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INSIDE: • Ukrainian Canadians seek allies in next Parliament — page 3. • Ottawa Chair of Ukrainian Studies holds first major conference — page 4. • Ukrainian presence at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition — page 9. HE KRAINI A N EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXV No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine

Black Sea Fleet accord Canada sets up court in eastern Ukraine to gather war crimes testimony by Roman Woronowycz into the hole,” she recalled. After the the Associated Press, the Canadian subject of controversy Kyiv Press Bureau executioners had left, she and her friends Broadcasting Corp., a local television raced to the mine, where they discovered outlet and this correspondent, who was by Roman Woronowycz SELYDOVE, Ukraine — There is lit- freshly turned earth, but no bodies. present during the hearing held on June Kyiv Press Bureau tle visible evidence in this coal-mining Recollections like these are what drove 2. The case received very little play in town of 7,000 inhabitants about 30 kilo- the Canadian Ministry of Justice to set up the local newspaper. KYIV — Few people, if anybody, meters from Donetsk that 55 years ago thought that the Black Sea Fleet accord court in Selydove from May 26 to June 2 Mr. Bogutin’s attorney, Orest Rudzik, the Nazis killed hundreds of local Jews, to gather testimony about one of would pass into history without some con- said he believes the Canadian govern- as well as suspected Communists, as its Selydove’s own, who the Canadian gov- troversy. It has not. The rhetoric over the ment must show more. “I surmise that for war machine battered its way to its ernment says lied about his wartime activi- May 28 treaty that splits the Black Sea the government to kick out an 88-year- Armageddon at Stalingrad. ties to obtain entry into Canada, where he Fleet between Russia and Ukraine, and old man there must be a certain amount Little is left of those times: three eventually gained citizenship. It is investi- gives Russia a military presence in the of public opprobrium. He must be shown crumbling white-washed walls of the gating charges that Vasily Bogutin, an 88- Ukrainian city of Sevastopol, has ranged to have participated. The question is how post office behind which Nazis shot the year-old retired Canadian construction from “whose territory is it after all” to “just did he participate, if at all. There must be condemned; the German headquarters worker who is half Jewish, was a member some degree of criminality, or quasi- how many bays does Russia get anyway?” across the street, which is boarded up. of the Selydove auxiliary police set up by Political factions in both countries criminality,” explained Mr. Rudzik. The mine shaft on the other side of the Nazis after they occupied the town and Mr. Bogutin’s case is part of a renewed have decried the agreement as forfeiture town, where still others were shot, has actively participated in round-ups of Jews, effort by the Canadian government, begun of their territory. been leveled and covered. On its place beatings and the execution of at least one in 1985 with the appointment of the In Ukraine, National Deputy stand the figure of a soldier and another Jewish family. Deschenes Commission, to ferret out Vyacheslav Chornovil, the leader of the one of a bereaved mother — a memorial to However, Mr. Bogutin, who lives in Nazis and those who collaborated with Rukh faction in the Verkhovna Rada, the horror and the courage of the times. Toronto, was not here to defend himself. them, and who later slipped into Canada strongly criticized the Black Sea Fleet What does remain in vivid detail are His age, advanced emphysema and a heart illegally. In four previous trials the gov- accord on May 29, a day after Russia’s the memories of the surviving elderly condition do not allow him to travel. ernment failed to prove its case that defen- Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, townspeople who witnessed the atrocities But then the Canadian government was dants committed war crimes. This time it along with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo as children. not here to determine Mr. Bogutin’s guilt, is using a different tactic: administrative Lazarenko attached their signatures to the Maria Kryvonos, 67, was a 12-year- only to find out if he in fact was a member hearings to determine whether alleged agreement that gives Russia a leasehold on old rummaging through the attic of her of the auxiliary police, which would give Nazis collaborators lied on their entry three of Sevastopol’s bays for 20 years. mother’s house with friends when they them grounds to revoke his citizenship and applications as to their wartime dealings. He said, “Given Russia’s imperialistic saw a flurry of activity at the entrance to begin deportation proceedings. One advantage this gives the authorities is and aggressive tendencies vis-á-vis the shaft of the coal mine about 100 The proceedings in Selydove were that the standard of proof is reduced, as in Crimea in general and Sevastopol in par- yards away. “They brought kids and open to the public and held in accordance the United States. ticular, which is reflected in the several older people to the mine shaft and shot with Canadian court procedure. Among declarations of the [Russian] State them one by one in the head. They fell the news media covering the story were (Continued on page 3) Duma, to leave the Russian Black Sea Fleet [in Sevastopol] for 20 years is to force a pervasive and permanent atmos- phere of agitation and strain not only in Conference explores consequences of NATO expansion Crimea but in Ukraine.” by Irene Jarosewich NATO expansion, how NATO expansion for Security and Cooperation in Europe, A day later Mr. Chornovil presented a affects intra-regional relations in Central not NATO.” plan to de-militarize the Black Sea basin, NEW YORK — As the date for the and Eastern Europe, the effect of NATO Ms. Nuland had high praise for which he said he would propose to the NATO meeting in Madrid draws near, the expansion on Russia’s behavior, and the Ukraine’s recent foreign policy stance, government. He called on Ukraine, debate about the need for NATO expan- vulnerability of Ukraine and the Baltics to stating that “Ukraine played the last year Russia, Georgia, Romania, Bulgaria and sion, as well as which countries should be Russian hegemony. and a half, diplomatically, very brilliantly” Turkey, all countries adjoining the Black invited, intensifies. Within the context of As project director for an independent forging a strong, independent stand Sea, to sign a charter to that effect. A this debate, Freedom House, a non-profit task force on NATO sponsored by the between a “grumpy, trapped Russia and statement released by Rukh on June 4 organization dedicated to promoting CFR, Ms. Nuland summarized the find- an empowered, robust NATO.” called for the countries “to remove the democracy around the world, and the ings of the task force report “Russia, Its Whereas Ms. Nuland portrayed the constant tension in the Black Sea region” Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA) co- Neighbors and An Enlarging NATO,” positive aspects of NATO expansion, by de-militarizing it under the Partnership sponsored a daylong conference, “After released this May. The report recom- most notably for Europe and the U.S., Dr. for Peace program, a NATO- sponsored NATO Expands: Consequences for mends the expansion of NATO as neces- Motyl was more skeptical. According to program that encourages military coopera- Ukraine and the Baltics” at the institute on sary to increase stability in Europe, states Dr. Motyl, while NATO expansion may tion with the alliance, and to which all the June 4. that there is no presumption in NATO be good for the West, it is not necessarily Black Sea basin countries belong. Participating in the panel discussion expansion that Russia is an enemy, and good for countries such as Ukraine and “The implementation of substantial were Victoria Nuland, State Department that Russia can benefit from the expansion the Baltics. The issue of NATO expan- restrictions on military activity in the fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations process. The commitment from NATO of sion, stated Dr. Motyl, uncovers the real Black Sea aquatorium, specifically of (CFR); Dr. Alexander Motyl, associate moving forward encourages countries to issue of security, and regardless of all the flotillas with strategic design, would director of the Harriman Institute at find mutual solutions to old problems, documents and charters, a very real delin- exclude the need and opportunity for the Columbia University; Riina Kionka, said Ms. Nuland, citing recent charters eation “between those that are in and basing of the Black Sea Fleet in counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of and treaties such as Ukraine’s agreements those that are out of NATO” will occur. Sevastopol,” stated the document. Estonia; and Ambassador Yuri with Russia, Poland and Romania as posi- Not a supporter of NATO expansion, Dr. Mr. Chornovil said at the time that he Shcherbak, Embassy of Ukraine to the tive consequences of the NATO expan- Motyl explained that the current strategy did not see how his faction could vote to United States. Adrian Karatnycky, presi- sion process. makes Russia a threat by implication. A ratify the accord and called some of its dent of Freedom House, served as moder- Dissenters to this opinion, however, security vacuum will be created for those articles unconstitutional. ator. Carlos Pascual, director for Russian, include prominent task force members countries that are “out” of NATO and vul- The Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. such as Brent Scowcroft, former national nerable to Russian hegemony, not neces- also has called the BSF agreement uncon- National Security Council, was the lun- security advisor, who states in the report, sarily only in a military sense. stitutional and called on June 3 for the cheon’s keynote speaker. “... NATO should not be the vehicle for Of the three choices, to expand com- document to be reviewed by Ukraine’s While introducing the panelists, Mr. building a greater Europe. It is a special- pletely, to not expand at all or to expand Constitutional Court. The political organi- Karatnycky stated that he had asked them purpose organization and should be kept partially, the third option, the one chosen, zation said the agreement “contravenes to respond to several issues, including the that way. ... The proper foundation for potential for a security vacuum after Euro-Atlantic building is the Organization (Continued on page 11) (Continued on page 14) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 No. 24 Russia, NATO and Ukraine: a united, or disunited Europe? Landslide wrecks apartment complex done little toward real integration since by Volodymyr Zviglyanich gers to Ukraine: forming a “community” in 1996. Both • feeling of being isolated from the DNIPROPETROVSK — A severe land- CONCLUSION houses of Russia’s Parliament have ratified mainstream of European politics and the slide destroyed a nine-story apartment com- the latest bilateral accord. Mr. Lukashenka, What to expect European security infrastructure; plex on June 6, killing an 85 year-old resi- a former state farm director, has amassed • failure to conduct a sweeping and dent, sending 3,500 persons to local hotels virtually unlimited powers in his country, What can be expected from Russia? profound military reform to meet the and dormitories and cutting off all water, The following scenario presents itself: cracking down on dissent and last fall established standards of NATO acces- electricity and gas for 16,000 residents of replacing the popularly elected parliament • Further elaboration of the position sion, including its OSCE commitments; the Topol region, local media reported. A that NATO enlargement is fraught with with the present, rubber-stamp Council of • avoidance of enhancing civilian admin- local school and garages where rendered the Republic. He has also demonized the dangers of further division of Europe istration and oversight of the military; useless as well. Minister for Emergency and destablization of European security. opponents of his policies of Belarusian- • increasing economic dependence on Situations Valerii Kalchenko and President Russian unification, chiefly Belarusian • Further insistence on using OSCE Russia, especially in the sphere of energy Leonid Kuchma visited the site soon after structures versus NATO. nationalists who see in his moves a com- supply and orientation of the Ukrainian the structure, built on the edge of a ravine, plete erosion of independence and state • Indefinite deferral of the second market on Russia rather than Europe; collapsed, assuring residents that the gov- wave of enlargement, which would cause sovereignty, as well as Russian economic • continuation of the border disputes ernment would do all in its power to liqui- misgivings and uncertainty in a signifi- liberals who, while supporting political with Russia, thus undermining prospects date the consequences of the landslide. cant part of Europe. Deferral would cre- integration, oppose the financial burden to of joining NATO; Plans have been announced to build con- ate the feeling that the West is accepting Russia of absorbing Belarus’ largely unre- • rise in political and regional tensions crete abutments in the area to prevent future a de facto new division of Europe into formed economy. (Associated Press) among Ukrainian political elites regard- landslides. Locals said that city authorities spheres of influence. This would have ing Ukraine’s admission into NATO; had known for years of soft clay soil and an Crimean Parliament against Sea Breeze corrosive effects on NATO, America’s • increasing anti-Western sentiments underground river, which made the area position in NATO, and the cohesion of SYMFEROPOL — The Verkhovna among the population based on the feel- unsuitable for residential construction, but the alliance. Rada of the Autonomous Republic of ing of being abandoned. had failed to remedy the situation. Criminal • Insistence on a 10-year freeze on Crimea approved a statement on June 4 charges have been filed and an investigation future enlargements, with the understand- Who is to blame, what is to be done? condemning the Sea Breeze ‘97 naval is under way. The destruction of the 144- ing that at no time and under no circum- exercises that Ukraine and NATO plan to All these possible negative conse- apartment complex is the latest in a series of stances could the Baltic countries be con- hold off the peninsula’s coast in August. quences of Ukraine’s non-inclusion in the similar disasters in Ukraine. In early June, sidered as candidates for membership Crimean deputies said the exercises first tier of would-be NATO countries an 80 meter wide sinkhole developed in (although this stance implies tacit accep- “could ruin the fragile equilibrium in the could seriously thwart Ukraine’s political Lviv Oblast, while last year a hospital in tance of membership for others, such as CIS geopolitical space.” The statement and economic reforms. Ukraine risks Chernivtsi was nearly swallowed whole by Slovenia and perhaps Romania). continued, “Crimea is being virtually being turned into a Central European pari- the ground. Zelenyi Svit environmental • A demonstrative Russian move on transformed into a testing ground for ah-state with a stagnant economy, unclear activists have voiced concern that safety at one of the Baltic countries – Estonia and executing NATO’s plans.” The statement prospects for democracy and rule of law, the Rivne nuclear power plant, built on Latvia would be the primary candidates.7 also contained a protest against improv- institutional corruption and bureaucratic ground prone to development of sinkholes, Furthermore, it should be noted that if ing ties between Ukraine and NATO. oligarchies at the top. It was a strategic may be endangered. (Respublika) (UNIAN, Eastern Economist) the alliance accepts four or five new mistake of both the Western and members this year, it might be assumed Ukrainian political elites that Ukraine was Lukashenka pines for USSR Ukraine, Iran sign economic agreement in the Baltic capitals that a secret not treated as a serious potential candidate MIENSK — Belarusian President KYIV — The foreign ministers of Iran American-Russian agreement exists to for admission into NATO. Alyaksandr Lukashenka on June 10 and Ukraine, Ali Akbar Veleyati and effectively exclude them from NATO. It was tacitly presumed that Ukraine’s bemoaned the Soviet Union’s collapse as a Hennadii Udovenko, signed an economic activities within the Partnership for Peace The dangers for Ukraine “tragedy” and declared his life’s mission to cooperation treaty on June 9 and pledged to program and peacekeeping operations in put the empire’s broken pieces back strengthen bilateral ties. Mr. Velayati, who The fear of being excluded from the Bosnia is enough to sustain its “separate” together. Speaking as his puppet parlia- was on a three-day visit to Ukraine, told architecture of the new European security position from Russia. The major obstacle ment, the Council of the Republic of journalists that a top priority for both coun- system emerging in Europe after NATO to treating Ukraine as a possible first-tier expansion could also touch Ukraine. This Belarus, voted unanimously to ratify a tries is the development of relations “in the candidate was Russia’s vehement objec- union treaty with the Russian Federation, sphere of oil, energy and gas.” Iran wants fear could be reinforced with the possible tion to any former Soviet republic’s admission of Slovenia and Romania into Mr. Lukashenka said, “The main goal of to help Ukraine complete the Odesa Oil admission into NATO. my life is to bring back...... what has been Terminal and a pipeline linking the termi- NATO – something that Helsinki The Western political establishment Commission Chairman Sen. Alfonse ruined. We have broken up the country, nal to an existing pipeline that transports oil never wanted to undermine its relations and, regrettably, it happened on our land,” to Europe. Mr. Velayati also visited the D’Amato (R-N.Y.) insisted on in remarks with Moscow for the sake of its former on May 13. Mr. D’Amato stressed that he (a reference to the December 1991 Belaya Antonov airplane factory, which recently satellites. The Ukrainian political estab- Vezha Agreement creating the CIS, unveiled a new turboprop passenger plane supports the admission of the Czech lishment did not have enough stomach Republic, Slovenia and Romania into signed by Russian President Boris Yeltsin, to be produced in Iran under Ukrainian and political will to pursue the line of and the former heads of state of Ukraine license. Mr. Udovenko said Ukraine attach- NATO during the first round of enlarge- independence as seriously as did Poland, ment. and Belarus, respectively, Leonid es “great importance” to its relations with the Czech Republic and Hungary. Kravchuk and Stanislau Shushkevich). Slovenia’s route to NATO member- Iran. He predicted that trade between the Instead, Kyiv always found excuses in The new union treaty, signed by Messrs. ship can serve as a model for other coun- two countries, which currently totals $100 the form of its non-bloc status, the Lukashenka and Yeltsin in May, calls for tries from the former Yugoslavia and for million annually, will rapidly increase. “objective” unreadiness of the country to creation of joint energy and transport sys- some former Soviet republics such as the (RFE/RL Newsline) join NATO, lack of economic reforms, tems and coordination of economic Baltic states and Ukraine. etc. Only recently, especially after reforms and military policy, while leaving ‘97 budget stuck in Parliament The Helsinki commission’s co-chair- Moscow’s open territorial claims on open the prospect of currency union man, Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.), KYIV — Verkhovna Rada Chairman Sevastopol and Crimea, did some repre- between Belarus and Russia. Russia and emphasized that “none of the candi- Oleksander Moroz sharply criticized the sentatives of the Ukrainian political elite Belarus have removed customs barriers dates has come as far in such a brief (Leonid Kuchma, Hennadii Udovenko, and border controls but otherwise have (Continued on page 13) period of time as Romania.” He said: Volodymyr Horbulin) begin to hint that “Romania was among the first countries Ukraine could revoke its non-bloc status to join the PfP program, has actively and appeal for NATO membership. Mr. participated in the NATO-led efforts in Horbulin even indicated the year 2010 as FOUNDED 1933 the former Yugoslavia. Romania con- the possible date of Ukraine’s joining TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY tinues its efforts to enhance civilian NATO. 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Russia at The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201) 451-2200 all costs will try to preserve its domi- 7 Ibid., p. 4. nance over Ukraine. Thus, Ukraine turns 8 House, Gov., Commission on Security Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz into a test of not only Russian intentions, and Cooperation in Europe, second hearing in changes to: Assistant editor: Khristina Lew but the West’s willingness to fill the a series on NATO enlargement, May 13. The Ukrainian Weekly Staff editors: Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) post-Soviet security vacuum. 9 Yevhen Marchuk. Ukraina-Rosiya- P.O. Box 346 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (To r o n t o ) One could stress several possible dan- NATO: Pozytsiya Dynamichnoyi Rivnovahy. Jersey City, NJ 07303 Den, April 18. Mr. Marchuk even asserted that European integration for Ukraine “does The Ukrainian Weekly, June 15, 1997, No. 24, Vol. LXV Dr. Volodymyr Zviglyanich is a research not presuppose its enhanced membership in Copyright © 1997 The Ukrainian Weekly fellow with The Jamestown Foundation. all and sundry European structures.” No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 3 Canada sets up court... (Continued from page 1) Mr. Bogutin admits that on his application to enter Canada in 1951 he wrote he was from Romania, where he did in fact end up as the Nazis retreated after the war. He has told the court that he feared if he had stated he was from the Soviet Union he would have been returned there. The Soviets had an agreement with the other Allied countries for the repatriation of its citizens displaced by the war, which often occurred against the will of the individual. But it is not clear whether Mr. Bogutin ran with the Germans because of his actions in Selydove, whether they forcefully took him, or whether he was fleeing the return of the Soviets. If the government can prove that Mr. Bogutin covered up his wartime collaboration with the Nazis as an active member of the auxiliary police, it will then strip him of his citizenship and begin deportation proceedings. Mr. Bogutin’s lawyer is not denying that his client worked for the police, but he says he was only a passive member who carried out orders of the higher ups. He explained that three tiers existed in the Nazi police structures: the local auxiliary police, which carried out orders from above and mostly were responsible for civil order; the gendarmerie, which was made up of Germans who investigated major crimes; and the komandatura, which was feared most and had wide authority, includ- ing the right to shoot on sight. According to Mr. Rudzik, Mr. Bogutin says that he worked in an auxiliary police unit in a warehouse carry- ing out menial tasks. Crown attorney Christopher Amerisinghe believes oth- erwise. He claims Mr. Bogutin was a member of an inves- Efrem Lukatsky tigative unit of the auxiliary police that retained the right Four generations: Liuba Antonova (left), daughter of Vasily Bogutin, holds her great-granddaughter. Also in the to give orders. “We needed to show that Mr. Bogutin was photo, taken outside the mayor’s office where the court proceedings were held, are Mrs. Antonova’s granddaughter in a position of authority, because he claims that he was and daughter Natalia Shabanova (right). merely a warehouse worker,” he explained. One government witness, himself a former member still hangs on the wall, the prosecution called seven wit- of the police unit, testified that Mr. Bogutin was one of nesses. Mr. Rudzik, the defense attorney, called two: four higher-ranking investigators who had some author- Mrs. Antonova and Mrs. Shabanova. Canadian Ps and Bs seek ity to issue orders. Mr. Rudzik’s defense was badly damaged when the Other witnesses said that, although Mr. Bogutin was a court would not allow Mrs. Shabanova to testify. The police officer, they did not recall him persecuting anybody. presiding judge, Justice William McKeown, ruled that allies in next Parliament Defense Attorney Rudzik explained that the final wit- the testimony was not admissible because it was based ness, who is from Oleksandria, Kirovohrad Oblast, and by Christopher Guly on hearsay and conjecture. was to testify after the proceedings in Selydove were Mrs. Shabanova had explained outside the mayor’s completed, had implicated Mr. Bogutin as part of the OTTAWA – By Raya Shadursky’s count, the building before she was to testify that she had carried police detachment that brought a Jewish family by the June 2 federal election in Canada produced one out her own investigation into her grandfather’s com- name of Kobalevsky to a ditch and then shot them. Mr. Ukrainian Canadian member of Parliament: Jim Rudzik questioned the man’s credibility. “He was in plicity in the events after investigators from Canada Pankiw in the Saskatchewan riding of Saskatoon- trouble with the law several times, once for allegedly began snooping around in 1993. People told her that her Humboldt. Ms. Shadursky, president of the shooting a police officer.” Mr. Bogutin is alleged to grandfather had in fact saved a man from persecution Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business have beaten that man after he was locked up following and possible execution by allowing him to escape from Federation, admits her opinion is a guess, based on the incident, said Mr. Rudzik. police headquarters at a moment when the Germans had name recognition. Figuring community representation in the House Mr. Bogutin’s 66-year-old daughter, Liuba (Continued on page 14) Antonova, who along with his granddaughter, Natalia of Commons can indeed be tricky, if a person’s Shabanova, 44, testified on his behalf, said he became a Slavic-sounding moniker is the measuring stick. policeman to avoid persecution. Mrs. Antonova However, there was news about several known explained that Mr. Bogutin’s mother got her son a job in Ukrainians. the police unit through her acquaintance with the chief For instance, Ontario Liberal MP Walt Lastewka, who represents the St. Catharines riding, was re- of police. His mother wanted to protect him from the elected by a margin of more than 2,000 votes. Nazis because she feared they would discover that he Voters in the Saskatchewan riding of Regina- was half Jewish and kill him. Mr. Bogutin’s father, Lumsden-Lake Center also returned John Abraham Bogutinsky, was a Jew who moved to the Solomon, of the left-of-center New Democratic Donetsk area from Smolensk, Russia, not long before Party, to office. Liberal MP Morris Bodnar, in the the Revolution. He was looking for work at a time when Saskatchewan riding of Black Strap, wasn’t as the coal mining industry was booming here. lucky; he was defeated by right-wing Reform Party The Bogutin affair, one of 12 new cases being devel- candidate Allan Kerpan. oped by Canada’s Ministry of Justice, began with the Similarly, in Winnipeg North-St. Paul, where investigation of Johann Dueck, a Volksdeutsche (ethnic many Ukrainian Canadians live, NDP candidate German) who lived in Selydove during the war. In 1993 and university professor Dr. Roman Yereniuk an investigative team traveled to Selydove to put togeth- failed in his bid to wrest the seat from the Liberals’ er the case against Mr. Dueck. They analyzed KGB files Dr. Rey Pagtakhan. Progressive Conservative can- from the immediate post-war years, when the Soviet didate and former UCPBF Ottawa president secret service carried out its own investigations, and Margaret Kopala was also about 18,000 votes shy took depositions from locals. The name of Vasily of beating incumbent Liberal Marlene Catterall in Bogutin kept popping up, said his lawyer, Mr. Rudzik. Ottawa West-Nepean. “It seems to be clear that he came to the attention of Presumably, the list is longer than this. But in a Canadian officials through Dueck.” race for 301 seats in the Commons, using names to Originally Mr. Bogutin’s name had been mentioned identify candidate ethnicity is almost an impossible in 1980 in an article in the Soviet-backed Ukrainian task. diaspora newspaper, Visti z Ukrainy. The paper listed Still, having Ukrainian Canadians run, and obvi- people it said had worked for the Nazis and were now ously win, seats in Parliament is very important for living “comfortably in Canada,” Mr. Rudzik explained. the community, said Ms. Shadursky. In 1996 Canadian officials returned to Selydove specif- “We are always looking for allies, especially to ically to take videotaped depositions from the townspeo- help show us how to leverage the [political] system ple on Mr. Bogutin’s actions during the German occupa- in order to be able to access information, support tion. When that evidence was ruled inadmissible by and resources.” Canada’s courts because there was no ability to cross- As president of the UCPBF for the past two examine witnesses, the court decided to move part and years, Ms. Shadursky is also cognizant of the need parcel to Selydove for that portion of the hearing. During the hearing, held in the Selydove mayor’s (Continued on page 7) office, where an old Communist slogan coined by Lenin Maria Kryvonos, 67, outside her home in Selydove. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 No. 24 University of Ottawa Chair of Ukrainian Studies hosts its first major conference by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Ukraine’s Council of Advisors, Dr. Hawrylyshyn. bility is in question. Toronto Press Bureau The two headliners did not disappoint. Their trenchant Bearing out Mr. Kuzio’s prescription, the senior commentaries on the sources of disarray in Ukraine’s diplomat said that ongoing efforts to integrate with TORONTO — Although an endowment for nascent polity and economy, and their spirited defense of European political, economic and other structures Ukrainian studies at the University of Ottawa has been what they considered to be the country’s astonishing (including military) will likely produce the solution to in place for over a decade, it was not until recently that a progress served as the reference point for much of the problems with Russia. Ukrainian studies Chair was officially established and subsequent two days of discussion. (See sidebar) The ambassador intoned: “We will continue to sign immediately sponsored its first major initiative, a con- only those documents that will guarantee Ukraine’s securi- A foreign policy forum ference this spring in Canada’s capital. ty and independence and further its national interest.” With its international roster of well-known speakers, The similarity in the presentations of three of the con- In a more conciliatory vein, Mr. Zlenko praised the conference “Towards a New Ukraine: Ukraine and ference’s presenters effectively created a forum for the President Kuchma’s leadership in leading Ukraine “out the New World Order, 1991-1996,” attracted a substan- discussion of Ukraine’s foreign policy. of the swamp of bickering with Russia and the world tial audience from across North America. Mr. Kuzio, a research fellow at the Center for community.” Scholars arrived from institutions as diverse as Russian and East European Studies of the University of He repeated Ukraine’s deserved claim to the title of Cornell University, Boston University, the University of Birmingham (England) , as well as an advisor to the “the first country that has voluntarily renounced nuclear Saskatchewan, York University and the University of Ukrainian Parliament, led off by positing two opposing weapons,” and said that movement towards the World Toronto. currents of thinking that have determined how Ukraine’s Trade Organization, NATO and the European Union In attendance were officials from the Canadian government has dealt with questions of security: must be undertaken gradually. Department of National Defense and the Ministry of “Romantic Eurasianism” and “Pragmatic Europeanism.” The calm did not last long. Aroused by a question Foreign Affairs; representatives of governmental and Mr. Kuzio suggested that as Ukraine’s leaders shep- from the floor concerning the difficulties Ukraine faces non-governmental agencies such as the Canadian herded the country from her status as a quasi-nation in the U.S. Congress, Ambassador Zlenko turned the International Development Agency (CIDA), the emerging from under the Soviet bulwark, many sought question back at the diaspora, thundering: “Where is our Canadian Society for International Health and the to realize the “romantic ideal” of acting as a neutral lobby? Who can organize it? ... It is a pleasure to watch Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE); country on the Eurasian divide. However, the U.K.- other lobbyists work in Washington, where is ours?” community leaders from across Canada and the U.S., based scholar said that Russia’s continued unwillingness Mr. Zlenko called for the establishment of a strategic and a substantial number of the general public. to acknowledge Ukraine’s refusal to go the Belarusian partnership between Ukrainian organizations in the dias- On March 21-22, just under 300 people filled the De route and allow itself to be re-absorbed into the Russian pora and Ukraine. Celles lecture hall, one of the university’s largest, much sphere of influence has forced the emergence of a prag- to the delight of the organizing committee headed by matic pro-European stance. An apparatchik’s sang froid Ottawa-based political scientist Prof. Teofil Kis. Irena This tension, according to Mr. Kuzio, has led to a sense Mr. Vesselovsky, deputy head of the policy analysis Bell, chair coordinator, said more than half of the con- of compromise and consensus among Kyiv’s policy-mak- branch, at Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was ference’s registrants had arrived from out of town. The ers. He said because the country can’t afford to shift radi- the last of the trio addressing this topic, and was the organizing committee also included Profs. Irena cally eastward or westward, it keeps its fingers in various most measured, even dry. Makaryk and Roman Weretelnyk. foreign policy pies, such as cooperation but not full inte- Delivering a paper prepared jointly with his branch The conference was held in cooperation with the host gration with the Commonwealth of Independent States chief, Mr. Kharchenko, the Kyiv-based analyst set out university’s departments of economics and political sci- (CIS) on one hand; and participation in the U.S.-sponsored Ukraine’s position as “a young democracy living in a ence and the Ottawa-based Sheptytsky Institute of Partnership for Peace, but a hesitant and deliberate gray zone of instability ... [and seeking to] avoid multi- Eastern Christian Studies at St. Paul University. approach to NATO expansion on the other. ple, potentially destructive national debates on each new Members of the organizing committee expressed their Mr. Kuzio said that under President Leonid Kuchma situation and international event.” thanks to Northland Power Corp. and Antin Iwachniuk and Foreign Affairs Minister Hennadii Udovenko’s stew- Mr. Vesselovsky identified “diversification of (who was guest of honor at the proceedings) for the gen- ardship, Ukraine has practiced “active neutrality” — not a Ukraine’s foreign economic relations” in order to escape erous donations that made the conference possible. passive avoidance of integration in other alliance systems the inherited dependency on the Russian Federation as a Along with the late Constantine Bida, Mr. Iwachniuk is and economic compacts, but a non-aligned participation matter of primary concern. Therefore, the analyst said, also a founding donor of the Ottawa chair. in the development of Europe’s security structure. “European and trans-Atlantic vectors” are important and Also introduced by Prof. Kis at the conference opening Mr. Kuzio pointed out that Ukraine’s dependence on will continue to grow in importance in the future. was the chair patron, Canada’s former Governor General Russian and other foreign energy suppliers has forced it He quoted a document concerning the country’s Ramon J. Hnatyshyn, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Canada to perform “a delicate and interesting dance.” However, national security adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in Volodymyr Furkalo and Sen. Raynell Andreychuk. he suggested that Russian bluster over Sevastopol such January 1997, the Constitution of Ukraine, and Rada The line-up of speakers featured Dr. Bohdan as that of Moscow Mayor Yurii Luzhkov could very guidelines passed in 1993 in setting out the legal frame- Krawchenko, who spoke about the building of a new well drive Ukraine to seek full NATO membership. work of his state’s policy. civil society and political system in Ukraine; Dr. Drama and thunder from Zlenko He concluded by hailing Canada’s and Ukraine’s Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, about changes to the economic “like-mindedness” in foreign policy and comparing, system; Taras Kuzio, about domestic sources of Ambassador Zlenko, a career diplomat, Ukraine’s first with understated humor, the two countries’ geopolitical Ukrainian security policy; Dr. Borys Gudziak, about minister of foreign affairs and recent appointee as ambas- situations. “Canada is the second largest state on this Ukrainian religious life; Mykola Zhulynsky, about the sador to France, offered a rousing chronicle of a policy continent and has an enormous and dynamic neighbor. problematics of culture in Ukraine; Ambassador “built from virtually nothing,” and the perils of “navigat- Ukraine is also the second largest state on the European Anatolii Zlenko, about the development of Ukraine’s ing the post-Soviet labyrinth” of international affairs, at a continent, and its neighbor is more than twice as large foreign policy in 1991-1996; and Andrii Vesselovsky, time when “Ukraine could not afford mistakes.” [as the U.S.] and arguably twice as dynamic.” on Ukraine’s foreign policy strategies. Mr. Zlenko also revealed that an autonomous if not Asked whether he adheres to one of the foreign poli- Originally, Ivan Dzyuba, Ukraine’s former minister of independent course for Ukrainian policy was already cy orientations posited by Mr. Kuzio, Mr. Vesselovsky culture, was to have participated, but helath-related prob- being charted by academic mini-think-tanks and groups cagily replied that the Birmingham-based analyst’s lem’s prevented him from attending. Mr. Zhulynsky pre- of experts. “We began studying consular practices, “Eurasian versus European” formulation was one of the sented a talk instead. According to Ms. Bell, Mr. Dzyuba treaty drafting, alliance formation,” he said, seemingly more interesting he had heard, but said in his branch did submit a paper, which will be included in the published outlining basic areas of study, and yet off limits for “we are more practitioners than theoreticians.” conference proceedings due out this fall. many members of Ukraine’s minuscule apparat. Another scheduled speaker, Ihor Kharchenko, head of The former U.N. envoy also asserted that since the Cultural and religious divertimenti policy analysis and planning of Ukraine’s Ministry of ending of the Russo-Chechen conflict, Russian pressure The two other speakers provided what amounted to Foreign Affairs, also was unavailable because of a on Ukraine has increased substantially. divertimenti from the foreign policy theme. Former NATO meeting; his deputy, Mr. Vesselovsky, a former Mr. Zlenko had harsh words for Russia’s constant Vice Prime Minister Zhulynsky offered a fairly work- member of the embassy staff in Ottawa, filled in. pretensions to Crimea, arguments over the delineation manlike harangue about the threats faced by Ukrainian Conference organizers were particularly fortunate to and demarcation of borders, unwillingness to share the culture in the very country that should be best posi- secure the participation of the two most prominent assets of the former USSR, and insistence that Kyiv sign tioned to preserve it. Ukrainian Canadian advisors who have left their mark in the CIS statute on foreign policy coordination and other Mr. Zhulynsky said the removal of Mr. Dzyuba as Kyiv, the vice-rector of Ukraine’s Academy of Public agreements that could limit Ukrainian sovereignty. 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TORONTO – Ottawa University’s [satirist Mykola] Hohol’s time.” Dr. Krawchenko said the expected Chair of Ukrainian Studies scored a sig- The obstacles continue to be consider- reform of Ukraine’s electoral law, with the nificant coup in securing the participation able: “Too many ministries (112); inter- adoption of proportional representation, of Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn and Dr. ministerial competition is ridiculous will do much to assist parties in establish- Bohdan Krawchenko, two heavyweight where you need cooperation; and ing a more transparent power base. Western advisors to the Ukrainian gov- accountability is zero where you need The advisor said Ukraine has “an ernment, in their March conference transparency,” Dr. Krawchenko said. hourglass society,” with a great concen- “Towards a New Ukraine I: Ukraine and He added that the role intended for a tration of power at the top, very little in the New World Order, 1991-1996.” bureaucracy in a democracy is often the middle, and a wide base of the pow- Both are Canadian citizens, yet both reversed, wherein officials issue direc- erless who have little access to the top spend the bulk of their time in Ukraine. tives to ministers instead of the other way echelon and few opportunities to form an Dr. Hawrylyshyn does so as the chairman around. influential middle class. of the Ukrainian Parliament’s Council of However, Dr. Krawchenko said For Dr. Krawchenko, Ukraine’s progress Advisors (among other posts); Dr. President Leonid Kuchma is showing the as a civic and political society is dependent Krawchenko as vice-rector of the necessary leadership, and referred to Mr. on the latest generation of civic-minded Academy of Public Administration run Kuchma’s March 21 announcement of the entrepreneurs. He said he was encouraged by the Office of the President. establishment of a special task force on to have met an impressive number of such Dr. Krawchenko acted as the confer- restructuring the civil service, financed by individuals in Kharkiv. “These are very ence’s leadoff man, and in addressing his a $200 million World Bank loan. smart, very pragmatic former academics – topic, “The Building of a New Civil The advisor said the principal sources they know what they want, they have a Society and Political System in Ukraine, of corruption among government offi- good understanding of how to achieve it, Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn 1991-1996,” he expanded on a talk he cials are low salaries and over-regulation. and they have a strong feeling for the civic delivered at the Canadian Institute of “The more signatures you need, the high- health of the country.” ficult was Russia’s decision to renege on Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) 20th anniver- er the probability of a bribe; less regula- When asked, as always, about the effec- an agreement to share the former sary conference in November 1996. tion equals lower corruption.” tiveness of Western aid programs, Dr. USSR’s assets, Dr. Hawrylyshyn said. In “Ukraine has traveled an incredible dis- Krawchenko replied with characteristic fact, not only did Russian officials take The civil society tance; it has lived an incredible drama,” candor: “If anyone did an audit, the results control of all gold, precious stone and said Dr. Krawchenko. He added that Dr. Krawchenko then raised questions would be awful. Everybody talks about foreign currency reserves, as well as for- observers, both in the Ukrainian diaspora concerning the new boundaries that have institution-building, but nobody does a eign-based institutions and real estate, and in foreign-based governments, finan- to be drawn between the state and society thing about it except organize seminars.” they even siphoned off funds held in cial concerns and commercial enterprises in Ukraine, as it moves away from its Dr. Krawchenko added: “What Ukraine banks in Kyiv. The advisor related how need to keep in mind the pressures the totalitarian Soviet heritage. needs is 1,000 good economists, 1,000 good on one occasion $110,000 he brought in newly independent country faces, caught “Under totalitarianism, you have total lawyers; $10 million could set up the neces- to finance IMI-Kyiv was whisked off to as it is between a resentful former imperial integration; in a democratic civil society, sary programs to train them, and this would Moscow overnight and never recovered. center, Moscow, and an economically and intermediary institutions (Churches, unions be one of the cheapest and most effective politically demanding West. First commandment: liberalization and the like) function independent of one ways to turn the country around.” The machinery of state another and of government,” he said. Returning to the aforementioned “three Hawrylyshyn on Ukraine’s inheritance Shifting from the theoretical, Dr. commandments,” Dr. Hawrylyshyn Concentrating on his area of expertise Krawchenko said the number of NGOs Dr. Hawrylyshyn addressed the topic assessed Ukraine’s economic performance and personal involvement, Dr. and other professional lobby groups try- “Ukraine, 1991-1996: Changes in the since independence, beginning with liber- Krawchenko provided a sketch of ing to influence public policy is rising, Economic System and Structure.” Most alization – establishing the necessary dis- Ukraine’s construction of public adminis- and is currently at about 5,000. But, he notably, he exhibited a close identification tance between government and the market- tration, “the machinery of state.” said, “this is a pittance compared to with the country, frequently referring to p l a c e . He said Kyiv’s ability to make signifi- Canada, and in South Africa, also a “our industry,” “our currency” throughout cant advances in this area, though it had young society, you have 30,000.” his presentation. His talk also included a no legacy of statehood, was truly remark- Dr. Krawchenko said many of these liberal sprinkling of barbs intended for able. “The state was anything but a organizations are very small in member- Western policy-makers and consultants Leviathan at independence,” the German- ship and in the scope of their activities, who paint Ukraine as country that isn’t born academic said. “In 1991, the and too many specialize in seminars “measuring up to international standards.” Ukrainian government was a post office rather than in tangible advocacy of pro- box which received instructions that were The founder of the Kyiv branch of the grams or satisfaction of needs. occasionally translated into Ukrainian.” International Management Institute said “Some guy was beaten by police As a precondition of successful that while everyone knows the “three recently in Mykolaiv,” the scholar reform, Dr. Krawchenko said the state commandments handed down from observed, “and after it happened you had to be strong enough to withstand lob- Mount Washington by the IMF and the could get pamphlets about human rights, bies that confront it and stand up for the World Bank are liberalization, stabiliza- common good. Initial paralysis on this you could attend a seminar on human tion and privatization,” few take the time front mirrored the initial weakness of the rights, but you couldn’t get a lawyer to to examine Ukraine’s inheritance from Ukrainian state, he said. assert them for him.” the Soviet Union that fundamentally con- Much of the Oxford-educated presenta- Dr. Krawchenko said fear of the sys- ditioned what Ukraine could do. tion struck an odd chord. At a time when tem persists and that it remains difficult Dr. Hawrylyshyn pointed out that governments in North America and Europe to get people together to petition effec- Ukraine’s system had been inextricably are obsessed with shedding civil servants tively, despite the frequency of strikes woven into the Soviet imperial web, and and cutbacks, Dr. Krawchenko was propos- and demonstrations. that its economic structure was warped ing the seemingly heretical: increasing the He said he sees cause for optimism in by these political considerations. size of the Ukrainian bureaucracy. the gradual proliferation of municipal Ideology subverted the usual economic He pointed out that Ukraine’s govern- associations, small business associations, criteria for decision-making in enterprises, ment had been numerically small, the farmers’ cooperatives, associations of he said, and there was no pursuit of opti- Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko entire state machinery consisting of only entrepreneurs and industrialists, and vari- mization in production in terms of quality ous professional guilds. 12,000 people in 1991. control and cost effectiveness. Both capital He said that while financial transac- and resources (with disastrous environ- The reason was simple, the former CIUS Political sphere in infancy tions and economic activity are quite director said, “No rule of law? No Ministry mental impact) were devalued. In addition, free, particularly in the shadow econo- of Justice. No free market? No Ministry of A major difficulty, in Dr. Krawchenko’s everything from basic resources to parts my, this has considerable drawbacks. Finance and commerce. If money isn’t estimation, is that political parties are most- for machinery was often brought from as Urban property rentals and utilities such money, but simply a unit of accounting, ly still in their infancy. “As organizations much as 1,500 miles away. as water, gas and electricity have gone up then you hardly need a central bank.” of political power groups, they’re orga- The advisor said a Soviet bias toward in price sharply but still cover only about Dr. Krawchenko opined that Ukraine’s nized around power clans held over from the military and heavy industry, and a 80 percent of cost. Even so, these increas- government faced problems with human the Soviet period, and are often territorial,” virtual absence of investments in a civil- es have reduced many to penury, com- resources – things weren’t simply too he explained. ian economy meant there were no trans- pounding the hardship wreaked by the communist to function properly; the The political scientist said that member- fers of advances made in one sector to inflation that wiped out savings. problem was the wrong kinds of civil ser- ship and influence in these clans are another, such as those disseminated from Dr. Hawrylyshyn said that while stock vants with the wrong kinds of skills. unclear, and internal alliances are constant- the U.S. space program. exchanges are operating, their relatively “There were too few lawyers and econo- ly shifting. He commented that individuals According to Dr. Hawrylyshyn, although small size and inexperience among the mists, and too many people with techni- in the private sector are “too busy making many sectors of the USSR’s economy were participants have produced very low vol- cal skills, such as engineers,” he said. money to support any parties – only scientifically avant-garde, most were com- umes of trading. He noted that while peo- He spoke proudly of the training of public recently have individuals come to take pol- pletely unsuited to the needs of the general ple are falling prey to scams, this is not servants conducted by the Canadian Institute itics seriously and seek to deal with the population, and this produced the paradox occurring at anywhere near the rate seen of Public Administration in conjunction with impediments thrown in the way of eco- of a technologically backward country run in Albania, and such frauds are certainly the body where he served as vice-rector, but nomic reform by the Verkhovna Rada.” by technically brilliant individuals. that despite advances, “a culture of public He also pointed out that many entre- Also making Ukraine’s transition dif- (Continued on page 10) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 No. 24

NEWS AND VIEWS TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY Congratulations and thanks Jacyk Educational Foundation Whether the caps and gowns are large or small, worn by kindergartners or by marks decade of achievements college students, this is an important time of year as graduation days abound. So, it is only natural that the pages of our newspapers and magazines, and even our by Dr. Marko Stech the Harriman Review – subscribed to by televisions screens, are filled with words and images of graduates and references scholarly libraries in the world and by most The level of education and scholarship scholars and politicians specializing in to the messages of commencement speakers. In this newspaper, in this space, we in a given country can serve as a gauge would like to reflect on our community’s unique schools. Eastern Europe – was dedicated to of its wealth, power and influence in the Ukrainian-Russian relations. According to statistics cited in a recent article by the Rev. Frank Szadiak, pastor contemporary world. A nation’s welfare of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark, N.J., today there are • In 1996, when the foundation initiat- today is determined not so much by nat- ed its campaign to nominate President 7,246 parochial elementary schools in America. Of that number, 15 are Ukrainian ural resources or military strength, but by Catholic parochial schools (there are also two parochial high schools, one in New Leonid Kuchma for the Nobel Peace the professional qualifications of its citi- Prize for his work toward nuclear non- York and the other in Hamtramck, Mich.). These schools are subsidized — as zens and by the stability of its financial tuition does not cover all costs — mainly by parishes and their parishioners, proliferation, the foundation’s nomina- institutions. States such as Singapore or tion letter was co-signed by seven promi- although, of course, alumni and other benefactors also help. Hong-Kong, which established dynamic, The number of our parochial schools has declined in recent years. For exam- nent professors representing prestigious wealthy and cultured societies on small universities in North America, Europe ple, in the New Jersey Deanery alone, where there were once five parochial territories with virtually no natural schools, today there are only three: Newark, Perth Amboy and Passaic. But, the and Japan. Subsequently, due to the resources, are the best examples of this foundation’s connections with academic work of our schools has not dwindled in importance. The priority of these schools premise, especially if they are compared is a Christian education with a focus on our distinctive Ukrainian rite, plus the institutions around the world, many other with large countries, rich in natural scholars and politicians lent their support Ukrainian heritage, language, history, geography and culture. resources, but with high poverty levels. This came through loud and clear as we attended two graduations in the past few to President Kuchma’s nomination. The amount of accurate information The foundation’s primary goal is to days. It was evident in the commencement program of the eighth grade, where the available to the international community create and develop a global network of valedictorian’s speech was delivered in Ukrainian and the salutatorian’s in English. about a given nation’s history and culture, permanent academic programs in It was evident also in the songs and recitations presented, and in the sentiments and the effectiveness of its dissemination, Ukrainian studies and Ukrainian scholar- expressed by all speakers. One could sense a true love for “two homelands,” as one determine global political attitudes toward ly centers, whose combined efforts will speaker put it — that is, for America and Ukraine. There was a similar scenario at that nation’s people. Ukrainians, about have a significant impact on international the kindergarten ceremony we attended. The kids performed quite a show, and they whom world opinion was formed for cen- scholarship. Within a few years of its sang their hearts out in Ukrainian and English. Though presented on a different turies by political enemies, understand the inception, the foundation contributed to level, one easily understood by the children, the message here was the same as that practical effects of this premise only too the creation of such programs at the at the older students’ graduation: we are proud of our heritage and we are happy to well. Even today, more than five years University of London and the University have the opportunity to preserve it. after the independent Ukrainian state was of North London (England), Columbia Those present at these two graduation ceremonies — events that no doubt proclaimed, the world still does not know University (New York), the University of mirror those of other Ukrainian parochial schools — came away with a the objective truth about Ukraine’s history Alberta (Edmonton), Harvard University renewed sense of the worth of our community and the intrinsic value of our and present-day situation. In many spheres (Cambridge, Mass.), and the University schools in preserving that community. of political and cultural life, Ukraine is still of Toronto. We extend a congratulatory handshake to our graduates; and to the teachers, considered to be part of Russia. In 1989, the foundation established the parents and others who supported them, we offer a thank-you. And, we encour- Few Ukrainian organizations have Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Historical age our readers to remember: Our schools are our future. Thus, it is in our accepted the fact that the only effective Research at the Canadian Institute of interest to support them in whatever ways we can. way to achieve a long-lasting positive Ukrainian Studies in Edmonton, which is influence on international attitudes currently preparing a full English-language toward Ukraine and Ukrainians is to edition of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s “History improve international scholarship about of Ukraine-Rus’.” Once the Hrushevsky Ukraine and to support Ukrainian schol- volumes are published, the foundation will June ars and professionals. organize a joint effort by several prominent TurningTurning the pagespages back...back... Established in 1986, the Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation is unique among historians to continue where Hrushevsky 17 Ukrainian institutions in the world left off and provide a fundamental analysis because its activities are conducted with- of Ukraine’s history to date. The founda- 1911 The renowned Russian author, editor, dissident and émigré in the context of international academic tion is already sponsoring preparatory work Viktor Nekrasov was born in Kyiv on June 17, 1911. Nekrasov ini- circles. The foundation has been instru- for this monumental undertaking at the tially studied to be an architect at the Kyiv Construction Institute, mental in the establishment of Ukrainian Institute for Historical Research at the University of Lviv. graduating in 1936. Restless, a year later he joined the actors’s studio at the Kyiv Russian studies programs and scholarly centers at The Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation Drama Theater, subsequently appearing in its productions and working as a set designer. leading universities throughout North also supports other projects that contribute He served in the Red Army in 1941-1944, and fought in the Battle of Stalingrad. America and Europe. These institutions to the development of Ukrainian scholar- After the war, he returned to Kyiv and worked as a journalist, and in 1946 published a now develop and implement research in ship and learning in various disciplines. novel based on his wartime experiences, “In the Trenches of Stalingrad,” for which he Ukrainian studies, educate the next gen- Petro Jacyk was one of the main sponsors was awarded the Stalin Prize and elected a member of the Presidium of the Ukrainian eration of scholars and professors in the of “Ö̈ËÍÎÓÔ‰¥fl ìÍ‡ªÌÓÁ̇‚ÒÚ‚‡” Writers’ Union. However, Nekrasov was no mediocre Soviet hack. His short stories field, produce important publications (Ukrainian Encyclopedia). Furthermore, in about the effects of war and the novel “In the Home Town” (1954) were among the about Ukraine, its history, culture and order to provide resource materials for earliest examples of the non-dogmatic writing that emerged in the post-Stalinist thaw. current international status, and organize Ukrainian studies programs, the foundation In 1957 still trusted by the regime, he took his first trip to Western Europe, and then, scholarly conferences and educational helped establish resource centers and in 1960 he spent a fortnight in New York City and on the Eastern Seaboard. programs about Ukraine for Western library collections, such as the Petro Jacyk “Both Sides of the Ocean” (1962) was the result — a collection of spirited essays diplomats and businessmen that in turn Central and East European Resource in which he provides an exuberant take on American culture, and in which he com- influence world opinion about Ukraine Center and Petro Jacyk Microfilm pares and contrasts the architectural styles of his beloved Kyiv with the soaring sky- and Ukrainians, as illustrated by the fol- Collection of Ukrainian Serials at the scrapers of Manhattan. Nekrasov even included a sympathetic vignette about his lowing examples. University of Toronto, Robarts Library. It encounter with a Ukrainian immigrant in the U.S. Nekrasov’s unwillingness to con- • In 1991, following the establishment of also funded the Petro Jacyk Endowment demn the West without reservation attracted harsh denunciations from official critics. the Petro Jacyk Lectureship in Ukrainian for Ukrainian Periodicals, which allows His refusal to be cowed led to a personal attack by Nikita Khrushchev in 1963. Studies at the University of London, Robarts Library to regularly acquire new As far as the apparat was concerned, things went rapidly downhill from there. In England, the university organized an inter- books, journals and newspapers dealing February 1966 Nekrasov joined 25 other cultural figures in writing to ascendant stalwart national conference entitled “Ukraine and with Ukraine. Leonid Brezhnev about the dangers of reverting to Stalinism. Later that year he sent off a European Security,” that attracted consider- The Foundation sponsors Ukrainian protest to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, in which he declared that the newly able attention from the British press. physicians participating in international adopted statutes proscribing “anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda” were unconstitutional. • Following the establishment of the cancer research, as well as the publication In April 1968 Nekrasov signed a petition sent to Brezhnev protesting the trials of Petro Jacyk Ukrainian Studies Program at of psychiatric literature in Ukraine. Up until young intellectuals in Ukraine and in Russia. In July he signed a joint letter to the Harriman Institute at Columbia 1993, the foundation had a well-developed Literaturna Ukraina in defense of Vyacheslav Chornovil. After four years of such University in New York, the institute intro- financial assistance program for students activity, the regime tired of its high-profile pest, and a campaign of home searches, duced new courses in Ukrainian language, and scholars, which provided scholarships confiscations of samizdat and round-the-clock harassment began in earnest. He was literature, and history, and became one of and research grants, covered the costs of expelled from the Communist Party in 1973. the organizers of a series of conferences: TOEFL, GRE and GMAT tests in Ukraine, Nekrasov began petitioning for permission to leave the USSR, and when his wish “Peoples, Nations, Identities: The Russian- and collected and disseminated information was granted in September 1974, he left with his wife to settle in Paris. There he joined Ukrainian Encounter,” which stimulated a about financial assistance available to the staff of the émigré journal of politics and culture, Kontinent, as associate editor. lively discussion in the international press. Ukrainian students and researchers at He died in Paris on September 3, 1987. After the last conference, an entire issue of Western universities. However, this assis- Sources: “Nekrasov, Viktor,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 3 (Toronto: University of tance program has been discontinued due to Toronto Press, 1993); “Nekrasov, Viktor Platonovic,” Biographical Dictionary of Dissidents in Dr. Marko Stech is the managing the overwhelming demand for the founda- the Soviet Union (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1982); Viktor Nekrasov, “Both director of the Petro Jacyk Educational Sides of the Ocean,” (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964). Foundation. (Continued on page 13) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 7

ACTION ITEM Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-N.Y.) has drafted a “Dear Colleague” letter that has been delivered to every Congressional office. The letter, addressed to Rep. by Christopher Guly Sonny Callahan (R-Ala.), chairman of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, urges support for continued assistance to Ukraine. The letter’s focus is on the positive changes in Ukraine and lists recent reform efforts in the areas of agriculture, the energy sector and privatization, as well as the struggle The cook, the comic, the mother and her bingo buddies to reduce crime and corruption. The letter also reminds congressmen of the impor- tance of a successful strategic partnership between the U.S. and Ukraine. An estimated television viewing audi- cheese,” says Mr. Kostick, who lives in Since Rep. Callahan has taken a strong, negative stand specifically towards funding ence of half a million Canadians tunes in Toronto’s yuppie Beaches district. Convincing people his palate is average, for Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Information Service (UNIS) urges members of daily to watch Ken Kostick do what he himself watched as he grew up in though, is another thing. Few, if any, of Mr. the Ukrainian American community to contact their congressman and encourage their Winnipeg’s North End: prepare meals. Both Kostick’s friends invite him to dinner par- representative to sign on to the “Dear Colleague” letter. Appeals for support can be his late father, Ed, and his 63-year-old ties. “They usually take me to a restaurant made by either writing a letter (sample below), or by calling your congressman mother, Helen (whose origins are English), because they worry that I might critique through (202) 224-3121 - Capitol Information. spent a lot of time in the kitchen whipping their meals,” he says almost mournfully. The following congressmen have endorsed the letter as of June 10: Reps. Maurice up hearty meals. Wearing the cloak of celebrity makes Hinchey (D-N.Y.), Christopher Smith (R-N.J.), David Bonior (D-Mich.), Michael R. Their influence whetted Mr. Kostick’s going to these restaurants another matter. McNulty (D-N.Y.), and Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.). career appetite to don his apron – though his Constantly hounded by fans – one woman * * * menu these days is probably a bit more drove through a snowstorm just to meet Mr. The following is a brief sample letter: nutritious than some of the starchy dishes Kostick in his log cabin hideaway at Mama made for him when he was a lad. Winnipeg Beach north of his hometown – Representative (name) Still, Mrs. Kostick has made numerous Canada’s chief cook has to outmaneuver his U.S. House of Representatives guest appearances on her 44-year-old son’s TV following. Washington, DC 20515 daily 30-minute program, “What’s for “I go to a handful of restaurants where Dear Representative (name): Dinner?” – showing how to make holubtsi no one will bother me,” explains Mr. and pyrohy. In fact, the 63-year-old woman Kostick. “If somebody does come up to me, I urge you to endorse Rep. Louise Slaughter’s “Dear Colleague” letter which sup- shares some of the show’s weekly stack of the people in the restaurant know me well ports U.S. foreign assistance to Ukraine. To ensure that Ukraine remains on the path mail that approaches the 3,000 letter mark. enough to come up to them and tell them of democracy with free-market reform, a commitment of U.S. resources is necessary. Next March Mrs. Kostick plans to that I’m trying to enjoy my meal.” To stop assistance to Ukraine is not in the interest of the U.S. and will result in a lack release her first cookbook, “Helen Should “What’s for Dinner?” end up on of programs that are necessary to develop a competitive business environment, insti- Kostick’s Down Home Cooking,” which is U.S. television, which is Mr. Kostick’s goal tute legal reform and build an independent energy sector. to feature recipes shared with her by some by year’s end, he may have to concoct I respectfully suggest that you support the “Dear Colleague” letter. Thank you for of her “bingo buddies” from the North End, another strategy to maintain some sem- your consideration in this matter. where she still resides. At the same time, blance of anonymity off the TV set. That, Mr. Kostick will release his third cookbook however, could prove tougher than any — Submitted by the Ukrainian National Information Service focusing on Mediterranean cuisine. flambé he’s ever conjured in a kitchen. Macmillan Canada, which published Mr. “I’m very conscious of people’s feelings shaped into more of a prototype for simi- Kostick’s other two – including this year’s and beliefs,” says Mr. Kostick. “Ninety-nine Canadian Ps and Bs... lar efforts in the future, said Nicholas “Ken Kostick’s Island Cookbook” – will percent of the people who come up to me (Continued from page 3) Turinski, UCPBF vice-president for gov- release both Kostick books. are very nice – even if people come right up ernment relations, who chaired the ques- “We’re going to duke it out next spring,” to my door. I think it’s because I open to increase awareness of non-Ukrainian- tionnaire subcommittee. jokes Mr. Kostick about competing with his myself to them and become their friend.” Canadian MPs on issues facing the com- “It’s important for us, as a community, mother over book sales. But the jab is mild Regular viewers of his TV show know munity. to be aware of where the parties stand on compared to the playful insults he endures about his 32-year-old sister, Diane (some To that end, the federation issued a issues facing us,” he said. from his TV co-host, Mary Jo Eustace. wonder when she’s going to be married), questionnaire to members of its 16 The federation has yet to analyze the On almost every show, which airs three his pair of boxers, Pearl and Ruby (who branches across Canada midway results of the politicians’ survey. Mr. times a day on Global-TV and the specialty also receive mail) and, of course, his moth- through the recent federal election cam- Turinski said he was unaware of how cable network, Life, Ms. Eustace, an actor er. “Fifty percent of our audience tune in paign. The idea was to gauge partisan many candidates were contacted. and recording artist, takes jibes at her on-air just to be entertained,” admits Mr. Kostick. response to several Ukrainian Canadian But as the UCPBF prepares for its TV mate. She calls him “girlie man”; Mr. But while some may be splitting their issues: multiculturalism, immigration, August national conference in Calgary, Kostick is openly gay. And she calls him sides when, following a commercial break, Canada-Ukraine foreign relations and Ms. Shadursky said the federation’s “little man”; Mr. Kostick is a few inches Mr. Kostick appears in the Scarlett O’Hara technical assistance, and the yet-to-be recent exercise could kick-start the orga- shorter than the 5-foot-9 Ms. Eustace. Mr. outfit Ms. Eustace was wearing earlier in resolved question of redress for World nized Ukrainian Canadian community’s Kostick responds well, playing the foil to the show, no doubt someone in North End War I internment of Ukrainian somewhat indifferent approach in scoring Ms. Eustace’s comic turns. Their banter is Winnipeg is sitting there wondering when Canadians. a public profile. completely unscripted and, if there are any Mr. Kostick will offer a sequel to the Sample questions included: “We have to start being taken serious- repercussions to their on-air campiness, it’s Poached Salmon in Pineapple recipe. • “The Ukrainian Canadian communi- ly,” she said, noting the Ukrainian in some of the mail the show receives. Maybe pineapple pyrohy? ty believes that the concept of two Canadian Congress’ muted response to “Some people tell me to founding nations [English and French], the recent federal election. (However, a stop treating Ken so meanly,” whether officially recognized, claimed few UCC executive members were part says Ms. Eustace, a former or hidden, is destructive and divisive to of the UCPBF’s questionnaire subcom- chef who’s also working on Canada as a federation. This concept mittee.) her own cookbook, “By My and thinking also threatens other cultur- “All I hear from the community is that Side,” which will present al and native communities in Canada. the government doesn’t do this or the recipes for, what else, side What does your party believe are the government doesn’t do that,” said Ms. d i s h e s . consequences of this thinking ... to Shadursky, who completes her term as In September, when Canada?” federation president in August. “But at “What’s for Dinner” enters its • “Does your party support the idea no point in time does anybody provide third season, the two hosts that communities in Canada, be they geo- solutions on how we can access politi- promise television may never graphic, religious or ethnic, play a signif- cians and get our message across.” be the same. A sample: Ms. icant role in the successful establishment At a recent UCPBF multiculturalism Eustace, dressed as Dorothy of new immigrants?” symposium, recently re-elected from the classic film, “The • “If elected/re-elected, what would Independent MP John Nunziata (in the Wizard of Oz,” kicks Mr. your party’s stance be with respect to Metro Toronto riding of York-South Kostick with her red pumps, Ukraine’s political aspirations and in Weston) listened to questions from telling him “This isn’t assuring Ukraine’s security?” Ukrainian Canadians angry with the fed- Kansas.” In another episode, • “What role should the Ukrainian- eral government, of which he was once a they exchange wardrobes: Canadian community be playing in the member. “Nunziata replied that he hadn’t Mr. Kostick wears Ms. delivery of Canadian technical assistance received one letter in his riding from any- Eustace’s skirt and she wears to Ukraine, if any?” one with Ukrainian background,” said his Levi’s. • “Is your party prepared to acknowl- Ms. Shadursky. Of course, amid all this edge the injustice done to Ukrainian But even if the federation finds its par- over-the-top schtick, the two Canadians, and to guarantee that the liamentary Ukrainian Canadian allies by are also offering viewers tips issue of restitution of the internee’s con- name, there’s no guarantee they will find on how to make exciting and fiscated valuables and properties will be support in terms of policy. healthy meals. Some of the dealt with properly?” Newly elected Mr. Pankiw in recipe hints come from the Since the federation launched its sur- Saskatchewan, for one, holds member- Kostick family home on vey too late to be effective in helping ship in the Reform Party, which has long Magnus Avenue in the North Ukrainian Canadians decide on their opposed publicly funded multicultural- End. “I still do macaroni and choices at the polls, the project has been ism programs. Ken Kostick 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 No. 24 Yara Arts Group presents evening of poetry in New Yo r k by Catherine Zadoretzky Garbage” and “Blues.” Zabryna Guevara found the perfect ironic tone for Ms. NEW YORK – Ukrainian poet Oksana Zabuzhko’s “Letter From the Summer Zabuzhko has been awarded this year’s House” about a new natural mystery of mad Poetry Prize by the Global Commitment trees “turned rust colored” by “recent acid Foundation. The presentation took place at r a i n s . ” the Ukrainian Institute of America on May A special surprise of the evening was the Olexander Koshetz Choir on CD 16. It was celebrated as a highlight of Yara presentation of “Seven Japanese Poems.” Arts Group’s most recent poetry event, Hot Startling miniatures by Buson, Shiko, For all his conducting successes, does not work as a composition, espe- House, an evening of poetry on heart and Soseki and others were read by Katie Olexander Koshetz did not have luck in cially next to settings by Leontovych or h o m e . Takahashi in Japanese, Ms. Guevara in the recording studio. Outdated technolo- Liudkevych. Ms. Zabuzhko lives in Kyiv and is the English and Ms. Piaseckyj in Ukrainian. gy and unstable choral groups, which Of special interest in this group, how- author of three poetry collections: “May The seventh poem, an 11th century piece by often disbanded as soon as they became ever, are two concise and concentrated Frost” (1985), “The Conductor of the Last poetess Izumi Shikibu, was sung by Ms. well trained by Koshetz, canceled efforts miniatures by the contemporary compos- Candle” (1990) and “Hitchhiking” (1994). Takahashi and Ms. Guevara, and in to leave behind faithful and durable er/conductor Mykola Kolessa. His Her poems have appeared in translation in Ukrainian by Marianna Vynnytsky. Music records of his immense knowledge and approach to New Year’s carols is lively, such major American literary magazines as for the piece was written by Obie-Award skill. marked by rhythmically spicy settings. Agni, Poetry Miscellany, Harvard Review, winner Genji Ito, Yara’s resident composer. But Koshetz lost little time, and Maestro Kolessa should be pleased by International Poetry Review and Visions Hot House was an event that opened the towards the end of his life was busy in these (possibly first) recordings. International. A book of her work in hearts of Ukrainian poetry-lovers to the Winnipeg transferring that knowledge to The historical and patriotic offerings English translation, “A Kingdom of global language of poetry. Ms. Zabuzhko’s the younger generation. He taught the by Lysenko and Koshetz are heard per- Statues,” was published last fall in Toronto “A Portrait: K.M. Hrushevska” read by history of Ukrainian music and conduct- formed by fine female voices in focused by Wellspring Press. Ms. Zabuzhko’s Jennifer Rohn put just this spirit into words: ed the student choir at the Ukrainian sound accompanied by piano. “My poems have always been favorites at “Katherine Mykhailivna, Miss Kate, Cultural and Educational Courses, inspir- Ukraine” by Ihor Shamo gives us patrio- Yara’s various poetry readings and theater who became dust/ Not in the camps – but ing scores of young people. Walter tism in a lighter genre, employing this workshops at Harvard. in the stars: the heavens glow with you./ Klymkiw, the present conductor of the same, gentle women’s choir. “Song of A group of talented actors presented the For all the innocently executed histori- Olexander Koshetz Choir, was one of the Kozak” arranged by K. Stetsenko and poetry that night. The beautiful and passion- ans of wasted nations You are the first them. “Song of Farewell” arranged by Zenowij ate Olga Shuhan, who has frequently defense and the last-standing guard...” Mr. Klymkiw assumed leadership of Lysko are both musical pictures of worked with Yara in the past, read poems in The reading was followed by a reception the choir only seven years after the death farewell. Of the two, Lysko’s is more the original Ukrainian, as did a new voice in and a demonstration of poetry on the of Koshetz and must have decided then recent, with fresher ideas. His rarely the Yara ensemble, Xenia Piaseckyj. World Wide Web. and there to make good with a durable heard setting is skillfully executed and Richarda Abrams, who won the hearts of Yara’s summer will be spent in part at ensemble. There is strong symbolism in gets a sensitive performance here, in those who attended Yara’s “Silver Threads” its 10th annual theater workshop at that the anniversary of Koshetz’s death in what must be the first recording. poetry event, was back with resonant read- Harvard, where some of the Hot House 1994 was followed immediately by the The disc begins devoutly with ings of Ludmyla Taran’s “How Much poems will be presented. (likewise 50th) anniversary of this Koshetz, and it ends with his arrange- ensemble’s conception. ments of more wordly material. Thus, the Mr. Klymkiw is a product of both CD program appears to be in a sort of North America and Ukraine. His talent classical ABA sonata form. And some of became honed by master conductors his settings of folk songs did become Robert Shaw and Robert Wagner, while classics if only for their optimum sonic his national commitment was strength- balances of mixed voices. Koshetz, after ened by the close personal association all, was not only a creative force focused with Anatolii Avdievskyi, champion of exclusively on choral sound; in him choral music in contemporary Ukraine. accomplishments of the composer were All of the above were highly successful only exceeded by feats of the conductor- in recordings, and Mr. Klymkiw’s CD is genius. A practical artist, he knew merely the newest entry in a previous beforehand how a piece would fare line of his quality disks and cassettes. before an audience and how to improve The bilingual CD brochure traces the still more on its success. choir’s history and provides concise but His folksong settings recorded here incisive notes on the program recorded in include: a melancholy Scottish song; a the years 1991-1995. Credits include: fine example of folk polyphony, i.e. mul- William Solomon, conductor of the male tiple voice songs recreated/embellished; choir; Roman Worobec, assistant con- a 16th century piece in the Greek mode ductor; Irene Chuchman, accompanist; and other temptations. Since the humor- and five soloists. I miss, however, a bio- ous “Na Vulytsi Skrypka Hraie” is Oksana Zabuzhko reads a poem in Kyiv as Solomea Pavlychko and Natalka sketch of Mr. Klymkiw, the modest accompanied by piano, I could retitle this Bilotserkivets listen. mover of this production. as “The Violin Plays with Piano,” and He divided the CD into four parts: The both play exuberantly. But none of the Liturgy No. 1 by Mr. Koshetz (excerpts); above are as special as the arrangement Pianist Rudnytsky continues Songs of Christmas and New Year; described next. Historical and Patriotic Songs; Folk This masterpiece never failed to Songs arranged by Mr. Koshetz. impress demanding critics of Europe or to perform around the world crowds of Central and South America The religious works by Koshetz have hungry for excitement. If the CD under YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Concert Australia in nine tours since 1979. to compete with those of Bortnianskyi or review contained only this one selection, pianist Roman Rudnytsky will be spend- After the conclusion of the Australian Leontovych, but the Liturgy No. 1 is cer- it would be worth its total price. The title ing the next three and a half months on tour, Mr. Rudnytsky will travel to Chile, tainly rich in harmony and warm, devo- “Lullaby” could only suggest the gently concert tours in widely different parts of where on September 16-24 he will play tional ambiance. “The Lord’s Prayer,” as exquisite solo line, and those haunting the world. All told, Mr. Rudnytsky has five recitals. These will be in the cities of heard here, is worthy of the text and a and wide open fifths. Koshetz simply now played in 60 countries. Santiago, La Serena, Curicó, San Felipe high achievement in religious sound. took the cute “Oi Khodyt Son Kolo He will be in Great Britain on June 13- and Rancagua. This will be his fifth four While this layer could still be improved Vikon” and in a rare state of inspiration 18, where he will perform recitals in the in Chile. in future recordings, the final excerpt, i.e. provided “vocal orchestration” for mixed towns of Redruth and Newquay in Earlier this season, Mr. Rudnytsky also “Praise the Lord of Heaven,” presents choir a cappella. Cornwall. A frequent performer in Great gave concerts in Croatia (November), choral craftsmanship of the separate Just as Leontovych did an “enlarge- Britain, Mr. Rudnytsky played there ear- Oman (February), and Malaysia, including voices, and these work together as no ment” of the basic, modest “Schedryk” lier this season in November, February Sabah in Borneo (April). other selection of this liturgy. It’s simply motif into a glorious “Carol of the Bells,” and the second half of May. Planned concerts venues in the 1997- the awe of the supernatural set to music. so also Koshetz multiplied the folk He will be in Australia on June 25- 1998 season include Great Britain, the While Koshetz’s Liturgy No. 4 has been melody/poetry on slumbering dreams by September 8, on his 10th concert tour Philippines, the Pacific Islands, Hawaii, available on cassette in Klymkiw’s inter- a piano miniature (on the same theme) of there. The tour will consist of 30 perfor- Malta, New Zealand, Malaysia, Borneo pretation, the above sections from the Vasyl Barvinsky. The piano may have mances and will take place in all five and Latin America. No. 1 appear on CD for the first time. been anathema to Koshetz, but here it mainland states of Australia. Mr. Rudnytsky, a graduate of the V. Stupnytskyi’s ever-charming “In became a blessing (of which the distin- Mr. Rudnytsky will appear as soloist, Julliard School in New York, has been a the Early Morn” with brightly lit con- guished Barvinsky was unaware). So, for the seventh time, with the Cairns member of the piano faculty of the Dana trasts is followed by a carol from the pen play the choral lullaby but remember no Youth Orchestra in Queensland, playing School of Music of Youngstown State of Hayvoronsky. While diaspora com- listener can afford to fall asleep during with them the Saint-Saëns “Concerto No. University in Youngstown since 1972 . He posers should not be neglected in North 4 in C minor.” received a “Distinguished Professor America, this item does not “sound,” (Continued on page 10) He has played about 270 concerts in Award” from that institution in 1990. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 9 Ukrainian presence at the Cliburn: Danchenko is semifinalist JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Among the 12 with Vladimir Krainev at the Hochschule performers who had advanced from the für Musik und Theater. preliminary to the semifinal round in the Mr. Danchenko performed the follow- 10th Van Cliburn International Piano ing works as part of his program at the Competition being held in Forth Worth, Cliburn competition: Clementi, Sonata in Texas, was 19-year-old Mykhailo F-sharp minor, Op. 26, No 2; Brahms Danchenko from Ukraine, the youngest “Variation on a Theme of Paganini,” Op. contender at the competition. 35, Books I and II; and Prokofiev’s Sonata The competition, which opened on No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 — in the pre- May 22, was held in three phases — pre- liminary round; in the category of chamber liminaries, semifinals and finals, and music, Brahms “Piano Quintet in F included 35 contestants age 19 to 30, minor,” Op. 34; and, as part of his recital most on the competition circuit. program: Schumann, Carnaval, Op. 9; Mr. Danchenko is a native of Kyiv, Liszt, Spanish Rhapsody; Bolcom, Nine where he has performed with the Bagatelles; and Rachmaninoff, Sonata No. Ukrainian National Symphony and the 32 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) — in the Kyiv Conservatory orchestras. In 1994 he semifinals; Beethoven, Piano Concerto won first prize in the Krainev Piano No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73; and Competition in Ukraine. In recital he has Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B- appeared in venues such as the Vienna flat minor, Op. 23 — in the final round. Musikverein and the Great Hall of the Also among this year’s contestants were Moscow Conservatory, and has partici- Alex Slobodyanik, 22, and his wife, Katya pated in international festivals, including Skanavi, 25. Ms. Skanavi, referred to by Virtuosi 2000 in St. Petersburg and the Allan Kozinn of The New York Times as Colmar Festival in France, directed by a “firebrand” from Russia, was among the Mykhailo Danchenko, the youngest contender at the Cliburn. Vladimir Spivakov. His most recent six finalists at the competition. appearances were in Germany and in The winner of the Cliburn, announced parochial high school in California. honor Texas pianist Van Cliburn’s (now Italy, where he won third prize at the on June 8, was 28-year-old American Jon The silver and bronze medalists were, 62) 1958 victory at the Tchaikovsky 1996 Busoni International Piano Nakamatsu. Upon winning the gold medal, respectively, Yakov Kasman, 30, from Competition in Moscow. C o m p e t i t i o n . Mr. Nakamatsu, a Stanford University Russia and Aviram Reichert, 25, from A television documentary about the Based in Hannover, Germany, since graduate, can now give up his day job of I s r a e l . competition, called “Playing With Fire,” 1995, Mr. Danchenko is now studying teaching German for the past six years at a The competition was founded in 1962 to is to be shown by PBS on October 8. Nadia Bohachewsky - S o ree wins Bach Harpsichord Competition MONTREAL — Harpsichordist Nadia of a panel of internationally renowned A prize winner at the fourth International School of Music, preparatory division, Bohachewsky-Soree was awarded first harpsichordists with contestants represent- Harpsichord Competition sponsored by the and received a bachelor of music degree prize at the International Bach ing and studying throughout the U.S., Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society, from the Juilliard School. She received a Harpsichord Competition presented by Canada, Europe, Korea and Japan. Ms. Bohachewsky-Soree was also a finalist master of music degree in harpsichord the baroque music society Les Idees Ms. Bohachewsky-Soree’s prize-win- at the Pro Musicis International Award performance from Rutgers University, Heureuses, which took place on May 2-4. ning performance, enthusiastically received Auditions and a laureate of the prestigious where she studied with Charlotte Mattax. The program consisted of the music of by the large attending audience, was fea- International Harpsichord Competition of She studied privately and in master class- J. S. Bach, including the Concerto for tured on Radio-Canada, and her playing B r u g e s . es with artists such as Albert Fuller, Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052, per- was described as “stunning” by reviewer Ms. Bohachewsky-Soree began her David Maroney, Keneth Gilbert and formed with orchestra. The jury consisted Richard Turp of Montreal’s The Gazette. studies in piano at age 6 at the Manhattan Gustav Leonhardt. Kyiv dance group seeks sponsors for International Children’s Festival by Marta Zielyk and several musicians – will share their talents, culture and traditions WASHINGTON – The International with other children of the world at Children’s Festival this year, for the this prestigious cultural exchange. first time, will include a dance group The group needs funds to pay for from Kyiv. The festival, which will be transportation costs from Kyiv to held on September 9-15 in the Washington. The International Washington area, has also invited stu- Children’s Festival will pay all other dent performers from Bolivia, Canada, expenses while the group is in the the Czech Republic, Finland, South U . S . Africa and Taiwan. The annual interna- The TWG Cultural Fund is cooper- tional event features cultural, social ating with the International Children’s and educational experiences for both Festival to bring the Ukraine dance the international participants and group to this premier cultural event. American students. The fund is asking community mem- The program of the International bers to sponsor a young performer Children’s Festival, produced in from Ukraine by giving $250 toward cooperation with the Wolf Trap his/her transportation costs. A portion Foundation for the Performing Arts of this donation is tax-deductible and and the National Park Service, is includes two tickets to the festival on composed of three parts: an educa- September 13-14. The full donation is tional enrichment program, a public tax-deductible without the tickets. festival and a gala reception dinner. Checks are to be made payable to: All international cultural groups will International Children’s Festival and give repeating performances at Wolf marked “for TWG Cultural Fund.” Trap in Vienna, Va., during the two- A donation of $500 to $999 day public festival on September 13- includes two tickets to the gala, a list- 14. The participants will also perform ing in the festival program and six at the gala reception dinner on tickets to the festival. Donations of all September 13 at the McLean Hilton, amounts will be appreciated. before an audience of ambassadors, Please send checks to: International members of Congress, major corpo- Children’s Festival, c/o TWG Cultural rate sponsors and other guests. Fund, 3722 48th St. NW, Washington, With the help of sponsors, children DC 20016. For more information call age 14-18 from the Ukraine Folk Katya Bowers, (703) 549-1544, or fax, Dance Group – eight pairs of dancers (703) 549-7425. Nadia Bohachewsky-Soree 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 No. 24

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We also care for graves In Dr. Hawrylyshyn’s estimation, sta- said, “but give us 20 to 30 years and in cemetries in these areas. Write for informa- bilization efforts are the Ukrainian gov- we’ll get there.” ernment’s most obvious and most dra- tion: Vladimir Ostrovsky, P.O. Box 101, matic success. Donetsk, 340000, Ukraine. “Inflation, which had peaked at 5,000 percent annually and destroyed life sav- Olexander Koshetz... ings and internal investments, has been (Continued from page 8) totally curbed,” he said, “to the point this miracle ... Kerhonkson, New York that, with a rate of 0.2 to 0.6 percent a And how can anyone slumber during month, it is at levels that would make 6 Karpaty Rd. $89,900. the final “Spring Song” filled with ritual- any Western country proud.” istic games celebrating life’s rebirth? It’s Dr. Hawrylyshyn credited the govern- a song for all springs, ours in 1997 or ment with having reduced the state budget, decades from now. whose deficit has been brought under a respectable 6 percent of the GDP. Conclusion The most laudable achievement, to the Resulting from many years of experi- advisor’s mind, was Ukraine’s ability to ence under one artistic director and con- secure a convertible currency necessary ductor, the Olexander Koshetz Choir for international trade – the hryvnia. sounds even, pliable and sensitive to He said Ukraine’s performance in this regard matches the efficiency of the Swiss. direction. 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first of its kind in the world; and the initial- Conference explores... ing of the NATO-Ukraine Distinctive (Continued from page 1) Partnership Charter. in Dr. Motyl’s opinion, was the worst. Ukraine’s charter with NATO is funda- Air Ukraine NATO has chosen to expand to those coun- mentally different from the NATO-Russia tries that don’t really need NATO and are Founding Act, according to the ambassador, National Airlines not a threat to Europe. The pressure of since “the Ukraine-NATO document is NATO expansion is forcing countries that based on close cooperation, unlike the are neither ready to join NATO, nor strong NATO-Russia Founding Act, which is a Starting May 14, 1997 enough to fend off Russian influence, into document between rivals.” year-round During lunch, resenting the official U.S. the complicated position of again trying to non-stop flights find a delicate balance between two powers. point of view, Mr. Pascual reiterated the He agreed that “Ukraine’s actions have argument of those who support expansion: been brilliant in the past year, but they can- that it is necessary to guarantee a peaceful, not be sustained for a long time.” stable and undivided Europe. He insisted NEW YORK - LVIV Regardless of all the words to the con- that the first tier of countries to be admitted trary, Dr. Motyl asserted that Russia views will not be the last. every Wednesday Mr. Pascual summarized the evolution of NATO expansion as the West’s intrusion with continuing service to Kyiv into its sphere of influence and that, as a U.S.-Ukrainian relations during the past result, the West should be prepared to year, beginning with Deputy Secretary of accept Russia’s “expansion” of its sphere, State Strobe Talbott’s visit to Ukraine last Air Ukraine is offering the most year, after which a U.S.-Ukraine strategic as recently exemplified by treaties with competitive fares to Ukraine Chechnya and Belarus, and improved rela- partnership was announced along with the establishment of the U.S.-Ukraine (Gore- tions with China. For information and reservations, please call: Light laughter rippled through the audi- Kuchma) Binational Commission. Both ence as Ms. Kionka, representing the President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Estonian Foreign Affairs Ministry, Al Gore, he said, understand and have 1-800-UKRAINE explained the meaning of “NATO” in repeatedly stated that “Ukraine is a crucial Estonian: “The official languages of NATO and strategic partner” for the U.S. and “a (1-800-857-2463) are French and English, and the acronym key partner for Europe.” for NATO in French is OTAN, and [the Ukraine announced that it wanted a spe- Arrival and departure information: JFK - (718) 656-9896 homophone] ‘ootan’ in Estonian means ‘I cial relationship with NATO, according to Arrival and departure information: JFK - (718) 632-6909 wait’ – which is, basically, our position on Mr. Pascual, based on its unique needs, N A T O . ” among which was the nuclear issue. As the The Baltic countries all have unequivo- first country to voluntarily relinquish its Air Ukraine cally stated their interest in joining NATO. nuclear arsenal, Ukraine felt strongly that 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 nuclear weapons should not be placed on Protracted periods between admission of New York, NY 10176 new members into NATO “will have the the territories of new NATO members. unintended systemic effect of decreasing In describing the activities in the month security,” according to Ms. Kionka, “not of May, Mr. Pascual agreed with For cargo shipments call to: necessarily physically, but by creating a Ambassador Shcherbak that Ukraine’s psychological grey zone.” achievements were impressive. Beginning Air Ukraine - Cargo Several factors influence the level of with the visit of NATO Secretary-General comfort in this grey zone, including Javier Solana in early May, and the U.S. Tel. 718-376-1023, FAX 718-376-1073 Russia’s posture, which now includes very visit of President Kuchma in mid-month, dramatic rhetoric against Baltic admission and “using the time difference between 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave.T), Brooklyn, NY 11223 to NATO, and NATO’s attitude towards the Washington, Brussels and Kyiv to virtually Baltics and response to Russia’s rhetoric. turn drafts and documents around within 24 As the date of NATO expansion draws hours,” a NATO-Ukraine charter was SEND THE WEEKLY TO UKRAINE nearer, Ms. Kionka noted that relationships signed by the end of the month. To order an air mail subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly for addressees in Ukraine, between the Baltics, potential NATO mem- “I want to give credit to Ukraine ... I send $160 for subscription fee and postage costs to: Subscription Department, bers from the CIS such as Ukraine, and truly believe it,” stated Mr. Pascual — and The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 0 7 3 0 2 . Central European countries have actually he asked Ambassador Shcherbak “to please gotten closer. She cited the May 27 meet- extend a compliment to the professional ing in Tallinn of the presidents of the Baltic diplomatic corps in Kyiv — their speed and states, Ukraine and Poland as a very signifi- professionalism were remarkable.” cant regional meeting. Acknowledging the concerns of those Strictly coincidentally, the meeting took who oppose NATO expansion, Mr. Pascual place simultaneously with the NATO meet- nonetheless reiterated that all the documents ing in Paris, at which the NATO-Russia and charters are “not just meaningless paper Founding Act was signed. Though the and diplo-babble,” but that NATO expan- Tallinn meeting, which received no media sion “provides a mechanism for evolution” coverage in the West, had been planned and the documents provide “areas of con- months in advance, the Russian press “went sultation and cooperation - civil, military, nuts,” according to Ms. Kionka, reporting philosophical” that form a basis for integra- the meeting of the five presidents as a tion of new countries into existing “NATO plot and the beginning of a gang- European structures. At the same time, stat- ing-up on Russia.” ed Mr. Pascual, the U.S. supports the devel- Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United opment of new regional relationships, such States, Dr. Shcherbak, stated that Ukraine as the one exemplified by the meeting of believes NATO expansion will reinforce a the five presidents in Tallinn. zone of peace and stability in Europe; if As host of the conference, Walter both Poland and Hungary are admitted, then Baranetsky, president of the UIA board of Ukraine will have 530 kilometers of border directors, greeted and thanked the panelists, with NATO countries, a situation that guests and event co-sponsor, Freedom Ukraine views positively. House, and suggested the possibility that Though Ukraine did not express an inter- the institute would consider sponsoring this est in immediate admission into NATO, type of event on a semi-annual basis. Close nonetheless, according to the ambassador, to 100 people attended the conference, Ukraine’s strategic plan is to align with and including several permanent representatives enter major European institutions by 2020. to the United Nations, envoys from Integration into European structures is Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Estonia, viewed not only as a geographic objective, and numerous representatives from but a cultural and historical one as well. Lithuanian, Estonian, Latvian and According to Ambassador Shcherbak, Ukrainian community organizations and the month of May was extremely important press, as well as press representatives from for Ukraine’s foreign policy. Numerous sig- Polish, U.N. and U.S. government media nificant events took place including o r g a n i z a t i o n s . President Kuchma’s visit to the United After the conference, Ambassador States; the signing of the Black Sea Fleet Shcherbak met briefly with members of the agreements and friendship treaty with Ukrainian community and gave an Russia; agreements with Romania, Belarus overview of President Kuchma’s visit to and Poland; a multilateral meeting of five Washington, as well as key points of the presidents in Tallinn; the opening of the Black Sea Fleet agreements and the NATO information center in Kyiv — the Ukraine-Russia treaty. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 No. 24 University of Rochester sends staff to Ukraine to demonstrate teaching JERSEY CITY, N.J. – For the fourth “Next-Steps” conference in this year, consecutive semester, the University of which will include UR project staff, on- Rochester (UR) Medical Education site project staff, faculty, interns and stu- Partnership and Training Project is send- dents from each of the five Ukrainian ing faculty and residents to five cities in and the Russian partnership schools, rep- 1997 CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS AT SOYUZIVKA Ukraine and Russia to demonstrate the resentatives from the ministries of ward team teaching model. health, and representatives of other med- TENNIS CAMP: SUNDAY JUNE 22 - THURSDAY JULY 3, 1997 Participating physicians are rotating ical schools in Russia and Ukraine. For boys and girls ages 12-18. Instructor’s fee $75.00 per child from three separate U.S. schools The goals of the “Next-Steps” confer- Room and board: UNA MEMBERS $240.00/Non-Members $290.00 for full session involved in the partnership project: UR, ence are to review the major accomplish- Instructors: Zenon Snylyk, George Sawchak and staff. Limited to 60 students. Yale University and the State ments of the two-year project and to pre- University of New York at Syracuse. sent specific results. This will include BOYS AND GIRLS CAMP: SATURDAY JULY 12- SATURDAY JULY 26, 1997 The faculty and residents spend statistical data and results of the first Recreational camp for boys and girls ages 7-12 approximately two to three weeks at round of standardized tests that were Featuring hiking, swimming, games, Ukrainian songs and folklore, supervised 24 hr. Russian or Ukrainian medical schools, written as part of the Partnership Project Room and board: UNA MEMBERS $160.00 PER WEEK/Non-Members $200.00 per week leading ward teams composed of local and specific accomplishments regarding Counselor fee: $30.00 per child per week. Limited to 45 campers per week. medical students and interns. The U.S. the curriculum development workshops CHEMNEY FUN CENTER: SUNDAY JULY 27- SATURDAY AUGUST 2, 1997 visitors give lectures in their specialties and the implementation of innovative Geared to exposing the Ukrainian heritage to the English-speaking and discuss the interactive teaching teaching methodologies that are based on pre-schoolers ages 4-6, 2 sessions per day 10AM - noon and 3PM - 5 PM models that represent the core of U.S. core U.S. medical education teaching Registration/Counselor fee: $75.00 for parents staying at Soyuzivka medical education. models. If staying off premises registration fee: $125.00 Three faculty and one resident elected to Conference participants will also dis- Parents staying on premises pay room and board rates accordingly. rotate to Ukrainian partnership medical cuss the continuation of the standard- schools. Dr. Borys Buniak, assistant pro- ized testing workshops, and the future UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCE WORKSHOP: SUNDAY AUGUST 10 - SATURDAY AUGUST 24, 1997 of curriculum development workshops Traditional Ukrainian folk dancing for beginners, intermediate and advanced fessor of medicine, SUNY/Syracuse, visit- ed Kyiv on April 7-18. Dr. Chloe Alexson, and the innovative teaching methodolo- Room and board: UNA MEMBERS $265.00/Non-Members $315.00 for full session gies in each partnership school, as well Instructor’s fee: $190.00. Director: Roma Pryma Bohachevsky professor of pediatrics, UR, worked in Kyiv from April 14 to May 6. Dr. Ruth as the Medical Learning and Testing ** No one will be accepted for a shorter period than the full session, unless it is with the Centers that have been developed in ** approval of the director ** Hart, clinical professor of emergency med- icine, SUNY/Syracuse, is teaching taught each country. Attendance limited to 60 students staying on premises and 10 students staying off The Partnership Project was sponsored premises, off premises registration fee $75.00 in addition to the instructor’s fee. Medical Academy on May 12-24.Dr. David Fanion, second- year resident of by the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) and administered THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYONE BASED emergency medicine, SUNY/Syracuse, ON AGE, RACE, CREED, SEX OR COLOR. rotated to Dnipropetrovsk on May 12-24. by the International Research and As a result of the Medical Education Exchanges Board (IREX). Children must be pre-registered on a first-come-first-served basis with receipt of a $25.00 deposit Partnership and Training project and the per child/per camp. teaching skills of the faculty who have All necessary medical forms and permission slips must by completed and received rotated to Ukraine and Russia during the Russia, NATO... last two years, all five Russian and by Soyuzivka together with full payment balance of instructors’ fees and camp pay- (Continued from page 2) ments 3 weeks prior to the start of the camp session. Otherwise the child will loose Ukrainian partnership schools have 1 0 his or her place in camp ...... no exceptions. begun introducing the ward team teach- some media reports, the Ukrainian ing model into their curriculum. political establishment lacks the coher- Payments for room and board can by made to Soyuzivka by cash, check, VISA, The UR Medical Education ence on joining NATO that was charac- Mastercard, Amex or Discover cards. Partnership and Training Project with teristic of neo-Communist Polish or Payments for instructor/counselor fees must be made by check. Russia and Ukraine, which started in Hungarian political elites. Please make payable to UNA Estate - Camp Fee. March 1995, will complete its partner- What could be done? For additional information please contact the management of Soyuzivka. ship activities with a conference in Kyiv. Approximately 60 people will attend the • The Ukrainian political establish- ment should eventually understand that non-bloc status now, after NATO enlargement, is detrimental to Ukraine’s national security. Therefore, it should openly declare its desire to revoke this status and to become a full-fledged NATO member. • Ukraine should declare its desire to be among the second-tier of candidates for NATO members (e.g., Slovenia and Romania.) • Ukraine should concentrate on sweeping and profound military reform in full accordance with the requirements for admission into NATO. • A separate Ukraine-NATO charter should be seen only as a preliminary step to joining the alliance. Ukraine’s doctrine of a “strategic partnership” with the U.S. is based on adherence to common values and prin- ciples. Among these a very basic princi- ple is the idea of NATO’s enlargement as a pivotal point for the new united Europe after the Cold War. Therefore, Ukraine should not be the last to under- stand this idea.

10 See, for example, Igor Torbakov’s statement: “Ukrainian officials openly hint that the strategic decision to join NATO has already been made and that what is now at issue is timing and political circumstance. The time does not yet seem to be ripe. Ukraine still depends on Russia for energy supplies. It has yet to achieve the economic progress that would make it immune to Russian political pressures.” Igor Torbakov, “Ukraine: the Acid Test for NATO Expansion.” The Christian Science Monitor, May 15, p. 19. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 13

example, a donor can sponsor a campaign Jacyk Educational... to support the nomination of Ukrainian (Continued from page 6) writers for the Nobel Prize or finance the tion to focus its attention on other projects. work of high-level inter-governmental In addition to these successes, the foun- institutions. The possibilities for cultural dation has gained an excellent reputation and scholarly contribution are endless. both within international academic circles Those who wish to contribute to and the Ukrainian community for its effi- Ukrainian scholarship, culture and com- ciency, integrity and far-reaching plan for munity life, yet are unable to sponsor a the development of Ukrainian studies. To name fund, have the opportunity to fulfill date, the foundation has relied on the profit their goal by donating to the foundation’s from its capital fund investments to subsi- general fund. Each and every dollar donat- dize its activities. However, the founda- ed will be allocated to the foundation’s tion’s growing popularity in international main charitable programs; all donations academic circles has provided it with more are tax-deductible and the foundation gives opportunities than ever to promote public recognition to all donors. Ukrainian scholarship throughout the For additional information please con- world. Thus, the foundation appeals to all tact: those who would like to leave their perma- Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation, nent imprint in the history of Ukrainian 1260 Eglinton Ave. E., Mississauga, culture and scholarship to join the founda- Ontario, L4W lK8, Canada; telephone, tion in a constructive and mutually benefi- (905) 238-0467; fax, (905) 625-8445. cial cooperative effort. The Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation has a proven record of long- and short-term Newsbriefs success and has proven in practice that the (Continued from page 2) foundation works effectively for the future. Programs created during the first 10 years Cabinet of Ministers’ latest version of the of its activity continue to function effec- 1997 state budget, further sinking hopes tively and have benefited from increased that Parliament will soon approve a spend- recognition and importance. Within the ing plan for this year, local media reported next 100 years they will achieve still on June 10. “This version of the draft bud- greater international significance and on get does not conform with the Constitution the heels of their success, more new pro- and contains about 10 major contradictions grams will be created. with current legislation,” said Mr. Moroz. Now those who wish to contribute to the He based his comments on a freshly com- development of Ukrainian culture and pleted review of the draft spending plan by scholarship and, in the process, to immor- the Verkhovna Rada Secretariat’s analyti- talize their name, are being provided the cal department. As the draft document now opportunity to create a permanent name stands, “The Verkhovna Rada has no right fund within the Petro Jacyk Educational to discuss it,” said Mr. Moroz, adding that Foundation. Every year, the income from he had sent a letter in this vein to the this fund, named in honor of the donor, will Cabinet. According to the analytical be directed on behalf of the donor toward a department, the draft budget violates the charitable program of the donor’s choice. A draft law covering mandatory payments by donor can create university programs in enterprises to the Employment, Chornobyl his/her name or sponsor important scholar- and Pension Funds. Another major objec- ly publications. A donor can establish a tion stems from Cabinet refusal to adopt prize for prominent scholars, scientists, Verkhovna Rada proposals concerning the writers or politicians, or a scholarship fund allocation of additional funds for the cre- for Ukrainian students. A donor can join ation of a higher official poverty line and important international projects made pos- for compensating citizens for personal sav- sible due to the foundation’s unique status ings wiped out by inflation in the early and high international reputation. For 1990s. (Eastern Economist)

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Mr. Baburin explained that the only Part of the misunderstanding is due to on Friday! Registration fee: Juniors $10; Adults $15. way the Russian Duma could ratify the the geographical location of the bays. Tournament director: Mr. George Sawchak. treaty is if “this act is interpreted as one that Southern Bay is actually an arm of the Trophies provided by THE RAMADA HOTEL of East Hanover, N.J. seals Russia’s right to Sevastopol and lays largest bay, Sevastopol Bay, and some the groundwork for talks between Russia consider it one, which is what confused and Ukraine on Crimea.” Mr. Lazarenko. Mr. Primakov’s misunderstanding Russia gets three bays in Sevastopol may have resulted from the fact that the Whether the BSF accord will be rati- official residence of the commander of fied by either Ukraine’s or Russia’s the Black Sea Fleet is located on Omega Parliament will remain hard to determine Bay. No Russian military forces will probably right up to the final vote in both occupy that bay. The fifth bay, Kozak countries – but at least the members of Bay, where Russian naval troops are cur- the legislative bodies will know exactly rently housed, is to be de-militarized.

was our own,” she assuredly told two Canada sets up court... reporters who knocked on her door. She (Continued from page 3) said she had also witnessed a local left the man unattended. policeman take a baby from her mother, Mrs. Shabanova, whose first husband toss the child into the air and shoot it. was a Red Army officer stationed with an However, her neighbor Pavlo advanced rocket division in East Prokhorovich, 74, said that identifying Germany in the 1970s, also said she who gave the orders to execute was not believes that if her grandfather had been that cut and dried. “The Germans were a implicated as a Nazi collaborator during different type, they were ruthless and extensive KGB investigations after the arrogant. They did not give the locals war, she would never have been allowed much authority,” he said. to marry the military officer or live in He said that he, too, had witnessed the East Germany. “My father may have shooting of a baby and then her mother, cooperated with the Germans, but he did but that he could not say for certain who not do anything violent,” she said. did the shooting. He explained that peo- The degree of Mr. Bogutin’s coopera- ple were rarely allowed to get closer than REGISTRATION FORM FOR CHEMNY’S FUN CENTER tion and the underlying motivation will 100 to 200 meters to an execution. JULY 28 - AUGUST 2, 1997 most likely decide whether Mr. Bogutin Although there are differing versions of will lose his Canadian citizenship and ulti- what happened during those nightmarish CAM PER’S FULL NAME: ______mately be deported, probably to Ukraine. years and why, few would disagree that CAM PER’S ADDRESS: ______But survivors’ memories are weak and are fear was an undercurrent that influenced their everyday decisions. A teacher, now CITY , STATE, ZIP: ______blurred by a five-decade-long time lapse, and that worries Mr. Rudzik. “I am con- retired, who lives several houses from TELEPHON E NUMBER: ______cerned that the people here are recollecting where the executioner’s wall at the rear of DATE OF BIR TH: ______what occurred, as opposed to what he did,” the post office still stands, explained the ter- PA RENT/G UAR DIAN: ______said the defense lawyer. ror that ruled them: “We lived in fear of our The elderly Mrs. Kryvonos, who wit- lives. We were afraid to leave the house. SI GNATURE OF PARENT/G UARDIAN: ______nessed the slaughter at the coal shaft We did not want to see anything.” from a distance of about 100 yards, Mr. Bogutin’s hearing will resume in REGISTRATION FEE $75.00 PER CHILD IF STAYING AT SOYUZIVKA affirms that local auxiliary police did the September in Canada with a decision $125.00 PER CHILD IF STAYING OFF PREMISES shooting. “No it was not the Germans, it expected by the end of the year. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1997 15 Military association thanks community UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CHICAGO – Members of the learned the Ukrainian language in Saturday Ukrainian American Military Association language school and in the home.” He went and Ukrainian American Veterans Post on to emphasize how crucial it is to use the invites 32 attended “Sviachene” at Ss. Ukrainian language in Ukraine and how Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic surprised some Ukrainians were to hear that All members and individuals interested Church on May 4. the language is taught in the U.S. Lt. Col. Walter Chyterbok, Cmdr. Special thanks were extended to the in becoming members to attend their Charles Dobra and Maj. Roman Golash pastor, the Rev. Ivan Krotec, and to Oresta thanked the community for their support Jarymowych, the director of the Cultural and assistance in helping with last Center. The Rev. Krotec was given a cam- September’s military conference at the ouflage cap to signify his leadership ANNUAL church’s Cultural Center. responsibilities; Mrs. Jarymowych Maj. Golash also thanked the community received an engraved plate. The communi- CREDIT UNION DAY and local families for teaching their children ty was given a plaque showing the Ukrainian. He stated “that most of the emblems of Peace Shield ‘95 and ‘96 and PICNIC Ukrainian interpreters in the military a dedication statement.

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Cmdr. Charles Dobra, Maj. Roman Golash and Lt. Col. Walter Chyterbok present Main Office: Branch Office: a plaque to the Ukrainian community of Chicago. 215 Second Avenue, New 35 Main Street, York, NY 10003 So. Bound Brook, NJ 08880 Tel.: (212) 533-2980 Tel.: (908) 469-9085 could accomodate twice that number. University of Ottawa... Prof. Kis said he had never seen an acad- (Continued from page 4) emic conference oversubscribed to the minister of culture before he had a extent that “Towards a New Ukraine” chance to bring into being a consultative had been. network on the preservation of the coun- One of the conference’s headliners, try’s cultural values was a heavy blow, Dr. Hawrylyshyn, noted: “Ukrainians, Environment which set back efforts on this score con- particularly in the diaspora where they siderably. The national deputy opined shut themselves in the ghetto, often suf- Project Manager-Lviv, Ukraine that movement in this area is particularly fer from an unwillingness to do things by problematic in the current climate of eco- reaching for a world-class standard. But USAID-funded environmental project is seeking an experienced project nomic crisis. this conference was not bad.” manager to oversee the site office operations in Lviv, Ukraine. Key Dr. Borys Gudziak, vice rector of the According to the organizers, the follow- responsibilities include administrative functions including accounting, Lviv Theological Academy and director ing topics will be examined in subsequent contract compliance, personnel management and security; supervising a of the Institute of Church History in conferences during the next four years, staff of 35 including engineers, economists and translators; maintaining Lviv, regaled the audience with a some- under the general theme of “Towards a New and ensuring productive, positive relationships with the USAID Mission, host country government representatives and other donor organizations. what surreal exercise in theocratic opti- Ukraine”: “Deconstruction and Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in management, finance, engineering or mism. Dr. Gudziak interpreted the gener- Reconstruction: The Building of a New the sciences. Ten years of professional experience including at least three al disaffection with secular society and Economy in Ukraine”; “In Search of a New Polity: A New Constitutional Order for years of successful management experience. Computer literate. Strong the proliferation of various cults as signs preference will be given to individuals who (1) speak both Ukrainian and Ukraine”; “Plus ça change?...: Women in a of “spiritual efflorescence” and “a great English fluently, and (2) have USAID project, CIS and/or municipal opportunity for the Church.” Dr. New Ukraine”; and “Quo Vadis? Culture, water distribution services or other types of municipal public works pro- Chirovsky of the Sheptytsky Institute, Education and Science in Ukraine.” ject experience. EOE. praised Dr. Gudziak for “taking us For more information, contact the beyond the statistics and the bad news.” Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Please send resume, salary history and cover letter indicating your avail- Upon the conference’s conclusion, its Ottawa, 559 King Edward Ave., P.O. ability to: EPT Project Office, 1819 “H” Street, NW, Washington, DC organizers beamed at the event’s success. Box 450, Station A, Ottawa, Ontario, 20006; Attn.: Whitney Sims Initially slated for a hall seating 150 peo- K1N 6N5; telephone (613) 562-5800, ple, it had been moved to premises that ext. 3692; fax, (613) 562-5730.

Roman Ivanenko, 8th Grade Congratulate A Graduate! From kindergarten to college, our friends and family are graduating! Let others oman Ivanenko of Edison, N.J. grad - know of their success. Publish an ad in the July 6th edition of The Ukrainian uated from the Ukrainian Assumption Weekly. Use the sample ad as a format, write a special message and send in the RSchool of Perth Amboy on June 29. graduate's photo and payment of $60 before June 27. Roman received the Taras Shevchenko Award for History and also played for the The Ukrainian We e k l y, P.O. Box 346, Jersey City, NJ 07303 D E A D L I N E : F R I D A Y , J U N E 2 7 , 1 9 9 7 school’s basketball team. In the fall, he will Your Name______attend St. Peter’s Preparatory School in Jersey City. When not in school, Roman A d d r e s s ______enjoys soccer, baseball and card collecting. City______State_____Zip Code______

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, June 21 the American Graduate School of International Management. They will SAN DIEGO: The Ukrainian American share their insights and in-country experi- Broadcasting Co. will host a wine and ence. Interested parties should call (614) cheese reception for Southern California 882-0800 for reservations; RSVP by June Ukrainian Americans in order to inform 17. There is no charge for attending. Ukrainian American Broadcasting Co. the community about the first all-day, everyday Ukrainian radio and television Tuesday-Sunday, June 24-June 29 is inviting Southern California Ukrainians to a wine and cheese re c e p t i o n network in North America and to preview BECKET, Mass.: The Voloshky a new film from Ukraine. The reception on launching of the first all-day, everyday Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Philadelphia will be held at 2 p.m. at the House of will be performing at the world-renowned Ukrainian Radio and Television Service Ukraine in Balboa Park. Admission is Jacob’s Pillow. This year, Jacob’s Pillow is free. For information call 1-800-75- Also watch a new television movie from Ukraine celebrating its 65th anniversary season as U K R A I N E . America’s oldest dance festival in continu- * San Diego: Saturd a y, June 21, 2 p.m.; Sunday, June 22 ous operation. Located approximately 20 miles south of Pittsfield, Mass., Jacob’s House of Ukraine, Balboa Park. LOS ANGELES: The Ukrainian Pillow is situated on a 150-acre farm in the American Broadcasting Co. will host a * Los Angeles: Sunday, June 22, 1:30 p.m.; Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. wine and cheese reception to inform the The Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Nativity of the Blessed Vi rgin Mary Church, 5154 DeLongpre Av e . community about the Ukrainian radio and was founded in 1972 by Zoia Hraur television network and to preview a new Korsun and is currently under the artistic ADMISSION FREE film from Ukraine. The reception will be directorship of Taras Lewyckyj. The 1997 held at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin E V E RYONE IS INVITED season marks the ensemble’s 25th anniver- Mary Church, 5154 De Longpre Ave., at sary. For box office ticket sales call (413) 1:30 p.m. Free admission. For additional For information and subscriptions call: 243-0745. For additional information on information call 1-800-75-UKRAINE. Voloshky performances and events call 1 - 8 0 0 - 7 5 U K R A I N E WARRINGTON, Pa.: The annual (215) 663-0294. Ukrainian Festival hosted by St. Anne Sunday, June 29 Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1545 Easton Road, will be held on the church grounds CLIFTON, N.J.: Holy Ascension starting at noon. Liturgy will be celebrated Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 635 Broad ATTENTION NEWCOMERS FROM UKRAINE! a 9 a.m. Featured performers at the festival St., is holding its annual picnic at 11:30 are the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance a.m.-4 p.m. There will be typical picnic United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. Ensemble. Polka music will be provided fare and Ukrainian ethnic food, as well as (UUARC) by The Pennsylvania Villagers Polka Band games and music for the children. Rain or at 1:30-7:30 p.m. There will be Ukrainian shine, fun for all ages. For more informa- has opened an foods, games and novelties, as well as var- tion call (201) 471-8131. ious Ukrainian arts and crafts available for Tuesday, July 1 purchase. For more information call (215) INFORMATION BUREAU 343-0779. WASHINGTON: A lecture/slide presen- tation on The Metropolitan Museum’s Tuesday, June 24 The Information Bureau of the UUARC will provide free assistance to new- “Glory of Byzantium” exhibition, with a comers in the following areas: COLUMBUS, Ohio: The Ohio Council special focus on the arts of the Kyivan of FIABCI-USA (The International Real Rus’ state, will be given by Dr. Olenka • Immigration problems Estate Federation) and The Columbus Pevny, research assistant at The Council on World Affairs are sponsoring a Metropolitan Museum’s Medieval • Employment meeting on “Investment in Ukraine and Department, at 7 p.m. in the Summer • Extention of legal stay in the USA Mexico” at the Atrium Center, 6140 School Museum, 1201 17th St., NW. The • Obtaining “Green” card Cleveland Ave. (just south of I-270), at event is sponsored by The Washington 10-11:30 a.m. Speakers will be Blair Group Cultural Fund. Free admission; • Obtaining Individual Taxpayer Identification Number Duffy, president FIABCI-USA and a resi- donations welcome. For more information • Opening bank accounts dent of Mexico, and Walt Reiner, FIABCI contact Laryssa Chopivsky, (202) 363- • Obtaining Driver’s License Ohio Council president and a graduate of 3964. • Obtaining Medical or Dental Insurance • General advice and assistance

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