the Borebank St., Winnipeg, MB R3N 1G4. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 9

Hromovytsia dancers’ debut in Kyiv kick offs concert tour of Ukraine by Roman Woronowycz “I have had a special feeling for this Kyiv Press Bureau since I was young, when I first saw the Virsky Dance Ensemble,” explained Mrs. KYIV – Just as their name implies, Dykyj-Pylypczak. “I was backstage after- Hromovytsia, an enthusiastic group of wards and saw the performers. You can’t young Ukrainian American dancers from understand the feeling I felt seeing for Chicago, took the Kyiv State Operetta the first time the men with their swords Theater by storm on July 14 in their first and ‘zhupany,’ and the women in cos- concert in Ukraine. tume. I felt that, yes, this was the affir- Kyivans jammed the hall to overflow- mation of our unique Ukrainian culture. ing to see 41 young Americans with It makes no difference – Chicago, Ukrainian roots age 15-35 celebrate Ukrainian culture with traditional folk America, Ukraine – we are all songs and dance. Ukrainians.” Their appearance in the Ukrainian Mrs. Dykyj-Pylypczak emphasized capital city was Hromovytsia’s first stop that most of the more than 50 dancers she in a tour that will also take them to five coaches are third- or even fourth-genera- western Ukrainian cities, including Lviv, tion Ukrainian Americans, and even so all speak at least some Ukrainian. She At a press conference in Kyiv (from left) are: Roxana Dykyj-Pylypczak, director of Ternopil, Kalush, Kolomyia and the Hromovytsia Dance Ensemble, Zoya Popova, director of the Department of Uzhhorod. also noted that a number of them had begun dancing at age 3 or 4. Ukrainian Diaspora at Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Marta Farion, chair- Noting the lack of attention the Kyiv woman of the Chicago-Kyiv Sister Cities Program in Chicago answer questions Among the reporters at the press con- government continues to pay to stimulat- from Ukrainian journalists. ing and lifting Ukrainian culture, Zoya ference, several bemoaned the fact that Popova, director of the Department of the ensemble had not scheduled eastern Ukrainian Diaspora at the Ministry of Ukrainian cities and the “Russified Culture, said during a press conference Kozak territories” of southern Ukraine on prior to the dance ensemble’s first this tour. They noted that it was there the appearance that she hoped the tour would Ukrainian culture most needs tending and become a cultural stimulus for Ukraine. even re-planting in some places. “Let’s hope that the arrival of Yurii Cepynsky of Chicago, who acted Hromovytsia becomes the thunderstorm as master of ceremonies for the concerts, that stirs the matter of culture in said he recognizes a need to go east and Ukraine,” said Ms. Popov. that while perhaps scheduling mistakes The group’s choreographer, Roxana had been made they were not intentional. Dykyj-Pylypczak, said that she sees her “This is our first time here – we are ensemble as more than just a way for kids learning, but we intend to come back,” to learn Ukrainian dance; it is also a way explained Mr. Cepynsky. of helping them to embrace their historic The ensemble’s concert tour concludes homeland and all that it stands for. on July 24 in Uzhhorod.

The Hopak – as always the finale for the Hromovytsia Dance Ensemble. ESSAY CONTEST In celebration of the upcoming Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly Anniversaries

The Ukrainian National Association initiates a project to celebrate both publications’ upcoming anniversaries. Svoboda, 110th Anniversary, September 2003 The Ukrainian Weekly, 70th Anniversary, October 2003

This project invites high school seniors and college students from all our communities to participate. We feel it is important to encourage the younger sector of our community to share their feelings regarding the impact the press had, has and will have on their generation. We encourage parents and Hromovytsia dancers prepare for their Kyiv debut on Monday, July 14. teachers to actively encourage the students to participate. The title of the essay is: “What Role Does The Ukrainian Press Have For The Future In Our Community” • First Prize – $250 Essay in the Ukrainian language. $250 Essay in the English language. • Second Prize – Weekend at Soyuzivka. Rules and regulations to participate:  300-500 typed words on 8 X 11 sheets  Ukrainian or English language  Each entry must be identified on the reverse side with: • Typed name, address, and telephone/e-mail • Name of school and grade level student attends • Age of student  All entries must be postmarked no later than August 31, 2003, and mailed to: Ukrainian National Association Attention: Oksana Trytjak 2200 Route 10, P. O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054  3 judges will participate, judges’ decision will be final.  Top essays will be printed in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly For more information please call Oksana Trytjak, UNA Special Projects Coordinator: 973 292-9800 X 3071

Toma Antonovych gets ready for the “Pryvit” Kozak dance. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 No. 30

Soyuzivka photo album: Welcome to the resortKERHONKSON, of theN.Y. – Guests UNA are dis- covering the new Soyuzivka when they vaca- tion at the resort this summer. For the benefit of those who have not yet been to this pictur- esque resort owned by the Ukrainian National Association, we offer this glimpse of what they can expect to see as they arrive. Seen in the photos (counterclockwise from top right) are: Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, the first landmark guests see as they are about to enter the grounds of Soyuzivka; Soyuzivka’s famous Hutsul wel- comes guests near the resort’s gatehouse; Soyuzivka’s Director of Hospitality Services Nestor Paslawsky surveys the scene on the path to the Veselka Pavilion; Olesia Guran, reservations/advertising manager (left), and Luba Jablonski ready to greet guests at Soyuzivka’s front desk. Photos by Vasyl Lopukh

36th Tennis Camp concludes at Soyuzivka with awardsby Petrusia ceremony Sawchak KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Twenty-five children age 10 to 17 came this year to the Ukrainian National Association estate, Soyuzivka, from June 21 to July 3 to learn the fundamentals of tennis, play competitive tour- naments, make new friends and have lots of fun. The director of the camp since its inception in 1968 is George Sawchak, a known Ukrainian and United States Tennis Association (USTA) senior ranked player, organizer and tennis instructor. This year he was joined by Yuri Kusina, a certified USPTA coach, from Glendale, Calif., who assisted Mr. Sawchak. Olya Czerkas, a teacher from St. Petersburg, Fla., provided 24-hour camp supervision off courts. Camp counselors were Marko Czerkas and Ann Voytsehovska. The campers had between five and six hours of inten- sive tennis practice daily, which included instruction in basic strokes and court strategies. This culminated with competitive play and a chance to win awards. Participants of the 36th Soyuzivka Tennis Camp held at Soyuzivka. (Continued on page 14)

Best camper award winners with the staff (from left): Olya Czerkas, Julian Chernyk, George Sawchak, Alyssa Kowcz, Christina Vorobets, Yuri Kusina, Ann Singles trophy winners (from left): Adam Ogonowski, Greg Serba, Sawchak, Voytsehovska and Marko Czerkas. John Puhalla, Katrusia Charchalis, Alyssa Kowcz and Andrew Klokiw. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 11

DATELINE NEW YORK: Ukrainian singers at Lincoln Center by Helen Smindak

In a co-presentation with Lincoln Center Festival 2003, the Kirov Opera of St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater staged six works at the Metropolitan Opera this month – Verdi’s thrilling “Macbeth,” a special concert performance of Anton Rubinstein’s “The Demon,” and masterpieces by four of Russia’s greatest composers (the Kirov included Tchaikovsky in this category, along with Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Prokofiev). Opera buffs of all ethnic origins welcomed the Kirov presentations. For the Ukrainian community, the impor- tant news is that the three-week Kirov run included the North American premiere of a Prokofiev opera with a Ukrainian setting and a Ukrainian hero – the three-act 1940 work “Semyon Kotko.” What is also newsworthy, the Kirov productions brought to the Met stage several Ukrainian singers in leading roles – baritone Vassily Gerello, tenors Vladimir Grishko and Viktor Lutsiuk, bass-baritone Mikhail Kit and mezzo-soprano Olga Markova-Mikhailenko – whose contributions were warmly received by both their audiences and the press. Prokofiev, a Russian composer who was born in east- ern Ukraine, chose Valentin Katayev’s 1937 novella, “I Am a Son of the Working People,” as the subject for a patriotic opera when he returned to Soviet Russia from Western Europe at the climax of the Stalinist purges of the 1930s. Scholars of Russian music regard this time as Marty Soh/Metropolitan Opera a period when codification of socialist realism demanded Vassily Gerello as Macbeth and Irina Gordei as Mikhail Kit as Dosifei and Olga Borodina as Marfa the expression of Marxist-Leninist political thought, Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s “Macbeth.” in Mussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina.” Communist Party allegiance and revolutionary populism. These doctrines are evident as the story unfolds parallel to reality, one wonders what today’s Ukrainian Tatiana Pavlovskaya as Sofia, who also sang these roles around Semyon Kotko, a demobilized Ukrainian soldier citizens think about this Soviet-period opera. on the Kirov’s 2000 recording of the work. Mr. Lutsiuk, who returns to his native village in 1918 after a four- From the Kirov’s Ukrainian principals, “Dateline” a native of Ukraine’s Volyn region, also appeared in year stint in the Russian Army. Anticipating the warmth obtained contradictory responses. One professed igno- “Khovanshchina” and “The Invisible City of Kitezh.” and familiar pleasures of home after the rigors of war, rance of the opera, while another told us that the opera Previously heard in New York with the Kirov Opera in he instead receives a political education from the is “almost never done” in Ukraine because it does not “Mazeppa,” the tenor has sung roles with opera compa- Bolsheviks who are still warring against the Germans have a solid Ukrainian theme like “Mazeppa.” A third nies in Berlin, Bonn, Hamburg, Milan, Munich and and all manner of counterrevolutionaries. declared that the opera is performed in Ukraine and is Zurich. Unlike the original opera, which was set in the “very popular.” Mr. Kit, who hails from the southwestern city of Ukrainian steppe, the Kirov production employs an Other viewpoints were expressed at a “Semyon Kolomyia, gave an excellent performance as the white- abstract depiction of the aftermath of war, with the Kotko” symposium at Lincoln Center on July 9. Prof. haired priest in “Semyon Kotko” and sang the role of wreckage of trains, mills and army field weapons Simon Morrison of Princeton University, a musicologist Prince Gremin in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” spilling across a raked platform. who moderated the symposium, believes that this politi- Appearing in Mussorgsky’s folk-music drama A constantly moving mill serves as the “hammer” for cally charged opera poses a special challenge. He con- “Khovanshchina,” the 60-year-old bass-baritone sang a huge sickle-shaped piece of debris stuck in the back- tended that for most Russian listeners the verbal content with fervor and reverence as he interpreted the lead role ground. is unpalatable, even laughable, but the music, despite of Dosifei, the spiritual leader of the Old Believers, a As villagers emerge from craters in the ground to greet being bound up with the texts, remains “variably rigidly traditional religious sect of 17th century Russia. the returning soldier, Semyon is reunited with his sweet- appealing.” Mr. Gerello, who made his Met debut in 1997 as heart Sofia, the daughter of the rich peasant Tkachenko, Symposium speaker Catherine Nepomyashche, who Alfio in “Cavalleria Rusticana,” was praised by The who plots against the Bolsheviks and plans to marry his delved into the literary and historical context of the New York Times’ Anne Midgette for his “large baritone daughter to the heir of a prosperous landowner. Other opera, described “Semyon Kotko” as “a very interesting with a bit of a burr” and “a commendable warmth in important characters include Sofia’s good friend Lyubka piece, a brilliant opera that’s a hymn to Ukraine.” and her fiancé Tsyarov, a husky sailor and loyal Ms. Nepomyashche, the director of the Harriman (Continued on page 15) Bolshevik, and Semyon’s sister Frosia and her sweetheart Institute at Columbia University and chair of the Slavic Mikola, and Remeniuk, head of the village council (sovi- department at Barnard College, pointed out that et) and commander of a partisan unit. although the opera is in Russian “it has a lot of Throughout the opera, the language and the music Ukrainianisms in the language and is steeped in come across with a distinctly Ukrainian flavor, reflect- Ukrainian traditions.” Gerello to release ing Prokofiev’s memories of his childhood, spent as the Though not of Slavic ancestry (she comes by her son of a Russian estate agent in the Ukrainian country- Russian name through marriage), Ms. Nepomyashche Ukrainian CD side. Folk customs are portrayed in such rituals as the became obsessed with “Semyon Kotko” while research- NEW YORK – Baritone Vassily Gerello, a mem- village betrothal ceremony, when Semyon’s two match- ing important Russian writers of the Soviet period. ber of the Kirov Opera who has been appearing in makers, with embroidered ritual cloths around their The New York Times’ critic Anthony Tommasini, in Metropolitan Opera productions since 1997, will shoulders, come to Tkachenko’s house to seek Sofia’s his July 10 review, termed the opening night perform- soon release his first solo album – a CD recording hand in marriage. ance of the opera “stylistically insightful and authorita- of popular Ukrainian songs. Act II shows the people cowering in fear as opposing tive.” The CD will be brought out in early fall on a forces – Reds, Whites, Germans and partisans – collide Describing the production as “an episodic score of major American label, Delos International. in a blood-soaked melee. The Reds are portrayed in Ku intentionally contrasting scenes calculated for clear dra- The disc will include such Ukrainian favorites as Klux Klan-ish red robes and cone-shaped hats, the matic effects,” he pointed to wistfully lyrical outpour- “Dva Kolory,” “Chorni Brovy,” “Cheremshyna,” Whites in long white coats and tall white hats, the ings by peasant characters, some fashioned from “Po Sadochku” and “Yasyny,” as well as the nostal- Germans in recognizable military uniforms, while the Ukrainian folk music, and stock comic bits, like the gic ode to Ukraine’s mighty Dnipro River, “Reve ta partisans (referred to as “Cossacks”) are garbed in furry scene for busybody female villagers who ogle Semyon. Stohne.” black coats and hats. Mr. Tommasini concluded that the production – “an Mr. Gerello is also scheduled to record two duets Toward the end of the opera, a bearded old priest arresting yet flawed work, compromised by censors and with the Latin tenor Ramon Vargas, to be released (described in the program notes as a blind bandurist) cradles politics” – does everything possible to bring out what- by RCA sometime this autumn. an icon in his arms as he laments the troubles of Ukraine. ever ironic subtext resides in the score and to present A native of Chernivtsi in Ukraine’s colorful In the final scene, as a unit of the Red Army enters the opera in an embracing and humanistic context. Bukovyna region, Mr. Gerello is booked through the village and a massive head of Lenin rises from a An appraisal of the Kirov Opera presentations was 2006 for engagements in the United States (Dallas, crater in the background, the villagers, dressed in given by David Shengold in the July issue of the Met New York and Washington), Paris, London, matching grey Soviet uniforms and holding aloft their Playbill. Writing about the final act of “Semyon Hamburg, Madrid and the Netherlands. doctrinal red books, sing that now Ukraine will be free Kotko,” he concluded that the transition from the idyllic During the past Met season he sang the role of from foreign domination. opening with lovers’ meetings to its “horror-struck Marcello in “La Boheme.” He has previously It was surprising to note at one point in the opera that choral conclusion” after a murderous German incursion appeared in Met productions of “Pique Dame” (as the choral work seemed to echo the words of Taras was “dramatic power rarely matched in 20th-century Tomsky, opposite Placido Domingo), “Betrothal in Shevchenko – “Remember to mention me... remember opera.” a Monastery” (Ferdinand) and “War and Peace” Singers win praises me with a good, quiet word!” Was this Prokofiev’s way (Napoleon Bonaparte). of getting around the censors, or simply a coincidence? Major venues and festivals at which he has Points of view The most impressive singers in the first-night presen- appeared include the BBC Proms, Athens Megaron tation of “Semyon Kotko,” in Mr. Tommasini’s opinion, and the Edinburgh Festival. – Helen Smindak Although Prokofiev created his artistic world as a were Mr. Lutsiuk in the title role and the soprano 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 No. 30

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MUNICH, Germany – In cooperation with the Hellbrugge Children’s Center of Munich, under the direction of the internationally known physician and pedagogue, Dr. Theodor Hellbrugge, the Pedagogical Institute of the Ukrainian Free University has initiated a three-week training seminar for teachers from Ukraine. Twenty-five young kindergarten and grammar school teachers (among them five nuns, one priest and one dea- con), are receiving intensive training in the Montessori teaching method. Named after the Italian educator Maria Montessori (1869-1952), the method is a system for teaching young children based on the principle of unfettered individual, selfmotivated instruction. The children are encouraged to move about freely, to follow their impulses and to learn from each other. The Hellbrugge Center, which has a decade-long practical and theoretical experience in honing and applying the method internationally, has provided the necessary realia and instructors, who are assisted by the UFU personnel. Impressed by the cooperation received from the UFU Kindergarten and grammar school teachers from Ukraine at a training seminar at the Ukrainian Free staff, especially from Dr. Mykola Szafowal, Dr. University in Munich. Hellbrugge has announced that this program will be extended for the next three years, during which the number of teacher-participants will be increased to 60. UFU rector meets with Austrian presidential advisor Together with the Pedagogical Institute of the UFU and the Ridna Shkola Ukrainian School Association of VIENNA – Dr. Leonid Rudnytzky, rector of the Upon presentation of the book Ambassador Turck Munich, the Hellbrugge Center is currently making Ukrainian Free University and visiting professor for thanked Dr. Rudnytzky on behalf of the president and, fol- plans to establish a special trilingual (German-English- Ukrainian literature at the University of Vienna, on June 12 lowing an extensive conversation on Austrian history, Ukrainian) kindergarten in Munich, the first of its kind presented his new book “Ivan Franko and German Austro-Ukrainian relations and the state of Ukrainian stud- in Europe, if not in the world. Financial support for this Literature” to Austrian Federal President Thomas Klestil. In ies, escorted the rector through the Leopoldine Wing of the project is presently being sought. the absence of the president, who was taken to the hospital Imperial Palace, which houses the presidential offices, The current Teacher-Training Program of the UFU is with a touch of pneumonia, Dr. Rudnytzky was received by explaining the origin and significance of each hall. being subsidized by the German Sunshine Foundation Ambassador Turck, a close advisor to the President. In expressing his gratitude for the warm and cordial and the U.S.-based St. Sophia Religious Association of According to the ambassador, President Klestil, who reception, Dr. Rudnytzky stated that his father was an offi- Ukrainian Catholics, which has granted scholarships to prior to his ascension (1992) to the highest office of the land cer in the Austrian Imperial Army and that he had told his the religious members of the program. Scholarships for had served as Austria’s ambassador to the U.S. (1978- young son about the marvels of Vienna. He thanked his host other participants have been provided by the UFU 1987), remembered meeting Dr. Rudnytzky at a conference for enabling him to appreciate more fully the significance of Foundation in New York. of ambassadors held at La Salle University in Philadelphia. a bygone era that is an integral part of Ukraine’s history.

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Serba. 36th Tennis Camp... The boys’ and girls’ doubles matches (Continued from page 10) were won by Georg Gussak and Alex Conditioning exercises at the start of Charchalis, with second place going to each day built on-court stamina. the Julian Chernyk and Andrew Klokiw Campers also enjoyed Soyuzivka’s team. During the final night of Tennis Camp Olympic-size swimming pool during the awards were presented to the winners day and some exciting night swims – and second-place finishers in each sin- especially when the evenings were warm gles group, and recognition was given to and inviting. In addition, hikes to the the winning doubles teams. Green Pool and the rocks guided by The coveted best camper trophies Soyuzivka’s staff added to the camp were awarded to Alexander Puzyk, Mr. experience. Movies and dances helped Chernyk, Christina Vorobets and Alyssa round out the fun times. Kowcz. The last few days of camp were devot- Mr. Sawchak and the staff thanked ed to tennis tournaments. The results of everyone for making the camp success- the singles competitions were as follows: ful. He encouraged everyone to continue • Boys’ Group I: 1. Adam Ogohowski, to play tennis and to participate in tour- 2. Greg Serba, 3. Stefan Milan. naments of the Ukrainian Sports • Girls’ Group: 1. Katrusia Charchalis, Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada and 2. Alyssa Kowcz, 3. Alex Magee. the USTA. He added that skills learned • Boys’ Group II: 1. Andrew Klokiw, on the tennis courts namely mutual 2. John Puhalla, 3. Julian Chernyk. respect, honesty and fairness are impor- • Mixed doubles winners were: 1. tant in other areas of life. Tatyana Romanyuk and Adam The campers were addressed also by Ogonowski, 2. Andrea Kusina and Greg Nestor Paslawsky, manager of Soyuzivka.

until 2001 – and seized its transmitters NEWSBRIEFS eight days later. (RFE/RL Newsline) (Continued from page 2) Draft agreement on oil transit is OK’d cial paper Holos Ukrainy on October 13, 2001, wrote that he feared he would be KYIV – The Ukrainian government on killed – probably in a staged road accident July 16 approved a draft 15-year agree- – due to his work as a journalist. Mr. ment with Russia on the transit of oil Efremov had been detained for two days in through Ukraine, Fuel and Energy January 1999 in Dnipropetrovsk for alleged Minister Serhii Yermilov told Interfax. irregularities in a 1995 loan agreement The government thus authorized Mr. involving Sobor. Mr. Efremov claimed he Yermilov to sign the agreement, which had fully repaid the loan, believing he was applies to all Ukrainian pipelines except arrested because TV 11 had broadcast a the Odesa-Brody project. The document New Year’s message from Prime Minister allows Russian oil companies to transit Pavlo Lazarenko rather than from President up to 79.5 million tons of oil annually Leonid Kuchma. Ukrainian authorities through Ukraine. Ukraine is currently closed Mr. Efremov’s TV station on March using less than half of its pipeline net- To subscribe: Send $55 ($45 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, 9, 1999, for alleged technical reasons – work’s capacity, according to Mr. Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 although its broadcast license was valid Yermilov. (RFE/RL Newsline) No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 15 Sports federation’s officers discuss future activities in North America

by Roman Pyndus those officers of Ukrainian American clubs that have a background in volley- EAST HANOVER, N.J. – The newly ball. Mr. Fedash hopes to activate volley- elected officers of the Ukrainian Sports ball championships in men’s, women’s Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada and old-boys’ categories. His ability to (USCAK) met on June 26 at the Ramada provide meeting space at the Ramada Hotel to discuss plans for future sports Hotel should facilitate the work of the activity. volleyball section as well as other The meeting was opened by USCAK USCAK activities. President Myron Stebelsky, who enumer- Mr. Fedash also spoke on behalf of ated the re-elected and the newly elected Severyn Palydovych, the skiing director. members of the USCAK governing The Carpathian Ski Club (KLK) is plan- board, stressing the addition of recent ning to hold the USCAK skiing champi- arrivals from Ukraine, both as individual onship next winter in the Hunter area, board members and as clubs that joined expecting some 60 to 100 competitors. the federation. George Sawczak, the tennis director, On behalf of the soccer director, and Marika Bokalo, the swimming direc- Eugene Chyzowych, the plans for soccer tor, were not present, but informed the activity were presented by Omelan meeting of the upcoming annual USCAK Twardowsky, the press officer. The main championships in their respective sports new idea is to have the winner of the at Soyuzivka during Labor Day annual Great Lakes Soccer Tournament, Weekend. in which Ukrainian teams from the Dr. Orest Popovych, the chess direc- Midwest and Canada participate, play tor, spoke of tentative plans to hold the the winner of the traditional summer soc- USCAK chess championship in the cer tournament at Verkhovyna, in which beginning of October. Mr. Fedash volun- Ukrainian teams from the Eastern U.S. teered to offer playing quarters for the participate, for the title of USCAK chess tournament at the Ramada Hotel. champion. Two new factors are likely to produce a revival of USCAK soccer activity: the lifting of the ban on the participation of non-Ukrainian players, provided they play regularly on a Ukrainian team, and the arrival of many new soccer players from Ukraine. The newly elected volleyball director, Orest Fedash, said he plans to revive that once popular sport by contacting all

Dateline... (Continued from page 11) places” as he sang the title role in “Macbeth.” Ms. Midgette, felt, however, that Mr. Gerello showed “little Italianate expression;” she apparently is unaware that Mr. Gerello inherited Italian blood from one of his ancestors. Mr. Gerello appeared as well in “Eugene Onegin.” Mr. Grishko, known to the New York public since 1995 from his performances at the New York City Opera and the Met, appeared in “Khovanshchina” as Prince Andrei Khovansky, who with his father, Prince Ivan Khovansky, is allied with the Old Believers against the young czar Peter. A native of Kyiv, the tenor also sang roles in “Macbeth” and “Kitezh.” On the distaff side, Ms. Markova- Mikhailenko appeared in “Semyon Kotko” as Tkachenko’s wife Khivria and in “Eugene Onegin.” In The New York Times’ review of “Onegin” on July 20, Allan Kozzin commended the mezzo- soprano for her strong contribution as the old nurse and Mr. Kit for his “solid account” of Prince Gremin’s aria. A number of Ukrainian artists assisted the chorus and the orchestra, which was conducted by Valery Gergiev, the Mariinsky Theater’s artistic director and principal guest conductor at the Met. Helen Smindak’s e-mail address is [email protected].

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bole of some of the commentaries on the Exposing... recent summit to celebrate the 300th (Continued from page 2) anniversary of the founding of St. from rumors that Mr. Andropov drank Petersburg. The Swiss daily Neue Zuercher whiskey and played tennis, that he was a Zeitung, for example, characterized Mr. closet liberal Westernizer – despite the role Putin as Russia’s new “Peter the Great,” he played in suppressing the Hungarian while London’s The Independent profiled uprising in 1956 and jailing dissidents. Mr. Putin as “the modern-day tsar who Mikhail Gorbachev was widely seen as a would make Russia great again.” new type of Soviet leader who was “like The U.S. media largely ignored the myth us,” ready to halt the arms race, willing to of Putin the modernizer in favor of focusing withdraw Soviet troops from Eastern on his poor record on human rights and Europe, and desired a “common European democratization. Adrian Karatnycky, a sen- home.” Mr. Gorbachev has remained popu- ior scholar at Freedom House, described lar in Europe even after the collapse of the Russia in an article in the Wall Street USSR, even though in the post-Soviet Journal as a “militocracy.” He wrote that states his popularity had already plummeted under Mr. Putin, former military and KGB by 1989-1990. officers – who seek to revive Russia as a The early post-Soviet era was character- superpower, make a fetish of the state, dis- ized by myths surrounding Boris Yeltsin, respect human rights, and promote anti- the Russian leader who dared to stand on a Western sentiments – are increasingly in tank and defy the 1991 putschists. Mr. control of the country. Yeltsin launched radical economic reform As noted above, Western European in 1992 under the Yegor Gaidar govern- media and academia are for the most part ment and his anti-Communist stance com- more enamored of Mr. Putin than their plemented his image as a liberal reformer. counterparts in North America. There are The Yeltsin myth was showing serious two main reasons for this divergence. First, signs of damage by the late 1990s, and the Russophilism is still deeply influential in March 2000 election of Mr. Putin to suc- Western Europe and might well grow under ceed him was, therefore, hailed as another Italian President Silvio Berlusconi when wind of change. The sportsman Putin, like Italy takes over the EU presidency in July. Andropov from KGB background, was The EU, unlike the United States, gave contrasted to Mr. Yeltsin (just as Mr. priority to a strategic partnership with Need a back issue? Gorbachev had been to his predecessors Russia over human rights and democratiza- If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, Konstantin Chernenko and Brezhnev). tion issues at the recent St. Petersburg sum- send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, The extent of Europe’s fascination with mit. Dov Lynch, a research fellow at the 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. President Putin can be judged by the hyper- EU’s Institute for Security Studies, points out in “Russia Faces Europe” (Paris: ISS- EU, May 2003) that Russia and the EU have “radically different” strategic agendas because Russia is disinterested in the pur- suit of “shared values” with the EU. Knowing this, some leading EU states might be willing to prioritize a strategic partnership with Russia (rather than “shared values”). Russia is essential to the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy for those EU states who see it as a counter- weight to U.S. “unilateralism.” Second as the world’s new “hyper power,” the United States has less need of Russia as a “strategic partner” than the EU. The U.S.-Russian partnership remains mired in difficulties since the Iraqi conflict, especially over Russia’s continued support for Iran’s nuclear power program. Finally, it should be noted that these dif- fering attitudes to the Putin myth in turn influence contrasting attitudes toward Russia and Ukraine. NATO and the EU approach Ukraine and Russia in different ways. The EU has had little choice but to prioritize strategic issues with Russia because of its disinterest in “shared values,” whereas it calls on Ukraine to deepen reforms in the absence of membership prospects. Russia is strategically important to the EU, while Ukraine is strategically important only to the United States and NATO. These attitudes go some way toward influencing positive views of President Putin and negative views of President Kuchma. A recorded tribute... (Continued from page 8) • “These recordings reflect the pianist’s prevailing interest in Ukrainian music, which characterized her American perform- ances. Most representative are works by Vasyl Barvinsky, for Daria Karanowycz belonged to that small group of musicians (even in Ukraine itself), which knew and nurtured the unclear authentic and compos- er-established tradition of their interpreta- tion.” – Prof. Natalia Kashkadamova, musi- cologist, Lviv. The CD may be obtained for $20, plus $2 shipping, by making checks payable to Roman Sawycky Jr. For additional infor- mation and her disc please contact: Ukrainian Masters, P.O. Box 424, Cranford, NJ 07016. No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 17

Lviv resident ties for first at World Open Chess Tournament The Carpathian Ski Club of New York by Dr. Swiatoslaw Trofimenko ber of the Lviv team in the recent European under the auspices of the team championship. Tying for first place in PHILADELPHIA – At the World Open Ukrainian Sports Association of USA and Canada (USCAK) such a strong field as the World Open is Chess Tournament in Philadelphia that will hold ended July 6 and drew over 1,200 partici- undoubtedly his best achievement so far. pants, a young Ukrainian from Lviv, Nazar Ukrainian women also participated in Firman, tied for first place with nine the World Open Class Tournament. Anna the annual Labor Day weekend grandmasters, each with a score of 7:2. Zatonskih, who until recently represented This was in the top group of 238 con- Ukraine and is now living in the United tenders, among them 40 grandmasters, States, tallied a positive score of 5.5:3.5. SWIMMING COMPETITION which makes Firman’s achievement even Seventeen-year-old Iryna Zeniuk, origi- at Soyuzivka more remarkable as he was the only non- nally from Ivano-Frankivsk and now from grandmaster among the winners (he is an New York, achieved an even score 4.5:4.5, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2003 international master). which qualified her for the U.S. women’s The grandmasters whom he tied were: closed championship, which was what she Ilya Smirin and Leonid Yudasin (both from was striving for. Her achievement was Israel), Jaan Ehlvest (Estonia), Alexander Swim meet recognized by the local press, which inter- Saturday, August 30, 2003, 10:00 a.m. Onischuk, Alexander Goldin, Alex viewed her and took photographs. for individual championships of USCAK Shabalov, Gennadi Zaitshik, Balabaskoulu Alex Pelekhaty, a 13-year-old from Annakov (all from the U.S.), and Alek and Ukrainian National Association Trophies & Ribbons Brooklyn, also played in this tournament, Wojtkiewicz (Poland). Most of them are Warm-up at 9 a.m. although in the next lower group (below players from the former USSR. Only a few TABLE of EVENTS years ago Onischuk played on Ukrainian masters). He did not do especially well here, Boys/Men Girls/Women national teams. Although Ehlvest was but earlier this year, Alex, a seventh-grader INDIVIDUAL declared the official winner based on sec- from lntermediate School No. 288 in 11 ...... 13/14 100m im 13/14 ...... 12 ondary points and a play-off victory Brooklyn, N.Y., became U.S. co-champion 13 .... 15 & over 100m im 15 & over .... 14 against Smirin, the first prize was divided among junior high-school students. He also 15 .. 10 & under 125m free 10 & under .. 16 equally among these 10 players. tied for second place last year at the chess 17 ...... 11/12 125m free 11/12 ...... 18 Firman is the champion of Ukraine in championship of the Ukrainian Sports 19 ...... 13/14 150m free 13/14 ...... 10 the under-20 category, and he was a mem- Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada. 11 .... 15 & over 150m free 15 & over .... 12 13 .. 10 & under 150m free 10 & under .. 14 15 ...... 11/12 150m free 11/12 ...... 16 introduced Mr. Mitchell, UNA’s consult- 17 ...... 13/14 150m back 13/14 ...... 18 “Tabir Ptashat”... ant, a well-known financial writer and edu- 19 .... 15 & over 150m back 15 & over .... 20 (Continued from page 5) cator and the author of numerous articles 21 .. 10 & under 125m back 10 & under .. 22 will enjoy the boys’ and girls’ camps, the on financial matters. He spoke briefly 23 ...... 11/12 125m back 11/12 ...... 24 tennis and the dance camps; later still about UNA and its standing in the fraternal 25 ...... 13/14 150m breast 13/14 ...... 26 insurance industry. He took the time to dis- they will enjoy all those occasions to 27 .... 15 & over 150m breast 15 & over .... 28 cuss the UNA’s annuity products and com- meet other young people at Soyuzivka. 29 .. 10 & under 125m breast 10 & under .. 30 pared them favorably with other annuities 31 ...... 11/12 125m breast 11/12 ...... 32 UNA representatives meet with parents on the market. His emphasized that the 33 ...... 13/14 100m free 13/14 ...... 34 UNA’s annuities are among the best to be The UNA hosted a brief meeting with had, with interest rates of up to 5.5 percent. 35 .... 15 & over 100m free 15 & over .... 36 some of the parents on Wednesday morning As host for the meeting, Ms. Kozak 37 .. 10 & under 125m fly 10 & under .. 38 during the camp’s second week. Ms. Kozak offered a door prize of an extra day at 39 ...... 11/12 125m fly 11/12 ...... 40 thanked the parents for bringing their chil- Soyuzivka; very appropriately, Mrs. 41 ...... 13/14 150m fly 13/14 ...... 42 dren to Soyuzivka to this special camp. We Sochan won the prize. After the presenta- 43 ... 15 & over 150m fly 15 & over .... 44 explained briefly what is happening with tion Mr. Mitchell, Ms. Kozak and I RELAYS the Soyuzivka Project Renaissance and answered questions on a one-on-one basis. elaborated a little on how the UNA has been Ms. Kozak and I drove back to the 45 .. 10 & under 4 x 25m free 10 & under .. 46 supporting the Ukrainian community in the Home Office with thoughts of how truly 47 ...... 11/12 4 x 25m free 11/12 ...... 48 United States and in Ukraine throughout the impressed we were by these young fami- 49 ...... 13/14 4 x 50m free 13/14 ...... 50 UNA’s history. We also detailed some of the lies, and encouraged. Our community 51 .... 15 & over 4 x 50m medley 15 & over .... 52 current projects sponsored by UNA, like the will not wither away so quickly – from UNA Gift-Giving Project. what we saw, there are people who will Swimmers can compete in three (3) individual and one (1) relay events. Relay teams will Last, but certainly not least, Ms. Kozak take over from the older generation. be established by team coaches or representatives. August 20, 2003, Entry deadline: Entry forms, provided below, must be submitted by to Marika Bokalo, Swim Meet director. There will be no registration at poolside. Registration fee is $5.00 per swimmer. ing signs that his body was rejecting the We believe... cornea transplant. During this time, both (Continued from page 7) Dr. Schanzlin and Dr. Selezinka had relo- Name: (English) intent was for the defective infant to die. cated to San Diego – Dr. Schanzlin to But God had other things in mind for UCSD Shiley Eye Center, and Dr. Slavko. Selezinka to a retirement in which he Name: (Ukrainian) His parents and grandparents fought could devote 100 percent of his time to constantly for custody of Slavko – defy- his humanitarian work in Ukraine. Address ing a cruel system that wanted to destroy Last year, when Slavko’s cornea failed, Dr. Selezinka began the process necessary him. After four months they succeeded 4. Date of birth and Slavko came home to a loving, nur- to once again bring him and his mother to turing and supportive family. America for a second cornea transplant. Two years later, Dr. William Selezinka, Finally they arrived in San Diego and on City Zip an American ophthalmologist who had March 25 Slavko received his second been born in the same region of Ukraine cornea transplant under the skilled hands Telephone Age as Slavko, met the little boy and his moth- of Dr. Schanzlin. The day after his sur- er during his first visit to a free Ukraine in gery, when the eye patch was removed, Male Female 1992. Dr. Selezinka had established a new his first words were, “I see, I see!” Later humanitarian mission in the hopes of reha- that same day, Slavko saw a rainbow. Club/Youth Association bilitating a decimated ophthalmology pro- For a kid who was supposed to just die, gram in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Slavko has done remarkably well. He Event ______Entry time ______The following year Dr. Selezinka reads, writes and speaks four languages brought Slavko, his mother and a (Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and English). Event ______Entry time ______Ukrainian ophthalmologist to St. Louis, He is highly intelligent and can carry on a Mo., to the Anheuser-Busch Eye Institute. conversation at an adult level in any of the Event ______Entry time ______Dr. David Schanzlin agreed to evaluate four languages on subjects ranging from Slavko for a possible cornea transplant in geography to politics, from music to phi- an effort to provide vision to the child. losophy and theology. And, of course, Please send this entry form with $5 entry fee by August 20, 2003. The surgery was performed and on July 3, cars. After all, Slavko is a 13-year-old boy. (checks made out to “Ukrainian Sports Federation”) to: 1993, and Slavko Semchyshyn saw his Slavko Semchyshyn is a miracle. He is Marika Bokalo mother’s face for the first time. The fol- a testament to the goodness of people in 641 Evergreen Pkwy. the free world; he is the embodiment of lowing evening, Slavko saw fireworks Union, NJ 07083 high in the sky over the Mississippi River. the miraculous love of God, and the (908) 851-0617 Eight years later, Slavko began show- undying faith of his family. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 No. 30 No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 19

habits and aims, Mr. Duranty wrote. But most about food and clothing. The commod- on June 24, 1931, dealt mainly with the Duranty’s... among the Soviet Union’s 160 million peo- ity shortage is so acute nowadays that what Soviet effort to put in practice Karl Marx’s (Continued from page 1) ple there was a vast divergence of race, lan- to eat and wear counts more than the fate of theory of eliminating class boundaries to tem as such, but because he has a flair for guage, custom and culture, he noted. nations,” he wrote. By “average Russians” create a socialist society. political management unrivaled since “In organizing the USSR Stalin was he noted that he meant non-Communists. “‘The people who were’ is a literal trans- Charles Murphy [New York City political forced to take cognizance of this anomaly In talking about the Soviet propaganda lation of the phrase ‘byvshi lyudi’ used uni- boss from 1902-1924] died,” he noted. from a Marxist doctrinal standpoint. He met machine, Mr. Duranty explained Stalinist versally to describe them. They were but are The Five-Year Plan is the practical it by a compromise. Every nationality in the control over the press and radio by saying, not – most of them have fled, or perished, expression of Stalinism, Mr. Duranty union was allowed full linguistic autonomy “It may be said without fear of contradiction and those who survive are living dead – stressed. And Stalinism – or the Bolshevik and what might have seemed a dangerously that the Stalinist machine is better organized phantoms of the past in the Soviet present,” party line, according to Mr. Duranty – has lavish degree of cultural and political auton- for the formation and control of public opin- Mr. Duranty wrote in the article “Stalinism the same absolute authority of any emperor. omy,” Mr. Duranty reported. ion in a great country than anything history Smashes Foes in Marx’s Name.” In his June 18 article, “Stalinism Shelves “At first sight such an arrangement might has hitherto known.” “‘The liquidation of the kulak as a class’ World Revolt Idea; To Win Russia First,” seem to foster a spirit of petty nationalist and “It cannot be said, however, that the runs the present slogan, whose meaning in Mr. Duranty called the Five-Year Plan “a racial antagonism and universal disintegra- Kremlin abuses the terrific power of the terms of reality is that 5 million human force of social construction.” tion – that is the exact opposite of what the press, the radio and Communist Party effort. beings, 1 million families of the best and Mr. Duranty chided those who looked at Bolsheviki are trying to achieve.” According Stalin may not be one of the world’s great most energetic farmers are to be dispos- the Five-Year Plan through a very literal to Mr. Duranty, the Bolsheviks were trying men in the sense that Lenin was, but he cer- sessed, dispersed, demolished, to be literally lens. He wrote that “nothing could be more to “merge the fresh, strong currents of minor tainly knows his politics and has been care- melted or ‘liquidated’ into the rising flood of absurd or more wrong” to say that if the nationalism into a mighty river of pan- ful to correct the dangers of unchallenged classless proletarians.” Five-Year Plan fails it will be the end of Sovietism.” authoritative and unified control of public Mr. Duranty went on to say that he was Bolshevism and that if it succeeds it will In The New York Times Magazine arti- opinion by what is known as ‘self-criticism,’ not actually talking about killing, rather he mean the end of capitalism elsewhere. cle, Mr. Duranty’s purposes was to analyze which is not the least interesting feature of meant destroying the individual previously “The Five-Year Plan is nothing more or “the outlook of the average Russian under the Stalinist system,” he wrote. known as a kulak, governor, general, gen- less than applied Stalinism, and its mass of Soviet rule.” The introduction to the March Mr. Duranty made a strong point of say- darme, etc., in order to form a classless soci- bewildering figures is only the thermometer 29, 1931, piece asked: “What does the aver- ing that while Soviet press censors are rea- ety. “But what, you may ask, becomes of to measure the degree of heat engendered by age Russian think?” sonable, the Soviet Foreign Office main- ‘the Former People,’ or the kulaks or engi- the application of the plan, but is not other- Mr. Duranty wrote that “one may venture tained what he called a “scratch-for-yourself neers thus doomed apparently to perish? wise intrinsically important.” to question ... whether they really enjoy mentality” in supplying foreign correspon- Must all of them and their families be physi- So, Mr. Duranty reported, the numbers being herded into collective farms (however dents with information. To highlight, he cally abolished? Of course not – they must are not meant for the world to judge more productive than their wretched little wrote, “Far from the Soviet government be ‘liquidated’ or melted in the hot fire of Russia’s progress or to measure the progress individual holdings, and however more truly pumping propaganda into resident corre- exile and labor into the proletarian mass.” of socialism. “The Five-Year Plan is some- contributing to their ultimate good). ... The spondents the latter generally have to extract “That, reduced to its harsh essentials, is thing for the Russians to measure at, not for ‘average Russian’ is a meek and long-suffer- it drop by drop. ... it becomes positively Stalinism today. It is not lovely, nor, in the the rest of the world to measure Russians by. ing creature, but it cannot be denied that he infuriating to hear people abroad say: ‘of outside world, of good repute, and your cor- This sounds confusing, but it is true, and if is disturbed and distressed by the present course, Moscow correspondents write just respondent has no brief for or against it, nor you cannot understand it you cannot under- violent change of his habits and life-ways.” what the authorities want.’” any purpose save to try to tell the truth,” Mr. stand Russia,” he explained. “The ‘average Russian’ thinks first and The eighth article in the series, published Duranty wrote. Mr. Duranty reported in this first article (June 14), that “the whole purpose of the plan is to get the Russians going – that is, to make a nation of eager, conscious workers out of a nation that was a lump of sodden, driven slaves.” “Outsiders ‘viewing with alarm’ or hoot- ing with disdain as they take and play with Soviet statistics might as well be twiddling their own thumbs for all it really counts. What does count is that Russia is being speeded up and fermented – and disciplined – into jumping and into making an effort and making it all together in tune to the Kremlin’s music,” Mr. Duranty wrote in his article “Red Russia of Today Ruled by Stalinism, Not Communism.” On one of the more controversial topics of Mr. Duranty’s reporting, namely, the forced collectivization of farms, Mr. Duranty said little. Collectivization was “to bring the advantages of mechanized and organized effort to the humblest Tadzsik peasant or Kasak nomad,” he wrote. Examining the Five-Year Plan from an economic standpoint, Mr. Duranty wrote that, for the next decade at least, “agriculture will count most in Russia.” “Here, too, something other than eco- nomics enters at once – the Five-Year Plan in addition to the economic production of agriculture involves the political socializa- tion of peasant holdings, or collective farm- ing as it is called,” Mr. Duranty reported. “Collectivization, or the political end, has been done, and it will depend largely on the weather as to how far the production pro- gram will be accomplished.” Additionally, Mr. Duranty commented on the Soviet military and how it might be used. “As to the true purpose of the Red Army and the whole gigantic scheme of military preparation, your correspondent is prepared to stake his reputation on the fact that at present it is purely defensive, and for all he can see now will be so in the future,” he wrote in the June 25 article. He continued: “Previous dispatches have shown, or tried to show, how ‘self-con- tained’ Stalinism is and how thoroughly it has adopted Voltaire’s advice to ‘cultivate your own garden.’” According to Karl Marx’s vision for a proletarian state, the actual majority of the population would be urban workers speak- ing the same language, making up a homo- geneous majority that had similar needs, 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 No. 30

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