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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVI HE KRAINIANNo. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine MeetingT with leaders UUkrainians win a round Win case against CBS by Roma Hadzewycz sion about the broadcaster’s intent to distort America had filed a personal attack com- of Ukrainian community the news.” plaint and was also an appellant in this pro- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian “The inaccuracy of a broadcast can ceeding. The FCC’s rejection of the person- community has won a significant victory in sometimes be indicative of the broadcast- al attack complaint is being appealed by the set stage for Gore visit its nearly four-year-old battle with CBS er’s intent,” the court pointed out. UCCA. over the controversial “60 Minutes” seg- (For excerpts of the court’s decision, see Mr. Serafyn’s petition was rejected by ment called “The Ugly Face of Freedom.” by Andrew Fedynsky page 3.) the FCC on July 17, 1995, and CBS was The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District assigned the license for WGPR-TV. At the WASHINGTON – The day before of Columbia has found that there are seri- Case goes back to December 1994 same time, the FCC granted CBS the broad- he left for Ukraine in late July, Vice- ous questions about whether CBS inten- cast license in Providence. Eleven days later tionally distorted information in that news Mr. Serafyn, a Ukrainian community President Al Gore and key staff activist from Detroit, had filed a petition Mr. Serafyn filed an appeal in U.S. federal members, including his National report aired on October 23, 1994, and it has court. The Appeals Court for the District of ordered the Federal Communications with the FCC on December 22, 1994, seek- Security Advisor Leon Furth, Carlos ing to have the agency deny CBS a broad- Columbia heard oral arguments in the case Pasqual of the National Security Commission (FCC) to revisit the case. on January 23 of this year. Thus, it now appears that the network’s cast license for WPRG-TV (now WWJ) in Council and Christine Stanek of the the Detroit area. He argued that granting the The FCC’s 1995 decision had stated that White House Office of Public journalistic integrity is on the line – along Mr. Serafyn had “failed to present a sub- with its broadcast licenses. license would not serve the public interest Liaison, met with representatives of because CBS had distorted the news. stantial and material question of fact that the the Ukrainian American community The federal appeals court ruled on grant of the application [for the broadcast August 11 that the FCC “acted arbitrarily He explained that he had acted because to discuss relations between the U.S. “I’ve always been active in my community license for WGPR-TV] before us would be and Ukraine relations. and capriciously” in denying a petition for a inconsistent with the public interest.” The hearing on the issue of whether CBS and felt it was my responsibility to defend The vice-president began with the my good name and the good name of the appeals court, however, found that engaged in news distortion when it broad- “Because the commission [FCC] neither assertion that the issue of Ukraine’s Ukrainian people against the inaccurate and cast the segment, which purported to applied the correct standard, nor provided a independence has been settled once biased CBS report.” uncover rampant anti-Semitism in Ukraine. reasoned explanation in its decision, we and for all, and that there is no going Later, on April 26, 1995, a similar peti- The Federal Communications vacate its order and remand the matter to back to the Soviet empire. The cen- tion was filed by Oleg Nikolyszyn of Rhode Commission made its decision “without the agency for further proceedings.” The tral issue now, he said, is Ukraine’s Island, who attempted to block the assign- economic and political vitality. analyzing more precisely the evidence” pre- court said the FCC had misapplied its stan- sented, the court said as it vacated the ment of a broadcast license to CBS for dard for holding a hearing on Mr. Serafyn’s Mr. Gore outlined examples of cur- WPRI-TV in Providence. The Nikolyszyn rent cooperation in military, economic, FCC’s decision and ordered that federal petition because it required the appellant to agency to review the matter. petition was later combined with Mr. energy and international security “demonstrate” that the CBS had intended to Significantly, the appellants, Alexander Serafyn’s as both were precipitated by the affairs, giving Ukraine high marks for distort the news, rather than applying the J. Serafyn et al, showed that CBS did not same broadcast and sought similar relief. its contributions toward nuclear non- have a policy against news distortion. As The Ukrainian Congress Committee of (Continued on page 3) proliferation. The U.S. considers noted in the appeals court’s decision, Ukraine a strategic partner and is pre- “Serafyn also submitted evidence that ‘60 pared to help, he said, pointing to Minutes’ had no policy against news distor- American aid programs, as well as sup- tion and indeed that management consid- port with international lending institu- ered some distortion acceptable.” Canadian Embassy’s counsellor tions, particularly the World Bank and Proof that the network considered some the International Monetary Fund. degree of distortion admissable consisted of Despite his upbeat tone, the vice- honored for role in relations with Kyiv articles published in the press in which both president expressed concern over the by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj as NATO’s Contact Mission in Kyiv.” long-time “60 Minutes” reporter Mike slow pace of economic reform in Toronto Press Bureau Ambassador Westdal affirmed that Mr. Wallace and the program’s executive pro- Ukraine, indicating it was neither in Waschuk coined the NATO-Ukrainian part- ducer Don Hewitt reflect on deception as a TORONTO — What better way to end America’s nor Ukraine’s interest to nership’s name and that the honoree “con- tool used by “60 Minutes.” The court found a diplomatic posting than by receiving an tributed substantively to the conception and subsidize Communist-era institutions. that the FCC “failed to discuss or even to award from your peers? That’s the story The meeting lasted two hours, with negotiation of the Partnership [initialed in mention this evidence,” and that this “fail- of Toronto-born Roman Waschuk, 36, a Kyiv in May 1997 and signed by President Vice-President Gore in attendance for ure to discuss Serafyn’s allegation relating counselor at the Canadian Embassy in an hour. It was characterized by a Leonid Kuchma and NATO leaders in to CBS’s policy on veracity is therefore Kyiv, one of four members of Canada’s Madrid on July 8, 1997].” lively give-and-take between Mr. troubling.” 4,000-strong diplomatic corps who were Gore and Ukrainian American com- Thus, it appears that Mr. Waschuk was The court also referred in its decision to this year’s recipients of the Foreign instrumental in securing the “No More munity representatives. CBS’s misrepresentation of the views of Service Award, bestowed annually by the Michael Sawkiw, director of the Yaltas agreement” hailed by experts and Rabbi Yaakov Bleich, chief rabbi of Kyiv Professional Association of Foreign statesmen which formally, as a “political Washington Office of the Ukrainian and Ukraine, “when it broadcast his state- Service Officers (PAFSO). Congress Committee of America, rec- legal document” akin to the Helsinki ments without making clear the context in According to the PAFSO citation, Mr. Accords of 1975, did away with the divi- ommended that Mr. Gore bring up the which they were spoken and without Waschuk, received the award “for his out- Famine of 1932-1933 during his visit sion of Europe into spheres of influence. including the qualifications and positive standing performance in helping to bring Ambassador Westdal wrote in his to Ukraine. This topic evoked a great statements that accompanied them”; as well about the [Distinctive] Partnership between deal of interest from the vice-president, nominating statement that “the as to the broadcaster’s misrepresentation to NATO and the [sic] Ukraine and the Partnership makes the Ukrainian people who probed for common elements interview subjects of the segment’s intent, Canada-Ukraine Special Partnership, and between the catastrophe at Chornobyl safer in their tough neighborhood than as “for example, Cardinal [Myroslav Ivan] for his personal and distinctive contribu- they’ve ever been before.” and the Great Famine, suggesting that Lubachivsky [primate of the Ukrainian tions to the advancement and close rela- both had their origins in communism Seconding Mr. Waschuk’s nomination Greek-Catholic Church] charged that the tions between Ukraine and Canada.” was Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko, an expatriate and its callous, totalitarian mindset. producers misled him as to the nature of the Mr. Waschuk’s superior in Kyiv in 1995- Melanne Starinshak Verveer, assis- Canadian currently serving as vice-rector show.” 1998, Ambassador Christopher Westdal, of the Academy of Public Administration in tant to President Bill Clinton and chief It referred also to the mistranslation of nominated Mr. Waschuk in heady terms: “I of staff to the First Lady, attended the the Office of the President of Ukraine. the word “Zhyd” (Jew) as “kike,” noting: nominate him for four years of extraordi- Dr. Krawchenko described the laureate meeting and was introduced by Vice- “when the word chosen by the translator is nary service he has rendered in Kyiv in President Gore as the highest-ranking as “probably the best informed political an inflammatory term such as ‘kike,’ the promoting Canada’s interest in the security officer posted in Ukraine... [with] a very Ukrainian American in the administra- licensee could be expected to assure itself and success of Ukrainian freedom; and for tion. Ms. Verveer mentioned the wide circle of contacts in Ukrainian offi- of the accuracy of the translation; if it does the conception, negotiation and early life of cialdom.” He praised Mr. Waschuk’s (Continued on page 14) not do so, the commission may appropriate- Ukraine’s Distinctive Partnership with ly consider that fact in reaching a conclu- NATO, particularly during Canada’s tenure (Continued on page 14) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 No. 33

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Transition nations active in IMF loans NEWSBRIEFS World bank to consider aid to Ukraine cent of the wage fund. (RFE/RL Newsline) by Robert Lyle large reform program underlying this pro- KYIV – The World Bank will consider Ukraine denies shipping arms to Taliban RFE/RL Newsline posed new loan is the privatization of financing two projects in Ukraine worth state enterprises. The new long-term loan $300 million each as soon as the KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Of the 183 member-states of the IMF, will follow up what was begun under a Ministry spokesman Yurii Yermylko has the countries of the former Soviet Union International Monetary Fund gives final regular stand-by facility of around $502 approval to its $2.2 billion loan to Kyiv, rejected claims by the Afghan ambassa- and its East European allies account for million. When Sofia drew the final dors to the United Nations and Russia that only 14 percent. Yet among the 61 active Reuters reported on August 10. The tranche of that loan in May, the IMF World Bank’s Kyiv mission chief said the Ukrainian mafia is shipping aircraft, programs listed by the fund, more than praised Bulgaria for its “good track tanks and machine guns to the Taliban one-quarter are with the nations in transi- the projects will support Ukraine’s finan- record” of stabilization and reform. cial sector and business development. militia through Pakistan, Ukrainian tion. Romania, whose last one-year stand-by Television reported on August 11. He Last month, new loans worth $11.2 bil- The World Bank suspended its financial loan of around $414 million expired in assistance to Ukraine earlier this year, stressed that the sources of information in lion were approved as part of an IMF-led May with only two of five tranches both statements have not been identified. Russian rescue package. A first drawing following a similar decision by the IMF. drawn, has made no noticeable progress (RFE/RL Newsline) Mr. Yermylko added that the Foreign of $4.8 billion was released immediately, on putting together a new IMF program. Affairs Ministry is trying to obtain official while a $6.4 billion tranche will be avail- Fund officials say they are still waiting for PM threatens to send tax debtors to camp information about the statements through able in September if Russia implements details on how Romania proposes to pro- its Embassy in Moscow and Mission at the the required reforms. ceed with a new loan program. KYIV – In order to force tax debtors to U.N. (RFE/RL Newsline) IMF First Deputy Managing Director A number of other countries continue pay, Ukrainian Prime Minister Valerii Stanley Fischer was in Moscow recently to work through their IMF reform pro- Pustovoitenko has threatened to bring man- Kuchma greeted by CIS leaders to review program implementation, a trip grams and draw their loans: agers and top regional executives to a camp one IMF official privately described as for civil defense training, Ukrainian News KYIV – Leonid Kuchma on August 9 • Bosnia, which received its first stand- welcomed high-ranking officials from the part of Mr. Fischer’s “war against compla- by loan of around $81.8 million at the end reported on August 8. Mr. Pustovoitenko, cency” by Russian officials. Afterward, who is head of Ukraine’s Civil Defense, former Soviet republics who came to his of May, has drawn nearly $33 million so 60th birthday party at his summer residence Mr. Fischer said that “the agreed meas- far. told an August 7 Cabinet of Ministers ses- ures are being implemented” and that if sion that 3,000 tents have been prepared at in Crimea. Azerbaijani President Heidar • Estonia, which received a stand-by Aliev, Georgian President Eduard this continues, the September tranche loan of nearly $22 million last December, Pereiaslav Khmelnytskyi near Kyiv. “We should be available on time as well. will train by manuring gardens,” the agency Shevardnadze, Russia’s Deputy Prime has not drawn any of the money, as Minister Ivan Rybkin, CIS Executive In Kyiv, another IMF team reached planned. But it has used the IMF technical quoted him as saying. Mr. Pustovoitenko’s tentative agreement with Ukrainian offi- threat follows his August 5 attempt to Secretary Boris Berezovskii and former guidance, which is part of the program. Russian Prime Minister Viktor cials on a projected three-year Extended • Latvia, similarly, has not drawn any obtain unpaid taxes from some 2,000 man- agers by locking them up in the Ukraina Chernomyrdin paid their respects in person. Fund Facility loan of $2.2 billion. The of its loan of around $44.5 million, Palace of Culture in Kyiv. The managers Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent a con- head of the IMF delegation, Mohammad approved last October. Like Tallinn, Riga were taking part in an extended Cabinet gratulatory telegram to President Kuchma. Shadman-Valavi, said the new Ukrainian took the loans merely to have IMF experts session, which was being held in the audito- President Shevardnadze termed bilateral loan would go to the fund’s board of provide advice and guidance. rium of the cultural center, that addressed relations with Ukraine “verging on the directors in late August. The long-term In addition to Ukraine, countries in the the problem of tax collection. “Only those ideal,” while President Aliev assured Mr. loan will replace a one-year $585 million region with Extended Fund Facility loans who pay 30 percent of their debts to the Kuchma that Ukraine “is assuredly part of stand-by arrangement that was suspended are: pension fund and 5 percent to the budget” the program” for the export of Azerbaijan’s last spring after the Ukrainian government • Azerbaijan, which has drawn around will be allowed out of the hall, Ukrainian Caspian oil. (RFE/RL Newsline) missed a number of key economic targets. $43.4 million of its $79 million three-year Television quoted Mr. Pustovoitenko as The new program contains a long list of program approved in December 1996; Exhibit, album mark Kuchma’s birthday saying. The managers have paid only 81 reforms that the government must imple- • Croatia, which has drawn about $38.8 million hrv ($40 million U.S.), leaving ment. Thirty-three of those reforms, includ- million from its $477 million loan, KYIV – On the occasion of President Prime Minister Pustovoitenko “dissatis- ing a new reduced-deficit budget, had to be approved in March; Leonid Kuchma’s 60th birthday, a special in place before the loan could be approved. fied,” according to Ukrainian News. The exhibit opened at the Ukrainian Home, a • Kazakstan, which has drawn the total tax and pension fund arrears in The IMF had insisted upon parliamentary entire $417.6 million of its loan, which center for the arts in Kyiv. Titled “Leonid passage of the entire package but accepted Ukraine in July reached 8.9 billion hrv. Kuchma: Man and President,” the exhibit was granted in July 1996; and (RFE/RL Newsline) the assurances of speaker Oleksander • Moldova, whose $182 million loan, featured portraits and reports by photojour- Tkachenko that the Verkhovna Rada will first approved in May 1996, has been sus- Kuchma reduces 1998 budget deficit nalists of the state information agency in stand behind President Leonid Kuchma’s pended since last year due to the govern- an effort to present the wide-ranging activ- decree putting the new budget into effect. ments failure to meet the goals to which it KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma has ity of the president, including his meetings Another IMF team was in Sofia last had agreed. signed a decree reducing the 1998 budget with the workers of Ukraine and with week and reached agreement with An IMF team was in Chisinau in June deficit from 3.3 to 2.5 percent of the gross international leaders. At the exhibit open- Bulgarian officials on a new, three-year and worked out a memorandum on econo- domestic product, Ukrainian Television ing the director of the Mystetstvo publish- extended loan program worth around my policy that, if fully implemented, reported on August 7. The decision meets ing house presented a newly released $800 million. Anne McGuirk, head of the could reopen the loan this fall, perhaps in the International Monetary Fund’s main jubilee album, also titled “Leonid IMF delegation, said the loan would be October. Moldova agreed to revise its requirement for providing Ukraine with a Kuchma: Man and President.” part of overall foreign funding totaling budget, tighten fiscal discipline and speed $2.2 billion loan. Budget spending in 1998 (Respublika) $1.6 billion that should be available to will be reduced by 4.7 billion hrv ($2.2 up privatization as pre-conditions for Miners reschedule protest for September Bulgaria over the next three years. resuming the loan. It had drawn around billion U.S.). With another decree Ms. McGuirk said that a key part of the $50.6 million of the loan before it was President Kuchma has abolished obligato- KYIV – A protest action over unpaid suspended. ry payments to the state-run Chornobyl wages planned by the Trade Union of Coal Robert Lyle is a Washington-based Seven East European or former Soviet Fund, which amounted to 5 percent of the Industry Workers has been postponed until RFE/RL correspondent. nations have loan programs under the wages paid by each enterprise. The presi- September. The union had intended to fund’s Enhanced Structural Adjustment dent also reduced mandatory payments to Facility, a special program of subsidized the Social Security Fund from 4 to 3 per- (Continued on page 15) loans for poorer nations: • Albania, which has drawn only the Ukraine reports first tranche of about $7.9 million from its FOUNDED 1933 $47.6 million loan, approved in May; growth in GDP • Armenia, which has drawn $91 mil- THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY RFE/RL Newsline lion from its $136.6 million three-year An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., loan, approved in February 1996; a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. KYIV – In the first half of 1998, • Azerbaijan, which has drawn $75 mil- Yearly subscription rate: $50; for UNA members — $40. 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Ottawa UCPBA files for access to information FOR THE RECORD: Excerpts on hiring of the OSI’s former director of decision in Serafyn et al v. FCC Below is an excerpt from the decision statement to the press. In the latter he by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj of the Queen’s Privy Council of issued on August 11 by the United States stated, “[M]y office was misled as to the Toronto Press Bureau Canada.” Court of Appeals for the District of actual thrust of the report. Mr. Fager [the Mr. Sorobey said that the access office Columbia Circuit in the case of producer] presented the piece as one TORONTO – On August 5, Ron personnel “have been very forthcoming Sorobey, president of the Ottawa Branch Alexander J. Serafyn et al v. Federal about ‘post-Communist Ukraine.’ ... I can and very helpful” with the Ukrainian Communications Commission. only deduce that the goal of the report was of the Ukrainian Canadian Professional community’s inquiries. He praised and Business Association (UCPBA), told to present all western Ukrainians as rabid Thérèse St. Amant of the Access to In 1994 CBS produced and broadcast anti-Semites.” Many other viewers point- The Ukrainian Weekly of a request filed Information and Privacy Office, saying under the Access to Information Act with a controversial segment of “60 Minutes” ed out historical inaccuracies and offen- that she has been handling the matter in a entitled “The Ugly Face of Freedom,” sive statements or characterizations in the the Department of Justice that had been very professional manner, assisting the filed “to obtain information pertaining to about modern Ukraine. The broadcast show. ... search for documents and providing angered some viewers who believed that ... Alexander Serafyn, an American of the department’s hiring of attorney Neal advice as to which might be helpful. M. Sher of Washington, D.C., U.S.A., to many elements of the program had been Ukrainian ancestry, petitioned the Mr. Sorobey said that, as a result of designed to give the impression that all Commission to deny or to set for hearing the war crimes unit.” such consultations, UCPBA representa- In a May 13 letter to Anne Brennan, Ukrainians harbor a strongly negative the application of CBS to be assigned the tives did not bother to seek copies of doc- attitude toward Jews. For example, inter- licenses of two stations, arguing that the coordinator of the Access to Information uments that were completely blacked and Privacy office of the Department of viewer Morley Safer suggested that “60 Minutes” broadcast showed that CBS out. Ukrainians were “genetically anti- had distorted the news and therefore Justice, Mr. Sorobey requested “all mate- “A fair amount of the documentation rials, memoranda to [Justice Minister Semitic” and “uneducated peasants, failed to serve the public interest. In sup- obtained was correspondence from deeply superstitious.” Also, soundbites port of his petition, Serafyn submitted the Anne McLellan], e-mail, correspon- Ukrainian Canadian organizations dence, briefing notes, etc.” connected from an interview with the Chief Rabbi broadcast itself, outtakes of interviews protesting the hiring,” Mr. Sorobey said, of Lviv, Yaakov Bleich, gave viewers the with Rabbi Bleich, viewer letters, a dic- with the hiring of Mr. Sher. adding that “the government can be pret- The UCPBA official had asked for impression that he believes all Ukrainians tionary supporting his claim about the ty good at covering its tracks.” are anti-Semites who want all Jews to mistranslation of “Zhyd,” historical infor- “documentation clearly showing that Mr. Sorobey also said the Ottawa leave Ukraine. In addition, CBS overlaid mation about the Galicia Division, infor- Neal M. Sher has received a top security branch of the Ukrainian Canadian the sound of marching boots on a film mation showing that CBS had rebuffed clearance to view sensitive Canadian war Congress (UCC) has been supportive of clip of Ukrainian boy scouts walking to the offer of a professor of Ukrainian histo- crimes documents.” the UCPBA’s action on the request, and church and introduced it in such a way as ry to help CBS understand the subject, Mr. Sorobey’s request raised the issue that the UCPBA had based its filing on a to give viewers the impression that they and seven other items of evidence. of allegations of perjury that have been draft prepared by UCC Ottawa official were seeing “a neo-Nazi, Hitler Youth- Serafyn also submitted evidence that leveled at Mr. Sher. The Ottawa-based Modest Cmoc. like movement.” The narrator also stated “60 Minutes” had no policy against news activist requested documentation of the Mr. Cmoc is currently in possession of that the Ukrainian Galicia Division had distortion and indeed that management date Ms. McLellan became aware that the documents obtained as a result of the helped in the round-up and execution of considered some distortion acceptable. Mr. Sher was under investigation for per- Information Act request, but had not Jews from Lviv in 1941, though this For example, according to the Washington jury and showing “Mr. Sher’s disclosure returned calls at press time. Mr. Sorobey Division was not in fact even formed Post, Mike Wallace, a longtime reporter to the Canadian Security Intelligence said the UCPBA is willing to share the until 1943 and therefore could not possi- for “60 Minutes,” told an interviewer: Service of the ongoing investigation of material with anyone in the community bly have participated in the deed. “You don’t like to baldly lie, but I have.” Mr. Sher for perjury by the Justice ready to absorb costs of reproduction. Perhaps most egregiously, when (Colman McCarthy, The TV Whisper, Department in the United States prior to In May, outgoing UCC Ottawa Ukrainian speakers used the term Washington Post, January 7, 1995, at his appointment as consultant to the war Branch President Dr. Walter Shelest had “Zhyd,” which means simply “Jew,” they A21.) Don Hewitt, the executive produc- crimes unit.” balked at filing a request, citing upcom- were translated as having said “kike,” er of “60 Minutes,” is quoted in the same Ms. Brennan replied within a month ing elections to the executive (held on which is a derogatory term. article as saying that some deception is to Mr. Sorobey’s request, on June 8, May 20). At the time, Dr. Shelest told After the broadcast interviewees and permissible because “[i]t’s the small crime informing him that 280 pages of docu- The Weekly that “UCC national should members of the Ukrainian American com- vs. the greater good,” and elsewhere as ments were generated in connection with do this, they have a Committee [on munity deluged CBS with letters. In his saying that “I wouldn’t make Hitler look the hiring, of which 192 pages were Justice and Denaturalization and letter Rabbi Bleich stated “unequivocally” bad on the air if I could get a good story.” “releasable.” The rest were deemed not Deportation], they have [CJDD Chair that his “words were quoted out of the (Richard Jerome, Don Hewitt, People, releasable because they contained per- John] Petryshyn, there’s John context that they were said” and that “the April 24, 1995, at 85, 90.) sonal information, exempted under sec- Gregorovich [chairman of the Ukrainian CBS broadcast was unbalanced” and “did CBS, taking the position that any offi- tion 19(1) of the Access to Information Canadian Civil Liberties Association], I not convey the true state of affairs in cial investigation into its news broadcast- Act; advice or recommendations, section don’t understand why this has to be done Ukraine.” Cardinal Lubachivsky, the ing “offends the protections of a free 21(1)(a): accounts of consultations or from our end.” head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic press,” did not submit any evidence. deliberations, section 21(1)(b): and oth- Mr. Sorobey said that an initial pack- Church, who had also been interviewed, Nonetheless, the Commission denied the ers, which were subject to solicitor-client age of materials had been received from both sent a letter to CBS and released a petition without a hearing. privilege, section 23. Also excluded was the Department of Justice in late June, information protected under section and that another would be sent out in the 69(1) of the act, protecting “confidences near future. Asked for his reaction to this legal victo- Ukrainians win... ry, Mr. Belendiuk said, “This is the best we (Continued from page 1) could get out of the court. The court over- turned the FCC’s decisions and said it was less stringent requirement that he “raise a improper, not based on the evidence or the Ukrainian Canadians protest cartoon substantial and material question of fact.” facts; it said you [the FCC] have to look at “Since the FCC’s decision was vacated, this petition more seriously.” published in The Globe and Mail we’re now back to square one,” said Arthur On a personal note, he said, “I feel TORONTO – Members of the thousands of Canadians, of many ethnic, V. Belendiuk, a communications attorney great. For a communications lawyer, this Ukrainian Canadian community reacted religious and racial origins, who have with Smithwick and Belendiuk, P.C., who is a home run. The odds of winning with dismay to a cartoon published on raised legitimate and serious concerns represented Mr. Serafyn. against the FCC are not very good. This July 23 on page A7 of the national edition about the government’s use of denatural- “They [CBS] have never lost a case like was a real rarity.” of The Globe and Mail. The cartoon, ization and deportation as a means for this – image is everything to them – so it’s “It happened because we had such a depicting a hand decorated with a swasti- removing alleged war criminals from got to sting,” said Mr. Belendiuk. compelling set of facts,” he added. ka and raised in a Nazi salute is cap- Canada.” Furthermore, “the appeals court had some Mr. Belendiuk noted that as of last week tioned: “All those opposed to increased “For over a decade we have main- pretty harsh words for the FCC, they said CBS was standing by its story, saying the funding for war-criminal deportation, tained that any alleged war criminal their reasoning was muddled, that they did report was fair and accurate. “They are please raise their hand ...” found in Canada should be brought to not take the steps required in handling this standing by every single lie, they are refus- Speaking on behalf of the Ukrainian justice here, in a Canadian criminal court, petition.” ing to back off,” he stated. Canadian Civil Liberties Association, a where the rules of evidence are strict. In addition, a key point of the ruling, The FCC now has three options, accord- non-profit, educational group, its chair- Being quite unable to prove that there are according to Mr. Belendiuk, is that the ing to Mr. Belendiuk: rework its decision, man, John B. Gregorovich, said: “This indeed any Nazi war criminals in Canada, grants of broadcast licenses to CBS are now call for more evidence, or call a full-scale cartoon defames the many hundreds of the government has instead opted for the under question. hearing on the matter. expedient and less rigorous procedures What the Ukrainian community got out Mr. Belendiuk concluded: “It’s not easy involved in an immigration hearing,” he of the case was “a full voicing of our con- to get a decision of this type. This is the first added. cerns that this report [‘The Ugly Face of time that CBS has lost a case like this; this Correction “To characterize those who object to Freedom’] looks like distortion.” is the first news distortion case ever over- In The Weekly’s story of August 9, these kinds of proceedings, as the nation- “The FCC now has to look at every piece turned on appeal – a milestone case.” “Reports on the trafficking of women in al newspaper’s cartoonist has done, is of evidence and decide whether there has Clearly, CBS’s journalistic integrity is at Europe,” the name of the organizer of the outrageous, indefensible and, in our view, was distortion. If there is a series of factual stake. “The court’s decision has put it out conference at Hunter College was incor- a species of hate-mongering and group errors, more and more it looks intentional, for all to see: CBS seems to find some level rectly given as Hanya Brill. It should defamation that should be dealt with very and at some point the court will say this is of distortion acceptable,” Mr. Belendiuk have been listed as Hanya Krill. sternly,” concluded Mr. Gregorovich. evidence of intent,” he explained. underlined. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 No. 33

International conference in Israel examines fate of Jews in 17th century Ukraine EDMONTON — An international con- ground and framework,” said Dr. Sysyn. ference titled “Gezeroit Tah-Tat/Eastern All five Jewish universities in Israel coop- European Jewry in 1648-1649: Context erated to make this an international confer- and Consequences” was held on May 18- ence, and to make this the single major 20 at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, academic event marking 350 years since Israel. Sponsored by the Historical Society the Khmelnytsky uprising and Jewish mas- of Israel and all five Jewish universities in sacre, he added. Israel, the conference examined the fate of “In turn,” continued Dr. Sysyn, “ the the Jews in Ukraine in 1648-1649 in terms conference was extremely beneficial for of the context of the period, historical me and other scholars of Ukraine who sources, the events and their aftermath, and learned a great deal about Jewish life and contemporary and modern evaluations thought, since much of the original writing Speakers at the academic conference about this period is in Hebrew or Yiddish.” included 13 scholars from Israel, three According to Dr. Zenon Kohut, director from Canada, two from the United States, of the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian two from Ukraine, one from Belarus and Studies, who presented the concluding one from Poland. paper at the conference on the topic “The According to Dr. Frank E. Sysyn, direc- Khmelnytsky Uprising, the Image of Jews, tor of the Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian and the Shaping of Ukrainian Historical Historical Research at the Canadian Memory,” one of the elements that posi- Institute of Ukrainian Studies and a spe- tively influenced the success of the confer- At a conference on Eastern European Jewry (from left) are: Prof. Moshe Kaveh cialist in 17th century Ukrainian history, ence was the ongoing relationship that has of Bar-Ilan University, Dr. Zenon Kohut of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian who opened the conference with a paper developed over the years between schol- Studies and Prof. Moshe Rosman, organizer and host of the conference. analyzing the Khmelnytsky uprising, the ars. conference was held at a “very high aca- Dr. Rosman, organizer of the confer- vated over decades due to the stability Other conference participants included demic level.” ence, for example, worked with the offered by academic institutions and long- Dr. Serhii Plokhy, director of the Church “Above all, it was clear that the scholars Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute as term programs.” Studies Program at CIUS, who gave a wanted to concentrate on the subject in all one of the co-publishers of his monograph, The consensus of the discussion, noted paper titled “Legitimizing Revolt: The ways, including understanding Ukrainian “The Lord’s Jews.” Furthermore, many of Dr. Sysyn, was that the numbers of Jewish Jewish Factor in the Ideology of the perspectives on the Khmelnytsky revolt, its the scholars in the field of Hebrew and deaths that have been cited in much of the Khmelnytsky Uprising.” Scholars from significance for Ukrainian history and Jewish studies in Israel were trained at popular literature were greatly exaggerat- Ukraine included Oleksij Tolotchko of the Ukrainian development,” he said. North American universities. ed. “There were some very important Institute of the History of Ukraine, Kyiv, Dr. Sysyn was approached by confer- And even though the academic confer- additions to discussions on a number of who spoke on “The Ukrainian Image of ence organizer, Prof. Moshe Rosman of ence focused on events in the 17th century topics, such as the infamous controversy of the Jews on the Eve of the Khmelnytsky Bar-Ilan University, to help identify schol- in Ukraine from all perspectives, as a side Jews controlling access to the Orthodox Uprising,” while Dr. Natalia Jakovenko of ars of Ukrainian history to participate in effect the information provided did Churches by the holding of the keys. the East European Research Institute, this conference. “Most of the Israeli schol- improve Ukrainian-Jewish relations, he Jewish scholars brought forth extremely Kyiv, gave a paper titled “Contemporary ars are specialists in Jewish studies and, added. “A relationship of professionalism interesting evidence on the manner of Reports on the Events: The Problem of because they aren’t specialists in Eastern and trust has developed over the years,” attacks on Jews and on their communities, Verification.” European or Ukrainian history, they were continued Dr. Kohut, “one of the benefits and Jewish psychological reaction to these looking for specialists to provide this back- of ongoing relationships that can be culti- events,” he added. (Continued on page 15) Hrushevsky’s history presented as a gift to the people of Ukraine

OTTAWA – On May 29, Volume 1 of Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the Peter Jacyk, founding benefactor of the Ambassador Furkalo. The ambassador the English translation of Mykhailo University of Ottawa joined with the Peter center, and Nadia Jacyk, director of the made remarks on the significance of the Hrushevsky, “History of Ukraine-Rus’ ” Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation, reaf- English translation of this fundamental was presented by David Kilgour, secretary Research at the Canadian Institute of firmed their commitment to the work of work of Hrushevsky, who served as of state for Latin American and African Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), University of the center and the Hrushevsky Translation Ukraine’s first president at the time of the affairs, to Volodymyr Furkalo, ambassador Alberta to organize the event. Project. Dr. Lew Stelmach spoke in the renewal of Ukrainian statehood. The offi- of Ukraine, as a gift of the people of Approximately 150 scholars, diplomats, name of his parents, Petro and Ivanna cial proceedings were closed by Dr. Canada to the people of Ukraine. The government officials and members of the Stelmach, sponsors of Volume 1. Sysyn, who thanked the Ottawa Chair of event, which constituted the Ottawa launch Ukrainian community attended the event. After the reading of messages from Ukrainian Studies, especially Irena Bell, of the Hrushevsky translation series, was Dr. Theofil Kis, Chair of Ukrainian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and Sen. for organizing the evening. held at the Parliament Buildings in the Studies at Ottawa, and Dr. Zenon Kohut, Andreychuk, Mr. Kilgour delivered an On May 31, a special panel was held at nation’s capital during this year’s Congress director of CIUS, opened the proceedings. address placing the project in the context the annual conference of the Canadian of the Social Sciences and Humanities. Dr. Frank Sysyn, director of the Jacyk of Ukrainian Canadian history and Association of Slavists to mark the 100th The launch was co-sponsored by Sen. Center, thanked the translators, staff, and Canadian-Ukrainian relations. He then pre- anniversary of the publication of the first Raynell Andreychuk and Mr. Kilgour. The donors who made the project a success. sented a copy of the volume to volume of Hrushevsky’s history. The panel was chaired by Prof. Irena Makaryk of the University of Ottawa, and featured presen- tations by Dr. Kohut on “The Birth of Ukrainian Historiography,” Dr. Sysyn on “Mykhailo Hrushevsky and His ‘History of Ukraine-Rus’ ” and Dr. Serhii Plokhy on “Revisiting the Golden Age: Mykhailo Hrushevsky and the History of the Ukrainian Kozaks.” The Ottawa launch follows launches in Edmonton, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Regina, Cleveland, Saskatoon, Seattle, Vancouver and Munich. A 60- page illustrated booklet, “The Hrushevsky Translation Project,” con- tains remarks delivered at some of the launches by the translator of Volume 1, Marta Skorupsky, and by Profs. Thomas S. Noonan, Paul Hollingsworth and Ihor Sevcenko. It may be obtained free of charge by writing to: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 352 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E8. Volume 7 of “The History of Ukraine- Rus’,” sponsored by Olga Pawluk of At a presentation of Hrushevsky’s “History of Ukraine-Rus’ ,” (from left) are: Dr. Frank Sysyn, Canada’s Secretary of Etobicoke in memory of her husband, State for Latin American and African Affairs David Kilgour, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Canada Volodymyr Furkalo, Nadia Stephen, will be submitted for publication Jacyk and Peter Jacyk. to CIUS Press in September. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Five secretaries are tops in organizing for the first half of 1998

During the first half of 1998, five Seven members each: Pete Kohut, Branch 458; Gloria Tolopka, Branch 267; Branch 345; Marguerite Hentosh, Branch UNA branch secretaries distinguished Branch 56; Eugene Gulych, Branch 12. Peter Serba, Branch 173; Bohdan 305; Peter Hawryluk, Branch 360; Olena themselves in enrolling new members Six members each: Longin Staruch, Odezynskyj, Branch 216; Eli Matiash, Goy, Branch 194; Teodor Duda, Branch into the Ukrainian National Association. Branch 371; John Pryhoda, Branch 200; Branch 120; Iouri Lazirko, Branch 134; 163, Alexandra Dolnycky, Branch 434; They are: Miron Pilipiak, Branch 496; Stephen Myron Kramarczuk, Branch 385; Julian Wolodymyr Bilyk, Branch 170; Mary • First place: Advisor Stephanie Kolodrub, Branch 137; Nick Diakiwsky, Kotlar, Branch 42; Joyce Kotch, Branch Bergman, Branch 368; and Janet Bardell, Hawryluk, Branch 88, and Lubov Branch 161; and Joseph Chabon, Branch 39; Stefan Hawrysz, Branch 83; Dmytro Branch 241. Streletsky, Branch 10, who enrolled 12 242. Galonzka, Branch 307; Julia Cresina, In addition, there were 47 secretaries new members each, respectively for Five members each: Myron Kuzio, Branch 282; Peter Bylen, Branch 17; and organizers who each signed up one $73,000 and $72,000 of insurance cover- Branch 277; Gloria Horbaty, Branch 414; Mary Bolosky, Branch 282; and Genet member during the report period. age. Joseph Hawryluk, Branch 360; and Julie Boland, Branch 409. In the period of January through June, • Second place: Advisor Eugene Guglik, Branch 259. Two members each: Ostap Zynjuk, the UNA gained 378 members insured Oscislawski, Branch 234, and Dana Four members each: George Yurkiw, Branch 15; Yaroslav Zaviysky, Branch for a total of $5,741,578. (Of that total, Jasinsky, Branch 287, who enrolled nine Branch 130; Michael Turko, Branch 63; 155; Michael Zacharko, Branch 349; the UNA’s professional sales staff in the members each, respectively for $257,142 Helen Tatarsky, Branch 94; Mary Wolodymyr Zacerkowny, Branch 439; United States and Canada enrolled 72 and $39,000 of insurance coverage. Sweryda, Branch 316; Paul Shewchuk, Dimitri Stec, Branch 59; Adolph Slovik, new members insured for $3,133,436.) • Third place: Christine Gerbehy, Branch 13; William Pastuszek, Branch Branch 7; Irene Pryjma, Branch 292; The Home Office reminded branch Branch 269, who enrolled eight new 231; Tekla Moroz, Branch 465; Vira Katherine Prowe, Branch 26; Mychajlo secretaries that enrolling new members is members insured for $61,000. Krywyj, Branch 174; Walter Krywulych, Martynenko, Branch 245; Oksana one of the most important functions of The names of other organizers who Branch 266; George Hawryshkiw, Lopatynsky, Branch 194; Olga Liteplo, branch officers and that the growth of a enrolled members into the UNA during Branch 283; Leon Hardink, Branch 206; Branch 361; Alexandra Lawrin, Branch branch ensures the growth of the UNA as the period of January through June fol- and Barbara Boyd, Branch 381. 175; Iwan Kujdych, Branch 331; Oksana a whole and is the foundation of its low. Three members each: Petro Tymkiv, Koziak, Branch 47; Michael Karkoc, future.

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The retary of UNA Branch 88, who surprised and Dismemberment coverage! children sang songs about numbers, campers with congratulations and gifts of foods and colors, and danced to pysanky and postcards of the camp mas- Ukrainian music. cot, Soyuzivka’s collie-in-residence, * UNA Heritage Membership Plan is also available in Canada This year was one of many firsts. The Chemney. campers had a carnival afternoon with She also expressed thanks to coun- games designed by the children and selors-in-training Christina Oleksiuk and (800) 253-9862 prizes for all. The day camp also organ- Kim and Lauren Magnowski, who took extension 3079 ized its first field trip: an eight-car cara- time out from the boys’ and girls’ camp to van took campers, counselors and parents help out with the preschoolers’ program. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 No. 33 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY is announced for the year 2000 The ugly... Below is a statement provided by James clips that can jam the mail processing Rubin, spokesman for the U.S. Department equipment.) The applicant must also sign There was some good news this week for the Ukrainian community as we of State, about the Diversity Immigrant the entry using his or her normal signa- won a round in our protracted battle with CBS over “The Ugly Face of Visa Program (DV-2000). ture, regardless of whether the entry is Freedom,” a report that depicted Ukrainians as “genetically anti-Semitic.” The Section 203(c) of the Immigration Act prepared and submitted by the applicant or U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has found that there are seri- of 1990 makes available 55,000 perma- someone else. (Only the principal appli- ous questions about whether CBS intentionally distorted information in that nent (immigrant) resident visas each year cant, not the spouse and children, needs to news segment on “60 Minutes,” and it has ordered the Federal Communications by random selection through a diversity submit a signature and photograph.) This Commission to review the matter. visa lottery (DV-2000). (The Nicaraguan information must be sent by regular mail In its inimitable way, the New York Post headlined its August 12 news story and Central American Relief Act passed or air mail to one of six postal addresses in about the case “ ‘60 Minutes’: looks ugly.” Yes, quite true. It is now CBS’s high- by Congress in November 1997 stipulates Portsmouth, N.H. Applicants must use the ly rated newsmagazine that looks ugly; the tables have been turned. As a result of that 5,000 of the 55,000 annually allocat- correct postal zip code designated for their the ruling the network’s journalistic integrity is on the line – along with its broad- ed diversity visas will be made available native region (see addresses below). cast licenses. for use under the NCARA program.) The Entries must be mailed in a standard letter But we must not get carried away by some momentary good news. There is a DV-2000 registration mail-in period will or business-size envelope with the appli- long haul ahead. be held from noon on Thursday, October cant’s native country, full name and com- In the wake of the court’s ruling, the FCC appears to have three options: 1, 1998, through noon on Saturday, plete mailing address typed or clearly rework its decision, call for more evidence, or hold a full-scale hearing on the October 31, 1998. printed in English in the upper left-hand matter. The best-case scenario for Ukrainians is the third. Whether that happens, corner of the envelope. Postcards are not frankly, depends to a large degree on our community. Will we be able to muster How are the visas being appor- acceptable. the outrage that followed the original broadcast on October 23, 1994, and use it tioned? Only one entry for each applicant may to our advantage? Will we support continued efforts to right this wrong? Will we be submitted during the registration peri- apply the pressure needed to have the FCC call a hearing? The visas will be apportioned among od. Entries sent by express or priority After all, the FCC is a political creature and, as such, responds to political six geographic regions. A greater number mail, fax, hand, messenger, or any means pressure. We must demand a hearing before the FCC; we must let our senators of visas will go to those regions that have requiring receipts or special handling will and representatives know what we are demanding from that federal agency and lower immigration rates. There is a limit not be processed. Duplicate or multiple we must seek our legislators’ support and, in turn, their pressure on the FCC to of 3,500 visas to natives of any one for- entries will disqualify individuals from give this case its most serious attention. You can bet your life that CBS will be eign state. registration for this program. Entries out there lobbying – and their representative is the No. 1 lobbyist at the FCC, Information about the visa allotments received before or after the specified reg- according to those in the know. Are we ready and able to counter-lobby? for each region is unavailable at the pres- istration dates regardless of when they are As attorney Arthur V. Belendiuk told the Weekly in January 1995, after the ent time. postmarked and entries sent to an address original petition regarding CBS was filed with the FCC, “You can’t just make other than one of those indicated below Who is not eligible? stuff up out of whole cloth, broadcast it and then, when people point that out to are void. All qualified mail received dur- you, say: well, we don’t care; we’re going to stand by our story. ...When you do ing the registration period will be individ- that, I think you’re playing fast and loose with your right to be a licensee.” Those Persons born in “high admission” coun- ually numbered and entries will be select- words are still true today. Thus, our approach must be to continue to seek the tries are, in most instances, not eligible for ed at random by computer regardless of truth and to continue to insist that the public deserves the truth from CBS. the program. “High admission” countries time of receipt during the mail-in period. This week Ukrainians were handed an opportunity to pursue our grievance are defined as those from which the against CBS and presented a challenge. It is up to us: will we have the time, the United States has received more than Where should entries be sent? energy and the funds? If we do nothing, we will get nothing, other than a polite 50,000 immigrants during the last five decision from the FCC saying, well, we looked into the matter, but ... years in the immediate relative, family The mailing address for all entries is and employment preference categories. the same, except for the zip code. Each year, the Immigration and That address is: DV-2000 Program, Naturalization Service adds the family and National Visa Center, Portsmouth, NH August employment immigrant admission figures zip code (see below) U.S.A. for the previous five years, to identify the The zip codes are as follows: Asia: TurningTurning the pagespages back... back... countries that must be excluded from the 00210; South America/Central annual diversity lottery. Since there is a America/Caribbean: 00211; Europe: 16 separate determination made prior to each 00212; Africa: 00213; Oceania: 00214; lottery entry period, the list of countries and North America: 00215. 1945 In 1919 an axis known as the Curzon line (after George that do not qualify is subject to change Nathaniel Curzon, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary) was each year. Why are you holding the registration proposed at Versailles by the Allied Powers to divide Poland For the year 2000 “high admission” for the DV lottery in October? countries are: China (mainland and from a then nascent Western Ukrainian National Republic (ZUNR) to settle the question The National Visa Center typically Taiwan), India, the Philippines, Vietnam, of eastern Galicia. However, the Allied Powers buckled under Polish and Soviet pres- receives between 6 million and 7 million South Korea, Poland, United Kingdom sure, ZUNR ceased to exist, and Marshal Jozef Pilsudski’s military expansion of qualified entries during the registration and dependent territories, Canada, Poland’s eastern border brought much of eastern Galicia under Polish control. mail-in period. The massive amount of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, El Salvador, Although Poles subjected Ukrainians in Galicia to a pacification campaign, in direct entries creates an enormous amount of Colombia, and the Dominican Republic. violation of the Treaty of Versailles, nevertheless Ukrainians in the territory were spared work in processing and selecting success- Persons born in Hong Kong SAR and Stalinist depredations for about 18 years, until the Curzon line was revived in the secret ful registrants. Holding the registration Northern Ireland are eligible to apply for Nazi-Soviet partition of Poland in 1939. period in the fall ensures successful regis- the DV-2000 lottery. As World War II drew to a close Stalin and his henchmen, with the active connivance trants are notified in a timely manner. This of Winston Churchill, first marginalized the Polish government-in-exile in London and What are the requirements? gives both them and our Embassies and then pressed their case with the Lublin Committee, an administration consisting mostly Consulates overseas a full fiscal year in of Moscow-trained Polish Communist cadres, with a Polish nationalist-convert-turned- An entrant must be a native of a quali- which to process the necessary immigrant “realist” from the exile group, Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, to “legitimize” them. fying country, He or she must also have visas. At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945 the Soviets managed to deflect American either a high school education or its equiv- concerns about the satellization of Poland by promising to respect democratic elections alent, or within the past five years have Is it necessary to use an outside that would be held forthwith. What should have tipped the Soviets’ hand was a sugges- two years of work experience in an occu- attorney or consultant? tion that they would arrange for Polish post-war reparations out of their share (which pation that requires at least two years of The decision to hire an attorney or con- ensured the country’s dependence). training or experience. In July 1945 the new Polish Provisional Government signed a trade pact and an agree- sultant is entirely up to the applicant. There is no initial application fee or Procedures for entering the diversity visa ment on citizenship and repatriation with Stalin’s administration. special application form to enter. The Then, on August 16, 1945, Edward Osobka Morawski, the provisional prime minister lottery can be completed without assis- entry must be typed or clearly printed in tance following simple instructions. of Poland, traveled to Moscow, to sign the treaty establishing the Curzon line (with some English on a sheet of plain paper and must deviations in favor of the Poles) as the Soviet-Polish frontier. The Soviet official who However, if applicants prefer to use out- include the applicant’s full name; date and side assistance, that is their choice. There affixed his signature to the document was a man quite familiar with that demarcation — place of birth for both the applicant and Viacheslav Molotov, the author of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. are many legitimate attorneys and immi- for the spouse or any minor children who gration consultants assisting applicants for Thus it was that the Sian (including Peremyshl), Kholm and Lemko regions were might also wish to immigrate; the appli- ceded to Poland, while much of eastern Galicia and all of Volhynia were claimed for the reasonable fees, or in some cases for free. cant’s mailing address and, if possible, a Unfortunately, there are other persons who Ukrainian SSR. telephone number; the applicant’s native A massive population transfer, involving Poles living in Ukraine and Ukrainians living are charging exorbitant rates and making country if it differs from the country of unrealistic claims. The selection of win- in Poland, under way since the fall of 1944, intensified. A forcible eviction of Germans liv- birth; a recent (preferably less than six ing in the newly Polish territories was put in motion. By 1947, Mikolajczyk was ousted ners is made at random and no outside months old) photograph (1 1/2 inches by 1 service can improve an applicant’s from any position of influence and except for some minor adjustments made in 1951, the 1/2 inches) of the principal applicant with border between Poland and Ukraine stands as it was determined by Stalin and his puppets. changes of being chosen or guarantee an the applicant’s name printed across the entry will win. Any service that claims it Sources: Jakub Karpinski, “Poland Since 1944: A Portrait of Years” (Boulder, Colo.: Westview back of the photograph. (The photograph can improve an applicant’s odds would be Press, 1995); Adam Ulam, “Expansion and Coexistence” (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1968); should be taped to the application with “Galicia,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 2 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988). clear tape, not attached by staples or paper (Continued on page 7) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CCAANNADAADA CCOOURIERURIER west. Soviet authorities also had total control over the educational curriculum by Christopher Guly Stories about UOC: of schools in Ukraine. As a result, a service to readers Ukrainians living in Ukraine were taught Dear Editor: the “Soviet truth” about this crime: “There was no famine; there was no Thank you, thank you, editors of The genocide.” Ukrainian Weekly. In recent years the horrors of this Ukraine’s culture minister comes calling The July 19 issue of The Ukrainian Ukrainian tragedy have been amply doc- On Canada Day, July 1, Dmytro from the United States. Weekly with three very informative arti- umented in the West; most notably by the Ostapenko played tourist in Ottawa with his Indeed, the ministers who gathered at cles on the plight of the faithful of the Congressional Commission on the fellow culture ministers from 20 countries the first International Meeting on Cultural Ukrainian Orthodox Church-U.S.A. was Ukraine Famine, “Investigation of the at the invitation of their Canadian counter- Policy hosted by Ms. Copps in Ottawa, exactly what was needed. The debate Ukraine Famine, 1932-1933” Report to part, Heritage Minister Sheila Copps. agreed to further discuss the idea of creat- that has been going on in the “Letters to Congress, U.S. Government Printing Mr. Ostapenko, Ukraine’s minister of ing a new international television service the Editors” section was informative, but Office, Washington, 1988; by historian culture and arts since 1995 and former which could go head-to-head against not enough to educate interested readers. Robert Conquest, “Harvest of Sorrow,” director-general of the Kyiv Philharmonic CNN. Furthermore, the UOC-U.S.A. hierar- Oxford University Press, 1986; and by Orchestra, now would like Canadians to Other items on the table for future meet- chs have refused to publish a definitive numerous eyewitnesses, including Miron play tourist in his country. There’s much to ings include: reply to the mountain of questions that Dolot, “Execution by Hunger,” Norton choose from: operas, ballets and philhar- • a World Bank lending program for have been raised since signing the agree- and Co., New York, 1985. Since the fall monic orchestras in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa and culture and development; ment in Istanbul with Patriarch of the Soviet empire, these books have Kharkiv. • a cultural plan being developed by the Bartholomew, giving up the independ- become available in Ukraine. So, it’s not so much a case of building Organization of American States; ence of UOC-U.S.A., severing ties with Nevertheless, seven years after inde- the attractions with the result that the peo- • a world meeting on culture and vio- the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches pendence, many (perhaps most) citizens ple will come; Ukraine needs to promote lence to be held in Canada; and (Autocephalous and Kyiv Patriarchate) of Ukraine still consider discussion of the attractions it already has. • a project to build a global network of in Ukraine and becoming a diocese of this subject a “provocation.” This act of “It requires an exposé that this exists cultural Internet sites, spearheaded by the the Ecumenical Patriarchate. genocide was among the most heinous and for the Canadian public to get interest- Canadian Broadcasting Corp. I am sure there has been tremendous crimes committed by any government of ed,” said Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, who in The group also agreed to establish a pressure on the editors of The Ukrainian this, or any, century. We cannot allow May was elected president of the Ottawa “contact group” involving representatives Weekly regarding this issue. I am happy this historical fact to be forgotten, branch of the Ukrainian Canadian from Canada, Sweden, Mexico and Greece to see that freedom of the press is alive despite any discomfort our “remem- Congress. “What we’re interested in is get- – the latter two countries will host subse- and well within the Ukrainian diaspora. brance” may cause the heirs of the perpe- ting the word out that Ukraine is a thriving quent cultural ministers’ meetings. trators of this crime. Ukrainians in the country. Its arts are thriving and it has a lot For his part, Mr. Ostapenko met with Victor Babanskyj West have a special responsibility. We to offer a tourist, especially someone seek- Ms. Copps and Foreign Affairs Minister Watchung, N.J. were not subjected to “Soviet educa- ing a new cultural geographic venue.” Lloyd Axworthy to discuss the establish- tion.” And, Ukraine’s tourism potential ment of a bilateral cultural agreement On the 50th anniversary of this event, extends beyond its arts scene, said Ms. between Canada and Ukraine, which Patriarch could have Patriarch Mstyslav of the Ukrainian Bashuk Hepburn, who owns a bilateral Prime Minister Jean Chrétien is to sign Orthodox Church proclaimed that the business development company called U- when he visits Ukraine in January. Saturday before “Zeleni Sviata” (approxi- CAN: Ukraine Canada Relations Inc. The Ukrainian culture minister also mapped out future mately 60 days after Easter) be the nation- Dear Editor: “The Ukrainians discovered horseback called on the Ukrainian Canadian al day of mourning for those who died in riding. Europe didn’t know that horses Congress to support his country’s educa- Those of us agonizing over the loss of the famine. That year many Ukrainians in could be mounted before the Kozaks tional system by sending textbooks and the our Church (some say it was “hijacked’’) the West participated in church-sponsored brought that into Europe and they have like. In turn, the UCC asked Mr. should remember that the late Patriarch ceremonies. Since then, it seems that phenomenal horse shows that would com- Ostapenko to send Ukrainian artifacts to Mstyslav could have prevented it. many of us have forgotten. This year the plement the Mounties’ horse rides very Canada that would be housed in the pro- He had the time and power to leave Ukrainian Canadian Congress commemo- nicely,” she observed. posed genocide museum in Ottawa. the Church in the hands of people for rated the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine at But, as Mr. Ostapenko told some 90 Given Ukraine’s independence, groups whom Ukraine and the resurrection of its annual convention. This commemora- members of the community assembled at like the UCC have access “to the roots of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine mat- tion included religious services conducted the Ukrainian Catholic national shrine Ukrainian culture,” Ms. Bashuk Hepburn tered. As it is, he left the Church in the by Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian here on July 2, Ukraine, like Canada, has said. “Before we did it by remembering hands of those who ‘“no longer find the Catholic priests. I suggest that starting a bugbear to overcome in promoting its what we brought over. Now we have dedication to Ukraine and its customs so next year every Ukrainian community culture. In Ukraine, it’s Russia’s domina- access to the source and the riches of that compelling” (Dr. Frank Sysyn, The throughout the world, including all tion of the entertainment industry. In culture, which we didn’t have access to Weekly, July 19) who forsook Ukraine Ukrainian churches, schools, cultural and Canada, it’s a similar influence coming under the Soviet Union.” for the privilege of picnicking together political organizations, dedicate an entire with their “canonical” neighborhood month every year to the remembrance of parishes; who now adorn the Consistory this event. lottery does not automatically guarantee with a huge portrait of a hierarch hostile I hope that this letter will stimulate some Diversity Immigrant... being issued a visa because the number of to the Church in Ukraine, Patriarch long overdue dialogue on this subject. (Continued from page 6) applicants selected is greater than the number of immigrant visas available. Bartholomew, and who may not be able Orest Diachok promising something it cannot deliver. to tolerate much longer the monument to Persons who think they have been Those selected will therefore need to act Oakton, Va. Metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivskyj – the cheated by a U.S. company or consultant quickly on their immigrant visa applica- greatest “schismatic” of them all – so in connection with the Diversity tions. Once the total 50,000 visas have prominently situated on the grounds of Immigrant Visa Program lottery may wish been issued, the DV program for fiscal Bound Brook. Reaction to reaction to contact their local consumer affairs year 2000 will end. In any event, all DV- Yes, Patriarch Mstyslav could have office or the National Fraud Information 2000 visas must, by law, be issued by mapped out a different future for his to Myron Kuropas Center at 1-800-876-7060 from 9 a.m. to September 30, 2000. Church; he must have thought of himself Dear Editor: 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time), Monday through Where can one receive instructions as immortal. Friday or (202) 835-0159; Internet to enter the lottery? I find it amusing that the response by address: http://www.fraud.org. (These Petro Matula Prof. Roman Szporluk and James Ivan numbers are only to report fraud and not to Interested persons may call (202) 331- Potomac, Md. Clem to the column “The Grunts Carry obtain information about application pro- 7199, which describes various means to Us” served to confirm Myron Kuropas’ cedures for the DV lottery.) The U.S. access further details on entering the DV- observation concerning the Harvard Department of State has no authority to 2000 program. Information is available 24 Ukrainian Research Institute: one cannot investigate complaints against businesses. hours a day in the U.S. by calling the We should mark help but sense that in their lengthy eluci- How will winners be notified? Department of State’s Visa Lottery dation they simply continued to repeat Information Center at 1 (900) 884-8840 at famine’s anniversary that the emperor Dear Editor: ’s clothes are made of Only successful registrants will be noti- a flat rate of $5.10 per call. Callers will golden thread. fied by mail at the address listed on their first hear some basic information about Let us commemorate the genocide of Peter Bylen entry. The notifications will be sent to the the lottery and then will be requested to Ukrainians by famine. It is important for Westchester, Ill. winners between April and July 1999, provide their name and address so that Ukrainians to commemorate this tragic along with instructions on how to apply for printed instructions can be mailed to them. event in our history. In 1932 the masters an immigrant visa, including a requirement Applicants overseas may also contact the of the Soviet empire created this famine The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes let- for a special $75 DV case-processing fee nearest U.S. embassy or consulate for to break the will and the spirit of the ters to the editor. Letters should be typed payable at the time of interview by only instructions on the DV lottery. DV infor- Ukrainian people. As a result, about 7 (double-spaced) and signed; they must be those individuals whose applications are mation is also available on the Internet million Ukrainians died. Soviet authori- originals, not photocopies. selected and processed for DV-2000 visas. and via the Consular Affairs (CA) autofax ties had such total control over their The daytime phone number and Applicants must meet all eligibility require- number. The CA webpage address is empire that they successfully prevented address of the letter-writer must be given ments under U.S. law to be issued a visa. http://travel.state.gov. The autofax number news of this event from reaching the for verification purposes. Being selected as a winner in the DV is (202) 647-3000. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 No. 33 Lviv’s literati count down the end of a millennium by Mark Andryczyk The program has existed since December 1995. On the new millennium. It proved to be more realistic to do it April 22, 1998, which marked the 30th evening in the pro- once a month. On the last Friday of every month, at around 5 p.m., a gram’s cycle, the spotlight was on Dr. Andrij Sodomorov, We are living in a unique period of time. People tend casual onlooker strolling past Lviv’s Museum of one of Ukraine’s foremost translators of the classics of not to think about the future. This program reminds them Ethnography could not help but notice an army of drab- Roman and Greek literature. Afterwards, this writer met of it and serves as a bridge into the next millennium over green trucks parked along Prospekt Svobody. Sinuous with Mr. Neborak to discuss the program’s past, present which values, through literature, can be carried. wires sprout from these vehicles and mysteriously lead up and future. the stairs, past the watchful eye of Lviv’s own statue of lib- An interesting note: a clock has recently been installed How are guests chosen for this program? erty, which dutifully guards the entrance to the museum of above the entrance to the Museum of Ethnography. The I personally invite the guests for each evening. Ukraine’s ethnic past. The more curious folk who choose clock counts down the seconds remaining in this millenni- to venture inside, up the majestic stairs of this one-time However, the public has slowly begun to influence what um and, as it happens, in Mr. Neborak’s literary cycle. bank, will happen upon a meeting with representatives of guests I choose because, over time, I have learned what it contemporary Ukrainian literature. How did these literary evenings come to be? expects from these evenings and it is important that a good These monthly gatherings, hosted by Lviv poet, prose exchange between the guest and his/her public take place. writer and essayist Viktor Neborak, are part of a cycle Humorously! Originally the idea surfaced during the titled “The Third Millennium” – a program that allows first years of Ukrainian independence – an era of mega- Describe the public that attends these gatherings. Ukrainian writers to meet with an interested public to read festivals and celebrations, among them the literary/music Has it evolved over the last three years? and discuss their works. The evenings are filmed by LTB cycle “Reberytatsia,” which I organized. There were so The public is an interesting mix of young and old. (a local Lviv television channel) and broadcast about many festivals that we jokingly suggested naming one There are 20 or so people, fanatics, who come every three weeks later. “The Third Millennium” and presenting it every day until month, regardless of the featured guest or his/her branch of specialization because they like to take part in an intel- lectual conversation. We average about 80 people, so the other 60 come to see a specific guest. And these numbers Kyivans observe ages-old summer ritual are growing. But the size of the public is not important. Again, a good exchange is key. Can you recall any guests whose evenings remain as highlights of this cycle? [Kyiv-based poet] Vasyl Herasymiuk was a particu- larly interesting guest. He’s a good friend of mine and I asked him questions in an attempt to stimulate him to open up, personally, to the public. The resulting exchange was great! [Poet and former Suchasnist edito- rial board member] Moisei Fishbein was a very com- plex and excellent guest because of his openness and the emphasis he places on his Ukrainian-Jewish her- itage. Other evenings that come to mind were meetings with diaspora guests [literature professor at Harvard] George Grabowicz and [New York Group poet] Yuri Tarnawsky. The poetry group LuHoSad was very color- ful with its unique sense of humor and special ability to entertain the public. What kind of forum do Ukrainian writers have today to present their works to an interested public? There are official organizations such as the Ukrainian Writers’ Union that deal with this. I wanted to form some- thing independent of any official constraints. In my pro- gram I am not bound by anything – and neither is the pub- lic. There is no buffet after the evening, people are free to get up and leave if they wish, they can come late, the meetings can be moved to another place if necessary. No pressure – I like that. There are certain hermitic writers who are brilliant but Efrem Lukatsky don’t want to publicly show themselves. I don’t touch them. Others are waiting to be asked. Who will ask them? Above, continuing an ages-old ritual, a couple jumps over a bon fire during traditional Midsummer Night Official organizations, governments, are used to waiting Festival (Vechir Ivana Kupala) held at the museum/park of Ukrainian ethnography located outside of Kyiv. for budgets to be voted on before inviting someone or Below, girls release handmade “vinky” into a stream. The wreaths are believed to float to the young man most organizing something. They are in no hurry. As a result, suited to be a young girl’s beau. The Ivan Kupalo festivities were held on July 7 (St. John’s Feast Day) under many good writers never get invited. I don’t provide any the sponsorship of Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture working in conjunction with the museum. The celebrations are financial reward, but at my evenings a writer can sell an annual event. his/her books to pay for a train ride to Lviv and possibly drink a cup of coffee in a Lviv café. Do such evenings take place elsewhere in Ukraine? Kharkiv has something similar, but it takes place irregularly. Kyiv, through Smoloskyp, has evenings concentrating on young writers. Lviv is the only place I know of where this is done systematically, independent of any organization. Maybe because of an inherent snobbism in this city, there is a certain prestige in attending an intellectual soirée. Maybe people here have a lot of free time. Maybe there’s a genuine interest. Somebody should try organizing such a program else- where in Ukraine. Can someone in North America see video-record- ings of these programs? Harvard University has about 10 videotapes of these evenings. Unfortunately, due to the required transfer from the European to the American video system, the video quality is somewhat poor. However what’s important is the fact that the audio recording is fine.

What’s going to happen to the program when the new millennium finally arrives? The last Friday of December 2000 will mark the end of this program. Maybe it will continue after that, under a different name. We’ll see. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 9

DATELINE NEW YORK: American Ballet Theater’s Ukrainian stars by Helen Smindak

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton by too many hands since Petipa staged his last addressed the black-tie audience at the open- version of the full work in 1899,” Ms. ing of the American Ballet Theater’s annual Kisselgoff wrote. two-month season at the Metropolitan Opera Mr. Malakhov, who is known for his House, calling the theater “a source of pride tremendous jumps, performed one of these for all Americans” and “truly America’s ballet before abducting Ms. McKerrow into the company.” wings. It was described by Ms. Kisselgoff as As honorary chairwoman of the event, she “a typical Malakhov marvel, a high jump into noted that the National Endowment for the a very deep, soft, plié.” Arts had awarded the theater a Millennium On his part, Mr. Belotserkovsky came in Grant, making ABT one of only three for praise for his work in “Sinfonietta,” a bal- American ballet companies to receive a spe- let filled with Janacek’s musical fanfare. Ms. cial grant, thus allowing it to “present and pre- Kisselgoff felt the ensemble of Keith Roberts, serve American masterpieces.” Mr. Belotserkovsky and Christina Fagundes, The gala opening-night program, featured supported by John Selya and Ethan Brown, excerpts from the company’s treasured clas- created an “exhilarating paean to the earth.” sics – “Giselle,” “The Merry Widow” and “La During the season, Mr. Malakhov per- Sylphide” – and a preview of ABT’s new pro- formed in the lavish and unforgettable “Le duction of “Le Corsaire.” Corsaire,” an exotic fable of a dashing pirate The performing artists included three and a beautiful young harem girl, and the dancers born in Ukraine: Vladimir Malakhov treacherous forces that threaten to keep them of Kryvyi Rih, who has spent the past five apart. He also danced in “Giselle,” a poignant seasons as a principal dancer with ABT, and masterpiece now back in the ABT repertoire Maxim Belotserkovsky and Irina Dvorovenko after a three-year absence, and in “Coppelia,” of Kyiv, who have been with the company the enchanting story of Dr. Coppelius and the since 1994. life-size dolls he creates in his mysterious Later that evening, Mrs. Clinton joined workshop. other guests and the entire company at a post- Mr. Belotserkovsky’s work included major performance dinner at the Metropolitan Opera roles in “The Merry Widow,” a tale of House. romance and intrigue with sumptuous sets and Although the program was primarily a costumes and swirling ball gowns, and “The fund-raiser and did not do justice to the ballet Sleeping Beauty,” a classic ballet set to theater’s usual standards, it brought most of Tchaikovsky’s beloved score. the company’s dancers on stage during the Ms. Dvorovenko was featured in “The evening. Merry Widow,” as well as in “Giselle” and Mr. Malakhov was seen with Amanda “Le Corsaire.” McKerrow in the Pas d’Esclave from Act I of Although advance scheduling called for the Marius Petipa’s “Le Corsaire.” Mr. Belotserkovsky appeared in Jiri Kylian’s three Ukrainian artists to appear together in “Sinfonietta” and an excerpt from Harold the June 22 performance of “Le Corsaire,” Lander’s “Études,” while Ms. Dvorovenko, this did not happen because of final schedule though scheduled for important roles during changes. Throughout the season, however, the season, performed with the corps de ballet Ms. Dvorovenko was cast at times with Mr. Paul Kolnik in “Études.” Belotserkovsky (in “The Merry Widow”) and Irina Dvorenko in “Sleeping Beauty.” All three artists have received praise from Mr. Malakhov (in “Giselle,” “Le Corsaire” the media in the past, including The New and “Études”). York Times, and the work of Mr. Malakhov Mr. Malakhov, who has been compared by and Mr. Belotserkovsky did not go unnoticed Newsday to the famous dancer Rudolf this time. Anna Kisselgoff of The Times con- Nureyev, was considered “our new find” by gratulated Mr. Malakhov and three other ABT American Ballet Theater when he joined the artists for “knowing the value of restraint” and company in 1995. Previously he appeared noted Mr. Malakhov’s great work in the “Le with the Moscow Ballet, as a principal soloist Corsaire” excerpt. with the Vienna State Opera Ballet and as a “As the villain in harem pants, Mr. principal dancer with the National Ballet of Malakhov, and Amanda McKerrow, in a gold Canada. tutu and her face initially veiled, tried to make Earlier in the season he appeared as a spe- sense of choreography that has been treated cial guest in the Parsons Dance Company’s spring outing at City Center. Last month he joined forces with the Stuttgart Ballet for its presentations of John Cranko’s ravishing clas- sics – “Romeo and Juliet” and “Onegin” – at the Lincoln Center Festival. Mr. Belotserkovsky, who became a leading soloist with the National Opera of Ukraine in 1991, was awarded the title of “étoile” (star). In 1993, he was honored by the president of Ukraine for outstanding artistic achievement. Mr. Belotserkovsky and Ms. Dvorovenko, who are husband and wife in real life, joined ABT ranks in 1994 as members of the corps de ballet. Both natives of Kyiv who trained at the School of Dance there, they have advanced to principal soloist status with ABT (a notch below that of principal dancer). Teamed in a performance last October dur- ing the opening of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, a new $180 million complex located in Newark, the Kyiv dancers were commended by James R. Oestreich of The New York Times for the “fine, sensuous edge” they gave to the “White Swan” pas de deux from Act II of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.” The concert was shown on PBS Television last February. This season, American Ballet Theater has added a two-week fall season at New York’s City Center. Over the next 12 months, the company will perform in Mexico City, Israel Roy Round MIRA and Japan, and in Boston, Princeton, Detroit, Maxim Belotserkovsky Washington, D.C., Newark and Los Angeles. Vladimir Malakhov with Amanda McKerrow in “Giselle.” 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 No. 33

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Saturday, August 29 ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Violist HALYNA KOLESSA; Pianist OKSANA RAWLIUK PROTENIC 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by VIDLUNNIA

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NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE Earns master’s degree Youth from Ukraine in public administration meets colorful mayor by Dr. Elizabeth Mischenko-Pawlyk by Peter Bobrek CHICAGO – Katya M. Mischenko, PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. – While daughter of Nicholas and Valentina visiting his grandparents, Peter and Mischenko of Mount Prospect, Ill., was Maria Bobrek in Knoxville, Markian awarded a Master of Public Administration Sich of Kyiv, had the opportunity to degree from the College of Urban Planning meet with George Jones, mayor of and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Dollywood, which is owned by singer Chicago. Dolly Parton. The mayor speaks a few In 1996 she received a B.A. in political Ukrainian words and, as a result of science with honors, also from the long research into his ancestor’s University of Illinois, and attended a sum- archives, traces his roots to Yaroslav, mer program in democracy at the National prince of Ukraine. University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Mayor Jones is a colorful figure who Ukraine. adorns his clothing with numerous pins In recognition of her dedication to com- Katya M. Mischenko from all over the world, including munity and public affairs, Ms. Mischenko Ukraine. Markian, who was born in Lviv has received numerous awards and schol- visit, which involved work with the White was proud to pose with this 31st-genera- arships, including the Pi Alpha National House advance team; and head delegate to tion Ukrainian. Honor Society for Public Affairs and the Model United Nations. Markian is visiting the U.S. with his Administration, the Chancellor’s Service Ms. Mischenko is also actively mother, Natalka, brother Matthew, and Awards (for four consecutive years) and involved in the Ukrainian community. She sister, Melanka, while his father, Alex, the John Eckol’s Scholarship for is a member of the Ukrainian American awaits their return to Kyiv. They plan to Excellence in Political Science. Youth Association (SUM) Amateur visit with the Sich side of the family in Ms. Mischenko was very active in stu- Theatrical Group in Chicago, belongs to Alfred Station, N.Y., and will be return- dent organizations at the university. She the Ukrainian Orthodox League and the ing to Kyiv at the end of summer, where was research assistant to the dean of the Ukrainian Famine Committee in Chicago, Markian currently lives and attends College of Urban Planning and Public and is president of the Ukrainian Student school. The Siches are members of Affairs; associate site coordinator for First Club. She is a member of Ukrainian Ukrainian National Association Branches Markian Sich with the mayor of

Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Chicago National Association Branch 214. 777 and 116. Dollywood, George Jones.

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DFAIT’s Soviet/Russia desk officer until The art exhibition and sale of the works Canadian Embassy’s... 1994 when he was appointed to the (Continued from page 1) Embassy in Kyiv, under Ambassador of the outstanding Ukrainian artists “sense of balance and correctness,” and François Mathys, initially working with the NATO Information Center’s chief, Edward, Yurij, Jarema Kozak and his “disarming sense of humor and agree- able manner.” the late Roman Lishchynski. Yaroslaw Wyznyckyj Dr. Krawchenko also noted that many PAFSO issues awards annually to officials stationed in Ukraine have turned working level members of the Canadian is now open in Hunter, N.Y. in the banquet hall of assets such as a Ukrainian background diplomatic corps. Members of this year’s and knowledge of the country into disad- jury (not necessarily diplomats), included vantages by becoming too emotionally CBC journalist Mary-Lou Finlay and for- involved, but that Mr. Waschuk avoided mer ambassador to the former Yugoslavia such pitfalls. Joe Bissett. The Xenia Motel Two Ottawa-based senior officers of This year’s other honorees include Attention all art lovers! Hurry up! Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs Deborah Chatsis, cited for outstanding per- and International Trade (DFAIT), to formance in the course of negotiations Only a few of Eko’s masterpieces are left. whom Mr. Waschuk reported, also sup- leading to the establishment the ported his nomination. International Criminal Court in The They (the officials’ names were not Hague, the issuance of the United Nations’ provided in the media release) offered the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous (518) 263-4391 following joint testimonial: “We can Peoples, and negotiations concerning the Those who wish to spend their weekend or report that the relationship with Ukraine Anti-Personnel Land Mines Convention; is stronger now than it was four years Patricia Fortier, recognized for marshaling vacations in the Hunter area, please call us in advance. ago [Mr. Waschuk was assigned to Kyiv inter-agency support for Canada’s peace- in 1994] and it holds promise for the keeping efforts in Bosnia, Guatemala Haiti future. Across the economic, security and and Zaire (Congo) over a two-year period; political spectrum we easily detect the and Don McGillivray, given the award for keen analysis of Roman’s reporting; the “his superbly executed movement of a To The Weekly Contributors: deft handling of the many visits received group of political prisoners from Cuba to by Kyiv and the prodigious output of the Canada in early 1998.” We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- political/economic section of the Mr. Waschuk told The Weekly that he ters to the editor, and the like – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate prepa- was gratified to be honored by PAFSO ration of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. Embassy, i.e. Roman himself.” They praised Mr. Waschuk for “an because “this is an award given to people ® who slog it out in the trenches.” News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a exceptionally high level of professionalism ® given event. and enthusiasm to the most difficult of To Ambassador Westdal’s praise, the ® All materials must be typed (or legibly hand-printed) and double-spaced. tasks,” a readiness to accept challenges and diplomat responded modestly: “In the often ® Photographs submitted for publication must be black and white (or color with good an ability to overcome obstacles. The unspectacular work of organizing visits, ® contrast). Captions must be provided. Photos will be returned only when so requested DFAIT officials noted that “Ukraine is a negotiating bilateral and multilateral docu- ® and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. ments and such, extraordinary matters can ® difficult place to do business; a difficult Full names (i.e. no initials) and their correct English spellings must be provided. appear to be quite mundane at the time.” ® place to live; and a very difficult place to Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the publi- ® derive a sense of accomplishment.” “In the case of Ukraine, trying to convey cation and the date of the edition. ® Mr. Waschuk was honored along with to headquarters an often ambivalent, slowly Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the date of ® three colleagues during a ceremony in the evolving situation, it’s a matter of applying The Weekly edition in which the information is to be published. ® Panorama Room of the National Arts the same critical faculties one applies to Persons who submit any materials must provide a phone number where they may be ® Center in Ottawa on June 11. Former Prime everyday North American situations and reached during the work day if any additional information is required. Minister Joe Clark, who also served as having the background knowledge to put it minister of external affairs in 1984-1991, all in context,” continued Mr. Waschuk, presented the Ukrainian Canadian honoree “Most Ukrainian political players are not with a framed certificate. very sentimental people, and that’s the way Mr. Waschuk’s posting in the you have to approach them.” Ukrainian capital ended in July. Reached Mr. Waschuk agreed with Dr. at his parent’s home in Toronto on Krawchenko’s assessment of the snares that Air Ukraine August 12, he told The Weekly that has await North American officials of Ukrainian Ä‚¥aΥ̥fl ìÍð‡ªÌË been appointed deputy director of background. The 1998 Foreign Service DFAIT’s European Union Division Award winner added that “from the per- (political section), effective August 25. spective of a Western Ukrainian, diasporic THE ONLY NON-STOP SERVICE BETWEEN Mr. Waschuk, who earned a B.A. and background, it’s true that a little knowledge NORTH AMERICA AND UKRAINE an M.A. in history from the University of can be a dangerous thing, but thanks to the Toronto (1983, 1985 respectively), joined efforts of the Ukrainian Canadian commu- the Canadian foreign service in 1987 and nity and North American academia, profes- TUESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY FLIGHTS TO was first posted in Moscow as the second sionals working in Ukraine have benefitted secretary for political affairs, at the from a comprehensive and critical view of Canadian Embassy from 1988 to 1991. Ukrainian history as seen across the entire New York – Kyiv He returned to Ottawa to serve as the political spectrum.” New York – Lviv – Kyiv dismantling Communist political and eco- nomic structures. • Flying time is 4 hours faster than any other airline Meeting with leaders... • Highly qualified pilots (Continued from page 1) Key elements of the conversation with • Excellent service with traditional Ukrainian hospitality administration’s initiatives on women’s Vice-President Gore – particularly the and great meals on board issues and urged Mr. Gore to follow up on Famine and Chornobyl – found their way into speeches he later gave in Ukraine. • Day-time and evening flights from JFK-New York those in Kyiv. The meeting with the vice-president was Julian Kulas from Chicago brought up initiated by Mr. Kulas and Andrew the Commercial Law Project and recom- 1-800-UKRAINE (1-800-857-2463) Fedynsky, both members of the National mended its prompt implementation. Democratic Ethnic Advisory Committee. In or contact your travel agent. Eugene Iwanciw, former director of the addition to those already mentioned, the fol- Ukrainian National Association’s lowing Ukrainian Americans attended the Washington Office, pointed out the eco- meeting: Taras Bazyluk, speechwriter to For arrival and departure information nomic and political costs to Ukraine of sup- Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright; call (718) 656-9896, (718) 632-6909 porting U.S. non-proliferation policies and Walter Bodnar of Americans for Human recommended measures to compensate for Rights in Ukraine; Paula Dobriansky, those costs. Washington director of the Council on The general message presented by the Foreign Relations; Anya Dydyk, second Air Ukraine Ukrainian delegation to Vice-President vice-president of the Ukrainian National Gore was to give Ukraine treatment equal 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 Association; Ihor Gawdiak, director of the to that provided Russia and other former Ukrainian American Coordinating New York, NY 10176 Soviet republics. Participants also agreed Council’s Washington Office; Tanya that most Ukrainian Americans do not Karpiak, vice-president of the Ukrainian Cargo Shipping: support indiscriminate aid to Ukraine. No American Bar Association; Anna one, for example, saw merit in subsidizing Krawczuk, president of the Ukrainian Air Ukraine - Cargo the collective farm system. Everyone gen- National Women’s League of America; 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave. T), Brooklyn, NY 11223 erally agreed with the current U.S. policy John Kun of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation; tel.: 718-376-1023, fax: 718-376-1073 of support for Ukraine’s independence, and Markian Silecky, board member of the while working toward reforms aimed at Ukrainian American Bar Association. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 15 Stamford Eparchy to play host PREVIEW OF EVENTS

(Continued from page 16) to annual Ukrainian Day Festival an official flag-raising ceremony at Yonkers uals may rent a limited number of tables. City Hall will be held to celebrate Ukraine’s Table rentals are $35 for members of STAMFORD, Conn. – The vendors will include items such as independence. Oseredok and $50 for non-members. In the Connecticut State Ukrainian Day ceramics, glassware, shirts, books, tapes, event of rain, the sale will be held inside the Committee will sponsor the annual novelties and more. There will be activi- Monday, August 24 building. For further information or to reserve Ukrainian Day Festival on September 13 ties for children. BINGHAMTON, N.Y.: The annual flag-rais- tables call Oseredok, (204) 942-0218. on the grounds of St. Basil’s Seminary, Over the years, $238,000 has been ing ceremony celebrating Ukrainian Saturday-Sunday, October 3-4 here on Glenbrook Road. raised at Ukrainian Day Festivals, with Independence Day will take place at The day will begin with a pontifical most of the monies earmarked for St. Binghamton City Hall at 10 a.m. All ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.: The Ukrainian divine liturgy at 11 a.m., celebrated by Basil’s Seminary. Ukrainians in the area are invited to attend. American Military Association will hold its Bishop Basil Losten of the Ukrainian Behind the scenes, a large contingent ADVANCE NOTICE annual meeting in conjunction with the 51st Catholic Eparchy of Stamford. of older and younger adults in each Saturday, September 5 convention of the Ukrainian American Throughout the day Ukrainian food Connecticut parish spend the days before Veterans at the Holiday Inn Boardwalk, (800) such as varenyky, holubtsi, kovbasa and the festival preparing the thousands of WINNIPEG: Oseredok, the Ukrainian 548-3030. Reports from missions to Ukraine Cultural and Educational Center will host the will be given and elections will be held. All kapusta, picnic food and other refresh- varenyky, holubtsi, tortes, etc., consumed first annual “Cheap like Borsch” garage and active members of the military and reservists ments will be available. at this event. book sale at 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 184 Alexander are encouraged to attend. For more informa- At 2:15 p.m. a lively and colorful pro- Entrance to the festival, which Ave. E. (Main Street and Disraeli Freeway). tion contact Maj. Roman Golash, USAR, by gram of Ukrainian dances, songs and includes parking, is $4 at the gate and The tables will be located in front of the faxing a message to (847) 885-8565 or e-mail- music will feature ensembles of various $3 for advance tickets, which may be Oseredok building. Organizations and individ- ing Golash_Roman@compuserve. groups from the area and The Lvivyany obtained by contacting Helen Rudy of Ensemble. East Hartford, Conn., at (860) 568- Tours will be given at the unique 5445. Foundation and the Open Society Institute. Ukrainian museum on the grounds, and The festival will be held rain or shine. The $300,000 (U.S.) center will provide TV Newsbriefs the outdoor arts and crafts booths of 20 For more information call (203) 269-5909. (Continued from page 2) and radio journalists with training by British begin the action on August 2 in Kyiv, but experts. Since 1993 Internews has invested decided to postpone the protest due to the $12 million and trained roughly 1,100 jour- importance of exchanges between scholars “unbelievable heat” in Ukraine and to the nalists in its seminars. (Eastern Economist) International conference... in Judaic and East European studies. He praised the high quality and scholarly summer recess, ITAR-TASS reported. President sacks chief aviation official (Continued from page 4) Despite recent payments made by the gov- In addition to the presenting papers and objectivity of the proceedings, reflecting ernment, total wage arrears in the coal KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma has participating in discussions, the conference both Ukrainian and Jewish scholarship. industry exceed $2 billion hrv ($1 billion fired State Aviation Administration chief participants attended a commemorative Prof. Rosman announced that the work U.S.). The government paid only 75 per- Volodymyr Maksymov for failing to concert featuring works by the Israeli com- of the conference would be made available cent of last month’s wages in the coal min- improve the safety of Ukrainian air flights, poser Andre Hajdu and the opening of an to a wider public, since the Rockefeller ing sector. (RFE/RL Newsline) the Associated Press reported on August 4. exhibition, “Zaar Bat Rabim/350 Years of Foundation has promised a publication The formal reason for the dismissal was Documentation of the Events of 1648- subsidy. New journalism center opens in Kyiv Mr. Maksimov’s failure to implement 1649,” at the Florsheim Museum. The The conference was greeted with sub- KYIV – A state-of-the-art center for President Kuchma’s January decree on president of Bar-Ilan University, Prof. stantial interest on the part of the Israeli training journalists was opened on July 29 measures to tighten air transport regula- Moshe Kaveh, hosted a reception for the media. Dr. Sysyn was interviewed by a in Kyiv. The center aims to teach local jour- tions. The decree was issued shortly after a conference participants during which Dr. number of Israeli newspapers, and Dr. nalists how to” provide objective informa- Ukrainian Yak-42 crashed in Greece, Sysyn presented the first volume of Plokhy participated in a televised discus- tion for the Ukrainian public,” said David killing 70 people. Last month, a Ukrainian Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s “History of sion dealing with the history of Ukrainian- Black of USAID at the opening ceremony. IL-76 aircraft fell into the sea near the Ukraine-Rus’ ” to the Bar-Ilan University Jewish relations. The CIUS scholars also The project was initiated by Internews- United Arab Emirates, killing all eight peo- Library. visited Hebrew University in Jerusalem at Ukraine with funding from USAID, the ple on board, and a Ukrainian IL-78 mili- In thanking the host of the conference, the invitation of Prof. Israel Bartal and dis- Know-How Fund, the Thompson tary plane crashed in Eritrea, killing 10 Prof. Rosman, for his exemplary organiza- cussed with him the possibility of coopera- Foundation, the International Renaissance people. (RFE/RL Newsline) tional work, Dr. Sysyn commented on the tion on future scholarly projects. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 No. 33 PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, August 22 HORSHAM, PA: The Ukrainian American Sports Center of Philadelphia, Tryzub, will HUNTER, N.Y.: Luba Shchibchik, sopra- host its seventh annual Ukrainian no, with Volodymyr Vynnytsky at the Independence Day celebration. Festivities, piano, will appear in concert at the which begin at 1 p.m., will spotlight the fol- Grazhda in a program of works by Handel, lowing artists: the Voloshky Dance Mozart, Gounod, Puccini, Verdi, Lysenko Ensemble, Lviviany Music Ensemble, and others, at 8 p.m. The Grazhda is locat- soloist Lesya Hrabova and the Fata ed near St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Morgana band. A variety of artists, crafts- Catholic Church on Route 23A. men and vendors also will be featured. Sunday, August 23 Special attractions will include a moon walk and a fun slide for children. The festivities UNION, N.J.: The Ukrainian Congress will also include traditional Ukrainian foods Committee of America, with other local and refreshments. Admission is $10 per per- Ukrainian organizations, is sponsoring son; children under age 13, free. Proceeds Ukrainian Independence Day ceremonies will benefit the Tryzub building expansion at noon at the Municipal Building in the fund. For more information or directions Township of Union on Morris Avenue call Tryzub, (215) 343-5412. (near Stuyvesant Avenue). The mayor of Union and other dignitaries will partici- Sunday-Monday, August 23-24 pate. Following the formal ceremonies, a YONKERS, N.Y.: The seventh anniversary reception and Independence Day program of Ukraine’s independence will be celebrated will commence at 1 p.m. at the Youth on Sunday, August 23, at a festival in House, next to the Ukrainian Evangelical Tibbetts Brook Park at 1-7 p.m. This event is Church, 2208 Stanley Terrace in Union; sponsored by the Ukrainian American Youth free admission and refreshments. For fur- Association (SUM) of Yonkers. The Vorony ther information call Vladimir Waskiw, band will play throughout the festival. A chairman, (908) 964-0454. show at 3 p.m. will feature: Veselka, a vocal dance ensemble; Zoryana Momot, a vocalist PHOENIX, Ariz: The local branch of the from Kyiv; Anya Zarovna, a bandura soloist; Ukrainian Congress Committee of Kateryna Semyda, poetry recitation; Olia America will commemorate the seventh Keryzhalko and Christina Shwec, keyboard anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. soloists. Ukrainian food and refreshments The guest speaker will be Ukraine’s will be available; crafts and vendors also will ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Yuri be featured. For further information call Shcherbak. The banquet starts at 12:30 Dunwoodie Travel, (914) 969-4200. p.m. at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 730 Admission is free. On Monday, August 24, W. Elm St. For more information contact Lidia Dydyk, (602) 381-8312. (Continued on page 15)

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At Soyuzivka: August 21-23

KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Ukrainian Burya of Canada. Independence Day will be celebrated at A special feature during the weekend the Ukrainian National Association’s is the fifth annual exhibit of paintings by upstate New York resort, Soyuzivka, dur- Edward Kozak, George Kozak and ing the weekend of August 21-23. Jerome Kozak. The art works of the three Gracing the Soyuzivka stage during Kozaks will be on display from Friday the Saturday evening concert will be the through Sunday in the library of the participants of Roma Pryma Main House. For more information on Bohachevsky’s Ukrainian Dance the exhibit call (518) 263-4156. Workshop. The program begins at 8:30 For information about Soyuzivka p.m. accommodations, entertainment pro- Afterwards, beginning at 10 p.m., grams, art exhibits and other special fea- there will be dancing to the music of tures call (914) 626-5641.

Roman Iwasiwka A scene from last year’s concert by the Ukrainian Dance Workshop directed by Roma Pryma Bohachevsky.